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  1. Ars Nova
    SOMETIMES I'M JUST A SHOUTER OK

    ...omg

    bby

    ; u;
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 22, 2013 in forum: 2013
  2. Ars Nova
    c': Merci

    ALSO OK I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE WONDERING THIS (BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT) BUT ARE PRESENTLY BANNED MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE NOMINATIONS? PARTICULARLY IN COUPLES WITH NON-BANNED MEMBERS AS THAT IS THE CURRENT ITEM OF INTEREST
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: 2013
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  4. Ars Nova
    Not bad

    Still second to Attack on Akihiko, but not bad
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  5. Ars Nova
    Pls no my name is booty butt
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: 2013
  6. Ars Nova
    I actually have not written anything new in at least a year. That is a fact of my life.

    [​IMG]
    Thread by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013, 16 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  7. Ars Nova
    NOVA FOR...

    ...

    I don't know

    I didn't even type this with any idea of what I want

    It's official I don't think before I speak

    What is my life
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: 2013
  8. Ars Nova
    So THAT'S where this comes from!

    That has basically been the Ashwin Incarnate flash since like 2010
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  9. Ars Nova
    Hey I'm not a one-trick pony
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  10. Ars Nova
    YOU FOUND THE EASTER EGG

    [​IMG]
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  11. Ars Nova
    DISAPPOINT
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  12. Ars Nova
    That movie was really good

    and it makes me wonder why Nathan Fillion wasn't cast as Green Lantern in the live-action film because HOW

    PERFECT

    WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  13. Ars Nova
    ANYONE AWAKE? I WANNA PLAY

    We don't really call dibs on characters because it's kinda inconvenient and you mostly just play whatever character is the right level for the group

    In my case I always call the orange knight if I can, but mine's Lv30 because I already beat the game with it

    I'm so mad that I missed this party it sounds fuckin' great
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  14. Ars Nova
    I'd like to think I'm pretty useful as a hard line, seein' as I've been warned for it once or twice

    If you cuss less than I do you're gucci

    It's not necessarily about what can and can't be done, but about barriers to entry

    Making it harder to curse and cracking down on it in more populated sections makes it less likely that kids will be blocked from browsing the site by overreactive parents who see so much as a 'damn it to hell' and think TIHS WEBSITE ARE POSSES BY THED EVIL!!!!

    In fact I usually censor myself outside of the 'Zone for that reason

    Not every law necessarily needs to outright halt an activity or behavior; sometimes you just want to discourage it without banning it altogether

    Of course this largely depends on an honor system but if I haven't been banned yet for the shit I say then I think it's workin' all right
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  15. Ars Nova
    I mean I'm pretty fugly
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 21, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  16. Ars Nova
    We had to quit but I'm gonna be awake and on Skype/Steam for a long while yet so if any other teams of 3 need filling out just let me know
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 20, 2013 in forum: The Spam Zone
  17. Ars Nova
    Oh. WELP. GUESS I'M GETTING THAT. :L Preordered like a month ago.

    I'm with Misty though, it looks kinda really sterile. I don't think I-

    ...You can do that!?
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 20, 2013 in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
  18. Ars Nova
    Yeah, but does that belong in a boss fight? I've never strapped up to take on a story-tall winged behemoth with flaming gauntlets and thought, "Man, I feel so serene and peaceful right now. I need some uplifting tunes to catch the mood."
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 20, 2013 in forum: Kingdom Hearts HD II.8: Final Chapter Prologue
  19. Ars Nova
    I dunno... Purebred Heartless are always going to exist independent of Xehanort and his experiments. I feel like Squeenix is going to fall back on those if the series continues beyond his little saga. At the same time, I would love to see lightspawn of any kind. Or at the very least more people who can effectively wield the dark. So far it's boiled down to almost everyone who isn't eventually swallowed by it being an incarnation of the X-man - whereas the existence of the Keyblade Wars in KH history would imply that there were once as many dark users as light users.
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 20, 2013 in forum: General & Upcoming Kingdom Hearts
  20. Ars Nova
    It's great for the soft tracks, but it also screwed up a couple of the boss themes. Namely, Shrouding Dark Cloud and Squirming Evil...





    These tracks are supposed to set the player on edge, but they've both been softened. It's particularly noticeable in Squirming Evil, where the drums have basically been gutted. It's a funky track, no doubt, but it doesn't have the tension and dread that the original so deftly expressed.



    Forze del Male trades harder drums and a steadier rhythm for cascading cymbals and thundering brass. It's about an even trade, but it still demonstrates the point; the new tracks really should've cranked up the bass a scoch.



    Destiny's Force was never supposed to be that pulse-pounding of a track, but I still feel like it's missing that essential kick that the original tracks had.

    And again, compare The Deep End from the original and the update; the instruments sound more organic now, yes, but they also don't hit you in your gut. Was that really a worthy trade-off?

    I think the real question is, do we want it to be Disney-esque? There are other standards to which a composer may aspire. KH had a unique flavor, and while it retains that in 1.5, it seems to have made an unnecessary switch in aesthetics. Hardness can be pleasing in music, especially when it comes to high-octane tracks that are supposed to be backdrop for an intense stand-off. I'm almost afraid that playing 1.5 will feel a lot more detached as a result, like I'm actually watching a KH movie and not playing a port of one of my top five games. Beautiful remaster regardless, but it means to sacrifice some things that will be missed.

    tl;dr good for the twenty seconds of Big Ben, bad for the two-minute Captain Hook fight
    Post by: Ars Nova, Jul 20, 2013 in forum: General & Upcoming Kingdom Hearts