Well, you adore Shizuo/me so that fits *vending'd*
...omg jer r u Kida THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE AND SUDDENLY I LIKE KIDA A LOT MORE
Both, actually. That's what makes it so funny You motherf
I'm for the heart and the sigil. One on the front, one on the back :3
in its natural habitat Discontent with a contemporary fad, it takes to the boards to express its distaste in a crass mockery of the offensive behavior, not realizing it is only fueling the flame
Ok I was really worried at first that people were talkin shit about my man Jerome 'Bout to end some lives in here
dsfksdgsjdghgsg I'm not saying we throw it away why does everyone keep saying that Arright now I'm miffed Look as much as I hate to use personal examples I was on this website for three frigging years that's longer than I've spent in any one school and I only racked up about 600 posts Frankly I just don't have enough to say about the daily goings-on to get to 1,000 without going on the... what amounts to the uberman sleep cycle of posting that I'm on now, and even then a lot of my posts are redundant It doesn't feel like contributing, it feels like abusing the boards, and if this is the baseline for all members, it's ridiculous Dedication is one thing but nobody should have to be on-site 24/7 looking for threads to post in This is the issue, though. When I stop posting, guarantee this thread will sink. It was already a month old when I dusted it off. Nobody's going to talk about it. Is that content, or is that apathy? In my experience, it's decidedly the latter. Perhaps I should revise: I'm one of the only people who bothers to talk about it and shows discontent for the current system. So yeah, it kinda feels like a fight, and it kinda feels like being singled out. Comments like "If anyone else had a problem they'd say something" don't help, either. We know how lazy people get. *sigh* I need to go cool off. Hate the way people get about this, and any minute someone's gonna come in with the "Why so serious" sh#%. Let's just see if I'm right.
"Defect" is kinda harsh. I think "rarity" would be a better descriptor. NO BUGGER OFF BRONIES I'LL KILL U
I don't see how we're offending anyone more or less with the current system. At any rate, I don't ever start by outlining my proposal; I start by trying to open a dialogue about it that's a little more involved than, "1,000 posts is kinda much, innit?" And every time I get shot down, which makes me feel like suddenly the pressure is on to back up what I say. If someone else had some ideas, I'd love to hear them. The problem is, nobody's talking about it. The discussion keeps getting halted or stalled or just not happening. I don't mean to seem like I'm pushing a personal agenda, it's just that I'm pretty much the only one I know interested in discussing it who isn't for keeping the current system. Dunno what else to say at that point, except for "Here's my idea."
Yes, and this is why some would rather throw out the terms male and female altogether. They see them as tainted - irrevocably shaped by society into something unsavory that they cannot change by themselves. It is out of a desire to define oneself from within that many of these alternative terms are formed. Because male and female appear so set-in-stone that it is simpler, if not easier, to leave them behind. Every one of these words is a set of traits. Even if the words are in the common lexicon, they don't describe the same set for every person. And even then, from all the existing words there may not be a one that fits what a person believes to be their own traits. I think kids should be taught that there are words for these things - not just two, mind - but if they can't find one that suits them, they should feel free to define themselves in whatever way fits. The real challenge will come in teaching a whole culture to make less assumptions, especially since sometimes those assumptions are kinda hard to do without. I mean, what do you do about restrooms? :L A hard fight, but worth it in the end, I think. I just don't believe we should dilute the meaning of any one word too much; rather, recognize that words are just limited sometimes, but that we don't always need them. Use where convenient, omit where superfluous, as it were. You call it self-serving, yet aren't you also serving yourself by deciding what people are? Does it not make things more convenient for you? It's not just about sexual preference. It's about cultural roles and emotional expression. To this day, there are still things a man or woman can do that won't be taken seriously because of their sex, and that is unfair. That's a part of gender identity as well. Trying to break free of these subconscious limits we place on each other and ourselves. It's not just about feeling better; though if you ask me, denying someone's right to do something that makes them happy, long as it doesn't hurt anyone, is as silly as it gets.
"Popularity contest" is a phrase which, imo, deserves less hate than it garners. But I did consider that. That's why I think there should be no way to downvote a person's Premium application; the voting requirements should simply be high enough that a moderate amount of members must approve. It can't just be a band of five or six of the member's friends who push it through, it has to be a healthy consensus, such that if enough people like this person enough to cast their vote, then they must really deserve it. It's something that can be tweaked at length, but refusing to try and retaining the same system we've had for years is not going to suddenly make it all better. I think Premium membership is already soured for many by the current system; it needs no help in that. I could name a few members that earned a chorus of sighs when their usernames finally hit magenta. (Just don't expect me to do, because that's rude as hell.) A new system will take a trial period, yes, and no one's going to be 100% satisfied from the get-go, but that's no reason to reject the possibility of it sincerely improving with time. And if there simply is no way to perfect the system, perhaps all of this hints at a wider question to be posed: Is Premium membership truly helping more than it's hurting? But that's a bit out of my range at this stage. I did mention that I'm for adding a Like requirement as well. Like I said, the current barrier to entry is too high for some honest, hard-working members, and too easy for some spamming scumbags out there. What I'm proposing is that we diversify the requirements, but simplify them somewhat, so that Premiums are more well-rounded in their achievements.
I'm glad this was mentioned. To an extent I agree, part of the problem is that "male" and "female" have traditionally been such narrow windows, and they should be expanded. But it is also very difficult to shake free of the stereotypes and preconceived notions of either gender. They stretch back well beyond the span of our own lives, and that's intimidating to think about. Not to mention, no matter how expansive they become, unless they are built upon with other terms and sub-sets, "male and female" will likely always be viewed as a dichotomy. A divide between peoples. That's how I sees it, at any rate. This is why I take care to invite people to share their definitions; not just what they call themselves, but what it means to them. Because there are those who refer to themselves as a traditional gender, but with a decidedly progressive outlook on what that can mean. I'm interested to see who thinks what about that issue and what occurs to them as the "right" thing to call themselves. I for one don't mind that "maleness" and "femaleness" retain somewhat limited roles, because for some that specificity is important to defining themselves and their boundaries. The problem is that there has yet to develop a solid distinction between sex and gender. Boys are male and girls are female; this is what we've been told. And this is absolutely a trend that should be bucked. Firstly because it has never been suitable to describe genetic diversity (trans individuals come to mind), and secondly because the culture is now clearly and severely outpacing the language. The last two letters are of greater import here: Trans and queer, common blanket terms for the type of personal identifications being discussed. They also tend to get forgotten a lot at the LGBTQ table. That'd probably be why only the LGB portion occurred to you, in fact. And yes, queer is still a bit of a controversial term. In this context its use is considered a reclamation and thus the proper term, but people can still get sensitive about it in casual conversation, so be mindful of that.
Jeez, this Corpse Party thing is really pickin' up speed. Is this the first one to be released on a gaming platform? ...I mean, PC counts as a game platform, but... Is it the first non-indie one. You know what I mean.
Is this going to become a running theme? You better believe it, sib'. Do you identify as a gender that isn't strictly male or female, and care to describe how you identify yourself? Have you been questioning your gender and wondering if you fit into one of these mysterious categories? Want to ask about or discuss the definition of any LGBTQ genders, or share your own views and experiences with them? This, zhis and theys, is your thread! Now, I will ask that this thread abide by a ruleset similar to the one in my other oddly-titled thread in this section. Please try to keep discussion light-hearted, don't get into anything too graphic, and for the love of mozzarella, don't go insulting anybody or putting 'em down for their life choices. This includes hostility towards those of a traditional gender who want to join in on the conversation; I don't wanna f#$@%& see it, capiche? As well, please remember that you are dealing with human beings with legitimate thoughts and feelings and, most importantly, limited patience; it's all right to have questions, but don't expect them all to be answered! This isn't a Q&A panel for the more vanilla folks out there, it's an open forum for discussion. Everyone should feel welcome and relaxed, not like they're on a talk show, or in a themed QT or something. I may discuss my own gender feelings later, if the thread gets hoppin'.
See this is why I think you'd like Anody-*brick'd* ♥
Hey, c'mon. It could totally work! You have one kid each siding with light and dark, and their feud creates a rift in their friend circle... With all the teen drama already loaded onto the series I doubt you'd notice a change. But we digress, once more. Perhaps another thread...
At this point, I fear for the game's future. If it's on PS3 and PS4, I highly doubt the PS4 version will sell better than the PS3 version; and if it's exclusively on PS4, it still might not sell since everyone discouraged by the PS4 price tag will probably opt out. Somethin' tells me they're gonna be in the hole no matter what.
All of the above. If you are making the KH-V experience more enjoyable for others and members hold you in high regard, that ought to be rewarded. No it isn't. Regular posting habits, maybe. Daily activity, certainly. But neither of those are directly related to how many posts the forum has in general, nor how many a particular user may have. You're missing the point. I'm not trying to suggest we make Premium membership easier. In fact, my method could be construed as harder to achieve. Because once you have met a flat requirement, be it post count or likes or time spent on the boards (or a combination of those), you must then have made enough of an impression during your time spent here or with all those posts/likes you accrued to be voted in. It requires the investment of the member, because they have to request it; and it requires the investment of the forums, because they must O.K. it. You're not actually hitting the bullet point here. You can extrapolate whatever you want from that scenario, but I am using it to illustrate a broader point, that it is possible for someone with a low post count to deserve Premium benefits for their contributions. Once again, you're focusing on the example I gave and not actually addressing the point I made. Point being, there are ways for members to make meaningful contributions to the forums without earning a single post for their trouble. The Spamzone is just one instance of this. I disagree. There are dozens of forgettable Premium members on the forums, and a generous handful of non-Prems that no one's going to forget any time soon. At any rate, I am not pushing for the abolition of post count reqs altogether, I'm just suggesting that the current requirement is too centralizing; it causes undue focus on the number of posts a member has made and not enough focus on what they're actually doing with those posts. A defeatist attitude like that is what makes me contemptuous of those who defend the current system. In other words, nobody actually seems to like it, so why are we defending it? People up to the highest levels of management are displeased with it, so why do we bother to keep it? Why is it so outlandish to consider that it might need some fine-tuning? No it's not. It is rude to assume that. Especially on KH-V, where a lot of the threads don't count posts that other forums' members would use to rocket their post counts up to 10k or higher without much effort. Some people only hit 500 posts around three or four years with the site, and in my eyes they are as dedicated as anyone else and fully deserve a spot on the list. I kinda inadvertently picked this apart with the rest of my post so far, so yeah uh... nah. Really? Even you've got to admit, that's a stretch. And either way, how do we know that'll happen unless we try it? Besides that, troll members making throw-away posts to get to Prem? That already happens! You are literally describing the very thing that I would hope to prevent. Either way, you're probably gonna get some blokes who plain don't deserve the benefits, but the current system is screwing over some really exceptional members who do deserve them, and that ought to be fixed. I'm proposing more barriers to entry that are less monolithic to people who just can't post that often, but also tight enough that you really have to want it to get it.
There are people who've been here longer than you, who have objectively made more of an impact on the boards, and who've barely scratched 500 posts. Are you trying to tell me they deserve it less? There's also the fact that some posts just mean more to the forum than others. If one person has 500 posts but another has 1,000, but the first fellow starts all the threads that the second posts in, who do you think deserves the benefits more? I also believe that posters in non-post count sections are serving a purpose to the boards that deserves reward. For one, it might not be the most straight-laced or serious section, but the Spamzone serves a vital function: that of giving the forumers a place to unwind and mingle with the community. And there are posters who earn a name for themselves there by coming up with compelling topics of discussion and entertaining little games to play. The simple fact of the matter is that post count does not measure dedication. At most, it shows who are the chattiest members on the forum. If you're pulling for greater post quality, you should be pulling for a system that doesn't offer a flat reward for a flat number, because that system can be and is frequently, admittedly, abused. I can't count the number of times my Prem friends have actually advised me to post whore, going so far as to suggest sections where mods are most lenient about spam. Even staffies have offered this advice before! 1,000 posts is not as bad as it could be, but that's an exceptionally crummy reason to maintain it. It's also not as fair as it could be. Personally, I've been pushing for a long time for the post count requirement to be cut in half, but for the current system to be replaced by one where members must apply for Premiumhood and must then be voted in by their peers and staff. That way there's no padding your post count to snag those benefits; you really have to earn it. Perhaps then Premiums might also have the benefit of having their vote count for more in deciding on new Premium members. In fact, maybe I'll make a thread about that soon... As I recall, I never did back when I first had the idea.
I threw out Sleights every chance I got in the early game, but as time went on and enemies got cleverer, I started to phase out the ones with lengthier animations so as to avoid getting cracked open by a 0 card. In time I had nearly ditched Sleights altogether and used almost nothing but 0's and 9's of my own, plus some summons and elixirs. I even fought some bosses Kenjutsu-style, by only attacking when I broke their cards. You have no idea how bad I just wanted to spam Dark Aura throughout the entirety of Reverse/Rebirth, but every time I tried, I'd get it broken before the first hit landed. So with Riku I would tend towards Dark Firaga a lot.
