>>132696
You won't get white specs without a photographer

Looks good to me. I can see all the sky and stuff.

Nice photo taken yesterday

>>132692
Isn't it amazing how good even camera phones are now though? Obviously a the right lens, tripod, and environment could take us further though.
I have seen several shooting stars and mysterious objects this year.

>>132705
would

>>132352
That's really incredible. I have to admit that I felt disappointed to see the 3D horses (I think I already said that) but if it was a sacrifice they made since horses are apparently a major pain to animate then I guess it's tolerable when you take the anime as a whole.
They seem to have themes for each villain, like the eye guy's bizarre close-ups remind me of Ren and Stimpy and this most recent episode reminded me of classic Disney.
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>>131257
Turns out they actually used physical paper for that flat segment in the last episode. It's a surprising amount of effort and thought put into those thirty seconds of animation, especially for something that is anime-original. In the manga it's one shot of him running with narration around it. Alongside that we had Takauji's massacre, all the ear weirdness, and Genba's fight with the radar duo. In fact, a ton of the visuals are wholly original and comparing this episode to volume 2 is like night and day.
All his jumping around is adapted from a single panel, and the purple ring of fire is hardly even implied when you look at how small the fire is. Same for the mass beheading that's only a bunch of heads casually flying upwards. But also things like Genba sitting on his web of ropes or acrobatically transitioning from the party to the assassination of Takauji. Even just the radar background behind the ear/eye pair. Fucking insane adaptation.
>>132298
>despite its rather mundane subject matter of teenagers being pop stars or theater actors
I wouldn't truly call it mundane, as certainly the things that take place are rarer than something like Yuru Camp, Slow Loop, or any other themed CGDCT you can think of. Past that, it's not like a grounded story directly equates to regular visuals, as Tatami Galaxy is really out there for an anime about a guy living through his college years (granted, that's Yuasa). There was a lot of heightened emotion here to match the guy's state and it was entirely fitting, that's what it makes it powerful.

>>132353
'Twas raw, I forgot to make half of the reply and there was a sentence I hadn't even finished writing.
>horses are apparently a major pain to animate
Man, I wonder how Steel Ball Run is going to turn out. Half of the manga takes place on horseback or besides a horse and frequently with at least half a dozen of them, they are central to the story.
>They seem to have themes for each villain, like the eye guy's bizarre close-ups remind me of Ren and Stimpy and this most recent episode reminded me of classic Disney.Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>132300
Posting in this thread again to say how much I love Sengoku Youko.
It's just so pretty and a treat to look at. It's hard to describe since I think the other shows might have better "direction", but Sengoku just looks more appealing to me somehow.
There's such a great variety of themes with all sorts of brilliant colors! Clips don't do it justice because while other shows go to 11 for 20 seconds (sakuga or whatever) and then hang around at 6, this one has a far more leveled approach.
I'm also reminded that it's the same studio that did Utawarerumono 2 and 3, and unlike those this one got a proper budget. (sigh)

>>132677
To demonstrate the variety I mentioned, this is in the same episode.

I think Atri deserves mention as being another good-looking show, but this time centered on the character and facial animations! From a VN source where each character had a few portraits to this is quite the leap I'd say. Best faces of the season, although you need to go frame-by-frame to appreciate some of them.
I don't know what it did to get such a fantastic adaptation, but it's very nice.

>>132728
hi laala

>>132735
>no one has been able to create accounts
oh fuck, wonder if I still have my nyaa account password stored somewhere... haven't used an account in ages but wouldn't want to be completely locked out... you just never know these days huh.
>streaming sites
I couldn't care less about streaming sites, those ad ridden hell holes are better off dead. They're no better than any legal streaming site; taking money from viewers and keeping most, if not all, to themselves. But streaming sites are a good way to keep the tards away from torrenting sites, but now even the torrent sites are coming to light. Before you'd have to google "anime torrenting websites", which was still s

>>132749
(AAAAAAAAAAAA misclicked ctrl+enter)
... which was still somewhat safer since the ones googling that already know about torrenting, but now I've actually seen youtube shorts that mention anime torrenting, and gloating tards commenting about nyaa. I just hope I don't have to go around begging for private trackers to take me in.........

Something will come back within the next couple of months.

dumb ctrl+entard

>>117021
I think if you take out the hard lock and instant turning, this game becomes near perfect. The gunplay just feels so good and I love the way impact melee has.

>>117027
I wouldn't call it near perfect. Actually I don't like the stun centered gameplay either because it turns the game into just shoot>stun>combo. This ruins melee for me because it feels sub-optimal to use for anything other than hitting a sunned enemy. Melee in previous AC games had you thinking in 5d trying to figure out how you were going to land a pilebunker. It always felt extremely satisfying. I don't get that here. I honestly think this is one of the worst AC games, but it's still a pretty good game funny enough.

The worst part though is that it's so casualized that's it's hard to believe they will just revert back to the OG AC formula since nu-AC fans will see it as "clunky."

>>117065
You can play this game on your browser, I think. It's on the internet archive. I remember seeing people online saying you could play it using the edge browser on the xbox with a controller but I'm not sure.

>>117079
meant to reply to the OP...

>Chorus: ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Development Staff

soul overload

>>132497
Amen to that. I've come fully from being cautiously optimistic about to absolutely detesting this diarrhea dog turd.

Geass is dead and nothing after R2 matters.

>>132674
>¥To make a quick buck off of your kuso tie-in gacha game?
Oh is that why it exists? Anime stuff funded by gacha are usually passion projects, though, since the profits can't compare. A JPEG could make more money than every BD sale combined.
Huh, that's weird. But yeah, this is really stupid. I do want to see where it goes, but it's not like I'm invested in the characterse or world. More of a "so bad it's good" kind of thing.

>>132676
>Anime stuff funded by gacha are usually passion projects
What on earth gave you that idea? Gacha are soulless cashgrabs in every respect, nobody is passionate enough about them to make a full anime about it. In fact, the best gacha anime are the ones that take advantage of the fact that nobody cares about the anime as anything except a way to get the name in people's heads to make an original story that has next to nothing to do with the gacha.

That said, there is no reason to think Roze exists to sell the gacha. It's likely just part of their CG revival plan since no successful IP can go unbeaten these days.

>>132681
>What on earth gave you that idea?
I thought I gave my reasoning there...
If you have a successful enough gacha there's no reason to do anything else with the IP because nothing else will compare to gacha's free money. The only reason to make an anime or video game from a gacha is basically for fun. X amount of money spent on the anime adaptation would be more productive being spent on the gacha by uhh... I don't know, hiring some new artists or running a new ad campaign on tiktok or whatever.
I'm not sure how animation studios think about gacha adaptations. Work is work, I guess. Yostar Pictures mostly did gacha adaptations but they seem to moving up in the world with Sentai Daishikkaku and assistance credits on stuff like Dungeon Meshi.

>>132682
>nothing else will compare to gacha's free money
True, but you have to factor in how much an anime will increase the eyes on your gacha and get them hooked on it. It's not like the anime can't possibly bring in more money for the companies.

I refuse to use these services or use the self checkout. I'm not bagging my own groceries and I'm not letting some random person pick out my meats, veggies and fruits. I don't use the self checkout because I don't want people to lose their jobs. They've already gotten rid of bag boys and forced the cashiers to do double duty. Now they close check out lanes and have one person watching over 4+ self checkout registers. It's annoying and the things always make you wait for someone to come over and confirm you aren't stealing.

I stopped shopping at one big box store because of these problems. If I go to my local grocery store they always have 5+ lanes open and the selection of meats is much better because it has a real butcher shop inside. They also have a real bakery.

Going to the grocery store is like the only reason why I leave the house anymore. So I guess I do "socialize" with the people there. I also like being able to walk around with a firearm inside of them. I usually run into random people also carrying and we talk shop about guns and I've even gone to the range with a few of them in the past. Never had a bad experience so far. At least the police haven't been called. I did have one lady who was obviously a Cali or NYC transplant freak out about it once and stop recording me and she threatened to call the police. But then a bunch of other people with firearms started to gather around and told her to stop being stupid. She got scared and ran off. With any hope she went back to where she came from. Our are has become flooded with such people since covid. They all moved here because of the cheap land/rent and they've been trying to get a lot of the local laws changed.

Anyway, I try to support local business so I won't use these services. We didn't even have uber and whatever the fast food delivery services were until a year or two ago. We tried one of the fast food ones but it ended up costing $10+ more than usual and the food was cold by the time it got here. I saw a lot of people doing it for side money at first but it finally calmed down. People don't like random people touching their food and we don't have lazy people here to support that kind of business plan.

My ultimate goal is no longer having to use the grocery store at all. At least not weekly. I'm working on getting chickens and eventually other livestock. I already have some cows. I want to add pigs and goats into the mix along with the chickens. I want toPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

I rambled in my last reply as I usually do. I just wanted to add; The absolute worst thing about covid was all the 24/7 businesses closing and those hours never returning. I used to get all my grocery shopping done between the hours of 1-4am. It was really comfy and usually I was the only person in the store. There was always at least one checkout lane open with an actual person manning it.

Since the panic no place stays open past about 9pm here excluding the one 24/7 gas station. So now I'm forced to shop with all the other people and I hate it. The local grocery store isn't that bad. But if I go into any of the big chain grocery stores it's awful. The worst humanity has to offer on full display. People are rude and always on edge. They don't discipline their children and let them run all over the place. I've even had some steal things right out of my shopping cart just because they were too lazy to walk a few ales over and get it themselves.

Now I only go to the local place where none of the new transplants set foot in. They think it's a "racist store" because of the name or something. I don't know why they refuse to enter it since it's named after the guy's family that owns it. But whatever the reason I'm thankful. These people are insane. They assume all the locals are dumb and they keep trying to "educate" us on social issues. We never had a problem with "racism" until they started moving here in droves. City won't do anything about them because they're made so much money off taxing the new residents since covid. We've had a lot of outsider investors coming in to convert old factories and buildings into apartments for these people. They even let them have a bar right on main street after denying the locals that for years. We'll probably be bred out in a generation or two.

I get free bags at self-checkout

The past few months I've tried ordering protein bars in bulk off Amazon, but I don't think this is the way to be doing things. I think this stuff is cheaper to buy at Costco, but Costco has a limited selection in the store naturally. I think you can order stuff online from them, but I've heard it's not as cheap.

Do people ever make their own protein bars? I wonder how that would work, just buying a bunch of oats and peanut butter and stuff. but I don't think it would last for weeks at a time without vacuum sealing or something...

>>132651
>Do people ever make their own protein bars?
you can make a big sheet of it then cut it up into lines but it's definitely not going to last you weeks and i'm not sure how practical it is for someone who's looking to buy in bulk in the first place

Speaking of spiders, this one has been hanging out for about a week. Pretty big. It seems to be holding and eating something it caught and tied up. Camera focus seems to struggle a bit on this.
Using a spoiler since some people may not want to see a big spider while casually scrolling kissu.

Carrot. I drew the thing on the right to demonstrate how impressive carrots are. I had no idea they got so big when they made it to the flowering stage.

Carrots are really great in a garden. The leaves are pretty and carrots are very good at leaf coverage which means the soil doesn't dry out as fast. It's a solid line of wispy green leaves that easily sway in the breeze. Normally when you're growing carrots for food you pick them a month before now, but I've kept them in the ground so I could just pull them up when needed. I'm not sure if there's any repercussions for that in regards to flavor or texture, but I don't think there is. It might just be that if you want to be efficient then you need to pull them out and replace them with new crops.

Lastly, here is a close up of a carrot flower that I'm pretty sure is in the process of turning into seeds. I assume each of round things turns into a seed, so that would mean I'll have thousands of carrot seeds soon. And carrots thrive during cooler weather so the plan is to put them back in the ground soon, probably in a different row.
I noticed a bug in the middle so I took a picture. It seems like a great spot to sit back and relax as a bug, but now that I can zoom in I think it might be dead. Well, it seems like a good place to die, too.
That's it for now! Gardening is pretty fun when it's not a billion degrees outside.

>>132601
do the wabbits love them?

>>132607
The problem with rabbits is that they greatly prefer sprouts. So one rabbit could just go down the row and take bites out of them and kill 20 plants for one meal. Once plants are established they're not as damaging. I've seen a couple rabbits around, but not as much as last year. I don't think the garden has much they like this time.

I think most of the stuff has already been said so I can't offer much. I guess you should avoid drying out your skin, which means you should avoid taking showers too often. Those people that shower every day (or even twice!) are stripping away all the oil and beneficial bacteria that keeps the skin protected. Obviously it can't be avoided if you have a physical job and you get sweaty/dirty, though. I guess you would need a good moisturizing cream setup in that situation.

>>131930
Oh yeah, speaking of washing. People say you should avoid "sodium lauryl sulfate" in soap and shampoo as it's very effective at removing oils. That can be a good thing when it comes to cleaning contaminates, but it can also be a bad thing since it's so good at removing the body's protective oils. When you get stuff without it, though, it's far less effective at producing a lather so it's more annoying to use.

no drinking no drugs no sex no ween
avoid direct sunlight
minimize stress
develop your inner bodies and energy centers
allegedly no food is the secret to immortality but i don't know the exact mechanics. i think it's because you need to develop yourself to the point you no longer depend on food for prana and you can supply your own. not sure

Facial hear has an impact, often when I find out how old a Youtuber is it surprises me because they are actually younger than I think they are, often they are even younger than me. Atlas Pro is an example of this(I forget how old he is but I know it was younger than I am).

>>132581
I meant Facial hair not Facial hear.

>>132273
https://anilist.co/anime/5040/One-Outs/ One Out's is like the only direct comparision series. But it's more like BaseBall Akagi than Kaiji

>>132549
funnily enough the kaiji/akagi va also voices toua
and
>In 2018, he became a Riichi Mahjong professional affiliated with the Japan Professional Mahjong League. In the same year he was drafted by the Team RAIDEN professional Mahjong team for the participation of the team Riichi Mahjong tournament M-League.

That was great, although a little bit drawn out at times to build suspense which I don't always enjoy.
Since we didn't actually see any splats, I was expecting a reveal that the people that fell were actually falling into netting and hidden away. I guess a little public mass murder is alright when that much money is involved.
It's good, storywise, that Kaiji fails so much while he's simultaneously a genius. It makes him very relatable and it keeps you engaged. The villains are good, too, not simply cartoon villains but are believable in their twisted minds. Realistic?
Good stuff.

>>132551
It takes place in an under construction hotel so I think the assumption is that this would be swept under the rug as work-place accidents

>>132548
The moment he let Hyodo keep his hand inside the box for longer than him while expecting the guy to be unable to counter, that's where he lost. That's the point where he let things slip from his grasp, and yeah, a good deal of that comes down to underestimating Hyodo.
>>132549
I remember we streamed part of that, but I'm not sold on baseball sadly. Don't recall in what way, though.

>>132109
You don't need to be artistic (but maybe a little autistic) to play a low-tech version of a game.

I don't like gacha on principle. The idea of a forever game people sink most of their money into really repels me since it mostly means that people will just sink funds into a single product/company. Then instead of having the motivation from prior success to develop more games the incentive is to just work on adding new things to the old game until it's no longer as profitable then shutting it down for a new shiny one the dev can coast off name recognition to ensure some semblance of success. It's not like the gameplay or anything about them is really that complex or warranting continual development. It's just designs that people are in them for and for the company it's about maximizing the amount of money they can wring out of the userbase for the least amount of effort. NIKKE being the shining example of this IMO.

The only really good gacha is mahjsouls since it's more cosmetic sales overlayed atop a more complex game that's the main driver of its success. And there's one exception to 'forever games' that I can potentially understand and it's MMOs that are constantly trying to innovate and achieve a more ideal state. Though most of those eventually end up cruising on name recognition or established playerbases too (WoW being extremely egregious in this sense). I just can't wait until the industry blows up in gacha devs faces and people stop feeling the desire to pour endless amounts of their money into a fleeting product.

Probably the tipping point will be once AI progresses enough that these gacha stop feeling any reason to contract human artists to work on them. Then they'll become a completely parasitic existence that feeds back nothing into the community.

>>132439
>The idea of a forever game people sink most of their money into really repels me since it mostly means that people will just sink funds into a single product/company. Then instead of having the motivation from prior success to develop more games the incentive is to just work on adding new things to the old game until it's no longer as profitable then shutting it down for a new shiny one the dev can coast off name recognition to ensure some semblance of success.

I understand this, but some developers use the funds to fund other projects. FGO is so low budget that they've been using their gachabux to fund Tsukihime remake, Fate Extra Record, anime projects, and other stuff. NIKKE's devs also developed Stellar Blade.

>>132454
taxes with targeted advertising characteristics

Genshin now giving away free Monas every anniversary.

>>122327
Yeah, it's just life keeps fucking me over and I keep having stuff happening to me.
Saturday is probably the last session for the mini-campaign but we'll still be playing afterwards with the same characters.

Is it 1pm EST?

>>122404
Does your computer not have a clock?

I will be late

Reviving this thread!
Thinking about redoing another GURPS adventure.
This time probably more of a melee and magic sort of deal.

But.. err.. uhhh... we have a youtube thread?

>>129959
For some reason I get the feeling that ruin is a long term food storage and not a living quarters.

Two can play at that game.

>>132139
And the game is incest.

>>132402
Wincest.

>>132424
I wish she was the MC and the story was about her trying to get in Onii-chan's pants. The other girls are just whatever.

>>132438
Yup. Lots of anime that have mistaken who their main character should be this season...

I thought Kissu people were better than this. Not falling for years old Twitter engagement bait...
But no, Touhou is more alive than ever.

it's not like there's any other content

did NOT bite

kanko killed touhou
fate killed touhou
horses killed touhou
ba killed touhou

Touhou has been killed many times...

there should be rubberbanding in jong

there is, if you're dealt a great hand that's nearly ready for a yakuman and you assemble it right you win

It's good when I'm losing and it's bad when I'm winning.

>>132412
There are different degrees to it, though. Getting pulled back to a group of similar skill players is a lot easier to accept than getting pulled to the back of the pack because of something completely out of your control. In MK8 I've come close to double lapping people online and it's basically just doing a time trial at that point, which isn't a lot of fun. But then you've got MKWii where the first two laps feel totally pointless half the time because the whole race comes down to the last set of item boxes. Even when I do shoot from 12th to 1st it doesn't feel earned and the possibility that ranking manipulation might be the optimal strategy just feels wrong.

I think the goal should be to keep the tempo of the game up rather than to shuffle up the rankings. Keeping the pack together is good, but not at the expense of constantly forcing people to stop and wait for others to catch up.

I don't really see much rubberbanding in OJ, it just uses a deceptive progression system where normas get progressively harder to achieve. If you play towards the final goal, the only real redistribution mechanism is the bosses, but calculating that in is part of strategizing for each character. More of a balance thing for the retards who pick defensive characters than anything.

>>132425
>It's good when I'm losing and it's bad when I'm winning.
forgot that this was a response to the OP and so i read it like it was some extreme maso post