Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread

[Shrimpica]

56 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

So uh

Dare I risk starting a war by asking for context?

Frobidden I

[Lightchao42]

Local police officer gets destroyed by bracer with big stick.

20 hours ago, Armagon said:

Seems more than just awakened. His body is like charred in some scenes, i wonder if it hit him directly.

The original Godzilla was also designed to have a scarred skin texture, though Godzilla 2023 doesn't appear charred in other images, so maybe he was attacked by some other weapon?

2 hours ago, Newtype06 said:

*gasp*

Sorry about that. The number is the main part of your username, rather than a way to distinguish yourself from any other Newtypes on this forum, so technically your username is a different case.

[Saint Rubenio]

1 hour ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Not really. That only looks like a 4-5 year difference at best, 7-8... maybe only a 10 year difference at the worst. Those two always gave me the vibe they're in their mid 20's. Think Oscar and Boyd age difference.

To be honest, I always thought they were the same age as Ephraim.

51 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Sounds neat. Sounds like a world where you should fight only on sunny days, unless you're the one holding the cards.

Now drench a desert of hippies and watch everyone have 0 move instantly for the rest of the battle.

In practice, it's less effective than you'd imagine. Every single light mage has the purification spell, which removes all status effects and heals 10 HP per status removed. It makes them sweet targets to prioritize... though, on the other hand, their AI is very consistent. If they can heal or restore, even if it's a paper cut, they will do that. I still prefer taking them out. My archers are excellent at that. Seeking mage one-shots with a bow has been half my battles so far lol

...You know, perhaps this is the reason why everyone packs a priest with their lunch. They don't wanna get frozen by a stray ice spell because they stepped on a puddle.

51 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

While I haven't commented much on them, I have been reading your commentary about LE. Glad your little indie SRPG venture is going well.😀

I can only hope it will continue to go well. Might share a couple screenshots of some of my funnier units later. The problem is that, since everyone looks so realistic, it's not immediately funny.

39 minutes ago, gnip said:

I was trying to make a pitch Ruben, "how to kill sweet old schoolmasterly lady" is meant to be part of that. You know how much he likes doing that. Personally, I'm far too concerned about being nice to a bunch of pixels (or polygons, I guess) to even consider an act as hilariously stupidly evil as salting the ashes. (no, I do not have the Reaver specialisation unlocked, although I think 'zerker/Champion or 'zerker/Templar is better for a damage dealer anyway)

You do realize I already killed the sweet old lady, right?

20 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

But I unlocked it anyway before reloading

Didn't reload, either. I had to repurpose Morgana in a rush, but it was so worth it. I couldn't even use the specialization.

12 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

Frobidden I

...What?

The only thing I can find is this romance book set in ancient Mesopotamia. That doesn't sound like something you'd touch with a ten foot pole, to be honest. Too western like.

[Shrimpica]

21 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 Too western like.

 

[Saint Rubenio]

Well, actually, there's one somewhat anime character.

This woman. She has two-colored hair, is blind but finds her way through magic, can see the future and speaks in riddles. Everyone's else is basically just a regular person, so she stands out a bit.

...Her training has gone faster than the others I've done. Whereas Francisco took a bit to grasp the intricacies of magic and the old man's joints resisted the transition to frontline axeman, she's not taken too long to take up the way of the knight. Blind knight, to be precise. God bless 'er.

2 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

 

Oh no he's communicating in Wraithism now

@Sidereal Wraith Translate, if you please

[Acacia Sgt]

I showed like the.... concept art? But here's like the actual artwork/poster of Psychic Miku:

And then for today it was Grass with Rillaboom:

I don't know why she's a cheerleader in this one. Likely to synergize with the drum-beating of Rillaboom as a cheer squad of two? Maybe.

I like crossovers, so expect me to post them all here just because...

[Interdimensional Observer]

@Armagon Got GrimGrimoire OnceMore as a bday gift today. Feel free to wait on my informed opinion of it before you spend for Vanillaware's first attempt at an RTS. I know my recent experience with the second was... tragic, but I'll keep an open mind and be optimistic about this very Grim game. Feel free not to wait on my opinion as well, given I haven't played all of last year's gifts yet.😆

 

38 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

I like crossovers, so expect me to post them all here just because...

Not a Surprise Really. Why?😛

And it is nice that this is official. Ninty/TPC's willingness to do this kind of stuff isn't the greatest, or at least that's my impression.

[Acacia Sgt]

1 minute ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Not a Surprise Really. Why?😛

You know it!

1 minute ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

And it is nice that this is official. Ninty/TPC's willingness to do this kind of stuff isn't the greatest, or at least that's my impression.

I suppose. From my understanding, this is being done for Vocaloid's anniversary, as it first launched on August 31. Why specifically with Pokémon, I don't know. Maybe since both are profilic?

On the subject of Miku, she has also showed up in SRW! Kinda.

A special collaboration with Virtual-On, that was also used for SRW. It's not Miku herself, but a Virtual-On character using her appearance. So it's a roundabout sort of cameo.

[Venger_06]

1 hour ago, Lightchao42 said:

Sorry about that. The number is the main part of your username, rather than a way to distinguish yourself from any other Newtypes on this forum, so technically your username is a different case.

Um ackshually, my name refers to an 06 that became a Newtype, clearly an evolution of what I was before

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Didn't reload, either. I had to repurpose Morgana in a rush, but it was so worth it. I couldn't even use the specialization.

Doing evil for nothing, peak Ruben

52 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, actually, there's one somewhat anime character.

This woman. She has two-colored hair, is blind but finds her way through magic, can see the future and speaks in riddles. Everyone's else is basically just a regular person, so she stands out a bit.

...Her training has gone faster than the others I've done. Whereas Francisco took a bit to grasp the intricacies of magic and the old man's joints resisted the transition to frontline axeman, she's not taken too long to take up the way of the knight. Blind knight, to be precise. God bless 'er.

What game you are playing?

[Acacia Sgt]

Or at least, I don't know exactly what SRW does with her. Since this Virtual-On "Miku" was only like, a piece of artwork and an action figure, so there was nothing to adapt from other than the concept itself. In fact, that's all Virtual-On gets as representation in that SRW game, UX.

Fun fact, the game also has Macross Frontier. Unsurprisingly, she has some involvement with its plot. XD

Edited September 5, 2023 by Acacia Sgt

[Saint Rubenio]

13 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

What game you are playing?

Lost Eidolons. Purported indie clone of Three Houses, which is why it's taken me a year to try it out. So far, good. Haven't found any eidolons, but I did find a bald old man with a beard, instantly making the game better than its inspiration.

He's a drunkard tactician voiced by Keith Silverstein. Dude has great range, but was cursed with a distinctive voice. He just can't hide he's him lol

[Shrimpica]

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Oh no he's communicating in Wraithism now

 

1 hour ago, Acacia Sgt said:

I showed like the.... concept art? But here's like the actual artwork/poster of Psychic Miku:

And then for today it was Grass with Rillaboom:

I don't know why she's a cheerleader in this one. Likely to synergize with the drum-beating of Rillaboom as a cheer squad of two? Maybe.

I like crossovers, so expect me to post them all here just because...

cute

 

[Interdimensional Observer]

*Sigh*

Feel free to ignore. I really tried resisting the temptation for this stupidity...

Spoiler

I spent last night, the last hours of my twenties, awaiting their demise in lamentation. I wasted the decade, and it's gone, gone, I can't get it back, my youth is forever over. I'm 30, and the evidence I'm a waste of existence is now set in stone. -But then there can be no "waste" of life, since all life is futile, death will take it all away, how can anyone waste something that inevitably must end? When I woke up this morning feeling... not bad, now that I was living it, I was empty of agony having reached it. Alas, this feeling couldn't last, I tried reading again, it was less effective than the day before, which in turn had been less effective than the day before that. And then, perhaps an hour, no more than two after that beautiful bonding event I posted earlier today, I was back in heavy breathing, back to "I don't want to die, but I KNOW I WILL!", that primal existential refrain of mine returned as though it had never left. That was after I ate my birthday dinner, and before cake and gifts, which only buried the woe for the required moment. I kept my face ordinary, my breathing normal, nothing hopefully was amiss, I didn't want to ruin anyone else's time on this day by showing my melancholy on what was supposed to be a happy day.

I'm sorry to post this, I'm sorry to burden all of you with the sight of this depressing, pathetic, overly dramatic blubbering. I know this is far from the first time I've done this here, it's all the same, it's all a boring, tedious read. I know a video game forum isn't the place for real ultimately palliative treatment. I don't know what I want to do, I know there is nothing that I can do, since death is the one insurmountable, it fills me with dread and frustration. I want to scream, I want to cry, I want to grab something for desperate impossible comfort so tightly I'd destroy it, but I can't bring myself to do any of it. I just sit around, thoughts stuck in the quagmire of sorrow, as if on my deathbed, even though that is -hopefully- decades away. Yet what is decades when it ultimately all concludes? From the moment we're born, our cruel fate is sealed.

To think I felt wrong not feeling this sooner than I did as today approached. Reaching the age where Japan would have me shout "To the next generation of heroes!" and then go kaboom! letting the youthful heroes escape with their big enemy temporarily injured thanks to my sacrifice. They mourn me for three minutes and then move on. Now that I am here, now that I've been in this dolorous state, how did I ever yearn for it again?

🤮

Edited September 6, 2023 by Interdimensional Observer

[Armagon]

6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

think so far my favorite enviromental interaction in Lost Eidolons has to do with water and ice. If a unit steps on a wet tile, they become drenched. This is a minor debuff, but if a mage then casts an ice spell on you, you become frozen and unable to act entirely. It's about as powerful as it sounds, especially since there are water spells that can drench tiles at will.

Does lightning magic do double magic then?

5 hours ago, Lightchao42 said:

though Godzilla 2023 doesn't appear charred in other images, so maybe he was attacked by some other weapon?

Maybe the bomb hit him directly and this was when he mutated?

3 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Got GrimGrimoire OnceMore as a bday gift today. Feel free to wait on my informed opinion of it before you spend for Vanillaware's first attempt at an RTS. I know my recent experience with the second was... tragic, but I'll keep an open mind and be optimistic about this very Grim game. Feel free not to wait on my opinion as well, given I haven't played all of last year's gifts yet.😆

 

I still haven't gotten around to even the demo. Let me know how it goes.

2 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Feel free to ignore. I really tried resisting the temptation for this stupidity...

I am not a licensed therapist but i'd like to point to this video, just cause reading what you typed, a change in perspective could help (easier said than done i know but bear with me here)

It does talk about the "scary" aspects of life first so if you want to cut to the meat of it, you can skip to 3:13. 

If you really want the tl;dr, then essentially

[Interdimensional Observer]

Nintendo is putting three Japan-only 8-bit titles on international NSO, yet it doesn't appear to translate them whatsoever. Lazy much? I'm not one to criticize the corp for every little decision either.

 

19 minutes ago, Armagon said:

I still haven't gotten around to even the demo.

Call it stupid, but I actually skipped the demo.😅 I just knew I would buy this game sooner or later.

20 minutes ago, Armagon said:

It does talk about the "scary" aspects of life first so if you want to cut to the meat of it, you can skip to 3:13. 

Thank you for trying!🧎 And unfortunately the second half of the vid didn't help, it just triggered more existential panic.😢 I'm too sensitive, reading of how some animistic people in Mozambique think baboons contain the souls of their ancestors earlier today didn't sit well with me.

I'm okay with life having no meaning, I don't need a predefined purpose. But death makes it futile, it matters not if there is a meaning or not, because death undoes all life anyhow. -But maybe I'm inventing a difference that doesn't exist, I'm not exactly rational you can see.

And if everything is meaningless and or futile, then so is happiness. Why bother trying to be happy amid the tragedy of being, and why bother clinging to "sanity"? The ultimate end will consign all to *trembles typing this and tones down the final word chosen* ...death.

25 minutes ago, Armagon said:

a change in perspective could help (easier said than done i know

And that is my problem. I know. I know a lot, about the world, about myself. And yet, in everything, I struggle to convert cognizance into action.

...

Right now, this sounds strange, but I wish I was as I was last year early July. When I was in the hospital for a few days due to a freak foot infection. Owing in part to the total lack of comfort a hospital bed provides and a very slight fever, I was tired, and I despite being in a hospital, I wasn't depressed. It's like, having just a hint of how it must feel for so many confined for much longer -often to their ends- I couldn't be depressed, the tiredness made me sleepy and I wanted to rest. If that is how I'll actually feel on my deathbed, in my present state of mind, I fear it. How will it be that I become in some sense apathetic to living? I don't want to be that way, I want to go down kicking and screaming for life.😭

Another thing I wish I could be- one of those middled men wearing nothing but a speedo at a gay celebration. They're past the halfway point of the human lifespan, they're not the most fit either, yet they somehow appear to have no worries about neither age/death nor body image/health and leave little to others' imaginations as they have a very good time. -A half-joke intended to ever so marginally counter these morbid 

...

I DEEPLY apologize! You shouldn't have to read this dark bleak shit from a mere Internet friend in a Fire Emblem forum's silly section. You shouldn't have to provide any kind of solace. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I know my word has no value when I've done this before.

This reminds me, an aside. I say "thank you" a lot to my parents, these professions of gratefulness grow when they do something for me for a special occasion, personal melancholy elicits more statements of gratitude too. I do it so often they get annoyed I say it so much. Birthday + depression spiral = extremely thankful.

So on that note, I'll say it again- I REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE POSTED THIS. And I appreciate you wasting your precious time (a section of my brain can still operate under the premise that life can be "wasted" and is willing to set aside the Death Override Priority) on these typed cries of a madman.

I think at last maybe I hope I'll call for a real psyche (I have one picked out)... next week? I want to call now, but I can't make the call alone. Still, since I want to do something that might help with this overpowering malaise, maybe I'll make a preliminary call on my own when the sun next rises. I need to find out how I would set up telehealth, so I have an excuse to call and ask about that, maybe if the secretary doesn't mind slip in passing mention of why I'm calling.

...And after writing all of the above, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open. I don't want to close them yet, depression has made me irrationally want to stay up real late for the past few nights, but this feels like that aforementioned hospital incident described above. Tiredness is a great counter, fear of the big sleep is subdued by sleep itself, I loathe this.

[Shrimpica]

7 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

my youth is forever over. I'm 30,

You are still young.

Youth is more a state anyway. I know someone who's 70 and is younger than anyone else i know - enjoying life and doing whatever he wants.

don't put yourself in the "i am old" state. It destroys you

7 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

I'm sorry to post this

Don't be.

You're welcome to rant whenever you want!

7 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

I know there is nothing that I can do

Try to get a job related to history maybe? You really really really love history.

Maybe that can help?

4 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Why bother trying to be happy amid the tragedy of being

even if it's limited, i'd rather be happy in the time i have then sad!

Even if it's all meaningless.

 

[Saint Rubenio]

My protagonist has a type.

I have no screenshot but later he had a drink with Balastar in his tent and Balastar's uncle said his face looked "flushed" afterward. Sure, that might be the drink, but who knows.

...How unfortunate that, judging by the events of the flash-forward chapter 1, this romance shall never flourish. Truly a Greek tragedy.

9 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

To think I felt wrong not feeling this sooner than I did as today approached. Reaching the age where Japan would have me shout "To the next generation of heroes!" and then go kaboom! letting the youthful heroes escape with their big enemy temporarily injured thanks to my sacrifice. They mourn me for three minutes and then move on.

See, this is why Japan's habits are harmful. They would have you believe your life's over by the time you turn 28, when for some, that may well be when it begins. Stupid fucking Japan.

The others already put it better than I could've, so I suppose I'll just say, hang in there man. Life's only over when it's over. Things will get better if you just keep going.

6 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

I think at last maybe I hope I'll call for a real psyche (I have one picked out)... next week? I want to call now, but I can't make the call alone. Still, since I want to do something that might help with this overpowering malaise, maybe I'll make a preliminary call on my own when the sun next rises. I need to find out how I would set up telehealth, so I have an excuse to call and ask about that, maybe if the secretary doesn't mind slip in passing mention of why I'm calling.

Ah, that's excellent! I hope things turn out well on that front.

7 hours ago, Armagon said:

Does lightning magic do double magic then?

It does increased damage against drenched foes, and if a unit is standing on a wet tile, the damage spreads to adjacent wet tiles. That was a nice, nasty surprise for me a couple times.

6 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Nintendo is putting three Japan-only 8-bit titles on international NSO, yet it doesn't appear to translate them whatsoever. Lazy much? I'm not one to criticize the corp for every little decision either.

If any of those games has a translation patch, you can add that to the pile of advantages piracy has over NSO. And yet they were so willing to localize a NES title when they intended on making it a limited release to exploit people's FOMO. How sad.

[Lightcosmo]

3 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

Don't be.

You're welcome to rant whenever you want!

Does this apply to everyone? XD

[Shrimpica]

yes

[Interdimensional Observer]

4 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

Don't be.

You're welcome to rant whenever you want!

2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

The others already put it better than I could've, so I suppose I'll just say, hang in there man.

Thank the both of you.🙂

 

4 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

Try to get a job related to history maybe? You really really really love history.

Maybe that can help?

I do take a certain joy in parroting information that others assembled.🦜 It feels so childish, so autistic, so obliviously inconsiderate of those I force to listen, yet it feels blissful. Even though I had no intent of throwing it on anyone...

Spoiler

A breakdown of late 19th century & beyond naval warships. Going mostly according to size.:

• Missile Boat
  • The modern version of a Torpedo Boat (missiles > torpedoes, so they got replaced). Very lightly armored, not able to sustain itself for long durations at sea. These factors mean they’re easily sunk in a direct confrontation and they can’t venture far from friendly shores or supply ships.
  • Missile Boats (or “Missile Cutter”) specialize in being easy to mass-produce and extremely mobile. Swarm and overwhelm your enemy by striking fast with huge numbers.
• Corvette
  • The smallest formally-recognized class of warship.
  • Bigger than Missile Boats, Corvettes can be built as Missile Boats. Although they can also be built for other roles.
  • Like Missile Boats, Corvettes are lightly-armored, and not intended for long durations at sea.
  • Oddly, the United States does not use the term "Corvettes" it seems, even though much of the world does.
• Destroyer
  • Originally called “Torpedo Boat Destroyers”, the extra words got dropped when Torpedo Boats became irrelevant.
  • Inexpensive yet highly customizable for various roles, Destroyers were versatile. Yet they weren’t too big, the armor was limited, and they couldn’t sustain themselves on long-term voyages. All cost-cutting measures.
  • Most modern navies use Destroyers as their primary ship, they have grown in size and capabilities since World War II.
  • A “Destroyer Escort” is a USA WWII thing, a smaller model of Destroyer intended for the task of escorting supply convoys. Bodyguards, not your first line of offense.
    • A Destroyer Escort is of similar size to a Frigate. Originally a term from the Age of Sail referring to a kind of ship smaller than a Ship of the Line, a Frigate is now something bigger than a Corvette, but smaller than a Destroyer. Although the term “Frigate” is used somewhat nebulously in the modern day as to what size of ship it describes.
• Cruiser
  • The original idea was a ship that could independently cruise the high seas for a prolonged period of time on whatever long-term mission it was assigned.
  • Bigger, more thickly-armored than Destroyers, with bigger guns too. Cruisers are the medium-sized warship.
  • In the contemporary post-Cold War world only the US and Russia still use Cruisers. For everyone else, Destroyers grew and became basically the same as Cruisers.
  • Modern Cruisers are called “Missile Cruisers”, owing to the fact that missiles are the primary form of modern weaponry.
• Battleship
  • A shortened version of the phrase “Ship Of The Line Of Battle”. A term that goes back to the Age of Sail, referring to the big warships developed during the 1600s which dominated European naval warfare until the 1850s, when coal-powered Ironclads replaced them.
  • Battleships were the heavy combat ships. Biggest, thickest armor, biggest guns, lowest engine speed and most expensive. Pretty simple.
  • A “Battlecruiser” is a now-unused term for a battleship with less armor and firepower, but greater speed. Call it a heavier cruiser, call it a more mobile battleship, either works.
  • A “Dreadnought” was a BIGGER Battleship, developed shortly before World War I.
    • Each major European + American & Japan country very much dreaded their rivals’ Dreadnoughts. -And so did their national treasuries, Dreadnoughts were a colossal expense. Which is why their construction got paused during World War I.
    • After World War I, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 tried placing limits on battleship/cruiser and aircraft carrier construction. For world peace and for budgetary relief. -This didn’t work out when World War II approached. Battleship construction resumed.
  • As powerful as Battleships were said to be, they died out after World War II.
    • During World War II, the Japanese Yamato-class Battleships Yamato and Musashi could be considered the last hurrah of the Battleship. They were huge and glorious, but proved to be a massive waste of money that did almost nothing to help the Japanese war effort.
    • One problem with Battleships was that as powerful as they were, as a ship intended for war, no amount of armor would make them utterly invincible. Given the gigantic investment of resources, no commander wanted to see their Battleships sunk in combat, but what use is a Battleship that isn’t used for battle?
    • Technologically, two things sprang up that obsoleted the Battleship.:
      • After World War II- radar-guided missiles. More firepower, more accuracy, and more range than the conventional artillery rounds used by the big cannons of Battleships. While Destroyers and Cruisers successfully swapped over to the use of missiles launchers, Battleships didn’t.
      • Before World War II- warplanes. It took some time to develop military aircraft that could be armed with bombs or torpedoes, and time to develop planes that could get airborne off of and land on the short runway of a ship. Nonetheless, by the start of World War II, both of these advancements had been made.
      • The Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942), early into the war in the Pacific in World War II, was the first major naval battle where the enemy ships never saw each other. All the fighting was done via planes launched from Aircraft Carriers.
  • Aircraft Carrier
    • A combat ship made to carry and launch aircraft.
    • Huge, expensive, these are the most important ships in most modern navies.
    • Their importance is for a very simple reason- aircraft are very powerful. You don’t need hulking missile launchers jutting out from the deck when you’ve many more deadly missiles packed away in fighter jets.
    • Carriers started being developed before World War I, but it was too soon for their time to shine. While the idea of the great Battleship lingered into World War II, pretty much everyone quietly realized that Aircraft Carriers were the way of the future. They’ve retained their significance ever since.
    • Carriers can come in multiple sizes.
      • Fleet Carriers are normal-sized, Escort Carriers and Light Aircraft Carriers are smaller ones.
      • “Supercarrier” is an unofficial term for an extra-large Carrier.
      • Cruisers can also be modified to carry some aircraft, though they seem to be quite rare, if not outright nonexistent in the modern world.
      • Even Corvettes can be made to hold a few helicopters if desired. -A far cry from a real Carrier though.
  • Amphibious Assault Ships
    • A very modern creation. These are like Aircraft Carriers in very large size and shape, but they carry landing crafts and ground troops for amphibious assaults instead of aircraft.
    • Some do include space for a few fighter jets or helicopters, purely for the sake of supporting any landing operations.
  • Submarines
    • These you simply can’t confuse with anything else. Unique watercraft that are mostly underwater and can submerge themselves completely. Often associated with stealth, scouting, subversion and underhanded tactics.
    • During the World Wars, submarines moved faster when surfaced than when diving, and they needed to surface before they could accurately torpedo anything. Submarines also needed to surface every so often to recharge their batteries and replenish their oxygen. Advancements made since then have eliminated all these problems.
    • Modern submarines usually use a nuclear reactor as their power source. These let them stay at sea on independent operations until their food runs out. But nuclear reactors are large and expensive, so smaller submarines and submarines made on a budget still use diesel engines.
      • -Having a nuclear reactor doesn’t mean a submarine is packing nuclear missiles, but they sure can carry those if desired.

Lastly, the term “capital ship” means the most important ships in a fleet, usually the biggest. Historically, Ships of the Line and Battleships once classified as these, nowadays, it is Aircraft Carriers that stand alone as capital ships -although Nuclear Submarines get some of the attention too. “Flagship” refers to whatever ship the commanding officer of a given group of ships is aboard, with their retinue of officers and important war-planning documents. Usually a big ship, but it doesn’t have to be the biggest one, being on the boat with the biggest guns doesn't make your commanding job any easier.

...I assembled sometime this past summer technically it's not over until the 21st a "Late-19th Century to Modern Day Terminology for Warships Roughly According to Size List (With Submarines Tacked on at the End)".😆 I wrote this b/c I wanted to imprint the terminology into me, but I ended up writing it as if explaining it to someone else.

-Unfortunately, I'm afraid for all my enthusiasm I might have, teaching isn't for me. The best teachers, the ones students deserve, are those able to most effectively communicate information and provide feedback, I'm decidedly not.😅 I also have too little self-esteem to take on the position of authority.

-History can also be a bit of a mixed bag depending on my mind. I can eagerly gulp it down one day, and a few later come to see everything as reminders of death. Each artifact a sign of people who were, but lamentably no longer are, and how limited our vision into their humans lives like our own -so rich- those objects provide. So many forgotten, untold millions nay billions(?) who died without as little as their name on lasting record. Once I went to an art museum while in a funk, my eyes were fixating on on the b.-d. years of the artist of each painting.

4 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

even if it's limited, i'd rather be happy in the time i have then sad!

Even if it's all meaningless.

I'd rather be angry too.😀 I saw on the Heroes forum here a longtime devoted money-spending player furiously decide to drop the game at last a few days ago because the amount of 3H favoritism in Heroes had gone too far!. Oh how enviable that is, to feel so impassioned about so mundane a matter, seemingly ignorant of the great invalidator.

 

2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

The aesthetics sure are more Western here than would be my ideal jam. But thanks for sharing, any progress/good representation is appreciated.😉 

Also, when I read "famous name", my gut thought "the guy thinks the other guy's name is weird?". Which was going to have me respond to your post with this.:

Comments led me to type it into Google Translate two days ago, you wouldn't need to tell me.😜

Shrimpy might've eventually probably led you to glance this at a later date.

Edited September 6, 2023 by Interdimensional Observer

[Shrimpica]

47 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

It feels so childish, so autistic, so obliviously inconsiderate of those I force to listen

it's not. We are in a forum, so it's no problem

48 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Unfortunately, I'm afraid for all my enthusiasm I might have, teaching isn't for me.

Are all history jobs in teaching?

49 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

. Oh how enviable that is, to feel so impassioned about so mundane a matte

You need something mundane to be invested in!

[Acacia Sgt]

2 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

yes

Well, I'd still rather not.

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This isn't really my fort, so sorry if I have nothing else to say on the matter.

[Saint Rubenio]

So I just recruited... basically Anna? To the point where when interacted with on camp, she says "hey! Need somethin'?" and "thanks a bunch!" She's not as good as Vinny Vinesauce but I like her more than one of my female archers, so I think I'll swap her in.

I also recruited this... old? woman.

I'm not sure. She looks more dead inside than old. Either way, she's in too.

I have also figured out how aides work in this game. They grant a minor bonus based on I think class type, and they also grant the main unit their personal skill. That's pretty awesome ngl, although a lot of this game's personal skills suffer from the same issue as FE's personal skills: They're just not that impactful. Still, one of the starting units has a bow-resisting personal, which is awesome on whoever has to wear cloth armor.

There's also no limit to aides, if you have 10 units to spare you can just give an aide to everyone, which is nice. So you can add that to the list of things this game does better than its inspiration.

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

The aesthetics sure are more Western here than would be my ideal jam.

I can understand that. Personally, I appreciate the change of pace, though. In a genre where the choices of setting tend to be "cybepunk futuristic" or "middle ages of anime", it's nice to see a more grounded low-fantasy medieval aesthetic. Though there's magic and monsters in this world, to be sure.

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

But thanks for sharing, any progress/good representation is appreciated.😉 

Well... to be fair, I believe this guy can later romance girls. So this was probably unintentional. Like, your average show of admiration for the big guy or something. Still, I like to scrounge these up where I can. It's more fun to imagine there's a tight sexual tension between the good guy and the bad(?) guy.

[Acacia Sgt]

And now that I think about it... I'm surprised they didn't start with the classic Grass-Fire-Water trio, but instead put Psychic before it. Assuming Water is next...

[Interdimensional Observer]

1 hour ago, Acacia Sgt said:

This isn't really my fort, so sorry if I have nothing else to say on the matter.

That's fine, this is purely my fault and nobody's obligation whatsoever. Feel free to completely ignore this morose junk.😅

55 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

And now that I think about it... I'm surprised they didn't start with the classic Grass-Fire-Water trio, but instead put Psychic before it. Assuming Water is next...

Punk rock for Fire? Aiming to capture all music genres? Nice yet again.

 

2 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

Are all history jobs in teaching?

Museums, archives, historic sites sure. And as for general skills applicability, well I've been told I write decently. As perhaps indicated in my lachrymose exclamations above. 

Although... I'm 30, the decade when one should get initial employment experience is past. I didn't really preserve any essays I wrote from college either, no samples, no work experience when I obviously should've why? It doesn't make me look like an attractive candidate. And I remain stuck with the strong feeling that whoever hires me would be doing an act of charity, that there is someone better out there you could hire than me, an employee who certainly wouldn't be peak efficiency.

Admittedly, I picked my college major without any real thought into job prospects. I chose it because I liked it, that was it. I've aimlessly drifted through life, and I keep drifting.

...It's actually kinda why I chose my current avi. I felt like changing it up for my birthday and, owing to my predicted -and indeed current- mindset triggered by the occasion, it wouldn't have felt right to choose anything happy. I didn't want something overly glummy either.  I don’t think I love Renegade as a character, though they were one of the better written Monstrum IMO. I did quite like Renegade’s visual design, and I liked using them in gameplay too.

Also important- this specific artwork -which I remember I found remarkable as I played Ys IX- isn’t exactly in a pose you usually see.:

Not sure how to interpret it, some raising of the staff as a powerful incantation is being prepared? The expression on Renegade’s face is very emotionless, which combined with the posture and perhaps Renegade’s character, I can visualize being… dragged by the currents of existence. Floating through space well aware of the flow, and not stubbornly trying to oppose it. The posture is rigid, but not steady and firm, like a rogue object in the vacuum beyond the blue sky, it retains its form and does not bend, yet it does not propel itself of its own accord, at least not anymore, it drifts along with inertia and the tug of celestial masses. …Such is the interpretation I create for it. (And yes, I know it probably contradicts Renegade's somber characterization of being calm determination despite frailty.)

Also, being a holy man with devil’s horns, it’ll last me through October.🎃 Maybe even December.⛪🎄

 

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I can understand that. Personally, I appreciate the change of pace, though. In a genre where the choices of setting tend to be "cybepunk futuristic" or "middle ages of anime", it's nice to see a more grounded low-fantasy medieval aesthetic. Though there's magic and monsters in this world, to be sure.

Variety is the spice of life they say. And yeah I'm not criticizing the direction whatsoever, perfectly valid and good and whatnot. There are plenty of people who regularly cross the lines of East and West in their gaming without a thought. I in all likelihood stick too close to my Japanese comfort zone and haven't ventured very far into the grit of the West.😅

Who knows, maybe as I age I'll develop more of an appreciation for Western fantasy. While both East and West are opening up to pixelated free love in video games, the East is stuck largely-though-not-entirely with hairless young pretty boys (which I presently adore but are growing ever more distant from by the day, if I ever was one), whereas grittier Western gaming is much more open to veteran bear wrestling.

 

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*Checks time* Less than five minutes until tickets for American Ballet Theatre's fall season open up. I wasn't really aware they were in NYC for October, thought they didn't return to the city until December for Nutcracker the Creativity Killer season. If I get tickets, I'm going to feel guilty, I'm going to feel extremely grateful for they who bankroll the tickets, although I should be burnt out of melancholy by mid-late October. Probably would go for the ballet adaption of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, I've never read the play, but in synopsis it seems like Shakespeare wrote it after a midsummer's night eating vibrant wild mushrooms in a forest, or maybe he invented LSD centuries before the CIA, or both. I'll take whimsical dancing. It being paired with a preceding showing of some choreography based on the old grandiose style of Imperial Russia will be nice too, especially since the Bolshoi is persona non grata internationally right now. Since, were there to be anyone who contradicted Moscow's perspectives on things at the Bolshoi, they would be required to walk demi-pointe to the gulag, or die of excessive dancing (read: poison) onstage. Russia is willing to nationalize and weaponize people in tights.

...Just me trying to shift my mind, however limitedly.

Edited September 6, 2023 by Interdimensional Observer