Ahh, console video games (or vidcons as I call them). the ultimate medium of expression, able to convey any emotion ranging from hatred to love, loyalty to fear, all in front of our eyes. Ah, and with lovingly crafted art, music, and the ability to control the action, vidcons are the ultimate combination of the high arts. While I tend to play the stoic, I will be the first to admit that vidcons haven driven me to cry, to scream and shout, to feel actual hate; such is the power of this force beyond our wildest reckoning. And here I am, before you, to temp your tongues with the taint of such a tantalizing topic.
And the Japanese, the true geniuses behind the world of video games. Pah, I throw my scorn upon such incompetents of the West who would mock the true art of the Japanese with 'games' such as Baldur's Gate and Madden. Perhaps it is that the West is not as intelligent as the East, but this is a matter for another day. Japan has given us such masterpieces as the Final Fantasy series, Star Ocean, Wild Arms, and of course, Arc the Lad. Yes, some of the finest vidcons in the world were created by Japanese. I come to you today to ask you in all earnesty, what is your favorite vidcon? I will reveal mine after the grand debate has illustriously begun, but not before the first poster falls victim to my plot of discussion.
In other words, this is a thread on an imaginary forum our avatars frequent. The topic can fluctuate, and its mostly just general discussion.
I exist.
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I completely agree with you Epsilon though sadly, I doubt that people will ever live in complete harmony. ![[down]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_down.png "[down]"){kind=icon}
Merely an dream it is.
Edited by eirigfi on Apr 12th 2024 at 9:38:18 AM
Toons Forces I
Epsilon made great points on the subject on a fully peaceful life, it's just a practically impossible thing to achieve.
Yep. As long as people have minds that don't always come to agreements, there'll be fights up in these herds.
Edited by MkayRose on Apr 12th 2024 at 12:12:21 PM
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Mercenary Anarchist Ace
Even with the end of the war here and new technology slowly springing up here in my world, we are still racked with people who disagree with each other, especially when their ideas actually make sense.
While inequality and inequity are slowly becoming a thing of the past here, we still deal with zealots from both left and right of the political spectrum. And don’t get me started with the Anarchists that are still at large and wandering all over the world.
And people, like me, need the money to stay afloat in this new order…
At the same time, conflict (or war) will never change, even if the ways of fighting do change…
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What’s magic, Epsilon?
Edited by MorganFoulke on Apr 12th 2024 at 1:36:32 PM
Yo buddies, still tropin’?
Extreme math nerd
Magic can be a lot of things.
In stories, it can be used to explain certain phenomena, like witches flying on a broomstick or healing you with herbs. It can also be a stand-in for anything you don’t understand (i.e. “this computer program avoids crashing itself thanks to lunar magic” - obviously programming doesn’t involve actual magic, but to the author of this hypothetical quote, the given program is so unintelligible and unintuitive that its functionality might as well be magical). Likewise, I’m not sure how much you know about Lunarian technology, but the parts that you (or Morgan) don’t understand about it might as well be magical.
Once again, Wikipedia provides a good article on the subject.
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
I mean, I can try to explain what they are like I told Morgan, Epsilon:
Apparently this PDA here has something that can “save” what I saw, that’s what the pictures are.
As for what the Lunarians do, I recall that they try to shatter us to become jewelry, as far as I know…
Yo buddies, still tropin’?
The Ruined King
The moon? Heh. I know the aspect of the moon, Diana. She freed me from the Ruined King’s clutches. she and the aspect of the sun have some… tension.
Edited by J99908 on Apr 12th 2024 at 3:31:19 PM
Love ruins all.
I exist.
Well if I were you, I’d prepare something in case they come back. [1] What is your Diana like if you don’t mind me asking?
The Ruined King
She is a good woman, but she is also bitter, angry at what the solari did to the lunari. It is why she left the solari in the first place.
Love ruins all.
Toons Forces I
Mind if I asked what did the solari exactly do to the lunari?
Hot damn, it'd be worth knowing if it caused woman scorn!
I get the feeling it's something blazin' brutal if it's that nasty.
Edited by MkayRose on Apr 12th 2024 at 5:01:17 AM
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I exist.
And what did the solari do?
The Ruined King
The solari hated the lunari for disagreeing with their teachings of the sun, so they… tried to wipe them out. Destroy all records of their existence. It is why they went into hiding, and why one of their own hunts solari as well.
Love ruins all.
I exist.
I’m utterly speechless. Pardon me for saying this but the solari who did that sound utterly petty. No wonder why your Diana loathes then.
The Ruined King
Yes, the Solari are quite dogmatic in their belief of the sun. And in their belief that it is the right belief. But while they bow to the sun, my spear finds their necks!
Love ruins all.
Toons Forces I
All because of some disagreement of teaching? That's just absolutely absurd! They should be ashamed of themselves for getting that ballistic about something so small.
Sadly that whole scenario is exactly why trying to accomplish true peace is pretty much a near impossibly. I'm so sorry to hear that, good luck with punishing them for that.
Edited by MkayRose on Apr 12th 2024 at 5:12:07 AM
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I exist.
I also support your endeavors to punish the solari for this.
Cynthia at the Beach
Morning everyone... (*sniffle*)
We're gonna be going to the aquarium today to see a lot of marine creatures. It should be fun, despite our ongoing seasonal allerg-aaah, aahh ACHHOOO!!
You guys sure you're in good shape to go to the aquarium today? You guys sound like you have pretty bad symptoms.
No, no, seriously. We're fine. How is everyone's morning going so far?
"What do you guys think about the ocean?" - Cynthia
Extreme math nerd
Morning. I just realized that “programming” with mathematical expressions and in an idealized system, detached from any physical computers, is kinda crazy because if you want to, you can just make up data types on the spot. In a classical computer, you’re limited to data that can be easily encoded into 0’s and 1’s.
For example, my print() function currently takes in a string and a position vector, then types out whatever letters are in this string at the given position. But what “string” means in this example can vary wildly - if I wanted to, I could insert all sorts of function graphs as character sets into the string and print() would write them out, no problem. Wingdings already does something pretty similar IRL, but I bet I could go much further.
Anyways, just a little thought of mine, have a nice day y’all
"What I don‘t like about measure theory is that you have to say 'almost everywhere' almost everywhere." - Attributed to Kurt Friedrichs
I exist.
(Crash lands while riding a meteor.) So what did I miss?
Toons Forces I
Like not really much is going on lately though if you're talking about the last time you've been here Marx, it's been quite a totally tubuloso tide of tales since you've been here.
From crazy memories to discussions about war, interesting to hear but not sweet to be in. Other than that, Moriritchi and I been playing a lot of Freedom Planet 2, it's very fun!
Edited by MkayRose on Apr 13th 2024 at 3:34:03 PM
Meet the Tamas!◊ Remix Revival Resurrection!
I exist.
Oh yes I heard you even got someone new here as well. Luea if Irecall. Also I really need to get claws on that game.
Toons Forces I
Yes, Luea from Jewelpets appeared to join the thread! She brought up a lot of things about her world. aroo.
That place has shades of light and dark which some probably wouldn't expect. I bet you can relate to that Marx.
Seems like she's been able to pull through it well! And do try that game when you can, it's strangely overlooked.
I exist.
Oh I can. Heck I actually attempted to visit Jeweland and I did kinda. I’ll say this: It was an fun experience.
Toons Forces I
That sounds lovely! I imagine all the cute creatures of that world would make very enjoyable company to be with!
Now I think about, despite having plenty of crossovers with Sanrio we never been mixed with them unfortunately.
I exist.
It was fun. Though I don’t get how no official crossover came to be for Tamas and Jewelpets cause that is something I’d pay to see. Perhaps this Luea on the forums could visit your little town. It would be a far more pleasant experience than Flowey’s “visit,”
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I beg to differ, complete peace doesn’t have to be boring! There’s plenty of activities you can do that don’t cause chaos or destruction, like drawing, writing, debating or doing certain kinds of sports.
"What I don‘t like about measure theory is that you have to say 'almost everywhere' almost everywhere." - Attributed to Kurt Friedrichs