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AJSthe2nd Since: Jan, 2015
#32376: Apr 16th 2016 at 4:03:23 AM

If she doesn't fight up front she doesn't really have any options that will help. Hit and Run just doesn't seem to work on anything on Salem's forces level.

It might make the fights less interesting but it's an consequence of power scaling. Otherwise Blake will be that character that's of no help and has to let the guys with the super powers do the work for her.

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#32377: Apr 16th 2016 at 6:17:25 AM

If Blake wants to take Hut and Run option, first she might want to do something about her weapon and replace it with a more stealthy weapon.

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#32378: Apr 16th 2016 at 6:22:53 AM

Other than refining it's design there's nothing really wrong with Gambol Shroud, but it says something when I think Velvet has a better showing with it than Blake.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#32379: Apr 16th 2016 at 6:42:34 AM

Actually there's a lot of things wrong with that design, in that....you know, it makes gun sound every it's used.

Seriously, all she got is stealth, which her weapon negates and lands her straight into the Uselessland.

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#32380: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:12:04 AM

Blake needs to learn how to make independent clones, or at least make them able to attack on their own. As it stands, her ability is rather lacking.

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#32381: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:22:52 AM

That'll probably be a skill that she gets later

I think rooster teeth should do a biweekly schedule

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#32382: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:31:27 AM

I strongly disagree. Staying away from work pages maybe, the forum itself? That's ridiculous and divisive. Sponsors can just as easily spoiler their posts, or visit any other forum that has separate threads for RWBY episodes. Maybe you didn't mean "kick out the non-sponsors" but that's how I read it.

But I don't expect everyone to rigidly spoiler-tag everything for a week.

It wouldn't be a week. It would be 24 hours. The sponsors get a 24 hour advantage and then it becomes available for the general public.

That's how the sponsors on this thread work - spoiler tag for 24 hours and then five posts after it goes public (the last bit being Wiki policy). Not only am I very grateful for the sponsors doing that - I should clarify that I am not a sponsor - but they also tend to keep the spoiler tags going for longer than the requisite five posts after it's gone public.

I don't think we're going to be able to stop the posting to the work pages because I've asked in the past, and then it got worse (more fans troping, by the looks of things). So, for those 24 hours, I stay away from anything RWBY-related, then return to the thread after I've watched it.

However, I hate being spoiled, so I go out of my way to avoid spoilers. I don't expect the sponsored posters here to be perfect, so I don't assume they'll spoiler everything perfectly. That's why I stay away for 24 hours. That's my choice and I don't have a problem with that.

I suppose the issue will be for those posters who can't watch on RT's website and therefore have to wait for the week's delay to see it on You Tube? Is that what you meant by spoiler tagging for a week?

I wouldn't expect this thread to be spoiler tagged for a week in those circumstances because the show has officially gone public by then. I'm saying that as someone who intermittently does not have access RT's website videos (what's up with that?) and therefore has sometimes had to wait a week for the You Tube uploads to catch up.

How do other shows on this site handle it? This can't be the only show in this position. Bear in mind though, whatever decision was made, I'm not a sponsor and would therefore be in the non-sponsor group that's mostly affected by this.

edited 16th Apr '16 7:34:27 AM by Wyldchyld

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DeanCole Since: Jun, 2015
#32383: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:35:59 AM

[up]According to some.RT's planning to release episodes for their shows a week in advance for sponsors

Time will tell if that's true and if RW By will be getting the same treatment

edited 16th Apr '16 7:39:18 AM by DeanCole

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#32384: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:43:16 AM

Really? Oh, well. It was an hour's gap for Volume 1, 24 hours for Volume 3, so I won't be entirely surprised if they do change it for Volume 4.

Guess I really will be avoiding this thread in future then. tongue

I wonder if they're heading towards 'can't watch it at all unless you subscribe' territory in the long run?

edited 16th Apr '16 7:44:33 AM by Wyldchyld

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#32385: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:44:45 AM

Fuck man, a week? Guess i'll have to avoid you for one week tonguetonguetongue

[up] I guess they could do that for certain special material (Like a WOR or something else)

edited 16th Apr '16 7:45:51 AM by fasoman1996

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#32386: Apr 16th 2016 at 7:50:31 AM

Again if they do a biweekly release we won't have to go into exile

Alternatively you could exploit the 30 day free trials

edited 16th Apr '16 8:22:17 AM by DarthSion

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#32387: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:10:16 AM

Deathbattle has their new episodes posted for sponsors(Screwattack is partnered with Rooster Teeth, and they share sponsorships) a 2 or more days in advance, and people there generally utilize spoilers well. However, if we are going to have a week delay between episodes, between the 2-5 pages a day or more of spoiler posts, and the fact a new episode will be up as soon as the previous one is available for everyone... *cringe*

edited 16th Apr '16 9:12:16 AM by WillDeRegio

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#32388: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:11:13 AM

Personally regarding Time Powers, I feel that they should have specializations and not generalizations.

Good examples of this: The Kanohi Vahi and Voporak from BIONICLE, and Ekko from League of Legends

.... also, now I want to make a RWBY OC with Voporak's powers, because that's honestly one of my favorite applications for Time Powers

edited 16th Apr '16 9:38:44 AM by BlackSunNocturne

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#32389: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:04:56 AM

For such a horrible person, there's a lot of Adam avatars in this thread.

So why is it that a good chunk of fanart and fanfics star Jaune? Did I miss something?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#32390: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:15:39 AM

People reallly like the underdog story.

Purposely.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#32391: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:21:44 AM

Is Adam a good person? Nope.

Is Adam freaking awesome? Hell yes.

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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#32392: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:31:07 AM

I want to see Jaune actually do something noteworthy. With help from Pyrrha, he went from "incompetent" to "can hold his own", but he's still outclassed by basically everyone except Team CRDL. Of course, we haven't seen his semblance yet, so there's that.

Personally, I'd rather see him turn into a leader-type character than have him turn into a one-man wrecking crew like most of the rest of the cast. We've seen a little of that (he is technically team JNPR's leader, after all), but we honestly haven't seen much leadership from any of the nominal team leaders. The closest we've gotten was Jaune directing the team during their four-man match in the Vital Tournament, and that quickly degraded into him embarrassing himself by calling orders that his team didn't understand and trying to stop and have a team meeting in the middle of the battle.

I feel like one of the main weaknesses of the protagonists compared to the antagonists is that they don't really fight as a team. They support each other to some extent if they happen to be fighting the same opponent, but there's very little in the way of pre-planned strategy or deliberate use of tactics. Nothing even as simple as Ruby saying something like "Blake and Yang go after the big guy, me and Weiss will keep the small fry off you". Compare this to Cinder & co, who clearly have strategies worked out in advance, and do a much better job of fighting as a team even when they don't.

Jaune's the only protagonist who's shown any kind of inclination toward leadership in combat. I have fond visions of him directing two or three combined teams at once in order to take down Cinder & co.

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#32393: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:39:10 AM

Adam right now is a Base Breaker, because he threatens Bumblebee. I'm on the camp that he has a really awesome fighting style and that he can potentially get a lot of development as a villain.

I think the Adam avatar thingy started when one day after a long argument in this thread, i decide to change my avatar. It all snowballed from there [lol][lol][lol]

edited 16th Apr '16 10:39:40 AM by fasoman1996

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#32394: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:46:16 AM

I've pretty much been rotating between BM, Yang, Nightwing, and this for a while now.

Vespa Since: Feb, 2013
#32395: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:48:05 AM

Figured it had more to do with him coming across as a creepy yandere ex-boyfriend and maiming one of the most beloved characters in the show.

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#32396: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:50:00 AM

I do like yandere and he is pretty badass.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#32397: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:54:14 AM

I really dislike Adam as a character. He comes across as a creepy abusive dude who's half lover and half father figure for Blake, which is intensely uncomfortable at the best of times. His motivation is fairly boring ("humans are jerks so kill 'em all!"), and his combat performance so far has been so overwhelming that he feels like another instance of Only The Author Can Save Us Now.

In other words, he's not fun to watch, he's not an interesting character, and his presence doesn't improve the plot. Meh all around.

edited 16th Apr '16 10:54:53 AM by NativeJovian

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#32398: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:56:00 AM

I have to wonder just when Adam and Blake's relationship started considering she's only 17.

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#32399: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:57:21 AM

He might be around 19 years old so that doesn't make their relationship all that uncomfortable.

I think Adam's popularity has more to do with his edgy design and fighting style

edited 16th Apr '16 10:58:46 AM by fasoman1996

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#32400: Apr 16th 2016 at 10:57:34 AM

Who knows, maybe they are both 17.

That would actually explain a lot. XD

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