General Chat Thread

[pokemonsquared]

Puppy Bowl > Super Bowl, just sayin'.

Also, I've decided to go back to college to major in Education, as I wanted to originally. I'm just sick of sitting here hating myself for the schooling choices I've made so far, and intend to move forward and hopefully be happy with my future, instead of working terrible jobs and hating everything about myself. Things are going to go better this time.

There are some that say education is a terrible job :/

no effense

[Armando Payne]

I'm always confused when Americans start talking about going to college, seeing as in Britain, College is essentially a halfway house between Secondary Schools (High Schools) & Universities (Colleges/Universities(Why do they mean both 'Merica? Why do they mean both.)

[The Eleventh]

I'm always confused when Americans start talking about going to college, seeing as in Britain, College is essentially a halfway house between Secondary Schools (High Schools) & Universities (Colleges/Universities(Why do they mean both 'Merica? Why do they mean both.)

It's not just America, you know.

[ArmorAndonomon]

I'm always confused when Americans start talking about going to college, seeing as in Britain, College is essentially a halfway house between Secondary Schools (High Schools) & Universities (Colleges/Universities(Why do they mean both 'Merica? Why do they mean both.)

Quite the opposite for me, as I get confused when people not from the States mention they're going from college to university, when I've always known them as the same thing. :u How exciting.

[pokemonsquared]

We have some liberal arts colleges that give you 4 years of education and turn you loose. Then others have graduate schools and is then eligible to be called university.

[Spookz]

For educational purposes..

[ArmorAndonomon]

For educational purposes..

Yay, I learned things today. Thank you for the information, that was a good read.

[Jb]

Also, I take it that means that anime After Story is vastly superior to the original After Story? Sexcellent, the first 2/3 of that was probably the most boring crap I've ever read, and I've tried to read The Silmarillion.

I personally found it so, or at least it was consistent since it's not trying to fit every girl in like part 1 did.

You should remedy this, STAT. Start with Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and work your way down from there.

I should also start that eventually. My backlog and procrastination is preventing this though. I should be doing homework and studying, not playing animu.

[Rayce]

For educational purposes..

Honestly, this cleared up so many things, lol.

[dinosaurus]

WOW THIS CHAPSTICK IS HORRIBLE IT'S MAKING MY LIPS BURN MORE.
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[Phlogiston]

There's a subjective interpretation to subjective opinions; it's totally ridiculous. I seriously don't understand the four-star system they use for movies, either. I mean, is there not a difference between, "Don't watch," and, "Kill yourself before watching"? I think there is, but maybe I'm just old-fashioned like that. I can hardly keep up with these suicide fads anymore.

And that's a problem, too; apparently everything below 3/5 is a gilded turd, depending on who you're asking, where 3/5 is somehow still the baseline for "good" things. At 2.5 it has redeeming qualities but they still don't make it worth even borrowing from a friend, apparently -- at least, that's how I understand it. I may be looking too much at allmusic, which employs several "critics" who like everything and give half-opinions and four-line reviews when a "line" is about 400 pixels wide.

[Sogeking]

That's one thing I don't like about ratings systems, especially ones on a 10 scale. Video games are probably the worst, as a 10 means a great game, a 9 is a good game, and 8 an ok game, and anything below is an awful game.

[GhostAnime]

Sogeking

From Sniper Island

[Phlogiston]

That's one thing I don't like about ratings systems, especially ones on a 10 scale. Video games are probably the worst, as a 10 means a great game, a 9 is a good game, and 8 an ok game, and anything below is an awful game.

This too. Generally, the wider the scale gets, the more of it (percentage-wise) goes to "this is awful and if you play/listen to/watch it you too are awful"

I still want to do what is basically a reversed scale, mostly because the numbers really don't matter anyway.

[pokemonsquared]

That's one thing I don't like about ratings systems, especially ones on a 10 scale. Video games are probably the worst, as a 10 means a great game, a 9 is a good game, and 8 an ok game, and anything below is an awful game.

To be fair unless I have prior knowledge of the game, if the reviewer says it only does half the things well then I don't really want to buy it.

[Zazie]

That's one thing I don't like about ratings systems, especially ones on a 10 scale. Video games are probably the worst, as a 10 means a great game, a 9 is a good game, and 8 an ok game, and anything below is an awful game.

It really doesn't, people have just gotten so strict with what games they will play, that they only want to play the best of the best. I have had some good fun experiences with 7 games and most 6 games are playable at worst.

I do think the 10 point scale is way too granular, but I generally find it easy enough to understand in most cases. (I generally don't take the exact numbers too seriously though)

[Phlogiston]

I think people focus on the ratings numbers too much instead of bothering to read the review itself, since a mere "Overall" score cannot possibly cover all that many nuances about the game in question.

[Zazie]

I think people focus on the ratings numbers too much instead of bothering to read the review itself, since a mere "Overall" score cannot possibly cover all that many nuances about the game in question.

I generally agree that they do since generally the deal breakers for many people could be specific mechanics which can't be expressed in numbers. I do sometimes find general aggregate scores useful however, when I want to get a rough consensus on how people like the game.

It's weird how this thread and the general chat in OVGD are talking about the same thing right now.

[Phlogiston]

I generally agree that they do since generally the deal breakers for many people could be specific mechanics which can't be expressed in numbers. I do sometimes find general aggregate scores useful however, when I want to get a rough consensus on how people like the game.

Those are pretty okay in their own right -- generally, combine them with more general information about how the game plays, and you have something that could serve as a good indicator as to how well those whose scores are aggregated enjoy those features.

Well, hopefully.

It's weird how this thread and the general chat in OVGD are talking about the same thing right now.

Well, we pretty much all play video games on this site, it's somewhat to be expected, I guess?

[GrizzlyB]

I personally found it so, or at least it was consistent since it's not trying to fit every girl in like part 1 did.

Yeah, a few episodes in and I can see that the arc transitions are a lot smoother. But it's been replaced with Kyou, Ryou, and Kotomi showing up randomly and commenting on whatever stupid crap is going on and then running off again. Still, probably 95% of what I'm hating about it stems from Nagisa. They did the impossible and made her worse, changing her personality from awful to non-existent (unless Mary-Sue-following-the-main-character-around-everywhere is a personality, but I don't think so). And they gutted the characters of Tomoya and Kyou, cut Tomoyo's story and development in half, did God-knows-what with Kotomi's personality, and gave Ryou a smaller dose of the Nagisa treatment. It's really annoying just because it would probably be a really great show (and better game) if Nagisa wasn't in it at all. And also I don't understand all the reviews I read saying that it's a great romance story, but I guess that's exactly why Twilight is a bestseller. That's probably why they had to deliberately make all the characters worse, too: it wouldn't even be conceivable that Nagisa could be anybody's choice if all the other options weren't reduced to shells of what they should be (or just removed from the picture entirely, as they were in the game).

I should really find a better place to ***** about being angry at animes, but eh, effort. And I don't want to risk getting involved with real weeaboos.

I should also start that eventually. My backlog and procrastination is preventing this though. I should be doing homework and studying, not playing animu.

I don't mean to judge, but the sooner you get on that, the sooner your life improves. And studying's overrated anyway.

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mmmmmmmmmmentholated?

And that's a problem, too; apparently everything below 3/5 is a gilded turd, depending on who you're asking, where 3/5 is somehow still the baseline for "good" things. At 2.5 it has redeeming qualities but they still don't make it worth even borrowing from a friend, apparently -- at least, that's how I understand it. I may be looking too much at allmusic, which employs several "critics" who like everything and give half-opinions and four-line reviews when a "line" is about 400 pixels wide.

Music critics are in a league of their own at sucking. But yeah, I can never tell what ratings really mean, either. They should be curved or whatever, so that there's about as many 1s as 5s, 2s as 4s, and so on, because how often do you actually see a really low score as opposed to a really high one? It's madness.

That's one thing I don't like about ratings systems, especially ones on a 10 scale. Video games are probably the worst, as a 10 means a great game, a 9 is a good game, and 8 an ok game, and anything below is an awful game.

Going off what I just wrote, this kinda makes me want to hunt down a 1/10 game, just to see what's up. I don't know that I've ever seen one, though.

Those are pretty okay in their own right -- generally, combine them with more general information about how the game plays, and you have something that could serve as a good indicator as to how well those whose scores are aggregated enjoy those features.

Well, hopefully.

Well, we pretty much all play video games on this site, it's somewhat to be expected, I guess?

Let the record state that the GCT aggregate has decided that aggregators are the way to go with reviews.

Also video games are for nerds what's wrong with you guys.