VF in Belgium and The Netherlands

anime sucks

 

You said MOST animes have BAD/slow pacing. This is not true, even when you look at it from a western perspective. Like I said, I don't believe you saw enough anime to make such a statement.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">anime sucks</div></div> Je moeder ook en die super hero comics die je leest ook.

 

Depends on how you look at it. If you think western pacing is the one speed that's good, then you could say eastern pacing is bad (and slow). If you, however, don't dig western pacing, then you could reverse it and say eastern pacing is best. You could also like both and say you don't care. It's all a subjective thing.

Then again, you could also say something like: if you have a certain pacing speed in one filmindustry, then aren't the movies that use a different speed the ones that stand out?

 

Having seen loads of anime series, I have to agree with NGK that most do have pacing flaws. Lots of anime is simple cash in stuff aimed squarely at the fandom. Saying you shouldn't watch it doesn't discount the existence of it.

Worst are the 'mainstream' anime shows with obligatory hot springs, beach, summer trip, first date/carnival, obon festival, recap and whatnot eps that usually bring absolutely nothing new to the table. The very fact anime fans speak of filler eps at all is a (size Mars) hint of bad pacing.

Sure, there's great stuff out there, you won't hear me (or NGK) denying that. But if I have to make a call on most anime, then I'd probably have to agree with Fulan that, yes, it sucks. Just like most movies suck, most Western cartoons suck, most books suck, most comic books suck, etc, etc.

Maybe I'm just a cynical bastard though. I've yet to meet a perfect ten in anything I've heard/seen/done.

Fulan:
Really, I can probably point you to something you'll like. Just like Hollywood movies, there's so much out there that there's no way you can dislike all of it. Unless of course you think drawn characters are shallow, unrelatable and immature or something ^_^

General remark:
Slow pacing is not bad perse, no matter what your medium or genre is. As long as you can keep your stuff compelling you can move like a bloody slug. Noir, good show, brought some people to sleep, Der Himmel Uber Berlin, good movie, I almost fell asleep multiple times.

 

All said and done. Let's end this debate right here and now before the incoming shitstorm.

More importantly, why has no one noticed my new signature yet?

 

Other good examples of slow pacing, but good results, are "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy. Even though these are books, essentially it's pretty much the same concept: slow story progress, but it still keeps you reading.

So on saturday: Are we gonna meet up at Rotterdam Centraal at noon?

I hope it's possible to play some casuals after most matches are over, not very likely, though.

And on something completely different (and way more VF related), I read somewhere (forgot where exactly), that some players felt that doing one throwescape during ETEG was best, because of the risk of failing an input when you do more and thereby whiffing a throw. This does make some sense to me, also because doing multiple TE's is kind of a hassle which I don't think is really something I wanna be thinking of every match.

What is your take on this?

edit: nice stuff in your sig, spoon. Is that some random japanese chick or someone that's actually cosplaying?

 

deze dingen kan ik niet zo waarderen.

Wat ik zei was maar een grapje.

gisteren was ik in de dojo ETEG aant oefenen. Eerst dacht ik dat de gewhiffde throws door lag kwamen maar het is moeilijker dan ik dacht om 2 goede TEs te doen. Dus ja als je dit risico wilt ontwijken dan is 1 TE een goede idee.

 

do one throwescape till you feel you are comfy with it, then try 2 in casuals for kicks and fun till you feel comfy with it.

random japanese chick, Aoi is real! =p

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">deze dingen kan ik niet zo waarderen.

Wat ik zei was maar een grapje. </div></div> Ik kan het ook niet waarderen als iemand random over me hobby typed dat het sucks. als het een grapje was kan je dat duidelijk maken door middel van een smilie of zo. Ik kan het ook niet ruiken over het internet of je iets in sarcasme/als grap/serious neer zet.

 

als iemand zegt dat virtua fighter of comics gaar zijn ga ik echt niet over diegene z'n familie beginnen.

maarja krye gaat t nemen zaterdag.

 

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Volgens de WCG-website zitten de inschrijvingen bijna helemaal vol voor alle games, vraag me af of er echt dedicated players tussenzitten. If not, 5 man die het spannend gaan maken..

Ik heb er zin in!

 

Zit me af te vragen hoe ze de handel in de finales gaan presenteren/becommentariëren. Wordt waarschijnlijk hilarisch.

Eigenlijk hadden we VFDC shirts/windjacks moeten hebben /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Om even de afspraak hard te maken. 12:00 op Rotterdam Station, bij de voordeur (kant van het stationsplain)?

Beetje brak dat de VF5 finale om 20:00 gepland staat en Nederland om 20:45 de EK kwartfinale speelt. Nou ja, mis ik het begin van de wedstrijd.

Om Ben Hur te citeren:
'You don't have to win the first lap, you've got to win the last!'

 

zelfs al zou je de trein van 20:30 pakken dan ben je nooit op tijd thuis voor voetbal. Misschien leuker (zoals krye al voorstelde op msn) om te kijken of we ergens in rotterdam mee kunnen kijken.

 

Kan ook, moeten we opletten wanneer de laatste trein vertrekt.

In other news:
Capcom is producing a Fate Stay Night fighting game. No idea if you guys heard of this. Gameplay seems to be a lot like GG, but its in 3d cell shaded.

Youtube linky to trailer

 

Old news Vorti /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

De laatste 2 treinen zijn 22:32 en 23:02 moet lukken lijkt me.

 

Moeten heel erg uitkijken met overstap in Amersfoort.

Oh, tussen die hele berg aan Japans ingezette fighters die in ontwikkeling zijn hou ik het echt niet meer bij...

 

Because?

 

i'm definitely down with this. whenever is fine with me!

@Vortgiar
when it comes to GG clones, i'd rather look to Blazblue...

@everyone at WCG
good luck to all, it would be nice if you could give us a little report of how it all went down. (hint, hint)

 

Ik zal m'n fototoestel meenemen /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Misschien kan ik nog wat filmpjes maken ook, ff kijken maar.