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"should fighting games remove motion inputs" has always been the wrong way of looking at things. Should there be different input styles? of course! diversity for the genre is a good thing... and there HAVE been games without motion inputs for a long time.
But you look at a game like SSBM (an insanely popular, well-selling game that's still played today*), and it turns out that that game is way hard to play at any competent level for reasons that have nothing at all to do with inputting a quarter-circle.
Even if the special moves are easy to perform, there are going to be techniques that are difficult. Even basic things like "dash into up-tilt" (you have to turn around and make sure you don't get dash attack or up-smash, both of which will get you whiff punished) or "shorthop into back air" (you jump a little and hit back + A. or back-C. but actually hitting a moving player with it is another thing entirely! and whoops, you accidentally did a full jump so silly) are barriers from controlling your character the way you want. Meanwhile more traditional fighting games like DNF Duel or Pocket Rumble get passed up by exactly the audience that says they want simpler-to-input fight games.
Ultimately, I don't think the ease of use alone will make for a lively game that "casual audiences" will get more invested in (and if they get more invested, they're not casual anymore, right?).
That said, I think games like DNF, MBTL, and SF6 are extremely fun to play with Baby Beginner** players. The rules are more clear, they can use more of the tools immediately, and it's easier to see how they can have fun the next time.
This part is the most critical, to me. It doesn't matter if they're hardcore or casual - the moment a player decides to give up on your game forever is the moment they stop growing and their part of the game stops growing. 'Coz fight games are living things. They only live while we play them; simply acknowledging their existence without getting your hands dirty and playing the game does nothing for the game itself.
Personally, I want every game to thrive. That's why I play everyone's game. If I want other people to indulge me and help keep my games alive, then I need to pitch in and help bring their game to life, even if it's just a little bit. Are you playing your game in the corner of your locals and no one wants to challenge you? I'll fight you. Hit me up any time.
I'll accept any challenge, especially the ones I'd lose. All is for the sake of the culture!
*: nintendo may have deleted SSBM from the culture so sorry if no one's playing melee tomorrow
**: a player who has just gotten their hands on the game or who has never put any serious effort in. maybe they "just want to mash buttons" or maybe they're picking up a game seriously for the first time ever and have just started their journey. at any rate, an important part of the community. not to be mocked.
#it should be said that winning and losing isn't the important part about fight games#but this is the part that gets to new players#more than inputs#more than overly huge character selects or big move lists#and it's the part that's hardest to admit#but gamers hate to lose#drives them batty#over time the single-player games market has moved more and more towards games where losing is not a factor#games where you're meant to play and play and play and never be told you did something wrong necessarily#is there pushback in the single-player sector? of course. dmc5 came out in this culture#traditional roguelikes still eke out a living#but folks are so afraid of even minor inconsequential setbacks that it'll stop them from ever trying in the first place#this more than anything else is why fighting games won't ever ride the same wave as the rest of the games industry#you either have to learn to love losing or be crazy or never lose#and none of us are gonna be the guy who's never lost. i promise#you have to love building skills first#and i think this is an admirable trait in all people#i don't truck with folks who don't want to grow#and i'm not sorry about that#it doesn't have to be fight games of course#but staying put#just seeing the inside of your own well for your whole life#i can't relate to that *at all*#i get that we want things to be easy#sure#but life isn't easy#and it won't get any easier if you sit back and let yourself atrophy#every blade needs to be honed after all#if it's too hard for you now that's fine#but try to imagine a future self who has blown past that limit
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can't it even be more obvious thomas. why are you surprised that a sudrian historical site filled to the brim with armor and weaponry that dates back to the middle ages has old people afflicted with the gold dust working around the castle
#thomas the tank engine#thomas and friends#ttte glynn#ttte millie#ttte stephen#casa tidmouth#senjart#MORE OF LADY'S EXPERIMENTS GONE WRONG#WHO UP ULFSTEADING THEIR CASTLE#stuff for the kotr arc of casa tidmouth. now this is where gold dust has historical significance#going crazy right now. my friends are influencing me#I had 12 tabs opened just to draw young glynn's armor. they dont have plated armory in the 10th century!!!! only mails!!!!!!#(looking at you KOTR intro)#I remember reading some inputs on my 1k milestone poll and saw someone put ''the misery of growing old'' and honestly. Checks out#glynn's eyes are goldish brown because well. that's the perks of being the first bearer of the gold dust horrors#lady during 989 AD do not know anything about human thoughts and ethics and emotions. she was literally freestyling that!!!!!#Oh a wounded soldier on the verge of death. what if I *dumps 200 kg of gold dust on him* yeah that'll do the trick.#then she saw how glynn aged so so slowly and went Oh well I messed up. Good thing there are lots of other sudrians here#funny coincidence that young cstm glynn's helmet resembles canon glynn's funnel#I wanted to make millie's design resemble a tour guide more with her scarf and more stylish than usual tie#shes so pretty. I'm so proud of her design#(AND I REALIZED TOO LATE THAT HER TIE HAS THE COLORS OF THE FRENCH FLAG)#<--- said the guy who has beef with the french#stephen's crown is translated to a hat decor! was about to draw a top hat but whatever just imagine he has a collection of various hats#that he can put his crown on#also I want to give him that cool hip-with-the-kids I-am-still-young-at-heart energy#sir robert norramby is balling in the background.#hope you enjoy..... won't be able to draw as much from now on but I'm excited#also whos ready for old man yaoi........... 2!!!!!!
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experimenting >:3c
#my drawings#kirby#magolor#bandana waddle dee#gooey kirby#also! Do lmk if one of these styles grabs you more than the others. if you want to.#can’t guarantee it’ll necessarily shape the path I focus on but all input is appreciated and will be genuinely considered
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ok question: animal crossing villager species for each of the travelers. thoughts?
#put em in comments instead of asks for this one my askbox is so full rn#and im not gonna draw anything for this i just wanna yap lol#me and my bestie were talking about it but i want some more inputs…#we had very little definitive other than. “tressa is a squirrel
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I wish more people were normal about POC, and specifically black, characters in the MCYT fandom. I mean, for obvious reasons related to CCs and all that, but also bc I often feel like I’m doing something wrong because sometimes I’m one of the only people I know how is getting like? Stimming flappy arms excited about my favourite black characters? It’s not like I’m singling them out either I get the exact same way about my favourite non black characters?
It’s jarring to get into skyjacks and see almost equal amounts of art of Jonnit as everyone else because I’ve been in this weirdly passively racist fandom for so long. People are so weird about like CANON (silly canon but) biggri and they make them weirdly toxic when they were so sweet. If it was Scar and Grian you people would be all over it. And dude fucking whatever happened to the way people drew Ponk. And, it’s not even just black ccs and characters. Don’t get me started on the way a lot of Dteam fans back in the day (and still some qsmp fans) talk about Asian women like Tina.
#obv if you’re black your input is more important than mine#this is just important to me because a lot of my favourite characters and CCs are black and this fandom treats them like crap#and obviously??? because black people matter generally??? even if I wasn’t really into their content I still would be upset#I don’t watch tina! I don’t watch p0nk anymore! I can still feel angry about this!#and you should be too#sorry including Tina in there makes this flow weird she’s Asian oops#sorry I am. so tired
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3 things: 1) i love the intensely deep posts you make about dungeon meshi, the characters, everything about it. thank you. 2) this means the wiki is immensely annoying to me because it isn't nearly as in-depth as your blog is. 3) i'm looking for visual reference of the black-haired male half-foot chilchuck is usually standing next to whenever he's at the guild. please help. is it the guy that shows up in chapter 95, with the freckles??
1) Thank you, that’s super nice to say and to hear 🥺 2) felt lol, the wiki is hm… Barebones and often off. I edited in the info about Chil being underweight because I crave everyone being painfully aware of it but otherwise fanwikis scare me I’m unlikely to touch it again— the gallery section saves my ass on the regular tho lol. As always with fandoms, community work makes the dream work!
That’s Dandan! He does even have a wiki page. He used to work in gold-stripping along with Laios and Falin, and then was a part of Laios’ party, and eventually introduced Chilchuck to the party(and the marriage seeker mage?)! He has connections alright, and he sure is in the half-foot guild.
He is a very minor character so panels of him are limited… Luckily I have a buddy obsessed with him so I have them on hand, this might be literally all panels of him out there idk atp
I recommend reading the extra on Laios’ party formation if you haven’t already, and since it’s pre-canon it’s not spoilery for anime-onlies.
There’s also speculation that he may be related to Chilchuck’s wife or Chilchuck himself because of the black curly hair like Fler, the freckles and his heavy lids (his design does differ from appearance to appearance lol but he does generally have noticeably deep-set eyes). Plus the panel below, which may imply he’s always been a family friend… Speculation though as I said, more on it here in the hair section if you’re interested. But if this is right then baby Dandan <3
Alright that’s it for today hope it helped, ta-ta, bweh
#Dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#dandan#meta#Ep 14 STILL isn’t out on my site but there might be a shot of him there because of Kabru’s tavern flashbacks I don’t remember if that’s#only later…#Also on his gloves as a lockpick having the thumb index and middle finger uncovered: i think it’s for extra sensory input for dexterity.#Like when having gloves affects how precise you can be with your fingers y’know#The last one is my fav panel of him. Blessed#I don’t even remember when we learn his name is Dandan man…#Hey Kui. Hey. Why tf does Flamela’s squad get more of a profile than him in the Adventurer’s Bible.#Compilation
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for real WHERE does the idea that [utdr humans] are nongendered so that "you can project on them" come from. their literal character arcs are about NOT being a blank slate to be filled in by the audience
i think i understand the assumption on some level for undertale, because there is a very intentional effort to make you identify with the "player character" in order to make your choices feel like your own (the beating heart of undertale's metanarrative lies in giving you an alternative path to violence against its enemies after all, and whether you're still willing to persue it for your own selfish reasons. YOUR agency is crucial).
of course, the cardinal plot twist of the main ending sweeps the rug from under your feet on that in every way, and frisk's individuality becomes, in turn, a tool to further UT's OTHER main theme: completionism as a form of diegetic violence within the story. replaying the game would steal frisk's life and happy ending from them for our own perverse sentimentality, emotionally forcing our hand away from the reset button.
i think their neutrality absolutely aids in that immersion. but also, there's this weird attitude by (mostly) cis fans where it being functional within the story makes it... somehow "editable" and "up to the player" as well? which is gross and shows their ass on how they approach gender neutrality in general lol.
but also like. there's plenty of neutral, non PCharacters in undertale and deltarune. even when undertale was just an earthbound fangame and the player immersion metanarrative was completely absent, toby still described frisk as a "young, androgynous person". sometimes characters are just neutral by design. it's not that hard to understand lol.
anyone who makes this argument for kris deltarune is braindead. nothing else to say about it.
#this is a very difficult topic to discuss imo because on Some level I don't completely disagree with people who make that argument for chara#in SPIRIT. if not in action. like my point still stands characters can just Be neutral. and if that level of customization had been intended#well Pokemon's been doing the ''are you a boy or a girl'' shtick for ages. no reason why that couldn't have been included as well#but i do feel that we're supposed to identify with chara within the story. not as in chara is us but as in we are chara#and i think someone playing the game without outside interferences and (wrongly) coming to the conclusion that chara IS literally#themselves in the story. and thus call them by their own name (the one they likely inputted at the start) and pronouns#will be someone who grasped undertale's metanarrative more than someone who went in already spoiled on the NM route who thinks of chara#(and on some level frisk as well) as completely separate from us with independent wills and personhoods at any time#who treats them as nonbinary. even if their approach is more ''appropriate'' to a gender neutral person#systematic error vs manually changing every measure to fit what you already think is going to be the correct result. ykwim?#of course this opens a whole new parentheses while discussing the game outside of your personal experience#because even if you DO see chara as a self insert then they are a self insert for EVERYONE. women men genderqueer people#i don't call chara ''biscia'' even though that's what i named the fallen human in my playthrough. neither do i use they because i also do#if you're describing the character/story objectively in how they are executed then you're going to talk about them neutrally#because you ain't the only sunovabitch who played the darn game sonny#so like. either way you turn it. even in the most self insert reading you'd STILL logically use they/them so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ git gud#answered asks
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i like to imagine that the apprentices propose traps in a presentation night format. dioramas are required and they get graded at the end. there probably isn't a gold star sticker system in place, but amanda and hoffman are keeping track mentally of who gets better grades
#saw#saw posting#jigsaw apprentices#amanda young#mark hoffman#lawrence gordon#john kramer#lawrence hates powerpoint night but john makes him go#he's so tired of amanda and hoffman's rivalry bs#in the end he offers the best critiques so john likes his input best#so amanda and hoffman get pissy because neither of them 'win'#hoffman is very passionate about his dioramas but he'd never admit it#amanda is more into the presentation aspect than the dioramas but she's still really good at them
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pray for me. I dyed my hair last night & it's a few shades off in a way I absolutely hate. but it's still an interesting color and my nice mostly-queer friends whose cuddle party I'm going to tonight will be effusive. and I have to say "thank you" instead of "behold not my form"
#rambl#i will only occupy rooms with yellow lighting from now on. thanks#god i've never felt like this about my hair before. i've been dyeing it for years and whenever there's a mistake i'm like 'still looks nice#when you get into the really pale variants (1) small inputs delta big output delta (2) imo east asians don't look very good#(i am forging on regardless because 'having silver hair once in my life' is more important to me than 'looking good')#but. crucially. i do not have silver hair.
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i think i officially set my sights on a therapist and i'll be contacting her very soon?? therapy was legitimately not on my 2024 bingo card (or in the cards for me at all) but here we are????
#this blog always had a focus on social science and detangling feelings and experiences. like it's basically been serving as my diary#bc this blog has always been my main outlet for it. i hate talking feelings to anyone irl. it's a bad habit but i hate it#so it was a game changer and helped me grow up sooo much. esp supplemented w other people's experiences.#being raised by a stoic engineer mother who's very much warm but also not very good at feelings at times has caused me to suppress SO much#compounded w being the eldest daughter. like that is a damning sentence in and of itself#tumblr just gave me an outlet for stuff like this. and every social media is essentially a highlight reel of ppl's best moments.#tumblr is the opposite. i've always loved that too whether it was in the form of humor or more earnest posts#could i work through my own issues by myself? yes probably#and my blog will always have that facet even if i get a therapist#but a therapist's input. just a professional's input. will expedite a lot of improvement for me i think#this has been a critical time period for me anyway bc i'm budgeting my whole schedule for once vs being handheld by uni deadlines#and it's just gonna keep getting more and more intense from here bc i'm truly pushing my comfort zone more than ever before#it just feels like the right call even tho i'm lowkey nervous ab it bc i HATE talking feelings in person.#this therapist will not fall for my trying to deflect by asking her about her life. which. usually works on my friends <3#we will see. a therapy arc is coming very soon basically#p
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its actually a crime that i cant name my bracket 'i got eliminated from the stanley cup playoffs and all i got was this stupid challenge'
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GPTim having both visual and hearing disabilities is so important to me. That man’s eyes were *burned out* when he *exploded the moon* his hearing is gonna be affected also; and having functional accessibility aids (his mechanical eyes, here) does not equal not disabled, it just means that the disability manifests differently.
#its definitely not just important to me because of projecting. not at all#the mechanisms#gunpowder tim#migraines and photophobia seems to be p common hcs for him. but under the belief that his eyes function *better* than organic eyes.-#he likely struggles to process visual information. his orhanic brain wasnt made for that input. especially with the belief that his eyes-#were originally made for brian who has a mechanical brain#tangentially. do you think his an brians eyes were made without a blind spot?#often its thought that tims eyes are newer and more advanced than brians. but what if theyre an old pair. old prototype or something#or what if they are newer but he would function *better* if they just. like. switched. for information overload reasons#i have so many thoughts about their eyes now.#also. like. we 100% have seen that mechanical eyes which have been abandoned by their creator does not turn out well for the user#*glares at real world events*
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sorry to keep personal posting but my day fucking SUCKED and ended with me dropping one of my brand new earrings from a set that I just finished cleaning down the drain, took the sink apart and still couldn’t find it 🙃
if y’all feel like asking a leverage/misc question for thoughts or headcanons I’d love to answer them in the morning! or even if you just want to say something about your day- I just like hearing from you guys 💖
#or ask me abt my lockwood & co hyperfixation/chat w me about the show#and how I have been egged on my a moot to pursue my cot3 hunger games au (I have never finished a longfic)#(was bored at lunch break and wrote a portion of the berry scene 👀)#boss still owes me more than 2.5k and has been gaslighting me and continues to emotionally manipulate me and my coworkers#and cause serious shit that triggers clients in a THERAPY CLINIC#and has started second guessing my work by asking other employees if my input is ‘accurate’#which caused a flare up in my skin picking AND latent SI#ugh sorry for rambling yall I just need to write this out yk#I need a fucking sugar mommy or something 😭😭😭 I need to get out of this mentally/financially abusive job#not leverage#ask me things#jackie talks#about me#mine#this is the worst place I’ve worked which doesn’t necessarily say too much because I haven’t had many jobs#but one of my former bosses was a [redacted school shooting] denier when we were literally 20 min away from where it happened#which still boils my blood to this day LIKE WDYM YOU THIBK THE GOVERNMENT PAID OFF PARENTS AS A PART OF A CONSPIRACY TO INFLUENCE GUNCONTROL#she would tell a new hire ‘J doesn’t like conspiracy theories’#NO [redacted] I CAN DISCUSS THEM FOR FUN IN CONVERSATIONS BUT URS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS#EAT A DICK#hmmm I wonder if I still have anger about that lol#ANYWAYS I finally got my intake after waiting 8mo for the clinic I needed to get in and will be starting therapy in a few weeks#🫡🫡🫡
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*falls over and dies*
Finally took the plunge, and sketched out how I headcanon Stranger’s anatomy. Pretty messy, but ye.
While the alters have their preferred spot on the body, they all can control every part. All heads technically can talk, but that can make things painful and confusing for them, so they prefer keeping the talking role to the ‘main face.’
Neutral is usually the one in the main face (aka, hosting), but they’ll often switch with Soft and Harsh. Monster and Emo rarely host, and when they do, it’s often with one of the others.
Also, thinking of naming their system ‘Starlight’ :D
#once again: I’m a singlet just doing my best to be respectful and inputs from systems are more than welcome!#slay the princess#the stranger#the shifting mound#stp princess#Heathens AU#< this hc is not *only* for Heathens. but it’s the main AU I’ll be using them on lol#sal draws#sketches
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I've come to the realization that some people will shut you down because they only care about the simple answer they understand, rather than acknowledge that the specifics of the issue may be more nuanced or complex than their functional knowledge of the subject allows them to comprehend. And when that happens, I need to stop contemplating the issue out loud. Because I am only going to be shut down. Any specialized knowledge I have is irrelevant, and I should focus my problem-solving, troubleshooting, knowledge seeking efforts on my own shit, and not other's. Regardless of how much the issue intrigues me.
#It really depresses me how much my curiosity and love of learning gets shut down#By people insisting they know more than I do#Even when the topic is something I have been credited with having the most knowledge of#I just wish if people didn't care to hear my input#they would just tell me#I'm not interested in anything you have to say or think about this#and I really hate how these instances just make me want to not interact with anybody
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“Two Minds,” Superior Spider-Man (Vol. 3/2023), #4.
Writer: Dan Slott; Penciler: Mark Bagley; Inker: John Dell; Colorist: Edgar Delgado; Letterer: Joe Caramagna
#Marvel#Marvel comics#Marvel 616#Superior Spider-Man#Superior-Spider-Man vol. 3#Superior Spider-Man 2023#latest release#where’s moony#Moon Knight#Mr. Knight#Marc Spector#been a hot minute since I could use a panel for both my Moon Knight and Kaine blogs!#and this is one of those «trapped in the mindscape» sort of situations so it has no impact on reality#nor needs to reflect it#and while I may have my beef with Slott and the whole Superior Spider-Man story thread as a whole#I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this and it is sweet that Peter considers Moon Knight an ally#(although that may be more Bagley’s input???)#and even more of an ally than Ben Reilly at this point asldhk RIP unless one of those vaguely spider-person-shaped#silhouettes is supposed to be Ben which puts him at a disadvantage to even Howard the Duck hahaha
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