Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Just got back from a nearby Renaissance Festival!

Had some good food, watched a few performances, took a shot at the one of the archery ranges (the targets were all Pokémon, lol), and looked into some of the shops (some of the handmade goods had the Triforce on them, and I saw one place that was selling Ocarinas).

Also liked casually noticing all the people with video game stuff on.

As for Nintendo stuff: 1 Adult in a Triforce hoodie, 4 Adults & 1 Kid in Triforce shirts (one of which was also wearing Link's cap), 1 Adult & 1 Kid wearing a Toon Link shirt, 1 Adult in a Pikachu hoodie, 1 Adult in a Pikachu shirt, 1 Kid in a Pokémon hoodie, 2 Kids with Mario shirts, and 2 Adults with NES controller shirts (Oh, and myself wearing my NES controller ball cap).

Other Gaming: 1 Adult wearing full on Ezio (Assassin's Creed) cosplay, 1 Adult wearing an Assassin's Creed shirt, 1 Adult wearing a Fallout shirt, 1 Adult with a Kingdom Hearts II ball cap, and around 5 kids with Minecraft shirts.

That's what I just casually noticed, so I'm sure there were much more (oh! I got 6 streetpasses, which is a lot for me).

You know, I'm starting to notice how the names and/or avatars people use when they reply to Youtue comments seem to say so much about them, it's almost like you can determine their position on a subject before they even say anything. I've mainly noticed it with Youtube comments, though, so the fact that they feel the need to repond to someone in a video comment section already implies a lot about them (perhaps an overbearing need to be understood, or that there's something they feel so strongly about that they'll defend it at all costs, even if it's something that doesn't need defending).

I'm looking at a reply line in this video that's just the the perfect example of what I'm talking about. The group is discussing a particular scene in an anime where a 14-year-old boy is coerced by an adult woman into having sex in a medical bed. I'll try to keep any NSFW details to a minimum, and spoiler the unavoidable ones:

The one who led off the discussion goes by the handle of FreedFenrir, with the drawing of a wolf as his avatar, who admires the reviewer for taking issue with that scene, which goes against the grain for such a topic.

• Do note that Fenrir was a legendary giant wolf in Norse mythology that was restrained by the Gods in a vain attempt to stop a foreboding prophecy. So in addition to the obvious 'alpha' analogies the wolf avatar would imply, one could also assume he has some frustrated feelings of being restrained by forces outside of his control. Societal norms like the dismissive, and even abrasive attitude most guys would have towards the boy's negative reaction to the situation would certainly fit the bill, especially considering Fenrir's prophecy in and of itself was related to the apocalyptic Ragnarok, when the Gods would fall from grace and the world would essentially end (which can be interpretted as an end to the old traditions). Honestly, the complexity of this example befits the complexity of the issue at hand, as I'm sure many a child psychologist would tell you.

(...The rest of the examples will be much shorter, trust me...)

Then a man calling himself Soap keeps hammering on about the rape aspect.

Another one who simply calls themselves a number and represents themselves with a big red "T" (the stock avatar on Youtube) insists on playing Devil's Advocate.

One guy who keeps trying to defend the woman's actions has a manga-style avatar where a child affectionately embraces what appears to be his mother, exposing a possible Oedipus Complex.

The girls who presumedly are using their real names keep calling out how creepy and weird the scene is.

A person with Raven in their username and a children's show character as their avatar (I think it's from MLP, but I'm not sure) has been very inquisitive.

And to top this all off, the one who argues the most heavily against the notion that a boy could be hurt, either mentally or physically, by having sexual relations with an older woman - explaining that as a male, the boy should revel in such treatment, despite him clearly being depicted as traumatized by the event.....goes by the handle "One Man Orgy." And naturally, the one who argues the most firmly, yet calmly against him is presumedly a woman with the avatar of a duck....male ducks are apparently pretty rape-y, in case you didn't know.

Oh, and "satireKnight" and "Thea" kept trying to argue the legal definitions and/or ramifications.
*Note, Thea is based on/short for the Greek Goddess Athena

And I could go on, just looking at that one little sample. I'm gonna have to observe a little more often, to see of there's more to it, though I'm mostly finding it amusing. It makes me wonder what my username and/or avatar, along with the arguments I've had, say about me that I may not have consciously intended.

@CanisWolfred: Of course you'd mention Fenrir

Also, I should mention that I'm the sponsor of the anime club at my school. It made all the anime nerds happy.

@TheLZdragon Haha! Well, I got some cultural relations to Norse mythology, too, that made me want to learn more about these old legends.

An avatar can tell a lot about a user, like they can be a big blue creature or a master off all 4 elements. For me, who knows at this point, and as for my username, I'll just say for the 9993448485849444 time that my real name is not Sheldon : P

@TheLZdragon Also, let me into this anime club, my hair is much MOAR golden when I'm eating a sanvich compared to you : P

So what does my avatar and name say about me then

It says that you like squids.

......Whut about me? >:3

It says you're in a dead end job, forced to carry around dumb teenagers, while your best friend (who is in the same situation) seems happy and fine, which makes you jaleous.

Or maybe that you like anime. These two things are easily confused.

I'm guessing that I like super hot anime birds then

>.>
...Wat?

Pokemon counts as an anime, and Ho-Oh is a fire type, so ...

Well I meant, with me...o.o

I'll try to, just by usernames or avatar, judge a book by a cover for those here on this page with THESE logic.

@NokiUsernameHere is really Dio Brando
@RR529 is Currently Playing: Front Mission Evolved
@CanisWolfred Started this somehow
@FriedSquid REV UP THOSE FRYERS!
@Meowpheel IS RIGHT OR ELSE YOU'LL BE BLASTIN' OFF AGAIN!!!!!
@crimsontadpoles Blaziken is HAWT........since fire chicken, and they be HAWT since fire types, also bird
@TheLZdragon is a QUACK & DORK!
@Joeynator3000 is the 3000th not Arnold but T0.0 Joey model
@SheldonRandoms is SMEXYLYSWELLNOICEGOODGREATAWESOMEOUTSTANDINGAMAZINGLYSWELLTASTIC and also is a kangaroo who draws stick figures and eats TOAST and has a Big the Cat figure holding a copy of Hyperdimension Neptunia.

Seems accurate.

...Whatever. -.-

"Cope". Gotta love games with positive messages.

Then on the other side of the screen "cabana".

(they misspelled the first psrt)

You missed me. I'm also interested in your take on ogo. XD

What are some games where you can play as a skeltal other than Mr. Bones for the Sega Saturn?