Posts by ArcticuKitsu

Wondering if I should make this my last post to post about Azur Lane because nobody really follows it. Or maybe people do and they simply lurk about anything WW2 related. I'll share two videos I made desiring Canadians and probably just coast from there seeing if anybody responds or not.

and today's video.

If only it was easy making Rising World videos I would get back to doing it. Having lost my secondary hard drive it's gonna be fun trying to do Youtube videos again. Easy fix, but yeah. Everything is slow progressing right now.

Coasting time!

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It's worth noting that audio hardware is better than it used to be or atleast due to CPUs being so powerful these days there's no reliance on wave samples for making music.

Noted. We've indeed come a long way with many sound designers and artists making clear achievements and etc. Others struggle to capture the beauty of past games. Its an interesting thing to watch as I've even saw Frank Klepacki make tracks for Star Wars: Empire at War, and even Univers at War. Its interesting to note what softwares these developers use. Its fun seeing new-retro being attempted constantly redoing the old chiptunes and such. Such beauty in everything.

I miss my Fruityloops days.

If there is a will, there is a way.

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Now there's so much 3D stuff baked into the GPUs that makes the assembly code smaller.

Genuinely noted. As I said with Petroglyph I make note of developer struggles and such the best I can. I tried programming, though a reason why I flunked it. Not my thing. I'm more of an asset person so I have to constantly read and reread certain parts. Technology is a cool thing

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The point i was making above is that diversity of hardware makes programming for multi-platforms more complicated.

Noted. Though, probably not the point you wanted me to make with how certain developers tend to do better than others. Its fun seeing people's "live and learn" lessons when it comes to developing.

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This causes game bloat. And that combined with the Online gaming era makes for rapid but buggy development cycles and that (unlike the Rising World updates) which seems to be what more gamers are used to nowadays and expect: quantity over quality.

Sadly true. Game bloat is one of the worst things I've constantly keep coming across when it comes to indie games. There is then constant patch updates after updates to get rid of these.

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On a music side note (to the above with Perfect Dark & such; Past vs Present):

I honestly find it interesting how older music tracks sound so much better than newer music tracks. Original games leave such a large shoe to fill that game developers tend to struggle.

Perfect Dark N64 vs Perfect Dark Zero:

Doesn't quite capture the dark serious magic of the N64 version. I guess I'm just bias. It somewhat captures the old style. Perfect Dark with the properly coded gimmicky weapons of alien guns, laptop gun, and etc. 007 in the future with proper music.

Rome Total War:

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Graphics improved, though there was a lot of hatred for the sequels. I'll admit certain tracks do sound awesome, they however fail to capture the magic the original had with how nitty-gritty it felt. The newer track does capture it in various ways. Once again, I may be bias.

Imagining the war dogs, the Greeks..... The assassins and Gladiators. It knew how to have fun with witty slogans.

Silent Hunter 3's special music which other newer games struggled to make me fear, probably because they both failed and I failed to play it. Probably my bias speaking again.

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Are we seeing each other's mark or are we talking past each other? I'm trying to reply properly back to you while feeling a bit down from the weather. I miss the good old days in certain ways while wishing someone can fill in the obvious voids in 2020 in various areas.

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Also online gaming has made it less critical to get the code perfect on the first time. Before online gaming it was very expensive to get a game to retail where the game was written to cartridge. Nowadays developers can merely patch a game at any time and distribute it to players. This is probably the main reason AAA games nowadays cost the same as they did in the 1990s. Premium Super Nintendo games cost around $50 to $60. Adjust that for inflation would double that sticker price.

That's true. Early access, online, everything. Even Nintendo does it every so often themselves on their Switch. Mobage (mobile games). As for the AAA games, they always cost a fortune though roughly half of them are unpolished and left to degrade over time in the gaming market. I'm seeing the pricy tags constantly which also forces me to look into indie games.

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Also online gaming has made it less critical to get the code perfect on the first time.

In certain parts, yes. I've seen a ton of rushed games so I do generally agree with you. Maybe in the studio where you see 'The Last of Us II' being thrown out like trash with Naughty Dog and Journalists insulting gamers for not purchasing it. They want it to be the "best game ever", even though it isn't. The amount of energy messing around on social media could have been spent polishing more bugs, making sure it was an actual good game, and etc. This goes for other games also.

As you noted we do live in a time were developers can release things in a sloppier state improving it as time goes on.... Half the time games die, the other half they may survive, or just barely stay afloat.

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So there is less demand for perfection. This is why I have a lot of respect for Red51 since he behaves like an old time developer who stresses quality work while still taking advantage of modern amenities.

Also, its why I'm here as well respecting how Red51 does things. I'm glad he does things through passion while others are either lost, or gathering their footing in the indie developer field. The suggestions Red51 noted actually helped make Rising World an actual good game. I thank him for quality updates and etc. I may lose my composure at times, though still respect Red51 through-and-through. The passion Red51 has for his games is also the ones I've seen indie game developers in the Japanese gaming realm because they have something to prove while also sharing their fun. You may not be aware of this, the anime 'Strike Witches' focuses on adding ace pilots from various nations while exploring things heavily creatively. I miss that wishing North Americans had that sort of creativity. The next in line for that are Europeans from Japanese. There are those who sadly fumble the ball though.

High respect to Red51. I mean it.

I'm just simply frustrated certain game developers with actual budget won't make actual necessary games while they twiddle their thumbs wondering what to do next. The games we need are the ones we aren't getting........ It genuinely makes me livid.

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As for your video, it reminds me of both a software called 'Space Engine' as well as 'Interstellar' movie. Your video shows that when people care about something they can turn the allegedly "impossible" into the "possible". ...... Yeah.

Interstellar cover because you reminded me of it.

If there is a will, there is a way.

Part 2 to the Above. I'm genuinely livid, frustrated I can't get the "right" game to enjoy, even though I made a thread about Azur Lane, a game doing most of the work other people are afraid to do. Still waiting for Yostar to add in the 'Maple Monarchy' into Azur Lane before I turn into a skeleton. Before that, I wanted to note a few more things before I'm done proxy-venting here.

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- Silent Hunter 3 - Best WW2 naval & Sub game:

This has to be one of the best, if not THE, best WW2 Submarine game out there. Similar to 'Das Boot', you take command of a Submarine trying to sink as many enemy vessels as possible. The atmosphere is great, the feels is great. It has a decent learning curve allowing you to do what you need to do. Some modding is requiring, though one of the best games out there. This game shows its pride all around while even adding various traffic which other games would happily ignore.

Honestly, this and Silent Hunter 4 have to be one of the best games ever, something which hasn't been properly replicated. There is a game called 'U-Boat' (previously 'UBoot') doing similar things while updating in a more lengthy manner. It even now has VR mode. It has more elements while heavily focusing on crew management. I feel it does everything great, just doesn't capture the full magic 'SH3' has. Crew management kills it. I want to disable it to where I can simply focus on exploring the world doing MY own thing.

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- Perfect Dark (N64) - Best FPS:

I view Perfect Dark as the best FPS for its time, and still do. No other FPS has really brought me back, except for a turn-based game called Valkyrie Chronicles, a PS3, now a PC game. A futuristic cyber game where you do espionage trying to figure out what is happening in the world. It has some of the best music (above Goldeneye N64), even pushing the N64 console to its full limit requiring an expansion pack.

The absolute hilarity how a retro game does so much better than a 2020 era game. No, seriously. Yes, we do have Halo & etc, but does it have a laptop gun? Does it have AI you can theme to 'revenge', 'fist', and customize characters? No? Exactly. They even tried to remake 'Perfect Dark' not capturing its beauty with generic guitar riffs. Pathetic. Everything about the game was trash...... They had to do a remaster, only releasing it for Xbox when they could have easily done it for PC and Switch. What a (redacted) move.

There is now a 2020+ remake focused on climate change, though we'll see if its SJW nonsense or actually captures the true retro magic. I'm genuinely scared it may be an SJW nonsense game.

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- Gundam Battlefield Records 0081 (PS3) -

One of the best Gundam games for the PS3, something I've played constantly. I've "wasted" one winter constantly playing this farming for items while enjoying how realistic this game is. It had co-op mode, it had AI, and it allowed you to customize things in a decent manner. I had a blast meeting new people to play with mobile suits (mechas) in this game. Had our own lobby, and etc. Journey to Jaburo, Federation vs Zeon, and etc where the best games on PS2 leading to this game. The next step up obviously being Gundam in VR, something Bandai-Namco is highly fearful of. We however do have a fan-game called 'MADNUG VR' doing what Bandai refused to do.

AAA game companies screw up too much not focusing where they should. The games are great, and it also showed I couldn't migrate to a PS4 and PS5 because they never made proper Gundam sequels. They're also censoring a lot of games on the PS5 causing this game to die a premature death. RIP.

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- Gaming Void - Missing Surface Warship Games:

(Warships mod for SH3)

Desiring my Canadians in a proper WW2 naval games I've been on a constant hunt for a "good" naval game. I've been trying to track down as many as I could, especially after seeing how awesome 'Silent Hunter 3' is. I've tried World of Warships, I've looked at 'War Thunder', I've checked out other games causing me to simply be livid because both gamers and developers keep telling me Canadians are a "minor nation". Honestly, what does that have to do with anything? Stop making excuses and just simply add them in, as any other proper indie Japanese game developer would do. Add them in as Ubisoft Romania would as AI traffic back in 2006, now make them playable. Give them their full known roster and allow us to have fun.

We have the following Surface Warship games:

- Victory at Sea

- Atlantic Fleet

- Pacific Fleet

- Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnought

- World of Warships

- War Thunder

- War at Sea

We have a decent number, just none which adds the proper roster or gameplay onto the table. Its always held back by something stupid. We have the best submarine game, just not a great singleplayer, yet co-op surface warship game. World of Warships also brutally stunted the gaming market causing clones to focus on WoWs, not what needs to be properly made by adding ALL the factions with their full roster of warships. World of Warships is no longer a proper game to play when it comes to surface warships, even if it has my lovely HMCS Haida. It doesn't do the proper things, too bloated. This is why KanColle, and now Azur Lane is overtaking them by making things more accessible by adding in various nations and shipgirls.

If, and when I get a game with Canadians added in properly they should get the highest gaming prize because they're steps above other game developers. I've gotten in so many spats with various forum goers, developers, and etc that people may have flagged me as a toxic individual, I however want voids filled in. I want my Canadians, others want their Swedish representation, Dutch, and etc. There needs to be a proper surface warship game similar to Silent Hunter 3 and its mods. Same with Silent Hunter 4. I've come across fellow Canadians who want to connect with their Canadian pride in Azur Lane, and any other surface warship game.

This game industry amazes me in various ways......... Please try to see things my way and you'll see why I'm frustrated.

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P.S:

For Rising World:

If there is a way for me to pilot a WW2 era warship of any size I'll gladly be parading it around the Rising World waters. Doesn't have to be a battleship, nor an aircraft carrier. A simple minelayer of any faction would do. A small WW2 vessel would do allowing me to fire its main canons would be fine. Vanilla, or modded.... Please allow me to fill in the void which other games struggle or fail to fill in. This isn't a mandatory request, just a desire of mine to have fun when able.

Just wanted to note something else relating to game development trying my best with my wording to make it as coherent as possible. Sorry if its long-winded, I want to however make note of it before I forget. For the people who have been following me since 2015 here may know how hot headed I tend to get, where I stand, or loosely know how I view things. Certain people may view me as "crazy", I don't blame you. Its basically "you are your surroundings" so if I'm crazy then so are my surroundings. I grew up with gaming since the early 1900's with the early Nintendo playing Super Smash Bros 3 with my father into the late nights, saw Gameboy introduced into Canada (Ottawa). I've had N64 with Perfect Dark & Goldeneye, even Playstation 2 with Gundam, and PS3. I nearly had half the gaming consoles. I know how games should be, how they should feel, what they should have in them........

I'm no expert, I just know how a game should be. How a game feels & etc.......

I may not know how to code and program properly, I however do know how games should feel. I may have not made any proper games, I however made various experimental RPG Maker types games and etc. I want to legit make a game others are afraid of making.... In the 2000's I felt games should be more sandboxy, eventually gaining a game called 'Black & White' where you can play god with your settlers. You even had a pet you could raise and guide to help you out. That then ventured into Star Wars Galaxies, Minecraft, Terraria, Starbound, Rising World, Alchemist's Awakening, and etc. Other games were too limiting and linear; Too boring. I wanted to explore a vast world, make an impact (crafting/building/surviving), have an NPC companion, and etc to the point I would constantly venture into boundaries. Star Wars Galaxies ended up being the closest to this where I could do almost whatever I wanted. I loved 'Star Wars Galaxies' wishing it was still around. It is, modded and hosted by players. I could play it. My secondary hard drive failed and it takes up too much space currently. Nobody wants to make a 2020 version of it, only linear 'theme parks'. 'Star Wars Galaxies' was the best MMO allowing you do do whatever you wanted in a true open world, prematurely corrupted & killed off. Minecraft made the proper ripple effect in the gaming industry spawning more 'open world games', something which also brought along 'Subnautica', Garry's Mod, and etc in one manner or another.

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To The Point - Cookie Cutter Frustration:

I'm always frustrated there is always something holding back games, game development, and etc. What is frustrating is when a game keeps doing the same thing over, and over, and over again by reusing the same formula when it could be doing something new in various ways. View Pokemon how it always stayed the same with incremental new gimmicks forcing you to join in later versions. A game could always be "so much more" with special thanks to Japanese game developers (and specific European ones) I'm aware of how games should be made. I've been following various mainstream and indie Japanese game developers seeing what games & developers are actually capable of. A nice explorable open world with various 'fun' features. It contains many role-playing elements, boats, planes, enemies, and etc. Anything possible is simply added, even as a gimmick, The game would also contain a gallery mode, settings, co-op/Multiplayer, and possibly a mini-game or side features. The amount of times I get lynched for suggesting co-op and VR mode for certain games causing the fanbase to lynch me, and the developers to moan how "difficult" it is. This 'lynching' causes other games to do far better time and again.....

A game that has stood the test of times is also called 'Silent Hunter 3', a game made by Ubisoft Romania. I befriended a game developer who prided themselves for having created one of the best games ever. A German Submarine game containing most of the participating nations with Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Canadians, French, among others. They were added into the base games back in 2005/2006 era while a game in 2015-2021 constantly whines and tantrums about adding these same features. A GAME FROM 2005-2006 ADDS IN FEATURES A GAME IN 2020 DEEMS "TOO MUCH WORK". Absolutely (redacted) hilarious. Honestly.

I'm honestly amazed by how fearful game developers are in this era. They don't have that old-era game making passion, nor adding things because it compliments the game's scenery more. In certain ways they do, they however don't go that extra mile I've seen Japanese indie game developers go. I've seen more passion from the Japanese (with high suicide rates) than I have with AAA game developers. Its because of AAA game developers and a certain segment of indie game developers I tend to side with those who actually show results than those who constantly complain. Dutch game developers would much rather focus on politics than making games......

There is this game I'm following called 'Ultimate Admiral Dreadnought' doing unique things, though frustrating me a bit.

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https://store.steampowered.com…ate_Admiral_Dreadnoughts/

PLANNED FEATURE - GLOBAL CAMPAIGN - NOT YET AVAILABLE
Campaign is still under development. The campaign will let you lead the admiralty for all major countries of the time period (minor nations are not playable). We will update this page as soon as we will be willing to share specifics.

I'm near livid. You had ONE job.....You add in most of the nations, but just because they're god damn 'Minor' you won't have them as playable. I'm aware Silent Hunter 3's AI traffic wasn't playable, they however added factions because they are necessary. Your game was unique enough and you won't add in Canadians, Chinese, and etc as playable nations because "too much work" for the campaign mode. Scenarios, sure. Just not campaign? Defeats the purpose. Should have gone that extra mile to make your game "the best ever" and to stand the test of time with Silent Hunter 3. You need to push a game as far as you're able to.

The game is advertised for you to build your own ship, experiment, make things work yet they won't let you do that in a campaign manner. This is what I mean! Games in 2020 constantly falls short because of things like these. Its frustrating. This is why other games are so popular because they simply make something happen allowing them to stand the test of time.

I know game developers (the navy WW2 types) are going to be genuinely pissed off with me. They may be correct in that regard, maybe even claiming I may have misunderstood something. Maybe I have. Even so, they also need to see the flaws on their end. Games from 2006 and previous have done better (as with Indie developers) doing more than modern games. We have yet to gain proper remakes and remasters of these past games. Even Perfect Dark N64 can't get a proper remake because developers can't get a good grasp of the magic which made it fun. Just make the minor nations playable. I find it hilarious how certain other games gave you easteregg type features in RTS games, RPGs, and etc where you could mess around with "what if" and "respect" stuff, yet adding in playable minor nations is "off the table". You were ALMOST THERE! Go the extra mile. Copy and paste some codes so we can play as a 'minor nation', the taboo of the WW2 gaming world. God forbid hell freezes over for not adding in the "minor nations" for they may pillage a world, or something. Seriously.......

Do what other game developers have done by copying and pasting code to make certain factions playable, yet lazily made them feel like other factions/nations, & etc. At least they're there........ I'm just amazed....... There are people who want to play with these so called "minor nations" without limitations. Stop the cookie-cutter Pokemon Gameboy game type nonsense. Stop making the same game over-and-over and actually add in worthwhile features and elements.........

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U-Boat - VR:

At first these developers chickened out of VR, adding it after the fact as another group handles it. The developers at first had no plans for VR then they found a way to have VR added. More respect to them! This is the way. If there is a will, there is a way.

Shame Subnautica developers constantly flip-flop. They desired co-op & VR, abandoning both. They added the foundations to VR, abandoning it when they could have found a way to complete it, as U-Boat VR has found out. Their sequel had no VR disappointing many people because of how they chickened out. Only Anti-VR fans now support that game. Shame. It could have been so much more.

I grew up with inspiring programmers and developers-to-be constantly telling me to tell them how to do something and they would find a way to do it. They would find a way "make the impossible, possible". That's their job.

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Rising World needs NPC Companions then the game would be perfect.

Various other games need co-op mode & VR then they'd be perfect. Bandai-Namco should have made Gundam VR for PSVR, they're too lazy. They're too big of a company to see straight. There are too many god damn voids in the gaming market........... I'm just livid, more so on how WW2 game developers constantly make excuses for not adding Canadians into their WW2 navy games, and other developers saying why they can't add their features.

I tried searching for a drone thread. If there is one just merge it with that one.....

I lightly want to suggest adding drones into Rising World to help with navigation, to have fun, and etc. It be nice to up a drone to get a high perspective when you otherwise use pillars from blocks, or whatever. Certain games had a good vibe with drones from Xenoblade Chronicle X, Tower Unite, and etc. Its fun to use. It be fun to use in Rising World.

Any kind of electric drone. Maybe one with a video feed, picture taking ability and such. Whatever works best for Red51 and friends.

Holy hell, why are North Americans like this.............. I mean as a Canadian I'm aware of why, yet constantly have to ask it. I'm genuinely getting tired of North American nonsense making me happy I proudly watch Anime. They're still going after Rosario Dawson because of a drug-like high.....

All the woman supportive groups didn't help out Gina. The hypocrisy. ... Those house of cards in North America falling down bit-by-bit.......

Taking what you enjoy & trash it into the ground......

Wanted to note something recent, even if it may go over various people's heads because they're not into anime, or whatever reason. At the very least maybe I'll have this noted for myself to observe from the future, or whatever happens.

The recent Russian event goes into various 'prequel' elements which I find interesting, something I somewhat wished they noted earlier. This turns Azur Lane from a happy-go-lucky Chinese anime game to a serious game, something which changes the mood of the game into something darker. Something which was supposed to be a "throw-away" game (short-term project) has turned into a double serious game in both production and lore. Developers keep adding onto the game while gradually making it darker and darker, something which makes it more appealing.

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Wiki to Russian Event:
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Khorovod_of_Dawn%27s_Rime

It gets all philosophical, something I quite enjoy. It builds a lore. I also watch anime for all its philosophical moments because it allows me to see the world in a different way, similar to how old Star Trek portrayed various situations in a scientific manner.

• How were 'Kansen' (shipgirls) born? Chicken-egg paradox and analogy. They allegedly came "together" with a thing called 'Wisdom Cube', something which spawns them.
• Russians were nearly knocked out having to thread the needle of survival. A special cave saved them as the Russians researched technology giving them an edge to battle the enemies.
• Prequel elements of surviving in a base against all odds. Fighting to the last man while being bunkered into a certain area (island, cavern, city of light, and etc).
• KAN-SEN = Kansen (shipgirls). [Kanmusu = KanColle shipgirls].

Its hard to put it into words, let alone images how I'm feeling, what I read, and etc. I'm just.... Hyped. The game had a previous event based on Bismarck showing a serious, yet sad moment. It was awesome. Other events came close, were enjoyable. This Russian event explored something which just boosted this game's uniqueness and aura that much further similar to how every update of Rising World makes it more unique and enjoyable.

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Side note: Game design side notes (Thoughts):

I think I found my new-found love for Russians, something WW2 games tend to struggle with because its allegedly "too hard", or "too minor" to do because they want to make cookie cutter games. Anything other than the "main faction" tends to get overlooked, forgotten, and not has hyped up as it just had in Azur Lane. Azur Lane shows when a developer cares they can bring out magical gaming moments in games, something other game developers genuinely need to learn from. Its something I tend to piss them off with because they then view me as an random arrogant insulting forum troll. When you start exploring the unexplored you tend to get overly interesting moments, something which people then explore, grasp onto and enjoy learning from.

Again, there is a reason why 'Silent Hunter 3', as old as it is from 2006, is still being "worshipped" to this day. Others may praise SH3's combat system while I'll add onto it (cherry on top) for the participating nations adding actual combatants in the war from Dutch, Canadian, and etc. No whining, no moaning... They're there, sadly and ironically not in modern 2020 naval games. Reason why I used to play KanColle is now why I admire Azur Lane. You're learning about something you otherwise wouldn't. I'll praise a developer who adds in things without question, such as adding in Italians, Chinese, French, Russians, Canadians & etc. There is one game called 'Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts' adding most factions, except one or two, such as the Canadians. Curious to see what they do.

I wish I wouldn't have to harass, nor pester, game developers. Granted, half of my suggestions for Rising World were "in the moments", though still hold strongly onto boats, flying, and companion NPCs who join you on your adventure while also help mine & etc.

Azur Lane just hit a new note of game development passion, something which shall go overlooked by the community that plays it. This is the reason why I tend to follow obscure games in the Indie game world, Japanese gaming world, and etc. Red51 with Rising World also managed to hit these awesome moments as well, thus why I'm here also being obnoxious.

In short: I simply love it when developers make passion-project games instead of forced cookie-cutter games going all same which then fade into nothingness with time.

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In my hype I'm gonna leave it off on a musical note relating to a German Bismarck theme fighting to the very last. Overtaken by Siren yet fighting for herself in an altered re-enactment. Bismarck fights for herself, not as an enemy, nor a drone overtaken by a Siren enemy controlling her. Bismarck still sinks.

At a time like this, we honestly need something when everything is becoming a guilt trip. I may be struggling to be coherent, though still trying to express my thoughts the best I can. I'm just as exhausted as I was yesterday, thankfully having Azur Lane at my side. Games like these are both easy and hard to find because people aren't as passionate as they used to be when making indie games, especially in Navy type genres. Minecraft used to be "the best", PSO2, KanColle.... Rising World (java). Its now Azur Lane for me. Silent Hunter 3......

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I got through Strike Witches but the whole girls as military vehicles genre? simply isnt my thing. *No comparison to Azur Lane beyond the military vehicles thing.

Its my thing because its similar to various indie game developers making games simply as a passion project. Its a nice free concept, something which isn't as properly explored in North America, or even Europe, because of various fears. Authors, artists, and etc are fearful for various reasons causing their art to feel chained by something. Our western art always tends to lack that certain "something".. I love how the Japanese authors expand and explore various roles by even adding in various factions/nations/groups others wouldn't elsewhere.

I enjoyed Strike Witches's amusement (Silly antics), lore, and maybe even the music. I still have yet to continue watching the recent batches of episodes. I love the flying concept and how they expanded into tanks. I do find the tank bit a bit weird, but it is what it is because the author went there. That is why I find it interesting. The passion of exploring things.

I found out the author quietly added in a Canadian pilot in the manga, something I had to Google and research heavily to find. Can't recall if I was told or if I stumbled across it. I'll assume someone told me about it when I was gifted a manga from a Japanese friend.

https://worldwitches.fandom.com/wiki/Elizabeth_F._Beurling

Elizabeth F. Beurling, based on George F. Beurling. I'm glad we have Canadian representation in Strike Witches with a 'Faraway Land'. If I can fiddle with this character more openly I would love that. A game, mod, or something. I want to connect with my Canadian pride

On a similar note its thanks to KanColle which allowed me to find Canadians had a navy in WW2, something I carried with me into Azur Lane. After having found out Canadians had a decent navy I wanted them added into a naval game. I'm now pestering every naval developer to add in Canadians while avoding 'cookie cutter' methods of making the same factions in games all the time. They should do their games more along the lines of 'Silent Hunter 3' by adding all relevant factions, regardless of 'major' and 'minor' nonsense....... Just add them in..... Granted, goes without saying I'm pissing off various developers by my requests. If not developers, various people who keep blocking my requests.

I view 'Silent Hunter 3' as the best naval game because it has most of the elements correct back in 2006. It has Canadians, it has various nations naval traffic during WW2.... I find it ironic how 2010+ games can't do what a 2006 game can. It pisses me the right off...... I don't want to slander developers though find them so tardy and lethargic when it comes to their newer games not matching, nor surpassing past games.

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Genre aside, If you enjoy anime that can grab you and leave an impact give Made in Abyss a watch. Its fun, tense, uplifting, gut punching brutal, and in the end, full of pluck.

Had a old friend from out of state visit lately who`s in no way into anime and I got her to watch it. Sucked her right in.

Oh, I REALLY love anime. I held back on this forum though this is the first actual thread I made about Anime. I watched insane amounts of anime by now loving how free and fun it is. 'Made in Abyss'? I know a VRChat friend who watched it so I may just put it on my list to watch. I saw Nanachi's everywhere in VRChat, if that is the right species for that anime. Worlds, avatars.... People praising the show heavily.

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On a side note I wanted to share this last night with Bismarck's PV & special dialogue line vocals. I have a proud German fleet going until I can specialize in a Canadian fleet in Azur Lane.

Bismarck pride, if Red51 is lurking this thread, though it may not be Red51's thing. Who knows. Either way, I have a proud German fleet because of my love for Bismarck & Tirpitz thanks to 'History Channel' pre KanColle/Azur Lane days. Trying to level all my ship girls to level 120 so I can properly have them battle in various battles.

I honestly can't wait for Canadians. They better come soon. I've been left high and dry for quite a few years, and with Azur Lane noting 'Maple Monarchy' from HMS Fortune's dialogue saying such.

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I do keep military anime on my radar because they tend to be interesting and amusing. Jormungand is a love letter to 'Lord of War' by going with similar themes and the same AN-12b plane. Jormungand is a show I recommend, also for its more personal scene of Cuba & Havana Club. I had great fun with Jormungand.

Oh, geez.......... See, this is what happens when you 'bend the knee'.... Feeling emboldened, they're now trying to slander and ruin Rosario Dawsin again. Same with Chris Pratt....... Cancel culture sure is fun.

Carl Weathers supports Gina Carano spawning SJW meltdown.

What a time to be alive where you can't enjoy your hobbies and entertainment. Hmm.....

I've been posting quite a lot of negative stuff lately so I wanted to share some more positivity going along with the whole 'drone' topic even if you guys may or may not follow along. Wanted to post this even if people may or may not be familiar with this because more positivity is needed in this world. I'm not expecting people to be familiar, just wanting to share positivity.

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Azur Lane, what is it?

Similar to Japan's 'Kantai Collection' (KanColle), it follows a similar concept of viewing your ships as actual females in human form. Humans view vehicles as females, thus shipgirls in this genre. Azur Lane is a game (and anime) of ships in human female forms fighting against data aliens named 'Sirens' who are hellbent on experimenting in morbid ways on the ships themselves and humanity. Its up to these shipgirls to save earth by forming an alliance called 'Azur Lane' (Think UN). Its not all sunshine and rainbow as there is a nasty fracture even among the 'Azur Lane' spawning the 'Crimson Axis'.

A mobile game.

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During my toughest and moodiest times I can always rely on Azur Lane to cheer me up, more so as we all wait for Rising World unity to mature to a proper playable state. Its always been good to me (mostly) while showing it can respect history. I used to play KanColle having learned about WW2 though that became too time consuming and grindy that I had to ditch it. Everything became so difficult it no longer became fun, but I still respect KanColle for its BGM and character designs. Its on the serious side. Azur Lane is more accessible giving me more amusements. Its because of both games I want to see a WW2 game with Canadians in them with HMCS Haida, HMCS Uganda, HMCS Ontario, & etc.... Just one proper good naval game similar to 'Silent Hunter 3'. I loved that game. Azur Lane hinted/teased we may obtain Canadians as 'Maple Monarchy' so I'm hoping to see them in time. I just hope I won't turn into a skeleton while waiting, similar to how long we all are waiting for Rising World. No ill wills, just.... Art takes time, I however want to see a good game on various fronts with developers being honest without doing the whole 'cookie cutter' samey game stuff. I love Azur Lane, Silent Hunter 3, and Rising World for being fresh.

Until then (Canadians being added), I amusingly enough ringed Bismarck & Tirpitz in Azur Lane because even outside the realm of anime I found myself admiring the beauty of both Tirpitz and Bismarck. They're beautiful vessels.

I love this game. Even when times are negative it always bumps me the right back up. When we get boats in Rising World I 'hope' (though not expecting) we can see some military class vessel I could hopefully play around with in that game. Anything. Azur Lane does its research on history so you tend to learn, thus why I love it. It knows how to be both serious and comical. Its animes are good, even if people say otherwise. Azur Lane: Crosswave (on steam) is a neat game, though not something meant for westerners because of different play styles. Its a nice start and I enjoy it.

Youtube spam because I love this game so much. Hope I can carry it over into Rising World when we get boats and such added. Modding. Whatever.

German Air Superiority experiment:

Upcoming Russian Event:

And a cute little Russian dance from the Russian video above. I need positivity, Azur Lane gives it to me as we all wait for Rising World & etc.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee~

Waiting for good weather and etc, but yeah. Once I get past the Tello's various tantrums its genuinely fun to fly. I still have yet to feel "used to it", though like what I've experienced. Can't wait to fly it again.

Heard about Muppets being allegedly "sexist", or something with muppets having breasts. As for the racist, that's a new one though not surprising.

Sexist, Racist, transphobic, and all these messed up labels........

When I posted my previous posting I thought of this video having to time stamp it to 2:12 for the Disney bit. Some of it true, though if that was done in 2021 you'd see Star Wars rap lines...........

Yeah. What a joke western media has become. I enjoyed watching 'Dredd', Fury, Interstellar, Ghost in the Shell (live action), Battleship, and Inception, all of which I enjoyed. Trying to watch as much as I can on Netflix while I can.... That is when movies were at their best as well (90's especially). Greyhound (WW2 movie) being recent and neat with Canadian influences.

Disney........ This is why Anime is so popular

Watching the interview now hearing things both on and off the video.

- Disney & Lucasfilms purposely harassing Gina Carano and anybody they don't like.

- KK purposely hiring weirdo people which spawned this situation both for Gina & High Republic nonsense.

- Hate Mob attacked Gina Carano purposely twisting words ( purposely misinterpreting), purposely misreading points, purposely bullying people.

- Lucasfilms/Disney wanted to lynch Gina in front of 40 people in a call.

- Lucasfilms purposely erases Cara Dune with another character, even proudly displaying this on Twitter.

- Gina Carano found out she was fired on Twitter, not by Disney nor Lucasfilms.

- Lucasfilms accidentally sent an email tracking the abuse, even encouraging it.

- Disney/Lucasfilms defended Pedro Pascal yet harshly abused Carano.

- Carano loves to post 'think pieces', something which triggers people. Similar to why they hate anime because Anime does the same by provoking the mind, just not shoving things in your face as Disney wants to do. She loves to post things because she wants people to think, something they refuse. Everything has to be linear. People kept forcing their own spin while also putting words into Gina's mouth because they want to push various toxic narratives. Drones.

- Tumblr/Reset/Reddit weirdos hate the taste of their own medicine (hypocritical). They freely block people falsely labeling others as trolls & other labels, yet Gina does this they insult her back. 'Rules for thee, but not for me', type thing. Double standard social justice nonsense.

- She was in actual fist fights in Las Vegas, standing up for everybody, something SJWs won't. Gina genuinely hates bullying, something which is ironic when SJWs preach about it.

- There are people who are quietly (whispering) supporting Gina because they're afraid of speaking up yet agree with her. If they speak up they get fired from Hollywood, or elsewhere. They can't even speak up in their own homes.

Angry people are still on Twitter trying to continue to slander her. This is important because the same thing can happen to game developers and even Anime studios. There is a cancel culture out there so its best to squash them while you still can because they'll make you live in a cage. I noted it previously how they even forced me to live in a cage when it came to my anime hobbies. You were supposed to hate on everything.

Even now, people hate me. Screw them. This is why I'm posting this here because I'm genuinely 100% pissed off. As are countless others. We just want our pure entertainment. We want our natural fun, something we had 2015 and prior to that.

Star Wars is ruined.

Should be about $150 Canadian ($100 USD). Depends on where you are, if its the DJI Tello.

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I think they always launch from that location whenever the game begins or resumes.

This ^

Always happened when you loaded the world then it stops when you finally pay attention to it. If the next update contains fireworks proper that would be neat.

Hope something is available in time for July 1st & 4th celebrations.

On a happier note I'm going to share something we can all enjoy. Was talking with Zfoxfire after a mentality check so I thought I'd finally share it here, something I've been meaning to do before hand.

For the longest while I wanted a drone, finally obtaining one on January 12, 2021. I wanted one for basic photography and videography (though mainly pictures). Not 'pro' level, just well enough to match a smartphone quality (5 mp) and to do panorama. The basic stuff. I wanted to see things from angles I haven't seen before, so I purchased the 'DJI Tello'.

Its a neat little drone on a basic, yet semi-pro level. It has up to 13 min battery life time, enough to do what you need to do for quick fun. If you ever want to fly more you simply get more batteries. Its however very "touchy" needing proper care because it tantrums easily.

To fly the drone at its fullest I have to use the 'Tello FPV' app because the main one is on a basic level. It doesn't connect fairly easily.

The app allows you to see what pattern it flew, and etc. The long line is when I flew it the 'long' way while the green and yellow is when I flew it up for panorama shots.

(1st Pano: My first Pano at roughly 14 feet showing a windy landscape near where I venture.)

(2nd Pano: A very windy day showing a very wobbly panorama shot.)

The 'Tello FPV' app allows the Tello to take 10 shots for a panorama allowing the 'Bimostich' app to stitch it together. My only goal is to have fun, see what i normally don't see, and to do things "good enough". I don't want to go "pro", that's for later when life settles.

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DJI Tello is a drone I'd recommend, though if you want to bounce further I have two others I shared Zfoxfire which you guys may be interested in.

- FIMI Portable Quadcopter:

https://www.amazon.ca/FIMI-Por…+SE&qid=1609638147&sr=8-2

- Mavic Mini (any):

https://www.dji.com/ca/mavic-mini

If you want to learn more about RCs & Drones then check out 'Captain Drone' who lives on the other side of the city than me.

https://www.youtube.com/channe…RuPifODAiW8zSLXs2A/videos

he makes awesome videos.

I'm a bit calmer now so I'm going to keep things shorter. I'm still keeping tabs on the news waiting to see how this all unfolds.... This shouldn't of have happened, though what is done is done. Disney & Lucasfilms now needing to learn from their actions, though will they? We'll see. This is why Anime is outselling North American media

- Hasbro pulls out (stops printing) Cara Dune figures spawning inflated price on Ebay & etc

- Various discussions about double-standards, cancel culture & etc. In short: No fun allowed.

(Disclaimer: Even if you hate Quartering & Clownfish TV you can get this same news elsewhere. Various tweets, news outlets, and etc. It just makes it easier sharing from the two videos)

Lastly, Disney is shocked and surprised a significant amount of people genuinely canceled their Disney+ showing them where their true fans are. Now, if they take the obvious hint they would do damage control, though doubt it. Disney is genuinely in "shock" and "surprise", though we'll see if they do the right thing. I attached an image of Disney's stock plummeting from this action.

They'll obviously bounce back, though #CancelDisneyPlus was simply a message, not a killing move. My friend who does stock loosely confirmed what I was seeing, even tempting me to do stocks, though that is besides the point.

Cara Dune also got a new deal for a movie causing fake Twitter Weirdos to whine and moan on Twitter about once again losing the battle. We'll see who wins the war in the end while it ends up being a stupid back-and-forth battle. Twitter weirdos ruining everything.

The thing is, these same people tried canceling various games, Anime shows, and etc because it exposed them as frauds. Be careful who you befriend because they may throw you under the bus as they had with me in the 'Busou Shinki' realm. People are quick to throw others under the bus, I know that first hand. These people are vicious and vile........As you can clearly see. They slander everybody to the point others believe the fake-spun 'transphobic' nonsense. People have been baited.

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I would recommend a bit more research before jumping to conclusions and crucifying disney/lucasfilms. From my understanding disney wanted to fire her for months anyway and she just handed them a reason in a silver platter.

Maybe her last comment that actually got her fired was not the most controversial thing she did but she definitely did do a lot of the other things they accuse her of e.g. mocking pronouns by adding beep/boop as her pronouns on twitter only to later retract claiming "she didn't understand pronouns" (come on it is 2021...)

The youtuber (Vera something) you posted the link of seems unaware or simply chooses to ignore the other things she did do and there is evidence of.

Not saying that any of that should have got her fired but let's not pretend she was a full on puppy democrat.

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I've been following it, thus why I shared it. I know what I'm sharing and I'm aware of what I'm sharing..... I have to deny what you're posting because that is NOT what is happening. Maybe the 'silver platter' thing, though that is a stretch here. Its just a lame excuse for censorship and politics in their stupid place.

Again, with all due respect Gina Carano did nothing wrong; People took her tweets out of context because they want the New Trilogy to win, they want politics to take over Star Wars and to ruin everything we hold dear and enjoyable. They're doing this for Marvel, DC, games, Anime, and etc, or at least trying. This is why Anime is outperforming Marvel because of all this political nonsense. People want their form of escapism. Its perfectly fine for Padro Pascal to say stupid crap, yet Gina Carano gets fired because she had a bit of fun. Nothing was offensive, people took it that way because they're envious, jealous, and annoyed that their narrative got blocked. What Gina posted in her tweet was a true real event happening, yet people took it in the wrong way because it didn't fit the world view (tribal mentality) in America.......

Sorry, I'm not with you on this one Minotorious. I've seen what these people have done to Anime and games so its best not to side with them. This is why I'm legit angry because things we have as entertainment is trying to be spun in a way to use as propaganda tools. If not that, its turned into trash by destroying and burning it into the ground. This is why Anime is outperforming Marvel related media... Manga is out selling comics.

The pronouns? She was forced to add them after being hounded, and hounded, and hounded so much. You would eventually give in, but with her own sense of humour. Oh right, you're not allowed to joke in this era. Everything is all so offensive.... She added them in in a joking manner, something which triggered people taking it the wrong way. You're allowed to have fun, as people have.

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Few more things to add:

This pops up a lot in the tags

Pedro Pascal ends up fine, yet not Gina Carano........ Cool. Doesn't have to be the quartering tweet, you can find it in two other hashtags on Twitter under 'Nazi Germany' and 'Cancel culture' hashtags..... Its messy because you have those who assisted in Gina's firing doing both damage control and ruining everything.

"Rules for thee, but not for me."

(Forgot to share this tweet)

I grew up on Star Wars so that is where my anger is also coming from... Weird people, Disney, and Lucasfilms trying to weaponize it by turnign it into a political propaganda tool.......

As for "social suicide"...... I've been bullied a lot for simply existing so who the hell cares anymore. People view me as trash anyways so I'm just gonna roll with it. Hate me, love me, whatever. I just want to enjoy what I enjoy.

Cancel culture wins meaning you're not allowed to enjoy what you enjoy. Screw what you enjoy, because others said so.

The irony in the cancel culture canceling an actually strong woman when they're trying to pop up strong woman...........

Games, movies...... I feel bad for western media.