SE, the puns are getting out of control

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Originally Posted by Delsus

Shiva fight "Ice Ice Baby".

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Dammit, Delsus, you just made me spit my sandwich all over the place!

Ifrit ain't another no fun allowed thread.

Extreme mode titan...

Attack on Titan *badumtish*

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Originally Posted by Tahldon

Dammit, Delsus, you just made me spit my sandwich all over the place!

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And the mission is complete.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

Shiva fight "Ice Ice Baby".

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I think it should be "Ice Ice, Lady"

And to stick with the song theme:

Ramuh: "You've been... thunderstruck"

Ifrit: "goodness gracious great nails of fire"

Titan: "Papa was a rolling stone"

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Originally Posted by NyneAlexander

I think it should be "Ice Ice, Lady"

And to stick with the song theme:

Ramuh: "You've been... thunderstruck"

Ifrit: "goodness gracious great nails of fire"

Titan: "Papa was a rolling stone"

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LOL



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Originally Posted by NyneAlexander

I think it should be "Ice Ice, Lady"

And to stick with the song theme:

Ramuh: "You've been... thunderstruck"

Ifrit: "goodness gracious great nails of fire"

Titan: "Papa was a rolling stone"

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Haha, I think you and Fern should talk.

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Originally Posted by omniwaink

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And it's a trend that isn't even limited to just this game. _EVERY_ single video game review or news story has an unimaginative and retarded tagline. How many times must we read that Need for Speed is "crashing" into stores this April? Or that Spiderman is "webslinging" his way onto store shelves this holiday season? I don't even know wtf that's supposed to mean. It's lazy writing and annoying as hell.

Look, I'm not asking you to shun all the puns. I'm just saying it's not fun when you punish us with the constant use of puns. If you have a good one, then use it and be done. If not, I'd rather read none than be overwhelmed with a ton.

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Yeesh. Grumpy.

"Spiderman will be sold in stores this holiday season."

"Need for Speed will be placed onto shelves nonchalantly this April."


.....No. Sorry...THAT is "lazy writing." I'd rather be entertained than be bored. Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Cojika

Nothing to see here folks, do a 360 and walk away.

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I believe it's "Do a 180 and walk away." If you do a 360 you won't be walking away.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

I believe it's "Do a 180 and walk away." If you do a 360 you won't be walking away.

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HAHA...he'd be walking back into the fray

Garuda: "The Wind Cries... Scary"?

ok that one was kind of a reach

Siren: "Don't go chasing Waterfalls"

The puns are worth at least 10% of my subscription fee alone.

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Originally Posted by Rex

"Spiderman will be sold in stores this holiday season."

"Need for Speed will be placed onto shelves nonchalantly this April."


.....No. Sorry...THAT is "lazy writing." I'd rather be entertained than be bored. Thank you!

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Yeah, what you wrote was ALSO lazy writing. Half-assed puns don't make for compelling reading material, hence why Dr. Seuss only made children's books. Takes a bit more brain power to find a creative way to represent or convey idea than to just look at what x character does and try to shoehorn it into a pun.

Like I said, I enjoy good (and intentionally bad) puns here and there. But at a certain point when every single fate and quest is a pun - some worse than the Titan one - you wind up rolling your eyes more than grabbing your tummy and letting out a hearty guffaw. Why is pun moderation such a bad thing? I'm not saying don't use puns at all, I'm saying don't force puns just for the sake of having a pun. Do you punderstand?

I suppose they could have called Titan Extreme "The Umbilical" or something if we're going to go deeper and want to remain consistent.

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Originally Posted by Daenerys_Sedai

I suppose they could have called Titan Extreme "The Umbilical" or something if we're going to go deeper and want to remain consistent.

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Lol. Gross.

Yep... here comes my lunch...

Speaking as a person who sits around with her boyfriend for hours on end coming up with the worst/silliest/funniest puns we can.... there is no such thing as too many puns.

I love the humour in FFXIV. It's one of the best parts of the game.

but the puns are part of the fun in this game.

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Originally Posted by Codek

Siren: "Don't go chasing Waterfalls"

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Leviathan!

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Originally Posted by NyneAlexander

Leviathan!

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Leviathan pun will be "Surf's Up!"

After all leviathan does make a serious tidal wave.

Eh, the puns are one of fun.

I actually see more people complaining about the lack of originality in the other language versions.

How can you not love everything she does is magitech?

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Originally Posted by omniwaink

If you do a 360 and then walk away, you'll be walking the same direction as you started.

Just sayin'.

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Originally Posted by Miiu

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

I believe it's "Do a 180 and walk away." If you do a 360 you won't be walking away.

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LOL, you guys made my day, thanks.

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Originally Posted by Codek

Anyone else feel like the forums just hit a new low?

I don't get it, should the quest just be named "Go Kill Titan, Again"? What's the fun in that?

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New quest name caught me off guard really bad. Tears in my eyes hurt from laughing.

edit: Oooh I like Ice Ice Baby.

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Originally Posted by omniwaink

Yeah, what you wrote was ALSO lazy writing. Half-assed puns don't make for compelling reading material, hence why Dr. Seuss only made children's books. Takes a bit more brain power to find a creative way to represent or convey idea than to just look at what x character does and try to shoehorn it into a pun.

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I worked at a shelter for a while. In the spring we got a influx of kittens. We had to name them all. Its a real bitch to keep coming up with new and interesting names, hell its hard to come up with different names at all. We used to get on book or movie kicks just to make it easy on ourselves and have a bit of fun. I imagine this is what SE does as well. How else would you like our quests to be named? Boring names? Ifrit I, II, III, IV? SE is doing the best they can in a game meant to entertain us all. At least this way some of us get a smile out of it, if only for a few times.

Translators were like: "Oh snap, we're watching TV! Let's name every single FATE as we change the channels and find pop culture references. If we are doubtful, let's go to tvtropes.org!"
PR/Marketing group is like: "No time, sell it now, too strong!"

Ohhh! I Just Died in Six Arms Tonight! It must have been something you said!!!

Erm...ahem...I'm sorry you were saying?

I also like Ice Ice Baby.

For Leviathan, how about: "Snake on the Water, Fire in its Eyes"?

I think WoW is probably responsible for making people think a wordplay equivalent of Micro$oft is supposed to be clever, though it's hardly unique to even gaming. If the Heat lost a game, it'd usually have something to do with 'extinguished' or 'flamed out' and so on. You can almost predict what the pun is going to be depending on the nature of the entities involved, and at that point it's no longer clever and you might as well just have "Heat loses" or "Titan (Hard Mode)".

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Originally Posted by omniwaink

Yeah, what you wrote was ALSO lazy writing. Half-assed puns don't make for compelling reading material, hence why Dr. Seuss only made children's books. Takes a bit more brain power to find a creative way to represent or convey idea than to just look at what x character does and try to shoehorn it into a pun.

Like I said, I enjoy good (and intentionally bad) puns here and there. But at a certain point when every single fate and quest is a pun - some worse than the Titan one - you wind up rolling your eyes more than grabbing your tummy and letting out a hearty guffaw. Why is pun moderation such a bad thing? I'm not saying don't use puns at all, I'm saying don't force puns just for the sake of having a pun. Do you punderstand?

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Now don't you start ragging on Dr. Seuss too... This guy...

King Moogle fight: "Kupo, Lupo, Kupo-di-doo"

i loved them all had a good chuckle

I love the puns / references. It's a welcome element of the game that doesn't take itself too seriously. I can't believe how obscure some of them are, too! Take my favorite, for example-- the Coerthas Highlands FATE, "What's On Your Mind?", in which you dispatch a horde of mobs named "Pure Energy". I have to believe that there aren't many people under the age of 30, and/or fans of 80's-90's synthpop, that even get this one...

Remember these guys?
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I really have to applaud these writers for how deep they dug for some of these obscure nods, especially when knowing only a small fraction of the playerbase will get some of them!

I say, keep them coming!

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Originally Posted by Codek

Anyone else feel like the forums just hit a new low?

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Not at all. Reaching for complaints like this really shows how good a game is.

I rather have puns than Quests that state the obvious.

Example for a Mining Quest: Mining for Gold<---- Stating the obvious and I know what I am doing before reading the dialog >.>.

I think the puns are awesome and the op should be put in the punitentiary.

BTW: Seuss did write an adult book. It's called Oh! The Places You'll Go. It was a funny look at aging and life in general. So he wasn't all about Red Fish Blue Fish or Green eggs and ham.

I find the puns to be in good fun and don't find them to be an eyesore myself, but again just my opinion, I tend not to take things too seriously either.

I will say though, I enjoyed the "I just died in 6 arms tonight" fate though, at least I think it was called that...

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Nothing against Germans, but they don't have the sense of humor that English speakers have, generally.

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What makes you believe such a thing? :0
Guess thats what you call 'prejudice', right? ;D

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Originally Posted by Tiggy

I love the names. They make me laugh. The sense of humor in this game is great.

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I have yet to read all responses coming behind this one.
But as a first response this one nails it, hands down, end of discussion for me.