Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[VirusOnline]

As though being a woman included in a show, or a show being more inclusive, is inherently political.

yes, is it not ?
even moreso in fantasy circles bc excuse m'lore

[Cincierta]

Sometimes I wonder about our meat department.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

As though being a woman included in a show, or a show being more inclusive, is inherently political.

Do female orks matter? No...unless they make them sexy orks, at which point you can only say "you gotta be fucking kidding..."

[Kolsykol]

Imo it's just a bit amusing that Orcs are apparently so weirdly progressive lol.
Even compared to humans.
The only thing that makes sense to me is that female Orcs are kinda like female Skaven in Warhammer, I really have a very very hard time believing it'd work differently.

Imo I do find it to be kinda immersion breaking with 50/50 armies in LOTR too, it's very transparently 2022 sensibilities and even then irl it's nowhere even anywhere close to that irl especially not in combat roles ( most ppl in the military are not in combat roles ).
In FFXIV?
Alright, I am not opposed to the concept itself.
But in LOTR it was never like that, the exceptions were very special.
It also kinda detracts from the coolness of Eowyn imo.

I mean I think anyone who's just a little intellectually honest can see and understand what's going on.
Whether it's a good or a bad thing is a different matter I don't think it's always a bad thing.
I do think in the case of LOTR tho that it is a bad thing because it's not a new setting and it's so well-established.
It ends up feeling like fanfiction.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Won this in a raffle. Debating what to do with it.

(I mean, yeah, I could just build a white Zaku, but that's no fun.)

[Cincierta]

Won this in a raffle. Debating what to do with it.

(I mean, yeah, I could just build a white Zaku, but that's no fun.)

Could always give it a custom paint job.

[Fukuro]

I've been flipflopping in bronze 3 because no one will stand on the crystal and I'll be left alone dealing with 5 people while everyone else is in bumheck nowhere

Yeah or the ones trying to stealth enemy backline and go in 5v1, leaving your team with a disadvantage after they die xD
I also don‘t understand how people think running into a team without backup is a good idea. You always see the same dude dying because they think they can somehow win a 1v3 Season 2 is coming and some people still don‘t seem to understand it‘s a team game xD

[SturmChurro]

Might've been time of day, to be fair. I was getting a revolving door of the same maybe, 20 or so people.

Ranked definitely doesn't sound like a fun time. I didn't bother because I just didn't really see the point.

Season 2 is coming and some people still don‘t seem to understand it‘s a team game xD

They never will either.

[Vahlnir]

Imo it's just a bit amusing that Orcs are apparently so weirdly progressive lol.
Even compared to humans.
The only thing that makes sense to me is that female Orcs are kinda like female Skaven in Warhammer, I really have a very very hard time believing it'd work differently.

Imo I do find it to be kinda immersion breaking with 50/50 armies in LOTR too, it's very transparently 2022 sensibilities and even then irl it's nowhere even anywhere close to that irl especially not in combat roles ( most ppl in the military are not in combat roles ).
In FFXIV?
Alright, I am not opposed to the concept itself.
But in LOTR it was never like that, the exceptions were very special.
It also kinda detracts from the coolness of Eowyn imo.

I mean I think anyone who's just a little intellectually honest can see and understand what's going on.
Whether it's a good or a bad thing is a different matter I don't think it's always a bad thing.
I do think in the case of LOTR tho that it is a bad thing because it's not a new setting and it's so well-established.
It ends up feeling like fanfiction.

I think the series is going to flop. Inclusion is fine. For me, that is a non issue. I just don't think that they are going to manage to tell a good story. To be completely fair though, the LOTR movie trilogy basically is THE bar, and very few, if any, attempts to meet it or rise above it are going to end well. I've seen some decent movie series since then, but nothing will ever take the crown that the LOTR movie trilogy proudly wears.

[SturmChurro]

I just assume most shows and movies nowadays are going to be bad. Reboots and nostalgia bait the worst. Once in a blue moon something good comes out, but typically it will just be somebody trying to force their agenda through an established franchise.