Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[TheMightyMollusk]

Recently got my hands on a model kit I've been after for a while, the Zoids Highend Model Master series Geno Breaker.



It's a very impressive-looking beast of a mecha. That's not to say it's without issues. For someone more used to Bandai kits like Gundam or 30 Minute Missions, this is far more involved. Also took a fair bit of glue on some of the more delicate parts, like the opening fins on the tail. The white plastic also feels kind of brittle, but it hasn't given me any problems yet.

[Neoyoshi]

Got my Magic Bucket today. Named the fish "Ralph"

[ItMe]

Dang that is a real sweet Zoids model.
Where did you get the kit?

[Vyrerus]

Heh, Zoids are cool. I shoulda figured there were model kits for them. I've only ever seen Gundams at the hobby store nearby.

Two days ago I decided to get serious about Feast of Famine. Finished it today before dinner. Felt kinda bad. I know I got a bit lucky. Felt like I was close to making a buddy fishing, but I caught the Nepto Dragon before them, and I think it soured their mood Oh well.

I caught Shonisaurus, Helicoprion, Endoceras, and Namitaro my first window casting for them. I caught Kuno the Killer in two windows. Nepto Dragon kept me from finishing the quest. I hooked that sucker about 17 times, and only managed to get it on the 18th hook right as that window was winding down. I went some windows without hooking it at all, too.

I know people have way worse luck with that quest than me, particularly if they did it in prior expansions with worse gear/when it was current. I didn't really get any satisfaction out of it, though. The best thing about it was chatting up other fishers. Kinda wish I hadn't caught it, so I'd have a reasonable excuse to go see if the people I met are still working at it tomorrow.

Fishing is both blessed and cursed. Mostly cursed.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Dang that is a real sweet Zoids model.
Where did you get the kit?

Gundam Galaxy in Westfield, MA. They had a few other Zoids, but these things ain't cheap, so I stuck to the one for now.

Also have a preorder for a Blade Liger AB at Big Bad Toy Store. Hoping to eventually get my hands on Liger Zero Jaeger, Berserk Fury, and Shadow Fox.

[ItMe]

Heh, Zoids are cool. I shoulda figured there were model kits for them. I've only ever seen Gundams at the hobby store nearby.

It's a shame.
The Zoids lines are both impressive and huge, yet almost any piece of them needs to be flippin imported : (

Hoping to eventually get my hands on [...] Shadow Fox.

Oh man, I'll bet Shadow Fox has a fantastic model~

[TheMightyMollusk]

It does look great,, but since it's a few years out of print, the price has skyrocketed. Some of the kits are getting reissued, so I'm hoping it'll be among them.

[ItMe]

[...] but since it's a few years out of print, the price has skyrocketed. Some of the kits are getting reissued, so I'm hoping it'll be among them.

Oof...
Good luck.
If you do hear about a reissue let us know~

[Kolsykol]

It's so crazy and sad to me how toxic the Reddit page is, Reddit is like a different universe for pretty much anything tho.
Especially the comments and how the karma system is abused, you can look at a cosplay pic and it'll be overwhelmingly positive but then when you scroll down to the comment sections it's just endless completely unnecessary cruelty and those comments are highly upvoted and every positive comment has a negative downvote...
Same with art, and mostly it's with female characters in cosplay and art ( especially if they're feminine or show skin ).
The whole comment section becomes full of negativity.
I've seen a lot of artists talk about this recently and how they avoid Reddit like the plague because of it, and people always hide behind '' it's just criticism bro gotta learn to deal with it ''.
Being a toxic asshole isn't criticism, and most of it is completely clueless.
Like I've unironically even seen big Twitch Streamers ( so someone who isn't anonymous ) unironically say that lineart in art is bad and ruins it, that was his '' criticism ''.
That's not actual criticism and he was extremely rude on purpose about it.

There's a reason why artists don't generally ask randos online for criticism.
There might be really obvious things they can point out like '' ya forgot to draw five fingers '', but most people aren't equipped to give actual criticism that is legit helpful beyond that.

I can feel like it's pretty ridiculous too if especially at summer someone draws their character in a swimsuit for example and it gets downvoted to hell.
Not even in an erotic way but totally normal and extremely tame, just the mere fact that it's a swimsuit even in the context of summer gets downvoted because people are so unironically triggered by women showing skin.
Or if someone draws their character in an ingame maid outfit, people are just so damn uptight about this on Reddit it's complete insanity.
It gets downvoted to hell and people get extremely mad about it, the only thing that doesn't get a crap ton of negativity around it is basically if you draw your character in heavy armor that covers them from neck down and even then the comment section still becomes all like '' ermaghurd finally art that isn't like that gross icky stuff I am so triggered by ''.
Like they still find ways to complain about it even then.
Dear lawd forbid if it has even slight feminine curves too then it's even worse.

I don't understand why Reddit is so extremely bad with this, people always talk crap about Twitter and I do agree that Twitter is extremely toxic especially in regards to politics.
But when it comes to art and cosplay it's in all honesty very relaxed for the most part.
But on Reddit everyone has a massive stick up their ass and can't relax at all and these people hijack every comment section.
And sometimes it's even the majority who decide to downvote things, even just people asking genuine questions can be in like the 30-20% upvotes region.

Small rant but I just don't understand it and it legit actually does make me a bit mad.
This complete unnecessary cruelty and toxicity is really upsetting to me and it's not reflective of my actual experience with the community ingame at all.
It's like two separate universes and it makes using the Reddit page an extremely negative experience.

[Caurcas]

So someone downvoted your commission? Joking aside the big issue with the 14 reddit is that there is an art specific spin off reddit that get neglected while at times the main reddit is swamped with art and little else.