I've been told that we don't have many banned users on this forum. I don't think the site is like Toho Kingdom where you have a lot of annoying underage brats posting on the site.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:Been going through the list of members and reading the last few posts of banned users. Quite amusing, actually.
So, err, has anyone else done this?
Old VegettoEX was ruthless:
Way to give yourself away, karemsicle69. No wonder you can't type worth shit.
Fucktard. You don't have a living chance in Hell of ever making it back to this board.
Did VegettoEX actually say that
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.
Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.
I wonder why some of them complained about the grammar and spelling rule. Why would anyone complain. I love how the rule makes posts easier to read. I also love the edit option that allows me to fix mistakes in my posts.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:
Old VegettoEX was ruthless:
Way to give yourself away, karemsicle69. No wonder you can't type worth shit.
Fucktard. You don't have a living chance in Hell of ever making it back to this board.
Oh man, how I wish that level of outburst still occurred from time to time.
American Badass VegettoEX. Just put on sunglasses or maybe double scouters to make the look.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
Well, I just wasted 20 minutes going through every banned member's posts. I've come to the conclusion that my favourite was rudeboi. RIP in peace, rudeboi, you just wanted to be a real OG.
AjayLikesGaming wrote:Well, I just wasted 20 minutes going through every banned member's posts. I've come to the conclusion that my favourite was rudeboi. RIP in peace, rudeboi, you just wanted to be a real OG.
There's a certain air of mystery with these old banned members, where are they now? What are doing? Did they ever get any better? I also get the same feeling when I see a member on a forum who hasn't been on in 5 or more years, did they die? Did they get sick of the series? etc. Am I the only one like this?
ringworm128 wrote:There's a certain air of mystery with these old banned members, where are they now? What are doing? Did they ever get any better? I also get the same feeling when I see a member on a forum who hasn't been on in 5 or more years, did they die? Did they get sick of the series? etc. Am I the only one like this?
Now I am. Thanks a lot.
*Note to self* stay on Kanzenshuu for the reminder of my life
That reminds me, one day we will all be dead and all our posts will still be here. The thought of people reading our posts centuries after we've passed is kind of funny.
I feel like I read about Facebook having some kind of memorial thing for deceased members where they can will their account to people or something like that.
I think there's a decent enough chance of the internet existing in some form centuries from now, but there's a lot of stuff that's still been lost to time. Planet Namek is inaccessible on the Wayback Machine for example.
And then there's language in general; it's constantly evolving and it's very possible that at some point our posts here will be as difficult to read as Old or Middle English.
ringworm128 wrote:That reminds me, one day we will all be dead and all our posts will still be here. The thought of people reading our posts centuries after we've passed is kind of funny.
I find it funny that I started posting here in my first year at college. I'll be out of there after next year and trucking on to university...that scares me.
ringworm128 wrote:There's a certain air of mystery with these old banned members, where are they now? What are doing? Did they ever get any better? I also get the same feeling when I see a member on a forum who hasn't been on in 5 or more years, did they die? Did they get sick of the series? etc. Am I the only one like this?
Nope. I get the same weird thoughts.
Cipher wrote:Also, you can seriously like whatever and still get laid. That's a revelation that'll hit you at some point.