OBD Convo #39: never give up

[Nevermind]

Today's me birthday

You should celebrate the way we celebrated on the weekend for our gymmate.

3 minute sparring rounds for every year you've been alive.

Then, in the last one, everyone beats the shit out of you together.

Coach Thor (as he's straddling him and punching him in the face while the rest of us are hitting his body): HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCAS.

Light contact, of course. Not full contact.

 

[Adamant soul]

Imagine having to ask Hayden to SLOW DOWN 'cause Rosario obviously can't keep up and he STILL embarrasses her with his level of finesse and skill. This is like watching an amateur fight a master even though they're both supposed to be proficient at this point.

It's made even worse because the actress playing the younger Ahsoka is clearly much better and put a lot more effort into the lightsaber scenes and just about every other aspect of her performance.

I'd rather this whole fight have been between Anakin and Young Ahsoka, it would have been improved massively. ha

 

[lokoxDZz]

Today's me birthday

Happy birthday dude

 

[Derpmaster9000]

Well shit, @Claudio Swiss looks like your birthday might've brought me some good fortune too. I just got word back about my redo of the aptitude test I came up short in the first time, and they said I passed it this time! Even better again, I was apparently wrong about the 3rd test, they're hot-shotting me straight to the health checkup, which means the job is basically mine now, and I'll prob start next week. Fucking eh!

 

[Claudio Swiss]

Well shit, @Claudio Swiss looks like your birthday might've brought me some good fortune too. I just got word back about my redo of the aptitude test I came up short in the first time, and they said I passed it this time! Even better again, I was apparently wrong about the 3rd test, they're hot-shotting me straight to the health checkup, which means the job is basically mine now, and I'll prob start next week. Fucking eh!

Glad something good happened to ya

 

[Xhominid The Apex]

Today's me birthday

Happy Birthday man.

 

[Derpmaster9000]

Glad something good happened to ya

Nigga, it's your birthday today too, so hopefully you're celebrating in some form. Here's a little something from me, as well, as little as it is. Have some rep.

 

[Xhominid The Apex]

Imagine having to ask Hayden to SLOW DOWN 'cause Rosario obviously can't keep up and he STILL embarrasses her with his level of finesse and skill. This is like watching an amateur fight a master even though they're both supposed to be proficient at this point.

It's made even worse because the actress playing the younger Ahsoka is clearly much better and put a lot more effort into the lightsaber scenes and just about every other aspect of her performance.

I'd rather this whole fight have been between Anakin and Young Ahsoka, it would have been improved massively. ha

People tend to forget Hayden Christensen actually trained hardcore for Episode 3 in particular in how to not only use a Lightsaber but actually trained in styles.
Him and McGregor even went the extra mile to make sure that none of their scenes in the climatic battle went wrong by consistently going at it multiple times even before their actual shoots.

It just shows you the sheer difference between truly dedicated actors and actors that just want a paycheck and little else.
Even the main villain actually knows how a Lightsaber should be used by actually working in a Heavy Style and making it look authentic(Like how Vader's in recent non-Disney Media tend to be).

 

[CrossTheHorizon]

Imagine having to ask Hayden to SLOW DOWN 'cause Rosario obviously can't keep up and he STILL embarrasses her with his level of finesse and skill. This is like watching an amateur fight a master even though they're both supposed to be proficient at this point.

It's made even worse because the actress playing the younger Ahsoka is clearly much better and put a lot more effort into the lightsaber scenes and just about every other aspect of her performance.

I'd rather this whole fight have been between Anakin and Young Ahsoka, it would have been improved massively. ha

You aren't wrong, though tbf trying to keep up with Hayden is a hard ask for anyone who isn't a trained sword fighter. He and McGregor were so fast by the time of RotS that people thought they were speeding up the footage

 

[Adamant soul]

You aren't wrong, though tbf trying to keep up with Hayden is a hard ask for anyone who isn't a trained sword fighter. He and McGregor were so fast by the time of RotS that people thought they were speeding up the footage

Well yeah, but the least Rosario could have done was in put in SOME work, to actually make it look like she knows what she's doing. Like the actress playing Young Ahsoka clearly did, or like Keira Knightley did for the Pirates films.

I don't think that's a lot to ask.

 

[CrossTheHorizon]

Well yeah, but the least Rosario could have done was in put in SOME work, to actually make it look like she knows what she's doing. Like the actress playing Young Ahsoka clearly did, or like Keira Knightley did for the Pirates films.

I don't think that's a lot to ask.

How dare you demand acting skill from a female actress, her mere presence deserves your unceasing adulation


But yeah, actual effort would have been nice, even if only to emphasize how much Ahsoka struggled against Anakin

 

[lokoxDZz]

Well shit, @Claudio Swiss looks like your birthday might've brought me some good fortune too. I just got word back about my redo of the aptitude test I came up short in the first time, and they said I passed it this time! Even better again, I was apparently wrong about the 3rd test, they're hot-shotting me straight to the health checkup, which means the job is basically mine now, and I'll prob start next week. Fucking eh!

I told you that you got it

 

[Solar Sailor]

Imagine having to ask Hayden to SLOW DOWN 'cause Rosario obviously can't keep up and he STILL embarrasses her with his level of finesse and skill. This is like watching an amateur fight a master even though they're both supposed to be proficient at this point.

It's made even worse because the actress playing the younger Ahsoka is clearly much better and put a lot more effort into the lightsaber scenes and just about every other aspect of her performance.

I'd rather this whole fight have been between Anakin and Young Ahsoka, it would have been improved massively. ha

Unironically I was wondering why Anakin was slowing down so much

 

[Claudio Swiss]

Happy Birthday Claudio

Happy birthday!!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday bro

Happy birthday, lad!

You should celebrate the way we celebrated on the weekend for our gymmate.

3 minute sparring rounds for every year you've been alive.

Then, in the last one, everyone beats the shit out of you together.

Coach Thor (as he's straddling him and punching him in the face while the rest of us are hitting his body): HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCAS.

Light contact, of course. Not full contact.

Happy birthday dude

Happy Birthday man.

Thanks brothers

 

[Papa Nier]

Today's me birthday

Happy Birthday

 

[Atem]

Today's me birthday

Heya, happy birthday my man.

 

[Adamant soul]

Tseng (Final Fantasy VII) - I mean sure but you already fight the Turks quite a lot and Tseng himself isn't really all that hateable of a character. He's just a man doing his job, so I don't lose any sleep over not getting to fight him.

Maester Mika (Final Fantasy X) - I agree with wanting to fight him but I do have to address something. He didn't Send himself to avoid seeing the world after the Yevon deception was unveiled, but because he genuinely believed there was no hope with the Final Aeon gone and that Yuna and company had just doomed Spira.

Also you technically do get to fight Mika in X-2 as one of the Via Infinito bosses, though that's not much of a consolation, much like with the next entry.

Jihl Nabat (Final Fantasy XIII) - Absolutely no argument here. Even worse than Mika because there's pretty much a perfect place where such a fight could have happened. Simply have Jihl head down to the engine room after Sazh and Vanille escape the brig, that way the pair get their own boss fight in Chapter 9 before reuniting with the party.

Jihl's inevitable failure to defeat them there would give a much better reason for Barthandelus to kill her and indeed would tie into his subsequent line about human weakness, ie "Without our help, death is all of which you're capable".

Leon (Final Fantasy II) - Haven't played so I don't know.

Emperor Gestahl (Final Fantasy VI) - Haven't played the game myself but even from your description, I'd say it's arguably more satisfying that he's betrayed and murdered by one of his most heinous crimes that he had used as nothing but a tool. At least I'd say that's what the thought behind it was.

Queen Brahne (Final Fantasy IX) - Similar idea honestly, the karma of her being killed not only by her previous benefactor whose ideas she'd used to gain power but also by the Eidolon she had summoned to defeat him seems satisfying enough.

Annabella Rosefield (Final Fantasy XVI) - Bitch though she may be, what kind of fight would you expect her to put up? She's a manipulative whore and a coward who abandoned her kingdom at first hint that it might fall. She's not a fighter, nor would it be in character for Clive or Joshua to murk her. I think what we got works fine.

 

[Claudio Swiss]

Heya, happy birthday my man.

Thanks m8

 

[Atem]

Physical is in. AIC is now 5.7 from 6.6 from two months ago.

 

[Claudio Swiss]