Official Departures Thread
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- robersora
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I might have rather conflicted feelings of Xard as a person now, but I wouldn't want him to leave forever. Also I'm waiting for the next polar opposite opinion after Macross and my idea of sexuality, lol.
Maybe it just rubs me the wrong way that such an intelligent person person can have such out there things to say. But then again, it widens my horizon and tests the limits of my tolerance... So there's that.
(or maybe Xard needs just a big gay hug from me)
Maybe it just rubs me the wrong way that such an intelligent person person can have such out there things to say. But then again, it widens my horizon and tests the limits of my tolerance... So there's that.
(or maybe Xard needs just a big gay hug from me)
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- Monk Ed
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I'm gonna be starting watching Macross Plus soon, on my way to seeing the legendary Macross 7 (somehow), and I enjoyed Xard's reactions to my viewings of Nadia and I'll be looking forward to his opinion of my opinion of the greater Macross series.
You'll find equally intelligent people on both sides of just about any debate you can think of. You absolutely will.
You'll find equally intelligent people on both sides of just about any debate you can think of. You absolutely will.
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"NGE is like a perfectly improvised jazz piece. It builds on a standard and then plays off it from there, and its developments may occasionally recall what it's done before as a way of keeping the whole concatenated." -- Eva Yojimbo
"To me watching anime is not just for killing time or entertainment, it is a life style, and a healthy one too." -- symbv
"That sounds like the kind of science that makes absolutely 0 sense when you stop and think about it... I LOVE IT." -- Rosenakahara
"NGE is like a perfectly improvised jazz piece. It builds on a standard and then plays off it from there, and its developments may occasionally recall what it's done before as a way of keeping the whole concatenated." -- Eva Yojimbo
"To me watching anime is not just for killing time or entertainment, it is a life style, and a healthy one too." -- symbv
"That sounds like the kind of science that makes absolutely 0 sense when you stop and think about it... I LOVE IT." -- Rosenakahara
- child of Lilith
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Just because someone else thinks differently than you do doesn't mean he is misinformed.
"I'd really like to have as much money as you have, Oz" - robersora
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
- Rosenakahara
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Lets not start this again here
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The Twelve Kingdoms discussion thread
I don't need a scabbard to sheathe my mind
What is going on is a concerted effort from anti-progressives to silence anyone who disagrees with them.-Bagheera 2016
The Twelve Kingdoms discussion thread
- Monk Ed
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Let's not start this up again in here...
Edit: (Ninjakahara'd)
Edit: (Ninjakahara'd)
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"NGE is like a perfectly improvised jazz piece. It builds on a standard and then plays off it from there, and its developments may occasionally recall what it's done before as a way of keeping the whole concatenated." -- Eva Yojimbo
"To me watching anime is not just for killing time or entertainment, it is a life style, and a healthy one too." -- symbv
"That sounds like the kind of science that makes absolutely 0 sense when you stop and think about it... I LOVE IT." -- Rosenakahara
"NGE is like a perfectly improvised jazz piece. It builds on a standard and then plays off it from there, and its developments may occasionally recall what it's done before as a way of keeping the whole concatenated." -- Eva Yojimbo
"To me watching anime is not just for killing time or entertainment, it is a life style, and a healthy one too." -- symbv
"That sounds like the kind of science that makes absolutely 0 sense when you stop and think about it... I LOVE IT." -- Rosenakahara
- robersora
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That's true, miss-informed was the wrong word. What I meant was drawing strange conclusions from sketchy selected information in such an essay to build a house of cards - thesis is not something I expected Xard to do.
And yes, I'm sorry, I should stop now.
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I'm out too. It's become increasingly evident over the past few months that I vehemently disagree with the moderation on EGF, both the official moderation applied by the staff members and the peer and social moderation applied by the other posters. In many ways, that latter form disgusts me more than the former. Given that the only joy I derive from EGF these days is either sardonic pleasure or outright baiting, it's clear that I should just leave and accept that it isn't the place I used to love.
I'll presumably pop back in when news of 4.0 is announced but otherwise don't expect to see me around. If anyone wants to contact me feel free to message me on Steam, Skype, or MAL.
Ciao.
I'll presumably pop back in when news of 4.0 is announced but otherwise don't expect to see me around. If anyone wants to contact me feel free to message me on Steam, Skype, or MAL.
Ciao.
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Be excellent to each other. -Abraham Lincoln
Asuka is a real person. -Bagheera
Human beings are scum. You people looking down on others for simply feeling an attraction to a fictional character are the real filth. -Kazuki_Fuse
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Be excellent to each other. -Abraham Lincoln
Asuka is a real person. -Bagheera
Human beings are scum. You people looking down on others for simply feeling an attraction to a fictional character are the real filth. -Kazuki_Fuse
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- Nuclear Lunchbox
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Big period of exodus lately, innit?
Shin Evangelion brought me back, five long years later.
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They called me the Quentin Tarantino of hentai.
The difference between a blow-up doll and a dakimakura.
Apophenia. Noun. The tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things.
They called me the Quentin Tarantino of hentai.
The difference between a blow-up doll and a dakimakura.
Anyone who's "disgusted" by the current roster of EGF (mostly decent human beings IMO) is better served elsewhere. Better people find what they want among like-minded individuals than try to force a community to be something it doesn't want to be.
For my post-3I fic, go here.
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People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. -- Akane Tsunemori, Psycho-Pass
People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
- pwhodges
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People come, people go. Happens all the time - it's a (largely) free world.
Seriously, if someone doesn't want to be here, then it's no benefit to us or to them for them to stay, and there's no good reason to try to persuade them otherwise.
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"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?" (from: The Eccentric Family )
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Before 3.0+1.0 there was Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?" (from: The Eccentric Family )
Avatar: The end of the journey (details); Past avatars.
Before 3.0+1.0 there was Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)
For as long as I've been here, he's been a non-entity - with the exception of his recent essay. It will simply be as it was for the past few months.
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I think it's less they're "disgusted" by the people here and more annoyed by the current hugbox-y atmosphere that has pervaded the forum of late. EGF used to be a fairly lenient and "libertarian" place where you could actually discuss stuff. Now I feel there's an increasing attitude to prioritize not hurting other people's feeling over actually having a meaningful conversation, not helped by the fact that some individuals are far too easily offended (not going to name anyone because that isn't helpful). I think people could stand to be a bit more relaxed and develop thicker skins. It's a similar reason to why satire is practically dead- in society now there's this all-pervading dread of offending people. In any case, it certainly is a shame when longtime members like Mugwump, Lucretius and Merridan abandon the forum.
In any case, I think people full stop (not just talking about EvaGeeks) need to learn to stop letting their jimjams be ruffled by something someone says on the internet. Remember, for all you know they could be a gerbil.
@Sorrow: Xard is anything but a non-entity. He's got a long and lelsworthy history with this forum and he does some of the best anime reviews I've ever seen (there's a reason that Xard-post is practically part of the EGF dictionary).
Here lies Squigsquasher.
2013-2017.
2013-2017.
Xard probably also had to tone a lot of his former hilarious hijinx down some because he became a mod. He's also probably watched more anime than anyone on this forum and he knows his stuff when it comes to reviewing things.
Among the people who use the Internet, many are obtuse. Because they are locked in their rooms, they hang on to that vision which is spreading across the world. But this does not go beyond mere ‘data’. Data without analysis [thinking], which makes you think that you know everything. This complacency is nothing but a trap. Moreover, the sense of values that counters this notion is paralyzed by it.
And so we arrive at demagogy. - Hideaki Anno, 1996
And so we arrive at demagogy. - Hideaki Anno, 1996
For as long as I've been here, he has been a non-entity. This Hal fellow had more presence, before anyone mentioned his possible return.
I've never heard of a "Xard-post", and his history has been irrelevant until after the very recent "controversy". I don't doubt that he was once a more "energetic" member (as many of you love to label your heroes), but what I said isn't off the mark.
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I don't think they abandoned the forum because people had thin skins. Rather, I think they abandoned the forum because they were bored out of their skulls. And that's unfortunate, of course, but it's not up to us to entertain them. If they don't like the forums they have the option to participate and change them. If they choose not to that's on them, not us.
I'd like to hear from Mugwump, Essel, and others as much as anyone, but I can't control them. If they don't want to interact with me they don't, and short of them communicating with me directly there's nothing I can do about that. At that point I can only let it go and wish them the best. Which I do, wholeheartedly. If they want to come back, I'll welcome them. If not, I'll carry on as best I can. That's all I can really do.
For my post-3I fic, go here.
The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. -- Akane Tsunemori, Psycho-Pass
People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. -- Akane Tsunemori, Psycho-Pass
People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
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What's up with all the condescension in this post?Sorrow wrote:For as long as I've been here, he has been a non-entity. This Hal fellow had more presence, before anyone mentioned his possible return.
I've never heard of a "Xard-post", and his history has been irrelevant until after the very recent "controversy". I don't doubt that he was once a more "energetic" member (as many of you love to label your heroes), but what I said isn't off the mark.
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On 6/2/15, at 10:14 PM, Delispin wrote:
> Wow. I've disgusted even myself.
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