Gavin

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. I really am fighting hard, trying to resist the urge to buy either Black or White but honestly I think it's a losing battle. One of my housemates picked up White on Tuesday and I've barely been able to stop looking over his shoulder any time we're in the sitting room since, even logging a few extra minutes here and there on my copy of HeartGold to try to sate my Pokemon addiction. Assuming that I do give in, and I'm thinking it'll probably be quite soon, I'm having a hard time choosing between Black and White. Obviously given there's already a copy of White in the house it makes sense to go for Black, but I prefer a lot of White's Pokemon to Black's (Mightyena is an old and trusted friend) and White Forest sounds kinda cooler than Black City (no Pokemon in the city is a bit of a buzz-kill). Regardless of which version I get I will be starting with Oshawott, though I am kinda disappointed Samurott isn't a coral sword wielding badass samurai with the way the evolution seemed to be going with Dewott.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Nope, didn't much care for them the past two chapters. I always liked Chouji but he's seriously starting to grate on my nerves with his "I'm too emotionally unstable to do anything!" BS, having watched their dad's in action only a few chapters before it seriously feels like a let-down. Mifune vs Hanzo ended quite well in my opinion with neither character being artificially boosted/weakened for the sake of a fight. The one thing I'm disappointed by I suppose is that Mifune doesn't look anywhere near as boss nowadays as he did when he was younger, the bandage/wrinkles really take away from him.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Agreed. Way too much of the first few chapters could've been condensed/removed to get to where we are now. Hopefully this is the start of things picking up again because I was really starting to lose faith in Bleach. [b][Edit][/b] Yikes, yet another decently paced chapter that advances several different strands of the plot (including my favourite "Watch out for Urahara" one). Hopefully next week's evolution with involve Ichigo's fullbring returning Zangetsu to him.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I'm honestly left speechless by this. http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/03/facebook_imbeci.php http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/idiots-of-facebook-weigh-in-on-the-japanese-tsunam[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Friend of mine is currently in Japan for work-placement, thankfully she's OK but it's still horrible to hear about stuff like this.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Boo' timestamp='1299793725' post='705586'] *joins guild* So... Can we play the game yet? 8D I'm Frownie by the way because Boo was taken. Poo. [b]EDIT: [/b]... Wait. Why is this guild anti-Sith? wtf. :( [/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Sorry, my bad Boo, I have the Empire "half" of the guild under a different username. [url=http://www.swtor.com/guilds/6331/mournival][b]Here[/b][/url]. If we want to get both guilds in-game for launch I need 4 preorders for each, should be doable given we're hoping to have maybe ten, twelve players for launch and recruit more as we're going along. Even if you don't know much about Star Wars you're more than welcome, all we really want are fun and active players.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]*Necro-bump* Seeing as BioWare released guild sign ups this week I figured I'd resurrect this thread in case anyone would be interested in joining. Hopefully PAX-East will shed some major light as we're hopefully quite close to release (less than six months at the outset). Anyone interested feel free to throw up an application [url=http://www.swtor.com/guilds/8997/mournival][b]here[/b][/url]. Originally I was going to call the guild Novus Concordia as a nod to OB's old Maverick Hunters RPG series but sadly it violates naming policy because TCW has introduced the planet Concordia in the last year. [b][Edit][/b] Forgot to say we're a multifaction guild so if you want to play Empire don't worry about it. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]What this ? Pace in my Bleach ? Quite a decent little chapter, looks like the action is about to start picking up again. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Cool.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Magus' timestamp='1298755518' post='705300']Now you have an obligation to keep the Psyren thread on the first page :)[/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"] Like this ?[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Dark Knight. "I was in the path of the tornado... I just didn't expect the storm would last as long as it has."[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]This week's chapter seemed to be a bit of an improvement on last weeks, finally seem to have both some movement of plot and a few more questions raised about the exact nature of Fullbringers and more importantly their intentions. Some eerily plausible theories floating about out there too and hopefully we're not too far away from seeing the return of the other half of my favourite pairing. Also Photobucket you suck. Oh, and as per my new position:[/SIZE] [color="#FF0000"][SIZE="7"][b][CENTER]POWER!! UNLIMITED POWER!!!![/CENTER][/b][/size][/font][/color]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Agreed, even if the sword hadn't been Zangetsu proper, having it morph into an actual Shinigami weapon as opposed to some Naruto knock-off would've been infinitely preferable. Basically he seems to be able to throw the expanded manji of the guard and it acts like some kind of shuriken which can then fire out a weaker version of his Getsuga Tenshou (or as others have pointed out it's Kubo's take on the FRS). I'll give a look at next weeks chapter but the crawl the story has been reduced to is pretty agonising. Back when it was slice of life it was tolerable because it was at least funny/entertaining, now it's just "get to the ******* point already Fullbringers plox", and that Kubo seems to forget he did exactly this kind of "dangerous training" three, four times already. I'd honestly have rathered Urahara turning up mysteriously and saying he'd found a way to restore Ichigo's powers (say by stimulating his Hollow's regeneration) and while that was taking place have the manga switch over to Karen and detail her development until the point where she's trying to fight off a much more powerful enemy only to have Ichigo step in with his restored powers and defeat it, immensely cliché but Kubo doesn't really do original anymore. Introducing yet another set of good and bad guys and the inevitable rescue (Orihime you'd better ******* beat that guy) arc will be just tedious as hell.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Aye, Kumo is definitely a more entertaining version of Konoha with Darui eclipsing Kakashi by several orders of badass. The fact he could wield not one but two weapons that supposedly require bijuu chakra to properly function was pretty epic, although I agree having his word change to save him was a little cliché. Still compared to Bleach it was a very solid chapter and I'm looking forward to seeing how Darui deals with the remaining brother.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]And thus we finish up the longest, worst plotted, worst paced arc I've come across in anime to date. Least the major fight scenes were pretty.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]K, sod it. I'm dropping Bleach for the foreseeable future. FRS Kubo, really ? FFS more like. Can't believe they canned Psyren while this puerile **** remains in the top five.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Doesn't seem to be anything vaguely new in this chapter, Ichigo attempts to recall his "resolve/heart" and materialises something resembling the manji of his bankai.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Agreed, this chapter felt like a complete waste. As per usual he's doing 5 pages of storytelling with 20 pages of art. Riruka is indeed another Hiyori, except Hiyori at least had the common decency to not develop an attraction to Ichigo so we didn't need to deal with stupid blushes and "Of course I don't like him" that takes up valuable page time. At least when Chad showed up he cut through all the bullshit and just said "Ichigo, use your Badge", and seemingly Ramen Guy was of the same mentality. If Kubo is that desperate to recreate the Ichigo/Hiyori training sessions, let him do it through her showing up to help Urahara restore his powers which leads to a bit more story on what the Vizards are doing now, and Soul Society's state, but no that would be too sensible and easy. One of Bleach's biggest problems has always been it has a huge amount of secondary characters who lack development, and now that the Aizen storyline is finished it would've been the perfect opportunity to take all those characters and flesh them out a bit more leading to the Royal Guard arc. I mean obviously, if Aizen can get perilously close to actually creating the King's Key, only to be stopped by a very short margin and a power-up of godlike levels for Ichigo, then someone upstairs should notice. Have Hikifune return bearing a message from the Soul King saying that for its failure Soul Society and the current Shinigami are to be cleansed (because they like the death penalty and it would make an interesting twist) thereby forcing Ichigo to try to regain his powers to save everyone. No need to introduce the Fullbringers and their BS, Chad can have been sent to Hueco Mundo, given the nature of his powers its to his own benefit to develop and be just returning as the plot kicks off. Of course we could also do something other than a Training Arc -> Rescue Arc.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Yup. The whole Fullbring thing is such a departure from Bleach it's pretty ridiculous. I mean Shinigami have had what, several thousand years to refine their powers. Quincies had hundreds/thousands and we're supposed to believe that just getting attacked by a Hollow empowers a soul with huge power ? I mean yeah, Urahara said souls get stronger if they're placed in danger but the variety of powers commanded by the Fullbringers is kinda silly, on top of the fact if they're such goodie-goodies where were they when Aizen was planning on trashing the place ? Nothing from Soul Society, or Hueco Mundo, or even an acknowledgement that Ichigo went to Urahara about restoring his powers (because Urahara knows everything supposedly). Just feels like Kubo decided "wiping the slate clean, restarting with a training arc that makes no sense and expect people to roll with it". Sorry, but I want to know what's happened with Soul Society in the meanwhile (aside from that Neo Central 46 bullshit), how Hueco Mundo is coping now that Aizen and his cronies have been removed from the picture (Grimmjow alive or dead ? New Hollow King ?), have the Vizards reintegrated into Soul Society and the Gotei or are they still hiding out in the real world. Did Ichigo have any kind of conversation with Isshin about who is is/was ? (Clearly not) Sure, we're probably going to lead into all of that in six months once the Fullbrings origins, identities and aims are revealed (along with a new villain who kidnaps someone leading to a new rescue arc) but compared to other mangas Bleach always feels so dragged out at the beginning of a new arc. Can't believe Psyren was canned and we have to settle for this instead.[/size][/font]