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Sorry. Been a while.

I demand you ban yourself for no less than eight months.

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Yeah, that was my biggest question. Actually, all my questions:

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How does bloodbending someone's forehead seal their bending?

If we assume that somehow works, why did bloodbending Korra give her the only bending ability she hadn't mastered?

The mentality of airbending is one of grace, freedom, smoothness and balance. Why can Korra just go against all that and airbend with a punching fist?

How the hell does spirit-Aang just magically undo Amon's unexplained bending block?

Why the hell do all of Korra's clearly serious emotional issues dissolve away the instant she can bend again? It just doesn't work that way.

Why wasn't there more Bolin? Why wasn't there more Bolin?! He was criminally underused.

Well I can attempt to give my best rationalizations...

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I've no idea. I've heard it blocks the chakras and it keeps them from bending but that doesn't fly with me.

I guess having the ties to the more physical bending elements cut made it easier for her to do Airbending, the most spiritual element...I guess.

Well...maybe an Airbender has punched in a past episode and I can't recall at the moment. Doesn't seem to impossible for me. And it might have been accidental usage. That can happen.

I have no idea how it's supposed to work but the Avatar can do anything I guess.

This one is actually kinda sensible. Bending is like an arm to people. Losing it leaves them not well. Korra lost three bending abilities. It's going to leave her in a mess. At the same time, getting them back along with the ability to restore it to others would make her happy.

Because the writers do not realize that a character like Bolin doesn't work if he is given nothing to do. They used him for a bit but realized they had no more use for him(or Mako really), so they just stopped using him.

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I don't understand the problem with bloodbending w/r/t chiblocking. The Guru talked about chi flowing throughout the body. Chi blockers jolt/displace/deform physical structures in the body to manipulate bending powers. It does not seem far-fetched to me that this ability, which works from within the body, could manipulate bending abilities.

As for Katara's inability to repair the damage, it should suffice to say that Ammon's bending was more powerful than hers: she actively persecuted the discipline of bloodbending for her entire life; he mastered a high-level psychic variant of it.

I'm most upset by the sheer monotony of bending this season. Even when we get a brand new style, all they can think to do with it is punch air at the bad guy? Each style in ATLA was visually and procedurally distinct. Aang would dash around his enemies, Katarra would parry, and Toph would trap them. Now, everyone punches elements at one another. Any one of the Gaang could solo the entire pro-bending league. (Especially Momo. 😐)

I was also upset by her method of discovery for Airbending. That was poop.

Originally posted by Zampanó

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I don't understand the problem with bloodbending w/r/t chiblocking. The Guru talked about chi flowing throughout the body. Chi blockers jolt/displace/deform physical structures in the body to manipulate bending powers. It does not seem far-fetched to me that this ability, which works from within the body, could manipulate bending abilities.

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Fair enough...but how did she Airbend if her body was physically unable to bend 3 other elements?

In other news...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/24/lonesome-george-dies/

Sadness.

called a black guy a spic today and he got mad... lol?

Why would you do that? lol

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel

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Fair enough...but how did she Airbend if her body was physically unable to bend 3 other elements?

In other news...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/24/lonesome-george-dies/

Sadness.

lol i always call people the wrong racial slur... I figured he was hanging out with my cousins, who's friends are always people who don't give a shit about anything, so I called him a spic. I kind of feel bad now but it's also pretty lulzy.

😂

That's alright. I call my white co-worker a spic. He calls me a chink-head.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
They tried to get him to mate once, twenty years ago, and after that never tried again. When they said that the eggs were bad, is that there way of saying he was shooting blanks?

That or crossbreeding just didn't work with him.

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Course, they aren't telling you about his clone...

Edit: You're all dummies. Classic insult.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
😂

That's alright. I call my white co-worker a spic. He calls me a chink-head.

yeah, guess I should have gauged him a bit first, but he'll get over it. I was quite obviously joking but I guess not everyone takes life so lightly as I.

Finally finished playing Catherine and watching all the endings, and the game is a unbelievably good. Honestly the best game I've played in a long time... probably since MGS: Peace Walker.

Anyway what would you say is best out of Catherine, Persona 3 and 4? Want to know if I can expect something as good or better than what I just played. Also how difficult is Persona? It is turn based combat right so can't I just grind out to a really high level?

Also should I but Persona 3 Portable or FES? I only plan on getting one and it seems to be mixed opinion on which one is better version. Also is it true that Vincent appears in Persona 3?

And regarding Persona 4, should I just wait for the PS Vita?

Originally posted by Darth Ray Park
Anyway what would you say is best out of Catherine, Persona 3 and 4? Want to know if I can expect something as good or better than what I just played. Also how difficult is Persona? It is turn based combat right so can't I just grind out to a really high level?

Also should I but Persona 3 Portable or FES? I only plan on getting one and it seems to be mixed opinion on which one is better version. Also is it true that Vincent appears in Persona 3?

And regarding Persona 4, should I just wait for the PS Vita?

Persona 3, for me personally, has the best story, but Persona 4 has better gameplay then 3. Catherine is in kind of a different category, but ultimately, I would say that both Persona games are overall better. You can technically grind in both Persona games, but I found that to be a waste of time and takes away the challenge. Unless you're specifically aiming for some high end Persona.

Portable is overall better, with fixed combat mechanics so you don't have retarded AI for allies, has some other new schnazzy stuff, and Vincent is in the bar on certain nights, yeah. The only drawback is that Portable doesn't have The Answer (Which I didn't care for anyway despite Aigis being awesome), and Portable is played more like an interactive novel outside Tartarus, a la Blazblue.

Uh, well, depending on how long it takes you to beat it (Typical playthrough is 80-100 hours, longer if go apeshit on collecting Persona), since I would recommend you start with Persona 3, Persona 4 Golden would be just around the corner since it comes out in October, so if it isn't that far away I would just wait.

If you want to play as a girl, then go Portable. Otherwise I'd pick a console version over a handheld any day.

Originally posted by Nephthys
If you want to play as a girl, then go Portable. Otherwise I'd pick a console version over a handheld any day.

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Just put Mitsuru on all-out assualt mode in the tactics section and she barely uses Marin Karin. I prefer to leave the party on AI anyway.

Or just.... don't use her.

Nanako x Adachi ftw desu desu.

Nanako x Souji is the only true couple.

estahuh

That's sick.