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I have never seen a single episode of a TV show be "several gigs", and it's not like you have to download the entire series before you can watch a single episode (and you can have your torrent client prioritize the files in such a way that it downloads them in sequential order). And downloading a single episode of a show takes, like... 5 minutes, which is actually less time than I usually have to wait if I stream it (because if I don't wait for the video to buffer, playback will be negatively affected).
Also there's no reason to worry about your seed ratio on individual episode torrents of new shows, since the torrents don't have to survive very long since there'll be a batch eventually anyway.
"Torrents are far less convenient than streams since you have to wait for several gigs of stuff to down before you can watch anything. We're talking about wait times of anywhere from a day to a week, typically. And when you're done downing it, you're out several gigs of space. So basically, you have to commit to wanting it."
"several gigs"
Yeah, exceeding my bandwidth limit in a single day isn't fun, slightly prettier pixel combinations be damned.
...you download individual eps?
How do you have the certainty that you can get all the eps from the same fansub group then?
And if you want decent quality, then that's at least over a hundred megs worth of a download per episode...and that's more than a few minutes unless you're on a nice connection AND the server giving it to you is also on a nice connection.
For streaming, I rarely have trouble, and if I do it's typically solved by simply letting the video load up while I go do something else.
@Juan_Carlos:
It's not necessary, sure, but it's a nice thing to do. Doubly so if you're on someplace like baka, which actually requires you maintain your ratios.
I often get like 1-2 MB/s download on well-seeded torrents, so a couple hundred megs is not much at all.
Because why wouldn't I be able to? I just download the episodes as they're released. Of course I'll download a batch torrent if it's a completed series. In any case, streaming gives you no guarantee that every episode will be by the same group (and if my experience streaming anime has taught me anything, it's that more often than not all the episodes won't be by the same group).
I'm dissappointed that they didn't do the "Your eyes gave you away" thing vs The 9th. That was pretty clever, if a little shoneny.
Your connection speed AND your allowed bandwidth are higher than mine have ever been, as far as I know.
> Because why wouldn't I be able to? I just download the episodes as
they're released. Of course I'll download a batch torrent if it's a
completed series. In any case, streaming gives you no guarantee that
every episode will be by the same group (and if my experience streaming
anime has taught me anything, it's that more often than not all the
episodes won't be by the same group).
I like consistency in the formatting and style of my subs.
> but the argument doesn't hold much water if it's not a thing inherent to torrents, does it? I'd understand if you were forced to do so, but you're not. It's your choice.
Perhaps I'm just too nice, then.
> Eh, there are always better torrent sites that don't require so much of you.
Sure, but I am reasonably sure that baka has no crapware, no broken files, no unseeded torrents, decent seed speed, a relatively large amount of info on the torrents in question (including things like resolution and torrent contents), a reliable way to find stuff (as long as it's English fansubbed and not funi), and even info on alternative torrents of the same series.
Er... yes, so do I. Which is why I always download releases by the same group, which is not something I really can do if I'm streaming, since then choices are very limited (as most sites will only have one version of a particular episode of a show, and it won't even necessarily be subbed by the same group that did previous episodes).
>Your connection speed AND your allowed bandwidth are higher than mine have ever been, as far as I know.
Hm... fair enough. I'm constantly surprised when people say they have bandwidth limits of only a few gigs a month or whatever, since I feel like Comcast's 250 GB/month (up+down) isn't high enough... >.>
You know how, on a European longsword (which Dante's sword follows the basic patterns of), the angular relationship between the blade and crossguard is ninety degrees? And you know how a pistol's grip sometimes goes down from the barrel at exactly the same angle?
Have a sword with a locking along something like a machine riccasso that locks guns against (hollow and uncovered) crossguard. so the pistols sit upside-down, grips against the riccasso of the blade and the barrels within the crossguard. The triggers would be conveniently located where riccasso finger rings actually are on swords that have them.
The fighting style? It's simply normal European longsword, except that when context allows, you've got a trigger to pull that blasts your adversary's face off. I imagine it'd be especially useful during binds, where you only have to defend against your adversary's sword. That defense will naturally line your crossguard-barrels up with your adversary's body. And then blam.
Also, I was dicking around on TVT's Smallville page, when I found this gem of a WMG
"Smallville is a deconstruction of Super Sentai/Power Ranger shows"
Fortunately, the only response is someone calling the creator of the WMG out.
Fuckin' strong man right here.
Actually, a gunblade is a reasonably sensible weapon in the most literal sense. In fact, there are true historical examples. Not of swords, mind, but plenty of polearm types have had gun variants, where the shaft is essentially a fuckawesome barrel.
Why that would be useful I have no idea.
It's also Final Fantasy, which possibly has the worst grasp of weapons practicality that I've ever seen in a creative franchise. So it's to be expected, I suppose.
^ It could actually fracture the blade along flaw lines, and if the vibrations cause too much heat, completely ruin the temper of the blade. There is literally no use for it.
^ Mind, Monster Hunter does similar things, but manages to make them awesome.
> no characterisation
> still way better
Explain that one.
If it is, it's definitely not intentional.