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12:00 AM
WHAT DO THESE WRITERS NOT KNOW HOW TO SPELL COLOURS
 
@Lazers Dupe.
 
@RedRiderX are you still talking about arrow?
 
NO
MAYBE
 
@Ktash It's his Frozen.
 
Take that as a yes then. Does it get better at writing, or direction, or fighting at all? I got through the first probably 8-10 episodes and couldn't continue
 
12:07 AM
@Ktash I'm at episode... 26 I think
Even with all the "oh so gritty" bits it still feels like a super glossy superhero show
It's a fun rollercoaster but I never found a whole lot of depth
What specifically did you not like about it?
 
Yeah, I just don't see any depth to the characters, or the plots. They also do a poor job of explaining things. And I don't mean just backstory, but also, like, why he decides who is next on "the list". It's like a superhero equivalent of CSI
 
@Blem Repost.
 
@Ktash I think it seems to be when ever he comes across one.
 
Your pointing out that it was a repost was, in fact, a repost. :P
 
12:12 AM
Also, I am currently singlehandedly responsible for buying up most of the Flawless Square Emeralds in D3.
 
@RedRiderX I watched Smallville for years, so clearly I can stomach the choppy writing, cheesy lines, and dues ex machinas at every turn, but I'm just not sure I can get into it.
 
@Ktash Right yeah I could get that
 
@Ktash Hey! I love Smallville!
 
I haven't watched Smallville, maybe I should see what it's like.
 
@RedRiderX It's like Arrow, but... cheesier?
 
12:15 AM
Hello @Uni
@Fluttershy More like Arrow is Smallville but less cheesy.
 
@Frank I loved it for years. But it was always ridiculous, poorly acted, and cheesy.
 
@Ktash Being able to binge watch maybe helps me glaze over most of its lackings because OMG NEXT CLIFFHANGER
 
@Ktash Eh. I think they did a decent job.
 
I don't think Arrow has very bad acting.
 
@RedRiderX Yeah, I watched through a bunch of it yesterday, but I don't think I can do it. It doesn't help Green Arrow just isn't the most interesting super hero
@RedRiderX I think some actors are talented. I think all the actors are fed some terrible lines sometimes though
 
12:17 AM
@Ktash Eh true but they seem to be making him into Batman with a bow as the series goes on.
So I don't know maybe that helps me since I'm into Batman
 
@Frank My favorite part is, if you have the DVDs, watch the commentary on the episode with the vampire sorority. It's great. They spend the whole time just making fun of Lana's acting
 
Oh wow really?
wow
 
@RedRiderX That's one of the things that really bothered me actually. Mostly because he is far less interesting
 
@Ktash Who, Green Arrow or Batman?
 
@RedRiderX Green arrow is far less interesting than batman
 
12:18 AM
Batman has admittedly gotten a lot more effort poured into him over the decades
 
Batman has the better villains, plot lines, and stuggles
 
@Ktash I haven't read Green Arrow but I could see that.
 
@RedRiderX They're borrowing (or at least they do in the first bunch of episodes) villains from Batman
 
o/
 
@FAE FWIW, that is basically 100% The Point.
 
12:21 AM
Hmm I forget which ones you're exactly referring too let me check...
 
You are not supposed to like Humbert after all.
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I know, it's just so... man.
 
@RedRiderX From my knowledge, the royal flush gang, and deadshot were both from Batman first
 
Pale Fire is even better and less disconcerting and an excellent palate cleanser and follow up FWIW.
 
The guy in the tent is from batman too I think, but I can't remember his name, nor if that is real or just me remembering wrong
 
12:22 AM
@Ktash Yeah a few are already existing characters.
SPOLIERS and SPOILERS are preexisting DC entities too.
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Also, I like to think of myself as well read with a decent vocabulary but I feel almost stupid for the amount of words I've had to look up so far. I am ashamed to call myself proficient at English, cripes.
 
Chat needs the spoiler markup
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
 
Oh yeah I thought that gang were familiar.
 
@RedRiderX There are lots of them. And I know they all cross over, but I can't name a single green arrow villain, and I haven't been introduced to any in the first ~8 episodes
 
12:23 AM
But hey reusing other DC stuff is part of the show's job right?
Green Arrow was on Smallville right?
 
Yeah, briefly, and towards the end
 
@Ktash Oh they've been introduced
They are just SPOILERS
 
@RedRiderX I recognize that their are villains that have been introduced, but I know none of them by any name, and none of their names would mean anything. So going so quickly to big(-ish) names like deadshot and the royal flush gang, seems a little cheap
stick to your own until you've got some established lines
also, the deadshot episode felt wrong to me
 
@Ktash How so?
 
@FAE just try to forget that Nabokov wasn't a native speaker. It just makes it hurt more. :(
 
12:26 AM
He would not go down that easily. He haunts Batman for forever, has a reputation for being precise and careful, and made so many slip ups and was caught so easily, it just didn't feel right
 
@Frank How much did you buy? o_O
 
@Ktash Well yeah the big villain has been introduced but only in the OMG CLIFFHANGER bits.
 
@Arperum I'm probably somewhere in the vicinity of 5K, and rising.
 
@Frank Why?
 
@RedRiderX I did appreciate John Barrowman. But the whole time I really just wanted him to get in a tardis and fly away
 
12:27 AM
@Ktash Yea, from what I heard that seemed a bit too easy but Deadshot did SPOILER
 
@Arperum Crafting for profit.
 
@Ktash OMIGOSH ME TOO
 
@Frank Are you trying to do a hostile takeover of the market?
@Frank gold profit or real money profit?
 
@Arperum Oh, heck no.
 
And not so spoilers but River Song's actor plays a character too.
 
12:28 AM
I'm a small fish in the pond.
@Arperum RMAH isn't back up, I don't think.
 
@Frank no clue. Never used it.
 
@RedRiderX I don't doubt there is some little thing to it. But the fact that it took less than half an episode to track down someone that known for being careful and elusive struck me a bit too much
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz I knoooooow. :(
 
Gah, I forgot how much the vampire episode of Smallville jumped the shark lol
 
Yeah and now that I'm reading up on other existing Characters like China White and stuff, it seems like that's the case with other villians
 
12:30 AM
just looking for a clip of it reminds of how terrible it was lol
 
@Frank You got crafting recipes for 1/2 ranks up or something? and those sell for stupid much more?
 
He really only becomes the Green Arrow in Season 2 as well.
Dang it
 
@Arperum Enough to make a decent chunk of change.
Made a spreadsheet way back when to figure it out.
Now, I just plug prices into it, it tells me what the most profitable one is.
 
@Frank Fancy!
 
@Arperum It does the trick! I have enough capital in the game now for a single Radiant Star. Which is crazy, since those cost ~25 mil a pop.
 
12:34 AM
@Frank That's crazy.
 
@Arperum Of course, I'm spending a good chunk of time buying gems, crafting them up, and then selling them. Rinse, and repeat.
 
I should make me one of these spreadsheet things too, but AH closes in a couples weeks so meh. Also, I have no gem recipes at all.
 
FAE
@Arperum lol, I read that as Albert Heijn at first and was like, "Wait, what?"
 
@FAE We don't have those over here.
 
FAE
@Arperum Ah, what's your main grocery chain then?
 
12:37 AM
@RedRiderX Sorry, he was borrowed from teen titans, not Batman. Still, another borrowed one
Dunno. Not sure if I'll continue it, but just a lot there that was a bit too much for one sitting
 
FAE
@Ktash RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 has started already~.
 
@FAE I go shopping at Colruyt. Because cheapest and quality. And the other big chains are Delhaize and Carrefour. There are Aldi's all over the place too, but meh.
 
@FAE Hah, yeah, I heard
Haven't started in on that one yet
 
FAE
@Ktash Meet the Queens and the season opener are up on the site to watch. Tonight the next ep airs. You can keep up with Season 6 and in the interim, watch the old ones! :D
 
12:40 AM
@Ktash Okay this may be the biggest one but I wanted to check first.
Have you seen Helena?
 
@RedRiderX Umm, don't think so... ?
 
OH DARN NEVER MIND
I wanted to talk about it but no one seem to have gotten far enough
If I can spoiler it for you I could make my point
 
That is the next episode whenever I get back to it
 
Oh okay if you read that...
WTF THAT ISNT THE HUNTRESS
AND WTF THE HUNTRESS IS BATMAN
WTF
 
FAE
@Arperum We pop into Aldi once in a while to see what interesting German stuff they're selling in the middle aisle. :P
@Arperum Also you are up late for you.
 
12:45 AM
@RedRiderX Actually makes a little bit of sense when you think about it.
 
@Yuki HOW
 
@FAE I know. Butbutbut internet!
 
FAE
@Arperum Don't you have work?
 
@RedRiderX In the comics, Huntress's real name is Helena Wayne.
 
@Yuki That's a couple steps of evil there.
 
12:45 AM
As in, she's Bruce's daughter.
 
@FAE Yup, have to get up in ~7 hours.
 
@Yuki ITS A SIMILAR STORY BUT THIS IS GREEN ARROW NOT BATMAN.
@Yuki I KNOW WHO THE HUNTRESS IS THAT IS WHY THE WTF
 
FAE
@Arperum In an approximation of Jochem's words, tomorrow, you're going to think that past you has screwed over present/future you and past you is an asshole.
 
@FAE Nah. Future me is the asshole. Past me is a naive idiot.
 
cc @Arperum
 
1:10 AM
@Frank WHy?
 
43 mins ago, by Frank
@Arperum Crafting for profit.
 
No, I mean, why does that work?
Isn't that a simple matter of just upconverting them?
 
@Sterno Because people are lazy and/or stupid.
 
@Ktash @RedRiderX I enjoy Arrow.
 
It's too bad gold seems like it's going to be pointless soon
 
1:11 AM
@RavenDreamer kewl
 
@Sterno I'm thinking the same thing.
 
THose numbers amuse me though. I have like 100,000 gold
 
But for now, I figure I'll make some cash, and see if I can't gear up my Monk a bit better.
 
@Frank Wow, I just spent the last 10 min reading the war from 5h ago. Some people just can't take a hint!
 
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1:12 AM
@RavenDreamer How far are you?
Are you current with the show?
 
@Sterno The only reason I have any cash is that I managed to sell my Exquisite Essences for about twice what I paid for them over a year ago.
Also, it takes a really long time to craft 500 Perfect Squares.
 
It occurs to me that current crafting mats are probably also going to be worthless in a month.
 
@RedRiderX Yup.
 
Ah okay
 
Felicity on drugs is funny.
 
1:14 AM
I'm at like Season 2 Ep 07
 
Felicity is probably my favoritely written character.
 
@RavenDreamer Yeah, I'll probably give it another chance at some point. Just too much for the single sitting
 
@Ktash I missed the earlier discussion - I presume you didn't like it?
 
@Sterno Probably.
Unless you play stock D3, in which case, you're gimped as all hell, apparently.
 
I actually had a level 62 item that it wouldn't let me equip. Some crappy shield that was in my stash.
I salvaged it and got what I assume is the next level of crafting mat
 
1:17 AM
@Sterno 1-60 gives one set of mats, 61+ another
 
It doesn't onebox, but that sounds like me when I have to heal.
 
@RavenDreamer The writing can be poor, the villains are recycled, and I don't quite like the flow from episode to episode. Not that I don't like it, just not my favorite so far
 
@RavenDreamer So the question is if I should sell all my worthless crafting mats for probably-worthless gold
 
Again, I'll probably try again at some point
 
@Sterno Soon to be worthless gold.
 
1:18 AM
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Right now, you can still use the AH.
 
@Ktash It's holding up against the other TV shows I've been watching (Looking at you, Grimm)
 
@Frank Basically I look it as crafting soon-to-be-worthless crafting mats (the essences) into an always-needed crafting mat (gold)
 
Grimm has, essentially, rendered two of its characters obsolete. And is now telling a lovestory between them as... for lack of a better word, filler.
Its not related to the plot at at all, and it boggles me as to why they continue to mention and give it screen time.
 
@RavenDreamer It's a shame that show has the most uncurious protagonist in the history of televison.
 
1:20 AM
@Sterno Once the AH goes down, I'm not sure what good it's going to be; the cost of crafting things is not going to be nearly enough.
 
@RavenDreamer yeah, I've seen shows go down that path before :/
 
Grimm is even more "villan of the week"-ly than Arrow.
I'm not even entirely sure why I'm continuing to watch it, other than that I hope that a prediction I made very early on will come true.
 
"I'm a Grimm. What's that mean exactly? How can people tell I am one? What do they see when they see me as a Grimm? Why am I the first one that didn't immediately murder everything? Who are the "princes"? Why does suddenly every case I have deal with vessen? These are questions I will never ask because reasons."
 
WHAT THE HECK HE IS SEARCHING FOR THE SUPER SECRET ORGANIZATION USING BING
BING.
 
Pretty much. You're also forgetting: "My books or girlfriend always has the answers, and I know how to fight supernatural creatures because, Cop!"
 
1:22 AM
BING
 
@Sterno Like, one of the episodes was literally, "Oh, I heard about a protist that causes crazyness in horses. They visited the dead sea." "Oh, really? That's where this boy was last summer." DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
 
It is so weird seeing Kevin Spacey wearing a tux at th oscars and not speaking in a southern accent.
Like, his tux is exactly the same style Frank Underwood wears... Often on House of Cards.
But he has no southern accent.
 
I'm on Chapter 20
Also, my condo went on the market 2 days ago and had 5 showings and 4 offers. The bidding war led to me just accepting a purchase offer above what I listed it for. This was a good weekend.
 
@sterno get ready for a whole lot of Wat.
 
The downside is I'm pretty sure the appraisal will come in under that price.
 
1:30 AM
Like, rivers of wat.
More wat than you can handle.
Just hours and hours of wat.
 
That sounds like a bad thing.
 
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It is mostly a good thing.
Though there is some sadness in that wat.
 
Personally I hope the show ends with Frank becoming Emperor of Earth.
 
FAE
@Sterno lol
 
1:32 AM
The first few episodes I really hated how he'd address the camera but now I really like it.
Particularly when he just rolls his eyes at it or something
 
FAE
@Sterno yessssssss
I can't imagine this show without the 4th wall breaking
 
@sterno yeah, the soliloquies are great. They add a Shakespearean - but also somehow really intimate element to the show.
 
@FAE Well, that was most of the first ep of season 2
 
Best use of it is in S2E1, when he goes the whole episode without one and then closes with "you didn't think I'd forgot about you,did you?"
Which is just so perfect.
 
FAE
@Sterno Yeah, but the end
 
1:34 AM
Yeah
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz this
 
Also the FU cuff links.
 
The question is whether or not I stay up until 2am finishing it tonight.
 
@sterno the answer is yes.
Because there are Things I Need To Discuss.
Mainly the end of ep 11.
 
There's also a new True Detective to watch tonight, so I guess that'll be 3am
 
1:35 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz @Sterno I am currently on S2:Ep5.
And, Frank Underwood continues to show no evidence of fucking around!
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz I laughed so hard at this.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That was AWESOME!
@FAE Me, too.
 
FAE
@DavidM My heart seriously skipped a beat when he did this.
 
@FAE It was funny, b/c I didn't even notice he wasn't giving soliloquy until then.
This season, Claire seems to be the real shark.
 
FAE
@DavidM They are the perfect couple.
 
1:39 AM
Claire is amazing.
 
@FAE My two favorite lines from S1: I love her like a shark loves blood.
 
Robin Wright is amazing.
The tv interview is just an incredible scene.
 
And, the response to but you're not a father.
 
@Sterno of?
 
Close third was the conversation Zoe was having with her father on the phone.
 
1:41 AM
From season one?
That scene is so fucked.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes. While Frank was going down on her.
The whole double entendre . . . Dad, I'm going to try to come . . .
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz I love the depth she brings to Claire. I can't imagine anyone else playing either of the Underwoods but their respective actors.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That was brilliant.
 
What are we talking about?
 
@RavenDreamer House of Cards
 
1:44 AM
I have netflix. Let me fix my lack of seeing this.
 
@RavenDreamer Yes. We'll see you in about 24 hours. Make sure you bring food and water. You won't leave your screen.
I'm 1 day away from my first gold badge. I will be on Arqade x 100 days tomorrow UTC.
 
@raven oh god FIX THIS FIX THIS FIX THIS. House of Cards is so good.
@David grats!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz It seems a wussie gold badge, but it's my first.
 
It's most peoples first. No shame in it!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I thought I'd get it for edits, but since I discovered my preference for ELU, I'm not editing to the same degree here.
 
I have 306 edits/500. But, I got tired of capitalizing people's I s, etc.
 

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