I was able to download the beta on the weekend it was available. I had something to do that day so when I returned, it was already gone. Only got to play 20 mins😭 , so didn't have much time to tinker around. Everyone's saying it was amazing. May i ask in what ways was it amazing?? I wanna hype myself up for it's release next week.
Please don't judge since we're not really that privileged, but is there any reports out there about the game's storage space requirements? I'm thinking of deleting some programs for my pc to make the game fit. Thanks!
I'm conflicted with who should I main now. I got Juri to Master rank after 600 hours and I decided to take a break for some days. I came back and got this "ugh, doing this again" types of feeling. My game plan is basically load stocks, rush down, block string, whiff punish (sometimes), delay my mps, then combo. I got bored and tried out some different characters. Ryu was ok but didn't like his gameplay much. Same with Ken and Akuma. I tried Aki cuz she looks cool. Her playstyle caught my interests but not enough to stick. Then i arrived at Elena. She's sooo different from Juri. I've been trying to be more patient recently. Instead of usually rushing down, I tried to be more aware of my spacing and bait some whiff punishes. And I find Elena to be better at that than juri. I really like that she forces me to slow down and break my bad(?) high frequency rushdown habits like always skipping neutral. Playing her makes me feel so engaged and less braindead. I was able to take her Diamond 4 but I do feel that its because people Dont know how to block her roll attacks lol. So yea, I don't know if I should switch to Elena... For now. Since I also really want to play Yasmine.
The ending splash screen giving the release date and platforms for Tōkon, there’s a suspicious 4 at the top-right corner of the screen drawn into frame in a manner not unlike the Fantastic Four logo.
Of course, nothing is certain until we get an announcement. But this is the first potential hint we’ve gotten about DLC characters since we know these scribbles tend to mean something. The question is if it means what I think it means, which I suppose we’ll get the answer to next week during the SDCC panel.
Full credit to the homie Mello (I know you’re here on this subreddit, I just don’t remember your username) for discovering this.
I want to even an even in Naos Sports Area Double Dragon. May I know what routes I can take to go there and back from Anonas /Cubao. If possible, gamit din ang lrt/Mrt hehe. Thanks!!!
Hello, I got them for my Fil 40 midyear class. May I ask how is their teaching and workload during midyears? First time ko rin mag midyear dahil lagi akong nauubusan ng units before haha. Thanks!!
let me rant muna:
BUWISET PUNYETA TANGINA GAGO FUCK YOU TAE SHIT TANGA DEMONYO ASIM AMOYGAGO. TANGA TANGA TANGA. MADEDELAY NA LALO NA NAMAN.
Anyways, I really need these two GEs para hindi lalo me-delay. Alam ko may waitlisting, pero wala naman guarantee yun. Pwede ba mag prerog for Fil 40 and Eng 13 during this midyear? Is it worth the effort? Low chances ba akong matanggap? Thankss
Disclaimer: I'm not throwing shade but I just want to share my thoughts on this topic about the mainstream online book community.
I've been noticing an increasing amount of posts in online book spaces, even sometimes here in PHBookClub, where book overbuying is brushed off as a non-problem, or even encouraged.
So many "book haul" posts from readers who aren't necessarily collectors. Book hauls, book unhauls, book shopping.... Etc. I get that there's some joy to buying and owning books, but you have to admit that sometimes you overbuy books: Buying so many books that you probably won't even read. Buying a whole series even before reading the 1st one to gauge your interest. Buying a haul of books from fullybooked or other stores. But most of them would probably just end up in a "2nd hand /preloved" selling post or just collect dust in a shelf.
But what really irks me, that is barely pointed out, is how the so-called "book buying bans" are basically jokes. They are bans meant to be broken. You can see these in book influencers videos or posts. They'll announce that they're on a book buying ban, but just some days after, they'll break it and brush it off as if it was nothing. But then this behavior leaks to the average person. People in the book community start overbuying books and doing book hauls, then after that make a book buying ban. But this ultimately results in no change because theyll break the ban within a short time. Like the influencers, they'll laugh it off as if it was nothing. Other users would also join this sentiment saying "bans are meant to be broken" or smthn along those lines, encouraging the behavior.
And a thing about these book buying bans is that, just from the name itself, the stopping of *buying* books is a "punishment", a cause for displeasure. If you look at it this way, you might just be enjoying buying books more than reading them. That in itself is signifying of a materialist and consumerist culture. The classic "book buying is different from book reading" lol. But ofc book buying is not necessarily bad since it is your money, but sometimes it gets too far. These book influencers can do it because they get money from doing it. But the average reader probably does not have that kind of money. And i don't think we should treat it likes it's nothing or even encourage it.
Yan lang. Isa lang HAHAHAHA. Last month, 12 books ako. Di talaga ako nag-bibinge like some of y'all (1000 books a month?? 😱😱😱 Char hahaha) pero I really like taking my time and including a singular story into my daily routine.
Anyways, I really liked Emma by Jane Austen. I also really like this particular cover, it's so pretty, but I digress. Si Emma kasi ay isang self-proclaimed "matchmaker" ng mga couples, pero makikita natin sa kuwento na toh kung paano yun naging problema hehe.
Although this has"romance" , it's definitely more of a character study mixed with rom-com. Maraming nakakatawang moments sa Emma. Actually mahihintulad ko nga yung spirits niya sa mga early 2000s-2010s teen rom-coms. Which makes sense kasi maraming tropes and -isms ng genre nq yun ay nanggaling din dito.
But in its essence, I consider Emma to be a great character study! Pinapakita dito yung mga thoughts and reasonings of a person like Emma. Someone who was born wealthy during the Regency Era in Britain. She was shown to be quite unlikeable initially. She had an air of arrogance, thinks highly of herself and her decision, and judgemental to other people. Pero she was able to change throughout the novel.
This is my first Austen novel and I feel like I struck gold. I feel so seen with Emma. Im literally her type of seen. Emma and I had so many similar characteristics and even specific events (???) that it was kind of funny. However, the way Emma acted and was described was greatly done. And I think the notable cast of characters really helped in doing so. Emma is human, and she has flaws like any other human. Napakita ito in how she treats the various people in her lives. To others, she's very kind and endearing, while to some she was judgmental and prejudiced. And I think Jane Austen did great with doing this to flesh Emma.
Another thing I love about this, though mentioned it before, is the cast of Characters! They all bounced of Emma so...dynamically(?). Such that, it was written to really show what Emma was thinking and acting when around the other characters. And the other Characters were also so memorable and funny in their own right!
This book is pretty long though. Mga 480~ pages. I think it's JA's longest novel. And it isn't plot centered, so appreciating Emma's character study will hopefully give you the motivation read through this. Iba rin pala English nito, given that it was written 200 years ago haha, but I think masasanay ka rin after some time. There were also other social norms that are of course foreign to us today. Other than these though, I think Emma is a great character study novel mixed with romcom.
I do have to say though, there's a great deal of discussion to be had about the characters. Because, again they're humans. In particular, I'm really interested in discussing Mr. Woodhouse and Frank Churchill if anyone has read the book hehe.
Also, since romance nga, I LUV THE CONFESSION!
Idc, Edith is overhated. She's a victim of an old tradition and "system". I love stoner and his story but he's a terrible husband. He rushes into marriage and makes a reluctant Edith accept his proposal. He then cheated on her, and continued to do so after being discovered. We are then shown the story through stoners own perception, which include Edith having some less than favorable qualities. Though it almost feels one dimensional...with her being completely manic and random at times. I know reddit loves stoner, but can't yall at least read between the lines, and think that maybe a book published in the 60s may be somewhat or slightly "misogynistic" (surprise surprise); siding towards the male main character's (Stoner) perception. And people who see Edith as someone so """completely""" detestable and devilish can't seem to wrap their head around a woman lashing out to keep her own sense of liberty that was reduced from beginning of the story when she got married to Stoner . Or it could also be a case of a male writer not knowing how to write a realistic woman.
It's like Skyler White in BB being hated for (other than "that" one time) being against her drug dealing husband. Walters the main character and sides towards his perspective, but it's great to take a look at the situation from other characters' perspective before demonizing them
I have just one Oxford world classic (yung bagong design/edition) and I find them to have more useful information and better feel compared to penguin black classics. Nabili ko lang siya sa Booksale and can't seem to find anymore any where? I really want to read classics in that edition. Thanks!