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[Helgoland]

I read the first book and watched the movie when I was ~12 and I loved both.

A afew years later I read the second (and maybe third?) book as well. The entire magic system ruined it for me. It was so bad o.O

edit: comment on an Amazon review on John Green's book ("The book is too sad :< 1/5")

I'm not being racist but you probably should've researched the book a bit if you don't like sad books about cancer.

Eh, I actually kinda liked the magic system. At least it wasn't the Standard Fantasy Magic D&D Ripoff.

Magic system was the coolest part! Like a programming language, with conservation of energy - name one other magic system in which you can finance a war by magically manufacturing lace!
What kind of bugged me was how it dragged on to the ass-pull ending - "Oh yeah, have a huge power supply, and then just win." That could've been done better.

[Dutchling]

Cool? It was horrible Dx

>tries casting a spell
>"lol you're vegetarian now"
>can I please cast a spell now ;_;?
>"lolnope, enemy caster will give you a stroke"
>but I want to be useful D:
>"that's what your dragon is for you moron"

[Helgoland]

Hey, you're misrepresenting: Becoming vegetarian was a choice (I think he later starts eating meat again), and "enemy caster gives you a stroke" is a logical consequence from the mechanics - and something that can be warded off.
The main thing I like is how predictable that system is: There's pretty clear lines of what you can and can't do, all those things don't conflict with each other, and you're not limited by a given set of spells or whatever. It's like engineering, but magic!

[MagmaMcFry]

Hey, youre misrepresenting: Becoming vegetarian was a choice (I think he later starts eating meat again), and "enemy caster gives you a stroke" is a logical consequence from the mechanics - and something that can be warded off.
The main thing I like is how predictable that system is: There's pretty clear lines of what you can and can't do, all those things don't conflict with each other, and you're not limited by a given set of spells or whatever. It's like engineering, but magic!

Imagine how powerful the lawyers would be.

[Dutchling]

Hey, youre misrepresenting: Becoming vegetarian was a choice (I think he later starts eating meat again), and "enemy caster gives you a stroke" is a logical consequence from the mechanics - and something that can be warded off.
The main thing I like is how predictable that system is: There's pretty clear lines of what you can and can't do, all those things don't conflict with each other, and you're not limited by a given set of spells or whatever. It's like engineering, but magic!

You're just increasing the length of the List of Reasons why Eragon's Magic System is Lame(R)

also:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(amazningly stupid things make me happy, okay >.>)

[scrdest]

Hey, youre misrepresenting: Becoming vegetarian was a choice (I think he later starts eating meat again), and "enemy caster gives you a stroke" is a logical consequence from the mechanics - and something that can be warded off.
The main thing I like is how predictable that system is: There's pretty clear lines of what you can and can't do, all those things don't conflict with each other, and you're not limited by a given set of spells or whatever. It's like engineering, but magic!

You're just increasing the length of the List of Reasons why Eragon's Magic System is Lame(R)

also:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(amazningly stupid things make me happy, okay >.>)

That reminds me of the Dirty Fork sketch...

[Tack]

I'm more than halfway through 'to the moon' (Bigtime feels game. Should be a movie, but that could ruin some of the feels.)
Loving it so far. Have to take it in small doses. Haven't had to do that for a game since Amnesia.

[GiglameshDespair]

Vodka! You're feeling stronger!
Vodka! No more feeling bad!
Vodka! Your eyes are shining!
Vodka! You are the real man!
Vodka! Wipes away you tears!
Vodka! Removes your fears
Vodka! Everyone is gorgeous!

The song... it's so happy.

[Chaoswizkid]

I'm more than halfway through 'to the moon' (Bigtime feels game. Should be a movie, but that could ruin some of the feels.)
Loving it so far. Have to take it in small doses. Haven't had to do that for a game since Amnesia.

Noooo! You need to play it through in one sitting! You need the feels to wash over you like a tidal wave, to have them slap you silly, you need to become the feels.

[GiglameshDespair]

You'll get more feels than a horny teenager alone with an anatomically-correct CPR dummy!

I get the horrible feeling this is an anecdote of yours.





_{yes this is a joke}

[Frumple]

... yeah, I hear that. There's a surprisingly detailed mermaid statue at a chinese buffet joint near here. I keep watching people as they go by when I'm there, and it seems surprisingly unnoticed. I guess statuary is somehow ignorable to the local population?

[scrdest]

... yeah, I hear that. There's a surprisingly detailed mermaid statue at a chinese buffet joint near here. I keep watching people as they go by when I'm there, and it seems surprisingly unnoticed. I guess statuary is somehow ignorable to the local population?

Maybe they are trying to ignore what OTHER people do with the statue?

[Gentlefish]

If e was emotion instead of energy, I'd be breaking a ratio of conservation somewhere.

Emotion equals media-content squared?

[BlackFlyme]

You'll get more feels than a horny teenager alone with an anatomically-correct CPR dummy!

Wat.

Funny story, slightly horrifying, but when I was being trained in CPR and First Aid, we weren't allowed to go anywhere near the dummies. We had to use special CPR hand pumps instead.

When asked for an explanation, we were told that the last person who had gotten to use a dummy had stolen it, and had been pretending it was his girlfriend for about two weeks before anyone found out.

[RedKing]

Reminds me of drinking a 2 liter of Super Jolt back in college.