Witchblade

[NeoBear]

Yes, I'm capable of tuning it out, of just ignoring it. I'm also capable of firewall-banning the /16 netblock that you posted from (oh look, I'm root, e-peen++). I find merely posting a message pointing out the irrationality and ultimate fruitlessness of someone's complaing to be an entirely reasonable and moderate path.

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Id like to point out that I agree with a lot of what you said one of the things im capable of doing is listening to both sides of a discussion/opinion and taking points from both side’s, however if two people are talking and one pulls out a gun or threatens the other with a fire wall ban or whatever its no longer a discussion.

I soundly apologize and ask that you do not ban me I wasn’t trying to personally attack you but I did disagree with your opinion. If it was taken personally I apologize.

[complich8]

No no, you completely missed the point: just because I have a gun doesn't mean I will necessarily use it. The point I'm trying to make is that in fact you weren't willing to make reasoned arguments, instead resorting to ad-hominem attacks, implying that I was in fact being childish (And I quote, "in either case you should have the ability as a grown adult to just ignore them" -- implying that by merely making a reply I was behaving in a way unbecoming of an adult).

Now, it would be childish for me to fly off the handle do whatever I may have felt like doing on a whim, whether it be as mundane as giving you an unjustified 10% warning or as extreme as banning ~65,000 IP addresses just to prevent you from even knowing why you couldn't come back. You may notice, however, that you're still here. You haven't been warned, you haven't been banned. Hell, I haven't even looked up your address! I'm the cop with the gun who just pulled you over to mention that one of your tail lights is flickering and the other one is completely out. Sure, I've got the gun, and sure, I know how to use it, but I also know that it's not appropriate to pistol-whip you for your car's failing electrical system.

I've always had the gun, and will continue to have it, and continue to wear it in plain sight. That's something that you, as a user, have got to accept. The admins are the absolute authority on any given site, and my shiny red italicized name (maybe it's not shiny enough?) and multiline multicolored user title serve as a sufficient, if subtle, reminder of the fact. However, it would be childish for me to exercise that power or authority needlessly or on a whim, which is the point I'm trying to make. However, merely making a post pointing out the unreasonable nature of Ryll's expectations doesn't quite cross that line into childish overreaction, in my book.

If you disagree with my opinion or anyone else's, I want you to feel free to disagree, and feel free to argue over the point. You never know, maybe you'll sway my opinion. However, weak or poorly-reasoned arguments, logical fallacies (ad hominem arguments being the salient example), and misdirection will not pass as workable arguments. So yeah, disagree away, argue away, I'm happy to hear it (any discussion is better than no discussion in my book). Just don't expect me or anyone else to stand by while you or anyone else flings shit (or shitty arguments, either way) at us.

I'd be happy to indulge you if you want to carry on the whole "licensing sucks" discussion, though I doubt it'd go very far (I've seen it carried to its conclusion quite a few times, and it always ends up in the same place), but if you do I'll have to split this whole derailment into a new thread in general discussion to keep it from further desecrating the remains of the poor witchblade thread that we've so brutally befouled here). Just make sure that you've got some decent reasons before you step up to make the attack.


On a more personal note, grow a pair! Jeesh... if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people kowtowing to the first glimpse of authority. Maybe the giant red lettering in my sig doesn't convey the message clearly enough? Just because I've got the power to erase your existence from the boards here doesn't mean that doing so would be the end of the world for you, just a minor inconvenience as you either find a new internet community to belong to or find another hobby to dump time into.

[NeoBear]

-On a more personal note, grow a pair! Jeesh... if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people kowtowing to the first glimpse of authority.

I will never ever make the mistake of voicing my opinion ever again on this site for fear of “flinging shit” or the goal of “growing a pair” you have made it very clear to me that you are the authority here. it would be foolish of me to try and talk to someone when they are standing in front of me with there hand waving over the ban button. I like this site I have been coming hear since long before I ever signed up to post. I would never want to risk being able to come here over my opinion. And I don’t mean to be redundant but I did apologize sincerely I don’t think I should feel that I lack nuts for doing so.

It's that you backed down (and continue to do so) simply because complich8 said he has the capacity to threaten you with a ban.

Just because he's a mod doesn't make the discussion any different. .

If the fact that he’s a mod doesn’t mean anything then why did he bring it up? He’s a mod he has an orange name he can ban me. he didn’t have to state any of these things. To prove I was wrong but he did. But I refuse to discuss it if im going to be threatened with the ban button. And in any case I admitted defeat and said I was sorry ill say it as many times as you want mod>pwn Neo every time.

[Ryllharu]

It's that you backed down (and continue to do so) simply because complich8 said he has the capacity to threaten you with a ban. You said your opinon, stick by it! I did. I still don't think any different about licensing series at such an early stage, but complich8 defeated my arguments with superior reasoning, so I left it at that. I've said my piece, he's said his.

I had nothing else to use in defense of my opinion, and his post covered pretty much what could be. Just because he's a mod doesn't make the discussion any different. They have faults just like all of us do, they've just got power to back things up when they need to be. When posters get afraid of the mods, it makes them [mods] unable to voice their own opinon and stifles discussion since they [scared posters] all lick the boots of the mods by agreeing with them and apologizing constantly.

It's actually kind of disturbing how bad it gets in certain forums.

[Munsu]

I really wish people would stop bitching about people bitching, (edit) I thought (edit) everyone is entitled to say how they feel about things on this forum.

That's where you are wrong. Ever since the board got started, whinning and complaining about the release speed of fansubs, questioning when releases will come out, and other things of that nature are not welcomed. Which is something I've seen you do here a couple of times, in fact did it in this thread. No one wants to hear it and no one cares for it. We are here to discuss anime, not to give daily updates on fansub status.

So aside from my interruption here on "everyone is entitled to say how they feel about thing on this forum", the discussion you were having with complich8 ends here. Don't even make a single post concerning the situation or this post in particular, this is not the place. If you have any concerns, take it into pm.

Most of all the points you have brought up have been because you have no understanding on what complich8 is saying, probably because you don't read carefully or have limited vocabulary. Anyways, this fruitless discussion ends here.

[JaySee]

So is this fansub dead now? It seems the 2 seperate parties have both dropped it.

[Ryllharu]

Unless someone else picks it up, yes. I'm fine waiting for Funimation if they can get it on Adult Swim. When the dvds begin to come out, we may see a resurgance of sub groups, mostly dvd rippers, but until then all we can do it wait.

Let's just leave this thread alone until then. The licensing conversations have gone on long enough.

[Death13a]

Bakakozou & Conclave

they still haven't dropped it

here from Conclave's site

Witchblade
June 13th, 2006, posted by Blurb

In reference to Witchblade, I think the words of xaki express our thoughts clearly…

” NO, IT’S NOT DROPPED, JUST SLOW! STFU.”

Have a great day, seriously.

[Yukimura]

Hooray, Witchblade isn't gone for the next one or two years. And you's think I'd also stop automatically believing anything posted with Bud's avatar next to it, but I probably won't. So sad...so sad.

[Death13a]

[Bakakozou​_-​_Conclave]Witchblade​_-​_04

[Death13a]

[Bakakozou​_-​_Conclave]Witchblade​_-​_05

[Yukimura]

Baka-Con Witchblade - 05
OMG look at the time stamp of the post before mine!

[Death13a]

Yey i won by a second!!! and Witchlade is still alive and kicking

[Yukimura]

Anyway, this was a cool ep, the Masa-Mune comment was pretty funny, especially considering we have our own Masamuneehs to rag on. At the store we are reminded that Rihoko is definately the mom in this relationship, and the fact that Masane's rack is too big for a regular store was pretty hilarious for a few minutes.

I hope the Witchblade-Cloneblade power gap won't be so narrow that Masane gets embarassed by these Neogene bitches just due to lack of experiance. But the crack in the blue girls armor makes that seem unlikely. Go Masamune!

[Knives122]

And here I thought this anime was lost to the drop gods. Guess I was wrong

[Ryllharu]

Some fans of the comics complained that the problem with the original storyline (since a spinoff remedied this issue) was that the Witchblade was too powerful. It is supposed to be the strongest weapon of all time, and apparently it got to be so formulaic that it wasn't as interesting as it should have been.

I think I'd prefer that the gap with the Cloneblade was small. Like Yukimura said, the crack already is evidence that the Witchblade is stronger, but Masa-mune's lack of experience is what is making her appear weak to the Neogene bitches. I imagine that "Lady" will be nearly the same level as the Witchblade, since she's supposedly the perfect example of a Neogene.

Definitely loved the parts in the store. I also really like the role reversal of Amaha and Rihoko, its a rarely seen change of pace.

[Kraco]

Right when this episode started I was already, again, thinking how the women in this series have so particularly big boobs. And that made the pun all the better.

I hope the Witchblade-Cloneblade power gap won't be so narrow that Masane gets embarassed by these Neogene bitches just due to lack of experiance.

Maybe the witchblade chooses its wielder not based on inherent fighting abilities but the size of the rack...

[Kraco]

A fresh opportunity once again to have a look at out very own mod's namesake:

Episode 6 - Bakakozou-Conclave

[Yukimura]

Damn, Masa-Mune got pwned...but at least she's still hot. And that whatever she did to that sub girl was awesome. I wish she'd use her hair again though, I don't think she'd ever lose a fight with that stuff.

[Kraco]

I'm still not sure she really got owned. It looked more and more to me like she was allowing the situation to develop like that. Of course it's safe to assume she didn't know the van would appear, but otherwise I think she was allowing herself to be somewhat beaten up. As if she knew the opponent would be a broken toy after that, and would suffer a miserable ending. It would be a greater irony, if the opponent kept thinking she won the fight before realising what really had happened.