Corpse Run 261: The source of considerable power
LIVESTREAM UPDATE:
Hey! If you were wondering when the next livestream would be (and why wouldn’t you?), rejoice, for I am about to tell you! The next livestream will be this Friday, November 16th, 2012 at 10pm est!
Come in and join in all the silliness! Tell me to doodle things, and listen to me ramble on about stupid nonsense while Disney tunes, Gorillaz, and Queen play in the background! What could possibly be better than that? Surely not a giraffe high on acid wearing a balloon hat in a china store.
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END LIVESTREAM UPDATE!
So my Final Fantasy 13 run continues, and I figure it would be silly of me not to get a strip or two out of the experience. At the beginning of the game, Snow Villiers, a self promoting macho dude that Jackie thinks shares a resemblance to Hulk Hogan, has an ability called “hand grenade.”
This ability, as one might imagine, allows Snow to toss a hand grenade at the enemy. While he doesn’t have the ability for long, there is one weapon upgrade that Snow receives before it disappears. Unlike the other characters of FF13 who have actual weapons, Snow is a brawler, and his “weapons” are emblems placed on his jacket. Basically they are iron-on patches that… make him stronger I guess.
As FF13 is a JRPG, I’m willing to accept the fact that these patches make him magically stronger/faster/whatever. What I’m not willing to believe, however, is that his newly augmented strength makes his grenades more potent. That’s silly.
Keep in mind that this issue isn’t just limited to Snow or the game in which he resides; characters like Vincent and Barret present a similar problem. When they level up, I get that their strength has increased, that’s fine. The issue is that they use weapons whose effectiveness is not based upon the strength of the person holding it.
If I get shot in the face, I won’t magically be better off if a child had shot me as opposed to an adult. All that is required of the shooter is the ability to pull the trigger, or in the case of Snow, pull the pin out of a grenade.
For those of you who saw yesterday’s Kat’s Korner, you know where I’m coming from for this next bit. After three months of negligent beard growing, I decided to shave all that nonsense off my face! Woo! Seriously, I feel as if I was a caveman thawed out of some ice and cleaned up by some government agency.
Seriously, I feel all aerodynamic now. The only thing I have left to work on is my ability to not look like a complete goof in every picture I’m in.
Also, I appear to have a really big nose.
One last thing, every time a guy shaves, he has to take at least one photo of himself with some weird facial hair style. I am no exception. So, without further ado, here’s a silly picture of me with the sideburniest sideburn that ever sideburned:
Shudder.
Yeah it’s a magic mark that increases the wearers strength/magic. Also, you look better with the mutton chops 😛
Should have tried the star burns~ and I’m jealous of your beard growing ability… I haven’t shave since the end of august and it’s still barely existent :\
I really like your nose! It’s perfect for biting! Heh! I do agree that you look rather goofy in most of your photographs though. It’s okay, it’s part of your appeal!
I’ve all ways believed that when Barret or Vincent lvled up it wasn’t meant to be an increase in strength but an increase in accuracy. As for your kid vs adult example that works for my theory, a kid has a higher chance to miss while adult Vincent has a better chance of shooting you right in the face. So perhaps the patches magically alter his strength in a way that allows him to toss the grenade closer to the enemy (real grenades have a 15ft kill radius w/ a higher chance of death at the center)
A little tip for the fellas, if you’re ever doing an epic de-bearding make sure to try and remove the hair as symmetrically as you can.
DON’T shave one side completely clean, just in case the shaver/trimmer breaks and you’re stuck with half a shaved face. The good folks at Walmart will laugh as you look for a replacement.
Nah… the good folks at Walmart won’t laugh at that, they see far worse on a daily basis. Don’t believe me? Check out any of the “People of Walmart” videos on youtube. But be forewarned… it’s like watching a train wreck, you’re horrified, but you can’t look away.
Dat Alex.
In that last picture you sorta look like Starburns from Community, just without stars