[video games] 
[KotOR] Good morning! Yesterday, I played KotOR a bit, again, finally! 
(What? I'll show my last week's library haul, AKA stuff I've borrowed from my library, to see what I've been doing in my free time. XD Video games are fun, but novels and mangas are even moreso, and I love all that stuff.) Yeah, KotOR, I've missed my Danik Vanto!
[KotOR] Good morning! Yesterday, I played KotOR a bit, again, finally! (What? I'll show my last week's library haul, AKA stuff I've borrowed from my library, to see what I've been doing in my free time. XD Video games are fun, but novels and mangas are even moreso, and I love all that stuff.) Yeah, KotOR, I've missed my Danik Vanto!
speaking of manga one I really want to read is the one with the Samurai Jedi lady 
SHE LOOKS SO COOL
SHE LOOKS SO COOL
This is why I like The Acolyte so much. The Jedi are so different
Btw, the reason I make vids of my playthroughs (all my RP video game playthroughs) is so that I can remember stuff (especially personalities if I they are partly made by me, if it's that kind of RPG and not JRPG where personalities are not made by me at all) & the reason I upload some of the vids online is because after uploading I delete the files off my
disc.
Internet really helps with space
always. XD
I sometimes uploaded my streams on my youtube channel, not that I think they're any good
O, hi, Mark! good morning
good morning
or whatever your timezone is
2:50PM right now
heh, I just upload for myself
oic
hence my stuff is unpublic
the only public thing on my 
channel is my AMV, and I had spent months, almost a year, back then making it
channel is my AMV, and I had spent months, almost a year, back then making it
my playthroughs are nothing to be shown to public, they're not public material XD
so, they're for me and friends and acquaintances
if bored enough XD
anyway, good afternoon to you.
and good checks poland time on google morning to you
Yeah, I've already said "good morning"! XD
pffftt
anyway, hi
It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that we've been dealing with so many sus things in Star Wars right now :v
heh heh
I'd rec "Jujutsu Kaisen" to you, but you've already said you don't like long stuff
(I adore long stuff)
(as long as the author still seems to care)
(if not, I don't, either)
I've also sworn off most shonen, even before Naruto and One Piece started being phenomenons. I got really tired of the genre after Dragonball Z
heh heh, I see
I've never seen Dragon Ball
or Z
but recently I watched in tv Dragon Ball Kai
and began borrowing DB from library and reading
We had a local dub of Dragon Ball and Z when I was a kid, so that's what my generation knows really well
because I really like it now
and when I had seen some eps of Z in tv years ago when my younger cousin was watching, I'd've never had dreamt I'd like that
also local dubs of Yu Yu Hakusho (re-titled as "Ghost Fighter"), Hajime no Ippo (retitled as "Knockout!")
so, well, stuff happens
oh, I love YYH, I've seen it on Netflix!
oh and that basketball anime Slam Dunk! which everyone my age was crazy about
even back as a kid I enjoyed cardcaptor sakura and sailor moon over slam dunk 
I adore Slayers so I still regret the fact that me liking it happened years after the Polish version aired, I wonder what PL Slayers translation is like
I'll never see it now.
I mean, the anime, I've got PL Slayers release manga.
but anime, yeah
heh
I didn't catch the Slayers anime since it was in conflict with... I think Yu Yu Hakusho? They were in rival networks here
sorry, just thought of all the anime in PL tv
I see, I see
Well, one thing is clear
if not for Polsat airing Sailor Moon (right, I don't have the SM emotes on this new plurk of mine)
I'd never be manga and anime fan.
and if not for my brother, of course.
because I'd never watch it if not for him.
maybe I'd a few years later? Because everybody and their dog was watching SM
hajime no ippo is a standout anime if you're into boxing since it's actually quite technical and realistic.
Great Anime - With Real Martial Arts Techniqueshilarious since I follow this channel for its MMA content and I was like "Huh I never really appreciated that back when I was a kid"
Great Anime - With Real Martial Arts Techniqueshilarious since I follow this channel for its MMA content and I was like "Huh I never really appreciated that back when I was a kid"
but prolly by then, I'd not fall in love with Sailor Moon THAT HARD, so
Sailor Venus is embarrassingly my first ever crush
even as a little kid I was a weeb, goddamn
Hey, I love Hajime no Ippo, watched some on Netflix, I'd love to finish it someday, someday I will
heh heh
for my brother, it was Sailor Mars,
his type, I mean XD
for me, I
well,
I liked the blonde hair since we don't see those very often here lol
when ChibiUsa appeared, I was like
yeah, I wanna be her twin!
heh heh
I guess I didn't like the twintails of Moon's?
when ChibiUsa appeared, I immediately began to love SM much, much more
they're all pretty great tbh
years later my brother had a girlfriend, for a decade, with long dark hair, which I remember not surprising me at all
only their breakup had surprised me
but then again, he had long moved out by then, so of course it had surprised me
oh, nvm, I had said too much
real life isn't an anime, sad to say haha
or maybe not too much? it's old history, my brother has family now
it's good that what had happened, had happened
you know who won't have a memory of a bad breakup? Danik Vanto.
Cuz he's amnesiac.
Cuz he's amnesiac.
because my cute niece and cute nephew are
boom. segue.
heh heh XD
my cute half-Polish half-Japanese niece and nephew are a national treasure
for both nations imho
/proud aunt who's yet to meet them
/my mom's met them, but not me, I haven't been to Japan yet
btw, I'm never gonna show photos, just FYI
that's just how it is
I'll just find an anime that has a half polish half japanese character in it
pffftt
chances are there's at least one
life is life, and internet is internet
I'm very glad I've been raised right that way
when I see some stuff online nowadays.
ya know?
I follow a manga that's written by a mangaka who's really into German culture and is set in a fictional pre-Germany. I think there's a fictional Poland there somewhere lol
Urasawa? 
kidding
No, Gunka no Balzer
but you should read Monster
and watch it after reading
and also read 20th Century Boys
and Pluto
and watch XD
Monster isn't long, I don't think it's long
definitely my top manga that I NEED TO SEE AN ANIME OF
1800s uniforms are so pretty lol
wait, this manga up there, you know, first pic you've sent
I've got it
Whoo
you'll enjoy it, I'm sure
I've yet to read it, but I will soon
I'm not sure who he's supposed to be, but I think he's a sort of young Bismarck-in-an-alternate-universe?
I mean, I had started once, a few months ago, but it was almost midnight, I had fallen asleep
but I remember the beginning being intriguing
Why have I made this photo? It's already up there, I'm just duplicating. XD
pffftt
She's so cool~
Why have I done this photo? /shrug
I don't know why myself
pffftt.
also probably long dead by the time of The Acolyte since that show takes place like a hundred years after most of the High Republic content
Funny to me that the plucky Young Adult novel protagonist is the old wizened jedi master in the show
I don't have Disney+ rn and I miiiiiiiiight watch "Acolyte" when I buy a month of it again, so no Acolyte spoilers pretty pls with a cherry on top.
Just in case.
Well that one isn't really a spoiler since she's not a secret lol
But I know absolutely nothing about Acolyte
I haven't watched the trailer and I'm not gonna
I don't know who or when
nothing
's how I like it
That's probably for the best, since it's a mystery show
I only hope it's more like Andor than like Ahsoka or Kenobi
It's probably the best Star Wars show-not-named-Andor right now, for what it's worth
I'm a born optimist, but Kenobi & """"""""Ahsoka""""""" did a number of me
no offence to fans
not "more like Andor", it's a Jedi story so the grit and realism isn't the same. But more... late season Clone Wars?
I'm happy when people love things I odn't love
* don't
oh, I love Clone Wars
and Rebels
^ (IDK why I've made this photo rn, but I've made it, so , here it is. XD )
Thanks I'll just learn Polish real quick
pffftt XD
well, you can have it side-by-side with English version
you know, like those books to teach foreign lg to children
pffftt
like Alice in Wonderland side by side, that's the popular one
or like
(well, here in Poland in my childhood it was the popular one)
or like
ha, which was the popular one in
Oh yeah, one thing you'll like about Acolyte is that the Jedi actually emote. No Ahsokas here
oic
that's a relief
now you've made it possible for me to watch ep 1 someday
cuz I was apprehensive
even with my inborn optimism
it's one of those things where I rationalize it in-universe as "The High Republic Jedi don't have a generational trauma of Order 66 hanging over their heads"
and the real Ahsoka, in Clone Wars, Rebels, Tales of the Jedi, and the novel emotes plenty
Ahsoka from """"""Ahsoka"""""""
is NOT my Ahsoka
ditto Sabine
no offense to anyone
I just love Sabine, Ahsoka and Hera too much to
Don't forget the best version of Ahsoka:
Star Wars Forces of Destiny | A Disarming Lesson | D...
Star Wars Forces of Destiny | A Disarming Lesson | D...
oh, yes!
I've never finished watching "Forces of Destiny" on tv
but I can finish them on channel, can't I?
channel, can't I?
that's gonna be awesome!
it's all in star wars kids if you feel the need, yes
YES
YES, I SHALL!!
heh, heh
Star Wars Forces of Destiny | Sands of Jakku | Star ...oh wait it's on Disney
Anyway, IDK even why I tried so hard to make myself like """""Ahsoka""""" and """""Kenobi" when that NEVER works for me
I've tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it didn't even matter
pfffftt
but yeah, I might be kidding, but I'm for real
but time is a valuable thing
so I shouldn't've tried like that
oh, nvm,
Jacen is cute
he's the only IC chara there
Jacen Syndulla, my son
er, my fictional son
aka the son of one of my fav ships
pfffftt
Anakin was pretty good too. Young Ahsoka was adorable
eh, mayhaps
Mayhaps.
I mean, I don't wanna sour anybody's enjoyment, so I'll just stop talking about """"""""Ahsoka"""""" rn.
Cuz everybody should enjoy what they enjoy. 
It's very important to me.
heh
I'm mostly happy that they used the later seasons costume of Ahsoka. I'll never forgive George Lucas for insisting on the tube top
pfffftttt
I don't know the story there?
I haven't heard
then again, IDK if I wanna know.
the less I know about the creators, the better, always, that's one of my golden rules IRL.
Because the creators are human
that, I know
ergo, I don't wanna know about them if
ya know.
that's most of it
And when I do know about the creators, that has nothing to do in my mind with creation. And I know internet often disagrees, but I'm not gonna stop liking everything I like, which is what would happen
"Death of the author" is a thing after all, so I get it
huh, I see
Yeah, I read and watch and play stuff with the Death of the Author in my enjoyment and interpretation of it, always
that's why I'm a fan of things that, according to the internet (quite hypocritically, sometimes) I should never be a fan of
and I- frankly - don't care, sorry.
My enjoyment is not a slave to
well, nvm. XD
also
if a creator says something about smth in the piece, but I don't see it there, or the other way 'round
then I ignore that
cuz what exists in the piece is what I see and feel there
for me, that is, for other people what they see and feel there
AKA I've accidentally summed up Death of the Author theory badly, I think
but even if I never knew about that,
that's always how I've read stuff.
heh
since I was four years old
how I watched and read stuff, and that will never change
if I learn some stuff about authors
I sometimes pray for them
but it's a wholly separate thing to me from what I read and watch and play made by them
I mean, I write fanfics. These fanfics are informed by my feelings. But they are not my feelings
and everybody can read my fics differently, hopefully
The fics I write are NOT me.
Thankfully.
so especially now, I treat books and comics and video games the same way.
not that I haven't always, cuz I have.
And if sb doesn't wanna separate stuff, well, whatever works for them.
My one rule is if they're still alive and they're awful people, then I don't want to buy their works
I know some people don't wanna separate stuff, so, just in case, on my Ao3 profile, I've warned for my Polisness and my Chrisitianity that's surely colouring everything I read and write. Just in case.
But these stuff is not explicit in my fics, only implicit
and can be wholly not seen
by anybody with different views, imho.
In fact, hopefully it's not seen by anybody with different lenses than me.
Hopefully if any buddhist would read my fics, they could read it through buddhist lenses
etc
pffftt
just I like read mangas through my lenses
foreign to authors'
and it reads perfectly to me
cuz that's fiction is, at the end of the day
smth that can be read through any lenses
unless it preaches
if it doesn't preach, it can be
anyway, where was I?
I've offtoped hard.
Sorry not sorry.
Have I shown you this?
Though it's not good, after all, I hadn't spent enough time polishing it.
Eh, maybe next ones I'll write better.
I've reread it rn and it's no good.
IDK what I was thinking publishing it already back then!
oh, well.
I'm no longer the person I was when writing that one, exactly. So maybe the next one will be better
hopefully.
I've got the next outlined, but it's no good, I've really gotta change some stuff
cuz yeah, I
I've offtopiced again rn. Er.
Sorry.
Aaaaaaaaaanyway, 
KotOR?
KotOR?
To speak of fiction that's actually good
no, excellent, even
I mean can you even say it's excellent when you're not even like a quarter of the way through?
It already is, okay?
To me
For me, it already is
a great video game fanfic, made by
video game fanfic, made by
& I can't wait to be further in!
made by Bioware?
If so, no wonder I'm loving it.
I'm a huge Dragon Age fan
II and Origin and
why have I only played the very beginning of Inquisition?
gonna play it someday!
rn I've only played the very beginning of KOTOR
but I know I'm a fan
wait, pfffftt, like a classic UFO alien?
heh, I like George Lucas.
sometimes.
And here I thought I never liked him.
pffft, thanks
for that
My yesterday's KotOR:
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2024 06 09 22 ...
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2024 06 09 21 ...
Danik Vanto & Carth Onasi are getting to know their new companions!
What will happen when Mission Vao is a brat and Carth Onasi keeps getting her on, like a new single father that he is not?! Find out
in the next episode of KotOR SW!
Pffftt
^ single not-fathers in those emotes
eh, can add a single not-mother
^ here XD
they commiserate
(not)
(they absolutely do not commiserate, cuz that's how they are. pffftt)
Danik Vanto: fortunately, I'm an amnesiac, ergo I won't adopt, and I'm just gonna cheerfully say "hey, guys, don't fight" every time.
Danik Vanto: Am I happy that I'm amnesiac?
Or am I happy because I'm amnesiac?
find out in the next ep
all good questions, that
pffftt
and now I wanna quote JJK
but you don't know it XD
cuz a certain JJK quote is what I paraphrased into Danik quote up there
there are plenty differences in meaning, but that's why I've paraphrased it satirically, not srsly XD
anyway, yeah, I'm just gonna put it here
said "Jujutsu Kaisen" quote is
Are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru? Or are you Gojo Satoru because you're the strongest?
* Gojou
* Satoru Gojou
I've pulled it from internet rn without checking, eh
anyway, it makes complete sense in the context
and I just had to paraphrase it rn for Danik Vanto. XD
satirically
cuz idk yet if what I've written makes sense for Danik Vanto
well, vaguely knowing the spoiler as I had said in an earlier plurk
it might actually be true.
what I wrote for scout Danik Vanto, that is. XD
or it might not.
After all, IDK the whys or hows yet & I don't wanna know
srsly, I'm gonna delete my history, because
history, because
YT rn might be a spoiler danger
& I don't wanna know before I know.
pffftt
before the game
especially since there's people wondering wtf is happening with the KOTOR remake that's supposed to be coming out soon
see? I didn't even know there's gonna be a remake. Is there a way to erase recommendation algorythm, so that it does NOT recommend a thing to me?
recommendation algorythm, so that it does NOT recommend a thing to me?
Cuz now I understand it's gonna be a landmine.
Is it the WORST time for me to be playing KotOR? XD
I mean even The Acolyte has a nod to KOTOR with a cameo of a species that debuted in KOTOR
so yeah
Are you the strongest because you're Saturo Gojo | J...
^ sorry, I had to , you're not reading or watching JJK anyway, so
don't worry about it, you're still at least a couple main quests away from meeting the species.
You'll hate that quest, because of a certain mechanic that's universally hated by KOTOR fans
You'll hate that quest, because of a certain mechanic that's universally hated by KOTOR fans
^ this is just to convey my feelings of "is it possible for me to play KotOR rn with no more spoilers?*
pffftt
"or should I just perish the thought?"
Nah, I'm not perishing the thought.
/nodnod
/hugs the thought
/gonna somehow avoid any other spoilrs
/* spoilrs
/* spoilers
/ even though I already know the huge one
/ so is there a point?
/ self, born optimist: YES, there is!
/ *if there wasn't, I wouldn't be here
There is a point. And I've just deleted my history.
history.
that should save me from the bots.
it's the youtube shorts that'll get ya lol
From the YT rec algorythm, I mean. Shouldn't it?
Is there anything else to do?
I'll get by without my history till the end of KotOR.
history till the end of KotOR.
you just need to power through the game so you get to the juicy parts asap :v
Pffftttt, easy for you to say
Were I my brother, that'd be easy
But I'm myself, the person who's awful at video games.
Completely awful and terrible at playing.
I'm NOT kidding.
Just look!
just play on easy /o/
An hour of my brother's playing is equivalent to eleven hours of my playing
any video game
and yeah, I'm playing on easy.
obviously I am, every first time. Only second time I try and fail and try and fail till managing on normal.
First time I always play (try and fail, etc) on Easy.
Unless there's only Normal and Hard, then on Normal
aka Not-Easy
pffftt.
(Easy is a relatively new invention.)
(Isn't it?
or am I old?
pffftt
KOTOR and KOTOR 2 are based on old D&D systems which highly encourage power leveling and having minmaxed builds so you're already screwed if you play on normal
Nah, I'm playint KotOR on Easy, 'cause it exists.
and for a video game player, I'm prolly old
('m gonna turn 37 y.o. on 25th)
Not as old as my Bro, but he barely plays anything anymore, having family and job
Well, he does play sometimes. Rarely
we played Street Fighter
just like good old days
My dude you won't feel as old as you do as when you play with Gen Alpha 13 year olds in Valorant. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND A THING THEY'RE SAYING. "SKIBIDI"?! "FANUM TAX"!?
pfffftt
That's a foreign lg I don't know yet.
No, wait, I've seen the word skibidi online
but I haven't checked the wiktionary yet.
/nodnod
Language isn't scary, you can always check the meaning XD
it's not a big deal, I just tune it out and only respond to things that are relevant in-game
I mean, do you for example understand the cockney accent or the prison slang? I don't XD
yeah, yeah XD
I'll stream some Valorant tonight if you want, in case you're curious about how it's played
Heh, I know some of the Polish prison slang from 90s thanks to one of my fav comedy movies of all time, "Kiler"
(everybody should watch Kiler at least once, imho XD )
pfftt
aaaanyway
Kiler (1997) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Comedy, Crime
7.5? 7.5? What are people even watching? XD
oh, well, kids nowadays
Pfffftt.
I mean Acolyte is a 4.4 on IMDB right now
I know you won't understand a thing, but give it a listen, Elektryczne gitary are a great band, imho
Elektryczne Gitary - Kiler [Official Music Video]
Elektryczne Gitary - Kiler [Official Music Video]
I think you might enjoy slightly even if you don't understand the words.
the atmosphere of it, I mean. XD
try it. XD
That is so 90s
Elektryczne Gitary - Co Powie Ryba [Official Music V...
try it
YES, it's the quintessentional Polish 90s in a pill, that's Kiler" andElektryczne gitary*, yup
so, try it. XD
I'd share some old Filipino stuff with you too, but I don't like 'em myself lol
and then if you like it, type Elektryczne gitary in for much more enjoyment
for much more enjoyment
heh, do share
I'd love to give them a listen. XD
BRB.
the summary of "Kiler" on imdb doesn't do it justice, of course, but when does it ever? XD
brb.
then again, I love Cezary Pazura
BRB.
but do I love Cezary Pazura cuz he's Cezary Pazura or because I love him? XD
BRB XD
ditto Elektryczne gitary
not from "Kiler"
Elektryczne gitary, you gotta listen to at least that:
ELEKTRYCZNE GITARY- GŁOWY LENINA-1993-YACHFILM
"Heads of Lenin"
/ brb