IRC log of Cochineal on 2011-02-07

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01:25:18 [nathanbp]lemme know how that works out for you
01:28:22 [Puyopuyo]Probably poorly.
01:28:27 [Puyopuyo]I can't remember what I was going to do with it.
01:30:37 [nathanbp]Sam you didn't mention Jinki: Extend when going through the list of things right stuf had on sale
01:31:07 [nathanbp]also Princess Tutu
01:31:19 [Puyopuyo]...Princess Tutu is on SALE?
01:31:33 [nathanbp]yes
01:31:38 [nathanbp]although I don't know that I can buy it
01:31:45 [nathanbp]when the subtitles call her "Duck"
01:32:02 [Puyopuyo]I try to ignore it.
01:32:11 [nathanbp](Also Pumpkin Scissors and RahXephon!)
01:32:15 [Puyopuyo]That was the one thing that really pissed me off.
01:32:27 [Puyopuyo](I will buy season 1 of Pumpkin Scissors if A SECOND SEASON COMES OUT)
01:33:12 [Puyopuyo]Huh, they changed their savings layout.
01:34:13 [Puyopuyo]...also, this is more than I paid for PuriTu
01:34:16 [Puyopuyo]I paid 25.
01:34:40 [Puyopuyo]And keep in mind that I also accepted .hack//Sign's "Silver Knight" instead of Ginkan.
01:34:53 [Puyopuyo]I will accept literal translations of things that should just be treated as names...
01:35:22 [nathanbp]I think Ahiru sounds more like a Japanese name than Duck does an English one though
01:35:38 [nathanbp]wait you're complaining about Princess Tutu costing $27 vs $25?
01:36:53 [nathanbp]There. (Ordered Jinki: Extend, Pandora Hearts set 2, Princess Tutu and Utakata)
01:56:30 [Puyopuyo]Not complaining, merely musing that there have been better sales.
01:56:38 [Puyopuyo]Though now I wonder what the standard PuriTu price is.
01:57:04 [Puyopuyo]Nathan, why do you hate money?
01:57:16 [Puyopuyo](And no, Duck isn't an English name.)
01:58:54 [nathanbp]What, are those not worthy purchases?
02:02:33 [Pipian]I suspect it's more about the fact that, even on sale, that's probably $100
02:03:46 [Puyopuyo]Really?
02:05:20 [Puyopuyo]Jink Extend is 12...
02:05:34 [Pipian]$60 then
02:05:44 [Pipian]For
02:05:45 [Pipian]Well
02:05:46 [Puyopuyo]*Jinki
02:05:48 [Pipian]Utakata
02:06:31 [Puyopuyo]I have a deal with Nathan where I don't insult his taste in anime, and he lets me go to his place to watch anime whenever he's free.
02:06:54 [Puyopuyo]Urg. Utakata is a 30 for 50. Not a deal I'd take.
02:09:53 [nathanbp]probably not going to get much cheaper?
02:09:59 [nathanbp]altho Jinki was $12...
02:11:14 [nathanbp]speaking of spending money I should really get some more bookshelves >_>
02:12:53 [Puyopuyo]Yes.
02:12:57 [Puyopuyo]Buy some bookshelves.
02:15:29 [nathanbp]so much work
02:17:48 [Puyopuyo]So buy bookshelves, leave them unset up, summon me.
02:23:46 [Puyopuyo]Awesome. All of Kannazuki no Miko for 24 dollars.
02:23:51 [Puyopuyo]1 dollar per soul-crushing episode.
02:25:14 [nathanbp]kannazuki no miko is only 12 eps pretty sure
02:27:00 [Puyopuyo]...was it honestly that short?
02:27:18 [Puyopuyo]You're right, 12.
02:27:24 [Puyopuyo]Wow. 2 dollars per soul-crushing episode.
02:27:32 [Puyopuyo](Where NOTHING GOES RIGHT)
02:28:19 [nathanbp]lol
02:28:36 [nathanbp]it could be worse, it could be the Kannazuki no Miko manga
02:29:22 [Puyopuyo]....
02:29:28 [Puyopuyo]Soul-rending power!
02:36:11 [Pipian]You know, I am finding it hard to raise much in the way of objections to this My Little Pony business. Seems to do alright with actually invoking traditional slapstick cartoon humor rather than being absurdly stupid and sickening.
02:37:09 [Pipian]I'm not sure exactly why people are raving about it
02:37:16 [Pipian]But it does seem like passable fluff
02:38:15 [Puyopuyo]Passable fluff is enough for people when the alternative is what's been available.
02:39:08 [Pipian]This is basically my stance
02:39:18 [Pipian]It's no Kricfalusi
02:39:54 [Pipian]And it's not paltry feel-good crap either, so it seems like it serves as a decent callback to older cartoon tropes at least.
02:40:07 [Pipian]So I guess for the people starving for those maybe they really really like it.
02:40:41 [Puyopuyo]I suppose.
02:41:09 [Puyopuyo]People have been famished for "cartoons" recently, I suppose. But there are plenty of offerings currently on television that tend to sate their appetites too, so I don't know what the point is.
02:41:49 [Pipian]Offerings like what?
02:42:19 [Puyopuyo]* Puyopuyo shrugs.
02:42:28 [Puyopuyo]I hear Tartatovsky's got another cartoon out.
02:42:33 [Puyopuyo]People tend to like his work.
02:42:35 [Pipian]True.
02:42:39 [Puyopuyo]Also, this is hilarious: http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/cP-i79=mfddSxGjWay/browse/item/82092/4/0/0
02:43:07 [Pipian]And Lauren Faust was involved with PPG, as a similar case in point. Which of course explains why the show got attention in the first place.
02:43:20 [Pipian]...
02:43:25 [Pipian]Something is wrong with that box art
02:43:30 [Pipian]But I can't quite put my finger on it
02:44:09 [Pipian]It's either the DBZ-style character design
02:44:16 [Pipian]Or the asymmetrical face
02:44:23 [Pipian]Or the horribly drawn muscles
02:44:24 [Puyopuyo]Go American series!
02:44:30 [Pipian]Or the fact that something is just really bizarre with his abs
02:44:37 [Pipian]Also
02:44:39 [Puyopuyo]Something everyone needs: http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/cP-i79=mfddSxGjWay/browse/item/63670/4/0/0
02:44:56 [Pipian]I think his left arm is some sort of stubby dwarf thing
02:45:02 [Pipian](Phocomelia?)
02:45:17 [Pipian]You know
02:45:19 [Pipian]I was going to say
02:45:31 [Pipian]"You know Sam, what I wish existed?
02:45:35 [Pipian]"A Noir lunch box.
02:45:40 [Pipian]"I'd be the coolest kid in school.
02:45:49 [Puyopuyo]I know!
02:47:12 [nathanbp]I was just thinking that too
02:48:44 [Pipian]But you don't go to school nathan
02:49:05 [Pipian]If you went to grad school
02:49:20 [Pipian]you'd understand what sort of cachet Noir lunch boxes really have
02:51:14 [nathanbp]....
02:51:22 [nathanbp]yes but then I'd be in grad school
02:51:44 [Pipian]Well yes.
03:03:02 [Puyopuyo]I think everyone loses.
03:17:54 [Puyopuyo]What the hell Rizon.
03:17:59 [Puyopuyo]!pointer
03:17:59 [Sacchi]http://migrate.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-07.html#T3-17-59
03:19:24 [Puyopuyo]...Are you serious?
03:19:33 [Puyopuyo]2 dollars for the first five discs of Pumpkin Scissors...
03:19:35 [Puyopuyo]AND NO DISC 6.
03:20:17 [Puyopuyo]Oh, awesome. Same problem with Red Garden.
03:26:13 [nathanbp]lol
03:27:19 [Puyopuyo]"We'll sell you 5/6 of the series at great discount, but we're sold out of the last volume!"
03:29:35 [Puyopuyo]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/us/07pharmacies.html <- What a world we live in. Guess making a House joke would be inappropriate.
03:30:34 [Pipian]At least the thieves don't have lupus.
03:30:51 [Puyopuyo]Lupus treatment isn't addictive.
03:31:02 [Puyopuyo]Unlike say, cancer, where you keep coming back for more!
03:31:10 [Puyopuyo](Okay, that was tasteless, even for me.)
03:31:18 [Puyopuyo](I blame Wilson)
03:41:21 [Puyopuyo]Wow. I killed my internet by torrenting. Must've hit the bandwidth cap.
03:56:16 [Puyopuyo]Well, guess it's that time again. Superbowl Advertisements 2011. Or "Convince me to buy your product!"
04:05:18 [gadgetgrl]!pointer
04:05:18 [Sacchi]http://migrate.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-07.html#T4-5-18
04:05:38 [Pipian]I can probably afford to fix the URL again
04:06:40 [Pipian]Sacchi, pointer?
04:06:40 [Sacchi]http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-07.html#T4-6-40
04:07:33 [Puyopuyo]New and improved Sacchi.
04:07:39 [Puyopuyo]...also, no greet comment? I am sad.
04:08:16 [Pipian]No, that got removed during the refactor
04:08:20 [Pipian]It will probably return though!
04:08:28 [Puyopuyo]Oh good.
04:13:59 [Puyopuyo]Oy, Shigofumi for 30?
04:14:13 [nathanbp]Shigofumi wasn't that good
04:14:43 [Puyopuyo]Exactly.
04:14:44 [nathanbp]Jenn you should agree with me about Ian cosplaying
04:14:50 [Puyopuyo]Oh god no.
04:14:52 [gadgetgrl]what?
04:15:13 [nathanbp]I said he should cosplay the main character of Wandering Son
04:15:40 [Puyopuyo]Too many traps!
04:16:47 [Pipian]Well that's just it
04:17:06 [Pipian]Jenn would have to be the guy who wants to be a girl
04:17:17 [nathanbp]that doesn't work
04:17:22 [Pipian]Yes it does.
04:17:28 [Pipian]Nadeshiko?
04:17:43 [nathanbp]that was in girl's clothing
04:18:28 [Pipian]Right. I'm pretty sure the guy who wants to be a girl is in girl's clothing part of the time too??
04:20:04 [nathanbp]ok, more accurately, Nadeshiko was recognizable
04:21:04 [Puyopuyo]Oh come no. Wandering Son isn't recognizable regardless.
04:21:08 [Pipian]Exactly
04:21:20 [Puyopuyo]It honestly doesn't matter either way.
04:21:23 [Pipian]I was going to say that I'm pretty sure that that would have no impact on whether or not Jenn should be the lead.
04:23:26 [gadgetgrl]i'd have to see the anime...which i have sitting on my desktop...stupid school and such getting in the way :p
04:24:07 [Pipian]You sound like me
04:26:13 [nathanbp]pretty sure to have a chance of being recognized you have to be recognizable as being crossdressed
04:26:32 [Pipian]I am pretty sure that wouldn't really matter!
04:26:44 [Pipian](It would not be recognized regardless)
04:36:55 [nathanbp]true
04:37:28 [nathanbp]I'd say we've done less recognizable things but I can't think what
04:38:47 [Puyopuyo]...what have you done for the last few years?
04:38:56 [Puyopuyo]Shugo Chara, which was recognized. Chrno Crusade, very recognized...
04:39:10 [Puyopuyo]Ouran, very recognized (and yet I'm invisible...damn light)
04:40:26 [nathanbp]bakemonogatari, recognized
04:40:57 [Pipian]And that's all of them
04:40:59 [Pipian]So there you go
04:48:40 [gadgetgrl]can you link me to a typical picture or screenshot?
04:48:42 [Puyopuyo]....wow. Pumpkin Scissors DVD 6, done by Funimation...
04:48:46 [Puyopuyo]100 bucks.
04:49:11 [Puyopuyo]Guess that's one way to convince customers to buy your thinpacks/box sets.
04:49:56 [nathanbp]WHAT? $100?
04:50:03 [Puyopuyo]One seller.
04:50:09 [Puyopuyo]Let's see what Ebay says.
04:50:12 [Puyopuyo]45 dollars.
04:50:14 [Pipian]gadgetgrl: http://gargarstegosaurus.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/hourou-musuko-to-get-anime/
04:50:20 [Pipian]I hope you find those characters identifiable!
04:50:38 [nathanbp]that would be the screen shot to use
04:50:47 [Puyopuyo]Nathan: It's completely out of print.
04:50:58 [nathanbp]ah
04:53:56 [nathanbp]I dunno why they even do single dvds for some of these series
04:55:18 [gadgetgrl]you'd really have to stick together and get the details spot on
04:55:32 [gadgetgrl]the girl would be the only trigger, and the guy would be the add-on
04:55:51 [Pipian]So the girl in the front is a guy
04:55:54 [Pipian]And the guy in the back is a girl
04:55:56 [Pipian]Just so you know
04:56:23 [Puyopuyo]Ah, I see what the problem is.
04:56:30 [Puyopuyo]ADV released volumes 1-5...and then died.
04:56:52 [Puyopuyo]Funimation picked it up and just shoved the ADV episodes into "part" packs, so 60 bucks for a case containing DVDs 1 and 2.
04:57:22 [Puyopuyo]Fans got upset and angry. Funimation did a VERY, VERY limited release of DVD 6.
04:58:35 [Puyopuyo]Quote:
04:58:35 [Puyopuyo]Originally Posted by MrNEWZ View Post
04:58:35 [Puyopuyo]Crap, how did Pumpkin Scissors 6 end up not for resale anywhere? $22 for Anime in 2009 is insane.
04:58:35 [Puyopuyo]Funimation only sent volume six of Pumpkin Scissors, Red Garden, and Welcome to the NHK to Right Stuf. Funimation acquired those three anime from ADV when five volumes of each had already been released. Funimation released the sixth volume of each in very limited quantities to Right Stuf.
04:58:57 [Puyopuyo]Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-10-09/funimation-to-ship-final-single-dvds-for-3-former-adv-titles
04:59:31 [Puyopuyo]Other source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-10-06/red-garden-nhk-to-end-in-boxes-not-single-dvds
04:59:42 [Puyopuyo]So pretty much...Red Garden 6, Pumpkin Scissors 6, and the rest are RAER.
04:59:43 [Puyopuyo]*RARE.
05:03:15 [Puyopuyo]...can't justify it to myself.
05:03:17 [Puyopuyo]* Puyopuyo closes window.
05:14:44 [Puyopuyo]....this is depressing:
05:14:45 [Puyopuyo]Garden of Sinners Complete Blu-Ray Box (S) (Import)
05:14:51 [Puyopuyo]Quantity Remaining: 0
05:14:51 [Puyopuyo]SOLD OUT
05:15:31 [Puyopuyo]I hope the quality honestly isn't as bad as we've seen.
05:17:22 [nathanbp]is that the Kara no Kyoukai?
05:17:29 [Puyopuyo]Yup
05:32:51 [Pipian]Consumers are stupid
05:51:21 [Pipian]Also
05:51:23 [Pipian]they don't really care
05:51:30 [Pipian]In short
05:51:33 [Pipian]Expect more of this
06:10:48 [gadgetgrl]crab crossing! http://www.alafista.com/2011/01/31/todays-japan-photo-beware-of-crab-crossing/
06:11:56 [Pipian]Why are otaku blogs all that creepy
06:14:05 [gadgetgrl]i just read the rss feed so it's not as bad
06:14:48 [Puyopuyo]I blame Jenn.
06:14:56 [gadgetgrl]gah... i'm tempted to pre-order the senjougahara plushie x.x
06:18:57 [Puyopuyo]Does it come with scissors inside?
06:19:04 [Puyopuyo]Or better yet, a stapler?
06:30:32 [Pipian]Yesssssss
06:30:46 [Pipian]L21 Cherubi takes out L34 Quagsire
06:30:52 [Pipian]x4 weakness is great
06:33:12 [Pipian]I mean it's weak to absolutely everything but it's still better than having one more physical attacker on a team of physical attackers
06:33:17 [Pipian]Goodbye Meditite!
06:41:35 [nathanbp]Yay done reading Inuyasha manga
06:48:46 [nathanbp]sleep time...
06:54:26 [gadgetgrl]night!
06:54:53 [Puyopuyo]Night!
06:55:32 [Pipian]Night
08:25:26 [Gadget_sleep]night!
16:01:18 [Pipian-Lab]Oh hey
16:01:25 [Pipian-Lab]Apparently Raikou via WiFi
16:01:44 [Pipian-Lab]Guess I don't need that extra one after all!
16:03:00 [Puyopuyo]...?
16:03:01 [Puyopuyo]What?
16:03:09 [Pipian-Lab]This is what I just heard
16:03:24 [Pipian-Lab]Apparently the shinies are being given out over WiFi Mystery Gift now??
16:03:52 [Puyopuyo]...apparently.
16:03:56 [Puyopuyo]And they're the same as the Gamestop ones.
16:03:59 [Pipian-Lab]Right
16:04:07 [Pipian-Lab]Which is good since I missed out on Raikou the first time around
16:06:05 [Pipian-Lab](Thought it was just going to be a Europe thing)
16:06:21 [Puyopuyo]I thought so too.
16:06:24 [Puyopuyo]Guess it's a world thing.
16:07:14 [Pipian-Lab]Only diff is the ID number
16:07:25 [Puyopuyo]And OT
16:07:31 [Pipian-Lab]Well yeah
16:08:28 [Puyopuyo]So did YOU get a Pikachu?
16:09:54 [Pipian-Lab]Of course not.
16:10:01 [Pipian-Lab]No Toys R Us anywhere near me
16:10:04 [Pipian-Lab]Also less interesting
16:10:15 [Puyopuyo]True.
16:10:17 [Puyopuyo]But trade-fodder.
16:10:22 [Pipian-Lab]Eh I guess
16:10:23 [Pipian-Lab]But yeah
16:10:33 [Pipian-Lab]No Toys R Us close enough for me to get to at any rate
16:13:04 [Puyopuyo]Fair enough
16:14:58 [gadgetgrl]oh man, gossip girl is fliming down the street!
16:15:13 [Pipian-Lab]I don't even know what that is
16:15:31 [gadgetgrl]don't expect you too
16:15:46 [Puyopuyo]Are you going to sneak into the footage?
16:15:47 [gadgetgrl]just going to be excited to try and spot it when it airs now :)
16:16:38 [gadgetgrl]lol, not yet...
16:16:44 [gadgetgrl]i need to get dressed first lol
16:18:01 [Puyopuyo]>_>
16:18:17 [Puyopuyo]...admittedly, I can't blame you. Need to get up and eat breakfast before hopping on the train.
16:18:20 [Puyopuyo]Have an hour though...
16:18:21 [Pipian-Lab]Jenn, u crazy
16:19:31 [Pipian-Lab]Now, on to slugging out part of a three page fellowship proposal.
16:23:07 [gadgetgrl]nvm...totally going lol
16:23:28 [Puyopuyo]Gadget, Golly Gosh?
16:23:39 [Pipian-Lab]Gadget - Geek Girl?
16:24:00 [Puyopuyo]Gadget_ G Gundam?
16:24:28 [Pipian-Lab]Gadget, Good God!
16:25:33 [Puyopuyo]Gadget, Gangster Gal?
16:25:55 [Pipian-Lab]Gadget? Great Googlymoogly!
16:26:02 [Puyopuyo](I am morally opposed to using "Great Guardians", which killed my initial response)
16:26:11 [Puyopuyo]...damn, I don't think I can top Great Googlymoogly...
16:27:25 [Puyopuyo]Gadget: Gestalt Game
16:28:19 [Pipian-Lab]Gadget -- Girl Gamer
16:28:58 [Puyopuyo]Gadget: Gone. Goodbye.
16:29:34 [Puyopuyo](Alternatively: Gone Gossiping)
16:29:45 [Pipian-Lab](Yeah, but that one is obvious!)
16:30:02 [Puyopuyo](Not as obvious as the correct GG)
16:30:08 [Pipian-Lab](Point)
16:30:27 [Puyopuyo](There's also Gallantly Gallumphing)
16:30:47 [Pipian-Lab](Damn. That's a good one.)
16:32:40 [Pipian-Lab]Gadget, Glorious Gambler
16:35:02 [Gadget_GG]Gadget_GossipGirl
16:35:20 [Gadget_GG]but that's an awesome list of future gg's
16:35:37 [Gadget_GG]oh man, they went in vesekla!
16:35:50 [Pipian-Lab](Of course, but we have to keep it fun)
16:35:51 [Gadget]totally going to be on TV!
16:35:53 [Gadget]:)
16:35:59 [Pipian-Lab]http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/02/gameloft-to-release-starcraft-on-ios-devices-or-so-it-appears.ars
16:36:48 [Puyopuyo]<@Gadget_GG> Gadget_GossipGirl <- Hence, not as obvious as the correct GG.
16:37:00 [Puyopuyo]I mean, if we said that, there would be no entertainment to it!
16:37:05 [Gadget]very true!
17:06:17 [Puyopuyo]Off to class.
17:30:59 [Pipian-Lab]Hahahaha
17:31:00 [Pipian-Lab]Yessss
17:31:05 [Pipian-Lab]SimCopter Video Let's Play
17:37:49 [Pipian-Lab]That game was the best
20:54:31 [Pipian-Lab]More K-On! manga D:
20:55:49 [Pipian-Lab]Also
20:55:57 [Pipian-Lab]I am glad this does not exist in real life
20:56:05 [Pipian-Lab]I might actually have to kill somebody
20:56:06 [Pipian-Lab]http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjbailey/5405777832/in/set-72157625948707632/