Essentially my thoughts going into this as well. I was hoping it would strike a vibe similar to “Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi (My Senpai is Annoying)” with alternative roles, but so far I’m relatively unimpressed.
I was planning to watch the whole season as the trailer and premise seemed nice, but I may have to bump it down to 3 episodes.
Oh really? I did a cursory search of Hot as I assume that’s where it would be, so I guess I just missed it. Sorry about that!
I’ve tried to play the games, but unfortunately I just couldn’t get into them. I’m glad to hear it’s a faithful adaptation at least, I hope they cover the majority if not all the content then, and I also hope the story is good too.
As for fan-service, I’m not sure they will. It seems Ryza and thighs are somewhat synonymous these days, and I’m sure they’ll play into that as much as they can. But we’ll see I guess.
do the rules apply to the instance where you have your account, or to the instance where you’re posting/commenting?
That is essentially what I was asking. It kind of seems like it’s both, but I’m no fediverse expert.
I guess it really just depends how much of a stickler the lemmy.world mods are, and/or if they have any way of finding out I’m linking to stuff like that.
Not sure where to ask this, so I’ll ask here. Linking to pirate sites (not content) is okay here as I understand it. However my account is with Lemmy.world, which in its “rules” specifically states “Protect our community from harassment, malicious or illegal content”. Would I technically be at the whim of Lemmy.world by linking to pirate sites, or do I have some leeway here?
In no particular order:
The CEO Spez decided to edit comments that were directed at insulting him to insult that subreddit’s moderators instead (it was a Trump subreddit, but even so), with no indication that the comments had been edited.
Reddit’s redesign, barely anyone who used the old design likes the new one. At least they kept the old one.
Removal of exact Upvote/Downvote numbers like we have here only giving an overall “score”. Later followed by obfuscation of the true value, supposedly due to bot vote manipulation.
The “jailbait” subreddit, which featured images of girls who looked close to being or actually underage, and some likely WERE underage, was allowed to exist for an extended peiod of time. Reddit also gave the guy that ran it “a gold-plated bobblehead doll “for making significant contributions to the site.”” reportedly.
Installed an interim CEO, Ellen Pao, who was there solely to take the blame for some controversial changes like banning some fairly popular if not great subreddits. It was later revealed that wasn’t even her decision.
Ellen Pao was also put under fire for supposedly firing Victoria Taylor, who is a very connected individual and was responsible for many of the site’s celebrity/notable people AMAs (Ask Me Anything), including guiding them through the interface and what not so they could capably deliver said AMAs. She was actually fired by Alexis Ohanian, who is one of the founders of Reddit, has worked there on and off, and is currently Executive Chairman from what I can see.
That time Reddit as a community decided to hold a witchhunt over the Boston Marathon bombings and misidentified the culprit. Not really the admins fault technically, but it could perhaps have been prevented by them.
The rampant issues with bots, most of Reddit’s top posts of the day and their initial comments are entirely reposted content by bots. Very little seems to be done to remove them.
Also the rampant issues with power users and power moderators. Why exactly can one individual be put in charge of hundreds of semi-popular/popular subreddits?
In addition to the site redesign, the implementation of things like a chat function on top of the DM function, NFTs, Reddit Premium, different rewards and tiers other than Gold (Reddit Silver used to be a joke for those who didn’t want to do Gold), online statuses, avatars, coins, and probably some other stuff I’m forgetting, were all generally unwanted. Most didn’t cause that much of a controversy, but I don’t know anybody who wouldn’t be happier if they were gone.
Probably something else I’m forgetting, but that’s what I remember most.
I haven’t watched the original series for most of the sequels this season, so my watchlist is as follows:
Plan to watch to Completion:
Ryza no Atelier: Tokoyami no Joou to Himitsu no Kakurega
Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi
Plan to give 3 episodes:
Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi
Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu
Liar Liar
Plan to give 1 episode:
I’d like to give Mob Psycho 100 a try this season too. Also the Yuru Camp Movie, which I started but never completed as I got distracted. I’ve also had Log Horizon on my “Watching” section for a while now without actually watching it, so hopefully that as well.
Is this really a surprise to anyone? Github isn’t exactly a piracy friendly site.
I also think there’s an element of time spent with Reddit. For some of us who’ve been with the site for over a decade, this is the last straw with Reddit. For many others, its their first incident.
My main usage case of Reddit was for the more niche communities by and large, so I can definitely appreciate that.
It’s the case at the moment where the “popular” communities feel niche, or at least similar to how they did when I first started Reddit back in 2012, and unfortunately the formerly niche Reddit communities are essentially non-existent here. I view this as an issue that will be fixed with time though, should Lemmy continue growing of course, so I don’t really have a complaint about that for the moment.
My main issue is that it doesn’t all come under one big “Lemmy” umbrella. Different instances have different rules and different accounts by definition of a federated space. I just think things are better managed if the site aligns with a single goal and singular ruleset, rather than having loads of little separate ones. I acknowledge this is entirely personal taste, I have no desire to force my viewpoint, it’s just how I feel about it.
Defederation is also a big issue. There’s lots of claims that federating the site prevents the next Spez for example. In my view, it really just opens up the possibility of a lot of micro-spezs. There’s theoretically nothing stopping the guy who runs lemmy.world from pulling the plug tomorrow, leaving myself and whoever is left to try and pick up the pieces. This is true of any instance and the accounts and communities contained by said instance. Even if it’s not quite as drastic as pulling the plug, they could certainly pull my access from here, which would be rather frustrating.
Again, I do believe it ultimately comes down to personal preference. I think I’m just more willing to put trust behind a larger entity than a bunch of smaller ones.
It’s what I dislike the most about the fediverse concept. It’s nice in principle, but it’s all far too fragmented, which not only makes it a lot easier to target specific servers, it also introduces the concern that is defederation.
The open source part is great, but the federation part will take a long time yet to convince me, if it ever does.
Honestly PrequelMemes is the largest subreddit I’d likely miss the most from Reddit. That and lotrmemes. It’s good to see it’s found a home here already!
I think it slightly improved after the first 5 actually. The first 5 episodes were just her at school, and after she leaves she starts adventuring a bit. Granted I’m not sure I’d recommend watching it if you didn’t like the first 5 episodes either way.
A lot of the humour of the main series is ultimately derived from the party dynamic in my opinion, so I absolutely see where you’re coming from in that regard, and to some extent I’d agree with you. Later on there are some Axis Order related shenanigans, and a tighter focus on Yunyun’s dynamic with Megumin, but it struggles to reach even the baseline of the main series’ humour for me.
I haven’t watched the original material for any of the sequels here, so it’s probably going to be a slower season for me.
Out of the anime I feel comfortable sharing that I’ll be watching:
Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi (The White Holy Woman and the Black Priest) - Honestly not sure when or how I added this to my list, seems comfy though.
Ryza no Atelier: Tokoyami no Joou to Himitsu no Kakurega (Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation) - Based on the Ryza video games. I tried to play the first entry, but I just couldn’t get into it. Hoping an anime adaptation will maybe sell me on the franchise.
Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi (My Tiny Senpai) - Seems like an inverse to the set-up from Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi (My Senpai is Annoying) from 2021. I liked that, so hopefully I’ll like this.
Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu wo Samayou (Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) - It’s been a meme for years, and honestly I kinda just want to see how this turns out, even if there’s a high probability of me dropping it after 1 episode.
dunno why but it wasn’t as good as the first two seasons of the main series
I still enjoyed it, but I think the same. In my opinion, this is hugely in part to the lack of the party dynamic, the interactions between our main squad. I’d also say the story was a little weaker, not much of note actually happens.
This sounds like a very different show to the one this post is about.