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[Chocofreak13]

we're watching a movie she brought over that she wanted me to see, Summer Wars. i can see why.

KOIKOI!

KOIKOI!

(i wanna learn how to play that game. and mahjong. and karuta. >w> )

[Bella]

Ugh. Mom is incapable of leaving me alone today >_<;;

It doesn't exactly help I'm not in the best mood, because of the countless issues with Nimue.

Thats how I felt yesterday ... except replace 'mom' with 'dad' and 'problems with Nimue' with 'problems with being chronically hot and motion-sick'. :z

[Nichi]

Ouch >_<;
I've had days like that before, especially during the summer. My tolerance for heat is not that great

[NejinOniwa]

I am going to officially demote summer from Season to 1-Week Holiday status when I take over.

[SleepyD]

KOIKOI!

(i wanna learn how to play that game. and mahjong. and karuta. >w> )

I play Japanese mahjong.
I also know the basics of Hanafuda.

When I first started learning the rules, I used these:
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda_e.html
Feel free to ask me questions~ maybe we can start a new thread on it if we get enough players~

Haven't seen Chihayafuru yet, but my sisters like it. XD;

[Raffaele the Amigan]

we're watching a movie she brought over that she wanted me to see, Summer Wars. i can see why.

IMHO Summer Wars is an anime greatly overestimated. The story lacks in many points.

[SleepyD]

IMHO Summer Wars is an anime greatly overestimated. The story lacks in many points.

This is why I never, ever, ever buy into hype. For some it's hard, but I find it to be an easy thing to do.
Summer Wars was enjoyable for what is. Story reminded me of Digimon, but animation was nice.

Also, it must be known, that I would make a horrible critic. I'm the kinda guy that likes 99% of the media I consume. lol

[Chocofreak13]

@bella: sorry bout' your problems, man. had the same problem earlier, only mum was quite sympathetic, despite the fact that i brought the carsickness on myself from playing video games in the car. >>;

@sleepyd: thanks for the links!! i really want to learn how to play those, but i didn't know where to start. a flash game is perfect for me! ^^
also, you went to public school, right? i was thinking of proposing Accel World to my high school's anime club (since you missed it, i'm their mascot; i graduated 3 years ago but i kinda just never left, and became the mascot last year), but i need to know about appropriateness. :\

@raffele, sleepyd: Summer Wars was by the same animation studio and director that made Our War Game, the second Digimon movie. the director had some ideas he wanted to use for Our War Game but didn't get to, so he made Summer Wars to complete those ideas.
everyone is entitled to their opinion, but i loved it. of course, i love Madhouse Studios, Digimon, and stories involving going into the internet anyway, so that's likely part of it. but i thought the plot was good, too.  (you can't expect the world when it's a movie. if Summer Wars was a 24-ep series, it would have had more breathing room. but as a self-contained movie, the plot was perfect. and the exclamations? perfect. KOIKOI!!)

[Nichi]

You got carsick from playing video games in the car? I'm glad I don't have that problem; the only major issue is that it's often hard to see the screen on my DS or PSP if it's too sunny outside ^_^;
When I break out my Game Boy Color, it's a different story entirely -w-

[Chocofreak13]

i can't do anything in the car involving reading or even looking/concentrating downward. so no reading, video games, sewing, drawing, writing, etc. :\

[Nichi]

That must suck :\

[stewartsage]

I almost always get a headache when trying to do anything in the car.  Granted, doing almost anything gives me a headache.

My brother heads off to college for the first time tomorrow, and I go back for my senior year Sunday.

[SleepyD]

I can barely manage like 10 or so minutes of handheld gameplay before I get too nauseous to continue. I'm pretty sure it's the same reason that causes seasickness. I see a non-moving, still environment, and brain feels that the body is moving. Brain is confused. Brain makes you want to hurl.

@sleepyd: thanks for the links!! i really want to learn how to play those, but i didn't know where to start. a flash game is perfect for me! ^^
also, you went to public school, right? i was thinking of proposing Accel World to my high school's anime club (since you missed it, i'm their mascot; i graduated 3 years ago but i kinda just never left, and became the mascot last year), but i need to know about appropriateness. :\

The AI for the mahjong game makes it hard to win with big hands. Avoid the temptation to riichi, the AI will just go straight defensive when you do that, and it's hard to win. But the way it plays forces you to learn the basic strategies to building your hand.

Actually, I went to a private school. haha All-boys, Catholic.
As far as appropriateness goes, there are occasional fanservice moments. I'm not sure about the social standards at your school though. Mine was fairly liberal about stuff like that, I know they wouldn't care (much) about it at all. Bikinis, shower scenes... but nothing with crazy jiggle physics or anything nuts like that. There is some light loli fanservice(?). I personally wouldn't even call it fanservice, but it could be objectionable to sensitive people.

[Chocofreak13]

@sleepyd: lol, religion. xD you're still in the public school bracket compared to some of the people here. i was surprised to learn we have two homeschoolers here. :0
thanks for the info. i'll try to review the series a bit more, but if i can't make it in time i'll let the club know to take the series with a grain of salt.
and thanks for the tips. though idc about winning, it's more about learning. ^^

@stew: i have a tendency to wake up with a headache. though whether or not it sticks depends on the day, tbh. :\
also, congrats to your brother and to you (you're a senior already, wow. :0 ). perhaps when routine is established, you'd be willing to come back to the game? :3

@pent: actually, not really. really lets me get an appriciation for music. ^^

[stewartsage]

Yeah, I mean, I've got to have my brother move in tomorrow but if I can get off my ass to get a character sheet ready by next Saturday I'll be back in.