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Stompai

Stompai

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Itinerant cultivator looking for a way to breakthrough

2017-09-03 JoinedFrance
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
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    Really feel like chinese culture messed up the relationships script from my westerner's pov. 1 : Sworn brothers -> 2 : Get to know the other person. Should be the other way around. Maybe that's why there are so many "sworn brother betrayal" tropes in chinese novels.

    “Big Brother, you looked for me and my sister, you must have a big deal to discuss,” Mu Qingsi said at the door, laughing at Ouyang Shuo. After a few days to get used to her new home, she now felt her new lord and big brother was quite approachable, and as a result, her shyness had gone away, becoming much more gracious and open.
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    I'm sure the villagers understand that building a personal stable for his horse and his morning hour long stroll were more important. But it's good that he realized, character development, hopefully.

    He was not in a hurry to examine the papers, having been struck by a thought. Passing through the commercial street, he had seen many villagers going to work in their old clothes and suddenly realized that something should be done about that. The villagers worked hard every day for the territory yet the only thing he had done for them was ensuring they were well-fed.
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
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    Maybe it's a cultural thing and I'm not used to it, but all these conversations feel so unatural and fake to me, like everybody is acting and following an "over the top" politness script but in the wrong order, with the sworn brother-sister part taking the first step 2 minutes after meeting the person. Makes me quite uncomfortable even as just an external reader.

    Ch 24 Girl Talk
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    Maybe it's a cultural thing and I'm not used to it, but all these conversations feel so unatural and fake to me, like everybody is acting and following an "over the top" politness script but in the wrong order, with the sworn brother-sister part taking the first step 2 minutes after meeting the person. Makes me quite uncomfortable even as just an external reader.

    Ouyang Shuo replied happily, “That’s right. This is Shanhai Village, rest your heart. I have been long fascinated by your tailoring skills!
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    note to self : Just ignore what was said earlier about sentry seeing everything a thousand meters around the camp... just disconnect your brain, ignore it, and try to enjoy the story...

    Three hundred meters from the camp, General Shi, riding on his horse, took his bow and directly shot down the two sentries. Taking the opportunity, Ouyang Shuo ordered the larger force to move forward quickly, rushing into the raider’s camp. Finding outsiders rushing into their camp before they could gather together, the people inside immediately panicked.
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    yeah... and since the team hid 3km away from the raiders' camp (stated earlier in chapter) then that mean it actually took this horse 2 hours to reach here... Just gonna unplug my brain and see this as the usual cultural tradition of chinese authors pulling random numbers out of their hats for their stories.

    Speed: 30 km / day
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    A bit different from what I'd expect of an emperor rank "great general" with potential decades of experiences in war, strategy, and leading troops with his historical counterpart being described as fond of reading millitary books. But hey, how are you supposed to make your mc look smart if you don't make his best subject want to rush head down and forget his main abilities...

    General Shi said with some disapproval, as if admitting to cowardice, “This is the end of my report, but I do not agree. These bandits are nothing in my eyes. If I drove into their camp, I could likely kill more than half of them…”
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
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    Maybe it's just me but I always found this "didn't act arrogant" description to be translated in my mind as "I'm acting as a caring person" meaning you "act" and have to take steps out of your regular personality in order to appear that way, and expecting to receive benefits from it in the future, meaning there may be some underlying issue in your personality... But maybe it's just me thinking too much about an innocent wording...

    Along the way, the villagers seeing him would smile and bow to him. Ouyang Shuo didn’t act arrogant, and would stop to chat, asking them if there were any problems he didn’t know about. If there were difficulties, they had to be shared, to better help everyone solve them!
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    Dude is starting to get sligthly too proud of himself, "me being near you and telling you to try the game is your good fortune, too bad you missed it" ... Bro, did you even hear her saying 2 sec ago that she can't buy it either way even if she wanted to play ?

    Reluctantly, Ouyang Shuo could only tell her to this extent. If she did not listen, it was passing up her own good fortune. There was no way he could tell her about the truth of the game in his ‘past’. He had no proof to show her that there was a problem, even if she would believe him, nor could he explain how he would know such a thing. He certainly couldn’t tell her that he was reborn from the future!
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    spearmanship... start with a broadsword... fake and real technique... 3 best systems to collect... This whole part of the chapter felt like author slapped many half finished ideas together trying to create / explain this part of the game system, or it's a translation issue. Either way my brain is hurting.

    Ch 10 Free Mode
    The World Online
    Games · Sheng Xiao Jian Ke
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    Good lord what an info dump, so soon in the second chapter, with an almost 4th wall breaking feeling, like the author is using the mc's internal monologue to forcefully give those informations to the reader. Would have been much better if these informations were given bit by bit across several chapters in a less immersion-breaking way during related story event requiring said informations to be given, like the infos about mc's mother given naturally through a dialogue between two characters. Also, just my opinion, but I think informations about the world, the kingdom, background story, etc would have been more interesting at such an early point of the story than stuff like lifespan, cultivation realm details, flying ability, etc.

    Ch 2 Awakening
    The Rise of the Black Plain
    Fantasy · RVN_1998
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  • Stompai
    Stompai1mth
    Commented

    Bro "Big Balls" dug a hole. Pinacle war tactics no matter the time period.

    "How did he kill a Foreign Race Lord?"
    Global Lord: 100% Drop Rate
    Games · A Green Bird
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  • Stompai
    Stompai4mth
    Commented

    Yes, you have the soul of a chinese old man so you obviously cannot enjoy western culture, your dream and goal is gain western money and fame using said western culture and inventions, but you're not interested in anything else and will keep this china numbawan mentallity forever, we get it, no need to repeat it every two chapters with that condescending tone.

    The finals were between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers . If Eric soul was of a 20 years young man, he may be interested in this game, but unfortunately he have the soul of an uncle, an Asian uncle no less, so there is not much interest . He was just sitting in the living room patiently waiting for his movie Trailer to start playing .
    I am in Hollywood (18+ version)
    Fantasy · DaoFather123
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  • Stompai
    Stompai7mth
    Commented

    So a straight line to the closest boundary is about 100 000 km... around 2 times Earth's circumference, making a single region's surface several times bigger than our planet. Gotta love it when authors show so much restrain with their exaggerations.

    Ch 111 Void Energy
    The Lord’s Empire
    Games · Shen Tianyi
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  • Stompai
    Stompai10mth
    Commented

    Who's the fool really, the ones trying to run away from unknown alien things who caused deadly accident all over the city with their light show and thus can be first judged as somewhat unfriendly, in the hope to increase their (and maybe their relatives / friends) survival even if by only 0.001% ? Or the guy standing there like a retar... rational person who gave u... analyzed that it's useless and judge the people who run as fools ? Maybe I'm the one in the wrong and it's only a perspective thing, but it gives me a somewhat snobbish attitude from the mc here, hope I'm wrong.

    A few seconds later a new shiny limited Apple watch edition, ahem alien bracelet was occupying his right wrist. Glancing around, he saw many people that had a vacant look at their new ornament. Some fools were still in a full-speed dash, running like there was no tomorrow. They were soon caught up by the drones as well.
    The Oracle Paths
    Sci-fi · Arkinslize
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  • Stompai
    Stompai10mth
    Replied to Arkinslize

    2 years late but not really sure about that. in 1970 there were only 40 cities in France with more than 100k inhabitants and in only increased to 44 cities in 2020, 50 years later. And that's including oversea France. so even if we go yet again 60 years in the future for this story's ww3 and push that number to 60ish cities, casualty rate would be at worst around 1/3. But this is a story in a kinda dystopian future so anything can go.

    At this time, he didn't have any sense of food value. He was well-fed, with nothing to worry about. What Jake didn't care about in those days was that after the False Third War, when all the notorious and big cities were bombed, there had been a genuine shortage of space and manpower. More than half of every country's population had lived in these towns and capitals.
    The Oracle Paths
    Sci-fi · Arkinslize
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  • Stompai
    Stompai11mth
    Commented

    Wasn't it stated he reached 20 fold in previous chapters ?

    ‘Snow Lion! Have a taste of Yours Truly’s strongest blow!’ Channelling Tidal Push, he was sure that this 11 folds worth of power he now had would definitely crush this beast instantly.
    The Strongest System
    Eastern · Xin Feng
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  • Stompai
    Stompai11mth
    Commented

    And they even dared to act cheap by putting alarm traps trying to prevent you from stealing. Truly the most magnanimous man to ever exist.

    Lin Fan no longer wanted to boost their innate potential. Since they were all sucking up to Yours Truly, then Yours Truly would take good care of these guys. Even if these guys had once gone up to Nameless Peak rudely to pick a fight, one must know that Lin Fan was a magnanimous man.
    The Strongest System
    Eastern · Xin Feng
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  • Stompai
    Stompai11mth
    Commented

    Yeah... Don't worry, nobody beside the grand master saw through your fake "perfect & admirable" mask to witness your true personality, and he only revealed it to some senior elders... no worries.

    On the way back, Lin Fan hummed happily. This feeling was good, too good. He had not expected everything to go so smoothly. Based on that charisma of his, along with some skillful acting, he bought over those Senior Elders in an instant.
    The Strongest System
    Eastern · Xin Feng
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  • Stompai
    Stompai11mth
    Commented

    Yours Truly, obviously

    "Who?" Tian Yu turned around agitatedly.
    The Strongest System
    Eastern · Xin Feng
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