The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[EspaDa]

going to play bubble soccer on Saturday. guess it'll be fun.

Haha, man, we fucking won the entire tournament. It's the first gold medal I've ever got, and I didn't even take it seriously. Was hell lot of fun tho, but it was extremely hot inside the bubble. The matches lasted only 5 minutes because people would surely pass out were they a couple of minutes longer. fun fun fun!

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Getting ready to teach my first class of the semester. I've got 2 classes at 8:00am this semester. I'm fucking SHOCKED I am even functioning today, as my summer sleep schedule was pretty fucked. I wouldn't even feel tired until about 6am but I managed to crash out hard a little after midnight last night.

Let's see how long it takes for me to fuck up this sleeping pattern now.

#wholesomepost

 

[CiG]

Just finished the first season of Game of Thrones. About to start the first season of The Walking Dead.

 

[The Ozzman]

first season of The Walking Dead.

First season hooks you in but I lost interest around 3 episodes into Season 2. I'm not really into zombies and stuff like that but I heard it got better after season 2. I just don't care enough to push forward.

 

[CiG]

I like anything that touches on post-civilization/survivalism but I definitely think I got burnt out by the fandom as it was all being released, but since the hypetrain has left town I'm finally checking it all out again at my own pace.

Enjoyed the fuck out of Game of Thrones' first season. God I hate Cersei and Joffrey lmao.

 

[The Ozzman]

I like anything that touches on post-civilization/survivalism

Same here. Post-apocalyptic scenarios and writing fascinate me.

 

[CiG]

Zombies are definitely played out though. Luckily I think the true point of The Walking Dead is that other people are the real threat to you even if you're surrounded by the walking dead. After a while zombies just become props in the show.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Game of Thrones keeps you entertained throughout all seasons. I lasted about 4 seasons of The Walking Dead and I really forced myself to watch those episodes too.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Zombies are definitely played out though. Luckily I think the true point of The Walking Dead is that other people are the real threat to you even if you're surrounded by the walking dead. After a while zombies just become props in the show.

yea that's basically been the backdrop for The Walking Dead since the beginning.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

I stopped watching The Walking Dead after season 3 or something. It gets really tedious to keep up with, and there were some really annoying characters (that I think died at this point). It's one of those shows that has gone on for too long, imo. It was good but the novelty has been just played out at this point.

I've been binging the fuck out of Naruto. I want to finish the original and then move onto Naruto Shippuden. I've been addicted, but shit I really love corny uplifting speeches with some awesome fight scenes. I'm at the middle of season 3 (Netflix is taking off Naruto September 1 so I want to be done with it. They only have up until season 3, but I'll just order season 4 and season 5 and the Shippuden series).

Also, I've got back to work blues a bit. I have like a week and a half left of doing nothing, but I've been ordering notebooks, folders, pencils and a new sharpner for my classroom. I don't want these kids coming in the first day (which happens every fucking year) with the latest trendy sneakers on but no book or folder or even a goddamn pencil. So to avoid that nonsense and me running up my damn blood pressure, they'll be receiving an accordion folder a three subject notebook for my class, and a fucking pencil. No damn excuses.

 

[no country for old wainds]

TWD is just inconsistent really. sometimes they'll hit on a great arc or ep or character, other times the opposite. my main issue was it just got repetitive after a while, there's only so many times you can go over the same thematic territory.

a better use of everyone's time would be the telltale TWD game, which is beautiful <3

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

TWD is just inconsistent really. sometimes they'll hit on a great arc or ep or character, other times the opposite. my main issue was it just got repetitive after a while, there's only so many times you can go over the same thematic territory.

pretty much this. Some mindblowingly good episodes along with a lot of shitty ones. Haven't seen last season though.

a better use of everyone's time would be the telltale TWD game, which is beautiful <3

... those telltale "games" are absolute snoozefests and are far from being on the same level as some of those good episodes or arcs from the show.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I think I lasted longer than you guys. I got to the season where they're in this highly-barricaded town, after the patch-wearing dude's town, and quit when it seemed to become nothing but family drama shit. Last scene I remember was Darryl having dinner with a gay couple.

I thought Game of Thrones went pretty consistently downhill after S2 or so, although I still binge-watched the entire show in about a month because I was sick at the time. Had pretty good characters throughout but at a certain point it feels like everything moves too quickly/easily for the main cast, and what might have once been an elaborate multi-step plot becomes some random quick-fix asspull.

 

[CiG]

Watched the debut episode of The Walking Dead last night, didn't feel that need to go straight to the second episode. Eh... I'll finish season one but I might not keep going, don't know yet. It wasn't as good as I remember.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i get hating on the telltale games from a gamer perspective 'cause they're barely games in the traditional sense, but they're way more atmospheric and emotional experiences than the show ever was for me. i'd rec them to people like CiG who probably wish the show was more comic bookish.

 

[CiG]

Are they on Youtube or anything?

 

[no country for old wainds]

they're on steam and ps4 and whatnot if you have any of those. they're usually cheap af when there's a sale on. you could prob watch a playthrough on youtube but they're a lot more engrossing if you're making the decisions yourself. it's fucking intense trying to make the right calls when you're in impossible situations with kids' lives at stake 'n shit.

the art style and mood etc are really cool and evocative imo.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

they're basically interactive C-grade films. @CiG they had a deal last week where if you per-ordered the new season on PS4 you also get all the previous seasons for free. It might still be active.

I'm not a fan of the telltale stuff, but TWD is probably the best one. The Game of Thrones one is fucking horrible.

 

[CiG]

Oh okay so I should play them, I'll keep an eye out!

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

yeah give the first one a shot, you might like it. I personally wouldn't play another telltale "game" if they payed me to