Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-3547390-20180802184905

Today I got to see another exception, one where we went from a promising symphonic metal band that decided they wished to play sad n' roll, which meant by the 2000s we were getting this atrocity. Note how most of the former was varied and classical, note how much the latter is based on a simple drum beat. Note the soprano/death vocals versus the more power metal-like vocals later on. Sorta like The Gathering, but The Gathering was never good, even Always was too simple (even if I could appreciate the general sound, in fact my Discord name ironically comes from Wish, a side band from The Gathering which just has a good sound while never really making a good song). The latter is torture to listen to for some reason, it is really hard to sit through. If I didn't have time I could kill and little to do otherwise, I wouldn't torture myself with such stuff.

Also, compare this generic song that could be any other in modern Lacrimas albums and say PAIN. The lesson from hitting more rock oriented stuff is that I really dislike rock oriented stuff as it ALL SOUNDS THE SAME. Ignore the voice and a couple synthesizers, it is the same thing. I swear the instruments are doing essentially the same thing. And I could compare any two songs, it is all the same...also note - verse, chorus, verse, chorus, chorus again. The chorus is always repeated twice at the end. Oh, and it isn't just rock. Make it a bit heavier, get a female singing with some synthesizers, and you got almost every Sirenia song after the first album. Ergo why I often consider generic bands to be similar to Sirenia, they are the epitome of generic. Make it a bit more sing-song like with some pianos, you got Nightwish with Floor Jansen. It never ends. Please tell me that I am not crazy for hearing the same song over and over in this stuff?

Somehow, A Sequel of Decay just doesn't ever pull that sort of thing. Nor does anything I really like. But it feels like once you go outside of these outliers, you are stuck with a repetitive style over and over, just modified slightly per band. It is just impossible to compare something like Beyond Me (duet with Sharon, only Within Temptation I can stand) to this stuff, it never follows that generic instrumental style. Perhaps that is just it, I am far less vocal oriented and far more instrumental oriented (while still needing vocals for it to feel complete), and mostly disappointed as most songs rely on the same styles over and over.

Definitely, especially since educational departments tend to get tenure, meaning even more security. I am definitely not going anywhere as well, so it is a rather relaxing life. I get the ability to spend money on computer parts and have few bills, while having a decent paying job that is relatively laid back. You know your job is good when your primary difficulty is finding ways to entertain yourself because you have so much time to do such.

Yeah, most of the people here are actually newer than me. We expanded a bit after I appeared, so I was like the end of an old wave, when the company decided to shift direction. They just are normal people and thus find it normal to find ways to exploit each other to look better. But you are quite right, get me on a subject I can ramble about, we can talk endlessly about stuff. Most people just don't share my passions; I tend to be a rather unique individual for better or worse.

I would like to try at least; you will need to create a Discord. It would give me motivation to touch Discord; I just get demotivated when people don't even bother messaging me. Outside of trying to set up a recording session with Dominus (which failed due to ennui on his side; can't complain as I did something similar a little bit back) I just haven't had reason to sit on Discord. I don't mind talking to people first, but it bugs me highly if they never return the favor, or even act like they notice when I am gone. That tends to be my problem with people... it feels like nobody holds the passion or care I do for things as a general rule.

I have a relatively good control on my emotions, even if I am highly emotional. I never have outbursts unless I particularly wish to cause one. As said, I tend to be laughed at more than respected when I do, but it is better than sitting quiet sometimes. Cold is primarily useful as I tend to live in extremes. I tend to get highly dependent on people for my happiness, wishing for them to keep me company and feeling upset when I realize how undervalued I am. Cold holds the benefit of not caring about others and allowing me to do things I might otherwise regret.

When talking metal, it is very rare for a band to keep to one style, as people tend to complain if a band repeats the same style over and over. Personally I would be fine if the style was good. Most of the time, the style isn't good at all. It seems like the Spanish are interestingly enough the ones who put out the most classical oriented vocals, but they never are as good as normal bands could be like After Forever or Tristania.

It is normal to hate on modern Metallica for whatever reason. I actually am weird in that aspect, I am sort of the anti-fan. Their early stuff was decent, but I find Kill 'Em All to just rely mostly on speed as opposed to melody. I also am possibly the only person who finds Master of Puppets boring. I rather Ride the Lightning or And Justice for All; I think the latter would be generally better but I prefer Fade to Black over One. As said before, Metallica's black album is highly generic but decent material, it just suffers a lot from being "filler" material for all the better stuff. Load was a bit better, but I hate the latter part of that album, Poor Twisted Me and Cure in particular were just horrible songs. Reload was a bit better due to stuff like Unforgiven 2 and Memory Remains, but then we had stuff like Better Than You, which is yet another atrocious one. Saint Anger is the album that is popular to be hated, but I feel it was when Metallica became their most promising, because it was filled with emotion and power. Yes; there were snare drums, but the snare drums were like beating trash cans out of aggravation. There was repetition, but it was like the endless droning as the same thoughts went through your head. The concept just worked well. I will also say Death Magnetic, while not as emotional, is an amazing album just for the technical aspect. I still feel End of the Line was the best Metallica song, plus love All Nightmare Long. Hardwired, as said before, was a monumental disappointment in comparison. Of course, it has Spit out the Bone, which I absolutely love as well (to the point I am learning it on guitar).

Wonderful choices; if I had to pick three I have shared, those would be the three I would pick as well. I think those were the three bands that left me floored and loving the stuff.

Within Temptation mostly just is a case of boring me. Their earlier stuff was bland. It tended just to drag out, mostly just building ambience while repeating itself over and over. Their later stuff is extremely poppy and even more bland. You might be disappointed to hear this, but Xzibit being in a metal song is possibly one of the biggest jokes in the genre, and I consider Within Temptation to perhaps be one of the weaker entities in the genre due to their poppish tendencies. Especially since their 2007 album, it has been hard to listen to them. Note it isn't as bad as... Theatre of Tragedy. My god was that horrible. A boring band gone atrocious. Atrocity is pretty similar, though I guess your mileage may vary if you actually like Therion's male vocals. I can't stand them, especially in their early years. Their album before Theli remains something extremely laughable.

Edenbridge I have heard of, they are power metal oriented like Nightwish. I think Amberian Dawn is as well. I just never really explored that direction; I probably should just for the sake of it. I have tried Delain and Xandria somewhat, neither seemed promising at all.

One day I will tackle the other Quakes, and if I like them, I will actually learn their intricate details like Quake 1. It feels weird when I take a step back and realize all the random experience I have gained with this game from tearing stuff apart. I think the lesson here is that a Wikia helps educate you, perhaps even more so if you are the one writing the content. If I am correct, more information is retained through writing it down or using it in some applicable way, so I end up with lots of random knowledge. It still eats me alive when something is broken (note the broken mods we have run across) as I always fear it is a failure on my end.

Oh, I know that problem well. People don't like to admit they don't know something (ironic, since my fear is not knowing enough), so you get people trying to tell you how things precisely are. They will specifically say that you don't have a right to have an opinion and try to dehumanize you. I am a weird case, I speak my opinion, but I don't make an effort to blatantly say everything is an opinion. This ticks certain people off, who feel I am being hostile unless I add "I feel" or "I think" to the beginning of every sentence.

But yes, it is quite the stressful thing when every "how do I get Quake working" would be met with "just install a more modern sourceport" or other such points moving away from the original goal. Then when you try to explain it, they will just say "it is too buggy". Not even the person being helped, just other people ignoring the original person's wishes.

I tried to recently get a game working without dealing with frustrating 5 hour waits every day. I went to a forum, thinking it would be an easy fix. Instead, I found out that the broken English person was the resident know-it-all and kept telling me my game was obviously broken because I can't use a console command the internet says is broken or have it fixed by an item that the Wikia specifically says won't fix your problem. Meanwhile they criticized my choices for playing the game (it is my fault to have 5 hours wait because I made choice X instead of Y when Y is so much more superior), feeling it should be played in a different way and that I am obviously doing it wrong and thus why the problems are occurring. They tried giving broken mods they tried explaining how to fix up in an editor that didn't do anything. I can give them credit for trying, but it feels odd when I am having to explain why their stuff is broken when they are supposed to be the expert. At the end of the day, I just realized I should stop bothering with that game since apparently I can't play the game like I want.