Hey there! I've seen some gifs of japanese women's wrestling over on bluesky and it seems rad as hell, but ive never watched wrestling before, any chance I can ask for some recs on where I should watch some? Like what what services are good or even your fav wrestler to follow?
I'm so sorry I never replied to this! I think the best places specifically for Japanese women's wrestling are either wrestle universe, which has a few different women's promotions packed in, the big one being Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling which has a good balance of silly stuff as well as some really good in ring action especially towards the top of the card, or Stardom's streaming service Stardom World, which admittedly is kind of a clunky site but Stardom is really killing it right now and have been a real joy for me to get back into this year!
BUT ALSO
there's a lot of free stuff on youtube! Here's Tam Nakano vs Saya Kamitani in a Loser leaves Stardom Match as well as a playlist of other free matches from Stardom
For TJPW here's Miu Watanabe (who I would die for) vs Suzume which was really, really fun this month. I can't find a playlist for Teej but I might just be being lazy, I'm sure entering "TJPW full match" into youtube will also yield results.
For wrestlers to follow I'm a huuuuge Starlight Kid fan these days, well as Miu Watanabe, Syuri, Himawari, Saya Kamitani and Konami. I hope this helps! I am not as versed on current day joshi wrestling as I am with the men's puro scene, but it's been really fun this past year to make a concerted effort to get back into watching girls throw each other around :3
onlydashes replied to your post: i missed the news is there a new person fucking up...
yeah, game revealed at e3 called The Last Night, creative director was involved in gamergate, i think one of the themes of the game is “what if feminism went TOO FAR” it’s a real bad look
real cyberpunk is inherently progressive?????????? it’s about marginalized people combating wealth inequality and bigoted systems? what in the god damn shit
Can you expand on why nights is so bad? I'm not trying to be defensive about it, I haven't heard it and I'm just curious since the main taz product is generally pretty good
it’s entirely because travis is not a good dm. his methods stifle player inventiveness and just roleplaying in general. im judging him on a super unfair level but i live with a gamedev and am a storyteller for a living, this is how my mind works now. more in detail under the cut
its definitely super unfair to judge travis like this since 1. its his first time properly dming and 2. in this instance he’s being compared to griffin whos a video game journalist for a fucking living and therefore knows a buttload of stuff about what makes good games and mechanics and what makes good story on top of that because it’s his JOB, not to mention he makes up game shit for coolgames inc on the weekly too so he’s got the biggest leg up for being a dm in the world but like....
before i listened to nights id see people online talking about how hes such an amazing dm and w/e but heres the thing... hes... not...? a good dm... everything is tedious puzzles and maps and mazes which can be good and fun if theyre executed well, but he has to spend the whole time explaining it all so much that he straight up gives away the answers or makes the answers something the characters could never find out on their own or have to get by sheer luck. having an npc guide you while giving you literal answers through a whole dungeon? not fun. making your players blast boxes until they hit a random correct one? not fun. these things could have been made good if he knew how to execute them properly but he doesn’t. he keeps making puzzles that his players can’t solve, or that he won’t let his players solve.
also through npcs or just straight up talking too much hes constantly telling the others what to do. like people criticized griffin of railroading?? yeesh! practically every turn in nights is travis telling the others exactly what they need to do. in the newest episode he gave a major character role to a guest player who knew nothing about dnd (a horrible mistake!) and had to tell the boys out of character in excruciating detail exactly what to do and exactly what the plot was rather than let everyone roleplay and find it out organically.
his storytelling is also very poor. his worldbuilding? excellent! so much detail, such intricacy! i love the world hes created for all of this! if only i could see it at all whatsoever! he describes nothing in any detail beyond what is bare minimum necessary and most of the time he opts to just tell everyone exactly what’s happening rather than let them do it. classic case of something in desperate need of “show don’t tell”.
it’s very interesting, at first I thought that the reason I didnt enjoy nights like i enjoyed taz classic was because he adhered too much to the rules of dnd, since classic goes so wet and wild, but as this has gone on and i’ve talked to my friend who develops games and mechanics for like... a living... it’s become pretty clear to me that the rules are being adhered to pretty equally. it’s just the way the story is executed that stifles the players
and it’s all so upsetting to me! i love trav and I was very hopeful for this thing. I love all of the boys characters and i was really into trav’s npcs (tara especially!) but there’s really no heart in any of this. i know they all care a lot but it doesn’t feel like it. my job is to take stories and concepts and envision them in my mind so i can bring them to visual life and this...? i can’t see anything, there’s just nothing to imagine in it. it’s not good to listen to.
