(L) Girls und Panzer

[Infinite Zenith]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

I always uses TVTropes as a possible supplement, never evidence.

This is one of those few times where I must concur. The whole notion of 'no such thing as notability' means that people may potentially mess with information for their own gain. Thus, readers must exercise caution when reading and interpreting their information. Of course, being an editor myself there (however sparingly I contribute), I can ensure that more obscure stuff, such the length of the school ships, is in fact accurate (by finding a good source to back up the claims).

[willx]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

You see? The power of Girls und Panzer means that I can find some common ground with arkhangelsk and Sumeragi, two people whom I immensely dislike and usually disagree with! Such is the power of tanks!

That's racism! Bigotry! Discrimination!

You need to hate people more equally. It's very liberating! I hate people all equally .. just some more equally than others.

[Myssa Rei]

Originally Posted by ForwardUntoDawn

*snips*

And to be fair, we actually had a good idea of the scale for the ships, since Ooarai's dimensions were already available within a week or two due to the free giveaways (which also meant the scans were easy to get). Everything else had to be dependent on the stuff that was in-show (which led to both spot-on conjecture and the usual tinfoil hat crazy theories), as the BR supplements on the setting only became availables with the BRs themselves.

[RRW]

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Did I mention +18

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[Infinite Zenith]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

And to be fair, we actually had a good idea of the scale for the ships, since Ooarai's dimensions were already available within a week or two due to the free giveaways (which also meant the scans were easy to get). Everything else had to be dependent on the stuff that was in-show (which led to both spot-on conjecture and the usual tinfoil hat crazy theories), as the BR supplements on the setting only became availables with the BRs themselves.

Here, it's not an issue, but for individuals who largely depend on TVT for information, the assumption that they have access to source materials is somewhat unfair for those of us on the other side of the planet, where there is no access to source materials. Thus, it is the editor's duty to ensure that they A) provide accurate information and B) remove false information. I am not implying that the TVT page for Girls und Panzer is poor (it is well-written compared to some of the other pages), but experiences there have involved overly-serious editors trying to replace fact with fiction, hence my caution. This is actually why Fast Eddie banned me: I was removing Troper-sanctioned speculation wholesale. Still, someone has to do the dirty work, and while people claim Fast Eddie (powerword Gus Riley) can code, I got around his IP ban and have continued to do what I do best.

On that note, my speculation turned out to hit the nail on the head, right down to the strategies used and outcomes of the show based entirely on what had happened in the show up until that point. The examples supplied were written by someone with a reasonable background in counterinsurgency doctrine and had some familiarity with story-telling elements, accounting for why they remain realistic and ultimately predicted almost everything that happened in the final two episodes. Not all speculation is worthless: the trick is exercising caution in knowing what is reliable and what isn't. Now, since Wild Goose and I were right about virtually everything in the show, how about we start agreeing with us rather than, say, Sumeragi and willx?

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by RRW

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Did I mention +18

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I KNEW it!

~searches~

Endless "Searching" Soul

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by ForwardUntoDawn

This is one of those few times where I must concur. The whole notion of 'no such thing as notability' means that people may potentially mess with information for their own gain. Thus, readers must exercise caution when reading and interpreting their information. Of course, being an editor myself there (however sparingly I contribute), I can ensure that more obscure stuff, such the length of the school ships, is in fact accurate (by finding a good source to back up the claims).

Not again. We've just been through this already. Even the "I'm an editor so I'm right" argument.

[Myssa Rei]

Yep, the thread has gotten to the point where we're entering circular arguments now.

I suggest retiring the place until the next OVA and its supplements come out.

[Wild Goose]

That ain't happening. We've all fallen down the rabbit hole. We're all mad.

A show, about girls and tanks, has spawned discussions nonstop over the last six-odd months and over 300 pages. That works out to slightly under 2 pages a day of arguments.

[MeisterBabylon]

Originally Posted by RRW

What on earth.

"I am unable to provide an adequate explanation for this."

"Theorize, Mr Data."

[Kyuu]

OK, I just finished watching this series - in the span of the past week. And I must say... I have always been amused by the ability for a tank driver able to drift -- with a tank. Someone mixed in some Initial D here.

[Wild Goose]

Originally Posted by Kyuu

OK, I just finished watching this series - in the span of the past week. And I must say... I have always been amused by the ability for a tank driver able to drift -- with a tank. Someone mixed in some Initial D here.

Oh, you can actually do it IRL; there's vids of Leopards and Abrams doing it in the snow, and a vid of a Bradley in Iraq doing a powerslide park.

[Top Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Oh, you can actually do it IRL; there's vids of Leopards and Abrams doing it in the snow, and a vid of a Bradley in Iraq doing a powerslide park.

True, but never let the battalion maintenance sergeant catch you doing it!

[Endless Soul]

Over 6k posts, 316 pages, and yet somehow this show never got a sub-forum.

Endless "Too tired to have a nickname" Soul

[Gravitas Free Zone]

Well, the show is back in Older Series again now...

So... this should be recognizable...

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The real-world tanks do have a certain charm to them, but the story still works out in a fantastical setting.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by MeisterBabylon

What on earth.

"I am unable to provide an adequate explanation for this."

"Theorize, Mr Data."

You never played Panzer Dragoon? Shame!!

- Tak

[Gravitas Free Zone]

Unsurprisingly, the GuP-version of the Maus from Platz has been announced and sold out of the first run within hours.

[LoweGear]

And preview scenes for OVA 5 are out... and it is MOST GLORIOUS:



An entire OVA dedicated to Yukari and Erwin?!?!?!

Also, a bonus: Uesaka Sumire (Nonna) performing the Russian National Anthem:

NicoNico

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20062892

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[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

And preview scenes for OVA 5 are out... and it is MOST GLORIOUS:



An entire OVA dedicated to Yukari and Erwin?!?!?!

[Infinite Zenith]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

Yep, the thread has gotten to the point where we're entering circular arguments now.

I suggest retiring the place until the next OVA and its supplements come out.

It's not over until those OVAs are all released, and current trends nowithstanding, I'd hazard a guess that OVA six will come out late June

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Not again. We've just been through this already. Even the "I'm an editor so I'm right" argument.

I'll say it again. I got a permanent IP ban for deleting things tropers were peddling as correct. I certainly have no respect for the site or its users, and to stick it to the likes of Fast Eddie, Fighteer and Madrugada, I've been ban-evading.