Calling Your Attacks

Started by Shanghai Alice November 10th, 2010 7:48 PM
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No, this thread wasn't influenced by anything. So don't ask.

But yes.

Calling your attacks.

Simply put, do you make up names for attacks, and scream them out (/say them softly in your head)?

Emm... As much as I hate to admit it...

Online? Hell yeah, I do. Because I use this username frequently (Always ask if it's "Shanghai Alice from PC" if you see me! Because, you know, it could be another Touhou fan), all of my attacks have the word "Shanghai" in them.

They include:
Storm Over Shanghai/Shanghai Storm - Machine Gun Punch
Shanghai Kick/Punch - Bloody obvious
Shanghai Slaughter - Kanako help you...

So... yeah.

Am I the only one? Am I really that specially crazy?


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Jolene

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No but if I did have magical powers I would definitely give names to my spells and I would shout them out when I am casting them. I think if I had a magical spell to create fire I would shout "fires of wonder" and then set fire to someone's hair or something I dunno.

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Archer

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I'm not talking about when... actually fighting.

I mean, I'm not gonna say "<Insert RL Name Here> IS ABOUT TO PUNCH YOU PUUUUUNCH!"

I just mean, ya know, when screwin' around.
I still don't get what you mean. You pretend to fight and name your attacks? I think you've been playing too many games.

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My attacks are just simple punches, kicks, headbutts, and uppercuts. No need to give fancy names to such mundane attacks :)

But I don't have any idea why so many JRPG games (especially the Tales series) have characters yell out the names of their techniques every time they use them in battle... Now, I love the Tales series but I don't know why the characters do this xD

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Sammi

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That would involve me having attacks in the first place, both in a real sense or in joking around. I'm not much for play fighting. :p So no, I don't call attacks.

Closest I do is random quoting of other people calling their attacks, but even that is incredibly rare.

I'll make a proper signature when Pokecommunity gets a proper slogan

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I do, but they're usually from something, i.e. the obvious "FALCON PAWNCH!"
Though I have said "Sol SMASH!" once or twice, and it was pretty amusing... x)