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    I love this meme

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 08:44 PM PST

    Shadows Die Twice, bitch!

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 04:52 PM PST

    Guardian Ape - GIF by @Much118x

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 02:58 AM PST

    Owl again

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 07:47 PM PST

    Game of the Year

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 05:30 AM PST

    "But Will It Blend?" Guardian Ape Edition

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 09:46 PM PST

    This reminds me of Hirata estate

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:04 AM PST

    Shura end, Kuro : why did you do that ?

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 03:03 PM PST

    My fellow Shinobis, I’ve reached Genichiro.

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 03:55 PM PST

    This motherfucker is tough

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    Thank you for the incredible challenge, Genichiro. But also, fuck you

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:40 PM PST

    Guardian Ape

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 04:47 PM PST

    I read the stories, I heard the warnings but I didn't heed them. I thought people were exaggerating, I thought they were overreacting. My god I believe them now.

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    New to the group. Hehe

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 08:30 PM PST

    New to the group. Hehe

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    I just bought the game and I went from the start to the Blazing Bull Fight not knowing i could loot corpses...

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:00 PM PST

    I hate myself...

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    I just can’t seem to stop.

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 06:13 AM PST

    Just reached Ishiin Sword Saint on my first play through, any tips?

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 10:32 PM PST

    Hesitation is defeat

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 07:46 AM PST

    It's literally a quote to live by. Don't have the courage to ask a girl you like out? Hesitation is defeat. Don't have the courage to ask your teacher a question when you know it's important and might impact your grade? Hesitation is defeat. Stuck on Isshin the Sword Saint and don't know what you're doing wrong? Hesitation is defeat. Just tell yourself that the next time you hesitate on literally anything. It actually helps.

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    Guardian ape is that you?

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 05:05 PM PST

    Does running Sekiro @144hz cause any issues?

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 04:28 PM PST

    Or shall I just leave it at 60?

    I would prefer to take advantage of my 144hz monitor if possible, but don't want any bugs or glitches.

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    Merry Christmas!

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    Just killed Isshin the sword saint. Final thoughts about sekiro

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 11:40 AM PST

    Isshin didnt take me nearly as long to beat as I thought it would. However I did die to genichiro so many times from just messing up, and I wouldn't take the revive since I felt like he just wasnt worth it. The fight is one of my favorites, had some amazing cutscenes, and really pushed you to use everything you learned throughout the game. The visuals were amazing as the fight progressed, the lighting and thunder really got me pumped as I was clashing blades with this guy.

    With sekiro as a whole I just wanna say HOT DAMN that was a good game. I've never completed a fromsoftware game until now. I've never had sword combat feel so exhilarating in a game ever.

    I got the homecoming ending, so up next is purification, I'm looking forward to getting my ass handed to me by owl father again.

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    Koshin: The Folk Belief that may have Doomed Senpou Temple - Sekiro History and Folklore

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 02:05 PM PST

    Hello again everyone! It's been far too long since my last Sekiro folklore post unfortunately. That's why, in the spirit of the Holidays, I thought I would take the chance to share the folklore behind a particular Japanese holiday and how the folk belief related to it called Koshin may have caused the demise of Senpou Temple. If you are the type that prefers videos, you can find a video on the subject here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPtKlos4vQI Otherwise, feel free to read about Koshin below.

    By now I'm sure that most of you are all familiar with Senpou Temple and everyone's favorite killer monks. However, I'm willing to bet that most of you weren't aware of the other religion that is practiced at Senpou called Koshin and just how influential this belief really was. While it's not a very popular belief anymore, there are still a number of shrines dedicated to it, and many of the surviving shrines actually exist within Buddhist temples today, just like Senpou Temple. Our biggest evidence of it being practiced at Senpou is that an entire boss fight in the game is based around some of the most well recognized figures of this practice. In this case, I'm referring to the Folding Screen Monkeys.

    The Folding Screen Monkeys are already a fairly unique boss fight in the game, but the basis for the monkeys is a key part of Koshin folklore. In game, we understand that these different monkeys are being controlled by the spirits of the former divine children, which is why the Divine Child considers them friends since she is capable of communicating with them. However, in folklore, these monkeys are better known as the Three Wise Monkeys. They are called that because each represents a different principle of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" though in this case, they also include a lesser known principle in the form of "Do No Evil".

    Strangely enough, monkeys themselves aren't actually involved with the principles at all. Rather, the monkeys came about as a result of wordplay and became an easy way to remember the principles. This is because in Japanese the principles are remembered as Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru, and Shizaru; with zaru being similar to Saru which means monkey. As a result, their imagery became a popular way to remember them. Over time, the saying and the relation to monkeys survived, even as the popularity of Koshin itself began to wane. Though the question remains, why was the principle so important to the Koshin belief and how does it relate to the rest of what is happening in Senpou Temple?

    Koshin itself was based upon Taoist beliefs that came to Japan sometime around the Heian period. At first it was only popular among the aristocracy, but eventually the beliefs started to spread across Japan until it became a popular belief in it's own right. One of the primary beliefs related to Koshin is that everyone is possessed by spirits known as the Sanshi, or Three Corpses. The principles of behaving in a proper manner are related to this belief since it was believed that on a certain night of every 60 day cycle, the Sanshi would leave one's body to report that person's misdeeds to the Ten-Tei, or Heavenly God, who would punish the misdeeds by removing lifespan or even sentencing the individual to death. As a result, the Koshin-machi, the night in which the Sanshi reported to Ten-Tei, became a holiday where friends would gather together and party through the night because the Sanshi couldn't leave and report their misdeeds if they didn't fall asleep. This makes Koshin a practice that believed that one shouldn't engage in evil acts, but also one that believed as long as the Ten-tei never learned of such acts, they couldn't be punished for them. See not, hear not, say not, do not.

    However, while the wise monkeys are proof of Koshin being practiced at Senpou, it was actually the Sanshi who proved the most harmful to Senpou overall. You see, while the Sanshi was a common name for the spirits, they were also known by the name of Sanchong, the Three Worms, which portrayed them as actual parasites that would infest their host. Suddenly, we begin to be able to see why the monks of Senpou Temple aren't horrified to find that they have become hosts to giant insects, or worms, in the words of Senpou's own founder. Now in Koshin, the belief is generally that the Three Worms actively seek the death of their host body. But perhaps these monks, who seem to have a much better control over their Centipedes than either the Guardian Ape or Hanbei, believed that by gaining control over them, they could prevent their misdeeds from being reported, which allowed them to become immortal. Or perhaps they never stopped viewing the worms as harmful and continued searching for a way to purge themselves of them in the first place.

    Pretty much all of the monks that we see in Senpou Temple that are infested seem to be in the middle of practicing something known as Sokushinbutsu. Sokushinbutsu was not a Koshin practice, but rather a Buddhist practice in which a monk would willfully mummify themselves. The practice is not limited to Japan, but it is where it seems to have been practiced the most. The process itself involves extreme fasting and in some cases ingesting poisonous brews, to ensure their bodies would be preserved after their death. The practice itself was not incredibly common, but it seems that there are a number of monks in Senpou Temple attempting it. Moreover, the only monks who seem to be practicing it are the monks who have become infested. Surprisingly, this may actually also be linked to their belief in Koshin.

    The Three Corpses, or Worms, are actually extended from Taoist beliefs. Just like in Koshin, the Taoist belief was that the Sanshi sought to cause the death of their hosts whenever possible. Unlike in Koshin though, Taoists believed that if they could purge themselves of the worms, they could attain immortality. With this, everything comes full circle. The Monks of Senpou Temple who became infested are practicing Sokushinbutsu as a means to expunge the parasites infesting them. This is why we can find the founder of Senpou Temple, inside a cave full of other mummified priests, none of whom are still infested anymore.

    Whether this practice really achieved the results they intended though, I can't say for sure. Perhaps the immortality they sought was spiritual in nature, since at least the founder seemed to view undying as something separate from enlightenment. Maybe there was a difference in opinion between the infested monks, which is why some of them didn't finish the mummification process. I can't say for sure one way or the other, all I can with certainty is that the Koshin belief clearly ran deep in Senpou Temple and that this belief must have provided the explanation they were looking for when they were trying to understand why they had been "blessed by the Worm".

    I hope you all enjoyed learning about the Japanese folk belief of Koshin and the effect it may have had on Senpou Temple. For those interested in learning more about Koshin, there are a number of Koshin Shrines that still exist within Japan, including one at Shitenno-ji, one of the oldest Buddhist Temples in Japan. I would also like to take this chance to congratulate the FROM Software team on Sekiro winning Game of the Year and to wish everyone a Happy Holiday.

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    Steam just had me tripped up...

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 09:04 AM PST

    I finally did it

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 11:33 PM PST

    I finally beat the final boss after 3 days of getting so frustrated I had to go for walks and what feels like hours of memorizing move sets but man, if that fight wasn't my favorite... No abnormalities other than one which is manageable. Just raw git gud party timing and offensive pressure

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    Do you save all items when you do new game?

    Posted: 23 Dec 2019 05:34 PM PST
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