Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@HobbitGamer thanks. I'm feeling a lot better right now, though I still don't trust food at the moment.

Also wow that sounds extremely painful... And dangerous! Glad you're ok.

@RR529 I did. Still trying to figure out if that was a drug or a brothel.

It's been awhile since I've had food poisoning; I think the last time I definitely had it was from potato salad that had sat out too long. There's a such thing as getting way too acquainted with the porcelain throne in my humble opinion.

A bona fide case of the stomach flu in college is still responsible for the worst bathroom campout I've ever had.

(I'll refrain from getting too descriptive since this stuff doesn't typically bother me unless I'm sick, but I do know some people are more squeamish than I am.)

I actually got salmonella food poisoning once in college and it was one of the worst experiences I have ever had in terms of illness. I might have actually had to be hospitalized had my roommate not made me drink water in order to avoid serious dehydration. And about 36 hours after it began and my body finally stopped rejecting anything I tried to eat - I still had no appetite for almost a week. I went several days on water and a handful of saltine crackers.

And although I can't say for absolute certain, I am pretty sure I got it from undercooked chicken from the university food court. It was over a year before I could bring myself to eat anything from that vendor again.

Only other time I was sick in a arguably worse way was when I had some kind of lung infection that lasted several months. Never did figure out what that was because I stubbornly never saw a doctor. In hindsight that was probably stupid of me.

@Anti-Matter It's okay my friend, let's just forget about it and move on.

@HobbitGamer Segways are friggin' dangerous. But good alternative, nonetheless.

@StableInvadeel I hope you remember your own comment the next time he lectures someone...

P.S.

And "thanks" ever so much for waking up @NEStalgia the train nerd again. More "wonderful" topics coming up...

@Tyranexx Well, not having any pizza place anywhere near you might also be a good excuse to go and jog to them. Doing some exercise to get to the fast food might make you feel a little less guilty and/or negate the effects of eating it...

Then again: if we're talking several miles, then that might not be such a good idea after all, unless you're in real good shape.

@NintendoByNature I was going to say good luck, but then I realized you must have already had the interview. Hope it went well. You got some good tips from other users already, so I hope these helped. But for the next time, always remember that an interview is a two way street, not an inquisition, so they should also show YOU why you would want to work for/with them, it's not just a matter of we're going to invite you to hold a speech and put you on the rack and do 20 questions...

@Heavyarms55 Well, the most important thing is that you enjoyed it. Good thing this demo came out, otherwise, you'd have to take a chance on the full game. But far as I'm concerned, most if not all of the games in the series are good, so they're a pretty safe bet overall, if you like JRPG's.

Agreed on the invisible walls, though. On the other hand: I was glad that I wasn't able to accidentally fall off that mountain, at the beginning of the game, so in that respect, it's kinda good that they're there. That and some other minor gripes is probably also the reason why many reviews mention the label "classic JRPG", because in some ways, the games feel kinda old school, but personally, I also feel like some of that is part of its charm and attraction as well.

So, now that you've played and enjoyed the demo, I guess you'll end up buying the full game as well?
If so, then don't erase the save game of the demo, because the progress in that demo carries over to the full game. Unless of course you actually WANT to play it again.

Here's some decent tips as well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/ctkxbg/drago...

@RedderRugfish 20 years, huh? How time flies, man... But I'm still happy that I own one. After that first Dreamcast Collection on Xbox 360, I was kinda hoping that they would release more of them, because far as I'm concerned, there's a whole treasure trove of games that definitely deserves to be known by more gamers than just us fans of the system.

@ThanosReXXX Oh no question, I will be buying the full game for sure!

I'm normally able to ignore the ads on this site fairly well, but fair play to the Black Desert guys, putting Megan Fox in your ad has won my attention.

@ThanosReXXX I’m sure he will learn and try to be more tolerant in the future. Right @Anti-Matter? 🌚 It’s a journey you two can take together.

@StableInvadeel I'm already quite tolerant, so no need for me to take that journey, thanks.
I guess I do need to go on a solitary journey of "how to let go of not being able to hold people to the same high standards as I do myself when in online discussions"...

The game has been released on Steam as Early Access since August 2019. The console version will be later like My Time at Portia.

@Anti-Matter Oh 505 games.....they have such a stellar track record supporting paying Switch customers!

Remind us in a year when they make the game actually run correctly....

@NEStalgia Aw, you just hush now, 'ya hermit...

Here's something to keep you busy:

And there's plenty more where that came from.

@ThanosReXXX Fear not, I already have that and all of the DLC packs! Played it quite a bit over the past Winter/Spring.

Sadly some of them are PC-only still Still waiting for the CSX Heavy Haul pack that will never come. The game is also buggy as heck. Par for simulators, but tons of times you complete objectives and it doesn't actually register...you have to reset and start again.

I dunno, sounds pretty realistic to me.

@HobbitGamer Nono, in the game, you complete objectives and it doesn't register it and you have to do it all over again. In real life you just don't complete the objectives at all, or at least not within the allotted space of time. Totally different.

@NEStalgia Ah, and here I thought I had something new and interesting to show you, but I should have known that you'd probably found this game already...

Maybe something a little bit different, then:

@ThanosReXXX I saw that in the E3 showcase....I immediately thought of you mocking me when I saw it.

The insinuation is that they massage the player character with their chest. It's a long running Dragon Quest gag (it's been in almost every game in some capacity), and there are many characters throughout XI who'll offer it. However, while that first one may be legitimate, almost all the others are fake outs of some sort (I don't want to ruin the funnier ones, but a common one is that they'll admit that they were applying makeup to your face). As well, I believe one of your later female party members (as well as some female monsters) can learn it as an in game move that temporarily charms male opponents.

I think it originated as Toriyama humor, as in the first arc of Dragon Ball, it's what Roshi asks Bulma for in exchange for putting out the fire on that mountain (though she has Oolong stand in for her).

A common variation on the joke is that they actually massage your face with other unexpected things.