@NEStalgia Then just use the notifications on-site, like normal people do.
But all kidding aside, I was already wondering what you were talking about yesterday, because my notifications were working just fine. (the ones that pop up in the top right corner of this web site)
I think I'm just going to mod my Wii U and play the REAL version of the game, instead of buying the butchered Switch version. I was never planning on modding my Wii U, since I'm not interested in playing pirated Wii U games AND because I've already modded my Wii, so there's also no need for me to do it, but things like this are making me seriously reconsider. Then again: I'm not sure, but I've seen people mention that the "revert to original version" patch only works on the digital version, and even though I have the black Wii U, I still don't have enough space left on there, and I don't really want to buy the digital version, since as you will know by now, I'm more of a physical games collector.
And then there's the thing of the difference in price, which in the case of the digital version will probably be quite a bit higher, compared to the by now heavily discounted physical version...
@Tyranexx Ah, well. At least we're all sorted on the exchange of apologies now...
I did see your quick "pops in to see what's going on and leaves" comment, and in hindsight, that's probably also what I should have done, but I still have one foot in it, depending on whether or not certain individuals feel like replying to me or not. I hope not, so I can be done with it, but if they do, then they'll drag me back in, because I simply hate leaving ends untied.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@NEStalgia Haha, fair point! As long as the gameplay is still functional, I guess.
I was under the impression, according to this old article about the Wii U localization, that Atlas was in charge of a lot of the localization. I do realize that may not be the case this time around and that any way you look at it, Nintendo shares some of the blame.
It still sounds like a slop-job in any case. IMO I think they should have just risked the M rating and at the very least kept that story theme in....
@ThanosReXXX I also hate leaving ends untied, though I am trying to be better at cutting my replies off when they essentially get to the equivalent of "Yes, okay, fine" over and over again.
For the sake of your sanity and everyone else's, I kinda hope the comments in that article and any subsequent replies become fewer and taper off going forward....
@Tyranexx Erm.... that's AtLUS, not Atlas, ma'am...
And concerning those comments: that's indeed what I'm hoping for. I'd like to start my weekend on a high note, but at the very least not at a disappointingly low one.
@Tyranexx - I guess the only downside in my opinion to BOTW is the new BOTW syndrome infecting fans of Nintendo franchises. Yeah, not everything can or should be a massive open world. Time to order lunch, I’m thinking a fresh poop sandwich and a pint of warm stank juice, served fresh from the haunted attraction.
@ThanosReXXX - Take me with you. You, me, Dr. Manhattan; we’ll have a blast. Well, Manhattan is a bit moody, but you and I will have fun.
@StableInvadeel - I was clicking around on news headlines during lunch, and I’m pretty sure I read about what went down in that other city you mentioned yesterday. Seems like maybe the weather in the city you’re in should be just fine, even if it’s raining poisonous toads.
@bimmy-lee I wish, apparently the hotel reservation is way too important for my parents, so we are going out later today, to get there tomorrow.
Thankfully it seems the situation has calmed down considerably, and hopefully by tomorrow it should all go back down to the normal levels of criminal activity.
As a side note, I'm happy to inform my family there is ok, some had to stay overnight at their workplaces and stuff, but most of them were safe in their respective houses.
@StableInvadeel Talk about LITERALLY dodging bullets...
Glad you're not anywhere near that insane situation. Sinaloa wins again, apparently. They should just send armies, and/or a bunch of hardened mercenaries. Or drop some napalm on them. Scum of the Earth...
@bimmy-lee Dr. Manhattan? Hell, no! That overgrown, naked six-packed Smurf needs to go. He's the bane of the DC Universe, actually. There's a whole story line, from a while back in which he's responsible for quite a few terrible things. Even worse than Marvel villains like Thanos, Doom, Galactus and you name them together. More powerful than the Beyonder and so on, and so on.
Here's a rather interesting video about the extent and limit of his powers:
No, let him stay on the dark side of the Moon, in that hidden Nazi base, or wherever the hell he's at right now, but nowhere near me...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@StableInvadeel - It would be silly for the legacy kid and his goons to still be there, so you might be headed to a safer place. I’m glad your family is fine, and hope you all have a nice time.
@ThanosReXXX - I intended to watch that video in halves, but it was so interesting I just stuck with it. I like Dr. Manhattan even more now, but still think Joker and Swamp Thing are cooler. At least Joker wears clothes, and Swampie covers his roots with leaves. Manhattan seems like a good guy... or consciousness to have as a friend. I got a little lost at the end during the discussion of the limits of his powers. It seems like his only limitation is that he exists? Which means he can then be made to not exist? Except he’s the free floating consciousness pulling all the strings, and can form himself any way he wishes, including having no form at all. Can you help me out?
Edit - Oh, and I think he’s still on the dark side of the moon. He and Syd Barrett hang out there. They get along.
Did someone said Atlas ?
Well, i have my own Atlas design as Chibi muscular man carrying a big globe.
I will take a copy of my Atlas and give it color.
Where my old folks at? I used to carry an atlas in my car. In case I got lost. I could pull off the road, into a parking lot, and spend five wasted minutes trying to figure out where the heck I was. Sometimes it even worked. Thank goodness for Mapquest, am I right, or am I right?!?
@bimmy-lee Yeah, I figured you might like that video. His other videos are equally entertaining, actually, all trying to explain fictional characters and happenings from a real world perspective, which sometimes not just makes it understandable, but also even more interesting than it already was.
As for the good doctor himself: well, good guy.... he's more of a neutral evil(*) wizard. Or perhaps that label is too AD&D for you, sorry. I think my former nerd got the better of me there for a minute...
But all kidding aside, if he was a real character, I'd probably despise him. He's aloof, doesn't think much of humanity, and thinks he's the solution to it all, as in no one's opinion but mine matters. Even though I also sometimes find it hard to keep faith in humanity as a whole, I'm still a hell of a lot more social and empathic than him, so he's basically just the ultimate douche, and not a person that I'd go and grab a beer with.
Something he probably wouldn't enjoy anyway, because he'd more than likely see intake of alcohol as a complete and utterly useless waste of time...
As for his weakness: that bit is explained from the 16 minute mark and onward. It's still explained by a math & science nerd, albeit a cool one that makes interesting comics related videos, but still...
It's supposed to make things clearer for us ordinary people, but sometimes it's still feels like he's trying to explain the square root of pi, multiplied by the outcome of the Pythagoras theorem to a complete math noob...
All kidding aside, I'm not quite sure either, but my interpretation is that he's vulnerable in some ways BECAUSE he's living outside of time, and when time is changed, as per the DC Multiverse happenings, then he has had no influence on that, and as such, can be weaker in those instances, which is why (as mentioned in the video from the 16 minute mark on) he has sometimes been beaten by supposedly less powerful characters.
That's the best I can make of it for now, but maybe we should persuade uber-hermit @NEStalgia to watch the video as well, and see what he makes of it...
(*)Just in case my AD&D reference got you curious enough to want to know what the heck an evil neutral character is supposed to be, here's the info in a nerd's nutshell:
Neutral evil characters are intrinsically selfish people, regardless of whose side they are on, and as a token evil teammate, they may sell out to the bad guy if it makes achieving their goals significantly easier.
Neutral evil beings consider their alignment to be the best because they can advance themselves without regard for others. Neutral evil is the most dangerous alignment because it represents pure evil without honor and without variation.
... If the neutral evil can use laws to weaken those who stand in the way of his success, he will use them. If he must resort to breaking the law, he will. He has no preference for either method. The only important thing is that he gets what he wants. Laws are tools to use against people, as well as their own sense of honor.
Here are some possible adjectives describing neutral evil characters: unfeeling, uncaring, insensitive, unkind, uncooperative (unless it suits them), self-reliant, wicked, cruel, depraved, corrupt, immoral, hateful, vicious, and destructive.
I know, not entirely ticking all the boxes, but still ticking quite a few of them, so pretty darn close, far as I'm concerned.
@StableInvadeel Priority #1: stay safe. That story can wait until you're back in your own home again...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX - That makes it a lot more tangible for me, thank you. If existing out of time is his greatest strength, then uprooting and shifting time would take away that strength, at least for the duration it takes time to re settle into the present. Perhaps it even makes that strength a temporary weakness.
I think we’re all Dr. Manhattan. Take away the flaws we perceive in him, and he’s us; completely in control of his present time and space. We can shape it like a sandcastle, just like he does it. I feel that way about nearly every character in The Watchmen. They’re all a slice of us, which, when combined into a whole human being, makes us the omnipotent beings of our existence.
By “good friend” I meant - if you believe we’re in charge of ourselves and have unlimited power to decide the matters around us - Manhattan would make a good friend, or a powerful enemy. I’d rather bend him into being my friend. Which probably makes me neutral evil now that I think about it.
@bimmy-lee@thanosrexxx@Redderrugfish I know you all sent me some notes but it's been a crazy day so I apologize for not replying. But yea, TGIF. I need a break.
@bimmy-lee One tiny flaw in that idea, though: because of him seeing the past, present and future as a whole, he'll know that many would not REALLY want him as a "friend" but more out of a point of view from not wanting him as an enemy, which could ultimately result in him deciding we're not worthy after all, and simply removing us out of existence...
Yeah, I'm gonna stick with the "the guy is the ultimate douche" label. I'm a heart on your sleeve kinda guy, and seeing as he's blue, he'd actually fit quite nicely in a watery environment, such as a bathroom, which is where all douches belong...
EDIT:
Forgot to respond to the rest of your comment. I agree on the Watchmen all being kinda like a part of us, but that is actually true for most super heroes out there. They all have aspects or characteristics that we recognize, which is of course the whole idea behind it and the trick to making them somewhat relatable. They have the same problems and issues as us normal humans, and they even share some of our addictions, regardless of all the powers that they possess.
But as for myself, other than being pretty darn confident of my own abilities, I've never felt omnipotent or all-powerful. Just a pretty competent and confident human being, although of late, that feeling is also beginning to wane, but I digress...
So, in short, I don't feel nearly as powerful as any of these characters. In fact, the more we know, especially in this day and age where we're looking at objects hundreds of light years away, I almost feel like we're growing more insignificant with each new discovery out there. Actually trying to fathom our size and place in the grand scheme of it all is sometimes truly awe-inspiring and humbling to me.
If we'd be sitting at a table with a good meal and some half-decent beers, I'd explain the intricacies of what these thoughts can or sometimes will do to the mind of a highly empathic and analytic person such as myself, but that would probably be a definite mood killer, and maybe even a bit too personal, so I'm just gonna leave that path alone for now.
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