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Anti-Matter

It's already 12.30 am here.
I'm sleepy after 20 minutes watching Indie Direct.
Good night everyone.
Zzzz..... 😪

Btw, before i sleep...

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Anti-Matter

Tasuki

And this is why I hate shopping at GameStop

Me: Do you know if Ori and the Blind Forest had a physical release on Switch?

GameStop Employee:. You mean Xbox One and yes it did.

Me: No I mean Switch.

GameStop Employee: Pretty sure you mean Xbox One

Me: No it's on the Switch.

Employee:. No it's only on PC and Xbox One.

Me:. Never mind I will go somewhere else who knows what they're selling.

Employee As I leave and he looks at his computer:. Oh it did come out on Switch imagine that. (In a surprised voice)

Come on GameStop I am no genius but wouldn't it be smart to hire people who know what they are selling? SMH

And they wonder why they are going under.

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NintendoByNature

@Tasuki yea they're usually hit or miss. More miss than hit honestly. About a year and a half ago I bought a Wii u refurbished and the guy asked Why i wanted it. I explained for vc titles since the switch doesn't have vc. To which he replied, Yes it does. I said, no it doesn't. He replied, "classic games nso." Mind You, this is before we even had snes games. I was like Yea....no it doesn't have vc. Let me just pay and scoot outta here.

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ThanosReXXX

@Tasuki @NintendoByNature Ooh, that sounds both annoying, and also like people I could have some fun with, if I would be in the right mood. Over here, instead of GameStop, we have a game store chain called GameMania, and any and all people working there must have an above average knowledge about games and the various platforms, and they get regular training to stay up to date, so none of the aforementioned scenarios over there.

'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.'

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WoomyNNYes

@Tasuki @NintendoByNature Yeah, that's my experience at game stop.

A couple years ago, a GameStop by me had their used "New 3DS" labeled as "New 3DS XL". It was the cool white one with the multi-color A,B,X,Y buttons (a colorway never made for the XL, that I wanted really bad). I told them that's the regular "New 3DS", and they thought I had no idea what I was talking about. And they insisted it was the XL.

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NintendoByNature

@ThanosReXXX wish we had places like that over here. Don't get me wrong; you do have some knowledgeable folk at gamestop, but it's far and few between.

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Tasuki

@ThanosReXXX I could have had some fun but I was so annoyed yesterday that I was like whatever.

It just cracks me up for a company that totes itself "For the Players" they hire people who don't know crap about games and then wonder why they are going under. Seriously do they think car dealerships hire people who don't know anything about cars? And if they do they train them.

I will be dancing for joy the day GameStop goes out of business.

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ThanosReXXX

@NintendoByNature Yeah, we also have those kinds of shops over here, but they are more like "shops in shops", so they're a game department inside a larger store, and there it's a mixed bag of knowledgeable people and GameStop talk-alikes...

So, I always go to the dedicated game shop, unless there's a heavy discount on games, in which case I might visit other shops occasionally.

@Tasuki Although I can relate to that somewhat, I honestly couldn't care enough for companies to go out of business or not. I just take my business elsewhere and whatever happens to them, is due to their own actions.

'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.'

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Anti-Matter

@Woomy_NNYes
Next time if you visit Gamestop, show them the real picture of the machine you are looking for.
They cannot deny if the actual machines are exist.
They need to update their knowledge about video game machines.

Anti-Matter

Tasuki

@ThanosReXXX Honestly I wouldn't have gone to GameStop but the local game shop I have in my town was closed due to COVID-19 and my roomie wanted Ori on the Switch since she prefers gaming that way.

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WoomyNNYes

@Anti-Matter I hadn't thought of that. Based on their personality, I think they would have gotten mad if I tried to help them, by looking it up on my phone Some people are just hard headed.

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NintendoByNature

@ThanosReXXX for sure. Like I said I've been going to this other resale shop for games lately, but only for used one. I only bring that up since that's usually the only reason I'd visit game stop, is for used games. New games I'll grab them at best buy or Wal-Mart, unless gamestop has an exclusive like they did for Ghostbusters in the u.s.

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bimmy-lee

I gave up on GameStop a while ago. EVERY visit I ended up with the obnoxious, defiantly wrong cashier. It ruins the whole transaction really when the entire thing is an exercise in extreme self restraint.

@ThanosReXXX - Haha, no, I remember that post you linked. I remember chuckling at the time that it was well written, but wouldn’t be well received. The Sonic situation was a bit trying. I’m thinking of just your general approach to Anti, but, again, I didn’t bring it up to you in defense of him. It seemed for a while like maybe you were letting things annoy you and reacting in an atypical way to it. That’s just my perspective though, and you’re right, everything is up to individual interpretation, or misinterpretation. I appreciate the respect in turn, and the fact that we can talk about it.

limby-bee was a jerk.

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WoomyNNYes

I just purchased "This Strange Realm of Mine" from eshop $10.99 US (on sale, retail is $12.99?) We'll see if I like it when I get a chance to play it later.

@bimmy-lee GameStop "defiantly wrong cashier" haha Very acurate funny. A couple times now, at GameStop, I've had to say, "I know the game market. I keep up".

This Strange Realm of Mine:
The footage in this review is what convinced me to buy it. I didn't listen to the full review. I skipped around, mostly looking. But most times the reviewer was saying positive things. Think he says it took him less than 5 hours to beat.

Trailer

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ThanosReXXX

@Tasuki So, you risked your own health to please your roomie? Now that's what I call dedication...

@NintendoByNature Yeah, used games is a different story. I've got a couple of addresses for that as well, both online and real shops. But my regular shop also has a pretty decent used games catalog, so normally, I'd often be able to get what I want where that is concerned as well.

'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.'

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ThanosReXXX

@bimmy-lee Of course, man. Any time. What I said also applies to myself, so I also need to be able to deal with some adversity and/or people not agreeing with me from time to time, and that includes being able to discuss it like sensible adults, so we're good, far as I'm concerned.

And in all honesty, you were actually kind of right: I did let things get to me. Recent happenings such as me failing to pass that exam, other personal stuff, and now this whole Corona thing on top of all that does sometimes not a very happy ThanosReXXX make, and even I make the mistake of sometimes letting that seep through in my comments, whether I want to/mean to or not...

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'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.'

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bimmy-lee

@ThanosReXXX - Yeah man, you’ve been through a bit of a ringer lately, and then throw a deadly nope on top as a sort of grand finale. It’s rough. Well, you know we’re here for you any time you feel you’re bouncing around a bit in choppy waters. Unless you need some TP... then you can get out.

limby-bee was a jerk.

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ThanosReXXX

@bimmy-lee Oh, man, you have no idea, but some things are just too private to share here. But anyway,
I have all the TP I need for the next couple of weeks, so I'm good where that is concerned. Here's hoping stocks will be replenished by then. Stupid, egotistical hoarders...

As for letting off steam and such, I think I've already said all I wanted to say about the damn exam by putting it into that comic I made. It was me making a positive out of a negative. Any more rehashing and it'll turn negative again, so I'd rather look ahead from now on. What with the all but locked-down country, times are weird enough already.

'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.'

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Heavyarms55

Guys, I am a terrible person. I kinda hate myself for this. But I have this morbid curiosity in the back of my head all the time since these recent virus issues started. I find myself curious about "how bad will it get? how far will it go?" and I kinda want to see it. I'm always like this for bad events - where I don't want things to get bad, and I really don't!

But at the same time - in the back of my head, I get this evil little voice wondering about how things will play out and if I'm gonna get to see some major historic event and hopefully I can live through it and talk about it.

I'm terrible. I hate that every time something bad happens I have this voice in the back of my head not exactly rooting it on, but just eager to see how far it goes.

Because these things are horrible, I know they are.

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