Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx I suppose I'm as susceptible as the next guy, if we're talking poison ivy or sumac, or whatever kind of prickly, annoying weeds, but I'm not hyper-allergic to anything, other than SJW's, PC culture and the chronically insulted...

Either way, sounds like the perfect location to hone my smart phone photo skills, and to extend my nature portfolio, so I'm game. Pun intended...

@Vinny Trying to imitate NLife's article write-artistry, are we?

@NintendoByNature That’s cool you picked up Bioshock. I remember playing that one again recently on PS + and the atmosphere and sound design are still really impressive. I recommend playing with headphones. The guns do lack the “oomph” of an FPS like Doom, but the powers are still pretty fun.

Did you get around to the Wonderful 101, yet? I was curious about how the Switch port plays.

@Tyranxx That’s interesting you brought that up. Apparently Blazing Fury was the first ride in park and at one point the park was called Silver Dollar City. The ride may also been called Fire in the Hole. Which might mean they created two identical rollercoasters and put one in Pigeon Forge and the the other Branson. Unless I’m reading it wrong...

I remember them constructing the Tennessee Tornado last time I went there. It sounds like a fun coaster.

I always liked rollercoasters as well. Unfortunately Louisiana and Texas have fallen on hard times with amusement parks. Our Six Flags in New Orleans shut down after Katrina flooded the park, and the “Astroworld” in Houston closed when I was kid. Schlitterbahn (a waterpark near Austin) is a good place, but a long drive.

I still want to make it to Cedar Point someday, but I don’t often travel to the Midwest. Have you been there?

@NotTelevision yea I hear its solid. Havent fired it up yet. Is it supernatural or something like That? Never played a game in the series.

Being a backer for TW101, I'm waiting on my copy to arrive. Who knows when that'll be..

@NintendoByNature Allow me to jump in, seeing as Bioshock is one of my favorite series: the whole premise is based around a "what if" story, taking elements from fiction as well as from real life. The real part of it is that the founder of the world you'll be playing in, is based upon Howard Hughes, the mad, reclusive billionaire of days gone by.

The what if and/or fiction part is taking that character, and instead of making him flee in his own mansion, making him flee to a hideout of his own making, far below sea level, and then hiring a bunch of scientists to do all kinds of experiments for the betterment of mankind, which is also where some of the supernatural stuff comes about.

But of course, as is staple in any good sci-fi horror type story, things go horribly wrong, and that is where your character gets dropped into the story, a decade or so later, so while you're playing, you'll slowly learn what has happened, and how it all got that far. I won't say any more, also to prevent spoilers, but suffice to say that it is definitely a series worth playing, especially the first two games.

So, if any of that even remotely piques your interest, then I'd say you have yet another bunch of games for your list...

@Tyranexx Yeah it's because the first part of the summer is also the rainy season - or at least I assume that's part of why it gets so humid.

Anyway, I honestly don't buy into the idea that the majority of the fandom dislike SW/SH, it's just the a popular thing to hate on and those people are louder. (I'm sure there's a big chance someone is gonna read this comment and feel the need to tell me how "wrong" I am - if that's you, reader, don't waste your time.)

The reason I like the limited dex is largely because of game balance. The National dex is too large and you end up with so many redundant Pokemon that fill the same niche. As well as some Pokemon that were just too powerful. Pokemon like Landorus-T and Mega Kangaskhan. In the format Mega-Kanga was legal, I quote a former world champion in saying "It warped the entire metagame around it". And Landorus-T has seen usage upwards of 50% of teams at times when its been legal. The way I see it, they had several options they could have done to fix this:

1. They could have made it so Pokemon was a game somewhat like League of Legends or Overwatch with characters constantly getting reworked to be better or worse in an attempt to create a balanced game - but with nearing 1000 creatures, this would be a monstrous under-taking. This style also leads to other problems such as reworks taking an OP character and making them worthless, or unintentionally making them even more broken.

2. They could have gone the route that the fan site Smogon tries (and in my opinion is now badly failing) to do. Which is to create a tier based metagame and moving Pokemon up and down a tier list over and over seeking that same balance. Which can result in similar issues, and you end up with lots of ban-hammers.

3. They do what they did, which is to cherry pick a roster of Pokemon for lore and balance reasons and gradually re-introduce some more to freshen up the metagame as the months go by to shake things up a little, and now adding a bunch which will turn the meta on its head with the DLC.

A problem they have not properly addressed though is that they only seem to pay attention to the official VGC doubles format. I would argue that that format is one of the best we've ever seen. Perhaps not the best, but close. Dynamax is obviously more balanced in doubles, the time limit is perfect for it and there is a very healthy mixture of Pokemon and teams floating around. But what is balanced in Doubles is often total crap or utterly broken in singles and they've done little to support the singles format. They don't even have a ranked ladder for full 6v6 singles despite it being a hugely popular format that many people play. I understand that frustration and share it.

And as for playing on your own time, I understand that totally. It's not like the DLC is going anywhere. And even the early adopter bonus we got in SW/SH - G-max Meowth (which is ideal for late game money grinding) has now been released to everyone.

Today is my hometown Surabaya's 727th anniversary on 31st May.
But we cannot celebrate with festivals due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Usually we have Street market festival, Food festival and Late night shopping.

@Heavyarms55
About Pokedex, honestly not every Pokemons i want to catch.
I only catch some of them with nice looking and great skills.
Complete Pokedex or not, i don't really care especially for some Event Pokemons that cannot be obtained when the event is over (Archeus Darkrai, etc).
Should i risk my life and wealth just only to catch them ?
Not worthy, i can find them in real appearance as toys or printable stuffs, that's already enough for me.

@Anti-Matter Risk your life? What are you talking about? Do you mean the festivals you were talking about? I'm confused how that relates to Pokemon.

@Heavyarms55
I meant i didn't want to waste my time and money just only for getting Archeus, Darkrai, etc.
There is something more important than hunting for Pokemons that cannot be obtained by normal way (daily life, food, financial, health, etc)

Btw, i heard something happened on USA was really ridiculous pitiful.
Peoples lost their humanity, destroying public places by racism issues.

@Anti-Matter yes its verry hurtfull to see.
Hope things get better soon.🙏

@Anti-Matter I mean, Pokemon has never charged money for specific Pokemon... Some time could be wasted back in the day when you had to go to a store or something to connect to a local signal at that store but that's all. It's not like EA or 2K where you have to do microtransactions just for a chance at certain players. lol

And there's a whole lot of nastiness going on in the US right now. Very true. But I for one am not at all surprised. This kind of thing was overdue.

This year 2020 should be fun.
Year of Golden Rat.
Mickey Mouse, Pikachu, whatever...
My Chinese Zodiac sign is Wooden Rat.
It should be fun to celebrate my 36 years old on this year.
But we got a whole new disasters through this year.
Covid-19, Tension on USA, Bankruptcy, etc.
This year has been cursed.
Not even a Golden year.

@Anti-Matter What if I told you that the zodiac thing is made just for fun and it does not predict anything?

It is made for 12 year old girls to think that something good will happen to them in the future.

@Anti-Matter please don't speak on things you know nothing about. Stick to kiddie games and six pack abs bud.

@redd214 I was gonna say something about how things were actually the other way around, but glad you stepped in there, because you have more right to speak of it than I do, although I definitely sympathize with the victim, his family, and the African American community.

@ThanosReXXX thanks my friend. Been a very very trying week and there's a hell of a long way to go. Trying to put this whole think into perspective for a 10/12 year old has been tough but man, thank God for video games! Perfect escape!!

@ThanosReXXX thanks for the info. I fired it up last night for 30. It looks great and definitely will keep me on my toes. I like those kinds of stories, and love the setting thus far, including the 1960s theme.

@redd214 Indeed they are. I basically immersed myself in Animal Crossing to get that awful video out of my mind, or at the very least push it back to a place where I'm able to deal with it.