Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Lols, they often seem to overdo those .... It can be fun stomping them, though

@ogo79 Is MP5 actually a thing?

Buying gas at Wallops Island Flight Facility almost as fun as seeing Spacex Falcon 9 launch. Maybe better! ❤️❤️ (I gassed up the car there yesterday)

@Heavyarms55 yeah, "mp5 player" = handheld console+media player. I don't know the logic behind the name, though.

Never heard about MP5.
But sure i have listened to AM-3P from DDR 2nd Mix for almost 17 years.

Hmm, never heard of MP5 before .... I suppose it does, sort of, make sense but eh

@Eel I always preferred the more traditional bubble wrap, instead of those weird little air bags.

I suppose these use less plastic or something.

At least they're fun to pop too, when you're not stepping on them in the dark.

Lols, according to Google, it seems to be a machine pistol ...

Yeah, it seems like a bit of a misleading 'format' .... Does anyone still use those portable MP4 players & similar? Or just their phone? Since even mid-range Androids can handle most video formats (with a suitable player & codecs, easily obtained), it seems unlikely nowadays
It's a long time since I had a dedicated MP3 player, before phones could really do that at a reasonable price & I never bothered with a video version! Now I have a PC, I usually watch anything on there, too

I still have an iPod shuffle that I bought a long time ago, though I mostly keep it safely stored, and use my iPad as a music player instead.

Yes, that's why I added player, @Link-Hero ....But the only things linked to playing these 'MP5' things were dubious sounding versions of MP4 players As I pointed out, most Androids can play most videos, so why would you get a dedicated portable digital video player anymore?

@Link-Hero Ah it's a buzz word basically then.

lol

@Eel Yeah, it's probably about less plastic, because technically speaking, it's certainly not a better way of protecting the contents of packages, seeing as you can't really "wrap" those bigger bags around something, especially not if it has some kind of odd shape or form, and that is something which you obviously can do with bubble wrap.

And on a personal note, I like bubble wrap more because it gives you more bang for your buck. Maybe not in sound volume, but definitely in amount of pops.

@BruceCM Good that you added the word "phone" in there, otherwise, some unsuspecting readers might think that you're talking about robots being able to play back video content...

All kidding aside, I'd simply call them smart devices instead of "Androids", since not just Android-based platforms can do this, obviously, but also iOS-based ones.

What are everyone’s thoughts on Paper Mario: The Origami King?

@Apportal
I haven't played Paper Mario Origami King yet.
Still busy with terraforming on ACNH.
But i will consider Origami King as replacement of TTYD as i will never able buy TTYD from Ebay with very unbuyable price + Covid19 pandemic made it impossible to be delivered to Indonesia.

sixrings is like the Bizarro version of that Black Knight 93 dude or whoever. Same level of embarrassing obsession with Nintendo, just on the opposite end.

It'd be very easy to ignore them, but its still kinda annoying that they're wasting everyone else's time.

I've got a lot of very unwelcome changes coming to my life in the next few weeks ( #2020 I know ) and it's stressing me the hell out. It's made worse because I find I can't talk about it with people - even though I know they mean well, all the things they say - the what ifs, platitudes and silver linings don't just not help but tend to make me feel worse about it. If I start sounding angry or rude on here, it's almost certainly not you guys. So feel free to call me out.

@Anti-Matter That sounds like replacing an Apple with a potato because they are sort of the same shape. TTYD is a fantastic (J)RPG and Origami King is... something else. They share an art style and characters but the game-play is quite different.

Took a bit of a light forum break for most of this weekend. I intended to get on for a bit last night, but a headache stopped those plans cold. It's not often I go to bed early on a Saturday night. Good news is my head doesn't have an internal jackhammer messing it up today.

@Heavyarms55 Oooh, gonna have to look that one up. Some insane part of me likes watching wrecks and explosions. 😁

@Apportal I only put in like 2 and a half hours into PM:TOK, but I like it so far. I love the writing in this game, its environments look gorgeous, and the soundtrack is absolutely excellent. The battle system's ring mechanic takes some time to get used to, but there's no more one-use-only attacks like in Sticker Star and Color Splash, which is a major plus.

I doubt it'll be my favorite Paper Mario game by the time I'm done with it, but I already like it WAY more than SS.