Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I think the partner direct hate is a mix of it not being a real direct when everyone is starved for one, and the fact that it was shadow dropped, which is asinine. I'm not sure when "this is a thing that happened"started counting as a communications strategy.

Though Nintendo's silence doesn't seem so bad while we have 2 console vendors launching consoles in, what, 10 weeks? And they are just as silent as Nintendo!

If Nintendo really launches a new upgraded switch on winter and it's holding back the games for that, though, that's a double EffU to WiiU owners.

Any direct that doesn’t satisfy my very specific expectations is absolute trash.

And those expectations include a new Viva Piñata game, so...

@BabyYoshi12 Yeah, plus I've looked into DDR and all the more recent games are exclusive to arcades. They never made it to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Steam, or even Wii U. I've played DDR before, but that was years ago. I do remember thinking it was fun, but I only played the easy songs. XD

@BabyYoshi12
DDR were available on PS1, PS2, Wii, OG Xbox, Xbox 360.

@MarioLover92
Harrrr...!
I can play DDR on Challenge level 18 on certain songs. 😛
Well, don't ask the grade i got... 😅
It was so lucky if i could pass the song with very decent score (65 - 80%)
This is my favorite level 18 DDR song on Challenge difficulty. (gameplay video from other DDR player)

@Anti-Matter I'm not surprised, you're a big DDR guy after all. Not sure if my feet can keep up with those fast-moving arrows though! Long ago I've seen a guy play Pump It Up and he was crazy good at it. It's amazing to see these players keep up with those hard songs.

At least I'm pretty good at games such as Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario Kart, and Tetris (just some examples). That's gotta mean something, right? lol

@Eel
yeah james was first, you know whats weird, i was trying to find one of tbds video on here last night myself, i was gonna post it here but couldnt find it. i miss dez

@ogo79 if you're interested, you can revisit the entire thread by searching "ask theblackdragon" on the forums.

As a general tip for anyone interested in these old threads: please do not revive them.

@Octane Really? It's very common in America to hire a company to come and trim trees or mow your lawn and such. My father used to spend hours and hours every week taking care of our yard when I was a kid. And he still had to hire someone to come and apply fertilizer and safe weed killer a couple times a year. And we had a relatively average size yard. I knew people in town with a lot larger yards.

@NEStalgia that is one thing I can say is very much not the case. As I mentioned, I've been walking all over the neighborhood lately (actually to the point that I blistered my foot and had to stay home today) and I haven't seen a single plate from the North East. Some California, Nevada and New Mexico plates but the vast majority are AZ plates. I do think most people in this community have money, but I've started to get the impression that a sizable number of households here are similar to my current situation, with several generations, or an extended family living together. There does seem to be a good number of kids, and there is even an elementary school right in the neighborhood (not that it's in use currently). On my walks, I have seen a good number of people of a wide range of ages. Mostly white and black though, I haven't noticed any people of Hispanic or Asian descent. Of course that could just be coincidence. Age wise this area really doesn't have the feel of a retirement community at all.

As for nature, well, here, nature is either manufactured, or it's dead dry soil with the occasional scorpion. In Japan I loved the nature, and I got it on my walks. That's a paradox of Japan for sure. Tokyo in American media is always talked about being super high population density with hyper urbanization. But there's trees, plants, flowers, ferns, shrubs etc etc all over. Some huge buildings in Japan convert their entire roof into a garden. There was a one huge 14 story store complex I visited and both the roof and half of another floor were just public gardens open to anyone. And in Shiga, I could walk to the lake in about an hour and a half at a leisurely pace playing Pokemon Go. Or I could go a different route into the mountains which, unlike Arizona's dry, dead, hellscape, Japanese mountains are lush forests full of life.

I grew up in Michigan, so I know full well the need to be able to drive through snow. I've driven through 8 inches of snow in a 1997 Ford Tauros (Much smaller than the current car of the same name). It's doable. Like I mentioned elsewhere, I get that people like them as a hobby or status symbol I suppose, but it still strikes me as ridiculous. I can't relate. But it doesn't directly affect me. It's just another major difference I need to adjust to. Another aspect of this totally different lifestyle I need to learn to live with...

Speaking of buying game consoles and cost, yes, exactly that. Occasionally I do feel a tad selfish and guilty at the amount of money I've spent on gaming. Then I remember that if I had saved every dime I've ever spent on gaming it wouldn't buy me one new Mustang GT or F-150, (forget the more advanced models of those) not by a long shot. So I don't feel quite as bad. Plenty of hobbies are WAY more expensive than gaming.

Ah, rivers. I've been here 2 weeks and I already desperately miss water that wasn't pumped in from another state. Why does this town exist?

The desert is full of life too. It's just a different kind of life.

To try and force the desert to be anything else is ecologically irresponsible: precious resources are wasted to keep the foreign plants alive, and native species are damaged in the process. So it's quite nice to hear your town is not interested in doing that.

One of my cousins in Arizona actually lives in a neighborhood where any plant that would not be naturally living a desert, is strictly prohibited in their gardens.

@Eel
I was wondering what kind of vegetarian protein source from desert area.
Can we cultivate mushroom on desert area inside the building for growing mushroom ?

I don't think mushrooms like the desert very much.

Living in the futuristic year of 2020, you don't really need to worry about having to produce your own vegetarian protein though... Just buy it.

@Anti-Matter Mushrooms need to be in extremely humid places. The desert is the last place they need to be in

Maybe cactuses are more reliable because I know that some "sand people" eat their fruits (but in large volumes they upset the stomach!) and they make drinks from the juices.

@Eel
i searched wrong...for the first time...what an idiot

@Zuljaras As far as I know, our local ancient natives mostly survived on fish and deer.

Does deer count as "vegetarian" protein? Eh? Eh?

@Eel Ofc it is!

"We are what we eat!"

So deer eats grass therefore it is grass. We eat deer so we eat grass therefore we are grass ... nothing is at it would seem.

Some deep stuff right there!

Perfect, that answers Anti's question then.

its dangerous to go alone!
take this.

It’s 1am, don’t make me hungry now.

yeah no joke.
one time i helped make like 21 dozen or so tamales it took like 8 hours.
and 8 minutes to eat them.