Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I remember trying Fortnite once, only to remove it because the game wasn't my cup of tea. When it comes to battle royale games, I do enjoy the occasional game of Apex Legends on my PC (personally, I'm happy about this game coming to Switch). Being an EA published game, I'm surprised I haven't spent a penny on it and still unlocked some nice skins from just playing.

If a game is free-to-play, I can see buying an in-game item or two if I like the game. That's about it. Buying levels to level up is a completely new concept to me. Given my experience with other free-to-play games, I never had a problem unlocking stuff from playing. I've unlocked quite a few cars in Asphalt 9 on Switch from just playing, and it feels rewarding when a car finally unlocks.

@Zuljaras
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@ThanosReXXX
come on man. ill give you a coupon!
picky eater you are

@Tyranexx Between COVID and elections, 2020 has given me numerous reasons to avoid other people.

@Losermagnet I avoid people in general, 2020 just gave me an excuse to

I’ve been confined to my room, only going out once a week to buy things to eat.

So. Nothing changed for me, tbh.

@Apportal I use to tell people quarantine wasn't a big deal to me because I'd been social distancing for years.

@Losermagnet true true. However, I'm not going to sit here and say COVID hasn't affected me at all. It has, and in some serious ways too. But for the most part it's been treating me well.

Tried the Walmart pickup order thing a couple months ago, and wondered why I ever went into stores in the first place. People saying the lightbulb, cars, the internet, was the best invention? Nah. Walmart Pick-up order, is bar none.

I also don't want to start a political debate, but I totally understand. Can't stand politics in general, but it just seems this years the the worst one yet.

@Apportal If you don't mind me asking, what happened from COVID? Reason I ask is my wife (and presumably me) had it. The short of it is that we're fine, although my wife's sense of smell and taste have been altered since (which would be about 3 months).

@Losermagnet I had it during May. I got the COVID test taken around the beginning of the month and it came back positive a few days after. During the month, my strength, mindset, and sleep was drastically weakened, but I believe it was the 12th or 13th of July I felt better. My taste seems to be the only thing that's permanently changed, as everything else looks and feels fine. I live alone so no one else was affected.

Although, that's not the only way COVID's affected me. I liked to visit my family very often, but obviously I can't do that now. (After getting COVID once, you really don't want to take any chances.) And yes I can FaceTime them or Zoom, but it really isn't the same. I don't feel as close as I once was with them.

@Apportal Thanks for the reply, glad to hear you got through it. The change in taste really bothers my missus. She says some foods taste like a mouthful of black pepper.

@Apportal and ditto about not being able to be around family. It's easy to joke about avoiding people, but it does leave you feeling a bit empty inside when you can't see people you love.

@Tyranexx How dare you have a real life! Aren't we all supposed to be full blown NEETs one this website?!

Joking aside, I 10,000% agree with you on politics right now. It's rancid. It's beyond toxic. This country has gone right into the gutter while I was gone. We're seeing things happening in America that I'd had thought were part of a dystopian future if you'd told me about them even 5 years ago. I legitimately fear the future like I never have in my life. It's actually kind of giving me a sort of resigned fatalism.

(although that is admittedly tied to my own personal issues)

Epic Games is a dirty company. But none of my issues with the game, are with the game aspects themselves. Although the genre isn't my cup of tea, battle royales are a perfectly fine idea. What I don't like is the way they are monitizing it. Microtransactions for levels are disgusting. And overall, they directly market the game to children, pressuring them to buy buy buy. Just between now, and my previous conversation with @MarioLover92 I went out to dinner with my cousin, aunt and uncle, and she told me that the amount of money that has been spent on the game by their family at this point is over 1000 dollars at this point! Just on Fortnite! Not counting the console or anything. Just on microtransactions!

Epic Games is laughing at their player base. So much. I can't imagine spending that kind of money on a single game, even over the span of years. No way. If you had bought, every single Pokemon game, all main series title, all versions, over the last 25 years, not adjusting for inflation, and also counting the extra cost of the Pokewalker from HG/SS, and the DLC in SW/SH and then tax, it would be about 1400-1500 dollars. But that's over 25 years, buying all the games new, and all the versions of each game.

its dangerous to go alone!
take this.

Saw a Talking Tom game on the Eshop today. Friends, we have officially left Jesus.

"Jesus, get the stake, we're doing another sacrifice!" - God

@Apportal I’m officially converting to Xboxism. What even is the reason for the popularity of that stupid thing. Do kids really like it or something😂

Don’t know. I’m ashamed to admit I played it years ago. Absolute garbage. The one I saw on the whip was like a platformer-type thingy. Still probably trash tho

My mom absolutely loves her My Talking Tom apps on her phone, she keeps both My Talking Tom and My Talking Tom 2 active and plays with them every day.

Those are pet sims with many mini games to play though, the one on the eshop looks like a generic runner.

Oh gosh. The didn't even add a game description, and left placeholder text where their copyright information should be.

Talking Tom is one of those games you play for a couple days then get so bored you end up deleting it, or not touching it until you remember you had the app 2 weeks later and THEN delete it.

The ones my mom plays are not the plain “I repeat what you say! Lolz!” toylike apps. These are literal pet sims with mini games, and currency, and stuff.

They’re kind of like their own thing.