Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

So how's life with everyone lately? Hope you're doing well. I'm still wallowing in the dark trying to pick up the pieces. But at least I am blessed with the time to figure stuff out. And in the mean time, I've got games and anime, my perpetual anti-drug.

But man, there are days I want to just bury myself in a cave somewhere, or just lock myself in a room. The world, and my life right now are so far from what I imagined they would be at this point...

Heh, bet that was a bit of a shock if you were expecting it to be 120 or something, @Tyranexx .... I finished that with 300-350, though & those were easy enough to get!

@Heavyarms55
I know the feeling. Life's a struggle and doubly so in 2020. This has been a very rough year for a lot of people, including me. No job, almost no social contacts, hobbies that have been canceled, all because of this pandemic. On top of that there are the worldwide political and environmental issues that keep affecting my psyche and you've got the recipe for one of the worst years in my life.

@Rexenoboy Right there with you...

Yesterday, I shut off my PS3 accidentally while playing MGS1 before I could save after a boss battle.

This is the type of "my time was wasted" moment that makes me consider not playing it again for a year (which is literally what I did for FFVII once).

Tomorrow I will be 32 and I have 2 games arriving. Aaaand I gave up and ordered DooM 1 for the GBA from eBay Weakling!!!

@MsJubilee Actually since I arrived here, so that is years not months.

I prefer to call him out when he snaps

He is calm now so there is no need for that for another 1-2 weeks.

I'm only gonna say this advice once, take it or leave it;

If you find yourself in such an uncomfortable quandary that what a random person on the internet says bothers you, simply ignore such a person. Especially if you are frequenting a site that provides such a feature. Don't try and offer life tips, don't spend time discussing what you wish a person would or would not do, just ignore and go about your business. Complaining about it, when you're presented with a solution, is a childish act. This isn't about just one person, either.

Do what you will, this is my only advice on the matter. Which I'll take to heart as well.

@Rexenoboy @Heavyarms55 I'm with you guys. Not like things have been great just before 2020, but now it feels like the ship (the world ship) is sinking really fast...

@BruceCM For some reason, I had it in my head that there were around 400 Moons in the game. Not sure where I picked up that information. Basically the official count is more than twice that amount. XD

@Heavyarms55 Things have actually been fairly decent for the last week or so for me, but having a bday had a lot to do with that. Added a couple of Switch retail games to my collection as a result (specifically Let's Go Eevee! and DQ XI), yet I ignored them both and started playing through both Super Mario Odyssey and the 3DS Superstar Saga remake instead. XD It IS Mario's 35th this month, after all, and I've been meaning to give both games a try.

2020 has definitely been a rollercoaster. There have been some days/weeks where I just wanna go off the grid or live in some WiFi-wired cave away from civilization while everyone dukes it out. Really, what makes me ill the most are how human beings as a whole treat each other. Have a difference in opinion? Fine. But stop shaming one another if one's life experiences and general outlook are different. And that's not even getting into how everyone reacts to something when they don't have or aren't privy to all the facts....Whatever happened to peaceful discourse?

@TheFrenchiestFry But...we all like Zelda games. This is why we can't have nice things.

@Tyranexx Yeah, there hasn't been a whole lot of GameCube rereleases. Before 3D All-Stars, we did get stuff like the Wii versions of GC games, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess on the Wii U, and Luigi's Mansion on the 3DS, but that's kinda it. I suspect that the analog L and R buttons have something to do with it. Hopefully that'll change when the next Nintendo console comes out.

Yeah, I know, @Tyranexx .... There is, supposedly, a different ending if you get them ALL

@Tyranexx Peaceful discourse died when people's "opinions" became rejection of other people's basic rights and rejection of rational thought...

Some positive stuff. My love made me the Chocolate Celebration Cake from World of Warcraft.

Link for the item in the game.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=42436/chocolate-celebration-cake

The actual cake for my birthday tomorrow!

Certainly looks good, @Zuljaras .... Send me a piece?

@BruceCM Thanks! I would if I could

@Zuljaras I don't know a single person that would deny that gorgeous slice of heaven. Your SO's a good cook!

@Apportal Actually she does not cook But she does make a great effort to create those things for me.

I am the cook in the family

It's actually polymer clay!

@Zuljaras Aw man, that cake looks so good 😁

@Zuljaras that just makes the whole thing sweeter. I like to cook/bake too. I have a killer salsa recipe I'm fond of. Courtesy of my hispanic origins...