Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I was toying around with the Ring-Con and accidentally found you can use it on it's own! The joycon turned on and started making a noise. It keeps track of the presses and pulls, and apparently you can then go to the main game and upload that information. That's really cool. I'll definitely use this function more often than the main game itself

@Anti-Matter I'll look into that after I'm done with a few rl things.

Edit: I don't see anything particularly bad about that user. Try reporting their comment next time you find them offensive so we can see your angle a bit better.

@Heavyarms55 I was in a group of 5 last night at one point, 4 of us were remotes. Genesect is surprisingly squishy; that 4X Fire weakness is helpful lol. Unfortunately, out of three raids I didn't catch the sucker; not only is Genesect bouncy as heck, but it does NOT wanna stay in the ball. What was really frustrating about my third and final attempt was that I was really trying to time my throws and golden razzing like crazy, yet I STILL lost the sucker. Two shakes half the time even. I was out of passes anyway, so I decided to call it a night.

@BruceCM No prob! It'll probably just be a sandbox type of environment for me to experiment with, but who knows? Some excellent games originated in Unity. I never got the hang of making my own assets, though....

@MarioLover92 I certainly liked some of Melia's Arts. I was mainly bothered by her lower HP even with gear and gem investment. And she took a little more setup than what I was comfortable with. Honestly I probably should've spent more time with her, but I snapped to the roles of most of the other characters more.

@SM3DASislit Yep, replace "internet" with "social media", and we're in agreement. They're neutral tools, like pretty much everything else. There are right and VERY wrong ways to use them.

Waiting until some games are on sale or marked down helps me save money, at least. I have to be REALLY excited about a game to buy it day one, or close to it anyway.

@ThanosReXXX Again, totally understandable. No problems here.

@Tyranexx Yeah Genesect does seem to be a tougher one to catch. I've beaten 5 on my main account and caught them, but several took 15+ balls. No shinys though... On the other hand, I managed to beat one today with only me and one other player. I am level 40, and the other guy was 42, so we both had real solid Pokemon. But 2 people winning in a 5 star raid is a bit nuts to me!

@Heavyarms55 To be fair, the first one I lost as I was a bit careless, but it was the lowest in CP anyway. I had horrible timing with Genesect #2, plus for some reason the game decided to interpret one of my Premier ball movements as an actual throw.

It's probably a good thing I was home; I was admittedly slinging expletives at times.

I unfortunately ran out of remote passes and coins. Hopefully they’ll give out another one for free eventually.

@ThanosReXXX I was replying to your comment where you were venting about the coronavirus, pretty sure it was about the protests outside the US capitol. I said that I felt similarly disgusted with people in England who were not responsible enough, and then cry out when they’re under lockdown...

@ThanosReXXX, @Tyranexx
I replaced "internet" with "social media" like you guys suggested. Thanks for the suggestion.
I originally said internet because people will say "because internet" when something bizarre that only "the internet" would accept without question. (If that makes any sense).

Also, everyone that said something about the "situation" is correct, and your responses were professional.

@ThanosReXXX
That's also another problem with social media is the unofficial "news sources" (AKA fake news) that spread false info around. I'm hoping that with the threats/lawsuits that Facebook has been getting recently, that social media sites will start taking things like fake news more seriously than they have been currently. I forgot what it's called, but you're absolutely correct with the flat Earthers example.
Sometimes, we just need to vent. We probably should drop the mic here as well, before a war gets started in here.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand
Interesting, I can see that. I guess I've never been a huge fan of companies changing their logos, when I thought the "old" logo looked more professional and could get away with looking modern as well, like when Netflix changed their logo to the current version, it took me a while to get used to it, for the reason stated above.
Also, I guess the Danish now have a "superhero" now. I wonder what he should be called?

@Tyranexx
That's true, even if you have problems getting your backlog reduced, at least you can save money by getting them on sale.

@Tyranexx I know that feeling. Occasionally if I run the game for a long time, or if I'm playing in hot weather and my black phone in a black case heats up, the touch screen gets less responsive and trying to curve my throws sends balls off at random. It's made me curse up a storm too.

Yeah, I'm sure a lot of the lone devs have to get assets, @Tyranexx.... You'd probably know where to look, anyway

@theJGG Aha. Well, I wasn't venting about the virus, but indeed about the idiots storming the capitol. They may also happen to be Covid-disbelievers, but that wasn't my point.

@SM3DASislit People with lots of X's in their names are always professional...

And I already figured that you meant to say social media, but I figured I'd add that nuance, just to be clear. Mainly because there's far more hate and (interactive) toxicity on social media than on the internet in general.

On the topic of social media monitoring/sanitizing their own services: although I fully agree with you, I also fully realize the enormity and difficulty of that task, considering how many millions of messages are posted each and every day, so if they're ever going to be able to find or construct a waterproof solution for that, remains to be seen.

P.S.

Tyranexx is not a guy.

@ThanosReXXX I do not know if you are familiar with Warcraft and today I saw that. It is hilarious!

Yay...!
I finished Sly 3 PS3 just now. 😄
I have finished three Sly PS3 games in 4 weeks.
Well, now i'm playing again Ratchet & Clank 3 PS3 just to revisit previous places and do some unfinished business.

@ThanosReXXX It's all irresponsibility at the end of the day, really. Should have been more topical, my bad. But that particular sequence of events is deplorable and to think the outgoing president endorsed this tom foolery. The fact that people were killed makes this an embarrassing and deeply disgusting moment in world history, to think that people would kill and die for a president that's leaving in two weeks. As if that would have actually done anything.

It's dangerous to go alone!
Take this.

Hey there everyone.

I made a song and video for an upcoming hip hop artist. The lyrics are in Dutch but if you feel like listening to it, it would be greatly appreciated. Don't feel pressured though.

Beat and video by me. 😁
Lyrics and vocals by Anto.

Thanks for checking it out.

@Daniel36 Personally I'm not a fan of hip-hop, but the cinematography and colour choice is very good. Especially the scenes of purple, those have good lighting. For reference I have a Star Wars lava lamp that glows dark red, magnified by mini TIE-Fighters, and that kind of evil lighting is haunting. It can make or break an atmosphere, but all in all, well done.

Dutch... what an interesting language! I say this both in general conversation and in the context of Formula 1, due to the media's mass lionising of Verstappen. I find it fascinating how often Dutch reporters, and personalities in general swear, for example, because to a native English speaker to hear obscene words like m*ng*ol spoken by a race driver in passing conversation, is strange. But hey, it's a fascinating language and culture. Are you Dutch?

@theJGG Thank you very much for your kind words. They mean a lot.

Yes, I am Dutch, and it's true, obscene words aren't much frowned upon in our day to day conversations. No need for examples, but yes, we have quite a reserve of swear words used often.

Thanks again for taking a look! 😊

@Daniel36 I tend to get along well with them, because they’re straight talkers. It’s a nice way to go about, and cuts out a lot of time wasting too. Hopefully my feedback helps improve your collaboration, and best of luck otherwise.

@Zuljaras If I'm familiar with Warcraft? Am I ever...
I used to play the first three games on an almost daily basis. I only tuned out when it became World of Warcraft. Never been interested in the whole "continuously online multiplayer" thing.

@theJGG True, it's all very, very sad. It's almost otherworldy at the same time as well. Or maybe I should say as if in some alternate reality, where these kinds of previously unthinkable scenarios can actually become real. Oh, well. Here's hoping for better days and more people seeing the error of their ways.

On Dutch: I actually live in Amsterdam. Been an American for the first 8,5 years of my life, still got family over in California, and I now live and work over here. Been traveling all over the place before that. Funny how you mention that they swear so much, while when they look at us, they mention how much we use the F-word, and other non-allowed words such as motherf*****, so to them, it's actually the other way around.

The Dutch are definitely VERY direct, but I actually like and prefer that, because you'll always know exactly what you have. It's the original WYSIWYG society...

@Daniel36 Just to give you a heads up: take this comment as constructive criticism/friendly advice, because your post immediately made me think one thing, namely "Oh, no. Another one who joined but hasn't taken the time to actually read the community rules before posting stuff"...

Taken straight from those community rules:

2. General Behaviour

d. Do not beg; Begging for anything is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to; asking users to visit a website; asking users to visit a YouTube channel; asking for a download code; etc.

6. Spam, Advertising and Competitions

a. Do not post adverts; Posts simply to promote your own website, YouTube channel, social media account etc. are not allowed. Instead, you are allowed to include a link in your forum signature.