Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@COVIDberry probably some word showing up on the profanity filter. What post are you talking about, exactly?

@Eel This one, where I was addressing Teksetter: https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/general_discussion/the_ch...

I'm quite sure I didn't use any profanity, though...

@COVIDberry Ah that one. It came up in the profanity filter, and I swapped out the word.

In case you're curious, it was the word you used to describe yourself. The one that can be used to describe something that is "thorny". It is detected as profanity here.

This reminds me of a piece of British slang I was innocent about until a few years ago. Let's just say a lazy American form of "Get", in addition to a cheekily named source control platform apparently raises a few eyebrows on the British Isles.

@Snatcher I've heard of Arlo, but I don't believe I've ever watched any of that channel's content. I might check that out. I have heard of that BotW review, but I don't think I can sit through an entire three hours lol.

@BruceCM Yep, I found it wiser to take my two cents, so to speak, and post my thoughts on the matter in the respective thread. My take would have, at the best, been swallowed by the comments on that article. I believe the article itself was well-intentioned and indeed meant to fuel healthy debate. However, the sheer amount of comments before I even posted (Thankfully they're collapsed on mobile) is usually a pretty good indicator that any coherent discussion is swallowed up by Trubbish.

@TheJGG Hope that shot is treating you well. It is very wise to get it in your non-dominant arm, in my case my right. I usually sleep on my left side anyway. I was prepared for the worst after the side effects my mother dealt with, but I needn't have worried. It's strange, because my immune system is usually pretty hyperactive. Especially around now/allergy season. I've heard the average recovery time is 12-48 hours for the most part if there are any side effects, but those vary by person. I'd argue the arm soreness was worse the first time, in fact.

As for why I want to post in the Skyward Sword article, before thinking better of it; I wanted to put how I felt out there, but I realized pretty early that it wouldn't be worth the headache. It's a shame that I need to tiptoe around some articles; the Pokemon and Zelda series especially as they're two of my absolute favorites. And yes, those rotten beetles come back every year. They're an invasive species here with few effective control methods. Unfortunately they aren't picky about what they eat, and they're attracted to an American Elm in my backyard. There's no way to keep them off of my roses besides manually knocking them into a bucket of suds. Their smell attracts more of their fellows, so unfortunately that method is...well, I don't know about the most effective, but it is environmentally friendly. They aren't the only pests I contend with, but a large amount of them can completely skeletonize a tree or plant.

I don't know about reincarnation, but I 100% agree! I certainly have friends I like going out with, but I'm certainly not one of those people who needs human interaction every weekend night. Different people can definitely change the dynamics of an excursion, what you do, one's own feelings, etc. Friends are certainly unique, awesome, dynamic, and precious.

I'm still listening to those tracks when browsing the forums. In some cases, I daresay I like them better than the originals! It's fun listening to different takes on a song, especially if it's one I'm very familiar with. I'm really curious about what else you'll put out in relation to the Final Fantasy series. While I've only played VI to date, I am familiar with a couple other tracks from the series in my online wanderings, such as One Winged Angel.

On Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: I think I've decided to pass it up for now. Underwhelming changes you lightly touched upon aside, my backlog is still stuffed full of RPGs. If I were to wade into the series, it would probably be with a more recent entry. At least...if the games work anything like most Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest entries where there's little to no relationship between them. How reliant some series like the Trails games are on the player playing through previous entries can be a big part as to whether or not I dive into them.

As for the Final Fantasy series, I'm looking forward to learning more about XVI, though I highly suspect it won't make the Switch anytime soon...or at all. The game is in part why I'm looking forward to what Square Enix shows off at E3. I do certainly look forward to the time when we can trade notes on more FF games! Alas, my experience only extends to VI for now.

Honestly, I used to think I was strictly into RPGs with fantasy settings. However, playing classics like Chrono Trigger and Earthbound, and then more modern takes on sci-fi/fantasy showed me that, yes, RPGs in settings outside of swords and magic can be quite fun! To be fair, I didn't really get into RPGs outside of the Pokemon series until high school; I didn't have a lot of exposure to them when I was younger. At least around here, if not in general, RPGs used to be pretty niche. I wouldn't advise getting Eos injected into your bloodstream until sometime after your Covid shots are over; I'm not sure your immune system could take it! As for FF VII and VIII....I was considering grabbing the physical dual pack that released in Japan, but I'm on the fence about even playing VIII. I think I'll stick to digital releases where VII-IX* are concerned.

I've read the BotW DLC adds, at least, another 20 hours to the game. Which suits me quite nicely. I'm sure there's more to Revali than what I witnessed in the game. He just seemed...full of himself. He did seem to grudgingly accept Link's prowess after freeing Vah Medoh, but that didn't stop him coming off as a bit of a jerk lol. Granted, he isn't the only champion who I'd like to see more character development for. All four of them are awesome characters in their own ways. Very well written, wonderful personalities, and more than deserving of their titles in my book.

@Tyranexx - I did it once as well with a word Borat uses often that we might use light heartedly as a synonym to “hobo” or “drifter”, but it turns out it’s hate speak in other parts of the world; so I’m glad Eel stealth edited me before too many people saw it.

@ThanosReXXX Having watched the actual video at one point, I made a judicial decision and decided to stick with text; I felt that was probably bending a few rules. Sorry to disappoint.

My sympathies on the gum difficulties. I hope that's sorted soon! I've definitely had my share of dental work done, as well as all four wisdom teeth removed.

@bimmy-lee Duly noted. I may know which word you're referring to, though that's news to me as well. That said, I have, unfortunately, never seen Borat. It's another member of the "Movies Tyranexx Needs To See" list.

(Edit: I wasn't edited here or anything in regards to that piece of slang, it was just a piece of commentary I came across in passing.)

@Tyranexx - It was actually in real life that this happened. It was kinda weird. I used the word, and Eel just popped in and took it back for me while kindly supplying a non offensive alternative... sorry, I misread your post!

@Tyranexx Nah man I couldn't do it ether, but I think he has a good idea of telling you that everything he says in opinion.

I also think its always good to tell us your opinion, its opinion, and no body is saying its fact,.

@ThanosReXXX, I see were your coming from, now my gums don't go in flames, I do have gum issue were its just like, Man Can I just stay in bed all day, I hope you get better fast (And you will).

@Zuljaras Wait anti? WTF man, Now I know what yall are talking about with the drama vampire, thats a little much.

@Link-Hero I find that pretty annoying to BH, And yes he has everything in his right to ignore who's he is going to ignore, But I sometimes think his reasons for ignoring people are just bc they don't like one thing about him or his art.

@bimmy-lee Look I don't know anti nearly as much as you, you have know the dude for years, so tell me if I've got the wrong idea about him.

From my experience with him, He wont take any advice ever, and he doesn't have to take it, but he will just slap it down and shoot it LOL, and whenever @ThanosReXXX would tell him, well really anything, Its just Your wrong i'm right, and he has that opinion, I just wish for once he would see were he was coming from (That thats from my years with him)

There is also his hate for anything adult or anything with any guns, Once again, he can have that opinion, but sometimes it would turn into opinion, and he would try to force as fact so some parents, that never asked for it, I mean what you think that kid is having a hard time at school bc he is not playing fortnite with friends? sure how about you just kick him off.

Idk if they remember But me @TheJGG and @Mr-Fuggles777 were arguing over this Mom just trying to figure out voice chat, And I agree with JGG, If Anti was the last person on earth I still wouldn't take his so called advice, and not even that he doesn't care what his "I hate anything adult" would do to some gamers, If he was the Leader of all games, we would have any fire emblem, no splatoon i'm pretty sure, No sonic kart tracing, no smash bros, I mean Lord, And I now when he was a kid he had a hard time with adult stuff and he grew hate for it, But just because you don't like doesn't mean that nobody else dose, and there is a type a game for everybody, no need to shove It down my throat.

Feel free to tell me if There are things I don't understand, This is just how I see him form the years I have had with em.

And no @ThanosReXXX this is not a start of a wall, its really small so it doesn't count.

@Snatcher Well first that’s a massive text walls for you! But you’ve made really good points in all of your responses. I almost didn’t catch what you meant but it all came back, my memory’s quite good. Doesn’t help Anti has Asperger’s syndrome of course, people on the Autism spectrum like routine, hate disruption, and have strange habits.

Anti explained to me twice his backstory on why he hates non-kiddy video games, and I can’t help but think of Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. If you don’t know, every time he captures Perry the Platypus, he starts this random monologue about his evil motivations. Every time it’s a ridiculously long winded explanation and Anti does that too.

I’m sure Anti would have a heart attack if he saw the games I’ve been playing now. Especially seeing the half naked ice goddess Shiva, from Final Fantasy.

@COVIDberry
Thank you for the reply, you blue bouncy beastie! It's always a pleasure to hear from you.

I guess I was feeling a little self-conscious after Darlinfan called me out (not just because he "duded" me - I try to take "dude" as a gender-neutral term now, anyway) and rather than risk appearing creepy I just thought I'd delete my comment. Even if I do think KateGray is librarian-level cool (which is very cool, in my book)! I think she's brought a lot of personality to this site, and added a little more diversity to the content.

So yes, hoarding. I hoard by default — from the time I was a little Teksettette my mom called me a pack-rat — so I feel I am predisposed to hoard when playing games with inventory systems. I do agree with you, that game design can usually coerce players into spending items/power-ups a little more freely, but I don't know if you can completely remove personality or playstyle from the equation.

Even though I've never played Skyrim (I presume a Khajiit resembles a wookie?) I chuckled at how you suffered to loot dungeons with a vengeance. I imagine I'd do the same.
Actually, I think hoarding and greed has caused me at least as many video game deaths as lack of skill — that is to say, A LOT, because I'm not a particularly gifted player and beat most games out of sheer persistence. I shudder to think how many Marios or Madelines I wasted trying to get that last stamp or floating strawberry.

I relate with your experience with those stingey old Mega Man games, for sure. Farming little energy capsules slowed me down so much in those games, since I insisted on full tanks before starting a boss fight. At least until my experience grew and I could economize a bit. That must be part of the appeal of repeat playthroughs - once you know what to expect, you can relax a bit and let yourself use the Leaf Shield or Crash Bombs to blow through regular stages rather than hoard for bosses.

There most certainly is good and bad stress in gaming - that's what keeps us coming back! I can imagine why you play Ikaruga early in the day is like why I never seem to set any video pinball high scores late at night - I'm just too tired to really get into it!

@Snatcher

@TheJGG

thats funny...wait...im almost there myself...
@ThanosReXXX

thats asking a lot of me tbh, but i was pondering asking @Zuljaras to make me a custom something or other one day...

@Tyranexx Ah, I see...it's a similar situation to me with HG/SS. That's nuts that certain 3DS games go at that price point these days - $70-80, wow! Yeah if you want to show off your Pokemon maps I wouldn't mind seeing them! No pressure.

Ah nice - that must have made the game a lot easier, lol. I don't normally make use of glitches in games, but I have done a couple well-known glitches in Super Mario Bros. 1 - the Minus World and infinite 1Ups. Another glitch I've done was in Super Mario World. In Chocolate Island 3, I jumped off of Yoshi to the goal so that the camera wouldn't move upward to where Mario was. The screen started flashing random colors during the iris out transition. It was supposed to have the overworld map in messed up colors, but when I did it, the game crashed and it deleted one of my save files. But that's okay, I've beaten SMW many, many times before. lol

@Snatcher Yeah, I remember when he told me that he "banned" Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, because it had certain tracks that were from "rated 18+" Sega games. Before he found that out, I told him that it's really good when he was thinking of getting it. He basically got upset at me, he told me something along the lines of "don't ever mention the names of those rated 18+ tracks!" Yeah...he was pretty rude about it. And yep, I do remember he said that he didn't like Splatoon because it reminded him of M-rated shooters.

@TheJGG Its not that big as some of the other text walls on this site, I just had a lot to say is all

@MarioLover92 Idk why he got upset at you, its his problem not yours, and the fact that he was liking the game and just hates it just bc one Rated M characters in there is stupid, he can skip it if he wants, Look i'm not going to tell the guy how the feel, but I sure don't have to agree with it.

I need words of wisdom and encouragement from all you wise old folks. Been having a hard time recently lol

Tell us @Blooper987. What’s wrong?

I love how this thread overnight’s become a haven for the new #MeToo movement with Anti.

@MarioLover92 Yeah that’s ridiculous. It’s nigh on laughable how that whole exchange went down. I find it hard to sympathise with him when all he does is reject things he doesn’t like, even if it means rejecting truth itself. Sonic is a very... inoffensive property it must be said. Unless you’re counting Shadow the Hedgehog... but I dunno what the hell the guys at Sega were smoking when they made that.

Almost like saying I’m banning Super Mario Odyssey because it reminds me of Grand Theft Auto. Or banning Doki Doki Literature Club because it reminds me of... I dunno, Yandere Simulator?

@Snatcher Have no fear, your comments are always appreciated no matter the length!

@TheJGG At work, I’ve both messaged and told my managers in person that I wouldn’t be able to work on the 28th for graduation four times in the last month. They didn’t listen a single time and scheduled me anyways so when I demand them that I need to have that day off, they say I should’ve asked earlier, when I had been for literally an entire month!

I’ve also still heard nothing about that raise I was told about a month ago.

I’m a 17 year old working 35 hours a week, 6 days a week and I am one of the five people closing half those days cause my managers keep giving me more and more hours.

A bunch of my closest friends have been pissing me off lately.

And I should have asked a certain girl at my school to prom but my stupid self was too late and too scared and she ended up going with someone else.

It’s just been a rough couple of weeks.

Edit: Also I just realized I’ve been on here for a bit over a year. Sure seems like it’s been longer, but I guess I did only join to comment on Levelhead lol.

@Blooper987 Man that’s been a rough few weeks indeed, I’m very sorry about all that. Most of those were beyond your control... except the prom one. That was a matter of freezing out of indecision. If you and that girl are actually friends you could tell her you intended to ask her out... I dunno. I’ve been in situations like that, and the only solution is to throw caution to the wind and ask. If you don’t ask you’ll never get an answer.

Well make sure you saved those text messages from you to your manager, because you can use that if they try and... sabotage your pay when you inevitably don’t turn up on the 28th. Especially if it’s on WhatsApp, and if they saw them with double blue ticks and all.

If you’ve been working very hard, and if you believe you’ve done so beyond expectation you’re well within your rights to ask for a raise. I don’t think there’s anything stopping you from doing it legally, so... go for it.

@Blooper987 Stay calm, Its just all building out, but were comes build up, comes release.

This is my wisdom I give to you. somebody else should be able to help you in other area's, this is mine.

And about the prom, don't worry, it suck you didn't get a chance to ask her out, but now you know better, maybe you can't ask her to the prom, but maybe to hang out or get a cup of Joe?