Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@MarioLover92 @Snatcher I would be down if we did it when I'm not at work

@Vortexeo A couple of users on this site, but not on a discord or nothing, some people here actually just know each other.

You gotta get those three star ranks on all cups so you get three stars next to your username when you race online. Pure street cred.

I race to win but, I don't always think it's fun have too big a lead. Sometimes, if I, or my brother, ever get too big of a lead in any racing game, we try to hide somewhere and wait for the other catch up, or get close, then take off again.🤪 It's funnier that way. I guess we rubber band ourselves, but with hiding, if possible. Even if you can't hide, sometimes it's fun to let the other catch up, and take off again.

@Blooper987 Yeah, we've all got busy lives ahead of us, including yours truly. lol

@WoomyNNYes Pretty sure they got rid of the star ranking next to our usernames in Mario Kart 8. There's still star rankings you could get in the normal Grand Prix races, but they aren't displayed in online races.

@Snatcher ahhh yeah...that's understandable lol

What!?😠😠😠
Holy, cr4p, you're right!
Guess I was thinking of Mario Kart 7. My mind is blown. Well, anyway, thanks for pointing that out!

What a fool that Woomy guy is, three posts above. Glad I'm not that guy. ....Weird, his avatar kinda looks like mine. What a coincidence. XD

@WoomyNNYes Yeah you're welcome! It was a bit surprising to see that it's gone after playing Mario Kart Wii and 7. I remember it took me a good while to finally get that 3-star rank in MKW.

Yay...! 😀
My game order Rayman Raving Rabbits 2 Wii from Ebay has been arrived.

So far I have collected 4 Rabbits games on Wii:
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Rabbids Go Home

@Anti-Matter That was a very funny scene from the Nanny indeed. I always enjoyed that show, too bad it is finished, but I watch re-runs sometimes. Anyways, now you see that there's even more topics to talk about than just games or music, and there will always be something that you'll have in common with some of us, even though a number of us may not share your passion for your other topics of choice.

So, if you want to make conversation, simply go with what we all have in common, instead of focusing on something that only you like, and you will soon find that the conversation will go far more easily. And besides: it's always nice to be able to share stuff among fellow gamers, and it doesn't always have to be about games alone.

Nice collection of Rabbids games, by the way. Good to see you're looking into more types of games. Variety is always a good thing, so playing more different kinds of games is never bad. By the way, if I remember correctly, that last game on the bottom right, I believe it's the Rabbids TV Party game, also has levels where you need to navigate real world levels, to rid them of pests by shooting plungers at them, which I personally found quite entertaining.

Nice coloring on that "Reuknight" drawing, by the way...

@Tyranexx Haha, yeah... I definitely wouldn't classify Little House on the Prairie as a Western. It fits more in a sub-category, more soap-like stories, much like similar programs such as Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and so on.

As forJohn Wayne: while I respect his reputation, I was never much into his movies either, although he did have a couple of good ones. No, the REAL classics are all among the ones I mentioned before, so if you ever stumble upon any of them, give them a watch, if you have the time and are in the mood. I'm pretty sure you could do far worse than spend and hour or two watching any of them...

@TheJGG Oh, let's NOT go back to January, and ESPECIALLY not back to any storming of the Hill...
All of that is done and dusted now. Moving along, nothing to see here...

P.S.

If you want to race online, but don't want to purchase or use Nintendo Online, then you might want to look into Asphalt 9 Legends. It's free 2 play, has it's own online functionality, and it's tons of fun to play. I haven't played for quite a while, but I do occasionally drop in every now and then, and we could also look into joining the same clans, or starting one of our own, along with some other Chit-Chatters, if we can persuade them to do so...

@Zuljaras Nice drawing! Good to see a different style from you as well. Tiny nitpick: the lightning bolt looks a bit... unnatural, for lack of a better word. Like it's more planted on top of the drawing instead of being part of it, if that makes any sense to you. And with lightning flashes there should also be some kind of illuminating effect on the surroundings, which I also noticed not being included. But I'll stop there, otherwise it'll look like I'm largely negative about it, which is not the case, because I still like it regardless.

@TheJGG Let's continue making the novel then, shall we? I don't fully recall how we went paragraph-crazy either. I DID want to be an author at one point and would still consider it if I ever think of an original idea. I thought I had something a few years ago, only to learn that there was a very similar concept in real life that would likely come off as plagiarism. Oh well. I enjoy writing when in the right mood, and if I have plenty of time on my hands.

Internet blackouts are hard for me to pull off, but I've been able to stick to them most of the time; usually little is spoiled for me, if anything at all. The only thing that stinks about it is the long wait lol. As it'll be E3 however, I don't think I can deal with a lack of gaming news for that long. I'll likely end up listening in and taking peeks before watching the highlights of what I missed later. At least then I'll be in the know. Directs aren't quite as fun or dramatic when not watching them live, but I've still left them very surprised when I pull the blackout off well. I didn't watch the previous Direct until the evening the day it aired, for example. While I was kind of expecting it, the announcement of Skyward Sword HD was a nice surprise.

The good news is, the other two presentations I'm interested in watching - besides SE, we now have a time for Capcom - are at manageable times. (I forgot to mention Capcom in my previous post; for some reason, I didn't think they were doing an actual presentation) Anything newsworthy on the Switch front from the other conferences will likely roll through Nintendo Life towers sooner or later. SE's is mercifully on Sunday afternoon here, and Capcom's is late enough in my time zone that I'd just have to duck out of work early. Perfectly doable if I arrive at work early so that I can leave early. My job thankfully has flexibility in that regard.

Your father had to get three shots? Was the third one a booster? I haven't heard of anyone, at least in my pastures, getting more than two shots depending on the type of vaccine. 11 AM for me is similarly in an odd spot. I hope that you at least get to fully watch the presentation in real time!

Regarding Dragon Quest XII, I'm content to wait on further news. Patiently is another matter, but it's not like we have much choice. Spamming Yuji Horii with "It it ready yet?" messages won't get us anywhere. To be fair, I should definitely play through its well-received predecessor first, as well as the backlogged VII on 3DS. I do hope we hear more on Dragon Quest III HD-2D. I'm especially excited since it's one of the better DQs, the best out of the Erdrick trilogy and one I haven't played yet.

I'm thankful immediate "legacy" hardware phasing hasn't happened in many years. Especially since many consoles, though not all of them, have supported backwards compatibility for at least part of their tenure in some form. It wouldn't surprise me if there's a PS5 revision - I'd certainly jump for a Slim variant, depending on some factors - but I don't see anything like that rolling around for some time. Same with the Xbox. I'm sure there's some sort of revision in the works for the Switch since it's midway through its life, so to speak. I'm just getting tired of hearing rumors about it every other day! XD

I can hardly blame you for jumping for both NieR: Automata and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt since they were on sale! I've been trying to keep to a purchase schedule for the next while as well. Since there are (as of this writing) five titles I want next month, I've had to pick which ones to grab right away and which ones to leave for later. I've mostly stayed on task, but at this time next week...we'll see what the rest of the year brings. I might need to dust out my wallet or take it to counseling. One of the two lol. I rarely pre-order games unless it's something I'm certain I'll enjoy, like a franchise and/or genre I'm very familiar with. I believe I'll wait a bit on Skyward Sword HD, but I will pick it up at some point.

Lockdown is certainly a downer, though I'd encourage you to NOT rip out your hair. You might need it! Getting out to drive a machine like that would certainly be worth it, triply so if I'd been stuck inside for days on end. I can be somewhat competitive depending on my mood, so I'd definitely opt for some friendly racing. Even better if it's in real life! This whole pandemic has felt more like a marathon than a sprint for sure, but I do believe we're moving towards the finish line.

I'm unsure if North America received a bundle with a sound CD for Twilight Princess HD. I do know I ordered the amiibo bundle. The EU seems to receive a lot of steelbook editions for some games, which I'm admittedly jealous about at times. We rarely if ever receive those collectibles here. I have eight Amiibo total: 6 related to the Legend of Zelda (Wolf Link is my favorite, though OoT Link is a close second), 1 related to Monster Hunter Rise (the Palamute), and 1 related to Metroid/Smash Ultimate (Dark Samus). I enjoy them all and have used almost all of them for NFC functions, but I won't deny that their primary use is for display purposes.

Main series Pokemon is, by definition, safe. Game Freak/TPC has experimented with some of the extras and mechanics over time, but this is a double-edged sword. On one hand, this has given us some fun extras and concepts, like Mega Evolution starting with Gen 6 and the movie studio in Black/White 2. The problem is, some of those concepts are one-and-done or abandoned later and replaced. While I think the internet likes making a mountain out of a molehill (as with a lot of things) when it comes to the series, some of the criticisms are indeed valid. I truly think that TPC could pull off something that makes most fans happy if they put in the effort and don't rush through development. Which is why I'm cautiously optimistic when it comes to the potential of Pokemon Legends: Arceus. It truly does look like they're trying something different, though I do hope the footage we have seen so far was from a very early game build.

I fully realize this sentence was to make a point, but it still made my eyeballs cringe just to read it. XD I do intend to play it at some point, for the mechanics and story more than anything else. I might even try out the voice acting, but we'll see how long that lasts....

@ThanosReXXX Seems like I barely missed your last post. I would've slid you in at the top of my last monster post!

I agree, Little House on the Prairie is more fit for a sub-category than a true Western. It hits some of the right notes, but it certainly has a bit of a different feel.

John Wayne was indeed a very good actor, and I respect what he did for Hollywood. My family actually hit his museum in Iowa a few years back as part of a vacation. My dad is a fan. Those classics are noted on the "Tyranexx Movie List With The Ever-Changing Selection/Title", so I'll at least give a couple of them a watch in the future.

@ThanosReXXX thank you! I really need to start using references (reminding to me for the 1000th time) and stop drawing things from memory that it is not there

Btw my fiance told me the exactly same thing when I showed her the drawing. She did not like the lightning as it was not looking real

Criticism is always welcome

@ThanosReXXX
Thanks. 😀
I will make another hand drawing of Yokai Watch.

About Rabbids games and other games I have considered / purchased, there was a change in my gaming taste recently that I became more accepting something new but as long I still comfort enough to handle those stuffs and still not breaking my gaming rules.
There were a lot of deliberation and consideration before I ultimately allow certain titles so I have to watch a lot of gameplay videos, analyzing the impact of something that probably made me uncomfortable to see.
Recently, I have purchased My Sims Sky Heroes PS3 after very long time I never have interest about and have some concern about the cameos in Sky Heroes. After very long deliberation, I have decided to buy the game but with one condition, I will try to not interact with the cameos in Sky Heroes as they were from other EA games.
Other games that I ultimately allowed to be purchased next was LEGO Jurassic. Actually I still don't like Jurassic movie at all but in LEGO Jurassic since it has some changes to be appropriate enough for kids, I think I can overcome all the things from LEGO Jurassic since the franchise has been modified to be fit for kids and in my honest opinion, I have some interest with the natural and conservatory environments. The LEGO characters in LEGO Jurassic are Normal peoples with normal outfits, not fantasy superheroes with flashy outfits so those things that caught my interest as they look normal as in LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER. I personally don't have much interest with dinosaurs but to see I could make my own dinosaur in LEGO Jurassic, I think I will make my own herbivore dinosaurs just for curiosity.

Talking about martial art movies, I have ever watched Rocky 1 - 5 movies when I was teen on local TV channel.
Rocky 1 was the beginning of Rocky Balboa debut as amateur boxer, Rocky 2 was pretty much similar as Rocky 1 with revenge of Apollo Creed for not satisfied with the verdict from last match with Balboa, Rocky 3 was phenomenal until it became a trend that occurred in my life experience when I had kindergarten graduation party (the Primary school students from my school played a mini drama of Rocky 3 where the 4 students became the four corners, 2 students became the boxers, 1 student became the jury, another student played with the triangle to start the match). Everytime I heard Eyes of Tiger from Rocky 3, I felt goosebumps and excited as it became a national boxing song for fitness / cardio workout.
Rocky 4 was like a downhill of Rocky Balboa life career as Apollo died by injury after boxing match with Ivan Dragon.
Rocky 5 was like a retirement of Rocky Balboa and betrayal of the new young boxer he trained. Well, that's all I can remember.

It was so strange that I really enjoy to watch that bloody sport movies with some romantic scenes on it when I was teen. Also, I have ever watched once the sport movie with Jean Claude van Damme on it (don't really remember the title) when I was young.
Oh, I have ever watched Street Fighter movie with Jean Claude on it and it was so disaster as it didn't capture the Street Fighter vibes. 😒
The Street Fighter parodies from Hong Kong movies (City Hunter by Jackie Chan, Future Cops by Andy Lau) were really captured the Street Fighter vibes and they looked very hilarious to watch. 😆

Whoops.. Wall of texts.
I rarely typed very long messages.

@ThanosReXXX No prob, Boss! I can neither confirm nor deny such conversations ever took place on such hallowed ground...

Residents of Chit-Chat this is a good idea; forming an online clan. It’ll be very difficult finding times that work for everyone though, since we have people in literally all corners of the world, from the US, to Europe, to Southeast Asia and even Japan.

@Vortexeo My thoughts exactly. I’m sure something’ll come up soon. Plus with Discord we can all conceal our personal info and such.

I accidentally deleted the playlist I use to sleep, so I had to recreate it from scratch. That was annoying.

On the other hand, it gave me the chance to replace the low res cover art I had used for that playlist. I largely traced over the original image, but it was relaxing, kinda like a coloring book, and I’m also quite happy with how it came out. I figured I could share it here in case anyone likes it or wants to use it.

@Eel That is quite nice! I assume you used ProCreate. What brushed did you use for the lineart and for the colors?

And by tracing you mean you put the original image and lowered its opacity? Or you drew it by looking at a reference?

@Zuljaras thanks!

Yeah ProCreate, it was all done with a single brush, the one called “Syrup”. I imported the original image, lowered the opacity, and drew over it… Not exactly a super artistic thing to do, but I basically just wanted a higher res version of the same pic hah.

I did take some liberties though.

@Eel All artists traced images. It is a great way to learn shape language

Nice work @Eel, your talent shines ever brighter!