Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Is there even people in the FH games?

Seems like it takes place in the Disney Cars universe.

Oh god what happened to my profile picture aaaaaaaaaaaa

@TheJGG LOL, don't worry, later on the game gets weird.

@NEStalgia Just for reference's sake:
(and because I want to show of my new toy)


The dimensions and perspectives are slightly off, but if you compare the patterns (number of lines) of the curtains on the right, you can sort of estimate the size difference.

Lol, I hope you're planning to play it several times for the various endings, @TheJGG .... Keep us posted on your progress

@ThanosReXXX Christ that looks precarious. I do hope that television's well balanced...

I was typing a response in that thread when Eel locked it this morning. So close! What a horrible thing to imagine while sipping morning coffee. Anyway, pretty sure that person is dealing with a Cenobite harking the arrival of Pinhead himself, so the next thread should be even more interesting. Can’t wait!

@ThanosReXXX - Nice man! What did you get? I’ve been talking about getting a new TV for years. Really need to just do it, pricing has come down considerably on models from a year or two ago.

@BruceCM Well that adds some good replay value! I paid good money for it (read: £17) so I hope I can get some good hours out! I hope I can at least beat it once before The Witcher 3 arrives in two weeks...

... is what I would have said if this shipping service wasn't so damn fast. Now I'm getting Witcher 3 in three days. So more game juggling.

@TheJGG Bro you got witcher 3 as well?? That one is super good too

@Vortexeo Yeah! I ordered them both at the same time; you could say as a redundancy in case Nintendo don't excite me enough for the Direct. Whether they add to my wish list or not my summer will be packed!

Doesn't mean I can't do both, in fact I hope I can... tomorrow's a big day!

Well, Witcher 3 should keep you going for quite awhile, @TheJGG .... Complete Edition?

@TheJGG You should tell me which one of the two you prefer when you're done. I think I know which one you'll end up enjoying more but I'll see if my prediction is correct in the future lol.

@BruceCM Yes and No… I got it on PS4, strictly speaking the Game of the Year edition. So it’s mechanically similar to what the Complete Edition entails but it’s not on Switch. I always planned to get it on PS4 because of the graphical improvements over Switch. Plus I’ll likely be entitled to the upcoming PS5 upgrade!

@Vortexeo I’ll make sure to let you know which I enjoy more! Wonder which one you picked… but that’s the surprise!

Cool, @TheJGG.... The replays through Nier shouldn't take as long as the first & even if you did all the endings, it's unlikely to take as long as just the main game for W3, since you presumably wouldn't be trying to rush that

@TheJGG Yes it is, so no worries. The table has four sets of wheels underneath. The guy from the store who came to install it, said that it was perfectly safe as well. It stands solid as a rock and due to the wheels, offers easy access to the back, whenever I need to.

@bimmy-lee Thanks, I'm VERY happy with it. Positively over the moon, in fact. It's an LG OLED55CX6LA, the 55 obviously signifying the screen size. It's last year's model of what has now evolved into the C6 series, but this is still the 2020 CX model, and after having compared a multitude of both English and Dutch language reviews, this exact model came out on top 9 out of 10 times, where gaming and watching sports matches and movies are concerned. Super low lag for gaming, fast refresh rates for sports matches, and the deepest blacks and HDR for movies and your favorite TV series.

The image sharpness cannot really be conveyed through photos, seeing as my smart phone, which I used to make the pictures, is "only" 2k and the screen is obviously 4K, so you'd have to see it, to believe it.

I paid €1099 for it, which in dollars is either the same, seeing as dollar prices for items like these are usually converted 1:1 to euros, or if it's a true conversion, then we're talking $1331,93.

If you like what you see and hear, go to a store where they sell LG TVs, and don't let them talk you into getting the C6, which is about 300 bucks more expensive, and really doesn't offer all that much more, so it'd be a waste of money. If you're a sucker for added/improved sound, safe that cash for a sound bar, although I have to say that the sound coming from the TV itself is also already pretty good.

Did I already mention that sports matches look particularly good? The grass is SO green and realistic...

If you have any further questions, you'll know where to find me.

EDIT:
Here's the site I bought it from:
https://www.coolblue.nl/en/product/858461/lg-oled55cx6la-2020...
Not that you'd be able to order from them, but as you'll see, they do have a native English language option for site information, so you can at least also read up on all the necessary info and specs, instead of just being able to look at the pretty pictures or having to mangle the site language through Google Translate...

Welp, it finally happened. I've replaced my phone with an iPhone.

It might seem weird coming from the resident iPad fanboy, but the last time I used an iPhone as my main phone was with the 5c, which was like a hundred tech years ago and it lasted me only months (because it got stolen). So it's been quite weird switching from Android to iPhone.

On the bright side, Pokemon Go runs 10 times better on this phone compared to my previous one.

So I used a gift card that I had leftover (Once again still doesn't count as me buying this before E3 bc Its extra money, and it was for kohls LOL) And I used it on Luigi's M 3, Never played one before so this will be my first one, It should come today, Wish me luck, I hope I like it.

@Eel Drinking the apple kool-aid, are we? (jk, that's my fake trolling )

Congratuations on the new phone. New camera must be nice. I've been putting off getting a new phone because I hate the process of buying a new phone, customizing the settings, and uninstalling bloatware (unnecessary) apps. I think I'm going to get a Samsung Galaxy S20. My Galaxy S10 has served me well. And since I got a tablet for home internetting, now I don't waste charge cycles searching internet on my phone - meaning my S10 battery is not degrading as fast as it used to.

Yeah the camera is a lot better too.

My old phone has a bit of water damage on the screen, so I figured it was about time to upgrade. I do intend to keep it around though, since it’s literally my only android device.

So, is it weird that I consider Arizona to be more foreign and alien feeling Japan? I was raised in Michigan, then moved to Japan where I lived for a little more than 5 years. Then after my contract ended, I moved to Arizona, where most of my family lives. But the climate in Shiga, Japan where I lived was very similar to Michigan. Sure Japan has a lot of mountains, and that causes some distinct differences, especially with fog and low clouds, but they still have a lot more in common than different actually. And that made it very easy to get used to it. And the things that were different, were very pleasant. The mountains in Japan are lush, full of vegetation and very beautiful and alive.

But this part of Arizona I live in now is radically different. It's so incredibly dry here. I'm talking levels of dryness that I had never seen before I came here. Anywhere people aren't actively maintaining things, almost any plants just die. Even cacti are far and few between here. It's a desert, but growing up my image of a desert was always like the Sahara. Sand and cacti. The desert here is dead, dry, parched and cracked soil. We go months at a time without more than a sprinkle of rain. Heck, we can go weeks without clouds.

Arizona has mountains too, but they're utterly unlike the ones in Japan. They're all dry, dead, baked and barren. I know they aren't, but they look utterly lifeless.

And yet, people built a farming community out here, and pump water in from hundreds of kilometers away. I guess the soil is good if you add water.

I am sure people who were born and raised here would laugh at me.

I guess at least part of why I've felt so depressed lately is me having a hard time adjusting. I've always liked rain more than most people tend to. I've never gone literally months without a good rain and I think it's bothering me more than I realized. I guess I'm just a weirdo like that.