Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Anti-Matter Ya I understand why they took it off, In a way, I just was pretty upset that game freak clam'd that the leaker's damaged the brand, as the leakers did Jack, But then at the same time I said it was pretty (You know what) to take photos of the Pokemon at work, so It was more or less mixed feeling coming from my end, Still more made about game freaks clam's TBH.

@Anti-Matter Haven't played in quite a while, so no progress in that particular game. Currently, I had personal issues to take care of, and besides that, I'm trying to divide my attention between the European Soccer Championships and my new TV. Still haven't tried everything out, so between work and my free time, there's actually very little time left for gaming, currently. And I already didn't have a lot of time available to begin with.

I'll let you know at some point, if I've made some substantial progress, but don't expect any message about that any time soon. It'll come whenever it will come.

I got a little radical on the bike today at the pumptrack. Didn't play any games. Imagine that. I really wish I didn't have to drive an hour to ride some transitions.

I could ride a friends place where there's a vertwall, but that part of his yard is dirt. And I don't like dirt. Cause I'm a baby. I like clean bike, shoes, clothes, car.
(me on said vert wall, springtime a few years ago.)

Every town needs a vertwall.

Maybe I just need a truck and quarterpipes, like this innovative fellow.

@bimmy-lee such a buzzkill. She had me watch this video tape six days ago, and now all my walls are bleeding. I don't know why I follow her on facebook.

@Snatcher Well the thing is, when you just block it out like that, it's still clear as day what you're doing. Probably best just not to bother. Like I said, I get it, when you see other people getting away with it all the time, it feels like you should be able to do so too. But that's people and life. It's annoying but it is what it is. I've never once seen that argument work. :/

I saw a beautiful rainbow in the sky this morning when I was going to school. 🌈

@BruceCM I was able to catch the SE show in real-time. While Guardians of the Galaxy looks like an excellent game and is one I'd certainly pick up if it was coming to a console I own (Nope, not counting the cloud version. It might be a future purchase should I eventually grab a PS5.

Past that, the presentation went downhill for me. I've already hit on my likes and dislikes from their bit, so I won't repeat them just yet. The biggest disappointment for me was the missed opportunity that was Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster. I found that shocking considering how platform-happy SE typically is these days. At least plenty of meme-worthy "chaos" resulted from that presentation....

@MarioLover92 I like some of what my parents listened to...to a point. Michael Jackson for example. But I sort of went my own way with music after a time lol. Besides video game music, I also like listening to various forms of rock (some classic rock too, though usually very few songs from before the 70s) and metal. There are a few sub-genres out of both that I gravitate to or avoid, but listing them all would generate a novella. XD Metalcore and alternative rock are two of my favs though.

Your cat sounds very affectionate! Does he also have a laid-back personality?

@ThanosReXXX No worries! Completely understandable. Life has hit me like a train last week and parts of this week, so I've been absent sometimes too. While you're certainly under no obligation to go into details about private matters, I do hope that everything is all right.

On my BotW playtime: Hah, I suppose in that context, I DID binge the game! It and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition are the Switch games I've put the most time into as of this writing. Roughly ~135 hours each (REALLY wish the Switch gave exact times....Previous systems did this), though that number will certainly go up for the former since I picked up the expansion pass in the recent sale. Haven't gotten to the new content yet though.

I'm sure there are plenty, especially those who have owned a Switch since launch, that would laugh at my current playtime lol. I think the current record holders are someone on my friend list who's put ~1,065 hours into Pokemon Sword, and another who's done closer to the ~1,000 hour mark on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

@Anti-Matter Just found the DDR video. Very nice! Definitely takes a lot of practice, muscle memory, and dedication!

This was a good watch. Bill Hader was on Conan Obrien monday.

@Tyranexx I've got a person on my friend list with, last time I checked, well over 2000 hours in Splatoon 2 alone. I'm not convinced that they actually sleep.

@Tyranexx
Thanks. 😀
I was thinking some random idea to record my DDR playing at home since I couldn't play DDR at Arcade during pandemic.
It was more than 1 year I didn't play DDR Arcade. I almost forgot the feeling of playing DDR at Arcade. 😩

@Heavyarms55 Ya, I'm just going to not anymore, or try. its just annoying when that happens, And its not even the fact that others get away with it, its just more or less that I feel like it was aimed at me, even tho it probably wasn't, Again i'm glade they at least told me why so i'm not just setting here wondering why it got took'n off.

@Heavyarms55 2,000? Ya idk if they sleep ether LOL.

@Heavyarms55 That...might be doable if they literally played nothing else. Though I too would admittedly question that user's sleep cycle (or lack of). I probably clocked close to that amount of hours on a couple of games as a kid (mainly the Zoo Tycoon and Roller Coaster Tycoon games), but that was when I had WAY more time on my hands. Can't speak for the Pokemon Sword player, but I know for a fact that Animal Crossing is the AC:NH record holder's favorite series. They've sank even more time than that into New Leaf on the 3DS, though that was over a period of several years.

@Anti-Matter You really are talented at the series! I've played the arcade version once before, but I don't live where I can normally access one of the machines. Needless to say I certainly needed practice.

@Snatcher I'll have to skim through my list again at some point and see what number they are at now.

@Tyranexx I've got a few thousand hours in my Switch at this point. But I've had it since launch. But I don't think there's ever been any one game that I've put 2000 hours into. Long running series, like Pokemon, over several generations? Absolutely. But not into a single title.

It impresses me that people can put that much time into one title. For me, at that point, it would likely stop feeling like a game and start feeling like work.

My hand drawing of Sergeant Burly from Yokai Watch 2 with the making of hand drawing process. 😀

I will upload again the next hand drawing after several hours.

@Anti-Matter Finally, been waiting for you to get to this dude. Keep it up!

@Snatcher
Thank you. 😀
The next hand drawing will be my favorite Yokai from Yokai Watch games.

@Anti-Matter Very good job on Sergeant Burly! He was a fun character in the anime.

@Heavyarms55 I probably pumped ~1000 hours into a game or two back in the day, but I highly doubt anywhere above that number. I've also put at least that amount of time or more into long running series like Pokemon, but never with a single game. The longest file I have in that series is Pokemon Diamond at ~300 hours.

After a point, a game does feel like work to me. I'm getting better at recognizing the "I want to move on" itch with most titles. I used to be such a completionist lol. Though I'll usually see a game through to the end credits unless I don't like what I'm playing.

@Tyranexx
Thank you. 😀
But here is one thing about Sergeant Burly when I played Yokai Watch 3.
He wasn't really strong enough as I thought even he was from the same tribe Brave as usually Brave Yokai have higher stats of Attack and HP. My other Brave Yokai were even stronger than Sergeant Burly with same level. He has lower Defense stats even I have equipped him with accessories that increase his Defense stats. He is rank A Yokai so I cannot equip him with Special Red Orb accessory for rank B - E Yokai that boost Defense and Speed by 30 points.

BTW, you have spent 300+ hours for Pokemon Diamond ?
I still have accumulated 115+ hours for Yokai Watch 3 Tempura 3DS.
My Pokemon games on 3DS and Switch are still under 100 hours since I played Pokemon games more casual than Yokai Watch 3DS.