Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I have an announcement... Sonic 2 was awesome. That is all.

@BruceCM Nope, still have some cake. The cool thing about it being a small group, I had some cake left, so it's been desert for the past couple of nights.

@tekoii Indeed, I saw the second one with a friend today (same friend who threw me the small Trolls party), and we both loved it. Awesome, I'm an Io main. I do decently as her healing teammates and keeping them alive. Funny, I thought I wouldn't like support, yet, Io is my favorite in Paladins and Lifeline is my favorite in Apex. We need to, I have the expansion pack now.

@Sunsy I genuinely thought you were about to say 'Shadow's a ***** **** **** *****', my mind has been trained to immediately think that whenever someone says those words XD.

Glad you liked it though! Haven't seen it myself yet but I saw the original in cinemas when it first came out and quite liked it so I might try and see the sequel as well. There's just too many movies coming out honestly.

@Fizza Nah, I'm not going to spoil it. You're not missing much, it was a 2 hour let's play of Sonic 2... by a really terrible player.

Joke aside, it is great and hope you enjoy it when you get to see it. It amazes me that last time I was in a theater was to see Sonic 1, here I am, first time back to a theater, and it's Sonic 2. Indeed, I'm currently looking forward to The Bad Guys next. Trolls 3 still remains my most anticipated, I just want to see my favorite trolls on the big screen the most. I wanted to see Trolls World Tour on the big screen, but couldn't because of obvious reasons. Still rented it day one though, did watch it multiple times that weekend.

It was fun though, it felt like a Sonic convention. Most there wore Sonic themed shirts and had plushies. I wore a Tails shirt and had a Tails plushie on me. It was a great seeing other fans.

@Sunsy
Oh, since you have watched Sonic 2, how long was the movie duration ?

So, it's all gone now, @Sunsy ....? According to Google, it's 122 minutes, @Anti-Matter, so just over 2 hours

@Anti-Matter I want to say around 2 hours, I think BruceCM went into specifics. Didn't see the time, and the tickets we had were digital (friend got his phone scanned for the two of us).

@BruceCM Just about, there's one piece left. Mom and I have been enjoying it.

@TheStardustWarrior It's been awhile since I've played Minecraft online with a friend, but I'm pretty sure you don't need Minecraft Realms for online multiplayer. You do need an Xbox Live account (free for non-Xbox players, though consoles still need their usual subs like NSO or PS+), but unless there's some change I'm unaware of, Realms isn't required.

It's as easy as creating a game, making sure it's set to online, and inviting friends IIRC. Like I said, been awhile since I've played. I use to play this with a friend on Xbox via cross-play (me being on Switch), we didn't have Realms.

@Sunsy
I was wondering why does Minecraft keep always get more appreciation than Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders 1 + 2 even with way much better graphic ?
I knew graphics doesn't really matter for some peoples but for me, I cannot even call the blocky things from Minecraft as beautiful things. It just look plain awful for me to see all blocky things (blocky peoples, blocky trees, blocky animals, etc) while Portal Knights and DQB 1 + 2 with beautiful detailed looking things yet still cartoonish looking but peoples still like Minecraft more than Portal Knights & DQB 1 + 2. It's really bothering me at some point as some peoples really have bad taste in term of liking certain things and the effect, a lot of peoples just become brainless follower without understanding which is good things or not and it made me irritated to see how does the society grew by this situation. Sometimes I hate the world I live to see the situation is not what I want to see.

I'M LOSING IT RIGHT NOW. I JUST GOT A SHINY GALARIAN MR MIME IN POKEMON SHIELD AFTER NEARLY 3 YEARS OF ON AND OFF HUNTING. I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!

@Anti-Matter That, I wouldn't have an answer for, especially since I'm a really casual Minecraft player. I don't play it often. Also, I haven't played those games, so I can't speak for them.

I think the appeal of Minecraft is you can build stuff. Survival mode is gathering and crafting stuff to build a world to play and survive in. Then there's creative mode, I think this mode is the appeal as you can make anything happen.

As for graphics, I think being blocky is the design since you can put blocks together and build something, like a building for example, or get really creative and make something wild. I've seen crazy creations from Minecraft's creative mode when browsing the net.

@Sunsy For me the appeal of Minecraft is that is has a charm that the other games that imitate it doesn't.

You can just turn it on and play for 10 minutes then turn it off. Then play it whenever you feel like it.

It is a game that does not make you login to do something every day or something like that.

But from you post I can see that Anti is hating things again ... and again.

@Fizza Awesome, congrats!

@Zuljaras That too, I think it appeals to people for different reasons. I think the most I spent in Minecraft was making a big Smurfette out of blocks on the Wii U one, I was impressed with it. Playing with a friend, my friend and I had a good time together playing. Also, if you keep digging and digging, you can discover some new place underground, or find a way out.

There's lots of reasons why something appeals to someone, same is said about Minecraft. Though I did just want to respond to TheStardustWarrior, since I've played online with a friend and don't have Realms (AFAIK, it's a subscription to run a 24/7 server, while regular online games save in place and don't have a sub).

@Sunsy
For me in my opinion, I don't see the appeal to play with all blocky things from Minecraft, it just something disturbing for my eyes.
Better you try Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders 2 as they are available on Steam too. There are some communities who still playing those games.
And that's why I gave score for Portal Knights with 92/100, DQB 2 with 96/100 for exceeding my expectations.

Just want to say something, I haven't said anything about this, the reason I've been so busy lately is because I'm moving today. It's been stressful, honestly, my birthday and the Sonic 2 movie have been the only break I've had from this, also chatting here has helped too. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly.

Well, I just looked the film up & that's what it said for it's length, @Sunsy .... Of course, in the cinema, there's about 30mins of ads before the main feature

So...

I took a week off work to drive from Wisconsin down to Mississipi and New Orleans with my mom and brother to scatter my dad's ashes.

We got through Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and then just a few miles into Mississippi, the car breaks down on I-55. Think the timing chain broke. My mom was driving and it just suddenly cut off. She wasn't able to coast it off the interstate completely so we were partially in the left lane- extremely dangerous with tons of traffic coming.

We had no idea where we were aside from being 20 miles past Memphis, no mile markers in sight, just stranded.

Thankfully a cop pulled behind us and called a tow company, and the cop gave us a ride to a hotel in Hernando, MS. Really nice cops. Me and my bro rode in the back of one and my mom in another. The cop said his dad was a Methodist preacher and had recently passed, and was from Louisiana where we were ultimately heading.

So we're in a Hilton Inn in Hernando, Mississippi until Monday when the mechanic opens and a car rental service opens. Will have to see if the car is worth fixing (all 3 of us have new cars but mom wanted to take her spare car, what I call the Time Machine as it looks like it's from another era, because it's larger and more luxurious, even though it's older... poor decision in hindsight). Otherwise, sell it for scrap, rent a car from Enterprise and drive the rest of the way to Southern Mississippi on Monday to stay with my cousin, then New Orleans on Wednesday to scatter ashes, and head back to Wisconsin Friday and turn the car in near where I live.

What a trip.

@JaxonH Something similar happened to us a few years back on a family roadtrip to Disney World, except my mother lost control of the steering wheel and collided with one of those walls on the side of the highway. Only one police officer initially happened by, though, so the brother-in-law and I were stranded on the side of a highway for over an hour until the towing vehicle came by, since we obviously loaded the girls into the back of the police car to get them out of the situation. Afterwards, we just rented a car and completed our trip to Florida.

Sorry to hear about your father, but I'm glad it sounds like you all got out of your sticky highway situation in one piece.

@Ralizah
It sucks! You never think about planning for situations like that because the odds seem so low. I may look for an app that helps when stranded, that uses your location and tells you who's the closest tow company and the nearest hotel... assuming an app like that exists.

Sounds like it might be best to just rent a car for any cross country trips. Not worth the risk.

You guys are really fortunate to have not gotten hurt colliding into that concrete wall. We crossed a massive bridge across the Mississippi River within a half hour of breaking down. Would have been really bad breaking down on that bridge lol. Cars backed up for miles, honking, "whattaya want me to do!".

Taking the elevator up to the 3rd floor of the hotel, the inside of the door had a pic of two older ladies in the back of a convertible laughing their butts off, and it said "LOL" next to the picture. My brother said they were mocking us and laughing at us with no car as they enjoy their blissful drive in their convertible 😆

Better off these days with mobile phones, @JaxonH .... Not sure about the odds of a breakdown but the more driving you do & especially long distances, it's likely to happen eventually
At least none of you were hurt & you're safe, which is the main thing

Apologies for not writing back sooner, been kind of busy with stuff.

@Sunsy Same here actually, I normally keep things small for birthdays as well. Can't blame you on the DLC, this is something I could not miss out on since I love the Mario Kart games! I'm still hoping that they do the same thing with Mario Party Superstars.

That sounds like he's got some cool content. It's been a long time since I last heard about Microsoft Internet Games, lol - I think I only used it once. Only really played the regular card games that were built into Windows back in the day. Stuff like solitaire and hearts. I loved Space Cadet Pinball, that's easily the best built-in game...too bad it no longer comes in newer versions of Windows.

Ah gotcha, that makes sense with that door. Yeah, Hyperstone Heist was an original game that used Turtles in TIme's assets and gameplay. You'll probably like it.

Edit: Oh and I hope things go smoothly with the moving, as well. I know how you feel - it's a ton of work to pack everything so I totally see how it's stressful. Best of luck - it'll all be over soon enough!

@Zuljaras Yeah, I have quite a lot of games as well, and I do like to draw, as you may remember. Speaking of drawing, I was thinking of making a Super Mario Bros. 3 drawing myself! I have a Raccoon Mario figure, as well as a Tanooki Mario figure that's based on the SMB3 design.

@Tyranexx Ah I remember Recess, it's been a while since I've seen it and other Disney Channel shows. At least from the 80s and 90s - the other ones I remember watching were DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, and even Gargoyles.

Oh cool, so I'm currently playing your favorite WL game then. I am liking it quite a bit. I never played the Virtual Boy game either. On Golden Sun - ohhh, gotcha, so it's just like how Sonic 3 was split into two games. Thanks for the heads up - so there's quite a lot of story involved huh?

@tekoii Good to hear. Best of luck.

@JaxonH Ouch, really sorry to hear about the car. That must have been real frustrating to deal with (same with what @Ralizah had to put up with), but it sounds like you guys are doing ok in the end! And of course, sorry about your dad's passing.

Well, you can usually find games like that still around, @MarioLover92 .... But it seems there were major issues with that particular game going to 64 bit
The original Devs got brought & merged & so on, while the actual people that worked on it moved on in various ways. Of course, like they used to do a lot, they cleverly lost the original source code
So, at least you can now understand why it's gone. Maybe others here play those sorts of games more to suggest alternatives?