Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Y’all will probably be seeing a lot more of me soon since most of the reason I’ve been gone is my girlfriend but it looks like she’s been lying to me this whole time so I won’t have to deal with that much longer. yay…

Well, my beach vacation week flew by fast. In no time it went from saturday to wednesday. Rode the skatepark & hit the beach every day. Even rode the skatepark on the 30mph windy day. And just finished the 400 mile drive home.

And I didn't even post in the going away/vacation thread

On tuesday or wednesday, at the beach we saw a large af, very unique looking seagull. This bird swooped down, and lifted a soccerball(football) size buoy out of the water about 6 feet(2 meters). It was crazy as hell, and it happened so fast, no one had their camera out. Later we identified what we saw. It was a Magnificent Frigatebird. Apparently, they have a wingspan of 6ft (2 meters), and they can't swim in the water, which is part of why it was so crazy to see the bird pull the fisherman's buoy out of water.

This shrot article about them is fascinating - they can stay in the air for weeks, among other things. They're rare up the east cost of US, possibly more common around @Eel (if Eel lives around baja marine environment)
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/30/484164544/...

I also got stung by a jellyfish. Usually jellyfish are beat up into pieces by waves, not this one. It was bell shaped, size of a large orange with two foot tenticle hanging. It barely touched me (caught me by surprise). It was super itchy & painful for 1-2 hours, but not as bad as a bee sting. I think I was lucky.

Played Spot the Differences Party with my nieces at the beach. Such a good, chill game, I think. (also Mario 3D World)

Unfortunately I don’t actually live near the beach, so the only large birds we get to see around here are mostly hawks and vultures.

@Tyranexx I've done Vah Ruta, then Vah Medoh. I'll also add that I got another stamina vessel, since I have plenty of hearts now.

I actually do have a family plan of my own, and yeah, all the people in it are those I know in real life. Mostly family members. Yeah, $20 is definitely easier to swallow as opposed to $50. I'd really only recommend the family membership for getting NSO+EP, at least everyone will be saving more cash in the long run, especially if you've got eight people on board.

@Sunsy Oh that's cool. Ah that's too bad you lost it. Tails is definitely a cool character - kinda wish he was playable in more of the modern games, but at least he and the others were playable in Sonic Mania.

@tekoii It was cool playing Mario Kart with you, @Tyranexx, @Vortexeo, and @AstralRedStar705, I had fun! Though that last place finish of mine on Royal Raceway was a bit...upsetting. lol

@Anti-Matter
That Star Wars one might be the most accurate thing ever created.

@Blooper987 A toxic relationship? I've had my fair share. Take time to yourself and spend time with the people you know care.

@Blooper987 What happened? It’s ok if you don’t want to talk about as you don’t have to, whatever happened I give you my best wishes.

Played Pokemon Trading Card Game tonight, the Game Boy Color game. I swear, this is one of the most underrated Pokemon games. Had the actual cart when I was younger, learned how to play the TCG from it and it ended up being a good card based video game.

@Blooper987 While I'm not in any relationships, I'm really sorry to hear something like that happened to you.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, all I can think of is Tails playable in Team Sonic Racing. I think the last time he was playable in mainline Sonic was Sonic 06, though I never played it so it was Sonic Heroes for me.

@Blooper987 Sounds like you were in a rough relationship...really sorry to hear. I'm currently not in a relationship either, but I send my best wishes to you nonetheless.

@WoomyNNYes Ouch, sorry to hear. I never got stung by a jellyfish, but my younger brother has and I could tell that it was mega painful. I did get stung by a wasp a couple times, and they hurt like heck.

@Sunsy Yeah you're right, he was playable in Sonic 06, and not in the games that came after that. Sonic's pretty much been solo since Unleashed, in terms of the main series games anyway. Oh that's cool, my brother used to have Pokemon Trading Card Game as well. Both the actual cards (and a ton of them, at that) and the GBC game.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, it's mostly been Sonic in the mainline games. Yeah, I grabbed it for 3DS, and it's been forever since I played it. Cool, I collected some of the cards when I was younger. I still have them in a Pokedex binder.

@Sunsy yep! We made it to our destination!!! I did not get sick at all during any point of the trip thanks to the thought of all of you on here.

But now that I think about it. Maybe.

@Snatcher Pretty much, she lied about something really important about herself that I should have known. Part of the reason I was fine with being in a relationship with her was a lie that she used to take advantage of me.

@MarioLover92 @Sunsy @TheJGG Thanks y'all! Gives me a lot more time to hang around here and talk about nintendo stuff so I guess it's not all bad lol

@blindsquarel
I discovered more parody names from video games and franchises from Youtubers Life 2.
As I played the game, the more I felt the second game was way much better and faster than the first game.
In the first game, you played with point and click style like The Sims, spending a lot of times in your house / apartment.
But for the second game, you can walk freely Roaming the town like Harvest Moon games.

@MarioLover92 I think Vah Ruta is the default first for many, which was true in my case. Then I went directly to Vah Darunia after trying to work my way up to Goron City with as many heat resistant items as I could afford. Link had many heated death experiences on the way.

Lucky on the family plan....I'm kind of an outlier when it comes to gaming in my family lol. Really, the only thing that would draw me to the expansion right now is the N64 content, and I'm not hurting too badly for it. MAYBE for the MK8D DLC in the future, but that was still accessible even without it. Which, on that note, it was fun playing with you too! You've certainly had a lot of practice! I've found that I love the Bullet Bill item....Less so the Piranha Plant lol.

Skeletor is either disappointed or is seated for "The ten minute think" as I call it.

@Blooper987 Oof. I don't know your situation, nor do I need to, but lying about something important is a definite red flag. Not only does it threaten trust - it and communication are important in any relationship, romantic or otherwise - but how the other party reacts to their lying can say a lot about them. Take your time to heal and get back on track. I assure you that there are people out there who can be honest and open.

@Blooper987 Goodness, I never understand people like that, sounds like they didn’t understand how to have a relationship in the first place, I’m so sorry this happened to you, I hope for he best, it will be ok.

@Blooper987
I'm sorry to hear your situation.
Here is the song for you to heal your broken heart.

GBA would be the biggest realistic thing that would make me consider getting the expansion pack. That system is pretty much "the handheld of nowadays unused IPs". F-Zero, Golden Sun, Advance Wars (counts given the remake is delayed indefinitely), Wario Land, Mario & Luigi, DK, etc.

Also there's not enough Fire Emblem on the Switch so being able to play the GBA games would be nice.

It's done... my god it took a while. It's done though. Had to do a bit of editing for pictures and the like but I managed to finish my video essay. Should be up tomorrow... ish. For anyone wondering what I sound like, you won't have to wait much longer.

Hahaha LOL. It's funny because I read everyone's text with an american accent. You going to Brit it up for me? XD Innit!?<3

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While looking for an old cd (to rip) I found a disk with original clips from the bike video my friend made (the video is from 2001(old af). I haven't ridden a mountain bike since 2002. I've ridden bmx-only since I cracked that mtb frame (back then guys who jumped mountian bikes changed their frames every year, because that's how often they crack/break when you jumped aluminum mtb frames back then. My friend that rode for Trek was given three bike frames a year - he rode trials & ramp). And you may notice the fast pedaling, because that was my trials bike, which only had easy gears - that's how they are). Some of you may have seen another version with music, but this is just bike & park sounds. I like it because you can hear the bike treads whirring when I roll into the bowl at the beginning - that and the sound of the Chris King rear hub buzzing.