Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@TheJGG Definitely. It's only a short bus trip away from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur after all. We're practically neighbors!

@Link-Hero What a tool that person was. They should find better things to do with their life. I'm not an American, but even I was shocked by the events of 9/11. I recently watched a few documentaries covering it. It's truly a national tragedy of which its effect is still felt today in America.

I never followed the NFT trend but I've only heard negative things about it. Doesn't help that I already have my problems with the "digital medium" taking over the physical one.

@Link-Hero That is awful, whoever they are needs to be stopped! You don't joke about 9/11, it's as bad as joking about the holocaust, or really any awful event in history.

Let's get started

I have been working again to build my Youtuber career from Youtubers Life 2 PS4 as I have ever finished the previous quests so I already knew what should I do.
Have reached date 10 Spring year 1 and already made two bachelors at heart level 2.
I worked my butt to capture trendy things with InstaLife, upload gameplay video without click bait, befriend other peoples to finish other people's side quest.
But just now I only played for two hours, previously was 3 hours when I was in the mood. Later I will move to Switch again to care my next purchase Switch games.

@Sunsy That's cool. I first played Sonic Spinball on Sonic Mega Collection, since we didn't really have any Sega consoles at that point. I would've loved the Dreamcast for Sonic Adventure...though I think it was too expensive for us, especially since I already had the Nintendo 64. My uncle had a Saturn back in around 1995 or so, I remember he had Daytona USA for it. He had a shmup for it too, and I couldn't figure out what it was called until much later...turns out it's called Galactic Attack.

Ah really, he only found out later that you're a Trolls fan, when he asked you, nice. Cool to see that you two are gonna see Trolls World Tour once more. Enjoy it.

Yeah absolutely, if it was a parody or a joke, or something like that, then I'd understand. But yeah, those videos that pop up recently kind of blend together. That's a good thing you did that for sure. I'm getting too old for those content creators that do nothing but moan in their videos. lol

@Tyranexx I feel like I should have a good number of fireproof elixirs before I head out to Death Mountain again, or if I find any potential fireproof armor, something like that.

Oh no, sorry to hear about your mom. My mom liked playing Just Dance back in the Wii days as well, though we only had the first one. My brother games too, of course, though his taste in games is quite a bit different from mine. He's mostly been playing on Steam. My dad likes sports games, too.

I do have some trouble with a few shortcuts on MK8, like the ones on Ribbon Road. It's the part with that wavy road, and I would mess up and fall off course, lol. Braking does help quite a bit, however. You can actually see if a blue shell is coming on the course map while you're racing, that's a new feature they've added to MK8. I actually have a clip of me outrunning it - I would start the mushroom boost right before it hits. It's somewhat tricky to pull off!

@TheJGG My reply is kind of late, but I hope you have a good trip as well.

@Link-Hero WHOA! That is terrible for sure...I'm with you. No one in their right mind would make something as offensive as that.

@Kermit1 The LotR films are fairly close to the books with a few changes, but overall they're very faithful adaptations. I watched them before reading the books! All are great reads IMO, but Tolkien can get pretty descriptive and The Fellowship of the Ring takes a bit to get going after a great opening chapter. Completely agree on how they could've organized the Hobbit films.

@TheJGG Hopefully one day! I really do need to get going on those other Ghibli films since I've only seen two. Have fun on your trip! I thought the audio was decent, though my ear is by no means professional. I didn't have any issues understanding you! Some audio recordings by YouTubers are all over the place sometimes, depending on the recording equipment and editing.

@MarioLover92 I had a couple of fireproof elixirs for my attempt, but my Link was poor and didn't have a ton of inventory then lol. In hindsight I probably should've done Vah Medoh first.

No prob with my mom, that injury was years ago but it still affects her on occasion. But yeah, I don't really come from a family of gamers lol. There's some evidence that my dad had a Pac-Man strategy book since a mini arcade version was passed around in his extended family in the late 70s/early 80s, but to my knowledge he never really got into it.

Nice save on that mushroom boost! Tbh I forgot you could break. In fact, some of the earlier matches this weekend, I was accidentally letting off the gas. It HAD been some time since I'd played! Plus, some of those were in 200cc, and I was ever only comfortable with 150cc at most.

@Link-Hero What the hell? Why would they sell something like that? The heck? That’s terrible, I don’t even know what to say.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, my cousins mostly had Sega consoles, and my other cousin an N64. So I got to see some Sega Saturn and CD stuff as a kid. My brother had Genesis, I got a Game Gear after learning Sonic was Sega. We still had SNES and Game Boys. Sounds cool, never heard of Galactic Attack.

It worked out for the best. Funny really, I remember wearing a Smurfs sweatshirt when he asked, I should have worn my old Poppy shirt from the first movie and let that be the answer, lol. Thanks, looking forward to it again. Trying to avoid watching Trolls World Tour on DVD until I see it, I want it to be fresh when I go. Actually had on one of the holiday specials the other day. Waiting on one movie is fine since I have the first movie and the two holiday specials on DVD, and the cartoon series via Netflix and Hulu for my Trolls fix.

Yeah, and it's often YouTube recommending them because you're watching similar content, again I got DazzReviews' video recommended just because I wanted to watch some Trolls clips and songs. It reminds me of a meme I once saw, I can't post it here because there's one word in it that breaks Nintendo Life's rules, so I'll describe it.

The thumbnail has the Star Wars, Sonic, Nintendo, RWBY, and Batman logos in them, and says "STOP ENJOYING THINGS!" The title of the video says "That thing you like sucks. Give me views. (PART 1)," and the username is "Some guy you never heard of until YouTube forced this into your feed." The time is the part with the bad word, and why I can't post an image of it.

There is truth to this meme, and I see it often when just looking up stuff I like on YouTube. Movies, shows, games, etc. Amusing part is, I'm not even looking for it, I just wanted to see some clips or learn something about a game I like.

I wish it's that simple though. I know of quite a few big-name film essayists on YouTube who have a massive following, and when people like them make a negative statement about a film you love ("I don't care about Film X; it sucks and I don't even know whom it's made for"), people like the Nostalgia Critic, Chris Stuckmann, Captain Midnight, etc, etc. it just feels kinda frustrating sometimes when you're the minority voice against the noise of their huge following. Sure, I could just tune them out, but the fact that there were so many people out there who hated this thing I love made me question whether if I was in the wrong after all. It messes with my head. Like, who am I compared to these film experts who have watched decades of films, hundreds or even thousands more films than I ever did? Thankfully, I'm very stubborn and opinionated, so I'd always defend my opinions till the end if I feel I'm in the right.

Speaking of which, I'll defend Alien 3 till my dying breath, especially the Assembly Cut.

Speaking about YouTube, currently I still playing Youtubers Life 2 PS4 as I have to rebuild again my progress due to my previous save data got corrupted. I worked hard again to become famous Youtuber by uploading gameplay videos of certain trendy games, doing interview, live streaming (by playing in DDR style), taking photos for InstaLife, befriending the folks to continue the storyline and getting married with them. The whole gameplay was almost exactly like classic Harvest Moon games minus farming (well, this is Youtubers Life not Farmers Life).
During the storyline, you will meet with several famous Youtubers that based on real Youtubers such as PewDieDie, Crainer, LaurenZside, etc. They will give you some rewards (their expression Cards for reacting and some poster or photo of them) by completing their quests. Some of Reaction cards are based of some meme situation like Sad Gaming (Kitten playing XBOX controller), Drakeposting (Drake meme about his like and dislike), DistractedBoyfriend (A young man got distracted by another woman while he still have his girlfriend), etc.

Cooking myself some instant noodles for the coming dawn. That's what happens when you stay up till 5 in the morning playing SMT SJR - no shops are opened at the moment.

Well, technically not true, since there's a 24/7 supermarket just down my block, but I'm too tired to make the trip.

This guys videos made my day, And inspires me to get better at art, I love these!

@Tyranexx Ah OK, gotcha. I should get back to BotW soon...not only have we played Mario Kart fairly recently, but I played Smash Bros. with my other friends as well. I'll let you know when I make more progress.

Ah, I see. At least it sounds a lot better than it was back then. My dad was quite into gaming, especially back then, though he's always been way more into music and sports. It's why he's had a few sports games for the SNES and N64.

Thanks! Yeah, all this time, I wouldn't even think of braking in a racing game, I would just keep going, lol. 200cc is definitely a lot harder.

I noticed that you're playing Kirby's Return to Dream Land, how are you liking it? I always thought it was a solid Kirby game, and I still have my copy.

@Sunsy Nice, that's cool your cousins mostly had Sega consoles. Galactic Attack is a good space shooter for sure, and it's got some awesome music and pixel visuals...it pretty much looks like a souped up SNES game. There's also a gameplay mechanic that lets you shoot those lock-on lasers at enemies below your ship. It actually got a rerelease on modern consoles, such as the Switch. Though, it's kind of expensive for what it is, since its normal price is $30. So you might want to wait for a sale if you want it.

That would have been a great way to answer for sure, lol! Yeah that would be good, watching the other Trolls movies besides World Tour.

Yeah I think that's just how YouTube works, they'd recommend anything that's based on what kind of videos you like watching. Even if it trash talks whatever you like. I think I remember seeing that meme at one point, and yeah, looks like it's on point based on what I see on YouTube, lol. It's why I'm pretty picky on what content I wanna watch. Learning new stuff about my favorite games is more of my speed for sure.

@Maxenmus Definitely, I could imagine someone having their own opinion and getting thumb downed just because their opinion isn't what everyone else is saying. At the end of the day, it's all entertainment and subjective. People are going to have different opinions regardless. Just some are so big that it feels like their word is final say, when it's not the only viewpoint out there.

Try a movie or a game review from someone who understands said series, vs. someone who is just reviewing it and has no interest in it to begin with. Both will have differing opinions, one will have an understanding of the characters and world because they follow it, while the other person may not.

Not to mention there are some who just do it for easy views too. That does happen.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, later on that cousin did get a PS2, and that was it for him and gaming. I still continued to play video games because I love them. Oh cool, I didn't know it had a re-release on Switch.

Yeah, I usually put Trolls World Tour on in my room because the DVD loops, so does the Holiday In Harmony DVD. There's lots to watch with Trolls, it's more than just two movies at this point.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. It feels rude to me, even though it's the algorithm. All I want is to see my favorite scene from Trolls and then a thumbnail with the word "TERRIBLE" and one of the characters is there. Easy clickbait. I remember years ago seeing a thumbnail that said "Sonic Heroes is HOT GARBAGE" which was changed to "Sonic Heroes is the Ultimate Disappointment (to me)" with "to me" in small letters. Man, clickbait on stuff you like is annoying. I guess whatever it takes to get them views. For the record, I never clicked on either.

Oh cool, so you know the meme I'm talking about.

I like gameplay videos that show me what the game is like, or listening to someone who specializes in specific games. Like LGR for classic DOS games. Even if I don't always agree, he never clickbaits and has some knowledge on said subject.

Greetings guys, I write to you from base camp at 3300m. Hiked six hours to get here, and my feet are absolutely dead thanks to the path being all rocks uphill. I believe I caught altitude sickness a little, my breathing’s terrible and my heart feels like it’s choking me. Even normally standing it was clocking 140bpm. It’s no joke.

But I’m here, happy to be alive… may be tough submitting though. There’s a lot of rope work and steep slopes, and my knees are injured.

Enjoy the pics.

Certainly looks scenic, @TheJGG .... Hope you successfully complete the climb

@TheJGG
140 BPM was like dancing to common Eurodance songs in the club.

@TheJGG First time with altitude like that? Yeah, I felt pretty crappy the first day or two when I went to Colorado for skiing. (3300m is almost 10,000 feet (for any US people reading). That's up there, alright!)

Regarding your video essay, your voice kind of sounds similar to mine. So, I think you sound normal. Good writing, too, by the way.

I haven't been in this thread the last couple of days.
What did I miss? 🤪