Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Your cat has his humans well trained.

@Pastellioli Seems like you at least know how to proceed with your art hobby going forward. We all need at least one hobby, though some can be quite expensive lol. I don't think experimenting would hurt if a new technique or tool catches your eye, but that's totally up to you. And I totally get not buying anything and exercising restraint when needed.

I'm glad you can share a hobby (Lol, autocorrect changed this to Hobbit!) with your dad, even if he doesn't game as much these days. I think that sounds like a well-rounded PlayStation collection, definitely more balanced than some out there.

Different time zones and schedules can be difficult to work with, but I'm sure you two will work something out before long. Some other NL folks and I run into this sometimes when trying to set up online Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sessions. Life can be quite a balancing act; I like to picture one of those entertainers who deals with a lot of spinning plates. Sadly when it comes to subscription services, gaming or otherwise, more of them are starting to go the "overpriced cable" route IMO. I kind of wonder if Microsoft will gradually drop the Xbox going forward and focus more on PC in the future, but I suspect the Xbox still has a good market share in many territories. Probably not for years yet if that does happen.

@Tyranexx not enough! According to my parents, he had been “stuck” outside all morning long, but they didn’t care enough to figure out what the tantrum was about.

@Tyranexx I am a bit bad with budgeting when it comes to buying stuff related to my hobbies, so your tips definitely helped!

My dad has a pretty good PlayStation collection I’d say. Loved the PlayStation 4 when we used to have it. Sadly all the data was wiped off of that thing so I’m assuming all my game data is gone. I put so much time into games like Overwatch but I didn’t get to send the data into Overwatch 2 when they closed down the first game. luckily my dad was able to get his data on there, so that’s good! Overwatch was one of my favorite games of all time, I played it a lot on the PlayStation 4 and loved it, but I did sort of fall out of love with it. I played the sequel on the Xbox and it was still fun, but I sort of didn’t care about it anymore.

If only I knew my friends in person we could have schedule online game sessions easier. I probably am going to check if my friend can play with me later this week, just as long as he isn’t busy. He hasn’t really been talking too much because he has been busy with life a lot. I’ll probably snatch that Game Pass Ultimate deal when I find the right time this week.

I don’t think Microsoft will drop the Xbox anytime soon because of a lot of the progress they have made, money, and the more than 40 game studios they own across three game publishers, plus it was confirmed that they were already planning out the next console after the Series X and S. But the decisions they make have made people think that way. On top of that is sometimes poor communication and slow responses to their user base. I can remember that there were so many reports of Microsoft bringing exclusive games to other consoles back in February, everyone was freaking out and it was a huge deal, but they were super slow to respond, I think it took them a week to confirm that their games were going on other consoles, and the Series X and S consoles have been selling less than previous iterations unfortunately. I can understand people being super concerned for the future of Xbox, but I don’t see them dropping it now despite that. I love the Xbox, has some nice games, but Microsoft has done a sort of poor job trying to manage it after that Xbox One fiasco back a decade ago.

Random, but it’s so fun writing random stuff in my signature, but man I’m so bad at being funny lol. I’m so indecisive with what I write in there. I had to change words in my signature to insert a pretty goofy quote. I coulda picked a better one though…I’ll pick a better one later.

@Eel Sounds like a case of crying wolf meow then.

@Pastellioli No problem! Budgeting is how I keep control of some of my own spending so I'm not hit sideways by some bills.

Stinks that all that save data was wiped, but such is life. I've heard a lot of good things about Overwatch; not sure it would be my thing, but I know the franchise has quite the following. I seriously did want a PS4 at one point, but that didn't quite happen during its heyday for various reasons. Plus I can't say I like Sony's current direction either, especially with what I'm reading regarding the new PS5 Pro. That thing is so expensive that I'm more convinced that PC is right for me when it comes to non-Nintendo properties and partners.

I'm sure you'll work something out with your friend. I can attest that sometimes even having met someone in person, that doesn't necessarily make online play any easier to set up.

I don't think Microsoft will drop the Xbox next gen, or even the gen after. With the direction they're going though...It really does make me wonder. Communication is extremely important in anything between humans, and that's something that Microsoft (many businesses TBH) isn't too great at. I'll be honest: there's very little in Xbox's ecosystem to entice me right now. It takes several games to make me seriously consider buying a console. Not to mention I'm more than set with the systems I do currently own. To be fair, Microsoft has recovered somewhat well (overall) from the Xbox One fiasco. THAT drew my ire, especially the "always online" bit. I still lived with my parents at the time, and their internet options are poor to say the least. The console would have been a pretty brick most of the time. It's sad as I held them in pretty high regard thanks to the 360 before that.

@Tyranexx Overwatch was super fun when I played it, I think me having played Splatoon a year before the first game released us also why I loved it a lot. Splatoon was one of my first introductions to playing shooter games, so since Overwatch was one, it was right up my alley. I do wish my data didn’t get wiped from the shutdown of the first one, but I didn’t really feel like playing the PlayStation around the time the sequel was nearing release, so it’s more my fault the data was wiped haha. Still found the sequel fun on the Xbox, but I haven’t played it in a while, I’ve deleted it numerous times to save space and it takes so long to download… The new characters look fun though, but I only tried out about two of them. Luckily they have made all of the characters free to play, so maybe I could hop in again if I get time to.

Ooh, I watched the livestream for the Pro earlier this morning just cuz I was bored and curious, and the pricing was insane. I went “at least it isn’t $800” but I think it’s €800 euros in European countries, and the price being $700 in America isn’t really great either. The pricing in all countries seems bad. I don’t have a PS5 or PlayStation console right now so I can’t really comment on it besides the price, but a lot of people seem to really not want to purchase it, on top of it being disc-less apparently. Sad that after all the rumors and build-up it seemingly disappointed a lot of people during the reveal right at the end. I don’t think I’ve seen a console that was priced that high before. If I did get back into PlayStation, I’d probably just try to find a refurbished or slightly used PS4 Pro instead, the prices for the PS5 and PS5 Pro are a bit too high for me.

I can understand there not being a lot of stuff to entice you to get into the Xbox ecosystem. While I do love my Series S a lot, I was only really interested in getting it for Rare’s games, as I played a few of them on the Switch on NSO when I was still Nintendo-only. I didn’t actually have an interest in the other exclusives, I wouldn’t mind giving them a try though. I do think some people buy a console for maybe one game only, sort of similar to me (but with multiple games) but I do think it’s a bit rare for people to do that, also cuz they might be lost or not know what to play next after finishing the game they only bought the console for. I was convinced to get the Xbox super easily, but I also get people only being convinced to get a console for multiple games instead of a specific few.

I didn’t watch that Xbox One video when it first happened, but I watched a video highlighting moments from it and it seemed like a mess. I do think they have done better with the Xbox consoles and learned from their mistakes, but I wonder if the One could have sold more if the E3 presentation wasn’t poorly received and if Microsoft hadn’t had the “always online” thing and the game sharing restrictions, because a lot of people have mentioned that event is what heavily impacted the Xbox user base a lot. It is sad that a few of the poor decisions they have made really made people feel the way they do about the Xbox’s future, but with what they have been doing and saying, it isn’t a surprise they show a lot of concern.

yeah I watched the PS5P reveal with a few of my friends and it was completely pointless to me for multiple reasons.

• First, I don't even care about graphical fidelity all that much, I'm much more of a performance guy. So for a console to do the same things as normal with extra graphics isn't attractive.
• Second, we all lost our minds when they revealed the price, I thought it would be 599 but even that wouldn't have won me over.
• And third, and perhaps most importantly... IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A DISC DRIVE. So for the privilege of playing a disc game on that console (of which I have like 30) I'd need to pay another hundred dollars. Count me out lmao.

Gonna go back to watching JoJo now! Super dark here, so I’m gonna binge watch until I get sleepy.

I only was able to watch a single episode of JoJo I fell asleep and was so tired and forgot I had my phone in bed. I woke up to only 4% on my phone! Annoyed me when I realized what I did.

Thinking about the PS5 Pro and how insane the pricing is. On a sort of related note, Sony is going to sell refurbished PlayStation 5 consoles soon at cheaper prices, which is good, but people have said that is probably going to make people less interested in buying a Pro. I would like to maybe buy a refurbished console, but I think the controller and games would increase the price.

Where did you hear this from, I think I missed it.

@Yousef- on Push Square: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/09/sony-to-start-selling...

Sony is going to sell PS5 consoles with disc drives around £389/$400, which saves around £90/$100. It’s pretty cool they are doing that. There isn’t a date for when they are selling refurbished consoles, but I can assume it’ll be very soon. On the US site, I saw that a refurbished digital PS5 is cheaper at $350.

@Pastellioli a refurbished digital ps5 being at the price is so lame given that it’s still more expensive than a Series S.

@Yousef- Oh, I just checked and yeah…I do think digital consoles should be a bit less because they lack a disc-drive and rely on being digital all the time for everything. I don’t mind having a digital only console, but I think a console being digital-only has a lot of risks, like losing access to all your games if the account tied to it were to get hacked. I think the pricing on the refurbished consoles are better, but the digital one could have been a lot more inexpensive since it doesn’t have a disc functionality.

@Pastellioli so true $350 is a lil steep $300 is bare minimum or better yet just be $250
But tbf ig it makes sense for Sony cuz digital ps5 isn’t weaker than the base ps5…. I suppose

Hi. How is everyone doing? Super bored, haven’t held any long chats with anyone recently and it’s disappointing me. I don’t feel like drawing at all and I can’t muster up the motivation to do so, but eh. I don’t care about drawing right now, it ticks me off too much and I get so disappointed when I see other people’s works. I want the time to improve my art skills, but I do not have time at all and my art progress stays stagnant. It’s really frustrating but oh well. I had all the time years ago and now I don’t.

Yesterday I watched my brother play Valorant and it was so funny seeing him play in his first match. In good news, I probably will play online with a friend in a few more days, so hooray!

@Pastellioli not much. Usual life stuff. Slightly more relaxed today cuz it’s Thursday. Which means tomorrow is weekend. Arab world doesn’t go by judeo-christian week system so our week goes Sunday-Thursday and Friday-Saturday are the weekends. Friday becomes of Jumaa (muslim holy day of the week) and Saturday cuz, Y’know, a one day weekend would be pretty brutal, yeah?
But yeah. Not much happening rn. Mid-20s is so boring. You just work, live alone and occasionally talk to friends or family. Well maybe I’m not so easily stimulated idk.
I’m a little bit more low-maintenance though, contrary to the beginning of your post, so I do not feel bored or disappointed if I can’t find chats every day. If anything, my social anxiety would probaaaaably hate it so I take some days off occasionally, or go very on and off. It’s why I only post in the push square club that I manage every 2-3 days, I think that’s a healthy stream of activity for a club like that.
Though if you’re bored or need chatting (or anyone here) like I said just ping me I already have pretty much very little going on. Hospital work is quiet, my house is quiet, my friends and mutuals are sometimes quiet, my hangouts with my dad are p lively doe.
I should prob find better ways to occupy.
Well on the bright side I’m cooking chicken tomorrow.
So das cool.

its been a hard week

@ThatZeldaNerd OHh, why is that?

@ThatZeldaNerd Sorry. I have had rough days where I feel down or unmotivated, so I can relate. I hope you feel better soon. Just remember that if your day or week has not been super great, please remember; there is tomorrow and a hundred more days that will be better.

@Yousef- Sorry late response!

Oh, I’d hate one day weekends lol. I love it when there is a holiday on Mondays, so that makes a three-day weekend! Three-day weekends are a bit frequent and I love it. The way weeks work where you live are interesting. I haven’t really heard of Sundays being work days and Fridays being weekend days. For me, Mondays-Fridays are work days, and Saturdays-Sundays are weekends, though there are probably people that follow the same week system as me that work on different days than that.

For me, nothing much too! Just been working, occasionally playing games. I’ve still been trying to watch JoJo, but I can’t believe I said I was going to binge watch it and then fell asleep before I could get onto the next episode! All I remember was getting two minutes in the next episode while I was asleep, waking up and realizing I missed stuff, went back to an earlier part with the intention to watch the episode in full, turned off my phone and tried to nap for five minutes before I watched it, and then I slipped into sleep with my earphones plugged in and the Crunchyroll app left open. It’s mostly from the fact I watch the show super late when I’m sleepy, but it’s not my bedtime right now or super late, so I’m gonna watch it soon.

And speaking of watching stuff, I sometimes go on YouTube to watch things that peak my interest, but it’s usually the super random ones that I find are super interesting. I was watching a video a few weeks ago by a YouTuber I enjoy that went over several old and forgotten internet scams, most of which were from a decade ago, and one of them was for this beef jerky made of Japanese Kobe beef, which is a super special and rare meat that is very expensive to buy. Some company popped up one day and aimed to sell and distribute Kobe beef jerky and needed crowdfunded cash to do so, and almost EVERYONE wanted the beef jerky likely from the quality of Kobe meat, so they exceeded their goal very quickly. But a filmmaking duo working on a documentary suspected it was fake and they, alongside a private investigator, busted the people behind the scam and all the money was refunded to hackers just a single HOUR before the crowdfunding ended, to think that the scammers were that close to getting away with more than $100 over some beef jerky that doesn’t exist! It’s a super interesting story I heard about, and YouTube topics like that are just super entertaining whenever I’m doing something. Do you usually put on whatever you see on YouTube or something on a specific topic or interest you are into?

My life is super boring too, but I think having a super boring life isn’t bad, not a lot happens of course but it’s better than having a super strange life. I sometimes wish something exciting would happen, but it’s fine right now.

I sometimes get a bit bored on here cuz the main reason I go on NL is for my daily dose of interaction and having friendly talks with people. I go on here on a daily basis, but I should try to normalize breaks, but I can’t stop reading on the latest news and conversations haha. I am actually a bit fine with no one chatting with me, especially if they are busy, I sometimes just feel like no one chats with me but I only feel like that when I’m bored. I’m fine now! Just reading a bit of stuff on the “Next Nintendo Direct?” thread. I haven’t commented on that one a lot recently cuz I haven’t had anything worthwhile to say, but a lot of the people on there do, they are really good at logic and reasoning when they speculate.

Also, chicken! Tasty. I cooked chicken today too but I haven’t eaten it yet. I put garlic and onion powder, garlic salt, and pepper on it. I loved the smell of the seasonings as I was putting them on the chicken. I wonder what you are going to season your chicken with