Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Yousef- I’ve only gotten to the sixth episode of JoJo but I love it. I love the characters (Jonathan is such a gentleman and Dio is an awesome and scary antagonist) and the presentation and animation is so great. I think a lot of people say the second half of the first season is the best, and I am looking forward to it. Though, with the anime site I am using, Crunchyroll, I’ll need to sub to a higher tier to watch the remaining seasons, and the fifth season isn’t even on there and is Netflix exclusive. Bummer, but I really do want to finish watching the anime, so I’ll wait a bit to get a new Crunchyroll sub. I was obsessed with JoJo years ago and drew the characters way too much even though I didn’t watch or read it lol. The artwork I made looked bad though haha. I think what got me into it was the intro songs. They all sounded amazing when I stumbled across them on a YouTube video three years ago! I had heard of JoJo before that, but never had an interest in it.

I would love to play Ratchet & Clank, I love platformers, but too bad I don’t have a PS4 anymore for it. Maybe one day!

I played that a lot and did like it. I believe there is a game that preceded it, called Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, but they never made that one backwards compatible for newer Xbox consoles, which sucks, but Transformed is luckily backwards compatible! I am in the mood to buy a Sonic game soon, I was looking at Sonic Unleashed since I haven’t played it.

Game Pass sounds fun still, but I don’t have any interest in subbing again. It’s gotten too pricey, and the fact that they are now removing core features with one of the newer tiers makes me feel a certain way, sounds like they are pushing the pricey tier and trying to convince people to not buy the cheapest one by making it unappealing. It is nice they are finally including internet for the cheapest tier, but them removing the day one games thing (which was one of the main selling points of Game Pass) really made me annoyed. I don’t really care about Game Pass at the moment, maybe I will later, but not now. Also don’t have a lot of time to play the games in its large library.

EDIT: As an update to the JoJo part, I still am not done with season 1, but I finished the episodes covering Phantom Blood and got onto the 10th episode covering Battle Tendency, but I’ll watch more of that later cuz it’s early morning here and I’m actually getting sleepy! Phantom Blood’s ending is so bittersweet and I think I was a bit close to crying! So far from what I’ve seen in episode 10 I am really liking Joseph already. I think I’ve heard he is a fan favorite and I can clearly see why.

@Pastellioli I’m really happy you’re enjoying it. Jonathan is an incredibly good protagonist. Standard boyscout writing at its finest.
Dio is great, though he has a cool bit in the manga that doesn’t make it into the anime. I’ll post it whe you get there to avoid spoilers for now.

First ps2 R&C is on ps4, which I think is a great way to pop your R&C cherry. Unfortunately, the other two likely won’t make it due to Sony’s garbage negligence with game preservation.

Both Sonic Kart Racers on Xbox are fantastic. You’ll love both.
Edit: I’m lucky to already have banjo in my library. Means I won’t sub to play it.

@Yousef- Yeah, I loved Jonathan a ton, seeing him die in the end almost immediately after achieving happiness from his marriage to Erina after suffering for so long actually made me really sad. I don’t really feel things with fictional characters or get super attached to them, but that scene in the ship at the end made me super sad cuz I liked him a lot. Dio was super intimidating throughout the entire thing, and the other characters in there were great too. I can’t wait to see the later episodes in season 1 later today.

Hm, maybe I’ll pick up Transformed soon if I am in the mood. After seeing the Sonic 3 trailer, it sorta put me in a little Sonic mood.

Oh yeah, I’m glad I also have the Banjo games in my library too. I intentionally recommended two Rare games for the voting section in the game club because I don’t own any of the other games that they had available for voting. I actually joined the club for Conker because that was the only game there that I actually owned. I really like owning games more than having to rent or sub to play them. I almost instantly bought Rare Replay when I had a Game Pass sub a year ago so I could play it all the time and get a lot of fun out of it

@Pastellioli too true… too true… one of the best character arcs in the series already, and it only goes up from there!

Ate lots of lentil soup and pork today. So good! I ate a strawberry buttercream cake from the store since it was on clearance. Good stuff, I need to stop eating so much sugar.

Going to binge watch JoJo still. I did finish watching an episode of it today, but I didn’t get far into it yet. I’m in the mood to draw a character from it now…I was super obsessed with it before I even watched it and I loved drawing the characters so much, but my art skills were…lacking to say the least. I wish I could show my bad JoJo fanart so we can all have a laugh at it, but I lost it years ago when moving. I am actually planning the colors out already, but I need to make sure that I can make the characters fit into my art style. Sometimes characters look super off when I draw them in my art style.

@Pastellioli battle tendency is a phenomenal part, and it goes higher and higher as the series goes, with genuinely one of the greatest finales in all manga.

@Yousef- I can tell so far! The part with the grenades in the fight between Joseph and Straizo really shocked me and caught me off-guard. I unfortunately fell asleep while watching JoJo because it was so late, but I’ll continue watching it.

How is everyone doing? I’m super tired, feeling stupid and getting into my feelings way too much over something stupid I said in another thread, but hoping everyone else is having a better time than me. A few of the good things today was eating maple donuts and watching anime. Probably going to watch anime again until I fall asleep later. Didn’t feel like drawing at all.

I find it way too hard to be super happy right now and almost everyday. I feel like my happiness can only really be found in my hobbies and going outside while not having any responsibilities, but it only lasts for a few hours, and my low self-esteem never helps. I feel so bad whenever I make small mistakes or spread misinformation by accident that was passed off to me. Did that today on accident, and I feel so stupid and can’t stop thinking about how much I may have ticked someone off a lot and I just kept reprimanding myself a lot about it. I always try to deny that “words have power” as an excuse to be negative and insult myself, but sometimes as I type or write those words out, I feel really awful. I often insult myself as a joke, but they don’t make me feel better at all, and my current situation is just so negative and unhappy almost every day, and when I make mistakes like spreading misinformation by accident, I feel even more terrible for unintentionally causing problems and telling them what is essentially a lie.

Sometimes I think what I say on this site shouldn’t be said at all, but I can’t ever shut up about making lengthy posts and adding so much unnecessary info and comments. I’ll stop ranting, I think I am taking this way too seriously, but one of the worst feelings ever is unintentionally making someone extremely annoyed. I just wanted to get my feelings out there somehow.

@Pastellioli just had breakfast. It’s chapatti wraps with fried potatoes, boiled eggs and Kraft cream cheese inside and some chai. All very filling and great way to start my mourning.

I’m still contemplating getting into JJK and CSM as well as a similar manga; Undead Unluck, another shonen jump that’s very recent. But I’ll elaborate more on that later in the anime & manga thread as I have a lot to say there.

You don’t need to be so hard on yourself, making honest errors is not always your fault and you shouldn’t put yourself down so hard for making mistakes that aren’t always within your control. Erroring is not only human, it’s inevitable. We must learn from it and rise above, rather than let it consume and overcome us. It’s why even when I feel incredibly embarrassed about my mistakes, which happens quite often than I let on, I make my best effort to make it a lesson for me. A wisdom gained, rather than harm caused.

I hope you find the urge to draw again, and I’m sorry about your self-esteem. My advised way to combat it is to keep in touch with positive connections and get a healthy dose of positive feedback and make an effort to listen and make meaningful connections. That can certainly help ease up the internal pain.

Happiness being fleeting is much more common than you realize, don’t beat yourself up over the emotion suddenly go away. It’ll be back again. Hopefully stronger than ever.

I’d advise not spend so much time overthinking. Hobbies are a good distraction. Meditation helped me a lot too, and getting a ton of sleep too.

If it’s any consolation, “words have power” is something more commonly used with larger verbal influences. Such as insults or words said by a large influential figure. A small error made in a quick post in a thread that not everyone checks religiously isn’t actually something to worry about too much. No one will come after you for that and if they do, that’s on them and it’s not your fault at all.

I highly doubt you truly annoyed anyone here and trust me, if someone got genuinely annoyed by you, chances are it’s on them.

Don’t worry too much about “accidentally making someone feel worse”, fears like that can consume you. I would know.

Nah man, don’t self deprecate a lot. It’s unhealthy. A few silly jabs are fine but be careful about it. I also don’t think you should “talk less”. I can tell you from experience that doesn’t always work out how you expect them too.

You could maybe take a break though. That’s a valid option without a doubt. But it’s all up to you of course.

@Yousef- That sounds interesting, I have never heard of chapati! I’d love to eat cool and delicious breakfasts like that. Usually it’s nothing super fancy because I need to start doing work and stuff.

It’s that I worry I’ll be seen as bad and inconsiderate, but also because I set high standards for myself, and when I don’t meet any of those standards, I get upset and feel ashamed. Plus, sometimes if you make small mistakes online, like saying information that is false and full of errors on accident, someone can point it out and get extremely angry about it. Online you don’t know how people will react to what you say and whether they will be super kind about it or not.

When responded to you in another thread, I felt embarrassed that my response was full of bad opinions, too many errors and had little research put into it and it sounded like it annoyed you, cuz it was on something you were extremely passionate about and you were upset over the misinformation present in there. I still feel embarrassed about it, but I’d look so wimpy and learn nothing if I chose to delete my comment out of shame. I’ve made it a rule for me to never delete any comment or post I write on here or significantly editing them to change my opinions or views when someone disagrees. It was lame whenever I did that on PX.

I did draw recently, but I am finding myself not liking drawing a lot as I used to. Lack of time is a big reason, but at the end of the day, I just don’t have any motivation. I’m way too slow when drawing and accomplish very little. My schedule is busy, so I can’t get into art as much as I want to. I could push out maybe 3 to 4 pieces in a single day, and now I can only do 1 piece and spend a week on it.

I did have a big self-esteem years ago, but it’s taken a plummet, especially with events that have happened in the world and how it seems to be full of negativity. My family has told me to be less negative with myself, but I sometimes feel I’m way too prone to making mistakes than them, and I think that positive opinions I give on myself aren’t valid since it’s not from someone else. But, it’s an unhealthy habit I need to break over time. Sadly I’ve let it foster for too long.

Hobbies help me forget stuff, they have helped a lot, but I haven’t been drawing or playing games recently, but mostly from watching anime a lot lol. Maybe I’ll try drawing today, but I hope it doesn’t upset me. Usually it’s the art style I have a hard time with. I don’t know how to make something fit in my style without it looking weird.

I overthink a lot, about anything really. I don’t want to look bad and have someone think poorly of me, also because that contributes to my low self-esteem, but it stresses me out too much.

I self-deprecate a lot from media I consume alongside my awful self-esteem. A lot of my favorite games are filled with self-deprecation, and online a lot of people intentionally act self-deprecating for people to laugh at and relate to, and the constant negativity made me do the same too. But, I do it too much and to the detriment of my emotions and how I value myself. I do feel like that younger me was more positive back then, and I wish I didn’t allow these unhealthy habits to grow over time. I can reverse them, but it’ll take time.

Thank you for the chat, I feel better now. I just felt really awful last night, also since it was super late and I felt sleepy, but I’m now refreshed and feeling ready for the day! Sorry for the late reply, I was knocked out for a bit sleeping.

The more you know, guys...! Seriously, this is probably my favorite theory for tLoZ... Ever!

I need to stop dying, I don't even remember the context for the universe ending
Hi guys I'm alive I've just been super busy

Oh my, what a pleasant surprise! I’m speechless at this sudden return, but it’s great to have you back.
now important question, did you win that fistfight with the tornado? Got really worried there for a while.

Had a really good day the other day, went to the local shopping center via Lyft and had a nice morning out. Walked around Target and bought some Trolls Mineez, and then looked around in Five Below. Didn't find anything I wanted at Five Below. Even looked at the games in Target, even though I don't have a PlayStation, I did see a copy of Concord... hours before Sony revealed the game was being pulled. Also, watched Polly Pocket (finished season 2, it's a good show) and had a good online session of Modern Combat Blackout that evening. Was a good day.

@Pastellioli Indeed, similarly I have one friend I see regularly, and another friend who moved away almost a decade ago. I still talk to him online, but we did get together recently (he was the friend visiting) and did some gaming, and showed him my favorite pizza spot. We always talk gaming. Here is nice for talking about Nintendo games, or even other games I've seen people just talk about it in general.

Yeah, it had more to do with the reviews not being near a 9 or a 10, rather than it being "kiddy." I only got the "kiddy" thing like twice on the old forums. Oh wow, I didn't even know about Pokemon Rumble World's reviews, I use to play it on my 3DS, actually I think I still have it downloaded. Interesting, you mean those direct-to-video Disney sequels, I remember a lot did hate them. I think I've only seen a few. Can't think of too many "bad" movies I've seen, usually if I like a movie, I usually end up having the opinion that the movie was good. Agreed to that.

I do believe the M for Conker is more to its content. Gameplay wise, it feels like most Rare platformers. I have an N64 copy of Perfect Dark, even though I haven't played it much, I do think it got an M-rating mostly for being an FPS. Most FPS games at the time was rated M. The only early 2000's FPS I can think of that were T-rated was Medal of Honor and the original Call of Duty on PC (I actually have both of these physically too... oh wow, physical PC games).

@Tyranexx Indeed, the case with the theater I went to, it did have modern TV-style menus at the concession area, outside of that, it's still great the old building is still used. I'm glad the only time it closed was to get new seats and carpeting.

The data on this has renewed for the month, and I feel like I have something to say! The stars have aligned! The roof leaks in my room when it rains, the lobby has black bags instead of windows, and it's really difficult to get to the local libraries round here, but the place I've moved to seems like a fine place to live. I bought Emio a couple of days ago, and in a stroke of terrible timing, my sister has taken an interest. So she plays it whenever she gets an opportunity. It's really good, I feel it's the best in the series yet, really funny at times, kind of scary at times. I can't really agree with the NL review on this one on the music, but maybe I haven't been in many elevators. And the protagonist has been voiced since the remake, and the review seemed to imply otherwise, which bugged me. This is my first post for a while because I worry about using too much data, so I just want to say that the announcement of Emio really saved the month of July. It was July, I think, and I hate buses and contacting universities.

Feeling better after that rant I left here yesterday. Got snacks at a store with my family and my gosh they are so good. I ate some sweetened dried oranges and I will admit that I’ve never eaten orange skins before. So sweet and nice, but I only had five since they have high sugar content. I do have watermelon, so I’ll snack away on that! Watermelon is so refreshing too. Dried fruit is tasty, but almost all the time it’s too sugary. I am way too obsessed with raisins when I’m given a box or bag of them haha.

We also got cassava chips and curl chips made of potatoes and lentils. Cassava is a type of root, sort of similar to a potato. These chips are all so AWESOME, and I’d actually take those over more processed and unhealthy chips like potato chips. They are so simple with their ingredients, yet so much more satisfying and healthier to eat. I usually don’t eat chips, also because they are unhealthy and I don’t have the urge to eat any.

Probably going to watch JoJo again later and this time I’m making SURE I’m not going to comment stupid opinions on things I haven’t gotten onto yet and not falling asleep while watching it. I’ve tried to binge watch the episodes for Battle Tendency but I’m still on the 12th episode because these last few days I have been so sleepy when I get free time to watch it, and I always fall asleep with my phone open, and then wake up to an almost dead phone laying on my bed sheets. Freaking love Joseph. He’s probably going to be one of my favorite characters of all time from what I’ve seen so far. He’s so goofy and charming!

Well, come this weekend, I'll be able to play my Nintendo games in glorious 4K HD quality. I ended up winning a 65-inch (165.1 cm for those who use the metric system) Samsung 4K Smart TV in a raffle at a company picnic today! This comes after winning a PlayStation 5 in another raffle at a company party last year. Picking it up at work tomorrow.

@AstroTheGamosian yooooo that’s excellent! We have a 4K television at home and I can personally attest to how sharp the picture quality is when on PS5. Add HDR on top and the picture is just stunning, and even the Switch benefits from how clear it is.

May be a bit much but for me that can be enough to breathe new life into a game.

@AstroTheGamosian That is so freaking cool. It seems very difficult to win raffles and get prizes that’ll provide lots of fun for a long time from how raffles are random, so congrats! I know if I entered a raffle I’d lose lol.

Laying in bed while watching JoJo. Only watched maybe two episodes and fighting the urge to fall asleep. The ending of episode 12 was insane and the following episode was very intense. I really want to describe what happens in the ending of episode 12 but it’d be so hard to from how bizarre it is lol. The way the protagonist protects himself from bullets being shot at him and his allies really surprised me. Gosh, I can tell from the anime that the original creator of the manga is so good at writing and making really interesting, memorable, and insane fight scenes.

I also tried to draw earlier, but didn’t because I knew I wouldn’t have time. For me, why would I bother trying to do a hobby when I have limited time to invest into it? I’ll have to make a smaller drawing, luckily, I have a small sketchbook with me!