Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

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@MarioVillager92 I did get a few internet warnings in 3, but there were a few times in 2 where I got banned from playing online for only a few minutes because of poor internet, not rage quitting. You get warned about it and a message along the lines of “make sure your internet isn’t busted before playing” shows up when you go in the lobby, but if you disconnect more than once, either intentionally or unintentionally, you get the ban hammer and can’t play for a few minutes. It is nice the later games had more bans and warnings because of how frequent disconnects were in the first game (which was the worst out of the three when it came to punishing players that intentionally disconnect), but I think 3 took more actions against player disconnects besides banning, like how the game instantly ends a match if one or more disconnect a few seconds after it starts.

That’s good! I’m still struggling a bit with what to make, I’ll admit that poses are what mainly contribute to my art block but I still have a lot of ideas I want to get down on paper.

When I rinsed my brushes, the paint still stuck to the brush. The paints were from Winsor and Newton, which is a high-quality art brand, so I’d assume the materials used in making the paint were really good quality and expensive if they didn’t come off my brushes entirely. Though after that happened I realized oil painting wasn’t for me. Yeah, watercolor paper is what you should definitely use since the texture and thickness is usually good, but I have used thinner watercolor paper in the past and the paper sometimes buckles or bends. I remember having Strathmore watercolor paper, which did handle the watercolor well, but all the sheets looked kinda bendy after I was finished, and if there’s one thing that bothers me about a drawing, it’s damaged or marked paper that ruins my art, though I maybe used too much water.

What I remember doing with the printer paper painting was I inked the art using an ultra fine liner from the dollar store. The pen worked well with my markers and pencils so I assumed it worked with all materials, but what I didn’t know was that the liner is not waterproof, so once water went on the lines, the painting became a muddy and smudgy mess and ruined the color of the paints. Though, I was less experienced in drawing when that happened. Now I test if a certain material is compatible with another, which is very important when using wet art material. Better to find out early instead of taking a risk with a drawing you’re making!

I’m very used to simplified controls in fighting games thanks to Smash, I find all the different moves and inputs in traditional fighting games hard to get used to. Yep, I used to love Overwatch a lot, especially at its peak back in 2016-2019, but dropped it in favor of Splatoon and the Switch after that, but chose to give OW another shot again after I got an Xbox. I had to start over, but I didn’t really mind it. While the first times I played it I had a ton of fun and got all my skills back, I found the game was harder to play (and enjoy) when I redownloaded it in December, though, I’d imagine the game changed a bit since the time I was gone, from updates, slight modifications, and new heroes. Last time I played it was in November 2023, and it wasn’t until December of last year I went back to it. I think I did 20 something matches but only managed to with 3 of them, super frustrating, especially with the terrible matchmaking and game servers being so bad at staying connected. I don’t really play Splatoon anymore but it can also be a somewhat frustrating game if you’re not winning all the time, the games have gotten like that for me too at points.

Yes, if I remember it does, but I think I mostly focused on LBP3’s story mode instead. I usually suck at building and creating stuff in games that center on creativity, but I like games that allow their players to make whatever the heck they want.

I only got into their games back in 2021 thanks to NSO having the original DKC SNES trilogy. Played that through June-July and had a blast, but playing Banjo is what made me like them even more.

Yeah, but there were reports over the years saying the game was plagued with development issues…first, the game was in experimental prototyping for some time around 2014, they announced it with a trailer in 2019, and went dead silent. From 2021-2024 came reports that development was plagued with issues and rebooted. Eventually, it was reported development was going better (with some of the game being playable), but ultimately got canned when Microsoft laid off several of their employees, with the game director and producer being part of those layoffs. There were conflicting reports before the cancellation saying it was an adventure God game with survival elements and little to no combat, but then a life sim game similar to Viva Piñata? Reports also said the developers themselves didn’t know what the game was supposed to be about, which all hint that they never settled on a genre or gameplay for it after revealing it. I was optimistic about it despite the issues it had being developed, but it shows Microsoft shouldn’t have their studios announce games so early before their finished. It felt kinda weird seeing Rare have a small 40th anniversary celebration lately as if nothing happened, since they just lost their last few veteran employees a month ago, the game they worked a decade on went nowhere, and the fact no one knows what they’ll make next after all their work ultimately went in the trash.

I’m still trying to do my best to avoid watching or seeing stuff for Bananza, but it’s so hard because some Nintendo-themed accounts I follow are already posting stuff related to later parts of the game…I ended up getting recommended a screenshot of a tweet with a very, VERY spoiler-y scene from a later part of the game, so unfortunately I’ll be less surprised when it happens. But, again, I should be glad that it’s only one part. But from now on, I’ll probably avoiding reading and watching stuff about games and shows I, for sure, want to play and watch. They have been oddly unpredictable with their Directs all year this time, huh? Something funny I kind of realized was they had Directs a month after the time they usually are supposed to be doing one. They have February Directs, but instead had one in March, then they skipped June but had a Partner Direct a few weeks ago in July. I’m wondering if they’ll skip September, given that’s what they did last year, but I think it’ll be super strange if they didn’t have one last Direct for the year, or something related to Mario.