Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@ShieldHero That’s an interesting one! I can’t quite remember how I came across NL, but I know it was when I was playing the Switch almost daily, and sometime in 2020 or 2021 if I’m remembering correctly. I did also visit their sister sites Pure Xbox and Push Square, but mostly to read comments and threads. I did also like reading NL’s articles almost daily and seeing everyone else’s thoughts; I think what made me come back to the site as a guest user for a while came from seeing all sorts of different opinions on gaming topics, but the threads are what interested me a whole lot, and getting to share stuff about games, but also unrelated topics, seemed super fun.

I remember making this account during the morning and randomly came up with the name on a whim, and my first comment was on Pure Xbox, but again, I just mostly write on Nintendo Life only. Interaction was also maybe the main reason why I made an account on here, so I can relate to that too! And your having issues with selecting a profile picture? What problems are you having?

@Pastellioli, it's quite interesting that you came up with your account name on the fly! Mine is based off of one of my most favorite animes, "The Rising of the Shield Hero".

As for my profile picture issues, I go to my account settings and there's an option to select a picture from my files app. I use Google/Samsung, by the way. I select a picture that fits the size range (it's a key art for the Shield Hero anime). The account says that the picture is selected, but my picture remaind the standard smiley face one and a few seconds later those words disappear completely. Maybe it would work better on my computer instead or my smartphone?

@ShieldHero Yeah, I kind of randomly thought about the name…I wanted it to be art related since I like drawing, but also something that was a bit silly and dumb. I remember using oil pastels around the time I made the account, so I randomly combined “pastel” and either “ravioli” or “cannoli” when making it, but I originally planned for a more simple and boring name. I’ve heard of Shield Hero before.

That’s strange, I use a different phone, so when I pick a profile picture in settings, I saw there’s a “choose file” button underneath where my avatar appears in account settings, and tapping on the button gives me the option of choosing a picture from my photo gallery, taking a photo, or uploading a file. All those options work for me, but I think selecting it on the computer could work and maybe fix your problem with the avatar.

@Pastellioli, thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it on the computer later. Hoping for good results! (Not to complain, but in all honesty, my current smiley face one looks kinda bland if you ask me)

@ShieldHero Hope it works too!

@ShieldHero
Thank you.
Sorry for the late reply.
As you can see, you can tell me what kind of gamer after you read my previous posted comments.
Also, I have typed on my signature "I only play kids games with a few of Teen games" as I only play games that I considered appropriate enough for me and not crossing my gaming rules.

@Anti-Matter, indeed, I do know a lot about you from your previous comments. I love that you like what you like, even if not everyone accepts it. I really like watching Japanese anime cartoons, which aren't really all that popular in my home country of the United States of America, so we're kind of in the same boat actually! 😃

@Pastellioli i love how you came up with your name i always wondered about it!!! its so silly and brings a smile to my face! in fact im gonna revive the “whats ur username” thread cause im curious about a lot of peoples names here 🤔

@OctolingKing13 I just wanted something that was fun and not boring, it’s way better than the one I wanted originally. Though, I found out that the “pastelli” part of my name also is the name of a Greek sesame seed snack, so my username is also kind of a combination of two foods

That thread is really fun to read, it’s really interesting reading on how everyone else came up with their usernames!

@Pastellioli awesome!! ive never heard of that food, and i js looked it up, looks yummy!!! have you ever had it?
yess i looked through a few pages of the name thread, it was entertaining for sure 😄

@OctolingKing13 No, I haven’t tried it at all, but I found it interesting that I accidentally combined the names of two foods together. However, I have had cannoli though! It’s awesome

@Pastellioli, with some help from @antdickens, I finally got it to work! This will be my profile icon for I don't know how long.

@ShieldHero That’s good! Your avatar looks cool!

@Pastellioli, thanks! Like I said before, it's an official key art for the Shield Hero anime! I might change it to other key arts for Shield Hero or other animes after a while, I haven't decided yet. Speaking of avatar changing, I've noticed that you've changed your avatar quite a bit since you created your account! All of them have looked pretty cool and have been cropped into the square brilliantly! Do you edit them for that purpose? I've noticed that, in my avatar picture, one of the characters only has their body showing and not their head, but I didn't edit it at all so, I'm honestly not really surprised about that.

@ShieldHero I find changing avatars is a bit fun! I do kind of edit them, because originally, a lot of the pictures are bigger and are off-center when I’m putting them as an avatar. All I really do is just screenshot the photo I want and crop the sides a bit so it’s perfectly square, but there have been times where I didn’t do that. I didn’t crop my first avatar on the site, and the same for an avatar I had in September since they were already in a square shape.

Again, cropping is the only form of editing I do with the pictures, I usually don’t like adding any other edits or effects to them, and I prefer to use official pictures instead of unofficial pictures like fan art.

@ShieldHero I also lurked for a few years before finally making an account so that I could vote in a poll about Splatoon, haha! I just made my username the same as I use on most sites. I love the community because with very few exceptions we are all very understanding of other POVs

@CaleBoi25, I'm the same, I like the community here as well! I think I will get along with the others on this website just fine, from what I've seen so far! I love talking to other people who like Nintendo like I do, and I know hardly anyone who is like that in real life! 😃

@Pastellioli Sorry for the long wait!

Yeah. Older phones and tablets just don't work so well.

I kinda hated older twitter. I can imagine when he bought it, a certain someone did genuinely intend to improve it. But I'm already certain that older twitter staff undermined him in some way, on top of his own decisions. AI sucks, but I view the current state of it as "allowing a concept to progress to a natural extreme harmful to others". Google and yt searches used AI back in the day, so of course it evolved into a tool that gets abused... As for credit to art.. I save stuff, but never really repost it. The reason my pfp is blank is because I only have one image that is, in a sense, mine to use. If I show something, it's usually a direct link. As for moderation? Before the buyout, a friend got perma'd for disliking censorship, without the reason being stated, while some political group was outright fearmongering telling ppl to beware their neighbors and pharmacists...and got away with it.

Huh. Honestly sounds similar to politics. They've become like a harmful drug lately. Addictive, blinding, and detrimental.

I already forgot the insulted incident you responded about. As for the block button? Yeah. Ppl don't want to try anymore. They just want to have fun or whatever. Fair, but also, you can't actually make something more fun by simply ignoring the problem.
There was an artist I joined their discord server at a friend's recommendation, Sifyro. I did vent, but stopped when asked. Was somewhat immature, and at the very end, made a joke comment about something cause I forgot what it was. Sifyro, at the time, had a reputation for making callout posts.
So ofc I was removed, I went to one of her posts to ask why I was removed....and after an exchange with someone else, or actually during, I was blocked.
I asked some friends what I did wrong, linking my own comments, as the artist's were invisible to me, and was met with an "omfg you need to see this", after which I was shown a post displaying my discord ID, with the text "if you want to block or ban others from your mature server, here's how".

So ofc, I know it can be, and is abused frequently.
And I'm genuinely sick of feeling like I'm required to read the minds of others to know the heck is going on. At the same time, I need to actively combat my own reactions.

@ShieldHero Shield Hero fan?

I won't say peak. It isn't like, Re:Zero, or the OG Dragonball.
But I do enjoy it greatly!

Am concerned because the light novels have been on indefinite hiatus for years.

Okay guys here’s a whodunnit murder mystery quiz!

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