September Chat: Bowsette

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Poops Mcgoots: Jul 12, 2010

I haven't played any battle royales, but I tried that blops 4 br beta and it felt very polished and well-made, even if it still wasn't for me.

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Poops Mcgoots: Jul 12, 2010

Also, when will Kiryu and Sayama finally be allowed to smooch

# ? Sep 17, 2018 01:49

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

I just got to the bonus levels in Captain Toad and it just reminded me that Super Mario Odyssey is probably one of my favorite games of all time. Maybe it has something to do with the last Mario game I played before that being 64, but I just heard this theme again and I got a little emotional all over again :unsmith:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ60KLh3I18

# ? Sep 17, 2018 02:38

man nurse: Feb 18, 2014

Steve Yun posted:

In the Y6 demo they open with the ending of 5 where Haruka announces she�s quitting her singing career and professing how proud she is of her ex-yakuza dad. It sounds like that�s what sets off the events in 6. Is there a lot more that you need to know going into 6?

I guess not? But skipping an entire game's worth of story and content just because "I don't like this one side activity that can totally be ignored" is bonkers to me. Yakuza 5 is great!

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The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

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Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

The Colonel posted:

I am instantly taken back to the BYOND days

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Kanfy: Jan 9, 2012; Just gotta keep walking down that road.

Oxxidation posted:

wouldn't surprise me

Wasn't really an implication, guy's 100% spudsbuckley.

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FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

Hello everybody

Today's monday but let's try not to let that get us down.

What's everyone up to?

# ? Sep 17, 2018 11:18

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

FirstAidKite posted:

Hello everybody

Today's monday but let's try not to let that get us down.

What's everyone up to?

I just came home from work and I'm going to spend the rest of the day playing DQ11.

It's pretty great

# ? Sep 17, 2018 11:22

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

My soundtrack at work today is Final Fantasy VII and now I want go home and play this game again even though I have hundreds of games already in backlog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOqcR-BORo

# ? Sep 17, 2018 12:44

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!; Oven Wrangler

FirstAidKite posted:

Hello everybody

Today's monday but let's try not to let that get us down.

What's everyone up to?

I'm hoping today goes by smoothly and as always I am already looking to go home and I've been at work for 17 minutes. Plus I am wearing new boots and they're killing my feet something fierce.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:17

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

Do you need to get some special insoles for the boots until they're properly broken in?

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:24

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!; Oven Wrangler

I have flat rear end feet and I have a pair of inserts that give my foot more of an arch, in addition to the normal impact gel inserts. Right now it's just a matter of breaking in the leather so they're more flexible in the future and the only way I can do that is to wear them.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:27

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

I'm hoping today goes by smoothly and as always I am already looking to go home and I've been at work for 17 minutes. Plus I am wearing new boots and they're killing my feet something fierce.

I feel you. I got some gorgeous new Converse last week but they squish my toes so bad. I had to bring some tatty trainers into work as well for a changeover

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:31

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

I have flat rear end feet and I have a pair of inserts that give my foot more of an arch, in addition to the normal impact gel inserts. Right now it's just a matter of breaking in the leather so they're more flexible in the future and the only way I can do that is to wear them.

I'm sorry to hear about your flat feet. What exactly happens with it that is so painful? Is it because the pressure is being put down on the entire foot instead of just the front and back? Is there any way to fix your feet or are you just stuck with special shoes/special inserts?

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:56

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge: May 8, 2006; "My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

My tired after work game (FFXIV) is not available this evening since tomorrow is patch day.

I'll probably just play more DQXI. I've been trying ou5 various 4x games to have something casual to play while watching tv but not of them grab my internet anymore and I haven't quite pinpointed why yet.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:56

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

FirstAidKite posted:

I'm sorry to hear about your flat feet. What exactly happens with it that is so painful? Is it because the pressure is being put down on the entire foot instead of just the front and back? Is there any way to fix your feet or are you just stuck with special shoes/special inserts?

Think of it like a bridge with arched supports versus straight ones. One is going to last far longer than the other due to how they're designed.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 13:58

Wildtortilla: Jul 8, 2008

Relax Or DIE posted:

My tired after work game (FFXIV) is not available this evening since tomorrow is patch day.

I'll probably just play more DQXI. I've been trying ou5 various 4x games to have something casual to play while watching tv but not of them grab my internet anymore and I haven't quite pinpointed why yet.

Monster Hunter GU on Switch is my new tired after work game. Not to fight crazy monsters but to do some necessary item collection and crafting as a cat. Spend the week nights watching a bit of Netflix and gathering, then hopefully when I'm rested on the weekend I get some spare time and I'll be ready to rock and roll against the big mons.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:04

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

Wildtortilla posted:

Monster Hunter GU on Switch is my new tired after work game. Not to fight crazy monsters but to do some necessary item collection and crafting as a cat. Spend the week nights watching a bit of Netflix and gathering, then hopefully when I'm rested on the weekend I get some spare time and I'll be ready to rock and roll against the big mons.

Collecting in that game is quite Zen, isn't it? I like to bring my Switch in with me when I'm cooking dinner and grab some herbs when I have breaks in prepping food.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:05

Harrow: Jun 30, 2012

Relax Or DIE posted:

My tired after work game (FFXIV) is not available this evening since tomorrow is patch day.

I'll probably just play more DQXI. I've been trying ou5 various 4x games to have something casual to play while watching tv but not of them grab my internet anymore and I haven't quite pinpointed why yet.

DQXI is a good "I'm tired and just want to chill for a bit" game.

I used to play Civ V a lot for that kind of thing but like you, that whole genre just isn't grabbing me like it used to. I go through phases with video game interests, though, so it's probably just that, at least for me. I'm sure I'll come back around on them eventually.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:05

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Godammit I want to be a kid again and play video games all day and think giant swords are cool and believe that three polygons stacked together are really a monster and not have to worry about jobs or responsibilities or Brexit or climate change ever. Life's not fair :smith:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UARM4q7hHU

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:07

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

Giant swords and low poly monsters are still cool

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:09

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

PantsBandit posted:

Think of it like a bridge with arched supports versus straight ones. One is going to last far longer than the other due to how they're designed.

I don't know anything about bridge building or why arched supports are better than straight ones

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:10

Oxxidation: Jul 22, 2007

FirstAidKite posted:

I don't know anything about bridge building or why arched supports are better than straight ones

better support in the center

go around with flat feet too long and the foot's muscular-skeletal structure begins to collapse

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:13

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

FirstAidKite posted:

I don't know anything about bridge building or why arched supports are better than straight ones

Basically what you said before. Arches cause pressure to be distributed to the outside instead of focused in the center. The other thing is downward pressure on the center of a flat structure will cause the outside edges to want to move inward which can also cause long-term damage.

This is all from my extremely layman's knowledge of how these things work so someone else could probably explain better.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:16

Phantasium: Dec 27, 2012

corn in the bible posted:

Giant swords and low poly monsters are still cool

heck even low poly swords are still cool

https://youtu.be/nb2oS7oMyJ4?t=1m33s

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:19

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!; Oven Wrangler

FirstAidKite posted:

I'm sorry to hear about your flat feet. What exactly happens with it that is so painful? Is it because the pressure is being put down on the entire foot instead of just the front and back? Is there any way to fix your feet or are you just stuck with special shoes/special inserts?

Basically, yes. When I step down instead of my foot naturally arching and creating support it just flattens out. There are hard inserts that help create some arch which helps, most of the pain at the moment is from the tightness of the new leather which will eventually fade as the boot breaks in. But it also means that most of the shoes I wear will have extra stress on their outside edge because of how my foot flattens when I step down and that's where they eventually wear out and break. I was born with flat feet, my parents tried going to a specialist when I was an infant and putting braces on my feet which in theory would have bent my feet and shaped them to have an arch but apparently I was always able to get the braces off somehow so they gave up. I've never gone to a podiatrist to get a professional opinion as an adult, it's something I've grown used to.

Foot talk itt.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:21

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge: May 8, 2006; "My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

Harrow posted:

DQXI is a good "I'm tired and just want to chill for a bit" game.

I used to play Civ V a lot for that kind of thing but like you, that whole genre just isn't grabbing me like it used to. I go through phases with video game interests, though, so it's probably just that, at least for me. I'm sure I'll come back around on them eventually.

Yeah DQ and MHGU will cover me - I haven't gotten to play as much of the latter as if like yet, so I'm early enough on for that its all pretty chill.

I think part of what's turned me off of Civ and other similar 4x games is having played Paradox mapgames - I really like that they have a worlds worth of stuff ticking away in the background and things happen no matter what you do. Plus, since the games are sandboxy, the AI is free to do things and have things done to it that are interesting instead of in Civ where the AI players are buttoned down to make sure then player can't take advantage (not that they always succeed mind you.)

# ? Sep 17, 2018 14:39

LawfulWaffle: Mar 11, 2014; Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

DQXI chat: About how long until I get party members 3 and 4? I like the game but Erik has some strange accent and I'm desperate for another person to speak during cut scenes. I got to the hot spring area last night.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:05

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

LawfulWaffle posted:

DQXI chat: About how long until I get party members 3 and 4? I like the game but Erik has some strange accent and I'm desperate for another person to speak during cut scenes. I got to the hot spring area last night.

Basically now

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:15

lets hang out: Jan 10, 2015

LawfulWaffle posted:

DQXI chat: About how long until I get party members 3 and 4? I like the game but Erik has some strange accent and I'm desperate for another person to speak during cut scenes. I got to the hot spring area last night.

You're in the town where that happens

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:15

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge: May 8, 2006; "My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

It doesn't dawdle too much on giving you a full team.

It' s a pet peeve of mine when jrpgs take a long time to let you field a full party in battle.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:19

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

LawfulWaffle posted:

DQXI chat: About how long until I get party members 3 and 4? I like the game but Erik has some strange accent and I'm desperate for another person to speak during cut scenes. I got to the hot spring area last night.

That's where you find em yo

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:21

LawfulWaffle: Mar 11, 2014; Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

Great to hear. I felt like I was close to getting some new faces, but I was so exhausted last night that I fell asleep exploring the town. I'm grateful that DQXI autosaves because while I have a habit of dozing while I play a game (as a few people who I've been on voice chat with may attest to) I don't like artificially inflating my play clock. So when I rack up a few hours while I catch some Zs I like having the ability to jump back to the last major area transition I went through to get my clock back to a reasonable time.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:23

Harrow: Jun 30, 2012

I kinda wonder why they didn't just hire an American actor to play Erik. It's not like English actors can't do good American accents--many of them can--but Erik's sure can't.

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:24

lets hang out: Jan 10, 2015

Or just have the guy speak in his natural accent. But I haven't really noticed it as much as the game has gone on. Same with the other characters, I think they all get more comfortable in their roles as you go

# ? Sep 17, 2018 15:41

MMF Freeway: Sep 15, 2010; Later!

The first couple lines Erik says makes it sounds like they were deliberately going for some weirdo hybrid accent, which I thought would be cool, but clearly he was just fuckin up.

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