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otter
Jul 23, 2007

Ask me about my XCOM and controller collection

word.

POCKET CHOMP posted:

when do you have time to paint over every LED if you're also busy making sure the volume on everything is set to zero?

Right? Ironically the tv, she’s fine with that all night plus her fan running. I’ll sleep through most stuff. Not lions roaring through. Found that one out this summer, but it was pretty rad. Most fun camping trip in a while.

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Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Quantum of Phallus posted:

leave your nerd poo poo charging outside

And let the lions get them?

Rupert Buttermilk
Apr 15, 2007

🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

otter posted:

That's the kind of thing that would make my wife freak out. She can't handle anything lighting up. My phone charger had to get painted over so the little tiny LEDs wouldn't be visible. Thankfully, I leave my switch in my office when I go to bed, and I never have to hear it. I have told her, "The light wouldn't be an issue if you closed your eyes when you sleep" and she haaaates that.

My wife's the same way, though it used to be worse. I remember having to cover up certain LEDs that were on wherever we were sleeping. We stayed over at a friend's house once, sleeping on the pullout bed in the living room, and while I can sleep through practically anything, even I found the huge array of device LED lights they had a bit much.

Dr. Cool Aids
Jul 6, 2009
Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Being Kept Awake Real Hahahaha Just Walk Away From The Lights Like Close Your Eyes Haha

drrockso20
May 6, 2013

Has Not Actually Done Cocaine
Pretty much why I sleep with a bandana as an eye mask, I'm otherwise way too easily disturbed by light when I'm sleeping

Runa
Feb 13, 2011

you can also just get a proper sleep mask

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

drrockso20 posted:

Pretty much why I sleep with a bandana as an eye mask, I'm otherwise way too easily disturbed by light when I'm sleeping

New goon class dlc just dropped

Meowywitch
Jan 14, 2010

Fight for all that is beautiful in the world


cover every light in electrical tape like a normal person

codenameFANGIO
May 4, 2012

What are you even booing here?

otter posted:

That's the kind of thing that would make my wife freak out. She can't handle anything lighting up. My phone charger had to get painted over so the little tiny LEDs wouldn't be visible. Thankfully, I leave my switch in my office when I go to bed, and I never have to hear it. I have told her, "The light wouldn't be an issue if you closed your eyes when you sleep" and she haaaates that.

dude

A Concrete Divider
Jan 20, 2012

The Unbearable Whiteness of Eating
Yeah Balatro is right up my alley. Gonna try not to burn out on it so taking some forced breaks lol

Silver Falcon
Dec 5, 2005

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and barbecue your own drumsticks!

otter posted:

Right? Ironically the tv, she’s fine with that all night plus her fan running. I’ll sleep through most stuff. Not lions roaring through. Found that one out this summer, but it was pretty rad. Most fun camping trip in a while.

Oh ya know the last time the topic of "spouses getting mad at game volume so I have to play games with almost no sound" came up, I was recommended to get some open-back headphones.

Well, I did hat, and yep they work great! I can keep the game or YouTube video at a reasonable volume and still hear my husband when he want something!

It's a game-changer, I tell ya!

wizard2
Apr 4, 2022
prefacing this that this is funny in hindsight but:

my partner did not believe me that LEDs bother anybody's eyes, or that eyesight gets worse over time. how can light hurt somebody's eyes? you need light to see, dummie!

it got to the point that it became a bitter bone of contention for literal YEARRRSSSS with many sprawling arguments, without resolution or catharsis, until she did the thing where you give up and just break and start humoring the total headcase with a psychosomatic illness to get them to shut the gently caress up about their fake made-up problem

then last December she did a quick Google search! whoopsie daisy 🙃

ONE YEAR LATER
Apr 13, 2004

Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!
Oven Wrangler
I bought a sleep mask for $10 off of popular online retailer Amazon.com and it works great to keep light out of my eyes. If that didn't work I was gonna start painting all of my light bulbs and windows, but thankfully it hasn't come to that yet.

American McGay
Feb 28, 2010

by sebmojo
:sever:

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

it’s always some relationship poo poo in the switch thread lol

wizard2
Apr 4, 2022

Quantum of Phallus posted:

it’s always some relationship poo poo in the switch thread lol

sorry

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

Mega64 posted:

You know what is completely impossible to hate? Balatro.

One game in and I managed to get a good Straight engine going until I fell to my own hubris and bad discard luck and a nasty "all cards drawn from playing hands are face down" rule.

Game loving owns, if you like roguelikes you should play it.

It’s really good but I feel like I’m missing something obvious because I can’t even begin to think about how I can beat the 300k required for the last boss

American McGay
Feb 28, 2010

by sebmojo
Multiplicative bonuses are your friend.

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

Weird Pumpkin posted:

When I was a kid I'd spend HOURS just flying around the first level with planes having used the gameshark to turn off the ability to lose due to human's being abducted and making up my own stories :allears:

I don't think I actually ever even got past the Russia level as a kid, I just enjoyed cruising around the world and stuff.

Ya I used to love turning on debug mode in Sonic 2 and like making my own levels and stories. No wonder Minecraft is popular with kids

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

i haven’t won a single game yet. Skill issue 😔

glassyalabolas
Oct 21, 2006
I want to bowl with the gangsters...

Nintendo Switch 2 has no led indicators or backlight at the behest of disgruntled significant others. The worm light is going to make its triumph return.

American McGay
Feb 28, 2010

by sebmojo

Quantum of Phallus posted:

i haven’t won a single game yet. Skill issue 😔

Take the drat Switch off your balls so you can stop focusing on the HD rumble and focus on your drat cards!

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

It’s really good but I feel like I’m missing something obvious because I can’t even begin to think about how I can beat the 300k required for the last boss

Major skill issues detected/learn to draw good cards

https://i.imgur.com/Rwf87Kh.mp4

American McGay
Feb 28, 2010

by sebmojo

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Major skill issues detected/learn to draw good cards

[video type=""]/Rwf87Kh.mp4[/video]

Speaking of skill issues.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

American McGay posted:

Speaking of skill issues.

Can someone tell me what this says? The user is on my ignore list, for trolling/personal attacks/toxicity etc.

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

otter posted:

That's the kind of thing that would make my wife freak out. She can't handle anything lighting up. My phone charger had to get painted over so the little tiny LEDs wouldn't be visible. Thankfully, I leave my switch in my office when I go to bed, and I never have to hear it. I have told her, "The light wouldn't be an issue if you closed your eyes when you sleep" and she haaaates that.

lmfao

Mr.Acula
May 10, 2009

Billions and billions of fat clouds

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Can someone tell me what this says? The user is on my ignore list, for trolling/personal attacks/toxicity etc.

Unignore them to find out?

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Major skill issues detected/learn to draw good cards

https://i.imgur.com/Rwf87Kh.mp4

Jeeeez I didn’t know the multiplier goes that high

Do you use the “default” cards or try to thin the deck or what

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
This isn't like STS or other indie deck games where deck thinning is like the best strat, though the game is a bit swingy in terms of getting the multiplier Jokers.

It also depends what you're going for - I didn't do suit thinning here because the last joker gives a 3x bonus for using every suit in a hand, but if you're running a flush-heavy deck you're obviously going to want to thin out one or two suits.

Silver Falcon
Dec 5, 2005

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and barbecue your own drumsticks!

I am far too stupid to play card/deck building based games. But I'm glad they exist for people who enjoy them.

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

Feels Villeneuve posted:

This isn't like STS or other indie deck games where deck thinning is like the best strat, though the game is a bit swingy in terms of getting the multiplier Jokers.

It also depends what you're going for - I didn't do suit thinning here because the last joker gives a 3x bonus for using every suit in a hand, but if you're running a flush-heavy deck you're obviously going to want to thin out one or two suits.

Yeah I feel like I’m still “figuring out” the stupid overpowered combo stuff where in a lot of other games it feels pretty obvious when you luck into a god build

Libluini
May 18, 2012

I gravitated towards the Greens, eventually even joining the party itself.

The Linke is a party I grudgingly accept exists, but I've learned enough about DDR-history I can't bring myself to trust a party that was once the SED, a party leading the corrupt state apparatus ...
Grimey Drawer
you can also just click on a ignored post to find out what is going on

SA is made by cats: very curiosity-friendly

ONE YEAR LATER
Apr 13, 2004

Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!
Oven Wrangler
lol ignore list

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Can someone tell me what this says? The user is on my ignore list, for trolling/personal attacks/toxicity etc.

It says that you need to send me €20

American McGay
Feb 28, 2010

by sebmojo

Quantum of Phallus posted:

It says that you need to send me €20

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

American McGay posted:

Take the drat Switch off your balls so you can stop focusing on the HD rumble and focus on your drat cards!

Ravus Ursus
Mar 30, 2017

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

Yeah I feel like I’m still “figuring out” the stupid overpowered combo stuff where in a lot of other games it feels pretty obvious when you luck into a god build

I've managed to win 2 runs using only pairs because 2 jokers provide something like +20mult for any hand under 3, +8mult for a hand containing a pair, stacked planet cards to give me level 11 pairs, and a few other jokers that grew stronger the more you did some things. I think one was +1mult every time a specific hand was played which grew pretty loving big, and I think the other was some bonus for just not discarding poo poo.

Some of the less great cards become absolute monsters if you get them early on. I'm still trying to figure out the permanence of the changes made to a deck. It feels like, given enough time, you can cull the deck so you have only face cards of 1 suit. So it's royal flushes for 4 of a kinds all day.

I don't even like poker and this poo poo is a blast. I think I might like deck builders and that feels really dirty. God help me if I ever find a good one centered around a job system or some poo poo.

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Quantum of Phallus posted:

i haven’t won a single game yet. Skill issue 😔

You're not alone at least, I too am bad at Balatro.

Still fun as hell though.

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


Feels Villeneuve posted:

Can someone tell me what this says? The user is on my ignore list, for trolling/personal attacks/toxicity etc.

Nobody cares about your ignore list you weirdo

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Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

The joke missers have logged in

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