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$250 was about what I would spend on groceries at a time, which I do once every two weeks. The number has gone down though now that I'm (hopefully temporarily) living with my parents and eating some of their food as well (I'd be perfectly fine with still buying all of my own food, but my mom thinks that would just be silly of me).
Yep, currently writing a series of short stories which I plan to put online once I have enough of a backlog, and I'm working consistently enough that I think I can manage to put up one a month.

The fun thing is that it combines most of the stories I've come up with over the years so a lot of the world building is already done beyond figuring out connections between stuff that was originally from unrelated continuities. Some stuff requires playing around with to make it all fit, and in cases where something absolutely won't fit, I can just make it be part of another universe as the multiverse is already a part of some of my stuff.

The series follows a team known as Custodes Novum (Latin for New Guardians), who were genetically engineered to not only protect humanity from threats both internal and external, but also to help humanity moves towards a better future. Early on will be more of the former, as they deal with things like international criminal organizations, aliens, gods, politics, time travel, dragons, superheroes and supervillains, etc. I'm currently writing the third story.
Toonstrack posted...
Its dumb twitter/twitch speak for fear of getting demonetized or flagged by accounts that are literslly completely irrelevant and get no views anyway

Where on Twitch are y'all seeing this?
For me it depends on how punishing the death is. I dont mind dying, but when it gets rid of the past hours worth of progress (or whatever), thats annoying.
Legally or illegally?
My usual fast food order is about $25, so its definitely more than that, but Im not sure how much more.
Eh, Id be more worried about my second in command betraying me and sending me into the digiworld of an alternate universe

Not that Ive seen that happen to an alternate universe version of me before
Rotterdammerung posted...
Its a TikTok and twitch thing. Its silly as shit

Since when is it a Twitch thing? I spend most of my time there and never encounter it there. YouTube is where I see it a lot, despite spending significantly less time there.
Boorni boorni ax ashata.
Just a normal weekend for me. I work at a grocery store, and we don't close for holidays other than Christmas.
If they told me I had to do that (and ignoring the fact that they wouldn't be allowed to do so), I'd probably quit on the spot.
Pretty sure it would be easier to implement solutions to climate change than it would be to create a true AI.
Trelve posted...
It's Star Wars for people who are ashamed to like Star Wars in public. Having topics like rape in their franchise about space wizards makes it so mature you know.

I'm pretty open about my love of Star Wars in public, and Andor is my favorite Star Wars show.
UnfairRepresent posted...
You had hypothetical sex with someone

Like I said, I'd be confused.
Even if no one else could beat him, Joker would stop himself. The goal was ruling the world, and that's just not something that Joker would care about.
I don't know enough about Kefka to state anything about him. Joker would fail though, possibly even on purpose, as ruling the world would be far too bland of a thing for him.
DipDipDiver posted...
How do they keep it from going up or down

So, don't tell anyone but there's an atmosphere dial. It's in a secret location in Canada, which only the governor general can access. That's their true, albeit secret job, to make sure it stays at 1.
What office? The White House gets destroyed in 2134.
I never was.
This topic is how I've learned that said decals exist. Now that I know of them, I don't think they have much impact on my opinion of a person.
I have little interest in visiting Paris. I'm not opposed to it or anything, just no feelings either way. London I wouldn't mind visiting if only because I have some friends in or near London that I would like to visit.
vycebrand2 posted...
Top was usually just a info screen usually. For instance the Advance war games. Not really needed if you played it before. You know what works against what. You had games like Animal crossing wild world that had the top screen just the balloons. Not really required.

Not at all what I was talking about. You would want both screens displayed, but you can display both on one screen (whether the Switch screen in handheld or the TV screen in docked (but then you dn't have a touchscreen, but that's a separate issue) as the Wii U could already do that. But they were saying you needed a second touchscreen, which wouldn't make sense even if you somehow got a setup with two separate screens, as only one of the DS's screens was a touchscreen.
Zikten posted...
What if they just emulated 2 screens on the screen?

Wii U could do that, so yeah. Like, the GamePad would always show the touchscreen, but you could have the TV showing just the top screen, or both screens at once. And if you had both screens on the TV at once, there were also multiple layouts you could choose between depending on what you thought was best for that game.
Solar_Crimson posted...
Not possible without a second touchscreen, and it'd be useless while docked.

Why would it need a second touchscreen? The DS only had one touchscreen.
Something electric that is not a Tesla. I'd have to do some research to figure out more specifically.
Shamino posted...
Who cares what the intent of the game is?

The people making the game, presumably.
I'll let you know for $50.
PraetorXyn posted...
Its a good example because the Nintendo console was weak enough it got the previous-gen / handheld version of the game, and thats basically been the case ever since.

Nintendo often doesnt get the game at all because their hardware is too weak, and if they do, its often a generation late (like most of the Switch 2 launch titles that we all played 5+ years ago).

If they do get it, and its not a 2D indie title like Hollow Knight or something, its often going to look significantly worse, and even more often its going to perform significantly worse.

From an objective standpoint, Nintendo just doesnt make good performing hardware relative to their competitors, so buying third party games for their consoles doesnt make much sense when you can get them on another platform where theyll look and perform much better, and you arent at risk of Nintendo doing the sort of fuckery with your purchases that this whole topic is about.

For Nintendos own games, or games they own or funded like Bayonetta 2 and 3 and the Xenoblade series, you have no choice. Youre held hostage to buying the games for their hardware whether you like it or not, and I accept that. Im just puzzled why anyone would voluntarily buy freely available games for Nintendo hardware.

Because they aren't freely available, they are costly available. Buying another console is a lot more expensive than buying a game for a console that I already own.
ellis123 posted...
I realize what you said. I am pointing out that "difficulty options" is something that flat doesn't apply to NES games as they did their equivalent in the cheat menu. You wanted an easy mode, you went to the cheat menu to give yourself more lives and whatnot.

I've played NES games with difficulty options (Mega Man 2 is the first to come to mind). I don't believe I have ever played an NES games with a cheat menu. I've played NES games with cheats, but I can't think of any with a cheat menu.
ellis123 posted...
Difficulty options on NES games were cheats, which it had.

They didn't mention cheats though, they specifically mentioned "easy mode", which is why I was asking for clarification on which Ninja Gaiden games they were referring to.
kage_53 posted...
So why does from softwares fanbase have issues with people who want an easy mode if Ninja Gaiden is harder and offers an easy mode?

Is this referring to the 3D games? Because I don't remember an easy mode in the NES games.
PraetorXyn posted...
While I agree with your overall sentiment, this will always confuse the hell out of me.

To me, Im utterly baffled whenever anyone buys anything for a Nintendo console that they can get on literally any other platform, and Ive felt that way since the Wii.

I made the mistake of buying Force Unleashed for the Wii, because my 360 had died so it was all I had, and it was an entirely different game than what Id seen my friend play on his whatever console it was, I cant remember. Literally a different game, not just the same game but much worse looking.

Since then, the only thing Ive bought on Nintendo consoles are games I knew Id never be able to get anywhere else, which basically means Nintendo first and second parties (and the Xenoblade series, if that doesnt count as second party). The one exception to this is Monster Hunter Rise at launch, because my friend wanted the three of us to play it together at launch.

Im primarily a PC gamer, so any third party I just buy there, so as I read your post, I just wondered why youd buy Persona 5 on the Switch in the first place. My best guess is portability, but PC handhelds are a much better avenue for that, and modding it will be far easier on them.

Force Unleashed is a weird example to pick, as like you yourself said, it's actually a different game on the Wii. For myself I have the Wii version and I want to also get one of the other versions, so that I can go through both since they are different.

For games that are the same though, for the longest time I would just get the version on a Nintendo system, as I only owned Nintendo consoles. I didn't like something like Call of Duty enough to buy another console just for it, but I enjoyed it enough to buy it on the Wii U which I already had for Nintendo games.
Cant afford to.
12 paid holidays averages out to one a month. Id have to check a list to be sure, but thats about what we have up here in Canada.
I have not. I wouldn't be opposed, it's just never happened.
I have not played any. Every time I've tried watching someone else play one, they just seem so bland to me.
No idea, I just clip them when I notice they are getting longer than I like. Assuming I'm at home anyway. If I'm elsewhere I'll try to remember to do so when I get home, but I may or may not remember.
Zikten posted...
Fans can copyright their own pokemon? That makes no sense

If you draw something, literally anything, you automatically have copyright on that drawing. Now, that doesn't mean you have copyright on the thing it is a drawing of, so like, if you draw a Pikachu, you will own the copyright of the drawing, but The Pokemon Company still owns the copyright on Pikachu, so if you try to sell the drawing of Pikachu you could possibly get in trouble with them, but at the same time if they take your drawing and try to sell it, they can also get in trouble with you.

Now in the case of a new Pokemon, while you don't own the concept of Pokemon, you would own the drawing and the design of a Pokemon that you made up, since that design isn't something that The Pokemon Company owns. If they independently came up with a similar design, they might be okay, but they might not, and if you went after them, it would be up to a court to decide whether or not they are infringing on your design (or a settlement if you and them can work it out without having to get the court to decide), but they probably don't want to have to deal with that.

(I'm referring to The Pokemon Company as a shorthand, but I'm not actually sure how the copyright is actually split up, because I know them, Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures are all involved)
What I would do is two series to start. One would be a new series following a new cast, but still set in the same continuity, with older characters occasionally showing up as guests/recurring if it makes sense. The other would be a miniseries bringing back as many cast from all 3 shows as are available and affordable, which explains what's happened with Atlantis since that ended (it didn't end with a cliffhanger, but not everything was resolved by the end) and wraps up Universe (since that did end with a cliffhanger).
Cynrascal posted...
How is it meaningless when I could put it into stuff that interests me? And did you really equate traveling with vacation? Surely, there's other reasons for traveling. Like going to work. Furthermore! The instant I hear loud nitwits, brat or older, on a subway train, I immediately jump to another train for a respite of peace and quiet.

He probably thinks that if it's meaningless to him then it is meaningless to others, as he has this habit of acting like his opinions are facts, and any opposing opinions are thus incorrect.
Takato posted...
There are no such thing as congressmen or congress in Australia. And we have Australian Consumer Law which supersedes any illegal EULA terms. You can read the entire Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and Trade Practices Act 1974 if you'd like. Additionally, EULAs are in fact invalid if you can't view them before making a purchase, as you can't agree to a contract that you have not been given a chance to see. Thanks MPs, senators, and the judiciary!

This topic seems to be Americans not understanding that their legal system only applies in the USA and that the rest of us have our own legal systems and laws that actually give us rights that they don't have. Rather than what it should be, which is that in America (and not in Australia or the UK or elsewhere) Nintendo has the right to brick your console. Thank your congressmen.

There's also some of people not understanding that the EULA in question is in the USA. Australia and Europe have different EULAs for precisely the reason that the laws are different in those places. Although I really need to check the Canadian one, see what that one is like, since that's the one that actually applies to me.
Which one? I think I had 5 or 6 crushes while in high school.
Even if you are throwing out the "pad of butter" (never heard that term before) that hit the ground, couldn't you just take some more butter? Why would you need to eat the toast plain?
Years ago in a series I was writing I created a government organization called the Department of Superhuman Affairs which dealt with superheroes and supervillains. So every time I see DSA my mind goes to that first.
Zikten posted...
Sometimes I do wish there was a seperate universe just for Batman and his friends and enemies. And the rest of DC would stay out of it

I have similar thoughts on the xmen with marvel

The problem with that is how much good stuff you lose. Like Dick Grayson becoming Nightwing.
It's Mother's Day.
YoshiMitsurugi posted...
My 6'4" height only got the attention recently from from my GI doctor (who's smoking hot btw). She seemed turned on but I was too shy to make a move. And I hope to not see her again because it means my stomach is fucked again. But maybe it's worth the risk lol.

I mean, you shouldn't be making a movie on a doctor who's treating you. Her options are to turn you down or to risk her job and license.
haloiscoolisbak posted...
I didn't know it wasn't considered real chocolate. What is it then?

So white chocolate is made using cocoa butter, but not cocoa solids, while other chocolate is made using both. To me I don't understand why that's enough of a difference to make it not real chocolate, but that's the argument.
It's annoying if they are screaming (but the same is true of adults), but otherwise they are hilarious. They ask so many weird questions and make interesting observations because they are still learning how the world works.
As always with this sort of hypothetical, I'd be confused at how I have a son.
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