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| Topic | How and when did you become a gamer? |
| wpot 06/24/23 8:51:32 PM #15 | As with everyone else more or less forever: Atari Pitfall, arcade Caterpillar/Pacman, etc...they've been around a long time. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Which of the 10 most overrated NES games is your favorite? |
| wpot 06/24/23 3:06:36 PM #28 | Overrated? Maybe, but still good in their way. SMB2 is solid, if trippy. Excitebike is good for what it is: a low-energy way to waste an hour (plus track editor). Punch Out was (and is) fun. Final Fantasy had some difficult levels that it felt like an accomplishment to conquer (not so much in the recent remake)...and the old-style pure exploration and questing was fun. Zelda II I found weird and janky at the time and it hasn't really gotten any better with age, although it felt like an accomplishment to beat. I don't much care about the others and/or only played a couple times. I probably say FF, but Punch Out is close. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | A lot of people talking about the missing submarine |
| wpot 06/24/23 2:51:36 PM #45 | OK, let's get unpopular. 3,000 15-19 year-olds die every day. Either I need to feel sad about each and every one of them or I am able to react however I like depending on the situation. In this case I feel a little bad, but I feel no worse for this one than I do for the other 2,999 that died on the same day. And I really don't feel bad for the older people who were responsible for choosing to do this. I don't celebrate their deaths, but I don't feel much of anything and don't feel bad about that. As for billionaires/etc, can I say that I would start giving 99% of my money away upon earning it to ensure I would never be obscenely rich if I were in their situation? No, I doubt I would if I'm being realistic. That said, I DO believe I would not waste it on yachts and other wasteful status symbols and hope I would give 99% of it away by the end of my lifetime so as not to fund an entitled and pointless line of family successors. Buffet has talked about doing this, but...we'll see. The bigger problem is a political and cultural system that allows individuals to collect this much money. It's hard for them to effectively donate that much money even if they wanted to. So there you go. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Pat Sajak To Retire... |
| wpot 06/15/23 12:03:53 PM #12 | It seems like Vanna should get the chance after turning letters forever, although she doesn't really seem to have the chatty charisma that makes for a good game show host. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Brand loyalty |
| wpot 06/14/23 12:00:42 AM #6 | I always buy the knockoff brand of anything at least once. About half of the time it's just as good and I keep using the cheap one. The other half of the time I 'become loyal' to the original brand. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Not gaming as a gamer...depression? |
| wpot 06/13/23 11:58:52 PM #15 | pedro45 posted... I want to play rbi baseballI love that this was your first example...and here's hoping you're talking about the NES original. I've probably played 1,000 games in my life. That said, there's only so long your brain can be interested in that (particularly as a one-player game). I want to game and I have spare time at night during which I could do so, but I find myself increasingly uninterested in new releases outside of a few. Is it a problem with me or the industry...it's hard to say. In my case there is probably some depression involved, but I don't think I would suddenly be playing another hundred games of RBI baseball if that went away...your brain does need new interests (at the very least new games) from time to time. I notice that my mental health nosedives when I don't have a good gaming project, which is sad, but that's where I seem to be at the moment. Octopath 2 and Tears are coming soon in my case, for better or worse, and I think they might be new releases I can get onboard with. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Pat Sajak To Retire... |
| wpot 06/13/23 10:49:55 PM #5 | Just replace him with Youtubers doing competitive Wordle. Does anyone under 65 watch Wheel of Fortune? --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | A man died in front of me yesterday. |
| wpot 06/13/23 6:07:44 PM #10 | I witnessed something similar driving with my parents as a teen. I couldn't get the mental picture out of my head for a while, but I didn't get the survivors guilt...maybe because we were just passing by and not involved. Or maybe because I'm a cold, unsympathetic person. Anyways, agreed it's not an abnormal or uncommon feeling - it says good things about the degree to which you care about strangers - but find someone to talk to about it if it lingers. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Lock him up (but for real this time apparently) |
| wpot 06/11/23 2:14:08 PM #35 | adjl posted... Unfortunately, the GOP already decided they were okay with him doing that and voted to keep him in office in spite of it.The GOP, yes, but we need the (not terribly bright) independents of the US to renounce him. Keeping the focus on his true threat (and not distracting everyone with documents, for which some will be sympathetic and most probably dont care) is the way to go. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Lock him up (but for real this time apparently) |
| wpot 06/11/23 1:39:24 PM #29 | MrMelodramatic posted... Indictments are nice but ultimately meaninglessWorse than that: this is a gift to him. It fires up his base. I wish the story of Donald Trump would end with "and he went to jail for holding classified documents". But that's a pipe dream. Focus on the REALLY bad thing he did, people (trying to overthrow democracy) and nothing else. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Lock him up (but for real this time apparently) |
| wpot 06/10/23 4:31:59 PM #12 | argonautweakend posted... Some people are convinced each new trump indictment or scandal gets him closer to an election victory. That mindset is sad, but I could see it happen.I believe this to be the reality of the situation, sadly. Do I think he was in the wrong? Yes. Do I think a former President is going to go to jail for holding on to documents? No. Will this kick the grievance machine that powers him into high gear? Yes. It's sad, but this is a blessing for him. The only thing he truly could go down for as a former President would be election manipulation (i.e. Georgia) but it seems that won't happen. The best strategy after that is to ignore him, not attack him. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Stop being a pawn and just admit it |
| wpot 06/08/23 5:50:08 PM #16 | HornedLion posted... Moonlanding was a hoax.Regardless of the math involved it's not clear to me how the original post has any bearing on the moon landing being a hoax. (Which of course it was not) HornedLion posted... NASA = SATANThis at least has an element of conspiracy cleverness. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Are you in good shape? |
| wpot 06/07/23 3:42:30 PM #15 | Indeed so, but Im only willing to ride bikes for exercise and thats only going to build so much muscle. Might as well cut a little fat via diet. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Are you in good shape? |
| wpot 06/07/23 2:52:02 PM #13 | 6' 4", 199 pounds. (I know because down from 210 recently) :) Feeling good at the moment while it's mountain biking, ultimate frisbee, etc season. Counting calories a bit because I'm curious to see what a pretty fit 190 would feel like. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | just watched idiocract for the first time in like 12 years |
| wpot 06/05/23 10:34:03 PM #3 | It was a lousy movie...yet depressingly close to home. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | I shot a gun for the first time ever today |
| wpot 06/05/23 10:19:35 PM #9 | I went to a Drive a Tank place near me once and rode along as my father literally drove a tank around a course. At the end we paid a little extra to shoot through a clip of ammo on a historic Nazi pillbox machine gun. It was kind of interesting, but I don't really feel the need to do either ever again. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Is a hallway a room? |
| wpot 06/05/23 10:13:40 AM #18 | A Hall is a room. A hallway...no. This is the way. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | I went back to a goatee instead of a short beard and not one but TWO ladies |
| wpot 06/05/23 12:40:06 AM #16 | I had a goatee "circle beard" for years but it started looking particularly dated a couple years ago. I've been mostly short-bearded since then. I tried a goatee again for a bit last year and it just made my face look pudgy or something. Or to put it another way: the original goal of the goatee was to look older. I no longer need help with that. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | My kitten bite and scratched the shit out of me |
| wpot 06/03/23 12:14:22 PM #7 | BADoglick posted... You might be handling him too aggressively or maybe petting him where he doesn't like it.With a cat any of the three are possible. Some are great. Some are just jerks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzRyEI00PXc --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | You ever sub onion rings for fries? |
| wpot 06/03/23 2:30:52 AM #10 | Onion rings > fries, almost always. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Just what is wrong with football hooligans nowadays? |
| wpot 06/02/23 12:35:51 PM #26 | potdnewb posted... your post implied americans dont watch or care about soccer which is an incorrect implicationAmericans play soccer, especially as kids, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were more soccer players than baseball players. As adult sports FANS, though, few people are interested in soccer. Look at any American sports media: soccer is there, but it's on the outside looking up at the more popular sports. There are some hardcore fans in urban areas, yes, but the country as a whole isn't very interested. Heck, I was listening to the local sports talk radio this week and one of their quiz questions was who won the World Cup: only 2 of 6 on the show knew. Baseball in particular is fading, yes, but they still get 30,000 people to come out to 81 home games every year in most markets. Soccer just rose above 20,000 per game, so that's legit, but they vary greatly by market and play only 17 home games...the total attendees are still much lower. And I don't even know where you would watch their games on TV. ANYways, it's a fun sport to play. It's boring to watch...and probably always will be. Flopping makes it (and hooligans willing to fight over it) look ridiculous. I won't even consider watching until they man up (like the womens' teams, who don't flop) and get on their feet. Hurray for the NBA, which mostly defeated flopping (not that I'm usually a big NBA guy). --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | The controversial pizza topping Shelly Horton swears by |
| wpot 05/31/23 8:36:20 PM #13 | If someone I've never heard of swears by something that's clearly gross.........................I must try it. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | There's no poll today! |
| wpot 05/30/23 1:58:54 PM #29 | Crisis averted: we have an inane poll about how many languages we speak. I can mindlessly vote. :) --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Video game magazines |
| wpot 05/30/23 12:54:44 PM #22 | Everyone subscribed to Nintendo Power for a couple years back in the day (you know, back before the internet when it was the GameFAQs equivalent and when games were often unbeatable without a guide). Post-internet there's not much need/purpose. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Who will win the Stanley Cup? |
| wpot 05/30/23 12:33:03 PM #5 | I don't really care. I just feel for the people in Canada shaking their heads at this: Who will win the Stanley Cup?
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| Topic | The smoke here is bad today |
| wpot 05/30/23 12:08:00 PM #21 | ^ Is that run by the Poll of the Day guy? --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | There's no poll today! |
| wpot 05/30/23 9:44:32 AM #19 | Elfo posted... Internet Overlords decree that there would be no more Poll of the Day."You know that thing that takes up a third of the homepage and is the only reason to visit it (and notably the advertising there)? I don't like it - just get rid of it with no replacement." Seems more likely the site owners no longer give a rat's ass about the site. If it's shifting into unprofitability the end could be here any minute. If it's minimally profitable (but unsellable) we'll have to get used to more and more of this. I doubt there are any other options. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Montana to become the 1st US State to ban TikTok... |
| wpot 05/26/23 10:05:00 AM #32 | adjl posted... It's the illusion of accountability that makes people feel more comfortable.Sadly, yes. ...but don't discount "if I'm going to get ripped off I'd rather it be by own countrymen". :) --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | well the playstation showcase was a whole lot of nothing |
| wpot 05/26/23 8:50:08 AM #23 | chandlermbing posted... No one has anything because the pointless push for bigger and 'better' graphics, like some kind of weird arms races has been increasing dev time for AAA by over a year each generation. Just make it look pretty, give us a smooth frame rate (hell I'll take 24fps) and make more interesting games80% of people could say that and they'd still say "but AAA!" We need more developers. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | why don't the gerudo just kill every male baby that gets born there |
| wpot 05/25/23 10:54:38 PM #6 | Didnt they retcon that so Ganon just disguised himself as a Gerudo or something? --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | I use to do it froggy style |
| wpot 05/25/23 3:20:25 PM #5 | I would have said a healthy chill attitude in relation to small risks. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | I use to do it froggy style |
| wpot 05/25/23 2:47:22 PM #2 | HornedLion posted... Idgaf.You're officially an adult now. :) --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Montana to become the 1st US State to ban TikTok... |
| wpot 05/25/23 2:44:45 PM #30 | adjl posted... It's just easier to sue domestic companies if they screw up really badly than to sue foreign ones.Sure, to the extent that makes anyone feel better. :) Really, the greater point remains that TikTok is low on the list of computing risks concerns that Americans should be worried about. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, for our sanity) most of us aren't specifically aware what those larger risks are... --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Montana to become the 1st US State to ban TikTok... |
| wpot 05/25/23 2:09:21 PM #28 | pionear posted... So what if that Foreign Gov't use that Data to Spy and Gain insight on unsuspecting Americans? Would you be happy/fine with that?Fine enough, honestly. Anyone who thinks that almost everything they do online isn't available to a country-level actor who really wants to know about it is fooling themselves. I'm sure China has plenty of much better ways to get info about unsuspecting Americans than TikTok. I'm sorry to tell everyone this, but China doesn't actually care about your TikTok habits...or even your credit card numbers, your pornography habits, or any of the other contents of your average-person laptop. The threats you need to worry about are the ones that don't get a ton of attention in the news. Any laptop with truly sensitive info should not be using ANY social media (or anything other than in-house apps, honestly). --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Are you addicted to consumerism? |
| wpot 05/24/23 5:43:35 PM #15 | ParanoidObsessive posted... https://www.sott.net/image/s22/441379/full/quote_perhaps_we_need_some_out.jpg...there you go - aliens it is. Unfortunately some leaders (like, say, Putin) are cynical enough to create their own outside threats in order to create a crisis that they hope will make people feel the need to pull together under their authoritarian leadership. Trump would love to do this as well, I'm sure, if he could provoke China further. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Are you addicted to consumerism? |
| wpot 05/24/23 4:59:02 PM #12 | The internet is definitely accelerating societal decline, but it is and would be occurring even without it right now. Long story short societies pull together and pull apart in long cycles. Either a society is excited to be together and is on the upswing (usually because of some sort of shared religion, shared success, or - most typically - to confront a threat everyone is scared of) or it is full of people who are getting tired of each other, no longer can think of a reason they need each other, and is pulling apart. The word is decadent, and that's where Western societies are at right now. The US and 'the West' knew what it stood for during WW1 and WW2: (relative) free individuality/religion, anti-authoritarianism, and if nothing else not being murderous. That's a side that it feels good to be on. Was the West perfect? No, of course not, but it sure looked better than being on any other team, and that felt good (for most people) in those countries. But nobody remembers that anymore, there is no threat that's TRULY scaring us, and we're now finding fault with those we previously were happy to join up with. The internet didn't cause that (it had started by the 90s) but it certainly accelerated it. It is clear that something significant (and not good) is going to have to happen to reverse the trend. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Are you addicted to consumerism? |
| wpot 05/24/23 2:59:55 PM #2 | Why not... Were you really excited about baby Yoda?No, although I did like the first 1.5 seasons of the Mandalorian. (Which is rare for me as I usually hate TV) Do you collect plastic/resin?No. Is that a thing? Do you eat a lot of garbage and find yourself looking forward to the next fad from Burger kink or whatever fast food joint?Some garbage, but it's always the same old garbage. No new fads. Do you spend more than two hours every day staring at a screen for enjoyment?Yes, and I doubt there's a person on GameFAQs who could answer no. :) Do you have no productive hobbies?Define "productive". Some people like to croquet, but I don't see that filling a house full of croqueted stuff is really productive in any way that's improving their lives. I mountain bike. Do you regularly spend less than 3 hours outdoors in a day (inside a vehicle doesn't count as outdoors)Yes. MightBeOverSoon posted... If you answered yes to any of those questions, it's probably yes.I think you covered more than "consumerism" there. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | What is the point of Black Belt's Boost in FF3? |
| wpot 05/23/23 9:47:14 AM #14 | About half of the FF skills back in the NES days were broken or otherwise pointless. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Do these Gamefaqs ads seem vaguely inappropriate or is it just me |
| wpot 05/22/23 6:33:09 PM #5 | It is absolutely intentional. Consider yourself affected. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | If I wore this outside |
| wpot 05/22/23 5:10:11 PM #2 | It probably depends on whether you're holding the flaming sword or not. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | why do people bring their dogs everywhere |
| wpot 05/22/23 4:16:59 PM #19 | Dogs shouldn't be in most not-pet-themed stores unless it's truly a trained helper animal. That said, it bums me out that I can't walk my dog to the store that's a quarter of a mile away, buy something small, and walk back. It's stupid but I end up driving instead. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Ooh na na, what's my name? |
| wpot 05/22/23 12:21:45 PM #3 | I hope you guess my name. and while I'm at it What's your name, little girl, what's your name? ...more my style. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | In the past month have you Drank Alcohol |
| wpot 05/22/23 12:15:22 PM #40 | adjl posted... Not much, if anything, but it depends on how fast I drink it and what I'm eating with it. If I'm just having one drink, it's for the flavour more so than for the alcohol content.This (except I would have written "flavor" :) ). If I have a whiskey after a hard afternoon of work on an empty stomach my head could swim a bit, otherwise one has little effect. And that's fine. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | What is the point of Black Belt's Boost in FF3? |
| wpot 05/22/23 10:15:26 AM #10 | It makes a big number for those who like big numbers (and don't think overly much). --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | In the past month have you Drank Alcohol |
| wpot 05/21/23 3:48:51 PM #28 | I usually have some sort of drink every 3-4 days because I like the taste of several. That said, the older I get the zone of "pleasantly buzzed" gets narrower and narrower and "I feel gross" gets bigger and bigger. Long story short getting buzzed isn't really worth the risk of feeling gross and I only get there a handful of times per year. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Who is the Queen of Cheese? |
| wpot 05/21/23 2:54:51 PM #5 | Frank Zappa? --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | McDonalds or Burger King? |
| wpot 05/21/23 1:44:49 PM #32 | GEKGanon posted... Burger King's meat tastes better, but I feel like 85% of the time I go there, the lettuce is wilted and the tomato is mush. I'd probably rate it higher than McDonald's if the vegetables weren't consistently slime-like.This, more or less. BK makes a better burger, by and large, than McD's sterile machine-perfected blandish-but-OK quarter pounder. That said, you're taking a risk with the employees and the quality of everything other than the meat in the burger. When done right pretty tasty: when a bunch of slop you throw it away without eating it. Culvers is big around here, but I'm apparently weird because it doesn't do much for me. I don't like their sweet buns and their burgers/fries/etc are all pretty bland regardless of what you put on them. It's generally fresh and clean, but unexciting: very midwestern all in all. I'd go to McD instead of Culvers purely for their fries, and I would risk BK instead of Culvers for a tastier burger. Unless I want ice cream there's no reason I'd choose Culvers. (And if I want ice cream I would probably go to DQ first) --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | Reaction videos are just laugh tracks for zoomers |
| wpot 05/18/23 3:35:53 PM #17 | It's definitely true that some people get more out of the reaction, but it doesn't do much for me. My son will show me a video of something vaguely funny, but because there's a sound effect and some guy with a funny laugh laughing hysterically in the corner he'll be cracking up at it. He usually gets a pained smile from me. But I'm a joyless Gen X dude. Anyways, it's absolutely laugh track mentality. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | People who cheat in single player games only cheat themselves out of a good time |
| wpot 05/18/23 12:55:40 PM #14 | The only thing that bugs me is when people use all of the cheats for a game then complain loudly about how boring it was. If you use cheats, fine, but you don't get to discuss the game online. :) --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
| Topic | People who cheat in single player games only cheat themselves out of a good time |
| wpot 05/18/23 12:25:32 PM #8 | Nichtcrawler-X posted... Depends on the kind of cheating and what the player considers fun. --- Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it. |
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