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PerfectChaosZ posted...

Ughhh why do we let someone who knows he isnt going to be the president anymore spitefully decide these things, they should be able to go over his head.

Technically they could, but I doubt they would have enough votes to override him.

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The best course of action is to get her tested. The son could have been a false negative or she could have gotten it from someone else.

I hope the talk of seeing her sister was more hoping she doesn't have it rather than her wanting to go regardless...

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Jakyl25 posted...

Another huge exaggeration

The US Console market crashed. It has no effect on arcades, computer games, or anything in Japan.

Pretty much. There were plenty of games that came out in 1983 and 1984.

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How many days did she go to work?

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Honorable mention goes to Pong for proving video games can be a profitable business.

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Lugia was more of a test to see if a non-Gen I Pokemon could have (non-joke) strength. Remember this was for the 2013 contest so no Greninja/Incineroar while Lucario already had a try back in 2008.

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List of Nintendo characters which appeared in a GameFAQs contest, but are not playable in Smash

? Block
Andross
Bidoof
Black Knight
Black Shadow
Captain Toad
Crazy Redd
Dunban
Epona
Fawful
Felix
Geno
Giygas
Groose
Isaac
Lugia
Lyndis
Magikarp
Maser Hand
Matt
Midna
Missingno
Mother Brain
Mr. Resetti
Mudkip
N
Nidoran F
Pokemon Trainer Blue
Reyn
Sandbag
Tharja
Toad
Tom Nook
Waluigi


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Anagram posted...

Whatever the build-a-protagonist is of the next Fire Emblem that comes out between now and the next Smash.

True, I just listed characters that currently exist. By the time we get the next Smash characters like the Ring Fit person and possibly Rex may no longer be relevant.

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When it comes to relevant Nintendo characters there aren't many left. Off the top of my head we have...

(Captain) Toad
Waluigi
Paper Mario
Tom Nook
Bandana Waddle Dee
BotW Character
Eighth Gen Pokemon
Rex and/or Pyra
Ring Fit Character
Splatoon Character


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Corrik7 posted...

If you decide every 2000 voters is a house seat. Then you have 3999 voters. 1999 voters didn't matter.

Where as a state with 4000 voters has 2 seats.

Why would an X number make a difference? If it isn't proportional then at that point you might as well just have straight popularity votes.

At least it's applied equally among all the states rather than certain states having a higher threshold than others (yes it's more complicated than that, but you are also simplifying it)...


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It's a tough position to be in. Like obviously you can't force her to quarantine, but should you go around telling other people that you three may possibly have been exposed to the virus? There can be a lot of social (and thus relationship) consequences, especially if you guys do have it and spread it to other people.

If you can I would still quarantine or at the very least severely limit your contact with other people. At least you can do some damage control by reducing the spread.

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Sadly the order is incorrect

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Waluigi1 posted...

Lara Croft? Lol what

She was a major icon during the PlayStation era. If we are going with a "celebration of gaming" angle and ignoring feasibility/Nintendo's fear of M-rated characters, she would definitely be a top candidate

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Corrik7 posted...

So, let's just get everything in a row here.

Hub purged about 80% of their videos. Anything that was by anyone unverified was axed. This is after they got reports of underage and illegal non-consensual stuff on their website. Credit card issuers threatened to pull support for the site. The site tried to go through and just purge that stuff and make additional checks. Credit Card issuers again said no and still cut off payment.

Hub then purged the videos in response. Only verified accounts can post now.

HOWEVER, the problem is that a middle aged teen for the last year had posted her content there and that site even gave her an award or recognition of some sort as one of the up and coming names or something. And, that teen was a verified account also.

So, it is not exactly sure if purging these videos even helps their case or not to these credit companies.

It more has to do with public opinion, as long as the public feels the website is combating child/revenge porn the less likely the credit card companies are going to care.

I'm not sure what the verification process is, but I imagine it's tied to a person/company so if there was something illegal that was uploaded that person/company would be held liable rather than having to deal with anonymous uploads.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

It's honestly up there.

I've been married for almost 11 years now, and the vast majority of our fights over the years have been over deciding what to eat, like in a "you pick"--"I don't want to, you pick" back and forth until we're both hangry lmao

When this comes up I just pick the same thing. She either agrees or instantly picks something else.

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Goemon, Iori Yagami and Yu Narukami are Mii fighters

I'm not sure which priority you have, but Bomberman, Creeper and Isaac are Mii costumes too, but are listed elsewhere.

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I'm tempted to create a "GameFAQs" tournament. Just need four more playable characters (since Red/Charizard/Squirtle would be one entry). Or I can just buy some Mii costumes...

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That's not surprising, the third party companies probably get some kind of percentage of the DLC sales while for the base game it would either be a lump sum or a very tiny percentage.

I wouldn't be surprised if as a concession for Cloud in the base game Square will get a higher percentage than other companies for Sephiroth (maybe Hero too). On top of whatever they got for Cloud.

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DeepsPraw posted...

the noble nine is almost complete

Haha, that was my first thought too.

Just missing Crono now...

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MitchMcConnell posted...

Better question: which reveal will result in the most amusing buttfury? Any FE character?

Pretty much, at least with Pokemon there's a new generation so while people may be upset at least some portion would understand. With that said I think the chances of a new Fire Emblem representative is non-existent.

In terms of characters with a chance it'll likely be a Pokemon or Fortnite entry.

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Tifa would be fine if Square releases a bunch of Final Fantasy music (and spirits I guess).

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Crash or Doom Guy are my predictions.

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StartTheMachine posted...

We like, really need to change the culture around delays, which would (or should) also change the culture around crunch. Nintendo still the best in the biz here. "f*** it, make 'em wait, we'll release Prime 4 in 2024!"

While I agree with the idea, using Nintendo as an example is unfair. They can afford to delay games because they are still making money off of Mario Kart and other games with long legs. CDPR pretty much has Witcher and I guess the revenue they earn from their gog.com division.

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You aren't going to get through to him until we literally have a repeat match within a short time and one of them has a bad picture.

You are talking to someone that argued Samus would never have a chance against Mario for almost a decade and a half despite evidence to the contrary in 2003 and 2004.

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WazzupGenius00 posted...

Thats a good way to get sued. Any C&D would be worded in such a way that any replacement tournament run by the same person would be in defiance of that order. Also, cease and desist orders are a courtesy that is not required before a lawsuit, so if he were to keep doing that they would just skip the C&D entirely.

Pretty much, C&D letters exist as a way to save money from a potentially costly trial. The threat of getting sued usually gets people to back down, especially if they know they are in the legal wrong.

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PostContestUlti posted...

As for Riku, there was actually a lot of buzz he could pull an upset and take second place here. As for why, I couldn't tell you. People were vastly overestimating Kingdom Hearts pre-contest, I guess. You couldn't even manipulate the x-stats enough to make Riku anywhere near Dante, yet 76 gurus picked Riku here. I couldn't tell you why.

People believed there was some kind of overlap between Dante and Leon. This was an explanation as to why Pikachu won his match over them in 2007 after just losing to Leon in the prior round.

In retrospective it sounds weird, but it worked for predicting Solid Snake/Ryu Hayabusa SFF.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Can I just say how ridiculous this statement would be in any other medium?

Not every score is high, and some are as bad as a 7/10.

The scale is fucked.

It's been like that for a long time. Anything below 7/10 might as well be a fail in video games. Games need to be historically bad to get below 5/10.

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Yeah, this was the most vulnerable L-Block looked in a while. On the other hand, he got around the same percentage here as he did in rounds 2 and 3 in 2007 so all he needed was another late contest bandwagon. At the very least consistently getting 27-28% would usually be enough to keep advancing.

Alas, it never materialized.

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Yeah, SMS is a bit tedious to get all the shines which is weird because I like collecting stuff.

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I'm not surprised, mental health isn't taken as seriously as it should be and given how much things have gone up it isn't surprising more people are feeling despair.

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While I do agree that Cloud/FFVII would hurt Jill more than Ocelot I just couldn't see it being that significantly different. Ocelot also had MGS4 on his side and he had a big role in that game.

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For me it's the SNES first and WiiU last while the other five are a bit more fluid. The Switch has a chance to solidify its place in second and may make a run for first when it is all said and done.

Let's go with...

SNES > Switch > Wii > Gamecube > NES > N64 > WiiU

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It would help if Banjo didn't get a Nintendo opponent all the time, but yeah at best he would be a low mid-carder.

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COVID-19 has caused an increase of break-up/divorce. While a good portion of it was due to previous problems that was exasperated by the lock-down some of it was caused by the difference in opinion towards COVID both for themselves and towards handling their children.

Is there any way you can reach a compromise? Like even getting her to wear a mask in public and avoid touching her face or yourself until after she washes her hands will go a long way in reducing your risk. Ignoring the COVID part, being that dismissive of your feelings towards something you find important is a bit of an issue going forward.

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While it will help, the US is too polarized for any president to convince the skeptics to take the vaccine. You pretty much need bi-partisian approval from many prominent politicians at both the federal and state level to convince anyone who isn't a huge anti-vaxer.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Wii is the spinoff since it has right-handed Link

Nah, Wii came out before the Gamecube, it's clearly the true version

>_>

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I never understood why some countries lie so badly about their numbers. Like obviously it's to make them look good, but if no one believes them then are they succeeding? If China under-reported by a factor of ten they can still achieve their goal of "looking good" while seeming believable to the general population.

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I think it depends on what legacy COVID-19 leaves behind. Are we going to be more prone to shutdowns due to a spike of the flu or other diseases? Will the US revamp its entire medical system so they can be better prepared? Will stores require people to have masks and will plexiglass at cash registers be the norm?

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No it was this match...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3470-division-7-round-1-god-of-war-gtasa-tos-oblivion

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Three matches in and everyone's bracket was in shambles. I'm pretty sure a large portion of the board had yet to get full points.

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There was a lot of arguing regarding Zack Fair for that contest, one of the most debated characters in 2008.

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Midnight eastern.

The polls switched just before the series contest. I remember there was a poll about it...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2423-how-do-you-feel-about-the-poll-contest-votes-starting-and

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Yeah, while things like tickets could backfire badly as the value drops to zero if the event passes, things like the PS5 still hold value so even if no one buys it at the inflated price, you could still make most, if not all of your money back.

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They may not even be anti-elderly, they could want other front-line workers to be in the first tier of eligibility.

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KanzarisKelshen posted...

The real question is, what niche would a new type fill? What current types are 'too good' and need a counter?

Things are a bit more balance since the time before Fairy was added. Dragon was brought down with Fairy though it has emerged as one of the top tier types along with Steel, but I wouldn't say they need to be nerfed

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Should have been in September, but COVID happened.

We'll try again next year.

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Sorry to hear that.

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Haha, this topic is number 9 when searching on Google.

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ExThaNemesis posted...

I want a game where I can go get all eight badges from all eight regions, and compete in each region's Pokemon League and then have like a big f***in MASTERS tournament where the best of the best from every region compete. And I want it to be DIFFICULT. I don't want it to be baby mode.

The issue with having more than two or maybe three regions is the level system. You'll eventually steamroll everything due to being overleveled. The only way around it would be for each region to force you to restart your team or for gym/trainer battles to auto level to 50.

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That's true, though I imagine more people would have found out through the anime.

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