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FrozenBananas posted...

Tricky had the better 2 player imo, but SSX 3 probably had the better single player and customization

Good to know, thanks.
Do you know what SSX On Tour 2-player is like? I can't find info about it anywhere. @FrozenBananas

After buying SSX 3 on Xbox One BC store I fell in love with it so I ordered Tricky, On Tour, and rebought 3 for Gamecube. Only other one I played was the very first game on PS2 that I got with my console at Christmas as a kid back in the day.
Thinking of having a gaming get-together with my friends soon and SSX will probably be one of the games we play. Which do you think had the best MP?

I don't know anything about Soccer (football) >_>

I'm still having fun though.
There was a PotDer a few years ago who was really into this series, can't remember his name but I wonder if he's here.

"Trump is WRONG"

https://youtu.be/8Q5efa-27t8

Lmfao

wpot posted...

the US and NATO simply weren't/aren't going to start WW3 over Ukraine and Putin is willing to call that bluff.

I think you're probably right, but I also think here's this narrative being pushed around that if Putin takes Ukraine, it's the equivalent of letting Hitler take France and that Putin will expand like Hitler did.
It's a bad narrative because HItler had global ambitions, while Putin likely only wants countries that were part of the Soviet Union, but the fact that this is being thrown around means people ARE willing to start WW3 because they think Putin is the next Hitler.

Me.
My older sister is the successful one with the good-paying job, dating a police officer, and lots of friends.
I'm a 31 year old dishwasher, never had girlfriend in my entire life and not really any friends aside from a few online friends I barely even get to talk to.

https://youtu.be/Ug0GnRk9Cfo

Wow what a dedicated wisp.

EclairReturns posted...

The title of this news article is misleading. Upon first glance, a frequenter of the website whence this article originated might be led to either believe in or be skeptical of the absurd idea of a country sending in a resignation of sorts, much like a frustrated, underpaid worker who feels that his talents are being wasted and neglected. However, upon reading the article, the reader would soon discover that it was just this Tokayev bloke's board of advisors that resigned, not the country that they work to oversee. One can infer that the title was intentionally phrased poorly in this fashion, possibly to garner views for this article for the extra revenue that would be obtained by luring its loyal readers to fall prey to the advertisements they would encounter upon visiting this particular article.

No
"Tokayev's Cabinet also resigned."

I read a guide that said a good way to beat the AI in Starcraft is to build tons of static defense cannons and then when AI enters your base they'll get slaughtered, then leave your computer for awhile eventually they'll run out of resources and you can destroy their bases, but that it's important to never use this tactic in multiplayer.
I should try this

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/kazakhstan-government-resigns-after-violent-protests-over-fuel-price-2022-01-05/

"Apparently seeking to appease public ire, Tokayev sacked Nazarbayev as head of the powerful Security Council on Wednesday, and took it over himself. He also appointed a new head of the State Security Committee, successor to the Soviet-era KGB, and removed Nazarbayev's nephew from the No. 2 position on the committee.
Tokayev's Cabinet also resigned."

Wow what a dumpster fire

Update:
I've decided to give Starcraft another chance after 3-ish years, so I'm putting AoE on hold until I FINALLY finish this thing.
I forgot how awesome the story was because my memory was polluted with the difficult gameplay. I think I'll re-read the lore in the instruction manual, then watch the story to the first game on Youtube, then start Brood War. I think I actually did beat the first game awhile ago, then started Brood War.

@Dikitain did you give up on Brood War because lack of time, too much difficulty or both?

I decided to get Starcraft Remastered, since what the hell it's on sale anyway. May give it a chance after Age of Empires,
I remember now Company of Heroes 2 was free on Steam awhile ago so I have it in my library.
The same development team created Warhammer RTS huh...would you guys recommend those games as well?

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Fair, but AoE II was also a 90's game (1999), and is better in every single way. There's a reason why it was/sometimes still is considered the best RTS of all time.

I guess I just figured since they were all on sale on Steam that I'd pick the 1st one and play them in order too. I own all of them except 4. If I like the series maybe I'll get 4 in the future.
Also I always heard that 3 was the worst AoE game and fans hated it?? That's going by what I've heard anyway. 2 is supposedly teh best one and not sure what people think of 4 yet.

GanonsSpirit posted...

Starcraft 2 has an easy difficulty if you need it.

Does it have a story summary of the first game?

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Curious why you're playing older RTS. As much as I love the AoE series, even AoE:DE still incorporates late 90's janky physics and gameplay.

I'm a 90s kid and it just doesn't feel right starting with newer ones.

Dikitain posted...

Age of Empires was just kind of boring to me, never piqued my interest. I think I only got about halfway through the first game before I gave up.

Was it just boredom or difficulty?
I am liking the tutorial and reading the historic facts before each mission is also fun to me.

shadowsword87 posted...

Pro tip: attack.

Attack at the start and get obliterated, yeah tried that

SpeedDemon20 posted...

I used to be really bad at the game (still bad, just less so), but then I learned all you have to really do is max out your eco and spend all your money, all the time. I just make a lot of stuff and all army select and attack move towards the objective (make sure to get upgrades)

IIRC I'm bad at balancing focusing on resources vs. combat units vs. upgrading structures

I never finished Starcraft 1 or Brood War. Just thinking about it is giving me these awful flashbacks of staying up all night to build an army just to have it completely crushed by the AI, also reaching a point of no return so having to restart the whole level because enemy AI is also building with you, completely losing HOURS of progress.
I don't think I ever started Brood War or Starcraft 2 even though I own both of them. Maaaybe I'll give the franchise another chance someday?

I am going through Age of Empires Definitive Edition tutorial right now but honestly scared of what's to come. Playing on standard difficulty. Also this would be the second RTS I've ever tried besides Starcraft.

Blightzkrieg posted...

Amazing to think democracy hasn't improved at all since the days of the Republic

Makes me think of the Coliseum and the Gladiator games.
Apparently people getting killed regularly in the Coliseum was just a misleading Hollywood over-dramatization and people were just injured, not killed.
So it really was just basically UFC but in Ancient Rome?

ParanoidObsessive posted...

The era when Cleopatra was alive is actually closer to the present day than it is to the era when the Pyramids were built.

:O
Caesar got to bone Cleopatra too. And STILL went back to Rome even tho he could have just stayed in Egypt to tap dat ass

shadowsword87 posted...

Western or Eastern?

Western

Our 16th great grandmas could've been in the Roman Empire

The stone age, now THAT was a long time ago.

papercup posted...

Just think of it like the art industry. Rich people don't buy art because they want it, it's because they can use it to launder money.

Call me dumb but I still don't get it.
Can someone give an example of a lootbox/DLC and an NFT and how they're different?

I googled and seems like it's just lootboxes and DLC which has already been a problem for years now.
What is the point of this new jargon?

Blightzkrieg posted...

To be clear, COVID will not be eliminated unless every country decides to simultaneously institute massive Chinese scale shutdowns. The nature of a virus is such that you can't eliminate it in one state or country and expect that to work. It needs to be stamped out everywhere or it will just come back.

Is it possible it could go away eventually though? Spanish Flu pandemic lasted from 1918-1920 with possible 50 million deaths in total.

It just dawned on me the other day that I'm sick of Covid and it seems like the pandemic has been going on forever.
I have my third shot scheduled January 10th. Wearing a mask everywhere is kind of annoying.
Is this really just how it is until the day we all die?

Which SMB 2? Lost levels or Doki Doki Panic USA SMB 2?

Looks like MapleSaga would be up TCs alley

Private servers bro

After LTTP I will play Link's Awakening DX, then OOT/Majoras Mask, then Seasons/Ages, then Link Between Worlds, then I'll move on to newer 3D Zelda games

CaptainStrong posted...

Zelda II is also worth playing. Especially if you use the easy mode ROM hack.

Played a bit of it and put it down.
I finished Castlevania II Simon's quest and never wanna play it again. This game reminded me too much of that game.

Zelda NES, on the Nintendo Switch. And no I didn't do the second quest.

I had played OOT before but admittedly never finished it.
I'm playing Link to the Past now

UnMead posted...

Thank you Im going to shave mine right now no joke

I am grateful for potd and GameFAQs.com its in the GAME!

Yea it feels nice too being all squeaky clean

In about 2006 I was in grade 9, my first year of high school. I was freaking out because students said I had body odor, despite showering every day and using deodorant.
I went on here to ask for advice and some made fun of me, but one PotDer told me to shave my armpits and use antiperspirant instead of deodorant, that they did it and ever since people said he smelled good.
I've been taking this advice for at least 15 years now and not a single complaint since. I'm turning 31 near the end of the month.
Thank you, PotDer who probably doesn't post here anymore.

Also if Nintendo is Apple, then I guess Sony is Amazon and Microsoft is Microsoft?

Nah, I'd say they're more like Disney.
Used to be great, now just way too greedy.
The only thing Nintendo hasn't done yet that Disney did is bow to our Chinese overlords and screw everyone else. Hopefully Nintendo Japan doesn't let that happen

https://imgur.com/kj8h8Dg

Both games are apparently still active online, so I may get one at the end of the month during the Steam Winter sale.
I've never invested in any BF games before.