Lurker > GeminiDeus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTekcLCAZpI

I stomp on his foot repeatedly and say, "Hello, Mr Thompson."

There are times when I feel I have main character syndrome, as well as times I've felt like a secondary character in my own life's story.

I'll be fine as long as I can still play my video games and visit the interwebs.

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GhostFaceLeaks posted...

First it'll be movies. Then we'll have AI generated games. And some companies want to use AI for fast food, TV, and even therapy.

Soon there will be no more human jobs.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2388b2ad.jpg

I had to cut some text so that it wouldn't be super tiny.

Why is there so much Kryptonite on Earth, anyway? It's all over the place! How close was Krypton to Earth?!

R1masher posted...

Ha, you wasted your wish I wished for more wishes

And now you're stuck in a loop where you can only use those wishes to wish for more wishes!

GranAures posted...

No wait :)! Don't go :D!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlW-mJusq0g

Accolon posted...

#170 Elma

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1c863190.jpg

Thanks again! She looks great!

Niru made a new post on the MapleStory subreddit yesterday that I'm just now seeing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/1cnqcll/i_will_stand_by_my_decision_and_if_that_means/

Accolon posted...

Check post 206

Ah, right, I'd forgotten by now.

How about Elma from Xenoblade Chronicles X, then?

Although, the last season was kind of ass and I want to pretend it never happened.

Hell yes! Great show.

burns112233 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/12250c96.jpg

My nephew paid $130 for this haircut.

Requesting Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2, please.

NoxObscuras posted...

Oh are you still playing? If you don't mind me asking where are you, progression wise? I quit not long after finishing the arcane 5 set (everything but the overall and hat). I never learned the mechanics for any of the bosses after Gloom.

I've got 2 characters at level 261 with my 3rd highest at 258, I think. I only play about 30 - 60 minutes on weekdays and maybe a couple hours on weekends. I don't have a lot of Star Force, because I don't have a lot of meso, and the highest boss I can solo is Normal Lotus.

I legitimately have fun playing the game, and have been playing since 2004's closed beta. I just don't have the time or energy to grind like I could 10+ years ago.

NoxObscuras posted...

Yeah, the story is really going the same route as Shounen anime.

Fuck. You know, I never even really thought about it like that before. Here I've been wondering how people can stick with One Piece for such a long time when what I've been partaking in is much worse. Not only do I need to wait years for more story to be released, but it's also not available to everyone directly. I gotta learn second-hand any knowledge from where I currently am and most end-game boss lore. That's both funny and depressing to me.

No complaints on the costumes but I don't understand why they changed costumes in the episode.

NoxObscuras posted...

In 2013 the level cap raised from 200 to 250
In 2019 the level cap raised from 250 to 275
In 2021 the level cap raised from 275 to 300

I wouldn't be surprised if they increased the level cap again in the future.

Oh for certain. The highest level boss now is level 285 and she's just one of 5 known apostles of the main villain, and if Maple doesn't finally go belly up any time soon, level cap will easily go to 350 by the time that happens.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

Imagine he gets close to 300 and this same thing happens again lol

On one hand, being the first to 300 is a great feat, but on the other hand, you're stepping on the body of the person who sacrificed their chance for glory in hopes to better the community. We'll find out what happens when it happens, though.

When I was 16, I think. It was at a Burger King. They were low on staff and desperate to hire people and I got hired on at a higher than usual pay rate. Well on my first day there, I was shown videos on how to prepare food for an hour or so, then afterward, I was put on register. With absolutely no training on what any of the buttons did. I would constantly ask for help from co-workers but they wouldn't. Pretty sure I messed up every single customer's orders because of it.

I went in the next day (because the money was too good and I thought it couldn't possibly be worse) and I wasn't even shown how to clock in. I tried myself, and asked for help but no one would and the store manager wasn't there, so I just fucking left. Worst job I ever had and it was for barely over 8 hours.

AuthenticZac posted...

>_> I think it's 1.7 quadrillion.
1,737,759,854,037,840

Yeah, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

How long was Niru playing for? How many hours would it take to reach 300?

I read he would play 12+ hours every day. I haven't watched him so I'm going off memory of what I've seen others say. He's also fallen asleep while playing.

Philip027 posted...

So what you're saying is, there's still a chance I could be the first.

Legitimately no. The second closest person is still about 6 months (or more) behind.

It takes longer to reach level 300 from 285 than it does to get to 285 from level 1. It's over 1.7 quadrillion exp from 299 to 300, and the highest leveled monsters available only give exp in the millions.

bluezero posted...

Why does Nintendo always aim so low?

I made a topic a couple months ago on the Switch board asking about "what if" the successor was as powerful as the PS5, and the topic went into specs territory saying that a handheld just can't be that powerful without being a huge battery drain and overheating the system. So PS4 strength, to me, doesn't sound low.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/80728114

Give it a read if you have the chance.

I still play Maple regularly, but usually only for about 30 minutes a day, with more time on weekends. I haven't spent any money on the game in over a decade.

If you want time stamps on the stream, someone on the Maple subreddit made a list in one of the discussion threads. I'll link to the discussion and post the time stamps here on things Niru went over.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maplestory/comments/1cd5p1m/niru_ends_stream_and_decides_not_to_level_to_300/

• 16:42:40 beginning
• 16:44:25 intro
• 16:46 Population, economy concerns, world merges
• 16:47:50 Map occupancy - below 260
• 16:49:40 Map occupancy - above 260
• 16:52:52 Logging into the game
• 16:53 Tradability of items - fragments
• 16:54:40 Farming/Meso per hour value/return and meso market
• 16:57:10 Boss rewards
• 16:58:08 Tradability of items - solid/hard cubes
• 16:58:55 Selling/Buying service - Example: solid/hard cubes
• 17:00:32 Cash Shop
• 17:00:41 Reward Shop - What is missing?
• 17:02:00 Tradability of items - reward shop
• 17:04:20 Pay to win - Pricing of cash shop items
• 17:04:20 Cubes
• 17:06:03 Special/Limited cubes - Example: Uni Cubes
• 17:08:50 Special/Limited cubes - Example: Violet Cubes
• 17:10:11 Special/Limited cubes - Example: White Cubes
• 17:12:05 Tradability of items/cash shop summary
• 17:14:05 Frenzy Totem
• 17:14:22 Botters spawn abuse and supply of items
• 17:14:45 Supply of droplets?
• 17:15:12 Supply of symbols? - below 260
• 17:16:30 Supply of symbols? - above 260
• 17:18:53 Elite bosses
• 17:18:53 Supply of flames?
• 17:19:52 Is Frenzy a problem and market concerns
• 17:20:50 Frenzy rerelease
• 17:21:58 Nexon excuses - Example: Server load/number of mobs

DKBananaSlamma posted...

Right at the end of the stream before he hits level 300 (literally at 99.993% of the way there), he stops playing the game and goes off at the company saying how shitty their practices are and how shitty the game is lol. Then just quits the game without ever reaching level 300. idk if the devs cut off the stream on their end or not during this but he was also streaming it on his personal channel too.

There was an in-game banner urging players to witness him hitting 300 and MapleStory hosted his stream as well. There were over 20,000 viewers who heard his message. When Niru started saying things that Nexon didn't like, they removed the banner and stopped hosting his channel.

Yeah, this happened a couple weeks ago now. He made a gigantic sacrifice in hopes to send a message out for bettering the game for all players. Some people don't seem to realize how much willpower it takes to give up being an icon.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/29ec5b0d.jpg

Tyranthraxus posted...

No. Never again will I ever touch that shit. I only sleep natural these days.

I friggin wish I could sleep without any aid. If I don't take my pills, I don't get tired until 1am or later. I didn't start taking pills until 2019 and they help so much. Even with my pills it can take 30+ minutes for me to fall asleep.

Glob posted...

I liked the What were you expecting? Black leather? Throwback to the first film.

Yeah! I'm surprised it wasn't already mentioned in the topic.

Whoa what? She voiced Jessie Bannon? That's pretty awesome, she was a great character.

Do you stay silent when you notice, or blurt out to them that you've been staring at their crotch?

Just face it guys, we're here, now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ

Monolith1676 posted...

Young people don't like words with too many syllables.

"No cap" is the same amount of syllables as "no lie" though.

Young Sheldon will watch his father die before his eyes, look at the camera, and say, "Bazinga."

I've never actually watched Big Bang Theory or Young Sheldon.

Necronmon posted...

At LAST I'm going to see this animated.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrLo_gnDLXk

This is the only exposure I've had to Onslaught. I don't know anything about his origins or what might be coming up in the next episode.

I think it's great, but I no longer have the abilities or time to partake in speedrunning. They'll certainly be interesting to watch, though.

Topic title suggests I ever forgot it to begin with.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/85e77241.jpg
https://www.oreo.com/products/sourpatchkids

Why, Oreo? Why?

Looks like it could be AI generated, but I'll believe it's real if multiple angles of it are available.

A friend of mine owned Zelda 1 and Zelda 2 for the NES so I got to play the games when we hung out, but I didn't like either one of them. Wasn't until LttP on the SNES that I started liking the series. Still don't like Zelda 1 and Zelda 2, though.

Tiny ears but big everything else.

My mother is in a nursing home and hasn't wanted visitors since July 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBw3XJc7jRc

Wanted to post this earlier but I couldn't remember the name of the channel, but now it showed up in my recommended videos.

Vegy posted...

Can't it be fatal?

Research shows that sudden death is more common in people with obstructive sleep apnea who are also older than age 60, have more severe apnea, or have very low oxygen levels. Although rare, death can occur because a person's breathing doesn't restart after a brief pause due to sleep apnea.

So yeah, it can be fatal, along with other conditions.

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/sleep-apnea-conditions

I've had it for most of my life. Took a sleep test back in 2020 and after I woke up, they told me I stopped breathing about 12 times during the night. Got a C-Pap for it and used it until late 2021 due to reasons I won't go into here and I haven't used it since then (my reasons are unrelated to the usefulness of the machine. It really helped me sleep much better.)