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kateee posted...

it's the #1 pick that everyone saw coming!

#1: Injection Fairy Lily
First TCG release: Legacy of Darkness (2003-06-06)



The last member of the Holy Life Point Trinity of Eternal Knowledge and Doom and my favorite card of all time. Honestly it was pretty close between this and Red-Eyes but personal pull history pushed it over the edge. This card has a bit of everything Ive been talking about through the list. It has the aforementioned personal pull history, its got the rarity, its got competitive viability on its side, anime presence and it can GET BIG. ABSOLUTELY HUGE. HUMONGOUS. GIGANTIC. GARGANTUAN. TITANIC.

And thats it for my list! Thanks for revisiting all this shit along with me.

Question: What are your top 10 favorite Yu-Gi-Oh cards?

I actually have this card in the form of its original Secret Rare release from Legacy of Darkness. I managed to pull this card from a booster pack.
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kateee posted...

#47: Solemn Wishes
First TCG release: Pharaohs Servant (2002-10-20)



Continuing the LIFE POINTS train, I of course thought this was one of the best cards of all time because you get +500 every time you DRAW, something that was GUARANTEED to happen every turn. think about it bro thats like 500000 life points over time its sooo good!!!111 Its a bit of an odd effect for a supposed trap but thats SOLEMN for you.

I have to admit, that's a weird effect for a trap card. It's more deserving of being a spell card.
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8519-

I actually didn't know the NES was 38 years old. Apparently, it's based off the Japanese release of the NES which is known as the Famicom, which was released 38 years ago. But it wasn't released in the west until 1985, so I don't really view the NES as a 1983 release.
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Poll updates and trend charts for yesterday's poll:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Slg_QcsT3JUHx2e_EY4R49UkqJT2RIe_KDCuvW7kug/pub?gid=2075541020

"Yes, I'm fully vaccinated" had a slightly above average board vote and Power Hour. Based on what happened during the ASV and SNV, I would have expected a stronger Power Hour than this. There is one explanation as to why the Power Hour wasn't as strong as expected, and that is the combined influence of Asia and Oceania subduing "Yes, I'm fully vaccinated" during this time period as both continents have a very low fully vaccinated rate. The influence of Canada and Mexico during this time also played a lesser role here. The night vote was easily the worst time period for this option, and it performed best during the late morning vote, ASV, and SNV.

This option also had the most extreme trends, with the trends being Geolocation related. "Yes, I'm fully vaccinated" had a maximum percentage of 61.65% at 12:10 AM EST. After that point in time, it lost a total of 10.10% to reach its lowest percentage of 51.55% at 7:10 AM. From the low point of 51.55%, it then gained a total of exactly 6% to finish with a final percentage of 57.55%. "Yes, I'm fully vaccinated" lost a grand total of 3 updates to "No, not as far as I know", with the first cut happening at 3:40 AM (1 vote cut), followed by another 1 vote cut at 7:25 PM and a 3 vote cut at 9:10 PM. It also lost 2 updates to "Almost, I'm partially vaccinated", with a 3 vote cut happening at 4:40 AM and a 2 vote cut at 9:10 PM.

"Almost, I'm partially vaccinated" had a terrible board vote, Power Hour, ASV, and SNV. It performed best during the night vote and early morning vote.

"No, not as far as I know" performed best during the board vote, Power Hour, and night vote. It begins dropping off a bit once the morning vote starts, and easily performs worst during the ASV and SNV.

The 2 least popular options, "Yes, confirmed case of COVID" and "Maybe, I did get sick", end up having the least pronounced trends out of all the options here. "Yes, confirmed case of COVID" performs best during the late morning vote, ASV, and SNV. While "Maybe, I did get sick" does best during both night vote periods.

As for the Geolocation trends, the US really stands out with their extremely high fully vaccinated rate in combination with a extremely low partially vaccinated rate. Canada and the UK have a higher overall vaccination rate than the US in terms of getting at least 1 dose of any vaccine, but far less voters in Canada and the UK have completed their second dose. The rest of Europe outside of the UK is notable for having a much higher partially vaccinated rate than the US while having a lower fully vaccinated rate. In general, Europe as a whole has a lower overall vaccination rate compared to the US, although some countries like the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Turkey stand out for exceeding the US in getting at least 1 dose of any vaccine. A few other countries in Europe like France, Italy, Austria, Finland, and the Czech Republic also have fairly high vaccination rates above 60% already.

Countries with extremely low vaccination rates include Australia and New Zealand (under 20% for both). South America generally has an low vaccination rate in general, ranging from around 10% to 40% for most of the countries there. Chile is an outlier here, with an extremely high vaccination rate over 80%.

Similarly to South America, Asia also has somewhat low vaccination rates in general, with the exception of China (58.33%), Hong Kong (71.43%), Saudi Arabia (86.66%), and Indonesia (63.16%).

The countries worst affected by COVID in the results were Russia, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Indonesia, all of which were above 5% for "Yes, I've already had a confirmed case of COVID".
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This poll is currently displaying strong Geolocation trends, with the top option rapidly bleeding percentage right now. The US has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, and we can see that Europe is lagging well behind the US. Well, for the fully vaccinated rate, at least. Overall vaccination rate doesn't seem to be significantly different between the US and Europe, it's just that Europe has more partially vaccinated people than fully vaccinated.
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What a poll we have today. Following in the footsteps of the mid-year "Got Console?" polls, we just got a "Got Antibodies?" poll.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8513-

This is of course related to COVID-19.
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UltimaterializerX posted...

God damn were old. Cant believe itll be 20 next year. I remember every second of that contest like it just happened.

We really need to have a contest in 2022 that starts on July 1st to celebrate 20 years of contests, and it should also be a Character Battle as that was our first ever contest.
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Esuriat posted...

I think diet usually tweaks the recipe a little so there are other differences in taste vs. the standard.

Whereas zero sugar is always the normal formulation but swapping sugar/HFCS for aspartame and acesulfame potassium.

Yeah, I noticed this with Mountain Dew. They have Diet Mountain Dew and Mountain Dew Zero Sugar co-existing on the market just like with Diet Coke and Coke Zero. I have done a side by side taste test of both Mountain Dew flavors, and I noticed Diet Mountain Dew tastes slightly different from Mountain Dew Zero Sugar.

Mountain Dew Zero Sugar also does a far better job at replicating the original Mountain Dew flavor, where as Diet Mountain Dew is just slightly different.
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It doesn't seem to be front-loaded trends to me. It did perform slightly better at the start of the poll based on the poll graphs here, but it still appears to be holding up very well even after the early vote wore off.
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Never

My option wasn't available, so I voted for "crazyisgood" instead.
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neonreaper posted...

@LusterSoldier you are being called out, chug a Mtn Dew and respond!!

Well, I just chugged a Mountain Dew less than 20 minutes ago.

Type: Diet Mountain Dew Major Melon
Size of the bottle: 1 liter
Time it took to chug it all down: 15.8 seconds

Here is a size that I haven't chugged in quite a long time. I did my first 1 liter chug in several years, so long ago that I would have to check older chugging topics to find my previous 1 liter chug.

This flavor is also not available in a 1 liter size, so I had to fill up an empty bottle with this flavor instead.
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About 1 to 2 times per week for me.
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The Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. Showcase has just started.
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Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/e3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W3vnyxCK78
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MnxnldnNldGO

There is no official stream run by Bandai Namco themselves for this show, at least not that I can find.
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A new GameFAQs poll was just put up on the homepage that is related to the Nintendo Direct. Based on the previous poll, it seems like the new poll went up at about 1:55 PM EST, so the current poll is going to run for 10 hours, 5 minutes.
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Last major E3 event of this year's E3, though there are still smaller events happening after the Nintendo Direct happens. The Nintendo Direct is expected to be around 40 minutes long, followed by Treehouse Live after the Direct ends.

Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/nintendo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQz_ECTGGyA
https://www.giantbomb.com/chat/
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And it's over. Less than 30 minutes long.
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Well, the Capcom one is at least going to have games.
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UF8 posted...

https://youtu.be/2LJdLhmZiPs the indie showcase (real thing) can be watched by going back about an hour and a half from right now

Hmm, I actually remember seeing a little bit of that back when it was happening live, but I didn't think it was part of the Indie Showcase. I noticed that E3 stream never outright mentioned "Indie Showcase" during the stream, but someone on the stream was heard saying "here are some of the hottest indie titles set to come your way soon".
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This show will focus on 4 main games - The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2, and Resident Evil Village. But it may be possible that Capcom reveals other games as well.

Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/e3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_lPa5RKFBs
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1djGXqokVrNJZ
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UF8 posted...

wait so they're showing wholesome direct again or what

I blame you for incorrectly reporting that there was an Indie Showcase happening today in the following post you made:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79491024/954897065
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NFUN posted...

learn fucking time zones!

Can you please stop posting this in every E3 topic I make?
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I don't know if this is a repeat, or if it actually contains brand new content. You can decide for yourself as the Indie Showcase is about to start right now.
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The Take-Two Interactive Panel is over with and they never got into actually showing games.
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Pokalicious posted...

Please change the topic title to correctly say "Wholesome Direct - Indie Game Showcase".

I was unaware that it was actually called that. Also, it's a serious mouthful just for the name of an event. "Indie Showcase" is much more simple and no one should be confused over the content of this show.
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Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/e3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozqhc7YXd3M
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Another livestream link for this show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGxOHbWZ_U
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Less than 10 minutes until the Take-Two Interactive Panel begins.
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Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/e3

Due to the relative lack of options for this specific event, I can only provide one total livestream option here. I couldn't find a stream that is run specifically by Take-Two themselves.
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I have no idea what is actually going to be shown during this show.
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Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/gamesradar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GTHw3qbXQI
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkzNMaeyGj
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PC Gaming Show is about to start.
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Grand Kirby posted...

So I had to miss everything. Is there a good summary of the conference? I saw some of the announcements, but don't have a lot of context for them.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/square-enix-e3-2021-stream-announcements-guardians-of-the-galaxy-final-fantasy-origin-babylons-fall/1100-6492335/
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Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/pcgamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyFYJjBivNQ
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkzNMaeyGj
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FF1 to FF6 Remaster collection
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ninkendo posted...

Please rename Square Enix Presents Summer 2021

Request denied.
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This livestream will be around 40 minutes long.

Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/squareenix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t30FL8a9KWs
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkzNMaeyGj
https://www.giantbomb.com/chat/
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Redfall - Summer 2022
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Forza Horizon 5
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CAR PORN TIME

Well, here's your car game.
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Halo Infinite Multiplayer

Free to Play
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Halo time
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Sea of Thieves time
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Starfield - 11/11/22 release date
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Nope to both Poka and NFUN.

Also, the show will begin in less than 3 minutes from now.
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With Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda, there will not be a separate Bethesda press conference this year. Instead, it will be merged with the Xbox show and is expected to be the longest press conference this year at around 90 minutes in length.

I'm making this topic well in advance due to the fact I want to go to sleep soon to prepare for a long day of E3 content.

Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/xbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YnVzOA2wNs
https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1401886689958768645
https://www.giantbomb.com/chat/
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ninkendo posted...

There's a reason I said only the main conferences matter

ninkendo posted...

(and that it's pointless to make other topics)

Ubisoft has historically been one of the the bigger press conferences and my topic for it fared very poorly this time around. Sure, Ubisoft might not be on the same level as the big three of Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo, but they are still bigger than the smaller press conferences like the PC Gaming Show or Devolver Digital.
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Discussion topic for the Gearbox E3 Showcase:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79508998
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Links to watch the livestream:

https://www.twitch.tv/e3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEFOkMZvA64
https://twitter.com/E3/status/1403759956310982656
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Nope, not happening.
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