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| Topic | Giving FFX another go (ongoing spoilers) |
| TheOtherMike 05/04/24 9:09:19 PM #21 | So I think I'm done. This game is even more boring than I remembered. I played a couple games of blitzball after the tournament. Blitzball sucks ass. I continued on the pilgrimage, the game is literally one giant hallway, and none of it is even interesting to look at anymore. The Sphere Grid is still annoying and makes no sense thematically. Combat is tedious with the constant need to swap characters out for weaknesses. The plot is basically nonexistent; the only intrigue is related to how Tidus and Auron are here 1000 years after Zanarkand was destroyed. Beyond that the current plot is literally "we're all going on a long walk!" I'm about 10 hours in and just not getting hooked, and I genuinely can't understand what this game constantly gets praised for.
I gave it a good shot, I was really hoping to enjoy it this time around. Oh well, guess I'll play one of the good FFs. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | $5,000, or the ability to talk to dogs. |
| TheOtherMike 05/04/24 7:28:02 PM #9 | Trumble posted...
You mean this is a bad topic. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | $5,000, or the ability to talk to dogs. |
| TheOtherMike 05/04/24 7:26:54 PM #4 | Trumble posted...
The ability covers all breeds of dogs as well as dog-like animals (eg. wolves, dingoes), but does not extend to them actually understanding what you say. So literally no different from normal. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Did you know that more people are dying from drugs than guns and cars combined? |
| TheOtherMike 05/03/24 7:11:12 AM #33 | chitown82 posted...
Oregon tried decriminalization, didn't work. Another failed democratic policy. It didn't work because Oregon didn't set up sufficient safety nets and rehabilitation programs for users. Decriminalization can work, but like any other initiative it needs to be designed to work with the proper support programs. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Why is the Pole of the Day about Horny Posting? |
| TheOtherMike 05/03/24 6:26:19 AM #17 | Pole of the day
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| Topic | Giving FFX another go (ongoing spoilers) |
| TheOtherMike 05/02/24 10:12:37 PM #14 | Seaman_Prime posted...
I hate the remaster, the character models are so lifeless. DarkAssassin89 posted... They really did fuck this up. I haven't played the PS2 version in at least a decade, so I have no basis for comparison. I did, however notice a scene where Tidus asked Yuna why she was smiling, and I was like "Is she though?'" because her lips were a straight line. So I got to the tournament. It took a couple retries but I beat the match again lol. On to Djose! --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Giving FFX another go (ongoing spoilers) |
| TheOtherMike 05/01/24 6:07:33 PM #11 | Lol I just got Extract Ability.
I am not a fan of the cloister puzzles. Most NPC faces are nightmare fuel. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Giving FFX another go (ongoing spoilers) |
| TheOtherMike 05/01/24 1:20:55 PM #9 | LeCh0nk posted...
Are you playing on PC? PS5. Good to hear about the ability spheres. Thanks, all. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Giving FFX another go (ongoing spoilers) |
| TheOtherMike 05/01/24 12:39:20 PM #5 | pinky0926 posted...
This is unironically one of the hardest things to do in the entire game, significantly hindered by RNG mechanics. It's pretty impressive that you won it. I'm pretty sure it was dumb luck. I remember getting to the tournament on an attempted replay a couple years later and couldn't win it to save my life. I think my ocd wouldn't let me progress and that's when I dropped the game that time. Other things of note: I chose the standard Sphere Grid. Also absolutely loving the music, but Square and FF in particular have always had top shelf soundtracks. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Giving FFX another go (ongoing spoilers) |
| TheOtherMike 05/01/24 12:01:18 PM #1 | I played FFX back in 02/03, and for various reasons didn't like it. I don't remember how far I got, but it was at least to the Blitzball tournament. I won the first game or the tournament or whatever and my friend was shocked. He didn't think you could win it.
Anyway I dropped the game some time after that. I remember disliking the Sphere Grid both mechanically and thematically. I also found constantly swapping characters in and out for the various enemy weaknesses tedious after a while. There were also other games that got my attention, and I never gave it another serious attempt. So I recently picked up X/X2 Remaster on sale, and wanted to give it another shot. I remember almost nothing of the story (though I do know First impressions: I can tell this game was showcasing the PS2 and its improvements over the PSX. The cinematics are great, I loved the opening in Zanarkand and the attack by Sin. But the battle with Sin later on the boat was definitely a "wow this is a real spectacle" moment for me. I also like how the camera constantly autopans in the more visually appealing areas to show them off, though I am a bit annoyed about lack of camera control in 3D environments. The voice acting is as terrible as I remember. The Sphere Grid still annoys me. I can see ability spheres are going to be a bottleneck. Anywhere I'll be able to farm these? I'm enjoying the turn-based combat coming off VII Rebirth (and re-platting the PS5 version of Remake). I'm enjoying the brighter visuals and color. Other than that, I'm concerned about missables. I looked up a list and thankfully there don't seem to be many. I did get the staff from the Cloister of Trials before Yuna joined. If I keep with it I may turn this into a playthrough topic. I'll post again tonight after I play some more. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Subway is seriously trash how |
| TheOtherMike 04/28/24 8:33:28 AM #11 | Now?
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Oh boy, first tornado warning of the season for me |
| TheOtherMike 04/27/24 8:13:06 AM #15 | That shit passed within a couple miles of my neighborhood (Bennington, just north Omaha). I wasn't home for it but my roommate saw the funnel from the back door. We got incredibly lucky, no damage in our neighborhood but a bunch of houses just north of us were destroyed.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | "Libs act like Republicans are cartoon villains!" |
| TheOtherMike 04/26/24 9:56:23 PM #16 | In The Dead Zone, the villain (who eventually goes into politics) was introduced by kicking a dog to death.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Man chips are Hella addictive. |
| TheOtherMike 04/25/24 4:25:57 PM #2 | RIP Man chips
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Do you have a problem with potential employers checking a job applicant's |
| TheOtherMike 04/25/24 9:29:13 AM #39 | As someone with excellent credit who's had terrible credit in the past, it's bullshit.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Man it's hard to go back to old Mario games after Mario Odyssey |
| TheOtherMike 04/25/24 8:35:18 AM #52 | Odyssey is the only 3D Mario I can play anymore. I got all the stars in 64 back in the day, but it's aged terribly and I can't really tolerate its controls and camera in the modern era. Galaxy(s) are meh at best. Sunshine has always been a pile of ass.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Ted Cruz released a 51 page report about how unfair Libs of TikTok was treated |
| TheOtherMike 04/24/24 5:56:23 PM #4 | Republicans are crybabies? I'm shocked. Shocked, I say!
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Man I love the Gongaga music in Reborth |
| TheOtherMike 04/22/24 1:12:55 PM #12 | Gongaga is the second worst track in the game, only beat out by Cosmo Canyon (but not by much).
CARRRNE_ASADA posted... Also the "fight for us little stamp" that plays during gongagas sidequests. Oh God I forgot about this. OK, Gongaga is third worst and CC is second. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | TX Gov openly states he wants to end trans people existing |
| TheOtherMike 04/21/24 6:01:32 PM #28 | The Republican Party is literally a terrorist organization.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Emergency Rooms refuse to treat pregnant women; one miscarried in lobby restroom |
| TheOtherMike 04/20/24 8:26:19 AM #87 | The Republican Party is literally a terrorist organization.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Oklahoma Athletic Commission 'warns' AEW over transgender wrestler Nyla Rose |
| TheOtherMike 04/17/24 6:31:30 PM #9 | "A transgender"
"A female" Two yikes just in the header. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Meanwhile, in another reality (SSBU AI image topic v3) |
| TheOtherMike 04/17/24 4:55:25 PM #50 | Accolon posted...
#13 Prince Toadstool The fabulous Prince Toadstool. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | What was that episode in Star Trek(?) where they defuse a crew member |
| TheOtherMike 04/17/24 10:39:55 AM #8 | ScazarMeltex posted...
And if Voyager wasn't such a episodic show that decision would have had far ranging consequences for crew morale and how people viewed her. Instead, it was never mentioned again and everyone just goes on about their lives as if Janeway hadn't ordered a man killed. Naomi mentions it in a much later episode, very casually. She's telling an interesting story as opposed to recounting a murder. Justice for Tuvix. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | ITT: I try to recreate the cast of SSBU using AI (realistic edition) |
| TheOtherMike 04/16/24 3:20:55 PM #153 | Accolon posted...
#65 Ridley This looks like a Xenomorph that gestated inside Ridley. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 8:59:39 PM #164 | cuttin_in_farm posted...
Bro, real talk. Mod me. You don't have a valid argument, I won't let you get away with pretending context doesn't exist, so all you can do is fling shit. I guess I was wrong and you really are that illiterate. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 8:39:51 PM #160 | cuttin_in_farm posted...
I dont care. People itt are specifically replying to his one statement. Yes, people are deliberately taking that one sentence out of context. For example, the specific quote of mine that you replied to was about Hypno repeatedly claiming that cjs is "lying to people about their problems," which is explicitly false because the problem is being acknowledged. But I know you don't care. Clearly you don't, because you refuse to acknowledge the entirety of the op and its context. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 6:53:44 PM #153 | cuttin_in_farm posted...
TC says to tell people You are not fat. Quote the op in its entirety and tell me what it means. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | How long have you been coming to CE for? |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 4:34:13 PM #23 | The first argument I ever got in on CE was with someone who legitimately argued that gay people should be experimented on against their will so that future gay people might be "cured." Then a mod flat-out told me they couldn't delete their posts because it was a legitimate political opinion, and I should just add the user to ignore if I didn't like what they were saying. This would have been around 2001 or 2002, and even for that era I was pretty shocked.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 4:27:33 PM #146 | cuttin_in_farm posted...
Ffs, no. Its lying to say You are not fat. Which tc says verbatim. Try reading the op and applying that context to the sentence "you are not fat." I refuse to believe you or anyone else on a text-based message board are this illiterate. And ffs, yes. Hypno has literally been arguing that cjs is "lying to people about their problems," despite cjs openly acknowledging that having excess fat is a problem that said people have. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 2:27:13 PM #143 | pepper2012 posted...
they are now choosing to change the terms because it clearly hurts people feelings is all And? Choosing a more positive approach demonstrably improves results. So even with your insulting framing of the issue, "changing the terms because it hurts peoples feelings" ultimately results in those people doing better. Then here you are, apparently arguing that we continue to "hurt peoples feelings," which has an objective negative impact on their efforts to improve their lifestyle. Do you care about results, or do you care about being able to "hurt peoples feelings?" [LFAQs-redacted-quote] No, the entire premise of your argument has been that cjs is "lying" when he says people have fat rather than are fat. Revelation34 posted... There's nothing positive about trying to change word definitions. Language is constantly evolving. What's your point? Personally, I find it very interesting that the citations from AMA have been ignored, except to complain about not being able to insult people. It's almost like I called it with my first post itt. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/15/24 8:18:33 AM #107 | Guide posted...
I can see why that would be confused, but that hasn't been Hypno's prerogative. That isn't what he's been arguing against. It's the explicit word usage of "fat people aren't fat" that tc was saying, that's the lie. At no point has hypno said that "having fat defines you". No. Hypno has literally, from their very first post, been saying that cjs is lying to people about their problems. This is blatantly false. You may not like the way cjs is wording the issue, but at no point have they said that heavy people do not carry extra fat, or that it is not a health concern or a problem. You are similarly still confusing cjs's argument if you think that "you may carry extra fat, but you are not defined by it" is a lie, and like Hypno, you are clearly ignoring what cjs is actually saying in favor of nitpicking their word choice and calling them a liar. Like, you have to have skipped or weakly skimmed cjs's posts to come to the conclusion you're at. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 5:54:05 PM #95 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
No, you refuse to (or rather, are incapable of) explain how "you have fat, but it doesn't define you in the sense that you are [singular derogatory adjective]" is a lie. You are deliberately misrepresenting what has been said from your first post itt. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Bro, I never once touched on the tangent of "everyone has fat, therefore it's ok to call people with excess fat 'fat'" one way or the other. But now that you mention it, yeah that was some obvious context that you deliberately ignored. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 5:39:17 PM #92 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
And you still refuse to explain how that's "lying to people about the problems they're facing." [LFAQs-redacted-quote] I've read every post itt. None of them explain what I've repeatedly asked you to explain. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 5:14:57 PM #89 | cjsdowg posted...
Come on really, you are going with that. When clearly in the post made it clear I was carrying to much weight. You are going to hang your hat on that. Indeed lol [LFAQs-redacted-quote] --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 5:11:43 PM #87 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
Again, no one is pretending the issue isn't there. No one is lying to anyone about the problems they're facing, and you still haven't answered the question of how they are. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] You (and others) are saying cjs is "lying" to people with excess weight, and have been doing so for going on 90 posts. There is literally no other way to interpret this other than you people are getting butthurt that someone said we shouldn't reduce people to a singular negative adjective. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] In the context that was laid out in the op, yes they are wrong in that they are more than just their weight. People who are overweight can misunderstand context just like anyone else. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 4:33:34 PM #85 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
I'll take your refusal to answer the question to mean that you can't. Ironic that you want to talk about intentionally misrepresenting what people said when you read the topic title, then ignore the post and the context it provides. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 1:36:51 PM #63 | Aztex posted...
I wasn't aware calling people fat gave them calories Who said it did? --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 1:09:48 PM #61 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
That's literally exactly what's happening. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] How is cjs lying? They're acknowledging the problem but suggesting we not reduce people to a singular adjective because it can have an adverse effect on their weight loss goals. LordFarquad1312 posted... Stop trying to normalize an unhealthy lifestyle. No one is trying to normalize an unhealthy lifestyle. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | No matter how much extra weight you have. YOU ARE NOT FAT. |
| TheOtherMike 04/14/24 9:31:38 AM #41 | It's amazing how many people are getting butthurt at the mere suggestion that we not call people insulting and derogatory terms.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Floridas anti-trans laws lead to increase in vigilante incidents |
| TheOtherMike 04/13/24 12:13:29 AM #52 | The Republican Party is literally a terrorist organization.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | pit bulls cause $3,000 in car damage after trying to attack cat |
| TheOtherMike 04/10/24 8:55:40 PM #110 | DementedDurian posted...
I don't think that should be the case. Dogs do have feelings and it's up to us to do right by them. Blatantly talking about killing off a species is not doing right by them. Depending on the reason for allowing a breed (not species) to die off, it absolutely can be. And that has nothing to do with the definition of eugenics only applying to humans. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | pit bulls cause $3,000 in car damage after trying to attack cat |
| TheOtherMike 04/10/24 7:04:14 PM #105 | CyborgSage00x0 posted...
Depends on what you mean. Most dogs breeds are due to human breeding, so quite literally eugenics. For the billionth time, eugenics only applies to human populations. By definition it literally cannot apply to dogs. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Is being more or less attracted to certain races being racist? |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 11:00:34 PM #83 | Sufferedphoenix posted...
You can't deny there are typical features more common among certain races. TheOtherMike posted... Idk what this is supposed to mean. Every race has wide diversity in appearance. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Is being more or less attracted to certain races being racist? |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 10:47:26 PM #73 | super_felicia posted...
but if you arent into a general look of a race facial features Idk what this is supposed to mean. Every race has wide diversity in appearance. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Which game company would make the best Zelda game |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 8:09:50 PM #21 | pikakaeru posted...
as a Zelda fan that has beaten all mainline Zelda's except FSA, the DS titles, and Tears I say youre wrong I've done the same (plus the DS games), and I say I'm not. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Which game company would make the best Zelda game |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 8:06:38 PM #17 | pikakaeru posted...
really REALLY bad opinion Nope. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Which game company would make the best Zelda game |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 7:42:37 PM #12 | pikakaeru posted...
capcom All their Zelda games suck, though. MC is the worst 2D Zelda by a mile, and the Oracles feel like bad fan hacks of LA. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Should you be able to buy a loose cigarette? |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 7:36:24 PM #9 | I remember back in the late 90s or early 2000s you could get a pack of 5.
--- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. |
| Topic | Arizona Supreme Court votes to uphold states 1864 abortion ban. Voters this... |
| TheOtherMike 04/09/24 6:48:34 PM #68 | The Republican Party is literally a terrorist organization.
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