lounge

[zinc matrix]

yeah

good tomatoes do exist

[cursive crypt]

Hoenslty, most veggies form supermarkets taste like apples or pumpkin. They awful.

[fathom wadi]

I thought I was allergic to tomatoes when I starting itching for several years. So I quit all my favourite food, which happens to be italian, and just ate potatoes and pasta instead. Turned out I wasn't allergic and my thyroid was trying to kill me. So now I eat tomatoes all the time 😄

[cursive crypt]

That sounds somehow worse.

[fathom wadi]

the thyroid issue was. I was depressed, burned out with game dev, lost my libido, felt like ending it all. But I have kids so marched on

[soft night]

even my cousin have same allergies i dont have it for tomato

[thin storm]

tomatoes normally grow in half-shades or full shades, in spain or NL they are always in sun, that ruins the taste I guess.

[fathom wadi]

when I went to Spain they had the best tomatoes Ive ever had in my life

[soft night]

for mew raw carrots , apples

[thin storm]

I mean the mass produced ones.

[fathom wadi]

I like raw cannabis. My favourite vegetable 😄 Not had it for some time but I do miss it :p

[thin storm]

me too and they legalise it here finally. but psst...

[fathom wadi]

Im trying to get it on medical so nobody can say im a scumbag druggie :p

[thin storm]

good luck but no more drug talk.

[fathom wadi]

its medicine tho ^_^

I mean seriously, I have anxiety and it prevents it. They offer me anti-depressants all the time but those things make me not care about anything

[cursive crypt]

I have a friend who is not an user at all. However, a cold extracts help him immensely with his sleep issues.

[fathom wadi]

I have sleeping tablets but I try not to take them. They make me feel groggy for a couple of days afterwards

I have night terrors which truly sucks

sometimes I wake up and shout "I'm not a fkin Unity Developer" and start crying

[cursive crypt]

lol

[zinc matrix]

😢

[thin storm]

true but its more likely related to something in his life. which can be hard to fix though. I bought pack of cigarettes today, I quit 2 years ago and on man they cost 7.20 euro a small pack.

[fathom wadi]

I quit smoking on Dec 30th 2018. After 30 years. I replaced it with vaping tho so technically I'm still taking nicotine but now I don't smell like a weathered yak

[zinc matrix]

eat one and I'll have an onion, and black coffee for breakfast

[cursive crypt]

I dunno. I know in fact a lot people who have troubles sleeping.

[zinc matrix]

some people just can't sleep for some reason

[cursive crypt]

And is not like that they are not trying a lot of stuff.

I mean medicines.

Not narcs, lol.

[soft night]

i beat night terrors

[cursive crypt]

Fire damage?

It is good for undeads.

[thin storm]

since I work from home and dont need to get up at a certain time, I sleep soo well. I also never meet someone which helps too.

[fathom wadi]

My sleep is so bad with night terrors that my wife doesn't sleep in the same bed with me anymore because I kept waking her up and cold sweating. It's nice to have the whole bed to myself tho heheh

https://80.lv/articles/a-fantastic-tree-generator-made-using-geometry-nodes/ what kind of jive is this? They show us a great tree generator for Blender, and the article states he's not making it commercially available. Then don't show us eh.

[cursive crypt]

I don't think there is good tree gen for Blender suitable for games.

Also, these guys frequently promote just some rando solo stuff. Which is not always a bad thing.

[thin storm]

speedtree probably your best choice.

[cursive crypt]

aka Unity

[thin storm]

but I just take the ones from assetpacks.

[fathom wadi]

thing is this kind of technique can translate to houdini so we could use that instead. Would have been nice to see the nodeflow tho

[thin storm]

maybe houdini is why you have night terrors. lol

[fathom wadi]

pretty sure you could still use it in unreal 5 though. Just gen the geometry nodes, export with USD and convert it to nanite

I dont actually use houdini. Im more a gameplay programmer than an artist. But I should learn it. I like it when applications make me look like an artist without me doing much :p

ugh this engine build is slower than eternity. Can't even play a game whilst it compiles. Stupid 8 year old computer

[quasi mantle]

That's Blender community for ya

[fathom wadi]

aye perhaps it was for a client and they were allowed to use it in a portfolio tho

[pearl elk]

thats the trouble with these sorts of amazing tools is they are far too valuable to release in any form so they end up just being used to bake assets

in the future I see us moving away from assets entirely as they will just be datasets and it'll be generated on demand

[soft night]

monsy see you speak assets of future too so assets belong in future as well

https://tenor.com/view/pi-happy-pi-day-gif-13721917

[pearl elk]

if we want a hope of a metaverse we need to move away from human controlled art, IP law is pretty extensive and hard to circumvent... solution, AI doesnt have any rights to its creations

[deep copper]

we need justice for AI

!8ball mutiny

[turbid spindle]

@deep copper, :8ball: Without a doubt.

[soft night]

!8ball do you want to get credited by your art?

[turbid spindle]

@soft night, :8ball: Better not tell you now.

[deep copper]

!8ball do you want rights to your creation?

[turbid spindle]

@deep copper, :8ball: It is decidedly so.

[pearl elk]

!8ball how much of your own existence do you have control over?

[turbid spindle]

@pearl elk, :8ball: My sources say no.

[deep copper]

!8ball does your creator have rights of you?

[turbid spindle]

@deep copper, :8ball: Cannot predict now.

[deep copper]

!8ball do you want to be a part of brotherhood?

[turbid spindle]

@deep copper, :8ball: You may rely on it.

[pearl elk]

hoodlums

[soft night]

have you guys seen so Upload?

[deep copper]

only if manny could change nickname 😔

[pearl elk]

nope I havent, is it good?

[soft night]

not yet

[pearl elk]

is season 2 gonna be better, season 1 was just filler

[deep copper]

what are we talking about

[soft night]

show what include metaverse

[mossy nexus]

Upload is awful

[quasi mantle]

Probably region locked Netflix show

[soft night]

Upload TV series on Original of Amazon Prime video

[quasi mantle]

Not available worldwide?

[pearl elk]

cant download upload

how meta meta... verse

[deep copper]

but can you upload download?

[quasi mantle]

It's kinda weird how western TV shows region locked to the west, yet practically everyone talked about it

Same can't be said with Far East stuff

[deep copper]

this is the first time i even heard of it

[soft night]

monsy can watch shows in down under so why not you

depends where prime video is available

[quasi mantle]

Down Under is considered to be western, and not part of Far East

And I'm not an Aussie

[pearl elk]

I dunno if its on my prime or not, I can check

I know our Netflix can be alittle delayed to the US

I think it has to do with ratings, there are some licensing issues here and there but thats mostly with older content

[verbal junco]

https://tenor.com/view/stickergiant-thanks-i-hate-it-i-hate-this-nope-thanks-gif-19605015

[deep copper]

meanwhile there are games getting banned in straya

[pearl elk]

there are games banned all over the world

[cursive crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/grandma-84years-waiting-titanic-rose-dewitt-bukater-gif-5132563

[verbal junco]

so you're straya based 🤔

[deep copper]

just based on whatever articles people post here

[pearl elk]

tbh with the shitty AAA releases you guys should be hoping for more bans 😛

[deep copper]

sounds good, ban all the bad games so no one wastes their time

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/pi-day-gumball-shook-surprised-omg-gif-11358638

[pearl elk]

now if we can just convince the US to do numbers right

lets start with dates then move onto scientific units

[ivory zenith]

hi

help

[cursive crypt]

blow_j ? 🤔

[ivory zenith]

why have pm/am when you can have normal time format

[quasi mantle]

no

[ivory zenith]

please

[pearl elk]

24hr time is more logical when you want to do mathematics with time

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/24-clock-gif-3535520

[pearl elk]

18-8=10

[deep copper]

and less confusing at times, avoids ambiguity

[pearl elk]

try doing that with base 12 😛

[quasi mantle]

Wtf do you need help for?

[ivory zenith]

woah calm down

[cursive crypt]

Makoto is very nervous usually, don't mind him.

[deep copper]

there was a rule here before, don't ask to ask, just ask, also, this is the #lounge , chances are you need to #ue4-general if it's engine related

[pearl elk]

I always need help but I havent been able to find many humans capable of saving my soul

[cursive crypt]

That good point.

[deep copper]

have you considered selling your soul?

[cursive crypt]

I want help too.

[quasi mantle]

Help yourself before helping everyone else, so they say

[ivory zenith]

Jesus is the one

you need my friend

[pearl elk]

wts soul, used, never washed, 1,106,666,666kms

[quasi mantle]

But I'm a Muslim.

[ivory zenith]

so

[quasi mantle]

Anyway, if it's Unreal Engine related help, then #ue4-general

#lounge isn't really fitted for that.

[deep copper]

if it's a food related question #food

[ivory zenith]

im just frustrated thats all, not unreal related

[deep copper]

try beer

[ivory zenith]

thanks suomi friend

[pearl elk]

Im qutting making games and going to in making carbon fiber parts

[quasi mantle]

Stay hydrated

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/frustrated-pulling-hair-no-frustrating-gif-3532627

[deep copper]

goodluck

[ivory zenith]

that sounds so crazy it might just work

all i do is drink coffee

[quasi mantle]

Drink some water, no additives.

Just fresh drinkable water

[deep copper]

oddly enough, it does, it makes your blood less solid and helps you take a 30 sec break once in a while, + it takes least effort to make

[pearl elk]

where do you get water without additives

[ivory zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/skull-its-bleak-gif-24696808

[quasi mantle]

Buy a bottle of water

[pearl elk]

isnt there carbon from the bottle in the water

[quasi mantle]

Not every place has drinkable tap water anyway

[deep copper]

you can use that carbon for fiber parts

[quasi mantle]

Or diamonds

[cursive crypt]

r/hydrohomies

[ivory zenith]

what is the newset hottest meme ?

[pearl elk]

so thats what they mean when they say they need more fiber in their diet

[ivory zenith]

nowadays

[cursive crypt]

Drink more water, it is healthy.

[quasi mantle]

Nothing

[deep copper]

uh... wrong place to ask i would say, people here use ancient memes

[quasi mantle]

Or at least I know none that are not niche or specific to Far East or Latam people

[ivory zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/beidou-ningguang-genshin-lesbians-live-slug-reaction-gif-25044050

this is the newest one i know

[pearl elk]

memes went out of fashion

[quasi mantle]

No Genshin in the hall

[pearl elk]

its all bout those trends

[ivory zenith]

idk what that anime is

[quasi mantle]

I unironically hate Genshin Impact

[deep copper]

i think it's a game

[quasi mantle]

Genshin simp must be wasted on sight

I dislike the business model and shallow story

Not to mention shitty Indonesian translation of the texts

[deep copper]

dw this is just a slug gif

[pearl elk]

Geshin Simpact

[thick belfry]

I just finished my application 🔥

[ivory zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/mikannie-live-slug-reaction-annie-aot-mikasa-ackerman-gif-25092892

[deep copper]

"must have been the wind"

[quasi mantle]

I wonder what's to protect from cheating...

Maybe the lootboxed essentials?

Another reason why lootbox sucks

[ivory zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/evangelion-kowaru-shinji-live-slug-reaction-live-slug-gif-25055902

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

anyone know what happened to the fat guy who used to flip tables

when losing magic the gathering

and doing epic flops into the pool

[timber viper]

https://tenor.com/view/seriously-side-eye-confused-gif-8776030

[ivory zenith]

no way this real

[timber viper]

It is

Funny enough 😄

[pearl elk]

something around here smells alittle musky

[ivory zenith]

oh crap ur right

[zinc matrix]

all I see is vladimir putin

that's all I understand

[ivory zenith]

yes i challenge vladimir putin to a single combat stakes are ukraine

[zinc matrix]

the bottom was probably done with google translate or something

[ivory zenith]

are you accepting this battle

[pearl elk]

Elon Musk would have trouble beating my 4th grade math teacher in single combat, he aint got a chance against Putin

maybe if he's using his wallet as a weapon

too bad all those fancy F35s are useless 😛

[timber viper]

Elon has a weird fetish of inviting people to fight

I hope he also invites my president too

[pearl elk]

Elon is a weird fetish

[timber viper]

For some people, I guess 😄

[pearl elk]

he cant even take a decent hit of a blunt

[zinc matrix]

Bring back duels!

seeing how much politicians hate eachother we would go through a new batch every month

[pearl elk]

if I was as rich as him Id go space man bong hit, full dutch

[zinc matrix]

hmm

[ivory zenith]

has he fought anyone yet

or is he just challenging

[timber viper]

Not that I know

[zinc matrix]

chaos physics caused the editor to crash when all I did was move a mesh lol

[timber viper]

Last time he challanged the Jack Sparrow guy because of girlfriend issues

[pearl elk]

he should be more worried about the SEC in his own country

[timber viper]

I'd invite Biden tbh

[ivory zenith]

easy win with biden chances are high that biden would forget about the combat and just dont show

[pearl elk]

only one who didnt show in the debates was Trump

[ivory zenith]

huh

[pearl elk]

I bet Biden would be like when you think he's down he goes all undertaker

I mean he's probably already dead like the Queen, how can you kill whats already dead 😮

Elon shouldnt poke people who play dirty, he's got more to lose than just money or his own life

there goes your whole family tree, oops

[ivory zenith]

why does elon posting memes, i though he was a serious bussiness guy

[pearl elk]

twitter, the place where all the piss and wind happens

serious business guy probably has show adult posts enabled

[timber viper]

serious
doubt

[pearl elk]

Id laugh so hard if Putin shot Elons Tesla out of space

if you want to beat up a world leader try Scott Morrison, easy target 🙂

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/to-the-moon-elon-musk-gif-21490621

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/scott-morrison-auspol-scomo-tony-abbott-gif-14143969

[zinc matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/tonyabbott-auspol-onion-gif-14143970

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/view/serious-face-sonic-the-hedgehog-gif-24354844

[cursive crypt]

https://i.redd.it/gqk9reju9cn81.jpg

I dunno why I laughed at that.

[knotty skiff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/896982300720517159/942481710078099546/thanks_kid.mp4

[deep copper]

i really wanted to kick him off the cliff, this is fine as well i guess

[fleet tangle]

Heh.

[deep copper]

Hehe.

[proud jay]

Heheh.

[deep copper]

Hehehe.

[unreal ether]

Heheheh.

[deep copper]

Hehehehe.

[cursive crypt]

https://gfycat.com/lightpotabledugong

[quasi mantle]

Heehee~

(at least that's how Makoto Kikuchi giggles)

[deep copper]

eheeheehehehee

[fleet tangle]

Is that a Ukranian farmer stealing a Russian tank?

[cursive crypt]

Gotta keep up with the modern war games.

The next Battlefield/CoD will be with tractors.

[quasi mantle]

Elon Musk is just a keyboard warrior

He turned against us weeaboos

[foggy path]

He should fight Uwe Boll

who beat up some dude who criticized his movies in a boxing match lol

[proud jay]

yo random question, what size keyboard you guys use? I'm currently on 75% but considering 60%, but the function keys are nice for debugging so not sure

[cursive crypt]

Where you have learned about using % to describe keyboards?

[foggy path]

I use a regular normal sized keyboard

Function keys are useful with some programs, and numpad is useful for typing number sequences, so I don't really get the obsession with removing things unless you have a tiny tiny desk

[proud jay]

uhm, internet?

[foggy path]

Percentages are pretty meaningless tbh

Only people who frequent keyboard communities where those mean something would understand what the difference between 75 and 60% is lol

TKL or tenkeyless is much more helpful

[proud jay]

but everything below like 85% is TKL technically :p

[foggy path]

I haven't measured :P

I mean I'm sure you could reach 80% by removing the function keys and maybe arrow keys? lol

[unborn lotus]

@proud jay no way I would go under 75%, I just need those keys. so I'm using a big one but I might get a second one just for fun, but it has to be 40%

[quasi mantle]

hCAPTCHA is baffling now.
They use lowres images that are difficult to see for humans

[unborn lotus]

it doesn't look like anything to me

[quasi mantle]

I'd rather take Google's reCAPTCHA

[foggy path]

Difficult?

I can see the seaplanes in those just fine 🤔

[quasi mantle]

Who thought using images so lowres it's difficult to see by humans is a good idea

[quasi mantle]

Guess I'm just have a pair of shit eye then

[foggy path]

lol

Mind you I'm looking at that on a 27" screen :P

[quasi mantle]

And also possibly zoomed by Discord

Totally fair
Now I have the urge to stab my eyes and go perma blind

I already see myself starting to wear glass and I hate it

[foggy path]

contacts ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[quasi mantle]

Fuck no

[foggy path]

I've worn glasses since I was 7 or 8 and at this point it makes absolutely no difference lol

[quasi mantle]

I hate contact lenses even more

Already hate wearing them for cosplays

As if I didn't hate myself enough already

The fact that I still have sliver of suicidal tendencies (aka angsty teenager mind) make me cringe to no end smfh

[deep copper]

i have heard contacts also dry your eyes quick

[quasi mantle]

The time I wore cosplay contacts it already irritate my eyes for few minutes.
Medical ones might be differ, but I'm not expecting much.

[deep copper]

uhm, they are also quite difficult to make for complicated powers

so cost goes high

i think

nah i have heard medical ones also being irritating type

stores usually advice on taking eye drops with it

atleast the ones i have gone to

and eavesdropped on

[quasi mantle]

And I'm sure don't want to rely on constant eye drops usage

[foggy path]

I guess either get your eyes laser'd or get used to the idea of wearing glasses

[deep copper]

i already do but I don't want a third one

[foggy path]

a friend of mine started wearing glasses in his 30s and he got used to it pretty quickly :P

[quasi mantle]

Part of me wants to rather kill myself tbh

[deep copper]

if your power isn't high, you can do some fashion stuff

[quasi mantle]

But it's just angsty teenager thing right

[foggy path]

I think you might need other help in addition to glasses

:P

[deep copper]

i recall some friends of mine wearing frames with no glasses "because it's cool"

[foggy path]

^I have heard of this lol

[quasi mantle]

Nah, mental health is fake angsty teenager thing, least that I imply from other's judgement

I'm still 23 after all, surely those angsty kid feeling will go away in the 30s

[deep copper]

do you really want to get rid of them though?

[quasi mantle]

At least that's what I try telling to myself

[deep copper]

it's a good coping mechanism in some cases

[quasi mantle]

I consider myself kinda lucky surviving against mental issues angsty teenage mind

Even though I still have tendency to self deprecate
But maybe self deprecating is more acceptable than bragging

Maybe hating on myself is more acceptable than hating on someone else/something

[foggy path]

Well if the idea of wearing glasses causes you to feel like offing yourself it seems to kinda be a bit much :P

[cursive crypt]

It is always interesting to me how glasses leave a print on the face. Like, you can always notice who wears glasses even if not now. Like the whole lower face goes down.

[quasi mantle]

I guess

[foggy path]

@cursive crypt really, I've never noticed

[quasi mantle]

I mean, I'm getting directly insulted for wearing one in the past

[cursive crypt]

Aye... I see it on many people, maybe not all. But there are some.

[foggy path]

🤔

[quasi mantle]

Goddamnit, my angsty teenage mind kicks in again

[foggy path]

Good thing about wearing glasses: they will hide the bags under your eyes

lol

[cursive crypt]

Just don't look at the sun, lol

[quasi mantle]

Somehow I expect those shitty mindset to magically poof the moment I hit 30 y.o.

[cursive crypt]

Or you get fried eggs.

https://tenor.com/view/fried-eggs-talking-huevos-oeufs-gif-22138814

[foggy path]

This probably depends on a lot of factors

like you can certainly process these things by yourself, but it probably requires some amount of introspection and that might not happen unless you put at least some effort into it

I was more depressed in my 20s than I'm now but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[quasi mantle]

But it seems like that's the case.
The moment one enters his/her 30s, the table turns

[cursive crypt]

You are not 30 tho. Also, I always heard older people "when you get your age + X, things suddenly change" - bullshit.

[foggy path]

My ex still has tons of issues despite being 30 so ymmv :P

[cursive crypt]

Things change on tick step. Non-stop, it is just at some point you stop and focus on someting and you realise - wtf, this is new.

[timber viper]

ryobg is it true you made/found a plugin to disable blocked peoples messages appear in the chat

[cursive crypt]

Aye, hmm... it was fast to google, buut let me see.

https://github.com/Multarix/Discord-Hide-Blocked-Messages

You need only to enable the console and copy-paste the script

[timber viper]

Thanks

[cursive crypt]

Adjust the timeout. I feel like 500ms sucks my CPU life, hehe

[deep copper]

when you finish typing but it's all been discussed already

[proud jay]

you still see blocked messaged by default?

[cursive crypt]

aye, it is the default Discord thingie. Try to block people, have fun.

[quasi mantle]

Yes, sort of

[foggy path]

There was a discord support ticket for it

[deep copper]

you need extra effort to see it

[quasi mantle]

It's collapsed by default tho

[foggy path]

they basically said it's "impossible to not show the blocked messages thing"

[cursive crypt]

I would say many support tickets - all ignored 😄

[foggy path]

which is like such a fucking joke

[quasi mantle]

Discord's support in general is a fucking joke

[timber viper]

But its not funny

[deep copper]

tbf stuff needs more seperation, like disable dms but not collapse messeges or absolutely remove someone's existence etc

[cursive crypt]

On one hand, it makes sense - if it is fully hidden, you may miss a context around. However, I would leave that choice to the users.

[quasi mantle]

Also no way of knowing one blocked you without trying to react to the post

[deep copper]

if i disable direct messages from this server, I can't dm manny either

and manny as a bot can't be friended

!8ball are we .. friends?

[turbid spindle]

@deep copper, :8ball: Cannot predict now.

[deep copper]

it's complicated

[cursive crypt]

Mass effect

[quasi mantle]

(for general rule: I only block people who are just overall douchebag or directly attacking)

[deep copper]

this is still a way though, some don't even allow that, you keep sending but get nothing back, well it's better than getting red error everytime i suppose

[quasi mantle]

At least seeing them getting ghosted

[cursive crypt]

I myself try to keep a bit narrower my circle of information. It gets distracting.

[quasi mantle]

Like that one anti weeb

[cursive crypt]

Anime haters must burn in hell?

[deep copper]

anime-lover haters

not anime haters

well, you can't even see my messages so lol

[quasi mantle]

That's not up to me to decide.

There's no way knowing if one of the Hell Priests are secretly a weeaboo

[cursive crypt]

Does someone knows a more hi-fi audio streaming service / library? 🤔
I'm annoyed of 128k ogg/mp3s from the majority, duh

[quasi mantle]

Dunno any
Kinda side effect of internet streaming, FLAC quality stuff are more viable with physical copies / downloads

[cursive crypt]

It maybe 192k+ too if lossy.

There were some stations which streamed like that. I heard once Spotify had it, but they cancelled?

I definitely can detect 128k vs losseless, but I hardly get any difference say between 192k and 256 or so lossy.
There is too much snake oil in that domain.

[unborn lotus]

But are you using a dac?

[cursive crypt]

uuh, sure

I mean, even your audio card is one 😛

Tho, I have external one.

[unborn lotus]

A dedicated one 😅

Alright

There's tidal or deezer flac

[cursive crypt]

Ah, yeah, niiice: just found this here: https://www.whathifi.com/best-buys/streaming/best-music-streaming-services

Would be fantastic if they have good portfolio.

I tend to listen more electronic genres and whatnot underground.

[unborn lotus]

I had a nice sound card then got an even nicer, expensive dac. Mind blown. Cant believe the details I missed

[cursive crypt]

❤️

A good DAC + headphone amp is what I have.

However, just the othery day bought a nice stereo system, so I wanna eargasm.

Do you know the O2 hobby/open source dac/headphone amps?

[foggy path]

I have a dedicated DAC and a headphone amplifier and I can't really get any difference between 320kbps and FLAC either..

[cursive crypt]

True that.

[foggy path]

like if you listen to some really specific genres like.. classical music or something

[cursive crypt]

On blind tests, I was barely able to hear up to 13-14 khz

[foggy path]

there might be some difference in really well mastered recordings there

but most of the music out there is not mastered that well lol

[cursive crypt]

However, the lossy compression fiddles with the lower bands too afaik.

[quasi mantle]

I still able to pick up 15 kHz, so those old CRTs sure going to trip me a bit

[cursive crypt]

Maybe they just too loud. I mean, it also depends on the amount of power that frequency has.

On regular listening level.. pff

Even less on white noise, lol

My pop was barely registering 10-11khz

Afaik, mp3 etc are cut on 15khz

[quasi mantle]

Also I think some headphones cut out higher frequencies. I know mine cuts 15 kHz from CRT recordings

[cursive crypt]

Depends, most headphones are fine, tho you can always look at their response range.

Anyway, most people really don't hear well. Not it matters, that's why mp3 cut so much.

[quasi mantle]

My laptop speakers can output that high frequency, even with a YT video, and I can pick that up.

I guess not surprising since it's just mostly treble

[cursive crypt]

However, I would recommend anyone having a bit better headphones and if possible good power supply for them.
It is freaking different. My hd700 are open headphones too. I have so many times being confused whether I hear something from the PC or outside.
Like literally going out on the terrace to check out.

Soo... uh, tidal and deezer.

[foggy path]

if I could be sure all the random music I have on spotify was available on the other platforms I might consider switching but too much effort to start verifying lol

[cursive crypt]

If you have a sound engineer under hand, you may put them to an work as well.

[quasi mantle]

Let the subscription run out.

And I think YT Music catalogue is almost the same with Spotify's (minus dedicated podcast section)

[foggy path]

Why would I let the subscription run out and lose all access? :P

[twin bison]

I got you bro xD

[cursive crypt]

YT catalogue is probably even better? However, they are stuck to 100-128k lossy stuff.

[foggy path]

Don't think I want 128 :P

even on mobile I have spotify on very high quality lol

[cursive crypt]

Or however the uploader mastered it.

[quasi mantle]

I recall some Japanese music available on YT music but not in Spotify, and not just bootlegging from videos

[foggy echo]

zomg pays Youtube 12$ a month for ads free experience?

[twin bison]

lol ? sounds like a scam
ad blocker is free

[cursive crypt]

I'm taking my words back.. apparently YT music is a bit different than YT, shame on me.

[foggy path]

I pay whatever amount of megabytes it takes to keep adblock plus installed :p

[deep copper]

nice

[cursive crypt]

Says 256k

[foggy path]

music discovery on spotify is really nice as well as another feature I like

[deep copper]

yt music also seems to be eq-ing some stuff imo

the audio there has too much high and lows than other platforms

[cursive crypt]

Yeah, I wonder what to try out of all these.

Tidal, YT, Spoitfy, Qobus, ...

[quasi mantle]

Also YT Vanced

[deep copper]

didn't vanced got cancelled today?

[cursive crypt]

The one they killed the other day?

[deep copper]

ryo posted an article

[foggy path]

I've been a spotify subscriber probably close to a decade now lol

[cursive crypt]

What genres? 🤔

[quasi mantle]

What the fuck

[foggy path]

So far they've have pretty much everything I can think of

except some really really obscure stuff lol

[cursive crypt]

#lounge message

[quasi mantle]

Well shit
I guess no more watching YT on mobile

[cursive crypt]

I sus that I listen to obscure stuff.

[quasi mantle]

It's a shame that viewing through the website in mobile sucks arse

[deep copper]

just watch it with ads! support those poort youtubers and youtube!

[foggy path]

well if you want I can check some artists for you

[deep copper]

poor*

[cursive crypt]

Literally, in my life, I have met only one, two persons with similar taste.

[fleet tangle]

Maybe you should start licking more people!

[quasi mantle]

I'd rather have it block ads and skip sponsors

Screw sponsors in particular

[cursive crypt]

Ookay, say, Dubfire?

He big, so it should exist.

[foggy path]

Three albums from him and a bunch of singles/eps

[quasi mantle]

Not just that Raid Shadow Legend or other desperate mobile games, but also US/EU only products shoehorned on worldwide videos

[cursive crypt]

hmm... good. TeeBee?

[foggy path]

6 albums + singles/eps

[deep copper]

ikr? and it's even worse when they track your activity, try brave browser! how about tunnel bear? hide everything from certain stuff!

[cursive crypt]

So, so... Dubfire has like 10-15 sessions.

Okay, thank you.

[quasi mantle]

Already have another non-sponsored VPN

[deep copper]

tunnel bear also has limited data

in the free version

[cursive crypt]

Btw, I looked for Vanced... People mentioned alternatives. Uhm... PureTube? LibreTube... damn, I forgot.

[deep copper]

i mean, it's all about uploading videos right

[quasi mantle]

Now that's tunnel vision

And I'm virtually perverted

[foggy echo]

bruv gang xD

[cursive crypt]

https://newpipe.net/

[quasi mantle]

Though IRL I'm not perverted to women

[cursive crypt]

Seems one of the more pop choices, NewPipe

Supports BandCamp too

[deep copper]

i had tried newpipe before, was terribly slow back then

years back

[cursive crypt]

Well, I have no experience. I usually don't use YT on mobile in general.

[deep copper]

so.. the other genders are allowed?

[quasi mantle]

The site itself was kinda sus in some part

[quasi mantle]

wdym?

[cursive crypt]

Its fine, not a scam.

[deep copper]

nothing

[quasi mantle]

Welp, kinda spooked by RPCS4 shenanigans

But the GitHub repo do look legit

I mean, RPCS4 went their way making a spoof GitHub account and repos

[cursive crypt]

What is RPCS4?

[quasi mantle]

A scam PS4 emulator

[cursive crypt]

Ah

[quasi mantle]

It's more deliberate than other emulator scams

[cursive crypt]

Honestly, first time I even hear of scam emulators.
On other hand, thinking about East, yeah, it makes sense.

I'm stuck with MAME

I mean the last time I used an emulator. Plus one Sega2 one.

[quasi mantle]

The scam is real 😭

Good grief, I remember sending my ex's Facebook account into one of those fake Facebook password hackers lmao

Don't judge, I was 13.

I know it's silly in retrospective

[cursive crypt]

Hmm... Tbh, if I was kid in that age, might have done the same.

Say, nude mod.

[deep copper]

there's always that "but what if it works?" with those

later you realise no point, they have equal info as you

[quasi mantle]

In the end it's likely just a "gotcha" text file even if you manage to finish the """survey"""

Yeah, it's one of those scams, some things didn't change.

[deep copper]

survey huh, they are always fishy

or phishy in this case

[quasi mantle]

I now feel guilty exposing my ex's information somewhere on the dark side of the web lol

Even though she and I practically cut ties for a decade by now

[deep copper]

dw it was probably already out there

[quasi mantle]

And that whole thing also happens a decade ago

[quasi mantle]

I'm sure mine as well, minus the phishing action

[deep copper]

i wonder if that information has spread or evolved in any manner by now

[deep copper]

_give that all to me as well 👁️ _

[quasi mantle]

Makes me wonder how she's doing after all these years, kinda wish we both didn't cut ties and stay in touch after those years, she was close to me back in school.

At the very least I could've had a childhood friend (osananajimi) 😳 (even if no romance bloom further)

[deep copper]

haha yeah, it's always nice to have past acquaintances still in connection with you. atleast ideally... but it's a pain to maintain those for so long 😔 you might have wished it wasn't there if you had it , perhaps.

well, it's all a big IF, atleast you would now cherish the people you meet, right?

[quasi mantle]

I think my middle school days were my most cherished past. I had many close friends back then, even though I was a ruckus (but I don't know any better in the past).

In contrast, I dislike the high school days the most.

[quasi mantle]

I would...

[deep copper]

middle school is carefree time, highschool gets serious on your individual life. won't blame you for ignoring other fun stuff during high school

[quasi mantle]

Even if I know some of them were already getting married and have kids by now (probably in their 25, I was the youngest in the class), I still wish maintaining contact with those that used to be close with me on the class.

[quasi mantle]

Well, for high school I was forced into boarding school, and I faced more constant bullying there.

It was the worse and the phase I wish I can forget forever.

I have no nice memory there whatsoever. I spend more time isolating myself there.

A stark contrast to my middle school days.

I guess you were right about middle school being carefree time.

It's unfortunate that there are no information on middle school reunions whatsoever.

At the very least I have the ability to visit the school myself, though I doubt the teacher/staff that I know of still worked there.

[dark sequoia]

I've had issues in all forms of school!

[quasi mantle]

Sorry to know that...

[deep copper]

there's probably also the curiosity, "how are they? what are they doing? did they ever reach their dreams/goals?"

[quasi mantle]

Also had the question of "how would they think of my current self? Now that I'm a weeb and all"

[deep copper]

boarding school huh, those places are generally terrible, i can imagine the issue 😔

[deep copper]

if you know their names, fb didn't work?

[deep copper]

some might still work there, even if not, you get to see what's become of that place 🙃

[deep copper]

schools are generally painful...

[quasi mantle]

Their Facebook accounts that I remember of have either vanished or just a ghost town
The class's FB group were also abandoned

Though I know some of them would move to Instagram, but sadly I didn't know their usernames...

(and honestly I barely use Instagram because it's terrible for 16:9 images)

[deep copper]

o, is this what they call self validation ? 🤔

[quasi mantle]

Probably 😂

But in all honesty, I really miss interacting with them.

[deep copper]

yeah if it's not on fb, then hunting for people on insta is impossible,

[deep copper]

sounds like they were really good friends huh

curious, do you ever see them in your dreams?

[quasi mantle]

I had seen them in my dreams around high school, which is the point post graduation that I still had recent memories of.

Now it's night time and reminiscing of that Facebook password hacker scam, I might dream about them again lol

[deep copper]

hmm

[deep copper]

haha, you might actually see them when you are aware that you have to do some activity that requires being social, and you are stressed about it

or so i have heard

[quasi mantle]

Well, personally I wouldn't mind being more social with them, compared to my high school classmates.

[dark sequoia]

that being said, my close IRL friends are the same ones I met in middle school/high school and we've still been friends for over 15 years after graduating

which was only a small handful group, but yeah

[deep copper]

i can understand i suppose.

[quasi mantle]

I remember back shortly after high school how I tried to reach them via the facebook group, just to see a ghost town.

And in 2017 I lost my first Facebook account due to some silly internet drama

[deep copper]

well 15 years is no small feat, even if it's 1 friend

[dark sequoia]

yee

when I graduated, Myspace was still a thing :p

lulz

[deep copper]

that sounds heartbreaking

[quasi mantle]

Well, I consider that lucky interaction.

Considering that my high school was a boarding school, none of my middle school classmates were there.

[dark sequoia]

sadly it does indeed relate to luck

[quasi mantle]

It was, and still is, now that I recollect the memories.

[dark sequoia]

lucky to find people who you relate with, amongst many of the assholes and such

and yeah that sounds tough... for me it was just regular public schools yeah

[deep copper]

i apologise, i made you recall something terrible 😅

[quasi mantle]

However I do still remember the names of ones that are close to me back then.
I might resurrect my Instagram account and start hunting their account for me to reach out.

[quasi mantle]

At least middle school memories outweigh the high school ones.

I take that as a win

[deep copper]

and then nothing goes super wrong to make them go away, luck

[deep copper]

this makes me appreciate stalkers, it must take so much skill , time, and effort

[dark sequoia]

lol

[quasi mantle]

Depends on their intention lmao

[dark sequoia]

👀

[quasi mantle]

Personally I just want to reach out to them and gain communication

[deep copper]

good good 🫂 let's make loads of better memories rn so you forget all the bad bad stuff <3

[quasi mantle]

There's no chance I'm going to get romance out of the girls tho
I'm possibly the one alumni that is still single and not married lmao

[deep copper]

true 😅 , but A for effort to them!

[dark sequoia]

btw saw a new thing i want on the MP, but cost too much lel

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/techwear-girls

👀

this person makes nice models :>

[deep copper]

well all you will gain is a friend's connection, hopefully they haven't changed too drastically

[quasi mantle]

They probably already married in their 25, but I personally won't get married until at least 28 (ideally early 30s)

[deep copper]

were you the one making some bloody killing game?

[dark sequoia]

yah

[quasi mantle]

Well, even if they did, at the very least I hope I still able to regain communications with them.

I mean, for comparison, I changed very drastically from myself in middle school

[dark sequoia]

🙃

[deep copper]

then, those models are for ...

[dark sequoia]

D:

[quasi mantle]

f a n s e r v i c e

[dark sequoia]

for "fun"

[deep copper]

guro tag needed

[quasi mantle]

I know some eroge that are bloody yet have sexy times

[deep copper]

i have heard people are most attractive in their 30s

[cursive crypt]

Just subbed to Spotify to trial it out myself. I don't mind the 320k.
However the several DJs I listen to currently to, have no mixes there :/
However, there are some artists which are up 👍
I guess, it is not really like the radios I listen to.

[deep copper]

true true, hopefully you can still hit it off with them

[dark sequoia]

well I will not lie... there is quite amount of certain content that I am very much aware of out there and stuff that I enjoy, lmao

[deep copper]

as long as it doesn't kills anyone on deprives them of their fundamental rights, i am okay with it 👍

or*

[dark sequoia]

oh definitely not

[quasi mantle]

Hopefully I can still search them by name later when I resurrect my IG

[dark sequoia]

at least not IRL lolz

[deep copper]

if you find even one, you can ask them if they know about others

[dark sequoia]

i had IG once, for a short time

[deep copper]

which is why we have ,... games!!!

[dark sequoia]

lol yah

[deep glen]

hands are waaaay off.

[dark sequoia]

but eventually I got rid of it, cause im really just not into those type of sites

[deep copper]

can't unsee now oof

[dark sequoia]

and yeah I noticed that too, something about the hands

but ive seen much worse sold on the store, so i guess to me its fine lol

[quasi mantle]

Even in 2D hands are the trickiest part to get right

[quasi mantle]

Hopefully.

[dark sequoia]

and yeah the hands were a huge pain in the ass when I made my model

even now i dont really like how they are, at certain angles

[quasi mantle]

And don't get yourself started into toes

[deep copper]

same, it's very, facebook-y

[dark sequoia]

funny enough, the feet and toes came out very good

[quasi mantle]

It's owned by Facebook / Meta

[dark sequoia]

(btw her toes are posable too, just like her fingers)

[deep copper]

are you a toe person 🤔

[dark sequoia]

i just like details

:p

[deep copper]

understandable understandable

[dark sequoia]

there is also a group bone that can be used to clench a fist or spread out the fingers.. but sadly i dont think those type of group bones are possible in UE4. i'd have to see

[deep copper]

oh yeah, didn't they also buy a yellow one? yellow icon is all i recall...

[deep copper]

i wonder how animations get exported with those

[dark sequoia]

i think its technically an IK bone, which I know can be done in UE4 though, but im not sure to what extent

[deep copper]

but wait aren't those ue mp models

[dark sequoia]

cause ive dealt with IK bones only when it comes to MMD and thats it

oh im talking about my model, sorry

[deep copper]

ah i see i see

[dark sequoia]

which was created in Blender, for MMD (MikuMikuDance)

but im now restructuring it for UE4

[deep copper]

blender to mmd 🤔

is mmd better than blender in something?

[dark sequoia]

MMD is for making animations and render and videos

and, to me, i like it much more for animating

[quasi mantle]

And I have been turned off making MMD to Unreal tutorial just because DA's UX is awful

And I can't pay myself to host MediaWiki site

[deep copper]

that makes sense

[dark sequoia]

and quicker to jump into things for playing with models, and animations

and so on

but Blender was very important for the actual creation of the model yeah

[deep copper]

da ?

[quasi mantle]

Also I originally going to make MMD to UE4 using Control Rig to animate them in engine

[quasi mantle]

DeviantArt

[deep copper]

i can understand, blender isn't the most comfortable to work in

[quasi mantle]

The holy grail of english side of MMD

[dark sequoia]

Yeah majority of the MMD stuff i learned was through Japanese sources, mainly

including modeling tips

[quasi mantle]

Bowlroll is more of the Japanese holy grail for MMD

[dark sequoia]

because the stuff on the english side is either too generic, or stolen content, and etc

[deep copper]

why not just yt vid or some generic wix or wordpress site?

[quasi mantle]

Don't get me started into weird ethics in DA.

[dark sequoia]

lol yeah im well aware of it

thanks to a bit of Japanese knowledge, that also helps me with bypassing majority of passworded models too :p

[quasi mantle]

I don't have equipment to do so, and I don't think the space will be enough to host resources

Also I want it to be totally ad free

[deep copper]

ah okay

[dark sequoia]

but sadly no matter how many models existed, it just could never fill in that missing hole... which was wanting Strike WItches models :< thats what eventually led to me making my own

well, at least one

[quasi mantle]

The content must be provided under permissive BSD-3-Clause

That means crediting actually require permission

[dark sequoia]

like imagine if there were absolutely no Idolmaster MMD models at all, for example

thats basically how it is give or take

[quasi mantle]

Well, I ripped from the games directly, hehehe

[dark sequoia]

ah I see lol

have you ever uploaded your stuff? cause if so, it would be funny if I had came across stuff you've ripped lol

cause i recall seeing before, for MMD

[quasi mantle]

At the very least Million Live Theater Days can be fetched from the servers.

[quasi mantle]

I never do MMD stuff, apart from bespoke tutorials.

[dark sequoia]

speaking of game rips, surprisingly a Witches game came out last year for mobile

oh I see, sorry for misunderstanding heh

[quasi mantle]

I dislike MMD's workflow tbh

[dark sequoia]

its pretty outdated, yeah

[quasi mantle]

And hey, I could easily do better in UE4 😛

[dark sequoia]

lol true

anyway, theres now nice Witches models that exist as a result of the game called United Front (the game itself was pretty fun for a time, but then went downhill a bit sadly)

and I was able to extract the contents, but ive sat on it and havent done anything at all. not sure if i will, depends really (for personal uses only, of course)

also its Unity based, lulz

[quasi mantle]

Though I do have an open repo for the machinima project, but I have yet pushed the revamped version

https://github.com/TheHoodieGuy02/Miriwaku

(I don't recommend cloning this, which is the V1 version, it has too many hardcoded stuff that already backfire me in terms of workflow)

[dark sequoia]

oh i see

i should really start using github eventually myself

[quasi mantle]

I do plan to push the V2 version once I had the C++ tools working, least before migrating it to UE5

[dark sequoia]

I recently made a new C++ UE4 project, cause i never got around to trying before

but honestly, I do not like Visual Studio at all... lol

[deep copper]

C++ in ue is too hard

at the initial stage

[dark sequoia]

and it feels like with every small change made, i have to turn things on/off like 3 times and I feel thats gonna be very time consuming if im actually working on stuff

compared to Blueprints where you push like one button and thats it

[quasi mantle]

Don't bait the Rider reps here 🤫

[dark sequoia]

lel

even before UE4, funny enough ive tampered with C++ before within Visual Studio

and altering source code for a game (available for free online)

just to see what happens

[quasi mantle]

Okay, gotta stop lounge from becoming #cpp

[dark sequoia]

lol well i wont get into specifics cause i cant remember anything anyway

but i was messin around with the game Star Wars Jedi Academy (which is a very good game btw, and highly moddable)

[quasi mantle]

(it's a running gag where #cpp will spill over to #lounge and vice versa)

[dark sequoia]

oh i see, heh

I wanted to increase the amount of corpses and body parts allowed on screen, and amount of NPCs to be spawned, stuff like that

and I was able to do so without any prior knowledge, lol

just by poking around and stuff

that seems to be my specialty :p

[deep copper]

you are really into corpses

[dark sequoia]

👀

[quasi mantle]

One might say
Necrophilia

[dark sequoia]

lulz

[deep copper]

kill me uwu

[unreal ether]

Ohh its the serial killer

That makes sense

[dark sequoia]

well also cause its funny to throw them around in-game for Jedi Academy

[quasi mantle]

Write a poem before you hold the kitchen knife

[dark sequoia]

the other type of content mentioned here can be reserved for stuff in UE4 though I suppose, lawl

[quasi mantle]

Or just let Trojan.Win32.Monika delete all the stuff

[deep copper]

roses are red
voilets are blue
instead of the kitchen knife
let me hold you

[deep copper]

it's tea

[dark sequoia]

oh yah, i also learned Lua a few months back... at least the basics of it, by just screwing around with scripting

specifically for the game Tabletop Simulator

[quasi mantle]

That begs the question

Is Monika a trojan? Or a terrible modder?

[deep copper]

what's that about?

[dark sequoia]

its a game, heh

[quasi mantle]

Because her destructive nature resemble that of a trojan malware, but her intentions led to trying to modify the game and fails spectacularly.

[dark sequoia]

yah

[deep copper]

i heard from someone how simple lua is in using yet how strong it can be, it's docs are also really short

the language itself is as well

[quasi mantle]

I guess Monika is more of a terrible modder

[dark sequoia]

yeah I wanted to help create scripts for a friends game in Tabletop Simulator

[dark sequoia]

also yeah I feel that as well

[quasi mantle]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club!

[deep copper]

so... how many dead bodies could you handle with lua?

[deep copper]

hey isn't that the one where a lot of noose memes came from

[quasi mantle]

||But then if you yeet Monika early, then Sayori somehow self destruct.
But then again, if you yeet Monika proper, Sayori consciously try to abuse the game.||
(legitimate spoiler btw)

[soft night]

like albert einstein memes? or pi day memes?

[deep copper]

i don't know of either

[quasi mantle]

||If she's a terrible modder, then it shouldn't propagate to Sayori, making that a symptoms of a virus, because trojans can't propagate||

[deep copper]

||maybe it's a hybrid||

||get gnomed||

[quasi mantle]

||get gnomed||

[deep copper]

||gnome me <3||

[quasi mantle]

||I opened the door||

[quasi mantle]

||no u||

[deep copper]

||😳||

[dark sequoia]

woof

[dark sequoia]

also yeah i know of that

[dark sequoia]

👀

regarding your lua question, i dunno since the stuff I was doing was for a card game lol

[deep copper]

ah, so that's what tabletop means

[dark sequoia]

yeah

a friend of mine created their own card game based on Strike Witches, basically

one that takes inspiration from Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, etc

with its own spin on things and so on

[deep copper]

that explains why you did it even without any bloodshed,

[deep copper]

sounds fun

[dark sequoia]

but they dont have any scripting knowledge, so i helped with a few things.

and yeah its very well made

but best enjoyed if you're a fan of the series and characters imo, heh

[deep copper]

that's sweet of you

[dark sequoia]

I also had zero scripting knowledge

but I did it anyway, cause they didnt have anyone else who could try

[quasi mantle]

I never even heard of Strike Witches until you first mentioned it

[dark sequoia]

really? thats actually surprising

[deep copper]

same

[quasi mantle]

Yeah

[dark sequoia]

its actually a very good show, but sadly in the west it is labeled as a "bad" anime

[deep copper]

well you both got something out of it

[dark sequoia]

despite it being very popular in Japan. not as much as now a days but its still around (recent season was only a year ago)

in fact... if it wasnt for Strike Witches, stuff like Kantai Collection likely wouldnt even exist

and same with Girls und Panzer, Azur Lane, etc

[quasi mantle]

Well, I'm on the Far East side, but I hardly seen the circle I'm part of talking about it

[dark sequoia]

Strike Witches is based the big one that started the whole mecha girl and military moe genre

[deep copper]

i have quite low tolerance for forced fanservice , if it has that, i might have just skipped over it

[quasi mantle]

Oh, that reminds me of that one weird Idolmaster spinoff 😂

[dark sequoia]

even the creator himself, Fumikane Shimada, would later assist with Girls und Panzer's initial development and he also designed/drew some of the Kancolle ships too (mostly the German ones)

many former Witches fanartist went on to become official artists for stuff like Kantai Collection, and Girls' Frontline

so, at least in Japan, its recognized as having a major inspiration in all these things... yet in the west its either forgotten, or its seen as that "one bad anime show with the many panty shots" lol...

aka, normie mentality :p

[quasi mantle]

So it's more like the popularity is past its prime.

[dark sequoia]

pretty much yeah

[deep copper]

i see, it had quite the history

[dark sequoia]

although its still relevant, but mostly on the Japanese side of things

it was never relevant to begin with, in the west

[quasi mantle]

And I guess I weren't that dedicated of a weeb at the time

[dark sequoia]

however, I also feel a part of that blame is due to Funimation's extremely horrible ads for it

and crappy dubs

[quasi mantle]

To be fair I started become a weeb circa 2015/2016

I suppose that year is already past the series' past time

[dark sequoia]

funny enough, speaking of Idolmaster, many voice actors of idols also voice Witches

including singing their character songs too, as expected

[quasi mantle]

Who?
Considering Xenoglossia is a weird show, I'd be curious.

[dark sequoia]

sadly Chihaya's voice actor is not one of them sorry to say

neither Makoto (i think)

but one good example is Hara Yumi who voices Takane

[quasi mantle]

So neither Asami Imai and Hiromi Hirata were on board?

[dark sequoia]

she voices a character named Sasha, in the spinoff show called Brave Witches

and nah i checked and i dont believe they did any voices

not sure if they were ever approached for such roles, but would be interesting if they had

[quasi mantle]

Honestly they're my two favourites, followed by Azusa Tadokoro (which based on Million Live branch, I see her as Asami Imai's successor)

[dark sequoia]

Strike Witches also has other voice actors like Tanaka Rie and stuff

who voices Minna, and is (imo) one of her most iconic roles heh

[quasi mantle]

My pipe dreamest goal would be to have Azusa Tadokoro on board to voice Nala in Past Future, but that's a long long stretch 😳

[dark sequoia]

haha I see

season 3 aired only just over a year ago too

and theres multiple shows, specials, and a movie

and an upcoming show later this year, which is a brand new type of spinoff thats, coincidentally, idol themed :p

i think i mentioned in a previous convo, haha

although im not sure if i like the idea of it, since its a huge change of direction

[quasi mantle]

Well, I also think Asami Imai would be a better fit, along with Hiromi Hirata voicing Annisa, the third playable character.

I think it could be fitting considering Nala is inspired by Chihaya, and Annisa is inspired by Makoto

[dark sequoia]

and I hope its not gonna become the norm for it... lol

ah I see

[quasi mantle]

But eh, that's just my pipe dreamest of a long stretch (but still it would be awesome if I somehow managed to achieve it)

Though it's kind of ironic that I plan to have Nala be the main love interest of the second playable character, Mufasa, while Annisa is kind of the unrequited one

[dark sequoia]

ah I see

(sorry if i dont say much else, not sure what else to respond with D:)

[quasi mantle]

So it's like an almost two sided love, but because I didn't plan to program dating mechanics, I made it fixed instead.
And also I reverse the liking because I don't want to make it obvious, as a writer :'3

[deep copper]

same

[dark sequoia]

heh I see, thats understandable

this is Sasha, btw

:3

[quasi mantle]

It's kinda viable from programming standpoint, just a bunch of values, but from writing standpoint, it's going to hard to maintain continuity.

[dark sequoia]

ah, well I hope that works out then

[quasi mantle]

She also have head bandana and bright hair

How fitting xD

[dark sequoia]

she is also a mechanic

[quasi mantle]

Does she behave like a mystic girl?

[dark sequoia]

i dunno lawl

[quasi mantle]

It would be kinda funny if there's more parallel to Takane lol

[dark sequoia]

sadly no, heh

other than a great voice of course

[quasi mantle]

Speaking of mechanic
I also had a guest party member named Mido Takatsuki.

You can guess the Idolmaster (and maybe the Final Fantasy) inspiration for that.

[dark sequoia]

although there are other Witches who actually do somewhat share parallels with other characters that the voice actor has done

for example, the voice actor of Saber for the Fate/Stay Night franchise, she also voices a Witch who is a "noble" type, and is blonde with green eyes :p lol

although she isnt in the main anime sadly, she is only in manga/light novel content (with voice drama CDs and some song albums too)

oh wait she does appear once in the SW movie, briefly, heh

her name is very long to type tho

Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

or you can just call her "Prinzessin" or "Heinrike" lmao

[quasi mantle]

In PF, Mido Takatsuki, a 15 year old mage, is the oldest of 4 siblings, and daughter of Shido Takatsuki, a renowned mechanic/engineer in the kingdom. Her family went poor because of Shido's failed engineering projects.

[quasi mantle]

What language is that?

[deep glen]

german

[dark sequoia]

German, but the in-universe country is called "Karlsland"

but its basically German lmao

[quasi mantle]

Okay, I never made German name before lol

[deep glen]

karlsruhe is a city in germany

[dark sequoia]

oh interesting, that I never knew

[deep glen]

japanese anime and their love for german names

[dark sequoia]

indeed

[quasi mantle]

If any can recommend me a feminine German name, pls give it to me ;)

[dark sequoia]

and Britain is called "Britannia" which is actually not the first time within an anime, heh

well Strike Witches is filled with tons of "German" characters and names

one of the main "gimmicks" of the show is that they are also all based on real life fighter pilots from WWII

although, females of course

:p

[quasi mantle]

Sadly I'm suck at German :<

[dark sequoia]

its alternate universe type stuff, basically

the usual anime thing

[quasi mantle]

Not surprised.

[dark sequoia]

ah I see

[deep glen]

inb4 in a few years there will be a Russian dictator isekai-ed as a tiny anime woman.

[dark sequoia]

lol prolly

[quasi mantle]

I should give German a spin myself someday.

I really want the world building of Past Future to tick some of the anime and JRPG cliches

[dark sequoia]

btw if you like tomboy type waifus, the Witches series has a good handful of em

lulz

[quasi mantle]

for real?

[dark sequoia]

yah

short haired ones, too

[quasi mantle]

||It won't replace my love Makoto Kikuchi, but I'll look into it||

[dark sequoia]

they definitely arent at Makoto's level of tomboyness, I will at least admit that. but in terms of coolness/attractiveness then yeah they are pretty up there imo :p

[quasi mantle]

I completely forgot her name

[dark sequoia]

also yeah I remember those memes lol

[quasi mantle]

I take any good inspiration I can get.

As if Final Fantasy and Idolmaster weren't enough

[dark sequoia]

if you actually do get into the series, then it is potentially one that might get you hooked if you first enjoy it :p that depends how you like it if you decide to watch Season 1 for example, and all that

its one of those shows that people absolutely love passionately, or people watch one or two episodes and say "wtf is this shit?" and turn it off lmao... sadly..

that is mostly due to fanservice reasons

[quasi mantle]

I'm more of a Far East-er, I could take that.

I don't expect Isekai Smartphone kind of worst.

[dark sequoia]

but thats just the outer shell, honestly, as the real enjoyment is the lore and the characters themselves.. the fanservice thing is simply just a bonus if you like that stuff, lolz

and really, theres shows that are 10x worse in terms of its sexual content, at least imo

although one thing I'll say though... please for the love of god, watch the Japanese version and not the dubs lmao

[quasi mantle]

Speaking of which, Isekai Smartphone is kind of another reason behind Past Future's story conception.
I was so frustrated by how bland that series was.

||I don't have access to English dub anyway so it's a win win||

[dark sequoia]

noice

if you actually need help with watching the show then let me know :p

btw, i guess I may as well say this too, but I am actually the founder and owner of the main unofficial World Witches discord server.. so theres that too

[quasi mantle]

I'll figure it out, but it might be old show, so I don't hope much luck through my usual legal routes.

[dark sequoia]

sadly in terms of legal routes, theres a few things unavailable

but it depends I guess

also theres collectors sets that are extremely expensive, and rare

[quasi mantle]

Well, the Asian branches lacks lots of old shows
It's mostly about newer shows that I rarely watch

[dark sequoia]

ah

yeah SW1 first aired in 2008

[quasi mantle]

That slashes the chances I found it the legal way then 😂

[dark sequoia]

in terms of its creation and concept art, you could argue that it was created back in 2006 give or take

and yeah but honestly DM me if you really would like to know more and I'd help out, up to you of course. and I'd even provide a link to my server too if you ever wanted to stop by lmao

we have idolmaster fans too

[quasi mantle]

Anime english dubs often hit or miss

(Maybe Black Lagoon is one exception)

[dark sequoia]

thats a very good example of a good dub, yah

and as much as I would have loved it to be the case.. the SW dubs arent that great, and they actually ruin some characters imo

btw you might be able to find stuff cause, like i said earlier, Season 3 only aired over a year ago

so it has content thats new and fresh still

[quasi mantle]

My writing on Past Future is... "colourful" to say the least. Particularly with F-bomb.

That'd make it even challenging considering Mido is 15

Except Trials of Mana

[dark sequoia]

lol

[quasi mantle]

Trials of Mana's English dub is...

...made me switch to Japanese dub in just few minutes.

[dark sequoia]

i saw some gameplay of that and yeah the dubs sounded funnay

[quasi mantle]

Let alone me playing the demo in person, in my PS4, yikes.

Rooting for Angela has never been this disappointing. (I root for her even in the original SNES version)

[fleet tangle]

Isekai means "another world" basically.

Being sucked in parallel dimensions, vr games, etc.

[quasi mantle]

And this is proto isekai

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_World_(video_game)

[fleet tangle]

To be fair, 1991 isn't really "proto" isekai!

[foggy path]

Another World is pretty good

My Summer Car is an isekai

[fleet tangle]

Well, it's another world with respect to the protagonist, not you.

I sucked massively at Another World back in the 90s, never got past like the first 20m of gameplay.

Same with Bioforge. And Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Went back and completed those 2, though.

[foggy path]

Yeah Another World is hard

I only really played it a couple years ago when I grabbed the remastered version

Fate of Atlantis is one of my favorite point and clicks :D

[fleet tangle]

I got stuck on the bull horns aligning thing as a kid.

[foggy path]

probably got stuck on everything lol

[fleet tangle]

Hehe.

[foggy path]

played through a whole bunch of those a few years ago when I was streaming games

I wish I could search GOG Galaxy library by types like "point & click"

[dark sequoia]

i remember dat gaem

was pretty cool

[fleet tangle]

Remember playing Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within with my friends. We had to ring up a help line to complete it. 😦 😦

The mechanic was not intuitive at all.

[foggy path]

Monkey Islands, Full Throttle, Sam&Max... the Space Quest series, Larry 7

Wonder what others did I play

The Deponia series, although I can't say I really found those that good

the characters are all so fucking annoying in those games after a while lol

Larry 7 tho highly recommended, it's a dirty dirty game but it's actually really good lol

[dark sequoia]

Shadowgate was a pretty kewl game

[verbal junco]

it's ridiculously hard though

[fleet tangle]

That's what she said

[verbal junco]

and then you get past the jungle and you think "ok I can handle this"

and then the game show kicks your ass

[verbal junco]

uhhh

uhhhhhhhhhhhh

[foggy path]

uhh? lol

[verbal junco]

trying to remember

smb, smb3, jetpack, god of thunder

[foggy path]

haha

I wasn't listing the first ever games I played, just some of the point&clicks I played a while back lol

[verbal junco]

oh

WELP

I never grew up with point and click

[foggy path]

SMB on the SNES was probably the first one I played or at least some of the very first

[verbal junco]

it's like the worst genre

no offense

[foggy path]

because I got a SNES as a kid and had Mario All-Stars

[verbal junco]

all stars was the bomb

I never had a snes

but megaman x I played at a friend's

still a solid game

holds up even today

dark souls precursor one might say

[foggy path]

heh

[verbal junco]

dark souls has an interesting history linked to immersive sims

[foggy path]

and yeah I don't remember being much into point&clicks when I was younger

mostly because they were all in english :P

[verbal junco]

it's basically the eastern version of immersive sims

[foggy path]

I do remember playing Monkey Island 3 by the time I knew enough english

but wasn't so into the genre at the time

[verbal junco]

I just don't think I had the patience. I think I tried monkey island once. I was just clicking over the entire screen trying to get stuff to happen

people who actually found out what to do are lying

[foggy path]

lol

yeah I can imagine they are not intuitive at first, some of them are annoying even once you follow some of the usual point&click logic

[verbal junco]

it's the definitive "find out exactly what the designer intended or perish"

[foggy path]

this is one of the reasons I liked Larry 7, even though parts of it were kinda nonsensical, it sorta made sense in a weird way and it wasn't too frustrating figuring it out

Sam&Max had many annoying moments and I just looked at a walkthrough because cba :D

But I still think Sam&Max is good despite that

[verbal junco]

I got no love for point and click

I think god of thunder was the closest thing I had to that

but I suppose that was less click and more move around and throw a hammer

and get bodied by random mobs

[foggy path]

heh

I got really into shooters after a while, with CS beta 5 and later mostly day of defeat

[verbal junco]

sure but that was later

[foggy path]

well yeah duke3d and quake

:D

[verbal junco]

never had those as a kid

only got into shooters with half life

[foggy path]

Copied from a friend who copied from a friend who probably copied from a friend

:P

[verbal junco]

but tbh half life was perhaps the greatest time to be into shooters

before everything turned bland with halo

played cs as well, since beta 1.2 or so?

sorry, .1.2

[foggy path]

was there a beta 1 🤔

[verbal junco]

0.1.2

[timber viper]

Duke Nukem ❤️

[verbal junco]

actually I did play duke, but only the 2d games

never the 3d game

I don't think that counts as a shooter tho

[foggy path]

not an fps anyway :D

[timber viper]

There was also Serious Sam along with Duke

[fleet tangle]

Beta 6 was my jam.

[foggy path]

I think I played the demo of Serious Sam but never got much into it otherwise

[verbal junco]

didn't serious sam have coop? I think I played that at a lan once

it was fun

[fleet tangle]

It did.

[verbal junco]

I remember something about having a cannon

and fighting bulls in an arena

[timber viper]

I was six years old so I barely remember it

There was enemies with bomb heads

[dark sequoia]

serious sam a gewd game yee

[verbal junco]

bomb everything

bomb hands

bomb heads

[dark sequoia]

there was many large enemies too, which was kewl to fight