i had trouble with like every puzzle in uru because a lot of them were just it's bad design but the fireflies were just Dumb
#off-topic-discussion
tropic garden
tropic garden
Woops
D'ni loves its 5s
serene tulip
Now the question is are they base 5 or 25??!?!
tropic garden
gjdjdgfkgjgh ok,
Functionally base 5, aesthetically base 25
Is my FINAL verdict,
serene tulip
D'ni is such a more well thought out numeral system than the Villein one
tropic garden
I haven't played Obduction yet. ;-; 'tis sitting on my desktop
I demo'd it at E3 tho
It's been on my radar waaay longer than I knew about Myst
serene tulip
I liked it, but I think its been established by the majority of my internet friends that I have bad taste in games
😛
tropic garden
Well I'll play it eventually and let you know what I thought lmao
I heard they go back to live action, which, thank god tbh
Riven has aged so well and part of that is the use of live action imo
solemn sierra
It's an e3 person!
tropic garden
Shhh I wasn't supposed to be there :')
solemn sierra
serene tulip
Live action in video games is only as good as the actors and not every game can afford tim curry 😛
tropic garden
Well sure but 3D animation has plenty of its own issues, especially old 3D animation on a low budget
serene tulip
Sure, but acting can sometimes be completely removed via text boxes, which is OK in my book.
tropic garden
Each game does what the devs think suits it best! I'm happy for the variety
I'm a young baby gamer and had never really seen live action in games before Myst so I guess I just like it because it's kinda novel and it works pretty well there
Lots of mocap these days which is basically live action with a skin of 3D over it, so...
serene tulip
The mocap actors don't have to be the voice actors, and you don't always need either or both.
tropic garden
That's true!
serene tulip
also I'm not sure the last game I played with mocap in it
I'm not much for tripleA games
mostly an indie person
tropic garden
Naughty Dog was apparently on top of that this year cuz they were able to mocap a kiss
Of course lots of people were excited because it was also a lesbian kiss but what devs took away was that ND had worked around the typical mechanical restrictions of mocap so that's pretty cool
serene tulip
That does sound pretty technically challenging
tropic garden
I mostly play indies too, and honestly hate the AAA gaming space, but I try to at least sorta know what's going on there
serene tulip
all the triple-a games i"m interested in are console exclusives T.T
tropic garden
Yeah 😢
I didn't play Journey until like last year
I borrowed my thesis advisor's PS3
tropic garden
It was.....something for sure. Beautiful game absolutely, and it felt really good to play (most of the time)
It was a little, almost TOO cinematic for me?
serene tulip
I just loved the feeling I got when I found someone else playing it
That was so freekin' cool
tropic garden
I was pushing up against the borders of what the game would let me do a lot
Which got kinda frustrating over time ;;
Where it worked it felt great, though
I always seem to have issues with online games, a big part of Dark Souls for example is invasions and helpers and hints and all that and because my game is iffy about when it wants to connect to servers or w/e I've played almost entirely alone
serene tulip
yeah, i get that
solemn sierra
I don't understand why people still give money to patreons and kickstarters with 0 accountability in this day and age
velvet void
Because battery powered, Bluetooth connected shoes
faint panther
Sounds great
silk wadi
You know, @solemn sierra, I did that once. The Kickstarter was run by Noel DeGrasse Tyson.
It was a game.
It’s been a year.
Nada.
solemn sierra
Oh nah, I had a run in with some "prominent" member of the Final Fantasy 14 community, he's been having a Twitter meltdown and slipped that he used the money he collected from people on Patreon for a fan magazine, to buy gifts and woo people he allegedly sexually harassed in the community according to PCGamer.
I love this community
$250 a month from people down the drain
velvet void
Read that too, sad and disgusting
faint panther
What a “nice” guy. Reminds me of that time we had a gmod admin who has stolen all donation money and just yote into the sunset... and it was quite a lot, too.
No dignity, no conscience, these people
velvet void
All these horror stories is why I don't give money to anyone without credibility
Unlike those dudes who are making Bluetooth shoes
I wonder if you step into a puddle with them then would you just die 🤔
faint panther
I sure don’t wanna test that
pine hamlet
wait like that one episode of iCarly
chilly briar
@solemn sierra the same reason pay for pre-orders, you're paying for a promise either way
early access too
solemn sierra
@faint panther It's not just that. Their community seems like a breeding ground for abuse. Upon learning that an "evil journalist" from PCGamer had written a piece, some community members starting attacking the people doing the allegations for "destroying their family", and some people eerily close to this situation want to "disassociate" to make their own fan magazine, and some people are almost begging to give them money.
It's almost as if these people have little social interaction and rely on this online fan magazine for a video game for it.
MMORPGs seem to be this magnet for people who are otherwise vulnerable to the kinds of behavior their editor in chief and community prey on
They almost seem to think that the journalist's job is to single out this one person, and to not talk about their "family" at all.
faint panther
That sounds awful... I hope they weren’t able to do any damage with that to other people :(
I see
solemn sierra
The other thing I found strange is that some of the victims decided to reintegrate into the fan magazine, and then learned shortly after that the abuser still had his hands on the reins.
faint panther
It never goes away that easily... did the whole thing get shut down in the end, at least? It’s such a shame such stuff happens in MMOs, although it does sort of resemble life, and can get just as nasty. FFXIV is very nice though...
solemn sierra
Well, The Moogle Post isn't shutting down apparently, and people very close to the EIC who made statements about how he's "just a little flirty", then afterwards poking the publication to amend their statements, want to go and make their own magazine.
I hope the community isn't naive enough to give them any money after this happened unless they incorporate into a 501c
solemn sierra
Yea, a 501c is a non-profit that is legally obligated to be transparent with its spending.
Oh, The Moogle Post also steals content from community members without consent
faint panther
Aaah, a non-profit company or whatever... didn’t know the definition. Thanks.
Ohhh that’s awful. Why is this so awful...
solemn sierra
I have no idea, it's surprising to me that a silly fan project, where most of the content is fluff, because the game has massive content draughts, would end up becoming this toxic community that almost acts like a cult.
faint panther
Eugh that’s just borderline scary. Don’t wanna be a part of anything like that, ever. It really is very surprising
Aah I’m feeling too sleepy, sry, I’ll catch you later sometime 👋
stoic turtle
wowee
worn dome
pc gaming hurts sometimes
just for an electric air duster, fans, and a fan controller? $267
@_@
LinkedIn Updated! Pretentiousness +2
slow lark
ugH
tropic garden
sol, language :')
slow lark
thanks!
worn dome
wat
slow lark
why wont it let me delete it
chilly briar
@worn dome which part is the expensive part, and motherboard doesn't have fan controller built in?
worn dome
@chilly briar well I'm getting noctua fans, and $70 rechargable electric duster thing. But I'm getting the PWM 4 pin fans and my MB only has a few of those. I also don't really think it has a built in controller. It's an old-ish sabertooth asus board
I'm running a 4690K, so however old that is 😛
Feels like ages ago
I wanted the a12x25 but they're sold out EVERYWHERE for the PWM ones 😦 so getting the S12A ones since I have an air cooled setup
chilly briar
I'm running a 3570k from 2013 lol, and some mid range asus mobo
has fan control though
never had a reason to upgrade so haven't in a long time except for when my gpu died so threw in a 960
although selling my rig later this year before I abandon NZ
worn dome
abandon NZ for where? 😮
stoic turtle
i dont even know what any of that means
worn dome
don't go to LA, it's the worst
worn dome
@leaden burrow the 0000x are intel CPU part numbers
oops sorry space bees
meant for @stoic turtle
stoic turtle
my pc is an hp envy something with a 1060 slapped inside
stoic turtle
thats the extent of my knowledge
worn dome
I love to build computers
I finally have some money to do it with my new job, but so far spent the money on a new phone and an htc vive lol
stoic turtle
the geek squad put it in for me lul
worn dome
I have a 1070 though, so it's good for 99% of what I do at 1080p 60fps
worn dome
oh no, graphics cards are super easy to install! fun too
stoic turtle
i dont even really pc game besides heroes of the storm tho, so i feel like its wasted on me lmao
tropic garden
I'm too mobile in my life rn to build a desktop, I want to wait till I'm settled somewhere with a good salary
I have a mid-range gaming laptop in the meantime that serves me just fine
I'm not usually playing intense stuff anyways
worn dome
I really really want a 1080ti but even at $700 (which is "cheap" as the cryto stuff has made them be around $800-900 now) is still just.....so so so much money. More money than an entire HTC vive starter kit! but.....dat powah
stoic turtle
crispy ultra graphics are so nice tho 
im spoiled
i wish i had a good gaming laptop
@tropic garden what brand is yours?
tropic garden
I think it's the same actually lol
chilly briar
well NZ is New Zealand, and I have 0 interest in the states (especially given it's current state)
Japan though
stoic turtle
japan 
chilly briar
is the first destination, then the UK for a year or two, then Canada
worn dome
@tropic garden do you have a 10xx gpu? Not sure how much you know about graphics cards, but basically everything before 10xx stuff in laptops was not that great, it got the job done, but it didn't compare to the desktop graphics card. Then nvidia worked some magic and the 10xx laptop cards are actually really capable, and close to their desktop counterparts! 😄
stoic turtle
im hopefully going to japan next summer
chilly briar
Summer
perish
tropic garden
Idk, mine's a little old. Lemme check
worn dome
@chilly briar oh nice! Have you been to any of those places yet?
chilly briar
@worn dome I've lived in all of them before except canada, only visited canada
worn dome
I love Japan, and I've only been to London for UK, but I REALLY want to spent a year or two in each place. So much to see and do around the areas
stoic turtle
ive been to london, paris, rome, and parts of spain
tropic garden
Yeah no it's a GTX 960M
Bc I bought this laptop probably...idk, 3 years ago now?
The newer ones have the 10xx cards
worn dome
@chilly briar how easy/hard is living in Japan? (I'm tall and white, so I don't blend in, also don't know Japanese). Touring there for 2 weeks wasn't too bad, but I somewhat felt out of place. Not sure how trying to live there for a year or two would be, but I REALLY want to. I might be able to transfer with my current company
tropic garden
It's uhhhh
Ok as long as you like
Don't...expect...or try to be treated like a Japanese person it's fine
stoic turtle
i hope i can do a semester in japan when i get to college
worn dome
awww poor ven, should still let you play most games out! Not at max/high settings, but still. Plus you can always play the supergiant games beautifully at max settings 😃
chilly briar
Also if you're 0 japanese level then tokyo is the only area you'll function in easily
tropic garden
Yeah, it handled DA:I well
chilly briar
which is fine is you're a weab since it's weab city
tropic garden
And Mark of the Assassin
worn dome
I don't expect to be treated as Japanese, but I would love to safely explore the nightlife and such
worn dome
I keep wanting to beat DA:I but.....so many games steal me away
chilly briar
I'm also a tall whitey, although I speak reasonable Japanese and found is fairly easy to function
tropic garden
Stay out of roppongi and you'll be fine
chilly briar
LOL ROPPONGI
stoic turtle
im trying to learn japanese
chilly briar
goD
worn dome
for some reason I decided to re-enact highschool and lose my life to a 15/mo mmo (ffxiv this time)
stoic turtle
languages are hard 
stoic turtle
lmao really?
worn dome
@chilly briar maybe I'll try to live there when you do and have you guide me around the nightlife with your japanese skills 😛
stoic turtle
in what context lol, just out of the blue?
tropic garden
Splat if you say, like, hello, people will compliment you on your Japanese, they really expect the bare minimum
chilly briar
yeah, I can't stand tokyo so I was fine with leaving tokyo
worn dome
I should try to learn it, I've never been good with languages though 😦
chilly briar
m8
stoic turtle
@tropic garden i’ve heard that haha
chilly briar
I ain't living in tokyo
tropic garden
Come live in Kansai
chilly briar
Kansai best area
stoic turtle
kansai dialect is the best
tropic garden
We have a mega thrust earthquake that's overdue but other than that small detail
stoic turtle
my only japanese friends are osakan so their speech is rubbing off on me
worn dome
you guys make me want to move so badly @_@
but it'll be at best a year or two I think with my current job
I need to transfer over a few departments to make it to the japan side of things lol
tropic garden
I've been adopted by like four separate aunties
One's a flower arranger who took me to a tea ceremony
stoic turtle
that my life goals tbh
tropic garden
look old kansai ladies are so lonely and they love foreigners
stoic turtle
have 4 wholesome japanese obasans
chilly briar
Yeah in Kansai they actually like foreigners
tropic garden
Give me a can of soda
stoic turtle
omg
tropic garden
When I was standing out in the heat at the bus stop
slow lark
I will remember this
tropic garden
I have NO IDEA who she was
chilly briar
unless you're an otaku/weab
tropic garden
I have NEVER seen her again
stoic turtle
i need to make sure i get to osaka when i go
slow lark
about Kansai when my bff and I end up world-travelling
because Japan is on our list of Must Go places
stoic turtle
but i think i’ll probably only get to tokyo and kyoto :p which is still great haha
i want to go to Nara and say hi to the deer
stoic turtle
look i will give them all of my food ok
stoic turtle
they can have it
tropic garden
and normal bags
stoic turtle
i am not worthy
tropic garden
Also they will get up in ur face and try to knock you over to take ur food
chilly briar
the nara deer will savage you for food
tropic garden
And they scream
chilly briar
I've seen so many swarms
chilly briar
although they will bow for you if you know the right gesture
chilly briar
it's basically the same as having a sock puppet on your hand with no sock
they think you have a cookie, bow, then leave you alone because no cookie
lol
stoic turtle
lol
chilly briar
miyajima is in hiroshima @tropic garden
tropic garden
Oh is it??
chilly briar
yeah
tropic garden
We have something in Wakayama too 🤔
chilly briar
there's also a similar gate that looks like miyajima in lake biwa
stoic turtle
im probably not gonna get there on my trip but hopefully i get to go there more than once haha
chilly briar
I've been to hiroshima a few times
there's some awesome food there
one of my fav temples is on miyajima
tropic garden
Kumano Hongu taisha!
stoic turtle
i want to see the fushimi inari in kyoto
ooo
i want to see everything but im probably not even gonna be there for more than a week or two
chilly briar
daisyoin is the temple
tropic garden
Yeah Kyoto alone takes two, three days
stoic turtle
and just tokyo could take me that long
chilly briar
you could spend a week in kyoto but it gets very tedious very fast
tropic garden
Kyoto's too crowded for my taste but I wanna see everything anyways
chilly briar
first thing I'll do when i'm back is probably go to nagano and kita-kyushuu to get more tattoos lol
tropic garden
The road up to Kiyomizudera is fun
tropic garden
Okonomiyaaaaki
chilly briar
okonomiyaki
stoic turtle
yessssss
tropic garden
meh
stoic turtle
but a lot of the best places are japanese only and im a japanese pleb
chilly briar
tbh my fav food from that main street in dotonbori is the melon pan stall LOL
chilly briar
YES
chilly briar
muh man
stoic turtle
gimme
chilly briar
chilly briar
hehe
@tropic garden I went too many times
but I had that sugar daddy scholarship money when I lived there lmao
tropic garden
I've been like 3 times and every time I feel my arteries clogging
And my wallet getting lighter...
But it's so tasty.......
Umeda and Dotonbori are the best places in Osaka
stoic turtle
s t o p it looks too yummy
chilly briar
LOL I just found a photo from the cat cafe by my uni of the cat staring alarmingly at capybara-chan
stoic turtle
my osakan friend recommended a little okonomiyaki place to me but i forget what its called
tropic garden
Whatever u do don't go to Shinsekai or Doubutsuen-mae, unless you're going to Spa World
stoic turtle
CAPY CHAN
stoic turtle
i love capybara-chan so much
im making a checklist of things to see when i go
one is the big gundam
tropic garden
Osaka's weeb district is denden town
chilly briar
no way shinsekai is famous for kushikatsu
tropic garden
Shinsekai is creepy after dark ;-;
stoic turtle
i still dont even know if im going to osaka T__T
tropic garden
YEAH EXACTLY THATS WHY I SAID
chilly briar
but that's not really a problem if you're over 6 foot
tropic garden
must be nice not being a 5'3" american girl
anyways go to shinsekai at your own risk or during the day
chilly briar
i'm sorry for your loss 😛
tropic garden
There's a cool retro arcade there
chilly briar
lol my partner is like 5'11" so they'll be fine too probs
stoic turtle
i want to go to an arcade when im in tokyo
stoic turtle
because i need to play taiko no tatsujin
and its non existent in the US and that makes me ANGERY
stoic turtle
its so fun and i can jam out to weeb songs while exercising sort of so win/win
tropic garden
🤔 I may have walked by/through there but i dont remember
tropic garden
Yeah, I did! I walked through there when I was wandering Tennouji
There's a like, artistic torii on one entrance
chilly briar
I miss the temple incense smell
tropic garden
It's nice
chilly briar
so so good
worn dome
I should find my pics
I was 16 when I went to Japan, or 15?
I'm 26 now lol
no one ever needs to see me from back then, r/blunderyears material
chilly briar
neither, I look completely different now than I did at that age lmao
even from your age to mine kind of
buoyant sapphire
subarashiki kono sekai :3c
buoyant sapphire
Nobody? ;v;
short wyvern
Oh my god so much to read...
tardy anchor
@lapis spear ur cats cute 🐱
faint panther
Aww she s one of them
tardy anchor
blow a kiss from afar
faint panther
Yis
lapis spear
https://i.imgur.com/0MnPJp2.jpg
she laughs a lot tho
tardy anchor
😗 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 💕 🐱
lapis spear
tardy anchor
regal
faint panther
Need to hug her
lapis spear
faint panther
If i held her close would she get angry
lapis spear
no but she would try to get away from u asap
shes nice and gentle
but a rescue
and has hard times trusting humans 😦
she only likes my dad
lapis spear
she loves snuggling in my dads lap ...
faint panther
Oh ! Are you studying far from home ?
lapis spear
yeh 😦
faint panther
Cutie , please spoil her
lapis spear
i get to watch her over half of august
faint panther
Must be tough being away 
but it pays off in the end !
lapis spear
my mom likes building her little spots to sit at https://i.imgur.com/4gBuuww.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KUhQwQL.jpg from last winter
she loves sitting in the firewood
mortal mica
so am i allowed to show my cat
lapis spear
yes pls do
tardy anchor
please!!
faint panther
Your mom is a genius and i love your cat
So photogenic 💞
lapis spear
dont let her know shes already behaving like a princess
buoyant sapphire
cat!!!
faint panther
Mood
lapis spear
@mortal mica i could only post imgur links 😐
mortal mica
oh yea maybe its not allowed to directly upload pics here
faint panther
Yep
faint panther
YES
lapis spear
faint panther
Aaaa.. my heart 😭 💖
tardy anchor
baby.........
lapis spear
faint panther
Also who takes these pics.. they re really good
lapis spear
they all have nice beautiful homes now 😃
faint panther
4 little blessings
lapis spear
all my moms work
faint panther
!
faint panther
Really pretty pictures
mortal mica
faint panther
Thank you sooo much for sharing Helmut i love brumm
lapis spear
and she thought if she cant see us we cant see her
faint panther
DOUBLE KITTIES
mortal mica
wait lol
faint panther
Language
mortal mica
soz
faint panther
Brumm is such a cutie
mortal mica
lapis spear
how old?
faint panther
There he is !!
faint panther
He s old !!
lapis spear
yeah all my parents cats usually didnt pass 4 years 😦
tardy anchor
what!! thats so sad :((((
lapis spear
they live close to a busy street
But Brummi hasnt had interest in the street so far
shed rather go into the woods behind my parents house
faint panther
Good for her ☺
lapis spear
also she isnt as attached as the other cats so thats a bonus too
the other cats followed me to school!
faint panther
!!! So precious
But that s dangerous too
lapis spear
they would also go hiking with me and my parents
and then get too tired so we had to carry them back...
mortal mica
my cat gos out in the street but he's careful, never going near strangers
he's very cuddling when he's in the house tho
once he got messed up by some guy, i guess he learned the lesson
lapis spear
only cat lovers around my parents place
the cats usually get super friendly bc of that
except for brummi
like i said she was a rescue and we dont know what happened to her before we got her
but she super shy
but also cunning
she realised my parents dont communicate if they fed her
so she now goes to both of them individually and gets them to give her food
which is why shes getting thick lately
tardy anchor
how big or small are yr hands
mortal mica
ive got average hands but long fingers
tardy anchor
i dont think i could keep enough catfood in my hands to feed an adult cat....it would still be hungry.....
mortal mica
we use a little mug to dose
tardy anchor
oh cute!
mortal mica
2 of that, maybe a little mroe and its fine usually
i remember he would bring back the mices he got in our houses
because he was so proud
lapis spear
she also hunts tho
mortal mica
meowing very loud so everyone would see that he got a mice
lapis spear
she regularly gets mice
lapis spear
she realised that mice are not welcome in the house
she only butchers them on the terrace now
mortal mica
yea same
even tho he's not hunting much anymore
i guess he's getting slow
im not seeing him very much tho now
he lives at another place
velvet void
I heard this is where the cool kids hang out
tardy anchor
its been quiet today
velvet void
Feelsbad
Most of the peeps i chat with seem live across the world
So when I get off work they're usually off
ionic viper
i'm watching some seagulls having an argument outside
velvet void
Grab a rock and decide a winner
tardy anchor
you can write the winner's name on the rock but they'll still argue bout it cause seagulls cant read :((
faint panther
birds good
serene kettle
Too late to be talking about this but I had a thicc cat named Stamps before I moved and we had all intentions of taking him with us but he couldn’t be in the rental home because he peed in the house a lot. We let him stay with my friend but he disappeared before we could go pick him up. 😩😭
Our other 3 cats are indoor tho
tardy anchor
:((( oh nooo
hope ur other cats are good!
tardy anchor
hot?
solemn sierra
Hot and humid
tardy anchor
😱
serene kettle
Thanks, they seem to really like the new house ❤️
slow lark
So today was my last day of work, and one of my coworkers burnt me four cds-worth of the best of Queen
and its so amazing, oh my goodness
stoic turtle
nice
steel barn
I love Queen so much
stoic turtle
dont stop me nooooow
slow lark
currently im in love with "I'm Going Slightly Mad"
faint panther
Yeeeah! It’s great music
slow lark
do u have picture of snek?
wait, did you use the snake to unclog the sink
or was the snake the thing clogging the sink
buoyant sapphire
myst noises in the background
slow lark
hahahahaha
buoyant sapphire
turns out the reason I don't know much about the lore (yet) is because i'm actually more interested in the books and The Art than anything
tiny shell
Flash! Ahaaaaaaa!
slow lark
I mentioned this in another chat. And the blank confusion i received hurt me. So deeply.
they had no idea who flash gordon was.
tiny shell
He'll save every one of us
slow lark
Savior of the Universe
seemingly, there is no reason for these extraordinary intergactical upsets
short wyvern
What is this?
torpid osprey
Bloodstained?
short wyvern
Yeah
velvet void
Ahoy hoy
Bloodstained is series by the original producer of the castlevania
Supposed to be released this year but idk with these crowdfunded games
solemn sierra
owo wats dis
unreal hinge
hey there peeps
faint panther
Helloo
solemn sierra
heyyy gamers
unreal hinge
Thanks @short wyvern ! I like yours alot too. Pretty unique.
faint panther
what's going on gamers
short wyvern
Thank you :)
solemn sierra
lets go to TACO BELL
faint panther
Just as an achievement you know...
velvet fjord
tbh all taco bells aren't that good
faint panther
Damn..
solemn sierra
nah, I think they're better in the US
besides, the US always surprises me
You can buy a DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER MEAL at mcdonalds
I know what you'll say
"But you can just order the two cheeseburgers, and then the fries, and then the drink"
IT'S NOT THE SAME
faint panther
Oh double cheeseburger I've had it it's nice it has double the meat
Wait... Double cheeseburger or two cheese... burger..
😕
unreal hinge
sounds gross either way to me X:
velvet fjord
McDonalds chicken tenders are actually pretty good, haven't had their burgers in years though
solemn sierra
People like to rag on mcdonalds, but if you look at the nutritional value of a cheeseburger, and then try and go make your own, the nutritional value will be eerily similar; your grocery store buns are also full of sugar, meat is always meat; it's fatty, and cheese is always salty.
Where the nastiness comes in is the fries and the soft drinks.
I suppose big macs are also fairly overkill
faint panther
Yeah I dont mind mcdonalds they're ok... Neither do I apparently care about calories, nutritional values, etc as long as it tastes fun
void abyss
im trying to get the wallpapers off of the news letter but im slightly confused as to how to get at them, ive placed the order but now what do i do? feeling a bit stupid rn
opaque quail
Hi @void abyss ! Once you've followed the link and entered the code, just scroll down the page that brings you to and there will be six individual download links, one for each postcard image.
void abyss
aah clearly i need to learn how to read, Thanks so much!
opaque quail
My pleasure! If you decide you'd like to order a physical set as well, a link is available on that page as well as in the Blast!. 😄
void abyss
i just might 😉 they are fantastic!
opaque quail
Agreed! The textless Transistor one is my computer background at the office, it's gorgeous.
void abyss
i cant choose so ive slideshowed them all
desert juniper
i love this cot
unreal hinge
HEy there peeps
velvet hawk
👋
unreal hinge
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slow lark
@leaden burrow And I will admit to browsing through wank-gate once in every other blue moon, mostly just to keep an eye on trouble-spot things. and because sometimes when work was frustrating
over stupider reasons
leaden burrow
yeah, me too... at least in part to make sure no one was talking about me
not a great idea for someone with anxiety issues, lmao
slow lark
Ooooo yeah not good
most of the time i skip namedrop alltogether and just check out different games
leaden burrow
decided to install leechblock and just block it recently, it's not like the wank is ever entertaining anymore :P just people nitpicking over tiny things and "omg, a Person We Don't Like still goes here"
the days of treegate are long past...
slow lark
Oh, good old treegate
that was
beautiful
I think my favorite part of treegate was all the muses out of nowhere that crawled out of the woodwork to react
I even saw The Boulder from A:tlA it was
golden
and some of the sidethreads off the d_m post were really funny, too
leaden burrow
I still have a screencap of the one with the two Ruby Rhods lying around
I haven't even seen that movie but that thread was golden
slow lark
YOU HAVE THAT SCREENCAP oh man i may need to get that off you
slow lark
As someone who HAS seen Fifth Element, I am in awe of how on point they are.
they're so good
blissful charm
treegate was an absolute masterpiece
wait thats not chat appropriate image
i think
slow lark
THE TREE
leaden burrow
i keep forgetting about the pg rule
leaden burrow
"Can we own a city? Let's own a city."
slow lark
beautiful
solemn sierra
aaa
slow lark
bring back memories?? xD
leaden burrow
i wish i could share the writeup for those who weren't there, but... pg rule
i'm pretty sure the entire premise of treegate breaks that rule lmao
anyway @slow lark I'd be up for a thread sometime if you are. I don't have a specific idea right now and bakerstreet is kind of a wasteland so I guess we'd need to brainstorm
slow lark
I'd love too! And as a heads-up do feel free to harrass me if it takes me a while to respond there is a solid 80% chance that it just got... lost in my email and I've forgotten.
opaque quail
Yes! I was just in on the Twitch $5 donation train. 💪
serene tulip
I donated a few days ago, but I donated at the end of a block so they were interviewing people when they would otherwise be reading it
😢
opaque quail
The attitude on Twitch is really lovely now, it's so close to ending and they're plotting more trains. 😄
opaque quail
The twitch train has raised like...... 40k in about 15 minutes.
serene tulip
man
I walked out of the room just long enough to miss whatever hell context it was for the guy yelling
Dancing mad is so much my favorite final fantasy song
velvet void
That's how I feel
spare flame
Hello everyone just wanted to share a link to a Kickstarter of mine for a set of enamel pin designs! Since this is an offtopic discussion zone I thought it would be ok to share it here! If anyone has any questions I am happy to answer them! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1677822046/hidden-temple-enamel-pin-collection?ref=user_menu
sharp grail
these are just gorgeous :0
short wyvern
Wow they are beautiful
spare flame
@sharp grail @short wyvern Thank you both for the kind words!
solemn sierra
The weather outside is untenable. 45C with humidity, can't breathe out there
these are cute pins
spare flame
@solemn sierra thank you!
tardy anchor
@trail gazelle moving the convo down here! but yeah im feelin lousy today :(( how bout u?
trail gazelle
@tardy anchor Aw I'm sorry to hear that. I'm feeling kind of 'meh' as well...was planning on marathoning Half-Life since my friend after 3 years finally convinced me to get it [on sale], but it's not really my thing. And my stomach kind of hurts. I WAS planning to do some writing of my story [including a Transistor fanfic I've reignited 😄 ^_^ ], but I did 5 hours of writing yesterday and my fingers still feel like jelly, so much so that typing is kind of hard LOL 😛
tardy anchor
awwwww ;o;
short wyvern
aw i came here to say good nightwings but both of you pls be happy
tardy anchor
gn 💕 !!
trail gazelle
I'm not entirely 100 percent sure how Supergiant themselves feel about fanfiction [technically fan art, I suppose] buuuuuuut if you waaaant [shameless self-promotion since-only-1-person-is-currently-reading-it] here's the liiiiiiiink..... 😛 😌 😋 😋 https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12009006/1/TRANSISTOR-Stars-Beyond-the-Blade
D'AW @short wyvern thanks!! Goodnight and sweet dreams! ^_^
tardy anchor
theres a fanworks chanel in this server, i think they are Fine with it :p
trail gazelle
sweeeeet 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄
short wyvern
love you guys
have a nice day~
tardy anchor
yeah!! just one down from this one, check it out!!
trail gazelle
@tardy anchor oh, sweet! 😄 Didn't even see that! Awesome!!!!! My story's readership is exactly 1 person LOL.
@short wyvern Have a swell, deep, uniterupted sleep, and may you wake feeling utterly refreshed! 😄
serene kettle
Oh right, I’m not sure if everyone’s heard, but Autodesk’s Sketchbook is now free 😊
trail gazelle
What's that? 😃
[looks it up] Oh man. That looks so much fun and I've always wanted to get into digital drawing.....is it easy to learn, though?! I'm pretty awful with that kind of stuff....
pallid acorn
Yo. Thanks so much for bringing that to my attension. I've been looking for a program to do stuff in and this looks like a great one
velvet void
I wish I could draw
chilly briar
you can
even if you draw once a day for a week you'll improve infinitely more than if you don't draw at all
chilly briar
🤔
serene kettle
@trail gazelle I’m not sure if it’s super easy because I haven’t done a lot of digital yet
short wyvern
It's easier if you know how to draw traditionally, but it's learning a new medium which is always challenging
solemn sierra
I will go back to drawing someday.
short wyvern
haha i have like 3 watercolor-specific sketchbooks and a set of basic watercolors and i want to start on it so badly but i never do
chilly briar
my struggle is that I feel like because I've gotten so rusty with it that I'm better off investing in things that will help my career lol
or working
short wyvern
what career are you aiming for?
chilly briar
well, i'm a software engineer atm but I'm fairly limited with what frameworks and languages i'm proficient in
so working on expanding my portfolio atm
short wyvern
ah i see, that is important
i'd say if drawing/water colors is something that makes you happy, you should do it at least once a week as a start
tell yourself that you'll invest X minutes/hours in learning it and then stop after that time and come back to your portfolio
solemn sierra
I have a problem where if I start something, I fixate on it and then give up after a while haha
short wyvern
it's very hard to stay consistent
chilly briar
I feel like it's hard to stay motivated sometimes if there are no immediate results
but you kind of have to push on
short wyvern
i'm exactly the same. i want results and it's making it hard for me to enjoy the proccess
chilly briar
actually habitica has been good for me lately lol
short wyvern
oh, what is that?
velvet hawk
oh I've heard of that. It's an app that gamifies all the things you need to do to motivate you to do it
short wyvern
oh, i think ive tried it before and it didnt suit me
short wyvern
I should do that too. when do you usually do it?
solemn sierra
Usually in the afternoon, I just force myself to
short wyvern
i think waking up earlier and doing it in the morning would be better for me since i got work from 8 to 5
and in the evening i feel like if i meditated i would fall asleep
solemn sierra
Problem is, doing months of this has made me very conscious, keeps my mind from wandering. I don't know if I like that.
short wyvern
When my mind is wondering I could get the best ideas but I could also get the worst anxiety
solemn sierra
My problem is the anxiety, my mind loves playing tricks. However, being overly conscious in my current predicament doesn't seem preferable.
short wyvern
ugh @tropic garden maybe you could help me
how do you say it when something is not the same through all of it?
i'm writing a tutorial and i would like to say that i dyed fabric, but it wasn't like all the same color, i had like patches
would you say it didn't turn out...cohesive? i don't know which word i could use
tropic garden
inconsistent? patchy?
short wyvern
hmm inconsistent is not exactly what im looking for
i want to say "my fabric turned out bad but if you want yours to turn out good you need to do this and that"
velvet hawk
uneven?
short wyvern
why english, why
solemn sierra
😬
chilly briar
@short wyvern it didn't suit me either but I kept it up and made it suit me lol
short wyvern
that's the spirit 😃
chilly briar
the hardest one to get into was gym tbh lol
short wyvern
oh, i havent got to this yet. that's VERY hard for me
chilly briar
I've been going 3 times a week, the increase in appetite has been expensive lol
short wyvern
hmm really? i dont want to eat more 😦
chilly briar
it's case by case, I didn't eat much to begin with so going from like 1.5 meals a day typically to needing 2.5 or 3 proper meals is an expensive gain for me since food is really expensive here
chilly briar
New Zealand
short wyvern
That's really cool 😃 but expensive food isn't cool
chilly briar
Living and food in general here is rather expensive
beautiful country, can't wait to move away again though
short wyvern
Living is expensive here too, but food is manageable
oh, you're a person who moves a lot?
chilly briar
where's there?
short wyvern
israel
chilly briar
oh sweet
yeah I plan to move a lot over the next 5 years and have spent about 9 years living overseas in random places already
8 years of that as a kid because of parents work lol
short wyvern
ah i see
and here i am, never left the country
chilly briar
yeah when I lived overseas last year I took a friend to see the ocean, she was from nebraska and had never seen it before and I was bewildered at how infatuated she became with it lol
short wyvern
that's awesome! i guess people take some things for granted, and it's very strange when we encounter others who never had those things
chilly briar
yeah that's true
I guess here you're never far from the ocean
all the big cities are costal and at most you're never more than a couple hours from the sea even in the middle of the islands lol
short wyvern
hmm well we're a really small country so no matter where you are, you could get to the ocean in 3 hours max
chilly briar
yeeee relatable
tropic garden
im reading the tags
"Spoiled boy Kinako"
tardy anchor
AWW
mortal mica
i miss cats
tardy anchor
me too
rotund loom
im gonna be sitting 5 cats later this week 👀
mortal mica
heaven
elfin ridge
Aww cute 😺😺😺
past agate
interesting how a lot of people are here from the unofficialk SG discord
😋 hi everyone
faint panther
Yeah!
Hi!
short wyvern
hi!
royal pilot
Howdy
serene tulip
Yo
faint panther
Anyone hear about Amy Hennig starting her own studio? The world needs more Supergiants!
faint panther
She did say she's looking into doing that yeah
faint panther
I don't think VR is a fad, I think it's here to stay and it'll grow slowly.
serene tulip
I think VR needs a few improvements before it can get mainstream. Cost, and size/weight being primary ones
I don't think it will ever become the primary means of consuming media
but not necessarily that its a fad
faint panther
it's pretty fun! without the vr set though not as fun, but still, a virtual chatroom of sorts
faint panther
It's definitely a niche as it is, yeah. Cost has already come way down. What will happen is one platform will become the standard, or the most popular, and more content will come. I think it can co-exist beside other entertainment. I don't feel like it has to compete, per se.
solemn sierra
Good for people who want to work in VR, I see little interest in it
faint panther
I haven't made the jump myself either. I have a 2 year old so being blind to my surroundings is not something I can do for extended periods of time haha.
chilly briar
I feel like VR has taken like 20 years to get off the ground, so i'm excited to see it's development really picking up pace over the last 3 years
solemn sierra
I think it's still too expensive.
Vive pro is 800 US dollars. Sure, the regular Vive is 500, but I wouldn't buy an outdated product
chilly briar
Yeah you're paying the price for pushing development of the technology
same thing always happens with new tech
like when SSD's were first releasing, they were expensive af
faint panther
PS VR bundles are going for $200, and a ps4 can be found for less than $300. Most people interested already have a PS4 by now I'd guess too.
serene kettle
I like the idea of VR but it gives me some major motion sickness because the camera turning isn’t smooth.
solemn sierra
PS VR kinda sucks though? Like, from a technical standpoint, I can't really give it any dibs. It's some weird kind of VR where you have to be front looking.
pine hamlet
I give it props for having VR on a home console
faint panther
I played PSVR during Road to Greatness. I didn't have the "screen door effect" people talked about. I didn't get dizzy either, but some people said they did. You have a full 360 degree view, it's legit VR.
trail gazelle
helloooo 😃
solemn sierra
University sure is cruel
Stuck redoing a bunch of courses from 5 years ago I have nary an interest in
pastel phoenix
Happens
solemn sierra
Not exactly fond of being stuck an extra year in limbo
pastel phoenix
I got stuck having to do a lot of classes that had nothing to do with my major because of bureaucratic stuff, policy changes, and bad advice from the department
They wanted to withhold my diploma
😭
solemn sierra
You'd think all the years of work experience and heart ache would be sufficient but
nah
pastel phoenix
NOPE
solemn sierra
Welcome to the machine
pastel phoenix
gotta get all the checkboxes checked
solemn sierra
I've had to deal with a certain university's admissions support that told me 3 different things on 3 different weeks
Functionnaires with no head and no tail.
And no responsibility for what they say.
pastel phoenix
Sounds painfully familiar
solemn sierra
I've heard enough people tell me that I should "go into the trades", because "universities are a joke". It's a very weird sentiment, I come from a family that had to work up from the very bottom, and instruction is seen as something to aspire to, not something that you turn down to go work in the trades.
faint panther
I couldn't balance work and school, I'm from a family that lives on social security from disabilities. Worked at starbucks for 5 years, customer suggested computer networking certs. landed a job 8 months later double my pay.
Not saying that's for everyone of course, there's some luck involved, and I live near a big city, so there was tons of opportunities for me. But I do work with lots of people who went to trade schools and got degrees and are having trouble paying them off.
solemn sierra
They got degrees and then went into trades?
faint panther
meant they had gone to trade school and/or gotten degrees
the weird thing with the technology field is that you really just need the skills, but a lot of companies won't look at you unless you have a degree. The customer that suggested certs to me had a bachelors in Philosophy and was making 6 figures as a system admin.
pastel phoenix
Certain certs will get you past the lack of a degree.
solemn sierra
I'm trying to get away from tech
pastel phoenix
Oh
solemn sierra
😂
solemn sierra
Business, marketing or finances
pastel phoenix
From what I've seen, lots of those places want you to have a degree. Unless becoming a CPA is an option?
solemn sierra
I am getting the degree
Some people told me I'd be a good fit in a medicine related degree, having some second thoughts about that.
pastel phoenix
Same, lol. I wonder if it's because of all the math?
solemn sierra
No, morbid curiosity
Read through too many medical journals about certain diseases
sacred quiver
Have you considered forensic pathologist
solemn sierra
Not really
sacred quiver
As in because you haven't heard of it or because you're nit interested
solemn sierra
Haven't heard of it.
IDK how I feel about dead people though. Living people are fascinating, the dead don't tend to talk much though haha
sacred quiver
The dead talk a lot of you know how to speak their language
faint panther
X-Files theme
sacred quiver
Autopsies are a huge tool in solving crimes
faint panther
I used to work with an x mortician. She was cool and weird.
She's the reason I will be cremated.
serene kettle
I used to want to be a detective but my mom said I wouldn’t be good at it
solemn sierra
Well, some of the living have a talent wherein they speak a lot to say nothing
But for most of these higher end med careers, you need a MD, and simply getting admitted is incredibly harsh
You better have that very high GPA and stay away from any courses with "team projects"
pastel phoenix
"team projects" = time to do the entire project myself and try to coach my teammates into giving their portion of a presentation that WON'T give away the fact that they did nothing and tank all of our grades
solemn sierra
I love those, you do all the work, and then get a mediocre grade (as in, a B is mediocre, an A is "good" in my book), and then if this were real life, the guy who did nothing gets all the credit and the promotion because he spent all his time sucking up to management
Feels like I've worked in a bizarre world version of The Office for the past 4-5 years.
pastel phoenix
At work, I do my job and then make lots of pretty charts that hopefully show my superiors that I did something useful
I'm not sure why "getting the job done" doesn't count enough on it's own
solemn sierra
Humans are complicated
Getting people to like you is more than just getting the tasks done
velvet void
Hooman
velvet void
This only added to my existential crisis
chilly briar
have you tried not being human
vital estuary
I've always wanted to be a toaster.
velvet void
Kinda
vital estuary
Wait so to clarify. We have someone here who is very sad, right? and they need to be not-sad?
Because making being not-sad is a thing i'm good at. I think.
velvet void
Idk
vital estuary
Hmm. I'll find a thing.
chilly briar
sometimes, sometimes, javascript is okay
vital estuary
Whenever I'm sad i listen to Coldplay or Weird Al. So.... https://youtu.be/urglg3WimHA
chilly briar
Coldplay
I'm so sorry
velvet void
I listen to too much sad music
vital estuary
I mean. I'm not sure the my sadness will be on par with what you feel now, but it's worth a shot.
I promise you my music is sadder-er.
vital estuary
And..what's wrong with Coldplay? :P
tardy anchor
mbmbam is like the band aid to sadness.....if youre REALLY falling apart maybe call in the big guns (wonderful! podcast)
chilly briar
I have a lot of sad boy music LOL
vital estuary
I have one band who, when i'm feeling sad and i mean mind-numbingly sad, i listen to Low Roar.
chilly briar
pop punk playlist which is half sad boy music: https://open.spotify.com/user/1237223837/playlist/0zaEdwtUPctrhOn3deMQGb?si=1d439_LrQ0G4gevlWq-aKg
titled appropriately "Pizza/Hometowns"
velvet void
I listen to Joji for that sad stuff
vital estuary
P.S. Here is my Spotify playlist. https://open.spotify.com/user/bilvgv0xhkgh489plk9tspj9u/playlist/50C0Q7pNGPDXKCIhZMZOjd?si=4UWNBErYSgWylG87KjXW8A
velvet void
Then I found a bunch of obscure SoundCloud artists for my other sad stuff
chilly briar
velvet void
Lol I should organize my music but I'm too lazy to
chilly briar
that good sad boy Chinese math rock
pastel phoenix
quietly bookmarks music for exploring later...
chilly briar
can probably recommend a lot of bands for any genre
I listen to music like constantly and cover so many genre's lol
velvet void
Im the same way
vital estuary
But right. Low Roar, Coldplay, and AURORA are a handful of singers/bands who i listen to when i'm upset.
stoic turtle
i love music
chilly briar
do any of you guys/gals play anything?
vital estuary
As do I, and alot of other people here. :P
stoic turtle
nah
chilly briar
I play bass o-o
stoic turtle
i’m musically challenged
vital estuary
I used to play an acoustic guitar, but i never pursued it....
velvet void
https://youtu.be/OSOJJjc7xvc one of my fav artist
stoic turtle
i used to play piano in like 3rd grade and i tried flute in like 5th grade
velvet void
Yeet
chilly briar
sucks he retired
chilly briar
what a good boy
velvet void
Atlas is another good one
velvet void
I prob heard a few songs but never picked up the name
chilly briar
that darker / lofi'ish sort of sound with the good lyrical content
chilly briar
been listening to a lot of japanese hip hop / rap lately while working actually
stoic turtle
NUJABESSSSS
stoic turtle
do you know chelmico?
stoic turtle
first thing i think of when i think japanese hip hop
chilly briar
oh I know some bands that sound like chelmico
will have to go through my japanese albums
velvet void
Y'all listen to snail house
Or In love with a ghost
Prob my fav for chill upbeat music
chilly briar
🤔 should make a music group chat before it spirals out of control LOL
velvet void
Yup lol
velvet void
Listen to that all the time
I go on YouTube journeys a lot and discover a bunch of music that way
vital estuary
I just remembered Radiohead exists. If you want a band that's REAL depressing.
velvet void
Lol
vital estuary
They literally have a song about accepting that you're going to die sad, alone, and have achieved literally nothing in your life.
velvet void
I remember when I was in middle school, listened to creep a lot
A song I could relate to
vital estuary
Yep. Creep is their mega-hit. That's nowhere near as bad as some of their stuff gets.
chilly briar
radiohead are fantastic
velvet void
Yee, listen to karma police and no surprises still
vital estuary
P.S. the song i was describing was Street Spirit. If you want sad songs, go with that, True Love Waits, or Daydreaming.
tardy anchor
marina and the diamonds had those real depression bangers.....teen idle, evol, valley of the dolls
vital estuary
True Love Waits isn't on YouTube*
tropic garden
Just as a note, if you guys are going to be sharing a lot of music, please don't share anything with a lot of explicit content or language!
velvet void
Gotcha
tropic garden
You have your DMs for that :P
vital estuary
Daydreaming specifically dosn't have many vocals...I'm doing a thing right now or i'd give the song a listen.
And..yeah. I don't listen to Explicit stuff anyway. I have, out of my entire YouTube Playlist of 200+ songs, maybe two that have language. And one of those is Mumford and Sons.
velvet void
I listen to some gnarly stuff but I haven't posted anything explicit
tropic garden
That's fine, I'm not getting onto you, just a note going forward!
velvet void
Twenty one pilots earliest stuff were pretty dank
stoic turtle
i like so many different genres of music its ridiculous
if you press shuffle on my phone it’ll go heavy metal to jpop to probably a song from pyre to like... despacito
velvet void
Ruby, Friend please, kitchen sink, Drown
Lol I've still haven't listen to despacito and prob never will
velvet void
That doesn't sound like advice
vital estuary
I never listened to the original, but i absolutely love this cover. My 'advice' is to listen to this one. Since the song is often joked about, and i'd much rather have this version play in my head over the original.
stoic turtle
ok i usually dont like pop music like at all, but despacito is hella catchy
velvet void
I've listen to part of it and didnt like it so I stopped
My first language is Spanish so I didn't feel the lyrics
vital estuary
Oh is it? I tried to learn Spanish as a second language, but...i had alot of difficulty. Never clicked with me. But i've never had a language barrier when it comes to music.
velvet void
English was a nightmare to learn when I was younger but I picked it up quick
I still get tripped up some times
Tho
English sentence structure is weird sometimes
vital estuary
Yeah. I wouldn't have the faintest idea about learning English as someone who learned it first, but i've heard from people who learned it as a second that it's a pretty hard language to understand at times. Since things are often...backwards.
chilly briar
English is a horrific language to learn
vital estuary
Yeah. I could say the same about Spanish :P Things being 'backwards'.
velvet void
I read better than most of my class when I was younger but I could barely speak it
That was fun
stoic turtle
reading is usually easier than speaking, at least in my experience
im trying to learn japanese 
vital estuary
Yep. It's that way with any language, even from me learning Spanish second. One thing to read it, another to write it, and another league entirely to speak it.
sacred quiver
Listening I think is the hardest part of learning a language my experience