#off-topic-discussion
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I miss that keyboard tbh
Anyway the G600 also has some features Ive personally never used
i'm always a bit wary of trying other brands of mice because it can be tough to tell, from a picture, how comfy it's going to be in the hand
But just having 12 more keys is good
Yeah thats fair
Its perfect for mine but my hands are big-ish
Yeah and it differs from person to person. Thankfully, if you order on Amazon, you've got 30 days to return it. shrugs
True but thats usually a hassle tbh
plus, it looks like i can get the fancy version, which has two extra buttons under the scroll wheel
for about as much as i'd be paying for the normal version that doesn't have those buttons
I've never found returning on Amazon to be a hassle personally, but I'm in US so policies might be different.
i don't like the idea of having a whole keypad to hit with my thumb
All I have to do is print a label and go into a shipping store.
Fair Sparrow, they're not for everyone.
It took a LOT of retraining.
Mmh
I just like it because its much easier to use the right skills on the fly
Though I have to admit
the bottommost left and right button
Are pretty hard to hit
I usually dont put anything important on them
I wonder how people handle games where you have more than 15 skills at once without such a mouse
my mum plays wow with arrow keys and her laptop touchpad
that’s why i fear her more than anyone
Mood
a billion hotbars, if the hud screenshots i've seen of ffxiv are any indicator
Tbh someone who plays like that should be feared
she plays healer too like
i don’t know how she has maxed out multiple characters
but i’m scared
Apparently like a boss. 😛
please fire emblem
i did sign up to get my heart broken over hearing kids upset over killing people
stop that 
Jason, my co-worker, gave FE a 4.5/5, said it was full of all the feels.
I loved DRK
FE is doing their best to push anti-war messages
i just unlocked red mage and oooooof this is gonna take some learning
it's so amazingly strong
that’s why the only red mage npc we have is alisaie
But yeah that
blue mage worst class
Blue Mage isn't even a real class, you can't count it 😛
i don't have enough fingers to play this class
just grow another hand sparrow
lol Sparrow: Now you see why I bought a special mouse just for it? 😛
I want to take a nap
i think it's jsut going to be a matter of lining my bars up right
the most daunting part is when you first unlock the class and it's just skills EVERYWHERE that you don't know what they are
THE BYLETH ON THE LOADING SCREEN IS MOTION CONTROLLED-
THEY SURE ARE :D
slapped together a red mage look just because i could and i wanted to look Cute (and the boots make a comeback)
i could probably use a better set of gloves but i just used whatever i had on me
You look ready to buckle some swashes.
yarrrr
TBH, all this talk about FFXIV makes me want to try FFXI for the 900th time, for some reason.
I have just never been able to get far in that game.
Anyone else excited for NMS Beyond?
What would that be
No Man's Sky has a major content patch, and is adding VR, plus additional MP support
I lurvs it.
So I guessed
Personally Im looking forward to the release of the switch lite so I can play Astral Chain, and PSO2 in 2020
I'd be about 1000 more excited for PSO2 if it was 5 years ago. shrugs I'm not knocking anyone who wants to play it now, but I'll probably skip it.
CP2077 is my jam for 2020
I mean the graphics havent aged too well
But the combat is still unbeaten
Well except by Dragon Nest but that game is even older and basically unplayed
As for CP2077, I remain hesitant
Much of it sounds too good to be true
Ill see if it ends up disappointing or not before buying it
Plus Id have to upgrade my PC to play it, because playing a first person game on a console sounds like hell
Must not have played Halo? <.<
pso2?
ah, i remember now
Its an old MMO
7 years later...
kinda hyped for astral chain but only kinda
And no, I havent played Halo
the only things that really grabbed me in e3 were the indies
I love the setting and combat of the game
Outside of Astral Chain and Tales of Arise, yeah
Mostly indie
i just slowly lost more and more excitement for cyberpunk
For me it was Indies and, honestly, Watchdogs Legion has my interest piqued, but I loathe Ubisoft, in general, so we'll see.
Lets be real here
The only reason anyone cared or cares for Watchdogs Legion
Is for punk grandma
duh
well its a cool concept, playing as anyone
Especially if "anyone" means "punk grandma"
lemme check out oninaki for a sec
Was just gonna say xD
just off the top of my head i remember i was excited for el hijo
I'm hyped for that, but FFVIII can blow chunks.
To be entirely honest? I'm actually intrigued about Minecraft Dungeons.
And I know a lot of people hyped for DBZ Kakarot
Oh I missed that one, its charming
Oh and Spirit Farer looked charming
Oh there is one thing Im looking forward to this year besides Astral Chain
ff7r 
BBXTAG 2.0
hell yeah spiritfarer
Because you get to play as a literal tank in a fighting game
Its so ludicrous and stupid
oh, and cris tales, unexplored 2, 12 minutes
I'm vaguely curious about Last Remnant Remastered, because I think that game was a massive underdog.
12 minutes looks awesome. I just made the profile for that on our website the other day.
I think 2020 is going to be a good year for games. 2019 feels kind of mellow, tbh.
Shadowbringers and a few other shiners aside.
Idk I mostly liked 2019
Didn't say I didn't like it, just that it was mellow. 😉
No wait
So I bought a new fancy HYDROFLASKtm water bottle with vacuum insulation.
Crosscode was 2018
and it makes a nice ringing noise when I hit it
except that its out of tune
like, halfway between a D and a D#
and its driving me nuts
Speaking of which buy Crosscode its really really good
It's only out of tune if that's how you divide your tuning
Well screw microtonals D:
Society has trained me since birth that this is the scale
Hydroflask looks expensive
as expected of house leader
i made dimitri untouchable
i fear him
dimitri is a very good cavalier unit
two enemy gambits missed him what have i created
a demigod
you say that and made me realise why i love dimitri
look at thanatos and look at dimitri
....
I was just reading someone talking about being horribly overleveled for normal mode in FE
oh?
Yeah, just a random tweet, but it sounds like you're dealing with similar.
ohh
maybe? i think i’m just using dimitri too much
and his new found invincibility won’t help that
if the pair up option were a thing still he’d be mercedes shield to level her up
i’m gonna give ashe a hug and maybe cry a little now
Another indie game I'm looking forward to: http://www.onrpg.com/games/undermine/
UnderMine is an action-adventure, roguelike-RPG, blending elements of games such as Rogue Legacy, Legend of Zelda, and Dead Cells.
Ohh cute!
The Art reminds me of spelunky Ngl but that’s prob just bc,,, caves lmao
Yeah, they've got a cute little game going. I like the idea of a sort of Roguelike/Zelda hybrid.
Oh, hey, I've got an extra key for Squad from Humble Monthly, if anyone is interested.
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TFW you feel like crud but you don't want to go home because you get mad FOMO when your friends are doing things without you.
I don't think I've ever experienced FOMO, tbh.
That usually means you should ignore the crud feeling and just go out and have a good time because that makes the cruddiness go away
Depends on the type of crud I reckon.
Good point
It's a common part of CBT for depression so if it's that type of cruddy it's a good idea to just power though
If you're sick in bed stay at home and do something nice
I have some pretty mixed feelings about CBT, and have read a lot of mixed things. One thing I don't like is "should" statements though.
I've heard it's at least as effective as taking prescription drugs, and doesn't come with the side effects or ongoing costs, although it's not going to be the right treatment for everyone
Some people are much better after a bit of therapy, some need both therapy and medication, and some respond best to medication
Everyone's physiology and experiences differ, so even if a treatment isn't perfectly effective for everyone it can still be amazing for the people it does work for
Not sure what the problem is with the use of the word "should" though, do you mind elaborating?
Well, that's where you heard wrong. No therapy is "as effective" as medication. It's like saying "Apple juice is as effective as lemon juice" They're two entirely different things, and one should never be used to replace the other, but they can at times be used in tandem.
As far as "Should", it has a certain implication. You "should do better" You "should try harder" you "should make the effort". All of them create a sense of obligation that can result in guilt if you don't do it.
I didn't mean to equate them when i said "as effective" since you're right in saying they're different
But yeah, different types of therapy are more or less effective for different people, but I've actually read medical journals saying that certain aspects of CBT can be harmful.
Just that they are both good ways that can be used to address the same problem
It won't work for some people, as is the case for many treatments
Well, let me put it like this.... If you had a broken arm, you need to do 2 things:
First, you set the break. This is where medication comes in. It helps establish a baseline.
Second, you need a cast. This is where therapy comes in. It helps you not move out of place.
As for the implications of "should" i didn't mean it in that way but i can see the issue
People often don't mean it when they say it, but it can create it when the person hears it. It's an inner voice thing.
Yeah I'll have to pay more attention to that
(I'm in recovery for bipolar and my wife works in a mental health emergency room, and is BPD, so...)
I don't agree with the use of medication as a core part of initial treatment though
I think it's a case by case basis. It's going to depend on the severity of the break.
Yeah definitely
You don't always need to set the bone, like if it's a hairline fracture.
I have much more experience with mental conditions than physical conditions so that detail didn't occur to me
I still don't recommend staying at home if possible, since shutting yourself away is an excellent way to make yourself feel worse
But also don't force yourself if it's too much
I think that still is a pretty gross generalization. What if they're an introvert that has been around people all day and they just need some quiet time to recharge? What if they're completely spoon depleted? What if they're getting sick?
I did say earlier it depends on the type of crud feeling
I trust that oce knows when it's the type of crud feeling that necessitates rest
I think the best thing to do is ask, "What can we do to help?"
I totally agree that what's actually best depends on the situation
(And that's another reason I like avoiding should statements)
The only one I'll universally accept is: You should do what you think is best for you.
I can't agree with that one actually because sometimes people don't actually have the knowledge they need to take the best course of action
not only that, doing what's you think is best is a lot easier said than done
oceloctopus, wanna have a movie streaming night here?
everybody here is invited
the initial statement was just want to have fun because feeling of missing out right?
(rereading the initial comment it seems the situation is that they're out and don't feel well but don't want to leave because fomo, in which case not feeling well is the thing that I suggest be prioritised)
Eh that's fair, and sometimes what people think is best can be self harm, and obviously we don't want to promote that. 😛
brains are weird, and something I wish had a soft reset function
one thing my teachers and professors told me in university about how to tell if somebody is mental ill or just tired or drugged is to let them rest overnight (after doing the physical checks for blood pressure and blood test for common drugs and etc.)
if the depression or hallucination is gone after a good sleep plus good breakfast you can already cross off a few possibilities
True nuff. Though with bipolar like mine, rapid cycling, sometimes it just lets serotonin and dopamine levels reset and get my head on straight.
(the subject/context was about how to tell if a person is drugged or insane when the person can't tell you if they've taken any drug like if they were roofied or something)
What does "goes away after nap" signify
Ah yeah, for sure.
say if a person gets sent in the hospital taking about elves and swimming in the floortiles, and you let them sleep for a night and when they wake up they don't feel that anymore and tell you that their new friend fed them a brownie, you kind of can assume some stuff from there and continue investigation from there
That it's not something like severe schizoaffective disorder or something, at least. 😛 Naps won't generally reset that <.<
or if a person looked very very depressed but then in the morning talks about how their life is too stressful and isn't that depressed anymore, you can assume some kind of burnout
but if you are really down with an illness, nap can improve the mood or possibility of verbalizing it, but won't go away that much, so you investigate in that direction
then again, many types of depression are temporary and heal all by itself, and it's estimated that 48%-75% of depression are temporary (stress, trauma, not enough sunlight, etc.) and require no medication or therapy, and usually if life situation is improved it will heal within a few months
CBT is best when the issue is psychological, med is required when the issue is neurological, it's very different
Yeah, the difference between chronic and episodic mental illness.
there's acute, chronic, episodic
I've found combining some CBT techniques with my medication more effective than relying on either alone, personally.
nods The problem is when it's a chronic condition and people say "Go get some sunlight, you'll feel better" when that's not the issue at all.
@cinder blaze That's very standard.
In fact, the effect is usually multiplicative, not additive.
usually if you have neurological issue you also have psychological issue, not the other way around
Ah, that's interesting.
so if you take med you usually can also take CBT but if you take CBT you don't always need med
or other types of therapy that targets the psyche
Yeah sol, accurate. Again, comparing it to physical things, it's like the difference between bumping your knee on the table, and having arthritis.
that's a good enough analogy
Aspirin is going to help the symptoms of either, but it's not going to stop the pain of arthritis from coming back.
Except from there the analogy breaks down a bit.
but you don't need aspiring for bumping knee on the table, just stop bumping against the table would do
so seasonal depression, burnout depression, grief depression would be like bumping knee against table
you can take the med or not take the med, but usually all that you need is re-arrange your furniture and also take a vacation in a sunny place
Mmmm, I'm not sure about seasonal, I think some people are predisposed.
and in a while you are fine
ok depends on the genetic seasonal depression or the lesser seasonal depression
yeah seasonal affective is more like neurology so that goes to arthritis
nods
but the whole feeling down because no sunlight and no fresh produce and having to break backs shoveling snow is bumping knee
meanwhile, chronic depression, episodic depression, bipolar, or any neurological issues with neurotransmitters or receptors or brain regions, that goes to arthritis
sure you can also choose to not take med but you just make your life unbearable and it's not going to go away by itself, so you need med plus physio and ignoring it would probably just make it worse
Off to make some supper. 😃 Be well all!
That was a fascinating discussion~ Enjoy your dinner!
it really says something about the server that we can have these kinds of talks
it be chill here 
this is the server of the makers that made pyre, it better be this chill and good
Ah yes, pyre, the game where only chill and good things happen
a group that serves an ideal as fiction yet does not serve it in action would be hypocritical indeed
the aim of pyre was an utopia and we must choose to be its stepstones
and yes, I am aware that an utopia is an asymptote
I'm not sure if utopia is the right word. The goal in pyre is to get rid of the terrible government
goal and aim are not exactly the same thing
goal is meant to be a landing point
aim is the direction you point at
Lots of stories are about making the world better
But pyre is about revolution specifically
yet not all authors act as the fiction implies they should
pyre is not just about revolution, but the best possible path is a peaceful revolution backed by overwhelming power of the majority
I don't see greg overthrowing any terrible governments
are you french or what
How'd you guess :P
we have a thing called la révolution tranquille
the quiet revolution
step by step, we changed the way the society was
not perfect, but good enough yet every good enough step moved us closer to what we wanted
this does not work every where, of course, as both the umbrella revolution and the gilet jaune revolution failed
the mass grève at martinique island also failed
Did the gillet jaunt thing fail?
gilet jaune either failed or was not enough of a success
too many were arrested and the result was non-zero but not close enough
Gonna draw pyre characters waving antifa flags
supergiant games may not be overthrowing gouvernments, but it is replacing bad culture with good culture, both by improving their games and by running a good discord server, and there might be other points as well
and this is like volfred's agenda: adding good people to a bad system until it becomes overwhelmingly good
... I mean, there was very much an overthrow in volfred's agenda
the point of volfred's agenda was specifically not for the liberated nightwings to join the established Commonwealth order
it’s nearly 12 i just wanna milk what i have left
also that gif isn’t loading but i’m scared
that's probably for the better then
hello any ffxiv friends who have played shb i need help figuring something out
||why are thancreds eyes normal again||
i haven’t played shb but i Know Certain Things so can i put my theory forth anyways
also guess what i bought today
£51.99 but considering that my previous deathadder lasted 6 years of being used almost every single day for hours of gaming i think it’s worth the investment
hell yeah
anyway my theory is that ||his eyes are normal because it’s only his soul being projected to the first, his actual body is still on the source and that’s why his eyes are the way they used to be||
||i can’t explain why y’shtola is presumably still blind on the first but maybe it’s a matter of how you picture yourself||
||that makes a lot of sense actually, i’m sure they won’t have a real lore reason tho :c||
||i don’t know how much u know abt characters in shb but i’m getting upset bc i don’t wanna leave someone in the first
||
oh sparrow that’s a great mouse!! very nice
i used a deathadder before and it would only have been a couple of pounds cheaper for the “essentials” version so i went for the elite
it’s installing/updating rn and the colours are so pretty 🌈
It’s worth it, believe it has custom weighting
the texture of the mouse is a little rougher on my hand than i’m used to but that is probably because i’d worm the old one smooth lmao
is it sad/nerdy of me that i’m excited to figure out how to work the two extra buttons on top into my xiv keybinds
you want a rougher mouse on the sides most of the time anyways
Yeah! Those are handy
i don't really need to mess with the sensitivity too much
I don’t 100% recall because it was like 3 mice ago but it might have a dpi button you want to avoid/change asap
OH yeah, that
i use alt and shift as the side buttons because i have babie hands and can't hit them comfortably while keeping my fingers on the numbers
oh nice sparrow enjoy your new mouse!!
sorry it's a mouse and not a rat 
some crimes can never be forgiven
petition to rename mice rats
oh my god the scroll click actually works again ;A;
on my old mouse that died like a year ago and it has been killing me slowly ever since
scroll click good for scrolling through wikis too
man i really need a new kbm, my old keyboard died and this secondhand one i got for free has barely functioning keys, especially the spacebar, and my mouse scrollwheel jumps back and forth... as a Gamer™ it makes everything harder fghjfjk
my scroll click works luckily but not the scroll itself, it zips back and forth
you can get really good mice for super cheap if you keep an eye out
They go on sale fairly often
do you have any recommendations? for both keyboards and mice
the only thing im looking for in a keyboard is volume buttons and preferably on the quiet side
I’m a big fan of my logitech g502 rn, it’s fairly pricy but often drops to around 30 and it is the MOST comfortable
Mouse I should say
I guess it depends if u like mechanical or not tho
(For keyboards)
logitech g403 is pretty good for a mouse, fairly cheap but has less buttons than the 502
i can't make recommendations because these were.... Pricey
yeaaaaah haha. I’ve had mine for two years tho
yeah the price varience is huge
Served me well
i can buy it for 259 in one store and 690 in another
if you’ve never used a mechanical though I suggest trying one out first because they can be a sort of acquired taste to get into
.....huh. my keyboard's not on the razer site any more
............don't break any time soon lil guy.
my keyboard's a razer deathstalker so it's got the little chiclet keycaps and honestly i don't think i'd be able to comfortably use a proper mechanical keyboard at this point
yeah I can get that. Surprised the deathstalker isn’t on the site anymore
my brother has one and ive used his before, im fine with both a regular and a mechanical one
honestly anything is better than the one i have one
its real bad
byleth just killed a man
it be like that sometimes
he could probably snap me in half
yeaah
revenants toll is not only the best area in eorzea
but also full of things to do
apparently Dimitri's high Charisma stats makes him good for the dancer class unlock?
oh, really? Makes sense I guess
o w o
what if you wanted to make supports with dimitri higher but god said “this unit cannot take part in this battle”
you fight god
someone who doesn't play ffxiv explain this image
I love that questline so hard.
listen after the emotional trauma thancred put me throughat the end of the main ARR questline
i need this
You really do xD
I have never played that game and I wonder it’s because of same shoes
now I have to play the game huh
You really do.
hildebrand 😍😍😍
Did ya'll know that FFXIV has more concurrent subs than WoW has ever had at one time?
That was actually before ShB even.
huh. i figured it was more popular now but i didn't realise it was a historic thing
maybe crystal data center can finally get their raid community back 
Holy crap, according to one article, WoW is currently at less than 1m subs.
i mean, i personally switched from wow to ffxiv, and i think a LOT of other people have done the same
I don't think we have the FFXIV sub stats?
Well, WoW keeps going in directions that players hate, and FFXIV keeps improving.
Also the only thing I heard is that FFXIV surpassed current wow, but not all-time
Which is usually how it goes with the original
Actually, looking around, I might be misremembering, and it might be "total players" that FFXIV surpassed in.
And yeah a lot of wow folks swapped to FFXIV. It's the closest of the big games
And many of those who stick to wow really only do so because their friends play it
Yeah, I can't really imagine any other reason. When people move, it's usually like entire guilds at once.
i've mostly stuck to wow this long out of sheer stubbornness
my mum plays wow bc she’s been playing it for as long as i’ve been alive and i think is too emotionally attached to cancel her sub
and then i realised the game wasn't fun to play any more and oops suddenly i'm
i've been playing wow for ten years so that's almost half my life
sparrow playing scholar may suck but the scholar quest line is g o o d
i'm trying my best to level scholar ;n;
Yeah those are also common reasons
... wait I've been playing league for 10 years now
What the hell
Yeah Syd, I could see that. It would be hard to walk away from something that intrinsically connected to who you are as a person.
League doesn't feel like a 10 year old game
Those who played league or wow for 10 years can probably use it in their cv
If only I was good enough at league
"Managed teams of 30 unruly asshats"
“10 year experience of teamwork in stressful yet dynamic environment”
Highest I ever got was like top 1%
I suppose you could call it experience in international communication
But I need the right tools
Specifically the ? Ping
Seriously you can communicate anything with the ? Ping
Metalingual communication?
That's a good way of putting it
Oh and I can recognize curse words in all European language
League doesn't have a jump
We're limited
you haven't lived until you have had a conversation through jumping.
True
xD So true
I really need to live then
Jumping and spinning around in place.
heck my bird tried to jump and hop at me back then but I never jumped back
jumping and /wave
Or waving your gun in FPS games
Ok ff14 and jumping, wait for me
crouching, when that's available!
also a very good choice!
though do it too much and it. becomes rude,,
don’t Granada espada or so@ethi g had the orz pose too
It's less about the quantity and more about the speed
...speed?
Of the crouch
If you rapid crouch spam it's disrespect
If you crouch and uncrouch over long periods of time you're a slav in-character
jump, crouch, wave... is there another that I need to know before I start?
i mean, if it's ffxiv specifically, you can just talk to people. there's chat. the other stuff is just for games where there isn't a chat feature or, in wow, there's a faction barrier
Or just if chat is too much work
also i have a Plan to rework my hotbars to accomodate my tiny, tiny hands
bc i feel bad for not being able to comfortably reach past, say, 6
Right the filter for speech of other factions
Hence Kek instead of lol
Use a game pad maybe
Oof, for FFXIV? No.
I mean technically you're able to play FFXIV on a ps4
I’m so confused but I guess ps4 would bypass my bad pc issue
I'm not certain I would recommend it
Certainly not if you don't have PS4 online anyway
if you start playing on ps4 you’d certainly be adapted to it
i have far too many skills to understand how someone would play on ps4
also i fixed my issue with walking backwards in ffxiv
i cant do it anymore bc i switched to legacy type camera
late to the jumping conversation but I have a fun story about jumping in mmos
in LoTRO, there's an annual Month of the Chicken where players can turn into a chicken to complete certain quests, which involve travelling around to talk to animals
at the very end of the questline, you are given an 8 hour long quest that requires you to travel across all of Middle-Earth
chickens can't communicate with regular players, so jumping is necessary in order to convey danger
last year, the chickens decided to make the voyage to Mordor, which is normally incredibly dangerous because players take massive amounts of damage every second unless they have destroyed the Black Gate
turns out, chickens are immune to this damage
so the chickens were just jumping around, trying to get the regular player escorts to come help them. they had forgotten about the damage, and the humans died
the end
i (m50s) was walked in on by my in-laws (f16, f25, f32) and their familiar while performing a necromancy ritual under the full moon. messed up a couple words and now not only is my corpse helper all backwards, but i'm super embarrassed.
Someone fed the upside down guy beans, and white hair guy just heard upside down guy say his name, with his butt.
Looks more like he's saying "It wasn't me". xD Great scene.
I thought he was doing jazz hands
why is felix so mean
sir please go to therapy
SYLVAIN.
“i don’t understand why she’s so upset about me dating other girls. she didn’t care before she found out so why does she care now”

Ah, Sylvain of the "I will totes join this random stranger's class because random stranger's hot".
i don’t know why i want to give him a hug and hit him at the same time
XD That's valid.
dimitri keeps talking about feeling guilty abt killing people and
i’m not getting a good feeling from this
I'm picturing him about to burst into song Monty Python style.
@copper lark Dan and Arin's laughter is super cute at 1.5x speed
i wanna know how you found this out but also
I watch some videos at 1.5x speed when the folks making them talk really slow or I'm in a rush
I forgot to turn it back
Because YouTube remembers
@serene tulip i'm curious, how were you getting the mgp for the arch demon horns you got in ffxiv?
Minicactpot with this, https://super-aardvark.github.io/yuryu/
And the challenge log
did you try the fashion report at all
Nope
Yeah
i just did it and now i'm sitting here telling myself i don't really need a second pair of thigh high boots.
but what if i got them anyway,,
Lol
oops i got them
Y’all I got Mercedes on my team 🙌
i got 30k mgp in a day from mini cactpot
!!!
how do i make mercedes more useful
bc i hear she’s an awesome unit but right now she’s kinda useless to me
she’s a really good white mage or gremory
Better to make her a healer tho because she also heals herself
Imo
she’s my lowest level rn 😔 i’m sorry mercie
Yeah I think mages in 3H have a usefulness curve. Use her in battle, train her up, in lectures give her faith and reason training.
i love u sylvain but u suck 
he doesn’t stand out enough to me and also he’s a garbage man
garbage trash boy
stinky. stinky garbage trash boy.
Wait no give him a chance. 
i really want to
I have him on my team caitlin but only because he’s slightly better than lorenz lmaoooooo
I'm working on making him a holy knight right now. Definite tip here: always remember any class can use any weapon, but not every class lets you use magic, even if you know magic.
Oh, that’s right. Didn’t consider giving him magic cuz I just lanced him up
Really puts a pause on training up magic skills when you go to cavalier/paladin to train for horse skill. 
ALSO SYD I PUT HILDA IN HEAVY ARMOR AND SHES VERY GOOD
i think. i might give him an axe
I KNOW SHES SUCH A GOOD UNIT BUT I DONT HAVE HER HNNNG
I specifically worked to unlock every character's hidden skill thing. Aaaaa Hilda.... next playthrough. 
i’m too attached to the blue lions i don’t think i could play as a different house
That's always the danger with me too in path-locked games.
golden deer 4 lyfe
I will hoooopefully be able to convince myself to do Golden Deer and Black Eagles buuuuuut...
black eagles is the route for people who are mean. >:C
i don’t think i could ever do black eagles
Wish I could get Hubert to be fair
i mean, it's the only route where ||claude can die|| so it's automatically the Worst™
O what game is this?
WHAT SPARROW
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
NOOOOOO
Ohh nice
bernadetta and dorothea are the only people in black eagles i like ,,
maybe ferdinand? is he in black eagles i really don’t know
Yeah, rival to edelgard I think?
“rival”
GOOD to know Sparrow thank you.
black eagles spoiler: ||you have to take down the leicester alliance in the black eagles route, and when it comes to defeating claude you can either spare him or kill him and it is HEARTBREAKING to hear him realise he guessed wrong about what you'd do, and his last words are telling edelgard he hopes she can "make the world better"||
I also heard that BE is the route most similar to Conquest in doing bad things for an ultimately good reason, but weeee'll see.
hey now....
hey now sparrow i don’t remember saying you could break my heart like this
Just out of curiosity how did y’all ||beat the death knight cu that fight sucked||
black eagles does have a route split partway in where you can ||side with edelgard or side with the church||, but it is still pain
I beat him like 3/4 times, he's almost always optional. With no map movement, I'd just pile up my best units around him and then have them dive in.
I’ve never played a fire emblem game in my life but I like marianne. is that her name? The girl with the blue hair that needs some good sleep?
That's her!
hey we have dimitri fans here yes?
Y e s
who would like a very dimitri song
see he was the next character I was going to mention


Song: King Artist: Lauren Aquilina I do not own the song, lyrics, picture or font! Inquiries and collaborations: equilanora.youtube@outlook.com
me
Marianne’s supports seemed bad at first but they get so good....
AHHH THAT SONG
for extra points: it's byleth singing
that song HURTS me
Is 3 houses the best one to start with?
You can reclaim your crown You're in control Rid of the monsters inside your head Put all your faults to bed You can be King again
GESTURES AT DIMITRI'S EVERYTHING
Or is there another one I should pick up first
it's not a sequel to anything, if that's what you're wondering
awakening is a good starter imo
Start with whichever piques your interest most! Though Awakening's system is simpler overall.
fe: awakening is the final fantasy 15 of fire emblem
Ok yeha I’m an Idiot Head so awakening sounds good if it’s simpler lmao ty
awakening is a pretty good starting point imo
awakening is definitely the least intimidating
hi babs
👋
also guys i died in ffxiv for the sake of that song rec i hope you're happy
F
I was thinking about you this entire conversation djdbjffn I know you like fe so I wondered when you’d show up
But it’s also a 7 year old game and like full price still tbf
NOO...
Sparrow your sacrifice is appreciated.
lmf my fe senses tingled

Oh yeah I just saw it was 30 bucks I’m Cryin lmao
I need nitro for Gilman f
wow it’s 30 bucks?
Could be!
Yeahh
fsr I thought it would be 60
It’s Pricey
That’s.... good at least.... lies down on floor
Shgsgs oh no id never buy anything at 60 full offense
Awakening was the FE game that helped it hit WAY bigger in the US so I'm not too surprised it's held strong.
also i think awakening is good bc it has a pretty decent story and tbh most fe stories are pretty bland
Havagsga YEHA U RIGHT @sharp grail
i’ll never forget u stahl
I’ve bought like one game at 60 ever
Oo what game I would never lmao
I waited a month to buy shovel knight my favorite game for like 2 bucks cheaper so
I'm a full price gremlin. If a game come out... I need gaem.
Damb im just broke lmao I couldn’t
can u imagine preordering fallout 76 for £60 then it comes out and two weeks later it’s £10
I waited for Pyre to go on sale even tho everyone told me I’d love it it’s that bad
I WOULD DIE
that was almost me
Pre-orders can perish.
I’m the opposite, I barely buy at full price
Fax!
but i played the beta and knew better
Preordered no man’s sky at 60 😔
F
F
F
Pressing f to pay respects is the funniest and most universal goof ever I love it
it’s good now I guess but def an F
bought mass effect andromeda at release and it runs like a slideshow so i haven't played it
Maybe not most universal but u get it
I preordered overwatch and pyre
Reasonable choices
i stan mass effect andromeda actually
and that’s like, it, I’m pretty sure
We are all Bought Hype Game to be Disappointed
Fax
Regrettably, ven,
and no man's sky is apparently pretty good now
i mean, i'm not saying it's a bad game
At launch it wasn’t tho lmao
yeah but it’s also like $15 regularly
i mean for sure
I could never pre order unless I Knew I’d Love It For Fact and even then
i'm saying i'm mad that i spent a buttload of money, at a time when i didn't have a lot of money, for a game it then turned out i couldn't run without spending another few hundred pounds on pc upgrades
Oof
I don't think Andromeda was anywhere near bad enough for the reception it got, but it's definitely another dev-trial-by-fire situation.
yeah that sucks sparrow
Hey what’s the f10 emoji btw I’ve never understood
i preordered kh3 and while i’m happy that i did it it was not worth £70 for the deluxe edition
F10 is the bug report button for hades
gotta love that hype culture and publisher pressure on devs to deliver an impossible amount of content in a ridiculous timeframe
Same caitlin, the animation wasn’t great and open world felt forced but honestly it wasn’t bad
OH LMAO ok
All for the permanent price point of $60 that people don't want to pay, some because of cost and some because of principle.
Thank u
a lot of the issues me:a had were the same as dragon age inquisition had
I am reported as bug as it should be
All for the permanent price point of $60 that people don't want to pay, some because of cost and some because of principle.
Thank u
hey did y'all read the article that covered the complete and utter trash fire that was anthem
hahaha
lmaoooo
yeah
Oo send a link
I adore Trash Fires which is why I’m such a big fan of myself B)
Hee Hee
I talked to a guy at Gencon about the industry pay issues and talked about "and they can't raise price for the work" and he was like "oh I'd NEVER pay more than $60 ever they can't make me"
man, is anthem like, out?
I watched the polygon video about the necessary steps anthem had to take
Lmao.... yes. Many months ago.
Oh I love polygon
anthem Been Out
i think most people looked at it and went "but i'd rather play destiny" and then went and Did That
.....oh..
Also hfmdbgs am I contributing to bad vg worker pay by buying things on sale heck
It sucked because I thought I’d move to it from destiny but nah
yeah i saw the reveal and was like "looks boring" and didn't think about it again
Don't take what I said as pointed! The game price thing is just ONE way to approach industry issues.
The e3 trailer was hype but that’s industry
Hm ok
People just heard it had no romance and went “that’s a hard no”
Bc im all abt better wages but also I earn 7.50 an hour so Hooh
The more in-depth way is tackling overtime issues and wrangling the infinite scope/requirements of publishers versus the actual capabilities of dev teams.
A BioWare game with no smooching?????
Valid!
You can't pay your devs all their overtime? You can't have a game that's big enough to require it then.
crunch is a problem I’m glad sgg is handling
I pre-ordered starcraft ghost.
god same
presses F on the world's BIGGEST keyboard
Dang, that’s a pull oce
especially since a lot of the extra content is usually flat time-wasters anyways
I seriously do not understand the need for every game to be like a bajillion hours
yeah
it's a play-hours-per-dollar value impression
I enjoy my little bite sized games the most
by selling a 200 hour game for $60 you give the impression of better value
I don’t want to grind for 80 hours and call that the game
DIMITRI IS SCARING ME
Yeah I get that I guess but I wish it wasn’t that way yknow
it’s too early to go feral dimitri stop 
dimitri was born a little feral
Well he wasn't maybe born feral but... it evolved pretty early.... 😬
HEY fun side note, if you get to Professor level A and cultivate the greenhouse plants, the last thing you can use is "spread pegasus blessings" lmao.
At some point I started thinking about game cost vs entertainment hours in comparison with movie cost vs entertainment hours?
In California you basically pay at least $12 on a movie that's maybe two hours.
But the thing is they need to be hours where you’re having fun
Right ^
that's exactly it
If we went by the same experiential scale for games, you'd only need to achieve 10 hours of Fun for a $60 game
I’d rather a game be short and good than long and bad
also @copper lark i think i'm about to meet The Boy aka g'raha tia
I just bought the entire zero escape trilogy for cheaper than a movie ticket price on steam. That’s kinda nuts
If you pay like $6 for a movie that changes, but not by a ton, being 20 instead of 10 hours.
Edith Finch is one of those games where I felt I enjoyed the entire thing even though it was relatively short
If it was 10 hours of Schlock I’d be miserable but like, for good content? Nice
it’s about content quality too
Oh is Edith finch the one w,, the fish thing
It Sure Is
I feel like I’d enjoy it but I accidentally watched it all on lets plays lmao
gris is a short game but I loved every second
I feel like part of the experiential thing is that it's at a theater and its "earlier" than online streaming
i would also like to hit him gently.
It all fit together so beautifully
It's a much better comparison to look at the rental rates for movies on Google play and whatnot.
what I’m saying is you also have to consider whether ur watching emoji movie or into the spider verse lmao
LISTEN when u meet him you’ll see what i mean sparrow
....i realise this makes it sound like i want to headbutt him
he’s very. excitable?
I generally have to assume I’ll like a movie to see it in theaters otherwise I’ll pirate r bc im bad lmao
listen it's okay he just needs a while to chill out
maybe a couple hundred years
it's fine
g’raha is the polar opposite to ||the exarch||
Unless it’s a small film but triple a films I feel less bad about
JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS
IT'S NBD
I’m all for people getting paid but I’m Not Paid Well So
Honestly anthem looked intriguing
I've always had the issue with looter shooters were enemy design is rather lacking, especially in the case of warframe
And anthem was promising in that regard
Can't say I'm surprised about it's development though
Personally I think destiny’s enemy design is good but there’s not too much variety
Yeah Destiny is better, but the lack of variety is killer
It's like, good gameplay only does so much if you can't fully utilize it
yeah that’s fair
I guess making good enemies is just too much effort/cost to make many different ones
Especially when you know your players are probably gonna spend 60 hours killing them anyways
hey i have a question: does a cocoa almond cookie sound appealing?
maybe im just Hongry but. very much
sometimes you just have to show npcs how much you love him,
this is a g'raha tia love zone
There's a pigeon that likes to hang out near where I like to drink coffee
And it has a lame leg
And I feel like I should name it something since it's so distinctive.
And it's very brave
I'm thinking Haephestus.
Ahhh, vulcan
This is not the greatest siege in the world, this is just a trebuchet *sing*
@serene tulip My cat's name is Purrseus. 😛 Haephestus is great for a lame pigeon tho.
Just FYI it's Hephaestus
Nobody likes the grammar/spelling police. If it's not an academic paper, keep your edits to yourself.
I mean, if you're gonna use it as a name Id argue spelling is kinda important
It's fine, we all have them.
Also, apparently that name is not pronounced the way I thought it was
Sorry for being so abrupt about it.
if we could perhaps not call people nazis that would be fantastic
Fair.
i can't believe that's a sentence i had to type today but there we go.
So the Greek pronunciation would be heephaistos
Always thought it was just hephaistos
No, you're right, especially in the current climate, Sparrow. Sorry.
Wack
👌
But when you've used that term for 30 years it just slips out. Doesn't excuse it, though.
anyways. the idea of the first e in hephaestus being a long e is.............. bad i don't like it
Also on that, what's the etymological origin of ae being pronounced just e?
Yeah I agree, but that's what the wiki told me
Because in German it's obvious, ae is the ä Umlaut so words written as eventually just became ä
But why did something similar happen in English?
Like Caesar
Why did it end up being pronounced the way it is instead of Kaiser/caiser?
Because peasants, probably.
I guess but even if you didn't know the origin, wouldn't you naturally pronounce ae as ai?
I mean, some accents pronounce things so dramatically off that it totally corrupts what it should be.
Yeah, but this seems language-wide
It must have happened a long time ago and spread across everything
I might have to look into this, it's fascinating
after a bit of googling, it looks like the sound shifts happened in vulgar latin
first the ae became e, at which point the natural tendency of c before i and e to be pronounced as "s" kicked in
So... peasants. xD
Well vulgar Latin was spoken by pretty much anyone iirc
different languages have different morphological shifts, yeah
Cool
most romance languages headed for "s" but italian and romanian went for "tch"
And the only places the written form survived was in titles of regents
Like Kaiser
Also that reminds me of the debate about how Cicero was pronounced
english borrows from the romance "s" (see "cichlid" for example) so the natural inclination is to say sihsuhro
Yeah, and Italians say tchitchero afaik
But as for how it was pronounced in Latin, it's apparently not clear
Might've been Keekero, might've been the Italian tchitchero
Isn't language fascinating and/or incomprehensible
love ur Hilda icon
Just make it new Chandra's +1
Frog?
yes
I don't get it
thats ok
Hi I love very specific flags that’s iconic
Hsgsgsva Nice & Powerful
back again with Final Fashion Fantasy 14 who wants to see my red mage outfit
tough i'm showing it off anyway
: )
||WHAT ???? NO HEART BEAT??? WHAT ????? WHAT ????||
: )
||YO if i see monica again i WILL beat her up||
:D
this is not okay.
who wrote this game i have words
||my mother was HER WHAT||
THIS IS A BRUH MOMENT
That's a really nice red mage suit
i had to get the gloves crafted through the equivalent of facebook stalking someone
i'm so fancy now.
Ooooo I love it
Who's ready for some Smash nerdery?
lets go hbox
hes gotta smash leffen
Big Leff.
It's not rivals of aether so I don't care.
The only smash player i know is ex osu player chippy
I was looking at Discord and I missed Leffen taking the first stock in about 7 seconds.
I actually played in a rivals of aether tournament and got knocked out in the second round
Played Fullstream
Third round, I actual won one.
Opinion: should I try Sailor Moon or Adventure Time tonight
Vote now on ur phones
The chunkiest Leffen.
Sailor moon, but only because I'm a weeb and haven't seen adventure time
It’s a tiiiieeeee
I’ll watch a B99 while I make my decision...
Adventure Time won’t have any ads tho so I can cover like 5 eps in an hour
Adventure Time is good fun. But also B99 is amazing so definitely do that.
I gotta say, I like B99 much more than Adventure Time.
I've never seen an episode of Sailor Moon, though.
I only have 1 episode left of B99 haha
FLCL seasons 2 and 3.
The votes are in, it turns out there was another episode of B99. Adventure Time will come next
For the record, the show evolves over its lifespan
As any good show does hehe
i am so mad
||i got to chapter 10 and defeated the lady but i lost everyone except dimitri and i was so excited and theresa PHASE 2?????||
dorothea best girl
where is general chat if it exists 😃
this one probably
u right
:3
Oh nooo rip
@copper lark have you done dedue's paralogue
Inquiring minds need to know
i haven’t. don’t any of them please don’t hurt me
D:
i hate doing side battles T_T i’m sorry
Oh please do dedue's
i’ll probably watch them all on youtube
There's ... somethin happens if you don't
AM I SCREWED
NOOO
It's just huge :(
NO I LOVE HIM THO
YEAH HES SO GOOD T_T
F ...
Do u have like ... a save you could load without redoing a huge chunk of the game
Hhhhhhhhhh im sorry D:
oh please god why have i done this to myself
How many hours is chapter 7-timeskip ...
have you already hit it or do you still have time to squeeze it in?
no wait you just said you hit it
nevermind i'm a fool
yeah ..
... hhhh
i’m so mad i didn’t know they were important
neither did i until like
last night
when i was reading the wiki and someone had added that detail to dedue's page
and i immediately went (screaming reaction image)
wait i'm gonna google this more
as far as i know that's the only one that has major plot consequences but that seems ... weird
dimitri.... why does he keep talking about rats
no yeah it does seem like ||if you didn't do the paralogue he died :(||
