YES
#HSR Trash Can
pulsar junco
I got Gepard at pity 1
and Luocha on 80 
E1 Yukong
a Tingyun, Pela and 4 Qinques
she is E6 now
pulsar junco
Tickets from leveling luocha got me grandpa
congrats I am jealous
nimble condor
now i have to build both but at least for artifacts i can just camp on the img artifact one
narrow fulcrum
nimble condor
He may not be VA but he's probably connected to him somehow
pulsar junco
whats in the coffin tho
narrow fulcrum
What the 
Yanqing companion quest spoiler
vivid moon
To repeat what Arya said earlier, yes the rules for spoilering in lore corner apply to the threads
clear parrot
Saw the carlbot notif and freaked out a little
vivid moon
Sorry LMAO
vivid moon
yeah lol
narrow fulcrum
|| Jingliu's || ingame model if anyone wants it
analog pollen
luocha quest spoiler
more confirmation for what we talked about a while back
interesting comment about ||expies||
analog pollen
luochas express dialouge kinda confirms hes not void archives
vivid moon
vivid moon
god yukong is so NICE
vivid moon
THIS IS SO CUTE
this dialogue was so cute
LMAO
let it sigh at me, i just got myself a rich man's watch
god gepard is just so pretty 
rocky mica
Beautiful
vivid moon
yesssss
vivid moon
AYO I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE'D GET A CUTSCENE WITH BLADE AS THE FIRST THING AFTER THE JARILO VI QUEST
THAT AND DAN HENG??
POOR LAD
actually hearing him stutter 😭
nimble condor
vivid moon
the rules are 1-2 weeks 
WHAT DID DAN HENG DO TO GET BANNED FROM AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION???
W H A T
nimble condor
He ||rick rolled god ||
analog pollen
actually
go read his character data bank stories
they hint at this past
quite a bit
also read the battle pass hunt lc description
analog pollen
indeed
free pom pom when
try to pay extra attention to all the lore in this planet, it's some of the most interesting world building ive seen from hoyo
talk to npcs too
wraith token
hmmm, hope i can snag blade @ v1.2
daring raft
WHAT DID DAN HENG DO TO GET BANNED FROM AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION???
he created the Grimace Shake in Luofo
rocky mica
he created the Grimace Shake in Luofo
I’d say they went easy on him for such a heinous crime
wraith token
vivid moon
when pela is drunk on sleeplessness
vivid moon
ayo wtf they brought a HEALER??
IT CAN HEAL WHEN SHIELD IS BROKEN?
FUCK I SHOULD'VE JUST CHOSEN THE OTHER OPTION DURING THIS OCCURRENCE
AT LEAST THEN I'D ONLY LOSE 50% HP ONCE
gonna cry
i shouldve brought a healer
natasha i'm sorry..
maiden escarp
That ones is like the worse
vivid moon
GOD I AM SO GLAD I GRABBED ONE DESTRUCTION ALIGNED CARD THINGY, IT REVIVES ONE CHARACTER PER FIGHT
but my poor jingyuan is gonna fucking die thanks to this curio
WAIT
WAIT NO IT SWAPPED TO STELLE
I FORGOT ABOUT HER BUFFS LMAO
her attack is like 3x now because of the cards and her regular artifact & lightcone buffs 😭
girl is rocking 2400 attack now
and it keeps climbing every time she gets hit, loses hp, or hits enemies LOL
and on top of that, she's healing every time she hits this enemy because he's weak to physical
THE STAR RAIL GOD HAS HEARD MY PRAYERS
the funniest part is that my yukong is somehow still alive and thriving off of 15 hp
which gives her a massive attack buff LMAO
because of this beautiful, gorgeous, amazing card
79% of her attack added on 
time to beat up good ol geppy again
GOD I LOVE YUKONG
her burst took out nearly half of his shield and her normal attack takes out almost another quarter of it
he can shield in boss form too???
i'll just shield right back then 
did it
who the hell needs a healer anyway
you can suck it luocha
i don't need you
vivid moon
for the most part
except for those damn negative curios
i unlocked world 5 but i'm not touching that shit until i can level everyone again because none of them are above 50
analog pollen
ok for world 5
big tip
pick abundance
hard roll for abundance blessings to get the path resonances
you want the one that makes yaoshi a team member, and the one that makes her healing also cleanse
it just shut downs kafka's gimmick entirely
vivid moon
do i require a healer on the team to be able to use the abundance blessings
or are they like an entirely separate thing
like
"heal for 5% of damage done to enemies" or something?
vivid moon
ohh okay
also what is a "master stroke"
jing yuan says it for his turn phrase but i have no idea what he's on about 
analog pollen
I
can you say the full line
you can check it in his voicelines
maybe you misheard
vivid moon
i did not mishear
vivid moon
what 😭
analog pollen
dirty joke
I dont think theres anything lore related to this
can't really think of anything
vivid moon
ah okay
i use his ultimate a ton so i always hear him say it but never understood what the fuck he was saying if you know what i mean
open lotus
“show no mercy”
lament bramble
Unrelated, but my favorite SFM animator on Youtube made an entry for the Star Rail creator contest, and I love it 
clear parrot
Debuff? What's that?
nimble condor
https://youtu.be/91umEYD9eAE
so seele is Ruby with the scythe gun
nimble condor
why am i being evicted from my own basement
clear parrot
Ghost hat privileges
nimble condor
my ghost hat is invisible
Anyway ye
VA is the Genderless Otto
Luocha is the Genderall Otto
Otto is the ILoveKalen Otto
clear parrot
Genderall is a good word I'm keeping it
nimble condor
kek
nimble condor
i still do not understand that convo
clear parrot
I need that roses sticker
clear parrot
Is it just me or is luocha very good at healing
Like very goddamn good at keeping everyone at full health
That being said my previous healer was Natasha but damn
The upgrade is incredible
nimble condor
luocha's good cuase he's an agressive healer
his skill heal is probably around the same as natasha
but he gives free healing to everyone when they attack
imagine the team i showed you
clear parrot
Yeah but it's more consistent with the auto activation on anyone and the field
And less taxing on skill points
nimble condor
where seele attacks like 20 times before the enemy moves
clear parrot
😭
nimble condor
plus him being img means that if he breaks he will entangle or whatever the enemies
clear parrot
Debuff? What's that?
Ran this team recently and had a blast
nimble condor
which delays their action
so enemies attack less
you attack more
you heal more
clear parrot
Not optimal to have bronya and welt together I've heard but whatever
I don't like separating bronya and seele
nimble condor
ye both mine and your team are very skill point hungry
but i usually only use bronya's skill when i know i can get seele to do a long chain to maximize her buff
otherwise i only normal attack for skill points
clear parrot
Having luocha instead of Natasha makes my skill points feel much better
clear parrot
but i usually only use bronya's skill when i know i can get seele to do a long c...
Same
What does silverwolf do btw
nimble condor
Skill has a high change to implant a weakness in the enemy
aka
make this
into this
the choice is random depending on your team
nimble condor
so if you have like me
2 quantum 1 wind 1 img
you have 33% change of each
but because the enemy already is weak to quantum
it's 50% wind and img
her ult does dmg and has a high chance of applying def down to the enemy
clear parrot
Oooo
nimble condor
and her passive makes it so that when she attacks an enemy she has a medium chance to inflict them with atk down defense down or something else
and it works on normal attacks so because the weak implant lasts 3 turns of the enemy you can normal in between
she's very stronk against bosses where she can stack her debuffs
clear parrot
I see
nimble condor
so her the other bronya and seele make a kick ass team
clear parrot
I like using welt and Asta a lot personally speaking
Imagine letting the ennemies do stuff
nimble condor
i might try that when i build welt
might go Fire MC Luocha Asta Welt
just to go fuck you to the enemies
clear parrot
I should build MC someday
nimble condor
wait
a fucking
minute
because luocha can dispell buffs i just learnt
the rebirth of mara struck is a buff
luocha can just take that away
lament bramble
where seele attacks like 20 times before the enemy moves
nimble condor
yes
nimble condor
Oh I'll be there
narrow fulcrum
Some people are saying that she is the missing galaxy ranger
clear parrot
or is she ace
How about both actually
analog pollen
they just spoiled everyone who doesnt follow leaks
I would have expected them to wait till he shows up in the story first
vivid moon
https://vxtwitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1676080042491904000
god he's just gorgeous
frozen lintel
I would have expected them to wait till he shows up in the story first
yeah idk why they did this
kills the hype
nimble condor
Wtf
nimble condor
they just spoiled everyone who doesnt follow leaks
Ye is expect them to show him but not explain who he is like wtf
vivid moon
okay but i'm still curious how we meet him
nimble condor
I mean the story seems pretty self evident
The ambrosia harbor is in danger
So he is forced to use his true power
vivid moon
idk what that is but it sounds like a ham
vivid moon
uhhh
i haven't started xianzhou yet..
or well, technically i have
i saw the cutscene with blade
vivid moon
i wanted to be able to do the museum event
that required me to finish belebog
:)
so i finished belebog
(i do not want to play the game too quickly and have literally nothing to do but farm and dailies like with genshin)
(i like having content)
nimble condor
The games been out for a while and you hadn't even finished belobog?
vivid moon
(mmmm yummy content)
nimble condor
You are consuming less than 1% per day like that
vivid moon
why do you think i still have like 5 character stories, half the hangouts, and like 4 world quests still on genshin
nimble condor
That I have to but I do the main quests
vivid moon
wdym main quests
frozen lintel
Ye is expect them to show him but not explain who he is like wtf
ok ||but clearly as someone who has definetly not seen any leaks this is clEARLY not dan heng||
this guy got those mint flavored horns
narrow fulcrum
I am TL61 and i just started a day after the game came out 
clear parrot
My theory is that it's DH from the past question mark?
clear parrot
totally not bc i don't care about dh and i think it'd be a shame if he was the one with the cool dragon shit :')
pulsar junco
Dragon Dan 
nimble condor
totally not bc i don't care about dh and i think it'd be a shame if he was the o...
Too bad he's got the cool dragon shit
Dan hung truly is the dragon
clear parrot
i hate it here
also where does that leave bailu isn't she the current inhibitor lunae
that's why i assume it's his past? also bc he seems to have experience with it?
nimble condor
Idk what bailu is other than a dragon and a doctor
clear parrot
her lore mentions her being the high elder and IL
as she already has the power to control water and thunder
also dh seems to already have had il powers in retrospect
if you look at that one line in the story that goes "it's not great being able to turn into a dragon" bro has experience with it huh
clear parrot
xipe?
blissful glacier
And harmony path in simulated
clear parrot
rocky mica
Theres also nous of erudition
clear parrot
i really like fuli i like the remembrance
maiden escarp
Fuli be funny
daring raft
they just spoiled everyone who doesnt follow leaks
bruh even Wanderer from Genshin did a much better job at keeping things vague apart from a new design lmao
narrow fulcrum
Herta and the others probably didn't add the other aeons
wraith token
wait til herta patches Simulated Universe 2.0
vivid moon
Simulated universe V10
analog pollen
I saw a sussy leak saying that supposedly we'll have 9 playable paths by the end of the game so maybe thats why
just to introduce all 9 from the start
granted idk how credible it is
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nimble condor
Dan Hung
The Dan Hung
vivid moon
I like Dan Heng
But Dragon Dan Heng just itches a scratch that regular Dan Heng doesn't with his design
Outside of the fact he's a dragon and that's cool af
nimble condor
he's got long hair
analog pollen
and hatsune miku sleeves
barren star
Okay I wasn't a huge fan of his design when his model was leaked but the splash art looks great. Looking forward to Mono Imaginary (ill probably get fu xuan on rerun, we will see how many pulls I can save before 1.3)
vivid moon
Oooo
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vivid moon
oh haru got it the moment it was posted
i was about to come here and send lynx after seeing it was posted 20 minutes ago LOL
vivid moon
Lynx is subling of gepard and serval?
i assume so
albeit, she's a girl
idk why i looked at her and thought she was a 12 year old boy 😭
pulsar junco
Lynx is subling of gepard and serval?
yeah, the Landau family
pulsar junco
albeit, she's a girl
she is
vivid moon
also can i say i relate to her introduction so damn much
pulsar junco
super cute
vivid moon
the social interaction thing 😭
pulsar junco
unlike her older sister, who is a damn rock star
vivid moon
tru
lament bramble
albeit, she's a girl
Genshin getting a guy that looks like a girl, star rail getting a girl that looks like a guy 
narrow fulcrum
The landau siblings are all ironically named after cats
vivid moon
coincidentally
wraith token
what in the bootleg Klee is this
vivid moon
klee if she was a normal girl
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Golden discovers shirtless boxer
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maiden escarp
pulsar junco
nimble condor
Why yall being horny
vivid moon
Are we
vivid moon
Because I'm demi and find it hard to actually be horny
vivid moon
Hence my flush emote
vivid moon
Also 
maiden escarp
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And then go to each other's respective homes to go to sleep with nice full bellies
vivid moon
And he's going to yours
barren star
Sigh I may have to pull on back to back banners again here's hoping we get a lot of jade next two patches
vivid moon
Good luck
My friend wants both blade and Kafka so he's gonna struggle
He said he has like 48 pity and 80 passes 😭
maiden escarp
Kafka 
barren star
Luckily I have time to save sincw i want (mainly lynx) and Dan Heng
wraith token
readying for blade for wind dps
maiden escarp
I'm stuck between fu xuan and dragon boy
wraith token
Blade looks cool AF but I _REALLY_ want dragon man
waiting for 1.2 so dragon man beta demo comes
barren star
I don't have seele so while I know mono quantum is really good I also like playing other mono teams and Mono Imaginary looks really fun
I'll see how much I can save next patch and which order things are in
gray fractal
Because I'm demi and find it hard to actually be horny <:kekw:861440731462107146...
demi what? Sorry I am not very knowledgeable in this kind of terminology. I know only demihumans and demigods
clear parrot
demi what? Sorry I am not very knowledgeable in this kind of terminology. I know...
demisexual! only feels sexual attraction when there is a depp emotional connection, with little to no attraction the rest of the time
It's considered to be on the ace spectrum
answering for ya kc i hope you don't mind ^^' i apologise if you do mind
gray fractal
demisexual! only feels sexual attraction when there is a depp emotional connecti...
hmm, interesting. First time I hear about it
thanks for explaining
clear parrot
i just happen to be knowledgeable about ace spectrum identities bc im on said spectrum too so
clear parrot
hmm, interesting. First time I hear about it
not surprising it's a pretty unknown label
gray fractal
well, the next question, is an ace spectrum a colloqial term for LGBTQ or something more specific (or something else)?
I guess I can google that
clear parrot
I guess I can google that
i can recommend https://www.asexuality.org/?q=overview.html
gray fractal
ok, I went down the rabbit hole...
Akoiromantic/lithromantic: a person who experiences romantic attraction but has no desire or need to have their feelings reciprocated. Sometimes an akoiromantic person’s attraction may fade if a romantic relationship is established.
Isn't that just platonic love?
clear parrot
idk about all the microlabels, my stance in the end is that if it helps people get more comfortable and untangle their experiences, why should we care or judge
gray fractal
Quoiromantic/WTF-romantic: someone who finds romantic attraction confusing, or cannot differentiate between platonic and romantic attraction, or is unsure of whether they experience romantic attraction.
LMAO, I feel like I read a diagnostic book from 20th century. Literally, an exercize in "find what suits you". And if multiple things suit you, its ok
gray fractal
idk about all the microlabels, my stance in the end is that if it helps people g...
sure, I only hope that people won't assume that others would intrinsically know these terms
clear parrot
yeah from my experience no one really expects people to know the smaller labels
gray fractal
yeah from my experience no one really expects people to know the smaller labels
yeah, I kinda don't know any terms invented beyond 1980s
clear parrot
knowing what ace means is kind of useful but a lot of sub labels are rare enough for people to never encounter anyone that identifies with them
gray fractal
I find it fascinating. At least being demisexual does sound as an interesting experience compared to others on the ace spectrum
and by experience I generally mean something worthy of experiencing
vivid moon
demisexual! only feels sexual attraction when there is a depp emotional connecti...
Thank you for explaining for me Arya, I suck at explaining it and was at work anyway
vivid moon
demi what? Sorry I am not very knowledgeable in this kind of terminology. I know...
Yeah, like Arya said it's on the asexual spectrum- it's basically the entire grey area between sexual and asexual, hence the "demi" in the label
But I, too, am not privy to all the smaller and more specific groups within the spectrum
I just know the bigger ones
But I'm glad y'all actually took it and understood and didn't just go "but isn't that what it is for everyone?" like several other people have responded to me with 😭
Hence why I rarely even mention it, otherwise I just say I'm straight because it's easier for people to understand than for me to end up in a cycle of debates over what I identify as
vivid moon
Hence why I rarely even mention it, otherwise I just say I'm straight because it...
But then others thinking I'm straight makes that shit even funnier because I put Yoimiya on a tierlist with a bunch of dudes and it confused the hell out of my friends
"Yoimiya isn't a guy"
"I know"
"Then why"
"Because"
gray fractal
But I'm glad y'all actually took it and understood and didn't just go "but isn't...
quite a lot of people I generally find interesting (not in a romantic way, but just as a person) are either queer or openminded about it. And well, often it is also a sign that people are sort of open minded about other things, not only sexuality, which is exactly what makes these people interesting.
vivid moon
Yee
wraith token
new map leak
gray fractal
new map leak
damn, I thought for a second it was Fontaine
wraith token
vivid moon
oooh
pulsar junco
where did you get this from, i wanna see the other upcoming figures 
wraith token
just saw someone post in twitter but yeah i do think this is like an official post from somwhere
vivid moon
probably leaked from the stream that's happening in a few hours
since the hsr special program is in about 5.5 hours
pulsar junco
just saw someone post in twitter but yeah i do think this is like an official po...
it's from good smile and i wanted to see what are they also planning to release 
pulsar junco
probably leaked from the stream that's happening in a few hours
i dont think so, genshin never released figure info in their streams
vivid moon
figure info?
pulsar junco
@vivid moon this
pulsar junco
no no
vivid moon
ohhhhhhh
vivid moon
i was talking about the like
event stuff in the other two screenshots
for 1.2
lmao
vivid moon
true
game glitched and interrupted my scam conversation with sampo with a blank text screen
vivid moon
OH I DIDN'T EVEN READ "ALL"
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GONNA LIKE
LET ME CHOOSE ONE
LIKE USUAL
analog pollen
bruh
vivid moon
stacks up to WHAT?
i guess the 2k credits wasn't entirely bad, it gave me an achievement at least
barren star
That is the last event I need to complete the index
analog pollen
stacks up to WHAT?
theres a nihility one that stacks up to 99 times
vivid moon
Wtf???
analog pollen
part of the appeal of roguelikes is to build really broken builds
they kinda have to add stuff like this
pulsar junco
I don't think I've ever played/seen someone play a rogue like so
have you played Hades or watched someone play it? or Binding of Isac
clear parrot
Good afternoon trash can
pulsar junco
lament bramble
Man
I still havent done Luofu at all (waiting for its Trailblaze chapter to finish)
But that was one hype af trailer
The voice acting is so damn good too
Also interesting how the Trailblazer is getting the side character treatment in the poster
vivid moon
have you played Hades or watched someone play it? or Binding of Isac
Nope and I think I've seen like 5 minutes of binding of isaac
But hades art style always intrigued me
And that epic fucking animated trailer they made
pulsar junco
Zagreus is a snacc
tbh almost everyone in this game is
nimble condor
if you’re into greek mythology you’ll love it
even if you aint it's fun
nimble condor
theres a second one?
nimble condor
neat
clear parrot
I remember twitter suddenly realising they had to draw the forearm bones
and that it's kind of a pain because these two twist in weird ways with movement
vivid moon
Oooooh
frozen lintel
I don't think I've ever played/seen someone play a rogue like so
SU is a mini roguelike, every time you die you need to restart but u can get some broken upgrades + items and u can slowly upgrade ur runs over time
theyre the most replayable genre usually because randomness makes every run different
A lot of the most famous games in the roguliek genre include slay the spire, hades, dead cells, binding of issac, enter the gungeon, nuclear throne, rogue legacy, Risk of rain, darkest dungeon, spelunky, and FTL
most of which ive played and theyre extremely fun
open lotus
out of the roguelikes I’ve played
ror2 >= dead cells > hades > cult of the lamb > vagante > gungeon
open lotus
ror2 (risk of rain 2) is #1 just because I like playing with friends
it took me around 65 hrs to get the true ending 5bc on dead cells
but a lot of fun learning through the game
vivid moon
SU is a mini roguelike, every time you die you need to restart but u can get som...
Ooooh okay
gray fractal
out of the roguelikes I’ve played
ror2 >= dead cells > hades > cult of the lamb ...
surely, SURELY, you have played Darkest Dungeon
personally, my fav rogulikes are FTL > Binding of Isaac > Hades > Dead Cells > Darkest Dungeon
open lotus
I’m kinda open to trying but I haven’t played + there’re 2 games(?)
gray fractal
I’m kinda open to trying but I haven’t played + there’re 2 games(?)
play the first. The second is a strange one, which I feel requires the knowledge of the first one
open lotus
I’ve never heard of ftl interesting
if anything the one game I’m interested on trying out is noita
gray fractal
if anything the one game I’m interested on trying out is noita
oh yeah, that one is great. I enjoyed it a lot, though I considered it more of a sandbox than roguelike
frozen lintel
oh yeah, that one is great. I enjoyed it a lot, though I considered it more of a...
Yeah it’s def more of a sandbox
Kinda reminds me of terraria
gray fractal
Dd1 is more unique
hmm, it's not really. It's pretty much a dungeon crawler of old, with a side view of a party. They stopped making games like these mostly after middle 90s
there were a couple modern ones that didn't gain much traction
https://store.steampowered.com/app/207170/Legend_of_Grimrock/ this one is a contemporary example of a dungeon crawler. It's quite good, but puzzles there are pretty hard, especially if you never played the genre before
wow, damn, I called it contemporary, but it was released in 2012... well, still younger than Skyrim
frozen lintel
hmm, it's not really. It's pretty much a dungeon crawler of old, with a side vie...
oh i mean like in comparison to typical roguelikes nowadays
it has that like village builder aspect that's not as common id say
the dungeon crawling gameplay was a direct inspiration from the older RPGs
gray fractal
it has that like village builder aspect that's not as common id say
anyway, it is a remarkable game in many ways. I don't think it really invented anything new, but it did very well with what it had, and since most of it came from pretty old games, these gameplay elements were already forgotten by most people
frozen lintel
anyway, it is a remarkable game in many ways. I don't think it really invented a...
id argue it was more execution than innovation yeah
when it came out back in 2014 there rlly wasnt any roguelikes that had those mechanics
but they also did a good job with immersion to make the overall experience just feel very gritty
u can argue binding of issac has that vibe but i think dd did it best
wraith token
we eating good
vivid moon
wraith token
wraith token
vivid moon
my yukong nearly dies in every fight, but her buffs and imaginary element are worth it
wraith token
overall, tingyun > yukong
vivid moon
i don't believe so
but then again, i still havent done anything in xianzhou
LOL
going strictly off of their fur & eye color i'll say no
pulsar junco
Yukong talked about motherhood and a small Tingyun is in her splash art, that is why I'm making this weird connection
vivid moon
oooh okay
i didn't even notice the small tingyun
that'd be cute then if they were actually related
i just haven't gotten around to anything story-related for them so i'm making guesses
i don't see anything on her lore section on the wiki about tingyun
maybe it'll be something to do with the next update?
since iirc yukong will be a big part of it through a story quest or smth
idk i'm too lazy to go look at the livestream break down in srs
vivid moon
yee
analog pollen
kc what happened to your pfp
vivid moon
kc what happened to your pfp
analog pollen
wraith token
kc had a mandela effect on genshin expeditions
vivid moon
shhhh
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i am ready to destroy
vivid moon
i have 0 idea
and this is my second one today
i'm just doing it whenever the reset happens so i can get the two jade rewards
GOD I LOVE HAVING EVERY DESTRUCTION CARD
MAKES GEPARD BOSS A BREEZE
wait
the thing said it'd give me all destruction cards
but i'm still missing one
??
is it only available in later worlds or something
it's a 3* one
vivid moon
OH
OKAY
YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE
i have one left i hadn't gotten
i'll do it next time or whatever
whenever reset is for su
analog pollen
wraith token
vivid moon
Rip anyone who was hoping global would include somewhere in Europe or south America
Man, the closest sunright tea to me is in missouri 
I MEAN MONTANA
Fuck it's been a while since I've seen MI vs MO
pulsar junco
me in europe
vivid moon
analog pollen
ye video game companies hate europe in general
always feels like the most ignored region in everything
ig gaming just isn't as popular here
vivid moon
At least they'll do their stuff at gamescon in Germany
Another chance for zzz to be released from the dungeon it seems
frozen lintel
ig gaming just isn't as popular here
except cs
literally every european knows or plays cs i swear
at least from what i know lol
vivid moon
i feel like that's just everyone in general
i rarely find people who haven't at least touched csgo at some point
vivid moon
ooooh
wraith token
asta jumpscare anime
vivid moon
😭
lament bramble
ig gaming just isn't as popular here
It is popular there, arguably just as much, but different countries in the EU have different restrictions on gambling/promotions/contests that make it so only the biggest and well organized events are worth the effort for a non-EU company
Especially when it comes to any data collected from the contest
Ex: Italy requires that the data for any promotions/contests in Italy must have their data server be located in Italy.
A Chinese company wont set up a whole serverbank in Italy just for a tea event
analog pollen
Ye idk man im in eastern europe and gaming is nowhere near as big as it is in the us
pulsar junco
well eastern europe is also not as big as the US
you can't look at it like that tbh
it's like Jake said, different countries have different laws
analog pollen
what does size have to do with laws
and I don't see why mainstream-ness wouldn't be comparable
pulsar junco
what does size have to do with laws
ok true, but you statement of "gaming is not as big in Europe" is also factually wrong.
Mainstream-ness of what? gaming?
Gaming as a whole is mainstream
Honkai Star Rail maybe not as much
pulsar junco
in Eastern Europe gaming is mainstream
there is a whole Eastern European Comic Con every year in Bucharest Romania
pulsar junco
a lot of professional gamers and game artist who make it are from Bulgaria
analog pollen
there's no dedicated gaming stores, nintendo as a company doesnt really sell their products here, there's the whole language barrier issue
pulsar junco
I spent most of my live in Eastern Europe you can't do us that dirty with that blanket statement
analog pollen
im romanian ._.
pulsar junco
I am pretty sure you have a Game Stop
pulsar junco
in a small town ofc no
do you think in a small town in Germany there is a game stop?
nope
or in the US
analog pollen
and I dont think it's the same type of game stop youre thinking of
it's like
board game thing
vivid moon
i guess this would give an idea
not specific to eastern europe, but compares us and eu as a whole for different statistics
vivid moon
ye but that's 1 city
to be fair, all of the US's bigger cons all end up being in like... 2-3 main cities
los angeles, new york, and austin texas for the most part
which, if you don't live near any of those three, you're fucked
unless you wanna dish out a couple hundred to fly to them for a convention
pulsar junco
to be honest, it's also the issue is also so many languages on a continent, Europe is extremely diverse
vivid moon
yeah
there's a LOT
so countries where there's fewer people will probably be set aside where translations are concerned
which is why i hear a lot of people say they learned english from video games
pulsar junco
but with video games that sounds a little extreme to go for an extra mile and dub a video game
man I dont want German Genshin
unless WAIT
pulsar junco
FISCHL CAN FINALLY PRONOUNCE SHIT CORRECTLY!!!
vivid moon
like how genshin has made different voicepacks for 4 main languages
vivid moon
FISCHL CAN FINALLY PRONOUNCE SHIT CORRECTLY!!!
YAY
pulsar junco
I don't want to hear Bulgarian Aether tho
pulsar junco
also to stab the blanket statement of gaming being not as popular in europe
can we talk about how the Witcher
is Polish
vivid moon
fuyjdtrhsg
pulsar junco
and Project Red is Polish
vivid moon
so many game companies are located in europe it feels like
there's plenty in the us, but plenty elsewhere still
pulsar junco
yeah, it's also easy to look at the other side and complain
pulsar junco
i did that too when I was younger, when I had no real view how these things worked
vivid moon
yeee
i still do that sometimes, and someone catches me doing it and shows me how wrong i am
pulsar junco
it's only human
vivid moon
yeah
it's hard to see things from the opposite perspective if you've never been exposed to or had it explained to you before
but i remember when i used to be a spiteful little shithead when people would try and explain stuff to me 😭
i always felt like they were telling me i was stupid and criticizing me for not knowing something i'd never seen nor heard of before
pulsar junco
😭 kc this is the same cringe I went throught too
pulsar junco
what the hell is wizard101
vivid moon
an old ass game that's somehow still alive
it's an mmo rpg about being a wizard student in a world full of magic that you gotta save
basically it's cartoon harry potter but cooler
and written better and suited for children
it was made back in like 2007 or something and they did a makeover for their starting world back in like 2015 or smth
so they pretty-fied all the old graphics in that one world
it's hella expensive to fucking play though if you plan on staying for an extended period of time
it wasn't as bad when the game was still only like 5-6 worlds and one of them wasn't required at all 😭
frozen lintel
Yoo that was hella og
Too bad every kid plays fortnite
They didn’t understand what it was like living with minecraft poptropica club penguin and wizard
vivid moon
yeah 
pulsar junco
it's hella expensive to fucking play though if you plan on staying for an extend...
what 
vivid moon
what <:E_OMEGARAZOR:792525542171082783>
it's like $300 to buy every world in the game if you want to be able to visit the world forever
or you can pay like $5 a month or $60 a year to play it until that subscription runs out
then you're stuck in 5 different zones that are left free for players when they first join the game
which is the equivalent of like
walking around mondstadt city
and that's it
with maybe a little bit of the outskirts of the city where you fight monsters
but the lowest level monsters
leaving the only thing even remotely challenging available being the casual pvp which is free
pulsar junco
that is a shame, also this subscription system seems like a rip off
it kinda is tbh
300$ or 60$ a year with limited shit
vivid moon
it really is
which is why when i played the game actively, i bought everywhere
my friends kept telling me it was cheaper to buy the subscription, but that was only if you planned the play for a little bit
i played for 4 years straight and then some lol
but even then, i stopped before they added another like 6 worlds
i think i spent maybe a total of $180
the most i've ever spent in any game
and probably will never spend again because i was a dumb fucking teenager
pulsar junco
damn, but you have access to this still?
vivid moon
yeah i could log in again if i wanted
i got muted for a decade though
i wonder if the timer finally ran out lol
lemme download it again and see
still remember my password 
DAMN it's been a while
my fashion sense was HORRIBLE
nope, my decade mute hasn't been lifted yet lmao
still can't use the chat function
less than a year left though
242 days left of my decade-long mute punishment for being an absolute fucking baffoon
idk why but when i opened up wizard101, the quality in hsr dipped dramatically
like what the hell just happened?
😭
analog pollen
check your graphics setting in game
pulsar junco
DAMN it's been a while
this is some drip KC
pulsar junco
nope, my decade mute hasn't been lifted yet lmao
how did you get that
vivid moon
how did you get that <a:Y_KEK:792821099062362122>
someone in one of the major hubs for activity was posing as a friend of mine (both using a very common name) saying they got their account hacked and wanted to add everyone back, and told me some bullshit about how they wanted to log into my account again like they used to 😭
nimble condor
asta jumpscare anime
I recognize this what's the name
vivid moon
so we went to an offline chat thing i'd never used before and gave them my login
nimble condor
Might have seen it on a YouTube short or something
vivid moon
and when they changed all my passwords i went to kingsisle help email to get it back
i couldn't change my passwords back since they changed the email in the process before kicking me off my account fjdhtrgs
so, to avoid having it happen again, they muted my account for 10 years 
nimble condor
Kc getting scammed
vivid moon
i was and kinda still am very gullible and stupid
IM SORRY
HSR IS THROWING RUBIK'S CUBES AT US NOW?
BITCH
i am going to loathe xianzhou puzzles
barren star
xianzhou puzzles my beloved
pulsar junco
so, to avoid having it happen again, they muted my account for 10 years <:smolta...
this is the first time I hear some can get muted so long
clear parrot
Rip anyone who was hoping global would include somewhere in Europe or south Amer...
Me in Europe
vivid moon
yeah but their reasoning was basically "well if you can't talk, you can't give someone your password again"
pulsar junco
Kc getting scammed
kc and golden confirmed lore team scam victims
vivid moon
😭
pulsar junco
Me in Europe
don't you start now
pulsar junco
if you backread we already went down this road
clear parrot
Just vague complaining at official gaming events never being near me but that might be bad luck
clear parrot
if you backread we already went down this road
Yeye
pulsar junco
Baguette nation
clear parrot
Even cons are kinda
Bad
From my limited experience it's mostly cheap knock-off shit
But idk if it's that way everywhere
clear parrot
You know the AliExpress merch and stolen fanart 😭😭
clear parrot
It's all genshin for some reason 😭😭😭😭
And hum
The
Body pillows of characters that really should NOT be on body pillows 💀💀💀
pulsar junco
This is why I never buy at cons, unless actual artist booth
clear parrot
Yeah
pulsar junco
and verified seller
clear parrot
Only thing I bought was stuff from the artist alley and a miku figure BC of course I needed a miku figure
clear parrot
The sleeping beauty one I think it's called
pulsar junco
Everyone needs at least one miku figure
clear parrot
Sleepy miku in a yellow dress with a pillow
clear parrot
Everyone needs at least one miku figure
I'm a vocaloid fan I need more
I still only have one
pulsar junco
have you seen the 15th anniversary one?
clear parrot
Nope
pulsar junco
pulsar junco
it's not cheap but i'm saving
because recklessly spending 300€ is not a thing for me
sorry almost 400€
pulsar junco
yeah this is why i save
clear parrot
I hate spending
clear parrot
<a:Sparkling:1007823521872875591>
It's so beautiful though ugh aaaa
clear parrot
But 400€ is also like. The total amount of money on my account rn so 😭
pulsar junco
there is also a nendoroid
clear parrot
Not using my life insurance for miku 
pulsar junco
facts
clear parrot
How much...
pulsar junco
yeah... this line of miku figures is really pricey
clear parrot
My dad insulted the anniv miku lmao
pulsar junco
pulsar junco
i have a soft spot for this aesthetic
clear parrot
The fact that it's arguably too much is the whole charm of it smh
pulsar junco
yes! it's giving me rococo and that japanese fashion movement I cant talk about
clear parrot
That one automod collateral victim
vivid moon
<a:Sparkling:1007823521872875591>
WAIT THAT'S SO CUTE
clear parrot
Cutely empties your wallet
vivid moon
the hair just looks magical
pulsar junco
WAIT THAT'S SO CUTE
I think it's cheaper in the US
vivid moon
yes! it's giving me rococo and *that japanese fashion movement I cant talk about...
she has the genshin sleeves that start halfway down the bicep
$268 according to google currency converter
not including any shipping fees
and using yen conversion as the main payment
otherwise other sites label it as $380+
and the nendroid at almost $200
pulsar junco
Yeah her preorder price here is 380€
pulsar junco
she is expensive but
pulsar junco
i'll cave in
clear parrot
😭😭😭
pulsar junco
maybe someone stole the mold
vivid moon
they raised the price almost 100% from anywhere else
clear parrot
THE DELIVERY TOO
vivid moon
maybe 😭
pulsar junco
because the figure comes out next year
pulsar junco
clear parrot
YOU PAY AN EXTRA 100$ FOR DELIVERY
pulsar junco
600$ miku bootleg
vivid moon
so yeah it's about as expensive in the us as it is in eu
clear parrot
Gotta leave the WiFi soon
pulsar junco
have fun and good night 
vivid moon
goodnight 
clear parrot
😳
pulsar junco
Anyway here's the only miku figure I have
this is so cute
wraith token
💀
gray fractal
ig gaming just isn't as popular here
historically, EU consists of the most hardcore players which could be compared to asians (asians could be considered more hardcore, because they are more grindy kekw). As why EU is often ignored by the companies, is because of its legislation. EU generally cares more about rights (of their players too), so the ruleset is stricter for the most companies and a lot of companies just don't want to dive too much into that
analog pollen
i wasnt really talking about hardcore
I dont think that's how you define popularity
im talking about the cultural aspect
gray fractal
I dont think that's how you define popularity
having die-hard fans is important for popularity
fanatics are always better at spreading the cult
analog pollen
you dont really see people talk about gaming as a common conversation topic here, or see advertisments for games, or have special events or promotions
you can try spreading as much as you want
language barrier is still a thing
price barrier is still a thing
accessibility barrier is still a thing
gray fractal
idk what you are talking about, european gaming community is pretty widespread. It's just less casual, so that's why you don't see it in casual environments often
analog pollen
define widespread
give specific examples
cuz i havent seen much
and the casual market is the largest one, I really wouldnt consider having some hardcore people as gaming being popular here
gray fractal
just visit some cosplay events. A lot of gamers visit and participate in those. Though I admit I might be off by like 10 years, since that's when I mostly stopped visiting big congregations of gamers
analog pollen
we dont really have cosplay events
the only one we have is that comicon that only happens once a year in only 1 city
gray fractal
we dont really have cosplay events
dude. Cosplay scene in Germany was huge
analog pollen
germany is western europe
gray fractal
in Poland too
gray fractal
you dont really see people talk about gaming as a common conversation topic here...
pretty sure they advertise in Europe. My friend from Italy posted quite a bunch of photos of game adverts from Pisa last year. I saw some photos from London too
gray fractal
well, you said Europe, Western Europe is still Europe lol
analog pollen
when I got a 3ds I had to lie and say im in gb cuz when I had my region set to romania it kept saying that network services arent available
even tho it worked perfectly fine once I changed location
analog pollen
well, you said Europe, Western Europe is still Europe lol
europe is a big place, even tho the big western countries are a lot more modernized Im p sure that once you take all of the countries into account overall it's not that widespread on average
gray fractal
well, I wouldn't presume, but Romania might be the one slightly isolated from the gaming scene. I admit that most people I met at gamecons were from Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Czechia, Poland and Russia. So I assume those countries have a more active gamers and cosplayers scene
also those countries tend to have more big gaming events, like IEM
analog pollen
ive heard stories from neighbouring countries and the situation is p similar
p sure most of the eastern eu is like this at least
gray fractal
so that tend to create more interest there towards gaming
analog pollen
(also this is another pet peeve of mine how in online convos all europe countries get grouped together as just "europe" even tho theres no real standardization at all between all of them)
gray fractal
ive heard stories from neighbouring countries and the situation is p similar
well, I am from the age of WCG, I used to visit WCG events a lot. Since WCG died there was less of gaming activity
analog pollen
i am not sure what that is
gray fractal
i am not sure what that is
well, I guess you are pretty young then. Because WCG ceased to exist in 2013, but it was gamers main event since early 2000s
pulsar junco
that was in europe?
analog pollen
ah ugh
pulsar junco
wcg?
gray fractal
that was in europe?
yeah, originally Korean, I think it started with Starcraft and Warcraft disciplines, and later also added CS, Need for Speed and other games
pulsar junco
oh my Need for Speed
gray fractal
after WCG died, I think they tried to salvage gaming in Europe with ESL, but that didn't lift off, so yeah, one could say that since 2013 gaming in Europe is somewhat in shambles
pulsar junco
but not dead and nonexistant 🤣
the weeb scene has been wild tho
anime and manga events have been crazy in germany
gray fractal
the weeb scene has been wild tho
anime and manga events have been crazy in germa...
yeah, I was going to say that
a lot of people I knew from E3 and WCG events became anime fans and went there (me included)
pulsar junco
and Hoyo games are def popular here too
i regularly see people cosplaying charas and selling Genshin/Honkai merch
official merch not just aliexpress bootlegs
there was even a Honkai I3 limited event in Leipzig
gray fractal
well, I guess games pricing in Europe doesn't help too, so we kinda have an adversarial tendencies in gaming
pulsar junco
all games are like 60€ minimum now
my partner got the new street fighter it was what 60+
analog pollen
im really jealous of france
gray fractal
hmm, I wonder if it's because of taxation. Like I am curios how much more taxes game companies in Eu pay comapred to US or Asia
analog pollen
their weeb scene sounds on par with japan at this point
they get exclusive shit all the time now
I think one piece film red got a world premiere in france at the same time as japan or like immediately after ? (before any other countries)
gray fractal
oh yeah, FIFA exists. Those gamers are of different spiecies and we don't talk much about them. But there are lots of them (like literally a third of my acquaintances lol). Well, yeah, I also forgot about huge Quake and UT scenes in Eu which also mostly died out after their respective companies stopped investing a lot in these titles and events around them
pulsar junco
so one more point that there is a gaming scene
gray fractal
so yeah, CS became the last harbour for gamers
gray fractal
so one more point that **there is a gaming scene** <:A_CryLaughTao:9337052059319...
sure, it really seems that it's dying for multiple reasons for the past decade and people generally switch to the anime scene (I would argue that cosplay scene also played a big role there since gamers events often revolved around cosplay and it was pretty influential in gamers circles, so naturally when anime came and cosplay moved there gamers followed)
vivid moon
Otakus take over the world
clear parrot
Instead of saving it
vivid moon
Yes!
Anyway, when is the next HSR update so I can continue to save for dragon man
Is it like a week from now
And I think this is the first time I've seen hoyo make an event and then make the deadline leak out into another patch with the museum event
pulsar junco
Dragon Man is coming when?
After this next update?
open lotus
oh my Need for Speed <:A_GaspTao:1098266330001572041>
I miss need for speed
I didn’t think they’d ever make a game with a mid soundtrack but we finally got one which is Unbound
pulsar junco
really? I haven't played that one, all the ones I did had such good tracks I'm shocked one flopped with the music
open lotus
almost every nfs track perfectly encapsulates what it feels to drive fast on a highway/head to head against an opponent/casual cruising
unbound’s theme is some foreign trap/mumble rap type stuff you’d hear in car meets and vice versa, its very very different from previous titles
so someone can argue that its not bad but like idk
I’d rather listen to the nfs no limits mobile game ost
vivid moon
😭
daring raft
overall, tingyun > yukong
Tingyun’s energy utility is pretty valuable yeah
vivid moon
Yeah but I already have Jing Yuan for electricity so yukong is more valuable for me for breaking shields and buffing teammates 
frozen lintel
Yeah but I already have Jing Yuan for electricity so yukong is more valuable for...
Fair
I’m saving for the new Dan heng
Words on the street he’s fuckin ridiculous
wraith token
dragon man
pulsar junco
Dragon Dan lore when
open lotus
I’m committed to using welt so IL will probably be a skip for me 
pulsar junco
i can't wait for Kafka
pulsar junco
I’m committed to using welt so IL will probably be a skip for me <:funnyman:1110...
damn I'm jealous I want Welt 
pulsar junco
I know 😭 I have Luocha and everything
open lotus
lol I wanted luocha