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[praline]

The Salmon Run map for today is like waaaay more stressful than the one yesterday.

 

[redfeatherraven]

Salmon Run is the best mode in Splatoon.

That is all.

Still think I'll prefer Turf War in the long term. Kind of worried Salmon's gonna end up a grind.

Good till then though.

The Salmon Run map for today is like waaaay more stressful than the one yesterday.

The ship?

Ship's easy.

Unless they decide to loose two Grillers on you simultaneously.

That's bull****.

 

[Schnee117]

Another Thor Ragnarok trailer:

This looks Hela good.

 

[praline]

Still think I'll prefer Turf War in the long term. Kind of worried Salmon's gonna end up a grind.

Good till then though.


The ship?

Ship's easy.

Unless they decide to loose two Grillers on you simultaneously.

That's bull****.

I had 3 grillers at one point, and when we killed one one of those flying fish I think they're called spawned in.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Legendaries are live!

 

[redfeatherraven]

I had 3 grillers at one point, and when we killed one one of those flying fish I think they're called spawned in.

Oh yeah, **** that.

Hands up, "I quit *******," back to the boat.

 

[Opossum]

In other MCU news, it's confirmed that there'll be an MCU recap...done by Michael Peña.


"Luis recapping the universe" memes are about to be canon and I'm in shock.

 

[A Distant Demon]

TIL Salmon Run already has more than one map and now i'm more jealous of people with the game than I was before. . .great

Also Tornado sections of Sonic Adventure suck. Having to do them multiple times sucks too

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Unless they decide to loose two Grillers on you simultaneously.

Which happend to me.. And they did the parade of glowfish too

 

[ChikoLad]

Friendly reminder that Link is a smol, he must be protec

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[praline]

Oh yeah, **** that.

Hands up, "I quit *******," back to the boat.

We lost 5 seconds after the flying fish spawned in so...

 

[Radical Bones]

I had 3 grillers at one point, and when we killed one one of those flying fish I think they're called spawned in.

I've actually never had a problem with Grillers. The dudes with the bombs on their heads and the basketball shot guy though... they kill me the most.

The stack one and the guy that drives around in a little golf buggy and laughable.

I'm a 'Go-Getter' now, let's see how hard this is!

 

[mario123007]

What day does Kakegurui come on again?

I don't think it has a stable schedule.

OOOPH.

I'm going about mad just from it seeming like it will take two days for my Splatoon 2 copy to come.

Hang in there.

Now the NA copies on the website are now sold out.
I still have to deal with my laptop's anti-virus activation code. If feels bad that you type the exact code but it sends you a message that it is wrong code...

I got a new toy:

Spoiler

If anyone wants to add me, my friend code is SW-8320-4989-1014 (also located over there on the left). I also added a bunch of people from the friend suggestions, so you might have gotten a request from me already.

I haven't played anything on it yet because Splatoon came as a download code, so I have to wait two more hours for that to finish, but so far the Joy-Cons feel pretty nice (and I got the red and blue ones, which were the ones I wanted - nice and colourful). The kickstand feels pretty flimsy, though (but I've been told it's stronger than it seems). And I can already feel the screen getting scratched from putting it in and taking it out of the dock. Also there are no Fire Emblem characters to choose from for my profile icon? Disgusting.

That is the version my brother is craving to get one. I just hope he won't spend more than it should be to get the console since he is getting Japan version.

I've been taking the Switch in and out of the dock for months now and I've had nary a scratch. Makes me feel like all those reports were either exaggerated or just faulty docks.

Not nitpicking but try to aware if your Switch is warped or not.

 

[praline]

I've actually never had a problem with Grillers. The dudes with the bombs on their heads and the basketball shot guy though... they kill me the most.

The stack one and the guy that drives around in a little golf buggy and laughable.

I'm a 'Go-Getter' now, let's see how hard this is!

Well it's kinda hard to deal with grillers when there are 3 coming straight at you.

2 of them were locked on me!

 

[Chrono.]

Not nitpicking but try to aware if your Switch is warped or not.

I haven't had any issues with warping either.

 

[praline]

I got a new toy:

Spoiler

If anyone wants to add me, my friend code is SW-8320-4989-1014 (also located over there on the left). I also added a bunch of people from the friend suggestions, so you might have gotten a request from me already.

I haven't played anything on it yet because Splatoon came as a download code, so I have to wait two more hours for that to finish, but so far the Joy-Cons feel pretty nice (and I got the red and blue ones, which were the ones I wanted - nice and colourful). The kickstand feels pretty flimsy, though (but I've been told it's stronger than it seems). And I can already feel the screen getting scratched from putting it in and taking it out of the dock. Also there are no Fire Emblem characters to choose from for my profile icon? Disgusting.

I sent the friend request. Also you might want to purchase a screen cover, I got a tempered glass one it's real good.

 

[Radical Bones]

Also anyone who has Splatoon feel free to add me: SW-3027-1027-5433

 

[praline]

Also anyone who has Splatoon feel free to add me: SW-3027-1027-5433

Request sent!

 

[Hana Midorikawa]

Michelle Pfeiffer was cast as Janet Van Dyne (aka the original Wasp) in Ant Man & The Wasp. My mother was in Dangerous Minds as Angela alongside her, so I'm basically a few degrees of separation from Paul Rudd and in turn the other Avengers too! That's pretty cool.

 

[Radical Bones]

Hey @N3ON, you wouldn't happen to be playing Salmon Run, would you? Or is someone galavanting around with your moniker?

Spoiler

 

[praline]

The switch phone app thing lets you see your win to lose ratio on the last 50 battles in splatoon.

I have 31 wins to 19 loses and my longest streak is 7 loses...

 

[powerprotoman]

the new episode of DBS is out

Spoiler

kales berzerker form is basically a to scale broly, as in most of this episode was remaking scenes from the first and second broly movies, which was great to be honest
Caulifla gets super excited when she hears about new powers and its adoreable
a bunch of perople get taken out of the tournament
and goku got loki'd

all in all i rate this as one of the better episodes of super plus ima sucker for people no selling super strong attacks

 

[Windstar]

Man, I can't get enough of Marie & Marina for their humor and burns.

Especially that those two are my faves of each pop idol groups.

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

 

[Z25]

Niantic:

"We ***** up so badly let's give everyone a free lugia. While we are at it, let's only make Lugia available for 48 hours"

That's pretty ******* stupid. Legends should be available at anytime just have a rare spawn chance.

 

[Chrono.]

Damn lol whoever runs NoA's Twitter accidentally posted a tweet that was meant for their personal (probably) to the actual NoA Twitter.

It got deleted near instantly.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

Sonic Mania special stage.

Spoiler

Looks like a combination of Sonic 2, CD, and 3&K's special stages.
Love the Saturn-esc Sonic model.

 

[Chrono.]

Sonic Mania special stage.

Spoiler

Looks like a combination of Sonic 2, CD, and 3&K's special stages.
Love the Saturn-esc Sonic model.

Oh thank God they didn't just rip Blue Sphere or the half pipes.

This looks very interesting.

 

[Opossum]

So the whole fiasco with Pokémon Go today is honestly something that should be a cautionary tale to game companies. To recap:

- At Pokémon Go Fest, a paid event, mind you, literally no one was able to get internet connection. You know, the thing required to play the game in the first place.
- The CEO of Niantic literally got drowned out by boos when on stage, with chants of "fix the game" drowning out everything else.
- Niantic was caught manually adjusting the scores to be higher when parts of Team Valor/Mystic/Instinct couldn't connect.
- Niantic releases Lugia as a form of compensation...for two days only.

Keep in mind, too, that this is in addition to the fact that Pokémon Go was promised to have trading, connection to the main series, and PVP battling before launch, none of which is present a full year after launch. To think it was hailed as the AR counterpart to the main series. This isn't even mentioning the server issues that still haven't been fixed.

And to make matters worse, the game is basically unplayable if you don't live in a highly-urban area. Only trash spawns in more rural or wild places, making the game seem completely tone deaf (it encourages you to go out and find Pokémon, yet you'll only find these really rare ones in...highly populated areas?). Want Lugia but live over an hour from the nearest semi-major city? Too bad.

Honestly, it's a great example of how corporate greed can make a golden goose die a slow death. The hype around this game was immense when it launched, but now it's a shadow of its former self. Hell, that isn't even accurate. The issue is the same issues present at launch are still there, if not worse, today.

Given how protective GameFreak is of the Pokémon brand, I can't imagine they're too happy right about now.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

Has anyone seen the leaked Infinity War footage? It looks pretty good.

 

[Chrono.]

This should be good.

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[PsychoIncarnate]

So the whole fiasco with Pokémon Go today is honestly something that should be a cautionary tale to game companies. To recap:

- At Pokémon Go Fest, a paid event, mind you, literally no one was able to get internet connection. You know, the thing required to play the game in the first place.
- The CEO of Niantic literally got drowned out by boos when on stage, with chants of "fix the game" drowning out everything else.
- Niantic was caught manually adjusting the scores to be higher when parts of Team Valor/Mystic/Instinct couldn't connect.
- Niantic releases Lugia as a form of compensation...for two days only.

Keep in mind, too, that this is in addition to the fact that Pokémon Go was promised to have trading, connection to the main series, and PVP battling before launch, none of which is present a full year after launch. To think it was hailed as the AR counterpart to the main series. This isn't even mentioning the server issues that still haven't been fixed.

And to make matters worse, the game is basically unplayable if you don't live in a highly-urban area. Only trash spawns in more rural or wild places, making the game seem completely tone deaf (it encourages you to go out and find Pokémon, yet you'll only find these really rare ones in...highly populated areas?). Want Lugia but live over an hour from the nearest semi-major city? Too bad.

Honestly, it's a great example of how corporate greed can make a golden goose die a slow death. The hype around this game was immense when it launched, but now it's a shadow of its former self. Hell, that isn't even accurate. The issue is the same issues present at launch are still there, if not worse, today.

Given how protective GameFreak is of the Pokémon brand, I can't imagine they're too happy right about now.

I live in like a mid-low end suburbia-esque area and the only reason I have anything decent is eggs. And even if the legendaries appear, there aren't enough players around to beat 5 star raids. We had 8 players, the most I've ever seen, and we couldn't beat a 4 star Blastoise raid - which disappointed me because I want Blastoise more than any pokemon. I don't have the problems of some areas, but them city folk get all the luck

 

[Swamp Sensei]

So the whole fiasco with Pokémon Go today is honestly something that should be a cautionary tale to game companies. To recap:

- At Pokémon Go Fest, a paid event, mind you, literally no one was able to get internet connection. You know, the thing required to play the game in the first place.
- The CEO of Niantic literally got drowned out by boos when on stage, with chants of "fix the game" drowning out everything else.
- Niantic was caught manually adjusting the scores to be higher when parts of Team Valor/Mystic/Instinct couldn't connect.
- Niantic releases Lugia as a form of compensation...for two days only.

Keep in mind, too, that this is in addition to the fact that Pokémon Go was promised to have trading, connection to the main series, and PVP battling before launch, none of which is present a full year after launch. To think it was hailed as the AR counterpart to the main series. This isn't even mentioning the server issues that still haven't been fixed.

And to make matters worse, the game is basically unplayable if you don't live in a highly-urban area. Only trash spawns in more rural or wild places, making the game seem completely tone deaf (it encourages you to go out and find Pokémon, yet you'll only find these really rare ones in...highly populated areas?). Want Lugia but live over an hour from the nearest semi-major city? Too bad.

Honestly, it's a great example of how corporate greed can make a golden goose die a slow death. The hype around this game was immense when it launched, but now it's a shadow of its former self. Hell, that isn't even accurate. The issue is the same issues present at launch are still there, if not worse, today.

Given how protective GameFreak is of the Pokémon brand, I can't imagine they're too happy right about now.

Is it too late for Pokemon Go to recover, do you think?

 

[redfeatherraven]

Is it too late for Pokemon Go to recover, do you think?

Not really.

I honestly think if they implement trading and PVP battles, with a bit of PR, they might be alright.

Niantic isn't known for their PR skills, though. That might be what bites them the most.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

It might not be too much longer until they add gen 3 as well

Gen 3 isn't my fav gen but at least my fav gen 3 pokemon is apparently common

 

[Z25]

So the whole fiasco with Pokémon Go today is honestly something that should be a cautionary tale to game companies. To recap:

- At Pokémon Go Fest, a paid event, mind you, literally no one was able to get internet connection. You know, the thing required to play the game in the first place.
- The CEO of Niantic literally got drowned out by boos when on stage, with chants of "fix the game" drowning out everything else.
- Niantic was caught manually adjusting the scores to be higher when parts of Team Valor/Mystic/Instinct couldn't connect.
- Niantic releases Lugia as a form of compensation...for two days only.

Keep in mind, too, that this is in addition to the fact that Pokémon Go was promised to have trading, connection to the main series, and PVP battling before launch, none of which is present a full year after launch. To think it was hailed as the AR counterpart to the main series. This isn't even mentioning the server issues that still haven't been fixed.

And to make matters worse, the game is basically unplayable if you don't live in a highly-urban area. Only trash spawns in more rural or wild places, making the game seem completely tone deaf (it encourages you to go out and find Pokémon, yet you'll only find these really rare ones in...highly populated areas?). Want Lugia but live over an hour from the nearest semi-major city? Too bad.

Honestly, it's a great example of how corporate greed can make a golden goose die a slow death. The hype around this game was immense when it launched, but now it's a shadow of its former self. Hell, that isn't even accurate. The issue is the same issues present at launch are still there, if not worse, today.

Given how protective GameFreak is of the Pokémon brand, I can't imagine they're too happy right about now.

All solid points but we have one update. Lugia and Articuno are out permanently, no time limit to catch them.

The ones at the event also seem to have a 100 percent catch rate, but that probably won't stay knowing Niantic.

Here's some footage:

Is it too late for Pokemon Go to recover, do you think?

Unless they do everything Opossum has listed above and it all works smoothly and is fun, then I don't think it will remain as big as it is now and certainly won't get back to where it is.

 

[Opossum]

Is it too late for Pokemon Go to recover, do you think?

I think it would take a MAJOR show of good will. As in, fix the servers, implement PVP and trading, and give more compensatory awards. All of that.


But honestly unless they fire and replace their CEO I doubt that'll all happen.

 

[Chrono.]

Just make a Pokemon gacha game.

I can imagine how that one will turn out.

 

[Erureido]

Looks like the Splatoon x Spongebob memes are making the comeback. Just today, I stumbled upon this:

Pearl as Patrick in that Spongebob episode is pretty accurate.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Just make a Pokemon gacha game.

I can imagine how that one will turn out.

It sort of is, the main way to get good pokemon is through eggs, which their are 3 tiers of eggs and each egg has a random chance of producing a certain pokemon.

I guess all they'd have to do is have eggs on sale

 

[Aurane]

Is it too late for Pokemon Go to recover, do you think?

I believe it can recover, with the right adjustments. Wouldn't say it will change overnight, but these are big damages...