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[Megadoomer]

So much talk of dark cartoons, yet not one mention of Invader Zim. A favorite of mine, although it's a surprise it ever landed on Nick of all networks. Too bad budget issues and low ratings killed it fairly early.

It does have that one movie that should be out this year, but I doubt much will come out of it.

There's also the comics, which are great; it looks like a decent chunk of the movie will be adapting the comics, if the trailer is any indication.

 

[Mythra]

5 de Mayo episode? Lol, I still don't get why Americans (and consequently the rest of the world) are so fixated on that date with Mexico.

iirc the non-Mexico based celebrations were started by an alcohol company to promote their stuff.
So yeah, is mostly marketing.

Poor Zaragoza lol

 

[Rie Sonomura]

My daughter and I learned important lessons yesterday. She learned that she can successfully shove at least three crackers into a PlayStation 3 disc slot with minimal crumblage. I learned that at least three crackers can damage the system. And as a result, I also learned to keep anything I cherish and that is expensive out of her reach until she knows better.

My PS3
October 2010 - July 2019.

is there a game console repair place you can maybe take it to? either way, oof

 

[Noipoi]

No matter how excited you are for Sword and Shield...

You ain't as excited as the guy who made this thing.

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Oh yeah?

Just you wait until I finish my Impidimp fur suit!

 

[ZephyrZ]

No matter how excited you are for Sword and Shield...

You ain't as excited as the guy who made this thing.

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Is that dog okay? It doesn't look very comfortable in that costume the way it's walking around like that. In fact it almost seems kind of like...

...Hey wait a moment. I think I may have just been bamboozled.

 

[staindgrey]

My daughter and I learned important lessons yesterday. She learned that she can successfully shove at least three crackers into a PlayStation 3 disc slot with minimal crumblage. I learned that at least three crackers can damage the system. And as a result, I also learned to keep anything I cherish and that is expensive out of her reach until she knows better.

My PS3
October 2010 - July 2019.

Shoulda gotta Xbox 360.

It would've died on you way before that, so she couldn't break it.

 

[PeridotGX]

just gonna re-post this because nobody has played these yet.

Yoshi's Desert Dessert - CGY-7XN-7YF

Raid on the Plant Armada - TW0-787-3HF

 

[Z25]

No matter how excited you are for Sword and Shield...

You ain't as excited as the guy who made this thing.

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How the .... all I gotta say is props for that design, by that dog must have no idea what the **** happened to it.

Oh yeah?

Just you wait until I finish my Impidimp fur suit!

Oh no no no no

 

[staindgrey]

just gonna re-post this because nobody has played these yet.

When I get SMM2 I'll get on it.

 

[Wademan94]

How the .... all I gotta say is props for that design, by that dog must have no idea what the **** happened to it.

Oh no no no no

I don’t think that’s a dog wearing that.

 

[staindgrey]

No matter how excited you are for Sword and Shield...

You ain't as excited as the guy who made this thing.

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I admire the effort, but.

...

No, I'm not gonna be negative. I just admire the effort.

 

[Dyllybirdy]

Oh yeah?

Just you wait until I finish my Impidimp fur suit!

A-a what now?

Oh dear god no

 

[Z25]

I don’t think that’s a dog wearing that.

Wait thats a person? Man I was seeing that wrong lol

 

[Aurane]

*Ralsei appears from the Dark World*

*Ralsei returns to the Dark World*

 

[Noipoi]

*Ralsei appears from the Dark World*
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*Ralsei returns to the Dark World*

The Imp Impidimp? Owner of the Impsdale Impidimp?

 

[Dyllybirdy]

I don’t think that’s a dog wearing that.

If not even Wade thinks it's a dog, then it definitely isn't a dog. Trust me, he'd know. ;p

 

[staindgrey]

So I finally made a demand at work to hire someone. It felt good.

I agreed to come into the store again today (local furniture store), something I do once or twice a week now despite my job being a warehouse job now, because the store is constantly understaffed, overworked and, frankly, not that great at managing the floor and placing/building new inventory. The manager who replaced me (I stepped down so I could get a friendlier work schedule and focus more of my effort on my Youtube channel) has changed the culture so much that the workers can barely think for themselves and no one wants to do anything outside of their specific role-- but it's a small business with five total employees. That's not sustainable.

Today, I walked in and found that the entire front entrance was blocked off by furniture we accepted on consignment and never placed. In the primary walkway were two end tables sitting askew in front of a sleeper sofa that I had placed there on Thursday and asked two other employees to "find some place to put these", still in the exact position I'd left them four days ago. Upstairs, half the chairs for a new consignment were sitting in the walkway with a dolly in between them, and both doors to our backstock wide open. Seating benches were put into coffee table spots as placeholders, dining sets were missing chairs because they sold them and didn't feel like building replacements, mismatching sofas were put across from one another in overcrowded spaces because moving them around to make it look good was too hard, and ultimately I spent seven hours today doing their job for them-- again-- to make it all work and move furniture around on my own, build more in the back, etc., and I'm sweating balls and my back is killing me.

I told the manager who replaced me that I wasn't going to be the bandaid for his problem anymore and if he wanted the store to look presentable like when I was there full time and fix his lagging sales problem, he needed to hire someone new and stop being such a goddamn penny pincher.

It felt good.

 

[EricTheGamerman]

Shoulda gotta Xbox 360.

It would've died on you way before that, so she couldn't break it.

*Red Ring of Death PTSD Intensifies*

 

[SnakeFighter64]

*Red Ring of Death PTSD Intensifies*

I made the Red Ring of Death the final boss of my Xbox Smash Clone

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Shoulda gotta Xbox 360.

It would've died on you way before that, so she couldn't break it.

That PlayStation as been through a lot. Not only a kid but also a cat who enjoyed sleeping in it. Also, traveling between Japan and the States numerous times and several relocations. I’m rather sad to see it go out like this but pretty crazy is weathered without a hiccup for all this time.

is there a game console repair place you can maybe take it to? either way, oof

I may but I’m thinking it’s shot. I tried to ply some Skyrim after everyone went to bed and it made a horrible grinding sound. That’s when I found out about the crackers that got lodged against the disc and the reading hardware. So I’m sure all the cracker particles got dispersed into the system some how. The ps3 made some horrible sounds and I managed to eject the disc before the system suddenly turned off. My disc was pretty scratched up as well so there’s that.

We use the PS3 mostly for Netflix and Prime. I don’t game that much nowadays due to lack of time.

Wait....we used the PS3.....



Sobs

 

[TheCJBrine]

I don't get why the Pokemon community thinks the person running the twitter account or the Western localization team are gonna bring back the National Dex.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Hey y'all back from my local park. Finally chilling for the night. What I been missing?

 

[StormC]

I don't get why the Pokemon community thinks the person running the twitter account or the Western localization team is gonna bring back the National Dex.

They don't. They're using the central public platform to bring attention to their complaints.

 

[TheCJBrine]

They don't. They're using the central public platform to bring attention to their complaints.

I still feel bad for whoever's running that Twitter account.

They're spamming that BringBackTheNationalDex hashtag in every tweet from it and if someone tries to be positive, they get attacked for being an "apologist."

 

[TheMightyP]

Ironically, the whole "Bring Back National Dex" issue probably did worse for the community than the actual removal of the National Dex itself.

 

[Noipoi]

I don’t even partake in national dex discussions anymore, It’s tiring.

 

[BlueMonk]

gonna go see spider man tomorrow

if this hyped up after credits scene isn't setting up big wheel I'm going to demand a refund

 

[Aurane]

>pokemon: no national dex
>fanbase: bring back the national dex
>pokemon: sorry but no
>fanbase: okay but bring back national dex

Whomst the ****.

 

[Noipoi]

Is it possible to watch the office without pausing to cringe at Michael Scott?

 

[Zinith]

Well now I'm Premium free. Maybe when my money situation is better I'll go back.

Now I'm fair game for pranking

 

[Megadoomer]

Is it possible to watch the office without pausing to cringe at Michael Scott?

Yes.

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In the episodes that Michael isn't in.

My advice: don't watch Scott's Tots. (or do - I'm not the boss of you)

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

Has ShinyLegendary been seen lately? He's been invisible since Friday evening. Perhaps I missed something, but it piqued my curiosity.

 

[BlueMonk]

Has ShinyLegendary been seen lately? He's been invisible since Friday evening. Perhaps I missed something, but it piqued my curiosity.

He hasn't been here since friday, I think he's just taking a break of sorts. He hasn't been as active as he used to be.

 

[Noipoi]

I was thinkin of naming my Sobble Bloothless, but that sounds a little awkward

 

[Knight Dude]

Daemon X Machina has a trailer going over the fixes they made after the feed back from the demo.

 

[EricTheGamerman]

Is it possible to watch the office without pausing to cringe at Michael Scott?

I just can't watch The Office without cringing period. I don't enjoy the mockumentary style at all...

Daemon X Machina has a trailer going over the fixes they made after the feed back from the demo.

I have no idea if I'll actually end up buying this game, but I'm super impressed by their committment to making it a better experience and their willingness to be transparent about the game. Lots of great little improvements for the game here, and I'm sure the graphics will only continue to become more stable as we approach the game's release.

 

[ZephyrZ]

I wouldn't have any issue with "bring back the national dex" if people weren't using it as an excuse to slander the developers.

It's one thing to criticize or skip out on a game, but it's another to cherry pick the flaws, dismiss the positives and spread misinformation just to make the developers look bad and push a "they're lazy/incompetent" narrative.

 

[Alias Tex]

I honestly think that the Pokémon twitter getting flooded by Dexit is perfectly healthy and is highly likely to work if things keep up. Money speaks, so showing GameFreak that removing Pokémon will decrease sales and damage the brand significantly is going to positively affect the decisions that they make. The entire point of the Pokémon twitter account is advertisement, so every tweet they send bringing with it Dexit rage is something that will definitely be seen by higher-ups.

I'm not fuming or refusing to allow others to enjoy Generation 8, but I do support us consumers showing what our more than reasonable standards are. I don't expect SwSh to launch with all of the Pokémon, but it is not at all beyond GameFreak's ability to announce that they are going to patch the rest in 6 months later. And if I may be so bold, I would say that the backlash to the backlash is also unhealthy if we want GameFreak to take the player base seriously. If we gradually peeter out and shut up about this, then why should they listen when we ask for innovation or to have more than 50 new Pokémon? We are all on the same team and in the same boat, so we can enjoy Pokémon as a community but put on an angry face when GameFreak is looking.

 

[EricTheGamerman]

I wouldn't have any issue with "bring back the national dex" if people weren't using it as an excuse to slander the developers.

It's one thing to criticize or skip out on a game, but it's another to cherry pick the flaws, dismiss the positives and spread misinformation just to make the developers look bad and push a "they're lazy/incompetent" narrative.

I think it's mostly just a shortcut people use since getting into the intricacies of the Pokemon and Game Freak problems over the past few years is a really lengthy and nuanced topic with lots of hot takes. They've definitely made a lot of frustrating design choices and game choices over the past few years and I think there has been a general hope that Pokemon would really shake things up more substantially, especially with the first console release. I think there's about a decade of build up of frustration with Pokemon and what Game Freak have been doing/their direction with the franchise that's just finally coming to a head thanks to the perfect storm of Sword/Shield making certain decisions people don't like/not making enough progress for them in other areas. Especially with the recent prevalence of Pokemon GO adding to the fire and frustrations of mainline fans.

Which then boils down to a single comment in the form of "They're lazy/incompetent." And some people are 100% behind that narrative because it's easy when it's so much more complicated than that.

Me? I go back and fourth between being hyped for Sword and Shield and then being slightly disappointed, but hopeful the games turn out better and receive more polish by release. Some of the games look really good, some of it doesn't. And I really, really, reallllllly just want a decent post game beyond all else. I don't need Soulsilver/Heartgold levels of content, but I want like a solid 5-10 hours of stuff to do when finished post champion.

 

[Deleted member]

Gonna do the unthinkable and actually share some personal life stuff here for once, though I have a reason. Last year around late summer/early autumn I had noticed my eye sight getting worse again (I've been having to wear glasses since grade 10 which was like...9-10 years ago now) so I got my eyes checked and was diagnosed with a disease known as Keratoconus. Short and simple explanation is that my cornea isn't a bowl shape like it's meant to be but rather a cone shape and it keeps going more and more cone-like. Makes it so things far away are blurry for me and glasses can't help since my vision keeps changing. Was told about a surgery that could be done that wouldn't improve my eyes but would stop them from getting worse (this disease can keep affecting ones eyes supposedly until ones 40s) but the surgery isn't covered by OHIP. I was signing up for as much overtime as possible after my fiancee was done visiting and I finally had enough money to book the date for the surgery today. The hospital that's gonna do the surgery ended up getting funding for the surgery so I don't even have to pay for it. Surgery date is August 28th and I gotta spend as little time as possible looking at screens for a week after it's done which brings up the main reason I'm even bringing this up.

staindgrey if my AMA comes up through the random selection around late August to early September, I won't be able to participate due to my surgery. Any other time is fine and I don't really care when it happens but figured I'd inform you and I guess be a bit more open around here since I never am.

Anyway, as for Smash speculation, I'm still back on posts from Sunday and I gotta say, I'm rather surprised there's been no mention of the Dragonborn from Skyrim. Incredibly popular game, easy enough to come up with a moveset, third party if that matters at all. A stage would be easy to come up with due to the huge world Skyrim has, not sure about spirits since I'm not sure how much official artwork Skyrim has for characters. Music might be difficult without a lot of remixes. And then there's the issue of Bethesda being a Western company without strong ties to Nintendo like those that made . Plus I can see people going 'ugh, another humanoid swordsman' despite the access to maces, axes, 2 handed weapons, archery, magic and shouts. I'm sure the idea would be brought up more if CaptainAmerica still posted here.

I hope the surgery goes well!