Social Swamp's Social Thread 3 - And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

[Deleted member]

Giving up hope has also backfired, like with Gematsu, fan rules, and two slots.

Both have their pros and cons. I just think the positive alternative is healthier and more fun.

Exactly, back then I could careless whether or not it was less likely. I knew realisticly that wasn't that likely at all. I still felt like it was a chance, and hey, I made some great friends along the way.

Mine as well have a good time along the way rather than moaning to myself.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

The way I see it, both optimism and pessimism can ultimately become or start out as realism.

It depends on the circumstance, honestly. I feel like having too much of the latter can be unhealthy, though being too hopeful can backfire too. So having too much of that can be unhealthy, at least to a lesser extent.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

The way I see it, both optimism and pessimism can ultimately become or start out as realism.

It depends on the circumstance, honestly. I feel like having too much of the latter can be unhealthy, though being too hopeful can backfire too. So having too much of that can be unhealthy, at least an to a lesser extent.

Well if we're talking pure health benefits...

Pessimism makes you sicker.

Optimism makes you healthier.

You people know what you should do.

 

[ChikoLad]

I consider myself a realist more than anything. *shrugs*

 

[Solfiner]

I usually avoid being pessimistic because it doesn't lead to good things in my experience. Sometimes it's nice to vent though. But for example, I generally tend to hang around here less when people are being pessimistic as it negatively affects me depending on the mood I'm in.

 

[A Distant Demon]

I would rather be a pessimist and accept nearly every outcome than be an optimist who is dissapointed by multiple outcomes.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

I would rather be a pessimist and accept nearly every outcome than be an optimist who is dissapointed by multiple outcomes.

Who says optimists have to be disappointed all the time?

 

[Solfiner]

Srsly though

Xenoblade X stage when

 

[Khoru]

Srsly though

Xenoblade X stage when

okay but
THE CREDITS SONG

...which i'm not linking for spoilers but it's called your voice

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Should I post my Christmas list?

It's got tons of games.

 

[Jaedrik]

What about "realism" vs "idealism"?
To me, when people call me an "idealist," it feels like an indirect way of saying "you're wrong about the world, and I don't have to prove it."

 

[Swamp Sensei]

What about "realism" vs "idealism"?
To me, when people call me an "idealist," it just sounds like an indirect way of saying "you're wrong about the world, and I don't have to prove it."

Realism and Idealism are very interconnected with each other.

Without idealism, nothing changes or gets better

Without realism, idealism can't succeed.

 

[Jaedrik]

Realism and Idealism are very interconnected with each other.

Without idealism, nothing changes or gets better

Without realism, idealism can't succeed.

Sure, but, to me they're literally the same indistinguishable thing when properly defined.
There's only one way the world works, after all.
Looking at it another way, We'd say we're the realists, since we're the only ones viewing the world in the proper, that is the most real, manner.
To apply the word "idealist" to anyone simply shuts down conversation.
It's a ridiculous label that nobody wants when it's defined as being wrong simply because of this nebulous concept called "realism" which is supposedly opposed to it.
It's like yelling names at people. "NEO-CONFEDERATE," the liberals call me. "SOCIALISTS," my friends yell back.
Again, the way it's commonly used is designed to shut down conversation and the critical examination of opposing viewpoints, or to put other people down while feeling self-righteous.
Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Sure, but, to me they're literally the same indistinguishable thing when properly defined.
There's only one way the world works, after all.
Looking at it another way, We'd say we're the realists, since we're the only ones viewing the world in the proper, that is the most real, manner.
To apply the word "idealist" to anyone simply shuts down conversation.
It's a ridiculous label that nobody wants when it's defined as being wrong simply because of this nebulous concept called "realism" which is supposedly opposed to it.
It's like yelling names at people. "NEO-CONFEDERATE," the liberals call me. "SOCIALISTS," my friends yell back.
Again, the way it's commonly used is designed to shut down conversation and the critical examination of opposing viewpoints, or to put other people down while feeling self-righteous.
Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

Interesting.

You're not wrong. In fact I daresay its spot on.

It's just sad that it is.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

Glad to know everything is working out for you JamesDNaux

 

[aldelaro5]

So, Iu found this on tumblr:

Is it the first time they have dialogs?

And where is this from?

 

[Shroob]

I've played all Paper Mario games so far but Sticker Star. Haven't beaten the first one though....

I enjoy them all but, but SPM is by far my favorite. (and it was, sad to say, also the first one I ever played. I had never heard of TTYD when I grew up with my Gamecube somehow, and the N64 was very short of dying by the time my much younger-self had learned about video games)

I.....is that the Hat-Box Ghost?

 

[epicmartin7]

Wait? We were talking about Mario two pages back?

How can we not forget the Mario Game that had the ultimate Rickroll reference back in its 2011 trailer?

#2ndFavoriteMarioGame
#ShamelessPlug

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Spoiler: Swamp's Christmas List

Christmas List


General Items

• Steam Gift Card (money for games?
• Nintendo Eshop Card (It's basically just money)
• amiibos (ask me which ones I don't have, I'll show you, but only if you want)
• Hard Drive for my Nintendo Wii U (It's getting full, because one game is several gigs, this would give me more space)
• Card Against Humanity (We will play this eventually, if you do not get it for me this Christmas, I will simply buy it later, IT IS DECIDED)
• Betrayal at the House on the Hill (It's a board game! Really fun)
• A shelf (To put things on! Doesn't have to be huge.)

Playstation 4 Games:

• Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection (three games for the price of one? Yes please!)
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (The wonders of Metal Gear! They know no bounds)
• Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Yes there are two. This one is super cheap though)
• Final Fantasy X/X2 HD Remaster (The X is the roman numeral! Yes this does mean that they named the game Final Fantasy 10 2)
• Until Dawn (Seems like a neat spooky game with some cues from Native American Mythology)
• Dying Light (Parkour Zombie Game, It looks really neat)
• Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition (Supposedly the worst in the series but still good?)
• DMC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition (This game had lots of controversy and was hated pre-release, but people calmed down once they played it)
• Tales of Zetiria (These games are LOOOOONG but always fun)
• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (The reboot of the series! This game's heroine, Lara Croft is famous for being one of the first major women protagonists in the industry)

Nintendo Wii U Games:

• Xenoblade Chronicles X (Won't be out til the 4th, but JEEEEEEZ its gonna be good.
• Yoshi's Wooly World (It's a game that just reeks of charm, the yarn style is a nice change of pace from the gritty games of today)
• New Super Mario Bros U + New Super Luigi U (2D Mario is always fun)
• Resident Evil Revelations (Said to be the series' return to greatness!)

Nintendo 3DS Games:

• The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes (Co-op Legend of Zelda? YES! And it's online? Even better!)
• Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (The series is good again)
• Pokemon Y (I'd like to return to Kalos)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Always love a good remake)
• The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask 3D (Another Zelda Remake)
• Star Fox 64 3D (3DS has a lot of remakes, okay?)
• Bravely Default (Square Enix doing good things again!)
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Disney characters doing badass things)
• Shin Megami Tensei IV (Apparently it's super hard. Let's see how hard it is)
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (Sure I guess)

Wii Games:

• Muramasa: The Demon Blade (A game that dives into Japanese lore, it looks neat)
• No More Heroes (Apparently it's foul but amazing)

Xbox 360 Games

• Tales of Vesperia (I borrowed this game way back but I never got to finish it. Let's finish it!)
• Sonic Unleashed (Half good, half bad, lets go)
• Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (Lots of great games for a relatively low price)
• Banjo and Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (The duo haven't had a game in a while)

Well there's my Christmas List.

As I stated on my birthday. I make big ones so my parents have lots of choices.

That way, Christmas Shopping is made easy as they can buy what's comfortable, cheap and available.

 

[Burb]

So, Iu found this on tumblr:

Is it the first time they have dialogs?

And where is this from?

I'm surprised you're just now seeing this.

It's been floating around for quite a while. I'm not sure of the origin (outside of that Twitter post), but it was found and posted a couple days after that trailer on Nintendo of Japan's Youtube that confirmed the Koopalings first popped up.

 

[JamesDNaux]

Glad to know everything is working out for you JamesDNaux
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Hey there, you.

I wouldn't say I'm exactly back, I won't know for sure until tomorrow and even then I'm on very thin ice.

But thanks again guys, your words helped me stay determined through it.

 

[Deleted member]

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition(I love long titles) is actually pretty fun
I had never played a Tekken game before so seeing a Raptor with boxing gloves for the first time is really entertaining
Mushroom Battle feels so forced in
WHY CAN'T I USE THE ANALOG STICK?
Lili is main material
Oh hey, it's Yoshimitsu, I still don't know whether he originates from Tekken or Soulcalibur. Still, Forward Y spam never fails me
This Alisa looks kin-- OMG ARE THOSE WINGS?
And there is this guy Leo who has a nice scarf and full main material when I looked at him-- wait it's a girl? The wikia says that bug its trivia sectio-- so ambiguous gender? No wait, so it really is male? No? So it's a girl? I'm really confused but I guess I'll take Word of God
And it doesn't help they gave her a Sheik costume

 

[ミスティック Speed]

Mewtwo infinite was recently discovered, and I was easily able to perform it myself. I made a video showcasing it, but do note, it only works on a couple of characters.

 

[Burb]

Oh hey, it's Yoshimitsu, I still don't know whether he originates from Tekken or Soulcalibur. Still, Forward Y spam never fails me

Tekken.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Mewtwo infinite was recently discovered, and I was easily able to perform it myself. I made a video showcasing it, but do note, it only works on a couple of characters.

It works on Sheik.

ITS ALL MEWTWO NEEDS!

 

[aldelaro5]

I'm surprised you're just now seeing this.

It's been floating around for quite a while. I'm not sure of the origin (outside of that Twitter post), but it was found and posted a couple days after that trailer on Nintendo of Japan's Youtube that confirmed the Koopalings first popped up.

Btw, tag me if you get these because everythign new about paper jam is of interest to me

Yeah, I didn't checked my tumblr much and I don;t check social medias too, the only thing I have been checking is gonintendo and youtube.

but yeah, it;s the first time i saw it and I am interested to know where it comes because i know it;s not famitsu.....

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Either way, I didn't post that list just for likes.

What do you think?

 

[aldelaro5]

Either way, I didn't post that list just for likes.

What do you think?

....well, why no paper jam?

 

[Swamp Sensei]

....well, why no paper jam?

Won't be out by Christmas here.

 

[Deleted member]

Tekken.

Well, strike that out of my list of life long mysteries alongside "who is Bowser Jr 's mother"

Mewtwo infinite was recently discovered, and I was easily able to perform it myself. I made a video showcasing it, but do note, it only works on a couple of characters.

Op pls no nerf

 

[aldelaro5]

Won't be out by Christmas here.

oh

Yeah I forgot the release is January and I confused the dates we will see probably live stream (I know some even a JP person will).

Hence why

 

[Jaedrik]

Either way, I didn't post that list just for likes.

What do you think?

Everything in moderation, my friend.
...

 

[PSIBoy]

Mewtwo infinite was recently discovered, and I was easily able to perform it myself. I made a video showcasing it, but do note, it only works on a couple of characters.

Aaaaaand then a patch comes along and removes the infinite in approximately 1.27693759291 weeks...With a 99.9% chance of an error in my calculations for how long it will take. But for now, enjoy destroying Shieks with this.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Everything in moderation, my friend.
...

I expect like three things dude.

 

[Rebellious Treecko]

Forgot about Paper Jam. Didn't know it was released.
The normal battle theme is an arrangement of Superstar Saga's. Nice.

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[Fenriraga]

I want to express an apology here. Particularly to aldelaro5 and Swamp Sensei .

I have had an atrocious day. Fight with the folks, got called in early, Black Friday levels of hell with the mail routes today, understaffed, lot of angry customers, out in single digit weather with a pair of blue fingers, insanely long day...etc. Etc. Probably tmi, but I was bawling my eyes out a few minutes ago.

Needless to say I let that frustration leak onto here, and for that I am really, really sorry. When I'm angry I tend to not find a very good outlet, then notice like 10 minutes after how much of a tool I'm being.

I can't say my opinion or passion for it is any less but... y'know. Just sorry about all that.

 

[aldelaro5]

Forgot about Paper Jam. Didn't know it was released.
The normal battle theme is an arrangement of Superstar Saga's. Nice.

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not every, only when Paper Mario hasnl;t joined you.

After, you get the main theme which was in the E3 trailer

 

[Chandeelure]

Mewtwo infinite was recently discovered, and I was easily able to perform it myself. I made a video showcasing it, but do note, it only works on a couple of characters.

Eh, it's a CPU, I don't think they DI or SDI at all.
Also, Sheik is not spamming needles and fair, 0/10.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

Mewtwo infinite was recently discovered, and I was easily able to perform it myself. I made a video showcasing it, but do note, it only works on a couple of characters.

It works against Sheik...

And with that, Mewtwo instantly moved up two tiers and took his place among the greats.

 

[Dravidian]

"Don't blame the news source that's too lazy to do research and instead churns out videos filled with misinformation so he can get them out as quickly as possible! Blame the people who trust him!"

People wouldn't be getting mislead in the first place if this hack would actually take the time to check facts instead of making videos immediately to rake in more views to make money off of.

"Don't blame the thousands of people too lazy to do research and instead watch opinion videos and treat them as fact! Blame the guy who markets what he admits are opinions and his thoughts!"
It's a lot easier to just blame one lazy dude, isn't it?

"Don't blame the news source"
People treating him as a news source and not doing their own bloody fact checks are the issue, not his videos. It's no different from people treating a tabloid as objective fact or assuming a article on a satire site is true. Do you blame tabloids or satire sites for people being a**holes or idiots?

There's a level of personal responsibility that you and others seem to ignore, but I believe it's more important than one source of "news" being wrong. Do I think Etika should do better? Of course, but he's not the actual issue.

Etika's videos hardly change people. If people weren't willing to do their own research and fact check about Etika, do you honestly believe they fact check much else? All Etika changes is the topic they're talking about.

There will always be people that make their own goofy theories and there will always be an audience and there will always be someone who has a different interpretation of a theory so this right here:

People wouldn't be getting mislead in the first place if this hack would actually take the time to check facts instead of making videos immediately to rake in more views to make money off of.

makes no sense to me. Have you forgotten the fake leaks that should have died much sooner than they did? Have you forgotten Ridley? Even when he was disconfirmed many people kept assuming it was a joke. They had information straight from the horses mouth and yet they still did anything they could to imagine him getting in and they mislead themselves.

There is a reason why legit and/or respectable information sites such as Source Gaming haven't put a dent in speculation. There will always be people who see what they want to see, often regardless of the source.

So, yes, I stick by what I said. Etika makes opinion videos and almost all of them are marketed as such in the actual videos, though sometimes he mixes up terms "rumors" and "leaks", but he's not the Hitler of misinformation that people are painting him as. Treating him like he's the sole or a major reason for misinformation or the main reason ridiculous rumors exist is crazy considering years worth of smash speculation we can look back on, especially considering that most of the world doesn't even know who he is.

I don't even like his videos (though I find his hair impressive, if a bit ridiculous), but the notion that his absence would somehow eliminate misinformation is unreasonable.

People are the problem.