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Which was your favorite new Pokémon revealed from the Scarlet and Violet trailer?


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PeridotGX

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i just played my first game of among us. i found a dead body, i didn't know where i was but i saw who it was, i was on switch so i could barely talk, and i was voted off.

maybe nintendo switch isn't the optimal system for this game
 

MooMew64

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I'm just now learning about Dream and the cheating scandal.

Didn't learn who he was until 5 minutes ago when I began watching a video explaining everything going on.
I found out about him when Glow Squid won the mob vote and everyone freaked out about it and blamed him.

Then I saw him again after this cheating scandal.

I'm mostly just confused why people are so invested to the point they're arguing high level mathematics and theory over whether this dude cheated in a Minecraft speedrun. :191:
 

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I told myself that I'd play some more Age of Calamity but I booted up Final Fantasy 7 instead.

This game just gives me an extremely cozy feeling. Absolutely love it. :p
 

Lamperouge

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Gamers it is time for me to do another gamer hypothetical roster for gamers. Dis time it's Sega All-Stars Racing 3

-Transformations are returning

-However, I consider the driving in ASR1 so ****ing fun that I'd like the car sections this time around to feel closer to that than what we got in Transformed

-Sega Miles are returning because, in all honesty, I absolutely hate how in Transformed you have to get stars in World Tour to unlock the characters, to the point that in some of the later unlocks you have to pull off some crazy **** to get them when I prefer ASR1's much simpler approach of "if you got enough monies from just playing the damn game, you can get whoever you want right away"

-The Sega shop is also returning as a result, this time entailing characters, music tracks, and stickers you can slap on your vehicle ala CTR:NF that can serve as additional cool references to Sega's history

-Get Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (aka the DAYTONAAAAAAAAAA guy/Sega Rally guy/Sonic Mania Time Attack guy/F-Zero Medley guy/etc) as the announcer. The JP version of Transformed did that and I think it's a genius idea, a wonderful callback to Sega's classic arcade racer library

-The new flagman is Professor Asobin. An extremely obscure grab, I know, but he gets by on account of being a potential contender for the title of Sega's very first character
Ok so this time around we're doing 44 characters:

-30 veterans
-3 newcomers from already-represented franchises
-8 new IP reps
-1 super duper secret character
-2 brand-new guest characters

Let's get right onto the veterans:
1. Sonic
2. Tails
3. Knuckles
4. Amy
5. Big
6. Shadow
7. Metal Sonic
8. Eggman
9. AiAi
10. MeeMee
11. Billy Hatcher
12. Amigo
13. Beat
14. Gum
15. Ulala
16. Pudding
17. NiGHTS
18. Reala
19. B. D. Joe
20. Ryo
21. Zobio and Zobiko
22. Akira and Jacky
23. ChuChus
24. Bonanza Bros.
25. Alex Kidd
26. Opa-Opa
27. Gillius
28. Vyse
29. Joe Musashi
30. AGES

Let's look at the new additional series reps real quick:

31. Amiga from Samba de Amigo
32. Rolly from
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
33. G from House of the Dead

Amiga and Rolly are mainly just here to flesh out the subset of "secondary characters for the mainstay franchises" that MeeMee, Gum, Reala and Pudding find themselves in, nothing too special. G is more interesting though, as his inclusion provides representation for the mainline HotD games.

Let's look at the more exciting and detailed part here: the new series reps. First of all, I wanted to represent a wide variety of subsets of Sega IPs. I didn't want to have just modern franchises, or just cult classic Saturn-era JRPGs, or just EXTRA 90'S Western-appeal Mega Drive characters. Also worth noting is that there's more than one way to divvy up these 8 in half. First off, just for fun, I gave them an equal gender ratio. Second, and much more substantially, these can be divided in 2 categories: the "obvious picks", and the "niche picks". Let's go through them on a scale of decreasing obvious-ness:

34. Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza
-This would definitely happen IMO. Yakuza is, like, Sega's biggest in-house IP that hasn't yet been represented. The last potential barrier I could think of, the "M-rated" deal, has since been broken down by an interview that happened this year, where the All-Stars games' exec. producer basically went "yeah we had him on the list for potential inclusions, he could have totally made it in". Final note, make his car a full-sized Golden Tiger. Seriously, please do.

35. Joker from Persona 5
This is another in-your-face super obvious one. Yada yada yada, Persona 5 ****ing blew up, Joker is practically the new poster boy of Atlus who's Sega's subsidiary, yada yada, you've heard it all. His vehicle is also pretty easy to figure out, being the Morgana Bus. Basically, you know why he's here, you know what he'd be like, moving on:

36. Arle from Puyo Puyo
Not only is Puyo pretty damn big as well, it's also worth noting that it actually has had representation in the Sega Superstars games in the past......in the ones before All-Stars Racing. Also, the JP version of Transformed actually reskinned one of the items into a Puyo, so that's something too.

37. Sakura Shinguji from Sakura Wars
Same deal as the others, Sakura Wars is pretty friggin' huge, it'd be weird to continue to leave it out at this point, I dunno man, I don't know my Sakura Wars very well, I don't got much to say

Moving onto the "niche picks"

38. Ristar
We're kinda lacking in a more Western-appealing character so far, and although Ristar was created by a Japanese division of Sega, he's just that beloved in the western hardcore Sega community to the point where I think he'd easily fit in as a Western-appeal pick anyway. Plus, from going on old forums and ****, he was like the number one request for these games to have not made it in yet, so uh. Yeah. I think it's time to finally give him a shot

39. Orta from Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon's gotten a track already, I just like Orta and think it'd be nice to have PD take the next step in representation

40. Nei from Phantasy Star 2
OK so why is a Phantasy Star rep the penultimate least obvious pick when, all things considered, it's a pretty big series? First off, it's Phantasy Star Online that's so big, and we're going with a character from the classic games. Second, it's not even the pick that usually comes to mind when thinking of the classic games. Usually it's Alis, which yeah, she's a totally valid pick as well, but Nei sprung about when I heard she was considered for ASR1. Curious, I looked her up, I really dug her design, and here we are

41. Temjin from Virtual-ON
In the midst of all this mumbo jumbo about who are the biggest fish left, who appeals to which region, who's gotten smaller representation in these games in the past, Temjin is, quite simply, the fun pick. Virtual-ON is pretty big in Japan, apparently, and it's a notable cult favorite everywhere else, and those are factors too, but above all else, I just picked him because he's cool. Because of how fun it'd be to have this flippin' mecha driving around with everything else. He's that completely off-the-wall niche-ass pick that gets the hardcore fans popping off, and all those things just make him someone I would absolutely want to include

Ok, now here's the super secret character: and you've probably figured it out by now.

42. Segata Sanshiro

It's mother****ing Segata Sanshiro. He needs to introduction or explanation.

Now for the guests, and unlike in past titles, they won't just get picked all willy-nilly: I still want characters with a strong enough connection to Sega that they'd still make sense in a Sega All-Stars game:

43. Hatsune Miku

Yeah, you heard me right.

I was super hesitant on Miku at first, even knowing that she placed super high in an official Transformed DLC poll. What finally tipped me over in her favor was basically the exact same deal with Kiryu: John Sumodigitalman having said the exact same thing about her in the exact same interview. So **** it, she'd be funny as hell while still having strong connections to Sega. It's a win-win!

44. ToeJam and Earl

It's one thing to have strong connections to Sega, but still being your own thing. It's another thing to be so strongly associated with Sega that you're frequently mistaken for actually being owned by them. With that in mind, and considering that they'd also act as a big Mega Drive Western-appeal character along with Ristar....yeah, put 'em in.
The tracks are interesting this time. Because we had some of the basic locations covered in ASR1, and Transformed had a much wider range and also the transformations, which meant it had to cover each series' basic locations all over again. But now that there's not much of a change with the way tracks are being handled, we can go crazy with some of the other locations in these IP, mixing and matching enviroments and such

Cup 1
Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog
Samba de Amigo track
Pirates' Island from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Super Monkey Ball track based on the "Sky High" background from the original game

Cup 2
Three-Seven Speedway from Daytona USA
Chemical Plant from Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Tokyo Underground Sewage Facility from Jet Set Radio Future
Phantasy Star Online track

Cup 3
Venice from House of the Dead 2
Kamurocho from Yakuza
Spaceport 5 from Space Channel 5
Stardust Speedway from Sonic CD

Cup 4
Twin Seeds from NiGHTS into Dreams
Angel Island from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Yafutoma from Skies of Arcadia
Comix Zone track

Cup 5
Studiopolis from Sonic Mania
Planet Sonata from Ristar
Rez track
General SEGA celebration track, successor to Race of AGES

I'm also considering retro tracks, but I'm not quite sure yet
3 themed character packs with 4 characters and a cup each

Supporting Character Pack
Team Chaotix
Axel (Crazy Taxi)
Sarah Bryant
Aika

DLC Cup 1
Yokosuka Harbor from Shenmue
Mushroom Hill from Sonic and Knuckles
Golden Axe track
Shinobi track

Modern Character Pack
Alicia and Welkin
Bayonetta
Phantom R
Jack Cayman

DLC Cup 2
Casino of Envy from Persona 5
Valkyria Chronicles track
Rhythm Thief track
MadWorld track

Classic Character Pack
Space Harrier
Vectorman
Honey
Blaze Fielding

DLC Cup 3
Sakura Wars track
Wood Oak Slums from Streets of Rage
Deep Lake from OutRun 2
Ecco the Dolphin track

I put a lotta effort into dis one. Tagging some peeps that either A. I know are big Sega fans, or B. I just like sharing these beeg ideaposts with: @JDCabrera osby osby Lamperouge Lamperouge @SnakeFighter64


Excellent choice to keep the transformation gimmick around, and although I personally prefer the weight of the cars in Transformed, I think the physics engine was much less wonky in the original game so I respect the decision to revert things back to the way they were. Including SEGA Miles over collecting stars in World Tour to unlock everything was also a really good move since it was such a huge barrier to the casual audience who just wanted a fun, pick up and play kart racer and didn't want to go through such an extreme hassle to unlock all of the characters.

Regarding your character roster, I think everything checks out wonderfully and I fully approve of you including Joker, Arle, Vectorman, and my boy Ristar (really thought his time would come in Transformed but alas, Sumo did him dirty). And while I'd prefer Alis to be the classic Phantasy Star rep, I also dig Nei's design and wouldn't be opposed to her. Oh, and Segata Sanshiro? ****ing based.

The selection of tracks seems incredibly varied and interesting too, with some of the standouts to me being Stardust Speedway, Planet Sonata, Comix Zone, and the Casino of Envy. Would love to see the "stories" that could potential play out in those tracks.
 
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osby

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Gamers it is time for me to do another gamer hypothetical roster for gamers. Dis time it's Sega All-Stars Racing 3

-Transformations are returning

-However, I consider the driving in ASR1 so ****ing fun that I'd like the car sections this time around to feel closer to that than what we got in Transformed

-Sega Miles are returning because, in all honesty, I absolutely hate how in Transformed you have to get stars in World Tour to unlock the characters, to the point that in some of the later unlocks you have to pull off some crazy **** to get them when I prefer ASR1's much simpler approach of "if you got enough monies from just playing the damn game, you can get whoever you want right away"

-The Sega shop is also returning as a result, this time entailing characters, music tracks, and stickers you can slap on your vehicle ala CTR:NF that can serve as additional cool references to Sega's history

-Get Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (aka the DAYTONAAAAAAAAAA guy/Sega Rally guy/Sonic Mania Time Attack guy/F-Zero Medley guy/etc) as the announcer. The JP version of Transformed did that and I think it's a genius idea, a wonderful callback to Sega's classic arcade racer library

-The new flagman is Professor Asobin. An extremely obscure grab, I know, but he gets by on account of being a potential contender for the title of Sega's very first character
Ok so this time around we're doing 44 characters:

-30 veterans
-3 newcomers from already-represented franchises
-8 new IP reps
-1 super duper secret character
-2 brand-new guest characters

Let's get right onto the veterans:
1. Sonic
2. Tails
3. Knuckles
4. Amy
5. Big
6. Shadow
7. Metal Sonic
8. Eggman
9. AiAi
10. MeeMee
11. Billy Hatcher
12. Amigo
13. Beat
14. Gum
15. Ulala
16. Pudding
17. NiGHTS
18. Reala
19. B. D. Joe
20. Ryo
21. Zobio and Zobiko
22. Akira and Jacky
23. ChuChus
24. Bonanza Bros.
25. Alex Kidd
26. Opa-Opa
27. Gillius
28. Vyse
29. Joe Musashi
30. AGES

Let's look at the new additional series reps real quick:

31. Amiga from Samba de Amigo
32. Rolly from
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
33. G from House of the Dead

Amiga and Rolly are mainly just here to flesh out the subset of "secondary characters for the mainstay franchises" that MeeMee, Gum, Reala and Pudding find themselves in, nothing too special. G is more interesting though, as his inclusion provides representation for the mainline HotD games.

Let's look at the more exciting and detailed part here: the new series reps. First of all, I wanted to represent a wide variety of subsets of Sega IPs. I didn't want to have just modern franchises, or just cult classic Saturn-era JRPGs, or just EXTRA 90'S Western-appeal Mega Drive characters. Also worth noting is that there's more than one way to divvy up these 8 in half. First off, just for fun, I gave them an equal gender ratio. Second, and much more substantially, these can be divided in 2 categories: the "obvious picks", and the "niche picks". Let's go through them on a scale of decreasing obvious-ness:

34. Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza
-This would definitely happen IMO. Yakuza is, like, Sega's biggest in-house IP that hasn't yet been represented. The last potential barrier I could think of, the "M-rated" deal, has since been broken down by an interview that happened this year, where the All-Stars games' exec. producer basically went "yeah we had him on the list for potential inclusions, he could have totally made it in". Final note, make his car a full-sized Golden Tiger. Seriously, please do.

35. Joker from Persona 5
This is another in-your-face super obvious one. Yada yada yada, Persona 5 ****ing blew up, Joker is practically the new poster boy of Atlus who's Sega's subsidiary, yada yada, you've heard it all. His vehicle is also pretty easy to figure out, being the Morgana Bus. Basically, you know why he's here, you know what he'd be like, moving on:

36. Arle from Puyo Puyo
Not only is Puyo pretty damn big as well, it's also worth noting that it actually has had representation in the Sega Superstars games in the past......in the ones before All-Stars Racing. Also, the JP version of Transformed actually reskinned one of the items into a Puyo, so that's something too.

37. Sakura Shinguji from Sakura Wars
Same deal as the others, Sakura Wars is pretty friggin' huge, it'd be weird to continue to leave it out at this point, I dunno man, I don't know my Sakura Wars very well, I don't got much to say

Moving onto the "niche picks"

38. Ristar
We're kinda lacking in a more Western-appealing character so far, and although Ristar was created by a Japanese division of Sega, he's just that beloved in the western hardcore Sega community to the point where I think he'd easily fit in as a Western-appeal pick anyway. Plus, from going on old forums and ****, he was like the number one request for these games to have not made it in yet, so uh. Yeah. I think it's time to finally give him a shot

39. Orta from Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon's gotten a track already, I just like Orta and think it'd be nice to have PD take the next step in representation

40. Nei from Phantasy Star 2
OK so why is a Phantasy Star rep the penultimate least obvious pick when, all things considered, it's a pretty big series? First off, it's Phantasy Star Online that's so big, and we're going with a character from the classic games. Second, it's not even the pick that usually comes to mind when thinking of the classic games. Usually it's Alis, which yeah, she's a totally valid pick as well, but Nei sprung about when I heard she was considered for ASR1. Curious, I looked her up, I really dug her design, and here we are

41. Temjin from Virtual-ON
In the midst of all this mumbo jumbo about who are the biggest fish left, who appeals to which region, who's gotten smaller representation in these games in the past, Temjin is, quite simply, the fun pick. Virtual-ON is pretty big in Japan, apparently, and it's a notable cult favorite everywhere else, and those are factors too, but above all else, I just picked him because he's cool. Because of how fun it'd be to have this flippin' mecha driving around with everything else. He's that completely off-the-wall niche-ass pick that gets the hardcore fans popping off, and all those things just make him someone I would absolutely want to include

Ok, now here's the super secret character: and you've probably figured it out by now.

42. Segata Sanshiro

It's mother****ing Segata Sanshiro. He needs to introduction or explanation.

Now for the guests, and unlike in past titles, they won't just get picked all willy-nilly: I still want characters with a strong enough connection to Sega that they'd still make sense in a Sega All-Stars game:

43. Hatsune Miku

Yeah, you heard me right.

I was super hesitant on Miku at first, even knowing that she placed super high in an official Transformed DLC poll. What finally tipped me over in her favor was basically the exact same deal with Kiryu: John Sumodigitalman having said the exact same thing about her in the exact same interview. So **** it, she'd be funny as hell while still having strong connections to Sega. It's a win-win!

44. ToeJam and Earl

It's one thing to have strong connections to Sega, but still being your own thing. It's another thing to be so strongly associated with Sega that you're frequently mistaken for actually being owned by them. With that in mind, and considering that they'd also act as a big Mega Drive Western-appeal character along with Ristar....yeah, put 'em in.
The tracks are interesting this time. Because we had some of the basic locations covered in ASR1, and Transformed had a much wider range and also the transformations, which meant it had to cover each series' basic locations all over again. But now that there's not much of a change with the way tracks are being handled, we can go crazy with some of the other locations in these IP, mixing and matching enviroments and such

Cup 1
Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog
Samba de Amigo track
Pirates' Island from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Super Monkey Ball track based on the "Sky High" background from the original game

Cup 2
Three-Seven Speedway from Daytona USA
Chemical Plant from Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Tokyo Underground Sewage Facility from Jet Set Radio Future
Phantasy Star Online track

Cup 3
Venice from House of the Dead 2
Kamurocho from Yakuza
Spaceport 5 from Space Channel 5
Stardust Speedway from Sonic CD

Cup 4
Twin Seeds from NiGHTS into Dreams
Angel Island from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Yafutoma from Skies of Arcadia
Comix Zone track

Cup 5
Studiopolis from Sonic Mania
Planet Sonata from Ristar
Rez track
General SEGA celebration track, successor to Race of AGES

I'm also considering retro tracks, but I'm not quite sure yet
3 themed character packs with 4 characters and a cup each

Supporting Character Pack
Team Chaotix
Axel (Crazy Taxi)
Sarah Bryant
Aika

DLC Cup 1
Yokosuka Harbor from Shenmue
Mushroom Hill from Sonic and Knuckles
Golden Axe track
Shinobi track

Modern Character Pack
Alicia and Welkin
Bayonetta
Phantom R
Jack Cayman

DLC Cup 2
Casino of Envy from Persona 5
Valkyria Chronicles track
Rhythm Thief track
MadWorld track

Classic Character Pack
Space Harrier
Vectorman
Honey
Blaze Fielding

DLC Cup 3
Sakura Wars track
Wood Oak Slums from Streets of Rage
Deep Lake from OutRun 2
Ecco the Dolphin track

I put a lotta effort into dis one. Tagging some peeps that either A. I know are big Sega fans, or B. I just like sharing these beeg ideaposts with: @JDCabrera osby osby Lamperouge Lamperouge @SnakeFighter64
I love how much effort went to this, not just to the roster but also to track selection. Notably, you didn't leave modern SEGA games out like most would which is admirable.

There are a lot of unexpected but logical choices like Nei and Orta and Blaze's addition made me really happy as I just finished SoR4. Also Hatsune Miku is there and she's perfect so.

Great job.
 

KillerCage

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I watch this Youtube channel, Thorgi's Arcade, because I like his videos about making rosters, and I figure this one might interest some people.


It's over an hour long, but I'll give it a watch and see if it introduces me to any games that I might not have heard of otherwise.
That roster has one problem:
WHERE'S REIMU?
 

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i just played my first game of among us. i found a dead body, i didn't know where i was but i saw who it was, i was on switch so i could barely talk, and i was voted off.

maybe nintendo switch isn't the optimal system for this game
If you're not using a keyboard or voice chat don't even bother playing tbh.

Legit, was playing Amoung Us on my phone and people voted me off cuz I walked up to a dead body, it took me like an extra second to Report it and someone else walked in as I reported, they said I was just standing over the body, and barely had time to defend myself before they voted me off.

They then said, "You gotta defend yourself better"

Bruh....I had like no time to say anything and you guys just ejected me right away.
 
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24 hours since it's been the new year. Well at least in the west. It's been longer on the other side of the world.
 
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Welcome to how I feel about them adding Ed Edd n Eddy.
How is Batman TAS? Thinking of watching it someday.
the greatest Batman show of all time, with the closest to touching such greatness being Harley Quinn. Without that show, a lot of important things within the Batman lore would have never been placed into the comics...also it ****ing rocks
 

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the greatest Batman show of all time, with the closest to touching such greatness being Harley Quinn. Without that show, a lot of important things within the Batman lore would have never been placed into the comics...also it ****ing rocks
I used to watch Batman TAS all the time. It was really good.
 

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I've been watching a lot of videos on Fighting Games lately and they've been making me really want to get into Guilty Gear.

Too bad I only have a Switch and a potato of a laptop. Maybe I should start saving up for a PS5 or gaming PC or something.
 

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My brother’s like: How come you don’t play mainstream games?
My answer: Have you ever played FF9?
 
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Started some beta images for enemy drops. A Bow, Sword, and Knife in that order. They're meant to be item icons, not the proper model/weapon at full length either, and they follow a somewhat consistent height. Width isn't for sure the core thing. I'm still working on that bit. They're meant to resemble the item icons in Quest 64, since it's designed around the game. They aren't meant to be replicas of the weapons in the game, though, just representing the concept.
 

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Whenever people tell me that they play TF2 with a controller, my entire body crunches up into a giant cringe ball.

I can NOT imagine playing TF2 on a controller. That sounds like ass.
 

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i don't get how people play video games with a keyboard and mouse.

wasd isn't different from any other key how are you supposed to know to use them instinctively
 

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i don't get how people play video games with a keyboard and mouse.

wasd isn't different from any other key how are you supposed to know to use them instinctively
It involves 3/4 of your left hand's home row keys.
 

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Started to get more art done, gonna get a backlog started! The first two I'm working on are coming out pretty solid, so here's to hoping the rest will follow suit too.

Got quite a few games to play too. So I'll try to get my backlog cleared up too.
 

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Holy *. I just an ad for something and it had a straight up exposed * in it. On YouTube. Wtf?

****ing YouTube horny on main, boys.
Better than the ****ing:

Random YouTube channels that are completely not looked over by YouTube, which is how I once saw a Nazi propaganda one

30 minute long ads that come from ****ing nowhere and are basically entire television shows shoved into a single ad

Anything from PragerU
 

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Better than the ****ing:

Random YouTube channels that are completely not looked over by YouTube, which is how I once saw a Nazi propaganda one

30 minute long ads that come from ****ing nowhere and are basically entire television shows shoved into a single ad

Anything from PragerU
Yeah but you can just skip those.

This as has an unavoidable penis.

And it might be a nazi ****, you don't know.
 

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Added this girl at work to my friend's list on Switch. It tells you which game they are playing.

It's Smash Bros.

My heart skips a beat.

LOL, is there anything more pathetic
 
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Just about finished with Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection. Did everything in 4, Rogue, Aveline, and Freedom Cry except the last few fleet missions in Rogue which might as well be mobile game daily logins lmao. Idk if Rogue or 4 is better; 4 is more consistent and longer but seeing a Templar POV is great plus the irl puzzles in Rogue are top tier concept-wise even if the execution could be better. The naval combat was a lot better than I thought it would be going in but just like everything in AC it gets pretty repetitive. Don’t know how people can play every new release since it feels like a once a decade experience to me.

Started Tales of Vesperia DE and damn Yuri is so snarky I love it. I’ve only just escaped the palace but the interactions between Yuri and Estelle are comedy gold. Combat is just ok for now but I can see how it’s going to evolve already so I’m not worried. Still gotta get the hang of it too. The AC grind was real though so I’ll have to slow down. Got Hades to look forward to as well but it’ll be a while before I get to that.
 
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Gamers it is time for me to do another gamer hypothetical roster for gamers. Dis time it's Sega All-Stars Racing 3

-Transformations are returning

-However, I consider the driving in ASR1 so ****ing fun that I'd like the car sections this time around to feel closer to that than what we got in Transformed

-Sega Miles are returning because, in all honesty, I absolutely hate how in Transformed you have to get stars in World Tour to unlock the characters, to the point that in some of the later unlocks you have to pull off some crazy **** to get them when I prefer ASR1's much simpler approach of "if you got enough monies from just playing the damn game, you can get whoever you want right away"

-The Sega shop is also returning as a result, this time entailing characters, music tracks, and stickers you can slap on your vehicle ala CTR:NF that can serve as additional cool references to Sega's history

-Get Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (aka the DAYTONAAAAAAAAAA guy/Sega Rally guy/Sonic Mania Time Attack guy/F-Zero Medley guy/etc) as the announcer. The JP version of Transformed did that and I think it's a genius idea, a wonderful callback to Sega's classic arcade racer library

-The new flagman is Professor Asobin. An extremely obscure grab, I know, but he gets by on account of being a potential contender for the title of Sega's very first character
Ok so this time around we're doing 44 characters:

-30 veterans
-3 newcomers from already-represented franchises
-8 new IP reps
-1 super duper secret character
-2 brand-new guest characters

Let's get right onto the veterans:
1. Sonic
2. Tails
3. Knuckles
4. Amy
5. Big
6. Shadow
7. Metal Sonic
8. Eggman
9. AiAi
10. MeeMee
11. Billy Hatcher
12. Amigo
13. Beat
14. Gum
15. Ulala
16. Pudding
17. NiGHTS
18. Reala
19. B. D. Joe
20. Ryo
21. Zobio and Zobiko
22. Akira and Jacky
23. ChuChus
24. Bonanza Bros.
25. Alex Kidd
26. Opa-Opa
27. Gillius
28. Vyse
29. Joe Musashi
30. AGES

Let's look at the new additional series reps real quick:

31. Amiga from Samba de Amigo
32. Rolly from
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
33. G from House of the Dead

Amiga and Rolly are mainly just here to flesh out the subset of "secondary characters for the mainstay franchises" that MeeMee, Gum, Reala and Pudding find themselves in, nothing too special. G is more interesting though, as his inclusion provides representation for the mainline HotD games.

Let's look at the more exciting and detailed part here: the new series reps. First of all, I wanted to represent a wide variety of subsets of Sega IPs. I didn't want to have just modern franchises, or just cult classic Saturn-era JRPGs, or just EXTRA 90'S Western-appeal Mega Drive characters. Also worth noting is that there's more than one way to divvy up these 8 in half. First off, just for fun, I gave them an equal gender ratio. Second, and much more substantially, these can be divided in 2 categories: the "obvious picks", and the "niche picks". Let's go through them on a scale of decreasing obvious-ness:

34. Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza
-This would definitely happen IMO. Yakuza is, like, Sega's biggest in-house IP that hasn't yet been represented. The last potential barrier I could think of, the "M-rated" deal, has since been broken down by an interview that happened this year, where the All-Stars games' exec. producer basically went "yeah we had him on the list for potential inclusions, he could have totally made it in". Final note, make his car a full-sized Golden Tiger. Seriously, please do.

35. Joker from Persona 5
This is another in-your-face super obvious one. Yada yada yada, Persona 5 ****ing blew up, Joker is practically the new poster boy of Atlus who's Sega's subsidiary, yada yada, you've heard it all. His vehicle is also pretty easy to figure out, being the Morgana Bus. Basically, you know why he's here, you know what he'd be like, moving on:

36. Arle from Puyo Puyo
Not only is Puyo pretty damn big as well, it's also worth noting that it actually has had representation in the Sega Superstars games in the past......in the ones before All-Stars Racing. Also, the JP version of Transformed actually reskinned one of the items into a Puyo, so that's something too.

37. Sakura Shinguji from Sakura Wars
Same deal as the others, Sakura Wars is pretty friggin' huge, it'd be weird to continue to leave it out at this point, I dunno man, I don't know my Sakura Wars very well, I don't got much to say

Moving onto the "niche picks"

38. Ristar
We're kinda lacking in a more Western-appealing character so far, and although Ristar was created by a Japanese division of Sega, he's just that beloved in the western hardcore Sega community to the point where I think he'd easily fit in as a Western-appeal pick anyway. Plus, from going on old forums and ****, he was like the number one request for these games to have not made it in yet, so uh. Yeah. I think it's time to finally give him a shot

39. Orta from Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon's gotten a track already, I just like Orta and think it'd be nice to have PD take the next step in representation

40. Nei from Phantasy Star 2
OK so why is a Phantasy Star rep the penultimate least obvious pick when, all things considered, it's a pretty big series? First off, it's Phantasy Star Online that's so big, and we're going with a character from the classic games. Second, it's not even the pick that usually comes to mind when thinking of the classic games. Usually it's Alis, which yeah, she's a totally valid pick as well, but Nei sprung about when I heard she was considered for ASR1. Curious, I looked her up, I really dug her design, and here we are

41. Temjin from Virtual-ON
In the midst of all this mumbo jumbo about who are the biggest fish left, who appeals to which region, who's gotten smaller representation in these games in the past, Temjin is, quite simply, the fun pick. Virtual-ON is pretty big in Japan, apparently, and it's a notable cult favorite everywhere else, and those are factors too, but above all else, I just picked him because he's cool. Because of how fun it'd be to have this flippin' mecha driving around with everything else. He's that completely off-the-wall niche-ass pick that gets the hardcore fans popping off, and all those things just make him someone I would absolutely want to include

Ok, now here's the super secret character: and you've probably figured it out by now.

42. Segata Sanshiro

It's mother****ing Segata Sanshiro. He needs to introduction or explanation.

Now for the guests, and unlike in past titles, they won't just get picked all willy-nilly: I still want characters with a strong enough connection to Sega that they'd still make sense in a Sega All-Stars game:

43. Hatsune Miku

Yeah, you heard me right.

I was super hesitant on Miku at first, even knowing that she placed super high in an official Transformed DLC poll. What finally tipped me over in her favor was basically the exact same deal with Kiryu: John Sumodigitalman having said the exact same thing about her in the exact same interview. So **** it, she'd be funny as hell while still having strong connections to Sega. It's a win-win!

44. ToeJam and Earl

It's one thing to have strong connections to Sega, but still being your own thing. It's another thing to be so strongly associated with Sega that you're frequently mistaken for actually being owned by them. With that in mind, and considering that they'd also act as a big Mega Drive Western-appeal character along with Ristar....yeah, put 'em in.
The tracks are interesting this time. Because we had some of the basic locations covered in ASR1, and Transformed had a much wider range and also the transformations, which meant it had to cover each series' basic locations all over again. But now that there's not much of a change with the way tracks are being handled, we can go crazy with some of the other locations in these IP, mixing and matching enviroments and such

Cup 1
Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog
Samba de Amigo track
Pirates' Island from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Super Monkey Ball track based on the "Sky High" background from the original game

Cup 2
Three-Seven Speedway from Daytona USA
Chemical Plant from Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Tokyo Underground Sewage Facility from Jet Set Radio Future
Phantasy Star Online track

Cup 3
Venice from House of the Dead 2
Kamurocho from Yakuza
Spaceport 5 from Space Channel 5
Stardust Speedway from Sonic CD

Cup 4
Twin Seeds from NiGHTS into Dreams
Angel Island from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Yafutoma from Skies of Arcadia
Comix Zone track

Cup 5
Studiopolis from Sonic Mania
Planet Sonata from Ristar
Rez track
General SEGA celebration track, successor to Race of AGES

I'm also considering retro tracks, but I'm not quite sure yet
3 themed character packs with 4 characters and a cup each

Supporting Character Pack
Team Chaotix
Axel (Crazy Taxi)
Sarah Bryant
Aika

DLC Cup 1
Yokosuka Harbor from Shenmue
Mushroom Hill from Sonic and Knuckles
Golden Axe track
Shinobi track

Modern Character Pack
Alicia and Welkin
Bayonetta
Phantom R
Jack Cayman

DLC Cup 2
Casino of Envy from Persona 5
Valkyria Chronicles track
Rhythm Thief track
MadWorld track

Classic Character Pack
Space Harrier
Vectorman
Honey
Blaze Fielding

DLC Cup 3
Sakura Wars track
Wood Oak Slums from Streets of Rage
Deep Lake from OutRun 2
Ecco the Dolphin track

I put a lotta effort into dis one. Tagging some peeps that either A. I know are big Sega fans, or B. I just like sharing these beeg ideaposts with: @JDCabrera osby osby Lamperouge Lamperouge @SnakeFighter64
Really nice choices overall and It is nice to see transformations back.

And I really appreciate the idea of removing the Star system to unlock characters because I also found It too annoying when playing All Stars Racing Transformed on Wii U.

I may make my own roster for Mario Kart 9 sometime in the next days.
 
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Currently at the House of an IRL friend from another island playing Fortnite.

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