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[Alphine Agnitio]

Never thought I’d hear “racist Splatoon team” as a term but I always find myself surprised with how bad Nintendo gamers can truly be.

Like, what was racist about them? Usernames? Paint color choice?

way too comfortable sayin it https://t.co/3Eh9nv2pNy

— adapt🪷 (@adaptability_) June 11, 2024

Slightly worse(whole thread has a lot of slurs do tread lightly)

That and the main competitive content creator(squid school) getting into some hot **** over sexual assualt and the community made establisbment made to nip this stuff in the bud(splat safety) doing literally nothing has put the scene as a whole in a weird spot (for what its worth it doesn't seem like a broad community issue, just the + servers as a concept creating unavoidable echo chambers)

Anyway, what I came here for to post - WE LOVE NAGO

 

[Will]

way too comfortable sayin it https://t.co/3Eh9nv2pNy

— adapt🪷 (@adaptability_) June 11, 2024

Slightly worse(whole thread has a lot of slurs do tread lightly)

That and the main competitive content creator(squid school) getting into some hot **** over sexual assualt and the community made establisbment made to nip this stuff in the bud(splat safety) doing literally nothing has put the scene as a whole in a weird spot (for what its worth it doesn't seem like a broad community issue, just the + servers as a concept creating unavoidable echo chambers)

Anyway, what I came here for to post - WE LOVE NAGO

Good lord.

I already said this but it will be a miracle if Nintendo ever tries esports again. They’re bringing in the worst crowds without even trying.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

a roided Bruce Wayne is crazy

 

[TheMightyP]

a roided Bruce Wayne is crazy
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Heh, thick boi- is that Engineer tf2

 

[Guynamednelson]

Heh, thick boi- is that Engineer tf2

No, that's City Engineer. Dell Conagher would be the Country Engineer.

 

[Alphine Agnitio]

Good lord.

I already said this but it will be a miracle if Nintendo ever tries esports again. They’re bringing in the worst crowds without even trying.

I think its a case of "one bad apple spoils the bunch" at least, although thats probably not reassuring to most

Pretty much every person, team, and org I've interacted with in splatoon comp except exactly 2 people have been wonderful and amazing folk and theres a clear positive vibe

 

[Z25]

Video games are saved:

Rivals is having their panel at SDCC rn, some other goodies from it. pic.twitter.com/VfsmsLda33

— NOSY BOY LOVES MASS EFFECT (@NosyBoyYT) July 25, 2024

 

[TheMightyP]

Crazy how 90% of Splatoon's playerbase is minorities and the LBGT and somehow it was the KKK that won an officially endorsed tournament.

also how are you gonna see Marina and Frye and still be racist. That **** don't add up.

 

[Noipoi]

Top 10 most iconic moments in gaming

 

[Will]

Top 10 most iconic moments in gaming

haha he said doo doo

 

[TheMightyP]

Kieran's entire character development was coming to terms that he wasn't the main character of the game and when you think about it... that's depressing.

Like idk if I found out that I was an NPC in my own life and every event that I strived for got squandered and stolen by some dude who just showed up 2 hours ago AND my sister conspired with them, I'd take an entire student body hostage under my control too.

this won't look good for the FBI

 

[dezeray112]

Yeah, I can't find it now but I do remember that there was disappointing news about Sag-Aftra approving usage of AI in games like shortly after they got a new contract with movie studios.

Maybe I'm misremembering.

Also here's the list for those curious
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Update 2: I found it
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I remember reading that too and several voice actors such as the likes of Joshua Seth, Veronica Taylor, Steve Blum criticised the news of SAG-AFTRA's agreement and partnership with an A.I. conpany.

 

[Noipoi]

Kieran's entire character development was coming to terms that he wasn't the main character of the game and when you think about it... that's depressing.

Like idk if I found out that I was an NPC in my own life and every event that I strived for got squandered and stolen by some dude who just showed up 2 hours ago AND my sister conspired with them, I'd take an entire student body hostage under my control too.

this won't look good for the FBI

I’ve already accepted that my role is life is to be the comic relief in everyone else’s story

 

[Jondolio]

I managed to clear like 5 social links today in P4. Good stuff.

Like I said before I'm likely not gonna finish all of them. Out of the ones I have left I'm probably gonna prioritize Chie, Kanji, Rise, Naoto (basically all of the investigation team members I haven't maxed out yet), Sayoko, and Ayane. I'm also gonna try doing at least Naoki and the Fox if I have the time (I'm almost done with the fox, it's just that his rank 10 is proving to be something of a pain in the ass)

 

[TheMightyP]

I’ve already accepted that my role is life is to be the comic relief in everyone else’s story

But hey, the comedic relief gets the baddie that he's been pining for the whole movie.

Silver linings.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

great news

 

[Will]

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great news

Death Battle gotta be 15 years old by now.

I got my matchup on the show so I think it’s peaked /s Somebody really liked my Guts VS Dimitri fanfiction but just didn’t like how I ended it

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Making muffins

 

[Aurane]

Making muffins

You make those muffins

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I made my thread idea. https://smashboards.com/threads/smashboards-creates-smash-with-1-character-per-company.523363/

Let’s see if this takes off.

 

[Noipoi]

Making muffins

What kind?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

What kind?

Strawberry

 

[Aurane]

Strawberry

Not bad. I prefer blueberry and banana nut muffins but strawberry is okay. Good with a cup of milk.

 

[Noipoi]

Strawberry

I’m a banana muffin truther, specifically the ones my mom used to make until I was old enough to make them myself.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Not bad. I prefer blueberry and banana nut muffins but strawberry is okay. Good with a cup of milk.

Milk? Gross.

 

[Aurane]

Milk? Gross.

What do you mean? I'm not saying you eat it in a bowl of milk or something. I mean milk in a cup on the side. Maybe dip the muffin in the milk. It's a good drink to have with muffins.

 

[Z25]

Marvel Rivals way to access the beta is ****ing stupid.

You have to watch an hour of dreamers for a chance of their website to let you claim codes at ridiculous intervals throughout the day.

And even when that time slot opened, the site wouldn’t let anyone click confirm and bots stole all of the codes to sell for $70 on eBay. Which no one is buying, so literally no one is getting into the beta.

What a terrible showing by one of the richest companies in the world who should be able to bypass these issues.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I’m a banana muffin truther, specifically the ones my mom used to make until I was old enough to make them myself.

I just like pink things.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

So uh.....

Dunno how to break it to y'all, but I think Zeena...MIGHT have unseated Caitlin for my favorite character of all time?

I mean, it's more or less subconscious. But for a while my fixation on 6teen got pretty intense and obsessive to the point where I think it got harmful to my health.

While 6teen HAS helped me a lot in life, Sonic Lost World has helped too, and hasn't become a downright invasive addiction. I've never had stressful fights with friends over SLW. Nor has seeing Zeena hate left me in a stressed, sad state for hours (probably cuz with how much she gets, I've more or less developed an immunity lol).

Plus, Zeena's just a funky, silly space chameleon who makes me happy when she's onscreen. And in addition she has many good memories attached to her.

I think at the end of the day, that's all I really need.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

The MCU moving up to $30 billion by the end of the weekend is impressive tbh

 

[Noipoi]

Tera Dondozo tonight, along with the shiny Tagsugiri outbreaks.

Already got my shiny sushi.

 

[Shroob]

Tera Dondozo tonight, along with the shiny Tagsugiri outbreaks.

Already got my shiny sushi.

What ball didja catch 'em in?

 

[Noipoi]

What ball didja catch 'em in?

Dive Ball for all three, and I’m gonna catch Dondozo in a Dive Ball too.

Felt fitting for the fish fest.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

What do you mean? I'm not saying you eat it in a bowl of milk or something. I mean milk in a cup on the side. Maybe dip the muffin in the milk. It's a good drink to have with muffins.

I hate drinking milk.

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The MCU moving up to $30 billion by the end of the weekend is impressive tbh

its never gonna end isn’t it?

 

[TMNTSSB4]

it’s never gonna end isn’t it?

with how big Deadpool & Wolverine is gonna be alone…ending will never be an option.

unless they magically have a DCEU moment that fully ****s everything over for them

 

[Shroob]

Honestly, the more I play Pikmin 4, the more I kinda.... don't like it?


Maybe it's just because I'm a boomer who loves Pikmin 1+2, but, this game feels soo painfully easy.



It's not a bad game by any metrics, no it's great, but it feels.... REALLY simple compared to the first 2 installments. Like, Pikmin 2 could be some bull**** at times, but like.... am I too jaded?

 

[HyperSomari64]

unless they magically have a DCEU moment that fully ****s everything over for them

Let's pray that it won't be another ****storm of cameos during the climax, featuring CGI Bill Bixby and a poorly recreated scene of Spider Man 4.

 

[cashregister9]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SPIDER-MAN AND ULTRAMAN CROSSOVER???

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Honestly, the more I play Pikmin 4, the more I kinda.... don't like it?


Maybe it's just because I'm a boomer who loves Pikmin 1+2, but, this game feels soo painfully easy.



It's not a bad game by any metrics, no it's great, but it feels.... REALLY simple compared to the first 2 installments. Like, Pikmin 2 could be some bull**** at times, but like.... am I too jaded?

I think the main issues are the decision to not have enemies respawn and limiting how many different types of Pikmin you can have on the surface.

I actually brought this up earlier. The latter is inconsistent with every previous game in the series, has a poor in-universe justification, and all in all just makes gameplay less interesting and fun.

Then there's the whole matter of surface enemies not respawning. Not only does this make growing Pikmin more difficult since it takes a while to find and gather Onions, but it also makes the game's huge and absolutely beautiful surface locations seem far more barren and devoid of life. Like, you make these absolutely gorgeous environments the likes of which Pikmin has never seen before, in larger levels than any previous Pikmin game, and utilizing the absolute best graphics in the series up to this point, and even new immersive and genuinely cool mechanics like low tides during the middle of the day and night, and you don't even let enemies (aka natural creatures on the planet) respawn to populate these natural locations?

I wouldn't say the game is outright easy, because a lot of enemies are still dangerous and therefore, the locations themselves are very much still are difficult on your first few visits. But the decision to not have any of them respawn ever, with the sole exception of within caves, makes much of the game both easier than any of the prior games in the series, as well as the levels themselves far less full of life.

Don't get me wrong. still absolutely adore the game. But even as someone who hasn't finished the game yet, 4 has a lot of changes that have outright baffled me, and for all the quality of life and game design improvements that the game has over the past three entries, it felt like several other aspects of the game took a step backwards at the same time.

 

[Shroob]

I think the main issues are the decision to not have enemies respawn and limiting how many different types of Pikmin you can have on the surface.

I actually brought this up earlier. The latter is inconsistent with every previous game in the series, has a poor in-universe justification, and all in all just makes gameplay less interesting and fun.

Then there's the whole matter of surface enemies not respawning. Not only does this make growing Pikmin more difficult since it takes a while to find and gather Onions, but it also makes the game's huge and absolutely beautiful surface locations seem far more barren and devoid of life. Like, you make these absolutely huge, gorgeous environments the likes of which Pikmin has never seen before, with the best graphics in the series up to this point, and even new mechanics like low tides during the middle of the day and night, and you don't even let enemies (aka natural creatures on the planet) respawn to populate these natural locations?

I wouldn't say the game is outright easy, because a lot of enemies are still dangerous and therefore, the locations themselves very much still are difficult on your first visit. But the decision to not have any of them respawn ever, with the sole exception of caves, makes much of the game both easier than any of the prior games in the series, as well as the levels themselves far less full of life.

Don't get me wrong. still absolutely adore the game. But even as someone who hasn't finished the game yet, 4 has a lot of changes that have outright baffled me, and for all the quality of life and game design improvements that the game has over the past three entries, it felt like several other aspects of the game took a step backwards at the same time.

Auto lockon is a big one for me like.

Aim was part of the challenge(and fun) of old Pikmin games.


If you're going to just have the cursor snap onto whatever you want then it removes a bit of skill.