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[Shroob]

I was gonna make a snappy comeback, but this made me think of the idea of a Cranky Kong let's play channel and I want that so badly now.

Cranky would spend his entire time ranting about how "woke" games these days had become and you know it.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

That's fine, there's genuinely nothing wrong with that in my book, you should have the freedom to play how you want.

But uh. Maybe try the charged version of Sting Chameleon's weapon a few times when going through some stages if you can't hadouken Sigma and his dog

I am playing with Rookie Hunter Mode turned on btw.

 

[Shroob]

Gacha? More like Gotcha! Kids these days are stupid enough to use their parent's credit card on the newest sameface anime girl in a different dress. Back in my day, if we wanted a new character to play as, we bought the newest iteration of Street Fighter 2!

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Cranky would spend his entire time ranting about how "woke" games these days had become and you know it.

You know… Cranky doesn’t strike me as a bigot. Remember he’s a mad scientist as well as an old fashioned curmudgeon.

 

[Shroob]

You know… Cranky doesn’t strike me as a bigot. Remember he’s a mad scientist as well as an old fashioned curmudgeon.

All the more reason that Alex Kong had him on his program to explain why they're turning the Winkys gay.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

All the more reason that Alex Kong had him on his program to explain why they're turning the Winkys gay.

Yeah no. I’m sorry, it just doesn’t work for me.

Especially since DKC is inherently pro-environmental, I just don’t think conservatism and bigotry exist in that universe.

 

[Shroob]

Yeah no. I’m sorry, it just doesn’t work for me.

Look
All I'm saying is that

Bluster 100% has money in the hands of foreign Kongs that he doesn't want the rest of Kongo Bongo island to know about.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

The more interesting topic is what kind of boomer is Shadow the Hedgehog. He's mixed and has 2 dads while growing up on the ARK, but he has no sense of inflation so he'd be like "Faker, here's 10 cents, go fill up my bike with gas, keep the change"

 

[Shroob]

The more interesting topic is what kind of boomer is Shadow the Hedgehog. He's mixed and has 2 dads while growing up on the ARK, but he has no sense of inflation so he'd be like "Faker, here's 10 cents, go fill up my bike with gas, keep the change"

Imagine Shadow when he sees the inflation on a McDonald's cheeseburger.


That's how we get Shadow the Hedgehog 2.

 

[TheMightyP]

The more interesting topic is what kind of boomer is Shadow the Hedgehog. He's mixed and has 2 dads while growing up on the ARK, but he has no sense of inflation so he'd be like "Faker, here's 10 cents, go fill up my bike with gas, keep the change"

Depends, are we talking Adventure **** the government Shadow or 06 I work for the US Military Shadow?

 

[TheCJBrine]

I was gonna make a snappy comeback, but this made me think of the idea of a Cranky Kong let's play channel and I want that so badly now.

Cranky Kong but he's playing Minecraft Java (he mostly plays older versions, and initially disliked the game before warming up to it) and for a large portion of his livestream, he's ranting about Minecraft Bedrock's marketplace and the 1.9+ combat.

"I'll give it to Bedrock, at least Mojang got their heads back into gear and kept the old combat on there! Modern Java STINKS! What were they thinking, removing sword blocking and slowing everything down? Bedrock does it right! At least kids these days can still experience the actually GOOD combat on there! That version of the game is still complete rubbish, though. Why would I waste my money on the marketplace's junk when I can download free, quality items from the good members of the community? Maybe if they had some quality control, I'd be more willing to even just browse the horrid thing! Seriously, some 'horror creepypasta' addon where all the 'scary monsters' are just weaker zombies? Who approved these ripoffs? They'll accept even the most obvious conartist these days! I suppose at least two or so quality mod creators have put their stuff on there, but that's it!"

"...anyway, where was I...oh yes, that's right, I was brewing some healing potions, thank you MineyKong64 in the chat for reminding me. No, XxFunkyGunnerxX, I haven't played Fortnite and I never will!"

 

[TheMightyP]

Cranky Kong rocks back and fourth talking about how Gen 3 was the last good Pokemon gen before they ruined it. He drones on about splits killing his favorite Pokemon or something...

 

[SnakeFighter64]

As good as I'm sure the Legends games really are, it would be fun to see the actual classic Mega Man formula translated into 3D.

Mega Man 3D World.

Cranky Kong but he's playing Minecraft Java (he mostly plays older versions, and initially disliked the game before warming up to it) and for a large portion of his livestream, he's ranting about Minecraft Bedrock's marketplace and the 1.9+ combat.

"I'll give it to Bedrock, at least Mojang got their heads back into gear and kept the old combat on there! Modern Java STINKS! What were they thinking, removing sword blocking and slowing everything down? Bedrock does it right! At least kids these days can still experience the actually GOOD combat on there! That version of the game is still complete rubbish, though. Why would I waste my money on the marketplace's junk when I can download free, quality items from the good members of the community? Maybe if they had some quality control, I'd be more willing to even just browse the horrid thing! Seriously, some 'horror creepypasta' addon where all the 'scary monsters' are just weaker zombies? Who approved these ripoffs? They'll accept even the most obvious conartist these days! I suppose at least two or so quality mod creators have put their stuff on there, but that's it!"

"...anyway, where was I...oh yes, that's right, I was brewing some healing potions, thank you MineyKong64 in the chat for reminding me. No, XxFunkyGunnerxX, I haven't played Fortnite and I never will!"

This. This is what I want.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

I basically turn into Cranky Kong whenever Ratchet and Clank comes up in conversation so yeah

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Cranky Kong rocks back and fourth talking about how Gen 3 was the last good Pokemon gen before they ruined it. He drones on about splits killing his favorite Pokemon or something...

I love how when Cranky was created even the SNES was too new and modern for him (he only liked Arcade games I think) but now we just give him any boomer gamer opinion we can think of.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Yoo, the title screen for Cult of thd Lamb nes update is sick

 

[TheMightyP]

I love how when Cranky was created even the SNES was too new and modern for him (he only liked Arcade games I think) but now we just give him any boomer gamer opinion we can think of.

In a few years, he'll be hitting people with Zoomer gamer opinions. The Wii (U) is already Retro (heh) status.

Then I'll know I'm old.

 

[Noipoi]

Day 22: Florges

I never got why it had a little bowtie on its chest

 

[TheMightyP]

Day 21: Florges

I never got why it had a little bowtie on its chest

It went to the local Dior.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

I never got why it had a little bowtie on its chest

Adds to its majestic look in my book! More Pokemon need bowties.

Florges is just a classic Kalos mon in my book. Perfect representation for the new type on the block, pretty as heck, AND it's made of flowers! What's not to love really?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Part of me wants to see more of what mega man has to offer after the X and Zero series. But I really don’t know if the Legends games will retain enough of what makes Mega Man good to be worth playing. And the Battle Network and Star Force games are both card/deck based RPGs if my knowledge is correct and those are always… annoying… to me.

 

[TheMightyP]

Come to think if it, Legends Arceus didn't really give us a whole lot of lore on Arceus itself.

Like we get lore on everything Sinnoh but Arceus just isekai's the player to the past and just... idk eats popcorn until the end of the game.

 

[cashregister9]

As of tonight I have watched every Epcot nighttime fireworks show IRL. Here are my opinions

Illuminations: My favorite still, it is incredibly emblematic of Epcot with such moving music and a great visual aspect. We go on hit then and it hits 5 years after the show has ended

Epcot Forever: worked okay as a filler show, I wished the Kites were more flashy and Whole New World being the final song was weird and bad considering how the rest of the songs were a great showcase of the history of Epcot.

Harmonious: I only ever saw this once so my memory is hazy, but the show itself was pretty with some great tech, but not really emblematic of anything, just a general Disney fireworks show. Also the Barges were distractingly ugly

Luminous: I think this is a good middle ground between Illuminations and Harmonious, It is much more tasteful in it's deployment of Disney songs. But also Disney go a whole nighttime show without Friend Like Me or I See The Light challenge (They are great songs but they are in every Nighttime show) The fountains were absolutely gorgeous, only real complaint about the visuals is how low to the ground they were. Also the show had a theme and story it was going for and it tugged at some heartstrings.

 

[Noipoi]

Come to think if it, Legends Arceus didn't really give us a whole lot of lore on Arceus itself.

Like we get lore on everything Sinnoh but Arceus just isekai's the player to the past and just... idk eats popcorn until the end of the game.

He gave you a phone what more do you want?

 

[Shroob]

Part of me wants to see more of what mega man has to offer after the X and Zero series. But I really don’t know if the Legends games will retain enough of what makes Mega Man good to be worth playing. And the Battle Network and Star Force games are both card/deck based RPGs if my knowledge is correct and those are always… annoying… to me.

I love Megaman Battle Network tbh, but also it's very much an alternate reality that's disconnected from the Classic > X > Zero > ZX timeline.

Come to think if it, Legends Arceus didn't really give us a whole lot of lore on Arceus itself.

Like we get lore on everything Sinnoh but Arceus just isekai's the player to the past and just... idk eats popcorn until the end of the game.

If you had godlike powers, sometimes you'd also wanna do a little silly.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

all that Cranky Kong talk reminds me of how he’s a pretty good singer (he’s no Donkey, Candy, or K Rool tho)

 

[osby]

Also osby I'm curious, which bad guys would you swap in my roster and who you rather have instead?

I'd probably switch Enel or Arlong with Moriah. Idk, he'd just be more interesting to me.

 

[Jondolio]

I'd probably switch Enel or Arlong with Moriah. Idk, he'd just be more interesting to me.

I see

Arlong was honestly prioritized because I thought he'd be a surprising pick in this day and age and didn't really think too much about his gameplay (though I do think he could have unique gameplay compared to everyone else on the roster) so I could honestly swap Moria in favor of him. I just don't really like the idea of Perona and Moria being in the same DLC pack, most of the characters in these packs have very little to do with each other aside from DLC 4

 

[PLATINUM7]

Honestly I like Bartolomeo but I don't really know how he'd fight, he's a 100% defensive character. I feel like he'd probably commentate on the fights though, that'd be funny

I didn't really put much thought into each individual playstyle (mostly because I'm not overly familiar with how fighting games operate) but for Vivi I'd mostly have her using her peacock slashers and maybe have a throw animation where she punches the opponent like how she punched Luffy in Alabasta. Also Karoo and the rest of the ducks would come in for supers.

I feel like most of the others are more straightforward since they're much more action oriented characters

Around the minute mark you can see how Bartolomeo's barriers worked into his moveset in Burning Blood. I don't think you'd need to change too much if for a 2D fighter.

 

[Jondolio]

Around the minute mark you can see how Bartolomeo's barriers worked into his moveset in Burning Blood. I don't you'd need to change too much if for a 2D fighter.

Ok I can see how he could fight but I don't have space for him and he's not really much of a priority for me personally

 

[ZephyrZ]

Day 21: Florges

I never got why it had a little bowtie on its chest

This is one of those pokemon where I vastly prefer the middle stage to the final form.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I think id be far more intrested in Demon Slayer if Tanjiro still had his long hair

 

[Jondolio]

I think id be far more intrested in Demon Slayer if Tanjiro still had his long hair

I'd be more interested in Demon Slayer if it was good

 

[TheMightyP]

There's been a trend where people self diagnose themselves with mental disorders and idk I feel like that's kinda dangerous? Like at the least, I feel a lot of misinfo can fly by doing that. But I am NT (least to my knowledge) so idk if that's something I should talk about, but I just get vibes when I was a young teen and everyone said they had OCD.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

There's been a trend where people self diagnose themselves with mental disorders and idk I feel like that's kinda dangerous? Like at the least, I feel a lot of misinfo can fly by doing that. But I am NT (least to my knowledge) so idk if that's something I should talk about, but I just get vibes when I was a young teen and everyone said they had OCD.

Tbh I get it, an actual diagnosis can be costly and takes so much time, then there's stuff like Canada's assisted suicide stuff which I don't know the full details of but makes people not want to be open about any conditions they have. There's also discrimination people face after a diagnosis, be it from people assuming having autism means they have been given a mission by god himself to treat you like a 5 year old, being deemed unhireable for a job, having your accomplishments downplayed as mere luck rather than hard work. Like, my gender diagnosis took 8 ****ing years for a doctor to go "Hmmm yes this patient saying they experience gender dysphoria is indeed experiencing gender dysphoria and isn't just being too autistic to tell"

 

[TheMightyP]

Tbh I get it, an actual diagnosis can be costly and takes so much time, then there's stuff like Canada's assisted suicide stuff which I don't know the full details of but makes people not want to be open about any conditions they have. There's also discrimination people face after a diagnosis, be it from people assuming having autism means they have been given a mission by god himself to treat you like a 5 year old, being deemed unhireable for a job, having your accomplishments downplayed as mere luck rather than hard work. Like, my gender diagnosis took 8 ****ing years for a doctor to go "Hmmm yes this patient saying they experience gender dysphoria is indeed experiencing gender dysphoria and isn't just being too autistic to tell"

Yeah, I did some research and yeah it's tough for a diagnosis. My only experience with the tests and all was I had an autism screening cause I was apparently non-verbal when I was little little. It came negative and also I talk a lot now so I guess . Ignore that my sis got professinally diagnosed with ADHD and some other stuff and my mom has a scatterbrain and my dad does odd motions and noises and murmurs to himself out of the blue and I also do those odd motions and noises maybe I should get checked out idk

Under further thinking tho, I think I have more of an issue with people infaltilizing disorders, primarily NTs infantilizing it.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Under further thinking tho, I think I have more of an issue with people infaltilizing disorders, primarily NTs infantilizing it.

On god there was nothing that made me crave violence as a teenager more than witnessing the way people would treat people as lesser because of disorders, issues, whatever. I could have people talk to me as if they were talking to anyone else but the ment they hear I'm neurodivergent? They talk slower, with an added singsong that isn't in their voice when they talk to anyone else, in some cases, even dumbing down their words

 

[TheMightyP]

On god there was nothing that made me crave violence as a teenager more than witnessing the way people would treat people as lesser because of disorders, issues, whatever. I could have people talk to me as if they were talking to anyone else but the ment they hear I'm neurodivergent? They talk slower, with an added singsong that isn't in their voice when they talk to anyone else, in some cases, even dumbing down their words

I feel like it got worse with social media trying to make all NDs as wholesome quirky uwu smol beans and you know... not actual people with genuine feelings that are case by case.

But let someone have a mental breakdown and suddenly **** ain't sweet.

 

[Jondolio]

Bro One Piece fans can't read

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I unhooked myself from Multiversus. After playing every day since launch and structuring my day around completing my dailies like it was homework, I have now not played at all for about a week. Honestly it feels really nice.