SleepingSilence

Post a random fact about yourself.

2021 should allow me to finally improve on my (admittedly comfortable but) stagnant circumstances. Since unlike years prior, I think my life might actually change in a significant way. (Which at this point, I could use a little adventure.)

For I've been house hunting as of late. And I'm more than likely going to be purchasing a house this year. Preferably sooner, rather than later. (But regardless, these next couple of months are certainly going to be revealing, and potentially a great opportunity/redemption for others.) Time will tell.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Dead Cells has the best graphics for a Switch game, by far the best graphics I've seen.

@Dark Cloud

I have those two games on PC. (Hades/Dead Cells.) But I could certainly believe it to be in the upper echelon on the Switch, with how its art design is. Honestly, the Switch's games can look quite pretty. Hollow Knight looked fantastic on it for example. (To me.) (Though can confirm that Switch's version of Risk of Rain 2 is a bit uggo. But graphics have never been that big of a deal. (To me.)

Good luck on your gaming scavenger hunt.

I've never pre-ordered games or consoles. (And you shouldn't either, person reading. :I) But the only game that I've ever had an issue finding at release was "Until Dawn". (The so-bad-its-well-probably-still-bad horror game, that I enjoyed playing regardless.)

Checked most of the stores in my area with no luck, and finally, I find a copy of it at Target. (I think. Maybe it was a Walmart.) Though since the employees didn't know if a single copy existed or not. I ended up looking for the thing on my own. And the poor box wasn't even on the shelf with the other games. Its lying on the bottom shelf, all on its own, with no price tag to be found. (So among everything else that happened with its lack of PR at the time. Sony really wanted that game to die, it seems.)

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Why the fuck is Kingdoms of Amalur: the Re-Reckoning sold out, like I mean it's sold out and out of stock everywhere. Why?

@Dark Cloud

As the gaming version of the McRib. I can tell you-

I remember this company went bankrupt or close to it at some point. And this game had a bunch of overpriced versions of it, that were also notoriously difficult to find. So old habits die hard?

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A PS4 game that I'll likely be playing again with some friends this weekend. ("Dragon Crown Pro") Which is good, since nothing else of interest has cropped up as of late.

@SleepingSilence

I lied. Instead we played Risk Of Rain 2 on the Switch. And surprisingly, it runs fine, menu loading aside. Quite immediately engaging, actually. So I can see why everyone this past year has gushed all over it. Though the level design and 'its the same-color everywhere' stages can absolutely drain one's enthusiasm if you get stuck/lost.

What Are You Listening To?

More "wondering what I'm doing with my life" than "listening". But eh.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

I appear to be in the minority of people, when I looked at the comparisons between these games. But I'm finding Dead Cells to be far more engaging in its challenge than Hades is. Even if I've only just scratched the surface of both.

Mainly because it feels like Hades' gameplay and subsequent deaths are inevitable in a way. Where as in Dead Cells, I always feel like I have an honest shot, in spite of the higher difficulty curve. But I'll certainly be playing more of both of them in good time. (Maybe that feeling will change, we'll see. I know Supergiant's Pyre got me to care about the characters over its gameplay.)

Though what hasn't changed, is how little I want a new game console. Now that the highest praised release that I've seen was for Horizon: Zero Originality. (This time with wings.) "Immortal Fenyx Rising" is an unmemorable title that I had to look up. And that essentially boils down to "Yeah, it's an open world game alright." or "You know all those increasingly dull Asscreed games they've been spewing out ad-nauseum? This is better than those."

But I digress. The other game that I've been playing as of late, which I'm much closer to completing, is "Hand Of Fate". Though let me tell you, that its unique gameplay premise, is far better on paper than how its actually executed. Because it's combat/maze sections (or more importantly, its camera during those parts) is frustratingly bad. Like something on the level of "if I had access to their unity engine, *I* could improve this." However, I don't tend to engage with things for long, if I completely dislike them. So I suppose I enjoy it enough for what its trying to be. (But maybe it's obvious for a roleplayer to enjoy storytelling.)

Lastly, I recently/reluctantly traded my 2DS for all my roommate's Switch accessories, and a PS4 game that I'll likely be playing again with some friends this weekend. ("Dragon Crown Pro") Which is good, since nothing else of interest has cropped up as of late. Even if a part of me wants to buy Jank Souls. ("Hellpoint") because it's Co-Op. And I want them to pay for the terrible movies that I had to watch last time.

We mourn the passing of Polymorpheus

My sincerest condolences to the family. (Will be in my prayers tonight, for whatever that's worth.)

Despite my many conversations with Catchamber/Polymorpheus, I didn't know her very well. But she always seemed eager to have a discussion with me. So it's a real shame that I won't get the chance to have another one.

I'm sure you'll be missed by many. God bless.

Discord vs OOC

Discord often moves too fast for important updates to be posted. You can do an announcement tab, but it's just easier to keep up with stuff in the OOC. Can't tell you how many times I've come to an active discord with 400+ messages to read, only to see there's virtually nothing important going on.

Keeping the discord up was a fool's errand. No one used it, and it was much easier to type out long announcements without a 2000 character limit. Not only that, but OOC posts bump your RP. So randos can see your player's banter and don't have to wonder how active things are in the discord. It's better for getting more players.

@BrokenPromise

Frankly, this take is fairly similar to most of what I was planning to add. With the addition of, that you can't even guarantee that those you roleplay with will want to use Discord. Nor is it as easy to format potential OOC information, in anyway that isn't just big ole' blocks of text. (Why do a forum style roleplay at all, if you don't take advantage of it from time to time? Ya know?)

It shouldn't be a case of "Versus" at all. Discords and OOCs compliment each-other.

@Ammokkx

Though, if done correctly, I'd fully agree with this too. Say one half could be in service of what goes on in the roleplay. And the discord could serve as banter, brainstorming, and maybe even additional character building. (I.E I've heard about one roleplay that had a D&D-style campaign. With their 'home base' being a sub category on Discord that was used exclusively for IC chat.)

It also could be a less terrible way to tell those in your RP group that you aren't going to post. Instead of putting it somewhere like the status bar, where no one will read it. (I'm not even in a group. So directed at no one. But yeah, just saying.)

Word association Game!

Chain

My first thought was the comment above ngl.

Ban the Person above you

Banned for thinking at all.

Questions and Answers

I'm not even sure how I feel about this one, personally. Since there's so much complicated and greed-driven baggage that comes with how funeral homes are run. Yet, I don't ever see myself choosing to turn any of my passed loved ones to cinders. So although I can understand the case made for either of them.

I'll go with burial as my final answer.

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Lemme go full reddit here.

What's your own best "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" story?