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Nintendo isn't allowed to make a new system until all Xenoblade games are on the Switch.

oh entire family

sister is semi-engaged somewhere between liberal & lefty, mostly centered on foreign policy, humanities, helping refugees but can have more traditional liberal beliefs on the workplace from her experiences as a manager

brother is completely drowning in the far-right extremist online sphere, spends his entire day obsessively worked-up over wokeness, minorities, vaccines, and starts his day listening to every shitlord podcast pushing that trash

so sister's generally decent, mom is centrist conservative liberal, dad's policy is to basically complain about what anyone is doing and assert himself as the sole intelligent being without really having any concrete beliefs, brother is every single bit of far-right shitstain you can think of

ScepterOfLove posted...

SV are my favorite Pokemon games since gen 5

+1

I'm a fan of the Let's Go games but I wouldn't describe it like a traditional mainline game. It's a nostalgic recreation with Pokemon Go mechanics

Definitely a bigger fan of S/V tho, like yeah it has performance issues but the game is just very much fun that it's well worth it. Story-wise the game is actually handled really well, it's open-world sure and you can go to whichever gym or whatever you want, but what the game does really well is provide you with 3 different storylines to follow. There's a story for fighting Titan Pokemon, a story for taking down the traditional enemy team (characterized very well for the series, it's a pretty relatable gang of rebellious misfits), and another for becoming the Champion until they all kind of come together.

For non-battling stuff, it's absolutely the best game for raising Pokemon and catching shinies because you can manipulate every kind of stats/abilities/natures/etc about them so whichever Pokemon you catch or obtain, even shinies, can ultimately be built perfectly competitive.

The biggest shit thing S/V does is completely gut out the clothing options we've had for the past few games, although it does have very good character face customization.

my parents don't really have any political beliefs, they're just sort of amorphous blobs on any sort of policy except for a select few out of self-interest like my mom's NIMBYism or a few long cemented things like being pro-choice

for most things thoughs, put it on a tv screen and they'll believe it because they don't really have any foundational knowledge of their own

GenesisSaga posted...

I remember those days! Do you still have a room full of sexy anime and video game figurines or are they a bit more tame now? The one that sticks out the most in my mind is a certain princess straddling a toadstool in a very suggestive manner... On the subject of lowering libido I wonder if it's just us growing older and (slightly) more mature or if it's our bodies' way of coping with some level of asexuality

Still have 'em around! Haven't bought any in a while but that's also because shit's expensive and I haven't even been up-to-date on anime in years. I did get a new lewd fig of a trans OC tho, but more out of pride lmao I had to get my rep. Princess Peach is also just hilarious I love it.

Although with my living situation since uni ended I can't really keep anything out anymore. Don't at all mind them like hey I still find sexy ladies hot but the difference now is that they just don't consume any segment my daily mind.

I still enjoy supporting sexual content, like at the anime convention last month I went to some adult panels which were fun but it's not about being horny but I can appreciate the entertainment - like the cosplay burlesque show was a riot! The guy doing Black Panther & Green Lantern was such a pro, Junko Enoshima singing Mastermind was genius, Sailor Moon was hotly entertaining and the closing act was Link crossplay fighting off a Guardian while spinning tassels on her T&A which had me dying.

Although another reason for me personally is also just from HRT medication, MTF it's known to lower your libido to start with but then come back in just a different manner - and yeah I noticed mine drop since but just not really get the come-back part. These days I'm kinda up late working on hobby stuff, coding, streaming, etc, and by the time I'm done I just wanna sleep.

GenesisSaga posted...

I, for one, rather enjoyed being alone, or maybe that was my psyches way of coping with the crippling self-esteem issues that I wouldn't want to have burdened a partner with the effort of resolving. Relationships can be complicated, and being single never once made me feel "incomplete" or whatever.

For sure, like I'm absolutely not opposed to relationships but I'm just kinda fine without anyways. Of course it's great to have a partner you can share your days and make new experiences with, but it's also a commitment to be a good partner and it's important to have the self-confidence to protect your own needs finding someone who will be good to you. Right now I still need a lot of time for myself and it's just not something I'm seeking to add to my life.

I still very much appreciate the relationships I had so far in my life, but at the same time when I broke up with my university girlfriend I kinda just enjoyed having time for things I enjoyed myself. My other long-time... whatever it was also meant a lot to me for years but it was important for me to learn to let go when it clearly wasn't working anymore, for both of us. I don't regret these experiences at all, but being alone has also allowed me to address my own needs (like y'know being trans lmao)

GenesisSaga posted...

That is a very interesting take that I had never truthfully considered being cis and all. Thank you for sharing. I wonder if, had you known and expressed your true gender identity much sooner in life if you would have been more open to experimentation in the dating field.

Yeahhh, like I've truthfully been exploring my gender identity since single-digit ages, but I would never at all consider that being trans was a possibility. I hardly understood it as a valid thing, the representation I'd see in all sorts of media since that age was what you see in the likes of Ace Ventura, South Park, Springer, Maury, Silence of the Lambs, hell even the progressive movie was uh Rocky Horror which yeah is a huge phenomenon of sexual freedom but when you actually examine its characters like Dr. Frank n Furter it'ssss certainly dated to put it gently. When I saw these representations I don't at all think this is me. These are gross portrayals of deceptive tricksters, pathetic delusional gay men to be laughed at or horrifying murderous monsters to fear, not sympathetic human beings that could be identified with.

As a child I would secretly go out in the backyard alone with a skirt on, even covering that skirt up with a towel in the absolute dreaded fear that anyone would catch me because even at a young age I knew what society would think - it's how I was taught to believe myself. Not sure if you remember suuuper early joke I'd make about being excited about I think Animal Crossing New Leaf allowing male characters to wear skirts, but that was in earnest!... and then thinking again the "teasing" of calling me girl names (there was Heather & Lisa) that I totally played with.

For sexuality it's hard to imagine, I've had crushes on girls since kindergarten meanwhile my male bffs were nothing like that. Then again speaking now after living with my sister's family with my 2-y/o niece I can clearly see we train kids from birth to understand that boys and girls grow up to be mommies and daddies. Every cartoon my niece watches is the typical nuclear family often even naming their family members by their role. Peppa Pig has Mommy Pig & Daddy Pig - Baby Shark has Mommy Shark & Daddy Shark, Grandma Shark & Grandpa Shark, it's so drilled in that my niece is constantly calling any pair of toys mommy & daddy. Two ponies together? It's Mommy Pony & Daddy Pony! She doesn't even have a strong grasp of English yet but mommy & daddy is literally what she started with. This isn't even getting into the clichd gag baby clothes, "sorry boys, but daddy said I can't date until I'm 30!" - a shirt my niece actually owns.

But yeah like you in this regard, I only know myself ever being attracted to women like I was raised to. I'd love to read/hear on gay/lesbian awakenings because sure I am lesbian now myself but my experiences with attraction never required any reflection

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GenesisSaga posted...

Also looking back I've always- literally for as long as the idea of attraction had existed in my prepubescent brain- had a thing for androgynous people, regardless of gender. Long hair on a skinny effeminate dude, or well-toned abs on a sporty tomboy, just chef's . I dunno what it is about someone who's gender binary cannot be immediately determined just by looking at them, but something about that just captivates me completely.

I love my ladies dominant and the guys gentle (or super chill nonchalant). Though the person I modeled style on growing up was Kurt Cobain who I totally perceive to be hot af. Yeah long dirty-blonde hair is traditionally perceived to be feminine but he was definitely still scruffy and masculine. Tho there's also a lot with him playing in dresses, and his personal writings are kinda oh wow relatable looking back (in any case god I love that my childhood idol was so very socially progressive with vocal support and strong stances actively pushing against bigoted or misogynistic fans).

also my bi panic power couple is matthew gray gubler with aubrey plaza for their performances together in Criminal Minds, fffaaaaaaaaa so good I go back to youtube music videos of them

I say gentle guys but also it underlines the moments when they step up... like oh god when MGG goes aggressive with Aubrey Plaza oh wow

beware the dangerous ariana universe

mogdffoo

Layle

I hear they're jumping straight to a 15 remake

MartinFF7 posted...

Actually need to give it another once-over now with GMUN's site up and running to see if any of those were soft booted in the oldstats era; but then the question is what the boot thresholds in those days were, too...

according to my excelsheet, everything outside of the bottom 5 always came back the next contest so yeah doesn't look like any softboots

keeping in mind Garik Ronso placed 49th of 55, then again for 53rd of 60, before finally hitting that bottom 5 hardboot line with 61st of 65

and edgar & locke according to the martin graphic!

my second year on layle was really devastating for VI, it's also the 2nd time Celes placed in the bottom half

https://aerispies.com/stats/contests/stats?mincon=24&contests=SMFFFC

yuffie was booted last contest (contests count doesn't update on the db until i submit their placement, so this is last year's list that had 24)

little king leo yes please

Edgrrr

Layle

i keep napping and looking back up

seeing the topic at a 100 posts and i jumped up thinking new round whoop

Zelda
Xeno

snip

mogdffoo

Layle

@MartinFF7 two pages done today

https://aerispies.com/stats/contests/stats-series?contests=SMFFFC
https://aerispies.com/stats/contests/stats-series-plus?contests=SMFFFC

easy to read straight-ranking, then full detailed version

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

'ha ha sniper failed to save irvine' jokes happen every time i feel

still amusing

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/0/4/AAN7AaAAEjW8.jpg

mogdffoo

LAyle

I've been having similar developing questions on asexuality spectrum myself actually, although it's more of a question of low libido vs asexuality. But it's a staggering change over the last few years where I used to be an absolute horn dog but now I have to force myself to ever think about it.

On the romance side I used to be a hopeless romantic type but now it's been about 6 years since I've had any romantic feelings and I truthfully do not mind it at all, I have no sense of loneliness and I feel perfectly comfortable continuing as I am for the foreseeable future of my life. When I see my siblings who can never last long without a partner and how being alone drives them into such deep depressions I'm baffled on the outside.

Regarding sexuality well I've always been pretty much solely focused on women, but one thing I've experienced with coming out as trans is having to confront my own shameful feelings of transphobia, and as an extension, how society has trained me to feel about male attraction as someone who grew up for many years from my birth sex. That isn't to say anything has really changed in that regard yet, I don't consider myself bi by any means, but it's not an unfathomable thought to me like it used to be. It's hard to describe but I know my type for what I consider a hot guy to be, and I've absolutely experienced bi panic from a stunning power couple, but from practical relationship experience I've yet to feel anything from men that I get from women.

replace vaan with reks

he dove after nora but in snow fashion he was a day late

GuessMyUserName posted...

i feel like there's an obvious ded here

i got it right

i feel like there's an obvious ded here

Edgar

oh i did the thing

at least that's fine

Layle
Sephiroth

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/0/AAN7AaAAEjGe.jpg

time for some yazoo

I didn't even think about the 72/75

speaking of noticing funny things, I'm logging in Day 4 now and

"Moms are easy to save" - MartinFF7

oh i missed the saved snow

i have not

MZero posted...

free save for anyone who has saved Snow

for mogdfoo

when you record a whole ass round before you realize the timestamps aren't working and you gotta do it again

cry

it's difficult to shower while you're sleeping

showering before a smfffc round lmfao who does that

we need the fog

mogdffoo

Celes

Layle
Sephiroth

ooookay I've added the current contests results now so I can now see the numbers are lining up as they should (aside from Rinoa v Quistis lol dunno what to do there *edit* oh hey that's conclusive 2 posts up)

https://aerispies.com/stats/contests/stats?minrun=20&mincon=4&contests=SMFFFC

so yeah example I can see X-Death leftySTATS 53rd/68 here with same %, and for the overall / newstats eras I'm just +2 on the totals for keeping the Bravely data

Mog stats are gonna be glitched though until I make some changes regarding the new database structure to accommodate the duplicate names

https://aerispies.com/stats/saves/Mog/performance?contests=SMFFFC

Mogvi's placement history, Mogdffoo's series entry, Mogxiii2's XXV placement lmao

I think I'm done for tonight though, tomorrow I gotta get started on the scanner so i can start archiving the existing saves before they purge!

according to the wiki history, the XVI page was created by lefty in 2014 with 100. Nael 99. Basch and is gradually updated by him to add results as they happen-ish

first update is to add 98. Genesis, then nothing until backlogging to 79. Setzer

then to 76. Red, to 69. Cissnei, to 59. Auron..... to 48. Shantotto... then the June 1st 2014 update adds 47 Rinoa, 46 Quistis, 45 Jecht (L) and yeah the rest is history

MartinFF7 posted...

Also: thanks for the page update, but changing the filters and clicking "Show Cuts" doesn't seem to actually update the page/any changes in cuts still need to be made directly in the URL, not sure if that's by design or still a pending update (or something wonky on my end)

I probably should've mentioned pressing Enter will submit the min/max filters

... although I dunno how that works on mobile... *checks*

okay I just did it, at least on Android Firefox my keyboard shows a Next button and I keep clicking that and it brings me to the next input field until I get to Max Contests, which then submits the form successfully

MartinFF7 posted...

Also I'm assuming it won't be possible in the new stats appearance format to have that same appearance as the old page where it'd be the series of character boxes & all the character's placements within that box, right? I'm always resistant to change so I gotta ask just in case, hahaha...

Nah that'll be doable I just gotta move onto that page. Still got a few more pages to convert!