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| Topic | The way Microsoft handled upgrading to Windows 10 was really egregious |
| darkbuster 08/02/20 2:59:35 PM #8 | MixedRaceBaby posted... what auto update. i dont remember that. There were issues where clicking the "x" in the prompt box still caused it to be installed. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | wait wtf twitter has animated profile pics? |
| darkbuster 08/02/20 2:39:03 PM #2 | I remember being able to select gifs for profile pics as far back as 2004. Did that become "lost tech" at some point? --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | So basically Microsoft is gonna buy TikTok and just keep all the spyware but |
| darkbuster 08/01/20 8:47:57 PM #15 | monkmith posted... so tiktok actively steals data without your knowledge, and google keeps it on their store? or are you saying dumb people allow it to happen? This isn't about intelligence, it's about greed. If Google bans it, that means the globally popular app can be an Apple exclusive. Same applies if Apple bans it. If you think the answer is for both Apple & Google to not allow it, then you're assuming both will snub potential profits & fully trust the other to not break formation. If you think the solution to that is just make it government mandated that both they & any other American company can't have it, besides the big tech lobbying, then that means non American companies can a potential one up on them. If you think the solution to that is just have all allied nations come together to deny Chinese surveillance technology, you're underestimating how much multinational corporations carry more sway than most nations & how many smaller nations will comply to China with the right incentive. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | A girl asked a boy if she was pretty and he said no. |
| darkbuster 07/30/20 6:23:14 AM #10 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78876509 Had no idea what the angle was here, before I saw this in the "More topics from this board" table. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | so does anyone still like legend of korra |
| darkbuster 07/30/20 1:52:30 AM #28 | I don't hate Korra, but I do feel it wasted SO much potential. The divide between benders & non-benders was a legit good subject for the Avatar world. It's a shame it's abandoned after the first season. Also liked the technology vs bending/mysticism undertones. The backstory for Wan & the fact that he's ultimately the one who separated spirits from the world is interesting, & Korra returning the world to the way it naturally was, could have opened up a lot of plot for the relations between humans, spirits, & bending. The return of airbending is the only point of this that seriously gets covered. Zaheer & other non-benders suddenly gaining bending could have made a big schism if building on season one, but all of that was dumped in season 1. Kuvira could have been such an interesting villain if the battle were more more about mind games & politics. At that point, Korra was fully realized Avatar, that had recently defeated the embodiment of evil. No chance Kuvira could defeat Korra in a straightforward battle. Would have been much more difficult if the hotheaded Korra had to think about an opponent who was beloved for her revisions of the Earth Kingdom & actual leadership, after a string of inept leaders in the form of the Earth Queen & TLA Earth King. Kuvira could have been someone who clearly needed to be stopped, but just punching & launching fireballs wasn't an option. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Webtoons are taking over... |
| darkbuster 07/26/20 2:26:32 PM #2 | I wouldn't be surprised if all traditional comic publishers eventually attempt to transition to a web based format. I've seen apps for DC & Shonen Jump in the play store. Webtoon is easily the most successful webcomic aggregate platform currently around, & has plenty of imitators. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Any modern Yu-Gi-Oh players? I have some questions |
| darkbuster 07/26/20 1:52:58 PM #3 | Synchro summon has nothing to do with a monster's effect. It's based on innate game mechanics, & there are tuners without effects. So long as you meet the monster's requirements & there are no effects blocking it, you can synchro summon. It doesn't matter where you place pendulums, their scales are consistent regardless of which side they're on. When link monster are initially summoned from the extra deck, they go in the extra zone. After that, when directly coming from the extra deck, you place them in your main monster zones that are being pointed to. If you can create a symmetric chain of link monsters pointing to the other extra monster zone, you can use both in what is called extra link, but not a lot of decks can seriously pull it off, & you can probably win if you can make that much link summoning. Links can also be summoned to any main monster zone if you summon them from other places like the grave or banished zones. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Fauci says serious threats have been made against him, his wife and daughters |
| darkbuster 07/24/20 11:37:12 PM #21 | This probably nothing all that new. If the internet & social media existed as they do today, he would probably have gotten similar attacks. Ignoring the people who consider COVID a hoax or conspiracy, plenty of people are more than willing to disregard safety measures they consider inconvenient, it's why OSHA & EPA policies have legal & financial deterrents to violating them. Fauci is seen as the primary face behind the policies that are closing people's businesses. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | biden: people can't tell asians apart |
| darkbuster 07/23/20 8:39:08 AM #34 | People can't distinguish between Asian nationalities such as China, Japan, Korea? For America, especially the COVID racism fueled ones, that's often true. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | I feel like I can barely play Megaman X 4-6 these days |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 9:13:29 PM #3 | Airhammy posted... 4 is great Sums it up, quite well. I especially hate how in 5, the Enigma will usually fail even if you collect all the pieces, the shuttle can potentially also fail even with both full power cannon & shuttle, but it's also possible to succeed if you fire the cannon immediately in the RNG is on point. 6 just suffers from too much bad game design where it potentially becomes impossible if you don't have specific armors or certain patterns generate without a means to counter them. Also a lot of the reploids are in locations that make it very difficult you can reach them before they're infected, meaning some items are lost forever. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Ubisoft leadership: "Women don't sell" |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 6:54:58 PM #108 | TheGoldenEel posted... And yet Both San Andreas & Windwaker were sequels in established franchises. Both had a degree of insulation from this issue, in the fact they were practically guaranteed to sell regardless. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Ubisoft leadership: "Women don't sell" |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 6:39:18 PM #103 | TheGoldenEel posted... Btw GTA San Andreas sold incredibly well I do remember it being a subject of controversy that CJ was a black guy, similar to how Windwaker or "Celda" was a divisive design choice for Zelda when it originally released. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Ubisoft leadership: "Women don't sell" |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 3:54:30 PM #73 | cuttin_in_farm posted... What youre trying to highlight is representation which is different than who you can relate to. Lack of representation causes subconscious influences when people dont see themselves in media. See: homosexuality and how every couple is heterosexual. Regardless of what you want to call it, the point is that it's easier to relate with a character that is more like oneself, & sharing traits such as race & gender makes that easier. Tyler Perry probably wouldn't have a business model without it. MajesticFerret posted... -Or guys whose job is to MAKE MONEY and MAXIMIZE SALES AT ALL COSTS who probably do marketing analysis for this sort of thing. Twitter activists are only truly interested in pushing their own their own social beliefs on others, but the guy in marketing probably has no real comprehension of what actually makes a hit, beyond what they can derive from statistics, which is why you get bland "design by committee" style media, that just involves sticking a bunch of elements that were in prior successes. The reality is that creative work takes creative minds, & trying to run it with statistics can only produce bland derivatives. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Ubisoft leadership: "Women don't sell" |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 3:25:59 PM #64 | TheGoldenEel posted... your argument for TLOU2 is an argument for why an Assassins Creed game could have a female protagonistTrue, but when you've got to pitch this stuff to executives who unlikely have any deeper understanding of the media they preside over, the "safest" options are what's typically desired. Even if it can still sell, a female protagonist might lower sales from what could have been. Questionmarktarius posted... Touhou seems to be doing okay. Touhou is also one of the longest running embodiment of waifu culture, but it is a long running series of nearly exclusive female characters. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Ubisoft leadership: "Women don't sell" |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 3:10:59 PM #58 | bIuerain posted... Tomb Raider, TLOU2, Metroid, Horizon, etc etc etc Counterpoints:
It's not impossible to sell with a female character, but hard truth is that more often than not, most people find it easier to relate with a character that is the same race, gender, etc. as themselves, otherwise the issue from lack of female leads would mostly not exist. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Ubisoft leadership: "Women don't sell" |
| darkbuster 07/21/20 2:52:38 PM #54 | They're clearly blind to waifu culture. Then again, Wayforward is probably one of the few Western companies to truly capitalize on that. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | If a Megaman Battle Network Collection is announced at tomorrow's Nintendo... |
| darkbuster 07/20/20 1:05:30 AM #15 | From what I recall, rumors always suggested Battle Network collection will be very difficult, if possible at all, due to all the cross media content tied to the anime, Boktai, & stuff like the Z-Saber chip in BN4. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | A woman urinated in a Verizon store after being asked to wear a mask |
| darkbuster 07/18/20 6:54:24 PM #13 | UnholyMudcrab posted... Becoming a sex offender to own the libs Part of the issue for men & public urination is that they usually have to expose themselves to some degree to do so. Women don't really need to, especially if they wear skirts/dresses. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | Joker but it's text-to-speech Spongebob |
| darkbuster 07/18/20 6:40:41 PM #5 | Sociopath Spongebob is always amusing. Haven't seen one this good, since the one where he was turned into Light Yagami. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
| Topic | A woman urinated in a Verizon store after being asked to wear a mask |
| darkbuster 07/18/20 6:35:35 PM #3 | Nothing new. Anti mask people can be crazy & violent. I really can't help but wishing they could be transported to a TRULY oppressive place, so they'd really have some perspective on the notion of "having their freedoms taken" rhetoric. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 |
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