Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

[TTTX]

I am now 29.

happy birthday.

[TTTX]

Been a long road to get here. Not gonna be overly flowery or dramatic but I never really fit in with the general flow of personalities here and I figure it's time to be honest about that.

Sometimes it was fun. Sometimes it wasn't. The world is a shitty place so take care of yourselves.

well sad to see you go.

I wish you luck on your travels, even if you never will most likely never see this post.

[Mobius_118]

I am now 29.

Well, happy birthday, what good that's for these days.

[Mazder]

happy birthday.

Well, happy birthday, what good that's for these days.

Thank you both.
Maybe this year I'll get my act together.

[Sinekein]

I am now 29.

Well happy birthday to you, you're still in a decade of youth.

[Mazder]

Well happy birthday to you, you're still in a decade of youth.

Well 1 year of youth.
Kinda wasted it TBH.

[Dragaros]

I am now 29.

Hey, almost a member of the big 30 club!

Been a long road to get here. Not gonna be overly flowery or dramatic but I never really fit in with the general flow of personalities here and I figure it's time to be honest about that.

Sometimes it was fun. Sometimes it wasn't. The world is a shitty place so take care of yourselves.

We never interacted much, but all the same – ave atque vale – hail, and farewell.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l81DPSY1e4Y

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYdlRTcqQis

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL_hYyN6V8o

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGuoyiOJIXU

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrIojwhlivo

So in the power level scaling of Smite, Cthulhu beats Zeus and Tiamat beats Cthulhu.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have Marduk challenge Tiamat instead of Gilgamesh?

[SciFlyBoy]

I am now 29.

Well, happy 29th!

Have 29 chips with your fish, 29 swigs of your favorite ale, 29 sprinkles on your favorite cake, then do 29 pushups, squats and crunches.

Enjoy your day.

[Mazder]

Hey, almost a member of the big 30 club!

Well I made the day after (today as I am typing because time zones) so the day was good in comparison, lol.

I am now 29.

Well, happy 29th!

Have 29 chips with your fish, 29 swigs of your favorite ale, 29 sprinkles on your favorite cake, then do 29 pushups, squats and crunches.

Enjoy your day.

Well I can't do that now as I have gotten fillings done, so maybe I'll just have 29 minutes of rage followed by 29 minutes of gaming (minimum) to make up for it.

[Someone With Mass]

Hey, congrats on the birthday, Maz. I hope it's been a good one.

[magnuskn]

I am now 29.

Congratulations! Enjoy being below 30! Still, better to be above 30 than mid-40's, like I am, I can tell you.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsdMT4VnOlU

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AvNMIY1HjQ

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RazaCmEFMK8

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay0lHc6iOvc

[Vol]

I live again. What a week to be away. And I have to go back for 2-3 more days next week, so fingers crossed.

Happy Birthday, Maz! I'm finding that small, but consistent, positive changes are far more feasible than any grand gesture. At least for me. Long way from where we should be, but so long as we're not totally stagnate or regressing, it's something.

[Mazder]

I live again. What a week to be away. And I have to go back for 2-3 more days next week, so fingers crossed.

Happy Birthday, Maz! I'm finding that small, but consistent, positive changes are far more feasible than any grand gesture. At least for me. Long way from where we should be, but so long as we're not totally stagnate or regressing, it's something.

Yeah, slowly trying but it's hard.
Had dentist yesterday and instead of thinking "everything is deteriorating" I am trying to think "I got stuff fixed".

I mean I am still thinking the negative thoughts but I am trying to add positive ones in as well.

[Dragaros]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... d-the-rock





Welcome to the Rock!

[Dragaros]

Ya know, Nintendo, 2021 will be the 35th anniversary of Metroid; this would be a fine year to finally release that long rumored and all but confirmed Prime Trilogy remaster, and drop some real news on Prime 4's progress. Just sayin'.

[Alienmorph]

Yeah, but if it's Metroid's 35th anniversary, it means it's also Legend of Zelda's since the two games were released so very close togheter. So I'd expect a heck of a lot more of LoZ celebration, and a hint of Metroid only if we're very lucky.

I mean... I understand why, too. But... yeahh...

[Vol]

My big ole' "everything" HD is starting to show it's age right as it's time to replace it. Opening up my folder of silly/fun pictures, it was chugging trying to sort by date, with no end in sight.

Which is odd, because I don't recall older editions of Windows not remembering the default order of file sorting, but W7 seems to need to manually redo it every single time.

[Vol]

~* Japanese lesson of the week *~

Cat - 猫 - kunyomi reading "ねこ" - neko - onyomi reading "ビョウ" - byou
Dog - 犬 - kun reading "いぬ" - inu - on reading "ケン" - ken

Mnemonics -
Cat is composed of "thief," "mugwort," and "rice field." The thieving cat hid the mugwort in the rice field.
Dog is composed of "big" and a spot. The big dog had a spot.

It's a bit funny how the cat kanji is so much more involved. And apparently also has a slang use as the bottom in a homosexual relationship, while dog has other meanings that are generally negative and would associate with rats in the west.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9waqMgatPKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFmDFocZq_c

So that's what they're going for, huh?

[Vol]

It's going to be a multi-year "Well, _achshually_," story. Which makes the loyalist option in BFA kinda tragically funny.

[Vol]

Ah, 2021 is off to a chaotic start. Off on another remote work trip. This one's 2 nights though, thankfully. Back Wednesday, and God willing, nothing bad happens in the meantime. See you guys in a few!

[magnuskn]

It's going to be a multi-year "Well, _achshually_," story. Which makes the loyalist option in BFA kinda tragically funny.

I'm optimistically hopeful that they won't pull a Grom 2.0 with her, but then again the with the incessant screaming of the Undead Hitler With Tits fanboys, who don't want to lose their clammy dakimakura waifu, who knows? I mean, "what if Hitler had bad fee-fees about what he did and made a scrunchy concerned face once, ain't he instantly redeemed, then?" Bleh. Those burned night elf children who are currently being tortured in the Maw ain't getting back alive from that.

[NCLanceman]

The Cleveland Browns won a playoff game.

The Cleveland Browns.

Guys, if you know anything about American football, this is the biggest underdog story in decades. It's un-frickin'-real.

[Mazder]

The Cleveland Browns won a playoff game.

The Cleveland Browns.

Guys, if you know anything about American football, this is the biggest underdog story in decades. It's un-frickin'-real.

The only Cleveland Brown I know.

[NCLanceman]

The only Cleveland Brown I know.

...I just got that his name is probably a pun.

The Cleveland Browns is probably the saddest and most desperate NFL team in the league. They haven't been a good team since the American Football League and the National Football Conference merged into a single National Football League back in 1950-something. Either management or coaching or players or something just falls apart with them every year. The last time they even made it to the playoffs, nevermind the Super Bowl, was in 1996 or so when the team was lead by Bill Belichek, who then went on to coach the New England Patriots and lead it to becoming the most successful team in the NFL.

My brother in law is a Cleveland Browns fan. He's also a raging depressive. Those two things might be related.

Anyway, just now they managed to win a playoff game. There's a real, honest-to-god chance they make it to the Super Bowl this year and it'll be a fucking miracle and possibly the biggest underdog story in sports.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvldkqgCBw

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pe1nvTTt7o

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppkX8epoD9g

A more open-world sandbox feel, Bowser Jr. sidekick, and a giant demonic kaiju giga Bowser vs giant super saiyan cat Mario battle.

[Alienmorph]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pe1nvTTt7o

Neat. I did buy FightersZ a while ago during a Steam sale. Right now I'm all caught up in Injustice2, but I definately need to check it out properly too.

Also Goku Black and Baby-Vegeta... that should be an amusing tag-team to try out, for obvious reasons.

[Sinekein]

The Cleveland Browns is probably the saddest and most desperate NFL team in the league. They haven't been a good team since the American Football League and the National Football Conference merged into a single National Football League back in 1950-something. Either management or coaching or players or something just falls apart with them every year. The last time they even made it to the playoffs, nevermind the Super Bowl, was in 1996 or so when the team was lead by Bill Belichek, who then went on to coach the New England Patriots and lead it to becoming the most successful team in the NFL.

My brother in law is a Cleveland Browns fan. He's also a raging depressive. Those two things might be related.

Anyway, just now they managed to win a playoff game. There's a real, honest-to-god chance they make it to the Super Bowl this year and it'll be a fucking miracle and possibly the biggest underdog story in sports.

I heard Cleveland is reverse-Boston when it comes to US Sports. Boston has successful teams no matter which sports you're talking about, while in Cleveland, it's the opposite.

Maybe the Browns to the SB will beat the "Cavaliers NBA champions" from 2016, because that was a huge underdog story too (and the greatest NBA comeback in history).

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CCQg4JEidM

We have top men working on it right now. TOP. MEN.

[Dragaros]

Fun fact: this new transformation of Bowser is referred to as "Mega Fury" in the US and Europe, but in Japan it's called "God Slayer".

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJi-7Ue_7ms

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PsGRxVCc3o

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODhaO1pyKjw

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-uCDb_0r0

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mm2xtWppS4

[Dragaros]

[[ "It has recently been revealed that Sony's PlayStation 5 is selling worse in Japan than any other home console in the country's recent history. This news comes after many Japanese fans and analysts publicly accused Sony of not taking the Japanese market seriously.

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan denied the validity of these accusations, but recent developments have suggest otherwise. Outside of Japan, the PS5 has been incredibly popular, resulting in console shortages right from the outset of its launch (although finding a PS5 should be easier this year). Of course, the PS5 also faced supply shortages in Japan due to COVID-19 production difficulties, but it seems that the console has not been met with the same widespread praise in Sony's home nation.

A translation of a GamesIndustry.biz Japan Edition article by ResetEra user SinCItyAssassin reveals that the PlayStation 5 is currently on pace to become the lowest-selling home console in recent Japanese history. Part of the translation reads:

"PS5 sales in the 4th and 5th weeks are around 11,000 units, while the 6th week is 17,000 units. These sales are far too low. Total sales of 240,000 are by far the lowest in the history of PlayStation home consoles. If this were to continue, lifetime sales of PS5 would perhaps end up at less than half of PS4."

The article notes that Japanese players may feel this way due to a variety of factors, including Sony's censorship of games for Japanese audiences, the PS5's reveal from this summer featuring no Japanese narration, the DualSense's controller's confirm button being changed from O to X (this was already the case in other countries outside of Japan), and the original launch allocation of PS5 units in Japan being barely more than that of the PS3, which prevented early adopters from procuring the new console.

Despite the PlayStation 4 being so well received globally, according to the above graph, it sold less than both the Nintendo GameCube and PS3 in Japan and only narrowly outsold the Dreamcast (which was only on the market for three years), a trend that could continue with Sony's latest console. For the PlayStation 5 to be lagging so far behind its predecessor is likely not something Sony wants to see occur in its own backyard.

On the other hand, perhaps Sony is ok with this being a side-effect of its more global approach as of late. Surely, the company knew there would be backlash when it made decisions like swapping the X and O buttons, or moving PlayStation's headquarters to California. This is to say, maybe Sony is indeed ok with its latest console to have fewer lifespan than the Dreamcast in Japan if it means having the type of sales success in other countries that the PlayStation 4 and 5 have had." ]]

[Alienmorph]

From what I've seen censorship does seem to be a major issue, most nerdy people in Japan (or at least that use social medias and youtube) are either laughing their asses off or getting really angry at the fake political correctness of the West. But there's more than that going on. Lots of Japanese people for example like to game on the go, and prefer to play appgames or on portable systems like the Switch, so the fact Sony refuses to get even consider making a new portable or semi-portable console also is likely biting them in the ass pretty badly.

[TTTX]

From what I've seen censorship does seem to be a major issue, most nerdy people in Japan (or at least that use social medias and youtube) are either laughing their asses off or getting really angry at the fake political correctness of the West. But there's more than that going on. Lots of Japanese people for example like to game on the go, and prefer to play appgames or on portable systems like the Switch, so the fact Sony refuses to get even consider making a new portable or semi-portable console also is likely biting them in the ass pretty badly.

and that has something to do with the Japanese people work a lot (it's pretty insane sometime how much they work) so it makes sense they want to be able to game on the go.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbyeiTM7GQ