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I also hated the living hell out of a lot of the characters and how they built them up with such fanfare, but didn't do crap with them. If their names weren't Lilie or Hao, then they didn't matter at all. They should've done their thing and stopped while they were ahead, than just wasting my time with useless dialogue that didn't amount to ANYTHING.

*takes breath*

You're not the first person I've heard say that and it's pretty valid honestly. I'm not too excited myself because SM itself wasn't too long ago and I don't feel like it's been long enough yet. Maybe they'll get me interested, maybe not. I believe in judging a game based on it's own merits and negatives however rather than bringing in bias from previous editions.

Team Skull was lit though, loved them. Easily the best part about the games.

My biggest issue in Sun was the lack of exploring and dungeons. The game felt a bit like a rail shooter IMO. That, and some of the Z Crystals were stupidly easy to get, since I was led to believe we would need to work to get all of them.

Guzma was the best leader so far though. 

I believe the furthest it could get would be "idolization," rather than being friends. Much like how some of us (and many that came before us) had idols as we grew up, whether it be a pop singer or an action star. I'm personally not the one to indulge into idolization, but seeing how most people (going by people around me + news coverage) aren't reported to have gotten themselves into the wrong path because of idolization, I don't think it's particularly dangerous to do so.

Honestly, considering how the line between Youtubers and the viewers are only ever so slightly thinner than stars outside Youtube and their respective audiences, I believe that experiences with the two are very much alike. I haven't seen people considering their idols as friends, so I would expect people not to consider Youtubers as friends, too, though I would appreciate a counterexample of someone that has considered a Youtuber as their friend, with the one-sided intimacy that one would expect from a relationship of unequal powers (Perhaps the case that had made you ask the question?).

Pmuch what Seal said, it depends on how genuine they are. Some of the people I watch are just being themselves while doing something they enjoy on camera, and those people are often very interactive with their audience.

None of them can gain my friendship, as I very narrowly define it, but I can see why others feel a more intimate relationship with them. And to be honest, I feel in many cases it's not one-sided. The YouTuber may not be aware of each individual, but I can see them developing a sense of intimacy and affection towards the concept of an individual fan. Just look at the level of trust displayed at meetups they do at conventions compared to more typical celebrity meetups.

As for danger, I'd say yes. Because developing a sense of mutual trust and intimacy without actually knowing someone sounds like it could lead to all sorts of messy.

One way that I feel it'd be easier to look at this situation would be from a personal vlogging/live streaming aspect of it, where you see the person's face quite a bit, and there's a lot of interaction. Some have a camera on and some don't, but a huge majority do. One unhealthy way of thinking about it from a streaming perspective is when some impressionable viewer reads the description of stream and the streamer says something along the lines of "donate x amount of dollars for me to notice you". Some viewers really do, genuinely, care about their favorite streamer or vlogger and tends to take upon them, what IntSys said, a sort of "celebrity/idol worshipping" stance on the matter. They believe their streamer is their friend when it comes to that (this mostly applies to significantly younger audiences, as I'm sure most adults would definitely not let themselves be manipulated so easily like that.)

In that situation I put above, it's a matter of the viewer thinking that their "idol" cares about them when they show a genuine reaction to their donation and praise them, and in some vain scenario where the viewer meets them irl and realizes their idol doesn't know who they are, then... well, I don't need to tell you the rest there.

But, that's just a very specific scenario, and I'm sure some other people have counterexamples to that and probably better organized than my scatterbrained...ness.

TI Nspire CX Cas, yo! That Calculator got me through Calculus with relative ease.

TI-84+ here. personally wish they'd made the Color version of it back when I was in HS - imagine the codes I could have put into my Disco Dude program.

For me it was more of like trying to put the Gameboy Color emulator on that bad boy; even if it didn't put out sound. That and my friends and I were trying to find ways of sneaking it into the ACT Exam room, since it's banned.

Windows 7 is still good, so if you feel like downgrading, go ahead.I think the system gives you about a month to downgrade b4 it deletes the old OS.

First impressions of it are this: Why are my icons flickering, whenever I right click something? Apparently it's something to do with my graphics drivers.

That's why I recommended a clean installation. The upgrade process typically breaks drivers, particularly if you don't have an AMD system.

Well, I gathered that, but I haven't encountered you. Largely because Pixelmon has grown to big for my PC to manage and thus I haven't been on the server

Nice to meet you I guess? I'm not good at meeting people >_<

I feel like I have met you before, in the past, since the name seems fairly familiar. But, pleased to meet you as well But, to everyone on the forums, there will be a huge update for our server, next month or so. Mainly to fix a lot of the problems that overseas people have been having with it.

Well, it's just that I feel that artists deserve more than what they're getting. Whether it be fan-game, professional or even unrelated things like movies, theatre, etc. Being good friends with many artists on deviantART who do this sort of thing for a living, it's really disheartening to see such great talent wasted on scummy producers and directors who let them take advantage of their work; only with the expectation that they'll be treated with "exposure" which won't even amount to anything, in the long run. And there are even some producers and directors who are proud of it, which I find disgraceful. It's not fair to the artists, and I can't help but be vocal about this sort of thing, given how horribly they are treated. I was actually talking with several of my dA friends and even my artist about it, and I'm going to quote what they said in this screenshot:

i genuinely feel bad for any artist exploited for so-called "exposure"

i mean there may be some people who genuinely can give people exposure but even then the artist should be paid for it

I'd like to address this Note on dA that I got last week about an essay that I wrote on the topic of this particular subject from my friend who read it. Same person from above:

I mean, sure the story wasn't great, but it was probably better than most of the other main games (save for Black and White, which had a pretty good story.) There were certainly too many characters for its own good, most of which weren't memorable, but it was still better than "Hi I'm a gym leader you beat me goodbye forever." that we've endured for generations.

My biggest issue with Sun and Moon was that the game world felt like it was meant to host the player and nothing else. Despite having four islands, the cities were super small and filled with fake doors, there were almost no dungeons or cave systems, and there was only one evil hideout for you to go through.

And don't get me started with the pointless cameos. Who the hell thought we needed Grimsley in the game?

The story was a complete joke, at least pacing wise. And I hated the fake doors and the rule of thumb that I have with there being too much characters is this: you can never have too many characters, so long as you make them relevant and actually do something worth a damn and matches up with the length of the story. Because who wants to play a JRPG with a cast of collectively 15 characters that is 80 hours long? That's be too few, because normally there'd be about 35+ to accommodate that length. But for Sun and Moon all those other characters not matter at all. And you can make the rationale that it's a Pokémon game and they're like Gym Leaders, and serve to be McGuffin holders or whatever for the others. And that's true, but this game is trying to tout itself as a JRPG by going to some masquerade party and shouting "hey look at me, I'm a JRPG like the rest of you" and doesn't even do it very well. If it wasn't being so in your face and try-hard about its story and characters than I can excuse that. Like it's not even subtle.

Also fuck those stupid cameos. They just did that to make fans of those games go "Oooooooh this is AWESOME!" mostly the ignorant PokePlayers and people who don't know any better would find that to be cool and endearing to their characters . But it isn't, because THEY DO NOTHING! They do a thing and are never seen again. That's stupid and a complete waste of a cameo that could've lead to something cool like a side quest, but didn't.

At least Looker got the attention he deserved.

Wait, Annabel was a frontier brain? Oh...

Oh, so that's what you meant by that. But it's more like this person says that they can say a lot of bad things about my personality, without really having a feel for my personality in the first place. So I guess in this case it's more towards them just making things up about me as a person without knowing much about me from the beginning.

I mean yeah every person has their good and ugly sides, but you are saying this one guy is going to go out of the way to try and make your life miserable by telling people bad things about you to other people. All it does is make them look pathetic in the long run. They are hurting themselves more than they are hurting you. Maybe they are just mad over something really stupid and will get over it (hell I've been pissed off before and said stupid things...which lead into drama as people took them too literally). I don't know the full situation, but that's my experience. Maybe there is a valid reason for the person and maybe it's something silly. It's hard to tell with people.

It's just that, I'm confused why people are mad at me and I haven't even said/done anything to deserve it. Some of my friends from the previous years don't seem to respond to me the same way, and they all act passive-aggressively towards me. But, the whole thing with that one person is that they act like they know a lot of dirt about me, when I hardly ever talk to that person in the first place. We have similar classes such as a Musical Theatre class, other than that they don't know that much about me.

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I use Good morning/afternoon for formal conversations while I use the two for informal conversation. I use Hi if I am the one who greets a person first while I use Hello for replying to someone's Hi or greeting.

I use neither, I use Heyo or hiyas. Cause I'm a rebel who can't be stopped.

D5 looked way too grindy for me.

Get the project D.va games, they are so addicting, and everyone could use a little more Miku in their life.

I hear even the P4 DAN game is better than those, though.

Borderlands, yeah, I can agree with. It was a fun RPG-Shooter game and it had a pretty interesting Telltale game based off of the series. But, other than that I can never find myself finishing the games because when I hit the 70% mark of the game I just stop, for one reason or another. Possibly because of how tedious it got at points.

But, the thing is I don't play FPS's, they are my least played genre, however they did have some pretty good shooters, like the original Halo, Halo 2, Goldeneye, Time Splitters original Doom 1 and 2 as well as Doom 2016. All of which were solid on their own merits, without multiplayer being shoved down our throats.

Ye. Give Wolfenstein: The New Order a shot then. They didn't even tack on a Multiplayer for that game. 

Also I'm not the biggest fan of the genre myself either. But it's msotly since it's a mostly online one these days and I'm not really a fan of online games etc. ((I say knowing full well I play LoL... though barely anymore.))

Sounds like something I'd need to look into. The thing is I don't mind FPS multiplayer, so long as it's done right and it's not irritating like CoD and even like Halo 4 and on. To where it's so mindless and the developers only care about pushing the multiplayer aspect of those games to high-hell with day one DLC, pre-order bonuses before the game is even announced (which is fucking infuriating in its own right) and making the singleplayer pretty much barren and dull.

Halo 2 had a pretty solid multiplayer that I really miss to this day as well as having a singleplayer that was very fun and had a story that I actually cared about. But, if an FPS can deliver to me a solid singleplayer experience (because I'm not holding my breath that any FPS multiplayer will be good, unless it's a standalone game like TF2, Overwatch, etc) then I'll play it.

God of War is very cool. It has changed from beat 'em up to Dark Souls that also tells an absorbing story. Combat feels very satisfying.

Devil May Cry 5!

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is a really pretty game.

I think there's still a big sale on Japanese games going on in the PS shop so definitely check there too.

NieR: Automata, Spiderman and Red Dead Redemption 2.

It's best if I didn't say ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Mine's: YT->Reborn->Reddit->Email->Revision sites

Oh god do I ever have one

YouTube>Tumblr>Serebi>Reborn>etc

I should probably revise mine, since you all have mentioned similar ones XD deviantART -> pixiv -> Tumblr -> Reborn -> YouTube -> email -> university email -> Twitter.

Tum Ta-Dum!

A very underrated musical, but one of my favourites.

Definitely. And I'm going to be trying out for both The Music Man and Jesus Christ Superstar, this year at my University. Along with Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe.

At least you show honesty in your words. Not very many people have that nowadays. Anyways, how would you feel if you were an artist that works 60-70 hours a day, every week to make a living and was approached by a "developer" who acts selfishly for the sake of their own game? Approached on the basis of working for exposure, for an amateur developer who if he is turned down will insult you and say that you are in the wrong for turning down the offer. Would you enjoy that? No, I don't think you would. It makes me wonder why people in the Pokemon Fan-Game Community lack basic human morals to treat people properly, and not itemize them for the sake of their talents. Also with people in the community being fucking elitist ass-holes who think they can treat people like dirt, because they were turned down. I'm not gonna say who the person is, but I can tell you that they're from Relic Castle, and doesn't know any fucking better. He's the type of person who thinks he knows everything about game design, after being on the site for half a year, with little progress on his game, and therefor thinks he has this "divine rite" of artists working for him for free. Which pisses me off in several ways, mostly because he disrespected one of my best friends, who I've known for like 7 years. JUST because he was turned down! IT'S RIDICULOUS and it makes me so mad and ashamed to know that I am surrounded by people like him, on a day-to-day basis.

Thanks for the kind words. I know what you mean and it's sad that not many people have it nowadays. I rather just know the truths whether than deal with people lying to me because I'm a trusting and caring person so that could bite me if someone does that and they are secretly plotting against me for a while. I would not like to be approached by a selfish game developer which is why I try to make sure my team knows how much I appreciate everything they do for me and for the project and not just asking for whatever I need done for their role.  Am I being selfish still though even by doing this because now you worried me that I might be selfish because of what you mentioned. Problem is that it's not just people in the pokemon fangame community that lack morals these days, it's possible to be anyone sadly.  But no I would not enjoy being ridiculed just because I turned down their offer.  They are currently at RC because if they are then I don't know the male but I thought I had an idea of who he could be because I have had negative experiences with a male before like your friend seems to be having. Do you think it's wrong to ask people to work for free if they are okay with giving their services and talent for free? I'll continue this later. 

I honestly have no idea why I am here on the forums right now, given everything that's happened to me, but whatever. I'll at least answer this. The thing is... if someone is openly WILLING to do this, and were not approached by you specifically, then its fine. If it's someone like my artist, who does this for a living and works day and night to complete commissions, and you asked them "hey wanna work for me? I'll pay you in exposure." or something along those lines that make it sound like your project is just THAT much more important than their own well-being, then its wrong. I hire people to do the work for me because it's honest, and a good business practice. It's good a business practice for the real world, whether you like it or not. There's no getting around it. If you wanna become a game developer in the future, and pay people in exposure or a pat on the back, then I'm sorry, it's not gonna get you anywhere. Chances are, if you have someone working for you for free, they're going to leave sooner than if you were to actually give them compensation for the time they're allocating towards your work. People who do commissions, like my artist, who's been with me for 2 years now, hasn't had a second thought about my project, because I've kept up with my payments and have been an honest businessman who shows for his work. I've spent upwards to 20,000+ dollars on my game, in the past 6 years, and that's not something anyone can say they've done. I've gained a positive reputation for that, and it might sound annoying to have to pay people to get artwork, but that's just how it is. Amethyst has to do it, I have to do it. 

And to follow up on that. If these people you approach need to do commissions to sustain themselves, and you ask them to work for you in exposure or a simple pat on the back, then you're depriving them of what they need to survive, for the sake of your own fan-game. Which is... ABSOLUTELY wrong. They're putting in time for YOUR game, so if you wanna make an "honest trade" you better pay them in advance. Otherwise it isn't honest. It's labor that they're not getting anything out of. There is absolutely no way this can be justified, unless these people don't have to worry about personal finances or commissions and they're doing this willingly.

This is a quote from my artist, when I asked her about the subject of "working for nothing."

So, long story short, you do you, but chances are... I won't give anyone's game a second thought if I found out they had artists, who do artwork for a living, made artwork for their game, for just a simple "yeah, you did great." Also if you use Kickstarter, then you're also in the wrong, since Pokemon Fan-games, no matter who in the hell is making it, doesn't deserve funding from shit. It's a fan-game and they don't own the rights to it, to be funded. It's annoying, it's hard to accomplish with a fan-game, but if what's gotta be done, then it's gotta be done. I had to work 3 jobs for the entirety of summer, just so I could fund my game for an entire year, and pay off my aunt who robbed me blind, because she bought me a car and didn't tell me till the last second that I had to pay for it.

Anyways, I'm gonna be parting ways from the forums for a couple weeks. I've got many things on my hand and way more agitated than necessary with all the crap I've had to put up with, this past week. I'll still be working on my game, but not saying anything about it, until I return. Sorry if this seemed way more aggressive than it needed to be, but I needed to share my 2-cents on the matter of "exposure, and working for free non-sense."

I'll join you on that. I wish for them to find a justiviable reason for behavious such as this

Unfortunately, behavior like that often seems to go unpunished on Youtube and other big social media sites. Someone could do or say something completely disgusting, even threatening, and not face any consequences and the one who reported it will get an automated message saying it doesn't violate the site's policies. On the other side some people get randomly suspended for saying something innocent like "My favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch" or "I listen to music while I do my homework". 

I'm not completely sure, but I think some really big sites use bots for discipline since it'd take the human staff forever to go through reports on a site with hundreds of millions of users. It's the only rational explanation I can think of for why a lot of these people don't get punished. Which means they either need better bots or more staff. 

or perhaps both

gratz breh

Very nice.

Congratulations!  Nice!  

The RROD was extremely prominent on launch Xbox 360's, mine was one that suffered from the... 54.2 percent failure rate. For the most part I strictly PC game and play PS3/PS4 exclusives. My loyalty to Microsoft was dwindled over the years, thanks to their cocky-overconfidence in their Xbone.

For a more up-to-date sales chart:

Lol that Knack 2 at the end was more of a joke but yeah I honestly don't know why there was another one made.

The same way people spend hundreds of dollars on Fire Emblem Heroes, or on Champions and skins in League of Legends.

Some people value their time more than they value their money. And if one likes the gameplay and the characters, it is natural to want to speed up progression, especially if you have the means to do so. Sure this may be an extreme case, but some people have a lot of money, and spending that much over the course of a few years may be a reasonable investment if you find it to be a fun game.

And rhythm games are fun. I've probably spent +50 dollars on song packs for Cytus and Deemo.

Well the main question is just what is it about Love Live that I'm not getting? Like, I see people making Honoka Shrines with plushies, expensive figures, and everything Honoka all in one place and what I'm thinking is "It's a cutesy anime about high school idols? What am I not getting... here?" It's kind of like what happened with Sailor Moon when that was first around, but back then I could understand why it was so popular. Love Live I just don't get. I'm not saying its bad because clearly its not, but I'd have to hear it from someone who's played the games and watched the anime to understand what makes it so appealing and make people spend a little too much money on characters for their mobile game. Just what is it about the series that makes people's heads explode?

People can grow attached to a thing for any number of reasons, and there are many ways to enjoy a product. 

Currently, there's a person donating 100$ to Ame's Patreon every month. Over 2½ years he too will spend the equivalent of 3000$ on Pokemon Reborn. Merely because he likes this silly little fanmade Pokemon game. Some people spend thousands on League of Legends, others on World of Warcraft. People get attached to things for deeply personal reasons. But to sum up, people get into things because they find them to be fun, rewarding and fulfilling. To some people those needs are fulfilled by Love Live. 

Is there a need to understand it on a deeper level?

Feel better

Good luck! Hope you only need a filling...

^^^Pretty much this except 14 and molars

That's what I had pulled, a molar; and now I have a roll of gauze in my mouth ;w;

Ouch. Feel better.

I currently am at around 30 or so hours, RIP my game OTL

Mrrp? Stardew Valley, yes. And unlike Undertale/whatever that other game was that went viral last year. I actually quite enjoy it. Only on my first summer so far, it's so time consuming :c

Agreed. I'm still super addicted to this game, and I find it better than Harvest Moon. Cannot wait for the 4 player co-op to come out, so I can play with friends.

The game lineup this year is kinda okay, I was really hoping to see some more Battleblock Theater, but that was already done during AGDQ 2016. But, I'm still going to be binge watching it this summer.

I watch and donate every year!

I try to donate, when I can, but most of the time I do.

I want to watch the XY (Z) Anime so bad, but I've yet to find a way to watch it consecutively.

I watched this episode yesterday and I was astonished how the spooky start resulted such a cute ending!

The anime is making me feel things ;A;

I believe it to be Fantasy, but I find this topic being thrown around, constantly.

It's part of the genre know as urban fantasy, so yes it is fantasy.

Sci-Fantasy actually. There are both elements of fantasy and science fiction present