Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Kolsykol]

LOL XD.

Don't worry guys, thanks to me all may live in a world free of embarrassment.

Tried out the demo for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. They really have learned since the first Fire Emblem Warriors and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Every class has its own playstyle, every student has their own unique ability, the protagonist is voiced and has actual personality, and the students are locked to their routes with some special units unlocking only in their route. Not to mention this game is appearing to do the butterfly effect properly, and the start of the game thus far, even to the Time Skip, does not change depending on route. You do the one for Golden Deer, it tells you in summary form what happened in the other two routes at the same time. Same if you do Black Eagles or Blue Lions. Sadly the demo is locked after the Time Skip (only allowing you to do the extra missions there but not the chapter quest), but I have to admit I'm impressed, they fixed all my complaints with the first FEW and managed to even throw enough curve balls and Author Saving Throws to make me love where the story is going. Some spoilers below because I have to gush.

I mean, you save Monica from Kronya, who then JOINS YOU IN BLACK EAGLES. You get to see Holst in Golden Deer run. The Slithers are exposed early so the story starts flowing quicker and easier. A shame this entire thing is a What If? scenario, since Shez was originally supposed to die in the first battle as that's what led to the normal Three Houses timeline.

Wish these games would be released on PC too, there's quite a lot of Switch games I want to play but only really play on PC.

Edit: On another note, been watching Better Call Saul and I am on the last season.
Is it just me or is it actually better than Breaking Bad?
I did like Breaking Bad but I honestly didn't feel it was THAT good and I never liked Walt, I honestly felt like his acting came across as really forced and a bit cringe at times.
And I definitely don't think that was intended.
Jessie tho was great and his acting and development was incredible.

Saul is just a more compelling character imo than Walt tho and his acting feels more like a real person.
I like the other characters and storylines better too I didn't expect it at all I expected it to be kinda meh but I've really enjoyed it.
I went into it thinking it was gonna just be a total cash grab on Breaking Bad but it's legit good.

[Cincierta]

I'm starting to think my old Keurig machine may be on its last leg. Every time I try to brew coffee in it the darn thing makes the strangest of extended groans before giving me the wrong fill of coffee.

Like the machine will not give me a full mug when I press a full mug, but it'll give me an expresso's worth of coffee if I hit the teeny-weeny cup button. I've only had the thing for 5 years and my uncle brought it to us after he repaired it himself. It's probably only a matter of time until it decides to give up the ghost entirely.

Maybe it's time I went looking for a new one.

[RyuDragnier]

Question, are you using the cleaner on it? Residue can build up on the inside and can cause issues.

[Kolsykol]

Watched Josh Strife Hayes's video on Amnesia.
Didn't realize it was a legit great game lol, I always just assumed it was kinda bad for some reason.
I think maybe because of all of the '' REACT '' Youtubers playing it and the games it spawned that rely heavily on jumpscares.
The way Youtubers and Streamers played the game made me think it was just a cheap jumpscare game.

At least in his review he made it seem like a really good horror game.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

I think maybe because of all of the '' REACT '' Youtubers playing it and the games it spawned that rely heavily on jumpscares.
The way Youtubers and Streamers played the game made me think it was just a cheap jumpscare game.

Obviously you shoudn't watch those jesters if you want any realistic take on a game. On the other hand, if they stopped talking, put on clown make-up while making stupid faces and strange noices (so basically what they've been doing, just without the appropriate get-up), even i might watch them.

[Vyrerus]

Brother and his wife are finally getting back from their beach trip. They're gonna recover their beagle and half dachshund mutt when they get here. We're also having ribs!

I always go through the same scenario when they drop their dogs off here. At first I'm annoyed. Then they grow on me, and I get used to have two extra dogs. Then my bro and his wife get back, and suddenly I'm down to just my Dachshunds. Makes things a lot quieter, but I do kinda miss those adorable lunkheads when they're gone.

[Kolsykol]

Obviously you shoudn't watch those jesters if you want any realistic take on a game. On the other hand, if they stopped talking, put on clown make-up while making stupid faces and strange noices (so basically what they've been doing, just without the appropriate get-up), even i might watch them.

I don't really watch those Streamers, I really dislike the obnoxious over the top stuff.
But yeah whenever I thought of Amnesia I thought of Pewdiepie lol.

I am currently watching Jeathebelle play the FFXIV MSQ ( one of the Echo raiders ) which is a lot of fun he's really loving it.
I like that his reactions seem more genuine too no over the top stuff, I kinda like that he doesn't have a face cam even.
When he gets sad there's just silence and I can kinda appreciate that I think that's rly how most people react to crying and feeling sad when playing games, they don't scream and throw a tantrum which often happens with streamers.
I prefer to just have a more real reaction even if that means no reaction too.

I've been watching Nobbel play too and he doesn't have much of a reaction either other than smiling and his chat memes a lot about it too but you can clearly see that he does feel stuff too.
But he just doesn't play it up and fake it, I just find it annoying when people do.

[Cincierta]

Question, are you using the cleaner on it? Residue can build up on the inside and can cause issues.

Nope, no cleaner. We didn't even get a manual from my uncle when he gave it to us after repairing it. He said he got it from one of the garage sales he went to in his town and repaired it himself.

[SturmChurro]

It's always odd to me when just general American things I read are taken completely out of context by EU (or others.. especially EU though). Like just stuff I wouldn't really think twice about, and what's said is made to be taken completely literally. I mean, I guess it happens for everything like an EU thing taken out of context by an American, but it's like there is a vendetta against someone just for being American.

[Kolsykol]

It's always odd to me when just general American things I read are taken completely out of context by EU (or others.. especially EU though). Like just stuff I wouldn't really think twice about, and what's said is made to be taken completely literally. I mean, I guess it happens for everything like an EU thing taken out of context by an American, but it's like there is a vendetta against someone just for being American.

Some weeks ago there was like a huge '' anti-Sweden '' trend because some weird rumor spread that when we were kids our friends had to go home or wait in our room when it was time to eat.
It got into the news and was trending everywhere lol.
Some people even started spinning it into weird racial issues even...

It all started with an account that was apparently infamous for posting Russian and Chinese propaganda.
And they made a post and started this massive global '' controversy ''.

Tbh I don't think there is a vendetta against Americans, most people in Europe have either indifferent or favorable views of Americans.
I think it might just feel that way because US stuff takes up so much space online, and a lot of the sites like Reddit and Twitter have a majority US-based userbase which sets the tone and Americans are quite fond online of shit-talking their own country too I've noticed especially younger people.

I mean it's hard to have a real opinion on anything having to do with Germany unless you speak German.
I don't think most of it should be taken too seriously tho, if you heard how Swedes and Danes spoke to and about each other you'd think we were on the verge of murdering each other lol.
And I think this is actually fairly common amongst Europeans, taking the piss out of each other.