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Zorua
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You're playing the new Zelda game. You head northwest to Rito Village. Perhaps you want to see how different they are compared to how they were in The Wind Waker. Or perhaps you're just there to progress the story. Regardless, you cross the bridges and approach the village.
The background music starts to kick in, and you listen. You hear a quiet piano riff, then a calming flute. Strings begin to build up to something.
Then, the guitar kicks in.
And it hits you.
The overwhelming wave of nostalgia.
Throughout the game, you come across a Rito named Kass, a wandering minstrel with a lot of stories to tell from ages past. Sometimes he's in front of a stable playing Epona's Song. Other times he's out in the wild somewhere, ready to give you a hint as to where a nearby shrine is located. Once you find all of his puzzles out there, he'll return to Rito Village to play along with the background music. Talk to him, and he'll play one final song. An add-on to his usual theme, it quickly turns into something a little more...nostalgic.
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Splatoon's "waiting for a match" music, followed by one of its many kickin' battle tracks, then either the victory fanfare or defeat fanfare. Wash, rinse, and repeat.
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Mom and grandparents are on a small trip out of state for a friend's retirement party...
Brothers are off to school...
I'm the only one here...
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FRAT PARTY!
*nah; Splatoon, Star Wars, and sleep*
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Plans in motion...
21 minutes ago, Asari said:Also, I notice that 910CMX is no longer listed on EGS's "Extras" page.
I think that's because Dan hasn't been here since at least a year before the Crash. He has no presence on the forums, so he can hardly call them "the official forum for EGS". I'm sure he made a tweet or tumblr post explaining in more detail.
If I remember correctly, he left due to the hostile attitudes of some forum members that were banned afterwards.
4 minutes ago, Stature said:Can the butler defend, since Sirleck is in the same plane?
Sirleck has the element of surprise. That's -4 to the butler's initiative. Plus Sirleck is about to do a full-body grapple, giving Butler a severe dexterity penalty. I have doubts on Butler's ability to fight back.
4 minutes ago, Stature said:How soft/hard was that thunk?
Enough to break his nose, probably. He landed on his face, and it looks like there's blood splatter.
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Accidentally typing 'v' instead of the space bar on my phone, followed by auto-correct. Turning "...and it gets the point across..." into "...and it Herschel point across...". Thank God for the backspace key, but it's annoyingly inconvenient.
My other phone has an odd obsession with ordinal numbers and is especially fond of replacing 'with' with '29th'.
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17 hours ago, CritterKeeper said:And I've never tied a blue silk ribbon, or discovered a very busy chandler, or blackmailed a bosun, or gone hunting the bonnie black hare, or asked the miller's son to help find something precious....
And I've never hoist the mainstay, and I've never swabbed the poopdeck, and I've never veered a'starboard 'cause I've never sailed at all, and I've never walked the gangplank, and I've never owned a parrot, and I've never been to Boston in the fall.
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And then I find myself doing surprisingly well with the N-Zap '89, a 1989-coloration Nintendo Zapper repurposed into an ink gun.
The N-Zap is a Shooter-type weapon. Shooters generally have medium range and a high rate of fire. Holding the fire button let's you shoot continuously until you run out of ink. The N-Zap covers turf quickly and can kill enemies quickly at close range, but it's less accurate further away, so if you're going for kills, play tactically. The '89's sub is the Sprinkler, which sprinkles ink around it, even when you go do something else. Good for covering turf to build up your special and for serving as bait to lure enemies in (plus the Sprinkler splatters do deal damage, so getting a kill with it is rare but possible). And between the decent ink coverage of the N-Zap and the Sprinkler, you find yourself getting your Inkstrike quite often. >:) I might be a fan of Inkstrikes.
Meanwhile, in Hyrule, I took down a Silver Lynel. Lynels have lots of health, good weapons, and very smart A.I. Silver Lynels have the strongest equipment in the game, barring the Hylian Shield and the Bow of Light (and even then, if you get lucky with bonuses...) and more health than the final boss. Having good armor helps, but against a Silver Lynel, it's generally a war of attrition; can you win before you run out of weapons or healing items?
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Granted. However, it introduces another kid-appeal character on par with Jar Jar that ruins the movie in the eyes of die-hard fans, resulting in the biggest Internet s[tweet!]-storm this side of SOPA.
I wish the Lactaid brand would distribute lactose-free chocolate milk (which they do make) to stores in the Houston area.
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Splatoon this time.
If the colorful multiplayer-focused team shooter with collectible hats didn't already give off a Team Fortress 2 vibe, say hello to Sasha. Or rather, the Heavy Splatling.
I used to main the Splat Roller, an oversized paint roller that inks turf as you go. Instant kill if you roll over someone, and survivable but considerable damage if you swing the roller to throw a splatter of ink. Short range weapon, obviously. Its secondary weapon or "sub-weapon" is the Suction Bomb, which sticks to any surface and has a large blast radius but a long fuse. Throw it over a wall, stick it behind a corner to surprise a pursuer, or put it next to the little indicator that says someone is jumping back to the action so when they get back it splats them immediately. And it's special weapon (comparable to an ult in Smite or a final smash in Smash Bros.) is the Killer Wail, a sonic laser of death that splats foes but doesn't ink any turf. Great for clearing out narrow pathways and sniper spots. I liked the roller because it has high ink coverage and because I'm not good at shooter games in general, so a melee weapon that leaves an escape route as I walk felt like a good idea. I picked the Splat Roller specifically because the other rollers had either horribly slow ink flings, leaving a huge opening for them, or specials that didn't work well for me. Having a somewhat decent fling and a helpful ranged special worked well for me, especially when I hung back to ink turf while the others took the front lines. Trouble is, me playing the roller meant the only things that didn't out-range me were other rollers (the Inkbrushes, to be specific). Snipers in particular were a pain. Walls are also a weakness to rollers, so anyone on a high perch tended to be out of my reach with me in their crosshairs regardless of what weapon they used. There are tons of good roller users, so it was just me that sucked at it, not the weapon set. I'd be lucky to cover 600 points of turf in one match.
After switching to the Heavy Splatling, I'm regularly covering 800 to 1000 points or more per match. Booyah! Splatlings are miniguns with considerable range, and the longer you charge them, the longer they fire before needing to charge again. The Heavy Splatling in particular comes with the Splash Wall as its sub. A temporary curtain of raining ink that blocks enemy shots while letting friendly shots through unimpeded. It buys time to charge a shot or fire a special, let's you approach snipers with less risk, and blocks narrow hallways. It's special is the Inkstrike, which is practically an air strike tornado vortex of ink. Use it to kick snipers off their perch and into your range, fire it deep into their turf so they have to waste time covering it when they respawn... Oh how I love to set one of those off in the last second of the match when they can do absolutely nothing to stop it. I still do the "hang back and cover turf" thing and I'm not the best at aiming, but this kit's working well for me, so I'm gonna stick with it. Plus, it's a minigun.
Also the victory animation for when you win with a minigun is you hug the barrel like it's a teddy bear. ^.^
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On 4/7/2017 at 10:16 AM, mlooney said:I have to worst kind of writers block. I have a ton of things that need to go in this section but I am at a loss as to how to start.
I am two and a half years behind in updating my Powers story. I wish I had your kind of writer's block.
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My third half of a sub sandwich and the technicolor blood of my enemies.
I'll leave you to guess the context.
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I did say my next set would be something else...
Waluigi is back! Now the forum is funny again!
(are emoticons broken? the demonic duck didn't work)
Intentionally bad editing is a staple of my Waluigi slays.
I'd be terrified too.
Another Waluigi panel. Real funny.
Look at all that glorious empty space! Waluigi is both pleased and not pleased!
Mostly Waluigi with something that barely even qualifies as an EGS panel? Sounds about right.
Mostly EGS with something that barely even qualifies as a Waluigi panel? Sounds about right.
Waluigi hates this!
The most work I ever did for an intentionally terrible editing job. Waluigi likes this.
The most recent Waluigi slay I ever made.
I had like four slays that used the "Waluigi's Back" panel and one that used a similar "Waluigi is back from vacation" panel. I settled on this one being the funniest.And now, back to your regularly-scheduled Waluigi. I mean slays.
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Auto-correct has the weirdest suggestions.
In the Zelda series, one of the many races is the Gerudo. See how it's spelled?
My phone auto-corrected this to "Fetus".
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More Zelda:
After a lot of mining, trading, raiding the castle, and sidequests, I ended up with a massive horde of gems to sell whenever I want. Probably sitting on twenty-thousand Rupees worth of gems.
I bought a set of armor in a northeastern town and then went further north to buy some Ancient Arrows (which are Super Effective against Guardians). So I got to the place... Stopped... Turned around and headed south. I can't buy arrows without Rupees. :P
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49 minutes ago, partner555 said:Is it me, or does the robot look like Bender?
It's totally Bender. The other two, on the other hand... Any ideas? I know the left one isn't R2-D2; the head isn't domed enough, but other than that, I got nothing.
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It still takes a while to cross the map, but that's part of the appeal. Keeps the world big.
The horse I eventually did get was the Royal Stallion. I named him Sleipnir.
Funny enough: in our group save file, the first horse we registered we named Rolf. Because that's my horse.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go take a picture of a laser spear.
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Right down to the wire...
So my brother rushed to beat Calamity Ganon in time for the new Mass Effect, and he's rushing through that before the next Dark Souls DLC comes out.
Meanwhile I'm playing Zelda on a bit of a challenge run. 3 hearts, no stamina upgrades, no fast-travel. I was also not updating the map nor registering a horse, but it got frustrating not knowing the easiest path to where I was going and having to walk was too slow.
I'm also spending too many Rupees on clothes. I have eleven Hylian Tunics, almost all dyed in different colors. I'm gonna go broke because of clothes!
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My youngest brother is in middle school band, playing percussion. I'm at my old high school waiting for the concert to start. His school plays first, so they get to practice in the auditorium. They're doing warm-ups and rehearsals right now.
So it seems like all three of us are musicians. I play piano sometimes, the middle brother played saxophone, and the youngest plays percussion. We could start a family jazz band! ...probably won't, but still.
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So my mom made the mistake of inviting me to play Star Wars Trivial Pursuit...
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A thread for discussion of video games. The previous thread expired, you see.
So, my brother downloaded The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Wii U. And do you wanna know what happened?
First of all, you can still cut grass, and you can still break pots. Sold.
Second: One of the first powers you get is the Magnesis Rune, which lets you lift metal objects remotely. My brother used it to clear out an enemy camp by smacking them with a metal box a bunch! It was hilarious!
Third: When we finally got off the starting area, we saw foxes running around! We can totally ignore the story and go fox hunting if we want!
And now, a few things hidden under spoilers. If you want to play the game blind, stay away.
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Story Spoiler:
Let's start with the fact that the bosses are HUMONGOUS MECHA. Just...just that. Humongous. Mecha! In a Zelda game. By Din, this is awesome!
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Boss Spoiler:
The water boss battle is threefold: gaining entry, inside, and the interior boss. To gain entry, you have to shatter the ice it throws at you while riding the back of a Zora, and when he finds an opening, he'll throw you up a waterfall the thing is making so you can electrocute the cores at the top with lightning arrows. All in the rain. With this music. Just to gain entry!
To summarize: do the water boss last, not because it's frustrating, but because it's awesome.
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Musical Reference Spoilers:
The game makes musical references to past Zelda games, both subtle and not-so-subtle. I posted the "riding horseback" themes on the Listening thread, which had Zelda's Lullaby snuck in during the day and the iconic Overworld / Main Theme at night. One particular character named Kass plays Epona's Song sometimes. I really like Rito Village's music, which is a remix of Dragon Roost Island. It was so unexpected, and I love the game even more for it.
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So my brother bought Breath of the Wild for Wii U via eShop. The game uses music sparingly, only for tense moments or quiet ambiance, just to punctuate a scene.
For example, when riding horseback during the day, you get this:
And riding horseback at night gives you this:
The little riff at the end of both plays when you dismount the horse.
I have yet to hear a piece of music from this game I don't like.
Also, the Video Games thread. I really, really want to gush about this game, but the Video Games thread is months past the necromancy expiration date. Should I...? Wait, hang on. Gimme a sec.
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39 minutes ago, ProfessorTomoe said:That act gets a bit less cute once they grow from kitten to cat. My wife has the battle scars to prove it.
Depends on the cat, really.
27 minutes ago, CritterKeeper said:A friend used to refer to feet under the blankets as "bed mice," since that's what his cats seemed to think they were. This is the same couple who named their trio "Yakko," "Wakko," and "Dot," one of whom was later nicknamed "Mr. Snugglesupwithus."
I assume the door you're referring to was to your room and not your house; a completely unexpected kitten isn't always a good thing.
But... but unexpected kittens are adorable!
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I woke up at about two-thirty this morning to a kitten on my chest. I dunno if he got in through the door or someone let him in and put him there, but it was cute. He sat there for a bit, laid down and slept for a bit, played around chasing my fingers under the sheets, and just generally being adorable.
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The theme song for the Wonderful 101. THE theme song for the Wonderful 101.
There's two versions:
The one from the beginning of the game, "The Won-Stoppable Wonderful 100!"...
Danger's coming, looming large
So who's gonna make a stand?
One-hundred rangers are taking charge
The line is drawn in the sand
Knuckles crack
In two-hundred very different ways
But each and every one has got
The same thing to say...(Red: Unite Morph!)
Because they're hearts beat as one
(Red: Unite Hand!)
And put the bad guys on the runWhen the job's too ominous
For an average Jill or Joe
They go anonymous
And watch their powers grow!Got no fame, no fortune to claim
Fighting for the status quo
Don that mask and take 'em to task
Hurry, now it's time to go!
They can do it, they can do it
'Cause they're super-sisters and bros...
The won-stoppable Wonderful
Wonderful One-Double-Oh!Evil's coming
And you need a savior to appear
One-hundred rangers will take the lead
They gladly volunteer
Way up high
Can you spy them out in outer space?
Two-hundred eyes like fire,
Looking danger in the face...(Blue: Unite Morph!)
A single heart like a blade
(Blue: Unite Sword!)
They dish out justice in spadesWhen the world is teetering
Hanging by a thread
They administer a beating
And stop the menace dead!Go, go team!
Demolish those fiends!
Toss 'em in a garbage can!
Wipe the floor with aliens galore
'Til the world is spick and span!
They can do it, they can do it,
'Cause they're fearless daredevil pros...
The won-destructible Wonderful,
Wonderful One-Double-Oh!Hope is coming to a crawl
And sadness fills the air
One-hundred rangers hide it all
Behind an iron stare
No one asks what they sacrifice, no
No one minds
But that won't hold them back
From saving all of humankind...(Green: Unite Morph!)
They put their heartbreak aside
(Green: Unite Gun!)
And let their powers collideEven if they're struggling
To lead a double life
They will keep on juggling
They'll pay the final priceOne more clash, one bad guy to thrash
Calamity is closing in
One more fray to finish the day
Before tomorrow can begin
They can do it. they can do it
'Cause a hero never says no...
The won-beatable Wonderful,
Wonderful One-Double-Oh!Got no fame, no fortune to claim
Fighting for the status quo
Don that mask and take 'em to task
Hurry, now it's time to go!
They can do it, they can do it
'Cause they're super sisters and bros...
The won-stoppable Wonderful,
Wonderful One-Double-Oh!...and the one from the end of the game, "The Won-Stoppable Wonderful 101!"
(alterations in bold)
Danger's coming, looming large
So who's gonna make a stand?
The One-Oh-One are taking charge
The line is drawn in the sand
Knuckles crack
In two-hundred-and-two different ways
But each and every one has got
The same thing to say...(Red: Unite Morph!)
Because they're hearts beat as one
(Red: Unite Hand!)
And put the bad guys on the runWhen the job's too ominous
For an average Jill or Joe
They go anonymous
And watch their powers grow!Got no fame, no fortune to claim
Fighting for the status quo
Don that mask and take 'em to task
Hurry, now it's time to go!
They can do it, they can do it
'Cause they're heroes second to none...
The won-stoppable Wonderful
Wonderful One-Oh-One!Evil's coming
And you need a savior to appear
The One-Oh-One will take the lead
They gladly volunteer
Way up high
Can you spy them out in outer space?
Two-hundred-and-two eyes,
Looking danger in the face...(Blue: Unite Morph!)
A single heart like a blade
(Blue: Unite Sword!)
They dish out justice in spadesWhen the world is teetering
Hanging by a thread
They administer a beating
And stop the menace dead!Go, go team!
Demolish those fiends!
Toss 'em in a garbage can!
Wipe the floor with aliens galore
'Til the world is spick and span!
They can do it, they can do it,
'Cause they're bravest under the sun...
The won-destructible Wonderful,
Wonderful One-Oh-One!Hope is coming to a crawl
And sadness fills the air
The One-Oh-One hide it all
Behind an iron stare
No one asks what they sacrifice, no
No one minds
But that won't hold them back
From saving all of humankind...(Green: Unite Morph!)
They put their heartbreak aside
(Green: Unite Gun!)
And let their powers collideEven if they're struggling
To lead a double life
They will keep on juggling
They'll pay the final priceOne more clash, one bad guy to thrash
Calamity is closing in
One more fray to finish today
Before tomorrow can begin
They can do it. they can do it
'Cause they always stick to their guns...
The won-beatable Wonderful,
Wonderful One-Oh-One!Got no fame, no fortune to claim
Fighting for the status quo
Don that mask and take 'em to task
Hurry, now it's time to go!
They can do it, they can do it
'Cause they're heroes second to none...
The won-stoppable Wonderful,
Wonderful One-Oh-One!
Video Game Discussion Part 2
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I've been doing good with the Wasabi Splattershot lately. The Splattershot is the basic weapon all shooter-type weapons get compared to. Medium range, decent rate of fire, and moderate accuracy make it truly the jack-of-all-trades here. It's such an average weapon that it's good for any stage and any playstyle. The three Splattershot kits differ in their sub and special, and the Wasabi kit is built around covering turf. It's sub is the Splat Bomb, which is basically a grenade. I like to throw it over a wall and move on, but they're also great for clearing sniper perches and checking around corners. And it's special is the Inkstrike. I just love Inkstrikes so much.
Back in Hyrule, I got the classic green tunic, which, despite its iconic look, is not the best piece of armor in the game; the Ancient armor is just as good and has better bonus effects, while the Champion's Tunic has even higher defense. I've also gotten better at fighting Silver Lynels and am trying to farm dragon parts.
...what? I don't play many video games. This is all I got.