Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Looks like hes back tomorrow after discussions between Kimmel and ABC/Disney

I thought it was govt suppressing freedom of speech that got him canceled?? Whoops, guess that narrative is buried alongside the hundreds of residential school children across Canada.

(See how I rolled that older topic with the ongoing topic together? Lyrical genius, call me Nyninem)

His show was taken off because his rating were ***, they wanted a reason to get rid of him and he gave them one. If he is back it's cause he took a huge paycut.

Thats a cats paw, unless youre transimal
Thats also a female hand, Im 100% manimal

Thats also a laptop, im on my phone bro
That laptop is a mac, my laptop I use on the road is a Lenovo

Literally everything in that pic is wrong and worthless
You need to do better, mind your own business!

Its clearly a dog paw

Let's not talk about the way media lies. It gets us too close to the verboten.

/comfort

IDK about the media but I have a rug that refuses to lie flat.

I know, how dare we talk about the lies of the media, the media should be treated as gospel and never questioned.

Anyways, heres the FFXI Brady guide. If you jump to page 43, youll see WAR/WHM is a banger job combo. If you question this, that means youre accusing media of lying.

Try shaving or trimming it?

Just think, if his rival wasn't an incompetent idiot who blew a 2783482934-0 lead by only saying one *** line repeatedly...

Chanti should tell us stories from the 90s.

I know she wasn't spring chickenin' back then, but hey, she was still not yet venerable then!

The other day I watched a short about the most viewed/liked videos in Tiktok.

Then the comments criticizing one of the top videos was a couple of seconds of Bella Porch for its futility.

But I think those critics are undeserved.

I could spend hours just watching that cute face grimacing.

It must be one of the greatest videos in human history

Watched 6 hr of SHf streams since early access. Thoughts:

1. I expected Ryukishi07(the writer) to *** up my mind with his *** up story. Ryukishi07 did not disappoint. My mind is about as *** up as his story now :D

Can't wait to see more after a mental break.

2. I think the combat system execution has some issues. It uses a dodge/counter centric combat system. The problem is, in a survival horror game with tons of tight space and corners, with enemy jump scare attack from blind spots, you can't properly see the enemy nor properly dodge/counter them.

Essentially this combat system contradicts horror focused design philosophy. Imo dodge/counter centric combat system is an action game mechanic because you can see the enemy and focus on them. But it is a bad mechanic if horror is on a higher priority than action, because you are not supposed to see enemies all the time if you want the horror feel.

3. Many people also complained about weapon degrading system. However I think it is necessary in a survival horror game with no ammos. In survival horror game resource management and avoiding enemies is part of game play. Without weapon degrade or ammo limitation, you can't really create true tension and stress.

The fact that SHf got those complaint about the combat shows an issue when this series try to appeal to mainstream action game target audience. Then failed on balancing mainstream action game design and classic survival horror design. Then they attracted action game audiences with wrong expectations because of that.

4. There will be some cultural barriers if player can't read Japanese. Some of the environmental storytelling elements are in Japanese. I saw an English streamer got a bit stuck on the environment puzzle because he couldn't read the Japanese sign in the environment. Those who can read wouldn't get stuck the same way.

5. There are tons of smart psychological horror technique used in level design, I love ;D.


Ultimately, I think this will be a game that will be super unique and niche, but ultimately not mainstream.

Which is a good thing ;) we need more niche and unique games not same old mainstream games. ;) I look forward to see the end of this emotional journey.

Combat in silent hill is always awkward at best.

Makes it more realistic. Randos are going to be awkward.

Many reviewers talked about how combat is "jank". But very few talked about why it felt jank though.

Imo there are 4 things that needs to be discussed separately:

1. Longer "wind-up" (the time it takes for an attack to start) than average action game. Creating more burden when you make the decision to push the attack button.

2. Longer "hitstop" (the short pause happened in game when an attack connects) than average action game, which can look anime-y to some people.

3. Enemy doesn't have a "get hit" animation for light attacks, therefore reducing the sense of feedback on hit.

4. The environment has many tight spaces(good for building horror feels), therefore blocking the camera view for right dodge/counter moments.

All of those topics are worth discussing when it comes to combat implementation in horror games. Unfortunately most of the reviews and players just post "jank", "but SH is supposed to be jank", "stop white knighting jank" kind of posts then stop there. ;/

But I think the easier solution for future silent hill game is just lower combat elements and simplify it lol. SH is not resident evil after all. When this IP tries to increase combat element and sell the game to mainstream audiences, that's how it ended up unfortunately.

All my best stories come from the '50s through the 70's.

In the 90s I was keeping my head down and staying out of trouble because ... well you really don't need to know. Suffice it to say keeping out of trouble doesn't generate good stories.

Young, risk taking, and stupid generates the best stories.

Another day that RNG is screwing me.

A task to finish in 30 minutes is taking 7h already, and still increasing.

Also, my new home purchase is not going well. I dont think the sellers are being honest with me about the problems to solve before I can effectively buy the house.

To sum up, this September second half is being a damn hell to me.

Im pretty much aware that life is full of ups and downs, I suppose there are always weeks that nothing works. But I need to persevere and fight against those bad luck phases.

Maybe venting here is a charm to make this bad luck go away.

Sacrificing a tarutaru could work too.

Lets see who uses tarutaru char here…

me, and apparently I'm going to die according to trending LS names

https://www.ffxiah.com/linkshell/Bahamut/DannylIsGoingToDie

lol

What's hilarious about that is, I think it was like 2017 or something when that was created. (Not by me, I think I know who idk). And it was during all the AA fights and Divine Might fights.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting waking up and see that sh\t trending... great

Screw the sellers on giving you any proper intel. What does your inspection report say?

A little inside when I saw that this morning ;(

The house actually is a heritage forr 5 sons/daughters

They decided to sell and share the money. Problem is, a husband of one of the daughter has died back in feb, and the seller representative didnt mention it when we signed a contract.

In theory, you have to resolve all bureaucracy before selling it.

But we have no clue when all this bureaucracy gonna be solved. Considering the person died 7 months ago and the process isnt over yet, Im really worried about this purchase.

The alternative is annuling our. Contract and finding a new home to purchase but then, this is something that will take another set of months.

So in the end, the new home I was expecting to live in 2025 second semester, not is very likely just gonna happen in 2026.

If it even happen.

Sorry to hear Panta :(
Sounds like a headache of issues and I too wouldn't want to wait for another set of time for resolution. Hopefully you can cut some losses in time and move on. If the sellers were serious, they won't let you go but that is kind of rare.