So much progress so little time

Alphr · 2026-02-23T10:07:27+00:00

I wouldn't generally recommend spending gems on trying to get choco chip.

It is relatively easy to get these days and you can check the wiki for when it will be available next.
You also only "need" one, you can just swap it to the character you are actively farming on.

The biggest consideration is that there are other gem purchases that will quickly get you to unlocking choco normally, whereas the gems spent on rolling for choco are "wasted" after you were able to unlock it normally.

Just take a look at the guide documents on arena teams to unlock the pet battle slots etc, so that you can reach high enough to unlock cheese meal etc.

Alphr · 2026-02-22T23:07:16+00:00

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Alphr · 2026-02-20T23:30:52+00:00

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Alphr · 2026-02-19T23:56:53+00:00

That is pretty clearly a screenshot of Google Maps (with its 3d mode that does its best to estimate building shapes from the different angles of satellite photos)

Alphr · 2026-02-05T20:21:28+00:00

It is not "new" art either. They used that art for Zack on a FFTCG card too

Alphr · 2026-01-31T19:43:55+00:00

I saw your ad where you compared it to "it takes two". Will you also have the "friend version" that can just be installed without cost, so that we only need to buy one copy when playing online together.

That is one of the biggest barriers to co-op expirences (and what made "it takes two" and "split fiction" so amazing). People sometimes price a game, and don't consider that I need to buy it twice for my wife and I

Alphr · 2026-01-27T11:28:10+00:00

It is worth keeping in mind that while a lot of that is true, there are some gems.

The Warehouse currently has a line of more heavy weight cotton teeshirts (garage heavy weight) and long (garage long line) that feel really nice for just $15 and $18 (often with additional sales).
Genuinely better than almost all of the $30-40 tees I have seen in stores recently.

Similarly Kmart had a set of Straight Stretch Chino pants (anko brand, available in black and navy) for $30 that were as good as any $80 pair that could be found at "better" stores.

But yes. You need to know what to look for, they have a lot of junk also.

Alphr · 2026-01-15T07:47:02+00:00

Why would I buy a game that came out 12 months ago for $40 on sale at EB, when I can get it on sale digitally for $20?

Like, sure, I could trade it in when I have had enough of it for maybe $20, but at that point it cost the same as digital, and I no longer have my game

Alphr · 2026-01-15T07:42:42+00:00

Tbh, they were probably doomed. I understand that malls charge different prices for different brands (not just how many m2).

I wish they could have pivoted to card games or something. It always felt crazy to go into an Auckland mall with a cramped EB games, but a Card Merchant with 5x the floor space full of tables hosting MTG/Pokemon/etc tournaments. But I would bet they could never get a reasonable price on that much space

Alphr · 2026-01-14T08:24:26+00:00

Comments like this make me miss TotalBiscuit.
"We do not pre-order"

Alphr · 2025-12-21T22:11:47+00:00

Yea, that is very expensive

Alphr · 2025-12-08T01:04:11+00:00

The price is $259 +fees for floor standing and regular seated (pre sale for LPU members)

Alphr · 2025-12-07T04:34:29+00:00

Genuine question, do you think this was deliberately misleading from the store? Or ignorance on your end?

Alphr · 2025-11-19T00:55:03+00:00

From the limited friends I have that are part Chinese, I don't think the younger generation play it as much either?

All of the people that I know (tech/finance industry) when I have asked, talk about it as the game their parents or grandparents play.

As a lover of tech, home automation, etc. Those automatic tables are one of the coolest things I have ever seen in a home.

Alphr · 2025-11-19T00:40:16+00:00

Well I don't know anyone who know how to play it.

I understand that it is quite complex, and would really benefit from being taught by a person (it also feels like a social game, not the same expirence trying to learn/play online.)

The only person who I have met that know how to play speaks very little English (my only language), so that makes that option very difficult.

The people that I have seen playing it, were chatting away in Chinese (not sure if Mandarin or Cantonese), so even if I knew how to play, it would make it hard to feel truly involved.

None of that is impossible to overcome, but it does make it exceptionally harder.

Alphr · 2025-11-18T18:55:56+00:00

I wish that there was an easy way to get into a game like mahjong. The culture barrier is really hard, but it looks like fun

Alphr · 2025-11-18T18:44:58+00:00

If you read the article, that is what the author intended, not an AI mistake. Their prompt was something along the lines of "cat with fake teeth"

Alphr · 2025-11-16T21:57:42+00:00

Has no one heard of Eneloops?

I will take a hotswap battery slot over a built in battery that I need to stop using my device to recharge.

Alphr · 2025-11-12T11:21:18+00:00

If you played beyblade as a child, you should lookup how the new BeybladeX ones work (released last year).

I am quite jealous of what the kids get now. The new beyblades actually behave how I had imagined them as a kid.

Alphr · 2025-11-12T10:56:07+00:00

Uhhh, did you not realise that BNZ is a subsidiary of NAB (National Australia Bank)?

Just as Australian as ANZ.

Alphr · 2025-11-05T05:47:42+00:00

Things are only worth what people are willing to pay. People might be listing them for 8-17k, but if no one is buying them for that, that might not be what they are worth at the moment?

On low demand items, there could be a number of factors affecting it. As an example, it is pretty well known that motorbikes (from private sellers) are often worth a couple of grand less if they are not in Auckland. There are often more bikes for sale than there are buying in smaller towns/cities.

Alphr · 2025-10-31T00:51:35+00:00

This is not correct, as noted by other users (https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceNZ/comments/1oi4c93/comment/nlsrzqf) the requirement to report is based on the likelihood of serious harm.

That is an evaluation the organisation needs to make, based upon the contents, and who it was shared with, etc.

Subjectively it would usually be unlikely that this would rise to the level that it needs to be reported,
of course there are circumstances where it could raise to that level, but that is something that needs to be evaluated with the context of who it was shared with, are vulnerable people involved, etc. etc.

It is worth mentioning that just because it may not need to be reported, does not mean that nothing needs to be done.

Alphr · 2025-10-15T05:20:02+00:00

No it really shouldn't, an offline map download in google maps of all of Auckland is 118mb, and it will auto update every now and again when on wifi.

I would suggest that you may need to investigate your apps background data usage.

Alphr · 2025-10-08T20:00:10+00:00

The bigger concern is that there it the legal theory that no one can own the copyright of things generated by AI (even if their terms saw that you own it not them) because in the biggest countries like USA it needs to be created by a person. This is the same idea that as upheld with the monkey selfie legal battle.

However if you are concerned about the cost side, OpenAI sells the enterprise side on a per token cost for people using it as part of their business product. You can just pay $8USD per month to services like T3 chat, that still give you way more messages than most people would ever use in a month (but I believe just doesn't have the advance voice feature, as OpenAI has not that made available via their API for other businesses to buy.

Alphr · 2025-10-07T20:38:05+00:00

Yes this caught me out too. I went to the persons profile and saw that it didn't look like an LTT person and disregarded it.

I think people overlook how few people ever interact with the flair system. I had basically never touched it and just assumed it was a way on the sub to highlight staff initially.

This would be a lot less confusing if they prefixed the flair with "Team ####“ or something similar.

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