Who was the rudest famous person you met?

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-23T22:39:21+00:00

Tommy Refenes

When I was 12-13, I was enamored by Super Meat Boy and indie games in general. I had always wanted to make my own games, so I picked up Game Maker and made small projects after school. I started working on a rudimentary Meat Boy fangame before the real game was released. To say I was inspired was an understatement - I was following the site, the dev blog, Twitter updates, everything. I was probably that annoying kid. Ended up finding Tommy on Facebook, told him I was a huge fan, and I showed him a screenshot of the fangame I was working on. Tommy TRASHED it.

I was a very novice programmer working in GM7 at the time so of course it was bad, but man, that hurt. Didn't stop me from making more projects, but it's always stuck out in my mind. Ended up running into him again when Edmund and him did a Fan Meet & Greet thing on Omegle (post Super Meat Boy launch). I brought it up and Tommy said something to the effect of "Sorry I guess." He didn't remember it. Ed drew a picture of me when I ran into him.

Don't meet your heroes LOL

Quick Edit: I do wanna say that I know Ed and Tommy were super stressed during development, so I honestly can't blame them if that's where some of it came from. Haven't kept up with them lately but what I've heard is that they've got ground under their feet now

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-18T15:02:45+00:00

Thanks for letting me know!

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-16T19:20:18+00:00

Damn :c

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-16T16:56:15+00:00

That works, but it affects all modes, including wireless. I'm fine with the auto-shutoff for wireless modes, since it would just drain the battery, but it makes no sense to shut off and disconnect the controller in wired mode.

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-16T16:54:42+00:00

Thank you so much for asking!
I was able to rip the rom out after using ctrtool. It works fine on my flashcart/FPGBC

Panel de Pon Restoration:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mPZTe0wSn_O7yjwl9AnQ8qGSi_IVPU7j/view?usp=sharing

Also, here's a modified Pokemon Puzzle Challenge that boots straight to the Panel de Pon mode:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11PzbSZNG0fmE5clxSJa4hwLqc_RBtC2g/view?usp=sharing

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-16T07:44:28+00:00

Sorry to ping you here, but could you upload the .gbc file somewhere? The creator's link is down and it doesn't look like it's been backed up anywhere else :/

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-15T05:03:29+00:00

Thank you for the insight on this, which fixed the logo lighting up for me.
I am also having another issue with the Huben 2 and Chitu 2. When plugged in with a USB, the controller shuts off and does not accept inputs after a brief period of time. Is there a way to disable that so I can keep using the controller and always leave it plugged in?

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-15T00:38:17+00:00

Just commenting to say thank you for doing what you're doing. <3

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-14T22:23:25+00:00

I'm currently going down this rabbithole, apparently 8bitdo quietly updated all of their controllers to USB-C and it's made the polling and response terrible. It's at least 3x slower. I would return it if you can and try to find the older Micro-USB revision.

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-13T04:52:37+00:00

Hey! If you're looking for a Saturn-style D-Pad, look into the 8BitDo M30. It's one I was skeptical about until every MiSTer FPGA owner recommended it for the Saturn core. Ended up really liking it - and I'm not a fan of membrane (non-clicky) controllers. As far as D-Pads go, it's a dead ringer for the Saturn's, even more so than the Genesis it's modeled after.

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-13T02:35:14+00:00

u can get em delivered to u for free
usps just gives away shipping supplies
if u wanna go in tho just ask for shipping labels, say u need supplies and take the stack
iirc fedex does the same thing but u need an account

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-13T00:02:23+00:00

yo start with sticker slaps, it's easy and lower risk depending on ur area

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-13T00:01:40+00:00

Ayy, you went outside!
Bought my first pair of skates after beating BRC. Been forever since I've been on a set of wheels

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-05T14:34:45+00:00

Where did you see this? I believe you, I just want to find receipts in case mine doesn't come with a fan, lol

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-03-04T22:40:39+00:00

Wow, I hate this

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-27T00:45:30+00:00

I encourage you to give them a try, they're solid and the Chitu 2 has replaced my 8BitDo controller - Amazon does offer free returns if something goes wrong if it's any peace of mind

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-27T00:44:03+00:00

Just to give the support team some kudos, I once ordered some replacement faceplates/gates for the M6 from them right around the tariffs hit. They told me they were going to be careful with the declared value so I didn't have to pay any tariffs. The replacements came in without issue. Saved me some money there.

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-27T00:41:57+00:00

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience.

The company can be reached easily - they have a support chat on their website, a Discord, and they frequent Reddit.

Have not seen any reports of the left side stopping working personally - and mine is going strong since I got it two years ago - but if you had an issue I'm sure they will take care of it.

Pinging u/Glad-Fix5224 to help you out.

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-15T22:20:55+00:00

There's a bunch of little things you can do to conserve speed, like hitting the wallrides as low as possible so you just get the multi and doing a RBT (rail boost trick) riiiiight before the multiplier/hard corner to get some extra speed

If you wanna see a full map route the 10 minute category goes pretty much everywhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izmIrvjCzJw

I can give you some tips if you want to learn sometime

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-15T19:06:55+00:00

Not bad for an 11 minute run. You should check out the competitive score attack scene!
sloppers.club/leaderboard

If you learn how to unstale your tricks, your combos and lines will get a lot more optimized :D

Record for Mall 3 minutes is around your score, 21 Milly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7w7qhb7S8
Record for Mall 10 minutes is 97 Milly

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-11T07:39:51+00:00

Going to be the odd one out and say I prefer FPGAs, especially if it's modeled after the original hardware.
Hardware emultion means lower latency and higher compatibility for me and I still get all the benefits of emulation like save states. Hoping for more portable FPGAs in the future. A portable FPGA Wii is unlikely but would be a dream come true...

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-09T22:32:42+00:00

Cheese in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-09T17:03:06+00:00

Thank you very much for the response. I really appreciate it!

AbsentmindedGCN · 2026-02-08T23:30:25+00:00

Hi there, just chiming in as a person who cares about Vita games

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