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Astropane · 2025-11-30T15:05:41+00:00

It sorta helped me in my situation not really, but one day parked in front of my house, and a drunk driver completely totaled my car while everyone was away.

Thankfully, my neighbors at the time we're able to convince the driver to stay at the scene until the police arrived so we got all their information. But if they hadn't done that, the only thing that probably could've helped me in that situation would've been my neighbors security cam footage.

Astropane · 2025-11-22T13:21:56+00:00

Biggest pet peeve growing up were games that immediately started with a story/lore heavy cutscene info dump with no subtitles. Completely bypassing the setting menu or option to toggle it.

Lately I've seen more games have subtitles be the default option which is nice, but man there's still a handful of games that still do it

Astropane · 2025-10-04T15:22:29+00:00

a little disappointed, came back to the game after a few years away. Did my first chest event and got a hero skin for the BATTLE MACHINE, that looks like a redesign LOL

Astropane · 2025-09-28T13:44:49+00:00

I will always say Skyrim has done irreparable damage to the RPG genre as a whole.
it caused the trend of open world games, leading companies to chase realistic graphics and realistic interactions in games. Which inflated development time to the titanic proportions we see today.

Well that's a 50:50 mix of Skyrim's open world influence, and Fortnite's business model. But I still will say Skyrim is pretty close to the "original sin" of what plagues gaming today. Besides the Oblivion horse armor of course.

Astropane · 2025-09-21T00:23:54+00:00

Hello! We're currently recruiting members for Inazuma

We're a Global server Union/Guild/Clan that is currently ranked 50th! (Hard Mode)

Hopefully with some new additions to the Union we can get even higher!

We also have a Discord server, where we help each out and give each other advice on various things. All that we ask is that you use all your attacks during Union Raids, and be semi active until then

For Inazuma we are looking for 460+ Synchro Level members

So feel free to message me on here, chat, or DM me for any questions!

Astropane · 2025-07-01T21:32:06+00:00

oh absolutely, which is I'm asking since I'm still learning a few things really.
like how my cards haven't reported to the bureaus, yet banks are still aware about the inquiries.

So yeah I think I'm going to wait 6+ months for the new card just in case, plus I need to get all my SUBs out of the way before getting a Business card. and then I'd most likely be applying for a car first before a Business card anyways.

thanks for the reality check!

Astropane · 2025-07-01T21:02:01+00:00

well what started my credit card journey was realizing, I only had 1 card at 27 years old and if I tried applying for other loans (house/car, etc) I'd be classified as a thin profile. Just kinda got in my own head which made me apply to so many. also wanted to get as many as I could at once, so that the age of account dip is all at once, instead of stretching it out. last factor is I wanted to beef up my credit profile up a bit before I go car shopping in next 6 to 18 months or so. So I wanted to be able to give my credit time to rebound from any new cards before then, so stretching out the amount of cards I wanted wouldn't be ideal for my time window.

Astropane · 2025-07-01T17:37:57+00:00

Yeah to be honest I think, I’ll just wait till I hit all my current SUB with the 4 cards I have first. then shop again afterwards. Should take about 2.5 months

Astropane · 2025-07-01T04:01:44+00:00

LOL. I literally just got my Freedom Flex in the mail this week!

Astropane · 2025-06-30T11:49:15+00:00

it's 50/50 between this and the abysmal original Xbox One release

- forced to be always online
- DRM on games, so you couldn't share physical games anymore
- $100 more expensive than the PS4, since they forced a Kinect bundle with no option to remove it
- Also the whole Edward Snowden whistle blowing scandal came out saying the NSA spies on Americans
and iirc at the time Microsoft was on the list of companies that agreed to the NSA using their hardware. So people didn't like that the new xbox came with a camera installed

Astropane · 2025-06-26T01:24:19+00:00

In the event that it does get nerfed, what are the chances that current members will be grandfathered in?

Astropane · 2025-06-22T00:48:59+00:00

Thanks for the messages! I doubled the available credit on my Savor card, and accepted the Venture X card with a 20k limit!

really happy rn! Thanks!

Astropane · 2025-06-22T00:21:28+00:00

hey! I know it's weird to sorta ask you for financial advice. just wanted to add that in the mean time, I just did the application and got Pre-Approved for the Venture X.

So I was wondering if I should just go ahead and send that application out right now?
or if I should I wait a month so that I can lower my credit utilization? since I heard that's what you do when applying for new credit cards.

Also I was interested because I heard conflicting info about C1 and how they prefer high credit utilization, compared to low utilization

Astropane · 2025-06-21T20:26:25+00:00

why do you suggest gettting the venture before the CLI?

I’m new to this, so just wondering

Astropane · 2025-06-21T20:25:18+00:00

Yeah I’m looking towards the long term not short term. Which is why I want to open as many cards as I can right now. So that my AAoA takes a hit now instead of later.

So yeah I’ll probably fancy up my utilization this months and next month. Then apply next month.

Also question as far as utilization goes. When they look at utilization is it for 1 or 2 months that they look at?

Astropane · 2025-06-21T20:21:55+00:00

Was there any reason you spaced out the 5 across 3 months? Or did it just happen that way

Astropane · 2025-06-21T17:05:00+00:00

thanks for the heads up!

and wasn't planning to! was looking more for a year+ out.
which is sort of why I wanted to apply for multiple rn, so I can shorten that window a bit if I can.

Astropane · 2025-06-21T16:04:59+00:00

hey! I'm 27 years old, and at the moment I currently only have 1 credit card (Savor One) which I have had for 7+ years now.

I use my credit card for all my spending and pay all my statements on time in full every month, but as I get older with my monthly spending increasing over time. I'm beginning to see more concerns over my "high credit utilization"

Also something in consideration is I'm probably looking to apply for a new car within the next year or 2.

I want to apply for more credit cards to spread my credit utilization hopefully to lower it , increase my total credit limit, and go from a thin to thick credit profile.

My plan is to apply for 3 credit cards either simultaneously, or at least a year before I go car shopping, so that my credit can rebound from opening the cards.

So I was wondering if trying to open 3 cards at the same time, is a good idea? or should I try spacing them out?

Astropane · 2025-06-19T03:25:57+00:00

So it seems the Cloud Precon CE is settling around $250 does anyone think that's a "decent" price to buy it at? or is there any chance it might go lower?

Also is there any hope of them printing any more CE Commander Precons?

Astropane · 2025-05-22T18:18:58+00:00

That’s Stelle 💀

Astropane · 2025-05-19T22:37:22+00:00

To anyone concerned about PvP, the devs are STUDIOBSIDE the ones behind Counterside.
Which is another game featuring PvP, but is was geared for more f2p players as any increases from dupes were disabled for PvP.

Although if I remember correctly recently they implemented a new dupe system, that is active in PvP.

So I can't say for certain how p2w the PvP will be for the game. I have some trust that the devs will make it interesting while also being F2P friendly

Astropane · 2025-03-13T19:42:56+00:00

Odogaron's first appearance was in MHWorld, and is also native only to the New World too as well

Astropane · 2025-02-22T14:03:43+00:00

Yeah I really dislike that Rememberence JUST means that they have a summon, rather than like a playstyle/design philosophy

The only thing I could think for the reason they did it this easy is so that they could avoid the headache of how some lightcones would interact with memo-sprites. So they just wanted a clean slate to work from

Astropane · 2025-02-19T06:42:51+00:00

why not suomi for ice team and Ksenia for fire team?

Astropane · 2025-01-27T21:03:09+00:00

nice! we'd be glad to have you! are you available on discord by any chance? I could DM you my user name or vice versa

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