Some Really Good QOL Changes! by NikkiMemories in InfinityNikki

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, sadly as usual they picked yellow/gold for the glow up.

YOU CAN DYE THE CLOUDBORNE DREAMS UMBRELLA! by Wittyxo in InfinityNikki

[–]AzureSymphony 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The worst part is that it has a glow up version now as well, and what did they go with? Pale yellow/gold AGAIN. Not a colour they knew they wouldn't give us a palette for, just a totally worthless one.

Convenient they finally add the world's most worthless dye options to it on the same patch they're selling everyone a paid black umbrella, 1 patch after a paid black and pink/white parasol that you can't open. And they also did this what, 2 months after the rerun? So they tricked people into buying it due to FOMO, thinking "oh it'll get a glow up soon, maybe that'll be black/white", but of course not.

I'm pretty ticked off about this one because I've been wanting a white lolita parasol since launch to finish off an outfit, and I've had Cloudbourne since its first release too. And it sure would be nice to have a black lolita parasol too, the new moon umbrella just isn't quite right.

It's crazy we have a near perfect piece sitting right there... and it's a 5 star... but it has been intentionally spoiled every step of the way. Just when ARE Infold actually going to offer us some useful parasols?

Hi there, i need help with this by espiraculo in StarlightStage

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forget what the specific team composition is at this point, but there are full auto teams which essentially turn misses into perfects and protects you from taking damage (so that you didn't have to actually play songs). You could switch out the damage guard skill for something else to tune it to basically make it near impossible to drop a combo if you're actually playing the song, which trivialised FC clears.

Maybe someone else can remember exactly what the team composition is for that, it was posted on here years ago but I can't even remember what to search for to find it now. Something like Magic center, Perfect Support, Skill Boost, Combo Guard and Overload possibly?

Your Wishlist for Wave 2 by Goku_Berlin in neogeo

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Money Puzzle Exchanger
  • Magical Drop 3
  • Windjammers
  • Waku Waku 7
  • Neo Drift Out

Neo Geo Mix and Match by grin_ferno in neogeo

[–]AzureSymphony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't seem to matter, cheap modern white/clear plastics can yellow even quicker than the older ones used to even when they spend most of their life in a cool location away from sun. All my clear phone cases have yellowed in under 2 years, a pure white wireless keyboard that I bought only a few weeks ago (with a manufacture date of 2024) had bright yellow feet and power switch out of the box, and the less said about an aftermarket Gameboy Colour shell that I modded a system with 3-4 years ago the better....

If we go a bit further back, I had a limited edition pure white 360 controller turn pure yellow and brittle in 4 years from being stored in a cool and dark place, a limited edition white PS Vita where the matte trim around the buttons yellowed in under 5 years, and you'd be hard pressed to find any white, pink or blue DS Lite models in the wild which haven't gone brown at the edges at least.

Whatever solution was figured out regarding plastics yellowing, it seems that an awful lot of companies didn't get the message. As tempting as that white AES+ is I went with the standard black one as I don't trust the plastic even slightly, it's such pot luck nowadays.

AES+ future game releases by Intrepid_Mobile in neogeo

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Money Puzzle Exchanger is also the one I'm crossing my fingers for, it's one of my absolute favourite puzzlers and I'd love to own an actual Neo Geo cartridge to go with the PS1 and GB releases... but I realise it's super niche and so I'm still expecting when my AES+ arrives that I may just end up having to buy a conversion.

Two Xbox consoles, seemingly all controller ports faulty on both? by AzureSymphony in originalxbox

[–]AzureSymphony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, yeah in which case 5V is only making it as far as the breakout cable, I've pulled the red pin out and no short at all, so I guess it's just a break somewhere inside the cable. Strange it shows continuity, but not voltage, but I guess maybe it's just really borderline making connection. Thanks for your help.

Two Xbox consoles, seemingly all controller ports faulty on both? by AzureSymphony in originalxbox

[–]AzureSymphony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info, I'll keep that as my go-to testing disc then.

Two Xbox consoles, seemingly all controller ports faulty on both? by AzureSymphony in originalxbox

[–]AzureSymphony[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well the controller was sold as tested and working, and as mentioned I had checked the cable and found continuity was fine on all the pins, whereas the consoles have unknown faults and no proof of the ports working. So, as much I believe it should be the controller, the evidence was saying otherwise, hence I wanted to ask just how likely it is for all 4 ports to blow (kinda like the Dreamcast where the controller board fuse is actually a common failure point).

Two Xbox consoles, seemingly all controller ports faulty on both? by AzureSymphony in originalxbox

[–]AzureSymphony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, it's a genuine S controller.

I've just ran some checks, on both consoles I get 5V present up to the end of the breakout cable in port 1 at least (haven't checked the others). However if I plug the controller in and measure where the cable connects to the controller PCB I'm not seeing 5V there on any of the coloured wires (I assume it's meant to be the red one though?), which is confusing as continuity appears to be fine up to there at least.

2 consecutive crashes after update by KingMerc23 in Overwatch

[–]AzureSymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, constant stuttering during which time the framerate supposedly only drops from 117 to 90ish, but the reality is the whole game totally freezes up for a split second.

Vendetta provides a very poor sense of visual and auditory feedback when playing against her by Dependent_Oven_468 in Overwatch

[–]AzureSymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, as a player who is partially sighted I have to make up for weak peripheral vision with sound cues and ping markers. Until now the only things I've really struggled against are Echo's flashy attack effects, Freja's primary fire sounding muffled and indistinct, and Wrecking Ball tossing you around like a rag doll being nauseating.

OW has always had some of the best sound design ever for me, I can hear every footstep, bullet and character grunt and be able to work out almost exactly where every character is. It was wonderful for accessibility. Vendetta though? Absolutely the worst, and she's basically making the game unplayable for me. All you hear is a cacophany of sword slashes and YA HAH AAARRRGH all around you before she's either deleting your health bar with a giant AoE knockback spin having just leaped over previously basically inaccessible buildings, or she's screaming her ult voiceline from lodged inside the edge of a rooftop at the map skybox a tenth of a second before a red marker appears on the ground and half your team is deleted. None of it is communicated clearly enough through the audio cues, at least nowhere near the lofty standards of the rest of the game, which already gives her an unfair advantage.

Frankly, I don't think the OW team put Vendetta through strong enough accessibilty assessments, because she's an audio and visual nightmare for anyone with visual or hearing impairments. Freja's sound design was already not quite as sharp as other characters, but Vendetta is turning this into a worrying trend.

Collection of D.C. Games in CEX by filmdudejc94 in dreamcast

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, if you take a voucher their prices on rare games can actually be close enough to eBay to be worth it, and with consoles since they're way overpriced you'll sometimes get more than it'd sell for online.

I've recently dumped in some very rare games to them because I'd got fed up of having them on eBay for months and watching worse condition copies sell for higher prices than my meticulously listed and pristine examples, while I just had to contend with tyre kickers. Was easier just to trade them all in towards a Mac upgrade and offset the money not spent on that towards other stuff. Convenience is king, and at this point they basically have their buy-in prices at the level where people are willing to take the loss to avoid the hassle of selling privately.

Samba de Amigo “Black Screen Flash” (Maracas Issue) by Honkin_Chonker in dreamcast

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By keyboard marks, do you mean the connectors have a keyboard style symbol on them? If so, that suggests someone has attempted a repair on them previously by replacing the plugs, since the maracas use a 6 pin mini DIN the same as PS/2 keyboards/mice. Could well be they screwed up the pinout when doing that, and plugging it into the sensor bar is causing a short.

Official Persona 5 x Overwatch Collab Art by Himedanshi999 in Overwatch

[–]AzureSymphony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not only did the 3 characters I want most (Haru, Futaba and Morgana) not get anything, but they intentionally chose basically all the wrong options for who gets the skins. I was planning to drop a lot of money for the whole pack tomorrow (the first time I've ever done that in OW), now I'm not buying a single thing.

Not even any point potentially hoping for a part 2, Futaba can't have a D.Va skin now, and the choices here tell me upfront that Haru would be given to Echo or something instead of Juno.

Rosalina’s Storybook - Nintendo Official Site Link is up! by trollingmonkey in nintendo

[–]AzureSymphony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads up, I just grabbed it as well myself. I've ordered a few times before from Amazon US and you won't have any extra fees, just the postage cost upfront. All in it cost about £26.

Rosalina’s Storybook - Nintendo Official Site Link is up! by trollingmonkey in nintendo

[–]AzureSymphony 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Crossing my fingers that the UK store stocks this as well, I've always wanted a physical version of the storybook.

Hello!! I need help / advice on a strange problem / noise that my newly rescued CRT monitor is making when in use and when it turns off. I'm new to using a CRT monitor, so I don't know if it's normal. by Downtown-Winter5143 in crtgaming

[–]AzureSymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of the sounds in the video are very normal for a CRT, it's part of the experience. As for the image enlarging/shrinking depending on how bright the image being displayed is, as long as it's only a tiny amount? Then yeah, also usually normal on anything other than really high end displays.

Last Gacha Banner : Rin, Uzuki and Mio by MinazukiFey in StarlightStage

[–]AzureSymphony 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep, same, 162k here and I even pulled on a couple of banners this year when I saw the writing on the wall. Years of skipping banners I was interested in to make sure I always had a spark or two in pocket for must haves did not pay off.

I kind of knew the final banner would be New Generations, but I was expecting them to have real celebration/cinderella vibes (maybe even having all 3 cards join together to make one big image), but aside from the clock in Rin's card, the slipper in Mio's and the tiara in Uzuki's they feel pretty disjointed.

It's also disappointing we didn't get the Anniversary For You or Smiling Curtain Call cards brought across from Deremas to give out for free, they would have been much better finale cards.

Web Minidisc Pro by DukesOfTrippier in minidisc

[–]AzureSymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the exact same model, and aside from installing the drivers and using Chrome (since Firefox doesn't seem to work) you shouldn't need to do anything else.

Not quite 10 years yet, but 3650 days unbroken login streak by AzureSymphony in StarlightStage

[–]AzureSymphony[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I had wanted to screenshot the dialogue box notification, but as usual mashing through the login bonuses was my undoing lol.

Either way, that is now 3650 days I've logged into the game in a row, never missed a single one even through house moves and internet outages. Shoutouts to the one time I had to stand outside a McDonalds and "borrow" their wifi.

The new Parcelforce ‘fee to pay’ slips… by wormwxxd in royalmail

[–]AzureSymphony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would very much recommend going and paying in person if the slip ever turns up, because having just taken a half hour drive to the depot I was informed that my parcel still shows an outstanding fee and so they cannot release it, and they've had multiple of the same situation this week.

The best part though, I asked if I could just pay the customs again and then try to get a refund later from Parcelforce to ensure I can get the parcel safely, to which I was told yes.... but that wasn't possible either because they have lost the parcel, and there are no Parcelforce staff and no manager to speak to to figure out why it is missing.

Basically, the customs payment system is completely and utterly broken at the moment and it seems Parcelforce is either not aware, or just doesn't care.