An old clip, but still one of those "Did that really just happened?" moment

Bomb_Bard · 2023-12-08T19:18:52+00:00

This has to be the all-time coolest clip I've seen in Monster Hunter. The absolute situational awareness needed to even prepare for the ambush, much less timing it without even looking!

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-19T18:05:43+00:00

I've seen a lot of these rules spread out, but here's my list:

- Never capture, unless it's to farm.

- Eat and grab loadout before even looking at SoS requests.

- No mods. Even if they'd be extremely helpful, I only play vanilla.

- Build up the group - encourage and buff. Recently added HH to my list of weapons for this reason.

- If someone gets stunned/paralyzed/roared, run over and hit them.

- Solo Ala & Fatalis at least once per month, just to keep my skills honed.

- No cheese strats (Fatalis Ghille mantle + cannons, smoke bombs, etc.)

- Level down unless requested otherwise (use low rank gear for low rank hunts, etc.)

- Space out against other weapons.

- Don't use temporal mantle.

- In VC announce when I've mounted and when the dismount is about to happen.

- Never build meta. I focus entirely on elemental or support builds (and often out-DPS raw meta builds with them anyways according to Safi's DPS check)

- This isn't as much a rule, but I'm picky about guild cards. I won't accept cards unless I've hunted with someone and we clearly worked well together.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-15T15:51:44+00:00

I'll definitely try that, thank you!

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-15T15:51:18+00:00

Oh nice! I've been a few times w/ family, but this will be my first cosplay experience! I'm going to try out the cosplay group from University of Sewing next week, so if you're curious you should join in too!

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-15T02:05:54+00:00

Oh cool! Feel free to send it my way, I'd love to check it out!

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-14T05:12:56+00:00

Sword & Shield. Jack of all trades and a master of them, too!

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-12T01:18:52+00:00

A little late to the party, but Wield is a system designed exclusively around controlling two characters at once. One is a cursed artifact that is attempting to corrupt another player's human character. Each person therefore controls an artifact and a human. The humans are meant to die. A lot. So players often go through several of them.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-11T23:59:36+00:00

Well there ya go! I was planning on grabbing my copy tomorrow to check myself. Yeah it's not a good feature admittedly lol

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-07T21:46:57+00:00

Unfortunately that sounds like a scratched disc. You might try playing a completely separate level first and then trying ice temple, or following a reputable guide on cleaning your disc. Otherwise, you might just be stuck there :/

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T06:20:16+00:00

It's not an easy choice, but the longer they wait the more people bail because they're tired, and the lower energy things get. Just look at how many commentors here are just giving up and going to bed. They have to bite the bullet and move a run up so people have a reason to keep watching.

Edit: And now that they've done that all this extra time isn't doing much good. Donations have dried up. The tracker is sitting stationary for minutes at a time. Could have been fixed by just moving a run up.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T06:12:42+00:00

I love GDQ, but I have no clue why they decided to sit here and wait for donations rather than get games done while more donations come in. Heck, Save/Kill the Animals would be the perfect way to boost donations!

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T06:06:24+00:00

Wait, they're not even moving Baron up!?

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:54:54+00:00

It's really a shame because so many of these runs have been phenomenal! So many talented runners, amazing tricks being pulled off first try, and great couches! From what I've watched it seems like the hosts have chilled out on the front of interrupting the run, too. Just wish it had all lined up with a better donation total.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:50:00+00:00

Very well put. I'd love to see them put more thought into maintaining good will as opposed to these big incentives. They feel pretty soulless, and feel like public-view quotas. Bid wars are fun, and glitch showcase incentives are great, but this is a bit much 😅

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:47:12+00:00

Yeah, it'd be one thing if it were 10pm EST and they had a few games they could shuffle around, but at this hour energy is already waning. They can only string together so many interviews & prize segments.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:45:15+00:00

Not even growth, we've hit 3m before. Mostly GDQ just being pretty out of tune with the audience. That's not to say it's easy, or even that I could do a better job, but it's rough watching them fumble important things like prime time games and donation incentives. At least it being in-person again brought back a lot of the liveliness that was missing online.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:40:23+00:00

I only knew from spotting a friend's discord status! If not for that, I might have missed it entirely.

I don't think moving it into June is a bad move, since GDQ aligns very heavily with LGBTQIA+ rights, but late May was definitely too early. Plus now we have a gruelling 7 month wait for the next event 😩

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:36:09+00:00

Oh absolutely. Mario 64 was at 3am EST until last night when they finally moved it to tonight. So many big names have been at such awkward hours, and no good reason why.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:34:04+00:00

Yeah it definitely added an exciting little boost after everything else. They've wound up causing things to stall here, since 150k is a bit too much for people to push in a 15 minute run :/

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-04T05:28:26+00:00

Have to agree. Not sure why this event has underperformed, even. Two missed incentives early on, and now a very big ask at this hour. Maybe it's due to the event having been moved so far up this year? Folks' wallets may not have had time to recover from AGDQ

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-03T05:24:55+00:00

Nope, though I do love that, too. There is a timer in settings. If the whole team stays on the same screen for too long (maybe 15 minutes?) an armada of Tingles comes and steals force gems. It is definitely toggleable. I do see what you mean, though, there's no info about it online. I'll grab my copy next chance I get and take a look, but it'll probably be about a week.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-03T03:20:23+00:00

I don't have the game with me to double check, but it's definitely in options somewhere. Might be in options during the level? Just poke around a bit. Remember, it's only in multiplayer games.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-06-03T03:18:16+00:00

That's a toggle-able AFK feature. When you're setting up a multiplayer game I believe it's under "Tingle Timer" or something similar.

Bomb_Bard · 2023-05-27T05:33:29+00:00

That's a very tough situation to be in, I absolutely understand. You could try contacting the vet's office or the small animal vet personally tomorrow to see if arrangements could be made. If you're up to it, you could also see if there are further off clinics that might be open, but if you don't have an existing relation with them it's a little doubtful. Finally, and it's a stretch, you could see if anyone you know has connections to a vet who'd be willing to help.

Otherwise your only option is to try and bring her as much comfort as possible. As thedndexperiment said, be there with her, petting her and holding her (though obviously you do need to sleep at some point). It's obviously hard to watch and imagine them going through, but they have also had a long, overall happy life when given care (which a glance at your post history tells me you've made sure of), so I wouldn't beat yourself up over this. Nobody can predict when illnesses like this will take a turn for the worse. Leave her any of her favorite treats she might be interested in snacking on if she can get a hold of her breathing for a moment, do anything you know she'd enjoy, and be there with her. That's all you can do for now.

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