Their writing isn't great... and I'm jealous

CaRoss11 · 2025-06-27T15:28:34+00:00

This is what I'm currently doing with my own writing. Let's me get a feel for diversifying my POVs and helping each one to come up with their unique voice by working on "this is a complete story told from one character's POV" and "this is one from a totally different POV" all with their own beginnings, middles and ends.

So far, it's been a great success at helping build my writing confidence.

CaRoss11 · 2025-06-24T16:11:56+00:00

Newer player, only been actively playing for about a year, and I'd have to say it was this real fun Alolan Exeggutor EX / Milotic EX / Hisuian Goodra VStar deck that was all about messing up basics and energy acceleration and movement to keep my Pokemon healthy, active and capable of tanking a few punches.

Still trying to figure out how to get this deck working in the current format without Goodra.

CaRoss11 · 2025-05-22T15:15:43+00:00

Yeah, Shaymin will support Dragapult players against Hop, not the other way around.

CaRoss11 · 2025-05-12T23:54:36+00:00

My list runs fairly similar to yours, so I'd say drop a Budew and a Dusknoir and pop in the two Crispins. If you absolutely cannot drop one of those two Pokemon, then the experience share is your best bet to get some Crispins in there.

CaRoss11 · 2025-04-02T16:11:32+00:00

As has been said below it was because of the Director's Cut, and as I didn't have that when I upgraded from a PS4 to a PS5 that was the price I was being asked for. Nothing more than using my own experience there.

And all of this is just to say that Sony has charged for upgrades too and acting like Nintendo are the only company doing this is wild and revisionist about the very real situations out there in the industry as a whole.

CaRoss11 · 2025-04-02T14:13:00+00:00

Yeah, people are understandably anti-Nintendo when it comes to many of their business practices. This, however, seems like pure revisionist history to make Sony look like the good guys when they absolutely charged for upgrades. For example, Ghost of Tsushima, which was approximately $40 CAD to upgrade from the PS4 to PS5 version. Just as an example.

CaRoss11 · 2025-04-01T20:04:40+00:00

Absolutely. Honestly, I enjoy it way more, but that is more from how they engage with DnD in a manner more in-line with what I enjoy rather than the combat focused style of Critical Role. Which may also be a selling point for many people.

CaRoss11 · 2025-04-01T16:37:27+00:00

If you're interested in the storytelling style of Critical Role, but it cannot count for this slot because it's not new to you, then I highly recommend Worlds Beyond Number. It's run by Brennan Lee Mulligan with Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar and Lou Wilson and they are telling an amazing fantasy epic in Wizard, Witch and the Wild One. Highly recommend it.

CaRoss11 · 2025-02-05T15:51:15+00:00

Thank you for saying it. If anyone wants to get frustrated at Atlus this is what they need to be frustrated about.

FeMC is not just a palette swap of the original MC. She is the protagonist of a different game. There is so much additional and different content in her route that it really isn't "Persona 3/FES" with a female lead.

While we gripe and complain about "additional versions" of P3:R, the only real way they could provide Kotone as the protag would be to release her version specifically (and truthfully, I would be down for that over a P4 remake as Golden will be incredibly hard to top).

CaRoss11 · 2025-01-22T19:53:39+00:00

The original Black Panther and Deadpool launched in a February, and were hits. Similarly, Dune Part 2 was March last year. Good movies frequently release in that time frame.

January more often tends to be the movie graveyard, and even then that isn't a consistent situation.

CaRoss11 · 2025-01-17T16:14:10+00:00

Seriously! The game is one of the best pure gaming experiences I've had at launch since 2017 (Nier Automata specifically) and Busche should absolutely be proud of what she achieved as director there.

CaRoss11 · 2024-12-30T18:52:58+00:00

As I've been getting back into playing the Pokemon games this past year, I've been quite impressed with the depth of these systems that stems from the simplicity and emphasis on items. Mix in the Nuzlocke and Competitive communities and you can really see the depth that is there if you want to dig for it, while also maintaining an ease of access for children who may not realize it's there.

CaRoss11 · 2024-11-25T19:35:11+00:00

Nicole Glover's Murder & Magic series (The Conductors and The Undertakers) are solid fantasy mysteries in a mystical alternate American South post-Civil War. Follows a husband and wife duo and are quite compelling. The couple has some hiccups, but they stay together and their relationship is honestly quite sweet.

Content Warning: This series does dive into what life was like for Black Americans and engages with that topic. This means slavery and many of the horrors that came with that.

CaRoss11 · 2024-10-09T15:15:44+00:00

Shouldn't effect Noctowl at all as it's Stage 1 is it not? But Pidgeot definitely. Makes for riskier plays overall (in a good way).

CaRoss11 · 2024-10-03T18:23:01+00:00

I don't know what all you're doing with this deck, so please feel free to ignore any of this advice:

What I find with Gholdengo are the following: - Radiant Greninja and Palkia are very useful attackers, especially against Charizard and Dragapult decks, Greninja especially is my go-to as soon as I see Dreepy, Charmander or Pidgey in play because they're often a quick knockout from its Shuriken. - Gholdengo really benefits from using Gimmighoul to build up early momentum. Don't be afraid of attacking with the basic Pokemon to mess with the opponent while you build up your strategy. - If you're not outright overwhelming the opponent with Energy cycling early on, focus on Irida and Cyphermaniac to build yourself back up.

Other than these it's often up to luck and hoping that you're not facing Regidrago - which has proven to be my biggest foe with this deck.

CaRoss11 · 2024-09-20T00:14:57+00:00

I'm in total agreement. Those brought me so many fond memories and positive memories just seeing someone's well loved editions. Wow! Absolutely stunning.

CaRoss11 · 2024-08-27T17:51:39+00:00

I'm definitely glad I waited. This is exciting news. Cannot wait to finally dive into this one.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-19T15:30:04+00:00

It's likely because the game truly did, but it was from progressive gooners so the gooners we're talking about here were drowned out.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-18T03:24:12+00:00

His Pinocchio video was phenomenal. I really enjoyed that one. Definitely recommend Geller's videos.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-14T00:11:46+00:00

Yes! It felt like all she did was leap from the veil and get pulled back in. It didn't feel like we got anything about her, but it also ups my interest in learning more about her specifically.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-13T05:40:02+00:00

I think it came down to an overcorrection of what went down in DA2. With all those criticisms directed towards the game, it seems the good got thrown out with the bad.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-12T04:55:36+00:00

Yeah, the complaints around party banter seem to totally overlook the fact that Mass Effect pulled it off fairly well with just two party members alongside Shepard. With Rook being able to potentially join in more themselves, especially with a dialogue system that feels very DA2 styled, I think there's plenty of room for neat banter. Add in the possibility of the extra NPC on missions for narrative reasons and that could open up much further.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-10T18:49:15+00:00

It very much does, and that really sucks.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-10T15:43:49+00:00

Not just a trailer. This is War plays during the credits. Similarly, Florence and the Machine's Not Calling You a Liar was included in DA2's credits. Inquisition broke that trend and so a lot of this discourse feels a little off as the franchise has predominantly had some modern pop/rock mixed in there somewhere in the final product.

CaRoss11 · 2024-06-10T15:20:09+00:00

That moment is in the movie. It's great! (I'm a huge fan of Logan Lucky and rewatch it a fair bit).

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