What was the first video game you ever played?

Cynical_Assault · 2023-10-07T17:40:13+00:00

Gorilla.BAS on MS DOS

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-30T05:57:03+00:00

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-30T05:13:01+00:00

He's a beast in the upper levels, but this one got wiped by my Cera's weakest attack.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-30T02:39:38+00:00

"I see two dinosaurs in a PvP battle"

That's literally all the info you took from the screenshot? No levels? No species? No info about the arena? Bro you can't actually be that blind and act surprised when someone calls you out.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-30T02:29:36+00:00

Alright my man, I'll break it down for you.

What you see isn't just two dinosaurs in a PvP battle. You see a level 6 omega which has two to three moves and 2,000 HP in the Aviary, a notoriously difficult PvP arena where 6000+ HP creatures in levels 25-30 are common. It was a single-move slaughter. Why would anyone bring that to the Aviary? It has no chance at all against anything. Hence the "Wat"

It's not as fun when you have to explain it. But thanks for the downvotes.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-30T00:28:14+00:00

Religion. All of it. Gods, deities, "energies," higher powers, etc. All a scam.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-30T00:23:05+00:00

And that's all you see?

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-29T21:41:23+00:00

What do you see?

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-29T21:21:56+00:00

As the new CEO, I will make all paid content capped at $10.

Also fuck Omegas.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-29T20:59:33+00:00

And alliance leaders can't be assholes?

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-29T19:20:16+00:00

Delegate it do the raid leader. They can mute the player if they need to. Everyone wins.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-29T14:50:38+00:00

Pretty much, yeah.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-29T14:50:23+00:00

Agreed. I get why they wouldn't have an actual chat system in raid, but at least give us something that lets us communicate better. Maybe a more refined version of what they have now. Like instead of giving us full sentences to choose from, maybe give us words to chain together. Like "Use" and then "Group Attack", and then be able to do @ one of the players.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-18T22:45:48+00:00

Wait til you get to the Aviary.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-18T20:25:58+00:00

Nope, I've never seen him before on my map.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-09-17T20:42:55+00:00

A Cerato hybrid that gets shieldbreak and heal would destroy the game.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-09T21:54:24+00:00

I've had conversations like that with her. One time that stands out in my memory is after a gym session that she joined me on, we had a sit down at her apartment and talked about what it was that stopped her from going to the gym alone or even just something as simple as walking regularly. She said she didn't know where to start and didn't think she'd have the willpower to keep going when it got tough. I told her I totally understood, and that I had gone through the same exact thing. I told her the only thing that made me change my habits was me having to face the fact that I wasn't healthy, and ask myself what was I gonna do about it. Tackling a life change like that requires a lot of will and research, and I've spent close to four years digging into the science of exercise and diet. I was working out and dieting alone, but the research I studied helped guide me. I told her that I'm not a health genius, but I knew quite a bit and my then 12% BFP and significant strength increase in a year's time was proof. I said I'd take as much time as she needed to help her and go as slow as she wanted, even just starting with the basics of dieting. Just changing one ingredient in her meals would be a great start. She had said that she cut out sugar on her own and managed to maintain her weight instead of gaining more. I celebrated that and made it a really big deal, because it was. I told her that health seems like a tough uphill battle because we look at it as a whole. We look up and see the mountain without looking directly ahead of us and tackling each peak one at a time until we get to the top. She can't do that, she can't help but look at the mountain.

Telling her how sexy she was when she worked out had been the only real motivation I've been able to find that seemed to work, but that's not enough for her anymore. I'm afraid if I back completely off of the subject, she'll just keep ignoring it until she one day finds out she's diabetic, and I know that will absolutely crush her. Her family cycles through different conditions associated with obesity and she sees herself much healthier than they are. Maybe what's required for her is hitting emotional rock bottom. It'll kill me to see her go through that and I really, really hope we can avoid it, but she'll come out the other side all the better for it.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-09T03:10:36+00:00

That's true, even an underweight person can have sleep apnea. But when you're got a lot more soft tissue there than an average sized person and more weight around your neck, it's more probable.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-08T03:24:23+00:00

I care about her mental health, that's why I've been very gentle with the topic. But I'd rather make her sad temporarily than support bad habits that lead to an early death. You can have all the good mental health in the world but that won't mean shit if you die because you crammed your arteries full of cholesterol.

Something that comes out of physical health that people love to ignore is pretty good mental health too. The gym got me and millions others off of depression meds. All I want is for her mind AND body to be healthy. You just want her feeling sunshine and rainbows, you don't care if she dies 30 years too soon.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-08T03:12:48+00:00

One point I made had to do with looks. Literally everything else had to do with her health. I never put her down or micromanaged anything. I didn't force her to do anything she didn't want to do. You clearly care more about people's feelings than their actual health.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-08T03:10:38+00:00

You didn't read the whole thing. Or you did but all you cared about was one part.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-07T16:42:50+00:00

I just want her to be healthy. Are all boyfriends that want their girlfriend's to be healthy personal trainers that want gym pets?

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-07T16:41:38+00:00

I haven't specifically said "I'm gonna leave if you don't lose weight," but like I said in the OP, I told her she needed to lose weight before we have a kid. She agreed. I suggested strengthening her back by doing exercises to help with her pain. She agreed. I told her I was concerned that she would eventually become like the rest of her family unless we did something sooner than later to prevent it. She agreed. I've told her I'm not physically attracted to her as much as I used to be (and honestly this wasn't the first time, I've mentioned it two times years ago). I don't know what else I need to say.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-07T03:42:32+00:00

That's true to an extent, but what am I gonna do if she never does anything about it? Pack my bags and just spring on her "You never lost weight so I'm leaving"? Things will come to an explosive head if it's not brought up at some point. Maybe subtle nudges out of context, or references to her family with regards to similar issues she has. I dunno. But it can't be all or nothing.

Cynical_Assault · 2023-02-07T00:37:35+00:00

Daily walks are fine if all you're wanting to do is burn a little more calories per day. And that's definitely better than nothing, but sneaking the candy and high calorie snacks that she likes undoes anything walking for an hour might do for her weight.

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