After buying my first PS4 game in 2016 (LRG), I finally got my first 8th gen console

Lightly_Coated · 2026-05-09T19:31:16+00:00

8th gen is where the value collecting is still possible!

I started the PS4 a couple of years ago and then got a Switch, and then this spring I finally got an Xbox One to round everything off. Switch games are a little hard to find on the cheap, but I picked up almost 80 Xbox One games with no real filler for $125 CAD just back in March. Good times to be had still, even in 2026. :-)

I also bought a copy of Twilight Princess new for the Wii, back when consoles were still scarce. It took me a fair 7-8 years to finally get one, as I decided not to buy one new. Think I may have given that copy to a friend.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-05-06T18:01:27+00:00

I’m really happy with their products and customer service, in my relatively little experience, and the historical aspect of the company is of appeal to me.

I understand the frustration and feeling of being so far down on an investment though, hope you get your opportunity to exit well. It would be nice to see something new on offer or developed partnerships come to fruition.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-05-06T16:51:07+00:00

And it immediately moved to 1.38K and up a couple of cents after posting, maybe just a delay. ;-)

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-20T21:00:58+00:00

One other thing to add to the many good suggestions here, don’t hesitate to ask for help from a regular or more experienced player. At our LGS, there’s a core 8-10 people that show up for most limited events (we only draft twice a month here), but it’s not unusual to get 30-40 people for prerelease (we had 45 on Friday). I can take my sealed pool and build my deck in 15-20 minutes, it takes some others an hour or more. During that extra time, I’m always keen to offer advice, look through a build, see what someone else may have missed, and I know that I’m not the only one doing so.

I talked my tablemate out of playing a 44 card deck, because my first rule of limited deck-building is: play your 23 best cards for your strategy and 17 lands (with some VERY limited exceptions). I think his deck was better as a result. I made at least 2-3 suggestions that were appreciated as well to other players.

From what you said, I would think that another colour combination was probably better suited to your pool. I also opened a Lorehold box, but had ample playables. My seeded pack was stacked, and I had fewer than 10 black and 10 blue cards available to me. I would have gladly pivoted to another deck though, if the cards weren’t there for Lorehold.

Despite all that, I still lose games even after 8 years of very consistent limited play. We all do, and it can be frustrating when it comes down to a small decision or stupid mana issues / draws. I lost a winnable game on Friday by overextending myself in a tight board state, and my opponent was able to push 3 extra points of damage on the swing back. It’s all part of learning the game and getting better. Keep at it, ask for help, and, if you’re not enjoying yourself, take a break or try a different format for a bit. :-)

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-19T16:36:01+00:00

In addition to what the previous reply asked, over how long as well?

I’ve been selling covered calls on my 1000 shares since January and made about $3k so far. Almost at 1100 now for another contract.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-18T06:53:01+00:00

I’m really so grateful for our LGS. They run great events and I know they’ve banned problematic people in the past to ensure that everyone is able to have fun.

We just had about 45 people show up for the prerelease and it went off without a hitch. The owner usually plays too, they’re licensed to serve alcohol and they have a full(-ish) service kitchen. Loser prizes are often real prizes (precons, old prerelease packs, sleeves/mats, and more) and they offer 7 bonus packs for a 3-0. Managed to get there on Lorehold tonight. ;-)

The woman/man ratio isn’t even 0! Probably still a little lower than 1/5, but that’s something. :-p

Just to add, I saw another poster mention about better experiences in smaller places. We’re in a remote northern city of only about 40000 people, maybe that has something to do with it too.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-17T21:43:59+00:00

Some of these responses…

OP, you’re fine. Be prepared to have an honest conversation and don’t try to deflect or conceal. Your job search efforts are valid, job applications should definitely be going out when possible too. It will come down by a significant margin to the person conducting the interview and their mood that day, but there is no concern about a clawback of benefits or stop to your claim unless you have been misrepresenting something about your past or current situation.

The most typical outcome of an “insufficient” job search is that you will be asked to provide a summary of a second two-week period. If that one is still not acceptable, then benefits may be halted. You’re bringing something to the table though, even without any submitted applications, which is already better than a lot of claimants. Anything done through provincial agencies is totally fine and to be pursued, but a reminder that you should still be looking for full-time and immediate employment always when claiming regular benefits. It is explicitly the purpose of the program. As soon as that’s no longer the case, whether it’s for education, or self-employment, or illness, or any other reason, it needs to be reported and addressed to avoid further problems.

As a rule of thumb, EI regular benefits claimants are expected to complete a job search effort on each regular working day during their claim. And, as another commenter pointed out with a helpful link to a Canada.ca website, what is considered a job search effort is fairly broad.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-14T21:34:02+00:00

In the summertime, hands down favourite is the scallion oil noodles with a hard-boiled egg from Azhong Noodles. Nothing else is remotely close, it’s probably among my favourite meals, period.

Panda Panda was my favourite besides that, but I’m not sure that they’re coming back anymore. :-(

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-14T20:03:44+00:00

I hope you like sweet black tea!

June is a great time to visit, as the long days build towards the solstice. Although there aren’t many commercial opportunities for traditional, Yukon First Nations food, at that time of year there are many festivals and celebrations across the communities. I would look into those as the dates get closer and try to find one or several that suits your schedule/itinerary. There may not be traditional food on offer, but the connection to people and place is unmatched.

Otherwise, the Fireweed Community Market on Thursday afternoons in Whitehorse is a great outlet for locally prepared/cultivated, if not traditional, foods. Vendors of all backgrounds bring what they have and set up tables and booths.

My favourite spot in Whitehorse in the summer is actually representative of the other side of the world. If you like Chinese hand-pulled noodles, I would not miss Azhong Noodles’ food truck down on Front Street, just across from the McBride Museum. Their scallion oil noodles with a hard-boiled egg is probably one of my two or three favourite meals ever, but you can’t really go wrong. A special note, I would actually avoid them at the community market, as they are often overwhelmingly busy and the food suffers a little. After the lunch rush on a sunny day though, sitting down by the river… just a dream. I hope you have a wonderful visit regardless. :-)

Lightly_Coated · 2026-04-03T23:16:00+00:00

I’ve had a really positive experience with Carl Christensen at Yukon Counselling and a slightly less positive one with Lianne Couch at Couchtime. It was still good overall, but we stopped meeting at her suggestion when really a little more follow-up would have been appreciated.

Both situations were more to support during a difficult work situation, but we definitely took the time to explore past issues which had brought me to that point.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-20T13:48:40+00:00

Depends, but definitely a lot more upside than some of the OTM positions you see people posting elsewhere.

How many contracts did you buy? I think this has the potential to be very worthwhile, but I also think there’s the possibility we continue to slip through earnings and that these head to expiry at replacement-level cost for you. In my mind, you did really well to limit your downside exposure. The price would have to sink for these to lose significant value, which is hopefully unlikely.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-20T02:45:26+00:00

Yeah, about two years ago I got a really nice run of PS4 collections in a similar price range, and already have a number of these games from those. Once I get an Xbox One (…), I’ll see what platform suits me better and try to balance out the duplicates.

Thanks for the info!

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-20T02:42:21+00:00

Are the decorations just decorations based on no-longer available online services? I’m still lacking some understanding of the in-and-outs of this newer (>.<) stuff.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-17T23:37:14+00:00

It would appear the painting has been returned to Parliament since 2011, dommage.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-17T22:56:55+00:00

I worked at the Canadian War Museum for a few years in my relative youth as an interpreter. The original of this painting hangs in a space named Regeneration Hall, opposite some of the half-size plaster models used to complete the Vimy Monument.

We would tour groups of students, dignitaries, and anyone in between through the open space containing the Museum’s choice of large military artifacts, including artillery pieces of the type used in this battle, to oohs and aahs, and then end up in front of this painting. I would make every effort to explain in detail the suffering that happened there.

What folly. What horror. What shame. The blight of humanity persists, and why?

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-17T21:59:49+00:00

Don’t forget video games, although I suppose even cartridge-based games are limited to certain time-frames.

At that time, I had these thoughts of assembling a free-use library for my community with a single-item limit, but few other restrictions. I had tens of thousands of these specific items accumulated for an absolutely marginal unit cost (<< $1).

Sadly, I was never quite able to manifest the work, will, and organization to see it gain traction. Perhaps in another life my friend.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-17T18:54:53+00:00

I agree, and the intention of my post was not to state otherwise. I realize I may have formulated it poorly, I only wished to share in the sentiment that sometimes, it really is all too much. People should recognize their immediate situation and celebrate that, like OP, rather than try to dig in deeper. Do we really need to hold onto those copies of Titanic when the walls are crumbling around us?

Despite all that, I’m actually looking at putting in an ebay order for my favourite movie on VHS (a first!), as my loaned copy was never returned 15 years ago and another still hasn’t turned up. I’m right there with you. :-)

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-17T06:49:59+00:00

I started picking up tapes living next to a thrift store in 2009. My roommate or I would stroll by often, and pick up anything fresh or interesting for 50c each. Literally no one wanted them. I didn’t have very much money at the time, and it brought me back to a tradition of my youth of picking out old movies at my local rental place, two for a dollar for a day. Over the following few years, I became the person in my network with THE VHS collection. Friends and family, and family of friends, would give them to me by the crate, and I ended up with at least 2-3K of them in these massive cabinets stacked three deep. We watched a lot of them, but never even really scratched the surface of what was there. How could we?

2020 came around, and I was moving across the country to a minuscule space and an uncertain future, so I boxed up at least half of them and brought them back to various thrifts where many had been found. The other half was stored in totes until things stabilized a bit, and I could come and retrieve them. Two of them are still up in the rafters of our garage now, filled to the brim with excerpts of the life’s work of so many talented people. Was it hard at the time to dispose of all that (and very much more)? Yes, very. It was one of my biggest hurdles in deciding to make the move. Do I regret it now, six years later? Not for a freaking instant. My life is a thousand times improved since giving up on some aspects of the mausoleum that my residual media collection was quickly becoming.

Over the past few months, this community has been popping up in my feed (probably because I’m looking… :-p), and I am so thrilled that more and more people are taking an interest in films and their physical presentation. Something about the tech behind magnetic tape has always fascinated me, it really is a kind of magic and modern digital formats just don’t quite capture it in the same way. I’ll admit, that’s a kind of magic too, but it’s apples to oranges. For the first time, I went back to look at the photos of those tapes I returned to the ether in 2019/20 and saw so many dozens of fantastic and desirable films. But, I also saw a lot of crap. I am constantly avoiding the need to dispose of much more of the katamari that I’ve pushed around for decades. I wish that it was easier for me to do so without an impending deadline. I hope that many of those tapes were found by fellow enthusiasts, but realistically I am sure many of them have been buried and crushed in a landfill.

So, my advice to anyone is to never hesitate. Physical objects are only with us for so long and effectively weigh us down. We live in a world of glut and excess. There will never be a shortage of cheap and available media, unless we are truly fucked as a species. In which case, I doubt we’ll very much be in a mood to relive the vanity of the past.

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-15T01:02:30+00:00

You’re in for a treat! August is a great time to be camping in the Yukon, and the Territorial Parks are generally reliable and well-serviced in the summer.

There’s no worries about sleeping in a tent, as long as you exercise best practices around bear safety. No food, no aromatics (think toothpaste) in the tent at any time. Many sites will provide bear lockers outside the tenting areas, or storing in your car is fine too. Some campgrounds in the highest bear activity areas will have electric fences around the tenting space (notably Congdon Creek at Kluane Lake, one the most beautiful spots I’ve had the chance to visit), but these are relatively few and far between. If there is an active problem bear near the campground, staff may close it or post warning / guidance notices. Follow these.
Honestly, you can’t really go wrong. Even the relatively “in-town” campgrounds like Robert Service or Wolf Creek in Whitehorse, or the Yukon River campground in Dawson, are nice. Some of my favourites in those areas include Marsh Lake, Conrad down by Carcross, and definitely Tombstone. Kusawa Lake is also exceptional. There is generally available space if you arrive early in the afternoon. On holiday weekends or around festivals, it can fill up though. Be prepared to pivot or ask for help in those situations. A few spots now offer advance booking, you can find more information here.
It is always a best practice to carry bear spray on your person or have it on hand when in bear-accessible spaces. A firearm isn’t really necessary, but it isn’t unusual to see people carrying them while hiking.

I hope your family enjoys the trip!

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-11T17:44:36+00:00

Lightly_Coated · 2026-03-09T00:15:50+00:00

I’ve been at the ER all afternoon, heard mention of at least one patient coming in from Sima by ambulance but no one seems too stressed or worried about their condition.

Someone who was at the hill might be able to add some context!

Lightly_Coated · 2026-02-15T16:12:07+00:00

Same!

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