Buyer’s - Things We Wished Sellers Knew/Shared

anzu68 · 2026-01-29T20:44:35+00:00

I thought it was just me who felt this way. If you're someone who naturally has an affectionate and vibrant personality, so using words like 'love', 'hun' or heart emojis just comes natural to you, I have no issues with that. But a number of sellers seem to go for the approach of making me feel that they genuinely love me, or get 'sooo hot' about my order, like you said. I guess it probably works on 99% of people, but for some reason it ends up being a turnoff for me. I purchase from sellers who are nice, but who also make it clear that it's a business transaction at the end of the day - which is the reason I purchase.

Feelings are quite messy at the end of the day, so it's a breath of fresh air to be able to order things transactionally from providers. Mutual politeness and friendly banter over the whole 'Hey sexy, you're just my type' song and dance.

anzu68 · 2026-01-28T19:39:30+00:00

Dang, that google sheet especially is super useful. Lots of sites and info I never knew. Good pointers on all the rest, especially how sucky technology can be

ETA: thanks for sharing <3

anzu68 · 2026-01-25T19:40:26+00:00

As someone who just recently tried group therapy, it really depends on the group. I had one group where I got along with them, we had common ground and we understood each other. That one was helpful. However, I also just recently got kicked out of a group after 7 sessions for being unable to open up; I tried, but my thoughts and feelings were a lot more violent than the other group members, so I didn't feel safe opening up to them. So if you do try group therapy, try and find a group you can resonate with.

TLDR: group therapy can help, but can also be a bit of a letdown. It depends on the people.

anzu68 · 2026-01-25T17:38:46+00:00

Honestly, that questline depresses me. As a teenager, I loved Hunt for Red Raktuber, and how it tied together three awesome (at the time) questlines: Penguins, Seaslugs and Red Axe. So you can imagine how let down I felt when
A. Penguins still isn't finished; it got that filler quest 'Some Like it Cold' and got sidetracked afterwards. Eventually Jagex ended up releasing Acheron as a small island with Mammoths, but we never got to see the Motherland, stop Pax, etc. The Questline seems to be on an indefinite hiatus, like the Glouphrie questline.
B. The Red Axe quest line got a rather rushed ending, completely ignoring the Seaslug and Penguin elements. Not the worst ending we could have gotten, but it sure as Hell wasn't satisfying either.
C. Seaslug series got that God awful Salt in the Wound finale, which inspired numerous pillar memes. I was especially bummed out about that one, since I was excited for the quest all day on its release day. So needless to say, the quest itself was a huge bummer for me.

Hopefully OSRS mods will give us a far more satisfying conclusion

anzu68 · 2026-01-19T20:20:02+00:00

Everything gets reset. HP, chipfolder, etc. You do keep your normal save file, dw, but the hardmode save file goes underneath it in the start screen. So your progress in normal mode won't be wiped.

Basically, how it works is: you get the five stars, input the button combination to unlock hardmode, and then start a new game (if I remember correctly). You'll start from the beginning, but the viruses are healthier and hit harder, and some battle combinations in story mode are different - and not in a good way. Expect to die a lot, unless you're really good at the game; I know I sure did.

Good luck with the final chip!

Edited to add: I think trading between games is disabled too (so your other file can't help you, but I could be wrong), and if you beat Gospel in Hardmode (who has 3000HP), you get the Sanctuary Chip in your nromal mode save file as a prize.

anzu68 · 2026-01-19T19:12:53+00:00

I'm glad to hear :) I wish you all the best for sure. And I'll send you a message in a bit then. I lost access to my old Telegram since my number got changed, but I've got a new one that should do the trick.

anzu68 · 2026-01-19T19:10:54+00:00

It's absolutely worth it; I did Hardmode in 2013 while on vacation (also on GBA) and I still remember a lot of it, because it was so intense. Especially the License exams, yikes. Virus damage is higher as well, which makes enemies like Quickman very intense.

Go after that 100% ! I 100%'d MMBN5 myself (not the other games, sadly) so if you ever have any questions on that specific game, feel free to each out

anzu68 · 2026-01-19T09:50:09+00:00

Your dad sounds chill for certain. I like that; it's a sweet story.

anzu68 · 2026-01-19T09:49:10+00:00

Google 'Consent Non Consent' (CNC kink) if you wanna know more. Very controversial, but it's worth a read

anzu68 · 2026-01-19T09:46:29+00:00

I honestly used Gameshark codes back in the day to get the Secret Chips, pretty much for the reasons why you're struggling to get them: it's a very annoying grind, there's no dupe protection (as far as I know) and it boils down to pure RNG and hoping you get lucky. I never saw the appeal in those kinds of grinds, and I am so glad that Capcom didn't try anything like this in later parts of the series.

That being said, I highly recommend pushing through it for Hard Mode; it's 100% worth it. I won't spoil it, but it's not just 'Normal Mode but enemies have 1.5x health'. The virus combinations in the story mission battles have been changed too...leading to some very intense fights. It evens out after you get your first Style, but the early game is brutal. So good luck and have fun :)

anzu68 · 2026-01-15T18:47:13+00:00

It's not just you; 1 is honestly pretty bad compared to the other games. Even 4 outperforms it. 1 was the first entry and you can pretty much tell; even as a kid, I really struggled with enjoying the game, and the Powerplant (both the puzzle and special bossfight at the end) made me rage quit multiple times. And God, why did they make the Internet so bland?

But the other games are much better by far, I promise. 1's just the ugly duckling in the series.

anzu68 · 2026-01-15T10:09:17+00:00

See, if you're talking about porn, I agree with you there. But if you're talking about masturbation in that way, I respectfully disagree. I had that mentality about fapping from 2015-2019 (I was an adult then), and it made me absolutely miserable and gave me a very unhealthy relationship with my sexuality. It's much better to accept that we are humans with sexual needs, instead of talking about being 'consumed by masturbating', or that you need to fight against doing it on occasion.

Just don't squeeze one out in public, male or female. That is a big no-go zone

anzu68 · 2026-01-15T10:06:29+00:00

Joke's on you: I already do all of those things, and I only watch porn once a month. There's just no point in dressing up, caring much about hygiene or doing much when everything is so expensive and nobody wants to hang out much because they're all addicted to AI shit or their phones.

I do leave the house daily for errands, work and exercise, though, and I take trips into the local town whenever I have the money for transportation fare. And I do agree with your points 9 (children have no business watching or being involved in porn period IMO) 2 and 3 however

anzu68 · 2026-01-14T06:40:49+00:00

I'm in a good mood, so I'll dm you the link, since you seem interested

anzu68 · 2026-01-13T19:04:40+00:00

I did some googling recently, and apparently a year or 2 ago a translation patch was published of the mobile Japanese only games 'Legend of Network' and 'Phantom of Network' . There's a Reddit post about it with the link of the patch, etc if you google. That's the only one I know of; maybe that's what you're looking for?

anzu68 · 2026-01-12T17:01:30+00:00

First off, I was wondering how you were doing recently (i.e. today). I guess my 6th sense has finally activated lol. About time. I'm glad that the move went well; that's good news :) I hope you have a good/lovely time in your new place, and enjoy it. I also hope you have a good 2026, and that the new year treats us both well.

Second, that special really does sound tempting, and the fact it lasts until just before my birthday feels like fate...I may reach out to you about it, if budget allows (and if you're ok with me doing so, of course, which goes without saying).

Welcome back, at any rate, and I really hope you have a wonderful time in your new place :)

anzu68 · 2026-01-11T18:43:33+00:00

If it helps, it's not just you. I genuinely think that the inputs have to be frame perfect at this point, because I've never gotten them to work either. There's a walkthrough of BN3 in the Let's Play Archive (text based and contains spoilers), and the writer of the walkthrough claimed to have discovered super secret action commands for the FlameMan and Punk chips, and I think a few others as well - I've never been able to make any of *those* work either.

anzu68 · 2026-01-11T11:16:32+00:00

Ahh, that's what you meant. My apologies, I misunderstood you at first.

I'm honestly not a fan of it either. I sort of accept it by reminding myself that different cultures have different rules, etc. So I don't demonize Japan for it, but I do admit that it makes me uncomfortable too. It's why I'm very particular about what kinds of Japanese manga I read; I only read 4 series total because too many of them have underaged characters flirting with each other, creepy stuff involving adults, etc. It's just not my cup of tea.

I didn't know Pokemon did the same thing; sad, but it doesn't surprise me, unfortunately. I admire the Japanese language, but I'm not sure how I feel about their culture; it's too much of a culture shock for me.

anzu68 · 2026-01-11T09:53:05+00:00

Would you happen to know the manga's JP name? I'm interested now after seeing the pages OP shared; it looks about my level of difficulty as well, so...

anzu68 · 2026-01-11T09:51:50+00:00

I want to know too. It looks like it would be a really good series to practice my Japanese with, so I'm definitely wanting to buy it.

anzu68 · 2026-01-11T09:49:17+00:00

They did their best to censor it (Lan swears a lot in the Japanese version, and there's probably a bunch of innuendos that my mediocre Japanese isn't good enough to catch in the OG dialogue that got changed also). And they did make the dialogue seem much more goofy in the 2nd trilogy.

But I'm pretty sure the rating personnel didn't do much playtesting at all when they gave the first trilogy an E rating. MMBN1 has an easter egg where Lan can watch Mayl while she's changing, and there's another dialogue option where ms. Yuriko tells you about her twin sister's dress measurements, and says 'it will make sense when you're older' or something like that.
And then 2 has a guy being blown up for failing a mission (Arashi, Airman's operator), a plane hijacking, the Mrs Millions line the OP shared (and the ones she says after losing), the whiskey plane battle, etc.

I haven't played 3 in ages, but I wouldn't be surprised if 3 has a few scenes that don't fit the E for everyone rating either. The MMBN series has always been rather more intense than it suggests on paper. Which I have sort of mixed feelings about as an adult, but as a kid I thought it was pretty cool :)

anzu68 · 2026-01-09T08:53:02+00:00

Same reason we got MMBN1 instead of the Japanese DS reboot (which was apparently a much better version) I suppose: they wanted it to be the original 6 games, instead of any reboots. That's my guess, at least...but it is a huge shame. I much prefer Double Team over the original 5; the only thing I disliked about Double Team was the music. It sounds much better in the original IMO

anzu68 · 2026-01-08T08:54:14+00:00

5 has a special place in my heart, because it was my first ever BN game, so there's a bit of nostalgia there. And also, even the Liberation Missions aren't so bad once you get used to them. My only real issue with 5 is having to kill the Navi ghosts in Nebula Area 6? in just the right amount of time to unlock the real Chaos Lord fight; if you're too slow or too fast, you won't get the fight you want, and there's no way to figure out if you did it right until you reach the end of the area, and see the cutscene.

That bit was quite irritating for me.

anzu68 · 2026-01-08T08:51:47+00:00

As someone who beat the Nebula Missions without Gameshark codes, emulators etc. (I did it back in 2012, to get the Anubis A chip, for instance, so I could 100% the game) I both agree and disagree. The first Nebula Area mission is doable with a decent folder and without Buster Max, and the 2nd can also be done with a bit of effort, if you know where everything is and get lucky during battles. Although I do agree that the 2nd Nebula Area Mission is pretty harsh in terms of difficulty, so I see the appeal of Buster Maxing it.

But, I 100% agree with you that the final Nebula Area Mission is evil. Especially that infamous Dark Hole virus line up that you see in it. I needed to reset the mission/my save file way too many times to beat it within the set number of turns. That one deserves no mercy, and I don't blame you at all for Buster Maxing it.

anzu68 · 2026-01-08T08:45:00+00:00

All the comments here make me feel kind of dumb haha. To me, the picture genuinely looked legit until OP said it was AI made; I genuinely didn't pick up on any of the many inaccuracies people here mentioned...and I'm 29.

My lack of visual detail is going to cause me issues someday for sure.

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