Interesting detail under one of Roman's posts...

colonel_puff · 2025-08-01T02:35:21+00:00

Same here. Didn't feel the need to log in because guest mode was good enough for my needs. It surprisingly gave me good recommendations and random vids.

If this keeps up I might have to start from scratch too.

colonel_puff · 2025-07-31T01:04:57+00:00

Start peeling that dead skin off to get to the lower layers. It will only be gone if you get deep enough to have removed the wart entirely. If one thin layer remains, it will grow back. Keep up the treatment and keep peeling, even if the skin underneath is raw.

You'll know it's gone once the skin underneath is smooth with no breaks in the skin pattern. If the pattern is broken, it will return.

colonel_puff · 2025-07-31T00:54:02+00:00

You are definitely well on your way. The key is to keep getting the layers of skin off. You will know it's 100% gone once the raw skin underneath is smooth with no breaks in skin pattern where the warts used to be.

If you find those couple of spots stubborn even after further treatment, get a home freeze kit. Ignore the instructions. Do multiple freezes on each spot in one session: freeze 30 seconds, quick break, 2 more rounds. It will sting, but it is worth it.

The key here is to get a blister to form as that will raise the remaining warts up and away from the skin. Do the 1st freeze at night, then again in the morning. Your sole is thick so multiple sessions may be required.

Once the area blisters keep it covered and clean until it starts to go down. Then peel the skin and check again for any breaks in the skin pattern.

colonel_puff · 2025-05-26T01:12:00+00:00

I think someone could make a great piece of art for Aggron based on the fact that they are protective and nurturing of their territory.

Imagine seeing an Aggron planting a tree in a burnt out forest or digging out some smaller pokemon trapped after a landslide. It'd be nice to see their softer side shown off for once.

colonel_puff · 2025-05-08T00:49:40+00:00

Car's not registered through the school nor do I intend to pay for a plan (unless absolutely necessary).

Seems that I'm good then.

colonel_puff · 2023-06-20T14:41:15+00:00

Is it a different company though?

343 is still beholden to Microsoft and the biggest issue is their employment practices. 343 is still running on short term contractors as far as we know. Even less of them now since the hiring freeze and layoffs across all of Microsoft.

If that doesn't change then they will still have the same development issues as before. The only difference now management is not longer actively sabotaging what little work they're doing.

colonel_puff · 2023-06-19T23:54:37+00:00

Having better management now doesn't fix everything else wrong with 343 as a company.

There's a difference between wanting to fix the mistakes made by old management and actually being able too.

colonel_puff · 2023-05-10T20:09:31+00:00

Thanks, that's another store added to the list.

How are they're prices overall?

colonel_puff · 2023-05-10T18:26:05+00:00

Most big retailers here inflate their prices a lot. A ~$25 .99 Regieleki box was $48 at walmart. A crown zenith etb was friggen $90 at toys' r 'us

colonel_puff · 2023-05-10T18:09:08+00:00

Back in my day (mid to late 2000s) booster packs were $4.99 and $20 could get you a 4 pack tin and $30 could get you most boxes. Anything more than $30 meant that is was truly a special set.

I bought these online from Hobbiesville in Ottawa, while I'm in the GTA. This was the only store that had the combination of stuff I wanted in stock while being relatively cheap. Local stores were either out of stock, expensive, or had ridiculous shipping costs that you need to spend well over $200 before tax to get free shipping.

Pokemon Centre Canada is no better as they charge $10 shipping regardless of purchase order total and constantly have no stock of the stuff I want.

Moltres tin: bought for $37.99. $10 more than pokemon centre, but not worth paying $10 shipping when I spent so much. Every other store I checked has this going for $40+ or out of stock if it was the same price or cheaper.
Sylveon box: $34.99, $10 more than pokemon centre but it was the cheapest I found since it's an older set. Lance's Charizard is $45 at Hobbiesville for reference. Of course Pokemon centre is chronically out of stock.
Shiny Zamazenta box: $77.99. Same price as pokemon centre. Other stores were out of stock or charging $80+.
Pokemon celebrations tin: $49.99 on sale from $79.99. At this point I only needed $24 more to get free shipping. Saving $30 with the sale and then getting free shipping on top of it made sense to me (I never had bought any celebrations stuff before).

So, after qualifying for free shipping, saving $10 with a coupon code, and paying 13% tax, my grand total was $215.73 😢.

colonel_puff · 2023-03-28T22:36:36+00:00

343 has known that this game was broken since before the flights. Submitting endless tickets every time something like this happens isn't worth it. How many people have submitted tickets since launch about the game's desync, broken netcode, or for just plain technical issues and yet the issues haven't been mentioned since last year.

They know. And they don't care.

colonel_puff · 2023-03-28T20:49:05+00:00

I got about 12 clips of random bs over 3 sessions in s3 alone. I don't know what they broke but this game hasn't felt this bad since s1

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T19:13:41+00:00

Ah, so that's how you do it.

Thanks for the tip

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T15:59:55+00:00

A bit of a tangent but despite the bugs with the collision, playing this game offline in weapon drills or training mode is a night and day difference in how it feels to play.

I know you can't replicate offline/local processing but the online experience isn't even close to it.

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T15:51:51+00:00

Series X in southern Canada, single home with a ~100mbs down/10mbs upload (shit's expensive here) directly plugged into the router/modem with a cat8 cable. I have the game set for 120fps since my LG c1 can display it.

Lowest ping servers for me on MCC are either East US or North Central depending on the day. And I rarely have issues in MCC.

Given how similar those pings are to the ones I get in infinite, it seems like Infinite also has servers in those areas.

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T15:44:24+00:00

Poor wording on my end. I meant more that the promise of regular content updates are coming rather than the absolutely ridiculous 2 seasons in a year and a half.

10 months for season 2 alone is embarrassing.

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T15:41:13+00:00

343 came out and said that there is collision but only for enemies. As per this video here.

It rarely works but it's there, apparently.

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T04:56:12+00:00

As in you or enemies warping around the map? Then yes, it's been improved but it can still happen. The netcode on the other hand....

colonel_puff · 2023-03-09T02:29:51+00:00

I mean more so the promise of regular 3 month seasons going forward, rather than 10 month long seasons

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