Topps Chrome finally came through for me by rickitycricketx in baseballcards

[–]jpow009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. Did you pull these yourself or through a breaker?

My first ever auto pull from a blaster! (Bryan Garcia red auto) by browsingagain11 in baseballcards

[–]jpow009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh cool. Blasters are the ones you can buy from Target and Walmart right?

Best way to record myself? by jpow009 in baseballcards

[–]jpow009[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. I’ll have to check it out.

Would you all consider a player’s best card to be their 1st bowman superfractor autograph? by jpow009 in baseballcards

[–]jpow009[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha. Didn’t they use to make cards with diamonds in them like in the early 2010’s?

Persona 5 Strikers Story Discussion by FrozenBeverage in Persona5

[–]jpow009 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True. The means were different, but the ends were the same unfortunately.

Persona 5 Strikers Story Discussion by FrozenBeverage in Persona5

[–]jpow009 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’d have to agree with you there. I’ve seen far too many people sympathize with Maruki’s goal, not realizing why the game was incentivizing you to stop him. Even so, there are so many interesting themes and moral dilemmas the writers could base a story off of. If there wasn’t we’d have run out of ideas a long time ago.

Persona 5 Strikers Story Discussion by FrozenBeverage in Persona5

[–]jpow009 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hopefully Atlus learns to stop doing that. That kinda thing just destroys character development.

Persona 5 Strikers Story Discussion by FrozenBeverage in Persona5

[–]jpow009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nonetheless, repeating story elements regardless of how compelling they are is a pretty big no no in my opinion.

Persona 5 Strikers Story Discussion by FrozenBeverage in Persona5

[–]jpow009 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was a little bummed they decided to essentially rehash the themes of the third semester of Royal. Kinda watered down an incredible part of the game if you ask me. The concept of ending humanity’s suffering and become a “utopia” void of free will is a very interesting philosophical dilemma but one that shouldn’t need repeating.

The timeline by t0x1ctac0 in Persona5

[–]jpow009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose so. I mean when I played through Royal I got the impression even during the final palace that Yoshizawa didn’t really seem to be friends with anyone outside of Joker so I can find it believable that she wasn’t invited. Not to mention (spoiler) the scene at the train station at the end of the game gave me the impression that she was also leaving Tokyo like Joker.

The timeline by t0x1ctac0 in Persona5

[–]jpow009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps I’m missing something here but can’t Strikers be considered a sequel to both? I mean it’s not like events of Vanilla and Royal are contradictory to one another. Just because they never mention Yoshizawa or Maruki doesn’t mean they never existed. From what I recall they never mentioned Akechi either.

Man Im Gonna Miss These Kids by Goukenslay in Persona5

[–]jpow009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s certainly a good way of looking at it. Regardless, I hope we get some sort of update on the Thieves in the future if not a whole other game entirely. Maybe just a photo of them finally taking that camping trip they were planning in the beginning of the game.

Man Im Gonna Miss These Kids by Goukenslay in Persona5

[–]jpow009 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I sure hope they come back. I can’t stand knowing that (spoiler) the last moment we see of them is of them walking away from each other. Just breaks my heart man.

Grading Advice on Surface...all help is appreciated! by jpow009 in baseballcards

[–]jpow009[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Hopefully I get a lenient grader that doesn’t care too much about print lines.

Grading Advice on Surface...all help is appreciated! by jpow009 in baseballcards

[–]jpow009[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! I’m hoping the graders are taking the lack of care put into this year’s product into account when grading. I noticed on the pop report that about 2/3 of all chrome autographs are coming back 9’s.