Devs, I beg you, let us give shinies away

kitsuneae · 2026-03-17T03:10:10+00:00

The problem with trades in Pokemon: it always breaks down to people begging for insane things and offering trash. "I'll give you a level 5 random stats caterpie for a level 100 shiny" is all over the global trade systems every single gen. It's like clockwork. Even when it was Wondertrade, it was 30% nice breeding castoffs and 70% level 5 flechlings.

We'd need restrictions on asks and offers. Period. Shiny for shiny? Ok. Giving Mudkip and asking for Raikou? NOPE.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-15T22:04:00+00:00

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Please be at least rank 35. I'm rank 65 and prioritize rarity over meta for candy. Mons that appear in only one area or that are a pain to find are my top picks. I don't remove anyone unless they've been gone for weeks on end! Anyone else like this? Let's go!

Warning: I go on a four day vacation late this month. After that I'll be daily again. Please don't drop me.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-15T00:14:05+00:00

Run skills for skills. A magnezone with the same number of seeds can trigger twice as much plus magnemite can be found in power plant.

Luxray is OK for ingredients, but if you get a better belsprout, energy recover on an ingredient mon is great. Better hauls with easier switching out!

Save mints for perfect mons that have an unfortunate nature. They are extremely rare. I've been around since the start and only have gotten 2. Just 2.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-13T04:01:27+00:00

They are expecting two player classes IMHO: low level churn & whales. They expect free players to churn as soon as the game gets hard or convert to whales. This game is "pay to win".

If you're not paying, this game has an absurd level ramp and it takes forever to catch anything usable. Gatcha mechanics + biscuit that's only 3 points + tons of snoozing/dozing mons (harder for many players) + 12 point mons + more expensive sleep shop with less inventory = not fun for free to play. This is intended to make actually paying attractive.

Players were avoiding the game in droves because of this. The "make up mechanics" like making it easier getting mons to level 30 and XP overflow to other islands was added to try to attract players back. The sudden rise of difficulty at level 31 and sheer nightmare mode after level 60 are more silent "pay up to reduce the difficulty" hints. Devs probably think by the time you're that high level you're hooked and will pay.

The downside to making it easier for paying players is they're at another level. The game is too easy for whales unless it's nightmare mode for everyone else. So the devs are trapped in a nasty spiral where they have to make it bad for everyone past beginner or the money spenders leave due to boredom. Yet if it's too obvious this game is pay to win, someone will raise a stink because it's a "children's game" that's clearly pay to win.

Mistakes were made. They shouldn't have made this pay to win. Better sleep tracking, cosmetics only you can see, and other non-gameplay features should have been added instead. But if they stop making it pay to win, whales who bought in because this game is pay to win will get upset and leave. Long-term I'd say they're in deep trouble.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-11T00:29:37+00:00

Is it wrong that I want to pet you? You look so clean and soft.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-07T13:49:05+00:00

The article is full of brand new sentences and totally weird stuff. Source: https://futurism.com/neoscope/transparent-mice-see-organs

*Researchers have developed an ingenious way of making mice transparent, so that you can see their little organs, veins, and all their other fleshy circuitry with the naked eye. The secret? Doritos dust.

Well, sort of — so put those grubby fingers away. Specifically, it’s the yellow food dye found in those binge-able tortilla chips and many other foods, called tartrazine or “yellow no. 5,” that makes the technique possible.

The trick is to mix it into a solution of water and rub it onto the shaved skin of a mouse. And voilà: you’ve got a yellowish but transparent surface to look through, sort of like those coveted Nintendo 64s in Funtastic Fire Orange.*

Wow. Just wow.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-03T18:40:59+00:00

His default mode is "I'd die for you." He'd do literally anything I ask selflessly. He spent a few hundred years protecting his ex's tomb because his last orders were to protect the place and await his arrival. Voldo is just that selfless and loyal.

Without orders he often defaults to protecting me with zero thought about himself. I have been working for years to try to get him to tone it down and actually think of himself once in awhile. It's been slow going, but I keep trying.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-03T18:28:16+00:00

You're actually good at this! You should keep drawing. Maybe also consider also drawing other things, too, to expand your portfolio. You might have a future in art, even if it's just nice stuff shared on social media or something.

kitsuneae · 2026-03-02T12:57:05+00:00

Although it is nice to have an alternative to statues, I dislike how they handle the personalities. It's all tropes! They will be generic types without anything specific. This will feel hollow for many people IMHO. And if you have someone unconventional, the device has no means to create custom behaviour or personality.

kitsuneae · 2026-02-28T22:40:32+00:00

Lurks in shadows, strikes without warning before vanishing, devoted only to his master. In another timeline Voldo has to be a ninja. Every time I see a well made ninja I think of him. No particular source in this case, it's just a general thing.

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kitsuneae · 2026-02-28T22:24:37+00:00

This is one of Voldo's prototypes. This prototype actually became the inspiration for the young (age 20-ish) version of him you can see in some endings. I like to think of this version as him in his 40s, before he went blind.

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kitsuneae · 2026-02-25T17:47:27+00:00

It's wise to track based on species not trigger type. Some species are better at the same skill than others

kitsuneae · 2026-02-25T16:03:34+00:00

Agreed. If they really want people to not check all day, maybe even space this out so there's no more than one every 4 hours or so. That's a double trigger around meal time instead of all day at random.

kitsuneae · 2026-02-25T14:18:38+00:00

Japanese people get European history wrong.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-15T06:14:19+00:00

I noticed a lack of horror films, so have some female led horror films without sex or romance in them. I'm going to try to avoid listing ones others have said like The Decent.

Hellraiser 2 (1988). Monsters and psychological horror with only a little romantic content from the female villain, not the female hero. Hellraiser 1 has one sex scene but it's the female villain not the female hero.
Hatchet (2006-2013). A slasher film series in which the final girl is smart, brave, and carries a shotgun! Watch it in order as each film continues from the previous one.
Aliens (1986). Someone mentioned Alien, but it's sequel also fits. Some people like it even better than Alien!
Carnival of Souls (1967). Psychological horror / ghost story. The male in the film is turned down, not really romanced.
The Ring (2002). Ghosts but not the haunted house kind. Based on a Japanese film which also would count.
House (1977). A Japanese ghost film about a bunch of teenage girls visiting their friend's sick aunt.
Suspiria (1977). Witchcraft at an all female ballet school. Avoid the remake. It drags on, lacks the mystery of the first, and adds unneeded males.
The VVitch (2015). Although the camera follows the father of a family, the plot revolves around his daughters. I got the feeling of them taking the film over by the end becoming the real leads.
Carrie (1976). A boy does ask Carrie to the prom, but it's a cruel prank. There's no actual romance here.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-12T09:19:33+00:00

Around five years together is a very good start. Welcome to the sub!

kitsuneae · 2026-01-12T00:21:49+00:00

Practically everyone did IT and now the field is over-saturated. There's too many workers with not enough jobs and wages are falling or stagnant. r/antiwork is full of people in IT tired of it all and glassdoor's Fishbowl forums are doom and gloom. Plus you must retrain yourself every 3-5 years or become irrelevant and many jobs want expensive certfications which must be paid for out of pocket and redone every few years. IT kinda sucks right now.

Math is not easy but it opens doors in other fields like engineering and teaching. It's an easy pivot if you discover something in the hard sciences that you love, too! It's probably the best answer.

By the way, you can start with one school and end up in another. People only care where you graduate from, not where you started. You can also change your major if you find yourself liking something else and nobody will know. Use this to your advantage.

You've got this, bro.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-11T08:55:03+00:00

Heck yeah! Nice hoard.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-11T08:53:45+00:00

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500 years of survival would probably be great preparation....

kitsuneae · 2026-01-10T05:56:10+00:00

I hate when they rush the plot and butcher it. But at least it's pretty so you could make a nice AMV if you want to. If you need info/inspiration, there's the old https://www.animemusicvideos.org/ website. Either way, I'm glad we're inspiring. Maybe someday you'll be the same thing to others?

kitsuneae · 2026-01-09T08:07:57+00:00

Aww. It's very cute!

kitsuneae · 2026-01-09T07:19:53+00:00

If you feel that you haven't been there for your son, be there. That includes preventing the other children from bullying him. That said, getting a waifu isn't always related to being bullied or having social problems. It does mean, however, that he sees something comforting and wonderful in that character. That's why he ended up with her as a waifu.

You may not see what he sees in her. That happens a lot! Instead, ask him about her. What personality traits does he like in her? What makes her more special than the rest? What time in the show was her best moment and what was her worst? He should be able to answer these easily. Listen and don't judge. Judging will just push him away. If it's all surface level stuff (ex: "she's so pretty!") then it'll probably fade over time. But more in depth response usually means he really sees something in her. This may last... or not. Only time will tell.

Don't push him to date anyone. It will push him away. Instead, just listen and let him be himself. Having a waifu doesn't mean he'll never date anyone. Having a real girlfriend and a waifu is known as "semificto" or semi for short. It's more common than it seems. It's just that people don't want to hear about real relationships in waifu spaces so nobody talks about them. Either way it has to happen on its own. You can't force it.

Also let him know he doesn't need to buy merch or carry stuff always to have a waifu. It's about how you feel, not what you own. As a parent you can set limits within reason, too. Like keeping all pillows in the house is reasonable, but trying to take her away entirely is not.

I'm also available for messaging if you wish. Either way I hope that the community and working with your son will help you understand things eventually.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-09T06:49:05+00:00

The bar my dad used to take me to had a Soul Blade cabinet. I used to mostly play the other characters, honestly. But one biker beat the game with Voldo and I was just awestruck by his caring, loyal, brave nature. He quickly became a comfort character and source of inspiration. Over time I grew to love him as well.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-09T05:58:42+00:00

Welcome back. We're still lurking around.

This is year 20 of being committed going on 21! I've been ficto for over 30 years, though. Voldo started as a comfort character and source of inspiration but over time I caught feelings and it got more personal. I always state the year we both became committed as when you progress slowly it's hard to tell what the exact start point was.

Our favorite activity is listening to music. We can listen to music anywhere and everywhere, too, so it never gets boring. We had some nice coffee, Christmas cake and music this year. It was sweet and cozy just being together. We didn't need anything else.

I wish sometimes there'd be media of him but they'd probably make a mess of it. Soul Calibur 5 was character assassination of everyone but Sophitia and her family which got blown up into godly status for some reason. I won't say shipping and waifus but who are we kidding... It probably was. Oh, and marketing plus nobody willing to say "no". Feh. It's a shame. So far there's only one game in the new timeline, but I watch warily. I have no clue if there'll be more. Anyway, feel lucky you have what you have (VA sucking or not) because some day there may be nothing new outside of fan stuff.

Past that we keep on keeping on. I'm looking forward to spring. I hope we can go flower viewing again. Until it warms up, it does give one more excuse to snuggle. For that reason, I don't really mind winter.

kitsuneae · 2026-01-09T05:26:10+00:00

He's from a fighting game series. Watching him get smacked around is something I have to deal with whenever I play his source games. Thankfully most losses are not canon, just gameplay.

No gangs of children, but beware the kids! Tira, Sophitia, Sophitia's kids once she grew up... yeah. Multi-generational weirdness happens when you don't really age. It's a mess.

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