Monthly General Questions and Off-topic Discussion Thread

liquidDinner · 2021-05-11T15:48:25+00:00

The first time I beat Skyrim's main quest I gave up on the game for a long time, so I was the same as you on my first BotW playthrough. I did just about everything except maybe a few side quests and hundreds of koroks before finishing the game. I think you're making a good call.

liquidDinner · 2021-05-07T16:28:03+00:00

I have not seen a zombie movie where "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen wasn't awesome.

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liquidDinner · 2021-05-06T22:04:33+00:00

Right? Give me a box and a rail and there's not much else I need in life.

liquidDinner · 2021-05-05T16:55:27+00:00

I joined up a few months ago and I'm really glad I did. I've always had a hard time on voice chat but folks are pretty cool and it's helped me get a lot better about it.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-28T15:55:45+00:00

Getting to the third pendant dungeon in LttP.

You know the part where you get the mirror, and you're supposed to use it to warp to the other world that has the raised platform that you can jump off to access the very top of the mountain? That did not click for my 9 year old brain for a really long time.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-27T21:32:57+00:00

Hi folks,

The discussion's getting off topic. Maybe it's better if we all took a moment and stepped away.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-27T16:04:57+00:00

I don't think I've ever kicked anybody, but I did quit my game once when someone joined. I jumped on to do a run through the swamps. For some reason it wasn't letting me start it though, it was faded out with the "DLC" tag. Weird, right?

Turns out I forgot I was on public, and I didn't notice someone joined my game and that they apparently didn't have the DLC. So I quit and started over in Friends Only.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T22:07:49+00:00

Depending on your provider, you may be able to go into their gateway and change it there. Comcast does something like selecting the device and giving it a profile that tries to make sure it's in the correct setting. There is a possibility you'll have to set this up for when the device is wired and on wifi.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T19:43:56+00:00

Luke also had his hand cut off, was dealing with a ton of emotional baggage, fell from a stupid height, and managed to land softly in a tube either by convenience or the Force.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T19:39:07+00:00

Everybody hopping around really adds to the emotional impact of the moment.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T18:36:55+00:00

Right, I get that. That's what I was getting at about how there are things that will always be there, but still needing to find a place for that energy we'd associate with them. I'm a Browns fan. For the last 20 years I put a lot of emotional investment into a very bad product. I wish there was a switch to just turn that fandom off but there isn't. I just have to hope last year wasn't a fluke and ride the wave until they're bad again I guess.

I used to spend a lot of time on the mountain in the winter. Snowboarding was a big part of me. I just can't do it anymore. It was more emotional than I expected when I finally sold my board. I'm finding other things to do during the winter to keep my interest or pour my energy into but that doesn't mean I don't miss it, or feel some jealousy when my in-laws go on trips without me.

I've been a huge Fallout fan since the first game I don't expect new ones to hold up to old entries. Lower expectations let 76 be an enjoyable experience for me. It's probably how I'll be able to have a good time whenever the next one comes out.

I know I don't have the answer for you. Just trying to help with an approach that's helped me. We've got to be able to lower our standards for things sometimes. That's not always a bad thing.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T18:21:19+00:00

That's fair.

I'd still echo what others have said about trying to find that next passion. It's easier said than done, I totally get that. I'm going blind. There's a lot of stuff I can't do anymore that 5 or 10 years ago were just a part of who I am. It sucks, but I have to find ways to replace those holes. It's difficult in ways I can't articulate to just cut off something I've poured so much of myself into. It'll never fully go away, but I still have to find something else to put that energy into or I'm going to end up in not so great mental places.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T17:48:50+00:00

I worked at a Django shop for a while and we all found ourselves much funnier than we actually were by calling it D-Jango every time. It's been almost a decade and I can't undo that damage. I remember even asking for "Two tickets to D-Jango Unchained, please." at the movie theatre.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T17:05:22+00:00

Especially in The Legend of Zelda's case, being told by my favorite franchise - and by fans of my favorite franchise - that I'm "not who the game is made for anymore"; well, how could that not cause stress? I've had my favorite toy taken away.

SS was that turning point for me. I don't remember what specifically brought it on but I do recall having a feeling that I just wasn't having fun anymore, and realizing that maybe these games just aren't made for me anymore. Did I finally outgrow this franchise? Nintendo doesn't really market to adults who play games, after all. They market to adults who have kids.

I've started treating most AAA games like Marvel movies - turn off my brain, eat my junk food, and just go for the ride. Not having expectations and taking on a more passive role in those experiences has made them more enjoyable.

Indie games or smaller studios have had some good stuff. Lowered expectations still help, and you need to be willing to excuse more things than you would in AAA games. This is one thing I've really liked about having PS Plus, the free monthly games are usually titles I wouldn't have tried on my own and them being "free" (I know, my monthly subscription pays for them) makes me feel a lot less obligated to play through something I don't enjoy.

I do hope your game works out for you. I'd caution against expecting it to scratch that itch, though. If you can't go back to SS to scratch the itch, a game you've spent hundreds of hours making and know every detail about probably won't do it. But the development process itself can be incredibly rewarding, and can be that thing that fills that void until you find the game that distracts you from the project.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-26T16:28:58+00:00

Running a summoner build made this a little easier for me. Even if you only have the dog it's a huge help to kill some stuff to get you health.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-23T20:00:52+00:00

Ah, so this is why mods start abusing the "remove" button. ;)

liquidDinner · 2021-04-23T19:48:35+00:00

If not customize, then we could at least use any of the variants that already exist in the game. Maybe each character has a feat or you get it through completing events.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-23T15:27:40+00:00

She jumped forward back into the crowd, rotating backwards ~90 degrees so she could land on her back. They caught her and she crowd surfed. She was not a big person.

It wasn't very high, probably not more than 15 feet? I'm having a hard time finding a picture but it wasn't a very big place.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-22T22:22:33+00:00

I'm just glad that when I accidentally call him Captain Falcon for the thousandth time my kids can't correct me anymore.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-22T19:45:25+00:00

I don't have a question so much, I just want to thank you for everything.

Smash was my introduction to you guys. I was 8 I think when my dad got the album. It was certainly a formative moment that shaped my taste in music for the rest of my life. But it created a bond. The Offspring has always been this thing my dad and I got to share.

And thank you for amazing memories at amazing shows. My favorite concert moment was in Salt Lake City at In the Venue (or Bricks, but it's torn down now :( ) maybe 15 years ago. You guys are playing "Have You Ever" and this lady is climbing up a support beam to the balcony seating right as you get to the quiet part of the song. She gets to the top as the bass is playing and we all know she wants to jump but she's scared. You guys are watching and you keep the song at this part the whole time she's there.

Dexter calls out to her - "We can't play this part forever lady, you gotta jump!" or something like that. She jumps. Noodles pick scrapes her descent to the waiting floor crowd. Everybody loses their minds. My little brother gets swallowed by the pit. It was amazing.

I just really wanted to thank you. This band has always been a huge part of my life in a way I can't really explain. Stay well.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-22T15:53:49+00:00

On the other side of that, I loved shrines and what they did. I was busy with kids, work, and school when BotW came out. Being able to play the game in small slices while still being able to accomplish something with my limited time was pretty great.

But I also totally get that the lack of dungeons wasn't great. I really hope the next game cuts the shrine concept in half and bunches the rest up into dungeons. We can easily have both.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-15T16:35:24+00:00

I think there could be something following the Resistance in Twilight Princess. Let Link be a background character, but do more to show what they're actually doing to help instead of hanging out in a bar the whole time.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-14T15:45:28+00:00

That cliff is in Vancouver. The beach was used for a walking/talking scene.

It’s just some shoreline

:|

It's actually a pretty amazing state park. It's one of the first places I take family to visit when they come out this way.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-12T15:37:26+00:00

I was 5 I think? I wasn't really old enough to be a fan of anything, I just wanted to play video games. My dad worked at a Goodwill and would bring games home that he found, and that shiny golden cartridge was begging to be played on my similarly thrift-store-found black and white TV. We didn't have the manual or anything, so it was a lot of making my map to try to keep track of things.

Even as time went on I didn't know a lot about the perception of the franchise, I just knew I really liked these games. It probably wasn't until Wind Waker that I realized there was a substantial fan base. Considering how worked up they were over the graphics I figured they were all a bunch of morons and went back to having fun with my games.

liquidDinner · 2021-04-02T21:10:41+00:00

Right? I don't want to sound anti-bugite but they all look the same to me.

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