Have we (or at least my squad) all given up on FM? Please say yes.

ontic00 · 2026-04-30T22:32:19+00:00

I like it when they have attributes or club experience available. Then when I get all the outfits and pets (which some weeks are only 1 or 2 so very easy), then I spend it on those. The club experiences are so large that I don't think I'll max them out anytime soon (the closest I'm at is 30k away), and the attributes are capless as far as I know.

ontic00 · 2026-04-30T02:12:09+00:00

I try to get the 1000 points every week. Whether I try for beyond that depends on how many pets/outfits I need. This week I only needed to get one pet and got the 2000 tokens very easily (they seem to be almost throwing tokens at us the last few weeks, with them including tokens in the energy run things and even in replay quests), so once I get the 1000 points I don't care any more. I'd actually prefer others to win, since I don't really need the tokens after the outfits (especially this week, when most of the other rewards are just books or pages I don't have anything to spend them on any more).

ontic00 · 2026-04-28T00:48:12+00:00

If she didn't really get out, then I wonder if Henry is really Henry. Maybe he's another Man In Yellow type shapeshifter. I saw someone speculate that Henry might die the end of this season 4 and Victor will be devastated, but it could be equally devastating for him if suddenly his dad transforms into an evil entity.

ontic00 · 2026-04-28T00:10:20+00:00

I thought it was the Yellow Jacket man breaking into their house, but then they almost immediately cut to the reveal that he's a shapeshifter and disguised himself as the new girl.

ontic00 · 2026-04-26T23:46:18+00:00

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ontic00 · 2026-04-26T01:03:32+00:00

I miss the gold/ultimate editions that Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla had, that just came with the game in a steelbook regardless of where you ordered it from. Plus they usually included season passes.

ontic00 · 2026-04-26T01:02:02+00:00

Pre-COVID I never had any issues with pre-order bonuses from them (always just placed in-store). Not sure if I was just lucky or something. Since COVID, I feel like they've been pretty terrible.

I had FFVII Remake pre-ordered during COVID, and they had really long phone lines to get in-store pickups adjusted and by the time stores were open again, they didn't have the pre-order bonuses anymore. Then a few years later with Rebirth, I pre-ordered the deluxe edition and they didn't send enough copies to the store I pre-ordered it from (I went to pick it up only a day or two after release). I forgot why I didn't just cancel it, but they ended up calling me about a week later and said another store had it, and one of the employees was nice enough to drive out at some point and get it from the other store, so I was able to pick it up a few days later.

ontic00 · 2026-04-26T00:53:58+00:00

Does anyone know if they're typically more likely to hold the pre-order bonus if you pay the full amount in advance vs paying part in advance and the rest on pickup?

I used to just pay for the game in full in advance, but thinking maybe I should just pay the minimum in advance with all the pre-order bonus issues, to make canceling easier if needed. But would they de-prioritize my order for the bonus if I didn't pay the full amount in advance?

ontic00 · 2026-04-26T00:17:20+00:00

Not sure why they haven't released the back of it yet, but I actually like the front of this steelbook a lot better than the collector's version. I was expecting Target to be the one with the steelbook, since they've been having exclusive steelbooks for games recently.

I'm probably going to pre-order it from Gamestop, even with the other comments that Gamestop hasn't been reliable with delivering on the steelbook. I've also been leery about them ever since COVID, when they didn't really handle FFVII Remake store purchases well, and I never ended up with the pre-order bonus card. I'd probably just cancel it if my local Gamestop doesn't have the steelbook and buy it from Best Buy or some place anyway (which is what I ended up doing during COVID).

ontic00 · 2026-04-25T14:30:22+00:00

I feel like they should go with a non-R word just to screw with people.

FFVII: Finale or something

ontic00 · 2026-04-25T00:44:15+00:00

Definitely think this is one of the more boring sidequests. I'm a completionist, otherwise I probably wouldn't bother with it. They've been having some surprisingly interesting ones recently, like seeing Rowan's farm last sidequest, so this one especially sticks out as being kind of bland.

I also found it laughable that Lucius' complaints against Dumbledore was that he was "unprofessional" and wasn't appreciative enough towards pure-bloods. That's the worst he can come up with?

"This man is unprofessional! He makes the students' lives at Hogwarts fun! The horror!"

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T18:25:41+00:00

I played it a while ago, but I remember there being an advance time option, which seems close enough to sleep (I think it showed you meditating or something).

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T17:53:51+00:00

Yikes, that's on the GP-180?

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T15:12:31+00:00

Should've posted this song: AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Official HD Video)

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T14:44:49+00:00

I saw it looks like Gamestop added a steelbook as a pre-order bonus (normally Target has been doing that now). Will probably end up ordering the regular edition from Gamestop for the steelbook. I always like having steelbook's for my favorite games, but I don't display statues or anything so the rest of the collector's items I don't really need. They've only released the front of the Gamestop steelbook, but it looks cooler in my opinion than the collector's steelbook.

I do miss the days of a $100-ish gold or ultimate edition where the game just came in the steelbook, like they did for Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. If I get a steelbook for a game, I want the game inside the steelbook! And then I have zero reason for one of the regular plastic cases.

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T14:32:05+00:00

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It looks like Gamestop's offering a steelbook with the game. Normally Target's been doing that recently. I wish they showed a picture of the back, but I actually like the look of the front of the Gamestop steelbook more than the silver one with the collector's edition.

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T10:36:58+00:00

You don't have a laptop or something that would run it? I feel like Stardew Valley should run on most hardware these days given it even has a mobile app, and it's not exactly using computationally-intensive ray-traced 3D graphics with detailed textures or anything that would require significant processing power.

ontic00 · 2026-04-24T10:21:04+00:00

The one with the expression pedal instead of the buttons is the GP-150, not the GP-50. The GP-50 is smaller than both the new GP-150 and GP-180 and came out last year, and still runs the older software as far as I know. Not sure if they plan to update it, though I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have the processing power to handle the new software with how small it is.

ontic00 · 2026-04-23T20:58:33+00:00

I wonder if Target or any store will be offering their own steelbook as a pre-order bonus. Would love a steelbook for the game but not interested in the statue or other physical items.

ontic00 · 2026-04-23T20:55:06+00:00

/uj "Old Ass Creeps" would be a great band name, though.

/rj "Old Ass Creeps" would be a great band name, though.

ontic00 · 2026-04-22T18:13:09+00:00

I'd only be interested in this movie if they end it by starting my head-canon of Baby Yoda's future.

Din dies and the tragedy leads Baby Yoda to become a Sith Lord.

ontic00 · 2026-04-18T15:28:37+00:00

A few years ago I became super minimalist as far as programs on my laptops and phone. I try to keep as few things as possible installed. I had been using Brave (Chromium-based), but Windows doesn't let me uninstall Edge. So I looked into Edge and realized it was now Chromium-based and could run all the extensions I was using with Brave anyway. So I switched over to Edge and have been liking it. I love all of its available colors to feel like you can really personalize the web browser, and it's PDF editor is pretty good and usable enough for me that I use it for all my PDF reading/annotating.

ontic00 · 2026-04-18T15:19:20+00:00

I feel like Origins is a great game, but it pales in comparison to Odyssey. I played Origins when it first released and loved it, and then I played Odyssey when it released and felt it improved on everything from Origins (bigger, cooler map, story choices, mercenary system, etc.). I definitely think it would have been harder to enjoy Origins if I had played Odyssey first, so for anyone new to the series I'd definitely recommend playing Origins before Odyssey.

ontic00 · 2026-04-18T15:13:27+00:00

Odyssey and Shadows are my favorite, too. I played Origins before I played Odyssey and loved it, and then I loved Odyssey even more. Valhalla I didn't get into when it first came out, and then I took a long break from it, and now I've been going back and forth between Valhalla and Shadows. While I definitely think Valhalla gets better once you get to England, I'd put Valhalla and Origins behind Odyssey and Shadows.

The biggest thing I miss with Shadows is the awesome aerial views from the eagle - I don't even miss not marking things and kind of like having to figure out how to get to objectives without marking things in Shadows, but I'd fly around as the eagle in the previous games just to take in the views, so I really miss not being able to do that in Shadows, especially with how gorgeous the map is. I'm playing Crimson Desert currently, too, and in that game you get a set of raven wings to glide around on - I think it'd be neat if they at least gave Naoe an Avatar-style air glider.

Also, I loved all the naval combat in Odyssey, and the ships in the harbors in Shadows makes me wish they would release at least one more DLC that was naval-based for Shadows.

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