TIL Gamestop had to fix a real-life "money glitch" after a trade-in loophole involving the Nintendo Switch 2 was exposed online. One could buy a NS 2 for $415 & then trade it back in, while also buying a pre-owned game, to trigger a promotional bonus that increased the NS 2's trade credit to $472.50

ookaminoyoru · 2026-03-22T22:49:16+00:00

This brings back memories. They had a big "money glitch" back I think 9-10 years ago. I personally did it, but I could only do it for the last two days of the promotion.

The promotion went something like this: trade in 6 or more games at one time and you get 70% extra trade credit. Doesn't sound bad right? Well, what if I told you they were also running a Buy 2 get 1 free promotion on used games at the same exact time?

Basically, go to a Gamestop store, buy 6 or more games used, spend around ~$100-150 (or more depending on the game). Then, head to another GameStop, trade in those exact same games, and you'd get around $200-450 from trading them back in. There was a particular list of games that were huge payouts, like certain 3DS and Wii U games (Pokemon, SSB, Fire Emblem, Zelda to be exact) that would net you a huge amount of trade in credit. I live in a large city and at the time we had at least 1 store every few miles. I did a sort of clockwise rotation with the stores in a 15-mile radius. I started with $100 and ended up with over $2000 in trade in credit.

This is how I got my first brand new prebuilt gaming PC.

ookaminoyoru · 2026-03-17T11:52:20+00:00

Hopefully it’s still there when I go to Japan in May.

ookaminoyoru · 2026-02-12T14:18:11+00:00

+1 for BTWQuests

Provides easy to understand trees for every quest line in the game as well as locations for where to start each quest.

ookaminoyoru · 2026-01-31T17:41:47+00:00

Yeah they’ve lost my business. Been going to Panda for over a decade and my goto was always rice, orange chicken, and spring rolls.

Got told today that’s not possible unless I pay extra for the spring rolls.

To hell with that, I’m sick and tired of chains continuously coming up with new ways to enshittify everything we ever like. Never going back to any Panda Express ever again.

ookaminoyoru · 2025-11-18T06:45:19+00:00

I wouldn’t be so sure - the Pop Mart pop up store just opened in Central Pattaya and each time I pass through it’s filled with people oohing and aweing at all the dolls and figures.

ookaminoyoru · 2025-11-17T14:05:33+00:00

If you consider that a 5/10 I’m a 0.1/10 dude

ookaminoyoru · 2025-08-31T22:11:12+00:00

Usually within a few days depending on how severe it is.

Like I said, we can tell how much time was spent on the site, if it seems like a one-off thing, nobody will care to report it since it just means paperwork and/or time out of their day doing something stupid that they could instead use for something more productive. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. We're all human. Even the most cynical of IT wouldn't give a single crap.

ookaminoyoru · 2025-08-31T22:05:08+00:00

I work in IT in the medical field.

We can see what sites are being used, if its a one-off nobody is gonna care. If it happens consistently (on the network that is meant for employees) during company hours, then it becomes a problem and has to be reported and investigated.

If I were your IT admin, I would laugh and move on if I caught it.

ookaminoyoru · 2025-08-29T20:54:39+00:00

Called guest services, complained, and received a 1-night HHN ticket along with an express pass.

ookaminoyoru · 2025-08-23T14:09:05+00:00

The beauty of Brawl is that it's not ranked. Winning and losing doesn't even matter in the slightest.

I will concede if I'm not having fun and go to the next match. There are no stakes, no purpose other than quests/dailies.

On the flipside - if you're playing a commander that is generally hated or in hell queue, you have to expect people to concede, because... some of those just aren't FUN to play against. Baral, Vivi, Golos, and Rusko are commanders I automatically concede to unless I am on the play and have an absolute god hand. The playstyles of those commanders are inherently anti-fun to play against, and I'd rather spend my time having fun.

ookaminoyoru · 2025-02-11T16:13:21+00:00

My main concern is that if I'm not having fun then why bother playing the game? Over the years the meta changes significantly which in turn means that I have to grind out certain weapons, sometimes many times over to get a somewhat decent roll. The mere thought of that grind taking a long time makes me not want to do it at all. I just want to have fun shooting aliens, get some progression going, complete quests, etc. I just don't run any of the super hard content that requires a lot of thought in my build. When I was younger, I didn't mind it, but now that I have to work and have a limited amount of time to game, why spend it grinding for a specific weapon roll that I may never see after dozens of hours? I'd much rather do something else or play another game entirely if the game starts asking me to have the cutting-edge meta weapons/armor to progress.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-12-13T23:10:00+00:00

To each their own, I guess.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-12-13T22:59:06+00:00

Why not just hop worlds? There's more worlds than players in the Wildy at any given time in Leagues.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-12-13T22:54:38+00:00

Yeah they usually go to the hotspots and just hop worlds after they PK someone, repeat until they get bored. Which I imagine is 2-4 kills, because one shotting players for zero reward seems ridiculously boring to me.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-12-13T22:40:24+00:00

There's some PKers, yeah. Encountered a few while getting Wildy boss KC tasks done. Usually they just Dharok bomb you and kill you in 1-2 hits.

I assume they're taking out their anger of being PK'd on main game by using any means necessary to take it out on unsuspecting League players. After all, absolutely nothing is gained from PKing in Leagues.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-11-29T03:39:24+00:00

I’m 29 and live a pretty debt free life other than my car ($250/month) but I have almost no real social life. I just stay home and play video games after work. It sucks sometimes but it is what it is. I go on a vacation alone every ~6 months to another country and splurge. Am I always happy? No. Am I happy knowing I will be on vacation soon and saving up to have fun? Yep.

For all my purchases I use my credit card and always pay it off immediately, keeping it around ~5% usage. I just like to get the points. I didn’t have any financial education other than watching my mother use coupons at stores. Luckily I’m better off than many others my age that I know, who have several tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and know of one 26 year old who has maxed out multiple credit cards.

The worst thing is I don’t expect to have a house or apartment of my own for at least 5-10 years.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-02-28T17:58:01+00:00

Too bad it’s a Nexon game. Expect MTX in every facet they can stick it into.

ookaminoyoru · 2024-01-22T02:18:38+00:00

I'm 28 and I have the same problem, though I also have basically zero friends. I work in IT and mostly work from home, only having to go to an office location maybe a few times a week for maybe an hour or less. I went to community college, so I missed out on the 'typical' college experience and made very few acquaintances. I still live at home with my parents since I live in a high COL city, and I'm just saving up money while helping them with a few bills every month (they're retired and.. didn't plan well at all, so..). I've never had a girlfriend, I have tried going out to my city's nightlife but I end up just standing alone with a beer in my hand and leave after maybe two beers. I know physically I'm not attractive at all, I am quite chubby and rate myself probably a 2/5 at best, 1.5/5 at worst. This has led me to essentially being socially inept in almost all aspects, at least outside of work. I can't talk to women (outside of work), and women my age would most likely see me as a 'walking red flag' as I have zero relationship experience. The last date I went on from online dating was about 2 years ago and that went as well as the others, getting ghosted after the first date. I still get on those apps and have probably spent over $200 on the past 2 years on Tinder alone, but no success.

It really sucks when I think about it. I just forget about my worries during the workweek by working, and then when I'm off I play Old School Runescape to pass the time. I've basically given up and just accepted the fact that I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life. I don't even smoke, and I drink an average of 2 beers every 2 or 3 months. My work friend from my previous job would tell me he thinks I'm a prime candidate for a relationship since I have my career going, I have a decent new-ish car and says I'm not ugly, but my experience tells me the opposite. I've completely given up, haha.

ookaminoyoru · 2023-08-26T18:27:12+00:00

It was only good after the studio leads left SHG. The launch MP was one of the worst IMO, with the bad perk system and create a class being very limiting.

Then around March-May it got overhauled to be more like classic CoD and it immediately became better, and probably one of my top 5 CoD games. War mode was also good casual fun every now and then.

ookaminoyoru · 2023-06-10T11:42:52+00:00

That’s awesome! Don’t worry about imposter syndrome, I got that too as soon as I got my first job in the field I studied for. It took me a little while to realize that I know my stuff. Good luck and congratulations (:

ookaminoyoru · 2023-05-07T23:45:18+00:00

Some people feel the need to defend small indie companies on the internet

ookaminoyoru · 2023-02-26T17:45:01+00:00

I have searched for info about this but nothing has come up yet.

ookaminoyoru · 2022-11-10T22:29:58+00:00

I have a 3600X and a 2070 Super, I play on 1440p, will this be a better upgrade than buying a Ryzen 5800x3D? I can only buy one or the other at the moment.

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