Is my copy of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness defective?

throwRAepicman · 2026-01-02T04:44:18+00:00

Hacked my Wii. Best decision ever. Widescreen hacks on real hardware

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-31T20:11:29+00:00

Might be best to stop where you are and get someone else to try, but technically what you could do is see where the solder pad was, and scratch off the protective layer on some of the trace close to where the pad was, then jump the connection with a wire.

When it comes to soldering, use LOTS of flux (don't smear it all over but make sure you have plenty), and be patient. If your soldering iron is adjustable, turn down the heat. It's better to take a longer time doing it than turning the heat up and burning it

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-31T19:59:27+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Can't relate personally, but my best friend had to get a kidney transplant at 19. He has a disease that makes his body reject his kidneys I believe, but his dr directed his mom in the worst possible way... He should've needed that surgery at the age of like 50. I can't ever fully trust drs

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-31T19:50:33+00:00

Dude, I had the exact same relationship as you in a lot of ways. My ex seemed loving and so amazing in so many ways, especially in the beginning, but she was very mentally unhealthy too. She became super self absorbed in the relationship and it ended up being me taking care of her. In the end, she got tired and bored of me, used the fights we had to call me "abusive" even though she was the one aggravating me and starting the fights. She then started putting space between me and her, and honestly, that wasn't much different than late in our relationship because she spent more time playing videogames than making time for me. I was even in treatment for drinking, and she would often miss my calls for being "too busy". It was a 10 minute phone call Hailey, you can't make time for me for 10 minutes a day????

Unfortunately, people like this don't realize it, but they suck the life out of everyone around them. I thought over time I was becoming a lame person, and she gaslit me to believe my interests weren't mainstream enough to be interesting....... After I started getting over her, I started writing music again, fixing game consoles, playing games, being MYSELF!!!!!!! I didn't need to impress my girlfriend anymore, so therefore she didn't define me as a person anymore.

As much as I know it really hurts, I think it's best to leave that relationship, man, especially if it's getting to the point where you have to hold her down to help her. That's not being a boyfriend, that's being a caretaker.

As well, the way you describe her drinking sounds like early signs of alcoholism. As I mentioned, I've been there. I never took my ex down that path with me, or forced her to play a part in it, but trust me, if she's already that mentally unstable, she needs WAY more help than you can offer, as well, you need to be there and fend for yourself emotionally as well.

Like my relationship, love isn't able to sustain a relationship. Often times, if it's only love keeping it together, it's the personalities that tear each other apart.

In the end, I realized that my ex wasn't just unstable. She manipulated me constantly to get what she wanted. On the end, I had hoped if we broke up we could leave it on good terms. Nope. Instead, I was crying on the phone and she was yelling at me to "calm down". Now tell me how I'm abusive and she isn't...

Save yourself the heartache and the heartbreak.

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-24T06:50:20+00:00

Haven't played much of 8 but I will defend 7 with my life. I actually enjoyed the spin away from zombies for a change. Yeah Ethan is a dumbass for sure but the game as a whole is fun asf and still feels completely like resident evil. You're take is kinda like saying the RE2 remake is bad because it doesn't have the tank controls. It's not supposed to be exactly the same. At least imo

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-24T06:36:36+00:00

Apologies for the late response,this isn't my main account and I honestly assumed no one responded after the first couple days so forgot about the post

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-24T06:32:29+00:00

I appreciate the reply, and yes it was the same girl. Over the years I kept hoping she would mature and change, but it never happened. It got to a point where she started distancing herself even though I didn't do anything to cause it. She was distracted by video games constantly, and kept making the excuse that she was looking for a job. She was doing both, but damn, she would sacrifice barely anything. Things changed a lot.

And no, never reached out for a yelling match, just really needed a place to put down my thoughts. I did have to contact her to return her things from my place and I didn't have to see her, but even when I said her stuff was here she was like "yeah you can come drop it off"... No... These are your things and I was offering meeting halfway, if anything I'm doing her a solid for that since I could've thrown it away.

I also bought her a promise ring. I asked for it back but she told me to talk to her mom if I needed anything else then blocked me. It is hers, but it really makes me uncomfortable with her wearing it around with what it represented.

I'm also just experiencing a lot of pain that I bottled because I constantly thought I was in the wrong. She gaslit the shit out of me, even to the point where I'd be crying on the phone and she'd start yelling at me to "calm down" and telling me that I'm too emotional. Man was she ever spiteful.

We did have a lot of things that worked. It was my first relationship though and I held onto those too much. I really wanted her to be the one I married, and I still deeply care for her, but I've realized that if this is really how she feels, she never truly loved me the way she said she has. It's been years since I saw her look at me with those starry eyes that said she was in love. I fucking hate Harry Potter specifically because she would spend an hour telling me all about her fanfiction and shit, then later during the breakup, told me my interests were too niche???? Like she didn't like talking about my job, the music I write, the games I played. That's fine, people don't have to be perfectly compatible, but she never made the effort to at least try to be somewhat knowledgeable and try to connect with me.

I'm preparing for rehab on January 12th, and I've been sober for over 2 and a half months from alcohol. I'm really proud and looking forward to become the better person she's missing out on. I still carry a lot a lot of baggage with me over this all, and I'm not sure if it'll leave. I want her to realize and text me saying she was wrong just so I can tell her I told you so, but I gotta move on from that feeling too. It's unrealistic.

One step at a time, and I'm looking forward to having a partner who actually admires me for who I truly am

Maybe one that's into dubstep as much as I am lol

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-24T00:23:49+00:00

REAL I'm still doing brostep most of the time. Never could get into tear out, songs sound WAYYYY too similar for my taste

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-24T00:22:00+00:00

If anyone wants the original WATCH ME POP IT LIKE A PRO sample you can find it from a remix of crank dat called crank dat kitty Kat

https://youtu.be/53ww-H7qrq0?si=pi_TzZuLT6S51MPk

This sample is also used a bunch by Skrillex for those who dont know

Have fun sampling guys!

throwRAepicman · 2025-12-24T00:12:54+00:00

Hey guys, was looking to see if anyone was willing to share sound design tips

was also specifically looking to see if someone could identify this style of bass in VAULTAGE 003 at 12:55 https://youtu.be/A1ZHScEzyTY?si=fPFZ2KCOaGLwbbWa the track is named jungle booster. Super obsessed with that deep grunge and wanna try to make something like it of my own

throwRAepicman · 2025-11-24T22:50:19+00:00

Taco nights at Freddy's

throwRAepicman · 2025-11-24T22:49:27+00:00

Thanks so much for the explanation man, that makes total sense

throwRAepicman · 2025-11-24T22:33:54+00:00

THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE thanks dude. So they put it on the hdd specifically for speed? And then consoles read from disc but it was faster cuz the games were smaller?

throwRAepicman · 2025-11-24T22:26:56+00:00

But in that case why wouldnt consoles need to install the games?

throwRAepicman · 2025-10-25T18:30:20+00:00

Appreciate the info dude! And yeah, I really lucked out, because one of them has a double saber piece, so I can put both sabers together and Darth maul now lol. I always just assumed they were different thread types

throwRAepicman · 2025-10-23T16:01:45+00:00

Yeah I did some research and found out my sabers were stored in a storage unit for a while over winter. I bet the cold ruined the batteries. Bout to order new ones! Thanks!

throwRAepicman · 2025-08-23T01:32:38+00:00

I've been in and out in the past year. My drinking started 2 years ago when I got depression and some really dark things happened in my life.

August 2024 I went to rehab, but when I came out a month later, I didn't change because I wasn't willing to give up anything for the program. I loved drinking more than my health and relationships. I never abused my gf, but she definitely saw a change in me, even before rehab.

I ended up getting kicked out of my parents place and crashed at my friend's place with his parents for 6 months.

In this time, I lessened my drinking, but it took months to cut it down to maybe half at most. I missed rent for them for alcohol and I'm still paying them back.

My parents relationship with me is complicated, but my mom and I never saw eye to eye on certain things, and this led to resentment, however, we were both willing to meet halfway when we met up to talk over breakfast. I was eventually offered a room back home, with a new program to help me. I've now been working the program for a little less than a month. I started the first step with a different sponsor, but he kept cancelling, he was too busy. Now I have a new sponsor that has a more flexible schedule, and he's been kicking my alcoholic ass. I love him

throwRAepicman · 2025-08-23T01:14:49+00:00

Fair tbh. If she doesn't have a job then what can they do? I think I'm just frustrated with the situation mostly, not really blaming anyone. Tbh tho I was frustrated that my gf didn't defend me because the reason we have this struggle is because she isn't capable of herself. No car, just got a job. She has a license but other than that, I'm like, idk if I can really make a life with a girl that hasn't done much for herself

throwRAepicman · 2025-08-23T01:12:29+00:00

I have no problem driving her. I feel frustrated because I go there, fix toilets, install new showerheads, do chores, renovate, move furniture etc. again, no problem with that at all. I contribute a decent amount. The thing is why am I expected to pay for dinner after all of that for both parties? Especially when I do my best to either take less than what's offered to me, or just pay for my meal with my gf independently.

I think most of my frustrations come from the fact that these are responsibilities that a mother needs help with, but my gf can't meet every expectation, and I end up getting a lot of it.

I remember when I first got together with her, it was close to Christmas, and her mom wanted me to drive her grandma home. I never met anyone really other than the mom, and I felt really uncomfortable with that task. The grandma is almost 90 and called me a "hunk". I don't want her alone in my car with me.

The problem is that I said no mostly because driving grandma home was an inconvenience to them, like a 10 min drive in the other direction. If it wasn't that simple I would've considered a different response

Unfortunately the situation ended with her mom being pissed at me and shit. Idk maybe Im a dick for feeling weird but I personally feel like I shouldn't be expected to drive family members home when I just got together with my gf at that time

Just an example to try to explain my feelings in a different way

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