Bearcat-Doug

4 hours ago, BlackVega said:

Does that mean you were one of the ones who bailed out of this?? Holy shit so many people rejected the golden opportunity to potentially become a worldwide celebrity...

You got my spot and you are doing way better than I would have. There's no way I would have finished first in both contests.

2211

1 hour ago, Gloves said:

Unfortunately real life has been an issue lately requiring a lot of my time, too much to play any game competitively.

Same here so I wanted to give one of the new guys a shot. I haven't played either of these games anyway so I doubt that I would have had the time to give it a proper effort.

15 hours ago, Gloves said:

I've only seen Signs and The Village. I didn't like the former and I really liked the latter.

I saw Signs in the theater when it came out because a friend of mine wanted to see it. It wasn't great. I've seen The Sixth Sense too, but outside of the twist at the end, I don't remember the rest of the movie being all that memorable.

It was okay and has its moments, but I never had any desire to watch it again. 

On 10/8/2023 at 9:59 AM, docile tapeworm said:

I vote whatever will make it most convenient for you bea. I appreciate all the time you take to put the contest on.

Did you and @Gloves end up sitting out too? @PII is probably already making room on his trophy shelf with all of us out. 

14 hours ago, fox said:

Hey kiddo, you can pick any game…

(hides Samson and Flinstones)

…any game you want!

It's like taking them to Funcoland back in the day and letting them pick any game from the $1 bin. 

Good luck everybody!

If the game has an ending or a win condition, I definitely try to finish it, but I'm also not going to force myself to finish a game I either lose interest in or end up not caring for.

On 10/8/2023 at 10:10 AM, BlackVega said:

If this is supposed to be 2023 challenge then maybe we should all take our time and do it near the end of the year before xmas?? That is if I have a chance to speak here

In the end of the day doesn't matter much to me anyway. I only participated in a few games and didn't focus on these challenges very much because of lack of time

You did pretty well when you did play so don't sell yourself short.

Sorry to hear about your friend. As long as you remember them, they're always with you. As cliché as that sounds, it has helped me when someone close to me passed.

Welcome to the site!

13 hours ago, a3quit4s said:

I play games on easy sometimes. I like playing games but I don't have the luxury of being stuck on a level or area for hours on end. Plus sometimes a game being overly frustrating will deter me from playing an otherwise great game. Elden Ring for example, a shinning example of what games should strive to be, played it probably 10 hours. Don’t have several hours in a sitting to learn a boss battle and execute it to perfection. 

If you play on hard and I play on easy and we both beat the game, why are you more satisfied? I still get a feeling of accomplishment and have gotten a good experience. I’m more for everyone should play whatever and however they want. Who cares and maybe you should consider why your getting hung up on it. 

Same here. I'll play on easy mode if I just want to play a casual game, but if I really like the game and want a challenge, then I'll up the difficulty.

I only rented it and it was fun to play for a weekend, but it wasn't something I wanted to spend serious time on.

Welcome to the site!

2211. The third group sounds like a future matchup for the elevator music bracket.

15 hours ago, DefaultGen said:

I’ve pretty much fizzled out on modern consoles. I’m just playing Nintendo exclusives. I’m not a huge fan of AAA games and consoles are all the same now. There’s no other console or era of PC games that feels quite like a Sega Master System with its unique color pallet and audio hardware compared to say NES or Turbografx. Every console now is just a PC. When consoles add unique features like the Wii U screen or whatever the hell is in joycons to make them $80, we just ignore it and demand more games with Xbox-controller control schemes that are identical across PC and 3 consoles.

I'm good sticking with the old 8/16 bit era consoles. Gaming is mostly nostalgia for me anyway at this point so I don't have much interest at all in modern consoles.

On 11/1/2023 at 1:52 AM, Sumez said:

Isn't that the (reportedly crappy) movie everyone is talking about right now? Didnt realise there was a game. 

I didn't have any idea that it was a game franchise either.

Welcome to the site!

11 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

@Bearcat-Doug There’s a kid out of sneads. Jason Patterson committed to Cincinnati. Keep an eye on him. I been watching him play the last couple years.

He's their second highest rated recruit for 2024, so there's a good chance he will play right away.

1212

1 hour ago, T-Pac said:

Sorry, dude - no Simon Belmont. He's already been drawn a million times.

But if it's any consolation, I drew the mummies from Castlevania for my last T-Pac Arcade video...

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Hey, it's still a Castlevania drawing on Halloween, so I'll take it!

1 minute ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Double Dragon is the Bill Belicheck of video games.  It had its moment.

Now, young hip sexy Mike "Silksong" McDaniel is out here embarrassing the shit out of him 

I'll at least agree with the football analogy.

8 minutes ago, G-type said:

There's some similar drama around the DC Jumbo Slice:

•March 2003: Guneri opens his Pizza Boli’s. He installs a neon “Jumbo Slice” sign in the window on the southern side of his store. It’s facing the Pizza Mart, where Chishti’s window holds a mere plastic “Jumbo Slice” sign.

•July 2003: Guneri compounds the insult by installing two additional neon signs. These read “Original Jumbo Slice.” Chishti decides to respond the very same day Guneri’s new signs go up. He calls Xin Guan Signs near Chinatown, Guneri’s supplier, and orders a neon sign that reads “Real Original Jumbo Slice.”

•July 2003: Guneri tells the Washington City Paper (“Pie Fight,” 7/25/03) he’s through installing the neon signs, which cost about $700 apiece. “This place is lit up like a whorehouse as it is,” he says.

•August 2003: Chishti installs a final neon sign, designed by one of his regular customers on a piece of scrap paper. It reads “First Oldest Original Jumbo Slice.”

That's pretty wild. I wonder if Pat's and Geno's in Philly ever got that heated over who invented the cheesesteak.

Just now, Gloves said:

Pretty much yeah. I'm not actually a fan - the primary difference really is the sauce, and it's a sweet garlic sauce. Not my favourite thing, kinda makes me wish I was in Quebec so I could claim Poutine, but c'est la vie. If I'm gonna have something like this I'd prefer Shawarma, personally.

I'd prefer beef and sweet garlic sauce over the tzatziki sauce and lamb in a gyro. I've never had shawarma despite there being quite a few Mediterranean restaurants around the area.