ThePhleo

Hey not true! At least for me, I just want people to come in through a vetting process for anyone looking to permanently immigrate here. America does not have the infrastructure, money, or natural resources to handle the 660million+ Latin American people south of the border. Personally, I believe the best way to solve the problems with the border and illegal immigration that the we have, is to help raise the standard of living in those other countries. If things are good where you are, then you’ll have no reason to want to leave your home in the first place. But, that’s a tough thing to say with the current “right” who loves to chant “America First” without realizing that giving assistance WOULD alleviate the issues they want to take care of first…that America First thing is probably the biggest thing keeping me from being a full time righty.

Agreed. Just having a casual conversation though, no arguments.

The word Nazi is literally a shortening of "National Socialist" in German. So we can't take labels literal...Antifa is the shortening of "Anti Fascist" but their actions prove to be more anarcho-capitalist...maybe that's the wrong label. Speaking of capitalist, America is a capitalist-communist hybrid society, and working in any absolute social structure is dangerous (for an extreme and disgusting illustration of an example only: gang rape is a wholly democratic process) America isn't a democracy either, its a democratic republic...meaning we democratically elect people to be our representative voices. There isn't a poll every day for every American to vote on...that's what a pure democracy looks like Easy words to say, but there's movements to add "MAP" to the LGBTQ+ spectrum. MAP's are "Minor Attracted Persons". I have a gay brother, I don't want pedophiles to be associated with him, and I bet he doesn't either. I don't have any well informed opinions of him other than my shitty high-school drop out level public education that he was a civil rights activist, and leaned on the extreme side. Not sure how he's relevant to the conversation though? Hilarious :V I guess she gets a pass since she put "Lmao" at the start. If that's a workaround though then maybe Trump (may his political career rest in pieces) should have done the same. "LOL, take the streets and storm the capital. #justajoke"

I agree with everything you said just now, except these two points. Most people realize it's a paradox, but they only think it's a superficial moral paradox and not an actual paradox that manifests a counter assault. Words like those will absolutely, definitely, directly lead to a civil war. I've noticed that second line being pushed around the internet recently on more "left leaning" communities and it's only a matter of time before "right leaning" communities adopt it as well. After all, if the blue team wont tolerate the red team...then why should the red team tolerate the blue teams intolerance towards them? And using any means necessary? That in and of itself is ironically, fascist ideology. Now, going full circle to being back on topic, before Elon Musk bought out Twitter everyone was saying "It's a private company they can censor whoever they want" and "If they want a platform then build your own Twitter" but now that Elon Musk is in control the very same people are saying "Twitter is a threat to our democracy" and "Elon is charging for free speech" So, what am I getting at here? Well, I think it's important to take a step back and realize that what you see on the news is highly sensationalized and I think we would do best to be neighborly with each other again and stop having any opinion on the current news topic. For example, when the whole Roe v. Wade thing came up I was strong on the Pro-Life side...I still am, but I took a step back and realized that its a bit more complex. Yes, you're taking innocent human life, but also that's on the individual and the doctors conscious to do so. Yes, you can draw parallels to killing a person in a vegetative state, but also, families regularly pull the plug on their loved ones as a mercy...it's a complex issue with more than a left v. right facet. That's just one example of how the news can take something as polarizing as that, and weaponize it to make you and me, internet nerd friends absolutely HATE each other. Because it'll make you a "satan worshiping baby killer" and it'll make me a "bigoted misogynist rapist"

That guy isn't a Nazi, he's just a dumbass edgelord. If he's a Nazi for cosplay then Prince Harry should be tied to an electric chair for being an actual political figure doing the exact same thing. Nazi's killed ~500,000 of my people on top of the ~6,000,000 Jews. We gotta stop diluting what Nazi's actually are before we forget what they actual were.

EZPZ. Hammer Bro. from the Famicom Super Mario Bros. cover art.

>_> dude I'm a Romani (aka "gypsy") and I think no one deserves to get punched in the face just because they're wearing a swastika. They're idiots, for sure...but last I checked, hitting a mentally retarded person unprovoked is a crime. If someone like this can walk freely and be a middle school teacher...then surely the other end of the idiot spectrum can wear fake nazi armbands.

I still read the forums, but time is a precious commodity in the Phleo household and I barely have any free time at all. COVID lockdowns were great and all, but now I have to work extra hard to keep up with inflation. Political crap aside, real life is just tough right now and making well thought out forum posts for my hobby are just not high on the list of the most important things.

I'd love Abadox if no one else claimed it already. I'd put it with my sealed copy

All I want for Christmas is a Krampus Sage @CasualCart

P..lay? What a foreign concept.

Funny enough, I made a joke DIY grading system using a subtractive scale from 1.000 to 0.000. Basically, everything starts as 1.000 and you deduct a standard amount of points per damage. A box for example might have 25 points that need to be inspected. Do you have the box? Does the box have any missing sides? Does the box hold its contents on all opening ends? Does the box show signs of color fading? Does the box have any rips or tears? Does the box show signs of opening wear? Does the box show signs of edge wear? Does the box show signs of corner wear? Does the box have corner dings? Does the box have any missing ink? Does the box have flaking or peeling paper layers? Does the box have any signs of warping or waving? Does the box have any signs of bubbling or pitting? Does the box have any signs of crushing or creasing? Does the box have any large punctures (over 1mm)? Does the box have any small punctures (1mm or under)? Does the box have any heavy scratches or deep scars? Does the box have any light scratches or scuffing? Does the box have any mold stains? (living or dead) Does the box have any odor? Does the box have any sticker or labels? Does the box have any staining? Does the box have any writing? Does the box have any touchups? Does the box have any residue from glue or other adhesive? Each one of those will have their own grading scale, and then points will be deducted in different amounts from each side. For example, here's "Color Fading" Does the box show any signs of color fade? None Negligible Minor Moderate Severe Extreme Front ±0 -0.050 -0.125 -0.250 -0.375 -0.500 Back ±0 -0.045 -0.113 -0.225 -0.338 -0.450 Left ±0 -0.038 -0.094 -0.188 -0.281 -0.375 Right ±0 -0.038 -0.094 -0.188 -0.281 -0.375 Top ±0 -0.033 -0.083 -0.167 -0.250 -0.334 Bottom ±0 -0.025 -0.063 -0.125 -0.188 -0.250 I made this as an attempt to create a DIY grading system for myself. Also, it’s possible to go BELOW zero, so there are some default inhibitors built into the system. For example: score can’t go under 0.100 if you have all six sides of the box. score can’t go under 0.200 if it can hold its contents

OK. TWO. I now have two major criticisms of Wata. Wata should not be engaging in game valuations without a third party providing the prices for them. A game is more valuable if it has a higher grade, they charge more for your item if it grades higher, therefor they have a financial motive to artificially increase the grades of some items. They have no business grading counterfeit, bootleg, and pirated items.

This is the kind of thing that gets a new generation interested in a sport. Clever, funny, and a pretty cool.

I thought about investing in rental real estate, and I just thought of one hypothetical scenario that's a very real part of being a landlord. What if I have to evict a tenant one day? I have a soft and squishy heart, and I can't imagine having to actually go through with, and evict someone because they can't give me money, to pay down my mortgage on a home that they live in. I even debated with myself and said "I'll just make them pay the interest and not the principle if they can't pay" and then I thought, well, what if they don't pay even that? Then what? If I start eviction during the winter, I'm the devil for kicking them out in the cold, and if I evict them in the summer...well by the time it actually takes hold I'm actually kicking them out in the cold. Nope....too hard, especially if I can just eat the cost. I refuse to evict someone ever. That being said, I do plan on buying real estate for rentals one day. But it'll be in Orlando only, and for short stay vacationers.

I love it! Thank you for taking my joke serious. I didn't want to give a hint away to look at Alleyway (Gameboy) box art to see that their imagination of the paddle is Mario piloting a bar shaped spacecraft. I wanted to see a CHARACTER interpretation of it and you did not disappoint. I love that it's a cute little robot holding a reflector thing. Here's Alleyway for reference though. ALLEYWAY IS TECHNICALLY A MARIO GAME PEOPLE (Alleyway, Arkanoid, and Breakout are just single player pong clones with destructible walls, and you all know it)

Thank you I will

Just...don't google Sqoon fanart. There's one artist out there with a small following who uses the name Sqoon for one of their characters. They draw some...interesting? stuff.

They aren't final, and no they're a massive improvement size wise and in terms of overall security. Graphics can use some work, but these are excellent prototypes. The current WATA cases, I can open in literally under a second, in fact they're easier to open than slide out bottom cases. The only way to make it simpler to open one is if there wasn't a top piece to begin with at all. Not to mention they're super thick space eaters, especially so if you have more than a couple items. Any improvement over their old design is welcomed IMO.

If it isn't too late for requests @CasualCart How about Karnov, from...Karnov EDIT: Wait...I think you did him before?

Sometimes a character looks exactly what you think it is.

In the event of all out nuclear war, I pray that the first bomb lands directly above me and my family. Painless, instant death versus versus trying to survive a post-nuclear fallout world? Yeah, I choose death. That being said, If I survive then I'm bringing a burger king crown, and my copy of Little Samson and declaring myself king of the nerds. If I'm going to live in Fallout, I might as well be a memorable character.

How dare @Reed Rothchild get in your way. Also, the monster from Lolo reminds me a bit of Bub or Bob from Bubble Bobble.

Hey, don't forget last years overly ambitious request! That's "Lolo" from the Adventures of Lolo being drawn as the final form of Kefka from Final Fantasy VI A true monument to non-existence! Also, @CasualCart since last year was 09 and this year is 10, then next year whatever elaborate request I come with, I expect it to be 11!!!!

HEY! I didn't make the rules. You asked for a mess of 8-bit pixels and I delivered. ... But yes, I purposely stretch the rules to get an elaborate piece for all of us to enjoy. And boy, is this fantastic. Thank you Edit: Also, I love your interpretation of the projectiles coming out of the bosses eyes, being eyeballs. So fitting! ... But when Pong?