Posts made by RoboBlue

@dropper What should it be updated to?

Hey, welcome to the forums!

@Going-Merry-0 What player/codecs are you using?

@Robby But.. why?

The whole point of Demo Reel was that it was Doug's passion project.

A friend talked me into getting Violet for the new multiplayer features, and it already locked up on the first screen of the game.

I couldn't get out of my chair until I pressed home and went back to the Switch menu.

I know Pokemon games have been rough the last few years, but this is really something.

@Ivotas credit cards are definitely the preferred method of payment here but there are a lot of small businesses that still only accept cash. It wouldn't surprise me if there are still many small towns across the US where food can't be purchased with a credit or debit card.

@Cinder thanks, I agree that they did a great job.

The scenes they added to the final fight in the last two episodes worked really well.

@Greg I think they just ignored it. It's apparently still up on the union website.

The dub's at least 25 episodes in (that many had been released on the BBC app last time I checked) so the decision must've been made a while ago.

Edit: by the way, great job on the manga releases. The colored pages look just like I remember them from the one 90s issue of Jump I own.

It's that time again.

Front page is blank but site is still up. Everyone who sees this, please tell people to use apforums.net/forum.php until the issue is fixed.

@Ubiq:

Didn't one or the other go by something else back then? If nothing else, Matt doesn't really ring any bells.

EvilGamerX had a higher member number than I would have thought with 38.

There must have been a whole rush of people to sign up the week before I did though since Buccaneer and Pepsi were exactly a week earlier and member 14 and 18 while e1n and oceanizer were two days before me and 154 and 156 respectively.

Those were the names used on the website, you can still see them on Archive.org along with the original forum.

Honestly I have no clue who Matt was, EGX or Aftershock must've invited him on during the very early planning stages.

@Ubiq:

Satsuki was 356.

I think it was wanderer-zero, Roboblue, Aftershock, and The Dude.

EvilGamerX and Matt were there too.

I actually don't remember if Wanderer-Zero was a founding member, I might've recruited him from KF to help manage the technical side of the site?

Edit: he's user #1 so clearly that happened before this incarnation of the forum at least.

Directed by a screenwriter for the Rampage movie?

Wow, this is really good so far.

In a weird way I'm glad the hack forced this week's episode to be released on Good Friday.

@Zek:

The “What’s New” option keeps getting flooded with new threads from Roboblue about Dragon Quest 7?

That's just kind of unexplained unfortunately.

It's an old post that got deleted long ago and keeps popping up again due to some glitch.

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Welcome to the forums!

Numerous people have asked for this, and I am curious myself what the majority will say.

I don't really see a reason to casually doubt someone's symptoms.

@Kirbycide:

If you get little or no symptoms after a vaccination, it can actually be a bad sign. Could be evidence that your immune system isn't reacting to the vaccine the way it should.

That doesn't seem to be true for the MRNA vaccines, at least based on all the coverage I've read.

A strong reaction doesn't mean there's inherently something wrong with you but if it causes severe illness I'd definitely check with a doctor.
If you've become immunocompromised or developed an allergy to the vaccine that's something you really want to know.

Plus, if it turns out to be nothing it means you don't have to worry for the future.

@kmohyudin:

When you connect via a vpn, arlong park sees not your ip, but the vpn's ip. That's a pretty big reason for using a vpn in the first place. The vpn has a limited number of ip's that can be used to send your data to arlong park. If someone else using the vpn was ip banned from arlong park, and you happened to be assigned the same ip that the person was using while they were banned, you will see that message.

IMO ip banning is stupid and shouldn't be done, unless it becomes a global practice to assign static ips to ALL internet users, which itself would be very bad for a number of reasons, and also wouldn't completely solve the problem with ip banning. Frankly, there is little it offers to stop someone using the service, while it inconveniences others needlessly.

We've had major problems with bots and IP bans ended up being a necessary part of the solution.

@FelRes:

Hey maybe you do have it. You might not too. I'm just worried because you seem to be convincing yourself it MUST be the worst even though it could be a ton of things. If you're concerned then take precautions to make sure you don't get anyone else sick and try to relax until you get better. That's all that really matters.

The uncertainty was getting to me.
That and the fact that I had to cut back on my anxiety medicine because it was interacting with the alcohol in the Nyquil that I ended up needing to take to get a proper night's sleep.

Thanks for your concern though.

@Xelloss:

Many thanks. So Stephen's translation doesn't say the fruit's new name is unique, but the Gorosei's words could still possibly mean the opposite of what we think. I wouldn't say it's likely, but it could be.

It sounds like the fruit had a nickname exclusively used by the WG.

@Zar:

I'd second FelRes about being careful thinking people are sick because of a cough. The majority of my colleagues who got Covid were infected by their significant other, when their sickness was in such an early stage they hadn't developed any symptoms yet. So when they finally started getting symptoms it was too late for the other to prevent getting it themselves.

On a semi-related note I got my third shot and I'm tempted to have that be my last because I those side effects hit me like a truck. 39 degree fever and chills so bad I could barely hold a mug. But I suppose it's better than having Covid.

That seems unusual.
The normal dose for a booster shot is half of the second shot, so most people get fairly mild side effects.

I'd talk to the doctor about that.

@FelRes:

To be fair, you could be making assumptions about people being sick. Yes, they can be coughing and all that, but people have conditions. I have asthma and throat problems and am prone to clearing my throat (especially when not in tip top form), and pretty much have a permanent sore throat. A girl at work has GERD and coughs a lot. But I'm not actually sick with anything infectious and I'm not goint to stay home just because someone might think it could be.

Just the past couple weeks people at my job were getting sniffles from allergies, but we're all tested weekly and it wasn't covid. There have been periods where a bunch of coworkers got covid and had to stay home for a couple weeks, but they would mention it was gotten from people they live with or gatherings. Yet it didn't really spread at work. I don't know how I wasn't infected, I was working with unknowingly infectious people legit a foot away from me all day talking to me before their result came in. And these people were totally asymptomatic, while my wheezy self was just fine.

My point being that you can't tell who's sick just by looking at who is coughing. It doesn't work like that. And remember that anxiety will often arise some symptoms in your head and you can convince yourself you have something you don't actually have.

Well… you're right that I'm not thinking straight right now, but I'm confident that I really am sick because my voice sounds super rough and I have a productive cough and occasionally discolored mucus.

Seasonal allergies rarely give me a sore throat and never an altered state of mind like this.
In fact, I've noticed that my normal allergies have been almost totally covered up by my current symptoms.
It's either Omicron/Stealth Omicron or the flu, and N95-equivalent masks let in about twice as many Omicron virions as flu virions.

@FelRes:

I mean, you should actually confirm it with a test since you said it's only probably covid. We're at a point where anyone who wants a vaccine has likely gotten it. Covid is obviously never going to go away, that was clear since this all started. It'll become more treatable over time. But if you're already super careful and still potentially got it, I don't really know what you want people to do and what difference it would make to your situation. You can't force everyone to become vaccinated, and many people who are vaccinated are comfortable taking off the mask in public now.

I can only speak for my area though, cases have gone down since the holidays and I've notice mask wearing has gone down considerably (I only wear mine at work and in crowded indoors places, still haven't gotten sick and I'm tested weekly). With vaccinated people being significantly less affected, and hospitals aren't burdened here atm. Wondering how the summer spike will go (I don't even get how those happen, shouldn't people be doing outdoors things in the summer?).

Obviously there should be stricter requirements for healthcare settings, etc. At this point there should be more concerns for stuff like proper pay compensation for when you need to miss work due to covid. And no one is discouraging you from taking whatever measures you feel necessary, which you did take. Just check for news on when to get another booster.

The frustrating thing is I have taken an at-home test and got a negative result, but BA2 has been generating a lot of false negatives in rapid tests.
I haven't had the energy to sit in a doctor's office and wait upwards of an hour to get a PCR test, and if a lot of the people are going to be unmasked or wearing cloth masks I won't feel very safe there.

The other possibilities still seem significantly less likely than COVID because it's already known that BA2 is spreading rapidly in my area, I'm well-protected against the flu having been vaccinated and wearing an N95-equivalent mask (which is much better at stopping flu spread than Omicron/BA2 spread), and colds never last this long for me.

It's also hard not to assume that it's COVID because a huge number of people are visibly sick in every public space.
When I went to physical therapy last week (before I realized I wasn't just suffering from allergies), half the people there were hacking and wheezing.
A large number of staff and kids are out sick at my girlfriend's school.
I've heard quite a few neighbors at my apartment complex loudly coughing and sneezing, more than I've ever heard at any one point in the pandemic up to this point.

The whole experience is freaking me out a bit because the case numbers don't come even close to reflecting the reality on the ground.

I've been sick for the last two weeks and it's probably COVID.
I've had all three shots, and I haven't taken my KF94 off indoors since I ate at a friend's house last summer.
The only person I live with has also been careful and recently got her third shot.

The only mistake we made was to not wear goggles.

It's been very frustrating watching the CDC essentially declare that COVID is over while everyone in my area gets very visibly sick, and I have real doubts that I'd survive this unvaccinated.

I can't even really blame anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers for their ignorance any more after seeing so many intelligent, science-minded people throw away their main tool of protection against disease out of trust in the government and our medical institutions.

We're on our own at this point, and the best advice I can give is to assume the (reasonable) worst case scenario going forward and try to prepare for that.

Progressive and Alternative were watchable but they ape the original far too much that it feels extremely cheap.

I spent ten minutes writing out a terrible analogy about a Citizen Kane prequel where Kane's parents also have sleds named Rosebud and he has to help his friend stop his evil father who runs an evil yellow newspaper (literally yellow), when really I could've just said that it was a corporate cash grab that took random elements from the original and threw them in a blender.

Reading this post is a lot like watching the FLCL sequels.

@ea77:

This part is a head scratcher. It's not rubber, it's a symonym for rubber…is not the best argument when that can be covered for with an extension of its orignal powers unless the fruit's power itself is not a concern but something else.

Unless, as I noted before, it's not so much Devil Fruit powers awakening than it is the Devil Fruit itself awakening. How could this apply to Luffy...well Luffy is a fruit. That's it. = That's the theory. Luffy's mom doesn't exist because Dragon ate the Fruit Fruit fruit and reproduced asexually. Luffy is dead. So his devil inhabited his body. This is the only logical explanation since awakening is "affecting things other than the user". The only one.

Aren't fruits generally the product of sexual reproduction?
Naturally speaking I mean.

@Krillin:

What are people's views on the second delay of Advance Wars Reboot Camp. Nintendo said the delay was due to the events going in Ukraine. I played Dual Strike on DS and despite it being the only game in the series I played the amount of hours I clocked was obscene.

From what People have commented on twitter it seems to be assumed it's because of the paralels between Blue Moon and Russia. Perhaps it's the fact that all the units and vehicles are based on real life.

As far as I'm aware no other games have been delayed so far. But could this attitude of delaying things that have real world depictions of war cause franchises like CoD to put delays on things in future?

The only sort of precedent I've seen with delaying media like this has been at times of mass shootings in America having films get pushed back.

I don't like that the game was delayed but I understand why they did it.

As long as it's not shelved completely it's OK.

@Greg:

Nothing in this chap gave me any particular new ideas or gave me any reason to discard my previous suggestions.

For me, the most interesting part is that Kaido seemed unaffected after hitting CP-0. He's compounding that emotion so when it releases it won't be pretty, and I don't necessarily mean only violent.

Everything else is pretty much as expected. We knew the arc wasn't at its crescendo yet so this seems like the perfect opportunity for Team Momotarou to unite.

Alcoholism can really mess up how you process anger.

When we finally see the source of Kaido's drinking problems things should get very interesting.

I checked in on ERod (Blockbuster Buster) today and sadly his wife passed away from COVID in January so he's likely retiring.

@Ivotas:

Seeing how most of the bad guys get redeemed or are on the verge of being redeemed, it's pretty likely Ouken will also be redeemed somehow.

! Ouken didn't consent to immortality and seemingly lost his sentience in the process so he doesn't really need redeeming. He's a victim in this.

Good luck to the innocent people of Ukraine.

@auem:

What's happened this time? I thought it won't be back anymore. At this rate it may come true some day…

Large number of DMCAs apparently.

@Nobodyman:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/12/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-movie-poster-revealed-ahead-of-a-first-look-at-the-game-awards

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They brought back the robot bees!

I love Robotnik's new airship design, it reminds me of Bowser's clown car a little.

@Robby:

Covid is now a partisan virus.

Funny how that works.

It's been like that since Sturgis 2020.

Haven't read the manga, but I've been watching this since it started airing and it's arguably the best new show this season.

@Nolus:

I actually had it way worse after my booster shot (for reference, my first two were Sputniks and the booster was Pfizer-Biontech). I was basically out of commission for the whole weekend. But I've also heard from one of my colleagues that she had the same vaccines at around the same time and the booster didn't really impact her as much.
Anecdotally, it varies.

Supposedly mixing different vaccines gives you stronger immunity, that could be why.

All three of mine were Pfizer.

I had no noticeable side effects from the third shot.

In general it seems to be milder for people than shot #2.

Welcome to the forums!
My favorite pirate group is Baroque Works.

@BlazingBonds:

Top 3 in the US on Netflix right now. [qimg]https://imgur.com/WccsY2j[/qimg][qimg]https://imgur.com/WccsY2j[/qimg][qimg]https://imgur.com/WccsY2j[/qimg]

I guess now we know the One Piece live action show will make money.

Welcome to the forums!

I remember when I first got into One Piece back in 2002. The first episode felt really unique at the time, with a very western cartoon style.

Welcome to the forums!

My favorite series is Adventure of Dai atm.

Welcome to the forums!

@electricmastro:

Could we be at the point that there's only so much time to put everything into the manga that crucial info about a character could be in movies as well and not just the manga, or is it really a case that crucial info will always be in the manga?

We're already getting crucial info from Vivre Cards.

@goty:

If anything, Stampede made me realize how bored I am with typical filler shonen movies, no matter how flashy it looked. And it really feels like audiences want something more substantial these days, when it comes to anime movies.

I loved Stampede for the one thing it did right: fanservice.

Other than that, yes, the villain was just another Broly and the movie was one giant action scene with bits of comedy thrown in.

It's one of those movies that's 99% better when you're in a theater full of screaming fans and not so great when you watch it at home alone.

@Jabberwok:

I'm having issues formatting and editing posts from my mobile device. Anyone else encountering this too?

If you message Bren about it and he has the time something might happen, but I personally don't have the knowledge or access to fix it so unfortunately I can't make promises.

Welcome to the forums!

No one even replied so I just merged it myself.

It'll probably get merged with the main ATLA thread soon, since there's nothing else going on with the franchise.