Dreaming_Novaling
@Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip
Heyo! Just another random who’s moving over from centralized social media to the Fediverse. Mastodon wasn’t too bad but I love anything like Reddit!
Games, anime, Japanese, food, and music are my loves. Fanfic beats food tho, I can read for hours instead!
- Comment on Occupied! 1 day ago:
I had a friend who complained about the high windows that you can’t even see out of in his high school, and he swore up and down that the building used to be a prison. I tried looking it up now to see the history, but I can’t find anything lol. Wouldn’t be surprised though if they actually were former prisons and the school just didn’t want the stigma associated with them.
- Comment on Hideo Kojima proposes a game where the protagonist forgets abilities if players take too long a break 2 days ago:
God…
If you put a gacha down for like half a year, you’re close to quiting. God forbid if it’s a year plus, you might as well drop it with how anyone you used is guaranteed to no longer be meta.
I’ve been on pause from Genshin since before they dropped the 4th region, Sumeru, which was like 3? years ago. I’ve given up all hope of ever playing the game again, because I know it will be impossible with the few shit 5 stars I’ve managed to scrape together. I keep telling myself I’ll pick up HSR again after dropping it a month or two after release, and even then I dread doing their shitty “designed for the new meta waifu” trial fights.
I love gachas but lord they make it a full time job. Cookie Run Kingdom is literally the only one I have the heart to keep up with, and even Ovenbreak has lost me.
- Comment on Hideo Kojima proposes a game where the protagonist forgets abilities if players take too long a break 2 days ago:
Picked up Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story like 10 years later after giving up on it as a kid and had NO fucking idea of what I was doing. I remember bitching about the hard as fuck train minigame/mini-boss fight you have to do (perfectly, mind you) that I thought I couldn’t beat for the life of me. But I got back and was in a completely different area, not knowing how to leave or get back to where I needed to be.
I really need to beat that game, it was my first M&L side game…
- Comment on Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy 3 days ago:
If you hack your console and put it on the internet, don’t be surprised that you’re bricked. Do I think it’s a little extreme to brick a Switch that hasn’t even joined an online game? Yes, that does suck, but realistically any game company is not going to knowingly let you use a device that is hacked. Once again, if it’s just an account brick, then who cares, make a new one (why would you hack with your main account?). Hardware bricks are pretty shitty, but there’s no way you could fight that in court (I deserve the right to hack my console and get free games?).
Once they stop making updates, you’ll own the switch anyway, as then they don’t give a fuck/can’t do shit about hackers. I’ve hacked my WiiU and several 3DS because there are no more new updates to ever brick them, they’re obsolete/abandoned consoles.
- Comment on Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy 3 days ago:
Oh yeah, it totally depends on the game. I do play and love the highly replayable stuff, but those games I almost never pirate, it’s usually something I already bought or would buy.I think one of the few non-online replayable games I’ve pirated was Rhythm Heaven on 3DS.
- Comment on Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy 4 days ago:
My comment is not personally directed at you, it’s just more about how everyone and their mom is talking about Nintendo’s recent decisions on piracy. Literally every tech/gaming community on Lemmy (and social media in general) is talking about it, and I’m tired of seeing it every day. I don’t mean to belittle you about your last console being the SNES, it’s just frustrating rhetoric that others have repeated because they truly seem to think Switch 2 is the only console doing this.
I understand what you mean about how someone who pirates probably would’ve never bought the game anyway, just like people (including me) who watch playthroughs of games that they never would’ve bought, hence tbe company was never gonna make money anyway. But even if companies know that fact, they’re not gonna just ignore people who break their ToS to pirate because they don’t want to lose money.
As you stated, you buy music of the stuff you originally pirated, and some game pirates might do that. But music has replay value compared to a lot of games. Once I finish a long RPG, there’s a very unlikely chance I’m picking it back up again, unless it’s many years later or it’s a hand-me-down to someone. If I pirated and played that type of game, I’m unlikely to buy it because why bother, other than to show support to the devs?
Companies don’t want to lose those who pirated and potentially would’ve bought the game. The whole point of piracy is that it has to be more convenient than buying the game, and since they know homebrewing can get to a very comfortable point, they don’t want to lose people to that.
- Comment on Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy 4 days ago:
Oh my god if I see one more “YOuR SwItCh 2 WiLl Be BrIckEd, NiNtEnDo iS aNtI cOnSuMeR!1!1!” post
Every fucking modern console with an internet connection does this. Switch 1 does this. If you hack your console, keep it off the internet. Brain dead easy. Furthermore, are we talking account brick/ban, or full hardware brick, because obviously they’re going to brick your account for online play, because hackers. If it’s a hardware brick (without being on the internet), then that would suck (but is not surprising, obviously duh Nintendo doesn’t want to lose money).
People will figure out how to hack Switch 2, give it a few years. Emulators of varying quality will be made, and will be of good quality eventually.
If you don’t want Switch 2 for the price, don’t buy it. Simple as that.
- Comment on kyah 5 days ago:
I actually flinched and backed away from my phone with a pained face and my hand up like a demon getting holy water thrown on them.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 5 days ago:
I loved my 7G Play like it was my own child in middle school. It was my third phone, and not a hand-me-down like the Note 4 and the iPhone 6? that I had previously. Kids used to green bubble shame and be like “OMG wtf is a Motorola?!?!” but I loved it. I didn’t do too much crazy shit on it cause I still was a less-curious middle schooler, but I did get a cracked version of a wallpaper app to use this special Persona 5 background, and I loved it. I didn’t love my next hand-me-down iPhone X nearly as much, in fact I hated it so much in highschool that once I graduated my mom got me my current Pixel 8a as a gift.
I tested putting a custom ROM on my old Motorola to prepare for doing GrapheneOS on my Pixel (silly, since they literally have a button to do it for you on the website) and once it loaded up LineageOS it felt like Christmas again. I seriously almost considered using it again, and was just so happy to scroll through it lol.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 5 days ago:
Oh boy, can’t wait to see this garbage on my Samsung Tab 9. My mom upgraded me from my dusty, way beyond eol Kindle Fire that I had, cause I I really do on it is watch YT and read/web browse. Was excited, until I realized I couldn’t custom ROM it like my precious Pixel.
Like another comment said, Samsung/One UI is truly the Apple of Android, and it’s dogshit. So much bloat that I had to disable/delete, random UI changes that oversimplify/water down personality, stupid settings I will literally never use, etc.
The best I could get is a stock Android GSI, but I’m not sure if potential bugs and battery life issues would occur, and I don’t want to root.
- Comment on AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay 6 days ago:
- Comment on What are you doing step assistant gunner? 6 days ago:
Including a cover made by the voice actor of a silly robot space cowboy:
- Comment on Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy 1 week ago:
Yeah the Nintendo vitriol for the past month has been funny. I get it, companies are not our friends, and Nintendo has done a lot of shit to be mad at. The game keycards are dogwater, but this concept of buy cartridge and download the rest is not new. Sony and Xbox have literally done the same shit for years, and Nintendo did this with some large games on Switch 1.
Another comment showed Sony will brick hacked consoles that get on the internet. Switch 1 also does this.
The price sucks, but it’s definitely tariffs, since the console is like a whole hundred dollars cheaper in Japan.
If you wanna pirate/emulate, pirate/emulate. I just don’t like pirating current gen consoles, and it’s a hassle to do so on Switch 1 if you got a newer one. Plus switch emulation on steam deck seems to be iffy for some games… I pirate/emulate old consoles cause they’re dead and they’re not making money on them anyway. Sometimes you just want to buy a game and enjoy them, especially for online ones like Splatoon.
I’ll just wait for the price to be reasonable one day.
- Comment on Forced to lie on a questionnaire 1 week ago:
Before they went all out nuclear with ads, promoted content, shops, and AI slop, I was using Pinterest a shit ton to look at fanart and memes (mostly stolen/reposted art, but real human art at least). I’d be on there for an hour or so every other day tbh, I liked making boards of my fixations and shit.
Then the app went to hell a few years back and I ditched it, because the web version sucks, and I didn’t know about LibRedirect instances. Now I just don’t bother with the place anymore.
- Comment on Unfair is what it is 1 week ago:
God I have rolled my ankle a shit ton doing physical activities and simply walking, to the point both feet have rolled several times, and to the point where I needed physical therapy. I am fucked on uneven terrain, and even when walking in my house on kitchen tiled floor I have rolled and tripped.
Physical therapy at least made it so it doesn’t hurt anymore when I roll, and I’m not out of commission for the next hour.
I’m not even of legal drinking age, I’ll probably die by falling down the stairs at 50 or smth.
- Comment on Anyone? 1 week ago:
I’m starting to remember his name and I don’t want to 🤢
- Comment on Many period tracking apps leak users data. 1 week ago:
If you’re on Android, get on Fdroid and use Drip. It’s simple, does it’s job, can give you alerts if you want them, and can be locked so the gov isn’t tracking when you were possibly pregnant. Also tracks symptoms and body temp and shit for those who want to get pregnant.
Or if on GrapheneOS turn internet off for you period tracker app (but at that point just use FOSS)
- Comment on Must secure the castle 1 week ago:
Honestly, not just a black thing (but more likely probs). My mom told me about a news story where two teenage white girls got shot at and were killed by a dude because they pulled into his driveway and were lost or some shit.
People are just crazy.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 1 week ago:
God why does this not have more upvotes and why isn’t it the first comment. I literally was screaming how someone could be on here and not possibly know of the various ways to get around shitty ads.
YT music with ReVanced is a fucking dream, I love it. Spotify is probably also great. Didn’t even know about the iOS and Windows apps, but I hated iPhone and finally ditched Windows for Fedora so I don’t keep track of those as much.
But seriously they have so many options, especially on Android. Like there’s a FOSS app or patched option for literally everything on there.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 1 week ago:
My ass repeatedly reset games I had beaten or got close to beating, especially if I was stuck. I was especially guilty of this with Pokemon games, where I would just reset if I couldn’t get past a certain point (didn’t find the strength TM in BW so couldn’t fight Team Plasma), I beat PMD Gates to Infinity like 4 times lol. I grinded so hard on Platinum Victory Road in an attempt to beat the elite 4, that I found my first ever shiny from ruining the local Rydon population.
I’m far too tired to do that shit now, I felt depressed going from Octopath I to Octopath II because I have to grind again and I’m broke 😅
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 1 week ago:
Gonna add Kingdom Hearts to this (cause Sqenix), because I was playing 1 as a preteen, beat Cerebus, got in the Gummi ship, and promptly got lost on where to go after. Bonus for stopping the game for months, picking up again, and being lost so I just never beat it. I plan to finish KH1 this summer after beating Metaphor Re:Fantazio, but I probably will reset to get that full experience factor 😅
- Comment on Pinterest users left confused by mass account suspensions 2 weeks ago:
I stopped using Pinterest about two or so years ago due to how dogshit the service is. I was only on there to look at art and anime shit anyway, but the ads got fucking obnoxious. I’m talking like a page full of ads and content with links to shops or sponsored products, and then have only one real post that isn’t trying to sell me something. They frequently emailed me about content not meeting the ToS, even though none of the pins were posted by me, and they usually banned random shit too.
And then AI art started flooding the posts so I would see a page of ads, sponsored content, shops, ai slop, and finally a real post.
I fucked off after that…
- Comment on Don't be Evil 2 weeks ago:
Ohhhh man I love the Chocobo Theme, and have also played like zero FF games besides XV, which was dogshit. But one of the teammates sings this cute little in-game ad jingle that uses the Chocobo theme, so I hear him singing it in my head every now and then.
- Comment on Pope 2 weeks ago:
Maybe I have shit humor but I love this. I need to see more crop complaint memes.
- Comment on What is this for? (Wrong answers only) 2 weeks ago:
Tap for spoiler
I hate you 😟
- Comment on What would this list look like for your generation? 2 weeks ago:
My mom is the one who got me into gaming, especially my love for JRPGs as she has played FFVI through FFXIII. She has told me several times how much she hates Cactuar because of the thousand needle attack or whatever.
Unfortunately the backlog of games is so high that I haven’t played a FF game besides 15 (which was ass lol). But I do wanna play the FFVII and FFX remakes real bad. I think her favorite is one of those two, don’t remember which.
- Comment on Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI 2 weeks ago:
Holy shit, I knew Mango existed but didn’t know it was free like that. I probably won’t use it cause I already have learned a lot of Japanese from other resources I use, but that’s nice. I’ll try to recommend it more now.
- Comment on What would this list look like for your generation? 2 weeks ago:
Sorry but “any combination of ‘tuah’ and ‘hawk’” has me fucking rolling. Since every now and then my mom and I will do that exact thing spontaneously while talking.
Like she’ll be talking about Cactuar and my brain will be like “Cactuah”
- Comment on Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time. 2 weeks ago:
I’m gonna be real, Duolingo is literally only good for motivation and easy vocab review. It has been years since I used it, but the best advice I got on that website was when forums still existed and people told me that the translations for JP were shit and to learn somewhere else, which is probs why those forums got deleted.
If you have to use hacks to not be bored/deal with the bullshit, then just leave man. It’s not worth the bird begging you to come back. Find stuff online, YT (unfortunately) is your friend for resources.
- Comment on Great submission to "rate my professor" 3 weeks ago:
I certainly do, and this shit doesn’t even look close to the ratemyprofessor website of today. I was about to do my review this week or next since semester is ending.
