RyanCConnelly

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  1. Posted

    3 hours ago, Chris said:

     

    I think we fucked up if we created this impression!

    Hahaha! I more meant in the transition way back when. There seemed to be a definite minute where the cast reached peak absurdity, with cut-in audio gags and a lot of really off the wall stuff, and then it stopped pretty abruptly. A good example is the Baboo (what an odd statement that is) - It used to find its way in to a lot of casts, but hasn't popped up much lately. Clearly jokes run their course, which is a thing of life in a group of friends as well (which is another thing I like about the cast, it is a great representation of some close friends hanging out and chatting). Maybe I was inserting meaning where there was none, but it seemed that there was a definite movement of "oh wait, we grew up a bit and now we're going to act like it". Which was kind of nice! However, for example, one of the first times there was some silliness again was the little Wizard Jam remix at the end of one of the somewhat recent casts, and that to me totally hearkened back to Thumbs of old. I welcome the jokes with open... thumbs!

  2. Posted

    I said something in a tweet to the Thumbs after Chris' request for input Re: the subject matter of the cast on episode 299, but I remembered my password to the forums so figured I'd come weigh in here in a slightly longer form. 

    I've been listening since 2009, and yes I of course started listening to the podcast because it was video game related, but I also immediately could relate to the relationship of the hosts and enjoyed the banter IMMENSELY. The fact that the guys are serious about discussion, but also had some absurd wackiness, really resonated with me. I actually had really been enjoying the casts as of late because I feel like some of that has been creeping back in... While I definitely understand the desire to move to be a bit more serious I will always love episodes like A Silken Goku or whichever one it was where the Thumbs tried to talk like NPR radio personalities and broke down laughing. Stuff like that didn't necessarily have anything to do with games, but it was still entertaining and fun to listen to.

     

    All that to say, sign me up for whatever you're casting! 

  3. Posted

    Haha Seregios was super easy for me too!  With big-damage weapons you can just crush his kneecaps and power through pretty quick.  Once you've gotten a couple free trips you've done a ton of damage.  I actually managed to help out with an Apex Seregios once before I had gotten my Wystone-Drive when I was hunting with a group.  

    Divine protection on that Magia Charm is pretty good though!  That can really help in a group, as well as the HP Recovery.

    I might make a couple sets with my G-Rank character using the weapon types I know now... Great Sword is really fun, and was so much easier to learn than I thought it would be.  I might try to make a crazy Crit Draw set for it.  We'll see!  I also have idly been leveling up Guild Quests that are easy to solo so that even if I won't get as many beshackled drops I can still get some on my own.

  4. Posted

    Whoa, I disappeared into life for a minute so I haven't been on here, sounds like you're having lots of fun BadHat!  I had a similar experience where after I had been walled by Dala a few times I finally got help to push me through.  That was the first time I had played with others as well so it was a real rush!  

    I started a new file last week, I wanted to roll a female character to see some different armor and have been using it to learn Charge Blade.  I'm not great at it yet but I've already managed to hit a couple Guard Points and I feel like it's something I might really like with some solid practice.  

    I also picked up MH3U in the sale that Capcom was having, and man it is SO different from Tri!  I decided to try Great Sword since I've never played that either, so I've been switching back and forth between those two games when I have free time, I was out of town for a wedding most of last week so I had a lot of down time.

  6. Posted

    I feel you there... my wife and I were looking to move but once you start looking at apartments you remember why you have been staying at the place you currently are!  It's really hard, and when we finally found a place that we thought we might take, by the time we called it had been taken.

  7. Posted

    I know it may have been mentioned before but Video Games Hot Dog is a great cast, they do weekly "assignments" in addition to general video game discussion, and this week's was the Sonic Dreams Collection which the Thumbs talked about last week.  They frequently mention similar games and I think it's really interesting to get the two different spins on the same things.  Jim of Frog Fractions fame is also on there and is really cool, in addition to some of my favorite wordsmiths, Zach, Riff, and Kevin of Kingdom of Loathing.

     

    http://video gameshotdog.com/

  8. Posted

    I didn't want to say anything but I totally carved one while we were hunting together  ;(

     

    Yeah I am a little intimidated by CB, but it just seems like it can be so awesome... I saw a reddit thread where a guy is testing how many things one can GP, his last one was the Teostra supernova.  It's really impressive.  The only other MH I've played is Tri on the Wii, and I played SnS the whole game because I didn't really understand the idea of figuring out other weapons... I eventually tried out Longsword after I had completed all the offline material, and liked it but didn't really "get" it.  Now that I've tried all the weapons in MH4U, I'm not really a fan of LS... but I can't really find any other cutting weapons that I really love.  I've thought about trying GS since I'm already playing a slow weapon in HH, but I also like the idea of a crazy sword/shield/blade combo!  So we'll see.  I have my old Tetsu armor from LR that I was using before... or I might just start a whole new character and try some things while being forced to use basic equipment.  

    Whoa long post!  Anywho I'll probably be on some this afternoon (although I realized yesterday you're on New Zealand time and me mentioning a time of day out here on the east coast is irrelevant), so if you're thinking of getting on in the next 12 hours, let me know!  I'm going to play with weapon sets for a while!

  9. Posted

    That's pretty much what I figured.  I knew the OS X had been doing it for a while, and that if Windows wants to get the same thing going it's going to take a while.  

    I also totally get it when it comes to configurations, when people start the whole Mac vs PC thing I always just stop them and say that if you want stability, go for a Mac.  If you want freedom (which comes with responsibility) for for PC.  I had a couple quirky things go down when I upgraded, and I'm still sorting some things out, for instance sometimes when I boot I get a blank screen for several minutes, and I read online that some people are experiencing some weirdness like this because they have a GPU in addition to the integrated graphics card on their mobo, which would make sense since that's what I have.  I'm sure that it will all get sorted out, but you have to give a little leeway since they have to account for all of these possibilities!  

    However as others have said I'm very lucky, I had very little trouble upgrading despite my weird build.

  10. Posted

    Because your grandparents have a 32 bit processor in their computer and they are going to ask you if the "upgrade" button is a virus.

     

     

    So, wall of text lessons learned: download only the version of windows you need, and download ONLY the architecture you need. Don't get the complete package, because it'll invariably screw up.

     

    My grandparents are dead ;)

    Seriously though, I understand the argument but it's very frustrating.  My parents are retired and in their mid-late 60s and they are still VERY tech-literate, to the point where my mother only had to ask whether she could update her laptop straight to Windows 10 from 7 on her laptop and then without prompting upgraded her own laptop and desktop.  They're not PhD's or anything, but they understand the need to stay current.  I don't understand why more people don't take it upon themselves to be educated about technology like that!  It's an integral part of modern life.

     

    On a similar but different subject it's interesting to me how this whole process has gone down for Windows as opposed to how it goes on Macs.  I don't own a Mac but I have been aware of several Mac OS updates and I feel like they've always gone with much less fanfare, almost as if they are better at smoothing out the upgrade process.  Is that just because I am not part of the process that it seems easier to me?  Or is it because since there are (seemingly) so many more windows machines that they've had more problems keeping up?  Or is it simply because I was too young/naive to realize the problems last time around!

  12. Posted

    Thanks!  I picked up Horn pretty early on in this game, so I feel like I really have a good handle on how to play really well.  I had been playing solo for so long that when I finally went online I had an "Aha!" moment where I realized that although love playing Horn by myself, the real strength of it is with others!  It's also so much easier to play High Rank S. Zinogre after playing G rank guys.  There are so many more opportunities to heal!  

    I want to find a blade weapon I like to get good at, so hopefully next time we meet up I'll have something different?  But I can always switch back to rocking out.

  13. Posted

    Sorry I couldn't stay too long!  I got home later than expected from work.  I also didn't have time to make a new weapon yet so I was just using an old Hunting Horn from HR stuff.  Next time I'll have made a decision for a new weapon haha!

  14. Posted

    After upgrading to windows 10, my X360 controllers stopped working. I reinstalled some drivers, etc and now they will connect so I can use them.

    However I've lost the "home button" functionality with the center button. Before it would boot up Big Picture and call up the menu in game. Super handy.

    Any thoughts on how to get back to where I was before?

     

    This same thing happened to me, I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one.  I'm treating it the same way I've been treating all little hiccups with Win10-- hoping that it will soon just be fixed via patch.  This already happened with video drivers so I'm thinking it might just be a waiting game.  

    The other solution I've thought of is getting a Steam controller when they come out, but that also depends on how those are received.  Anyone have any firsthand experience?  Also how exactly do they connect, should I pick up an internal bluetooth card?

  16. Posted

    Using the switch-axe made from Dah'ren Mohran parts. Currently farming Zinogres and Stygian Zinogres to make a sweet as hell long sword. Really want to build a bow set for high rank because I always had a much easier time of flying monsters with my bow. The only one I can build that seems worthwhile at all is the Tigrex bowmaster set, though, so I guess I gotta get to farming him.

     

    Well hey if you want to run High Rank stuff let me know.  I'd love an excuse to learn a new weapon, maybe Charge Blade or Insect Glaive.  I haven't done that many weapon/armor upgrades so I have some coin lying around, might as well spend it on some kinda crazy evolving bug or something!

  17. Posted

    I'll totally hunt with you when I hit G but I'm still stuck in high. The solo pink rathian hunt keeps kicking my ass and rank 6 guild quests are all crazy variant monsters that wipe the floor with me. I don't think my double gore set is going to carry me much further. :(

     

    What weapon do you use?  I had a hard time with Pink Rath too, and I was so nervous to go online that I soloed my way to G with my trusty Hunting Horn... Let's just say it took a while.

  19. Posted

    Since weird Sonic games were discussed this week I think it's a good time to remind everybody of the Hedgehog Game.

     

    To play the Hedgehog Game, just put your first name into google images followed by "the hedgehog" and see what comes up!

     

    For example, here's Nick the Hedgehog!

     

    attachicon.gifnick_the_hedgehog_request__by_sonamyvshadamy-d5wwdse.png

     

    And here's Danielle!

     

    attachicon.gifanother_danielle_the_hedgehog_by_nikkitoul3000-d5k4nc5.png

     

    And Jake!

     

    attachicon.gifJake_the_Hedgehog_by_Needlemouse.png

     

    And Chris!

     

    attachicon.gifchris_the_hedgehog_collab_by_shadamymephonic-d37wqgq.jpg

     

    After 20 years of fan characters this works with absolutely any name.

     "Make my hand huge!!"

    This is spot on.  Loving it.

  21. Posted

    If I see some car-fashion that I must have, I'll think about getting some for myself.

    I wonder if they will ever sell new directional pad commands. I would imagine that an emoji-pack would sell well.

     

    And here I was thinking that they couldn't make a DLC that I would absolutely NEED.  Looks like I was wrong...

  22. Posted

    Clyde, I am using a 360 controller with wireless dongle.  I don't think it was the controller doing it, seemed to be something graphics related.  Every time more than four players would collide, and inevitably someone would explode, that was what seemed to trigger it.  A lot of things going on onscreen.  I'm not sure if that even CAN be a reason for something like this, but it was always the case.  

    My graphics drivers updated today and I played just now for about 2 hours with no freezing.  So hopefully that fixed it?  I had been trying a bunch of different ways to have it all set up, and it just so happens that tonight I was playing with all the settings on low, so maybe from here, since I have a successful benchmark, I might try taking some of them up step by step to see if it really was the drivers or if I need to just play with the settings on low.  It doesn't ruin the game for me, but gosh is it pretty when you can see those crazy body paint textures!

  23. Posted

    I actually find that IPA is very useful in learning languages.  Many programs do not properly teach pronunciation, and IPA can really help because since it is universal, it can be taught once and used for any situation!  I use it daily in my job, and it serves me over four, somedays five languages!

  24. Posted

    Weird!  Do you have your settings low?  It is an odd problem, I'm wondering if there's something specific on my machine that is causing it.  I've reinstalled video drivers and it's better, but tonight while playing I froze twice in one game.  However, this time was different than last, in that it didn't crash my game, and so if I brought up task manager and then tabbed back to it, it would work fine after a second.  I read elsewhere too that running it in windowed mode helped, so I'll be trying that soon too.  I'm also on Windows 10 which I didn't mention before so maybe that's why??

    Anyway so as not to be a damper I've been really enjoying it.  I have about a half-dozen friends who play, and it's a totally different game when you can get a whole 3v3 group together!