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adiwan: @scribus Yeah. It was just a small reality check I got when I was in the shop and me asking why I do "waste" my resources. I already did a similar thing with salad as it is hard to grow a lot and not taste bitter. Same thing with radishes as they are way too stubborn to grow a bulbous root. The effort in that case is wasted in comparison to the results. At least my gherkins grow properly and plentiful.
adiwan's status on Monday, 13-Jul-26 20:25:37 UTC
@scribus Yeah. It was just a small reality check I got when I was in the shop and me asking why I do "waste" my resources. I already did a similar thing with salad as it is hard to grow a lot and not taste bitter. Same thing with radishes as they are way too stubborn to grow a bulbous root. The effort in that case is wasted in comparison to the results. At least my gherkins grow properly and plentiful.
scribus: @adiwan Time to really lean on that "homegrown, artisanal" vibe
scribus's status on Monday, 13-Jul-26 20:20:06 UTC
@adiwan Time to really lean on that "homegrown, artisanal" vibe
adiwan: Growing gherkins is probably not the most wise choice. I have about 2kg of them and bought ingredients to pickle them. Right then and there I saw the price for gherkins: 1€ for 1kg. I've spent more on the dirt, the pots and the seeds than it'll ever get a return of investment. Most of it are initial investment cost that amortize each year after upon reuse but still.
adiwan's status on Monday, 13-Jul-26 19:27:57 UTC
Growing gherkins is probably not the most wise choice. I have about 2kg of them and bought ingredients to pickle them. Right then and there I saw the price for gherkins: 1€ for 1kg. I've spent more on the dirt, the pots and the seeds than it'll ever get a return of investment. Most of it are initial investment cost that amortize each year after upon reuse but still.
adiwan's status on Sunday, 12-Jul-26 20:07:01 UTC
@nerthos Same
nerthos: Thought for a bit the site was finally dead, glad it isn't. The land where it all started.
nerthos's status on Sunday, 12-Jul-26 19:52:29 UTC
Thought for a bit the site was finally dead, glad it isn't. The land where it all started.
adiwan: Replayed Undertale... It's a product of its time. In comparison to Deltarune I think it's better handled when it comes to ACTing where you have to figure out the monster's personality for sparing it. In Deltarune it's more straight-forward. Otherwise everything feels more basic and empty in Undertale. It's the first game, I get it and I don't hold that against the game. It's quite the miracle it got so successful.
adiwan's status on Sunday, 12-Jul-26 18:49:40 UTC
Replayed Undertale... It's a product of its time. In comparison to Deltarune I think it's better handled when it comes to ACTing where you have to figure out the monster's personality for sparing it. In Deltarune it's more straight-forward. Otherwise everything feels more basic and empty in Undertale. It's the first game, I get it and I don't hold that against the game. It's quite the miracle it got so successful.
adiwan: @scribus I'm not a fan of "quips" but it's the only way to support my favorite web cartoon.
adiwan's status on Sunday, 12-Jul-26 13:56:07 UTC
@scribus I'm not a fan of "quips" but it's the only way to support my favorite web cartoon.
scribus: I don't know what the hell Patreon is doing but I am absolutely ready to quit over it
scribus's status on Thursday, 09-Jul-26 22:04:02 UTC
I don't know what the hell Patreon is doing but I am absolutely ready to quit over it
adiwan: I used a save file editor for Deltarune because I accidentally gave the TV to someone in chapter 4 instead of bringing it to school. I have no time to replay two chapters because of a brainfart.
adiwan's status on Thursday, 09-Jul-26 13:14:44 UTC
I used a save file editor for Deltarune because I accidentally gave the TV to someone in chapter 4 instead of bringing it to school. I have no time to replay two chapters because of a brainfart.
adiwan: @scribus Yeah. The actual "game" part is rather basic. It's similarly complex as the cabaret club mini game in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 2. As a mini game it's fine for what it is, however for the main course it's severely lacking in depth in my opinion. Yeah. I got you. It could be fun as a resource management game to dispatch heroes according their strengths but this ain't it. For that I expect to assemble my own team and recruit more heroes and shuffle my team according to the current villains terrorizing the city. Also the hacking was rather meh. I get why it exists, as Robert sits at the PC with his Mecha Man experience. Hacking mini games were never done right as far as I know.
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 08-Jul-26 20:37:26 UTC
@scribus Yeah. The actual "game" part is rather basic. It's similarly complex as the cabaret club mini game in Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 2. As a mini game it's fine for what it is, however for the main course it's severely lacking in depth in my opinion. Yeah. I got you. It could be fun as a resource management game to dispatch heroes according their strengths but this ain't it. For that I expect to assemble my own team and recruit more heroes and shuffle my team according to the current villains terrorizing the city. Also the hacking was rather meh. I get why it exists, as Robert sits at the PC with his Mecha Man experience. Hacking mini games were never done right as far as I know.
scribus: @zeldatra sw_palpatine_doit-meme.gif
scribus's status on Wednesday, 08-Jul-26 20:20:46 UTC
@zeldatra sw_palpatine_doit-meme.gif
scribus: @adiwan I got it as a gift, so I have no cost/value analysis on it, but I really enjoyed Dispatch. Definitely, it's more "interactive fiction" than game, but I did enjoy the actual dispatch parts of it (and would frankly appreciate something like a standalone maybe roguelike kind of side project focusing just on that)
scribus's status on Wednesday, 08-Jul-26 20:20:07 UTC
@adiwan I got it as a gift, so I have no cost/value analysis on it, but I really enjoyed Dispatch. Definitely, it's more "interactive fiction" than game, but I did enjoy the actual dispatch parts of it (and would frankly appreciate something like a standalone maybe roguelike kind of side project focusing just on that)
adiwan: Wanted to buy lavender seeds because they are great for bees. I want to make them come often to pollinate my tomatoes. However it's disgusting to see how many seed seller are using AI images for their product "shots" and other promo material on the shop/article pages.
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 08-Jul-26 09:16:39 UTC
Wanted to buy lavender seeds because they are great for bees. I want to make them come often to pollinate my tomatoes. However it's disgusting to see how many seed seller are using AI images for their product "shots" and other promo material on the shop/article pages.
adiwan: "Played" Dispatch. I mean it is more of a watch than a play. I feel I would have been ripped off if I paid full price. Better: I paid nothing and used Amazon's Luna gaming streaming service as a prime user. It's a bad game but a good show.
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 08-Jul-26 05:41:29 UTC
"Played" Dispatch. I mean it is more of a watch than a play. I feel I would have been ripped off if I paid full price. Better: I paid nothing and used Amazon's Luna gaming streaming service as a prime user. It's a bad game but a good show.
zeldatra: Animating a teenage girl snorting coke got me very motivated to make stupid little cartoons again. I can’t fight it folks, I think I gotta embrace the edge
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 07-Jul-26 03:42:36 UTC
Animating a teenage girl snorting coke got me very motivated to make stupid little cartoons again. I can’t fight it folks, I think I gotta embrace the edge
adiwan: I couldn't be bothered enough. I got really far on that fight. I edited my save file and gave me 1000 more hp and it was plenty enough to beat it. If I died in the end again I'd flipped out. Only two attack patters were insane.
adiwan's status on Monday, 06-Jul-26 17:58:40 UTC
I couldn't be bothered enough. I got really far on that fight. I edited my save file and gave me 1000 more hp and it was plenty enough to beat it. If I died in the end again I'd flipped out. Only two attack patters were insane.
adiwan: The hidden boss in Deltarune Chapter 5 is kicking my ass. It is fiercely difficult. Not impossible. While frustrating it is an apt challenge. In contrast this fight is less punishing than any fight in Mina The Hollower. I can almost immediately begin the fight anew instead of backtracking and gathering resources with the risk of losing all of it, including the time.
adiwan's status on Sunday, 05-Jul-26 19:12:00 UTC
The hidden boss in Deltarune Chapter 5 is kicking my ass. It is fiercely difficult. Not impossible. While frustrating it is an apt challenge. In contrast this fight is less punishing than any fight in Mina The Hollower. I can almost immediately begin the fight anew instead of backtracking and gathering resources with the risk of losing all of it, including the time.
scribus: @adiwan *ahem* (godrotten touch screen) "We don't even roll until sunrise anymore"
scribus's status on Saturday, 04-Jul-26 15:06:41 UTC
@adiwan *ahem* (godrotten touch screen) "We don't even roll until sunrise anymore"
scribus: @adiwan Dude same, we don't even rou
scribus's status on Saturday, 04-Jul-26 15:05:38 UTC
@adiwan Dude same, we don't even rou
adiwan: My D&D group is getting old. We talk more than we play and the time between sessions are getting long. The last three sessions were HALF A DAY in game.
adiwan's status on Friday, 03-Jul-26 21:48:06 UTC
My D&D group is getting old. We talk more than we play and the time between sessions are getting long. The last three sessions were HALF A DAY in game.
scribus: Hands do feel cleaner, though. . . .
scribus's status on Friday, 03-Jul-26 01:00:47 UTC
scribus: It's not the same online as in person, but the Amoeba Music experience still totally entails going in to get a copy of RoboCop on DVD, and walking out with that plus an Alice Cooper live bootleg. Except instead of walking I'm waiting on shipping. And I didn't even get around to browsing for Jandek.
scribus's status on Friday, 03-Jul-26 01:00:37 UTC
It's not the same online as in person, but the Amoeba Music experience still totally entails going in to get a copy of RoboCop on DVD, and walking out with that plus an Alice Cooper live bootleg. Except instead of walking I'm waiting on shipping. And I didn't even get around to browsing for Jandek.
adiwan: Chapter 2 finished. It took me 10 tries to defeat Spampton Neo. I had to gather as many heal items as possible because some attack patterns were overwhelming me more than they should. I literally did the last bit of mercy with only a few hitpoints left.
adiwan's status on Thursday, 02-Jul-26 19:36:12 UTC
Chapter 2 finished. It took me 10 tries to defeat Spampton Neo. I had to gather as many heal items as possible because some attack patterns were overwhelming me more than they should. I literally did the last bit of mercy with only a few hitpoints left.
adiwan: Yay... I broke my fan. More specific: the plug. I stumbled over the cable and the metal contacts of the plug broke off. At least the repair is easily possible. Just ordered a bunch of replacement plugs. Who knows what I break next?
adiwan's status on Thursday, 02-Jul-26 07:01:30 UTC
Yay... I broke my fan. More specific: the plug. I stumbled over the cable and the metal contacts of the plug broke off. At least the repair is easily possible. Just ordered a bunch of replacement plugs. Who knows what I break next?
zeldatra: once more with sound https://youtu.be/chdx1xXhi7Q (recording the sound caused me genuine discomfort)
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 21:23:15 UTC
once more with sound https://youtu.be/chdx1xXhi7Q (recording the sound caused me genuine discomfort)
adiwan: On the other hand I have played so many garbage tier DOS games, I cannot comprehend how I had *fun* with them. For example I had this stupid Tom & Jerry "game" https://archive.org/details/msdos_Tom__Jerry_Cat-astrophe_1990 .
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 20:55:54 UTC
On the other hand I have played so many garbage tier DOS games, I cannot comprehend how I had *fun* with them. For example I had this stupid Tom & Jerry "game" https://archive.org/details/msdos_Tom__Jerry_Cat-astrophe_1990 .
adiwan: I've never played classics like Deus Ex, Resident Evil, Spyro the Dragon, any Final Fantasy, WarCraft, Ultima, Gunstar Heroes, X-Com, Quake, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Fallout, Gran Turismo, Panzer Dragoon, Freespace 2, Planescape Tornment, Baldur's Gate 1 + 2, System Shock, Ikaruga, Rez, Chronicles of Riddick, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Fable, Persona... and so much more
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 20:42:52 UTC
I've never played classics like Deus Ex, Resident Evil, Spyro the Dragon, any Final Fantasy, WarCraft, Ultima, Gunstar Heroes, X-Com, Quake, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Fallout, Gran Turismo, Panzer Dragoon, Freespace 2, Planescape Tornment, Baldur's Gate 1 + 2, System Shock, Ikaruga, Rez, Chronicles of Riddick, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Fable, Persona... and so much more
adiwan: @scribus My backlog is so big I would need to go into retirement now in order to play them all before my death.
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 20:30:44 UTC
@scribus My backlog is so big I would need to go into retirement now in order to play them all before my death.
scribus: If "Backlog" were a game . . . hell I still probably won't have the high score lol
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 20:09:20 UTC
If "Backlog" were a game . . . hell I still probably won't have the high score lol
scribus: @adiwan I still need to actually play through Undertale
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 20:08:44 UTC
@adiwan I still need to actually play through Undertale
scribus: @adiwan Yeah, "Day of the Tentacle" did a really good job cutting the verbs way down without losing any functionality, and those others I unfortunately have not yet taken the time or had the opportunity to experience.
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 20:08:13 UTC
@adiwan Yeah, "Day of the Tentacle" did a really good job cutting the verbs way down without losing any functionality, and those others I unfortunately have not yet taken the time or had the opportunity to experience.
adiwan: @scribus I liked the Simon The Sorcerer 2 interface the best for Point & Click adventures. It's slightly sleeker than Monkey Island 2 with icons instead of words. I don't like MI3 or Full Throttle's "coin" nor Sam & Max's where the functions have to be cycled through with the right click. Maniac Mansion 1 is definitely the worst with too many verbs and too much tiny text.
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 19:45:46 UTC
@scribus I liked the Simon The Sorcerer 2 interface the best for Point & Click adventures. It's slightly sleeker than Monkey Island 2 with icons instead of words. I don't like MI3 or Full Throttle's "coin" nor Sam & Max's where the functions have to be cycled through with the right click. Maniac Mansion 1 is definitely the worst with too many verbs and too much tiny text.
adiwan: I gave in and bought DELTARUNE. The Spampton Neo fight in chapter 2 is impossibly hard.
adiwan's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 19:38:43 UTC
I gave in and bought DELTARUNE. The Spampton Neo fight in chapter 2 is impossibly hard.
scribus: It's really disappointing, I wanted so badly to enjoy it
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 17:26:30 UTC
It's really disappointing, I wanted so badly to enjoy it
scribus: "Maniac Mansion" had a better point-and-click interface on the NES, which didn't even have a point-and-click peripheral available!!
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 17:15:55 UTC
"Maniac Mansion" had a better point-and-click interface on the NES, which didn't even have a point-and-click peripheral available!!
scribus: 237 hours. I kept thinking I had found the fun, but it always managed to escape me.
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 17:05:41 UTC
237 hours. I kept thinking I had found the fun, but it always managed to escape me.
scribus: Project Zomboid is unplayable and the devs are not heading towards a finished product and the modders cannot save it !vgp
scribus's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 17:04:43 UTC
Project Zomboid is unplayable and the devs are not heading towards a finished product and the modders cannot save it !vgp
zeldatra: looked into that there Deltarune Weird Route, pretty crazy http://rainbowdash.net/url/876778
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-26 04:03:29 UTC
looked into that there Deltarune Weird Route, pretty crazy http://rainbowdash.net/url/876778
adiwan: My tomatoes are so good that caterpillars are eating them :') I had to squish 8 of them to prevent a bigger catastrophe.
adiwan's status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-26 15:08:11 UTC
My tomatoes are so good that caterpillars are eating them :') I had to squish 8 of them to prevent a bigger catastrophe.
adiwan: I didn't hate season 2 of the live-action Avatar The Last Airbender series. I mean it's not as textured as the original animated series but I give them props to change up some stuff that broadens the characters. On the other hand there are some major blunders. So in the end it is perfectly balanced. The acting was greatly improved and Toph is great in this one too. Appa and Momo being side-lined doesn't bother me that much but it's quite odd nonetheless.
adiwan's status on Thursday, 25-Jun-26 21:39:27 UTC
I didn't hate season 2 of the live-action Avatar The Last Airbender series. I mean it's not as textured as the original animated series but I give them props to change up some stuff that broadens the characters. On the other hand there are some major blunders. So in the end it is perfectly balanced. The acting was greatly improved and Toph is great in this one too. Appa and Momo being side-lined doesn't bother me that much but it's quite odd nonetheless.
adiwan: Taking the train was a mistake. I had a company event next city (about 60km) and I thought it was not a bad idea to use the opportunity to declare my train fare to my expenses and let my company pay instead of me paying for gas. Also the event was near the train station, so it seemed to be a no-brainer. HOWEVER. Deutsche Bahn was in total chaos. Not only due to the heat wave, but also due to construction work on the way, but also a police incident on another train that delayed many other trains. Ah.. My train was cancelled and I had to use another "earlier" train but it got heavily delayed. I had a delay of 40 minutes. On my way back I had only 20 minutes. What a joke of a piece of infrastructure.
adiwan's status on Thursday, 25-Jun-26 06:01:24 UTC
Taking the train was a mistake. I had a company event next city (about 60km) and I thought it was not a bad idea to use the opportunity to declare my train fare to my expenses and let my company pay instead of me paying for gas. Also the event was near the train station, so it seemed to be a no-brainer. HOWEVER. Deutsche Bahn was in total chaos. Not only due to the heat wave, but also due to construction work on the way, but also a police incident on another train that delayed many other trains. Ah.. My train was cancelled and I had to use another "earlier" train but it got heavily delayed. I had a delay of 40 minutes. On my way back I had only 20 minutes. What a joke of a piece of infrastructure.
scribus: @nerthos Gotta catch up to my chest hair
scribus's status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-26 14:37:46 UTC
@nerthos Gotta catch up to my chest hair
nerthos: @scribus Slowly becoming mediterranean
nerthos's status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-26 09:33:46 UTC
@scribus Slowly becoming mediterranean
scribus: Brewing up another gallon of wine, this time just blended store brand grape juices. Red + White = still Red, not Pink, it turns out.
scribus's status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-26 02:36:29 UTC
Brewing up another gallon of wine, this time just blended store brand grape juices. Red + White = still Red, not Pink, it turns out.
adiwan: It's probably not the best time to look for a laptop for my mother. On the other hand she runs a low mid-tier laptop from 2008 and has Windows 7 installed.
adiwan's status on Monday, 22-Jun-26 18:26:36 UTC
It's probably not the best time to look for a laptop for my mother. On the other hand she runs a low mid-tier laptop from 2008 and has Windows 7 installed.
adiwan: OH GOD. It's getting HOTTER. A whole week with temperatures from 30°C to 38°C in the shade. Just kill me sun. You are already the worst in Super Mario Bros 3.
adiwan's status on Sunday, 21-Jun-26 17:39:14 UTC
OH GOD. It's getting HOTTER. A whole week with temperatures from 30°C to 38°C in the shade. Just kill me sun. You are already the worst in Super Mario Bros 3.
adiwan: @adiwan I mean I wouldn't ever considered watching the finale in the cinema.
adiwan's status on Saturday, 20-Jun-26 18:45:02 UTC
@adiwan I mean I wouldn't ever considered watching the finale in the cinema.
adiwan: I have also watched The Amazing Digital Circus. I mean... It's not amazing... and there was a lot of circus around it... The best grade I can give it is: fine. It was creative. The "mystery box" aspect was the hook and appeal of the show at first. The ending was... something.
adiwan's status on Saturday, 20-Jun-26 18:31:47 UTC
I have also watched The Amazing Digital Circus. I mean... It's not amazing... and there was a lot of circus around it... The best grade I can give it is: fine. It was creative. The "mystery box" aspect was the hook and appeal of the show at first. The ending was... something.