adiwan (adiwan)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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 .

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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

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I gave in and bought DELTARUNE. The Spampton Neo fight in chapter 2 is impossibly hard.

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My tomatoes are so good that caterpillars are eating them :') I had to squish 8 of them to prevent a bigger catastrophe.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I watched Masters of the Universe 2026. It's a 5/10 movie with a 10/10 soundtrack with 7/10 vibes. Good watch with the right mindset of not expecting too much.

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I mean I have added almost half of all tracks to my epic music play list that is reserved for only the best tracks I want to listen to.

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Haven't watched the new Master's of the Universe movie, however I'm listening the soundtrack. It has surprisingly a lot of tracks that are absolute fire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwSpzK8rFl4

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There is an indoor swimming pool almost next to me. Not even 3 minutes by foot. However it's closed during Summer as outdoor swimming pools open. I'm not going to use them. They are a cesspool of children, idiots, and idiot children, and they are on the other side of the city. Not convenient enough for a quick jump into the water during the current heat wave here. I guess the garden hose must suffice.

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I know the history of the term "Jaywalking" however I can not help myself not to think of a bluejay walking across the street instead.

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I feel a sudden wave of nostalgia thinking about my first *proper* mp3 player, the Creative Zen Micro with 4GB 1.8'' HDD. I had a stupid USB-Stick with 128MB before and it was crap. My Creative Zen Micro couldn't be turned on and it was a sad day 20 years ago. I have too much music to consider using anything like that again without having to transcode everything to 128kb/s for a decent music selection. Apparently none survived as I can't find any working on ebay as all I can find are marked as junk or for parts. After that I had an iPod Touch 2G with 16GB that got a broken headphone jack and trying to repair it the display broke. Wouldn't want to use that again because of iTunes.

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I need to get all the old music I always had. I'm seriously missing the SNES music from StarFox (StarWing), especially the Corneria stage music. Somehow the SNES sound chip is still unmatched. The Amiga is close but not the same.

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Played more Mina The Hollower. I went full on AVGN despite the accessibility options. I'm so furious I can't sleep.

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I am playing Mina The Hollower and I'm infuriated by the controls. The "sticky" direction controls are causing so many problems that made me run into enemies and fall into pits and losing all my currency within minutes. I want to like the game more but it's fighting me as a player. The flying enemies and the high HP enemies aren't helping either.