Lord Orgasmo

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Water

What Are You Listening To?

My favorite pill from the binding of Isaac.

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Gathering

the alphabet game. lol

I guess we're really just skipping M through R huh?

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Yokohama Midnights | Persona

Izumi Academy

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Mori's daydream came so a sudden halt as the bell for lunch time rang. It was that time already? It was his lucky day. This early in the semester they didn't actually teach anything, and it was mostly just review, so he had plenty of time to daydream about total nonsense. Mori stretched out his limbs, letting out a small groan, accompanied shortly thereafter by several cracking sounds coming from his joints. He spent the next several seconds cracking the rest of his body, from his neck, his knuckles, down to his knees. His mom always warned him about how doing that would give him arthritis, but Takeshi did it all the time and he turned out fine.

Either way it was time for food. His mom packed his lunch for him, mostly because he'd either forget to do it himself, or forget to bring money to buy food. After last year, where that happened a few too many times for her liking, she just decided to do it herself. Mori looked trough his bag, pushing past various papers and school supplies before eventually pulling out a small metal case containing his Bento. He set the box down on his desk before opening the top off and taking a look inside.

Inside was about what he expected. Some rice, as expected, mixed in with a few vegetables and the occasional mushrooms. He didn't actually have the heart to tell his mom the way she prepared mushrooms was an affront to any and all gods, and was probably a felony in at least three prefectures. Up next were a small selection of fruits, consisting of cut melon, blueberries, and a few strawberries pieces made up this section of the box. Finally, thers was the protein. Fish this time, nestled on a bed of greens. He didn't actually know what kind of fish this was, but it tasted good, so he didn't complain. As for the greens, well, Mori was a warrior, not a rabbit.

As nice as the meal was, Mori's concentration was broken by the horrible sound of someone slurping something very loudly. He turned behind him to see a girl slurping her cup ramen in the loudest possible fashion, with chunks of tofu and broth splattering on her desk. A horrendous sight to behold, Mori immediately turned back around, staring back into his half eaten Bento. Maybe he should eat those greens after all. Anything to distract him from the monstrous sound behind him.

The girl behind him was mercifully quick, despite her eating habits, and had gotten up to leave. It was peace and relative quiet at last, and he could get back to finishing his Bento. Once more his mind began to wander as he ate, traveling into strange territory of trivia and future plans. He wanted to check out the new game he had gotten. Civilization, it was called. He wasn't too terribly interested in it, but a group of his internet friends were all playing it, and suggested he get it, too. Maybe it would be more fun that he thought?

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Pokémon: Jaded Champion

Cherrygrove City

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As Isaac made his way back to the Pokécenter, he noticed an unusual sight for Cherrygrove: a crowd of people around the center, most looking at their phones. Was there some sort of breaking news going on? Were they trying to record something? Isaac pulled out his own phone, scanning the latest trending news. Nothing in particular jumped out at him. No murders, lost kids, burning buildings, or rampaging Tyranitar. So what was with all the hubbub?

His question was quickly answered as several of the people in the crowd pointed in his direction. He then suddenly realized what they were there for. They were there for him. Someone had probably taken a picture of him while he was previously at the center, and now everyone had gathered to see him. Before they could react, Isaac and Kick found themselves surrounded by at least two dozen fans, waving their phones at them, or pens to get Isaac's autograph. Then the bombardment of questions came in. "Isaac! Is it true you're taking the gym challenge again? Where are the two trainers who are supposed to be with you? Can I get a picture with you? Can I get Kick's autograph?" Isaac was a little surprised at that last one, but otherwise, this wasn't a rare occurrence. People would usually ask for this kind of stuff all the time. At least they weren't the weird ones who'd ask for Kick's feathers, or anything like that.

Isaac raised his hands and made a waving motion away from him. "No, I'm not signing autographs, and neither is Kick. We're not staying here for long, we don't have time for this. Go home." Isaac heard the sound of a phone's camera clicking as he turned to see Kick posing for a picture with a handful of people beside him. Isaac let out a groan. This was not going to be easy.

After what felt like an eternity, the crowd had finally dissipated, leaving Isaac and Kick alone on the street. Kick certainly seemed grateful for the attention, but Isaac merely seemed exhausted. He made his way to a nearby bench and slumping back into it, with Kick sitting down next to him. This was a long day, and tomorrow was probably going to be even longer, given how long the road to Violet City was. They could probably make it in a day, but it would likely be sunset by the time they got through the checkpoint. And that's if Leo or Emma didn't get distracted by who knows what. Speaking of...

Where were those damn kids?

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Boot

Yokohama Midnights | Persona

Best Friend-kun

"Don't threaten me with a good time!"

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NAME: Mori, Kaito

AGE: 16

GENDER: Male

ARCANA: The Emperor

APPEARANCE DETAILS: Mori stands a little over 5'10 (~178 cm), and weighs in at about 145 pounds (~66 kg.) He has surprisingly toned legs, although he can't say much about the rest of his body. Outside of his uniform, Mori has an extensive collection of green clothing he can be found in. He has two small earrings in his right ear after losing a bet with his older brother.

PERSONALITY: An absolute goofball, through and through. He's always trying to make people laugh. Whether it's cracking jokes, or playing dumb (though that part usually comes pretty naturally) he's always looking to put smiles on faces. Another thing to not is that Mori is always up for just about anything, whether it's climbing through junkyards, playing video games, or even just hanging around. As long as it's fun, he's in.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Mori, like many others, grew up in a perfectly ordinary home with two loving parents and an older brother named Takeshi. The two brothers were the best of friends, and did almost everything together. Whether it was video games, going to the arcade, or even helping cook. Mori's family weren't rich by any means, but they got by well enough, but they seemed to have some sort of attachment to the "old days" and were pretty technologically impaired. This unfortunately also extended to their children, who had little modern games or appliances at home.

After Takeshi entered High School, he ended up joining the track team, looking for an extracurricular for school. He'd even bring along Mori to train with him. After a while, however, Takeshi began staying out later with his track team members, and not making it home until dark, usually coming back exhausted and irritated. Curious as to why they were so much more deserving of Kaito's attention, he demanded to stay with them after practice, just to see what the big deal was.

It turns out, they all worked at the same part-time job at a nearby electronic scrapyard. They were all saving up for a new Virtual Reality system. The games were said to have immense detail, and run even the most graphically intense games without struggle. When the time finally came, Takeshi brought home his new system, and showed Mori how to play.

Mori was hooked from the first game. And with two headsets, he and his brother could join in on the fun, too. Mori learned fast, catching up to his brother's skills in nearly every game they played. But the games Mori enjoyed most were the ones where he and his brother just got to have fun. There were no objectives, no rules, no time limits, just two guys having fun.

Unfortunately for Mori, a day he had been dreading came: His brother was going away to college. He didn't know when he'd be back, and Takeshi refused to tell him his major, claiming it to be "a surprise" for when he got back. Two years have passed since then, and his second year of High School is here. He wondered what this year would bring. Would he join the track team like last year? Would he get to see what this new Vividream thing was? And more importantly, what kind of fun was around the corner?

TRIVIA: Mori's games of choice are Co-op games, or at the very least, games that are multi-player. It's less for competition, and more for an excuse to be dumb and have a good time with friends. He prefers party games like Mario Party, or sandbox games with no real objective other than to have fun.

Mori is somewhat technologically impaired, having grown up with less tech than most kids his age.

Mori has an insatiable lust for white chocolate.

Mori occasionally gets lost in thought and ends up staring into space. He's not ignoring you, he's just thinking about inconsequential things like what he's going to do for dinner, or how the inventor of the Segway died in a Segway accident.

OTHER: Mori's text color is 00a651

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

There really aren't too many if any spoilers in my thoughts, but just in case you want to know as little as possible about it, I've put it in a hider.

Persona 5 Strikers thoughts

Finally finished up persona 5 strikers. I've got a few nitpicks, but the overall game is pretty good. The story is pretty generic, but the characters really help carry it. They emote well, the voice acting is greate, and the characters all have great chemistry with each other. This is definitely one of those games that relies a lot on the previous game to carry much of the character building, however. Most of the main cast doesn't develop much, and it's only the newcomers that really do.

One thing you do need to keep in mind if you decide to play it is that this is not a turn-based jrpg like the last one, it's a Dynasty Warriors type game, where you're fighting hordes of enemies in real time. (Though time is stopped when you summon your persona, or open the menu). It's also only about a 40 hour game this time around as compared to Persona 5 Royal's bloated 120+ hour completion time. I also still feel like this had the same difficulty problem as the previous game, where there are weird peaks and valleys with the difficulty, especially with the bosses.

I think my biggest gripe with the game are a few performance issues. While it runs just fine, it has some pretty bad pop-in. Like you see windows or lights appear 5 feet in front of you, or textures not loading until you're right next to them. But the big thing here is the loading. It's like a PS2 game where there are loading screens every other minute, and half of them take like 20+ seconds to load. The previous game didn't have that problem, and it was like 3 times as big.

It becomes really noticeable when you use checkpoints for healing. Basically, at any checkpoint, you can warp out of the dungeon, back to the real world. Doing so, unlike the previous game, has no drawbacks, since the movement of time is scripted. Merely leaving the dungeon refills everyone's HP and MP, so you'll probably be doing this pretty often, unless you want to spend every last yen on healing items and going through them like candy. Afterwards, you can hop right backinto the dungeon from any of the checkpoints within it. Here's the issue: going out of the dungeon, and then directly back in is four loading screens. One for leaving, one for getting back into the hideout, once for going back into the dungeon, and then one for warping back to the checkpoint. Why couldn't they just put a "rest" option at the checkpoints is beyond me.

As far as the fusing system is concerned, it's all sorts of annoying. You can't itemize or sacrifice personas anymore, so the only way to get rid of them is to fuse. Not only that, but most personas make you have to have the base personas needed for fusion a certain level before you can fuse them. It's entirely possible to be unable to clear your persona stock because you can't fuse anything. It sucks.

Either way, if you're willing to look over these small blemishes, there's a great game with a fun story and characters to be had. If you liked Persona 5 and want a little more, this game is for you.

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