Sheikah

SSBB was dreadful online; it had nothing to do with voice chat. Someone present me with empirical evidence that the additional bandwidth used by voice chat would be sufficient to make a lagless game contain lag. Obviously we're talking about people with at least a stable broadband connection, since if they didn't have one then they'd be a liability to the game regardless. Until such proof is presented, nobody here has any reason to take his words as truth. With an optional function, 'some' is all you'd ever need.

Honestly, what? A simple piece of mathematics - how can it be, when no two connections are the same? If it's piece of evidence that would prove your point, then why have you yet to produce it? If it was simple you might argue (if, for the purpose of lulz, bandwidth was measured in potatoes): Smash needs 10 potatoes to run well [and here is a source!] On a regular connection, people have about 12 potatoes of connection [and here is a source!] Voice chat, unfortunately, uses 3 potatoes! [and here is a source!] Even if this ridiculous scenario had even a remote possibility of being true, lots of people have good connections to make use of it. Also: Jesus. Fuck me @ the levels of irony here.

Can you please post some sources to verify that the exact bandwidth required for voice chat would prevent smooth gameplay in these upcoming games (if, we're assuming, the games run smoothly in the first place, which wasn't the case for Smash on Wii). I'm especially doubtful of this given that it's an optional feature anyway, and people with fibre could choose to make use of it (but not anyone else, if what you say was actually true). Unless you can specifically prove what you're saying for these upcoming games you can hardly blame people for adopting the de facto stance of assuming that what you're saying is most likely bull. It's pretty tragic that he has to come up with technical excuses for every reason why Nintendo doesn't do anything. I do wonder; why does he bother? By continuously doing it, I honestly don't think anyone here can take him seriously. How can anyone possibly believe him? He sounds like a salesman who will say anything to make a sale.

Fuck, why the gloss?

To be honest, stamps or small images of trophies - they're both pretty darn pointless to look at purely at face value. I don't have an inner 9 year old girl with a glitter kit wanting to apply these things liberally to my posts. But it is enjoyable, for me, to compare whether your friends managed to earn difficult achievements, or what games they've really put time into. I'd take substance, which in this case is information, over the style if stamps.

Again, let's try and remove the robot visor while we interpret what those people might actually be saying, regardless of what the literal meaning of their post might be. When people claim that the Wii U needs an account system, do you genuinely, hand on heart believe that those people think there is no account whatsoever on the system? Do you think those people believe Wii U owners enter the Nintendo Store and buy games without having logged into any sort of account? That you can play online on Nintendo consoles with no account at all? That online gaming can even take place without any sort of account, no matter how primitive? Or do you think they are using hyperbole to stress how little they think of Nintendo's account system?

The reason you take issue is because you treat language too literally, like a robot. I don't know whether this is because you genuinely have social comprehension issues, or that you do it because it's very easy to win the most minor arguments if you take everything at face value. It wasn't so long ago that you also claimed that I should write 'in my opinion' before things that I was saying that were obviously opinion to begin with. Case in point, here you identify that the stamp is a reward, or achievement, thus take this to mean an achievement system is in place. Not everyone considers this thing to be an achievement system. A lot would argue that the achievement system is the kind of thing that many other platforms have adopted already. When people are saying that they need a proper account system, they have been criticising how poor they were since downloads aren't retrievable under many circumstances (ie. not properly linked to your account, or not downloadable on a friend's machine if you're round at his house). I know you've got annoyed when people have said they don't have 'proper' accounts, but who are you to dismiss the criteria by which people judge the accounts to be proper?

So is this another tickbox for you, then? Nintendo: achievement system obtained (ticks box). Along with 'has an account system' because there are accounts (despite them being darn awful). Well it's not a very good one, if you don't know how people achieved their stamps!

But what's the meaning behind that? You don't see a stamp you haven't seen before and instantly know what they achieved. Kind of random if you happen to spot it on Miiverse too, no? Not really an achievement system.

But you can't look at each others' stamps?

Cool. @lostmario were you also thinking I meant today or Friday to do the nightfall? I was originally proposing doing the Nightfall tomorrow since I generally have more free time/can stay up later Fridays.

Yeah, that gives a bit of leeway in case lost has just got in. I'm available for that.

Nah Daft proposed 10:30AM some posts back for the hard raid this week. If you can't make it earlier then can everyone do it at 1:30PM this Sunday (hard mode raid)? @Daft @Shorty @Dan_Dare @Blade Sweet. So me, you and @Shorty for Nightfall tomorrow at 8:30PM it is.

Yeah, will do. Friday night 8:30PM, Nightfall and maybe the weekly heroic on hardest difficulty. Any L28/29 takers for last slot?

Yeah I would like to double check these guys can make it for Sunday morning.

Wasn't an issue with date of order, more like when they start sending them out.

Any L29 (or pr0 L28) want to do Nightfall this Friday evening with me? 8:30PM onwards? @Shorty @Daft @Dan_Dare @lostmario. Also applies to the max level weekly heroic which I haven't done yet (we could do that after). I recommend any hunters come as bladedancers for reviving prowess, and bring an arc sniper and heavy. Thralls apparently one hit kill you with a melee swipe so best to murder them first, I heard.

WOW HD don't publicise it very well but they get games to you like 1-2 weeks after release. Happened to me before.

I don't think any of the exclusive launch games for either format looked very good. That's why I didn't buy any :p. They're usually just filler content to give early adopters something to play, though, the kind of titles you'd expect to see selling for peanuts and completely overlooked within a year. Sadly the Mario 64 days are no more. To be honest, I'm sure you'll get a lot of fun out of it either way. Most games come to both consoles anyway. If you enjoy the games out right now then that's good reason to get one. Maybe in the future you'll snag a PS4 too.

Did you get many games for PS3 in the last few years? So many exclusives. I can't remember, what did the 360 have in the last few years that was exclusive? Fable 3?

10:30AM sounds great. Gives us plenty of time

You guys buying X1's - I take it you're not a huge fan of Japanese games? :p Honestly though, a quick look at the PS3 vs 360 exclusives last gen and the former decimated it. Especially in the last few years...kinda felt like Microsoft just gave up. Very little of interest to me on the X1, and I have no reason to believe it'll be much different. The only thing it will have that I want is Tomb Raider, which isn't even really an exclusive unlike Uncharted.

I'm definitely still up for 8PM tonight. I can also grab the relic, having done it quite a bit. Can also handle oracles pretty well since I've got anti-oracle weapons.

I know @Map wanted to do it, he is like L28 or L29. I think as well some guy who I randomly added said he might sign up here to get on some raids.

Yeah it cheeses through Praetorians and Oracles (since it also has anti Oracle). It basically destroys a Praetorian's shield in a second, after which I tend to switch to Ice Breaker and demolish the fucker.