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  • A baby blue jay appeared by my doorstep on my first full day at my new home. I couldn't find your ask thread for some reason, do you have Blue Jays in your area? I seem to have a whole family in my backyard :3
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    Should I set up a birdfeeder?
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Our ask thread is "You don't believe me? Go ask the twins mofo." on the ask board. And no, we don't have Blue Jays in our area. We have the flat-headed California Scrub Jays instead which are commonly misattributed as Blue Jays, and they're cuties!
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    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    Such a cutie. Hope it's fine, and not helpless there. Yes you definitely set up a bird feeder! You'll attract all sorts of birbs!
    Peachette
    Peachette
    I hope so too. I decided not to disturb it, when I went to see if it was still there in the evening it was gone. I'm hoping its parents nudged/guided it somewhere safe
    I find it weird to enjoy a game where you don't really care for the main protagonist or you're just "yeah he's cool" ambivalent, and you like other characters. My favorite characters from series frequently to be main protags (Mario, Kirby, Rayman, Link, Asterix, Cuphead, Fox/Falco tossup) if I say so myself.

    Of course it's not a universal rule but if I don't like the main protagonist (Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Crash), I don't think I can stick for long playing.

    Though in Shadow of Colossus, Agro the horse is my favorite character.
    zel
    zel
    mario is like my second favorite fictional character ever and hes so good and i love him but rayman.. i like the him a lot but theres just other rayman characters i do honestly like more. i guess it just depends on the cahracter themselves for me!
    Belle
    Belle
    the best main characters are player avatars
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    Well games that choose your main character, I tend to be a bit more diverse there. It's the best way of having the main character be a vessel for you. Why Link doesn't have customization or even a gender option is baffling, and it's on top of Legend of Zelda usually being the franchise when you see women playing Nintendo games.
    Have you read any children's stories on birds (doesn't have to be when you're a child)?

    One story I recalled was "The tale of Tommy Nobody", which I don't remember fully but it's basically about a bird who was left behind by his family (because he didn't fly well) but when asked what bird he is, he didn't know. His search for his identity led him to encounter a few other birds and compare himself to them. In the end, a similar bird had informed Tommy that he is a...
    songthrush.

    I was reminded of this story because I was playing a game called "Songbird Symphony" (a bird-themed Metroidvania/rhythm game), which has a bird (called "Birb") who wanted to know what kind of bird he is, although he knows for sure that he's not like the other birds.

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    Thank you for reading.

    Awww he likes you and is having conversation with you. Be nice, stretch hands with him.
    This YouTube thumbnail is a punch in the gut
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    for newer users who don't get it, my internet persona is that green mario recolor
    I am making a bold statement by reclaming my lost legs. Sorry for offending anyone.
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    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    I HAVE A LOT TO QUESTIONS TO ASK RAYMAN
    Peachette
    Peachette
    to Rayman
    1. Who does your hair?
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    Nintendo has a prejudice against legs confirmed. It's why we haven't seen a DDR Mario Mix 2.
    zel
    zel
    as it turns out the glade has some of the best hair salons out there. i dont know who runs them though cause im pretty sure all teensies are Bald (unless they treat wigs too)
    [note dont take any of this as fact its just my schewpid brain ideas]
    Dayum I'm tempted to do a Paper Mario theme this month too
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    however I love the brawl mario theme a lot too
    Paper Mario
    Paper Mario
    Paper Mario himself would be a good theme for you

    -- if i hadn't already used it in the past 😆
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    I know.... with Xenforo don't you keep your name changes?
    The furniture in Animal Crossing has more personality than the villagers yet people won't stop talking about the villagers.
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    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    I don't even care that much of a lack of dialogue, we have hundreds of villagers. All are cut and paste from like 5 presets. They should've created subsets within the presets perhaps.

    I'm not saying this to assume furniture is bland by the way and just that the villagers are blander. Furniture in Animal Crossing games DO have personality in their quirky designs and themes and interaction. Even that's all they are, just exhibit one note, that's comparable to those villagers. And I enjoy collecting furniture and decorating my house a lot more than wishing for the right villager honestly.
    Peachette
    Peachette
    Wboa whoa whoa. It's 5 presets + additional species-exclusive lines
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    Those lines you can change too. Hardly makes a difference imo. 🤷‍♀️
    What's your favorite variant of "it's-a me, Mario!"? Mine would be the Mario Golf 64 one, it just sounds so cheery.

    Mario Super Sluggers is an honorable mention because Mario talks to plants for coins.
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    The 64 version is a classic that started it all but I think the voice sounds a little off compared to most of Mario's voice library these days.
    winstein
    winstein
    "Hello, it's-a me, Mr. Goody Two Shoes Mario!" - mockingly said by Wario in Wario's Press Conference.

    Thank you for reading.
    Hot Cocoa
    Hot Cocoa
    My favorite is from Bowser's Inside Story (the original).

    Mario sounds ready for anything

    and Luigi saying "Okie Dokey" only adds to it
    Wario: (dies in Super Mario 64 DS)
    Wario: "MAAAMAAA MI"-"pawnch!"
    Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the time when there weren't simulated depth to any textures, making everything look printed-on, so I question whether I even had backpockets to begin with.
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    probably 2d sprites with normal mapping effects to make them pop
    Grape
    Grape
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    @Sweetie Belle so I'm correct. To be technical, they're still 3D models, but a plane with an animated texture applied to it. The video refers to it as bumpmapping, though for contemporary games this is a "normal map" (Wikipedia article). A "normal", in 3D modeling terms, is a property of a model that determines how light hits it. A "map" refers to the UV texture map a model has, where UV refers to 2D coordinates. So a "normalmap" is a texture map that has specific information for how light hits a model, and this is used to simulate an appearance of depth. This is applied on top of a diffuse/albedo map which is just the pure color. I also want to say a normalmap's purpose is to simulate depth but there are additional textures that add more detail to a model such as roughness maps, ambient occlusion, metallic maps, emissive maps (self illumination), height maps. Brawl models seem to have just diffuse given the weaker hardware, so the textures on the artwork does have a flat appearance.

    The video says it's to save processing and stuff which is true, as it's easier to render a 2d plane with only four vertices rather than a multi-vertices object with bones and stuff, but it's not like models from source 2D Mario games are all that expensive nor are the textures so detailed they'll stress the Wii U. I do think there's a scene change part of it, but it does appear that Mario, Bowser, and Bowser Jr. are in 3D, but I'm guessing they deserve more detail or something while the enemies can just be streamlined into 2D planes. It's probably better to make Mario 3D because he has a lot of movement options which are better served with a 3D model + skeleton that can deal with more detailed animations.
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    I see a lot of people hate their old selves and today they believe they're so much better and stuff. I've done a bunch of crap in the past and probably came off as an immature weirdo but I've accepted that for what I was and so I don't hate my own teen self. I have to say I don't 100% think I'm all THAT better. I still make stupid unfunny posts like usual.

    I'm still me, just more mature.

    That being said I can't really easily look at some of my first posts ever so it's harder to evaluate those changes over the years.
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    Grape
    Grape
    My current self is best, older me was never bad but a bit too argumentative and such, now I make effort to be more mature
    Koops
    Koops
    It's just a vicious cycle. The more you feel you've matured, the worse the image of your past self looks. And after realizing that I feel like one day I'll look back upon myself now and bash him. Ultimately tho, I feel like I've always been a decent person anyway, no matter the small details. And I think that's what counts more.
    Wario's ass
    Wario's ass
    I think it's impossible to be a teen without being cringy even once.
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    2020 is just trying to be as cursed as 2016 isn't it
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    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    If Trump gets re-elected, then yeah, 2020 would be just as bad if not worse than 2016.
    Czario
    Czario
    2016's presidential election process was... wild to say the least, and I remember there being a ton of celebrity deaths that year, but it wasn't a bad year for me personally. That was the year I joined the Mario Wiki and Boards, so that was one good thing for me. In terms of world events, I feel like 2020 is worse in a lot of ways than 2016. Mostly because of Covid, but also stuff like the Australia fires, WWIII scare (though that was a bit overblown), volcanos erupting in the Philippines, etc.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Walkazo dying was the ultimate reason 2016 was shit.
    "Model importing guide for game I want to mod"
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    "For Blender"
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    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    My experience

    How to view a mesh's UVs?
    Maya - Select mesh, open UV editor (a button under modeling tab).
    3DS Max - Drop down modifier on the right window, "Unwrap UVW"
    Blender - uhhhh select one of the many windows and change it to the image panel or something. Then rummage through some drop-downs I guess. IDK anything that involves changing those panels strewn everywhere just makes it a headache.

    MOVING vertices to change the UVW
    Maya: Make a selection by click dragging; soft select enable with b. You can select through the UV editor or pressing spacebar to change views. Move with W (translate),E (rotate),R (scale) hotkeys.
    3DS Max - W,E,R hotkeys are the same. Changing views can either be done through the small plus button the viewport or hitting Alt + W
    Blender: WTF how do you select click and drag don't work how do you change from perspective to orthrographic, also why isn't W,E,R working they're doing weird things. WTF why is "S" scale, "R" rotate", and "G" rotate; at least "WER" are right next to each other.

    Navigation
    Maya: All camera changes done with Alt + mouse combination. Alt + LMB= tumble, Alt + MMB =track, Alt+RMB=doly. Select anything is left-mouse click
    3DS Max: Camera changes done by rotating ViewCube. Select anything left-mouse-click
    Blender: Select is RIGHT-mouse click, panning is Shift + middle mouse button, rotate is mmb, zooming is ctrl +mmb

    three other programs I know use alt + mouse buttons to navigate too including headus, substance painter, and Zbrush

    anyway the key setup I'm used to is more like this
    Paper Mario
    Paper Mario
    see, i memorized the Blender keys so i'm always screwing up anytime i'm in a different program. Though, Blender 2.8 actually changed a lot of it so that selecting is now a left click for example. I'm still fumbling about with that.
    zel
    zel
    ive barely used blender but god everything looks so confusing in there.. but its free so i aint got much other choice lmao
    Given your strong stance against Mario Kart Tour, (mostly) for its monetary system, I am curious to know how you feel about Dr. Mario World's monetary system. It's my go-to game compared to Mario Kart Tour because I prefer puzzle games, so I am curious to know what you think of it.

    Thank you for reading.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    I think the touchscreen works very well for Dr. Mario World. Aside from a few hiccups (and they stem from the game needing to be online to be played), I don't have much issues and I'd rather actually use a touchscreen for the inputs than buttons.
    winstein
    winstein
    I suppose it's a good thing that if a certain doctor or assistant is maxed out, then it will be excluded in the pool. Unfortunately, it requires 29 duplicates for that to happen, which is not feasible for a regular person to obtain. I am not sure about Mario Kart Tour, but I have a feeling that it doesn't discriminate duplicates so it's possible to get duplicates.

    Thank you for reading.
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    Mario Kart Tour has a system for duplicates similar to Dr. Mario World where dupes fill a bar that can level up a kart or so. Dupes are still worthless and clearly nondesirable for the most part though because there's no way you'll really level up again compared to getting duplicates for other undesirable items like Yellow Birdo, Koopa Dasher, Egg Hunt Yoshi, and Mushmellow.
    Why does your fammilly want to see wario Get skinned, Througn in a black hole, and inploded on himself
    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    Eh it's just me and my sister that hates Wario but my brother has made fun of him too
    Some of you heard moving talks from my sister, but my thoughts. Strong opinions from a really mad and resentful person ahead.

    My dad wants to get a high enough value for the house to sell it at best price. But given I'll be out by May, I don't give any more shits about the property value of this house. After that remark implying my sister and I are spoiled because we don't cook food he bought us (only the bean curd, but everything else from pork blood to cauliflower to bean sprouts to potatoes to beef we fucking cooked and he didn't eat one shred) as well as his decision to prioritize his wife (which I don't get because he never showed any love for her), after that remark implying I'm a freeloader and wants to move out with my boyfriend just so I can take advantage of him and play games, who cares how much this property goes for. Who cares where he relocates. I wanted to maybe clean up the garden, clean up our room before, but now my motivation is exactly zero. All dad reinforced to me that once I'm out and I keep touch with my sister, I really don't care where my dad ends up.

    Oh and he said my autistic irl friend can't get a job because he's "mentally sick" with that disgusting condescension which made me even more mad and spiteful. Called him out and he corrected himself but it was half-assed and how dare he even talks like this in the first place.

    My dad has a sad pathetic, friendless existence where the four other family members developed a deserved resentment on him and he can live the rest of his life hopefully knowing he's pathetic.
    Animal Crossing New Horizon is all about the relaxing atmosphere of a deserted island knowing that 10 running outdoor generators surround your ugly neighbor's tents.
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