00:09 <Schism> !plot
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03:33 <Cepheid> Morning.
03:33 * Ali looks at clock, says 11PM
03:39 <Cepheid> I just woke up, therefore it feels like morning to me.
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04:18 * Schism completes work. She then pauses. "My day started with a co-worker going, "Can't wait to get back to the office and meet everyone!" My immediate mental response was, "... welllllllllllll
04:21 <Schism> Followed by, "are you ever going to be surprised."
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05:19 * Schism screams at the heavens.
05:20 <Schism> I have self-picture. It is ... maybe okay.
05:20 <Schism> Don't care, isn't cute.
05:20 * Schism takes her girlpills and curls up on the couch with shork.
05:27 <Schism> So... looks okay...? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/668435589791744010/881404123147284490/unknown.png?width=296&height=475
05:28 <Cepheid> Cute.
05:28 <Schism> NO
05:28 * Schism is not cute. She curls up right along with Ali.
05:31 <Schism> But looking at the pic, that's... I mean... still a girl there...
05:31 * Schism tries to deal with this ache in her stomach.
05:32 <Cepheid> It is a girl, yes.
05:34 <Schism> Looking at her, though, I don't... it's not...
05:35 <Schism> I'm not just being dyphoric in general. It's that looking at that picture is me(!) at my best, and I'm ... not...
05:36 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, I'm losing my mind due to the anxiety. I'm trying to resist taking the medication that helps with it, since I can't rely on it. Also, it's addictive.
05:37 <Schism> We should both sleep...
05:37 <Cepheid> I can't sleep.
05:37 <Cepheid> I just woke up at 11:30 PM, and nothing I do will get me back to sleep.
05:38 * Schism is going to try. She's been working long hours tonight, so... maybe it'll let her nap.
05:38 * Schism also adjusts her tongue to try and gets the pills to dissolves.
05:38 <Schism> dissolve*
05:39 <Cepheid> I'm just gonna have to endure and try to keep my mind in the present.
05:39 <Schism> Wish I could... but right now sleep is the best bet for my current state.
05:39 <Schism> Also, here. This may help. https://twitter.com/foxes_in_love/status/1431850648065150978
05:47 <Cepheid> Heh, I just just saw that a few minutes prior to you linking it. Cute, though.
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06:12 * Starlight_Glimmer snuggles Ali
06:13 <Starlight_Glimmer> Good morning, silly filly.
06:13 * Ali flumps into the Starlight_Glimmer
06:13 <Dappled> Flumphs?
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06:22 * Ali grabs Dappled and hugs on tightly.
06:22 * Dappled hugs Ali. Flumphs are important.
06:28 * Starlight_Glimmer glares at Ali and Dappled
06:28 <Ali> Don't mind her, she's just jelly
06:28 * Ali snugs Dappled more
06:57 * Dappled returns from the Gungeon for more snuggles.
06:58 <Cepheid> Aaand I can no longer play games for the time being. Anxiety is too strong.
07:03 * Ali nyams Dappled ear
07:04 * Dappled earf flap flaps.
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07:15 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ConfusionRift
07:15 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
07:15 <Tiffany> Hi confusionrift
07:16 * ConfusionRift waves.
07:21 <Cepheid> Morning.
07:21 <Cepheid> How goes it?
07:23 <ConfusionRift> Doing sorta-sorta, not doing much at the moment.
07:26 <Cepheid> Same. Trying to contain the anxiety without relying on meds today. So-so success.
07:27 <Cepheid> Breathing exercises help, though strangely induce lightheadedness.
07:28 <Cepheid> I'm starting to wonder too if my breathing troubles are partially related to my anxiety, since I'm breathing much more shallowly in order to avoid triggering any of the symptoms.
07:30 <Cepheid> I hope this anxiety ends soon. It's been what, four, five months since it started now?
07:30 <Cepheid> I'm starting to get ideas I don't want in my head to deal with it.
07:51 <ConfusionRift> Being dealing with it too, and it's been pretty much all over the place. It just been more calm lately, is all.
07:58 <ConfusionRift> One's breathing pattern can sometimes cause anxiety jumps, but a constant could other things. Alas, no doctor, so dunno what could be causing it this consistently.
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08:05 * Dappled chews on a stick again.
08:05 * ConfusionRift boops the stick. It sure is a stick. :P
08:07 * Dappled looks for VTuber avatar stuff. Wants that, but isn't sure what ot get.
09:08 <ConfusionRift> Just gonna take the Switch out and mess a bit.
09:17 <ConfusionRift> Nah, using the TV.
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09:22 <Golden> A dragon fly is resting on my bedroom window.
09:22 <ConfusionRift> Aaw, nice.
09:26 <Golden> It's just chilling there.
09:27 <Golden> Idk when it landed there, but it's just there holding onto the window screen.
09:28 <Golden> It's not even reacting to my hand getting close so I can take a sip of my drink since I place that near the window.
09:29 <Cepheid> I think they're pretty chill to begin with. I recall seeing one on the sidewalk one day, and I walked right over it, and it didn't move.
09:31 <ConfusionRift> Oh man, need to get my bearing back.
09:32 <Cepheid> What game?
09:33 <ConfusionRift> Rise.
09:33 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:33 <Cepheid> I just finished making a majority of the long swords prior to High Rank.
09:34 <ConfusionRift> I'm trying to get that Powercharm at the moment.
09:35 <ConfusionRift> Gonna do a few fodder quests to get the oil cooking, and sell the materials.
09:37 <Cepheid> For money I just hunt a tigrex and sell all it's drops. A single quest can get me 19k to 25k.
09:40 <ConfusionRift> Tigrex...
09:41 <ConfusionRift> Of all the creatures. :P
09:43 <Cepheid> Yes, I know.
09:45 <Cepheid> If you want a hand hunting, just gimme a yell.
09:49 <ConfusionRift> I'm good for now. Also, as I said earlier, need to get my bearings again. :P
09:50 <Cepheid> If ye insist.
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10:02 * ConfusionRift practices with hub 1* Kulu-Ya-Ku. "I really need to warm up."
10:05 <Golden> Yup dragon fly still there
10:10 <Golden> And it's gone. It managed to make the screen let out a "twang" too.
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10:12 * Cepheid sends Tobi after ConfusionRift.
10:12 * ConfusionRift baps it with his bowgun.
10:13 <ConfusionRift> He's not bad. But if you slack around, he can get you good.
10:14 * Golden sends apex zinogre after ConfusionRift
10:14 * ConfusionRift does NOT bap it with his bowgun, and proceeds to run and scream.
10:14 <Golden> I'd send Gore Magala, but it's not in rise....
10:18 <Golden> I miss the frenzy bringing, chaos shedding, shining magalas ;-;
10:26 <ConfusionRift> We're trapping it! (checks his bag) ...we're killing it!
10:26 * Cepheid grabs LBG, poison ammo, and goes HR bnahabra hunting.
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10:36 <ConfusionRift> Powercharm get!
10:38 * ConfusionRift sighs, and goes after Tigrex.
10:38 <Cepheid> For?
10:38 <ConfusionRift> Gotta deal with it at some point.
10:38 <ConfusionRift> Just to clear it.
10:38 <Cepheid> Ah
10:39 <ConfusionRift> It's one of the few village solo quests. The others are doubles.
10:40 <Cepheid> Meanwhile I need bones. Lotsa bones.
10:41 <Cepheid> Dragonbone relics... can I even get those yet?
10:42 <Cepheid> I apparently can.
10:43 <ConfusionRift> Isn't that a rare harvest item?
10:44 <Cepheid> Comes from the Frost Islands, actually.
10:44 <ConfusionRift> High rank Frost Islands, the Flooded Forest, and the Lava Caverns.
10:45 <Cepheid> Where'd you get that info?
10:45 <ConfusionRift> Did a quick search.
10:45 <Cepheid> Ah.
10:46 <Cepheid> Yeah, Kiranico's kinda dropping the ball with Rise, so it's a bit unreliable for info.
10:46 <ConfusionRift> Seems you'll get the most from Frost islands.
10:48 * ConfusionRift sees the Viper Shotgun and cackles. "Ooooh... payback time."
10:52 * Cepheid goes to poke an HR Great Izuchi.
10:57 <Golden> Hm
11:04 <ConfusionRift> Done!
11:05 <Cepheid> Oh, you beat the tigrex?
11:05 <ConfusionRift> Okay... I don't know how Tigrex is in world, but it's considerably slower than last I saw this abomination.
11:06 <Cepheid> Don't forget, the rankings determine speed.
11:06 <Cepheid> High rank will be faster than low rank, and G/Master Rank will be faster than high rank.
11:06 * Dappled hadn't fought Tigrex before World, but I wouldn't consider it fast so much as... Unstoppable. That charging hitbox was wide enough that it made dodging difficult at close range.
11:07 <ConfusionRift> The charging hitbox was wider than Tigrex's width. And dodging under wasn't a thing.
11:08 * Dappled preferred weapons with Shields for a reason.
11:08 <Cepheid> In any case..
11:09 <Cepheid> It's on par with World.
11:09 <ConfusionRift> Cepheid: Even when he was first introduced, he was faster.
11:09 * Dappled liked Tigrex armor in world. Free Meal Secret~
11:09 <ConfusionRift> From what I remember. Have to check.
11:09 <Cepheid> Free Meal Secret still exists in Rise.
11:09 <Cepheid> But it's been nerfed a tad.
11:09 <Dappled> Not as powerful.
11:09 <Cepheid> At level 3, it's 45%.
11:10 * Dappled chugged Wide Range Mega Pots like it was going out of style in World.
11:11 <Cepheid> Same.
11:11 <Cepheid> It was my role for hunting Fatalis.
11:11 <ConfusionRift> 0_0
11:12 <Cepheid> What?
11:12 * ConfusionRift checks the first MHFU Tigrex fight. "That charge...!
11:14 <ConfusionRift> Maybe the animation is quicker, but at least this version is more telegraphed.
11:14 <Golden> I realized that my play style is more like a red mage with SnS for my attacks, and being able to heal the whole squad if they are in range.
11:15 <Golden> Doesn't help that I still rock a chameleos layer.
11:15 * Dappled enjoyed the bouncing with SnS. Shield bash on the way down for that sweet KO damage.
11:17 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2398 [ https://tinyurl.com/yeou5ude ]
11:18 <ConfusionRift> Here comes the double troubles.
11:22 <ConfusionRift> ...huh. The game froze.
11:23 <Golden> I love getting KOs from my shield. Especially when there are hammer players that don't focus on the head.
11:23 <ConfusionRift> Oh, it crashed hard. It errored when closing.
11:24 <Golden> Oh dear
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11:26 <ConfusionRift> Really dood? A Rathalos with a Tigrex?
11:26 * ConfusionRift stockpiles ammo.
11:26 <Golden> Just imagine if they were apex
11:26 <ConfusionRift> Hush. :P
11:26 <Golden> :3
11:28 <Golden> Also I kinda lost my drive to keep playing MH after main story was done. With barely to no new monsters to hunt I don't feel the need to grind out for new gear.
11:28 <Cepheid> Man, there's an LBG from Crimson Glow Valstrax apparently, that has some ridiculous ammo capacities and effects.
11:28 <Cepheid> Looks like... rapid fire, 4-rounds-per-shot piercing.
11:28 <Cepheid> And it is devastating, and interferes with everyone else like nothing else.
11:29 <ConfusionRift> Well, it's piercing. And if it uses the old contact system, all your friends will be spazzing something fierce... especially with pellets.
11:30 <Cepheid> Last hunt, a player had that LBG, and it interrupted so many of my attacks...
11:32 <Golden> Hate those who specifically choose to interrupt a player.
11:33 <Dappled> Why aren't you playing with Flinch Free? /s
11:33 * Dappled had to make that dedicated part of his build cause his roommate was a button masher.
11:34 <Golden> And then they have the nerve to give you props even after you couldn't get a hit in all fight because of them. It feels bad to dedicate a slot for flinch free because people can't tell when they are being a nuisance to others, and won't learn to synergize with other hunters.
11:34 <Finwe> o3o
11:35 * Finwe noms on Dappled.
11:35 * Dappled ear flaps and cuddles.
11:35 <Cepheid> Gonna say though, the armor looks nice.
11:35 * Finwe snuggles Dappled.
11:35 <Cepheid> Glowy.
11:36 <Golden> I never had to dedicate a slot for flinch free back in world.
11:39 <Cepheid> Have the items to make Izuchi S, not the funds. *Targets a tigrex* >.>
11:43 <Golden> Still love I my wire bug whip attack took out a large Magnamalo after it carted someone for a second time. All the while there was also a Nargacuga to deal with.
11:47 <ConfusionRift> Tigrex: "Why do I feel it's not gonna be a good day?" (hears the departure horn) "What is that?!"
11:49 <Golden> (Hunting horn in the distance) *Mr. Krabs when fishing for the giant clam*
11:50 <Golden> Having an amazing HH player spells devistation for any monster.
11:56 <Cepheid> Opted for a Khezu instead.
11:56 <Cepheid> It's dead now.
11:57 * ConfusionRift doesn't know whether to laugh or be upset.
11:57 <ConfusionRift> The tranq bomb killed the monster.
11:57 <Golden> ConfusionRift: the answer is yes.
11:59 <ConfusionRift> Unless I didn't see my palico throw something at it before the second tranq bomb, the monster died before it hit the floor.
11:59 <Cepheid> I remember one time in World, I killed a monster with the clutch claw.
11:59 <Cepheid> Went to grab onto it, fired the claw, and the monster just dropped dead.
11:59 <ConfusionRift> I killed a monster in MHFU with a paintball.
12:01 <Golden> Throwing knife. killed a monster with a throwing knife before.
12:02 <ConfusionRift> I think it was Rathalos, and was playing solo. Was already on my second faint, dry on potions, and lost track of it. Threw the paintball as soon as I saw it, and hit the floor. I thought I failed or the time ran out.
12:05 * ConfusionRift just noticed he still had that Tigrex fight running in the browser. "Whoops."
12:05 <Golden> Imagine completing a hunt with only a minute to spare.
12:05 <Cepheid> I've completed one with seconds to spare. It's rare, but it happens.
12:06 <Golden> That would leave me completely shaking, and laughing
12:06 <Cepheid> My alatreon fights in MHGU came pretty close to being those. Usually with 5 minutes left.
12:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction: A Perversion of Parole [ https://tinyurl.com/yfdm37jj ]
12:07 <ConfusionRift> Lao-Shan Lung and White Monoblos. With Lao-Shan, we just had the biggest sigh after it left with 25 seconds left.
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12:09 <ConfusionRift> White Monoblos... on the second faint, no potions, out of cold drinks, and just a couple of sharpeners. Just decided to go "(bleep) it!!!", ran to Monoblos, front attacked, and killed it JUST before it could actually do the charge. 3 seconds left.
12:10 <ConfusionRift> Skinned my way to G-Rank. :P
12:11 <ConfusionRift> G-Rank elder priority that is.
12:11 <ConfusionRift> G-Rank gather hall was... ahem... shall not be named.
12:12 <Cepheid> Heh.
12:12 <Cepheid> In GU, it's a floating bar.
12:12 <Cepheid> The bartender is the quest giver.
12:12 <Cepheid> While the owner of the bar is the urgent quest giver.
12:14 <ConfusionRift> https://i.redd.it/0apm134iyqq01.jpg
12:14 <ConfusionRift> Memories...
12:14 <Cepheid> Not bad looking.
12:14 <Cepheid> Better than the one in GU.
12:15 <ConfusionRift> The ladies in the back game the quests.
12:15 <Cepheid> Quest board for other players to join, and the shop. I see it all.
12:16 <ConfusionRift> Yep.
12:16 * Dappled stares at Tiktok... He's found both the Blue Man Group and the guy who makes HomeStarRunner.... Just... These people are still around? I'm so confused.
12:16 <ConfusionRift> Yeeep! They're still pretty active on twitter.
12:17 * ConfusionRift also remembers the massive dragon bone sword in the farm.
12:17 <Cepheid> They find what they do fun, so they keep doing it.
12:17 * Dappled nodnods. Just... It's not something I ever expected to find.
12:17 <ConfusionRift> No one talks about that! What's with the massive sword? And why can I only mine it once?!
12:18 <Dappled> Obviously this game takes place in the far distant, post apocalyptic waste land of a popular tv series.
12:18 <Cepheid> Ye know, there's one thing about Rise I do not like. It's... empty. World had life that roamed around the field in packs and such. Rise is missing that. I need Gajau Whisker+, and there's only two Gajau to be seen in the Shrine Ruins.
12:19 * Dappled waits for confirmation that Monster Hunter games are on the future of Earth as depicted by Power Rangers.
12:19 <ConfusionRift> https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/a/ae/Greatswordcave.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/480?cb=20080520010157
12:19 * Schism wakes up, hugs Blahaj, looks at the time, and considers getting back to sleep.
12:20 <ConfusionRift> This thing!
12:20 <ConfusionRift> Cepheid: There are more, but you haaaave to look.
12:20 <Cepheid> Yep, familiar with that sword.
12:23 <ConfusionRift> It was hinted that there were larger beings that hunted even larger monsters, like Lao-Shan Lung, Shen Gaoren, Aka- ppfttt..., Yamatzukami, etc. But it was never brought up ever again.
12:24 <ConfusionRift> That snake thing too.
12:24 <Schism> Dappled - Why, yes, the Brothers Chaps are still around.
12:25 <Cepheid> Yeh, story-wise, the idea of larger monsters coming out to eat smaller ones isn't really mentioned a lot nowadays. The closest thing we've had in recent games was Nergigante in World, who ate elder dragons.
12:25 * Dappled knew it! Now goes to bed.
12:25 * Schism provides Dappled with a Lappy 486.
12:26 * Schism also wraps Dappled up in thin sheets and provides a Blahaj too.
12:26 <Schism> Cepheid: The grapple claw is an excellent way to kill bugs in MHW if you don't have the Entomologist perk.
12:27 <Cepheid> I miss that perk. It doesn't exist in Rise as far as I know.
12:27 <Schism> Just like killing them in rise is possibly best handled by mounting your Palamute.
12:27 <Schism> Rise*
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12:37 <uni> hmmm I'm super suspicious
12:37 <uni> is o7 a common emote?
12:37 * Schism headtilts.
12:37 <Schism> o7 is a 'salute' emote. Not uncommon.
12:38 <ConfusionRift> ^
12:38 * uni hmmmms
12:38 <ConfusionRift> It's sometimes used here.
12:38 <uni> haha cos I saw someone use for the very first time
12:38 <uni> outside here
12:38 <ConfusionRift> Ooh.
12:38 <uni> like here's the only place I've ever seen peeps use o7
12:38 <Schism> Huh! I see it here and there. o3o (Though o3o is less common elsewhere.)
12:41 <ConfusionRift> That's another thing we will never see again.
12:41 <Cepheid> Hmm?
12:41 <ConfusionRift> In MHFU, if catches a monster in the air, and the killing blow does considerable damage, you can cut them in half.
12:41 <Cepheid> Ah, yeah, that's gone.
12:42 <uni> aww
12:42 <Cepheid> It only applied to small monsters though, and I think primarily the *Prey.
12:42 <ConfusionRift> You can do that to *drones.
12:42 <Cepheid> Huh.
12:43 <ConfusionRift> The raptor *drones, but it is doable. Just extremely hard to pull off.
12:43 <ConfusionRift> You lose the carve though.
12:44 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
12:45 <Cepheid> Bleh. Starting to heat up.
12:45 <Schism> That thunderstorm didn't do a heck of a lot to make the day more bearable.
12:46 <uni> it was very aesthetic though, right?
12:46 <Schism> Scattered showers throughout the later day, might be more workable...
12:46 <ConfusionRift> uni: Mostly, yeah. It was basically an indicator of "you're doing way too much damage for this rank". :P
12:46 <Schism> If it does get down to a cooler, less humid 23 by Thursday, I'll be thrilled. Being able to walk down to my next appointment without /roasting/ will be a joy.
12:47 <Cepheid> I meant physically I am heating up. The environment is fine.
12:47 <Cepheid> It's the sedative I took earlier, I think.
12:48 <Schism> Aha.
12:49 * Schism looks at the agents provocateur who shut down Trudeau's most recent re-election events. "sigh."
12:55 <uni> ConfusionRift, I love overkill indicators~
12:55 <uni> agents provocateur sounds so epic
12:56 <Schism> Sometimes French does sound better than English.
12:57 <uni> mmh
12:59 <ConfusionRift> uni: Like how in some RPGs instead of putting damage numbers, it's just "Overkill"? :P
12:59 * Schism also gives Cepheid a Blahaj. Everyone should have one. Well, everyone who tends to snuggle a plush.
13:00 <uni> yeah~
13:00 <uni> Schism, I prefer the Gosig Golden~
13:00 <uni> a Blahaj's top fin kinda gets in the way
13:00 <Schism> That is also cute...! Also, nonsense.
13:01 * Cepheid flops. Feels exhausted enough to sleep, doesn't want to.
13:01 <ConfusionRift> https://www.ikea.com/us/en/images/products/soet-barnslig-soft-toy-lion__0940426_pe794995_s5.jpg?f=xl
13:01 * Schism hugs her Blahaj. "Though I will admit, I want the Djungelskog."
13:01 <uni> mmh ikea makes great soft toys~
13:02 <Schism> The lion, that is.
13:02 <Schism> And/or the tiger. Really, both...
13:03 <Cepheid> I just want something roundish.
13:03 <Schism> Blahaj fits that. o3o I can wrap my arms around it, and it's just perfect.
13:03 <ConfusionRift> That owl though... what happened?
13:03 <Schism> Owl?
13:04 <ConfusionRift> Vandring Uggla.
13:04 <Schism> Oh, the hand puppet. Dunno.
13:05 <ConfusionRift> Oh, hand puppet. Still, something about it.
13:05 <Schism> I like this dinosaur, and also like how the image on display is a kid strangling it. https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/jaettelik-soft-toy-dinosaur-dinosaur-velociraptor-80471204/
13:12 <ConfusionRift> And the image that looks like it was thrown in, just to see how it would look.
13:17 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/pdo07w/totally_not_akuma/ No comment.
13:17 <Schism> I, what
13:18 * ConfusionRift holds.
13:18 <Cepheid> It's the Akuma layered armor, coloured to look like Sonic.
13:18 * ConfusionRift nods, still holds.
13:19 <Schism> Yes, that's the part of the video I understood.
13:19 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/pddhz3/someone_else_has_probably_already_done_this_but/
13:20 <ConfusionRift> Ah, the Grinch. (gets bricked and booed)
13:20 <Cepheid> Shrek, actually, I think.
13:21 <ConfusionRift> Hence the bricking.
13:21 <Schism> What are you talking about that is a beautiful flower.
13:28 <Cepheid> Guh, sedative is making me feel cruddy. I need to get up and do something to stay awake.
13:29 <Schism> Good time to get a bit of exercise, perhaps? Everyone should be awake, even if it is a Sunday.
13:30 <Schism> Light exercise, that is. It'll result in you conking out immediately afterwards, but better that than staying awake and feeling like crap.
13:30 <Cepheid> It's raining out, so no exercise.
13:31 <Schism> Not even on a bike, I mean?
13:31 <Cepheid> Mmhmm, that could work.
13:31 <Schism> Thought you had an exercise bike, s'why.
13:31 <Cepheid> I'm thinking more I would distract myself and keep myself awake by playing a game instead.
13:32 <Schism> I'd suggest NEO, but the plot pretty much requires that you play the original TWEWY.
13:32 <Cepheid> I was thinking MH:World and do a few hard quests.
13:32 * Schism noddles.
13:33 <Schism> I'd suggest minigolf, but you're probably not one for that.
13:33 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/pck54c/never_ending_cycle_of_death/ Hey, ConfusionRift.
13:34 <ConfusionRift> "Welcome to G-Rank!!!"
13:34 <Schism> Ow.
13:35 <Cepheid> Interestingly, Akantor is accessible in High Rank.
13:35 <ConfusionRift> That is basically my experience with that (bleep)er in a nutshell, back in the MHFU days.
13:35 <Cepheid> Not G-Rank.
13:35 <Cepheid> Well, he's accessible in G-Rank.
13:35 <Cepheid> Just, it's not required.
13:35 <ConfusionRift> It was the urgent to move to G-Rank.
13:36 <Schism> I'm of half a mind to challenge you two to a round of Duck Game.
13:36 <Cepheid> Mind, I'm talking MHGU.
13:36 <ConfusionRift> Basically, the final quest for the core game, before moving to the other content.
13:36 <ConfusionRift> Oh I know.
13:37 <ConfusionRift> Schism: I probably would, but I'm crashign real soon.
13:37 <ConfusionRift> *crashing
13:37 <Schism> Mmm.
13:37 * Schism blinks. "Cephy, did you ever _get_ Bloodstained when it was on sale? If not, no worries, just curious."
13:38 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/pcghlc/three_hours_and_fifteen_dens_i_guess_these_are/ All the eggs.
13:39 <Schism> I, uh...
13:39 * Schism got a golden egg from a herbivore. This was good. Then she jumped off a cliff. Egg go smashy, hunter go ;-;.
13:39 <Schism> But the hike back to camp was _SO LONG._
13:40 <ConfusionRift> In any case, that was my experience with that fight. Start, get ready, go into the pit, sonicbooms me to death. Start over, get ready again, step in, someone lures it to the entrance, get squashed. Start again, get ready one last time, step in, can't find it, impales me from below.
13:40 <Cepheid> Heh.
13:40 <Cepheid> In my case, it was mostly just... long.
13:40 <ConfusionRift> That's another. It's a tank.
13:41 <ConfusionRift> Oh, geez... those eggs.
13:43 <ConfusionRift> The "me dying by the entrance" move was my special move. (chuckles, then sighs)
13:44 <Cepheid> Well, all the Ingle Isle monsters are "long" for me, it's not a matter of them being tanks, it's more just..
13:44 <Cepheid> First off, one monster, designed for being hunted by two to four hunters.
13:44 <Schism> Hum. It's 10 AM... I guess this is a fair enough time for me to take the pills. The variance I've had over the last few days is perhaps a tad worrisome, but it's +/- 1.5 hours, so.
13:44 <Cepheid> Secondly, I'm soloing, and using a SnS.
13:45 <Schism> Oh, yeah, that'll do it, but at least it has lower HP when you solo!
13:45 <Cepheid> Not in MHGU.
13:45 <Schism> ah.
13:45 <Schism> Thaaaaaat's not good.
13:45 <Cepheid> In old-world games, doing hub quests had you fighting them at full strength regardless of the squad.
13:45 <ConfusionRift> Yep.
13:46 <ConfusionRift> There was no scaling.
13:46 <Cepheid> Hilariously, they have a lot less HP than the monsters in World and Rise.
13:47 <Cepheid> For example, Fatalis in World.
13:48 <ConfusionRift> Well, early damage wasn't great. Bows and bowguns were an ordeal when it came to it, being dependent of armor stats and buffs.
13:48 <Cepheid> Solo, 66,000 HP, up to 171,600 HP for four players.
13:48 <Cepheid> In MH Generations Ultimate..
13:49 <Cepheid> 23,850 HP in the hub quest. There's a DLC version that has 29,250.
13:51 <Schism> Did the damage from players scale, though?
13:51 <Schism> That is to say, even solo, are the players doing more damage?
13:51 <Cepheid> In MHGU, no. The damage formula remains the same regardless of player count.
13:52 <Cepheid> There's no scaling of any sort.
13:52 <Schism> No, I mean in later games.
13:52 <Schism> Such that an attack that'd do 7 damage in MHGU would do more in MHW/Rise.
13:52 <Cepheid> Oh, yeah, the formula changed, definitely.
13:52 <Schism> Mm, so apples and oranges.
13:52 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
13:53 * Schism considers making some ramen. With sauce, veggies, and a fried egg on top.
13:53 <ConfusionRift> The Hunter's Knife in World does 112 base damage, the equivalent in GU is 84.
13:53 <Schism> I hate, hate hate hate hate HATE this stupid executive dysfunction.
13:53 * Schism noddles, tho.
13:54 <ConfusionRift> Oh, and the gunner's tribulations.
13:55 <Cepheid> Oh my gods the split of armor between gunner and blademaster.
13:55 <Cepheid> I'm glad they did away with that crap.
13:56 <ConfusionRift> I hated it so much.
13:57 <ConfusionRift> The armor for gunners was higher in resistance, but cut down in defense. It was heavily dependent on the stats. It relied on you to keep greater distance, while dealing with awful aiming controls.
13:58 <ConfusionRift> That is one aspect that was heavily improved in later games.
13:59 <ConfusionRift> And weapon damage as well.
13:59 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
13:59 <Cepheid> I feel weapon damage took a hit actually from World onwards.
13:59 <Cepheid> But of course, in return you get the ability to move while firing, among other things.
14:00 <ConfusionRift> And the quick sheath... oh wait... (stares at Rise)
14:01 <Cepheid> Yeah, I wonder why they removed it.
14:02 <ConfusionRift> "It's for balancing purposes." | I... no. They screwed up, that's what.
14:02 <Schism> How exactly are we supposed to be rational human beings when every day the emotional roulette wheel falls on red or black at a whim?
14:05 * ConfusionRift shrugs.
14:05 <ConfusionRift> Have said a similar phrase for some time. I don't have an answer. Sorry.
14:06 <Schism> S'alright. I'm currently on 00 anyway, I'm just wondering if other folks had the same thing.
14:07 <Cepheid> Mine's been falling on "Anxiety" non-stop for months now.
14:07 <ConfusionRift> Every time I see the ball move towards my number, some brat grabs it and throws it across the room. So they do another draw, and I lose.
14:07 <Cepheid> The only relief I get is breathing exercises, or a medication I can't take on a regular basis.
14:10 <ConfusionRift> Chat has helped somewhat. And playing some games. Occasionally, a friend asks me to play something or just talk whatever for a while, and that has helped.
14:11 <Cepheid> I'm actually wondering if suppressing my usual mental breakdowns is causing this extended anxiety.
14:11 <Cepheid> It's nice I don't have my breakdowns and punch walls and such, but..
14:15 * Schism randomly imagines Divide, going around with a hoodie with a pony skull on it, sipping from coffee shops and generally being a blight on society by just being there.
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14:19 <Cepheid> There's actually a few monsters in World I haven't actually killed yet.
14:20 <Cepheid> One of which I'm surprised I haven't gotten around to it yet, because of it's crossover nature.
14:22 <Cepheid> Rifty, weird question.
14:22 <ConfusionRift> Hmm?
14:22 <Cepheid> You ever get this feeling of sadness when you move from one MH game to the next?
14:25 <Schism> The end of one adventurer's story, and the beginning of the next...
14:29 <ConfusionRift> It's been more of a rollercoaster for me. Moving from 2P/FU to 3 was an absolute mess, simply because of the unnecessary controls and features. Moving to 3U was a vast relief, with some grievances, but was doable. Moving 4U was a case of curiosity, and just wanted to see where it all was going. Due to similar circumstances that pushed me away from the games, I skipped GU.
14:31 <ConfusionRift> I was sorta hyped for World, but fell on the same hole as the others, so I sorta stopped. It wasn't till I started getting a bit more comfy here that I went back to it full force. The jump to Rise was similar to 4U, but still enough for me to continue where I left off. Not not prioritized.
14:31 <ConfusionRift> *Just not
14:33 <ConfusionRift> You know what? Yes, I do feel sad, but for other reasons. A similar reason why I left Pokemon completely.
14:33 <Cepheid> Well, it's just in my case, I think what's going on is I've spent so long on World(711 hours), and that me and my current partners have "finished" it to the extent that we want to. So when I go back to it, I feel sad.
14:33 <Cepheid> Because I no longer have that partner.
14:33 <ConfusionRift> That. It's similar to that.
14:34 <Schism> You're visiting them. But they're no longer /your partners?/
14:34 <Cepheid> Well, my partner in World is now in Rise, but we only play every Wednesday, assuming I'm awake from 7 PM onwards to play.
14:35 <Cepheid> That, and I think I just feel sad overall in leaving behind a game I spent so much time on.
14:36 * Schism nodnods...
14:36 <Cepheid> It's currently the record for me in amount of time spent.
14:37 <Cepheid> Yeah, 711 hours. Next highest game is Factorio at 574 hours.
14:41 <ConfusionRift> The guys here used to play MH as well. It was the one thing that kept me through the 1000 or so hours of gameplay in MHFU. Moving to other platforms, and local changes, have made it more... difficult. 3, 3U, and 4U were solo questing for the most part, and just felt like I was dragging when I had trouble beating the game. That hype went back with World when the others wanted to jump in and play it. Alas, they stopped playing as
14:41 <ConfusionRift> soon as I jumped in.
14:43 <Schism> CBC: "There are three faculty members in the University of Waterloo who think vaccines are a hoax." Me: "Good. Shitcan them."
14:44 <ConfusionRift> It was the return here that brought me back to World, and kinda pushed me to get Rise. I think I just sucked at the older games, it's what happened.
14:45 <Cepheid> Well, at the least..
14:45 <Cepheid> I got SOS Flares.
14:45 * ConfusionRift 's index finger twitches. "No worries. Ain't going back to those."
14:45 <Cepheid> And there are a TON of people still playing World, it seems.
14:48 * Cepheid goes to fight Shara Ishvalda for old time's sake.
14:52 <ConfusionRift> Pokemon fell on that exact hole, but worse. It went through the ringer of peer pressure, to the point I decided to stop playing it.
14:53 <ConfusionRift> I'm just done with that series.
14:58 <ConfusionRift> ...I was gonna crash a whiiiiile ago. Maybe I should do that. Laters guys!
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15:03 <Cepheid> Well that was fun.
15:05 * Schism groans, throws fish and chips in oven, puts laundry in.
15:20 <Schism> Oh wait. No, I can't put laundry in. Because the fuse on the outlet leading to the washing machine is burnt out. And the landlord refuses to give me back the $2.50 I put in.
15:21 <Schism> So I'm out that, plus the cost of fabric cleaner, plus the cost of NOT HAVING CLEAN CLOTHES TODAY, INCLUDING A CLEAN BRA, and people wonder why we call landlords vile scum.
15:22 <Schism> And I'm sure he'll GET TO IT at around 10 PM tonight or thereabouts.
15:27 <Cepheid> ._.
15:27 <Cepheid> Stupid landlord.
15:29 <Schism> When all he needs to do is REPLACE A GODDAMNED FUSE. That's too much work on a Sunday!
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16:13 <Cepheid> Been awake for 12 hours now. Starting to show, as my vision is all blurry.
16:16 <Cepheid> I remember when I used to stay up for sixteen hours. Those were the days I'll never get back. Not unless I go back to a lower dose of my seroquel.
16:18 <Schism> I'm about to take an hour's nap...
16:18 <Schism> Maybe. Probably closer to 30 mins.
16:19 <Schism> And then another 26 minute nap. And then an hour.
16:20 <Cepheid> Worst part is, I expect the seroquel dose will be kicked up to 300 tomorrow.
16:20 <Cepheid> At which point I'll probably become a zombie.
16:22 <Cepheid> 150 leaves me feeling weak-legged and extremely groggy and out of it. I don't like walking around while the medicine is in me.
16:22 <Cepheid> I feel like I'll fall over or trip constantly. It also worsens the blood rush issue of standing up too fast.
16:35 <Schism> fuck. Well, fine, that's not the landlord's fault -- not entirely.
16:36 <Schism> Breaker tripped, washing machine fouled.
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16:46 <Schism> Don't care, though. Landlord's still a bastard-coated bastard with bastard filling.
16:56 * Ali snugs on the Schism and noms tails
16:57 * Schism tastes of tired fox and laundry detergent, and naps for a bit.
16:58 * Cepheid tastes of sedatives o3o
17:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Emotional MLP Reminiscence Music & PMV: Songbird Choir - Legacy [Orchestral] [ https://tinyurl.com/yg5h5xz5 ]
17:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Shiplight Sparkle / Phantom Me 22 / Journey Home 34-35 / Movie Slate: Lost in La Mancha / Fracture 12 / Rye 3:17 [ https://tinyurl.com/ye2uktgj ]
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18:45 <uni> did it rain?
18:45 <Schism> Last night, for just long enough that it's 31 and 55% humidity.
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18:46 <YellowTemperance> rain. where I live needs rain :/
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18:52 <uni> woah the temperature rose that much?
18:52 <uni> it's like the tropics now~
19:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Penny Wrights: Equestria Girls Perfect Day for Fun Follow Up [ https://tinyurl.com/yh3hohpr ]
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20:23 <Schism> I am so _freaking_ done with this entire (#$*ing month.
20:31 * Angeline mlems Schism to make them feel better.
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21:31 <Finwe> Good evening, everypony.
21:32 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Angeline, Schism and Tiffany; Messrs AppleDash, Cepheid, Lumindia and TaokiLaptop.
21:32 * Finwe doffs his hat.
21:32 * Angeline bites.
21:32 * Finwe counter-bites Angeline.
21:33 * Angeline starts to cry.
21:33 <Finwe> Ali: 'Tis !plot.
21:33 <Finwe> !plot
21:33 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
21:33 <Finwe> *wigglewiggle*
21:35 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
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23:12 * Ali yawns and boops Finwe
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23:23 <DerpyBot> *derp*
23:31 <Schism> madness...
23:31 <Schism> "Your lunch is at 6:30." "Okay."
23:32 <Schism> 6:30 rolls around, and everyone is scheduled for lunch at the same time.
23:32 <Ali> Whomever made the schedule...was a dip
23:44 <Schism> Everything about today is horrible.
23:54 <Tiffany> Good morning, ponies
23:55 <Schism> I dunno about good. Ask me once this Sunday from hell is over.
23:55 <Tiffany> Here's monday already :v
23:56 <Schism> Looking forward to that here.
23:56 <Schism> Once I'm done work it'll be Monday. Until then, I get to enjoy the fun of being one of the very, very few agents in my department.
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