Posts by Kaynil

    I have enjoyed "count to 10,000" threads on other forums. Particularly when folks are only allowed to use images for the numbers they post.

    Like you said, it serves as a reason to check in regularly, and a sort of default space for casual chit chat when the forum is slow elsewhere.

    Being January and all, there's a counting game we can do, and I don't see why not let you guys use images if you want.
    While counting up is simple on its own, I think having something that helps us push for it is also a good idea. I think it helped the past game. We got pressure on how fast things could change if the other gender managed to bring a few more players and we were trying to enlarge that gap and race for the goal.

    So I decided to bring the counting version that gives us a goal and a time limit to get there.

    Let's see how far we can make it.

    Count to 2022 before the year 2022

    I've been listening to the channel Kaynil posted for a good little bit now. I am really digging that chill vibes, ye olde musik stylings.

    Glad to hear it wasn't just me, haha!

    This one honestly works so dang well

    Thanks for sharing that one, I like the little changes to the bridge, and how the lyrics don't really need as much alteration as other songs, haha.



    Oh, I also think it interesting to bring this other video of her in which she is singing an actual piece from the 12th century.
    I think it is quite interesting. I'll add below what she said about it in the description of her video.

    I've come to have a strong preference for games that don't have metagame difficulty selectors. I feel like whenever I am asked to select a difficulty up front, I pick the wrong one. Either I pick 'hard' on games where it's far too punishing to be possible for a first-time player, or I pick 'normal' in games where it's entirely too easy to be a fun challenge.

    I guess it is really hard to make a universal set. Depending on what we play and our skills, it can be that you and I can have completely different experiences in the same difficulty level of a game. That said, I too am bad at gauging what is the right difficulty set to optimize my experience with the game. Sometimes hard means that I am going to get thrown around without much of a chance to understand the mechanics.

    Growing up, I used to shoot for hard, just because I needed to validate my ego and feel like an accomplished skilled gamer. Nowadays I tend to go with normal by default and only move upwards if I feel I will enjoy that. With this game, I based my choice on the past one where I had to increase to hard to collect and unlock a few things, so I felt it was still within my level, even if I had to grind more.

    I started in normal and then moved to Hard. I figured I could switch to Very Hard and then replay older missions to farm for more valuable loot and EXP.

    But seems like joke's on me, since the material quality and drops won't change, apparently to unlock skulltullas I need to use normal for the first and hard for the second, and other than rupees and a bit more EXP there is no much in the way of post-mission bonus.

    So I guess I'll just drop back to normal for now. :P

    Of course, I not very well informed. I just read some comments in Reddit and GameFAQs while trying not to get spoiler. So maybe I got this wrong.

    Anyway, what difficult are you playing?

    I made the votes public and retractable.

    So I am loving Hildegard Von Blingin and Agal the Bard.

    Hildegard has a nice singing voice and adapts the lyrics to fit the medieval context, which creates some interesting pieces.

    Here's "Somebody I used to know":

    Agal, doesn't do vocals often, and instead tries to reproduce modern music utilizing medieval instruments.:D

    To be honest some songs work better than others since tempo is not affected, so part of it might not sounds like a typical old song even with the old instruments.

    This is " Crazy Train"

    I suppose I understand what you mean, though TBH I prefer it when games aren't balanced too exactly.

    Honestly, I don't like a heavy hand on how one is supposed to play. if it is a solo game, who cares someone finds a loophole and wants to use it? If you want to breeze through to farm specific items or because you care only on the story and not so much in juicing every character, that shouldn't be a problem so long I am not affecting another's person gameplay without their consent.

    That's such a nice collection, Clara!

    I like it!

    And I agree with LS. Who says you can't have fun doing what you enjoy just because. So if you ever feel like sharing that matching set, we'll be happy to see you! And any new doll you add your collection. :)

    Well, with retail and as a casual other than Christmas day, I don't have a day off circling around. I've been having last minute swaps having me come a day I was originally off. That being said, I still get along really well with everyone. Some customers wear me off, but it's not unexpected with the stress by the season shopping.

    And that sounds amazing, LS! Pretty exciting to be so close to releasing your book! I hope it all goes smoothly! :)

    I agree with you the portable Zeldas and Pre N64 don't really get much more than a mention for their contributions to the franchise and that's it.

    I remember there was this website, I think called "Zelda in my pocket" back in the day, trying to specialise in the portable games.

    ... But not really websites going all out for the NES, SNES ones either.

    I wanna see pink haired SNES link in Smash Bros, gosh dang it!

    Yes! Please!

    Does the game have player versus player battles? If not, why would it matter if one of the characters is OP?

    It doesn't. At most you can do local co-op. Having a powerful character is good to amass those kills. She's pretty fun to play. I don't think she is OP since her power doesn't really last for long and if you run out of enemies to fuel your power then that's it.


    As for why it would matter if she was OP. My guess is that Hyrule Warriors try to have different set of difficulty from where some the bonus experience and rewards depends together with how fast you are at clearing the mission. So having a character to breeze through would defeat the purpose for them and possibly make, for example, the farming for certain spoils to become way easier.

    I definitely would love to see more proper incorporation on the lore the have been adding to the series.

    Skyward Sword brought a lot to the table, including the origin of cycle. Even before the game came out, if I recall correctly, we already had the notion that Ganondorf was the human Gerudo while Ganon was more of an instinctive force. When in the linked ending of the Oracle games

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    Twinrova revived Ganon it was incomplete so it was just a destructive force.

    Then in A Link Between World's, felt kind of similar with

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    the villain trying to fuse with Ganon

    The Windwaker game was where we saw a relatable explanation for Ganondorf desire to conquer Hyrule. It doesn't make him a good man, just human. The kind of envy of seeing others hover effortlessly through life while you struggle at every step. In the events of OoT he wanted to conquer and own the blessed land, I don't think so much to help his people but because he felt entitled to it. He deserved it better than the actual owners and residents.That entity never wanted violence at all. And because of this, the curse that Demise has put in is actually having some conflicts with the ideology of that entity.

    Ganondorf doesn't strike me as one to shy away from violence, but I think it would be conflict about the total deduction that the curse of demise potently wishes to inflict versus the desire to conquer the land in its blessed state. I think it's the Demise curse corruption what makes Ganon remains to be so destructive.

    As a result, the pure malice and hatred became Calamity Ganon

    Agree with you there one Hindi percent.


    What happened during the era of BOTW, is that maybe this entity knew about the possible catastrophe this might entail, so he seeked the Royal Family for help. They agreed to seal him in the basement of the Hyrule Castle just so they can monitor it closely.

    Oooh, that would be quite interesting. The human side of it deciding to swallow pride and go to their sworn enemies would speak volumes of the magnitude of the calamity about to befall for him to still choose to do this.

    During this time, I think is where this whole Yiga Clan thing was also formed because of the technological advancements the Sheikahs are actually getting. And somewhere along the way, they want to teach them a lesson. Now that's when they remembered about that sealed entity in the basement of the Castle.


    The Idea they have is that, if the Calamity Ganon were to awaken and takeover the tech that the Sheikahs developed, they might stop continuing further with this. It may also result to the extinction of the clan, which will render the tech more of a relic of the past.


    That may also be the reason why Ganon had some Sheikah tech in his boss fights. Maybe the Yigas took the blueprints to help aid Calamity Ganon with this plan.

    I don't know how old is the Yiga Clan, but I can see dissent on how they are the ones developing this technology and yet being under the thumb of the Royal family being something that would keep rubbing off the wrong way to some of the proud Sheikh, combine that with theories about the Royal Family not being too kind to them in the past.

    I don't know if the negative energy of the dissenting members that turned traitorous was the fuel that allow for Calamity Ganon to overtake the technology, or if there was something more to it, but the idea of them sabotaging to benefit Ganon doesn't sound bad. Ganon has had in the past deals with mediators like Agahnim and Ganondorf persuaded the fake Twilight King, so that sort of manipulation towards the most resentful Sheikh members sounds pretty likely. Heck, seeing it that way, maybe the same individual was the push for the creation of the Yiga Clan. I think that it was only after they were discovered and expelled that they came together as the Yiga Clan.

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    As for the green energy on the trailer, that's where I come empty handed. I don't have amything where I could tie that up.

    It seems to have to do with Link, so if the entity seeked the Royal Family with the idea of the future, maybe just like how they device the way the towers and shrines could help the Hero if things go wrong, someone from then also created this as a purification method or something that is triggered in the events of BotW2.

    Anyways, that's my scenario on what I think it should be. And if this were to happen, BOTW 2's placement will be at the very end of the timeline as it will be the part where the cycle of Demise's curse ends, and all Zelda Games moving forward will be placed before BOTW.

    I think I already shared on stream some thoughts I had on the placement of the timeline, haha. If you're correct, that'd be pretty interesting to create the end of the timelines, but that'd also make me uneasy about if the are not feeling confident in keeping the franchise going so they wanted to tie what they could.

    Man, we can have a field with a topic just to discuss this.

    I think they're gonna lean hard on the weapon degradation system. Each weapon will only be able to hit monsters 2-4 times before breaking.

    Haha. That sounds extremely frustrating. You'd have to make sure you got more than one weapon for any fight just in case. I bet the inventory capacity will remain just as limited too. This will make it feel more difficult.

    Kaynil I'm not on the road too terribly much. These days I make my bread as a school photographer, so every day I'm going to a completely different building spread out all across the various cities I'm contracted with. So there are days when my round trip commute is maybe 25 minutes, and there are days where my round trip commute is 3 or 4 hours. Most days are somewhere in between.

    I quite like it actually. It's nice to go somewhere different every day, and it helps that I'm on the clock during travel time.

    That sounds pretty neat! Glad they pay you the time it takes you to move between locations. It sounds quite interesting, do you have seasonal work as a school photographer or is it a steady income of contracts?


    Workplace has been giving hours which has been great!
    But I am also feeling very low in energy to the point I can sometimes fall asleep before the sun sets, which is a bad indication of my diet and overall activity.
    I am trying to make more exercises and sleep my eight hours for the most part, staying past 10 pm is a rare exception, like today. I'm considering taking supplements and go see my doctor.

    Darn Australian heat. Where's spring? This feels like summer already. If I step out a 6:01 am the sun is already bloody charring!

    So how have you all been, guys?
    What's up?

    Alright guys, here's your chance to theorize and record your predictions what you think it is going to happen. I know it can be fun already talking about what is going to happen. So feel free to start the bingo cards and your over analysis.

    Will the game take place underground?

    Is it in Hyrule or somewhere else?

    Is the corpse of the trailer Ganondorf? Demise? something else...

    The hand of green light is it an ally or an enemy? If an ally is it independent or does Link controls it?