Dashed Expectations

I WORK FOR THIS COMPANY.

WE MAKE SOFTWARE THAT HELPS PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME. ALSO IF YOU WANT VIDEOS CAPTIONED FOR A DOLLAR A !#%$' MINUTE, WE'RE YOUR DUDES.

I LANDED THIS JOB BY KNOWING PEOPLE AND BEING PRETTY GOOD AT CODING THINGS.

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So since you're in San Francisco and not...New York? New Jersey? Uh...where you're from, I'm guessing you're living on your own now.

Glad to hear everything worked out, Bacon.

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Ouch... I'm sorry to hear that the process of figuring that out turned out to be so rough. Still, it's good to have you back, B!

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Azure- Failing his spy class training since the days of Old F6.

YEAH I WENT FROM HERE (roughly)

TO HERE

AND NOW I'M HERE (roughly)

I'M LIVING WITH TWO FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE

WE ARE ADULTING SO HARD

WE EVEN HAVE A WASHER AND DRYER IN OUR APARTMENT

IT'S DOPE

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So quick update.

Broke my arm late August, and it just got done healing.

Am currently considering returning to college because of the 'no experience' trap.

Yeah, sorry I've been gone, folks.

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Azure- Failing his spy class training since the days of Old F6.

I BEAT DARK SOULS AND AM CURRENTLY TAKIN' ANTI-DEPRESSANTS TO MOTIVATE ME TO DO SOMETHIN' AND NOT FAIL MY CLASSES.

OTHER THAN THAT, nothin' neat or interestin'

GREAT JOB, PAL! Now do the DLC. Then get the other games. Then do their DLC's as well.

...Once you have time from school, of course. Education is important.

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Steboh, I am proud of you mah boi. You done well. You have achieved the true peace that all warriors strive for. Hold up, what happened...with your anti-depressants? That's awful, take care of that first. Education is a pain though and does that to people at times, so I understand.

Meanwhile I finished Dark Souls, Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin, and Bloodborne, and got my hands on Demon's Souls and Dark Souls III. And more importantly I found a full time job nearby! Whoo! Also started graduate school, about to get my license and so on. Good times...now I just need a Halloween costume.

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"See, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. When the chips are down, these civilized people, they'll eat each other. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."

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Thanks, B-Man. It's good to have people like you in my corner.

With a little luck I should ace the job interview I have Monday.

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Azure- Failing his spy class training since the days of Old F6.

Listened to a video game telethon the other day and got to a part with Mario-related trivia questions. I got 9/10 right! Had I been listening to this live, I would've tied for first place!

Here's what they are for those curious:

1. What colour are Mario's overalls?
A) Blue
B) Green
C) Pink
D) Black
ANSWER: A

2. What was Mario's original name from the Donkey Kong Arcade Game?
A) Bounce Man
B) Space Man
C) Rock Man
D) Jump Man
ANSWER: D

3. Which two sprites from Super Mario Bros. are practically identical in design? (choose two)
A) Shells
B) Super Stars
C) Blocks
D) Bushes
E) Mushrooms
F) Clouds
ANSWER: D & F

4. What are the bomb characters called in the Mario series?
A) Bomb-om
B) Bom-omb
C) Bo-bomb
D) Bob-omb
ANSWER: D

5. In the original SNES version of Super Mario World, there was one character that Yoshi couldn't eat, but could eat in the Super Famicom version. What was it?
A) Bony Beetles
B) Chargin' Chucks
C) Dolphins
D) Urchins
ANSWER: C

6. There was a game called Super Mario Bros. USA released in Japan. Which game was this a blatant reskin of?
A) The Fairyland Story
B) Towering Adventure!
C) Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
D) Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
ANSWER: D

7. The shy/angry nature of the Boos in Super Mario Bros. 3 was based on what?
A) Koji Kondo's fear of ghosts
B) A fever dream that Miyamoto had
C) Takashi Tezuka's wife
D) A typical Japanese salaryman
ANSWER: C

8. During the development of Super Mario Bros. what item was Mario originally going to hold?
A) A bat
B) A gun
C) A bolo
D) A whip
ANSWER: B

9. The Wizard was basically a 97-minute long advertisement for Nintendo and Super Mario Bros. 3. But what was it called in Japan?
A) Sweet Road
B) Magic Gamer
C) Gamer Road
D) The Ultimate
ANSWER: A

10. According to a 1993 Nintendo character guide, Yoshi's full name is what?
A) T. Yoshiling Munchalot
B) T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas
C) T. Yoshikoopa Munchasaurus
D) Denver, the Last Dinosaur
ANSWER: B

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I just tried my hand at that quiz, and I got 8 out of 10! A couple of answers I got right were near-wild guesses, too, namely the ones about what Yoshi could and couldn't eat and the Boo question. The ones I got wrong were The Wizard question and what Mario was supposed to hold in Super Mario Bros. A gun?!? Seriously, a gun?!? That's, like, the complete opposite of what anyone would expect of Mario!

8. and 10 just like pikminpulator. 2. made me laugh though, Rock Man haha

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"See, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. When the chips are down, these civilized people, they'll eat each other. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."

5 out of 10. Guess I don't know Mario that well.

Mario was originally going to have a gun? Really? I don't know why, but that's so weird to me.

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I may be a !#%$ colored Santa if everything goes well with this orientation in a few days.

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twitter: @UnsavoryDoM, @UnsavoryExpect

Now I just have to wait for the rest of this !#%$ to come in.

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twitter: @UnsavoryDoM, @UnsavoryExpect

>everything else I ordered finally arrives
>struggle to assemble the pc, but manage to install everything and get it to POST on very the first try
>try to install windows
>mechanical hard drive is detected, but not the SSD
>my motherboard's M.2 slot only supports PCIe based SSDs and not SATA based ones (i.e. the one I bought)

!#%$ me in the ass with a chainsaw, now I have to deal with Newegg's customer support and return this !#%$ (or if I'm lucky, try to exchange it for the 2.5" version).
!#%$, even just enough of a refund to just get a slightly lower capacity 2.5" SSD would be great.

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twitter: @UnsavoryDoM, @UnsavoryExpect

Heading off to MAGFest. See you all afterwards!

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Azure- Failing his spy class training since the days of Old F6.

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They were, and I personally saw that particular shot. But yeah, I had a good time. I went to a few panels. I plan to be a bit more active next year, and try and get some photos.

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Azure- Failing his spy class training since the days of Old F6.

I haven't seen this place this dead in a while. I'd contribute something to it myself if I wasn't so dang busy going to a vocational technology center for full-time classes in addition to doing some subcontractor work.

That sounds really neat and interesting imo.

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"See, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. When the chips are down, these civilized people, they'll eat each other. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."

So I recently went to the Wii U eShop and noticed a Splatoon banner at the top that says there's a Battlefy tournament coming up. I'm interested in participating, especially since winners get a free trip to this year's E3, a Nintendo Switch for each member, copies of Splatoon 2 once it's released, etc. It requires teams of four members, though, so... Is anyone else interested?

If not, is anyone at least familiar with Discord? Another rule is that there must be at least one representative of each team online while participating. Kind of intimidating for someone who has no experience with that sort of thing like me.

EDIT: No need to answer any of this, it's all long done. I managed to work my way into Discord just fine. In fact, you can see how I did in the tournament right here.