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Forum Games / Re: What's on your Paste?

« on: October 26, 2013, 07:20:54 PM »

(989) 968-4080

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Friend Codes / Re: Nintendo Network IDs

« on: October 26, 2013, 07:19:26 PM »

Mr_Truttle

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Latest News / Re: Yoshi's Cookie has crumbled

« on: October 26, 2013, 12:56:51 AM »

Still in pun Mode, I see.

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Game Help / Re: In Which I Wine About My Wii U Gamepad

« on: October 26, 2013, 12:55:01 AM »

As it turns out, taking a wet toothbrush to the buttons from every angle seems to have solved my issue.  Honestly, I had assumed the liquid damage was deeper in than that.  >_>

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General Chat / Re: Is there a "right" way to ask someone out?

« on: October 24, 2013, 11:59:39 PM »

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Latest News / Re: Yoshi's Cookie has crumbled

« on: October 24, 2013, 11:51:18 PM »

This whole debate has been quite the caper.

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General Chat / Re: Is there a "right" way to ask someone out?

« on: October 24, 2013, 10:06:09 AM »

There's a "right" way insofar as there are a lot of possible "wrong" ways.  Frankly speaking, I would say Facebook fits the latter.  Another possible factor here is conciseness.  I get the feeling a simple "d'you wanna go out with me" in real life is leagues better than a pouring out of the soul via electronic medium.  Depends on whether the girl goes for grand gestures, I suppose... but it seems like the trend is away from taking relationships seriously and more toward "if you even hint at its being a big deal/a commitment/a precursor to a marriage/a [gasp] 'date'" - then you're too clingy.  I'm a strong independent woman and I don't need no man.  It's a popular cliche, but one firmly grounded in the reality that there's a stigma these days attached to wanting or needing a significant other.  A lot of girls might just turn you down on the basis of a long speech simply because the societal message they're getting says that it's wrong to want a relationship more badly than one wants a mug of tea on a rainy afternoon.

But I digress.  My point is that some methods of asking someone out are going to set off (often unjustified) alarms because of some overblown fear of dependence on a significant other.  It may or may not be what happened here.  It's not just how the asker handles it as a broad strategy; it's also about how the specific ASCII is predisposed to respond.  Don't stress about technique when it should be judged case-by-case.  You can't ask a girl out in a vacuum.

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Game Help / Re: In Which I Wine About My Wii U Gamepad

« on: October 24, 2013, 09:48:17 AM »

Well, I could, but the idea is to have a functional Gamepad.

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Latest News / Re: Yoshi's Cookie has crumbled

« on: October 24, 2013, 09:46:44 AM »

I think he's trying to say that's just not gonna fly, Weegee.

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Game Help / In Which I Wine About My Wii U Gamepad

« on: October 22, 2013, 10:10:14 PM »

Soooo a friend o' mine recently had wine spilled on his Wii U gamepad.  Pressing the face buttons feels a little like pressing down on similarly-shaped Play-Doh sculptures.  Long story short, he bought a new Wii U just for the gamepad it offered... agreeing to chip in, I was awarded the console itself, along with the damaged controller.  The one with wine spilled on/in it.  Given that replacements are pricey at best, I'm looking into warranty-voiding repairs as my best option here.  To the Internet with me?  You'd better believe it.

I turn the topic over to y'all thus.  Anyone had experience taking apart/repairing a Gamepad?  Even more broadly, anyone had experience fixing this kind of damage to the controller short of replacing it wholesale?  Suggestions?  I'm all [metaphorical, digital] ears.

Worst case scenario, how essential are our friends A, B, X, and Y to the Wii U experience?

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Latest News / Re: Yoshi's Cookie has crumbled

« on: October 22, 2013, 10:04:10 PM »

I wonder what Weedgee will respond with?

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Latest News / Re: Yoshi's Cookie has crumbled

« on: October 22, 2013, 10:02:46 PM »

Just can't leaf it alone, can you?

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Mario Chat / Re: Are Bullet Bills Alive?

« on: October 21, 2013, 11:53:38 AM »

Missiles can have on-board guidance systems.  Not every video game homing missile is alive.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Pokemon Topic

« on: October 19, 2013, 05:07:40 PM »

That's what's throwing me off.  I can't be sure, but B2&W2 weren't terribly well-received, if I remember correctly, making me think they might default back to just one "third" version.

Even if not, the worst case scenario is that waiting a while will result in a price drop.

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Site Discussion / Re: Welcome to the new Fungi Forums

« on: October 19, 2013, 09:03:38 AM »

I dunno, a lot of message boards have kind of fallen out of style in favor of Facebook and the like.  How many kids are on one that is more intelligent than, say, GameFAQs'?