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thewritingstar · 5 years

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98 that’s a lot of questions I wonder if you could answer them all 🤔🙃

*Deep sigh and putting my hands together* BOI IF YOU DON’T THINK I CAN ANSWER ALL THESE BITCHES!! YOU COME INTO MY ASK BOX AND TELL ME “i WONDER” HOE DON’T WONDER ANYMORE.

don’t come for me like this anon.....here ya go.

smh

i answered all of these and it took forever so yall better read this shit

enjoy bitch

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

-Mugs

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

-both im a sugar addict

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

-bubblegum

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

-prob either really quiet or really loud

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

-I hate soda

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

-I really like pastel and goth styles

7. earbuds or headphones?

-earbuds

8. movies or tv shows?

-Both

9. favorite smell in the summer?

-Vanilla

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

-Flag Football (stealing the flags) and badminton

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

-dont really eat in the mornings but prob granola bar or left overs

12. name of your favorite playlist?

-Shower lol

13. lanyard or key ring?

-lanyard

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

-Sour gummi worms..that shit is CRACK

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

-Great Gatsby

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

-apple sauce or on one leg

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

-all black converse

18. ideal weather?

-warm and sunny

19. sleeping position?

-stomach, side, in a ball

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

-Laptop or phone

21. obsession from childhood?

-My little pony, littlest pet shop, Disney, elephants, Chinese food

22. role model?

-Tara Strong, Walt Disney, Francis Dominic

23. strange habits?

-tugging my hair, biting my nails, wiggling on my heels like a penguin and going up stairs on all fours (when im home)

24. favorite crystal?

-answered

25. first song you remember hearing?

-American idiot- Green Day

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

-Eat

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

-Eat

28. five songs to describe you?

-idk Cartoon theme songs lol

29. best way to bond with you?

-make me laugh or talk about disney

30. places that you find sacred?

-Flower gardens

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

-anything with my high heel boots

32. top five favorite vines?

-Road Work Ahead, Oh my god he on X Game mode, What the Fuck Richard, This house is fucking nightmare!, Happy one year babe! Im 27.

33. most used phrase in your phone?

-YEET, Yall and bitch

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

-Stanley Steamer, The First5California.com song

35. average time you fall asleep?

-now its 12 am -1 am... use to be like 10pm

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

-oh god that was so long ago i dont even know but it was one of the first ones like pepe or some some

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

-suitcase

38. lemonade or tea?

-raspberry ice tea

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

-dont like lemon in my desserts

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

-A condom was thrown on my desk in french class (it was unopened thank god)

41. last person you texted?

-my mom

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

-Jacket pockets

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

-HOODIE

44. favorite scent for soap?

-Vanilla or tropical

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

-Superhero

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

-Big shirt and no shorts (underwear obvi)

47. favorite type of cheese?

-I fucking hate cheese

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

-Strawberry or Lemon

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

-Its always fun to do the impossible- Walt Disney

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

-For my birthday my friend got my a “Sorry for your loss” card and i cried for 30 mins

51. current stresses?

-um everything..college and being the only snacc in my household

52. favorite font?

-comic sans

53. what is the current state of your hands?

-Still have both of them

54. what did you learn from your first job?

-That people are assholes

55. favorite fairy tale?

-Disneys Rapunzel

56. favorite tradition?

- My grandma got all the grandkids pjs on Christmas eve every year and we would wear them to sleep

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

-Anxiety, Depression (sorta), Dropping my churro on the ground at Disneyland

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

-Quick Wit, Art abilities?, Standing on my head and making weird ass noises

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

-Already answered

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

-A really cool and cute magical one!!

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

-From Once Upon A Time, honestly they ave the best quotes. “So when I win your heart, Emma- and i will win it-it will not be because of any trickery, but because you want me”- Killian orrrrrrr He smells like forest”- Regina

62. seven characters you relate to?

-Juvia (FairyTail), Star (SVTFOE), Mabel (Gravity Falls), Maybec (Kingdom Keepers, sassy and artistic), Bubbles and Blossom (PPG) and Belle (beauty and the beast)

63. five songs that would play in your club?

-Boyfriend: BTR, Dancings not a crime: Panic!, Bang bang: Jessie, Ari and Nicki, Read you, wrote you: Drag race lol and Busted from Phineas and Ferb because I can

64. favorite website from your childhood?

-Webkinz, PetPetPark (STILL SALTY ABOUT IT) Club Penguin, Build a bear, Poptropica, i played every game yall

65. any permanent scars?

-only emotionally

66. favorite flower(s)?

-Roses and water lilies..and every flower cause they pretty.. oh Dahlias too

67. good luck charms?

-petting my dogs.

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

-Mango anything or Cherry. I hate cherry flavoring.

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

-I have a great memory so i usually remember how i learned it, but.. Did you know that the water on the Jungle Cruise in Disneyland is 3 feet deep and dyed brown? Plus the water in all the parks is a special mix that doesn't contain chlorine because alot of people are allergic so its safe to touch? (learn from a disney doc)

70. left or right handed?

-right

71. least favorite pattern?

-those ugly ones on leggings.

72. worst subject?

-Math or english (haha and i like to write)

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

-Grapes and teriyaki sauce. if they on the plate. ill just dip them in. I have an addiction to teriyaki sauce.

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

-I dont take any unless I have my period and my cramps are usually at a 10 so i try and take it when they at a 5

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

-when i was young

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

-I LOVE potatos: Fries and mash are best plus baked. I HATE chips thou

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

-Any bright flower or ivy

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

-coffee, dont like sushi

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

-AHHHH my license is soooooo bad. I had strips of red in my hair (got it when i was 15-16) and i didnt know they took your pic at your permit test. Its awful. School is def better and my senior photo pops.

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

-Jewel

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

-Fireflys (arent they the same?)

82. pc or console?

-Console

83. writing or drawing?

-Both but im better at writing

84. podcasts or talk radio?

-Podcasts but I dont listen to alot.

84. barbie or polly pocket?

-I played more with Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony lol (i have 400) prob Barbie thou

85. fairy tales or mythology?

-oooooooofffff cant decide

86. cookies or cupcakes?

-oooooff i love both but cupcakes

87. your greatest fear?

-wasting my life away.....or heights...certain bugs

88. your greatest wish?

-to be happy and have all my dreams (life, job, romance,etc) happen. Plus going to every Disney Park in the world.

89. who would you put before everyone else?

-Depends on the situation but sometimes you need to take care of yourself before others. If you arent doing good, how the hell you suppose to take care of others.

90. luckiest mistake?

-hmmm idk being born

91. boxes or bags?

-depends on what im carrying but prob bags

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

-I love fairy lights

93. nicknames?

-any mispronunciation of my name, Dean, Big D (yes people call me this), Star, Sassafras and some more that yall dont get to know :) You can give me a nickname if ya want

94. favorite season?

-Spring and Summer

95. favorite app on your phone?

-Tumblr, Snapchat, Tsum Tsum

96. desktop background?

- Its items from super mario and mario kart

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

- Eight

98. favorite historical era?

-oof im a history buff but I do love Greek and Roman because I love mythology...Maybe even 1800s.

hi if you got to the end of this then I love you and for proof leave me a 🐰

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terryblount · 5 years

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PUBG (PS4) – Review

If you happen to listen in to dia.log – The Gamer Matters Podcast, you might notice that the crew here are not a fan of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). More evident seen on the site is last year’s Best of 2017 Awards which PUBG won both Most Overrated Game and the Community’s Choice For Game Of The Year. Which may or may not be why both categories did not return for this year’s GOTY Awards.

We also made a vow, to at least try PUBG and see for ourselves if it’s as good as people say or as bad as we thought. Now that it is released on PS4, we checked it out.

Short answer is: PUBG jumps out of the aeroplane and lands dab in the middle.

Presentation

Let’s get this out of the way. It looks bad, worse than the unpolished PC version. It’s targeting 30fps but the framerate stutters wildly when there’s too many people close to each other and especially seen when you transition from the waiting lobby to the aeroplane for your initial drop into the island.

The draw distance is laughably bad that you can see only roads and streets while still dropping into the many islands and the next second buildings erect out of nowhere. I can’t tell if the level of detail (LOD) streaming is bad or the textures are too murky by default that I took too long to see that a blob of black in colour was supposed to be a rock.

It undermines the whole concept of battle royale where spotting potential enemies from afar is vital.

And it doesn’t help that it has bad anti-aliasing, making the tall grass in these lush maps look like mush, making it even hard to discern whether that pixel in front of you is an enemy or another bloody rock.

Sometimes, when the matchmaking is done and drops you into a lobby, the camera will either tilt down or up continuously, or worse just rotate on its own until you touch the analog stick. Also, the game offers loot crates and cosmetics (more on that later) but the UI and UX of buying crates and opening them is not only underwhelming, it also barely works. I got an error that the servers is processing, but it lets me keep on pressing to open the same crate over and over.

Also, in the main menu, you can select to go back to the title screen. A prompt appears to confirm your decision, then a short loading screen appears, then the image of iconic PUBG man with frying pan appears for a split second and then a longer loading screen appears and then.. you are at the main menu again. Sorry, what?

It does not help at all that the game is all serious and drabby. The only fun thing people latch on to that is now a cultural zeitgeist is the Winner Winner Chicken Dinner text for winning a match and the frying pan weapon. Because that’s the only sense of personality or style PUBG has to offer.

It is astounding unpolished like it’s cobbled together with multiple layers of duct tape. Even then it’s barely working and when it works it looks absolutely shoddy, especially that there are now more polished battle royale games out there.

And, goodness, that aeroplane engine sound before you drop. It clearly isn’t looping properly.

Now that I mentioned all of that, I also like to say it’s not a total dumpster fire. Everything in service to the gameplay (aside from the draw distance), works brilliantly. Surround sound works as you should and you can identify where and how far gun noises are. That’s important for your fight-or-flight strategy in battle royales. Gun sounds, which may or may not be accurate, feel punchy and loud enough that when you get into gunfights it is an absolute change of pace.

Gameplay

If you stayed on long enough to reach this, let me tell you this: battle royale as a multiplayer mode is definitely brilliant. PlayerUnknown has tons of experience honing this game mode design from the various mods and games he worked on before and it all culminated to the current success of PUBG.

100 people dropped on an island, last man standing wins. It’s a simple enough concept and thanks to design choices like the ever-shrinking play zone, it keeps each game flowing as it should. There are quiet moments where you can loot for guns and equipment while tension is on as you anticipate incoming enemies. And then the thrill of seeing the enemy first from afar, it’s time to decide whether to engage or just leg it as the fight is not worth it.

Then there’s the combat, whether you shoot first, you got shot and now scrambling to find the enemy, or a fair fight where you both saw each other first before engaging, it’s always tense. Short, but tense and maybe exciting. Pepper that short highs with some long lows of eerie quietness and you get the appeal of battle royale. It’s great!

While the map is huge, each match will force survivors to keep closing in together into an ever-shrinking play area. You always know when it will shrink and where you should be headed and it keeps everyone on their toes, either to decide when’s the best time to move out or literally on your toes sprinting for your life before the blue wall of slow death touches you and deal damage over time.

As the play area closes down, there’s also random supply drops filled with better gear and weapons. It’s a risk-reward system where you can get good loot, at the cost of being in the spiciest zone of the match where the best players will converge to take the loot or take down unsuspecting players.

Of course, you could also play this with friends or random people as a duo or a squad of four. My advice is to not play with random people, as you expect it’s a mixed bag of experience. But with a friend or three or going in solo, it’s a thrill trying to survive for as long as you can.

Prior to this my only exposure to PUBG is through PUBG Mobile. And I can say for certain that the skill level of players on PS4 are pretty OK. Not only that, PUBG on PS4 right now has a healthy playerbase in Asia/Oceania. Matchmaking to get into lobbies takes a few seconds and considering this game needs at least 90 people before a match starts, it shows it’s in good health for now. Interestingly, you can also change to other servers. And there’s a separate client you can download the Public Test Server where you can try out upcoming new content.

Content & Longevity

PUBG at the time of review now has three maps, the original Erangel, the desert of Miramar, the small Southeast Asian jungles of Sanhok and the snow map Vikendi (out on PC now, and on Private Test Server on consoles).

The maps are large enough. Even the small Sanhok, that it will take multiple times of play before you will feel exhausted of the same map over and over again. And developers PUBG Corp. are still trucking on adding new content still. Makes sense since fans of the game are clamouring for it, but I would still prefer they pushed on for more polish and bug fixes, as seen in their now-defunct #FixPUBG campaign, beforehand.

Because when the novelty of battle royale fizzles away, and when the content well dries up, those surmountable amount of annoying bugs, terrible graphics and no polish whatsoever will add up to a bad experience. I for one won’t be playing this for long.

Verdict

Imagine a dingy restaurant. The place looks shady. The waiters are either incompetent or don’t care to work (or worse, both) that you can’t get orders quick. Cleanliness is questionable. Yet, despite it all, many people still flock to it. Because its chicken dinner is a talk about town and is the best around, so they say. Or maybe you’re going there with friends, which should make the experience more bearable.

So is PUBG a battle worth fighting for? If you can put up with subpar presentation and low standards of quality, PUBG’s trendsetting battle royale gameplay will get you hooked. But why settle for less when there’s other more competent games that do battle royale, slicker, sleeker and overall better?

If you never liked what you saw of PUBG before, the PS4 release won’t change your mind. But if you love PUBG on PC or mobile and what to give the console port a go, as ever, you have to put up with a lot of its terrible features. Should you choose to persevere, the thrill of battle royale is real and the taste of victory is as succulent as a perfectly cooked chicken dinner.

Review based on played on a base PS4. Review copy provided by PlayStation Asia

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