Disclaimer: I have no issue with microtransactions in games, how people spend their money, and certainly don't care about 'lore' when it comes to multiplayer cosmetics.
It's just frustrating knowing that all the spent money supports the predatory practices(per core cosmetics, limited store, monetised emblems, monetised challenge/progression system etc.), and that seeing a large enough drop in market spending would've led them to change it to the benefit of all, whales included.
I've personally not spent a penny, hell I don't even have the premium battle pass.
And yet I would love to feel justified in giving 343i a sizable chunk my disposable income (who doesn't have $10 and all that), however just the general anti-consumer practices make me feel like I'm just supporting that behaviour if I were to do so.
At the start I sort of believed that store prices would become reasonable, the inventory would stop being so limited etc. But I'm kind of losing hope. I mean hey, I want those cat ears more than anything but I'd also like a better consumer spending experience for everybody a whole lot more.
So what's everybody's thoughts on the current state of things, regarding MTX? Any realistic hopes for store changes/battlepass retcons? I'd love to hear!
PokΓ©mon Diamond - $59.99:
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-brilliant-diamond-switch/
PokΓ©mon Pearl - $59.99
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-shining-pearl-switch/
Bundle - $119.99
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-brilliant-diamond-and-pokemon-shining-pearl-double-pack-switch/
$59.99 + $59.99 = $119.98
Save your hard earned penny and buy both games individually π
...said my then-teenage son many years ago as he was packing his things to permanently move in with his Dad (who, years earlier, had divorced me over my drinking). He, like everyone else, finally got tired of hearing my empty promises of, "OK, This is it, Never again, I'll stop."
I continued to drink for another few years because, despite losing more and more with each passing month, I couldn't imagine my life without my best friend, "Alcohol". I had a whole litany of excuses from depression, contentious divorce, to my dysfunctional childhood, and came up with more as necessary.
I'm reading a lot of posts, "I need to stop", "This is my day-1" or, "Not drinking in 2022". I had to Want Sobriety more than anything else in my life. For at least the first 6-8 months, I had to make it my Number-1 Priority from the second I woke up. Each and every morning I committed to not drinking on our very own Daily Check-In Page.
In the beginning when I was struggling, I stayed extra busy cleaning the home I'd neglected for a decade. I followed (and for the most part still follow) the Number-1 Rule, "Dry People/Dry Places" and stopped going to bars as my social outlet. I also kept an open mind regarding AA instead of coming up with reasons why it wouldn't work. When I felt lonely, having a place to get out of the house for an hour and be around like-minded people did a lot of good for my mental health. I took what I needed and left the rest. I have never had a sponsor and I do "The Steps" in my own way.
The first few months were HARD. Really Hard. But fighting through each and every urge instead of giving in gave me the power to know I was in control --not alcohol. Understanding that I am only powerless once I take that First drink.
I had to have faith that what the long-timers were telling me was true: "If you stick with it, It will get easier." They were right!
So, to use my son's profound statement: If you're thinking about stopping at the bar or picking up a bottle or a 12-pack, perhaps ask yourself how much you want sobriety and how this will affect your life or those around you.
And No, a relapse is optional. A relapse is not an accident or a slip, it's a conscious decision to drink and an indication that 'your plan' needs some tweaking and possibly some outside help. The only shame is giving up without try
Just moved to Boulevard Park without a car and itβs been difficult to get groceries as the closest stores are the Safeways on R street and Alhambra. Thereβs the grocery outlet in midtown but that is usually hit or miss with me.
I once googled grocery stores around me and the stores that I visited were all bodegas without fresh groceries (although being labeled grocery stores/mainly microwaveable stuff).
It feels like there should be a lot more grocery stores being built given the population and the amount of new apartments being built within the downtown/midtown area.
With that, midtown/downtown folks, specifically folks in the northern part of midtown, where do you go to get your groceries?
I have literally never seen pure strawberry juice being sold at a grocery store - it's always mixed in with other fruits such as cranberries or kiwis.
Is there a reason why strawberry juice is never sold on its own?
Whenever I shop for a bra, I feel like I have to choose between function or aesthetic. Iβm the type of person who loves bras with cute patterns or a lacy design, but every time I get one of those I notice that the bra either doesnβt last long or just doesnβt fit well, and I end up having to get a more plain bra (thereβs nothing wrong with more subdued bra aesthetics! Itβs just my personal preference). I feel like stores like Victoriaβs Secret are sexy for men, but fail to cater to women, which is why their bras are all style and no substance so to speak. I want there to be a store that makes bra shopping fun for women and caters and advertises to women and has cute bras that still manage to be functional.
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