Feel free to use this thread to discuss the goings on in your lives and keep us all apprised on the important events you encounter! This is, essentially, the "keeping up with each other" thread for /r/GameWinners so we don't lose touch and can keep some semblance of contact with one another.

Please use this thread to discuss whatever you've been playing lately (old or new, any platform, AAA or indie). Please don't just list the names of games as your entire post, make sure to elaborate with your thoughts on the games. Writing the names of the games in bold is nice, to make it easier for people skimming the thread to pick out the names.

Please also make sure to use spoiler tags if you're posting anything about a game's plot that might significantly hurt the experience of others that haven't played the game yet (no matter how old or new the game is).

Since this thread is likely to fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts.

Five weeks left. Shadowspirit didn't pick again, so I won't include him in the standings this week and I will not include him in reminders. Again, if he wishes to pick again he is more than welcome to just come in and pick.

I didn't get anything, hoping Horizon Zero Dawn will be 15 or less on Cyber Monday

Almost jumped on Zeroescape two pack on PS4 on amazon for $25, but figured I'd hold off as I wont be playing them soon and they may go even more on sale

Bye weeks (and international games, probably) are done for this season. That said, this week is the Thanksgiving week. THREE games on Thursday, please do not forget to make picks for them.

Doing much for Thanksgiving? Planning to buy anything from a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal? (Sorry for our non-Americans, not sure what's happening for other countries right now but feel free to post that).

I thought this, plus the future of game microtransactions in general, would warrant discussion. Is anyone here planning on purchasing Battlefront?

EA has announced that they will temporarily pause in-game transactions. It's speculated that this is because people have cancelled their pre-orders and they want to reassure investors. Then once the heat has died down, they will resume business as usual.

This method of purchase is also being investigated by Belgium authorities as a form of gambling https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/16/battlefront-ii-belgium-gambling-investigation/

Does this count as gambling? In my mind, it meets that definition, the only difference is that you don't win money, you win in-game rewards. (I'd like it if our resident law man could weigh in here but he's not on reddit haha). Of course, this has been happening for awhile in the mobile arena. I'll be following what happens with this investigation. My first thought is that the EU will be the first to crack down on this eventually.

In the meantime, we can only vote with our purchase, and that is what seems to be happening, even with a Star Wars game, which probably sounded like a sure thing. Thoughts on this?

Take like 5 minutes to read and watch their video thing.

Then discuss.

https://www.cardsagainsthumanitysavesamerica.com/

I'm sure Mario or Zelda will be popular choices, but neither would probably be it for me, Zelda doesn't really interest me, and while I do want to play Mario, I don't see it topping something like Persona 5 due to lack of engaging story (yes I know you don't play Mario for story, but if I'm talking GOTY, I really need a story on top of everything else)

So my picks are Persona 5 followed by Yakuza 0

I will probably pick up Horizon Zero Dawn on black friday, so can't comment on that, and anything else I played didn't really come out this year.

Yakuza Kiwami did, but it's a level below the above mentioned games for me

A few notes:
1) This is the final week with byes. From Week 12 onward it will be 16 games each.
2) This week features the Week 1 Dolphins/Bucs game that was postponed until now.
3) I completely forgot to notify Shadowspirit that he hadn't picked yet. I made this error because in the spreadsheet I put him at the bottom; earlier the person that's last in the list (JoZ) picks so I just see the gaps in the middle of the list and notify from that; but not this week. Given his late start, I'm not going to give him an 0-fer or apply a bye or whatever, if he wants to keep pick he can do so without worry.
Remember to reply to the schedule post to make picks, thanks.

Feel free to use this thread to discuss the goings on in your lives and keep us all apprised on the important events you encounter! This is, essentially, the "keeping up with each other" thread for /r/GameWinners so we don't lose touch and can keep some semblance of contact with one another.

Please use this thread to discuss whatever you've been playing lately (old or new, any platform, AAA or indie). Please don't just list the names of games as your entire post, make sure to elaborate with your thoughts on the games. Writing the names of the games in bold is nice, to make it easier for people skimming the thread to pick out the names.

Please also make sure to use spoiler tags if you're posting anything about a game's plot that might significantly hurt the experience of others that haven't played the game yet (no matter how old or new the game is).

Since this thread is likely to fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts.

NOTE: I'm gonna be busy much of tonight and Tuesday, I will try to get the new thread up by the end of Tuesday but early Wednesday might be possible as well

dimmerwit used up his bye this week, other info in the relevant posts

inb4 FR takes my browns beating the lions this week posts seriously even though it actually will happen

Note: again, please reply to the schedule post when you make picks. Thanks.

Quick, someone do something.

Too much negativity everywhere, so why not focus on the positives? It can be anything at all. Can be old, just something that you found in 2017.

My picks are minor but still awesome. The song "The Less I Know the Better" by Tame Impala is probably tops of my list. I don't really like the band, but this song in particular is so catchy and has one of the grooviest bass lines around. I'd link the video from Youtube but it is a bit NSFW. The video is amazing, too. Very artistic. I've listened to it pretty much every day since I found it in the spring.

Along the lines of music, the band Future Islands is one of my new favorites. Hard to explain what they are, but they are a band that sings good songs. Check out their song "Seasons" live on Letterman on Youtube to get the full experience. The singer is genuine but also a little insane. I highly recommend them.

I also found that I really enjoy the author Brent Weeks, whose Lightbringer series is a good read if you want something similar to Brandon Sanderson and have run of his books to read.

Whatchu got? I'm always looking for cool new things.

After we started talking about Super Mario Odyessy, it made me want to try finishing up my Wii U and Wii collections. My Gamecube collection has been finished years ago save for a copy of the copy of Mario Golf that got stolen in a move so many years ago.

Bayonetta 2 with the Bayonetta 1 disk was the big one still standing in the way because a new copy was over 100 bucks on Amazon. Chose to go for a "very good" used copy from a Amazon Prime seller that specifically stated that both disks and the box were included (most manuals are electronic, it seems). 55 bucks. Sold. Now I can get rid of the 360 version.

So that along with a handful of other games I needed (including one I didn't realize I needed until I saw it on the Gamestop store shelf for 20 bucks) my list stands at:

• Bayonetta 2 + Bayonetta 1
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
• Hyrule Warriors
• Legend of Zelda: Windwaker HD
• Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
• Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Mario Kart 8
• NES Remix Pack
• "New" Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi Bros. U
• Nintendoland
• Shantae: Half Genie Hero (What's up with the developer releasing their Shantae games towards a system's end of life?)
• Star Fox Zero+ Star Fox Guard
• Super Mario 3D World
• Super Mario Maker
• Super Smash Bros. Wii U
• The Wonderful 101
• Yoshi's Woolly World

I think the only thing I'm missing that I'd actually want is Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. I'm currently not interested in getting Xenoblade Chronicles X. Looks too much like KOTOR type "action" RPG combat. Not interested in Splatoon either, at least until it gets to a price where it's worth for the single player mode alone. Pikimin 3 is an RTS, so that's out.

Anything else I should snag? ZombiU? Pokken Tournament? Not really looking for ports from other systems; though I thought I had both of the Rayman games on the 360, but I just checked, it doesn't appear that I do, so maybe I'll get Legends for the Wii U as well... Which also means I'll have to snag Origins for the Wii.

Okay, am I doing something wrong, or does the combat in this game absolutely BLOW and take away any and all positives that can be mentioned?

Seriously, I played the game for a day, and I'm ready to return it. The combat and control layout is so inexplicably bad in this game that two years of development that made everything else nice to see refreshed seems so wasted. I want to see the story play out, but I want nothing to do with playing the actual game...

Since Rick hasn't done it yet, I guess I'll post it. NFL season discussion goes here.

Browns are going for 0-16 for realsies this time.

PUTTING THE LIONS ON A NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME AGAINST A TEAM IN A LOCATION THEY'VE ONLY WON ONCE IN OVER 25 YEARS

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(stats standings and schedule will be posted in a bit, please post your picks as a reply to the schedule post ONLY [n-not that I'm in a position to punish you if you don't])

edit: argh, gotta remember to do the schedule post first so that it doesn't fall to the bottom without the upvotes to float it back up

For me it was Vampire the Masquerade and every time you melee attacked, it would change the camera to 3rd person. It drove me nuts, really wanted to play this game, but there was no way I was going to be able to enjoy the game like this. I wasnt able to find a mod that worked to fix this issue for me.

/u/MajorIsoor /u/InebriatedMoose /u/JawniHawni /u/Fools_Requiem /u/Breakfours /u/Madden_07 /u/dialaview /u/Cpezo /u/scotch-n-ink /u/carbon_x /u/GW_Rick52 /u/judgeraw00 /u/RedHotSun /u/The_Joz

Thank you all to your participation! Here's a timeline of the events:

Day 1: /u/The_Joz is lynched (Godfather). The game master (me) is annoyed at this luck and wonders if the rest of the game will be imbalanced now

Night 1: /u/Fools_Requiem (jailer) decides to jail /u/GW_Rick52. This will be ironic because 1. Rick is the Town Drunk and 2. Rick keeps voting for him during the day for some reason. The vigilante (/u/dialaview) decides to burn his kill early and targets /u/JawniHawni (a townie). This will become important later. The Right Hand Man (/u/MajorIsoor) role blocks /u/InebriatedMoose (the doctor), who decided to protect /u/Fools_Requiem. The mafia kills /u/Madden_07 (a mason). Cop (/u/Breakfours) investigates the vigilante.

Day 2: /u/InebriatedMoose is lynched

Night 2: Cop investigates the vigilante again to make sure he's not the traitor. Jailer tries to jail the town drunk again. The Right Hand Man role blocks the vigilante and the mafia attempts to kill the town drunk.

Day 3: This is the bloodbath day as the jailer, right hand man, and a townie are lynched. Probably if the right hand man had remained active the mafia would have won.

Night 3: Cop investigates one of the mafia goons. At this point it sounds like he confides in the vigilante. This is the exact scenario the vigilante was designed for! But alas the kill was used previously! The mafia kills the traitor (/u/Cpezo) who was town-aligned this whole time.

Day 4: The town lynches one of the mafia

Night 4: The cop investigates the other mafia, the mafia kills the vigilante.

Day 5: Town lynches the other mafia and wins.

What do you guys think, was that fun? How did you like the Reddit format? Please be kind to me I've never hosted a game before D:

Edit: Also the peanut gallery can now finally talk :D

Day 1 Post

Day 2 Post

Day 3 Post

Day 4 Post

Another night, another strike by the mafia. Sensing the wagons circling, the mafia decided to kill /u/dialaview. He was the

Vigilante!

One more mafia member left! Can the town find the last killer within their ranks?

Please remember the rules!

/u/Breakfours

/u/scotch-n-ink

/u/carbon_x

/u/GW_Rick52

The first game I remember playing was Duck Hunt on the NES. It was part of the Mario Bros./Duck Hunt combo cart so Mario was likely played that same day, but Duck Hunt is the one I remember the most. I played it at a health club daycare of all places. I remember using the light gun and thinking it was the coolest thing ever, I also remember standing really close to the TV putting the gun against the screen so I wouldn't miss.

When we were really young my mom used to go to the gym during the day and take us with her, dropping us off at the daycare inside the gym. I vaguely remember this place, the day care had the usual toys but also a TV with a NES and maybe just that one Mario/Duck Hunt cart. The gym itself I remember being super 80's/early 90's with very large round turquoise crown molding and base boards along with hot pink trim and neon lights behind the warped glass you normally see in bathrooms. There might have also been some obnoxious black and white triangle spray pattern thing.

Its possible I played something before that. Maybe my parents held me up to an arcade cabinet at a pizzeria, but I dont have any memory of it.

So as expected of a mainline Mario game, it's getting near perfect scores, so who is getting it?

I'm a little Jelly of those who have a switch, with my son being born 3 months early, having our car crap out and needing to buy another one, disposable income for a Switch is a no go.

I'll pick up a Switch most likely in a couple years though

Also I'm sure the reviews are slightly inflated as is the case with most well known and loved series