KensonPlays

Who's excited for Monster Hunter Wilds?? I certainly am! I preordered it within an hour of the announcement and played about 10 hours of the beta. I am very much looking forward to "Monster Hunter World 2," as some people call it! My Hunter and Palico are created and ready, and they will transfer to the full game when it drops on February 27/28th! I have requested the 28th off work for a "personal day" so I can get a 3-day weekend to get in on the hunts as soon as possible! I know @Cupara is also looking forward to it, too!

Let's kick off discussions about Dinosaurs with a simple one. What is your favorite dinosaur, and why? I would have to say, easily, that this is my favorite dinosaur: And my reason for it being my favorite? It looks both cool, and odd, at the same time!

I preordered it within an hour of them going live! This is one game I plan to stream a lot of, cannot wait!

I wish I could hold one, but SeaWorld only lets you pet the snouts of baby gators, not anything larger. The San Antonio Zoo is ... meh. Not that great IMO.

What is everyone's favorite 1-2 dragon types? Dragons being 4 legs and wings, not Wyverns with 2 legs, 2 wings. Mine is the classic Fire.

Since Mixer's shutdown in 2019, and Guilded's poor management choices 3 months ago, I've felt extremely down and sad. I feel depressed a few times a week. Apparently, due to my mental health and ADHD, these kinds of things can affect me on a bigger scale than most other people. The streams have also been very slow for the last 6 months it seems, and slower than it used to be before Mixer's shutdown. It never has been as active as it was on Mixer. Man .... I miss Mixer a lot. It was a big part of my life, including PAX South, of which Mixer had a booth at every year. This was a big part of my life that was taken away from me suddenly and with no warning. Mixer only gave us a 1 month notice, PAX decided to shut down South's con because of COVID (which makes sense), but hasn't decided to bring it back when the others are still running. Guilded only gave us a 1 month notice on the login changes as well. They honestly need to give people more than a 1 month notice for them to process things fully and properly. If Guilded had contacted us Partners before making this change, and then with most Partners saying "no," and them deciding against it, I honestly feel like I wouldn't be as 'down in the dumps' as I am now. What are your thoughts on Mixer's shutdown, Guilded's poor management choices, or PAX South's shutdown and non-recovery?

Looking at our new software, which do you prefer? The current IPB software, or the former software, XenForo? As you can tell in the donation goals, IPB is a lot more expensive, but it offers 99% of what we need all built-in without any third-party addons. XenForo needs a lot of third-party addons to get similar functionality, and since they're third-party, the devs could stop supporting their stuff at any time with no notice. IPB's built-in community suite means the features won't get abandoned unless they get significantly less use and less popular.