Questions you want answered.

Apologies in advance. I’m going to double post this in the Nintendo Switch thread.

I’m buying two Switches for my teenage kids. My daughter will be wanting Animal Crossing.

My question is:
Will I need to buy two copies of Animal Crossing for the two of them to do multiplayer together or can they play on two different Switches at the same time while only buying one copy of the game?

How does this apply to other Switch games in regards to both single player and multiplayer? For instance, can they both play the same single player game at the same time while only buying one copy?

It seems like this can be a tricky issue, so feel free to answer with a link to a site that explains it well.

If you want to play with a friend and experience the game at its best, you need at least two copies of the game and two systems.

From here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video...

RawkGWJ wrote:

How does this apply to other Switch games in regards to both single player and multiplayer? For instance, can they both play the same single player game at the same time while only buying one copy?

In general, no, you can't do this. For physical games on a card, it's trivial to swap the card between switches, but obviously that involves taking turns. For digital games it gets a bit squirlier in that one Switch will be the "home console", and any user can play game X on that Switch, while the other console is the secondary one, and only the Nintendo ID that purchased the game can play the game (after phoning home, so you'll need wifi).

Animal Crossing is a bit weird in that each island is unique to a purchased copy of the game (whether digital or physical card). So everyone can play on the same island that's on a single Switch/gamecard. But you'll need two copies for each sibling to have their own island.

Well, it’s a moot point after all. Switch is sold out until January it seems.

I want to be a Nintendo customer, but between confusing the hell out of me and not having any product available for purchase, I can’t help feeling like it’s not worth the hassle. My daughter will be disappointed, and I can’t help but take that personally. Should I have known that they would be sold out before December 1st?

Hey, Nintendo. Thanks for making me feel like a sh*tty dad and an ignorant gamer. That certainly demotivates me from trying to enter your ecosystem.

There's a waiting list to buy them that goes into January in a lot of places. That's folks buying them as fast as they're being produced. I'm sure if Nintendo had spare production capacity, they'd love to use it to save Christmas for more families and make more money.

I'm sure there are exceptions, but typically when companies don't take your money in exchange for their products, there turns out to be a pretty good reason.

Demand for the Switch went way up with the pandemic, and at exactly the same time, supply chains started breaking down in such a way that complex electronics started becoming harder to produce efficiently.

Even if supply chains weren't a problem, it probably wouldn't make financial sense to make a long-term investment in more production capacity to meet a short-term spike in demand.

And even if none of THAT were the case, ramping up additional production capacity takes time; they might not have been to do enough to make a major difference in supply by Christmas if they only started in May or June (which was around when it started becoming apparent that COVID lockdowns were not going to be a "two weeks to flatten the curve" thing as initially promised, but were going to last a lot longer).

None of which helps you get a Switch in time for Christmas, and that sucks, but it's not like Nintendo are sitting around chuckling with evil glee over your inability to get your daughter a present.

100% what hbik said.

Also, the not being able to play a single purchased game at the same time on two different consoles isn't Nintendo being mean, that's how every platform since Atari has worked, including yer Xboxen and Plays Station.

Jonman wrote:

100% what hbik said.

Also, the not being able to play a single purchased game at the same time on two different consoles isn't Nintendo being mean, that's how every platform since Atari has worked, including yer Xboxen and Plays Station.

Except that isn’t how it has worked on Xbox and PlayStation for years. I’ve been able to play a single purchased digital game on 2 Xboxen at the same time for 7 years now thanks to the “home console” feature. Any account on my home console can play games I own while I play them on any other console I’m logged into. My wife/kids and I play coop across 2 consoles all the time this way. Plays Station has the same feature.

Edit: I’m not faulting Nintendo here just clarifying their approach is no longer the norm in consoles

Right. I’m not mad at Nintendo or anyone else. More surprised and dumbfounded, as well as feeling put out. If anything I blame myself for not being in the know.

Anyhow, I ordered two Switches from Amazon in the hopes that they might actually get more units before the new year passes. Ironically, Amazon has a 1 unit limit on the Switch. My work around for that was to buy 1 vanilla version and 1 Animal Crossing version, which they allowed. May or may not pay off.

There are 16 units available right now on Amazon for the low, low price of $499.99, with a copy of Mariokart 8 and 3 months of Nintendo Online. There are also 14 units of the Animal Crossing version, which retails for $299.99, available for just $520! What a deal!

Cross posting from the headphones thread:

Has anyone come across a pair of headphones that can compress dynamic range? Or a box that could attach to the headphone jack that does this? My wife needs to use headphones for her work listening to audio recordings but occasionally gets samples that contain volume spikes that can reach hearing damaging levels.

Volume limiting headphones won't work since they just lower volume universally, and her work computer is a chrome os pos that is locked down so she can't install software that might have such a feature.

Chairman_Mao wrote:

Has anyone come across a pair of headphones that can compress dynamic range? Or a box that could attach to the headphone jack that does this? My wife needs to use headphones for her work listening to audio recordings but occasionally gets samples that contain volume spikes that can reach hearing damaging levels.

Volume limiting headphones won't work since they just lower volume universally, and her work computer is a chrome os pos that is locked down so she can't install software that might have such a feature.

Hang on, her work is requiring her to play audio known to contain potentially injurious noise levels but refusing to allow her to install mitigating software? That sounds suspiciously like a Health & Safety violation (or whatever the equivalent is in your country).

CaptainCrowbar wrote:
Chairman_Mao wrote:

Has anyone come across a pair of headphones that can compress dynamic range? Or a box that could attach to the headphone jack that does this? My wife needs to use headphones for her work listening to audio recordings but occasionally gets samples that contain volume spikes that can reach hearing damaging levels.

Volume limiting headphones won't work since they just lower volume universally, and her work computer is a chrome os pos that is locked down so she can't install software that might have such a feature.

Hang on, her work is requiring her to play audio known to contain potentially injurious noise levels but refusing to allow her to install mitigating software? That sounds suspiciously like a Health & Safety violation (or whatever the equivalent is in your country).

We have definitely discussed this... The problem is how to prove it. Even if we can measure the decibels, the OSHA requirements look way too lenient to put her employer at risk. These are not frequent enough occurrences, and each occurrence is a spike that lasts just a fraction of a second.

Unfortunately OSHA requirements are very outdated compared with what we actually know about what causes hearing loss.

Chairman_Mao wrote:
CaptainCrowbar wrote:
Chairman_Mao wrote:

Has anyone come across a pair of headphones that can compress dynamic range? Or a box that could attach to the headphone jack that does this? My wife needs to use headphones for her work listening to audio recordings but occasionally gets samples that contain volume spikes that can reach hearing damaging levels.

Volume limiting headphones won't work since they just lower volume universally, and her work computer is a chrome os pos that is locked down so she can't install software that might have such a feature.

Hang on, her work is requiring her to play audio known to contain potentially injurious noise levels but refusing to allow her to install mitigating software? That sounds suspiciously like a Health & Safety violation (or whatever the equivalent is in your country).

We have definitely discussed this... The problem is how to prove it. Even if we can measure the decibels, the OSHA requirements look way too lenient to put her employer at risk. These are not frequent enough occurrences, and each occurrence is a spike that lasts just a fraction of a second.

Unfortunately OSHA requirements are very outdated compared with what we actually know about what causes hearing loss.

You may want to look for some kind of inline low pass filter adapter. I asked my audio knowledge friend and he suggested something like this.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...

Also, the company should definitely pay for this.

Hey that sounds like it could work, thanks Mav!

Will discuss with the wife.

Is it normal for me to know the actresses and their character's names in Steel Magnolias while my wife doesn't? I went through them with my wife when we watched it and she's like "no way, Annelle isn't played by Darryl Hannah!" and I was like "yeah she does."

Julia Roberts, Sally Fields, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacClaine, (and Darryl Hannah) no it would be more unusual not to remember that cast.
Although I may be a bit biased since my wife played Truvy in a local theatre production

Shirley MacCliane had the weirdest name. Ouiser?

Not 100% sure but it could be short for Louise or Louisa and it is pronounced "Weezer" or "Weeza/Weezuh" depending on your accent. (I am sure you knew that...)

I just found out a disappointing fact. Apparently the director was an ass who repeatedly told the women they couldn't act. THAT cast couldn't act? Are you kidding me?

Ouiser Budreaux. Could be French but I thought they called her "Weezer" because she had breathing problems.

Has the term "slow hand clap" changed it's meaning?

"Ouiser" was the nickname; Louisa was her actual name in the film. So it's not French, it's phonetic.

There's two versions, the sarcastic slow "golf clap" of someone who is unimpressed, and the genuine slow clap, where one person slowly starts clapping & everyone joins in.

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Harry and Dumbledore were the only ones who did it right. They clapped enthusiastically right from the start. The non-ironic slow clap is a cop out. Its like you thought a thing deserved hearty applause, but you were too insecure to just come right out cheer.

There have been several times in my life where I was at a musical performance and the performer just crushed it. As soon as it was the appropriate time to cheer, I popped out of my seat, gave a hearty, “YEAH”, and clapped as loudly as I could, only to find that I was the only one. After a few awkward seconds the rest of the audience went wild.

My personal reaction to the performance during these times was honest and heartfelt. Maybe it was a situation where I noticed something subtle about the performance that made it great, and it took the rest of the audience a few seconds to process how great it really was. Maybe I’m just really passionate about music; well, ok, I know myself well enough to know that’s true.

I guess my point is that the non-ironic slow clap is a Hollywood trope that doesn’t happen authentically in the real world.

Robear wrote:

"Ouiser" was the nickname; Louisa was her actual name in the film. So it's not French, it's phonetic.

Are you sure? The imdb says Ouiser. Unless it's, I'm not sure if it is a book, Louisa in the book?

.. neglected to mention, the dusty room scene for me is with Shelby on life support and the decision has to be made.

It's "Ouiser" in the play, which is normally a diminutive for Louisa. In the movie, Owen Jenkins, an old friend, addresses her as "Louisa", which is the most authoritative reference I can find to argue that it's a nickname.

From the transcript of the movie:
Miss Ouiser.
What?
There's somebody that wants to see you.
Who?
I've opened the can of worms for you.
What?
Hell.
Owen Jenkins.
Hello, Louisa. Remember me?
My God, you look different. Have you shrunk?
You look terrific.
You've hardly changed at all.
I'm not as sweet as I used to be.
♪ Jesus Lord, at thy birth… ♪
I cannot believe Shelby did that.
Owen…
After all these years.
I'm not sure I can be gracious under pressure.

RawkGWJ wrote:

Well, it’s a moot point after all. Switch is sold out until January it seems.

I want to be a Nintendo customer, but between confusing the hell out of me and not having any product available for purchase, I can’t help feeling like it’s not worth the hassle. My daughter will be disappointed, and I can’t help but take that personally. Should I have known that they would be sold out before December 1st?

Hey, Nintendo. Thanks for making me feel like a sh*tty dad and an ignorant gamer. That certainly demotivates me from trying to enter your ecosystem.

It's not for lack of effort they're in short supply. They've been breaking sales records with the Switch and having a very strong sales streak that's only been getting stronger. It's hard to meet demand when demand exceeds any previous projections, and they're increasing sales forecasts.

Between January and April 2020, Switch broke the all-time record for dollar sales. And the following month, Switch unit sales were the highest for an individual platform in a May month since the Nintendo DS in 2009.

In its March report, market research firm the NPD Group said Switch set a new all-time record for hardware unit sales in a March month, and recorded the strongest first quarter unit sales of any platform since the DS in 2010.

Switch has now sold over 22.5 million units in the US, according to the NPD Group, representing about a third of the console’s lifetime sales.

Earlier this month Nintendo increased its global Switch hardware sales forecast for the year, on the back of its latest strong results.

Definitely Switch Lites available in places, even Amazon.

Robear wrote:

It's "Ouiser" in the play, which is normally a diminutive for Louisa. In the movie, Owen Jenkins, an old friend, addresses her as "Louisa", which is the most authoritative reference I can find to argue that it's a nickname.

From the transcript of the movie:
Miss Ouiser.
What?
There's somebody that wants to see you.
Who?
I've opened the can of worms for you.
What?
Hell.
Owen Jenkins.
Hello, Louisa. Remember me?
My God, you look different. Have you shrunk?
You look terrific.
You've hardly changed at all.
I'm not as sweet as I used to be.
♪ Jesus Lord, at thy birth… ♪
I cannot believe Shelby did that.
Owen…
After all these years.
I'm not sure I can be gracious under pressure.

I remember that, "have you shrunk?"

neglected to mention, the dusty room scene for me is with Shelby on life support and the decision has to be made.

Totally not in the play. As are the men... totally not in the play. The whole thing takes place in Truvy's salon.

For those of you buying and selling items $10 to $100 in person using sites like Next Door and Craigs Lists how are you exchanging money?

I was watching a lady shot guns and she was at a place that only excepted cash so she asked the guy behind her if she could bower $20. She named off a couple of apps that she could use to pay the guy back. I never heard of either app but she seem to think it was all the rage now. So I'm thinking I'm behind in the exchanging cash game.

You guys using a app or physical cash? Oh and don't worry I always carry a infinity gauntlet on me case one of these fools try to rob me when I show up for the buy or sell. Snap those fools up. However, if you have some other ideas of best practices when buying and selling in person let me know.