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King Ramses from Courage the Cowardly Dog saying "give me the slaaaaaab" haunted my entire childhood
the animation was so strikingly different and the figure moved in a very displeasing way. it falls in line with the uncanny valley theorem, i think

@Totalanimefan:
yeah im in the Sacramento area, so about an hour north (by car) of the bay area

they have begun canceling school for high school, middle, and elementary students in the county, but haven't yet canceled anything at my college

wow that looks awesome
straight out of a Sims game!

oh what a coincidence, my area (county) also reported its first case today too
im out in northern california though, on the other end of the country lol

@Totalanimefan:


debatable
i mean we all get sick anyway, so whats another one for us
especially with it being a college setting (average demographic isnt at high risk against corona), not to mention we have more than a 50% international student population, which undoubtedly contributes to my campus introducing sicknesses regularly
i get sick probably 3-4 times per year which is triple the norm i have at any other point in my life

i'll be genuinely upset if my school forces us to attend online
im not paying to attend an online college
we already lost 3 weeks worth of money last year due to california wildfires shutting down school operations. no compensation was payed, i doubt theyll compensate us for this corona ordeal too

@Jolly:
youre fine lol
my sister works for gamestop and she told me that people try to scam them all the time anyway, but they have systems in place to prevent it, such as requiring fingerprint scanning and i believe they have to sign a liability or some kind of waiver for certain trade-ins

she's told me a lot about the problems with the system and how technically there are ways that customers can scam gamestop and there's nothing an employee can do to stop it. it's kind of funny, i mean people will do whatever they can to get back at gamestop, probably because they feel cheated or angry from some of its policies

sounds hecka chill & sweet. happy b-day!

thats awesome, im glad for you

what you did is the exact goals i have for myself haha
i just want to get an apartment on my own (or with 1 other friend - having my own room) and then adopt a cute furbaby
thats what i feel i need to be happy and stable, it's what i feel is missing from my life rn

my college sent us an email today saying that if things get worse, we will have to do "remote instruction" which probably means everything will be mediated through online live lectures and such

huh, gamestop didnt do you dirty? thats surprising
everyone ive ever spoken to is dissatisfied with gamestop's trade-in values. theres a lot of shifty stuff going on when you get less than 50% back for returning a brand new game you played once for less than an hour

although i guess it works to cleanup and get rid of old games you dont want anymore

ah i love the feeling of having no bloatware

i always fear that my fps will drop due to bloatware haha, so i try to wipe my pc every month or so, but it still doesnt satisfy me the same way that having a new pc does :)

i met a coolgirl today and im kinda infatuated by her

prolly this meme haha

Harlequin
★★★★✩
Fun item with nice pose. Also, the eyes are a major plus.
However, i rate 4/5 because I am not too fond of any color combinations.
I do appreciate that all the artists featured different color combinations though, to provide a nice mix.

Nifty Nurse
★★★★✩
The syringe is really awesome, and I like the detailed shading and transparency effect. The dress is cute too.
That being said, the lack of a unique arm/leg pose makes it a bit underwhelming. I feel like the item overall is a bit simplistic too, especially considering that the syringe covers most of the dress. I would have liked something a bit more grand and stately, as others have suggested in this thread too, some extra poses might amp it up.

Botanist
★★★★★
The item is awesome. Easily my favorite in this month's set.
I don't own the item so I can't speak to the skin tone poses, but from the previews alone it makes it seem like the colors of the clothes are locked to specific skin tones, which is a bit disappointing since I would like to use any of the colors. I would hope that each recolor offers multiple skin tones.

Another critique: the bird on the head pose is a bit underwhelming. When considering that only 2 poses can be used from any item, it seems like using the bird pose doesn't really represent the item overall and it is a really small pose that can go easily unnoticed. Everything else about the item is rather grand, but the bird is just really subtle. It can be a good thing in some situations, but overall just too simple for a pose i think. Adding leaves or even a nest could be a possible good idea. But again, the subtleness of the bird pose could actually prove to be beneficial. It's up to the beholder, I suppose.

Cybernetic Guard
★★★✩✩
you know, this item looks nice in synergy with all its poses, but as someone who owns this item, i find it difficult to use along with other items. i'm wearing it on my avi now and i think it works surprisingly well, so there is definitely potential.
however, most of my problem with the poses is that they are all "accessory" style items, such as bracelets, armbands, scarf, belt, mask.
it doesnt feel like a full themed item to me. the legs and mask are the only motifs that really hint at any sort of coherence in my opinion.


Final opinions
This is a nice set. Botanist is the highlight, and it really falls in well with the March season as we begin to approach Spring here in the West. Also, as a sidenote, I would be interested in seeing more eyes and face poses in items (in general). I think that everytime I see an eye pose, it usually looks really nice.
I think that including the hair & faces featured in the artist's drawings would help to amp up the items? I find that the fluffy hair works really well with the nurse item, so to remove it kind of takes away its potential.