Postsmrluca memberin Curators Community • 11 months ago • 4 min readStill Waiting on These Fortnite SkinsEach time I scroll through a new batch of Fortnite skins or updates, I'm left waiting for inclusion of some characters that never materialize. With all the crossovers this game has already done, from anime to movies to some random celebrities, it's kinda crazy how some of these no brainers still aren't there. I know that licensing work is…mrluca memberin Curators Community • 11 months ago • 4 min readMinecraft would feel wrong without this one thingSo I’ve been thinking about the game Minecraft and why it remains so legendary all these years down the line. There’s so much more within the game nowadays as opposed to when the game originally came out. More biomes, more mobs, more mechanics, the whole nine yards. But with the updates and new stuff and everything, there are things that just…mrluca memberin Curators Community • 11 months ago • 4 min readFortnite Travis Scott's skinFans have been speculating about whether or not the Travis Scott skin is going to return to Fortnite. It first appeared back in April of 2020, and since that time, it has not made another appearance. Some of the fans have stated that the skin has been away for more than 1,900 days, which is an extremely long time for there to have been no return…mrluca memberin Curators Community • 11 months ago • 6 min readFortnite Snipers AssembleSnipers in Fortnite are just one of those nightmare scenarios for a player, especially when you are not trained enough to deal with them as they literally bring the whole game in a heartbeat. Just one shot can eliminate a player or bring the health so low that the player usually will find himself in a very disadvantaged position, this is much…mrluca in Blurtconnect Comm... • 11 months ago • 7 min readA little Fortnite Update. Modes, Features and basically What’s NewFortnite is an ever changing game which sees in and out of date changes, collaborations, and also limited time modes. At present what we see in the game is that Epic Games is into still growing the core Battle Royale experience as well as the new game modes. This includes Creative, LEGO Fortnite, Festival, and the competitive or high…mrluca in Blurtconnect Comm... • 11 months ago • 6 min readCan I Put Any Watt Light Bulb in a Lamp?That lamp, that light bulb you have. You're in the living room, perhaps staring at the bottom of some dirty little old table lamp that you didn't even know you had, and you've got a bulb in your hand, and you're wondering… Wait, is this good Is this bulb too hot Am I gonna burn something down And trust me, you’re not weird for asking that. I’ve…mrluca in Blurtconnect Comm... • 11 months ago • 7 min readHow hard it actually is to pull a Pikachu VMAX from a booster packIf you’ve ever opened a booster pack of Pokémon and wished for something to be shiny, think about how your heart accelerates when you finally reach the card at the end of the pack. That's where anything can occur. And sometimes your fingers will actually begin to shake a little, because maybe it will be it. A full art. A rainbow rare. A VMAX.…mrluca in Blurtconnect Comm... • 11 months ago • 6 min readThe thing about Calcium CarbonateIt’s one of those materials you’re used to seeing everywhere even if you don’t see it at all. It’s in chalk, in toothpaste, in certain pills, in paper. And it’s cheap. That’s a big part of why people keep reaching for it when they’re playing with materials, especially in industries where cost is everything, as in plastics. But you start thinking…mrluca in Blurtconnect Comm... • 11 months ago • 3 min readThese weirdly tall volleyball videos are taking over my feed 🤣I’ve been unable to stop watching these weird volleyball videos on my phone. Who's brilliant idea was it, it actually hooks the viewer immediately when they see it. First time seeing it, the video had me going for a minute, I thought they were real. The players look like real people. What the video mostly does is to get a giant of a woman…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 3 min readGrownups fighting over pokemon cardsOver the weekend at Target, right in front of the toy department, two adults began yelling at one another over a Charizard card. One was holding a binder under his arm as if it were filled with gold bars. The other was sitting amidst a stack of booster packs and was ready to throw down. It began with sotto voiced side comments and…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 3 min readNintendo Almost Changed How Pokémon Looked in the U.S.from Pixabay In the late 1990s, prior to Pokémon's entry into the U.S. market, Nintendo of America had some fairly different ideas about what the characters might look like. They deemed the original Japanese designs too cute, too babyish for American children. Their solution? Alter the style of the artwork to something graffiti-like, something…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 2 min readThe Card I Still Think AboutI was about nine or ten when I got a pack of cards for my birthday and found a really cool Charizard inside. I didn’t know at first that it was an unusual thing. I liked the way it looked thanks to its bright orange, silver flames and important looking face. Looking through it, I slowly moved it around to catch the light and see it…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 2 min readHolographic Pokémon CardsYou cannot miss the amazing shine on a holographic Pokémon card. The foil captures the light so nicely that any day can feel more exciting. Getting a holographic card as a child felt so special I couldn’t help but get a little shaky holding it. They weren’t just hard to unearth, they really seemed special. You wouldn’t find one in every piece…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 2 min readPacks or singles, Pokemon StuffThere is something exciting about opening another pack of Pokémon cards. Taking out the cards and not knowing which one you’ll find, it still feels just like when you were younger, whatever your age. Some people enjoy the fun of it, even if what they get isn’t what they require. For some, the excitement comes from the surprise and enjoying the…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 2 min readCatching Creatures and Calling It FriendshipI often remember playing Pokémon on a small Game Boy, working hard to catch both Pikachu and Charmander. It was a lot of fun, as if I had walked into a fairytale. Occasionally, I stop and ask myself, was what I did actually considerate? You really just round up wild animals and force them to fight each other. Put another way, it almost sounds…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 2 min readWhich pokemon would you beGiven the choice, I’d like to be Pikachu. Being famous isn’t the point, I think Pikachu looks just right for me. I like that he’s easy to miss because he’s so tiny, loves to race around and can be quiet when he wants to. And it’s surprising how often he appears to add some joy and sometimes it’s for real. I think it’s a little bit cool to…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 2 min readBots bought the Pokemon too fastBuying Pokémon cards lately has been as hard as trying to catch a disappearing act. There’s a new restock on the internet and as soon as you click, it’s gone. Fans may want the tickets, but bots are taking them at speeds people can’t match. Fortunately, some stores have begun to solve this problem now. A few stores now use online queues to make…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 3 min readThe Value of Waiting, Pokemon can show you thisSome old things are fabulous, these are the things forgotten, unseen and neglected by people for a long time. These are things no one cared about. They seem trivial. Just like a box of Pokémon cards bought in 1999, unopened, never played with, maybe left and forgotten by the kid or the parents who saw it as a possible future monetary gain. Here…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 3 min readThe Man Behind the Pokémon LogoA lot of people know the Pokémon logo. It is bright, yellow, fun, easy to recognize and remember. But it isn't known by many who created that work of art. The person who made the Pokémon logo is called Chris Maple. He is a designer based in Seattle. He made this logo after putting in a lot of work to make it what it is now. When we think of…mrluca memberin Curators Community • last year • 5 min readPokémon Cards Lose Value Often and That Is NormalI was into Pokémon cards for quite some time, and I have seen their prices going up and down almost every day. A card can be valuable today, but next month it can drop so low that it seems like a bad joke. Some of the things that define the Pokémon TCG world; this happens more often than most would expect. Many new collectors do not expect this…
