RyanWolfSEAL

Why are people so obsessed and praising "Sonic Frontiers" so much? And what's the deal with this "Final Horizon" thing? Why do people love this game so much? Sorry, but I just don't get it.

Ten years ago, a cartoon premiered on Nickelodeon. August of 2013 gave us the show "PAW Patrol" created by Keith Chapman (famous for creating "Bob the Builder") starring six puppies and their ten-year-old tech-savy boy named Ryder.

Where was I at the time? At the time I was unemployed (five months away from employment actually) and my mom was running an in-home daycare. In addition, at the time I also had a 33-month-old nephew named Nick. Before he was born, I was excited but also nervous about becoming an uncle, with my biggest fear being "Will he like me? I know he will love me, but will he like my company?" Despite being nervous around babies, I tried to bond with him so I needed a trigger. That trigger came in August of 2013.

That month premiered the show "PAW Patrol" on Nickelodeon. It turns out to have all the traits I love in a show. Unlike shows made for adults and mature audiences, kids shows don't have too much (or in some cases, overdo) emotional drama and tensions between characters or many real-world situations. It was a nice break to get away from such drama in shows like "S.W.A.T." and "SEAL Team" both of which are good shows, but are starting to become too dramatic, unlike "PAW Patrol" which makes the show more enjoyable. Other reasons I love "PAW Patrol" is that it stars dogs (because I love dogs) the animals can talk, the dogs represent real-world first-responders (Police, Fire/EMT, underwater, aviation, construction, waste management, etc.) so the situations can be relatable and teaches kids what to do in such situations, and it focuses on a TEAM instead of a solo hero which is what I personally prefer (I prefer teams as opposed to one hero).

Around the time of the premiere, I sat down and watched the show with my nephew Nick, who was still wearing diapers at the time. Despite being 33-months-old that show brought us together. I finally found my trigger. Since then, he and I became very close. Of course over the years he grew into other things, such as Marvel super heroes, Harry Potter, Sonic the Hedgehog (thanks to me) and I did my best to catch up. Still, the "damage" was done and he and I managed to find our bond and stay together.

As for me, I kept going with my own love of "PAW Patrol" as the years went by. The show gained many new settings and characters. The first one being Everest the Siberian Husky doing snow rescues, then we got Tracker the first bilingual pup, Rex the first pup with a physical disability, the twins Tuck and Ella, and even a group of cats (despite me being a dog-person, I have a soft-spot for our feline friends too). Not only that, we also got many different kinds of mini-series episodes, such as the Mighty Pups, Mission PAW, Sea Patrol, Ultimate Rescues, Dino-Rescues, Moto-Pups, Rescue Knights, Big Truck Pups, Aqua Pups, and more. I have purchased and watched every episode on Amazon Prime. In addition, I also attended the "PAW Patrol Live!" shows "The Great Pirate Adventure" and "Heroes Unite" both of which are good. And, of course, we got the movie, with another one coming next month.

As you can see, "PAW Patrol" means a lot to me. It helped me bond with my nephew, it was a show that combined many of my interests together, and it relaxed my mind from the harshness of the world. I was also surprised to learn that there are many other people in the world, people my age, who are also fans of the show like me, so I shouldn't be afraid to express it. Thank you Keith Chapman, Spin Master, and Nickelodeon for creating a wonderful franchise for all of us. Here's to the past ten years and to another ten more in the future!

Oh, and in case anyone is wondering... my favorite pup is Zuma.

UPDATE: Last night took a load off my shoulders. I had a chat with the guy I mentioned last night, said what was needed, apologies were made, and now I feel comfortable to play Sonic Frontiers without feeling anger or resentment.

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Believe it or not, I am actually NOT... NOT... repeat, NOT excited for "Sonic Frontiers" coming soon!!!

Why? My reason is personal and I'm angry about it! Get ready for a rant coming.

Before the title was called Frontiers, the previous title for the game was called "Sonic Rangers" and I personally liked that title. Mainly because anybody who knows me knows how very pro-military I am. I instantly thought of the 75th Rangers as a funny inside joke on my part. But that's just me. I have NOTHING against the Frontiers title, I was a little upset they got rid of Rangers, but I just shrugged my shoulders and let it be.

There's no shame in my belief saying "My heroes don't wear capes, they wear dog tags!"

What does this have to do with Sonic Frontiers?

It all started when I was chatting with someone (I wont mention his name) and I mentioned that I liked the previous title Rangers... and my exact words were "because, well, it's me."

And then... he went FULL-BLOWN RAGE ON ME! I mean, we're talking BALLISTIC!!! He yelled at me for liking Rangers over Frontiers among other things. And then he went into "rage-mode" and angrily started ranting about my personality and flaws! I mean, this guy really TORE ME APART!

And it really hurt!

This guy really hurt me badly. All within several minutes.

And it all started when I said I liked Rangers.

Now, whenever I think of Frontiers, I think of him and the nasty rant he yelled at me. Of course, this happened after I per-ordered my copy and I'll still get it since I paid for it, but I wont be able to enjoy it.

Now you all know.

To those who know, we lost the wonderful Marcusthehedgehog back in 2020. He was born 19/1/1984 and passed 12/8/2020 (that military dating format) He lived for exactly 17,474 days.

My birthday is 29/10/1985, so that means today I've been alive for 17,475 days. I just surpassed Marcus.

I miss you so much, buddy.

I need to take a break for a while. The past several weeks to few months have had a plethora of stressful events in my life. These events range from home life, work life, and social Internet life. Some such events are good and others extremely bad. I have hit my breaking point and decided that I need to take a breather for a while from the Internet.

My home life has been rife with good and bad things. Last year, I bought a house! As of late, I finally had a gas fireplace installed, but the problem was I trusted my dad to call his plumber and electrician to get it prepared, but it took him half a year to do that! I wanted it to be done BEFORE winter! To this day I’m still angry at him for that. As of late, I have also been preparing the living room for a remodel, including painting the walls and getting carpet installed as well as furniture. All sounds good, but it’s a hefty price on my bank account.

Work came with a series of problems too. I have been without a jumper (a driver who fills in on other driver’s days off) for nearly eight months now. I have been working overtime for eight months and it has been taking a physical and mental toll on me. To make matters worse, our company has been hit with a cyber-attack, thus we had to make deliveries the hard old-fashioned way with paper. My days have been longer due to that and most of my customers have been yelling at me. I’m almost ready to snap!

Another thing I want to point out is that I have been taking Krav Maga for almost two years. Not bad, even got my Yellow Belt, but the second level involves a lot of sparring and boxing, which I have quickly learned I suck BADLY at! After almost a year of boxing, I believe I still haven’t got any better. Just recently, we started having a special seminar called Escape and Evasion. One part of the seminar involve gun disarms. It’s a high-level advanced technique and I did very poor on it. Boxing and gun disarming combined makes me feel like a failure, despite my instructor saying I’m doing well, but I don’t believe him.

My pickup truck is having issues as well. Last week, my driver’s side suicide door got jammed for some reason. I made an appointment at an auto-body shop to get it repaired, but they said they needed to hold it all day to fix it. After realizing that was impossible, I just simply drove away. I will eventually get it fixed, but it’s more money and time down the drain.

I have also been having difficulty with my social life on the Internet as well. Even though I don’t want to get into it, something has happened which has put me down and made me feel very low. It doesn’t help when I feel like nobody seems to care. I won’t go into details, but I’m having mixed emotions that’s driving me crazy and not in a good way.

So, there you have it. Home-related issue combined with money issues, a cyber-attack at work making it difficult with almost-endless overtime, feeling like a failure at Krav Maga, and social problems on the Internet all created a combination of extreme stress and anxiety that my mind can’t take. Therefore, I have decided to take a long-winded break from the Internet and keep to myself for the next few weeks. I’m sorry to all those who like to talk to me, but I need to do this. I’ll respond if it’s an emergency, but other than that, I need to keep to myself and be alone for the next few weeks. Hopefully, when I come back, I’ll be fully refreshed and renewed, and most of my problems will probably be going away.

Thank you all for your understanding.

TL; DR: I’ll be taking a long break from the Internet and social interactions for a while.