Twitter thread from May 1, 2021, celebrating that I actually successfully fought wolves!
Also, I had zero patience for love triangle drama in Riverwood, and went and told Camilla that both of the guys competing for her attention were being douches about it. This did not amuse Faendal.
Things accomplished in Animal Crossing: a meteor shower! Did a lot of wishing on stars. Second bridge is in progress on my island, and I’ve planted a bunch of flowers and set up some lovely new fencing and benches near the plaza. Take that, 1-star rating!
10:15 PM · May 1, 2021
Things accomplished in Skyrim: WOO I actually did combat successfully! \0/ Take that, wolves! Found the Guardian Stones (chose Warrior, it seemed easiest and safest for my novice self). Made a shield on the wise council of Paul.
10:15 PM · May 1, 2021
Also went to Whiterun and told the Jarl “oh hey by the way there’s dragons” and now they want me to go get them a Dragonstone. And I leveled up to level 2!
10:15 PM · May 1, 2021
The interesting challenge here: not mixing up the commands between the games. 😉 Note to self: NO YOU CANNOT CATCH BUTTERFLIES WITH A NET IN SKYRIM.
10:15 PM · May 1, 2021
And oh yeah there’s an elf archer in Riverwood who tried to get me involved in his love triangle. Forged a letter purporting to be by the bard Sven and wanted me to give it to a woman they both like.
10:18 PM · May 1, 2021
I’m all DO NOT INVOLVE ME IN YOUR DRAMA so I took it to Camilla and told her “hey this dude wanted me to give you this letter and say it was from the other dude”. Camilla was NOT AMUSED. Justly so!
10:18 PM · May 1, 2021
Also in the annals of DO NOT INVOLVE ME IN YOUR DRAMA: on my way into Whiterun, got challenged by a dude who demanded to know which of the clans in Whiterun I supported.
10:19 PM · May 1, 2021
How the hell should I know anything about your clans, asshole? I just got here! Get out of my way and let me go take word about the friggin’ DRAGON to your Jarl, mmkay?
10:19 PM · May 1, 2021
Notes
This post was originally written on 3/13/2022, but backdated to the time of the tweet thread for organizational purposes.
Updated on 12/26/2022 to reconstruct the original Twitter thread here, and remove all links to Twitter.
Like a lot of folks during the pandemic, my housemate Paul got heavily engrossed in playing Animal Crossing. He specifically ordered himself a Nintendo Switch so that he could play it. And from all the things he was sharing about the experience of playing it, a couple weeks ago I started thinking, gosh that sounds like fun, I’d like to play it too I think.
A Twitter thread from April 28, 2021, in which I determined that nope, still not ready to leave Riverwood. But this was also when I discovered how to take screenshots, and that I really needed to set the Invert Y setting in my game!
Today I got the add-ons I ordered for my Switch, the stick extenders and the precision rings to improve my ability to control motion on the JoyCons. I definitely feel an improvement in Animal Crossing, where maneuverability matters when you’re diving to catch undersea creatures.
10:41 PM · Apr 28, 2021
But the main point of extra toys being Skyrim, I fired that up again tonight. Quickly learned a few things: 1) nope still not ready to leave Riverwood, I tried and promptly got my ass kicked by a wolf; 2) I’m apparently one of those people the “Invert Y” setting is for?
10:43 PM · Apr 28, 2021
I turned that on and suddenly found the ability to look around much less random; 3) I might actually like third person view better? I don’t know yet. I need to experiment with that more.
10:44 PM · Apr 28, 2021
The main point of experimenting with third person view though being, getting a snap of my character! Behold, Alarrah the Wood-Elf (and unknown baby Dragonborn)!
Alarrah in Riverwood10:44 PM · Apr 28, 2021
(P.S. I know a lot of people have said this before me, but now _I’m_ playing it, so I’ll say it again: _holy crap_ Skyrim is gorgeous.)
10:47 PM · Apr 28, 2021
(HAH and I just figured out why the Invert Y setting is apparently what I need. It’s because of scrolling and swiping gestures! In macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, the two-finger gestures for scrolling are reversed from what you might expect…
11:13 PM · Apr 28, 2021
… Swiping up with two fingers means you scroll down. Swiping down with two fingers means you scroll up. This is reversed on my PC/Linux laptop and it _regularly_ throws me off, so I’m pretty damn sure that’s why i need the Invert Y setting in Switch Skyrim.)
11:13 PM · Apr 28, 2021
Notes
This post was written on 3/13/2022, but backdated to the date of the Twitter thread for organizational purposes.
Edited on 12/26/2022, to reconstruct the Twitter thread and remove links to Twitter.
The Twitter thread from April 22, 2021, in which I lamented that boy howdy was I not good at the game controls yet. I derped my way into Riverwood, but completely missed the Guardian Stones! Because I’d totally failed to realize that I was supposed to follow either Hadvar or Ralof out of Helgen to get to safety after Alduin’s attack.
Further adventures in learning the Switch: poked around some more with Skyrim last night. Note: this is the first time I’ve tried to play a first person game AT ALL so boy howdy do I need to practice the controls. 😳 I am NOT good at them. But at least I made it to Riverwood!
10:13 AM · Apr 22, 2021
And apparently I completely missed the Guardian Stones? I gotta swing back and do those. But also take a lot of time wandering around Riverwood, practicing the controls, and learning WTF I’m doing before I try to go to Whiterun. This will be a challenge. Fun, but a challenge!
10:14 AM · Apr 22, 2021
Notes
This post was written on 3/13/2022, but backdated to the time of the tweet thread for organizational purposes.
Post edited on 12/26/2022 to reconstruct the Twitter thread here, and remove the actual links off to Twitter.
