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Bellmaker posted:I need an easy to follow LP that'll help put me down (drat insomnia). Guava Moment's/Jade Star's uncut DefCon marathons were perfect for this with its surreal soundtrack, and catching up on the backstabbing I missed while unconscious was pretty easy with their edited content... Try watching Proteus' Crayon Physics videos in the Devolution thread. Super-mellow. If that doesn't work, Quake 2 can put you to sleep for different reasons. Actually a lot of the LPs in that thread are really chill. Just make sure you don't fall asleep with your laptop on your lap.
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Let's Play Risk! The Classic Game of Australia Domination. I understand the rule about not pimping threads you're in, but nearly everybody reading it is contributing, so who's left to recommend it? Anyway my parts are far from the good stuff. This is: Obama 2012 posted:Decider Roomforthetuna braced himself to resist, but deep inside he knew that, secretly, he wanted this battle more than anybody.  The presentation and participation in a simple board game are both remarkable but everyone needs to be reading this thread just for those updates.
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General Ironicus posted:I understand the rule about not pimping threads you're in, but nearly everybody reading it is contributing, so who's left to recommend it? That rule was never really in place for megathreads or huge collaborative threads, so I have no problems with things like that. It was actually in place so you couldn't recommend Metal Gear Solid 3. A year and a half before the thread went up. I'm LP Nostradomus. 
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Proteus4994 posted:That rule was never really in place for megathreads or huge collaborative threads, so I have no problems with things like that. Can I at least rescind my warning to people who thought we'd always be as prompt as the first few updates? I don't think that's an issue anymore.
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I've seen a couple of LPs for multiplayer games, but have there been any for MMOs? Is that generally just a bad idea? I'm curious if anyone has tried to chronicle the journey from level 1 noob to pimped-out endgame poopsocking lord, compiled a greatest hits of live recorded griefing, or anything in between.
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McSpanky posted:I've seen a couple of LPs for multiplayer games, but have there been any for MMOs? Is that generally just a bad idea? I'm curious if anyone has tried to chronicle the journey from level 1 noob to pimped-out endgame poopsocking lord, compiled a greatest hits of live recorded griefing, or anything in between.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:I saw one for City of Villians a while back. It died off shortly after reaching the "get job, kill lots of dudes. Get job, kill lots of dudes" phase. I was thinking about that, a journey-type LP would probably involve some significant downtime here and there so you aren't stuck in a grinding phase (and the CoH/V games are relatively low on grinding, so it's probably even worse with a lot of other games). They seem perfect for CYOA though.
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Oct 7, 2009 19:23
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McSpanky posted:I was thinking about that, a journey-type LP would probably involve some significant downtime here and there so you aren't stuck in a grinding phase (and the CoH/V games are relatively low on grinding, so it's probably even worse with a lot of other games). They seem perfect for CYOA though. I think the best idea would be to run it as a full team, or close to full team. Especially for something like CoX, run it as a super group/villain group with the levelling pact stuff. Make it about their glorious adventures to the top. Plus large groups in MMOs tend to get lots of XP fast, skipping a lot more of the boring "So we killed Y amount of X for Z hours."
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Can anyone recommend a good SSLP of an RTS game that's in the form of the starcraft or CnC series? It doesn't have to be those games in particular, but not RTS games like AW or those hexagon thingies. I just want to see how other people approached those types of games in an SSLP format to see where I can get a "First step" so to speak in writing an RTS SSLP of my own.
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Oct 10, 2009 12:25
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How can you resist reading an LP about The best game ever made, this is a game that is interesting and fun in and of itself but Mystic Mongol is still doing a great job explaining game mechanics and keeping the audience involved without letting us gently caress poo poo up too much. Its a game about vikings and loving poo poo up. Its great. An LP that has already been mentioned several times, but James315 reallyt does an excellent job beating the poo poo out of people. A multiplayer FPS LP? Is that even possible? Yes it is! And it is easily the best LP on the forums right now.
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Oct 11, 2009 16:39
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Affi posted:An LP that has already been mentioned several times, but James315 reallyt does an excellent job beating the poo poo out of people. A multiplayer FPS LP? Is that even possible? Yes it is! And it is easily the best LP on the forums right now. Agree, 315 is a god among mortals.
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A Kirby Canvas Curse subtitled LP was recommended a bit back and I enjoyed it quite highly, but he appears to have stopped updating. Does anyone have any other recommendations similar in style to that one? It doesn't have to be subtitled, but something very relaxed and soothing. I have been enjoying the hell out of 315's 1942 LP as well. I hope to goodness when he's done he has another game waiting!
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dantheman650 posted:A Kirby Canvas Curse subtitled LP was recommended a bit back and I enjoyed it quite highly, but he appears to have stopped updating. Does anyone have any other recommendations similar in style to that one? It doesn't have to be subtitled, but something very relaxed and soothing. Here's the thread you mentioned, by Lyrax. In the thread he mentioned he has a monthly bandwidth cap, so he's probably dangerously close to breaking it or something. Which is a shame, because I liked that LP too 
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Oct 15, 2009 15:24
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The 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is shaping up to be hilarious. I've never laughed so hard over a LP.
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Helical Nightmares posted:The 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is shaping up to be hilarious. I've never laughed so hard over a LP. Agreeing with this. If you need more convincing, it's fair to say that this is the most unintentionally hilarious game I've seen in a long time; it's quick-moving, fun to watch in a "so bad it's good" kind of way, and is a perfect candidate for Chip and Ironicus' quality insults.
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Affi posted:How can you resist reading an LP about The best game ever made, this is a game that is interesting and fun in and of itself but Mystic Mongol is still doing a great job explaining game mechanics and keeping the audience involved without letting us gently caress poo poo up too much. Its a game about vikings and loving poo poo up. Its great. When I got home today, there were 200+ posts in this thread and it was a joy. Watch as heroic tales are told and retold! See a man lose his mind, whisper darkly about crops in the fields, and want to start fires! Juggle the balls of a god! Fantastic thread about a great game that really needs to be re-released.
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I think it may have been mentioned a few pages back, but the view numbers on the videos are still pretty low, so I'm giving a shout out to Hobo by Design's Tenchu 3 LP He's got a great low-key narration style, so while an odd choice of game, it fits dantheman650's request for a soothing lp. Hobo's very informative and pretty witty in a droll sort of way. All in all an awesome and pro lp.
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We need more taxidermistpasta. I miss that bastard
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Helical Nightmares posted:The 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is shaping up to be hilarious. I've never laughed so hard over a LP.
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There's a Let's Play for Final Fantasy X going on right now that is just about the best thing ever. The LPers are Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3201426 It started with three guys not knowing how to play the game, and now that they're just past the halfway point they're really getting a handle on it. The commentary is really pretty funny even when they're not trying. There's a shitload of amazing fanart and even a handful of fansongs in the thread that blow my mind with awesomeness. The LP is updated pretty regularly and they try really hard to follow thread suggestions. Oh and when it gets boring they read gay slash fiction. Everybody should watch this LP.
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HiFiHero posted:I think it may have been mentioned a few pages back, but the view numbers on the videos are still pretty low, so I'm giving a shout out to Hobo by Design's Tenchu 3 LP He's got a great low-key narration style, so while an odd choice of game, it fits dantheman650's request for a soothing lp. Hobo's very informative and pretty witty in a droll sort of way. All in all an awesome and pro lp. Going to 2nd this (3rd? if you count the first mention I suppose) Hobo by Design's style grows on you to a quite unhealthy level. Fun, very informative and it's just one of those games you could never be bothered completing (or I couldn't anyway, gently caress stealth games) so watching someone really good at it is awesome.
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RedChord14 posted:We need more taxidermistpasta. I miss that bastard He and Lurkdawg are the two LPers who made me laugh the most. Too bad we don't see them much anymore..
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If it's a chilled out LP you're after, you should check out Unintathere's Repton thread. He does really good job of showing off the Repton games by playing them pretty much flawlessly, but without the puzzles getting confusing at any time. Between that and the Carmen Sandiego thread I've been on a pretty big nostalgia kick in LP lately.
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Where are all the screenshot LPs? I can't use up too much bandwidth in the mornings, so videos are out of the question, but when I need a fix, I'm left with scrambling over the master list for screenshot LPs that are finished or ongoing (and even then, who can tell how long it's been going or how frequently it updates before opening the thread?) And the front page here, it appears I can watch videos and not much else.
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Chwoka posted:Where are all the screenshot LPs? I can't use up too much bandwidth in the mornings, so videos are out of the question, but when I need a fix, I'm left with scrambling over the master list for screenshot LPs that are finished or ongoing (and even then, who can tell how long it's been going or how frequently it updates before opening the thread?) And the front page here, it appears I can watch videos and not much else. Bobbin Threadbare's Shadows Over Riva thread is an excellent screenshot LP of a high-fantasy adventure game done in the style of a tabletop RPG campaign. He writes the participating players so well, I'm pretty sure they're based on real people. Anyone who has experience playing D&D is going to recognize these type of players instantly. The battle sequences are in youtube-hosted video, are short, and not watching them if you can't doesn't hinder enjoyment of the LP one bit.
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Violen has been doing a Megaman X6 Minimalist, no damage-run in the Emasculation Station. On top of the actual play being impressive as all hell the commentary that goes along with it is something else.
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Dectilon posted:Violen has been doing a Megaman X6 Minimalist, no damage-run in the Emasculation Station. On top of the actual play being impressive as all hell the commentary that goes along with it is something else. I'd actually like to expand on that and say every single content-post Violen has made in that thread has been worth watching. Dude's building a bridge between LPs and speedruns, with one metaphorical arm tied behind his metaphorical back. His intentional in-game crippling is like the video game equivalent of self-harm, and his videos are an mindblowing combination of repitition and skill. He even has commentary free videos for the people* who hate his voice. *jerks 
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I absolutely have to recommend ILLBLEED. It's one of those 'so bad it's awesome' games, where you honestly can't tell at times whether the game is attempting to be scary or a parody of itself. Hilarious voice acting, mismatched graphical styles, it's got it all. What makes this LP special though is that it shows off every trap triggered, which really is what makes the game so interesting and fun. Playing the game normally, you miss out on seeing half the traps because you're too busy trying to avoid them, so an LP showcasing them all is just what I've been wanting to see! Even with the LP aside, the game itself really is worth experiencing. Teenagers going around a scary horror-themed theme park full of sudden and bizarre short stories that don't seem to fit the overall plot? It's like the Japanese videogame equivalent of Goosebumps.
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Malorie posted:I absolutely have to recommend ILLBLEED. It's one of those 'so bad it's awesome' games, where you honestly can't tell at times whether the game is attempting to be scary or a parody of itself. Hilarious voice acting, mismatched graphical styles, it's got it all. Seconding this. The fact that he's playing it wrong by triggering the traps is far more entertaining than a perfect run would have been. He's got a good voice for it too, it's worth watching.
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Can someone recommend me a humor-oriented screenshot LP? I haven't been following this forum for a year or two, and it looks like most LPs nowadays are either video (often featuring several annoying guys yelling over one another) or screenshot LPs with piles of boring information presented by boring people (or worse yet, goon roleplaying with reader participation). Is there something genuinely funny among all this, in the vein of LPs by The Dark Id or Leovinus (I'm following his current Final Fantasy IX one) or ChuckMaster's Moment of Silence LP? Or, not necessarily funny, but just something interesting and not tedious, like Cyberdud's LP of Robinson's Requiem. May be a vague request, but most of the current LPs that I see are not my kind of thing at all, so hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about and can recommend something.
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Breetai's LP of Fallout2 on very low INT is the probably funniest screenshot LP I've read.
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Aardark posted:Is there something genuinely funny among all this These four LPs are probably the best SSLPs done in this forum in my opinion. It takes a little while to get going, but stick with it. (and pretty much anyone who has read any of my posts in the past two years knows what these LPs are without even clicking on them, that's how often I recommend these. For what it's worth there's exactly five SSLPs I've read more than once. These four and Scorchy's KOTOR2 LP. The only reason I didn't recommend KOTOR2 is because it's not really funny so much as just really really informative and interesting, but since you said that also qualifies, you can check that one out too. It's also in the archive. He essentially takes a half-finished game, breaks the poo poo out of it, and rebuilds it with cut content and various trivia to make a really tremendous LP.) Proteus4994 fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Nov 4, 2009 |
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Proteus4994 posted:These four LPs are probably the best SSLPs done in this forum in my opinion. It takes a little while to get going, but stick with it. I have to second the recommendation of those Ultima LPs, they really are great.
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The Dark Id's Resident Evil 4 Let's play was one of the funniest things I'd ever read at the time. I'm going back now to make sure it's just as good as it was then. 
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All right, thanks guys, I'll check out the Ultima threads for now.
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Malorie posted:I absolutely have to recommend ILLBLEED. It's one of those 'so bad it's awesome' games, where you honestly can't tell at times whether the game is attempting to be scary or a parody of itself. Hilarious voice acting, mismatched graphical styles, it's got it all.
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I really love narrative LP's and the NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer is really something. Love epic high fantasy or the previous Neverwinter Nights 2 LP? Read the LP, thank me later.
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Panzer Skank posted:There's a Let's Play for Final Fantasy X going on right now that is just about the best thing ever. The LPers are Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk. I'm seconding this LP. It's probably the first RPG LP that I've been able to watch. I think they're drunk half the time so that makes it all the more funny. I just barely signed up as a goon just so I could see their thread again, that's how good they are. I also would like a recommendation of a good Castlevania LP. It doesn't matter what Castlevania game it's an LP of, I just would like a good one. Contra Calculus fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Nov 7, 2009 |
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I expressed dislike for video LPs earlier, but I'm watching the Final Fantasy X one now, and I gotta say those guys are quite fun to listen to, especially considering how incoherent and annoying videos with multiple people often are. They have some good understated comedy without trying too hard. I endorse it.
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Contra Calculus posted:I also would like a recommendation of a good Castlevania LP. It doesn't matter what Castlevania game it's an LP of, I just would like a good one. The only good Castlevania LP ever made
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