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vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.
Chapter 19: Winter 1997/98, All Realities, All Dimensions are Open to Goon

Four months to go. Nothing left to do. Time to goof around and reap the rewards for 2.5 years of what was basically hard labor!

12/1-12/6: Concert Band
12/7 (Sunday): Midterms

12/8
Goon: (The first day's test subject is linguistics.)


Goon: (Perfect.)

12/9
Goon: (The second day's test subject is math.)


Goon: (Perfect.)

12/10
Goon: (The third day's test subject is science.)


Goon: (Perfect.)

12/11
Goon: (The fourth day's test subject is social studies.)


Goon: (Perfect.)

12/12
Goon: (The fifth day's test subject is art.)


Goon: (Perfect.)

12/13

1st - Fudou Gunpei, 494/500
10th - Fujisaki Shiori, 450/500
25th - Tatebayashi Miharu, 420/500
26th - Ijuuin Rei, 419/500
32nd - Himoo Yuina, 409/500
79th - Katagiri Ayako, 354/500
94th - Mikihara Megumi, 336/500
273rd - Saotome Yoshio, 190/500

Yes, I could've probably reloaded until it was 500/500. But I didn't need to be THAT perfect.

12/14 (Sunday): Call Shiori

Goon: Want to go to the skating rink with me on 12/28?
Shiori: Let me check... yes, that's fine.

12/15-12/20: Concert Band
12/21 (Sunday): Sleep
12/22: Exercise
12/23 (Holiday): Preen
12/24: Ijuuin Christmas Party

Goon: (They're holding a Christmas party at the Ijuuin house today. I should probably head to the grounds.)
Goon: Here I am at the Ijuuin house. No matter how many times I see it, this place still looks enormous to me.


Man in black: Would you happen to be a friend of Rei-sama?
Goon: I don't know if we're friends, but we're classmates.
Man in black: That's good enough. Please come inside.


Goon: Looks like the party's just starting.
Rei: Welcome, everyone, to the pride of the Ijuuin family - our Christmas party.
Rei: Forget your dreary everyday lives, and make merry tonight!
Goon: He's saying the same thing again.


Rei: I am amazed you made it in again this year. I suppose this means that you look reasonably good to some people...
Goon: You know, Ijuuin...
Rei: Yes, peasant? Do you have a question?
Goon: This is something I wonder about every year. What's actually in that cocktail glass, anyway?
Rei: Hahahahahaha! I shall enlighten you, ignorant peasant. Inside of this glass...
Goon: Inside of that glass...
Rei: Is something I will never tell you. But I will at least say that it is not alcohol.
Rei: After all, it would be bad for minors to drink!
Goon: Y, yeah, I know that. But what is it?
Rei: You can take that question with you to the grave. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Rei: And now if you will excuse me.
Goon: I bet it's just juice...


Shiori: Ah, Goon. You were invited too?
Goon: Shiori, I didn't know you were here.
Game: Talked to Shiori for a while.
Shiori: My friends are waiting for me, so I'm going to go meet back up with them.
Goon: Okay, see you later.


Megumi: Oh, Fudou-kun! You were invited here?
Goon: Mikihara-san, I didn't know you were here.
Game: Talked to Mikihara-san for a while.
Megumi: Um... sorry... I have to go...
Goon: Don't let me keep you. See you later.


Yumi: Fudou-san, you were invited?
Goon: Yumi-chan, I didn't know you were here.
Game: Talked to Yumi-chan for a while.
Yumi: Yumi came here with some classmates, so it's time to go.
Goon: Don't let me keep you. See you later.


Ack...! Th, this is... an Ijuuin Rei photo book! I have a headache...
Goon: (It would've been better to get a girl's present. ...I guess I'll go home.)

Was this the nightmare scenario? Yeah, probably. Am I gonna reset? Nope! It doesn't matter anymore! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA wait what's that sound

REE REE REE REE REE REE

Megumi: Uh, um...
Goon: Oh, Mikihara-san.
Megumi: Um, uh, if it's okay with you... can we walk home together?
Goon: Yes, that's fine. It is late, after all.
Megumi: Th, thank you.
Goon: Okay, let's get going.
Megumi: O, okay.

Yep. Still doesn't matter.


Megumi: ?!
Goon: Hmm? What's wrong, Mikihara-san?
Goon: (She's running off...)


Megumi: This kitten looks abandoned...
Goon: (She heard this kitten's cries...)
Megumi: Poor thing, shivering like this...
Goon: (Mikihara-san really loves animals, doesn't she.)
Cat: Meowwww
Megumi: It was cold, wasn't it? I'll take you home really soon.
Cat: Meowwww
Megumi: You're hungry, aren't you? Don't worry, I'll warm up some milk for you.
Goon: Mikihara-san, you should hurry and take him home.
Megumi: Y, yes, you're right.
Goon: (I accompanied Mikihara-san all the way home.)

Look, signs of personality from Megumi-san that aren't defined by hopeless devotion to Goon!

12/25-12/27: Exercise

12/28 (Sunday): Date with Shiori

Goon: (Today's my date with Shiori. I should go meet her in front of the skating rink.)


(usual pleasantries)


Shiori: Can you skate well?

Option 1: I can handle myself pretty well.
Option 2: Well, I can fake it.
Option 3: The surface of the ice seems treacherous...


Only one of these answers is Perfect, and therefore the only right choice.

Shiori: Good. There are a few things I'd like you to teach me.
Goon: (Looks like I made a great impression!)


(usual pleasantries)

12/29-12/31: Sleep

1/1 (New Year's Day): Hatsumoude event


(ding dong!)
Goon: Who's there?
Deliveryman: Here're your New Year's cards!
Goon: (Sweet! Shiori, Katagiri-san, Himoo-san, Mikihara-san, and Yumi-chan sent New Year's cards. How lucky!)

(ding-dong!)
Goon: Hmm? Who could that be?


Shiori: Happy new year!
Goon: Happy new year. That furisode looks really good.
Shiori: Oh, thanks... hey, do you want to head out to Hatsumoude...?
Goon: Option 1: That sounds good, let's go.
Shiori: I'm so glad you didn't say no. Let's go!


Goon: Alright, let's go pay our respects.
Shiori: Yeah, we shouldn't waste any time.


Goon: what should I pray for?

Option 1: Success in academics
Option 2: Health
Option 3: Luck in love


As explained in Chapter 6, the best choice is almost always to ask for success in academics. But wait! It's year three! So it really doesn't matter! Awwwww yeah, time to wish for health. Because it's not like we need help from the likes of YOU, God.

God: (Your wish shall be granted.)
Goon: (Hmm? I feel better all over.)


Shiori: Hey, what did you pray for?
Goon: It's, uh, it's a secret. What about you, Shiori?
Shiori: Mine's a secret too. Because... hey, should we go pull our fortunes?

This year, I pulled...


Suekichi, or Good Fortune Ahead. That's right, there is. How did the piece of paper know?!

Goon: (Eh, I guess it's not bad.)
Shiori: Hey, how's it look?
Goon: Go ahead and see for yourself.
Shiori: Ooh, not bad. This might be the best result anyway.
Goon: What about yours, Shiori? Let me see!
Shiori: Well... okay, I don't mind.
Goon: Wow, you pulled Great Luck! No fair hogging all the luck.
Shiori: But, um, you know what they say, "moderation in all things".
Goon: You don't have to console me, I don't really care.
Goon: (I. Am. So. Jealous.)

Same ol', same ol'.


Shiori: We graduate this year, don't we?
Goon: Yeah, it really is soon.
Shiori: To tell the truth, I prayed for courage...
Goon: Courage? What for?
Shiori: Because on graduation day... no, forget I said that. We should head home already.
Goon: You're right. Let's head home.
Goon: (Now I'm really curious.)

Oh, you'll find out soon, Goon. Your day will come!

1/2-1/3: Sleep
1/3: Event!


Goon: The concert that everyone in the club worked so long to perfect went magnificently, and we took first place at the national orchestral competition.
Goon: These are the fruits of our 3 years of hard work.
Goon: With this, the path of a musician has opened to me.


Shiori: ...
Goon: Shiori, is something wrong?
Shiori: We... we really won.
Goon: Yeah, we sure did.
Shiori: It's so incredible... it's like a dream.
Goon: (I'm glad all our hard work paid off.)

Perfect.

1/4 (Sunday): Concert Band
1/5-1/10: Concert Band

'cuz why not?

1/11 (Sunday): Sleep
1/12-1/17: Concert Band
1/13: Message from Miharu

This is the only way Miharu interacts with you, other than by trying to throw her body into you like a linebacker. It's... I guess it's endearing in a "god, could you stop tackling me and stalking me" way

Goon: (Oh? There's a message on the machine. Let's hear it.)


Miharu: Hello, this is Tatebayashi.
Goon: Huh? Who's that?
Miharu: This Sunday, could you... oh, I'll call you again later.
Goon: What's with that call?

Yeah, seriously.

1/15 (Holiday): Study Lit
1/16-1/17: Concert Band
1/18 (Sunday): Exercise
1/19-1/24: Concert Band
1/19: Go home with Yuina



Sure! It doesn't matter much if this accelerates bomb timers anymore, we only have a 40-day window left and there haven't been any bomb warnings! We're CLEEEEEEARRRRR

1/25 (Sunday): Sleep
1/26-1/31: Concert Band

1/26: Walk home with Ayako



Doesn't hurt!

2/1: Say Goodbye to Memorial Spot, then Sleep


Goon: ......

The only thing listed, other than the notice that the magazine is going on hiatus, is a thank-you note for years of loyal readership.

2/2-2/7: Concert Band
2/7: Praised by Shiori for a perfect week
2/8 (Sunday): Sleep
2/9-2/10: Science
2/11 (Holiday): Preen
2/12-2/14: Science
2/12: Walk home with Yumi

I don't caaaaaaaaare


Yumi: It's so close to graduation.
Goon: Yeah.
Yumi: It'll get lonely at school...
Goon: It won't be like that at all. Your friends will still be there, won't they?
Yumi: Yeah, but...

I don't caaaaaaaaare

2/12: Bomb warning!

Okay maybe I do caaaaaare

2/14: Valentine's Day


Rei: Hello and good morning.
Goon: Every year, the same old bullshit, Ijuuin.
Rei: There is nothing to get that angry over.
Goon: I want to get angry. Every year...


Goon: ......
Rei: Well, try not to develop an inferiority complex, at least.
Rei: Hahahahahaha...
Goon: ......

I would miss you, Rei. Except I don't caaaaare


Ayako: Oh, Fudou-kun. Here, I got you something.
Goon: Chocolate? Th, thank you.
Ayako: It... it's giri chocolate. Giri. But a little bit of it isn't giri.
Goon: I have no idea what you're trying to say.
Ayako: Um, bye!
Goon: I wonder why she was acting so flustered...


Yumi: Oh, Fudou-san. Here, have some chocolate.
Goon: Thanks, Yumi-chan.
Yumi: You can accept any chocolates you get today, but please don't eat any other than this one, okay?
Goon: Huh? Uh, sure.
Yumi: Really? Cross your heart! Okay, bye!
Goon: (Did I just make a really dumb promise?)


Yuina: Ah, Gunpei-kun. I made these while I was running an experiment, so you can have them.
Goon: Hey, thanks.
Yuina: I think it should be fine, but if your extremities go numb, let me know immediately.
Goon: Why's that?
Yuina: I put a little bit of something special into this.
Goon: I'm glad for the thought, but...
Yuina: Now, if you will excuse me.
Goon: (What's in this stuff?)

REE REE REE REE REE REE

Megumi: Um, um, uh, here... please... accept this.
Goon: Gladly! Thanks. Mikihara-san?
Megumi: I'm so embarrassed...
(running footsteps)
Goon: Her face was all red, she must've been really embarrassed to do that.


Shiori: Hey, Goon. This might not look like much, but...
Goon: Th, thanks! I'm so happy you did this.
Shiori: I was so embarrassed that I couldn't give this to you at school...
Goon: Why not?
Shiori: Because... I put something special into this chocolate...
Goon: Wait, you mean...
Shiori: O, okay, see you later!
Goon: A lot of her feelings, eh...?

As a note, the highest affection ratings come last on Valentine's Day. So Megumi leaped into second place over Yuina in spite of us barely talking to her! This is why she's dangerous...

Goon: (I got a pretty good amount of chocolate this year. Seems like I'm pretty popular.)

2/15 (Sunday): Call Yoshio


It was Yuina's bomb all along! Well, it doesn't matter anymore anyway... as long as I don't do anything stupid for the next 14 days.

And, just for kicks

Katagiri Ayako
Note: Tends to be sick on swimming days.


2/16-2/21: Concert Band
2/21: Praised by Shiori for a perfect week
2/22 (Sunday): Science, and Life-changing decisions


Goon: Tomorrow is the college entrance exams.

Option 1: Go take the college entrance exams
Option 2: Give up on college and take the employment exams
Option 3: Become a musician


The best option is to follow Shiori, but honestly, we could do anything at this point. But since the point of this run-through is to become the winner at life, it's time to take the true winner's path and make it into the top-flight universities on the first try!

Goon: Where should I test for?

Option 1: Take the test for a first-rate university
Option 2: Take the test for a second-rate university
Option 3: Take the test for a third-rate university


Perfection is the only option!

Goon: Alright, let's go take the test for a first-rate university!
Goon: Looks like I didn't forget anything, I'll head to the test center.
Goon: (It's time to put my all into this!)


This is structured exactly like midterms/finals, but is just a long series of stat checks. Get enough passing grades, and the result is...


Goon: (Perfect! That acceptance letter is mine!)
Goon: (Acceptance letters go out on 3/1, eh)

2/24-2/28: Concert Band
2/26: Say no to Yumi
Yumi threat level: Don'tcareanymore
2/26: Message from Miharu again


Miharu: Hi, it's Tatebayashi.
Goon: Hmm? Didn't I get a call like this before?
Miharu: Did you do all the homework for tomorrow? If you're done, can you let me know?
Goon: I haven't done it yet.

I... I just got back from my entrance exams and graduation is in days, what kind of homework are you even talking about you loopy-haired freak

2/27: Say no to Megumi
Megumi threat level: FREDOOOOOOOOOOO

Coming up next post: The Last Day of High School

vibratingsheep fucked around with this message at 10:39 on Jan 4, 2014

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vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.
我はクー
I am the coolest cool.
我は効
I am the utter victory.
我は神
I am the perfect god.
我は一吹きのラッパにて全ての「憎悪」を吹き飛び「爆弾」を処理する
With trumpet in hand shall I blow away the bombs of this world and cleanse them in the fires of reloading.

我が名は「グーン」。推して参る!
Chapter 20: I am Goon. The End Has Come!

3/1: THE LAST DAY!


Goon: The graduation ceremony's finally over. The principal's speech went on for way too long...


Goon: Huh? There's a letter for me in my desk. Who's it from?
Goon: Let's see, "I'm waiting for you under the legendary tree". There's no name signed anywhere.
Goon: I have to hurry.


I have to admit, because of the next part where it scrolls up, I thought for the briefest of moments that it'd be Megumi and the game was trolling the hell out of me.




Goon: Shi... Shiori?
Shiori: I'm sorry for calling you to a place like this.
Shiori: But there's something I have to tell you today, no matter what.
Goon: What do you have to tell me?
Shiori: I've never dated a boy before.

Translator's note: Just to clarify, going on a date with someone and dating them steadily are different, linguistically and culturally. She's been ON dates before, obviously - but never DATED dated. So it doesn't sound quite as silly in Japanese. I just didn't want to say "go steady with a boy" because that sounds incredibly 1950s.

Shiori: But it's not like I wasn't interested in boys.
Shiori: I wanted to date a boy... and I received a lot of love letters, too.
Shiori: But I didn't feel like dating any of them.
Goon: Wh, why not?
Shiori: You... because you were always right there next to me.
Shiori: Up until now, I always thought of you as just a childhood friend.
Shiori: No... I think that I just tried to believe that, because I was afraid you would realize my true feelings.
Shiori: But today... on graduation day, when we could never see each other again, I finally realized this feeling myself.
Shiori: I'm so embarrassed that I could just run away, but... I can't stand just being friends anymore.
Shiori: I want you to look at me as a girl. So I'm gathering up my courage and saying it:


Shiori: I love you.
Shiori: I love you more than anyone else in the world.


Goon: To tell you the truth...
Goon: Shiori, I...


Shiori: I, I don't get it... I should be so happy... but I can't stop these tears.
Shiori: I can... I can believe you, can't I?
Goon: Of course you can. I love you, Shiori.
Shiori: I'm so happy...
Shiori: Never leave my side again...


And that is how the curtain closed on my three years of high school.

When I think about it, it feels like all I did was go to band practice.

In any case, I'm really glad I graduated.

I made it into a first-rate university, so I guess there's nothing to say about that.

Oh yeah, Shiori made it into the same university. We're already talking about college life together.

Shiori is cute and attracts attention from just about everyone, so I'm a little bit worried, but we will always be able to walk our paths together.

Because, like the legend this school has passed down through the years, our love will last forever.


Only a few things left: One, if you'd like to see the full, high-res Shiori ending, there's an excellent video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgmxxLhc5Wc

Two, the credits are here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54vwP7ENdw

Three:




There will be a brief intermission before I start up the Yuina playthrough.

vibratingsheep fucked around with this message at 10:44 on Jan 4, 2014

tomanton
May 22, 2006

beam me up, tomato
Thanks for the playthrough, and RIP the 100+ reloads.

Can you say no to the confession? Not that you'd get another chance, but could you just say no?

limaCAT
Dec 22, 2007

il pistone e male
Slippery Tilde
Thank you for playing!

Galick
Nov 26, 2011

Why does Khajiit have to go to prison this time?
Seeing Megumi be the ending would've been an amazing way to troll the gently caress out of the player. Looking forward to the next part!

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


We're basically Sakamoto at this point

Gyre
Feb 25, 2007

I'm glad we'll be doing Yuina, Shiori is honestly a little bit grating with how utterly perfect you have to be at everything. You can't even be bad at ice-skating, for chrissakes.

ddegenha
Jan 28, 2009

What is this?!
To be honest, I kind of feel sad for our protagonist. People have mentioned that Shiori has far less personality than some of the other options and from what I understand of the typical college and career path in Japan I can only imagine it goes downhill from there.

Our protagonist is most likely going to go to college, probably be headhunted by some corporation before he even graduates, marry Shiori, and spend the next decade of his life kissing rear end and working 14 hour days to get to a management position while his wife demands nothing less than utter perfection from him. I... I guess you could call that victory?

Screw it, let's go with some Mad Science.

Kay Kessler
May 9, 2013

You'd think a guy who can collect data on all the girls in school would score higher than a 38%.

Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.

SSNeoman posted:

We're basically Sakamoto at this point



This is amazing, it feels like the beginning of Wolfguy, but with fabulous instead of smug. :swoon:

Gyre
Feb 25, 2007

Schubalts posted:

This is amazing, it feels like the beginning of Wolfguy, but with fabulous instead of smug. :swoon:

It's a great series, the entire thing is like those pages but it never gets boring.

MonotoneMorgan
Nov 20, 2013

The saddest day in Octavian's life was the day he was asked to shave his mustache.

SSNeoman posted:

We're basically Sakamoto at this point

I couldn't agree more except instead of dodging dusters and such, it's bombs and Megumi... and Yumi as well.

Congrats on finishing the first playthrough of Utter Perfection, vibratingsheep!

Kay Kessler posted:

You'd think a guy who can collect data on all the girls in school would score higher than a 38%.

Clearly, he's going to become either a paparazzi or an information broker... and make more money then Goon with his choice picks.

MonotoneMorgan fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Jan 4, 2014

Six Of Spades
Oct 24, 2010

"...That too is according to my calculations."

SSNeoman posted:

We're basically Sakamoto at this point



Oh my god, what manga is this?

That ending was pretty cute, even if blood sweat and multiple failed timelines went into getting it. Looking forward to the differences in Yuina's story!

MonotoneMorgan
Nov 20, 2013

The saddest day in Octavian's life was the day he was asked to shave his mustache.
"Sakamoto desu ga?" is the manga - just had to read it once I saw that. Pretty great, so thanks SSNeoman.

The parallels with Goon is actually pretty spot on, minus Goon's hiding in the Concert Band/Studying at home tendencies for a year or so.

Gyre
Feb 25, 2007

Six Of Spades posted:

Oh my god, what manga is this?

Sakamoto desu ga?

E: f;b

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Congratulations on making it through that run. I thought that Christmas party would have broken you, but no you managed to persevere.

Junpei Hyde
Mar 15, 2013




vibratingsheep posted:

Sentimental Graffiti is also available on PSN for 600 yen, I may pick it up purely to post once and show everyone how awful it is as a Tokimemo imitator.

But essentially, it takes place in 12 cities and there is 1 girl each in those cities, so you have to pony up money to get to a city, find somewhere cheap to stay (IIRC "under the bridge" is a viable choice), and once you're there you have to comb the whole drat place looking for that girl 'cuz you have no point of contact with her.

It's awesome.

For those who understand Japanese but don't feel like messing around with different region PSN accounts, I'm pretty sure Sentimental Graffiti is on the US PSN as well now, but untranslated.

And now that you've mentioned it being a hobo simulator, I think you know what you have to LP afterwards. :colbert:

vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.

ddegenha posted:

To be honest, I kind of feel sad for our protagonist. People have mentioned that Shiori has far less personality than some of the other options and from what I understand of the typical college and career path in Japan I can only imagine it goes downhill from there.

Our protagonist is most likely going to go to college, probably be headhunted by some corporation before he even graduates, marry Shiori, and spend the next decade of his life kissing rear end and working 14 hour days to get to a management position while his wife demands nothing less than utter perfection from him. I... I guess you could call that victory?

This reasoning is exactly why so many Japanese gamers decided to go back and have perfect high school lives through this game.

Kay Kessler posted:

You'd think a guy who can collect data on all the girls in school would score higher than a 38%.

Yoshio's reducto ad absurdum form is Muttsurini, who gets 20-30 on every subject except health and sex ed, where he gets a million.



tomanton posted:

Can you say no to the confession? Not that you'd get another chance, but could you just say no?

Nope! The last day is entirely automatic.

If you're not quite to the point where the girl will confess to you, the PS/SS versions do have an option to try and confess to the girl, though.

Junpei Hyde posted:

And now that you've mentioned it being a hobo simulator, I think you know what you have to LP afterwards. :colbert:

I refuse. I'll do one post about it and then never touch it again.

vibratingsheep fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Jan 4, 2014

EphemeralToast
May 30, 2013
I salute your dedication to perfection, Gunpei and vibratingsheep. :japan:

resurgam40
Jul 22, 2007

Battler, the literal stupidest man on earth. Why are you even here, Battler, why did you come back to this place so you could fuck literally everything up?

EphemeralToast posted:

I salute your dedication to perfection, Gunpei and vibratingsheep. :japan:

As do I! See, this is why you do all the Nintendo Hard stuff in a game first: you get the bragging rights for doing it and can rest easy in the knowledge that you never, ever have to do it again. On to the fun stuff!

Wanton Spoon
Aug 19, 2007

Senior Burgeoner


I just wanted to thank you for LP'ing this. I love visual novels and their ilk to an unhealthy degree, and since this game is so important to the history of the genre, I've always wanted to see how it plays. Now I know: It's not very interesting.* But your commentary was entertaining and now my years-ongoing curiosity is satiated, so thanks.

*Rei and Yuina aside.

vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.
Getting ready for the Yuina run, and I have a couple of questions I want to ask people. Since I have a grad school application to fill out and a convention to run at the end of the month, these updates may come a bit sporadically compared to my two-week holiday, but on the plus side, the updates will have have less day-to-day filler and more concentrated content than the "main" run.

So, #1: Should I keep the same name every run? (this will also apply when I move to Tokimeki Memorial 2, so keep that in mind)

A) Yes, we should always be Fudou Gunpei. Goon is forever!
B) Keep the Goon nickname, but keep mixing it up in terms of full names. We shouldn't get bored!
C) No, change names every time. It should be appropriate to the run!


(Example: I could see a Yuina run being more appropriate for a guy named Igor than a guy named Goon... etc. etc. but since it's mostly cosmetic until you get to the Emotional Voice System, it doesn't really come up except as a heading and/or a convenient label.)

#2: Who do you want to see more of other than Yuina? (Multiple votes allowed)

D) Mio
E) Ayako
F) Yuuko
G) Mira
H) Yukari
I) Saki
J) Nozomi
K) No one else, just Yuina plx


The deadline will be Friday at midnight Pacific Time, so five whole days to cast your ballot before I start gathering footage over the weekend!

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
A), it's a fun name.

As for the other vote..

E) and maybe J). For variety!

Galick
Nov 26, 2011

Why does Khajiit have to go to prison this time?
Just Goonpei is fine.

We will be fine with just the mad scientist, I'd like to actually see the other games too.

CandyCrazy
Oct 20, 2012

B). I want a list of increasingly contrived names that all happen to shorten to Goon by the time this LP is over.

I want to see Yuuko, Saki, and Yukari, because I'm pretty sure we never even saw their faces in the first run.

EDIT: Revised list of characters because of that first Christmas party.

CandyCrazy fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Jan 6, 2014

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


A.
Also Yuuko sounds cool.

Hellioning
Jun 27, 2008

B.

And then Mio.

VictualSquid
Feb 29, 2012

Gently enveloping the target with indiscriminate love.
C as along as we can have goony nicknames. Like Igor.
also D.

G Cyrus
Mar 27, 2010
B. Finding more goon related names sounds fun.

K. I think we should stick to two routes per game, otherwise we'll never see the end of this LP. Especially if the sequels take more time to complete.

nielsm
Jun 1, 2009



For our name, eh B should work enough, but don't really care.
As for other love interests, maybe F and I?

(I assume it doesn't mean "do two more routes" but just to see some scenes with them on the side.)

nielsm fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Jan 6, 2014

Cthulhu Dreams
Dec 11, 2010

If I pretend to be Cthulhu no one will know I'm a baseball robot.
B & E

Ashsaber
Oct 24, 2010

Deploying Swordbreakers!
College Slice
B and E get my vote.

limaCAT
Dec 22, 2007

il pistone e male
Slippery Tilde

vibratingsheep posted:

Getting ready for the Yuina run, and I have a couple of questions I want to ask people. Since I have a grad school application to fill out and a convention to run at the end of the month, these updates may come a bit sporadically compared to my two-week holiday, but on the plus side, the updates will have have less day-to-day filler and more concentrated content than the "main" run.

A) and K)

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
B and whoever you think is the most interesting character we haven't seen.

Anoia
Dec 31, 2003

"Sooner or later, every curse is a prayer."
B and K.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
B & F.

EagerSleeper
Feb 3, 2010

by R. Guyovich
B & whichever of the girls you feel like would be interesting to talk about.

MonotoneMorgan
Nov 20, 2013

The saddest day in Octavian's life was the day he was asked to shave his mustache.
B & K. Sticking to two routes gives a good amount of coverage without bloating out the LP - since unless the endings/majority of content changes drastically, there's no need to cover everyone.

Gotta Wear Shades
Jul 25, 2013

Learn to hoist a jack,
Learn to lay a track
Learn to pick and shovel too
And take my hammer, it'll do anything you tell it to
B, E, G

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Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

B. Make this Goon's Bizarre Adventure, dammit.

Also K

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