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Spaced God posted:What is a rocket but a controlled explosion? What an alarmingly succinct description...
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Ep. 35: Rocketry Uhhh hello?    oh hey here's a part right here    : ... bound to find them all.There are thirteen T.O.B.O.R. parts to find, which is a good excuse to explore everywhere, and...  ... wait just a goddamn minute  oh I cannot even  Also on this island: bananas.  And a chest full of Sapphires, Bronze, and Mana.  There are some parts! (The chest contains Rockets and Mana.)   Hey, that looks like a torso!   A present! And... Gold!  New Scroll!  Weeding chain: banana, rocket, Simoleon... ROBOFISH  The search for T.O.B.O.R. bits takes us to this hollow, which contains the remains of a rocket.  The chest on the surrounding wall: Rockets, Mana...  ... MAD SCIENCE  We've collected so many Rocket Essences that this Scroll just sort of completed itself.  : This stuff looks really hi-tech! Sam earns all the 50s-style futuristic furniture he'll ever need: a Hi-Tech Bed, a Hi-Tech Composite Chair, a Hi-Tech Chair--are we sensing a theme yet--a Hi-Tech Sofa, a Green Recliner, a Launchpad End Table, a Hi-Tech Dining Table, a Hi-Tech Coffee Table, and some Hi-Tech Paints! Yeesh.  Sam pauses to run on the treadmill, which is hard and therefore causes him to emit Angry Essences.  Rocket Reef is a fairly complex little island, but eventually Sam finds all of T.O.B.O.R.'s parts.  This makes the disembodied robot head happy. : Yeah, what is it? Oh! You found my bits! Let's take a look... : Body... Check.  : Wait a minute. Something is missing! OMG! --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: OMG!
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Aug 18, 2014 19:53
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Picayune posted:Ep. 35: Rocketry I was going to make a rocket-tree joke, but you actually already did. 
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Aug 18, 2014 20:00
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That robot, goon ma'ams and sirs, is completely legless!
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Aug 19, 2014 03:37
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Mehuyael posted:I was going to make a rocket-tree joke, but you actually already did. I'm stoked that someone picked up on it, too. 
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Aug 19, 2014 05:19
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Veloxyll posted:That robot, goon ma'ams and sirs, is completely legless! Somebody get him a bow, arrow and fan club, because that robot is Legless! I am so sorry. Also really enjoying the LP so far, it is good to see Sam back in the protagonist saddle.
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Aug 19, 2014 10:57
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Ep. 36: OMG Legs TOBOR looks around. As best he can, being a disembodied head.    Ha. Ha.  See, when he says that Sam will have to guide his legs back, he means that his legs will run directly away from Sam at all times, getting hung up on scenery at the least provocation.  Not shown: Sam running rings around the simulator in order to get TOBOR's legs untangled from the fence.  Anyway, once Sam extricates the legs from the landmine of the simulation area, it's fairly simple to chase them across the land bridge.  Get over there!    Clash bash clatter.    Ta da!  Ignoring Buddy, TOBOR pulls out a screwdriver and fiddles with one of his elbow joints. : You did an amazing job, Sam! You even got rid of a nasty burr in my rotator!... by... picking things up?  Meanwhile, SCIENCE!! is having an argument.  Let's join them!  : Tobor! You're back! And you're okay!: Yeah, I'm great. I just came back because there was something I wanted to tell you.: Go ahead, Tobor. You can tell us anything. Alexa reels at this announcement. : What?!: You fleshies blew me up one time too many! I'm gonna go find my own destiny. Which is apparently somewhere over there.  In the background, Vic Vector puts his broom away and straightens up.     Vic is waving his arms and going 'woo! woo-oo! woo!' constantly by this point.    Alexa turns back to Vic. : Vic! Old buddy, old pal! How would you like a promotion?Vic busts out cheering.  : YEEESSS!!! I get to fly into space!: You sure do! Head over to the training area and get yourself ready.: AWESOME!Vic hustles off.  : Alright, alright! We'll get started rebuilding the lab right away, Dr. F.Alexa turns to Sam. : Hey, if you guys are still on the clock, we could use all the help we can get. Thanks!: Well, Sam, what do you want to do?   So what about it, folks? Who should we help first? You've got twenty-four hours to tell me! ---  Video: Dreams of SCIENCE!! TOBOR reassembly! TOBOR quitting! Vic Vector flapping his arms and finally getting his dream job! Woo! Woo-oo! Woo!
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Aug 20, 2014 20:55
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Let's make Electric Sheep happen!
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Aug 20, 2014 21:01
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Aug 20, 2014 21:03
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Well there won't won't be much use for rockets anyway once we're all slaves in the Simoleon mines so let's go ahead and help Tobor realize their dreams of total world robo-domination.
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Aug 20, 2014 21:04
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Labs make big explosions and big explosions are good so let's do that.
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Aug 20, 2014 21:19
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Let's help Vic. I'm really enjoying this LP series, especially the little videos at the end of the updates. Both this and Agents are such adorable games and you're doing a wonderful job showcasing them. 
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Aug 20, 2014 21:20
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Help Tobor, because that was a bona fide Transformers: The Movie reference. 
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Aug 20, 2014 21:20
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Lets help Vic. I want to see what kind of training is required in order to sit in a rocket and blow up.
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Aug 21, 2014 01:36
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Help Tobor how else will we get a robot buddy?
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Aug 21, 2014 01:44
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Make Vic the next Jeb Kerman
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Aug 21, 2014 02:01
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We must help a tiny robot fulfill his dreams! THIS IS WHY WE WERE MADE!
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Aug 21, 2014 02:40
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Help Vic, that way we will have more magical power to fulfill dreams and build awesome labs.
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Aug 21, 2014 02:53
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Lets help Tobor first...he looks so sad standing there all by himself.
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Aug 21, 2014 04:14
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Let's help Tobor first, he needs help more than the others.
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Aug 21, 2014 06:28
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AJ_Impy posted:Help Tobor, because that was a bona fide Transformers: The Movie reference. Holy crap, how did I miss that? Obviously it has been too many years since I watched that movie. Anyway! Voting is now closed! Looks like we're going to help
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Aug 21, 2014 20:57
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Ep. 37: D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. Right! Let's go find out what TOBOR's destiny is to be! Or Tobor's. Or T.O.B.O.R.'s. Everybody on the island seems to use all three interchangeably.  : Okay, this Scroll is our first step! Good luck! There are two fishing spots on Rocket Reef, and we will need the second!  See? Urchin!  And more Robofish! We can also catch Crabs here but no one cares.  And somebody's discarded boot! It's not a fishing minigame unless you can fish up boots, right?  This is where I admit that we've been finding bits of this suit of armor all along, but I waited until we fished up a goddamn boot to come clean about it, because ha ha, fishing up boots. Behold, the Breastplate of Resistance, dug up on Capital Island.  And from the fishing spot at Renee's Nature Preserve, the Shield of Smiting!  Anyway. A brief stop to grab some Bananas and we complete the Scroll that TOBOR gave us! : Hey, Sam! Did you finish a Scroll? Totally did! : Oh, this stuff looks so cool! The S.C.R.O.L.L. grants us a Metal Bridge, a Metal Bridge Rail, and a Metal Archway, and then--sigh--a C.O.L.U.M.N., a p.i.p.e.l.i.d., a p.i.p.e., a P.i.p.e., and a P.I.P.E.--typing these hurts my eyes--a D.O.O.R., a W.I.N.D.O.W., some S.I.D.I.N.G., a fancy fat-rocket sign called an 'Eat at T.O.B.O.R.'s!', a Bulletin Board, and some Stucco Paints. Your unnecessary acronyms cause me trouble and pain, TOBOR.  sure, why not  TOBOR is too good for an ordinary bridge, however.  No, it has to have P.I.P.E.s on the sides and fancy rocket signs framing the ends! (Those are the 'Eat at T.O.B.O.R.'s'.)  We made him so happy that he's malfunctioning. : Nice bridge building, dude. Let's check this place out! It's a big flat-topped rock which was previously inaccessible, wooo.  There's another rocket tree in a niche to the side... and this thing.  Hey, it's another weird flower. Sweet.  : No way I'm gonna get blown up making grilled cheese sandwiches!... well, I've heard worse ideas, I guess  Like most buildings, the D.I.N.E.R. starts with base blocks. Angles are futuristic, right?  A roof, some chimneys, some D.O.O.R.s, and some cute fat rockets.  S.I.D.I.N.G. everywhere!  A couple of W.I.N.D.O.W.s and then all we need is paint! Hm. 'Nebula' sounds appropriate...  ... well, it's... definitely a building. Look, Sam herds pigs for a living, you take what you can get.  He gives us... a robot costume! Hells yeah!  --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: Advertising can only take a business so far!
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Aug 22, 2014 20:54
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I guess T.O.B.O.R. wants to be a chef just like his old buddy Bender.
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Aug 22, 2014 23:05
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It's so weird seeing Tobor be friendly and optimistic.
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Aug 22, 2014 23:24
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Not bad dinner design. Also, shame on you for hiding a side quest that going to result in either Sam or Buddy in a suit of magic armor.
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Aug 23, 2014 00:19
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I respect any robot who's down with a grilled cheese. The king of sandwiches.
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Aug 23, 2014 01:34
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grandalt posted:Not bad dinner design. Also, shame on you for hiding a side quest that going to result in either Sam or Buddy in a suit of magic armor. My guess would be that the goofy Paladin who we sent teams to help during Agents has lost it. We'll probably find him standing around in his underwear at some point. Oh, or maybe this will be Sam making him a Paladin. Hmm...
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Aug 23, 2014 02:04
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TO SERVE MAN... delicious hamburgers! Come to TOBOR's! Incidentally, do the things you get from the SCROLL have ridiculous acronyms?
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Glazius posted:Incidentally, do the things you get from the SCROLL have ridiculous acronyms? If they do, TOBOR ain't sayin'.  As far as I can tell, it's just a design choice; heck, the acronym T.O.B.O.R. didn't stand for anything until Agents.
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Ep. 38: You Spin Me Right Round Baby : I think one billboard here, one at the lab, and one by that monkey's training grounds will do the trick!... hey  TOBOR's the boss, so Sam puts a cool futuristic billboard over here by the side of the diner.  Once he puts it down, TOBOR comes over and puts up his cool hand-drawn poster.  I do believe that is a grilled-cheese sandwich I see! Everyone seems to approve.  Right! Let's go put up a billboard by the ex-lab!  Sam clears out some debris and puts the billboard in a corner. TOBOR follows and puts up his poster. Right! To the training area.  Sorry, Alexa, we'll get to you eventually!  Vic's hard at work already.  There, all set.  "... fleshie."  And now we are done with TOBOR's endless busywork! Let's go see what Vic needs.  : Oh! I know! Dr. F threw this Scroll in the trash the other day, but I bet it's just the thing we need to fix that rocket ride. Let me know when you've finished it. That's pretty straightforward.  A bit of mining for Springs and some digging for Onyx and we've got it in the bag. : Hey, Sam! Did you finish a Scroll? : This should help with Vic's training! in the bag, get it, ha ha Ahem. Sam unlocks the Gear Box! What's a Gear Box? Well, let's go ask Vic.  Sorry again, Alexa! : Hey, man, got that Scroll finished yet? Hmm. Let's see. Yeah! This will totally do the trick... Oh, good. Another tutorial.  Steam-O-Tron! : But in order to link gears to this centrifuge's axle you'll have to make the gears turn a corner.Vic beams. : That's where the gearbox comes in! If you can get any side of the gearbox spinning, it will make all the rest of the sides turn as well! Isn't that rad? Corners get owned with the awesome power of the gearbox on your side!... 'rad'? Really? You're going with 'rad'? ... okay! : Try it out, Sam! You'll have to use at least one gearbox to hook that centrifuge up. Good luck! So, yeah. Gears and belts can turn corners now, thanks to the little metal box with spinny poky things all over it.  Pretty simple.  No sooner has Sam hooked up the centrifuge than Buddy hops in. Anybody spinning in the centrifuge yelps and spits out Happy and Scary Essences continuously.  Let's give it a try!  If someone's tough enough to ride the centrifuge until it stops, Sam gets a handful of Star Essences. Looks like everything's working--how's that, Vic?  Dude, it's so hardcore it'll make you hurl stars.  There he goes! I wonder what else a future test pilot needs?   Ah. Looks like we'll finally be talking to Alexa. --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: The SUPER PLACE OF MUCH SCIENCE begins! --- Video: The Centrifuge Watch as Sam goes whirling around in a circle and yelps a lot! Buddy also manages to jump both on and off the centrifuge while it's running at full speed, which seems like it ought to end in blood and tears.
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Aug 25, 2014 19:58
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Well, of course Buddy survived hopping on a moving centrifuge. The mail must go through! The messenger cannot die while he holds a message! That, combined with his lacking work ethic, makes him invincible.
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Now I'm sad that there was never a spacefaring sci-fi MySims. There was Sky Heroes, but it's not the same.
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Ep. 39: SO GOOD AT SCIENCE! Help us, Dr. F!  ... that isn't helpful, Dr. F!  On the other hand, Alexa will help us. With a Scroll. Hands up if you're surprised. : It should contain techy gizmos that Dr. F will require for his lab to be 'SUPER PLACE OF MUCH SCIENCE' or something. Digging, mining, chopping wood. This'll be quick.  Sam still loves digging for treasure.  Hey, Lyndsay! : Hey, Sam! Did you finish a Scroll? : I bet we can build some really neat things with this stuff! Sam receives: the In/Out Go Machine--which is a door--a Dual Exhaust Roof Pipe and a Covered Roof Pipe, a metal Vent of the kind that goes on walls, a Security Camera, a Satellite Dish, Dr. F's Potential Energy Generator, a Roof Gauge, a Switchbox, Lab Platforms in Small and Large, a Metal Fence, and some Metal Paints. Oh, and a Toy Robot.  Geez, Alexa, it didn't take that long.  : I heard you're pretty handy with that wand, Sam. Think you can help me with my problems? First things first: Sam cleans up all the debris from the explosion and cashes it in for that sweet, sweet Mana.  Base blocks and roofs! Labs, unlike diners, are blocky imposing buildings meant to house lots of very serious science.  A few Dr. F's Potential Energy Generators--they stack together nicely.  Roof pipes and things! Also a toy robot, for whimsy.  Vents, satellite dish, switchboxes, and a security camera over the door. Very important.  And some fencing to keep out the unscientific riff-raff, as demonstrated by Lyndsay.  Finally, we plate everything with sheet metal. Very science!  : Let's go inside... Alexa throws Mana everywhere and then heads in through the In/Out Go Machine.  Whoa, Sam made a cool lab.  : ... calibrate the fuel tanks while you do that. The connection point on the tanks is located on the very top; you can't miss it! Nor can Sam miss the fact that rocket fuel is just sort of pouring out of those pipes and puddling on the floor.   Right, right. Connect tank to pipe.  The tank goes red and burbley, which appears to be the desired condition.  There. With the help of a t-junction we have three tanks connected to two rocket-fuel spigots. Sam tries his hand at calibrating a tank. It doesn't go well.  ... guys, someone is going to have to move.  Woo! --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: The atmosphere is electric here at Mission Control... --- Video: Calibrations The fuel-tank animation is full of ominous beeping and controlled panic! Garrus would not approve.
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Aug 27, 2014 21:16
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More science should be explosion-oriented. I'm looking at you, library science!
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Aug 27, 2014 21:30
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Dr. F remains the best character in MySims.
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Aug 27, 2014 22:09
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alcharagia posted:Dr. F remains the best character in MySims. I just wish we could hear someone shouting his lines out. And I don't just mean in simlish, I mean like a Saturday morning science show starring Dr. F and SCIENCE!
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:I just wish we could hear someone shouting his lines out. And I don't just mean in simlish, I mean like a Saturday morning science show starring Dr. F and SCIENCE! I kind of read his lines in Dr. Insano's voice. SCIENCE!
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Aug 28, 2014 00:19
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Clearly we must all remain calm and trust in science.
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Aug 28, 2014 00:39
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I feel like the ol' cartoon Freakazoid voice would also work well for Dr. F.
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Picayune posted:Sam receives: the In/Out Go Machine--which is a door--a Dual Exhaust Roof Pipe and a Covered Roof Pipe, a metal Vent of the kind that goes on walls, a Security Camera, a Satellite Dish, Dr. F's Potential Energy Generator, a Roof Gauge, a Switchbox, Lab Platforms in Small and Large, a Metal Fence, and some Metal Paints. Oh, and a Toy Robot. Read this as Metal Pants at first. Does Sam get a pair at some point?
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