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Edmond Dantes
Sep 12, 2007

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Suspicious Cook posted:

Maybe they should have just rewritten the whole game to make Loaderbot and Gordys the playable characters instead. :colbert:

Nervous posted:

As good as Tales from the Borderlands is, this game would have been better.

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Felinoid
Mar 8, 2009

Marginally better than Shepard's dancing. 2/10

:stare: I want it.

P.N.T.M.
Jan 14, 2006

tiny dinosaurs
Fun Shoe
I feel like Jack has always been a double-crosser. He mentions punching his mom...I wouldn't trust him

Tempest_56
Mar 14, 2009

P.N.T.M. posted:

I feel like Jack has always been a double-crosser. He mentions punching his mom...I wouldn't trust him

It's also worth noting that in Borderlands 2, Jack pays a bunch of bandits to murder his own grandmother in her bed, then pays the Vault Hunters to kill the bandits so he doesn't have to actually pay said bandits.

He is not a nice man.

CuwiKhons
Sep 24, 2009

Seven idiots and a bear walk into a dragon's lair.

Tempest_56 posted:

It's also worth noting that in Borderlands 2, Jack pays a bunch of bandits to murder his own grandmother in her bed, then pays the Vault Hunters to kill the bandits so he doesn't have to actually pay said bandits.

He is not a nice man.

Also notable that you find strong evidence in that quest and another in the Pre-sequel that his grandmother badly abused him.

Oh, and Jack doesn't realize he was abused. He claims he had a normal childhood in the same breath that he mentions his grandmother killing his cat when he didn't make his bed one day. "You know, the usual stuff"

CuwiKhons fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jan 29, 2016

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

someone that handsome can't be evil

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012





Uh, spoilers

IMJack
Apr 16, 2003

Royalty is a continuous ripping and tearing motion.


Fun Shoe
Jack was married at one point but the topic of his wife does not come up. Jack strangled* a colleague specifically for bringing up his wife.

* Strangulation is not choking, and Jack thinks this distinction is important enough to remark upon. As he is strangling a dude.

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

RareAcumen posted:

Uh, spoilers

what's spoilers about a couple robots being friendos ?

Panzer Skank
Jan 12, 2004

He's a regular-crab.
Not, like, a sex-crab.

CuwiKhons posted:

Scooter has a BL2 quest to retrieve porno mags for him. Nothing about him is pure.

Okay so Kaubocks and I were actually discussing this the other day, like a third of the quests in BL2 have an optional objective of finding porno mags. Everyone in Pandora wants loving porno mags constantly. It doesn't matter what you're actually doing for a quest but you gotta keep an eye out for them titty mags

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

look I love titty as much as the next person but you have to stop hearing only what you want to hear -- it's just Scooter's quests where the optional objective is always "oh bee tee dubs if you happen to find any porno feel free to send it my way"

Marcus has moxxi's photos but that's something else entirely :colbert:

IMJack
Apr 16, 2003

Royalty is a continuous ripping and tearing motion.


Fun Shoe

Panzer Skank posted:

Okay so Kaubocks and I were actually discussing this the other day, like a third of the quests in BL2 have an optional objective of finding porno mags. Everyone in Pandora wants loving porno mags constantly. It doesn't matter what you're actually doing for a quest but you gotta keep an eye out for them titty mags

You sure you weren't talking about Lisa?

DeafAssassin
Feb 25, 2014
Don't trust Jack So far is almost every Boderlands game he walks on those beneath him to get what he wants. This is also a Jack AI who knows what evil plans he has.

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


We didn't trust Jack before, let's not trust him now. I mean he's not real..

Fire Storm
Aug 8, 2004

what's the point of life
if there are no sexborgs?
gently caress THAT AI LOBOTOMIZING rear end in a top hat (DO NOT TRUST JACK! if that wasn't clear enough) We really need a way to strip his AI of all personality so it just does just what we want it to.

YES!

Kaubocks posted:

Marcus has moxxi's photos but that's something else entirely :colbert:
Well, who on Pandora/Elpis WOULDN'T want Moxxi's photos? And weren't they married at one point?

Judge Tesla
Oct 29, 2011

:frogsiren:

Fire Storm posted:

gently caress THAT AI LOBOTOMIZING rear end in a top hat (DO NOT TRUST JACK! if that wasn't clear enough) We really need a way to strip his AI of all personality so it just does just what we want it to.

YES!

Well, who on Pandora/Elpis WOULDN'T want Moxxi's photos? And weren't they married at one point?

He was Moxxi's 4th husband and the only one to make it out alive.

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

partner up

Toad King
Apr 23, 2008

Yeah, I'm the best

Kaubocks posted:

someone that handsome can't be evil

Agreed

Trust Jack

Nervous
Jan 25, 2005

Why, hello, my little slice of pecan pie.

You've created a wonderful thing here.

Suspicious Cook
Oct 9, 2012

Onward to burgers!

I'm looking forward to greeting friends and psychopathic murderers alike with a simple, "Hi".

Jimmy4400nav
Apr 1, 2011

Ambassador to Moonlandia

:perfect:

Ah Episode 3 :allears: As you all might recall I mentioned how Episode 1 reeled me in, but it took Episode 2 to sell me on this being a solid series from Telltale rather than having just 1 good episode (again I was coming off GOT being meh). Episode 3 though is what made me realize that this was a something really special. Like others have said, Gortys was a wonderful introduction to the cast, a kind of innocence we really don't see in Borderlands, but coming across with that rare combination of cuteness and naivety that doesn't bug players. Athena joining the group and her interaction with everyone was well handled by Telltale in this game (again, as opposed to GoT and its canon characters).

Finally this title card is my favorite. true it doesn't quite have the "action" oomph of the previous ones and while the later ones are also fantastic, this one to me really did two things well. A. It establishes character building moments in an efficient 2 minute package that feels organic to the story and 2. It reinforces that with Telltale games, its really the characters that are most important. They bring the life to the story and well made characters can say a lot without speaking at all.

anyways, enough rambling Work with Jack!

Jimmy4400nav fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Feb 1, 2016

SonicRulez
Aug 6, 2013

GOTTA GO FIST
We don't trust Jack because he's a psychopath and giving part of our brain functions over to someone else is a bad idea. Especially if that person is nuts.

CaptianKatsura
Feb 28, 2011

I'm not Katsura, I'm Captain Katsura!

It seems a lot of people don't understand what this choice actually is. The choice isn't between trusting and not trusting Jack, the choice is Agree to work with Jack until we decide we don't want to anymore or Tell Jack to gently caress off and never work with him ever.
These are two very different sets of choices, and I feel some people are voting based on the wrong set.

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

CaptianKatsura posted:

It seems a lot of people don't understand what this choice actually is. The choice isn't between trusting and not trusting Jack, the choice is Agree to work with Jack until we decide we don't want to anymore or Tell Jack to gently caress off and never work with him ever.
These are two very different sets of choices, and I feel some people are voting based on the wrong set.

I disagree. I just went through to count up the votes and I feel a fair amount of people who are voting to be partners are doing so with the stipulation of "...for now." Just a lot of them are using the word "trust" instead of "partner", probably since the option to turn him down uses the word "trust". I will admit that I didn't really vocalize any reasons we might want to tell him to gently caress off during the video and maybe unwittingly pushed for people to trust Jack by shitposting in my own thread. It's something I'll have to learn to live with. I hope someday you can all forgive me. :smith:

That being said I'm closing the votes a couple hours earlier than I mentioned because I'm getting impatient and excited and want to record and I don't think the result is going to change in two hours. Let's take a look at what came of the votes!

Partner up! - 42
Turn him down! - 23

Not bad, not bad. Agreeing to be (at least) temporary partners took an early lead and it was hard for turning him down to really put much of a dent in that... but it's honestly a bit closer than I imagined?

Expect the next video in a few days while I gather the footage I need and begin editing. :)

Edmond Dantes
Sep 12, 2007

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Kaubocks posted:

Partner up! - 42



I'll stop now

Nervous
Jan 25, 2005

Why, hello, my little slice of pecan pie.

Edmond Dantes posted:

I'll stop now

You don't have to.

Sam Faust
Feb 20, 2015

I'm glad that people have come to their senses regarding our best dead friend Jack.

apostateCourier
Oct 9, 2012


Sam Faust posted:

I'm glad that people have come to their senses regarding our best dead friend Jack.

Nah, it's just better if he thinks we're on the level.

Fire Storm
Aug 8, 2004

what's the point of life
if there are no sexborgs?

Edmond Dantes posted:

I'll stop now
Please don't!

Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011

We got a pretty slow video this time around. Are you guys ready to see where Gortys is taking us?



Yada yada yada, :siren:VOTE TO MAKE!!:siren:

Seems this Atlas dome has a conveniently placed Quick Change station. Want to buy some new duds? Please vote for either two, one, or no items. If you want to vote for none or just one, please specify this in your vote so I can tally that accordingly. I hope you're all proud of your Scooter Special paint job because now we can't bling out Loader Bot. :colbert:

Voting closes on Friday at 6PM Eastern.

Kaubocks fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Feb 3, 2016

Panzer Skank
Jan 12, 2004

He's a regular-crab.
Not, like, a sex-crab.

(Scrambles into the thread out of breath) Steampunk Princess and Cyberpunk'd!!!!!!!!!!! I care a lot about how our characters look and I want them to match and be cool !!!! ALSO NEW HAT FOR FIONA PLEASE!!! WE CAN UNDO OUR MISTAKES


VVV Edit: gently caress thank you for ur post bc that's the one I meant to pick and I mistyped!!! I was like what the hell I picked the black one didn't I ??

Panzer Skank fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Feb 3, 2016

Suspicious Cook
Oct 9, 2012

Onward to burgers!
Steampunk Princess is a no brainer because it's a yes hatter. However, I prefer Cyberpunk'd for Rhys because it goes with his outfit so much better and black is always in style.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
Just the Steampunk Princess.

wokow6
Oct 19, 2013
I must insist we get Cyberpunk'd.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

The nicer Jack is to Rhys the less I trust him, he's definitely got an angle going on but I don't know whether it's just that he wants to keep Rhys alive or something more sinister. Also, Loaderbot and Gortys keep becoming more precious and I hope nothing bad ever happens to them. :ohdear:

And we should totally buy Steampunk Princess and CyberPunk'd because one gives us back our hat and the other makes Rhys' robo arm look cooler.

sleepy.eyes
Sep 14, 2007

Like a pig in a chute.
Ah drat, M8R-D was the only cool outfit. Like a true monster, I like Fiona better sans hat. Change nothing.

Nervous
Jan 25, 2005

Why, hello, my little slice of pecan pie.
Steampunk Princess and new glasses for Vaughn. Maybe it'd help the poor guy, he hasn't been able to blink since that whole traveling montage happened.

GlyphGryph
Jun 23, 2013

Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

Nervous posted:

new glasses for Vaughn. Maybe it'd help the poor guy, he hasn't been able to blink since that whole traveling montage happened.

tlarn
Mar 1, 2013

You see,
God doesn't help little frogs.

He helps people like me.
That red stripe down the button strip of Rhys's shirt all the way into his pants is a loving tie??? :psyduck:

Also, Steampunk Princess and M8R-D. Let's class up Fiona to make up for her lost hat, and let's make Loaderbot look as good as his robotic heart is; dude's been helping us since the beginning and has taken a lot of damage for our sake.

edit: gently caress not enough money, aaaaah Cyberpunk'd then. But my point about being good to Loaderbot stands.

tlarn fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Feb 3, 2016

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Kaubocks
Apr 13, 2011


you swipe your card in the quick change station and it flashes [INSUFFICIENT FUNDS]

EDIT: you caught it before I could tease you about it :v:

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