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Night10194 posted:Maybe FF6 will bring back Moose. actually it's spelled Müth
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Night10194 posted:Maybe FF6 will bring back Moose. oh my god I think we're ahead of the game somehow
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Night10194 posted:Maybe FF6 will bring back Moose. This is my best guess right now. My alternate theory is that we somehow end up with a second copy of Twitter and/or Zizek.
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ultrafilter posted:Back when FF6 first came out, there was a rumor that you could resurrect General Leo by doing something in the dinosaur forest. It didn't pan out there, but I guess it'll work in this game. Apropos of nothing, how many people are familiar with Elephantgun's Let's Break of FF6?
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TheMcD posted:Just to clarify, gyroball wasn't involved here. Basically, I knew I wanted to revert my decision to kill Dugan due to finding out I screwed myself out of stuff by doing so, and given how meta the game sometimes gets, I just couldn't resist to whip out the RPG Maker and make something to dress it up a bit. VERY well played there McD.
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Swooping back in from lurking to say that the meta RPGMaker hack was awesome and I started cracking up because, for just a second, even I wasn't sure I hadn't put in a hack to make that happen.
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gyroball posted:Swooping back in from lurking to say that the meta RPGMaker hack was awesome and I started cracking up because, for just a second, even I wasn't sure I hadn't put in a hack to make that happen. That is probably the greatest praise my fuckery could get. To add on a bit, I was partially inspired to make it slightly look like it was actually something that could be real by giver336's fuckery in the Mega Man Battle Network 3 LP, where he and his ROM hacking pal in the shadows conned the entire thread into believing a must-lose fight was actually winnable. As for why exactly Zizek was focused on hotdogs? That's simple. https://twitter.com/nickusen/status/1118253255195275265
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I was linked to this thread by a friend and just finished two nights of catching up. I still haven't entirely crossed off "this entire game has been made up by two people conspiring to mock us all" as an option, but you know what....I don't care any more. This is glorious.
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Loxbourne posted:I was linked to this thread by a friend and just finished two nights of catching up.
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Zereth posted:There are google results for it back in 2015, so if so it's a long-rear end con. A long rear end-con? 
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Update XV - I Am LOLing And SMDHing At The Same Time. ♪ BGM: Closer's Theme ♫ Alright, we've run out of things to do that don't involve visiting The Machine's mansion, so let's do that.  ♪ BGM: Beethoven's Seventh ♫  This is how baseball players live in your world? Not all baseball players... EAT THE loving RICH AND MIX THEIR BONES WITH FECES TO FERTILIZE THE SOIL. #REVOLUTIONTWITTERSTYLE Your trolls might be onto something this time, @twitter. No, I believe they are still just #trolls. Who are you? What's with the New York uniform? What the hell are you doing here? We actually have an invitation from Carlos Rodriguez.Used [Invitation to Carlos Rodriguez's Party]! Ah, well in that case, come in! You must be Bobson! Do you know why The Machine invited me here? You can ask him that yourself, Bobson. He is inside.I suppose we'll loiter a bit, while we're here.   Sounds intriguing!Very intriguing, indeed.  Well, that was riveting. Let's head inside.  He's not going to come out and kneecap you in public, what are you afraid of? If he doesn't have a nefarious plan to destroy me, why did he invite me to a party the night before game seven? Maybe he's #Overconfident. We know that much is true. Perhaps he seeks a psychological advantage over you by presenting you with a confusing and bizarre invitation. I think it worked! Perhaps we should attempt to reverse his plan, by gaining a physical advantage with the access we now have to his home. So you want to hide in a dark room and beat him up before he turns on the light? Just forgo all the pitching and debating and whatever else and finally use our fists to settle this once and for all. I am suggesting no such thing! A victory achieved in that manner would likely be, in actuality, a victory for Carlos Rodriguez. That is to say: violence debases the perpetrator to the same level it injures the target. Since Rodriguez has continuously assaulted your spirit rather than your body, he could claim said debasement as the fruits of his own effort. Okay, you lost me. Let's not fight Rodriguez with our fists, but with our minds. We must undermine his conquest over you yesterday night by attacking his mind. And how do we do that? You have developed your arsenal of pitches since last night, but your slider is still what Moose would call a "meatball." We can fix that. How? We reclaim it--quite literally. We find and take the home run ball. Then I'll be able to throw my slider again? I believe that by reclaiming the ball, you will reclaim the confidence that you need to throw it. And now that you've got another offspeed pitch, it won’t be as easy to see coming! Well, if you two think it's a good idea... What about @twitter? Doesn't my opinion count? #MakeTwitterCount You are a social media platform, so by your very nature you must approve of all theft done which mimics creation. I suppose you are right. #MakeTwitterHumbleI suppose that's a plan. I don't quite understand it myself, but hey, Zizek said it, it must be right.  Hm, mysterious.  I think we can provide! Thanks! You must have grabbed the last one! Don't I get something in return? No, why would you? Well, I suppose that's the last soda we'll trade... ...well played, I suppose.  You want me to steal a baseball bat? From The Machine? My kid would really love it. Why would you assume that I would be willing to steal something? Is it because I'm-— No! Oh, god no, nothing like that. It's because you look like-- I look like what, exactly? Like a... uh... main character. You know, somone who does a lot of favors for small rewards along the way to completing some larger mission. I guess that has turned out to be the case. Excellent! So you'll do it? Eh... Let me think about it.We'll be doing this soon.  Really? You don't recognize me? You seem to be dressed in some kind of jumpsuit. Carlos wears one, too. Do you two work together? In a manner of speaking but... How does someone who knows The Machine not know about baseball? Oh, I have far more important concerns than sports. But you're at a party hosted by one of the most famous baseball players in the country! Oh, I assure you that Carlos has other concerns. This party is very weird.Very mysterious.  Now, let's get ourselves a baseball bat. But we really want to go beyond this point! That's... That's completely irrelevant. You're a baseball player, right? How about this? If I can strike you out, you'll let us pass. You sure about this?Yeah, sure. After saving, that is.  ♪ BGM: The Entrance ♫ Nothing special here. Fastball for a strike, changeup for a ball, fastball for a ball, batter is looking for fastball, changeup for a strike, knuckle-curve for a strike, 2-3 strikeout.  ♪ BGM: Beethoven's Seventh ♫ Well, I guess I'll take my break now... Would be a shame if someone sneaked past this door. And there we go.  Here we are on the second floor. So, who wants another stealth section? Nobody? Well, tough poo poo, we're getting another one.  I get caught a couple times, but thankfully, you just get thrown out of the room, so you're back quick.  After like four or five tries, we finally get the baseball bat.  However, since we exit from the other side, we also have to beat this baseball guard. Knuckle-curve strike, changeup ball, fastball ball, batter is looking for fastball, changeup strike, batter is looking for changeup, curveball strike for a 2-3 strikeout.  You handed over the [baseball bat]. The guest gave you $20. And now that we have 20 bucks...  ♪ BGM: City Theme ♫ ...trivia time!  ♪ BGM: Transcend ♫ Fun fact: This line has a "\" in it before the missing word "useful". I assume that's why RPG Maker just ate it, since "\" is the beginning of in-text commands like "have a small pause before printing the next character" and that kind of guff. Don't worry, we've got a philosopher and a social media platform here, too. I'm sure between the four of us we can come up with the answers. Time for the quiz. I'll go through all of the wrong answers first this time before ending with the right one. No points for guessing the right one, by the way. That's easy. White men. Yeah, Bobson! #WhitePeopleBeLike can someone lift me up so I can see the rim? Hahaha, they really can't play basketball. Are you trying to win this competition or what? Of course I am! Listen, Kami, you don't know this but in our world they made a whole documentary about how white men can't jump. To be fair to Kaminari, I do not believe that film was actually a documentary. Though, in truth, all films document actual happenings. It is just that in fictional films, the happenings which are being documented are the performances of actors. But is that any different from real life? I think I'll just answer this question.Or... Dachsunds. Really, Bobson? You see those dogs? Short little legs. They aren't jumping anywhere. It is true. These marvelous long dogs are so short that, like Western Civilization, they must trod upon others to rise. I think I'll just answer this question.Or... Elephants. Definitely elephants. Yeah, that's clearly the answer this question is looking for but it still doesn't sit quite right with me. But I guess we're here to win and not to be perfect in all things, so I'll go with it. That is an excellent philosophy, Kaminari.But the right answer is... gently caress that. Yeah, this is a terrible question. There are all sorts of mammals that can't jump. Yeah, like dudes in wheelchairs and cats with broken legs. That's not exactly what I meant but-- The context of this question clearly implies the answer should be elephants, but that merely robs other mammals, such as the sloth, of their agency. Yeah, and what about a sloth in a wheelchair? That... That actually would be really cute. Get me a picture of a sloth in a wheelchair and I can promise at least a hundred favs. Well, I'm going to mark "elephants" but add a sternly worded disclaimer. Ah, like so many other voters in the United States.Wow, that is a line.  Kristen Bell, obviously. She's the only reason anyone saw that terrible film. That sounds right, though what kind of question is this? It's so subjective... There is nothing subjective about the appeal of Kristen Bell. Actually everything is-- I will not hear it!Or... Josh Duhamel. Really? I just can't imagine calling him the "star" of anything. You've been in our world for only a day and you're already criticizing the career of a hard-working actor like Josh Duhamel? I'll just handle this question.Or... Danny DeVito is the star of any movie in which he appears. He is like a wonderful #troll, and not in the bad way like people are #trolls on the internet but in a funny way like they exist in legends. He is a man who takes care of his own body in a way that I can only hope to emulate. This really doesn't seem to be what the question is asking. You just haven't seen enough Danny DeVito films to understand. He wasn't in A League of Their Own, so I don't know anything about Danny DeVito. Just write down his name. Trust me. I'll just handle this one...But the right answer is... gently caress that. This is the correct response, Bobson. There is nothing in that movie worth the term "star." You watched "When In Rome?" Even philosophers sometimes end up in hotel rooms, tired after a long flight with nothing to watch but whatever is on HBO. Though in retrospect, I should have just paid for some pornography. Anyway, the answer is probably Kristen Bell but make sure you write a harshly-worded note to the proprietor. They taste like chicken. This seems like an unlikely answer, but it has sparked a curiosity in me that may lead me to do unspeakable things, so it is a revolutionary answer. C'mon, Bobson, why would you even think that all marsupials taste like chicken? I had a minor league teammate who went to Australia and brought back a bunch of kangaroo jerky. It tasted like chicken jerky. Chicken jerky? This opens up all sorts of new questions like "have you ever had salmonella"? Salmonella? No, I hate fish. I... Uh... I'll answer this question.Or... Simple, marsupials have pouches. Yeah, that's probably the answer we should pick, but I don't think it's right. What do you think, @twitter? I know that #kangaroos would have been trending during the 1980s, thanks to the hard work of Paul Hogan and Mel Gibson to bring the #Outback to the USA. And think of all the hilarious Crocodile Dundee #parody accounts that we missed out on. I am LOLing and SMDHing at the same time. If only I had been created 30 years earlier #ImproveTheWorldIn9Words We'll just go with the pouch answer.Or... Oh! I know this! They have gills. While I always appreciate the act of wrongfulness as an interrogation of truth, I do believe that it is not a useful process during a trivia night. What are you saying? Gills? GILLS? GILLS?!?!? Just... Just move on. You can handle this question.But the right answer is... gently caress that. I know! I've been living in a video game set in the 1940s and I know there are marsupials without pouches. For example, some species of opossum. How, exactly, *do* you know that? Let's not get into such scary subjects... What's the answer to the trivia question? None of them are right, and I'm starting to see a pattern. Moose said the same thing about the first set of questions. I wish he was here, he'd know what to do. I'm selecting "pouch" but this is getting harder to take seriously with each question. Do what I'm doing and take notes for the next time hashtag #BadTriviaNights is trending.And now, the final question.  That's Salem's Lot, right? I have crowdsourced the #facts and I am not so sure about this answer, Bobson. It's the original vampire novel. Wow, even I know that is absolutely wrong. Are you telling me vampires existed before Salem's Lot? I think I'll handle this question...Or... Carrie. Anyone knows that. I do believe that this is the answer we are intended to give, but... What's the problem? All these questions are real bad. Moose said the same thing about the last set of questions...Or... How Blue Can You Get, clearly. That's not Stephen King, that's B.B. King. Who? This is just #embarrassing. Seriously, guys, is this some kind of trick? Who the hell is B.B. King? How about you handle this one?But the right answer is... gently caress that. Exactly! Everyone knows that the actual first novel written by Stephen King was "The Long Walk", under his pseudonym "Richard Bachman". Not *everyone* knows that. I know how to solve this! Let's get #StephenKingFirstBook trending! I'll just put down "Carrie" because that is clearly the answer the question asks for...  ♪ BGM: Spirits Among Us ♫ For the second night in a row, Bobson! But where's your friend, Moose? ... Guess that's a sore subject. Anyway, they win this first edition copy of the Final Fantasy VI strategy guide. Great, that was totally worth the $20.Bobson received a copy of [Japanese Final Fantasy VI Strategy Guide]! Yay!  What happened in 2009? We had a back-to-back champion. What did I just say? I dunno, I just thought there might be a story to it or something. You're from a Japanese game, Kami. Can't you read it? I'm from a *translated* Japanese game, so I'm just as lost as you. I guess we'll need to find someone to translate this as well... Are you sure that's a good use of our time? Hey, now we have a whole new night to waste! Someone must have translated the game I came from! Maybe it's worth checking out?And we'll be cutting the update here. It's short, and nothing exciting happens, but the FFVI strategy guide sidequest takes up the remaining 20 minutes of my footage, and I don't want to bust the character limit again. So, next time, the story of how our heroes have to search for the translator of an obscure hentai game that probably goes by SlutterFan_69, WeedDemon420, xXx_DonMoneyShot_xXx, -!Dick!Pole!- or something like that. TheMcD's Baseball Stuff posted:Hey, did you know the Slutter is a real thing? See, here's the thing: There was this weird combination pitch, it was kinda like a slider, but also like a curveball, because it was gripped like a curveball, but thrown with the velocity of a slider. So it was called a Slurve. Well, then came a problem. Some pitchers started developing a pitch that was kinda between a slider and a cutter. And due to precedent set with the slurve, the slutter, the most wonderful pitch name, was born.
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That reminds me... If Bobson is inspired by Mo, why the hell does he not have his signature cutter! 
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iospace posted:That reminds me... Well, Bobson isn't inspired by Mo - that's just who I immediately thought of. Bobson is inspired by Brad Lidge, who was a slider/fastball guy, just like Bobson was.
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TheMcD posted:Well, Bobson isn't inspired by Mo - that's just who I immediately thought of. Bobson is inspired by Brad Lidge, who was a slider/fastball guy, just like Bobson was. The Yankees Closer was always Mo until a few years ago  Fair enough
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iospace posted:The Yankees Closer was always Mo until a few years ago The problem is you can't exactly write a story about Mariano Rivera failing and struggling to recover his old form. I mean, that's just too unrealistic.
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TheMcD posted:The problem is you can't exactly write a story about Mariano Rivera failing and struggling to recover his old form. Also true!
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I'm not 100% sure but wasn't Mariano Rivera also the last active player allowed to keep #42, after MLB retired it leaguewide in honour of Jackie Robinson? I think I watched the final Yankees game of a season once and there was a big thing about him coming out for his final save. Also someone answered this for me in an OOTP LP but I've already forgotten, what sort of abilities favor closers/relievers over starters and vice versa? Stamina, number of pitches known? Someone mentioned starters tended to have much fewer pitches in their repertoire but beyond that I have no clue.
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tomanton posted:I'm not 100% sure but wasn't Mariano Rivera also the last active player allowed to keep #42, after MLB retired it leaguewide in honour of Jackie Robinson? I think I watched the final Yankees game of a season once and there was a big thing about him coming out for his final save. He was. Any player wearing 42 at the time of the league wide retirement was allowed to keep wearing it (until Jackie Robinson day allowed it league wide for one day, natch). You also have it reversed on number of different pitches. Starters tend to have 4-5 pitches, relievers anywhere from 1 to 3, though if they are a converted starter, they may have more. Mo was a great reliever, as he really only had one pitch (the cutter), but was a horrible starter, because statistically, the OPS of the lineup shoots up the third time they see that pitcher (or why teams are going to the bullpen earlier these days). For other factors, it depends. Usually starters can go deeper in terms of pitch count, but they also get longer time off. Relievers tend to be an inning or two (or two days of 1 inning), then a day or two of rest before they can come back.
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I feel like things would have flowed better had you done everything in the mansion before leaving to do trivia night, but then again I can completely believe Bobson would just immediately leave in the middle of stealing back the 'meatball' in order to go win that strategy book.
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I don't know much about Baseball at all, but I know knuckleballs are weird. You just sorta throw the ball with lots of velocity and zero spin. About half the time the wind will grab it and make it do something funny that's basically unhittable, but the other half it's essentially a really slow easy-to-hit fastball. An exceptionally good knuckleball pitcher makes that more 60-40. So it's a weird niche throw that almost nobody does, and thus nobody practices against it because in order to do so, you need your own knuckleballer. That's what I heard.
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freshlybaked posted:I feel like things would have flowed better had you done everything in the mansion before leaving to do trivia night, but then again I can completely believe Bobson would just immediately leave in the middle of stealing back the 'meatball' in order to go win that strategy book. The reason I did that is because stealing the home run ball advances the plot. So I wanted to do the available side quests before advancing the plot, but doing the side quests requires me to get the 20$, and that's why I did it the way I did.
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I think there's actually two baseball bats during the stealth section, so you can get more than $20. There's nowhere else to spend them on, though, so the extra one is useless.
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Ratoslov posted:I don't know much about Baseball at all, but I know knuckleballs are weird. You just sorta throw the ball with lots of velocity and zero spin. About half the time the wind will grab it and make it do something funny that's basically unhittable, but the other half it's essentially a really slow easy-to-hit fastball. An exceptionally good knuckleball pitcher makes that more 60-40. So it's a weird niche throw that almost nobody does, and thus nobody practices against it because in order to do so, you need your own knuckleballer. That's what I heard. You meant "less" velocity instead of "lots" which was probably an autocorrect that entirely changed the meaning of the sentence. But you're mostly right. On a good night the knuckleball will dart around like crazy and utterly baffle batters (and catchers... (and umpires (and the pitcher themselves))). On a bad night it gets teed off on. The ratio is a bit better than you're suggesting, but again it depends on how well the pitcher is throwing his knuckler. You can be a real good pitcher for a real long time with just a knuckleball and an 80 mph (decent high school pitcher speed) fastball. Some of those years you'll be amazing- like RA Dickey when he won the 2012 Cy Young Award with the Mets using his knuckleball 85% of the time. You also need a catcher who knows how to catch a knuckleball, the Red Sox once traded away their knuckleballer's designated catcher, Doug Mirabelli, and the guy they brought in could simply not do the job... so they had to trade for Mirabelli and give up a not-terrible prospect to get him back in the nick of time for the knuckleballer's next start. There was a whole investigation into a state cop providing a motorcade for the limo carrying Mirabelli from the airport to Fenway Park so he'd make the first pitch of the game. edit: Here's the wikipedia entry on that motorcade: Dougie's Going Deep posted:Mirabelli was reacquired by the Red Sox on May 1, 2006, in exchange for catcher Josh Bard, setup man Cla Meredith, and $100,000 cash. This reacquisition occurred because Bard had trouble catching Tim Wakefield's knuckleball, committing 10 passed balls in just 7 games. The day the trade occurred, the Red Sox were to play their first game of the year against their rivals, the New York Yankees, at Fenway Park, and Wakefield was scheduled to start. It took a private jet and a Massachusetts State Police escort to get Mirabelli to the field in time. His plane from San Diego touched down at Logan Airport at 6:48 pm, he arrived at Fenway Park at 7:00 pm, and took his place behind the plate just in time for Wakefield's opening pitch at 7:13 pm. In an effort to conserve every second possible, the Red Sox sent a uniform along with the police escort for Mirabelli to change into while en route to Fenway Park from the airport. A special glove (which is actually a woman's softball catcher's mitt) which Mirabelli had used in previous years to catch Wakefield had been left in Boston by Josh Bard for Mirabelli. Soon after, the Yankees admitted they had tried to acquire Mirabelli from the Padres in an attempt to keep him from the Red Sox. Anyone who has ever driven in Boston knows that to get from Logan Airport to Fenway in 12 minutes is almost literally impossible. habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Jun 27, 2019 |
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Update XVI - Now I Consume Only The Finest, Organic, Locally-Sourced Japanese Eroge. ♪ BGM: City Theme ♫ Here we are, back in Zizek's apartment and ready to check out the League of our Own eroge again in search of a translator.  I, uh, guess so... Maybe we should take a look at the game I came out of to see who translated that! They could help us. This is wise thinking, Kami! Surely someone who would translate an obscure game based on a 90s film would be useful now, and then never again. You think the translator put his name on the game? People on the #WorldWideWeb love to get credit for the #content they create, because everyone knows they are not #monetizing their work. Then let's boot it up and take a look... Unless that makes you uncomfortable, Kami. You think I can't handle something as mundane as a look into the bizzare and awful virtual world from which I emerged? That does sound rather traumatic. Nah, I can handle it. Then let's go!♪ BGM: Their Own League ♫ Okay, let's take a look at the credits. That's where these translators will usually put their name, in with the actual creators. So you do play a lot of these games! Never mind that, we opened this up for a reason. Looks like the translation was done by a person named WeedDemon420. I don't think that's his real name. I know that! There is an address here... He put his address but not his real name? When you think about it, a physical location is actually more descriptive of our existent reality than a proper name. Looks like he's in Plano, Texas. Well, now we know where we need to go, should we continue down this path. ♪ BGM: Closer's Theme ♫ We are very much continuing down this path. Off to Plano!  ♪ BGM: Nolkrinite - Headquarters ♫ Yes, that is what you have heard... But had you ever been here before? I think I saw pictures once, and it was beautiful and sunny. Not a run down dump like this. I don't understand. Maybe the city spent all their money on public relations. Perception is often far more important than reality, especially when considering real estate prices. Fabricating a strong, pervasive positive image could be more beneficial than improving actual existing conditions. You should know that better than anyone, since we used selective #curation of #SocialMedia to put you back in the closer position. Are you saying that there is a wide-reaching conspiracy to make Plano, Texas look like a wonderful place instead of a shithole? It wouldn't be the weirdest thing we've encountered. Let's just find WeedDemon420 and get the Final Fantasy guide translated so we can get out of here.Alright, time to ask around for WeedDemon420. This should go just great.  Who the hell are you? A question we should ask ourselves every day, but this is not the time. Now we want to know: Who is WeedDemon420? Leave me alone! Get out of my house! Oh god it's a talking cartoon bird! Well, that's rude. Uh, no... Now please leave us alone. What are you talking about? WeedDemon420. I'm talking about WeedDemon420. Please leave.Also, there's two more houses we could've asked before finding the right one: Click here if you are interested in a #SpecialOffer in which you help us find a man named WeedDemon420. A living pop-up ad? What is this? @twitter does not use pop-up ads, but rather embeds sponsored #content. Well, I don't like that either. Anyone here by the name of WeedDemon420? Wait, you're Bobson! The closer for New York! Yeah, and I'm looking for a guy who does translations of obscure Japanese video games, what of it? Can I have your autograph? I guess he's not here...And finally, there's the right house.   Now... Now that's not a name I've heard for a long time. Wait, you're... Chicago starting pitcher Jake Arrieta. Come on in... We must have a lot to discuss. That's great, Jake, but we didn't come here for your life story. But you know I was WeedDemon420! You have no idea how amazing this is! I've never had another MLB player I could talk to about my past. This has been a great unburdening for me. Like I can finally be myself. I can be your anime support group later, we need something from you right now. Are you truly the man who translated the eroge adaptation of "A League of Their Own"? There is very little baseball eroge out there. Back when I was in high school, a developing pitcher and fan of hentai, I needed to play it. I had already started to learn Japanese to understand certain anime titles that would never get a western release. So, naturally, I translated it and released the translation for free. Because I knew there were others out there like me. I don't know how I feel about any of this. You... You're Kaminari! How is this possible? It is an exceedingly long story. The game you translated and helped distribute is disgusting and you should be ashamed. I never said I wasn't ashamed. Huh, wasn't expecting that. We need to translate this Japanese guide for Final Fantasy VI. Well, my Japanese is a bit rusty... We've come all this way... And they way I see it, you owe me. Like it or not, you're at least somewhat implicated in all the hosed up poo poo that game put me through. Let me see this guide, I'll take a look.You gave Jake Arrieta the [Japanese Final Fantasy VI Guide]! Wow, this is a first edition! If I give you the translation, can I have the original? There's not really anything we can do with it. Then we have a deal! Wow, that was fast! It's probably not my best work. After all, there's nothing erotic about this. Ugh. Here you go! Hopefully this somehow helps you on your quest.You received [English Final Fantasy VI Strategy Guide]! Come back anytime you have some new Japanese memorabilia. Before we go, I just have to ask: Did you actually think the League of Their Own game was any good? Because I guess I could almost understand if you liked it ironically. But if you were sincere, that's really hosed up. C'mon, Kami, Jake helped us out... Nah, it's okay. I was a kid back then, I know I had bad taste. Now I consume only the finest, organic, locally-sourced Japanese eroge. Are you making fun of me? Because that loving game was monstrous to me and my friends and-- No, not at all! I was being completely serious! I've invested my signing bonus in a US studio that makes erotic Japanese games... and our mission is to make them without all the gross misogyny that is so common in all the classic titles. So you basically set your signing bonus on fire? All digital #content is worthwhile, Bobson. That is an incredibly wrong statement. Anyway, I'm sorry for any part I played in your opression, Kami. And I'm glad you were able to escape. Though I'm still confused as to how-— I am sorry, Jake, but we need to depart. Another time, then.Alrighty then. TheMcD's Baseball Stuff posted:
 ♪ BGM: Moose ♫ Now, we're back at Dinosaur Forest, and things are happening. My god, what new strangeness have we gotten ourselves into? This is almost more bizarre than the day that I spent locked in a staring contest with Werner Herzog. What do you think this means? I don't know... Perhaps there is some #HiddenMeaning to be found here.Well, what we need to do is...  ...look at the sign again. Dinosaur Forest? What's that mean?Suddenly, we hear a whooshing noise. And what was that noise?  Because there aren't even any god drat dinosaurs here, in this so-called bullshit dinosaur forest. Which is what I expected, because dinosaurs don't loving exist! Carl Everett? Yeah, and who the hell are you? I'm Bobson, the New York closer. Why are you out here? Some chucklefucks told me that there was a dinosaur forest. But dinosaurs don't exist and they never existed, so I came out here to prove those shitheads were liars, just like the scientists. To truly discern whether dinosaurs ever "existed" we must first decide upon an appropriate definition for existence. For you see, if you argue that for something to exist it must be perceived by an intelligence capable of classifying it... then it is entirely possible to argue dinosaurs never existed. Instead, they are a construct that we have projected into the past. I don't know what the gently caress you're talking about, but it's not what I'm talking about. Dinosaurs are god drat fiction. All classifications are fiction, even the names we give ourselves. I'm Carl loving Everett! But are you? Or are you merely a mass of ostensibly self-aware matter that was assigned that name by your parents... who had no agency to classify you with a name, other than a mutual shared genetic material, which is its own sort of arbitrary. I don't like this man! He's kind of an acquired taste. Bobson, this Final Fantasy strategy guide is really starting to glow. What the helll is "Final Fantasy"? The only fantasy here is that the world is more than six thousand years old. Let's take a look at this... Carl, I know you're retired, but I think that I have to pitch to you. What the gently caress are you talking about? I have to defeat you. This is a #stunning development! What are you planning, Bobson? I don't know if it will work, but I have to try... What will work? What do you think might happen? Hopefully you'll see, Kami. Hopefully I'm right and I can fix one more thing before the big game. So, Carl, you up for one more at bat? If you get a hit or walk off me, I'll admit that dinosaurs aren't real. You're loving on, kid! ♪ BGM: The Entrance ♫ And now, we get to baseball fight Carl Everett. Nothing too special. Fastball for ball one, fastball for strike one, batter is looking fastball, changeup for strike two, knuckle-curve for strike three, see ya.  ♪ BGM: Moose ♫ So, are you going to admit that dinosaurs are real? That was never part of the loving bet. Wait for it... Wait for it... I do not believe that anything is going to happen. Just tell us what your plan was. Well, this strategy guide says that you can bring back General Leo from the dead by doing certain things at the dinosaur forest. And I couldn't help but wonder if we could bring back Moose the same way. That was kind of a stretch. Did you ever consider that there might be multiple #DinosaurForests? The similarities are just too much to ignore! It was a noble effort, Bobson... But you just have to remember, we're not in a videogame so--But suddenly, the screen starts shaking! What the-- This stargate definitely wasn't here before. Wait, did this work? Did it really work?  You really did it, Bobson... You brought me back.Let it be known that for once, the thread actually managed to successfully call something that would happen in this game - that the Final Fantasy VI strategy guide would allow us to bring Moose back in conjunction with the Dinosaur Forest. The reason the thread called this is because they're a bunch of *nerds*. Now, time to get Moose up to speed.  I was never going to give up, Moose. Even if my idea was really stupid. It was remarkably stupid. It should have never worked. So, you're not late for Game Seven, right? It was actually postponed for a day because of rain. That's practically unheard of. How did you leave things in the land of the gritty reboot? I helped the zombies develop rudimentary intelligence with crossword puzzles. My hope is that they can form a society. What a cruel thing to do to a group of individuals. Society is nothing but organized crime, legitimized by the apathy of the masses. They were shambling about and eating brains, I don't think life could get any worse for them. What if shambling about and eating brains is their natural state? What is this but imperialism? ... Hey! We've got an airship now! Glad to see everything has continued a trajectory into the insane. It belongs to the Machine but he's letting us use it... and we should probably head back to his mansion and figure out why he's being so nice. I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll go wait on the airship. But I'm glad to be back, and you'll be able to find me whenever you disembark.So this is how we're getting around the party limit. Moose will tag along with us but be outside of the party proper, he'll just show up when appropriate.  ♪ BGM: Closer's Theme ♫ Next, we're going to head to Plano again.  ♪ BGM: Nolkrinite - Headquarters ♫ I just wanted you to see how ugly it is. We're being lied to by the city chamber of commerce. Oh, I knew that. Really? It's Texas! What did you expect? Now, there is one building we missed earlier.  There's nothing in it. Mysterious. Now, let's check back in with Arrieta again.  What a jerk! Be careful! The way teams are hiring old catchers these days, he's likely to be your manager before your playing career is over. ...and we're stuck. I can't move. ...ah, crap. I know what went wrong here. One trip into RPG Maker later... ...yep, I was correct. See, the event that makes it so that you move from the "Plano" map to the "Arrieta's house" map the first time you enter is set up to place you on the chair. Because you start the event speaking to Arrieta, so it only makes sense. But the problem is that the event that puts you in there the second and any further times places you on the chair as well, but I think gyroball was writing this event with Moose speaking to Arrieta under the assumption that we would be standing in the hallway at the bottom. We would then be moved up by the event to go closer to Moose, then the dialogue would continue. Instead, we walk into a wall and the event can't continue because we can't resume going up. Oh well, easy to fix. One change from "Transfer Player:[061:Arrieta's House] (007,009), Right" to "Transfer Player:[061:Arrieta's House] (005,015), Up" later... Also, one refight of Carl Everett later...  OK, here we go. Now we're at the bottom...  ...and can move appropriately to continue the event. It doesn't make any sense, but that Final Fantasy VI guide was the key to getting me home. I knew FFVI was the greatest jRPG ever made. I must take exception to this line of discussion because, technically, Pokemon is a jRPG. Woah, Pokemon, Zizek? What can I say? Still waters run deep.This is a twist I did not expect. I like this Arrieta kid. While I have no fondness for eroge, it is admirable that he is trying to make it better.Alright, now, let's move o- I like this Arrieta kid. While I have no fondness for eroge, it is admirable that he is trying to make it better.Wait, what's going o- I like this Arrieta kid. While I have no fondness for eroge, it is admirable that he is trying to make it better. I like this Arrieta kid. While I have no fondness for eroge, it is admirable that he is trying to make it better. I like this Arrieta kid. While I have no fondness for eroge, it is admirable that he is trying to make it better.Oh god, I can't escape! I like this Arrieta kid. While I have no fondness for eroge, it is admirable that he is trying to make it better.SHUT IT DOWN! ...OK. So, looks like there's another problem associated with this scene. See, the event that has Moose talking with Arrieta and all that is an "autorun" event. It starts the moment we enter the map. That's fine, because at the end of the event, it flips a switch, and that switch being on prevents the autorun event from being called again. The problem comes with the second page of the event. This is supposed to be what happens when we speak to Moose ourselves on this map. However, this event page was also set to autorun, and since it doesn't have a switch to turn itself off, we're stuck in an endless loop. One change from "Trigger: Autorun" to "Trigger: Action Button" later... Also, another loving refight of Carl Everett later...  Alright, now we can escape. And talk to Arrieta again, because he has a critical clue that you won't get anywhere else in the game to something that you definitely don't want to miss (but a lot of people probably did)!  Oh that? gently caress if I know... Rumor has it that if you enter while bearing the name of the legendary hero, then a great secret will open up to you. But I went down to the county clerk and had myself renamed "Loto" and it did nothing. Also tried "Roto", but that didn't work, either. Guess you need to have the name used in this continent. Is it worth investigating? Only if you can figure out how to change your name.Well, turns out that we can actually change our name. Remember the guy at The Machine's party that told us about a hidden way to change your name in a New York bookstore?  ♪ BGM: City Theme ♫ Well, here we are. Note that there's something a little bit off on the right.  We press that thing, and a staircase appears! And what is behind it?  ...this. 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 And fittingly, this mouse is also capable of changing our name. Now, we need to change our name to that of the legendary hero... I think I know this one.  Nailed it.  ...huh. Anyway, this is just an easter egg that only changes our overworld sprite. Instead...  ...this is what we need. Now, heading back to that building in Plano...  ♪ BGM: Nolkrinite - Headquarters ♫ Looks like a staircase opened up. Weird, changing my name to Erdrick did that? This is a strange road we walk down, my friend....we open up a new side area. What hides behind it? That, we will see next time.
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I have rarely been more glad to be right. gently caress yeah, Moose is back.
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Oh come on you gotta explain why Carl Everett was in the dinosaur forest. It's great. I grew up in Plano. It sucks
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Lmao where the gently caress is this going Also gyro should get around to fixing that scene, I hope.
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GrandmaParty posted:Oh come on you gotta explain why Carl Everett was in the dinosaur forest. It's great. Is there more of a story than "Carl Everett is a creationist, moon landing doubter, gay-basher and all round poo poo person"?
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