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Iamgoofball
Jul 1, 2015

Solitair posted:

Nah, I already played it for four hours.

Nope, still works. File a refund anyways.

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Solitair
Feb 18, 2014

TODAY'S GONNA BE A GOOD MOTHERFUCKIN' DAY!!!

Solitair posted:

On Day 3 of my playthrough, I got 1.76 MHz and it killed all but one of my agents. I figured it out after I reset the day; I made it to Day 11 and haven't had any setbacks that significant since.

Scratch that; O-04-84 and Green Noon frustrated me enough that I decided to do a full reset.

Solitair fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Aug 9, 2020

Kitfox88
Aug 21, 2007

Anybody lose their glasses?

Solitair posted:

Scratch that; Meat Lantern and Green Noon frustrated me enough that I decided to do a full reset.

I hate that loving anom

jimmydalad
Sep 26, 2013

My face when others are unable to appreciate the :kazooieass:

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor

Solitair posted:

Scratch that; Meat Lantern and Green Noon frustrated me enough that I decided to do a full reset.

I have that abnormality and T-04-53 in my facility :shepface:.

Solitair
Feb 18, 2014

TODAY'S GONNA BE A GOOD MOTHERFUCKIN' DAY!!!
On the plus side, way more stuff carried over on reset than I thought. I have the encyclopedia entries, my EGO gear, and completed missions. The only thing I lost is my agents and their stats.

Also, I now get why OP dislikes -44 so much.

Solitair fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Aug 9, 2020

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Solitair posted:

On the plus side, way more stuff carried over on reset than I thought. I have the encyclopedia entries, my EGO gear, and completed missions. The only thing I lost is my agents and their stats.

Also, I now get why OP dislikes -44 so much.

I don't even dislike it, I just want it to stop following me everywhere. :mad: It's just a worse 1.76 MHz!

dervival
Apr 23, 2014


Well, mark me down as another one who picked up Lobo Corp. from this LP - your narrative style has been immensely entertaining, TeeQueue.

serefin99
Apr 15, 2016

Mikoooon~
Your lovely shrine maiden fox wife, Tamamo no Mae, is here to help!

Oh my god I love Tiphereth already. :allears:

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.
Day 20: Gameplay

I'll just go ahead and put this here:

Retry count: 4. I forgot to change around my equipment and instantly quit, and then I think I accidentally right-clicked Pbird when trying to move an agent? Punishing Bird ate somebody offscreen, at any rate. Neither has any good footage available, so they're mentioned here for the sake of accuracy. :v:

I swear I'm good at this game. :eng99:

Music: neutral 4


Huh… I guess Netzach finished his research before he got super drunk? Well, I'll take it.

He is quite capable of performing his duties even while inebriated. This entire exercise is largely meaningless.

Yeah, well, we're doing it anyways. Let me just shuffle around our agents...

:siren: DAY 20 CHALLENGE: MANDATORY CRUNCH

Rules: Complete Netzach's "Total Efficiency" mission. Get to Meltdown level X, and fill the gauge again once. All meltdowns must be worked.



Our facility for today. Zeta21, Mizu, Twee, Boksi, SeyserKoze, Tylana, and Mr.Blond are all sitting out today. The first two because they're maxed out, and the rest because they're competing with much weaker agents. Since this is a long day, we should do some training. :getin:





All we need to do is what we’ve always done.



Netzach's taking a personal day, so you'll be reporting to me directly today.

HAHA! Marvelous! I'll simply do as I normally would!

Huh?

I've been working under an unconscious Sephirah most of the time. Why, I don't even need input to figure out how to murder bees anymore!

Uh-huh. Well… Tenebrais, Credentia, you're working with Blue Star. Try and get your Prudence and Justice maxed out. Oh, and… one other thing.

Make it quick. I got a heart to break.

You two… Are you related?

We're sisters!

Ah. Well, good for you guys! Making it to a wing together. Your parents must be prou-

Shut the hell up, Manager.

Er-yes ma'am.

Oh my. I'll just… get to work. :ohdear:



Orders from the top, everyone!

Let's see… Omni, you're working with the Forsaken Murderer. Chinely, 1.76 MHz. Your objectives today are general growth, and to see if you can gain any new E.G.O gifts. Good luck, everyone.

Those belts do look pretty cool, I guess...

The only downside is that sometimes debris falls in and gets stuck there while I'm ninja-running through the halls.

I can see how that might be a problem… Maybe if you tightened it?

Oh, good idea. They are belts.



:v: Hod's in meetings with agents all day. She left me this folder for you, Medea.

Thank you, Delta28. Let's see… Sephiroth, you'll be working with Knight of Despair on your Temperance, now that I've finished taking care of getting her gift.

Splendid… her aesthetic speaks to me.

Fat Sam, you're on Scarecrow duty, but it looks like you'll be flexing to Ppodae on occasion.

I shall take all of the photos.

Good. I wanna see the cutie-utie face too.



It's time. Remember to follow the protocols.

Okay… Talow, it looks like you're on Queen Bee duty. Your Fortitude's the only thing that you really need.

Hm..? Oh, yeah.

You seem distraacted. What's uup?

Nothing in particular. Can we run a clerk over to Training to make sure the newbies all know not to poke the bird? I don't want any casualties because someone gets trigger-happy.

Sure. Anyways... Kaori, you're in for a treat-You'll be working with Laetitia.

I'll do my beest..!

I'm sure you will. Make me proud, kiddo.

That's our basic work rotation for the day. The newbies get some experience, the older agents get some polish, and things should, theoretically, go smoothly.



You know, Queen Bee, if there's one thing I'll never get used to it's how an agent equipping the wrong E.G.O gear makes the manager abandon everything immediately to rewind time. He can't just ask Credentia to change out shirts with Fat Sam, he has to go back in time to make it so that he never screwed up in the first place. How messed up is that, huh? ...Not that you can understand any of this.



Our first meltdown. This will get worse before it gets better.

So, Zeta21… how are you fitting in with your new position?

There's not much to say about it. I do my job, and make sure not to overwork myself.

You say that… but your stats are as high as any agent's can be. You've been working very hard!

Of course. Now that I can't grow any further, the manager's got no reason to put me to work. Permanent. Breaktime.

I see… go on. :hmmyes:



Tenebrais gets her weapon upgraded via Old Faith, and it absolutely makes her day.



Our second meltdown, and we have Green Dawn.

So, Mizu… Um… I don't know how to put this. Your mental corruption score is at 79%. I don't need to remind you that 80% or higher makes you unable to perform work…

Don't worry about it, it's fine!

This isn't fine at all! You need to bring your corruption down, before someone gets hurt!

Nah, it's fine! That's what I always get~ I think it's because the cuties really like me, and I really like them too.

That's another thing… they're Abnormalities. Dangerous constructs of the mind. There's nothing cute about them?

A cutie is a cutie, and these cuties are cuties! That's all there is to it.

Aha… I see.



I really wish these powerups carried over between days. I love this thwacking power!



Good job, Tenebrais!

Still pissed at you, boss!

Er… right. Keep doing your thing, then. I'll be busy-



Hod you are literally in a meeting how the hell.

She sent me a recording to use in case of an escape.

I see. I'll make sure it gets taken care of.



I can't help but feel like this was somehow retaliatory.

:shrug:



We're getting there.

So… Twee. It says here that your hobby is… occult research?

Yep! I'm absolutely sure that magic is real, and the Abnormalities are somehow related to it, just like WARP trains are.

Those are both Singularities of two of the Wings, Twee. They don't exactly count as magic…

But can you say for sure? There's all sorts of rumors that say that not even the companies themselves know exactly how their Singularities work. I just happen to think that they work by magic-and I want to prove it!

That's very interesting! And does this ever get in the way of your work?

No, not at all. Well… sometimes.

Go on?

Sometimes when I'm doing my work I'll do tiny experiments, just to see if anything changes. Things like drawing magic circles on the floor, or trying to will things in the room to move. Nothing's come of it yet, but-

Please keep in mind that it's very important to keep your head about you while you're in the containment cells. Abnormalities are dangerous!

Oh, I know. It's fine, though, I always get by okay.



Aww… no smiling? What a shame!

Mr.Black is being used to work with TSL's meltdowns, simply because I think Mr.Black in a Shy Look mask would be hilarious. :colbert:

I have to admit, this is a little more tiring than normal. We should still be fine, though.

You could always call the day here. I am certain we could recover from any loss.

We're fine.



We're probably fine. Yesod, send us some support!

Very well. D.A.D., resolve the issue.



Be careful, you two! It wouldn't do to bee a bee! HAHAHA!

Oh, I'm keeping that one.

It's all yours!

Less talking, more smashing!

Phew… Yeah, see, we're fine. Good job, everyone.



We're getting up there in the Meltdowns, but there's still only 7. Remember, since Medea has the Knight of Despair buff we only have 11 actual Agents to perform works with-things are going to get tight, but not yet.

Um… Boksi. I've actually received a couple of complaints about you being difficult to work with?

I'm hardly surprised. I mean, think about it. You're some Backstreets gopher or-heaven forbid-an Outskirts slumdweller, and somehow you've found yourself falling rear end-backwards into a position at Lobotomy Corporation, one of the great Wings of the World. Now you've been assigned to a team, and who are you faced with? Why, the pinnacle of the elite-Nest born, Nest raised, with a glittering intellect and incredible looks to match. A man capable of performing any task set before him, with style, grace, and panache. Why… I can't blame them for finding it a difficult situation. It would be best for us all if you would keep pedigree in mind when assigning agents, to prevent them from being intimidated by my overwhelming prowess.

Um… I see. I'll certainly... pass that along!

My thanks, Hod.



Now… you want your room cleeaned… so that you can be more festiive… Hmm… Ookaay.



Medea, you don't have to play that every time… and why is the Noon indicator purple?!

That's violet, Manager. We're reading a Violet Noon.

...did anyone else just hear ominous thunder?



I shall endure this trial as well. Ow. Ow. Ow.

Hm. Everyone, please report to Safety's main room. We don't know what this thing does, and staying together tends to be the best way to handle new threats.

Hey… Medea? You might want to stand outside. Just in case.

You think so? Well… why not?



Omni, would you please push us to the next level?

You got it, Manager.



I heard the alarm, but... Where is it?



Above us!

Is that a… portal?!

Something's coming!



HAHAHAHA! Such exquisite pain!

Wait, everyone's okay? What the hell just happened?!

What indeed? I've probably just made several of you think I'm a wizard, so let me explain. First, let's meet Violet Noon:



Violet Noon, or Grant Us Love, makes just about everyone have to retry a day the first time they see it. It comes out of nowhere, lands in one of the major rooms (the main room only in Safety/Training, and one of the non-corridors or elevators in Information/Control), and deals 100 Red damage to everyone inside. It can't do much of anything after that, but it doesn't need to. Violet Noon is all about knowing the trick, and once we do we'll never lose anyone to it again unless we take too long to kill it/it kills too many Clerks on drop-in and it frees something nasty.

As for how we survived without much more than a scratch? Lobotomy Corporation's code is made of spaghetti and duct tape in places, and Violet Noon's targeting is a major example. Due to a coding oversight, its initial attack only targets Agents from its department for damage. This means that all Agents from other departments are immune to its attack. It just sort of… misses them, somehow. Since Safety's members are all tanky enough to survive 100 Red damage, that means I've just let a Violet Noon fall on the head of everyone in the entire facility, and nobody died. :science:



For reference, here's where the Safety Team's HP is at after that big hit.

Let's never do that again.

Sounds good to me.



And here's a shot of it glowing. This would lower a QC by 1, but its target is a random Abnormality in the department and if it targets something without a QC to lower it just fizzles-since Murderer didn't breach and I didn't see 1.76's counter decrease, I can only assume this was one of those times.



In the end, Violet Noons: rude the first time, and generally a cakewalk after that.



We've reached VII and things are still manageable, but we have only two active employees in Training and three meltdowns to work. We grab Bishop and have him go deal with Punishing Bird-



...well ok then. :effort: The meltdown didn't expire so we didn't lose energy, and we'll take it.

So, SeyserKoze...

Please, call me Seyser.

Seyser, I understand you talked with Medea before about your worries in this place. Are you still working through that?

I am. I'm still sure that one of these days I'm going to wind up dead, and I can't rely on just my hair to tell me when-all the vibrations are starting to make my neck hurt, so I have to get the sensitivity tuned.

How does that… work? It's not attached to your head at all.

Oh, I'm not really sure how it all functions. It just works.

I… see. Well, I just want you to know you can always tell us if you're worried about anything.

In that case, can I have a raise?

I'll pass the request along.

...Yeah, I figured.



What the hell is going on..? Nobody? Not one person? That's… never been a thing. Not the first time, anyways…

We take this opportunity to throw a couple Repression works on to Talow so he can max Justice too.



This one isn't a big deal. With 11 agents and 12 meltdowns, we just have everyone who can tag one thing and then throw Fat Sam at Punishing Bird when he's done with Ppodae.



:hai:

:hai:

It works out fine.

Mr.Blond, you've been kind of a firebrand ever since you got on staff.

I'm here to do a job, and I'm not going to let anyone get in the way of handling it.

That's an admirable attitude! Are there any issues you're running into on the job?

Yeah: I'm surrounded by idiots. Half of this place have some kind of weird crazy issue, whether it's Mr.Black's creepy smiling thing, or just… Mizu. Feels like nobody's here to take work seriously but me.

It sounds like you'd function best working under a no-nonsense Sephirah, then. I'm sure you'll find something soon enough.

Thanks. If anything opens up, I'll think about moving over.



Hahaaa… I got the power of heaart..!

Huh? Oh.. yeah. Don't work anyone but Laetitia or that thing'll go off.

Oooh, sounds iinterestiing…

Management details say you'd die.

Oh… Maybe later, then…

This isn't good. We can no longer use Kaori for anyone but Laetitia, leaving us 10 agents to work the remaining 15 Abnormalities, and our next meltdown is going to hit 13 of them.



You've been given the Knight's tear, I see?

Our souls have resonated-I sense Mother in her. She is to be allowed at the Reunion.

...A yes would have worked.



Huu boy. Another easy enough one, we do the same change-up in Training, and this time send Mr.Black to deal with Shy Look after he finishes with Old Faith.



I almost forget about One Sin, but Bishop makes it in time to save my rear there. No trouble overall, but the next level is going to be 15 meltdowns, and we still only have 10 agents for most of them.

Tylana… Both Yesod and D.A.D. has given you a number of very good reviews. You've got a level head, and you're flexible enough to deal with most situations at this point.

Thank you, ma'am.

We're just about due for a new department to open up, and I think you should put your name in for captain! With your experience, you'd be a shoe-in for this next team!

You think so?

Yeah! Oh, but according to my construction notes, the next department is yellow. That's okay, right?

...what? Why wouldn't it be?

Um… Right! Nevermind! You should go for it!

Thanks, I'll do that.

---

All the sessions are done, sir! Thank you very much for waiting for me.

You're just in time. We're about to have a lot of meltdowns, and I'm not sure we've got the time to hit them all. I'm trying to plan out what to-



...actually, that's perfect. All agents, avoid that bird!



Fifteen meltdowns spawn across the facility, and with one Abnormality breaching it means we have to work every Abnormality we have. Kaori can handle Laetitia, so that leaves 10 agents to work 14 Abnormalities.



Here's our first move-the Abnormalities with a yellow band on them have been set to work. After this, Talow goes to the Bee, and Chinely is sent from the Mirror to work 1.76. Credentia messes with Old Faith, and in the end Fat Sam handles and Scarecrow after working Ppodae.

Phew.



A little bit later, and Punishing Bird is still out. Until it's dealt a certain amount of Red damage or someone attacks it, it will never go back to its own cell willingly. I basically spent the entirety of X juking it around and keeping it from getting to do anything. Prior to this meltdown, we put Omni in front of Mirror, Credentia in front of You Must Be Happy, and D.A.D. in front of the portrait.

Safety team is all set. Is everyone else ready?

We'll perform the operation perfectly!

Ready to proceed.

Um… let's do it!

I send Bishop to work with One Sin, since a 17 second work time will give him most of a minute to handle anything else that needs doing.



When we hit a meltdown at level X, the level stays at X and new meltdowns spawn on every single available Abnormality in the entire facility. I call this a 'wraparound,' because I like giving things names. :v:

Because Punishing Bird is still breaching, no meltdown can spawn for it.



Here's our first step. Omni and D.A.D. are already working with their tools, and Credentia is heading for YMBH. Forsaken Murderer, Old Faith, Scarecrow, Rudolta, and One Sin are the only four Abnormalities left to handle after these orders resolve.



Mr.Black finishes with Today's Shy Look and heads for Rudolta, D.A.D. takes care of Old Faith, Omni handles Forsaken Murderer, Bishop walks back to One Sin, and finally Fat Sam gets cute puppy ears walks over to take care of Scarecrow. It's hectic, but we manage with ~10 seconds left.



Made it on time, Manager!

Alright! That's all of the meltdowns. Somebody take care of that bird so we can all go home.



Glad to do it. Can you just take care of this crick in my neck?

:shobon:

X… You actually did it.

Of course I did. I'm the best drat manager this place has ever had.

You certainly deserve to applaud yourself this time. For the time being, I will cease lodging any complaints regarding the beer machine.

Thank you.



Looking good, Omni!

Well, you made it look so good that I couldn't resist!

You know, I bet if we wore differently colored outfits, we'd be unstoppable. I could be red, and you could be green… Mr.Blond has one too, right? He could be blue.

Do you think we could get Medea to wear one? We could use a pink.

What about Kaori?

...naaaah.

All things considered... That's just too suspicious. But there wasn't anything unusual before, so…

Are you okay, captain?

Huh? Oh-yeah. I'm fine. Malkuth, I'm going to head out a bit early. There's something I need to look into.

There is? Alright, I'm sure it's important. Right?

Yeah… this is a biggie.

Okay! Everyone else, let's pack it in! It's time to go.



It wasn't exactly by the numbers, but the job got done.

WE MADE IT! :woop: I'll go ahead and include all of our stat growth for the day, since we went a fair bit longer than normal.



Talow and Credentia have joined the maxout club, and most of our Agents are getting incredibly close to it. Everything's coming together nicely. Now, it's been a while but since we're finally opening a new department we get to finally pick another Abnormality.

Music: never frozen bottom flows


O-02-62: Its scale would never neglect the weight of even the smallest sin.
O-01-15: "One day you'll understand. The meaning of the desperation on their faces when the roulette spins."
F-01-37: "The snow is steadily melting… Perhaps because spring is coming, or it might be the palace collapsing."

While I could tell you all sorts of things about -15 being a fan un-favorite Abnormality, or about -37 being a perfectly serviceable HE-class Prudence trainer with a uniquely easy to farm gift, I won't bother because absolutely none of it matters right now.



-62 is a Bird, you see. :getin:

Hwuuuugh… Time for a good stretch. After all of that, the day's finally over. Time to relax…

Manager, there is one more object on your itinerary today. You need to select an Abnormality.

What are you talking about? I did that already.



I am fully cognizant of that, Manager. I am asking you to do so again.

T-05-41: "Blood covers the whole floor, screams echo, people are running away..."
D-01-105: "Tales say that the moon bewitches man, yet in reality, it is the man that despairs at the moon."
T-01-68: "Where does one go when they die?"

At this point, our average new player is probably just hitting their stride. They've got things figured out, they're getting gear and leveling Agents, and they more or less understand how to work with their Abnormalities. Suddenly, this happens. Now you're dealing with two new Abnormalities, and none of the ones which showed up for us this time around are any less than HE-level to boot. It turns out the first 20 days are actually just a warm-up.

Moving on, we have a pick to make. -41 is a HE-level dual Fortitude/Justice trainer with 3 copies of its suit. It's volatile and likes to breach if we're unlucky, but it's not a very hard suppression to do for our facility. -105 is a WAW which can sort of train Temperance, but overall isn't very good for it. Its main selling point is WAW-tier equipment which can create shields when attacking. -68 is probably the worst of the HE-tier Justice trainers, having a Fortitude cap on Agents working with it. It's not that much trouble since all it will do is breach, and it has a really cool weapon, but it is only truly good for Repression, and arguably Insight.



While any of the three would be a good pick, I wind up going for -41 for two reasons. The first is that it gives me a good Fortitude trainer that doesn't turn half my staff into bees. The second comes down to gear: -41 gives 3 sets of E.G.O suits, and we are sorely lacking in suits for our Agents to wear.

Next time, on Lobotomy Corporation: Literally 10 lines of story text.

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jul 3, 2021

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.
Now that we're getting into the real meat of the game, I'm going to take a sec to remind everyone of the spoiler policy:

Don't. Once we've seen an Abnormality either in the thread or on the selection screen it's fine if you bring it up-but please do not bring up things that we have outright never seen before, and DEFINITELY do not spoil the plot. You've all been pretty good about this so far and for that I thank you. :hai:

If you want to talk about an abnormality we got that hasn't been seen yet that totally murdered you on your file, or about the 600 different ways I will probably die in the future, or about how it turns out that Malkuth is Luke Skywalker's father, there is a megathread for it.

Thanks for your time, and have a great day! Safety team bonus content is next.

SITB
Nov 3, 2012
F-01-37 has a cool gimmick, but it pales in comparison to second best bird.

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

Everything up until now was the warmup? :psyduck:

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Night10194 posted:

Everything up until now was the warmup? :psyduck:



For reference, the vast majority of new players I've talked to start having major trouble around day 23 or so, barring some restarts due to incredibly annoying abnormality picks.

Zetsubou-san
Jan 28, 2015

Cruel Bifaunidas demanded that you [stand]🧍 I require only that you [kneel]🧎
:suspense:

WarpedLichen
Aug 14, 2008


Good thing you did the missions early? Are they mandatory for beating the game? Seems like going 3 workers only would be a nightmare later on.

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

WarpedLichen posted:

Good thing you did the missions early? Are they mandatory for beating the game? Seems like going 3 workers only would be a nightmare later on.

Without going too far into it, the missions are important because they unlock both research and the game's endings. We'll have to do every mission in the game if we want to see the actual ending.

TeeQueue fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Aug 9, 2020

Robindaybird
Aug 21, 2007

Neat. Sweet. Petite.

Yeah, don't be afraid to reset because woof some abnomalies are real bastards if you don't know what you're doing, or in combination with a few other anomalies' gimmicks.

Scalding Coffee
Jun 26, 2006

You're already dead
I want to see the animations these tool abnormalities are having on the agents.

Evil Kit
May 29, 2013

I'm viable ladies.

TeeQueue, I both love and hate for showing off and then showing up that goddamn Violet Noon.

Of course that's how you beat them easy! :argh:

Tylana
May 5, 2011

Pillbug
Oh no, a promotion. Congrolences to my namesake.

For people finding Noons terrifying, first playthrough I see no shame in finishing your days before them until you get researches coming up in the next few days. Just my opinion as someone who does not want to micro people in and out of four different fights at once.

Lt. Lizard
Apr 28, 2013
So, imagine you are your usual newbie Lobotomy Corp manager, you are managing abnormalities and minding your own business, when you suddenly notice that the next meltdown will trigger "Violet Noon". You have already dealt with other types of Noons before, so even if you never encountered a Violet Noon before, you can guess what you can expect and put most of your agents in central rooms, so they can quickly intercept and surround Violent Noon, no matter where it spawns and then send one of them to trigger the meltdown. You are also a bit distracted so you zoom around your base on random abnormalities, thinking that you will always be able to pause the game and handle whatever this " Violet Noon" is. Then suddenly, second trumpet blares, you are spammed with dozens of "your agent has died" notifications and when you quickly zoom out to figure out what is happening, you only see a huge purple obelisks looming in each central room, surrounded by gibs that were your agents only moments before. Slowly realizing that you went from "stable and safe position" to "unrecoverable disaster" in a span of several seconds, without even knowing what actually happened, you restart the day while shaking your head and whispering: What the gently caress was that?

And that's your usual first experience with Violet Noon.

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer
I had no idea you could do that to Violet Noon. My usual strategy is to move everyone to the safe areas and the moment they hit just send in individual squads to wipe them out.

Robindaybird
Aug 21, 2007

Neat. Sweet. Petite.

Hunt11 posted:

I had no idea you could do that to Violet Noon. My usual strategy is to move everyone to the safe areas and the moment they hit just send in individual squads to wipe them out.

same, I just yeet everyone into the halls/elevators then charge in.

Fat Samurai
Feb 16, 2011

To go quickly is foolish. To go slowly is prudent. Not to go; that is wisdom.

Lt. Lizard posted:

And that's your usual first experience with Violet Noon.

My second experience was not noticing that it can spawn on “big” rooms, and thinking that everything but the main rooms were safe.

Splotch.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

I’m still confused how that worked.

I mean, not really, I read each line of text and saw the hp numbers but :psyduck:

Night10194
Feb 13, 2012

We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

It's a giant magic tablet making a dynamic entry, it's allowed to be weird in how it works!

Chinely
Apr 13, 2018



Well TQ you didn't disappoint on the magic behind the violet dawn. It's amazing. People refusing to get hurt by a twenty ton pile of marble flying at them because "Oh, sorry, you want the CONTROL department. This is training. Don't worry, this happens all the time."

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Chinely posted:

Well TQ you didn't disappoint on the magic behind the violet dawn. It's amazing. People refusing to get hurt by a twenty ton pile of marble flying at them because "Oh, sorry, you want the CONTROL department. This is training. Don't worry, this happens all the time."

Its great when you can have a game where game bugs or weird design or whatever can be easily spun as in universe.

So... can you just... rotate main rooms to deal with a violet noon or is that not a good idea?

Omniphile
Apr 5, 2010

Love? Justice? Pah! I'll crush them all!
Hey Mom,

I hope everyone back home's doing well. Just writing to tell you I finally got that promotion I've been putting in for every couple of months! I have a lot more responsibilities now, but I honestly don't mind. Our new manager, X, is way more competent than that W guy but it did make my day-to-day a lot more boring. Now I at least have something else to do aside from fiddling with the filter and the alarms.

Speaking of filter, one of my coworkers, Chinely, came up to me to ask if I could edit the cognition filter settings to be "more anime." I said I'd see what I could do, but that's honestly at the bottom of my priority list right now. Then she told me that as my "senpai," it was her responsibility to teach me how to be the best possible agent, starting with "JoJo poses." She said I would need to do 100 reps of JoJo posing every day if I wanted to increase my Justice. And, well... some sneaky clerk decided to snap a picture during this training and post it on the unofficial LobCorp blog account for posterity.



I knew you'd want to see a picture of me in my new duds so that's the only reason I've attached this. Please, please, please do not forward this to Grandma, you know how she is. I already wanted to crawl into a hole enough when she sent all her friends that picture of one of my Halloween costumes in high school, if she did that with this I would just die. That being said, please take care. I know we're in a decent Wing but you never do know anymore.

Your newly-minted LobCorp agent,
Omni

Chinely
Apr 13, 2018



sugoi as gently caress

Theantero
Nov 6, 2011

...We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you....
Extremely tickled about Talow having to do the whole 'This timeline is doomed' speech and probably shoot himself in the head again because the manager mixed up the locker room keys on accident.

TheGreatEvilKing
Mar 28, 2016





Me: Oh he's showing off how violet noon usually kills everyone WHAAAAAAAA?

MiiNiPaa
Jan 19, 2020

Theantero posted:

Extremely tickled about Talow having to do the whole 'This timeline is doomed' speech and probably shoot himself in the head again because the manager mixed up the locker room keys on accident.

Now I imagine X travelling back in time for the silliest reasons.
Accidentally mixed up agent names? Rewind.
An argument with Sephirot did not go as well as expected? Rewind.
Said something wrong and Angela won't stop nagging you about it? Rewind.
Local shop runs out of donuts just before you came? Rewind.
Spilled coffee? Rewind.

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

hobbesmaster posted:

Its great when you can have a game where game bugs or weird design or whatever can be easily spun as in universe.

So... can you just... rotate main rooms to deal with a violet noon or is that not a good idea?

You can absolutely do this if you want to, yes.


Omniphile posted:

Hey Mom,

I hope everyone back home's doing well. Just writing to tell you I finally got that promotion I've been putting in for every couple of months! I have a lot more responsibilities now, but I honestly don't mind. Our new manager, X, is way more competent than that W guy but it did make my day-to-day a lot more boring. Now I at least have something else to do aside from fiddling with the filter and the alarms.

Speaking of filter, one of my coworkers, Chinely, came up to me to ask if I could edit the cognition filter settings to be "more anime." I said I'd see what I could do, but that's honestly at the bottom of my priority list right now. Then she told me that as my "senpai," it was her responsibility to teach me how to be the best possible agent, starting with "JoJo poses." She said I would need to do 100 reps of JoJo posing every day if I wanted to increase my Justice. And, well... some sneaky clerk decided to snap a picture during this training and post it on the unofficial LobCorp blog account for posterity.



I knew you'd want to see a picture of me in my new duds so that's the only reason I've attached this. Please, please, please do not forward this to Grandma, you know how she is. I already wanted to crawl into a hole enough when she sent all her friends that picture of one of my Halloween costumes in high school, if she did that with this I would just die. That being said, please take care. I know we're in a decent Wing but you never do know anymore.

Your newly-minted LobCorp agent,
Omni

:perfect:



Theantero posted:

Extremely tickled about Talow having to do the whole 'This timeline is doomed' speech and probably shoot himself in the head again because the manager mixed up the locker room keys on accident.

MiiNiPaa posted:

Now I imagine X travelling back in time for the silliest reasons.
Accidentally mixed up agent names? Rewind.
An argument with Sephirot did not go as well as expected? Rewind.
Said something wrong and Angela won't stop nagging you about it? Rewind.
Local shop runs out of donuts just before you came? Rewind.
Spilled coffee? Rewind.

:allears: X rewinding for trivial reasons is hilarious. “My voice cracked while saying good morning. Time to rewind.”

Chinely
Apr 13, 2018



Oh...~ Omni-senpai! You dropped your ID card!



You won't be able to get in to our break room for the anime meeting if you don't have it!!!!! I have mine right here!

jimmydalad
Sep 26, 2013

My face when others are unable to appreciate the :kazooieass:

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
This thread keeps on giving and brings out so much magic. You all are awesome :allears:.

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer
Something to add about Violet Dawn is that they have a bad tendency of aggravating CRS abnormalities so even in the late game it can really mess up your facility.

lets hang out
Jan 10, 2015




Chinely posted:

Oh...~ Omni-senpai! You dropped your ID card!



You won't be able to get in to our break room for the anime meeting if you don't have it!!!!! I have mine right here!



:five:

TeeQueue
Oct 9, 2012

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

Chinely posted:

Oh...~ Omni-senpai! You dropped your ID card!



You won't be able to get in to our break room for the anime meeting if you don't have it!!!!! I have mine right here!



:allears: magical.

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Arcanuse
Mar 15, 2019

:getin:

Violet noon is a good sucker punch the first time, but after that it loses a lot (but not all) of its sting.
Also count me as another someone who didn't know that particular trick :v:

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