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I am vibrating with anticipation of you running a LoR LP. Good screenie LPS aren't too common, and this has been an easy favorite. Hell, it's got *me* doing artwork! And I'm lazy!
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Hard same. This LP is basically wholly responsible for getting me back to this game and to actually buy the sequel and check out the supplementals. PM stuff is good poo poo. Theantero fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Nov 12, 2020 |
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Evil Kit posted:Nthing the amazingness of the LP, no other has really inspired me to sit down and be creative. DrKirre posted:I am vibrating with anticipation of you running a LoR LP. Good screenie LPS aren't too common, and this has been an easy favorite. Hell, it's got *me* doing artwork! And I'm lazy! +1 to this! This thread has made me go from "oh this will be fun margin doodling" to "oh no, I really want to draw this properly". Thank you for your tireless efforts! This SSLP is fantastic.
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This is an excellent LP.
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This is indeed a very good LP. One question that I've had for a while - what's up with the damage types? Black, white, red, sure, kind of arbitrary but they're at least colors. But pale? That's a pretty odd choice. Pretty much the only place I can think of pale being used as a color is Revelations - Death rides a pale horse. And conveniently the other three horsemen ride black, white, and red horses. If that's not a coincidence, then I don't understand the reference - the rest of the game doesn't seem particularly inspired by Revelations, and you need to move between different (though related) religions to get there from Kabbalah.
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TeeQueue posted:Hey guys I wanna join in too, am I doing it right? My contribution: 
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Qrr posted:One question that I've had for a while - what's up with the damage types? Black, white, red, sure, kind of arbitrary but they're at least colors. But pale? That's a pretty odd choice. I've been told before that the damage types are indeed inspired by the four horsemen, but I don't know if that has been officially confirmed.
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BisbyWorl posted:My contribution:  Not mine, stolen from a pretty funny youtube video I can't link due to huge spoilers. Suffice to say though, LobCorp is fairly friendly when it comes to heavily modding it to be a memetastic mess.
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Bee movie, only you have to kill another clerk every time someone says 'Bee'.
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N'thing the "How Is This Your First LP?!" comments, this LP is astounding with the level of gameplay and extra narrative integration in a way I can only compare to A Scotsman in Egypt, I cannot wait to see what you have next in store for us! Also the fanart for this is the best, all the artists are Very Cool peeps.
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Netzach, how do I break this to you...
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Day 35: Story Music: story 3 ending   Based on your reaction, it seems that the synchronization is complete. I can now tell what moment you’re reminiscing about just by looking at your expression. I also happen to know that the process always ends with the same expression and tears. You locked yourself inside this prison without bars. However, the key has always been in your hands. My role was to correct you whenever you made a wrong decision. I don’t understand why you chose to repeat this cycle, nor do I know what kind of results you hope to achieve while slowly killing yourself. Frankly, I don’t really wish to know. But in this moment, while you hold the fragments of when you once were A… Ah, I should change my greeting as well. It was getting tedious.Music: op theme  I give you a warm welcome back to your Lobotomy Corporation.*a loud beep as the scene fades to black* In summary:   X is actually A! The game makes no real attempt to hide this from us and I think almost everyone in the thread figured it out well before now, so that's not really the important takeaway. Angela is very tired of all of the cycles, has no idea what our goal actually is, and just wants us to put an end to them.  Hey, manager? Tiphereth? What's up? I was wondering if you could talk now. That bet got me to thinking, and... There isn't time just now. We have to speak with a business partner. Right now? Ugh… It is non-optional. Alright. Sorry, Tiphereth. We'll talk ASAP. ...Sure.Music: Crime Lord  Oh hey, a new character!  Hello, new character. This place is so grimy, it’s like a dungeon. I always get a bad vibe. Please hold for a moment, Rabbit Captain. We need to explain what we’re doing here to the manager. Oh, he still doesn’t know who I am? Go on and explain it quickly, then. As was mentioned a few times prior, our company has initiated contracts with some of the other Wings for sustainable development and business opportunities. It is also my job to renew those contracts with our associate Wings when the moment arises. All that is needed from you is to be our token manager and present yourself in that role. I shall handle the rest of the formalities and procedures. You may feel free to provide more detailed information at a later time in private, Myo. For now, let us start the meeting. ….Speaking of, would you be so kind as to remove your helmet? At least for the duration of the meeting. You’re kidding! The helmet is the whole identity of the Rabbits! This new lady is Myo. If it isn't already blindingly obvious, she's with that Rabbit Team whose research we got but completely ignored yesterday. You may also recognize her from the opening post of the LP.  I just gotta brief the content of the contract from my end, right? I mean… She makes the best faces.  As I informed you prior, it’s part of the formal procedure. I myself have to specify whether or not you agree to the terms again. Allow me to explain our services first. Company R will provide military support and protection from all external threats to Company L. Every branch of Lobotomy Corporation will be included under the term “Company L”, however there will be certain exceptions where a branch may not be considered under the designation. Company L will provide the energy Company R needs to maintain its operation. This renewal process also includes a prerequisite that invokes a mutual and continual agreement between Company W and Company L. And, let’s see… Company L will provide all specialized ammunition utilized for the killing of Abnormalities. All Rabbit Team members will have their memories erased after the completion of their missions. There will be no questions or concerns raised about the peculiarity of the facilities or purposes of this location. That should be everything. Look through the written contract for the finer details. There has been no change in the agreement with Company W. Along with that, the renewal period will be 1 year, just as before. On a side note, can you please do something about the teleporter to make the process a bit smoother? It feels like my body’s being taken apart piece by piece and thrown out a window. I am afraid you will need to ask Company W about that. It’s out of our control. Hm, Gebura, why do you have such an expression? You must really not know a thing if you’re looking down on the Rabbits! It’s already been concluded that the Rabbits are the most fit for the honorable task of slaughtering in this place. The Rhinos would most certainly smash this entire place beyond recognition. And the Reindeer, with the exception of the machines that work here, would cause irreversible damage to mister manager over there. We always pay special attention to our client’s requests. I’m not talking about your drat Rhinos or Deer! I’m saying that we can handle our own problems! We don’t need any outsiders to interfere. What’s that? What can YOU do with that flimsy tin body of yours, huh? You seem much weaker than us now, can’t you see that? But look at you now! As soon as you set foot into the Backstreets you’ll be torn limb from limb by those Sweepers. The old days when you shredded everything before you into a red mist is now lost to the past. Things have changed. You should realize that. Please, everyone, we need to focus on the topic at hand. Gebura, our agreement with the Rabbit Team is to help us be prepared for the worst-case scenario that will be beyond our own abilities. I’m certain that you have learned this from your experiences with previous suppressions. The combat skills of the mercenaries sent to us by Company R are on par with those of the other Wings. We can handle our problems on our own perfectly fine! I can prove it right here, right now if you want… The reason I continue to contract the Rabbits is that the risk of involving outsiders pales to the potential of our worst-case scenarios. They’re worth every penny. However, the Rabbits will not intervene with general suppression. Please calm down and analyze the situation reasonably, Gebura. That should be all for renewing our contract. Gebura is the one in charge of the basic suppression process. So if you need any advice or help regarding combat, just ask her. ...Nor do I have anything left to say to you filthy animals. You’ve done your business, how about you just bunnyhop away now? Sheesh, you’re being so harsh to a fellow native of the Backstreets. You wouldn’t happen to be mad at me because I made fun of you earlier, are you? Don’t act like you know me. I’m not in the mood for your stupid games, so just shut up. You’re mad because you feel we interrupt your fight, aren't you? Yeah, I don’t need any help from the likes of you. Well, it’s not like we’re here for a greater cause or some ulterior motive. We just drop by quickly when we’re called, and vanish without a trace just the same when it’s time. I thought you were just like me, finding joy in the slaughter. The best faces. Music: Cryptic  ……. We are the Rabbits who hop around following orders to find fresh patches of grass, but you’re different. You used to know who you were supposed to fight, who your enemy was. You wouldn’t believe how shocked I was to find you. I never expected to see the fabled hero like… well, this. And in a drab basement too. Music: UNKNOWN from G4  Suddenly, a flashback!   Probably, there won’t be any survivors left… Abnormalities aren’t something we can handle on our own… You’re in danger too, ma’am… You’d best escape now…  We’ll probably see each other again, but just in case, I want to say one thing… Please take good care of Isabel and my little Gilly while I’m gone. What choice would they make when faced with such a situation? The experiments… seem to have yielded the expected results.  Excuse me, Lady Angela, what should I do with these? There’s a blanket and a few feeding bottles left. I have gotten all the results I need from this experiment. The owners are no more, so you can simply discard them.  I really should be going. Whelp, I don’t think next we meet will be on such calm waters. The Rabbits will leave now.And there goes Myo. She has no more lines in the main plot.  Music: Stop  I’m definitely not the hero. Never have been, and never will be…In summary: We meet the captain of the Rabbit Team, Myo. She and Gebura have a history, and she taunts Gebura for losing a lot of her strength during our contract extension meeting. Gebura has some flashbacks to earlier in her life, and it turns out Angela sent an entire family to their deaths for   Our fourth Gebura mission is to kill a Midnight Ordeal. This requires getting very deep into a day, since they always spawn on the transition from 8 to 9. We'll have to handle another Dusk Ordeal along the way, of course. ...Well. Good meeting, then. I'm going back to my department. Talk to you on the battlefield. Yeah. I'm going to uh… go see what Tiphereth wants.Music: Requiem  Sometimes, I spend my time here. It makes me think about a lot of things. …...... He was seeing his own world that I will never come to know. We were always next to each other, but in reality, we were never truly together. Do you know that feeling of missing someone, even though they’re standing right beside you? I don’t care at all about the meaning or purpose of existence that Tiphereth talked about. But this place won’t allow us to have even that small luxury. There are countless of Tiphereth’s dead bodies piled up here, can’t you see? I’m standing here stepping on their remains. Trampling over all the memories, reminiscences, and time that I spent with Tiphereth. I sing the song of our hometown and mourn for Tiphereth even though this will never reach him. Care to join me? Just reminiscing on old memories. What memories? The good old days, when we were together. You’re right, we had lots of fun together. …. Come back to me soon, Tiphereth. I’ll be reading the rest of the report.  Does that really matter, though? Tiphereth will continue to smile at you, and he’ll spend time with you just like before. Kindly refrain from bringing up such wasteful matters, Tiphereth. It’s completely meaningless here. I don’t really like you. The new manager would always have some kind of influence on Tiphereth, and that would eventually lead to yet another breakdown. It will be the same, time and time again. We will discard Tiphereth again and again, and he will stray further and further from what he used to be. For now, he can at least look normal and talk with me, pretending to feel nostalgia for the old memories that were forcefully added back. But he’s been getting more and more unstable, as a matter of fact. We’re basically pumping electricity into a machine that’s already teetering to keep it running. You can make as many copies as you want of his body, but he only has one soul. ……….... You, let me ask you a favor. You’ve been good at doing favors for me so far. You should be able to manage this one. Angela would say that there’s a reason for the two of us working here together. She’d say that we are two, yet one. But I can handle the Central Command Department all by myself. I proved myself a long time ago.  In fact, Lady Angela doesn’t care about us at all! Whether there’s one Tiphereth or two, whether one just became a moving piece of useless scrap for whatever reason, or if one were overloaded and dumped on top of countless other discarded Tiphereth, left to melt in the storage, she wouldn’t care!   These children were one of the many end results of the countless conflicts among the Wings within the City. Aside from disease and hunger, the most frightening enemy for the children were the ones referred to as the ‘Sweepers’. The Sweepers usually preyed upon the children, but sometimes they would “accompany” them. Both were worst case scenarios for the children. One Fixer of ours was exploring the Outskirts and came across those children. We could easily guess why she bothered to report her findings to us. We also figured that she had spent quite a bit of time agonizing over whether to report it or not. To take two children into the City from the Outskirts required an extremely complicated procedure, but no one complained. The two children didn’t look like siblings, but they depended on each other even more so than siblings by blood do. The girl was easily frightened and wouldn’t open up very much to us. However, the boy started to show interest in our experiment. I saw it in his eyes. “Please allow me to participate in the experiment,” he said. Carmen spent many nights thinking about his earnest request.   You should’ve been the one to die… Yeah… I— I should have died… Lisa’s vicious mumbling likely had no weight to it, but I knew one thing. I knew Carmen’s answer was sincere. Ever since that day, her wound quietly deepened.Music: Boss Warning  In summary: Tiphereth asks us to let Tiphereth die forever and run the place by herself because she can't bear to watch him get reset over and over again. This leaves us speechless, and she goes off about how we're supposed to care even if Angela doesn't. We then remember Lisa and Enoch, and how Enoch died in an experiment, making Lisa say something that apparently cut Carmen deep. ...So it's a meltdown again, huh? Alright, let's fix her. Not so fast, A. Right now, our facility is incapable of creating enough energy to handle it. We will need to wait a few days. You're kidding me. Do not worry. Tiphereth can pick up Tiphereth's slack, and I can handle anything which would be missed. Our efficiency will not drop from just this. Right. Call the other Sephirot for a meeting then. I should at least make things clear. ...So, in conclusion, it turns out I am basically your founder.  Um… thank you for sharing, but... We all figured that out a while ago!  Not that it wasn't obvious once we recalled our old selves…  As you'll recall, manager, that was the entire reason behind my breakdown in the first place. Huh. Yeah, fair enough. I uh… just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page? Consider me up to date, then~ That was it? What a drat waste of time… Manager? How come Tiphereth isn't here? Oh, uh… She's in need of repair. It'll be a couple of days. Alright? Alright, manager. I hope she gets better soon.Next time, on Lobotomy Corporation: We fight a Midnight. How bad could it be?  Malkuth, I need to talk to you for a second. Oh, sure Bishop. How can I help you? I just wanted to ask you to hold on to something for me. Wha? But this is… all of these are..? My E.G.O gifts. Depending on how things go, I may not need them tomorrow. Then... why are you giving them to me? They're only able to be used by the person they were given to, after all. I thought that would be obvious. Obvious? Mm... ...Oh! Because if you wind up needing them again, you want to make sure they're in good hands-and I'm the most trustworthy person you can entrust them to! ...Yeah, Malkuth. You got it in one. Leave it to me! I won't let you down, Bishop. Yeah, I know you won't.
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Tiphereth's Core Suppression is one of the ones that hit me hard. Lisa's a little girl that had to grow up way, way too fast. From her experiences in the backstreets, to Enoch dying. And then she's thrown into a robotic body and having to manage Lobotomy Corp and all its dangers. And now she has to watch someone she loves slowly degenerate, and slowly lose what made him who he was. I think it's because this is one of the ones with the closest analogue to the real world. Degenerative diseases abound, and loved ones who can't fix it.
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Something that should be made clear is that I have never played this game. I know the basic story beats and have looked up Abnormalities, but this is my first time "watching" the game outside of Grillmastahs Abnormality videos. As such? Angela mad!  Indeed the best face.  Gebura makes a frowny face.  Darkness falls across the Facility The Midnight Ordeal is close at hand Abnormalities crawl in search of blood To terrorize y'alls Departments. And though Clerks fight to stay alive The Agents start to shiver For no mere Rabbits can resist The Evil of *REDACTED*
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Keldulas posted:Tiphereth's Core Suppression is one of the ones that hit me hard. Lisa's a little girl that had to grow up way, way too fast. From her experiences in the backstreets, to Enoch dying. And then she's thrown into a robotic body and having to manage Lobotomy Corp and all its dangers. And now she has to watch someone she loves slowly degenerate, and slowly lose what made him who he was. It’s hitting hard cause my stepfather is going through steady degeneration after brain cancer and it’s  as hell.
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Things of note: 1. Malkuth was right about X being A and never should be doubted ever again for any reason.  2. Gebura’s past life seems to have been ruthless, difficult, but heroic. At the very least Mio is disgusted with what she’s become, and I can’t exactly disagree. 3. I don’t think there is a good emoticon to explain the existential horror of Tiphereth A discussing the fact that all those replacements for Tiphereth B has gone through are tearing apart his soul, to the point she just wants her buddy dead forever before there’s nothing left of him at all. 4. Apparently midnight ordeals might actually be worse than Apocalypse Bird? I was expecting that to be the hardest challenge the facility has ever faced at least until the next core suppression, so of course something even worse has to be done the next day. 5. Angela is the worst 
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That is a lot to unpack. My only real question though is why isn't there a Duck team for the Rabbit team to bicker with? Missed opportunity PM.
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TeeQueue posted:
Even mercenaries who can tear our whole facility to shreds in a matter of minutes do not dare to cross Head. TeeQueue posted:
TeeQueue posted:Next time, on Lobotomy Corporation: We fight a midnight. How bad could it be?
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MiiNiPaa posted:So, the Company W is probably a Wing specialized in teleportation. L is for energy, R for murder, K for NANOMACHINES, SON. Who supplies time travel? TimeTrack, aka T corporation. This came up in passing back in 34 - Story if you want to find the exact screenshot
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the Orb of Zot posted:4. Apparently midnight ordeals might actually be worse than Apocalypse Bird? I was expecting that to be the hardest challenge the facility has ever faced at least until the next core suppression, so of course something even worse has to be done the next day. At least Birdzodia was confined to one place at a time, so as long as you could keep up with meltdowns you could slowly grind down the eggs with a giant deathball. I imagine a Midnight ordeal would be a clusterfuck across the entire facility so you'd have to split your focus and your forces between multiple threats.
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Evil Kit posted:That is a lot to unpack. Because it's Duck Season, duh.
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TeeQueue posted:TimeTrack, aka T corporation. ... L is for lights, ... , R is for ravage, ... , T is for time, ... , W is for warp, ...
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MiiNiPaa posted:So, this implies that (a) normal ammunition does jack poo poo against Abnormalities To be fair, we've known this since the very beginning. In one of the scenes early on it is stated that Abnormalities cannot be hurt via conventional means. Also, W is for Love, everybody knows this
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MiiNiPaa posted:We might be able to collect the whole alphabet before the end of the game! I never heard of someone named Myo, but I heard many named Mio.
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So Myo is not a box bot but a human military officer/rabbit cosplayer?
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Black Robe posted:Because it's Duck Season, duh. touche 
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:So Myo is not a box bot but a human military officer/rabbit cosplayer? Correct. The boxbots are a Lobotomy corp thing, and Myo is a third party mercenary working for them on a commission basis only.
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I like that this implies Lob Corp time is separate from the outside world. I'm guessing that the Lob Corp year doesn't include whenever we go back in time, whether its for the day, a few days, or back to the beginning. So Myo is about to complain that its way more than a year, but stops short.
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Damanation posted:I like that this implies Lob Corp time is separate from the outside world. I'm guessing that the Lob Corp year doesn't include whenever we go back in time, whether its for the day, a few days, or back to the beginning. So Myo is about to complain that its way more than a year, but stops short. I'm not sure, she mentions how we renew our contract too often, so it's likely that we rewind time frequently, and thus don't end up progressing in the "real" timeline as quickly as we do in our timeline? Time travel is strange. Also, now that we know X and A are the same person, if we reset back to day 1, is that a permanent change like the core suppressions, or do we reset back to X?
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MiiNiPaa posted:We might be able to collect the whole alphabet before the end of the game! No, W is for oWo.
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I see it more as L-Corp proceeds so far with A's "Plan" every cycle with a new Manager, and that causes the odd renewal schedule. Every new manager starts from where we did, all departments save one closed and minimal staffing/abilities. They cant expect a brand new manager to be able to manage/handle the entire thing all at once, so they ease them into it bit by bit. They dont have Rabbit Team available for use because early on L-Corp cant produce enough power to pay the bill the Team requires, and it would be a terrible idea if the manager happens to panic or mentally break and call in the Team as soon as something goes wrong. They need to prove that they are at least half-way competent before they can be "trusted" with the Rabbit Team Button. As for the contract renewal, either the contract gets renewed at off times because the various managers unlock them at odd times, or my personal opinion while L-Corp goes back in time internally with a reset, the outside world doesnt. So since Disciplinary opens up Day 26 that means in a best case scenario where every Manager gets to them every month the Rabbit Team contract gets renewed, either just restated if the Contract remains constant but they are never called in for that month, or L-Corp cancels the contract for the duration where the Manager isnt allowed to use them. But thats "best case." Maybe a manager only lasts a week, so add a week until Rabbit Team can be hired again. Perhaps a manager like this time puts them off until last, while another gets them as soon as possible. Who knows how long a manager lasted after unlocking them before something went terribly wrong and Angela needed to do a Day 1 Reset with a new Manager? No wonder the Contract Renewal is all screwed up.
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I also noticed that they mentioned that the rabbit team members have their memories erased once they're done. That sounds suspiciously like the effects of what happens to agents when we reset the day using time travel, so they might also have some odd stuff going on? If Myo goes on a lot of missions, and this happens to her, then she might subjectively pass time "faster" because she isn't remembering certain days? On the other hand, she'd know what is scheduled when? Time travel messes everything up. No wonder the world went to crap.
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Considering the actual diagram, the length of the recording, and the screaming, I think TeeQueue got the FUN Midnight Ordeal
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What do you mean. Everything is fun at midnight.
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PlasticAutomaton posted:Considering the actual diagram, the length of the recording, and the screaming, I think TeeQueue got the FUN Midnight Ordeal Wouldn't have it any other way~
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