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SIGSEGV
Nov 4, 2010


Fivemarks posted:

I have so many bad horror stories about people like this. I assume we all do, and its not just me who has to deal with people who go "No, no, the making underage girls take love potions so you can take them to bed isn't evil because the person doing it is also a cute girl," and don't realize how absolutely loving insane that is.

I've had enough trouble with, for example, online RPG groups long ago to decide to leave that space.



(Another fun form I've met is people who apparently think autism makes them intellectually superior to others, and gladly paste the label on themselves, and proclaim loudly how wonderful it is and they are, and how weird and smelly the other autists must be, to not be able to enjoy this perfect mind they should have. Straight up "I'm a X-man" poo poo that people should grow out of by age 13, thankfully that has died down a fair bit. To be replaced by the same thing but for ADHD.)



Also I remember Leal having some fun comments about a current job, some time ago, in the Code Vein LP, if that's the one you left, glad for you, and also glad for you if it was another.

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Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!

Fedule posted:

What in the-

BisbyWorl
Jan 12, 2019

Knowledge is pain plus observation.


Fedule posted:

What in the-

Phelddagrif
Jan 28, 2009

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

MagusofStars posted:

I have never played this and am appreciating the level of detail.

Once we’re more than a couple episodes in, you can probably cut back on the detail, but for the first few updates, this seems appropriate.

Thanks, appreciate the feedback! Glad to hear the detail is helpful.


Inadequately posted:

Hey, good to see someone remembered my old attempt at it! I’ve been meaning to pick mine back up sometime, the Dunwich campaign just wasn’t particularly inspiring. I’d be happy to see someone else take a shot at it, though.

E: Sorry I don’t have much else to comment, posts look good and informative, any other nitpicks would probably be about how I would have done it so I’d prefer not to get into that.

Heck yeah, it was a great LP, I was sorry to see it go.

Black Robe
Sep 12, 2017

Generic Magic User


Woah, 79 new posts, what on earth can have happ -

:yikes:

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
My streak of somehow prompting other people to meltdown over fire-and-forget shitposts I've made continues unabated.

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011




See what happens when you try to step down?

4 more years of Sally as LP Mod!

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Lol at all of the posts

Phelddagrif
Jan 28, 2009

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

Kheldarn posted:

4 more years of Sally as MLP Mod!

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."

nine-gear crow posted:

My streak of somehow prompting other people to meltdown over fire-and-forget shitposts I've made continues unabated.

Hey, I'm not saying you did nothing, but... dude please. This is LP we don't get to make people melt down often, you gotta give this to me.

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

nine-gear crow posted:

For me, Let's Play's crowning moment will be the dude who made the Brave New World romhack crashing the LP of it, answering a few fan questions and being well received by the thread and then IMMEDIATELY going "By the way, I jerk off to My Little Pony porn" and everyone went :stonk:

Funny thing is other than that one pretty "WTF" moment, they seemed fine. I streamed the updated version of that hack a few years later and they stopped by a few of those streams and were still pretty positive about my LP and my stream despite that moment (which thankfully never came up during the stream).

It was pretty weird and deserving of mockery, but they took it in stride and seem to have moved on, so it doesn't really bother me that much.

Left 4 Bread
Oct 4, 2021

i sleep
Well, now the meltdown or whatever that was is past us now, can I get some eyes on an LP I've had in the workshop for a while? I didn't get any feedback on this a week ago, (that's on me, to be honest), so I wanted to try again. With my main LP about to close out soon, I really want to make sure it looks good before I commit to this workflow.



It's for Blue Reflection: Second Light and I'm mostly focused on whether or not the formatting works, or if it's too busy or confusing. Comments on anything is appreciated though- I've been workshopping this for over a month now and I might've tunnel visioned something obvious. I'm still planning on doing another pass over the commentary regardless.

Here's the drafts OP and three prospective updates. The third update is the closest to what a usual update might look like later if you just want to skip over the other two, but being a JRPG it'll take a bit for the updates to hit their normal stride.

OP: https://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=162702

Update 1: https://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=162703
Update 2: https://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=162704
Update 3: https://lpix.org/sslptest/index.php?id=162705

EricFate
Aug 31, 2001

Crumpets. Glorious Crumpets.

nine-gear crow posted:

My streak of somehow prompting other people to meltdown over fire-and-forget shitposts I've made continues unabated.

It is a rare and special skill.

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



Odd Wilson posted:

Voting?

If you've been around for any of my previous work, you should know that I'm a big fan of reader participation. For me, it's what makes an LP a Let's Play. I gotta have that voting, even if it is an exercise in shooting myself in the foot at times.

Second Light does make it a bit difficult to properly provide voting opportunities given it's design. Even though I'm going to try and show off as close to 100% as I can, I'll still let you influence which characters we do prioritize hanging out with in events where we have a choice. This influences how many events with the other girls we'll be able to see and does have mechanical implications, but we'll get to that when it becomes relevant.

The votes will be comparatively spread out, usually focused at the end of chapters.

I have a suggestion, though I have no idea how feasable it is...

If you can spend time with A, B, or C, make 2 extra saves, then have the thread vote on who they want to see first, and show them off in the order of most to least votes.

Of course, if spending time with A changes choices later down the line from what you'd get if you had instead spent it with B or C, then it's probably not worth the hassle.

SIGSEGV
Nov 4, 2010


Mega64 posted:

Funny thing is other than that one pretty "WTF" moment, they seemed fine. I streamed the updated version of that hack a few years later and they stopped by a few of those streams and were still pretty positive about my LP and my stream despite that moment (which thankfully never came up during the stream).

It was pretty weird and deserving of mockery, but they took it in stride and seem to have moved on, so it doesn't really bother me that much.

It seems the good and healthier tack for them to take at least, that's good.

Left 4 Bread
Oct 4, 2021

i sleep

Kheldarn posted:

I have a suggestion, though I have no idea how feasable it is...

If you can spend time with A, B, or C, make 2 extra saves, then have the thread vote on who they want to see first, and show them off in the order of most to least votes.

Of course, if spending time with A changes choices later down the line from what you'd get if you had instead spent it with B or C, then it's probably not worth the hassle.

A most to least vote priority is already part of how I'm going to handle it as the side events this happens for are always for a fixed set of characters. So if A is leading the vote, but the event only offers B and C, then we go with whoever is higher in ranking.

The events only add relationship points, but those are in effectively limited supply so it does change what we see up to the late game.

The thing is it's numerically impossible to get 100% of character events or the best ending on the first playthrough, so a NG+ portion is required. So I do have an ace up my sleeve in regards to this.


It is a good suggestion and consideration though, don't get me wrong. This is partially what I meant by "difficult to provide voting opportunities."

(Although, on the other side of that meaning, a vote per chapter does add up to a great deal more votes than my last main LP.)

Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!

Kheldarn posted:

See what happens when you try to step down?

4 more years of Sally as LP Mod!

I am free now, haha, hopefully nothing else goes wrong now that I've stepped down??

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.

Sally posted:

I am free now, haha, hopefully nothing else goes wrong now that I've stepped down??

I hereby formally announce something shocking that immediately creates a huge scene. :colbert:

Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!
Mods? Mods!?

BisbyWorl
Jan 12, 2019

Knowledge is pain plus observation.


TeeQueue posted:

I hereby formally announce something shocking that immediately creates a huge scene. :colbert:

The One Piece is real?????

Mraagvpeine
Nov 4, 2014

I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.

TeeQueue posted:

I hereby formally announce something shocking that immediately creates a huge scene. :colbert:

You're allowing AI to LP games?

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.

Mraagvpeine posted:

You're allowing AI to LP games?

I already did that, I was probed for it after I got exposed. :eng99:

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."

Sally posted:

I am free now,

Congrats.

Leal
Oct 2, 2009

Sally posted:

I am free now, haha, hopefully nothing else goes wrong now that I've stepped down??

Guess I can post this then


IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."

Leal posted:

Guess I can post this then




That's low.

Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!
:negative:

dervival
Apr 23, 2014

thought you were bigger than that, Leal

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Bigger than anyway.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghxzLw2wRis

Carbon dioxide
Oct 9, 2012

Anyone who used non-logged in imgur to host their screenshots, your LP will be memoryholed in a month.

https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1648883351233896448

Edit: looks like they're gonna do an SA archival effort:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4030290

Carbon dioxide fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Apr 20, 2023

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.
It gets said all the time but I still gotta say, thank you baldurk for LPix.

Explosionface
May 30, 2011

We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.


Mega64 posted:

It gets said all the time but I still gotta say, thank you baldurk for LPix.

No poo poo. I was just poking around in mine for fun earlier. So many gifs.

FeyerbrandX
Oct 9, 2012

Mega64 posted:

It gets said all the time but I still gotta say, thank you baldurk for LPix.

:emptyquote:

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



So Sally steps down, and 2 days later, the Imgur Crisis happens... :thunk:

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."

Kheldarn posted:

So Sally steps down, and 2 days later, the Imgur Crisis happens... :thunk:

Revenge against people posting small Dash.

Left 4 Bread
Oct 4, 2021

i sleep

IGgy IGsen posted:

Revenge against people posting small Dash.

Solution: mount a counteroffensive by uploading many copies of small Dash to Imgur

IGgy IGsen
Apr 11, 2013

"If I lose I will set myself on fire."

Odd Wilson posted:

Solution: mount a counteroffensive by uploading many copies of small Dash to Imgur

They will get deleted and that's what Sally wants. A masterplan for sure, but I see right through it.

Left 4 Bread
Oct 4, 2021

i sleep

IGgy IGsen posted:

They will get deleted and that's what Sally wants. A masterplan for sure, but I see right through it.

Curses, you're absolutely right! How could I have missed this? Consider the counteroffensive dashed.

agent odd reporting in: they didn't take the bait, not much longer before my cover is blown

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



IGgy IGsen posted:

Revenge against people posting small Dash.

Can't be. Small Dash is hosted on SA Servers:
code:
https://fi.somethingawful.com/images/avatars/smalldash.png

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Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!

Odd Wilson posted:

Solution: mount a counteroffensive by uploading many copies of small Dash to Imgur

forums gonna have load bearing small dashes

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