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LP Bot's social skills truly are unparalleled.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:11
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Wow, this is going very, very differently from previous experiments. LP Bot truly knows all things. Is this him, by the way? 
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Aug 16, 2014 20:36
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Oh wow, so much happened in the previous part with Ed that I assumed the party had pretty much skipped to the end like the Story Teller, but LP bot's social interation matrixes have plenty more oppertunities to impress it seems. The Hoff dance killed me.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:45
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This game plays so much more like a game without hundreds of people creating chaos. That shouldn't be surprising, but it sort of is.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:39
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BottledBacon posted:Oh wow, so much happened in the previous part with Ed that I assumed the party had pretty much skipped to the end like the Story Teller, but LP bot's social interation matrixes have plenty more oppertunities to impress it seems. It really does surprise me how complex some of these conversations can end up being. I thought that,after the last couple of chat experiences,there wouldn't be much more content. LP Bot proves just how wrong I was.
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Aug 16, 2014 23:30
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Arkevillain posted:It really does surprise me how complex some of these conversations can end up being. I thought that,after the last couple of chat experiences,there wouldn't be much more content. Sure, they're complex, but man, the UI doesn't make interacting with them anything remotely deep most of the time. If I were playing this, I'd probably be shooting in the dark for most of the replies.
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Aug 17, 2014 00:34
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Ramos posted:Sure, they're complex, but man, the UI doesn't make interacting with them anything remotely deep most of the time. If I were playing this, I'd probably be shooting in the dark for most of the replies. Yeah, definitely. If I were playing this, I would have given up after a few tries through, because it would just feel like guesswork. I would have never seen even half of this stuff. That's why we have, and love, LP Bot.
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Aug 17, 2014 01:05
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Anybody have any links to the last LP threads? I am trying to get the game to work on my PC, but I'm having a little trouble.
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Aug 17, 2014 01:27
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I just realized something... Is Charity Flame a nod to Modesty Blaise?
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Aug 17, 2014 01:43
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Colorred posted:Anybody have any links to the last LP threads? I am trying to get the game to work on my PC, but I'm having a little trouble. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3514071 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3597492 I'm surprised you can dodge telling Mia that the monkey lyrics are terrible, I assumed she'd just tell you to get lost if you kept being neutral.
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Aug 17, 2014 09:14
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LPbot is an unmitigated work of genius, transforming a poorly-acted and tragically programmed scene (oh Ed!) into a hilariously observational sci-fi standup routine. I wasn't sure at first whether we could possibly go into this segment without the mysteriously comforting drawl of SGF at the helm, but LPB with his vaguely trans-Atlantic accent delivering a disorienting combination of advanced human understanding/language skills and Data-like innocence, and made grimly unsettling by the monotonal abhuman stutter... is the perfect alternate personality. Apologies for the word "abhuman" which came to mind while writing and I decided to go with. My meaning for the word, which some might recognize from various gaming namings, is from the novels of William Hope Hodgson, a favourite author, and refers to a creature in the early stages of transformation from one form to another ("not human but similar"). As for the Ed scene, there is most definitely a programming error in that sequence, as there was another clip that was supposed to play on the screen of the TV on the wall, and to which his laughter was a response. As I recall the clip was of Vito being pretentious which Ed has messed with to comic effect, and that leads to Ed telling you about the other hidden clips on the Mode Machine. If SGF didn't find it then it must have been left off the published disc. I remember seeing it so I know it was programmed at one point. A highlight from part 16: "what are your plans for the pressure pot?" definitely GMFTIAPCAFDACMSIWLSH (Got My Feet Tangled In A Power Cord and Fell Down And Cracked My Skull I Was Laughing So Hard) ... oh, yes, Anoia, and I am astonished someone caught that reference! Spaxter fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Aug 17, 2014 |
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Aug 17, 2014 11:11
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Waaait a minute... Vito has long hair?! 
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Aug 18, 2014 12:55
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I am so glad to see this thing back For those who have not seen his earlier series, LP Bot is a recurring character in SGF's Let's Plays and is always great. By the way, it was a while back but should maybe be linked, Tuba made his wrestling debut in SGF's strange crossover fan-fiction playthrough of WWE 2K14, with appropriate entrance music and commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ6luv7IAfQ from 16:00 onwards
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Aug 18, 2014 16:06
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Snoop Radley posted:Waaait a minute... In a playthrough full of shocking revelations, this was by far the most earth-shattering.
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Aug 18, 2014 16:12
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So that's two separate sources that confirm Vito's starting up some kind of cult here. One seems quite a bit easier than the other, unless there are non-dialogue-tree requirements for the lady's video as well.
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Aug 19, 2014 07:58
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Glazius posted:So that's two separate sources that confirm Vito's starting up some kind of cult here. What I don't get is what the fortune teller's role in all this is. Rial tells the player to talk to her if you want to learn something about yourself. It probably wasn't just a random way to get rid of the player / screw with him. So is the LP bot some publicly available synth? The voice is pretty familiar. SirDifferential fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Aug 20, 2014 |
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Aug 20, 2014 14:57
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SirDifferential posted:What I don't get is what the fortune teller's role in all this is. Rial tells the player to talk to her if you want to learn something about yourself. It probably wasn't just a random way to get rid of the player / screw with him. Look how much things change once you know what to say to Ed. Wouldn't surprise me if there is a lot more to the characters we think we know.
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Aug 20, 2014 15:35
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Before this thread goes dead from inactivity:MassRafTer posted:I want to thank Spaxter for uploading Cowboy Who?. I've been running an episode every week in the PSP synctube. It's not for everyone but the 10-11 of us who watch love it. Mr. Lobe posted:Agreeing re: Cowboy Who?, it's the most glorious of public access television shows I've ever seen. What a great description! Pretty well all of my output qualifies for the "not for everyone" label, [MODE] not the least. I have long subscribed to an "audience-of-one" philosophy that says that I create primarily for my own amusement, and if just one other person in the world gets something out of it then I have doubly succeeded. This is not a philosophy particularly compatible with a capitalist system, but over time I've managed to find myself considerably amused. CWho? had a small but enthusiastic audience in its broadcast days so its purpose has been fulfilled and then some (many more than one), but it's hilarious fun that anyone might be getting a giggle out of it today. As for [MODE], SGF is obviously this century's designated player, and it is the good fortune of those enjoying these play-throughs that he is also such a superlative communicator. Did you know he has a comment on the Merriam-Webster dictionary site page for the word "sensorium"?: I heard the word while playing a really great computer game called MODE. Everyone should play it I think. The qualifier at the end is what makes that statement. Really, should everyone play it? Possibly not such a good idea. ...and what is a PSP synctube?
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Aug 30, 2014 09:21
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Snoop Radley posted:Waaait a minute... During the scene where Vito laments that his party guests are only interested in partying, he has a visible ponytail. Also I am so glad that this LP has been resumed, you have no idea 
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Aug 30, 2014 09:34
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Spaxter posted:Before this thread goes dead from inactivity: It's dangerous to assume anyone's timetable, but I think the next MODE video is coming fairly soon. SGF seemed to be aiming for one a week, even though the streams and perhaps his new PS4 have occupied a bit more time than usual, maybe making this last one take a little longer. But it's still due soonish. I guess I may as well link to this in the interim. The MODE page on SGF Wiki, which actually exists. http://supergreatfrien.wikia.com/wiki/MODE BottledBacon fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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Aug 30, 2014 14:49
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Maybeva dumb question, but where can I watch Cowboy Who?
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EagerSleeper posted:Maybeva dumb question, but where can I watch Cowboy Who? https://www.youtube.com/user/spaxter1
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Aug 30, 2014 16:48
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When I posted these I was only allowed short files, so they are all laid out as playlists, which I find very awkward on youtube. Of course after they were all up there my length limit was dropped but right now I'm too busy and/or lazy to repost them all as episode-long files so instead made an embedded portal on my site: http://www.strangermedia.com/cowboywhoplaypage01.html where the layout is a bit more user friendly.
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Aug 30, 2014 17:12
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I'd been looking for another SGF LP after marathoning all the ones on the archives, and then I find this gem a week ago and power through it to find LP-BOT once again taking the reins 
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Oct 12, 2014 11:06
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Shei-kun posted:I'd been looking for another SGF LP after marathoning all the ones on the archives, and then I find this gem a week ago and power through it to find LP-BOT once again taking the reins If you're looking for new SGF stuff I'd suggest WWE 2K14 on his YouTube while you wait for the next MODE video.
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Oct 12, 2014 11:58
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BottledBacon posted:If you're looking for new SGF stuff I'd suggest WWE 2K14 on his YouTube while you wait for the next MODE video. Or go watch his Demo Friend playlist on Youtube. The XBLIG reviews are some of SGF's best stuff.
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BottledBacon posted:If you're looking for new SGF stuff I'd suggest WWE 2K14 on his YouTube while you wait for the next MODE video. I'd say don't watch WWE 2k14 until after watching: The earlier Bully Demise series: 1: Wrestling Revolution 2: Hard Time 3: The You Testament 4: Wrecked And probably you should also watch: Deadly Premonition Illbleeed Spy Fiction Shadows of the Damned D2 Or you won't get all the references in WWE 2k14, because it's a bizarre piece of metafiction with a lot of in-jokes. Congratulations, you now have about a solid month of LPs to watch. Have fun!
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Oct 13, 2014 09:12
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You should probably watch Illbleed anyway, because years later I still can't quite believe it's a real game.
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Oct 13, 2014 10:40
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Oh, I already watched all his LPs on the Archive. I still have no idea what I was watching half the time, though I do seem to remember someone spontaneously growing an FBI poncho, a beard, and flies.
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Oct 13, 2014 12:29
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Shei-kun posted:Oh, I already watched all his LPs on the Archive. I still have no idea what I was watching half the time, though I do seem to remember someone spontaneously growing an FBI poncho, a beard, and flies. Yeah, it's well worth checking out his Youtube. SGF's slog through endless waves of tat on Xbox Live Indie Games contains hours and hours of fun video alone. But as mentioned above: The Bully Demise story, which SGF has handily created a playlist for, is well worth a watch, as it's almost a bizzare cross-game LP metafiction thing about a fictional wrestler. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaSPgE4K0SB2iKlr4QjEXFPrRBBMcKicH
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Oct 13, 2014 13:24
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You mean the biography of the greatest and most respectable man of our time  .
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Oct 13, 2014 13:32
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The Deadly Premonition LP is still my favorite LP of all time. I have genuine nostalgia for the time of my life I was watching it.
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Oct 13, 2014 19:18
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Links to previous threads (may require archives): First thread, second thread. During the first thread, Spaxter provided digital copies of MODE and his other game, Midnight Stranger, which were made into torrents that have since died forever. However, in the second thread, Tamrael uploaded them to his own hosting. Here's his post with the links. tamrael posted:Permission/Disclaimer/Please Don't Ban Me:
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Oct 15, 2014 09:44
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Merciful Gods, this game is strange. How did I miss these threads before?!
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Really glad to see this update! Things are moving along pretty quickly, and there seems to be so much more stuff that the other videos never even touched on. I know it was mentioned earlier, but it is insane how much stuff is in this game, and how obtuse it is to see all of the content. Also, thanks for the mental image of LP Bot as a Dalek, screaming "Conversate!"
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Oct 18, 2014 05:53
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LP Bot is a fan of the name AM, eh? Oh well, probably nothing to worry about. Unless it's foreshadowing of some kind, but what are the odds of that?
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Poor LPBot is starting to sound a bit HK47 around the edges... Keep an eye on him, SGF!
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