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 NO SPOILERS.Latest episode: 64 - I'm Still in a Dream  I love From Software's Souls series. The Souls games are a series of action RPGs that punish impulsiveness and reward meticulous play and careful observation and it generally feels really good to overcome challenges in these games. Just looking at my Steam library, I've put in almost 200 hours into the PC versions of Dark Souls 1-3 alone, which isn't even getting into the hours I've poured into the PS3 versions. Last year, I did a blind stream-LP of Demon's Souls, which you can find here, and I had a lot of fun with it! As far as the series goes, however, that's basically all I planned to play, since this game is a PS4 exclusive and I had no plans to pick one up. Things changed over the holidays, so I decided to do another blind steam LP! Generally, these games tend to have a medieval setting, but Bloodborne does something a little different and is set in a slightly more contemporary era, that of Victorian Era London. Gone are the shields and armor of the other Souls games, as this game's arsenal features weapons like guns and canes. The game rewards a very different style of play from the other Souls games - hiding behind a shield is no longer an option, so instead, emphasis is on dodging around attacks and staggering foes by shooting them. It still feels like a Souls game, but trying to play it like one will get you killed. It looks and feels very stylish once it all clicks though!  This is a blind LP of Bloodborne where I'm regularly joined by my friends liquidypoo, his cat, casnorf, Jobbo_Fett, LP Superstar Artix, and occasionally CJacobs. It's also a livestream LP, so I'll make posts here and a few other places, such as my Twitter when we're planning to stream and when we plan to go live. I tend to stream at my beam channel, but that is subject to change. Tentatively, streams will happen on Tuesday nights around 7 PM EST, with updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. That is subject to change depending on life. Those of you who have watched my previous blind Demon's Souls LP may remember that the first couple of sessions had a little gimmick where liquidy would read stories from PYF Food Industry Horror Stories upon my deaths - we ran out of stories partway through the LP, but we've sourced some more now so storytime is back for the forseeable future! This is a Souls game, and invasions are a major part of the series, though Bloodborne's implementation is... poor, to say the least. I'll keep the OP updated with my current level and I'll mention what my current level is when I stream, but I might not be open to invasions if I haven't rung the Beckoning Bell. I might not always want to do co-op, so I tend to not have the bell rung, which also closes me off from invasions. Also, let's talk spoiler policy: If we haven't seen it in a video or it hasn't been discussed, don't talk about it! Don't do spoiler bars either. This is a blind LP and I would like for it to remain that way.  Playlist Session 1: Welcome to Yharnam      Session 2 (Feat. CJacobs): Gascoigne     Session 3: Old Yharnam        Session 4: Bag Town      Session 5: Hemwick Charnel    Session 6: Forbidden Woods, Part 1    Session 7: Forbidden Woods, Part 2     Session 8: So, you like to play Castlevania       Session 9: Byrgenwerth        Alt Audio version Session 10: Yahar'gul, Unseen Village    Session 11: Altar of Despair    Session 12 (feat. CJacobs): The Old Hunters      Session 13: RC Pinball     Session 14 (feat. CJacobs): The Orphan of Kos     Session 15 (feat. CJacobs): Nightmare of Mensis    Session 16: The First Hunter    ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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White Coke posted:Whose cat was that? Liquidy's. His cat really wants to be e-famous.  Artix posted:Also except for fairly late-game mechanic, the only time he's going to ring the bell is when he's summoning help. I suppose I could also just ring the bell from the word go, but I don't want to open myself up to unwanted co-op, nor do I want to keep pulling out the separation crystal-equivalent. 
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Jan 7, 2017 22:26
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I'm thinking a Monday and Friday update schedule? Or Monday-Thursday, I'm not sure yet. Tentatively, we're planning for Tuesday nights around 7 EST to be stream times, but that is subject to change. Assuming all goes according to plan, then we'll be live tomorrow night. Simply Simon posted:Nice, caught this one as early as possible. And I even played the game because I gave myself an early Christmas gift, too! I'm in the Church Ward area, after going through Old Yharnam. Basic mechanic tips are welcome, though liquidy beat you to the punch for transform attacks. What do you mean by L2 attacks though? Isn't that just the gun?
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Jan 10, 2017 04:25
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I think the Rally thing comes up later in the session? I do it if I get the chance in later sessions. Also the saw advice is appreciated, but I should probably mention that for the actual character I'm running for the LP (episode 6 and onwards), I'm using the Threaded Cane instead.
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Jan 10, 2017 14:40
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White Coke posted:Bert the Cert put in another appearance so this is another great episode. The second session picks up roughly where the first one left off.
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Jan 10, 2017 22:33
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Double post, but we're probably gonna stream in an hour or so!
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Jan 11, 2017 00:03
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Incidentally, I'm super excited for the Switch after last night's presentation and seeing FromSoft on the list of developers definitely has my attention.
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Jan 13, 2017 15:04
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Jan 16, 2017 16:55
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Simply Simon posted:There are illusory walls in BB, but only hiding very optional treasure rooms in the game's very optional optional content. I've found exactly one of them so far, reportedly there are...five?...fixed ones. Yeah, liquidy told me last night about them and I added an annotation in to mention that.
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Jan 16, 2017 23:28
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Reminder, stream tonight in 2-ish hours! I'll have the bell rung for invasions tonight and I think I'm level 45 or so? I'll post my current level when we start the stream at any rate.
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Jan 17, 2017 22:53
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https://beam.pro/chaosargate We're starting soon! I'm level 45, if anyone wants to invade.
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Jan 18, 2017 01:16
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Jan 21, 2017 01:00
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It's the start of a new session, and with that comes a change in both character and weapon. I've switched over to the Threaded Cane because I was told it's lets me be a Belmont and I'm a sucker for Classicvania.
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Jan 23, 2017 21:18
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The usual Tuesday night stream's being postponed to Thursday, too many of the usual folks were busy tonight so we're gonna try Thursday night around 8 or so.Trynant posted:More on topic, that this can be the first boss in the game for players is truly brutal. Do you think From wanted to make a "trial by fire" type boss as a check of skill, or maybe have the game show how fast and frenetic fights in Bloodborne get? Both? I think I'd agree that he does both; he's so hyper-aggressive that you really wanna be aggressive in turn and if you can't match that or figure out how to parry him, then you're hosed. He's a really cool fight and I enjoyed it a lot!
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Jan 25, 2017 00:05
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FeyerbrandX posted:Surprised no one pronounced it Kah-care-ekko. I pronounce it like that sometimes.
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Jan 25, 2017 01:34
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So it turns out we can stream tonight too, so we're doing a stream! Tomorrow's will probably still happen as well if this comes off as super short notice. https://beam.pro/chaosargate
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Jan 26, 2017 01:28
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liquidypoo posted:Argate doesn't wanna triple post in his own thread, so I'm here to tell you that we'll be streaming in about half an hour! We're going live in a few, link is in the quote!
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Jan 27, 2017 00:30
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Jan 27, 2017 15:44
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I, uh, still don't know what happened in this episode.
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Jan 30, 2017 16:40
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Reminder, it's Tuesday, so we're most likely going to stream tonight around 7 EST!
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Jan 31, 2017 21:09
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We're going live in a few! We're gonna be here!
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Feb 3, 2017 14:45
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CJacobs posted:Currently getting crazy owned by Chaos Argate in PVP, help No, currently you're invading the world of Sir Henry Oxford.
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Feb 4, 2017 06:01
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Feb 6, 2017 14:48
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It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another stream! Join us over at https://beam.pro/chaosargate!
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Feb 10, 2017 21:51
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Feb 13, 2017 23:10
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Not on stream, no. I've done one or two off screen and I really was not interested in running through them. Maybe I'll do a bonus video of one of the ones I have access to now, but that's a big maybe.
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Feb 14, 2017 05:14
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It's stream night, so come join us over at https://beam.pro/chaosargate!
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Feb 15, 2017 01:02
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We're gonna move through the backlog a little faster from here on out, since there's so much, so this thread'll update Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays now.
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Feb 15, 2017 18:25
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I've been sitting on this footage for a few weeks now, so here's a bonus episode. About two weeks ago, I made another character so I could try out a Str/Arc build and also try to catch some stuff I might've missed.
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Feb 17, 2017 13:08
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Feb 20, 2017 16:05
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We're streaming tonight! Come join us! https://beam.pro/chaosargate
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Feb 22, 2017 00:58
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Also, we're probably gonna do another stream tomorrow night around 6-7 EST.
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Feb 24, 2017 19:56
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CJacobs posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehkjpy8j4oY My only regret is that this audio clip is from an episode like 3 months out from now.
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Feb 27, 2017 14:02
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No stream tonight, most of the usual folks aren't around tonight, so we'll try for tomorrow instead if I have time and enough people are around.
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Simply Simon posted:I cringed so hard when I saw you had 4 Vials left, then spent all your Echoes on two levels, leaving you with exactly nothing...I have GLADLY spent an entire boss' worth of Echoes on Vials before, it just saves so much hassle. I didn't start noticing my blood vial thing until after this session.  I spent like an hour before the Switch presentation the next day just farming blood vials. As for Paarl being a fucker, funny thing, a few weeks back, I ran through the game fairly quickly with another character and called Artix in for help with Paarl again because he still frustrates me. One of the co-op attempts was met with failure as Paarl's lightning explosion took both of us out at the same time. This would've been with Artix around the ~70 mark, too.
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Mar 3, 2017 20:40
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. Repeat until he's out of hit points and never let him get a moment's rest. If he can jump and dance around, he's even more loving annoying to hit than BSB and it drives me up the loving wall.