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 What is this? The Walking Dead is an episodic adventure game series developed and published by Telltale Games. The series is based on The Walking Dead graphic novels and takes in the same fictional world, the games events occur shortly after the onset of the zombie apocalypse in Georgia. The game consists of four series, a supplemental episode and a stand-alone mini-series involving Michonne, a popular character from the graphic novels and TV series. The characters involved in this series are mostly original, but some characters do make a crossover from the graphic novels. The focus of this series was on the story and character development, there is some puzzle solving but the developers have taken a simplistic approach to them in an order to make the gameplay flow more fluidly. The biggest element of this series is the choices that you make, a lot of what you do and what you say will affect how the rest of the story plays out. The choices that you make won't just affect the rest of the episode, they will shape how the rest of the series plays out and the storylines of later series as well. Some things to cover before we start  The Walking Dead game is rated 18+ “The game contains strong language and scenes of violence, gore, and horror in an apocalypse setting.” No spoilers! None at all, please! I'm not going to speak about the storyline as I'd like to keep everything a surprise. Let's all discover everything together, either for the first time or like it's for the first time. If there's something that you absolutely need to talk to me about with anything that's coming up then put it in spoiler tags or PM me.I will be using the The Telltale Definitive Series version to LP the game and I will be playing through the entire series in the order of release. This includes: The Walking Dead: Season One, 400 Days, The Walking Dead: Season Two, The Walking Dead: Michonne, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and The Walking Dead: The Final Season. I plan to end each episode with a major choice that needs to be made and that choice will be decided by you all. I will do this by creating a poll for people to vote on or people can make their choices known in the thread by posting them. I may also do the same with other matters that need to be settled as well, some of these may be ongoing polls but I will do those as and when I need to. I will keep the voting open for 72 hours for all of the polls so as to be consistent. We can play the series in whatever personality style that we want to, I'm going to keep the main character as chatty and amicable as possible throughout. LP details I'm aiming to update twice a week as I need to work around the voting times. I'm unable to create a rigid timetable as I have work, childcare and life to work around but if I'm unable to update within a reasonable amount of time I will let you all know in advance if possible. This is going to be a VLP and I always record commentary live as I'm useless with anything scripted. I usually like to record extra content but due to the sheer amount of variables, I'm not going to record any bonus footage. This LP is going to consist of one straight playthrough from the start to the end. Let's Play: The Walking Dead Season One Episode One - A New Day       Episode Two - Starved For Help         Episode Three - Long Road Ahead      Episode Four - Around Every Corner        Episode Five - No Time Left     400 Days       Season Two Episode One - All That Remains       Episode Two - A House Divided       Episode Three - In Harm's Way      Episode Four - Amid The Ruins     Episode Five - No Going Back     Michonne Episode One - In Too Deep    Episode Two - Give No Shelter   Episode Three - What We Deserve   A New Frontier Episode One - Ties That Bind - Part One    Episode Two - Ties That Bind - Part Two    Episode Three - Above The Law    Episode Four - Thicker Than Water   
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The first vote can be cast in the thread or here: https://strawpoll.com/polls/xVg7jd04Gnr Edit: Voting ends in 72 hours. Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Feb 7, 2023 |
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Feb 7, 2023 00:48
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It seems like we have a clear winner in the poll, I'm going to see it through until the end though.That Italian Guy posted:I've only experienced this series in LP format and I've actually never seen the end before, but I loved what I've seen. Glad you are doing this RBD! Thank you, I will try to do this some justice! I've only played through the first two series, anything after is going to be a complete surprise. To be more accurate, I've played through this season several times to see how different scenarios turn out. I've played through 400 days and season two only once. According to my Steam library its been almost eight years since I last played through a Walking Dead game. Shei-kun posted:I've never actually watched the show, read the graphic novels, or played/watched this game, but it will be neat to finally see what all the talk was about! I started watching the TV series when it originally aired and moved onto the graphic novels very quickly afterwards. I've read about two-thirds of the series and need to invest in the rest of them at some point. The graphic novels are great! The TV series is a very mixed bag and I ended up abandoning it about halfway through season six for a variety of reasons. I am planning to start it again very soon and trying to power through the issues. I'll try to elaborate more as time goes on but I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't watched/read the original storyline.
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Feb 8, 2023 12:57
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Samovar posted:Ah - I have a lot of feelings about this game series, and the resulting fallout on TellTale games... But I don't know if this is the thread to share 'em? While there wouldn't be specific spoilers, it does address the mechanics of the games. If this isn't a thread to talk about this game series then I don't know which one would be apart from the adventure game thread. Feel free to express yourself on anything that comes up. I have my issues with the old Telltale company, it's one of the reasons why I haven't played or bought anything by them in many years.
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Feb 8, 2023 17:09
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I mentioned earlier that I have played the first season extensively and have little to no experience with what follows afterwards. It's a shame if things do start to degrade as the first season starts off very strongly. But knowing with how TTG handled the company its final few years I can't say that I'm surprised. I may return with more LPs from TTG in the future. I enjoyed Tales From The Borderlands and there are a few others that haven't been covered yet. The poll isn't over but there is an obvious winner, I've already recorded the next update and I will post it tonight along with the next voting options.
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Feb 9, 2023 11:42
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The time on the poll isn't quite up yet but there already is a clear winner. Something has come up so I won't be returning home tonight, so I'm updating now from my phone while I can. I had everything prepared in advance, thankfully. The decision has been made to leave to find help while it's still light outside. This video ends with another choice to make and this one has a timer. You can choose either option or you can choose neither option. Voting ends in 72 hours: https://strawpoll.com/polls/NMnQ55Bz1n6 (That banner looks very dark on my phone) Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Feb 9, 2023 |
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Feb 9, 2023 21:08
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We have a very popular choice so far. I'm still trying to work out how a stationary tractor was able to run someone over. Unless the keys were still in the ignition and Shawn didn't check before placing an excitable child on the seat of it.
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Feb 10, 2023 08:47
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NVTrainee posted:Consider me a casual watcher of the games and parts of the TV show. I recall early games entries being better than the later ones, regarding plots and choices. I also know of some later game plotpoints and will most likely watch to figure out how those happen. Samovar posted:Again, RBD, my viewpoint is entirely that - an opinion. If you enjoy the series (and I hope you do) all power to you. A major plot point has already been spoilt for me in the final season but it can't be helped when it was part of the advertisements. For better or worse, I will see the series through to the end. I'll happily give my honest opinion on things as they progress, I've no qualms with calling out issues with games.
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Feb 10, 2023 23:32
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Unless we have a surge of votes swinging a different way within the next few hours it would seem like we have another clear winner. I've already recorded the next update in advance as I had some free time this morning. I'm going to be busy over the next few days because of the school holidays so I thought that I'd make the most out of my available time. I'll post the update tonight when I finish work.
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Feb 12, 2023 13:03
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There is no poll with this video as there wasn't a big decision to make. There were decisions to be made but they were early on and I thought the best thing to do right now was to remain diplomatic in regard to the situation. I will make a recurring poll at some point but we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
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Feb 13, 2023 00:43
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Shei-kun posted:This post was updated as I watched the video so I could remember the choices and such. I was expecting at least an attempt to save Shawn from Lee. I'm not sure if these warrant spoilers or not but I'll reveal what would have happened if we had gone down the previous paths in the last couple of videos: First video: Leaving at night - Shawn and a Sheriff's Deputy would have been outside the gate, they would have taken us to the farm after speaking to them. Second video: Duck - It is possible to fail to save him, at which point Kenny rushes in and carries him to safety. Shawn - Lee attempts to pull Shawn from under the tractor and/or attempts to move the tractor but can't. Kenny runs in, scoops up Duck, takes a look at us struggling and then runs off. Neither Choice - Kenny rushes past to rescue Duck, then runs off to safety. No matter what we do and which ever way we do it, Shawn dies. I would talk more about the third video but it would most likely spoil what's to come.
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Feb 14, 2023 00:44
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In this update, Lee and Carley go tot he motel to rescue Glenn and discover that he's not the only one in need of rescuing. This is a short segment if you know what you're doing and it comes with another choice to make. This isn't a major decision to make but it does affect your relationships with certain people. Voting ends in 72 hours: https://strawpoll.com/polls/mpnboo80Lg5
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Feb 16, 2023 19:40
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FoolyCharged posted:Hmm... some kind of undead epidemic that makes you come back from the dead, she's bitten, and they're attracted by noise.  I know that they just want a quick end to it all and it's the humane way, but I'd rather not take the risk of being eaten alive while having to travel several miles on foot back to the pharmacy with an unknown amount of zombies walking around. Giving her the gun seems to be the most popular choice right now though.I've also found this: quote:One of the most prominent myths in the silencer industry, and one I have seen countless times on TV – that you can use a pillow as a silencer. A pillow will not work as a silencer. A pillow might reduce a handguns sound report from around 160dB to 150dB decibels, a mere 10dB reduction that makes no audible difference.
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Feb 17, 2023 21:44
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 FoolyCharged posted:Oh I absolutely voted to give it to her. My understanding is that this game is the base model that all of telltale graphic novel factory was built off of, and half the fun of an interactive story is that you can make silly decisions and it doesn't lead to failure, it just changes up the story being told a little. I've never thought of it like that before. I like the way that you think!
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Feb 17, 2023 23:08
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Giving her the gun was the clear winner. The group return to the pharmacy and Lee decides that it's time to retrieve the keys from his dead brother. We're almost at the end of this episode, but before we see the ending we have one last decision to make. Voting ends in 72 hours: https://strawpoll.com/polls/05ZdWWAX4g6
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Feb 19, 2023 22:06
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Funktastic posted:They really should’ve done more to make this a harder choice. Instead it’s between a character you spend a decent amount of time with with a gun versus basically just a guy. Yeah, this one does seem a little imbalanced. We did spend some time zombie watching with Doug but it's not the same as someone who's saved your life and helped to save Glenn's life. STABASS posted:no goon left behind I don't think we really have a choice in the matter any more. We could still take him with once the zombies are done with him. Well, we can take the parts of him that are still salvageable. Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Feb 20, 2023 |
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Feb 20, 2023 21:07
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FoolyCharged posted:This one just struck me as a lot dumber than the last one. Last time we had the goofiness of man stuck under tractor somehow, but in this case we literally just demonstrated Clemintine being able to think under pressure and contribute by gophering. She has just heard that of our two people struggling one of them just needs bullets from her bag that she pointed out to the rest of the room. Now that's being too logical! I can only speculate at this point. Lee is in a state of panic and this is probably something that didn't enter his head at that point. If anything, Lee could have thrown the bag to Carley himself and then rushed off to save Doug. Maybe he's being protective of Clementine now that they've broken through? Two of his group have been grabbed so it could just be a case of reacting over thinking. You don't have a lot of time to react to this one even though there isn't a timer. I had to cut the video in the middle of talking as the game suddenly decided that if I wasn't going to make a choice then Lee was going to die alongside them. Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Feb 20, 2023 |
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Feb 20, 2023 22:07
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Unless something major changes in the next three hours, Doug is definitely going to be zombie chow. I was going to record the ending tonight but something has come up so I'll do it tomorrow morning.
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Feb 22, 2023 19:26
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Carley was the clear winner and gets to survive for another day. This is the finale of the first episode and it's only about ten minutes long. The rest of the video shows us stats about the decisions that we made, a preview of the next episode and the credits for this episode. I've taken a screenshot of the stats to post here so you can stop watching at the ten-minute mark if you don't want spoilers for what's to come.  I'll most likely start the second episode on Sunday. Judge Tesla posted:I often wonder what I'd do if I'd ended up in a zombie apocalypse like the one here and as much as I'd say that I'd be a badass zombie killer, no I'd probably die within the first few months. I'd like to say that I'd do alright but I'd end up doing something stupid at some point and getting myself killed needlessly. Edit: I asked a joke question then realised what I asked. Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Feb 23, 2023 |
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Feb 23, 2023 16:38
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STABASS posted:interesting that all the choice stats are so close. anecdotally I remember there always being one or two that were in the 80-90% range, but I've never played a telltale game more than ~6 month after release. maybe they tend to even out over time Funktastic posted:I actually just checked because I remembered the same, and the last play though I watched of this 6 years ago it was 76% for picking Carley. These may be the stats solely for the Definitive Edition as it operates on a different plane to the stand-alone releases. I remember some of the stats being completely one-sided when I played this series many years ago. Carley was also heavily favoured, as was siding with Kenny over Larry.
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Feb 23, 2023 18:27
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I'm thinking about starting up episode two tomorrow as the first video is only going to be five minutes long, including the recap, because there's going to be another tough decision to make.
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Feb 24, 2023 11:42
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Episode Two - Starved For Help Skip the recap with this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNih2hwNi-s&t=68s This video is only seven minutes long including the recap, there is a timestamp in the video but I thought that I'd provide a direct link here as well. I was going to start this up tomorrow but the finale of episode one was short and the opening of this episode is even shorter. A decision needs to be made and it's up to you all to decide what we do. Voting ends in 72 hours: https://strawpoll.com/polls/e6Z28AvdXnN
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Feb 25, 2023 23:27
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One more day of voting left, this is the closest one so far!
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Feb 28, 2023 00:26
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I thought that I'd do a test run of what's to come if we do chop off the guy's leg and it's definitely a time saver compared to the other method. It seems like the decision to save the leg is the comedy option.
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Feb 28, 2023 14:49
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It looks like we're going to see an amputation after all. I was going to record an update tonight as it's only going to be 10-15 minutes long, but I've picked up a rather nasty bug today and it's progressively gotten worse as the evening has gone on. I'm wearing a thick jumper and thermal socks and I'm still shivering like a leaf. I'm not working tomorrow so I'll try to have something done tomorrow if I'm feeling up for it.
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Feb 28, 2023 23:58
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Lee and the group return to the motel with some new friends and no one seems to be very welcoming of them. We do have a slight bit of respite and an opportunity to speak to the gang, but we've also been given a new task. There are eleven people at the camp but two of these people are currently indisposed. This poll is going to be different as four options need to be chosen from a possible nine. Voting ends in 72 hours: https://strawpoll.com/polls/xVg7j1A7rnr I was going to start something up regarding the power struggle but I felt like this poll was already a beast.
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Mar 1, 2023 12:18
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Judge Tesla posted:There's a far more brutal option where you can half chop the guy's leg off then leave him to the zombies if you take too long, it's the real psycho option. I did think about that when I was recording earlier and there was a moment where I thought about letting it happen. I have to respect the results of the vote though.
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Mar 1, 2023 13:06
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FoolyCharged posted:Well, we could be practical and feed the adults, but Lee has a consistent history of being a bleeding heart trying to take care of kids above his own well being at this point: So I made sure to vote for duck, Clementine, and Larry. You don't have to be consistent at all if you don't want to be. I made some neutral choices at the start along with making some choices with the best of intentions but now the LP has made some headway I'm able to give everyone else control over the big decisions. Make Lee pocket some of the food that he's meant to be handing out and give some food to Ben even though he's only just arrived if you really want to. There's been a few votes already, Lilly is the only person on zero at the moment  .
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Mar 1, 2023 13:43
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Shei-kun posted:I do appreciate that Clementine is above and beyond our first choice to feed. Clementine has been voted on eight times out of eight so far. I do find it amusing that Ben is beating Lilly despite only being in the game for fifteen minutes.
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Mar 2, 2023 09:47
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Judge Tesla posted:I find it best to be nice to newcomers in an apocalyptic scenario, you don't know how many people are left after all. I didn't really think about it like that. I just thought that he's a guest and we have our own group that we're already struggling to feed.
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Mar 2, 2023 14:44
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The voting is over and the results are in. Clementine was the only person who secured a vote from everyone who did vote. The three other pieces of food will be going to Duck, Carley and Larry. I'm still unwell at the moment and my voice has been hoarse the last couple of days so I'm unsure when the next update will happen. I'm hoping to have something up on Monday at the latest.
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Mar 4, 2023 13:06
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A short video but we're at the end of the first chapter and I wanted to start the second chapter fresh as it's a fairly lengthy one. In this video, four of the gang receive some food and then Mr Parker decides that he's rested long enough and wants to stretch his leg
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Mar 6, 2023 15:04
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Judge Tesla posted:Something I appreciate is just how hard it is to kill a single zombie, like these people aren't hardened badasses or have a load of guns laying around but they are just frightened civilians with whatever they can find on hand. Yeah, I like that even after three months that they're all still normal people figuring out how to live another day. I'm surprised with their food situation though. I've checked out a map of Macon and it seems like a pretty big place and it's surrounded by lots of smaller communities.
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Mar 6, 2023 21:32
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Judge Tesla posted:That's the thing when society melts, nobody is coming to restock the shops and all perishable food will have rotted, I can easily imagine the accessible shops have been beyond picked clean. That is true, but they were almost out of food as it was. It was a stroke of luck that a couple of friendly people came along otherwise they may have had to resort to desperate measures. I'd rather hunt for extra food in likely locations while there's still a supply available rather than take dangerous risks while my body was starving. Looting would have taken care of most of the long shelf-life items, any fruits that have perished should hopefully still have some seeds that could be harvested and some stores may have seed\bulb packets left. But I'm looking at this objectively from my own place in the warm, with electricity, running water and food in the kitchen already. Plus, at the time of writing, I'm not living through a zombie apocalypse. Edit: I've finished a test run of the next few segments and I'm going to do a continuous run throughout until I hit a certain point. It will be fairly lengthy and it won't be ending on a vote. Rocket Baby Dolls fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Mar 6, 2023 |
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Mar 6, 2023 23:04
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Lee, Carley, Mark & Ben visit the dairy farm to check it out and to meet the rest of the family. This is a fairly lengthy update and another one without a vote. I noticed there was something weird going on occasionally with the character models in the last few updates but it seems to have started to calm down somewhat now. This episode is also coming up with some great automated thumbnails: 
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Mar 10, 2023 13:03
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I've just completed a test run of the next update, it looks like this one will end up in a vote. I'll also start up a vote for the FoolyCharged posted:I don't know what's in that barn, but I'm guessing it's related to the vague description of everyone else drifting on. I can't quite remember what is in there at this point in time but the St Johns did mention that they own a cow which is currently unwell.
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Mar 11, 2023 23:14
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FoolyCharged posted:An evil zombie cow sounds way too fun to be the actual plot point and that makes me sad. There is a new era for Telltale and they're making new games. We could always start a campaign to make this the plot for a potential sequel.
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Mar 11, 2023 23:43
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There are a few questions that we need to ask our new hosts but they'll have to wait as we're going to have even more to ask them when we resolve the situation in this video. This video ends with another vote and just to reassure you all, none of the choices will result in a game over. Voting will be ending in 72 hours: https://strawpoll.com/polls/NPgxE0qwMZ2 I've also started a vote on how we should back to lead the group. We can start either start to backing either Kenny or Lilly, or we can remain steadfastly neutral and see how things turn out. There have also been some prompts about Lee potentially taking over the leadership role of the group, we can start to assert his authority if you really want to. I'm kept the voting open and ongoing on this one, I'm not sure how this works with StrawPoll but I've allowed it so people can edit their own votes: https://strawpoll.com/polls/e6Z28p20XnN
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Mar 12, 2023 15:23
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Judge Tesla posted:I'm just thinking about how amazingly lucky you'd be to have an actual living cow like 3-4 months into the apocalypse, I know its a dairy farm and all but with no vets and zombies prowlng around that is some luck indeed. I agree completely. The defences have certainly kept it safe but keeping it relatively healthy and still producing milk in this scenario is definitely impressive. Has anyone read the book "Earth Abides" by George R. Stewart? It was written in 1949 but it's an impressive work of fiction on the downfall of modern civilization after a deadly disease has ravaged humanity. FoolyCharged posted:Given how cagey our hosts have gotten about, well, everything, I'm expecting him to shoot her if we don't just to keep her from talking to us. I've completed this season three times. My first time was a blind playthrough, the others were siding completely with Kenny and then Lilly. This may be my first run where I'm staying neutral and potentially going to attempt a coup. The decisions we're making now will run on through later seasons so it'll be interesting to see the knock on effects if we go down this route.
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There's one more day of voting and there's a clear winner of how we are going to proceed in the next video. The vote in terms of the power struggle is currently a draw between Kenny and Lee asserting his dominance. Unless things change I'll move forward with staying neutral and only deciding with Kenny if we are forced to choose between him and Lilly. Judge Tesla posted:I've played a lot of season 1 and 2, too much you might say, so any runs I do now is just seeing how weird and crazy I can make Lee. I've only played through the second season once and my memory of it is fairly hazy. I was planning to do them all but then when things with TellTale went down I backed right off them for a very long time. I may do more in the future but I'll see how this one goes first.
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