#bc of a player or two they don't like

[greenbeany]

Ok today I'm fully committing to being a Wilbu.rian and Love.njoyer because Rans fandom are seemingly all absolutely crazy wdym 'they have to start a wholeass charity to apologize'

#also quit mc/c? #idk if he still likes the game and thats on him but its crazy forcing him to wuit #bc of a player or two they don't like #tu.bbo has made his position on sa.pnap clear and he still plays and has a great time #im just saying #he's twenty now #he's had a platform since he was sixteen #every opinion he's formed since becoming an adult has had to be scrutinized to hell #if he did something that really affected you that badly you can stop watching and vague talk him on Tumblr like i do for 🟢 #making him apologize in a one hour stream because his Tumblr post wasnt good enough #and start a NONPROFIT #when he already gives away 100% of his stream profits??? #fucking crazy #dots included so this doesn't show up in any other tags #ranboo #fandom crit

[marcsnuffy]

I wanted to see fanart of them so I decided to be the change I want to see in the world

#my art #marc snuffy #mick moon #alternative captions: #that one posts abt lesbians who don't play abt their male blorbos is so me #in my mind they're like annoying their teammates and leaving to wherever the fuck bc they're deeply unserious people atp #based on a pic of two football players that reminded me of them

[utilitycaster]

I'm keeping this somewhat on a back burner because I think I need more data, but I feel like a current boundary being tested in actual play, for TTRPGs that are, for lack of a better way to put it, party-based and ostensibly heroic, is exploring in-game whether the PCs might be the bad guys or even just neutral guys who are not up to the task. (For this reason, "evil" campaigns do not count here, since those aren't about exploring it as a possibility but instead are simply stating that's the situation - I'm looking for the doubt and realization).

I feel like fans (and some GMs and players) get really skittish about this as a possibility, which is unfortunate because it's one of the most interesting things you can do.

#the best example i can think of offhand is sean finnerty tbh #like it feels some GMs and players are willing to play with it #but even then it's so often in places where consequences are lessened (bcbp and trinyvale come to mind) #and granted. this needs REALLY solid table discussion and agreement beforehand #AND it requires a LOT of GM work re: the enemy #i need to find like. actual play scholars somewhere bc i feel the two big trends rn are #1. more editing/production/removal from the table (which i think is bad) #and 2. this (which i think is good) #oh god. do i have to try to watch kollok. i don't really want to but i feel like i should to be informed.

[artemislosthunter]

once hi3 part two releases I will walk into the ocean to never return

#that ain't hi3 that's genshin and star rail mixed together WHY #hey lets remove everyone the players cared about make a time skip and put it on a different planet ^-^surely this will be a great idea #OH AND ANOTHER SELF INSERT MC BCS WE DEFINITELY NEEDED THAT #don't get me wrong I like the other two games but hi3 is supposed to be hi3

[get-a-snack-at-an-ungodly-hour]

so as its turns out. i'm insane. so have this au idea thing i've had on my mind for a while...

summanary: player gets pissed and decides that they do not want to be controlled anymore

(more in-depth info under the cut jbjkjvkbjv)

so. you know player right? the guy we control? what if they also gained sentience at some point and did not want to be a puppet? yeah thats right, i'm going to call this guy Sentient Player to differienciate from the actual player.

the basic idea is them getting a hold of orby and just going nuts with the power, their main goal isn't to stop the player from deleting the data though, it is to remove your player privilages entirely and somehow make themselves their own person (or npc thecnically). they want you down and away, and they will try to achive this by Any. Means. Necesary.

theres a lot of inspiration from Aware Cashier if you haven't noticed, but those similarities only extend to the general aesthetic and some of their reasonings and feelings, their ways of dealing with stuff and stoping the player from doing what they don't want them to do are very, very different. instead of just trying to stop you like Aware was going to do, Sentient is just activly changing, deleting and ruining the alredy fucked up code of the game in hopes of deleting you, or your ability to control them

Boss fight talk bc i'm actually excited to talk about that! Sentient Player's boss would actually be an actual boss fight, like, actual fighting. i know i know, seems a bit out of character for the game in question, but i don't care :3. some of their attacks would consist of them summoning or deleting stuff, others is them summoning pitch black versions of themselves (seen in picture) to deal with you for them, bad thing though, if you hit them it actually hurts Sentient too! they can only summon two at the time

other details and stuff about them and the idea:

even though they look rather neutral they are actually Really Fucking Pissed

i think they're even more confused and angry than Awere is, like, they are out right trying to delete parts of the game they do NOT know what they are doing

they can talk now btw, their voice is a weird fucked up mixture of every single voice in the game, all of them

you control dummy in this, cashier and kyu are just kind of Guys That Follow You Around and get other stuff done while you fight

if you lose their boss fight you get the bad ending, where they try to remake the game from scratch but fail miserably, leaving it even more unfinished looking than before, lacking npcs and endings. they just kind of follow you around in this state, realising they are unable to do anything about your existence which made thier whole fight an useless endavor that made more harm than good

if you win though dummy and the others manage to get orby back, after apologising (and perhaps a lot of begging to be spared from being just The Player again) they make one of the dark clones be The Player. they just hang around the store from then on, if you talk to them you will be hit with the "..." lol

#art tag :3 #Sentient Player!au #get a snack at 4am #kyu #orby #cashier (get a snack at 4am) #dummy (get a snack and 4am) #player (get a snack at 4am) #jhbjvch i'm actually very proud of this drawing #this was such a experimentation piece. it wasn't even supposed to be that #i just kind of did the drawing on the left. realized it didn't fit with the two doodles. then i decided work on the doodles a bit #and it spiralled from there #i suddenly learned how to do highlights for this (i will never be able to replicate this again) #idc if this flops. bc i'm still proud of myself for this #but like don't let this flop.... #PLEASE PLEASE PLAEASE ASK ME ABOUT THIS AU I'M NORMAL ABOUT IT I SWEAR!!!!! #gasa4 snackcore #i forgot this tag

[amatres]

anyway my personal ranks of origins backstories just in the game by themselves is brosca and tabris at the top, aeducan at the bottom. cousland i will admit is pretty impactful but i still feel like, as wild as an option it would have been, that a cousland warden should had the option to solo rule. they are from the only other teryn in ferelden and it's even said that it was considered for bryce to rule so like! come on!

aeducan is at the bottom because it so tightly locks you into siding against bhelen, which i suppose is fair for brosca being so skewed in behlens favor bc of rica, but brosca is just Good so i forgive that, while aeducan is just suffering.

i still stand by my idea that the 'noble' dwarven origin shouldn't have been the second aeducan child, they should have been the second aeducan's second in place of gorim. that way there would have been more room for roleplay. also the second aeducan child would have been a secret third option for ruler of orzammar that you would encounter with the legion of the dead that they joined after being kicked out.

you would have to both do the legion of dead quest to give them a noble caste, and also have high as hell coercion for it to work but it would really cool and also so funny to do. that said the origin just by itself is pretty fun, love being backstabbed by my second favorite baby brother from the dragon age franchise

mahariel and the magi warden are in the 'i like them but they don't feel as impactful' as much as it hurts me. they're both just kinda there, however that said if the game let you recruit jowan into your party that would bring the magi warden up much higher. alas.

#ama mumbles #dragon age origins #dragon age #sorry for putting this in the main tags yall can ignore me this is for the followers who want to block the tags lol #magi warden is brought up higher on an 'entire franchise' scale bc they feel relevant while the others... don't #but in just origins i will heartbreakingly admit they can feel a bit disconnected and underwhelming despite all the ties they have. #to the broken circle and to jowan bc of how smaller scope the choices you get in those two areas are #you get two choices with broken circle more or less and you either run jowan off or get him killed. sad. #which is fitting considering the fact they were forcibly disconnected from the world as a child by the chantry. anyway. #what if broken circle just let me kill the templars. what then. #if you could recruit jowan then they'd be tied to a companion and would probably get special dialogue with him #also then id get to drag my miserable adopted brother with me to the ass end of thedas. i was robbed when they scrapped that idea. robbed!! #to be fair magi feels less 'disconnected' in world and more just in a player sense #bc so much of the drama in it is entrenched in the lore of the world and when you don't know That then it feels. odd. #its a origin i feel many new players would have the hardest time emotionally getting into #mahariel however feels Very disconnected from everything. tamlen showing up as a ghoul i feel was added to remedy that a bit #bc otherwise theres really only nature of the beast and later on velanna but it's not even their tribe or someone they knew. so. 🤷‍♀️ #these are just personal thoughts tho #also why is tabris and brosca at the top? bc they go hard and i love underdog stories. #brosca also helps make paragon of her kind like. actually land. i never know what to roleplay otherwise bc Why Would I Care #tabris is just good baby #when will the city elf player background return to me #aeducan would probably be more bearable if they hadn't made harrowmount like That as king. or at least. foreshadowed it better #beyond just ambient npc dialogue bc at that point in game most pl are just running past #made paragon of her kind feel more well rounded. its very hard to get invested roleplay wise when youre not a dwarf pc #but that might just be my own failings i suppose #lots of tags #sorry i rambled again

[xcziel]

i am not kidding BLESS those jeans

if someone is somehow reading my blog and sharing last night's critique of the baggy pants vs choreo precision issue i would just like to say you are doing the work of the gods thank you SO much

#jeon jungkook #there is nothing i embrace more than an all-black wardrobe and the lines on this times square look are just *chef's kiss* #bless the piercings bless the tattoos bless the black palette is all i can say #i know it's too cold on an outdoor stage rn to do the bare arms but fck if that didn't make the choreo pop even harder #i wanna get a still from that one instant with his right arm gesturing right before The Shoulder Move #bc it's insanely hot - just the line of his extended tattoed arm and his shoulder like #it CANNOT be overstated how expressive his gestures are and how the sleeveless look really highlighted that #have i watched the mv a disgusting amount of times? i have indeed #i'm sorry it's just EVERYTHING i have been asking for from a pop song for so long #the BASS the live instruments THE BRASS SECTION .... the *BASS* #if you have followed me for more than two seconds you've probably run into me expounding on my 'horn theory' of good pop music lol #i.e. if you want a really good power hit pop song you need a goddamn brass section #evidence: the 70s and 80s. ... even beyonce knows this #but also funk/disco bass trumps everything else and i would kill to have an extended remix done by AN ACTUAL BAND #the current remixes don't add anything for me - i want an actual bass player going to town a la the disco extended plays of yore #maybe in the concert version ... kinda hoping jk takes inspo from yoongi's concert setup #i feel like that might have been part of the impetus behind recording with actual musicians #i can't believe that's so unusual these days - it's sad that i watched a reaction clip and the person was like #what sample is that?? what is that from?? #and i'm like yelling at the screen it's an actual band that's how it's *supposed* to be #also can i say i love how he (and all the maknae line now that i think of it) makes it so clear when he's singing and when it's #the backing track - like no lip syncing/pretending just sticking to the bts standards for live performance vs like music show #thinking on it part of it may be that like the rap line *can't* really coast over a backing track so then vocal line doesn't either #(i say maknae line only in reference to this last year's recent live performances bc there've been multiple from each of them) #and he's outside and it's cold - that is HARD on the vocal chords #most of your diva singers - not that jk is a diva but he does have the range of one - like mariah or ariana would never #do that to their voices - i think he's just used to being the indestructable bunny #he better have people babying him tonight and giving him hot soup and tea with honey and vitamin c and idk ginseng #having the humidifier going and getting as much rest as possible to keep healthy

[holytrickster]

idk i think it's so funny I went down a survival horror game rabbit hole when a) I'm too freaking anxious for horror games I will make myself cry, b) it was all PS2 stuff which is extra funny bc I've never even played on someone else's playstation let alone had one, i was always a wii kid lol. but now my brain is like ah yes. time to consume everything I can about games I can't even play and that are stupid expensive/hard to get now

#also i love that people draw jennifer from rule of rose and fiona from haunting ground together #they're just two girls with their dogs and in horrible situations and you know im glad they get to have dogs #any game where i get to have a pet is alright by me even if shit is otherwise majorly fucked #anyway. i do need to play pathologic. it's funny bc in theory it is really the kind of thing I'd like bc there's so much stuff to uncover #plus i think classic HD (which is the version i have) fixes the bad translation so it's not even like it's too hard to understand #at least only hard to understand in the intended pathologic-y way anyway #and i really really like the soundtrack #and everything I've watched and read about it is sick as hell (no pun intended) so i think the thing making me unable to get into it is the #actual experience of playing it. like it's funny how much of an asshole dankovsky is but that doesn't mean I *want* to play as an asshole #its funny the only time i really like playing that way is in skyrim bc im just. greenish elf that picks everyone's locks bc it was the first #thing i figured out and characters will just ???? let me fucking do it??? (i say having gotten arrested in whiterun like immediately) #i guess because I'm not invested in any of the characters yet because i havent had time to sit down and really play it #i guess that'd kind of be the way i play in lotro but that's more just me not interacting with other players #fun fact i think i still have one of the earliest fellowship quests sitting unfinished bc i can never form groups to finish them #i don't think I'll even ever get good at lotro though honestly #more just knowing what buttons to spam #idk i played hunter FOREVER but minstrel is really really growing on me #even though some of the skills are kinda wasted since i only ever play alone #anyway what was i talking about

[corvigae]

WANTS AND FEARS COMING TO THE SIMS 4

WANTS AND FEARS COMING TO THE SIMS 4

WANTS AND FEARS COMING TO THE SIMS 4

#YEEHAW???? #like don't get me wrong i'm not thinking 'oh this is the thing that's going to fix everything and make the game fun!' #i've long said i think the true problems with ts4 are on a foundational level with the game itself #and you can only patch so many holes when the boat starts underwater #HOWEVER i do think this could HELP #and ALSO it's VERY ENCOURAGING to me to see this kind of change made #bc it's another one of those things that shows that the sims team is at least TRYING #that they are in fact listening to players and trying to incorporate feedback #and trying to improve things to make a game ppl want to play #which gives me some hope for future titles #like FEARS?? fears have been an abondened function for two titled now! and they're bringing them back! #because of player demand!! #maybe they're even seeing the influx of ppl being interested in and actively playing ts2 #and taking cues from that #idk maybe i'm being naive but i'm really encouraged by this #...ahhh son of a bitch i'm gonna have to go through and purge all my whims mods. dammit. #that's gonna be a pain in the ass #personal grumblings

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

im gonna shit myself i just saw the voting gauntlet results and edeIgard was in round 1 in two brackets and lost both brackets

as ever we keep the edeIgard loses in round 1 legends going hella strong

#DCB Comments #all we have left are actually good units who will be on the banner so good for us good for us #good for people who actually want good units in a gacha game and aren't just voting to simp #still can't believe ppl voted for a 2021 character for this particular gauntlet #not only did the character I mainly voted for get in the top eight/the gauntlet!!! #but we won round one!!! against uwugard!!! veronica said fuck off with your uwus #bc veronica was a villain to protagonist and she did it right #also for the record i think edegard has gotten to round two one time but she's been in a LOT of gauntlets #and every single other one she's lost in round one lol. and yet the simps still keep trying to vote for her to #get her into this yearly gauntlet. like. they do not learn. for those who don't play this game #they run a poll for us to choose who want to see on a banner to pull from. they put the top eight in a gauntlet #and the top four of those eight end up on the banner. the winner is given to all players for free #so in a situation like this most people want to vote for a good strong recent character #to at least get them on the banner if not for free. this one in particular isn't rly about faves like CYL #you get existing units and we're all just voting for who want to get on a banner or for free #mind you every single year since Houses came out the simps won't stop voting for EdeIgard #MIND YOU this year a unit from 2021 got in which was Fallen EdeIgard #rather than voting for late 2022 or early 2023 units who are improved and you know power creeped #they don't actually vote for newer units or necessarily good units (re: og EdeIgard before) #apparently tho they whine that they're oppressed when they keep losing every single gauntlet lol #Formortiis is literally right there we don't need Fallen EdeIgard hjagjfgjs #DCB Heroes Stuff

[animelover7032]

Just wanted to talk about something I just experienced as I was doing daily quests like 50 minutes ago. It's happened before but this one got to me enough that I wanted to talk about it :')

So I get that people are in rushes to get things done in a small time frame in sky, I really do. And I say this as someone who often uses the chibi mask for glitches to cr or get dailies done faster. But I was at the 4 player door on the 1st floor of vault and there were 3 people (including me) who were desperately honking trying to get the last person on the floor (a chibi) to join us and open the door. We watch as said chibi tries to chibi fall into the mound right to the left side of the door.

You know.

The one right next to the door.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say their volume and brightness wasn't turned up making it hard to notice other players but there should be enough indicators of multiple people honking and deep honking to make someone curious.

So anyways, they failed to chibi fall as they flew right out of the mound. Then they tried again and went too far down and got teleported back into the main area of the floor. At this point I'm thinking it'd be faster for them if they just helped us with the door. Anyways, third time's the charm and they successfully chibi fell behind the door (ik bc I saw them behind the door soon after). As we 3 people are trying to get them to help us :')))

Luckily someone came by soon after to help us but for the love of gods people- please check the doors sometimes, especially if you hear/see manic honking

#I don't want to put like all the possibly sky tags bc I don't want my ranting to be everywhere but also #pls check out frantic honking by doors people #ik it's not the quickest thing to do- sometimes I can't stay and help long enough to get another player or two but at least I check to #see if I can help #sky cotl #sky children of the light #op

[llycaons]

the 'wish you weren't so fucking awkward, bud' line is genuinely funny, but only out of context. in context it's talking about a very normal guy

#he doesn't even have much of a personality. he's got nothing going on. it's been two seasons #he's the best friend of the mc and we don't know how or why #I like dan the best I think he has nice vibes #also why doesn't katy have any of her own friends. all she does is hang out with her brothers' mutual friends #and those hockey players #I like them too actually. even tho they cheated on her they are otherwise kind of friendly and dumb in a very endearing way #anyway all the main characters just called joe rogan a great guy but this podcast was discussed on gayv club #hopefully it veers away from all the conservatism and racism in other ways bc that podcast is usually good at being like. intersectional #I did just see katy hook up with a woman so that was fun. bi rights #cor.txt

[utilitycaster]

this episode particularly reminded me but like. something that I've found extremely difficult in DM-ing and frankly have never found a way around, and which Matt clearly runs into as well, is that players will simply sometimes unquestioningly obey the words of an NPC without trying to gather more information or gain more insight, and it is impossible to tell when they will do this. I had the point person in Cael Morrow tell my PCs to stay on the path of the excavation and as a result the players WOULD NOT deviate from it until it was literally impossible to continue; I had another NPC who they know has ill intent tell them she was waiting for allies and one of them decided to stay behind even though she gave no timeframe and splitting the party led to temporary character death. This isn't a bad thing to be clear, although it's something I'm trying to be cognizant of (perhaps using passive insight more?) but once I'm a player in a D&D game again I am definitely going to try to not fall into this.

#this is once again a post about how travis is an excellent d&d player specifically bc he doesn't do this which is WILD #call of the netherdeep spoilers #like sometimes warnings are good but you NEED context #when keyleth says the timeline is sped up does that mean GO BACK NOW or does it mean don't take two extra hours #cr spoilers

[noxtivagus]

guess who just bought several new games on steam >:3

#🌙.rambles #i don't usually buy stuff for myself by my own #TURNS OUT A RELATIVE GAVE ME N APOLLO MONEY SO i used some on several games ehe >< #thought i might as welll get both projectmoon games! n several games from the developer of to the moon (including said game as well) #i bought crisis core reunion w my own money yesterday T_T #yk though. hopefully my dad n my aunt can play sometime. how idk when my ps4's just in my room like this BUT #i don't know much abt their childhood in depth but #one aspect of it that ik of is that they grew up w a lot of video games hehe #thinking abt it n ngl they influenced me a Lot. final fantasy is my fav series n. they started my interest #i'm so sleepy it's just 12 smth but i've been sleepy for hours i said i'll finish my part in the final paper by earlier today aaaa #but i ended up playing ffxiv for most of the day ! been playing just like the old days. i missed it so much #doing roulettes n dailies n leveling classes. doing quests here n then. fixing my inventory bcs it's full. #n afking a bunch but also talking w friends n then helping ppl out in pf. i miss raiding so much #playing earlier with stuff in pf reminded me of two things. that i genuinely am good at the game n that #i REALLY miss raiding. savage n ultimates.. heck even extremes i just really miss playing more difficult content in ffxiv #i miss learning fights w other players. i miss the stress to an extent. n the relief n. the pride in mastering mechanics #the thrill in. hdlfajsdlkf when i'd clutch smth n then the way my heart warms when like #i miss vcing w the old statics i had n. their voices hehe. from europe n oceania. different accents #i miss how. even though i'd be too shy to unmute or even rlly talk a lot. i was a part of them. i belonged. #back in twintania it was.. especially like a second home. n ever since endwalker i'll be honest it hasn't been quite the same but #it's still the same game. i miss when i cld spend more time w my friends then but i'm rlly happy now in ffxiv at least that #slowly i'm having that again. i want to also like. goddamn i rlly love helping others. seeing them improve n reach greater heights #rlly just makes me so happy. genuinely. someday someday we'll do ultimates together! >< #someday far away but surely i know one day. n when that day comes. i won't hesitate anymore. #i ended up rambling i'm so sleepy i'll just play more tmrrw i think. or i dunno. I'M SO SLEEPY WTF.. #the year n the break ends so soon i'm gna have to start studying for cets like next week alrdy :< #i'm excited honestly to review stuff for science bcs i'm genuinely really fond of learning. but ugh i love learning but i hate school #i have so much games to play but there's not enough time! i will fix stuff asap. maybe. idk making plans while i'm sleepy is No #i rlly want an animated background for my steam profile but i do not have enough points yet T_T oh if you check it out tho pls #do not judge the games i'll cry pls don't judge me :c anyways. good day tho today was a good day c:

[raethedragon]

look, i would KILL for a supergiant games space fantasy (and i still hold out the hope that one day they will make one, i care not for the specifics of story or actual game design, only pretty star imagery), but hades II looks amazing AND has pretty moon imagery, so it’s close enough to satisfy my gremlin brain for now

bisexuals stay winning

#i haven't actually played hades yet #i wanted to finish transistor first and then i never did that #but i do own it and supergiant holds a lot of player - dev trust for me #hades 2 #i would also not be surprised if the death mechanic in this one was time loop bullshit #which is a good thing bc i like time loop bullshit #my only real expectations tho is hehe time god shenanigans. hot people. and that classic sgg fighting mechanics #im sure they can fulfill all three of those #they've already put 2/3 of those in the trailer #and the time god shenanigans are highly implied bc they picked kronos as their antagonist #so i will be very sad if they don't engage in time fuckery bc that would be underutilizing their antagonist #who is the literal embodiment of time itself #supergiant however. are not cowards. so i trust them to do something with him #many video game studios could be considered cowards for not utilizing concepts #but supergiant created pyre. and pyre is such an off the wall concept #that anyone who worked on it could not be considered a coward #especially since they already had two decently successful games in their library

[rocknrollinbitchforu]

currently looking at my (hopefully) future dorm building's floor plan in DISMAY because i just want to bring FOUR (4) pieces of furniture, and i have no clue where they will fit. all bc my roommates and I don't want communal bathrooms, so our rooms are shrunken to fit those in.

#it's not even real furniture is the thing #its an ottoman (to get on the lofted bed) #a mirror with built in storage #a rolling cart #and a record player/guitar stand (that fits a record player the records an amp and a guitar all in two square feet) #is being able to bring my bass to college too much to ask? #i might sacrifice the mirror and just get a wall mirror and a jewelry box man #i can put the rolling cart under the bed or in the closet right? right??? #god this is insane the building isn't even built yet so i don't have any real photos to go off of #my roomate and i also wanted to have extra seating but we're settling for foldable papazan chairs #cause they can go under the beds or in the closets and not take up all the room ever #anyways my roommate who also makes music wants to bring her keyboard but it's too big #so i might volunteer to bring mine but keep it in the communal area?? i feel like that could work since I'm only bringing my bass and my uk #the struggles of a prospective college student #off to go work on my amazon wishlists! bc i feel fear!