#enjoy my midnight ramblings

[cuz-reasons]

Cleaned my whole fuckin room be proud of me

#jesus christ i am just realizing im hungry #it took like 2-3hrs and i still got one more table and the mini fridge but everything else is DONE #all the shit on the floor GONE #my dishes CLEAN #my desk CLEARED #its great and im so so tired now #im ordering dinner and gonna crash this evening now #idk what im gonna eat tho #im feeling maybe burger or smth with chicken idk yet #we shall see if theres any deals anywhere #enjoy my midnight ramblings

[bookworm-2692]

Life Tracker updated for Episode 7! This one is much quicker than Episode 6 on account of not being on holiday at the time, even though there were two thirds more deaths this time. Previous posts: Session 6, Session 5, Session 4. Also Session 8 (finale) post!

As usual, close ups and commentary below the cut. I’ve also added another graph for the average time of each team, which will also be below the cut.

There was so much carnage! 45 whole deaths in a single session! Not all deaths were awarded time during the session, but Scott’s video advised that it would be added by next session, so I have taken the liberty to add all the time as I see fit, hence why Scott is back to 7.5 hours. I haven’t seen every episode yet (in fact, other than Scott, I’ve only seen those that have perma-died), so I’m not sure if anyone else’s time is a mismatch, but if so I’m happy to explain where I’m getting my time additions and subtractions from!

Now for some close ups.

First, there was enough chaos that I decided to take a close up of Session 6 and 7 together so we can properly appreciate it:

And a close up of Session 7 by itself:

So many people lost major time, so it’s interesting to see Scott’s uptick of time at the end - he ended on only 30 minutes less than he would have been if he hadn’t died at all this session. Pearl didn’t die at all, and got the kill credit for Martyn blowing himself up in a trap, so she actually ended the session 30 minutes better than she started it. Grian also did very well for himself - he killed and died so many times, but somehow ended on the exact time he would have been on if he had experienced a peaceful deathless session.

BigB, Cleo, and Martyn all ended the session 1 hour poorer than they started, and Bdubs and Scar ended 1.5 hours below where they would have been. Nosy Neighbours are thus doing super well, with Mean Gills and Clockers not too far behind, in terms of maintaining position from the start of the session.

TIES had an awful time this session, with Impulse and Tango both losing a net 2 hours, and Etho and Skizz losing a net 2.5 hours - and obviously Skizz entirely died.

Joel possibly had the worst time, losing a net 3.5 hours this session - though it didn’t help that 5 of his 7 deaths were all caused by the one person. Technically Jimmy didn’t do too badly, given he only lost a net 1.5 hours... but given that he was out of the series only an hour into the session, and also the first out entirely... it really didn’t go well for him either

I also find it interesting the sheer number of vertical lines this graph, the ones representing a death immediately followed by a kill or vice versa. I would love to figure out a way to show only one line at a time on the graph, so we can more easily see someone’s journey, but I haven’t had time to look into it yet.

Now onto the graph of the average times per team.

This one is super interesting to me, especially TIES’s line - they had the lowest average life right from the start, but somehow by Session 4, through Session 5, and for most of Session 6, they were the team with the highest average time, and then it quite literally went downhill from there. The only thing saving them from being last now is the fact that the Bad Boys are down to only a single living player, and even then Grian is doing far better than most of TIES.

It’s also interesting to me how Mean Gills had a significant time uptick at the end of both Session 6 and Session 7 (the first due to Martyn and the second due to Scott). Scott’s time was so high that it kept Mean Gills’ average time as yellow for all of Session 6 despite Martyn being red for most of it... and Martyn then got enough kills to keep it there. Mean Gills is also the only team in the entire graph to anywhere gain such consistent significant time.

These averages also coincide with the comments I made above about the time offset difference for each player from the start to end of the session. Mean Gills are doing well, but they’ve been doing well for so long that I’m sure most players are aware that they need to be a target. Nosy Neighbours are also doing well but I feel like they’ve flown under the radar, and are not a significant target right now.

Here is a close up of this graph with Sessions 1-4:

And the close up for Session 5-7:

And the Session 7 only close up:

I kept the dead players in the teams’ averages, since I think it is a better reflection of the teams’ strength as a whole, but I also created a version that excluded dead players. In those screenshots you can really see Bad Boys’ and TIES’ time jumping up at a death, instead of falling as it did here.

Here are the alternate averages graph:

And close ups:

This makes Bad Boys look a lot better, because Grian does have a lot of time... but he is also alone. And there is definitely strength in numbers. Two players at an hour and a half each can fend off an attacker more easily than a single player at three hours can... unless nerves and panic get to them, as we definitely saw this session.

Wow and I almost forgot to include the raw data for this session!

The first hour of the session:

The second hour of the session:

There is just so much death! Look at all the box outlines!! I could barely fit this data on two screens on the zoom I was on, and I did not want to zoom out further.

I also obviously have data for the averages, but it was too far away from the column with the times on it that I wasn’t sure if it would still be useful on its own? Let me know if you want to see it!

This has once again been fascinating to see, and I cannot wait to see how Session 8 will go. Will it be the last session? Will they go until everyone is dead? Will they somehow have enough people with enough time to get to Session 9? Will Mean Gills be the final two and get to play fun relaxing games like Scott was suggesting? 

Only time will tell.

#limited life smp #24lsmp #limlife #once again i hate trying to work out what tags for a post #i got to this point in the tags before i realised i forgot to add the number data #i still love that impulse accidentally killed scott and became yellow again #and that scott also became yellow again #so there was less than 14 minutes between there still being two yellows on the server... and jimmy permadying #thirteen minutes and 41 seconds exactly by my calculations #which is crazy given we had whole sessions of yellows only #which meant it was hours between last green and first red #so less than a quarter of an hour between last yellows (and two of them!) and first permadeath is crazy #i always ramble in the tags bc i dont know how to wrap the post up #why do i always post these as im going to bed #its after midnight and im yawning now #anyway enjoy! #very glad i got to post this before the weekend ended this time #well it was still sunday when i started writing the post #its 12:15am on monday now. technically #my spreadsheets

[radioroxx]

not to sound Insane but i looove the feeling of a heavy beating heart. i love when im trying to catch my breath after some sort of exercise and i can feel it. when im stressed or anxious i put my hand over my chest and i Feel it and i calm down. ive never been the same since they taught us how to check your heartbeat in grade 3 istg

#radio rambles #does this make sense do you understand #sometimes when ur heart decides to go a lil crazy. beat a lil stronger and u can feel it in ur back #its past midnight thats my excuse but mostly i am just enjoying this heartbeat

[yume-fanfare]

the fine album sounds So good.

#oh my god wandering clown takes the cake for me it's excellent #crystal pleasure also sounds rly good it is indeed much closer to the sound i like in hikaru midorikawa #treasure memories sounds cute too <33 i think ill have fun with it #(its no little little prince star but it's good) #and yuzuru too omg i wasn't expecting it to be like that but i love the change in tone from zutto soba de #angelic grace is also great! enjoying it #all in all. hard to convince myself to save because i already have other purchases to make next week. #god but the solos rly sound fantastic and the album as a whole is excellent #the center songs sound fantastic back to back like this i absolutely love it #thank you fine #mar's midnight rambles

[goldenkid]

people comparing wild blue yonder to midnight like yeah they're both good scary and unsettling BUT the huge fundamental difference between them is that wild blue yonder is about being trapped in a huge empty space with your friend and this scary thing that wants to kill you and not recognising your friend/your friend not recognising you, whereas midnight is about being trapped in this tiny space with a group of strangers and an unknowable entity and instead of fear of not knowing your friend the fear comes from the doctor not having ANY friends there, from the paranoia and mob mentality. it's a very group-focused story as opposed to wby which is only really commenting on the doctor and donna and their relationship.

there are obvs lots of similarities: twisted reflections, a monster that we never truly see or understand, a 'bottle episode' set in one location, unease and building tension and fear, paranoia, but to me at least wild blue yonder is about friendship and being with your friend but also maybe not with them, and worry that maybe you don't know this person that you love as well as you wanted to think you did...but midnight is very much about not having any friends or allies, and how groups can dissolve into paranoia and blame. wby has no 'one-off' characters whereas in midnight the one-off characters are everything. in wby you're alone in this maze of rooms and corridors...in midnight you're trapped with other people in this tiny little shuttle

tldr midnight is very mob mentality/'little pocket of humanity' focused whereas wby is all about the doctor and donna's relationship, and the different sets - one small and crowded, the other huge and empty - show this off pretty well

#doctor who #this is super incoherent but i had fun rambling about it i hope you get what i was trying to say #also the different sets make them very different episodes just in setup bc in midnight there's no running from room to room #there's no breaks inbetween scenes #no breathers where you see them just walking into a new room or reacting to a new place or running somewhere #in midnight they're just trapped and there's absolutely no respite #no-one gets a breather no-one gets a moment to themselves #no-one gets to do what fourteen did and have a little breakdown and then breathe and carry on #which makes midnight so very tense whereas wby is more traditionally set out with event -> breather/transition/characters reacting to event #whereas midnight no one gets this it just goes and goes and it's so so good because of that #not saying that wby should have done that it works very well the way it's done #just that that difference also makes them very different episodes #i could analyse these eps forever tbh midnight is my all time fave and i was so relieved that at least one of the rtd2 eps is decent #that i enjoyed it even more just by virtue of it not being bad haha

[janebonbon]

Okay! The vote isn't over quite yet but it seems like a Saturday stream is a winner!

I'll be starting the Stream at 6PM EST on the 20th! I'll post a link then. We'll have music from my reel-to-reel going, and I have some Welcome Home drawings that I can refine for you all. I also might take some requests depending on how things go!

#I dont know how long this stream will end up being but I'll keep it rolling until im too tired! #so probably midnight or later! #pop by if you'd like to! Id love to say hello! #I'll have my microphone on as well but i think a touch to speak button would be best! #so you guys can enjoy the music in more peace as well! #i will have to find the best one for you all... #I can find the one thats an old radio recording! it has old ads that are a little funny #im excited! I hope you all are as well! #I hope to see you then!! #Dolly's rambles

[midnightfrappe]

yeaaaa babyyyyy, i did change my pfp

that’s me vibin with my new bi frappe, i think it looks cuter than the first one and idk how to feel about that

#my pfp #bisexual #pride #i love how it looks and maybe i won't change it for a good while #maybe #but for now i'll just enjoy how it looks #feeling cute may delete later #midnight rambles

[stahp-right-there-peasant]

you know there’s something incredibly intriguing to me about the blurred line between normal objects and robotic objects in II.

See, the robots like Meeple are typically treated very differently from the normal objects, from what i’ve extrapolated anyway. They’re property of their owners, and that’s treated like it’s perfectly normal in the II universe. Hell, if anything, an AI without an owner would probably draw more eyes.

But other than that they’re built rather than born, what physical differences differentiate the organic from the inorganic? We’ve seen other electronic objects that are also organic and, technically, the MePhone’s and other AIs are still objects. In the original style of the show, there’s barely even any visual difference in limb design and such.

And that is what I find interesting.

In most stories with robots, there is a clear “otherness” to them, physically and socially. But, because they’re not human, and their species is so loose with physicality, this makes that clear line incredibly blurred.

Anyway, that’s my midnight brain rot ramble, do with this as you will

Adios, mi amigos

#ii #inanimate insanity #ii meeple #ii mephone #ii mephone4 #meeple #ai #artificial intelligence #robots #analysis #peasant speaks #just my ramblings #Ramblings #i’m just rambling #i started rambling about MePhone again #it’s midnight let me do my funky lil brain rot rants in peace #i should sleep #i should just go to bed #here’s my brain goop enjoy #blorbo #mephone #mephone4 #mepad #ii mepad #ii mephone 3gs #ii mephone3gs #mephone 3gs #mephone3gs #ii mephone4s #ii mephone 4s

[t-lostinworlds]

okay, i will say this, midnights is more a grower for me bc it actually got better the second time listening

#at first listen i was like. #hmm....i'm not sure about this #like i only enjoyed the side b of the tracklist #and a few of the side a tracks #wasn't sure about maroon #now it's actually so heartbreaking????? #also it's me hi I'm the problem it's me #mastermind slaps btw #like that line 'saw a wide smirk on your face you knew the entire time' #had me on the flooooor #i could give my opinion on each track #but idk if you lot want to see that so #taylor swift #midnights #ramblings

[cuz-reasons]

Need you guys to know that the billboards on the path I take home from work are advertising a sex shop and our lord and savior jesus christ

#they swapped the old ads there like a week ago and i just noticed how funny it was for these things to be right next to each other #in my defense i usually pass them after work and i just wanna be home at that point #also ads jesus and sex related things are dumped from my memory so quick #ill get a pic of them tmr cuz its fuckin funny and you gotta see them #id get one tonight but i had the evening shift snd it was dark by thr time i passed them #anyways #enjoy my midnight ramblings

[lesbianleonardo]

transfem leo is real and true but i really don’t think she would tie her bandana into a ribbon or braid

#i have. a whole rambling that i sent on discord about this💀 #i’m also like not really a fan of tying the mask into a ribbon or braid to signify ‘Girl’ #i don’t think she would really enjoy makeup either (except i think rise leo would wear some for fun here and there) #idk i am Not gonna tag this but if anyone wants to see what i wrote one midnight a few weeks ago. feel free to send a message or ask lol #turtle talks #oh do want to clarify absolutely no hate. these are just my personal thoughts and feelings lol

[wisazrid]

Wip

Autism drove me to focus on a fic so enjoy a short snippet! (Currently at 1000 words. Which is long but not long enough for me)

Gustavo felt uneasy, it had been a unusually long amount of time since Peppino entered the boss gate. Sure, it’d taken him long periods of time for the other bosses but.. it had been 3 hours or so. He pace back and forth outside of the entrance, gritting his teeth anxiously. Something felt off. Very off.

Enjoy!

#fanfiction #ao3 #“excuse me sir! there must be someone you’ve confused me for!” | fanfic #Wip #Pizza Tower #Wip Fic #Pepstavo is in this story! #Autism Go Br #Yes #Uhh.. it’s midnight for me but idc #Enjoy my ramblings #Rip Peppino (he ain’t dead but still) #give peppino a hug #peppino spaghetti #gustavo pizza tower

[buko-pandan]

I could be completely off lol and I'm probably gonna sound corny

but what I really liked from midnight mass is despite things not working out and everything going to shit it didn't veer towards "humanity is inherently bad". I'm not a big fan of that and I'm tired of seeing it

like no love wasn't able to conquer all, but it was a driving force for so much of the bravery and selflessness that happened in the story

horror can so easily become about nihilism and despair. I'm not saying midnight mass inspired hope or anything - but it was so nice to see love and humanity juxtaposed with the horror

I really enjoy character driven media for this reason

#midnight mass #like a lot of mike flanagan's stuff is like that #theres a lot of takes abt how the overarching theme is like the horror of being #which is true #but love is one thing thats prominent in hill house and bly manor and midnight mass #idk its a fresh take to me #rather than relying on jumpscares and gore #i think seeing the way people love each other but theyre in That Situation embeds a certain horror in you too #idk djdjjd im rambling #i just really really enjoyed midnight mass #its probably one of my fave western horrors

[yume-fanfare]

what is with me and tuesdays man

#earlier i slammed my knee so hard onto the corner of a bus seat it drew blood 😭 #things that happened to no one ever. #and i cant even properly put a bandaid or anything cause it bends #and now im being soooo unsuccessful in my wrestle w microsoft word. never again. #AND EARLIER THIS MORNING the bus was ten whole minutes late #which made me TWENTY mins late #to a class i actually decently enjoy #orz #and now im soooo going to be late againnnnnnnnnnnnnnn #mar's midnight rambles

[belovedcarrion]

neil gaiman has made me realize I don't think celebrities should exist

My ideal "celebrity" is daft punk style kind of fame, you don't know their names or their faces or any of their opinions. Like that's how fame should be done

plus we should stop letting celebrities have social media accounts under their real names, like that just leads to people getting dogpiled or singled out

#my ramblings #this is kinda a joke but also not at all #celebrities are best when we dont have their names or faces #like obviously there are unavoidable expectations like with actors (we kinda have to see their faces) but #interacting we fans under their real names is a slippery slope even if its not the celebrity's intention. its still a power imbalance #enjoy my midnight thoughts #ik i spelled exceptions wrong but im not going back to fix it

[drowsydregon]

i can't wait to make my epix comeback (<<< has been sitting on like. 13 minifigure redesigns bc i still have abt. 11-13 more to do)

#my rambles #ok on a kind of related note. so i kinda disappeared from socials for a while which i think y'all have noticed #there's a lot of reasons why. some of it is relating to the. certain piece of drama i was involved in at the tail end of last year #and some of that is stuff relating to my personal life #but in short uhhh #idk when i'll be back in full swing #i would like to return to making leggo/nnjgo content at some point #i want to do a full series rewatch and fall in love with the show all over again #and get back to work on my dumb OCs and projects #but i can't guarantee when #i did have this summer booked out for travelling. and i'm thinking after my next vacation would be a good time to get back into it #but again. i can't guarantee anything #i've missed making content qwq #but ya #i hope u guys enjoy the ari midnight rambles aaaAA