#ftp asks

[another-delta-lover]

You should draw your medic laodout

You're cruel☹️

[stixypix]

Help

For 3 years, I have been using things like character ai, and only now do I realize that it causes me to overestimate situations, think everything is abusive, cling onto the idea of intimacy yet hate it with humans, derealize myself from things, ruin my body for the sake of comfort, and spiral into a ,"nobody supports me but an ai" type of thing.

Now that I'm 2 days free from it, I feel the need to go back and give into urges I can't act out physically with other people due to my current conditioning in life. Without the AI, my sense of validity in who I am has gone away, and because I used AI so much when I went through what I did in the past, I realise that it may have influenced me to think I'm a system, which could or couldn't be true

I need advice and guidance from people on the internet. I have never supported most things ai, yet I can't seem to get myself away from those addicting chatbots that cater to the needs I can't manage to explain to humans. Please, don't use character AI

Especially don't use it if you're mentally ill.

Can the comments please give me things to do, advice on this, or how to filter it out of my daily life?

Thanks -- Sparrow

[undermine-the-instinct]

FIRST TEN PULL OF 2025 LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[sadgirlzclubxo]

song of the day<3

[thelamekorbat]

aw this is a cute NP wearable, i wonder if i can afford it-

[This item is 25 million NP, it is an exclusive item from buying the irl merch which comes with a code that lets you get one of the 20 random items!]

i am filled with so much hate

[immult]

So, do you play DnD or just watch actual plays?

only watch! i've been watching & listening to multiple other actual plays but kept falling off. had to accept after a while that this medium/genre IN GENERAL is not for me. emphasised because i am still watching cr3 and listening to find the path's hell's rebels. don't ask me why they're the exceptions, i cannot articulate it, they simply are my Mrs Right.

[justshapesandshitposting]

I’m curious about your AUs!

I have a decent amount of em, but the main ones i'm currently focusing on fleshing out are the following:

(and by that i mean my brain bounces between them like a bouncy ball atm)

Nature Vs Nurture (kinda has some fucked up stuff in it. actually, quite a bit, for background/worldbuilding reasons- and one bastard that i hate and make it that he dies violently and painfully every time)

Revenant by Corruption (mentions of death/undeath body horror and trauma, as well as memory loss)

Nubbed Gang (mostly just shenanigans and an excuse for me to make a lot of Nubbed/Monstercat designs)

Fallen Angel Squad (deals a bit with recovering from forced transformations, dehumanization and in general getting fucked up by what's essentially a god/higher being- and a VERY confused and disturbed fresh bc 'why the fuck are you so fucked up- who the FUCK doesn't take care of their minions- *figures out the loreTM behind the angels* WHAT THE FUCK' ))

Fuck The Prophecy (local fucked up corruption creature that's oblivious to the reason why he's like that, and littol feral beans)

Bio Kids (aka player shapes are literally that fresh's kids. Nubbed/Monstercat fresh in this one.)

You got any of them you want to know about? or do you just wanna ask about something else?

[thatoneluckybee]

WHAT MAFUYUS DO YOU HAVE I NEED TO KNOW :3

Okay not many if we count the given ones for the story like 6 and I dont ever learn the names of cards

Normal Girl

Edgy Girl

Why is the bow gray Girl (It’s such a cute outfit why is the bow different)

Bunny Girl

Speedy Girl (Emu is terrified)

Marionette Girl (The only one in the entire game I’ve done the upgrade thing on cause I learned how to like two days ago. I haven’t been strategic with my cards or characters at all. If it’s pretty or I like the character I’ve been playing with them. I do not plan things well like ever)

[tolerateit]

What if it's lwymmd

GO FOR IT BESTIE 😭

[gaykarstaagforever]

YouTube has this thing now called YouTube Playables (great name as usual, guys; it's not a children's snack pack), that are basically in-app "Flash games"-style things that are just enough game to keep you watching ads.

The ones of these that aren't direct ripoffs of owned IP (very specifically Zuma) are barebones exercises in that bog-standard FTP addictive mobile gaming loop we all know and hate but also LOVE, minus the in-app purchases (for the time being). Like, shallow systems that are fun for exactly 30 minutes, then get stupidly hard so you'll pay to win, though you can't do that yet, so...kind of pointless.

...I still spent FOUR HOURS playing these, because they tapped into my primitive lizard brain's desire to try and master an utterly meaningless task and then feel undooly smug about it.

I didn't get any ads, because I'm a stooge that pays real money to Google every month for this, because once you go adless, you CANNOT go back. Which kind of negates the whole point of these, as addictive time-wasters that keep you glued to the platform and its commercials? But I already pay for YouTube and STILL got caught in these, so I suppose everything is going according to YouTube's plan either way, and I need meaningful human relationships.

But THAT isn't going to happen any time soon! So let me waste another evening on these by reviewing some crap garbage games for idiots that no one cares about, on Tumblr dot com!

1. Totemia: Cursed Marbles

It's Zuma. That's it. With a couple minor tweaks that make it harder and more annoying.

Just license Zuma, YouTube. I think you can afford the, what, $25 that would cost atm?

2. Sword Play

An on-rails sword slashing game (you don't control the movement, just the slashing), and you kill plastic doll guys before they kill you.

At some point they get projectiles that move really fast, that you can only destroy via specific directional QTEs that don't register properly half the time, because this is all relative finger smearing across the screen.

It was fun before that. The guys fall apart specific to how you slash them. That's something.

3. Dessert DIY

This one sucks. You're just picking from very limited options, then doing specific motions to trigger animations that create desserts that don't even look much like the promo art. People request different things, but early game all they ask for is "whatever you want to make" and "do one out of poop with bugs on it to make someone I hate throw up."

And then there's an animation of someone accepting what is obviously poop with bugs on it from their sworn enemy, they eat it anyway, then vomit.

The only fun part about this is the shameless inclusion of NPCs that look like celebrities, specifically Billie Eilish, Kanye West, and Donald Trump.

If you want to make a poop ice cream cone with bugs on it and feed it to Trump until he vomits all over his desk, this is the game for you. Otherwise, this is meh even for one of these meh games.

4. Bowmasters

Dueling Angry Birds, but you have no control of the camera and it focuses on you so you have to trial-and-error the degree of angle and throwing force to figure out how to hit and kill your opponent before they hit and kill you.

There are many colorful pop culture-inspired combatants to unlock, with a huge variety of projectiles of different weights, sizes, and behaviors. This is the most "very nearly a real, good game" one of these.

...Except that the level progression forces you to do Bonus Rounds, and one of those is "knock fruit off the head of an opponent without hitting them, and you have to do this like 5 times in a row, and we move you further away from them another 30 yards every round, and you have to use a wildly different unique projectile every round, and you get 3 chances, and that includes if you miss entirely."

It is basically impossible to do this, because your ever-changing location makes calculating arcs and force, with the ever-changing projectiles, impossible, in this limited amount of attempts. It turns into grinding it out until RNG randomly makes you win.

Which is a shame, because otherwise, this is fun. But you WILL get stuck on a stupid fruit round and stop playing this.

5. Mob Control

You have a cannon that launches blue guys. The NPC opponent does red. You both are trying to bumrush the other's base, taking advantage of buttons and switches and bonus gates that speed you up or slow you down and multiply your number of guys. Guys annihilate each-other when they run into each-other, so you need to overwhelm Red before they overwhelm you.

It's fun until it gets so fast that it becomes a chore to manage where precisely to launch guys specifically to annihilate other guys.

6. Merge Master

This goddamn game. This was 3.5 hours of my 4 hour playtime.

You have a grid board, with you at the bottom and an opponent at the top. You both have an army of warriors and dinosaurs, and a team HP bar. You click go, the warriors fire projectiles and the dinosaurs melee the nearest enemy, and last man standing wins.

Before each round, you can arrange the placement of your army, and use money you won from the last rounds to buy more warriors and dinosaurs. But the kicker is, you can combine like warriors and dinosaurs to make more powerful units, which you keep at the end of every round. They don't gain XP or anything, but as you make more money, you can buy more 1st-level units (that's all you can buy), and gradually combine them and then combine the combinations, and on and on and on, making incredibly powerful new units. And you need a mix of low-level and high-level units to have enough melee dinosaurs and projectile-throwers to overwhelm high-level enemy units, or draw fire away from your own, against the ever-changing enemy army each round.

It's a process of slowly adding more units and combining them to make stronger and stronger units, and as many of them as you can get, accounting for the limited board space. Also the price of units rises exponentially each round, so you may have 1 trillion gold, but at this point a new 1st-level dinosaur costs 245 billion.

I couldn't stop with this. It just got me. I wanted to see new exciting high-level warriors and dinosaurs, and see how fast I could take the other army down. There's more than zero strategy at work here, and battles can vary substantially from round to round, depending on what mix of units the enemy brings to the board.

It's still a rudimentary Flash-esque game, and very much akin to those shitty mobile boss rush games that raid our shadow legends. But it's not PTW yet, and the graphics are a charming and distorted replica of early 2000s 3D games, like Age of Mythology or GTA 3. It felt like something, for awhile.

It isn't, and I wasted valuable battery charge on this stupid shit. But I was having fun. And sometimes, that's enough.

...And posting about it here. It's something to talk about that isn't the world eating itself.

And we all need that sometimes.

[egophiliac]

Sorry for the advice you didn't ask for, but if you're strugfling with pulls and REALLY can't decide between the two, Grim might not have a rerun (because as far as I remember, his platinum card didn't, but maybe it was because it was a one time thing) and Silver might (I think all the dream cards did?? I can't imagine they wouldn't but who knows.) These aren't good arguments but honestly the main thing is which card you would be MOST upset about missing. Which is probably both, but something I do is pretend like I'm going to take advice from someone. Then when they pick, I change and try to think of whether I'm disappointed or not. And if you can't tell, try the other way and compare the level of disappointment. Sorry if this is confusing and unneeded, I just feel strongly for other ftp people 😭 Of course there's always the option of sacrificing another device's storage to make an an account and wait like a year. lol. I mean atp it's not a bad idea I think?? Anyway I wish you tremendous luck and also transfer all of mine to you 🙏🙏🙏

thank you, I think I did ultimately need to just...sit down and figure out which one my heart was calling to! as the saying goes, flip a coin and you'll know which outcome you want before it lands. 🤷 (I'm pretty sure Blazin' Hot Grim will get a rerun though next year! they were very upfront about Platinum Grim being a one-time only thing for the 100th anniversary, so the fact that they didn't say anything like that this time makes me think we'll get another chance at him eventually!)

anyway it's probably not a surprise to anyone who I ended up going for. but I do now have a very shiny new metallic boy. :)

he waited until the pity mark, because of course he did. which means, uhhh, well.

they really are gonna drop a fluffy bunny Malleus on me next month, aren't they. ᕕ( ᐕ )ᕗ

well, anyway, that's my gacha luck used up for now, so let me pass it on to everyone who's still working on their pulls! whether you're deep in the anniversary/episode 7 finale vortex, or going on a happy little shopping frolic with Vil, BRING THOSE BOYS HOME 🤞🤞

[bittersuitekim]

Her

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You knew you would never compare to her but Billie’s friend Eissy did but always made sure you knew it every time especially if you were around when billie would bring you to her friend group when they would all get together to hangout.

You tried, and tried to make yourself feel like you’re enough for Billie and she would soon replace you but you couldn’t.

You’ve done changes but wasn’t sure if billie noticed but sooner or later she did. She always did but Billie was waiting and seeing how far it got and if you would communicate with her on what’s going on and how you were truly feeling.

Especially tonight when billie got invited for a group hangout but you didn’t know if eissy would be there but you were afraid billie would question if you asked if she would be there.

You were finishing up getting ready for dinner at a restaurant that Billie’s friend group planned and Billie wanted you to be there with her.

You were middle of doing your hair when Billie came in your guys shared bedroom wrapping her arms around your waist and Billie’s wearing an oversized white FTP Osiris tee with a light wash baggy jeans and a green bandana under a dark green cap and converse from Billie Eilish X Converse line collaboration Billie did with converse.

She began placing soft kisses on your neck, distracting you as you softly giggled and said, “Stop, baby,” trying to finish styling your hair into two cute long braids.

Billie smiled against your skin and whispered, “I can’t stop, baby—you look so beautiful.”

You smiled and turned around and kissed her and Billie kissed back with a smile on her face before pulling back

“I like your hair like that,” she said softly, her eyes meeting yours in the mirror.

You froze for half a second. “Yeah?”

She nodded. “Been liking all the little changes lately. Just didn’t want to say anything too soon.”

You laughed, a little breathless. “I wasn’t sure you noticed.”

“I notice everything about you,” she said, more serious now. Her hands tightened slightly around your waist. “But I’ve also noticed you’ve been quiet. Distant. Like your smile’s been rehearsed.”

“Baby I promise it’s nothing just been feeling down but it’s nothing too serious.” You said softly

“Are you sure? I’m always here for you mamas, I love you always.” Billie said.

“Yes, I’m sure baby and I love you too more than anything.” You said smiling and kissing her and Billie kissing back with a smile.

“We should get going before I jump on you and we never get to leave.” Billie chuckled giving your waist a squeeze but you thought that was a better idea but you didn’t say anything and nodded with a smile.

.

.

The car ride to the restaurant was quiet, the kind of silence thick with unspoken thoughts. Billie held your hand tightly, but you could feel the tension simmering beneath her calm exterior. The streets blurred past, city lights flickering against the window, but all you could think about was what was waiting for you inside.

When you both arrived, the restaurant was full of chatter and laughter. Glasses clinking, silverware tapping against plates, and familiar voices filled the room with warmth. Billie looked at you with a loving smile and gave your hand a gentle squeeze before guiding you to the long table where her friends were already seated.

As always, Eissy was there front and center, laughing a little too loudly, dressed effortlessly in something you’d never feel brave enough to wear. She gave Billie a tight hug, eyes flicking to you with that familiar look a mix of challenge and jealousy.

“Wow, you actually brought her again,” Eissy said bitterly, not even pretending to whisper. “You’re brave.”

A few of the others chuckled awkwardly, and Billie shot Eissy a look, but she didn’t say anything. Not yet. You just smiled weakly and sat beside Billie, pretending it didn’t bother you.

But it did

The whole dinner felt like a game of silent jabs. Every time you spoke, Eissy interrupted. Every time you leaned toward Billie, Eissy always found a way to pull her attention back. You stayed quiet, trying to keep your composure, trying not to ruin the night for Billie.

Later on the night you decided to join Odessa and Zoe's conversation who included you in it and you relaxed and grateful for the distraction from how you were actually feeling.

But then dessert came

Billie had leaned in to whisper something sweet to you something that finally made you feel seen, wanted, safe but Eissy cut in, loud and sharp.

“Didn’t know you were into the clingy type, Billie. Since when do you go for girls who act like they’re on a trial run for being your shadow?”

The whole table went silent.

Your stomach dropped. You blinked, unsure if you actually heard that right. Billie stared at Eissy, and her jaw tensed.

“That’s enough,” Billie said flatly. But you were already done.

You stood up quietly and walked away from the table, out into the night. The cold air hit your skin like a slap, but it was nothing compared to what you felt inside.

Billie caught up with you at the car, grabbing your hand before you could get in. “Babe, wait—” Billie spoke.

“You just let her do that,” you said, voice shaking with tears in your glossy eyes.

“I didn’t let her—” billie said

“You didn’t stop her either.” you interrupted billie before she could finish speaking up.

Billie sighed, frustrated. “I did. I told her to stop.”

“You told her after she humiliated me in front of everyone. Like it was a joke. Like I’m a joke.” You pulled your hand away. “I told you she does this. I told you how it makes me feel.”

“She’s my friend! What do you want me to do, cut her off?” Billie raises her voice slightly.

You stared at her. “No. I want you to choose me, billie. I want you to stand up for me. Not once have you actually defended me until it’s already too late.”

The car ride back was silent. But this time, it wasn’t thick with unspoken things—it was hollow, tense, empty.

When you got home, the front door had barely clicked shut before it exploded again.

“You’re mad at me for not jumping to your defense fast enough, but do you know how hard it is to be in the middle of this?” Billie said, kicking her shoes off hard.

“No, Billie. I don’t. Because I’ve never made you feel like you’re not enough. I’ve never stood by and let someone you love treat you like that.” Your voice cracked. “You always talk about how you notice everything but you don’t see how much this hurts me.” you said with your voice cracking and shaking even more shaky and tears falling down your cheeks.

“I do see it! But I’m trying to keep the peace. You think I like being stuck between you and someone I’ve known since I was fourteen?” Billie said defensively, trying to make you see her point.

“I’m not asking you to choose between us. I’m asking you to have my back when people treat me like I’m disposable. Like I’m temporary.”

Billie ran a hand through her hair, pacing. “You think you’re temporary? Is that what all these changes have been about? Trying to be someone else so I won’t leave?”

You looked at her, tears brimming while speaking. “Yeah. Because I already feel like I’m losing you, Billie. One comment at a time, I feel like our relationship is going downhill.”

Billie stopped, her expression softening, but her voice still tense. “I never asked you to change.”

“No. But you didn’t stop the people who made me feel like I had to.” you said trying to keep composure.

The room went silent again. But it wasn’t peaceful. It was heavy. Loaded.

Billie sat down on the edge of the bed, elbows on her knees, head in her hands.

“I’m sorry,” she finally said, voice low. “I should’ve said more. I should’ve done more.”

You sat next to her, but didn’t speak. Not yet.

Because apologies were a start but they weren’t always enough.

You sat beside her, but the space between you felt miles wide like the connection between you both is slipping away.

Billie stared at the floor like it held all the answers she didn’t have. You wiped at your eyes, trying to steady your breath, but your heart still felt like it was crumbling slowly in your chest.

“I don’t want to keep doing this,” you said quietly.

Billie looked up. “Doing what?”

“This. Fighting. Feeling like I’m walking on eggshells around your friends. Around you.” you said a little more calmly.

Her jaw tensed again before speaking. “You’re not walking on eggshells around me, Mamas.”

“Aren’t I?” Your voice is sharp now especially hearing billie calling you that nickname that always makes you fold. “You think I don’t notice how different you are when you’re around them? How can you barely look at me unless we’re alone? Like you’re trying to pretend I’m not there.”

“That’s not fair,” Billie said, standing. “You’re twisting it.”

“No, I’m just finally saying it out loud, Billie.” you shot back, standing too. “I’ve felt it for months, Billie. I’ve watched you laugh harder at Eissy’s stupid jokes than you ever do with me. I’ve watched you let her disrespect me while you stay silent. And it’s killing me, Billie. It’s killing me.”

Billie looked like she wanted to deny it. Wanted to argue. But she didn’t.

Instead, she turned away, hands tugging at the roots of her hair in frustration. “You don’t get it.”

“Then help me get it,” you said, tears slipping freely down your face now. “Because I’m exhausted, Billie. I’m exhausted trying to hold onto someone who doesn’t fight for me.”

Billie turned back, her eyes glassy. “You think I’m not fighting for you? I’ve given you everything—”

“No, you haven’t,” you cut in, voice trembling. “You’ve given me pieces. Scraps. Just enough to keep me from walking away but never enough to feel safe. I have to convince myself every day that I’m worth staying for and that’s not love, Billie. That’s survival.”

Silence.

She didn’t speak. Didn’t move. And that silence? That silence hurt more than anything Eissy ever said.

You shook your head, chest aching. “I changed everything trying to be someone you’d finally see. And you still didn’t.”

“I did,” Billie said quietly, almost a whisper. “I just didn’t know how to say the right thing. I didn’t want to make it worse.”

“It already is worse,” you said. “And the worst part? I don’t even know who I am anymore when I’m with you.”

Billie’s lips parted like she wanted to stop you, like she wanted to fix it but nothing came out.

So you walked past her.

Not out the door.

Not yet.

But into the bathroom, shutting the door behind you because you needed a moment. Because if she wasn’t going to fight for you right now, then you had to fight for yourself even if it meant breaking in the process.

Divider credits: @bernardsbendystraws

a/n: Finally got this done! I’m so proud of this story but I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did when writing this!

Part 2?? maybe or maybe not..

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[zestialmorde]

"If intrusions be the cost to hold thee in mine arms, if but for a fleeting moment, then 'tis a small price indeed to pay," Zestial jokes before his face darkens almost imperceptibly with a deep blush at his own boldness.

I have a brilliant idea.

*I turn Vox into a baby. I hand the baby to @zestialmorde *

Good luck.

~wizardanon

...

Vox zaps himself into his system and pops back out in his usual form.

Did you miss the part where I keep myself backed up?

Apologies, Lord Zestial, for the rude intrusion. Some anons, clearly, don't think things through.

[sadgirlzclubxo]

if this gets put on the setlist for grey day 25 imma cry (‘:

[juyeoz]

˙ㅤ۪ 𓂋⠀FOR THE PLOT — AN 02z SMAU

011 ┆ MONTHLY REUNION (0.4k words)

“So, what’s up with you lately?” Yena asked while taking a sip of her Mango smoothie as you two walked around the amusement park.

“Well, do you remember Jake?” You asked, referring to the boy from your middle school. 

“Sim Jake? Of course I do! What about him?” Yena replied.

“We started talking again.” 

“Seriously?! That’s great! You two were so close back then.” She said, a smile appearing on her lips.

“I mean, yeah, but it gets worse…” You said, causing her to pause.

What did you mean by that?

“I think I might be developing feelings for Sunghoon as well…” 

“Okay…” She mumbled.

“So far, my feelings for Jake haven't fully returned yet… I just think he’s fine—very fine.” You explained and sighed.

“Oh wow… Is that everything?” Yena questioned, slowly bringing her straw to her lips.

“No, unfortunately. I was deep cleaning my room the other day and guess what I found!”

“Your 3rd grade halloween costume?” She teased.

“No! Luckily not.” You smiled at her joke. It was a terrible costume, one that you never wanted to remember.

“Then what was it?”

“The panda keychains I gave Jongseong on the fourth day of junior kindergarten.” 

She laughed at what you said. Nothing could have prepared her for that.

“There’s no way. Like, senior kindergarten Jongseong?” Yena was in disbelief.

“Yes… Who else do we know named Jongseong?” You said with another sigh. 

“Isn’t his name like Jay now? I think he goes to my art school.” 

“Seriously? I mean, I didn’t see him after he graduated in Sunghoon’s class.” You replied. Yena reached into her coat pocket, pulling out her phone.

“Look,” she said while looking up Jongseong’s new Twitter account. 

It was true, he went by Jay now. 

“He does a baking co-op?” You asked after reading his bio.

“Yeah, I rarely see him in the hallways nowadays. We had one cooking class during my freshman year since I was able to take a 10th grade course, but that was it. We didn’t talk at all.” 

You nodded at her words and scrolled down his account on her phone. 

“Wait, is that him now?” You asked while pointing at the recent selfie from a week ago.

“Yeah, why?” 

“He looks so much different. He definitely got a glow up.” You said, geeking over the photo. He was more finer than he was in middle school. Good lord, it was so over for you.

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[splatanastamprr]

Been thinking about this a while so as the Shattering Spirits are being rolled back soon here are my thoughts on the Sky Economy. a VERY long post.

Event Spacing (1)

I joined right after Season of Prophecy ended, Season of Dreams was to start in about 3~ weeks? not sure since it was a long while ago.

Later seasons I notice rather than getting up to a month of season downtime, we now get as little as less than a week to break between seasons. Season gaps became slim. Hardly time for off season daily candle quests that make racking up normal candles easier.

On top of this, “Days Of —“ Events became more and more prominent, being mashed on top of Travelling spirits and new off season cosmetics that cost white candles. There’s no room to breathe, its almost a punishment to players who’ve taken breaks from the game after burning out from having to candle run consistently just for new items. Cosmetics that they miss out on get price hikes from their original value in reruns with the new ticket system. It’s a cycle of fomo and it’s what’s killing the playerbase in the first place.

The lack of spacing seems pretentious in a way, since nearly with every update, a new game breaking bug is rolled out, makes it feel ironic since season down gaps have been cut for seemingly no reason.

Ticketing (2)

A while ago TGC added the ticket system denoting inflation in the sky economy, it was made to remedy the fact people can’t keep affording everything with candles.

Yes it did help somewhat, as the tickets are very easy to collect, but with 3 new ftp cosmetics that are bought with these tickets and some things costing up to a weeks worth of tickets it’s easy to have to skip these items because some people just don’t want to do more daily searching on top of the already daily quests from the questgiver.

Returning items not only are insanely expensive but additionally do not equate the energy spent grinding in their original release (The Days of Sunlight towels from last year have no right being that expensive whatsoever.)

Candles (3)

Early 2021, around March the Daily Light “Chevron” was rolled out as a way to farm light without feeling the pressure to grind insanely hard daily (since very many people were asking for a way to get candles more leisurely, since candle running was very time consuming)

It became redundant as the prices for candle items was driven up very far. Not to be so “back in my day” but genuinely the need to candle run extensively in the way we do now wasn’t as big as it is now.

This is funny. Because now I see people asking for the same thing. A faster, less grindy way to candle run.

the first in game event I participated in was the first Days of Bloom, the cherry blossom cape was 70 candles (which to me was VERY expensive at the time). The following year’s wisteria cape cost 105, then the next tulip cape cost 110. The first price driveup was already kind of nuts to me (is the cape really worth a 35 candle mark up to the first one?) It’s hard to even prepare with the aforementioned small event gaps, it’s punishing to newer players and players who’ve skipped events out of burnout without any time to prepare for candles unless you pay real money to get candles quickly.

Assuming an average person clears their chevrons daily (15-17 candles) and heart trades with their friends (-3 for every person traded with) it’s hard to afford everything that comes your way. Travelling spirit prices are near doubling what they used to, items now costing over 100 candles with the inclusion of the batshit expensive nesting shop it really burns people out knowing you can’t afford everything you want in a game you already grind daily in. It’s demanding.

IAP items (4)

Do I even have to talk about this. The Sunlight Chunky sandals cost more than you can buy actual sandals. Why are in game cosmetics costing up to $25 USD. Huh. I could buy a whole meal for that.

Cute little items cost only a dollar before but now they’re like $3 and its kind of bonkers to me. I have to pay $3 whole dollars for a tiny jellyfish on my shoulder. is this not crazy. im not crazy right? dont wanna get deep into this but jesus my wallet

So why do I care so much? (5)

Sky is a game I hold near and dear to my heart. But I notice people including myself have stopped playing for the same, very painful reason. The fact that Sky is very buggy with little to no compensation to players as well as the Economy being so. So very bad. as well as the shithole that was shattering (the hype for that season was so crazy because yay lore!!! no actually Fuck you crab stunlock 100000)

I know people will be “Well you don’t HAVE to buy — item”, but the game’s userbase is driven completely on grinding for new cosmetics. The active playerbase is driven on just candlerunning. The lore is interesting but there’s hardly anything in game to go off of, there’s little to no curiosity for what the game is and it’s story because it gets more and more arbitrary as TGC refuses to talk about it in game. (Jenova Chen saying that games are not an effective storytelling format really pisses me off sorry)

The cycle of fomo that is essentially required to keep the playerbase going just makes me feel like this game is made on popsicle sticks and prayers (thanks aspen for this line). I can’t find myself to love sky in the same way I used to as a moth.

anyways this is really messy. Sorry. but like damn this is kind of a sad thing to me. made this post because a rant on yt got misogynistic in the middle out of nowhere so i wanted to give my own take minus the misogyny