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I hope this hurts.
You should play Mouthwashing. Like right now. It was very good.
Could not put it down. I was not ready for just how hard the narrative was going to gut punch me. I've had a tough year, and I felt like this game was directly addressing my psyche at times - you work a shit job for what. No more than two slices of cake.
Chilling, horrifying, exhilarating, vindicating. An absolute ride from beginning till end and you won't know what's coming and that's the best part. Short, and organically sweet (no nutrition pouch sweetener added)
Take responsibility. You can fix this. You can fix all of this.
#Mouthwashing#the self restraint I am exercising to not post screenshots that critically spoil the experience#seriously: this game is fucking fantastic#the visuals the music the WRITING its all fucking fantastic#and it's the best type of psychological horror in games#these devs are really onto something special here#this game is an absolute gem#going to be chewing on it for a bit I think#it's really fucking got to me in the best way
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in you, i trust | mick schumacher social media au
pairing: mick schumacher x reader
after the it couple of formula 1 go months without any interactions, the fans start to speculate what's going on. there's no way mick and you are over...right?
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wagupdatesf1 (ex?)Girlfriend of Mercedes Reserve Driver, Mick Schumacher seen with a man during her Cabo trip - pictures taken 14 hours apart
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orangelando "with a man" YOU MEAN DEVIN BOOKER
44hamilton how does she go from f1 driver and certified lover boy mick to a phoenix suns basketball player HOW DO THEY EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER
mickisbabyboy so does this mean her and mick are over...? 🥺
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yourusername i'm doing better than i ever was
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schumyys only here to see if mick commented
boxboxpls remember when mick used to comment 500 heart eye emojis i miss those days
sebbymick am i reading into the caption too much or is this her fr announcing she's single
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f1 Mick Schumacher is going to drive father Michael's @mercedesamgf1 W02 from the 2011 season at the Goodwood Festival of Speed! ✨
Now this, is special 🥹
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mercedesamgf1 can't wait to see it!!
formulafanclub sooo exciting!!! complimentary tissues better be given with each ticket purchase
wtf1jemma so if yn doesn't show up to the goodwood festival of speed then we know something's up
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mercedesamgf1 Blimey! It’s British GP Race Week at Silverstone. ❤️🤍💙
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freepracticespls Y/N LIKED THE PHOTO THIS IS GOOD RIGHT
lewishamilton ❤️
lightsoutmick if y/n isn't there this weekend i will actually throw myself onto the track at lights out she HAS to be there



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yourusername good vibes good friends good city
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whoislewis it has officially been 5 months since we got any mick content from y/n
formulanever no i think it's been 6
samgoesracing BESTIE ARE YOU STILL WITH MICK OR NOT
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yourusername As many of you know, I spent majority of 2021 and 2022 traveling the world with Mick for formula 1. Because of that, my life was put on hold. While I cherish those days, I lost sight of who I was.
Six months ago, Mick and I amicably decided to take a break. While the decision wasn’t easy, it was what was best for both of us as we both were in transitional points in our lives. During this time, I have traveled the world, for myself, and started to journal what I learned from locals, friends and strangers. Early on into this journey, I realized that my experiences were something that should be shared as I know we all go through times times when we feel lost and unsure of who we are.
‘In Me, I Trust’ is available now and is a collection of my stories, thoughts and advice. I hope you take what you need from it ♡
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dbook 10/10 stars
yourusername dev you're only saying that because there's a whole page dedicated to you dbook only a page??? i thought i had a whole chapter
slowdowninthepits SHE WAS WRITING A BOOK THIS WHOLE TIME!! sneaky sneaky
kissformick wait so does this mean her and mick are officially over 🥺🥺🥺 we really are children of divorce
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mickschumacher worth the wait
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paddockbabes THE BOOK WAS WORTH THE WAIT OR SHE WAS
hamilgrussell IS THAT AN OLD PICTURE OR A NEW ONE I CAN'T TELL
0304mclarenss stop did y/n really send him a personalized copy im sobbing
ricciardoscafe "much like this book has found its way to you, i know my love will too" THAT MEANS THEY'RE GETTING BACK TOGETHER RIGHT?? RIGHT???/ SAY YES RIGHT NOW
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mickschumacher did you re-name your book?
yourusername no that's the sequel, limited copies though, probably just for your eyes only
mcnorris all is right in the world!! mom and dad are reunited!!!
lovelylewis only y/n would write a book on being single and how to grow while being alone and then go right back to mick
formulanever i don't blame her
haven't done a smau in a while, hope ya'll liked it ♡
#mick schumacher x you#mick shumacher imagine#mick schumacher imagine#mick schumacher smau#mick schumacher instagram edit#mick schumacher social media au#mick schumacher instagram au#f1 smau#mick schumacher x reader#holllandtrash#mick schumacher x yn
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Midnight Surveillance | Sylus/Reader Ramblings
About: So about Sylus and his little crow. Sylus watches you through his crow and monitors your every move through it yes... So... Here's a quick Sylus NSFW ramble...
Pairing: Sylus/Reader
Warnings: Stalking, mentioned somno. 18+ only please! Enjoy :)
Edit: Edited the formatting and some touch ups. :) Sorry for disappearing for months >< Got really discouraged when devs said they won't update mainline for a while a few months back.
Whenever he had time, or felt like it, he watched you through the eyes of his crow. Something about watching you going through your day, doing the most mundane tasks, puts him at ease.
You knew his crow was there, somewhere, watching you. You knew you should never let your guard down, even at home. And yet, sometimes you simply forgot...
Sylus merely arched his eyebrow when he saw you through your bedroom window, sleeping in your underwear. You were too tired to remember to draw the curtains perhaps, or else he wouldn't have seen you sleeping in such a... compromising state.
If he was a better man, he would've turned away, called you to tell you about your mishap, and continued with whatever he was doing. But he was not.
You were sleeping on your side, the gentle moonlight highlighted your face as you breathed through your parted lips. Sylus traced your form with his gaze, making note of the simple underwear you wore. It was nothing special, yet the sight of you like this sparked fire in his blood.
Every time you forget to draw the curtains before bedtime, you unknowingly fanned the flames the coursed through his veins, nurtured his desire to see more of you in this state.
Sometimes you would fall asleep in a flimsy towel, flopping onto your bed immediately after a shower. Sylus would watch the gentle rise and fall of your chest, his eyes always drifting to the clumsily tucked in hem of your towel.
At times he would dream about being there, watching you sleep. sometimes they were innocent dreams; with him carefully tucking you in before wrapping an arm around your waist, pulling you in deep into his embrace before falling asleep as well. And others.. well..
He would dream about pulling your panties to the side, dipping a finger between your folds and prod your clit as he watched your breath hitch. He also dreamt about bunching your towel up to your waist, slotting himself between your buttcheeks and slowly rutting against you while you slept peacefully, unaware of how hard he was for you.
His growing obsession with you all came to a head when one night, instead of catching you asleep without drawing the curtains again, he caught you in an even more... compromising position.
Through the dim moonlight, Sylus caught you lying on your bare stomach, touching yourself. He couldn't see your face as you were burrowing your face into your pillow, but he knew you were moaning, with how your hips perked up every so often.
Sylus was not a good man, that he knew about himself. So why be a gentleman and turn away, when the person of his midnight fantasies presents themselves to him on a silver platter?
Sylus put down all the things he was working on and dismissed everyone around him. Once alone, he made quick work of his pants, undoing it and palmed over his hardened cock.
Following the rhythm you set, he stroked himself as he watched you twitch with pleasure. He pictured himself being there with you, imagining he was prodding your clit when he ran a thumb over his leaking tip.
What he wouldn't give to have you bent over his desk at that moment. Especially when you lifted your hips even more, as though begging for someone- no not someone, him, and better only him- to join in.
Sylus snarled at the thought of you asking anyone else but him to satisfy you. He watched men vie for your attention; your neighbour, your painter friend, your childhood friends... they all wanted your eyes on them. You were so friendly to all of them... but him.
Your stubborn defiance of him, paired with his desire to take back what has been always his, fed his obsession with you. What was it that the other men in your life had, that he, the leader of the feared Onychinus, didn't?
He would never voice that out however. Instead, he would draw you in, bit by bit. He would lure you into his hold... and capture your heart and mind before you even had the chance to realize.
But those plans were for later. For now, he would make a mental note to install better listening devices onto his little crow, and enjoy the tempting sight before him.
#love and deepspace#love and deepspace sylus#love and deepspace sylus x reader#just a quick ramble to get these thoughts out of my head my god#this guy... he got me....#he has so so many red flags AND YET#nah fuck them green flags we going straight for the toxic manipulative men#tw somno#tw dubcon
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Watching the scene of Harding where she talks about Isatunoll, does anyone else get the sense that her role was initially written for Dagna?
Let me preface that Lace is lovely and I'm very happy her fans get so much more content and a full romance with her and I hope it's everything you dreamed. But I just get the strong sense that her role was initially planned for Dagna before they ever started writing for Veilguard.
Firstly, as others have commented, Harding was born and raised in Redcliffe, so it comes as quite a surprose that she's a follower of the Stone and concerned by What The Dwarves Have Lost. I mean sure, it doesn't necessarily contradict anything established about her, but it was certainly never set up in any previous games with even a single hint. Dagna was from Orzammar however, and it would have made perfect sense for her to cling onto her culture in some way even if she left her home to pursue her special interest.
Which brings me to dwarves with magic. Up until now, and them introducing Harding as caring about the Stone etc., it wouldn't have made that thematically impactful a narrative for the Scout from the Hinterlands who joined the Inquisition to have an adventure to be connected to Titan magic... I'd have expected her arc more to be about how adventures aren't always fun and you can actually get hurt pretty bad in the big bad world out there or something along those lines maybe. You know who was set up perfectly for it though and would have absolutely lost it if they got magic? Someone obsessed with magic all her life and actually getting to experience it for herself now. At the cost of learning some rough stuff about her culture.
I didnt't really get the sense in DAI that Harding was meant to be more than that plot device to introduce areas at the time they wrote DAI (again, no value attached here, I just don't think they planned for anything more at that point. The devs said themselves they were surprised by how strong the fan reaction was for her). But when they brought back Dagna no matter your choices in DAO and gave her all those mysterious lines about feeling mountain-tall and lyrium and tranquil... I very much did get the sense that they were leaving crumbs for her to come up again in a titan plotline.
(And least importantly, they even seem to have given Harding Dagna's signature absent-minded rambling? DAI Dagna always seemed way more confident and verbally sparring with you than what we've seen so far for Veilguard imo.)
Idk I just feel like maybe this was concepted for Dagna initially but was changed to Harding early on because of the popularity her character got.
Edit: I should maybe make clearer, that I don't think they like rewrote Dagna as Harding at the last minute or anything like that, but that they had planned this in their little mysterious red book at the time of writing Inquisition and leaving hints for the future and changed it when they actually got to writing the companions for Veilguard because of the fan response to Harding and because they didn't want 2 female dwarf companions when one with a romance was already groundbreaking but they needed that companion tie-in to the titans.
#dragon age meta#da meta#datv meta#veilguard meta#datv speculation#veilguard speculation#datv spoilers#veilguard spoilers#lace harding#scout harding#dagna#dragon age titans#da titans#my obsessive da ramblings#bioware
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drv3 logic (OR: I was writing a post about architecture again, when I got distracted by... architecture)
for a while now, I've thought this garish pattern on the stairs and the barred doorway in drv3's school resembled a temporary texture file. y'know, the generic repeating pattern game devs slap onto a 3D model to make sure their texturing is working right before they do any committal custom painting work
if that sentence didn't make sense to you, basically, in order to "paint" a 3D model and get the final look you see in-game on any object, you need to produce a flattened file of the object's 3D points. then, you color the file, which will ultimately lay upon the 3D model. while you're making the file, it's beneficial to look at both the model and the file with a pattern - this will help you identify if you've made the file correctly, because if you make a mistake with where you've placed the 3D points, you get weird stretches or breaks in the pattern
with my apologies for yoinking a top result off the search engine presses for demonstrative purposes, it looks something like this
therefore, I've been affectionately referring to the stairs and their companion doorway as, "Areas Where the Dev Team Purposely Left On the Test Texture for Your Virtual Reality Interpretation Needs"
I haven't changed my mind on that. I still think that's the reason those areas look the way they do. it's an unexplained piece of evidence you can take into consideration for your interpretation of drv3, or not. however, I did. today. realize why the stairs and that barred doorway of all places were chosen to receive this texture treatment
it's their location. they represent another gamified concept. they're *map loading triggers*. the stairs take you to the next floor (another map), and the barred doorway takes you to the back-half of the first floor (a separate map)
unlike the special areas Shuichi unlocks with Monokuma's "prizes" during each chapter's exploration phase, that burst into pixels or shed all their foliage, there are no cut-scenes attached to them. they're low effort, something the monokubs might have forgot to do to completion or made a slapdash effort on. if you want to look at the game from an "it's virtual reality!" lense, that's the joke
but the thing that really convinced me of this being intentional, personally, was the chosen texture. the method used to produce that file I mentioned earlier is called UV unwrapping, and a pretty common texture used as the temporary test texture during its' process is a checkered pattern
here's some more yoinking. top search results for "UV unwrapping"
however, the dev team didn't use a checkered pattern. perhaps because in drv3 that has an immediately obvious association with a character: Kokichi. and as much as the dev team loves casting suspicion on Kokichi, they've got to share that love! he doesn't really make for the ideal virtual reality mastermind candidate for your *AUs*
no, there's a much better candidate for that. one with a sometimes self-inflated ego to be more inclined to use this cornflower yellow and pink color scheme during her building process, and may... MAYBE... have more experience placing map loading areas in a virtual world?
#drv3#miu iruma#kokichi ouma#kokichi oma#this post has a liiiiittle white lie in it#for the punchline#the dev team is in fact always attacking Kokichi unprovoked#(of all things Kokichi's underwear also shares a color scheme with these stairs)#(Miu's are pitch black if you're wondering)#(just like her loading zones in the Chapter 4 virtual world)
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If you can tell who this is, don’t out me please. I just want this out here. Also fair warning, I yapped a lot and this is directly about the server, since I lurk a lot in there. Sorry!
Some of the mods in the server feel.. very eh to me? A lot of threads that have been closed for “arguments” could’ve been solved with a simple working of striking or deleting the argument so it doesn’t absolutely murder the suggestion. It’s kind of upsetting to see that.
I think my main issue with this method as well is the fact that someone could do targetted harassment, say that someone is “possibly ableist” and then not get striked ALONE on that.
The only reason they were ‘possibly ableist‘ is because they “insulted his intelligence” by saying “real smart fella we got here”. That’s not ableism in the slightest I feel. Allowing people like this to roam the server, where they could throw around shit like that just because they were offended, is generally not that good of a strategy. It’s a great way to cause accusations and drama though.
Locking the thread instead of genuinely handling the situation and person who was targeting harassment (because people didn’t agree with his opinion, btw. he was public about ❌ing a suggestion so he could grief and the suggestion was to literally prevent griefing with a specific special floor, you figure it out. of course people aren’t going to agree with jack the griefer here.) is a very odd and unfair way of handling the situation. Why did that persons thread have to be locked for someone elses actions? Why kill an entire suggestion for that? There was one arugment in that thread. That one guy. And the entire thing gets shut down. How disappointing.
Also, he came into the suggestion saying it was a “skill issue suggestion” after he blocked the op, the op had blocked him back as well, so there was really no point to doing it. He was purposely causing shit at that rate, which should’ve been handled. but it wasn’t.
The server mods genuinely tire me sometimes. When it comes to handling things they’re not the best. Tickets go unanswered for days— which is especially bothersome to me personally.
Also the fact that some of the devs / VAs have several strikes or actively have made jokes that are banned in the server (ex the person in workshop having a 9/11 banner & Gregoriahs VA saying a 9/11 joke on donator stage) is insanely hypocritical. Whatever your stance is on these jokes are, I hope you can at least agree with it being heavily hypocritical and that they shouldn’t be made in a huge server like that.
Can’t make a KMS joke in that server either, but Stat saying kill yourself can certainly make it onto the starboard and not be taken down! It’s pure hypocrisy at some point. I don’t know, I don’t understand.
I really just wish that server was handled better. It feels like a mess they can barely control otherwise. I feel bad that they have to even deal with it— because it feels like a nightmare, but also I just feel concerned for the way the server is handled because of that bit.
They definitely need more mods at the very least. That server is way to big for that little amount of moderators.
..Also, why is Dandy’s World not unblacklisted yet? I don’t like the game at all, but at the very least, I know those assets were replaced and the drama is over. The whole reason of it still being blacklisted was the assets being in-game still, but they’re gone.
(+ Apparently Sr Pelo is blacklisted as well despite it not being listed anywhere? When emotes were being suggested, Spooky Month was shot down because ‘Sr Pelos a bad person’ when I don’t even know what the hell thats about. Spooky Month is literally everywhere I can think of so it stands out to me that specifically Axosun has a issue with it.. because of.. something???)
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WIP Wednesday (but really late)
Simon spent the whole morning of Baz's birthday doing something really special and very gender affirming for Baz, now they're going out for dinner with Penelope, Shepard, Dev, and Niall. From Penny's POV, dealing with Baz and Simon being somehow more disgustingly sweet than normal:
It doesn’t feel odd to go to restaurants with Simon and Baz anymore, I think when we get back on the tube. There were ages when we didn’t, and even when we did, Baz wouldn’t eat and Simon wouldn’t talk. Now, we go out all the time. Simon is in this phase where he’s fascinated with Fusion restaurants, so we go out even more.
This should be a perfectly normal evening, the four of us going to a London restaurant we’ve never been to before, then going back to mine to play games. But it isn’t. Baz’s smile is too big, and Simon can’t stop touching him. They keep looking at each other like they know something, or like they just got out of bed after doing things I don’t want to think about. It’s like the rest of us aren't here.
“Are they being odd?” I whisper to Shepard.
“Yes,” he says. Good.
“Why are they being odd?”
“Don’t ask!”
“Why not!”
“If they wanted to tell us, they would,” Shepard says, locking his eyes onto mine.
“You are not one to tell me not to ask intrusive questions! Not after the snail monster in Nice.”
“It was a Lou Carcolh and his name was Charles!”
“I want to know what’s going on,” I whine, “Simon tells me everything!”
“Exactly!”
“You think it’s a weird sex thing, don’t you?”
“Obviously. It’s Baz’s birthday.”
“You think they save their weird sex things for Baz’s birthday?” I almost laugh, which would ruin the whisper shouting that we’ve been doing, and might pull Simon and Baz out of each other’s eyes.
Shepard is right, even though I won’t admit it out loud. He never makes me say it out loud, unless it’s really important. If I need to know, Simon will tell me. Or Baz will. I don’t need to interrogate my friends when something good happens in their lives, even if I really want to.
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I haven’t watched miraculous ladybug in like 1-2 years (probably won’t pick it back up) but I think every kid show fandom should have an obligatory miraculous ladybug au so here’s my version of a fopanw x miraculous ladybug au :333 I got this idea while getting a YouTube video yapping about mlb. Again I haven’t watched it in FOREVER so I do apologize if I get any information wrong!! I really only used the wiki. I hope you enjoy this REALLY LONG info dump <3
Hazel - Ladybug (obviously since she’s the main character 😭) but I feel like she matches well with creation and I’d feel like she’d get along great with tikki. I’d also give her Longg who is the kwami of Perfection, Ziggy who is the kwami of Passion, and Sass who is the kwami of the Intuition.

Antony - Pegasus. My idea for this came from the fact that Kaalki is the kwami of migration. I feel like this matches the with the fact that he’s at to college and that means migrating away from family and your loved ones.

(I’m going to give Winn and Jasmine special treatment and give them multiple miraculous. I hope yall are okay with that ! I feel like Hazel would probably give them multiple anyways because of how much she trusts and cares for her friends.)
Jasmine - My ideas for her include, Miss Hound (who has Barkk, the kwami of adoration), Rena Rouge (who has Trixx, the kwami of illusion), Pigella (who was Daizzi, the kwami of jubilation), and Minotaurox (who has Stompp, the kwami of determination). I feel like the personality traits of the kwami’s match her (except for illusion, which I did to nod to fearless)


(I didn’t include the outfit for the ox kwami because I personally feel like it doesn’t match her vibes)
Winn - My ideas for them include, Carapace (who has Wayzz, the kwami of protection), Vesperia/Queen Bee (who has Pollen, the kwami of action), Purple Tigress (who has Roaar, the kwami of elation), and Bunnyx (who has Fluff, the kwami of evolution). I feel like the personality traits of the kwami’s match them.


Dev - Cat Noir but also I feel like gets akuamatized like every week???? Like I love dev but do you know how many issues he has ☹️😞 I’d be surprised if he didn’t get akuamatized at least once. I feel like he matches destruction too. He’d probably HATE plagg though idk. I could also see him being Rooster Bold (who has Orikko, the kwami of pretension) I feel like pretension matches him a lot idk. He’d gets the miraculous taken away after the finale.

Dale - Hawkmoth for more reasons than one 💀 Gabriel’s story with his wife could also be projected onto Dale and could explain why we don’t see his wife. Also they’re both horrible dads and rich business men


I’m not going to force ships on this AU, it’s honestly your choice! I really don’t mind 😭 this whole universe could either come from a wish, or something where Jorgen and guy who made the miraculous jewelry (probably a fairy), are friends and he runs tests to see which godkid is worthy of being the guardian. In this au, hazel would probably pass all of the tests and thus, making her the guardian.
My friend also brought up that Jorgen could also be the guardian and had to put the miraculous to rest but noticed people getting akuamatized and had to pull them back out and find new heroes which I really like !)
That’s it :D thank you so much for coming to another yap session crossover! I hope you have a great day/night wherever you are in the world!
#I’m NOT tagging miraculous ladybug#fop a new wish#fop new wish#fopanw#fop anw#fairly oddparents a new wish#fairly odd parents a new wish#jasmine tran#hazel wells#winn harper#dev dimmadome#fop hazel#fop jasmine#fop winn#fop dev#dale dimmadome#fop dale#fop antony#antony wells#dishie posts#greenlightfopanws2#just for fun#i think this would be super fun to write idk
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Dig a Little Deeper is up next!
Ohh presentations on what they want to be when they grow up. I don’t think we ever had those in school but Girl Scouts had stuff for that. Wait why does Dev look so annoyed?
Is he like annoyed that he doesn’t necessarily get a “choice” in what he gets to be and has his future decided for him? Am I reading too much into this? Also Dev he’s so short his wittle feet can’t even reach the ground!!
Aww Hazels rock collection is back in play. Oh geologist that’s so cute!
Skateboarding I saw for Winn, politics I didn’t think about but good for them!!! Yep Jasmine will be a singer or wants to be lolz. Ohh yeah cute Jasmine is comfortable asking Dev but it seems to be a sore spot for him. I don’t know he just seems annoyed? But also slipped up and said corporate takeover so hard to say. I also noticed Peri hasn’t been with Dev noticeably like Cosmo and Wanda are with Hazel. Is this a budget thing or just another sign Peri isn’t all that their for Dev?
Oh Hazel lolz. She thinks a cool rock will make her presentation better. I mean their are some pretty dang cool rocks though so she may be onto something there. (I have a piece of petrified wood which okay doesn’t technically fall under geology I uh think BUT ITS SO COOL).
Oh Cosmo, I love that you mishear things I feel this in my soul. Oh Cosmo he still thinks it’s a vacation lolz. Don’t worry I’m sure you’ll get to sunbathe eventually.
Aww Hazel thanking Cosmo and Wanda is so cute. Hazel you’re so sweet. Oh not out of this world. Oh Hazel lolz. Oh they just brought it to her not her to it okay that went better then I thought.
Oh Wanda oops maybe don’t reveal the end of the universe to a ten year old yeah? I adore Cosmo “talking” with his echo Cosmo you continue to be so dang cute.
Oh and the wands got stolen. Thats bad. How do you guys drop them and not immediately go after them? Guys?
Wait wait I thought Cosmo was the one who got buff in that one tv special? Eh girl power I guess? Space geologist lolz.
The signs continue to kill me lolz. 10/10 the very safe exit collapsing is just perfection love it.
The search montage is kind of hilarious and Cosmo listing on and on all the things Hazel will miss got a laugh out of me.
Hazel. Priorities girl.
How are vines growing in a cave? Over lava? I have questions. COSMO AND WANDA YOU CAN FLY?? Oh the show immediately called that out lolz. Aww they decided to carry Hazel safely lolz.
They accuse Hazel of stealing while stealing from Hazel? Really? Hazel knowing more about stuff than the rock monsters lolz.
How is Hazel showing her collection as she’s tied up and falling? They’re falling for a long time lolz, but it worked somehow?
Uh Hazel maybe don’t talk about the species that hasn’t been proven yet? Maybe?
Oh look Peri is here? And Dev isn’t listening to Hazels presentation? I thought they were friends?
To be fair Peri Hazel didn’t wish for the wands to be like that they were stolen lolz. Oof Dev and Peri still fighting that sucks.
I’m sorry I hyper focus on Dev but also he is my son and I want to hug him. Only one more episode til Operation Birthday Takeback someone hold me.
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Sakura Valley Review~
So since I'm always trying to find new Minecraft servers to play and there's far too many to pick from so! I have decided to start making proper reviews for different servers. Now these reviews will look at multiple things such as their webstore for in-game things, ranks, unique features, builds, community etc.!
Now onto the review for Sakura Valley!
So upon spawning into Sakura Valley you are greeted to a rather large and gorgeous temple like building! The building itself i very colorful and welcoming!
Along with that is a lot of NPC's and text. Now there is nothing wrong with having a lot of NPC's or text to guide a player with all of it being so close together it can be a bit overwhelming to look at when you first join. A better option would be to make specific rooms or buildings for things like the leader boards and some of the NPC's to increase the desire to explore spawn while also not cluttering it with to many entities which can get laggy with some lower end computers.
Now one of the more unique ways they handle AFKing is by having an AFK pit where you can "Earn 5 coins every 15 minutes" So for those who might need to step away for a bit and forget to close their games and warp here and earn coins! which is honestly a great way to handle AFKing without the usual "Kicked for AFKing for to long"
Another great feature Sakura Valley has is custom items! They have unique and cute swords and objects that you can collect, some of which will yield some special effects like night vision!
They are all very colorful and bright, which helps make them eye catching and attract people to collect them, with that being said they are also very flat which can lose a bit of appeal since people want more 3D textured collectables or custom items since then they feel more "Minecrafty" I'd highly recommend switching from PNG to 3D using Blockbench along with using Optifines CIT (NBT data) feature so you can actually have custom items that you can place and sometimes if coded right you can interact with them!.
Now along with custom items it's important to have a way for players to trade with one another whether that be with an auction house /AH or with a physical shopping district! and luckily this server has both!
Which allows for a variety of trading options among players! Now although they aren't as active as on another servers they have really good infrastructure in place for when they do have more traffic. But is important to keep an eye on these markets in order to stop inflation! Once numbers start hitting 10k it can be very hard for servers to lower that to regular and fair rates!
Another thing this server does right is adding tool tips into the chat that rotate! This is a fantastic way to help introduce both new and old players to features! It especially helps when there is a lot of commands or features on servers that some get forgotten.
But now we need to talk about one of the most important elements of any server. Monetization it's something all servers must do in order to keep running, unlike what some may think. Running a server isn't free, you have to pay for the server host, plugins, devs, builders, artists all kinds of things in order to make a good running server.
So monetization is very important, but what is more important is how the monetization is implemented! If it's implemented wrong those who have the money to buy a rank or in game currency it can ruin the economy, fun and fairness of a server.
With that being said how does this server implement Monetization? Well it is average.
The Ranks which have around 5 different ones. Starting at a price point of 6.99$ USD and goes up to 65.99 USD. Which have your typical features like ./fly, backpacks, a custom kit, and more set home slots. Which is all fine they don't give any one player to huge of a disadvantage.
But that is just when you buy the ranks out right! But if buy lets say the first rank V.I.P at 6.99$ you can buy rank upgrades which are cheaper then buying them outright. The pricing for that starts at 6$ USD and ends at 25$ USD.
Next thing they sell after ranks are Coins which are priced at 5.50$ USD which isn't outrageous but selling any type of currency is a recipe for disaster, since that can easily kill a servers economy and make things feel rather unfair in game.
Along with that thought they also sell a Crate Key priced at 3$ USD which gives you 3! Ranks are a fine thing to sell but similarly with coins selling Crate Keys can also make the game feel unfair. It also promotes gambling like its a slot machine, it's one thing to have crate keys collectable in game or via voting but selling them is not favorable. It can cause quite a bit of toxicity with players and have them fighting with staff with accusations of rigging the Crates in order to make them buy more keys. So in conclusion it's best to just not sell them in the first place!
So in conclusion! Sakura Valley while still in its infantsy, it has a lot of room to grow and become a great Survival Server! It has a lot of positive things going for it and I think in the next year it'll grow into a rather great and strong community! But don't take my word for it! go play the server and see how you like it.
at Java Server Ip: 158.69.156.131:25565
Just know these reviews aren't personal or anything and don't take anything I have to say for law, its just my silly opinion! So with that being said don't send any hate towards the Owner, Staff or the server of any that I review! Lastly if there is a server you wish for me to review feel free to drop me an ask and I will try to review it as in depth as I can! Thank you for reading!~<3
#minecraft#minecraft screenshots#minecraft 1.20#minecraft build#minecraft server#minecraft servers#mineblr#minecraft survival#server review#mc#mc server#sakura valley
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So Watch Me Fly | Self-Para
Evelyn was terrified. Which she knew was to be expected. It had been a wonderful visit, even though she had actually missed Gray’s presence at their home. She could at least be happy in the fact that she was indeed giving her poor sister a break from their parent’s relentless bothering. And, now that they had seen for themselves that she was happy and healthy and doing well, they would ease up. So that had been good, and seeing her friends again? Nothing could have been more perfect. She and Landry continued on as if no time at all had past, as best friends did. And Devon? After a bit of awkwardness and obvious lingering guilt on his part, they went on much the same as well. Like the life-long friends that they all were. But too quickly those wonderfully rare few days of catching up were gone, and now it was time. And Evie wondered if she could really do this..
Don't know why I'm frightened I know my way around here
It was time. They had done as they’d planned, Devon going out first and a small bit on his own before she was ‘introduced’ and joined him. In those precious few moments, she took that time to collect herself.
But I'm not in any hurry And I need a moment
To look down at the exquisite costume that Elijah had lovingly and perfectly made, it’s vibrant reds and oranges designed to complement the Flamenco music that she and Dev had chosen. And she had been right, it was almost like he was there with her. Before she knew it though, it was time. One more deep breath and then she was gliding towards Devon on the ice, her smile wide as her ears nearly throbbed from the deafening applause. That was all for her ‘big’ intro, as there would be time for bows later. Now, without missing a beat, she took his hand as they went into the routine that they had been practicing (under the watchful eye of their coach this time) for months. And..it was perfect. Flawless, just as their countless practices had led up to. It made it all worth it, the rushed pain in the butt weekends that she had spent, flying from school to the rink only to fly back again before she felt like they had even accomplished anything. Obviously they had, as Evie was in her element. Shimmering and sparkling, and not just her costume. She herself sparkled as she always had, becoming one with the sounds of Charo’s Caliente’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QgrirVDH1Y
She and Dev locked eyes and hands, flying apart only to come together again, the chemistry that had always been between them even more evident as they completed the more sensual steps towards the end. Then it was over, at once almost as fast as it started while also seeming to last forever. Devon dipped her before bringing them nose-to-nose as the music ended with the same flourish as they did, laughing and breathless. They parted then, Dev keeping hold of her hand as they took their bows. Her name was chanted, yelled. Signs were held up and roses were already being tossed onto the ice. It really was almost as if she had never left.. The two of them, still hand and hand, then glided off the rink and into the waiting arms of their coaches and friends.
I'm trembling now You can't know how I've missed you
The break was a short one but she enjoyed it. Watching Landry work her magic on the ice was always something special, and she had a moment to text her parents and Jason in the crowds before it was time to go change for her solo skate. This one..it was special. She had designed her costume herself, a confection of ice blue velvet shot through with silver threads that cascaded onto the flowing chiffon skirt. It would make her shimmer once again but in way this time. This was the Evie people were used to seeing: fragile but strong, delicate but capable. Charming and captivating and maybe even a bit theatrical. ‘Flamenco Evelyn’ had given them something different but this was what they were all here to see. The two sides of her; fire and ice. It was ice’s time now, and she was ready. Music that she had carefully chosen swelled as she glided onto the ice once more, the ice her home and the crowds her family.
I'm coming out of make-up The lights already burning Not long until the cameras will start turning And the early morning madness And the magic in the making Yes, everything is as if we never said goodbye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5erci6mNvQ
The words of the song resonated with her, as did the emotional tone of the singer. Which was why she had picked this version, though it may not have been one of the more common or popular ones. It suited her and that made it hers. Evie started strong and stayed strong, the routine that she had a hand in choreographing like second nature to her now. She knew what was coming, and what’s more..she knew that she was ready for her. Closing her eyes, she sent a prayer to whoever happened to be listening and then simply..went for it. Small body torquing and turning at her will, Evelyn counted the rotations. One, two, three, and then, miraculously..four. She had done it; she had landed a quad! Tears of joy and pride streamed down her face as she finished the routine, this time ending with a soft and graceful bow. Yes, she had done it. She had reached past the pain and darkness of that first year or so after her accident, reached into a place of light and strength and accomplished something she never dreamt that she would.
And this time will be bigger And brighter than we knew it So watch me fly, we all know I can do it
Pale eyes shimmered with tears as Evelyn looked into the crowds once more, the faces of her friends and family coming into focus as if they were the ones spot lit. She made her waves and blew her kisses, then simply stood and took it all in. Basking in the love of not only those who were there but those who couldn’t be, but whose love had still just as much brought here there. They had brought her to this point and she would be nothing without any of them. After mouthing a final ‘thank you’, she once more skated off the rink and into Landry and Dev’s waiting arms. Yes she was home, but there was also another home in her life now. And she couldn’t wait to get back to it and share her triumph with the new family in her life. She could do that now, knowing she would be back. Her life..was just where it was supposed to be.
@grayxstratford @quinten-sawyer @professor-shaw @liamoftheirish @xdamienblackx @elijahxxwilson @everlasting-unicorn @leibxedelman @lesliestedeman @ava-montgomery @margeauxxadkins
#Evie things#new dreams#headcanon#self para#i know that no one is actually going to read this literal novel lmao#but i had to get it out of me and she wanted to thank everyone who's helped her in this journey! <3
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2023 Year In Review
So, here we are at the end of our first full year as an active podcast. It's been an interesting experience so far, doing this show. Growth is slow, but that's alright since we're having fun. With 27 new episodes and something like 40 new cats (lightning rounds count for a lot of extras), we had a lot of firsts this year!
For instance, we had our first legitimate usage of the Cat-Tana in Episode 16 - Making a Mugger with a Cat-Tana in Marvel Multiverse (Feat. James Anderson).
With a running bit receiving payoff so early in the year, it'd seem impossible to top, but we kept going, and our next episode had us help Cat McDonald promote her charity bundle!
We also did our first themed seasonal event with Anime Summer Season! Six back-to-back episodes, all using anime/manga-themed TTRPGs!
The final big first of the year was our first episode to receive more than 30 downloads in a 30-day period! That honor goes to Episode 21 - Making a Big, Strong, Focused, Dumb Boy in Warriors Adventure Game. And we can't really mention that without mentioning Twitch streamer FinnOcellaris, who recommended the game and then got everyone he knew to listen to that episode.
And last but certainly not least, we launched our Patreon this year, and got our first patron! Thank you for your continued support, patreon user TheZMage!
Now, onto some numbers:
Our most popular episode of the year was Episode 34 - Making a Familiar Face Around the Skate Park (in space) in Hard Wired Island, which was downloaded 37 times in its first 30 days.
Our most popular episode with a guest appearance was Episode 33 - Making a Biker Gang Leader You Can't Look Away From in Vampire: The Masquerade Feat. Meghan Murphy, (@murphypopart) which was downloaded 25 times in its first 30 days.
Our most popular Anime Summer Season episode was Episode 24 - Making a Cringefail Otaku Maid in Maid Feat. FinnOcellaris, which was downloaded 19 times in its first 30 days.
And finally, our overall most-downloaded episode of the entire year was Episode 18 - Making a Special-Ops Saboteur in Lancer, which has been downloaded a total of 54 times since its publication!
Looking Ahead:
It's a new year, and while it'll continue to be the same show, we do have some new goals!
First and foremost, while the themed event of the year didn't bring in any new listeners by my estimation, it WAS a lot of fun, so we're gonna keep doing it. Right now we're considering a fall theme. We probably know what that theme is but we've got plenty of time to decide on that so we'll hold off on announcing it for the moment.
We came close to this in 2023, but for 2024, if at all possible, I'd like to have exactly one guest per month. And to be fair, we're already off to a pretty good start. January will just be me and Austin, but from February to May, we already have recordings booked for every single month! (which you can see if you join our Patreon!) That's 4/11 months already covered!
I'd also like to try and do a better job of highlighting indie games. I know "big" is relative when it comes to any TTRPG that wasn't published by Hasbro, but even so, most of our attention typically goes to small-press RPGs rather than the REAL indies (whatever that means). So like. Indie devs. So long as your game has chargen, put it on our radar. Even if it's too short of a process for its own episode, we can make it work in a lightning round eventually!
Finally, I (Joel), am gonna try to be better about our video content! I signed up for Headliner and everything, and yet I still haven't managed to make a single shareable clip. That's on me, and I know that!
And for our other goals, we're gonna need your help!
Growth on this show thus far has been slow. We'd like to change that. And so, we have three calls to action for you, and we'd be thrilled if every listener that sees this would do one!
First, if you haven't already, tell a friend! While we did do a lightning round episode highlighting solo RPGs, most of us don't play these alone. If nothing else, bring a Cat along for a one-off! They're all available here!
Don't have friends? the next best thing you could do to help is leave a rating/review on the app you listen to your podcasts on! If your podcast app doesn't let you do that and you, for obvious reasons, don't want to touch Apple-made software, you could always go to Podchaser and review us there! Currently we have a handful of ratings, but so far no reviews! It'd be great to hear what y'all like about the show and most importantly, positive ratings and reviews get fed into your app's algorithms and increase the likelihood that the show gets recommended to new listeners!
And finally.
More importantly than ANYTHING else I've asked of you.
I've done the math. we have somewhere between 20 and 30 active listeners.
But do you know how many emails we have received containing cat pictures?
Would you like to hazard a guess?
3!!!
All things considered, one tenth of you at most have sent us pictures of your cats! AT BEST!
There is NO way only 3 of our listeners have pet cats. That's just not the kind of show we run! Y'all get your toxoplasmosis-riddled brains in gear and SEND US PICTURES OF YOUR CATS!!!
#cats#podcast#ttrpg#podcasting#character creation#literalcatpod#how to make a literal cat in your favorite rpg#literal cats#ttrpg podcast#ttrpg pc#ttrpg character#ttrpgs#ttrpg stuff
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Ember and Blade: A Dark Fantasy Adventure Awaits

Ember and Blade survivors-like action game is coming to Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. Thanks to the creative minds at LINE Games, this title is shaping up to be something special. Due to make its way onto Steam. Alright, get ready — Ember and Blade is coming to Linux, and it looks seriously good. LINE Games just released the announcement trailer for their brand-new action title, and it's already getting attention. Alongside the trailer, they launched the official Steam page, a teaser site, and social media channels so we can all keep up with what’s coming. Ember and Blade survivors-like is a premium survivors-like action title that throws you into a brutal, dark fantasy world. Imagine a title that mashes together the “survivor-like” chaos of titles like Vampire Survivors with the challenging, tight combat you'd find in a Soulslike. You’ll need fast reflexes, smart builds, and a bit of patience — but when it clicks, it’s going to feel amazing. You play as Fenrix, a battle-scarred demon hunter who’s literally on death’s door when he makes a deal with an angel. The price? Immortality. The mission? Stop an ancient archdemon from coming back to destroy what’s left of a doomed realm. Classic high-stakes fantasy, with a twist of darkness.
Ember and Blade Official Reveal Trailer
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The gameplay promises to be fast-paced, with lots of one-vs-many fights where you’ll be cutting through hordes of enemies. But it’s not all hack-and-slash — boss fights will really test your timing and pattern-reading skills. Think Elden Ring, but with more swarms and less wandering. What’s epic is the Ember and Blade stylized visual style — lots of muted tones and gritty environments that fit the mood perfectly. You can build your character the way you want, thanks to a flexible progression system. Whether you like going full glass cannon or a tanky crowd controller, there’s room for your playstyle here. Oh, and don’t worry about how you play — gameplay fully supports controllers, along with mouse and keyboard. There’s even a New Game Plus mode so you can dive back in after finishing and try new builds or take on even tougher enemies. The first playable demo hits Steam in the second half of 2025, with the full launch coming in 2026. Until then, you can wishlist Ember and Blade survivors-like action on Steam and follow the devs on social for updates, sneak peeks, and maybe some behind-the-scenes stuff. All coming to Linux, Mac, and Windows PC. If this is just the start of what the developers has planned, then 2025 is gonna be a wild ride.
#ember and blade#survivor#action#linux#gaming news#line games corporation#ubuntu#mac#windows#pc#Youtube
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So I think I’m onto something.
Every time I think about the Institute and what the Commonwealth is supposed to be, it feels really dissonant to me that the gen 3 synths are just people with brain chips. Everything else the institute does is textbook robot shit (like all of Kellogg’s cybernetics), so the cloning stuff kinda feels like it’s coming out of left field.
And that’s because it is.
Back in fallout 3, you can get a quest in rivet city from this guy who is actually from the commonwealth. He tasks you with finding his “very special android” which he later clarifies is an advanced synth. You later can get approached by a railroad agent who tells you that they wiped the synths memories (confirmed by the synths own logs). If you choose the help the railroad, the agent gives you some mechanical part that if the guy sees it, he’ll know his synth is dead.
Now, if this synth was actually just a person with a chip, why would he bother saying that it’s a special class of android. Most people talking about gen 3 synths in 4 don’t refer to them as machines, just gen 3 synths. Nick refers to himself as mechanical, because notably he is. Not so with his gen 3 brethren.
The reason why I’m not rolling over and assuming that the mechanical part you get in 3 is the brain chip and it was all planned from the start is because there’s some background information that is crucial to my revelation. Fallout 3 was released in 2008. Fallout 4 was released in 2015. A solid seven year gap (account for new Vegas and that gap is now five years, but nv was made by a different studio). According to dev notes and concept art, the commonwealth was originally going to be a much bigger technocracy, actively being ruled by the Institute. But then the game came out and that’s not what we got. So what caused this change?
I couldn’t tell you for certain, but let’s follow a through line. A while back, I found a post or a comment on here asking why the railroad’s plan was to wipe the memories of androids and make them think they’re people when they’ll never age or die and have machine parts. Which I saw that and I agreed. I even thought it was strange in the fallout 3 quest. Like the guilt he feels about his programmed role of slave catcher is an understandable thing to erase (since he too was a slave), but making the android think he’s human is a bizarre thing to do. It would have pretty noticeable consequences pretty early on. Think like a DBH android that’s had its memories wiped and now believes it’s human. Like, that would be a new kind of traumatic and that’s only scratching the surface.
My guess is that the team realized that (or were told that) this didn’t make a lot of sense, so they retconned it. Badly. Because, instead of saying something like “yeah that’s a fringe branch of the railroad and we’re trying to get it under control, but we don’t do that here” or “they aren’t affiliated with us and we’re trying to get them to stop because of all the problems they’re causing” or fuck the timeline and say “that was old protocol and it’s amazing no one saw the glaring flaws sooner.” But instead, they made the synths test tube babies and created a whole new problem: why is this dollar store dark mech faction (affectionate) doing stuff with cloning instead of making more robots? But they never answered that. Not in a way that makes sense or matters.
Everyday I mourn the lost technocracy.
Of course, this is an open discussion and would like to get some other perspectives on this (I haven’t finished the main quest of 4 yet) (and I probably never will so spoil away) (most of its already been spoiled for me.)
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Deytah loading
I was halfway through writing the post about the battle system when I realized I didn't actually have the moves data loaded yet, lol.
Like I mentioned before, I'm working on a Pokemon X/Y remake to fill in the gaps not yet created for my original game (maps, plot etc). At the moment it's kind of a hybrid situation, where the species and mechanics are for the original game while the maps and scenario are from X/Y. But at some point I'll need to decouple them, making a full original game map and scenario for the one, and a Pokemon game system for the other (not really necessary, but if I want to show it off as a portfolio piece it actually being Pokemon would be less confusing. Also I just want to). And you know, I'd really like to just keep them both in the same Godot project for as long as possible. And I'd like to be able to just cut the folders for those projects out and release the base code with a default/sample project.
So what I'm trying to say is, my method for loading species/move/etc data is going to be a little bit stupid.
Since I have two game projects that need to be easily swapped between, I don't want to have species etc data loaded directly as a singleton, which would probably be the most sane and normal option. So I'll do it like this:
A data-handler.gd file, loaded globally as just 'd' for easy access, contains the project folder string. On loading, this file uses the folder name to load the required data files- species, moves, map list, a few other things like the default starting map (which might be a title sequence or new/load game menu, but during dev it's whichever map I'm working on at the moment). For example, species.gd is loaded into the "species" variable. You can access the species data dictionary directly with like "d.species.species["species-ID-goes-here"]["name or whatever data you're getting"]" but ideally you'd want to call d.species.get_whatever(speciesID).
If the folder isn't found, the game loads "default-project" instead, then loads species, moves etc from there. So, if I just dump the project files minus the original and Pokemon project folders onto Github, people can just download it, fire it up and it'll Just Work(tm), loading a little demo project they can play around with, without changing anything. Thus, none of my original content do not steal will end up in the open source files and the only evidence of me volating Nintendo's copyright will maybe be the string "pokemon-project" somewhere in the data file.
While doing this I realised that the scripttags file already had project-specific tags in it, namely types, but fixing that is as easy as adding another layer of extension and using that instead:
You guys can have this default NOTYPE tag though, that's free
Anyway, while I was at it I wrote a basic move-file-re-writer for moves like I did for species. This one is a bit more complicated as not all tags are needed; for example, if a move doesn't have a secondary effect it doesn't really need the effect tag, nor does it need the "effacc" (effect accuracy, ie chance of the effect happening) tag. I also decided that moves with a guaranteed effect (like moves that do the effect and nothing more) don't need the effacc tag either. For the moment status-only moves aren't properly marked as such, just having damage set to 0 or -1 to indicate it. (Not that status moves are implemented yet anyway.) For Monstars there's no special-physical split, so it might not need anything but that, but for a real Pokemon-like engine you'd need a tag for physical versus special so you'd just put the status tag there too. Could a damage value of 0 versus a damage value of -1 or lower be used to indicate something? I dunno, probably not. Also included as "moves" are player actions like switching, using an item and trying to run, which have special coding to not fill them out with any data aside from a high priority. (Of all things move priority is one of the first thing fully implemented in the battle system lol)
With that I'm probably ready to move on to implementing the battle system in this version of the project.
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Personal room rankings:
1 - Industrial Complex: C02 (9/10) 2 - Metropolis: highestpoint (9/10) 3 - Garbage Wastes: A10 (9/10) 4 - Outskirts: B08 (7/10) 5 - Windswept Spires: C02 (7/10) 6 - Submerged Superstructure: WILLSNAGGING (6/10) 7 - Rubicon: H01 (6/10) 8 - Metropolis: SUBWAY02 (5/10) 9 - Challenge #02 Survivor (5/10) 10 - Shoreline: C03 (2/10)
Extra comment: Always lovely to see my hated rooms not getting support. I despite how often I bring up criticisms, I really don't have that many rooms I inherently dislike. It's often a special case, and it feels good to see that I might not be the only soul that was tortured here (that Magenta Pearl and the Farm Arrays Rain Deer Pearl were really the absolutely worst, pre-Downpour).
Now, for the room of today, we have a very special one, that ended up… second place behind WILLSNAGGING? Yeah, I dunno what the hell's going on here either. After yesterday's D05 Silent Construct Echo sweep, I thought for sure that highestpoint will dominate, but no cinematic moment can beat a neat layout and a timely Popcorn Plant!
But I do have to confess that I never actually visited this place, and I only learned of it thanks to YouTube videos. And I really wouldn't be surprised if that was true for many other voters too, which would explain its performance. Because you see, the thing is that D05's Echo is one you have to visit to complete Saint's campaign (unless you wanna brace yourself for a painful Submerged Superstructure adventure). Whereas highestpoint's Echo is not only optional for Artificer, it is flat out useless if you're going for the Scavenger Chieftain ending, the only one that Steam gives you an achievement for. And I think was a huge oversight. I genuinely have no idea why there isn't an achievement for the Void Sea ending, or at the very least, the visiting of this Echo. But as it stands, you can do a 100% on this game without ever coming here. The room is excellent, though, don't get me wrong, I just wanted to ramble about this weird decision from Downpour's devs, and how it sort of made me care a lot less about this place, and the experience of going for Arti's more difficult ending.
Shifting onto something a lil less important, we have two bonus rooms for today too. Starting off with L05 from Rubicon!
This one is placed between a room that was inspired by Shaded Citadel, and one that was inspired by Chimney Canopy (I think? They're giving those vibes to me, at least). And unfortunately, I don't think either of those regions (or any region, really) is coming through from this, which is a shame. It's also one that you very much want to avoid. Taking this path from L04 will make you face two very difficult Guardians, while L03's path will make you face… zero. Yeah, the people calling out Rubicon for having a messy design very much have a point, because it breaks so many fundamentals, in ways that actually make the experience a lot worse (which is quite a rarity in Rain World, cus it usually breaks rules for the better). Either way, it's not this room's fault, and if it was placed well, and in a way where players would be entering from downward, then I would even like it. But because of the circumstances, I really don't think this deserves more than a 4/10.
Shifting onto something I like a bit more, we have our dear EDGE02, from the present version of Garbage Wastes. A big caveat with this one is that it was very clearly designed with Artificer in mind, and even if you're doing a GW to SC route on 1 of the 5 Slugcats that can go to Present GW, you'd still only ever use it if you need its shelter for karma farming (or if the route is from SC to GW, then to save, cus the way to S07 can be dangerous). But if you ask me, I don't think it makes the design that much worse. Sure, it kind of stretches out, and there isn't much complexity, but there's still a pretty unique layout and feel to this thing, and there's a little face above the pond too! (I won't zoom in on it for you, but it's easier to find on the Interactive Map if you have Geometry on :D) So overall, I'm probably giving this one a 6/10, partially thanks to my positive biases. But don't worry, the past version failed too (though it was understandably close), and my thoughts on that are a lil different. But let's save that for another time!
Pick Your Favorite Rain World Room, Day 227 R2
This is not single elimination! Every room with at least 15.0% vote will move on to the next round.
There is a hidden slugcat in one of the rooms (they can be in any color). If u can see it comment or reblog with where they are and if u are first, u get a cookie!
Credit for game screenshots goes to: Rain World Interactive Map, Rain World Wiki and me
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