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YEAH NO I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS PURGATORY THING WHAT. It DOES seem to be a custom-made map and the whole competition mechanic is so??? Omg

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I'm actually so excited for this new arc, they really are doing a hardcore survival thingy, this is so cool oh my god

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Uhm

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Honestly, I don't know why, but this whole Mission system and them being in an enclosed space is giving me a LOT of Blightfall vibes. Especially because they're there because of the Baribal/Dark Cucurucho virus?? (or at least i think so)

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Wait, is this a custom map or are they using a world generation mod??

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Man, the artist that did these amazing arts for the loading screen only has 450 followers on twitter??? And the posts they made before a QSMP fanart only barely got 30 likes??? What

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So the server reset and there's a new modpack??? That's actually so cool, if that's really the case then my interest to watch the qsmp really spiked up now

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I know this was kind of the "main theory" and almost everyone was going with it, but, it still feels so nice to see everything come together, man

I'm so happy that my theory that the Codes are against the Federation is actually true LMAO

Since I came up with it based on what I was observing and everything..

Just a little bit of childlike wonder coming from me, I guess

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With Etoiles' lore stream today, from what I can gather, we finally have official evidence that the codes and the federation are enemies.

Official. To be honest, we already had concrete evidence way before, and it feels good for a theory of mine to finally be right LMAO (the first.... and last.......)

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Mouse, as soon as Bad shows up: You’re a demon, right?

Bad, sputtering: W-what? Who - who told you that? No! No, what? I’m too nice!

Lmfao. Clocked him instantly.

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the skies, living, burning

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niki and tallulah !

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I think that it's probable that the new members might get eggs. (plural!)

Just not right now. Later, maybe in a week or so. I know there's evidence that supports they'll get NO egg (elquack's last stream where the experiment egg failed), but it's also possible that was just ONE of the experiments of ONE of the eggs. They're clearly seeking new eggs and I doubt they would give up just because one of them failed.

That stream tells us that the eggs are Federation experiments and I think only that. Not that the new members will get no new eggs, which is pretty much the QSMP's iconic feature.

From an out of character perspective, I think they're just waiting until everyone creates bonds so they can be parents together. If they just suddenly dropped like, idk, 4 eggs day 1, it'd be complete chaos because no one really had that much of a bond yet.

Idk tho. Feel free to prove me wrong, I love that /srs

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I know it's just a random ass mob, but Lust specifically coming aggro ElQuackity is so funny lmao, since Lust can mean a lust after power. . .

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I want to talk about how the qsmp federation dinner blended canon and non-canon "storylines", and just how effective that was for engaging Philza "the fourth wall is for other people and I'll sneak away mid-lore" Minecraft: Those who don't watch Philza streams might not know, but cc!Phil identifying when his eggs are not his eggs is a regular occurrence. He knows when Chayanne's admin is portraying Cucurucho, and when Tallulah's admin is subbing in to play Chayanne. Phil keeps track of which admin is which as a means of judging what scenarios are safe for them. He knows what skills he's taught them and even some of the hardware limitations they're working with. So when someone else steps in to play them, its a risk, because it means he doesn't know how his kids are going to act.

Philza takes about a minute and a half to call out "Tallulah" as not his egg. But if you watch closely, you can see that it took him less than 15 seconds to identify that the wrong person was playing her. Early in the dinner (4:52:50 on Phil's stream), Philza noticed and pointed out to his chat that the chef was lagging in a way that Tallulah normally lags. When "Tallulah" shows up to the dinner, there's a moment when he looks away from her-- he's not scanning for threats, he's checking that the chef was still around. And then giving a knowing look straight to camera. For a bit after that, he keeps looking back at the chef and talking to "Tallulah" like she's real. Because what cc!Phil hasn't decided at that point is whether or not this is canon. He knows the admins have to switch around for practical reasons, which have never been canon before.

But it's already a risk. This might be q!Tallulah, but it definitely isn't the Tallulah that cc!Phil knows how to predict and protect. All of the earnest, half-in-character conversations between Phil and Tallulah's admin about how they both want to keep her safe and how best to accomplish that are suddenly for naught, because the wrong person is on the other side of that screen.

While most of the characters and audience got to doubt reality when the eggs transformed, the same sort of process happened for cc!Phil and his chat as soon as the eggs showed up. What we were doubting was the line between canon and non-canon, but it tapped into much the same emotions while overriding the tongue-in-cheek approach to canon that normally holds sway in Phil's streams.

It's just so cool to see storytellers embrace the limitations of the medium to enhance the story they're telling like this. What a fun stream that was!

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Did I ever tell you guys about my royalty au

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Honestly, I think this event was a bit dissapointing, but on the admin's part

The idea that they had a limited time due to whatever reason (maybe the Federation just wanted them out and were lying about the portal being unstable?) was REALLY cool, but I kinda wish they were given more time, and dropped in a big dungeon, tbh

The way it was, it kinda seemed like it was for nothing. Sure, Cellbit got a (1) book, but I feel like there could've been... more.