#FTP Update

[kittykatinabag]

Honestly on design alone, I'm very whelmed by the Star Sea dress.

The dark purple version of the Wishful Aurosa is far more stunning of a dress.

[fivepebsi]

enjoying pkmn red a lottttt. so much that i got carried away and accidentally played a CRAZY amount so i have to stop to catch my blog up T_T

[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

[juyeoz]

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[cyberpunkonline]

THE AESTHETICS OF ABANDONWARE: WHY DEAD SOFTWARE FEELS HOLY

By R A Z, Queen of Glitches, Rat Prophet of the Post-Crash Pixel-Chapel

INTRO: Oi, you ever boot up a DOSBox emulator and feel your soul whisper "Amen"? No? Then saddle up, you absolute fetus, 'cause we’re going full pilgrimage through the haunted cathedrals of dead code, cursed shareware, and disc rot salvation. This is for the ones who dream in .BMPs, weep in MIDI, and hit “Yes to All” when copying cracked ZIPs from forgotten FTPs at 3AM. Abandonware ain’t just nostalgia—it’s digital necromancy. And some of us are bloody good at it.

DEAD SOFTWARE = HOLY SHRINE

Let’s be clear: abandonware is software that’s been, well, abandoned. The devs moved on. The publisher collapsed in a puff of VC smoke. The website's now a spammy shell selling beard oil or crack cocaine. The software? Unupdated. Unsupported. Gloriously obsolete.

So why does launching Hover! or Starship Titanic in 2025 feel like entering a chapel with weird lighting and a dial-up modem choir?

Because it’s sacred, mate.

We’re not talking about the games themselves being perfect. A lot of them were janky as hell. We’re talking vibe. These programs exist outside capitalism now. They’re post-market. Post-hype. They don’t want your money, your updates, your logins. They just want your attention—pure and simple. You’re not a user anymore. You’re a curator. A digital monk brushing dust off EXEs and praying to the Gods of IRQ Conflicts and SoundBlaster settings.

WHY IT HITS DIFFERENT

Dead software doesn’t update. It doesn’t push patches or ads. It won’t ask you to connect your Google account to play Math Blaster. It’s a sealed time capsule. Booting it up is like receiving an artifact from a parallel dimension where the internet still had webrings and every kid thought Quake mods would lead to a dream job at ID Software.

But it also represents a lost sincerity. These weren’t games made to hook you for eternity with algorithms. These were games made by six dudes in a shed with a caffeine problem and one working CD burner. And their README files were poetry. Half of them end with “Contact us on AOL or send a floppy to our PO Box.” What do you mean you don’t know what a PO Box is?

FOR THE ZOOMIES: YOU JUST MISSED THE GOLDEN ROT

Listen up, juniors. If you were born after 2005, you missed the age when the internet was held together with chewing gum, JPEG artifacts, and unspoken respect.

Back then, finding a rare game was an adventure. Not an algorithm. You didn’t scroll TikTok and get spoon-fed vibes. You climbed through broken Geocities links and begged on IRC channels. You learned to read. You learned to search. You learned that “No-CD crack” doesn’t mean what your mum thinks it means.

So here’s your initiation: go download something weird from a forgotten archive. No guides. No Discord server. Just the raw, terrifying joy of not knowing if you’ve just installed Robot Workshop Deluxe or a Russian trojan. Welcome to the cult.

THE TWO-YEAR RULE

Online communities? They’re mayflies with usernames. Peak lifespan? Two years.

Here’s the cycle:

A niche game/tool/art style gets revived.

People form a forum/Reddit/Discord.

A zine or remix scene emerges.

Drama. Mods quit. Someone forks the project.

Everyone vanishes.

This cycle has always existed. The only difference now is that it’s faster. But dead software bypasses this. It’s post-community. You don’t have to join a scene. You are the scene. Every time you open it up, you’re plugging into a ghost socket. You’re chatting with echoes. It’s beautiful.

CONCLUSION: THIS IS A RELIGION NOW. PRACTICE IT.

Abandonware isn’t about gaming. It’s about reclaiming reverence. About saying “This mattered” even if no one else remembers it did. It’s about surfing the ruins, not for loot, but for meaning. There’s holiness in opening a program that hasn’t been touched in decades and seeing it still works. Still waits for you. Still loads that same intro MIDI with the confidence of a god.

So light a candle. Install a CRT filter. Screenshot that low-res menu and print it on a t-shirt. You’re not just playing with the past. You’re preserving the bones of the digital age.

See you in the BIOS, kids.

—

RAZ out.

[lunarthing159]

Hey CRK People

I'm Making This Post To Publicly Swear An Oath

If I Get SoT Or TR (SageOfTruth Or TruthlessRecluse) From The Costume Gacha Without Having To Get Any More Cubes (I, A FTP Person, Have 92 Pulls And A Dream)

I Will Make The First One I Get My PFP For A Week

And You All Get To Decide What It Is

. . .

UPDATE: it happened

[i-luv-queen]

HUGE Queen render update!

I have great news! Some of my followers might remember my search for the Beautiful Katamari Queen render. I couldn't have done this without PidgiWiki, so please go support their cause!

In search of the Queen's Beautiful Katamari render, PidgiWiki's server gave me a few places to check. I got even more than I wished for!

Additionally, while I was reverse searching the Queen art from Katamari Damacy Reroll, I came across a lowres photo of the Queen's Katamari Forever render with a PixlBit watermark.

I checked the PixlBit site, and boy was I surprised!

Already, I was greeted with some completely new images. I was also surprised to see the Queen's Xbox 360 theme artwork and the Cookie Leaderboards background!

According to a member from PixlBit's team, these were most likely downloaded from an FTP server, like many other press assets.

Thankfully, PidgiWiki had a transparent, non-watermarked version of the Queen color sheet! However, that leaves us with two more mysteries... 1. Why is Papa underneath her, and 2. Where did the Jumboman/Red Panda image come from?

And why is there a lot of Queen content in TMK's press art, when she barely appears in the game? Was she planned to make more appearances?

I will keep everyone updated!

[luceafarul-de-dimineata]

Lately I've had no motivation to play the game and that kind of affected my willingness to write for this game. I update my oc blog almost daily, but that's because I like being able to give personality to the MC. The last few updates have been very disapointing in my opinion since we only get new cards that we have to wait 3 months to get ftp, payed passes which we can't even see the prologue to the story and events which range drasticly in quality (the GamiLuci event was amazing while the one with Leraye gave me a migraine thinking about when events were happening in relation to eachother.)

This is a very long way of saying that unless I get requests (that I actually vibe with) I doupt I will be posting as often as I used to. I'm not dead, just bored tbh

[astrobolical]

What In “Hell” Is Bad - Limited L-Grade Banner “Guide”

Note: Now available on android as well! Unsure of any differences. I may go through and update this later with images from my phone rather than my iPad.

Looking for other guides? Check out my WHB Guide List!

Okay… not sure where to start with this one other than it’ll be nice and short. However, this is the first guide I’ve made that I hope I get to change quickly.

To start though; new L-Grade Devils to pull, and pretty, blood-covered versions of Leviathan and Beelzebub. I currently do not have them, however, so I will be unable to show their skill/ultimates at all. I’m not willing to pay for it, though, despite that I do spend money on this game… but yeah.

What’s this all about?

PrettyBusy has given us a brand new temporary banner to showcase their new devils and artifacts, basically. (With some added drama, but we’ll get to that.)

Get Leviathan (Bloodshed) or Beelzebub (Bloodshed) guaranteed within 220 pulls.

Use the new item “Solomon’s Seal” to pull (50 Rings for 1 Pull, 500 for 10 pulls)

DO NOT pull on the standard banners for these devils! Right now they’re only available on this one

The pity (220) is absurdly high, and I’ll get to why soon

You can also get two new artifacts from this new banner.

Wing-ripping Sword

“The wearer’s HP and ATK SPD increases by 20%. If equipped on Leviathan (Bloodshed), has a 30.00% chance of immediately killing the enemy with under 15% HP he hits with a normal attack.”

Cracked Sunglasses

“Upon an accurate hitting of a normal attack, recovers as much HP as 4.00% of HP of the wearer. If equipped on Beelzebub (Bloodshed), recovers 100% HP upon using skill.”

Both really good artifacts! Especially for the new devils. If you have the seals for it all.

What? What’s Solomon’s Seal?

This is the unfortunate part— and it wasn’t properly communicated from PrettyBusy. We knew the new currency was coming, but not the means to get it.

This is only purchasable with real money.

There is four purchasing options, and none of them seem overly well priced? Let’s go over that though. We get 50 Seals for the update (1 Pull).

Prices for Solomon’s Seal Packages:

241 Seals - $11.99 (4 Pulls)

717 Seals - $49.95 (14 Pulls)

1,312 Seals -$59.99 (26 Pulls)

2,200 Seals - $99.90 (44 Pulls)

Just looking at them, it’s like… okay? But thinking about the pity, and the 0.63% chance to draw an L-Grade from the temporary banner, it’s not great.

Assuming you don’t get lucky, and you go all the way to 220?

You would need to buy the $99.90 package around 5 times. Which is ~$500. Being real, you’ll usually get them before pity, but there’s four things to get through this banner if you want everything. That’s a lot of chance.

Why is this not good, though?

Because there is no free-to-play alternative.

These seals are only obtainable in the shop, as I said before. It’s not the first game to do this, and won’t be the last. It’s not the end of the world, either. But it’s not great or motivating to the ftp players or community. I’m not going to keep ragging on this, though.

If you have an issue with this, contact PrettyBusy POLITELY. Not with anger, or profanity. Be nice.

So… I can’t get them?

You can!

Just not now, unless they change how this works. When this banner is over (Nov 14, 2023) they’ll be added to the Standard Banner to pull like all the rest.

Oh! There is one more thing to add!

Story Prologues

On the bottom left of the banners you’ll find story prologues you can read to get an idea of why the boys are bloodied up. Just click the circular icon of the one you want to read!

[demifiendcruithne]

i am going insane

i ftp transfer a handful of new mp3s onto my phone for the bus tomorrow. my music player refuses to update with them.

okay. sanity check, i check file manager and on vlc (which i switched off purely because i can't import/export playlists) and they're there on both. guess i'm finding a new music player again dot jpeg

i load up fdroid. it's being finicky about updating stuff i didn't ask it to. eventually i download a new music player to try out

it doesn't show the new songs

i have not used this one since before i redid my music setup (if i ever have) so if it was keeping any old info it wouldn't show any. but it just isn't showing the new ones

they are in the exact same folder as all the others

i. why is it so difficult to find a music player that fits my needs

(if anyone has any suggestions, i need the following:) - open source or at least free no ads no premium i don't want to deal with that. doesn't have to be on fdroid, just not on google play - supports replaygain from tags - allows import/export of m3u playlist files - has a sleep timer, i don't care if it finishes the song when timer goes off or stops midway as ideally i'll be asleep - works on an older android phone (pre-covid) - this should not be an issue

vlc my beloved why do you forsake me with the playlist thing. i need to import/export to sync playlists with my laptop.......

[finisnihil]

Okay but like can we actually acknowledge now that all the updates meant to make older characters more "accessible" have literally done the opposite. Like its not accessible if you can only really get these characters/lcs by paying (whether it's E6-ing or buying the battle pass). Can we please stop acting like this is the best thing ever especially when older characters are about to get buffed and a lot of FTP/new players are getting fucked over by it?

[unsoundedupdates]

Ch18, page 66

•LATEST UPDATE HERE•

**Having an FTP issue with my webhost. Page 67 will appear as soon as it's resolved!**

-Ashley

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[rabbitthedarkidol]

Hello and welcome to another awful day playing this god forsaken gacha with a mid term update! I did not manage to get Mikan and Aroma next to each other to take a three pic together.

I took bad decisions to throw all my tickets to the new yume gacha because I REALLY want Amari's birthday dress and now I have no tickets for their new birthday banner. And what did I got?

ONLY THEN SHOES FUCK MY LIFE

I actually got a double rainbow and it was a REPEAT and something I did not care AND ALL SHOES!! WHY SHOES?!!

Here is some of the stuff I got and i liked...

And I still have not enough gold to buy this dress...

*Groans* Why is so hard to be ftp in this game?! dude, I come from Genshin Impact and even there you can get more pulls without putting cash money...

Also I was going crazy looking for this coord... As it happens, I scrolled too far down on the shop... Every time... After making all the promises...

KILL ME

[streetkid-named-desire]

Hi you can call me ratstick, I'm an autistic trans nonbinary 30-something (they/them or e/em/eir)

Asks and DMs are always open! If I've liked your post and you don't immediately see a reblog it's likely just in my queue! I work a typical 9-5 and am not on Tumblr as much as I used to be so to prevent the insanity of a billion random posts and balance my own posts I use a queue that posts 12 times a day. You can always send me a post you want me to see :3

Feel free to ask about any mod I'm using, where/how I took a shot, or anything else about my VP/mods!

Pillowfort for nsfw VP/VP I'm afraid will get bonked by Tumblr. I'll always post a safe version with a link to the full photoset.

FAQ

Rat's "Essential" Mods: Just a list of mods I use most often from appearance to utilities to clothing to poses.

Summary of how I dealt with the Relic in their post-canon fix it AU and why Bea has quest VP and stuff (contains fic spoilers)

Bea's cyberware: FlexxSys

VG's Tattoo Tour

Rat's Quick and Dirty Guide to Refitting for Flat Chest

Writing

AO3

[IN PROGRESS] A Streetkid Named Desire: Definitive Edition:

Johnny Silverhand has been dormant inside Vincent Guerra's brain for two years, leaving him lonely and rudderless. V fills the black hole in his chest with meaningless sexual pleasures. Meaningless…until he stops at a strip club named Doll Parts and meets Bea, a Solo secretly working for Arasaka. Watching her dance, he realizes something is different about her. She's not just a stripper, there's more to her. And V needs to know everything.

See more and the tag directory under the cut.

[ONGOING] Heart-Shaped Reliquary fic link masterpost: Collection of shippy short stories and one-shots.

[ONGOING] Only A Lad | fic link masterpost: VG origin fics

[ONGOING] Inner Emigration | fic link masterpost: Bea origin fics

[ONGOING] From Dogtown with Love photostory masterpost: Post-canon AU: Judy helped V create a BD video game to help him process the trauma of everything. V takes Bea through his time as a spy for the FIA.

OCs

Main Characters

Vincent (V) Guerra

Batsheva (Bea) Cohen

Side Characters

Henrietta (Honey) Martinez | Nate (Rat) Flick (they/them or he/him) |Sally Spiegelman | Sandy Sanders | Ezra Gershon | Miriam Cohen | Vera "Helix" Hernandez

Tag links

#emotional support imagination playground fic updates/brainstorming

#OC: Vincent Guerra | #OC: Batsheva | #otp: cat and mouse

#OC: Henrietta Martinez

#OC: Nate Flick | ftp: net critters Rat and VG

#OC: Sally Spiegelman | #OC: Sandy Sanders | #OC: Miriam Cohen

ftp: touch grass (VG and @ totentnz's VS)

#quest vp for exactly what it says on the tin

#cyberjew for all the Nomad Jewish lore and posts about V and Bea being Jewish

#texts from night city for silly text/social media posts

OC Art Masterpost

Last updated: 12/31/2024

This will be updated as needed/when I feel like it/when I'm at my desktop.

[ninegravity]

The Do’s and Don’ts of WordPress Theme Customization for Optimal Balance

 The Do’s of Theme Customization

1. Do Choose a Responsive Theme:

- Why: Ensures your site looks great on all devices.

- How: Choose themes that are designated as responsive or mobile-friendly.

- Benefits: Raises SEO ranks and enhances user experience.

2. Do Use a Child Theme:

- Why: Preserves your customizations during theme updates.

- How: Create a child theme using a plugin or manually via FTP.

- Benefits: Keeps your modifications safe and maintains the original theme’s integrity.

The Don’ts of Theme Customization

1. Don’t Overload with Plugins:

- Why: Can slow down your site and cause conflicts.

- How: Only use necessary plugins and choose lightweight options.

- Risks: Poor performance and potential security vulnerabilities.

2. Never Ignore Best Practices for SEO:

- Why: Essential for visibility and traffic.

- How: Use SEO-friendly themes and plugins, and optimize your content.

- Risks: Lower search engine rankings and reduced traffic.

[swivi]

Bro i cant wait anymore where is the arlecchino leaks im so excited also wouldn't it be cute if they put lyney and her banner in the same phases.father and son fr😭maybe put lynette on that banner and freminet too because the way my premos are adding up i wont be able to get nuevi so if it doesn't happen i will be sad since i have all his artifacts ready..but atleast i can try to get arlecchino you cant blame me the amout if premos they placed out for ftp in this patch is a joke how am i meant to get him even tho he id on the second phase i did my calculations and its about 30 pulls if you do everything along qith the fact my welkin ran out but in the bright side im saving for adventurine yes im saving fir adventurine on my honkai star rail account and there is alot of jades again im bot comparing the games but i heard its the guy that used to work at honkai impact someone just kick him out already hes not helping much and no don't push him to honkai star rail i will cry tell him to find another job again yes its a filler update but they really need to get rid of that man if they want the game to continue moving forward