#Objective Feedback

[the-hawks-rye]

Mairuma continuing to impress in how siblings are written. Of course Clara, who at the start of the series didn't think twice about axes being an appropriate play item to use with her schoolmates, has a brother close to her own age who is ecstatic about almost being actually murdered by his teacher. From here I can only conclude that the highlight of Urara's early childhood was being chased around by a Clara weilding a meat tenderizer. All the pieces fit together perfectly; no notes.

Update: Since y'all have liked the tags they are getting added as full text:

I was actually wondering for a good while how "books that try to chomp on you" fit in with Clara being a good big sis #and how there wasn't really signs of her playing dangerous games with her other younger siblings #but like yeah a sibling close in age to you being weird in way that compliments your style of being weird #absolutely does cause you both to become even more weird both together & separately #source: I have siblings #but yeah Clara "fun aficionado" Valac's standards were absolutely warped by Urara "I HAVE A GREAT PLAN" Valac #Urara loves being in danger so swinging heavy objects at him is okay because that's how he has the most fun! #wydm being jabbed at with a sharp objects isn't fun? u-chan is a stick in the mud & even he loves being relentlessly attacked w stabby stick #early Clara not knowing what a "boundary" or "reasonable limit" is both a cause & effect of Urara being such a thrill seeker #oopsie daisy they got caught in a feedback loop and now they're both extra weird

[melverie]

Last post on the entire date ticket thing and then I will forever shut up about it, but I feel like most people arguing in favor of the price tag are just….missing the point on why people are so angry about the date ticket being $30

I think the one thing we can all agree on right from the get go is that everyone in the staff deserve to and should be compensated fairly for their work. And that obviously includes certain features and items having to cost actual money considering the game itself is free

But the thing is, that $30 price tag doesn't just exist in a vacuum

First off, we can all agree that charging something like $3 would have made the ticket sell far better, right? Several people have already pointed out that they can buy a week's worth of groceries with $30 and depending on how much you earn, the date ticket isn't exactly something anyone can just buy on a whim. Again, $3 would have been far more affordable for most people, and I'm sure many more people (myself included) would have been far more willing to spend $3 just to see what the date ticket is like, and maybe also buy the tickets of multiple other characters. But $30 for a single date ticket is a luxury a lot of people just cannot afford, or would rather put into something else. Even if they lowered the price, they'd surely break even and make profit with how many players there are

And judging by its contents, I think it's fair to say that the date itself is not worth $30. And I feel like Solmare themselves know this because why else would they have bundled it with 300 DP? The only reason is to justify this price tag because "look at how much DP we're getting with it tho!!" when that's not the point. It doesn't matter whether the DP are included, because there is a lack of choice here. We have other options to earn and buy DP, but we don't have a choice when it comes to the date ticket itself. Either you pay $30, or you miss out on a feature that many of us have wanted for a while now. And since it's the DP raising the price tag,what you are essentially paying for is 300 DP with a date ticket as your purchase bonus, even though it should be the other way round

And honestly? Considering the price, the only two times it would make sense to buy this bundle is if you were already considering buying DP anyway, or if you are financially well enough off that the current price doesn't matter to you. You won't convince most casual spenders, and you most definitely will not convince a f2p player to pay for this feature

The other thing is that we had no idea what the date ticket actually entailed because we weren't given any information on it. Thanks to people in the community buying and reviewing this feature for others we now know that the date consists of one phone call, a ~10 minute long, partially voiced date story-line and a Majolish background. Except, those are things that Solmare themselves should have told us right as they announced this feature, ESPECIALLY considering the price point. If you don't, you can't complain if people are accusing your company of trying to rip its player base off and of being greedier than the Avatar of Greed himself. But also, that's the thing!

We shouldn't have people in the fandom be the ones to go out of their way to give us basic info on new features, or to even explain certain business decisions in the first place. That's the company's job. Yes, certain explanations should be a given (such as microtransactions existing so that the staff can be paid the money they obviously deserve), but there are other things that should have been explained by Solmare themselves

Open communication with the player base is the key phrase here, and imo Solmare has been doing worse and worse on that front as of late, resulting in several unexplained choices that just seem questionable at best and scummy at worst, as well as a player base that grows more and more disgruntled by the day. And that frustration within the player base shows in the amount of people dropping the game, as well as in the amount of money it's making

People are willing to put their time and money into something they deem a good, quality product with a justified price considering the content. If your player base isn't putting in the money you are expecting, then maybe you should listen to their feedback and re-examine your product instead of overcharging a feature because "look at this thing you're getting extra that no one asked to be included in the bundle in the first place"

Literally part of the reason LaDS has grown to be so successful in such a short amount of time is because they keep making adjustments based on player feedback, even on some minor things. I mean they literally pushed out an update to correct the color of one of the character's tongue in the newest card because people were complaining, like hello!! Imagine Solmare listening to complains as minor as this

Anyway, whether intentional or not, this entire thing just feels scummy, and that's the problem. The choice we have is either "pay 30 bucks per character or miss out on this feature entirely", the price is artificially inflated with the inclusion of DP that we have other ways of getting, romance is slowly fazed out of the story only to now be put behind a heft paywall, we weren't told what we are even paying for exactly in the first place, and there has been a severe lack of proper communication from Solmare that have soured the relationship to the game's fanbase and, most importantly in this context, their customers

No, companies aren't our friends. Yes, they need to make money. Yes, they should pay their employees fairly. And no, we as consumers shouldn't expect nor are we entitled to everything about the game being free because again, the people working on this game deserve to get paid fairly for all the work they put into it

However, people are still allowed to be critical of a company and its decisions, especially when they feel like they are getting ripped off. The 300 DP might soften the blow, but that doesn't stop everything that has happened before from being a slap in the face. That's why people are pissed right now, and honestly it's been a long time coming

[fluffydeoxys]

I was chatting with someone and they pointed out how jeb's plush actually doesn't have a unique description, which I felt was kind of a shame. So I took a crack at writing one myself!

The self-proclaimed saviour of Nevada. Jebediah purges the madness-stricken masses as a one-man army, brandishing the fabled Binary Sword. Their loyalties lie solely with keeping Nevada staved from insanity, leading to Jebediah temporarily partnering with some strange and unexpected allies. Much of Jebediah's aberrant power is derived from the halo atop their head; an artifact that they have a long and complicated history with. It was once the heart of a world-changing undertaking that Jebediah was part of roughly 30 years ago: Project Nexus. The repercussions of this project changed Nevada forever, most notably Nexus City, which has remained dilapidated and derelict for over fifteen years. A necessarily evil, Jebediah would assure. 

Unknown forces have deigned to see Jebediah grace another plane of existence in the form of a collectable plush. … Is this really as cute as they get?

[quirinah]

every day....incorrect rendition of marcille's black dress and yuri labru haunts me... oouuugh

[dumbandstinkyglasses]

Never understood the heimendinger hate. i love that little guy, yeah sure he ignored a lot of very, very important shit but you all still like cait. therefore, I'm not listening to you.

[worldofgoo]

i was a quiet kid that didnt really express itself very much or ask for anything and i could entertain myself if i realized nobody was paying attention to me but it lead to me feeling neglected/ignored when it seems like from my parents perspective i just never expressed any types of needs or distress, whenever i ask my mom about my childhood she said i was "low maintenance"

[itspileofgoodthings]

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[vse-kar-vem]

why is my self esteem so weird broo

[definitelynotshouting]

HI. HELLO. SORRY. i heard we’re talking about hunger au + the others finding out about fucked up stuff that grian’s doing

i’m obsessed with the potions. in order to die (which he doesn’t even *want*, or at least doesnt think he wants, he just believes it’s the safest option) he has to corrupt his friends’ attempt to help him. healing potions have been like. the only thing he’s conceded on for his own comfort. tango is super excited when he learns about them bc 1. it’s something actionable and immediate thatll directly help, and 2. grian gets noticeably… not hopeful, exactly, but definitely more responsive the few times that they’re talking about the potions. which. i’m sure tango will feel really good about after the fact (assuming the plan happens).

and then mumbo overextended himself making a *gold farm* entirely for potions and pearl “got carried away” collecting netherrack. it’s so clearly a priority for them. how are they going to react when grian hurts himself using them?? when they find out that they don’t do anything notable in the first place *except* give him a way to hurt himself?? after potions almost killed him the FIRST time??????? augh. i think about it so much

(also i heard we could pick emojis so im picking 📞 ty <3)

You're more than welcome to pick an emoji!! :D i honestly love it, i love seeing regulars in my inbox its like having people wave at me from across the street whenever they send in asks hehe :]

Man, the potions..... yeah the potions are crazy dude, i can see why everyone is obsessed with them. I havent exactly made a post on this yet, but healing potions don't actually do anything for a Watcher's structural code (theyre designed for Player surface code specifically, so they arent even fully compatible with Watcher surface code), which makes him conceding on them even more painful, because the others are latching onto this single one opportunity to help and its not even actually helping. Its being used, in fact, to eventually hurt him. Nobody is gonna like that.

Im really glad how everyone's desperate attempts at getting the potion ingredients are being picked up on in fic, especially since those references been sorta randomly sprinkled in throughout the chapters (usually through dialogue). Yeah they are.. thats gonna be Fun when they find out the truth on that one >:] ive had the scene for that in mind for AGES and i cannot WAIT to finally get it out there for everyone to see, because man. Its gonna be visceral, i'll tell you that

Im so so glad you like what im doing here enough to be rotating it in your brain like this!!! :D i shake your hand we sit and spin the potions like rotisserie chicken

[akimojo]

people love to use ffxiii’s messy development as a reason to completely shit on the game but honestly the fact they managed to sneak in so many little details in the gameplay in a way that reflects the characters and story despite all the miscommunication between the dev sections is just impressive to me

[lifeofsims3]

Penelope 'Mouse' Easley

This is a new project I've been working on for the past few days (or a week or so). Meet Mouse! Mouse is unlucky, a bookworm, never nude, a hopeless romantic, and nurturing. She was bullied all through her school years for being 'too short' and 'too fat', and took comfort in reading and writing. She lives in Sunset Valley with her two cats, Jukebox and Cloud.

Mouse's life long dream is to be become a best selling author, and all of the novels she writes feature romances, despite never having a relationship of her own (yet!). After her parents died she used her inheritance to buy an old colonial style library, that has been partly converted into a livable house. The downstairs front room is still as it was when the library was open to the public, and even features the separate toilets for men and women.

This is probably the longest I've spent on getting a small house just right, and the download link at the bottom of the post has the files for Mouse and the kitties by themselves, or them with the house. Please let me know what you think!

{ Download Here }

[off-mozzarella]

Literally turning in the worst assignment and project I've done but at least the semester is over🤷‍♀️

[gravitasmalfunction]

Villain/#1 henchman is the second couple in this romantic drama. Their romance is so extra that it would eclipse the main couple were the main couple any less extra than their tiny but fearless little gothic heroine and her pet hundred-year-old, moral OCD-afflicted vampire selves.

[love-3-crimes]

a warning ! will not be very active this next week. maybe two . or maybe three weeks. ! if things dont go as planned ,,,,

[aka "angelo has really easy finals but cannot concentrate so one simple assignment takes all day to do so she should stay away from her phone and lock in"]

[aka "angelo also has a study abroad trip on the 19th out of the country and doesnt even have a suitcase so he should probably get one"]

[aka "angelo has to move out of his dorm in a week and hasnt started packing yet"]

[aka "AAAHHHHH"]

[psqqa]

because this is my blog and i can make statements that are potentially objectively false and also conveniently omit my own failings if i want to, i just want to say for the record that i was right, my fellow group project members should have listened to me, and if we'd based our final submission on my original draft, or at the very least if they had actually engaged with the questions and comments i raised along the way, we would have gotten a higher grade.

[tobibius]

WAIT

GRISPS YOU

BEFORE THE FIRST LIGHT IS YOUR DOING ?!!,!,!,!,! MY GOD ILL EXPLODE I LOVE THAT FIC SO MCUH YOU DOBT EVEN KNOW FUCK I THINK ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY ITS SO GOOD I LOVE THEM ALL SO NCUGFSGSGSHB sorry anyway um anyway

AUGH GRISPED yeah it's my doing teehee...

this is genuinely wild too, because your art's how i got into arthur lester and his three boyfriends in the first place actually. and made me go "hmmm. how on earth did they end up together when there's so many THINGS and SECRETS holding them back? i want to write that Very Complicated Situation"

and then the um. ensuing noel enthusiasm happened. so i had to write about him, and then i was like what if i combine these ideas?

THE RAMBLER sorry. but THANK YOU!! i'm struggling on ch 4 i'll be honest BUT the massive amount of support and praise is the most motivating thing in the WORLD. thank you for the shout-out before, i nearly died LMAO

i have a mini little holy ghosts prequel thing planned too (like a oneshot type mini) which i might write while i'm struggling, we'll see. we'll see.