#Bacon's stream

[edensgaia]

[While replacing Zam's flowers]

Bacon: Dude, Zam should be so thankful that I'm on the server, nobody else would do that, do this. But that's also why I'm thankful Zam is on the server, cause nobody else would like, care if I do this.

[pikafaawork]

So Jefreey, buddy! so about that ring haha! remember that "puppy" you cure before? that one that you talk about? huh? :)

[connor6sex]

[un-bean-lievable]

He's so stupid (endearing)

[hdusa]

Hello prince zam h dusa, me again. I am very curious why you chose to join tumblr. Was it out of curiosity yourself? Was it the artwork? The memes? Complex notions beyond our human understanding?

Thanks

ji don’t know!

[mcytegg]

all planet needs to do is say "pleaseee ☺️" and bacon just does whatever, huh.

[miximyx]

i like the idea of roshambo spending so much time in the end in s4 that his eyes got too sensitive to light so he let his hair grow long to cover them for s5

[coffeegnomee]

thinking back on Vitalasy, and how he seemed to be creating a character that is faced with unlimited power, caves to that power, but ultimately decides to not to become fully evil.

And how when you simplify that, it makes sense? But that wasn't the experience of watching s4.

Just, like. I just saw that fanart of Vi tormenting Planet in the prison. And it got me thinking.

It's like he was planning on showing the descent and then dramatically revealing that it was all part of the character development.

And that works when it's scripted? Like how Parrot descended closer and closer to Clown's mentality in that one uu video and as he did more and more evil it was like, woah he doesn't realize how much he's like clown! i wonder what he will do when he does realize!

But in an unscripted story your actions are taken at face value as being the only actions the matter for today because today is all that matters because the future is entirely unknown.

And so the buck stops at today.

And that stream was just so evil. (and awesome i fucking love that stream) But he exited it not realizing at that moment how evil it was, it was all still a question, a hypothetical, i have unlimited power, what do I do with it? Because it wasn't time to let it go. It wasn't time yet to reveal good intentions.

And it just made him look so much more evil. And every time he used the exploit he looked more and more deranged and disconnected from reality. How could you say you're good when you're actively doing something illegal?

And faced with so much backlash from the players, how could it not hurt when the vision isn't being seen? And so the pivot point moved forward and forward and forward and suddenly he was giving up the power as a desperate plea to be received back in with good graces bc it was never meant to be ultimate evil.

i dunno. it's just so perpetually interesting.

The players on lifesteal resist "scripting" so much. Everything that resembles it is resoundingly attacked and destroyed. And it's not even a matter of the perpetuating member not "understanding" how lifesteal works bc having a plan is the basis of a youtube video and it's a content server.

But like, Mapicc and Zam betraying spoke during dupe war, Mapicc betraying Ro during the end portal trap, Mapicc resisting Vi and calling out the dissonance with his character, Mapicc (i'm starting to realize maybe it's just Mapicc's presence that causes this effect lol) carting everyone.

But also like Bacon resisting Vitalasy, Bacon Ro and Mapicc resisting pb&j in the meeting.

But on any other mcrp server, like in qsmp even, someone's dramatic character is accepted as just that - a character for the moment, doing lore as you do. They're handled and rp'ed with and it's never destroyed utterly.

But there's this intensity with Lifesteal that breaks the barrier of rp into like, you have to be yourself and make sense and be logical with your reasons, while also being like, I have silly reasons that are illogical because my character is flawed and isn't that fun. But "isn't that fun" is met with "I will destroy you because destruction is the fun of this server"

[teal-tealwren]

finally started binging lifesteal season 4 this shit kinda funny im watching the first official mer recommended zam stream and he has made several interesting statements such as i could never betray team awesome and i dont want to betray anyone. i may not know all the details but boy does he have some stuff coming

[freakinator]

oh man icb there was a point in time when kabs chat didnt agonize me

[clingyduofan]

“there’s no such thing as it not being personal.”

[edensgaia]

[paddysol]

...i forgot how unbearable kab could be

[scarletiswailing347]

why is bacon zams no1 defender

[ssseriema]

can someone log on lifesteal and click start streaming

[deliciousobservationbird]

The (maybe surprising) ruthlessness of Baconnwaffles0

eg. I have been brainrotting over Bacon's perspective of the most recent Lifesteal auction and his actions during the stream.

In my mind Baconnwaffles0 is one of the most ruthless players in Lifesteal, almost certainly not the most pragmatic, but definitely ruthless. People see the Three Heart Trio (and I am not absolved of this lol) and think “Awww, cute little squishy guys”. That’s not an accident.

Both Bacon and Planet have remarked on this before, that their low heart count and them not commonly being considered dangerous players means that they have certain privileges and are able to act in ways that the others can’t get away with. There’s a special immunity that comes from always hovering around 3-8 hearts, they’re less likely to get randomly jumped and, despite having some of the best bases on the server, they’re often perceived as being broke. Within the culture of Lifesteal they are almost a class of ‘untouchables’: When Jaron wanted to be banned, he had to literally spell it out on a sign for it to happen.

The retribution for killing a member of the 3HT doesn’t even have to come from them! The spam of “BROKIES” in the chat and making fun of whoever did the killing both proves and enforces the cultural norm of seeing them as beyond killing. It’s not the most profitable, it gets you made fun of, and (as they haven’t ever fully committed to a side in any major conflict) there’s almost no reason to kill any of them.

All of them, but Bacon especially, use this to their advantages. In the auction stream when he was laying TNT, several people witnessed him doing it but there were no real efforts at dissuading him by force. He put quite a lot of TNT down and did it more than once but it wasn’t seen as being a priority issue. In his stream he noted that he “might die… but the auction is so boring”. He’s ruthless when it comes to anyone but Planet and Jaron. He does the maths and weights up the cost-benefit of each action as well as the likelihood of him paying for it. Spoke (who’s currently banned for goofy-ahh actions) asks him in his stream chat if he wants Poopies’ location. Bacon’s immediate response is to ask “Can I release him onto the auction? I’d really like to…”.

He goes to collect Poopies and bring him back to the auction without stopping to get any more totems or any better gear, and his only real help is Spoke in the stream chat and YeahJaron whom he’s messaging using the in-game chat. He (and this is an insane display of skill btw) gets Poopies back to the auction without dying. Bacon was prepared to die and lose the heart as long as it meant that Poopies was free and the others would be suffering — he even splashed Poopies with invis. When Mapicc kills him for this, his reaction is so measured asking (in a voice call with almost entirely non-leviathan members) if Mapicc was really doing this. Everyone else in the voice call asked why when they saw his death message in chat. Bacon emphasised the supposed peaceful atmosphere of the auction and questioned: “Why Mapicc would kill [him] for no reason?”

Reddoons replied saying that “it is weird”. 

Bacon knows what he did, and Mapicc also knew that it was Bacon who freed Poopies. By using his status as a poor ‘untouchable’ within Lifesteal culture, Bacon (whether on-purpose or not) re-fanned the flames of the Leviathan War. Bacon became almost a Helen of Troy type figure, his death launched a thousand ships. His ruthlessness and desire to cause pain via the ‘All Mite’ of endermites can be directly linked to the renegotiation of the Leviathan opposition and events such as the very recent Eclipse-Shades alliance. 

You could also make the point that the fear that the other players have for Poopies is just the experience of the 3HT on the server. Players in full netherite having totems popped after a hit (or two if they’re lucky), that’s the reality of 3HT. When Mapicc killed Bacon it didn’t even take more than 5 hits. Poopies is the great equaliser on the server and it makes sense that Bacon’s general ruthlessness and his schadenfreude at the rest of the server finally experiencing his reality would bring them into contact.

This ruthlessness isn’t new either, Bacon’s Season 3 trap against Mapicc saw him prioritise this revenge over everything — even through a ban. The trap wasn’t even designed to give him the heart although he certainly needed it. His desire for revenge, no matter the cost, was enough of a motivator and enough of a payoff. 

All of this is essentially a long winded way of saying: watch your Bacon!

He’s ruthless and motivated and willing to sacrifice anything that doesn’t answer to the names of YeahJaron and Planetlord to achieve his goals. Everything is a means to an end, and that end answers to the name of ‘Poopies’.