#Star Ocean 2R

[calidrisminuta]

Picture courtesy of the Valkyrie Profile subreddit.

From the Valkyrie Profile/Star Ocean 2R collab with Last Cloudia! I'm always glad to see new art for either Valkyrie Profile *or* Star Ocean, even if I don't play Last Cloudia. It's so good that these franchises are still going.

This artwork is gorgeous! <3

[ladylaguna]

I just hit the last save point in SO2R and I want to rant about how much I love this game even more than ever. I’m especially glad that we get to “know” the Ten Wise Men a little better, though I still wish there was more and what we got wasn’t basically a side quest info dump. I still haven’t unlocked all of it. I assume it’s post-game content.

Who is the hottest wise man and why is it Lucifer? I’ve seen some art of him being kind of cuddly with Philia. I wonder if that’s just a fandom thing or if it’s canon.

His theme song fucks. He fucks. Problematic fave

[b2room]

好き勝手シリーズ第二段は、ねぎねずが大好きな名作JRPG！ 早速好き放題やってます。

[turnabout-cats]

ace attorney characters as cats day 87: sorry for the late post today, i got my hands on star ocean 2r and i was so absorbed that i completely lost track of time! really fun so far too.

[h34vybottom]

Star Ocean 2R release countdown promo art. First set is by SOA comic artist Nekomura Otako, second set is by Yuta Nohara, and the final set is by Yukihiro Kajimoto.

[fostersffff]

I'm so glad Star Ocean 2R lets you cycle between all three versions of character portraits.

I’m obviously sticking with the new art because it’s sensational, but I love that I can see original PSX or even PSP portraits in 4K on demand.

[klapollopilled]

got my hands on star ocean 2R today, i am obsessed. i think i will become so so so annoying about this. be warned

[maximuswolf]

Help me decide on a new game

Help me decide on a new game Help me decide on a new gameI’m just looking for something fresh to play following an exam. I’m kinda bored of DD2 and beat Rebirth, PoP already. My backlog is a bit embarrassing: I’m halfway through Like a Dragon, Star Ocean 2R, Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Lords of the Fallen. I love JRPGs and Souls games. My most anticipated of the year is Elden Ring DLC. I’m currently caught between Stellar Blade (love Nier and DMC), Unicorn Overlord (looks unique) and Persona 3 Reload (loved Royale). Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated! Submitted April 25, 2024 at 08:38AM by chemicologist https://ift.tt/CK0lj3z via /r/gaming

[pocketbelt]

Star Ocean: The Second Story R (PS5)

A new shining exemplar of a remake, a standard against which all others should be judged, but in a different way from, say, Resident Evil 1 Remake. Where that is an immaculate game that takes the core ideas and concepts of its progenitor and rebuilds them entirely, Star Ocean 2R hews much more closely to its source, but executes it using modern tech's capabilities and only tweaking or adding to the source where it genuinely enhances it, building upon the idealised experience of it.

Which is to say, Star Ocean 2 is a game you can break over your knee if you tinker with its Skill systems, and Star Ocean 2R not only works to make this clearer and easier to understand, but also will just put the gun on the table and wink at you. The means of becoming hideously overpowered very quickly are still here, with the only new systems adding being ones to make you get there faster; a mini-achievement system that doles out items and skill points and money as rewards for passing milestones, for example, that clearly is a vehicle to let you skip steps once you know how.

Getting Replication (duplicates items) to Lv10 on a single character gives you a Counterfeit Medal (sets EXP needed for next level to 1, can be duplicated). You could go about getting two people to Lv4 Pickpocketing and whatever the other skill req is for Contraband, and then go fishing for Counterfeit Medals (very rare drop, and every use of Contraband saps off a bit of affection between party members)...or just get Replication to Lv10 and skip over it.

You can get the whole party to Lv100 in about half an hour after that, max.

The developers know how Star Ocean 2's fans love to play it, they know the game's strengths, and they play straight to it. It's an incredibly fun and engaging system as you use skills to bend systems to get what you want. The 3D environments used to replace the pre-rendered backgrounds of yore look fucking gorgeous and the lighting works immaculately with the classic sprites still intact - and, because all active party members are now on the overworld, they all have new idle animations and angles to make it work! A system for calling in support characters, consisting of the protags of the other Star Ocean games, means making a whole host of sprites and animations for characters who've never had them, in Star Ocean 2's style, and they all fit in perfectly! The groundwork for immaculate new Star Ocean games is staring Square in the face, if they'd fund them adequately for once!

Star Ocean 2R also sets a bar for remakes in terms of preserving the past iterations of themselves; all past voice-over tracks are present, you can select between PS1, PSP and the new remake dialogue scene art cut-ins by character, you can choose between original and remade soundtracks, the old animation intro movies are included in a bonus menu, the works. And credits are retained, too!

You don't need to play Star Ocean 1 to play 2 (the connections between them are minimal), though it's a fine game. But by god, you should sit down with Star Ocean 2R at some point.

Truly, we must retvrn.

[zoishi]

Primeros minutos de la DEMO de Star Ocean 2R | STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STO...

[calidrisminuta]

Is that Laeticia?

You can summon characters from other Star Ocean games?!

I'm loving what I'm seeing so far! I'm really interested to see who else we get to see in this gorgeous style. Would love to see Ray, Cliff, Albel, Albaird, Midas, Mirage, Nel... I could go on!

This looks so good!

[lordlyhour]

Last song I listened to; I bumped into this channel while browsing randomly. All of their animations are to songs that Hit my exact vibe for, like, low key jams.

Currently watching; Do streams count? if so; ReallyReallyLongAThon Speedrunning Marathon for Categories of runs that don't get into OTHER speedrunning Marathons because even the World Records are, like, 12 hours long.

Currently Obsessed with; Was going to say 'nothing, really' and then realised I've put something like 30 hours into Star Ocean 2r in the last week in order to 100% Complete it. In all honesty, anything I engage with on more than a surface level is by means of a hyperspecific obsession for a little while. (Lookin at you, Tumblr Boop Counter that I have almost but not quite gotten to TUM BLR through the power of button mashing) Tagging; @the-goblin-cat @a-vast-horizon @mareliini @fvriva @vonmorjo @kinsume @whetstonefires

@future-oscarwinner thank you for tagging me!!

get to know you better game! answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better

last song I listened to: I'm not sure but I'll go with

currently watching: iZombie

currently obsessed with: I'm really into everything F1 related rn with a sprinkle of drawing the same flowers over and over again

tagging @justnerdystuffs @keysmashhhhhhhh @sugaroto @alalumin @darkside-cookies @mne-bolno @formulapisces @summergirl2408 @purple-amaranthe

[haunted-meat]

Defective

Ok, so fair warning, this chapters a good bit longer, and a good bit feelier... Don’t say I didn’t warn you...

A Roobsona Story - Part 3 - Part 1&2

    It had been a few years now.

    Every few months they came back and said to ‘be ready!’

    ‘A Sapphire could show up any time now, so you have to be prepared!’

    But no Sapphire came. Not yet, anyway. It was just one accident after another, and it seemed like the whole place was starting to fall apart.

    A lot of the old crew had been reassigned, but 7XB still sat at her mural, contemplating what to do next.

    A fair amount of it was smudged and scuffed, especially the older sections. The colors were faded, and much of the newer work had no color at all.

    A year or so ago, 3XD was transferred to another facet. 7XB had asked about her once or twice, but Rubies were interchangeable, so no one knew anything.

    The artist sat and pondered what to possibly draw next.

    She wasn’t worried about 3XD. The bubbly little lava puddle was always good at making new friends.

    7XB on the other hand...

    Before she could ruminate much more on her art and situation, she felt a large hand grab her head, and lift her up out of the pit.

    An Amethyst lifted her, and placed her under the soldier’s large purple arm. Tucked away like a bundle of cargo. Two more Rubies soon joined her, and the three of them were swiftly carried away, off towards the ready-room.

    “Must be a mission...” said one of the Rubies.

    “Oh really, you think so?” another Ruby muttered. Her scathing voice didn’t carry so far, since she was being held the other way around, facing backwards.

    “Excuse me...” 7XB began, speaking to the Amethyst carrying them. “What’s our mission, ma’am?”

    The quartz shrugged a bit, and hefted the three little gems up on her hip to get a better grip, carrying them like logs.

    When they got to the ready-room, the Amethyst dumped the Rubies onto the main table, and instructed them to wait.

    Before too long, the Amethyst returned with a familiar Peridot in tow.

    “Here’s your requested guard team, have them back within the day.” the soldier grumbled.

    The technician opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a Ruby leaping from the table and grappling her chest in a four-point bear hug.

    “5XT!” 7XB cried.

    “Oof...yes indeed...it is I...”

    The Peridot peeled the Ruby barnacle off of her, and set her back down on the table. The other Rubies giggled at their comrade's enthusiasm.

    “I need the three of you,” the technician began, “to help with a geometric survey. We’re going into some very old and very dangerous parts of the facility. Think you can handle it?”

    The Rubies gave a diamond salute. “Yes ma’am!”

    “Excellent. Now, head to the service door, I’ll be right with you.”

    As the Rubies hopped down to scamper off to their mission, Peridot placed a hand on 7XB’s shoulder, stopping her at the edge of the table. Just after the other two Rubies sped out of the room, Peridot grabbed her in a deep embrace.

    “Have you...been well?” Peridot muttered into Ruby’s hair.

    “Yeah, I guess...” was the muffled reply.

    “Is your visor still functioning well? Have you incorporated it into your base form?”

    “Mhm.”

    “Good.” Peridot broke away, and held Ruby by the shoulders, giving the gem a once-over. “I have some things I need to discus with you...but we also do need to take the geometric reading. We’ll converse more once we reach the cave system.”

    Ruby nodded, and hopped off the table to join her fellows.

    At the maintenance hatch, the three Rubies and Peridot gathered.

    “Alright,” 5XT said, taking some preliminary scans, “crack the hatch.”

    A Ruby with a shoulder gem forced the hatch open, revealing the desolate landscape before them. Apart from the living quarters, training ground, and the old Facet 4 kindergarten, the entire dwarf planet was pretty much barren. It used to have a high mineral content and a few brine oceans, but all of its dense resources were expended long ago. Now, the only features this planetoid bore were the crisscrossing pipes and superstructures of decommissioned mines, and factories under construction.

    Peridot lead them out into one of the ancient drainage valleys that once poured billions of gallons of brinewater into the vapor pits of the old forges. The valley was now an arid chasm, with waves of grey, silver, beige, and ashen bands streaking through the canyon walls.

    Most of the light for their journey came from the trinary star system this satellite orbited around. The silver orbs were only about ten times as luminous as the other pinprick stars scattered along the galactic band.

    The group trudged in relative silence. 7XB dragged her feet now and then to make trailing lines in the dust. She liked the way that the surface level of sand and the lower levels had different colors. The little flecks she kicked up from the top were light and silvery, but the chips of metallic grit beneath were a darker beige.

    “It’s rust,” said Peridot, turning back to watch 7XB kick her way through the sands. “Each color is a different kind of oxidized metal. They have different densities, so they settle into layers.” She turned to scan a smoother section of stone wall with her gauntlet. “We’re here.”

    “Access 4U-2R-BX81.” The lime-colored glow of her arm scanner illuminated a set of rusted rungs stretching up the side of the cliff. About half way up there was another maintenance hatch, similar to the one back at base. This one was thoroughly covered in cakes of rust, however.

    “Alright, Rubies, let’s get our Peridot through that door!” shouted the Ruby with a chest gem.

    The trio scampered up the crusted ladder, and set about trying to work the door open.

    And very shortly thereafter, three Rubies fell back to ground with three puffs of dust.

    “Oomf...” was all 7XB could mutter, as one of the others tossed a broken metal handle aside.

    Peridot wore an incredulous expression, and powered up her arm blaster.

    The hatch detonated off its hinges, and all four gems clambered inside the maintenance pipe.

    “Alright, let’s see...” The technician stood, called up her seismic scanner screen, and plotted a few courses.

    “This should be a relatively easy task,” she continued, as they approached a crossroads juncture. “Each of you should take one of these to the designated area,” she offered one of her floating fingers to each of the Rubies. “You two split off left and right, while I follow 7XB straight ahead and take some crust samples. We’ll meet back up here as soon as the scans are complete.”

    The Rubies nodded. “Right!” “Yes ma’am!”

    The red glows of the other two gems faded, leaving only 5XT and 7XB trudging forward.

    7XB turned the green cylindrical finger in her hands, fidgeting. “Do you think they’re really going to send a Sapphire?” she finally asked.

    “Yes,” Peridot replied. “They’ll have to, by my estimation. They really should shut this whole place down, but, well, that’s another story.”

    “They’ll have to?” the red gem echoed, perplexed.

    “If my crust samples show what I think they will, yes. My current theory is that this planetoid has been harvested dry. All of the structurally significant metals have been mined, and the crust has been perforated with kindergartens.”

    “Perforated?” Ruby asked.

    “Drilled full of holes,” Peridot explained.

    “Oh, yeah,” Ruby nodded. “Plus there was already a kindergarten here when they decided to drill more holes.”

    “Exactly...which means the only way they are going to be able to set up these factories is with the help of a clairvoyant...a future-seer...to tell them where it’s safe to drill, and where the last pockets of metal are.”

    “I know what clairvoyant means!” 7XB stuck her tongue out, but then wore a thoughtful expression. For a moment the tip of her tongue hung out of her lips as she thought. “They tell Rubies about Sapphires a lot, actually,” she said.

    Peridot gave a solemn nod. “That old story about the vile Ruby who kidnapped the Sapphire makes for good propaganda.”

    “Yeah...I can’t believe rebels would make something up like that.” Ruby began to walk a little farther back, her head hung a bit.

    “Yes...rebels...” Peridot noticed the sullen expression. “Well, something interesting about Rubies and Sapphires you might like to know...”

    7XB caught back up. “What?”

    The pair of them ducked under an old fallen pipe as they moved farther to the back of the maintenance line. “This is actually classified information, so don’t just go around telling people this...”

    Ruby slapped one hand over her mouth, and gave a thumbs up with the other.

     “As a certified kindergartener, I’m privy to all kinds of knowledge about gemetic makeup, so you can trust me when I tell you this...but...Rubies and Sapphires...are actually the same, compositionally speaking.

    “What!? Really?” Ruby cried.

    “Shhshhhtshh!” Peridot motioned a bit frantically.

    “Oh right, secrets.”

    “No, well yes, but I also don’t want to cause a cave-in here.”

    The pair stopped to listen to the faint groaning of the metal walls.

    “But yes...” Peridot continued, “It’s true. The exact same components go into making Rubies and Sapphires. True, the growth process for Sapphires is more...particular...but it’s all the same principles. Even your abilities! Two sides of the same coin.”

    Ruby thought for a moment. “Hot-making and future-seeing?”

    “Entropy manipulation.”

    “Oh,” the red gem responded, as though her question were really answered.

    Peridot decided to explain further, just in case. “Controlling the input or output of thermal energy is just one means of influencing entropy, or ‘disorder,’ if you like. Another way to influence entropy is to ‘sense’ its change over time. I’ll admit, I don’t quite know how that part works, but Sapphires can both ends of the entropy equation...they can see the effects from causes before they happen.”

    “Hrm,” was all Ruby offered.

    “Anyway, I thought you might like that. You and those precious Sapphires might not be so different after all, right?”

    “Maybe...” the Ruby stopped at a collapsed section of tunnel.

    “Well, this will have to do,” muttered Peridot, as she began to set up a telemetry network.

    While the technician was at work, Ruby sat against one of the tunnel walls. The metal of the tunnel’s shell was a rusted red, and felt cool to the touch. She pressed her finger to the wall to try to scorch a line, but the wall seemed to resist the heat. She focused a little more, using the point of her finger, and carved a little trough in the metal. The line she left behind glowed softly in the dark of the tunnel. She examined the bead of molten wall on the end of her finger, before flicking it into the dirt.

    “Can you hold that augmented interface stump up for a moment? I have to try to get a clear reading from the others...” Peridot requested, typing away at her screen. It was a little slower going, as she had 3 fewer fingers to work with.

    Ruby held the green finger aloft, while it radiated a faint green glow.

    After a few moments, the tech had collecter her readings, and sent the return signal to the other two Rubies. She tracked them on the screen just to make sure they weren’t wandering off.

    7XB was fruitlessly trying to see if the little green cylinder would draw on the wall.

    Peridot took notice of her artistic efforts. “Here,” she offered, editing a few of the finger’s properties in her settings configuration.

    Suddenly, the tiny rod was producing glowing lime lines.

    “Whaaaaaat!” Ruby grinned. She colored little swirls and jagged patterns on the tunnel’s bulkhead.

    The tech couldn’t help but smile. “It’s normily for emergency situations, creating nav markers and things. But I figured it would work just as well as a drawing implement.”

    Ruby adjusted her visor. “You have the coolest stuff.”

    “Heh, I’m glad you see it that way.” Ruby tried to hand the finger back over to her, but she interrupted. “No, no, keep it.”

    “REALLY!?”

    The tunnel walls echoed with joy for a few moments.

    “Yes,” said Peridot, wincing at the outburst, “really. They’ll be issuing me a gear update at my next posting anyway so-”

    “Your next posting?”

    The green gem’s wince intensified. “Yes...I’m being...reassigned.”

    Ruby moved in close, and brought the finger back into docking range of the limb enhancer, so that she was holding Peridot’s hand. “Where?”

    “Far away.”

    “Why?” Rubie’s voice wasn’t quite as steady.

    “Punishment, I think.”

    Ruby’s hands shot to her visor, and she let out a tear-filled gasp. “Because of me?”

    “No! No, nothing so...logical. The word is, a Peridot from my facet...messed up. Big time. And so, a lot of the Peridots are being...re-evaluated.”

    “Oh...” Ruby sniffed.

    “There was a chance that if my findings here were good news, I would have been able to stay. The Diamonds do like to reward good news.”

    “It’s not, is it?”

    “No.”

    Ruby pondered. “Could we just...tell them it is?” she whispered.

    “I could falsify the data...” Peridot scratched the gem at her hip. “But that would just mean that more gems would get hurt. We’ve already lost two Peridots and a handful of Rubies to these survey missions.”

    The pair began watching their step a little more on the way back.

    “I tried looking into what all this was for, after the last far-survey mission got lost,” Peridot continued.

    “These are factories, right? These places getting built?” Ruby walked beneath a low-hanging conduit, as Peridot ducked down next to her.

    “That’s right, factories. Factories for producing what, though? Answer: construction equipment.” Peridot struggled against a strained, dry laugh. “Construction equipment...when we’re so low on resources...the Diamonds are having us build - brand new - construction equipment. And look at what we’re doing now!” her voice rose. “A half-built robonoid could do this! But no. We have to keep building. We have to keep mining. We have to keep making machines for our mechanics, computers for our technicians, wars for our soldiers, and kindergartens for our kindergarteners. Every gem has to have a role, a ‘purpose.’ Without a ‘purpose,’ what’s the difference between a Rutile and a Peridot? An Amethyst and a Topaz?”

    “A Ruby and a Sapphire?” the little soldier offered.

    Peridot nodded, and knelt down, her voice dropping low, just above silence.

    “A Pearl...

    ...and a Diamond?”

    The quiet between them was nearly deafening, but above the low hum of the empty hall, they heard it.

    A distant rumble.

    Peridot opened a channel to the other Rubies. “Evacuate, now!”

    The alarms on her seismic scanners lit up, as Ruby and Peridot sprinted down the tunnel.

    As they rounded the bend, to being just in sight of the central juncture, a crack split along the ceiling.

    “Get down!” Peridot cried, as she raised her arm above them.

    Ruby hit the deck, and the entire corridor was bathed in green light. A hardlight field leapt from Peridot’s gauntlet, and caught the roof of the tunnel above them. Around the pair, however, the collapse continued, until there was only a small pocket trapping the pair of them inside.

    “Are you alright!?” Peridot cried.

    “Yeah...I’ve had worse...” Ruby coughed out, forcing the heavy dust out of her throat.

    “Good, now I just have to...um...if I can...uh-oh”

    Ruby looked up to see Peridot holding the roof above them with her hardlight shield, but she lacked many fingers on the other arm. Studying the room they were now in, Ruby realized...they were trapped.

    “No armcannon, huh,” muttered Ruby.

    “Afraid not,” Peridot responded, clicking her two remaining fingers together on her left hand.

    The red gem paced out the edge of their little room, then studied the far wall.

    “This way to the exit, right?” asked the Ruby, trying to remember.

    “Yes...but...the wall in the way is 10 centimeters of hardened, heat-shielded material, followed by who knows how much rock and debris. If you even could get hot enough to melt it, you’d melt me too. No offense, but Rubies aren’t known for their ability to focus their energy.”

    7XB pressed a hand against the red-rusted wall. “Let me guess, focus is more of a Sapphire thing?” she mused with a wry smile, then plunged her hand into the instantly molten bulkhead.

    With the hole started, 7XB began to trace a doorway with her finger, drawing white-hot lines into the wall, criss-crossing it and carving it to pieces.

    Peridot 5XT could only watch with a strange mixture of amusement, amazement, relief, and pride as the little Ruby cut a swath back to the juncture.

    Halfway there, the pair of them met the other two Rubies, who were tunneling their way in using some scavenged tools made of scrap, haphazardly welded together.

    The survey team shared a quick reunion, with all the Rubies getting rather caught up in the moment of triumph, before Peridot reminded them that they were still in danger of a full tunnel collapse.

    The full team leapt from the tunnel in the cliffside, plunging into the dusty sands below.

    “How did you manage that!?” one Ruby cried.

    “Yeah, you cheated! We couldn’t melt through that wall for nothin’!” exclaimed the other.

    “Well...” 7XB began, “I’ve had a lot of time to practice drawing...”

    The others two seemed confused.

    “It helps me focus!”

    The others found that to be an unsatisfactory explanation, and decided to pelt 7XB with globs of semi-molten metal dust. The soldier quickly returned fire, sending white-hot sparks showering down with every impact.

    Peridot picked her head up out of the sand to find the most hazardous approximation of a snowball fight possible, and decided to let them have their fun while she transmitted the data.

    It wasn’t long before the group was back at the base. 7XB tried to take her time in the mission debrief, but she knew what was coming. As the Amethyst dismissed the Rubies back to the dwelling pit, Peridot 5XT stopped them. She strode right in front of the Amethyst, knelt down, and picked 7XB up into an earnest, tearful embrace.

    “Promise me you’ll stay safe...”

    “I can’t...” Ruby mumbled, “But I can promise I’ll make you proud.”

    They parted, and Ruby tried not to cry. When she dropped back down into the dwelling pit, it didn’t quite feel like home anymore...just a place she was. She made a few more friends among the Rubies, as tales of her heroics filtered among them. Quite a few more stopped off by the edge of the pit to look at her mural, and pretty much all of them made sure to keep the wrestling away from it, so no more would get damaged. It was several more days though, until 7XB decided to make another addition to it. The word had just come through that a Sapphire was on her way, so 7XB didn’t have as much time as she would have liked. The other Rubies kept her encouraged, though, so it wasn’t long until her next piece took shape.

    With the glowing green stick, she drew her best work yet. A tall, angular portrait, of a Peridot with a gem at her hip.

@drawbauchery @linkerbell

Peridot 5XT lives on in Gem ‘n I

[turnabout-cats]

no turnaboutcats post today, sorry! i finished my first playthrough of star ocean 2r today and completely lost track of the time. really good game though, i don't see it getting out of my head for the next few months lmao

[wittchnestle-blog]

The Dodgers Best Moments of 2019 So Far – Cody, Weekend of Walk-Offs, Walker and More

Because the Dodgers unwind on the All-Star Break, the workforce not solely stands atop the baseball world with the most effective document in both league, however is on tempo to set the franchise mark for wins in a season. If they will do this, and eventually win the World Collection, they might stand to be the most effective staff in each Brooklyn and Los Angeles historical past. 

Thus, it’s no shock they’ve already made loads of franchise and MLB historical past in simply half a season. Listed here are a few of the prime moments of the primary of the season for these 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Dodgers Nation, what are your favourite moments of the primary half?

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) July 10, 2019

Will Smith’s First Main League Homer is a Particular One 

It’s no secret the Dodgers have been weak at catcher lately, making the anticipation for his or her cadre of prospects on the place all of the larger. Will Smith confirmed simply why the longer term is vibrant together with his first main league residence run on June 1 towards the Phillies. Even higher: it was a walk-off blast. 

Will Smith’s first Main League residence run is a walk-off. Superior. pic.twitter.com/E5KNCX9w1m

— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) June 2, 2019

Joc Blasts the First Stroll-Off of the Season 

Earlier than mesmerizing the baseball world together with his valiant Residence Run Derby show this week, Joc gave the Dodgers a satisfying first walk-off win of the yr on April 16. Within the collection that marked Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp’s return to Dodger Stadium, the Cincinnati Reds appeared like they have been going to proceed their weird mastery over the Dodgers when Kemp laced a go-ahead RBI single off Kenley Jansen within the prime of the ninth. Fortunately. Joc had different plans, launching a two-run shot into orbit for a Four-Three walk-off win. 

JOC JAMS! ?

Joc Pederson smashes a walk-off HR to offer the Dodgers the win! pic.twitter.com/bYNoOLPbdD

— ESPN (@espn) April 16, 2019

Hyun-Jin Ryu Shuts Out Atlanta

Whereas Bellinger steals the highlight on offense, Hyun-Jin Ryu is making a robust case for NL Cy Younger together with his 2019 season. He has been dominant in each regard, and one nice show got here in early Might when he pitched a complete-game shutout of the Braves at house. Particularly after his lengthy historical past of accidents, seeing him toss a gem of that caliber is poignant.

Because of Twitter follower @puptartss for submitting this one!

Haiku 5/7/19 recreation 38.#Braves zero, #Dodgers 9

Threepeat for JT Bangs Three dongs. Full shutout recreation for Hyun Jin Ryu#HyunJinRyu#Justinturner #shutout #completegame #threepeat #Dodgerstadium #Dodgershaiku #Baseballhaiku #Mydayinla #baseball pic.twitter.com/bWjoq013Ll

— Dodgershaiku (@Dodgershaiku1) Might Eight, 2019

Three Rookies Stroll Off in Ecstatic Trend

After Walker Buehler’s unimaginable 16-Okay begin (detailed under), Matt Beaty sealed it with a walk-off two run homer towards the Rockies on June 21. The heroics of two younger stars in a single recreation confirmed why the Dodgers’ funding of their youth is paying off now and for the longer term. They usually have been just the start of what was to return that weekend.

What an evening for the Dodgers

? 16 Okay’s for Walker Buehler ? Stroll-off 2R HR for Matt Beaty (referred to as up at the moment)

(by way of @Dodgers)pic.twitter.com/ibjK2e1f9e

— Bleacher Report MLB (@BR_MLB) June 22, 2019

Virtually as necessary as Cody Bellinger’s unimaginable season has been the consistency of rookie Alex Verdugo. After being floated round as commerce bait all offseason, the group’s determination to stay with him has paid dividends. He’s been a strong on a regular basis bat, and it was solely a matter of time earlier than he had a walk-off house run. He received it within the second recreation on June 22 towards the Rockies, the second by a rookie in that collection.

WALK IT OFF, ALEX VERDUGO. pic.twitter.com/KtQPuUouAN

— Sporting Information MLB (@sn_mlb) June 23, 2019

It wouldn’t be the final — that might be the one corked by Will Smith within the collection finale. His towering three-run blast with two outs made the Dodgers the primary group in MLB historical past to have three consecutive walk-off HRs by rookies. In the event that they do find yourself profitable the World Collection this October, this collection shall be remembered because the one the place their championship id was cast.

Will Smith hits a Stroll-Off Three Run Residence Run vs the Rockies! #dodgers #walkoff #mlb #rockies pic.twitter.com/ntCEpTdZ72

— Sports activities Speak (@SportsTalkNews_) June 23, 2019

Pedro Baez Enters With Bases Loaded and No Outs, Escapes Jam

Pedro Baez’s ascension from bullpen pariah to fan favourite has been one of many nice under-the-radar storyline of Dodger baseball the previous couple of years. In a season the place the bullpen has been universally despised, he nonetheless has had some terrific moments. On April 27 towards the Pirates at house, he entered within the eighth inning with the bases loaded and no one out. He then retired three straight to flee with no injury executed, ending it by putting out slugger Josh Bell. The Dodgers held on to win Three-1 consequently.

Hats off to Twitter follower for this suggestion!

PEDRO BAEZ STRIKES HIM OUT! Pedro will get Three straight outs with the bases loaded. WOW!!!! pic.twitter.com/YpQNJMblXk

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) April 28, 2019

Bats Come Again From the Lifeless to Stroll Off Diaz and the Mets 

Might seemed prefer it was going to finish with a lure collection towards the hapless Mets, as Walker Buehler and the bullpen have been torched for eight runs. Main Eight-Four and with nearer Edwin Diaz on the mound, the sport seemed over within the ninth. However Joc Pederson and Max Muncy responded with back-to-back solo photographs, earlier than Cody Bellinger tied it with an RBI double. All of it ended with a walk-off sacrifice fly from Alex Verdugo, making for one of the crucial sudden however satisfying wins of the season. 

The SooHoo”Dodgers”Scrapbook “Floating On Air” 5/29/19-Alex Verdugo with the walk-off towards the Mets at Dodger Stadium. ?: @jon.soohoo @dodgers @dugie11 #dodgers @mets @nikonusa #sharesocal #thesoohoododgersscrapbook https://t.co/EBlWyrQ6kr pic.twitter.com/BKZxm6zxlb

— Jon SooHoo (@JonSooHooPics) Might 30, 2019

Bellinger Robs Yelich and Torches Hader in Milwaukee 

The guts and soul of the 2019 Dodgers has been Cody Bellinger’s breakout yr, one that provides him an opportunity to usurp Christian Yelich as Nationwide League Most Beneficial Participant. His greatest showcase for it was fittingly in Milwaukee on April 21, the place he not solely robbed Yelich of a house run, however blasted the go-ahead shot off aid ace Josh Hader. 

Because the clever thinker Ric Aptitude stated, “In an effort to be the person, you’ve gotta beat the person.” Cody Bellinger beat each of the lads in a single recreation. 

? Rob Christian Yelich of a HR ? Hit the go-ahead HR

Cody Bellinger obtained it carried out on each side at the moment ? pic.twitter.com/cUu9efar2Q

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 21, 2019

Offense Explodes for an Opening Day to Keep in mind 

The tone for the season was set on Opening Day at house towards Arizona. Clearly displaying Robert Van Scoyoc’s influence on the bats, the Dodgers launched an MLB Opening Day report eight residence runs for a 12-5 win. Joc Pederson and Enrique Hernandez had two apiece, with Austin Barnes, Corey Seager, Max Muncy, and Cody Bellinger becoming a member of in on the enjoyable as nicely. 

RECAP: #Dodgers set an Opening Day document with eight residence runs in 12-5 win over D-Backs. #OpeningDayLA

?: https://t.co/tSBDo5RZu3 pic.twitter.com/o0JfAGEkNR

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 29, 2019

Muncy Tells Bumgarner to “Go Get It Out of the Ocean”

It’s one of the crucial drained acts in baseball this decade: a batter will get a superb hit off Madison Bumgarner, just for the ornery ace to angrily reprimand them with no provocation. Such was the case on June 9, when Max Muncy took the Giants ace deep for solo shot into McCovey Cove. Regardless of leaving the batter’s field pretty swiftly, MadBum did his traditional fun-policing. Quite than simply take it, Muncy fired proper again, telling Bumgarner to go get the house run out of the ocean. A social media (and t-shirt) subject day ensued. 

Max Muncy Residence Run off Bumgarner #SplashHit #Dodgers #Giants pic.twitter.com/JsIZcQFDaJ

— Dodgers (@LADodger2018) June 9, 2019

The Dodgers Destroy, and Mercilessly Troll, MadBum One Final Time

In what may be his final begin towards the Dodgers (a minimum of as a Big), Madison Bumgarner was appropriately dished out loads of mockery over the “Go Get It Out of the Ocean” incident. Organist Dieter Ruehle rattled off seemingly each ocean-themed track within the cultural lexicon, whereas loads of gamers wore shirts with the slogan. Most significantly, they torched their longtime rival in an eventual 9-Eight victory.

This is a montage of 5 (!) ocean-themed songs Dodgers organist @DieterRuehle performed for Madison Bumgarner and Max Muncy tonight ??? pic.twitter.com/isJoOIBBCV

— Organist Alert (@organistalert) June 21, 2019

Buehler Dominates Like It’s 1968 

A robust contender for recreation of the yr not solely due to its ending, however the efficiency that set it up. That was the 1968-level pitching masterpiece spun by Walker Buehler, who rung up 16 Rockies in 9 entire innings. In an period of openers and tremendous bullpens, the child from Vanderbilt confirmed why dominant beginning pitching really is probably the most lovely science in baseball. (And a key to tempo of play, as the sport was solely two hours and 12 minutes.) 

Walker Buehler’s 16 Okay tonight are probably the most by any @Dodgers pitcher in a recreation by which additionally they issued no walks within the Trendy period (since 1900). (h/t @EliasSports)

15 of his 16 strikeouts have been swinging, tied for the 2nd-most by any starter in a recreation within the final 10 seasons. pic.twitter.com/6m1bNSqK02

— ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 22, 2019

Offense Works 5 Straight Walks for a Stroll-Off

The group went on a 2017-esque streak earlier than the ASB the place they not solely walked off night time after night time, however stored discovering new methods to do it. Towards Diamondbacks reliever Greg Holland, they discovered probably the most unconventional method of profitable by working 5 straight walks with two outs within the ninth. It wasn’t precisely a hovering residence run, however it was proof that this staff can do no matter it takes to win.

Dave Roberts on the #Dodgers working 5 consecutive walks, @RossStripling’s outing and some of his takeaways. pic.twitter.com/Pv8CnpW7At

— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) July Three, 2019

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I wish Square-Enix would be less lazy with their Collector's Editions outside of Japan, especially with how much they charge for them.

Like, Star Ocean 2R's Japanese CE had three full ass books with the entire script of the game, including private actions, and I can kind of understand not bringing that over in the NA version since it would require a lot of reformatting, rebinding, etc. to get them printed in English. But it's still a really cool thing to have in a CE that was replaced with nothing in the NA version.

But the Visions of Mana Japanese CE has these little monster field guides in that aren't included in the NA version! One is meant to be a literal field guide, and the other is a character's journal!

Come on now!