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Happy 27th Birthday Saige Ryan! ♥️

I hope she's enjoying today. Maybe just relaxing at home during the day. And hanging out with friends at night ✨

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something I love about watching Aabria play ttrpgs is her absolute delight in character conflict and specifically characters who insist upon sitting in conflicts of deeply held convictions that don't have an easy resolution.

I feel like in Failed Save alone there are multiple times where both Fess and Chi have interrupted someone (PC and NPC!) who is trying to move past or minimize or make light of a conflict in order to make things easier or more comfortable (spitting over Dew, Amelia, everything about the contract in s6). it's such a cool way to interrupt the assumed 'yes and' / narrative flow of a ttrpg by forcing not just continued focus on a scene, but refocus in the framework of - no, you don't get to be comfortable, the camera isn't going to turn away, we're going to sit with the implications of this conflict and take it seriously even if it's hard because there's something here for us to dig in to, if you'll trust me to do it together and go there together.

I just think it's such a fun approach to this medium of fantasy and creative freedom and shared storytelling, especially in a game like Failed Save that is so over the top and lackadaisical with reality - until it's not, until the characters face something very, very real. and of course the GM has a lot of tools to manipulate that contrast and set up those emotionally intense scenes, which vince does very well, but it's very cool to see a player* using their more limited scope of tools to do the same thing.

I imagine it's a style that not everyone is comfortable with, given the way it challenges cultural expectations around conflict and specifically conflict in improv / ttrpg settings (and coming from a Black woman especially). I think it's not something a player can pull off well without a) an excellent sense of narrative pacing to know when it's appropriate and b) more importantly, a ton of trust at the table, with both other players and the GM. and naturally it's harder for the audience to be certain of the latter when we're watching through a screen and don't have the same context, so I don't think it's an uncomplicated thing by any means.

but god is it marvelous to watch when it lands.

*everyone in the Failed Save cast does this in really interesting ways, actually, but I think Aabria's style is the most overtly challenging to common ttrpg sensibilities and so the most stark. Gina's emotional sneak attacks with Murray and Saige's decidedly unheroic choices for Dasle are also always on my mind but. that's another post entirely lmao.

obligatory plug to go check out Failed Save (and other shows) @PixelCircus on twitch/youtube for high-octane high-chaos ttrpg fun

[roll20]

Come Fail Your Saves with Pixel Circus!

Failed Save is the TTRPG show that has it all: chaos, comedy, chat interference...ahem...interactivity...

DM’d by the exhausted Vince Caso, this cast of seasoned TTRPG players and improv comics take the audience on a ride that is filled with laughter, joy, and every now and then, an actual human emotion.

Cast: Saige Ryan, Xander Jeanneret, Aabria Iyengar, Anthony Carboni, Gina DeVivo, and Kailey Bray

Written by Dan of Pixel Circus

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[rocketshipomwtomars]

Hello again!

September 11th, 2020

I joined PixelCircus a few weeks ago, and while I’m excited to be here, I can’t believe I’ve ended up back where it all began. I thought I’d never see it again.

That said, it’s been a while, so journal… let me reintroduce myself! Hello! I’m Rocket. I’m 26, I love gaming with friends, my cat Spoopy, and setting boys on fire. Not in real life. In video games. I can code. And I love making games, and modding others. So sometimes I create the special skill of “fire” for myself, and whenever I run into an asshole, I use it. I’ve also been banned from a few gaming communities by the devs. Those two things might be related. But that’s my side hustle! My day job is now working at PixelCircus as their “Producer”… and I love it.

I mean… I fear it. And what I’m about to get myself into again, but… never mind.

Anyway, so it appears to be a tight group of friends that banded together to do this: Saige, Gina, Kailey, Anthony, Vince, and Xander. I’m missing a few others, but I haven’t met them yet.

So here’s the rundown: Failed Save is their big group show -- ttrpg every Friday night. Vince is their GM and… my heart goes out to him, lol. But I love the campaign. All I want is confessionals, hahahaha! And Multipixels is their Saturday night group game get-together. Super fun. There’s also some secret gaming news updates that happen here exclusively due to the entity that got loose in the studio (everyone’s blaming Anthony and Saige for this cause of #CyberMagik week, but I wasn’t there so I don’t know). So until further notice, all gaming news streams happen here.

Okay, looks like everyone’s heading to the upload. Gotta run! More later!

--R♡cket

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Kailey, Aabria, Saige, & Gina for International Women's Day 👭🏻👭🏻

PixelCircus' Twitter (3/8/22)

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Damien, Gina, & Joey (Gina's partner) all at a Halloween soiree last night 🎃🍹

Damien's Instagram (10/31/22)

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Damien was puppy sitting, i believe Blue for Gina, during Failed Save episode tonight...and was being distracted by DND dice as well

Damien's Instastory (4/1/22)

Sidenote: I have a lot of feelings from tonight's Failed Save episode! Mostly ANGER towards Mr. Vincent Elizabeth Queso! I have two theories regarding the end of the episode. I'm going to be sad till next Friday (Would have been nice to be on Spring Break THEN!)

[fangirling-paradise]

Saige had a pretty dope 2021! She FINALLY got to meet (in-person) Gina after being in a DND party together for over six months. Meeting Damien 🥰 Looks like they went to multiple costume balls this year, how lovely 💙 Moving to a new house 🏡 Traveling to Italy with her partner 🇮🇹 Just hanging out with her PixelCircus friends. The photo from the wedding episode is making me even more excited for the return of Failed Save! 🤩 2022 has so much to possibly be better but it may be hard to beat 2021 😂

Saige's Instagram (1/1/22)

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Sunday night, Saige and other friends celebrated Gina DeVivo’s birthday 🎂 And Saige was bonding with Gina’s dog, Blue

Saige’s Instastory (12/19/21 & 12/20/21)

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It was Pickles, Yes vs Never Pickles at the end of Campaign 2, Episode 2 of Failed Save last night. I love how Anthony thought he could convince Damien to leave Saige, and Kailey, to "rot" 😂

This was a humorous ending to a VERY sad stream....

Pixelcircus Twitch (2/4/22)

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Squangarlo (Damien Haas's character) made a gift for Dasle (Saige Ryan's character) and she got it along with a note. I had/have some speculations about the note that happened after the gift was brought up in the previous episode. And Saige's reaction when everyone was expecting her to read the note aloud slightly aligns with what I was thinking. Because the note was fully written by Damien, of course it was, I feel like there was a note from Squangarlo to Dasle & one from Damien to Saige. And Saige knew that; if it was just her friends, she would have (possibly) read it aloud but since it was on Twitch, she wants to keep it more private. Just my thoughts 🙂

Failed Save | Campaign 2 Ep. 3 | The Scion of Spring (PixelCircus YouTube)

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My theories regarding what may happen to Squangarlo during the season finale this Friday at 7pPST/10pEST! I don't know how likely these possibilities are. Cause Vince just loves making the cast & viewers suffer! Especially with Squangarlo's "death". Also the one about Poppy taking Bennyantha as another companion is unlikely because I don't know how artificers and their companions' relationship work.

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It's still so crazy that Failed Save is now being streamed in-person! I love it! They're able to easily feed off each other's energies 🖤💜🤍

Saige's Instastory (2/4/22)

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So much excitement for the premiere!!! Everyone in the same room! The set looks so nice! Saige did an amazing job!!! 🧡🧡🧡

Saige's Instastory (1/28/22)

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Monday January the 17th at 6p PST/9p EST on the PixelCircus Twitch channel, Saige, Gina, and a few others are coming together to do a Golden Girls themed RPG to benefit the ASPCA in honor of Betty White's 100th birthday.

If you wouldn't be able to make it to the stream, the VOD will be there after. If you can't make it & want to donate to the cause, I would recommend a donation of 5 USD to a local animal shelter on that day. A lot of people all over social media are planning on doing this; it's where Saige got the idea to have donations go towards the ASPCA.

PixelCircus' Twitter (1/6/22)

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Saige and Damien ringing in 2022 with their PixelCircus friends over Zoom 💻

1. Saige's Instastory (1/1/22)

2. Anthony Carboni's Instastory (1/1/22)