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mourningstarink · 1 month ago
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bogleech · 1 month ago
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ALSO ON STORENVY HERE
ONCE UPON A DARK TIME IN THE TERROR AGES SOME MORON SCARED THE WORLD TO DEATH (GEE THANKS PAL!!!!!!!) BY WRITING A STORY CALLED "THE DAY OF ALL THE BLOOD." THE STORY WAS SO DARK AND GROSS THAT ANYONE WHO READ IT GOT SCARED IN REAL LIFE ALSO.
NOW MANY CENTURIES LATER THE SAME TWISTEFIED AUTHOR IS PUTTING THE STORY IN REAL PAPER YOU CAN TOUCH ALTHOUGH THE STORY IS STILL FAKE (………OR IS IT…………..) ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF THE ORIGINAL RELATED STORIES AND A BUNCH OF BRAND NEW ONES TOO SCARY TO PUT ON THE INTERNET!! ALSo the new stories aren't entirely in caps lock anymore because that got old if they were LOUDER you would get scared so hard you would quite possibly die to death for all time. This small thin paperback prints and ships in time to ruin thanksgiving or maybe christmas!!!!!!!
BRAND NEW STORIES INCLUDE:
THE MOST MURDERED GIRL IN THE WORLD: One day a girl did not listen to her mother, and got murdered by all the murderers in the world at once. The power of almost 100 murders at once transformed her forever…but into what!? The clue is in the title, but you'll never guess. heh heh heh.
THE TRUEST CRIME: one day there was a crime so terrible you will not be able to read what the bad guy did without throwing up your guts at how evil it was. Let's just say it sends 100 MILLION BABIES to prison…and that's only the beginning………
THE BODYLESS DOG: what happens when a dog gets its body cut off and doesn't die!? Well he isn't happy about it I can tell you that much.
VAMPIRE HANDS: this story is about YOU and the time your hands turned into the hands of a vampire. Maybe you think having to keep your hands in tiny coffins all day long doesn't sound so bad but that is only one of the more than one things you have to do when you have vampire hands!!!!!!
THE INVISIBLEST KNIFE: in this story you accidentally kill everyone and everything you care about and even ruin a hot dog completely. Don't worry! There's no such thing as the invisiblest knife! I am looking around right now and I don't see it anywhere. Do you??
WHEN ALL THE STEEL TURNED INTO WORMS (and it was not my fault!!!) this is one of the LONGEST stories (more than two pages!) in the book and is about when one day all the steel in the world became worms that were scared of humans so if you even looked at a car it would fall apart from all the worms running away into the dirt. Again these are descriptions and not the whole stories so this is just one of the things that happens!
THE DAY IT RAINED THE HEADS FROM SPACE: what happens when a really sharp human space probe meets a planet where everyone is the same exact height and always stands in a line on a perfectly flat plane?!?!?!?!?!!?!!?? Well they aren't happy about it I can tell you that much.
THE DOG THAT WAS TOO LONG: you like dogs, do you??? Well sometimes wishes come true but sometimes…sometimes wishes suck and were stupid to make actually. Fool.
THE WEIRD GUY: don't worry, there's no such thing as a weird guy, and if there was, it would not turn out to have been you all along! Pretend you didn't read this massive spoiler.
THE GHOST'S GHOSTS: everyone knows a ghost is twice as scary as a regular person, but what about a ghost's ghost? Obviously that would be twice as scary as a regular ghost. A twisted tale of how the human race is exterminated several hundred times in a row.
DARKNESS MOM: the worst most awful most disgusting scariest monster in the WORLD!! You will TERRIFIED to read about this mom who is TOO TALL and has a GROSS TOO LONG TONGUE and SHARP MONSTER HANDS and if she GETS YOU she will make you be IN TROUBLE all the time for like NO reason!!! NOOOO!!!!!!
THE THINGS THAT DID THE WRONG THINGS: you better not read this secret government list of things that do the wrong stuff!! The secret guys will catch you and you'll have to go to secret jail so you don't go telling everyone about anomanolies such as THE WORST TURTLE (three words, FOOL: spikes on it) or THE CLOCK THAT TELLS TIM (tim is alright though this is not his fault)
THE HALF MURDERER: what if a normal person and a murderer had a baby? It's more likely than you think! Or shall we say…half more likely…mwa ha ha ha
THE REVENGE OF THE DAY OF ALL THE BLOOD: THE LONG FEARED SEQUEL (WARNING: this one is in capitol letters again, it is PULLING NO PUNCHES!)
…………AND MAYBE SOME MORE IF I FEEL LIKE IT! *actually some more are already in it I just might add a couple more than that even
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askagamedev · 3 months ago
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How do preorder numbers affect your side of production? I’ve seen people saying that high preordering numbers lead to less time/budget to make the next game, because higher ups see it as proof that a studio/series can ride on name recognition instead of quality; is that true to your experience? In general, for a given game you worked on, would you prefer that people preordered or waited to day 1 purchase? Or does it not make a meaningful difference either way? Thanks!
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Up until around 2014, preorder numbers were strongly correlated with financial success. They were used as the main metric for determining an upcoming game's chance of hitting its goals. Unfortunately, this caused a common feedback cycle problem with key performance indicators - the more you optimize for the metric itself, the less that metric continues to correlate to what you actually want to know. Publishers and retailers pushed various tactics to pressure customers to preorder, which did result in more preorders. However, the artificially-juiced preorder numbers didn't correlate as strongly with the success of the games. As lifestyle games grew into the biggest chunk of the market, preorder importance fell even more because it was the lifestyle game populations that were most strongly correlated with financial success.
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The quality element you mention has nothing to do with preorders. Most games have two to four years of total development time before they ship. Preorders for those games often aren't available until a few months before the release date. By the time the preorders numbers actually come in, we're nearly finished with the development process. The timing doesn't line up at all, there is no way we can cheap out on quality in the last few months of development when the majority of that work is already complete.
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As for whether I think players should preorder... I'll tell you what I do personally when it comes to purchasing games. I don't care much for preorder bonuses in general - they are almost always very small and won't affect the overall gameplay in any significant way. Preorder bonuses are generally limited to cosmetics at best, and the gameplay itself matters much more to me than having a particular outfit or weapon skin. There are some games I will preorder because I really like the game or franchise and I am concerned that the publisher has limited print runs of that game (Atlus, for example, is famous for having small print runs). Aside from that, I usually wait to see how the game does at launch before buying in. I don't feel much pressure to get in on day 1. Waiting a week or two won't kill me, and I've got plenty of other games to play and things to do in the meantime.
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berrypass-de-murdler · 30 days ago
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2 - 42 Crypt or Currency?
I thought I accidentally didn't sign up correctly to get the ID card and pin for the SoM preorder, but I got an email that they were just shipped!! :DD
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Look it's HTGAWM Mauve!!
And I just checked and the board game is in store!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
DON'T READ THE EPISODES WITHOUT READING THE BOOKS!!
Logico wakes up with the sun shining so elegantly through the window. It would be beautiful, but he’s a complete grumpypants, and shoves his pillow over his head. Irratino gives him a pat.
IRRATINO: Rise and shine buddy.  LOGICO: no! go away IRRATINO: Gico… LOGICO: no!! IRRATINO: Look what I have for you.
Logico shifts. A bribe always gets him going. He reluctantly sits up, and sees that Irratino is holding two tickets - to the Bahamas!!
LOGICO: Oh, Irratino, you lifesaver… You have no idea how much I need this…
They share a squishtastic hug. And they set off to the airport to fly to a tropical wonderland. Logico immediately becomes so relaxed, he sleeps the whole flight there. And when they arrive, he’s just so happy! They check into a gorgeous beach house, and prepare to do absolutely nothing for a while.
IRRATINO: Oh, Logico. LOGICO: …mh? IRRATINO: First things first, I gotta check on something. LOGICO: Check on… what. IRRATINO: My crypto investments! I gotta see how they’re paying off.
All the glass in the room shatters, and Logico slowly turns around without moving, eye in shadow.
LOGICO: YOUR… WHAT. IRRATINO: It’ll just take a minute, I’ll meet you on the beach. LOGICO: NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!
Every ounce of relaxation in Logico has died since Irratino spoke those dreadful words. He can���t just let him GO there… 
So he stalks him all the way there. Naturally, the building is so pretentious that it looks like a computer in itself. And inside is even worse! The obvious Executive Producer Steel and the less obvious Marble and Sir Rulean are impatiently standing in line, bickering. 
LOGICO: Did that tornado seriously blow Sir Rulean all the way to the Bahamas? How did he get his armor back? IRRATINO: [jumps] Geez, Logico, I didn’t even see you! Why did you follow me if you hate crypto so much? LOGICO: STOP SAYING CRYPTO. I’m here because… um…
He frantically looks around for an issue. Namely a murder.
LOGICO: I’m here because the CEO… is D-E-D. IRRATINO: Hhhhh
Logico looks around at the devices. SO many servers, TVs, and computers… the amount of energy this single place is taking from the rest of the world is disgusting. 
LOGICO: I think I’m GLAD the CEO is dead. STEEL: UGH! Are you for real? I need my high-tech BANKER! I’ve never seen a check I couldn’t cash!
Logico and the other suspects exchange a look of mutual agreement - Steel is the worst woman alive.
MARBLE: Personally, I’m just here to make… money. RULEAN: I’m here to enact revenge on when you almost killed me! LOGICO: WHAT? MARBLE: Oh sweetie don’t do that. RULEAN: I mean he already knows the plan now… I guess there’s no point.
Marble and Rulean are being remarkably cooperative. Steel, meanwhile, is whining about how ‘terrible’ her luck is, and it’s really getting on Logico’s nerves. Irratino just sits on the floor, waiting for this mystery to end so he can do what he came to do.
LOGICO: Are you going to help me? It’s YOUR cryptocurrency. IRRATINO: I didn’t… [sigh] NIGHT: You must be looking for me.
Logico screams. Where did they come from??
IRRATINO: All right, Logico… but you’re not being very grateful for the vacation I just bought you.
He runs the numbers with Night, and Logico feels kind of bad. But as always, they come to a conclusion. The killer was Marble!
MARBLE: I poisoned him, because he was using math for evil! LOGICO: How? MARBLE: I… don’t remember. LOGICO: You shouldn’t have done that. MARBLE: You’re right. I should have used a better weapon. He’s contaminated, and I can’t have him for lunch!
She regrets saying that right away. After that little fact slips, Irratino sits dejected. Obviously, this murder means his investments added up to nothing.
LOGICO: Don’t worry. I hacked into your phone and sold all your ‘crypto��� months ago.
He rubs his back. Irratino feels a little bet-
IRRATINO: WHAT THE HELL?? YOU WENT THROUGH MY PHONE?! LOGICO: You think after you moved in I wouldn’t go through your phone every night? IRRATINO: EVERY NIGHT?!
Irratino yanks out his phone and starts violently deleting random things.
LOGICO: It’s too late, Irratino.
The goat lord screams and falls to his knees.
The end!
Now who's the stalker boyfriend
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE BOARD GAME OMGGGG even though I hate board games but IDC IT HAS LOGICO ON ITTT
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The power of Goat Lord compels you!
See you next time murdlers!
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gossipgirloff1 · 5 months ago
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hi, so this will be a long post so sorry about that 😅
but with all the talk about red flagui, i also want to point out some stuff about lando. as a fan, i’ve noticed way more things because i’ve supported him from the start.
one of the first things is just his attitude that can be seen through his choices. like with his merch, it’s so expensive and the shipping fee is crazy, which makes it hard for me to buy his merch. compared to max, his merch is more expensive and he rarely has discounts. he’s changed so much to care about the money, which is also why he moved to monaco after he said previously that he wasn’t going to. i just miss his old ways. like in 2020, he donated money to charity and shaved his goddamn head for charity as well as having quite a few helmets for good causes. i sure don’t see him doing all this goodwill with his money anymore. but now, as he’s getting more attention for being with magew and his behavior, it’s clear to see that the fanbase is turning against him because his new merch collection still hasn’t sold out like it used to (it’s preorder though, so who knows.)
another thing is the way he presents himself. he’s lost that bubbly, energetic attitude from his twitch streams back during quarantine and now he’s hanging out with people like red flagui. honestly, people attract similar people. we all know magew’s problematic past, and i’m sure lando is more than aware, but the fact that he consciously chooses to still be around her is giving me the ick. it’s not even a serious relationship either, it’s probably just fwb or a situationship or something. it’s giving pr attention and honestly, the two of them need to stop acting like they’re the shit. like leaving hints is so childish, and at this point, we’re all moving on to something actually meaningful. the only attention they’re getting is negative and they definitely lack the maturity that people like oscar and lily z have. (sidenote: joao is free!!)
i used to be such a big fan of lando and thought he was genuinely a good person, but after the whole red flagui ordeal, i think we all got the ick from him. and don’t get me started on his childish behavior of unliking anything joao likes. joao’s probably giggling while lando is probably fussing over the smallest things. i know he’s probably still somewhat insecure and stuff, but i’m guessing magew’s heels are higher than his standards. he needs to focus on improving himself (maybe starting with better strategy calls with the team) before he should go out and date. in addition, he’s so rude nowadays, like cutting off poor yuki. i dunno, that just makes me feel so bad for yuki-san. “no one was listening anyways” 😭🤧 like in general, i think he lacks social awareness.
all in all, i think lando cares too much about his “cool playboy” appearance and money. he really just needs to grow up and focus on himself first, because right now, he’s the same as red flagui, almost. they both need to grow up, and lando’s completely forgotten how he used to be, and now he’s so rude and totally different. as a lando fan, it’s so disappointing, especially since he’s been getting good results now. - 🧋
Hi 👋🏻
No problem love to read your thoughts ❤️
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getvalentined · 11 months ago
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The experience of being on the backend of an extremely slow-motion fanthology implosion is super interesting, but god I would love to just talk about it openly. The whole situation is completely out of hand and has been for years; I'm still utterly baffled as to why no one directly involved has said anything about it in public thus far.
Preorders closed in early 2022, but for some reason the thing didn't even go to print until late November of this year, and the product that has (finally) arrived doesn't appear to be comparable to the product that was actually sold. Unfortunately, nobody will have any recourse at this point because the purchase was made almost two years ago—it may have been a full two years by the time it arrives, since the team has expressed that they don't intend to start shipping until (I think) February.
Absolutely gobsmacked that nobody has said anything openly. I don't feel like I can because I'm not directly involved, but I have multiple friends who are, and it's an indescribable clusterfuck.
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danatheelf · 2 years ago
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Welcome to my NISA Nightmare.
This is beyond a bloody joke, now, and I am livid.
For almost six whole weeks now, I have been given the runaround by NIS America Europe's Customer Support, for an issue entirely their fault. And it's not the first time.
I love the games NISA publish. I preorder the vast majority of the Collector's Edition packages they put out, in spite of my precarious financial situation. Because I love these games and I want to have those nice sets to celebrate the art and music and game with a nice, generally sensible set of extra stuff that isn't just cheap tat to fill a box and charge a fortune for.
I have maintained "Diamond Prinny" loyalty status for years, which doesn't really mean much more than "buys their stuff a lot and gets offered small discounts when new ones go up" but you'd think if they recognise a group of their biggest customers, they would at least try to offer solid Customer Support for that group.
Here's the backstory: On September 8 2022, I placed a preorder with NISAE for four Collector's Editions. If you're unfamiliar with preorders, how this is supposed to work is that you pay money now, and they put a copy aside to make sure that you get them when they come out; I try to order as many things as I can at once, because shipping to Australia is expensive, and it helps to spread the load. When placing the order, one of the games I was ordering had an option for an Australian cover sheet - the only difference being the little rating symbol on the cover - so I picked that because... hey, why not?
At some point in production, they changed their mind, and decided they wouldn't bother printing that Australian cover sheet. No big deal, you might assume - just swap it for the UK English cover; no big deal.
Ah, sweet summer child, I see you have never had to deal with NISAE's order system backend.
Any other web store on the internet can make simple changes to an order relatively easily - but NISAE is special. They can't even change a tiny little dropdown menu option for which printed cover sheet should be included with the game.
To make any small change to your order, the entire thing must be cancelled. You must wait for a refund to clear. Then you must place the order again yourself with the changes in place.
Remember that thing about how preorders work? Yeah. It doesn't work if they just cancel your order without warning, and tell you to make the order again when something in your order is now out of stock.
For weeks now, I've been assured that they're securing a copy of the game that was out of stock, because I guess when your order is cancelled, they immediately incinerate the copies that should have been set aside for you.
But they'll have it shortly, so I can make the order then!
I've been dreadfully concerned about the other parts of my order going out of stock while I wait for them to find me a copy of the game I preordered. And naturally... that exact thing happened.
I've been keeping an eye on the stock situation and... now another one is completely sold out.
They haven't even fixed the first screw-up, and now this is added on top. It's cartoonish levels of incompetence. I have a heart condition! I can't deal with this kind of constant stress for weeks and weeks!!
If you know me, you'll know I am a very patient person. But this is really my limit. I'm fed up, and genuinely upset.
This isn't the first time I've had trouble with NISAE before, either.
A while back, I received a copy of a collector's edition set with a soundtrack CD - I love soundtrack CDs and they're a major reason I get these versions! But for some reason, one of the discs was just... missing.
Factory error, I suppose. Not much you can do about that.
So I contacted support, and they promised to just pack a replacement in with the next order that would be shipped out; it wouldn't take long for that, so, sounded to me like a perfectly reasonable solution.
Well, my next order from them came... and the next... and the next... and no CD.
After contacting them again, to see what the deal was... they just decided to send it out by itself, and eat the cost of shipping.
Screwed themselves over in that one, really. I was mildly inconvenienced, but it all worked out without too much hassle.
On another occasion, I had a preorder combined with some older items - the order won't ship until everything is ready to go, but it saves you on shipping, so, hey. That's fine.
Between the time of my order and the time it was ready to ship, they moved to a new warehouse. In the process of doing this... they lost the copy of something I ordered that had been set aside. And they had no more left.
Of course.
There was really nothing that could be done, at that point. "Sorry, we lost the very last copy of the thing you ordered." I was very unhappy about this, but... it was at least understandable. Moving to a new warehouse is a massive undertaking, and losing the last copy of some old stock... well, it sucks, but I get it. Exceptional circumstances; things happen.
So it's with this history of excusing mistakes that I am now faced with the latest one. This time, there is no massive warehouse to move; no unusual situation of sending out a replacement for part of a set that was botched by the factory.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect better than this.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the barest minimum features of an online shop to include "swapping a tiny option in an order" and "actually getting the things you paid a couple hundred pounds to preorder six months ago."
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect better from the official European branch of a very prominent publisher, handling a large number of beloved titles that can't be bought elsewhere.
As it stands, if you have the option to buy NISA games from any retailer other than the NISA Europe Online Store, I advise you to choose that other option. I desperately wish this weren't the case, and would prefer to support the publisher directly... but until they get some web developers to implement a functional backend... I truly recommend choosing literally any other option, if you have it.
Maybe if I'm lucky, people will see this and they'll actually do something.
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themollyjay · 1 year ago
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Coming in 3 Days!
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The Inevitable Singularity By Molly J. Bragg Coming November 21st From Desert Palm Press
Sean is a mercenary who works as the bodyguard of Grand Master Caila of the Order of the Paladins of the Republic. A fact that the entire Order, except for Caila herself, resents deeply since they kicked Sean out almost twenty years earlier. It doesn’t help matters that Caila has taken a vow of Celibacy, but everyone knows that she and Sean have feelings for each other.
Sean’s presence is only tolerated because Caila is the official Seer of the Paladin Order. While all Paladins can see the future to a limited extent, Caila’s gift with foresight exceeds even the head of the order.
But when a mine destroys Caila’s ship just as they arrive in the Ptolemy system to settle a dispute over a hyperspace route, it quickly becomes clear that someone doesn’t want their mission to succeed.
With only Reagan, a Paladin with a personal grudge against Sean for support, Sean and Caila make their way to Ptolemy, recruiting allies along the way to help them complete their mission, but each time they look into the future, Caila sees a vision showing her that Ptolemy will be reduced to a lifeless cinder if they leave, and Sean receives a warning that Caila will die if they stay.
Can they avoid disaster, or will Caila be forced to sacrifice herself to save an entire world?
Preorder now at: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLFPJX4V Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-inevitable-singularity-molly-j-bragg/1144249587 Desert Palm Press: https://desertpalmpress.com/shop/p/the-inevitable-singularity-by-molly-j-bragg (Get a 10% discount with code 10DPP) iBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-inevitable-singularity/id6469932983 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-inevitable-singularity Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com
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somnolent-scout · 2 years ago
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So, unfortunately.. I may have to shut down my Etsy shop. I can't afford to pay for shipping fees. I've run out of products. I can't afford to pay for more product production. Both of the preorder projects I had have failed completely. I'm unable to pay for the production of my keychains or pins.
I understand that not everyone is able to help fund the preorder projects. But that was genuinely my only source of funding for those projects.
My part-time job is cutting more and more out of my paychecks. They've gone from collecting 28% to 31% of my gross pay. I can barely afford to pay for groceries, let alone keychains for my shop.
I will be refunding the preorders to the best of my ability. It's going to be difficult refunding almost $600 worth of funding, but I will do my best.
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ollyou · 2 years ago
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What mainly got you to like the Origami siblings so much?
OOH OKAY THIS IS A FUN QUESTION FOR ME. WARNING FOR LOTS OF TEXT!
TL;DR FOR EVERYTHING: I was obsessed with Olivia and Bobby as family to Mario, and just really found interest in how tragic Olly and the siblings are in general. Then, I had my obsession reignited by the dreaded (/j) “Ollys ship”.
Okay, first I gotta say how I got into the game in the first place!!
To make it semi-brief, I got back into my Mario fixation after years of lessened interest by playing Minecraft…. SILLY, RIGHT? Well, I decided I wanted to listen to video game OSTs while I play with my little sister watching, and naturally, Mario games have always consistently had my favorite OSTs— and actually, my two favorite OSTs of all time (even before this story) are the ones for Super Paper Mario and Bowser’s Inside Story! Eventually I decided I’d listen to more Paper Mario music, and then it led to me getting a short-lived fixation on Color Splash.
While I was listening to Color Splash’s OST in early May 2020, I recall telling my sister, “I wonder when they’re going to make a new Paper Mario game, if they will at all. I’d really wanna play it!”
And then not even a week later, PMTOK was announced. IT WAS REALLY FUNNY AND CRAZY TIMING. I was already at the peak of my Paper Mario fixation, so this was perfect!
Basically I was pretty much immediately excited to see two completely original characters in this game. I thought Olly looked really pretty, too, even though at first I wasn’t sure how to feel about the whole origami stuff. Nonetheless, I was OBSESSED. With the whole game. I vividly remember checking the website for it constantly and watching analysis videos of the trailers, as well as gushing over Bobby (before I even knew much about him at all) to my friend on Sky: CotL…. I also had made sure to watch the Nintendo Treehouse livestream for the game. I watched near EVERY trailer online, to the point that when I played the actual game, it felt like almost nothing was new. I had preordered the game too, on my birthday about a month prior to the game’s release. I WOULD CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT THE GAME, SAYING “You should buy Paper Mario: The Origami King releasing exclusively on the Nintendo Switch for $59.99 USD on July 17th, 2020” FOR THE FUNNIES. No one I knew was super interested in the game, though, so I was just gushing about it by myself on my private Instagram.
When the game released, I livestreamed myself playing it! And.. my… my first livestream caption 😄😄 was um 😄😄😄😃😄😄
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…YEEEAAAH. /J
Again, all silly jokes. I constantly joke about wanting fictional characters… it’s not a creepy thing, TRUST ME….
BUT ANYWAY, this kind of started the “public” gushing over the origami siblings (in quotations because it was only to my friends on a private Instagram account, before I even joined the PMTOK fandom).
Then, of course…
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There goes my crazy attachment to Olivia and Bobby. I was so obsessed with those two (IN A PLATONIC/FAMILIAL WAY + MARIO). The drawing above is of myself playing the role of Mario, hanging out with Olivia and Bobby.
I also was just… super obsessed with how tragic but beautiful Olly was. I wanted to give him a better ending, which resulted in so many of the AU stuff going on. You can see how I felt in the moment in the image above.
The game itself basically got me obsessed with the siblings! But then….
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I started drawing them as people. (I know, the art is kind of ugly. It’s from 2020, cut me some slack!)
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I also apparently wrote this on my designs for them…?! So that’s why my human designs look so basic.
I’d never liked humanizations, because I’ve always had this thing where I hate human characters. However, this somehow changed things for me. These were pretty much my first humanizations, made in August 2020.
Well, that’s great and all, but how am I still so obsessed with them???
The answer is super embarrassing.
I actually had a moment where I was losing interest in PMTOK. This was around early 2021. Then comes along the worst thing to ever happen to me. /j
The Ollys.
I was randomly DMed fanart of me and Sega (Jaded_Is_Jade on Twitter)’s Olly designs by Sega herself one day. Kissing. Passionately. As a joke. It was based off this meme:
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…Unfortunately, I don’t think Sega will ever allow me to share this drawing with the public.
Anyway, as someone who found selfcest absolutely hilarious due to its sheer absurdity and impossibility in real life, I thought this was a new funny recurring joke we’d have.
Yeah. “Joke”. We kept drawing art of the Ollys. It was all funny, but then we moved on to writing fanfics about them. Then, this sort of wound up becoming a symbol of our bond.
The Ollys have been a thing since February 24, 2021. It’s horrifying. I feel embarrassed every time I talk about it, because I don’t want people to think I’m often into selfcest (I don’t ship that stuff anywhere else, but if you do that’s cool, it’s just not my thing because I prefer more… possible ships), but this… somehow got me infatuated with Sega’s Olly. Which is really funny, because I used to say “why do people find him hot??? He’s literally a cube.”
So, now a lot of the obsession comes from the Ollys. They really do hold a special place in my heart, for some godforsaken reason. That, and I just love tragic siblings. And fictional siblings in general. I used to be OBSESSED with Papyrus and Sans’s relationship (in a familial way, ya freaks. /j).
SO YEAH. I WENT OFF… A LOT… BUT I HOPE SOMEONE FINDS THIS INTERESTING!! I’d be happy to answer more questions in the near future, so if anything is confusing here, please ask away!
Thank you for the ask! ^_^
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aemoglobin · 2 months ago
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got + completed my phone thingy!! gonna try to make an acct tmrw and then...maybe get my tickets...
went to denny's with the gf and had one of the grilled cheese collab sandwiches...it had mozzarella sticks in it..it was SOOOO GOOD ugh i want another one :3c i need...crusty white bread slathered in butter and cheeses...
have received all of the packages i was waiting for earlier this week. my apt complex's mailroom is in shambles and it's really pissing me off. like i keep repeating myself bc it pisses me off so badly and management hasn't done anything to address it other than 'lol yeah come get your packages' in an email, ONCE, over a month ago. terrible service idfk why i'm paying almost $600/mo for this place!!
i'm waiting on an amzn package (phone case + cat food), some trinkets from a splits group, & my ttyl albums to ship, and then i have a couple things i preordered that won't be out for another couple months so idc about them right now :thinking: among them an itabag i have been waiting for and am really excited about...the loveliveification of my casual purse...hehe.
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asoulofatlantis · 10 months ago
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Let me be completely honest with you. The only reason why I have a need to finish this game right now is because it would feel awful to start Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth without finishing the Remaster of Final Fantasy 8.
(And yes, in case I have not mentioned that before... I am ashamed to admit it, but I preordered FF7R(2) even tho I still to this day, hate FF7Rs guts. BUT - among other things - now that I have started that journey, I may as well go through with it till the very end. And if that means complaining through all 3 games that they suck then that is still an interesting way to play a game XD I might also add... I bought a PS5 just for FF16 and now its standing here and has not been used in months and there is hardly any game out there right now that I would want for the PS5 so... I might as well get al least FF7R(2) so the PS5 doesn't stand here for nothing ^^' IF I get the thing to work where I can play the game on my Computer via the might of the internet, I will do a live reaction for it. So you will have complain about this game live and in colors XD ALSO anyone in the mood of a prediction game? I say we do NOT get a Kiss in THAT scene and I dare to say Aerith will not die the way she should - not saying she is not dying at all tho. Anyone on the Tifa dies instead bandwagon? I mean, seriously... what if Clouds choice of who he is going to the Golden Saucer (or whatever it is called) with will end up deciding who is going to die? BUT what if Nomura as twisted as he is decided he sacrifice the one Cloud is dating in that playthrough and lets the other one live? I would not put it past him or this game to do that XD)
ANYWAY... lets get back to FF8. We have a Shumi to kill.
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What kind of question is that? I was ordered to see the master - as you were I presume - so I am going to see him? And... you know... while I am at it... maybe... save the Headmaster? I am serious, why that question? Okay, sie was searching for the headmaster instead but still... it was a weird question. I mean... could they not come up with a better way to stop him in his tracks like: "Oh, you are here too? Do you search for the headmaster as well?" or something. But I guess I am just nitpicking here.
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Its not like Cid didn't use us for this ridiculous "free Timber'" - mission too.
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Here comes the big plottwist. The first one, that is.
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Talking Squall out of his melancholy is actually Rinoas Job, but since I don't like her or the ship, I didn't bring her. Second in line for this scene would be Xell. So... yeah... I couldn't bring him either, even tho I do like him a lot. So third is finally Quistis, which I think is pretty hard, given how she was always there for Squall so far, even tho he never treated her nicely. But... not you see why I brought Irving along ^^'
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Can I just leave without talking to her? XD
Pfff. I did it. *lol*
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So... this is a pacifist city... but we get weapon-stuff here? ^^' ()Also... why is "Eyes on me" playing in the background? (The ball-version.)
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I know its a JRPG thing to put people in leading positions without their consent but... Squall really has it rough ^^'
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You can really not blame this boy for his abandonment issues. His father was never there (and likely never will be, because Laguna and Squall both suck when it comes to dealing with emotions and relationships XD) and so he didn't even know he had one until he was almost an adult. His mother died when he was born. Ellone, his sister-figure, was suddenly gone too. And he was stuck in an orphanage with crazy guys like Xell and Quistis and Seifer of all people ^^' Even tho he can not remember anything, his trauma is there.
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I will repeat this a few more times in the future... but I will never understand how this ship ever actually happened.
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I thought it nice that after all this time, we finally got an explanation to why Irvin was so dead set on Selphie from the start.
Here comes the next big plot twist by the way. We have all (Rinoa aside) been in the same orphanage! But... we can not remember? Why? Wait for the next big plottwist!
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You know... I wonder how it must have felt for her, walking past Squall and the other but they were not remembering her at all. Must have been sad.
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Since Squall is Lagunas and Rains lovechild... it kind of makes sense that there was a special connection between him and Ellone.
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And here is our next plot twist! We use GF and that is why we have slowly but surely forgotten our past. OBVIOUSLY that plot twist has A LOT of holes in it tho. Like the fact that Squall, Seifer and Quistis would have needed to start out using GFs at rougly the same time, because otherwise they would have kept reminding each other of their past. Plus, as Xell was adopted and not mentioned by Quistis when she talked about entering the garden at the age of 10, he likely has entered the garden later and thus must have used GFs later so... he should still have remembered the other then and if Irving can kickstart their memories, why not Xell too?
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Oh look! Another bombshell! I know all the secrets and I am still already exhausted XD
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unpredictablesite · 1 year ago
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‘Love, Sex and War’ Terry Day Lyrics from BlancaRegina+PierreBouvierPatron on Vimeo.
4th October 2023 Café Oto London
‘Segue To Another’ Book launch of ‘Love, Sex and War’ Terry Day Lyrics
‘Segue To Another’ is the celebration of the book launch of ‘Love, Sex and War’ Terry Day Lyrics and a selection of lyrics compiled with Terry, edited by Blanca Regina and published by Unpredictable Series.
For this special event, Terry Day will perform a selection of his lyrics with a small orchestra including Neil Charles, Hannah Mashall, Rachel Musson, Charlotte Keeffe, Benedict Taylor, Iris Colomb, Adrian Northover, Daniel Blumberg, Peter Urpeth and Blanca Regina
In Terry’s words:
‘ The performance on the 4th of October is a “ONE OFF”. ….. To attempt the performance of eight lyrics plus conducting is a step into the unknown for me. Usually, I only perform one lyric with a large orchestra
Generally, the orchestra is given only the chorus of the lyric to briefly rehearse. The rest of the lyric is then improvised, with the orchestra usually hearing it for the first time during the performance. However, the orchestra is only given the title of a lyric with no defined chorus. As such that piece would be almost completely improvised…… …….obviously a ‘ Chorus ’ might arrive
Each word, sentence, phrase and verse of the lyric has been deliberated upon and remains unaltered other than very minor changes. However, the structure, delivery, rhythm, tempo – all the musical aspects of the lyric are subject to improvisation, as is the dialogue and exchange between the orchestra and myself
‘Segue To Another ‘ speaks for itself, ………when the lyric becomes ‘Song’.
I have learnt to accept the banality and profundity of a lyric.
Preorder the book at shipping from October 4th 2023 unpredictableseries.bandcamp.com/merch/love-sex-and-war-terry-day-lyrics
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dreenicorn · 2 years ago
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving! 🤗 I didn’t relapse that the Discount want added to my previous post so here it is again! Don’t forget today my Cyber Monday Sale starts! Password to my My Shop will be up at 10am PST this morning in my Instagram Stories! ☺️ You’ll find that almost everything in my Shop will be 35% OFF!! Items excluded from this Discount are anything material related, so my purses, tote bags and lanyards will only be 25% OFF instead. Still a nice discount! 😆 Preorders of course will be excluded from this sale since the funds go towards the creation of the designs. So my Mummy Pins will be at the regular Preorder pricing. This also means that any coupons that have been given out are closed during this time and will resume AFTER the Sale has ended. Sale ends Sunday, November 27th at 11:59pm PST. All In-Hand orders will receive SAME DAY tracking! Orders will also begin packaging Monday evening and will continue throughout the week and will Ship out Friday, Saturday and complete the following Monday! P.S. I’ve made things a bit easier by adding the appropriate image to different Pin Variants. Hopefully by doing it this way there won’t be anymore confusion to which variant you are purchasing. 🤗 Happy Shopping everyone! 🛍️ (at California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClbvE4CP2K6a6hW9Qkirx4rQTIZJ3yFwtSP8bg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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supercorpzine · 3 years ago
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PREORDERS ARE ALMOST HERE FOR THE LAST VOLUME!
Our BIGGEST book yet with a page estimate of over 300 pages of a nearly fifty-fifty split of exclusively new art and fanfic! We are offering even more merch than last year-still including an enamel pin with every physical order and two tiers of merch bundles to choose from!
Here is how the tiers are going to break down:
Digital PDF zine only: $18 USD (same price as last year, a steal!)
Physical zine and Enamel Pin (includes PDF zine): $35 USD
Bundle 1 (includes physical zine, PDF zine, 10 stickers, 5 postcards, 2 keychains, 3 bookmarks & 1 pin): $50 USD
Bundle 2 (includes physical zine, PDF zine, 10 stickers, 10 postcards, 3 keychains, 6 bookmarks & 1 pin): $60 USD
Domestic and International shipping: $15 USD domestic, $25 USD intl
BUT WAIT! There’s MORE!
Yes, there’s so much more! We have heard you asking for the old zines and we are happy to announce that they will once again be available for purchase-as second edition copies. As second editions, they are not completely 100% full editions. Over 90% of each original zine from volumes 1-4 have been recollected one last time at a discounted price-digital PDF ONLY:
Volume 1 Zine: $5 USD
Volume 2 Zine: $8 USD
Volume 3 Zine: $12 USD
Volume 4 Zine: $15 USD
And the behemoth of the lot:
The Supercorp Zine Digital Omnibus, to include all four second edition copies of the zines as well as the full volume 5 zine along with a few extra omnibus-exclusive illustrations from some of our artists! Well over a couple hundred pages, this full digital collection is $35 USD.
As amazing as it would be to offer these previous volumes and the omnibus as physical prints, it is just too big of an undertaking for a small volunteer team of five. We do not have the labor, time, nor space to expand that big-though it was incredibly tempting. Could you imagine the cinderblock the omnibus would be? How would we even ship it? A question for another time line...
We hope that this offer of digital copies still excites you, as we are excited to be able to share them one last time!
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VOL 5 PHYSICAL Pre-orders
Our extended preorder period was very successful last year, and we will offer that window of 6 weeks again! Pre-orders will be taking place from:
May 1, 2022 - June 19, 2022 ONLY
and will be using storenvy. Check here for payment information.
This 6 week preorder period will be the ONLY TIME you can order the PHYSICAL VOLUME 5 BOOK AND MERCHANDISE! Please plan accordingly!
Our cover reveal will happen on May 1 when preorders go live, as will all merchandise previews!
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DIGITAL Pre-Orders
To help cover higher shipping and production costs we are offering the digital versions of ALL PDFs through the end of June:
DIGITAL PREORDERS RUN May 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
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Why is shipping higher?
We have two reasons for this.
Firstly, the book is just not going to fit into the envelopes we have used in the past. It has an estimated weight of close to two pounds per book and a spine of over 3/4 of an inch thick. It simply will not fit in the envelope with the merchandise bundles.
Secondly, we are hoping to circumvent the issue of damaged zines this year by upgrading to a box over an envelope. Many books were damaged during travel last year and we want to make sure the copy you ordered is in the condition we will receive it in. This will also allow for better padding concerning the merchandise so your book won’t get scratched or punctured. Your zine will arrive in a USPS flat rate box measuring 9 7/16″ x 6 7/16″ x 2 3/16″. It is a white box with blue and red detailing.
We have done our best to keep the prices as low as possible for the final book, as well as the previous volumes to make everything more affordable. Keep an eye on our socials for special giveaways!
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If you have concerns over the break down of production costs, please see our transparency documents from the last four volumes! We hope that you can join us in helping raise funds for three very deserving charities one last time, and help share a wonderful collection of Supercorp art and fiction that has been created with a whole lot of love and care. Please get in touch if you have any questions, and check our FAQ for basic information!
You Are My Hero is an unofficial Supercorp fan zine created for charity. All profits will be split equally between The Trevor Project, the Transgender Law Center, and Futures Without Violence.
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moghedien · 3 years ago
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literally I cannot fathom what people are mad about with the Branderson thing
like this is literally the best way he could handle publishing these. Like, ok so you want him to go through normal publishing means? ok so Tor hears that there's 4 new Brandon Sanderson novels ready to publish and so they start reworking their schedules and push back the release dates for newer and less famous authors so that fans can get the new Branderson books in 3-4 years. and let's divert the very little bit of marketing budget we've given those authors so that we can make sure we have enough to market these 4 new Branderson books! like yes let's screw over other authors and needlessly delay things so that Branderson does this the correct way
ok so let's not traditionally publish this then. let's self publish using the normal self publish means, ie AMAZON. Let's publish these all as Amazon originals so that Amazon has exclusive rights to the ebooks (and can add DRM) for at least a year and also make the audiobook an Audible exclusive because if its self publishing, then it HAS TO feed the Amazon leviathan or its wrong. Amazon MUST make bank off of these books or you did something bad.
like, he has the means to do all the publishing himself, so its good that he's doing it? he's not screwing over other authors by signing these over to traditional publishers who would absolutely make room for these books at the expense of others. Amazon isn't getting a dime. And like, he's charging a completely reasonable amount for these?
the least you can pay in this is $40 and that gives you 4 ebooks. That's $10 a book, which is the normal price of almost any backlist book that has any degree of popularity, outside of occasional sales. New releases run $15-$20 normally. And these are DRM free.
Then ok let's look at the hardcover costs. We're not gonna count shipping because that's a whole other issue and our postal system is in crisis, but if you get the hardcovers, you're paying $160, or $40 a book. Which is more than a normal hardcover cost, but it was made very clear that these are going to be high quality books which each have full color illustrations in some way. they're like special edition books. compare this with like, the Name of the Wind 10th anniversary edition, which has an msrp of $40. Now you're also getting ebooks with those hardcovers automatically, so like. these are completely reasonable prices, you're just paying it upfront, which looks intimidating and can be harder for people, but it was also made clear that these books will be available in some way afterward so you don't have to get them now if you really want them. You just might not get pretty premium hardcover editions, but you'll be able to get the book still. You're basically jus preordering them.
like I cannot fathom what their is the be MAD about. like I get people who don't like his books or point out that he is from a place of extreme privilege and no one else could have done this. but like....I don't think anyone is really saying otherwise? like be annoyed if you don't like his stuff, fine, but like angry? literally wtf is there to be angry about with this? no one is making you back the kickstarter and this is taking nothing away from other authors.
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