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convexicalcrow · 4 months ago

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"Kneel."

The ConVex Cathedral was cold, and the stone was as hard as it ever was as Cub knelt before the altar. The voices of the Vex were dancing all over the walls, creating a cacophany of presence. But who was he to refuse a summons? If the Vex needed him, of course he would respond.

"I obey."

"You do, when you are not beholden to that filth."

Cub shivered. Okay, so maybe he'd let the skulk obsession get a little out of hand, but it was fine, right? He was fine. He was cured. Pix and False cured him, he went back through the Rift with everyone else, he was fine. He was Fine.

"Remember who you serve first."

Cub felt his body pushed down against the stone by some invisible force as a stinging pain flooded through him. He had been waiting for this, if he was honest. The Vex had ignored him for the rest of the season, and now that the season was over, well. It was time for his reckoning. There was a small whisper from the skulk, of course, but he ignored it.

"How can I make things right?"

"We have a plan for you. See."

Images filled his head of Grian and himself working on something. Lots of pieces of paper with the word 'permit' on them. That did ring a bell about something Grian had said earlier after the season was done, but not enough to remember, not in this moment.

"He will become a Vex."

"Nah, I- he'd never agree to that. Besides, we're not that close. Scar would have a better chance."

"But Scar is not here, and Scar did not forsake us."

"So I don't have a choice."

"He will become a Vex."

Cub understood he had no choice here. The Vex had decided Grian needed to become a Vex, and it was Cub's job to make it happen. Okay, he might have exaggerated how close they were, but he still hung out more with Scar. But, well. He'd wait and see what happened when the new season began. See if Grian wanted his help with something. That'd be his in, if they had a shared project to work on.

"Go now. Do not forget that you belong to us."

"Yes, of course."

Cub almost got to his feet before the Vex yanked him up and shoved him backwards out of the Cathedral. Clearly, they were still angry at him. And, to be fair, maybe he did deserve it, just a little bit. He turned away from the Cathedral, and closed his eyes, returning to his body.

Cub forgot all about that conversation by the time Grian approached him once the new season had started. He'd been so busy with the early game grind, he'd forgotten all about the Vex and what they had asked of him. At least, until Grian turned up, needing his help.

"You know like, everything about the resources in the world, right? You can help with the permits. I'm sure I've forgotten half of them," Grian said, handing him a list.

"I mean, sure? I'll take a look," Cub said.

"Thanks, Cub. I can't think of anyone else with the amont of knowledge you have. I'd appreciate all the help I can get," Grian said.

And that was how he spent the rest of the day, pouring over lists with Grian, sorting them into tiers based on previous seasons' experiences with the shopping district, and hoping like hell it all felt balanced.

They crashed, asleep, close to dawn, making a makeshift bed in the hole they'd dug as a base. Cub remembered his orders as Grian curled up beside him, resting his head on his chest. What had felt like just doing Grian a favour had become a partnership. He was in it for the long haul now. He just hoped he could find the right time to Vexify him, by choice if at all possible. A prankster like Grian was perfect for the Vex. They'd get along famously. But he wouldn't act right away. The timing had to be perfect. Let them just work on the permits and get them all set up and running, and he'd evaluate then.

The worst thing was, he couldn't tell Scar. And he usually told him everything about the Vex and their plans. But they didn't want this shared, and Grian wanted the permits to be private until they were ready to launch. So he was stuck in silence, compartmentalising his memories and knowledge of the permits and the Vex's plans away from Scar. A Vex never works alone, hey? Well, there was always an exeption to the rule.

#hermitcraft #hermitfic #fanfic #convex #cubfan135 #the vex #vex cub #grian #writing permit office vex shenanigans wooo #this will prob end up shippy #just as a warning #but it's fine for now #hc exile arc

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paratielisdum · 4 months ago

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Hey guys it's my birthday today! I sadly don't have much to offer you, since my state hasn't been the best lately. What i will offer you, is this little video a friend made about our little minecraft faction :)

Here is the NSP video :)

(i hope it turns into a link?? Idk how this works)

Hope you guys like it, now onto some faction lore! (And member appreciation)

All goes back to early 2024 summer, i was bored out of my mind, fresh out of (or into? I don't remember exactly) exams and decided to join a create minecraft server, i picked one called "Hyperion SMP". There, after around a day of playing, i decided to ask someone to team up, this someone was called TDM (TheDiamondMan). We created the faction together, which was simply named Sola Punctum back then, aka. "Lone Point", as we had settled far away from everyone else in the west.

We began grinding and soon, RiftyNic had joined us, our team grew larger, a small handful of people had come and gone, but the people mentioned here have stayed until now. Thanks to our great advances, we accidentally caused the server to chunk lock us at our base, forcing it to advance to the next season.

In the next season we renamed to "Nova Sola Punctum" (New Lone Point), we had a similar plan, travel west and grow big. That was where Galaxy joined us (although i don't remember him being online very often). As planned, we grew big, in a sort of mountain crater we had found, building separate sites around the mountains and a national railway. This time, the season slowly died out due to inactivity.

That was when we all decided we would join a new server, "Create Civilisation SMP". That was where we met the rest of the team, Orion, Kross, Hunter and Lightning. We did not disappoint and thanks to our new members, we had grown bigger than ever, grand builds decorating our base, resources overflowing in our storage and fond memories, kept forever in all of us.

We've gone through ups and downs, crazy or chaotic moments shared in secret, in our private channels and DMs. Countless -mostly sleep deprived- hours spent in game or in VC, chatting away about anything that came to mind. Sometimes we'd play other games, like Green Hell, a horror minecraft modpack we'd made, lethal company, content warning, even the most random discord activities, like Krunker, Youtube, gartic phone or chess. Problems were overcome, challenges were stomped on and completed, skills were developed. Our bond only became stronger as time went on, trust and loyalty shown through jokes, secrets and messages shared between us. Every single one of them was important and amazing all throughout.

I wouldn't change a thing.

Due to inactivity, NSP has slowed down, that's just how life is, it sometimes gets in the way. I hope this summer we can come back, stronger and better than ever. Until then, i love you guys.

Special thanks to Kross, for being there for me in the late (or early, depending how you look at it) hours of the night (or morning), offering me company, advice and -even if he might've not known it- comfort when i felt down. We were a formidable duo, even if sometimes i pushed a tad bit too much. I don't think i could ever show how much i appreciate him.

Some more Credits (in no specific order).

Thanks to TDM, for being so laid back when I'd act like an idiot, or mess up, bringing order the best he could or taking up jobs i didn't want to or couldn't deal with at the time.

Thanks to Lightning, for chatting with me when I'd feel lonely.

Thanks to Hunter, for being silly and making the NSP video and reminding me how grateful i am to have them all.

Thanks to Nic, for being the brightest friend, his funny antics always made me cheer up and laugh, his random moments of weird weren't always expected, but always welcome, his builds intricate and beautiful, decorating our bases all throughout.

Thanks to Galaxy, for offering his great ideas, helping me with create when needed, and spending quality time in Green Hell together when nobody else would.

Thanks to Orion, for always showing me the wrong in my ways - even if he made my anxiety spike at times-, for being a great coder and an even greater coordinator.

And the rest of you, you know who you are.

#minecraft #faction #smp #appreciation post #love you guys #lore #backstory #birthday #miss you kross #:(#come back sooner

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shadowonwater · 6 months ago

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PikFik: I'M BACK ON THE FUCKING PLANET!?

No Warnings Apply, No Shipping either, Louie-centric fic

AO3:

Title is a Snapcube Reference Louie's back on same damn dangerous planet he was abandoned on once to collect more treasure. But this time it's not even his fault that the company's in debt. He doesn't get paid enough for this. A look into the mind of Louie during Pikmin 3 as well as the ending of Pikmin 2. Mostly Pikmin 3 focused.

Louie could admit he was at fault for that whole Golden PikPik fiasco. He did eat all those carrots after all. But who could entirely blame him? (Well a lot of people would entirely blame him, actually) But he couldn't blame himself entirely. I mean what do you expect to happen if you put a fox in charge of a hen house?

So yeah, he might not have really wanted to go to some weird distant planet to collect treasure but he figured it all only fair after causing this mess in the first place. It was kind of cool seeing all the weird animals and plants. It became even cooler when he realized how tasty most of them were.

So he did his job, fair enough. But then Olimar left him behind. Louie could remember standing there, watching the ship take off without him. He wondered if Olimar figured out it was him who put the company in debt and decided to abandon him. It was a cold feeling. He was often ignored by his peers growing up for being weird. But being left stranded was a whole level.

Louie used the resources he could. Any Pikmin he could find could help him kill larger meals, but they would leave at the end of the day. The Pikmin Onions weren’t staying by his side like they did Olimar. He hoped it was just because they didn’t know where he was. But a small part of himself whispered that they had abandoned him too.

Louie hid out in caves at night for the most part, doing his best to avoid the pampent amount of predators. But sometimes he spent his nights helping these weird glowing green Pikmin things. Louie figured they were ghosts, they looked like ghosts. He could see them but touching them was like touching cold air. They didn’t have any smell either.

The Green Pikmin as he decided to call them always disappeared by dawn. The bodies of killed predators remained though. Which helped give Louie food for a few days. At night though, he wasn’t always able to find them, and it was risky being out so he didn’t always bother to try with them.

There was something victorious about finding something that Olimar didn’t know about. Louie decided on the off-chance he ever saw Olimar again he wasn’t going to tell him anything about Green Pikmin. Let that “expert” find things out for himself.

Louie didn’t bother to keep track of the days. He didn’t think he’d ever get rescued. He’d estimated about a month had passed before he found that giant Dweevil, or Titan Dweevil (that’s what Olimar decided to call it). The big creature was surprisingly friendly. None of the Dweevil’s attacked unless frightened, but he didn’t expect to find one outright friendly. He rode it around and helped give it direction for finding food for the both of them and it didn’t leave him like the Pikmin did (like everyone seems to do, Olimar included). Louie was also able to find and attach treasure that made the Dweevil more powerful too. Food and a friend… Louie could get used to this.

But sometime later Louie woke up from his nap to find he’d been “rescued” from his friend. His Dweevil friend was dead, the treasures collected to be sold by the President. Olimar was beside himself for having left Louie behind, apologising profusely for having not double-checked he was on the ship. Louie couldn’t help but forgive Olimar, it was hard not to when he also had made a big mistake with those carrots. By now he wished that Olimar didn’t come back for him, actually. Back to the daily grind for Louie…

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It happened again. The Company was in debt and it wasn’t even Louie’s fault. It wasn’t his fault that the President had made a mistake, so why was he being asked to help clean it up? The President should go back to the Pikmin Planet if he was so sure that was a good idea to fix the debt. Or even better, deal with debt the normal way instead of sending your employees to do treasure hunting for you!

Now Louie was sent back here with Olimar under threat of losing their jobs, and as much as Louie kind of wanted to quit, he needed the job and the Hocotatian job market was famously bad right now. Well “right now” is a relative term, it’s been back for the last 20 or so years, really as long as Louie’s been alive it’s been bad. It was lucky he managed to get hired in the first place.

All of that still didn’t mean that Louie liked being asked to do something outside of his job description. The President was giving them a bonus at least, as long as they get enough treasure to pay off the new debt. Louie knew though, really, that the bonus was going to be coming out of whatever money was left over from the treasure after the debt was paid off.

So Louie did treasure collecting with Olimar, rather half-heartedly. They could take their time, the President was smart enough not to get into debt with loan sharks this time. Louie couldn’t bring himself to care enough to bring his A-game, or his B-game. He was bringing his C-game this time. Olimar noticed.

Olimar was doing most of the work, giving the job as much effort as he gave when the President was in actual danger. He was quick, efficient, knew just how to use the Pikmin and when. The only time Olimar slowed down was to study something new, like the new Pikmin. Louie was a little surprised that he called them Wing Pikmin and Rock Pikmin, mostly because he would have thought Olimar would stick to the naming scheme he’d been using before. Louie thought about telling him about the Green Pikmin which he had kind of forgotten about until now, but decided to continue his resolve and not tell Olimar. Thing is, if Olimar knew about the night-time Pikmin he’d insist on them both staying up at night to check them out and Louie wanted to do as little as possible and get back home. Maybe he'd tell him after they get back.

Olimar asked Louie to “please step it up a little”, Louie knew what he meant but decided to only be slightly more helpful, he did only say “a little” after all. Olimar just kind of sighed, shrugged, and shook his head, he seemed to accept it for now.

Amongst the items they found on the first day was some sort of key. Louie thought it looked a little high-tech for the things they usually find on the plant, but they’ve found all sorts of strange technologies before. Instead of just selling it Olimar insisted on holding on to it until they found out what the key was for. Olimar thought it might open a treasure chest so he decided to keep it on his person instead of keeping it in the ship with the other treasure.

Olimar started the first video log to their boss not long after. The President wanted to be updated on how things were going. Louie wasn’t interested so he just hung nearby along with some Blue Pikmin, waiting for the log to be over so they could get back to business.

Then of course one of the giant crab monsters started going after him. He tried to fight back but found the crystal encasing on the claw making it hard to damage. Several of the Pikmin were eaten and Louie was smacked onto the shore. He laid there stunned as the crab scuttled on over and ate the last of the Blue Pikmin Louie had with him. Louie watched as Olimar quickly wrapped up the video log and rushed over to help him.

The following days were much the same of Louie barely trying and Olimar getting increasingly annoyed with him. While Louie was stuck treasure hunting he focused his mental space on recipes for new and old creatures alike. Even if Olimar wasn’t interested in eating these things, he did let Louie at his recipes to Olimar’s writings about the creatures. He frequently muttered to himself, while planning out the recipes, Olimar would give him looks. Unfortunately Louie’s distraction kept landing him in hot water with the dangerous creatures around them. Whenever Olimar wasn’t there to watch Louie’s back he kept finding himself in some sort of trouble. Getting chased around by this or that, and getting Pikmin killed.

Olimar was upset with how distracted Louie was. He told him that the sooner they get the job done the sooner they could go back home. Louie understood the logic of it, but he was still disobedient on principle. He ate every fruit treasure they came across because Louie decided to see it as additional payment for having to be here. If Olimar didn’t have enough to be annoyed with, they both also had to deal with the cold in the tundra, and Olimar had a data leak on top of all that.

In one of the data logs Olimar said something about wishing to have a new partner. Louie was quite alright with that. If Olimar kept being sent to the Pikmin Planet let someone else be his partner and have to deal with all that. Louie could stay doing what he was hired to do, fly ships and deliver cargo.

It was only a few days but really it felt like weeks. They had gathered up all the treasure they needed for the debt, plus the key, which Olimar decided to continue to hold on to, he said he might give it to one of his kids as a gift. It was obvious to Louie it was time to leave, but Olimar had different plans.

Olimar saw something gold and shiny and insisted that they get some extra treasure before they left. What happened to doing the job as quickly as possible so they could leave? But noooo Olimar just had to get some extra treasure. Louie voiced his objection, but Olimar insisted. “Just one more treasure,” he said. Ugh! Fine!

Upon arriving at the new location, the one that looked like the stump of a truly gigantic oak tree, Louie’s objections were beyond just not needing the extra treasure. The place had some real bad vibes. It was too quiet, there weren’t any creatures around, the inside of the couldn’t be clearly seen from the outside, the whole place just had this strange oppressive atmosphere of wrongness. And there was a feeling of being watched.

Olimar’s brows creased from concern as he took in the place, he seemed to be getting the bad vibes too. Louie took this opportunity to remind Olimar that they didn’t even need this treasure, they could just leave. He included that this place was giving bad vibes. But Olimar, fed up with Louie, huffed and said it wasn’t that bad and Louie was just looking for another reason to go home.

Olimar started up the next video log a moment later. And Louie, hearing a weird noise, tried sneaking around the area. He was looking for a good hiding spot. It seemed that every time Olimar started a video log Louie had a run-in with some monster.

The large liquid golden creature sliding out of the back entrance of the cave-like tree stump was unlike almost anything Louie had ever seen, almost. It reminded him of the water monster from the underwater cave from their last trip. A part of him wondered how it tasted but the phantom stomach pains he felt at the idea (the memory of how sick he got when he drank some of the Water Wraith) put a stop to those ideas. It did smell nice though.

Louie did what he often does. Run.

Louie ran to the ship as the creature jumped Olimar, Louie could hear the sound of Pikmin being thrown behind him. It was Olimar’s idea to come here, Louie reminded himself, let him deal with the consequences, he completely ignored how creepy this place is. A part of Louie still felt bad about just running off and not helping. But Olimar is good at fighting, he should be fine.

And so, Louie took off on the ship, fully intending to come back when it was getting dark to pick up Olimar before the predators came out. But Louie didn’t come back. Because… he crashed. It was hard to make fun of Olimar for how often he crashed on the planet when Louie just did the same very thing. Louie didn’t know how to fix ships, Olimar did.

Sure it was dangerous without Pikmin but Louie has done it before, Louie has also survived the planet at night. Louie would make his way on foot to the oak and bring Olimar back here and then they could both leave, of course unless Olimar insisted on some other chore they had to do first. Well Louie would need at least a day to get to Olimar. Olimar might get the chance to see those Green Pikmin for himself.

Things, of course, would not go Louie’s way. When do they ever? Louie got swarmed by the bees again and this time he didn’t have Olimar with him to help. It’s not that Louie couldn’t kill a weak monster on his own but he just couldn’t land a hit on the flying ones. Louie figured that by now Olimar had defeated the golden blob and finished getting that treasure he set his sights on. Instead of Louie meeting him, they could meet halfway? Louie didn’t think he’d be able to get over there anyway. Louie quickly set up a video call. It was glitchy, but it had clearly been picked up. He asked Olimar for help. Then he got swarmed and blacked out.

When Louie came too, he had no idea where he was. It was a ship, that much was clear but it was unlike Hocotian ships, it certainly wasn’t the one the President owned and it didn’t match the description Olimar had given him of The Dolphin.

So a mysterious ship… Louie had no idea how they must have found him but it must be space pirates! He’s been warned before that space pirates are an occupational hazard for anyone that does space delivery but he’s never actually run into any before. It would have been a little exciting if it didn’t happen at such a bad time.

Luckily the space pirates are pretty stupid considering that they didn’t tie him or lock him up in any way! He’ll just land the ship and leave! And you know what? They’re pirates so they probably have some treasure on board already he can steal! He’ll take their food too while he’s at it! That’ll show those space pirates for messing with Louie!

It was a great plan… until Louie got eaten by a monster almost immediately after running off. And got captured by the space pirates again… who, as it turned out, were not actually space pirates. And the treasure, the giant rubber duck Louie was going to give to Olimar as a “sorry I ran off and left you to alone with a monster”, was not stolen loot, but a personal belonging of the captain of this ship, the ship that, again, weren’t actually space pirates.

Louie could almost admit he messed up a little.

They were just a trio of Koppites on the search for fruit, which the Pikmin Planet had a lot of. Or should Louie call it PNF? That’s what the Koppites were calling the planet. The good news was that they wanted to help Olimar. Sure it was because they needed their key back, turns out it wasn’t a treasure chest key, but they were going to help. They were also willing to give Louie some of their food. It wasn’t very much though. Louie tried asking them for bugs but they looked at him like he’d grown a 2nd head. Right. Because Koppites don’t eat meat. Weirdos.

So he told them where Olimar was. He wanted to go with them but they refused. The pink one thought he would run off with their food again if they untied him. So he sat there as time ticked by, waiting and waiting. He wondered what he would do if they never came back. Would they need rescuing too? Or maybe they would all just leave him there forever, not because they got killed or captured, but because they didn’t want to deal with him.

Hours ticked by in silence. The silence didn’t bother Louie, but not knowing what was going on did. At what point should he try chewing through the rope? Would he gather Pikmin himself and make a daring rescue. Or would he fall back to running away again. That was part of what stopped Louie from making a move. As long as he was tied up, whatever happened wasn't in his hands. It wasn’t his business, it wasn't his responsibility, it wasn’t his fault.

He still left Olimar in the first place, though. He still ate the golden PikPik carrots. Sure, he had nothing to do with the President’s bad money decisions. But in a round-about way the President wouldn’t know about the treasures on the Pikmin Planet if it weren’t for Louie. If it weren’t for Louie, Olimar would have given that first treasure to his son, and Hocotate Freight wouldn’t have been going out of business, and Olimar wouldn’t have lost his ship either. So in a way, Louie realized. All of this. Really was Louie’s fault.

Louie stewed in that thought as the Koppites came back, with Olimar in tow. They were all worse for wear, especially Olimar. Louie felt pangs of guilt, looking at Olimar, knowing that he shouldn’t have run. Olimar was battered and exhausted, and a little out of it. He didn’t seem totally convinced that this wasn’t just a dream. Louie wondered what the giant golden glob had been doing to Olimar that had affected the man so.

With the President’s ship out of commission (something that was also Louie’s fault), the Hocotatian duo had no way to get back home. Koppites offered to give them a ride as Hocotate was on the way to Kopai.

Louie wasn’t shocked when the President yelled at them. They had trashed and lost his ship and didn’t even bring the treasure back with them (the treasure had been in the ship). He sent them back in a small pod to fix and bring back the ship and treasure. Louie wasn't happy they were sent back so soon, not for his own sake for once, but because Olimar was still shaky. It was fine though, Louie would pick up the slack, it was the least he could do after leaving Olimar like that. Louie wasn’t going to run this time.

#pikmin #pikmin fanfic #louie pikmin #olimar pikmin

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sug01s3al · 6 months ago

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How would a Spiritfarer puppet show work exactly? Would you use special effects for stuff like meteor dodging, jellyfish popping, etc., or would they be cut from the show altogether? Would it be a musical since a good chunk of the cast can play instruments? Sorry if I'm asking too many questions, it's just that the idea itself is rather fascinating.

Yeah, I spent a lot of time figuring out how I would best translate such a special game to stage- with it being a farmsim- adjacent kind of game, game play is endless or at the very least it takes (according to google lol) about 25 1/2 hours to complete the game so keeping everything I would want to would be unfeasible.

In my research in making my adaptation I looked at a lot of other games turned theatre pieces and learned of the 2.5D musical theatre. It a genre originated in Japan and I believe originated with adapting otome games to stage but there has been plenty other ones. One in particular was is the DanganRonpa stage play (yes I sat through all three of them for research :'') ) since Danganronpa is also a very, very long game and I wanted to see how they would adapt every single murder and trial or what would be cut out. It turned out for theirs ended up cutting out a lot of the filler and basically going from kill to kill to kill and losing quite a lot of what made it charming. As much as I enjoyed them you didn't really ever get long enough with each character to really care when they died and it wasn't like they were short either I think they're all 1.30h - 2h shows. If I was watching it for the first time and not someone who had played the games/watched the anime with the additional context I think it would have been narratively unsatisfying.

And with SpiritFarer being such a special game to me the last thing I would want to do is to compromise the stories and blow through each character incredibly fast because it would lose its meaning and gravity. So when it came to figuring out how I would plan the stage play I had to consider a lot of what I could bear to cut and the story that could be told in the time I had to tell it. It never got as far as an official script but my solution to keeping what I wanted ended up being cutting characters out sadly so that at least a bit of each story could go in as well as having an element of their mini games. The minigames happen so often in the games it would be impossible to add so many in a stage play so I had planned for it to happen just once, perhaps at a poignant part of their story arch so there was more gravity to it and less of a 'I need lightning in a bottle so I'm gonna run Atul through like ten storms to grind resources' thing :'). Apart of their song would be a good way to do it I think, but having Atul and his inner conflicts being paired with traversing a raging storm just before he leaves I think would wreck me emotionally :'').

That being said I think a musical would be a really good way to convey the story in a succinct way without compromising on the emotional aspect. I can just image Summer singing in the gardens with Daffodil meowing along 🥺. I think I would only trust the music to Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Epic the Musical) though, I think he could do something REALLY special with the SpiritFarer cast. Or heck Toby Foxx maybe? I know he doesn't do musical musicals but I don't think anything has ever moved me quite as much as the Undertale Soundtrack... well the spiritfarer soundtrack too of course 😂 I don't know what sauce they put into the firefly mini game song with Gustav or Giovanni's meteor shower but I get goosebumps every time. The main theme goes hard too, I didn't realise it had lyrics until the trailer for the special edition (final edition?) came out with the animation and the singing then I was just sat there like :

I can't see it in my scan folder right now but if I remember correctly I had picked a set of characters stories to tell and then planned them in which order they appear to what order they disappear to plan out what I could fit into one 2h ish stageplay. I believe the characters I had kept for the story were Gwen, Atul, Stanley, Lily (as a part of Stella's story and potential conclusion), Gustav (couldn't bear to cut him), Buck and Summer. Possibly Jackie and Daria too they have puppet designs but are a package deal like Astrid and Giovanni and then it becomes too many cooks in the kitchen and too many stories to tell in such little time. Although I think Jackie is such a good foil to Stella he would have to be included to have a more satisfying ending. Beverly wasn't out yet and I am . not . a fan of Elena so she was cut. Ideally of course I would only have to cut a few, if I could plan it well enough to have the majority of the cast that would be ideal.

I think instead of trying to fit in a conclusion and compress the story down leaving the story open ended might be the best solution. Like not having everyone we meet leave or Stella either. Then again you can do a lot with a musical so who knows!

The only mini game I had planned for in the time I had was Summer's. I was trying to figure out how to best convey the serpent in a way that would let Stella move around dynamically. But yes I would want special effects for the minigames like flashing for the lightning in Atul's or the fire works in Giovanni's but paired with practical effects and smaller puppets. I mentioned this struggle to my tutor and she recommended the Frozen musical for visual reference because they do quite a wonderful job of conveying Elsa's ice powers with animated graphics/projects.

They're not the best sketched but for the staging what I had in mind was each scene being compressed into a story book style stage that could fold out each bit of furniture needed in the scene and flat pack back down to transition into the next scene. I also liked the idea of each island being like a 'chapter' in Stella's story. The boat would be the main façade of the stage, one side being the outer ship for larger scenes and then when you spin it around the inside reveals the set, like the inside of the buildings you had just seen the outside of- if I'm making any sense :') .

#spirit farer puppets #spirit farer spoilers #spiritfarer stage play #uni project #my art #puppets #theatre design #stage play #long post #this really makes me want to build more puppets #not that I have the room to store them but still

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misto713 · 2 years ago

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✨️Bullshit~✨️

1. it's not free unless you want to be the loser at the bottom of the rankings and never progress in the story because the end chapter of every mini arc of 6 chapters needs a couple MILLION more in power and you only get power by using a massive amount of resources.

2. ads everywhere, in fact. want to get just a little more resources? watch an ad. your cat randomly decided to run away? watch an ad or pay real money to get it back. spent hours grinding to reach 'dailies', a reward? hey, why don't you double it by watching an ad?

sure, you can get 10 skip ad tickets per day... with the paid monthly subscription! so no. not free at all.

3. the game is an expert at pulling money from its users. new dresses that cost ingots (60 ingots for... 2 euro? if i remember right). 100 ingots = 1 brocade. 1 piece of dress = 4 to 36!!! brocades. and you vet 5 to 9 pieces of dress to get the whole set.

or the game just directly asks real money for imaginary dresses. when i stopped playing, they started promoting the 'celestial' collection according to zodiac signs. each dress can be directly bought... for over 30 euros! for that price, you can just buy a real dress.

plus events - repeating events, dress events, mini story events, 'holiday themed' events. each requires ingots, and there's never enough ingots.

plus the VIP levels where support won't even really help you unless you reach some vip level. you reach vip by spending money. and you have paywalled confidants you receive after reaching vip levels. VIP16 would literally cost you at least a hundred thousand euro. not kidding.

and the lifetime pass and monthly pass and daily top up rewards and special packs and 'vip rewards' packs that cost even more money and ranking booster packs and event limited timr packs and i'm not even kidding! these are all in the game!

4. the community was great despite the game, not because of it. it's honestly the only thing i miss, the girls were great. but yes, the game gives you so so SO MANY options to be mean. and obfuscate their wording so half the players don't even know they're picking the hurtful options.

help 'harvest' a friends' garden? congrats! you just stole from them. 'compare notes' in the academia? congrats! you just stole their points and it takes 8 hoirs to get more. or ruin someone's banquet. or any random actions that half the time you don't even know are hurting others.

5. the story isn't even that good. starts with yoir typical 'revenge' cliché plot, then that gets resolved and it just sort of.. goes in circles. then MC is sent to some foreign country or something?? i don't know i stopped paying attention, it got boring.

6. the game does NOT value its players. at all. i played for over a year, reached an embrassingly high VIP level and then they just moved us to a slow server. ping of over one second, and considering everyone had 40-50 partners at this point and you needed to beat ALL of them in every debate, FOUR TIMES PER DAY!... every single action felt like someone's pulling my teeth, every move painfully slow. and support was no help of couse. "i'll ask the devs to check, my lady", they just lied to me - it was obvious that we were moved to a slow server since multiple people reported the same and it happened right after a sneaky unannounced maintenance.

my phone can smoothly run genshin and this little dressup with nothing more that static images with some minimal animations is slower? no. just no.

they just judged that our server doesn't make them enough money.

oh and of course, they create a new server every couple weeks. to get more people. and then they merge them to 'get more fun' mess up rankings and force people to pay even more money to keep their place among competition that just doubled. fun, right? (no, it wasn't).

girls, if you ever want to try this game, i can only tell you this: don't.

this miserable excuse of a game isn't worth it and their scummy business practices and gachas are only meant to pull money from you. don't do that to yourself.

no matter how pretty the dresses are, they are just not worth the money or effort.

just buy yourself a real dress.

#legend of the phoenix #online games #mobile games #exploitative

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Limbus Company Artist Fired Amidst Controversy

I'm not a fan of the whole "'fans' of a game review-bomb said game in response to a disliked change." We've just seen this with Skullgirls: Second Encore, and while on paper, the idea of fans being able to voice their issues with given changes sounds great, it just opens the door to a lot of very bad-faith actors mobbing the developers to harass them more than anything else. There's dialogue, then there's just banging down people's doors, and I think when a studio says, "We will not be answering questions related to the subject; this will not be open to further discussion," it ought to be a sign that your energy is better spent elsewhere. The fans of the Korean gacha RPG Limbus Company lived up to that "lofty" ideal earlier this week following a controversial change.

It all started with recent changes to the game, including new upgrade tiers; the implementation was pretty shaky, with fans displeased at how many resources it took to upgrade characters to the new tier, secretly nerfed upgrade benefits to stats, and certain characters being bugged upon being upgraded to the new tier. So far, yeah, I'd be very upset about that too. After all, it's evident that gacha games are all about the grind, but you at least want to ensure that the upgrades you're grinding for are worthwhile or, y'know, work.

The real trouble starts with the Limbus Company summer event that started this month. Being summer, the game had an ocean-themed event, but fans in Korea were displeased with... the character Ishmael drawn in a wetsuit instead of a bikini. And, sure, I look forward to summer events too—I'm not gonna pretend I haven't spent hours in Action Taimanin grinding up for Emily Simmons' swimsuit. But fans were specifically upset over there not being a sexy swimsuit for Ishmael at all. Like, really upset. So much so that they were ready to aim their complaints at the artist who drew Ishmael in the wetsuit, claiming that "radical feminism had taken over the studio." The fans changed their tune when they realized that the artist who had drawn the art was a man, so they instead targeted VellMori, a female artist who worked with the studio. Digging up some of VellMori's old tweets, they found her voicing such "radical" ideas as... how you probably shouldn't take candid photos of women in public. Fans also congregated on websites in an attempt at whipping up further libel against VellMori, such as claiming that she was also secretly a trans-exclusionary radical feminist or secretly in favor of sexualizing minors. This led to more fans congregating around the offices of Limbus Company's studio in protest. Eventually, the studio fired VellMori.

The whole incident reminds me of the case with Allison Rapp a few years back. For folks who don't remember, Allison Rapp was an employee at Nintendo of America who worked in marketing. Following the controversial localization of Fire Emblem: Fate, fans... somehow decided that Rapp was to blame for the changes, even though Rapp worked in marketing (fun fact: she was also product marketing lead for Bayonetta 2, so we have Rapp to thank for Pamela Horton's famous Bayonetta 2cosplay in Playboy Magazine. Harassers dug up plenty on Rapp, including a thesis that she had later redacted. Honestly, this sucks, and considering the outrage some had towards Skullgirls: Second Encore a few weeks back, it's a relief to know that nobody at Future Club had that kind of vitriol aimed at them. Internet harassment toward developers is something that I don't think a lot of studios know how to handle, and the means of communication gets manipulated by many bad-faith actors.

This situation sucks, top to bottom, and I hope that VellMori can find a better job somewhere else, hopefully somewhere that supports her. I hate that this story keeps happening in the game industry. Please don't make me have to write about it again.

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Rant: ‘Wasted Time’

A bad habit of mine I want to break in 2025 is ‘wasted time.’ When I was younger, I heard the phrase ‘time enjoyed wasting is not wasted time’ and took it to the extreme. I compensated by thinking ‘that’s ridiculous’ when I was older ‘you’ve accomplished nothing, it is.’

But, y’know, I look back and wonder… is it really? Last year, I accomplished a lot, but I was miserable. I really was. I was isolated. I was lonely. I shut myself off to focus entirely on my writing (most of which won’t even be relevant quite a few projects down). And I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the grind. But I was still alone. And when I tried to take on more, I burned out. I blamed myself. I told myself I wasn’t blaming myself, but there’s a difference between telling yourself you’ll be lenient on yourself and actually doing it. I also forced myself to finally commit to a second language. That time? 210+ hours? Was wasted. Why? Because I didn’t enjoy it, at all. Time spent miserable is wasted time. I’ve learned that. You need to balance everything- work, fun, sociability. It’s hard. It’s not easy. But it’s doable. This extended to media consumption. I’d just… try to justify it.

You know what I regret? Watching so many TV shows in 2022 just because I felt “weird” for not caring for television. Did I feel anything watching The Office? No. You know what I don’t regret? ANY TIME SPENT CONSUMING A PIECE OF MEDIA I LOVED. And I thought for a long time, when I took a hiatus from reading the higurashi bonus arcs, that I’d got bored of some of them. Now, the 2 adaptations of the Natsumi manga arc (so good at names) were a bit of a slog, but kotohogushi was one I took a REAL hiatus from, I’m talking maybe 1 or 2 years. But I came back, and maybe it’s because I just got to the good part (hanyuu. river. disembodied voice thing. riku. she has to tell him. if you know you know) but I remember why I love this shit.

I’ve been trying to remember why I loved the sims so much growing up, esp 3, when it’s ’the same gameplay over and over.’ But… it’s the fun of that gameplay. I wish EA would automatically back up saves tho, I lose mine every time I switch pcs and haven’t been able to get invested in 4 since I lost my six-gen fam. Then again I only have 1000+ hours in 4 cuz 3 didn’t work on my laptop for a long time. (And only in 2017, cuz toddlers and pools were added. I refused before then. Little me had fucking PRINCIPLES.) I probably invested 500,000 fucking hours into 3 as a kid. Also I randomly splurged on the remaining 4 dlc late last year, and then I opened the game and realised “wait, I still don’t like this. this still sucks.” Yeah, a few years back I told myself I’d never buy more dlc cuz the game wouldn’t get better. Then I fell for the same trick.

The fun is the gameplay. Not every story I want to tell has to be through novels or for other people’s eyes. As a kid, before I knew I wanted to be a writer, I imagined fictional scenarios with my characters just for fun. Kids do things for fun. That’s why kids are happy. Well, I was still miserable, but maybe that’s just my warped perspective because the circumstances were bad.

The point of life is to have fun and do good, and conquer evil. Wow, I couldn’t have worded that in a more corny way. To live. To love. To have friends. To write tumblr posts about life realisations. To discover yourself and others. To do the right thing. To stand up for injustices. It’s the only choice. The alternative is death. Weirdly, despite everything I’ve been through, I chose to live. Well, er, mainly because I didn’t have the resources in Jan to- you know what, let’s just skip that part- most of the time, I chose to go on. Why? Because when you’re not caffeinated 24/7 and in terrible dissociation, anxiety, depression and in the depths of an ed (well… I still have that last one), there is meaning. Not necessarily hope or despair. Optimism and pessimism are both cognitively distorted to a degree. That’s why I believe in myself, and I want you to believe in yourself. Many people believe they’re the most worthless person on the planet. Almost like it’s something the human brain does…

I didn’t mean to get this sentimental, but positivity never worked for me before because it felt forced. No, it was forced. And fuck that noise. Positivity and negativity are just words. Just noise. Optimism and pessimism are words. Just noise. Whatever word you choose to help yourself with, whatever philosophy you take on, you should see the results. Are they positive or negative for you and others? Are they what-if’s? Are they related to the bigger scheme and questions of life? Then they’re not practical. I guess I shouldn’t be using “you,” here, this is just my experience. Believe as you wish. This is just what I’m choosing.

I think the point I realised I had a problem was when I invested more time into reading, and then I began guilting myself for reading instead of studying a language, and then I’d guilt myself for not writing or editing or working on something. I hope I don’t begin guilting myself for not having fun. Honestly, I’m the kind of person to turn everything into a productivity or challenge thing. That’s why I have a list of every piece of media I consume… also because it helps me remember. A numbers game. But I just need to find that balance. Eh, except music, I don’t write that down.

So, yeah. I dunno. I’m just dealing with a lot right now. Just musing to myself. Oh yeah, something something capitalism productivity culture.

#lemons random rants #mental health #be kind to yourself #time enjoyed wasting is not wasted time #sims 3 #sims 4 #higurashi #lemons blogs

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hinge · 24 days ago

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Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

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They say necessity is the mother of all invention, which couldn’t be truer than for Kate Westervelt. The Boston-based founder and CEO of MOMBOX, a postpartum care kit for new moms, had her brilliant brainstorm in the baby aisle at Target, waddling around in a mental fog with an ice pack in her underwear shortly after giving birth and wishing there was an easier way. Since its 2018 launch, MOMBOX has helped thousands of women across the country get the recovery goods they need based on the type of birth they had, delivered to their doors. The Millennial pink box comes with things new moms don’t even know to think about, like a sitz bath soak, energy bars and cooling gel pads for tender private parts. Kate spent more than a year testing products and building the site on her own, all while raising her son. It paid off: Yahoo named MOMBOX the #2 most-needed item after giving birth. A former editor at Good Housekeeping and The Financial Times and writer for brands including Wayfair, Social Code and The Purple Carrot, Kate is now all in on MOMBOX. She gave Bare Necessities the scoop on her unique way of supporting women and what it’s like to birth a business…without an MBA. Q: How did MOMBOX come to be?A: I started it in April 2016, after the birth of my son. Like most first-time moms, I prepped the nursery and packed the perfect hospital bag but was blissfully unaware of what my own needs would be after the baby arrived. It wasn’t until we were leaving the hospital that I realized I didn’t have anything in the way of postpartum care at home. I asked my husband to stop at Target so I could pick up things like pads, disposable underwear, perineal care and the like. I had just given birth to a nine-and-half-pound child, my lady parts were all stitched up, and there I was trying to maneuver from the pharmacy to the baby section and back, Googling ingredients and product reviews on my phone while my breasts leaked. It was miserable. Once I got back to the car, I turned to my husband and exclaimed how frustrating it was that even though we can get everything from razors to groceries delivered, no one was providing this convenience to new mothers who need it most. Just like that, the idea for MOMBOX was born. Q: How did you learn to take care of a baby and launch a company for the first time?A: You know, it was very hard to navigate being a new mom, returning to my 9-to-5 job after maternity leave and building this passion project on the side. Looking back, I’m really not sure. I just remember telling myself that I would go until I hit a wall too big to overcome. No pressure. Just keep going until you can’t go anymore or it’s not fun. But that never happened. There was so much power in overcoming hurdle after hurdle that it filled my cup and fueled me more. I left my corporate job about a year ago and things got a little easier. It took a year of grinding all night, every night, but I got there. Q: What is your mission with MOMBOX? What galvanized you to go from having a great idea to acting on it?A: My mission is to give mothers an easier way to prioritize self-care from day one, and to be a resource that makes the path to parenthood a little easier. Hopefully soon we’ll expand into pregnancy and breastfeeding support, as well. I want MOMBOX to support women along the entire journey. The impetus to start came from a perfect storm of random events: First, I lived that Target-run struggle. Second, I received some encouraging words from one of the founders of Birchbox. Third, I walked by a boardroom at the company I was working for and saw only men sitting around the table. I thought it was about time for women to start running things. That chance series of events did me in. I was going to at least start building and see what happened. [perfectpullquote align=”left” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”It’s not the conventional CEO path, but there’s a real sense of accomplishment in learning as you build”[/perfectpullquote] Q: Coming from publishing, what did it take to pivot in a new direction? How did you teach yourself the fundamentals of business?A: I am very aware, especially in a room full of investors, that I am a self-taught businesswoman. I am much more comfortable talking about brand voice than unit economics. It’s been a slow crawl, but I have read every book, listened to every start-up podcast and Googled things that would make the typical MBA student laugh. It’s not the conventional CEO path, but there’s a real sense of accomplishment in learning as you build. Q: How do you know when you’re on the right track?A: Little things, like running zero advertising and growing month over month because of word of mouth. Or when we hear from women in Kuwait, Ireland, New Zealand and Argentina hoping to get their hands on a MOMBOX because the supplies are so essential yet unavailable around the world. When women take time out of their busy days to send us a kind word because we offered something they needed back in the early days of motherhood…these gestures remind me why we started. Q: What challenges have you had to overcome?A: Inventory planning is a very real, very hard balance. It’s tough to accurately project orders early on, and when you’re self-funded, there’s little room for error. Q: What’s a typical day like?A: Imagine the most put-together, organized, timely family you know. Now throw that image out the window. My husband and I take it one day at a time, beginning around 7 AM and ending at midnight. The hours in between can look like chaos or a marathon of knocking out things on our to-do lists. Each day is different. The perk of being your own boss is that you’re home more, and we generally get to have breakfast as a family. The pitfall is that I usually work all weekend. It’s a dance. [perfectpullquote align=”right” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”You are never more efficient with time than when you become a mother”[/perfectpullquote] Q: As your own boss working from home, how do you segue from Mama to CEO? How do you unplug?A: You are never more efficient with time than when you become a mother. I can get ready for the day in under 15 minutes—full shower, hair and makeup, I swear to you. Two days a week, my son is home with me. There’s no sense in trying to divide myself up between work and motherhood those days, so I work during his nap and late into the evening once he’s asleep, barring anything urgent. My husband is an excellent partner. We do what we call “blocking” for each other. This is when Mama needs to put on her CEO hat undisturbed, and my husband will take my son to the park. I block for him, too. As far as unplugging goes, I will admit, it’s the hardest part. I don’t take a lot of downtime. I set aside a few hours here and there where I ignore everything and read a book, meditate or hike with my boys. Q: What advice would you give to women who want to follow through on an entrepreneurial impulse but don’t know where to begin? How about to new moms?A: To women who want to follow an entrepreneurial itch, just start. Launching something never looks as polished as you think it does in your head. It’s way messier, unkempt and rough. There is no right way to start other than to write down the first five things you’ll need to do—even simple things, like purchasing a URL—and do them. Cross them off, then write down the next five things. Keep going. To new moms: Yep, it is this tough. Despite the endless scroll of perfectly poised moms on Instagram, you’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed. Say “no” more. The more you can protect your space and time in the beginning, the more balance you’ll feel as you learn how to be a mom. That’s the thing—being a mom is a new set of skills. The baby is born instantly, but the mother is born over those first few years. Clear some space to learn at your own pace. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KATEFavorite pajamas: For me, it’s the Lauren Ralph Lauren Signature Satin Cami Pajama Set. I recently learned about the importance of having a dedicated outfit for lounging or sleeping, and I upgraded from old sweatpants and tees to this simple set. There’s something about having a uniform for resting that makes that time much more official and sacred.Personal mantra: Listen, then decide for yourself.I feel my most beautiful when: I’m outside in the sun.Best way to de-stress: Yoga.Role model: Oprah Winfrey.Greatest extravagance: Organic food.Greatest strength: Kindness.Prized possession: The dining room table my father built it for me.Best compliment: That I look healthy. A professor told me this in college, a tough time for self-esteem. In a world where girls are constantly talking about being pretty or thin, it was impactful to hear.Biggest risk: Bootstrapping a company.Greatest regret: Letting anxiety get the best of me.Most useful emoji: The nervous one with all the teeth.Weakness for: Homemade guac.Secret talent: I do a mean Carlton Dance from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.Current obsession: How I Built This podcast.Comfort food: Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream.Favorite book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.Mood-boosting song: Anything and everything Taylor Swift.Perfect day must contain: Coffee and a long car ride with my husband.In a word, I am: Determined. Source link

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roarrrgame · 5 months ago

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Thoughts on ME2 Legendary Edition Insanity difficulty at level 15 (also a bit about my experience doing BG3 Honour Mode)

• Ammo management drives me insane. You could go 2-3 hordes of enemies without finding any ammo, and the enemies just keeps spawning on Insanity. It might be a glitch but in some areas there’s tons of ammo, and in some large areas there’s no ammo drop. Comparing both situations, I feel it makes a huge difference whether you can just dump clips onto enemies, and I mainly use a sniper rifle so I’m careful when pulling the trigger!

More below if your are interested :)

Currently on Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC (I fucked up I didn’t know this quest was a DLC. I should do the DLCs after getting the Insanity achievement but now I’m locked into this side quest for what, 10 hours? Lmao).

It was so crazy, I was mindful to pick up some ammo before going on the car chase, but still the game fricking dumped all my ammo when we arrived at Hotel Azure! There were vehicles after vehicles of enemy arriving! But two of my weapons were at 0 ammo! Fortunately, I had quite some heavy weapon ammo so I AOE’d them quite easily. But I do not like that I had to use up all the heavy weapon ammo I saved up. It took me a few hours in the beginning of the game to figure out your heavy weapon ammo does not respawn automatically before a quest and does not come with the regular ammo you pick up. I hate inventory management in general in games.

• It’s pure torture that you can’t save during a long fight, so if you die during a multi-level combat, you have to redo each previous stage of the combat near perfectly. But every stage of the combat is hard so you die several times in each stage, and proceed to clear this stage and redo it again when you die each time trying to clear the next stage… You know what it reminds me of? Those long shots in filmmaking. If you screw up one thing you have to shoot from the beginning again.

The worst thing, I experienced in Honour Mode in BG3 too, is that if you did not manage your resources well, or chose the wrong party composition or armour or weapons, you are stuck making the most of them during this long unsave-able combat. In the case of ME you can go back to a save before this whole mission to switch out things, but I never bother to do that and always brute force my way through. Man I remember sitting there for a whole night grinding the Ketheric fight in BG3 honour mode because I fucked up the set up and party combo (good times 🥲).

• Bugs be really bugging in highest difficulties in games. Because of how unforgiving games are at this difficulty, bugs can make or break your experience. In the likes of BG3’s honour mode, especially, bugs can mean life or death and dozens of real-life hours wasted, sort of. In other modes when you encounter a bug or something unexpected, you can always reload, so you don't even notice a lot of bugs until you are on a single save mode, or if every drop of ammo or medi-gel matters, in the case of ME2 Insanity.

In BG3, sometimes you can aggro a group of creatures for no reason, and if you are not prepared for the fight (low health, no spell slots etc), your whole group can be stuck half-dead and trying to flee for hours. I realised the worst thing when doing my HM run (I got the golden dice btw). So if one of your party members flees and all the others die, you can just revive them at Withers’ in camp and get away from the fight.

But what if your party members are downed but do not fricking die, and whenever one of your characters goes back to revive them they instantly get killed by the surrounding enemy as well, so you can never leave the combat alive? Yep that happened to me in HM at the Myconid Colony and I spent hours finding creative ways to get each person truly killed so we could get tf outta there 😩

#mass effect #me2 #mass effect insanity #bg3 #bg3 honour mode #thoughts on gameplay cuz I’m a nerd

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Help! My Office Renovation Permit is Stuck! Here's How I Got It Moving (Singapore)

Anyone who's ever embarked on an office renovation in Singapore knows the permit process can feel like wading through molasses. It was supposed to be a smooth transition – a refresh for my growing team, a space that buzzed with creativity, and frankly, a place that wasn't lit by flickering fluorescent lights anymore. But there I was, weeks into the waiting game, my dream office renovation Singapore grinding to a halt because my permit application seemed to have vanished into a bureaucratic black hole.

The Permit Panic

Let's be honest, the office renovation permit process in Singapore isn't exactly known for its lightning speed. But between mood boards overflowing with ergonomic office workstation Singapore ideas and the excitement of my team, I was determined to get things moving. My initial optimism curdled into full-blown panic as the days bled into weeks with no update on my application. Visions of dusty contractors and a frustrated team loomed large.

Taking Action: My Permit Progress Plan

Knowing I couldn't just sit around and twiddle my thumbs, I decided to take matters into my own hands. Here's what I did to get my office renovation permit application back on track:

Double-Check the Documentation: The first step was to revisit the application myself. Did I miss something crucial? A missing document or an error in the application could be the culprit behind the delay. Singapore's Building and Construction Authority (BCA) website offers a wealth of information on the office renovation permit singapore process, including checklists and application guidelines. I spent an afternoon combing through the resources, making sure I had everything in order.

Contacting the BCA: Armed with the knowledge that my application was complete, it was time to get some answers. The BCA offers multiple channels to reach them, including a hotline and an online enquiry form. I opted for the phone, figuring a real-time conversation might yield some concrete information. While the wait time wasn't exactly thrilling, the representative I spoke to was helpful and professional. They were able to confirm that my application was complete and advise on the next steps.

Engaging a Qualified Architect: This might seem like an extra step, but hear me out. An architect familiar with the office renovation permit singapore process can be a lifesaver. They can not only ensure your plans meet all the necessary regulations but can also act as a liaison with the BCA if needed. In my case, consulting an architect helped clarify a minor technicality in my application that might have been holding things up.

Sticking with It (and Avoiding the Permit Panic)

The good news? My permit eventually came through, and the office renovation is now well underway. The not-so-good news? The entire process took longer than I'd anticipated. But the key takeaway? Don't give up! While the office renovation permit singapore process can be frustrating, persistence and a bit of know-how can go a long way.

This experience also highlighted the importance of realistic timelines when planning an office renovation in Singapore. Factoring in potential delays for permits is crucial to avoid disappointment and disruptions to your workflow.

So, there you have it, my fellow Singaporean entrepreneur. Here's hoping your office renovation journey is smoother sailing than mine. But if you do get stuck in permit purgatory, remember, a little research, a proactive approach, and maybe a friendly chat with the BCA can help get things moving again. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a mood board filled with dream office workstation Singapore ideas to finalize!

#office workstation Singapore #Office renovation Singapore

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radar-of-minecraft · 2 years ago

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Minecraft Items Challenge Attempt 2: The Pretty Scary Update Finale

I was looking through random chests to clean up my storage when I happened across an entire stack of note blocks I do not remember making, I do however remember 2 stacks of wood go missing right before I went looking for a Mushroom Island during The Adventure Update, during which I was really tired, so I must have turned them into note blocks, but I haven't the foggiest clue as to why.

I'm using the Alt+f4 duplication glitch to dupe bottles o' enchanting so I don't have to spent 10 years grinding at the slow mob farm, I am making a perfect set of diamond tools that I won't allow to break until mending is added in the Combat Update. I ended up filling nearly 4 chests with enchanted books before I got what I was looking for and put it in my ender chest.

Now I'm deleting the Region data for the Nether so I don't have to deal with awful Alpha Terrain. I actually got really lucky and my new portal is right by a nether fortress.

I made a mostly safe cobblestone path to the fortress, which in hindsight is completely pointless because quartz gets added next update so I'm going to reset my nether again.

I also made my first crafting table :*)

Here is what I will spent the next 4 hours hunting, and here is my weapon.

Here's the first skull, I entirely forgot that they started out as a 2D inventory sprite like cake and beds.

and here is four hours later, I want you to guess which two resources I will never need to look for again

I renovated my portal room, I will barely spend any time here, but now it's a bit more homey.

Here is my canvass to build a wither cage. I shall copy the one from my main world block for block.

Oh. Withers don't spawn like that yet. I need to look up a 1.4 wither cage.

Okay, I used the blockswap glitch to break some of the portal, giving me a free bedrock and the perfect roof for my cage.

Here's the new cage, you have to push the wither into the bedrock to stop it from breaking blocks, just like every wither cage, but before The Bountiful Update, you had to do that with a piston.

I mined some obsidian for beacons and other things we will need later, and then I returned to the Overworld.

I made my first beacon and put the bedrock in my ender chest.

In this post I added the Wither Skeleton Skull, Nether Star, and Beacon, completing the Pretty Scary Update.

I also realized that I never got screenshots with Shaders on since I finished the basic form of my house in 1.3, and it's going to change a lot over the next few updates, so I grabbed some screenshots of a copy of the world that I moved into 1.20

Up next is The Redstone Update, I will not be doing much redstone, if any at all

#minecraft #liveblog #minecraft items challenge #The Pretty Scary Update

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toreii · 2 years ago

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✨Book 6 chapters 66-67 tips✨

I keep seeing people worried about this portion of the episode with book 6 coming soon. So, this is how I did it with the bare minimum of effort. Of course, there are better methods out there than my own. But, I went in blindly not knowing what was to come. I realized I had a problem, so what was I to do? Grind. A lot. Every two and a half hours, three rounds of lessons, every day.

Spoilers below the cut!

These are my three teams for chapter 66. I really should have put more thought into the characters I picked. When I realized my mistake, I decided this would be the hill I would die on. Boy, did I suffer. That said, I realized a few things as I was grinding, and then running off to lose against the Titans.

For chapter 66, your cards should at least be around lv 40. As you can see, I didn’t give Azul or Floyd much love, and I definitely ditched Trey after this chapter. But, at the bare minimum, I had my cards in their 30s.

The Titan for tower 3 likes to inflict fire damage to your life during your standbys, so bring someone that can heal. Preferably on all your teams, but definitely on the Riddle/Azul team.

Duo magic✨ Obviously, having SSRs will be a life saver. But, you can also be like me with Leona and use an R card.😂 I tried having at least an SSR that I could duo magic with to deal extra blows.

Max buddy levels. Make sure your buddy levels are as high as they can be. I will say this, Alchemy lessons will be your life if you are unprepared. So, while you grind for those books and notepads, get your buddy levels up.

The most important tip: magic levels need to be at lv5!! Again, you want to deal those extra blows. The sooner, the better.

Groovy all your cards. Even the R cards if you use them. This needs no explanation. You want that extra ATK and HP boost.

Study the phantom titans attack patterns. I eventually caught on as to how each Titan attacked, and it helped tremendously at picking the right attack against them. If you make a mistake, that’s fine. Try to keep it at one. Messing up twice is a bit too much, but still doable. Three, you might want to restart the battle.

I was mostly saying this to amuse myself, but survive. Survive during this chapter, and you will make it through.💖

For chapter 67, I mostly kept the teams the same. As I mentioned before, I dropped Trey and brought Idia on my Azul/Riddle team hoping to make a difference. Ahahaha….no.🥲 The tips for chapter 67 are basically the same. In this round, however, your card levels should at least be between levels 50-55. Preferably in the 60s.

As you can see, I eventually leveled up Silver to 62. I pushed Vil at level 72 at the time because I kind of grew a little desperate.😆 However, Vil only became useful to me when I unlocked his water magic at level 5. This is why I say it’s important that you do this. Aside from these two, you can see who my main twst team is. They were already in their 60s.

I spent a lot of saved resources. Books, notepads, starshards, gems, honeys, waffles, cupcakes, etc. Overall, this took me about two months to beat. It was basically trial and error, but it is doable so long as you put in work. There’s plenty of time before this part of the story comes. So, think about the cards you’d like to use, and work on them.

Remember! You can change your mind about which characters you will use, but if you make any changes in the midst of going through the towers, you will have to start all over again from the beginning. So, pick your characters wisely!!

I hope these tips bring you a little peace of mind. But, you know, twst recently came out with those reset tickets to make things easier. I haven’t used any yet. Maybe because I already beat book 6, so I can’t use them right now. I don’t know if the EN team will implement this feature soon. If they do, you have that option, as well.

Happy reading and good luck!💖

#twisted wonderland #disney twst #twst spoilers #episode 6 #book 6 #ignihyde

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demonboyhalo · 5 years ago

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The Technoblade Conspiracy

Even before Dream claimed there was a traitor in Pogtopia, there's been a lot of...suspicious activities happening in Techno’s streams. Others on the SMP are already distrustful of him, and the fans are as well, but I believe that we’re focusing on the wrong thing here. This thread isn’t quite a traitor theory, but rather a dive into what Techno has been hiding at large. I can say with utter confidence that the extent of what Technoblade has accomplished on the Dream SMP is being greatly underestimated.

I recommend looking at the sus Techno moments thread by @piggytechnobarb on Twitter for some of the stream clips I'll be discussing.

This is going to be fairly in depth, so the rest is under the cut!

1. There is another room under what Techno calls his "secret base"

I won't talk too much on how strange his choice of "secret base" is for now, but please do keep in mind how out of character it is for man-who-tracked-down-Squid's-college to settle for a home base so unprotected and close to Pogtopia's very well known location.

So, for some reason, there is Polished Blackstone Brick under the floor of Techno’s wall. He accidentally reveals this when a donation asks him to mine the exposed redstone in his wall, acts a bit strange for a good 15 seconds, and then never mentions it again. Sight of the brick prompts him to silently zoom in, fill the hole with stone (not cobble), and say "Don't ask questions".

This is only so strange because there's no real reason for him to have stone at the ready, or any blackstone brick at all. Techno is NOT a builder, and if a creeper blew up down there, he'd fill it with cobble and not give a shit about aesthetics. He doesn't use smooth stone in his base, and has never built with blackstone on stream. Not only are they unusual items for him to have, it's unusual for him to make a point to not have the viewers question it. Yes, it could just be Techno being dramatic, but why did he go silent for a straight 5 seconds at the sight of the blackstone?

Considering who he is as a player, it is completely in character for Techno to build a second base. The lake he lives under is incredibly near Wilbur and Tommy, and he's well aware that all an enemy has to do is watch his stream to infiltrate his base. Techno goes to the extremes when they aren't even required (Ex. His insane skill in party games, beating Skeppy in as niche of a game as Grinch Simulator, etc.) So I don't think it's a stretch for him to go the extra mile, and hide a bunker/resources/extra armour and what have you from even his own viewers.

2. The overpowered illegal villager farm

For those of you who don't watch Ponk, he recently stumbled across an area that is supposedly banned on the Dream SMP - a villager farm. In the clip, his voice is astonished and his confusion is palpable, and he goes so far as to say "It's a full scale arms race" because of how many good trades there are. The location is laced with traps, though he doesn't mention what exactly he had to get past to find the farm. Ponk's reaction is far too genuine for the farm to be his, but then that begs the question, whose farm is it?

...Who is willing to risk Dream's wrath by breaking his rules? Or, alternatively, who is capable of making a secret pact with the server owner to allow such a farm? The answer could only be Technoblade.

Ponk says it himself in the video, he does not have the time to build this. Whoever made this had to have carved out a hidden cavern, lead at least 14 villagers down there, breed them until only the ones with the best trades were left - all off stream, and without another player catching them. Whoever made this had to spend hours of work with no content to show for it, and who do we know has been grinding for DAYS on the server? Technoblade. Not to mention, all the villagers are numbered, and all but one are fletchers.

The signs above each stall are so important, because going so far back as SMP Earth, Techno has a history of dispassionately breeding mobs to his benefit, and then killing any mob not performing well enough. For example, his horse farm: where the horses stay in numbered rooms rather than all being named. The villagers in the screenshot above are numbered rather than named.

Wanna hear a fun fact about Fletchers? They're well known for accepting sticks for emeralds, but will also take string for that trade as well! And guess who has been seen waiting at the spider spawner collecting string by Sapnap, Awesamdude, Quackity, and multiple other players? Technoblade.

Technoblade also has every reason to be breeding villagers for special arrows and crossbows, because he's said on stream that he wants to try spamming multi-shot crossbows in combat to take out huge groups of enemies. He said at a later point that he had run into trouble with getting multiple crossbows with the enchantment multi-shot, and implied it wasn't going to happen. But has he ever been the kind of person to be stopped by something being challenging? Absolutely not.

Think of literally anything Techno has done - his Bedwars win streak, beating MC with a steering wheel, the Potato Wars - what I believe is really happening, is that Techno is lying about how equipped he is so that no matter what side he ends up fighting for, his enemies will have no true way of knowing how powerful he is.

3. Dream might be his secret ally (AKA The Glowstone Incident)

This brings us to a...confusing moment in Techno's stream that sparked a lot of questions. It pointed me towards 2 different, but not necessarily exclusive, theories.

The Glowstone Incident precedes as follows: Techno needs glowstone but can't find any in his chests, so he puts on his BRB screen. He says that he is "hacking" and asking Dream to use game mode to give him the glowstone. Typing can be heard, and then multiple chests are opened. Techno takes off the BRB screen and he now has three stacks of glowstone dust. This was absolutely bewildering to watch live, and was one of the most blatantly suspicious things he has done in front of his viewers. (You can find the exact clip on the thread I mentioned, it is...so weird)

Theory A: Though unlikely, Techno could be Dream's secret ally, and Dream really did use creative to give him the stacks. Or, he potentially gave Techno OP permissions so that he could get the glow stone (and any other materials he’d want) himself.

We all remember their meet up on that ocean hill, where Dream gives Techno golden apples, diamonds, and other such materials for the battle against Schlatt. It seemed to be a one-off gift that was more for Wilbur's benefit than Techno's, but there's potentially the chance that Dream saw an alliance to Techno to be more beneficial than working only with Wilbur, and contacted him off screen to make deals.

Going back to the Village Farm - for a player to get the exact enchantment they want for a reasonable price, breeding them is the most logical option. It's the route Techno would take regardless of Dream's rules on the SMP too, as he tends to show little regard for what the creators want (Ex. Taking over SMP Earth, exploiting Hypixel Skyblock, etc.) However, it could also be possible that Dream gave Techno permission to do this, and so the reason Techno is keeping the farm secret is so that the viewers don't know of their alliance.

Theory B: Techno has hidden resources in his base that he doesn't want anyone to have even the chance to see. Whether it is to hide from enemies watching (or to hide from Dream in particular because Techno knows he's breaking the server's rules) there are secret chests that Techno has with extra resources that can be heard loud and clear in the video.

They could be simple ones hidden in the walls...or in the blackstone brick base hidden under his floors. Saying he’s “hacking” rather than the reality of him just checking all his chests again is on par for Techno’s usual dramatics - yet we can clearly see that there’s no glowstone in any of his chests. This is why I believe he got the glowstone from some unseen resource. With the BRB screen on, Techno prevents his viewers from actually seeing how he got the 3 stacks of powder, and it keeps the location of his hidden materials safe.

Personally, I feel theory B is more likely, but there have been moments where Dream has acted Sus so...be on the lookout y'all.

4. Techno not participating in MCC

For those of you who watched Techno during the Potato War, many will remember that MCC 6 had a stressful undertone. Because of how much effort and time Techno had been putting into farming on Skyblock, taking a break to compete in another event was distracting. It ultimately led to him losing time that, from his perspective, would have been better off spent farming.

Techno might not be as blatantly grinding on the Dream SMP as he did with the Potato War, but it's undeniable that other streamers have seen him online for stretches of 10 hours and more. When asked about why he wasn't participating in the next MCC, Techno didn't say he was taking a break - something that'd be entirely reasonable and honestly well earned - he said "I don't want to."

It could be awkward phrasing by virtue of Techno's personality, but what I think is more likely is that Techno has learned from his past mistakes. Rather than "waste" time competing in MCC, Techno might be planning to use the time everyone on the SMP is gone to his advantage. He could sneak into enemy territory, set traps in certain areas, or maybe even perform some illegal acts that Dream would never allow. Either way, I suspect Techno has something planned for the 14th.

Honorable Mentions:

Dream poking fun, or blatantly covering for Techno?

This clip of Techno's secret Something??? next to the spider spawner, undeniably suspicious

Techno had around 5 stacks of wool in his inventory at one point - he absolutely could be bed mining the nether not only so that he has multiple sets of OP netherite, but possibly because he's preparing the gear for another person (cough cough Philza) or people

Techno's collection of ghast tears. He's studied Crystal PvP and made plenty of 2b2t references in the past (Look up FitMC for more info on those things) So it could be possible that Techno is hiding stacks of end crystals so that he can decimate multiple players in an instant

All in all, I'm 100% convinced that Techno has some serious plans hidden behind the scenes that he's not going to share until it's time for him to unleash utter chaos. We know he's keeping secrets, we know he's had the time, and we know he's capable.

I hope you all enjoyed my research and feel terrified of what Techno could possibly have done off camera :D

If anyone else has different theories, corrections to what I wrote, or other moments where Pink was Sus, feel free to comment!

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lilysunarchive · 3 years ago

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Obtaining 22 Million Event Points

Last week I made the ill-advised decision to spend my dia and sanity on obtaining the full five copies of Hot Limit Niki. I kept track of how much dia I spent and roughly how many hours I played. As a disclaimer, team-building and event spending in enstars is wildly varied due to the unique nature of each account and a variety of variables (team comp, event point bonus, etc.) so I recommend using an event calculator for true accuracy but hopefully this can give a slight idea into how much time and resources are needed to reach 22 million points. Think of this as more of a rough estimate of how many dias are needed and not an exact guide.

I spent about six months saving dia (all the way from the first Meowsketeer banner) and didn’t reach 3.5 mil on any of the events except for one. I have the monthly BP card active however, so if you’re F2P I’d recommend saving for about 7-8 months just in case.

It’s important to pull for the event bonus cards if you’re going above 7.5 million points. Although the bonus might seem insignificant, it quickly adds up especially the more points you’re attempting to obtain. I’d recommend saving up all your dia scout tickets to spend on the banner, rather than wasting dia on it.

I didn’t have a lot of tickets saved up and my luck was horrible on the event scout so I ended up only managing to obtain the 4* and 3* event bonuses.

Two copies of Nazuna and two copies of Koga only gave me a 17% bonus (very painful) so hopefully if you’re planning to pull, you’ll be luckier than I was. This also means that the amount of dia I spent is *way* more than it should be. It would be much lower if I had pulled Adonis or more Nazunas. Think of my dia count as a highball estimate of how much you should have.

My team lineup looked like this:

Because every enstars account has different 5*s, I’d recommend using a calculator to see how your team would fair with the event bonus you have. Again, this is more of a rough estimate of about how much dia is needed.

If you’re only aiming for 7.5 million points, it might be possible to do songs on 3BP to save exp and hopefully rank up sooner but if it’s beyond 7.5 million points, it becomes very time consuming. Especially if you don’t have the whistle pack active, I recommend playing through your best song on 10 BP.

Real life is busy so I’d also recommend grinding up points on days where there’s an abundance of free time or you can leave your phone running on auto. For the eight days that the event is running, to reach 22 million points you would need to complete about 2,750,000 points a day so make sure to plan accordingly.

The dia I spent and the points I reached per day looked like this:

Dia without whistles is how many dia would need to be spent if you don’t have the monthly whistle pack which is about 3,000 more dia.

I was busy towards the end of the week so I made sure to complete the bulk of my event points during the weekdays. The amount of hours I spent looks like this:

I had the whistle pack active, however, so keep in mind that if you’re F2P it will take longer to complete the 22 million points because you can’t double rewards. I did the majority of my event point grinding Sat-Wednesday and only really logged in to do dailies the rest of the week. Make sure to plan around your schedule! Your health and sanity are infinitely more important than a gacha png.

The result:

Remember that this “guide” is really just a rough estimate of how much dia/time it will take to obtain a max event card and not necessarily accurate to your account. You might end up spending more dia, you might end up spending less it really is dependent on your account. I highly, highly recommend using an event calculator to get a better idea of what 22 million points might look for *your* account, it will always be different from my own. This is more so to get across an estimate + what the experience was like.

TLDR: a full 22 million event card can cost anywhere from 60,000 dia to 85,000+ dia, I recommend saving for about 6-9 months without spending on any of the gacha and participating in a minimum number of events, it will take roughly 40 hours to complete if you have the whistle pack and more hours if you don’t (praise autolive imagine doing this on the JP server), and remember to plan the event around *your* schedule not plan your schedule around the event.

Happy dia saving everyone! Good luck on any events you might be planning for!

#enstars #ensemble stars

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