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[monsterboyblood]

Some very rough concepts for soul core Bass and Proto, with some extra things under the cut like how Bass' buster works and some helmetless ideas for the two of them.

[botwstoriesandsuch]

Master Kohga Age of Calamity Trailer Analysis

I’m a speedy boi time for some thoughts on today’s new trailer

Ok first off THIS SHOT. Very important. Look at the Sheikah Slate filter. Last trailer I was able to write it off as some thematic choice since Robbie and Purah were Ancient Sheikah Scientists, but THIS trailer does not have that same connection. Couple this with this screenshot [credit to @rachelsmusicallife​ thanks for pointing this out to me!]

I’m under the impression that these cutscenes might be part of an overarching theme of reliving memories through the Sheikah Slate. Kinda fleshed out out theory on how this might be related to eggbot here.

“Hehehehe... Look. What. You. Did...”

The camera motion here is handheld (yes I know it’s not literally handheld but it has that feel) with Master Kohga here literally holding the camera. I’m assuming because this scene is from the direct POV of another character, perhaps Link. Which would make sense, since he is apparently accusing us of doing something. The lighting is also super weird, we’re in the Yiga Hideout (the area with the large pit where we fight Kohga in botw) but the sun is just setting with a shroud on the area. Although, I can’t exactly place the time of day because I’ve been through the hideout my fair share and no time of the day really lines up with this scene (because of the snowy Gerudo Highlands in the background, so the glistening of the sun is different) 

This is by the Great Plateau. I’m thinking near the Outpost Ruins considering this isn’t Gatepost Town since they Great Plateau’s entrance is not in view. In fact, I could probably specifically place this right....HERE

Flag poles, juts in the Plateau walls, road directly perpendicular to the Plateau. If my three years of staring at the Botw world is correct, [please Nintendo it’s the only thing I’m good at] then I’d say they’re at the Outpost Ruins. The only thing is that the houses seen here are mainly wood, while the ruins have clear stone walls

Well...I don’t mind.

This is not Master Kohga. Different voice actor, new character design, new villain! I’m assuming he’s some sort of second in command or captain, given he duel wields Windcleavers. Also not how he doesn’t have a scar on his mask in this scene

Further note, look at that chimney!!! I love that chimney, I haven’t seen that chimney before... it’s in a style that I can only really place in Castle Town, but the location is clearly not there, so best assumption is that this is another prominent Hylian Village. The Hateno style archway at the bottom right seems to support so. The house shingles definitely mean this isn’t an outpost or military ruin...[this weekend I’d love to hope into the game myself and place it exactly] the background cliffs mean this isn’t Gatepost Town either. The rock formations look like a turn by Scout’s Hill, of the western breach by the Outskirts Stable...I wouldn’t put the Rauru Settlements out of the question either. All in all, I’m hesitant to connect this scene with the other scene because one clearly has a dirt path, and the other a stony road. Plus the house shingles are different

Ok I can pretty much place this scene exactly. At least the bottom one, the top one is a separate scene that doesn’t flow into the other one (you can just tell by the framing and continuity) 

You can see the Great Plateau entrance, the line of sight is at an angle, placing this backflipping Yiga man somewhere here. Only inconsistency would be the trees, but perhaps it’s just grown over after a hundred years, you can even see a building in the middle of this forest in center left of the map.

Link is chasing Backflip Benny over here through to the exit of town, (you can see the town entrance/exit archway on the bottom right, similar to the one seen in the chimney pic) AND you can see that Backflip Benny also has a fresh cut on his mask, presumable gained after fighting Link, which is why he teleports away at the end. 

So that places these two shots definitely after whatever conversation happened on the roof. Yay for timelines! 

The stupendous Chief of the Yiga Clan! Master Kohga!

This takes place at some ruins of some sort. The rocks on the top right actually look Edlin or Akkala, but that might just be the lighting. The stony slabs and etches actually remind be of Zonai, but that doesn’t really seem right...I’ve never seen those designs before I don’t think...you can see from the way the stone slabs are angled that they lead to a circular pattern. It could be the circular pit at the Yiga Hideout, but that area is just sand, not stone. The smooth, plain style of these ruins is actually more in line with Gerudo Ruins so that might actually be the case; we know the Yiga have a history of taking Gerudo Ruins as their own (The Yiga Hideout is canonically an old Gerudo architectural dig)

I’ll also note that this scene has the same lighting as the first shot, and the last two shots which we’ll see later. 

*maniacal laughter* Oo? TWO new characters I see???? O????? 

This is definitely the Yiga hideout, you can tell from the wall design, plus the lanterns, and the general comfort of Master Kohga and Backflip Benny in the background. But, elephant in the room...who are YOU dear sir? 

I’ll talk more about them later, but just keep that Calamity glowing thing in their hand in mind for later.

He’s gonna kill you all...to DEATH! 

This is Master Kohga speaking again, if you couldn’t tell from his....very dramatic and in character dialogue. Maybe this game will actually make me like him now alsdfkjsdlk

Obvious is obvious, this is the Yiga Hideout again, similar lighting to the first opening shot, I’m thinking this might be sometimes before it though, considering he has his minions around. Maybe Link fights off the goons, which prompts him to ask “Look what you did” but we can’t know for sure. 

Also there’s grass? So maybe that other shot isn’t the hideout. Also a spotlight???!? Jazz hands?!?!? Leave it to Kohga to defy the fourth wall huh.

Also I haven’t mentioned this yet but NEW MUSIC it’s so good aughghug I can’t wait.

And...we end on another Sheikah Slate fade out on this mysterious new character. Eyeliner says: Avatar Kyoshi

Ok but seriously I have THOUGHTS!! So firstly, they’re obviously working with the Yiga Clan, perhaps they’re the reason why the Yiga are in the Gerudo to begin with considering they have the Gerudo symbol on their cape. [Cause am I the only one that thought it was weird that the disgraced Sheikah people are living in Gerudo, and not like...closer to Kakariko, or their suposedl arch nemesis of the Royal Hylian family?] Also note that this scene most definitly takes place in the Lost Woods. Perhaps they need something with the Master Sword...or are ambushing someone...hmm..

Based on that rock formation in the background I’m thinking somewhere in one of these three general areas but I really need to just pick up my switch sometimes soon and find it exact...so bare with me it’s only from memory but I’m pretty sure of myself when it comes to locations

My money’s on this being the true mastermind and antagonist, notice how their eye circlet is the same of that of the Calamity goop eye 

This person has...yellow? Brown? Hazel eyes? And light hair with a braid? I don’t think they’re Sheikah, but definetly not Gerudo either. So that leaves them to be some Hylian. A Hylian with an evil Ancient Core. 

[It’s definitly some form of Giant Ancient Core. But there’s runes on the side of it that I have yet to translate]

Thinking on their idenity for another second, you’ll notice that they wear a black robe, but their cape with the Gerudo crest is actually torn and tattered. So, perhaps they were disgraced? A runaway? Or perhaps it’s a disguise, perhaps a spy playing both roles on either side of the war? 

There’s an old theory that the fortune teller who initally told King Rhoam of the prophecy was actually part of the Yiga Clan. Seeing as, their actions led the King to dig up the Guardians, and cement the deaths of thousands of people. So, putting points in order here

Evil Magic dude

Works for the Yiga

Has connected to people in power 

Has an evil Ancient Core

Could it be that this mastermind fully knew that the Guardians would eventually be corrupted? Could they be the “fortune teller” that encouraged the King to excavate the Sheikah Technology? Sheikah Technology, that would be an insult to the Yiga Clan considering their people were banished for creating them in the first place? Hmmm....

Final NOTE! Remember that one scene in the other HWAOC trailer with Zelda holding a mysterious object? 

Hmm...Sheikah Scientists, weird egg robot, and now an evil Ancient Core...you may also remember Daruk mentioning in dialogue that something was wrong with Rudania...and cutscenes from Urbosa and Revali might point to the Yiga being close to the Divine Beasts...lots to chew on. I’m thinking the plot of this game will heaviliy revolve on the idea that there was some sort of plan that led to Ganon corrupting the Guardians and Divine Beasts, but we’ll see!

[heloflor]

Sooo, with summer coming to an end (god the passage of time was weird this year), here’s an update about the direction my blog’s going to take.

1. About 9-10 months ago, I started imagining ideas for a Dakavendish fic called “As Time Passes”. Fun fact : the idea started from my very first MML fic, which I wrote on paper but never posted (I know it’s the very first because I mention having a new ship in the beginning). I then started building from this one chapter, turning it into more than a random oneshot. Due to that, I firstly saw “As Time Passes” as a rather short fic and basically made some kind of “skeleton” of a story by dividing the main ideas I had into chapters, thinking that it would be enough to write the story.

Recently though, I decided to take this fic a lot more seriously (maybe a little too much) and so for the last month I’ve been working on really fleshing it out, writing down info for OCs, places, how BOTT works, have a doc with info for the time-periods visited etc and want to write for each chapter what I precisely want to put in, which includes chapters that make the story take its time and progress slowly (hence why just writing down the main chapters ideas doesn’t work anymore for this fic).

As of right now, I’m close to finishing the planning phase and I already have pretty much anything I need to finish the prologues. So I’ll try to finish prologue 2 by the end of the month, but I can’t make any promises (the first prologue is already posted and looking at the date makes me sigh because I’m taking so much time for fuck’s sake !)

Aside from this fic, I also came up with three other ideas for oneshots talking about the rogue arc (because of course I did…) + something about “A Christmas Peril” and maybe something random. But I want to focus on Prologue 2 before working on those.

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2. Miitopia. When the game came out on 3ds, I played the game a lot and made a team with Undertale characters (more precisely Humantale but that’s beside the point).

So when the game came out on switch, I bought it and made characters for the team using my current obsession, aka MML. And with my wish to complete the game 100%, I play it on a daily basis (trying to get my main level 50 for all jobs, currently 6 more to go). This means that I have quite a lot of pics and videos of it.

For a while now I’ve been wishing to share all of those pics and videos but never took the time to do it. So I might as well do so now. Because this game is very dumb and I absolutely ADORE it for that and I really wanna share some of the stuff these miis say.

Btw I don’t trust myself to do cartoon characters with the mii maker tool so my team is made of miis that resemble the characters. I also used other people’s shared miis for any non-team character and some are pretty funny fits.

I’ll probably make a tag like “Milotopia” to put all this spam in since I don’t really want it to show up on the show or the game’s tag .

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3. As mentioned in the part about “As Time Passes”, I made something that describes precisely how I see BOTT work (different jobs possible, rules, how to become an agent, ranks, even emergencies procedures) and I’ve been wishing to share it.

That’s actually why I made a few posts Thursday, I was trying to get myself to post this.

Because the “”“issue””” is, there’s a part in this BOTT infodump about how, no matter how inclusive BOTT is trying to be, agents face discriminations since the agency is about time-traveling. So I talk about the limitations the agents are forced to comply with when time-traveling (you know like how some of my fics have Cavendish worrying about homophobia, forcing the duo to hide their relationship ?).

But since I never talk politics or social issues on this blog (I want my blog to be a space where people can just read about cartoons without worrying about all the stuff going on in our world), I was worried that some people might get the wrong impression from this post.

This worry is actually pretty dumb because, when it comes to social issues, I think my mindset is close to the ones my mutuals have ? To keep it short, let’s just say that, if I had to reblog one post that talks about those topics, it would be that one post saying “this blog supports POC/queer people/autistic people/every religion etc + dni if you’re a p*do, f*cist, exclusionist etc”

Tbh I think I’m going to reblog that post after all. Also I could probably take the time to add something in my bio (like a “exclusionist/f*cist/p*do dni” type of thing).

But still, since I’m afraid for no reason to have troubles with this post, I’ll keep the info about BOTT on the side for now. I’ll most likely post it after Prologue 3 of “As Time Passes” since it’s in the topic.

Though, if some people read this and get really curious about the BOTT info and start requesting it, I guess I’ll consider it okay to post it sooner ? 🤷‍♂️

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4. Regarding the end of summer : So I’m currently 21 and have been studying for the past few years. But with the pandemic, working from home had been really hard for me.

Right now, I’m at a stage in my studies where I can take a break (I don’t live in the US). And since I’m a privileged bastard with parents who won’t throw me out, I’ll be taking a break in my studies this year. This means that I’ll have the time to be more active here (since I’ll have time to write).

I’ll also start streaming video games by the end of the fall. I haven’t touched a mario game in months and I’m really missing it.

Tbh I’m mostly taking the year off because I know for a fact that, if I study while still forced to stay at home, I’ll fail for sure. So I’m hoping that things will get better next year.

Though, it also feels good to say “fuck you” to the system and simply take a year for myself, trying new things, write more, maybe learn to draw, finally having the time to focus on starting my transition.

But yeah, long story short, I’ll be around more, probably will post more, and I’ll do gaming livestreams in which I would most likely encourage people to talk to me about cartoons (yes I’m going to use streams as an excuse to infodump). I might also take some of my longest posts and make them on a video format, but It’ll take a while since I need some experience on editing for that.

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5. I might start reblogging more texts posts from more shows I never talked about but watched.

[lokilickedme]

Okay so I promised a bunch of pics from ScotFest 2018, and I’ve been stuck posting from my phone for the last two days so - sorry for the delay, but here we go with the good stuff.  It’s long, but stay with me, you’re gonna enjoy this mad trip.

First, let me say this.

FUUUUUCCCCCCCKK.  I knew I was gonna be having McClary flashbacks the whole time but it started out ridiculous and just got worse as the day went on.

The moment we pulled up the first thing that stepped into view was a dude in an anarchy tee shirt with a kilt and Docs and long black hair strutting down the sidewalk.  If Chem!Tom was Scottish...oh wait a sec, didn’t he say at some point that he was a bit, on his mother’s side?  Works for me.  So anyway, we arrive at ScotFest and walk the long way to the shuttle bus pick-up with a bunch of kilted guys and an elderly couple dressed in ancient clan clothing (they looked awesome).  And before we even get off the bus at the festival grounds, we’re blasted with bagpipe music as a full regalia marching pipe band parades past the entrance.  Something smells REALLY.GOOD. and off to the left of the entrance is a field where two Mol-pups are chasing sheep around while their shepherd whistles commands loud enough to split your head open.  Yep, McClary flashbacks, right off the bat.  And big Scottish athletes are throwing things that don’t look like they were meant to be thrown, though the biggest and most impressive athletes on the field are the females who are using pitchforks to hurl big bags of sand backwards over their shoulders over a bar that’s about 20 feet above their heads.  Big is looking at me like “What the hell, mom??” so I tell him the ancient Scots were farmers and they made games and competitions out of their farm chores.  He’s like “No, I mean why are you breathing so hard?”

No comment.  Did I mention that the females were really impressive?  Good start to the day.

So we move on past the games into the main festival area and everywhere are man-knees.  I’ve never really paid much attention to man-knees before, but to be honest they’re kinda...hot.  I don’t even know why.  And there were so many of them...hundreds and hundreds of man-knees on open display, it’s almost like I shouldn’t be looking but they’re RIGHT THERE all over the damn place and I feel like a pervert scamming peeks.  And calves.  Man calves.  Not normally a fan, but there were some good ones on display.

The first thing we did was hit the tribal music tent and it was over for me before it even got good and started...because on the stage inside the tribal music tent was THIS Scottish god:

Don’t worry, the picture quality will get better.  So we settle in to enjoy the music and this guy is eating up the stage and spanking the shit out of that drum, and then he starts blowing on a flippin’ didgeridoo (yeah, a nine foot long Australian horn, don’t ask me why but omg that man’s lung power was making the ground rumble under our feet and all I could think was how that skill might carry over, if you know what I mean).

Suddenly I’m really interested in nine foot horns.

A really cool thing about hitting the afternoon shows was the fact that you could go right up to the side of the stage and nobody cared.  So I did.

Physically painful, let me tell ya.  I could just almost look up his skirt.

That horn is vibrating the ground where I’m standing and I’m actually relieved when he switches back to the drum because all that vibration has shifted my panties about two inches to the left and it’s getting uncomfortable.  The drum isn’t much better though, and neither is the view from where I’m standing - he’s a big stout bull and I’m three feet away from him while he beats that drum to a whimpering death.  I could reach out and tickle his bare knee if I felt like getting divorced.

So I go back and sit with my guys again and he starts doing this:

KNEES.  I mentioned man-knees before, didn’t I?  Well here, have a pair.  I’ll post a video later of what he did to this poor little drum, and to his own thick neck - because I can’t even describe it, and you know words are my thing.  He played his freaking adam’s apple or something, I don’t even know.

There were actually two other musicians on the stage with him, but I sort of forgot they were there.

There were also lots of adorable father/son kilted combos present - and yep, a bagpiper rounds out the onstage trio.  But again...man knees.  The ones on the left specifically.

So the show ends after a lot of insane drumming, war cries, didgeridoo blowing, bagpiping, and a really nasty little ditty about a girl who’s been touched so much she’s smooth as a stairway bannister (followed by an anthem to an unhealthy relationship that proclaimed “I’d rather be drunk a thousand years than be sober one minute with you”).  Nice, guys.

As soon as their set is over we leave the tent to go wander around, but most everyone else stays because it is as hot as the freaking surface of the sun on this day and the tent is like an oasis on Mars - which means when the band comes out to let the next band hit the stage, we’re pretty much alone outside with the bull and his two stagemates (sorry backup drummer and bagpiper, you guys were awesome and I loved you but didgeridoo guy vibrated my panties two inches to the left, you know how it is).

Anyway, we’re outside at the merch tent and Husband is buying something and I look up and nearly slam bodily into this:

Drummer/didgeridoo guy.  I vaguely recall yelling to Husband during the deafening noise of the show that he looked like Aquaman, and when I end up face to face with him it’s confirmed.  I think it’s the cranky eyebrow.

I also get to ogle the piper’s bagpipes up close and personal, which was hard to do as didgeridoo guy - whose name is CJ - is standing right behind me while I ooh and ahh over this weird thing, and he’s laughing at me for reasons unknown:

Maybe it was the stupid comment I made about squeezing the bag?

And then the three of them pose for a pic:

Goobers.  At this point Little walks up to them and they all sort of huddle around him and start laughing (Little has light-blindness and has to wear special shades outside so he was half blind and I think he rammed right into the guy with the hat), so I hand my phone to Husband and go to get him.  When I get close, didgeridoo guy puts an arm the size of a tree trunk around me and hugs me up next to him while the other two are tickling Little.  Husband starts snapping pics with my phone, but no, I’m not sharing them because 1) my face, 2) Little’s face, 3) shellshock at being touched by this stud ox without having initiated it myself, and 4) the look on my face clearly says MY PANTIES ARE CROOKED AND HIS SWEAT IS SOAKING THROUGH MY SHIRT AND PHEROMONES PEOPLE OMG PHEROMONES I’M IN PAIN HELP I MAY BE PREGNANT

Yeah, he was drenched in sweat from jumping all over that damn stage schlepping a drum that probably weighed more than me.  My hand was on his back and it came away soaked.  You can consider that a euphemism if you want, it works both ways.

Also - red boots.  Urgh.  And then he goes like this:

Boy was solid as a whiskey barrel, let me tell you.  We came back later to listen to another band and he was out there again, and the girls from the face painting tent had lured him over and braided his hair.  He looked flippin cute.  And by cute I mean Jesus Wept.

So before this turns into an exclusive didgeridoo guy fest (too late, yeah I know) let’s move along to this fine specimen that I found at the blacksmith tent:

Ladies and gentlemen, meet King McClary’s work kilt.

Dude was nice from the front too:

Definitely an Auchinleck, for those of you familiar with The McClary Chronicles.  Check out the tattoo.  And he was making maille battle armor, which I got to touch.  It didn’t shift my panties quite as hard as the drums did, but there was definitely a quiver.

This guy was at the tent next door to the armor tent, making I dunno, bong pipes or something and he was hilarious:

And then there was this guy, listening to ballads in the historical folk music tent and looking all angsty and authentic, like his love just died of a fever and his crop failed so he joined a ships’ crew to find his fortune in a faraway land but the damn boat sank fifteen feet from shore and now he’s just fucking stuck in Scotland and contemplating becoming a villain:

And he was glaring at my child, I don’t know why.  Prissy prick.  I was hoping to see his dick but he was so anal he tucked his kilt under his ass from the front.  Definitely a villain.

After a couple of teary ballads about wailing winds and failed crops or whatever, I dunno, I wasn’t listening because I was too involved in trying to see Prissy Prick’s ballsack, we wander over to the Highland Dance competition and walk in on this:

We’re in there for all of about twelve seconds before Big starts giggling, then Little starts giggling, then I start giggling.  We promptly leave the Highland Dance competition tent, because these girls really worked hard and I don’t want to get arrested for being a dick.

We go watch the Mol-pups chase the sheep around, because nobody cares if you disrupt the proceedings in the middle of a field full of sheep.

And then we watch some more of the Highland Games, in which guys threw stuff while making the best faces I’ve seen since that time Husband wanted to try setting the mirror next to the bed:

Yeah, we giggled.

After that we went back to listen to some more music, because damn.  Scottish rock is da bomb.  Heard a punk band that Husband immediately fell in love with, so I guess we’re evensies on the lusting after Scottish musicians thing now:

Dude on the bagpipes grinned like that through the whole set, I think he was puffing something out of one of those tubes.

And then we walked out into the big freaking middle of about four billion of these:

Noisy effers.  And they don’t stop for anybody - we literally had to jump out of the way because when they paused in front of us, they went into this formation thing and backed up right into where we were standing.  Had to grab Little and yank him up off the ground before he was trampled by some dude wearing a dress and giving an octopus a blow job.

Turned to look at a woman sitting next to us a little later and watched her pull a dagger out of her sock and shine it on her kilt like she was getting ready to go assassinate someone in the crowd.  We left soon after, so I didn’t get to see it go down.  I hope it wasn’t the didgeridoo player, he was cute AF.

All in all it was an 11/12 day, marred only by the outrageous heat and the fact that I’ve been off my supplements and medications for a week in prep for surgery on Tuesday, so I was exhausted and my blood’s gone back to being water again.  We didn’t stay as long as we would have otherwise, but we had fun and experienced a lot of weirdness - I ate haggis on accident, Husband sat down with a plate and I thought it was meatloaf (it was good and I didn’t die, so bonus) - and I got to spend the day surrounded by all the clans that tried to assassinate Thomas The Fucking Marauder.

We’ll be going again next year.  Husband is a descendant of one of the border clans, so he’s heavy into this...and of course you all know what my connection is to it :)

Let me leave you with a picture of a guy about to bullrush a scarecrow.  I don’t know why, I didn’t ask.  Scotland’s weird, ya’ll.

[rpgsandbox]

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The game is highly compatible with previous editions. If a character has an Edge or Hindrance, for example, just look it up in the new edition and use that. Some rules are just more clear, like what constitutes an action, the difference between a round or a turn, or what a bonus applies to. Other rules are just new and won't affect anything that's come before, like being able to draw a new Action Card by spending a Benny!

We'll also be issuing a free conversion guide for those who want to be a bit more exact, so all your previous settings and adventures should be easy to run and play with only an occasional change.

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A beautiful, sturdy, box that comes with all the accessories you need to run and play Savage Worlds! There's even room to store your core book inside.

Includes:

World Builder's Guide (32 pages, but look for bonus pages and articles to be added as we hit certain Stretch Goals!)

Trifold landscape GM's Screen

Powers Deck  

Status Deck

Oversize Action Deck

Dice Set with four custom Wild Dice

25 Bennies

Transparent acrylic Cone and Blast Templates

Look for more as we unlock various physical Stretch Goals!

See pics and details below!

                                       The World Builder’s Guide!

The "Pulp" suit of the all-new oversize Action Deck (used for initiative in the game)! A throwback to our favorite deck ever, with art by the original artist, Cheyenne Wright! (Art not final!)

Handy Power Cards you can use for quick reference in the heat of combat!

Gorgeous Status Cards you can hand out to players as their characters are Shaken, Stunned, Wounded, and more!

The Savage Worlds Adventure Edition GM's Screen! Perfect for any genre!

The dice set, with four different Wild Dice to keep your luck running hot. ;)

                  Twenty-five Bennies you can use with any genre!

Clear acrylic Blast and Cone Templates with laser etched markings for maximum durability!

Kickstarter campaign ends: Thu, November 15 2018 3:00 AM UTC +00:00

Website: Pinnacle Entertainment

[twistedteam]

e3 day 1 EA

Oh boy, here we go. Another year, another e3 and we are starting off this year with EA. The big question, will EA learn from past mistakes and show off some real games instead of focusing on, you know, sports? The answer, no. Not at all. But let's dive into the press conference game by game as Tisha from twistedteam's Topshelf goes over what she thought of the opening conference of e3: What went well? (actually a couple of things) What didn't? (spoiler alert, a lot of things) And how awkward can one presentation be? (the answer so very very awkard) We’re sticking it under a read more because there is a lot to talk about. 

So it's start off with a football player drum line, because if Sony can pull off drums last year, then so can we.

Everyone looks so bored in the audience. They might have fallen asleep. I know I was tempted. But c'mon guys you are supposed to bring the energy. Seriously did people just come to sit down? Are they tired from a long trip? Did they just kind of accepted their fate of this being a bad presentation and don't want be there but have to be from obligation? I dunno it's already setting a mood of a resounding…meh.

EA starts off with Battlefield 1 a war multiplayer game. New content has arrived and wow. Women's battalion of death? Sounds badass. It also starts off our counter of how many games will have female characters. My bet is not many, but I have hope. Still some badass ladies from history that has me intrigued in this game.  Name of the Tsar seems like a cool map. The trailer with the Russian woman narration was pretty badass. However I have not played the actual battlefield game so I can't really comment on how different it will be. War games not my thing, but the streamers make it seem pretty cool. And it managed to wake up the audience a little bit so it can't be all that bad. And then we go to sports and the audience tucked themselves back into nap time as we all try to wait out the sports for some actual good games. Poor presenter thought the 1 laugh was about what he said, but I'm pretty sure it was for the streamer pic in the background with prayer hands. Also I guess FIFA and Madden was a big competition??? They tried to make it more intense than it probably was, which is just weird. Also I noted it was just a sea of dude bros playing sports in video game format, but eh. To each their own.

Unpopular opinion time, I actually thought the blazer guys were funny. They probably would have done better if there wasn't already so much bitterness towards EA sports at e3. Also the lack of laughter just makes it so awkward, which isn't the first or last time this conference. Dead silence. I like them, they almost made sports bearable.

Speaking of which, I may not know sports, but I have not even heard a hint of Alex Hunter before, but I guess he's famous???? Still story mode in FIFA would actually make the game playable to me…. Not that I would spend money on a sports game. Best of luck to Alex Hunter, congrats.

Jesse, the hip youtube creator they brought in, is so nervous and bad at presenting its adorable and also sad. I feel so bad for him. Even the audience woke up from their very long nap to kind of cheer him on. He is flubbing so bad though. I wonder if he's ever been in front of an audience that he can see before. Public speaking is an important class in school folks.

Need for Speed adds in a Fast and the Furious vibe, which would actual make a car game playbable beyond racing everywhere. Also we have our second female character in a game! Add it to the tally! She sounds like the stereotypical, I have 3 brothers and that’s why I cars kind of character, but I'll take whatever I can get. The house cards villains seem like a cool concept. Someone at EA has a boner for slow-mo because this trailer is full of it. And Jess is a badass, and best part of the trailer.

A Way Out seems okay. Co-op sounds like fun times. I can see myself playing it with Breen and finding ways to make her die I mean ways to work with her to get out of jail. The graphics aren't too bad. Though it seems we would have to be in the same room to get the full experience as it was intended, so that wouldn't be happening any time soon. Also it's kind of eh? Another game with white guy protag, but I'll keep an open mind. I will say this. The creator is hella cute. And is trying to latch onto the brief moment of hype from the audience who woke up to see how pretty this man is. Too bad it interrupted his train of thought. I actually think this guy has gotten the most cheering out of the whole presentation.

I guess there's a new division, sounds pretty good, but we'll see. But oh frostbite, someday you'll learn that you are wasted on sports games.

A random Bioware appeared with a new game to tease. Like a siren call in the fog of sports. It's not dragon age but bioware knows it has me in its death grip. Looks like Fallout and aliens combined. Anthem looks nice, but hella vague. I want to know more, but we'll have to wait for microsoft to show us more during their time.

And back to sports…… surprisingly the audience actually started clapping more.

Good graphics are wasted on sports games, that's all I'm going to say.

Play to Give sounds pretty cool. And I definitely appreciate the He for She gender equality, the anti-bullying, and the ditch the label organizations they partnered with. Good for them. Free games also sound very nice. I should check out the free trials…oh, I forgot it's mostly sports.

And here is what everyone came for, Star Wars. Here comes Janina who I'm pretty sure can step on me and I would not protest it. She looks like a boss and could kill a man. Goals. Audience is still way too small for the hype these announcers were expecting. I'm counting this as girl character game for Star War battlefront II which should barely count because it's based on movies with actual girl characters, but I need all I can get, tso that brings us to three which is good for the first day of e3.

I feel you pretty lady about sucking at multiplayer, but I'm sure we'll both get better. I really want her dress.

The new class system will allow more control over the character which is a nice touch. Star Wars battlefront has pretty graphics, looks pretty cool, also that darth maul appearing to kill off spare storm troopers was great and made for a very epic trailer. Good job. John Boyega, my man, made my day appearing to talk about his character. I'm so proud of him. Fin is going to appear in the game and even better news is you won't have to pay extra. Free content is music to my ears. I want to play with John Boyega, I wonder what are the odds of doing that. Not sure I want to buy the game, but I appreciate all the free content, diversity, and great graphics of Star Wars battlefront II.

As it continues on, it is very apparent that the audience is very confused when to clap and it makes it very awkward which is the theme of this presentation.

Watching the gameplay lets us see how a typical match will go and my favorite part was cause of death, yourself. Fighter ship crashed into the tower right away. Who went to the future and recorded me playing this? Overall, looks like fun.

So to recap, EA once again demonstrates that they really love sports. Like really love those balls and guys. Just dudes and guys with balls. On one hand I get this. Because if you ask most casual or general male gamers about video games, the sports games are the first ones they will mention. Dude bros love Madden. So I imagine it sells well. However, those guys typically don't watch e3 as far as I know. It's a press conference about video games, and spending so much time and money with the sports doesn't look too well. And EA has the capacity for good games that aren't sports, but those games usually get shoved aside. It's better than last year, but only barely. The literal seconds of bioware was great, but then back to sports. Hopefully we'll hear more, but Bioware is still trying to recover from overhyping Mass Effect Andromeda from last year. (I actually really loved that game btw) So maybe this time they are choosing to lay low, but who knows. The other issue was the audience wasn't really participating if that makes sense. They were quiet and while there wasn't much to go off they didn't really get into the presentation which made the whole thing, as I mentioned so many times already, awkward. Presenters, like you're supposed to do, would pause for applause that just wasn't there or not as loud as it should have been. Overall I'd give EA a D+. The bioware, starwars, free content, and some surprise games manage to lift it up from complete failure, but not as much as I would have liked. Better luck next year EA.

[raeofalbion]

ETA - May ‘17 edition

Hi, everyone! It’s been a really busy month and I’ve got a lot to fit in here. I’m sorry in advance for abandoning the usual list format, but…well…it would have been a really weird-looking list. I should probably change the name of this thing to “monthly updates”, but I dunno. It’s been about a year and “ETAs” has grown on me even if it’s not totally accurate or grammatically correct. Plus, I’d have to go change all my tags and ew. Moving on. So NaNo was a thing that happened. It went alright, I guess. Fucked up pretty badly and had to write 20k in the last two days, but…I mean, I guess it could have been worse? I know a lot of my family members right now are like “thank god NaNo’s over, I hate when you do it” but I wish it would have been another week. I feel like I just started making good progress with that last 20k and now I’m probably going to go on a writing hiatus because I can or something. I guess I’ll just have to take those 50,477 words and be happy. (I’m bad at being happy, can you tell? LOL) Anyway, the good thing about NaNo is that it kinda gave me a chance to look at all my current projects and decide what I really want to do with writing this year. “But Rae it’s May, it’s too late in the year to decide what to do with your year,” someone, somewhere, is probably thinking. To which I say: shhh, I got this, hon. …or something. So, basically, in January my plan for the year was along the lines of “finish DoV, finish Blackout, get a good deal of SM done, do a ton of cosplay stuff, and be awesome”. Now…I’m not so sure that’s possible. Especially those last three. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve tried to make progress on Shattered Memories, and I’ve done some, but the chapter I need done? It’s just not doing what I want it. I think I need to write out a loose outline and just rewrite from there, but that’s more work than I’m up to at this moment. As for DoV, I actually completed the first draft this NaNo, but I’m…not happy with it. I don’t recall when I realized I’d made a bunch of plot holes and tore my canon to shreds, but the only thing that let me finish it was rushing through it. 90% of the fight scenes are missing as well as a very important plot scene I didn’t feel like writing, so it went from shitty work to lazy work. But the first draft is done so I don’t have to look at it for a while. On the flip side, Blackout is going really, really well. Like well enough I’m actually excited about Shattered Albion again and I can’t wait to start showing y’all since it’s been so long since MoI first was posted. So here’s my new plan this year: I want to map out as much of SM as possible and get a really firm foundation laid before I progress; the first chapter was good, the second chapter needs to be equally good. I also want to finish Blackout and a good chunk of The Black Court—maybe part one, maybe not so much. For flow reasons, I really need to go back and reread MoI before I rewrite DoV. However, since I worked on rewriting MoI all last year and will invariably work on it more if I reread it, I’m going to wait until Blackout and tBC have what I want from them done. This way everything will flow and I won’t have a three or four year wait in between sequels. I also want to get a oneshot dump for my Fable oneshots I’m sitting on to be posted in and I want to finish some Dragon Age Inquisition Sollavellan shorts I’ve been playing with. Everything else I’m planning on putting on hiatus for the time being. I’m sorry to anyone following me in hopes of Viral or Patient 0 or Switched’s second part going up, but I can only work on so much at one time and this is where my thoughts are pulling me at this time. I’ve also got a Super-Secret Project I’m working on with a group of really awesome peoples and…I think we’ll be announcing it on the 3rd. I think. I’ll put up a post when it’s ready. I think people will enjoy it? If you’re a Fable fan, it’s Fable oriented. If you just like interesting writing snippets, you might enjoy it, as well. Again, I’ll let you know. So…what else, what else…oh, yeah. Cosplay. I meant to post pics but I got stuck in embroidery hell, so no pics for you. Yet. There’s a really good chance of our trip to ComiCon being cancelled—it’s a long story that has to do with one of my cousins’ graduating and my cat and I don’t really want to go into it right now—but I’m still planning on getting the cosplays done. I’ll probably just feel less pressured to do them. I think that’s everything. Mum had her birthday in April. I made editing commissions officially open, but I don’t think most of you are interested in that. So, yeah, that’s us for now. I hope everyone’s having a nice day. Cheers. If you read this far, well done you. Until next time.

[chris-martin-424-blog]

Tier 4: Weird War I

02/11/2018 This is the Official SWUM variant of Official Savage Worlds Campaign: "Weird War I" Character and Save Records. A Tier 4 Jump. Builds from Any World War 1 game or Jumpchain CYOA are applicable, but must be made and/or have been earned. (Evidence Pl0x/Plz/Please/Pics or it didn't happen) At GM Discretion. ... 02/12/2018 Weird War I Back of the Book "'Your Country Needs You! The World is at war! It's time for your hero to join the soldiers, sailors, marines and all-new airmen in the greatest war the world has ever known! Fight for glory in what is sure to be a short and mannerly conflict, then come home with a chest full of ribbons to win the kiss of your best gal or guy!' That was the pitch. Now you find yourself knee deep in mud and corpses on some forsaken battlefield in northern France. The Sergeant blows the whistle. It's time to stand up, fix bayonets and give the enemy hell in one of the most horrible wars ever to deface the world's fields and forests. Your country is counting on you, soldier. Over the top you go..." ... 02/13/2018 We find ourselves following the Russians in 1916,  repelling the austro-Hungarians after a mission to hi-Jack experimental German aircraft. The hi-jacking went well, but in persuit was not only more tri-planes  but the terrifying and enigmatic "Cloud-Hunter".      This "Cloud Hunter" that we might identify as a dinosaur or Dragon even, tore a German pursuit prototype aircraft out of the skies, then proceded to attempt to take down the bomber aircraft that were called in to do a strafe run on a large target, a full Company of Austro-Hungarian Infantry. After the Dragon-thing ("cloud-hunter" in the book) was shot in the Eye from a Russian acquired Gewehr and then torn apart by the stolen prototype German triplane, the battle became a binary one of attrition. When reduced to 10% forces, the Austro-Hungarians threw down their weapons. Getting to that point was just back-and-forth shooting.      At the end, the Russian forces simply wish to retreat as we are getting intelligence saying the Germans are on the advance with weirdness inbound on our position! We have roughly 2 major options not staying here, hoof if through No Man's Land among the trenches and the mostly deserted positions trying to get back to the larger part of our re-forming army, or head through the mountains with possible encounters with the unknown. It all comes down to the will of the leaders.(group) ... 02/13/2018 The Leaders had decided on a bold plan of action, head through the mountains for the tactical terrain advantages and a faster route back to their main force, in general. While our Prototype stealing pilot had to follow the bombers back to drop off the prototype. En Route he had to contend with faster-than-usual clouds.. ..But made it back to Russian forces safely! Upon return he was up not only for a vehicle upgrade and a medal but also a Rank Promotion! He was given his own bomber and crew, and the mission flown is given "air support" so he brings the previous two bombers along as His to now command. Returning to the Fray, he swerved and took the long way around...     Meanwhile, during that round-trip flight, our other heroes in the ground forces were deciding to brave the unknowns of the mountains. Thankfully they were greeted with the strange and weird sight of Dr. Hochmueller, a mad scientist of no small infamy. Though only upon being allowed entrance to the secret "German" base as "Customers" did they learn any of this sentence's frightening details. He is a gracious host and shopkeeper, though, allowing peaceful meal and drink and replenishment of ammo and supplies, even a magical tome on psionics and some information of the nearby weird practices and subjects his job incidentally made. "Beware those wearing gas-masks that are not of your force. You also might want to hit them from a distance. Speaking of gas masks, would your company like these?Crate of gas masks" (All in exchange for the 10 Austro-Hungarian soldiers.)      When the newly appointed air commander was sent on a recon mission, his job was merely to observe troop movements. He and his wing, however were assaulted by 7 fighters, German Monoplanes which were in the end, just enough of a delay to allow the 2 bombers they were initially escorting to retreat back to German lines. The air battle over in the span of roughly 10seconds, he was delayed just enough that he witnessed the bombers hit the empty positions they left, last battle. Though his mission was merely Recon, he decided he'd be more effective to simply affect them, though not before witnessing the casualties of the last battle springing to life, chasing soldiers into a living muck as well! The hapless German force was then pithed with a bombing run.      Following-up immediately after the 10 surviving German infantry retreating the area into the forest, several Large German Trucks with Rear mounted cabins and front-mounted cargo holders and top-mounted machine guns stormed the area, destroying the living muck with their tracks and incendiary grenades and wiping the zombie force out with a weird force of Beast Men. Witnessing this carnage, our Air-Ace brings his bombers back around for one last bombing run on the field. The Beast Men force was destroyed down to a minimal percent, though what few were left retreated into the mountains. The Trucks were completely demolished, leaving pieces of scrap metal and viscera everywhere. So far it's been a good day for the Russians.. ... 02/16/2018 Meanwhile, in the nearby Mountains: Our soldiers on foot have done well, keeping their soldiers morale high and properly equipping themselves. They moved as stealthily as they could through the rocky terrain, after having been warned of some "Experiments" in the area. They had come upon 8 soldiers who, first just seemed as though they were regular gas mask wearing infantry.      Upon closer inspection, they were not only not carrying any weapons, but were completely made of gas, bound into the form of their uniforms. Noticing the terrain was unstable, they had maneuvered to fire from higher, more stable ground and also delayed the gaseous soldiers with an incendiary grenade! After getting just within range, our team of soldiers unloaded upon the enemy, utterly decimating them!      Unfortunately that only spawned four more, larger gaseous beings, this time bullets literally couldn't touch! So they brought in more fire and a Holy(Psionic) Light!! Which made quick work of them. After the explosion of the final grenade, a howl could be heard from somewhere nearby as well as the unstable terrain gave way to a rockslide! Will our heroes survive?      Their Friends in the air had it Much easier, they merely relayed information and rested for a moment before being sent back out to test out this prototype equipment the Americans sent over called a "Para-Chute". The initial tests were disastrous yet promising, and have sent the improved version to the Russians to attempt to gather more field testing data as well as aid their allies in rapid troop deployment, though their bombers can't hold too many infantry. Our Ace Pilot had asked the Russian General to not sell the liberated German Tri-Plane to the Americans, the General gave his reasoning as an increasing worry of Food and ammunition shortage as well as the "lack of need" for "Fighter" aircraft in the Russian Army's air division. Though he took the Ace's worry and advice into account. Especially due to his high rank.       Upon leaving the Airstrip, he had heard fighting over the radio, intense gunfire. In front of him was the dark cloud bank from which the Slain Dragon had assaulted air-traffic recently. Our brave Ace Charged Right Into It! Before the enemy could get their attack in, he had maneuvered just well enough to get three of his four shots off, wounding one and killing another! As the battle raged, the "Cloud Hunters" lost four by the time they had gotten to the formation of aircraft. Again, they attempted to tear at the bombers and again they were rebuffed by not only the strength of Armor but the sheer power of the bomber's engines, at which point their realization of inferiority reached it's peak and thus maneuvered to disappear back into the clouds...      The Warriors of the Air being victorious, continued on their flight path out of the clouds to find their friends and Infantry waist deep in a vicious combat! Will they get there in time!? Find out next time! ... 02/22/2018 As we rejoin our heroes and company, the ground forces had just caused a rockslide. Nobody was hurt, thankfully. All the noise and movement, however, caused the Wolf-shaped Beast-Men that retreated into the mountains earlier to give chase! They ran for a while, until they posted up in a decently defensible spot where they managed to rifle the Beast-Mens' numbers down to zero before melee combat was engaged. However, they realized that that group was not the only one giving pursuit!     Nearby, behind a few boulders was a second pack, prowling for the right moment to pounce! Noting the sounds heard, one of our heroes threw a grenade over and managed to hurt a few! Then another! The noises did not subside, however and the chase was on! They get to where the Mountains met No Man's Land and the Beast-Men finally Manage to pounce!! Wiping out a total of 15 men, they were quickly overwhelmed by the sheer force of numbers amassed on and melee attacking the remaining Beast-Men. Rifle-Butts, Booted Feet and random implements of destruction saw their end.     Out, supposedly, into the clear and onto the home stretch to their base: A familiar looking Cloud-Bank had then settled on their path. It was a Cloud-Hunter again!! Unknown in its' position, the soldiers made a break for home! The first pass went for one of our Heroes! He had barely managed to escape with his hide intact, having just barely had enough awareness to see the thing from behind and leaping out of the way. It made a second pass which was rebuffed by sheer numbers of men suppressing it. Almost home, the Hunter made a third pass, successfully nabbing six of our heroes Comrades! Then returning to its' nest to feed and grow the prides' numbers.. ..The Heroes and their Soldiers are safe, for now...