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Sentient Data posted:
 Seriously Lan-Alice, have you never wanted to be radical?
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Caught up with the thread, have to really thank Fedule for making it super easy to listen to my favorite parts again. Boss undertaking. e: This is still going on right? Between Beru and my posts is a pretty big gap. I thought there'd be some speculation even when circumstances don't allow Fedule to post. Blinus fucked around with this message at 17:29 on May 27, 2014 |
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May 26, 2014 19:10
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Blinus posted:Caught up with the thread, have to really thank Fedule for making it super easy to listen to my favorite parts again. Boss undertaking. I'm still checking this thread every day, but things are looking grim given how Fedule has shown no signs of life in the past two weeks.
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May 27, 2014 20:12
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Nagna Zul posted:I'm still checking this thread every day, but things are looking grim given how Fedule has shown no signs of life in the past two weeks. You have an odd definition of "grim", given that he's been posting a fair amount in the FF general thread and recording stuff with me.
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May 27, 2014 20:19
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Still alive. Almost done with finals. Also other things. But totally not letting this go anywhere.
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May 27, 2014 20:25
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Fedule's gone way longer.
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May 27, 2014 20:25
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Fedule posted:Still alive. Almost done with finals. Also other things. But totally not letting this go anywhere. Very cool, take your time. I hope my post didn't come across as rude impatience, was just wondering. <3
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May 27, 2014 20:30
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I hoped to have this update up earlier, but every time I started typing my mind just started summarizing genetic algorithms or simulated annealing or explaining how Johnson's algorithm for all pairs shortest path search completes in O(nm log n) time and it just ended up being weird. Updating while studying for finals never works out well. I'm done with finals!
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May 29, 2014 19:47
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VLR OST: [Portentousness] Listen in: [English/Japanese] You're late. What were you doing? Nothing... When we arrived everyone else was already back. Quark and Alice hadn't left, of course. They were both sleeping soundly, any traces of the madness we'd seen earlier long gone. Listen in: [English/Japanese] You've seen the bomb in the control room? Yeah, with our own eyes. So what the hell should we do? That makes three bombs... They're bombs for God's sake. Really...? Remember what Alice said? If you enter that password, the device should, well, deactivate. You see it? Right here, there's a port. If we can find the password input device, we just connect it here. Then we can enter the password. Whoa whoa, hold on a second. That's great and all, but we need that password input device she was talking about. Without that, we're still boned even if we did have the password. Not a problem. We've resolved that issue. Huh? Show them. I nodded, and pulled it out of my pocket. Exactly. We didn't have any idea what it was at first, but Phi figured it out. After Clover left, we tested it. Turned out I was right. It fit perfectly. Couldn't get it to do anything, though. We plugged in a couple random characters, but all we got was an error. But... why was it in the control room? Do you think Zero Sr. put it here for us? That would suggest it was also Zero Sr. who set up the bombs. Zero Sr. wants us to play the Nonary Game, right? So why would he set bombs? That doesn't make any sense. Our bracelets already have poison in them. If someone breaks a rule, all he has to do is activate their bracelet. Yeah... You're right. ... ... ... ... [Music fades out] The person who set these bombs is one of us. 999 OST: [Trepidation] Whether or not that person is also Zero Sr. isn't particularly relevant at the moment. But what is relevant is that they know the deactivation password. If we can figure out who that person is, and question them... ...We can get the password and turn the bombs off. Exactly. That would by my quick and easy method. ... ... Which one of you set the bombs? So we're going to be checking everyone. Checking us...? Yes. Once they're set, the bombs are controlled by a remote. It stands to reason that whoever set them has that remote. So you're going to search us for it? Yes. But... No buts. If you refuse, that implicates you. Do what I say, and you'll be fine, assuming you are actually innocent. ... No reason to wait. Let's get started. Anyone want to volunteer to go first? No? All right. Let's see... Huh? You only need to search one person. What? Why? I... I know who did it. The words were out of my mouth before I'd even realized I was saying them. There's no way... Yeah. I met Phi's gaze and nodded, then turned away. That person... You did it! Lock no. 09 Who planted the bomb? Oh, you. Did you really think it would be that easy? Well, we're officially in business now. The game has finally come out and admitted that all this jumping around timelines stuff is actually part of the plot, and acknowledged some of the craziness we've seen (especially Alice cheating at the AB Game back in round 1). They've basically made a game out of the idea of 999's Coffin Ending, except instead of some other person seeing all of these timelines and communicating with someone in one of them, we're actually jumping back and forth between them ourselves. In case anyone's wondering, I estimate we're now over halfway - timewise, anyway - through all the game's content. As you can see, we've busted through one Lock and gone straight on to another. So... what now? It's been a while (sorry) so I imagine this primer will be even more welcome than it usually is: cd ~/magenta/ally/green/betray Betray Luna after escaping the Gaulem Bay cd ~/magenta/ally/red After successfully allying with Luna, go through the Red door with Alice and Clover cd ~/magenta/ally/blue After successfully allying with Luna, go through the Blue door with Alice and K cd ~/magenta/betray Betray Luna after escaping the Lounge cd ~/yellow/ally/green After being betrayed by Tenmyouji, go through the Green door with Clover and Quark cd ~/yellow/ally/blue After being betrayed by Tenmyouji, go through the Blue door with Clover and Tenmyouji cd ~/yellow/betray Betray Tenmyouji after escaping the Infirmary cd ~/cyan/betray/blue After successfully betraying Alice, reject Alice's suggestion and insist on taking the Blue door with Luna and Alice cd ~/cyan/betray/green After successfully betraying Alice, reject Alice's suggestion and insist on taking the Green door with Luna and Clover Fedule fucked around with this message at 19:50 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 19:48
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Okay, so the path to identifying the mad bomber is the same one where we got to talk to Alice and failed to find any long strings of numbers. That's what I'm getting from this anyway. Of course, we still haven't found any long strings of numbers since then so we're hosed anyway. To elaborate, the images appear to be, in sequence:
There's two images at the end that don't seem to fit, though. Pittsburgh Lambic fucked around with this message at 20:13 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 20:01
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Huh. I never hit this lock before. I would've figured that it would've come up before Sigma admitted to knowing who did it. Really, though, I can't help but wonder if we should vote on whether or not we should allow Fedule to go to an ending path of his choice, just so we can possibly clear up some of the various plot locks. Also 
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May 29, 2014 20:28
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Okay, now the game's just trolling us. Also,
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May 29, 2014 20:37
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Looks like Sigma has the bomber... cornered. Also, preliminary voting results indicate that most goons following this seem to be in favor of ripping off the band-aid as soon as possible and going for the early Betray against Luna.
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May 29, 2014 20:49
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Fedule, you are a gentleman and a scholar. This thread is so much fun, all the props to you. I'm assuming that's a deliberate Ace Attorney reference, although giving the pointer finger does happen in a lot of mystery stories.
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May 29, 2014 20:51
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The music immediately started playing in my head. Also, you're horrible monsters 
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May 29, 2014 20:56
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Blinus posted:I'm assuming that's a deliberate Ace Attorney reference, although giving the pointer finger does happen in a lot of mystery stories. The best part is that it can be both a cat pun and an Ace Attorney reference at the same time if you really want to stretch it. One of the best songs in Ace Attorney seems to be ripped off from the infamous Cheetahmen II's music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgu_E0-5jyU And I just want to agree with the thread, the LP has been a hell of a ride so far and the quality shows no sign of dipping - my hat's off to you
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May 29, 2014 21:08
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Plot locks  Also it's about time you all decided to betray Luna.
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May 29, 2014 21:11
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Super Jay Mann posted:Plot locks Holy crap, one of the "betray Luna" options is winning? Come on goons, don't do this, there are still other options, there's a perfectly betrayable Tenmyouji in the first round.
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May 29, 2014 21:44
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Oh crap I gotta throw the chart together. Oh gently caress I didn't update this path on there for a while. I'm slacking here. Also yes, it's time to bite the goddamn bullet and betray Luna. You spineless goons
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May 29, 2014 21:47
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I'm all for "do the latest branch available" which means second round betray Luna. Faster we get to the end of these branches the better, and maybe we can find a way to break a plot lock
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May 29, 2014 21:51
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Has anyone decided on a 1 through 9 list as far as their fave/least-fave characters yet? 1 being fave, 9 being least fave? I can't participate since I've played the game, but any readers who haven't wanna list them according to what you know? (Not counting Zero III, G-OLM, or the Old Woman).
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May 29, 2014 22:13
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Blinus posted:Has anyone decided on a 1 through 9 list as far as their fave/least-fave characters yet? 1 being fave, 9 being least fave? Any list without G-OLM in it is automatically illegitimate.
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May 29, 2014 23:37
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W.T. Fits posted:Looks like Sigma has the bomber... cornered. I think it'll be hilarious if morphogenetic fields kick in and Betraying Luna in the first round results in a double Betray.
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May 29, 2014 23:39
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beyondpowers posted:Any list without G-OLM in it is automatically illegitimate. K, include G-OLM, and the old woman and Zero III if you wish. ApplesandOranges posted:I think it'll be hilarious if morphogenetic fields kick in and Betraying Luna in the first round results in a double Betray. SPOILER FOR AN ACE ATTORNEY GAME: And in response Luna pulls a Dahlia Hawthorne on us. (Not really, just a joke) Blinus fucked around with this message at 04:00 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 23:58
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Hahaha, wow. That's a loving great reference joke. Anyway, I kind of love this game's metapuzzle. Having to go back and forth, running through various scenarios to get the information necessary to progress further in one scenario is a fantastic idea.
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Edit: Spoiler tags added because it implies someone will be alive and well in ZE3. Probably not necessary and doesn't actually spoil VLR, but just in case. Better safe than sorry. Had a thought earlier. How awesome would it be if Hongou somehow cures his prosopagnosia in ZE3, but then immediately gets blinded before he can see anyone's face? Blinus fucked around with this message at 14:19 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 14:16
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Huh. You know, after talking about being influenced by parallel timelines that's a really great way to follow things up.
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May 30, 2014 15:12
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So there's a lack of speculation about who Sigma is accusing here. Anyone who hasn't played the game wanna make their guess, and why they think so?
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May 30, 2014 15:49
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I think it could be phi herself. She's starting this witchhunt, so someone has to get caught: but if she starts it early, and leads it, then she can plant it on someone. But the key to actually solving it will probably involving eliminating everyone who couldn't have placed the bombs, and I don't know how she stacks up. rudatron fucked around with this message at 16:05 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 15:56
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A bunch of scenes with Alice flashed through. Isn't it obvious?
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Serious Frolicking posted:A bunch of scenes with Alice flashed through. Isn't it obvious? You think it's Alice then?
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When I saw the screenshot of Sigma pointing I was like "Wait, poo poo, do we actually know who set the bombs??? There's no loving way" and then I saw "It was YOU!" I never ran smack into this plot lock when I played so I was momentarily surprised and confused.
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Interesting. So a lot of the people that played the game ran through the chain of events where they found out the bomber before they went through this one. Every player's game is a unique experience then, because unless you're directly following someone else's order of doing things, you're probably doing things in a different order than everyone else, so you hit different plot locks, have circumstances like the Phi and the Alice situations, etc.
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May 30, 2014 18:39
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I bet he's accusing himself, knowing this game.
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Spatula City posted:Interesting. So a lot of the people that played the game ran through the chain of events where they found out the bomber before they went through this one. Every player's game is a unique experience then, because unless you're directly following someone else's order of doing things, you're probably doing things in a different order than everyone else, so you hit different plot locks, have circumstances like the Phi and the Alice situations, etc. It's one of the great things about this game. The order which you play the routes in changes how you experience the story. I went left to right on the flowchart like this LP, but I stayed in one of the main three branches until I couldn't anymore before moving on to the next one (Only going back if I broke a lock). So by the time I got to the right side of the flowchart I was breaking most locks before I could be stopped by them.
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Looks like I gotta keep the poll open a bit longer; it's a bit close.
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C. Everett Koop posted:I bet he's accusing himself, knowing this game.
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Pierzak posted:He's accusing the player. In the 3DS verison his finger comes out of the screen to point at you.
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DarkHamsterlord posted:In the 3DS verison his finger comes out of the screen to point at you.
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C. Everett Koop posted:I bet he's accusing himself, knowing this game. That would be the ultimate feline pun. 
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