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Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

I can only suppose that random encounters have stopped because you're above some kind of experience threshold? Like in Earthbound where monsters that would present no challenge at all would just auto-resolve. But without a way to get money from that selling stuff and gambling seems to be the only option.

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mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
From a walkthrough I use to make sure I'm on the right part, you absolutely can exhaust random encounters in what seems to be the entire game. It's just weird that it happened naturally so far before the end.

Luckily there's a questline you'll see this week that helps us very very well with our money problems.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Let's start the week by getting rid of our money problems!

Episode 37 - Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Lucky for Kazuma, it appears that crime does pay.

Better go buy the rest of those videos.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Planning on it once we can get back to Tokyo!

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
I forgot to post this yesterday, it seems! Sorry!

Episode 38 - The Boy With the Dragon Tattoo

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
It's Monday, so time for side quests!

Episode 39 - Please Seek Medical Attention"

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

I bet there's a lot of people out there that wish tattoos gave them mystical powers.

Thesaya
May 17, 2011

I am a Plant.
They explicitly say that Shinseicho is a district of Osaka, not another town guys.

Oh, and thanks for spoiling Kazuma's relationships in future games guys! :mad:
(Yeah, not really, that is seriously minor. :))

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!

Thesaya posted:

They explicitly say that Shinseicho is a district of Osaka, not another town guys.

Oh, and thanks for spoiling Kazuma's relationships in future games guys! :mad:
(Yeah, not really, that is seriously minor. :))

I mean, that whole thing is weird with Japan, WRT terminology. Especially when you get into stuff like Tokyo's special wards.

It probably is just a chunk of Osaka City, but it could also be a town within Osaka Prefecture. I don't remember if they said it in a cutscene or not, and if it was I wasn't paying close enough attention to the Japanese to hear is they said shi or fu.

You're likely right, though.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Happy Friday, everybody!

Episode 40 - Knife Crime

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

I was about to get annoyed at yet another knife wound killing someone when it wasn't life threatening at all but I guess if anybody knows about dying via knife wounds to the gut its (my maybe somewhat racist view of) the Japanese so they did it right.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Monday is a good day for a kidnapping

Episode 41 - a.k.a. Taken 4

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
I'm in Hawai'i and still posting this. Please feel loved.

Episode 42 - GUTS

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

You know, I don't think I entirely understand what exactly happened there.

HR12345
Nov 19, 2012
For some reason, I thought this was another Yakuza 2 LP started and then stopped years ago. Idk if it's been asked, but will you be doing any of the PS3 Yakuzas? (3, 4, Dead Souls or 5)

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
We are tentatively planning on going into Yak 3 next. And hopefully we do because Yak 3 is great.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Happy Monday!

Episode 43 - Eye of the Tiger

Thesaya
May 17, 2011

I am a Plant.
Imagine being the ones having to lug two sedated tigers up all those stairs. Although thinking about it, maybe they just put them in through the top floor balcony when the castle was lowered.

Another Person
Oct 21, 2010
forget the plight of the tiger guy, imagine living next to that castle and being their neighbour when Sengoku comes home from a long night out hitting the drinks

just a sudden crashing sound, like an earthquake, waking you up at 4am in the morning as Sengoku summons his front door to not be 200m underground

imagine being a part of the council planning committee, having to approve that property extension. "oh, this crazy rich guy wants to buy all of the land beneath osaka castle and he says if we don't do it he will sic his tigers on us, we better say yes. he probably won't do anything with all the underground he just bought anyway right guys?"

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Someone has to be really mad that the interior of one of Japan's most famous landmarks was hollowed out and cut in half.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Osaka Castle is pretty lame inside anyway. This is an improvement.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
It's Friday! So new ep!

However, this was our last in the hopper, so the next one might be delayed a bit if the stars don't align right.

Episode 44 - Golden Egg

e: The audio is borked. I'll repost it when I get poo poo fixed. Sorry.

mikeycp fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Aug 13, 2016

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
The ep is fixed! And there was much rejoicing!

Thesaya
May 17, 2011

I am a Plant.
I am rejoiced by the fact it was fixed before I tried to watch it!

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
I apparently forgot to drag the envelope up on AP's audio after a point so he was silent for a good middle chunk.

It was not a good way to watch an already kinda not great ep.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
This break wasn't as insufferably long as the last one! Happy weekend, everybody!

Episode 45 - Ice Cream Vaccinations

Thesaya
May 17, 2011

I am a Plant.
Hey they give you all the icecream you want in the hospital when you have your tonsils out! As a kid everyone was always jealous of that kid, despite the operation bit of it.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
See! Tonsil experts know the truth!

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

I'm sure that cliffhanger will be thrilling.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
There's only one way to find out!

Stay tuned Monday for the exciting conclusion!

Pea
Nov 25, 2005
Friendly neighbourhood vegetable
In case you still haven't found where your last client a host is...now that you're back in Kamurocho it seems like the right time to say that Tamao has been waiting for Kazuma right outside Adam since before you left for Osaka. In the classic style of the LP, you two were wondering where someone would be and then ran completely the wrong way. (last hosting ep. before you went to Osaka)

This isn't meant as a dig at your playstyle. I just chuckled when I saw it, but the story moved to Osaka before I had a chance to really say anything.

In other news, good to see you guys are back. I'm really enjoying the LP, since this looks like the sort of game I might enjoy but get burnt out on before getting halfway through the story. It seems to go on forever.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! mikeycp!

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Man, that legitimately would've been helpful info on Monday when we recorded! We found her eventually, but it took a while. D:

Thanks anyway, though!

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
It's Monday! Ep time!

Episode 46 - Red Light

Thesaya
May 17, 2011

I am a Plant.
An H cup in a strapless dress. Gods I feel for that poor girl's back.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Fun fact: That hostess, and I think a couple others and the masseuse, are real people that got mocapped. In her real job she was working with considerably less support.

mikeycp fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Aug 23, 2016

Thesaya
May 17, 2011

I am a Plant.
Well, if you are implying she works with porn in some way, that is different. It is one thing to do a photo shoot or video naked, quite another to walk and sit around all day without a proper bra.
...as a big chested gal myself, I tend to focus on things like that I suppose... Sorry for the odd subject.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
That's a fair enough point.

That said, one thing these games are known for is getting whichever porn stars are popular that year and including them in the hostess clubs and massage parlors.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Let's start the weekend off with a tearjerker.

Episode 47 - Dad

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mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
It's Monday! Time for a new ep!

Also we're between recordings right now, so if we haven't shown something you want to see then now's your time to let us know!

Episode 48 - Cleaning Up

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