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Don't be silly, Fedule's just making up for all the backlog from several updates ago. The world requires balance, y'know?
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Yeah, a lot of stuff happened. There was a trip across the country (it was fun), a wedding (it was beautiful), and lots of videogames, and some idiot introduced me to the West Wing, and That said, I'll be updating today.
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Sep 18, 2013 07:16
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VLR OST: [Placidity] Listen in: [English/Japanese] Think this actually works? Donno. Only one way to find out, though. Hey. Someone's coming. *Pant* *Pant* *Pant* What's going on here? We bumped into them a little while ago. Who'd have thought we'd bump into you, too? Lemme see the map. Oh... sure. All three routes end up here. Listen in: [English/Japanese] That map... It's just like the one we found in the crew quarters. Crew quarters? Oh, we found a map like that too. There was one in the lounge. There's a lounge? Anyway, ours was in the infirmary. Hmm... Maybe we should sit down for a bit and exchange information. No. There's plenty of time for that after we check out this elevator. You may have noticed that that scene just now was extremely similar to the scene we got after exiting the lounge on the last branch! We're going to be seeing a lot of this; a mixture of new scenes and old scenes, and old scenes with switched around names and places. That means it's time for us to avail ourselves of 999's most innovative feature... Wheeeee! VLR continues the proud tradition of having the greatest fast-forward button in videogames, allowing us to breeze through text and animations at ludicrous speed. It even lets us skip through those god-forsaken bleeping map segments and door-opening animations! The other very useful thing about it is that it screeches to a halt whenever there's new or new-ish dialogue to see. So yeah, I'm going to be skipping (and summarizing) these bits, whether they're entirely recycled or just other people saying the same things. As such, this update is going to cover a lot of ground! Anyway, after everyone discovers that they all have the same note about supplementary rules, they all head back to Warehouse A, as they did last time... ...but via a different route. Listen in: [English/Japanese] That means you can come visit the lounge, too. You'd like it, Grandpa. There's lots of alcohol. They've even got some of your favorite. Oh ho! Well, that sounds great. Maybe I'll go have a drink later. The hell, man? How are you so drat calm? Listen in: [English/Japanese] I can't be sure yet, but there's no way this is all just coincidence. Yeah. There's even a Zero... Whatever it is that's going on, we need to get in touch with headquarters, and fast. Yeah, I agree. They've probably figured out we're gone by now... Yeah... Do you think they'll find us? Let's hope so. (How are these two connected...?) Sigma stealthily slips away, and everyone continues on their merry way. We are reunited with Zero III, who promptly starts needling Dio. And then we have to play the Ambidex game! But, er, then this happens. The group quickly concludes that K is a hitman working for Clover, whom he has known since childhood. Someone timidly suggests that maybe Luna did it and the AB Rooms have been moved around, but is shouted down for that being a dumb answer that would come out of nowhere. Then everyone starts wondering about whether the murderer was in fact Zero Sr., and then gets reminded about the time limit and decides to just get on with the AB Game. Sigma and Phi are the last to leave. I mean, there was a dead lady in there just a few minutes ago... Listen in: [English/Japanese] What, are you worried there's a ghost or something? No! No, of course not... It's just... Doesn't it bother you? Nope. I don't believe in ghosts. I feel bad that she died, of course... But there's not really anything I can do about that, is there? drat... You're pretty cold, you know that? That's... pretty much the definition of "cold". ... Anyway. Let's go. Looks like the others have already gone in. VLR OST: [Ambidexterity] No. Look at the screen. There's something there... Ghost comment aside, this is pretty much the same as before. Zero lays out the rules. The entire spiel is identical to before, except the names and colour assignments are switched around to reflect what actually happened. One thing that's kinda nifty, I guess, is that even when his lines are all otherwise identical, Zero III always, always, always uses a different version of this line for each possible version of all of his scenes. Listen in: [English/Japanese] Rock, paper, scissors. R-Rock, paper, scissors...? We have to decide who's going to press the button. And you think that's a good way to decide?! Just shut up and do it! Alright, time to v- -oh, hell with it. Rock always wins! Scissors! Rock! Damnit... So what are you going to pick? I guess "ally"? We're playing against Tenmyouji. Do you have any reason to think he won't betray you? Um... ...I guess not. If he does, what does that make our BP? We'd be down to... uh... 1 point each. But that's not hopeless. I mean, sure, we'll be a little further away from the goal, but all we've gotta do is earn those points back. And when will we do that? Okay, well, I don't actually know. But it's pretty obvious we'll be playing this game more than once. After all, we can't get to 9 BP if we don't. The decision's yours. Now, decide. Ally... Or betray. Three... Two... One... Okay, for real this time! Let's vote! And yes, in an astonishing break from tradition the Rock Paper Scissors game is rigged in our favour.
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Sep 18, 2013 11:42
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What the hell, Phi? Why's she all laid back this time when before she was all freaking out cause we didn't betray Luna? Voting Ally cause that's how you're supposed to start out a proper tit-for-tat strategy without poisoning the well right off the bat. And cause Tenmyouji's pretty cool.
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Sep 18, 2013 12:22
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Voting ally since Quark is not in the group. So unless Tenmyouji's an rear end in a top hat or something he won't stab us in the back to make sure Quark gets 9 bp like he did with Clover in the last route.
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Sep 18, 2013 14:37
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Fedule posted:
Fedule, you wouldn't happen to be lying, would you? Nah, couldn't be. Fedule posted:The group quickly concludes that K is a hitman working for Clover, whom he has known since childhood. Someone timidly suggests that maybe Luna did it and the AB Rooms have been moved around, but is shouted down for that being a dumb answer that would come out of nowhere. Anyways, more seriously, it looks like this is a route that Phi hasn't gone through some number of times. Or not one where we get screwed over because of our first ally/betray choice. Ally time, I guess.
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Sep 18, 2013 14:56
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Kgummy posted:Hold on, I thought people were saying that you couldn't skip the map segments/door-opening animations. I believe you can speed them up, but only if you've seen them before. So if a scene is different (even if the animation moves you between the same two points), you have to watch it again. And this game can get a little bit weird about which scenes it decides are new or not.
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Sep 18, 2013 15:03
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Voting ally because Tenmyouji voted ally his first ambidex game, so I doubt he'll betray us.
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Sep 18, 2013 16:16
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Changamer posted:Voting ally because Tenmyouji voted ally his first ambidex game, so I doubt he'll betray us. but wasn't his first ambidex game against Quark/Dio? of course he went ally then, but now I that he is by himself up against people he does not care about as much, I think his vote is still up in the air.
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Sep 18, 2013 16:21
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Last time in the first round, all the individuals voted 'ally', and the NPC pairs both voted 'betray'. It'll be interesting to see if the same happens again. Either way, we should ally. Let's follow the Game Theory.
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Sep 18, 2013 17:28
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I voted ally since I don't see not to vote ally this time around.
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Sep 18, 2013 19:24
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In the last timeline Tenmyouji voted betray simply to get Quark more points. If we don't have to worry about that this time then it's safer to assume he'll ally with us, I think.
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Sep 18, 2013 19:27
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Aww, man. We're never going to betray anyone at this rate.
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Sep 18, 2013 20:10
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Speedball posted:In the last timeline Tenmyouji voted betray simply to get Quark more points. If we don't have to worry about that this time then it's safer to assume he'll ally with us, I think. It was also the second round and he had 1 point, so he would've been risking death if he had allied.
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Sep 18, 2013 20:28
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Voting ally, I guess it makes the most sense for the first round. I was all set to just vote whichever way Phi was insisting on this time since SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING and all, but she doesn't seem to care much so whatever. Zoe fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Sep 19, 2013 |
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Sep 18, 2013 21:09
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Bifauxnen posted:What the hell, Phi? Why's she all laid back this time when before she was all freaking out cause we didn't betray Luna?
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Sep 18, 2013 21:10
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Aww, man. We're never going to betray anyone at this rate. Right? People in this thread are wusses.
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Sep 18, 2013 22:19
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This is the part where I confess that I voted Betray on Luna the second time, partially to be an rear end, partially to mix things up. But apparently some of you wanted to be nice? God, no wonder everybody died.
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Sep 18, 2013 22:34
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Funfact: It was like 50/50 for at least fifty votes at the start.
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Sep 19, 2013 00:02
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I'm guessing we didn't see that Alice-and-Clover scene last time around? We should try and hook up with them later on.
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Sep 19, 2013 01:14
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Glazius posted:I'm guessing we didn't see that Alice-and-Clover scene last time around? We should try and hook up with them later on. Aside from the very first scene in this update (ie, the elevator bit), which I showed to make a point, everything I bother to record and write up in full from now on is new.
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Sep 19, 2013 01:28
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I think people find it hard to betray likable characters like Luna and Tenmyougi. Now, if it were Dio or Quark, the decision would be MUCH easier.
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Sep 19, 2013 01:51
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Quark hasn't done anything to be likable or not, we haven't seen anything of him really.
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Sep 19, 2013 02:29
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Justin_Brett posted:Quark hasn't done anything to be likable or not, we haven't seen anything of him really. Unless you believe Dio when he said that Quark wanted to betray. But no one should believe Dio.
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Sep 19, 2013 02:54
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What are you talking about? Dio is clearly the most rational and trustworthy person in the entire group! 
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Sep 19, 2013 05:29
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If we can't trust people as well dressed as Dio is then who can we trust?
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Sep 19, 2013 05:43
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dudermcbrohan posted:If we can't trust people as well dressed as Dio is then who can we trust? Circus Ringmasters?
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Sep 19, 2013 05:56
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dudermcbrohan posted:If we can't trust people as well dressed as Dio is then who can we trust? People as badly dressed as Alice.
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Sep 19, 2013 06:02
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Regy Rusty posted:Right? People in this thread are wusses. It's not a matter of being a wuss, it's a matter of sound strategy. 
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Sep 19, 2013 14:32
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All these votes for ally warm my heart! You guys are good people.
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Sep 19, 2013 23:52
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How hard was it to make that fast-forwarding gif?
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Sep 20, 2013 00:00
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Speedball posted:How hard was it to make that fast-forwarding gif? ...Not very? Had to thin a few of 'em to fit the filesize but that's as complicated as it gets.
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Sep 20, 2013 00:18
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Snarxle posted:All these votes for ally warm my heart! You guys are good people. Considering the title of the game, that may not be a good thing.
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Sep 20, 2013 03:19
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Rune Full Moon posted:Considering the title of the game, that may not be a good thing. Yeah, the last time we trusted someone awesome everyone wound up dead, despite that Luna never technically betrayed us. It was the scenario that betrayed us!
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Sep 20, 2013 03:25
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Speedball posted:Yeah, the last time we trusted someone awesome everyone wound up dead, despite that Luna never technically betrayed us. It was the scenario that betrayed us! Well then let us not trust the scenario not to screw us over and trust our fellow participants
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Sep 20, 2013 04:04
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Spatula City posted:I think people find it hard to betray likable characters like Luna and Tenmyougi. Now, if it were Dio or Quark, the decision would be MUCH easier. I'm sure it'd get easier to do it if we ever got betrayed by them. I'm just wondering what the thread consensus is on Quark though, he's pretty much 90% coma.
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Sep 20, 2013 10:36
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ApplesandOranges posted:I'm sure it'd get easier to do it if we ever got betrayed by them. I'm just wondering what the thread consensus is on Quark though, he's pretty much 90% coma. Maybe it's just been a while since we've seen him, but when was Quark in a coma? I thought he had ran off for most of the game.
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Sep 20, 2013 20:33
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ApplesandOranges, if that's information that we haven't seen yet, please edit your post.
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Sep 20, 2013 21:39
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It's a figure of speech, I think.
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Obviously Quark was never real. He was inside us all along! That's why he vanished.
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