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 Previous Ys LPs: Ys I & II Chronicles Ys III: Wanderers from Ys Ys: The Oath in Felghana Ys IV as an entry into the series was a concept Falcom, following the poor reception worldwide of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, never thought would see the light of day. The two original releases, Dawn of Ys for the PC Engine CD and Mask of the Sun for the Super Famicom, both released in 1993, weren't even directly developed by Falcom. Instead they licensed the music, titular characters from Ys I & II (Adol, Dogi, the Priestesses, Lilia, etc.) to different developers. Aside from some main locations and the games' soundtracks, both of these games are vastly different from each other in both stage progression and story development. A third release was rumored for the Mega Drive, but nothing further than that was mentioned. A fourth release titled Mask of the Sun: A New Theory, was developed and released for the PS2 in 2005 by Taito, but no current translation exists for this release. The most recent (and assumed final) version was released late last year for the PlaystationVita as Ys: Memories of Celceta. It's neat and cool and really fun to play and I can't record it never ever so instead we're going to play the other entry that doesn't suck.  Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is a Japan-only release published and developed by HudsonSoft in late 1993 for the PC-Engine; known in the states as the TurboGrafx-CD or the TurboDuo. It is set a short time after the events of Ys II but before the events of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. Dogi and Adol head home after some undisclosed adventure (maybe that weird spinoff for Java phones that disappeared in the mists of time). Tired from their journey they decide to get poo poo-faced and crash at former head of the thieves' guild, Goban's, house. Adol had earlier visited the fortune teller, Sara, who had told him something terrible had occurred on the continent of Celceta. Adol sneaks out onto the next boat there in the dead of night while his pals are sleeping, leaving them in the dust as he heads out on his next big adventure. As you may or may not know, Hudson has had some experience dealing with the Ys series. They did that rear end horrible port of Wanderers from Ys but they also released Ys Book I & II that was an impressive port boasting great arranged music and being the only version of Ys I & II that seamlessly joins the two games together. With knowledge and experience of both good and bad releases under their belt they went ahead to develop this gem. Using rich and detailed 16-bit graphics combined with unique environments, challenging bosses and detailed voiced cutscenes they put together what is possibly the most detailed traditional Ys game in the series. The game also heavily borrows from Ys II's mechanics, using a very similar magic system bringing back fan favorites such as the fire and alter magic. The soundtrack for this game in particular is the best in the series, in my opinion. It's just amazing, I can't even begin to explain. All three volumes of the edited redbook audio are available on iTunes so check out all three volumes. This LP will be assembling two different patches in order to make the game watchable by an English-literate audience. I'll be using Deuce's translation patch to translate the game dialogue, and this thing to translate the voice-acting. The VA patch was done almost entirely by random voices pulled off some forum, however the voice of Darm in the patch is apparently Alan Oppenheimer: the original voice-over in Ys Book I & II for the TurboDuo and the voice of loving Skeletor! I made an attempt at LP'ing both this game and Mask of the Sun in late 2012 to drive some hype for Memories of Celceta, but Mask of the Sun is balls and I hate LP'ing games I dislike so after a break from the series I'm back to give it another shot. This game is a direct sequel to Ys II, but don't worry about being left behind! I'll get you back up to speed in a jiffy! Just watch  and you should be up to speed in no time. If you're still confused at any point about what's going on in the game have no second thoughts about asking here - it's a bloody forum, we discuss and talk about the stuff here. Also feel free to talk about the other Ys games here, there's also a Falcom Discussion thread in Games that covers a bunch of related stuff that may interest you if you like what you see. You scrolled right through all of that, didn't you? Alright have some videos then.                   A cool easter egg that happens when the wrong system card is installed in the console. toddy. fucked around with this message at 10:52 on Aug 5, 2014 |
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Taking this post, might use it later. In the meantime have a picture of Dark Fact. 
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Mar 6, 2014 09:20
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This is awesome! If I could find pictures of Adol and Dogi doing JoJo poses I would just sit here laughing like an idiot for months.
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Mar 6, 2014 12:49
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Dr. Snark posted:So that's what final bosses do when they're waiting for the hero to show up! It's a series of anime shorts called "Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen", about the characters from Ys and Trails in the Sky characters being weird. Also Dark Fact goes to jail a bunch. Giovanni_Sinclair posted:So the Falcom anime been subbed? Yeah, I found fansubs for the first 5 or so episodes but I don't know if more have been released with subs since then.
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Mar 7, 2014 00:09
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Jewel posted:I posted the lovely voice acting on twitter and so far someone's been confused "This has to be an albinosheep flash style redub for laughs right?" and another joked "I really hate it when LPers do voice acting in their LPs". I still can't get over how I wouldn't know if it was real voice acting if your mic wasn't in the video. This is the usual product of a random VA project on those VA group forums. They have a full "cast" list on the dub page, as well as the most terrifying image you've seen in at least 2 days. The only name I immediately recognize is Alan Oppenheimer as I mentioned in the OP. Apparently a similar project is happening with one of the Legend of Xanadu games. I'm scared, help.
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Mar 7, 2014 05:23
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gschmidl posted:You people making fun of this dub have never heard official German dubs of older games... Only two things I remember seeing dubbed in German is I played FFXIV with German dub VA on at all times and the German dub of the Simpsons that they made us watch back in high-school when the teacher had no work for us to do. Mehuyael posted:Does this version have the same dumb story as Mask of the Sun? Because man that game had a dumb plot and you should at least type up a synopsis of it for everyone at some point. Honestly they feel close but they make turns and deviations in very different directions. Basically Mask of the Sun was Falcom's intended story initially and then Hudson said "hey this is not very good and you have all this really cool backstory to work through so we're going to be a bit different" and deviated in some interesting places. Once Falcom hired better writers the plot for Ys IV was altered significantly. Without going too far ahead, Ys VI has a particular plotline that shook things up and it made Falcom go back and alter a lot of the previous games' plots to fit it. Hence Chronicles, Origin, Oath in Felghana, Memories of Celceta, possibly an Ys V remake...
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Mar 7, 2014 23:28
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Sorry I took so long to make an update. I got pretty sick and also I hosed up a recording so here have episode 2. Also I'm scrapping the idea of solo commentary for this game since no one man can carry this. Time to drag mumble crew brain slaves in to talk about fake butts.
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Mar 20, 2014 08:28
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I thought I'd never get this update out!.png) A reunion with some old friends, particularly friends that let us hit like a train and light things on fire.
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Mar 29, 2014 13:12
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So apparently there's a cool easter egg in Dawn of Ys when you try to run the game disc without having the right system card in your console. Lilia is the real puppet master, Goban hid the facts.
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Mar 30, 2014 01:04
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QuetzaDrake posted:Also, huh, General Leo, eh? I'm going to go ahead and guess that wasn't in the Japanese. I totally missed this and thought I should clarify: General/Commander (whatever the rank translates to in Japanese) Leo is the name used in the Japanese version. Leo also makes appearances in Memories of Celceta and Mask of the Sun. In Memories of Celceta Leo gets the Hercule treatment where he's high ranked and decorated but he's also a complete goofball. In this game... well, you'll see...
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Mar 31, 2014 07:54
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I post real updates on April 1st because really this entire LP is just one big joke to you, isn't it? No supplementary image provided because seriously, look at that winged person shrug. They don't know or give fucks about wheat. Do not approach Deep-Friar, the curse has gripped him. Also we found Flea in an alleyway somewhere. Really though try to comprehend that weird cutscene in the middle, we'll be seeing two more of them and they put together some important backstory to characters we'll be seeing sooner or later. toddy. fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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Apr 1, 2014 09:58
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Just had the new Ys Art Book that I preordered off Amazon months ago delivered to my door. If I recall it's the first of Falcom's art books to be published in English so check it out if you're interested. I might eventually use it for resources (especially when I get around to LP'ing Ys Origin ETA 20XX) since there's a surprising amount info to be had in there. No art for Dawn of Ys or Mask of the Sun though, probably due to awkward shared rights of those games with companies that no longer exist/got bought out by Konami.
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Apr 2, 2014 07:21
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Look at that guy. That smug motherfucker. Also Duren has an interesting twist in character, not the same as in Memories of Celceta but interesting nonetheless. It's probably worth mentioning now if I haven't already, but this game is definitely not canon. If you can't work out why you may have to wait a while for me to explain. It's... complicated.
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Apr 11, 2014 14:59
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Hey sorry I haven't updated in two weeks a tree fell over and removed my internet. I'm back and should hopefully have some stuff recorded this weekend. I hope you like sand and the things associated with sand. Sand.
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May 1, 2014 13:20
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A relatively short episode, where we take a trip to the desert to fight a dragon. Good times. Again, sorry about the delay. I'll try to have more frequent updates happening again soon!
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May 15, 2014 11:28
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QuetzaDrake posted:It also made me wish the quicksand portion of Origin was as short as Ys IV's. The Silent Sands is a terribly designed level, but I have a lot of unpopular opinions about Ys Origin that I'll have to leave for the LP sometime 20XX. Mico posted:Well MAYBE if the rest of mumblecrew wasn't sleeping 100 percent of the time... Also I'm lazy as gently caress but that's the majority of LP so whatever. *drops mic* Golden Goat posted:Man that desert quicksand area looks obnoxious. Also you should have totally played "Walk like an Egyptian" during your grind section. I came close to losing an Asura's Wrath episode on YouTube because I used a song by Yes I assume if I used a song by the Bangles a swat team would come crashing through my window. 
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May 23, 2014 03:22
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Glazius posted:Well, at least you'll find out the head isn't the weak point when you bump into it and nothing happens? I suppose that's one thing to be said for the boss. Except taking a big old pile of damage straight to the dome. ---- In other news I recorded another 2 episodes so we might be back on a regular update schedule soon.
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May 31, 2014 08:23
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In this episode Adol tries to save some old geezer's kid who wandered off into the snow and got eaten by crabs. I also try dangerous arcane magicks to reveal the invisible enemies lurking in the snow and find out where baddies go when they die. Also there's a talking sage baby. Next time Adol steps into the wrong neighbourhood.
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Jun 2, 2014 16:25
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Seedy Wizard posted:I took a screenshot this dude and put it into Google image search to see if I could find his irl doppelganger. You're managing to out-anime a Falcom LP thread and I am scared for my very life. Also there was a Dora the Explorer cake in the results and that's obviously the correct match. Bholder posted:Who was playing that old man, he sounded familiar. Michael Hillard. Maybe this Michael Hillard? I can't confirm this.
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Jun 3, 2014 14:49
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Tim's stoned, and we need to go brew some herb to cure him. Wait, that's backwards or something. Another episode should be up tomorrow. A nice chunky 2 updates for not updating enough, that good enough for you? No? Alright I'll record some more later in the week. I'm gonna pump out videos for the thread as much as possible through July... Uh... hopefully... Also I should reupload the Oath in Felghana videos to YouTube to get better quality. I'll do that towards the middle of the month so I can use up my data cap before it resets.
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Polsy posted:It did actually charge you the 20MP each time Flair made you teleport, which leads to the unimportant question of what happens if you don't have it. They probably teleport into Escherspace and die. (actually it would probably just teleport anyway) --- I'm... I'm what? I AM DAD. This is a cool episode where I take a comeback tour to Esteria. We see a bunch of stuff from Ys I & II and we fight our first Clan of Darkness member.
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Jul 2, 2014 06:35
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I have update for you. Tim is still a colossal shithead why don't we leave him in a hole somewhere that would make our life a lot easier- WHY AM I ON FIRE!
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Jul 6, 2014 10:02
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While I work on the next couple updates, have some more bizarre snaps from the Falcom Gakuen anime: 
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Jul 11, 2014 05:18
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I... may have read this post in Old Man Jeff's voice once I read whose voices you did. You did great  Also I've seen the audio tracks after tooling around with the contents of the disc (it's the only way to apply the patch or get the redbook audio off the cd) and yeah the VA tracks are structurally archaic as all get out. Pretty inconvenient when you consider that's the way they had to do it on all PCE games like this. --- On another note, I've been lazy as hell playing other games (grinding the hell out of Ys Origin amongst other things) but I should record, commentate and edit at least one video's worth of game tomorrow. The next section of the game really sucks and I'm not really looking forward to it but it's all fun from the next video onwards basically. Typical Water Temple nonsense, you'll just have to trust me.
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Jul 15, 2014 11:12
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He was raised in a tent. Rady's Tomb is a kinda lovely dungeon, also something went wrong with Magic Engine at one point but it's okay I'm a trained professional.
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Jul 16, 2014 08:58
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Please vote for Gurumin on Steam Greenlight! Another fantastic Falcom title is making its way to Steam thanks to the folks at Mastiff. Please support the makers of great games such as the Ys series and Legend of Heroes, and even get free copies of the game from the publishers! Details are on the greenlight page. If you don't, beatings are in order. --- Ys IV updates may be coming soon. I may have made the mistake of reactivating my FFXIV subscription so temporal distortion around my computer may come into effect - no promises!
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Gurumin gets announced for PC. Trails FC gets an official Steam release date. I updated. What more could you want? This one goes out for our fallen comrade, <REDACTED>, who fought valiantly for the mother country but after the dust of war had settled he was nowhere to be found. toddy. fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 08:04
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If I remember right, 4 or 5 fireballs is 1MP which is ridiculously cheap. The only concern where running out of MP is real is if you warp a lot, use alter form a lot or some more costly spells we'll get a bit later. Also you burn through a lot of MP in boss fights just because you use a lot of offensive magic.
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Jul 27, 2014 03:00
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Everything is on fire! Everything is on fire! Everything is on fire! poo poo's about to get real. Get ready for endgame!
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Jul 27, 2014 09:41
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A couple people asked me to collate the chronicle cutscenes in the game into one video for reference so here ya go! Click the banner above to see the video! I also pulled the narrator's script as it's read verbatim from Deuce's patch notes: Chronicle of Darkness In the distant past, a nation was founded on a small continent in the great Duarl Sea. Its name was 'Eldeen.' It was a land of beings with mighty wings. Eldeen held a power source greater than Heaven: Under the divine protection of the 'Mask of the Sun,' it flourished for 1000 years and seven months. However, a great cataclysm was visited on the land, and in the course of one night, it sank beneath the sea. None live now who know why it happened. Southern Europa, off the coast of Celceta. The few Eldeenian survivors escaped to this area by using the power of the Mask of the Sun. With the skills and devices of Eldeen, the undeveloped land of Celceta grew into the continent's most productive farmland. However, those folk who prospered so grew corrupt and greedy. The land was split into two bitterly warring factions. The war-torn Celceta was conquered, with schemes and trickery, by a man known as the 'Lord of Slaughter.' That man was Arem. And thus, Celceta was plunged into a dark age. Chronicle of Light In the early days of the King of Slaughter, Arem, the land was in ruin along with its people. It was a dark age, when power replaced justice. All of the people lived in constant fear. But one day, fate brought a hero to stand against Arem; that man was Lefance. He, along with his fellows, fought under the flag of fellowship and justice, and thus overthrew Arem. Slano, the military warrior without peer. Talim, the mystic, unsurpassed in the world. Miyu, the Earth wizard. Rady, the wise and learned diplomat. Torie, sorcerer of Light. They would later be called the Five Disciples, and fought alongside Lefance against Arem's forces. At the end of the bloody battle, Lefance had defeated Arem. The ruined earth again knew the light of hope. With the overwhelming support of the people, Lefance founded the Selcetan Dynasty, with himself as ruler. The newly crowned king took a ferry to Eldeen, land of the Winged Ones, where he was given the source of greatest power: the Mask of the Sun. King Lefance used that power to build a great citadel overnight, and the mask was enshrined at its center, in the Temple of the Sun. Then, to help control the power of the mask, a twin was fashioned: the Mask of the Moon. The Selcetan Dynasty, with the blessings of the two masks, saw unprecedented prosperity. With humans and Winged Ones working in peace and brotherhood, a golden age began. Chronicle of Hope After their deaths, the Mask of the Sun's power was passed down to Lefance and the Five Disciples' descendants. Several hundred years passed. Eventually, the peaceful times of Selceta came to an end. The dark sorcerer, Sieg Fact, made his appearance. Sieg borrowed the military strength of the mighty Romun Empire and began his invasion, seeking the Mask of the Sun. It was believed that Lefance's fortress city would be able to withstand any assault. But then, tragedy struck. The Mask of the Sun's only controlling influence, the Mask of the Moon, fell into Sieg Fact's hands. Sieg used the Mask of the Moon to subvert the Mask of the Sun's power to evil purposes. Because of this, the Mask of the Sun became unstable, and eventually a great crisis befell Selceta. Earthquakes, famine, pestilence and demons appeared.... At their wits' end, the descendants of the Five Disciples used the last of their strength. In order to seal away the power of the rampaging Mask of the Sun, the entire city was sunken deep into the earth. In time, the entire area was covered with forest. The ground of Selceta was swallowed by the dense sea of trees. There now remains no evidence that it ever existed at all.
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Jul 28, 2014 09:47
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Deeps joins me for this episode. I die a whole bunch. Probably two videos left after this one.
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Aug 1, 2014 03:47
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Oh god what have I done. This episode is two mini-dungeons to open the seal to the Temple of the Sun and retrieve the Cleria Sword. There's not much complicated stuff going on so I got in some mumble pals to do commentary and well... I'm sorry. Next episode should be the last one. We can bury this mess of a thread and pretend nothing happened.
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Aug 2, 2014 07:07
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It's over! Now that Lefance has bestowed the El Duran magic upon Adol we can finally approach the Shrine of the Sun and face the newly revived Arem, the Lord of Slaughter. Thanks for watching, I have one more bonus video to add then I'll be taking a break to get myself in check with University work. Next game up on the plate should be Ys Origin so look forward to
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Aug 3, 2014 08:49
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Click the banner for the video! Potions and what they do: Red Potion: Makes you flash red a whole bunch. Not really sure if it does much else. Made by mixing Yolm Root and Rehva Hide. Blue Potion: Temporarily halves your strength. Don't drink that. Made by mixing Yolm Root and Hihof Leaf. White Potion: Temporarily halves your strength and defense. Don't drink that. Made by mixing Batu Ash and Hihof Leaf. Clear Potion: Makes you invisible. Made by mixing Yolm Root and Batu Ash. Black Potion: Explodes! Made by mixing Kibie Dust and anything. Yellow Potion: Sets your HP to 400 but not your Max HP so the health is only temporary. Made by mixing Hihof Leaf and Rehva Hide. Green Potion: Sets your MP to 200 but not your Max MP so the health is only temporary. Made by mixing Batu Ash and Rehva Hide.
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I sent the thread off to baldurk for archives, now we wait until I stop being a piece of poo poo and start recording my next LP. Stay tuned for 
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The Ys Origin LP thread is up! I'll lock this thread once it's up on LPArchive.
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