Rhythm Cafe || Rift of the Necrodancer

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 GapFiller:   that bgm came in w/ a bit of a bang
 TehAmelie: anyway, Heaven will be Mine is a terrible good visual novel about space mechas and smooches if anybody's into that
 GapFiller:  interesting how interstitial theme volume so often tends to be inveresly proportional to speech volume
  Juliamon: I think it's scene-based
  Juliamon: so it's a case of OBS not having identical settings for each scene
 GapFiller: sounds abt right
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 GapFiller: it figures something like that is also the reason for the Zoom audio difference problem on streams w/ multiple people not physically together having radically variable volume (thinking of the occasional CtS where one person is pinning back the meter while at the same time somebody else is inaudible)
 accountmadeforants:  
 accountmadeforants: I've been playing Rift of the Necrodancer pretty much every moment I could since getting it (which admittedly isn't as much as I would've liked). I can confidently say it rules.
 putz12a: Still hearing Macross dialog in the background 
DaxStrife: Time It's Go
 TheAinMAP:    
Supermariowert: no
 TehAmelie: hello Heather, hi again Ian
 CaptainCoriale: @accountmadeforants saaame!  I have to play it in short chunks because it breaks my brain though
 TheAinMAP: Hello  
 SaxPython: Doth Thou Rizz'eth
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 SaxPython: 
 NotCainNorAbel: nicer than Ben ever handles that mic
 accountmadeforants: @CaptainCoriale Oh, for sure, it's the first rhythm game in a while where I didn't immediately switch to the Hard/Hardest beatmaps.
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Lysander_salamander: hello everyone
 RandomTrivia: O K
 RealGamerCow: this series has the BEST music
 RatherLargeToad: Kneel before Zad!
 miniMacGuru: I just now realized "Rift" is not the same game as "Crypt". This seems cool.
 accountmadeforants: I use a leverless (hitbox-style controller) instead 
DaxStrife: Disco Descent remix!
 TehAmelie: we've left the dungeons i see
 chrono2x: I love that it is a tutorial and latency test at the same time
 SaxPython: The wiggle behind the arrows is a very slick animation
 TehAmelie: for some sort of abstract. . .rift space?
 CaptainCoriale: i love the auto latency adjustment feature, more games need this
Lysander_salamander: nice that everything on the screen is bouncing to the beat
  Juliamon: I am back from grabbing some pizza, I see the Goob is back 
Zornplays13: Good luck, both of you. This game is awesome!
 accountmadeforants:   
Lysander_salamander: are most of these characters from the first game?
Supermariowert: Banger title screen. Very few games Shout their name anymore.
Lysander_salamander: dang, they are cute
 RandomTrivia: Alright this is adorable and awesome
 RealGamerCow: wait, dating game?
Supermariowert: BAM
 SaxPython: Yo I want 3 seasons of this on Netflix
DaxStrife: Necrodancer crossed over with Monster High?
Lysander_salamander: aha
 protojman: oh good not just me
 RandomTrivia: Game is a little hot compared to you
Jensling: Real missed opportunity to not call it "Rifft" of the Necrodancer
 accountmadeforants: @RandomTrivia Sounds fine to me?
 accountmadeforants: I'd recommend Story Mode
Supermariowert: Story does all the song
Johnsen290games: story mode
 accountmadeforants: It takes you through all the songs and adds minigames
Zornplays13: story mode is better, it starts at the same spot
 accountmadeforants: (And your scores in Story Mode still count for Play mode)
Supermariowert: I advise doing the tutorials
Zornplays13: it's evil man!
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 hd_dabnado: this game came out at the exact same time as Civ 7 and its been brutal
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Supermariowert: This will be on the test later
 TehAmelie: my stomach hungers for soup
 RandomTrivia: D'aww the little plaster is so cute!
   Anubis169: and woe betide you if you have one of those 3-key cutoffs on your keyboard
Alex_Frostfire: My keyboard doesn't like it when I hit Left, Up, and Down at the same time. It decides "no input."
Alex_Frostfire: *right, not down
 RandomTrivia: The skeletons are doing pelvic thrusts... I don't know what to make of that
 Cptasparagus: its skinny Braum
 TehAmelie: do they even still make non-USB keyboards?
Supermariowert: Basically all rift enemies work the same as in Crypt, so if you recall them they work similar here
 RandomTrivia: I really like the slimes demonstrating the movement patterns of moving enemies
Lysander_salamander: hahahaha
 RandomTrivia: Oh they're so derpy
 accountmadeforants: Another point for Ablative Cheese Armor
 RandomTrivia: I love them
Lysander_salamander: this is delightful
Supermariowert: The wryms are soo gooft
  Juliamon: I wish I had a shoulder Goob
 jessieimproved: the wyrms are that third dragon head
 TehAmelie: i'm not sure i like how you slap their heads back into their tails
 hd_dabnado: :3 slime
adept_nekomancer: @Juliamon Make sure it's well-trained to not absorb you and steal your movement abilities
Zornplays13: wrapping enemies get so confusing later
Supermariowert: Oh its 3 lanes it will be simple right? Wrong
 accountmadeforants: @Zornplays13 But also extremely satisfying to get right
Supermariowert: Oh these jerks
 hd_dabnado: zombies are so annoying
 accountmadeforants: Zombies tempt me into turning off the board animation
 RandomTrivia: Now there's an important distinction here, between a *rapping* zombie, who has sick bars, and a *wrapping* zombie, which is a mummy 
 SaxPython: Now that I'm thinking about crypt, I am excited to see how they translate the shopkeeper
 chrono2x: I honestly would love to get an arcade style custom controller for this game. It just feels like one of those arcade games.
 accountmadeforants: "My lute's not home" Harpy: "I'm coming over"
 TehAmelie: i'm more curious about digging for secret rooms
 RealGamerCow: they could probably map the pop n music controller to this game
Zornplays13: you can play this game with a ddr dance pad
Ratosai: The instinct to raise the guitar intensifies
 SaxPython: 
 RealGamerCow: ska-letons.
 accountmadeforants: RealGamerCow has a good point. And yeah, the controller/keyboard mappings are configurable, and you can map two buttons to the same input
 RealGamerCow: go on the upbeat
 RandomTrivia: Just sub-divide I guess
 CaptainCoriale: they're not even done yet!
 accountmadeforants: I love how these beat maps handle different timings
Zornplays13: Crazy how some of this doesn't even appear in medium difficulty
PaperDoopliss: You say that, but you have not yet seen the three-shield skeletons
Supermariowert: Buckle up
Invitare: wait that's the wrong way round
 accountmadeforants: @Zornplays13 I haven't finished the game on Medium yet, but I have seen most of them so far? (I guess not the double shields?)
Supermariowert: Also this game is ddr pad compatible
Invitare: skeletons normally explode into skulls. By which I mean 1 skull
mweepigeon: are three-shields triplets + beat?
Supermariowert: triplet
 TehAmelie: these heads are full of little people. sounds like a metaphor
 accountmadeforants: @Supermariowert Ah, maintaining the fine tradition Rift started
 accountmadeforants: *Crypt
 miniMacGuru: triplet rests seem evil
PaperDoopliss: God I hate red armadillos
 gualdhar: this seems like a really good way to remove visual clutter from complex beat maps
 accountmadeforants: @accountmadeforants And there are Medium-difficulty challenges which definitely include all the mechanics
Supermariowert: @gualdhar well about that
 aridos: now you just have to remember all that
Legumma: Now you're thinking with portals
 RealGamerCow: Ian cosplay of this guy when
PaperDoopliss: Yeah, I would not describe this game as easier to parse than a cluttered rhythm game of similar difficulty
  Juliamon: nice, a remix of the OG tune to start the game
 gualdhar: @Supermariowert I'd rake remembering red armadillos and multicolored slimes over barely-differently-spaced Xs and squares
Zornplays13: I hate accidentally misclicking an arrow and dropping my whole combo.
Johnsen290games: honestly it's not bad, once you get the gist of it, it's all neuron activation from now on and just get it
 hd_dabnado: unsurprisingly, the music in this game is amazing
Invitare: what do we have to do to get a singing shopkeeper?
 accountmadeforants: I love how satisfying the bats are to hit
 TheAwkes: I like where it gave you an apple on the off beat first to prime you for the bats coming on the off beat next.
 accountmadeforants: (Especially on a keyboard-like controller)
Johnsen290games: @Invitare there's a shopkeeper mode on free play
 CaptainCoriale: @Invitare I think it's a selectable option on Free Play
Supermariowert: So this story is a reverse isekai
PaperDoopliss: Dove is the pacifist mode who can only confuse enemies and not kill them
PaperDoopliss: (In Crypt)
 CaptainCoriale: oh wow I just noticed Cadence has the starting hearts on her jacket
Zornplays13: you die in the rift, you die in real life
SixPairsOfFeet: and cadence of hyrule was actually an isekai
Cptasparagus: skirtspenders
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Cptasparagus: "I raise my crabs on a steady diet of CEOs and underwater exploration vehicles"
  Juliamon: didn't you hear, dead CEO hats are the new orca fashion trend
jubale1: The sequel to Crypt of the Necrodancer is Guitar Hero?
 RealGamerCow: oh they rebound off the one behind
 accountmadeforants: The soundtrack is available on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music, at least. (But not Bandcamp, as far as I can tell)
 accountmadeforants: (Oh, and you can just buy it through Steam)
SixPairsOfFeet: little running cadence on the loading screen is amazing
tetradd01: Rhythm Heaven time Pog
 RealGamerCow: beard net
adept_nekomancer: @Cptasparagus "If you've got time for greed, I've got crabs to feed."
and_hanna: Buying the soundtrack through Steam gets you everything in FLAC
 accountmadeforants: @SixPairsOfFeet And it's not even the cutest animation in the game, by a lot 
DaxStrife: Ah, so they got reverse-Isekai'd. Got it.
Kirgo: I wish I could enjoy this game. But I am lousy at rhytm games. 
DaxStrife: If all the characters from the first Necrodancer are here, when do we run into Miku again?
 RandomTrivia: Ian already has a bit for clearing your mind...
 RandomTrivia: 
silenceaux: Empty your mind?
 RandomTrivia: Wait what
 CaptainCoriale: yessss
PaperDoopliss: We're also Rhythm Heaven now
 RealGamerCow: RH time
Kirgo: 
 hd_dabnado: now we Rhythm Heavening
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 RandomTrivia: Amazing
  Juliamon:   
 TehAmelie: yoga is now a rhythm game
silenceaux: Stretch out ~ your neck
 RandomTrivia: Game absolutely excellent
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jubale1: DD demands barking
 accountmadeforants: I love Dove peeking during the execution part
silenceaux: Ooh, the syncopation
 RandomTrivia: SICK
CrossXhunteR: there should be more rhythm heaven likes
silenceaux: Better at yoga than fighting?
DaxStrife: @silenceaux Most are.
 RealGamerCow: there should be more rhythm heaven
 transcoder_: I have little rhythm but this is adorable
 RandomTrivia: D'awww
 RandomTrivia: I want a plush of the derpy wyrm
 RealGamerCow: Bits and Bops should be great
silenceaux: @DaxStrife True, Cadence is a bit special though
DaxStrife: I feel so bad for the wyrms in this game, they look/react like stunned chickens.
yuka34: 
Kirgo: 
Kirgo: 
Kirgo: 
 accountmadeforants:   
 TehAmelie: on the positive side, we're probably only dancing them dizzy
adept_nekomancer: That poor snake
Kirgo: 
 RandomTrivia: 
 spethycakes: oh nooo, steppies
Kirgo: Cadence could step... 
 RandomTrivia: Perfectly timed with the drop
 RandomTrivia:  
 chrono2x: They do
CrossXhunteR: i feel like i remember dove
 RandomTrivia: I'm sorry, can we please acknowledge that "half-moon, full send" is a fantastic name for a scene?
PaperDoopliss: Harmonie is an original character I think?
 hd_dabnado: not all of them
silenceaux: I don't remember Harmony's gimmick
adept_nekomancer: I think Dove is one of the alternate characters you can play?
CrossXhunteR: i think aria might be cadence's mom or something, if she ever shows up
Kirgo: Dove is the pacifist in Crypt of the Necrodancer.
 accountmadeforants: Rift doesn't really require previous-game knowledge, most of the characters are just as confused as you are
tetradd01: Harmonie is unique to Rift
Cptasparagus: use sandpaper
Kirgo: @CrossXhunteR Aria is her grandma, afaik. Melody is her mother.
and_hanna: Spookhouse Pop is so so so so good
Aidankatz7: hello Ian and heather
silenceaux: Right, Melody has the golden lute, but Aria is a one-hit wonder. Because if you mess up an Aria, everybody knows it.
silenceaux: Although my favourite pun remains Dorian Mode
Kirgo: @silenceaux My greatest achievment was doing Aria from floor 5 to the top. My wrist still hurts at time. 
 RandomTrivia: Oh this bass riff is SO GOOD
silenceaux: @Kirgo It's so tense the whole way!!
and_hanna: 🕯️🕯️🕯️
Aidankatz7: near flawless so far
Kirgo: @silenceaux The only solace was that at least you dont have to switch gears with the knive. You always got the knive and it always hits the same predictable way.
 hd_dabnado: great song
 accountmadeforants: 
 flatluigi: this game is so good
 RandomTrivia: 
adept_nekomancer: I like the little visual touches in the UI -- if you get a large enough streak the animations change (and Dove stops being as worried)
silenceaux: @Kirgo I always wanted to replace the knife myself, but there's a lot to be said for mastering a constent approach.
 RandomTrivia: 
Aidankatz7: well done
CrossXhunteR: om
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 flatluigi: i still think 'swap our fluids' is the wrong phrase
 RandomTrivia: @flatluigi What phrase would you use instead?
 TehAmelie: stretch your fluids, swap your legs!
 goombalax: I think Cycle is the proper term but I ain't gonna judge if you wanna swap fluids
SixPairsOfFeet: oooh i thought he said "swap our flutes"
 hd_dabnado: I prefer to dump my fluids in and out
 goombalax: Swap your legs
 spethycakes: or your gourds
SixPairsOfFeet: rotate your tires
 jessieimproved: can i swap my legs? they're awful short
 TheAwkes: I swap the fluids so my body can cycle them.
 RandomTrivia: Secret Podcast Heather decrees that any noun may be any verbed!
SixPairsOfFeet: reduce yourself, reuse yourself, recycle yourself
 AirmanKJE: Twist your plugs
SixPairsOfFeet: surprisingly long loop on the menu background, love that
 RealGamerCow: such good bops
  Juliamon: I'm glad it's long because the loop point is kinda rough
 AirmanKJE: Danny Baranowski
SixPairsOfFeet: there's some bloops in this bop
and_hanna: Spookhouse + Om and On are probably my two favorite songs, the fact that they're back-to-back is sublime
yuka34: I love this song
yuka34: 
 CaptainCoriale: it's such a bop
 hd_dabnado: yeah this song is amazing
PS1APE: Alex Moukala is the goat
 accountmadeforants: This stream has lost the Official Bat Seal Of Approval 
Clagarnach: I like how both streamers are bobbing in time with the music, just like the game characters. 
Zornplays13: @CaptainCoriale You can say that about every song in this game
 CaptainCoriale: And I'm *right*
 MAPBoardgames: Oh no! Another game soundtrack I need to buy!
 RealGamerCow:   
Clagarnach: 
and_hanna: full disclosure, I work at the dev, but did a very very tiny amount of work on Rift
 accountmadeforants: I love that the progress is counted in beats
 RandomTrivia: 
and_hanna: I just love Om and On
 accountmadeforants:      
 hd_dabnado: yeah this was the real start of the difficulty for me
 flatluigi: @gualdhar panic!
Zornplays13: I can't wait to chart "1 hour of silence occasionally interrupted by pikmin" in this game
 flatluigi: oh are they playing on a _controller_
 RandomTrivia: Oh no, we have to listen to this track again... what a shame... 
 accountmadeforants: @gualdhar Dove is only at peace if we combo off like a fucking storm player
and_hanna: Honestly it's half as hard on keyboard
SixPairsOfFeet: how about a pop'n controller
mweepigeon: I had to rebind a bit to get it comfy on my keyboard (although it's also a 44 key lol)
 flatluigi: yeah i'd want to play this on a controller
  Juliamon: Maybe next week they can try the Pop'n
 flatluigi: er
silenceaux: Bats are tricky, gotta predict...
 flatluigi: on a keyboard
mweepigeon: but ended up doing a wasd shaped layout on both left and right hand and it works well
mweepigeon: mostly just use left tho
mweepigeon: (when I played the demo I tried using what my arrow keys were on my default, which was hjkl. that was.... an experience lol)
 accountmadeforants: @mweepigeon I'm glad a leverless fighting game controller is a perfect and ergonomic fit for a four-directional game 
 LordZarano: I rebind video player software to use youtube's keyboard shortcuts, because those are what I press instinctively now
 accountmadeforants: Om and On is a difficulty spike for sure
 RandomTrivia: This chart is rude
 CaptainCoriale: this is when I went "yeah, my pride can take a hit, let's do this on easy"
Supermariowert: The difficulty curve is mostly okay except for a few odd spikes here and there, this is one of them
 accountmadeforants: @LordZarano I'm pretty sure those are based on Adobe Premiere's shortcuts to begin with 
Bionull: Why are there two characters?
  Juliamon: At least the song is good as hell
 RandomTrivia: 
  cuzuki: Just noticed this song is by Alex Moukala, no wonder it's so funky and slaps so hard.
Supermariowert: @Bionull Story reasons, it's mostly cosmetic
 RandomTrivia: What's throwing me most just as a viewer is the enemies that *don't* change lanes turn on every beat, so when you look at which way the moving ones face it's very distracting
Supermariowert: noice
 RandomTrivia: 
 accountmadeforants: 
Clagarnach: Good job.
yuka34: 
 flatluigi: just like the original, every enemy has a very specific movement pattern
 couchboyj: 
 accountmadeforants: 
 RandomTrivia: 
 chrono2x: Harmonie a baddy?
 chrono2x: Oh yep
Lysander_salamander: neat
 RandomTrivia: Oh no her outfit got cooler
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Supermariowert: Love this track just for the disparity between chill mood and speedy tempo
Bionull: The tricky enemy things remind me of the better parts of DDR Mario Mix. That game was mostly too easy, but there was cute stuff with bloopers and koopa shells.
 accountmadeforants: Omfg I just noticed Harmonie's near-loss animation
Zornplays13: she's... too happy
Zornplays13: evil maybe
SixPairsOfFeet: chomp chomp chomp
 accountmadeforants: The monster/hit SFX really are a great addition to the song. *squeak* *squeak-squeak-squeak* *cronch-cronch*
 accountmadeforants: One small mercy is that the game only cares about complete misses for the loss condition, so you can spam buttons at the expense of a combo for really rough patches.
Zornplays13: This game does such a good job making you feel cool with some of the patterns you land
 couchboyj: 
 SaxPython: Clap clap clap
Supermariowert: Now for the fun part
 accountmadeforants: 
 niccus: the skeletons are very illegible, but at least hitting too early doesn't usually hurt you
Supermariowert: hehehehe
 accountmadeforants: 
Supermariowert: Surpise punch out
CrossXhunteR: punchout, what look like osu
 TehAmelie: or, rock out
Zornplays13: PunchOsu?
Bruceski: Bass Battle
yuka34: 
 accountmadeforants: @Zornplays13 ... 
SixPairsOfFeet: actually gets hit in the face
Aidankatz7: cool game
Zornplays13: Trust me, the Bald Bull fight in this game is crazy
 fuzzy_died: love the skull motif on the back of Cadenaces jacket
TehDogge: the music for this boss is called "she banned" because she is a banshee
TehDogge: har har
PaperDoopliss: On hard or impossible you don't get the dodge icons and need to memorize all the tells from normal
CrossXhunteR: you killed her
Aidankatz7: she fucking died
SixPairsOfFeet: "you hit my girlfriend so hard, she burst"
Aidankatz7: oh wait she’s fine
 accountmadeforants: It's *time*
Lysander_salamander: I've never seen that series
Plasterboard: He-pH
CrossXhunteR: i feel like i would be very bad at this game
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Zornplays13: I like the idea that they entered the rift months ago, started new lives, and only just now decided to get back home.
Lysander_salamander: groovy tunes
Aidankatz7: smash bros announcer sound
 Mr_Bitterness: These doofy dragons are cracking me up
 accountmadeforants: @CrossXhunteR There's an easier mode, and you'll get better at it as you practice, I'm sure
silenceaux: Oh that's gonna be a weird interaction with skeletons...
 CaptainCoriale: There's also two modes harder than this!  They break the difficulty gauge!
Cptasparagus: the little shouts in the background sound like Toads
 accountmadeforants: @CaptainCoriale The hardest mode is very appropriately called Impossible, yeah.
 accountmadeforants: Thanks for trapping those zombies, Wyrms. Thwyrms
 fuzzy_died: Glad to see this also on next week's schedule
Szprychaaa: rift, of the necrodancer
silenceaux: Nice!
Lysander_salamander: nice
 TehAmelie: n-nice
Zornplays13: nice
Lysander_salamander: hehehehehe
Szprychaaa: he's the cook
rokusanae: imagine getting isekai'd into a fast food job
 accountmadeforants: And now it's truly *time*
Lysander_salamander: I will have to watch that show someday
tetradd01: Everyone always imagines themselves Isekai'd into a Harem; when in reality...
 calculated_uncertainties: devil is a part timer is great. can comfirm
Lysander_salamander: so it's not meat
rokusanae: it's not meat, it's ✨️magic✨️
Lysander_salamander: nice
 accountmadeforants: Borgar
Szprychaaa: burger
 accountmadeforants: Yes YES
 Mr_Bitterness: I love her fist pump
 miniMacGuru: This reminds me of the game the Let's Nope boys played in the burger restaurant.
 accountmadeforants: Necrodancer, as performed by SICKOS
Zornplays13: do you think cadance is getting paid for this?
Lysander_salamander: 
Szprychaaa: hii i playtested this game :] it's really cool
silenceaux: Three patties with a couple pickles partway through? Very princess and the pea
Bruceski: Cadence gets the friend discount. She's a friend, so she gets discounted.
 accountmadeforants: Every single explanation is perfect
Lysander_salamander: hammered so hard
 accountmadeforants: @Bruceski The friend discount is NecroDancer tells her about her friends at a discount.
Lysander_salamander: or adjust your technique
SixPairsOfFeet: IAN
Master_Gunner: that was a thing to tune into
 Sethalidos: Ian!
rokusanae: friend discount: eat the reject burgers
Cptasparagus: Ian just wants the magic smoke to come out of everything
 accountmadeforants: This is one of my favourite tracks
 NotCainNorAbel: IAN
rokusanae: ooh alex song
Bruceski: Isn't the Amalgamaniac that new legendary ooze in Aetherdrift?
Cptasparagus: ah okay the dragons are the toad noises
rokusanae: mimeoplasm mention
 RealGamerCow: oh the slimes got the zoomies
 niccus: this was one of the demo tracks right
rokusanae: all the tracks can have vocals in shopkeeper mode
 Mr_Bitterness: I hope we get a Shopkeeper singing at some point
SixPairsOfFeet: no don't eat the lightning apple what are you doing
rokusanae: @mr_bitterness it's a game mode hehe
 RandomTrivia:   benginDane
silenceaux: Not sure how to feel about those eight note oozes
Bruceski: If these monsters are taking over people's souls... what's our kill count?
 RandomTrivia:  *
 accountmadeforants: The off-beat slime sections are so satisfying
 Mr_Bitterness: @rokusanae Good I need my "AAAAAAHHHHAAAAH!"
TehDogge: @Bruceski luxembourg
 accountmadeforants: 
 RealGamerCow: They did WHAT?
tetradd01: Gotta WiFi fast!
 RealGamerCow: yas queen
 Shadwhawk: I think that they only did it for some convention
silenceaux: Oh. Wait, I know who those are now.
 miniMacGuru: Man, this art style in a poke game would be really fun.
 hd_dabnado: THIS SONG
 hd_dabnado: love it
 PMAvers: Ah yes, art critics. Those who can't do art themselves.
 accountmadeforants: The duality of Relationship Goals
silenceaux: they definitely have horses.
integgie: This is Everlong
SixPairsOfFeet: spooky surf rock song?
SixPairsOfFeet: The Beach Ghouls?
rokusanae: tubular
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Zornplays13: this is one of my favorite levels
 accountmadeforants: 
Nalothwen: This song is really good
rokusanae: 🍎🍎
 niccus: the blue and green slimes are definitely getting less distinguishable as f-lux is kicking in
 hd_dabnado: love this b part
 Joecool190: god, I love this game
rhythmlobster: shopkeeper mode is under extras!
tetradd01: Just click a song
Zornplays13: What about the door keeper from adventure time?
 accountmadeforants: Play mode has Shopkeepr Mode for all the songs
tetradd01: And it has the option
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SixPairsOfFeet: OMG cadence in a hard hat
Supermariowert: the guy
Lysander_salamander: nice
 Mr_Bitterness:   
 accountmadeforants: 
Zornplays13: it's beautiful
 Joecool190: oh this is good
 TheAinMAP:  lairofDance bbirbDanceyDance
yuka34: 
Zornplays13: 
 Scy_Anide: DannyB is a national treasure
SixPairsOfFeet: it's just like, it's just like, it's just like, a mini-mall!
 RealGamerCow: lots of feedback
rhythmlobster: you can enable the acc bar during gameplay under accessibility settings 
 niccus: so how's impossible
Quaseymoto: !highlight
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SixPairsOfFeet: do we get to see a song in Hard?
DaxStrife: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/PatientLaconicSwordDerp-uXz89gN-KS9ymyW9
Bruceski: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/BenevolentTawdrySwallowPunchTrees-LhRFxqAM5gMz_1_p
 accountmadeforants: Oh yeah, try impossible for a giggle
Zornplays13: lol
 SaxPython: 
Lysander_salamander: have a good evening!  Thanks for playing
Nalothwen: Thanks for the stream!
Zornplays13: impossible is so fun. it just turns into taiko no tatsujin at points
 calculated_uncertainties: 100 100 100
 spethycakes: This was great! Thank you! 
SixPairsOfFeet: zombie no necrojin
Mai_Andra: oh no... even Heather is saying "dollary-doos" now... 
 SaxPython: 
 TheAinMAP: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Play it Forward (Alex heads into The Zone on Play it Forward. Game: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl) at Sun 06:00 PM PST (2m from now).
DaxStrife: Stalker 2: Nuclear Boogaloo.
  Juliamon: This one's different, if you think someone's bad you just kill 'em
 TheAinMAP: 
 TheAwkes: Says the improviser and actor?
 Decaped: Lies are the only reason friends stay friends
  Juliamon: And worry about it later
 SaxPython: !clip
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 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Keep lying to Heather's friends, I guess.
 TheAinMAP: 
 Dog_of_Myth:   
 TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ElatedNiceCasetteRuleFive-2eY-36zl5nv4W7SY
 TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
  Juliamon: (I feel you though Ian, I hate social deduction games and getting dragged into playing The Resistance at my LGS many times has not helped that)
jacqui_lantern234: @Juliamon the last time i played one of them, the first thing that happened was one of my friends looked me in the face and asked "are you one of the baddies?" and my response was to COMICALLY blunder my secret
 TheAwkes: The Claw!
 Marvoleath: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Play it Forward (Alex heads into The Zone on Play it Forward. Game: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl) at Sun 06:00 PM PST (5m ago).
jacqui_lantern234: the best way i can summarize my giving it away in text would be: "ASKDLJFHLAKJBLGIERGBULEIGBLEIF NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
  Juliamon: It's not even that I'm bad at them, I just... don't like them
 DeM0nFiRe: 
 TheAinMAP:   
 wifi12345678910: 
jacqui_lantern234: WE GET SIGNAL
 DeM0nFiRe: Main screen turn on!
 matthaus_c: what up snorks
jacqui_lantern234: anybutt! hai chat  yall are loved beyond measure
DideRobot: LRR: Play it forward || STALKER 2 | Geiger counting our blessings in the zone | twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/113977130512503085
ButButTheJesus:   
 Simonark: Wait. Everyone.. Is Four Stream Sunday a new record?
 matthaus_c: four streams and twenty five youtube videos ago...
 TheAinMAP:   
 TheAinMAP: Hello 
jacqui_lantern234: HAI ALEX 
jacqui_lantern234: MAKE WAY FOR PIF
 matthaus_c: but are you Alex
 LiveFaust: But doctor...
ButButTheJesus: is time for cheeki and/or breeki?
 matthaus_c: Beej's used shirts
epsilon_vee: goods made of beej hand-materials
nikheizen: hi friend, welcome. get out of here, stalker.
 DigitalSeahorse: chair stream!
 matthaus_c: chair wants to be included
 DigitalSeahorse: 
ButButTheJesus: begone, chair!
 TheAwkes: The M10 "definitely not a mistake" Gordon
Cptasparagus: ive been watching Max play Zero Sievert, feels very much like topdown stalker
 JollyGee29: I usually carry around 8 medkits, but I return to base frequently
ghyllnox: You did have a quest for a whirlwind
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