Rhythm Cafe || Clair Obscur Expedition 33

  Juliamon: had a nice burrito bowl for dinner
SaxPython: 
SaxPython: We had fajitas, but we were out of shredded cheddar.  So we crumbled up slices of cheddar we had from left over sandwiches.  It went ok.
SaxPython: We almost pivoted to mozzarella and we'll never know what could have been
 Invitare: you know you can buy cheese in blocks and grate or slice it yourself, right?
DideRobot: LRR: Heather et Ian jouent en direct à Clair Obscur Expedition 33! https://twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/115918819746282066
 RandomTrivia:  !
 RockPusher:   
 RandomTrivia: Hi friends! 
 RockPusher: Those dulcet Andy tones 
baanvoyage: hiiiiii
 RandomTrivia: Always a pleasure to hear Andy singing
  Juliamon: windows
 RandomTrivia: bingly-boo
 TheMerricat: Was about to ask if that was mine or streams. 
 RockPusher: Go away Windows, no one likes you.
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 RandomTrivia: I wish there were even a remote chance that I could travel to Canada to see Andy in a show live
 TherapyforNarwhals: Hi so I don't get spoiled where are we in the game here jw? Ty!
 Strebenherz: decently far in i think
 Strebenherz: unsure specifics?
 adept_nekomancer: I believe they were near fighting the Paintress.
 TherapyforNarwhals: Noted- good luck gamers! I'm just at the axons so no spoils for me tonight.
SaxPython:   
 Strebenherz: sunday sunday sunday, heather and ian versus claire obscura, who will take the belt?
poipal: Surprise work day is still worst work day 
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poipal puts on my rainbow infinity scarf
SaxPython: Be the change you want to see in the world. #ScarfsOut
poipal: Yeah that's our house today 
 calculated_uncertainties: 100 1 1
 Strebenherz: roving mimes
poipal: It'll go as fine as launching the expedition!
poipal: Perfectly nice beach landing
 adept_nekomancer: 
 ButButTheJesus: We solved the problem with swords and magic! Now everything is fine!
 Invitare: yeah but Paul would win
 Strebenherz: How much of evil mastermind paul is a stage act and how much is just paul?
 adept_nekomancer: Heather has chosen violence.
SaxPython:  
 RockPusher: 
 RockPusher:   
SaxPython: 
poipal: 🌈⭐
 adept_nekomancer: Legally distinct testicles.
SaxPython: idk I'm not clipping it
 n3ther: legally allowed gaslighting
poipal: Becoming a parent IS the only win condition
 RockPusher: I hear Target has a better selection
 Strebenherz: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/LazyFlirtyDoveRedCoat-L8Z7GWWM7pDBWdqP
SaxPython: @Strebenherz 
poipal: Library kid. You can even bring them back when you're done.
 TheMerricat: So... Walmart Kid or Target Kid?
 Geldaran: @TheMerricat same quality, Target Kid costs more.
 Hertzie: Orientation
poipal: I got into Catholic HS the first year the school board was forced to let unbaptized kids in. That was interesting. (My family is not Catholic)
 adept_nekomancer: It's been a quarter century since 9/11, but we're still doing security theater. 
poipal: Is it weird that they have steel boats but no airplanes?
poipal: Ahh good point
SaxPython: 
 Geldaran: there are balloons in the game, sorta. (don't think that's a spoiler)
 LordZarano: Do we ever find out how other countries are doing in Clair Obscur? Like, how's Papua New Guinea doing?
 Geldaran: @LordZarano I just finished the game the other day... definitely can't answer that without spoilers.
  Juliamon: yeah that's a big spoilerino
 LordZarano: Fair enough
 TheMerricat: @Geldaran Was about to ask if we had found out about spoilers yet. I've watched too many other people play this by now to keep them all straight. 
  Juliamon: I think technically this is a "please don't spoil" stream, even though the players and most of us are already spoiled. Just because it's so much better for the people who aren't spoiled yet.
 RandomTrivia: Welp
kravdad07: oh interesting, a Verso/Monoco main? they each play one?
eleric937: I love that this is considered a rythm game. Ill need to watch this play through
kravdad07: or is this their final stand?
 Geldaran: @kravdad07 that.
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poipal: Are you guys planning to do any of the post-game areas (which can technically be played before the ending) or would that extend the playthrough too much?
poipal: Makes sense. There's one post-game area in particular that I feel like you'd really like, so. 
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 Hertzie: ?d,
poipal: But if it were me, I'd really wanna see, some giant parents
 Pywodwagon: that piano roll makes me think we're about to go into I Will Survive
 Dog_of_Myth:   
 Dalrint:   
poipal: I like the emphasis of "Renoir gathers an INCREDIBLE amount of [x]"
poipal: None of that "[enemy] is charging" nonsense
 Dalrint: Wait does she come back?
 Geldaran: @Dalrint nope, she gone.
poipal: @Geldaran It's a heck of an ability for a boss to have
 Geldaran: well, i mean after the fight. ::chuckle:: it's a very JRPG boss thing.
  Juliamon: JRPGs do enjoy pulling that move, huh
poipal: Oh yeah, good point. I guess with Renoir it has more narrative weight because of how the game started with the gommage.
Laserbeaks_Fury: buppy time
SaxPython:   half time
poipal: zombie aslan!!
SaxPython: 
 ButButTheJesus: OH LAWD HE COMIN
poipal: "you can't vanish me if i die first!!"
 Geldaran: The pounse didn't bother me, but the big swipes drove me nuts.
 I_Am_Clockwork:   
Laserbeaks_Fury: yeah Virtuoso is why Maelle is so effective at dueling
 Geldaran: @Laserbeaks_Fury it was fun loading her up with the "solo" Luminas and pasting folks.
 Dalrint: "Sorry I failed" Jeez.
Laserbeaks_Fury: "Sorry I died, dreadfully embarrassed."
 Geldaran: and the "start in Virtuoso" weapon.
 e_bloc: trying to envision what the situation would be where I would willingly wear a tie during a fight
 Geldaran: @e_bloc In his case... Where you're so confident you outclass your opponent that you can best them without mussing your suit.
poipal: @Geldaran Maybe he just didn't have anywhere he could change 
 ghizmou: he didn't unlock his alternate costumes yet
 e_bloc: @Geldaran I think that is a very good answer
SaxPython: half time again 
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Laserbeaks_Fury: I love Electric Mayhem
SaxPython: clap clap clap
 Dog_of_Myth: 
kravdad07: 🔥🔥🔥
 e_bloc: wine can be thicker than blood
Laserbeaks_Fury: It get really stupid effective as you get more Lumina
 e_bloc: I mean yeah, that is very Ian-coded
 Dalrint: what combination does that...?
RuiFaleiro: Auto Death + Death Bomb + Second Chance
 e_bloc: this game is just really good looking
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Laserbeaks_Fury: Like the little boy
 Geldaran: 
 Dalrint: Boooooo
 e_bloc: 
RavenHillbrookInc: well if he highlight master demands it
RavenHillbrookInc: if the*
Laserbeaks_Fury: Just like Candleja
jubale1: she’s having bad hair day
  Juliamon: I'm pretty sure you didn't
SaxPython: leaning no
  Juliamon: *sweats*
 e_bloc: I honestly can't remember a time Juliamon has been wrong
  Sarah_Serinde: Yeah I also believe Juliamon, just like, in general
SaxPython: lol
 e_bloc: oh that was more an indictment on my memory than anything
  Juliamon: Two things can be true
jubale1: this the same game as last week?  it feels unlike what i remember.  maybe two weeks back.
Laserbeaks_Fury: In Soviet Canvass, meteors shot *you*!
  Juliamon: jubale1 no, they played a different game last week
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 e_bloc: I think last week we played a rhythm game
  Juliamon: jubale1 last week was AfterLove
  Sarah_Serinde: sometimes they switch between a few ongoing games
 TheMerricat: We came back to Claire after a long absense.
jubale1: i remember something amazing
 TheMerricat: I feel like maybe we are heading to TPK
jubale1: total party kill?
SaxPython: the gameplay loop on these fights is kinda neat.  I can't read the attacks the first time I see them, and you get a lot of visual clutter from all the damage numbers when the attacks come quickly.  Once some characters die it gets a lot easier to see the attacks to learn the parry.
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SaxPython: !break
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SaxPython: 
  Juliamon: unplug
SaxPython: Ian brining the 
 e_bloc: wait is this a cult
SaxPython: I think so
Bruceski: Yuri on Ice is false advertising
 ContingentCat: Rugby Yuri would be good
 RockPusher: …
 e_bloc: big small women
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poipal: I mean isn't yuri hockey just the Canadian women's team?
 RockPusher: I would indeed watch Cricket Yuri…
 ContingentCat: Crokenole!
 RockPusher: Turkey! 
 e_bloc: who do you think you are I am
 e_bloc: thats a good name
 RockPusher: Turkey was better than anticipated
poipal: I'm more intrigued by that premise than I was by Inuyasha's
 e_bloc: theres already a curling anime isnt there
 LordZarano: You did rest last time, before upgrading
 e_bloc: I'd watch it
 e_bloc: do you think you could beat Jesus at Quake 2
 Morrigan9: smite?
 e_bloc: but tic tac toe is solved
Laserbeaks_Fury: Don't Wake Ra
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 e_bloc: what about if a group of young men from Egypt are transported forward in time, but no one can understand them until they discover the Brosetta Stone
SaxPython: @e_bloc 
 e_bloc: there are no original ideas
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ImpartialPoliteCoyoteBudBlast-ukA5nUiHU1w74vpJ
 PharaohBender27: So, legit question as someone who has rather limited knowledge of this game: Is it a metaphor about art (and specifically French painting)? Because I keep getting that sense
  Juliamon: [spoilers]
niccus: sometimes you have to parry the metaphor
 ghizmou: I feel more confused now
 PharaohBender27: Thank you for the answer
 TheMerricat: This is the part where the android from Detroit: Become Human pops up to tell us about the Underground Railroad, isn't it?
 PharaohBender27: I guess I maybe read too much into the references to art and one of the character's names being Renoir
 PharaohBender27: @TheMerricat 
 e_bloc: @TheMerricat there have been so many great clips on the highlight reel, but that one will live in my head forever based just on the look on Cameron's face
poipal: I mean, possibly also terrorist pricing 
  Juliamon: This is one of those games where you learn something late in the game that recontextualizes basically everything
Bruceski: It is absolutely a reference. The fuzz was about "metaphor"
 PharaohBender27: @e_bloc The part of that playthrough that lives rent-free for me is Cameron's reaction to David Cage describing the game as "What if Blade Runner, but you sympathized with the Replicants?"
 e_bloc: @PharaohBender27 
 e_bloc: @Juliamon that is good storytelling right there
 PharaohBender27: w
 PharaohBender27: Well, someone had to say it 
PrinceLariel: let's gooooo
SaxPython: clap clap clap
 PharaohBender27: 
 PharaohBender27: Oh no not another stage
  Juliamon: She did seem a bit... short
niccus: they made ben starr more powerful?!
Laserbeaks_Fury: Cast In The Name of God: Ye Not Guilty
 PharaohBender27: Discretion is the better part of valor, etc.
duiker6: 
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SaxPython: woah
Laserbeaks_Fury: I don't think she's talking about Renoir anymore
 ghizmou: 
 NotCainNorAbel: 500
 PharaohBender27: Go  Team!
 ghizmou: lets go b team
SaxPython: feet feet feet
 ghizmou: 
niccus: i sort of want to see an RPG where a character is just missing and you see the footprint of dedicated equipments
 ghizmou: technically you found the 6th character
 PharaohBender27: Welp
SaxPython: this is how we Science
 PharaohBender27: OK, time to go to dinner. Be back later or, if stream is over by the time I've finished dinner, good luck! 
SaxPython: 
 e_bloc: there sure is
 ghizmou: If you have to specify you're not crazy... the chances you are not are slim
duiker6: nipped in the bud
  Juliamon: Hooray, we beat the Big Bad!
  Sarah_Serinde: okay now all our problems are solved, right?
  Sarah_Serinde: oh
  Juliamon: lmao
 ghizmou: could it?
 ghizmou: 100 
duiker6: that's how agdq did it 
 EvilBadman: Twice
poipal: Of course they'd be better, things can only go up from here!
 TheMerricat: Would that count as an unattended stream?
niccus: twitch fail: city struck by meteor
 Orestes290: For insurance purposes of course
 Decaped: Fire counts as a person for streaming purposes
poipal: I mean, you can pre-test the fire in the Sims Moonbase, can't you?
poipal: Eh, there's other streams if people want gravitas 
poipal: Verso is your hand okay
 Decaped: the more people who look like paintbrushes the better
poipal: @Decaped It's on theme!
 TheMerricat: Wonder if @PharaohBender27 finished their dinner. 
poipal: @TheMerricat oh yeah they're missing a lot
Laserbeaks_Fury: We just nulled a lot of sprites
niccus: it's a long walk (ha) but you can argue Baby Steps relates thematically
poipal: more particle physics = better, right?
Basic_Human_Decency: where was she keeping that
 PharaohBender27: @TheMerricat Well, just came back now 
Laserbeaks_Fury: "DON'T EAT THE MUSHROOMS
 PharaohBender27: I'll catch what I missed in the VOD
 TheMerricat: @PharaohBender27 
poipal: this scene honestly works better with everyone all bloody
poipal: @PharaohBender27 This was the perfect time to come back tbh
 Decaped: Two Act Painting
niccus: evidently
poipal: Victoria eSports tournament go?
SaxPython: I was nervous for our flappy friend
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/DependableDrabBibimbapBleedPurple-x9MvrS8KM7J9c6FI
poipal: This is where you start training the next gen of therapists, Maelle! For all the PTSD you guys have
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poipal: Esquie really needs seatbelts
SaxPython: pfff
niccus: they already let the one mime monster live
poipal: Does that mean Vancouverites will reach legendary status eventually?
 ArdCollider: can't wait to go watch those randos fuck again, etc.
 PharaohBender27: Will we encounter the life-enjoyers again? 
poipal: No more pajamas for Sciel
 ArdCollider: oh, god, @PharaohBender27, at least I'm not the only sicko
 ghizmou: did they even have names ?
poipal: I remember my sib clocking how the beach landing was going to go because of how few of those characters got mes 
poipal: *got names
duiker6: "i don't want your death note, maelle"
shadybunny46: Spiiiiiiinn
SaxPython: ?!?
 Decaped: Verso sucks so much
niccus: oh a metaphor is coming
poipal: Oh hm, no party that time?
 ghizmou: we don't even get 1 fully happy cutscene ?
SaxPython: Bruh
poipal: It's a very good fakeout
 Geldaran: So the act 1, act 2 thing blunted that instinct in me. There's always an act 3 when they do that.
  Juliamon: In one way, it is. The end of the game you *thought* you were playing.
 EvilBadman: 16 years ago for math adverse folks
poipal: Was that scene costume-dependent? Like was Verso actually wearing that suit or is that just the costume choice
invincere: Checking in. The game still french?
 Geldaran: Well, they sorta did... not literally.
poipal: @invincere Arguably even more French now!
 EvilBadman: @poipal Nope
invincere: Good. Good. Thanks for the update.
SaxPython:   
poipal: Oh hm
AussieRooVentures: You can always check in menu, last saves and see the time?
AussieRooVentures: Also hey
shadybunny46: Tuning in to see everyone just vanish. Very confusing
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invincere: Google (not AI) tells me it saved with the boss flag done.
poipal: What a ride
 PharaohBender27: Yeah, valid concern
 PharaohBender27: 298
poipal: Yeah that's not a boss fight you tend to want to do again (at least not right away)
 RockPusher:    
poipal: Thanks as always for the stream!
poipal: @PharaohBender27 Nice
SaxPython: 
 PharaohBender27: 
poipal: Oooh that's gonna be fun
 e_bloc: I'm glad he'll be playing it some more.  in a forward direction
 e_bloc: restrictions breed creativity
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 PharaohBender27: Nicely timed, @ArdCollider ! 
 RockPusher:  
 e_bloc:  
 ghizmou:  
 RockPusher:   
SaxPython: Science
 PharaohBender27: I mean, you can just check the chatlogs via https://qrpth.eu/prism/ 
 questionablchoices: !next
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