Rhythm Cafe || Rhythm Doctor

 ContingentCat: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Rhythm Cafe (Heather and Ian continue their never-ending quest to play ALL THE RHYTHM GAMES! Game: Rhythm Doctor) at Sun 04:00 PM PDT (10m from now).
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  Juliamon: 
 BraveOthello: Dear Drs LRR, there's something wrong with my heart
 BraveOthello: It's got no rhythm!
DideRobot: LRR: Rhythm Doctor returns to the Cafe after last week's triumphant chapter victory. We're LIVE! https://twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/116632035113776659
 sheer_falacy: @BraveOthello Sounds like you've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell
 BraveOthello: And I need the Rhythm Doctors!
 Territan: Is it just me, or do those lanterns actually look like Ian?
 PharaohBender27: Ahoy-hoy,  and  !
  Juliamon: it's coincidence (they actually are the kanji for "Good Enough")
 BraveOthello: Not just detect people, differentiate individuals
 PharaohBender27: 
 Territan: Wi-feyes? Wi-fighs?
 adept_nekomancer: @Juliamon I didn't realize that's what the lanterns said.  That's an amazing detail I'd completely missed.
 BraveOthello: To be clear, the paper Ian's talking about detected people by looking for how their bodies interfered with wifi signals
  Juliamon: adept_nekomancer Right? I think it was mentioned, like, *once*
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Bruceski: Back in my day we called that Livejournal
 sheer_falacy: Reading is so much faster than talking for me
 maclaglen: Many podcasts are just radio talk shows from the 80s-90s
 LordZarano: !last
  LRRbot: Sorry, I can only see the future.
 BraveOthello: !advice
  LRRbot: One must STFU to properly explore.
 sheer_falacy: !paul
 Xed_Regulus: Blame a wild ferret
chaos5896: Hello LRR and chat! o/
 accountmadeforants: @Xed_Regulus Mankind knew that they cannot explain their lack of clothes, so instead they blamed the ferrets
  Sarah_Serinde: I get zero direct sunlight in my apartment so yeah, gotta get outside sometimes
 Dog_of_Myth: !badadvice
  LRRbot: Blame Heather.
 sheer_falacy: I think these guys might be plants, if you look closely you can see they're wearing a wire
 BraveOthello: Brave of you LRRbot
 Dog_of_Myth: That is very bad advice LRRbot
  Sarah_Serinde: There's a reason it's under *bad* advice
  Juliamon: It's in there because it is correctly bad advice
 BraveOthello: !advice
  LRRbot: Enjoy B e e f
 ContingentCat: !goodadvice
  LRRbot: At this time of year?
chaos5896: @LRRbot I thought that said "Enjoy B e e j"
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/VibrantSucculentLampBlargNaut-i0o3d-JwZS8e-kfV
 accountmadeforants: As an aside, I can recommend heading downstairs from the main lobby, lots of fun stuff down there. (Including customizing your avatar, i.e., your hand.)
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 PharaohBender27: 
 accountmadeforants: What if the performance evaluation is just another latency test
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  ritchards: Doctor those Rhythms!
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 TheMerricat: Self-Evaluations are HR fishing for things they can use as leverage over you. That's it.
  Sarah_Serinde: 
  Sarah_Serinde:  
 sheer_falacy: how dare this doctor treat people rather than letting them become sicker so they can be experimental subjects
  Juliamon: no, it is the patients who are wrong
 Wolfstrike_NL: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/MildPolishedTortoiseShadyLulu-4uPuvZ3DtOpVlHhZ
 Territan: Lit-Fit.
 accountmadeforants: Oh boy, being a team player
 accountmadeforants: Performance reviews should definitely use human leather parchment
 sheer_falacy: apparently we're the head of rhythm and also internal medicine
 sheer_falacy: you guys are bad at HIPAA
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 adept_nekomancer: Doctor is just like, "so did you find anything interesting while doing crimes?"
  Juliamon: !egg
  LRRbot: egg
jubale1: this is not a helpful thingk
 Territan: I think I remember Kart Race Krumble. It was a stage in Motorstorm: Apocalypse, wasn't it?
jubale1: this level would wreck me
  Juliamon: hate this
Mkcyborg: Yeah, the owl
 calculated_uncertainties: 100 1 1
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/SpookyFaithfulTardigradePogChamp-Cr4R8URqWoJf1Dmi
Mkcyborg: That coffee part always gets me laughing 
 sheer_falacy: Hailey, you could also use your words, both of you are participants here
 accountmadeforants: I'm assuming they're teenagers. Words hard
jubale1: trying to tap the rhythm, i average  a mistake on every phrase
 sheer_falacy: true.  But look on the bright sided, in this performance they both got out of their shells
  Sarah_Serinde: hey me too
KeytarCat: this syncopation is throwing me, and I studied this shit!
 sheer_falacy: that owl is so dapper
Mkcyborg: Say, did we see any of the collab stages yet?
jubale1: is this level two player?
Mkcyborg: @jubale1 I think all of them can be played two player
  Juliamon: single player but multi-track
 Territan: It's got a meter that is tricky...
1ug1a: fun fact syncopation was originally from a custom level
Mkcyborg: It's also something that officially got introduced in the Bits & Bops collab stage
1ug1a: yup. it got canonized after like. soooo many levels used it
1ug1a: ooh so close
KeytarCat: The offset duet at the end confuses me
relsqui: anyone else excited to have this stuck in their head for the rest of the week
 accountmadeforants: @KeytarCat The devs made their first prototype of Rhythm Doctor in 2011, and made A Dance of Ice and Fire as well. They've had over a decade to perfect some truly devious beatmaps 
relsqui: ohhhh this is the dance of ice and fire people?? I gotta check this out
KeytarCat: That tracks 
 sheer_falacy: people have done a number of the Rhythm Doctor songs custom in ADOFAI, it looks rough since you need to perfect in that game
 accountmadeforants: @relsqui Yup, 7th Beat Games
Mkcyborg: Nah, just a fake-out (and some first degree burns)
relsqui: nice. I don't really follow the genre but I loved ice and fire
 accountmadeforants: (Also I keep swapping Ice and Fire. Should have been Fire and Ice. Damn that George Martin guy for the similar name  )
relsqui: lol I wasn't sure but (clearly) couldn't be bothered to look it up
1ug1a: the coolest thing about the development of this game is that the level editor alpha was available for free for years, so there was like this really interesting dev-player back-and-forth in terms of level design evolution
 adept_nekomancer: I guess the birds can't be allowed to escape containment.
relsqui: I see they did a good job representing the challenge level of speaking plainly about your feelings as a teenager
 accountmadeforants: As we all know, birds need a 100% blood atmosphere to be healthy
 adept_nekomancer: @accountmadeforants I can only ever remember which way it goes because it usually gets abbreviated as "ADOFAI"
relsqui: side note, hailey, girl, you realize you can start this conversation too right
 adept_nekomancer: @relsqui "I've tried nothing, and I'm all out of options!"
relsqui: 🎯
 accountmadeforants: @adept_nekomancer See I know the acronym, but my mind has connected things in a way that I go "right, the rhythm game A Song of Ice and Fire... wait... no, it should be A Dance-" and then I hit send
relsqui: oooooh
 accountmadeforants: 
1ug1a: Hey! ley...
relsqui: buddyyy
 PharaohBender27: 
jubale1: It's time to Let it Go!  Let it Snow!  oh no
Mkcyborg:   
relsqui: NICE
 BusTed: yaay
 adept_nekomancer: Aww... 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 accountmadeforants: Well done!
 PharaohBender27: 
  Sarah_Serinde: A for adorable
 ErynTzun: Yea! 
relsqui: make him do it AGAIN
 sheer_falacy: I'm sure that will make his face less red
 accountmadeforants: Book those marks
 accountmadeforants: Oh right
KeytarCat: Heart attack city where the heart is stopped 'cause the girls are pretty?
relsqui: taaaake meeeee hoooome
 accountmadeforants: uhhh, good luck y'all
KeytarCat: yer man needs more potassium
 sheer_falacy: the youtube page for this song labels the company as "5th beat games"
relsqui: haha
 adept_nekomancer: @sheer_falacy A perfect 5 out of 7. 
jubale1: i'm lost
KeytarCat: They're introducing triplet stepping, fuuuuuck
jubale1: fallacy.
 sheer_falacy: Hope you like panic attacks!
UtilityPunk: Is his illness dubstep?
 sheer_falacy: Dr. Edega eye reveal
KeytarCat: This was actually an exercise I did in uni percussion ensemble
jubale1: no idea what that was
 adept_nekomancer: C+, for creepy (plus)
kingpercival52: Hewo, how things going
KeytarCat: They say it's on fifth beats, but the track is in 9
KeytarCat: 4+5 mostly
 adept_nekomancer: Yeah, I am having a really hard time figuring out what time signature this is in
 sheer_falacy: oh wow I love Paige stopping off to help people, you really can't pay attention to that when playing this
kingpercival52: Split heart. They don't teach it but I've got a tip for ya on it if u wanna know?
 sheer_falacy: surpise!
 accountmadeforants: @sheer_falacy Yeah, I'm seeing so much more of this game watching these streams than I did playing it 
UtilityPunk: Second healthbar? With arrhythmia like this!??
 PharaohBender27: Yeah maybe don't admit to falling asleep on the job
relsqui: yeah I hate this guy but also bad comms
kingpercival52: Both lines in a split heart moment counts to 1 health bar.
 sheer_falacy: So, fun fact for this song: the main recurring theme is EDEGA (with some flats and sharps)
relsqui: !!
kingpercival52: @sheer_falacy Cool, I didn't know
relsqui: at least now Ian can enjoy all the background stuff
 sheer_falacy: I also really appreciate that when it introduces the normal beats they're just on the offbeat from the SVTs
 evil_h2o_elf: oooh, cool new beat
KeytarCat: hellll yeah
 BusTed: so much
 adept_nekomancer: 
KeytarCat: This game is sick as patients
 accountmadeforants: When the game only had a few stages I expected Edega might turn out to be a somewhat decent person under a lot of stress like all the other doctors (what with the budget issue brought up early on) but uh, yeah.
aerolend:  "Dr., Dr. Feel Good. Come make me feel real good." 
 MAPBoardgames:  I said "Doctor! Is there nothin' I can take?" I said "Doctor! To relieve this belly ache?"
 sheer_falacy: I love this song, eyes and all
KeytarCat: doo BA doo BA etc
jubale1: Put the lime in the coconut and mix em both together
 sheer_falacy: it's also named Boss Music, because, y'know, he's your boss
  Juliamon: !bing
  LRRbot: Windows, fuck off.
 PharaohBender27: Ohai Windows
 Vinewood_OG: Beat me to it. 
 TheMerricat: Glad chat was there to tell me that wasn't my computer. 
  Juliamon: I should add a third result, "Streamdeck has an update ready"
  corianderd: why did my macbook make a forbidden noise?
 ContingentCat: I was so confused for a second how my tv was making windows sounds
 BraveOthello: Same
 ErynTzun: >_>
  corianderd: hi heather
 accountmadeforants: Two whole words of secret podcasts
 accountmadeforants: The classic "late level in a rhythm game" experience, restart the moment things start feeling even a little bit off
 accountmadeforants: Not the stomp clap!
 accountmadeforants: Not again!
 Darleysam: 🥾👏🥾👏🥾👏🥾👏
klyzx: oh wow this is a pretty big RD stream
  Juliamon: klyzx Welcome! This is a variety channel with a decently sized dedicated base
  corianderd: the tempo change is brutal
  Juliamon: so any small game tends to get a lot of viewers
 sheer_falacy: I think at least sometimes the tempo in this song is 18/8?  It's genuinely really varied
1ug1a: @klyzx hey klyzx
klyzx: Oh hey lugi
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  Juliamon: It's lots of fun when less-popular games pull in new viewers here 
klyzx: @Juliamon I just stalk the RD twitch category
  Juliamon: Devs even end up hanging out sometimes!
KeytarCat: @sheer_falacy The previous one with this guy was def in 9 (18) for parts
 PharaohBender27: 
Baron_WC: 2 player does literally split the work between left and right
 accountmadeforants: I wouldn't be surprised if the co-op mode is literally that
 accountmadeforants: @Baron_WC Well that immediately confirms my suspicion 
Baron_WC: yeah, player 1 gets the right side and player 2 gets the left
KeytarCat: that intro is in 6
  Juliamon: anyway, don't let the viewercount fool you into thinking we're *good* at the game. Progress is slow, but reasonably steady.
 accountmadeforants: Yeah the rhythm on this one is actually evil
 sheer_falacy: this one is definitely tough but IMO a lot easier than 5-X
KeytarCat: the tempo change takes it into 5
  corianderd: @KeytarCat a polyrhythm game like this is exactly your jam
kamilucky: brutal ass tempo change
KeytarCat: It reeeeally issss
  Juliamon: yeah, the benefit of 5-x is that it's a banger
  Juliamon: this one is just... ominous forever
 sheer_falacy: I mean I think this one is a banger too but preferences vary 
1ug1a: this level really gets the feeling across through all of its aspects
 accountmadeforants: @sheer_falacy See with 5-X I could just close my eyes and let my ears take the wheel. This one I had to pay way more attention.
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 RandomTrivia: Oh hello there
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 sheer_falacy: nice progress!
Kawarri: nooo, nudging it closer and closer to the finish
 RandomTrivia: So many tempo changes
  Juliamon: Felt like it was near the peak, yeah
 RandomTrivia: Ooof
  Juliamon: if you can learn the middle section, you can tank the last one
 sheer_falacy: still full hp!
Deamonhunter11: This one is definitely an endurance with its funky time signature.
Kawarri: once off the main SVT beat, its over unless you correct near immediately.
klyzx: Yeah missing a beat cascading into missing more is pretty rough to deal with
 sheer_falacy: nice job!
Brohan0: 9/4 
klyzx: nice
 RandomTrivia:   
 accountmadeforants: 
Brohan0: also heya klyzx 
 sheer_falacy: when she helped out earlier in the game she used the easy mode button and here she's got the normal mode one
klyzx: Genocide...
Kawarri: woo~
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/MushyInquisitiveBobaPlanking-pKTavMWAOUgqUTM2
NarwhalsInATrenchcoat: oh god that whole section was good
Brohan0: yeah, she got fired after edega realized how easy rhythm defibrillation was.
 PharaohBender27: IAN
 MAPBoardgames: The rhythm method?
 PharaohBender27: 
 RandomTrivia: 
 sheer_falacy: learn morse code and tell his heart
 RatherLargeToad: “Where’s my $20?!?”
 accountmadeforants: 
 MAPBoardgames: I've seen worse clocks
 RandomTrivia: Um
 PharaohBender27: 
 accountmadeforants: Yup
 MAPBoardgames: Dr. Eggman works at this hospital?
 accountmadeforants: Dr. Eggman tech over AI
 sheer_falacy: Also that was a story split option.  If you dislike Edega (and I never even considered this) you can intentionally fail the rhythm section after Paige fails and it changes some things
 shendaras: How will they protect themselves?
  Juliamon: 👀
 accountmadeforants: @sheer_falacy This is news to me, hot damn
 accountmadeforants: Sonic clearly established that baby chicks should be given gatling guns
 MAPBoardgames: If the chicken can heal him, fine. If not? The sword!
 accountmadeforants: We're easily replaceable!
 ErynTzun: Viewers Like You!
 PharaohBender27: So when do we just overthrow Edega?
 sheer_falacy: since we know baby birds come from broken hearts, how many human sacrifices went into staffing these robots?
 Travilogue: Shoebill?
KeytarCat: good bird
TomatoKigu: Ian's correct answer's gotta' be a boob.
 PharaohBender27: Is Ian's answer Crow?
 sheer_falacy: Multiple people have mentioned that the intern is only a finger, so I guess we're the flipped bird
 MAPBoardgames: That one bird from Super Crazy Rhythm Castle?
Brohan0: i love ian's dialogue here. he's such a dork
 accountmadeforants: Got the Sanwas
 CaptainSpam: @Brohan0 Sure, but what about in the game? 
 MAPBoardgames: Is this character, named Ian, actually Ian?
 MAPBoardgames: This dude's eyes are glowing. Is that a problem?
 loufghyslaufey: Wait. But it looks harder, don't it?
 TheMerricat: Chat, I feel like this game might... be mean. 
 loufghyslaufey: Wuh?
 loufghyslaufey: Oh...
 sheer_falacy: even fresh out of school Gabe didn't have eyes (oh and apparently GABE showed up in 6-X as notes too, I have a hard time hearing it)
 loufghyslaufey: Gawd
 RandomTrivia: 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 maclaglen: ow.
 loufghyslaufey: The guy failed you and didn't even have to be there....!!
 loufghyslaufey: Whoever he was talking about
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/SpinelessArtsyBarracudaAMPEnergyCherry-hbqGfCbsByjT7k5k
 sheer_falacy: I guess there are offscreen hearts so you can't see when they break
 sheer_falacy: I think the gray one leads the one to the left of it, like it's a hint it's coming since that one is fast
KeytarCat: the grey one is narrative!
  Juliamon: I wish the hold notes sounded a little less like a drill
 Xavorin: I think I finally caught the rhythm of it, too.
Kawarri: @sheer_falacy its a sort of call - response, yea.
 loufghyslaufey: Stop it with the old days, game
 loufghyslaufey: Not everywhere wants that kind of nostalgia, game
Kawarri: I am glad yall keep returning to this, even if its taking a while to get through.
 loufghyslaufey: Looks good, rhythm game
KeytarCat: Thank!
 loufghyslaufey: There's a "monopoly" now...?
  Juliamon: loufghyslaufey panoply
KeytarCat: Panopoly is rule by all!
 loufghyslaufey: Wait. But that means...!??
 RandomTrivia: Ooooh
 accountmadeforants: Oh wow
TomatoKigu: Yay cooking with Ian!  
  corianderd: it'll be a fun cube
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
 accountmadeforants: Oh hell yeah
 RandomTrivia: Oh cool
 accountmadeforants: You Jet Set Radio'd out of jail
 Travilogue: Yeah, you just broke out of jail
 loufghyslaufey: Oki Oki also moved to Thursdays?
  corianderd: im not a child
 loufghyslaufey: Mmm, ight
 iris_of_ether:   
 RandomTrivia: Thanks for the stream, Ian and Heather!  
 accountmadeforants: loading ready run dot com slash live: We've figured out iCal unlike every major organization!
 ErynTzun: byeeee 
 accountmadeforants: (But really how dare big fighting game events make me do math or look up weird time zones to figure out what time something is.)
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