Juliamon:
Juliamon: Got a bit of thunder rolling through, hopefully won't lose power
exeJayce: I am so thrilled they're going back to People of Note, I LOVED that
ArtOfStuttering: ohellothere
exeJayce: oh ew, hopefully not!
exeJayce: also hoping it goes on sale soon because I just don't have the, like, 25.00 or so for it. Instead, I shall watch two very lovely people play ALL the things!
exeJayce: this intro is so cute
otakon17: oh cool it just started
Juliamon: Ian...
GhostValv:
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Bentbob: Raidin' Time
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danisfine: ahoy
coriolis_storm: You’re getting raided, that’s what’s happening!
mercano82: Bad time for the Desert Bus raid to show up
danisfine: oh
NotCainNorAbel: nothing happened
IanAllenBird: : O
Coloneljesus: some bus dropped me off here after driving through the desert
Juliamon: Hang tight, bussers
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RandomTrivia: Give it a second, Bus folks will suddenly appear
Bentbob: I am phone freakin' out
GhostValv: instructions unclear, freaking out
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ErynTzun: oh hai! >_> what's happening?
exeJayce: Ian broke the stream
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ErynTzun steps off the bus platform and squints
exeJayce: I'm telling you he's cursed or something
Coloneljesus: bus door's jammed. 1 sec
KadmosTech:
Summerlithi: We crashed the bus into the stream woops
Shparky2197: Some technical difficulties, I assume?
RockPusher:
I see we held off on signal
Xavorin: Dangit, Freshy!
Juliamon: Just a bit of camera trubs
omdorastrix: Ian has camera problems?
Anubis169: heyoooooooo
ContingentCat: I blame Freshy
KadmosTech:
SymphonySolstice: [walks across the twitch house, plunks down in the other room]
adept_nekomancer: One should always blame Freshy
SymphonySolstice: I'm over here now!
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TehAmelie: i never caught how many people were watching DB, but imagine that many pouring out of a bus and into here. . .
exeJayce: <shares popcorn> enjoy while we wait
RockPusher: We can say butts again!
Shparky2197: I missed our beautiful, horrible friend Freshy
Coloneljesus: @TehAmelie it was around 1100 at the end there
Summerlithi: Some kinda clown bus
SymphonySolstice: !findbutts
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dumbo3k: @TehAmelie I usually saw about 1k viewers, not sure at the end
SymphonySolstice: good that's where my butt should be
ContingentCat: !advice
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Shparky2197: 1.1k at the end there, I looked
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TehAmelie: butts (celebratory)
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ErynTzun:
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RockPusher: Incredible start
GhostValv: got there
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Sarah_Serinde: I see we're off to a strong start over here
Coloneljesus: hello good at computers
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TehAmelie: hello!
exeJayce: Ian, maybe you should stick with TTSF
Vinewood_OG: Ahh it's back
Anubis169: Hello recent bussers!
Coloneljesus: @exeJayce we're focusing on fry today
Shparky2197: To be fair, you've spent a larger proportion of the last fortnight streaming. You tired
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Oscelot: Heya
Oscelot: Yeah they went a bit long
RockPusher: We're here now
Sarah_Serinde: never look directly at the viewers
ContingentCat: finished up with a total of 42069
Shparky2197: We signed off about 5 minutes past the hour
Dog_of_Myth: !chat
LRRbot: Chat seems active.
exeJayce: @Coloneljesus clearly LMAO but it's okay, I got a laugh out of it
Stormgod519: Desert Bus raid!
IanAllenBird: oh!
Stormgod519: sounds about right
Stormgod519: noted
Stormgod519: Ben?
Juliamon: James
TehAmelie: i got a feeling chat will remember
exeJayce: why not put an alarm on your phone or something
Sarah_Serinde: !schedule
Dog_of_Myth: !schedule
Anubis169:
also... it's so good to be able to swear again 
DigitalSeahorse: oh REPO?
Coloneljesus: heather wants to avoid consequences for herself
Oscelot: @Anubis169 that brief moment of shock rof
DigitalSeahorse: did I hear that right?
Oscelot: *rofl
DigitalSeahorse: wait
Oscelot: yeah lights are important
DigitalSeahorse: YES! REPO is tomorrow!
exeJayce: lights can make a huge difference, I agree
Anubis169: Good lighting is worth its weight in gold
Anubis169: also ones that don't blind you
Oscelot: oooof
KenKopin: Good audio first, then lights. Perfect video is worthless with bad audio.
Shparky2197: I'm going to be replacing swears with bus for the next few hours, I think
NeoGetz: I just cheat and use a pngtuber instead
RockPusher: A white image on my main monitors is often how I light myself if I'm on a call on the lappy
DigitalSeahorse: I finally got to the store in REPO on single player and bought a bomb but forgot I had it when the ducks started chasing me
SymphonySolstice: hlorf
adept_nekomancer: Only readable by moonlight, etc...
Coloneljesus: @KenKopin I would agree, though sometimes people will proudly announce some very expensive audio upgrade and I can hardly hear a diff. good is good enough to start off
MaxLSilver: We're up to episode 4? (in game?)
Shparky2197: Oh, by the way, Heather, just finished rewatching Not A Drop To Drink, thank you for the awesome show, I hope you remember it fondly.
Coloneljesus: if (about to make a mistake) {dont()}
Creature_Comforts: eww
NeoGetz: COD fish AI
Anubis169: It's in the title
Oscelot: *shudders*
Anubis169: Rhythm T̶u̶e̶s̶d̶a̶y̶ Café
Vinewood_OG: Bus Adobe
DigitalSeahorse: are those pink donuts on Ian's shirt or coffee beans?
Oscelot: So thankful to have decoupled myself from adobe
Oscelot: I use Affinity Designer 2 for my vector stuff, it's a pain but pretty deece
Oscelot: I still miss Vectornator tho
Juliamon: DigitalSeahorse They actually looked like pomegranate halves to me. Now I'm really curious what they are!
Anubis169:
I adore using Krita 
DigitalSeahorse: Affinity Photo, Illustrator and Producer last of which is like InDesign
DigitalSeahorse: yup
Anubis169: and Gimp for some things
NeoGetz: rugby balls maybe?
putz12a: GIMP is not too bad, too
RockPusher:
Anubis169: Krita works as a photoshop replacement Heather, it's visually very similar
Oscelot: Pixelmator/Vectornator got taken over by gross "we're pivoting to marketing professionals!" and subscription thing
Juliamon: Krita's pretty good. I've been meaning to give Inkscape a try again, it's been some years
TehAmelie: my stream crashed just when Heather said "I hate" so that felt ominous
Oscelot: At least I think pixelmator is from the same company
Oscelot: @TehAmelie rofl
CaptainSpam: Well... Krita replaces the drawing parts of Photoshop. As an actual, well, *photo* editor, not quite so much.
Anubis169: (also it's open source)
RockPusher: Krita for painting is good. Inkscape for vector graphics
DigitalSeahorse: I had a bit of trouble in After Effects class in college cause the teacher went fast and it was hard to get 1 on 1 with her when she was done and that's if she even taught to begin with lol
Oscelot: *snerk*
birbiegorl: i'm just gonna take this hammer and chisel to the walls of my cave
ArdCollider: I have a ridiculously old copy of Pixelmator that I make my strident flat goods on.
ArdCollider: I'm never letting it go.
IanAllenBird: lol
Dog_of_Myth:
CaptainSpam: Krita, Inkscape, and Gimp are my weapons of choice.
Sarah_Serinde:
Oscelot: @ArdCollider I have vectornator that's old but it refuses to load any more =(
RandomTrivia:
Oscelot: you dorks lol
CaptainSpam: (and Scribus, but that's just for assembling books, which I don't do nearly as often)
exeJayce: yay everything looks good now, Ian
LordZarano: Inkscape/Illustrator are for a very different thing than Krita/Photoshop
otakon17: so are we on hold or is this canceled?
Sarah_Serinde: mood, Heather
adept_nekomancer: Gimp is generally my image editor of choice. It does pretty well 95-ish% of the time.
Sarah_Serinde: @otakon17 If you don't see the stream, refresh
Oscelot: Aight, I must head out alas. headache is getting worse so it's time to rest
RockPusher: Deploy the clam!
NeoGetz: bye oscelot
Oscelot: Have a great stream everyone o/
otakon17: ah there we go
adept_nekomancer: @Oscelot Hope you feel better soon
Juliamon: fullbody clench
RandomTrivia: Ah yes, the face implosion
Oscelot:
thanks @adept_nekomancer 
RockPusher:
Shparky2197: @Oscelot Hope it improves, catch you later
Oscelot:
@Shparky2197 Thanks friend
otakon17: twitch REALLY needs a built in stream refresh so I don't have to refresh the WHOLE page and get stuck with commercials again
RockPusher: Depends on the fuzz level
Juliamon: ahh yeah, mild kiwi allergy solidarity
RockPusher: the low-fuzz just eat whole
Coloneljesus: @otakon17 yeah it's really weird that they still don't handle this better
RockPusher: high-fuzz is quite the dedication
NeoGetz:
my kiwi allergy is too strong to eat them at all anymore 
otakon17: her hair is about to spaz out
CaptainSpam: @otakon17 It DOES have it... sometimes. Like, to the point where the fact that it DOESN'T when it needs to is actually a bug.
KadmosTech: the fruit, the bird, or a New Zealander?
otakon17: oh this is People of Note
otakon17: I've been wondering about this game
NeoGetz: @KadmosTech yes
otakon17: Have they tried FRETLESS yes?
otakon17: yet*
adept_nekomancer: He's refusing the call, but he didn't set up his voicemail, so we can't leave a message, so we're knocking on his door.
Juliamon: Not-Bret Michaels is refusing to join our party
LordZarano: @otakon17 FFZ and Twitch Enhancer both add buttons for that
otakon17: @LordZarano tempted to add them now, thanks
Strebenherz: i got to see a weird al concert this week!
NeoGetz: @Strebenherz nice!
otakon17: That dude is built like a Dorito on stilts
otakon17: he's got musical notes for tatts
Shparky2197: Isn't it awful when the zeitgeist moves one
RandomTrivia: @otakon17 He's super beefy until suddenly he isn't
RockPusher: Alt-Punk, Indie-Metal…
otakon17: TRIBALISM!
adept_nekomancer: He wants regular crispy, not extra crispy.
otakon17: he just wants unity
Shparky2197: So no chords?
otakon17: GIFT THIS MAN GARY'S MOD
otakon17: so I assume the game just started?
pctjoe: Bold flavor which is just rock salt
TehAmelie: anything can be a weapon if you use it right!
RockPusher: Wiffle-swords
Shparky2197: @otakon17 We're partway through a playthrough, it seems, I haven't been keeping up
Juliamon: otakon17 This is episode 3
otakon17: OH I got another game I wonder if you guys have tried: Infinite Guitars?
Juliamon: otakon17 they have played Infinite Guitars
otakon17: how'd they like it?
Juliamon: they enjoyed it
RockPusher: Beefs: Roast, Corned…
otakon17: Nice, very nice
ContingentCat: IAN
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otakon17: "Art in a vacuum" means " doesn't exist without interaction"
RockPusher:
I think Cadence might be a nerd… 
gypocalypse: now to be really pedantic...the flag on the moon is art in a vacuum
otakon17: @gypocalypse you ARE correct
RockPusher: gotta have the 'tude
otakon17: TUDE!
otakon17: it looks like a beak
otakon17: Yasmine?
Xavorin: Yasmine!
Dog_of_Myth: Yep
otakon17: WOO!
otakon17: I don't play it but I remember the trailer
Shparky2197: Yay! We're in the game?
pctjoe: Chat, it's in the game
ContingentCat: chat is a kind of game I guess
adept_nekomancer: We're a text-based adventure.
TheLodgium: We're in the game like EA Sports
gypocalypse: OH GOD?!?! ITs all a game?!?!?!
Dog_of_Myth: Chat, It's in the game!
RatherLargeToad: we are not EA Sports
otakon17: and the fact that PatStaresAt had to SWALLOW HIS SOUL and apologize for giving Ingrid grief when Tifa was announced.
Xavorin: @TheLodgium Please, no.
Shparky2197: Oh dang, it's a Monday. I have things to do
adept_nekomancer:
We have lots of dialog options! Some of them are even relevant. 
otakon17: oh she CAN sing
RockPusher: Who is the Worm running Apple in Computer Town?
otakon17: Pop is self-idolatry?
Shparky2197: Note to self, music is selfish
otakon17: TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE!
Reecer6: that feels like jazz yeah
RatherLargeToad: like Albuquerque
gypocalypse: OH NO the SONG IS TAKING ME SOMEWHERE!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh..........
otakon17:
the face was 
GhostValv:
Summerlithi: I’m sensing there are going to be some music genre ‘opinions’ in this game.
gypocalypse: gotta have more cowbell
otakon17: It's not that it doesn't sound good, it doesn't sound like Rock.
Reecer6: sorry it's not rock it's musical theater
otakon17: He's stuck in his own tribalism
SymphonySolstice: "a woman is singing, that's not rock"
Juliamon: Oh good, we finally have a second song
gypocalypse: this is pop at best.
gypocalypse: where are the drums, and guitars.
otakon17: okay I've been eyeing this game off the side and so far, it looks pretty good
Reecer6: [writing down] rock and roll is a fundamentally reactionary form of art and pop is progressive
Darleysam: I think they're about to invent nu-metal
SymphonySolstice: ^
Summerlithi: Feels like we could have been playing this
otakon17: wait would Pop/Rock be Baby Metal?
gypocalypse: not enough chocolate
Boopity: This is so campy I love it
Shparky2197: This seems surreal on an emotion level
otakon17: I have to admit I love me some music themed RPGs
TheLodgium: They don't think it be like it is, but it do
TheLodgium: the musical!
Juliamon: prock
SymphonySolstice: prock
otakon17: Whatever.
gypocalypse: @otakon17 was zelda the ocarina of time a music themed RPG?
adept_nekomancer: Oh no, we've been procked
RockPusher:
"This opera's as lousy as it is brilliant! Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!" 
SymphonySolstice: or Rop
Shparky2197: Because pop-rock is trademarked
gypocalypse: Musak
Ned_Flandalorian: why are his arms belted on, are they detachable
pctjoe: I want to see Popsical
otakon17: @gypocalypse like music was a big part of the game but not like a part of the narrative so no.
TehAmelie: i've heard no one can destroy the metal
RockPusher: You are meant to taste someone before you talk to them?
Boopity:
gypocalypse: @pctjoe Was that the whole high school musical series?
otakon17: You need a drummer and a keyboard guy
gypocalypse:
@RockPusher 
Shparky2197: And how many bad drummers will you find along the way,
Boopity: It's one of those chairs with a hole and a bowl beneath
Xavorin: @Shparky2197 yes
otakon17: The False Drumers
RockPusher: The drummer came along with the lead guitar girl
UnknownFriday: But you don't need to find a drummer. Just put a classified out that you have a 1974 GMC Vandura for sale and you'll have two on your front porch tomorrow.
TehAmelie: we can do it like the band in Almost Famous: get a bassist who has about three lines and a drummer who doesn't say one word
otakon17: His bedroom is in the kitchen
RockPusher: Just need rhythm guitar and bass
Shparky2197: I'm sure he could upgrade to like, a Murphy bed or something
RockPusher: (why yes, one of the anime this season had a band arc)
otakon17: THE SADDEST CACTUS
TheCactaceae:
adept_nekomancer: We need to cheer up the cactus.
otakon17: We need some Carol and Tuesday
pctjoe: Sad cactus calls to me, and speaks my name
otakon17: 1 stanza I assume a stanza is a turn?
RockPusher: Which to their credit committed to actually having them play the full set in the show
Darleysam: time to duel Mumford & Sons?
Juliamon: time to frantically remember how to do this
otakon17: I thinkk you'll need to use Fret for this
otakon17: yeah this is DEFINITELY showing you how to use Fret's abilities
MaxLSilver: Yeah, that bar's distracting...they do have bars under their actual levels too, which I didn't even notice at first.
RockPusher: !caw
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otakon17: The Bird We Cannot Buy...is the secret final band member
dumbo3k: it said "Free Bird"
RockPusher: !birb
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otakon17: (because the bird is the word)
Juliamon: Skullastic, only one t
Boopity:
Skull_astic library, an important distinction we also had to double take last time
gypocalypse: I had heard that the bird was the word
Shparky2197: I need to go do things and be a responsible adult. See you all later!
otakon17: You know who would be a killer cameo in this? Eddie Riggs
Summerlithi: Is this a rhythm game or just music themed?
otakon17: Music themed
Juliamon: Summerlithi Yes
ContingentCat: @Summerlithi there are rythum bits
Juliamon: (there was at least one minigame that was an actual rhythm game)
Boopity:
Juliamon: omg yes
otakon17: you mean water dispensers?
RockPusher: Juliamon A Skullastic book fare would be fun
otakon17: OH
otakon17: have you guys played DEAD AS DISCO yet?
Species5618Beta: Look, you never know when youl suddenly come across a thirsty hamster in need.
otakon17: Sweet it's good stuff
UnknownFriday: FreQuincy. Dangit.
Anubis169:
Dead as Disco is a choice one 
RockPusher: The Rhythm Games will continue until…
otakon17: and you can use your OWN tracks too
otakon17: and it's still only in Early Access
otakon17: we have a LIMIT BREAK mechanic, yes
Boopity: So chat, what do we think the genres of the other party members will be?
otakon17: and it's a combination of a Limit Break AND Double/Triple Techs? Nice
otakon17: @Boopity beat boxer drummer maybe? Music ain't my strong point.
gypocalypse: hitting someone with a solid electric guitar would hurt so much
otakon17: so I guess Vinyls are special currency
otakon17: I love the pun names
otakon17: that's a good one
MaxLSilver: This game has so many puns and I love it.
otakon17: and PRESS THE CLOWN
otakon17: In Case of THIRSTY SUITORS even?
Boopity: @otakon17 I'm sorry what
Xavorin: @otakon17 Don't forget to question the bird.
otakon17: @Boopity Big Circus Turnabout...you NEVER press the Clown actually.
Juliamon: oh... classic laser puzzle
otakon17: @Xavorin always
otakon17: I love me some classic laser puzzles
otakon17: the reflect puzzles?
otakon17: the puns, THE PUNS!
otakon17: Damn he's got a LOT of HP
Boopity: Healing in-between is _so_ nice
TehAmelie: "if i have anything to play aout it," hehe. chords, not words
otakon17: and he can two shot you
TehAmelie: hard to say. the only actions seem to be play music
RockPusher: oh, beams
RockPusher: I heard beans
otakon17: You know Roadies were the stagehands right?
RockPusher: the roadies also being groupies could go in two quite different ways
ace_of_dragon037: but show what happen when you do a loop
otakon17: AH AH AH! One! One eye Lite!
RockPusher:
Tuna 
Up
otakon17: I wonder what Vinyls are used for, if I had to guess they're the "special currency" for unlocking more moves for your characters; like SP Coins from Grandia II
TehAmelie: i hope we use them to fight zombies, Shaun of the Dead style
otakon17: this is why in-game maps should be given
otakon17: POLKA OWLS!?
RockPusher:
RockPusher: Good joke game
otakon17: wait are these a WEIRD AL REFERENCE?!
ghyllnox: Weird Owls ("Al"s)
ghyllnox:
otakon17: I LOVE IT
otakon17: I was right they ARE upgrade currency
otakon17: The game KNOWS
Anubis169:
otakon17: They have speaker horns
otakon17: The microphone grill teeth freak me out
ErynTzun: Too many teefs
otakon17: That did even more damage
ErynTzun: very unsettling
otakon17: seems like a DPS race this fight, they do a lot of damage to both of you and seemingly regardless of defense
Juliamon: All of the fights feel like a DPS race tbh
otakon17: hey at least she gets XP
otakon17: most RPGs would be all "no XP for the knock-outs"
ErynTzun: o7
otakon17: o7
RockPusher:
RockPusher:
MaxLSilver: @Juliamon There's some really heavy DPS checks for sure. I wound up grinding quite a bit with extra fights because of it, fbow.
Juliamon: It always feels like they just barely survive the fights
Juliamon: I wonder how much of that is based on gear
Juliamon: oop that slide can come out
otakon17: yeah did you upgrade recently? You seem to have a *ton* of money
TehAmelie: my hope is there's some more room for tactics when the band grows
otakon17: Especially since healing items don't seem to be a thing in combat
MaxLSilver: Yeah, no items. Fret's the big healer for the group, eventually, tho.
MaxLSilver: (I feel like that's not a spoiler, fwiw, but apologies if so)
Juliamon: that's probably fine
Juliamon: it was already stated that we're forming a party
Boopity: Balancing RPGs is always weird, cause at the beginning, with so few skill and party members, you can basically hand-design the numbers and difficulty to be bespoke since the amount of possible moves is so low you can pretty much predict every possible move.
otakon17: One trick, keep the numbers low.
otakon17: The lower the numbers, the less ridiculous scaling gets as you move on.
otakon17: AND NOW! More puzzle for your puzzle!
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A_Dub888: There are TWO LIGHTS
otakon17: Nope TWO more puzzle for you
otakon17: @A_Dub888 there...are...FOUR...LIGHTS!
otakon17: Why not focus fire on one guy to kill them quickly so you reduce overall damage taken?
Boopity: Oh that _bass_
otakon17: oh wait...is THAT why Fret does so little damage to them? Because he's the /same type/?
Juliamon: Fret's also lower level
Boopity:
They can't handle pop because it's not their genre 
otakon17: hes only one level lower
TehAmelie: Wall? ha, you're just another brick in the wall
otakon17: you'd think Fret would be *the big guy* considering he's the rocker but him having 10 hp less than Cadence is surprising
Shparky2197: Hello again, watching the stream while walking around town
Boopity: Damn
Juliamon: He's big, but he's also old
otakon17: I mean true
otakon17: but he's still buff asf
Boopity:
@Juliamon Finally some representation
dumbo3k: @otakon17 I mean, he's also several levels lower
otakon17: he's the same level now, he was 2 levels. "Several" is doing some heavy lifting there
TehAmelie: i guess our party is a Bard and a Cleric. hope the next one is a synth playing Wizard
gualdhar: ah yes, the hard rock rotato
otakon17: oh the dance floor only goes a quarter turn back and forth
Juliamon: TehAmelie Based on the title graphic, it does seem like we're getting a synth wizard
TehAmelie: sweet
otakon17: rotate the floor again
otakon17: yeah you had it
otakon17: top one faces north
Dog_of_Myth:
otakon17: and now you can get to the final lever!
otakon17: they have a mix table
otakon17: there's no drummer though?
otakon17: I'm sorry what
iris_of_ether:
ContingentCat: lol I love it
ArdCollider: amazing
otakon17: Moccasin Gaze?
KeytarCat: I love that
Juliamon: gaze
ContingentCat: gaze
Boopity: Happy pride
iris_of_ether: gaze
IanAllenBird: happy pride
otakon17: >he uses zed truly a Canadian
iris_of_ether: happy pride
Shparky2197: Happy pride, everyone
ErynTzun: that's the first result
otakon17: Kathleen will probably play something of theres on her midnight radio thing
otakon17: I assume "Ma'ash" is pronounced "Mosh"
otakon17: Ba-Yesian?
Boopity:
I do like that this is a dungeon where one of our party member is just having casual chats with the people because some of them are still pals
otakon17: Destroy the dude with the least HP I suggest
otakon17: that's a close call
ErynTzun: heal plz
Juliamon: fortunately the heals are pretty strong
MaxLSilver: Yeah, there's a real action economy at play with how the measures work.
otakon17: why does Head-Bang do BARELY more damage than a regular attack?
otakon17: that has to be a bug or it's a typing thing
Boopity: Yeah, and also considering both of them can heal, seems like you're expected to use it a lot at this stage in the game
KeytarCat: Inb4 antibeat breaks buffs
KeytarCat: or not
Shparky2197: This game is hit people with sounds and brief melodies. Gotcha.
otakon17: something is amiss here
ace_of_dragon037: maybe becuase it was in pop mode
Shparky2197: Oh hi, KeytarCat, how are you?
otakon17: are you KIDDING!?
Juliamon: aw CMON
otakon17: yeah he can't kill in one turn
otakon17: I think you guys missed an equipment upgrade or something
Boopity: "I won't remember you when I'm famous" is a _scathing_ victory quote
KeytarCat: @Shparky2197 hiya! I'm doing pretty well, two games I haven't played in a while are having regular community games and I just found out!
otakon17: he must be one of those Progressive Rockers
TheNerdWonder: yep, the Osmiums are into Heavy Metal
otakon17: yeah youi have like 4k groove easy now
iris_of_ether: I have some iridium in my wedding ring. (It's in a platinum alloy)
Shparky2197: @KeytarCat Nice!
otakon17: GAME IS A+ again!
MaxLSilver: @otakon17 They really haven't. The game really wants you to grind extra, but leaves you the choice instead of random encounters.
otakon17: yeah it feels like they're *just* barely strong enough for this area
otakon17: I'm too used to Dragon Quest JRPG mentality
otakon17: Chrono Triggger had the perfect balance
KeytarCat: I like being barely strong enough, if the combat is interesting
Boopity: The boss in the tutorial town was also an incredibly close call. I think they ended up having to grind a few fights for that too
MaxLSilver: So this puzzle was fun for me...I couldn't tell the color differences so I sorta brute forced it.
otakon17: you gotta track back from where it NEEDS to hit
otakon17: Put the green emitter going left
otakon17: and the one below it going right
otakon17: the purple needs to go right
KeytarCat: purple stops on the wall
KeytarCat: I see it, I think
dumbo3k: the mirror on the wall is hard to see and remember, making this puzzle a lot harder
otakon17: okay so purple needs a direct emitter hit
otakon17: so purple needs to go left
otakon17: I GOT IT
otakon17: GREEN RIGHT
otakon17: one BELOW green goes LEFT
otakon17: one below the left emitter goes NORTH
SaxPython:
MaxLSilver: woot!
otakon17: The BEACONS are lit!
otakon17: Gondor calls for aid!
Boopity: That wall mirror really is unfortunately placed at _exactly_ the angle where you can't see it from half the room
SFSMaus:
Boopity:
pctjoe: to find the 5th light
Boopity: Perfect description of puzzles
TheMerricat: Afternoon chat, just got home from visiting the folks for Father's Day how was the end of DBx and how's tonight's game?
otakon17: so far, puntastic
Bionull: Oh, this is that game. Just got here and did not at all recognize it with this dungeon setting.
otakon17: gee I wonder if it's the LITERAL GIANT GUITAR
Boopity: He's just posed up in front of the guitar
otakon17: I like his jacket
Boopity: Every single one of Freq's lines is delivered _so dramatically_
otakon17: The peacemaker speaks
otakon17: might have been a good idea to go back for that HP upgrade
iris_of_ether: FreQuincy
otakon17: HE BIG
SFSMaus: The Blackest of Sabbaths!
Boopity: To be honest it does sound like our buddy was actually the problem
otakon17: Goddamn he's 9 feet tall
otakon17: if anything I bet he targets Fret first
MaxLSilver: Every boss fight does that mashdown. I grumble every time.
otakon17: also now would be a good time to break out that Defense buff
otakon17: 339 HP!?
Boopity:
otakon17: he has nearly six times as much HP as the rest of the fights in this area, holy crap
Boopity: Gross
Juliamon: ewww
otakon17: oh he can remove your attacks
UnknownFriday: Having an attack named Rush for someone who uses math to rock seems correct.
otakon17: I'd do Power Chord on the last turn
Juliamon: every inch of this game is a well-thought-out pun
MaxLSilver: @Juliamon It really is.
otakon17: oh god he has a limit break too
otakon17: Hit all
Boopity: The crescendo seems to be a global boss mechanic, yeah. I remember the sherrif lady we fought when we first met Fret also had it
ballesta25: He transposed you into the frequency domain?!?!
gualdhar: oh no I still have nightmares about fourier transformations
otakon17: Rest on the first beat then heal?
Juliamon: The kpop boss also had it
otakon17: that means ALL actions
otakon17: REST first, the heal will only be half as effective
MaxLSilver: Heal's also gonna be bad, yeah.
SaxPython:
otakon17: Good hit
Boopity:
Daamn Heather
otakon17: he's down to under 50%
otakon17: Ian relives past trauma
otakon17: yeah Fret is biting it or Cadence is
otakon17: someone is dying
otakon17: nevermind it's a wipe
otakon17: yeah you need to keep Power Chord up
Boopity: Oh right, when you wipe, they steal your vinyls. A fate worse than death
otakon17: Dark Souls rules?
KeytarCat: strategic use of resting, and that
otakon17: "Lose your loot"
otakon17: eyah he can do at least 20 damage a turn to your guys
otakon17: if this is the Pop phase wouldn't it be better to use Cadence to attack then?
KeytarCat: I'm irked that the abilities don't match the background music
otakon17: Damn he did NOT like Fret that turn
Boopity:
Sometimes they do. Like the singing from Cadence there _really_ satisfyingly matched the music 
otakon17: like he can't do much more than 30 damage to a single person a turn
otakon17: so best bet is to rest on the 1st?
otakon17: why not Rest, Heal Self then Mash-Up?
pctjoe: heal is also reduced
KeytarCat: does resting on beat 1 only generate one note?
otakon17: yeah but it's the least effected move probably
TheNerdWonder: mashup requires both characters to have an action available
otakon17: nope Rest gave her 2
MaxLSilver: It does give two, yeah.
MaxLSilver: There's a different enemy ability that'll make you spend BP to rest.
otakon17: so Fret is the healer?
otakon17: nah eh can't really do more than 30 ddamage to a person and doesn't use Fourier more tan once a stanza
KeytarCat: folks in chat have said he gets to be the late game healer
MaxLSilver: @otakon17 Rock gets a lot of defense, buff, and heal stuff, yeah.
otakon17: I think Fret is biting it
otakon17: wow lucky
otakon17: he could have killed Fret that turn
MaxLSilver:
The boss crescendo meter also makes them even more DPS checks than other mobs. 
Boopity: Yeah, the crescendo does make it a bit of a time rush
otakon17: and someone is dying next turn
otakon17: I think you guys might be underlevel or undergeared for this fight
otakon17: you just keep getting stuck in a heal loop
otakon17: yeah Crescendo is dead
otakon17: she has less than 30 hp
TehAmelie: how can anyone be ready for the power of the triple necked guitar
otakon17: I think you guys need an upgrade or another level
otakon17: that one guy was selling a 24 HP buff
TheNerdWonder: yeah, def check the shops for gear upgrades
otakon17: that seems like it would be useful
KeytarCat: this feels like a game that has a block button. does it?
otakon17: having nearly *30* hp more is a buffer considering he does about 30 damage a turn
KeytarCat: fuuuuuu
MaxLSilver: As much as the combat reminds me of Paper Mario, it makes me so sad there's no defense option.
otakon17: The fact that there's NO defensive option AT ALL is weird, you'd think REST'ing would at least let you take reduced damage
Boopity:
WHere's the button that lets us temporarily revert the game back to a Dragon Engine brawler
MaxLSilver: Rest DOES reduce damage a little, but it's not obvious that that's true, esp at this level.
otakon17: but yeah I think you just don't have enough numbers to win this fight
otakon17: @Boopity I fucking hate that mod, it completely invalidates the WHOLE POINT of Like A Dragon
otakon17: "Wah I wanna beat people up in a bralwer like the LAST SIX GAMES!"
Cuddly_Kitteh: aw man I've just realised I missed the chance to catch a full live Rhythm Cafe
MaxLSilver: Levels do make a huge difference. Just levelling up once may make this fight much easier.
otakon17: OH no Infinite Wealth is FINE
otakon17: that's an actual gameplay mechanic and it's in-universe
otakon17: in fact it's hilarious
otakon17: @Boopity sorry Boopity my bad on that
otakon17: and here comes the healing death loop
otakon17: Fret dies next turn without healing
Boopity:
@otakon17 Oh no worries YOu just reminded me that that mod exists. Honestly I find it quite impressive on a technical level
otakon17: Fret's dead
otakon17: oh WOW
otakon17: WOOOOOOOOW
MaxLSilver: Nice.
otakon17: The MAGIC ONE, lucky
Juliamon: Magic pixel
otakon17: his DEF must be /just/ high enough to cause damage variance
otakon17: wow that one was a BIG hit
Cuddly_Kitteh: off topic but: Ian, I've got no plan for my evening, would a LRR logo version of the DVD animation SVG be of any interest?
Juliamon: By the grace of RNGesus
otakon17: LUCKED OUT
Boopity:
KeytarCat: yesss
Dog_of_Myth:
otakon17: RNGod took the wheel but you didn't get ANY of your vinyls back?
Boopity:
RockPusher: mmmm, pop rocks
otakon17: he's like "It was SUBLIME!"
SaxPython:
Dog_of_Myth:
otakon17: IAN she DOESN'T MEAN YOU XD
TheNerdWonder: "... and Ian took that personally."
ghyllnox:
Also young people do math
ContingentCat: I mean it kinda is why, you've had the time to learn
otakon17: yeah I thinki t's a "magic" key
poipal:
Equally splitting up belongings during a band breakup is the least realistic part of this game so far
Boopity: YES
MaxLSilver:
I went to go put kiddo in bed and they won. GG!
otakon17: *puts on his labcoat* IT'S TIME TO EXPERIMENT
otakon17: @MaxLSilver by the skin of their teeth, RNGod had their back this run
otakon17: yeah Gitaroo Man OST is amazing
Juliamon: I'll have to see if it's on Qobuz
otakon17: Sound of Mind is a cool band name
otakon17: neither of them said sorry
Juliamon: Mascs *refusing* to say sorry
otakon17: "I have to play father figure ON FATHER'S DAY!"
otakon17: "My Two Dads"
otakon17: EDM!?
Boopity: Oh yes
otakon17: Where's Bunk Bed Junction!?
otakon17: oh god they WERE Ex's
poipal:
Which dad is the lancer?
otakon17: time to upgrade your gear
pctjoe: senti sampis?
otakon17: TEXTING!?
Juliamon: right, our weird nepo buddy
otakon17: man this game needs more music themed videogame cameos
pctjoe: band is going well needs more dads though
Strebenherz: !patreon
Strebenherz: !store
LRRbot:
The LoadingReadyRun store has new merch! Pride tees have a new trans variant, and Jobby the Jublin has FINALLY arrived! Check it out here: https://store.loadingreadyrun.com/ and maybe buy one?
otakon17: like where's Chai from Hi-Fi Rushk?
RockPusher: Thank you Heather, thank you Ian
poipal: Thanks for the stream!
otakon17: Thanks for the stream guys, go grind offscreen for the next area.
ErynTzun:
ty for stream
Dog_of_Myth:
MaxLSilver: I'm so happy you all are playing this. Between this and Unbeatable, I've been having a fantastic time with the VODs. Glad I got to catch live today.
otakon17: @MaxLSilver you try Fretless? it's on sale and it's good
MaxLSilver: @otakon17 I'll take a look!
otakon17: bye thanks again o/
Juliamon: Corsair
Strebenherz: !next
LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Send Codes (We get sent a LOT of game codes from developers and agencies. Now we have somewhere to play them. Pls Send Codes. Game: Corsair Cove) at Mon 01:30 PM PDT (19:26 from now).
otakon17: Corsair Cove XD
otakon17: >says CORE STAR
Strebenherz: oh hell yeah repo
otakon17: oh god REPO
Juliamon: learn to h
Boopity: Oh that's gonna be fun
ghyllnox: H h h h h h h h h h h h
ContingentCat: it's a good amount of silly
otakon17: it's a lot of fun to watch
TheNerdWonder: chaos gremlins can have a lot of fun in REPO
otakon17: and it's very Muppets shenanigans
RockPusher:
Juliamon: Ian No
Sarah_Serinde:
ContingentCat: Happy Pride
Dog_of_Myth:
otakon17: oh nice KNIGHTS IN TIGHT SPACES
RockPusher: ♫ Tight Knight Tights ♫
ShaneLeeAtk: Tights Paces are interesting
Juliamon: oh shit they're doing it!!
otakon17: is that out of Early Access finally?
Dog_of_Myth: That game is fun
otakon17: meccha looks hilarous
Juliamon: oh boy this week's already off to a bizarre news start
Juliamon: LRL?
Juliamon: It WAS there...
Dog_of_Myth: #BlameJames
ContingentCat: didn't you do LRL at the begining of the month
Juliamon: Try going back?
RockPusher: My phone still has it
Juliamon: !paullove
LRRbot: It's not Paul's fault, no matter what the streamer says.
Sarah_Serinde: I always blame Ian
ContingentCat: Blame computer
RockPusher:
ContingentCat: no blame Freshy
TheAinMAP:
Dog_of_Myth:
Juliamon: you started with veraphage yeah
putz12a:
Remember to put the camera back
TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
Juliamon: !bing
LRRbot: Sounds like Elgato pushed a Stream Deck update!
ShaneLeeAtk: !windows
LRRbot: Sounds like Elgato pushed a Stream Deck update!
ContingentCat:
thanks Ian and Heather 
Juliamon: (look RNG can't tell that was a usb noise ok)
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