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Now that you have the Sheath card, is there any chance of showing the full artwork of Demo and friends?

I... don't know if I still have the coloured finished image as that was done on my previous computer. I wonder if the devs still have it...

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every time there's a demo game being played or something I end up making one of these my apologies

#wow sweet just taking a phone picture #it's almost like I haven't done any art anything #in actual years

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epilogue, first draft

Over a thousand years ago a great demon was unleashed upon the world. Unimaginably cruel and just as powerful, it ravaged the land and killed untold amounts of people simply for fun. Luckily for the world, there was a small band of warriors who managed to take on the demon and eventually bring it down. Then, they tried to learn where this demon came from and they learned it was placed there by the gods themselves. The demon had grown so powerful the gods did not know what to do with it and unleashed it upon humanity, knowing that a strong band of heroes would arise.

The band of warriors did not take this information as well as the gods had hoped. They judged the action of the gods unfair and unwise. That it was unfair for humanity to fix the gods’ mistakes. They argued and argued, and soon the argument became physical. The small troup of warriors took on the gods in battle. They won.

The battle was brutal and destructive. The planet itself shook and cracked open and split into three pieces. As a last act the gods defied logic and made it so the world would remain as such even if it was split into pieces, each third remaining close, but not touching, one another. The band of warriors then disbanded, each heading down their own paths.

The Free Kingdom of Corralina

Life remained somehow relatively unchanged in one third of the world. The land was governed by independent citystates, though all bent the knee to the Wandering King, one of the godslayers. The land was ravaged by wild and terrible monsters, travel was difficult and technological progress recessed. However, people survived and learned how to fight back. Cities fortified and developed new techniques to hunt down the wild monsters. Magic was rediscovered. Soon, monsters stopped being a threat and instead became a resource. Monster parts were used to develop stronger weapons and more powerful spells. The Free Kingdom of Corralina became renowned for its powerful warrior-mages, keeping would-be invaders from the other thirds at bay.

When one reaches maturity in the The Free Kingdom, or when one becomes accepted as a citizen, they receive a small silver goat horn. Whenever someone is in trouble and confronted with dangers they cannot handle, they may blow this horn; if the Wandering King hears it, he will rush to the rescue with his eternal bride of iron, and obliterate whatever danger is there. In exchange, all the King will ask is to pay up any unpaid due taxes.

The Corporate Real-Estate Holdings of ActionDeath

Life changed considerably in one third of the world. The industry capital of the old world grew immeasurably up until it covered the entirety of all available landmass, ruled by two of the godslayers. They combined their assets, technology and enchantments to twist the very meaning of life and death, forever altering what it even meant to be human. No gold is exchanged in the land of ActionDeath, the only payment the Corpo-Government will exchange for goods and services is mortality. The lifespan of beings can be removed, added and exchanged through proprietary processes and rules all legal exchanges. A land where one lives to die. A land where one must die to live. Oddly enough, when asked people will report they preferred things this way, preferred this to how life was in the olden days. They answer this sincerely. 

Technology has advanced at an accelerated rate in this land. Both cybertronics and biohacking have become common aspects of daily life. Progress in health technology has skyrocketed and some of the lucky few live in impossibly luxurious comfort; but even the lower classes of society have access to all the food and entertainment they need to subsist. As long as the engine of progress are still running, life will continue in one shape or another.

The Holy Bassin for The New World’s Goddess

Life became… confusing, in one third of the world. The death of the old gods left a spiritual vacuum to be filled, and while many pretenders emerged they all either imploded or eradicated one another. All except for one curious pair, a brother and sister duo, two of the godslayers. The sister was an odd one but could perform indescribable miracles. She would effortlessly create pure energy which could be used to power homes and vehicles. She would affect the weather to help farms and nature be at their best, and she would, in some way, transform the minds of those who fit ill in this society. She communicates strictly through metaphors though luckily her brother always stays at her side, ready to translate her wisdom to the common folk.

The old gods were declared devils, and She to be the one true god, having banished them to hell. For the spiritually inclined, the Holy Bassin is a living paradise. In this land of plenty, technology and scientific progress has stagnated. The Arts, however, have flourished. It is common for people of this land to go on a pilgrimage and explore the other two third, but rarely are they ready for such trips, and rarely do they come back alive. 

Be mindful. Happiness is mandatory. Happiness will be enforced.

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As for me? I dunno. I never fit in well with the other godslayers. I had a bit of a temper, I’ll admit, and my relationship with most was never really positive. In fact it was downright adversarial sometimes. But all that is in the past now. I’ve been wandering across the world, I have a bit of a route I like to follow. Turns out monster parts, techno gadgets and pure raw energy are incredibly useful and praised outside their homelands. I don’t ask for much in return, just some place to sleep, and a chance to listen to the people. I’ve spent my youth with the godslayers and I think… I think I forgot what it was to be… them. A person. All the experiences of being a human. It’s been over a thousand years now, honestly I’ve completely lost track, and honestly? I don’t think I’ve completely caught up with those experiences. 

#don't worry about anything

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Hi raocow

hey

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Hearing the anime adaptation of sayonara zetsubou sensei is one of your favorite things is probably the most raocow thing ever, lol.

Have you seen the manga at all?

I honestly find the manga incredibly difficult to read and follow visually. the stylised art really fits animation better than panel stills

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i only just read aricelle and i honestly feel bad for sleeping on it for so long, I REALLY really liked it. thank for make. Also I suppose I am now legally obligated to read ATXS. Woops! Them's the breaks!

oh believe you me are not obligated to read anything

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How do you fight the urge to make pandering and trendy content that's all too oversaturated on the youtub platform and keep on doing the same timeless and wholesome content that you're known for?

The urge doesn't exist at all so the fight is really easy and one sided. The reality is... I don't particularly try to 'grow' and to 'get money' or whatever. Like those are things you genuinely have to do if you want the robots running youtube to notice you, but I started early and that got me a bit of a more organic boost and.. I dunno. Like yeah, I will probably never grow more than I have now, but I make things for a very specific niche of people, and I'm aware of that. I feel unbelievably lucky and grateful that I'm in a position where I can just actually 'do what I want' and not have to chase trends and algorithms. I'm so lucky for my patreon for that :O

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Hey Rao, is there any thoughts you have on how the SMW romhacking community has changed over the years? attitudes are definitely different than they were even 5 years ago let alone 10 or so, i was wondering if this had any sway towards doing less smw hacks in general

Not really honestly, like the reality is I'm kind of completely divorced from the community as a whole at this point, my only real link is that sometimes people tell me about certains hacks, haha. Though I guess the fact that I have indeed slowly drifted away probably means something, but it was such a gradual, invisible thing. The only reason for the mario exodus was that I wanted to play more things, and now that I've had said exodus I'm down with playing more mario again.

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What are your thoughts on A.I.? By the way, here's an A.T.X.S.A.I. page on imgur /Ozwf6qm

I feel like my thoughts about ai in general are still in the draft stage, if that makes sense. I've played around with it a bit for fun, but it's a shame so much of the training material was used without permission, you know ?

anyway, no yeah, the link tracks.

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you live in canada right? how many of the provinces have you been to? just the one?

depending on your meaning of 'been to' I've traveled through about half of them as a means to get somewhere else. so like, been on the land and stuff but mostly because it was in the way :U I've been everything from alberta to nova scotia and everything in between

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Hi there raocow! For some reason I can't register on a talkhaus and russia has blocked international transactions so I can't say this on patreon so I hope you accept recommendations here: Pizza Tower, a recently released Wario Land-like shoul dbe right up your alley! That said, I do also have a question: is there a single game (real upcoming or just the one you wish to be) that is/would be so interesting for you, you'd decide to LP it day one?

oh don't worry, I'm extremely aware of pizza tower I take it you're the one who asked that question before, right? I didn't answer out of wanting to ghost you or anything, I just don't know if I have a genuine answer.

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What happened to that mario d&d campaign that u were running on a podcast a long time ago? i kinda lost track of it

a person that was involved got stalked right out of the internet. we stopped publishing the game online for their safety

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Been rewatching some Mega Man videos and apparently youtube decided to have some sort of AI to name the video chapters based on what LPer is saying. The chapters themselves are good: system can understand when game transitions into a new area or a boss, but their naming convention is strange. That sled stage from MMX8 has "Yeti" for half the video, "Chapters", "Gameplay" as you've almost finished the level. And also "Frank".

oh no yeah, I've noticed a few. I love these. I'm letting youtube robots sort this out forever.

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if someone were to be a patapon member who doesn't interact with the community much would it be weird to join the discord just to lurk? i get curious about the goings-on but i'm not much for talking...

nope, there are a lot of people in the server but honestly the vast vast vast majority just lurk, and that's completely fine and good.

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what if the lord god came to your house and filled your fridge with all the butter, please reply

feels like that would create quite a mess. why is he doing that. what's his problem

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what if the lord god came to your house and ate all the butter in your fridge, please reply

I can't stand butter so honestly, good for him

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we genuinely forgot you were on tumblr mr cow. uh. welcome anyways! even though you have always been here!

for what's worth, I keep forgetting I'm here too