#quit the game to win

[septic-dr-schneep]

#jacksepticeye #antisepticeye #say goodbye #overnight watch #kill jacksepticeye #dark silence #quit the game to win #darkiplier vs antisepticeye #IRIS #poll

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

chinese rock–paper–scissors (popular in fujian, known as 舞拳wuquan and are matched with music) by 阿轩

for anyone interested:

#china #video #douyin #fun #audio #music #op and his friend are both boys #chinese netizens are like“Aren't you guys being a little too flirtatious?”“Oh please he doesn't want to win”“ He just spoils you” lol #the gestures representing rock-paper-scissors in this game is not quite the same as usual #so it might be difficult for non-professional to catch up with them

[theminecraftbee]

incidentally if you don't see much of me for a bit: side order has reminded me that i do, in fact, DEEPLY enjoy splatoon 3, lol, and i am maybe a touch distracted by that,

#haven't QUITE beaten all the palettes yet #although i finally hit the critical mass of 'back in practice after like a whole year' and 'hacks' to win with weapons i'm bad at #so i may beat all of them soon... #ALSO. CANON GAY CEPHALPODS. YOU CANNOT ARGUE THEY AREN'T CANON LESBIANS AND IN LOVE. #THERE IS (genuinely) NO OTHER EXPLANATION. #MARINA GETS MAD AT ACHT FOR FLIRTING WITH PEARL IN FRONT OF HER. THEY NEED 'SPECIAL ALONE TIME'. MARINA WAS GONNA SAY SHE LOVED PEARL #ITS CANON BABY I'M SO HAPPY #anyway. love this game. the squids. #(also i guess they DO avoid having marina or pearl ever say OUTRIGHT 'i love you' or kiss which i GUESS means we might get into localizatio #-arguments i've done fandoms like this before but i don't CARE they are CANON LET'S GO.) #ALSO ACHT/DEADFISH CANON THEY/THEM #basically i love it.

[whamss]

honestly it’s such a generic trope but i do genuinely love the concept of rose and kanaya flirting a lot with each other prior to dating, but never picking up on each others advances. both as an expansion of their pre-meteor/act 5 dynamic (lots of banter, slight mental warfare, two girls trying to see how long it takes the other to pick up what they’re putting down, flighty broads and their snarky horseshit, yadda yadda) and in the context of their miscommunication on their first date.

rose leaning on kanaya’s shoulder as she reads over a book about quadrants, and rose tells her that’s sooo interesting, she wonders if humans can engage in this stuff, and kanaya shuts her down with a vague Im Sure You Will Find Out Someday. kanaya making rose dozens of outfits, all lovingly designed, adjusting rose’s outfit when she puts it on and telling her that she wishes she could dress her like this all of the time, she’s never had a model quite like her, and rose is just like Well of course, if you ever have anything you’d like me to wear you’re welcome to invite me over. both of them die over these encounters later

something about rose and kanaya being confident enough to flirt w each other but too stupid to fully pick up on the Implications. always trying to tip the scale in their favor to force the others hand, never quite having the strength to outright admit that they like each other (until rose is shitfaced and stumbling). i think it’s a fun means to escalate their early banter as they become more acclimated to each other and develop Feelings.

#talk tag #homestuck #rosemary #rose lalonde #kanaya maryam #sorry i’ve been in such a mood #i need more girlfails rosemary that also acknowledges their strengths #notably both their abilities to Commit To The Bit #smth good about them stumbling their way through vague and elaborate flirtations #thinking oh i think she likes me. surely this will woo her #but also never Quite having it in them to say it outright #second guessing themselves a little #turning having a crush into a bit of a game to a win. both coming out losers. but also winners (they still get a gf in the end) #my brain is a jumbled mess as i fight off The Dry Air Made My Throat Sore And My Sinuses Full disease #but rosemary gets me through it

[larkspurglove]

I’m genuinely considering breaking my f2p status to get this even though I swore off spending on gachas ever since the cookie run kingdom incident.

Only issue is the battle pass is 30 dollars 🧍‍♀️

#btw the CRK incident was basically me being mega obsessed with the game #and desperately wanting to get that frost queen cookie or whatever #so I spend ~$30 dollars on the game to get her #and then a few months later I quit the game and I haven’t touched it since #I’ve never regretted spending money more and I have made extremely stupid purchases in the past #and I’m afraid that if I do get the battlepass another 30 dollars will go into the bin #also breaking my f2p status even if the only benefits are like a bit of extra resources and jade feels like cheating #even so I am DESPERATE and I’m aware there’s an event happening where I can win a battlepass #but I don’t believe they specified if it was the $15 dollar one or $30 dollar one #and also I don’t really like commenting on socmed where hoyo actually exists #honkai star rail #hsr #aventurine #hsr aventurine #aventurine hsr #lark rambles

[black-and-yellow]

#surprise grumps post #dan avidan #game grumps #arin hanson #i had to draw them because i had a dream that i was racing arin #from my living room to the kitchen #and he kept winning because he's like a foot taller than me #and then i looked at the kitchen sink and dan was in there #but just his head #in the sink #he looked really happy about it though #and i said 'has Dan always been in the sink' #and Arin turned to me and said 'he's always been there. you've just never noticed him' #it was quite scary actually #imagine: dan avidan living in your kitchen sink #you tell him to get out but he is in there

[autistic-skeletons]

flowey watching me eat shit 20 times each in the axis, ceroba, and el bailador fights: damn this bitch is autistic

#i literally had to quit the game and put it on easy mode to win these fights #my slow processing speed and piss poor reaction times fusing to create the worst gamer ever #if anyone makes a dumbass acoustic joke i’ll kill you <3 #undertale #undertale yellow #uty axis #undertale yellow axis #uty ceroba #undertale yellow ceroba #axis 014 #ceroba #flowey #uty flowey #undertale yellow flowey #uty el bailador #undertale yellow el bailador #el bailador

[teeth-draws]

“What do you mean he’s scary!! Look at him!”

— taking artistic liberties to scrunkle the face of @shepherds-of-haven’s Blade Bronwyn - a man with 0.6% body fat lol

#shepherds of haven #if games #blade bronwyn #this is mc privelage at work #hc mcs but especially the ladies are like no he’s fine!! look he’s a lamb!! but if someone else tried this they’d get their wrists broken #being an artist (like being a writer) makes your proclivities rly obvious because in this instance you can tell that I love #babying men who could kickflip me into the sun #picking fights with famed assassins like… wow blade ur so confident for your height! and leave #blade likes girls with good hearts and Halle is not quite that but she IS an efficient worker so she always comes back with the win… #and a bunch of rescued orphans and mages and stuff it’s… not a reflection of her personality but rather her work ethic which even then #is reluctant and put-upon #she didn’t want to be a captain let alone commander she was meant to be using this gang of do-gooders to fulfil her fate and then bounce #but they’re all so wholesome and now she loves them despite her better judgement #and he’s so cute!! with his poetry and plants and the googly-eyed clam he keeps on his desk and talks to about his feelings!! #what’s a girl to do? #there’s only so strong you can be in the face of a man who tells you straight-faced he’d mcfucking die for you #talking the talk and walking the walk even to the most wary of wilderness orphans #as always blade you are a nightmare to draw I lost sleep over your skin tone #my foe of four years aka blade’s left elbow is cunningly hidden #their child would be a serious force of nature and also really tall #fanart #shoh #can you imagine the name? between austere ket names and whack mage names… #these are my parents: blade and halwendi. my name is steele mechanicus and I DONT want to talk about it #just realised that if his brother saw this shit he’d get blade stoned for being a public hussy gosh sorry better make an honest man of him #new blade hairstyle is a shaggy wolfcut bc I think it’s cute on him lmao #this is a really autistic couple honestly #not quite sure where to put his hands #like when you flip a shark upside down

[ot3]

karlach is a lesbian like she just is i don't care what god or larian studios have to say

#no offense to anyone who likes to view every character as bi #but i haaate games where 100% of romanceable characters have 0 gender preference. world where lesbians don't exist. #like theyre not real people they dont get to decide their own sexualities it's entirely something that's done for the sake of #enabling more choice for the pc. which is fine because that's what msot people want #but i don't think it's quite the epic diversity or epic representation win people act like it is. most of the time its just a Feature

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

I was rewatching The Stone Forest and I really like to think that Hilda had to pass by the Bell Keeper’s outpost on her way out of the city limits. I like to think that idiot looked at what was happening, shrugged, and said ‘eh, she’s the scariest thing out there’

#“‘the scariest thing out there’?”the girl sends him a look that isn't quite a glare for once; it still conveys her opinion just as clearly #Edmund shrugs. Hilda is still within sight of his binoculars. he watches her run and can’t be sure whether she’s running *towards* or *from #*.He doesn’t think she knows either. #'I mean. it’s not like trolls can harm her at this time of the day. #Don’t tell me you believe in fairies kid.' #And there it is at last: the glare. Meiri looks up from her art project - her new therapist had reccomended it as a way to express herself #and since he'd been helping so much so far she'd decided to grudgingly give it a shot - #“*No*” she states pointedly; to anyone who knew her it was an affirmation. And Edmund knew her better than she cared for #'What I believe in is wolves and recluse spiders and ticks and nettle. And I believe that someone with the spine #to sabotage the Patrol wouldn't have the self control to not lick a pretty mushroom' #“Hey!” Edmund protested putting down his binoculars. “I sabotaged the Patrol! For *you* I might add!” #Meiri's smile turned mean; it was a regular expression for her yet it never conveyed any malice. Just the thrill of a game that never tired #her. “And would you?” she lifted one thick eyebrow; signaling to her dad that it was his move now #The dad in question was unfortunately thinking back to a time in his young teenage years when he figured he could eat anything animals bit #and gave himself a poisoning that had him taken to the ER. But she didn't need to know that. *ever* in fact. #“Obviously I would. Like I'd let a mushroom ruin my perfect sandwich diet” #Meiri groaned loudly. Some games were worth playing. But some wars she'd already accepted she'd never win #“Anyway” he turned back to staring at the outside of the wall as if it was of any interest to him (it wasn't) #“kid'll be fine is my point. And even if she isn't ya know what's the best think about this situation?” #They looked at each other with matching smirks. “none of our flipping business” he said at the same time as she echoed #“None of our fucking business” #He gasped immediatelly. “*Meiri!*” #The chastening was useless. She just shrugged innocently. #He'd really have to limit her library visits #the bell keeper hilda #meirdom #hilda the series #hilda netflix

[tibby]

LOVED the traps in saw x do not get me wrong but i will say i'm a little disappointed that for a group game, there weren't really any team based traps. which i understand was part of the point - john had hope that cecelia wouldn't take joy in the deaths of the others but knew her selfishness and disregard for others would probably win out - but still! i think ii and v are the two best movies in terms of traps and i think saw truly thrives when the plot centres around group based games. everyone in the nerve gas house and the fatal five could have lived but they didn't want to play by the rules or they were driven by selfish impulses so there were more bodies than survivors. but they're the most entertaining games to watch and i think it gets to show us the characters in a way we don't usually get with the minor players in the bigger games. i don't know! i understand it wouldn't have worked As Well in saw x but still. group traps forever.

#saw x spoilers #i also think the traps based on Character rather than like. mindless brutality or obvious puns. tend to be more interesting #i think the ~relying on someone else to win your game~ shtick kinda sucks (which is part of why i dislike the jeff narrative) #but with stuff like william easton's game. it worked bcus of who he was and what it represented #and saw x ALMOST does it with cecelia but not quite. #but again! perhaps my thoughts will differ on a rewatch

[mxwhore]

there was a workplace fair at campus and there were games and stuff and from them i won a single maruchan soup and some condoms. nothing as stereotypical has happened to me before

#ive hoarded quite a lot of condoms from winning random games and i dont use them for ace reasons #will wait for them to spoil and them hand them over to people for babytrapping

[axemetaphor]

sendin my love from the other side of the apocalypse

#it feels liek i forgor how to draw? which is fascinating #i usually feel thst right before my whole shit changes #anyway. john and amy are not letting daves nap get in the way of their epic gaming #john imo is a bit of a cocky bastard at videogaming even though he is definitely less skilled than amy is #amy takes these things Quite Seriously though. she is Going to win. no matter the amt of dumb snarky things John says #rambles.txt #my art #jdate #doodles #john dies at the end #johndaveamy #eh kind of. yknow #i see your 'there was only one bed' and raise you 'there was only one couch'

[dexaroth]

Cold porcelain sculpts of a greenie and a snoozie :)

#midway through sculpting it i regretted making them just. stifly lying around but thats quite literally what greenies do anyways.. win #rain world #rain world game #rain world lizard #rain world slugcat #sculpture #sculpting #cold porcelain #craft #q #myart

[wowitsverycool]

NOOO THEY'RE STEPPING OVER THEMSELVES TRYING TO FIND REAL THINGS TO COMPLAIN ABOUTTT

#'ah you know it's quantity over quality but there are some things that... aren't bad.....' #USING ADVERBS IS NOT A CARDINAL SIN DOOFUS IT'S HOW YOU USE THEM!!! conversational dialogue such as that in isat only benefits from using #more casual less eloquent language. sure you could change the characters' dialogue to be more concise and articulate #but what would you lose by changing that syntax? how could that affect how the audience perceived a character and how the audience itself #feels? #to be quite honest. if ISAT's dialogue was trimmed down to just include the main story beats #it would never have resonated with me as much. #the value of the characters and their relationships is inherent to the game!!! you can't make them shut up!!! that inherently contradicts #what it's doing to you!!!!!! #it's not a game about beating bosses or about defeating the king and winning the meat of it was ALWAYS the characters ALWAYS the dialogue #that's the POINT that's the POINT i'm KILLING YOU

[rohirric-hunter]

Okay so I was going to do a really involved review of the Unhinged LotR Mobile Game (otherwise known as LotR: Heroes of Middle-earth) but I'm tired and don't have energy for that, so here are the quick hits:

It's a gacha game, and it's published by EA. Draw your own conclusions.

This review is based off of 100% free gameplay. I have paid $0 for this game.

Lore: Good. 8/10. Game is based on the book and plot elements were clearly designed by someone familiar with the source material. Hero lineup consists of characters from the book, characters that were mentioned in passing in the book but have been a little bit fleshed out and expanded upon, and completely original characters. The latter fit in well with the lore and have convincing names that are, for the most part, based in Tolkien's actual languages or borrowed from elsewhere in the legendarium. Dialogue is lifted directly out of the book in general; when it deviates from these the language used is noticeably different. Minus one half point for that, minus one point for using a ring of power as a leveling mechanic, and minus one half point for female dwarves not having beards.

Gameplay: Typical. It's a gacha game. 6/10. There's never enough energy to actually get anything done in one sitting, as per usual, purchase packs are WAY overpriced, and no particular effort has been expended to make plotlines coincide with the combat mechanic especially well. There has been one special event since I've been playing, where they released Arwen as a hero. There were six stages to the event and I was able to complete five. The sixth required me to have leveled Arwen to five stars in order to complete, and in order to do that I would have had to have either paid $20 for the real world money Arwen pack or got incredibly lucky with the RNG on the in-game gems Arwen pack. However, I am not torn up about this as there was no plot to the event and the rewards were gold and upgrade materials; nice to have, but easy enough to get elsewhere. I am unsure if there are any plans to repeat this event or whether Arwen and other event characters will be available after their events have ended, and this information does have a significant impact on my final opinion of the game. However I'm overall satisfied; it seems to me that the highest levels of this character are locked behind a paywall, but I got a good solid hero that I'm actively using on one of my teams. Points added back for not locking auto-battle until you've manually completed the battle already and for forwarding uncollected daily rewards to your in-game inbox, great quality of life features that other gacha games would be wise to take note of.

Graphics. Fine. 6/10. This rating will doubtless go up over time, as the game is currently plagued by graphical glitches. No apparent impact on actual gameplay but there's quite a bit of A-posing (Frodo and Sam have a combo attack that seems to cause all goblins to A-pose), the Mordor Taskmaster/Úzhan occasionally interacts with the wrong character during one of his skill animations, sometimes when closing out a gear inspection window and going back to a hero's main page will cause them to sprout a second head, which is a bit terrifying, and a few other minor gltiches that are really weighing down the score in this department. But as I've said before, the art style is really fun and unique, I love almost all the character designs, and there are a lot of really good artistic choices (for example: the homepage link to the events page takes the form of a stained glass window, with a really pretty image of whichever character is in focus in the current event). The only probably permanent issue that drags this point down is that some of the combat backgrounds are a bit silly; the heroes are standing on water, or obviously about to run into a wall as they run from one combat stage to the next. But overall the game is really nice to look at. The music is nice too.

Plot. I'm not gonna give the plot a number rating because I like it, but it's not for everyone. You, the player, find a random ring on the ground and put it on because you're not genre-savvy I guess. This ring gives you the power to influence characters from LotR in order to direct them as heroes on the battlefield. How this works is not expounded upon, and it doesn't matter because it's a leveling mechanic. But some other nefarious person is also influencing characters from LotR and they're trying to change the plot, and you have to stop them. Or at any rate, that's what I was told? It seems that sometimes I'm also helping them -- but as this is all just an elaborate excuse to pit completely random teams of heroes together I expect it wasn't thought out quite as thoroughly as it it should have been. Or maybe I just haven't got far enough in the plot to understand it yet. I'm always open to that. Anyhow, I've gotten invested in the subplots mainly through the mechanics of 'it's really mean to Aragorn' and 'they made Uglúk really funny.'

Overall I'm not gonna give it a number rating. Would I recommend it? If you like gacha games, yes. If you like that kind of plot, I'd recommend it just to run through the light and shadow campaigns and look at the pretty graphics.

EDIT: forgot to mention before that this game has been out for roughly one (1) month so that's why I'm so forgiving of the graphical errors.

#unhinged lotr mobile game saga #a couple more notes that i couldnt figure out where to put: #im active in the arena but sort of casually #i regularly win battles and am moving up in the ranks despite not paying for the game #so it seems to me that i can be competitive without forking up #at least competitive enough to satisfy myself #also so i first downloaded this game to make fun of it right? and the tutorial was like 'hey you can open a bonus chest every 4 hours' #'why dont you open one now' #i was like okay yeah sure this is pretty basic w/e right #so i pop open the bonus chest and it gives you usually 2 hero shards although there is a chance for more #and a couple of other things #well it gave me halbarad character shards and to be quite honest that was when it hooked me #good job game you know exactly how to draw me in #i havent unlocked halbarad yet because outside of the chests hes only accessible through supplies with challenge coins #and challenge coins are a PAIN to get hold of #but im almost there! unreasonably excited #might post more about all that later