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Sephiroth

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Watching the Easy Update video, I kept thinking how awesome it would be if they utilized Rudolph in a Nick Fury in Iron Man moment. Sure, their concept of having him in a dark jail cell with his glowing nose was neat, I think it would be awesome if it went like this:

It's a dark room. A main character walks into the room and is startled when someone (Rudolph) speaks.
Rudolph's Voice: Something about entering the fight, blah blah blah.
Character: Who are you? Reveal yourself!
The nose lights up. It's all you see. The camera focuses on the face of the character. It's bathed in a red light glow. His (or her) eyes open wide. Cut to black.

Also, this is due to the popularity of Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, but Donner is actually the incorrect name. In the poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas (aka The Night Before Christmas) we are first introduced to the reindeer. Donner is called Donder there. It's why he's paired with Blitzen. Thunder and Lightning.

You just need Haruto walking into his dorm when he tries turning on a light and the switch doesn't work. Then a red nose lights up and Rudolph walks out of the shadows and says "Haruto..won't you guide my team tonight"
 

Rat King

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If I remember it correctly it was his "got fired from GT" coping game before EZA was a thing. I remember the other allies commenting when EZA started up any late night when they'd boot up their ps4 they'd see him online playing it.
Okay, that makes sense. But I didn't know the game was that big. He could finish Persona 5 with that playtime if the MC wasn't that cool, lol.
 

Deimo5

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Okay, that makes sense. But I didn't know the game was that big. He could finish Persona 5 with that playtime if the MC wasn't that cool, lol.
You can spend a lot of time training up your digimon. There is kind of a weird mechanic where you more or less have to digivolve/de-digivolve something several times back and forth to unlock particularly strong digivolutions.
 

ShadyK54

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Oct 25, 2017
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Watching the Easy Update video, I kept thinking how awesome it would be if they utilized Rudolph in a Nick Fury in Iron Man moment. Sure, their concept of having him in a dark jail cell with his glowing nose was neat, I think it would be awesome if it went like this:

It's a dark room. A main character walks into the room and is startled when someone (Rudolph) speaks.
Rudolph's Voice: Something about entering the fight, blah blah blah.
Character: Who are you? Reveal yourself!
The nose lights up. It's all you see. The camera focuses on the face of the character. It's bathed in a red light glow. His (or her) eyes open wide. Cut to black.

Also, this is due to the popularity of Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, but Donner is actually the incorrect name. In the poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas (aka The Night Before Christmas) we are first introduced to the reindeer. Donner is called Donder there. It's why he's paired with Blitzen. Thunder and Lightning.

I need an after credits scene where a reindeer is in the corner watching footage of the school kids getting worked by Bixley. As the footage continues, the reindeers nose begins to flicker red as the scene cuts to black.
 

Nav

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I'm looking forward to them talking about Labo on the podcast. Their reaction was great, but hopefully by now they've caught wind that you can repair or replace your own broken parts since the design patterns will be free online.

Also, in the Labo reaction: I think Huber was joking and feigning ignorance about them recording their reactions. He was just too excited to not interrupt their recording with Yakuza stuff.

And I can't tell if Kyle at that moment is really amused but feigning frustration, or if he's really frustrated but trying to put on a good face.

Agreed with the longform reactions. I also can't wait for Labo Easy Updates. Or Don's Design Labo.

I think Huber was serious by the way. He dropped an f-bomb during the reaction. That's not normal, right?
 

ElephantShell

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Agreed with the longform reactions. I also can't wait for Labo Easy Updates. Or Don's Design Labo.

I think Huber was serious by the way. He dropped an f-bomb during the reaction. That's not normal, right?

Yeah I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do that especially with Bosman next to him. On a solo stream maaaaybe.
 

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Haha, awesome! I have officially liked your tweet! (I'm new to twitter so I might as well use it I guess)

HAHA. Thanks. I really hope they revisit the whole Reindeer Academy thing. Maybe even make it a legitimate thing. I mean, they know voice actors and whatnot. Though, seeing the trials and tribulations Kinda Funny faced doing their animated series, I don't see it as something Easy Allies can tackle. Maybe someone can pitch it to a studio.
 

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New EZ update was amazing. I think it would be important to have "Bixley the Tall Elf" be the character's name in the Japanese too. Like the anglicanized names mark members of the Regime.

I thought the Star Wars reference was pretty on point considering how every other location name in MHA is a Star Wars reference lol
 

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HAHA. Thanks. I really hope they revisit the whole Reindeer Academy thing. Maybe even make it a legitimate thing. I mean, they know voice actors and whatnot. Though, seeing the trials and tribulations Kinda Funny faced doing their animated series, I don't see it as something Easy Allies can tackle. Maybe someone can pitch it to a studio.
Ah, I was not aware the Kinda Funny tried doing an animated series. I can definitely see how that would be pretty difficult to pull off, especially with everything else the Allies have to do already. I do really hope they continue to revisit Reindeer Academy in some way in the future though, the concept is just too funny!
 

NekoNeko

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watched that condensed stream. i liked it but it's basically "kyle's funny moments while playing digimon". i don't know much about the game after watching it. which is fine.
 

Xenoboy

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I feel like Ben has talked so much about DB Fighters and MHW these past few months that it's gotten kind if annoying. I liked the frame traps where they talked about more games, or maybe none of them really played many games these past two weeks.
 

Hasney

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I feel like Ben has talked so much about DB Fighters and MHW these past few months that it's gotten kind if annoying. I liked the frame traps where they talked about more games, or maybe none of them really played many games these past two weeks.

It's January. Nothing of note has come out and most of them were playing GOTY contenders before the discussions and those discussions happened. Of course they're going to talk about the two biggest releases of the week.

Thankfully, it's been far from annoying.

EDIT: Just got past the DBZ talk and there's more games anyway, so not sure where the complaints are coming from anyway. Even handily timestamped if you find the other games annoying.


01:03:43 - The Inpatient

01:17:36 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Worst Rated Games in a Series

01:28:27 - Stellaris

01:41:36 - Metal Gear Survive open beta
 

Xenoboy

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It's January. Nothing of note has come out and most of them were playing GOTY contenders before the discussions and those discussions happened. Of course they're going to talk about the two biggest releases of the week.

Thankfully, it's been far from annoying.

EDIT: Just got past the DBZ talk and there's more games anyway, so not sure where the complaints are coming from anyway. Even handily timestamped if you find the other games annoying.


01:03:43 - The Inpatient

01:17:36 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Worst Rated Games in a Series

01:28:27 - Stellaris

01:41:36 - Metal Gear Survive open beta

For me the problem is that if they want to talk about a game before release they should do it in a preview. I can only imagine MHW becoming a topic yet again next frame trap and the segment be probably equally as long, same for DBFZ. Or maybe I'm just wishing back for the 4 people format
 

Hero-of-Time

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For me the problem is that if they want to talk about a game before release they should do it in a preview. I can only imagine MHW becoming a topic yet again next frame trap and the segment be probably equally as long, same for DBFZ. Or maybe I'm just wishing back for the 4 people format

Monster Hunter World has had 3 betas, each of which added something new each time. It's understandable that this has been the topic of discussion over the past couple of months, especially when nothing else has really been released.
 

klastical

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For me the problem is that if they want to talk about a game before release they should do it in a preview. I can only imagine MHW becoming a topic yet again next frame trap and the segment be probably equally as long, same for DBFZ. Or maybe I'm just wishing back for the 4 people format
Next frame trap I think they will be talking about shadow of the collosus and a hotake about the power on nostalgia or something like that.
 

LiquidSolid

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For me the problem is that if they want to talk about a game before release they should do it in a preview. I can only imagine MHW becoming a topic yet again next frame trap and the segment be probably equally as long, same for DBFZ. Or maybe I'm just wishing back for the 4 people format
I don't really see the big deal. MHW and DBFZ are the first big releases of the year and both companies have done a great job keeping themselves in the headlines with their public betas. What else is there to talk about right now? Like Hasney said, just use the time stamps if you're not interested in those discussions.

Once other big games start coming out, discussion will naturally move onto those. I'm guessing Damiani will be on the next episode to talk about SotC and I'm sure there'll also be Lost Sphear and Dissidia discussion too.
 

ShadyK54

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watched that condensed stream. i liked it but it's basically "kyle's funny moments while playing digimon". i don't know much about the game after watching it. which is fine.

At least from the streamers I've seen, that's usually what condensed streams/highlights are: funny moments.

It also seems like there's not much to learn from Hacker's Memory anyway, it's almost the same game as the original Cyber Sleuth.
 

NekoNeko

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At least from the streamers I've seen, that's usually what condensed streams/highlights are: funny moments.

It also seems like there's not much to learn from Hacker's Memory anyway, it's almost the same game as the original Cyber Sleuth.

yeah sure but that "checkin' out" branding makes it seem like a giant bomb quick look. i feel like they could do both. condense streams as highlights and do quick looks.

i still feel that quick looks would be a easy way to produce good content. it doesn't require much editing or scripting and you always have a video up for the latest games. instead they stream them on twitch for hours to a way lower view count.

it would be cool to see allies interact with each other that usually don't get a lot of 1:1 time.
 

Hasney

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yeah sure but that "checkin' out" branding makes it seem like a giant bomb quick look. i feel like they could do both. condense streams as highlights and do quick looks.

i still feel that quick looks would be a easy way to produce good content. it doesn't require much editing or scripting and you always have a video up for the latest games. instead they stream them on twitch for hours to a way lower view count.

it would be cool to see allies interact with each other that usually don't get a lot of 1:1 time.

They don't live that close outside of Huber and Brad, so we'd probably just have random house visits with shitty audio quality. It's not as easy as you make out.

Not only that, those hours of streams are adding to what is likely their #2 funding source behind Patreon with subs, so I doubt it's going to waste even if the archives aren't viewed.
 

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How come there is no Reindeer Academy fanart yet?
Well, I just google image searched Reindeer Academy, and found out there is a book called Reindeer Academy: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/reindeer-academy
After being closed for many years Santa has reopened his legendary Reindeer Academy. Santa is hoping to find a team of young reindeer to help pull his sleigh. Here we follow Chaser as he joins the academy making new friends while overcoming challenges along the way. Join our Reindeer Academy series as we highlight various characters and their fun adventures that goes beyond the Christmas holiday.
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I did see the Allies retweet some fanart yesterday though, but I can't find it now :(

Ah, nevermind, found one on Twitter:
 
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Hasney

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they still meet up regularely no?

On Tuesdays as a group and then assorted other tapings, so that's already several hours scheduled in. Thank your lucky stars they were doing something when the Labo video went up or we probably wouldn't have gotten anything for it.

Quick Looks have been suggested since day 1 though, so it's something they're not wanting or not able to do for whatever reason.
 

Stowaway Silfer

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Well, I just google image searched Reindeer Academy, and found out there is a book called Reindeer Academy: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/reindeer-academy

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I did see the Allies retweet some fanart yesterday though, but I can't find it now :(

Ah, nevermind, found one on Twitter:


Saw that tweet earlier today, really good stuff!
There's a guy that did EZA fan art with an art style inspired by Akira Toriyama and I'd love to see his take on Reindeer.
 
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I feel like Ben has talked so much about DB Fighters and MHW these past few months that it's gotten kind if annoying. I liked the frame traps where they talked about more games, or maybe none of them really played many games these past two weeks.
It's January. Nothing of note has come out and most of them were playing GOTY contenders before the discussions and those discussions happened. Of course they're going to talk about the two biggest releases of the week.

Thankfully, it's been far from annoying.

EDIT: Just got past the DBZ talk and there's more games anyway, so not sure where the complaints are coming from anyway. Even handily timestamped if you find the other games annoying.


01:03:43 - The Inpatient

01:17:36 - Caught in a Frame Trap: Worst Rated Games in a Series

01:28:27 - Stellaris

01:41:36 - Metal Gear Survive open beta

I think it's a tricky and complex topic.

On one hand, the industry is so fast moving, especially in 2017 with huge games dropping nearly every week, that usually there's little time to really sit and chew on a game. On another hand, I can understand that there's been a lot of coverage of DBFighterz and MHW for the last 3-4 months for both games and such coverage can become redundant by the time games actually launch if a viewer is constantly exposed to such coverage. DBFighterz and MHW have both received a hefty amount of coverage from EZA which is why I can understand where Xenoboy is coming from because it might feel like he's heard it all already. But I feel like Ian and Huber both contributed interesting viewpoints on MHW (haven't gotten to DBZFighterz), which makes the discussion worth a listen in my opinion.
 
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Been trying to go back to fiasconauts as I missed much of 2017's. Just finished dragon slayer (so good, dicks on berry lololol) and looking to start another. Any suggestions? Any real standouts?
 

Stowaway Silfer

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Been trying to go back to fiasconauts as I missed much of 2017's. Just finished dragon slayer (so good, dicks on berry lololol) and looking to start another. Any suggestions? Any real standouts?
"Beautiful...but with a sadness"

I've listened to every single Fiasconauts at least 5 times and I love all of them (with the exception of the one where they had two guests instead of one and I dropped that one after 15 minutes).
"HEIST!" is by far the best one. It is fucking crazy and it's a must-listen.
"Fiasco with the Touring Rock band" is also a fantastic one.
"The Tallest Christmas Tree in the Nation" is the third best one in my opinion.

But like I said, I love all of them.
 
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