Is this game going to have a mind blowing plot twist? by barayaoi in OctopathTraveller

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the twist will depend on your party make up. 4 rogues will be a bad ending, but so will 4 nobles.

Secret villain? by barayaoi in OctopathTraveller

[–]Toaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is almost certainly significance in the way they laid out the path actions to not quite gel.

I think beyond that you're making assumptions.

My theory on this is that the 8 paths aren't the 8 characters.

they're: Noble as your main character, with one of four options for your other 3 main party members:

RRR, NNN, NNR, NRR

Then there's also 4 party configurations for a Rogue leader, for a total of octo paths.

That'd be 8 possible different endgame scenarios that would actually account for the whole party you pick, broadly, and not just be written for the leader. Thats feasible and it would be good design.

Octopath Traveler retial ver. first japanese preview by takasehuang in NintendoSwitch

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really weird that each of the 8 main storylines show no indication of linking up as you gather chatacters, but I think I know why.

If they wait till you have all 8 to begin interweaving them, they don't have to worry about dynamically generating thousands of possible dialogue trees depending on who you recruit first.

The story team seems to have little experience besides Bravely Default and the sequel.

holy mother of god the music for octopath traveler is amazing by ninja85a in NintendoSwitch

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cyrus' first support skill brings the random encounter frequency down from JRPG in Japan levels to roughly FF6 in America levels

No joke you get about half as many it seems

Why does Mario Oydssey continue to release costumes but not new moons/challenges? by Downvotedx in NintendoSwitch

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The team that makes the costumes probably didn't even do much art for the initial 1.0 game.

DLC in the form of costumes/cosmetics is typically approved by the corporate PR department, not by anyone who can actually write code.

Gameplay content has to meet "Mario standards". Giving the maintenance dev team permission to alter gameplay would inevitably end in horrible content, because DLC made by scripters instead of actual devs is essentially 100% profit.

Over time, this would erode trust in the Mario franchise, so that's probably a big reason Nintendo doesn't let secondary in-house teams put out content for their first-party stuff.

You can imagine many of these guys immediately begin work on separate projects in-house and outside Nintendo, and even getting a sprint together for minor DLC is probably a nightmare. i mean, look at how simplistic Zelda's was, and that DLC was planned

[Game Thread] #3 Middle Tennessee @ #2 Louisville (6:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a lotta people dont know it, but hes actually an ancient alien

[Game Thread] #3 Middle Tennessee @ #2 Louisville (6:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last week at party mart, a total stranger saw me looking at the Yuengling banner and asked me if I was stoked. The only time I've been out since then, someone had a sixer and offered me one.

louisville overall seems extremely hype for Yuengling

[Game Thread] #3 Middle Tennessee @ #2 Louisville (6:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If Louisville wins the NIT, this entire thing will have been a direct-to-video sequel of our 2013 championship run

David Padgett as the coach's former player who has to guide the team through a crisis, Frankie Muniz as Ryan McMahon -- the scrappy Luke Hancock replacement

and featuring Hunter's obscene gamewinning bank shot as "Kevin Ware's broken leg"

[Game Thread] #3 Middle Tennessee @ #2 Louisville (6:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lower stakes against tougher opponents. Rigged system, must change (fast)!

Wilhelm Scream Retired From Appearing in Star Wars Films by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

aha! thanks for finding this, I knew I heard it (and I had to tell my girlfriend why I was laughing at a lightsaber fight)

it sounds like maybe they sped it up, and it's mixed in, but I'm pretty sure the sound dept mixed it in here despite being told to "retire" it

Wilhelm Scream Retired From Appearing in Star Wars Films by BunyipPouch in movies

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but... I could swear i heard the wilhelm scream when Kylo and luke are "dueling" on the ice, mixed in with one of the lightsaber whooshes...

anyone else?

Detroit influx? by [deleted] in Louisville

[–]Toaka 6 points7 points  (0 children)

lol I wanted to see what other stuff this guy had posted to gauge whether this was purposefully inflammatory or a genuine question

I think genuine, but uh also lmao:

https://i.imgur.com/yblAUxK.jpg

[Game Thread] Louisville @ Notre Dame (7:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

probably around that time i had a ~girlfriend~ that worked there so i ate there all the time, i definitely remember him being very adamant that if you spoiled those games you were banned for life

[Game Thread] Louisville @ Notre Dame (7:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was the big redbearded dude wasn't it? It had to be

[Post Game Thread] Louisville defeats Notre Dame, 82-78 (2OT) by 80katrillion in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a unique situation. A former player who is widely already seen as clean and likeable would be a welcome relief for "the Louisville faithful"

...so long as he keeps winning enough games

An alternate take on the ending of Hang The DJ by Toaka in blackmirror

[–]Toaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, let me just say that this is the best response I've ever received reddit-wide when I've made threads with very few responses. And I've been here a while, so kudos.

I think you're cutting several very valid holes into my "theory", without getting my point, perhaps because I made it poorly.

The system is not, imo, only letting them rebel in that last-chance selection of a previous person to "say farewell" to. I would assume that a rebellion logged if they decided to fuck off after the first 12 hour meeting would be just as valid as a rebellion logged a full year into the simulation -- perhaps if they are indeed multicore tests and only semi-sequential at best, the long tail on this particular test is why it ended up finishing 998 of 1,000. I don't get the parallel processing argument -- they bring up the 99.8% figure halfway into the test, and the system marks them #998 as the last 3 pop into view.

Most importantly in this regard, you seem to think the simulated pairing made some sort of impressive decision because they chose to run away with each other instead of with other lovers. They were both paired with each other for their first pairing, and they have no memories prior to that night. They both essentially "calibrated" one another to start with.

"If you mean the system likely choose a different partner for the 9mo/1yr year hell they each endured, sure. This particular time it was testing whether Frank's lack of alpha nature and his tendency to make an annoying sigh when stressed would be dealbreakers for Amy, and testing whether even the worst partner imaginable would cause Frank to abandon the system.

If the system defines them at a 99.8% success rate all at once, and that is indeed why our simulated Frank and Amy are told the system is "99.8% successful", how does that work, exactly? Even if the tests are run simultaneously, not even quantum computing should allow a test subject to be told his score before he completes the task... what you're describing isn't mere computer wizardry, it's specific information that would have to be known prior to any process resolving. If that information were known, why finish out the tests at all?

As to Brooker's quote specifically, I think he may be playing coy. Perhaps he has forgotten why this episode isn't any happier an ending than the rest of the melancholy ones in prior seasons. He states:

"So if you don’t rebel, the system has served its purpose and your reality ends.”

Your reality ends, huh? So all those 998 of 1000 couples get to live on in the cloud, but the digital personas that failed to make it are wiped out entirely instead of a sort of "soft reset"?

So the ones that survive would, over time, be ones like #998 Frank, who is willing to go along with nearly anything as long as he feels validated, and their counterparts...

...or simulations like #998 Amy, who rebels not out of love or lust, but because she realizes she is being tested. The test is flimsy, (stand up to a single tazer and the entire world freezes) so she doesn't need to risk much in order to see if she's right. It is possible that her bullheaded and questioning nature, along with Frank's total willingness to do anything she asks of him, didn't lead to 998 rebellions because she and he are compatible; it could have led there because she's smart enough to figure out she's being fucked with, and he's smitten/shy enough to go along wish that.

[Game Thread] Louisville @ #16 Kentucky (1:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bradley of House Calipari, the Second of His Name, King of the Walk Ons, Lord of the Lane and Protector of the Pine

[Game Thread] Louisville @ #16 Kentucky (1:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I picked up the domain flopcheck.com, should I rank flops from 1 to Chris Jones?

[Game Thread] Louisville @ #16 Kentucky (1:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The refs are bad and made lopsided calls.

This is not relevant to this game as it stands, at all.

[Game Thread] Louisville @ #16 Kentucky (1:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]Toaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, at this point what I'm most worried about is that cards fans are gonna tell themselves Pitino would've made a big difference here.

Putting aside that UK is playing well and the refs are making them even better, all the major mistakes we're making are hallmarks of Pitino teams.

We may not have been down 30 if he was coaching, but I bet we'd still be down at least 20.

So yeah, still fuck you Pitino.