Fangu streams (and rants about) XII

Fangu

Great Old One
Now streaming 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

A very important movie.

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Hisako

消えないひさ&#
AKA
Satsu, BRIAN BLESSED, MIGHTY AND WISE Junpei Iori: Ace Detective, Maccaffrickstonson von Lichtenstafford Frabenschnaben, Polite Krogan, Robert Baratheon
WHAAT IS THIIS
 

Fangu

Great Old One
It's a story about Hansel who is born in East Berlin in 1961, same year the Berlin wall went up, who travels to the US by his mothers passport - but in order to do so he has to use his mother's passort and have a penis removal operation. Sadly the doctor is a major fail and leaves him with 'an angry inch'. The American soldier who convinces him to go, and to marry him, leaves him shortly after, so Hansel is left as Hedwig - his mother's name - in the US, trying to survive as the lead in the band 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', following his ex-lover Tommy Gnosis who he had a brief relationship with, and who stole his songs and contrary to Hedwig actually had success.

The story started as a cabaret, then later became a musical in NYC. The movie is directed by the guy playing Hedwig, who's also made movies like 'Shortbus' (and a proper genius if you ask me) - John Cameron Mitchell.

The musical slash movie has really good songs, like 'Origin of Love', trying to discribe how your SO is actually a person who used to be attached to you, but one day Thor got angry and decided to split you - so you're constantly looking for your other half.

It's just a very very good story which I've grown to love :3
 

Fangu

Great Old One
Thanks to Red and Satsu who sorta stuck throughout this crazy story XD

Next up will be Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but I don't know when.

Fnagu out!
 

Lex

Administrator
I actually really liked the movie but I know it didn't do too well with the critics and fans. I loved the games too.
 

Fangu

Great Old One
Yeah the Prince of Persia movie is not a super good movie in any way. The story has been told a million times before. But the two leads have such an awesome chemistry, plus they're both super charming. They're definitely what makes me love this movie. I'll be streaming it late tonight (depending on when Tifabelle's stream ends) or sometimes next week.
 

Fangu

Great Old One
Okay I renamed this thread, because I'm gonna be streaming XII :desu: Edit: No I didn't that didn't work.

I've been streaming practically all day. At one point I had 14 viewers - probably most of them spambots :lol: But two of them found the stream randomly and kept chatting throughout it, supermuch fun.

I started streaming more or less by accident because it turned out the best software to play the game from the PS2 to my computer (my mother was here this weekend and wanted to watch TV on the TV, strange huh) was actually the preview screen of Open Broadcaster. While I was already on the program I thought I might as well try to stream it to Twitch, and it worked really well. I think I'm gonna just keep playing the game this way because interacting during play was great.

I also made a Highlight video from one of the sessions. It's from where I beat Gilgamesh second round at lvl 60. I beat him on my second try. I didn't have Renew or Ribbons, I didn't have any powerweapons (the best one being the Formalhaut I think, which I didn't even use) and I didn't use the blind trick or reverse. Just beat him by patience. It took a little under an hour :lol: So take a look if you want. At the beginning I'm running around because I had Berserk on Ashe and Penelo, lol. And then at the end I fiddle around for a bit before exiting and viewing the final scene.

I love this game so much.
 
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Fangu

Great Old One
Okay I'm gonna go to the Zertinan Caverns and look for a mark there. Then maybe try Fafnir again. Also I desperately want a good Mace. Streaming now :)
 

Flintlock

Pro Adventurer
Let me know when you start tackling the "big four" marks/bosses, by which I mean
Zodiark, Omega Mark XII, Hell Wyrm and that one
, and I might join in. Beating those guys is the only thing I've got left to do in XII, but I haven't played the game in months, so it would give me a reason to pick it up again :)
 

Fangu

Great Old One
Okay, will do! I didn't go for Fafnir, but I found a teleport crystal in the Pharos First Ascent now so I might try him tomorrow, cus I have to quit playing/streaming now (damn you Life!) He beat me up last time but I think that was like 5 levels ago, I don't think I even had Bubble at the time, which makes a huge difference. I can also do Pylraster now, so I think I'm gonna do him as well tomorrow, because I want the reward from that hunt (a good Mace).

More great NPC's at Bhujerba by the way, I love how they all want the Madhu and then they get really sad or depressed from drinking it :lol: I ran around town looking for more alcohol but I only found 2 bottles, I've found 3 in total. Gave 1 to the girl a few playing hours ago, poor girl, lol. And today I gave one to a shop clerk at the Gambit shop (mistook the Technique shop for the Gambit shop, stupid me; I was looking for Pilika's diary). So that's what I like to do, give people wine while they're at work. I just find it really funny slash sad about Bhujerba that the Archadian Empire takes all their magicite, then shut down the mines so all they have left to do now is to drink. Poor folks :/
 

Fangu

Great Old One
Okay was gonna do Pylraster but I have to do the entire Pharos first, so I'm just gonna continue with the story.
 

Fangu

Great Old One
how did you do these things :sadpanda:
I have a
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from when I made a video for my friend's bachelorette party. I needed the equipment to record from old VHS'es. I plug the video + audio jacks (red + white) from the PS2 into the Pinnacle, and then I transfer the video to my computer by a Firewire cable, and the sound through a red/white audio jack to regular jack into the microphone port on my computer. Then I've set the computer to listen to the microphone port and playback trough the regular speakers. I use Open Broadcaster (software) to import the video through the firewire and the sound from Speakers. And then I've got a regular headset plugged into my speakers port so I can hear the music from the game while I play.

It's not an ideal setup (like I can't be on Skype and hear the audio from the game in the same headset and then stream; the Skype output will be streamed as well) but it's pretty cool. And the quality ain't half bad either. The biggest issue is I haven't been able to figure out how to take in the video as widescreen. I could always set the game to 4:3 but then I'd miss stuff. So instead all my characters look very thin :P
 

Octo

KULT OF KERMITU
AKA
Octo, Octorawk, Clarky Cat, Kissmammal2000
waa i want to get in on this but ebay bastard hasnt been delivered yet :@
 

Lex

Administrator
Also, since I'm playing XII again now too :monster:

Looking forward to getting back to that btw, been busy for the past few days. I've been watching your stream on and off too fangu, I get an email on my phone when you go live and I've caught a few glimpses - I really like that you're playing it without using a guide, XII is one of the harder games to do that with. :D
 

Dawnbreaker

~The Other Side of Fear~
You know I read that title as 'Fangu Screams' and then I read the rest of the title about ranting. I'm guessing my mistake actually wasn't too far off the mark. :P
 

Farron

If the sky comes falling down
AKA
Hallelujah
offline. awwwwwh :sadpanda:

offline again. awwwwwwwwwwwwh. :sadpanda:

will day i will catch this.
 

Fangu

Great Old One
waa i want to get in on this but ebay bastard hasnt been delivered yet :@
You know, tell me when you start playing, I want to replay the game :wacky: And maybe even stream the whole thing. I'll see. The only thing I know is, if there's a game I want to know every inch of, it's this game. I want to know every Bazaar item, every weapon, ever little trick. All of it.

Looking forward to getting back to that btw, been busy for the past few days. I've been watching your stream on and off too fangu, I get an email on my phone when you go live and I've caught a few glimpses - I really like that you're playing it without using a guide, XII is one of the harder games to do that with. :D
Oh, awesome <3 I haven't had many viewers on the weekdays, I had more (and comments) this weekend.

I'm pretty sure it's rather boring to see me spending 3 times as much time as I could have in the dungeons trying to make sense of it, but I really enjoy doing it. I level (atm I'm way overleveled though :wacky:) and if I have time, it's kinda relaxing. The only problem is I lose my patience. Eventually I get scared I'm gonna fuck up and lose the last hour of gameplay, and I consult a map or a walkthrough. Especially when there's a "red door" and I fear there's a monstrous Esper behind the door that's gonna one-shot me.

The first time I lost my patience and checked was in the caverns right before entering Old Arcahdes. I was looking for a map and found a Japanese one that had arrows on it, and then I realized it's a maze/puzzle. But I wished I hadn't seen that, because you do get hints of when you're on the right track or not (with the waterfalls).

Just think of back in the days when there was no Internet, and I wasn't allowed to call the helplines. I (and my friends) had to figure out everything for myself/ourselves. We had to replay several hours because we were clueless. And in those days you didn't even get proper hints. In Shadowgate you're supposed to mix a silver arrow with an apple to get into the final boss. (An apple?) And for Maniac Mansion, to open a sealed envelope with an important coin (I don't think you even know the coin is in there, just "the envelope is sealed") you need to heat it in the Microwave with a glass of water.

Just imagine that, and we still were able to figure stuff out. There were stuff we never did though, like how to get through that door in the ceiling. It's then years later you check it online and realize what you should have done, you get kinda disappointed. The mystery is gone. Figuring it out for yourself really is 80% of the fun.

Last night I lost my patience when I was at the last part of the 2nd Ascent at the Pharos. When I touched the first Altar (in the 1st Ascent?) I thought it was a door opening puzzle, not a "pick 1" puzzle. I didn't even realize that was why my minimap was gone. So on the 2nd I picked "Wealth" and my items were gone instead; that's when I realized you only had 1 gone at the same time, which is also mentioned on one of the pillars. But I thought maybe I would have to pick a new one and head back (the doors changing colors and all). What I would have done is gone back down with Items gone, and then figured out I'm getting nowhere. What then could have happened is I might have found out something else - like I still think there's a few hidden doors I haven't found, or if you only kill the Fire tongues, you get a red bridge instead of a green. But since I lost my patience I looked it up and saw you have to gain back your choice, and the elevator will activate.

I dunno *shrugs* I guess figuring out the stuff with the Black Orbs (that you need them, and how to get them - that you need to Float), how to activate the bridges, and finding the secret walls for myself is enough to say "I didn't use a guide" but I do regret not making myself more frustrated :lol: In a way, it's a different way of experiencing the game. You do at times rely a lot on the translations though. Some of the pillars made nada sense to me, some of them were quite easy to understand.

You know I read that title as 'Fangu Screams' and then I read the rest of the title about ranting. I'm guessing my mistake actually wasn't too far off the mark. :P
Haa :lol: Yeah you might have a point there :wacky:

Anyway today I'm gonna finish the 3rd Ascent - I might poke around down in the lower Ascents too, but if I do I'll probably do it from the Save/Transport crystal after finishing the entire Ridorana story.

Edit: Oh, re: your comment Hallelujah - I should put a time on the streaming page and here, and then commit to it.
 

Fangu

Great Old One
Last night: Ridorana 3rd Ascent with bosses, then a lot of random stuff, including a part of the Cockatrice sidequest which was so lol I'm thinking of making a video of it. I also accidentally dropped into Subterra, which was awesome. Only did a few laps but I'm gonna get down there later. Bought 4 Pinewood Chops to get a Sandalwood Chop to get into Grand Archade. Learned some interesting stuff there:

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Yes Balthier, what have you been up to? Wouldn't they like to know. I'm sure they'll be thrilled when they find out you've been stealing their stuff and hanging out with Impurals and street scum.

Tonight I'm gonna try to get into the Rabanastre Royal Palace. Because I can. And then some more Subterra, and I still haven't done Fafnir. And now I can do try Pylraster as well. It'll be around 2 PM New York time.
 
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