OXBoxTra-y Thursday
Apr. 7th, 2022 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickAs you will see by my write-up of the evening to-dos:
Work – A little busier than yesterday, but not anything truly bad. A couple of phone calls, sending out some mail, investigating a few things for the bosses – that was about it. Oh, and trying to figure out a matching gift for someone who has some overly-complicated giving. *sighs* Just one more day to go!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, finishing off the Oxventure Stream “Sect Appeal!” After the unclear “you will be the first to inject!” command from Serafina Ash[mumble] regarding the serum that will turn people into Evilberts, Egbert was invited to hand over the black sorrel to the alchemists waiting to grind it up into fine powder. The others were like “Egbert, time to destroy it,” but Egbert was like “I’m gonna play the long game” and actually handed it over to be ground up. Everyone watched anxiously as the sorrel was reduced to a fine paste via some thorough pestle-and-mortaring (Dob palming Davey a knife, in case he needed it, while Corazon just gave Chet a Significant Look). The alchemist in charge of grinding eventually checked his progress, declared this should work, and flicked the paste into the brew –
Cue Egbert grabbing the cauldron and drinking the entire batch of serum to become super-Egbert. Johnny had to get up and get more beer for that one. XD However, Egbert succeeded on his Constitution check (with the help of his inspiration), and Johnny ending up ruling that the result was Egbert firing 37 baby/mini Egberts out of the palms of his hands. Dob was like “I don’t understand dragonborn biology,” with Egbert responding “no this is not normal!” XD The rest of the cultists, shocked by this display, went rapidly from “STOP HIM CALL THE LADY GET THE–” to “OMG THE CHOSEN ONE THE CHOSEN ONE THE CHOSEN ONE.” Seriously – they saw Egbert making more Egberts via magical serum nonsense and promptly declared him the Best Dragonborn Ever. XD In fact, the only thing that could ruin this was the scrying pool firing up, Lady Liliana seeing the Oxventurers ruining her great work again (with Corazon making sure to show her how much he thought she sucked – via notes AND hand gestures), and screaming for her cultists to “KILL THEM” –
Except Merilwen has a spell that lets her both create and DESTROY water, and she emptied out the pool before Liliana could complete her command – it just came out as “KILL THE!” Which Egbert promptly took advantage of to command everyone to kill the tanks and let the townspeople go. And also return Prudence’s books and orb, please! Everyone was happy to comply with the first two orders (Serafina in particular hefting a VERY big war hammer and smashing a tank, which got Corazon’s attention), but the third caused general confusion – turns out Puzzle Palantir, Frisky, and The Darkness never entered the caves. Prudence promptly got back on the gin. XD Anyway, the kidnapped people were released, the tanks were smashed up, the cultists decided they’d contact Liliana later to see about her will in conquering all of Geth (though they may have some trouble – Dob sidled over to the pool and stole the single hair resting at the bottom of it, which – judging by Johnny’s “look at you having a proper think” reaction – I suspect is what makes the damn thing WORK), Corazon tried to ask Serafina out, then settled for fleecing the cult out of a good half of its treasure via “tithes” to the Chosen One, Chet decided Corazon was too fickle for his tastes, all the Egbert babies got kissed by Wills before being taken with Dob in his papoose –
And yes, the orb and books happened to be just outside the cave when they left, having had a wonderful adventure all their own while the Oxventurers were drunkenly joining a cult. Prudence tried to scold them but couldn’t stay mad for long. XD So now the Oxventurers have 37 Babyberts to look after, plus the knowledge that Liliana is still trying to conquer Geth via the power of Egbert’s kidney. Fun! XD What a great Oxventure. . .I really do love these things.
It’s not right onto the next one, though – as I had a little time after the stream wrapped up (with everyone encouraging people to subscribe to Johnny’s “Dicebreaker” channel and promoting a competition they had at the time where you could win a chance for them to run a game for you and your friends – Mike said “look at the nonsense they put up with here” XD), I watched a bit of someone’s vlog of the “Festival of Thrills” event going on at Alton Towers this month! And, happily, the ten minutes I watched featured the bit I really wanted to see, which was Hyperhaus, the Smiler band. They were – less hyper than I was expecting, but I suspect they’re better in person, and on a busier day (the opening of the event was actually rather rainy and depressing). The Advocate dancers they had in front of the stage had some cool moves, though. :) Anyway, random video tomorrow to close out the week, then NEXT week, we start the next stream! :)
2. Continue writing “Learn To Love Again”: Check – Alice has learned she has Simple Illusions, which allows her to create images up to six feet away from her – just images, but they can move if she likes. She can also change her appearance, which leads to the reveal that yes, Bumby did INDEED see Wonderland!Alice before he went. Alice just showed off for everybody, noting this’ll be useful when it comes to keeping her clothing budget down. XD Just gotta get it out that she’s got the fire control too, then it’ll soon be time to wrap up this chapter and move onto the last!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Technically N/A as it was a rare night where NOBODY uploaded (Gray’s “Members Only” day; Kevin skipped due to his “every other day” schedule; and of course James has no consistent upload schedule right now). So instead I made it an OXBoxtra night and cleared out the Watch Later of their videos:
A) “7 Least Intimidating Fighting Game Characters Who Could Kick Your Ass” – Andy takes us through fighting-game characters that you would NOT expect to be so good at their chosen gaming genre. Find a way to unlock “Blarney” the dinosaur and his love heart attack in Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport? Spam that attack and you can stunlock an enemy into submission! Get the butler Sebastian in Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Turns out he knows EVERY ONE of his employer Lily’s moves, including the ones she herself doesn’t get anymore. Pick Amingo the cactus man in Marvel Vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes? Have fun turning your limbs into drills and launching Venom up in the air to eat him temporarily! Basically, always, ALWAYS beware the joke character – you don’t know what they’re packing behind the silly exterior.
B) “7 Elden Ring NPCs Whose Lives You Ruined by 'Helping'” – Luke takes us through some of the NPCs in the game Elden Ring who might have been better off if you hadn’t tried to help them achieve their greatest dream. Boc the Seamster, the demi-human whom you save from his own tribe and becomes your personal tailor, wants to be reborn in a better form? He ends up a hollow-eyed mannequin man who dies the moment you rest and reload the game. (Fortunately you CAN save him with a self-esteem boost at the right time, but the way to do so is really obscure!) Thops the apprentice sorcerer who wishes to re-enter his spell-locked academy to improve his spells? He dies if you get him the key to get back in, though at least you get his barrier spell that proves he’ll at least have a place in history. Hyetta the aspiring Finger Maiden (this game’s version of the fire maidens and all those other ladies who help you level up), who needs you to feed her special grapes so her weak eyes can follow the light to the magical Fingers who for some reason serve as gods in this setting? Yeah, uh, you’ve been feeding her eyeballs, she’s going into service with the EVIL Fingers, and she dies if you try to bless her with their terrible flame. Maybe – maybe don’t do sidequests in this game, everyone.
C) “I Built a Love Trumpet (and 6 Other Things You Need to See in Two Point Campus)” – Jane takes us on a tour of the upcoming Two Point Campus, a college building and management simulator coming out later this summer! She got her paws on a preview copy, and had to share with us the ins-and-outs of how the game works (building lecture halls for aspiring clowns, giant kitchen labs for aspiring chefs, and student unions for aspiring terrible bands, for example). And also the “Love Trumpet,” which is a strange little bubble “fountain” that encourages couples in love to look upon it and then want to jump on the bed. Literally. XD It’s a sweet, silly game, and if you like Two Point Hospital, you’ll probably like this one too. Look for it in August!
D) “7 Weapons That Seem Awesome But Are Totally Impractical” – Andy, Jane, and Mike take us through a bunch of video game weapons that SEEM cool, but would be less than great in real life. The Grafted Blade Greatsword from Elden Ring? A cool reference to the infamous “Iron Throne” of Game of Thrones – but it’s incredibly unwieldy and looks like a robot Christmas tree, to quote Andy. Stendarr’s Hammer from The Elder Scrolls III: Oblivion? A badass war hammer with sapphires and spikes – and the most weight units in the game, meaning using it effectively might mean just leaving it in front of someone’s home as a trip hazard, as suggested by Jane. The Orbital Cannon from GTA Online? A beautiful example of overkill you can use to really destroy those griefers – but it costs so much to fire in-game that you’ll probably have to spend REAL-WORLD money to use it. The cost of a fancy caramel coffee drink, as revealed by Mike. The lesson here is a simpler weapon is usually the best – or, at least won’t make you miss your Starbucks run for the week.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – simple three ask replies over on Valice Multiverse, nothing too special.
Yes, all the OXBox and OXtra today, it seems! I'm not complaining, though. I enjoy those videos from them. :) And now I have a little less in the Watch Later for the upcoming weekend, yay~ Just gotta get through tomorrow now. Fingers crossed it's okay, everyone! Night all!
Work – A little busier than yesterday, but not anything truly bad. A couple of phone calls, sending out some mail, investigating a few things for the bosses – that was about it. Oh, and trying to figure out a matching gift for someone who has some overly-complicated giving. *sighs* Just one more day to go!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, finishing off the Oxventure Stream “Sect Appeal!” After the unclear “you will be the first to inject!” command from Serafina Ash[mumble] regarding the serum that will turn people into Evilberts, Egbert was invited to hand over the black sorrel to the alchemists waiting to grind it up into fine powder. The others were like “Egbert, time to destroy it,” but Egbert was like “I’m gonna play the long game” and actually handed it over to be ground up. Everyone watched anxiously as the sorrel was reduced to a fine paste via some thorough pestle-and-mortaring (Dob palming Davey a knife, in case he needed it, while Corazon just gave Chet a Significant Look). The alchemist in charge of grinding eventually checked his progress, declared this should work, and flicked the paste into the brew –
Cue Egbert grabbing the cauldron and drinking the entire batch of serum to become super-Egbert. Johnny had to get up and get more beer for that one. XD However, Egbert succeeded on his Constitution check (with the help of his inspiration), and Johnny ending up ruling that the result was Egbert firing 37 baby/mini Egberts out of the palms of his hands. Dob was like “I don’t understand dragonborn biology,” with Egbert responding “no this is not normal!” XD The rest of the cultists, shocked by this display, went rapidly from “STOP HIM CALL THE LADY GET THE–” to “OMG THE CHOSEN ONE THE CHOSEN ONE THE CHOSEN ONE.” Seriously – they saw Egbert making more Egberts via magical serum nonsense and promptly declared him the Best Dragonborn Ever. XD In fact, the only thing that could ruin this was the scrying pool firing up, Lady Liliana seeing the Oxventurers ruining her great work again (with Corazon making sure to show her how much he thought she sucked – via notes AND hand gestures), and screaming for her cultists to “KILL THEM” –
Except Merilwen has a spell that lets her both create and DESTROY water, and she emptied out the pool before Liliana could complete her command – it just came out as “KILL THE!” Which Egbert promptly took advantage of to command everyone to kill the tanks and let the townspeople go. And also return Prudence’s books and orb, please! Everyone was happy to comply with the first two orders (Serafina in particular hefting a VERY big war hammer and smashing a tank, which got Corazon’s attention), but the third caused general confusion – turns out Puzzle Palantir, Frisky, and The Darkness never entered the caves. Prudence promptly got back on the gin. XD Anyway, the kidnapped people were released, the tanks were smashed up, the cultists decided they’d contact Liliana later to see about her will in conquering all of Geth (though they may have some trouble – Dob sidled over to the pool and stole the single hair resting at the bottom of it, which – judging by Johnny’s “look at you having a proper think” reaction – I suspect is what makes the damn thing WORK), Corazon tried to ask Serafina out, then settled for fleecing the cult out of a good half of its treasure via “tithes” to the Chosen One, Chet decided Corazon was too fickle for his tastes, all the Egbert babies got kissed by Wills before being taken with Dob in his papoose –
And yes, the orb and books happened to be just outside the cave when they left, having had a wonderful adventure all their own while the Oxventurers were drunkenly joining a cult. Prudence tried to scold them but couldn’t stay mad for long. XD So now the Oxventurers have 37 Babyberts to look after, plus the knowledge that Liliana is still trying to conquer Geth via the power of Egbert’s kidney. Fun! XD What a great Oxventure. . .I really do love these things.
It’s not right onto the next one, though – as I had a little time after the stream wrapped up (with everyone encouraging people to subscribe to Johnny’s “Dicebreaker” channel and promoting a competition they had at the time where you could win a chance for them to run a game for you and your friends – Mike said “look at the nonsense they put up with here” XD), I watched a bit of someone’s vlog of the “Festival of Thrills” event going on at Alton Towers this month! And, happily, the ten minutes I watched featured the bit I really wanted to see, which was Hyperhaus, the Smiler band. They were – less hyper than I was expecting, but I suspect they’re better in person, and on a busier day (the opening of the event was actually rather rainy and depressing). The Advocate dancers they had in front of the stage had some cool moves, though. :) Anyway, random video tomorrow to close out the week, then NEXT week, we start the next stream! :)
2. Continue writing “Learn To Love Again”: Check – Alice has learned she has Simple Illusions, which allows her to create images up to six feet away from her – just images, but they can move if she likes. She can also change her appearance, which leads to the reveal that yes, Bumby did INDEED see Wonderland!Alice before he went. Alice just showed off for everybody, noting this’ll be useful when it comes to keeping her clothing budget down. XD Just gotta get it out that she’s got the fire control too, then it’ll soon be time to wrap up this chapter and move onto the last!
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Technically N/A as it was a rare night where NOBODY uploaded (Gray’s “Members Only” day; Kevin skipped due to his “every other day” schedule; and of course James has no consistent upload schedule right now). So instead I made it an OXBoxtra night and cleared out the Watch Later of their videos:
A) “7 Least Intimidating Fighting Game Characters Who Could Kick Your Ass” – Andy takes us through fighting-game characters that you would NOT expect to be so good at their chosen gaming genre. Find a way to unlock “Blarney” the dinosaur and his love heart attack in Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport? Spam that attack and you can stunlock an enemy into submission! Get the butler Sebastian in Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Turns out he knows EVERY ONE of his employer Lily’s moves, including the ones she herself doesn’t get anymore. Pick Amingo the cactus man in Marvel Vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes? Have fun turning your limbs into drills and launching Venom up in the air to eat him temporarily! Basically, always, ALWAYS beware the joke character – you don’t know what they’re packing behind the silly exterior.
B) “7 Elden Ring NPCs Whose Lives You Ruined by 'Helping'” – Luke takes us through some of the NPCs in the game Elden Ring who might have been better off if you hadn’t tried to help them achieve their greatest dream. Boc the Seamster, the demi-human whom you save from his own tribe and becomes your personal tailor, wants to be reborn in a better form? He ends up a hollow-eyed mannequin man who dies the moment you rest and reload the game. (Fortunately you CAN save him with a self-esteem boost at the right time, but the way to do so is really obscure!) Thops the apprentice sorcerer who wishes to re-enter his spell-locked academy to improve his spells? He dies if you get him the key to get back in, though at least you get his barrier spell that proves he’ll at least have a place in history. Hyetta the aspiring Finger Maiden (this game’s version of the fire maidens and all those other ladies who help you level up), who needs you to feed her special grapes so her weak eyes can follow the light to the magical Fingers who for some reason serve as gods in this setting? Yeah, uh, you’ve been feeding her eyeballs, she’s going into service with the EVIL Fingers, and she dies if you try to bless her with their terrible flame. Maybe – maybe don’t do sidequests in this game, everyone.
C) “I Built a Love Trumpet (and 6 Other Things You Need to See in Two Point Campus)” – Jane takes us on a tour of the upcoming Two Point Campus, a college building and management simulator coming out later this summer! She got her paws on a preview copy, and had to share with us the ins-and-outs of how the game works (building lecture halls for aspiring clowns, giant kitchen labs for aspiring chefs, and student unions for aspiring terrible bands, for example). And also the “Love Trumpet,” which is a strange little bubble “fountain” that encourages couples in love to look upon it and then want to jump on the bed. Literally. XD It’s a sweet, silly game, and if you like Two Point Hospital, you’ll probably like this one too. Look for it in August!
D) “7 Weapons That Seem Awesome But Are Totally Impractical” – Andy, Jane, and Mike take us through a bunch of video game weapons that SEEM cool, but would be less than great in real life. The Grafted Blade Greatsword from Elden Ring? A cool reference to the infamous “Iron Throne” of Game of Thrones – but it’s incredibly unwieldy and looks like a robot Christmas tree, to quote Andy. Stendarr’s Hammer from The Elder Scrolls III: Oblivion? A badass war hammer with sapphires and spikes – and the most weight units in the game, meaning using it effectively might mean just leaving it in front of someone’s home as a trip hazard, as suggested by Jane. The Orbital Cannon from GTA Online? A beautiful example of overkill you can use to really destroy those griefers – but it costs so much to fire in-game that you’ll probably have to spend REAL-WORLD money to use it. The cost of a fancy caramel coffee drink, as revealed by Mike. The lesson here is a simpler weapon is usually the best – or, at least won’t make you miss your Starbucks run for the week.
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – simple three ask replies over on Valice Multiverse, nothing too special.
Yes, all the OXBox and OXtra today, it seems! I'm not complaining, though. I enjoy those videos from them. :) And now I have a little less in the Watch Later for the upcoming weekend, yay~ Just gotta get through tomorrow now. Fingers crossed it's okay, everyone! Night all!
