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Current list for the async starting tomorrow

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)
2- Reg (SA2)
3- Aria (LADX)
4- Koala (SMW)
5- MrSmartGuy (SA2)

Still a few more days for people to send yamls for July 22nd

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)
2- Reg (SA2)
3- Aria (LADX)

The next async will be July 22nd, so start letting me know about yamls if you want to participate! I'll be doing my usual Hollow Knight

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)

We'll go for the 22nd in that case (it works better for me too)

Less than a day left to join tomorrow's async

I don't have time to compile a list at the moment, but two slots for MrSmartGuy bring us to seven

Current list for the June 17th async

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)
2- Reg (SM64)
3- Aria (LTTP)
4- JeffRaze (Blasphemous)
5- Koala (Super Metroid)

It depends on the game, in my experience. Some are no more difficult than installing a mod, but others can be a lot more involved

I forgot to post the spoiler log here. Next async will be either June 17 or 24

https://archipelago.gg/dl_spoiler/neoTIYJVQ16Zc5c4Zvohdw

The cutoff for joining the async is 24 hours from now

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)
2- Reg (Link's Awakening DX)
3- Koala (Super Mario World)
4- Koala (Super Metroid)
5- AriaOfBolo (Secret of Evermore)
6- JeffRaze (Link's Awakening DX)
7- JeffRaze (Link to the Past)

As mentioned before, the next async will be on May 27th, a little over a week from now. I'm in for my usual Hollow Knight

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)

Whoops, I forgot I never posted about that. Yeah, 27th for the next one

Bump

The async is still going, but it sounds like the two Stardews are done or almost done, so we're likely nearing the end

Espeon posted...

Im sorry roba. Today was a really busy day at work and I wasnt on top of my game.

Don't worry, you've been getting more saves than me! These rounds start too early for me most of the time

Damn, top ten would've been nice for Zombie Land Saga. Still, I think it did pretty good! It's the top music anime, after all. Thanks for supporting it with me, Inviso.

I'm guessing most people here haven't seen it, so hopefully this inspires someone to check it out. It's an idol anime and has everything that goes with that, including occasionally iffy CGI performances. However, it's also a hilarious show with great characters, and it makes the most of its unique zombie premise. ZLS is an anime with a lot of heart.

@MartinFF7 thanks for being a reliable trade partner. Would you mind switching to Odd Taxi now?

NR for ZLS

Zombie Land Saga

Fate/Zero

Chaeix posted...

Trading for fate auto can save now

For ZLS

Trading ZLS auto, I can't get Mushishi

Mushishi

Zombie Land Saga

I'm canceling my trade offer

Trading for ZLS auto (neither of the currently available trades are ones I can take). I can't save Kaguya or Mushishi

Kaguya

Zombie Land Saga

Mushishi

Zombie Land Saga

Mushishi

Kaguya

Whoops that was bottom of the page, not newest post. My bad, just woke up

Trading ZLS auto

TheArkOfTurus posted...

Trading for Oddtaxi, auto

For ZLS

Zombie Land Saga

Mushishi

I don't consider it rallying to say "hey this character would be good" hoping to convince people already participating. Rallying is when you bring in people who don't care about the contest to nominate something specific.

Like, saying "Top Man is a fun idea" isn't rallying. Having my brother dust off his ancient Gamefaqs account so he can come here and nominate Top Man would be rallying.

Zombie Land Saga

Baccano!

Mushishi

Ryuk
Nito

MartinFF7 posted...

So you mentioned a couple of cities, how "big" is the world? Is there a win condition or is it just "survive as long as you can"?

I'll check out that video when I get home from work, but thanks for linking it! As for a goal, there really isn't one other than survival. I have hopes a future NPC update will add some stuff, it'd be fun to rescue people and build a community or something. For now, though, you have to make goals for yourself. My 30-hour character had fortified a school, had a rooftop garden for food, and rain barrels for water. I probably could've stayed there indefinitely. But I wanted to live in a giant apartment building in Louisville so instead I got eaten...

As for the map, it's pretty big. Here's a link to it, and I know they're still adding locations (which is what I assume some of the areas with streets but no buildings on the edges will eventually become)

https://map.projectzomboid.com/

Final Destination
The Sims

Zylothewolf posted...

The stupid AI character who is supposed to heal: Oh let me spam Cure 1000 times instead of removing the status effect.

Sounds like you were relying too much on auto-battle. You need to set up the roles and paradigms. I was an active participant in every fight and I never struggled to get them to do what I wanted them to.

Not sure if anyone else here has even played it, but oh well. I need to praise this somewhere. It's an amazing game with a lot of depth, and it's also probably the best simulation of what trying to survive a zombie apocalypse would be like.

For anyone who doesn't know, it's an isometric survival game. It's also an unforgiving experience where you're always only one tiny mistake away from permadeath. On default settings (which can easily be changed, there's a sandbox mode with tons of options) you aren't even guaranteed to find a weapon in your starter house. You need to venture out into infested towns for resources, collect water before the utilities shut down, and secure a food supply before winter sets in. Meanwhile, all it takes is one bite and your character is dead. Permadeath, and no way to reload an old save (unless you manually backup the save folder yourself). I recently had a 30-hour character who'd killed thousands of zombies. I loaded up a car with all my best supplies and gear. I drove to Louisville, the biggest town on the map, with grand plans to conquer one of the multi-story apartment buildings as my new base. Then I was caught out of position and eaten alive in the army checkpoint at the edge of the city.

I won't lie, it hurt to lose something I'd invested so much time into. In most games I'm a big fan of save-scumming. Project Zomboid, though, is the kind of game where I quickly got over it and started a new character. Each run is different and winds up becoming its own story. There are also several different game mechanics, and even after over seventy hours there are some I still haven't figured out. In most games, injuries are healed with a health pack. In Zomboid, you need to disinfect the wound, wrap it in bandages, and then keep an eye on it in order to change the bandage if it gets dirty or take antibiotics if it gets infected. Fixing a car means opening up the hood and tinkering with individual parts using items scavanged from other wrecks. You can forage for sticks and stones to make spears or axes. There's fishing, animal trapping, and farming. You can barricade existing buildings or build an entirely new one using carpentry and metalworking. I still haven't even touched the tailoring system, but I know it's possible to sew leather patches onto clothing for armor. It really just amazes me how many different things the game has going on in it.

Now, it isnt perfect. The complexity means there's a steep learning curve. My first several runs ended in the first few days, which were spent being overwhelmed by everything until I eventually died to a small group of zombies. I'd get scratched a few times and try to run away, but there were just more zombies everywhere I went and eventually they'd catch up after I ran out of energy. But, like I said, each death taught me something new. I learned I didn't need to run, the walking speed was enough to keep ahead of them while saving my energy. I learned how to lose a horde by cutting through a house and hopping the back fence while they were still bashing down the front door. I learned what loot to prioritize so I wasn't weighing my backpack down with junk after every house.

I also tinkered more with the sandbox options to find a game mode that was fun for me. I started with more plentiful loot, no power/water shutdown, and a starter bag with a baseball bat. After each run, though, I ticked things closer towards default. Now my only easy-mode changes are no zombie respawn (which I balance by having peak population on day 1 rather than it slowly ramping up until day 28) and multi-hit, which means melee attacks can hit more than one zombie. Fighting a group is a tedious grind otherwise. I love how there's always something to do. I love clearing out city blocks and looting each individual house on it. And I love how the zombies are a fair and predictable threat who still need to be taken seriously because all it takes is one tiny error to lose everything.

I hope this topic doesn't sound like I'm trying to promote Project Zomboid or something, because that isn't really my goal. This is a game where I think people will know right away whether it appeals to them or not. I've always been a big fan of this type of game. The Dead Rising series, 7 Days to Die, and Contagion are all zombie games I adore that reward exploration and being methodical. Project Zomboid simply takes a lot of elements from those other games and puts them together into the perfect zombie apocalypse sandbox.

I first tried the PZ tech demo way back in 2011. I thought it had potential to be great once it was finished. Now here we are over a decade later, and... it still isn't finished. It is living up to its potential, however! There are some janky systems, like why is there a crafting menu if most crafting is done by right-clicking relevant items in your inventory? Still, crafting is apparently one of the big things they plan to overhaul in the future, along with other big additions like human NPCs. For a game as fun and addictive as this, I can forgive the rough spots while looking forward to future polish.

Anyway, thank you for letting me gush about one of my new favorite games. My current character is only a week in, but she's cleared a few blocks in Muldraugh and is currently holed up on the second floor of a small clinic. If I can find a working car and some more crowbars, I'm planning to make the drive to Louisville again to see if I can make it past that damn military checkpoint this time.

Will do. I haven't watched LotGH, but it looks interesting and I'm sorry ot went out already

Zombie Land Saga

I'm obligated to post that XIII is the best FF. Lightning also is the best FF character. The story in XIII is great, the world is endlessly interesting, and, while the linearity is a definite mark against it the amazing combat system more than made up for any flaws.

XIII-2 is also the worst FF by a surprisingly large margin.

Thank you.

Haikyuu

LiquidOshawott posted...

Auto for Haikyuu save now

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Baccano!

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

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