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Giant Bomb #17 | Baby Dan Wyckert
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Just giving it to you straight, telling it how it is.
Freedom = $1.05
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I dunno, if it's in the game it's in the game. So if you can put the level in an editor then fair is fair
Fotheringay
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Man, patrick wasn't kidding when he said he's bad with music blocks.
MassiveNights
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I wouldn't be surprised if he was testing mechanics/how different mario items interact with each other out more than anything off stream
KLEPEK AIN'T NO CHEATER I'LL CUT YOU
KLEPEK AIN'T NO CHEATER I'LL CUT YOU
Jeevesmeister
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Nah, looking in the editor is cheating if you ask me. The whole point is figuring out for yourself how it all ties together within the constraints of trying to actually complete the level.
StopMakingSense
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The POW block is visible from the beginning.
I've started drawing my Patrick Klepek conspiracy chart, I'll get back to you!
MassiveNights
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STOP MAKING SENSE
Piston Hyundai
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what, so you don't want this to be a nightmare for patrick
would the lord of the rings be better if they just had an escalator to that volcano or whatever
EmCeeGramr
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like he could have cheated but I don't know
dan acted like he wanted patrick to realize that the sub-level was a troll, and there doesn't appear to be anything down there once you get far enough, and how much extra stuff there is on the top part
"grab a thing and use it as a platform" was what the last stage used, and they made a big deal about how funny it was that patrick thought you'd have to carry something all the way back through a stage
90% of this comes down to "there's something here that I found by trying to fly around, and I guess it's probably significant because of the way it's laid out in a conspicuous way but I don't know how" while the real nightmare of the stage is the exact stupid order you have to do things while knowing about stuff that would require trial and error while dodging a bunch of stupid shit
dan acted like he wanted patrick to realize that the sub-level was a troll, and there doesn't appear to be anything down there once you get far enough, and how much extra stuff there is on the top part
"grab a thing and use it as a platform" was what the last stage used, and they made a big deal about how funny it was that patrick thought you'd have to carry something all the way back through a stage
90% of this comes down to "there's something here that I found by trying to fly around, and I guess it's probably significant because of the way it's laid out in a conspicuous way but I don't know how" while the real nightmare of the stage is the exact stupid order you have to do things while knowing about stuff that would require trial and error while dodging a bunch of stupid shit
i wanna believe. the whiplash of how the last stream was going to suddenly doling out anything he might found off screen one after the other probably made his discoveries come off as more suspicious than they really are
Yeah the only worthwhile thing to do off stream is to explore and test mechanics since you wouldn't want to try and complete the level in case you finished it and then had to do it again on stream.
Yes it's totally unfair, Dan had no assistance at all!
collusion!
Sleeping Lesson
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He hasn't questioned the cannon on top of the dry bones. That's the key, or at least the thing he needs to start with.
In the morning stream he said he was going to test how to use the cape off stream.
MassiveNights
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Patrick "working from home but really playing mario maker in secret so Kotaku don't find out" Klepek
Piston Hyundai
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man, my new mario maker level is going to be fire if it works
imagine this but good and with kojima-esque subversion
imagine this but good and with kojima-esque subversion
Fotheringay
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*insert unfinished level joke here*
The Dear Leader
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Dan crowded sourced his level bugs, yet Patrick can't even look at or twitter for mere hints.
It's just an obscure level for the sake of being obscure, Patrick was smart enough to figure out an exploit in one of the other levels. Taking those out is kind lame I think.
Patrick deserves a chance to outwit Dan in his own level.
I'm 43mins in and it's pretty slow.
Twin Tails
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The first 4 minutes were pretty boring.
EmCeeGramr
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either patrick's become a much better actor than I remember, or, if he has gotten illicit advice, it was not much because he doesn't seem to understand a key part of the stage at all
CoolBatteryCharge
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Maybe if Kojima spent as much time finishing his game as Dan did "fixing" his level post launch it would be a great game.
/shitpost
This, he figured out two kinda obvious things by experimenting, if you actually think he cheated I've got a bridge full of chemtrails to sell you.
Honestly he should just do this on company time, I'm sure it's getting way more eyes on than regular Kotaku stuff.
Glitchesarecool
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again, "exploit" thing, the actual solution is still hard but not this hard. I'd actually call it an alternative solution.
Truly monstrous. I didn't even know some of those things were possible.
EDIT: Oh not the real solution? I'd love to know how its intended to be done.
I think this new development in the story has all been rigged
This way Patrick technically "wins", but Dan can save face by claiming that Patrick cheated. No one is a clear winner, and no one is a clear loser, and they can reignite the rivalry for some other game down the road.
This way Patrick technically "wins", but Dan can save face by claiming that Patrick cheated. No one is a clear winner, and no one is a clear loser, and they can reignite the rivalry for some other game down the road.
Welcome to every John Cena match ever.
So you're saying it won't be a clean victory? Truly an event scripted by Dan.
This will all end when the Johnny V podcast comes out. Somehow.
MassiveNights
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Piston Hyundai
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you know, it makes sense that patrick covers this game extensively, because mario maker and kotaku have a lot in common
you gotta wade through endless bullshit to get to the good stuff
So you are saying Dan is going for a Dusty finish in tribute to the late Dusty Rhodes.
Sleeping Lesson
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I haven't read twitch chat in quite a while. Still as shit as I remember.
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