How About No said:
I'm scared to play coop multiplayer games (TF2, L4D)because I'm afraid I'll screw up and fuck things up for everyone else. Pretty much the only time I play L4D2 is when a new DLC comes out, which is...not very often.
AdawgDaFAB said:
I'm similar. I don't like to play games online and only really do so if it is with friends I know. I also hate my voice, so talking over a mic to strangers = awkkkkward.
This too. I play lots of games but I'm only really decent at them. I do play a lot of co-op irl w/ friends, and when I do so I am often the "dead weight" of the team, always making some kind of stupid mistake.
You guys really shouldn't be bothered about this.
TF2 isn't a super serious competitive shooter, it's just a wacky game you have fun with. Especially if you are playing friends or other people from PonyGAF. For example, last night I was playing Demoman and was trying to sticky jump my way forward but kept blowing myself up or launching so high into the sky I was dying from fall damage. Instead of feeling bad about it, I was laughing so hard at the stupid things I was doing. I get what you are saying about voice chat though, since I hardly ever do it, but don't be afraid to use the text chat. There are some instances when it can really help out the team, like if you get killed by a Spy you can instantly tell your team what he is disguised as.
ruby_onix said:
I believe that the CMC's cutie marks are going to eventually be the CMC logo. I think they're going to have a bunch of adventures, but at some point the group is going to get frustrated with failure and will break up to go their separate ways, at which point one of them (probably Scootaloo, since she seems to be their idiot leader) will realize that they truly enjoyed the time they spent as part of the CMC, and the CMC logo will appear. They'll run back to the others, and the sight of a CMC cutie mark on one of them will shock them and trigger matching CMC cutie marks on the other two. The CMC will never stop the journey, even if they have their cutie marks.
You know, this idea isn't half bad and I could totally see it happening. It would be a great bait and switch with the talents that everyone thinks they represent. The only issue I see with it is that aside from background characters (Which don't really count), cutie marks are made out to be individual things that represent the pony (I don't think any other character shares a mark with a main character, and even ones that are similar talents like AJ and Big Mac have different marks) so I'm not sure if we would see three main characters with the same mark, unless they all had variations on it.
And on that note, here are the ratings for last night's CMC stream:
For Stare Master: 6 people voted 5, 14 people voted 4, 9 people voted 3, no-one voted 2 and 2 people voted 1, giving it an average of
3.71.
For The Show Stoppers: 5 people voted 5, 6 people voted 4, 10 people voted 3, 2 people voted 2 and 1 person voted 1, giving it an average of
3.5.
Which means that in the overall ranking so far, Stare Master is drawing with Friendship is Magic part 2 for tenth place, and The Show Stoppers ends up in 14th place. When it comes to ties, would you guys prefer me to list the drawing episodes as having the same place or work out a way of ranking one over the other? (Like saying whichever episode got the most 5 votes comes above the other one or something)
1. Suited For Success - 4.73
2. Sonic Rainboom - 4.68
2. Dragonshy - 4.68
3. Winter Wrap Up - 4.54
4. Swarm of the Century - 4.28
5. Bridle Gossip - 4.07
6. Friendship is Magic Part 1 - 4.06
7. The Ticket Master - 4.05
8. Griffon the Brush-Off - 4
9. Look Before You Sleep - 3.81
10. Stare Master - 3.71
10. Friendship is Magic Part 2 - 3.71
11. Fall Weather Friends - 3.69
12. Applebuck Season - 3.67
13. Boast Busters - 3.58
14. The Show Stoppers - 3.5
15. Feeling Pinkie Keen - 3.45
16. Call of the Cutie - 3.15
And for a bonus poll, everyone voted on their favourite Cutie Mark Crusader and the results were Apple Bloom in first with 12 votes,
Rainbow Dash jr Scootaloo in second with 11 and Sweetie Belle in last with 8.
TF2 was really fun, and I think pretty much everyone who wanted to play managed to get in so we should totally use that server in future. Also Captain Fish is one stylish Heavy.
Last but not least, the Steam giveaway. 10 people PM'd me with entries so I did the same as I did before and gave each person a number and ran them through a random generator to see who won. The number that came up was 3 which means
tiff wins a free copy of RUSH on Steam! RUSH is a really fun puzzle game that's kinda like ChuChu Rocket, it's pretty cheap in the Steam sale and it has a demo so if anyone else is interested in it you should really check it out before the sale ends.
Next week is Rarity week on Synchtube as we watch A Dog and Pony Show and Green Isn't Your Color. All the Rarity based episodes are pretty much awesome so we could get a new best episode.
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