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[FuzzyZergling]

Is it bad that PBat is actually one of my favorite Terraria LP'ers?
I mean, I find him very entertaining, not annoying at all.

[Duke 2.0]

Is it bad that PBat is actually one of my favorite Terraria LP'ers?
I mean, I find him very entertaining, not annoying at all.

Not a problem. Some people can't stand him, but that is personal taste. There are things to be frustrated at him for, but I still like him despite the problems.

[BigD145]

Is it bad that PBat is actually one of my favorite Terraria LP'ers?
I mean, I find him very entertaining, not annoying at all.

You're 18 and you live out in Calgary. I'd say you're one of the other targets for PBat's LP's. In 5 years you'll look back and likely find him quite annoying.

[Soulwynd]

In DF, only very recently we got the ability to use stone to build walls...

November 2007 is "very recently"?  Heck, in terms of years, at this point the 2D Era accounts for a third to quarter of DF's history, and is rapidly fading into ancient legend.

Maybe I'm getting too old, but for me that is very recently. It's only 5 years. I play games from 20 years ago.

[nenjin]

I just saw this in TO's latest PBat LP thread, where he is getting torn a new one

Warning: Volume.

And for those that really dislike PBat, congrats, all the negative reactions have driven him offline. I feel kinda bad. But then again, that's what you get for courting the Internet. Still, if there's one time I've appreciated the product of an umeployed person's obsessive/compulsive tendencies, it was now. I'm glad that, at the very least, we got to see most of the game before PBat had a meltdown. Apparently this entire latest LP is PBat losing his grappling hook, going through chests for 15 minutes looking for a new hook, missing the 3 hooks that are in his chests, and basically walking around like he has heat stroke.

And here's a Q&A Blue gave over the IRC I guess.

Here's a sum up of the Q&A session Blue held today for the people that weren't there, some suggested it.

Q:-- if you create a char will it be noticable linked to your account for other ppl ?
A:-that depends on our deployment engine, we arent sure how accounts will be handled at this time

Q:--Ehm, how good of a computer would you need to start a Massive world and have it run smoothly? That's IF there will be massive worlds.
A:-currently a large world takes around 650mb of memory to run a server a massive would prob require 1gb of memory or more.

Q:--Any chance we'll get even larger worlds? Cuz after watching PBat's "Large" world, it was quite small feeling
A:We are working on possibly implimenting a MASSIVE world

Q:--Did PBat quit? (or something like that)
A-He didnt quit, he is simply ending the Terraria series
I think he may do a Farwell Terraira episode

Q:--blue.... you should add a "hardmode" where the mobs are a bit harder.. and where u lose your items on death.. for the ppls who want a bigger challenge?
A:-if you want a challenge, go to a hard area with low gear its up to you to face what you will.

Q:--How many players will you attempt to support at the same time on a server?
A:-Servers will be able to set their own limits, to what they feel will be the servers capabilities
its all dependant on bandwidth and processor power

Q:--Does the game auto-update when there is a update to get?
A:-The game checks for an update when you load it, and if there is one, asks you if you want to update or not

Q:--Are there more bosses that we havent seen yet?
A:-We are working on adding a few more bosses before release. but theres no guarante, if not, we will add them in content updates

Q:--Weird question about the release date.
A:- I cant give you a more specific release date.

Q:--Will there be weather in the full game?
A:-Eventually yes. weather will be implemented. we even want to have seasons

Q:--Blue, given the response you've had so far, what's the best thing the community can do to keep supporting Terraria up until launch.?
A:-Just have patience, and spread the word

Q:--Will there be weather in the full game?
A:-Eventually yes. weather will be implemented. we even want to have seasons

[RF]

And for those that really dislike PBat, congrats, all the negative reactions have driven him offline. I feel kinda bad. But then again, that's what you get for courting the Internet. Still, if there's one time I've appreciated the product of an umeployed person's obsessive/compulsive tendencies, it was now. I'm glad that, at the very least, we got to see most of the game before PBat had a meltdown. Apparently this entire latest LP is PBat losing his grappling hook, going through chests for 15 minutes looking for a new hook, missing the 3 hooks that are in his chests, and basically walking around like he has heat stroke.

REALLY?!

And I know about the latest video. That made me lol hard when I say the comment.

[nenjin]

Actually, I think maybe it's because the new update will force a character wipe, and so he thought maybe this was the best time to just end the promotional LP series. Or it could be a combination of both. Either way, I think he pretty much maxed out the game content with his videos. Watching PBat just mess around isn't how I'd want to spend the rest of my time til release.

[Biag]

Chill guys, the guy is just very young and lightheaded, when he reaches our age he will know better .

Until then, he's there to promote to the Tween demographic because they are a group that can actually afford this game after mowing the lawn a few times.

Two things: "tween" shouldn't be a word in the first place but I don't think you're using it correctly anyway, and PBat isn't annoying because of his age. He's just trying too hard- when he chills out a bit he's a pretty decent LPer.

[Neonivek]

And for those that really dislike PBat, congrats, all the negative reactions have driven him offline. I feel kinda bad. But then again, that's what you get for courting the Internet. Still, if there's one time I've appreciated the product of an umeployed person's obsessive/compulsive tendencies, it was now. I'm glad that, at the very least, we got to see most of the game before PBat had a meltdown. Apparently this entire latest LP is PBat losing his grappling hook, going through chests for 15 minutes looking for a new hook, missing the 3 hooks that are in his chests, and basically walking around like he has heat stroke.

REALLY?!

And I know about the latest video. That made me lol hard when I say the comment.

Id feel bad about Pbat's loss of his Letsplay... but honestly there wasn't much more he could do

Or rather there was a lot more he could do. it just would have taken him 10 episodes to do it.

It is the reason why people often don't letsplay pokemon.

Ok that and he started to get REALLY really annoying habits later on. (not that he had REALLY horrible bad habbits early on either)
-He REALLY needs to add post production and decide when NOT to post a video.

Though at this point I feel like I seen all that Terraria has to offer. Either that or my brain is developing an alergy of Terraria from watching 5 hours of Pbat's letsplay (which is likely)

[Frumple]

Though at this point I feel like I seen all that Terraria has to offer.

Mm... then you've missed some things. Pbat's seen, maybe, 3/5ths of the game's content -- likely 2/5ths or less. He's hit a lot of high points in there, but there's a lot that's still missing -- at least one boss-style encounter (the goblin invasion), 2-3 biomes, and I'd estimate anywhere from 2-4 tiers of items. Plus he didn't really do much in the way of thorough investigation on any of the item tiers he did hit -- we've not seen demonite armor or meteorite weapons, ferex, nor anything that might involve ash or hellstone. We know there's a number of items still unseen from Pbat's angle that can change things around -- the vine grapple, necro armor, and jetboots are just a start. We don't know what kind of special items come from iron, or copper, or gold, just the standard tools and weapons. We haven't seen what happens when a solid game of PvP goes down, nor how the game reacts to large-scale construction, if it does at all. From Pbat alone, we haven't seen much construction at all, really. I don't think he ever even used a platform, much less saw if putting candles, books, etc, in buildings has any effect on the game. Dominic is illuminating that aspect a bit, though.

Above and beyond that, word from the devs is that content above and beyond everything P's seen is streaming in constantly -- from what I understand, they're basically just twiddling their thumbs waiting to get some legalities and infrastructure in place, and Redigit's way of twiddling his thumbs is coding up oodles of new junk to throw around. So content is, even now, expanding.

We have seen enough to get a good feel on how the general game goes about, though, and it doesn't seem that the extra items are going to radically change that -- so in that sense, we've seen at least the structure of what Terraria offers, if not all the particulars yet. I can see how the feeling would come about, yeah, though for me it's just whetted my appetite for the full course

[Neonivek]

The problem is Frumple is that I seen the pattern the game does things in and so far the game is rather formulaic and anything that approaches strong gameplay elements requires you not to jump through hoops but to crawl through mud. So new content would revolve around this slog and for the most part they fully support this judging by the FAQ.

Also construction is poorly supported by the game right now. Heck even the initial reason to build (zombies) becomes moot because zombies are quickly outdated.

I played Suikeoden III and in its you can decorate your castle with any number of urns, statues, and paintings... Except I totally ignored that because it was pointless.

Also NO candles, books, and other stuff isn't required for the game. at most later MAYBE some characters will require different items for their room requirements...

Dang it Pbat (still watching his videos) STOP wasting my time!

Though as I said, I am probably just frustrated because I watched Pbat's Letsplays of Terraria until it has become painful... very very painful. So I am probably just rolling in pain and taking it out on Terraria. (you watch episodes 7-23 in one sitting and see how happy you are )

[Xgamer4]

...You watched 16 episodes for Pbat in one sitting? I'm so, so sorry. I gave up on him after the third LP. I couldn't take it. I'm not even sure what it was, but he's just not my style of LP.

Then again, I legitimately enjoy Yogcast's Terraria LPs, so there's a lot of people who'd say I have other issues...

[BigD145]

Chill guys, the guy is just very young and lightheaded, when he reaches our age he will know better .

Until then, he's there to promote to the Tween demographic because they are a group that can actually afford this game after mowing the lawn a few times.

Two things: "tween" shouldn't be a word in the first place but I don't think you're using it correctly anyway, and PBat isn't annoying because of his age. He's just trying too hard- when he chills out a bit he's a pretty decent LPer.

Meant it exactly as I said it. PBat often acted more 11 than 18.

[Neonivek]

...You watched 16 episodes for Pbat in one sitting? I'm so, so sorry. I gave up on him after the third LP. I couldn't take it. I'm not even sure what it was, but he's just not my style of LP.

Then again, I legitimately enjoy Yogcast's Terraria LPs, so there's a lot of people who'd say I have other issues...

Is it that he goes no where, constantly contradicts the goals of his LPs, overexagerates every single little thing until it seems unexciting, has poor perception, doesn't plan properly, misses the obvious, and makes obnoxious comments?

I am NOT entirely sure I have the right to judge his LPs so harshly. Though since he has the Youtube time limit revoked it seems he is "pro" so he is beyond "Just for fun" shield unless I am mistaken.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Actually, I have a sneaking suspicion I know the answer to both "how the game handles large-scale construction" and "the reason for goblin invasion". I mean, the game is probably partially inspired by Dwarf Fortress as well...