Now: ClustertruckNext: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Lord Help Us)Later: Sly Cooper and the Thievius RaccoonusStream 1: https://www.twitch.tv/esamarathonStream 2: DEADSchedule: https://esamarathon.com/schedule/Previous>>683585229
MIGGING
absolute state of this thread
IM A HEADBANGA
miggy diggy
No seriously, this is an awful amount of fails. If you're gonna right this game, do it right.
>>683598328>No subjectRETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT
MIGGER!
why is HabKeineName still allowed at ESA after molesting our prize mommy?
Bros is stream 2 trapped and betrayed?
>>683598432YOU HAD YOUR 30 SECONDS BAKER THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY BAKE
>>683598391He can get softlocked depending on the votes, so it could get much worse
>>683598456because its not true
>>683598432one fucking job
I migrated :D
mig'n
Now that I've calmed down, I'll try using Vegas Pro again to make my edit. I hadn't been this frustrated in years, but it pushed all my buttons
>>683598470You said this 3 times already. Go back to /dbs/
>>683598456He alienated Celina by hugging her, we should be thankful to him for fighting cancer with his creep powers.
Migged
Where am i
>>683598508yeah vegas has that effect...
>>683598456They don't have a name to put on the ban list
hello
>>683598345George Bush doesn't care about miggers
>>683598558Bros...I might have a women fetish...
>>683598520I was trapped and betrayed by /dbs/
don't forget to stay comfy!
>>683598604ewww get this freak out of here
>>683598569It's such a simple edit too, crop one video and overlay onto another but they j actually I shouldn't think about this before I get mad again
>>683598507Is this a plum?
>>683598604sick fuck
>>683598604Disgusting
>>683598507Plum +10
>>683598604kinda gay ngl
where chart i wanna know how to feel about this ESA
This run been going on an eternity it feels like
>>683598604faggot
>>683598553lol true, based for getting that shithead out of there.
>>683598558WTF why are you trying to psyop me into having an adult women fetish
i didnt pay attention is he the game dev of this game or just a game dev
>>683598572
>>683598636legally distinct plum
>>683598731>4
>>683598731milquetoast fucking event
>>683598731Overtly nice ratings this year tbtbh
any prizes here?
>>683598731Wait there has only been a few games since OOT battleship bingo yesterday afternoon? Wow they are really picking long boys to pad the time.
>>683598616Hope you also stay comfy, Megumin anon!
oh my god now that super long 4 in a row niggas lotr run is coming up
>>683598731>Skyrim>F tierHmm, what happened with this?
>>683598507Juicy summer Plum
>>683598776I watched it, couldnt even be bothered to vote
>kthxbyeDamn, I was hoping for an epic middle finger to the org at the end.
Rate Clustertruck
>>683598805Sex with Tali.
>>683598834Actually it's 3 niggas :)
>>683598731Damn nobody was paying attention to that Lemma shit>>683598860D
SIX HOUR BREAK HOOYYYYYYYYPEEE
>>683598860Dfor effort
>>683598860C
>>683598860C-He finished under time, but way too many chokes
>>683598860B
>>683598776I honestly already forgot about the run, despite watching it less than an hour ago
>>683598842where the fuck do you see skyrim
>>683598852that's been me for basically the whole event desu
>>683598882I'm pretty sure they mentioned it does go towards the amount at the end. It's what they did last ESA iirc
>>683598860D
>>683598924newest of fags everyone
>>683598860B, because I like Heinki.
>>683598860BComfy Heinki kino but the whole Twitch voting thing didn't really add anything besides cockblocking tricks so it takes longer
>>683598860A, liked it
>>683598860B, it was alright
>>683598860C>>683598891that is a berry nice image
>>683598328I don't care for plum
>>683594054A belated A>>683598860B+
>>683598604She was 20+ years old you sick fuck!
>>683599023kys
>>683598860D+, it's better concept than a crowd control, since it is out of a set of options instead of a rich person just spamming kill the runner. Heinki is also fun, game lasted short enough to stay neat. But that is still relative to a CC run, wasn't that interesting in the end
>>683599023You will, after I'm done with you
>>683598820>Hope you also stay comfyThat's my secret, I'm always comfy!its super cute that you have meguplum saved!
>>683598860Bboth Heinki and Eris are very likable, and it’s some fun brainrot to watch
>>683599072Genuinely one of the most soulful Plum ever made
>>683598572>german humour
>>683598860C lustertruck
>>683598572Nice one!
!
post yfw>6 hour run
>>683598616The hat could be a little bigger...
>wake up>6 hour lotr run>die
>>683599220mmm borgar
>>683599120Now that the dust has settled, who was in the wrong here?
>>683599220Looks yummy!>gay sexwait
>>683599220Classic
>>683599237I'm cautiously optimistic, since I've never seen a run of it, but much will depend on the runner
>>683599257The vaccinated swine. It's ok though, she only has 2 more weeks.
>>683599237
>>683599074>>683599074>That's my secret, I'm always comfy!Of course, should have expected that. How else can you tell us to be comfy if you yourself aren't.>its super cute that you have meguplum saved!The whole drawing of plums last time was super fun, and I liked how your plum looked. I can just look at it and already feel comfy!
>>683599220Is it HATS or HATE?
>>683599237>6 hour """""speedrun"""""
>>683599120nerve gas?
>>683599357That donkey knows whats up
Comfy is code for boring.
>Heinki interviewC'MON, DO SOMETHING!
>>683599483You wouldn't get it.
>>683599237After ASM I’m more optimistic about really long runs but I think incredibly sleep deprived Aussies can make anything entertaining
>>683599237I've accepted Thursday's NES block will be the only consistently good stretch of the marathon
>>683598860B for being basic but better by a bit but not better than beautiful runs before
>>683599526lolqrd?
>they applaud that the devs have implemented a backdoor to your PC The times we live in...
>>683599635People praise and worship steam that is a DRM always Online program that collects your data.
>>683599237>Me for 6 hours
>>683599617THE LUMPY PUMMMMMMPKINNNNNNN
>>683599617The only way they could stay awake near the end of the run was to scream lumpy pumpkin at each other
>>683599617ASM Skyward sword run during the night. Pretty fun run, they hyped the stupidest shit to try to stay awake.
Oh cool sunshine later>bingoI'm calling it for the day lads
>>683599812NO MORE BINGOS
YOU HAVE DO DONATE 65 DOLLARS FOR PLUM
>>683599246next one will have a huge one, promise!>>683599379>The whole drawing of plums last time was super fun, I thought so too! especially with all the talented anons and their cute plums!> I can just look at it and already feel comfy!I'm glad I achieved what I've been trying to do all this time! to make people feel comfy!
>>683599812>oh boy a classic game is finally being ran that every loves this will be int->it's either a bingo, randomizer or dumb raceEVERY TIMEWhy do they refuse to run the classic games that's not Pokemo without having a dumb gimmick?>because it's over done!NOO they've ran the gimmick runs way way more than the actual runs.
>>683599803I wish I saw it live
WHAT THE FUCK
>>683599812They are only interesting as a viewer if you already know the game really well. Otherwise you just immediately get lost as to what the runner is trying to do.
>>683600004BROS IM GONNA RELEASE IN PLUM
>>683599812Might actually catch that one since I've played the game.
Just get it started you fucks, there's six hours to talk
Plum wears a CPAP mask at night.
>deanolmao
time for coffee and lotr!
I'm gonna shoot ropes all over plum
Oh no....
>>683600004>taking Plum hostage
oh man I loved this game as a kidI have no idea if it actually is any good
Plum Honey Select 2 card when
Excuse me?
>>683599120Methadone?
>>683600091>>683600004So they're just trying to milk 4k out of us for the Plum video? Wow. thanks Edenal.
>>683600235Naw she hittin' that GOOD GOOD
>>683600176
>>683600004It's time for me to cum in plum.
Alright Tolkien Lorefags. Explain this game.
>>683600181i started playing it on emulator after seeing it on the schedule, with the 60 fps patch it's pretty smooth and neat. combat is interesting on hard difficulty.
At least the couch is awake for this
>>683599120STRAIGHT DROOOOOOOOOOOP
>>683600191>one person in the audience, aside from the two guys chillin' in the backgroundThis is gonna be dire.
This guy need to fucking chill a bit. He's here for a long time, no need to rush
This is a RPG? I thought it was one of those action LOTR games
This game is literally ffx
So, this is just a normal JRPG with LOTR coat of paint.
It's uncanny
Wait, this is a turn based rpg? I thought all the 6th gen lotr games were hack n slash ones.
>>683599574i love chinese staged videos so much bros
>>683600374you're thinking of the return of the king action game that was released around the same time.
>And w-when you l-level up you earn XP Great insight
>>683600257It's for charity, you monster. Do you want Alzheimers? Do you like it? My mom and my dad and my son and my dog died of Alzheimers, you bad actor. Consider yourself banned from ESA now.
>>683600504Be kind he's borderline down syndrome
>>683600447don't be rude
I remember seeing this game in a magazine and thinking it was FFX but with LOTR characters
>>683600495Fuck. I thought this run could at least been a tiny bit interesting, but yet another 6h RPG speedrun at primetime.WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?
>>683600313>couchYou mean empty chairs?
>>683600338looks like he just saw the estimate. so six hours of this huh
wait, the third age for gba was a tactical rpg, this seems a bit better and fun
>>683600559yeah i enjoyed the game as a kid but got stuck, not quite fit for a speedrun marathon though.
>>683600590Racoon eyes.
Fumos spotted
>>683600634>not quite fit for a speedrun marathon though.I always thought long jrpgs to be incredibly fun and comfy to watch
I have never liked random fights in RPGs. I just find them annoying.
>>683600293Well you see you and a bunch of other guys have to go beat the shit out of the eye of sauron while all the other actually important stuff happens.
>>683600690Paid gdq actors
>6 hour RPGNah, see you guys tomorrow
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>>683600736Random encounters are pure cancer >oh shit I forgot to go down this p->encounter>forgot to go->>forg-
>>683600690hmmmmmmmmmmm
>there's a lot of OOB in this game and it skips a lot of fights which is very cool>but fuck you we're doing glitchless
>>683600770no way
>>683600782>only just now checked on thatwhat the fuck ESA, you already don't have 24h and you pull that crap?
I wish ESA had more breadable brown women. Isnt Europe supposed to have all the cute brown girls?
huh I might wanna play this LOTR skinned FFXlooks interesting
>>683600582There's coop mode too for some reason, though it means you just control different characters.Also a mode where you get to play as the evil guys to unlock extra stuff for the main party.Gets a bit silly because some enemies just let's you stunlock or instakill the good buys pretty much.
>>683600736Lucky for you this game doesn't have those as you'll know when you'll be getting an encounter based on the indicator in top left of the screen
Is ESA the AEW to GDQ's WWE?
>>683600590>Mmm, butter.
>>683600915Lunaa, could you help explain this post?
>>683600872It's genuinely goodrare licensed gem
>>683600872it's fun and has neat animations, for anyone interested here's the 60 fps patch for the NA ISOgametitle=The Lord of the Rings - The Third Age (NTSC-U) SLUS-21027 EB198738[60 FPS]author=PeterDeltadescription=Unlocks internal FPS. Might need EE Overclock at 130%.patch=1,EE,001C36EC,word,00000000patch=1,EE,0027A3B8,word,3C013F00
>>683600957Umm I like Undertaker :)
>>683600957I don't know, I just like the music!
>>683600973Arent all these patches integrated into the emulators nowadays so you dont even have to go hunting them?
>>683600973Is that for the PS2 version?
>>683600040I know the game and I still don't want bingo
>>683600973>emulatingJust buy the game, bet it's like 10 bucks at most.
>>683600736I have no idea why games didn't follow pokemon's model of just having grass with random mobs, basically voluntary grinding. But all of that was a different era, we were younguns with heaps of time yet few games, people were okay with 50~100h JRPGs even if half of it was grinding. Modern JRPG-inspired games handle things better, usually there are no/little random encounters, you can see them all beforehand and can backtrack before they respawn.
What the fuck
How the fuck has he not seen LOTR?
>>683600915The only thing aew has over wwe is old wrestlers and they're all retiring. Throwing out vince and letting triple h run the show is the beat thing wwe has done in the last 20 years
What a terrible explanation, holy shit
>>683601186Movies for women
>6 hour lotr jrpg>one guy hasn't watched any lotr moviesABSOLUTELY KINO
>>683601140Why would I buy a piece of abandonware?
I never cared for lotr
>>683601230ugh, gamer boys...
>>683601216ok Zoomie
>>683598507Very hot plum
>>683601186I haven't seen the LotR movies. I read the books as a kid, and I got so angry that the first movie skipped Tom Bombadil that I stopped watching right there and never continued to watch the rest.
>>683601216What about porno movies?
>>683601114yep on pcsx2>>683601140>play on ancient hardware, in 240p, 30 fps, shitty tiny controllerno, i did that in 2003 and i don't need to again.
>please explain for someone who has no clue about anything>proceeds to list names and things with no context whatsoever whew
>>683601297Based jolly retard
Lotr is mid. The only part of lotr worth watching is the hobbit trilogy
>>683601297They are different and take liberties with the story but are seriously worth a watch if you are able to desperate them from the books.
>>683601339I hate zoomers
>>683601386roflmao
>>683601386This. I love Kate from Lost
I remember when I was a child maybe around the age of nine, my dad on one weekend would just hand me all three dvds of lotr and I watched all 3 of them in a single night
>>683601386put some effort and soul into your trolling man
>>683600004>Dad found the release plum
>>683601140>spend money for no reason goykys faggot
>>683601386You are literally retarded.
>>683601458IT'S NOT FAIR
>>683601429>i did that in 2003so you can't read, why are you on a forum?
>>683601186I saw the first one Thought it was boring, didn't watch the rest
>>683601386Based taste
>>683601514Sure you did anon, sure you did.
They are out of their fucking minds still keeping this many long ass runs for an event that doesn't run 24/7.
>>683601429>reeee let me be tech illiterateGames feeling better to play on real hardware is cope made up by millenials that do this shit
SHOUTOUTS
Ok bye
>lord of the rings>gamecube>6 hoursNever did I think this would ever be a thing ever
>stream diedOh thank god
>>683601561i know you're merely pretending but you are compelling me to boot up my fat ps2 and see if i still have my ancient save on my memory card.
I spent all day yesterday reading about elf lore after I started playing LOTRO I wish to know more about the contrarian Avari
RIP ESA
>>683601574Struck a nerve eh?
lol
I-I'm free...
>>683601645Enjoy your input delay faggot
No, I don't think I will.
The fuck is this? FFX lotr edition?
>>683601713yes
I just love how you're literally the B-team chasing the Fellowship. What is this story?
>>683601713Exactly that
>>683601638just read/listen to the Silmarillion, gollum himself even did an audiobook of it and you can tell he's super into it.
Should have gotten Gandalf and Frodo to play this shit
>>683601737it seems goofy on paper, but as a child i loved being able to self-insert with my own fellowship but still follow the plot of the films.
>EST: 5:45:00
she cu'e
>>683601681Yes I do, all 0 of it.God I love CRTs.
>>683601386
>>683601398I know they are good, especially considering how shit other adaptations are. Like the Wheel of Time netflix one. But cutting Tom just massively screwed up the sense of the adventure for me, since they just decided to leave the Shire and basically immediately afterwards meet Aragorn. Plus I always liked how Tom made the world feel bigger, because while the ring is important, there are still beings that do not care about it. And he is pretty intriguing, since he is such an enigma while being a jolly fellow. But maybe after all these years, I'm able to let go of this and see it as a separate entity instead of comparing it to the books.
>>683601846i fucking thought it said 45:00maybe i'm the one with Alzheimer's
haych pee
>>683601759of course he's into it, Andy Serkis is the Anthony Daniels of lotr
>>683601878>heh I use crtsNo you dont
>primetime euro hours>5:45What the fuck ESA
>>683601920LOTR happens at the ass end of the age of magic and elves and shit before it's just men being normal people, the war for the ring in the grand scheme of things is a historical footnote
>>683601841to be fair i guess that is a good concept
>>683602002>primetime euro hours>primetimeYou're supposed to be employed, mate.
>>683601970yeah, and that's what makes it fun to listen to>his Glaurung voice when he speaks his final words to Turinthat had to hurt his throat
>>683602002ESA dinner is this evening so most of the attendes are there. That's why they put up these long as runs on Wednesday
>medical appointment>missed Unreal>back just in time for a 6-hour RPG
>>683601759The avari don't feature in it much, do they? They turn down the invitation and basically stay in the woods forever like a bunch of NEETS. Which I find more respectable than those who accepted the invitation but got scared and quit along the way when the journey got tough. But yeah I have a copy of the Silmarillion on the way
>>683598641that's a big snatch
Wait a minute, is that a hot european girl behind the streamers??? Who is this goddess of Minas Tirith?
>>683602082Working hours are already over friend
Wait, the cutscenes are unskippable? Jesus Christ, it's just Golden Sun again.
>>683602167yeah they don't get mentioned much, i've only read through once so i struggle with the elf clans and names but it's basically noldor prime time in most of the stories.
god I want a gruff little armored dwarf buddy to follow me around drinking and exploring caves so bad anons
>>683602148at least you got your HRT dose though right?
Why didn't Aragon us his unstoppable army of the dead to kill off the rest of Saurons army? They were like 10min away.
ALL their armor? even body type B's?
This zoomer does nothing but speedrun harry potter, how in the hell has never overlapped into LOTR
>>683602321Told them I was watching ESA and they gave me a double dose.
>>683602321>>683602401If I tell them I'm attending GDQ this year will they give me the full procedure?
>>683601574>real hardware>LCD
>>683602341they completed their oath and were released from eternal torment, Aragorn wasn't the type of person to >UHM AKCHUALLY I'M ALTERING THE TERMS OF THE DEALalso in the books they don't cgi green wave over everything, i think they basically cause madness and Gimli mentions he doesn't actually see them physically attack anyone
>>683602382Holy sweet jesus that guy will be megabanned preemptively from GDQ if GDQ staff ever sees that
>eevee and fumos make up most of the audience
>>683602515Needs the cardboard cutouts and its perfect
>>683601920I have never understood people who thought Tom Bombadil was fucking ESSENTIAL for the overall story. But you kind of presented a decent point, anon. I guess if you look at him as pure worldbuilding then it sort of makes sense.
>Gandalf freaks the fuck out when the Balrog appears>B team just casually mentions it and decides to follow it
I thought the ASM schedule was bad, but so far the ESA schedule been worse.
>>683602341>>683602487also people always say 'well why didn't they just xyz if they could abc'the point was that it was beyond hopeless since the beginning of any of the stories, the elves were eternally doomed to never defeat Melkor, and there was virtually no hope for men to beat Sauron. It's only due to valar intervention that anything works out and even then it's by the skin of their teeth and great/unexpected deeds by the small and seemingly unexceptional people
How did Gandalf job so easily to the Witch King when Gandalf is suppose to be some super powerful god, but a regular woman with barely any training could kill the Witch King solo?
>>683600004I guess instead of hearing faggots talk during intermissions they want you to pay to hear the plum song during down time.
>>683602694Witch King forgot to spec for body type B
>>683602694Merry shanked the WK with his anti-nazgul dagger removing his protection to common weapons
>>683602694he accidentally pressed taunt
>>683602515I just now noticed there's still 3 guys in the back. The co-host seems like he's suffering.
>>683602694Merry debuffed the Witch King for Eovyn. Gandalf shouldn't have spent so much time shit talking Pippin and he might've helped.
>room full for a shitty Halo run>room empty for LotR runWTF?
>>683602694>Gandalf job so easily to the Witch Kingdoesn't happen in the books>a regular woman with barely any training could kill the Witch King solo?not a regular woman, she was a Rohirrim sword maiden who had incredibly devotion and love for her people. Tolkien constantly makes it a point that one's spirit mattersHe was also pissed off when he predicted that the twist in some shakespeare work (i'm a pleb) didn't turn out how he predicted, so he wrote it into LOTR that the 'no living man will slay me' prophecy had a loophole.also >>683602794
>>683602694gandalf is merely a demigod order police sent by god to unfuck the planet
>even the ice cream guy leftowari da...
>>683602038>the war for the ring in the grand scheme of things is a historical footnoteYeah I know, but almost every character in the story is pretty concerned about it. It makes sense that is so, because that is what the books are about. But Tom easily established early on that there are forces that do not care about the ring. The other characters that also don't care show up latter. And either end up as antagonist so are still impacting the journey like the Balrog, or still end up helping the fellowship like the ents. Tom is the only character that says have fun on your journey, but I'm staying home. And even have the council discuss how involving Tom would be a bad idea, since he will just not care about the ring itself. That is why I really like him being there, it makes the world deeper instead of just being a stated fact that it's a footnote>>683602603Yeah, to me it just adds so much to the world itself. It is just not a story about the ring, but it makes it feel like its a living world with various powers and factions in it. Especially since he lives pretty close to the hobbit's home, sort of adding to how sheltered the hobbits are. I get why he got cut in the movie, just like why they didn't include the scouring of the Shire. But it does detract from worldbuilding itself, plus it would have been fun to have included him in the extended cut just to see him sing and dance.
>>683602895>3 guys in the backAren't they ESA staff?
>>683602515nothing like an extremely unlikeable runner and a 0 knowledge, 0 charisma sidekickthey don't make em like the used to
But why not use the eagles to fly over moria`? And why didn't the "one god" punish Sauroman for using magic against mortals?
>>683603084>he doesn't know about stream 5
>>683603029fat german will tag off at some point
>>683603010OOF
Not the fucking helmet story!
what the hell is this, a lotr jrpg?
>>683602961>the twist in some shakespeare workMacbeth anon, Please, it is only one of Shakespeare's most famous works. And yes, it was bullshit and I prefer Tolkien's version
tago bell commercial is purple
>5 hour run>prime time EU>literally empty audiencelmao
>>683602694in retrospective Éowyn scene is x10 times better than any of modern's strong womyn moment
>>683603158fat ugly bastards are in right now
>ESA was so desperate to fill out the schedule they accepted a 6 hour LOTR JRPG run
>>683603079>why didn't the valar do xbecause they are incapable of understanding evil and malice, eru also seems to have some 'trust the plan' mentality where he doesn't intervene until the uttermost need. Sauronman also was punished by being eternally banished/imprisoned when he died. the maiar are supposed to dwell eternally in valinor (eternal bliss/heaven) but he forfeited that right.
>>683603207it seems it doesn't look half bad honestly
>>683603287Yeah, because she is written like a character instead of written like a statement how women are better than men. So you're empathize with the character instead of the scene trying to make you feel ashamed for being a man.
>pls someone give money
>>683602148return to na pali sucks anyways anon
>>683603208as i warned i'm a pleb, shakespeare just doesn't do it for me and i'll admit it.i do remember it now i think, wasn't the prophecy that someone important wouldn't die 'by the hands of one born from a woman' but they were born from a c-section which created the loophole?
>>683603287She earns that moment 100% in the film. She's scared to die, loses her father immediately afterwards and fights for her friends. Now if she was #GirlBossing all over the fellowship and DESTROYING their preconceived notions about what a warrior can be and essentially winking at camera I'd release a de-Éowynized version of the movie myself.
>>683603287Because its a team effort instead of some woman soloing the big evil.
THERE'S BEEN A KIDNAPPINGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo8N3bDT4Zo
here we go
THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS
KEK
>>683603287thank god the scene with her defending the cave in helms deep was cut
shit sound alert
>>683603287>>683603516>>683603591i don't see many book purists complain about the scene and it seemed mostly faithful to me, the main difference is she states that she isn't a man right when confronting the witch king as opposed to doing the epic one liner then kill thing.the importance of Merry's contribution also isn't highlighted enough.
>sound alert didn't even play to isengard Good morning I hate planks
>>683603649But a woman DID pretty much solo the mid boss with her GIRL POWER!
>>683603575Yeah you're remembering correctly, so you're not as much of a pleb as you think. But I'm not blaming you for not having watched the play, but more that you don't know one of the most lines of one of the most famous plays by one of the most famous playwrights. It is just below Romeo and Juliet and to be or not to be.
oh no
>>683603516>she is written like a character instead of written like a statement how women are better than menGod I wish I could pound this into the head of every modern show writer
>THE HOBBITSTHE HOBBITS>THE HOBBITSTHE HOBBITS>THE HOBBITSTHE HOBBITS>THE HOBBITS
Did someone give this mong some speed before the run or something holy shit
This game was so cool for me as a kid, literally perfectly replicates the atmosphere of the movies, the movie studio and crew worked closely with game studios giving them access to the props and assets and even got all the movie actors to do the voice acting. That shit never happens anymore.
THE HOBBITS THE HOBBITS THE HOBBITS THE HOBBITS
I love how this run turned this thread into a LotR lore thread
I'VE GOT A JAR OF DIRT
>>683603729i'm a 33% English ignorant ameri-bro so don't expect much.
>>683603836What else is there to discuss, the RPG "speedrun"?
TRIPLE CRIT LET'S GO
Watching this makes me want to start a new playthrough of the game on my OG Xbox
>>683603836You haven't got much else to discuss.
>>683603836sex with plum! porn! plum sex!
>fights for her friends
>>683603920Only dudes in a row game with soul
I like the goblin animation
>>683602474>>683602001>>683601681>>683601645>>683601429caring this hard about how people play video games is a profoundly homosexual and babydickd thing to spend energy on
>>683603897OH YEAH BABY A TRIPLE
>>683603591>>683603938>Ruined the joke by forgetting to quote
Why did the donation reader not say we got a $10 donation from Realwoman?
>>683603873Never too late to change that and become educated
>>683603883>>683603931hey i'm not complaining, it's interesting to read
The girl left the stream a while ago ;_;gamer girls please come back. Why are you all out enjoying Sweden during this 6hr LOTR run?
Godspeed Heinki
Which one of you did this?
>>683604235me
>>683604235Anonymous
>>683604219Godspeed
>>683604219Sweet Glad to see you're still around
This runner looks and talks like he has never seen a real woman.
I was meh about dwarves until I found out the lore of how they're God's adopted children, made by an impatient Ainur before even the elves. They weren't supposed to exist and that's why they and the elves don't get along
>>683603029>Davesterio and AjnebTake me back, bros...
>>683601759Neat. I'll probably get lost in the many names, but I gave it a download>>683604219Good stuff
>>683603754>God I wish I could pound this into the head of every modern show writerYeah, modern writers are fucking stupid. Just make cool and interesting characters and people will like them. People don't mind Éowyn, but hate Galadriel in Rings of Power. CJ from SA is beloved, but people complain about Yasuke because he is chosen just as a statement. I have never seen anyone complain about Arcade from FNV being gay, yet modern writers now just make stereotypical faggots. The best example is probably the Wheels of Time series. The books make a statement that man and woman may be different, but each needs the other. While the tv series just completely ignores that to push their strong women
>>683604157The gamer girls trapped and betrayed esa
>>683604330the elves also indiscriminately hunted the dwarves when they first found them, the dwarves then murdered a high-tier elven king named Thingol when he requested that the implant one of the Silmarils into a necklace he had them craft.that said, the dwarves and elves never would have been successful/prosperous as they were without the trade routes and alliances they formed despite the animosity. the dwarves also sacrificed themselves and their king to save both elves and men in one of the pivotal battles against Morgoth.
>>683603836Honestly, the best thing about watching speedruns with /v/ is having an excuse to discuss stuff related to the run. Making a thread about some obscure and old game wouldn't really survive on modern /v/, but is perfect for these runs
AUDIENCE IS OFFICIALLY EMPTY
>Don't forget to hydrate and take care of yourselfAnd this runner calls himself Deano. Shouldn't Deanos make fun of such people?
Where is everyone?
>>683604793not watching 6 hours of this bullshit obviously.
>>683604793Running a train on Maral in the Plum Cum room
What's with all the let's play "speedruns"? Even the Australian event had these 6-9 hour borefests.
>>683604793Nice tits
>>683604793>staff is gone now
so when do you think they'll reach $25k? tomorrow?
>>683604793wdym they're right there
>>683604330they don't get along due to both having long cultural memories and things having gone awry between them, there's no natural aversion between the 2 racesMoria and Eregion were close friends for a thousand years and said friendship was only ended by Sauron overrunning the latter In general, as long as there was no Silmaril autism involved, the Noldor and the Dwarves got along pretty well
>>683604330>made by an impatient Ainur before even the elves.>>683604680>the elves also indiscriminately hunted the dwarves when they first found themMan that is pretty cool lore, never knew that. Should really get back into reading, even just the LotR books has been years since I last read them
Naro looking good with longer hair
>>683598945screenshot was from gdq
Runs over 90 minutes should be banned until stream 2 comes back
>>683605005I hate this fat cunt so much.
>>683604793Maybe they're having the group dinner or something, if they are still doing it?
>>683604927Fumos love speedruns.
>>683604793The left guy vored them all and they're now in his belly.
>>683605049You do like this sloppa image, don't you?
>>683605147Stop fetish posting!
Flaunting your dekas like this is just obnoxious behavior I'd say Yeah I get it you own a lot of Dekas but clearly you have them to show off instead of liking them.
I'm gonna be productive and work through my porn folder and convert all my VR stuff to 2d via vr2normal in this run. Who knew so much (good) cosplay stuff is produced for VR for some reason exclusively.
>>683604953>made by an impatient Ainur before even the elves.it's a really cool part of the story, Aule basically intercedes in the grand plan of Eru by creating the dwarves prematurely, he appeals to Eru and begs forgiveness. He even attempts to smite his own creation in repentance to which the dwarves cower in fear, Eru stays his hand and proclaims that he himself gave them life/sentience or else they wouldn't feel fear at all as Aule didn't have the ability to bestow awareness in his creations.as a caveat, they were sentenced to remain in hibernation until after the elves were created.
>>683604953What's also pretty cool is that Aule made a mistake in creating the dwarves, since he wasn't God himself he could not imbue them with true lifeSo what he created were effectively automatons, that appeared to be alive as long as Aule focused his attention and power on them, but otherwise were just puppetsHe was overcome with grief when he learned of his mistake and tried to undo his cursed creation, but then Eru seeing Aule's genuine remorse and the good intention behind it instead imbued the dwarves with true life, with the only condition being that they would be made to sleep and only awake after the Elves had awokenThat's what the scene depicts, and how Aule learns of what Eru did: the dwarves instead of awaiting their fate as puppets would have recoiled before the hammer strike
>>683604793Suffering
>>683605084Do they have any friends left to do that? Most OG staff are gone.
>>683605428>>683605429Down to the exact second, what a hivemind
>>683605428>>683605429loremind
>>683605472It was open for all attendees, not just staff
Based video game enjoyer
ice cream guy is back, run saved
I don't remember Moria being this short.
This run feels like Stream 2
Aule's tale with the Dwarves is also meant to contrast him with MelkorBoth went against the apparent wishes of Eru, both inserted something notable into creation of their own design, out of impatience, prideThe key difference being one of them sought to atone for it and the other did not, and to showcase that Eru had already accounted for the Valar doing so, as both the Dwarves and the concepts of Heat and Cold (latter being Melkor's design) could fit into reality seamlessly and only made it grander and more beautiful But the outcomes for either Valar was different, Aule remained in god's grace and got to watch the Dwarves grow and carve out their own paths, while Melkor succumbed to darkness and never got to appreciate the beauty Heat and Cold had on the world
>check twitch follows>stream 2 is on, I'm saved>it's a mirror of stream 1end my suffering
>>683605429>>683605428Kek thanks for the rundown loregods. > Eru stays his hand and proclaims that he himself gave them life/sentience or else they wouldn't feel fear at all as Aule didn't have the ability to bestow awareness in his creations.>and how Aule learns of what Eru did: the dwarves instead of awaiting their fate as puppets would have recoiled before the hammer strikeMan that is a kino scene, knowing that background now. I didn't really care for the dwarves before, but that completely changed now. Love how Aule fucked up, repents and then during that attempt learns he has been forgiven. Really has those old testament vibes.
this is basically final fantasy x with bows
That's horrifying
>>683606010>Really has those old testament vibes.Well Eru was supposed to be God, as in Judeo-Christian God, and LotR was meant to take place in the past of our world, before magic left it
>>683605901during Melkor's first punishment that lasted several ages he was also bound by chains that Aule himself crafted, then for his final and perpetual imprisonment (until an event that Tolkien never finished) he was bound with the same chains. kinda serving as an eternal reminder that Aule embodied the benevolent qualities of the dichotomy between Aule and Morgoth that you're describing.
Just came in, didn't even knew about this LOTR game existed, is it any good? Is there any other forgotten LOTR games?
Fucking mental that multiple people on the ESA team okayed this.
I wonder if their onsite vods are gonna be as fucked as the streams are getting.
>>683606310it's also interesting that Sauron was before his fall the greatest of Maiar of Aule
>>683606010>I didn't really care for the dwarves before, but that completely changed now.like i described in an earlier post they also get their own heroic moment in an ultimate sacrifice.The dwarves displayed such fury and prowess with the superior craftmanship and mastery of their arms in a key battle that even the orcs, elves, or men wouldn't waylay them when they somberly departed from the great battle where they made the sacrifice that cost them their king in defense of retreating elves and men.
>>683606379Story's kind of shoddy, but having a secondary Fellowship that's following behind the actual one's a nice concept. There's an ungodly amount of grinding required to unlock certain skills. Battle system itself is a shameless ripoff of FFX, which I'm happy with.
>>683606274Yeah I'm aware of the religious background of Tolkien, but didn't he himself deny that his work was based on Christianity and how he hates allegories? There are some religious aspects in the books, but nothing explicitly. The story of Aule is probably the closest I have seen Tolkien go for something that could have been a story straight out of the bible
>>683606483>Maiar of Aulei somehow missed they were spawned from Aule, super interesting.>>683606274did Tolkien always have that allegorical intent? i don't know in what order he devised all the concepts but he did say it was a catholic work, 'not intentionally' at first.
>>683606404I think Deano is also one of the volunteers/staff, so that'll be part of it if so.
>>683606379It's a really cool game if you like the movie trilogy and old RPGs. It uses all the locations, assets, music, etc. from the movies and has surprising levels of effort on stuff like Ian McKellen narrating, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli appearing with their real actors voicing.
Holy fuck the rest of the day is a total disaster too.Thank God tomorrow is free of any of this multi hour long crap.
>>683606687no he hates allegory, but Eru is not supposed to be an allegory of God, it is supposed to be straight up God
>>683606640>Battle system itself is a shameless ripoff of FFX, which I'm happy with.Better than trying to invent their own and halfarsing it.
>>683606640I'm in shock at how shameless it is though this is LITERALLY just FFX, even the minimap is the same shit. The cursor, the battles, what the actual fuck
>>683606703not spawned by Aule, Maiar were created by Eru same as ValarSauron, Mairon back then, was meant to be the chief assistant to Aule, and he served that role dutifully for ages upon ages
redditbob MOGS thet trannies
>>683606541>like i described in an earlier post they also get their own heroic moment in an ultimate sacrifice.So many works have copied dwarves, but made them pretty superficial so it's easy to think that Tolkien's dwarves are bland. But Tolkien knew how to craft an interesting world, there is a reason why everyone copied him.>a key battleWhat battle was this? Would like to read up on it
>>683604010>thinking about other men's dicksYikes
>>683606775It's a movie tie-in game made at the peak of LotR hype. The selling point is just the setting really, the gameplay is just serviceable. Normally these kinds of games were pretty low quality but EA actually put a lot of effort into LotR with two hack and slash games, this RPG, and two strategy games.
>>683606978Some stuff does at least do interesting takes on them to make them theirs but then you also get companies like Blizzard that are pretty fucking shameless.
>>683606726>Ian McKellen narrating, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli appearing with their real actors voicing.they also do the voices for the ROTK game and even show up for filming in bonus videos available on the disk.i genuinely think part of what makes the films so enjoyable is most of the actors and people involved in the production had genuine respect and appreciation of Tolkien's work.this is a pretty funny video that most have probably seen where Elijah Wood gets pranked, but the actor for Merry asks a genuine question about a line from the books and you can see how serious and contemplative Wood gets. He even gets frustrated when he's not given a chance to give a serious answer. could also be my 'tism flaring up.https://youtu.be/IfhMILe8C84?t=260
>>683606761Kek yeah okay, easy solution.
runs that are 3+ hours long should only happen in the overnight stretches to bridge two days.
>>683606775Not LITERALLY, the characters/setting/story is actually good in this game
>>683607135The actors seemed like they really got along well during those movies.
>>683606913>Sauron, Mairon back then, was meant to be the chief assistant to Aule, and he served that role dutifully for ages upon agesahh i missed that too, i do recall that Sauron 'seemingly' does have genuine repentance after Morgoth's fall, but whether that was just due to fear instead of remorse is plausible and i believe even explicitly mentioned.
>>683606310>benevolent qualitiesSucking up to God?
Am I having fun vee
>>683607238and there's also the factor that it might have been remorse that got him close to redemption, and fear what ultimately kept him from itwhat is true is that Sauron never fell as far as Melkor and there always was a vanishingly small spark left in him that might have seen his redemption
>>683607135all of the 15 something hours of behind the scene documentary footage is just solid gold
>>683606379War in the North, hack and slay rpg similar to The Two Towers/RotK but instead you're playing one of three characters in single player or coop and venture north to Gundabad etc.Has been removed from digital storefronts a few years ago so you'll have to figure some other way of getting hold of it
>>683607116Yeah I can at least appreciate series like the Witcher that try to do something different with their fantasy races, even if for some attempts it doesn't work. But a lot of western and JRPGs just take the surface level stuff, and make them short people that love to dig and craft.
This run is so boring it's 17:00 and I feel like I am ready to go to bed already.
>lets put this troll to sleep
>>683606978>What battle was this? Would like to read up on itit was the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, the dwarves man up and solo an OP dragon that neither the elves or men could withstand.there's a youtube channel called wizards and warriors that do a nifty watered down portrayal with a battle map that makes it a bit easier to understand.
almost there, only 4 hours left
The elf girl's voice actor sounds familiar.
>>683607604>me at work
>>683607315>banning and deleting the trannies and the trollsBest way to do it desu.
>>683607049>EA actually put a lot of effort into LotR with two hack and slash games, this RPG, and two strategy games.Yeah, kinda surprising how much effort EA made even if it is a movie tie-ins, but guess it was because of the respect the series had. Nowadays you have the constant decline from shadows of mordor to rings of power to the fucking gollum game. Imagine making a game less respectful of the source material than fucking EA
>>683606913So I guess Aule sort of did get his punishment for creating the dwarves in a way, by having his best man become one of the world's worst evils
1/3rd of the way there, /v/ how you holding up?
How'd Aragorn live to 210?
>>683607687https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgHDXOdUos
okay why is gandalf fighting a balrog again?is this a sequel?a prequel? this is kind of silly, but I'm okay with that, looks fun
>>683607320i guess you could argue that, though i don't think Tolkien ever alluded to Eru not being benevolent (there's an argument that his non-intervention strategy is evil similar to the judeo-christian god as he does have the power to stop tragedy and suffering)Aule's motivation behind the creation of the dwarves wasn't selfish or conceited like Morgoth, he genuinely enjoyed teaching/companionship and seeing his creations benefit the world and it's creatures.
>>683606978One of the factors that gets often overlooked, even by the LotR movies, is that the dwarves tended to have a warrior-poet aspect to themAnd they do enjoy beauty both crafted and that of the natural world, it's just that things they consider beautiful are not always the same as what other races consider beautiful, prime example in LotR with Gimli ending up in the glittering caves of Aglarond and being overcome with tears at the sheer beauty of it and flat out says the dwarves wouldn't dare use it for a mine, no matter how much wealth was in itAnd after the war it becomes a site of almost pilgrimage for dwarves who maintain it and in return help reinforce the Hornburg to be the greatest fortification in the world
>>683607552>I've made a terrible mistake agreeing to join this run
>>683607552
>audio directly ripped from the moviekino
>>683607738no, absolutely not, Eru does not punish by proxy in that way, he would NEVER corrupt someone just to punish a third party That's in fact a massive KEY difference between Eru and Morgoth, Morgoth engages in that sort of bullshit constantly and it is always shown to be utterly evil Sauron's fall was an entirely self-contained event in universe
>>683607569>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBLHBmYNGwFound it, going to watch it when a shitty run is on. Will serve as a nice start while I track down the book
>>683607347>there always was a vanishingly small spark left in him that might have seen his redemptioni think this existed in Saruman too, first when Gandalf contronts him at Orthanc and when Frodo does in the shire right before he's killed.
>>683607780Neither, it's parallel.
>>683607743Third Age is a guilty pleasure, so I'm loving this.
>>683607931yep that's it, i think they get some minor details wrong that purists throw a hissy fit over but it's clear they put a lot of effort into it and the map helps alleviate my retardation when reading/listening to Tolkien's description of it.
>>683607780The party of this game are meant to be following the fellowship trying to protect them. So the developers take any chance they can to have a member of the fellowship join the party if they are separated. Here it's meant to be them helping Gandalf fight the Balrog sometime after the rest of the fellowship has departed (Gandalf fought the balrog for like days all throughout the mountain so even though it didn't happen, it's not technically impossible for them to have joined him briefly)
>>683608004Nothing guilty about it. It's a pretty good game.
>Get rid of stream 2>Still include quarter of a day long jrpg runs
>>683607959and it's also why later in life Tolkien was heavily conflicted about the portrayal for the Orcs as he wanted them to have the potential for redemption too Honestly Tolkien writing a short tale about a tribe of orc's slowly coming to redemption would have been fun to have
I'm enjoying the run and simply not posting
>runner looks actually retarded>commentator says nothing and looks like he really doesn't want to be there>4 hours leftthis is actually painful to watch
>>683608184Same. Playing RImworld with the thread and ESA on in the background
The commentator looks like he desperately wishes he was a New Jersey Italian.
One of my favourite marathon moments is always when a runner is explaining an obscure detail and then someone in the audience nods as if to say 'naturally...'
>>683607810it's also a fun bit of banter between him and Legolas where they make a deal for Gimli to show him the caves, Legolas is so enthralled with Gimli's passion and reverence he agrees despite his disinterest.
>>683608184You've just posted.
>>683607810>the dwarves tended to have a warrior-poet aspect to themI feel like this is what ties everything together, explaining why they are crafters and miners. > Gimli ending up in the glittering caves of Aglarond and being overcome with tears at the sheer beauty of it and flat out says the dwarves wouldn't dare use it for a mine, no matter how much wealth was in itMan I completely don't remember this at all. It really makes me want to reread the books again. Maybe should make a trip to my parents house to pick them up, still have them from when I was a child
>>683607743I'm liking it, it's a very nonstandard game even for variety marathons.
>>683608317
Love how Gandalf never mentioned these guys
>Idrial doesn't kneel before Gandalf the whitedamn what a bitch
the zoomers fight right now to not fall asleep is the toughest battle he has ever had to face
I replayed this game a couple years ago. I unlocked a skill on Elegost that let him shoot sleep arrows on the entire enemy party. Turned the game into a joke so I dropped it halfway through.
>>683608346and in turn he gets Gimli to agree to visit Fangorn with him because to Legolas Fangorn is the place of hidden beauty in Rohan And they both go despite their misgivings on either places out of pure friendship
>>683608158at least he does indicate that the orcs have really become unwilling slaves driven by fear and domination from Morgoth/Sauron, many of them simply want to fuck off to wherever and not be bothered despite being endemically evil.
dude next to the runner looks like he's dozing off
WAKE UP HARRY POTTER MANWAKE UP
The dude next to the running can't stop yawning.
>>683608112You can always get small details wrong, it's good to point them out but complaining about a free video that took a lot of effort is kinda stupid. Looking forward to watching it, your description made it sound pretty epic.
>characters are actually wearing and displaying the gear you equip them withthis was my shit.
We need more lotr kino, lotro isn't enough
>>683608450I should take a nap and wake up just in time for...>Randomizer>Roguelike>BingoMaybe I'll just sleep for 21 hours and be up for the NES block
>>683608624love it
Stream2 is LIVE
>>683608546>>683608581>>683608586he's not sleeping, just resting his eyes
>>683608652I recently installed the Battle for Middle Earth games, was very pleasantly surprised to see they still have an active community modding and adding to the games.
>>683607135>He even gets frustrated when he's not given a chance to give a serious answerMaybe I also have the autism then, because I can see him wanting to answer that. His strong denial about it being a bad question makes it pretty clear that he is serious about it.
>>683608725it's funny how nobody ever believes this cope but when you're the one saying it while tired you 100% believe it as you lay there half snoring
>>683608593i'll add that if you want to have the proper background for all the characters you'd have to read the Silmarillion, how the characters make oaths and promises to each other even across the races is a concept that really ties the entire story together and adds to the impact of the events.as a self-contained battle it's still pretty compelling though.
>>683607930I didn't say Eru did it on purpose - more of a poetic karma thing
baking and i will include the subject line at page 10
>black speech What did Tolkien mean by this?
>>683609062AYO DAT WIZZURD HE BE FINNA BOUTTA PULL UP WIT DA MUFUCKIN BLICK ON G
Whip of the master+1 SP shadowcraft
>>683608846>you'd have to read the SilmarillionI have read it, even have the physical book. Problem is that it probably has been more than 20 years since I last opened it, so I remember almost nothing. But this thread definitely made me want to reread everything, just that the posts about the battle made me want to learn more about it now. So will watch the video so I don't have to wait until I reread every Tolkien book before I get to it. But I will keep in mind that I'm missing some broader context
>>683608317Wait is that Naro? He is a Touhou autist, but I wouldn't be surprised if he knew his Tolkien as well
my face when i see theres 4 more hours
>>683609062FRODO, THAT ORC WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGED YOUR GYATT
should have run this during the downtime
>>683609272Someone get this man some coffee
>Some guy is willing to dump lots of money for the bbb-bumper sound.>Meanwhile ESA management is away at dinner and have no way of turning it on.
>>683609481Thank fuck for that.
>they go for the typical /tv/ baitnext they'll start talking about tax policies
>>683609549notto dissu shittu again
>>683609481the only thing i love more than unfunny forced memes are recycled unfunny forced memes
>>683609481People will actually pay money to hear that fat fuck's faux excited voice?They don't just end up triggering it by accident?!
>>683609272Honestly, I love how this game made everyone discuss Tolkien lore. You have a mega Tolkien autist running the game, the twitch chat is discussing the lore. And the thread has been really amazing regarding the lore
>>683609549>the Americans were originally neutralSomebody's been reading the more recent re-release that edits out them playing both sides off against each other for profit.
>>683609628I wouldn't be surprised if it's skenmy donating for himself with a fake name.
Lmao this is kind of awkward
>can't get my webm to 4mb how the fuck did the anon take the rupee skip and make it 3.5mb
>>683609572>next they'll start talking about tax policiesI do love the bank posting that inspired it, only matched by the Bond edits of Le Chiffre playing various games
>>683609549i chuckled
>>683610042This webm is mostly static which lends itself better to compression
damn that woman could scream
>>683610042There's very little changing from frame to frame, it makes a lot of difference.
>>683610042Well post your ffmpeg command and I'll tell you
This isn't canon because my character in LOTRO did this
>somebody yells at you and your orc companions in your native tongue
>>683610042check your bitrate
>>683610048should have been >"they have a cave toll"
These run cycles make the characters look autistic.
>>683610471
>>683608412lmao
>>683610730TIME TO MIG>>683610730TIME TO MIG>>683610730TIME TO MIG
