Dominic Bytes - Cyber Synthwave VTuber!

Upcoming schedule! Sun 3/15 - Bonus stream! What will it be? Not sure. Mon 3/16 - More #Hytale! Let's drop off the memories and head back to that dungeon. Streamed on @LuckoDaStars. Tue 3/17 - Running Man 2025 for Byte Club Cinema. @hauntedopus took one look and noped out, leaving Diesel and I to face it alone. Thu 3/19 - #Deadlock! My first time streaming it, but not my first time playing. I'll be doing an intro with bot matches, sandboxes, console commands, map exploration, and what its tutorial will need.

@GaryD20Games It's okay as a first draft. But the wonky editing, background issues, and inconsistent modeling for Will Smith (which is itself a meme) don't put it in 7 figure territory. The fighting style suits AI well, though, as it's better at slug fests than wuxia.

Is this 1,000,000-level quality and should Hollywood be worried? 🎬🤔

@furrimessiah @thedragonstea The pacing is what I enjoyed. For me it makes the payoffs more impactful because you saw what went into it. A common issue with isekais is to negate the struggle too quickly. It's my biggest problem with Reincarnation of a Slime and why I prefer So I'm a Spider instead.

@thedragonstea @DominicBytes It's good, but the plot is glacially slow. I'm sure some people appreciate that about it, but I lost interest half way into season 2.

Ascendance of a Bookworm is one of my top 5 isekais of all time. Looks like it got a boost in animation budget for the new season, too. If you like Apothecary Diaries, I'd put this one alongside it for world building and characters.

@HytaleAlerts So when Hytale advises against spheres, it's not that the engine can't handle spheres. They just don't want spheres for style reasons.

Imagine having balls in a world made of cubes 💀 🎥 u/gabrielmottadev

@NACHOS2D_ To satisfy the memes, Hancock should have planted Homelander's face into a plate of spaghetti.

Hollywood got cooked. AI Seedance 2.0 just dropped a Hancock vs Homelander in a matter of days $1,000,000-level quality.

I figured I'd let Teaman discover that on his own rather than spoil it. I also like that they take pains to show good and bad among all the classes (peasants, merchants, priests, nobles), so it never comes off that only the aristocrats are the source of the problems. And it's the good people Maine encounters who enable her success.

@DominicBytes @thedragonstea You forgot to mention how absolutely heart breaking and soul crushing it can be. The show really takes time to make you care about even minor characters, so when the unfairness of a society run by nobles comes into play it tears your heart out. It is brilliant that way.

Japanese librarian and bibliophile from our world is killed in an earthquake. She's reborn into the body of a 5 year old girl, Maine, with health issues in a medieval Europe lookalike with low fantasy elements. She loves books, but this is pre-printing press so books are nobility only and she's born into a peasant family. Series documents her attempts to invent ways to have books. She is able to leverage some modern DIY know-how, as well. The circumstances of her soul transmigration also come into play, especially in the 2nd half. The series does not rush the "peasant girl into nobility" trope like some. You see every step and hard fought victory over 36 episodes (season 1-3) that cover Parts 1 and 2 of the story. This season will probably cover all of Part 3, with 2 more parts remaining for adaptation. The series is fully written, so we can get a satisfying conclusion to this. The series hints at broader magical conflicts and adventures, but sticks to its guns on only showing you what someone in her station would see. Very similar to how Apothecary Diaries only lets you see glimpses of the broader intrigue until Mao is dragged right into it. Main themes are resourcefulness, friendship, innovation, economic intrigue, trade and civilization, aristocracy and classism, and redemption. Maine introducing capitalism to a world of feudalism is a huge central plot mover. She was book smart in her past life and that's her main power. Similar to how Mao relies on brains over brawn. And as Mao loves poisons, Maine loves books (very relatable). Season 1 was animated by Ajiado, who did their best to mimic a Ghibli style. Sadly they got a bit sloppy and rushed in season 2. But season 3 stepped it back up. WIT Studio is a tremendous upgrade and I am looking forward to their take. This is the kind of show that suits them perfectly, given their work on Ranking of Kings.

@DominicBytes It's been recommended to me a lot these past few years. Can ylh give me a breakdown of the plot/themes?

A railway company in Japan once ran out of money to pay a stationmaster. So they gave the job to the cat who lived outside the station. She wore a custom made hat, worked for cat food, and saved the entire line. Her name was Tama. She was a calico cat who had spent her days sitting near the entrance of Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, greeting passengers anyway. When the company destaffed the station in 2006 to cut costs, the president visited to discuss what to do about the stray cats living nearby. He looked into Tama's eyes and later said they conveyed a sense of purpose as strong as any of his employees. He made her stationmaster. Within a month passenger numbers rose by seventeen percent. People began travelling from across Japan just to see her. Tourists arrived from other countries. A French documentary crew came to film her. The station was eventually rebuilt in the shape of a cat's face. In her eight years as stationmaster Tama contributed an estimated one billion yen to the local economy. She was promoted four times. She eventually held the title of Honorary President of the railway. The only female in a senior position in the entire company. When she passed away in 2015 over three thousand people attended her funeral. She was given the posthumous title Honorary Eternal Stationmaster and enshrined at a nearby Shinto shrine as a goddess. The position of stationmaster at Kishi Station is still held by a cat today.

SOMEONE HELP ME!!! I CAME FOR CHUCK NORRIS, BUT HE INFORMED ME HE ACTUALLY CAME FOR ME

@Geezer_Ghost @thedragonstea I have been telling him that since he came up with the idea.

@thedragonstea so youy made soap for the foot freaks? I think you could make a killing by modelling them after different vtuber feet.

IT IS FINALLY HERE! OUR (painfully) MOST REQUESTED ITEM! DRAGON SOAP MOLDS! Oh and the foot molds too I guess.... They're slightly bigger than the regular molds and require a bit more work, hence the $0.50 extra price. The images across all the soaps are the same for now, will make ones with the proper soaps when I can. The new Frieren Tea should be up in like an hour or so if folks want to wait for that one.

Chuck Norris was aware of the memes and loved them. This is a very appropriate way to celebrate his life.

@PippyM_ You and @Glaceonics have the exact same love of that Pokemon. You've quoted him almost word for word!

Another of the many glaceon discussions ive had on streams in the past 🥹

Want to know what Frieren tastes like? Use code DOMINICBYTES to find out! Her journey. I mean her JOURNEY. What did you think I meant?! (You just know Fern and Methode are going to clear Teaman out soon.)

We lost a great one today.

Based on where LLM video production is currently, a prediction: Netflix will push it heavily for SFX soon, if they aren't already. Why? While the shots fail under close scrutiny, Netflix appeals to a "second screen" audience. They aren't watching closely, so they won't notice.

Will I ever play Marvel Rivals? Not likely. But I can appreciate that it gets the character designs right and respects the source material. This kind of art style never goes out of fashion (or demand).

A fun stream. Blew up some demons as a nun. Pistols are recommended over shotgun. Main issue is I have to focus so much on the action I can't really look at chat. So not a genre I can really stream. Then a lot more Hytale. Tried out some of the Creative Mode features. Discovered an abandoned mine in a new area. Found out I had gotten close to the end of the crypt dungeon on my last time through and beat the boss! Raided into @RiyuuVT and @gamerfaroe!

@thedragonstea You need to pick VTubers you work with to have different colors and scents named for them. That's the kind of creepy parasocial thing that makes the big bucks.

Tomorrow, we make it official...

I'm going to Hell, but I'm bringing guns with me! I'm also a nun, because why not. Then more dungeon crawling and mining. Guns and Nuns Demo then Hytale! twitch.tv/dominicbytes

@neppie_nep You honor the legacy of those who came before you with your determination and skill. I say that as someone who played this a lot in the days of Windows 3.1.

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