Sept 2021 - Poll for the next bullshittery

Good afternoon everyone.

After completing the Onward bullshittery, I took the week off to recharge the mental batteries. I'm feeling energised and eager to start the next project :)

I do have some video-essay ideas floating around. But they're not quite mature yet. And it's probably wise to do another bullshittery, as I did promise that I would do multiple.

As Onward was my choice, the next one gets to be selected by the Patrons and Twitch subs.

I've selected a handful of possible options and have made a poll. What would you prefer I focus on next? :) 

1.) Divinity Original Sin II (part 2)

The next part of the Divinity adventuring featuring myself, Digby, Messy and Quebec. And now that we've arrived at Fort Joy, our mission is to mount an escape. This episode will feature those shenanigans, revealing what is going on here on this island and how it concerns us.

Formula-wise, this one features a strong narrative stroke rather than just disconnected moments of comedy. As we fumble our way through the story-driven gameplay of Divinity.

Stealing everything...

2.) Holdfast: Nations at War (part 2)

Yet more highlights from the Holdfast games. Featuring lots of silly clips with atrocious German accents, exploding heads, and amusing banter. As 200 people pretend they're in the Napoleonic era.

Very much a compilation of jumbled clips from all over the last 2-3 years of streaming Holdfast. No narrative through line and the usual mixture of fast and slow gags with a wide range of players.

3.) Rising Storm: Vietnam (part 3)

Same deal with Rising Storm. As there's a veritable mountain of funny moments and conversations as we battle it out across Vietnam. A game that's very similar to the battlefield series, with classes, tickets and conquest points.

A mixture of highlight types, with no strong emphasis on slow or fast. Very consistent core of regular players.

4.) DayZ

DayZ is a bit of an odd duck. As we've gradually returned to it over the years in lots of different forms. Be it Arma 3, Arma 2, or Bohemia's standalone. For it takes many different forms - each one arguably "DayZ".

As such, there is a steadily building pile of highlights collected over the course of years that should hopefully still be quite funny. Likely to be mostly slow'ish cuts, with emphasis on conversational banter and trickery. Which is DayZ's strength.

5.) Team Fortress 2

The highlights from the extremely fun games of TF2 we've been playing each Sunday. With many of us encountering the game for the first time and learning as we go.

I'm pretty sure that this one will be very similar to Rocket League bullshittery, in that it will prominently feature fast cuts. The large number of people in teamspeak (and the arcade nature of it) favours quick squeals and comebacks rather than long conversations.

I also plan to use the Source Filmmaker for some cutaway gags.

6.) Halo: Reach

Some highlights from the games of Halo Reach, played regularly about a year ago. Big multiplayer sessions with many clan mates. Expect Halo classic deathmatches with a ZF twist.

Some of these games became very energetic. With excited screaming and nail-biting capture-the-flag tiebreakers. And a whole load of ZF Harry being adorable.

Another link to the poll. Do let me know where general opinion is. And I'll move the data onto the workstation and get cracking immediately.

Also, Lulu emerges from her warm curtain to wish you a smooth week.