TL: 39:47 "母梅の髪” -> "Mother Mei's/Ume's Hair" P.S. I love how Mat can instantly pointed out abstract clues while not seeing bloody footprints that took over half of the screen lol.
@@josephkwon2497 You're correct! But "Plum" is her mother's name, so I go with how Anime and Comics translate Japanese name-- translated it as how it was pronounced. Ume and Mei are the possible pronunciation of the Kanji.
Thanks. This is helpful cause I was confused about ' what do you mean by mother plum hair' and I'm making a note for my studies in the Japanese language. Thanks for leaving this comment 👍
I think that there's already a possibility for the safe code. People often use loved one's birthdays as passwords. You could try Lily's birthday from the card in the cave on the safe
@@0deq1ce29 you can't really say that then make it a 2-liner so when people know it's a spoiler it's already too late. I believe you can make it spoilers by just spacing it out all the way at the bottom so people have to click to see more like this
There should be a "game theory podcast" this witty banter was so cool, i wish i could hear Matt and Matt (and maybe more people from the team), talk about these interesting topics, even if they are not experts.
They kind of did it for a short time with GTeaLive, but they stopped that, if I remember correctly, because it kind of turned into them just reacting to online drama. But yeah, I think if they focused less on other creators and more on general topics it could work really well.
The witty banter in this episode was a bit longer than usual and I thought it would be cool if they made a podcast too. But at the same time I really like this game and kept thinking I just want them to play the game. Lol
I'd like to recommend you to play a game called Your Turn To Die. It is a visual novel death game where you can choose which characters live and die. It is a phenomenal game that doesn't get enough appreciation and it also have a lot of great theory material. So please check it out if you can, I promise it will be worth it.
After Cooking Companions and DDLC+ it sounds like it will at least fill a gap I didn't know I had before. TBH any anime/manga games that aren't romance sims would be nice, not just horror.
I'm actually working on an Explain Like I'm 5 blog series that focuses on topics like Cloud, Blockchain, Web3, NFTs, etc. There's a huge need for modern technical concepts explained in very simple terms.
I'm guessing the bloody handprints was Lily crawling back from being hit by the car, she was then picked up and everything put back in place aside from things that weren't obvious like unlocked stuff or the rocks. Maybe Lily V1 died in the well and the previous Lilys died trying to get in there or something. There's so many possible theories
To add to my theory, maybe the original Lily is calling to them, leading them to their death because she's mad her father is just making replacements of her after her death instead of moving on.
To see a more in-depth playthrough of the game and its lore, see ManlyBadassHero's video on it. You've actually gotten pretty close to the game's lore.
Here was me wondering why V6 if it wasn't LV5/6, but then also thinking "Huh, they forgot to False variables on the shed key...." But now it makes sense!
He and Steph used to do a show on Tuesdays called GTEALive that was more podcasty and about industry/digital news and tea, it was amazing and I miss it
1:05:24 I love that game mechanic! Whenever I die in a game I always go back and re-read notes so that my character has the knowledge of it but truthfully the game never actually has it inputted in the game that your character remembers what they read. If the character reads the safe numbers to open a lock it never matters as long as the player actually knows it: but not this game. I love that you actually have to let the character read notes to keep that knowledge. I love that so much, especially for someone like me who enjoys letting my character reading notes
39:46 The memorial said "hair of mother plum" in Japanese (母梅の髪). I think "plum" (梅) was (a part of) her mother's name, and the memorial had a lock of her mother's hair.
It's best to go through the bad ends one by one to be more emersed into the game. It tends to ruin the plot and point of the game when players decided to skip all the bad ends and go straight to the bottom right away. If anything, I feel like the 8th ending that MatPat got with the vine was just a good enough tease of the plot, but because of that he kinda predicted what was going to happen.
@@Zack_Zander it felt like the perfect ending to get too, it connected back to the vines stuff, while also hinting at what is going on and letting MatPat know it's ok, and actually encouraged to die in this game, lol.
@@Zack_Zander To be fair, when you get told there's a bunch of things that could make rope, and a well that's incredibly deep, it's reasonable that a player might try and collect a few rope before attempting to climb down. It's not that they're necessarily like "must get good end", but more like "oh I'm doing the thing the game asked".
NFT’s , blockchain , and anything surrounding that normally is so frustrating for me to wrap my head around. My gut feeling tells me I don’t like it , but I’m not educated enough to make an argument. The intro really was interesting, enlightening, and I’d love to see more like it.
Folding Ideas and münecat both have a video on what NFTs are and why they're bad. 3blue1brown has a series on the blockchain for a more technical side. I recommend watching the Folding Ideas video first.
Blockchain is a way of structuring data and encrypting it that both records each transaction while confirming each transaction through a distributed network of those that have had past transactions with that data. The reason for the big push for it is it makes it harder for hackers to hide their tracks since they can't alter the data in the other computers in the distributed network. So it can be a major step up in security even if it isn't fool proof. Where NFTs are a speculator scam like commemorative plates/coins, variant comic covers, or any other product that you can convince someone that it will increase in price if you hold onto it long enough that uses blockchain. So you can make a lot of money on it right now, but sooner or later it's going to bottom out and be worthless since it is only as valuable as people think it is. Because at the end of the day it's a piece of data saying you own another piece of data which you have to convince someone else to buy off of you before you can turn it into currency. And people worry about blockchain since right now since it can be extremely CPU intensive to produce the original blockchain, so it can be fairly energy intensive. But there has been strides in making it easier to make those blockchains that are less energy intensive since it still is a fairly new technology. So blockchain is pretty much here to stay since all major companies want the security that it can provide financial transactions. Where NFTs are only going to be a round until enough people get burned by it.
The biggest argument is the environmental impact. And it's not just costly, it's MASSIVE I'm talking extra -countries- worth of powerusage, a MASSIVE cost. It's genuinely a huge threat, I'd look up the environmental impact for the most important bit But they're also scams usually, and "fake" currency on an unregulated market, so anyone can be ruined when they buy into it, and it can fund illegal activity
@@bg8436 See, the thing with the blockchain confirming and recording each transaction... Wouldn't that mean in theory the amount of energy needed to even read it would grow exponentially and eventually reach a point where the processing power required to read a specific chain increases at a rate faster than technology can progress to mitigate? Or am I completely misunderstanding the mechanics of that? Visually I was under the impression that it was like taking a box and putting that box in a bigger box, and then putting that box into a bigger box over and over each time something interacts with the "item", leading me to believe you'd either be paying with exponentially growing processing requirements, memory usage, or both like how a program/game that is continuously built upon with updates eventually starts to break as more layers are added.
Now my question is, since it's already mentioned that the game has LOOOOOREEEE, when seeing the Rocks being still in the water after you died, rather then noding it off than a good game design, what if it's intented as a hint to the lore to something? EDIT: Coming to the V6 (Version 5 to 6 after the death) would further imply that in my opinion, making me think that each death is a "new" Lily in the same timeline? EDIT EDIT: Coming now to the vine scene in the well, I guess that's kinda confirmed now? XD
HIGHLY RECOMMEND MirrorMat to skim a walkthrough or just some research on this game so this doesn't turn into a 12 minutes thing again. This game can be complicated. This is a BRILLIANT game honestly and I'm really glad Matpat is playing it!
I mean, they did and will do it when necessary. For example: fun time with Ayumi on that stream, Mirror Mat is doing research and giving hint when Matpat ask for them. But also, Matpat discovered the Lore Ending by himself which is a secret ending that hasn't been shared on the internet yet. Warm and solid advice, but no need to worry too much.
the moral question is, do you want them to watch walkthroughs of this game to skip to the true ending? or do you want them to completely explore the game to 100%, thereby killing LOTS of lilies in the process...
He did really well actually! And I wasn't going to say anything initially. But these livestreams are short and I don't want Mat to get frustrated instead of having fun. I have a feeling he's gonna love this game. So if MirrorMat knows the general idea he could give small hints so Mat doesn't get too stuck. But Hey! That's just a RECOMMENDATION! A General Recommendation! Thanks for reading!
I do think he was meant to play in the road, since you do need to die to solve puzzles. Either that or dying to the vines were probably his two options there.
I wonder, you notice how every piece of rope directly lead you into a "level"... Maybe if you go down with only 3 pieces, you'll be in the screen with the big duct and then be able to climb in automatically, like when with 7 pieces you automatically jumped into the vine
Just a thought, the card wished Lily a Happy Birthday in 1984, however this game takes place in 2005, and Lily is only 9 years old. Also maybe you don't need all 15 pieces of rope to learn about the things in the well...
Father is silly then, since he went through all the trouble of cloning his daughter, only to then not check what she did around the property. Maybe father is just not into gardening
Although Matt did skip through a bunch of dead endings, I feel like the one he got is a good teaser rather than skipping all the way to the end. And literally from that first ending, Matt got the plot of the game. Not bad at all.
It's fine. One of the best strategies to play this game is to gather as much you can before descend, and then unlock the previous endings afterwards now that you can more easily locate the different rope options. Also, seeing Matpat's strong reaction to the vampire vine, you know it's going to be a good let's play.
My only hope is that while MatPat was at those conferences and panels, he stood true to the Theory brand and yelled "BUT THAT'S JUST A THEORY; A GAME THEORRRYYY!" every time someone said the word "Theory".
My mom had a friend in college who was asked a question in an English class that he couldn’t answer, so his response was, “there is great symbolism”. Now in my family it’s a running joke that if we don’t know the answer to a question, we say “there is great symbolism”. And now I’m giggling at the thought of someone using that response to explain blockchain.
Another big problem with NFTs is that often it's not the actual art that's on the blockchain, just a link to it, and at anytime someone can change what content that link actually directs too and that's currently one of the big scams happening in NFT markets.
55:14 **gets run over** Mor-tis (this game gives me FAITH vibes). Speaking about that, I think FAITH would be an interesting game to play on the channel ✞
I honestly got so invested in Matt talking about his experience and impressions at the Expo when they actually started to play the game I got whiplash as I remember that was the original reason I clicked on the video.
I'd like to take the time out to aknowledge. That matpat and the theory crew are the hardest working people out here in RU-vid...while other people take days and months off RU-vid.... across 4 channels they have been and continue to be extremely consistent theory's on weekdays with GT lives on every Monday Wednesday and Friday. Matt pat and mirror mat are the true MVPs
NFTs seem so backwards from what digital media is. "Let's restrict easily repeatable digital data to digital certificates that literally give you no benefits." NFTs could definitely be used in interesting ways, and be a valuable resource. But it seems they are just being abused for big companies and smart artists who know how to dup people into paying something for nothing. No evidence for this, but I have a feeling the same people who buy an NFTs of a Acid Tripping Bever for $10k are the same people who pirate movies and indie games "to stick it to the man".
Early internet promotors: "EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE THINGS WE MAKE! LET KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT NO LONGER BE GATEKEPT!" Web3 promotors: "EVERYTHING SHOULD COST MONEY! POOR PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO STUFF ONLINE!"
I'm glad you had that conversation as well, I think it's important people talk about it like it is so more people are aware and have a better understanding of what's going on with these topics
Why do parents always have to experiment on bringing their dead children back to life and making multiple copies of them at certain stages(looking at you Book version of Henry Emily). So, another terrifying, but interesting game to add to your ever growing collection. Can't wait to see what terrors await next time ^^
I love these old 2D pixelated horror games. When it's a 3D type of game and they include dark elements it doesn't feel as scary. But with these type of games and makes it so much more terrifying.
This game is actually genuinely terrifying it’s one of the only games to put me on edge cause I actually can’t predict it well done to the people who made this
Yesss another suggestion ❤️❤️❤️. I don’t know if anyone told you about Who’s Lila? It’s an click and point where you have to manually make your character’s facial expressions in a reverse mystery.
The truth about NFT's is that you do not own what are attached to them. Any artwork, images, videos, what have you is not owned by you. You do not own the license to them. A lot of times the person or entity making the NFT does not even own rights to the artwork used. Many artists have had their work stolen to be used in an NFT. What you really own in an NFT is the code that says that this in an original. It is like buying a Picaso and the only thing you own is the piece of paper that says this is an authentic Picaso.
Never thought I'd hear about lilsimsie from a GtLive but boy does it make me happy to hear she's also getting some recognition for all the great work she's been doing alongside everyone else who uses their platform to raise money for charity!!
One thing: This game is really cool, it's been a while since I've seen such an intelligent point n' click puzzle game (you can use your mouse too so it can be counted as PnC) One other thing: It was so frustrating watching the Mats ignore the safe after they had the code on their hands. I mean, isn't it obvious that Lily's dad would have Lily's birthday as his safe code?
You know, this was actually the most insight into the whole NFT thing that I have heard/ seen in one place before. I still don't think it's exactly a great thing even with this new information. But I thank you for the educational aspect you have presented about NFTs and such.
a game i think everyone would enjoy is "I became a dog" It's a mobile game but it has lore and it's very unique honestly; Lots of endings and a couple more parts of the game so i recommend it
The mention of “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” by Fiona Apple made me so happy. That was my childhood, and I remember that album/song from when I was really small plus Fiona in general ❤❤❤ when he picked up the bolt cutters I thought the exact same thing 😂
If mattpat or anyone else wants to take a deeper dive into the problems w/ NFTs I highly recommend the video "Line Goes Up" by Dan Olson / Folding Ideas
The shower curtain is not a rope. The blue thorned vine is fine to go ahead and cut down, I'm pretty sure Lily trims the thorns automatically when you use the shears on them. There's fifteen total ropes but that includes the bad materials. There are ten total good materials. If you get all fifteen the rope will break
I rarely if ever comment on stuff. I played through the whole game because this intrigued me so much. Please continue this. I can't express how much your fan base will love this game.
ok so this is like a weird gut feeling i have but i think the birthday card that said "happy ONE year of being here" has something to do the with the 6 digit code to open the drawer in the dresser. it has 6 letters and if you count the letters in each word you get the code 534254. but another option could be 514254 if you took one and counted that just as a number rather than like. counting the letters. and if not that maybe something to do with lily's birthday? anyway that's all i got.
Oooooh after knowing (part of) the story at play here, the fact things like the rocks staying in the river make a lot of sense. It's not just good game design to avoid you having to do it again, it's a subtle hint at the lore.
the technology behind NFTs is good, it's just being used in a strange way. one extremely useful scenario would be for entering contracts, since blockchains cannot be retroactively changed, or any scenario where something needs to be preserved and unchanged
There are more reasons than I can count explaining why I personally believe NFTs and their associated schemes are unessicary, and... well.. stupid. One that I don't see mentioned often is just how ridiculous the comparison between having and original painting from a famous artist, and having an NFT is. I'll try to keep my reasoning short. The painting is a physical object with history. If I were to buy an original Picasso, it would be painted BY PICASSO. Hundreds of hours would have been put into crafting it, and it's exclusivity would hold actual weight. It's not like he'll come back from the dead and make another painting. NFTs on the other hand, are jpegs. They can be "minted" at any time, in any quantity. Each is indistinguishable from the last, only identifiable by the unique ID applied to them. And because of the decentralized nature of the blockchain, the jpeg you "own" will only exist as long as the server it's stored on is functional. Essentially, you don't own the image. You own a receipt for the image that tells a database that you own an image, which may cease to exist at any time. It's stupid.
Yeah Nft is like having a printed copy of a painting It's not that special and you can get another one, but nft's are explansive and printing a image its only some cents
Hello I would love to suggest a game I don’t think has been played! I’m not sure if anyone on the team is is going to read this but I’ll take a gander at it anyway! I suggest play “Vincent the secret of Myers” it’s a point and click horror novel (by Dino999z if you need the creators name) and is very interesting! You play as the protagonist who is trying to gain their lost memories back, but while on this quest you soon find out numerous of secrets that involve the Myers corporation. Not only that but the corporation builds scary human cyborg robots…which is right up your ally! If anyone on the team even considers this thank you, and an even bigger thank you if you play this! I’d love to here your take on this game!
I just love this game and that is has an ending for nearly every amount of rope, there's so much put into this and the story is crazy. First saw it on Manly's channel and I'm glad you play it now too!
11:28 Currently the problem is convincing people that there isn't a way to get this for free. For instance I can own a copy and sell this copy to a place like The Pirate Bay, by copying the film, allowing myself to earn money, and allowing people to watch this stuff for free. This would then just lead to trade into supposedly illegal channels to be more frequent, because people are against the idea of having to own it to view it. This goes back to me copy pasting, screenshoting, or using the snipping tool, to screen record the episode, and upload that screen recording to whatever website I wanted, allowing people to view this video, under my name. I myself don't need to make money off licensing, just distribution. I might not be able to earn ad revenue, but I could distribute it nonetheless. The decentralized blockchain currently is a concept with as many as cheddar or Swiss Cheese. And you can't really govern the internet, because from what I see it, if one country makes a law, I change my country to a country that doesn't have this law and I can do business again. The internet would need an international effort to govern a decentralized network, or things can get out of hand, and piracy can in a function be legalized.
Ironically, if there is an international effort to govern the internet, it's still decentralized so you don't lose that. The issue is that countries have wildly different ideas on what should and shouldn't be allowed on the internet. China, Japan and Korea shouldn't get a say because of how they don't understand the internet at all.
@@boredfangerrude It's not that they shouldn't have a say, but they should be brought into a meeting to discuss how the internet and how to govern the internet rather than control it, but that requires these countries to recognize a lot about what it means to work together and with the people, which some countries might not know how to do.
Mild spoiler What I find creepy about this game is that, despite the heavy focus of going down into the well as far as possible, the true ending can only be achieved by not climbing into the well at all.
Technically, you are required to do every ending to actually achieved the true ending. Lily won't be able to initiate the true end until you experience the bad ends.
I think but it's just a theory a game theory, that oily hair is past Lily decomposing or future Lily being grown by being fed the corpse of the last Lily
THE INTRO 😭😭😭 The way the camera swapped to Mat’s shocked face and then Lily’s dead body 💀💀 AND THEN TO MAKE IT BETTER MAT’S FACE WAS BLURRY BECAUSE OF THE ZOOM IN QUALITY 💀
Btw when you died with 7 pieces of rope you got the eighth number of a phone number, maybe if you die/end with less lengths of rope you can get the earlier numbers starting with zero to get the first number
As a Neopet's player I've been railing against NFTs since last year. I learned so much about them because I like to know what I'm talking about if I'm going to go against something. The more I learn, the more I hate it. I actually sent an email to your team ages ago asking you guys to cover this stuff. It wasn't super on the radar at the time though so, while I'm a bit sad (because it's a bit late to stop it there and many other places now) I get it. : ( I just hope not too many people get duped and that it goes out with a whimper rather than a bang.
PLEASE continue the conversation at the beginning. It was really helpful and informative and I'd love to hear more about all this. There isn't enough information out there about what all these buzzwords really mean and what the intentions are behind them
