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Jeff Green's new band is called "Furtive Pygmy" [Black Dragon plays Dark Souls]
- Thread starter SeventhSon
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I love how quickly Jeff discovered the concept of the boss run, where you just run past all enemies.
Seriously, fuck the Drake Sword. It ultimately prevents players from getting good at the game and when it becomes useless, they hit a wall and quit.
Bad idea. Then he'll never learn to upgrade weapons or fight properly for half the game.
Seriously, fuck the Drake Sword. It ultimately prevents players from getting good at the game and when it becomes useless, they hit a wall and quit.
I bet I could obliterate you at Rock Band.
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
You probably could. I don't suck at it though.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
jeff would fit in perfectly at GB, loved him on the last bombcast
I just wanna see him try and shoot the tail a lot. Haha.
eot
Banned
Channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/Greenspeakachu
To FootNinja: If you never suck at any game, then my channel can prove an educational adventure into what it's like to not be very good. If you're looking for pro play....I'd probably look elsewhere.
Whose channel is this then?!
http://www.youtube.com/user/WahjahMan/videos
Seeing as how he subscribed to Dota2PortalTv, I'm pretty sure that isn't the real Jeff Green =p
Yeah, that was my old one. "Greenspeak" is supposed to be the only active one. I gotta lose the other.
Oh and last night's episode is up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2v7srf0QxY
Jeff, do you happen to know this man?
Just askin'.
Dad?
Actually I have no idea who this is. Should I?
Also I won't be live streaming because I am going to a three hour French movie with my wife. Which may sound bad except I've been promised that there's girl-girl sex.
I thought being three hours long and including girl-girl sex was a prerequisite for even being a French movie!
Enjoying the heck out of watching you go through the game.
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
I can't stop watching Jeff play for some reason. If I could just play for him for one second, I could show him so many things that would help him enjoy the game much more, or so at least that's how I see it.
Alright Jeff you've for real gotta figure this out!
Dark Souls attacks chain together, so if you press RB twice, it'll do to swings that connect together, some times the second swing doing more damage than the first.
Everytime you do a second swing, you're waiting too long to press the button again so the animation - and what you're actually doing - are basically "first swing, pause, first swing" as opposed to "first swing, second swing" like it's supposed to be.
You don't have to wait for the entire animation to be over before you input another command because most of the time (as long as you don't press it a billion times) Dark Souls will queue up at least one move of yours.
So if you roll and then press "drink health potion" while rolling, even if you're pressing the attack button by the time you're out of the roll you'll still take a drink and recover health first.
If you press RB and then press it again during the middle of your attack, you'll take another swing that combos with the first one.
You'll be taking out enemies a lot more swiftly if you just start doing 1 - 2 combos, rather than 1 - 1 combos.
Dark Souls attacks chain together, so if you press RB twice, it'll do to swings that connect together, some times the second swing doing more damage than the first.
Everytime you do a second swing, you're waiting too long to press the button again so the animation - and what you're actually doing - are basically "first swing, pause, first swing" as opposed to "first swing, second swing" like it's supposed to be.
You don't have to wait for the entire animation to be over before you input another command because most of the time (as long as you don't press it a billion times) Dark Souls will queue up at least one move of yours.
So if you roll and then press "drink health potion" while rolling, even if you're pressing the attack button by the time you're out of the roll you'll still take a drink and recover health first.
If you press RB and then press it again during the middle of your attack, you'll take another swing that combos with the first one.
You'll be taking out enemies a lot more swiftly if you just start doing 1 - 2 combos, rather than 1 - 1 combos.
You are not wrong, but what he is doing now is a huge improvement over smashing the attack button over and over again. To simplify I would just say this: in most cases he should be doing two quick attacks (RB) and then backing off to block/charge endurance/reposition.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Just go to Giantbomb already.
pls
pls
Loving the archive of the latest stream so far, Jeff is the best.
Now that I've announced how great Jeff is he can't get mad at me for taking this quote out of context.
http://audiour.com/playlist/evu4m3mt
Now that I've announced how great Jeff is he can't get mad at me for taking this quote out of context.
http://audiour.com/playlist/evu4m3mt
CreepingFear
Member
Isn't that the comedian Jim Norton also of the Opie and Anthony show?Jeff, do you happen to know this man?
Just askin'.
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I think in the long run Jeff would be better going for Strength based build and should mainly focus on Endurance, Vitality and Strength.
The reason for this is that it allows him to play slower. It seems like Jeff would have an easier time playing a slower, heavier character who blocks, take more hits and do more damage as opposed to a fast character who dodges a lot.
SeventhSon
Member
I think this is sound advice, although I think he's going to take a shine to button mashing with his fast UGIGATANA on the next stream.
It's weird, I've got over 100 hours in Dark Souls and I've never done a strength build.
Right now I'm doing a magic/dex character and playing with the aggression mod for added difficulty. I feel like dex is an easier way to go than strength because with strength you have to be so deliberate with all of your actions and theres not as much room for error with those long wind ups
Polioliolio
Member
I've found my caveman playthrough to be much easier than my current Dexterity one, and he's 20 levels higher than my strength character.
The thing about strength is, you can just wail on something and either stun it or kill it immediately upon the first strike. Drop upgrades into vitality and you're always ready to take a hit, even being a naked caveman.
eot
Banned
Knocking people to the ground with the zwei's heavy attack is the best thing.
I also agree with the rest of you that strength builds are easier, you don't even need a shield for the most part. Just break poise and kill stuff.
meltingparappa
Member
I think some people in the chat had the expectation that Jeff should focus on endurance so he can do barnum and bailley's somersaults while PVPing after mastering the back stab. I don't think... that's going to happen.
I think making him a sword and board tank is the way to go. He can just keep getting better at what he's already doing and scale his health/stamina proportionate with the damage the enemies will dish out.
STR/END and then a little less on VIT. All day, every day.
I think making him a sword and board tank is the way to go. He can just keep getting better at what he's already doing and scale his health/stamina proportionate with the damage the enemies will dish out.
STR/END and then a little less on VIT. All day, every day.
Yeah for real. It seems like the chat keeps trying to push him towards maJur elite pr0 gam3rz skill when as a beginner, that's WAY out of the realm of reality.
Endurance seems like a really important stat for his playstayle at the start.
Also oh god.
Jeff.
This is important.
For real.
You regenerate stamina REALLY slowly while you're shield is up.
It's tough to do, but you've gotta put your shield down more in combat. It should be up when you're expecting them to immediately attack and down most of the rest of the time to make sure you have stamina to attack and block with.
I think you mean they were trying to get him to focus on Dex.
I agree with you Strength, Endurance and Vit are what he needs and match his playstyle. I'm sure he'll have fun with the Itchy Katana for a while. But he just picked up the Claymore, which is a fantastic heavy sword with great range and power. There is a reason it and Zweihander are a lot of people's favorite weapons, especially if you are playing a heavier, tank-like character.
meltingparappa
Member
Yes! That's what I meant.
I've been trying to imagine what it would be like if he went the route of a ranged character. Having done it, it completely changes what makes you confident and what gets terrifying. It seems easier at first but then has wild difficulty spikes with increasing frequency.
ANYWAY, Jeff, if you're reading this thread when it gets bumped, when's the next likely chance you'll stream?
SeventhSon
Member
Jeff Green ‏@Greenspeak 3m
Okay about 10 minutes away from the next Dark Souls livestream. Come feel the magic! http://twitch.tv/greenspeak
Okay about 10 minutes away from the next Dark Souls livestream. Come feel the magic! http://twitch.tv/greenspeak
meltingparappa
Member
Balder Knights vs itchy katana.
Kind of like a quiz to see if Jeff's got the fundamentals of combat down and can take them on one at a time. Big rewards if he can get a the side sword drop!
Kind of like a quiz to see if Jeff's got the fundamentals of combat down and can take them on one at a time. Big rewards if he can get a the side sword drop!
meltingparappa
Member
SeventhSon
Member
Jeff is live! http://www.twitch.tv/greenspeak#9157
Thugnificent
Member
Rickenslacker
Banned
"I think these pretzels are making me stronger."
derubermax
Neo Member
Love Jeff Green, now we need Shawn Elliott and the rest of the Brodeo to get back and stream together. That would be awesome. But yeah I love these Jeff Green 'Let's Play's'. Keep 'em coming Jeff!
meltingparappa
Member
He had an amazing run past all but one of the balder knights, stopped to admire the view, then got backstabbed.
He's also been rewarding runs with Trader Joe's peanut butter pretzels because he says he hopes it'll train him like a dog to do better.
He's also been rewarding runs with Trader Joe's peanut butter pretzels because he says he hopes it'll train him like a dog to do better.
Dream stream: Shawn Elliot, Jeff Green, and Robert Ashley all using DSFIX to play together, summoning each other into their games to help.
meltingparappa
Member
I don't think there's any new advice to give after this run.
He missed a few items in the zombie tower, but they might not be important. I forgot what they were.
Dealing with that nonsense in the church is pretty straight forward.
He's getting better really, really fast.
He missed a few items in the zombie tower, but they might not be important. I forgot what they were.
Dealing with that nonsense in the church is pretty straight forward.
He's getting better really, really fast.
Get it on PC and stream it with OBS.
My PC is a 2009 MBP. It definitely can't run it. :/