 Hello everyone and welcome back to enter the ether of the podcast all about ethereal clash of souls I'm your host the man goose joining me as always is the Batman to my Robin. It's jelly knees. How you doing jelly? I'm good man. Goosey. We're establishing here that you're the sidekick and I'm the lead hero. I get it. Exactly I'm a fan Jelly, how you been it's been a crazy week for me, man, but how about you? What how's your week been? Yeah, same old same old shit. Just wait for it. They're real I don't I don't work anymore. I just sit here. You just wait. Yeah, just constantly That's all we do. What you think we have lives outside of ETE. Oh, no No, no, we just sit here and wait every week for ethereal news and then record this And now that's what we're gonna be talking about this week is What we're doing in preparation for? Release and what undying games needs to do before they release because there's a couple things that we're still looking for I thought they would be out by now and then and now they got half their team snowed in in Texas They first they first they had the the Columbia riots and now they got the Texas thing They need to really consider not having their stuff in dangerous locations like I mean, yeah How come they couldn't see all this stuff global pandemic Columbia riots snow in Texas? How dare they but always knows intent like Texas is known for its blizzards No, how dare they they should have known these things in advance Hopefully that doesn't slow them down too much, but that would um, I'm done waiting man I've had enough. Oh, it's gonna be this time. It's gonna be this time. It's gonna be this year It's gonna be first quarter of this year. It's gonna be last quarter of it Never it never happens getting frustrated. Yeah, one of the fans are I don't want to I don't want to push them Too hard I would rather than like I said before take their time on a good product then Rush out a shit product, but you don't want the cyberpunk treatment. I Do not want the cyberpunk treatment. I didn't play cyberpunk at all I was good on computer. It was great the game when it worked was fine. Yeah when it worked is the caveat to that Um But so yeah, like you said this week just going over what we need to see still From them in preparation for the launch I mean the biggest thing being a trailer of some kind showing actual gameplay footage or the game play trade not just a cinematic Trailer actual gameplay in that show they can put some cinematics in there They can be all cool about it if they want to but we need to see that gameplay people need to be reassured That this project is a real thing and that they need that proof They need that proof from a from a gameplay trailer and then Other than that they're gonna we know that they're gonna crowdfund it So we need to see the crowdfunding come out You would think that they would do that at least a month before launch is to start crowdfunding it unless they they're gonna launch in Along with the crowdfunding you think they would think so because they've always said that your access to the pre alpha will Come from the crowdfunding so they need to at least start it at least I would say a month before any kind of pre alpha would open There is always the potential they could do something similar to what strange matter studios did and do crowdfunding And then a couple months from when that ends to win the beginning of the testing phase pre alpha would start So they could do that, but I other than that that's all we've heard Before the end of last year they were saying that the end of the crowdfunding would lead straight into the pre alpha So I don't know if that's still something that they're trying to do one way or the other Let's hope that goes better for them than it went for strange matter strange matter kind of got screwed by steam I know a lot of people including myself gave strange matter shit for that But a lot of that was not there for a lot of a lot of their problems were Were steam related problems that they didn't really have much control over so hopefully undying games can learn a little bit from that And improve upon that experience for everybody Well, and they're gonna have their own longer to so as long as their launcher is solid it should be pretty easy For them to just implement it and get it out to people. Yeah They're not going through some third-party service to get their game out to others. I would expect and this is a little Little cocky of me. I guess I would think that you and I would get keys and possibly some keys to even give away But I'm not banking on it like I'm not either But I agree with you. I don't want to be that guy that's like, oh you should give me a key because I create content for you No, that's not what it is But I totally understand what you say what you mean by that so It's that weird. I'm planning to spend money. Should I have to yes? And One thing I've done is I know myself I know that when it comes out I'll have some sort of weird truck problem that requires all my money or something So I went ahead and buy a prepaid card and I haven't hidden away in my closet With enough money to purchase a key just on that card. So if it comes down to it I'll have that ready so that I can so I could buy into the game as soon as they let it go because I'm gonna build you and in case of pre-alpha like fire hydrant case for your prepaid card That way the second the Kickstarter or whatever they use launches You can break the glass and pull out the card. You can just mount it on the wall behind you. So we all see it I think I'll do that. I think I will do that I think I'll spend more money on a breakable glass case than the actual card for the memes man goose I've always for the memes So what what other things what are things are you doing to prepare for the eventual launch jelly? I mean as from a content creator perspective, I mean, I've been flushing out my video catalog, right? So but also kind of brushing up on 3d MOBA Strategies and how how they play Different from other MOBAs so that I can kind of go in with hit the ground running when the game launches To help create content and talk about all those things and get the ball rolling That's one of the things that I've been doing is watching my old Paragon videos of my own gameplay Which I find to be the most effective way to improve yourself in any game is to go back and look and see what you could Have done differently One thing you'll hardly ever hear me do is blame my team for anything even if it's their fault I still try and look back and think what could I have done differently to Have a better outcome sometimes it's nothing sometimes you can't think of a single thing you could have done different to To have a better outcome sometimes the enemy team is just better and they outplay you that does happen I think I think that would really lower some toxicity if people would understand that sometimes The enemy team carries their plan forward when you when you're trying to carry your plan forward Everybody seems to think that they go in with these builds and that this build is going to do exactly this And then they get countered and then they get mad at their own team because they got countered But the way I always think about it is in rock paper scissors Just because let's say mangoes pick scissors and I pick paper I lose But there's not a ton that I could have done differently that he just happened to have the better option than I did Right? It's sometimes you can do everything perfectly and still lose because the other team just did it better more Effective whatever it may be but there's something to be said of finding that balance of Can I do something better or did I just get outplayed? Right and usually there is at least one or two things that you could have done Better even if it even if it is somebody on your own team that kind of that kind of screwed you over Like you really thought your jungler was going to come in for the gank, but then they didn't well then you know if you die Then you just don't rely on that jungler for ganks anymore And then that's you just play the game out that way I mean it's not his fault that he didn't gank. He's playing his his game a certain way You're playing your game a certain way. They just didn't mash up that doesn't mean he's bad That doesn't mean you're bad it just you need to adjust the way you play based on your surroundings So I think that's a really good point that you just mentioned of it's the Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me right when you expect something from what someone on your team And they don't do it and then you expect it again from them and they still don't do it You're just making yourself angry instead of just playing safer or whatever it may be to get that done Mangoes missing a thunk on Narbash. I'm gonna flame him every time for it though. I'll be like no mangoes You should have hit the thunk. I swear to God That's another thing that people get real pissed off about With me being a support main sometimes you screw up in the early game you let your carry die Sometimes it's their fault. Sometimes it's your fault But the end result is that your carry is underfed and maybe your mid laner is going off I'm gonna abandon the carry. I'm gonna Support that mid laner in team fights and making sure they stay alive. Yeah, maybe it is my fault that the carry is underfed But I still want to win the game So I need to make that choice to just abandon the ADC and be like, all right, man You're on your own back there try not to die I'm gonna keep this giddy in alive because he is bombing the enemy team right now You heard it here first if you feed your lane and mangoes is your support. He's just gonna ditch you Yeah And he'll just he'll just follow me around in the jungle just casting things as Marina all the time I fully expect it. Sorry. Not sorry. What's gonna happen? I'm gonna give my waters to you jelly I'll take a free support following me around the jungle. What where do I sign for that? That sounds great But if you're flying, I'm not gonna be able to fly though. Get good Figure out you'll be able to like get like below rock I'll jump just so that I'm balancing on your head and then you fly and I just won't move at all. I Really want to try that now. I hadn't thought about doing something like that Getting the hitboxes to work just perfectly that you take off with me. I Can show you the world Even if you have to bounce on their heads somebody's gonna figure that shit out I love it so much See this is what the pre-alpha is gonna be incredible for is the little things like that where you're gonna be like why I Don't blame them for not finding this but why does it exist at the same time? Yep To go back to like what you said about Okay, go ahead the prepaid card, right? I don't have a prepaid card. I didn't go that far, but that's a genius idea But I did I have a separate account that I've put money into basically like in case of pre-alpha And I just move that money over and there it is. I don't have to worry about it I don't because you're right the second that that crowdfunding drops something will go wrong Something something always does it's gonna be like, oh, well, but you need new tires a new break ever. It's snowing suddenly in Texas Guys, stay stay up to date on Undying's Twitter on their discord on their Instagram all that crap So that you can know as soon as they do start crowdfunding because I imagine those keys are going to go pretty quick There's only 2000 slots in the beginning Like if you do get a key and you don't get into those initial 2000 They will be adding them in as they go along but everybody wants to be in that initial wave man Nobody wants to be left behind Absolutely, can you imagine if you and I were 2001 and 2002? We have to make content of other people's content in order to do anything with it Hey, man, can I bump up? Can I bump some video off of you? So what else have you been doing to prepare for the lunch jelly? I mean, that's about it for me just trying to get all my ducks in a row going in I and something I've been doing on the video production side is Building up good habits now while it matters less for lack of a better way to put it So that all like I usually will record all of my videos on a weekend Edit them during the weekend and then just schedule them out That way I don't have to worry about it during the week And it's kind of I just make it a work day of making videos instead of at 2 a.m Being like I have to record a video for tomorrow, right trying to figure out what I'm trying to do with all of that Consistency, I like it mm-hmm something. I've never been able to do a stick to what about you man goose What else you've been up to? Oh another thing this is kind of more of a Philosophical thing I've been trying to kind of treat gaming like I want to be good at ethereal like I Was decent at paragon. I was I was a plat player I was never like high diamond or a master or anything like that I want to be actually good at ethereal I want to be one of those top players. So I've been trying to kind of Identify some of my core failures as a gamer just in general and then try to shore up those weaknesses one thing I definitely know about myself when things get hectic like in a huge team fight There's all kinds of crap going on my brain just kind of checks out and I will forget where the hell I am on the screen because I'm focused on a thousand other things And I really need to I've been trying to play games that have a lot of stuff going on on the screen like streets rage for like we've been playing and Just to kind of get my mind to where I can settle down in those high stress situations and really focus on what I need to do That's why I always sucked at Kwong in Paragon because I would 100% of the time forget that I had thrown my sword and then try to attack somebody with my hands or like All the time with Kwong I would forget that I didn't have my sword because I'm just I don't pay attention to myself in the middle of the team fight Yeah, that I mean that's a great idea and toward that end something else I didn't think about until you mentioned that is I've actually several times gone into smite Purely because it's got a practice mode that I can mess with and have started building muscle memory of farming with different types of Heroes I know it's going to be different in ethereal But if you can get that same mouse sensitivity in line You're gonna have a a much better opportunity to quickly figure that out and build up those that muscle memory Faster than trying to just learn it all at the same time So I've been doing that a every once in a while not super consistently But just going into the practice mode and smite and just okay moving minions stable minions the whole line yards trying to Practice up that muscle memory for it. Yeah, I get just any game. I guess that uses that sort of same Layout with Q and E and right-click and are and for all your abilities and stuff would probably work really well for that Like League of Legends, I guess would you could get It's more of the strategic Pointers of a MOBA, but it's gonna be different in ethereal whereas I think I Guess what I'm trying to say is I think playing overwatch would be better than playing League of Legends when it comes to preparing yourself For something like ethereal. Yeah, I would completely agree to that I think League could help you out in a macro sense of in a MOBA in a in a tower defense esk not tower defense In a tower in lane setup for MOBAs What are the macro things that I have to do global objectives towers many wave management to an extent The the bigger things that you can learn that transfer from game to game Whereas the smaller things you have to practice in a similar environment to Pick up on so the micro stuff Exactly All right, that that's about all I had for as far as what I've been doing to prepare We really didn't have much to talk about this week Hopefully as things roll forward we'll have a hell of a lot more to talk about Did you have anything else you wanted to touch on before we close out jelly? Mm-hmm? I don't think so Yeah, no, I don't I mean the last we heard from them was quarter one twenty twenty one Whether that's accurate or not is up in the air still So but that's the last we heard that's the that's the most up-to-date information we have from the team themselves Quarter one ends in March, right? Correct. There's an April March Okay, so really if that's the date and we're right about having crowdfunding for at least a month We really only have two to three weeks Maximum before they would have to start that crowdfunding to meet that date Assuming they're going crowdfunding into pre-alpha right afterwards, right? And hopefully things like the community corner that they that they did That's like they're starting to open up and come forward with more stuff. Hopefully that means That it's soon that it's coming soon. Yep No TM I just soon Yeah, yeah, get that some TM shit out of you exactly um All right, so you got anything to plug jelly YouTube that's the big thing more videos this week. We're starting an item series going through all the items and all of that good stuff Starting tomorrow. Well Monday, so yesterday whatever day it is But so yeah, we're gonna post a different item type each day and go over what they do how they work What myths we think are going to fit into with them things like that? So I'm excited to do all that but that's about it for me. What about you man goose? Good stuff Uh, I think I will do in a three-year-old video I'm gonna do it. I mean you've already covered like what you think their abilities will be I'm gonna do kind of the same thing with the voice lines and the lore and combining everything So I'm been wanting to do that for a bit. So I think I'll do that this week. That's good. Yeah All right, I think that's going to be it. I know this is a short Ete and uh, they're they're going to get a hell of a lot longer when we actually have a game to cover But uh, that's going to be it for this week. I hope you guys all join us as we enter the ether Man goose