>>659597 /ΜΑΝS/ Commandments. >1. Why not merge with /stars/? Thou shall not override the discussion of thy neighbor. >2. Do you guys want collabs with Hololive? It is not of our concern. >3. Do you guys want collabs with Nijisanji? It is not of our concern. >4. Did you guys see the boys numbers? It is not of our concern. >5. Did you see what /catalogue/ is saying? Thou shalt not waste time on their foul words. >6. The baiters are insulting your bros! Thou shalt not waste time on their foul words. >7. Hey guess what I heard from Hololive/Nijisanji! Thine words do not belong in this temple. >8. You guys should split the thr- Thou shalt not. Therefore I declare this thread, sanctified.

>>659599 Amen.

>>659599 Blue son come home. AMEN

>>659599 AMEN

https://x.com/crimzonruze/status/1954869219964719201 Ruze sched!

>>659599 Amen.

leader successfully killed the last thread

RUZE ON THE BLOCK TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWvGa8z-W6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWvGa8z-W6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWvGa8z-W6E

>>659718 That's my serial killer son~

>>659694 >slept for 12-14 hours straight and then got up at midnight >most idol homework cleared >may be guerrillas depending on what lines up and what doesn’t >thu only marked off because of potential 18hr grailrot again

>>659796 >pet hate, collab anons wanted wiwi VA the ace attorney collab never :< scheduling HATE

>>659796 >auntie big dying Sasuga

>>659796 >intro pisses hakkers pisskito's spirit lives on

>>659796 >poor aniki menshi Yeah...

Clown ryona fans... https://x.com/yourjesterclips/status/1954573459519840325

>>659901 I should've been me, goddammit ToT

What game about stars would you want that could be achieveable for a beginner? So no 50hour long rpg with a fight system, something small but fun. Also is there a list of all existing stars fangames? Wouldn't really want to do something that's already out there. I only know about that one rpg and the axelotl frying one. I really want to get into game making and if I do something, might as well ask what people are interested in.

>>660068 i'd like a basic little monster raising idle game with the mascots, like you could hatch them from egg and grow an ugly bald hakkito into a borb into a longkkito. it'd be fun to see some fanmade fetus and champion versions of the fatfucks, and some like bettelion/jerry fly already have a monstrous pathway. the feed/clean up poop/pet etc. commands could have oshi voice line clips on them, like shinri kissing puniko or axel saying "hora, tabete". as for a full list of games, no idea, there's been various little ones like fanmade suika game for various boys birthdays iirc, you'd probably have to check the EDS project or individual fancord twitters

>>660068 I think typically platformers or runners are a go to first project for beginners

Cuddle and cockwarm Axel Syrios, the goodest of boys and sexiest of men >>659599 Amen

>>660068 Dating sim that actually takes place in Elysium. There is a fan one, but it seems to be another AU.

mamas are getting holiday chocostars

>>660068 i think more serious efforts for holo fangames get released through holoindie now, most of them are probably much bigger projects than you have in mind for a first time thing but i believe there are some with smaller scopes too, either way that might be a good source for ideas and information. for various other smaller fangames yeah you might need to go through birthday stuff

>>660081 that's a cool idea, but probably something I would tackle later when I already have a bit more knowledge about game making >>660085 true, not a bad idea for a starter project, I will look into it >>660126 I feel like dating sims for "real" characters are a sensitive topic. Also you have to know a lot about the characters personality that only hardcore fans would have that watch every stream. So a bit hard to do as a single person because I could never watch everyone to that extend. >>660145 probably, yes. though i feel like most games are about hololive and maybe only feature stars as little references at most. I will do a bit of digging through bday projects. thanks

>>659597 Preorders Open >AXEL'S 3RD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION MERCH (On sale until August 25th 18:00 JST) https://shop.hololivepro.com/en/products/axelsyrios_anniversary_3rd https://shop.geekjack.net/collections/axel-syrios >MKRO x Gavis Bettel Keyboard Collection (On sale until September 2nd) https://hololive-keyboards-shop.fourthwall.com/pages/gavis-bettel Permanent Merch https://rentry.org/HolostarsEnglish_Merch >Tempus and Armis Voice Packs https://shop.hololivepro.com/en/collections/holostarsen_tempus?filter.v.m.custom.product_type=ボイス https://shop.hololivepro.com/en/collections/holostarsen_armis?filter.v.m.custom.product_type=ボイス New Covers/Originals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iAUlMw124Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plu2UMOGDUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GCwvbK8iW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYeaB1whBNU

pilot is alive! https://x.com/machinaxflayon/status/1954945890718028269

>>659796 >bettel cute >flay guy retarded kek >hakka outfit bad >racist nuiwiwi vanguard...

>>660198 ( ´ー`) um Idk who this guy is refresh my brain

>>660148 ┐('～`;)┌ dating sim is fun but just make Mc a women Instead of the annoying other gender options . Also it would be cool for them to do world building for Elysium in actual otome game not just a school setting its a bit boring. I saw fangame people are working on something but it's just a school thing. Maybe the game will be good but there are a lot of interesting settings that could be done. Then different people working on the boys routes who watch the specific person but who also understands writing.

I need more Gibby body asmr

Guess that answered my question

>>660466 James Roach stepped down last month. Why would you do this, Ruze?

leglock and babytrap machina x flayon >>659599 amen

>>660198 temp pilot schedule

(*´･ω･) I hope pilot was able to rest up well nyehhh

I love Shinri

>>660514 >duo collab spam >randomly vanishes for a week >"3D" chatting when iirc home3D isn't normally highlighted are they...?

>>661176 he had a collab with fiona but he cancelled because head hort. i dont think hes retarded enough to schedule a collab knowing hes gonna be out of the country. also that uma musume exercise stream he talked about involved his treadmill so i doubt it

>>661138 is he sleeping or dead... >>661176 if flayon was going to lie to hide his travelling, he would've blamed something less serious like being "busy" or visiting family

>>660669 Could you drop the nyehs at least? You didn't use to do that

>>661301 ( ´,_ゝ`) it's just some stupid tick but also why does it bother you?

>>661252 just a little nap while the world ends!

>>661176 Wedding announcement soon?

I want to save our boys from their irl perils...

I miss shinri

>>661548 i hope their lives get worse and their fans become their only safe haven

aniki in 2~ hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ_YgngPoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ_YgngPoU

>>661585 6 weeks... uweh...

>>661611 He puts so much effort into these stupid little shitposts, I love it.

>altare to axel >axel to bettel >bettel to flayon MECHABIRBO TOMORROW

>>661698 Hate message tomorrow...

>>661698 And more importantly, xenos time after that

>>661773 the ultimate question, will we get a ronin reacharound, or will shintare get cucked

>>661776 Either that or they could go the "daisempai of EN" route and have everyone else pay their respects

>>661795 I mean, they'd have filled all the days up till the collab right? >Tomorrow: Mechabirb >Wednesday: Xenos >Thursday: Shintare >Friday: ??? (Collab day)

>>661776 damn they’re really feeding some of you with the order huh

https://x.com/jurardtrexford/status/1955086836730319166 https://x.com/octavio_holo/status/1955086840622727365 >jutai paired aaaiiiieeee my goldrex, my debut order autism

>>661919 my favourite part of jutai is how tavi actually hates the dino

>>661919 https://x.com/crimzonruze/status/1955088896242655275 what the freak, are they just all cucking goldie

>>661919 >>661956 https://x.com/goldbullet_en/status/1955090335610056962 there he is, Mr. W I D E himself

>>661978 He thick

>>661978 Why's he posed like he's about to shit his pants?

https://x.com/banzoinhakka/status/1955104345734754326 hakkers sched!

ANIKI ON THE HORSEMAXXING TELLY FOR EIGHT MINUTES BTW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ_YgngPoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ_YgngPoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ_YgngPoU

Since Uma musume got even more popular I wonder if there will be a game that focuses on guys but representing a specific animal. ( ´△｀)

>>656338 >>658725 >>659208 >>659694 >>660514 >>662136 schizo weekly :>

Pako-sensei's into menheras, huh.. that explains some things.

>>662172 lies of p was cancelled and he moved the zatsu to wednesday :3c

>>662199 i shall skin him alive, next week in the wrapup

Only three Flayon streams ( ´ー`) its so over....

>judging his horse by the different colored spats they can get Based Aniki as always

DINO ON THE HONSE TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIe26AhBAfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIe26AhBAfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIe26AhBAfQ

>>662172 I haven't been following that closely, Is Altare still on the semi-hiatus since christmas?

>>662579 He's back, but streams less now. Maybe catching up with work after his no-contact depression break and prepping for everglow

>>662717 Did he say if this is the new normal or will he come back to streaming more regularly?

>>662743 No, i don't remember him saying that. He did say many months ago that he'll probably stream less while he focuses on making music. Which means we're never going back to full week or 2-streams-a-day Altare ever. :(

>>662859 I don't understand this. I get he got fed up with management, but at some point you have to get over it. Also why join an idol/streamer corp and then hate streaming? His fans are always so supportive, so I don't get why he would punish them when he's mad at cover employees. Idk if he maybe makes menshi posts to keep slimes updated, but overall his silence feels a bit unfair to everyone who supports him at this point.

>>662872 There’s a lot I could say but basically watch streams and don’t slander my bluefag on behalf of the slimes, we’re endlessly supportive because he’s worth it

>>662946 if you think this is slander, please get out if the internet

>>662872 He said back in his return stream that he chose to stay because of the boys and fans. He reiterated this with Axel during the anniversary zatsu because they don't want to demoralize the other boys if they leave. It's clear that he saw the impact of what the sudden double graduation did to the branch and the fandom two years ago..

>>662949 My apologies, it’s written so of course it’s libel. He doesn’t hate streaming and he doesn’t punish his fans.

>>662952 Hm makes sense, well if his fans are okay with it, it is what it is. It's scary to think about what would happen to the branch if he (and/or Axel) would leave. I really miss Altares early streams, they were at a very convinient time for me.

they did it!

>dancing along to umapyoi kek

I'm still laughing that it's Hakka, of all people, that we got singing this line. https://youtu.be/4GCwvbK8iW0?list=RD4GCwvbK8iW0&t=66

>>662952 At the very least, the management shakeup has helped boost his and the other boys morale by a lot. It was intensely demoralizing to hear about everything smacked out of their hands or cancelled or fucked with, but this year, beyond a few hiccups, has been a lot better. (The girls too but that's another subject.)

>>662872 I think he's gotten over the management thing at least since he officially came back 4 months ago. The vibes around him have been happier recently. He's aware of his fans' feeling and is both apologetic and extremely grateful to them The reason he's not streaming as often now is that he's busy preparing stuff for the slimes/tempura/starmin. Gotta do all that work backlog, 3d, personal projects, and keep himself motivated. I miss him a lot but understand all that he has to do so i just wait patiently.

>>663279 HWNBAM

>>663484 Yes, I think the key thing with Altare is that when he does stream he's clearly doing much better mentally and he's able to be his best self again, so we know that the break actually helped. He is also transparent about the fact that he is focusing on things behind the scenes right now that he thinks will pay off in the future, so most people are okay with waiting. We'd all love more streams, but I can wait if it's going to be healthier for him long-term to work through some of his music/3D stuff before he gets too caught up in streaming again.

Toxic Jutai cute

>>663484 Glad to hear he sounds happier now. I should watch a few VODs, by the time he came back I was in a stars burnout phase kinda until very recently, so there's a lot I've missed.

>>663543 Yesss, let the hate flow through them

This is the third time ruze will explain homestuck to me but I still won't understand a thing Pesterquest telly in 3 hrs oh god https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC2HhklzjRI

I partially retract my statement on Ruze's opinions of Vriska, but only the Pesterquest related parts. Route written by someone who inserted their own headcanons into semi-official material and unironically treats Vriska as their little u wu, christ. The good part of the character is that she completely sucks, and her desires to reconnect to her old friends are ruined by her nature to revert back to her old ways. Incorrect fanon interpretation makes it even worse.

More homestuck autism ( ´△｀) I won't lie it was interesting to hear Ruze talk about homestuck things since I heard about it in the past but wasn't really informed on the subject.

>>663543 Ruzavio is always so funny to me, I miss their Japan arc and stories about how they went everywhere together

>>664048 Strongly agreed

>>660514 the real schedule. lies of p HATE

>dodging equius and giving trigger warnings for homestuck god i miss team special olympics

>>664472 ( ´,_ゝ`) your ngmi if you have to put trigger warnings at the beginning of a talk.

I have a confession I want to make... [spoiler]I've been playing Copium for the past month.

>>664756 Brother you fucked up twice

ANIKI ON MORE HORSEMAXXING TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzbAk7EB7W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzbAk7EB7W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzbAk7EB7W8

>>664756 jobber

>>664756 formatting doesn’t work within the paragraph, you have to start a new line copium sucks dick but i still listen to shinigami

>>664870 formatting works anywhere, you just need to close it

Every time Ruze talks about Homestuck, it makes me want to get into it, and then I see shit from it that makes me want to drink bleach. Don't know how he does it.

>>665102 Charisma I guess. Interacting with anyone who was into Homestuck when it was popular always makes me run away screaming.

>>665248 Feels like some of those types have calmed down and others are still truckin' on with no capacity to comprehend that they're basically 13 year olds in an adult's body.

>>661698 >Mechabirbo lives xenos tomorrow~ https://x.com/HOLOSTARSen/status/1955434129660711099

Of course he likes being in confined spaces with Hakka MECHABIRBO LIVES https://x.com/HOLOSTARSen/status/1955434129660711099

mechabirbo hivemind reactivated, ISREAL

>>665281 Thirteen year old Ruze UOOOOOHH

>>665321 >>665326 based /here/ fujomane, I kneel

>>665344 Now I'm imagining a Hagzader trying to lure shota Ruze into her hotel room by offering him Faygo and signed art from Andrew Hussie.

>>665321 >>665326 >Mechabirbo lives holostarsEN twitter intern is /here/

>>665356 shota ruze TTOTT

>>665344 >>665356 >>665393 pick him up right out of the trailer park, say we've got a pond with cool bugs next to my house and he can play in the grass and eat mac and cheese if he hops in my truck, it's just too easy

>Calex MP wanders in to Axel's stream and drops 9 spark follows for him to use Damn Aniki, the power

>>665321 >>665326 They played four swords off stream apart from that one stream? cute >Mechabirbo lives On life support, but lives nonetheless, I suppose

>>665281 Incorrect. Some of them are just 13 year olds.

FOUR DAYS UNTIL L O R E

>>665535 It's 2 days jobber Intern-kun kek

HAKKA W/HAKKABRO ON THE CLIMBING TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKbPr6Ywws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKbPr6Ywws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKbPr6Ywws

>>665326 >>665321 so if we lock them in a room together…

>>665535 >announcements finally, xenos pregnancy + elopement reveal

>>665575 NOOOOOO DONT TAKE MY FISH FOR AN ENTIRE NINE MONTHS MATERNITY LEAVE, DAMN YOU JAPAN!!

>>665575 >announcements Alright what's everyone's bets on what they'll be

>>665535 Finally the fourth gen that represents the north?

>>665656 revealing what the idol outfits look like maybe?

>>665664 their time to shine has come

>>665656 most likely a promo image featuring the actual idol outfits, hopefully more special event steams or some kind of hype schedule covering the few weeks leading up to the main event, maybe merch preorders but i doubt it would be shipping to be in-hand for an online only concert

am I the only one hopeful for another gen?

>>665700 I'd rather they wait a little longer, I want more stuff like concerts and 3D streams at the studio with more of the boys before we get new ones.

Wtf. I just found out on holodex that Hakka's and GB's streams will overlap Octavio's 100k celebration concert. I just hope those two move it an hour before.

>>665727 Holodex guy fucked up, Hakka's morning stream that day is at 10AM EST not 10PM. I also don't think Gibby would overlap his genmate's big event

>>665700 as much as i'd like cabinet to fill out the 4th map quadrant and give us more fun boys who stream a lot in their first year, for now i'd just like to focus on finally getting our 10-men up on the big stage. realistically this IS the time of year to drop them if you were going to though... spacing them out between 7th jan, 22nd july and 17th nov, the best times would be march-may (birthday/expo/anni clusterfuck between JP and EN) or late august to mid september dead zone, which is now right on top of everglow. debuting a gen within the next four weeks and having them drum up hype and do a senpai concert watchalong whilst trying to find their own feet would be a wild choice, but then, management has cannibalized worse real estate before.

>>665714 >>665737 Maybe I'm biased because I've recently had a buddy announce a hiatus, and want to see them succeed.

>>665740 i've been following the trend of small male grads with the cbdct crowd too and it's very interesting, definitely seems like the companies are making tracks toward expansion. maybe i'm just an old school stars doomer and missing my bluefuck and fish too deeply, but i don't see it happening for us too soon, especially with the recent transparent pressure about getting the numbers up and actually showing up live for the boys we have.

>>665693 My guess is it'll be more event streams since Octavio mentioned that there's gonna be a big marketing push for the concert. MAYBE they'll do the idol outfit reveal but for some reason I'm thinking that might be closer to the end of August.

>>665656 I'm guessing idol outfit reveal and maybe concert merch?

>>665664 Axel is from North Elysium

>"It's gonna be a short stream" >4 hours later Kek Aniki, I knew this was gonna happen

>Died 4 times >Died near peak Technically jobberzoin still hasn't reached peak

>>666100 Honestly It would surprise me more if they don't release merch

armis collab… i fondly remember the guerrilla coral island that turned into that time ruze got them all in vc and harassed the dinosaur until dawn

>>666069 No wonder they immediately kidnapped him and dragged him to Elysium, Hakkers was born to join the jobber guild

>>665700 I'd welcome them because i'm quite sure the run up to everglow is going to leave us with empty weeks. Someone has to hold the fort

>>666100 Good, I want to drown in official idol merch of the boys.

>>665700 I barely have enough time to keep up with my oshi and the other 2-3 I watch sometimes when he’s not streaming. I really don’t need more. I’d much rather they just focus their attention on helping the boys we’ve already got find their footing and grow and encouraging them to do more activities as a group

>>666286 it's not about you though. new talents are supposed to fill different niches and get new people to watch that maybe didn't knew about cover or weren't interested before because nothing that was offered until then was in their interest field

>>666352 Or they could spend that money and energy advertising their previous investments to reach new people, which seems to be the resounding opinion of most fans instead of dragging new boys onto the sinking ship that is Holostars.

>>666352 >it's not about you though. Anon, the post asked if fans ITT are excited for a new gen, not if hypothetical new fans might be. >new talents are supposed to fill different niches Sure, but, at this current moment, I think the branch needs to worry more about getting its existing talents filling their respective niches better. It seems like a lot of them are still trying to figure out what their brand should be, and I feel lie the foundation should be more stable before Cover tries to branch out even further.

I don't want to doomer post but (｡・´_｀・｡). Even if cover did advertise the boys more I think they still would not get as much attention. Jp branch is also small but have dedicated fans. If before the branch for en didn't start yet maybe there would of been a better chance at marketing. Some of it really does seem like it depends on luck.

Would you guys pay for a dinner with your oshi? Like, a leveled up form of a meet and greet?

>>666457 nigga i dont even post in their chats

>>666457 No I don't eat and talk

>>666395 >still trying to figure out what their brand should be who? genuine question. from reading here it always feels like that only shinri is struggling with that

gilbert mc. RE in 11.5 hours >goober moves into late overlap horas >ruze says fuck this shit specifically >>656677 >gibblets moves his stream back onto 6PM direct overlap >cites a horror game as an armis collab idea this ghetto chicken nigga fucking hates a scaredy wite man

>>666496 ...dude why. he's never streamed in this time slot. didn't he say he moved to prime overlap to be SEA bubby friendly or something? now both of them and Flayon start at the exact same time.

>>666496 Wow, what a good way to get nobody to watch you. How do bubbies even keep up with him? He's so inconsistent in everything he does.

>no early gibby streams >no early altare >super rare early Hakka everyone is abandoning the hours I could watch live. have to hope for jurard to stream long or some random aniki guerilla. life sucks

>>666543 fondly remembering the time that early tempus got fed up with primetime overlap and decided to “diversify” and then we got shinyspicyxenos all going live at the exact same morning time and starting their streams by saying “hey guys what the FUCK sorry i tried”

Praying to heaven that this we get a new tavi cover that matches even surpasses Hollow Hunger during the 100k karaoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQoFTPfrNw

>>666817 Did you have a stroke writing this? Don't wanna be a doomer, but getting anything that's close to HH views is unlikely. idk why but stars music isn't doing that well for a couple months now. I'm always a bit sad when I remember that tavis original isn't at 100k yet. I like that song and think it deserves more recognition.

>>666859 From what I've heard, outside of Marine and Suisei, no holo music is doing well with the algorithm lately.

>>666866 don't know what's considered good for holo, 1mio at least I guess. so you need a high quality MV that people rewatch for the visuals or can go viral on another platform. maybe cover should look into promoting stuff on tiktok or whatever. i'm not using all that zoomer shit, but if it helps why not. I only know that Hakka at least uses instagram, dunno about the rest.

>>666475 Shinri, Axel, Ruze and, to a lesser extent, Octavio. I'm sure other people would disagree, but personally, I feel like the four of them seem a bit lost, in certain ways. With Ruze and Shinri, they're very clear about the type of content they want to focus on, but they seem conflicted about what to do with their characters. With Octavio, it's mostly just his non-music streams. I feel like he's still kind of throwing stuff at the wall for his gaming/zatsus and trying to land on the right approach. With Axel, both his character and his non-music content just don't feel very clearly defined. These days, aside from singing, I don't really know what it is he specializes in. Like, Gibby is the Nintendo guy, Altare is the FPS guy, Shinri is the horror guy, etc. What is Axel? What genre or series of games would Axel be happy to play solo once a week every week? I feel like it might help him stand out more if he gave that some thought.

>>666286 >I barely have enough time to keep up with my oshi and the other 2-3 I watch sometimes >>666955 Opinion discarded

>>666955 For what it's worth (I watch him only from time to time), Axel is the cozy simulation game, big JP collabs and ultra-instict deduction game guy for me

>>666955 You don't need to be the "insert game genre" person to fill a niche. For some talents gaming is just not much of a focus or they like a variety of games which is fine too Naming Ruze as an example feels wild, I always thought he had his niche and character figured out pretty much from the start. Axel was never much a person of "playing a character and keeping kayfabe up". He's just himself and plays what he likes. His real (streamer) personality is unique enough to carry him and be entertaining and that's what people like. Octavio I have actually no clue about, I think I've never seen a solo stream of him. He just never striked my interest. I bet he's very creative looking at his 3D debut, but I'm not sure he's a very entertaining streamer.

>>666998 This is someone who doesn't even watch their own oshi much, of course they have no idea what the other boys are about. I think a lot of people mistake one of the boys not being interesting to them personally as not being interesting at all, which clearly is untrue.

>>666998 Octavio is such a shame because I think he IS funny, he is entertaining and I like his energy. But. He plays such slop that I don't watch most of his streams

Does Bettelhag (the parasocial one) come here?

>>667014 I wouldn't call his game selection slop, it's just long ass rpgs that take forever and are bad streaming games. Who wants to turn into Death Stranding part 5 or FF part part 8 especially if you missed everything that came before. Might be ok for usual viewers, but very daunting for maybe new viewers.

>>667034 It's funny how he does this and at the same time he is the most willing to use memes and shitposts to promote himself in so many platforms. His mind is a mystery and a wonder to me...

( ；∀；) pilot stream today I hope he doesn't cancel...

>>666970 Yeah, I know Axel fits well with genres like that - I'm just saying he hasn't really developed a clear gaming content niche like the others because he doesn't really lean into anything for very long. I'm not saying he needs to just play one genre and stick with it forever, I just think it'd help differentiate him from the others if he thought about what he could make his "thing". Like how Gibby does those full Resident Evil or Nintendo weeks - that kind of thing makes his schedules stand out. For example, if Axel leaned into his Square Enix fanboying and did like a Final Fantasy week, with a movie watchalong, a tier list ranking the characters, playing a good section of his favourite game, a collab zatsu with other FF fanboys, etc., I don't know if it would actually be good content, but people would go "Oh, he's the Final Fantasy fanboy". There's most likely perms preventing that example, but the point is just that I think it'd do him some good if he thought a bit more about what he, specifically, brings to the table as a gamer/game fan.

I wonder if blue fuck will also go to Japan since everyone seems to be going….i hope he is doing good

>>666998 >I always thought he had his niche and character figured out pretty much from the start. Yes, he's always had a clear vision of what his content niche would be. He started with a very strong grasp on his character as well. That's why I was kind of surprised that he seemed to lose sight of his original character the most over time. >>667011 >I think a lot of people mistake one of the boys not being interesting to them personally as not being interesting at all, which clearly is untrue. Anon, all I said is that these particular boys seem to be a bit lost with certain aspects of their content or character at the moment and still figuring out their brand. No one said anything about their content not being interesting but you?

>>667222 >lose sight of his original character what is different now? I only watched a bit of grounded recently, but I guess the change isn't that noticeable when you rarely watch

>>667265 I think anon means by losing sight of his original character is that Ruze (the character) is suppose to be a brutish, axe-wielding meathead, but Ruze (the person) can't stand being seen as that and has tried to steer away from that concept as much as possible. He used to play into the character with bits of subversion, but now he doesn't even pretend to act anything like the original idea really. At least, that what I'm guessing anon means. But I might be projecting a little too much of my own feelings about Ruze there.

>>667310 Ok but Ruze has literally never played into the meathead thing, in fact he immediately came out on his debut week playing Q remastered to deny the himbo claims. He's always played up being being an aggressive heel, a tsundere,and a witty prankster. This diversion helped create the gap moe people loved on debut, so I'm not sure why anons think things have changed. He hasn't stopped doing that but I think this shows more in collabs with Armis, which have slowed down, so his solo streams leave less opportunities to be a trouble maker. Maybe people are mad he doesn't take the axe out on stream much, but it blocks so much of the screen idk why people would want that.

>>667034 I am on my knees begging to tune into Metaphor and he won't fucking play it

>>667265 The issue for me is mostly that it feels like he's going out of his way to remove the whole angry axe guy in the desert thing he debuted with from his branding, but what he's replacing it with doesn't really feel like a character designed to be in Elysium anymore, it feels like Ruze wrote one LOTR fanfic too many one day. I mean, he's a fun streamer, it doesn't ruin his content or anything, but I can't say it doesn't feel like a downgrade. I really loved how he played the character early on, so I was a bit sad that he seemed so eager to move away from that.

>>667334 He’s not really written as a meathead in the official lore voice pack either imo

>>667370 People really just project a character on him and are mad he's not that

>>667334 Yes, he's always played the character as clever. In the lore, it doesn't say anything about him being dumb, just that he's angry, likes to fight and eats a lot of meat. The difference for me is that I felt like he used to let himself get more chuuni early on since the character was more removed from his usual self.

Femanon you may be one sick motherfucker but I respect it

( ￣ー￣) tourist : you don't see them as a person Fan: you can still be yourself but also play into the role you're given

I don't understand what is so hard to get about kayfabe. People just want immersion it doesn't mean hey you can't be yourself anymore┐('～`;)┌

>>667334 >>667370 I mean, yes, he's not straight up called a meathead in lore, but >For Ruze most disagreements are solved by brute strength kinda implies it. >>667374 he was hired to play a character and has done everything in his power to not be anything like that character. I don't care if he doesn't want to be seen as a retard like his design might suggest which I think is a little rude to his mama, but he doesn't even want to be seen as a cool dude with a giant axe who actually clever and would rather to be a smart assassin dude, and personally, that's just boring. I still like him as a person, but his character doesn't draw me in as much.

since we're on the topic what are anon's interpretations of the rest of the boy's given characters? not how the talent themselves act but what they think cover's original plan was for them. i'll go first as an example i think Altare was supposed to originally be a generic anime protagonist instead of the soft boy he is right now. the gunblade and light armor makes me think cover wanted him to be a not-so-edgy version of kirito type if that makes any sense.

>>667517 Ruze's complaints during Japan arc also gave a strong impression that Cover's upper management did want to push the "meathead with an axe" image, with his interpretation being that they didn't care enough about his content to think differently. Don't know if he ever pushed back directly with a, "It would be a good subversion to use the meathead impression to hide Ruze's cleverness from his enemies," but his attitude towards it all and the weakness of his 3D showcase makes me think he didn't. Eastern media genre savvyness would have been a big help here. He could have fought a gang of thieves for a rare, expensive book by making them think he fell for their trap, turning the tables, and then going all out with Zephyr. Then follow it up with him seeking it out not to sell it, but because he wanted to read it. End with a scene of him reading it in some cozy nook reading it while petting a Ruzader in his lap. JP executives would easily understand the gap more appeal, and it works for both of their expectations.

>>667555 ***gap moe appeal Anyway, out of the three mostly-western dudes (Bettel, Gibby, Ruze), Ruze having the weakest concept was surprising. I'd go as far to call it the weakest 3D showcase in all of StarsEN. Curious exactly what got cut since Gibby's showcase was also atypical for Cover.

>>667591 >weakest 3D oof yeahh don't remind me. the game tutorial start was pretty good, but it fell apart real quick. i expected more from the dnd/worldbuilding guy

>>667197 He's to hoping my blue son has better travel luck this time. >>667534 Altare was supposed to be the mysterious leading male character who plays FPS cooly. Now he's my 8 year old son little brother boyfriend husband wife leader who squeals over pokemon cards :)

>>667534 I actually think Altare is exactly what they wanted him to be. He’s got the clumsy, whiny isekai hero who can pull it together and coolly command the squad when he needs to energy in spades. I think the only thing that’s a bit off is his voice is a little too soft. I mean, the guy’s favourite Pokémon is pikachu, it doesn’t get much more basic self insert character than that

>>667591 I'd completely agree, it really is the weakest. He says stuff got cut but when you look at everything Tempus, Advent, the rest of Armis, and Justice have done in 3D (the more typical showcases to the lore heavy to the real batshit weird), whatever "No's" he got we're either unrealistic or would have been denied for anyone. I'm still convinced that he tried to make his Ruzebow stuff actual canon lore and got shot down, which wiped out most of his showcase script or he wanted to go very lore heavy to the point management said "alright no, roll it back". It's explain why his showcase was so anemic of anything if he wanted to lean into that, but who knows unless he flat out says it

>>667646 >Altare was supposed to be the mysterious leading male character who plays FPS cooly In what universe do you think cover ever had the idea of Altare being a cool mysterious FPS player (apparently one where cover actually cares about what games talent play) and not isekai dork hero extraordinaire.

>>667033 There's a lot of parasocial Bettelion out there, you gotta narrow it down some.

>>665700 I only want them so it might strike fear in dumb clown so he stops being lazy or his simps will migrate to a new white guy

>>667739 Don't humour the incel, he's been stalking some random female Bettelion all over the internet because she refuses to date him.

GIBBSTA LIVE WITH RE 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dc0Fz5ELYw

PILOT BACK HOME AFTER 8 YEARS https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscffJwNRNs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscffJwNRNs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscffJwNRNs

No one tellyposted Flayon

>>667901 gomen too busy rooning it

>>667901 did mine not go through or am i retarded >>667861

>>667901 No one tellyposted Ruze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXhOBlAUiik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXhOBlAUiik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXhOBlAUiik

>Gibby has new solo manager, raccoonmane >Jellymane is now exclusively tentacle raping Tavi

>I have idol privileges you do not >I can go into Jurard's bedroom right now and kiss him GOLDREX SEX

>>667917 I saw your post go in I was late ( T∀T)

>>667901 my telly phonepost didnt go through... its my punishment for having a life outside of pilot pilot here but im late and i have to commit seppuku for my sins https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscffJwNRNs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscffJwNRNs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscffJwNRNs

>>667979 Nooooo don’t kill yourself leglockbabytrap-chan, you’re our best roon :<

i think the roons are losing their marbles

>speaking of swallowing...you won't believe what happened to me today! Auntie...?

i want flayon to get really mad and beat me...

>>667979 ┐('～`;)┌ don't die yet I just was saying I was surprised

>>668018 Did they even have them in the first place?

>>667659 Hmm, you're right. My son is basic but he's the cutest basic boy ever.

>>668124 Reeda is my oshi, I roll my eyes at his basic bitch taste with the utmost love.

Gibby will never forgive the world for shaming him for putting butter on oatmeal

This is peak cozy yapping rn

>>668242 i want to listen to him talk about his interests for hours until the day i die

GB's overlay is such an eyesore but at least there's no fumbling about being in the way of the game screen.

I want to watch him but I'm feeling sleepy ( T∀T)

>>668291 God same his yapping is like instant serotonin straight to my brain. Love this lil pilot so so much

HAKKERS ON THE DEAD TWINK TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOXkyxapwXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOXkyxapwXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOXkyxapwXw

>>668424 >twink My wife is a woman

>I would be happy, ecstatic, to try balut! Goobycakes...

>>667617 >DnD/worldbuilding Yeah, it's funny since right before 3Ds, he was looking forward more to the group 3D while playing down his showcase. The group 3D was much more Ruze-like than the showcase with the DnD framing and dice throws. Don't know if he was trying to avoid having his showcase be too similar, but the game tutorial set himself up perfectly for some sort of questline for himself. Plenty of potential meta gags right there, like game system deciding to railroad him, avoiding the main quest on a silly Ruzader fetch quest, or going into an area he's under leveled for and using that bastard poison DoT build he loves so much.

>Daki talk Hmmm... >Still wants a Junior joke one

>>668474 A woman with a big hakkock

Holy mother of FISH RABU RABU

>>668714 hakkers this is so sweet... xenos love

>>668714 holy essay, birbo sweet boy

>>668714 Xenos love, I knew this would be good <3

>>668714 Tooth-rotting sweet... I miss all their little moments and interaction during their travel arc

>>668757 I sincerely hope we get another xenos arc soon with everything coming up. They don't regularly game collab together for whatever reason, maybe too different streaming styles, but their off-collabs are always top tier. Their banter and overall dynamic is extremely sweet to watch.

>>668714 Holy wall of text. We get it hakka, you're in love with shinri. Geez.

>>668940 https://store.smith-wesson.com/tactical/knives/smith-wesson-sw3b-special-ops-m-9-bayonet-fixed-blade/SW3B.html Not bad

>>668940 You can show weapons on stream? Will I finally get my gunchuuba oshi?

>>668959 Jesus, he has an ACTUAL tactical.

>shows his itabag >shows his knife >taking a break because his gamer wrist sprain is bothering >nerding out about how much he loves old nostalgic millenial cartoons peak comfy auntie

My gay ass auntie is going to explode....

It's time.

This is making me want Jurard to teach Auntie some retarded flip pick up lines.

>>668959 He has money on this but not a new computer

DINO ON THE HOLO EARTH TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwvxWzfTro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwvxWzfTro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwvxWzfTro

( ＾ω＾ ) I'm happy he's back

>>669560 Tbf, second hand retailers sell them for much cheaper. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1021497184 https://www.amazon.com/Smith-Wesson-Notched-Tactical-Survival/dp/B001608OMO

>>669560 you can buy a full spec gaming PC for under $200?

>paying real money for holoearth cosmetics to make his avatar accurate retarded dino…

toxic juze fighting to demolish the lives of their fanbases

>>668714 I expected no less.

The dino onlyfans content: https://youtu.be/HqwvxWzfTro?t=2108

Oh my God. I'm finally allowed in there. Hello, /MANS/, long time no see.

>>669868 Did you get banned or something?

Drawing him like one of my french girls

>>669870 Not me personally. Seems to be a countrywide ban (not India nor Israel). And it's still on, it's I just got a proper VPN and forgot about it. Still, good to have /MANS/ back in my life.

>>669887 ruskibro? i think when we first converted over some anons were having regional blocks. welcome back, chu!

he looks especially girly here

At least he can admit it, I guess

>>669941 >90 minutes after tavi concert some good sloppy seconds auntie hole

some more idol outfit predictions. either people are not using the hashtag or there aren't that many. haven't seen a single one for Axel, maybe they are buried under their own art tags, but I'm too lazy to go through them all

orb on telly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmNaGaBZxQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmNaGaBZxQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmNaGaBZxQg

oops didn't know I could only post 5 images

>>670018 I'm not gonna lie usually the fans are good at Making outfit designs but these idol ones aren't really that good.( ´,_ゝ`) I thought they would look more how ensemble stars/idolish7 or use from real life reference . (Altare one is not bad) Watch idol company but no study the costumes

>>670039 Whenever one of your posts slips through the hide ID you sound miserable

>>670039 some outfit shilouettes have these straps hanging down so most think the outfits are rather modern looking, going into the streetwear/techwear direction and not classic idol

baby zelda games for a babygamer

>>670051 ( T∀T) why techwear?.... I never get the appeal of that style to be honest.

>>670050 Because living life makes me miserable so sometimes the bad thoughts will come out to relieve my mind of the pain for a second. ( ´ー`) why do you need to respond to me if you filtered me just filter again to not read my thoughts

>>670075 maybe you should get a hobby besides watching stars and camping this board, do something productive. didn't you want to try drawing? draw your oshi, put it on twitter, maybe he will like it. feels good

>>670015 He was truly born for this. Man, I want a chuunibros collab so bad.

>>670013 Offhand, that's the first prediction I've seen of Shinri at all, Altare has 2 (maybe 3 tops), and I saw an artists wip of one for Axel. I'm guessing Shiny Spicy being low is because of their anniversary just passing (so a lot of art) and most of their artists seem to be prepping for cons that are happening real soon.

>>670128 I feel like the outfit prediction tags all this year have been lacking some bulk, I think stars artists being tied up in lots of official projects like the monthly calendar and the various boys covers etc. means that we’re getting less unofficial for-fun fan art overall

>>670128 That makes sense. I've seen the most predictions for Hakka (haven't posted all of them), but as I said, maybe Hakkitos are just more consistent in using the hashtag. Also there is no incentive to draw them because there is no "review" section that they always do for outfit reveals.

>>670154 I feel like one of the "announcements" could be an outfit reveal stream relay schedule, with the artwork for the concert revealed at the end of the last one.

>>670171 i can see that. if it turns out to be real, then a lot more prediction will get posted

>>670154 yeah its a different process, with normal outfit reveals its normally a week or so turnaround from the silhouette to the actual reveal so artists kick their asses into gear immediately and presumably there being no review is as you said less of an incentive too. if they actually give a deadline for when theyre going to reveal them i think itll pick up a lot

>>670171 People might also might not be interested in doing predictions and want the reveal flat out, which is fair. These are their official idol outfits and artists have made fan concept ones for 3+ years now, so I feel like there's more hype around finally seeing them then playing "oooooh outfit prediction time~".

mama's been BUSY https://x.com/josuijishinri/status/1956026728746508393

>>670291 >little mama...

>octavio concert at 4am yeah no I'm not staying up for that

>>670099 ( ´ー`) right now I'm at work so I cannot draw unfortunately. I would be a little happy if he saw something I made though

>>670400 I’m so tired of id blocking you 25 times per thread, please just fucking kill yourself

>>670339 It's at 10 pm for me, he clearly loves me

>>670412 You first ┐('～`;)┌ pathetic rat

I miss Aniki

the gods heard my cries and provided shiny spicy idol fit predictions

>>670550 This image is illegal. Please delete.

>>670872 You'll never catch me manesan

>>670841 Hmmm... actually, I wonder if the 3 gens will have little differences or like different accessories or something. Like overall the same but with like HQ, VG, and Armis getting an accessory unique to their gen.

>>670952 Right, like in Great Voyage to Universe when the StarsJp had different styles of hat per gen, that would be cute

>>670952 I could also see them using white as a main color for tempus and black for armis

>>670988 I recall Hakka saying once or twice that he wanted Bettel and him to have black idol outfits and for the other Tempus boys to use white.

Thoughts?

>>671069 That fish has no thought behind its eyes

>>670988 Actually I just had a thought: judging the silhouettes, I'm wondering if the boys have a base outfit style and then were allowed to choose what they wanted as a way to customize it. When the new Hololive idol outfits for Fes 2025 were revealed, they said that the girls got to pick if they wanted the shorts or the poofy skirt version (and I believe they also chose between if they wanted their secondary color to be white or black). Cause you can tell that some (Flayon, Hakka, and I would bet Octavio and Bettel are as well) are definitely wearing shorts, but the rest all look like they're in pants (Altare, Axel, Jurard, Gibby, and Ruze and probably Shinri too). It'd also line up with how Bettel, Hakka, and Octavio have different shoes versus the rest of the boys who have the same boots.

>>671069 People just don't notice the slimes are evil because they're also smart.

>>671069 Axelotls should be further down towards the evil end if Kevin is an accurate representation of them.

>>669941 whore DOWN, whore in DISTRESS

>>671069 Why are the roons in the dumb section? (｡・´_｀・｡)

>>671104 If shorts were an option, Ruze would be wearing them. Guy loves his shorts

The drunk whore sandwich...

Karaoke boys at ANYC!

>>671156 he HATES us

>>671156 funny coincidence how whenever Gibby's about to overlap another boy's big event stream he'll delay his own with no mention of his branchmate's event being the cause >>594362

PILOT CROSSING WITH ANIMALS ON THE TELLY https://youtube.com/watch?v=n1I6mLbzy54 https://youtube.com/watch?v=n1I6mLbzy54 https://youtube.com/watch?v=n1I6mLbzy54

>Because you need a cute spot for all of those cups! Ah, so they're familiar with the StarsEN lore...

>shota flayon managing the front of a store and greeting the confused customers uooh...

cover, please let flayon do a boondocks watchalong. i will do anything

>>671374 tempus cups mugs and bottles on armis coasters... tempus topping armis...

>>671104 I'm praying leader isn't wearing pants. He's been double-hoodied for so long, i want him to take it all off and whore it out.

>>671888 SHINTARE RABU RABU

>>671888 ueee that's so sweet, I knew he'd write a whole essay with a fat fuck slime doodle you can tell he respects him a lot shintare LOVE

NEW SHORTS >Altare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h28rQB4IK0w >Axel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7xncWWjBw >Bettel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7lA2S5sWM >Flayon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blefNYmNTUw >Hakka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKLZNLBdIT8 >Shinri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmWTF-ewJgs

>>671888 SHINTARE AND LEADER RABU Mama is so sweet! I also love his little doodles: the cute slime plus the rest of the boys at the bottom.

>>671956 flayon got double shorts uploaded because intern kun is retarded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E_mctBfHa8

>>671888 Wooo Shintare Shintare Shintare~ Shinri has always spoken really highly of his leadership behind the scenes, so I'm glad the order ended up working out like this. I always remember that time when Altare made sure to be there in chat for Shinri's first karaoke, even though he was packing for a trip, because he knew how nervous he was and wanted to help cheer him on. He really takes his role seriously, and I still think it's kind of wild Cover actually landed someone like that.

>>671888 Cute Mama drew all the boys oshi marks at the bottom uuuueeee~

MAESTRO ON THE MINI 3D CONCERT TELLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgNQEkfKE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgNQEkfKE4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgNQEkfKE4

bruh the poppet version of the op

I love our Stars boys with their love of the insanity that is Kingdom Hearts.

YOOO?

>infinity eyes toggle honestly unsettling, looks like a square goat pupil thing. love my psycho twink

>>672193 >>672205 i love that his psychopathy has been canonized

damn this karaoke has animated text???

>>672262 it's similar to auntie's karaoke but auntie only flashed the title. could use more contrast on the text

>that other upcoming concert we get one more concert before everglow

>>672281 it's his tswiftie cover concert, been in the works for a loooong time

the infinity eyeballs are kinda distracting but I BELIEVE IN YOU TAVI

This is fucking awesome so far, sasuga talented psycho twink

>>672286 wasn't it supposed to be his 88k subs celebration? we got his 100k karaoke before his 88k one

>practiced everyday for the past 2 weeks He's so hardworking ALSO HOLY FUCK MONITORING AAAA

https://x.com/HOLOSTARSen/status/1956181567673655351 (thread)

meanwhile the twitter account is staging a whole telenovela with the Tempus nuis https://x.com/HOLOSTARSen/status/1956181567673655351

psycho twink singing monitoring with the infinity symbol eyes is MWAH

KEY CHANGE YEAH

>>672331 >telenovela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drOo86PLOsA

>>672327 I really love the new intern-chan era. Also, this scene feels vaguely racially charged somehow.

>>672331 Intern-kun is having too much fun

>>672354 should've offered Hakka a taco in exchange for information

>>672331 intern-kun is such a starmin, love it

>>672286 Thinking about it, after Everglow, the confirmed event "schedule" is >Ruze's birthday (Sept. 30) >Axel's birthday (Nov. 1) >Armis anniversary (Nov. 18 & 19) Then there's the 'unknowns' >Octavio's Taylor Swift cover concert >Axel's vague hint of 'something around his birthday'

>full motion baton with twinkles, extra glow mode and pinkie out toggle kingdom hearts man can do his didney channel mouse FOR REAL

>>672367 I love kino intern-kun, this is top tier content.

Tavi got a dildo toggle. It has adjustable settings.

>>670550 >>670892 ISREAL

Poppet torture

>all the other armis boys has a toggle with their mascot >ruze has none HE HATES THEM

>>672409 >>672413 CUTE!!

>>672414 he has like two dozen fanmade ones + cares about his hairstyle more

SENPAI TIME!!!

BOSSU

HOLY PRODUCTION VALUE. SASUGA PSYCHO MAESTRO.

BOSSU APPEARS