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Gentlemanjames

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My name is James Ecklund. I am just your typical person who happens to love a lot of anime. I am also a gamer.
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Only 90s kids will remember.

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Zodiac Elements: The Real Deal

Water Signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces): may seem too touchy or full of emotions but they are the type of people who you don't want to mess with
Earth Signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn): always trying to figure out their next big move; they don't play when it comes to the hustle
Air Signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius): smarter than you can ever give them full credit for; they know how to play things out meticulously and to their advantage
Fire Signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius): total badasses and don't care what you have to say about it; comes off the toughest but are probably the most sensitive of the signs
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“remember, licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets!”

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Retrospective on UNDERTALE’s Popularity

Though it was released almost a year ago, I have the same opinion of it.

It’s about an 8/10, niche RPG game.

If you like the characters and the humor, you’ll probably like it, and forgive it for its flaws.

If you don’t, you’ll probably hate it.

Surprisingly, there are many people who like this type of game. Though I did work hard, there’s definitely a lot of luck involved in having a game become this popular. So, it wouldn’t surprise me if I never made a game as successful again. That’s fine with me though.

Not only did I not expect this level of popularity, but initially, I was afraid of it. I didn’t want UNDERTALE to become tiring for people, or become spoiled before anyone even got a chance to play it. Early on (this was probably excessive) I even tried to contact certain Let’s Players to tell them not to make any content about it.

But, the game became very popular. Unavoidable, even. At the height of its popularity, “not liking the game” felt like a cardinal sin to many fans online. In reaction to these circumstances, others began actively hate the game, creating an endless whirlwind of discourse…

Like a thunderclap to a small dog, all of this attention stressed me out. And every time it seemed to die down, something revived it, such as the GameFAQs contest, the award shows, bizarre theory videos, and so on. At times, I wished I had a way to quell the attention. I felt a strange powerlessness. (And guilt, for feeling stressed when the success of the game SHOULD be something I’m nothing but ecstatic about.)

At the same time, countless wonderful things were happening. People told me the game helped them through a difficult part of their life. Others told me that the game had made them laugh, or cry, or say “I want to be kinder.” Many young kids told me they wanted to create games or music because of it. And, on a personal level, because of its popularity, I have been able to help myself and many people in my life. (And, hopefully, in the future, I can help many other people because of it, too.)

So, ultimately, it’s a good thing that the game reached so many people, and I’m very, very, very, very, very, very, thankful to everyone that supported it, and everyone that helped me make it.

Thank you.

And thank you to anyone who has created fanworks for this game over the past year. I’ve been in fandoms my whole life. I drew Cave Story characters in the margins of my 7th grade history class notes. So it’s amazing to see something I created incite a similar passion in other people.

Someday, UNDERTALE will fade from people’s minds. But, I’m sure in 10 years, some kid who played UNDERTALE will create a game that surpasses it…

I look forward to playing that.

Tomorrow, on UNDERTALE’s anniversary, let’s have a fun time. I am thinking I will open the askbox, and…

Bark.

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The Zodiac Signs as Misheard Hamilton Lyrics

Aquarius - History has its thighs on you

Gemini - Take Phillip Schuyler, the man exploded

Scorpio - We had a spy on the inside, that’s right: HERCULES MUFFIN MAN!!!

Cancer - We moo undercover and we moo as one

Virgo - My father left, my mother died, I threw up on a child

Leo - We won’t be invisible, we won’t be Bill Nye, still, it must be nice, it must be nice

Libra - (Take a break!) Hey, our kids is pretty gay

Taurus - I know you are man of honor I’m so sorry to bother, but I’m a hoe

Sagittarius - I have some friends: Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de clarinet ok what else-

Capricorn - Freedom for America freedom for pants!

Pisces - Everyone give it up for America’s favorite five-foot Frenchman!

Aries - I helped raised hundreds of children, I get to see them throwing up

Check out more hilarious misheard Hamilton lyrics here on this wonderful page: https://mobile.twitter.com/misheardhamilto

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