Chaz

@codenamechaz

Cis He/Him. Over 30. #FFXIV: A'vytt Midia @ Leviathan ( formerly #miqote, mostly #viera or #hrothgar) & Leoyaux Ziebond @ Zalera ( #elezen ). SFW Mod-free Gposes. Black lives mater, trans right are human rights, the Palestinian people deserve to be free

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Chaz@codenamechaz· 26d

Since I've been playing 11 so much in my off time, I figured why not attempt a cosplay of Luzaf from Treasures of Aht Urghan #FFXIV | #FFXI | #Elezen

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male Elezen standing on the deck of a ship mired by fog and ghostly wisp in the background. He's dressed in a fine black jacket with a purple undershirt and ruffled asgot, with a pendant on top of the top layer. He has a brass hairpin. He's turned slightly to his left, head tilted while glancing furtively off to his right

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jul 12

"How's your night going, Chaz?" Well, I've spent the last hour or so beating up monkeys with a blunt knife to try and get them to look at me funny for a Blue Mage spell while wearing a fancy suit just because. You know, the average Saturday night.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XI showing a male Elvaan with a name tag of "Leoyaux" above his head wearing a fine black suit and wielding a long kunai in a reverse grip in his right hand, surrounded by 3 monkeys with the name tags "Brae Opo-Opo" above their heads. They're all in the midst of a green and orange forest

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jul 4

The person responsible for the project said it wasn't AI. They were then forced to lock down their account because people refused to believe them and kept harassing them and being abusive about it

Screenshot from twitter from Mark (username @literalzero) with the following text

"Well considering I worked directly with the team who created the art and Download is one of my major projects currently I'm not sure there's any conspiracy to be had when I tell you it's not AI. C'est la vie! Have a lovely weekend"

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jun 18

It is now about 2 hours before the stints come out and suddenly every aliment of the last 16 hours disappeared

A screenshot from Fallout New Vegas depicting a man in a checkerboard suit saying "What in the goddamn...?"

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jun 10

FF11 continuing to be full of incredible elves

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XI showing a male Elvaan in dark, tattered finery standing in front of the broken window of a boat, body slightly turned with his right side facing the viewer

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XI depicting an Elvaan woman with a black dress and dark wings kneeling in front of a scrungly black cat with a foreboding black and orange sky in the background.

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jun 8

Worse than the people unable to see how fucked up it is are the folks who are like that Giant Bomb interview vid with the Crazy Taxi director where their response to being told about the AI use was "Well, it sucks but I'll still play it"

Picture from a Beartato comic by Anthony Clark where Reginald is sitting back in a chair in dim lighting and looking dissonant while holding a beer

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jun 3

Welp, the Tomb Raider remake is slopped up

Screenshot from the steam page of "Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis" displaying the about this game and an AI generated content disclosure. Text reads as follows

About This Game

Experience the pinnacle of adventure with Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a stunning reimagining of the 1996 genre-defining game.

As Lara Croft, harness your wits and athleticism to explore exotic locations lost to time—from the jungles of Peru to the ancient ruins of Greece, the deserts of Egypt, and a mysterious Mediterranean island shrouded in myth. Traverse treacherous landscapes, solve deadly contraptions, and face lethal predators as you hunt for the scattered pieces of the Scion, an artifact of immeasurable power.

Whether you're a veteran raider or new to Lara's world, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis delivers jaw-dropping visuals powered by Unreal Engine 5, modern game design, and new surprises, while honoring the spirit and atmosphere of Lara Croft's debut adventure.
AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI-assisted tools were used during development to support some early exploration and temporary development content. Any AI-assisted assets were either replaced or refined by humans in order to maintain the creative and artistic vision of the development team.

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 29

The "Leveling Corsair" experience so far in ff11

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XI depicting an Elvaan man aiming a long pistol at a large, animatronic-like enemy labeled "Jagd Doll". There are other name labels visible, including "Leoyaux", Iroha, Yoran-Oran (with the second part cut of), Valaineral, and Zeid. They're in a rather greyish room with hexagonal shapes on the floor

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XI depicting an Elvaan man drawing his hand back after firing a long pistol at a large, animatronic-like enemy labeled "Jagd Doll". The text behind the Jagd Doll's name says "MISS!" There are other name labels visible, including "Leoyaux", Iroha, Yoran-Oran (with the second part cut of), Valaineral, and Zeid. They're in a rather greyish room with hexagonal shapes on the floor

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 27

His "Oh I'm only cautiously exploring it!" seems to run counter to his sentiment on stage at that AI conference

Screenshot from twitter by Kevin Bankston recounting statements made by Gutierrez. Text reads "At AI on the Lot, @mexopolis (Book of LIfe director) says animating with AI-starting in Mach pitch to greenlight today-was like "having sex and then they hand you the baby." Eager to use AI to bring jobs back to LA. Tweet includes a photo of Gutierrez and two others

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 23

Wait, people are having trouble killing vipers?

Picture of Samuel L Jackson from the movie Pulp Fiction. A subtitle has been added to say "[Stares motherfuckerly]"

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 23

Been so enamored with this piece that I tried to build out a similar outfit inspired by it on Leo

A screenshot form Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male Elezen stanced up with his right arm in front of him with a broadsword gripped in his right hand slightly in front of his head. He's got a steel knights' helm with the visor raised to show his face, wearing a black leather jacket with a white fur trim around the collar over a wide open v t-shirt and a necklace with a lion's head at it's peak.

He's standing on a cobblestone street with stairs in the background

A screenshot form Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male Elezen riding on a motorcycle, his head turned to the left just slightly looking past the viewer. He's got a steel knights' helm with the visor raised to show his face, wearing a black leather jacket with a white fur trim around the collar over a wide open v t-shirt and a necklace with a lion's head at it's peak. There's more white fur trim hanging off his belts, with a broadsword hanging at his hip.

Behind him are old, classical buildings with an electronic generator and wires running off of them.

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 19

Finally found some time to dip back into 11, and true to fashion, spent 3-4 hours unlocking this mount, with the bulk of that time spent scouring Ve'Lugannon Palace for a goddamned coffer

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XI showing a well dressed male Elvaan standing upon circular floating platform in the middle of a somewhat arid field. The sky is overcast and there's a small range of mountains behind him. Above him is his name which reads "Leoyaux"

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 17

A long shot #FFXIV | #GPOSERS | #Viera

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV of a male Viera hunched low to the ground, right arm extended with a rifle pointed out, and left hand bracing the forearm. His head is hunched low behind his left arm.

He's in a very arid, desert environment, with a number of large cacti behind him and a single mesa way in the background. There's a metal plated eyepatch covering his left eye.

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 16

Double Down #FFXIV | #GPOSERS | #Elezen

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male Elezen in a yellow and black jacket captured mid leap, shouting in exertion while his right arm is drawn back and preparing to swing a large, glowing gunblade towards the ground below.

In the blurred background is a variety of yellow and purple lights designed to look like circuitry and cables. There's a large purple ringed structure in the background just off to camera left (his right).

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 8

Finally got the funny ojou-sama laugh for Avy. Still need to get it for Leo though.

A screenshot from final fantasy XIV depicting a male Viera standing with a slight leftwards lean, left hand raised under his chin and right hand cupping his left elbow. His head and body are slightly tilted back in an haughty and exaggerated laugh. A menacing Shantotto minion is also there just behind him to the right doing the same.

They're standing on greyish white brickwork with a small spa and fire stove in the background

Chaz@codenamechaz· May 5

It's pretty egregious. Can catch all sorts of tell-tale AI smearing in the animation from pausing, but also in addition to that sudden rose appearing, the AI also turned his suspenders into some kind of weird chest clasp

Screenshot from an AI generted "cartoon" present in Neverness to Everness of a man with a cape and suspenders behind a desk with a nightmarish amalgamation of what's supposed to be a cat on his shoulder

Screenshot from an AI generted "cartoon" present in Neverness to Everness of the same man from the first image with a cape and now some kind of weird clasp rope thing on his chest and a rose behind a desk with a a cat on his other shoulder while his hands melt into nothingness

Chaz@codenamechaz· Apr 24

Comic from jojo of a character at a courtesy desk saying "Excuse me? I lost my 2 m buffs, can I please make an announcement?" the clerk says 'of course" second panel the character leans in and says 'Good bye you little shit"

Chaz@codenamechaz· Apr 24

The "If I had a nickle" Doofenshmirtz meme with the text modified to say "If I had a nickle for every time a console port of FFXIV had weird subscription requirements" I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Chaz@codenamechaz· Apr 24

Screenshot of Shinji from Eva smiling with an overlay of shinji screaming

Chaz@codenamechaz· Apr 21

Kinda KBAM. I started playing 14 using the Merc Stealth keyboard. This *behemoth* of a keyboard had really good button placement on it's keypad, and the muscle memory is so strong that when it finally bit the dust, I got a 3d-printed replica of the keypad part itself called the Ergostrafer.

Picture of the Steel Series Merc Stealth keyboard

3d rendering of the Ergostrafer keypad. The keypad can be bought from https://shop.custommk.com/collections/ergostrafer/products/ergostrafer

Chaz@codenamechaz· Apr 17

It's been a minute, but to continue with the trend of a themed glam for savage progging, here's Leo's m11s set (Yes I know I didn't post one for m10 but an themed outfit was done, but it just a swimsuit so it didn't feel all too inspired for me)

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male Elezen standing in a clearing of a burning forest, stanced with his right arm reaching over his left shoulder and his left arm crossed under it in front of his chest. Body is slightly twisted with his right side facing ahead of himself. He's wearing very spikey purple and black plated armor with a helmet depicting a behemoth's visage and horns on it. Floating around him are flaming, spikey noulith, glowing red with heat and covered in gold chains

Chaz@codenamechaz· Mar 23

There's something kinda funny about C-suite folks just dropping the pretense and more or less saying this outright

Screenshot of a video by Red Letter Media parodying fandom podcasts where one of the parody hosts says "Don't ask questions just consume product and then get excited for next products" Background is littered with toys and models from multiple franchises

Chaz@codenamechaz· Mar 22

"Everyone's so busy and we don't have enough time or artists so we had to use the world destroying theft machine to make placeholders that we ~totally~ forgot about and didn't intend to leave in there thinking you wouldn't notice!" Meanwhile over on Slay the Spire 2:

An image from Slay the Spire 2 of placeholder art for a story event that was created using MS paint of multiple dead characters, including one being eaten by a green bird-like character

Chaz@codenamechaz· Mar 16

The Spellblade's Preparations #FFXIV | #GPOSERS | #Hrothgar

Screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male hrothgar standing in a decrepit, dusty hallway, right hand gripping the upper haft of a greatsword's handle, left hand hovering over the lower half. The sword is glowing with violet light as reflected on his armor.

Also apologies for co-opting a bit of alt text to geek out about the weapon in this pic, but It's interesting to me in how they followed through on the promise weapon glow actually being a light source. The glow, by all appearances, is pretty bright, but by itself it doesn't "cast light". But it takes advantage of the reflective material on some gear so when you view the weapon at certain angles, it looks like its reflecting the light, as shown in that pic.

A nice way of both giving an "effective" glow and light source without being extremely resource intensive.

Chaz@codenamechaz· Mar 14

Saw a post about how there's been a significant boost of negativity around 14 as of late killing the vibes and increasing burnout and yeah. Like this is the post I saw when I mentioned the "very normal takes" people yesterday. Some folks are chomping at the bit to be angry and lash out at everything

Screenshot of bluesky of an interaction in the comments of the FF14 social media account.

First individual says "These mean nothing if only 20$ of your playerbase can participate."

Second individual replies "Everyone benefits from the armoire changes"

First individual replies to that "Sorry I only got as far as the housing before I got mad lol"

Chaz@codenamechaz· Mar 1

Catching up on side quests on the previous planets in Cosmic Exploration and got to meet another Y'shtola sister. Neat!

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV showing a woman Miqo'te with greyish-white hair and cat ears and pointed markings on her forehead and cheeks. She's wearing white robes with gold trimming and chains and a black tie over the main shirt. She's standing with her arms at her side on a metal platform with a very colorful but alien landscape behind her.

At the bottom of the screen is a text box that says the following:

Y'adebh: Has Shtola made no mention of me? Though our mothers differ, she and I are two of twelve daughters sired by our late father, Rhul. Naturally, I am the eldest.

Chaz@codenamechaz· Feb 25

The feeling of learning there's actually *two* different FF14 dating apps

A picture of Scott the Woz leaning on a tv and smiling. The screen of the tv has been photoshopped over to say "what the fuck"

Chaz@codenamechaz· Feb 21

Shared my favorite for Leo the other day for the contest, but good opportunity for me to share my current favorite mixed fit for Avy (Currently temporarily a Viera) on Scholar.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV depicting a male Viera standing in front of a closed gate with his left hand on his hip and on a slight lean that has most of his weight on his left leg. He's wearing a fine, purple dress shirt with a black-and-gold trimmed cape draped over his shoulders. On his left hip hangs a book with a green crystal on it, and right hip has several orange vials. N his right leg is a set of straps gong down above the knee holding blue vials

A screenshot from Final Fantasy 14 of a male Elezen leaning against stacked boxes, his arms crossed in front of him with his left foot extended in front of the right. To the left side of him is text showing his full name and server "Leoyaux Ziebond (flower icon) Zalera [Crystal]" followed by his current job and level "Monk lv 100" and the date and time the screenshot was taken

Chaz@codenamechaz· Feb 7

Hmm. (Not that I'm complaining, they're both really good games)

Imgflip meme of the "If I had nickle..." meme with Doofenshmirtz talking to a sock pupppet dog. Text of this meme reads "If I had a nickle for every time a new open world souls-like sequel with a plot revolving around time travel came out this year I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice."

Chaz@codenamechaz· Jan 16

Was pondering on what to do for a m9s themed glam. Started leaning on the Dom stuff, but ended up unhappy with it. Then it hit me... Castlevania!