Zyzobia?
Sorry if I'm just uninformed (I haven't played S&M Season 3 yet, unfortunately), but what the hell is Zyzobia? It comes up more than one time in Poker Night 2 (Sam brings it up, then Brocks brings it up again in another conversation), and I've tried searching on Google and on here but I get no results whatsoever. I also haven't seen anyone talking about it.
So if someone could kill my ignorance, please tell me what's this Zyzobia stuff, if it means anything at all. I'm really curious.
So if someone could kill my ignorance, please tell me what's this Zyzobia stuff, if it means anything at all. I'm really curious.
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Maybe it's a hint for the plot of the next Sam and Max season? From what I recall, the conversation is about how Max is the chosen one and he will destroy everything, something along those lines. According to Sam someone I don't recall kept saying that word, and the people who gathered at some location for an annual burning of a Max statue (just a joke) did the same thing in the last event but also chanted the word Zyzobia this time. I really don't get what's going on.
What is most curious is that if you search on Google for Zyzobia, it only appears 1 result, that has nothing to do with anything. If you search for Zyzobia on the Telltale forums or Youtube, it comes up with nothing at all. It's like Telltale Games searched for a word that is never used just to troll us.
...the key to an adventure Sam and Max are having between between their evenings at the Inventory. After a number of play sessions, you'll get the full story, as well one for Ash, Brock, and Claptrap.
As to the origin of the word "Zyzobia," and why it's been used to replace another word, I think I'll let that mystery bubble for a few more days.
Mike "All Enigmatic 'N' Stuff" Stemmle
PS Having just looked some stuff on the Internets, I'd be willing to bet that a clever Poker Night Enthusiast can probably figure out the mystery of Sam and Max's Zyzobia Story in about five minutes.
My only chance will be to just keep playing even though I just hit the big 1 million, I guess!
(p.s. I approve of Artie Flopshark III, Baby Better, you guys were right about 'a legacy' but I still wish someone had demeaning comments about Artie in-game)
Mike "Zyzobia is NOT the key" Stemmle
Is it dependent on themes? (I was using the Venture Bros. theme when those Alien Invasion conversations played.) That said, I've been using the Sam and Max theme most of all (I was trying really hard to hear the Hit the Road theme) and never heard anything about this Zyzobia stuff.
A few things about the stories...
1) Story chapters will only show up in different play sessions (i.e. turning off the game and starting anew). It's supposed to simulate the feeling of calling it a night, and coming back to the table another night.
2) New stories won't start until the current one is finished. So, in theory you might plays about 25 times until you hear them all.
3) The stories tend to put a premium on all the players being at the table. So, if you're playing an aggressive style of game that knocks people out early (even if they're NOT the current storyteller) you may not hear their story in that tournament, 'cause all the folks aren't available.
4) My memory of the logic is a little hinkey, but you MIGHT be more likely to hear a story in an un-themed tournament, 'cause priority might be placed on the themed banter.
Mike "I like stories" Stemmle
Son, I am disappoint...
Mike "Would've Thought the Giant Penguin Was a Dead Giveaway" Stemmle
I am almost thinking some how Charlie Ho Tep is involved...
Colder...
It's not related to anything that happened in Telltale's S&M...
Mike "Or Hit the Road, for that Matter" Stemmle
Ryu "Mike has too much faith in us" Chan
Does it have anything to do with Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness"? (Giant penguins?)
Or the adventure game magic word "XYZZY"? (Xyzobia?)
Klatuu "Stab in the dark" ...er... Klatuu
I have lots of faith.... and it IS just a silly Easter Egg
Mike "It's All About the Giant Penguin" Stemmle
But just in case...
1) Is it something Sam and Max fans have been asking for?
And if the answer to 1 is "yes",
2) Are you working on it right now?
I'll give that a qualified "yes," as in, "yes, some fans have asked for it from time to time."
No, no one has worked on it for some time. Nor is it likely that it will be worked on ever again.
Mike "I hate riddles... and clowns" Stemmle
Please don't say that. That's just defeatist thinking... which I really don't need right now.
It's 2013. A lot has changed between 2004 and this year. Whatever you gave up on, you shouldn't give up on anymore, is what I'm saying.
Defeatist it ain't... "realistic" is a bit more like it
Still and all, you seemed to have deduced the secret of Zyzobia, so I yield the floor so that you may lay out your theory to the adoring masses.
Mike "Heck, I Yield the Walls, Too" Stemmle
I used a program called the Telltale Extractor. I read the annotation for Poker Night 2, and looked up the word in question.
I saw some conversations that included that word, and specific mention was given to, among other things, a penguin queen, musical numbers, a burning Max effigy, and a space station made out of tortilla chips - or something to that effect. Those were plots from the cancelled game!
Have you asked Disney to hand over the rights to it yet?
Congratulations! You have indeed figured out that the freaky multi-chapter tale that Sam spins during Poker Night 2 is, in fact, a slightly re-worked synopsis of the cancelled Freelance Police game.*
And no, I'm not holding out. Seriously. This is my serious face
Mike "Getting The Rights to that Content From the Mouse Would Be Nigh Impossible" Stemmle
* The name "Zyzobia" is a major re-working. In the original story, the name of the Giant Penguin's homeland was "Subarctica," which I think we can all agree was NOT one of my more inspired efforts. "Zyzobia," on the other hand, is a mythical country created by my then-3-year-old-boys, which bears a striking resemblance to Redondo Beach.
I wasn't saying whether or not you held out. I was asking whether or not you asked Disney for the rights yet.
You didn't, did you?
You're right... something is fishy.
I really think someone is afraid to speak up, because they think Disney is just like LucasArts... when they are two completely different things.
What I have to say is... there's no reason to be afraid. If you want to ask them, there is nothing stopping you from doing so.
Disney: Huh? Oh. That makes sense. Here ya go!
And if you believe that....
Hey, don't knock it till you've tried it.
I've liked all the little stories told so far. I've gotten Ash's and Sam's, I think I might be on Claptrap's now (or is it GLaDOS'?), can't wait to see them all play out.
Now if it would evolve beyond "something Sam and Max fans will never be allowed to experience" into "something Sam and Max fans will finally get to experience after being denied the right to experience it for a ridiculously long period of time".