▼Stream Guide▼ 0:00 - Startup 5:39 - Showtime / Story Recap 13:15 - Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy 3:37:48 - Winding Down / chit-chat

Honestly, I think just hiding the chat on adventure/puzzle streams is a good idea. Like Ian said, some people just don't understand "no hints" no matter how many times it is said, and Ian's habit of asking himself questions while he's working is easy to misinterpret. It's a bit less fun for those of us who like to chat, but this no hints problem has been plaguing us for a while. I say give it a shot and see if it helps.

I’ve never seen adventure games with pvp before, but Ian vs chat is basically that. Good lord y’all let the man play the game in peace

An unlocked door : Nance : ⚠️!?!😲!?!⚠️

Yay thanks for playing more Nance. Say it with me now: "She did it"

Im sorry but I about died when THE ENTIRE CHAT was filled with "0 is a digit!!!!!-:0".

Ok, 1/3 of the way in, and favorite part so far: the "moo" directly after "MMMm what a hamburger!" Edit: Ok, I'm 3/4 through--it's the "moo" after "Drop in anytime." That's the one that really got me.

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate these streams. You are really helping me through a rough depressive episode and I’m eternally grateful, thank you

I hate when chat tries “helping” during the Nance streams, I remember during the Labyrinth of Lies playthrough someone was like: “oh we just don’t want to see you struggle.” But really they just don’t want to wait for the puzzle to be solved. I think Ian actually tried putting “no hints/spoilers” in the title once and it still didn’t stop the chat from doing it. It can really make the stream turn sour when it’s a constant occurrence.

I like the jokes on the book names. "Macroeconomics in French Cinema" by Baron Bulmarket ("bear and bull market") "Science Can Be Fun (though odds are you'll find this book exceedingly tedious)" by Dr. D. Troit ("Detroit", not sure of the relation there) "The Human Brain and its Untapped Psychic Potential" by C. Ree Bralcortex ("cerebral cortex" or the part of the brain that deals with sensation, memory, etc.) "America: Land of Adventure" by Lance Hathaway (not sure here; maybe since the book shows half of America it's "lands halfway"?) I love little jokes like that. Always fun to notice.

Its very frustrating watching people give hints or explain a puzzle in the chat when Ian is so very clear about it. I recognize some of the usernames from earlier in the stream, so they should know by now to quit spoiling things. I wouldnt blame Ian for hiding the chat in future streams. Though, I feel like an on screen "no hints!" would at least prevent new comers from jumping in and trying to help. I know that wouldnt stop everyone, cause nothing will, though

I totally understand the feeling about playing with pen and paper and writing notes down. I have actual notebooks for gaming, with chapters dedicated to the various games I play, and a bunch of notes in there.

From 3:08:47-3:08:50, that was such perfect timing! I laughed so hard when that happened! And with the start of a Nancy Drew game comes the accidental hints and guesses. I don't think we've been spoiled on anything too important, but it is curious how it keeps happening and its always a constant occurrence. I wish there was something that could be done without being too strict or make people feel uncomfortable. I'm glad that Ian is trying to being more chill about it and that helps. I guess you gotta think of it this way; imagine you're Ian trying to solve a puzzle and you have someone looking over your shoulder and tells you the answer outright. You'd be annoyed if it happened to you. That's how I put it into perspective.

I think hiding chat during games you don't want hints in is a great idea.

I love that a Pennvllyvn from Curse of Blackmoor Manor went to Waverly Academy

"oh my god I'm almost 30" I really felt that lmfao

Internally screaming that he's gone outside twice and hasn't noticed that he can go to the side of the building XD

The chat is so infuriating on these Nancy drew videos. Takes all the fun out of it

seeing him finish the piano puzzle was so satisfying im genuinely feeling sm joy

I feel kinda bad for the person who accidentally gave a hint about middle C, tried to retract it, but then got yelled at anyway :/

Ian just hide the chat. People will always participate. Be it bc they don’t know the rule, have poor impulse control, or they intentionally want to troll. Most of the time it’s fans who don’t see things like saying “0 is a digit” a hint and are just participating, and getting annoyed with them ruins the mood for you AND your fans. Just hide the chat.

if you’re ever looking for recs for another nance game (my favorite streams btw!) i think you would really enjoy the haunted carousel. the whole thing takes place in a run down theme park, and to my memory it had a lot of vibes ™-between the park itself, the hotel nance stays at, and the old style computer it has a lot of nostalgia power for me. there’s even an arcade!!! it was the very first one i ever played, and it totally got me hooked. i don’t remember any tasks that were too tedious (looking at you, ghost bugs) and if there were any the atmosphere was way cooler in the first place than the woods. anyway, thanks for these vods, it’s always a really nice way to get to look back on these games i enjoyed so much in my childhood 💜

Omg Ian saying YOU DO IT THEN put words to my whole mood at work today. I work with so many Rachels.

A BrutalMoose guide to MST3K would be amazing! As someone who has written a watching-guide to both House M.D. and the Godzilla movies, I know it's difficult but rewarding.

I love this Nancy Drew game, its one of my fav Nance games but I hold my tongue because figuring out the puzzles is one of the best parts of these games. I hope Ian continues to play!

I'm surprised that Ian doesn't have any mods at this point, it's probably the easiest way to filter out people spoiling or helping without hiding the chat. It alleviates the burden on Ian for having to constantly remind people of no spoilers, especially those who hop in and out of the streams, or those who are new too. And if they don't listen, they can put chat into emote only mode, or sub only mode so people can chill out and stop doing the bad. Not to mention, him asking questions aloud to himself, implores the chat to answer them, although he never asks for help.

IAN, YOUR ANIMATED PRESHOW BACKGROUND!! I'M OBSESSED!! It's so brilliant and I love watching all the little details!

I do think it's super funny he pulled the fire alarm twice and thought nothing would happen

iAN's bagel toasting skills are really put to the test in this stream...

I'm so glad I didn't catch this live🤣 the entire time I'd be telling everyone to stop giving hints. No means no, y'all 😅

Message: I love the chill atmosphere of your streams. Ian 5 seconds later: WOAH!! Wait... I DON'T GET TO KNOW WHO THE FUCK THIS CAME FROM?!? Made me laugh so hard. Never change, Ian. Never change.

Ya hiding the chat would be a hella good idea to stop unwanted hints 😂

Im so happy you’re playing more Nancy Drew! Love these streams 💕

The moose is loose

How 'bout that. This door's not locked!

You are my bedtime routine. I drift off to sleep listening to you. You are amazing! Hugs for MJ. Much love from Ohio. ❤🌈 😜

Oh yeah! Hiding the chat would probably be the best thing for puzzle/story games or smth along those lines. Could you hide it during that time for the vod, too? At least when you have it hidden on your end, or would that be too much work?

Fun fact: the Mel plagiarism storyline is completely optional. You don't have to figure out who plagiarized her paper in order to beat the game. You can totally ignore the whole soggy mess.

Anyone else scream at the computer when he changed the combo that started with 69 even though it worked😭😭😭

I just finished watching part one last night and was hoping part two would be up soon!

Re: Screensavers Man, I remember downloading some Christmas and Halloween themed screensavers that I thought were so badass. Lowkey experiencing that nostalgia thru WallpaperEngine nowadays.

I understand why ppl get so confused with the no hints, aside from just naturally wanting to help when u r thinking aloud if they are new to the stream and dont know abt ur preferences, it can be confusing switching between like you trying to remember the names for each girl and then jumping into a puzzle the ip puzzle right after like I can tell the change in your tone and get that bc it's not a puzzle ur just trying to remember their names but it can be unclear for many so it tends to not be clear when you're thinking outloud and when you're actually asking

I feel like a ton of people are basically fully blaming chat for giving out hints when he says things that can conflict with that, when he asks himself questions out loud or something like that. I get its annoying for him to see people spamming hints and what not, at the same time it gets conflicting to know what he wants when he basically says or implies he wants help from someone ( even if it's asking himself ), if people can't tell if you're asking yourself a question or not then they're going to say something since, they didn't know you were asking yourself. Sometimes these streams get annoying terribly especially with the inconsistency of him asking himself things compared to asking for serious help from chat, the malice/angry/annoyed/aggressive tones Ian goes through, or even the chat just being spoil fairy's for most of it, or the people in chat get salty with him or whoever. It's not just chats fault in that matter, it's pretty equal blame honestly, he can contradict himself at times or gets confusing on who he's speaking to, the comments in his chats are sometimes just spoilers just for the sake of it. He can hide the chat for himself but, I think that wouldn't be quite fair to everyone else who's just trying to talk or make memes about the current moments, all I could say is he has a second monitor to see the chat, he could also get mods for the chat to remove spoil fairy's when they strike, or hell he could just ignore those comments that are blatantly spoiling how to do things or the certain details in the game he's playing and take it as lies they're stating and move on. It's annoying to get spoilers or people trying to rush the puzzle so they don't have to suffer through it ( of course they can just leave the stream/video if they're not wanting to see someone struggle to finish a puzzle for several minutes ) but, it's also annoying to hear the streamer basically feed into the spoilers game is to be recognized as the spoiler which in return gets more people to spoil the fun. This is an older video, so how he did things then are different than it is now but, I sadly still see the same errors being made on both sides ( not as bad as this video ) but, there are still issues and that's why I don't watch these streams much, it's aggravating to watch them when both sides of the court is being toxic and turning things into a passive aggressive moment or just sour moments. I like to watch Moose don't get me wrong, I just believe that he needs to ignore people spoiling if there is no way to prevent it at this rate since, clearly people see it's upsetting him and anyone else watching so it's something they think they should do since, its clearly upsetting at least one person to see someone spoil the fun.

Snack bar mini-game kind of reminds me of Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Ned was savage in that phone call

Ian: I dont want help Everyone in chat 0 is a number look over there!

I would love to watch you play mist. You are the person who introduced me, and Iv never seen game play, nor played it myself!

Man, that piano puzzle was such bullshit, hate it when games punish you for figuring things out on your own.

I'm so here for them tomato-cheese sandwiches

Oh my gosh, when you asked if teenage girls talk about Mr. Harris it triggered a forgotten memory. In my senior year of high school (circa 2004) we had a history teacher Mr. Harris and we had a newer teacher was Ms. Larson who was (**stage whisper** ) ReCeNtLy DiVoRcEd (it was a Catholic all girls school) and the rumor was they were having some kind of affair but I really don't know if there was any truth to it.

looking at the comments is giving me a strong feeling I might want to skip this one 😬

Niice I actually was able to join this one live for a bit

I’m almost 30 too. Haha I agree that one girl did look like she’s 30. Also I remember in this game, I did spend some time just roaming around because I couldn’t figure out what to do. 😂😂 that usually happens in most of the ND games

I'd love to see Ian play Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge. I mean...it has robot cats AND sudoku puzzles what more do ya need?

Absolutely do Myst or Riven, Moose! that would be amazing! Or even better, there's an awesome puzzle game called Shiver. You'd love it!

I know streamers who have a secret code for if they want help from chat. They have a phrase they'll say so that chat knows they want help and aren't just thinking out loud. They'll say something like "Dear chat", "Help please", "Sherbet lemon", etc. but Moose doesn't want help so i don't know if that would help at all.

It’s so funny that you can be expelled for not making snacks fast enough.

I'm conflicted on what Nance game i want ian to play next. On one hand i want him to play ones i've never played before so its a new experience to watch. But on the other I'm excited to see him play my favorites in the series

Damn. I’m a big fan but the attitude killed it for me.

I was positive that Ian was never going to solve that piano puzzle lol

I don’t understand how people don’t understand not to give hints. They’ve obviously watched the other parts. It’s not hard to NOT type things like that.

Not sure I'll ever be over Rachel saying you can't do the website your way cause that would be cheating

More Nancy yay!!!

"Any threats of violence will be expected to be delivered on, in pitched combat with Paige the R.A. in the Walmart parking lot"

Do a Nancy drew cosplay

Toasted tomato sandwich sounds like my worst nightmare

Time for the perculator!

There's a weird screen flash during a bunch of this?

I wonder which girl ordered the 3-slices-of-tomato sandwich. XD I guess you'd call that a TTT?

I will never be able to join stream :(

You mean to tell me someone didn't lock the door?

I never read the stream chat

Ransom of the seven ships game got removed from online purchasing due to racist themes, I don't want to be specific because it's kinda a spoiler for the game

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nIANcy drew

you would adore murder she wrote

Yoy

I love ya ian but your attitude was so sour this video :( it killed it for me and took all the fun out.