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MY fish never dies anymore because I keep flirting with Kelly until she offers to feed them when I'm out!!! That's her most important job Basic!!!

Captain Bailey is one of my favorite side characters in the trilogy.

LOL you had me crying with laughter when you saw the dead fish. Thank you for sharing 🤣🤣🤣

In your defense I don't think anyone has ever kept their fish alive that long before 😂

Hey, Jacob tried to be nice for the entire dialog, but got roasted by Tali anyway! So no wonder he decided to be sassy, I think.

I dont think Jacob was intentionally being rude or insensitive. He's just dumb. Pretty much anytime he says something it's wrong lmao its like they wanted people to hate him Tali might like tea (through a straw ofc) but you know the shy types party hard

Jacob had every right to get sassy with Tali after how she rude she was to his polite welcoming, lol.

I see you successfully killed your fish again. Good job. Executing marine life seems to be your hobby. Considering that Reapers look like squids and space is the ocean then they should be worried...

Just so you know. You can do the Firewalker mission to get rid of this sidequest. The fact that the IFF is close isn't an issue. As long as you don't launch the IFF mission itself, you're fine. So, no worries, doing the Firewalker mission won't trigger anything about the IFF nor the main quest. It's safe to do it at any time.

Tali is so amazing and all grown up!!!

47:33 welcome to one of the hardest fights. I did it on insanity difficulty (as with all three). Even on normal it's hard. Ohh shit it was easy for you 57:45 you need as much loyalty as possible, it changes the final outcome, and even outcomes in ME3 57:51 he didn't know. It's more of an ignorance issue on his part 1:11:03 speaking of liara, don't forget about doing the shadow broker mission. It's a great one. Also admiral hacketts mission too. Just keep in mind That mission is solo

RIP fishies... Could be worse - Kaidan could be floating in the tank belly up😂

I think the reason he mentioned introducing herself to EDI is so she doesn't get caught by surprise if EDI asks if she needs assistance. Cause I'd imagine if she had no foreknowledge she'd suddenly go nuts trying to break into the ai core in medical once she located it.

Tali is the best girl!!! She's the best friend of my Female Shepard and the love interest of my Male Shepard!! Also....I've started using the term Space Pinata in my Mass Effect playthoughs!

RIP to the fish...... AGAIN!!!!!!!.🤣🤣🤣

Just have dinner with Kelly, people... 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

🐟🐠💀💀🤣🤣 Dang it Basic! Not again!

"A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON" was not prepared for that. Got a little jump scare lol

The utter shock in seeing your fish dead... I'm dying! I mean, I'm sorry girl, but also thanks for the chuckle. It's still not too late to flirt with Kelly to get her to feed your fish....I think.

I'm a veteran ME2 player, and I respect the rite of passage that is losing the fish, but I have NEVER seen anyone have to flush the fish TWICE in a single playthrough. Legend Status: Unlocked

oh man... I shipped Reegar and Tali so hard back in the day

you have to feed the fish after every mission , we all have killed the fish the first time around lol you forget once and they all die lol you need to remember every time you leave and return to the ship to feed them before people in the game start calling you fish murderer LMAO

Today I re-learned that space fish have space hyper-metabolism and need feeding every few hours instead of once a space day

Kal'Reegar's voice is provided by Adam Baldwin.

Fish for dinner everyone!!!

i KNEW you'd be excited to good cop bad cop with thane

OMG your joy at getting to be the bad cop was hilarious., basic. Then we had "Frig those fish. Kaiden let's get a dog....." That coupled with Taylor's flush sound had me on the floor in hysterics ahahahahaha I had the same reaction as you to Jacob and his comment to best pal Tali. His is always the very last mission I do and I am always tempted not to do it at all. Actually when I did my renegade run I dissed him hard throughout the playthrough 😈🤬 Your Happy Hour hangout observations on the ladies was spot on, IMO. I for one would love to hear the same for the boys!🍹

I find aside from the dlc companions the loyalty missions are all on the short side since you had to do a mission to recuirt them as well. Since dcl you get them right away no mission needed their loyalty missions are longer.

the Good Cop Bad Cop scene had me cracking up. Angy Shep is h o t

Don't worry, basic, my fish kept dying too 😅 Although I'm not as persistent as you. After the second time I gave up 😂 Now, when I replay, I dont bother anymore (I speedrun ME2 anyway, so...)

Came across accidentally. Been catching up on your previous episodes. Fantastic. Thanks very much

You wait this long to rescue the galaxy's favourite waifu and expect a hug, a hug? 😋 Should you up the difficulty? An infitrator who is infrequently using their main power to give them a major advantage on during battle is definitely playing at a lower level than their skill is capable of. Does that mean you should up the difficulty? Only if you want more challenge in combat and will have fun needing to be more tactical in the way you play. You have options with Tali's loyalty mission. You CAN do it after the reaper IFF mission, and it can be an interesting thing to do it then. It is good to talk to E_V_E_R_Y_O_N_E before and after you do the thing you need to do.

i most of the times take Garrus and Kasumi for Tali´s mission, first because Kasumi complains about wearing black clothes at the start and second because of Garrus "just like old times". and Reegar is wrong standart tactic against colossy and co is get your Mako or Hammerhead and ram them. or like i do it now most of the times in this mission get back up to the window and blast that sucker with the M-920 Cain, one hit ko ^^

This is very entertaining, thank you. Keep going. 😊

Best two moments you almost hyperventilating when you knew you can be the bad cop, and when you saw the dead fish, why didn’t you flirt with Kelly? 😂 Why are you mean to Miranda and Jacob, they aren’t TIM. See you on the next episode. And I just started following you on Twitch.

@ 15:18 the other way would be to let Shepard shoot Talid ... "Talid was a racist" Shepard sez afterwards 🤣.. I did it in one of my playthroughs

Awww.... I'm so sorry about your fish.

57:48 Oh my god I never put that together and I’ve played Mass Effect 2 so many times😭 Never been a fan of Jacob after I’ve watched his full Romance

Jacob is not that bad just boring...he's like black Kaidan. His loyalty mission is actually interesting. Would go along nice with what you think of him lol

Actually Jacob’s loyalty mission is surprisingly good, unlike himself

Yes you should up the difficulty,

YASSSSSSSS Comander basic living her renagade best wtih thane love it!!!! ❤❤

Am I the only one who actually laughed out loud when she spent a few bullets trying to dent the first Geth dropship? 🤣

Best girl has returned!

I actually look forward to these episodes as much as I do Raw and SmackDown every week! 😁👏🍻

looking forward to samara's mission!

I can tell you exactly how your fish died. Sadly, the time you were in the cabin before, you highlighted the feed prompt, but did not click on it. You immediately switched to the other stuff on the desk. You probably clicked the mouse button but not at the time the prompt was active. Poor fish. :/ Oh and you can get different fish back on Illium, on one of the cioscs.

Tali is a turian brandy and dextro cheese lover. Trust me. 😉

You are currently putting out ME content at 2-3 times the rate of Lucy. At this pace you might catch her before the finale. If that happens I think you’ve earned Kaiden as your prize. Or you 2 could fight for him? Pay per view event? 😊

It's about time you got the best girl in the galaxy back!

If it makes you feel better you can new fish in ME3 plus an automatic VI fish feeder

The fish dies even if you feed it after every mission? I don't remember my fish dying in my multiple playthroughs even when I'm gone on multiple missions, but then again I could be remembering it wrong since I played this on launch day so more than a decade ago.

lol 01:16:40 "the only things she wears is tatoos ... " 01:06:31 🙂

It seems that before or after every mission you do you have to feed the fish, mines are dead.

Basic, what is it you have aganst fish exactly ? 😄 Also, dont sleep on Jacob's mission. It's pretty juicy.

Oh Jacob. Cerberus sucks. He isn't making them better. "I hope we can work past that as we work together. Make sure to introduce yourself to the AI. I know AI nearly wiped your people out, but I'm a dick. Look at me." I'm glad you got Tali. Her savagery towards Jacob was needed after Thane's "welcome" from Jacob. Judging an assassin when he's a gun for hire for a terrorist organization. Man makes no sense. That's one romance that doesn't make much sense to me. And people talk crap about Kaidan 🤣

Your fish died b/c you were thinking about Cardboard Kaiden too much. 😉😁 though I will say he's not the worst - that is Jacob. Somehow bland AND annoying and other things. (not saying what)

Anyone know why she waited on Tail for so long? I figured she’d want to recruit the og companions asap

Oh my favourite Aquarium terrorist ... looking good , great episode ....... if I find a dead fish in my tanks I wonder , has Basic been here 🤣😂🐟🐠

Go buy the aquarium on the Citadel so they won’t die anymore

On Tali's mission, I self-impose a challenge - play the entire mission on Hardcore difficulty, and don't take the Paragon interrupt thereby giving me a time limit by which to destroy that Colossus before it kills' Reegar. And my reward - a Geth Pulse Rifle!!!

The fact that you kept them alive that long is amazing. R.I.P.

I was wondering how you'd handle the interrogation scene. Thane's mission is tough, it's possible to fail it. You know how this happened "no more fish" buys more fish. "don't even look at me" we're looking The sunlight mechanic in Tali's recruitment is....annoying love your little text edits

I don't think Jacob was rude. Isn't it better that he warned her about the AI instead of her discovering EDI by accident? And since Shepard doesn't say anything to Tali about the AI, someone else should do it, no? I really don't know why the fandom is hellbent on giving Jacob an evil role but he's really welcoming towards Tali and she's the one who's rude first. And yeah, she has every reasons to be because she doesn't trust Cerberus but if we're pointing fingers, Tali should get some blame too. But it will freeze over Hell before the fandom says something negative about Tali, especially when pitted against Jacob. We all know the fandom hates Jacob. I don't really like the guy that much but man... the fandom takes it on another level!! 😱 Anyway, let's talk about something funnier: @19:41 I know, I wasn't supposed to laugh but I'm sorry, I couldn't help to laugh really hard! The look on your face, priceless! And you were singing about your fish mere seconds before!! Excellent!! 🤣🤣🤣 Congrats to you (and Taylor): it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. You always make me at least smile. Keep up the good work!!

Jacob did everything within reason to make a civil introduction and welcome and Tali, while understandably defensive at first, dragged it on into nothing better than petulance and had that shot about AI coming by the time he was fed up enough to lay it on her. It's just my opinion, though. There's really no need to go spreading it around.

It's okay to shoot at Reegar, his VA is a real bag

I have to stand up for Jacob here - Tali just "these people"d him and trash-talked them in several different ways. Yes, Tali is obviously correct in hating Cerberus... but it's pretty understandable that he'd snap back given that he's clearly not that kind of Cerberus and Shepard didn't really stand up for him either.

Hiya Kiddo, you are needed to go kill creature from the black lagoon ;). Poor kiddo and your fish:(, there are 2 solutions to your fish problem, let me know if you want me to give the spoilers. I am a lil sad to see your sadness and disappointment but will hold my mouth on spoilers.

I told you to flirt with Kelly! just do it and get it over with! You know you want to 😏 Think of the fish 🐠

You think that was a good interrogation? If you do it right, Sheps only says one line and the scene ends with Thane saying "That may go down in history as the shortest interrogation ever".

1/10 Not enough hugging.

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I like to think your Shepard records all your 'talks' with Kaidan's picture and one day when they are in a stable relationship without threat to the galaxy, she gives him these recordings so he knows without a doubt that there wasn't a DAY while she was away she didn't think of him and wanted him to know what was happening so he wouldn't be kept in the dark anymore. 🥲

Anyone know why she waited on Tail for so long? I figured she’d want to recruit the og companions asap