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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 23/09/2026

Do what you gotta do to be well. Bnuuy supports rest.

Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 08/09/2026

We are back, after a small hiatus, with MORE TIME TRAVEL! ...Just, not of the world saving kind. As far as I know. (*finally* going to play "Life is Strange", as it's been recommended multiple times)

A chibi drawing of nt3rp, is in the bottom left corner while the stream schedule for the week is presented almost like a text-messaging conversation.

For the week of September 7 to 13, the schedule is as follows.
- Tuesday, September 8 @ 7p ET: Life is Strange (remastered)

https://twitch.tv/nt3rp

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 15/08/2026

IT BEGINS! The Race Against Time (in support of Trans Lifeline) starts now! twitch.tv/nt3rp

A promotional image for the Race Against Time XII

Many different caricatures of important PCs and NPCs from the game Chrono Trigger are displayed.

It also includes the date of the event, August 15 and 16th, 11a to 11p Eastern Time each day.

The event is in support of Trans Lifeline, and it includes a links to the website (https://raceagainsttime.io) and the stream (https://twitch.tv/nt3rp)

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 14/08/2026

The Race Against Time (in support of @translifeline.org) starts tomorrow at 11a ET! If you can spread the word or donate ahead of time, I'd definitely appreciate it 🙇‍♂️ raceagainsttime.io/donate

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 14/08/2026

We can't forget DanVideoNinja! 🎉 "Dan is a gigantic geek! As big as they come! He loves making videos and he loves his video games! He's awesome. And he thinks you are too! " 📅 He'll be joining us Saturday, 5p-7p ET raceagainsttime.io

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 12/08/2026

Joining us again, the fantastic @zeldamomoe.bsky.social 🎉 "Cosplaying since 2006, and also a professional graphic designer: Her favorite series are Chrono Trigger, Drakengard & NieR, .hack, Final Fantasy, Xenogears & Zero Escape" And she'll be on stream Saturday 1-3p ET! raceagainsttime.io

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 11/08/2026

Joining us for the 1st time: Big Mike, from D20 Live! (Saturday, 9-11p ET) "Since 2012, D20 Live has provided hours of madcap entertainment for a growing audience of tabletop fans, showing them there is much more to the world of tabletop then they can imagine!" raceagainsttime.io

A promotional image for the Race Against Time (August 14 + 15, 11a - 11p ET each day) featuring Big Mike from D20 Live!

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 10/08/2026

Meanwhile, the upstairs babies (Brandy and Burberry) 🥺

Brandy (white rabbit) looks curiously up at the camera while her companion Burberry (brown rabbit, lop-eared) nuzzles underneath her sleepily. Both hide behind a cat tube

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 10/08/2026

This was our downstairs bun, Pumpernickel, when we got back from Otakuthon last night 😆

An excited, black rabbit is in the foreground, out-of-focus on an orange patterned mat

A room with various rabbit elements in disarray (tipped over water bottle, hay and poop scattered)

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

I happen to have the 2025 and 2026 Guidebook on my phone, so it's easy to see some changes side-by-side - Increasing the video game space - Adding a separate "events" space - Reducing the number of panels rooms from 7 to 5 - Adding a Touhou room - Adding a dedicated Gameshows room

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

Food time! Montreal has SO MUCH good food. I'm not used to having so many options as a vegetarian 😋 Burger Fiance has some pretty good choices and is right around the corner of the con.

BBQ pulled pork burger made with enoki mushrooms with fries

Oat milk and soy ice cream cookies and cream milkshake

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

And second, a quick pan of all the judges and competitors! Yes, there is Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, and Trigun on display in 2026 😆

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

Fortunately, I *did* get two clips that are easy to share. First, the WCS cheer being led by the director, Kelsey

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

And the wonderful judges! Not all of them were expecting their introductions in both languages 😆

One of the judges from the WCS Canada preliminaries

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

I like this guy! Unlike for the masquerade, this MC does it all in English et en Francais! It's a good thing I'm not a journalist because I keep forgetting to take down people's names 😅 (He's done this lots of times before though)

The MC of the WCS Canada preliminaries addressing the audience.

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

... And we were in line for the Canadian WCS preliminaries 🤩

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

Meanwhile, the rest of the city is getting ready for the pride parade!

Streets being blocked off for Montreal pride.

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

Fun fact: in addition to providing information on when the next train is arriving, the Montreal Metro also lets you know how full different parts of the train are. Neat!

A screenshot of a TV display at a Metro station. At the top of the screen there is a picture of a train with outlines of people to give a rough idea how full each car is

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

It's not much, but this building lit up in rainbow was nice to see on the way back

A building on the Montreal skyline where it's lights are lit up like a rainbow that chases its way around the building

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

Also I have to call out - This absolutely perfect banner; and - RPF fanart of the hosts—which interrupted the show (affectionate) Happy (Montreal) pride y'all 🏳️‍🌈

One of the cosplayers at the masquerade holding a rainbow banner that says "Burn the cis-tem"

Real-person fiction fanart of the masquerade hosts.

(Text is not quite decipherable: something about one of them being pretty)

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

One more batch, because there *were* 50 entries! (Just whatever is catching my eye from the lil' previews)

Characters from Legend of Zelda, tears of the Kingdom (Purah and ???)

A red haired woman with some sort of scissor gun

A human personification of Bill Cypher grasping to the sky

An anthropomorphized Pinkie Pie almost hovering on stage

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

Here's a handful of what look the best from the tiny preview from my phone. There were definitely a lot of really talented, passionate folks on stage! 🤩

Two of the characters from Apothecary diaries fighting on stage

Mao Mao and her friend catching bugs on stage at the Otakuthon masquerade

Olruggio (Witch Hat Atelier) "casting fire" fan dancing on stage

Someone dressed as Montreal construction. Yes really.

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

I took uhhhhhh a lot of photos of the masquerade and there ain't no way I'm picking through them right now. So uh, hey! Welcome the lovely hosts and judges!

ShoulderCat Cosplay and (name I've forgotten) hosting the Otakuthon masquerade as the English and French hosts

AnnieChie, one of the judges at the Otakuthon masquerade, waving to the crowd

One of the judges at the Otakuthon masquerade, dressed as what appears to be hermes, the Greek god

One of the judges at the Otakuthon masquerade, twirling in a dress as Ariel (the Little Mermaid)

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

The masquerade has some fun programming: mostly a bit of trivia, name that anime (from a pic)... But also, things like this.

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Nick T 🐇 @nt3rp.io · 09/08/2026

And then one day ... One day I got in *Sick synth solo*