{"id":19620,"date":"2023-06-20T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T05:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=19620"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:14:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:14:18","slug":"20230620-19620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230620-19620\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Protocol players go buck naked, sacrificing their characters\u2019 dignity for FPS\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Blue Protocol<\/strong> players have discovered that discarding their character\u2019s clothing and making them naked helps stabilize the game\u2019s frame rate, which has led to a noticeable number of players going around naked in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30d6\u30eb\u30fc\u30d7\u30ed\u30c8\u30b3\u30eb\u3068\u304b\u3044\u3046\u795e\u30b2\u30fc\u670d\u8131\u3050\u3068FPS\u5b89\u5b9a\u3059\u308b\u304b\u3089\u4e0a\u7d1a\u5468\u56de\u3057\u3066\u308b\u30ab\u30f3\u30b9\u30c8\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u5168\u54e1\u88f8\u306a\u306e\u8349 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LUyfQVeXId\">pic.twitter.com\/LUyfQVeXId<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ad\u30bf\u30ce\ud83c\udf54\ud83c\udf5f (@FXNEETKTN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FXNEETKTN\/status\/1670786237819437057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> The god-tier game Blue Protocol gets more stable FPS when you take off your character&#8217;s clothes, so hardcore players are all going naked to do difficult battles\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Protocol is an online action RPG by PROJECT SKY BLUE, a project of BANDAI NAMCO Online and Bandai Namco Studios. The game is set in a vast and detailed fantasy world and allows for dynamic battles and a high level of character customization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-380x200.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-696x365.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-1068x561.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230615-19506-header-800x420.jpg 800w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game went online on June 14, experiencing a bit of a bumpy release, with server load issues arising (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230615-19506\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Related article<\/a>). Though major issues were resolved, many players continued to report that the game \u201cfeels heavy\u201d and that the frame rate often drops, particularly in busy environments such as the city of Asterliese.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may be what led some players to take drastic measures\u2013 in order to decrease PC load and stabilize the frame rate of the game, players started taking off all their clothes and challenging the game in nothing but their default undies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Tweet explaining these circumstances with an attached screenshot of multiple naked players in battle has gone viral, reaching over seven thousand RTs at the time of writing. Most obviously find the phenomenon amusing, but a significant number of users expressed relief as they finally understood why they had been seeing so many naked players in-game recently. Apparently, it had not been a rare sight at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/KADET5428\/status\/1670993336499601409?s=20\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> Is this for real? To all the naked dudes I\u2019ve laughed at up until now&#8230;I sincerely apologize<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u7406\u7531\u3092\u4ed8\u3051\u3066\u5408\u6cd5\u7684\u306b\u670d\u3092\u8131\u3052\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3001\u30d6\u30eb\u30fc\u30d7\u30ed\u30c8\u30b3\u30eb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PQj3Ou20gi\">https:\/\/t.co\/PQj3Ou20gi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30d5\u30a7\u30ea (@Felli3143) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Felli3143\/status\/1670960776788705281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> Blue Protocol \u2013 the game that provides with a reason to legally take your clothes off<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a side note, when asked about details regarding how the frame rate dip works, the original poster of the tweet explaining the phenomenon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FXNEETKTN\/status\/1670788375433945090?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> to having no idea how it works, explaining that they only partook in the nudity for the sake of their other party members who benefit from being naked in battle. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players also didn\u2019t miss the chance to poke fun at the developers, noting that a game\u2019s frame rate dropping due to clothes is \u201cso Bandai-like.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One can\u2019t help but remember a similar unfortunate case, when players improved the frame rate and performance problems of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin by using a mod that makes all the characters bald to reduce load.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Protocol players going around naked in-game has become a hot topic. 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