We're Finishing This TONIGHT in THE ROOTTREES ARE DEAD

[@SecretSleepoverSociety]

Secret Sleepover Society is every Sunday & Wednesday at 8 pm ET www.twitch.tv/secretsleepoversociety

[@hfbdbsijenbd]

Instead of getting mad at Julia for, naturally, not seeing connections I saw, I went and bought the game then made all the connections at my own pace. 9.75/10 game. Thanks for showing it to me!

[@sylver7135]

I did exactly the same!

[@isa_bean]

same!! Had a great time playing both the main game and the Roottreemania "sequel", and now I get to just enjoy their banter without being too fixated on the gameplay

[@Link-dx1lx]

I don't know, for me it got worse after I played it lol. The way I was begging for them to find Modern Music Monthly!!!

[@basementdwellercosplay]

I would buy I don't have the money but as soon as I have the extra income I'm going to get it

[@LookingForFrogs]

That's such a specific score, what did it do to lose that 0,25 for 😅

[@eyeballsoup7310]

Wanna give a shoutout to the mods for the incredible modding this stream, Draz was sniping spoilers left and right before I could process most of them

[@M.Datura]

I'd be super up for watching them play Roottreemania at whatever pace they choose too. I don't have the brain for this sort of thing ATM and the vibes are *impeccable.*

[@theomegajuice8660]

Might be a little diffiicult to return to after a couple of weeks is the only problem. I hope they do play it though because I honestly think it's the better part of the game

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

The issue is roottreemania is wayyy harder without amazing notes and even with it it's still pretty tough. I waited a DAY and struggled

[@hfbdbsijenbd]

Agreed. I took zero notes for the first tree and then took impeccable notes for Roottreemania. And I had them organized by place instead of by name and that made it easier.

[@goddessblade]

After finishing the main part of the game, my brain was exhausted, so when facing an even tougher challenge, I ended up consulting a guide for roottreemania.

[@mrrd4444]

"He loves Filipino people for some reason" regarding Buble may be because of his Christmas album and the fact that Filipinos play Christmas songs starting September. It's paying his bills 🤣

[@maltedcrow]

The yearbook convo is killing me- I’m on Jacob’s side because even though I didn’t get one most years because of money issues, we still had the option to buy one every year starting in elementary school. Seniors did have their own SPECIAL pictures in the yearbook which were the senior portraits but those you had to go to a specific company to get done professionally before senior year.

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

100% this is another Julia only quirk

[@theomegajuice8660]

I am 100% with Julia on this and did not realise that anyone had a yearbook literally every year rather than just for your graduation year. Granted, I'm British and Americanisms like "yearbooks" and "proms" are things that English schools have adopted rather begrudgingly

[@BigGrabowski]

I had all of three yearbooks (one for elementary, one for middle, one for high school). I don't know if we did them every year, but I don't remember that being an announcement. It was moreso a thing for kids about to graduate from whatever school, and then everyone else's school pictures were included from the other grades. Doing one every year would be insanely expensive, especially since my school was bougie and always did color photos. We had to petition to do multiple yearbooks for high school (and only some people got it).

[@rowannnnnnnnn]

Just got to this part of the video, I had (at least the opportunity to buy) one every year from K-12 EVEN AT MY TINY ASS PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT I WAS ONLY AT FOR 3 YEARS and I grew up mid-east coast OMG “check your privilege” LMAO IT WAS PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHAT SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW *HAGS* of COURSE she doesn’t know that I’m LOSING my *MIND* over here 😭😭😭

[@earth2tonez]

i hope jason and julie name their child drawsleigh glockingtingle

[@theomegajuice8660]

58:02 Every time I see Lululemon I mentally read it not like "Lulu-lemon" but like "Lulule-mon" as if it's a digimon name

[@Rognik]

The $36 was what Ernie Madsen earned from being president of the Roottree company. The intention was for his descendants to earn the real money from the Clansed Trust, which Sam and her descendants were excluded from. Her giving you her portion of the trust would be in the thousands, if not more.

[@theomegajuice8660]

Much more than thousands. Didn't they say that Ernie and Carl's combined time as President made the company "billions". Sam's individual share of the trust must be in the tens of milliions at the very least

[@Rognik]

@@theomegajuice8660 The question really comes down to how much is in the trust, and how much it's divided into. I thought I'd be conservative in my estimate.

[@bunchoflemons]

Oh God for ages I thought J & J said The Boys, not The Voice, and I was so confused why they were singing.

[@M.Datura]

Julia’s jumper is so cute! It feels like, so super aesthetically perfect for her colours! Jacob’s confused head shake 1:08:38 gives me such confused bunny vibes, and I friggin love it. Also Thank you Julia for being relatable for all the non-Americans.

[@anastasijahabarova1533]

White cable-knit fisherman sweater is an iconic item right up there with Levi jeans and the little black dress, it makes so much sense for Julia to have it, it fits her style perfectly 🥰

[@iohu11]

2:11:25 They were so close to finding a very damning clue in here! This was a 10/10 game, I bought and played the game after seeing the first bit of them playing and I enjoyed both looking up things at my pace and seeing both Julia and Jacob's process (cute reminder to show them some grace cause they played this game over the course of 3 weeks so the memories arent as fresh as doing it over less time).

[@knilorebardus2519]

That poor guy who got flamed for suggesting the teen periodical from the sisters when they never just looked up the sisters as a whole from the beginning of the game.

[@supamegaYuna]

The Roottrees are dead, just like my hopes and dreams heyyyo!

[@JuniperDenn]

Ayooooo

[@staysterling]

brb gonna make an elf OC called Gwynth Madsion rn

[@theomegajuice8660]

8:12 Same as Julia, I don't know "Reba McEntire" except randomly hearing the name a bunch of times out of context and, for some reason, my brain just decided she was a black gospel singer. Having finally looked her up she is probably the whitest woman I have even seen

[@SquartGlobzo]

As a non-spoiling member of chat, I will mention that we were actively campaigning for emote jail. Draz did a great job and she wasn’t being overly strict or mean.

[@kait.theidiot]

1:09:16 Julia i too went to a private school and we had yearbook photos each year 😭😭😭 (my private school lowkey sucked too like we had often had less stuff than the public schools, we just had smaller classes and a “nice” name basically)

[@bunchoflemons]

As someone from Manchester (but not a Man City fan), I'm always so conflicted when Julia hates on Man City. I feel like I should be defending them out of hometown loyalty, but also Julia is right.

[@alexahenry1166]

inspired by their first vod to buy this game, 10/10 no regrets (roottreemania was much harder tho)

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

I highly suggest not waiting too long on roottreemainia unless you have impeccable notes

[@CalmBlue]

Oh my god. There's like 4 different times where they stop reading a piece of evidence immediately before a major clue.

[@aliengeo]

Yeah unfortunately this is one of those games where you are actually meant to read the entire piece of writing _every time_ and that can be a difficult transition for people who are used to "video game writing" as filler around which there is a game.

[@beebeebees]

This is the type of game where I really enjoy watching someone else play it but it would be annoying to play myself

[@georgia5073]

30:51 mega agreed with jacob here there were some really obnoxious boys in high school who loved jjba and i always associated it with them and thus dismissed it in my mind but a year after high school i watched it and now it’s my favorite anime

[@jmcdonald.1998]

It's very endearing how invested in this game Julia gets

[@joetemreels_828]

2:24:41 I'll be so honest, I thought that was a picture of the first Elias Roottree, but older lol

[@scarylion1roar]

skateboarding pride and prejudice: Tony Hawk plays the Lady Catherine character

[@BegbertBiggs]

Time to LOCK IN one last time!

[@notreallythere477]

Julia's right, yearbooks are only for when you graduate, so you remember all those people you'll never see again unless something goes horribly wrong in your life and you end up at a reunion.

[@Wormswoods]

I saw that upload just as I was going to sleep yesterday, and it made me so excited for being at work in the Monday, since I knew I will be able to watch it. Thank you for that

[@bexofalltrades2544]

i compile a bunch of these sss mystery games into a sleep playlist, thank u guys for the good nights rest

[@TigerlilyWarrior]

Jacob explains everything patiently after waiting for julia. Julia: that's what I'm thinking.

[@ahuman3815]

2:17 I don’t watch arsenal ( don’t know if I spelled that right, but I too now have a strong sence of hatred of man city, they should be losing

[@olijacobs4465]

haven't been this early in a while. I was just about to curl up with a book and now I have a little mystery game stream to have on in the background!!!! perfect timing

[@twocheeky]

i thought Julia was not playing this well/not seeing connections and then i bought it myself and now I’m stuck af while they manage to finish it so like… also i would have never said this aloud/in the comments bc its counter productive to just shit on someone else.. i just thought it was funny that i thought i was going to be so much better and now I’m lost af

[@porkinsdlx5764]

We had yearbooks in highschool but not elementary, and most ppl really only got them their senior year

[@SnickerFoodle]

"some people just look married" yeah!! I agree! Just like some people sound like they have a mustache! (I am frequently wrong)

[@cheesycupps]

Went out and bought this game the very same day the first VOD came out and played it with some friends. I 100% could not do it on my own with information overload. Go at your own pace!

[@thaumaturgeslit7759]

Perfect weather to watch while taking a break from The New Game +.

[@aliengeo]

Spoilers ... Miracle is 14 years younger than the rest of his siblings. I don't have the exact timeline to hand but that means Margo is ~14 when Miracle is born (of course) and realistically the twins would be ~15-17. It's awfully suspicious for Elias and Gwyneth to suddenly have had a new child right after E.C. was disowned at 15...

[@sparklefall687]

Julia's hair looks great! ❤

[@ELSTERLING]

Serious question: Is that in-game noise or does Jacob just have the single loudest keyboard on the planet?

[@koolaidman_]

The game has a sound effect to give the vibe that you're really typing on a 90s computer

[@googyta]

These streams introduced me to the game. Had a great time playing through it! Thank you muchly!

[@lindsey-do-it]

I mean, the owner of Lululemon is /allegedly/ a terrible misogynist and the work environment of Lululemon is /allegedly/ so toxic, so it's valid to dislike both

[@AslanMustafa-fo4fg]

I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS OLAY ROOTTREE MANIA PLEASEEE 🙏🏻

[@MaliciousDesigns]

In case J&J think about roottreemania, it feels significantly harder than the original imo.

[@marya234]

Yeah i had to use the hint duck a few times for roottreemania. Maybe if they use the duck when they feel stuck that would be ok?

[@olliejoe7749]

Isn't 'confirmed bachelor' like...code for a gay man from the Old Days...? It's been years since I was on tumblr I gotta do some googling. Edit: it is

[@zoepetersen6636]

The notification for this sent me feral.... What is it about the roottrees god damn

[@okay-oliver]

loving the Jeff Rosenstock shirt!!

[@wannabe-villain2240]

Julia: "Here's the problem I'm having: " Parappa the Rapper: "Here's the problem you're having: "

[@0425cutiepie]

You guys should play Kallax (chaotic furniture building co-op game, similar in vibe to moving out and similar physics based titles)

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

Two songs, two chairs.

[@EFO841]

LETS GOOO so hyped for this game

[@chriswest6988]

"I need to prove there's enough publicly available evidence to support my claims. That's why I stole private mementos to lead you along"

[@OrganizationZero1]

oh no, I just realised - Chris Rafferty is cousins with his half siblings...

[@bexofalltrades2544]

yusyusyus i been waiting for this one

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

How is gene that much more impressive than Jim?

[@get_egg]

A WHAT CREAM?

[@erikaiverson4122]

Immy loves egg.

[@koolaidman_]

Egg cream is like a soda counter drink from the time; it's chocolate syrup and milk that you stir while adding seltzer water, carbonated chocolate milk basically

[@get_egg]

​@@koolaidman_ that's actually a cool fact i was just being silly

[@clarehidalgo]

1:08:55 I have yearbooks from Kindergarten to 12th grade

[@chiyokou2222]

It doesn’t open at all on my computer without compatibility mode

[@SnazzyMoa]

Hello!

[@fehix1196]

Stop being a coward i love polytonality nooooo dont turn it offf

[@leanderdato4764]

my gay son EGG CREAM

[@LookingForFrogs]

Ooh, so yearbooks are real, not just american movie thing. What about spelling bees? Are those real? Also do you really sit like in high school musical or mean girls - like by common interests or "function"? 🤔

[@nerdywolverine8640]

spelling bees are real just like talent shows and prom (as in not everywhere does it but it's common), but very segregated cliques like in high school movies definitely don't really exist *now*, if they ever really did. maybe they did in the 80s-90s but 2000s onwards that kind of thinking died off very quickly with the internet and nerd interests becoming mainstream and so on. of course there are friend groups sometimes centered on common interests but when i was growing up that's all they were, even though people saw those movies and had that idea of how school was supposed to work and sometimes tried to define themselves by those categories.

[@chriswest6988]

I always assumed Breakfast Club style cliques were an oversimplification of a semi-real clique system, but now I wonder if they were also just a more palatable stand in for stuff like race and parental income bracket. Like "this jock and this math nerd both like musical theater and each other, even though those groups aren't supposed to mix!" is a fun premise for 12 year olds. Whereas the more common ways people are segregated in real life make for a much weightier topic.

[@aliengeo]

Yeah there were definitely friend groups but they weren't as aggressive or as rigid as the cliques in movies. I sat with a couple different groups and nobody cared.

[@olliejoe7749]

I know someone else said it already, but yes spelling bees are real. I think there's a national one even like a sport. I was surprised to learn that spelling actually makes sense in most places, so there's no need for a competition. English is both fascinating and stupid

[@studentbhs8468]

this weekend was real fckin hard on me, ty for the chill out

[@AslanMustafa-fo4fg]

I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS OLAY ROOTTREE MANIA PLEASEEE 🙏🏻