IRC log for #sporewiki on 20141228

00:00.37odellFUCK
00:00.41odellFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
00:00.46Vincent20100'Merica!
00:01.08odellFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU SPORE
00:01.19TheBindingOfLolHello
00:02.22TheBindingOfLolanyone want to see a creature i made?
00:04.15Vincent20100Sure :)
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00:04.43odellFUCK THIS WORLD
00:05.22DrodoEmpireBack
00:07.33odellWHY IS CHROME ALWAYS A FUCKING HASSLE
00:07.46TekDroidI think I'm winning this game. >.> http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/550895166100823489/BFC55932213A52D5F1E3601AED2BEE77A2865D7C/
00:09.03Vincent20100I usually say "Screw you" at one ting in Demo 3
00:09.10TekDroidAlso, that's shortly after a market crash. :P
00:09.17Vincent20100Usually Heatlh (Asthma) or Pollution
00:09.22TheBindingOfLolhttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=363826552
00:09.33Vincent20100Can't win every battles :p
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00:10.45HachimanRight the consensus is had
00:10.49HachimanLets remove the blogs
00:11.05TekDroidI would hardly call it consensus.
00:11.14DrodoEmpireIts a consensus.
00:11.31DrodoEmpireBasically everyone who cares to weigh in has; EVen I support their removal.
00:11.34DrodoEmpire*Even
00:12.11DrodoEmpireFive support, two oppose, one is neutral by my count
00:12.31DrodoEmpireI say a timer or deadline is put for anyone else who wants to make a last-minute statement
00:13.07HachimanGive blog nuts a few days to decide which blogs they want archived as well
00:13.16Vincent20100Pretty good Binding :,)
00:13.20HachimanNone of mine are getting archived so
00:14.05odellchrist, this game is 23.7 GB big
00:14.09DrodoEmpireo.o
00:15.32Charles_MurrayWait, I'm actually a little confused.
00:15.37DrodoEmpireHm?
00:16.12Charles_MurrayI remember a few times past that a strong argument was made that the wiki is not a democracy, and that polls shouldn't matter?
00:16.33DrodoEmpireIts not a *voting* democracy, but that doesn't mean we don't discuss issues
00:16.34Charles_MurrayAnd the majority opinion was overruled because it was judged that the minority opinion was more valid.
00:16.34HachimanWell
00:16.41odellDemocracy is futile though.
00:16.56HachimanThe consensus was not going to influence the decision in a major way
00:17.08DrodoEmpireNot necessarily in such a small community. But its not the way things work here anyhow
00:17.08HachimanEither way it was probable the blogs would be deleted
00:17.13Charles_Murray[16:10] <Hachiman> Right the consensus is had [16:10] <Hachiman> Lets remove the blogs
00:17.23HachimanEverybody has had a say
00:17.26HachimanWell
00:17.27DrodoEmpireThere's more support for its removal at this point
00:17.31Charles_MurrayThat's a very clear IF consensus, THEN removal.
00:17.32DrodoEmpireJust counting the votes
00:17.34HachimanNo the majority of people had
00:18.07DrodoEmpireThe majority *is* against you and your arguments, while good, hardly mop the floor with Tech. I agree with her more on this matter.
00:18.08HachimanBasically all the consensus would have done was either slow or speed up the process
00:18.11DrodoEmpire*with tech's
00:18.29HachimanIt was a gathering of opinions, not a vote
00:19.08HachimanJo and the administrators are aware of what they are doing and how to maintain the wiki
00:19.32DrodoEmpireI know. But the thing is that the facts are against him in both ways; The majority of people disagree with Charles and his arguments, at least in my eyes, aren't holding enough water to be convincing.
00:19.42DrodoEmpireI'm agreeing with you
00:19.57HachimanYeah I was making it clear to Charles
00:20.00DrodoEmpireAlright
00:20.30HachimanThe hardware matters of the wiki matter more than the community that uses it unfortunately
00:20.37HachimanWell
00:20.43HachimanNo not unfortunately
00:21.12HachimanThey're both significant in their own way
00:21.13Charles_MurrayShouldn't we decide whether they matter, though? The wiki is just a bunch of ones and zeros on a server somewhere. What does it mean without a community?
00:21.39HachimanThe wiki is a workplace
00:21.43HachimanNot a social site
00:22.01HachimanAnd at this point it's a shitty workplace because no mainspace edits are being made
00:22.10TekDroidDo blogs really harm the hardware of the wiki though?
00:22.25HachimanIt is not a matter if they cause harm or not
00:22.42DrodoEmpireNot to interrupt, but there isn't much being added to Spore; What is there to add besides maintenance to the mainspace?
00:22.51DrodoEmpireOf course there are a few things I guess
00:22.55DrodoEmpireNothing major though
00:22.56HachimanBut by technicality yes they do because they are redundant and they take up memory that can be used for more relevant matters and functions
00:23.21DrodoEmpireThey're redundant and all of the functions that a blog does a forum can do better.
00:23.29DrodoEmpireThat's how |I see it
00:23.35HachimanThe common misconception is that the mainspace was completed some time ago when it has actually been incomplete even now
00:23.43Charles_MurrayDo we have limited memory, though?
00:23.47DrodoEmpireI see
00:24.05HachimanWhy waste memory whether it is limited or not
00:24.37HachimanWe already guaranteed that your most important blogs are getting archived
00:24.58HachimanThat is honestly a gift of generosity when you can simply move the content to a user subpage
00:26.26odellMonobook best layout.
00:27.15odellBut it, however, screwed up by the Wikia-default css.
00:29.57odellEver since 100% of the content is friendly to the wikia layout. I see no point using the vanilla layout: Monobook.
00:30.35odellAlso, the monobook ditches the blogs.
00:30.36DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:192916 - This guy's got the right idea.
00:30.49DrodoEmpireSpace Engine's a great game to get pictures of planets
00:31.18TekDroidIndeed.
00:34.16TekDroidOne thing I've been meaning to do is trying to find roughly the position of Katar in it.
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00:44.15Wormy_hi
00:44.22Vincent20100Hey Wormy!
00:44.57DrodoEmpireHey Wormy
00:45.20DrodoEmpirehttp://en.spaceengine.org/ - Wormy, ever hear of SpaceEngine?
00:48.24Wormy_Seen you guys talking about it
00:48.29Wormy_It looks good
00:50.45Vincent20100Trying to find a green-ish planet ffor Santiago de Cristobal
00:52.46DrodoEmpireGood luck. :P Not many with life, though there's a few bookmarks in the game
00:52.52DrodoEmpireFor some really nice planets
00:53.07DrodoEmpireI'd check those out first
00:53.07Vincent20100Maybe a green-ish atmosphere
00:53.11DrodoEmpireAh
00:53.21DrodoEmpireI saw a moon with that; It was pretty cool.
00:53.35DrodoEmpireEspecially being on the surface and seeing its gas giant loom over the skyline
00:54.04Vincent20100Could I see screenshots?
00:54.15Wormy_Drodo:  Remember Infinity?  I'm reminded most of that
00:54.34Wormy_https://www.inovaestudios.com/
00:54.37DrodoEmpireOh yeah I remember that
00:54.43DrodoEmpireHow's development on that?
00:54.47Wormy_The thing they promise every year but all we get is an announcement
00:55.07Wormy_They were supposed to release a demo this year
00:55.17DrodoEmpireYeah. :\
00:55.34Vincent20100Dammit, my pc don't want to install SE
00:55.43Wormy_http://inovaekeith.blogspot.co.uk/
00:55.57Wormy_They've got a new blog at least
00:56.39Wormy_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR9KpK1Ua-Q&list=UUNEHBrhTUN4P_ZxIy29DNQw
00:56.51Wormy_SO GORGEOUS
00:57.43DrodoEmpireIt looks absolutely incredible
00:59.07Vincent20100DrodoEmpire: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/File:Santiago_de_Cristobal_from_orbit.png
01:00.51DrodoEmpireOoh, nice
01:00.52DrodoEmpire:D
01:00.58DrodoEmpireTrying to get it to start
01:01.00DrodoEmpireIt won't
01:01.11DrodoEmpireMaybe because I changed the directory to which it installed?
01:05.26TekDroidO.o I just got re-elected with 98% of the vote in Democracy 3.
01:05.44DrodoEmpirelol
01:13.52DrodoEmpiretest
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01:36.54TekDroidThe Global Economy in this game has sat at the minimum for a while now. Meanwhile I have a massive surplus. XD
01:41.20DrodoEmpireNice
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02:04.06TekDroid...damnit I forgot to remove the term limit. >.|
02:04.10TekDroid*>.<
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02:24.14TheBindingOfLolHey Drodo
02:24.41DrodoEmpireHi
02:29.43TekDroidI turned America into a police state before being overthrown by communists. XD
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02:32.39DrodoEmpire_Back.
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02:49.10TekDroidWierd fact: The Isreal and Palestine populations are on different timezones despite living in the same area. O.o
02:50.04DrodoEmpire_Huh.
03:38.16TekDroidFor some reason my ship placement seem to ne broken in space engine.
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03:58.15DrodoEmpire_...Why in the blue fuck is there an ad in Japanese, and an ad for lube on this Sporewiki page I'm on? XD
04:10.31TekDroidO.O
04:12.01TekDroid...damnit. I found an almost perfect fit for the Farengeto system in Space Engine and I lost it...
04:12.11DrodoEmpire_You can't make this shit up. XD Maybe we should take a good look at exactly *what* ads go on here; I don't think an ad for sex lube is exactly kid-friendly.
04:13.32TekDroidHabitable planet that fits with a bit of tweaking, brown dwarf as a second star... this had everything I needed, roughly near the Katar Sector, and I lost it to a crash. D:
04:14.42DrodoEmpire_Fuuck
04:14.49DrodoEmpire_DId you bookmark it or anything?
04:14.50DrodoEmpire_Wait
04:15.03DrodoEmpire_I think you spawn where you last where when you boot it back up
04:15.14TekDroid*runs a search from where he loaded*
04:15.34TekDroid*finds star matching everything*
04:15.39DrodoEmpire_lol
04:15.47TekDroid... O.O *heart skips a beat*
04:16.44TekDroidRS 8409-2285-5-7164-41. a.k.a. the Farengeto System. XD
04:17.58TekDroidYou can fimd it in your game too Drodo, just search for that. ;)
04:19.26DrodoEmpire_Okay
04:20.07TekDroidI'm tweaking one planet a bit though, so I can make it Farengeto-friendly. :P
04:21.10TekDroidOnly problem is it doesn't match the Farengeto year, but if I could always have theor calendar based on arbitrary units rather than unreliable orbits. XD
04:23.56DrodoEmpire_Ah
04:40.58DrodoEmpire_Hey there
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04:57.55OfficerJackalHello!
05:40.38TekDroidWell I've found a Space Engine system for 3 of the main Farengeto races and Farengeto itself. XD
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05:52.27Knight_AlienHi
06:14.05TekDroidSo just by looking for stars within a specific range of a specific nebula space engine gave me a whole list of workable systems. XD
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11:28.56AdmiralPandaHi all
11:29.29dino_helo
11:31.57OluapPlayerohi
11:35.14dino_:P
11:38.45AdmiralPandaoh god, my mum bought a carton of really fancy ice cream but it tastes like shit- keep in mind this is a $10 litre tub when we could have bought a 4L tub of better ice cream for half that
11:40.11dino_ow
11:40.13dino_auch
11:40.38OluapPlayerhur
11:50.12dino_How areyou dojg Oluap!
11:54.57OluapPlayerI've been better
12:05.27dino_oh?
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12:40.58OluapPlayerspu
12:41.21Xhou
12:42.22XhoOluapPlayer: I found another use for my Thunder Drake model so you can make Thunder Drakes
12:43.10OluapPlayerAnd what's that
12:43.29XhoPavor Drakes
12:43.57OluapPlayerAlright that's good
12:44.09OluapPlayerI still need a history before I can make anything though
12:44.40Xhorite
12:44.56XhoI've thought of an idea for denizens for Hypocrite's Rest
12:45.25OluapPlayerCoin Drakes
12:45.33Xhohur
12:45.51XhoActually they're just demons who take on the form of Koldenweltians to search the planet for items that Asv-Aldz might consider valuable
12:46.38OluapPlayerSounds fitting
12:53.16dino_bye bye
12:53.22XhoBye
13:18.41XhoI think I'm gonna make Asv-Aldz look a little more alien
13:19.02OluapPlayerur an alien
13:19.12Xhoyee
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13:30.20GhelaeHello.
13:31.32OluapPlayerHi
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13:35.51HachimanHai
13:36.34OfficerJackalHello! :)
13:38.18AdmiralPandaHai buniman
13:39.06OluapPlayerew go away
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13:39.43Wormy_hi
13:41.03GhelaeHello.
13:45.38XhoWell this Asv-Aldz certainly doesn't look like a pushover
13:46.18OluapPlayerAsv-Aldz - i wish
13:48.03Xhohttp://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141228134728/spore/images/d/dd/AsvAldz2015.png dere
13:48.49HachimanLooks pretty damn mighty
13:49.14XhoAsv-Aldz - god of gold      mucho goldo
13:50.09OluapPlayerPelagrios - i richer
13:51.58XhoAsv-Aldz - well i never
13:57.55XhoPoor old Harstag being the only non-abominable one
13:58.08XhoAnd Nalashtannylor technically as well
13:59.54OluapPlayerAnd Mortium
14:00.32XhoSure if you think Death isn't abominable hur
14:00.50XhoIn terms of appearance I'm mostly on about
14:00.59HachimanDeath isn't that abominable
14:01.16XhoKinmo - phoenix powa get rek'd deth
14:01.20OluapPlayerIt's a skeleton with a cloak
14:01.27OluapPlayerNot that abominable appearance-wise
14:01.40XhoFair enough I suppose
14:01.42HachimanJust spooky
14:01.55XhoI guess there's a bit of difference between Mortium and Kaicaiusarin
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14:02.09XhoOr any other Simulacra that's not those three
14:03.59CyrannianHello!
14:05.15OluapPlayerew go away
14:06.33GhelaeHello.
14:17.55*** topic/#sporewiki by Technobliterator -> SporeWiki! http://spore.wikia.com || Logs: http://ibot.rikers.org/%23sporewiki/ || Collaborative Universes: Sci-Fi http://tinyurl.com/3ddvp7q Fantasy http://tinyurl.com/p9qau7l || Roleplay subchannels: #sporewiki-rp1 and #sporewiki-rp2 || If you wish your blog kept, make request here: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Message_Wall:Technobliterator
14:18.43Technobliteratortaking requests
14:18.56Technobliteratorthough most people can do it themselves
14:20.26Wormy_I'll archive them myself thanks
14:20.42Wormy_Save you the job
14:22.30CyrannianSo... 2014 was a pretty crappy year for the wiki.
14:22.36XhoYep
14:23.22TechnobliteratorNope, it was worth it for removing blogspace
14:23.29TechnobliteratorBut this is one of our darkest years, it's true
14:23.46Wormy_It was as bad as when it was in 2011
14:23.46Technobliteratorlet's hope for a better one next year :o
14:24.07TechnobliteratorThe worst year was 2010 or 2011, I can't remember
14:24.11Wormy_Well, at least now most of us agree on why some of it is going wrong
14:24.24Technobliteratorit was when Mush was around and everyone used to get into arguments with one another over stupid shit
14:24.28XhoHow about we just kick people between the legs for sport
14:24.38Technobliteratorwhich year was the Cleanslate year? was that 2011?
14:24.45Wormy_Might have been
14:24.48Wormy_yes
14:24.50Xho2013 I think
14:24.54XhoI dunno
14:25.05Technobliterator2011 iirc
14:25.16Technobliteratorbut yes, THAT was awful
14:25.23XhoYeah 2011
14:25.25TechnobliteratorThis is basically a throwback to that year
14:25.36Wormy_There was a small period in 2012 when things got a bit hairy on IRC
14:25.37XhoWorse than 2011 if you ask me
14:25.53OluapPlayerThe Annihilation page was started in June 9, 2011‎
14:25.54OluapPlayerSo 2011
14:25.57Wormy_I think events of 2014 have been scarring
14:26.06CyrannianYes, I think it was worse than 2011. 2011 had some great moments.
14:26.25Technobliteratormoderately worse
14:26.29OluapPlayerAnd yeah I agree this year was worse than 2011
14:26.47OluapPlayerOr rather it was the worst year I had here in general
14:26.50TechnobliteratorI tried my best to save it :o
14:27.17Wormy_I must apologise Oluap.  We have had some disagreements this year and I spoke to you harshly a couple of weeks ago.
14:27.18Technobliteratorhm, I'd say it was my tied-worst year in general, but then again, honestly I missed a lot of this year
14:27.18Xho2015 better be an improvement or I'll bring out a giant 18-inch dildo and slap people with it
14:27.50Technobliteratorisn't it funny how we de-admin Xho then have a crappy year as punishment for it
14:27.51Technobliterator:o
14:28.04XhoI de-admined myself I'll have you know
14:28.05OluapPlayer2014 was awful becuase you started this :o thing
14:28.06OluapPlayerStop dis
14:28.09Wormy_You know I had to leave in November just for a while because I was not enjoying myself here at all.
14:28.20TechnobliteratorI thought I always :o'd all the time
14:28.22Technobliteratorhuh
14:28.23odell2015 wrap yourself with the British flag for 20%+ patriotism.
14:28.31Xhoodell: Sounds like a plan
14:28.34Wormy_I could do that
14:28.39Cyrannian2010 was pretty bad for arguments too. I remember towards the end, we had to stage an intervention to prevent people from killing each other.
14:28.42Wormy_sips tea
14:28.58TechnobliteratorI don't like to look back on 2010
14:29.03XhoI doubt re-admining me would fix things though
14:29.15XhoIt's definitely above me just having a few buttons
14:29.17Technobliteratoroh, you de-admin'd yourself?
14:29.19XhoYeah
14:29.31Technobliterator...so YOU are the cause of all our suffering
14:29.35TechnobliteratorD:<
14:29.49XhoI went into some psychotic breakdown at Cyrannian and took me almost a year to get over it
14:29.58Wormy_You know I agree with Xho sometimes.  We need to take things less seriously in a way and get less angry over them
14:29.58XhoThat was real life stuff though
14:30.06TechnobliteratorIf there's one good thing about 2014, it's that we got over that
14:30.18TechnobliteratorI'm glad you guys sorted that out
14:30.22OluapPlayerAt least we got the Fantasyverse running in 2014
14:30.30OluapPlayerThat's one good thing about this year
14:30.43Wormy_Yeah I think we understand better what is going wrong and agree its wrong
14:30.53TechnobliteratorFantasyverse, for a bright and better future 2015!
14:30.53odellI'm kinda ashamed of myself that I argured about a second countinuity.
14:30.59XhoPerhaps in 2015 we should get the Civ Universe running
14:31.19OluapPlayerhow bout get it deleted
14:31.24odell2015 better be an improvement.
14:31.31Technobliteratorhoh
14:31.32odell*echoes it*
14:31.43Wormy_I'm ashamed with myself for becoming more argumentative myself.  I used to be more neutral but I get very much involved on one side or the other this year.
14:31.52XhoOluapPlayer: NEEEH
14:32.19TechnobliteratorWormy, are you sure you're ok with handling this bcrat business on your own? I mean, if it's too much stress for just you, then one of us can help you out
14:34.39HachimanI feel more people are required to participate in the Fantasyverse and be more proactive with it
14:34.43Xhohttps://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10345764_2360338510688053_802254058995148883_n.jpg?oh=35ca4f32779956c585eb29ff75195fe5&oe=55456C4B&__gda__=1425657469_6b195f869ed53615fb4d6c4b01b09d65 My head
14:36.23Technobliteratorhuh
14:36.26Technobliteratorin general 2014 was meh
14:36.33CyrannianAny ideas on how to improve the wiki for 2015?
14:36.35Technobliteratorthere are, like, 2 new games I actually liked?
14:36.52HachimanAside from getting rid of detrimental users, no idea
14:37.12TechnobliteratorThere's a Fantasyverse, we can make our best efforts to revive the Fictionverse, there's a couple ideas I had
14:37.24XhoRe-introducing the old way of doing things in the Ficitonverse
14:37.45AdmiralPandaI've basically accepted the fact that the kind of stories I came here to write don't happen, so I mostly just use this place as a way of staying in touch with you guys
14:37.48XhoFictionverse even
14:37.58HachimanGet more interest in the Fantasyverse and getting the Fictionverse out of its stage of universal realpolitik bullcrap
14:38.07HachimanWhich is down to detrimental users
14:38.27HachimanAnd in turn prevent Fantasyverse from becoming universally realpolitik
14:38.36TechnobliteratorOr just make it clear that the existence of the "realpolitik bullcrap" does not prevent the existence of character based stories
14:38.51XhoRealpolitik Fantasyverse
14:38.54XhoCan such a thing even exist
14:39.00HachimanI hope not
14:39.26TechnobliteratorThe feeling that the fictionverse is "ruined" by realpolitik stories is the feeling we need to get rid of
14:39.38HachimanWell then we need less realpolitik stories
14:39.49HachimanThe GigConflicts fucked over the Fictionverse
14:39.54Technobliteratorno, they can still exist
14:40.00TechnobliteratorJust don't impose them on other people
14:40.01CyrannianFire mages debating fiscal reform with conservative necromancers
14:40.17XhoPelagrios - MORE RUM
14:40.28OluapPlayerPolitics of rum
14:40.34TechnobliteratorI find the failure of the GigConflicts said, but honestly we have to make mistakes to learn from them
14:40.36HachimanIt made the entire setting less enjoyable because it was an imposed movement, not particularly on behalf of the founder but on behalf of many of the users involved in it
14:40.40XhoPelagrios - best democracy because everyone drinks rum
14:40.52Technobliterator*sad
14:40.52XhoPelagrios - actually no worst democracy because I want all the rum
14:41.01OluapPlayerCaligaduro - fuck it *gets drunk*
14:41.11XhoPelagrios - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
14:41.31OluapPlayerDrinking Pelagrios' rum is a good way to kill even Caligaduro
14:41.54XhoCaligaduro - what is this mortal sorcery                      Pelagrios - rum u liek                         Caligaduro - yes and no
14:42.14CyrannianI actually agree that the GigaConflicts severely damaged the Fiction Universe. It's one of the worst episodes in the Wiki's history in my opinion.
14:42.24HachimanThe GigConflicts was a mistake that shattered the enjoyability of the Fictionverse setting, leaving the older users who are disinterested in the crap imposed upon them with little more than the Fantasyverse to retreat to
14:42.28XhoIt sounded like a good idea on paper
14:42.43HachimanSure it was fine for the newer users but they are the ones imposing realpolitik on others
14:43.16OluapPlayerWhile I hate the GigaCondoms with a passion, there's no such thing as "newer users" anymore
14:43.21Wormy_I think the main difficuluty is that both sides of the Gigaconflict couldn't agree, leading to such poor communication.  And i actually got caught in the middle
14:43.24OluapPlayerEveryone involved is a senior at this point
14:43.59Wormy_Maybe the Gigaconflict had out-of-universe undertones.
14:44.15XhoThrowing everyone into a gigaquadrantic war was difficult since there's probably only two or three factions in the entire universe that want a war
14:44.19HachimanAlright then, the senior users are imposing the realpolitik issue, the veterans are being oppressed by this movement as they feel they no longer have a place in the setting
14:44.41TechnobliteratorGigCondoms
14:44.43TechnobliteratorI lol'd
14:45.09CyrannianIt was created for the purpose of breaking down the divisions between users and get them collaborating with each other, but clearly it spiraled into madness soon after it was created.
14:45.10XhoThe only empire I can think of that actively want to create a war is the Dominion...though that's not new news
14:45.57XhoCertainly must be more than just the Dominion but I've forgotten most of the Fictionverse
14:46.04Wormy_We both felt oppressed by each other, because it became "us and them".  It should never have been like that.  To be fair, when we started, we thought it could work like the War ofd ages years before but changes had already happened.
14:46.06Cyrannianbrb
14:46.29XhoWell there's one outstanding idea for 2013
14:46.32Xho2015 even
14:46.34HachimanIf I was placed in charge of what to do in order to avoid the entire realpolitik issue, I would cut out the roots of the cancer
14:46.36XhoRedoing War of Ages
14:46.39XhoOr Tigris War
14:46.45Technobliteratorplease
14:47.10HachimanRoots of the cancer referring to those users who continue to destroy the setting with their mess
14:47.32Wormy_Hachi:  We need to stop thinking of it as a conflict like that.
14:47.53XhoOluapPlayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqtHP988EhY How the Eschaton ends
14:48.00OluapPlayerThat kind of attitude could get you banned for harrassment
14:48.15HachimanIt is a user-based issue however
14:48.17Wormy_Lets just forget our opinions and make wiki based thinking instead
14:48.26OluapPlayerXho: Kalarah's death scene
14:48.33XhoSeptimus - u dramatic lil sit
14:48.34Xhoshit even
14:48.39XhoI can't keyboard today
14:48.45OluapPlayerKalarah - sit down and aaa *boom*
14:49.05HachimanWhile I will push for more interest in the Fantasyverse I am actually thankful it has not been touched and attempted to convert to realpolitik
14:49.25TechnobliteratorI think you're taking the "realpolitik" thing too seriously
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14:49.59HachimanThe issue really is not the realpolitik; it is the fact it is an imposed trend
14:50.15TechnobliteratorI don't see how its existence imposes it
14:50.17Wormy_Yeah, I'm not even doing the real-politik side of the Xonexi war
14:50.31Wormy_Nobody is being converted
14:50.56Wormy_What I think is better is that we mix these trends together and try them out
14:51.03HachimanIt is not its existence that imposes it, it is the prevalence of its imposement on others at the hand of other users
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14:51.13Wormy_Just my opinion, not going to argue for it
14:51.38XhoI certainly don't like the sentiment of necessity of doing Realpolitik because it's the in-thing
14:51.40HachimanThis is a user-based problem at the core and not a genre-based one
14:52.01TechnobliteratorThe only time it was imposed was the GigCondom time which is over
14:52.17XhoAnd I certainly didn't like that discussion we had when someone said "Certain themes were taken out because it was at the interest of the majority"
14:52.21Wormy_I think the user-based problem stems from said problems of communication and wiki understanding however
14:52.22HachimanIt still nonetheless fucked everything up
14:52.33XhoUtilitarianism works in some cases but not in that respect
14:53.14Wormy_What about negative utilitarianism?
14:53.22XhoOluapPlayer: Mind if I make an Orichalcum Elf representation of Death
14:53.34Wormy_http://www.utilitarianism.com/karl-popper.html
14:53.50OluapPlayerXho: Go ahead
14:54.07XhoWell I probably won't do it now since I'm heading out fairly soon
14:54.08HachimanI have spoken to some of the less-veteran users and I have heard comments that range from people that are dissatisfied with the current state of the Fictionverse - such as me, Xho, Oluap, etc - being the actual problem rather than those that caused its current state and that those people who do not want to be involved in realpolitik "still have Borealis"
14:54.43XhoWell we don't have Borealis because Oluap doesn't want to use Borealis atm
14:54.49HachimanExactly
14:55.05TechnobliteratorThat sounds more like a "you have yours, we have ours" sentiment
14:55.39XhoWormy_: Depends in what kind of situation you want to use negative utilitarianism
14:55.42HachimanExcept in this situation the "we have ours" is the rest of the Fictionverse outside of Borealis and that nothing else other than realpolitik is accepted
14:56.30XhoWell the only way to stop that is to actually create something that isn't politically incined
14:56.32Xhoinclined
14:56.36XhoFUCK MY FINGERS TODAY
14:56.49Wormy_Xho:  Perhaps minimise the conditions that cause an argument, although not with absolute certainty.  I don't know, I'm not well-versed in moral or political philosophy.  I'm more into philosophy of science and knowledge
14:56.50XhoDon't actually screw my fingers I need them
14:56.58HachimanIn my opinion the wiki has practically reached one minute to midnight on the clock of death
14:57.07Wormy_"SporeWiki is not a democracy"
14:57.41XhoHypothetically speaking if I created an event on the wiki that was following the original format would people follow it
14:57.54TechnobliteratorI would
14:57.58Wormy_I'm not sure
14:58.02TechnobliteratorI don't even edit the wiki anymore, but I would
14:58.10TechnobliteratorHonestly, now we need it more than ever
14:58.12OluapPlayerAll depends of the plot
14:58.15XhoWell this outside of the boundaries of personal restraint
14:58.17Wormy_I've tried to create lots of old format fiction and nobody joins it anymore :(
14:58.17HachimanThe users that are more prevalent in the current wreck of the Fictionverse would push against it
14:58.34TechnobliteratorThen ignore them?
14:58.40HachimanBecause of reasons usually relating to "muh realism"
14:58.49TechnobliteratorIf they don't want to be involved, they don't have to be
14:58.55XhoI wouldn't know what to do for a plot really, I'm definitely not pushing out the old Xhodocto ploy
15:00.48XhoRedoing the War of Ages is the only thing of which sounds like an idea
15:01.15Wormy_Yeah
15:01.34Wormy_Perhaps involve the temporal war thing
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15:01.49Wormy_Right I must go on to archive my blogs
15:01.52AdmiralPandaUgh
15:01.59AdmiralPandaso what did I miss
15:02.16XhoNot much really
15:02.35XhoWe're saying that if there was a fiction following the old format a few users might join it
15:02.45XhoThough the only probable idea we have is redoing the War of Ages
15:02.56AdmiralPandaAnd what exactly do you mean by the old format
15:02.59HachimanAnd the more prevalent users in the current mess that is the Fictionverse would oppose it
15:03.13HachimanAs in not just not join but actually oppose its going-through
15:03.17XhoThe non-realpolitik format as Hachi would say
15:03.31AdmiralPandaI have no clue what realpolitik actually is so that doesn't help much
15:03.35XhoRight
15:03.39XhoWell just the usual way of doing things then
15:04.34AdmiralPandaI'll admit I'm a little tired and cranky so could you please give me an example?
15:04.40CyrannianBack
15:04.53XhoAny of the war stories that we've done
15:05.04Wormy_awayThe thing about thisrealpolitik thing is that its not stopped the way I do fiction, or Monet does outside the Xonexi conflict, or what dino or Cyrannian does
15:05.27XhoI personally wouldn't head the War of Ages thing again, I generally tend to lose interest when it gets past a certain point
15:06.13CyrannianI think the point is that there is a perception that the prevalence of that kind of fiction discourages other forms from gaining a foothold.
15:06.20OluapPlayerRealpolitik = realism-heavy, little focus on characters, no supernatural elements
15:06.29Wormy_awayIt certainly isn't my favourite format and I agree it shouldn't be forced on people just because its said to be "in the now"]
15:07.00AdmiralPandaOluapPlayer: Much obliged. The third point I approve of but the other two can go die (raises bias flags)
15:07.05OluapPlayerThe old format would be character-centric bombastic demons and devils and explosions everywhere
15:07.24XhoSantorakh - just like mardi gras      everyday c
15:07.27Wormy_awayI remember when I started being in the fiction universe, and I enjoyed writing speculative sci-fi, and maybe couyple of others.  None of us wanted everyone else to be forced into it.  We just did what we did
15:07.35CyrannianI suppose Dino and I exist somewhere in the middle
15:07.43XhoWell the Xhodocto back then would be more like giant techno-magic demon aliens
15:07.52XhoSounds like an awful pop genre
15:07.55Technobliteratoryou just pinged me
15:07.57Technobliterator;_;
15:08.01Wormy_awayI do remember some perception that it was discouraging other kinds of fiction though
15:08.16OluapPlayerGo back to anywhere but here dumba you're not even a member of the wiki anymore
15:08.16OluapPlayershoo
15:08.31Technobliterator:'(
15:08.57Xhohttp://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140313212202/spore/images/e/ec/WoAXhodocto.png I retconned the Xhodocto to look like that
15:09.31Wormy_awayCyrannian:  Its why I think users should communicate more effectively across so called "factions" and share some of these trends
15:09.55Wormy_awayand minimise the perception that its discouraging other trends
15:10.19CyrannianI think I have good relations with both sides of this divide now, but I will admit that while I enjoy the Xonexian Schism, there are some parts of it that are written in such a way that make it seem all-encompassing to whatever galaxy it is set in. That may be part of the mistrust and annoyance surrounding it.
15:11.36XhoI gotta go soon so update me on this if or when I get back
15:12.11Wormy_awayI think it could be that what went wrong with the Gogaconflicts was disagreements on a rather subjective basis, but with undertones pointing to factions and bad communication that had developed.  That is where we need to cut the roots.
15:12.26HachimanOr just prohibit users
15:12.32Wormy_awayBecause you can't argure subjectively
15:12.33HachimanSince they are the ones causing the problem
15:12.47AdmiralPandatbh the ONLY thing I write is purely character driven, at least the only thing I write worth anything, so you can understand why I haven't done much of anything lately
15:13.11HachimanThe ones that are imposing the idea that realpolitik should be the be-all and end-all should be removed ideally but that is just personal bias and opinion
15:14.12HachimanI remember when the idea of a new galaxy was posed and they immediately wanted to bring its entirety into their shitty GigConflicts/Schism shit
15:14.18Wormy_awayThat's where I disagree Hachi.  You are using your opinion and perception of the problem and then imposing an aggressive ban on them.  I think the real problem is a lot more complex than blaming it on users,  For one, a big reason why they aren't as integrated is the way they enter the wiki and don't know things like the Recent Changes
15:14.34XhoWe're gonna go into a discussion with no result again
15:14.45XhoI'd rather think of solutions than addressing problems
15:14.46Wormy_awayThey may think that, but it is no use arguing on opinion.  I can only argue on the basis of the wiki
15:14.56Cyrannian<PROTECTED>
15:15.50Wormy_awayYeah
15:16.19Wormy_awayIt makes the Xonexi people seem like revolutionaries (no offense to them, but it might have been what it was about)
15:16.46Wormy_awayIn fact I reemember some stating as such, sothat one faction wins the status quo
15:16.52Wormy_awayThat I don't agree with
15:16.59XhoI think we should just say fuck them and do what we must within the realms of wiki to balance it out
15:17.09HachimanLike I said
15:17.20HachimanUser-based problem that can be solved with removal
15:17.33Wormy_awayObviously, if it got to that level of disruption yes.  But we no longer are I think
15:17.55XhoGet rid of them, create a friendly environement, I don't really have an opinion on the matter now just as long as there's a resolution
15:18.35XhoEither that or we just bring more focus into the Fantasyverse because there only seems to be three users adding to it atm
15:18.45HachimanAye
15:19.01CyrannianI suppose editing the GXS in such a way that downplays the whole Gigaquadrant-spanning aspect could be a first step.
15:19.03Wormy_awayI don't know.  My opinion is that I'd feel unwelcome at this point.
15:19.06Vincent20100Well, adhering to the Fiction or Fantasy verse are personnal choices
15:19.31XhoTrue
15:19.55Wormy_awayIf too many cooks spoil the broth, then I don't want to spoil your broth.  Do you understand what I'm getting at?
15:19.58XhoYou shouldn't be forced into the Fantasyverse but I'd encourage more activity in it
15:20.02Vincent20100Of course we can make some kind of "advertisment" to let user who don't kow the Fantasy verse exist know it is
15:20.31XhoWell the only reason Oluap/Me/Hachi tend to reign dominant over it is because there's only the three of us
15:20.39OluapPlayerAnd imp
15:20.44XhoAnd Imperios blah
15:20.54XhoImperios is too quiet for me to remember hur
15:21.07XhoOluap/Me/Hachi/Imperios then
15:21.13Wormy_awayI think this whole faction thing is against an open wiki and needs to go.  Rather than have factions fight it out I'd rather we actually work together and do that by putting the wiki first.
15:21.35XhoWe do kind of need more users to be more active to create a more plentiful setting
15:22.09XhoWormy_away: As much as I'd like to do that it's not gonna happen if users are not willing to cooperate
15:22.10Vincent20100Yah
15:22.20Vincent20100Utlimatly, more users is what is needed
15:22.24XhoEven one user not cooperating has already put the idea into impossibility
15:22.38Wormy_awayXho:  Well I say leave those no willing to cooperate behind.  Thats why I said in my comment, they are in no place to moan
15:22.39Vincent20100MOre users would allow more connections between these so called factions
15:22.45XhoFair enough
15:23.03CyrannianI'll make a forum post about revitalising the Fiction Universe. Hachi, Xho and Oluap, do you fellows have any ideas given your departures from it?
15:23.29XhoWell like I said, make it open or available to doing things 'the old way'
15:23.32Wormy_awayI think we can go back to what it was like a few years ago by thinking in terns of the wiki, not what benefits peoples opinions
15:23.55XhoIt's not exactly that realpolitik dominates the fictionverse, users can go about doing what they like
15:24.12XhoIt's the attitudes of the users that twist that view
15:24.23Wormy_awayyeah
15:25.06HachimanAllow for more significance of plot genres other than the realpolitik based on the perception that the genre is the most important aspect and conformity to it is required, downplay the significance of events such as GigConflicts and Xonexian Schism so as to not affect the entire universe/cluster
15:25.08CyrannianI suppose I could start with "stop trying to make universal conflict happen, it's not gonna happen." :P
15:25.17XhoSome users are pro-realpolitik and have pretty much hammered that sentiment into every place possible even though it's realistically a tiny conecpt
15:25.22Xhoconcept*
15:26.04XhoEntire-universe plots should have ended and died with Tantum really
15:26.17HachimanI would also say call out and remove those users that emphasize and impose the trend from the wiki
15:26.21HachimanBut that is just me
15:26.21TechnobliteratorI am fine with the War of Ages
15:26.31Technobliteratorbeing revitalised
15:26.48XhoRedoing a War of Ages thing would be a cool idea for most of 2015 though that might draw attention away from everything else
15:26.48OluapPlayerI myself am not a fan of how the GXS because it makes claims such as "battle of the Milky Way", because it implies the entire Milky Way is involved
15:26.49TechnobliteratorI also think you're seriously overestimating the influence and detriment of these "new users"
15:27.02OluapPlayerMy empire is a major power of the Milky Way, or at least it's supposed to be, yet it's not involved
15:27.32Xho"New users" don't have any "influence", it's just the fact that they think they do it gets to the point where they're in their own bubble that sucks everyone else into
15:28.47Vincent20100HAchiman: Removing users? Not sure it's exactly the best solution
15:29.01HachimanGets rid of the cause of the problem
15:29.26Vincent20100PArt of the problem is the lack of users, removing users would worsen this
15:29.31XhoIt would work on the short term
15:29.43XhoThe long term would probably cause a domino effect
15:29.46HachimanI feel that one particular user has over-stepped their boundaries multiple times and has questioned the competence of the administrative board due to not receiving adminship purely for doing nothing actually pertaining to the wiki as a whole other than "wanting to represent the community"
15:29.47Vincent20100It would be a shot in the foot
15:30.41HachimanAnd based on their own significance in the Fantasyverse
15:30.46HachimanFictionnverse*
15:30.51HachimanFictionverse*
15:31.08AdmiralPandaI'll be quite honest, given the fiction styles of basically everyone else here I'm not likely to get back into the universe
15:31.29XhoYou can do your own fiction style you know
15:31.53XhoThat's probably going to do more good than bad
15:31.59AdmiralPandaNot much point if I'm doing it on my own
15:32.14XhoIt's only hard because time zones
15:32.28AdmiralPandaCorrection, roleplaying is hard because of time zones
15:32.53XhoOh right you mean narratives
15:33.12AdmiralPandaDino and I managed to write In Better Times, what I consider to be my best contribution to the universe, without roleplaying or even being online at remotely the same time
15:33.16TechnobliteratorI can always solve this problem like I normally do
15:33.22TechnobliteratorShove blockwarnings on peoples' pages
15:33.24Technobliterator>:)
15:33.27XhoChronoscopic powers aren't real
15:33.33XhoOr that
15:33.56XhoAdmiralPanda: Well you need to stick yourself right into getting users to write
15:34.01Vincent20100Not sure it would work
15:34.51AdmiralPandaXho: Last time I did that, the two users I was writing with got into an argument and the whole thing fell apart, and all my attempts since have been "I don't have time to start anything new"
15:35.31XhoWell the only solution then is a positive outlook
15:35.46XhoAs should be with the whole situation on the wiki in general
15:37.09XhoGotta go
15:38.00TechnobliteratorWormy_away, which blogs need archiving?
15:38.20CyrannianSo far I have: "Downplaying the intergalactic significance of the GXC so it doesn't marginalise those who aren't involved." Anything else?
15:38.59OluapPlayerNot telling people to stick to one place or make a different universe just because it's not realpolitik
15:39.12TechnobliteratorNo feelings of imposing or implications that there's any "place" for any "type" of fiction
15:39.16HachimanLess imposed significance of the realpolitik genre or any genre in general so as to allow a coexistence
15:39.20TechnobliteratorSo no "oh, that fiction goes there, and that fiction goes there"
15:39.54TechnobliteratorAnyone want any blogs moved?
15:40.10HachimanRemove all my blogs from existence pls
15:40.17Vincent20100Moved blogs can still used?
15:40.28TechnobliteratorNo
15:40.39TechnobliteratorInstead, you can use the talk page of the moved blogs
15:41.04CyrannianPeople were told to stick to a single place because they didn't follow realpolitik?
15:41.13Wormy_awayJo:  I'm currently moving mine to a subpage with a few selected comments
15:41.22HachimanCyrannian: Yes
15:41.27HachimanYes they were
15:41.40Wormy_awayActually, I didn't think of doing it that way
15:41.41Vincent20100Honestly, I have never seen anybody being forced to follow realpolitik
15:41.50Wormy_awayDon't worry Jo I'll do my own
15:41.53TechnobliteratorAlright
15:41.59TechnobliteratorI'm giving you all until tonight
15:42.20HachimanIt was also said to people to stop complaining about the significance of the realpolitik genre in the current Fictionverse due to the logic of them complaining = them causing the problem
15:43.57Technobliteratorodell, do you want http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Dromlexer/Vision_of_2015 archived?
15:44.23odellmeh, fuck it. nobody cares anyway
15:45.44Vincent20100I did :)
15:46.02TechnobliteratorI assume since Monet's not continued to work on his "guide to solid fiction" blog that he doesn't care for me keeping that around
15:46.24HachimanYeah please delete that
15:46.40Vincent20100HAchi, I find it kind akward you oppose to such a logic, when your very solution to ban the users opposing other subject was litteraly to the droop the banhammer on all of them
15:46.48TechnobliteratorEverything in the namespace will be delted
15:48.14TechnobliteratorAhahaha
15:48.28TechnobliteratorI love how about half of MushrumKing's editcount will be gone >:D
15:48.41OluapPlayerhur
15:48.51Wormy_awayLol at mine and Falco's AHHH battle http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Wormulon/Incoming_Transmission_-_Your_new_masters
15:49.39Cyrannianhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:194032 - Look at this, my beautiful little munchkins
15:50.01odellWormy_away: welp
15:51.12Vincent20100Cyrannian: uld be a great way to get off to a great start in 2014.
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15:51.23Vincent20100You probably meant 2015
15:52.00CyrannianLe whoops, you kids and your new years.
15:52.05Vincent20100^^
15:52.17Wormy_awayYou know, I was so close to reaching 30,000 edits.  I guess I might get set back a few thousand.  Somebody even get ahead of me ;)
15:52.42Wormy_away*might even
15:52.57AdmiralPandaalright well I'm gonna go pass out, see you guys later
15:53.17CyrannianI'll be down 5,234 edits.
15:53.47TechnobliteratorOluap's ahead of all of us :o
15:53.48odellFuck blade wolf
15:53.55Vincent20100I don't get the realpolitk issue. I have never seen anybody being "bullied" about that or anything even close to that
15:53.56OluapPlayerayyy
15:54.02OluapPlayercan't catch me
15:54.30CyrannianOluap will be down only 200 hundred edits. :O
15:55.11TechnobliteratorI'll be down a few ;____;
15:55.12OluapPlayer200 hundred Oluaps down the drain
15:55.31OluapPlayerWait
15:55.34OluapPlayer200 hundred
15:55.37OluapPlayerTwo hundred hundred
15:55.40OluapPlayerbro wat
15:56.33Cyrannianhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Galactic_Empire_of_Cyrannus/Inquisition - C dis for those who haven't
15:56.42odellI'll be only down with a few teens. But I don't jusitify people by their editing numbers. And people shouldn't.
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16:02.15Wormy_awayMy fav blog of all time, I will miss it http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Wormulon/What_DO_YOU_think_this_is%3F
16:02.26Wormy_awaylast chance 2 comment
16:07.02Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/File:E32.jpg Okay, this is the best image ever uploaded to the wiki, confirmed
16:08.25OluapPlayerterrible/10 commit sepukku
16:08.35Cyrannianhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:165204#26 - Ah yes, when Mush was ranting
16:09.00Technobliteratorand we blocked him for trolling admins
16:12.09Vincent20100Cyrannian: I wanna makke one!
16:12.50CyrannianAn Inquisitor?
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16:13.23Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mur-dorr. ah, this Spartian300 sockpuppet
16:13.30Vincent20100Yah
16:17.48TekDroidWhy does it show no edits for him?
16:18.23Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Spartian300 lolz, I guess we won't miss these
16:20.03TekDroid*sarcastic laugh* I hope we never have to deal with that again.
16:21.16Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Spartian300/im_came_up_with_a_new_creature_which_we_can_all_share. and we shall all miss this one
16:22.32Hachimanhttps://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10689644_1003074676380210_2309034621722700511_n.jpg?oh=ac8765e9c550266d387d2b6f05ad699a&oe=552B1DD9&__gda__=1426126816_ef5c6e2e9ce6b040e3f3c02dadb8078c
16:24.10TekDroidAlso ironic that it was part of technology race with the USSR.
16:24.32TekDroidWhich had anything but peaceful aims.
16:26.44TekDroidBut I'm not going to miss a single Spartain blog.
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17:18.13Hachimanhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:194032 This will probably become more active later but for those that were not here or did not see earlier
17:20.26odellGotta love games with hardcore controls. Clumpsy and strenous
17:20.38Technobliteratoreveryone should see it, it's on the chantopic and in the recent changes
17:21.05HachimanYes but some people do not know the Recent Changes exist for some stupid reason
17:23.43MonetHachiman: One person.
17:24.00HachimanNonetheless
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17:25.05TechnobliteratorI wish I could disable Special:WikiaActivity
17:25.16Technobliteratorin fact I can probably hack the wiki and do it
17:26.57odellRemove that page from the navigation bar and replace it with the Recent Changes
17:27.32odellIt's in both "On the Wiki" and under the "Special Pages" in "Help & Tools"
17:28.02Cyrannianbrb
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17:32.33TechnobliteratorWe can't edit that one
17:32.35TechnobliteratorWikia disabled it
17:37.49Technobliteratorhmm
17:38.08TechnobliteratorOkay, anyone want any blogs in particular kept? I'm going to disable them in half an hour's time
17:41.36HachimanNone of mine
17:41.55Wormy_awayJust finishing up Jo
17:42.00Wormy_awayI had to go out
17:42.20Vincent20100Tech yah, just a sec
17:42.59Vincent20100I would like to keep the MCA forge thingy
17:43.13Vincent20100I will wrote down the other on on word
17:43.54TekDroidCan't we just give time so people besides the half dozen of you have time to check what to keep?
17:45.18Wormy_awayI believe Jo can undo the blog deletion and restore/move any requested blogs.  But I agree, it would be more practical to give users in other time zones more notice.
17:46.29TechnobliteratorExactly, I can just restore the namespace and restore any blog
17:46.41HachimanIf you cannot remember what blogs you wish to keep
17:46.46HachimanThen they are not really worth keeping
17:46.51TekDroidYes, but people need time to see what they have and want to keep.
17:47.02TechnobliteratorAs Hachi said
17:47.23MonetNot everyone would have seen last night or this morning.
17:47.34TekDroidJust because you can't remember every one off the top of your head doesn't mean it's not worth keeping.
17:48.22Wormy_awayIt would more practical though to give time, otherwise we are going to have to restore and delete for a few days perhaps
17:48.35TekDroidExactly.
17:48.56Vincent20100^
17:49.31HachimanAlso we are not keeping every single blog a user has before you get any ideas
17:50.00TekDroidNoone said they were going to try that.
17:50.14Vincent20100By "we" I assume you mean Tech, right?
17:50.28TechnobliteratorI don't mind restoring and deleting again for a few days.
17:50.39TechnobliteratorThat way, I get to kill blogspace a million times over
17:50.41Technobliterator>:D
17:50.58OluapPlayerI hope you realize how stupid you sound right now
17:51.26TekDroid...And how is that?
17:51.30Technobliteratorand I hope you realize I've waited years for this
17:51.33OluapPlayerI'm talking to Jo
17:51.41Technobliteratorliterally years
17:52.05TekDroid...you only implemented the forums a few months ago.
17:52.09TechnobliteratorThere has not been a single day gone where I haven't wanted blogs removed permanently
17:52.21OluapPlayerIt doesn't matter if you have a personal bias against blogs or if they murdered your family
17:52.24Technobliteratornot a single day, ever
17:52.26OluapPlayerUsers need time to organize themselves
17:52.46Technobliteratorthen why have I received only 2 or 3 requests for their blogs to be archived?
17:53.03Vincent20100Why not wait to January 1?
17:53.14Technobliteratorno, I'm deleting it today
17:53.15TekDroidBecame people haven't had time to look.
17:53.16Vincent20100Like that you can delete them to celebrate the new year
17:53.34TechnobliteratorI have to bury this antichrist
17:53.44OluapPlayerYou sound extremely obnoxious
17:53.52TechnobliteratorI have to be the hero to save SporeWiki
17:53.56OluapPlayerThis whole thing is extremely obnoxious
17:54.07TechnobliteratorNo, it's what I've waited years for
17:54.23OluapPlayer"How dare the wiki not look the way I want it to"
17:54.29OluapPlayerThis is the vibe I get whenever you talk about this
17:55.09Technobliteratorthe forum posts contains several opinions, mine are not the only ones
17:55.26Cyrannianhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:194032 - This is important, it'll be good to hear people's suggestions.
17:55.29OluapPlayerDoesn't mean everyone in the wiki has read it yet
17:55.30TechnobliteratorAnd I have seen only 2 people advocating for keeping blogspace, the rest supporting their destruction
17:55.39OluapPlayerGive it time and stop being obnoxious
17:55.47Vincent20100Well, honestly, I had no probs with blogs either
17:55.53TechnobliteratorThen everyone in the wiki can have the space restored and their blogs restored then deleted again
17:56.28Technobliteratorbrb dinner
17:56.31OluapPlayerRight right go and be a douchebag if you want
17:56.37OluapPlayerIf someone complains it's your fault alone
17:57.37TekDroidCan we not giving people outside you narrow timezone time just to know what's going on and check their lists? 5 people are not the whole wiki and you're the only one who wants to rush this.
17:58.37OluapPlayerWe can't apparently
17:58.54OluapPlayerGotta fulfill my childish dream of deleting internet pages
18:01.57TekDroidAnd can we at least get an official announcement confirming this, rather than an implied consensus buried in a forum post.
18:07.50TechnobliteratorI am fulfilling my dream
18:07.54Technobliteratorand I am SO happy about it
18:09.08TechnobliteratorI'm going to wait until the end of today
18:09.37Technobliteratorand then, I shall cackle evilly as this space burns in hell forever
18:11.13HachimanCyrannian: Commented
18:21.02Wormy_awayActually thats quite a good comment
18:22.35CyrannianIndeed
18:24.12HachimanI do not see why people shy away from a more radical approach
18:24.17HachimanBeing nice has gotten us nowhere
18:25.01HachimanIf somebody wants to get something done then you should grab the bull by its horns rather than pet its hide
18:29.11Wormy_awayIf there was a group of users causing disruption purposefully, I would want them banned.
18:29.31Wormy_awayBut I don't think that is the case now.
18:30.37Wormy_awayI do have a vague memory of some user saying something about factions fighting out the status quo but that was well over half a year ago
18:31.09Wormy_awayIf it was the case, I'm all ears
18:31.09Vincent20100Seriously, how can you even seriously consider to ban the users involved in this particuliar situation?
18:31.38Vincent20100Nobody got bullied, insulted, trolled or griefed...
18:31.59Vincent20100Banning anyone at this point would be completly irrationnal
18:32.01Wormy_awayBut I cannot block users just because I don't like them.  That would be a horrible wiki to be on and it would a downward spiral.  Especially if the problem is more opinion-based.
18:32.15Vincent20100Well, that's what as been suggested
18:32.42Wormy_awayIt doesn't solve disputes.  There would eventually be more, and more users would be banned.  Reductio Ad Absurdum
18:33.42Hachiman"Nobody got bullied, insulted, trolled or griefed..."
18:33.46HachimanBut they did
18:33.51TekDroidWho?
18:33.51Wormy_awayBut its not radical to consider banning users if they are causing willing disruption.  In that case, I agree.
18:33.55HachimanThat is why the situation is as it is now
18:34.09TekDroidWho got insulted? Who got forced in?
18:34.13TekDroidWho?
18:34.22HachimanIt was not that we were forced in
18:34.27HachimanWe were forced OUT
18:34.34Vincent20100Well Hachi, that is exactly what you are saying
18:34.35TekDroidHow?
18:34.53TekDroidYou're saying we forced you out. How?
18:34.59HachimanNotice how nobody but you and your gang edit the Fictionverse now with the exception of Wormy, Cyr and Dino
18:35.13Wormy_awayThis is a subjective argument.  Take it off the public chat please.
18:35.19TekDroidYou stooped writing. What did we do?
18:35.29Vincent20100How can you even say that, while being almost in the monopole of the fantasy verse?
18:36.09HachimanThe reason we are at the monopole of the Fantasyverse is because nobody has brought attention to it and it has been left untouched by those that afflicted the Fictionverse with its current bout of cancer
18:36.17Vincent20100Don't get me wrong, it's no accusation
18:36.29Vincent20100Fiction verse is in the same case as the Fantasy
18:36.47TekDroidBut how did we force you out of the fictionverse. You keep saying it but don't say why.
18:36.47HachimanIt really is not
18:36.53HachimanThe reason me and others stopped writing is because we were made to feel like we no longer had a place in the Fictionverse
18:37.14Vincent20100Why? Because we wrote our own stuff?
18:37.15TekDroidHow is that our fault?
18:37.25Vincent20100YOU choosed to left it
18:37.30HachimanWe refused to get involved in the realpolitikal GigConflicts/XonSchism bullshit after we had it imposed on us by other users and we were made to feel and look like shit because of it
18:37.41Vincent20100I'm not involved in any of this either
18:37.46Vincent20100Still in it though
18:38.03Vincent20100Nobody is forcing me to join it
18:38.04TekDroidWe never forced anyone to get involved with GXS.
18:38.12HachimanYes you did though
18:38.19Vincent20100...
18:38.20HachimanThat is why people were unhappy with it
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18:38.37TekDroidI give up.
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18:38.57HachimanFucking selfish
18:39.00Vincent20100Hachi, the APR, nor any of my fictions are involved in the GXS thing
18:39.05Vincent20100None, at all
18:39.21HachimanThey do not even see what they have done and how it has affected the veteran users no longer involved
18:39.24Vincent20100Yes, I'm interacting with fictions involved in it, but that's a community after all
18:40.10Vincent20100Look at Cyrannian, neither is he involved, nor forced
18:40.29HachimanHe FOUNDED the GigConflicts
18:40.34HachimanIt's different for Cyrannian
18:40.49TechnobliteratorI don't think people are understanding the problem at hand.
18:41.18TechnobliteratorThe problem is that, instead of trying to change the perceptions that people have of these users, they just fight and ignore the perceptions
18:41.43HachimanThat is not my fault the senior users are ignorant and blind to the plights of the veteran users
18:41.45TechnobliteratorWhen they are perceived as being imposing, and have these accusations thrown at them, they just get defensive and act more imposing, rather than trying to work things out
18:41.59HachimanThis is why I suggest removing them
18:42.36Vincent20100It's different for Cyra, of course...
18:43.02Vincent20100It's different for me too? Because his situation and mne are very similar
18:43.07HachimanNo they are not
18:43.11HachimanYou did not cause this mess
18:43.23HachimanCyrannian is trying to amend for it
18:43.46TechnobliteratorVincent20100, may I ask how any of these fictions seem like the "bad starter example"?
18:44.13Vincent20100You never saw any bad fictions in your whole lifetime on the wiki
18:44.21Vincent20100?
18:44.35HachimanOf course we did
18:44.44Vincent20100I didn't called all non-pilitk fictions bad fictions
18:44.45HachimanThat is why we established the bad starter example
18:44.51Vincent20100I said that yes, some fictions were bad
18:45.02Vincent20100*politik
18:45.32HachimanI got to have dinner
18:45.32TechnobliteratorI was the one who created the bad starter example page.
18:45.38HachimanThe blind attitude of some people is fucking disgusting
18:45.44HachimanThe userbase has really decreased in quality
18:45.49Technobliteratorso yes, I have sen several bad fictions
18:45.50Vincent20100Seriously, that whole debate around GXS means nothing. Lots of good fictions aren't involved in it and were never bullied to get into it
18:46.30Vincent20100Tech, it was more of a rethorical question, it'S true there is bad fictions out there
18:46.39Vincent20100And I oppose to them
18:46.51Vincent20100But I never bullied anybody who used magic to "get out"
18:47.06TechnobliteratorAnd how do these fictions appear as bad starter examples? How do the ones created by the older users look like that?
18:47.18TechnobliteratorNo magic is used in the fictionverse
18:47.34Vincent20100I never called old fictions bad. DCP, NCR and others are good
18:47.42Vincent20100Well... Some do
18:47.57TechnobliteratorSuch as?
18:48.56Vincent20100Elderasian uses it, Xhodocto too
18:49.07TechnobliteratorXhodocto...do not use magic
18:49.14Vincent20100Most God-tier races appears too
18:49.22TechnobliteratorGod tier races do not use magic
18:49.45TechnobliteratorI find it incredibly shallow of you to claim that they use "magic" or are similar to the bad starter example
18:49.58Vincent20100I never said they were similar
18:50.02TechnobliteratorThese fictions have been built up over years and many long man hours
18:50.15TechnobliteratorMany of them have incredibly complex explanations for their powers
18:50.28Vincent20100I said, that like you, I hate bad starter examples, and I oppose to them, but I nver called these bad starters
18:50.47Vincent20100And never even implicitly meaned it
18:51.02TechnobliteratorYou claimed that you did not find a few fictions appealing because they appeared similar to it
18:52.23Vincent20100"Of course, like almost everybody in the wiki, I got opposed to some fictions, but not because of their "fantastic" aspects, but because of they were closer to the Bad Starter example"
18:52.28Vincent20100That is the exact quote
18:52.54Vincent20100Want some examples of what I meant?
18:53.11Vincent20100You'll see, none of the older fictions are concerned by what I meant
18:53.20Technobliteratoralright, okay then
18:54.16Vincent20100http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Allsucker_Empire
18:54.48Technobliteratorthose I agree with
18:56.11Vincent20100That's what I meant
18:56.13Vincent20100See?
18:56.24Vincent20100THere is nothing to get wrong in that
18:57.14Vincent20100And the reason I wrote that was to say that yes, I wouldn't be opposed to some magic (or things similar) to get involved in the Fiction verse maybe
18:57.24Vincent20100As long as it is well wrote
18:58.29Vincent20100The thing I'm really against is all that persecution complex
18:59.12Vincent20100I don't anybody who were forced to do anything they didn't wanted with their own fictions.
18:59.41Vincent20100If some people want to do a Giant Conflict, free to them, but I never saw any of them dragging me in it
19:01.56Vincent20100And yes Hachi, the Fantasy and Fiction verses are pretty much in the same situation. Both of them are open to new (or new-older) users. It's just that none wants to get involved (or re-involved)
19:02.09Vincent20100And if you want to, then do it and stop whinning
19:02.29Vincent20100I can assure you nobody will be arrassing you
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19:06.36Knight_AlienHello
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19:32.56HachimanShut the fuck up Vincent
19:33.04HachimanYou obviously have no grasp of what the fuck is going on
19:33.08HachimanOr what you are talking about
19:33.22HachimanAnd until you learn to understand the fucking point you are arguing for
19:33.24Vincent20100Really Hachi...
19:33.27HachimanI suggest you keep your mouth shut
19:33.27Vincent20100That is sad
19:33.39Vincent20100But do it the civilized way
19:33.47OfficerJackalNice going Hachi, Vincent voices his opinion and you beat him down like a dog.
19:34.08HachimanYou're a new user here and you do not understand how the wiki worked prior to the major fuck up that was the GigConflicts
19:34.45Vincent20100And how what I became false with that new statement?
19:34.53Vincent20100*what I said
19:35.00HachimanI am not "whining", I am bringing attention to a plight more people than myself have been experiencing for some time
19:35.05Knight_AlienCan you stop cursing Hachi.
19:35.30Vincent20100Hachi, you want to wrote stuff? Do it then
19:35.38HachimanAsk Imperios, or Xho, or OluapPlayer, and they will respond the same way I do with the same stance on the situation
19:35.47Vincent20100And I'm betting my left nut, that nobody will harass you
19:36.02Vincent20100Yes, the fiction verse has changed
19:36.12Vincent20100But you aren't forced to adhere to these changes
19:36.26HachimanThen why the fuck did this situation arose
19:36.41HachimanBecause we were being imposed upon with these changes
19:36.44Vincent20100I can't answer that
19:36.47Vincent20100WHo?
19:36.48Imperioswhat is happening
19:36.50Vincent20100Who imposed that?
19:36.53Vincent20100How?
19:36.53ImperiosWhy is everyone raging
19:36.55Vincent20100When?
19:37.06TechnobliteratorHachi, I would strongly advise you do not address people with "shut the fuck up" and "you obviously have no grasp of what is going on"
19:37.21Wormy_awayVincent:  My word of advise:  You wasn't here when there was a massive conflict with GXS.  I wouldn't dig your own grave by getting involved in it.
19:37.22HachimanWhen the GigConflicts was a thing and by the majority of users who wanted involvement
19:37.38Imperios^ That is problematic, Hachi. Keep civil as always
19:37.39TechnobliteratorBecause, for someone attempting to play the victim card as your main line of argument, the only victim I see currently is Vincent
19:37.40HachimanExactly, Wormy just said it
19:37.47Wormy_awayBecause you don't fully understand all sides of the debate
19:37.49HachimanVincent does not know what the fuck is going on
19:38.02TechnobliteratorYou can tell him that without telling him to shut the fuck up
19:38.02ImperiosGuys
19:38.07ImperiosDoes anybody care to explain it
19:38.18ImperiosAs far as I understand Hachiman is throwing another tantrum again
19:38.18TechnobliteratorImperios, it's in the thread in the chantopic
19:38.34Hachiman"Another tantrum"
19:38.39Vincent20100Still, my point still stands. Wrote what you want.
19:38.40HachimanDo I look like Monet
19:38.46ImperiosYes?
19:39.11TechnobliteratorVincent20100, I must bring to your attention that you seem to have less context than most users involved, so you should not be so quick to jump to conclusions
19:39.21ImperiosYou kinda do; no offense but you are the one that throws tantrums the most
19:39.25Hachimanaka keep your nose out of our business
19:39.37OfficerJackalYeah, I mean I was a part of the GXS before I left and disbanded the GHE, and I didn't force anything on anyone. None of us did, people had the option to join or to not participate, just like the War of Ages and other fictions, the only difference here is that it was "Realpoliik" rather then demons absolutely wrecking everything. People do realpolitik because they enjoy it, nothing more and nothing less, and don't really
19:39.37OfficerJackalwant to do demon stories anymore, or at least the type that were done in the past. I mean, Hachi, if you present a good science fantasy story, I bet you lots of people will be interested in it, even the ones who participate in realpolitik. You just need to stop with this persecution complex, when there is no persecution to speak of really. I don't really get involved in arguments much, but come on.
19:39.48ImperiosAlright
19:39.56ImperiosRealpolitik and stuff
19:40.02HachimanYou are wrong Officer
19:40.04HachimanWe were bullied
19:40.05Knight_AlienIf you tell new users to saty out of these things then no wonder why they leave!
19:40.07TechnobliteratorWhile Hachi was incorrect for addressing you in such a way, I do feel it is better for you to calm down.
19:40.08ImperiosI don't see why these two types of stories cannot coexist
19:40.08HachimanWe were imposed upon
19:40.34Wormy_awayI remember both sides feeling bullied and myself feeling bad for becoming a stupid messenger between both groups
19:40.35OfficerJackalHow were you bullied and imposed upon? Sorry if I'm somehow ignorant if the situation, but I just want to know.
19:40.36ImperiosThe only problem I see is that Gigaquadrantic Conflicts was too large
19:40.43OfficerJackalof the situation*
19:41.02ImperiosLike you can't just involve half of the universe in a fiction without the majority's consensus
19:41.02HachimanDo you not remember the fucking problem with the GigConflicts in the first place Officer
19:41.06ImperiosOtherwise, trhere is nothing wrong
19:41.17ImperiosSo, here is my solution
19:41.36Wormy_awayI remember one side feeling it was being forced into the Gigaconflicts, and the other side felt that they were marginalised user group who needed to take on aggressive tactics
19:41.38HachimanWe were getting dragged into a shitty realpolitik conflict without even being invited and were made to look like shit upon decline
19:41.54Vincent20100WHAT?!
19:42.01TechnobliteratorHachiman, OfficerJackal is asking innocent questions, so please tone your language down or you will look like the oppressor
19:42.05Knight_AlienThis is stupid.
19:42.09Imperios^^ This
19:42.10ImperiosCalm down
19:42.10Vincent20100^
19:42.12Wormy_awayImperios:  "Too many cooks spoil the broth"
19:42.16Vincent20100^Knight
19:42.22Imperios^That
19:42.26OfficerJackalWormy_away: TOO MANY COOKS!
19:42.26OfficerJackalAnyways.
19:42.26Hachiman"This is stupid" It is only stupid because you do not understand
19:42.30HachimanBecause you were not there
19:42.33TechnobliteratorVincent20100, Knight_Alien, you not really helping either way
19:42.34ImperiosAlrgiht guys
19:42.35ImperiosPlease
19:42.42ImperiosCan I propose my resolution
19:42.43ImperiosOkay?
19:42.44Knight_AlienNo one is helping.
19:42.47ImperiosOkay?
19:42.48ImperiosPlease?
19:42.50OfficerJackalSure.
19:42.55HachimanNo solutions work Imperios
19:42.56TechnobliteratorYou can, Imperios
19:43.03TechnobliteratorWe're all listening
19:43.06HachimanThey have not been working and they will never work
19:43.07Knight_AlienHachi also I was there.
19:43.11ImperiosNow stop throwing profanities and throwing tantrums
19:43.17ImperiosAnd listen
19:43.18Wormy_awayThis is supposed to be an open chat
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19:44.23Imperios1) We abstain from fictions that involve a large part of the verse without the consensus of the community - whether they be space opera, political fiction, yaoi love stories, whatever
19:44.53ImperiosConsensus of the community as in consensus from the OVERWHELMING majority - 90% or something
19:46.11Imperios2) We let everyone else do whatever they want within the community as long as the basic themes of SporeWiki are maintained
19:46.35Imperios3) We start doing productive work
19:46.37Imperios4) ???
19:46.41Imperios5) PROFI
19:46.44Imperios*PROFIT
19:46.53ImperiosIs that simple?
19:47.02ImperiosSimple enough to be understood?
19:47.11Vincent20100Thank you Imperios...
19:47.22Vincent20100(Sincerly)
19:47.30ImperiosNow, do all of you agree?
19:47.46TechnobliteratorI agree, but I'd rather you propsed that in the forum
19:47.52OfficerJackalI didn't really like the included meme there, because it w@znt dunk enuf sKrub, but other then that I agree with yuor idea.
19:48.52Vincent20100Imper, I have a question for  you (I will ask in private)
19:49.02ImperiosRite
19:49.27Wormy_away1)  We need to STOP arguing on subjective terms and recognise we are ALL suffering in some way from this issue
19:49.48Wormy_away2)  We have to take each other's concerns seriously
19:50.05Wormy_away3 Recognise that we must both put the wiki first with least disruption. This is at least constructive, and while you may not agree on the why's, it is something.
19:50.31Wormy_awayBECAUSE, by putting the wiki first, it can benefit us all in the long run#
19:50.54Wormy_away]The wiki gives us ALL a NEUTRAL ground to work on
19:52.00Wormy_awayThat is how matters used to be settled on the wiki.  It was objective and reasoned.  It is how things are decided on Wikipedia (theoretically).  Not this silly arguments or polls, but by accepting each others point but posting ideas on an objective wiki based ethic
19:52.25Wormy_awayWhat do you think?
19:53.18OfficerJackalI agree with it, but whenever we try to talk about issues, arguments arise.
19:53.39Wormy_awayBut no, every time something like this is tried, someone brings up a massive opinionated argument, and people get defensive and feel threatened
19:54.03Wormy_awayI think this is one point of disruption we must keep in our heads.
19:54.11OfficerJackalSome people on the wiki, aparrently, hold very strong opinions that conflict with other people's opinions and that causes conflict.
19:54.13Wormy_awaythink before you post
19:54.46Wormy_awayWell, if it gets repetitively disruptive the admins should enforce bans at that point
19:55.01Wormy_awayAnd that applies to us all.
19:55.32Wormy_awayIf I see more disruptive arguments tonight I will sort it out.
19:55.43OfficerJackalBut who would get banned? Almost all arguments on Sporewiki are full of opinions on both sides.
19:55.44Wormy_awayI don't care who you are
19:56.14OfficerJackalI mean, unless someone breaks the rules of course like cursing someone out or something along those lines, then it would be clear.
19:56.43Wormy_awayIts when people take their opinions to disruptive levels instead of communicating effectively or putting the wiki first.  It is unconstructive.  I think people know the difference.
19:57.30Vincent20100Looks like the Ban-Hammer was effectively the solution after all
19:58.10OfficerJackalHmm, so basically ban the first one who starts to do it? Because when people start doing that, people respond in kind to counter, and then it just snowballs until it spills out on #sporewiki.
20:00.10OfficerJackalAlso, another thing to think about is what exactly constitutes an opinion taken to disruptive levels. What that exactly is, is subjective to all the different admins of Sporewiki.
20:00.28OfficerJackalThey have different views of it most likely.
20:01.19Vincent20100And that is without forgetting the admins too can be biased by their opinions
20:01.42OfficerJackalMhm, people are people.
20:03.53HachimanOh wow
20:04.03HachimanAre you questioning the competency of the administrative board
20:04.20HachimanSince when has their bias ever got in the way of how the wiki operates
20:04.45Vincent20100It can, especially when the ban hammer is in game
20:05.05HachimanTechnobliterator   Wormy_away Are you both seeing this
20:05.12OfficerJackalI am just saying, people have different views/ways of thinking and that might influence decisions to some degree.
20:05.13OfficerJackalLike.
20:05.13OfficerJackalThat's like saying.
20:05.13TekDroidNo one questioned the admins. But everyone, admin or not, is always biased.
20:05.19Knight_AlienPlease stop Hachi fighting is not helping.
20:05.20HachimanI think you need to get back behind that boundry you stepped over
20:05.23OfficerJackal"Oh wow, are you questioning the competency of the United States Government?"
20:06.09Vincent20100Hachi, take it with pinch of salt. All I said is that we ALL need to watchout
20:06.21HachimanYes the admins can be biased and have biased opinions but they have never allowed it to get in the way of formal decisions in regards to the benefits of the wiki
20:06.31TechnobliteratorUrm, I don't take any of their concerns as insults, really
20:06.32HachimanIf somebody is banned there is a damn good reason for it
20:06.40Vincent20100See?
20:07.13TechnobliteratorI think they are fair that they shouldn't blindly accept every word as long as they aren't outright dissenting
20:07.56HachimanI think they're over-stepping the mark by bringing their competency and trust into question
20:08.22TekDroidTo insist the admins are inherently infallible is flawed though. They can make good decisions but sometimes some of them can still be wromg. None of us are questioning ge admins here though.
20:08.27HachimanBut then again that is what happens when people who are inexperienced have no idea of how things are supposed to work
20:08.32OfficerJackalYeah, I mean when it comes to violating the rules of course they were probably right in banning that certain person. I was just saying, that the admins MIGHT have different views on what exactly is "disruptive opinion" since they are people and people have different views of stuff. I wasn't questioning their abilities as admins or insulting them, just saying that they might have different ideas.
20:09.05OfficerJackalBecause, as quoted by a certain 1980's song...
20:09.14OfficerJackal"PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE" *Synth drum beat*
20:09.41TechnobliteratorHonestly, if the admins were perfect, then I wouldn't have had other admins telling me off earlier when I said I wanted to delete blogspace immediately
20:10.26TekDroidBanning someone just because they disagree with you regardless of context. Neitherside is prefect here.
20:11.03TekDroid*just because they disagree with you is a terrible policy regardless of context
20:11.57TechnobliteratorTekDroid, none of the admins have suggested banning anyone
20:12.02*** part/#sporewiki Knight_Alien (62cebba2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.98.206.187.162)
20:20.06ImperiosHonestly
20:20.12Vincent20100You know what the Chimpanzees do after a giant querel guys?
20:20.17ImperiosI do not see why different people can't work in different directions
20:20.24ImperiosHachiman
20:20.40ImperiosWe can make stories of our own without even caring about what other people
20:20.45Vincent20100An days-long orgy...
20:20.46ImperiosI even had a few ideas
20:21.00HachimanI was not implying people be banned for differences in writing style or opinion
20:21.26Vincent20100We should do the same, and just forgive and forget do fictions togheter
20:22.04HachimanI was bringing to attention the fact that people were persecuted for refusal for entry in the GigConflicts and conforming to the realpolitik way that the Fictionverse happens to be now and that the newer users do not know it happened thus do not understand and the senior users are treating the veteran users like shit
20:22.17ImperiosHm?
20:22.42ImperiosTrue, I didn't feel persecuted though
20:23.05HachimanIn case you did not read my comment on Cyrannian's forum I am all for blending styles and allowing them to coexist
20:23.15HachimanBut imposing one above all others is wrong and people are doing it
20:23.32HachimanI was suggesting removing the pople that happen to be doing it
20:23.37Hachiman*people
20:23.43ImperiosTrue
20:23.44ImperiosRemove kebab hur
20:24.17Vincent20100Hachi, without any hate from both of us, explain plz exactly what you mean by an imposed style
20:24.28ImperiosI suggest people just try to make projects more low-key
20:24.39HachimanDo you see anything other than realpolitik in the Fictionverse now
20:24.47ImperiosAlso what do you think of my idea up above ^
20:24.53ImperiosHachiman: Change that, make a story of your own style
20:24.57ImperiosI in fact had a few ideas
20:25.17OfficerJackalHachiman: Because a fair deal of people like it, that's why they do realpolitik. Like Imperios said, make a story to shake things up a bit.
20:25.29Vincent20100Again, without any hate from me, I see what you mean, but how is it imposed?
20:25.35OfficerJackalHachiman: Get people interested, excited!
20:25.39ImperiosPM me, I can tell you that
20:25.45HachimanPeople will not be excited or interested
20:25.52OfficerJackalWhy do you say that/
20:25.54OfficerJackal?*
20:26.03HachimanWe allowed them influence over the Fictionverse and they will do everything in their power not to change that
20:26.17ImperiosHachiman: I would, people that like that kind of story would
20:26.26HachimanThey will do everything they can to shun and stomp out fiction without non-realpolitik themes
20:26.55HachimanAnd people who would be interested have already been driven out by those people and made to feel like they cannot be involved
20:26.56ImperiosHachiman: Eh?
20:26.59ImperiosEh?
20:27.07OfficerJackalWho do you mean by they? I can bet you that most people, even the ones doing realpolitik, would at least show some interested towards any story you make.
20:27.08TekDroidExcept Mirus has continued in their style this whole time without any issues.
20:27.09ImperiosNow you're making things up
20:27.19OfficerJackalLike, can you name names?
20:27.46HachimanMonet, Angrybirds/Charles_Murray, DrodoEmpire, TekDroid, drom
20:27.59Vincent20100Me! :)
20:28.19Imperios...Right
20:28.40ImperiosHow exactly do they bully people who don't do their kind of stuff
20:28.44OfficerJackalHmm... I don't think those users would really try to stomp out any story ideas you have, I think all would show at least some interested if you were to announce a story idea.
20:28.59HachimanMonet told us to make a separate universe for non-realpolitik stuff
20:29.11ImperiosOkay, he is dum
20:29.15Hachimandrom told people that were complaining about realpolitik prominence that they were the ones causing the problem
20:29.17ImperiosThat cannot do
20:29.27ImperiosThat is not right
20:29.35Imperiosodell, don't do that hur
20:30.16Vincent20100Wait, these are kinda serious things
20:30.17HachimanAnd DrodoEmpire said we "still had Borealis" if we wanted to do non-realpolitik stuff
20:30.31ImperiosHachiman: The first two things are bad
20:30.33HachimanAs in, segregate us away from the rest of the Fictionverse
20:30.37Vincent20100I kinda want proof
20:30.49TekDroidDo you have any logs of this? I haven't seen any of that.
20:30.54HachimanThey are saved in the logs
20:31.08HachimanI cannot specify dates but they are saved in the public logs, around a month or two before now
20:31.20Imperiosrite
20:31.26ImperiosThat's bad
20:31.34Imperiosodell
20:31.39ImperiosAnd other people who propagated that
20:31.47ImperiosI suggest you apologise and refrain from intolerance
20:31.50ImperiosHachiman
20:31.55Wormy_awayBack from dinner
20:31.57Vincent20100I have the impression this started mostly as a misinterpretation
20:32.02HachimanDo not EVER say that bullying did not occur
20:32.06ImperiosI suggest you apologise for throwing tantrums :P
20:32.08HachimanBecause it did
20:32.13Wormy_awayI think we all know what disruptive arguments look like.
20:32.29ImperiosLike, I can understand your problem, but acting hysterical never helps
20:33.03ImperiosLike when I log in and the first thing I see is throwing F-bombs I do not like that]
20:33.15HachimanI do not like the state of the wiki
20:33.16Wormy_awayI am by right of the rules, allowed to kick and block people for a length of time of my choosing who are causing arguments.  I can do this before it snowballs.
20:33.19HachimanBut I still have to endure it
20:34.40Wormy_awayAnd it doesn't matter what the content of the opinion is, or the user.  That would be subjective.  I don't care if you are arguing about moonshine dust.  Its an argument, and if don't stop I will enforce the rule.
20:34.44ImperiosRuining other people's days (especially those who are not even responsible for your problems) is not very pleasant
20:36.37TekDroidThe problem is that we decided to just drop it last time, and we ended up here again.
20:36.56Vincent20100I think we really progressed today
20:39.47Wormy_awayI'm really not sure if we have.
20:40.17OfficerJackalWell.
20:40.34OfficerJackalI think, at least for me, I've become more informed about the situation.
20:40.41OfficerJackalFrom this argument,.
20:40.56Vincent20100Same, and I think the right people talked to the right people
20:42.09Wormy_awayOfficerJackal, TekDroid, Vinvent20100:  Now lets just be clear here.  I was advocating the use of kicks and blocks to end disruptive arguments on IRC regardless of user or opinion.  Its not a subjective matter, I think we can tell when an argument is happening.  If the warning is not heeded, the rule will have to be enforced.  The irony is, I think I was completely misunderstood.
20:43.45odellImperios: I was distracted slicing my hatred enemies in thousand pieces in MGSR. I'm kinda off the track. Mind?
20:43.46Vincent20100Yah
20:44.13Wormy_awayDisruption is an objective, wiki-based matter which effects people who do not want or like to argue.  It does solve the problem
20:44.26Wormy_away*it does not
20:45.24Wormy_awayThe point is I think we need to stop arguing on our opinions as I said.  They are not solvable.
20:45.51Wormy_awayAnd while we may not entirely agree we can all be in the same boat if we think what is best for the wiki
20:46.44Wormy_awayand mitigate for those users who do not have the same consensus or feel limited by it.  At least we can all feel we are working together for something
20:47.31Wormy_awayAnd true, nobody ever will fully agree with each other.  But we can still avoid opinion based arguments like all of today's
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20:59.51dino_Well hello there!
20:59.53dino_Hwo is all dong :D
21:00.23Vincent20100That is actually a good question Dino...
21:01.17dino_@Vincent: Oh?
21:01.33Vincent20100We can't looks at today's log yet
21:02.00dino_@Vincent: something wrong with the IRC databases?
21:02.28Vincent20100I don't think so
21:02.38Vincent20100Or maybe I,m looking at it wrong
21:03.10Wormy_awayHello Dino
21:03.22dino_hello Wormy!
21:03.36dino_see you  made some updates to keep or archive your blogs :D
21:04.27Wormy_awayYes, do you know we are getting rid of blogs.  Do you want any archiving?
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21:05.44Wormy_awayhi
21:05.52DrodoEmpireHi.
21:06.27dino_@Wormy: I hear you and Jo talking about it yesterday yes. Nah don't think so, as Jo said, if you really want to find a blog back I can just ask, and the time I used a blog has been a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago :D
21:06.30dino_Drodo!
21:06.45DrodoEmpireHi.
21:07.16dino_How are you Drodo!
21:07.22DrodoEmpireNot good.
21:07.53dino_oh why?
21:07.56dino_What is gonig on>
21:08.43odellAnother dispute. I guess?
21:09.23Wormy_awayDrodoEmpire:  Did your blog get moved?
21:10.16Wormy_awayhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User:DrodoEmpire/SporeWiki_Fictions_for_Europa_Universalis
21:10.19Wormy_awayit did
21:10.28TekDroidhttps://m.imgur.com/gallery/KEd9Yj8 This one took me a minute. XD
21:11.09Wormy_awayhuh
21:15.04DrodoEmpireWormy: Good to hear
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21:29.24dino_Xho!
21:29.28dino_Nice Inquisitor  you made :D
21:31.41Xhodanke
21:31.59dino_:d
21:32.34dino_gern geschehen/bitte schön
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21:39.09TekDroidHello
21:39.57TybusenHello
21:41.40dino_hello tybusen
21:42.00TybusenHai dino
21:42.52XhoI wish I had a piano again
21:43.15HachimanThought you said porno for a moment
21:43.28Xhohur
21:43.40XhoProper pianos are so expensive though
21:43.47XhoAn upright is like £3000 - £7000
21:43.47dino_@Hachi: Lol!
21:47.12XhoAnd I don't have space for a grand
21:47.21XhoGrand pianos go into the tens of thousands
21:47.47XhoMost expensive grand piano I've ever seen for sale is like £400,000
21:50.42dino_Oh
21:50.47dino_thats a lot
21:52.39Xhooh u think
22:13.12dino_Bye bye
22:13.14dino_have to elave
22:13.16dino_see ya all next time
22:13.17dino_:D
22:14.59DrodoEmpirehttps://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10671324_10154991184385054_2246294874507029081_n.jpg?oh=cd65fa2a8c6fa679ede9948cf13f31ea&oe=5540B72D
22:23.37TekDroid~test
22:23.37infoboti guess test is not funny
22:33.42odellI fucking hate the BMI errors in MGSR
22:36.52XhoI had an idea for Genies in the Fantasyverse
22:37.08HachimanOh?
22:37.37XhoDenizens of Hypocrite's Rest that Asv-Aldz thought it humorous to trap in objects and throw into Koldenwelt
22:38.47XhoWell that's not the real idea
22:39.03XhoIt was something alluding to Hypocrite's Rest denizens though I can't remember what
22:39.18HachimanAnd would they grant wishes?
22:39.23XhoYeah
22:39.36XhoI imagine you'd get virtuous and jerkass genies in equal quantities
22:39.58XhoWhat with Asv-Aldz being both helpful and a god-grade douche in unpredictable situations
22:41.44XhoI already have ideas for denizens of Hypocrite's Rest so if anyone has a better idea I'll leave that to them
22:41.59HachimanWell I currently do not have any better ideas
22:42.08XhoI know you wanted to do Genies
22:42.19HachimanI would never be able to get around to working on them so feel free
22:42.29DrodoEmpireSorry if I asked this before, but would people be interested if I made an EUIV mod of Koldenwelt?
22:42.37DrodoEmpireI feel it might be cool to just make the map even
22:42.37XhoI dunno what that is so go ahead
22:42.48HachimanFeel free
22:42.58DrodoEmpireEUropa Universalis IV; A grand strategy game
22:43.04DrodoEmpire*Europa
22:43.25HalopediamanDrodoEmpire
22:43.29DrodoEmpireHm?
22:43.34HalopediamanWhy have you summoned me?
22:43.44XhoThe other idea of Hyprocrite's Rest denizens were a demon race called the Repossessors
22:43.48DrodoEmpireYou?
22:43.53HalopediamanMe.
22:43.56DrodoEmpireI don't recall.
22:43.58DrodoEmpireWhen was that?
22:44.00TekDroidIsn't a lot of it unclaimed though? Might make it tricky due to a large number of uncolonized provinces.
22:44.06HalopediamanWhen you said mod. :P
22:44.06DrodoEmpire^
22:44.12DrodoEmpireThat's my concern
22:44.19DrodoEmpireAh, lol
22:44.32XhoThey're basically demonic creatures taking form of mortal races in order to search through Koldenwelt for items that they or Asv-Aldz might consider valuable
22:44.34DrodoEmpireYeah I have one on the go but I'll need to get the data from my old computer
22:45.26TekDroidThen again it might also be interesting. Technologically you have much of what you need from natives to late-game.
22:48.43DrodoEmpire^
22:49.10DrodoEmpireI may have to introduce abstractions/inaccuracies to actually make it work or enjoyable but it'd be fun
22:49.47TekDroidI'd reduce the tech benefits to compensate for the drastic gaps and magic. Or maybe rebalanc tech groups so each is similar unit strength at start.
22:49.58DrodoEmpire^
22:50.13DrodoEmpireBoth maybe a good idea.
22:50.17DrodoEmpire*may be
22:51.10TekDroidHardest part with a fantasy mid us compensating for the effect of magic.
22:51.15TekDroid*mod
22:51.15DrodoEmpire^
22:51.27HalopediamanI am resummoned
22:51.38HalopediamanWhat is thy wish, TekDroid?
22:51.46DrodoEmpireSimple events wouldn't do enough, really. Maybe add diplomatic interactions or something similar that fires events in other countries?
22:51.59DrodoEmpireFor some nations
22:52.01DrodoEmpireNot sure
22:53.44TekDroidYou'd have to balance industrial and tribal in the same area.
22:53.54DrodoEmpire^
22:54.21DrodoEmpireBNW'verse would be the perfect candidate for this type of thing but I'd rather wait until more of the map's revealed and more nations are on the map
22:54.42TekDroidIndeed.
22:55.09DrodoEmpireWe should also encourage development in BNW'East Asia
22:55.14DrodoEmpireWhere the Zi are at and whatnot
22:56.42TekDroidOne thing I want to try is a mod like that for Victoria 2. It's imperialism is good for rapid expansion.
23:03.40TekDroidBNW would definitely make a good EUIV mod though.
23:03.46DrodoEmpire^
23:04.13TybusenHachiman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEaeKarjw0 Look at what I made
23:04.39HachimanBrilliant
23:04.40TekDroidAlso maybe ETW if we did it right
23:04.56HachimanSpace Jam theme goes with pretty much everything
23:05.59TybusenIt's actually not quite as simple as slapping it on, but with a little work it can make anything glorious
23:06.55HachimanNeeds Sporewiki Jam
23:06.55DrodoEmpireTek: Yeah, its possible
23:07.37TekDroidIt'd need lots of native factions. XD
23:09.12HachimanTybusen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv_2OKxZr8 I still cannot get over this
23:09.12DrodoEmpire^^^^^^
23:09.41odellNoticed this in MGSR. http://i.imgur.com/NHc1JOy.jpg
23:10.01TybusenHachiman: That is probably the best video editing I've ever seen in a Slam Jam ever
23:10.43HachimanAye
23:13.47HachimanAlso Stardust Crusaders returns in January 2015
23:13.53Tybusennice
23:13.54HachimanWords cannot describe my excitement
23:14.04TybusenI still need to catch up on JoJo
23:14.09HachimanThey are finally getting to the final arc
23:14.17HachimanWell that is the final arc of Stardust Crusaders
23:14.29TybusenI've been too busy lately and one of my weeaboo friends has been pressing me to watch Steins;gate
23:14.59odellXho: http://puu.sh/dMye4.png
23:15.12HachimanI am hoping they will proceed to do Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable / Diamond Is Not Crash
23:18.38Xhoodell: Jesus
23:19.21odellCould've been Nu doing an anal.
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23:25.24Wormy_awayXho:  I loved this bit http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198054095784/screenshot/548643366322099314
23:25.36XhoNever played that one
23:25.49XhoOr that part of the game which I think is an expansion
23:25.58Wormy_awayJust plain AC II
23:26.02XhoHm
23:26.05XhoI don't remember it then hur
23:26.30Wormy_awayIts the bit where the bloke get put on the stake but Ezio puts him out of his misery
23:26.54XhoNope, no recollection
23:27.00XhoIt's been years since I played AC II
23:40.46Wormy_I had to look twice at the Repossessor's maw
23:41.17XhoRepossessor - #deemun
23:49.10Xhohttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Creature:Repossessor There we go
23:51.01XhoF5 pls
23:54.19Wormy_http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141228.html
23:55.49HachimanXho: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Angels_of_the_Hunting_Isle#Drake_of_Flames and http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Angels_of_the_Hunting_Isle#Petroatragal
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