IRC log for #sporewiki on 20160409

00:00.17TechnobliteratorI could've been venting frustration on any number of topics, honestly. That people chose to get riled up by this one was just bad luck.
00:02.43TechnobliteratorHere's a topic I can vent my frustration about that no one will get riled up by: our infoboxes suck really bad
00:03.11Wormy_Sometimes I find venting frustration only draws out people's own, and not always in agreement with mine.
00:03.11Technobliteratorand I hate my past self
00:03.15Technobliteratorfor how badly they suck
00:03.22OluapPlayerDo something about it then, they're not gonna fix themselves
00:03.34TechnobliteratorI also hate my present self
00:03.38Technobliteratorfor lacking motivation to do that
00:03.55Wormy_Hate isn't a good motivator.
00:05.17Technobliteratorok, one question
00:05.28Technobliteratorwould people genuinely miss the fiction stats if I removed those from the infoboxes?
00:05.36DrodoEmpireNot at all
00:05.38OluapPlayerNo one uses them anymore
00:05.44DrodoEmpireI can't recall any time they were used. >.<
00:05.45Technobliteratordo many pages even use them?
00:07.02Technobliteratorwell, if no one would mind
00:07.03OluapPlayerNo
00:07.13MonetI think I have a couple, not that I'm updating them
00:07.22TechnobliteratorI could easily go and edit every infobox
00:07.23Technobliterator\o/
00:07.48Technobliteratoroh, I'm not sure we'd be able to keep the tiny miniportraits like they are, but that's the only thing
00:15.27Wormy_I don't think I ever really liked the fiction stats, being about how linear they are.
00:15.44TechnobliteratorI think they were my idea
00:15.48Technobliteratorand they never really caught on
00:16.07Wormy_General statements about their strengths and weaknesses might be a better thing to add.
00:16.47MonetI think they may have been misused a little
00:17.04MonetI understood toughness to be natural armour, with 5 being the strength of chitin.
00:17.38MonetThen I kept seeing creatures or characters with a toughness rivalling high-grade steel.
00:21.32MonetFor me at least, the stats became another chance to express humans are puny.
00:22.47Technobliteratoryeah, there's a lot of that
00:23.15Technobliteratorwhen you try and compare it to a human level so people understand it, it just ends up belittling humans
00:24.57Wormy_There's quite a few ways humans are *not* puny, that the scale could never show
00:25.20Wormy_And the thing about a scale of intelligence, I never really liked that.
00:26.41MonetTechnobliterator: The principel is fine, the issue may be the perception.
00:27.05TechnobliteratorWell, my issue is less with the stats system
00:27.12Wormy_There could certainly be differences in brain processing speed, level of consciousness or alien perception, but all sentiences would be on-par in terms of understanding things/
00:27.22Technobliteratorit's just that the stats system that currently exists is not one I can convert to portable infoboxes
00:28.04Wormy_So its extra work (that isn't very popular) you don't want to work towards?
00:28.10Wormy_Fair enough
00:29.36TechnobliteratorIt's just not really feasible to get it to work and also allow sections to be collapsible - which I think is a bigger deal for people than the stats
00:32.41MonetI stand by my opinion that some stats like toughness may be overestimated
00:33.17Wormy_Well of course, they allow one to add any numbers they like without explained justification
00:33.40Wormy_I don't mind characters being as tough as teel if I can enjoy reading *why* they are.
00:35.04Wormy_Its like the tier scale, it doesn't happen so much now, probably nobody understands my scale (:P), but everyone was trying to one up each other.
00:35.12Wormy_Worst case was ship sizes
00:36.19TechnobliteratorOne-upmanship has been very common, yes
00:36.20Wormy_I once did a starship scale classification, and suddenly everybody was running around with ships bigger than solar systems.  Diminishing the worth of large ships without having to be insane in scale.
00:36.37The_RandomnessI remember that
00:37.04Technobliteratoroh, I didn't notice Random was here
00:37.04Technobliteratorhihi
00:37.51Wormy_There is a way to use such massive scales and still seem believable or cool.  Like the Xeelee ring which is 16 million light years in diameter and built from cosmic strings.
00:37.51MonetI wrote that empire-building guide because I figured "people want big numbers, okay, here's how you coudl get big numbers"
00:38.36Wormy_But you see it took the Xeelee nearly the age of the universe to complete it
00:38.59Wormy_And the setting had mystery and exotica that made it fit
00:46.29Wormy_OOOH
00:46.36Wormy_A NEW XEELEE NOVEL http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xeelee-Vengeance-Stephen-Baxter/dp/1473217172
00:47.27Wormy_Must involve the Anti-Xeelee
00:55.59dino82_neat
00:58.52DrodoEmpireOh cool
01:10.39Wormy_Monet: I'm in the train of thought that we could create a fiction, have it tucked away in the main fiction universe if need be.  And when we find that works, we could move onto bigger things like new universes and timelines.
01:11.45MonetYeah
01:12.00MonetSo far the idea's being bogged down in the foundation of the setting
01:12.37MonetThe top-down approach to worldbuilding can be quite cumebrsone
01:13.20DrodoEmpire^
01:14.10Wormy_Tbh, it was probably meant to be bottom up, "what physical laws are at work" etc. but its easy to get out of hand
01:16.57Wormy_Monet:  I'm curious as to why the Kraw are on declining relations with other Andromedans
01:19.05Wormy_Well I've reached 30,000 edits
01:19.30MonetTwo reasons
01:19.56Wormy_Just sky of bring first to reach that milestone (as I was first to reach 10 and 20,000)  I thought I was winning until Oluap Ninja'd me them I gave up
01:20.03Wormy_*shy
01:20.04MonetFirst is there's still a bit of distrust after Tzhrhokia, second is the Kraw Empire is a protectorate of the Cyrannian Empire
01:20.16Wormy_Ah
01:20.20Wormy_Thaet makes sense
01:20.42Wormy_I was wonder the false impression the Kraw were under a protectorate of the Draconis
01:20.46Wormy_*under
01:20.54Wormy_(getting late for me)
01:21.19MonetI think that's right but I can't remember if the protectorate status applied ot the entire federation
01:21.37MonetThough there is definitely a Kraw province in the DI, i nAndromeda
01:21.43Wormy_I see
01:23.02TechnobliteratorI'm more surprised no one's retconned the Kraw out
01:23.35Wormy_Would be too complicated.
01:23.45Technobliteratorthen just kill them
01:23.47Technobliterator\o/
01:24.01Wormy_The DCP did plenty of that >:)
01:24.38Wormy_Actually, the Kraw galaxy still exists doesn't it?  A big space no-one uses.
01:24.44MonetIt does.
01:25.06Wormy_I'm not suggesting we destroy it, but it could be made useful again by opening it up.
01:26.25MonetThe last story done was the DI's secret war with the KrawFed
01:26.48Wormy_And the DCP's surveillance program
01:27.05Wormy_Actually, Trials of Kilnok part one as well
01:29.58TechnobliteratorI think we could destroy it
01:30.14TechnobliteratorIt only existed because Irsk was stubborn and thought a galaxy only contained a few hundred thousand planets
01:31.13The_Randomnesslol
01:31.23Wormy_We could, though it would be at a time when users have started to hunger for a new galaxy.
01:31.55Wormy_Hm, or maybe cut it off?
01:32.11Wormy_I still fancy coordinating Uncharted Expanse when I have finished GXS
01:32.56Wormy_My idea was that hyperspatial anomalies caused by truly alien life in hyperspace causes disruptions to hyperspatial technology and hyperdrives
01:33.50MonetUltimate authority lies with Imperios
01:33.57Wormy_The fiction would examine what would happen to the Gigaquadrant now largely dependant on such technology
01:34.07MonetHe's the one Irskaad gave the galaxy to
01:34.44Wormy_"No more Asgord" is how the section could be named hur
01:36.13Technobliteratorthere can only be one comic relief empire
01:36.14Technobliterator!!!!
01:37.03Wormy_Loron kill Asgord?
01:37.25Wormy_Actually, that could be something to do in Da Reckoning!
01:37.48Wormy_Millions of Lezias charging to hug millions on Loron coming to kill.
01:38.09Wormy_> Loron get hugged to death
01:39.17Wormy_ugh my pages are awful
01:39.28Technobliteratorhahaha
01:39.29TechnobliteratorI love it
01:39.31Wormy_I really need to modernise them
01:39.41Technobliteratornext Reckoning plot confirmed
01:39.46Technobliteratoralso, Wormy, I know the feeling
01:39.50TechnobliteratorI had to completely redo UNO's page
01:39.57TechnobliteratorI think it's finally in a good spot
01:40.07Technobliteratorof course, I killed them off immediately after
01:40.07Technobliterator8D
01:40.09Wormy_Yep, one has to think of desiign ontop of a lot of info
01:42.47Wormy_http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Delpha_Coalition_of_Planets/History/Development
01:43.04Wormy_When this page is done I'm thinking of using tabbers
01:43.20Wormy_But the new ones, not the horrible green ones
01:43.29Wormy_I've used elsewhere
02:01.01Wormy_SpaceX finally lands rocket on ocean barge, all automated
02:01.03Wormy_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36002424
02:06.26Wormy_New Zealand students suffer neck cuts in Sweeney Todd show http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35983909
02:13.24Wormy_http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/04/north-koreans-escape-horrible-state-run-restaurant.html#
02:17.09Wormy_" It was believed that a new branch was set to open in Scotland, in line with Kim Jong Un's interest in the country after its recent independence referendum, although this has been denied by North Korean officials"
02:17.19Wormy_wtf
02:18.15DrodoEmpirewat
02:20.34Wormy_http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kim-jong-un-set-open-new-4957996
02:23.46Wormy_don't think dog soup will go down ell in Scotland
02:23.55Wormy_Haggis will
02:39.25DrodoEmpirehur
02:40.16DrodoEmpireTek0516: What the hell... Maybe its the mod I'm using but when I raze a province as a steppe horde it *takes away* monarch points. o.O
02:40.38DrodoEmpireGod why does every expansion and major patch break literally everything in the game
02:41.05Tek0516:/
02:41.30Tek0516Oh yeah, update breaks my save too.
02:42.03DrodoEmpireYeah and it sucks because razing shit is like my favorite activity as steppe hordes. Call me a sadist. >.<
03:09.47Wormy_Delicious http://images.on-this.website/20396_16389402074e8b4a2baf300.jpg
03:11.42DrodoEmpireYou can't eat land, Wormy_.
03:11.48DrodoEmpirepats him on the shoulder
03:11.50DrodoEmpireSorry bud
03:12.04Wormy_I don't have a shoulder
03:12.14Wormy_My biology lets me eat land
03:13.00Wormy_well fug its 4 in the morning, I better go
03:13.07DrodoEmpiredoesn't pat Wormy_ because he's a slimy worm
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12:56.38Wormy_Anarchist flags are being hoisted outside Parliament
12:56.47Wormy_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc
12:57.37Wormy_Oh its actually Cameremoron's residence
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12:58.51MonetYes because clearly the best way to go is no regulation at all.
12:58.53MonetHi
12:59.22Liquid_InkNo regulation at all is basically what corporatism aims for.
12:59.29Wormy_^
13:00.34Wormy_Left leaning Anarchists are all about regulation, just not state regulation
13:01.27MonetSo who regulates?
13:02.12Wormy_Voluntary associations and workers unions
13:03.11Wormy_I'm not defending anarchism, I have no idea if it works.  *But*, its not what most people think it is
13:17.52MonetI can't think of any response
13:18.53MonetBut if most people are misinformed, does that put the movement at risk?
13:19.54Wormy_Possibly, though anarchism itself as plethora of ideologies and groups.  Its hard to say what is what
13:20.04Wormy_There are even anarcho-capitalists, which certainly don't want regulation
13:21.00Wormy_What I'm angry about, is two things:  How politicians are getting away with avoiding tax when everybody else feels the full force of the law, they are also rich anyway.  And secondly, the BBC isn't reporting these protests in London at all
13:21.25Wormy_Here's a live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKYFzmbjVl4
13:24.13Monet<PROTECTED>
13:25.07Wormy_They certainly don't deserve our respect if there are unfair inequalities, its not like they respect us.
13:25.18ImpyDroidCooperatives are best
13:25.27ImpyDroidWe should have more of them
13:25.54MonetThe rich accumulate money for the same reason ordinary people want cool jobs or celebrity status - recognition.
13:26.56Monet<PROTECTED>
13:27.07ImpyDroidI hate how the rich in my country flaunt their wealth
13:27.58ImpyDroidThing is they lose more than they earn with these yachts and all
13:28.29ImpyDroidTheir status needs no further affirmation, so it is not like they do it for prestige
13:28.39Wormy_I'm not necessarily against there being a wealthy class, however, its disgusting that they will do criminal things to stay wealthy
13:29.10Wormy_Our government is supposed top be protecting us, not only from tax avoiding scumbags, but also tax avoiding international companies
13:29.26ImpyDroidThe worst thing about wealth is that it tends to stagnate
13:29.37Wormy_And when they do it themselves, and get away with it, its understandable that people get angry
13:29.46MonetYeah well the current social situation doesn't help.
13:30.10ImpyDroidAs in, the wealthy class tends to enclose itself and eventually degenerate into something completely useless, as it has happened many times in history
13:30.31ImpyDroidTotal equality is completely impossible, of course, what we need is equality of opportunity
13:30.49AdmiralPandaI don't mind people being rich because most of them have either earned it, or it's family money and they're about to blow it all and reset the equilibrium, my problem is when their wealth effects those without it
13:31.09ImpyDroidThat too
13:31.39MonetWhat about family money that they can maintain?
13:32.20AdmiralPandaif they can maintain it they're doing something right, so that counts as earning it in my book
13:32.28AdmiralPandaat a certain point it just becomes their money
13:32.29ImpyDroidAs long as they have talent to do so
13:32.44ImpyDroidWhich if they maintain it they have
13:32.54ImpyDroidmaintain their wealth that is
13:33.03AdmiralPandaImpyDroid: Again, like I said- they've either earned their money or they just have it because their family is rich, and they're about to blow it- maintaining a high-expense lifestyle is hard
13:33.11ImpyDroidTrue
13:33.35AdmiralPandaunfortunately in Australia we've had several largely publicised events of rich people blowing it so hard it brings down hundreds of poor people as well
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13:34.30AdmiralPandait's one thing when Kanye reveals he's millions in debt, it's another thing when Palmer fucked up so royally that hundreds of mining families have been laid off with no guarantee they're even going to be fully compensated for their work
13:34.40Wormy_I have more respect, myself, for rich people who made it.  And in return use their money for innovating society.
13:34.48AdmiralPanda^
13:34.55Wormy_Like Richard Branson
13:35.09AdmiralPandathat's the thing, people who've become rich off their own effort have my sincere respect - I actually met Branson in person
13:35.24AdmiralPandaand people who've started with wealth and made something of it too
13:35.41Wormy_Most of my family is working class and not very well off, but I have one uncle who is very rich because he made it in the computer industry as it took off
13:36.42AdmiralPandamy family isn't exactly rich but we're quite well off, mostly because my parents are shrewd with their money
13:37.11MonetMy understanding is that both sides of the wealth gap are at fault for the current situation - the rich have no way to falunt success other than biger numebrs, and the less wealthy majority prefer to put them down or shame them over encouraging them to actually do something with your riches
13:38.18MonetPeople like RIchard Branson demonstrate that not everyone with a seven-figure bank account couldn't give a toss over the lives of others.
13:38.30AdmiralPanda^
13:38.51Wormy_The thing is, the many of our MPs are sadly not Richard Bransons
13:39.00AdmiralPandanone of our MPs are
13:39.21MonetAnd increasing the tax burden on the rich is only going to make them take their riches and assets and finda new life abroad.
13:39.22Wormy_Probably none of ours
13:39.47AdmiralPandaour current generation of politicians are all bookworms who've been in the political system all their working lives, and they all just see the next rung in the ladder as a promotion rather than a responsibility
13:40.18Wormy_What these protests in London are about now is not taxing the wealthy, though many might believe that.  But they are protesting against politicians avoiding it.
13:40.49Wormy_That's the elitism that needs to change
13:42.14MonetBut is engaging in the tall poppy response the best solution?
13:43.31ImpyDroidIt is not
13:43.40ImpyDroidBecause otherwise you will become us
13:44.01Wormy_Well if it makes MPs think twice about using tax havens that hobble the growth of our country, then its something positive.
13:44.51TechnobliteratorI don't think anyone's even calling for an increase on taxes for the wealthy. They're just calling for them to stop dodging taxes and pay up like literally everyone else.
13:46.20ImpyDroidPretty muchb
13:46.35Wormy_And if they don't clean up their act, they shouldn't expect our respect.
13:46.52MonetBut that's a global effort really
13:46.54Wormy_Not that I think they do.  They don't giver a crap what we think
13:47.22MonetWe can either encourage them to think differently, or they will find another haven
13:48.00TechnobliteratorLike, if you look at this - https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-bernie-pays-for-his-proposals/ - all Bernie Sanders is basically saying is if you close the loopholes, and if you give the rich people the same taxes that poor people get, then we'll easily be able to afford this stuff
13:49.44MonetThe UK has a corporation tax rate of 20%, the US 35%, but Ireland 12.5%. And peopel are shocked that campanies like McDonalds or Google set u pregional HQs in Ireland.
13:50.31TechnobliteratorAre they? I'm not
13:51.18MonetNo because you have zero faith in anyone with a salary higher than £50,000/year
13:51.35TechnobliteratorThat's not true at all.
13:51.46TechnobliteratorAnd thank you for the ad hominem remark.
13:52.19ImpyDroidAs a side note, apparently Putin is forming a national guard and trains it to aid the OMON to quell riots
13:52.21TechnobliteratorI have zero faith in anyone whose salaray amounts to absurd amounts that abuses their wealth and is responsible for the corrupt system we currently have
13:52.31ImpyDroidFFFFFFUUUUCJ
13:52.35ImpyDroid*FFFFFUUUUCK
13:52.40ImpyDroidWe just went full Reich
13:52.42ImpyDroidExcellent
13:52.55TechnobliteratorLike, Bill Gates is a rich guy, but he spends so much of his money on charity that it's really hard to be mad at him
13:53.56TechnobliteratorLarry Page? Never done anything of the sort, has been responsible for buying off politicians through what is essentially legalised bribery, it's not exactly easy to feel sorry for him
13:54.09Technobliteratorif he has to cough up and pay his fair share like everyone else
13:54.37Technobliteratorwhen he already has more than enough and is not exactly choosing between paying rent and eating
13:55.48MonetYeah I was a little aggressive just then.
13:56.09Technobliteratordw
13:56.19TechnobliteratorI've been guilty of it before
13:56.33Wormy_I understand your anger, at the leftist response.  It often does harbour irrational and reactionary ideology
13:56.59Wormy_*However*, you've got to think about the context and what they are actually protesting for
13:58.20Wormy_Otherwise its like how all progressives get seen as SJWs
13:58.42Wormy_And anger at SJWs gets directed at the general form of progressive
13:59.00Wormy_I admit, I was falling down that path
13:59.31MonetI just think this "us vs them" mentality is utterly toxic.
13:59.49Wormy_I expect that crowd protesting in London probably come from a diverse set of voter
14:02.00Wormy_And actually, that protest is very middle class and tame as fa\r as protests go
14:02.14Wormy_Compared to the Poll Tax riots
14:03.07Wormy_Many are probably quite well off in that crowd and will go to Starbucks afterwards
14:03.15Wormy_But that's beside the point
14:03.28Wormy_Tax avoidance clearly pisses off nearly everyone
14:03.37ImpyDroidAs annoying as SJWs are, they are harmless most of the time
14:03.40TechnobliteratorWell, the "us vs them" mentality exists for a reason. It's not like you're going to get anyone to listen to you if you're nice about asking people to just, y'know, pay their fair share
14:03.43ImpyDroidAt the very best they are doxxers
14:03.52ImpyDroidThe radical right is much, much worse
14:03.55ImpyDroid*very worst
14:04.13MonetLately I've come to see flaws in the people chanting "we are the 99%" as that 1% isn't just bankers, insurors or politicians. It's also doctors, theapists, private sector scientists, top-earning engineers and architects.
14:05.13MonetBut I guess "we are the 99.9" isn't as catchy.
14:05.16Wormy_But not all doctors and scientists get to that 1%
14:05.34MonetWormy: Private doctors can
14:05.42Wormy_Most nursing jobs are close to the minimum wage
14:05.45TechnobliteratorLike, you could probably tax these people at 90% of their income, and they'd still have more than enough to pay rent in some expensive house, by a luxury sports car, and feed their family that month, when there are plenty of people who can't afford both a place to live and food for that month
14:05.56MonetYeahno.
14:06.16TechnobliteratorWell, we're top 10%, I don't know if I'd call us top 1%
14:06.22MonetThose country manors are horrendously costly.
14:06.57MonetMany of them have been opened up to tourists to pay the bills.
14:07.28Wormy_Monet has a point there, being rich doesn't mean not having money woes
14:08.24Wormy_But, there is a poor lower class that is struggling to pay for their food and bills
14:08.24TechnobliteratorIt depends on how much
14:08.52MonetBut I suppose what you're saying might be true if the 1% were resigned to live with the expenditures the rest of us.
14:09.19Wormy_If they engage in tax avoidance, they feel the full force of the law.  Will these MPs feel that?  I'm doubtful Cameron will even resign
14:09.39TechnobliteratorI mean, he shouldn't even be given the chance to resign, he should just be sacked and jailed
14:09.51Technobliteratorbut sadly, the law is never applied equally
14:10.33Wormy_And it is getting harder for poor people in the UK
14:11.28MonetAs I tried last night, this idea of "throw every offender in jail" has its downsides.
14:11.46MonetThe sentence of community service has its ethical reasons
14:12.36MonetOne thing that can happen, especially i nthe current system is say someone was arrested and give na 10-year prison sentence in 2005
14:13.26MonetThe prisoner leaving in 2015, unless handled correctly, will feel like they jsut stepped though a time machine.
14:14.27MonetAnd some re-offend because they freak out and prison is more familiar environment than the outside.
14:16.07Wormy_I dunno our prisons are pretty lax.  They get Sky TV and the latest XBox games in their prison cells
14:17.37MonetI think it's more of a concern i nthe US. There was an episode of My Name Is Earl that looked at this phenomenon
14:21.08MonetIn 2007 the Telegraph looked into the cost of maintaining Winslow Hall, est. £3 million
14:22.17MonetOne estate agent estimated that (might be because it's a listed building) the cost to support it would clock in at a minimum of...
14:22.54Monet£600,000/year.
14:24.28Monet"A conservative estimate of the annual cost of maintaining an historic house is 2 per cent of its value," - George Burnard of Strutt & Parker 2007
14:25.26TechnobliteratorI don't think you're obligated to live in places you can't afford
14:26.06Wormy_Meanwhile in France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7C1c7rJW54
14:26.29MonetThere's a long list of British gentry who are struggling to pay their mansion bills.
14:28.05MonetBut it's not so simple.
14:28.52MonetYou're saying that people are not obligated to live in places they can't afford. What if they never bought these houses in the first place?
14:29.12TechnobliteratorThe only problem with that statement is "mansion" bills. If any ordinary person is struggling to pay their bulls for a basic apartment, they'll get evicted. They don't exactly have the choice to open it up to tourism.
14:30.02TechnobliteratorIt's kind of hard to feel sorry for them if they're living in a luxury house and might have to downgrade to just a big house
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14:30.51HachimanHi
14:30.58MonetHi
14:31.11Technobliteratorhi
14:31.19Technobliteratoroh god, gym might shut soon
14:31.19Technobliteratorbbl
14:31.21MonetFor gentry they, maybe their parents or grandparents might have grown up in these big houses
14:32.32Wormy_The thing is, they enough money still to recover, and if they have to sell their home or turn it into a tourist hotel, they can move somewhere more affordable.  Not so easy if you don't have those opportunities.
14:32.58MonetIt might eb relative.
14:33.39Wormy_Being tourists spots isn't so bad anyway
14:33.49Wormy_for the local economy
14:34.01MonetEven if it is a gigantic tract mansion, the psychological effect of having to move to a smaller house is still an issue.
14:34.22Wormy_Chatsworth House contributes to the millions of tourists that visit Derbyshire
14:35.43Wormy_It has huge gardens filled with sculptures which the owners sell
14:38.30MonetEven if the house is far bigger than something most of us will ever own, having to sell it to live in "just a big house" is still demoralising.
14:38.41Wormy_The Duke of Devonshire waved to me from his window, its true
14:39.05Wormy_He might have been waving me out of the way for spoiling his view
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14:40.03MonetDepends on how he waved to you.
14:41.06MonetMaybe a better way to examine the effect is, and I know I do this constantly, is to look bac kto America, owners of the largest average house size.
14:42.25Wormy_everything's big in murica
14:43.04MonetWith houses like this https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4012/5148645274_71869ac1a9_b.jpg, What would Americans think of our tiny 6m wide terraces?
14:43.44Wormy_Well, I wouldn't know what to do with a house of that size
14:44.21MonetThat's the thing though.
14:44.23Wormy_Maybe ours have more character
14:45.28MonetAt the moment talking of "Oh I'm sure they'll manage because we do" disregards that people might have different opinions of an ideal house size for them
14:47.43MonetThere's a psychological phenomenon that a house can feel 'just right' by one person, and 'too big' by another. it can happen when an inner-city resident moves from an inner-city apartment to the suburbs
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14:52.27Wormy_I need to be getting on with my day
14:52.41MonetApologies
14:52.47Wormy_awayno problem
14:53.19Wormy_awayIts just 4 in the afternoon, I got up at 1 and rthe only thing I've done is have breakfast
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15:24.12Wormy_awayhttp://phys.org/news/2016-04-nasa-global-earth.html
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15:28.19Wormy_awayHachiman:  Colin Furze to make a fkying machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQxPGOnwBGs
15:28.28Wormy_awayFlying
15:41.30Wormy_awayImperios:  http://imgur.com/gallery/gMSJb
15:42.04HachimanWormy_away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88 New Vsauce
15:42.15Wormy_awayYay!
15:42.24Wormy_awayBeen a long time
15:43.51ImperiosWormy_away: It was actually a thing in Stalinist USSR
15:43.55ImperiosSort of
15:44.17Wormy_awayI'm now looking where to get it online
15:44.35Imperioshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Coke
15:44.37ImperiosThere
15:45.21ImperiosStrangely enough, the actual classic Soviet-style lemonade was not red or vodka-like colourless, but dark green
15:45.46Wormy_awaySold out on Amazon :(
15:46.03Wormy_awayinteresting
15:48.42Wormy_awayImperios:  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kim-jong-un-set-open-new-4957996#ICID=sharebar_facebook
15:48.46Wormy_awayAlso I found this
15:51.29ImperiosWormy_away: What kind of stuff are they going to sell there tho
15:53.20Wormy_awayIt will have to be haggis soup
16:02.53Wormy_awayAnimals without necks http://imgur.com/gallery/TZafy
16:07.24Wormy_awayhttp://imgur.com/gallery/9XxjKea
16:08.17Wormy_awayI hasve some of these http://imgur.com/a/AKrJY
16:50.22HachimanNgh I have to go shopping
16:50.29HachimanI feel so hungry and forgot to buy food
16:52.28OluapPlayerdum
17:12.02Charles_MurrayWormy_away I see no difference in the corgies
17:15.28Wormy_awaylol
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17:36.46The_RandomnessHello
17:42.05Imperioshttp://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/c/cb/Acvartis_Temple.png/revision/latest?cb=20160409174131 Radeon church on Alcanti
17:43.01OluapPlayer>llamas
17:47.56ImperiosThey looked good hur
17:48.00ImperiosFor a church
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18:27.54AdmiralPandahi all
18:28.00The_RandomnessHey
18:47.53MonetSemiHi
18:48.02MonetSemiSo I just passed mission 31 of MGSV
18:48.34MonetSemiI like how the whole thing felt like a TV show
19:10.17AdmiralPandaso, current status on fallout 4 post-Automatron DLC: Fort Independence is now protected by no less than two fully armed Sentry Bots, and the gardens are tended by Mr. Handy's
19:10.28AdmiralPandaI never thought I'd care so much about finding piles of tires
19:13.08Tek0516Lol
19:13.56AdmiralPandaand I do a lot more business with the doctor in Diamond City, because apparently he just has truckloads of tires lying around
19:16.36AdmiralPandaso yeah, I live in a wasteland where the local doctor has a near limitless supply of purified bottled water, and is probably laughing his way to the bank because he somehow has access to large reserves of rubber
19:18.36AdmiralPandaactually that's a really meta note, the reason bottlecaps are used as currency in the wasteland is because they represent a bottle of water
19:18.45AdmiralPandaI don't trade in representations of water, I trade in actual fucking water
19:19.08The_RandomnessYou're too good for bottlecaps then
19:19.48AdmiralPandaclearly
19:20.20AdmiralPandaand this is the lady who wears scrapped robot parts for armour/clothing and wears way too much black eye shadow
19:20.26AdmiralPandarichest person in the commonwealth
19:22.26AdmiralPandaI also don't actually own Fort Independence as part of the Minutemen, I just own it because I took it over by force of robot
19:26.01TechnobliteratorHow are you finding the DLC overall?
19:26.21AdmiralPandaperfecto
19:26.32TechnobliteratorThis is good
19:26.47AdmiralPandathere is exactly one thing which disappoints me, but it is a minor gripe
19:26.54AdmiralPandaand that is that you can't have an eyebot companion
19:27.08AdmiralPandahowever, the fucking assaultron kill animations are GLORIOUS
19:28.14AdmiralPandanot going to lie, I got a little too excited when my flying assaultron assassin slashed apart eight ghouls with a single two-bladed sweep when we were clearing out Jamaica Plains
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19:28.56AdmiralPandathey actually added a good number of extra weapons, and the return of the robobrain was nice
19:29.10DrodoEmpireHi everyone
19:29.25AdmiralPandahi
19:31.01AdmiralPandaoh, and you can give sentry bots hallucigen gas grenade launchers
19:31.38Tek0516:/ My final exams start on Monday
19:34.19The_RandomnessGood luck with those
19:36.25TechnobliteratorBest of luck :o
19:36.49AdmiralPandaTechnobliterator: anything specific you want to know?
19:39.25TechnobliteratorI was wondering if you could get those weapons, like, as soon as you download the DLC? or do you have to get a certain number of levels first
19:39.45TechnobliteratorI've sort of ran out of games to play, and have been considering giving FO4 another chance
19:40.57AdmiralPandabot parts get unlocked as you play through, though the new shiny character weapons (namely the tesla rifle, assaultron head and the two melee weapons) are given to you pretty early
19:41.19AdmiralPandaand the tesla rifle btw is fucking magestic
19:42.35AdmiralPandathe particularly good stuff is behind a perk wall as well (naturally), but for the most part the average character would have those perks anyway
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19:46.23AdmiralPandawithout spoiling anything, the story is actually quite good given this is the short expansion
19:49.04AdmiralPandagives you enough to figure out what's going on right from the start, then when you get to a place and start reading some things everything clicks
19:49.30AdmiralPandaI mean you've been told what's going on before you get to that place, but it's when you get there that everything really makes sense
19:56.52The_RandomnessThat's cool, am I also correct in saying that robots make everything better?
19:59.05AdmiralPandarobots make EVERYTHING better
19:59.33AdmiralPandalike, you can actually have a companion that kills shit rather than one who just looks pretty and makes sarcastic comments about everything
19:59.41The_Randomnesslol
20:01.02AdmiralPandathough the robots don't look cute in a bowler hat, so Cait still has a place thankfully
20:01.45The_RandomnessPanda, did I ever tell you I got into a static a few weeks ago?
20:01.54AdmiralPandayou poor, poor person
20:01.58AdmiralPandaI should have saved you while I had the chance
20:02.03The_Randomnesslol
20:02.38AdmiralPandaI'm sorry but as much as I understand why raiders raid, I'm just never going to like raiding for the sake of raiding
20:02.47AdmiralPandaI'm just too much a roleplayer
20:03.39The_RandomnessThat's understandable, I'm personally finding the experience of progressing through raids fun
20:03.57AdmiralPandaspeaking of which, once online transfers become a thing with my new bank account I get to RP as Rex in a clone wars server
20:04.07AdmiralPandastar wars that is, for people who didn't guess
20:04.29The_RandomnessWe cleared this fight on Thursday after spending about a week and a half or two weeks on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zqh_OEybOI
20:05.05AdmiralPandais that actually your group?
20:05.17The_Randomnessno
20:06.01The_RandomnessOur mt actually records our raids, but he didn't on Thursday since he wasn't expecting us to clear (we had to get a bard sub since we lost ours recently)
20:06.04AdmiralPandaI see, well yeah like I said, I get why raiders raid, I'm just more an open world pvp/roleplaying kind of guy
20:06.41AdmiralPandamaybe one day there will be an MMO that multiple of us like and play, that we can make a guild on
20:06.53AdmiralPandaand you will come to know how much of a bastard I am when giving orders
20:06.56The_Randomnesslol
20:07.49AdmiralPanda*shurgs* it's not my fault people don't listen until they're dead
20:24.05AdmiralPandaoh, and there is one other significant thing
20:24.21AdmiralPandathere needs to be a game we can play so I can wear the brightest candy pink possible and embarrass you all in public
20:24.29The_Randomnesslmao
20:24.50ImperiosOluapPlayer MonetSemi: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Pan-Andromedan_Ecumene#Andromedan_Exceptionalism Have four paragraphs full of Andromedan /pol/
20:24.55AdmiralPandaOH OH OH have you seen the Taric VU?
20:24.59The_Randomnessyes
20:25.03AdmiralPandaGEMS
20:25.04The_RandomnessIt was glorious
20:25.06OluapPlayerThat's not a good thing
20:25.13AdmiralPandagod I can't wait
20:25.17AdmiralPandaTaric Top Baby
20:25.23AdmiralPanda#nottalkingaboutlane
20:25.35AdmiralPandakill me for using a hashtag, but you get the point
20:26.27The_RandomnessI can't wait until after finals are done in May so then I can actually have enough time to play League consistently again
20:27.18AdmiralPandataric top honestly has a pretty significant amount of potential depending on his mana costs
20:27.40The_Randomnessyeah, I was watching this one guy stream playing it top in the PBE
20:27.42AdmiralPandaeven if you don't have an ally nearby his W still gives him a shield and procs his passive
20:28.04The_RandomnessYou pretty much turn into a raid boss if you get fed
20:28.10ImperiosOnce MonetSemi finishes the last section, we will have one full page
20:28.13ImperiosEXCELLENT
20:28.21ImperiosPAGE FINISHED
20:28.26AdmiralPandaI managed to get a pentakill on Sion
20:28.30The_Randomnessnice
20:28.39AdmiralPandaI kinda felt like a raid boss, Iron potion and Sterak's :P
20:28.47ImperiosIs pentakill like rampage
20:28.50Technobliteratorthis expansions sounds pretty fun
20:28.51Imperiosor somethhing
20:28.51Technobliterator</late\>
20:29.03ImperiosWhat are you referring to
20:29.08The_RandomnessWhat's a rampage in DotA?
20:29.39ImperiosWhen you kill five people in a row
20:29.48ImperiosAs in the whole enemy team
20:29.50The_Randomnessyeah, that's a penta
20:29.52AdmiralPandapentakill is when you kill five people within a set period of time
20:30.07ImperiosA set period of time as in how much
20:30.15ImperiosLike a few minutes or so or a short period
20:30.19ImperiosLike one battle or so
20:30.23The_Randomnessa short period
20:30.25AdmiralPandaI believe it's like five seconds between kills
20:30.42ImperiosRight so rampage
20:30.47AdmiralPandacumulative, so if you pick up several in a short period of time you have longer for the last
20:30.52OluapPlayerRampage = you wipe the whole enemy team out
20:30.54The_RandomnessI almost got a penta once as Cho'Gath, but then my friend got the last kill with an auto accidentally
20:30.57OluapPlayerBy yourself
20:31.20AdmiralPandait was an assisted penta, but I did it with fucking Sion and I wasn't even building that much damage
20:31.38AdmiralPandaI had titanic but that was about it
20:32.00ImperiosAh so you can have a rampage with assists
20:32.02The_Randomnessyeah, Sion isn't the sort of champion you'd expect to see a penta out of
20:32.12ImperiosIn Dota you have to personally deliver every killing blow
20:32.19TechnobliteratorWow, I legit haven't played Dota in months
20:32.20Technobliteratorwtf
20:32.21The_RandomnessIt's the same way in League
20:32.24ImperiosAh
20:32.40AdmiralPandayeah you have to get all five kills, but people can contribute to those kills
20:32.41ImperiosTechnobliterator: Congratulations, you're freed from your addiction
20:32.50Technobliteratorwell
20:32.53OluapPlayerI've not played Dota for so long, Steam no longer lists my last played date
20:32.54Technobliteratormy new addiction is the gym
20:32.59AdmiralPandahad to lane against a tank Ekko
20:33.03AdmiralPandawasn't fun
20:33.07ImperiosTechno/fit/erator
20:33.23ImperiosAt least score some boys if you're improving your body
20:33.28TechnobliteratorI kinda got bored of Dota 2
20:33.33Technobliteratorthe community is cancer
20:33.34ImperiosI mean in my case it kind of helped, if only slightly
20:33.35AdmiralPandaor some girls, then send pics
20:33.38Imperios^
20:33.39Imperios^^
20:33.40Imperios^^^
20:33.40Technobliteratorso the games were not fun
20:33.45Technobliterator: |
20:34.02ImperiosHey I would love to kiss boys and send you pics in return but you know I do not want to anger almighty Putin
20:34.02AdmiralPandaI think Imperios is actually being serious, sadly
20:34.14ImperiosNo, I am kidding hur
20:34.15The_RandomnessAdmiralPanda: Tank Ekko looks a little silly right now, yeah
20:34.22ImperiosAbout girls that is
20:34.38OluapPlayerSo you're serious about kissing boys
20:34.41OluapPlayerhaw
20:34.48AdmiralPandaThe_Randomness: it's a shame that champs like Ekko, Akali and Kha'Zix are finding most of their play building tank these days
20:35.13The_Randomnesseh, I wouldn't really say that about Kha'zix
20:35.37ImperiosOluapPlayer: >implyng you do not have a bunny husbando
20:35.41The_RandomnessHe builds more of a bruisery style like Graves jungle does iirc
20:35.49OluapPlayerBunny is my waifu, not husbando
20:35.53AdmiralPandawell yeah, but that's not assassin
20:36.19AdmiralPandait's post release-nerf Kha all over again
20:36.29The_RandomnessI guess, but he still plays that way for the most part
20:36.43AdmiralPandaso do tank ekko and tank akali
20:36.57The_Randomnessyeah, you're right
20:37.06Imperioshttp://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/e/e6/PAE_Gladiators.png/revision/latest?cb=20160409102723 BTW AdmiralPanda did I make that guy's stance even remotely realistic
20:37.13ImperiosIn terms of fencing
20:37.36AdmiralPandahonestly, image is such that I can't really tell
20:37.52AdmiralPandadue to the lighting I can't really see their stances at all
20:38.16Imperiosok
20:38.31ImperiosIs the image good btw
20:38.42MonetSemiImperios: If you still have the models you could take a less high-contrast image
20:39.03AdmiralPandaThe_Randomness: one champ I'm glad to see back is Nocturne
20:40.46The_RandomnessYeah, I've been seeing him a little bit on Sneaky's stream and stuff
20:40.59AdmiralPandaI'm saving up IP to buy him
20:41.07AdmiralPandatake him top lane and make bitches cry
20:41.29AdmiralPandarecently spent 5k IP on armour runes because GEMS
20:41.50The_RandomnessMidlane roams with him are probably pretty easy because ult
20:42.02AdmiralPandaoh on that note, my friend figured out a build path for Taric that involves buying 6 crystals as his first items
20:42.04The_RandomnessDid you get armor quints or something?
20:42.07The_Randomnesslol
20:42.25AdmiralPandaarmour reds and quints, yeah :P
20:42.32The_Randomnessoh yeah, those are solid
20:42.40AdmiralPandamy taric rune page is 30 armour flat, 27 MR  at 18
20:42.51The_Randomnessjeez
20:43.14AdmiralPanda200 armour with just frozen heart is tasty :)
20:43.20The_RandomnessI probably would've gone armor quints/reds, hp/level yellows, and then scaling mr or cdr blues
20:43.24The_Randomnessthat's spicy
20:43.39The_Randomnesser, cdr/level
20:44.25AdmiralPandaCDR/level is pointless because you hit 40% easily with items, the HP is tempting but the early trade damage is delicious
20:44.31AdmiralPandayou could feed a family of four with those passive autos
20:45.22The_RandomnessYeah, I suppose you're right with the cdr runes. What's your build order for this?
20:46.29AdmiralPandamy serious build path is relic-3pot-trinket, get brace, sightstone and boots asap, then frozen heart, finish Face, tank/utility items as required from there
20:46.52The_RandomnessOh, I was thinking about top
20:47.42The_RandomnessYeah, that would probably be a decent setup for support, maybe switch out armor yellows for flat health yellows to make all that armor more efficient
20:48.16AdmiralPandatop you go frozen heart or fist depending on whether you''re playing aggro or passive, sunfire cape, then whatever to taste really
20:48.33AdmiralPandafist for aggro, heart for passive naturally
20:49.27The_Randomnessibg is probably better in most cases, but that sounds right
20:49.38The_Randomnessprobably ibg -> sunfire -> spirit visage
20:49.52The_Randomnessalthough frozen is more armor
20:50.09AdmiralPandayeah, you basically only get frozen if you're planning to play super passive, like if it's a jugger'maw
20:50.35AdmiralPandabut it's still important to note that you basically get one or the other
20:50.42The_Randomnessyeah, definitely
20:52.10AdmiralPandabut yeah nocturne top will be tasty
20:52.19AdmiralPandasimilar effect to talon mid, just more evil
20:53.31AdmiralPandait's kinda scary how you just need youmuu's to go off like mad
20:54.38The_Randomnessoh gosh, you just made me recall when Talon had his silence
20:55.16AdmiralPandayoumuu's early, then you get phantom dancer, then transition into deadman's, sterak's and maw
20:55.37AdmiralPandabecause you don't want to have friends, you just want to eat people
20:56.00The_Randomnesslol
20:56.17The_RandomnessYou want to be a literal nightmare for squishies
21:17.08Wormy_There is little better than the feeling of a comb passed through one's beard.
21:17.29Charles_Murraytest
21:17.53ImperiosCharles_Murray: Seen the recent addition to the PAE page?
21:18.00Charles_MurrayI haven't, link?
21:18.26Imperioshttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Pan-Andromedan_Ecumene Relationships and society
21:18.31ImperiosDoes all of that fly with you?
21:18.32Charles_MurrayI just met an Iraqi, and he told me after an hour's conversation that I was one of two people on campus who actually understood how Iraqis feel about their country, and what's going on
21:18.36Charles_Murrayo.o
21:18.45Charles_MurrayTaking a look
21:19.32ImperiosCharles_Murray: What exactly did he mean by that?
21:20.35The_RandomnessCharles_Murray: That sounds like it must've been an interesting conversation
21:21.23Charles_MurrayIf I understood correctly, he meant that most other people whom he had spoken to about Iraq woefully misunderstand how Iraqis think about the last fifteen or so years, and how Iraq itself has come to function
21:21.37Charles_MurrayAs well as think about itself
21:23.56ImperiosNo I mean what kind of misunderstanding did he feel
21:24.24ImperiosThe idea that the War in Iraq was for the sake of the Iraqi people or something?
21:25.07Charles_MurrayGenerally, people tend to impose their own cultural understanding of the world on other places, so New Englanders would assume that the Iraqis have the same aspirations and grievances as they do
21:25.34Charles_MurrayAnd understand the Iraq War the same way as they do
21:25.51Charles_MurrayNah, New Englanders hate the Iraq War
21:26.06Charles_MurrayBut this guy actually thought the toppling of Saddam Hussein was a good thing
21:26.20Charles_Murray(Which was not at all surprising to me)
21:26.49ImpyDroidMakes sense
21:28.46Charles_MurrayImpyDroid : Perfect
21:28.50ImpyDroidSo I presume he meant they did not understand what the Iraqis wanted?
21:28.53ImpyDroid^_^
21:29.30Charles_MurrayThat's putting it too simply; It's like America not understanding why Russians like Putin
21:29.47Charles_MurrayOr why Russia is acting the way it does
21:30.50ImpyDroidNot many Russians I know like Putin per se
21:31.04ImpyDroidHe is more like the best we have got
21:31.16ImpyDroidThat is the public perception of him at leasr
21:31.25Charles_MurrayIt's a very complex and multifaceted question, full of complexity which is often glossed over by those discussing it on the outside.
21:32.27Charles_MurrayRight, and I've just baited you into demonstrating why the question also conveys a non-understanding
21:33.05Charles_MurraySo just as "Russians like Putin" doesn't quite convey the complexity of how Russians are feeling
21:33.23Charles_Murray"what the Iraqis wanted" also glosses over similar subtleties
21:33.36Charles_MurrayI hope that makes sense?
21:34.35Charles_MurrayImpyDroid
21:34.50ImpyDroid<PROTECTED>
21:35.06ImpyDroidThis is genuinely interesting though, I'd like to know more
21:38.58Charles_MurrayI wasn't there when he discussed Iraq with other people, so I can only relay it in theoretical terms. What's important is that different parts of Iraq have their own conception of history, justice, legitimacy, of what's going on around them, what caused it, and who is in the right
21:40.13Charles_MurrayAnd because they live there and they're immersed in the events, actors, and mechanisms at play, their understanding of what's going on is necessarily going to hinge on things that outsiders who haven't studied the country have no idea exist
21:41.08Charles_MurrayWhile I was familiar with the main actors, how those actors relate, in broad terms how they think of each other, and (broadly) how they conceptualize history
21:42.31Charles_MurraySo once you know these things, you can begin to understand 2003-2016 how an Iraqi from Baghdad would, or how a Sunni in the West would, or a Kurd from the north would
21:42.41Charles_MurrayOr a Shia tribesman from the East would
21:43.30Charles_MurrayImpyDroid : Point me in the direction that most interests you?
21:44.30ImpyDroidProbably the religious relationships part, as that is what I can sort of understand
21:45.14ImpyDroidWeren't Just Do Its the wealthier part of Iraqi population?
21:45.59Charles_MurrayEr.
21:46.13Charles_MurrayImpyDroid : I think you've just got an autocorrect fail
21:46.38ImpyDroidNo it was an attempt at a pun hur
21:46.45ImpyDroidShi'a Muslims
21:46.52The_Randomnessoic
21:46.54ImpyDroidI meant Shi'a Muslims
21:47.09Charles_MurrayNo, the Sunni minority was in control of the government during the Saddam Hussein era
21:47.18ImpyDroidrite
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21:47.30Tek0516So I got my phone repaired only to have to send it out AGAIN immediately for a new problem. :/
21:47.36ImpyDroidIt makes sense
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22:11.31The_Randomness_ok, that was really weird
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22:58.12DrodoL4DHi
23:01.21dino82_hi alal
23:01.24dino82_hi all!
23:01.25dino82_I meant haha
23:01.32dino82_srry wasn't paying attention at the key board :P
23:01.36OluapPlayerHi dino
23:01.37dino82_Howz all doing?
23:02.02DrodoEmpireI'm doing well
23:03.42dino82_great to hear :D
23:05.10dino82_anything going on on the wiki?
23:05.35DrodoEmpireEh, I dunno
23:06.37TechnobliteratorWe're considering starting a super-collab thingy
23:06.45Technobliteratorand hopefully making a thread with more concrete ideas about it soon
23:07.25dino82_ah ok interessting. A super-collab hmm?
23:10.42The_Randomnessyeah
23:10.55The_RandomnessIt's in its early stages right now, and I want to make sure that this is done right
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23:16.16Wormy_Hi
23:16.49dino82_hi!
23:17.11dino82_Oh ok, sounds interessitng read something on it on a thread or so but sounds there are some challenges in it
23:17.23DrodoEmpireIts a big idea
23:19.50dino82_indee
23:20.13Wormy_Its getting a bit overblown atm
23:20.19Wormy_We should start small
23:20.53Wormy_Even I contributed to that
23:21.34Wormy_I don't know whether I should make the new thread or not.  Ghelae, Monet and Jo probably have the clearest picture of it
23:24.14Charles_BotThe old thread is a bit jumbled at the moment, a new thread would focus the discussion
23:24.30The_Randomnessyeah
23:24.42Technobliteratorwe should make the thread now
23:24.52TechnobliteratorWormy or Random can do it
23:24.57The_RandomnessI might even suggest locking the old one to reduce noise
23:25.06Wormy_I've closed it
23:25.10The_Randomnessok, good
23:25.20Charles_BotThis is the problem with only having forum posts, given that after 50+ responses, it's hard to sift through the conversation and understand (1) what's going on, (2) what the concrete ideas are, and (3) who is responding to whine
23:25.23Charles_BotWhom*
23:25.23Technobliteratorcan make it now-ish
23:25.31Charles_Botblogs were a bit better at this
23:25.56Wormy_Yeah they are frustrating
23:26.43Wormy_I think we could organise key ideas that work into a list or something to keep up with the evolution of the project.
23:26.47TechnobliteratorIt would be better if we went back to talk page-style forums
23:26.53Technobliteratorinstead of these awful Wikia ones
23:27.08Technobliteratorbut we're stuck with them until they get replaced
23:27.18Wormy_I much preferred the original forums, edit conflicts aside.
23:27.56TechnobliteratorEdit conflicts were literally the only issue with them
23:28.27Charles_BotFrom what I've seen of them, they were also butt ugly xD
23:28.40Charles_BotIn all seriousness, they might do the job in this case
23:29.15TechnobliteratorI hated the days when Wikia felt the need to just turn everything into a social network
23:29.32Technobliteratorand then we had awful things like blogs and message walls
23:29.33Wormy_If we do use polls, the advantage of a forum-like page is that we could use bullet pointed explanations for our choices like *{{support}} - Blah ~~~~
23:29.33morgothBotPyWormy_ meant: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Template:support
23:29.38Wormy_woops
23:29.49DrodoEmpireThanks Morgothbot
23:29.51Charles_BotOlol
23:29.56DrodoEmpireWe know you try to help. <3
23:29.58Technobliteratoroh
23:30.02Technobliteratorand that WikiaActivity thing
23:30.04Technobliteratoruggggggggh
23:30.07Wormy_Forgot Morgothbot exists
23:30.57Charles_BotI like Wormy_ 's proposal, to move this to a dedicated project page with a talk page organized like the old forums
23:31.10The_RandomnessOh yeah, that's a good idea
23:31.14Wormy_The good old fashioned way
23:31.29Wormy_In that case, I don't mind starting the page
23:31.34Charles_BotThough we might want to include a short blurb on how to contribute
23:31.40DrodoEmpire^
23:31.51Technobliteratoryes please
23:31.56The_Randomnessyeah
23:32.04Wormy_I'll begin work on it asap
23:32.19The_RandomnessWormy_editing: Let me know if you want any help
23:32.22Charles_BotSo we're all on the same page and the new users who aren't used to wikia-style etiquette know what's going on
23:32.36DrodoEmpireRight
23:33.18The_RandomnessI can definitely help with setting up things like a canonization process
23:33.32TechnobliteratorCanonization process should be extremely easy
23:33.33The_RandomnessBecause collabs need that sort of thing
23:33.37The_Randomnessyeah, it's not difficult
23:33.46Charles_BotHow do you propose handling that?
23:33.47The_RandomnessI can offer up an example for you guys to look at
23:34.12Charles_BotPlease ^.^
23:34.34The_Randomnesshttp://conglomera.wikia.com/wiki/Policies_and_Procedures#Canon
23:34.39Wormy_editingShould I use "SporeWiki: Super Collab"?
23:34.46Technobliteratoryeah sure
23:34.54Technobliteratoralso
23:35.07Technobliteratorshould we have votes on which users handle which things? or should it just be voluntary?
23:35.34The_RandomnessWhat do you mean?
23:35.35Charles_BotVotes
23:35.35Wormy_editingSome things we definitely need to vote on, like the setting
23:35.56TechnobliteratorOr it could simply be that, instead of voting for an individual user to handle it
23:35.56Wormy_editingBut I'd prefer something like use bullep pointed explanations than polls
23:36.06The_RandomnessYeah, if you look at what I linked, only certain things need to be voted on
23:36.23Technobliteratorusers simply write sections or pages in a sandbox or something
23:36.26The_RandomnessIn that collab project, we use google docs to set up polls
23:36.29Technobliteratorand then that gets voted on
23:36.41The_RandomnessWell, it needs to be submitted first
23:36.55TechnobliteratorI don't think we need google docs
23:36.58The_Randomnessyeah
23:37.02The_RandomnessWe have polls and such on here
23:37.07Technobliteratorright
23:37.07The_Randomnessjust saying that's how we did it there
23:37.28The_RandomnessI'd say that we should follow a similar system to what I linked
23:39.15Technobliteratorcould you write about it in a post on wormy's thread or something?
23:39.42The_RandomnessI thought he was making a page, not a thread
23:39.51Technobliteratoroh
23:39.52Technobliteratoruh
23:39.54TechnobliteratorI dunno then
23:40.19Charles_Bot^ Create a proposal with a boiled-down version of how such a structure would work, and we'll vote on it
23:40.35Technobliteratoryeah that
23:40.50Charles_BotDoesn't have to be long
23:41.40The_Randomnesstl;dr: regular polls for voting on stuff that needs to be voted on, submissions will have four general types
23:43.14The_Randomnesscreation (adding something that doesn't just expand on existing stuff), addition (large addition to existing content), expansion (exactly what it says on the box), and modification (anything that is some sort of destructive change)
23:43.54TechnobliteratorI'd add a fifth for "revamp (replacing something already existing)"
23:44.21The_RandomnessThat would probably just fall under modification
23:45.42The_RandomnessSince you're basically getting rid of something and replacing it with something else
23:46.42The_RandomnessCreation and modification are the only ones that go to poll, and the two others only go to poll if vetoed by the creator
23:46.59Wormy_editingShall we go on Titabnpad?  My brain is being a bit slow tonight
23:47.03The_Randomnesssure
23:47.17Wormy_editinghttps://titanpad.com/1nVQavWREk
23:47.22Wormy_editingThis is what I've got
23:58.08DrodoEmpireMy milk smells like salty cheese but tastes fine
23:58.12DrodoEmpireThis displeases me greatly
23:58.12The_Randomnesso_o

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