IRC log for #sporewiki on 20170115

00:00.00ImperiosAs far as I know, it was the Civil War that turned the United States into a true nation-state
00:00.07DrodoEmpirePerhaps
00:00.19Dillonator407i see
00:00.21ImperiosAnd look how Novorossiya united Ukrainians
00:00.33Imperios...You need Quebec to secede and then the rest of Canada to fight against it
00:00.36DrodoEmpire:p
00:00.56DrodoEmpireUltimately, if armour wasn't effective no one would buy it
00:01.01Dillonator407true
00:01.10Dillonator407wait never underestimate human stupidity
00:01.17DrodoEmpireBut it was, so people invested a *lot* of their wealth into armour
00:02.07MonetWanting the latest thing might be more of a modern concept
00:02.21ImperiosHm
00:02.27Dillonator407true i suppoe
00:02.29Dillonator407*suppose
00:02.31MonetPeasants of old often learned to make do with what they had.
00:02.39Dillonator407howdid this topic start actually?
00:02.56DrodoEmpireMonet: ohh yeah wanting the latest and greatest was pretty foreign back in the day
00:02.59ImperiosFor that matter, how do you even call the separatist alliance in East Ukraine in English?
00:03.15ImperiosNovorossiya? Novorussia? Novorossia?
00:04.01MonetDillonator407: I like the details in the Witchers portrayal of the middle ages.
00:04.04Dillonator407I have no idea
00:04.06Dillonator407ah i see
00:04.24Dillonator407i dont have that
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00:11.41MonetI thin kCrow's Perch also counts as a castle http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/witcher/images/e/ee/Crows_Perch.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160212171735
00:12.13MonetIt's not a sophisticated one but it's pretty defensible.
00:12.25Monethttp://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/witcher/images/8/84/Crow's_Perch.png/revision/latest?cb=20150602194510
00:13.00Dillonator407I see
00:13.19Dillonator407Gtg
00:13.48MonetAny attacker would need to fight though four separate courtyards before reaching the keep
00:15.46DrodoEmpireMonet: looks like a Motte and Bailey
00:15.56DrodoEmpireEarly type of castle/fort, they were effective yeah
00:16.26DrodoEmpirePretty rudimentary, but so was everything in that period
00:16.40DrodoEmpireFew people were bringing much in the way of siege equipment in that period
00:17.15MonetDesign wise it's mroe of a fort really.
00:18.37DrodoEmpireEhh nah, that one looks like a small fortress
00:18.45DrodoEmpireLooks to me like a fortified village
00:19.26MonetIt would count as a castle because its owner controls and secures the surrounding villages form it.
00:19.45DrodoEmpireAh
00:20.03MonetIt's mostly in the state it is because its owner kind of...acquired it, after the official owner fled.
00:21.07Xho21,000 pageviews on DA
00:21.12Xhomaximum xho achieved
00:21.41MonetAlthough somehow that didn't stop the man from furnishing the castle garden with exotic flowers while he and his family drank imported wine.
00:21.51Monet(the new owner)
00:22.39XhoOluapPlayer: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/187297348930512207/9F5E657E29C82B34B7F102078F737973F5ABC822/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|2048:1152&composite-to%3D%2A%2C%2A%7C2048%3A1152&background-color=black
00:22.48HachimanDrodoEmpire: Did the Arditi really wear heavy armour during the course of WW1
00:22.51OluapPlayerscoot
00:23.03Xhohttp://xho-gmod.deviantart.com/art/Tella-Shriek-V-S-Reaper-Spengineer-657438954 I was doing this screenshot
00:25.38DrodoEmpireHachiman: there were some experiments with body armour in the first world war, but I don't believe any were successful no
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00:26.15DrodoEmpireThey did reduce deaths from shrapnel-- which made up a huge number-- but their cost and the variety of other issues they had made the increased survival rate not worth it
00:26.53DrodoEmpireI know nothing of the Arditi in particular I'm afraid
00:29.56HachimanI asked because there was a section in Battlefield 1 where you're playing a member of the Royal Italian Army's Arditi, fitted in heavy armour and armed with an Maxim MG 08/15 while fighting to capture an Austro-Hungarian fort in the Dolomites
00:30.17HachimanAnd the armour essentially made small arms fire bounce off you and made you roughly impervious to all but flamethrowers
00:30.37ImpyDroidWormy_: https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=EVbWFusFmRM Holy shit Kim Jong un actually has an intimidating voice
00:30.54DrodoEmpire...Eeyeah that's completely ahistorical, just taking a wild guess
00:31.15DrodoEmpireI'm pretty certain we *still* can't make armour like that
00:31.38DrodoEmpireAlso those weapons were stupid heavy
00:32.03HachimanGranted, it's coming from an unreliable narrator; he goes on to say he also manned an AA gun and took on a squadron of Austro-Hungarian bombers and fighters
00:32.03Wormy_Impy:  Seen that video, I speculate he wasn't really speaking to a crowd, since you never actually see them.  And I laughed since there was a long clap to everything
00:32.23DrodoEmpireYou must've been an unusually-strong and (very) unusually-tall Italian to do something like that
00:32.35DrodoEmpireHachiman: Then it could just be fancy or bad memory yeah
00:32.56DrodoEmpire*be a flight of fancy
00:32.58Wormy_ImpyDroid: I guess you watch stimmekoreas?
00:33.08DrodoEmpireWhich is a clever way on the dev's part to get shit like that past
00:33.29MonetOr an Astartes :>
00:33.33DrodoEmpire^
00:33.36ImpyDroidNah, just found it
00:33.55ImpyDroidWormy_: https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=oVZ8-jJ7EUM There is a ridiculously accented English translation too
00:34.13DrodoEmpireMonet: Though as I mentioned I'd be very interested in meeting the one eight-foot tall Italian guy out there <.<
00:34.16Wormy_Loads of programs from NK are uploaded here, some tramslated https://www.youtube.com/user/stimmekoreas/videos
00:34.35Wormy_Yeah
00:35.19Wormy_ImpyDroid:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q9ScUY_9C4
00:35.35Xhothe new weer
00:36.57ImpyDroidI remember this
00:37.19ImpyDroidTBH Kim Jong-un is apparently not that bad from what I have read
00:37.45ImpyDroidHe privatised agriculture in North Korea apparently, and it is growing now
00:38.45Liquid_InkI doubt he'll actually improve the country in any meaningful way
00:39.01Wormy_butbutbut  -  North Korean Socialism is the Banner of World Socialism! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7pzASmJ6k
00:39.14ImpyDroidMeaningful as in? Economically or politically?
00:39.26ImpyDroidHe is not going to liberalise the country that is for sure
00:39.44ImpyDroidBut that comes AFTER the economic growth
00:40.06DrodoEmpireGod I wish there was a way to unsubscribe from Workshop addons like all at once
00:40.08ImpyDroidLet's say the North becomes a slightly better place to live
00:40.14DrodoEmpireXho is there a way to?
00:40.20ImpyDroidPeople who aren't starving are much less compliant
00:40.24XhoNot from what I recall no
00:40.27DrodoEmpireShit
00:40.39ImpyDroidAnd easier to integrate
00:40.50ImpyDroidFrom that foundation reunification is a much more likely prospect
00:41.28Liquid_InkI'm not very optimisitc about Korean reunification
00:41.35Wormy_Impy, Liquid:  Best video is the one about the flower Kimilsungia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3mVP7KkPE
00:41.50ImpyDroidLiquid_Ink: It gotta happen at *some* point
00:41.57ImpyDroidI just hope I will see it in my lifetime
00:42.11Wormy_I'm doubtful, I think NK could become a client state of China if it collapses
00:42.54ImpyDroidHell all of Korea might become one at some point
00:43.00XhoThat would be a UN nightmare to be sure
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00:43.22ImpyDroidHm
00:43.29Liquid_InkHopefully China will have another revolution. Anti-government sentiment is growing there.
00:43.45ImpyDroidDammit Ink with your revolutions, they rarely ever help
00:44.05ImpyDroidA slow transition towards democracy is a better solution, maybe a quick coup d'etat
00:44.35ImpyDroidHm. How loyal is the PLA to the CCP?
00:44.47MonetTake it from the guy who grew up in a nation that had a revolution
00:44.59ImpyDroidWell, sort od
00:45.02ImpyDroid*sort of
00:45.21Liquid_InkI'm fairly sure the PLA would remain loyal to the CCP
00:45.29Liquid_InkBut I see hope in the growing strike movement
00:45.32ImpyDroidFrom my perspective, revolution is always evil, though it may sometimes be necessary evil
00:45.39ImpyDroidBarring national revolutions
00:45.48ImpyDroidThese are good
00:45.49Wormy_Problem with revolutions today is a lack of plan or coordination at the end, but I'm thinking of those Western ones in recent protests where nobody took the initiative
00:46.32Liquid_InkYeah, Occupy Wall street had absolutely nothing planned other than occupying wall street
00:46.38ImpyDroidLiquid_Ink: Seriously though I can totally see big political changes in China now
00:46.44ImpyDroidI mean the Chinese are rich
00:46.55ImpyDroidYou cannot control well fed people as easilt
00:47.04Wormy_Nobody could get their word across due to the structure the occupiers created
00:48.17Liquid_InkThat's an interesting idea Impy, that well fed people are more likely to dissent
00:48.37MonetEngland only had one national revolt, and that was a) 400 years ago and b) the king had it coming.
00:48.42ImpyDroidWell
00:48.47Monet(Scotland's a different matter)
00:48.55ImpyDroidPeople who are starving are likely to rebel
00:49.06ImpyDroidPeople who are not starving but are poor are the most compliant
00:49.08Wormy_We had some social revolutions towards science and industry
00:49.13ImpyDroidCase in point, FUCKING US
00:49.17MonetWormy_: THat's different
00:49.19ImpyDroidUS as in Russians
00:49.48ImpyDroidBut people get wealthier, they demand more, they have something to lose and it is dear to them
00:50.09ImpyDroidThough a true revolution is unlikely
00:50.17ImpyDroidBut maybe a call for greater liberation
00:50.22ImpyDroid*more liberties
00:51.00Liquid_InkBut that won't accomplish anything: asking your oppressors for more liberties will grant you some bread and circuses, and nothing more
00:51.18ImpyDroidI mean, it worked in the other China
00:51.41ImpyDroidHow did even the other China transition from one party dictatorship to democracy?
00:51.56Wormy_How so?  Questioning authority pulverised the old system of acquiring knowledge, and strenghthened to the Enlightenment ideals of liberty
00:52.43HachimanCould we possibly move this to #sporewiki-offtopic?
00:52.45ImpyDroidYeah but say the French Revolution was not won by liberal intellectuals, but by starving citizenry
00:52.55ImpyDroidAlrightio
00:53.17Wormy_I'm talking about the Northern Enlightenment, which was superior in that it did see learned men persecuted
00:53.20Wormy_sorry
00:53.27Wormy_*it did NOT see
00:53.56ImpyDroidShould we move to offtopic?
00:54.09Wormy_Yeah, someone's objected
00:55.15ImpyDroidLiquid_Ink: Come to us
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00:55.39Wormy_#sporewiki-offtopic
00:55.48Tybusenthanks
00:55.49Wormy_Liquid's on an offtopic channel with a ?
00:55.54Wormy_hi
00:55.57TybusenHello
00:57.20ImpyDroidTybusen: Nuu, don't leave, we were discussing China
00:57.45Tybusenoh boy my favorite
00:58.59TybusenI think I'm close to having a new First Bunsen War chapter completed, if any of yall are interested in that
01:00.29ImpyDroidyiy
01:03.33TybusenThis new chapter is a TIAF-focused chapter, next chapter after that will be a GSC chapter where Serrada and Duke Volaraed will finally be formally introduced
01:07.28DrodoEmpirehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1tYyQQW8AAx2wo.jpg:large
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01:17.05Dillonator407hi
01:17.37TybusenHello
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01:18.53Dillonator407hi
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01:41.37Dillonator407is there a connection issue?
01:42.40Wormy_DrodoEmpire: http://imgur.com/gallery/U38a8
01:43.08DrodoEmpireolol\
01:43.33Hachimanhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Malgoth_Supremus Hahaha
01:44.35Tybusen"Truly Chaotic Evil" ok
01:48.59TybusenHachiman: I need a cool name for a flagship real quick
01:49.13TybusenPreferably one that would fit for the TIAF
01:49.26HachimanThe Cracker Volley
01:50.01HachimanAlternately, the Divine Sandstorm
01:50.45TybusenUnfortunately the TIAF isn't made up of three scantily-clad men who make campy poses
01:51.22Tybusenalso it's Clacker Volley ya damn weeb
01:51.38HachimanIn which case, the Northstar Platinum / North Star
01:52.35Dillonator407im not sure what names would fit it
01:52.47Dillonator407The Indomitable? idk
01:53.10DrodoEmpire"Malgoth is one of the most intellectual beings in the universe"  *tips fedora*
01:53.31Tybusennaming the ship "Indomitable" would be asking for it to get mauled by a T-rex/velociraptor tag team :U
01:54.03Dillonator407hmmm true
01:54.13DrodoEmpireShips are often named after deities, locations, or historical figures-- go for one of those?
01:54.19DrodoEmpireIn the fiction's history that is
01:54.40TybusenI might do something similar to what Hachi suggested, something like North Star, or Guide-Star or Lodestar
01:54.48Dillonator407The Horrendous Failure- that way the enemey will underestimate it
01:54.59Dillonator407The Valiant Star? idk
01:55.12TybusenI mean I could name it after a TIAF location/history thing but there's already tons of TIAF ships named that way
01:55.27TybusenValiant Star is a possibility
01:55.32HachimanKeemstar / Worldstar
01:55.36Tybusenno
01:56.18TybusenNorth Star/Guidestar/Lodestar might work well because the ship I'm trying to name is Lorrelas' flagship, so it's essentially the TIAF's top flagship
01:56.21Dillonator407i wonder what my ships should be naed actually
01:56.42HachimanIf he's the main character, definitely North Star
01:56.54Dillonator407probably rather menacing or epic sounding ones even for tiny ones given my species culture
01:57.30Dillonator407the Morning Star? :P
01:58.21TybusenMorning Star could also work
01:58.50HachimanDawnstar
01:58.52HachimanOr Allstar
01:59.28TybusenSomebody once told me that i'm not gonna use allstar
01:59.50TybusenDawnstar would probably be too similar to the Dawnstar Project which is the Xonexi response to The Gorge
01:59.58Dillonator407so a name with star in it basically
02:00.25TybusenYeah, at this point I'm leaning towards a star-based name
02:00.44HachimanJust call it Star Platinum man
02:00.57Dillonator407Gold Star :P
02:01.00HachimanLike, nobody here watches / reads JoJo, they won't get the reference
02:01.16TybusenYeah but that's like too on-the-nose even for me :U
02:01.30HachimanNorthstar Finale
02:01.40Dillonator407PrankStar :D
02:01.49HachimanOr Guidestar Finale
02:02.58TybusenWell now I've learned that Star Platinum is named after a song too
02:03.04HachimanHehe yes
02:03.16HachimanIt was also used as a reference for Hokuto no Ken
02:03.31Dillonator407i have no idea what that is
02:03.46TybusenPart 1 and 3 are both giant Hokuto no Ken references
02:04.11HachimanAye
02:04.19HachimanJotaro even looks like Kenshiro without the hat
02:04.50TybusenAll of the pt. 1-3 Jojos look like that
02:05.12HachimanEh, I wouldn't say Joseph looks like Kenshiro
02:05.30HachimanWithout his turban, Wamuu definitely reminds me a bit of Souther or Raoh though
02:06.17TybusenManga Joseph looks like it at some points, though I think it's partly that Joseph isn't nearly as serious a character as Jonathan or Jotaro, and his face reflects that
02:08.38TybusenI've settled on USS North Star as the flagship name
02:08.52Hachimanaw yis
02:08.55HachimanHype as fuck
02:09.01Dillonator407USS has got to be the most common prefix ever
02:09.04Dillonator407for a ship
02:09.09TybusenAnd now because of this I'm going to have to feature a scene with the ship getting rammed into another ship, and Lorrelas calling the attack "Fist of the North Star"
02:09.50TybusenUSS is super common yeah, but it's already been established as the TIAF's standard prefix and it's too late to change it
02:10.08Tybusenmostly because I'm too lazy to dive into every mention of a TIAF ship to change the prefix
02:10.30Dillonator407ah i understand that
02:10.47Dillonator407i wonder if Audal ships should even have prefixes
02:11.16TybusenShips don't need to have prefixes, though it does help distinguish ship's nationalities in the middle of a battle
02:11.34TybusenFor one, I don't think Imperial Japan had naval prefixes for their ships
02:11.46Dillonator407i see
02:12.37TybusenSome people might put in an "IJN" or "IJS" prefix for clarity, but officially, Japanese ships didn't use prefixes
02:12.57Dillonator407the worst prefix for a ship ive ever used
02:13.12Dillonator407was "ZADN-UWV"
02:13.19Dillonator407good luck guessing what it means
02:13.52TybusenZoroastrians Are Definitely Naked - University of West Virginia
02:14.21Dillonator407hahaha nope
02:15.13HachimanTybusen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVKKIFQHJg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULRyZo8dhUI
02:15.45Dillonator407it was basically "Z(nation name)A(nation name still) Dynastic Navy- UnderWater Vehice
02:15.49Dillonator407*Vehicle
02:17.48Dillonator407such an easy to remember prefix
02:19.55TybusenHachiman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibGxSCz4BEc you might find this interesting
02:20.18HachimanThe UNITs version is amazing
02:21.57TybusenI started watching DiU, currently just finished Ep. 5 I think
02:22.21HachimanHopefully you haven't spoiled yourself
02:22.22Dillonator407DiU?
02:23.00TybusenDillonator407: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
02:23.31Dillonator407i see
02:23.58TybusenHachiman: Well I mean I already know a few of the scenes from the parts with Kira from it because I looked at Duwang meme stuff, but I don't know much about what happens in the other DiU arcs
02:24.13TybusenI was surprised by how dark Okuyasu's backstory was, actually
02:24.15HachimanAh nice
02:24.23HachimanAnd yes, Okuyasu's backstory is dark
02:24.33HachimanHe's also a sweetheart I love him
02:25.03TybusenYeah I was expecting him to be just a straight up dopey comic relief character but his introductory arc is pretty dark yeah
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02:25.40ImpyDroidHi
02:25.43ImpyDroidTybusen: http://i.imgur.com/yrZtWDv.png
02:26.19TybusenAnd the third episode of the Nijimura arc instantly flipped my opinion of Keicho from "lol cya dickwad" to "nononononono please don't die"
02:26.45TybusenImpyDroid: Still having trouble with that remote host closing your connection?
02:27.52Dillonator407gtg
02:28.58ImpyDroidTybusen: Lemme see
02:29.02TybusenHachiman: I figure I might as well read Vento Aureo after I finish DiU, though Vento Aureo might get an anime adaptation announced by that point and I might just watch the Vento Aureo anime as it comes out
02:29.08ImpyDroidApparently not
02:29.22HachimanYou may as well read it, the scans are actually good now
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02:30.36TybusenYeah, I heard that the original VA scanlations were even worse than Duwang because they were bad but not Duwang "hilariously bad"
02:30.44Charles_BotHey
02:30.48TybusenHiya
02:31.21ImpyDroidDuwang
02:31.26ImpyDroidWhat a lovely name
02:31.34TybusenWhat a beautiful duwang
02:32.13Hachiman*chew*
02:32.15TybusenHachiman: Part 5 is probably the one part that I've spoiled myself the least as far as major plot points go, though I've still been spoiled on who gets killed/deserts the group
02:32.31HachimanOuch
02:32.38HachimanDo you know about how "it just works"
02:32.48TybusenYeah I've seen it
02:33.35HachimanI gotta say, VA is probably the part I wanna see most animated now, but at the same time, I partially dread it
02:34.03HachimanBecause there are some scenes in DiU which are... well, let's say maybe not comparable to Dragon Ball Super, but...
02:34.12HachimanNot even scenes, more like certain shots
02:34.24TybusenI've read that a fairly common opinion on VA is that it's really good, though it's a bit rushed in pacing which doesn't allow the main cast to get as fleshed out as in other parts
02:34.36TybusenAnd also Diavolo is just not a good villain
02:34.58HachimanYeah, VA definitely suffers from pacing issues and the common "backstory gets tacked on at the end" thing that happens throughout JoJo
02:35.04HachimanAnd Diavolo is... eh
02:35.13TybusenI've read that those particular DiU stills were polished up in the BluRay release of DiU
02:35.20HachimanThey better be hur
02:35.46HachimanI mean, I'm not too against Diavolo, I like his schtick and his Stand is incredibly intimidating
02:36.09HachimanBut he's nowhere near Kira-level of depth or DIO-level of charm and memorability
02:36.47HachimanBut yes, VA is very much like "Stardust Crusaders but actually done good"
02:37.33TybusenI mean SC did get better in the Egypt Arc, though yeah early SC is a bit of a monster-of-the-week slog
02:38.07HachimanVA I think is comparable to the Egypt Arc but all the way through and done better
02:38.25HachimanYou don't actually get tired of the fights in VA like you do in SC and the villains and their Stands are far better designed and / or thought out
02:38.49TybusenThe Egypt arc managed to turn my opinion of Polnareff and Iggy from "ugh why are you in this scene" to "eh, they're fine"
02:39.28TybusenI mean I've already seen the scene where Narancia, Guido, and Pannacotta break into their torture dance
02:39.30HachimanPlus all of the characters get an equal amount of significance and screentime as far as I am aware, unlike SC with Kakyoin and Avdol being left in the dust a lot of the time
02:39.38HachimanThat dance is fucking fantastic
02:39.54TybusenKakyoin and Avdol were criminally underused
02:41.11TybusenAvdol gets killed twice, Kakyoin gets trapped in a hospital for literally the entirety of Egypt outside of when they finally confront DIO
02:41.34HachimanLet's not forget he loses the first conflict he gets into when he rejoins the team
02:41.51HachimanWhich is with the other, and less likeable, D'arby brother
02:42.17TybusenHe only sees two fights after he returns, and loses both of them
02:42.33TybusenFirst gets turned into a straw doll, then into a donut
02:42.57HachimanIt's sad because Hierophant Green is an amazing Stand
02:43.19HachimanWhile Magician's Red is... a little less amazing, I suppose, by merit of being more restrictive
02:43.36Tybusen> Hierophant Green is an amazing stand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swGwDs-0CJE
02:44.24HachimanOh God
02:44.52TybusenMagician's Red has a pretty vanilla ability set, but you also only see MR in straight-up combat situations, unlike most of the other stands who we get to see with non-combat utilities too
02:45.39TybusenMR could potentially be deeper if you were creative enough with its abilities, but it's never explored because Avdol is an underused character
02:46.49HachimanI mean, his final ability shown is being able to detect breath I believe
02:46.56HachimanWhich is a reasonably cool utility ability
02:46.58TybusenOh yeah that's right
02:47.14TybusenYeah, it's that sort of thing that I wish I could've seen more of
02:47.17HachimanBut unfortunately, the last opponent he fights doesn't need to breathe, I suppose, to fight
02:47.50TybusenWell, Vanilla Ice's stand exists in an alternate dimension, so his fire detector thing couldn't detect it
02:47.55HachimanYeah
02:48.12HachimanAraki has definitely perfected Stand-to-Stand combat in DiU I believe though; the Stands there are generally far more refined
02:48.52TybusenYeah, the Stand abilities have definitely become more interesting/creative in the first few episodes of DiU I've watched
02:49.07HachimanYou won't see bullshit like Star Finger or shrinking your Stand to go inside of something (other than Aqua Necklace) or having your Stand suck in another Stand
02:49.46TybusenOr your Stand being the same type of Stand as the big bad
02:49.59HachimanYeah, that has always rubbed me the wrong way
02:50.18ImpyDroidDrodoEmpire: Apparently Trump has a coat of arms http://i.imgur.com/3T1EWQY.png
02:50.22TybusenSome of the SC fights do rely a bit too much a contrived coincidence
02:50.30HachimanLike, I could get behind it if it was ever clarified that DIO's ability was to be able to use the powers from the Joestars' Stands, but it's not
02:50.33ImpyDroidIt is fancy but the colours are weird
02:51.05TybusenI think "same type of Stand" was Araki realizing that he actually made DIO way too powerful for the final fight
02:51.45HachimanThing is, DIO was even more powerful before Araki decided on The World having Time Stop; it was, originally, intended to possess the power of each of the other Tarot Stands
02:51.49ImpyDroidIt is rather weird
02:52.08TybusenThe DIO's World arc still had that feeling of terror/mystery about Za Warudo from the main characters, even though I already knew about Time Stop
02:52.24ImpyDroidEspecially since he uses gold on silver, which in heraldry is normally forbidden, and reserved only for the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
02:52.54HachimanImpyDroid: >implying Trump isn't a Crusader by Deus Vult-ing the Muslims in America
02:53.25ImpyDroidExactly
02:53.40HachimanTybusen: I think I remember watching videos that show the scenes throughout DIO's World except the Time Stop segments are cut out to show you what it's actually like
02:53.47HachimanAnd it's kind of terrifying
02:54.02ImpyDroidHe also was the first POTUS to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital
02:54.11ImpyDroidDoes that count as taking Jerusalem?
02:54.16Wormy_ImpyDroid:  Matches his hair
02:55.30ImpyDroidUnfortunately orange is not allowed in heraldry
02:55.37Wormy_Why not?
02:56.31ImpyDroidI think it dates back to the Middle Ages
02:56.38TybusenHachiman: Yeah, and it makes you realize that Time Stop is a supremely broken ability in JoJo so long as you aren't dealing with "same type of Stand"
02:56.50ImpyDroidSince coats of arms had to be replicated on lots of items, like shields and tabards and the like
02:57.06HachimanTybusen: Aye, except in DiU, you'll see why it's not as broken as you think
02:57.06ImpyDroidOnly a limited amount of colours was allowed
02:57.22HachimanJust wait until you reach the "Let's Go Hunting" arc
02:57.25TybusenYou can see how much Time Stop is nerfed in DiU because Jotaro is only allowed to use it for pretty much a split second
02:57.36ImpyDroidAlso for identification, orange could be confused with red or yellow from a distance
02:58.01HachimanI mean, it is stated that Jotaro fell out of practice of using Time Stop and Star Platinum in general if I recall
02:58.01Wormy_Hm, yeah
02:58.09HachimanAnd only recently took up Stand hunting again
02:58.35TybusenYeah, though plot-wise it's for the better because Jotaro has to use Time Stop smartly rather than as casually as DIO did
02:58.49HachimanAye, and I enjoy DiU Jotaro far more than SC Jotaro
02:59.28TybusenYeah, I already like DiU Jotaro more than SC Jotaro, his character does better in a supporting role than as a full protagonist
02:59.47HachimanAlso, prepare for lots of Koichi screaming
03:00.22TybusenI've already watched a Koichi scream compilation
03:00.37TybusenIt was like 4 minutes long but it only covered episodes up to Yukako's arc
03:00.58HachimanThat's only like a quarter of the amount of screaming
03:07.54DrodoEmpireSo I've been reading 1493, and I came across a very interesting sort of house the... Hakka people in China (I believe-- they were also referred to as "shack people" by other Chinese at the time, which was the 16th century) built and it gave me an idea about Drodo homes
03:08.49DrodoEmpireBasically the house, called a "Tulou", was a very dense, fortified rural homestead that could house an entire extended family
03:08.58HachimanHuh
03:09.13DrodoEmpireThey were often round, with the very thick walls having the apartments the clan lived in built-in with a common ground at the centre
03:09.39DrodoEmpireWhen I read it I immediately saw many rural Drodo living in similar complexes
03:11.05DrodoEmpirePerhaps Drodo rural towns and villages are more a landscape pockmarked with dozens of this homesteads, separated by fields and the like, all built around a densely-developed area of commons and businesses and markets
03:11.14DrodoEmpire(As well as govt. buildings)
03:11.52DrodoEmpireSo basically a densely-packed downtown surrounded by dozens of spaced-out clan forts
03:12.38DrodoEmpireI can see wealthier Drodo clans building some very impressive forts indeed
03:13.23DrodoEmpireAny thoughts?
03:13.47HachimanHm
03:13.50HachimanYeah I could see that
03:14.00DrodoEmpireCool cool
03:14.13HachimanIt'd definitely break what I believe to be the conventional means of housing I think we use in the Fictionverse
03:14.23Tybusenhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:First_Bunsen_War#The_Situation_Room Charles_Bot DrodoEmpire Hachiman ImpyDroid Monet Tek0516 Wormy_ it's here
03:14.28DrodoEmpireIn a lot of ways yeah
03:14.40DrodoEmpireThough I should note that proper cities and urban centres would be pretty conventional
03:15.13DrodoEmpireThough... Even then you'd probably have entire clans occupying one floor of an apartment, or neighbourhood in the suburbs
03:15.33Wormy_will read it later or tomorrow
03:16.14DrodoEmpireAnyway I wonder if the idea that a large amount, if not a majority, of Drodo living in armed forts for much of Drodo history may've shaped Drodo culture to *be* so distrusting of federal governments in the first place
03:17.25DrodoEmpireA populace which is divided into extremely tight-knit families, and living in fortified complexes *is* hard to oppress, after all
03:17.42DrodoEmpireAdd that onto the scepticism Drodo already have of the Empire in general
03:18.15DrodoEmpireTybusen: I'll take a look
03:18.24HachimanTybusen: Empress of the Levisala summons her Stand
03:19.47TybusenJaysmoth - we have a brilliant new discovery- | Kagiykana - MY STAND WILL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT! ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
03:23.52HachimanBut yeah, pretty awesome section
03:24.33HachimanGood to see that those in charge of TIAF's military assets and resources have chemistry with one another beyond simple professionalism
03:26.06Hachimanand, of course, we need lorrelas to uncover the secret of kagiykana's stand before it's too late
03:27.51TybusenLorrelas - It seems my Stand... is the same type of Stand as KAGIYKANA...
03:27.59HachimanTybusen: https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/15977243_1884224091809178_1758561503788996105_n.jpg?oh=3af510204a9f893681785c6ff4f68307&oe=590B3FEA Speaking of which
03:29.45TybusenI've been thinking of taking cues from DIO's World for the first fights that the TIAF has against any of the Skal'Vokra, having to deal with extremely powerful foes who can kill them in the blink of an eye
03:30.41HachimanIt's gonna be interesting
03:32.50TybusenNext chapter of FBW is gonna be GSC-focused, though, and the main GSC plot has a more mundane conflict than the main TIAF/Levisala plot
03:33.22HachimanEugh, Hamon battles man
03:35.13TybusenSpodist Yellow Overdrive
03:35.57HachimanI honestly dunno how anyone can defend Hamon as being better than Stands
03:36.27HachimanLike, I've seen people say that Stands are "glorified Pokemon battles" because apparently no actual punches are thrown and all the Stand users have to do is stand around with minimal effort
03:37.49TybusenI mean, Jonathan-era Hamon battles are pretty much just typical Shonen fights with electricity effects
03:38.10TybusenJoseph-era Hamon battles are entertaining because of Joseph's creativity when it comes to fighting
03:38.16HachimanAye
03:38.45TybusenI think most people equate typical Stand battles as "Jotaro ORAs the shit out of the other guy"
03:39.11TybusenWhich, to be fair, most of early Stardust Crusaders boils down to "Jotaro figures out how to ORA the shit out of the other guy"
03:39.45HachimanI wouldn't blame people for not liking SC because of how Stands are handled, but past DiU, there is a lot of physical activity and crucial human activity that needs to take place for battles to be won
03:40.53TybusenI think the "glorified Pokemon battles" line of thinking probably has to do with the scene of Star Platinum and The World trading attack rushes being one of the iconic SC scenes
03:41.33HachimanEh, true
03:44.01HachimanI think the thing that sells Stands over Hamon for me is that, we kinda saw the limits of Hamon's uses in BT; we already know that it only negatively affects vampires and other undead and is otherwise a healing art for normal people, and beyond that, it's a dying practice
03:44.20HachimanMeanwhile, Stands have literally *endless* creativity that can be applied to them
03:44.31HachimanAnd the rules allow for letting literally almost anyone have one
03:44.40TybusenYeah, Hamon is definitely limited compared to Stands
03:45.19TybusenI'd say BT Hamon is superior to a good part of SC's Stand fights because BT pushed the limits of Hamon and SC hadn't figured out how to utilize the versatility of Stands yet
03:45.28HachimanThis is true
03:45.41HachimanAnd each Hamon fight in BT was far more interesting and entertaining to watch
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03:46.30TybusenLate SC and onward beats out Hamon because Araki got more creative with Stand abilities, like with Crazy Diamond and The Hand
03:47.31HachimanStands like Bad Company are also a step up from what they were in SC
03:47.36TybusenI think D'Arby the Elder is the watershed when Stand fights started getting on par with and surpassing BT's Hamon
03:47.56HachimanAye
03:48.07HachimanThe D'Arby Elder "fight" is just perfect
03:48.51HachimanAnd it really shows that JoJo isn't just about physical action anymore - fights are like puzzles which require you to do more than just put the pieces together to complete
03:49.17TybusenD'Arby is when Araki started to realize he could utilize Stands in more ways than direct confrontations, in the same way that BT is when Hamon was used for more than just powering up punches
03:51.05HachimanWe also get Stand lore in DiU which is good, considering we're never told where the fuck they come from in SC
03:51.13HachimanAnd why apparently everyone has one
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10:16.56NeonPandahi
10:17.27Liquid_InkHow are you?
10:19.00NeonPandanot too bad, yourself?
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11:09.14dino82_:D
11:10.36Liquid_InkHow are you?
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11:30.03GhelaeHello.
11:33.16dino82_@Liquid: Great! Had another great sport session! How are you?
11:33.24dino82_Fiction wise currently working on the Finduila sector
11:34.04Liquid_InkPretty good
11:39.33dino82_Great to hear!
11:39.35dino82_Any fiction plans?
11:40.16Liquid_InkI'm hoping to get some plot progression with the Second Great Cyrannus War
11:40.27Liquid_InkI have some nifty ideas for the Iron Bloc
11:52.55dino82_@Liquid: Oh looknig forward to that!
11:53.03dino82_If you want to draw in or use my fiction, feel free!
11:53.23dino82_Question, for the finduila sector (which is smaller than Q82), how large a fleet of occupation be there?
11:53.45dino82_Seeing the Galactic Empire (Star Wars) had over 25.000 star destroyers in use at its peak
11:54.42Liquid_InkI'm not sure
11:56.24Liquid_InkWhat exactly will be occupying, and why?
11:56.29dino82_The Finduila Sector
11:56.37dino82_why, to ensure food production and Imperial territores
11:56.50dino82_I was thinking about 1952 star destroyers
11:57.17GhelaeIt's the Cyrannian Empire occupying it, Liquid.
11:57.24Ghelae1952 is probably plenty.
11:57.27Ghelaelooks at how big it is
11:57.34Liquid_InkAh, I see
11:57.57Liquid_InkYeah, a round two thousand would be well enough
11:58.54GhelaeSo the Netherlands has a population of 150 billion; assuming 100 million per planet that's still 1500 planets, so one Star Destroyer per planet and 452 left over for other systems in the sector.
11:59.46GhelaeThat's enough, yes.
12:00.04dino82_Thanks! So I will remove the line that they are pretty rare :d
12:00.09dino82_As for Gozanti, probably double then
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12:00.23GhelaeHello.
12:02.33dino82_hi
12:14.50dino82_the heavy cannons of a Autokrator-class: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/File:LegatusBattlegroupAutokratorGozantiFighters.png
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12:36.30Liquid_InkAll hail Chanserv
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12:39.56Liquid_InkOh dear
12:42.31Wormy_http://i.imgur.com/efx5ncT.png
12:43.39Liquid_InkDemon
12:46.28Liquid_InkGoodnight
12:46.35Wormy_night!
12:47.07Wormy_If you visit obscure areas of the multiverse, don't panic
12:48.37dino82_@Liquid: Test recieved!
13:12.17dino82_hi
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14:28.55Wormy_Went to the dump, sure is satisfying to throw out old crap
14:29.28DrodoEmpire^
14:31.16dino82_hi
14:32.24OluapPlayerImpyDroid: This Xe'ra guy is dumb and suspicious
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15:49.05DrodoEmpireHey Monet
15:49.09dino82_hi
15:49.35Monethi
16:00.17TreebeardHello
16:23.56TechnobliteratorI have no idea what I will eat today :|
16:25.36DrodoEmpirefood <.<
16:26.08TechnobliteratorI guess that part
16:26.12Technobliteratorguessed even
16:29.08DrodoEmpireEh, I know in my town there's nothing to do, but the one thing we have plenty of is restaurants-- so I try and go to ones I never went to before when I can
16:29.17DrodoEmpireMaybe try someplace or something new if you have the time/money?
16:29.25DrodoEmpire(Over where you are, of course)
16:30.05TechnobliteratorI have very little money, and very little restaurants, and am mostly limited to fast food :P
16:30.51MonetWHat's your budget
16:31.00Technobliteratorlike a fiver or so
16:31.03Technobliteratorreally low
16:31.14MonetGreggs.
16:31.51MonetFor that kind of money you can buy a sub, a baked yummy and a drink.
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16:32.27MonetAnd you might have a pound or pound-and-a-half left over.
16:32.48TechnobliteratorThere is no greggs nearby, alas
16:33.21MonetCoffee shops like Costa or Coffee Republic make really nice sandwiches and paninis.
16:33.33TechnobliteratorAnd there are none of them nearby either q_q
16:33.47TechnobliteratorI might just get fish and chips or something stupid like that
16:34.00MonetWell that'd be me dead of starvation.
16:37.39TechnobliteratorI have a Sainsbury's nearby to buy food to cook with, a few pubs, and a chippie, and that's basically it
16:37.50TechnobliteratorIt's a pretty lame part of Stoke
16:38.24MonetDo Sainsbury's offer sandwiches?
16:38.37Monet(your sainsbury's I mean)
16:43.03TechnobliteratorThey do, but I wouldn't really have it for dinner
16:44.09MonetWorks for lunch
17:08.12dino82_test
17:10.39Wormy_Awww, not Stoke :/
17:15.26Wormy_I'd get a small pizza, maybe if you can afford it, get some extra onions, tomatoes, that sort of thing
17:15.40Wormy_or make a cheap pasta
17:18.48TechnobliteratorI'm getting a small pizza another day
17:18.49Technobliterator\o/
17:19.26Wormy_you can never have pizza too many times
17:19.55Wormy_*never not
18:08.28DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Timonax New non-Drodo char
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18:14.42DrodoEmpireHey Xho
18:14.53DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Timonax New non-Drodo char, in case you're interested
18:15.10DrodoEmpireI need a guy to do character fics reliably with without being tied down to a government or command position
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18:17.22XhoDrodoEmpire: >AFRAID OF ELEPHANTS
18:17.30DrodoEmpireayy lmao
18:22.51XhoHate to say it but I am officially going off the deep end
18:22.59DrodoEmpire?
18:23.13XhoI hate my work situation so much I went berserk at my parents earlier for no reason
18:23.51DrodoEmpireOh
18:24.07DrodoEmpireI mean, I wish I could offer advice
18:24.35DrodoEmpireHave you considered seeing a professional, or even talking to friends/family? I mean...
18:24.42DrodoEmpireIts none of my business but still
18:24.57DrodoEmpireWhile we're discussing it I figure I should ask
18:40.02XhoWell I tried anti-depressants but they don't sit well with me
18:41.15XhoThey have some idea that I'm incapable of doing things by myself and this morning I wasn't having it
18:42.54DrodoEmpireRight.
18:43.09Wormy_My only real advice I can give is talk to people, and try to avoid thinking negatively - negative thoughts reinforce bad habits and thus feelings.  Its a shame whoever you spoke to just fobbed you off with antidepressents, the work for some people but not all or in all situations.  Therapists are good people to speak to to cut to underlying issues
18:43.41XhoI'm fully aware of what the issue is
18:43.50XhoBut it's the primary controlling factor of my life at the moment
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18:45.44Wormy_Do you get any time at all to do other things?  Like find new hobbies and stuff.  I started running and brewing wine and cider last year ad it takes the mind off
18:46.10XhoNice
18:46.15XhoPlaying guitar but that's it
18:46.31XhoThat has kind of blurred into the machine-like routine though
18:46.38OluapPlayeraaaa
18:46.46Wormy_Maybe there are guitar clubs  out there
18:47.04Wormy_Hm, machine-like routine tends to reinforce bad habits in me, personally
18:47.09XhoPossibly
18:47.29XhoI would have thought that having Aspergers (not trying to generalise) would mean that routines are comfortable
18:47.36Wormy_I get fed up with it - maybe try to stop seeking routines if its sapping joy oiut of things
18:47.56XhoI for one hate routines with a passion
18:47.57Wormy_Not at all, because while I am routine based, my routines reinforce bad habits
18:48.28XhoMy hatred in routine is evident on the wiki where I don't stick to anything for an amount of time
18:48.36Wormy_I hate my aspergic routines because they stop me doing new things, distract me from important things, or generally use them to avoid things I don't like
18:49.11Wormy_Today I went to the dump though and chucked out loads of cold tat from my room, so that's a slight improvement in my life
18:49.16Wormy_*old
18:49.36XhoMy friend lent me a book called The Chimp Paradox, might have heard of it
18:50.51Wormy_seems like an interesting book
18:51.46Wormy_It took me a long time to realise my habits, avoidance and thoughts on things act like self-restraining chain.  I don't know whether it applies to your or not, but one ca start snipping at it
18:51.47OluapPlayerook
18:52.11XhoMy primary habit is overthinking
18:52.25XhoMy mind is like a white noise held together by PVA glue
18:52.59Monethmm
18:53.02OluapPlayerXho: http://i.imgur.com/bENThDK.jpg
18:53.03Wormy_I find my mind becomes most distracted when I have to do something important
18:53.23DrodoEmpireOluap: ohgod
18:53.31XhoOluapPlayer: KABOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOM
18:53.58Wormy_aye
18:54.03XhoMy overthinking has got to a point where it's actually gone full circle and it almost feels as if I don't think whatsoever
18:54.05MonetXho: This is going to sound "out there" I found that some time meditating can help 'sort' the thought processes.
18:54.34Wormy_Yeah, I find meditation is helpful
18:54.53Wormy_In fact its how I realised I ha a negative thought chain
18:55.16Wormy_Only later learned this idea is used as a basis for therapy
18:56.38XhoIt's difficult to take on a positive thought mode when your environments present little to no positivity though
18:56.46XhoEven home is becoming toxic
18:56.54XhoNot because there's a schism in my family or anything
18:56.59XhoBut I'm becoming very bored with it
18:58.41Wormy_Actually, trying to think positively often will generate a new routine or habit
18:58.50Wormy_And unfulfilment
18:59.13Wormy_But, one can feel or recognise and negative trait, and stop it in its tracks
19:04.52Wormy_DrodoEmpire:  Very curious about your Macedonian character
19:04.58DrodoEmpireOh?
19:05.14Wormy_How he will adapt, if even can, to the culture shock
19:05.39DrodoEmpire^
19:05.48DrodoEmpireThat'll be a huge conflict of his, definitely
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19:05.56HachimanHi
19:06.00DrodoEmpireHey hachi
19:06.13DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Timonax - You might be interested in this Hachi
19:06.15dino82_Hi Hachi!
19:06.57DrodoEmpireI mean, Timonax is by nature a strong guy, physically and emotionally but yeah the initial shock and realisation that everything he knew was millenia in the past will devastate him
19:07.03dino82_@Drodo: Oh an ancient earth character on the wiki :D
19:07.06DrodoEmpire^
19:07.52HachimanOh wow
19:07.58HachimanThat's an interesting concept
19:08.04Wormy_I wonder how the cognitive models in his head and his way of perceiving the world could adapt
19:08.12XhoTIMONAX THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND               FUCK YOU ALEXANDRE
19:08.23Wormy_(not a criticism btw, its an open question in my mind)
19:08.30DrodoEmpireXho: ayy lmao
19:08.36DrodoEmpireNah that's a good point Wormy
19:08.42DrodoEmpireThanks Hachi :3
19:08.48HachimanI'll admit, I had a similar idea once about a WW1 or WW2 US Air Force pilot being abducted in the midst of a battle and being thrust into the 2800s
19:08.55DrodoEmpireI plan to use him in character fics
19:09.07DrodoEmpireYeah well NOT ANYMORE FAGIT
19:09.10DrodoEmpire<.<
19:09.19Hachimanfug u cunt
19:09.29DrodoEmpirejk, that might be cool too though
19:09.42DrodoEmpireI didn't trademark the idea after all
19:10.10Wormy_Children who weren't exposed to many people over a certain age won't develop language skills very far.  But the point is he has developed language skills while his brain was plastic enough to, and might be universal enough to be taught 29th century meanings
19:10.20XhoHachiman: inb4 it's actually Tom Cruise while filming Top Gun
19:10.22HachimanI mean I was thinking kind of something like a John Carter of Mars-type deal
19:10.31DrodoEmpireAhh
19:10.44DrodoEmpireWormy_: Well, I figure yeah
19:10.47XhoTom Cruise in the 2800s                       >tfw Scientology is fucking real
19:10.51DrodoEmpireolol
19:11.02dino82_Interessting concept, will he topple current governments or leaders by his ancient insights?
19:11.02Wormy_On the other hand, there's anecdotal stories of islanders who had triouble percieving the sails or ships, or indeed the ships themselves of European seafarers until they landed
19:11.14HachimanGonna be interesting seeing what happens with Timonax given the obvious that he comes from a time waaay before stuff like extraterrestrials and space exploration and whatnot were a thing
19:11.20HachimanOr even ideas of a thing
19:11.24DrodoEmpireHe's far too recent to have a significantly different brain structure by evolution, and he probably knows several ancient languages very well
19:11.43DrodoEmpireOhh yeah its all gonna be completely beyond his comprehension, at least at first
19:12.15DrodoEmpireWormy_: I'd chalk that up to a lack of comprehension
19:12.34Wormy_It'd be like a super acid trip I guess
19:12.41DrodoEmpire^
19:13.06HachimanAt some point, Timonax should deck himself out with cybernetics and other augmentations and enhancements
19:13.13HachimanAnd prove himself as still being a badass
19:13.18DrodoEmpire^
19:13.25DrodoEmpireI plan on having him be a warrior or a hired gun
19:13.49Wormy_Or maybe he could be a baseline badass, beating giant aliens with superior skill
19:13.52DrodoEmpireWarfare being pretty well the only thing he knows, having spent his entire adult life in the Macedonian army
19:13.57DrodoEmpireEither-or yeah
19:14.10HachimanThat'd be interesting
19:14.24OluapPlayerwut if the alien is also skilled tho
19:14.27OluapPlayer'umie fukin dies
19:14.46Xholol pink ass squishie
19:14.47DrodoEmpire<.<
19:15.01Wormy_This could be a middle finger to 'umies are weak imo
19:15.05DrodoEmpire^
19:15.14DrodoEmpireI dislike that trope personally
19:15.28Wormy_same
19:15.46HachimanTimonax comes from a time where human men were actually men and you only survived by being the strongest and smartest of your circles
19:15.50XhoLOL PINK ASS SQUISHIE                         WAT IT D00 BITCH ASS NIGGA
19:15.51HachimanI reckon he'll be fine
19:15.51DrodoEmpireAnyway, I'ma write a short-story to introduce him to the fictionverse... Dunno if I should or even could have any collaborative element to it
19:16.16HachimanDepends how you plan to introduce him
19:16.32OluapPlayeras opposed to the 2800s where men are no longer men, but another kind of animal altogether
19:16.40HachimanWell, yes
19:16.44DrodoEmpireWell, I was thinking the story would begin from the very start-- him rolling out of the cryopod in a cold sweat
19:16.47HachimanFrench people are superhumans now
19:17.12DrodoEmpireThey put chemicals in their water to make themselves smart... AND TURN THE FROGS GAY
19:17.18Wormy_But the average Frenchman might not be used to physical discomfort, or battle
19:17.25DrodoEmpireDefinitely not
19:17.32DrodoEmpireMost Frenchmen live pretty idle lives
19:17.39HachimanDrodoEmpire: Several centuries' worth of vomit and headaches in bound
19:17.44DrodoEmpire^
19:17.52DrodoEmpireIts the minority that actually get up and involved in politics, government, business, or the military
19:17.58DrodoEmpireAt least, that's how it used to be
19:18.01Wormy_In the Vikings series, the Saxon armies are a bit idle and get slaughtered by Ragnar's men
19:18.06OluapPlayerSporeWiki: several centuries' worth of vomit
19:18.10Hachimanolol
19:18.12DrodoEmpireayy lmao
19:18.20HachimanWormy_: I love Vikings
19:18.29Xho>INTERSPECIES ROMANCE
19:18.32dino82_lol
19:18.35Wormy_I'm getting obsessed in this series, nearing end of 2 right now
19:18.52XhoOluapPlayer: Gonna pry but you wanna play TF2
19:18.52DrodoEmpireFrom there he'd be rescued by the IDMP, and... Hm
19:18.58HachimanFavourite character was definitely Athelstan
19:18.59OluapPlayerI don't
19:19.07DrodoEmpireMaybe he'd escape?
19:19.08Xhocan't blame me for trying
19:19.10Xhoor can you
19:19.17Wormy_Hachi:  My fav character is The Seer, and Ragnar's shieldmaiden
19:19.28HachimanAye she's awesome
19:20.11Wormy_I really like the scenes where King Egbert makes reference to the Romans
19:20.23Wormy_gives them a real Atlantis feel
19:20.33HachimanYeah that was awesome
19:21.15Wormy_I've stopped watching GoT, I much prefer the characters in Vikings to GoT
19:21.57Wormy_Also, one can stop liking the Viking characters when they pillage England, but like them when they return to Scandinavia
19:22.07Wormy_well depends
19:22.18HachimanOn the contrary, I like the Viking characters even when they pillage England
19:22.29HachimanThey behave like Vikings actually do
19:22.32HachimanOr, did
19:22.35Wormy_One realises how cruel say, Floki can be
19:22.46Wormy_I still route for the Vikings of course
19:23.43Wormy_Still, the Saxons weren'rt pushovers, at least in earlier times
19:24.00Wormy_When they invaded England
19:24.17OluapPlayerwher da horns at
19:24.59dino82_Oh updates to the Mendal Schism!
19:25.43MonetReal Men don't wear penises on their helmets.
19:26.27NeonPandathe horns were for ceremonial garb, not battle wear
19:27.12NeonPandaalso Monet: the chevron used in rank insignia started as a phallic symbol, so even if real men don't wear penises on their helmets they sure do wear them on their sleeves :P
19:27.53DrodoEmpireAh fuck it
19:27.56Monet<PROTECTED>
19:28.08DrodoEmpireDoes anybody want to collab on an intro fic for Timonax? >.<
19:28.14DrodoEmpireOr provide ideas for plot?
19:28.58DrodoEmpireNeonPanda: So... Basically as soldiers are promoted to higher and higher ranks their sleeves get more and more dicks stacked on top of eachother?
19:29.09NeonPandaDrodoEmpire: that is exactly what is going on
19:29.13NeonPandathe man with more penises is more manly
19:29.14DrodoEmpireNice
19:31.59OluapPlayerghey
19:33.20HachimanMakes me wonder if-- Actually I already know the answer, at least on account of Zazane hur
19:33.44HachimanThat is, if SporeWiki aliens also derive symbols and meaning from phallic imagery
19:34.08HachimanAnd related imagery
19:37.48NeonPandawell I'd say it's almost a given simply for the same reasons humans did it
19:37.59Wormy_It's conceivable that all creative species with penises will symbolise them for exactly the same reasons
19:38.11GhelawayDrodoEmpire: As far as I can contribute from fiction that I've had much to do with... there could easily be space habitats in the Milky Way Cooperative where people choose to live lifestyles from various periods of different planets' histories, so Timonax could well find a fairly authentic Classical/Hellenistic Greece world.
19:38.16GhelawayHowever, it wouldn't be all good.
19:38.37Wormy_He might try to rally people for battle or something
19:38.48GhelawayThere's no real conflict in the Cooperative: any combat he finds will be at best wargames or reenactment, with no real goal in mind, so it would all feel fake to him.
19:39.21Wormy_and get covered in sealant gel if he tried to do it for real
19:39.33Wormy_or however it works
19:39.46DrodoEmpireYeah, I think it'd be more like giving a knight a job as a medieval reenactor than anything else
19:40.01GhelawaySo these Cooperative habitats could provide a way for him to get partly acclimatised to the modern world, but he'd become disillusioned from the idea of settling down there.
19:40.06DrodoEmpire^
19:40.19Ghelawaygtg again
19:40.24DrodoEmpireHmm, that might actually be a good plot point...
19:40.24Wormy_Perhaps he could be slowly adapted to 29th century through a series of habs
19:40.26DrodoEmpireAhh, kk
19:40.39DrodoEmpireWell, he wouldn't want to be treated as a patient or anything
19:41.06DrodoEmpirePerhaps... Hm
19:41.09Wormy_He'd be free to stay or leave in this situation
19:42.06DrodoEmpirePerhaps after being rescued by the IDMP, he attempts an escape attempt only to be captured again. After this attempt its decided by the IDMP to release him from custody and hand him over to a Cooperative Habitat simulating Ancient Greece
19:42.18DrodoEmpireThe hope being he could settle down
19:42.43Wormy_certainly possible
19:43.05DrodoEmpireHowever, he doesn't. While more familiar, perhaps he'd find this simulated world even *more* disturbing
19:43.31DrodoEmpireDue to knowing its not real, and all the little things that aren't *quite* right
19:43.43DrodoEmpirePlus he'd find himself unemployed
19:44.21DrodoEmpireSo after a couple months, he leaves to decides to again face the future, his nerves a bit more at ease, at least
19:45.02Wormy_Then one needs to work out how he'd become a mercenary or something
19:45.12HachimanI mean
19:45.21HachimanAndromeda has a Zazane-populated war zone
19:45.26DrodoEmpire^
19:45.27HachimanHe could easily find work there
19:46.09DrodoEmpirePerhaps there're little historical inaccuracies in the world, like how the Greeks speak a dialect of Greek that isn't familiar to him (maybe the Greek is from the Roman period?), technology that didn't exist at the time of his abduction, incorrect worship of the gods, etc.
19:46.37DrodoEmpireThat'd all be really insidious and disturbing to him, no doubt
19:46.45HachimanYeah, I imagine that would be immensely disturbing
19:46.57HachimanThat's actually uncanny valley-level of horror
19:47.00DrodoEmpire^
19:47.10DrodoEmpireExactly
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19:47.17DrodoEmpireHey
19:47.24Dillonator407hi
19:48.59Wormy_Perhaps AI utility fog preventing him being rough with people
19:49.25Wormy_Like even a friendly thump on the back
19:49.40DrodoEmpireYeah, I can see him lashing out a little during his stay
19:49.58Dillonator407who are you talking about?
19:50.06DrodoEmpireMaybe he tries to beat the shit out of a guy who patronises him with annoying questions xD
19:50.12DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Timonax
19:50.14dino82_Hi Dillo!
19:50.16DrodoEmpireNew char of mine
19:50.21dino82_One interessting to say :D
19:50.25Dillonator407hi dino
19:50.27dino82_Hope he will have ltos of adventures!
19:50.29Dillonator407ill take a look
19:50.37dino82_Will you create an actual character png of him?
19:50.45DrodoEmpireI'm no good with Spore, so no
19:50.50DrodoEmpireFeel free!
19:51.00DrodoEmpire(If that's what you're getting at anyway <.<)
19:51.18Wormy_I wonder how his religious beliefs would adapt in the perspective of peopples who harness the stars for power
19:51.29Dillonator407interesting
19:51.45DrodoEmpireWormy_: Good point
19:52.08DrodoEmpireHey thanks Dillon
19:52.08Wormy_and build worlds rather than sit in a city on Mount Vesuvius
19:52.37DrodoEmpiredino82_ bonus points if you can figure out how to make linothorax or a Thracian/Phrygian helmet in Spore
19:52.49Dillonator407i should really work a bit more on my characters
19:53.02DrodoEmpireYeah, its a lot of fun
19:53.30Dillonator407it seems like it
19:54.14Wormy_Drodo:  Will he continue weariong his original atire, or perhaps adapt his attire to be more contemporary
19:54.47GhelawayAre there details of life in 4th century BC Greece that aren't known to us today? Attempts to guess those, or missing them out entirely, could be the source of historical inaccuracies that nobody of the 29th century would even realise (compared to, say, speaking a dialect of Greek from centuries later), and that could really stand out to him.
19:55.11DrodoEmpireCould yeah
19:55.32DrodoEmpireBut by their very nature *I* can't really write about those gaps XD
19:55.50DrodoEmpireMaybe some knowledge of the past was lost since the 21st century or overlooked for practical reasons
19:55.52DrodoEmpire*?
19:55.54ImpyDroidMonet Wormy_: https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=wj6G8ENQWMg
19:56.21Wormy_Arguably, more will be known in the 29th century, but a lot more of it might be more speculative
19:56.27DrodoEmpireWormy_: Well, I figure he'd always prefer traditional attire, and I did write that he finds contemporary garb to be strange and disturbing
19:56.30DrodoEmpireYeah true
19:56.39DrodoEmpireSo maybe things are changed for practical reasons, then
19:56.42GhelawayI can imagine people would overlook quite a few things for practical reasons. The inhabitants of the habitat probably aren't devout believers in the Greek religion, for example.
19:56.43DrodoEmpireOr ethical ones
19:56.45Dillonator407maybe
19:57.07ImpyDroidWhat are we talking about?
19:57.11DrodoEmpireMy new char
19:57.16GhelawayEthics could be another good source of differences, yes.
19:57.24DrodoEmpireWormy_: Practically though he may have to wear contemporary clothing though
19:57.34DrodoEmpireGhelaway: Yeah I dunno if animal sacrifices would fly
19:57.36OluapPlayerImpyDroid: I tried getting your attention hours ago grr
19:57.50DrodoEmpireImpyDroid: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Timonax
19:57.55GhelawayDomesticated plants and creatures are likely to have changed in the intervening millennia, so they'll look familiar but quite wrong too.
19:58.00DrodoEmpire^
19:58.11Dillonator407thats a good point
19:58.16Wormy_Yes, foods would be different
19:58.21DrodoEmpireA lot of theories say that wheat used to be much taller, for example
19:58.25Wormy_In fact they have changed in the century
19:58.37DrodoEmpireAnd crops used to be full of weeds
19:58.45Wormy_A lot of supermarket cultivars are bred for appearence rather than flavour
19:58.49DrodoEmpire^
19:58.50ImpyDroidNeonPanda: You sure chevrons originated from images of dick
19:58.53ImpyDroiddicks
19:59.22DrodoEmpireHmm would these habitats be more tourist attractions or serious social projects Ghel?
19:59.23ImpyDroidAFAIK the chevron originated in heraldry
19:59.40DrodoEmpireThat'd influence how seriously the inhabitants take it, too
19:59.41Wormy_Even regional variation.  Spanish markets have much bigger fruit and veg and use different breeds than I'm used to
19:59.51DrodoEmpire^
20:00.12DrodoEmpireIt *is* just a general Greek simulation-- he hails from Epirus which was on the periphery of Greek civilisation
20:00.32ImpyDroidDrodoEmpire: >Timonax unfrozen >the Drodo Empire's national debt skyrockets
20:00.34DrodoEmpireNotable for their lack of polises (city states)
20:00.40DrodoEmpirehur
20:00.41NeonPandaImpyDroid: chevrons are a really, REALLY old symbol
20:01.14Wormy_And people in it probably aren't devout followers, as was said.  They will bring in contemporary habits and thought processes
20:01.20DrodoEmpire^
20:01.21GhelawayThere'll be both tourist attractions and dedicated historical replicas. The former might be more common, but if even if there's just one of the latter then Timonax should be sent there.
20:01.28DrodoEmpireYeah
20:01.34Tek0516DrodoEmpire: It could be a sort of WestWorld-esque thing (probably better examples but that jumped to mind first) where the "pop culture" version is used as the base, for the  interest of visitors.
20:01.37ImpyDroidTrue but I am not sure if ia not just an arbitrary geometric symbol that just happened to look cool
20:01.50ImpyDroidLike the cross, or the saltire
20:01.54DrodoEmpireTek0516: Could be
20:01.56Wormy_Timonax will probably be bugged by historians
20:02.02GhelawayAlthough the point about regional variation is important: there might not be enough avid fans of Ancient Greek life in the Cooperative for there to be a specific Epirus habitat.
20:02.03DrodoEmpireOhhhh yeah
20:02.12DrodoEmpireGhelaway: Yeah
20:02.13OluapPlayerFuck sake
20:02.25NeonPandaoh no, it was very much a phallic thing, as the up-pointing chevron was used to denote male while the down-pointing chevron was used to denote female
20:02.38DrodoEmpireAnd like I said Epirus was semi-barbarous in the opinions of many contemporary greeks
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20:02.59Dillonator407_my irc page got frozen somehow
20:03.04DrodoEmpireYeah it happens
20:03.18ImpyDroidOluapPlayer: Sorry, was busy
20:03.21Dillonator407_anyway, i just have to ask: any advice on making characters?
20:03.42GhelawayHaving been in an army, he might be familiar enough with other parts of Greece to cope with, say, a Macedon habitat, but it wouldn't really be home.
20:03.49ImpyDroidWhat did you want to say?
20:04.00NeonPandastart with what strikes you as important to that character, then figure out why those things are teh way they are
20:04.05Tek0516DrodoEmpire: I assume more likely there'd be a single area that lumps centuries and most of ancient Greece into a single setting
20:04.09DrodoEmpireGhelaway: Indeed
20:04.14Dillonator407_thanks
20:04.36DrodoEmpireTek0516: There'd be a few habitats, but yes they'd all abstract things to some extent
20:04.48DrodoEmpireFor practical, tourist, or ethical reasons
20:05.05*** join/#sporewiki dinolion92 (6028a95e@gateway/web/freenode/ip.96.40.169.94)
20:05.08DrodoEmpireHi
20:05.12dinolion92hi
20:05.18Wormy_Drodo:  I just had an idea
20:05.19Dillonator407_hi
20:05.24GhelawayThinking about it, though, you could probably fit a full-sized Greece onto some of the habitats.
20:05.37Tek0516Quite probably
20:05.39DrodoEmpireCould do
20:05.43DrodoEmpireWormy_: Yes?
20:05.56DrodoEmpire(tbh guys we should dump all of these ideas on a titanpad)
20:05.58Tek0516Full sized replica of ancient Greece.
20:06.14Wormy_The Coop hab comes under attack by some pirates (how the Cooperative defenses and reinfiorcements are compromised, dunno)...   Timonax rallies an army to defeat them
20:06.22ImpyDroidNeonPanda: Eh, where did you read that? I remember reading something that but it was, well
20:06.26ImpyDroidIn a Dan Brown novel
20:06.28Tek0516Possible with enough terraforming
20:06.29DrodoEmpirehttp://piratepad.net/GKDFVm6nHr - Ghel Wormy Tek I'd appreciate it if you guys maybe put notes down for the habitat here
20:06.33ImpyDroid*Dan Brown*
20:06.37DrodoEmpireWormy_: Aww man that's a cool idea
20:06.40dinolion92I actually studied ancient greece a little while ago. Interesting you are talking about that.
20:06.48DrodoEmpireFeel free to come on the pad
20:07.01NeonPandawasn't dan brown I can tell you that, off the top of my head it was a piece on pre-abrahamic religions and symbolism
20:07.02DrodoEmpirehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Timonax - we're talking about this guy
20:07.24dinolion92What exactly is the idea? I heard terraforming, a replica of ancient greece, and cooperative.
20:07.56DrodoEmpireIts a plot setting for the fiction I'm doing to introduce the above character
20:08.06dinolion92Interesting.
20:08.30NeonPandaa quick wikipedia reminds me that it existed in ancient greece, so yeah it predates chivalric heraldry by millennia
20:08.50DrodoEmpireTimonax - ayy
20:08.57ImpyDroidYeah but the Л on Spartan shields was not a dick
20:09.00ImpyDroidIt was an L
20:09.06ImpyDroidL-acedaemonia
20:09.44dinolion92If you want, I could help supply some of the information about ancient greece.
20:09.45Tek0516I should really do some more fiction soon, still need to write most of the Roreinia Civil War
20:09.59ImpyDroidEven if these chevrons were used as pagan fertility symbols, I am not sure if modern chevrons are descended from these
20:10.13ImpyDroidEspecially since many modern chevrons are downwards
20:10.32DrodoEmpiredinolion92: I'd appreciate it
20:10.32Dillonator407_i should work on my fiction sometime actually
20:10.36DrodoEmpireCome to the pad to contribute
20:10.54Wormy_test
20:10.57dinolion92Okay, send me the link
20:11.01ImpyDroidThe heraldic chevrons look like the more likely direct ancestor
20:11.15Wormy_Piratepad's keelhauled
20:11.15dinolion92What is the story with Titanpad, is it closing down soon?
20:11.24DrodoEmpirehttp://piratepad.net/GKDFVm6nHr
20:11.28DrodoEmpireYeah
20:11.40DrodoEmpirePiratepad is the underground splinter faction <.<
20:11.52DrodoEmpireRun by a Finnish guy or something
20:12.04OluapPlayerbenis
20:12.18GhelawayIt's nice to see Piratepad has the same connectivity issues as Titanpad. Makes it feel more like home.
20:12.37OluapPlayerkek
20:12.58ImpyDroidI still think you should use Evernote
20:13.56dinolion92I actually still need to develop my fiction. Got way to invested in the Cold War and now the Second Great Cyrannus War. My fiction is way out of date.
20:14.19dinolion92Still, I love the fiction universe, it is really cool.
20:14.31Dillonator407_what is your fiction like?
20:14.39dino82_@Dino: It can easily catch up!
20:14.45dino82_And another dino on the wiki :D
20:14.46DrodoEmpireImpyDroid: Enough of your communist Russian inventions
20:14.51DrodoEmpire<.<
20:15.25Dillonator407_dino invasion aaaaaah
20:15.25dinolion92It is mostly an original idea but inspired by Star Wars.
20:15.31Dillonator407_i see
20:15.33Dillonator407_gtg
20:15.59dino82_human admiral: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/File:Jan_Michiel_TasmanLarge.png
20:16.09NeonPandaImpyDroid: further research indicates that at least the Celts most definitely use(d) the upturned chevron as a 'male' symbol, and the ancient Greeks associated it to an extent with Zeus (beyond the use of lambda in their alphabet)
20:16.19dinolion92I always had a bit of trouble with the Rich Text Editor, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to develop my fiction.
20:16.50NeonPandait was used on warriors' shields as tribute to Ares
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20:17.11HachimanFucking internet
20:18.42ImpyDroidRight
20:19.18ImpyDroidDrodoEmpire: But the communist program actually works
20:19.22dinolion92The internet, intentionally not working since 1995
20:22.16NeonPandaso yeah, at least once in history the military has deliberately employed a dick as part of its symbolism, and I will never stop laughing at that fact
20:22.30XhoWow a lot has been said since I last checked in
20:23.29dino82_lol
20:25.20XhoHachiman: https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15940724_1833942683532749_1696095180302898489_n.jpg?oh=cffe37eaaa04558f84cb56deb83a14d3&oe=591E785C
20:25.49NeonPandawe've come a long way really, we've gone from stylised penises on our shields, to pinup models on the sides of our fighting aircraft
20:25.51NeonPandawe've done well
20:26.27NeonPandaXho: not for a Jedi, at least
20:27.21NeonPandathis reminds me, I'm very happy that I've been able to get a 60s sci-fi pinup girl nose art in Titanfall 2
20:27.34NeonPandasomehow feels... right
20:27.52XhoIt's like Team Fortress 2 but with mechs and less hats
20:29.34dino82_@Panda: 60s sci-fi pinup girl nose art?
20:31.26NeonPandahttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERCg8LEEPhw/maxresdefault.jpg the one on the left
20:32.09dino82_Naice!
20:32.39NeonPandaso every time my giant robot rocks up, at least people get to see a pinup girl before a few dozen high velocity rounds perforate them
20:32.48XhoThe Hannya one is cool as well
20:33.23NeonPandaassuming you mean the one on the right, sadly I do not use weeb-titan so I will never have that one
20:35.21Xhooh deer
20:36.19NeonPandaI still for the life of me don't know why they had to make a titan with a sword
20:37.12Xhorule of weeb
20:37.45NeonPandaI mean, there aren't really even any "good" Ronin pilots, just people who understand that only half of its mechanics are actually needed to be half effective
20:38.03NeonPandanamely, run forward and melee attack and disregard all else
20:38.41NeonPandaoccasionally block if the neighbourhood Legion gets a clear line of sight on you
20:39.23XhoUnfortunately I don't know Titanfall 2
20:39.27XhoOr Titanfall 1 enough actually
20:39.32XhoI can play it but that's about it
20:39.37NeonPandanow Scorch on the other hand is a hilarious close range titan- it's actually reasonably effective to just run forward and turn on your thermal shield (read: stops projectiles by burning everything in front of you) and melt faces
20:39.54NeonPandaon one map I've made it an art-form
20:40.16NeonPandayou basically just run forward and say "LOOK AT MY HAND"
20:41.15Xhodat game method tho
20:41.23XhoOluapPlayer: https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15966309_2797813003607266_6356389914800727357_n.jpg?oh=1055ce8e07562078023de97bef58cc8d&oe=591C4D51 am sphinx meow
20:41.36OluapPlayerhappy cat
20:42.37NeonPandaXho: to put things in TF2 terms, I basically play the Heavy but with the ability to swap between close range and long range minigun on the fly
20:42.38ImpyDroidXho: https://vk.com/photo-85014437_456239113
20:42.55ImpyDroidXho Monet: https://vk.com/photo-85014437_456239131
20:43.06XhoImpyDroid: kek
20:43.27XhoNeonPanda: Sounds annoying to be in the way of
20:43.36NeonPandabasically, yeah
20:43.40NeonPandamy job is to make people suffer, and I do it very well
20:44.24NeonPandaI'm pretty shit at pilot to pilot combat, but Legion to everything combat I'm somewhat scary, assuming it's not a pilot with a thunderbolt/MGL
20:44.51NeonPandathe thunderbolt being a launcher that shoots a ball of lightning that damages anything near, so you don't really need to aim, and the MGL being basically a homing grenade launcher
20:46.05NeonPandanaturally, when I get around to putting that titanfall-inspired fic together, the australian squad leader is basically going to pilot Legion
20:46.23XhoThe first Titanfall was one of the few games I could say that I was good at when it came to multiplayer
20:46.26XhoHalo as well
20:46.42NeonPandahalo I was good at for one very specific reason: map knowledge
20:46.46XhoTechnobliterator: I'd still destroy you in Halo kek
20:46.51NeonPandaI was basically the "where the fuck did that guy come from" guy
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20:50.45NeonPandahi u
20:50.51The_RandomnessHello
20:50.57NeonPandastill don't know what to do for the fourth pilot, which bugs me
20:51.03XhoOluapPlayer Hachiman Monet NeonPanda The_Randomness: https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/15873481_1323063024423861_7236886289419642284_n.jpg?oh=37ca427dcecfc5f80a7d04b7e8b32b33&oe=591AFA64 true or false
20:51.27NeonPandafalse for exactly one reason
20:51.28GhelawayHello.
20:51.31NeonPandathe druid doesn't need the barbarian
20:51.35The_Randomnesslol
20:51.59MonetHave to agree
20:52.03NeonPandaalthough the aforementioned manoeuvre would probably work pretty well
20:52.05NeonPandaI'd allow it at least
20:52.39NeonPandaI am also the guy who allowed a goblin to be pile-driver'ed by a rotting moose corpse, so I might not be the best standard
20:54.28The_Randomnesscrit potato
20:54.30The_Randomnessnever forget
20:54.50NeonPandacrit potato is one thing, critical moose is another entirely
20:55.13NeonPandaranks second in terms of nonsense, second only to Monet here with his kobold tossing habits
20:57.24The_Randomnesslol
20:57.41OluapPlayercrit potato
20:57.43OluapPlayerElaborate
20:58.28NeonPandatl;dr: blind guy threw a potato randomly, scored a crit and killed someone
20:58.37OluapPlayerOh god
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20:59.02MonetKiller tater
20:59.10Dillonator407Hello
20:59.32NeonPandaI still prefer Monet killing kobolds by throwing other kobolds at them
21:00.04OluapPlayertrue dwarven combat involves lots of things exploding into gore and severed parts sailing off in arcs
21:00.27MonetExactly
21:01.22NeonPandaI personally haven't exactly done too much nonsense stuff, I somewhat lack the capacity to come up with such
21:01.24MonetThings exploding into gore is always fun
21:02.16NeonPandaI'd say my best moment in this gaming group is definitely a toss up between sneak attacking a giant, and going Seras Victoria on that creepy wizard that one time
21:03.10OluapPlayerAh, you one-hit killing a cyclops
21:03.10HachimanYou mean the wizard who killed attractive women and stitched their bodies together?
21:03.14OluapPlayerah yes*
21:03.27OluapPlayerHe was a very heavy sleeper
21:04.08NeonPandayes to both of you
21:04.30NeonPandathe latter case being when I picked the guy up and ground his face against a wall
21:05.14OluapPlayerThe cyclops was actually just a very big balloon, when you stabbed him he started flying across the air as he deflated
21:05.46OluapPlayerNow I remember earlier on that game, you also wrestled with a crocodile
21:05.47HachimanAlso
21:05.56HachimanAt some point, I wanna do a Barbarian / Druid multiclass
21:06.31NeonPandaHachiman: those two sets wouldn't interact that well though
21:06.42NeonPandasince you can't do brain stuff while raging, and can't rage during wild shape
21:06.52Hachimanshiet
21:07.04NeonPandawell, you won't get any benefit from raging during wild shape
21:07.51HachimanWait, Rage Casting is a thing
21:08.46HachimanOh wait that's a feat for Bloodrager
21:08.46NeonPandaactually, I take it back- you would still get the stat benefits if you entered rage during wild shape, due to it being a Morale bonus
21:09.34HachimanI like the idea of the Bloodrager but I just wish they had chosen WIS instead of CHA for their spellcasting stat
21:09.43HachimanBecause why would a barbarian ever need CHA
21:10.09NeonPandawell isn't Bloodrager a mix of barbarian and sorcerer?
21:10.19HachimanYeah they are - that's why 'blood' is in there
21:10.28NeonPandawell there's your answer
21:10.42Tek0516So the next Stellaris update has an interesting feature in it: "Ascension perks" which among others lets you heavily enhance your pops through psionics, heavy gene modding, or uploading into machines.
21:11.07NeonPandaneat
21:11.19NeonPanda'uploading into machines.' ROBOT RACE INCOMING
21:11.21NeonPandawithout mods that is
21:11.57HachimanAlso, Slayer is a fucking awesome class
21:13.19HachimanIt's perhaps the most versatile class you can build with because you can essentially do anything with it that isn't spellcasting; Studied Target is awesome and you get Sneak Attack; get to choose between THREE sets of talents
21:13.29HachimanYou're also a skill monkey
21:14.03NeonPandasounds slightly stacked to me but on good faith I'll assume it all checks out
21:14.11HachimanYeah it checks out
21:16.06dino82_have to go
21:16.06dino82_bye bye
21:16.37HachimanIt has the build versatility and proficiencies of a Fighter, the Sneak Attack of a Rogue, gets its own small set of Talents as well as being able to spend one of those Talents for a Rogue or Ranger talent, gets free attack, damage, and skill bonuses with Studied Target at the cost of a move action with an increasing bonus as they level
21:17.12HachimanIt also has the tracking and surviving capacity of a Ranger
21:17.36HachimanIf you want to play a bounty hunter-type of character, Slayer is an awesome choice for it
21:20.00NeonPandaok having looked at it, you oversold it a bit which is what threw me off
21:20.37HachimanI have a tendency to do that
21:25.00NeonPandaso yeah, doesn't look too ridiculous
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22:06.51XhoHi
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22:17.37MonetHi
22:26.16DrodoEmpireayy I'm back
22:27.04DrodoEmpireWormy_ want to discuss more stuff on the pad?
22:28.11Wormy_Sorry, got written programming exam tomorrow.  Gotta revise
22:28.21DrodoEmpirekk
22:28.58DrodoEmpireI'll write myself then, maybe try and get the first chapter done
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