IRC log for #sporewiki on 20170128

00:00.22Wormy_https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2017/jan/22/steve-bell-donald-trump-theresa-may-cartoon#img-1
00:03.03ImperiosWhat is May even like
00:03.12ImperiosWhat is the opinion of the British people?
00:05.54Wormy_I think about everyone would agree she's sharp and sly.  But she brought in operation Prevent and Snooper's Charter, so she's big on reading our internet histories
00:06.27Wormy_But a lot of Brexit people think she is purposefully slowing Article 50
00:06.44Wormy_So she's pure establishment really and wanted to remain
00:08.02Wormy_On the other hand she's more socially left than lots of Tories, being pro-same sex marriage
00:08.24Liquid_InkI heard she's making a fight for a hard Brexit she knows won't happen, so when the soft Brexit she really wants happens she can shift the Brexit supporters blame to everyone but herself
00:08.59ImperiosHuh
00:09.17ImperiosLiquid_Ink: What do you mean by a soft Brexit?
00:09.42Liquid_InkThe one where they don't totally rip themselves out from the EU
00:09.47Tek0516Imperios: Leave EU, but still stay a part of basically everything and follow most of the regulation
00:10.02ImperiosThat's basically a copout
00:10.14TechnobliteratorMay is not liked, she is just viewed as the only good option for some ridiculous reason
00:10.24TechnobliteratorI have no idea how she manages to get away with it
00:10.25ImperiosSo Hill except British
00:10.37ImperiosAnd more succesful
00:11.06Tek0516In terms of Leave/Remain it's the path where everyone's unhappy. Lose most of the benefits of membership but get back almost no "independence"
00:11.10TechnobliteratorNo, Hill was widely disliked
00:11.16TechnobliteratorMay for some reason gets away with it
00:11.19TechnobliteratorAnd it baffles me how
00:12.01Wormy_Imperios:  Oh an May has done weapons deals with Saudi Aria, and that's made a lot of liberal controversy about her
00:13.45Wormy_*Arabia
00:15.01ImperiosDon't fuck with Saudi Aria
00:15.14ImperiosAnd that's borderline treason to me
00:15.18TechnobliteratorMay is a slimy, contemptible politician with a long history of false promises, incompetence, and is just a pure opportunist politician who has never had a hard stance on anything, who is currently overseeing an (ideologically driven) NHS crisis, declining wages, record high rates of homelessness and child poverty, outright Orwellian policies (which were declared legal retroactively), and yet is somehow the most
00:15.18Technobliteratorpopular politician in the country
00:15.25TechnobliteratorIt's bullshit
00:16.22ImperiosWow
00:16.30ImperiosSo Britain and Russia really are similar
00:17.19Liquid_InkYeah, Russian corruption is built on a congruent system to Western corruption
00:17.40TechnobliteratorIf you bring this up with anyone, their only response will be "BUT CORBYN IS A LITERALY MARXIIIIIIST" or whatever
00:17.46TechnobliteratorPeople are so badly brainwashed
00:18.23ImperiosWhat's that with Marxism being such a negative word
00:18.39Liquid_InkBecause scary USSR
00:18.41Tek0516Well now I know how the Stellaris spiral galaxy generation works. XD https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/GSouyy35/20170127191420_1.jpg
00:18.50TechnobliteratorAlso, she's just as slimy and contemptible in Prime Minister Dodges Questions as David "Pig Fucker" Cameron was
00:19.13TechnobliteratorReally, I just despise basically every single member of the House of Commons right now
00:19.43Liquid_InkMemory of Stalinism is used to dismiss any opposition to capitalism.
00:19.49ImperiosOn a lighter note
00:20.01Imperioshttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Uniate_League Finally started filling this page
00:20.19ImperiosI'd do the history section and it's almost done but fukn Tybusen won't finish his parts
00:20.30Liquid_InkSexy
00:20.44TechnobliteratorOh, this is interesting :o
00:20.55ImperiosAlso as always a shitload of emblems pls feedback
00:21.23TechnobliteratorEmblems are nice
00:21.29Tybusencontinues his quest to dig himself out of multiple holes of work he is currently in
00:21.40Wormy_Its the orwellian policies and invasion of privacy that bug me most about May
00:22.52ImperiosThe crown one, would you say it is too human?
00:23.16ImperiosIt is literally made from mashing several images of various RL crowns together
00:28.19TechnobliteratorIt disheartens me that every time I go back home on Birmingham, there are more homeless people than the last time I was there
00:29.09Liquid_InkHopefully Trump's influence will push the Brits away from May before the election
00:29.10TechnobliteratorAnd there is presumably no end in sight, because the consensus is just "lul fuck them they failed at life we dont need to give them handouts we just need to kick immigrants out and our NHS will be fine"
00:29.16TechnobliteratorI have no faith
00:29.23TechnobliteratorWe just need a new Guy Fawkes
00:29.24Wormy_Disheartens me that my town's Tory council doesn't believe it has poor people and closed a foodbank and opposed Aldi's development (cheap food supermarket)
00:29.27Technobliteratorand we need him to actually succeed this time
00:31.46Wormy_If the Tories fail on delivering Brexit, they'll become massively unpopular.  But unfortunately that means more will go to UKIP
00:32.23TechnobliteratorYou know, the idea of leaving the EU in itself isn't that bad
00:32.39Wormy_I'm pretty sure that's the only reason Cameron set out the referendum
00:32.40TechnobliteratorBut with these guys managing it, there's basically no way it won't be a disaster
00:32.56Technobliteratoryeah, he did the Referendum to shut the UKIP people up
00:33.01Wormy_I'm critical of the EU, cerainly
00:33.35TechnobliteratorI despise it. It's a mess of an organization and has forced austerity on countries really badly
00:33.43TechnobliteratorMost people in Greece are longing to leave it
00:34.25TechnobliteratorBut leaving it is a stupid idea when the people in charge of leaving will just use it as an excuse to make the country a corporate tax haven, scrap all workers' rights and scrap all social programs
00:34.39Technobliteratorand then claim they're doing it because the evil EU made them
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00:36.09Wormy__With there still being a neoliberal establishment, I doubt it will bring much change to how people actually feel.
00:37.09TechnobliteratorYup
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00:38.42Liquid_InkComrade Bernie has the right idea
00:39.21Technobliteratorhahahaha
00:40.48Wormy__There's a world out there with Trudeau, Corbyn and Sanders governening the West
00:40.55Wormy__together
00:41.36Imperios>Trudeau
00:41.57Wormy__Liquid:  Any Australian equivalent?
00:41.59ImperiosI admit I am not a specialist but judging by what I hear from him he's not a great person
00:42.12Liquid_InkNo, we've got fucking Bill Shorten
00:42.17Imperioswaves a broadsword to summon DrodoAway
00:42.21ImperiosConfirm this
00:42.25ImperiosIs Trudeau an idiot?
00:42.29ImperiosOr a cool guy?
00:42.48ImperiosLiquid_Ink: Wait did he actually say that
00:42.57Liquid_InkOf course not
00:43.00Wormy__He seems super-left to me, so there's things that sound good but perhaps he's part of the regressive camp
00:43.24TechnobliteratorAustralia isn't in nearly as bad a shape as the US or the UK is
00:43.37TechnobliteratorIt has an actual living wage as a minimum wage and no national healthcare crisis, for one
00:44.01MonetIt's also not very crowded.
00:44.07ImperiosWormy__: Yeah that
00:44.12Liquid_InkOh, the Liberals (our tories) have been trying to privatise medicare for years
00:44.25Liquid_InkAnd nobody can get a job that isn't casualised
00:44.35ImperiosMuch of the modern left has turned into a prostitute of the estabilishment
00:44.40Liquid_InkWelfare is under constant attack
00:44.43ImperiosAnd does not even care for the working class
00:44.59Liquid_InkAlthough, I do recognise that even as shitty as we are, we do have it better than you
00:45.16Wormy__They've even gone neoliberal or regressive (though the two are interelated)
00:45.24TechnobliteratorAlso, you have proportional representation
00:45.28Wormy__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Domestic_policy
00:45.35ImperiosLiquid_Ink: About welfare, there's one thing I'd like you to answer
00:45.42Wormy__I quite like some of those policies though
00:45.45TechnobliteratorSo your democratic system isn't a total sham
00:46.22Liquid_InkWe don't have proportionate representation
00:46.32Liquid_InkWe have preferential voting
00:46.45ImperiosWhat can be done to make welfare work better? As in, to make it help people actually find work and contribute to society meaningfully, rather than hampering the workforce?
00:46.48Imperios*find jobs
00:47.36Wormy__Liquid:  What does amaze mew though is how your government got rid of that Tony Abbot
00:48.01ImperiosLike there are situations like Hachi's, where people cannot enter jobs as joining the workforce would negate their welfare, which is in fact greater than any of the jobs they can get employed in
00:48.14Liquid_InkWormy: That was just a coup, which resulted in a guy with no new policies and less control over his backbenchers
00:48.38Liquid_InkImperios: Raise the minimum wage above the welfare, rather than decreasing welfare
00:48.43MonetSo much for "no longer a total sham"
00:49.01ImperiosWell that is a possibility
00:49.25Wormy__Liquid:  Sure it didn't lead anywhere, but a coup like that I don't think would happen to likes of Blair or Cameron or May
00:49.30ImperiosThough I am not sure if most states can afford this
00:49.41ImperiosOh wait, one can mug the oligarchs for that money
00:49.49Liquid_InkWormy: It happened to Corbyn, he just beat it
00:50.00ImperiosThere we go, I can get behind that plan
00:50.13Wormy__That's true
00:50.24Wormy__But would it happen to a PM?
00:50.25Liquid_InkImperios: We're not "mugging" the oligarchs. Just making them pair their fair share
00:50.35ImperiosDefinitely
00:50.41Liquid_InkWormy: Nothing major, we just got a new one.
00:51.14ImperiosSpeaking of socialism
00:51.19TechnobliteratorIf you raise the minimum wage to an actual living wage, you also save taxpayers a lot of money, increase spending power of more businesses which helps the economy...
00:51.43Technobliteratorbut nah poor big billionaires will only be able to afford 4 yachts instead of 5 this year if you do that :(
00:52.07MonetOr they'll move to a less tax-heavy country
00:52.08Technobliteratorso I guess just leave them destitute unless they want to join the army and fight illegal oil wars
00:52.10Liquid_InkAlso, if you raise the wages of the workers, they'll be able to pay more tax, which boosts the economy
00:52.13MonetAnd take al ltheir lovely money with them
00:52.43Technobliteratorso, Starbucks will shut down every single store because it has to pay workers a tiny amount more?
00:52.44Liquid_InkMonet: That's why we need a global movement
00:52.56ImperiosMonet: That's what our fucking oligarchs did
00:52.57TechnobliteratorSo we should just let people working there full time be destitute?
00:53.01ImperiosThey fled, to *you* in fact
00:53.14Wormy__Liquid:  If I'll be honest though, the Australians politicians seem more racist to me, at least explicitly
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00:53.22TechnobliteratorAlso, this was done in Denmark, and as far as I can tell
00:53.24ImperiosFUCKIN' BOAT PEOPLE
00:53.26Technobliteratorit hasn't tanked
00:53.30ImperiosWait, why did Random leave?
00:53.34Liquid_InkWormy: Oh yes, we're a white supremacist shit whole
00:53.35ImperiosHe does not approve of communism?
00:53.44MonetTechnobliterator: How about *not* treating them like fucking parasites o something.
00:54.01TechnobliteratorAs opposed to treating working families like parasites?
00:54.08Liquid_InkYou mean the rich? But they are parasites
00:54.13Wormy__Lots of backbenchers in UK politics might be racist but few would show themselves to be on media even if they are
00:54.20Liquid_InkThey literally contribute nothing
00:54.26TechnobliteratorI mean, they dodge taxes and refuse to pay their workers a fair share
00:54.32ImperiosWell there is a certain part of the population which is, for the lack of a better word, parasitic
00:54.34Technobliteratordespite their workers being the reason they are able to earn any money at all
00:54.38TechnobliteratorI have extremely little sympathy
00:54.47ImperiosBut rather than punishing them one is meant to make it easier for them to find work
00:55.03ImperiosBecause as I understand, many are simply trapped due to welfare
00:55.16Imperiostrapped BY welfare
00:55.19Liquid_InkWelfare is a scapegoat
00:55.20TechnobliteratorAnd, Imperios, raising the minimum wage isn't socialism ._.
00:55.23TechnobliteratorIt's fixing capitalism
00:55.26MonetY'know I just had an idea.
00:55.29TechnobliteratorI am not even much of a socialist
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00:55.33Liquid_InkCapitalism cannot be fixed
00:55.49TechnobliteratorI do not agree
00:55.59Liquid_InkThe problem with capitalism is not that it is failing, but that it is working brilliantly
00:56.15Liquid_InkWhat we are experiencing the modern day in the unbridled success of capitalism.
00:56.25TechnobliteratorYeah, I don't agree with that either
00:56.32TechnobliteratorWe don't really have capitalism or free markets right now
00:56.35TechnobliteratorWe have crony capitalism
00:56.42Technobliteratorthat is rigged by oligarchs
00:56.53Imperioshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPKH4GHiihg This conversation's theme
00:57.17Liquid_InkAnd what will happen in "real" capitalism? The rich will be regulated by the ghost of christmas past?
00:57.38TechnobliteratorNope
00:58.05TechnobliteratorThey will just have to actually earn their profits by competing rather than just being able to bribe the government to keep all competition out
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00:58.24Liquid_InkProfit is unpaid labour
00:58.25Wormy__Arguably welfare and national health service doesn't make one a socialist
00:58.33TechnobliteratorYeah, I don't agree with that either :P
00:59.11TechnobliteratorProfits can serve as a fantastic motivation to innovate
00:59.12Wormy__I support both, but I don't necessarily support socialism as an alternative
00:59.15Liquid_InkThe very concept of profit is stealing from the workers. What gives the rich the right to take the fruits of the worker's labour and control its redistribution to them?
00:59.16TechnobliteratorThey just don't right now
00:59.24TechnobliteratorI believe in social democracy
00:59.39TechnobliteratorI believe in a mixed market economy with bits of both
00:59.48ImperiosYeah but the worker-centric system should *work*
00:59.51TechnobliteratorBut we don't really have that right now, we have capitalism that's completely rigged
00:59.59ImperiosI personally trust a lot in worker cooperatives
01:00.02Wormy__I'm inclined to agree
01:00.05Technobliteratorand any socialist aspects we had are being taken away
01:00.21Wormy__Imperios:  But I'm also wary of unions
01:00.23Liquid_InkSocial democracy is a variation of socialism
01:00.33TechnobliteratorBut it involves both
01:00.48Liquid_InkIt's a transition away from capitalism towards socialism
01:00.53Liquid_InkSo of course it involves both
01:01.00TechnobliteratorNot necessarily?
01:01.08TechnobliteratorYou can have a social democracy without transitioning towards socialism
01:01.16TechnobliteratorSee: the nordic countries
01:02.11Wormy__Or 1950's Britain
01:02.17Liquid_InkIf you have a system where the businessmen have the right to take the fruits of the worker's labour and control its redistribution to them, they'll inevitable give themselve a lion's share, and we'll be back in this rut all over again
01:02.46Wormy__Social democracy pretty much rebuilt the nation from shambles
01:03.15Liquid_InkThat's true
01:04.22Wormy__http://cdn26.us1.fansshare.com/photo/margaretthatcher/clement-attlee-and-thatcher-funeral-1429323998.jpg
01:05.32Liquid_InkI have to go now, but I leave with that point that if businessmen control the fruits of the worker's labour, it creates the mentality that businessmen are superior to workers, which snowballs into what we see today.
01:06.15Wormy__Why can't we have another Clement Atlee? http://i.imgur.com/KDv4iYI.jpg?w=240
01:07.34Technobliteratoryeah, Attlee was the best/only good prime minister we ever had
01:10.25ImpyDroidSpeaking of commies, it is Blockade Day today and now the streets look like this
01:10.28ImpyDroidhttp://i.imgur.com/Y5OSi2jh.jpg
01:10.33ImpyDroidIt is THIS time of the year again
01:17.36Wormy__What is Blockade day?
01:18.15ImpyDroidThe day the four-year long Siege of Lenigrad was over
01:18.40ImpyDroidIt is a local thing but it is VERY big here, mostly because of how devastating the siege was
01:19.15ImpyDroidWe still have ruins from that time, and many buildings were reconstructed only in the last few decades
01:20.25ImpyDroidThere are a lot of memoirs and the like, which are actually taught in schools. I actually think it is kind of traumatising
01:20.57ImpyDroidYoung schoolchildren get told how people starved to death and slowly died, and ate grass and bread mixed with glue
01:23.52Wormy__Yes, I suppose its a way to keep  the memory alive
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02:23.22Wormy__MonetL  Just realised, May was wearing a red coat at the White House
02:41.37MonetMight just be a coincidence
02:46.33Wormy__It *may* be
02:54.35DrodoEmpireAh
02:54.41DrodoEmpireFar too late for Impy's call
02:55.13DrodoEmpireThough to answer his question, no, I'm not a terribly huge fan of hair-boy :p
02:55.53DrodoEmpireI'm not a terribly huge fan of the Liberal government in general, for some of the things its trying to do socially, but frankly I'm not the best source either as I don't follow Canadian politics quite as much as I should
02:56.11Wormy__ayyyyyyyyy  lmayo https://phys.org/news/2017-01-ancient-scary-alien-looking-specimen-rarity.html
02:56.56DrodoEmpireScience Journalists - a REAL AYY LMAO DISCOVERED????
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02:59.34Wormy__I was actually a bit spooked by that bug
02:59.45DrodoEmpireWell it does look really strange
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10:33.19Liquid_InkHello
10:33.22Dillonator407hello
10:33.32GhelaeHello.
10:33.52Dillonator407any current topic?
10:34.02GhelaeNo.
10:34.18Dillonator407i see
10:34.53Dillonator407i really wish i was better at conversation than i currently am, i am very bad at starting topics etc
10:36.12Dillonator407plus its late for me
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10:43.55JepardiHi
10:47.38GhelaeHello.
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10:50.43NeonPandahi all
10:51.52dino82_hi
10:52.17GhelaeHello.
10:54.11NeonPandaSo, question for the floor: I feel like hitting virtual male entities in the genitals with large, blunt weapons, and my options for doing so are Skyrim or Assassin's Creed 2. The question is, of course, which one I should choose.
10:55.30Liquid_InkWell, do you feel like magic or parkour?
10:55.59NeonPandaalso, apologies in advance if the internet craps out and I DC during something actually relevant
10:57.00dino82_anything goin on?
10:57.54Liquid_InkNot really
10:57.58NeonPandaWell magic doesn't necessarily have an application towards mace between the legs, so I suppose parkour (as limited as AC's is) is the more relevant
10:58.17Liquid_InkWell, Skyrim has other benefits I think
10:58.33Liquid_InkOf course, having never played AC, I can't tell
10:59.42Dillonator407gtg
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11:06.52NeonPandahi you
11:07.26NeonPandasince I have no inclination to play Dark Souls 2 anymore and I'm going home tomorrow, I'm gonna pass the night smashing people in the nads in Assassin's Creed 2
11:23.11NeonPandaconnection may have died
11:23.23HachimanOh sorry, I forgot I had this open
11:26.15NeonPandaheh
11:26.17NeonPandanp
11:26.32NeonPandaI'm downstairs so my connection can potentially die at any point
11:31.22NeonPandaunrelated note, watching an XCOM 2 playthrough, the guy now has a psi-op with mind control, and once he mind-controlled something he started calling it his pet
11:31.25NeonPandait's kinda adorable
11:33.13HachimanHeh
11:33.21HachimanAdorable, but also horrifying
11:33.35HachimanTwo words I'd also associate with shoggoths
11:36.38NeonPandaand you are weird
11:39.30NeonPandathat might have cut me off
11:39.35NeonPandaapparently not
12:16.10Liquid_InkMonet's coming
12:16.33Liquid_InkI have sensed it
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12:20.52Liquid_InkHey
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12:26.20ImpyDroidHi
12:26.25ImpyDroidMonet: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-05/enhanced/webdr04/23/8/enhanced-buzz-12211-1400848926-14.jpg?downsize=343:*&output-format=auto
12:26.33ImpyDroidAlso Tybusen online m
12:26.43ImpyDroidDafuk did you catch my insomnia
12:27.09MonetImpyDroid: I san see the resemblence.
12:28.03MonetAlthough Sam the Eagle might be more charming.
12:30.41Monethttps://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16114941_1401973889833558_5972717795486488420_n.jpg?oh=8f505e419152b910b2975f0bcbf9e11d&oe=590D0D79
12:31.28MonetImpydroid Hachiman Tybusen
12:34.52ImpyDroidSeen
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12:40.08MonetHi
12:40.25MonetI finished the Baron's quest line.
12:41.41MonetI saved Anna mostly and returned to find the poor man with his neck in a rope.
12:43.44ImpyDroidHi OP
12:43.53ImpyDroidI see you have been trying mythic keystone dungeons
12:43.56dino82_hi Oluap!
13:06.15OluapPlayerImpyDroid: I did one
13:06.23OluapPlayerMonet: I got the same end
13:08.10MonetI worry for Velen now.
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13:10.20MonetI did not like the tone of his lieutenant's voice when he talked about "things will be different now"
13:11.05Wormy_hi
13:11.30Wormy_OluapPlayer, Hachiman:  https://phys.org/news/2017-01-ancient-scary-alien-looking-specimen-rarity.html
13:12.41HachimanA 32nd order reserved especially for some creepy-looking alien bug thing
13:12.51HachimanLovecraft would have flipped his shit
13:13.38Wormy_I was taken aback by its creepiness
13:14.12Wormy_Looks like depictions of Mantid aliens
13:15.42Monet"With its long neck, big eyes and strange oblong head, I thought it resembled E.T. I even made a Halloween mask that resembled the head of this insect. But when I wore the mask when trick-or-treaters came by, it scared the little kids so much I took it off."
13:15.42MonetRead more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-01-ancient-scary-alien-looking-specimen-rarity.html#jCp
13:16.35MonetI'm not that unnerved  but the way the kids reacted sounds straight out of Lovecraft's writings.
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13:18.13OluapPlayer_Getting sick of this internet
13:18.28Wormy_Oluap:  Did you see the bug?
13:18.43OluapPlayer_Yes
13:18.52OluapPlayer_I don't have anything to say about it
13:20.15MonetIt doesn't seem that creepy to me
13:21.19Wormy_http://www.urigeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/grey_mantis.jpg http://hybridsrising.com/Images/HR-TOR-Hybrid-Mantis-Insectoid.jpg
13:32.34MonetWOrmy_: thinking on the Death Star and BDZ. I vaguely recall was it Han or Obi-Wan who said that not eve na thousand star destroyers could destroy a planet.
13:34.22MonetA thousand star destroyers (I suppose it's more of a metaphor and not an exact number) but one can melt  a planet's crust.
13:39.49Wormy_Maybe he meant blow it apart, yeah
13:41.51MonetWhat I was more thinking is if only one can melt much of the surface, how much damage could a hundred do?
13:43.41GhelaeWell, what's the energy required to melt the surface? Multiply that by 100 or 1000. Compare that to the gravitational binding energy of the planet.
13:44.53GhelaeThe first question is the most difficult to work out.
13:47.13MonetYeah, I'm sort of willing ot chalk this t oincinsistent writing
13:47.20GhelaeIf the gravitational binding energy of Earth is about 2*10^32 J, I can easily imagine the energy to melt the crust being only a tiny proportion of that.
13:47.49GhelaeRemember, the crust is only a thin layer on top of the planet, and you're only melting it, not blasting it into space.
13:49.02HachimanIs it just me or am I one of the few people who thought Rogue One wasn't all that great
13:49.20HachimanBetter than TFA, but that's not exactly hard
13:49.26GhelaeOh, hey, there's this: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/usefultables.php
13:50.28GhelaeAccording to that, if one Star Destroyer can melt the entire Earth's crust, 1000 would be enough to destroy the planet.
13:51.03GhelaeIf we're also considering that we need to vaporise the oceans, that'll take a bit more.
13:51.37MonetIt handily gives a value for the Death Star's laser
13:52.01Ghelaea bit fewer*
13:52.04MonetHachiman: I did feel that using the Death Star took a way some of its impact from EPisode IV
13:52.09Ghelae806 Star Destroyers, actually.
13:52.39GhelaeOh, if we're not reducing Earth to gravel but actually blowing it up...
13:53.07ImpyDroidHachiman: Miles above TFA I say
13:53.15ImpyDroidBut I do not like TFA at all hur
13:53.20HachimanNo, I like the Death Star aspect of the movie; for me, the characters were nearly all bland or uninteresting or boring to watch and some of the characters' motivations and actions just didn't really make sense
13:53.21Ghelae...8056. Or say approximately 8000 Star Destroyers to do a Death Star's job.
13:53.23MonetThey blew up Alderaan as an 'effective demonstration' but they already demonstrated a fraction of what it could do on Jedha City.
13:53.55MonetHachiman: AH, right
13:54.23MonetThe only characters I really loved were the droid and Donnie Yen.
13:54.32HachimanI'd have liked Jyn more if she wasn't so boring to watch; I'd have liked that captain guy whose name I can't be assed to remember if he kept consistent character
13:55.00ImpyDroid...Can't argue with you here
13:55.12HachimanI'd have liked Donnie Yen's character if he wasn't just the "magical space Asian"
13:55.21HachimanWell, I'd have liked him *more*
13:55.27ImpyDroidBut he is hilarious
13:55.38ImpyDroidAlso the only Asian person in the galaxy hur
13:55.42HachimanI did find his performance to be entertaining
13:55.48Monet*Stormtroopers bag his head* "Are you kidding me!? I am blind!"
13:55.56HachimanThe only character I actually felt all that attached too was the black droid
13:56.09ImpyDroidI have a feeling you have said all this a few times already
13:56.20HachimanOnce before, after first seeing the movie
13:56.29HachimanI've since had time to reflect on it more
13:56.46ImpyDroidNot once, twice at the very leasr
13:56.47MonetI was a bit wielded out by the out-of-nowhere truth-reader monster.
13:56.48ImpyDroid*least
13:57.08HachimanI also liked Jyn's father, I wish the story followed him more before he fucking died
13:57.13Monetthe hentai mind reader squid.
13:57.36HachimanMonet: I was wielded out when Rogue One basically threw Middle Eastern terrorists at us
13:57.48Wormy_I think we calculated the DCP's neutronium ultrarelativistic weapon to be 1 zeptatonne
13:58.22ImpyDroidYou said this before
13:58.54HachimanRight, right
13:59.32Wormy_So DCP ships have 1/7th of the Death's star's superlaser
14:00.28Wormy_1/7th the output
14:00.57MonetThe one merit I took from Rogue One was it did look like it was trying to be philosophical. But by its release I had consigned myself to the idea that Star Wars is for nostalgia and cool laser-sword fights.
14:01.41Wormy_Sorry its "zettaton"
14:04.44Wormy_What if NASA had the US Military's Budget? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chLOgj8xjx8
14:06.16HachimanOh hey, Wormy's posting science fantasy
14:07.10dino82_done with homework
14:07.16dino82_availible for fiction or rp if needed
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14:08.19Wormy_one is allowed to fantasise
14:09.09Tetris_DOh, hi, first time in a while I was here and everyone else was here too
14:09.25MonetWormy_: I sort of feel like this misses the amount of money the DoD puts into R&D.
14:10.37MonetI think there's a remote possibility that if it's advantageous, the military could fund building a base on the moon.
14:12.52Tetris_DWe would probably have to build a space elevator first.
14:14.58Wormy_I don't think we'll need a space elevator, but it would cut costs and time.  Unfortunately, even the best candidate material carbon nanotubes can't be reliably manufactured without defects so one on Earth looks unfeasible
14:15.34Wormy_But a space elevator made of kevlar would work on the Moon, apparently
14:15.38MonetIt's a great video for speculating what -could- be done with 500bln/year.
14:16.12Wormy_That's why I posted it
14:16.35MonetAlthough I worry some watching might fall into the "Without the Dark Ages we'd be interplanetary by now" kind of thinking.
14:16.44Tetris_DThis is probably EXTREMELY far-fetched, but if we experimented with wormhole technology, we could simply teleport to the moon.
14:17.27HachimanEh
14:17.39HachimanYeah but what would sustain the wormhole point on the moon end
14:17.59Wormy_maybe when we have star-powered particle accelerators and mirrored dyson beams
14:18.02Tetris_DLike I said, far-fetched.
14:18.26MonetConsider the DoD has spent something like $1.5trln on the F-35 and it STILL doesn't work properly.
14:18.54Monet(okay 1.5trln is the end-project estimate, current psenidng is more like 400bln)
14:19.05Tetris_DNow I have to google who the DoD is...
14:19.06Monetcurrent expenditure*
14:19.17MonetUS Department of Defence.
14:19.23Tetris_DOh, ok
14:20.07Wormy_evil Kirk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_KvCsepcb4
14:20.10HachimanI get reminded of a sci-fi series I saw once, where humanity had become an interstellar civilisation that utilised wormhole technology which made many spacefaring vessels obsolete, even incorporating wormhole tech into their architecture so a building's rooms would be spread across the galaxy - until something happened and that wormhole tech suddenly failed
14:20.52Tetris_DLil, "WOOPS"
14:21.22Wormy_oh wow, like the end of the Dark Age of Technology
14:25.12Tetris_DWhat about the exploration ships? Did they become obsolete?
14:26.37HachimanI dunno, didn't read it
14:32.34Tetris_DThese are probably the most evil pranks in the world https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=feLUmpXvYOc
14:35.53Wormy_its just a prank bro
14:36.47Tetris_DLol I know
14:40.03HachimanWormy_: Out of curiosity, which region did you imagine Eireland residing in?
14:40.46Wormy_the western forests, I think
14:40.58HachimanRight
14:43.30HachimanI had a thought that a race of giants could reside within the country, perhaps some co-existing with the Eirish while others thrive as barbarian tribes and clans
14:43.43HachimanPlanned on calling them Fomorians hur
14:44.59Wormy_sounds good
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14:51.59dino82_hi
15:05.56dino82_test
15:06.51Wormy_North Korean TV on human rights situation in the USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3CROEyQs8
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15:24.24Tetris_DI'm back.
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16:28.28ImperiosHi
16:29.20DrodoEmpiretest
16:29.23DrodoEmpireHi
16:39.56dino82_hi
16:57.36ImperiosOluapPlayer_: Wanna do heroics? I need them for levelling my profs
16:58.10OluapPlayer_I'm writing a page right now
16:58.56ImperiosAlright
17:04.56Tek0516So my bored Stellaris experiment ended up with me making this. XD https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/YBsmGnDQ/Stellaris%20Spiral%20Galaxy.png
17:05.47HachimanThat's pretty cool
17:08.32Tek0516Star map is based on the raw data extracted from a Stellaris save, background image is from a long and bored experimenting on how Stellaris does Spirals. :
17:08.54Tek0516*:P
17:09.21ImperiosAlso, where are you in Suramar ATM?
17:10.18OluapPlayer_I did the questline you get at Honored
17:10.24OluapPlayer_Not much else
17:20.05dino82_@Imperios: I am starting thesiege of Suramar
17:20.18dino82_gained their trust enough :D
17:20.41OluapPlayer_more like grindfallen
17:21.25Wormy_Imperios:  Theresa May wore a Red Coat to the White House lol
17:23.32dino82_lol
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17:34.59Tek0516http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/buy
17:41.37MonetIf he can do that and so long as the companies don't count sudden flooding out of nowhere as an Act of God he's good.
17:44.02GhelaeThe bonus panel implies there might be another problem: http://smbc-comics.com/comics/1485616657-20170128after%20(1).png
17:45.23MonetOh yeah I just remembered
17:45.55MonetBankers and lawyers are probably among the people God wanted to drown.
17:46.56Xhoearthly possessions? nah m8
17:50.55XhoSo I bought an Xbox One
17:50.59XhoEnjoying it somewhat
17:51.56XhoAlthough the only games I've played on it so far are Soulcalibur II and Tekken Tag Tournament
17:52.02XhoOne of which was released in 2002
18:19.54OluapPlayer_http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Realm_of_Rhaz%27Gan trolle
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18:20.48CyrannianHello everyone
18:20.50OluapPlayer_~eat Cyrannian
18:20.50infobotACTION eats Cyrannian and falls over dead
18:20.56Cyrannian~hug OluapPlayer_
18:20.56infobotACTION gets a running start and tackle-hugs OluapPlayer_
18:21.08CyrannianWormy_: dino82_: free ships in STO! http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10366523-season-12-giveaways-day-five%21
18:21.27dino82_hi!
18:21.28dino82_Oh!
18:21.41dino82_still no excelsior class -_-
18:21.58CyrannianSomeday hopefully
18:23.37ImperiosOluapPlayer_: *mon intensifies*
18:23.43ImperiosAlso holy shit that model looks badass
18:23.58OluapPlayer_tank u
18:24.00Wormy_Cyrannian:  Cryptic are the most generous F2P game publishers
18:24.09OluapPlayer_It was very hard to not copy WoW trolls
18:24.15OluapPlayer_But I think I made them distinct enough
18:24.50OluapPlayer_Also F5 that
18:26.26OluapPlayer_Goddamnit, F5 it again
18:26.46OluapPlayer_My pages always have to have some weird non-sequiturs in them which need to be fixed
18:34.22Cyranniannice work on the page Oluap
18:34.55OluapPlayer_Thanks
18:43.02ImperiosOluapPlayer: I REALLY like these guys
18:43.21ImperiosAnd not just because they are WoW trolls
18:43.34ImperiosI like how you fleshed out their culture a lot
18:43.56OluapPlayer_They're not meant to be WoW trolls hur
18:44.04dino82_bye bye
18:44.14OluapPlayer_But I'm glad you like them
19:03.49ImperiosDoing Trial of Valour now
19:03.59ImperiosGoing to do errands for the annoying viking god prick again
19:06.04OluapPlayer_VRRRRRRRRRRYKUL
19:06.41OluapPlayer_Hey you should feel lucky. That annoying viking god is technically my boss, I have to do his errands all the time
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19:49.48DrodoEmpireHi
19:50.04Monethi
19:50.20XhoAAAAAA
19:50.21XhoHi
19:54.58XhoOluapPlayer_: Quoted the Razzamatazz Trolls
19:55.56OluapPlayer_I see
19:59.58XhoI should really do something with the Eza'naerani
20:13.41XhoWhat exactly is the term for a government ruled by elders
20:14.36XhoGerontocracy
20:14.40XhoFound it you useless gits
20:14.55Monet:(
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20:37.03XhoHachiman: How long have the Ankhor been on Koldenwelt for again
20:37.11HachimanLemme remind myself
20:38.39HachimanThe Khaepsha kingdom has been around for 4,500 years; the Ankhor were initially absorbed into the Realm of Sohetar by the Sohet around 16,000 years ago, hm
20:38.44XhoRight
20:38.50HachimanProbably between 17 to 18 thousand years
20:39.06XhoI'm doing the history of the Eza'naerani and I'm describing a vague record of them by the Orichalcum Elves
20:39.11OluapPlayer_Imperios: Did you kill Helya yet?
20:39.17ImperiosAt it currently
20:39.21XhoThey'd compare them to an Ankhor since the Ankhor were more than likely known to them
20:39.28HachimanMakes sense
20:40.33OluapPlayer_Imperios: What difficulty are you in? Normal? Heroic?
20:40.37ImperiosNormal
20:40.43OluapPlayer_Ah
20:40.57ImperiosWe skimmed through the first two bosses but Helya's difficult
20:41.13OluapPlayer_Back when it came out, everyone was calling Mythic Helya the hardest fight in the game
20:42.59OluapPlayer_Though after I watched some footage of his fight, Mythic Gul'dan is probably gonna top her
20:47.49Xhohttp://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/6/68/EzanaeraniSigil.png/revision/latest?cb=20170128201010 I did a sigil for white cat people
20:48.07HachimanNice
20:54.38MonetI don't know if it's a coincidence but I'm re-heating a bolognaise and next door's dogs were barking like mad just now.
20:55.07Xhodat food
20:55.09Xhodat food tho
20:57.54Monet<PROTECTED>
20:58.11HachimanI really should use my Sandbox more
20:58.20Hachimantfw too lazy to even put shit in my Sandbox subpage
20:59.25Monethttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Draconid_Imperium/Provinces#New_Kraw_Consulate Krawnies :3
20:59.50HachimanWatch as Irskaad flips his shit on deviantArt
21:00.00Xhooh deer
21:00.18Hachiman"consies fucking suck retard DDDDDDX"
21:01.04OluapPlayer_what is this spurdo shit
21:01.27MonetThe funny thing is these particular Kraw were a group he gave me.
21:03.17XhoDid I really just see Theresa May sign a £100m deal with Erdogan
21:03.19Xhofucking
21:03.22Xhofucking fuck
21:03.32HachimanWhat the fuck
21:03.48Hachimanwtf russia needs to occupy england now
21:03.51MonetI never understood the Zalkarg as pets (sounds like having a 6ft tall pig as a pet) but I bet their bacon tastes good.
21:03.56Xhoremove britbong
21:04.06HachimanI fucking hate British people
21:04.12XhoWe are british
21:04.12HachimanKill the fucking inbred tea-drinkers
21:04.21HachimanYes and
21:05.04OluapPlayer_Wow, now I remember back when he first showed the Zalkarg to the wiki
21:05.17OluapPlayer_Everyone's first thought (me included) was to make jokes about abusing them
21:05.20OluapPlayer_legit feel bad now
21:05.28HachimanPunch the pig
21:05.44XhoWhat was a Zalkarg again
21:05.56OluapPlayer_Weird pig-like Kraw pet
21:06.03MonetXho: 6ft tall spiky pig on two legs.
21:06.12TechnobliteratorI don't even know what they are
21:06.19Xhohttp://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/0/0c/ZalkargBaby.png/revision/latest?cb=20111018204840 Oh yeah now I remember
21:06.23OluapPlayer_lern 2 read
21:06.32XhoKicath - #abusezalkarg     #staywoke
21:06.33TechnobliteratorI still don't remember even after seeing that
21:06.33Technobliterator:|
21:06.36Monethttp://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/0/0c/ZalkargBaby.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/130?cb=20111018204840
21:06.39OluapPlayer_I didn't know they were that big though
21:06.53OluapPlayer_6 feet is nearly 2 meters tall
21:07.12MonetHeight1.33m - 1.76m
21:07.21OluapPlayer_fokin' ell
21:07.28OluapPlayer_Lots of bacon
21:07.52Monet"A starving Zalkarg can bite his owner for him to give him food, but sometimes, Zalkargs can seek food, however at the cost of the cleanliness of a Kraw's kitchen."
21:07.58MonetHow is this a good pet idea?
21:08.17Technobliteratorthat sounds
21:08.19Technobliteratorkinda stupid
21:08.19OluapPlayer_this is clearly not a tame animal what are you thinking                 Kraw - piggy tho <3
21:08.33MonetEvery time it goes on the scrounge it demolishes the kitchen
21:08.47XhoJust like me
21:08.48Hachimanthis is clearly not a hospitable species what are you thinking                 Kraw - asgord tho <3
21:09.00OluapPlayer_I'm not particularly against large pets though
21:09.02MonetOh wait this is an adults Zalkarg http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/c/c9/AdultZalkargLarge.png/revision/latest?cb=20111018153501
21:09.06OluapPlayer_Especially not after playing Dwarf Fortress
21:09.21Xhostill retarded af
21:09.25OluapPlayer_That's a game where you can turn elephants and dragons into house pets
21:09.38Xhohttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Eza%27naerani_Dominion Also, started the White Panthers Movement
21:09.47MonetThis creature would never work in an English house.
21:09.55HachimanNine White Lives Matter
21:10.06XhoWhite [Cat] Power
21:10.13OluapPlayer_I think you're being a bit harsh on the idea
21:10.27Hachiman>Nine-Faced God
21:10.32Hachimana cat is no one
21:10.51XhoAw crap that was an untentional link there                 Nine-Faced God            Nine Lives
21:10.53OluapPlayer_Reckless behavior aside, if the pig thing is something the Kraw had domesticated since their early days, their homes would be built to house them
21:11.00Xhounintentional
21:11.13MonetOluapPlayer: Sort of a joke at English expense as English houses are teeny-tiny
21:11.26OluapPlayer_Ah
21:11.29Technobliteratorthey're not that small
21:11.32OluapPlayer_the joke was on me this time
21:11.43HachimanFucking English doorways mate
21:12.13HachimanA fucking dog can fill up the width of an English doorway, imagine a 2m tall pig thing
21:12.30OluapPlayer_Make a bigger house to live in goddamn
21:12.48Hachimanhao bout u fukn make a house at all u tree-dwelling ape person
21:13.02OluapPlayer_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHfyAnIkYUc
21:13.08MonetTiny island, tiny houses.
21:13.52HachimanAh, yes, my favourite ape
21:13.54HachimanThe Jonobo
21:13.59OluapPlayer_kek
21:14.56MonetI am sort of tempted to retcon that pet zalkargs are much smaller than zalkargs bred ot be eaten
21:15.15Monet2m in height/length is a lot of potential pork.
21:16.29OluapPlayer_That's something you could do
21:16.34MonetTo lighten the mood have a Toriel https://youtu.be/-CbA_fNoUHM?t=7s
21:17.05OluapPlayer_dats a goat not a pig
21:17.07OluapPlayer_Cute though
21:17.19HachimanHorrifying goat person that kidnaps children
21:17.23HachimanAnd force feeds them snails
21:17.38OluapPlayer_This discussion reminded me of the time I tried to give pets to the Dracogonarious
21:17.41OluapPlayer_they all looked like dogshit
21:18.05XhoNow I'm just imagining Dracs taking literal turds out for a walk
21:18.06Xhogg oluap
21:19.23MonetOluapPlayer: Can't go wrong with plushies.
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21:40.12Monethi
21:45.27ImperiosOluapPlayer: She ded no
21:45.30Imperiosnow
21:45.44OluapPlayer_Viking god is now free to move around as he pleases
21:45.48OluapPlayer_What have you doooone
21:46.05Monet:All In A Day's Work:
21:46.11OluapPlayer_Congrats though
21:46.23OluapPlayer_How was the fight?
21:46.43MonetGotta say, as cheesy as the Halls are, I like the references in the Vikings.
21:49.15Wormy_Monet:  Are you watching Vikings?
21:50.12MonetI'm not.
21:50.26MonetI was referring to the Vrykul and Val'Kyr in WoW
21:50.32MonetCoz Helya.
21:50.32OluapPlayer_Actually considering how prominent Odyn and Helya's storylines are, and the fact Odyn is the warrior class' boss
21:50.44OluapPlayer_Warriors confirmed main characters
21:50.48OluapPlayer_manliest class wins again
21:51.09HachimanHey historian guys, I need some advice for something
21:51.18HachimanSo DrodoEmpire, Imperios, Monet, etc
21:51.20MonetShoot.
21:51.27ImperiosWho dares summon me
21:51.42ImperiosOluapPlayer: Chaotic
21:51.45Monet*lighting*
21:51.50HachimanWhat facilities and establishments do you feel would be necessary, or at least highly beneficial, to a Medieval era European town of moderate size
21:52.20ImperiosA church, that's a given, a town hall, maybe an inn of some kind
21:52.28ImperiosA little trade district
21:52.41MonetIf we're talking a town maybe a local blacksmith.
21:52.45HachimanSo, a marketplace
21:53.06OluapPlayer_an auction house where the strange adventures put all of their weird purple-coloured armor and cages filled with zombies, succubi, birds and oozes
21:53.26HachimanKhara - brilliant      time to sell by x50 ghouls
21:53.31MonetWell Oluap's not far off actually.
21:53.57OluapPlayer_Funny you say that, I've been trying to sell a ghoul pet for ages now
21:53.59DrodoEmpireYeah, a marketplace area, places of worship, some form of keep or barracks or garrison
21:54.00OluapPlayer_Never worked
21:54.08DrodoEmpireThe city might also be walled
21:54.23HachimanI was gonna say, how well fortified were Medieval towns usually
21:54.29DrodoEmpireOr rather, parts of it might be walled
21:54.34MonetPretty solidly
21:54.37DrodoEmpireI dunno, depends on the region as far as I know
21:54.48DrodoEmpireThe real fortifications tended to be around castles
21:54.50MonetPerhaps a militia garrison
21:55.10DrodoEmpireBut, yeah, many significant ones had walls around certain districts at least
21:55.30MonetA wall might vary between a palisade and a proper crenelated wall, depends on how wealthy and prosperous the town was.
21:55.35HachimanI'm asking because I wanna try and capture the feel of the town that my next planned fic will take place in, which is located in the Duskwoods - which is riddled with ghouls, zombies, and other forms of undead and dark creatures
21:55.40DrodoEmpireAhh
21:55.49DrodoEmpireYeah it'd probably be fortified then
21:55.53OluapPlayer_region which belongs to me thx
21:56.03Hachimanyeh sur wateva
21:56.04DrodoEmpireA common phenomenon in larger, older cities is to have multiple layers of walls
21:56.13DrodoEmpireThat are of wildly different ages
21:56.52DrodoEmpireBecause what often happened was that the "old city" would have a wall, basically encapsulating the innermost bit, and then later constructions would surround newer parts of the city or slums
21:57.02HachimanAnd how easy would it be to penetrate or shatter such a town's fortifications?
21:57.10DrodoEmpireSieges could take years
21:57.17MonetAgain depends on the fortifications you have
21:57.19DrodoEmpire^
21:57.34DrodoEmpireA common thing in high-quality walls was the ability to actually store grain near or within them
21:57.45HachimanHuh
21:57.49MonetA proper stone wall would see off anything barring a full-on army.
21:57.52HachimanAs in, inside the actual walls?
21:57.59MonetInside the walls yeah
21:58.00DrodoEmpireYeah, or in attached storehouses
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21:58.44DrodoEmpirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(AD_70) - A good example of a multi-walled, ancient city
21:58.56DrodoEmpire(And how the siege went)
21:59.09MonetIt wasn't uncommon for a city or castle's walls to have something inside them. The outer wall was often several metres thick but not so much the walls that divided these passages from the outside.
21:59.19DrodoEmpireYeah
21:59.38OluapPlayer_http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/2/20/Zulij%27Ahjin.png/revision/latest?cb=20170128215921 trolle king
21:59.42DrodoEmpireI guess what's important to remember is that walls and city fortifications were very expensive, and most were very, very old
22:00.03HachimanOluapPlayer: That's really damn impressive
22:00.06DrodoEmpireSo they probably aren't *the most* optimised for the current city's defense, but they'll go the job
22:00.13DrodoEmpire*do the job
22:00.19HachimanI've never seen that asset he's holding though
22:00.25MonetI have
22:00.29DrodoEmpireOluap: Oh nice
22:00.30MonetThat's a healer's staff
22:00.35OluapPlayer_It's the healer staff
22:00.36OluapPlayer_But upside down
22:01.01OluapPlayer_Also the Duskwoods colony is only about a hundred years old, whatever defenses are there are recently built
22:01.11MonetAH
22:01.12DrodoEmpireAhh
22:01.18DrodoEmpireIs it a very rich settlement?
22:01.39HachimanWell, the town I had in mind would be younger than the initial settlement(s) that were first established
22:01.43OluapPlayer_I'm not sure about that
22:01.45HachimanLess than 100 years, definitely
22:01.53HachimanMaybe around 70-80
22:01.55OluapPlayer_I don't really own the Empire of Man being one slice of it
22:02.05OluapPlayer_other than*
22:02.08DrodoEmpireRight. I'd say that if its a middling town less than a century old it may only have so-so defenses
22:02.10OluapPlayer_not sure where that being came from
22:02.41OluapPlayer_But it was a collaborative effort between at least 4 human provinces, so it's probably very well funded
22:02.43DrodoEmpireA solidly-built wooden wall, snugly containing the city perhaps
22:02.51OluapPlayer_The settlers went there knowing the danger
22:03.02DrodoEmpireAh, well if its well-funded then I might be wrong
22:03.10DrodoEmpireFortifications might actually be a priority
22:03.25OluapPlayer_Of course, the place literally breeds undead out of the ground
22:03.26Hachiman120 years, specifically
22:03.32OluapPlayer_Defenses would be the first thing to do
22:03.38DrodoEmpireAh
22:03.39MonetSo maybe there's a castle in this town?
22:03.39HachimanSince the Imperials got there in 85 BNA
22:03.54HachimanProbably
22:04.00OluapPlayer_Yeah probably
22:04.07DrodoEmpireWell, if its young, well-funded, and in a dangerous place, I can see the fortifications being much stronger than usual for a town its size
22:04.11HachimanI imagine that's where the duke or baron or whoever happens to govern the town resides
22:04.27ImperiosThere does not have to be a duke
22:04.37ImperiosIn fact it is very likely for a town to be self-governed
22:04.47DrodoEmpire(I can't see it attracting many immigrants, so urban sprawl outside of wall boundaries shouldn't be an issue)
22:04.50HachimanBy a...?
22:04.52OluapPlayer_I don't imagine there's only one town in the Duskwoods
22:04.55MonetWhat we could have is a castle being the focial point of the Old Town
22:05.00ImperiosA mayor, duh
22:05.05HachimanAh
22:05.10OluapPlayer_I can see there being multiple
22:05.14MonetHachiman: The peerage can influence the title
22:05.23DrodoEmpireYeah cities usually had several towns and villages feeding into it
22:05.28HachimanI was gonna say, Leonberg (the settlement's name) would be a northerly settlement established after the initial migration
22:05.40HachimanSo it's definitely younger than 120 years
22:05.42ImperiosAn elected ruler is actually viable
22:05.48ImperiosIf there IS a duke he likely does not rule over a specific town but over a larger area
22:05.52ImperiosWhich includes the town
22:05.58MonetA town with a local duke as governor would be a Duchy Capital.
22:06.03OluapPlayer_Other than the usual defenses, Aynachian knights travel there every couple of months to go DEUS VULT on the undead population
22:06.08MonetAnd dukes were second in authority to the local king
22:06.11OluapPlayer_But that must be like, twice or thrice per year
22:06.33ImperiosSo thus duke would likely be in his own manor/homestead and visit his towns occasionally
22:06.42HachimanRight makes sense
22:07.06OluapPlayer_Enigmarans - get off our forest u fokin humies
22:07.13HachimanKhara - lok'tar ogar
22:07.37MonetThe hierarchy goes King > duke > earl > count > viscount baron
22:08.05Monetviscount > baron
22:08.23OluapPlayer_There could be a duke. I don't imagine the colony answers to anyone but the Grand Monarch since it's not owned by any single province
22:08.42HachimanThe guy the Grand Monarch chose to collect taxes from all the settlements
22:09.53ImperiosActually, considering how the Empire of Man is kind of based on the HRE, Leonberg could be completely independent from ANY noble, like Free Imperial Cities in the HRE
22:10.01ImperiosAnd answer directly to the GM
22:10.01HachimanEh
22:10.11ImperiosAlthough, that's unlikely considering it is kind of small
22:10.23ImperiosOnly important cities could get that privilege
22:10.33HachimanRight so, since Leonberg isn't exactly a capital settlement and is younger than the first initial towns, being a few decades off 100 years old, I do imagine its government probably answers to someone else from the more significant territories
22:10.39Charles_BotHey
22:11.00OluapPlayer_Leonberg isn't the heart of the Duskwoods
22:11.06OluapPlayer_Whichever was the first settlement is
22:11.13OluapPlayer_Whoever rules the place lives there
22:11.28MonetAh.
22:11.37DrodoEmpireHi Charles
22:12.05MonetIn Medieval Europe a town's size and prosperity was usually a very strong indicator of its importance and prosperity.
22:12.11ImperiosProbably the big honcho in the Duskwoods, or to one of his subordinate aristocrats
22:12.30ImperiosBut even in that case they wouldn't likely govern directly; some sort of self-government is likely
22:12.34ImperiosMaybe a council of nobles
22:12.38Charles_BotThey also worked very differently from modern cities
22:12.39ImperiosOr just rich people
22:13.12HachimanSo, GM is basically like "I trust you with governing yourselves, don't fuck up"
22:13.44MonetAs I think Drodo mentioned, towns in Medieval Europe tended to be supported by the villages around them.
22:14.23ImperiosNot the GM personally, that's probably only for the largest cities
22:14.39ImperiosBut the local aristocrat probably couldn't be bothered with governing towns personally
22:14.41HachimanSo, stuff to include in Leonberg; church, maybe multiple to encompass the different ethnic groups, a marketplace / trade district, blacksmith's shop (given since Khara's grandfather is a blacksmith), so-so fortifications and a garrison / barracks for the town guard, place of residence for the native and visiting knights?
22:15.05OluapPlayer_They should be bothered when the place is as dangerous as it is
22:15.21DrodoEmpireEh, yeah
22:15.26DrodoEmpireThose facilities could do it
22:15.45HachimanAnything else more just adds to the authenticity and benefits me more
22:15.49DrodoEmpireThough above just a blacksmith tradesmen in general
22:15.57DrodoEmpireTanners, etc.
22:16.03MonetIn real life the nobility tended not to only do enough that the peasants were content and paying their tithes and taxes.
22:16.11HachimanOh, and an inn / tavern
22:16.32OluapPlayer_Each dead peasant is a potential risen corpse in the Duskwoods
22:17.00HachimanI imagine that the Imperial Duskwoods settlements are the kind of places where you'd see bodies being burned on pyres on the regular
22:17.19MonetOluapPlayer_:That might be more of a knight's problem.
22:17.35HachimanThat or those corpses that are buried undergo those weird anti-vampire practices that people used to do to corpses
22:17.38OluapPlayer_Knights aren't the ones running the place
22:17.57HachimanWhere a brick is placed in their mouths and their teeth are smashed
22:17.58OluapPlayer_If the nobles don't take care of the population, a zombie apocalypse will happen
22:18.01MonetKnights are usually charged with a parcel of land that they protect and manage.
22:18.37OluapPlayer_Burning the corpses is probably one way of keeping them down
22:19.23MonetWhat I mean is the local governor would entrust keeping the number of undead and healthy peasants in check to his knights.
22:19.26HachimanSo, to answer one of my original questions; what kind of politician would be governing Leonberg hur
22:19.41HachimanIf not a duke, how far down the ladder?
22:19.42OluapPlayer_Ask Imp
22:19.51MonetIf it's not a regional capital probably not a duke.
22:19.52ImperiosSome sort of council of wealthy burghers perhaps?
22:20.15HachimanSilly Imp, burgers are food
22:20.30OluapPlayer_Well, the Duskwoods' head settlement is definitely the capital of the forest
22:20.34DrodoEmpireAs in wealthy urban dwellers <.<
22:20.41DrodoEmpireNot food
22:20.45OluapPlayer_There aren't any other Imperial territories around the area
22:20.49ImperiosBurghers as in happy merchants
22:20.55Imperiosclasps hands
22:21.07OluapPlayer_I could really go for a burger right about now
22:21.29MonetBurgher means "person from a borough"
22:21.38ImperiosIf you want the title
22:21.40DrodoEmpireYeah
22:21.42OluapPlayer_Time to get dinner then, brb
22:21.46ImperiosBurgomeister?
22:21.49Hachimankek
22:21.52HachimanBurgomeister
22:21.55HachimanFucking what
22:22.14MonetMeans "master of the town"
22:22.17HachimanAh
22:22.23ImperiosBürgermeister
22:22.26ImperiosMy mistake
22:22.32HachimanAnd there'd only be one of these, or like Imp said, a small council?
22:22.54MonetBurgomeisters were the chief magistrates.
22:22.55ImperiosCould be a burger boss answering a small collegium of wealthy burgers
22:23.16Imperios...I am hungry now
22:23.41HachimanI get reminded of that talk we had a while ago about a Mannazian who founds the first burger fast food chain with the help of alchemy
22:24.14HachimanSo, what kind of people became or would be considered burghers?
22:24.32MonetWhatever the administrative division of the Duskwoods is - a barony, duchy, or earldom or whatever, the baron/earl/duke would have their primary residence in Duskwoods' main city.
22:25.41ImperiosProbably most relatively well-off residents
22:25.51ImperiosBurghers = citizens basically
22:26.00HachimanAnd how do you become a well-off citizen in a Medieval town hur
22:26.04ImperiosThe poor and the menial laborers would likely be denied citizenship rights
22:26.08HachimanLike gimme professions pls
22:26.08ImperiosBy being an artisan
22:26.18ImperiosSmiths, glassmakers, tanners, or something
22:26.19ImperiosTailors
22:26.34MonetBeyond that if you can afford an education, you can become a burgher.
22:26.34ImperiosThere could probably be a few guilds
22:26.56HachimanSo, Khara's grandfather could be a burgher?
22:27.07HachimanHe's a blacksmith / former knight
22:27.21Monet"bourgeoisie" is a derivative of "burgher"
22:27.27MonetIf it helps
22:27.47ImperiosFormer knight as in was he stripped of his status or resigned himself
22:28.00HachimanResigned himself to live quietly
22:28.42ImperiosHe'd probably remain a noble in that case, so he's likely to be quite privileged in a town
22:29.05Imperioshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burgomaster If burgermeister sounds too odd for you you could use the Dutch equivalent
22:29.12ImperiosOr just go for the English term, whatever it is
22:29.30MonetBurgomaster
22:30.04ImperiosOhgod I found the native English term
22:30.05Imperioshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeve_(England)
22:30.08Imperiosreeve
22:30.11Monetor could just call him a mayor
22:30.12ImperiosThat sounds ew
22:31.00HachimanSo, a small council of generally wealthy citizens, perhaps aided by the head of the local clergy and the town guard, guided by a burgomaster / mayor
22:31.29ImperiosYep
22:31.38HachimanRight, that's easy to understand
22:32.08MonetRegarding places of worship, a town's places of worship would have been built from financial contributions by the faithful in the community.
22:32.37HachimanAnd then I suppose there'd be neighbouring, less well-defended villages where Leonberg would get its farm supplies and whatnot
22:32.47MonetBu it's not unheard of, under the Ottomans Constantinople had numerous places both mosques and Orthodox churches.
22:32.59ImperiosFor example, yes
22:33.15MonetRegarding villages, yes.
22:33.27HachimanI was gonna say, Leonberg would very likely have multiple ethnic groups with differing faiths among the populace
22:33.40MonetSmaller towns were pretty dependant on what was produced in these villages by
22:33.52HachimanSo there'd be churches for both Ahmalhrich and whatever deity the non-Mannazians worship, Pheonas and whatnot
22:34.07MonetHachiman: Whichever faith was predominant would build the biggest house of worship, presumably.
22:34.17HachimanOf course
22:34.53HachimanSo, what kinda stuff would villages supply that a Medieval town could not by itself produce?
22:35.26ImperiosMostly food I presume
22:35.34Imperios> whatever deity the non-Mannazians worship, Pheonas and whatnot
22:35.38ImperiosThat sounded offensive hur
22:35.41MonetFood, maybe wood.
22:35.43HachimanSorry hur
22:35.51HachimanSo, fish, grain, wood, meat
22:36.06MonetPeasants were simple folk.
22:36.09HachimanIt sounds kinda weird not having a source of food within the town
22:36.25MonetTowns would often have farms around them
22:36.50MonetBut the labourers on those farms were usually either peasants or freemen.
22:36.55OluapPlayer_I couldn't get a burger, but at least I had something to eat
22:37.24MonetIt's unlikely a burgher would lower him/herself to work on a farm.
22:37.47HachimanMakes sense
22:37.55HachimanSo, hillbilly jobs
22:38.06MonetYeah.
22:38.47HachimanOne thing that bothers me about Koldenwelt's maps is that I don't recall any version where we have a comprehensible list of rivers that run through the regions
22:39.16MonetI always assumed that Koldenwelt was so huge that rivers were hard to see.
22:39.39XhoThat was the idea
22:39.45XhoI mean we can do a river map separate of the main map
22:39.50MonetThat and rivers could be added as they were needed.
22:39.59XhoAlthough I don't recall any rivers being minimally 4 miles wide
22:40.10MonetBecause pretty much every major city in Europe has a local river.
22:40.57MonetCapital cities especially - they were arteries for trade.
22:42.11DrodoEmpire^
22:42.14ImperiosI did a few regional maps which include rivers
22:42.22DrodoEmpireI did say that Halfiaxia is set along a river
22:42.55Imperioshttp://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/6/6d/Freelander_Map.png/revision/latest?cb=20150319172733 There
22:43.10Imperioshttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/a/a8/Tartarion_Map.png/revision/latest?cb=20131228083017 This one even names its rivers
22:43.11MonetIf we had a premade set of rivers, it would limit where new fictions could go.
22:43.32OluapPlayer_Yes
22:43.42OluapPlayer_We don't need a river map. Just make rivers up when needed
22:44.03ImperiosAs I said rivers work better for regional maps
22:45.51XhoI did one for the Meridian Island as well
22:45.54XhoWherever that image is
22:46.17Xhohttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/c/c3/MeridianIslandPic.png/revision/latest?cb=20160413205438 Here it is
22:50.15HachimanImperios: Perhaps the head of Leonberg's town guard is Alhassan? If so, mind giving me a hard-ass sounding name?
22:50.31ImperiosTimurbeq the Hammer
22:50.52HachimanAnd surname?
22:51.29XhoAllahuakbar
22:51.35Hachimankek
22:51.38ImperiosYou could use the Hammer as a surname, though if you need one, hammerfall
22:51.55Hachimanrite
22:51.56ImperiosAlso maybe a Turkic name does not fit them
22:51.57ImperiosIn that case
22:52.04ImperiosJabarr-Darr Hammerfall
22:52.27OluapPlayer_hammerrfarr
22:52.44XhoJar-Jar Hammerfall
22:53.35Wormy_More Viking stoof http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User:Wormulon/Recent_works#Forgotten_age.3B_40.2C000_B.C.E-1000_C.E.2C_Orion_Spur
22:53.42ImperiosTurkic names, at least the Central Asian ones are ridiculously badass
22:53.47ImperiosIf you translate them that is
22:54.09ImperiosLike say the president of Kazakhstan is "Nursultan Nazarbayev"
22:54.30ImperiosWhich translates into "King of Light, Lord of Sight"
22:54.44HachimanAnd what term would you apply to a worshipper of Pheonas or an object with religious connotations tied to that faith? Pheonian?
22:54.52HachimanAlso yes, that does sound ridiculously cool hbur
22:55.44ImperiosSince his church is called the "Hallowdom"
22:55.47ImperiosHallowed perhaps?
22:55.51HachimanFair enough
22:56.02ImperiosThere was also that film director who made the last Ben-Hur remake
22:56.07ImperiosTimur Bekmambetov
22:56.38Imperios"Iron Glorious Lord"
22:57.17ImperiosSeriously I think Kazakhs invent names just by mashing random cool-sounding words in their language together
22:58.02MonetKhazakstan. more like Nopressurestan
22:58.38OluapPlayer_I keep reading it as Karazhan
22:58.48ImperiosAlso I like how half of their names include "timur", i.e. "iron", in their word
22:58.49Imperiosnames
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22:59.15ImperiosOluapPlayer_: Jokes on you, "karazhan" is actually a word in Kazakh
22:59.17ImperiosOr rather two words
22:59.28Imperios"kara" is "black"
22:59.33Imperios"zhan" is "spirit"
22:59.34OluapPlayer_i will never be free of this hell
22:59.48HachimanGotta wonder what Lanfrank's reputation is like around Leonberg, given that his daughter married a Black Orc mercenary and his granddaughter is a halfblooded ruffian
22:59.49Xho#verynice
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22:59.56MonetThat's...quite appropriate.
22:59.57OluapPlayer_I suppose black spirit fits being possessed by Sargeras
23:00.21MonetHachiman: "Ew dirty halfblood"
23:00.44OluapPlayer_"could be worse, could be another undead wyvern"
23:00.50MonetGood thing as a mayor he's not full nobility.
23:00.55HachimanHe's not mayor
23:01.02HachimanHe's part of the town council though
23:01.41ImperiosOh and there is a female Kazakh name "Guldana", but I think I already mentioned thiws
23:01.44Imperios*this
23:01.56HachimanLanfrank loves his family, even the halfblooded troublemaker, and as a man who just wants to live quietly he probably doesn't care too greatly about prioritising his reputation as nobility above his kin
23:01.57MonetAt least I think the Empire still practices shunning marrying commoners.
23:02.37ImperiosWell I actually imagine that due to its origins the Empire at least TRIES to be meritocratic
23:02.45ImperiosThere are probably ways for commoners to acquire nobility
23:03.07OluapPlayer_You don't hate on the person who can break your nose with one punch
23:03.45MonetOluapPlayer: The law would protect the shit-talking nobility
23:03.59OluapPlayer_the undead will eat the law
23:03.59OluapPlayer_checkmate atheists
23:04.00OluapPlayer_Especially when they're a hero in the making
23:04.30HachimanKhara's probably not very popular around Leonberg, and while she's technically nobility, that doesn't stop her from getting her shit kicked in when she gets involved in a ruckus
23:04.34MonetShe kills/hospitalises one of them, she's the one under arrest for assault.
23:04.41OluapPlayer_I get the feeling people aren't taking the Duskwoods' cursed threat as seriously as they should
23:05.12XhoMan I thought we were talking about WoW
23:05.18HachimanOh I most certainly do, it's why I chose for her to come from the Duskwoods
23:05.47MonetI do, I'm just saying the local citizens might not so much.
23:06.00MonetIt might be my pessimism talking.
23:06.10OluapPlayer_They should, they're the main victims of said cursed threats
23:06.27HachimanThey should, but peasants tend to be fucking idiots given that they're uneducated
23:06.38OluapPlayer_Enigmaran - at least we get an easy meal
23:06.57ImperiosXho: WoW has no empires
23:07.09ImperiosCurrently existing at least
23:07.10HachimanLanfrank and other well-off citizens probably are far more aware of the threat the curse poses
23:07.16Xhoasjafj
23:07.35OluapPlayer_You got undead, werebeasts, vampires, liches, fire-breathing hounds, cruel goblins and orcs who hate outsiders
23:07.44OluapPlayer_Oh and wyverns
23:07.48MonetI mean maybe the nobility's consigned to keeping the problem down by sending knights on a murder-spree every now and then.
23:07.59DrodoEmpiretest
23:08.07HachimanThat is exactly what they do hur
23:08.18HachimanIt gives the Aynachian lads good practice
23:08.39OluapPlayer_Aynach's undead purges, like I said, only happen twice or thrice per year
23:08.44Monet"See guys we care, see our brave knights march out to do hero stuff. Now hand me another glass of wine"
23:08.48OluapPlayer_The threat of the Duskwoods exists daily
23:08.54HachimanOh, I thought they were monthly
23:09.15OluapPlayer_No, they happen every 6 months or so
23:09.23OluapPlayer_It takes a long time to travel from Aynach to the Duskwoods
23:09.33HachimanAh, well, of course
23:09.46HachimanI imagine the Aynachians probably stay a while though
23:09.56OluapPlayer_They do, but they have to leave eventually
23:10.10MonetI was talking local bands of knights going out and killing
23:10.43DrodoEmpireHmm, well one thing that was a real societal problem back in the day was having a bored warrior-class with nothing to fight
23:10.47HachimanOh, there are definitely local knights barring the Aynachians; Mannazian knights and whatnot
23:10.49DrodoEmpireThat sorta thing causes unrest
23:11.00OluapPlayer_There are many things to fight in the Duskwoods
23:11.05OluapPlayer_Perhaps too many things, in fact
23:11.07DrodoEmpireSo having them periodically go out on an undead killing spree is a brilliant solution to this issue
23:11.30OluapPlayer_The chances of you leaving the walls only to get jumped by a swarm of sadistic dark goblins is very high
23:11.43MonetSomeone verify but I think when it came to the Black Death there was this idea of "If I keep away from the filthy peasants maybe I won't die"
23:11.45HachimanI mean, hey, if Japan had a regular undead crisis to send the excessive amounts of Samurai following the unification of their country
23:11.58HachimanThen Korea probably would have been spared a lot of blood
23:12.01DrodoEmpire^
23:12.03DrodoEmpireExactly
23:12.18OluapPlayer_Also, these knights die too
23:12.20DrodoEmpireHmm how does the countryside survive then Oluap? Are the villages that provide the cities with food and people fairly well protected too>
23:12.22DrodoEmpire*?
23:12.32HachimanProbably
23:12.35OluapPlayer_DrodoEmpire: They should if they want to survive
23:12.40HachimanAdventurers are also a thing, alongside knights
23:12.48DrodoEmpireI can see there being some sort of smaller forts around each, which'd get expensive but it'd be necessarily also
23:12.55OluapPlayer_If there's no protection, hostile wildlife is gonna prowl in and eat whatever it can find, people included
23:12.56DrodoEmpire*or rather, at each
23:12.58DrodoEmpireNot around
23:12.59MonetThe deadly nature of the Duskwoods will hamper its economy.
23:13.03DrodoEmpire^
23:13.18OluapPlayer_That's obvious
23:13.22DrodoEmpireIt'd be the perfect place to recruit warriors from though
23:13.30DrodoEmpireIt'd breed tough men from which to levy
23:13.32HachimanAdventuring is probably a very profitable business there though
23:13.46HachimanTough men and women, in Khara's case
23:13.49DrodoEmpireYeah
23:13.57OluapPlayer_silly, orcs can't be girls
23:14.01Hachimankek
23:14.05MonetThe huge number of monsters might make make farming and herding dangerous.
23:14.21HachimanIt might cause farmers to pick up their shit though
23:14.36OluapPlayer_Farming should be practiced at the outskirts of the forest
23:14.38DrodoEmpireYeah definitely. I can see regular people being armed in response, and again, small wooden forts near the villages
23:14.45OluapPlayer_The farther you are, the less monsters exit
23:14.46OluapPlayer_exist*
23:14.52MonetThat's good.
23:15.16OluapPlayer_At the Duskwoods, the deeper you are, the closer you get to the very nasty bits
23:15.25MonetSo the region is called Duskwood but the people, farms and villages are mostly outside it.
23:15.37Monet(not contesting just getting an idea)
23:15.51OluapPlayer_The region is called Duskwoods because it's locked in eternal night
23:16.19MonetIt has woods in it tho.
23:16.27XhoHachiman: http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/0/06/Keleivel2017.png/revision/latest?cb=20170128231547 GOD-EMPEROR AT MAX POWER
23:16.29DrodoEmpireTrees could be different types
23:16.30OluapPlayer_The curse doesn't affect plant life
23:16.31HachimanWell, there is a vast amount of land that exists between the Duskwoods and the southern coast to the region's east - I must presume that some have taken to farming there and then import their goods
23:16.35OluapPlayer_This is something I noted already
23:16.44HachimanAlso, the effects of the curse are noted on the page
23:16.49HachimanIt's weird but it works
23:16.53OluapPlayer_Plants grow as if the sun was there
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23:17.30MonetHow far from the town are the trees.
23:17.40HachimanXho: pauldrons not big enough 0/10
23:17.46HachimanProbably not too far if you want wood
23:17.52HachimanAnd you *want* wood
23:17.52OluapPlayer_Close
23:18.06ImperiosMaybe the plants are mutated to feed on moon energy
23:18.10MonetUsually it's a good idea to clear the trees a mile or so from the town.
23:18.11Imperiosor... something
23:18.14HachimanMoon energy
23:18.16Hachimanwat
23:18.21ImperiosMagic
23:18.23HachimanMoon energy is just sun energy
23:18.23Imperiossnort snort
23:18.34ImperiosI mean in the fantasy sense
23:18.37HachimanThe light of the moon is sunlight being bounced off u dingy
23:18.40OluapPlayer_I don't imagine that's a detail worth noting
23:18.42ImperiosSome sort of moon-powered magical force
23:18.54ImperiosIt's the fucking fantasyverse
23:18.59Hachimaninb4 Mannazian princess who draws her magic from the moon
23:19.19XhoNalashtannylor - https://media.giphy.com/media/KOVlHmbBA09XO/giphy.gif
23:19.22HachimanSailor Reich]
23:19.24MonetClearing trees not only gives you farmable land, it also gives the town sentries a buffer zone if anything crawls from the forest.
23:19.44OluapPlayer_Right, in that case they probably deforested a part of the land
23:19.50HachimanYeah, I was gonna say that amounts of woodland have presumably been cleared
23:19.51OluapPlayer_The head settlement is definitely deep in the region
23:20.30HachimanLeonberg is further in the more northerly part of the region, a little more out of the way of the centre
23:20.51MonetNever quite got (aside from "it looks cool") why Darkshire and Goldshire are so embedded in the middle of their respective forests the outskirts are shaded by trees.
23:20.51OluapPlayer_The head settlement wouldn't be at the center though
23:21.02OluapPlayer_Center = Enigmar Rift = orcs
23:21.08HachimanRight right
23:21.26MonetLike there is no buffer between these towns and woodland.
23:21.33OluapPlayer_Orcs who can and will eat settlers who cross into their territory
23:21.37XhoHow about
23:21.40XhoTreehouse settlements
23:21.51HachimanAithrena - dun dis
23:21.55ImperiosMonet: The trees hide the dark deeds that transpire in these towns
23:21.58MonetXho: We're talking medieval villages tho.
23:21.58HachimanAnd here I was thinking that the Enigmarans were reasonable
23:22.00ImperiosNormal dark deeds in Darkshire
23:22.06ImperiosAnd... darker deeds in Goldshire
23:22.09OluapPlayer_Enigmarans hate outsiders
23:22.16HachimanDirty deeds done dirt cheap
23:22.31OluapPlayer_The fact humans are trying to take control of their land uninvited doesn't make them happy at all
23:22.39Monettfw sunny Goldshire is a more disturbing place than the spooky forested Darkshire.
23:22.52HachimanOh, I was actually gonna ask
23:23.22MonetXho: I bet that armour is made with platinum.
23:23.29XhoPretty much
23:23.33HachimanOluapPlayer: Would it be alright if I proposed that there is a Black Orc kingdom located at the Duskwoods
23:23.56OluapPlayer_I don't think you can fit a kingdom there, especially with the humans already occupying the place
23:24.05HachimanDuskwoods is a big region
23:24.07OluapPlayer_The place is big but not that big
23:24.24MonetI contest that logic with Luxembourg and Aragon.
23:24.28HachimanIt wouldn't be like a massive kingdom, anyway
23:24.43HachimanLike, located in the northwesterly bit while if I recall the humans are located eastward
23:24.55MonetCould be a castle and a few outrlying villages.
23:25.26OluapPlayer_Why do you want a kingdom there anyway?
23:25.48HachimanI was gonna say, it'd be more like a city-state with a few neighbouring towns and villages
23:26.11HachimanBecause fertile land and available resources that no one else other than humans and primitive orcs are trying to get ahold of?
23:26.23MonetWell if there are lots of orcs wouldn't that mean they'd at least try and establish something significant?
23:27.13OluapPlayer_That doesn't answer my question
23:27.37OluapPlayer_I'm asking you want to put a kingdom there
23:28.29HachimanOh, because I figured it could play into fiction in the future and would also give the humans some opposition beyond the Enigmarans and legions of undead - industrial rivals, essentially
23:28.59HachimanLike, the Duskwoods is dangerous, and Black Orcs are confident (and / or stupid) enough to try and capitalise on the fact that very few races have the balls to throw themselves into danger for that amount of fertile soil and resources
23:29.09ImperiosMake them have a big tower-fortress of some kind
23:29.17ImperiosAnd then a few slave settlements under that great fortress
23:29.20OluapPlayer_I don't know, I think adding another race defeats the point of the human province
23:29.32Hachimanbut y tho
23:29.49OluapPlayer_They're meant to be there to try and tame the savage cursed land
23:29.55OluapPlayer_Not to compete with rival nations
23:30.50HachimanI mean, if you say so, it was just a proposition and I thought it could tie into future fiction
23:31.08HachimanIt's not like the orcs wouldn't be doing the same thing
23:31.44OluapPlayer_Alright, you can put your orcs there
23:32.00OluapPlayer_As long as they don't occupy too much of the place and don't overshadow the actual native orcs
23:32.00HachimanWell no, now I feel like I forced you
23:40.29HachimanAlso, I just thought of something cool
23:40.44HachimanImperios: Imagine dwarves and Klaxxa building golems and pitting them against each other in arena duelsd
23:40.46Hachimanduels*
23:41.16HachimanDwarves, gnomes, and Klaxxa even
23:44.08ImperiosThat could be a story
23:44.52ImperiosAlso I remember there being a British TV show with a similar premise, I saw it once
23:44.54ImperiosAs a kid
23:45.16HachimanRobot Wars?
23:45.38HachimanIf so, I fucking loved that show hur
23:46.01ImperiosYeah I think
23:46.43ImperiosThere was a Russian show which consisted of showing various foreign shows
23:46.48ImperiosPardon the tautology
23:46.54ImperiosSo I only saw one episode
23:47.15HachimanShame, it was badass
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