IRC log for #sporewiki on 20170202

00:01.20Wormy_There was plans to build a massive ugly council estate that cut through greenbelts around the town, it is actually in the world hiritage site classification, but as private land (with public footpaths that have been walked for probably centuries) someone want toi develop this cancer
00:02.01Wormy_And conveniently enough, some rare bird species magically appeared
00:02.24Wormy_No, actually it was a shrew or something like that
00:02.37Wormy_The whole town was up in arms about it but that doesn't matter
00:03.19Wormy_The plans won't go ahead now
00:05.17TechnobliteratorYou seem to take much more notice of what happens in your area than I do
00:05.46TechnobliteratorGenerally, we all just say we hate our council because they're terrible at planning roads, hence bad traffic
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00:06.24Wormy_It isn't very big, that's why
00:06.37Wormy_Our Tory council are horrendous
00:06.57Wormy_They closed the food banks and declared there were no poor, but there are
00:07.06Wormy_They closed the public toilets
00:07.46Wormy_They opposed the development of Aldis because it might chapen the look of the town
00:08.34TechnobliteratorI guess local governments just suck in general
00:08.39Wormy_I don't know why people vote for them really
00:08.40TechnobliteratorOur Labour council is terrible
00:08.44ImpyDroidDrodoEmpire: Actually about refugees, splitting them up and spreading them over Europe is a pretty sensible decision
00:08.48TechnobliteratorI don't know why people vote them back in
00:08.53Technobliteratorwhen they cannot plan roads for shit
00:09.01Wormy_I guess Labour is the alternative, and everyone has bad memories of Labour
00:09.10ImpyDroidI doubt Greece will be able to sustain half a million refugees on its own
00:09.48TechnobliteratorOnly a few upper class areas vote Tory here
00:09.56TechnobliteratorBut it voted Leave
00:10.07Technobliterator(I don't know why I say "here" when I don't live in Birmingham right now :|)
00:11.00Wormy_Its more working class people here but you get a lot of working class Tory supporters in the older generations
00:11.01ImpyDroidYou guys have a degree of personal connection to the local government
00:11.20TechnobliteratorNo, not really
00:11.39TechnobliteratorLike, I know nothing about our local government, no one ever talks about them
00:11.40Wormy_Yeah, its not like anyone feels they have a say
00:11.42ImpyDroidI suppose it feels different when you live in a city of ten million, I never really cared about Poltavchenko and what he is up to
00:11.51Technobliteratoryeah, see
00:11.57TechnobliteratorI live in a city of about 1 million(?)
00:12.00Technobliteratorand no one really cares
00:12.03ImpyDroidOh so I am not alone here
00:12.04Technobliteratorthey just say that they suck
00:12.13Technobliteratorbecause the traffic is bad
00:12.30ImpyDroidOh wait nevermind five million not ten
00:12.42Technobliteratoryeah, I was gonna say
00:12.49Technobliterator10 million would be bigger than NYC :V
00:13.00TechnobliteratorThat is crowded
00:13.04ImpyDroidSaint-Petersburg and Moscow are both huge
00:13.28ImpyDroidMoscow has 12 million citizen
00:14.21ImpyDroid^ WE HAVE MORE LAND IN THE WORLD THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, HOW SHOULD WE SPREAD OUR CITIZENS? THAT IS RIGHT, MAKE THEN ALL LIVE IN TWO TINY CITIES
00:14.43TechnobliteratorI mean
00:14.50TechnobliteratorIsn't most of the land not very hospitable anyway :|
00:15.21ImpyDroidNorth @iberia maybe not
00:15.23ImpyDroid*S
00:15.30ImpyDroidBut say Kuban is decent
00:15.52ImpyDroidNorth Caucasus is dangerous but otherwise decent
00:15.52Wormy_World War III might be over quickly then
00:15.59ImpyDroidEven South Siberia is decent
00:16.38ImpyDroidHell the area around this very city is decent
00:16.59ImpyDroidMiserable and rainy yes, but your entire country is like that and you somehow live with it
00:17.20ImpyDroidYet outside Saint-Petersburg is nothing but tiny fucking cottages and villages and whatnot
00:17.32ImpyDroidNevermind kind of detailed the discussion
00:17.49TechnobliteratorDo people seriously think World War III is going to happen?
00:17.59Wormy_Nah
00:18.02ImpyDroidSo it is rare that you really turn your sight towards the local government?
00:18.23Wormy_Cold War II, maybe
00:18.54Liquid_Ink_I don't think the Cold War actually ended. We just had a second détente.
00:19.33MonetRussia's not Communist anymore though
00:19.46MonetIt's no longer capitalism vs socialism
00:19.50ImpyDroidLiquid_Ink_: But the ideological conflict is gone
00:19.55ImpyDroidSo is the economical conflict
00:20.04Liquid_Ink_It never war. It was about one imperialist state fighting another imperialist state.
00:20.04Wormy_No, but some countries want to be recognised superpowers
00:20.07ImpyDroidWe have a unified market and competition within this market
00:20.13Liquid_Ink_Capitalism vs socialism was just the excuse.
00:20.18ImpyDroidRather than two relatively separate markets
00:20.23Wormy_And challenge US dominance in the world stage
00:20.43Liquid_Ink_*never was
00:20.49Wormy_They have a long way to actually catch up with the US though
00:21.07ImpyDroidLiquid_Ink_: Many higher-ups in the USSR would disagree with you, even at its height it was full of ideologues who really believed in communism
00:21.31ImpyDroidWhich is why it lost, too many old people stuck in the old ways
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00:26.04Liquid_Ink_Hey robot
00:26.55MonetI understand the CW as the Ruskie does.
00:28.24WormydroidDrodoEmpire I think what you have with a lot of protests today is that the people don't possess any real knowledge or ability to reason and make moral judgements, so we see alott of dumb and cringe.  I don't know whether its gotten worse, although media has made it more apparent
00:28.57WormydroidI think same can be said for referendums and voting as well
00:29.49ImpyDroidMonet: I am not a Russkie u
00:31.03WormydroidWe're barraged with information and slogans, but not a lot of knowledge.
00:32.58WormydroidI was talking to someone who argues democracy is flawed if uniformed votes have equal weight with informed ones
00:33.10TechnobliteratorI would not be inclined to agree
00:33.26TechnobliteratorIf leaders fail to convinced uninformed voters, it's their fault
00:34.04TechnobliteratorThe problem with democracy is mostly that we have a democratic system completely broken due to FPTP and a complete lack of direct democracy
00:34.56WormydroidThe problem is without voters who spend time at least making an informed opinion, politicians can use this to make mixed and confusing messaged
00:35.30Technobliteratorie "350 million will go to the NHS guys vote Leave"
00:35.52WormydroidYes
00:36.15MonetBut people could have also been at fault for not fact-checking.
00:36.24WormydroidIf people spent their time researchibg and questioning that claim, a lot lesspeople would have voted leave
00:36.48TechnobliteratorIt's not like a lot of people have the time to do that, though
00:36.58MonetFor those who knew the £350mil was a half-truth or lie, we went "knew it/told you so"
00:37.31TechnobliteratorWhen you work full time and have a family to look after, it's not like you can do much. Also, many people are extremely cynical about politics, so they don't do much research as it just depresses them
00:37.46WormydroidAnyway this guy I was talking to suggested that people's votes are weighted by their knowledge of world affairs, and that the knowledge should be made openly available so that people can improve their informed guesses
00:38.14TechnobliteratorI believe this is more a problem with mainstream media outlets
00:38.31WormydroidI am critical of this too - it cpuld uncritically favour theories and we unequal if not wveryone has the same access
00:38.43WormydroidBe unequal
00:39.04TechnobliteratorLike, look how they cover PMQs
00:39.10Technobliteratorthey never cover the issues that are actually discussed
00:39.29Technobliteratorthey just cover the gossip and who had the better joke
00:39.36Technobliteratorlike anyone will really give a fuck about that a day later
00:42.38WormydroidI think politicians should have been clear from the start that referendums are meantvto be advisory
00:43.23WormydroidThe amount of excuses from our *representatives* that they should honour public opinion for once gets on my nerves
00:43.31MonetThe Commons is a theatre. The real discussion happens within the halls and offices of Westminster.
00:44.24TechnobliteratorUh
00:44.27WormydroidArticle 50 should be up to them as learned people, they know in their hearts it was a masdive mistake to leave the world's biggest economy
00:44.41TechnobliteratorI do not want a representative that does not honour the opinion of me and other people
00:44.58TechnobliteratorRepresentatives should do what the people want, or lose their job to someone who will actually do what the people want
00:45.08WormydroidOur form of democracy is to vote the people who make the decisions
00:45.24Technobliterator60+% people want to renationalise the rail, but we have a broken government that will not honour the public opinion on this front
00:45.53MonetI recall hearing back when the issue of hanging was discussed, the majority outcome in a referendum was "yes, keep hanging" I'll douible-check
00:46.05WormydroidInstead of mskibg a real debate about what is good they use excuses like "honouribg the referendum which we forgot to mention was advisory"
00:46.07TechnobliteratorThere is similar polling suggesting people want to renationalise the utilities companies, fund the NHS more often, and not to mention basically every war they start is deeply unpopular
00:46.35TechnobliteratorThe people in government should be trying to make this happen, but instead, they don't care. They only care about keeping their donors happy.
00:47.20WormydroidYes, and the only reason they really want to honour the referendums to save their parties
00:47.23TechnobliteratorIn my opinion, we need more direct democracy, not less, and I would almost be in favour of removing both houses in favour of pure direct democracy
00:48.19WormydroidI'm not clued up enough to say yay or neigh
00:48.53WormydroidBut I maintain my opinion that is an empty excuse
00:49.07WormydroidTo do what they did
00:49.45TechnobliteratorI just think it's extremely clear that the vast majority of the MPs are disconnected from their constituents and don't care about them. This is why they always show up to vote when it's on issues of their own pay, why they might be one of the only professions which have seen their wages go up as the cost of living goes up (everyones' wages should), and why they don't even try and fight for or debate overwhelmingly
00:49.45Technobliteratorpopular issues
00:49.51MonetTechnobliterator: So...nationalise utilities, NHS and the rails, what would you cut (by the way, the military is the single biggest funding group of R&D)
00:50.02TechnobliteratorYou wouldn't cut anything
00:50.10MonetSo you'd raise taxes
00:50.11TechnobliteratorWe already pay for the rails
00:50.20TechnobliteratorBut the costs are privatised
00:50.30TechnobliteratorAnd no, I wouldn't raise taxes, I would close tax loopholes
00:51.36WormydroidI believe in people controlling where their taxes go
00:51.48TechnobliteratorAnd I would run a budget with a deficit and invest strategically to ensure that it eventually turns a profit, and ensure these programs have a positive fiscal multiplication rate
00:51.59WormydroidI think it gives libertarian power to a welfare state
00:52.44WormydroidThe state says "we need money to have these services, byt you guys pay for what you want out of it"
00:53.50WormydroidAnd then learned people could filter that money so that say, research into rare diseases get more of the share
00:54.09WormydroidIt'd be pretty general rather than granular
00:54.20TechnobliteratorMonet, for the record, I am aware that this is a very nuanced conversation. My issue is that it's an overwhelmingly popular position according to polling and the conversation isn't even being had
00:54.53TechnobliteratorI do not doubt, for instance, that if people learned more details (whether we would need to raise taxes being one of them, of course) about said plans, then support for them may fall
00:55.33TechnobliteratorBut it suggests the system is very broken if nothing is happening at all when 60+% of people are in favour of it (and when it was the case a few decades ago)
00:55.52MonetThing is, the NHS currently runs on a budget of about £120bln/year
00:57.00MonetThe country already spends 114bln on welfare
00:57.13Monet156bln on pensions.
00:58.34MonetPart of the politicians' job is to balance what the people want with what the state can handle.
00:58.44TechnobliteratorThe NHS used to have a budget surplus, and now has a budget deficit
00:59.28Technobliterator(Which I believe is not being done to balance the budget, I believe it's being done for nefarious reasons which is to eventually privatise the whole thing and scrap the 'free at the point of need' policy, but that's a separate discussion)
00:59.44MonetWell *something's* changed - I'm looking at public spending figures right now
01:00.38TechnobliteratorBut really, welfare spending can have a positive economic impact if it increases peoples' spending power, and reduces how much spending is needed on things like policing if less people turn to crime
01:01.04TechnobliteratorI think you could save the government a lot of money if the minimum wage was a living wage as well
01:01.38MonetWell if you've figured it out, contact an MP or a party spokesman
01:01.57Liquid_Ink_They won't listen
01:02.10MonetPffft sure they won't.
01:02.25MonetI've done this, I've got messages back
01:02.25TechnobliteratorIt depends on which MP you talk to :V
01:02.43TechnobliteratorBut I find "they won't listen at all" to be dismissive
01:03.12MonetSee which MPs agree with you and contact them about it maybe
01:03.53TechnobliteratorI think my MP might, I'm not sure, but really my issue is more in how economic discussions are framed
01:04.38MonetHonestly letting them know you might have an interest is better than constantly finding reasons not to try.
01:04.44TechnobliteratorI think a lot of people frame it as welfare being an automatic economy drain and that welfare spending is the sole reason for the debt, or that you can only ever choose between raising taxes and cutting spending
01:04.46Technobliteratormhm
01:05.42TechnobliteratorMy primary issue with the Labour Party is that they never even try and combat this narrative
01:05.48MonetPoliticians may be an elite but they're still humans, they're not telepathic.
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01:06.33TechnobliteratorThe only attempt I heard was Jeremy once saying "austerity is a political choice, not an economic necessity". Which was correct. But he never elaborated on it once and it just makes him look incompetent in the eyes of most voters.
01:07.14Technobliterator"We're in debt and they want to spend MORE? Labour are clueless!" is probably what most voters think, when it's actually more nuanced on both sides of the debate
01:07.18MonetThere's more going on in the Labour party than whatever Jeremy Corbyn is saying.
01:07.28TechnobliteratorI really dislike the Labour Party
01:07.52TechnobliteratorIn my opinion, it has accomplished extremely little since Attlee's days, and even then was plagued with faults
01:07.58MonetI may sound naïve here but I think there's more inter-party discourse over here than what goes on in the States.
01:08.24TechnobliteratorWell, US party politics is horrible because the two-party system is even worse
01:08.48DrodoEmpireYeah, have to agree there
01:09.09TechnobliteratorIn reality, this is how US parties should look:
01:09.53TechnobliteratorGreen Party - Jill Stein. Social Democratic Party - Bernie Sanders. Libertarian Party - Ron Paul (or Rand, I guess?). Conservative Party - Hillary Clinton. American Nationalist Party - Donald Trump.
01:11.27MonetAt the end of the day, MPs are -public- servants. Many of them go into it for power, sure, but there are many who also go in because they want to make a change.
01:11.35DrodoEmpireYeah that's more or less where the actually party lines lie
01:11.55DrodoEmpire*actual party lines
01:12.04TechnobliteratorI think most MPs go in because they want to make a change
01:12.10Technobliteratorand then a lot of them stay in because of power
01:12.37DrodoEmpireDrodo - This is why we adopted a monarchy
01:12.38Technobliteratorlike how Osbourne now has a high-paying job in the financial sector as a thank you for all the tax cuts he gave them : |
01:12.44DrodoEmpireDrodo - Parliaments suck dik
01:12.55DrodoEmpireDrodo - 8)
01:13.26MonetMaybe what the public needs to do more is nudge their MPs when they're getting too bigheaded. COuld be as simple as voting for soemoen else.
01:13.47Technobliteratorproblem is, voting for someone else may mean voting a party you don't like
01:14.04TechnobliteratorOr people may not know about their specific MP and vote on party lines alone
01:14.13MonetOr if one is available you could vote for a different MP of the same party.
01:14.40DrodoEmpireTry some Thai Masaman curry for the first time
01:14.42DrodoEmpireIts alright
01:14.43MonetVoting on party lines alone is one of the reasons why so many power-hungry politicians stay in their seats.
01:15.05TechnobliteratorMhm
01:15.21MonetHow many people know who their MP is beyond party allegiance?
01:15.40DrodoEmpire*Tried some
01:16.06TechnobliteratorI didn't until very recently when I looked it up out of curiousity, personally
01:16.13DrodoEmpireAhh
01:16.23DrodoEmpireI had it delivered from a new place in town
01:19.19MonetThat's the thing about democracy.
01:20.15MonetTo get it to work, 30 million or moving parts need to come to this sort of conclusion.
01:20.43DrodoEmpireDrodo - That's dumb
01:20.53DrodoEmpireDrodo - Monarchies need one moving part
01:21.00DrodoEmpireDrodo - Therefore
01:21.05DrodoEmpireDrodo - Monarchy stronk
01:21.10DrodoEmpireDrodo - 8)
01:21.55MonetThis is sort of why I question the rationality of a galactic empire functioning as a democracy.
01:22.07DrodoEmpireEh
01:22.15DrodoEmpireCommunication's always been a problem in democracies
01:22.43Monetconstituencies might be larger.
01:22.45DrodoEmpireIts part of the reason why voting had, for most of its existence, a relatively tiny electorate based on property requirements
01:23.16DrodoEmpireDepends on how communication technology advances with the expansion of the empire, really
01:23.46MonetI think part of the beauty of this sort of scale http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6f/Galacticsenate.png/revision/latest?cb=20130212012244 is yes, whe nyou have THAT many representatives, things are going to grind to a halt.
01:24.09DrodoEmpireYep
01:27.45MonetSome of the seats, in the case of Aldaraan and Naboo, are for single planets.
01:28.13MonetDidn't Geonosis have its own seat?
01:33.52DrodoEmpireThink so
01:34.47MonetGiven the political and cultural diversity of the USA and how it affects the elections, I'd hate to imagine what running for a president of the galaxy is like in terms of appeasing everyone.
01:36.07DrodoEmpire^
01:36.25DrodoEmpireI figure Drodo premiers face a similar issue
01:37.13DrodoEmpireThough, there I imagine they try as much as possible to not to appeal to identity politics of that sort, lest they, you know, get assassinated by nationalists
01:38.16MonetI suppose in that sense the position of Paragon and the appointment of viceroies while giving much of the power to the upper house is possibly genius.
01:38.38DrodoEmpireCould be yeah
01:44.27Tek0516Monet: Even Corporations like the Trade Federation has seats
02:11.34MonetATek0516: In a way, the Republic was doomed long before Palpatine shwoed up.
02:26.04Monetgoodnight
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08:58.48Groxkiller98Heya.
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09:44.04Wormy_hi
09:45.34Groxkiller98Hey.
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09:50.35GhelaeHello.
09:50.36Groxkiller98Hey.
09:58.14Groxkiller98Well, hostilities with the Grand Teyan Empire have officially begun!
09:58.28Groxkiller98They're fighting the Mithadorn atm.
09:58.50Groxkiller98And hostilities in the Milky Way will likely begin soon.
10:00.10Groxkiller98What color is the text in the msg template, btw?
10:00.22Groxkiller981, 2, 3, or 4? >_>
10:00.52Ghelaehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Msg#Parameters
10:01.04Groxkiller98Thanks.
10:03.21Groxkiller98http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction_talk:Talven_Empire#Incoming_transmission_from_the_Mithadorn_Republic - Part of my transmission can't be seen. T_T
10:03.35Groxkiller98In the 'char' section.
10:04.33Groxkiller98Ah. Got it!
10:17.05Groxkiller98Why is it so quiet in the mornings?
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10:19.31ImperiosHi
10:20.12Groxkiller98Hey.
10:20.38Groxkiller98The Grand Teyan Empire have officially begun hostilities with natives in Andromeda.
10:43.26ImperiosLiquid_Ink: http://orig05.deviantart.net/b202/f/2016/341/d/8/indy_assault_by_party9999999-daquc56.png Did I show this to you before?
10:44.37Liquid_InkI've seen that everywhere
10:45.29Liquid_InkMy favourite caption is "College professor in altercation with alt-right serviceman
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10:49.04Groxkiller98Hai.
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10:57.58Groxkiller98Hey, Oluap.
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11:08.24WormydroidHi
11:10.49Groxkiller98Hey.
11:12.49Groxkiller98Wormy, you seen? The Grand Teyan Empire are now on the offensive.
11:12.59Groxkiller98In Andromeda, anyway.
11:15.27WormydroidI'll have a look when I get some time
11:15.34WormydroidWho are rhey fighting?
11:16.35Groxkiller98Mithadorn atm.
11:16.48Groxkiller98The republic stepped in to slow them down.
11:16.58Groxkiller98And it turned violent.
11:17.23WormydroidWhat's the motivating factor of conflict?
11:18.04Groxkiller98The Mithadorn stepped in the way to slow down the Teyan expansion. And the Teyan retaliated by shooing them away using firearms.
11:18.17Groxkiller98So, a conflict of interests, I suppose.
11:18.30Groxkiller98One wants to keep expanding, the other doesn't.
11:18.36WormydroidI see
11:20.04Groxkiller98I'm struggling to write a captain page. :|
11:20.08Groxkiller98http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Captain:Vey%27Kunla
11:20.12Groxkiller98Working on his appearence.
11:20.17Groxkiller98Appearance*
11:20.36Groxkiller98He's basically living inside a life-support suit.
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11:30.51Groxkiller98http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Captain:Kalcedia_Myran - This lady still weirds me out. >_>
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12:12.06HachimanHi
12:12.31Groxkiller98Hey.
12:12.52ImpyDroid2>mentioned Kalcedia
12:12.59ImpyDroid2>Hachiman logs in
12:13.06Groxkiller98XD
12:13.18Groxkiller98Forty minutes late.
12:14.10Groxkiller98And now I must leave. Cya!
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12:17.02ImpyDroid2Hi
12:17.28OluapPlayerHi
12:17.44OluapPlayerReached Exalted with the Golden Lotus and got Cranes
12:17.47OluapPlayerur not unique anymore
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12:36.28HachimanImpyDroid2: What was being said of Kalcedia?
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12:48.29cyrabotBloody buses are the bane of my existence
12:48.54cyrabotNothing worse than watching your bus drive off
12:50.44cyrabotNow I'm forced to wait around in Burger King with nobody to talk to for an hour
12:50.56Liquid_InkYou have us
12:51.17ImpyDroid2OluapPlayer: Crane power
12:51.40OluapPlayerI've hit 100 mounts with the cranes
12:51.43ImpyDroid2What level is your troll arm?
12:51.44OluapPlayerI dragonhawk now
12:51.45ImpyDroid2Ooooh
12:51.53ImpyDroid2Oooooooog
12:51.55ImpyDroid2*Oooooh
12:51.57OluapPlayerTroll is level 6 iirc
12:52.15ImpyDroid2I just remembered I had a low level Horde char
12:52.22ImpyDroid2Like level 20 or so
12:52.30ImpyDroid2We could level these together
12:52.49OluapPlayerSure, once I progress enough with dorf
12:52.59OluapPlayerOnce my internet stops being a pain I really want to do mythics
12:53.32ImpyDroid2Oh yes definitely
12:54.07ImpyDroid2I could help you with them for sure
12:54.15OluapPlayeryey
12:54.22OluapPlayerDalaran weekly wants 4 mythics
12:54.31OluapPlayerI still need to do Halls of Valor for that one quest
12:59.33cyrabotJust held the door open at the GPO for three old ladies, an old man and a woman with a baby, I'm such a fothermucking gentleman
13:00.09OluapPlayerYes you're a fothermucker alright
13:01.46cyrabotluv u too
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13:13.05Monethello
13:15.32OluapPlayerHi
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13:37.01NeonPandahi all
13:37.14GhelaeHello.
13:38.09Monethi
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14:58.58MonetTook me ages to realise where the phrase "worth his salt" came from
14:59.26MonetIf I understand correctly it refers back to when Greek and ROoman soldiers were paid in stipends of salt.
14:59.57MonetTo be "worth your salt" was to be worth your payment as a man, a soldier.
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15:00.52NeonPandaand I'm back
15:01.09MonetHi
15:01.10NeonPandaOluapPlayer Hachiman: so I just vicariously experienced a D&D horror story that will likely trump anything Hachi manages
15:01.16NeonPandaand Monet in that as well
15:01.20OluapPlayer?
15:02.15NeonPandabasically, over the past 6 sessions my friend's character has been made an utter bitch, with the DM completely blocking any attempt he makes at building on his backstory while letting the other players do essentially whatever
15:02.52OluapPlayerThat by itself is already horrifying
15:04.02HachimanOuch
15:04.18NeonPandaon three separate occasions, while trying to find information about the local criminal guild (his backstory is that he's a former career criminal), he's been beaten unconscious due to excessively high level npcs (apparently pickpockets are 5th level rogues), and had to be rescued by the rest of the party
15:04.58MonetThose are some scary pickpockets.
15:06.08NeonPandaso yeah Hachi, prettymuch no matter how badly you may screw up, at least we know there's people that are worse
15:06.43NeonPandaoh also OluapPlayer: I was watching an Age of Sigmar game that was basically 300 clanrats versus three big undead things, and it gave me an idea for ookin: warpstone knuckle dusters
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15:06.58OluapPlayerElaborate
15:07.21MonetWhoboy.
15:07.48MonetThat'll be fun
15:08.29WormydroidHm, think I bit off more than I can chew with computability
15:08.39NeonPandabasically, think spiky kryptonite versions of this: http://www.chuckdsecurity.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/brass_knuckle_spiked_silver.jpg
15:09.03HachimanYou essentially become Knuckles except a monkey
15:09.20NeonPandapunch people, stab them, screw up their insides while you're at it
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15:09.34MonetIf we're going with warpstone in its entirity, it'd be red kryptonite
15:10.04OluapPlayerWouldn't that count as a weapon?
15:10.16MonetKnuckle dusters are fist weapons
15:10.18OluapPlayerAlso remember Ookin doesn't punch, he thrusts his palm at you
15:10.31NeonPandawe can improvise
15:10.36HachimanSlaps you to death
15:10.55MonetI mean for the sake of simplicity it could still do damage.
15:11.43HachimanI mean personally I'd stick with unarmed considering your base damage grows over time and eventually your fists count as magic anyway
15:11.53MonetKnuckle-dusters don't have to have spikes - if we're talking a palm slam then ypu're technically still hitting them with a small metal bar.
15:12.21HachimanAlso, that's a thing; next time you get a feat, I suggest Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialisation on your unarmed attacks
15:12.41HachimanWell, get Weapon Focus and then get Weapon Specialisation later
15:13.01NeonPandaHachiman: Brawlers have an ability that allows weapons to scale with their unarmed strikes at a reduced level
15:13.12HachimanOh I never noticed that?
15:13.18Hachiman-?
15:13.24NeonPandakicks in at the mid levels
15:14.18NeonPandaanywho, just an idea
15:18.40NeonPandainb4 we give him an assassin's creed style wrist blade
15:18.50HachimanOh that'd be cool
15:19.24HachimanTake a dip into Rogue and get sneak damage while flanking
15:19.29NeonPandaat the very least (and Oluap and I agreed on this) he needs an amulet or bracers of mighty fists, so that he can have FIRE PUNCHES
15:19.40HachimanAye
15:19.46NeonPandaI just realised
15:19.49NeonPandait's not fire punches
15:19.50NeonPandait's
15:19.51NeonPandaHADOUKEN
15:19.58HachimanI was gonna say Falcon Punch
15:21.12NeonPandabut yeah assuming he doesn't find one some time before level 7, I'm definitely getting my crafter cohort to make one for him, it being such an essential item and all
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15:24.03JepardiHi
15:25.24NeonPandaunrelated note, I need to play more GTA V
15:26.57NeonPandaoh yeah, Monet: in case it hasn't been mentioned I will at some point be grabbing Leadership to have a magic item crafter on staff, so if there's anything that distinctly appeals to you I may be able to make it happen (assuming Hachi doesn't put it in the game for you)
15:34.34MonetNice
15:42.03NeonPandaof course I expect AD&D levels of obscure components required for magic items, but that can be managed
15:42.57MonetIt's amazing what you can find in portside markets.
15:44.10NeonPanda"Why yes, I do just so happen to have a vial of Ancient Red Dragon's blood, although I'm afraid I don't have the freely given brand."
15:45.58OluapPlayer"I do have Ancient White Dragons' blood though. New shipment just arrived."
15:47.28NeonPandagotta love the incredibly specific ones though, like mandrake flower harvested by a dwarven druid under a new moon
15:47.51OluapPlayerThe fuck
15:48.48NeonPandathat's what the DM does when they want the party to do something really specific that they would otherwise have no reason to do
15:49.03NeonPanda"Hm, I have this neat idea for an encounter with a dwarven druid circle... how do?"
15:49.35OluapPlayerThat's slightly more understandable
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15:50.35CyrannianHi
15:51.09NeonPandait's also a kind of gating, like "yeah I want these guys to have this neat item, but I also want them to earn it, and not just in the usual give money kind of way"
15:51.13HachimanHi
15:51.23NeonPandalike cutting off boss tails in Dark Souls
15:51.31HachimanHope you guys decided what to do with the loot btw
15:52.02CyrannianOluapPlayer: Very nice introduction to the Dentronian
15:52.11OluapPlayerMan I miss tail items
15:52.22OluapPlayerCyrannian: Glad you like it
15:53.14NeonPandaprettymuch the understanding was split the gold evenly with one for Random, sell the heavy crossbows, Monet gets the trident, Oluap gets the cloak, and I took the heads to go on a recruiting spree
15:53.28NeonPandaalthough now that I think of it, I got shafted XD
15:57.38Monet<PROTECTED>
15:59.12NeonPandaheh
16:00.13MonetI'm not joking but not a day goes by without a delivery man coming to the door with a parcel.
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16:13.44NeonPandaoh also Monet: you should totally start charging the people on the ship to cure their diseases
16:17.24NeonPandaalso I derped and it's next level you get remove disease/remove curse
16:18.43MonetOh well, at least she can still mend cuts and fractured bones.
16:22.24Monethttps://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-59-megastructures.997705/ YESSS
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16:26.32TreebeardHello
16:28.50NeonPandaMonet: SCIENCE INTENSIFIES
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16:53.43TreebeardHello
16:54.11dino82_hi :d
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16:56.17TreebeardHello
16:57.28MonetHello
16:59.58dino82_hi
17:07.31TreebeardMonet Imperios: Would you like me to list the Pan-Andromedan Ecumene as a supporter of the Four-Power Alliance in Marinus' Rebellion?
17:07.44ImperiosHm
17:07.48ImperiosCan you give me a link?
17:07.53ImperiosUs even
17:08.08Treebeardhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Four-Power_Alliance_(Marinus%27_Rebellion)
17:09.13MonetThe Ecumene I imagine would be supportive of France.
17:09.18MonetSo it would make sense
17:09.36TreebeardAlright, thanks
17:10.48MonetI'll be back later
17:13.27Tek0516Woo. Megastructure building is getting added to Stellaris
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17:55.53ImperiosTreebearD: That's interesting, the PAE as a whole can support France yeah
17:56.26TreebeardAlright
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17:57.07WormydroidHi
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17:59.10ImperiosHi Wormy
17:59.37MonetHello
18:00.12dino82_hi
18:00.19ImperiosWormydroid: http://i.imgur.com/KmPRvv9.png I tweaked the flag a little bit
18:01.18WormydroidA darker green is better
18:01.47WormydroidCould you change red to purple for me?  Purple is more Dcp'ish
18:02.23WormydroidThat green you got is perfect
18:02.59WormydroidI meant to say
18:03.04WormydroidBrb
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18:13.55ImperiosWormydroid_: Changed to maroon
18:14.11ImperiosOr deep purple not sure
18:14.23ImperiosI am not sure about the galaxy symbol, it feels out of place
18:14.31ImperiosWhat do you think could I put instead as the central symbol?
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18:30.34dino82_:d
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18:39.44WormydroidImperios yeah, the Dcp have mire than one galaxy in mind to hold influence over
18:40.07WormydroidBut I'm not sure what else
18:40.30WormydroidCould be represented
18:41.02Imperioshttps://lh4.ggpht.com/zfXLEYjCcn-peZoNQpwfqYTg-KtFuzs80Twae8obhfL_HS4ydGsJ1EUHIoKcyhLw8Pk=w300 Maybe a symbol like this?
18:41.37WormydroidThat's pretty cool, it looks orderly
18:44.18ImperiosThat and I found it on a conspiracy theory video that links it to the Templars and the Illuminati
18:48.59WormydroidBest not take an exact copy of their symbol, or they might come after us jk
18:55.12ImperiosWormydroid: http://i.imgur.com/zN6Eyyf.png Now it looks slightly oriental
18:56.38WormydroidIndeed
18:56.38WormydroidThat looks great
18:57.29WormydroidFacebook sued over oculus copyright infringement http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38834867
19:01.05Imperioshttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/File:Coalition_Jack.png There you go, use it if you want
19:01.58WormydroidI will use it, either as the flag or the fleet emblem
19:02.29WormydroidThank you very much
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19:21.06WormydroidDon't know why I see so many spiders this time of year, there's hardly any flies [19:20] <Wormydroid> Oh yeah, they eat each other probably
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19:52.15dino82_hi
20:33.14MonetWormydroid: Probably
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20:35.25Wormy_Police blow up 'suspicious' car outside station - then realise it had been parked there by fellow officers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/02/police-blow-suspicious-car-outside-station-realise-had-parked/
20:35.50Wormy_Are we living in a comedy sketch
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20:40.49Groxkiller98Hey.
20:41.18dino82_hi
20:41.47Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/iGmGG
20:52.49Wormy_mind the whoosh http://imgur.com/gallery/CSgBv
20:54.41Wormy_Imperios, Hachiman: http://imgur.com/gallery/JT1Fa
21:14.31ImperiosGroxkiller98: I just realised you have Spodists
21:15.03dino82_bye bye
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21:15.52Groxkiller98_Crashed. >_>
21:15.54Groxkiller98_You did?
21:17.02Groxkiller98_It took you that long to realise I have Spodists?
21:18.34Wormy_chill
21:18.54ImperiosGroxkiller98_: My bad hur
21:19.18Groxkiller98_XD
21:19.37Groxkiller98_I'm just kinda surprised you hadn't noticed until now.
21:19.53Groxkiller98_No real issue with it.
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21:37.57Tek0516https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/perfect-your-galactic-empire-in-stellaris-utopia.997685/ So the new Stellaris expansion will apparently include the ability to build Dyson Spheres
21:38.27MonetTek0516: I mentioned it earlier
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21:52.41DrodoEmpireHi everyone
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21:56.00DrodoEmpireHey
21:56.11Wormy_hi
21:56.58Tek0516Hello
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22:37.08Spluff5How do you guys make images of spaceships surrounded by shield?
22:37.09Spluff5Hi
22:40.07DrodoEmpireHi
22:40.08DrodoEmpireNot sure
22:44.05Wormy_I used to use the puddle effect, horribly
22:44.07GhelaeSpluff5: Is there an example of such an image on this wiki that you mean?
22:45.02Spluff5Not in particular, I'm just writing about my shields atm and I want to figure out a good way to make an image of a ship with one active.
22:45.26Ghelaelooks at his examples
22:50.54GhelaeI've found a few examples of shields working.
22:51.54GhelaeAs Wormy mentioned, one option is to use the puddle effect. I've always restricted this to the location of impact, as seen in these three pictures:
22:52.15Ghelaehttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/4/47/BattleOfBorgSpace.png/revision/latest?cb=20100806071449 http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/b/b1/Battle_Over_Eris.png/revision/latest?cb=20100801103503 http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/5/5c/Grox-Saucer_Battle.png/revision/latest?cb=20110610212516
22:52.19GhelaeOh, okay.
22:55.02Wormy_Probably disconned.
23:12.41Wormy_winner of the internets today https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/5rnecu/homemade_chicken_parm_sourdough_deep_dish_pizza/
23:13.40DrodoEmpireWhoa
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23:55.27Wormy_http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38728548/huge-otter-fossil-millions-of-years-old-discovered-in-china
23:56.39DrodoEmpireHuh wow
23:57.22MonetTHat's enormous
23:57.59OluapPlayer>up to two metres in length
23:58.01OluapPlayerBIG otter

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