IRC log for #sporewiki on 20170322

00:04.42Cyrannianhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Second_Great_Cyrannus_War/Opening_Stages#Battle_of_T.C3.ADrnan.C3.B3g - New SGCW battle with humies and SpaceGhelaes
00:07.42Wormy_spaicgellies
00:08.24Wormy_I might get a chance to do some fic next week
00:08.31Cyranniangud
00:10.31Wormy_Feel free to use the Sentinel class in Terran battles
00:12.38CyrannianAh yes, I only added the two Terran ships in the battle image close to the end of the process, I mainly concentrated on the Apalos vessels
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00:16.25ZF101Hello all.
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07:00.46GhelaeHello.
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09:05.17HachimanHu
09:05.18HachimanHi
09:05.21HachimanNew here?
09:05.25MethanogemHi
09:05.27MethanogemYup
09:05.41MethanogemAaaaaand I managed to misspell my own name on my first time on this irc
09:05.47Hachimankek
09:05.52HachimanNice; well, welcome to the IRC, unfortunately it's a little quiet at the moment
09:06.12MethanogemI see
09:06.22MethanogemWell that can't really be helped
09:07.03MethanogemI was really just checking out the irc because I'm new
09:08.11MethanogemSo...since I'm new...any advice or anything?
09:08.20HachimanHm, well
09:08.29MethanogemYes?
09:08.40HachimanI'm assuming you know about our Fiction and Fantasy Universe projects?
09:08.57MethanogemI have a basic understanding of them yes
09:09.02HachimanWhich really is the main draw of the wiki
09:09.15MethanogemTrue
09:09.23MethanogemUnless you really like Spore trivia
09:09.37HachimanI mean, that's true, but you'd be hard-pressed lol
09:09.55MethanogemYeah you would
09:10.19MethanogemThe fictional element is really the main draw of the wiki
09:10.35HachimanWere you interested in setting up fiction, then?
09:10.44MethanogemYes
09:10.54GhelaeHello.
09:11.00MethanogemHello
09:11.15HachimanAh good, Ghelae's here; someone who's actually responsible
09:11.24HachimanHi
09:11.36GhelaeYou can change your name here by typing /nick newname, e.g. for you you'd presumably want to type /nick Methanogen
09:11.55MethanogenThanks for the help there
09:13.03MethanogenI'm unfamiliar with a lot of that kind of stuff
09:14.40HachimanSo, it seems that based on the comments on your userpage and your Yorchi fiction, you're another guy whose interested in alternative xenobiology
09:14.48Hachimanwho's*
09:14.50MethanogenYeah
09:15.27MethanogenI'm rather open to the possibility of highly exotic life. Keep in mind I'm definitely no expert on this stuff though.
09:15.41HachimanThat'll get you popular here given a little amount of time hur
09:15.42HachimanWe also have guys like that who know their stuff about things like that so you'll be alright
09:16.04MethanogenIt will?
09:16.06MethanogenWell that's good
09:16.25HachimanYeah, your writing quality is pretty good for a newtimer
09:16.25MethanogenI'm sure they can point out all of my probably really obvious errors and such
09:16.32HachimanOne of the best in recent memory, actually
09:16.32MethanogenThanks
09:16.53MethanogenHopefully it's not too difficult to follow everything
09:17.11HachimanI mean, I'm no expert in chemistry but I do consider myself at least partially qualified in the field of writing
09:17.11MethanogenI'm glad you think it's good
09:17.19GhelaeI've got a summary of that kind of thing in the Biochemistry tab of http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/User:Ghel%C3%A6/Guide_To_Stuff - I might need to check over it properly, but it should all be fairly correct.
09:17.24HachimanAnd I'd say you're pretty good, yeah, not too hard to follow at all
09:17.34MethanogenThanks I'll take a look
09:17.50MethanogenWell that's good
09:18.14HachimanBy the way, just a tip in case you're uploading pics to the wiki
09:18.28MethanogenYes?
09:19.36HachimanI'd suggest using the camera in the Testing Mode or whatever it's called part of the Editor for your creatures; go for the black background and get a nice up-close angle of your creature before taking a pic with the in-game camera, because then you'll get a fairly decent image with a transparent background
09:20.28MethanogenThat's a good idea I didn't think of that
09:20.51MethanogenIt'll be a lot higher quality than the png
09:20.53HachimanRather than simply using the creature .png for the main image and whatnot; it makes the page look a little better than using a blurry .png where a main image should go
09:20.57HachimanYeah
09:22.20HachimanAlso if you need help with writing stuff like culture, politics, society, etc. for your fiction, we also have a handful of experts on those kinda things to help you out
09:22.35MethanogenI'll make sure to do that'
09:22.44MethanogenI have to go now, thanks for the help
09:22.52HachimanNo probs, hope to see you again
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10:41.17NeonPandahi all
10:41.24HachimanHi
10:45.00GhelaeHi
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10:50.13Methanogenhello
10:50.49HachimanHi again
10:51.21Methanogenhi again hachiman
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10:52.14Methanogenhi
10:56.32GhelaeHi
10:57.21Methanogenhi again ghelae
10:57.39Methanogencurrently working more on creature anatomy and such
10:59.47HachimanOh?
11:00.48Methanogenbasically just adding onto it so every part of the creature is coveed
11:02.21Methanogen*covered
11:10.51MethanogenDoes anybody know what kind of taxonomical classification a creature like a Yorchi would be given?
11:12.35NeonPandaI could go through it
11:12.39NeonPandalink the page please?
11:13.17Methanogenits not fully done yet keep in mind
11:13.21Methanogensending link in a scond
11:13.55Methanogenhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Creature:Yorchi
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11:15.43Methanogenhi
11:16.25HachimanhI
11:16.27HachimanWhoops caps
11:16.37HachimanMethanogen: I'm no good at taxonomy I'm afraid
11:16.46OluapPlayerHi
11:16.58Methanogennor am i
11:19.14Methanogenits probably hard to classify something that isnt even finished yet
11:19.28NeonPandaworking through it, random note for the moment: typically speaking exoskeletal carapaces are pretty poor at dealing with blunt trauma and pretty good at dealing with slashing or piercing trauma
11:19.52Methanogenthanks for the info
11:20.10Methanogenhonestly that is actually better for me ill change it now
11:21.22NeonPandacurrently at Superphylum level, just figuring out if htere's a better phylum than Arthropoda
11:22.56Methanogengot it
11:23.05NeonPandaTIL there's an entire phylum of animals organised based on the fact that they look like dicks
11:23.15Methanogenthere is?
11:23.36Methanogeninteresting taxonomy system
11:23.41NeonPandaPriapulida, or penis-worms
11:23.48Methanogenah
11:23.52Methanogenmany of those around?
11:24.03NeonPandait's a little more complicated than that, but the name literally comes from the greek god of fertility, cos they all look like dicks
11:24.20Methanogeni guess that makes sense
11:24.35HachimanFucking kek
11:24.38HachimanThat's hilarious
11:25.08OluapPlayerbenin
11:26.05Methanogenthere is a lot of taxons in this taxonomy
11:27.57NeonPandamfw arguing Chelicerata over Hexapoda, then facepalm because of course it's fucking hexapoda
11:28.40GhelaeSporeWiki taxonomy is a mess, but the two main options for arthropod-like creatures are Arthropoda and Hemiinsecta (in Chordata).
11:29.05Methanogeni see
11:29.42NeonPandaGhelae: the two I just mentioned are subphyla of Arthropoda
11:30.18GhelaeYes, albeit the real-world Arthropoda and not the SporeWiki one.
11:31.27NeonPandagranted, but the sporewiki one is based on the real world one, and neither will ever quite cover everything without a lot of judgement calls involved
11:31.27Methanogentaxonomy sounds complicated
11:31.43GhelaeFor some reason the taxonomy system has stopped listing subtaxa in as bullets and now justs gives them all in a big lump...
11:31.51Methanogenyeah
11:32.19NeonPandatechnically speaking taxonomy is very straightforward, it's just that sporewiki having to deal with aliens makes it complicated
11:32.20GhelaeHemiinsecta is one of the taxa I never got around to reorganising.
11:32.28Methanogentrue
11:32.40Methanogenyoud need a new category for half the stuff people make
11:32.52GhelaeIt has subtaxa with descriptions ranging from "creatures of the hemiinsectans that have arms" to "six-limbed hemiinsectans with a carbon fiber endoskeleton and thick, seamless skin composed of layered chitin".
11:33.09Methanogenthat is very specific
11:34.03NeonPandaonce you get down to the bottom levels things get really specific
11:34.24NeonPandaone of my biology sub-assignments was drawing a taxonomy chart for finches
11:34.44Methanogenthat sounds difficult to me
11:34.45GhelaeUnfortunately, it's the "creatures of the hemiinsectans that have arms" that is the only taxon there that suits the Yorchi.
11:35.12Ghelae...It's then divided into two families; ones for those that can run, and one for those that cannot.
11:35.29Methanogenis that basically the "doesnt fit anywhere else" category
11:35.58GhelaeAs described, yes, although it might be possible to come up with a better description that still fits all of them.
11:36.17Methanogenwell Yorchi should be able to run
11:36.19NeonPandaMethanogen: let me put it this way: there's approximately one species of finch for every island in the pacific
11:36.39GhelaeThe real problem is that the taxa have all been made by many different people, each with completely different ideas of what is an appropriate description for each level.
11:36.40Methanogenthats a lot
11:37.16GhelaeThe conclusion of my search is that the Yorchi best fit either in one of the http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Taxon:Telumcorpus families, or in http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Taxon:Gnatharthridae.
11:37.27NeonPandaGhelae: can you link me the hemiinsecta taxa? having trouble finding the damn things
11:37.42Ghelaehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Taxon:Hemiinsecta
11:39.19NeonPandaI want to punch exactly all of those
11:39.45Methanogenif its in Telumcorpus it would be here probably: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Taxon:Cogoingrediae
11:39.51NeonPandasince all of them are utterly dumb, I agree with Ghelae's assessment that Telumcorpus is the best way to go
11:40.16GhelaeI've cleaned up a lot of the taxonomy project over my years here, but taxa like Hemiinsecta just made me think "no".
11:40.33NeonPandawhat level is telumcorpus meant to be at exactly?
11:40.39MethanogenThats the problem with things that merge to other things together vaguely i guess
11:40.51GhelaeTelumcorpus is an order.
11:41.19MethanogenYorchi can technically run but its no very fast for them due to having shells and armour and whatnot and it makes them trip a lot due to being a little front heavy
11:41.23NeonPandaallow me to add an additional ew
11:41.34Methanogenwhat for?
11:41.42NeonPandafor that being the order level -.-
11:41.56Methanogenwhat should it be?
11:42.08NeonPandawell, non-existent would be a good start
11:42.15Methanogenfair enough
11:42.47Methanogenwould you rather just have a new catgeory for stuff that would go into that?
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11:43.50NeonPandaok, so just one question quickly: do the Yorchi have a spinal column?
11:43.56Wormy_Hi
11:43.58Methanogenhi
11:44.06GhelaeIdeally, some of the Chordata taxa should just be purged and redone from scratch.
11:44.07NeonPandanot necessarily the bones, just the actual nerve column itself
11:44.09GhelaeHello.
11:44.15Methanogenyes they do
11:44.21NeonPandaright, that makes things easier
11:44.40Methanogenso its a chordate then basically
11:44.51NeonPandaso hemiinsecta gets a pass as being a class
11:45.08Methanogenyes
11:45.27NeonPandawhich makes "has limbs" not the *worst* definition for an order I've ever seen
11:45.51Wormy_Who's Methanogen, a new user?
11:45.54Methanogenwhat is the worst?
11:45.55Methanogenyes
11:46.56Wormy_I see.  The welcome message you got from me was automatic.
11:47.07Methanogenah that makes sense
11:48.13Methanogencurrently im learning the complexities of sporewiki taxonomy
11:48.26Wormy_So you're into alternative biochemistries.  We like them too here!
11:48.33GhelaeHemiinsecta is a bad place to start. :P
11:48.52NeonPandaso if we make telumcorpus (which btw is somewhat annoying as a name, so I want to punch that as well) *has limbs* rather than *has arms* I can put up with it
11:49.15Methanogenyes i am. even if i have little proper knowledge of it
11:49.22GhelaeNeonPanda: You can rename it easily. Move the page, then edit the two families' pages.
11:49.33NeonPanda"can run" and "can't run" however is fucking retarded, pardon the french
11:49.41GhelaeMind you, I think all Hemiinsectans on the wiki have limbs.
11:49.53NeonPandaso I'm going to pretend those don't exist
11:50.01Methanogenif they didnt wouldnt they be in vermes or mollusca or something
11:50.12Ghelae...Yes.
11:50.13NeonPandaGhelae: realistically that would be the division point
11:50.32Methanogenyeah new classification for the whole "cant run" thing is needed probably
11:50.33NeonPandaprimarily because there isn't an earlier division point
11:51.16Methanogentrue
11:51.31NeonPandaand therefore due to there being nothing comparable for classification, the steps in between order and genus are functionally irrelevant
11:51.40Ghelaehttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Taxon:Hemiinsecta?limit=150 - anybody who wants to look through these and put them into a consistent classification is more than welcome.
11:51.48NeonPandamight do it later
11:52.16GhelaeThere are some one-family, one-or-two-species orders in Hemiinsecta; those can most likely go too.
11:52.38NeonPandaso what we have now is Animalia > Chordata > Hemiinsecta > needsanewname > whogivesafuck > Genus > species
11:52.50Methanogenpretty much
11:52.59Methanogenoh i still need a genus and species dont i
11:54.43NeonPandaand since the Genus just needs to be monophylic, compact and distinct, you can just make it up really
11:54.47Methanogen"Theiiko pyritiou" for species and "Theiiko" for genus i guess
11:55.42NeonPandatechnically speaking it should be latinate, but how much anyone here actually cares about that is up for debate
11:56.15Methanogenbut in google tanslate that just gave me Pii SULFURATUM or something
11:56.55Methanogeni dont think people ever use those names anyway
11:57.03GhelaeWhen there are orders with names like "Telumcorpus" and "Fibriousequadae", nice genus names are the least of our problems.
11:57.17Methanogenyeahh.....
11:57.30Methanogenat least i have a vague reason for mine i suppose
11:57.39NeonPandahell, I'm guilty of not using a latinate genus so I can't exactly talk
11:58.18Methanogento latinate genus: add "ium" or "um" or "us" to the end
11:58.38NeonPandaGhelae: Telumcorpus could be legit, were it not for the fact that spear body has absolutely fuck all to do with having arms :P
11:59.06Methanogenmaybe if those arms were designed to be used as spears
11:59.33NeonPandathen it would be telumembrum :P
11:59.54Methanogentelum that they need a new name
12:00.29NeonPandayou get one internet for that
12:00.36NeonPandaand a shotgun blast for making a pun :P
12:00.42Methanogenyaaaaay free internet
12:01.03Methanogenand you get a free sulfuric acid bath in celebration of...something
12:01.15GhelaeIt looks like taxon was created for http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Creature:Advisage, which certainly doesn't justify the name but might explain the reasoning (if those spikes can be thought of as "spears").
12:02.19Methanogeni wonder how many taxons are named like that without people noticing for ages
12:02.30GhelaeMost of them.
12:03.08GhelaeEven when I cleaned up the non-Chordata taxa I probably left in some strange names.
12:03.27Methanogen*invents new taxon specifically for six-limbed intelligent creatures armoured with shells, who excrete waste via crystals and drink sulfuric acid*
12:03.51Methanogentheres probably a lot of strange names
12:04.43NeonPandathe thing with taxonomy is that you only have to be as specific as the divergence presented
12:04.51Methanogentrue
12:05.05NeonPandawhat people did was make new taxa specifically for their thing, rather than build taxa that create useful divergence points
12:05.20Methanogenhmmmmm that makes sense
12:06.10NeonPandawhich is why I don't have so much of a problem with "has limbs" as an order, but I do have a problem with "has a carbon-fibre exoskeleton" as an order
12:06.40Methanogenhonestly if not for the carbon fibre bit a yorchi would fit that one
12:07.16GhelaeYes, and that part of the description can easily be removed.
12:07.48NeonPandaI may regret it but I'll go through and have a look, see what the smallest point of divergence I can cut it down to is
12:07.51Methanogenwait a second
12:07.55GhelaeBut then in that order there's one family, "Fibequadents that have chitinous feather-like plumage and tiny chitinous hairs sprouting from the skin", so you'd still need to make a new family to fit it in.
12:08.01Methanogengtg
12:08.21NeonPandaoh god there's 152 of them, fuck that with a chainsaw dildo
12:09.36GhelaeIIRC the only time I've actually gone through all of the creatures in a taxon to come up with a new classification was for Monera, and there were only a small number of creatures to deal with then.
12:09.38NeonPandaHachiman: for your viewing pleasure, penis-worms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapulida
12:09.59GhelaeThere were practically as many taxa as there were cells.
12:11.26GhelaeWe could cut down the number of Hemiinsectans quite easily: short pages (less than or approximately equal to infobox + one paragraph), made by users who have been inactive for more than 6 months, can be deleted.
12:11.46NeonPandanot a horrible suggestion
12:12.19GhelaeAlso, Maxis creations are to be removed from the taxonomy project; anybody could do that while I'm deleting.
12:22.24Wormy_Is this really a Maxis creature? http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Tri-ocular_Scorpoid
12:23.52GhelaeI think it might have been the base used for Darkspore creatures, when there was a competition to make them.
12:23.53OluapPlayerDefinitely not, there are no Maxis creatures with exoskeleton limbs
12:24.08OluapPlayerOh, culd be that
12:35.37Wormy_Think I've cleared the Maxis creation, cleaned up some user pages to make the job of going through quicker
12:36.09Wormy_However, if you get fed up of deleting, I might be able to do some later
12:45.04GhelaeI'm nearly at the end now.
12:47.13Wormy_I must get going.
12:51.42GhelaeAnd it's done. The list has been reduced to http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Taxon:Hemiinsecta?limit=102
13:01.27GhelaeI forgot about checking for unused taxa. Make that http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Taxon:Hemiinsecta?limit=99
13:19.52TechnobliteratorOluapPlayer, am I right in thinking you have played Nier Automata?
13:20.17OluapPlayerOnly for an hour
13:20.25TechnobliteratorIs it any good?
13:20.42OluapPlayerI've not played enough to get a good feel of it
13:20.46TechnobliteratorI basically realised that all the games I'm getting (now that I'm not getting ME A) until I get a Switch are just remasters of old games
13:20.57Technobliteratorso I'm wondering what new games I might enjoy
13:21.20OluapPlayerBut as far as I can tell it's similar to Metal Gear Rising but with RPG elements
13:21.41NeonPandait's a spectacle fighter to be sure
13:23.13OluapPlayerNow I got reminded of when you played MGR and went full sperg because you couldn't parry Blade Wolf
13:23.52OluapPlayerBoy I was really mad at you back then hur
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13:35.53JepardiHi
13:36.21GhelaeHello.
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14:57.20OluapPlayerfuk off
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15:22.03Wormy_There's been a terrorist incident outside Westminister
15:22.49Wormy_http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/22/man-shot-police-outside-parliament-officer-reportedly-shoots/
16:23.45Wormy_Sure is a lot of Hate merchants on Twitter
16:32.57Tek0516Wormy_: imgur.com/a/70r79
16:33.39Tek0516Also holy s***. O.o
16:35.10Wormy_Did the cope work?
16:35.15Wormy_*code
16:35.56TechnobliteratorApparently, the terrorist was going for the prime minister
17:12.33Tek0516Wormy_: Not mine, but apparently it's on some New Zealand government website.
17:21.08Hachimanhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Lakuus_the_Betarier
17:21.23Hachiman"he was first tortured, they didnt want him to die painlessly, he died 4 HOURS(!) after the execution began. He has gone down in history as the most evil dreth, for most dreth a honorable, and would never turn to murder. (dont get me wrong they still kill, but only the Evil men/women)"
17:21.57Hachiman>for most dreth a honourable           >he was first tortured, they didn't want him to die painlessly, he died 4 HOURS(!) after the execution began
17:22.05HachimanVery honourable indeed
17:35.14OluapPlayerTechnobliterator: your turn to write the Borealis war again
17:35.42TechnobliteratorOh, just generic sections of PMCs screwing stuff up
17:35.53TechnobliteratorI will have to write it next week, I'm super busy with assignments right now :|
17:56.53Wormy_Schoolboy corrects NASA data http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39351833
17:57.12Wormy_that kid must have great analytical skills
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18:01.34Luxor*wild Luxor appears*
18:02.29Wormy_sends 1000 wildlife photgraphers
18:04.14Wormy_There have been incidents where bird twitchers flocked to rare birds, spooked and chased them until they died or got trampled on
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18:46.29Wormy_http://imgur.com/gallery/69h85
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18:49.39OluapPlayerHi
18:51.17Wormy_I saw this blunder live http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bbc-news-presenter-makes-insensitive-10077164
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19:41.02ImperiosHi
19:41.31OluapPlayerHi
19:41.32ImperiosDrodoEmpire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUUMqYSHG2k I already feel a knife looming over my back
19:42.44DrodoEmpirehur
19:42.52MonetDat hair.
19:43.34ImperiosThere are never enough Greeks
19:44.06MonetI think they quite nailed Alexander's character
19:44.18DrodoEmpire^
19:44.25ImperiosI am also fucking enraged that in two decades we are yet to have a non-Achaemenid Persian leader
19:44.49ImperiosPersia was not destroyed by Alexander
19:45.24OluapPlayercalm your tits son
19:45.25ImperiosWorse yet Civpedia in IV actually made outrageous claims like Persia was destroyed and assimilated by the Arabs in the Middle Ages
19:45.30Monet"One moment I'm just checking my reflection in my kopis. RIght. WARRR"
19:45.44ImperiosPersians were notorious exactly BECAUSE they resisted assimilation
19:45.50DrodoEmpireImperios: Not -quite- how it happened, no
19:46.08ImperiosIt is like saying that China was destroyed by the Manchus
19:46.12DrodoEmpire^
19:47.07ImperiosSure, they were converted into Islam, but even then Persians managed to wrestle control of Islamic theology and infuse it with their own idea, to the point you could say modern Iranian Shi'a Islam is like Zoroastrianism 2.0.
19:47.22ImperiosGod-King Khomeini
19:48.01MonetIIRC Persian as a language persisted in Iran.
19:51.44MonetIn fairness to Civ, they tend to pick the nation's more iconic leaders. I'm sure there are non-Achaemenid but Darius III< Cyrus the Great and Xerxes I seem to be the most famous.
19:53.00MonetActually not sure which Darius is most famous. Xerxes' great achievement appears to be "failed to invade Greece twice, massive head"
19:53.34OluapPlayer>massive head
19:53.38OluapPlayernot having context is great
19:54.12MonetThe guy was a serious egomaniac
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19:55.17MethanogenHello
19:55.42MonetAs well as all that "I am a god" stuff that we see in 300, I vaguely recall a story where a bridge he tried to walk over collapsed, and his response was to lash the river for "you dare strike at your king"
19:55.59ImperiosMonet: Persisted, as in it is still spoken today
19:56.25ImperiosCompare that to... basically any other Middle Eastern country save for Israel and Turkey (which came later)
19:56.27OluapPlayerThat implies severe schizophrenia
19:57.12OluapPlayer>fall into the river     >get mad at the water
19:57.17OluapPlayerhuman race is full of wonders
19:57.33MethanogenIndeed it is
19:57.49MonetHe was very likely unstable. It was mostly the fact he decided to have the river punished that impressed me.
19:58.25MethanogenHow do you punish a river
19:58.54MonetMethanogen: You get a squad of executioners to lash it with whips.
19:58.59MonetThat's how he did it.
19:59.18MethanogenThis person is clearly insane
20:00.35Monethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I#/media/File:Xerxes_lash_sea.JPG oh look there's even an early 20th century illustration depicting the event.
20:01.44MethanogenWe all know how much rivers are afraid of being whipped
20:02.29MonetThen again this tale is an account by Herodetus, same guy who inflated the number of Persians at the battle of Thermopalye to make the Greeks look awesome and clearly didn't like Xerxes.
20:02.40Wormy_Maybe it helps intimidate potential traitors.
20:03.00Wormy_"This is how far I am willing to go"
20:03.27ImperiosHm, maybe it is just a legend?
20:03.33ImperiosI mean how similar it is to the Caligula legend
20:03.34OluapPlayer"I was just pretending to be retarded"
20:03.35ImperiosAbout the sea
20:03.41MethanogenAh ancient history...where nobody can make sure people were telling the truth...kind of like...today actually
20:04.06MonetHerodetus was born centuries before Caligula though.
20:05.05MonetCaligula, Alexander and Xerxes are life lessons in what thinking yourself a god-king can do.
20:05.08ImperiosYeah, so what it could be is a legend that passed from author to author but attributed to different people
20:05.26ImperiosGreek historicians frequently misinterpreted things
20:05.27OluapPlayerTHIS RIVER DARES CHALLENGE MY CLAIM FOR THE BRIDGE
20:05.44ImperiosOluapPlayer: IF THIS FALSE RIVER DOES NOT GIVE UP THE BRIDGE IN LIFE
20:06.20OluapPlayerpersians are now giant vikings
20:06.47MonetImperios: Heh found your comment
20:07.15Wormy_Could have been early propadanda
20:07.33MonetOluapPlayer: Well 300 made Xerxes look like this http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/5/53/300Xerxes.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100416151220
20:08.28OluapPlayerI've watched that film
20:08.44OluapPlayerIt was dumb, the persians had giant ogre-looking mutants in their army for some reason
20:10.02MonetThey made Ephialtes a weird mutant that makes Gollum look sexy.
20:10.20OluapPlayerImperios: I wanted to ask, what exactly is Iovera's full name? Is Iovera even her real name or is it some sort of widely accepted nickname?
20:10.32ImperiosEolania Iovera Menoraim
20:10.49Wormy_He seemed to be mutant and suffering leprosy
20:10.53OluapPlayerSo it's her middle name
20:11.10MonetEven though most likely Ephialtes was just a local goat shepherd who sold local info to the Persians.
20:11.15ImperiosOr her ritual name, like with Popes and Lamas
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20:11.34OluapPlayerRight
20:11.38dromHello
20:11.44MethanogenHi
20:11.54Wormy_drom: http://imgur.com/gallery/6b6NOHL
20:11.55OluapPlayerI was under the impression it was like Apollo, who's called that by everyone even though that's not actually his name
20:12.02dromHey Imperios. I am just close to score 86.
20:12.19ImperiosActually yes just checked it is her royal name
20:12.20Imperios> 15 years later, after the Annihilation, the solution was finally found: Eolania declared herself Clericarch Iovera I and vowed to reconstitute the Church
20:12.30Imperios>Finally, as dawn broke over the icy world, Exarch Eolania Menoraim was crowned Clericarch Iovera, and the Divinarium was founded in earnest.
20:12.33dromWormy_: Old classic
20:12.46OluapPlayerRight
20:13.01OluapPlayerSo that's why no one calls her Eolania
20:13.04ImperiosActually now I think Telfar should have a non-royal name too, it's weird how only Io has it
20:13.11ImperiosMayble Jaharan too
20:13.27Wormy_Ephialtes has nothing on The Seer http://popvinyls.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/V_8_1029_JH_0367.jpg
20:13.32dromWormy_ Monet: I don't think I had shared this with you. http://i.imgur.com/ztJQ1Am.jpg
20:14.00Wormy_It's soul is bigger than mine.
20:14.04OluapPlayerJaharan "Aliens belong in the TRASH" ae-Zamarros
20:14.27drompokes Wormy_ with a tree stick
20:14.38dromI believe you meant "its", not "it's"
20:14.47MonetStill
20:15.38Wormy_https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qf6s-3XwYqo/maxresdefault.jpg
20:15.52MonetAlthough I give points for Civ giving us Emperor "I forged Rome's territorial apex" Trajan
20:16.16dromMonet: I believe I left too soon when I asked you for feedback two days ago. Do you recall anything last you had in your mind?
20:16.20MonetI'm ever-so-0slightly starting ot think Julius Caesar is just a little overrated.
20:16.47ImperiosTrajan makes sense
20:16.53ImperiosBut having a republic would be cool too
20:16.56ImperiosGracchus or Sulla
20:17.14MonetOoh let's have Gracchus
20:17.55dromTek0516 Wormy_: https://i.redd.it/szts2riubsmy.png
20:18.17Wormy_rofl
20:18.37MethanogenGtg
20:19.28dromBye
20:19.55MonetThing is with ol' Julie is he was a remarkable commander in the wars in Gaul, pulled a middle finger on the Senate, chased Pompey Magnus halfway across the empire and only ruled as dictator for only about 5 years
20:21.17MonetSure he had a fling with Cleopatra but honestly who hasn't?
20:23.28MonetIt was Augustus that transformed Rome from a republic into an empire.
20:26.52Tek0516Monet: The difference I guess is that they're weren't the title character of a Shakespearean play?
20:28.22MonetKind of reminds me of Jesus.
20:28.50MonetLeads a rich full life -> All that's really remembered is how he died.
20:30.04MonetI mean as a general he was pretty badass, having like I said played cat and mouse Pompey the Great about the Republic.
20:30.08Monetmouse with*
20:43.59Imperiosdrom: Cata now?
20:44.14ImperiosMonet: Augustus was in V
20:44.22dromImperios: I am on the Alliance side of Pandaria, actually
20:49.55MonetImperios: He was, yeah
20:54.41ImperiosMonet: blob:http://imgur.com/9c704d14-3d62-4ae4-b840-0d3977bf2109
20:54.48Imperioshttp://i.imgur.com/mBVNbJN.png
20:55.37dromRender me surprised
21:03.36dromTechnobliterator: http://i.imgur.com/oBSSalE.png
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21:06.46Technobliteratorhah
21:10.45Wormy_hi
21:11.19dromhi
21:15.10TreebeardHello
21:16.44dromHachiman Imperios: http://i.imgur.com/fx4lANv.jpg
21:20.20ImperiosSpoken like a true leftiecuckfeminazicommie
21:21.14dromhttp://i.imgur.com/F1KHPUR.jpg
21:24.14dromWormy_: http://i.imgur.com/xntYCM4.jpg
21:25.53Wormy_Wimble Wombles
21:25.57dromhttp://i.imgur.com/ThUBs2W.jpg
21:28.25dromHachiman DrodoEmpire: http://imgur.com/gallery/4CexQ
21:32.10Wormy_corny
21:32.49dromMan, what a depressingly alone day this day has been.
21:33.08dromI can explain more next time we meet. For I must go to sleep.
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22:12.26ZF101Hello all.
22:17.10GhelaeHello.
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23:08.30Wormy_just a prank bro https://www.facebook.com/CountryDaily/videos/1317616774950494/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

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