May 26, 2008
daily UTC chat log for Anywherebb (Postline 6.1.30)

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07:54, Azuraun2> Meh, I thought it was 3.7 billion or something like that. The number seems familiar...
07:56, Deanfrz> no, much higher
08:53, Fth> ... not that it really matters :P
19:55, Duskesko> It's just a LOT of stars.
21:13, Cryoburner whispers: Or maybe they're not stars at all...
21:34, Deanfrz> happy towel day!
22:07, Duskesko> I just used a towel to dry myself. I Liked it.
00:09, Deanfrz> me too
00:10, Deanfrz> oh, the cagigger landed
00:40, Azuraun2> ack, I got the " wowexec.exe" (with a space) trojan. I'm no techie but I got rid of it anyway, it was in system32\dllcache. Very evil.
00:42, Azuraun2> and it didn't manage to download much before I killed my connection and deleted it, apparently. I deleted it with the "unlocker assistant", really useful tool that lets you delete used or restricted files for whatever reason
00:57, Tacogeddon> Greetings fleshy Humans!
00:57, Azuraun2> ummm hi :P
01:00, Raptorjedi> Sup Taco
01:05, Tacogeddon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura
01:05, Tacogeddon> Has anyone else played that?
01:06, Raptorjedi> I've played the demo, ages ago
01:06, Raptorjedi> My high school english teacher played it and liked it though :P
01:07, Tacogeddon> I wish more steampunk games existed. :P
01:09, Azuraun2> It's a steampunk game? That's pretty cool, I've never heard of one before.
01:13, Tacogeddon> It's kind of a steampunk/fantasy combination, a lot of the races in the game tend to lean towards either tech or magic.
02:19, Tacogeddon> Oi RJ, you have the original Half-Life right?
03:46, Raptorjedi> Yeah
03:47, Raptorjedi> Somewhere
03:51, Tacogeddon> Then you should play Sven Co-op. :P
03:52, Raptorjedi> I never did get that, never bothered too
03:52, Raptorjedi meant: to, stupid extra o
03:52, Raptorjedi> ALIEN STRUCTURE ON MARS!!!!!!! ZOMG! :P http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_440.jpg
03:53, Tacogeddon> THAT DOES NOT SIZE UP TO THE FACE ON MARS.
03:53, Tacogeddon> But really what is it? Shiny rock? Picture artifact? :P
03:54, Raptorjedi> No one has said anything, but I suspect it might either be part of the heatshield or the parachute.
03:55, Raptorjedi> It's the only thing I could think of that would be shiny like that. The place where Phoenix landed is really flat, without any largeish rocks.
03:56, Raptorjedi> So it probably isn't a rock.
03:56, Tacogeddon> http://www.ufocasebook.com/georgia1997.jpg UFO arguments and such aside, I always liked this picture, it's spooky for some reason. :P
03:57, Raptorjedi> To me, it just looks like a scarecrow tied to some wires :P
04:00, Raptorjedi> "The bearer may not play music on the first Tuesday in February when there is a full moon. The bearer cannot construct robots or other automatons at any time within the aforementioned area."
04:00, Raptorjedi> From the Viva Pinata manual :P
04:02, Tacogeddon> Do you remember that game I mentioned a while back called Borderlands?
04:03, Raptorjedi> Yes, yes I do.
04:03, Tacogeddon> It's coming out in September. :3
04:03, Raptorjedi decides that automatons is his favorite word :P
04:04, Tacogeddon> Aether is a better word. :P
04:05, Raptorjedi> It is a nice word, but not as cool as automatons
04:05, Tacogeddon> Or maybe Phlogiston.
04:06, Raptorjedi> I haven't heard much about Borderlands lately, mostly because you haven't said anything to me :P
04:07, Tacogeddon> Other than the date popping up, nothing much has been mentioned, I'm excited though, you don't see much good co-op in games now.
04:08, Raptorjedi> If it's as good as advertised, I think I know what I'm getting for christmas :P
04:09, Raptorjedi> No loading times after booting up? Revolvers that shoot shotgun shells? I'm sold :P
04:10, Tacogeddon> I hope there is some crafting involved though, I'd like to make a gun from various other bits.
04:11, Raptorjedi> Where did you see this release date mentioned?
04:12, Tacogeddon> Wikipedia had it, and the link lead somewhere, I'll try to find it.
04:13, Tacogeddon> Damn, it's changed, it says TBA 2009 now. T_T
04:13, Raptorjedi> Yeah, excuse me while I drive out there and kill you. I'll be there soon.
04:14, Tacogeddon> WOO MURDER PARTY.
04:15, Raptorjedi> http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/11/borderlands-shifted-to-fiscal-2009-bette r-balance-cited/
04:15, Tacogeddon> On a random note, Day of Defeat got an update for the first time in years, which is nice.
04:16, Raptorjedi> I'm gonna kill you in the face for getting my hopes up. IN. THE. FACE. Seriously. :P
04:16, Tacogeddon> It has a achievements now, and those are always fun. :P
04:18, Raptorjedi meh's at Day of Defeat.
04:18, Tacogeddon> Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is due for August, I'm interested in seeing what the multiplayer is like.
04:19, Tom> One day I should write about how I fixed my NAT problem, it was epic.
04:19, Raptorjedi> Oh yay, yet ANOTHER WWII game.
04:20, Raptorjedi> Someone should give out an award for the person who makes the 5000th WWII game, and then hit them in the face with it :P
04:20, Tom> I'm now torrenting at ludicrous speed.
04:20, Tacogeddon> I don't think WWII games are too bad, I love Company of Heroes and Red Orchestra.
04:21, Tom> (for my connection, of course). on-topic, what's considered a good ping for online FPS?
04:21, Raptorjedi> I still consider generic WWII games to be a fallback.
04:22, Raptorjedi> I picture the developers sitting at a table tossing around ideas for a while, then settling on a WWII game because they can't think of anything else.
04:22, Tom> Only if a sports game can't be done for some reason.
04:22, Tacogeddon> There is some destructable stuff in Hell's Highway, brick by brick kind of stuff. I'd like to blow a .30 Cal out of a window with a Panzershreck and watch bits of the window frame fall off. :V
04:25, Raptorjedi> Sports games can't be done because EA has this massive almost monopoly on them, and not many other people are willing to touch a sports game with a fifty foot pole.
04:28, Tom> Indeed. They sure make EA a lot of money, though. They probably sell more than WWII games, even.
04:33, Tacogeddon> I think Left 4 Dead got delayed.
04:40, Raptorjedi> I haven't heard anything like that
04:42, Raptorjedi> Wikipedia says November
04:42, Raptorjedi> Anyway
04:43, Raptorjedi> Change of subject :P I'm gonna actually post some stuff in Populate-A-Galaxy sometime after June 17th :P
04:43, Tacogeddon> June 17th? GEE THAT SURE IS A DETAILED PAGE. :P
04:44, Raptorjedi> Yeah, June 17th, that's when the Spore Creature Creator is released
04:44, Raptorjedi> And I can use it to create the races.
04:45, Raptorjedi> So I will have pictures of them to go along with it.
04:45, Tacogeddon> I was thinking of the exact same thing actually, since I have no drawing skill. :P
04:45, Raptorjedi> So if you can hold your horses for a bit, my post will be much cooler :P
04:46, Tacogeddon> I'll probably make all of my species so far as well.
04:47, Raptorjedi> Having watched the new videos popping up, I've seen some awesome races created.
04:48, Raptorjedi> I still can't help but wonder how awesome things will look with a planned out species.
04:48, Tacogeddon> I have to say though, my first species in the thread is spaceborne, I would like to portray it as floating. :P
04:48, Raptorjedi> Just random things people make in five minutes look cool as hell, so something that is planned out in advanced must look even cooler.
04:49, Raptorjedi> There is one video I saw that made me happy too, you make arms have multiple forearms. Some guy made a creature with one arm that split at the elbow.
04:50, Raptorjedi> I didn't know that was possible until I saw that a few days ago.
04:50, Tacogeddon> Some of the really old videos had legs that did things like that.
04:51, Raptorjedi> I'll look for the video anyway :P
04:52, Raptorjedi> I'm pretty sure it's this one
04:52, Raptorjedi> http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=10614&size=large
04:53, Raptorjedi> Yeah, near the very end
04:55, Tacogeddon> I might make a species that has radial symmetry. :P
04:59, Raptorjedi> Heh, have fun :P
04:59, Tacogeddon> http://dodstats.doggunn.info/mapheat.php?id=6 This is a neat thing, it shows the "density" where the most deaths happen. :P
05:00, Raptorjedi> Huh, interesting.
05:01, Raptorjedi> This one is a bit more spread out. http://dodstats.doggunn.info/mapheat.php?id=2
05:01, Raptorjedi> I've never played the map, or the game it's for, but I suspect one of two things for the bright red spots.
05:02, Raptorjedi> It's either a really good weapon spawn, or a favorite location for snipers.
05:02, Tacogeddon> Yeah, there's no real dead center to that map, look at dod_donner though, and notice the area near the Tiger Tank.
05:03, Deanfrz> what is this?
05:03, Tacogeddon> And your second guess was right, two of the spots are upstairs windows, and one of them is the church tower. :P
05:04, Raptorjedi> Where is the tiger tank? I can't see one.
05:04, Tacogeddon> It's on the top of the image, in the middle of a road.
05:04, Raptorjedi> http://dodstats.doggunn.info/mapheat.php?id=3 Well, the spawn point for this map is fairly obvious :P
05:04, Tacogeddon> It's a capture point.
05:05, Raptorjedi> No, the one on the far right side of the map. The bright red spot with almost no kills anywhere else near it :P
05:06, Tacogeddon> Oh that, yeah rifle grenades. :V
05:08, Tacogeddon> Oddly, the other spawn is on the opposite side, yet has no kills on it. :P
05:08, Raptorjedi> Yeah
05:08, Raptorjedi> I wonder why
05:08, Tacogeddon> Well it's only for one server.
05:08, Raptorjedi> Though the obvious answer is the guys on the left are always better.
05:09, Raptorjedi> Well I figured as much :P
05:10, Raptorjedi> More people need to do this kind of thing for, well, all games.
05:10, Tacogeddon> Take a look at Argentan, the giant red area in the center is the train station.
05:11, Raptorjedi> It's one of the random things I like about WoW , they used to have a list of the most dangerous NPCs for the week.
05:12, Raptorjedi> They would globally track the ones that killed the most people :P
05:14, Tacogeddon> Whoa what, look at Dod_Anzio, there are some death spots out in the background land. :P
05:15, Raptorjedi> I always used to look up where the Sons of Arugal were on the list each week. They're a level 20 elite monster in a zone made for people to start entering at level 10 :P
05:16, Tacogeddon> That sounds fair. :P
05:16, Raptorjedi> They would come out of nowhere and kick your ass. People hated them so much that they would level out of the zone, and then come back 30 levels later for revenge :P
05:17, Tacogeddon> I'm sad that every MMO I liked or would have liked is pretty much dead. Auto Assault and Star Trek online for example.
05:17, Raptorjedi> There aren't many, and they have a huge roaming range, so with some luck you can avoid them, but I must have died at the hands of five or six of them in my time questing there.
05:18, Raptorjedi> At least Stargate Worlds is still coming out.
05:19, Tacogeddon> I suppose, but I was looking forward to the space travel of STO.
05:19, Tacogeddon> Ah well, that's why I stick to normal RPGs, including pen and paper. :P
05:20, Tacogeddon> There needs to be a steampunnk MMO though.
05:22, Raptorjedi starts playing Viva Pinata again.
06:12, Tacogeddon hath returned!
06:13, Raptorjedi> Whoop-dee-doo :P
06:13, Azuraun2> \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/
06:14, Tacogeddon> At least HE has some enthusiasm. :P
06:21, Raptorjedi> Pfft, who needs enthusiasm? :P
06:22, Starchaser> Pfft, who needs enthusiasm when you have tacos? :P
06:23, Starchaser> there Rj I fixed it
06:24, Raptorjedi> I don't have Tacos. If Tacogeddon would get off his ass and do the geddon part of his name, we'd be rolling in them and having a wonderful time. But nooooooooooooooooooooooo :P
06:26, Tacogeddon> Well excuse me, missiles are expensive, more so to load them with tacos.
06:26, Raptorjedi laughs
06:27, Raptorjedi> Well I don't see you trying to win the lottery so that is possible.
06:28, Tacogeddon> Anybody else play Dawn of War?
06:32, Raptorjedi> Damn Badgesicle! I wanted to turn that pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern, it wasn't meant for eating!
06:33, Tacogeddon also hopes that Warhammer Online is good.
06:41, Starchaser> is it?
06:42, Tacogeddon> Well it's not out yet. :P
06:42, Tacogeddon> But as a fan of all things WAAAGH! I'll have to stomp on a couple Humies. :P
06:43, Starchaser> I knew that... :D...
06:44, Tacogeddon> http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/images/screenshots/GameSpot030 7_01.jpg I'm interested in how they are going to use things like this, mounts or what?
06:47, Starchaser> hey that looks pretty cool.
06:48, Tacogeddon> http://oz.games-workshop.com/games/warhammer/empire/catalog/images/Emp_ste amtank_lg.jpg Common Imperial Model as well.
07:14, Starchaser> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl2Ufp_lUsw&feature=related High speed jumping spider vid
08:34, Duskesko> I wonder if that little guy percives time at that speed.
08:42, Starchaser> I wonder if he percives everything to slow down because he is going so damn fast.
08:44, Starchaser> I think we should start a war. The Lightningblue and light blue vs. purpleclaw and whohooviolet.
09:15, Duskesko> I fear the Reds would get involved and nuke us both.
10:56, Raptorjedi> The pinks will wait for you all to wipe each other out and then loot the bodies.
10:56, Raptorjedi> When it's all over, I'll be making out like a bandit :P
15:10, Azuraun2> I'm learning how teh internets work
15:10, Azuraun2> I used traceroute with google.com, fascinating
16:28, Serpens> Is there any progress on Noctis Community Sequel? I'm asking just in case everyone suddenly disliked its forum and refused to post there.
16:32, Cryoburner whispers: I think you scared them all away.
16:34, Serpens> I'm sorry, I didn't mean this. :(((((
16:34, Cryoburner whispers: It's all your fault.
16:35, Serpens> As always. I'll better go hide under a big rock.
16:37, Serpens> But OK, now I request a tiny bit of seriousness. :P What's going on with the community sequel?
17:44, Stargazer whispers: 'tis dead, I recon. For the moment at least. :erm: