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Amiel

2012-06-02, 07:06 AM

Salutations and welcome one and all to the 178th iteration of a remarkable and immortal thread!
Banter, frolic or otherwise engage in loquaciousness, it is expected of us and so we must.

The greatest action scene in history (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBnl_krN_U)

The Previous Random Banter, can be found here:
Elemental's Excitingly Excellent Random Banter: No.CLXXVII (177) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13163770)

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Random Banters that have been held previously:
Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
var Lord_Magtok = Random(Banter*62) + Surrogate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34801)
Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Egdpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphiles Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148462)
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
A Thread in Which Banter Most Random is Expulsed Into Existence, By Ravens_cry #142 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8722755)
Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164224)
KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)
Skeppio's Splendidly Strange & Superbly Scintillating Random Banter - #149 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173056)
Teddy's Turbulent and Topicless Random Banter #150 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175338)
Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178205)
Rae's Really Rascally and Ridiculously Rowdy Random Banter #152 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181296)
Haruki's Hot n' Holy Random Banter #153 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10176275#post10176275)
MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187576)Eadin's Exchange of Extraterrestrial Excuses AKA Random Banter #155 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190034)
Happy HalfTangible's Horrific Hail of Random Banter #156 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10629167#post10629167)
AtlanteanTroll's Atrocious and Terrific Arcade of Terror - RB #157 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196302)
LaLa’s Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread – RB #158 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198767)
Zaydos's Zany Zooetic Random Banter - RB #159 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200208)
Blue's Blessed and Blissful Random Banter - RB #160 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201653)
Absolmorph's Azoic Arete of Adventitious and Aimless Random Banter - RB 161 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202546)
Gwyn's Gloriously Green Garrumphing Garter of Garrulous Gabble! Random Banter #162 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203954)
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Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-02, 07:16 AM

*ceremonially boogies*

Huzzah! New thread! =D

Elemental

2012-06-02, 07:20 AM

Amiel

2012-06-02, 07:23 AM

Despite the obvious question as to how one can boogie ceremoniously, I too am thrilled to see a new thread.
Psst! You made an error in the list of past threads!

In other news... I'm going to bed relatively early tonight.
Goodnight all!

*waves hands* "That isn't the error you were looking for" :smalltongue:

Night, mate

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-02, 07:37 AM

Despite the obvious question as to how one can boogie ceremoniously, I too am thrilled to see a new thread.
Psst! You made an error in the list of past threads!

In other news... I'm going to bed relatively early tonight.
Goodnight all!

Did that lapse at some point? Used to be tradition to get a catmuffin to boogie in the new RB to bless the thread. Though I suppose the catmuffins have gone now... =\

Rawhide

2012-06-02, 07:42 AM

*ceremonially boogies*

Huzzah! New thread! =D

I am disappointed :smallfrown:. You should know that making a post like that is not allowed.

Moonshadow

2012-06-02, 08:03 AM

orz. I'm currently sitting on about 300 dollars in savings. It's sitting here calling to me, telling me to spend it. The current options seem to be get a PS Vita, put it towards Archery, or sit on it longer like some sort of dragon.

And I kinda like being a dragon, even though I'm not sufficiently aged enough to get magics or neat breath abilities.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-02, 08:10 AM

I am disappointed :smallfrown:. You should know that making a post like that is not allowed.

But...but...tradition! D=

I won't do it next time. Or...I'll at least be sure to add a full fledged post to it. Better? =\

*hugs*

LaZodiac

2012-06-02, 08:57 AM

wadledo

2012-06-02, 09:32 AM

When did alliteration become the norm for random banters?

Worira

2012-06-02, 09:40 AM

Thread #10.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-02, 11:00 AM

DraPrime

2012-06-02, 01:37 PM

So I fell asleep around 10:00 PM. Today I woke up at 1:00 PM. Well that was an outstanding amount of sleep. :smallamused:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-02, 01:41 PM

12 hours? jeaaaaloouuus! I love sleeping.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-02, 01:44 PM

So I fell asleep around 10:00 PM. Today I woke up at 1:00 PM. Well that was an outstanding amount of sleep. :smallamused:

I have done similar things. But more of a 9:00 PM to 2:30 PM.:smallamused:

Amiel. That is the greatest thing ever. And the Conan song made it just terrible.:smallcool:

DraPrime

2012-06-02, 05:16 PM

12 hours? jeaaaaloouuus! I love sleeping.

Well, I did need it badly. Since vacation has started, I've been staying up later and later, causing myself to wake up at ridiculously late hours. So I decided to reset my internal clock by staying up for an entire night, and then going to sleep at a normal time the following evening. That's what happened yesterday, though it seems the sleep deprivation got me to sleep a bit more than I intended to.

fergo

2012-06-02, 05:30 PM

The greatest action scene in history (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBnl_krN_U)

Is that from that Tamil (?) film about a killer cyborg thingy?

Also, been away from the forums for ages, finally back :smallbiggrin:

Kindablue

2012-06-02, 05:57 PM

This is one of my favorite things. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXT2E9Ccc8A&t=0m17s)

Teddy

2012-06-02, 05:59 PM

Reposting this (because I kind of missed the new thread):

I assume you tower-hop your way to the enemy base? Or do you just rush over a bunch of villagers and pop them at the enemy walls/in the center of town?

That depended on how far my villager could get without being attacked.

While I admit that I am as fond of fortification as the next person. Constructing towers up to the enemy base seems to be far too annoying to be allowed.

Well, it requires a monstrous economy and the "aegis" cheat, so it's not a problem you'd encounter in a multiplayer game unless you actually were playing with cheats, in which case I'd call it fair game.

Anyway, back to business...

Speaking of which, I've got a question for you all. What kind of bird makes a call similiar to the opening "doo dododo doo doo doooo"

Link of example of above tune, which is at 0:07 to around 0:10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVmRAfPSqY)

I believe that's a flute, though I'm not denying the possibility of an incredibly talented flautist bird.

Sounds more like a trumpet to me, although it's a bit hard to tell what tune you're alluding to, LaLa, because there is no tune that starts at 0:07.

12 hours? jeaaaaloouuus! I love sleeping.

Sounds more like 14-15 hours, which is even more riddiculous. I couldn't even come close to sleeping for that long. After 38-ish hours of being awake almost completely uninterrupted, I still only slept for 10 hours or so.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-02, 06:11 PM

Sounds more like a trumpet to me, although it's a bit hard to tell what tune you're alluding to, LaLa, because there is no tune that starts at 0:07.
She's referring to the upwards chromatic passage that is briefly heard in second 0.11 which is either a flute or a piccolo at most.

LaZodiac

2012-06-02, 07:41 PM

Pinkhair is correct. Admitidly, I could of been a bit more explainy about what I meant by that.

In the end, the intent is to find out if the bird is making a call similiar to that due to learning, or if it's a natural thing.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-02, 08:41 PM

HalfTangible

2012-06-02, 09:51 PM

Teddy, I'm not sure it's viable in AoE, but early building of some kind of defensive structure at a natural outlet to an enemy base is a viable cheese strategy in other RTSes, as far as I'm aware. >.>

In some RTSs this is mitigated by the mechanics of the game. In SC2, for example, towering is only really a viable strategy for the protoss, because Zerg need creep that spawns from their buildings to make their towers and the terran's AG tower (bunker) needs marines, whereas Protoss just need to sneak in a probe, construct a pylon and then bring up the cannons.

Elemental

2012-06-02, 09:57 PM

In some RTSs this is mitigated by the mechanics of the game. In SC2, for example, towering is only really a viable strategy for the protoss, because Zerg need creep that spawns from their buildings to make their towers and the terran's AG tower (bunker) needs marines, whereas Protoss just need to sneak in a probe, construct a pylon and then bring up the cannons.

Which doesn't really work any more as cannons seem weaker than they do in original Star Craft.
But that could just be me biased toward the original.

In other news...I went to bed around eleven last night, and got up at twelve...
And I feel terrible.
I must have gotten whatever it is my Mum has.

HalfTangible

2012-06-02, 10:11 PM

Which doesn't really work any more as cannons seem weaker than they do in original Star Craft.
But that could just be me biased toward the original.

In other news...I went to bed around eleven last night, and got up at twelve...
And I feel terrible.
I must have gotten whatever it is my Mum has.

Are they? :smallconfused: The eight billion times they do the cannons to me, it's usually worked if i don't catch them when the pylon is put down... maybe cannons have been nerfed since the last time i played ladder?

Amiel

2012-06-02, 10:14 PM

If I recall, you're allowed to boogie if your post also contains some actually discussion. No posting about "yay new threads time for the dancing" only.

Speaking of which, I've got a question for you all. What kind of bird makes a call similiar to the opening "doo dododo doo doo doooo"

Link of example of above tune, which is at 0:07 to around 0:10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVmRAfPSqY)

This might not be the bird or the call you're looking for, but the lyrebird is a perfect mimic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1kl7w3sdDE); of its repertoire are the sounds of chainsaws, drills and traffic.

Also, the moonwalking bird (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_oUJAhKsI)

So I fell asleep around 10:00 PM. Today I woke up at 1:00 PM. Well that was an outstanding amount of sleep. :smallamused:

I occasion 12 or more hours worth of sleep on weekends or when able; the concept of mornings baffles me.

I have done similar things. But more of a 9:00 PM to 2:30 PM.:smallamused:

Amiel. That is the greatest thing ever. And the Conan song made it just terrible.:smallcool:

Is that from that Tamil (?) film about a killer cyborg thingy?

Also, been away from the forums for ages, finally back :smallbiggrin:

It is indeed, Michael Bay has nothing on that :smallbiggrin:

Reposting this (because I kind of missed the new thread):

Well, it requires a monstrous economy and the "aegis" cheat, so it's not a problem you'd encounter in a multiplayer game unless you actually were playing with cheats, in which case I'd call it fair game.

In Age of Mythology, I spam o canada, wrath of the gods and mount olympus. It's amazing how crushing and total the victory is :smallbiggrin:

Elemental

2012-06-02, 10:21 PM

Are they? :smallconfused: The eight billion times they do the cannons to me, it's usually worked if i don't catch them when the pylon is put down... maybe cannons have been nerfed since the last time i played ladder?

I wouldn't know. I don't play very much Starcraft II, so I'm much more familiar with Starcraft I.
But, they were probably nerfed when they made the new game because stacking huge amounts of defenses was too viable a strategy as Protoss in original.
Particularly annoying as my friend liked to do it a lot.

Amiel

2012-06-02, 10:41 PM

To make that horrid song bearable
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/285670_467496663279792_1586392831_n.jpg

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-02, 10:41 PM

Graaaaaaaaaaaaargggggggggggh. Roman Numerals don't belong in RB thread titles. *foams at the mouth*

UserClone

2012-06-02, 10:46 PM

So I heard two gunshots out in the parking lot of my hotel about 45 minutes ago. Called the front desk to ask her to call the police. Haven't heard from the police or front desk, or any sirens. On the plus side, no more gunshots either...

So yeah, I'm in the bathroom lying on the floor. Because that's as far from the gunshots as I can be.

Random enough?

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-02, 10:50 PM

To make that horrid song bearable
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/285670_467496663279792_1586392831_n.jpg

*coughs* I actually kinda like that song. Or her voice, at least. *loses all cred immediately* =P

So I heard two gunshots out in the parking lot of my hotel about 45 minutes ago. Called the front desk to ask her to call the police. Haven't heard from the police or front desk, or any sirens. On the plus side, no more gunshots either...

So yeah, I'm in the bathroom lying on the floor. Because that's as far from the gunshots as I can be.

Random enough?

*hugs* Hope it was nothing major/gone by now. =\

Rawhide

2012-06-02, 10:54 PM

Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but I'm a zombie, I'll eat you maybe.

LaZodiac

2012-06-02, 10:57 PM

This might not be the bird or the call you're looking for, but the lyrebird is a perfect mimic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1kl7w3sdDE); of its repertoire are the sounds of chainsaws, drills and traffic.

Unfortunately, not the bird I'm looking for, since the bird call is clearly a bird immitating it, not a pure replica of it. If it helps, it usually starts around 8 in the morning, and ends at 7ish at night. You know, for your budding orticulturists out there (or whatever you bird sciencetists are called).

DraPrime

2012-06-02, 10:59 PM

Graaaaaaaaaaaaargggggggggggh. Roman Numerals don't belong in RB thread titles. *foams at the mouth*

What's wrong with CLXXIII? I quite like it. :smallamused:

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-02, 11:03 PM

Unfortunately, not the bird I'm looking for, since the bird call is clearly a bird immitating it, not a pure replica of it. If it helps, it usually starts around 8 in the morning, and ends at 7ish at night. You know, for your budding orticulturists out there (or whatever you bird sciencetists are called).

Wait. So what you're saying is, you've played enough of that game that the nearby birds chime in along with the part? =P

LaZodiac

2012-06-02, 11:03 PM

What's wrong with CLXXIII? I quite like it. :smallamused:

It looks like Clicky, maybe? Just a theory. I like Roman Numerals, though I'm glad there is a () with the real numbers in it :smalltongue:

EDIT: Yes. It started after I finished Sonic Unleashed.

Elemental

2012-06-02, 11:17 PM

Graaaaaaaaaaaaargggggggggggh. Roman Numerals don't belong in RB thread titles. *foams at the mouth*

Excellent... My evil scheme is working...

In other news... I hope that those gun shots weren't actually gun shots...
But if they were, I hope that no one got hurt...

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-02, 11:19 PM

What's wrong with CLXXIII? I quite like it. :smallamused:

It breaks tradition! That's what!!

ION: Today was so long. Took the SAT from 8:30 to 1, then went to three different grad parties from 1:30 to 7ish. After that crammed around 15 people into my friend's room (which comfortably houses 6 or so) from 7:30 to 11:30 to watch the first four episodes of Game of Thrones. Rinse and repeat tomorrow and Monday, minus the SAT.

If such trends continue, this may very well end up to be the best summer of my life, and I sure as Hell intend it to be.

Boo yah. :biggrin:

UserClone

2012-06-02, 11:21 PM

*hugs* Hope it was nothing major/gone by now. =\

Thanks. I think I'm probably safe at this point.

Eruantion

2012-06-02, 11:54 PM

It breaks tradition! That's what!!

ION: Today was so long. Took the SAT from 8:30 to 1, then went to three different grad parties from 1:30 to 7ish. After that crammed around 15 people into my friend's room (which comfortably houses 6 or so) from 7:30 to 11:30 to watch the first four episodes of Game of Thrones. Rinse and repeat tomorrow and Monday, minus the SAT.

If such trends continue, this may very well end up to be the best summer of my life, and I sure as Hell intend it to be.

Boo yah. :biggrin:

Sounds awesome. Were they grad parties for your friends? You're a junior, right?
Also, Game of Thrones continues to be one of my favorite pieces of literature ever. I've only read the books, and trying to discuss it with my brother and his girlfriend, who only watch the show, is like two different stories completely :smalltongue:

DraPrime

2012-06-03, 12:46 AM

It breaks tradition! That's what!!

Numero Romanurum traditum sunt! That's why they're all over the place!

Tragic_Comedian

2012-06-03, 12:50 AM

I jumped off a bridge today.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-03, 12:51 AM

It breaks tradition! That's what!!
Boo yah. :biggrin:
I'm waiting for the day someone will give the thread number based on the exponential, now that'd be breaking tradition.

Numero Romanurum traditum sunt! That's why they're all over the place!
Uh they are hardly used due to the difficulty of doing anything but elementary arithmetic with them.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 12:53 AM

Numero Romanurum traditum sunt! That's why they're all over the place!

*Tries to translate*
The numbers of the Romans are a tradition? No, thats not right, Numero isn't a nominative. For the numbers of the Romans are a Tradition? That one kinda makes more sense. So yeah, I'm going with B: For the numbers of the Romans are a tradition! Final Answer.:smallcool: (Was it nominative?:smallredface:)

DraPrime

2012-06-03, 12:53 AM

Uh they are hardly used due to the difficulty of doing anything but elementary arithmetic with them.

Well yes, they aren't used in mathematics much. They're still in a lot of things though, from movie sequels labeled with a II or perhaps a III to filing systems.

*Tries to translate*
The numbers of the Romans are a tradition? No, thats not right, Numero isn't a nominative. For the numbers of the Romans are a Tradition? That one kinda makes more sense. So yeah, I'm going with B: For the numbers of the Romans are a tradition! Final Answer.:smallcool: (Was it nominative?:smallredface:)

It might be? My Latin is rather weak, so I just sort of cobbled that sentence together. I was trying to say "Roman numbers are traditional".

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-03, 01:07 AM

...I can't see Latin anymore without hearing Eddie Izzard call the language silly in my head. >.<

Elemental

2012-06-03, 01:08 AM

Fun fact: I was reading somewhere, I can't remember where so I can't validate its reliability, but supposedly, the Arabic number system was banned in financial matter in some places in Europe at one point in history because they believed it was too easy to surreptitiously alter.
So, all the business ledgers had to be in Roman Numerals.

Also, people use Roman Numerals for things because they're classy and look more formal.
I mean... 1998? Not formal at all.
MCMXCVIII on the other hand... Now, that's an important looking number.

...I can't see Latin anymore without hearing Eddie Izzard call the language silly in my head. >.<

Well... It is silly a bit.
The quote in my avatarsignature (I really need to proofread these things) literally translates, according to the person who translated it into Latin for me, as:
"Of a friend it is characteristic with you in the light to dance and in the shadows to walk."

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 01:16 AM

Numero Romanurum traditum sunt! That's why they're all over the place!

It might be? My Latin is rather weak, so I just sort of cobbled that sentence together. I was trying to say "Roman numbers are traditional".
Hmn. Traditional would be a translation for that, I believe, but I prefer the more archaic translations for Latin, they have less variability in their interpretations and its easier to retranslate. But you had the plural for Roman people when you could just do Romae (of Rome the city, but also used for the civilization).

Damnit Elemental, I'm gonna be up all night (10 minutes) making sure I translate that right now. Thanks alot.:smallmad::smalltongue:
Amici est tecum in luce saltare atque in umbris ambulare.
I would translate it as 'Friends, with you it is common to dance in the light and walk in the darkness.' But I actually do not see where the common is coming from, but without it est is a loose term.:smallconfused:

Elemental

2012-06-03, 01:22 AM

Damnit Elemental, I'm gonna be up all night (10 minutes) making sure I translate that right now. Thanks alot.:smallmad::smalltongue:

*evil laughter?*

Anyway, if you want to check it, go ahead. I can't stop you.

Edit: Oh well... I suppose some variation in translation is expected.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 01:28 AM

*evil laughter?*

Anyway, if you want to check it, go ahead. I can't stop you.

Well, either your friend is good at Latin or my one year of Latin (in which I consistently get under 70% on the tests) did not teach me the proper way to translate a sentence, or he just forgot to put comus (proper tense of course, but I'm too lazy to find that one out.:smallbiggrin:) in there.

Edit: Never mind, I'm doing it. Amici est ?comus? tecum in luce saltare atque in umbris ambulare.
Friends, it is common with you to dance in the light and walk in the darkness. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW LATIN TEACHER? I SHOWED UP A SEMINARIAN IN LATIN.:smalltongue: (Yes, I did feel the compulsion to translate ALL the Latin before I went to sleep. That Latin final Friday was nerve wracking. :smallredface:)

Elemental

2012-06-03, 01:35 AM

Well, either your friend is good at Latin or my one year of Latin (in which I consistently get under 70% on the tests) did not teach me the proper way to translate a sentence, or he just forgot to put comus (proper tense of course, but I'm too lazy to find that one out.:smallbiggrin:) in there.

If you want the full story:
Tylerb7 started a thread where people could request things translated into Latin, so that he could his five years studying Latin to good use.
And, as it is one of my favourite pieces of wisdom, I requested that, "A friend is someone who dances with you in the light of the sun and walks alongside you in the darkness", be translated into Latin.

Longish story short: He decided against a literal translation, and now I have a cool Latin quotation in my signature.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 01:38 AM

If you want the full story:
Tylerb7 started a thread where people could request things translated into Latin, so that he could his five years studying Latin to good use.
And, as it is one of my favourite pieces of wisdom, I requested that, "A friend is someone who dances with you in the light of the sun and walks alongside you in the darkness", be translated into Latin.

Longish story short: He decided against a literal translation, and now I have a cool Latin quotation in my signature.

Five years and he didn't know that second declension (read:amicus) singular genetive and plural nominative look the same? Because either he pluralized friend (It is painfully hard to translate from English admittedly, I'm very lucky I know most of those words) or he doesn't know a small portion of Latin as well as a guy who practically failed his Latin I class.:smallamused:
TL;DR:Freshman feels confident in his Latin abilities! +3 to self respect!

Ok, my first bout of completionist is not over. Having found that thread, I have his post!:smalltongue:

amici est tecum in luce saltare atque in umbris ambulare (second 'in' being optional)
"Of a friend it is characteristic with you in the light to dance and in the shows to walk" = "A friend dances with you in the light and walks with you in the shadows"
I can see his thought process now and yeah, it's a good translation. He merely reworded the translation. Very nice, but I disapprove of using it so the subject changes.:smallamused: Though I still cant catch where the characteristic comes from. Ah well, maybe that's next year. :smallcool: (His original has the "of a friend" which is the literal of "amici", so my whining about the genitive is dealt with.) Now that I spent a half hour in this phrase and my first bout of completionist is dealt with, I bid you all good night.:smallsmile:

Elemental

2012-06-03, 01:43 AM

Five years and he didn't know that second declension (read:amicus) singular genetive and plural nominative look the same? Because either he pluralized friend (It is painfully hard to translate from English admittedly, I'm very lucky I know most of those words) or he doesn't know a small portion of Latin as well as a guy who practically failed his Latin I class.:smallamused:
TL;DR:Freshman feels confident in his Latin abilities! +3 to self respect!

Friend or friends, the quotation has the same effect.
And as I know almost nothing about Latin, I'm just going to smile and nod and agree with the difficult to translate part.

DraPrime

2012-06-03, 01:49 AM

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW LATIN TEACHER? I SHOWED UP A SEMINARIAN IN LATIN.:smalltongue:

Hey, Latin studies don't start up for me until next year. I use a mixture of what I know from Latin prayers (Pater is father, nomen is name, regina is queen, etc.) and translator programs to write out my stuff in Latin. Talk to me after I take a year of college Latin, and then we'll see who shows up who. :smallamused:

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 01:53 AM

Hey, Latin studies don't start up for me until next year. I use a mixture of what I know from Latin prayers (Pater is father, nomen is name, regina is queen, etc.) and translator programs to write out my stuff in Latin. Talk to me after I take a year of college Latin, and then we'll see who shows up who. :smallamused:

Well gosh, I'm sorry bearded one. I didn't know you had little experience in Latin. :smalltongue: But nice improv then, if all you know is church latin. It was pretty nice.:smallsmile: I still struggle with ANY English to Latin translating, so ignore any freshman admirative tones. Completely involuntary. :smallbiggrin:

I'm actually just proud I didn't drag my Latin text out to find out vocab. I try to use my grasp of Spanish to backtrace words if I don't know the exact Latin word. Spanish to Latin is mostly just ending changes, and of course some repetitive consonants and long vowel signs.

factotum

2012-06-03, 02:08 AM

Given the discussion about correct Latin, I feel the need to leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

:smallwink:

DraPrime

2012-06-03, 02:11 AM

Well gosh, I'm sorry bearded one. I didn't know you had little experience in Latin.
:smalltongue: But nice improv then, if all you know is church latin

Hey, ecclesiastical Latin is just as swanky as classical! At least we don't pronounce Cicero as "kikero". Laaaaaaaaame. :smalltongue:

It was pretty nice.:smallsmile: I still struggle with ANY English to Latin translating, so ignore any freshman admirative tones. Completely involuntary. :smallbiggrin:

I'm actually just proud I didn't drag my Latin text out to find out vocab. I try to use my grasp of Spanish to backtrace words if I don't know the exact Latin word. Spanish to Latin is mostly just ending changes, and of course some repetitive consonants and long vowel signs.

Spanish is indeed good for Latin, as are many other European languages. I generally mix together my knowledge of English, Spanish, and Polish to guess at Latin words that I don't know. It works pretty well.

For example, es dificil comprender łacine jeżeli you don't speak una lengua który ma przypadkow just como łacina i polski mają.

Am I right?

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-03, 02:37 AM

Hey, ecclesiastical Latin is just as swanky as classical! At least we don't pronounce Cicero as "kikero". Laaaaaaaaame. :smalltongue:
Do you by any chance pronounce it Chichero?

Spanish is indeed good for Latin, as are many other European languages. I generally mix together my knowledge of English, Spanish, and Polish to guess at Latin words that I don't know. It works pretty well.

For example, es dificil comprender łacine jeżeli you don't speak una lengua który ma przypadkow just como łacina i polski mają.

Am I right?
Not much, if only the most important parts weren't in polish one could get the idea without having to have studied Slavic languages.

ION: I finished translating and finally my Divine Comedy boardgame is up!
http://www.4shared.com/rar/JwK2CZUH/Eng.html

Rawhide

2012-06-03, 02:54 AM

Hope Amiel doesn't mind...

*whistles*

Amiel

2012-06-03, 03:54 AM

Excellent picture is excellent
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/179744_10151784308255508_563645800_n.jpg

Teddy

2012-06-03, 04:27 AM

Teddy, I'm not sure it's viable in AoE, but early building of some kind of defensive structure at a natural outlet to an enemy base is a viable cheese strategy in other RTSes, as far as I'm aware. >.>

Well, without the "aegis" cheat, putting up defensive structures just outside of their base is going to be a hassle, because even with multiple villagers, castles take a long time to build, and the defensive towers require walls to protect them from direct attacks, or any force of 10-ish melee soldiers is going to tear it down. The cannon towers do have the power to kill everything that stabs at them, but by then, your opponent is going to have trebuchets that pound them into dust from way out of cannon range.

Also, most AoE maps have more than one natural outlet to the players' bases, making it harder to completely build them in.

In Age of Mythology, I spam o canada, wrath of the gods and mount olympus. It's amazing how crushing and total the victory is :smallbiggrin:

Well, sometimes I just spammed "HOW DO YOU TURN THIS ON", but even though 500 Bond-esque cars with machineguns kill everything (including themselves, heh), the satisfaction goes away pretty quickly.

I'm waiting for the day someone will give the thread number based on the exponential, now that'd be breaking tradition.

It requires some unicode hassle to make it look good, but if anyone's willing to go through that, I support this idea. :smallamused:

Elemental

2012-06-03, 04:39 AM

Teddy

2012-06-03, 04:46 AM

Sometimes the Internet amuses me...
I'd like to know what makes the people who make those "You're the 999,999th visitor! Click here for your prize!" ads think that it works.
I mean... Seriously? Almost million people have visited a sub-album on my Photobucket?
So transparent it's hilarious...

For as long as one person falls for it, you'll probably make a net gain...

Also, I once saw a banner like these that displayed the actual "viewed this banner" number (or some completely random number that looked plausible due to it's randomness) together with the message that I'd won. I almost felt like klicking the banner just to reward their honesty.

Also, anyone know how to do superscript and subscript letters and numbers?

[sup] and [sub] are the BB-tags for it, if that's what you're asking. Doesn't work in the titles, however...

Elemental

2012-06-03, 04:55 AM

[sup] and [sub] are the BB-tags for it, if that's what you're asking. Doesn't work in the titles, however...

Just wanted to know for future posting purpose.

Amiel

2012-06-03, 05:56 AM

Well, without the "aegis" cheat, putting up defensive structures just outside of their base is going to be a hassle, because even with multiple villagers, castles take a long time to build, and the defensive towers require walls to protect them from direct attacks, or any force of 10-ish melee soldiers is going to tear it down. The cannon towers do have the power to kill everything that stabs at them, but by then, your opponent is going to have trebuchets that pound them into dust from way out of cannon range.
Also, most AoE maps have more than one natural outlet to the players' bases, making it harder to completely build them in.

The aegis cheat was rather excellent, I'd ensure that I had the requisite resources (if not, cheats were at hand) and then built castles (or the civilisation's equivalent of castles) as a wall around my areas of control. No enemy survived the hail of arrows - enough to blot out the sun, and so they always fought in the shade.

Well, sometimes I just spammed "HOW DO YOU TURN THIS ON", but even though 500 Bond-esque cars with machineguns kill everything (including themselves, heh), the satisfaction goes away pretty quickly.

I really liked it, but progressed to spamming a few (after initially spamming as many as I could) and playing on the hardest difficulty.

I was disappointed that they didn't include the laser guys in AoE2 (e=mc2 trooper)

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-03, 08:48 AM

Sounds awesome. Were they grad parties for your friends? You're a junior, right?
Yes and yes. Is that a problem? Are the classes of 2012 and 2013 suppose to be mortal enemies or something? :smalltongue:

Also, Game of Thrones continues to be one of my favorite pieces of literature ever. I've only read the books, and trying to discuss it with my brother and his girlfriend, who only watch the show, is like two different stories completely :smalltongue:
Wouldn't A Song of Fire and Ice be one of your favoerite works of literature? :smalltongue: And really? Five people in the "marathon group" are familiar with both the show and the books, and they seem to think it's a very accurate portrayal/adaptaion.

Numero Romanurum traditum sunt! That's why they're all over the place!

It breaks RB tradition.

LaZodiac

2012-06-03, 09:31 AM

Excellent picture is excellent
*snip*

I've seen SO many things lately regarding Game of Thrones. Is it really all that worth it? I saw one of the books at Walmart and it was a friggin Dictionary in terms of how bloated it is. And I know that for all the series gritty realisim, it has a smoke hoohaa monster, so I'm really note sure about it.

Perenelle

2012-06-03, 09:37 AM

Are the classes of 2012 and 2013 suppose to be mortal enemies or something? :smalltongue:

Of course we are, that's why I can't stand Eruantion. (:smalltongue:)

Anyway, I have three days of school left and more work to do than ever. :smallsigh: I hate History IA's so so sooo much. And I normally love history.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-03, 09:51 AM

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-03, 10:24 AM

Of course we are, that's why I can't stand Eruantion. (:smalltongue:)
Oh sh- ... I totally goofed the 2011-2102 school year then. How about the classes of 2011 and 2015? Are they OK? Cause I could be in some serious trouble if they aren't. Don't reallycare about the class of 2014. They're just a bad class. Horrible.

Why is it that every year that the incoming Freshman class is suppose to be horrible? My freshman year it seemed there was a pattern. We, the class of 2013 were OK, the class of 2012 was alright, the class of 2011 was amazing, and the class of 2010 was just horrible. At the end of Freshman year everyone just started raving about how the upcoming class wasn't very good and upperclassman just said it was trend. (I wouldn't know, I was new to the district as a Freshman.)

People graduating in odd numbered years like the other grades who graduate in odd years, and those who graduate in even numbered years like those in other even numbered years. I didn't really question it then, but it made sense, I guess. End of Sophomore year the Freshman class aid the upcoming freshman were bad, and our class seemed to think they were fine. End of this year, all the classes are saying the incoming Freshman are atrocious. I really hope they're wrong.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 10:59 AM

Oh sh- ... I totally goofed the 2011-2102 school year then. How about the classes of 2011 and 2015? Are they OK? Cause I could be in some serious trouble if they aren't. Don't reallycare about the class of 2014. They're just a bad class. Horrible.

Why is it that every year that the incoming Freshman class is suppose to be horrible? My freshman year it seemed there was a pattern. We, the class of 2013 were OK, the class of 2012 was alright, the class of 2011 was amazing, and the class of 2010 was just horrible. At the end of Freshman year everyone just started raving about how the upcoming class wasn't very good and upperclassman just said it was trend. (I wouldn't know, I was new to the district as a Freshman.)

People graduating in odd numbered years like the other grades who graduate in odd years, and those who graduate in even numbered years like those in other even numbered years. I didn't really question it then, but it made sense, I guess. End of Sophomore year the Freshman class aid the upcoming freshman were bad, and our class seemed to think they were fine. End of this year, all the classes are saying the incoming Freshman are atrocious. I really hope they're wrong.
Aside from your unneeded worrying about 2011-2102 relationships, the class of 2016 is terrible no matter where you go. :smalltongue:

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-03, 11:03 AM

Aside from your unneeded worrying about 2011-2102 relationships, the class of 2016 is terrible no matter where you go. :smalltongue:

You do know I'm just messing around with Perry and Eru, right Sheepy? And it would certainly seem that way, wouldn't it...

Devmaar

2012-06-03, 03:55 PM

I had my last day of school on Friday.
I've been going to that school for 7 years. The people I've met there have pretty much defined me as a person. After the final assembly all the students and a few of the teachers went to a local bar as a sort of farewell tradition. Saying goodbye to all these people, even the ones I'll be seeing all through the summer, got pretty emotional.

Perenelle

2012-06-03, 04:33 PM

Oh sh- ... I totally goofed the 2011-2102 school year then. How about the classes of 2011 and 2015? Are they OK? Cause I could be in some serious trouble if they aren't. Don't reallycare about the class of 2014. They're just a bad class. Horrible.

...what? Sorry, I'm super confused. :smalltongue:

Ugh, the class of 2014 is awful at my school too. :smallyuk:

ION, Angel Food Cake frozen yogurt is amazing.

Spiryt

2012-06-03, 05:51 PM

My pet rat had died today, basically in my arms as well.... :smallfrown:

This sucks.

Fredaintdead

2012-06-03, 05:54 PM

My pet rat had died today, basically in my arms as well.... :smallfrown:

This sucks.

Sorry for your loss man. Losing a pet is always hard.

Perenelle

2012-06-03, 05:56 PM

My pet rat had died today, basically in my arms as well.... :smallfrown:

This sucks.

:smallfrown: I'm sorry. I'm not much of a rat person, but losing pets sucks. *hugs* what was his/her name?

Spiryt

2012-06-03, 06:10 PM

His name was Jumper, and thanks, guys.

The problem is his brother, who will probably still live alone for quite some time, and by all I know about rats, they're strictly social creatures...

If anyone has some knowledge about rats behavior, I could use advice...

Heliomance

2012-06-03, 06:37 PM

I am disappointed :smallfrown:. You should know that making a post like that is not allowed.
Can we have a button that changes the new posts indicator to a tick? Please?

The aegis cheat was rather excellent, I'd ensure that I had the requisite resources (if not, cheats were at hand) and then built castles (or the civilisation's equivalent of castles) as a wall around my areas of control. No enemy survived the hail of arrows - enough to blot out the sun, and so they always fought in the shade.

I really liked it, but progressed to spamming a few (after initially spamming as many as I could) and playing on the hardest difficulty.

I was disappointed that they didn't include the laser guys in AoE2 (e=mc2 trooper)

e=mc2 trooper didn't make laser guys. The guys from that cheat fired nukes, at intercontinental distances. They were ridiculously hard to make actually attack anything other than the ground, though. Just wouldn't do it half the time.

The cheat for laser guys was photon man.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-03, 06:41 PM

In my school, Class of 2012 sucks except for my tiny group of friends. Class of 2013 is even worse. Class of 2014 is a LITTLE better than 2013, and I don't even know if we HAVE a class of 2015, and if we do, I haven't seen them.

I hate my school.

Amiel

2012-06-03, 06:53 PM

I've seen SO many things lately regarding Game of Thrones. Is it really all that worth it? I saw one of the books at Walmart and it was a friggin Dictionary in terms of how bloated it is. And I know that for all the series gritty realisim, it has a smoke hoohaa monster, so I'm really note sure about it.

What I've read of the books thus far is excellent; the series is A Song of Fire and Ice and not Game of Thrones as suggested by the tv series. It's well written and the world (low fantasy, but there is the impinging threat of the supernatural) is unique and well developed.

Are you able to read a few pages at Walmart to get an idea of what the novels are like?

I highly recommend if you like gritty realism and political intrigue in your novels. The tv series, while I haven't really gotten into it, is good as well; it's a HBO series so there's no question that it won't be good.

My pet rat had died today, basically in my arms as well.... :smallfrown:

This sucks.

I'm sorry for your loss, losing a pet hits really hard.

e=mc2 trooper didn't make laser guys. The guys from that cheat fired nukes, at intercontinental distances. They were ridiculously hard to make actually attack anything other than the ground, though. Just wouldn't do it half the time.

The cheat for laser guys was photon man.

Holy hand-grenades, you're right.
Yes, I liberally spammed photon man and e=mc2 trooper. I used the reveal map cheat in addition to the nuke trooper cheat, so I was able to line up my shots and leave devastation in my wake.

LaZodiac

2012-06-03, 07:03 PM

What I've read of the books thus far is excellent; the series is A Song of Fire and Ice and not Game of Thrones as suggested by the tv series. It's well written and the world (low fantasy, but there is the impinging threat of the supernatural) is unique and well developed.

Are you able to read a few pages at Walmart to get an idea of what the novels are like?

I highly recommend if you like gritty realism and political intrigue in your novels. The tv series, while I haven't really gotten into it, is good as well; it's a HBO series so there's no question that it won't be good.

I'll see if I can. I'm wary of entering a book series midway through, but we'll see. I do like darker, grittier stuff.

Also, the series being A Song Of Ice And Fire explains so many things while also bringing up so many other questions.

Rawhide

2012-06-03, 07:06 PM

Can we have a button that changes the new posts indicator to a tick? Please?

I don't understand what you want here and why it's not already fulfilled with the existing new post indicators.

Heliomance

2012-06-03, 07:09 PM

I don't understand what you want here and why it's not already fulfilled with the existing new post indicators.

You know how when you post in a thread, the circle icon on the left changes to a tick? I use that tick to keep track of which threads I'm following, and I'd bet a lot of other people do as well. It's what's behind the urge to "post to subscribe". Posting in a thread once immediately differentiates it from the threads you haven't posted in, and makes it easy to pick off the page.

Perenelle

2012-06-03, 07:15 PM

His name was Jumper, and thanks, guys.

The problem is his brother, who will probably still live alone for quite some time, and by all I know about rats, they're strictly social creatures...

Did he like to jump? :smallsmile: Or did you put him in a jumper? :smalltongue:

Could you get his brother a friend?

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-03, 07:51 PM

My pet rat had died today, basically in my arms as well.... :smallfrown:

This sucks.

I have been slightly desensitized to the death of my pet rats, because my family insists on getting a rat that looks exactly like the last one every time. Once we got to the 5th rat, I couldn't even tell the difference anymore.:smallfrown: Loosing the one I liked was really painful. Feel for you.

Qwertystop

2012-06-03, 09:01 PM

LaZodiac

2012-06-03, 09:29 PM

I just acquired Chrono Trigger (the DS version). I have deliberately not spoiled it for myself, but there were some things that were impossible to not spoil (mostly the multiple-endings thing, and that its based on when you beat Lavos, and that there's a New Game Plus).

So, right now I'm up to Magus. Haven't fought him yet. At what point should I go for Lavos for a good ending and a good start on the New Game Plus? And at what point should I go for Lavos in the New Game Plus, once I get to it?

First, I'll note the multiple endings are nooot actually all THAT extensive. They were also in the original SNES version. The only real amazing optional ending is if you beat Lavos as soon as physically possible and beat him. For that one, I'd highly recomend you beat the entire game first before doing it. So go for Lavos only after you have completely everything. Hell, unless you're really skilled at RPGs, that's the only time you will be ABLE to beat him.

Also, as a side note, Chrono Trigger DS has some after end game stuff unique to it. Enjoy :smallamused:

Pheehelm

2012-06-03, 09:29 PM

Very minor Chrono Trigger spoiler (keeping it as discreet as possible):Towards the end of the game, you'll get a bunch of optional sidequests listed off at you by the old man at the End of Time. The best ending comes after completing all those sidequests.That's assuming you want the "ideal" ending and to have the best equipment when you fight the final battle and start the New Game Plus.

Mind you, that's for the SNES version. I would guess it's mostly the same for the DS version.

LaZodiac

2012-06-03, 09:34 PM

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-03, 10:38 PM

Ugh, the class of 2014 is awful at my school too. :smallyuk:
I actually like the Class of 2014 OK. (Blue text = Sarcasm.) I have about as many friends who are upcoming Juniors as I do friends who are upcoming Sophomores. I still prefer my grade though...

In my school, Class of 2012 sucks except for my tiny group of friends. Class of 2013 is even worse. Class of 2014 is a LITTLE better than 2013, and I don't even know if we HAVE a class of 2015, and if we do, I haven't seen them.

I hate my school.

That ... That uh ... That really, really sucks Gwyn. I'm sorry. I'm not too big a fan of my class as a whole either, but my group of friends is about 1/5th of my grade, so it all works out.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-03, 11:01 PM

Well, my group of friends that are cool is like, 10, maybe 15 people. Add in another maybe 20 people who are alright, but the other 150 in my grade can go away.

DraPrime

2012-06-03, 11:05 PM

My pet rat had died today, basically in my arms as well.... :smallfrown:

This sucks.

*removes hat*

Smutno to słyszeć. You have my condolences. :smallfrown:

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-03, 11:31 PM

Well, my group of friends that are cool is like, 10, maybe 15 people. Add in another maybe 20 people who are alright, but the other 150 in my grade can go away.

See, my group of friends is only about 15 (was 20, but we've got senior leaving. Wah.) strong, but my class has just a little under 100 people total, so we manage all right.

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 01:00 AM

Quick, someone say something depressing. I'm in a good mood and I just can't shake it today.

Worira

2012-06-04, 01:00 AM

While you were typing that post, a bunch of babies probably died or something

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 01:25 AM

Quick, someone say something depressing. I'm in a good mood and I just can't shake it today.

Kathryn Joosten died on the 2nd. Be sad.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 01:39 AM

Quick, someone say something depressing. I'm in a good mood and I just can't shake it today.

Kathryn Joosten died on the 2nd. Be sad.

Screw KAthyn Joosten (not literally, I don't know who she is and I'm overreacting to be funny), RICHARD DAWSON died! The Kissing Bandit will never strike again ;_;

Elemental

2012-06-04, 01:46 AM

I have no idea who either of those people are...
But they sound slightly familiar.

Eruantion

2012-06-04, 01:49 AM

It's okay, they're not that important :smalltongue:

Feytalist

2012-06-04, 01:51 AM

I just found out there's an Odd Thomas film coming out sometime.

Damn I hope it's good.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 01:54 AM

I have no idea who either of those people are...
But they sound slightly familiar.

Richard Dawson was the host of Family Feud, and a common panel member of The Match Game.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 01:57 AM

Richard Dawson was the host of Family Feud, and a common panel member of The Match Game.

Umm... I've heard of Family Feud, but it's not big over here, and we have our own version with our own host...
The other one? Never heard of it.

But that could be because I live under a very comfortable rock.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 02:00 AM

Umm... I've heard of Family Feud, but it's not big over here, and we have our own version with our own host...
The other one? Never heard of it.

But that could be because I live under a very comfortable rock.

It's generally an American thing, though by that I mean America as a whole, not the USA. Also this was back in the 80s, Richard Dawson died recently at the age of 75ish.

Heliomance

2012-06-04, 02:05 AM

I just had an interesting dream. I was helping conduct diplomatic talks between two parties. The representatives were Tony Stark on the other side, and either Doctor Horrible or the Tenth Doctor on ours. I think it changed, as dreams do.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 02:08 AM

Heliomance

2012-06-04, 02:34 AM

About the only bit I can remember is trying to work out if Stark was Iron Man, and similarly trying to hide the secret identities of the negotiators on our side.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 02:36 AM

About the only bit I can remember is trying to work out if Stark was Iron Man, and similarly trying to hide the secret identities of the negotiators on our side.

Gasp!
Could it be that you are secretly some sort of superhero/villain and are concealing your identity from the world, despite the fact that subconsciously you want people to find out?!

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 02:54 AM

Umm... I've heard of Family Feud, but it's not big over here, and we have our own version with our own host...
The other one? Never heard of it.

But that could be because I live under a very comfortable rock.

I live in a pineapple. We should be friends. Best friends.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 03:02 AM

I live in a pineapple. We should be friends. Best friends.

Ah, but what shape are your pants? It's important, you know.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 04:08 AM

Damn that show and its hypnotic nature!
Every time I see it, I feel compelled to watch, despite not really liking it that much!

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-04, 04:40 AM

Ah, but what shape are your pants? It's important, you know.

Also, do you happen to live in a maritime environment? Do you retain excess water? Have you recently suffered from jaundice?

Things to know. Though at the end, I almost felt like I was taking a medical history...

Elemental

2012-06-04, 05:02 AM

For those who are interested, there's a partial lunar eclipse that's atrting right now.

Amiel

2012-06-04, 05:49 AM

*coughs* I actually kinda like that song. Or her voice, at least. *loses all cred immediately* =P

I can't believe she's 26 :/
They should bring Vitamin C (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDM3eYp4KQ) back.

Spongebob Squarepants is one of the greatest inventions ever.

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 06:22 AM

Wheee. I have some idiot in an MMO I play threatening to blackmail me with proof that I was abusing hacks in the game or something. Which is hilarious because I'm too lazy to figure out how to hack MMO's cuz I simply don't care enough about them to do it.

So I'm calling their bluff and I'm pretty much expecting them to try and wriggle out of it with lame excuses.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 06:26 AM

Some people take video games far too seriously.
People like that annoy me when I'm playing League of Legends.

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 06:31 AM

You too? I just use this.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=420616&d=1334472747

Teddy

2012-06-04, 06:34 AM

Amiel

2012-06-04, 06:41 AM

When I'm browsing another tab on my overly overtabbed browser, this tab spells "Amiel's App...". Amiel, I always thought you were into medicine in some way or another, not a software developer. :smallwink:

I've broken into the technology and apps business! :smallbiggrin:
I miss having the separate windows of Windows Vista; with Windows 7, all akin windows are clumped together.

Teddy

2012-06-04, 06:42 AM

You too? I just use this.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=420616&d=1334472747

Take away most of the game-specific terms/actions and this is applies frighteningly well to World of Tanks. Some boxes can even be checked off permanently. Thankfully, you learn to ignore it pretty quickly.

Also, put large images in spoiler boxes. They get a bit unwieldy when unspoilered, especially if you have a small screen (like me).

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 06:43 AM

Sorry, my bad. I've only just gotten used to my new bigger screen so I completely forgot that others might be using smaller ones.

I'll go back and fix that.

Rawhide

2012-06-04, 06:50 AM

I miss having the separate windows of Windows Vista; with Windows 7, all akin windows are clumped together.

Really? I like the window groupings. You can always turn that off, you know...

Elemental

2012-06-04, 06:52 AM

You too? I just use this.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=420616&d=1334472747

Fortunately, I'm not very good, so I just don't play ranked games and rarely PvP.
But still, I've experienced some of those, and it is terrible.

In a recent game, I was playing as Renekton and no one would help top lane. So frustrating.
In a less recent game, I was Ashe, and Yi and I both called top before the game started. So, our Shyvana, went top and refused to leave. Just stood there dancing. Turns out she wanted top to solo.
She could have called it in advance! So, I flatly told Yi to stay where he was and I walked all the way across the map so we didn't lose too much in the bottom lane.
I can't even remember very much of that game, but that Shyvana's attitude...

Apologies for venting.

Amiel

2012-06-04, 06:55 AM

Really? I like the window groupings. You can always turn that off, you know...

Yeah, and I'm lazy so I know I could Windows key + Tab, but laziness. Actually, this computer needs more Windows key + Tabbing.
Really? That'd be grand; it's not that much of a bother though, I can live with it.

Feytalist

2012-06-04, 06:58 AM

And all of a sudden I have this ping of nostalgia for DotA.

I'm fairly certain I spend more time playing DotA than attending classes in university. Good times.

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 06:58 AM

Fortunately, I'm not very good, so I just don't play ranked games and rarely PvP.
But still, I've experienced some of those, and it is terrible.

In a recent game, I was playing as Renekton and no one would help top lane. So frustrating.
In a less recent game, I was Ashe, and Yi and I both called top before the game started. So, our Shyvana, went top and refused to leave. Just stood there dancing. Turns out she wanted top to solo.
She could have called it in advance! So, I flatly told Yi to stay where he was and I walked all the way across the map so we didn't lose too much in the bottom lane.
I can't even remember very much of that game, but that Shyvana's attitude...

Apologies for venting.

I've been level 30 since the end of Season 1 Ranked and I've still never tried it. For one, I'm simply not good enough to do Ranked and not get yelled at by the other 9 players. For two, I end up playing whoever I feel like at the time as opposed to picking to suit the team and my item builds are often dumb (Aspd Anivia, ho!)

Honestly, I wouldn't worry too much. Just play to have fun and all that jazz.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 07:02 AM

I've been level 30 since the end of Season 1 Ranked and I've still never tried it. For one, I'm simply not good enough to do Ranked and not get yelled at by the other 9 players. For two, I end up playing whoever I feel like at the time as opposed to picking to suit the team and my item builds are often dumb (Aspd Anivia, ho!)

Honestly, I wouldn't worry too much. Just play to have fun and all that jazz.

Yeah. I usually just do co-op vs. AI on beginner.
I am so lazy.
Also, I haven't played Anivia in ages... And you could probably build her with attack speed provided you had mana regeneration as well.

Amiel

2012-06-04, 07:11 AM

Are League of Legends and Dota those games where
http://www.damnlol.com/i/11511ffcef0759fc2ebbb9d1af2e73f1.jpg
?

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 07:12 AM

Thankfully, Chalice of Harmony has an upgrade now so that's not a problem.

Admittedly, I only really play Anivia to troll the pubbies with when I play with friends. Though, taking Wall first has actually netted me a few kills before because they can't get away from the turret.

Honestly, Aspd works on everything, but I think that might be because I really love Ionic Spark as an item because LIGHTNING, LIGHTNING EVERYWHERE.

Like, one of my last games. I went Aspd Blitzcrank. In the end I had Ninja Tabi, Ionic Spark, Manamune (fully charged for once which never happens), Maw of Malmortius, Tiamat and Frozen Mallet. It was so much fun. Entire game consisted of run up to the enemy, pop Overdrive, beat the living crap outta them until they tried to run away (which I countered by using Power Fist to knock em up) and then if they still managed to live through that, I'd just grab em with Rocket Fist and wail on them some more. It was hilarious and one of my funnest games recently.

Of course, it did kinda help that I pretty much never used mana so when I did actually get low on HP, I got something like a 1k power shield from my passive + the magic shield from Malmortius.

I think it helps that I really love playing as Blitz though. He so fun.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 07:18 AM

@Amiel: Only one what?

And yes, I noticed that. I still prefer to get my other items first before upgrading it. Otherwise it throws my build out of whack inside my head.
I myself rarely get Ionic Spark, despite playing a few champions who benefit from attack speed. That's probably an oversight on my part.

I've never actually played as Blitzcrank... I've seen other people play him and versing him is rather annoying. But he doesn't seem to fit into my playstyle.
But, you never know... I do after all play an unusual mix of champions.
Galio, Renekton, Warwick, Ashe, LeBlanc, Morgana, Karma, Garen, others that I play less frequently...
It confuses my friends to no end because they assumed I only play ranged champions, but a lot of my favourites are melee.

Amiel

2012-06-04, 07:21 AM

@Amiel: Only one what?

Victor or side; all of which is decided through glorious combat.

Elemental

2012-06-04, 07:25 AM

Victor or side; all of which is decided through glorious combat.

Sounds like a lot of games.
And it would hardly be classified as a "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena" if there were no glorious combat. Lots of glorious combat.
Though some, not so glorious as the rest.

In other news: Tonight's eclipse was nice to look at.
And now, I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll watch some Miss Marple first...

Goodnight everyone!

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 07:29 AM

@ Amiel: Pretty much, yes.

@ Elemental: Blitz is very annoying to fight against, especially Blitz Bot. He seems to have 100% Rocket Punch hit rate even when you're in the bushes. But I still loves him.

You have good taste in champions though. I have all of those (admittedly I have nearly every single champion but that's beside the point) but out of those LeBlanc and Renekton are my favourites. Renekton because I'm super patriotic crocodileman with my Outback skin and he's such a massive bully and really scary early game (especially when paired with a decent Nasus like my friend) and he's just so awesome. LeBlanc was my main AP carry for a very long time because she's really strong but gets reduced to bad when everyone starts using Banshee's Veils. That said though, I have all her skins for some reason... probably because they're fabulous looking.

I'm currently obsessing over Kog'maw right now though because his butterfly skin is sooooo cute and his joke where he plays the trumpet with his mouth thing is hilarious and spammable.

Teddy

2012-06-04, 08:27 AM

Finally, someone cracks a joke on the fact that the winning contribution to Eurovision Song Contest was named Euphoria. Who someone? The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Of all people...

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 08:30 AM

I'm not sure I understand the joke, though I didn't watch Eurovision this year... or last year... honestly, it's not really something I can bring myself to watch anymore these days <<

HalfTangible

2012-06-04, 08:42 AM

Quick, someone say something depressing. I'm in a good mood and I just can't shake it today.

I can't remember the last time i was in a good mood for longer than five minutes.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 09:51 AM

I've broken into the technology and apps business! :smallbiggrin:
I miss having the separate windows of Windows Vista; with Windows 7, all akin windows are clumped together.

Yeah, and I'm lazy so I know I could Windows key + Tab, but laziness. Actually, this computer needs more Windows key + Tabbing.
Really? That'd be grand; it's not that much of a bother though, I can live with it.

Uwaaaah! I don't understand things like this at all. You mention that "this thing" is annoying, but when a solution comes for "this thing" you're like "naw, I can live with it". It's probably just me, but that REALLY grates on me.

Well, not in a "I am annoyed at you" way, you're still a cool cactus and all that, but the basic idea of "I don't think a thing, but when I learn about how to fix it I don't do it" is something that just baffles me.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 10:07 AM

Curiosity killed the cat, LaZ.

Teddy

2012-06-04, 10:10 AM

I'm not sure I understand the joke, though I didn't watch Eurovision this year... or last year... honestly, it's not really something I can bring myself to watch anymore these days <<

Well, I never retold the joke, which might be the reason that you don't understand it. :smallwink:

Anyway, what she said was that she was "euphoric", which I've waited long enough for someone to say ever since it became obvious that Loreen was winning in the ESC votings. I would be much more disappointed that the commentators didn't make a joke on it hadn't my disappointment quota already been filled when I realised that they couldn't do math.

Uwaaaah! I don't understand things like this at all. You mention that "this thing" is annoying, but when a solution comes for "this thing" you're like "naw, I can live with it". It's probably just me, but that REALLY grates on me.

Well, not in a "I am annoyed at you" way, you're still a cool cactus and all that, but the basic idea of "I don't think a thing, but when I learn about how to fix it I don't do it" is something that just baffles me.

Well, there are those cases when the effort investment required for the solution overshadows the annoyment derived from the problem in the first case. In those situations, I find it perfectly rational to pass.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 10:58 AM

Well, there are those cases when the effort investment required for the solution overshadows the annoyment derived from the problem in the first case. In those situations, I find it perfectly rational to pass.

Ok, good point. Forgot about that.

Heliomance

2012-06-04, 01:54 PM

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 01:56 PM

Psh, that's not overly overtabbed. Mine reads "Amiel's A".

Mine usually reads Amiel's Appeasingly Appro. It changes the entire thing from "This is a thing that belongs to this guy" into "This guy is appeasingly appro"

Whatever appro means. Slang for appropriate?

HalfTangible

2012-06-04, 01:57 PM

Psh, that's not overly overtabbed. Mine reads "Amiel's A".

I had 34 tabs at last count. Plus app tabs that Firefox lets you do. So...49.

Teddy

2012-06-04, 02:49 PM

Psh, that's not overly overtabbed. Mine reads "Amiel's A".

After 9 tabs, my tab bar gets too full to display them all at once. After that, the tab size remains constant. My current tab count is 28, which isn't exactly overwhelming, but still quite a lot.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 02:53 PM

I usually have four. Three for the forum, and one to do internet things.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-04, 02:55 PM

I don't know how you guys do that. I mean, I usually have a handful up, but really? Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, GitP, and sometimes one or two others. If there's a whole bunch of threads I need to read and update, maybe I'll have up to 5 GitP tabs up, but I find that many things so overwhelming...

Fredaintdead

2012-06-04, 03:25 PM

I rarely have more than 3 tabs up at once. Usually 1 Youtube, 1 GitP, and 1 other (usually a webcomic). I don't like taxing my net too much. :smallbiggrin:

Mercenary Pen

2012-06-04, 03:57 PM

I tend to keep open only the tabs I want at any given time- mostly because I have a small monitor and a slow internet connection for what I do with it, so I rarely keep more than 12 tabs active, and usually settle for fewer- bringing everything else out of my bookmarks or my history as required.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-04, 04:01 PM

I usually only have one youtube tab open, one forum, then one other for internet wanderings. And sometimes another youtube tab.

Teddy

2012-06-04, 05:15 PM

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-04, 05:30 PM

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 06:19 PM

Three more days and I'm going to Walmart for the first time not as a customer, but as an employee. Oriantatioooon~

Perenelle

2012-06-04, 06:56 PM

GUYS GUYS GUYS.

I made pretty cupcakes =3

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576956_4090591711493_1189210933_n.jpg

Rawhide

2012-06-04, 07:16 PM

GUYS GUYS GUYS.

I made pretty cupcakes =3

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576956_4090591711493_1189210933_n.jpg

Those are amazing!

Dark Elf Bard

2012-06-04, 07:18 PM

Pretty

Me Want

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-04, 07:30 PM

Three more days and I'm going to Walmart for the first time not as a customer, but as an employee. Oriantatioooon~

Gah, you're so cute when you're excited about your job. Congrats again! ^_^

GUYS GUYS GUYS.

I made pretty cupcakes =3

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576956_4090591711493_1189210933_n.jpg

Aww, they're so pretty! And...wait, what's that over there? *points behind you*

*stealthily vanishes a purple cupcake* >.>

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 07:59 PM

He trekked through numerous wikis and a vast world of *whatever the RP setting is* to give us this post. Another round! :D

I don't really have a name for my campaign setting, though the general theme of the campaign is currently "Hunt for the Phylactery Pieces". OR, if you're focus on the current adventure instead of the overarching plot "Find the Drow Ardent"

GUYS GUYS GUYS.

I made pretty cupcakes =3

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576956_4090591711493_1189210933_n.jpg

I...I'm actually sad that I have to eat them, because those look amazing.

Oh well *devours*

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-04, 08:07 PM

I don't really have a name for my campaign setting, though the general theme of the campaign is currently "Hunt for the Phylactery Pieces". OR, if you're focus on the current adventure instead of the overarching plot "Find the Drow Ardent"
I always thought the campaign was called "Sociopaths, the Gathering" considering the marvellous state of mind of the party.

Rawhide

2012-06-04, 08:07 PM

I don't really have a name for my campaign setting, though the general theme of the campaign is currently "Hunt for the Phylactery Pieces". OR, if you're focus on the current adventure instead of the overarching plot "Find the Drow Ardent"

LaZodiac Jones and the Hunt for the Phylactery Pieces

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-04, 08:11 PM

Let's see, I've got 3 GitP tabs (1 for walking the various threads, 2 for the RP campaign I'm in), as well as 1 tab for a map and 1 for a Myth-Weaver character sheet (for aforementioned campaign), 1 tab for MSPaintAdventures, 1 for Tyda (Swedish-English dictionary), 1 for Twitter (mostly Notch's twitter feed) and one 1 for Facebook. All these are open pretty much all the time.

Add to that 3 YouTube tabs (I usually keep at least one open at all times), 5 Minecraft Wiki tabs (slightly excessive, but the number stays constant as I always manage to open just as many tabs as I close when I try to reduce the number), 1 tab with the schedule for my old school (I use it to track a number of teachers I try to reach due to a project of mine), 2 for Wikipedia (reading up on RegEdit and Task Manager due to little brother having his computer inffected by a mildly annoying virus), 2 for Google (for the virus), 4 for a site that lists the origin of various processes (same reason), 1 for a security wiki (same reason) and finally 1 for a currency exchange rate tracker (the Dollar rushed in value at a very unfortunate moment for me, and I'm somewhat of a cheapskate when it comes to buying stuff for myself).

Those are all the tabs I have open right now.

See, this is excessive tabbing. Why do that when you can have excessive WINDOWS. =3

For example, I'd have all those GitP tabs as one window (I pretty much DO, seeing as I'm currently following that game and cheering against the party...*coughs*), one with youtube tabs open to about 5 songs I like and various LPs, one with about 8 tabs of information on various things I'm intending to watch (mostly anime), another one with about 3 times that number of things I'm about to read (whether manga or fanfiction), and were it not for the fact that I don't need any info for D3, probably another one with wiki pages for that.

If I've recently been in class, add a window for wikipedia with about 30 tabs. After I finish one of the aforementioned anime/manga, TV Tropes with about 30 tabs. And of course one for facebook, maybe 3 tabs, one for each GitP group and one to browse in.

See, that's MUCH easier to navigate around! =D

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-04, 08:40 PM

Perenelle

2012-06-04, 09:48 PM

Those are amazing!

Pretty

Me Want

Aww, they're so pretty! And...wait, what's that over there? *points behind you*

*stealthily vanishes a purple cupcake* >.>

I...I'm actually sad that I have to eat them, because those look amazing.

Oh well *devours*

Haha, thanks :smallsmile: :smallbiggrin:

I lovveee decorating cakes and cupcakes. I would seriously consider going to pastry school and opening a bakery and all that if my other future plans don't work out. =3

Eruantion

2012-06-04, 09:52 PM

*sigh* I hate troubleshooting.

I figured out which mods were stopping Skyrim from starting, now I need to figure out which mods are causing pathing issues in the intro cinematic.

Gonna take a break from that. God, but that's a lot of work...

Troubleshooting sucks, especially when you're as inept as me :smalltongue: What mods do you have? The only game I can play on my PC is Minecraft (barely), so I don't know much about Skyrim mods.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 09:54 PM

Yes, yes, those cupcakes are beautiful. They are not pretty. Shame on you. Degrading yourself Perry ...

On that note, if my trend continues, the only thing that's going to get skinny this summer is my wallet. Ugh. I've eaten nothing but crap these last three days and it's finally catching up with me. Basically all that I've eaten has been candy, fried, or some sort of baked good.

Damn my skinny tall friends and there godlike metabolisms.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-04, 10:02 PM

Haha, thanks :smallsmile: :smallbiggrin:

I lovveee decorating cakes and cupcakes. I would seriously consider going to pastry school and opening a bakery and all that if my other future plans don't work out. =3

...even if they do work out, you'd still bake occasionally, right? Like, say, right before a playgrounder came to visit you, or something? >.>

:smallwink::smallamused:

HalfTangible

2012-06-04, 10:02 PM

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 10:11 PM

On charges of grammercide, you are sentenced to DEATH!!

Eh. I don't even care anymore. It's summer and I'm exhausted. I've been rotting my brain and stomach all weekend. SAT, grad parties, over 10 hours of Game of Thrones. Leave me alone.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-06-04, 10:12 PM

Troubleshooting sucks, especially when you're as inept as me :smalltongue: What mods do you have? The only game I can play on my PC is Minecraft (barely), so I don't know much about Skyrim mods.

A lot of mods. Not enough to make troubleshooting impossible, but enough to make it tiresome.

HalfTangible

2012-06-04, 10:23 PM

Eh. I don't even care anymore. It's summer and I'm exhausted. I've been rotting my brain and stomach all weekend. SAT, grad parties, over 10 hours of Game of Thrones. Leave me alone.

It's just a joke... :smallfrown: I thought 'HEIL GRAMMARH' was a little obvious...

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 10:25 PM

It's just a joke... :smallfrown: I thought 'HEIL GRAMMARH' was a little obvious...

I figured. But I found it unfunny. And as stated, well, I'm (physically) tired and it's summer.

Cobalt

2012-06-04, 10:36 PM

and it's summer.

AT, we're not there yet! (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=first+day+of+summer+2012&oq=first+day+of+sum&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=hp.3.0.0l10.283.3671.0.4946.16.10.0.3.3.0.167 .1154.2j8.10.0...0.0.Nav8RBdPpuw)
Happily enough, all my over-break obligations to contribute to things are complete with the end of the week just before summer actually, seasonally begins, so it'll be, like, symbolic of my making it. Or something. I'll be able to relax, is what I'm saying.

enderlord99

2012-06-04, 10:44 PM

"Hunt for the Phylactery Pieces".

You mean horcuxes?

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 10:54 PM

AT, we're not there yet! (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=first+day+of+summer+2012&oq=first+day+of+sum&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=hp.3.0.0l10.283.3671.0.4946.16.10.0.3.3.0.167 .1154.2j8.10.0...0.0.Nav8RBdPpuw)
A technicality, my friend. A technicality. If I'm on break and school is out for the summer, it's summer in my book.

Happily enough, all my over-break obligations to contribute to things are complete with the end of the week just before summer actually, seasonally begins, so it'll be, like, symbolic of my making it. Or something. I'll be able to relax, is what I'm saying.
Indeed it shall. Make it a good one!

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 10:56 PM

You mean horcuxes?

The idea is that the Lich villian of the campaign, somehow or another (the party doesn't yet know how, though I do) seperated his phylactery into pieces. So our heroes are hunting for the pieces.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 10:57 PM

The idea is that the Lich villian of the campaign, somehow or another (the party doesn't yet know how, though I do) seperated his phylactery into pieces. So our heroes are hunting for the pieces.

Does this Lich have a snake motif? :smalltongue:

Cobalt

2012-06-04, 10:58 PM

A technicality, my friend. A technicality. If I'm on break and school is out for the summer, it's summer in my book.

Indeed it shall. Make it a good one!

Then yours is a book worth reading. Now; I am tired, and the bed calls me, with its look of allure.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 11:22 PM

Then yours is a book worth reading. Now; I am tired, and the bed calls me, with its look of allure.

I'd like to think so. Teach people what not to do and stuff. A cautionary tale, if you will.

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 11:24 PM

Does this Lich have a snake motif? :smalltongue:

Nope! I'm actually going for a more hawk theme, to be honest.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-04, 11:26 PM

Nope! I'm actually going for a more hawk theme, to be honest.

So, he's Sasuke? :smalltongue:

Moonshadow

2012-06-04, 11:37 PM

Lich... hawk... so giant demon bird?

So basically...

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110723024826/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/e/ee/JoJ_War_in_Kalamanda.JPG/830px-JoJ_War_in_Kalamanda.JPG

LaZodiac

2012-06-04, 11:49 PM

So, he's Sasuke? :smalltongue:

Oh god no. No no no. Not at all :smallamused:

Lich... hawk... so giant demon bird?

So basically...

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110723024826/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/e/ee/JoJ_War_in_Kalamanda.JPG/830px-JoJ_War_in_Kalamanda.JPG

Nope, though that looks AWESOME.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-05, 12:32 AM

Oh god no. No no no. Not at all :smallamused:

Deny it as you might LaZ, I know the truth.

I think.

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 12:54 AM

Deny it as you might LaZ, I know the truth.

I think.

It is not the truth, since although I may not be the best writer, I'm not that bad :smallamused:

Amiel

2012-06-05, 01:14 AM

Uwaaaah! I don't understand things like this at all. You mention that "this thing" is annoying, but when a solution comes for "this thing" you're like "naw, I can live with it". It's probably just me, but that REALLY grates on me.

Well, not in a "I am annoyed at you" way, you're still a cool cactus and all that, but the basic idea of "I don't think a thing, but when I learn about how to fix it I don't do it" is something that just baffles me.

I'm so laid-back, I'm almost horizontal :P
Yeah, like Teddy says, the expenditure required to 'fix' the problem probably isn't worth it, and it really doesn't annoy (overly), I'm just been prickly :smallbiggrin:

Mine usually reads Amiel's Appeasingly Appro. It changes the entire thing from "This is a thing that belongs to this guy" into "This guy is appeasingly appro"

Whatever appro means. Slang for appropriate?

Appro would defo be Aussie slang.

GUYS GUYS GUYS.

I made pretty cupcakes =3

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576956_4090591711493_1189210933_n.jpg

Excellent cupcakes are excellent!

Elemental

2012-06-05, 01:36 AM

Okay... Ladies and Gentlemen:
For our cupcake heist, we are going to need rope, lock-picks, a helicopter, grappling hooks and Tupperware. Not to mention forged documents.
Do we need anything else?

In other words, those cupcakes are awesome!

Lich... hawk... so giant demon bird?

So basically...

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110723024826/leagueoflegends/images/thumb/e/ee/JoJ_War_in_Kalamanda.JPG/830px-JoJ_War_in_Kalamanda.JPG

Oh Swain...
You and your crazy bird powers...

Spiryt

2012-06-05, 04:52 AM

Did he like to jump? :smallsmile: Or did you put him in a jumper? :smalltongue:

Could you get his brother a friend?

Jumper could leap quite a distance, when he was actually bothered (hungry). About 4 feet without running start, rather impressive for a fat rat.

Problem with brother is that he's old rat as well, will probably die in a few months... So it would start a vicious circle. :smallfrown:

*removes hat*

Smutno to słyszeć. You have my condolences. :smallfrown:

Łza dla szczurów minionych. :smallwink:

DraPrime

2012-06-05, 05:19 AM

Łza dla szczurów minionych. :smallwink:

Wait...I just realized, I haven't listened to Kat for at least a year. This needs to be fixed! To Youtube! Szybko!

Teddy

2012-06-05, 06:33 AM

See, this is excessive tabbing. Why do that when you can have excessive WINDOWS. =3

For example, I'd have all those GitP tabs as one window (I pretty much DO, seeing as I'm currently following that game and cheering against the party...*coughs*), one with youtube tabs open to about 5 songs I like and various LPs, one with about 8 tabs of information on various things I'm intending to watch (mostly anime), another one with about 3 times that number of things I'm about to read (whether manga or fanfiction), and were it not for the fact that I don't need any info for D3, probably another one with wiki pages for that.

If I've recently been in class, add a window for wikipedia with about 30 tabs. After I finish one of the aforementioned anime/manga, TV Tropes with about 30 tabs. And of course one for facebook, maybe 3 tabs, one for each GitP group and one to browse in.

See, that's MUCH easier to navigate around! =D

Ugh, with that system, I'd have to alternate between the tabs bar and the windows bar whenever switching around among my tabs. I think I prefer just sticking to the tabs bar and using my scroll button to quickly navigate among them. Especially at those days when I have my windows bar filled up as well.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-05, 06:36 AM

I still. *beats head into desk* have. *whack* two. *whack* more. *whack* days. *whack* of. *whack* finals. *smackidy whack* WHYYYY??!??:smallfurious:

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-05, 07:36 AM

Ugh, with that system, I'd have to alternate between the tabs bar and the windows bar whenever switching around among my tabs. I think I prefer just sticking to the tabs bar and using my scroll button to quickly navigate among them. Especially at those days when I have my windows bar filled up as well.

This is true, but with this system, I don't have to worry as much about making sure I rearrange tabs to keep everything organized, as each page will be generally surrounded by similar things.

ThePhantasm

2012-06-05, 07:54 AM

Walked nearly a mile down to the post office today only to discover it is closed due to the Queen's Jubilee :smallsigh:

*facepalm*

Amiel

2012-06-05, 07:55 AM

Jessica Williams - Brush Today (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nM8SqpN0fz0); oh god, why, why D:

Qwertystop

2012-06-05, 10:05 AM

The Random Banter threads saved me from sleeplessness and nightmares.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-05, 10:10 AM

I still. *beats head into desk* have. *whack* two. *whack* more. *whack* days. *whack* of. *whack* finals. *smackidy whack* WHYYYY??!??:smallfurious:

Because you are but a little freshman in the Windy City, that is why.

Qwertystop

2012-06-05, 11:21 AM

The Random Banter threads saved me from sleeplessness and nightmares.

Oh, right. Probably needs explanation.

When I see or read something creepy during the day, I tend to think about it as I'm trying to fall asleep. It's very difficult to intentionally think about something else without coming back to "I'm not thinking about X". However, random banter is by its nature something that naturally connects to just about anything, so I can think about how I would talk about it in RB, and from there I can transition to just about anything that happened in RB.

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 12:11 PM

Oh, right. Probably needs explanation.

When I see or read something creepy during the day, I tend to think about it as I'm trying to fall asleep. It's very difficult to intentionally think about something else without coming back to "I'm not thinking about X". However, random banter is by its nature something that naturally connects to just about anything, so I can think about how I would talk about it in RB, and from there I can transition to just about anything that happened in RB.

Lucky. Whenever I get on about something that is scary, it never leaves my mind, atleast for a while. So many nights sleeping with one eye open, just incase.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-05, 12:11 PM

Walked nearly a mile down to the post office today only to discover it is closed due to the Queen's Jubilee :smallsigh:

*facepalm*

What? The Phantasm is a BRIT?:smalleek::smalltongue:

ThePhantasm

2012-06-05, 12:18 PM

What? The Phantasm is a BRIT?:smalleek::smalltongue:

No, I'm American. I just live in the UK. :smallwink:

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 12:18 PM

What? The Phantasm is a BRIT?:smalleek::smalltongue:

I'm pretty sure she* is, yha.

*guessing she based on spoilers regarding Batman

Up, guess I'm wrong :smalltongue:

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-05, 12:53 PM

No, I'm American. I just live in the UK. :smallwink:

Ah. I was worried! :smalltongue: Brits arent allowed to like Batman!

AtlanteanTroll

2012-06-05, 01:05 PM

Ah. I was worried! :smalltongue: Brits arent allowed to like Batman!

Shouldn't you be in school, Sheep-y-kins? And if not, shouldn't you be on AIM?

ThePhantasm

2012-06-05, 01:22 PM

Is my avatar showing up for anyone or has it disappeared?

Mercenary Pen

2012-06-05, 01:24 PM

Is my avatar showing up for anyone or has it disappeared?

I see an avatar, for what it's worth.

ThePhantasm

2012-06-05, 02:07 PM

I see an avatar, for what it's worth.

Huh. Must just be a temporary fluke with my internet then.

Mercenary Pen

2012-06-05, 02:11 PM

Huh. Must just be a temporary fluke with my internet then.

Could be, for what it's worth, I occasionally have days- particularly on bank holidays- when the internet works very slowly and/or won't load entire pages... I usually assume this is due to excessive social networking load on the infrastructure, or similar...

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 02:15 PM

Huh. Must just be a temporary fluke with my internet then.

That happens sometimes.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-05, 03:00 PM

Huh. Must just be a temporary fluke with my internet then.

Yeah, I haven't had any trouble seeing the wonderfully drawn Phantasm. Have you seen Year One? I practically wanna get Arkham City just for that.:smallredface:

Speaking of Batman...:smallwink: (Haha! BATMAN SHALL INVADE RANDOM BANTER! AGAIN! Maybe the 135th time hes done so, but this time he has his sidekick Kato!)

ThePhantasm

2012-06-05, 03:11 PM

Have you seen Year One? I practically wanna get Arkham City just for that.:smallredface:

Speaking of Batman...:smallwink: (Haha! BATMAN SHALL INVADE RANDOM BANTER! AGAIN! Maybe the 135th time hes done so, but this time he has his sidekick Kato!)

You mean the comic Year One or the animated movie? I've seen both, and they are awesome. Though I'm not a big fan of the prostitute interpretation of Catwoman.

I have to say, to my utter shame as a Batfan, that I have played neither of the Arkham games. :smallfrown: All due to not owning a game system or a computer that could handle the graphics. One day when I'm no longer a student and have some money... ! :smallbiggrin:

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-05, 03:45 PM

Shouldn't you be in school, Sheep-y-kins? And if not, shouldn't you be on AIM?

You mean the comic Year One or the animated movie? I've seen both, and they are awesome. Though I'm not a big fan of the prostitute interpretation of Catwoman.

I have to say, to my utter shame as a Batfan, that I have played neither of the Arkham games. :smallfrown: All due to not owning a game system or a computer that could handle the graphics. One day when I'm no longer a student and have some money... ! :smallbiggrin:

Wow. A student who lacks an Xbox 360? This playground has too many of you.:smallbiggrin: I haven't played either one (I've done both the demos a bit too much to be healthy though. Read the CRAP outa those entries) but the Game of the Year edition of City reaaaally entices me. Only 50$ for all the DLC and Year One? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS-SS. es.

Cobalt

2012-06-05, 04:18 PM

Aaaaaaaaagh.

Best friend leaves for training in Norway this week. Just spent the last 5 hours with him, and a few hours yesterday, but still. Not enough. :smallfrown:

Sad face. And the weather's sucked lately. Some things are happening that are good, but I don't get to see the old bros very much, it seems. *sigh*

ThePhantasm

2012-06-05, 04:23 PM

Wow. A student who lacks an Xbox 360? This playground has too many of you.:smallbiggrin:

Yeah, I'm an in-debt PhD student, so its even worse... :smallyuk:

Thufir

2012-06-05, 04:59 PM

Wow. A student who lacks an Xbox 360? This playground has too many of you.

Pfah. All the best games are for PC anyway.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-05, 05:00 PM

Pfah. All the best games are for PC WiiU and 3DS anyway.
Updated to reflect latest E3 developments.

Qwertystop

2012-06-05, 05:04 PM

Updated to reflect latest E3 developments.

What are they? I haven't seen.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-05, 05:28 PM

What are they? I haven't seen.

Remember all those titles that weren't accesible to the wii because it didn't have the hardware, like Assassins Creed, Mass Effect and Arkham City?

They are now.

Remember Luigi's mansion?
It's back

Paper Mario?
As well

Pikmin?
It's glorious

Friend Codes?
They are gone and the gamepad is now also a remote for your tv, has gyrometre and cures cancer when adequately positioned.

Thufir

2012-06-05, 05:43 PM

I stand by my original, unedited statement.

Qwertystop

2012-06-05, 06:44 PM

Remember all those titles that weren't accesible to the wii because it didn't have the hardware, like Assassins Creed, Mass Effect and Arkham City?

They are now.

Remember Luigi's mansion?
It's back

Paper Mario?
As well

Pikmin?
It's glorious

Friend Codes?
They are gone and the gamepad is now also a remote for your tv, has gyrometre and cures cancer when adequately positioned.

Thanks. Now my family thinks I'm insane for bursting out in a grin and internally trapped laughter.

(In glee. I don't think you're kidding)

Tragic_Comedian

2012-06-05, 06:49 PM

Nintendo hasn't made a good system since the Gamecube.

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 06:53 PM

Nintendo hasn't made a good system since the Gamecube.

I disagree respectfully.

Also welcome back Trag, it's been awhile.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-05, 07:11 PM

Thanks. Now my family thinks I'm insane for bursting out in a grin and internally trapped laughter.

(In glee. I don't think you're kidding)
Also, new Nintendo original game:
P100, kill monsters by wielding superheroes, one hundred of them as a weapon.

And:
Scribblenauts Unlimited in HD with object creator and exploration.

Nintendo hasn't made a good system since the Gamecube.
You seem to be forgetting the Wii, and the NDS, and the 3DS and now the WiiU.

Mutant Sheep

2012-06-05, 07:52 PM

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 07:55 PM

Gamecube WAS the best though. Melee was sweeter than Brawl, Sunshine is better than Galaxy, and Wind Waker has much more fun travel than the DS Zeldas. Also, it had F Zero. That game STILL looks good.:smallcool:

...........

ok.

This is gonna take a bit of writing.

First. Melee is not better then Brawl. By a long shot. They fixed problems in Brawl.

Second. Sunshine is...not better then Galaxy, at all. That...no. I LIKE Sunshine, and I can't say that.

Third. The Zelda games are not even remotely comparable to Wind Waker, they are on different systems. Wind Waker must be compared to Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. You win out on TP, I do like Wind Waker a little better then it. But not on Skyward Sword.

Fourth, and more egregious. F Zero Grand Prix for the Gamecube is terrible.

Now, yes, this is all a personal opinion thing. Games are like that. But there are points in every single one of these that are not opinion based.

Melee had glitches. Glitches used in the metagame, but still glitches.

Sunshine....was a side step in the wrong direction for every step forward it took. Taking out the long jump kind of crippled the platforming, even if Fludd changed it up.

Wind Waker, though great, had the Triforce hunting. That was no.

F Zero Grand Prix continues to be terrible.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-05, 08:13 PM

Gamecube WAS the best though. Melee was sweeter than BrawlMelee was dull, you needed people to have fun, even then, it lacked online.
And when you did have people around, Fox, Final Destination no items was almost a standard.

Brawl now, I can play that with my younger siblings without them going away in boredom after two matches of uniformity. I can play with my parents the storyline without them feeling its a mindless fight game. And in the worst case, the trophy shooter keeps grandma occupied. I can play it with friends really far away, or nearby without the need for them to come over.

Sunshine is better than Galaxy
No, Sunshine is pretty good and awesome, BUT
No real flying
No Roaslina
No epic fight on a sun at the end
The story wasn't really good, the gameplay was great though, but galaxy also has fantastic gameplay.

Also, no multiplayer. 2P mode isn't AWESOME, but it does get use, specially with younger gamers or when you want them to play but don't want to simply watch them die horribly. Or when you are with someone who isn't a gamer but don't want to have him/her sit next to you without doing anything or feel left out.

Wind Waker has much more fun travel than the DS Zeldas
In Twilight Princess travelling isn't a pain. Skyward Sword has better fights but craptastic transport. The DS games have portability and multiplayer.

Also, it had F Zero. That game STILL looks good.:smallcool:
It looks great and plays like Windows Vista at its initial release. You will crash often without reason and it will ignore input and when you are about to win [or save a word document] the AI will cheat and make you crash or pass you [and decide that word is now Realtime priority and your system crashes].

F-Zero only use is being F-Zero last released game. I prefer playing WiiWare F-Zero than GX

The VS. works nicely though.

Mauve Shirt

2012-06-05, 08:33 PM

Failed my driving test AGAIN. Because I took more than 3 minutes to parallel park. Instant failure. So dumb.
On the bright side, as consolation I stopped at an outlet mall and got THE CUTEST Coach bag for only $35.

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 08:37 PM

Mauve Shirt

2012-06-05, 08:42 PM

LaZodiac

2012-06-05, 08:44 PM

I know what I did wrong too. I didn't turn sharply enough when I started. I should have asked to start over.
Also, the *******s at the DMV insisted that I make an appointment (when it used to be you just showed up and got in line) and then kept me waiting for 40 minutes. They owe me another try. Now I'm making another appointment for August. I don't know how I'll do any of the things I have planned between now and then, since I planned them assuming I'd get my license today. :smallsigh:

Welcome to the DMV, the most loathed place in all the world. Really, truely disgusting monsterous vipers.

Rawhide

2012-06-05, 08:57 PM

Wind Waker has much more fun travel than the DS Zeldas.

No, just no. The travel in Wind Waker was boring. And don't get me started on how much of it is needed for triforce hunting.

HalfTangible

2012-06-05, 09:00 PM

Elemental

2012-06-05, 09:22 PM

I've never had trouble dealing with the Department of Transport, but then, I've only been down to their office twice.
Centrelink on the other hand...
They asked me to come in for an appointment. I was there ten minutes before my appointment was set to start.
The appointment took place over half an hour after the time they booked it for.

Eruantion

2012-06-05, 09:30 PM

I just introduced my friend to Assassin's Creed. She's hooked. Mission accomplished. :smallcool:

HalfTangible

2012-06-05, 09:32 PM

I just introduced my friend to Assassin's Creed. She's hooked. Mission accomplished. :smallcool:

Ooooh, very subtle :smallamused::smalltongue:

...

Don't look at me like that :smallannoyed: That joke has been used on me by THIS VERY FORUM at least once.

ION: I want to shoot the idiot who came onto Dawn of War 2: Retribution to try and meet girls >.>

And not just because the game is next to dead at this point.

Eruantion

2012-06-05, 09:52 PM

What's subtle? I am confused. Explain yourself!

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-05, 10:12 PM

On Nintendo: I'm not sure finally accessing good games made for other systems is necessarily a huge plus. And who wants a new Luigi's Mansion? =P

I agree with most of the other stuff, though. And I really liked Sunshine. Other than I feel it had some pacing issues warly on that make me...uninterested in trying it again. =P

Failed my driving test AGAIN. Because I took more than 3 minutes to parallel park. Instant failure. So dumb.
On the bright side, as consolation I stopped at an outlet mall and got THE CUTEST Coach bag for only $35.

That sucks. *hugs*...my driving test, they didn't even make me parallel park. =\

Elemental

2012-06-05, 10:17 PM

@Mauve: Don't worry. You're still a better driver than I am.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-05, 10:17 PM

On Nintendo: I'm not sure finally accessing good games made for other systems is necessarily a huge plus. And who wants a new Luigi's Mansion? =P
Nintendo has more console exclusive since Nintendo itself makes games. Add on top games for other systems and there is a console with obvious greater access to games on the market.

HalfTangible

2012-06-05, 10:39 PM

What's subtle? I am confused. Explain yourself!

... Never mind :smalltongue: it's not important and kinda dumb.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-06-05, 10:56 PM

Nintendo has more console exclusive since Nintendo itself makes games. Add on top games for other systems and there is a console with obvious greater access to games on the market.

This is true, however, I think by now, anyone who was really interested in playing those games would have acquired a console that could play them.

AsteriskAmp

2012-06-05, 11:03 PM

This is true, however, I think by now, anyone who was really interested in playing those games would have acquired a console that could play them.
Note that I meant from now on, the playing field is back to where it was with the N64, where the obvious best alternative is again the one who apart from having access to the 3rd parties has 1st party titles, excellent ones at that. And the best control scheme, and the best launch lineup, and the best mission statement.

Not only that, but some of us never bought such consoles because had a PC and deemed we really needn't anything apart from it and a wii.

Eruantion

2012-06-05, 11:57 PM

... Never mind :smalltongue: it's not important and kinda dumb.

If you're implying video games as a way of getting girls, false. I'm already dating Perenelle, as it happens.

If you're implying something else, then I have no clue what it could be :smalltongue:

Blue Ghost

2012-06-06, 12:00 AM

I have just rediscovered Odell Down Under. That old edutainment game where you're a fish and you swim around and eat other fish. I loved that game when I was a kid. A major factor in inspiring my love for the ocean, which persists to this day (though not quite as strongly as before).

HalfTangible

2012-06-06, 12:32 AM

If you're implying video games as a way of getting girls, false. I'm already dating Perenelle, as it happens.

If you're implying something else, then I have no clue what it could be :smalltongue:

I was referencing an old joke a certain mod (who's exact name escapes me at the moment) made in a previous RB thread - actually i think it was one of yours. Someone was asking if visiting san antonio was worth a six hour drive, he said the smooth thing to do would be to say yes, and then to offer to drive there and show her the sights. So yes, I was implying you were meeting a girl through a video game, because i didn't know you were dating Perenelle.

In retrospect, it was hardly relevant and kinda stupid to make that reference that nobody would get anyway :smallconfused:

Feytalist

2012-06-06, 01:07 AM

That feeling that you get when someone acknowledges your hard work.

Feelsgoodman.

factotum

2012-06-06, 01:25 AM

That sucks. *hugs*...my driving test, they didn't even make me parallel park. =\

They didn't even add parallel parking to the test until some years after I took mine. Been driving for more than 20 years now and I think I've actually had to parallel park more than half-a-dozen times, and I don't recall *ever* doing a three point turn (because it's usually easier to turn round in the entrance of a side street).

Amiel

2012-06-06, 03:56 AM

You should tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But shout it at them in German, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

Elemental

2012-06-06, 04:33 AM

Teddy

2012-06-06, 04:38 AM

You should tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But shout it at them in German, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

German is the only language for which you wouldn't flinch if your commander in the trench shouted "I love you!".

I mean, could anyone of you tell the difference between "Ich liebe dich!" and "Achtung, Schpitfeuer!". :smallwink:

ThePhantasm

2012-06-06, 06:07 AM

In other news: Բոլորն այստեղ զարմանալի!

Because being yelled at in Armenian is probably an experience no one here is familiar with.

Is that what Armenian lettering looks like? Because that's cool looking, like something LOTR-ish.

Elemental

2012-06-06, 06:27 AM

Is that what Armenian lettering looks like? Because that's cool looking, like something LOTR-ish.

If Google Translate is to be believed, that is the script used by the Armenians.
Unless of course, I somehow got it confused with Azerbaijani, which I was also considering using...

And yes, it does look cool.

Amiel

2012-06-06, 06:37 AM

It wouldn't work... I know too many people with enough of an understanding of German for them to translate what I'm yelling.
And besides, there's no one I want to tell that I love them.

In other news: Բոլորն այստեղ զարմանալի!

Because being yelled at in Armenian is probably an experience no one here is familiar with.

Truthfully, it looks like Ia Ia Cthulhu Fhtagn to me :smalltongue:

German is the only language for which you wouldn't flinch if your commander in the trench shouted "I love you!".

I mean, could anyone of you tell the difference between "Ich liebe dich!" and "Achtung, Schpitfeuer!". :smallwink:

Best German is indeed clearly the best language; and it has one of the most excellent words of all: schadenfreude.