Amiel's Appeasingly Appropriate Arbitrary Amusement (Random Banter): No.CLXXVIII #178

[Amiel]

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

The Previous Random Banter, can be found here:
Elemental's Excitingly Excellent Random Banter: No.CLXXVII (177)

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[Cobra_Ikari]

*ceremonially boogies*

Huzzah! New thread! =D

[Elemental]

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!

[Amiel]

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"

Night, mate

[Cobra_Ikari]

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]

*ceremonially boogies*

Huzzah! New thread! =D

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

[Moonshadow]

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]

I am disappointed . 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]

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

[wadledo]

When did alliteration become the norm for random banters?

[Worira]

Thread #10.

[AsteriskAmp]

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

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

[DraPrime]

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

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

12 hours? jeaaaaloouuus! I love sleeping.

[Mutant Sheep]

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

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


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

[DraPrime]

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]

The greatest action scene in history

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

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

[Kindablue]

This is one of my favorite things.

[Teddy]

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

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]

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]

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]

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. >.>

[HalfTangible]

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]

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]

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? 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]

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

This might not be the bird or the call you're looking for, but the lyrebird is a perfect mimic; of its repertoire are the sounds of chainsaws, drills and traffic.

Also, the moonwalking bird

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

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.

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

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

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

It is indeed, Michael Bay has nothing on that

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

[Elemental]

Are they? 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]

To make that horrid song bearable

[AtlanteanTroll]

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

[UserClone]

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?