mf0 logs -> 2012 -> Wed, 27 Jun 2012< mf0.20120626.log - mf0.20120628.log >
--- Log opened Wed Jun 27 00:00:02 2012
--- Day changed Wed Jun 27 2012
00:00
< carbonbass>
heya
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< Mantisking>
Hey.
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<+Tetrajak>
heya people
00:01
< Mantisking>
Hey TJ.
00:06
<+Tetrajak>
MK, I always read your username as Man Tsking
00:06
<+Tetrajak>
I know it's Mantis King
00:06
<+Tetrajak>
but I can't help seeing it otherwise
00:08
< carbonbass>
He tisks, therefore he is
00:09
< Mantisking>
Heh. One or two other people have said that.
00:12
< Mantisking>
Man, are people getting pissy on the Hangar or what?
00:15
< carbonbass>
Heh?
00:16
< Mantisking>
The whole cover debate is a little histrionic.
00:17
< carbonbass>
I'm just not sure why you would want to play MF0 will hills.
00:17
< Mantisking>
The world is flat!
00:18
< carbonbass>
It just slows games down IMO
00:18
< carbonbass>
Elevation is great, little buildings and stuff
00:18
< Mantisking>
And where did this whole idea of "ambush" come from?
00:19
< carbonbass>
I hadn't seen that, what's the deal with "ambush"?
00:19
< carbonbass>
is it kind of like overwatch?
00:19
< Mantisking>
People keep talking about attacking from ambush and I have no idea of what they are talking about.
00:20
< afny>
it's the concept of placing your frames outside the defense perimeter as the defender
00:20
< afny>
as in, after everyone has placed their frames and you get to place yours
00:21
< afny>
you put them in a position to attack immediately, as opposed to within the defensive perimeter
00:21
< afny>
because you place your frames after the attackers, the "surprise" factor translates to the term ambush.
00:22
< afny>
I do understand their confusion now, but the question didn't get framed coherently until everyone was already riled up
00:22
<+Tetrajak>
sorry guys, the ambush thing is kind of my fault
00:22
<+Tetrajak>
I was the one who mentioned it in one of my sims
00:23
< Mantisking>
Except the Defender can place a mech inside his defensive perimeter and still be ready to attack immediately.
00:24
< afny>
this is the problem with using words to mean something super specific when the rules do not define the word as such
00:24
< afny>
(and why I don't like codified names for dicebuilds)
00:24
< Mantisking>
:D
00:25
<+Tetrajak>
I'm with you there
00:25
< Mantisking>
You're going to have to blame J for that.
00:25
<+Tetrajak>
I used the term because it seemed fitting that after the offense had placed, he defense then placed HtH right up close to the offense (due to a misunderstanding I had of the rules)
00:27
< afny>
the term is fitting, but it it doesn't replace an explicit description of the situation
00:27
<+Tetrajak>
very true
00:28
<+Tetrajak>
I didn't think much of it at the time
00:28
< afny>
I wouldn't worry about it
00:28
< afny>
I highly doubt anyone's jimmies were actually rustled
00:30
< carbonbass>
I heard the slight sounds of soft rustling, but no no full blown jimmy unhinging
00:31
< Mantisking>
What has this got to do with a topping for ice cream? :P
00:31
< carbonbass>
Everything.
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< CaGeRit>
Is there any amusing convsersation to be found here?
00:39
<~McMartin>
never
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< CaGeRit>
Good.
00:39
< CaGeRit>
I hate that shit.
00:48
< carbonbass>
Yaaar, we all be far too serious to be gettin inta all them fun shenanigans, arrrggg.
00:48
< CaGeRit>
You be hunting the white whale?
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< Mantisking>
Hey Soren.
00:49
< carbonbass>
If that's what the cool kids be calling it these days
00:56
< Mantisking>
Alright, I'm going to go build. I came up with a few designs today while bored at work.
00:57
< carbonbass>
I've been sitting here working on a Hi-Leg redux, but I'm just not happy with it
00:57
< Mantisking>
I came up with another set of legs, and a head design that can double as a foot.
00:58
< carbonbass>
I've gotten pretty good at doing legs. Torsos on the other hand...
00:58
< carbonbass>
Also, head that doubles as a foot?
00:59
< carbonbass>
Can't wait to see that
01:00
< Mantisking>
Yeah, just change the orientation.
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02:16
< MoF0-9326>
Anyone know of Mars Daybreak is worth watching?
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02:17
<@Soren>
I saw a couple episodes a while ago and it seemed nonbad.
02:17
<@Soren>
great mecha.
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< Mantisking>
Kinda what I'm looking for, a decent show with good visuals for inspiration.
02:23
< carbonbass>
Looking for something more Gundamy or MechWarriory?
02:24
< Mantisking>
Gundam.
02:24
< Mantisking>
Not really a fan of the Mechwarrior thing.
02:24
< carbonbass>
Been keeping up with Unicorn?
02:25
< afny>
Hey
02:25
< afny>
finally someone else team Gundam
02:25
<@Soren>
I don't think you can reasonably recommend Unicorn to someone who isn't very, very familiar with UC Gundam.
02:25
< carbonbass>
True
02:25
<@Soren>
I mean, it's watchable. But they're not going to get what we're getting out of it.
02:25
< afny>
I'm afraid of it. I'm rewatching the UC stuff I have seen and am going to watch the stuff I haven't before even starting it.
02:27
< carbonbass>
all of 0079 (Mobile Suit Gundam) is on Youtube with the good dub (if you're into dubs), as is Zeta Gundam
02:27
< carbonbass>
Really easy to burn though them that way
02:28
< afny>
I did the movie cuts of first gundam this time around
02:28
< afny>
I'd only seen the eps
02:28
< afny>
and I'm about half way through zeta currently
02:29
< afny>
Mantis, do you have a ps2?
02:29
< carbonbass>
I'm never quite sure how I feel about Zeta. Everyone calls it the best Gundam series, but something about it has always bugged me.
02:29
<@Soren>
I hold the totally unpopular position that you could cut Zeta down to 26 episodes and it would be better.
02:29
< carbonbass>
I would agree
02:29
< afny>
How is that position unpopular
02:29
< afny>
it toootally improved first gundam
02:30
<@Soren>
30, maybe, if you had to leave some stuff in.
02:30
< carbonbass>
Maybe take a bit of the "suit of the week" aspect out of it too
02:30
<@Soren>
well, Zeta has two problems.
02:30
< afny>
A NEW MODEL?!
02:30
<@Soren>
#1 is that there are long middle stretches where the plot isn't advancing.
02:30
< afny>
MAYBE WHEN YOU DEFEAT THE MK 2. AHHH, MAYBE WHEN YOU DEFEAT THE ZETA GUNDAM.
02:30
<@Soren>
#2 is that it has a bunch of ongoing plot threads that just never get resolved in ZZ.
02:31
<@Soren>
So it feels like a huge cocktease.
02:31
<@Soren>
But the good moments are spectacular.
02:31
< afny>
Wasn't ZZ supposed to be a direct sequel with the same cast?
02:31
< carbonbass>
yeah
02:31
< carbonbass>
@ soren
02:31
< afny>
yeah I figured
02:32
<@Soren>
ZZ was supposed to be Char's Counterattack, actually.
02:32
<+Tetrajak>
Zeta is merely a trailer for ZZ?
02:32
< afny>
No, ZZ doesn't have any of the same protags
02:32
<@Soren>
Then they got the greenlight for the movie and it kinda fell apart.
02:32
< afny>
well I'm okay with that I guess, because Char's Counterattack is so good.
02:33
< Mantisking>
I've seen one scene from Unicorn.
02:33
<@Soren>
Even more unpopular position: you could edit both Zeta and ZZ into one thing of 36 episodes, and also miss nothing.
02:33
< Mantisking>
I don't have a PS2.
02:34
< afny>
Damn.
02:34
<@Soren>
You have an internet. That fixes everything.
02:34
< afny>
True, but emulators are a hassle. Yeah, you can just look at wikis and screencaps/LPs, but it isn't the same.
02:34
< Mantisking>
I've seen Char's Counterattack.
02:34
< Mantisking>
I own War in the Pocket.
02:35
< carbonbass>
Oh lord I just finally got around to that one a couple months ago.
02:36
< carbonbass>
Great suits in that
02:37
< carbonbass>
Soren, would you keep the Four/HugeAssGundam plot in your Zeta cut? That was always something that really detracted from the progression of the overall plot.
02:37
<@Soren>
hell yes I would.
02:38
< afny>
See, rewatching it
02:38
<@Soren>
It doesn;t need to go, it needs to be trimmed for length and emotional impact.
02:38
< afny>
I thought Four was the biggest emotional punch in the series up to that point
02:38
< Mantisking>
I want to get the complete series of Stardust Memories.
02:38
< carbonbass>
GAAAATTTOOOOOO (sorry, had to)
02:39
< Mantisking>
O_O
02:39
< afny>
really everything that happens on Earth after the Jaburo raid is good, I think
02:40
<@Soren>
yeah, it doesn't start to stall until after that.
02:40
< afny>
Directly after that...
02:40
< afny>
ANOTHER NEW MODEL!?
02:40
< carbonbass>
God damn new models
02:40
< carbonbass>
One nice thing, is in Unicorn a lot of those Zeta models are showing up and they made them sexy as hell.
02:41
< afny>
You're 14 and this is crazy, but pilot my new model in its combat debut maybe?
02:41
< carbonbass>
lool
02:41
< afny>
Also, like, by the time the fifth mobile armor transforms behind someone
02:41
< afny>
and they yell HENKEI
02:42
< afny>
it's like, shit, you think they'd learn.
02:42
< afny>
IF IT FLIES AROUND BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A PLANE, IT'S GONNA TRANSFORM.
02:42
< Mantisking>
I'm making dinner, building, and watching Cowboy Bebop. But this conversation is still cool.
02:43
< carbonbass>
How do you all feel about The 8th MS Team?
02:43
<+Tetrajak>
*resists urge to troll gundam fans*
02:43
<@Soren>
it falls kind of flat for me.
02:43
< afny>
I like it, but I haven't seen it in a long time
02:43
<@Soren>
no, go for it. it might be funny.
02:44
< afny>
I'm pretty sure you've tried to troll us before, but then you admit to having seen something like only the first 10 episodes of first gundam
02:44
< afny>
and we just STONEWALL YOU.
02:45
< carbonbass>
The story for 8th MS team falls flat for me, but I love the suits.
02:45
<@Soren>
Yeah, the thing is... they never managed to establish stakes in a way that made me care.
02:45
< carbonbass>
Pretty much
02:46
<@Soren>
Okay, yes, secret project, potential scariness... but, on a personal level, those stakes never connect.
02:46
< carbonbass>
Except for Norris Packard.
02:46
<@Soren>
Well, yeah, and you see what, something like fifteen minutes of him total across the whole thing.
02:47
<@Soren>
So they proved they could do it, and then just didn't use that character at all.
02:47
< carbonbass>
Yep
02:47
< carbonbass>
Not until the end anyways.
02:48
<@Soren>
Stardust Memory is kind of a mess, but they did a great job of making the abstract political goals line up with the concrete personal motivations of the characters.
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< carbonbass>
This is very true.
02:48
<@Soren>
That's kind of the definition of 'good Gundam', when you're forced to pick sides because otherwise bad shit happens to the people you care about.
02:49
<@Soren>
Also, I dislike it when bad people do bad things because they're crazy.
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<@Soren>
that's not convincing moral conflict. That's a phone call to a psych ward that should have happened years ago.
02:50
< carbonbass>
Can't identify or connect on an emotional level with a crazy person
02:50
<@Soren>
no, I am crazy, i get it. I just don't buy it as a motivation.
02:50
< afny>
First gundam does a great job of lampshading that, though
02:51
<@Soren>
it should be 'crazy AND' not 'crazy THEREFORE'.
02:51
< afny>
always believable antagonists, and the one time you're about to get a crazy evil guy be crazy and evil because he's crazy
02:51
< afny>
BAM, fratricide.
02:52
< afny>
also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaI1iBw0K64
02:53
< carbonbass>
Dmmnit Luther
02:56
< carbonbass>
I have a series that mecha loving people need to just stay away from, Blue Gender. One of those shows that promises so much yet delivers nothing.
02:57
<@Soren>
It delivered lols.
02:57
<@Soren>
It delivers a lot of drunken, goofy lols.
02:58
<@Soren>
Possibly even some lulz and the odd roffle.
02:58
< carbonbass>
Ok yeah it does that
02:58
<~McMartin>
I should see if I can convince one of the guys elsenet to republish his "Legend of Galactic Heroes Minor Character Survival Guide"
02:58
< carbonbass>
loool
02:58
<~McMartin>
(If you have a crush, TELL THEM before you blast off - enemy weapons systems can clearly track unrequited love)
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<~McMartin>
(Try to avoid commanding officers that the other side calls by their last name or rank. First name is pretty good, but if they just call him "HIM" or "THAT MAN" you have struck solid gold)
03:00
<~McMartin>
(etc)
03:01
<@Soren>
yeah.
03:01
<~McMartin>
One also must strike a careful balance in level of characterization - too little and you're an expendable redshirt, but too much and you risk becoming a poignant example of the grim futility of war
03:01
<@Soren>
Also, if you're not an FPA soldiers and those angry guys with the red patches on their shoulders show up, make sure your fucking will is up to date.
03:11
<@Soren>
And, you know, avoid empty triumphalism like the plague. I don't know what kind of detector is sensitive to that, but it lays the hurt right on target every time.
03:11
<~McMartin>
I think that falls under the "Oh The Futility Of War" clause, which LoGH cranks up to 12 or 13.
03:12
<@Soren>
well, yeah.
03:13
<@Soren>
It's just funny. Laser-guided karma is a bitch.
03:18
< carbonbass>
I finally did it, I went to the local hardware store where they just replaced all their nut/washer trays. and bought 15 of the less beat up Serv-a-lite trays for a buck apiece. Finally going to sort my MF0 legos
03:19
<@Soren>
excellent.
03:27
<@Soren>
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/78238212@N02/7451410868/ in related news, this is pretty brilliant.
03:28
< afny>
yeah, really want to see that in the brick
03:28
< afny>
I like that guy's stuff in general, even when he was building with suuuper limited bricks
03:28
<@Soren>
yeah
03:29
< carbonbass>
I saw that earlier, but he hadn't put a description on it, so I had no idea what it was. Very cool looking.
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03:35
< Mantisking>
Boo?
03:36
< afny>
o/
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< Mantisking>
:'(
03:41
< afny>
quick, let's talk about Bebop so he misses out on COOL SHIT.
03:41
< afny>
Make him regret his rash decision to disconnect.
03:45
< Mantisking>
So the mech I built yesterday fits inside Soren's 10x10x12 design box.
03:46
<@Soren>
well yay
03:46
< afny>
get any pics yet?
03:48
< Mantisking>
Didn't get home in time today. Maybe Thursday.
03:48
< Mantisking>
I also built two sets of legs today.
03:48
< afny>
I really want to make a frame with those droid head fists
03:50
< Mantisking>
Yeah, that looks really cool.
03:53
< Mantisking>
It might look a little better if it had a thumb though.
03:53
< afny>
yeah, I figure a droid arm on a bar plate would be perfect
03:53
< afny>
I'm going to combine that mech's hand and that popular wyrk wyze oversized hand
03:54
< Mantisking>
Just put the thumb on the other end of the droid torso.
03:54
< afny>
I feel like that would look too long
03:54
< Mantisking>
I've got a hand design sitting in my tablescraps box that I've been wanting to use.
03:55
< afny>
i've been all about leg designs lately
03:55
< Mantisking>
I'm better with legs than I am with arms, so I've got a bunch.
03:56
< afny>
I've just been doing a lot of riffs on two basic ideas from zizy's frames
03:56
< afny>
and adding different kinds of articulation and stuff to the ankle/foot
03:57
< Mantisking>
We've noticed. :P
03:57
< afny>
heh
03:57
< afny>
I ain't ashamed
03:57
< Mantisking>
Nothin' to be ashamed of.
03:59
< afny>
the only thing I've got that I really am happy with right now
03:59
< afny>
is the two reversed bar plates just attached to eachother
04:00
< afny>
with tap/tile clip ankles
04:00
< afny>
it's so sturdy and has about the same proportions as most of the stock SC frames
04:00
< afny>
and it doesn't use any hinge plates
04:00
< afny>
so I could make a lot of them
04:04
< afny>
gah, now I want to build frames
04:04
< Mantisking>
Dooo Iiiitt.
04:04
< afny>
I didn't get very far with terrain today
04:06
<+Tetrajak>
I know that feel afny
04:06
<+Tetrajak>
the only thing I'm pleased with currently is my Venus
04:07
< Mantisking>
The last terrain I did was a touch up on the FLW Building.
04:07
< afny>
I was going to make the aphro my mass production frame for that company but I just thought it was too big to have eight of
04:08
< afny>
really though, I don't consider the aphro as much of an original design as the smaller ones with the AF style core
04:11
< afny>
er, AFI*
04:12
< Mantisking>
I've got one of those tucked away in my "Copy" box.
04:13
< afny>
I just really can't get enough of the ring plate/bar plate centric designs
04:13
< afny>
I like them because you can leave the guts exposed, or not, as you choose
04:13
< afny>
and it looks good either way
04:14
< Mantisking>
I prefer his Proto frame.
04:14
< afny>
that's still pretty ring/bar heavy
04:14
< afny>
I haven't looked at it too closely
04:14
< afny>
it has a 5way in the hip, right?
04:14
< Mantisking>
Sway?
04:15
< afny>
travis
04:15
< afny>
5stud
04:15
< Mantisking>
Oh, yeah.
04:15
< afny>
his frame names are so confusing
04:16
< Mantisking>
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=495457
04:16
< afny>
there's a whole folder full of AF prototypes
04:17
< Mantisking>
I know.
04:17
< afny>
wow, that shuttle booster
04:17
< Mantisking>
That link is mine.
04:18
< afny>
yeah, I know
04:18
< afny>
afny: there's a whole folder full of AF prototypes was in reference to the names being confusing
04:18
< afny>
since there's a lot of different techniques for the base frame all under "prototype"
04:19
< Mantisking>
True. I do wish he'd label things a little clearer.
04:19
< Mantisking>
Gah, stuff I posted a few days ago isn't public yet.
04:20
< afny>
Brickshelf seems like a generally horrible system for image hosting
04:21
< Mantisking>
Not like MOCpages is much better.
04:22
< Mantisking>
BS is gonna have to do for mass hosting unti l I go pro on Flickr.
04:22
< Mantisking>
"until"
04:22
< afny>
yeah, I dunno how I feel about that either :\
04:24
< Mantisking>
Going pro?
04:24
< afny>
yeah
04:25
< Mantisking>
Don't feel like paying for hosting?
04:25
< afny>
I don't know, I guess it would seem more like a reasonable price if I actually had 200 photos that I felt like I had to display constantly
04:26
< afny>
like I said to Ced earlier, I feel like deleting my old photos for me is a FEATURE at this point.
04:27
< Mantisking>
I've deleted a ton of old photos myself.
04:27
< Mantisking>
After I took better ones, of course.
04:32
<+Tetrajak>
regarding hosting limitations; I figure that once I run out of space I'll delete duplicates, upload the other photos of the same creation to a free image hosting site without limits (e.g. photobucket), and link to the other photos in the description of the one that I leave up
04:32
<+Tetrajak>
when I finally run out of space again, I'll just create an archive account and direct people there for my older stuff, transferring 50 at a time, as necessary.
04:33
<@randolph>
In fact, this has already happened four times already; his original account was unijak
04:34
<+Tetrajak>
XD
04:34
<+Tetrajak>
how did you know!
04:35
<@randolph>
I think it was the sequentially increasing jackhammer icons
04:35
<+Tetrajak>
man, randolph, you are full of so many awesome ideas XD
04:36
<@randolph>
hehe thanks
04:36
<@randolph>
I've once been called a "random plot generator"
04:36
<@randolph>
It might have been someone on this very IRC server <_<
04:36
<+Tetrajak>
heh
04:37
<+Tetrajak>
I can imagine you being good at that sort of thing as well as the random generation you already do
04:37
<+Tetrajak>
you seem to be incredibly quick at making connections and coming up with related material, both real and fictional
04:38
<@randolph>
It has certainly helped for things like DMing D&D for a party of 7 people over IRC
04:38
<@randolph>
Especially when one of them cast detect thoughts during an interrogation >_<
04:39
<+Tetrajak>
hahaha
04:39
< Mantisking>
Just uploaded a new picture of my Strongarms team to Flickr.
04:40
<+Tetrajak>
I'll bet you'd make a great spur-of-the-moment DM
04:40
<+Tetrajak>
MK: link?
04:40
< Mantisking>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35895569@N05/7452289890/in/photostream
04:40
<@randolph>
Neat :D
04:41
<+Tetrajak>
cute
04:41
< Mantisking>
They're very Sentai.
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04:43
< afny_>
I know that feel.
04:43
< afny_>
half of the stuff I build is accidentally Sentai.
04:43
< Mantisking>
Easier to tell them apart during a game.
04:43
< afny_>
from EACHOTHER, maybe.
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04:44
< Mantisking>
None of the teams they've been up against look anything like them.
04:48
<+Tetrajak>
I admit, most of the teams I've come up with all look the same, or if it's a team with different units, there are a few of one frame, a few of another.
04:48
<+Tetrajak>
I've not made one with individual colours, or a collection of different builds
04:48
< afny>
I had to PHYSICALLY restrain myself to make a duplicate unit in a company
04:49
<+Tetrajak>
heh, interestingly different building approach XD
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04:51
< Mantisking>
Alright, it's late and I'm tired. Bedtime for me.
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04:53
<@randolph>
Ugh, I'm about to hit flickr procap
04:53
<@randolph>
er. amateurcap?
04:54
<+Tetrajak>
afny: although it's probably because I'm a TTA player that thinks a coherent and symmetric appearance in company frames is important to fit with the fluff
04:55
< afny>
I restricted my palette for my SU company
04:55
< afny>
for that reason
04:55
< afny>
but I don't consider myself a player of any specific faction
04:56
< afny>
and even within the official factions, there is a ton of room for asymmetry
05:00
<+Tetrajak>
I just admit that I have a hard time building Ijad frames, and the Free Colonies doesn't interest me
05:00
<+Tetrajak>
Sure, I could come up with my own fluff for a faction
05:01
< afny>
Well if you're happy with building Transit Marines, I won't stop you
05:01 * Ced|Sleep waves.
05:01
< afny>
but a Free Colonies movement could be super militant
05:01 Ced|Sleep is now known as Ced23Ric
05:01
< afny>
it could be a dictatorship or something with a very strict military
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05:01
<+Tetrajak>
but even then, the companies I would come up with would be some of the "soldiers on the ground" rather than a specialised hit squad of individuals
05:01
< afny>
they don't have to be "ragtag rebels"
05:01
<+Tetrajak>
Heya Ced
05:01
<+Tetrajak>
afny: yup, to each their own
05:02
<+Tetrajak>
or should that be good morning, Ced?
05:09
<@Ced23Ric>
Morning! :D
05:11
<@randolph>
Hey Ced
05:15
<@randolph>
okay
05:15
<@randolph>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wangtech/7452352658/
05:15
<@randolph>
^ My transforming frame
05:16
<@randolph>
I'm still not happy with the legs, but I guess I'll just have to revisit it when I've got more experience
05:23
<@Ced23Ric>
May I, too?
05:23
<@randolph>
absolutely
05:23
<@randolph>
I release you from your vow of silence XD
05:24
<@Ced23Ric>
:D Thanks.
05:24
<@Ced23Ric>
[00:29:05] <Ced23Ric> http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/lam_f_5.png
05:24
<@Ced23Ric>
[00:29:08] <Ced23Ric> http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/lam_g_5.png
05:24
<@Ced23Ric>
Off to work!
05:24
<@randolph>
later Ced
05:28
<+Tetrajak>
wow, Randolph, that is a very cool transforming frame
05:28
<+Tetrajak>
I love how you did the feet from the tail fins
05:29
<@randolph>
Hehe thanks
05:29
<@randolph>
I'm still unhappy with how stumpy the legs are
05:30
<@randolph>
The break-action head transform still fills me with glee
05:31
<+Tetrajak>
it is very cool
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05:34
< afny>
wow
05:34
< afny>
that thing SCREAMS g1 transformer
05:34
< afny>
I can even see the extra fist attachments
05:35
< afny>
some random fucking bit of blue plastic that you have no clue about
05:35
< afny>
it goes SOMEWHERE
05:35
< afny>
it's making me all nostalgic
05:36
<+Tetrajak>
XD you're right afny, it looks a lot like a g1 transformer
05:38
<@randolph>
hehe
05:38
<@randolph>
I want to make a better one
05:38
<@randolph>
I think I have to go back to the drawing board though
05:38
< afny>
also
05:38
< afny>
the terra-cotta soldier looks sooo good in the brick
05:39
<@randolph>
hehe
05:39
< afny>
I'm still not sold on it fitting into the SC setting
05:39
< afny>
but it's a sweet build
05:39
<@randolph>
dammit >_<
05:39
<@randolph>
but yay also
05:39
<@randolph>
Did you like what I called that front flap? XD
05:39
< afny>
heh
05:40
< afny>
I added a crotch module to my digitigrades
05:40
< afny>
its a B (decoy projector)
05:40
< afny>
I'm calling it a "babymaker"
05:42
<@randolph>
hee
05:50
<+Tetrajak>
randolph: you've seen zizy's transforming frames, of course. You could always take a leaf out of his book
05:53
<@randolph>
I saw... one?
05:53
<@randolph>
The white one
05:53
<@randolph>
I don't recall if it was you I was talking to, but my not-complaint was that it was "cheating"
05:54
<@randolph>
It didn't actually have arms, it just "implied them" at certain angles with attachments off the legs
05:54
<@randolph>
There didn't seem to be a terrible lot of "actual" transforming going on, either, but I'll have to plumb his brickshelf galleries
05:55
<@randolph>
I know this probably sounds picky, but I wanted the feel of actual transformers-style "things mechanically moving into new positions to become other things"
05:57
< afny>
It was me
05:57
< afny>
he has others
05:57
<@randolph>
ah, ok, makes sense, since you were on a zizy kick
05:57
< afny>
but most of them "cheat" by that definition, if not as drastically
05:57
<@randolph>
ISTR squieu having at least one xformer
05:58
<@randolph>
I should do more research
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06:09
<@Ced23Ric>
Heya.
06:09 mode/#mf0 [+v afny] by Ced23Ric
06:24
<@randolph>
hey ced
06:25
<@Ced23Ric>
Today is gonna be a long day.
06:25
<@Ced23Ric>
I wish I could do some weathering instead.
06:26
<@randolph>
!!
06:26
<@randolph>
Finally succumbed to the siren song of dremeled microfractures?
06:27
<@Ced23Ric>
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=206
06:27
<@Ced23Ric>
Militaristic FC.
06:30
<@randolph>
hehe
06:30
<@randolph>
Panel 4: 1-piece cover.
06:33
<@Ced23Ric>
Birch Tree if ineffective cover.
06:33
<@Ced23Ric>
*of
06:34
<@Soren>
very
06:39
<@randolph>
Makes me want to make some sapient pearwood
06:40
<@randolph>
"Oh shit, the cover is shooting back!"
06:48
<+afny>
this is a CHROMEHOUNDS COMIC
06:48
<+afny>
you dirty bastard
06:49
<+afny>
also, yay for using "sapient" instead of "sentient"
06:49
<+afny>
I hate it when people think "sentient" means reasoning
06:51
<@Soren>
yes.
06:52
<@Soren>
also 'sapient' is a more satisfying word.
06:52
<@Ced23Ric>
SAPPY.
06:55
<@Ced23Ric>
BRB, cleaning out laptop fans.
06:58
<+afny>
headed to bed I think
06:58
<+afny>
o7
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07:10
<@randolph>
augh, spambots
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07:15
<@Ced23Ric>
Man, people have no sense of relevance.
07:16
<@Ced23Ric>
Booking system emails are hilarious.
07:16
<@Ced23Ric>
"WE NEED COOKIES."
07:16
<@Ced23Ric>
"I AGREE, COOKIES ARE ESSENTIAL."
07:16
<@Ced23Ric>
"COOKIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED. REVERT BACK TO TABLE FOR HORS D'OUVRES."
07:20
<@Ced23Ric>
randolph: I just realized, you built the better plane.
07:20
<@Ced23Ric>
I built the better 'frame.
07:27
<@randolph>
totally
07:27
<@randolph>
Now we just need to use combiners to merge their power
07:32
<@Ced23Ric>
Or create an abomination.
07:32
<@Ced23Ric>
Because I am pretty sure we could repeat the ugly parts!
07:34
<@randolph>
:|
07:35
<@randolph>
When I start over, I'll be building the robot form first, and making compromises from there, as opposed to starting with the jet
07:35
<@randolph>
compromises/adaptations
07:49
<@Ced23Ric>
My biggest fail are the feet.
07:49
<@Ced23Ric>
But they came last.
07:54
<@randolph>
I liked those feet
07:55
<@randolph>
better than the ones I had :x
08:20
<@Ced23Ric>
Well, the work okay in 'frame form
08:20
<@Ced23Ric>
You need the gun to balance it, but still.
08:20
<@Ced23Ric>
In flight mode, they are goofy.
08:29
<@randolph>
If I somehow managed to smush them onto my frame, it wouldn't matter, because they'd be part of that recessed fuselage
08:35
<@Ced23Ric>
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4604396_460s.jpg
08:36
<@Ced23Ric>
THis is a) SFW and b) hilarious.
08:39
<@randolph>
ahahah
08:41
<@Ced23Ric>
Oh wel.
08:41
<@jerith>
Nice.
08:41
<@Ced23Ric>
I'l take some pictures of the 'frame when I get home.
08:41
<@Ced23Ric>
Righ now, he is swooshing over my desk there. :D
08:42
<@Ced23Ric>
http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/5488c03f-b20d-4c9f-8cea-2b 8218cd4c1b.jpg
09:02
<@randolph>
hee
09:02
<@randolph>
alright, nn guys
09:13
<@Ced23Ric>
Night man!
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14:50
<@Ced23Ric>
SOREN.
14:50
<@Ced23Ric>
GUESS WHAT.
14:50
<@Ced23Ric>
I CAN HAS ODD TANK QUARTER PIECES.
14:56
< DeathZero>
o_O
14:57
< DeathZero>
Whatchu talkin bout willis o_O
14:57
<@Soren>
ohoho.
15:02
< DeathZero>
I'd like to say....I just gave my son his first set of lego. :D
15:02
< DeathZero>
duplo blocks.....all over the floor. lol.
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15:34
<@Ced23Ric>
Everyone, sign up to Firefall Open Beta.
15:34
<@Ced23Ric>
http://www.youtube.com/user/r5studios?feature=watch
15:34
<@Ced23Ric>
Watch their channel
15:35
<@Ced23Ric>
And: They call classes "battle 'frames".
15:41
< DeathZero>
looks neat.
15:42
< DeathZero>
don't have any time for more games though.
16:48
< DeathZero>
woo more bricks on the way.
17:04
<@randolph>
What're "odd tank quarter pieces?"
17:13
< DeathZero>
I was wondering that too.
17:35
<@Ced23Ric>
Those 4x4 round wall sections.
17:35
<@Ced23Ric>
6 bricks tall.
17:40
< DeathZero>
o_O
17:41
< DeathZero>
I think I know what you're talking about.
17:51
<@Ced23Ric>
So we ordered food.
17:51
<@Ced23Ric>
For the appartment.
17:52
<@Ced23Ric>
And there's 3 of us.
17:52
<@Ced23Ric>
So we made the name:
17:52
<@Ced23Ric>
pre: Jan Christian-Daniel
17:55
< DeathZero>
o_O
17:55
< DeathZero>
I want food.
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20:05
<@Ced23Ric>
Ugh.
20:05
<@Ced23Ric>
I want admin privys in the forum, and server access.
20:06
<@Ced23Ric>
Clean that bitch up, delete the sleeper spam accounts, change the theme and update the security measures. Do yway with post count, install a kharma hack ...
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20:07
<@Ced23Ric>
Heya CB.
20:08
< Carbonbass>
Hallo
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20:17
< afny>
o/
20:19
< DeathZero>
:D
20:25
<@randolph>
hey guys
20:27
< DeathZero>
sup
20:34
<@Ced23Ric>
Heya Kev.
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20:51
< afny>
Dude, I just realized what you meant
20:51
< afny>
by the tops of turntables
20:51
< afny>
I thought it was some weird technic part
20:51
< afny>
and then I realized I was an idiot.
20:51
<@randolph>
You mean the 2x2 round gray thing?
20:51
< afny>
yea
20:51
<@randolph>
that are bitches to remove from the 2x2 black frame?
20:51
< afny>
I told Ced I didn't have any and he's like, they're the tops of turntables
20:52
< afny>
well the frames aren't always black, but yeah
20:52
<@randolph>
Can they even be removed without damage to the turntable?
20:52
<@randolph>
I've yet to have any success
20:52
< afny>
dunno, but I never use turntables
20:52
<@randolph>
Ah, I use them in various rotating cannons
20:52
<@Ced23Ric>
Yeah, no probs.
20:52
<@Ced23Ric>
About as hard es getting legs off pelvis'.
20:52
< afny>
they're too loose for me at this scale
20:52
<@randolph>
See: The Tetrajack and Nezha
20:53
< afny>
i have two different models
20:53
<@randolph>
Loose, as in "spins too freely/"
20:53
<@randolph>
?
20:53
< afny>
some have a hole in the peg, and some don't
20:53
< afny>
or like, an indent
20:53
< afny>
maybe one is harder than the other to remove
20:53
<@randolph>
Ced: Just pry? or do you use tweezers?
20:53
< afny>
yeah, spins too freely
20:53
<@randolph>
Not that I have dire need atm
20:53
<@Ced23Ric>
I will try for you, now.
20:53
<@Ced23Ric>
LIVE, if you will.
20:54
<@randolph>
heh thanks, don't break it on my behalf
20:54
<@randolph>
or in any half
20:54
<@Ced23Ric>
I got like 25 or so?.
20:54
<@Ced23Ric>
-?
20:54
<@randolph>
it must be so cool to have umlauts on-demand
20:54
<@Ced23Ric>
??? ? :D
20:54
<@randolph>
hai
20:54
<@Ced23Ric>
I got an Esszett, too!
20:54
<@Ced23Ric>
ss
20:54
<@randolph>
afny: yeah, I only use 'em for "this thing is supposed to spin freely"
20:55
<@randolph>
ced: heh
20:55
<@Ced23Ric>
Da fuw.
20:55
<@Ced23Ric>
*q
20:55
<@Ced23Ric>
It don't come out.
20:55
<@randolph>
I jinxed it by mentioning it
20:55
< afny>
you have to squeeze the bits
20:55
<@Ced23Ric>
I SQUEEZED THE BITS.
20:55
< afny>
I dunno
20:55
< afny>
it's easy for me
20:55
<@Ced23Ric>
... with nail cutting scissors.
20:56
<@Ced23Ric>
The bits are now marred.
20:56
< afny>
I used a 1/8th audio jack
20:56
< afny>
and just pressured one side
20:56
< afny>
pops right out
20:56
< afny>
no damage
20:56
< afny>
although it works better on the kind with the divet
20:56
< afny>
as opposed to the one that looks like a flathead screw
20:56
<@Ced23Ric>
I got the latter.
20:56
< afny>
only have two of those
20:56
< afny>
yeah, can't figure out how to get those out
20:57
<@Ced23Ric>
Squeeze the bits.
20:58
< afny>
hm
20:58
<@randolph>
Sorry your bits got squeezed too much, Ced
20:58
< afny>
now I'm just pusshing it out with a lightsaber blade
20:58
< afny>
that's better than the audio jack
21:00
< afny>
hm, the diskless bases are cool bits too
21:00
<@Ced23Ric>
LADAR.
21:00
<@randolph>
Yeah, the bases are great
21:00
<@randolph>
I use them as ghetto-2x2 tiles
21:01
<@randolph>
Open chassis, etc
21:01
<@Ced23Ric>
YOU SO GHETTO.
21:02
<@randolph>
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE GROWING UP IN LA
21:02
< afny>
agh I can't get these last two out
21:02
<@Ced23Ric>
That's what she said!
21:03
< afny>
...when she was birthing triplets?
21:03
<@randolph>
^ your interpretation is far less dirty than mine
21:03
<@Ced23Ric>
Anal beads.
21:05
< afny>
got 'em
21:05
< afny>
(not anal beads)
21:10
<@Ced23Ric>
Why not?
21:10
<@Ced23Ric>
Still in the fridge?
21:14
< DeathZero>
holy crap o-o
21:17
< afny>
what
21:18
< afny>
you hadn't thought to keep your anal beads in the fridge?
21:18
< afny>
did Ced just blow your mind?
21:18
< DeathZero>
no, a screen full of posts did
21:18
< DeathZero>
o-o
21:20
< afny>
?
21:21
< DeathZero>
Its been quiet most of the day.
21:24
< afny>
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
21:25
<@Ced23Ric>
He speaks in tongues.
21:26
<@Ced23Ric>
LOL
21:26
<@Ced23Ric>
KEVIN.
21:26
<@Ced23Ric>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4b98Q1dyY&feature=related
21:26
<@Ced23Ric>
I am dying.
21:28
< DeathZero>
the faces she's making are funny as hell.
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23:15
< afny>
So I'm trying to come up with a transforming design appropriate for SC
23:15
< afny>
it's pretty hard
23:20
< afny>
Like, my ideas right now are civilian/labor model frames that either transform into streetcars or some sort of maglev train car to take advantage of high infrastructure areas
23:20
< afny>
(because one of the major cities in my setting is very high infrastructure)
23:21
< afny>
I'm wary of frames that have flight modes because I think it's a little impractical
23:26
< afny>
I wanted to do it for those orbital frames but they would never use that mode in atmo
23:38
<@Ced23Ric>
I'm suddenly dead tired.
23:39
<@Ced23Ric>
SLeep now.
23:39 Ced23Ric is now known as Ced|Bed
23:39
< afny>
night
23:39
<@Ced|Bed>
Night, Kev. Catch you later! :)
23:40
< afny>
o7
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