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00:04 <PinkieShy> My dog must be stronger than i thought..
00:04 <PinkieShy> Bought him a toy for $2.50 that squeaks and uhh..
00:04 <PinkieShy> Its one of the tough ones like 3 layers to it..
00:05 <PinkieShy> He already ripped a huge hole into it..
00:05 <PinkieShy> He is only plyaing with the rope toy now..
00:05 <PinkieShy> at least he likes his early bday gift :3
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00:08 <Finwe> PinkieShy: Never underestimate the capability of dogs and cats to shred things.
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00:10 <SunsetShimmer> Dogs are pretty legit in that area
00:10 * DashedRainbows licks PinkieShy a lot
00:10 <SunsetShimmer> meanwhle mine is being an idiot and rolling around on my bed under the sheets after eating....and making goofy noises. xD
00:12 <Finwe> SunsetShimmer: Humm, the pinnacle of eons of eugenics.
00:12 <Finwe> *aeons o3o
00:18 <PinkieShy> I'm thinking of going back to pet sense soon and get my chihuahua a fluffy bed for her :3
00:18 <PinkieShy> put her christmas bed in another spot and get her one that is bigger, and fluffier
00:18 * PinkieShy hugs DashedRainbows
00:19 <Finwe> Miss DashedRainbows.
00:19 * Finwe doffs his hat.
00:19 <Finwe> !lullaby
00:19 * DerpyBot carries Finwe off to bed
00:19 * DerpyBot tucks Finwe in and hums a lullaby
00:19 <Finwe> !shoo
00:19 * DerpyBot sways from side to side, quietly humming "shoo be doo shoo shoo be doo"
00:19 <Finwe> Good night, everypony!
00:19 * Finwe falls asleep.
00:20 * DashedRainbows nibbles on PinkieShy
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00:23 * Filly_Nightmares eees
00:24 <Filly_Nightmares> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/525607700713963520/529782807669506063/20181227_175224.jpg
00:24 <Filly_Nightmares> My doggo!
00:24 * Filly_Nightmares nomfa PinkieShy
00:25 * Schism rolllls over to Filly_Nightmares, and boops wif a turkey pie!
00:25 * Filly_Nightmares skrees and uses Schism as a bed and the pie as a blanket!
00:25 <Schism> Is a filly-head-sized pie!
00:26 * Filly_Nightmares purr!
00:27 <PinkieShy> Had to take the toy away :/
00:27 <PinkieShy> He tried to eat the plastic now..
00:29 * Filly_Nightmares noms PinkieShy toy
00:30 * PinkieShy does a unicorn magic spell.. -Oh no! the spell goes wrong-
00:30 *** PinkieShy is now known as CottonCandy
00:30 * CottonCandy sits near Filly_Nightmares
00:31 * Filly_Nightmares chews on CottonCandy happily!
00:32 * DashedRainbows licks CottonCandy
00:35 <CottonCandy> yay
00:35 <CottonCandy> DashedRainbows and Filly_Nightmares I got the role of "The Tree"
00:35 <CottonCandy> Fluttershy would be jelly :P
00:35 <DashedRainbows> Cool
00:35 * Filly_Nightmares mowls loudly and uses CottonCandy as a bed
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00:49 * Schism also nomfs an apple with peanut butter.
00:50 * Cepheid watches Slugcat get eaten.
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01:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Comic Dubs: Just a Normal... / Final Countdown / Princess of Friendship [ http://tinyurl.com/y8z6hsqq ]
01:07 <Schism> What colour of slugcat?
01:07 <Cepheid> White.
01:07 * Schism noddles.
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01:08 <PsychicKid> Wow the IRC room is still around!
01:08 <CottonCandy> aaah :D
01:09 <CottonCandy> Cookie dough ice cream!! :D How i missed you!!! <3
01:09 <PsychicKid> I am not ice cream
01:10 <CottonCandy> I bought some Pet brand :3
01:10 <CottonCandy> I haven't had ice cream in a year..
01:10 <PsychicKid> I haven't been in this IRC room since like S5
01:10 <PsychicKid> Maybe before that
01:11 <PsychicKid> How is everyone
01:16 <Cepheid> Okay.
01:17 <Cepheid> Confused, mostly.
01:17 <PsychicKid> I recognize your name
01:17 <PsychicKid> Confused about what
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01:17 <Cepheid> This game I'm playing.
01:17 <PsychicKid> ah
01:18 * Schism picks up the Sexy Brutale, for $1.
01:18 <PsychicKid> I'm about to eat some leftover pizza then start raiding
01:18 <Schism> Mmm. Pineapple pizza.
01:18 <PsychicKid> Being back in here is somewhat nostalgic, even though I am in teh discord server lol
01:19 * CottonCandy hands out foam cups of coffee
01:21 * Filly_Nightmares noms PsychicKid
01:21 <PsychicKid> Henlo
01:21 * Filly_Nightmares kneads CottonCandy moar for food
01:21 * Filly_Nightmares skrees at PsychicKid!
01:21 <PsychicKid> O-Oh
01:21 * Filly_Nightmares eees!
01:21 * Schism eees and boops Filly_Nightmares wif a bowl of choklit chip cookie dough ice cream.
01:22 * Filly_Nightmares noms the ice cream and uses Schism as a blanket! She uses PsychicKid as a bed and purrs
01:22 <CottonCandy> So.. I'm going to eye doctor soon.
01:22 <Cepheid> For
01:22 <CottonCandy> dry skin eyelids and itchy eyes to much
01:22 <Cepheid> ?
01:23 <CottonCandy> Plus.. never really gotten an eye exam
01:23 <CottonCandy> Which probably overdue for one.. Haven't made appointment yet.. But i am soon
01:24 <PsychicKid> I should get one too and a general health checkup
01:24 <PsychicKid> Now that I have insurance
01:24 <Cepheid> Wouldn't hurt.
01:25 <PsychicKid> Health checkup is I'll be dead by 35-40 based on my diet
01:25 * Filly_Nightmares kneads PsychicKid for warms
01:25 <CottonCandy> Walmart eye clinc accepts my insurance.
01:25 <PsychicKid> cuz I eat like a horrible teenage pig
01:25 <Schism> PinkieShy: You should eat more fresh fruit. o3o
01:25 * CottonCandy licks PsychicKid
01:25 <Schism> Oh, as should you, PsychicKid.
01:25 <PsychicKid> I'm 29 though
01:25 <PsychicKid> So rip me
01:25 * Filly_Nightmares eees at Schism!
01:26 <Schism> Never a bad time to start eating healthier, tho.
01:26 <PsychicKid> Yeah, it's hard to though
01:26 <PsychicKid> Laziness, ineptitude of cooking
01:27 <PsychicKid> Bleah. At least I've limited my soda intake
01:27 *** CottonCandy is now known as PinkieShy
01:27 * PinkieShy hugs Filly_Nightmares
01:27 * Filly_Nightmares sneezies
01:27 <PsychicKid> At least I'm happy
01:27 * Filly_Nightmares licks PinkieShy nosie
01:27 <Cepheid> Hate them critters. Vine-like critters that look like poles you can grab onto.
01:27 <Schism> Everything is trying to kill the Slugcat.
01:28 <Cepheid> 'Cept the strange plants, and that thing that's helping guide the cat.
01:31 * Schism reads 'Mother of Learning', a story about a time loop -- except the protagonist isn't, uniquely, the center of the groundhog day loop.
01:31 <PsychicKid> Reminds me I have a short story I should read tonight
01:31 <PsychicKid> I'm gonna try to get back into reading more fics this year
01:32 * Pony_9536 reads Schism's fruit comment with an outrageous brittish accent
01:32 <Pony_9536> Oh, I'm a pony!
01:33 *** Pony_9536 is now known as Thelema5
01:33 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Thelema5 and uses Cepheid as a heater
01:33 * Thelema5 is nomfed upon
01:35 <PsychicKid> Heya Thelema5
01:35 <PsychicKid> So many familiar names lol
01:36 * Filly_Nightmares floofsplodes!
01:37 * Thelema5 waves
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02:05 * PinkieShy noms on Thelema5
02:18 * Cepheid throws an earth spear at Schism.
02:19 * Schism manages to dodge, despite simply flying back and forth across the room. He then launches a small projectile at Cepheid, for to knock him into the Land of Hell again.
02:21 <Cepheid> I found a place in the game that seems to combine the Dimensional Corridor, the Endless Corridor, and E- Gate of Illusion.
02:22 <Schism> In La-Mulana 2, or in the Story of the Catslug?
02:22 <PinkieShy> So.. We might be getting a new restaurant in town!!!
02:22 <PinkieShy> A place where a old house used to be.. That has been for sale for like a year or two now.. There is alot of trucks and stuff and the for sale sign is taken down.
02:22 <Schism> Er, Slugcat. Rainworld, et cetera.
02:23 <PinkieShy> I hope its checkers.
02:24 <Thelema5> That's great, PinkieShy
02:25 <PinkieShy> If its checkers.. I would fall in love XD
02:25 <PinkieShy> Checkers has the best fries and the best burgers ever.
02:25 <PinkieShy> Right under Arby's good mood food.
02:25 <Schism> A&W is better - they have poutine. o3o
02:25 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #1669 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycy6qn7m ]
02:28 <Thelema5> A&W also has the Beyond burger
02:28 <Thelema5> Never been to either Checkers or A&W though
02:28 <PinkieShy> Thelema5 what about five guys?
02:28 <Cepheid> La-Mulana 2, Schism.
02:29 <Schism> Aha.
02:31 <Thelema5> 5 guys is good, I think their fries are the best
02:32 *** Tempo is now known as Tempo-AFK
02:32 <Schism> There are also many places around which offer Montreal smoked meat sandwiches. o3o
02:33 <Schism> "Warm Montreal smoked meat is always sliced by hand to maintain its form, since doing so with a meat slicer would cause the tender meat to disintegrate."
02:34 <Thelema5> Heh
02:34 <Schism> The disintegrated bits (which slough off anyway) get picked up and turned into thick poutine gravy.
02:34 <Cepheid> Interesting it says that, since we get ours sliced by meat slicer.
02:35 <Cepheid> And it's fine.
02:35 <Thelema5> The only time I've had poutine it had a weird sage gravy and fried duck livers. Not a typical preperation, I'd guess
02:36 <Cepheid> No, no it isn't.
02:36 <Schism> Definitely not, no.
02:36 <Thelema5> XD
02:36 <Schism> Usually poutine gravy is a combination of beef and veal.
02:36 <Schism> Er... venison.
02:36 <Thelema5> I had no idea about the venison, neat
02:37 <Cepheid> That's news to me as well.
02:37 <Cepheid> If that's true, I'd best not tell my mother.
02:37 * Schism nods, "Venison is also used in the popular tourtière, a variety of meat pie which is quite popular throughout."
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02:38 <Schism> Well. It depends upon the location, really. Some poutine gravy uses venison, some uses a mixture of chicken and beef, some vary.
02:38 <Schism> Of course, all poutine needs fresh cheese curds. o3o
02:41 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/ac9w9v/man_saves_kitty_from_traffic/?st=jqhfm0ot&sh=20159758 AAAHHHH!! I want kitty!
02:42 <Cepheid> Speaking of cats, wonder where mine is. I've been trying to give him attention, as he's complaining that I'm not giving him any.
02:47 <Schism> Hum, this fic might as well be called "Try, Try Again". The protagonist increases his abilities a hundredfold, branching sideways instead of going for raw power (which he can't really obtain anyway), but he still manages to get one-shotted by a remarkably genial lich near the end of every loop.
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02:49 <Cepheid> I like how TVTropes suggests the idea that Lameza's father is resetting all the traps as he gets through them, just to screw with his kid.
02:50 <Schism> That, or he's just being responsible and not disrupting the ruins too much. Lemeza, meanwhile, has no such qualms. (Nor does his daughter, who happily destroys such wonderfully inspirational statues.)
02:52 <Cepheid> I found that hilarious.
02:52 <Schism> Poor, poor philosopher.
02:52 <Cepheid> That statue peeved me off so much, so it felt good to break.
02:52 <Schism> Of course, then he turns around and demands that you give him all those crystal skulls you found.
02:53 <Cepheid> Schism: I wouldn't be too concerned. As part of his random conversational dialogue, he reveals that he was responsible for many of the traps in La-Mulana.
02:54 <Schism> Of course he was. XD Though it makes sense: they did put those traps together in order to make sure that whoever woke up Mother would be capable of killing her.
02:54 <Cepheid> That's pretty much it, yeah.
03:00 * Filly_Nightmares rolls onto her back for belly kneads
03:02 <PinkieShy> aaah :/
03:02 <PinkieShy> This eye itching is back for the 5th time today and resisting rubbing is so hard..
03:02 <Schism> "You shot me! What kind of mage uses a gun?!"
03:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Top 10 Pony Videos Voting for December Opens [ http://tinyurl.com/ydyd5toc ]
03:12 * Thelema5 just got around to start watching Ash vs. Evil Dead. It's everything he'd hoped it would be
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03:18 *** Tempo-AFK is now known as Tempo
03:25 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Thelema5
03:25 * Filly_Nightmares kneads Tempo
03:25 * Tempo wiggles
03:26 <PinkieShy> Thelema5 I had my mind blown last night.
03:27 <PinkieShy> Spoilers, Spoilers every where on steven universe but a kind of spoiler that made me have a huge hype and excited for the hour long special.
03:27 * Filly_Nightmares uses Tempo as a bed!
03:27 * Tempo is comfy and soft~
03:27 * Tempo pats the Filly_Nightmares
03:27 * Filly_Nightmares murrs and snugglies into Tempo! She uses as heater!
03:29 * Tempo is quite warm thanks to the hoodie he usually wears!
03:30 <Thelema5> PinkieShy, I'm a bit out of the SU loop...
03:30 <Thelema5> Not for lack of interest, it's just, well, things have been complicated lately
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03:46 * DashedRainbows licks Thelema5 a lot
03:49 <DashedRainbows> How is Mr Thelema5?
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03:55 <Thelema5> I'm okay, DashedRainbows. You?
03:58 <DashedRainbows> Fine maybe. Might be sick and last night my rls was acting up
04:00 <DashedRainbows> My glucose has also been high
04:03 <Thelema5> rls?
04:04 <Schism> I hate that, when your leg just won't stop moving.
04:04 <Schism> Or when you get foot cramps in the middle of the night.
04:05 <Thelema5> Oooh, got it
04:16 <DashedRainbows> It's all kinds of fun
04:17 <DashedRainbows> ...
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04:31 * Thelema5 offers everypony some aged cheddar, red grapes, and homemade seitan pepperoni
04:41 * Filly_Nightmares murrs and burrows into Tempo floof
04:41 * Tempo chuckles softly and smiles
04:43 <Schism> Hmmm, interesting point. In this fiction I'm reading, herbalists jealously guard their knowledge of ingredients, how to harvest them, where they can be found, and what they're good for -- not because knowledge is in itself bad to share, but because if the useful ingredients were commonly harvested wherever they appeared, they'd be culled to extinction within a few decades.
04:44 <Schism> With the pointed statement that it's happened before, time and time again.
04:45 * Thelema5 is actual forager, rule of thumb is never take more than 10% of a local population
04:46 <Schism> Yupyup. Now imagine how much worse it'd be if you were dealing with magical plants, which grow only in very specific microbiomes under extremely specific circumstances, and further add in the fact that the harvesting methods are so esoteric that newbies will get a useful return maybe once in ten tries.
04:47 * Filly_Nightmares shivers
04:48 * Schism pours tea into floof.
04:48 <Thelema5> Gah.
04:49 <Schism> Thelema5: Yeah. It's probably a good thing that the Everfree is looked upon as a forest of death, because otherwise you'd have every biologist and botanist from Canterlot sweeping the whole thing clean.
04:49 * Filly_Nightmares purrs at Schism and eees for moar warms!
04:50 * Schism considers, then microwaves a flax-seed wrap for a little bit, and wraps it around Filly_Nightmares!
04:50 * Filly_Nightmares mowls happily! She is bat burrito
04:50 <Thelema5> Heh, at least you're getting some omega 3s from the flax seed.
04:51 <Thelema5> But they're ALAs, not the more easily processed EPA and DHA omega 3s... which are essential for health. The body can process ALAs into those forms, but very inefficiently
04:51 <Schism> Mwe? No, no.
04:52 <Schism> I'm talking about flax seeds wrapped in cloth, for a head or neck wrap.
04:52 <Thelema5> Aaaah
04:53 <Thelema5> I was thinking of a flax seed flatbread wrap
04:53 <Schism> Ah, not quite. o3o Though that does sound delicious.
04:53 <Thelema5> Also probably why Filly_Nightmares became a burrito for a moment
04:53 <Schism> Most likely!
04:54 <Schism> Viz. those plants: “Many of them cannot survive outside their natural environment for whatever reason, and that environment is either impossible or uneconomical to mimic artificially. Others will grow just fine, but will lose whatever essence makes them useful if not taken care of in just the right way or exposed to very specific conditions. Some of them can be transplanted into gardens and survive, but will never grow or reproduc
04:54 <Schism> e afterwards. Some of them grow so slowly that nobody can be actually bothered to wait for them to grow to maturity.”
04:54 * Filly_Nightmares bat burrito warms!
04:54 <Thelema5> That's true of many terrestrial plants and fungi as well
04:54 <Schism> So makes sense in regards to the magical environment, and we certainly do have examples of plants which... yup.
04:54 <Schism> I mean, you look at a plant like quinoa...
04:56 * DashedRainbows squees Thelema5
04:56 <Schism> Worse yet, until we get a grip on things, it's hard to say what triggers will affect what, especially in cases of rare flora -- and fauna.
04:57 * Thelema5 countersquees DashedRainbows
04:58 <Schism> Heh. Courtesy of Nall: Big cat, smol cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAZXg6y3eg8
04:58 * DashedRainbows is happy pone pup
05:01 * DashedRainbows is finally producing an usable amount of urine
05:01 * Cepheid return from a hole in the ground. The same one from SteamWorld Dig. "There is cheesecake ore down in them there mines! It's edible!"
05:02 <Schism> ... well, I've mined for linoleum before.
05:02 <Cepheid> Man schism, why couldn't Tizzy and Spitfire do that?
05:03 <Cepheid> That someone you know?
05:03 <Thelema5> DashedRainbows, that's great news!
05:03 <Schism> From the TechPonies channel.
05:03 <Thelema5> I'll bet if feels weird after so long
05:03 <DashedRainbows> It did
05:04 <Thelema5> XD
05:04 <DashedRainbows> How's the Thelema5?
05:06 * Filly_Nightmares eee
05:08 <Schism> "Huh. Wait. Unicorn magic is instinctive to start." "All magic is. What's your point?" "I'm getting there. That implies that a telekinesis spell isn't inherently efficient, like how you have to learn to lift things properly." "Get to the POINT." "People tend to work with 'good enough.' I can't afford to do that. I literally have to reinvent the wheel here."
05:09 <Thelema5> Hmm, not sure. My google assistant told me today that she's sorry I'm so lonely and then offered to be my friend
05:09 <Schism> Been reading XKCD?
05:10 <Thelema5> So that was weird
05:10 <Thelema5> Not lately, Schism
05:10 <Schism> There was a recent one about just that.
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05:11 <Thelema5> Huh. Do you have a link?
05:11 <DashedRainbows> Huh,
05:11 <Thelema5> The sad thing is that I mostly smartified my home because I lack human companionship
05:12 <Thelema5> And it's comfortaing to have an AI tell me jokes, play games, answer my questions, and sing me songs
05:12 <Schism> Thelema5, https://xkcd.com/2093/
05:12 <Thelema5> Thanksie!
05:13 <Thelema5> Heh
05:16 <Cepheid> Tomorrow evening, I'm gonna start on the code for my game.
05:16 <Schism> "The most judgemental hot tub is the j'accuzzi." Ow.
05:17 <Cepheid> Actually no. I need to work on the map editor first. So I'll do design work on that first.
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05:18 <Schism> A good map editor and framework can support a number of projects.
05:19 <Cepheid> That is my hope here yes.
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05:38 * DashedRainbows sits next to Thelema5
05:39 *** Filly_Nightmares is now known as Surreal_Nightmares
05:39 * Thelema5 hrumphs, waiting to hear back from his estranged SO whether or not she's still alive after a 20 hour flight to Thailand
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05:39 <Thelema5> 22 hhours, including layover
05:40 <Schism> After a 22 hour flight? I think 'alive' is a bit of a shaky term.
05:40 <Thelema5> Yah
05:40 <Schism> As are 'upright' and 'mobile'.
05:40 *** Changeling_Nightmares is now known as Filly_Nightmares
05:40 * Filly_Nightmares mowls
05:41 * Cepheid delivers Schism to the SPC.
05:41 * Schism happily engages in the finest activity available to sapientkind -- the punching of sharks.
05:44 <Thelema5> I'm super tempted to make a baked potato, but it's nearly 1:00 am and I have to be at work at 9:00
05:44 <Thelema5> Baked potatoes are my favorite food, for the record
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05:46 <Cepheid> Who started the whole SPC thing Schism? Do you know?
05:50 * DashedRainbows relicks Thelema5
05:51 <Schism> I don't... I want to say it might have been Sorts?
05:52 <Schism> It seems like the sort of thing Sortelli would come up with in a fever dream.
05:53 <Schism> Criminy, for all I know it might have been kaktus.
05:53 * Thelema5 tastes like Evan Williams Honey Reserve- not one of his proudest moments
05:53 <Schism> Don't you microwave baked popotoes?
05:54 <Schism> er, potatoes. >.>
05:54 <Thelema5> I do, 10 minutes and they're done
05:54 <Thelema5> But to eat something so heavy late at night, not a good idea.
05:54 <Thelema5> Especially slathered with sour cream and butter XD
05:54 <Schism> I dunno, I've always found going to bed with a full stomach helps with sleeping.
05:55 <Schism> The dreams are a bit odd (damned rarebit), but not usually a problem.
05:56 * Thelema5 opted for a local half-sour pickle instead
05:56 <Schism> And a chunk of cheese then, I hope.
05:57 * Thelema5 is a cheese addict, so of course
05:59 <Thelema5> Dangit, I can't stop binge watching Ash vs. Evil dead, but i have to got bed
06:00 <Thelema5> The pain!!!
06:01 <Schism> Sleep well, and dream of chainsaw hands.
06:02 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Schism
06:02 <Schism> Perhaps shut off devices, and simply read a book?
06:03 <Thelema5> No can do, I live online
06:04 <Schism> Pink noise generator?
06:05 <Thelema5> Nah, I use a fan. Even better IMO
06:05 <Schism> That works, yea.
06:05 <Schism> I'm hardly the sort of person you want to ask for reasonability, of course, considering I spent New Years' Eve and Day playing a jRPG for hours on end.
06:06 <Schism> Oh, Cepheid. You still here?
06:07 * Filly_Nightmares mowls
06:07 * Schism boops Filly_Nightmares. "This might also appeal to you!"
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06:08 <Schism> Turns out there's a really really good deal here. https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-2018
06:11 <Schism> Sexy Brutale for $1 is, I'm given to understand, a simply superb deal.
06:15 * DashedRainbows barks
06:17 * Thelema5 growls
06:17 * DashedRainbows whimpers
06:19 * DashedRainbows wags her tail and runs around with a stick
06:23 * Thelema5 gives doggie eyes
06:24 <DashedRainbows> Hmm
06:24 * DashedRainbows neighs
06:25 <Cepheid> Does look interesting Schism. Art style is a bit off, but... I'll give it a shot this weekend.
06:30 <Schism> And there are a few other good ones. Tropico 4 full is a steal at less than a buck.
06:30 <Schism> I've also picked up a key for CoD4: Modern Warfare, which I don't want to play and have never wanted to.
06:31 <ADragonDreaming> Rebel Galaxy is pretty good.
06:32 <ADragonDreaming> If you're doing the pick 3 option.
06:32 <Cepheid> I already own Rebel Galaxy. Can't get into it for the moment.
06:32 <Schism> Oh, I got that one. Did the Pick 5. So I got Rebel Galaxy, Dex, Sexy Brutale, the Lions thing, and one other.
06:33 <Schism> Grey Goo, that was the fifth.
06:34 <Cepheid> Anyhoo, bed time for me.
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06:38 * PinkieShy licks Cepheid
06:39 <PinkieShy> oof.
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06:43 <Schism> Adra: Do you want a copy of Pony Island?
06:45 <Finwe> Good morning, my small equines of various pastel colours.
06:45 <Schism> Hoi.
06:45 <Finwe> Messrs ADragonDreaming, Cepheid, PinkieShy and Schism; Miss DashedRainbows.
06:46 * Finwe doffs his hat.
06:46 <Koopz> RAdm Finwe o7
06:46 <Finwe> Capt Koopz.
06:46 <Finwe> o7
06:48 <Schism> I offer those keys for Pony Island to anyone who wants.
06:48 * Finwe noms on one of the keys.
06:48 <Thelema5> Hihi
06:48 <Schism> Finwe: Alrighty. o3o
06:48 <Finwe> Mr Thelema5.
06:48 * Finwe doffs his hat.
06:49 <Finwe> Schism: Steam keys?
06:49 <Schism> Yes.
06:49 <Koopz> Pony Island was a kind of interesting game
06:49 <Schism> S'at work for you, Finwe?
06:49 <Finwe> Yup.
06:49 <Schism> Sent. o3o
06:49 <Finwe> Thank you.
06:50 <Schism> Cheers. I have them extra, as the result of a kind of 'buy 10 random games for $9' thing going on.
06:50 <Schism> Surprisingly, I got my money's worth.
06:51 <Schism> And the aforementioned other pack... yea.
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07:00 <Schism> Holy crow! https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-anthology-awesome-bundle
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07:17 * Schism installs the Sexy Brutale.
07:17 <Schism> Thelema5: You know the whole 'closed circle' sort of murder mystery, where the players are trapped in a hotel while inclement weather beats down the outside and prevents anyone from leaving?
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07:24 <Thelema5> Schism, of course. I'm reminded of Clue, with Tim Curry and Madaline Khan
07:24 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
07:24 <Schism> A classic example! I also like the Mathnet "Mystery Weekend" variant.
07:25 <Schism> Thelema5: The Sexy Brutale has the main protagonist witness the deaths of all ten guests -- and then has to go back in time and somehow avert their demises, without being seen.
07:26 <Schism> ConfusionRift: Hi hi. :P
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07:26 <Thelema5> Oh, right, Chistopher LLyod was in that classic too
07:26 <Schism> Clue had a lot of really great actors and actresses.
07:26 <Thelema5> Schism, sound s interesing
07:26 <ConfusionRift> "Oh no! It's raining cats and dogs outside. We have to stay inside this abandoned, and possibly haunted, mansion." | (hears screaming, then takes out his umbrella) Laters! (gets pelted with actual cats and dogs)
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07:27 <Schism> Thelema5: As games go, I've heard it's rather spectacular. There's another recently released murder mystery which has also struck a lot of chords.
07:27 <Schism> The Return of the Obra Dinn.
07:28 * Thelema5 will check it out
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07:29 <Schism> In that, you're playing an insurance actuator who has to explore a ghost ship which has just returned to shore, somehow. In so doing, the character explores how each and every single crew member met their demise.
07:29 <Schism> actuary*
07:29 <Thelema5> Hmm, seeing as my daughter is dating an insurance actuator, I have mixed feelings
07:29 <Thelema5> *actuary
07:30 <Schism> Hehe.
07:30 <Schism> It sounds ridiculous, but instead of a detective, an insurance actuary really wants to get to the bottom of things. Money is at stake!
07:31 <Schism> Better yet, the player gets to witness the last moments of the crew, and has to piece things together based on that.
07:31 <Schism> They didn't all die at the same time, and that means that you have to puzzle things out.
07:33 <Thelema5> True, but this guy is also an insatiable gamer and inconscious nerd. All good in my book, provided he keeps up his end of the household expenses
07:33 <Schism> Snrk. Mention the Return of the Obra Dinn to him. He will either geek out or rage (or both), and either way it'll be good.
07:34 <Thelema5> Will do
07:35 <Schism> I should also note that the actuary who explores the ghost ship is psychic, so he can literally see the last moments of the crew members.
07:35 <Schism> Which turns out to make for an amazing story.
07:35 <Schism> It's also, ah...
07:35 <Schism> Thelema5, you never did get very far in URU, right?
07:37 <Thelema5> Nah, life took over.
07:37 <Schism> Mm. You might want to take a poke at it again sometime. Also...
07:37 <Schism> You should sleep now.
07:37 <Schism> Nap for an hour or two, set up a ridiculous alarm for waking up.
07:38 <Schism> Chickens screaming is generally a good one, as fostering confusion means you won't really get back to sleep in a few moments.
07:38 <Thelema5> You're right, I should. Just heard from my SO, she arrived safely in Thailand and is settled in her hotel.... that's what I was waiting for.
07:38 <Schism> Awesome.
07:38 <PinkieShy> heh
07:38 <Schism> She and you will both be sleeping now. X3
07:38 <PinkieShy> Youtuber: talk to pikachu alexa.. Pikachu comes on.
07:39 <Thelema5> g'night!
07:39 <PinkieShy> Youtuber: "Tell me a funny story pikachu" Pikachu: "starts to rap"
07:39 <ConfusionRift> Have a good one!
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07:39 <Schism> Rest well!
07:39 <Schism> ConfusionRift: Played Pony Island yet?
07:40 <ConfusionRift> Not really... wait... (checks Steam... it's in the game list) I completely forgot.
07:40 <Schism> Huh! Well, so long's you have it.
07:40 <ConfusionRift> Thing have been... ... ...they have been.
07:41 <Schism> Also have COD4: Modern Warfare. I don't think I'll be likely to play that one.
07:42 <ConfusionRift> Thought things would smooth out this month. NOPE! There's no more track, but the coaster is still moving downhill, pass ground level.
07:43 <Schism> Well, then, I shan't be offering you any more keys.
07:43 <ConfusionRift> Then agaaaaain... :P
07:44 <ConfusionRift> I could play it laaaater.
07:44 <ConfusionRift> Just kidding. :P
07:44 <Schism> Well, I mean, do you think you /would/?
07:44 <ConfusionRift> Which game?
07:44 <Schism> Modern Warfare, the original.
07:45 <ConfusionRift> I probably would, since this was before all went all garbage and way too complicated for its own good... and it's not a twitch shooter-fest.
07:46 <Schism> Well, if you think you're going to play it, I can give you a Steam key.
07:46 <ConfusionRift> Though, if you had other plans with it, go for it.
07:46 <Schism> I won't be doing so. Amongst other things, I've got too much on my platter anyway.
07:47 <ConfusionRift> Then it's up to you, broh.
07:47 <Schism> Alright, one tick.
07:56 <ConfusionRift> Thank you for contributing to the Classic Gaming Archives. Your donation is well appreciated. :P
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08:07 <ConfusionRift> Well, time to reduce that queue list.
08:08 <RazorSharpFang> Hey hey
08:08 <Schism> I got a copy of Crimsonland from the random draw, so that's always nice.
08:08 <Schism> "Here, eat this bandage."
08:10 <Koopz> man CoD4... those were good times
08:10 <Koopz> Shipment was a lot of fun on LAN parties
08:10 <Schism> Not so viable for the multiplayer anymore, and I never was interested in the game - always preferred Q3A and the nail-biting fun of deathmatch.
08:11 <Koopz> except for when that one guy decided to only use the grenade launcher
08:11 <Schism> Grenade launcher was still workable in Q3A.
08:11 <Schism> Just tricky enough to use that you could never really get away with it all that often, not like the railgun.
08:12 <Koopz> we played this game way too much and he was basically able to shoot from one spawn point to another in the exact time it takes for a respawn so you just blow up right after popping up
08:13 <Schism> Ah, yes. ... one advantage to high-speed deathmatch arenas, then.
08:14 <Koopz> he sucked at using any other weapon though ;D
08:14 <Schism> Get up close with a knife... :S
08:14 <Koopz> didn't work quite well in CoD4 afaik
08:15 <Koopz> we switched to MW2 at some point though, from that point on i was the one dominating the games
08:16 <Koopz> with my trusty SPAS-12, a Revolver with a tactical knife and the Marathon and Ninja Perks
08:17 <Schism> I should note that this $3 bundle also includes One-Finger Death Punch, System Shock 2, Crimsonland, Hammerfight, and Zoombinis.
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08:19 <Koopz> had one hell of a time running like a berserker through the maps and catching people offguard... even when they saw me they panicked and tried to shoot me while i was running straight at them
08:19 <Schism> Oh, and "Lovely Planet".
08:20 <ConfusionRift> ...
08:20 <ConfusionRift> Why Schism, why?!
08:20 <Schism> HmmmmmmmMMmmM?
08:20 * Filly_Nightmares murrrrrrrrrr at Schism
08:21 * Schism patapat.
08:21 <Koopz> wish the game had something like the impact hammer in unreal tournament... gifting people free flights with Koopz airlines across the map
08:22 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, I'm more into coop style multiplayer. The whole competitive scene is not for me.
08:22 <Schism> Still. $3 for all that...
08:23 <ConfusionRift> Can't find that bundle.
08:23 <Schism> https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-anthology-awesome-bundle
08:25 <ConfusionRift> That is a crazy value, but I see a lot of fluff.
08:25 <Schism> Eh. Crimsonland, Hammerfight and Oknytt are enough, and there's also SS2 and Zoombinis.
08:26 <Schism> No argument that there's a lot of fluff, but... have you played Crimsonland?
08:26 <ConfusionRift> Looks very familiar, aside from that Doom-esque cover.
08:26 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.
08:27 <Finwe> o7
08:27 <Finwe> I do hope that Pony Island stores my progress.
08:27 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
08:27 <Schism> It's a Smash TV clone, no argument. Also, yes it does, Finwe.
08:27 <Finwe> Would fit the general atmosphere if it did not.
08:28 <Schism> Yeah, but ye needn't worry. Though you also needn't worry about your decisions.
08:28 <Finwe> Reminds me somewhat of the Fool's Errand. o3o
08:28 <Schism> Some decisions will result in odd reactions, though... oh!
08:28 <Schism> You mean the old Macintosh series?
08:29 <Schism> I need to play through that at some point. I also need to get Cepheid to do so.
08:29 <Finwe> Yup, although it's the DOS version that I have played.
08:30 <Schism> Well, the freeware version includes a variant of the Macintosh OS...
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08:31 <Schism> Finwe: The writer of the game released it, in full, so that players could experience it in its original format. And now I desperately want Cepheid to play through it, too.
08:33 <Finwe> "One sunny day, a lighthearted fool strolled along a hilly path, whistling a merry tune."
08:33 <Schism> And then he installed that game.
08:34 <Schism> I need to play through it myself, but ye gods.
08:37 <Finwe> Oh, it emulates System 7. o3o
08:37 <Finwe> Does the Windows version make use of DOSBox?
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08:39 <Schism> Ehmmmm not as such.
08:39 <Schism> Mini vMac.exe.
08:40 <Schism> Uses a System 7 system, though.
08:41 <Finwe> Well, I recommend the DOS version, it not black-and-white.
08:41 <Schism> Neither is this one.
08:41 <Schism> It's a decent emulation, all in all. Though I still reiterate, I need to actually figure out the setup...
08:42 <Schism> There's a lot of clues and tricks and nonsense embedded.
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08:45 <ConfusionRift> Oh, and Evoland is actually pretty good.
08:45 <Schism> Oh, that's right. Ancient Macintosh boxen didn't have more than one mouse button. I'd forgotten that bit of ancient history.
08:47 <ADragonDreaming> such nonsense, that was
08:47 <ConfusionRift> Why must I have been introduced to another bundle site?! ;_;
08:48 <Schism> ConfusionRift, because pain shared is halved.
08:52 <ConfusionRift> No, it's doubled. Now we're both in pain. :P
08:54 <Schism> Not as much pain as you'd think.
08:54 <Schism> I reiterate this one, ConfsionRift: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-2018
08:55 <Schism> ConfusionRift*
09:00 * ConfusionRift looks at Schism.
09:01 * Schism looks back at ConfusionRift. "Yes?"
09:01 <ConfusionRift> Luckily, I see nothing of int- wait...
09:01 <Schism> Sexy Brutale... Tropico 4... Dex...
09:02 <Finwe> Schism: Dunno, at least the game I got from the Macintosh link is black and white.
09:03 <Finwe> The DOS version had EGA colours, if I don't remember completely incorrectly.
09:04 <Schism> Well, the one I downloaded is indeed that B&W Macintosh link, so I must have misremembered.
09:06 <ConfusionRift> Seraph looks interesting.
09:09 <Schism> Yeah, but so do a lot of others.
09:09 <ADragonDreaming> I grabbed...
09:10 <ADragonDreaming> Sexy Brutale, Songbringer, Shuyan, Metronomicon, and Dex.
09:14 * Schism nodnods, "Sounds bout right."
09:15 <Finwe> Anyhoof, it's the story and the puzzles that's the important part, not the graphics, but still.
09:19 <Schism> Yus.
09:20 * ConfusionRift sighs.
09:20 <Schism> At least I pointed you towards a very cheap bundle. X3
09:20 <ConfusionRift> More exploration games... I like them, but end up just playing them to burn time.
09:21 <ConfusionRift> I gotta admit, paying $3.50 instead of $77 makes for great savings. :P
09:22 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Schism for moar warms
09:22 <RazorSharpFang> Schism, how do you get rowan saplings? Apparently you need those specifically for a component in making redstone seeds.
09:22 * Filly_Nightmares pouts because her burrito is gone!
09:22 <Schism> RSF: To be honest, I always got them via mutandis.
09:23 <Finwe> Miss Filly_Nightmares.
09:23 <Schism> At least, initially.
09:23 * Finwe doffs his hat.
09:23 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Finwe for warms!
09:23 <Schism> The RNG was kind enough to give me tons of saplings when I tried to reproduce them, but yeah, mutandis is how you get 'em in the first place.
09:24 * Finwe pours a cup of warming tea to Filly_Nightmares.
09:24 * Filly_Nightmares curls up inside the cup and purrs at Finwe
09:24 <Schism> !link cup of pony
09:24 <DerpyBot> https://derpibooru.org/958666
09:25 <ConfusionRift> I think I got one from a stonehenge, but you can get them from mutandis and via mana pool.
09:25 <Schism> I.... ah, was looking for something more like this. https://derpibooru.org/1646268
09:26 <Schism> Usually, mutandis is the best way to get those initial saplings.
09:26 <Schism> Then, you plant them, use bone meal to accelerate their growth...
09:30 <RazorSharpFang> I got it on my second application of mutandis.
09:30 <Schism> Now for the fun thing -- will the RNG actually give you more saplings?
09:30 <Schism> Bone meal is the best way to speed up tree growth, of course.
09:32 <RazorSharpFang> I have five saplings now.
09:32 <Schism> ... You know, I really like reading job postings where the list of requirements is... um... twee.
09:33 <Schism> This one sets off all my warning bells. http://tinyurl.com/y955yjsu
09:34 <RazorSharpFang> What warning bells does that set off?
09:34 <Schism> Look at the qualifications list.
09:34 <Finwe> Passionate, enthusiastic, efficient, humble, giving and driven?
09:35 <Schism> Yeah. I've never before seen a job posting so desperate.
09:35 <Finwe> But the most twee bit is the "Who we are" part.
09:35 <ConfusionRift> ^ And that is something you would see or hear during or before an interview.
09:36 <Schism> Finwe: Yeah, but that part I tend to gloss over anyway... yeeeesh.
09:36 <Finwe> "My humility level is over 9,000!"
09:37 <ConfusionRift> These descriptions hit me the wrong way. Not sure whyyyyy.
09:37 * Finwe promotes ConfusionRift to Custom Experience Manager.
09:37 <Schism> ConfusionRift: Because these descriptions, coming from an employer, instead read like they are coming from a prospective employee.
09:37 <Koopz> "i am flexible, loadable, creative, innovative, enthusiastic, a team player... and.. erm... creative!"
09:41 <ConfusionRift> "Starting date : As soon as possible" Hmmm-nope.
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09:42 <Schism> That's not the first time I've seen that on a request. Sometimes, it makes sense. For a management position, it does /not./
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09:45 <Schism> The worst part is that I could probably pull that position with one half of my brain tied behind my back. Except it doesn't work because I know that a month later I'd be back out on the streets.
09:47 <ConfusionRift> Fun fact: That is exactly what's happening in our department. My dept. manager got speedily moved to another department, leaving mine without one. So I'll have to deal with a new one, AND help training them on the department's processes.
09:50 <Schism> The worst part is that I know I could pull that damned position and get away with it. I would listen to staff, I wouldn't have a clue what each department needs, and so I'd ask for everyone's opinion.
09:51 <Schism> (I've worked bookstore positions before.)
09:51 <Schism> But I could never do so in good faith.
09:56 <Schism> BSldibh. ConfusionRift, a good district manager would promote from within. ._.
09:57 <Finwe> Schism: I doubt whether that is really a management position.
09:57 * Filly_Nightmares mewls
09:58 <Schism> Finwe: Nah, this seems like a story manglement position, which is pretty much a team lead, just a little higher on the food chain.
09:58 <Schism> store*
09:58 <Finwe> You can call a webshop designer "customer experience manager" if you like, but o3o
09:58 <Schism> Not quite capable of dealing out actual management roles, but capable of catching all the crap that rolls downhill.
09:58 <Schism> Like I said, this rings all the warning bells.
09:59 <ConfusionRift> A department manager is... yeah, kind of a team leader for a department. They used to be supervisors, but are now just a step above supervisory position.
10:00 <Schism> This is barely a step above that. Team lead for a store.
10:00 <Schism> Which is supervisory, but only just.
10:00 <Schism> This used to be an important role, and now is... not.
10:01 <Schism> Actually, in consideration, 12 years ago it was also not an important role.
10:02 <Schism> "Add joy to our customers’ lives". Gods alive, give me strength.
10:02 * Finwe bestows a girdle of frost giant strength unto Schism.
10:03 * Schism carefully removes, and buries it under a mountain.
10:04 <ConfusionRift> Here's the problem. This month is NOT gonna be a cooldown month. We're probably not getting one till March. My former dept. manager applied for the switch some time ago, but they had to wait for the previous person that was on that same position for 90 days. She asked if it was possible to hold the position till February, since we have a LOT to do before January's end. They basically told her no, and threw everything from
10:04 <ConfusionRift> the other department at her.
10:04 <Schism> what.
10:04 <Schism> At which point she quite sensibly departed with a middle finger extended, I take it.
10:05 <ConfusionRift> No. She wanted that position, so she took it little by little and dealt with it. The issue is that it's an added stack for her and all of us in hardware.
10:07 <Schism> And with everyone else...
10:07 <Schism> Everybody's fraying at the edges then.
10:08 <ConfusionRift> We have to deal with 4 mod changes, the pre-audit (which is very soon), training the new dept. manager (which is likely just another butt kisser that got promoted), fixing overnight's garbage (which has stacked since November), AND the actual audit at the last week of January.
10:08 <Finwe> Time to go. See you later, everypony!
10:08 * Finwe flies off.
10:08 <ConfusionRift> Laters, Finwe.
10:09 <ConfusionRift> No one is. WE are the only ones that get toasted if we fail. We just get lynched if the store fails, since we would be part of the negative percentile.
10:09 * Schism unpacks all that. "So, week of 7-11 means that you're going to have to deal with some insane inventory troglodytes, which are going to be providing your new manager with false data as they go along. New manager is going to try to pull off some change in situational handling, which will go wrong..."
10:10 <Schism> Except the new manager is basically fireproof because removing him would reflect poorly on the DM...
10:10 <ConfusionRift> We have passed EVERY audit so far. But I'm very skeptical about this one.
10:10 <Schism> And it's all going to result in screams and fire.
10:11 <ConfusionRift> You forget how disposable we are. :P
10:11 <Schism> Not at all. You're ablative.
10:12 <ConfusionRift> Oh, right. Slowly read that.
10:13 <ConfusionRift> Not inventory idiots, but "academy" idiots.
10:13 <ConfusionRift> The worst kind of idiots.
10:13 <Schism> The bureaucracy, personified.
10:13 * ConfusionRift slowly nods.
10:14 <Schism> I know them. Cepheid probably has little good to say about those folks.
10:14 <Schism> And neither have I.
10:14 <Schism> When I worked at a grocer's, "Corporate" was a slur.
10:15 <ConfusionRift> Pen on one hand, book on the other. Going through EVERYTHING that makes my department what it is.
10:16 <Schism> There is an old saying that if you want to be ignored, go through with a driven expression and a clipboard in one hand. Nobody wants to deal with you.
10:17 <ConfusionRift> Here's the worst offender of this. They are not corporate. They literally are too well paid idiots that go around a department judging everything, using a book for ruling and a piece of paper that has all the functions with a (Pass/Fail) selection on the side of each.
10:19 <ConfusionRift> The "Academy" can go burn in the pit it came from.
10:20 <ConfusionRift> It has been the worst thing ever, and I don't care it provides more revenue to the store. That (bleep) doesn't change my check in any way.
10:20 <Schism> They're not even corporate. ... wait...
10:20 <Schism> Wait, correct me if I'm wrong here. Are they paid by how many violations they find?
10:21 <Schism> This seems mildly problematic, if so.
10:22 <ConfusionRift> They are getting paid to just judge all functions, that's all. They don't get paid more or less by what they can find.
10:22 <Schism> But... if they don't find any violations...
10:23 <Schism> Sorry, I'm just kind of trained to find loopholes in bureaucracies.
10:24 <ConfusionRift> If they find nothing to complain about, then we pass and they leave us alone till the next Academy audit.
10:24 <ConfusionRift> Otherwise, the failing departments will go into full overdrive to correct EVERY issue.
10:25 <Schism> Sorry, I'm just kind of the mentality that if they find nothing wrong, then clearly something must be wrong, just well-hidden.
10:25 <Schism> Obviously this isn't logically the case, but ... yeah.
10:26 <Schism> Corporate malfeasance is a thing.
10:27 <ConfusionRift> If the store goes below a certain overall percentile, the store could lose the Academy system (which means squat to me), and EVERYONE will go into overdrive.
10:27 <ConfusionRift> Trust me, not department leaves with 100%.
10:27 <ConfusionRift> *no, not... not.
10:27 <Schism> Sigh, I know. Usually, the cutoff point tends to be... 80%?
10:28 <ConfusionRift> They would not stop bugging me because there was ONE box of freight out of place, which we found out that was left by overnight.
10:29 <Schism> 97% then. ._.
10:29 <ConfusionRift> I think a pass is 75%.
10:29 <Schism> And someone didn't sign off with the handhelds.
10:30 <ConfusionRift> But that doesn't mean they don't expect perfection.
10:30 <Schism> Well, of course.
10:30 <ConfusionRift> And let's not talk about handhelds. I'm really upset that I'm locked out from most of the inventory tools.
10:31 <ConfusionRift> Why? Because idiocy.
10:32 <ConfusionRift> If I'm expected to always carry an MC40... THEN GIVE ME ACCESS TO ONE!
10:32 * ConfusionRift sighs heavily.
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10:33 <ConfusionRift> In any case, back to the audit garbage.
10:33 <Schism> Yeah... ._.
10:34 <Schism> Sorry, I'm kind of distracted and... I just realized it's 6 AM.
10:34 <Schism> Or close enough for government work.
10:34 <ConfusionRift> Oh, no worries.
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10:44 * ConfusionRift patpats Schism. "It's fine. I was about to crash soon." :P
10:44 <Schism> Seriously, CR, what are you expected to do, just... walk around and make sure people are making the appropriate beeping sounds?
10:45 <Schism> But yes, crash and/or sleep is good now.
10:46 <ConfusionRift> It's kind of a SNA- hold on... SNASU.
10:46 <RazorSharpFang> Schism, how do you make odour of purity? I'm not getting it to work.
10:49 <ConfusionRift> We were supposed to have the MC40s, while the managers get the TC70s. Unfortunately, they never changed the permissions, or replaced the old Telxons. So we got the majority of the Telxons hidden or reserved to consumable departments, the MC40s reserved for dept. managers, and TC70s reserved for higher managers.
10:51 <Schism> RSF: You using the NEI recipe with Witchery?
10:52 <Schism> Because while it works, it has... maybe a 30% success rate until you actually upgrade the fumerole.
10:52 <RazorSharpFang> In the witches oven yes?
10:53 <Schism> Yeah.
10:53 <Schism> In short, you're gonna need a lot more trees.
10:55 <RazorSharpFang> There we go, burned 10 trees, gained one.
10:55 <Schism> Yup.
10:55 <Schism> In short form, it's another freakin' bootstrap.
10:56 <Schism> Now that you've gotten one, well... you're going to have to burn more, but the quest rewards should help.
10:56 <RazorSharpFang> I'm just needing this for glowstone seeds.
10:57 <Schism> And with glowstone you can turn that around and make proper fume filters.
10:57 <Schism> It does make sense in the end, in a manner of speaking.
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11:06 <RazorSharpFang> Schism, is there a %Chance for Alder saplings for Reek of Misfortune too?
11:08 <Schism> The percentage is not based on the sapling -- you can get some magical fumes from oak, et al. even -- but rather based on the oven.
11:08 <Schism> The book says quite plainly that you have about a 30% chance without any add-ons to the oven.
11:08 <RazorSharpFang> I don't have any witchery books.
11:08 <Schism> Oh, I meant the quest book.
11:08 <RazorSharpFang> Which quest?
11:09 <Schism> I... think chapter 7? Whatever it is, it's the witchery starting quest.
11:09 <Schism> Though you should make witchery books, just as a point of reference. You don't have to keep them, hitting the library with H gives you access to all the books you've written.
11:10 <Schism> Er, U, not H.
11:10 <RazorSharpFang> Darn ents
11:10 <Schism> Yes, they are a pain.
11:15 <RazorSharpFang> Apparently, my RNG sucks as well.
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12:21 * Surreal_Nightmares sleepies on Schism and purrs
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12:21 <Sleeping_Nightmares> Nini!
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13:55 <RazorSharpFang> Dang, the advanced runes need so many mana diamonds.
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14:01 * DashedRainbows licks Schism just because
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14:22 <RazorSharpFang> I have cobalt seeds now. ^_^
14:22 * Finwe devours the aforementioned seeds.
14:26 * DashedRainbows licks Finwe
14:26 <DashedRainbows> Mmm fancy horsey
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14:45 <Finwe> Miss DashedRainbows.
14:45 * Finwe tastes of pollock.
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14:57 <Lumindia_> Kaze todoroke!
14:58 <Schism> The seas part for WE ALONE
14:59 * Schism also flings Lumindia into Praetoria while the FF7 "Bombing Mission" theme plays.
15:09 <Schism> Hmmmm. I suspect this article may resonate with Thelema5. https://www.audubon.org/news/birding-its-1899-inside-blockbuster-american-west-video-game
15:10 <Finwe> Mr Lumindia_.
15:10 * Finwe doffs his hat.
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15:17 <Schism> On the one hand, I want to be mad at Twitter for inserting Subway ads into my feed. On the other hand, I then look at Facebook, and decide that it's the most minor of sins. Carry on, Twitter.
15:18 <Schism> (The other things Twitter is doing wrong, like silencing women and minorities and LGBTQ+ folks, they can answer for independently.)
15:24 <RazorSharpFang> You'd have to drag them screaming through the court system to get them to honestly answer.
15:25 <RazorSharpFang> Did we ever get up to ardite/cobalt seeds on the server?
15:31 * DashedRainbows fetches Finwe his top hat
15:32 <Schism> I... don't think so?
15:32 <Schism> Hrm.
15:35 <RazorSharpFang> I have them now, which is great. ^_^
15:35 <RazorSharpFang> As it happens, the hardest part is getting steel ingots.
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16:00 <Schism> I ... I'd say that the last year has softened everyone's brain, but this study was released in 2002, so I can only assume that the people responsible for it were taking the piss. https://twitter.com/JUNIUS_64/status/1081007886560608256
16:02 <Schism> On the flip side, there are only so many names you can give genes before you scrape the bottom of those proverbial barrels.
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16:46 <ADragonDreaming_> Schism: Jihan is very much cheating now
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16:50 <Schism> I do like the hooded character. Cordial, keeps their cool, is generally relaxed.
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16:50 <Schism> That's how the best villains should be. :S But yes, Jee-han is cheating and twinking the heck out of Seonil.
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18:52 <RazorSharpFang> Schism, as opposed to villains who are... ?
18:52 <Schism> Ragetastic, flipping their lid, chewing the scenery, being rampantly evil with no social graces, spawning monsters willy-nilly with no respect for collateral damage, et cetera.
18:53 <Schism> You know, the incompetent sort.
18:53 <RazorSharpFang> How about villains that are nervous wrecks and terrified of society?
18:53 <Schism> Oh, I like those villains too. Lupin Madblood seems a good example.
18:54 <RazorSharpFang> What other types of villains would you like to see more of?
18:54 <Schism> Hmm, well, the playful, secretive, 'is-he-a-villain-or-not' comedic type is always fun, like Xellos.
18:56 <Schism> I mean, obviously, a villain, but at the same time he's not really antagonistic as such.
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19:38 <RazorSharpFang> I still find it strange how water essence has a melting point of 600 C
19:39 <Schism> What the heck are you making, steam?
19:39 <RazorSharpFang> No, I'm trying to get large quantities of water produced for making titanium.
19:39 <Schism> Please tell me that you're at least somewhere near an Ocean biome.
19:40 <RazorSharpFang> I don't know where the ocean is.
19:40 <Schism> Ohboy.
19:41 <RazorSharpFang> That's no big deal, I can just farm water essence and smelt it into water.
19:42 <Schism> Yea, that works...
19:44 <Finwe> ... and there slew they the goats, Yea! and placeth they the bits in little pots ...
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20:22 <RazorSharpFang> I finally have Osmium seeds now too.
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22:04 <Schism> I should return to my run, see what I can do in the way of revising the whole setup once more.
22:07 * Schism should, in the meantime, do a store run...
22:14 <Schism> Soups, canned vegetables, some other stuffs.
22:17 <Ali> Hey Cepheid, they're giving belts about a 12% boost
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23:13 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Filly_Nightmares, Mr Schism.
23:14 * Finwe doffs his hat.
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23:30 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
23:30 * Schism doffs his screwdriver.
23:35 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfic Updates - January 4th [ http://tinyurl.com/yb27dfju ]
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23:41 * Schism wraps Filly_Nightmares in warm tortillas!
23:45 <Schism> Cepheid: Kitty. https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1080831654518771714
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