00:03 * PrincessRainbows boops Ali with her plushie
00:03 <Cepheid> I like that. "We're not known for fighting or combat. But, given the world's ending, we've decided we're gonna fight for our lives."
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00:10 * Cepheid accidentally kills a hero enemy without realizing it was a hero. "... Oops?"
00:19 * Ali nuzzles Cepheid and blehs softly
00:20 * Lumindia blehs softly as well
00:22 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/qOcaEcT.jpg One, what's a southpaw? Two, this must be a fixed drop, as legendary items do not drop until level 50 or higher.
00:22 <Lumindia> the opposite of a northpaw
00:22 <Lumindia> 'w'
00:24 <Cepheid> Ah. I see now.
00:24 <Cepheid> It's a reference to someone watching a Twitch stream of the devs.
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00:24 <Cepheid> They asked about dual-wielding shields. The devs discussed it, and stated it'd be best implemented using a mace template.
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00:25 <Cepheid> So it's literally a weapon meant to allow one to dual-wield shields.
00:25 <Cepheid> Hence the statue I guess.
00:26 <Cepheid> That said..
00:26 <Ali> Yeah Cepheid a southpaw is a left handed user
00:26 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/EXUXg5a.jpg I still prefer this weapon.
00:27 * Ali wonders where Schism is hidin today.
00:27 <Cepheid> I got my weapons illusioned with it. So I'm attacking enemies with skeletal birds.
00:31 <Cepheid> So, interesting question. If you murder blood god cultists, are you indirectly helping their cause?
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00:41 * PinkieShy licks Ali
00:42 * Ali blehs under PinkieShy
00:44 <ADragonDreaming> woof
00:44 * ADragonDreaming nibbles on Ali Cepheid Schism
00:45 <ADragonDreaming> oh! BTW all
00:45 <ADragonDreaming> Tomb Raider is free on Steam right no.
00:46 <Ali> So how about that idiot that knowing spread COVID at a Wally World
00:46 <Ali> I see isolation is going so well~
00:47 <ADragonDreaming> Florida beaches were all still packed.
00:49 <Cepheid> Spitfire, what're you doing?
00:50 <ADragonDreaming> though now cities and such are closing the beaches.
00:50 <ADragonDreaming> Anyway! Do ye wish to Stardew until the time limit comes for my soul?
00:50 <Ali> That would be what? Seven days? And what about Schism?
00:51 <ADragonDreaming> I can only imagine he's asleep.
00:52 <Ali> I mean I need something to do, I am going a bit stircrazy.
00:52 <Cepheid> Eh, I can try playing for a bit. Though, give me like, 5-10 minutes. I need to do stretches and fix up my chair. My ass is killing me,.
00:56 * Schism returns from work. Blehs, flops.
00:56 <ADragonDreaming> oh. or working.
00:56 <ADragonDreaming> there's that option, too.
00:56 <Cepheid> There. Also took my meds, so I've got until I'm knocked unconscious, or decide I'm tired enough to only read.
00:57 * Cepheid goes to make character.
00:57 <ADragonDreaming> You'll need the invite codeEJM5JRFHTKK
00:57 <ADragonDreaming> You'll need the invite code: EJM5JRFHTKK
01:00 <Ali> Server go boom
01:00 <Cepheid> Hmm? Got disconnected.
01:01 <Ali> Yeah I did as well
01:01 <ADragonDreaming> hm.
01:01 <ADragonDreaming> I'm all up and running...
01:01 <Cepheid> Could have been a network hiccup.
01:02 <Ali> I'm gonna get a connection failed prompt
01:02 <ADragonDreaming> you have it through steam, right?
01:02 <Ali> I do
01:02 <Ali> It just failed fully
01:03 <PinkieShy> I'm getting mad.. Very mad.. :/
01:03 * Ali puts ice on PinkieShy to stop them from steaming too much
01:03 <PinkieShy> Just mad with my phone carrier..
01:04 <PinkieShy> The other day I had 8 dropped calls back to back, Data is extremely slow... (0.05down and 0.01 up)
01:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Midnight Mares Returns with 5 New Animatics [ http://tinyurl.com/wlkrtzb ]
01:05 <PinkieShy> This is very stupid its happening, I understand them having issues with their network with the coronavirus.. But still they should have had a system in place to make their network be able to handle this much use
01:05 <Cepheid> If you add ADra to your steam friends list Ali, the game should show up on the list.
01:05 <Ali> Yes I see that, but I'm still failing to connect
01:05 <ADragonDreaming> so steam invite failed?
01:05 <Ali> Yes
01:06 <ADragonDreaming> time to restart.
01:07 <Ali> The first time it was fine, got to the profile and everything. It started to load in, then bam gone
01:07 <ADragonDreaming> invites sent
01:07 <Ali> Connection Failed
01:08 <Ali> Loading it says now
01:08 * Schism wonders about code.
01:11 <ADragonDreaming> if you want to join, schism, lemme know
01:12 <ADragonDreaming> I'll throw you an invite
01:12 <Schism> Mmn, probably not tonight, I'm afraid. Am le tired.
01:14 <Cepheid> Server's not very stable.
01:14 <Ali> I just lost the connection
01:14 <Cepheid> Or at least, connection isn't.
01:14 <ADragonDreaming> it's not a server, it's just my computer.
01:14 <Cepheid> You using Wifi?
01:14 <ADragonDreaming> There is no choice but to do so.
01:15 <Ali> I'm gonna guess wifi is not a good hosting measure
01:15 <ADragonDreaming> if so desired someone else can host, but would have to start over.
01:16 <Cepheid> Wifi is usually a terrible idea when hosting servers.
01:21 <Ali> Lag is pretty bad
01:21 <Cepheid> I'm just gonna go lay down. It's time for me to get some sleep soon anyways. I'll look into some solutions to the problem tomorrow.
01:22 <Cepheid> I've an idea, not the most secure or best one, but it'll take some time to set up anyways.
01:22 <Cepheid> I just need you to promise me you won't abuse it. :P
01:22 <ADragonDreaming> I solemnly swear (I am up to no good)
01:23 <Cepheid> Good enough for me. I'll get it done first thing tomorrow.
01:25 <Cepheid> Actually, wait. Now that I think about it, it won't work.
01:25 * Cepheid researches the wiki for something.
01:32 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Ali ears
01:34 * Ali squeaks at Filly_Nightmares
01:35 <Cepheid> Bah. There's no dedicated server. It explicitly requires that the host be playing the game.
01:35 <ADragonDreaming> yep
01:35 <Cepheid> That's a ridiculous design.
01:35 <ADragonDreaming> you're not wrong
01:35 * Filly_Nightmares kneads Ali face!
01:38 <Ali> And the crash, signs of things not going well
01:38 <Ali> The server is to unstable to play to be honest.
01:38 <ADragonDreaming> I hear you
01:38 <Cepheid> This is one of those cases where someone coming along and making something akin to Bukkit from Minecraft is a smart idea.
01:38 <ADragonDreaming> Bukkit?
01:39 <Cepheid> Reverse-engineered server.
01:39 <Cepheid> It was designed with modding in mind.
01:40 <Cepheid> Out of boredom, I'll do a bit of investigation tomorrow to see just how viable that is.
01:40 <ADragonDreaming> well there's this: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/2213
01:41 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
01:42 <Cepheid> Basically, what needs to be done though is that the server code itself needs to be decoupled from the game, and set up such that if there are no players online, stop the progression of time, among other things.
01:43 <ADragonDreaming> oh. or this: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/2677
01:44 <Cepheid> Yeah, I'm considering that one.
01:46 <Cepheid> I'll see what I can do tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm going to bed.
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01:48 <Schism> Yeesh. https://i.lensdump.com/i/iYipa3.png
01:48 <ADragonDreaming> Oh, I've used that map.
01:49 <ADragonDreaming> or, something very similar.
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01:58 <Schism> "Tom Nook offers zero-interest loans, no deadlines, and lets you repay it in weeds you grabbed off the ground. I think at the very least he should be last against the wall when the revolution comes."
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02:11 <ADragonDreaming> Those weeds are very high in THC.
02:45 * Ali nuzzles into Schism and ADragonDreaming
02:52 * PinkieShy yawns
02:53 <PinkieShy> Emailed the pastor of my church today.. He has it set up to do a preaching in his facebook group so yay :3
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03:01 <PinkieShy> omg..
03:01 <PinkieShy> Hospital tent went up here now..
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03:28 * Cepheid flobbles about almost drunkenly.
03:36 <PinkieShy> Went out today and all the roads are like.. No traffic at all..
03:36 <PinkieShy> Hardly nobody here out on the roads or anything
03:36 <PinkieShy> Seems.. Peaceful
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06:02 <PinkieShy> I am about to have a panic attack omg..
06:02 <PinkieShy> I'm breathing extremely hard and heart is pounding rapidly :/
06:11 <PinkieShy> Almost passed out.. :/
06:14 * Ali hugs PinkieShy softly
06:15 <PinkieShy> Haters just did the extreme worse possible to me :(
06:15 <PinkieShy> Made fun of me, started to try to crash me, started to leak my ip to others..
06:16 <PinkieShy> This is why.. I am a mute like most of the time but not to the trusted few :(
06:17 <PinkieShy> Told them they asked a panic attack after I got out of it and they just began to do worse to try to cause another :/
06:17 * Ali hugs the PinkieShy softly some more.
06:18 <PinkieShy> Even do like those loud microphone sound junk.. I hate my life...
06:18 <Ali> PinkieShy, dumb question but why would you hang around such jerks?
06:18 <PinkieShy> Like seriously.. I feel like a waste of a person right now for having these things happen to me.. :/
06:18 <Ali> I'm not trying to be mean here, just curious as to what platform is allowing that shit to happen and do nothing about it.
06:23 <PinkieShy> Ali The thing is.. You can't really control who will be in the world in vrchat unless its a instance owned by you..
06:23 <Ali> Ah that place
06:23 * Ali sorries to PinkieShy that there are jerks on the server.
06:30 <PrincessRainbows> The world is full of them in general
06:35 * PrincessRainbows curls up under Ali with her plushie and pacifier then tries to get some sleep
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06:51 * Ali nuzzles and brushies the PinkieShy
07:31 * Golden just at an entire tub of cotton candy ice cream.
07:31 <Finwe> Good morning, my smallish pastel-coloured equines.
07:33 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, DashedRainbows and Filly_Nightmares; Messrs Cepheid, Golden, PinkieShy and Schism.
07:33 * Finwe doffs his hat.
07:33 * Ali doffs over Finwe
07:33 * Filly_Nightmares meows and kneads Finwe face
07:33 * Golden waves.
07:34 * Golden got his favorite rabbit villager Coco to move to his island.
07:37 <Finwe> Yay!
07:38 * Finwe snuggles a Golden.
07:38 * Golden blinks as he is snuggled
07:58 <PinkieShy> I'm going to try to get some sleep.... :/
07:58 <Finwe> Good night then, PinkieShy.
07:58 <PinkieShy> Bye everyone.. Just got this feeling I won't sleep tonight at all and tomorrow will just be awful.. :/
07:58 * PinkieShy sighs
07:58 <Finwe> Artificially sweetened dreams!
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08:39 * Finwe gently noms on Ali's tail.
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10:29 <RazorSharpFang> Hello
10:33 * Finwe hats on Surreal_Nightmares.
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11:08 <Finwe> Mr Lumindia.
11:09 * Finwe doffs his hat and hecks back.
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13:48 * Cepheid hacks and gags as he arrives in the room.
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14:26 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/Bn4l8BI.jpg I think I'm doing pretty good for resistances, now.
14:26 <Cepheid> Chaos and Piercing are a bit lower than I'd like, but better than 0%. That 0% resistance is "Stun Resistance" and is hard to find.
14:30 <Cepheid> So I noticed a minor abusable side effect of Totems and the map.
14:30 <Cepheid> Any areas of the map I've previously uncovered, if there's a totem in it, I can see it, and where it is.
14:30 <Cepheid> It's random placement is no longer relevant.
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15:20 <Cepheid> There's one thing I wonder about this quarantine/lockdown.
15:20 <Cepheid> With so many people out of work because of it, be it being laid off, working from home, or just not working at all period..
15:21 <Cepheid> I wonder how many people are going to use the time to pursue things they've always wanted to check out, and then find out they want to make a living doing those things instead?
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16:09 <Cepheid> Hum. Current monitor refresh rates top out at 240hz.
16:12 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, fastest VR headset is 144Hz.
16:14 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Banger / Tenth Time / Declaration / The Darkness 9-10 / Bloom 28 / Fighting Love 7 / Dim Glow 24 / Lullaby 81 [ http://tinyurl.com/tbgutte ]
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16:16 <Cepheid> One might ask, "Andrew, why are you investigating this?" It has to do with the fact that apparently, there is a race later today that's being done through a virtual approach instead. That is, a video game.
16:20 <Cepheid> Most video games currently either process physics based on framerate, or via a steady tick system. The former has problems in terms of when performance suffers, or vsync and such are disabled. Because the deltas between one physics state and the next is variably sized. The latter is less accurate, but numerically more stable.
16:22 <Cepheid> Given what I've seen of drag races, NASCAR, and so on, I'm pretty sure the drivers are more than capable of seeing a difference between 60Hz and 240Hz. Ideally, if you're going to make virtual racing a thing, you want the framerate to be as high as possible, as a result. But it isn't enough to just have a high framerate. The tick rate needs to be very high, as well. Minimally, 1 tick to 1 frame.
16:24 * Cepheid is trying to think of how one might implement a low-CPU-usage, low-GPU-usage, high-framerate, high-tickrate multiplayer racing game.
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16:39 <Cepheid> To start with, to reduce render time, use Vulkan, Metal, or DX12. Vulkan is preferred due to portability. Secondly, visually, the game would have to be simplified. Fortunately, racing games don't necessarily need high-quality visuals to be visually entertaining or interesting to race in.
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16:47 <Lunanightwind> hi
16:49 <Cepheid> Hoi.
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16:58 <Lunanightwind> sup
16:58 <Lunanightwind> still debating on if i wanna buy Final Fantasy 7 Remake
17:01 <Cepheid> I'm going to wait until the full thing is complete, and Square comes out with a reduced price collection version.
17:01 <PinkieShy> Didn't sleep at all hardly last night even with the help of Melatonin :/
17:01 <Finwe> Mrs Lunanightwind, Mr Cepheid.
17:02 * Finwe doffs his hat.
17:02 <PinkieShy> That Panic attack last night really screwed me up..
17:02 <Lunanightwind> yeah thats where part of me is cepheid but knowing that part 1 is 50 hours on its own im thinking i might buy it part by part
17:02 <PinkieShy> I feel like taking advice.. I might just disappear from VRChat for a while..
17:04 <Cepheid> FF7 was good, but not good enough such that I'd pay for it in three or more parts separately.
17:04 <Cepheid> PinkieShy: Take a break from it, do something else.
17:12 <PinkieShy> If I disappear.. It would be probably 1-6 months from it..
17:24 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Ambient White Gameplay Demo #3 Released [ http://tinyurl.com/rc2eplp ]
17:25 <Cepheid> Okay buddy, it's nice you distrust the witch, but I got a letter here, evidence, from your recently-deceased POSSESSED LEADER, stating that he was intentionally spreading misinformation about a certain individual to create distrust and hatred towards her. I'm not going to kill her because you're the only idiot in this outfit that distrusts her.
17:26 * Cepheid still takes a -250 faction reputation hit because the faction is full of idiots.
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18:20 <Cepheid> Hum. NASCAR virtual racing thing's a bit rough around the edges, but it seems to be working for the drivers, and they're having fun. So eh. Give it a few iterations over the next month, you'll probably start seeing race visuals that rival that of the real thing.
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18:30 <Cepheid> Oh Ulgrim and your badassness. "I can break through the ward with some effort, but there's no way you'll be able to. You'll have to destroy the blood wagons."
18:31 <Lunanightwind> wait is nascar literally running their season in a video game? is that what im taking out of what you said Cepheid?
18:34 <Cepheid> Not the season, I don't think. But they are basically using a video game for the current race.
18:35 <Lunanightwind> oh god thats kinda funny
18:35 <Cepheid> It's silly, but it has potential.
18:36 <Cepheid> Since in a video game, accidents don't result in injuries. In theory, they could increase the stakes by increasing the speeds to more ludicrous values with no risk to the drivers.
18:38 <Cepheid> Hell, let's go full-anime and implement the Yellowline/Redline races from the Redline movie, with a super-turbo TransAM.
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18:44 <Lunanightwind> so nascar is being done virtually for the time being, WWE is being done in their private performance center with no crowd, including Wrestlemania which is like the superbowl of pro wrestling, and every other sport/entertainment medium is pretty much at a standstill right?
18:46 <Cepheid> Looks that way.
18:46 <Cepheid> Many of the sports are hard to do virtually properly.
18:47 <Cepheid> Racing, flight, those two are easy to do, because you can legitimately create entire control panels to replicate a car or plane front panel, and even set up motion rigs to replicate the effects of impacts, roughness of flight, etc.
18:47 <Cepheid> Soccer, that's a bit hard.
18:47 <Cepheid> Same with football, wrestling, fighting, etc.
18:47 <Cepheid> You might be able to get away with fencing.
18:47 <Cepheid> But that'd require a full VR rig setup.
18:48 <Cepheid> The limiting factor really is the network.
18:49 <Cepheid> Latency being a thing, you need to minimize it as much as possible. All individuals involved need to be within the same LAN for reliable, consistent performance.
18:49 <Lunanightwind> wrestling is still going on thats the worst part, indy leagues are out of commission but the big 3 companies are all still actively doing shows
18:50 <Cepheid> As long as each individual takes proper precautions, it shouldn't be bad.
18:51 <Lunanightwind> WWE is running from the Performance center which is llike this 40 million dollar gym complex they have in florida, AEW is running from the jacksonville Jaguars training facility i believe, and Impact is running out of a tv studio, all running with no crowds
18:51 <Cepheid> It's confined to like, two or three people in a ring.
18:51 <Cepheid> There's no audience, so no spread through that.
18:51 <Cepheid> Two or three people in the ring, taking proper precautions before going into the ring, that is, a complete decontamination chamber or something..
18:51 <Lunanightwind> wrestlemania this weekend is gonna have a match with 7 people in the ring
18:52 <Cepheid> Same deal.
18:52 <Cepheid> Decontamination room. People go in, get sprayed down and decontaminated. Then they leave, get dressed, go out. On the way back out of the ring, go through the same process.
18:52 <Lunanightwind> also former new england patriot, rob gronkowski, signed a contract with WWE, he is hosting wrestlemania next weekend then training to become a wrestler LOL
18:53 <Cepheid> While crews decontaminate the ring itself.
18:54 <Lunanightwind> honestly im just in shock that they arent pushing wrestlemania back, imagine the superbowl with no crowd....its basically that, wrestlemania consistantly brings in a crowd of like 50,000+ with that number going as high as 102,000
18:54 <Cepheid> While the lack of a crowd will impact their profits, there will be far more people sitting at home who will watch, which will make up for it.
18:54 <Lunanightwind> they are being smart by splitting it into 2 nights so that there are as few talent there as needed
18:55 <Lunanightwind> personally i would have rather seen them push it back indefinately
18:55 <Cepheid> Truth is, there are ways to keep a lot of social things going, without there being any actual social interaction.
18:55 <Cepheid> Debatable.
18:55 <Cepheid> If they can handle it safely, why not?
18:55 <Cepheid> The benefits outweigh the cons. Namely, people are going to start suffering cabin fever, and soon.
18:56 <Cepheid> And that's going to become a pandemic in it's own right.
18:56 <Cepheid> So anything to help stave it off, or keep them distracted.
18:57 <Cepheid> By the end of this, there's likely going to be newfound respect for a lot of different types of people.
18:58 <Cepheid> The various normal services we expect, water, electricity, sewage, garbage, recycling. Those people are going to be remembered and praised for their work, and I suspect when things start to go back to normal, there's gonna be movements to get them higher wages for what they did.
18:58 <Cepheid> Same with grocery store clerks and shelf stockers.
18:58 <Cepheid> Introverts will probably be seen in a better light, because from what I'm seeing, they're the ones generally giving out advice on how to handle being home all the time, since by default, introverts *ARE* at home all the time.
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19:00 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali
19:00 * Ali rolls around Cepheid
19:01 <Ali> I have a question for you about Factorio
19:01 <Cepheid> So, one of the dev updates for Grim Dawn has caught my interest.
19:01 <Ali> I've been watching this guy doing WR .18 100%
19:01 <Cepheid> Okay?
19:01 <Ali> He has not aggro'd a single bug
19:02 <Cepheid> Show me the stream/video.
19:02 <Ali> And by default, the game will turn off achievements if you lower bugs from their default or peaceful mode it
19:02 <Ali> And he's using nothing but steam power right now
19:03 <Ali> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33YNYH92bU
19:04 <Cepheid> Judging from the map, he's got bugs turned off.
19:04 <Ali> But you can't 100% the game that way
19:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Penny Wrights: Equestria Girls: A Little Birdie Told Me Follow Up [ http://tinyurl.com/vk7hk2t ]
19:04 <Ali> I mean I'm not yet to the rocket launch phase of the video
19:05 <Ali> But at 600% I was getting bug attacks right at the very end of the run
19:05 <Ali> And if he's going for all achievements, going with bugs off disables six or so of them.
19:05 <Cepheid> "100%" has specific meanings in the speedrun community.
19:06 <Cepheid> But yeah, he's got bug bases turned off, which completely turns off the bugs.
19:06 * Ali nods
19:07 <Ali> Factorio is an interesting game, just when I play it alone I get so overwhelmed
19:07 <Cepheid> That alone doesn't determine whether achievements are on or not, apparently.
19:07 <Ali> From what I read
19:08 <Ali> Changing bugs from anything lower than default size or peaceful mode disables several achievements
19:08 <Cepheid> https://www.speedrun.com/factorio Click on "Rules"
19:08 * Ali nod nods, is checking it out
19:09 <Cepheid> This is why "100%" is a usable term.
19:10 <Ali> So how do you unlock 100% of the achievements when with bugs disabled you can't even get all of them?
19:12 <Ali> I'd be playing Factorio right now but the server is pretty far into the mid game and Rifty is helping.
19:14 <Cepheid> That is an interesting question.
19:15 <Cepheid> Okay..
19:15 <Cepheid> He has bugs.
19:15 <Cepheid> It's probably just that settings are set so that they are as far away as possible.
19:15 <Cepheid> Yeah, that's the case.
19:15 <Ali> I'm not thru the video yet, only about 2 hours in
19:15 <Cepheid> I saw some bug bases in the map preview.
19:15 <Cepheid> He has bugs, just they're far away.
19:15 <Ali> But the max pushback is 600%
19:15 <Ali> Kay
19:19 <Ali> I wonder now, if there is a max waff distance from certain pollution makers
19:20 <Cepheid> It's limited by what surrounds you.
19:20 <Cepheid> If you pick a region such that there's a lot of pollution consumers, the cloud will be contained.
19:20 <Ali> But deserts it'll roam free and piss off everything
19:24 <Ali> Also Cepheid when you run around in the tank, do you use tank shells or use the MG?
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19:30 <Cepheid> MG, mainly.
19:32 <Ali> The MP server is doing pretty well, just needs to work on a few more things and then needs to expand more. Just pushing slow progress I feel but things aren't horrible.
19:46 <Cepheid> Hum, my health regen, high-resist build made short work of the Loghorrean.
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20:18 <Cepheid> "You are now Hated by the Cthonics." "That's it? I ransack their HQ, kill the avatar of their God, loot it's remains(Hey, free tentacle!), and then burn the place down, and I'm only just "hated"?"
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20:23 <Cepheid> Let's go restore a god, then piss him off.
20:24 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3287 [ http://tinyurl.com/vc2qvdb ]
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20:26 <Cepheid> 5 million HP.
20:27 <Cepheid> Je
20:27 <Cepheid> He's also level 81. 20 levels above me.
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20:37 * PrincessRainbows licks Ali till she's dripping
20:39 * Cepheid needs to lay down.'
20:45 <Cepheid> The world is spinning. I feel like I drank a 24.
20:58 <Starlight_Glimmer> I know that might shock you, but actually the world is always spinning. I'd be worried otherwise.
20:58 * Starlight_Glimmer rolls around
21:01 * Ali flops over the Starlight_Glimmer. "How da glim glam?"
21:01 <Starlight_Glimmer> Can't complain.
21:02 <Starlight_Glimmer> I'm super sleepy all weekend though
21:05 <Starlight_Glimmer> That Shimmer person is still conspicuous by their absence :/
21:07 <Ali> I've bonked them a few times on steam, but that's about it.
21:12 <Starlight_Glimmer> Maybe I just have to get used to the idea that this place is getting lonelier by the week.
21:12 <Ali> Don't remind me...
21:12 <Ali> I was hoping more would've stuck around
21:12 <Ali> But with Discord, everyone migrated to that, even though I find it to be worse than IRC
21:13 <Starlight_Glimmer> I'm convinced it's a Colgate's fault. Did you know they have smelly breath? Shocking! *hides*
21:15 <Starlight_Glimmer> Maybe I'm too old for Discord. I don't get the appeal. I prefer Teamspeak 3, but even then for text chat it's not really an alternative.
21:16 <Starlight_Glimmer> Discord's primary selling point is that it's free. That oddly what make me want to keep my distance.
21:16 <Starlight_Glimmer> That's oddly what makes me want to keep my distance.*
21:17 <Ali> Its ping system is terrible
21:17 <Ali> I've gone for hours missing messages
21:19 <Starlight_Glimmer> We use Matrix at work. It works well enough, but I doubt it'll ever take off outside of closed organizations.
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21:22 <Ali> Again I don't understand the appeal of Discord
21:22 <Ali> Its just glorified IRC
21:22 <Starlight_Glimmer> I was thinking about replacing my IRC client with Riot, but to be honest the simplicity of my IRC client is a feature I wouldn't want to miss
21:23 <Ali> I don't like its tabs system
21:23 <Starlight_Glimmer> Well it has voice chat and media enhanced text chat
21:23 <Ali> Like I need to hear some idiots grading voice all the time
21:23 <Ali> Or give a troll more options to be a dick
21:23 <Starlight_Glimmer> Personally I don't really want to see all the memes people spam in chat, but that certainly appeals to some people.
21:24 <Ali> Yeah that too
21:24 <Ali> I want conversations, not meme crap, make a channel for that garbage and leave it be.
21:25 <Starlight_Glimmer> The simplicity is also a major selling point
21:25 <Ali> Selling and free don't go well together
21:25 <Ali> And then they're trying to be a steam as well with Nitro
21:25 <Starlight_Glimmer> You don't have to understand the concept of a server, hostname or a port to use Discord
21:26 <Ali> Neither for IRC in a way
21:26 <Ali> Nicknames are a bit more of a pain cause you can't always get the same nick for every server
21:26 <Ali> And I've never had port issues with IRC
21:26 <Starlight_Glimmer> IRC is to be honest quite clunky. Take the process of registering a nickname for example
21:27 <Starlight_Glimmer> It just shows its age
21:30 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh well. Look at them old horses sitting on a park bench complaining how everything used to be better ...
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21:31 <ADragonDreaming> One thing preferable about Discord is access to info. You can see what's been said in channels you're in, or in DMs, when you were offline/not signed in.
21:33 * Ali flops over ADragonDreaming
21:37 <Lumindia> rooomates made some Beef Stroganoff
21:38 <Starlight_Glimmer> That's no fun. How would we gossip about them dragons if they could read all we've said later on?
21:41 <Lumindia> GlimGlam!
21:41 * Lumindia pounce
21:41 <Lumindia> :D
21:41 * Lumindia snuggles viciously!
21:50 * Ali disinfects Lumindia of 14 germs
21:52 * Lumindia hecks quietly
21:57 * Starlight_Glimmer steals snuggles and food from Lumindia
21:59 <Lumindia> o wo
21:59 <Lumindia> you can't steal if I'm sharing
22:03 * Starlight_Glimmer can steal all the things
22:09 <Lumindia> I'll steal you, then!
22:09 * Lumindia stealse GlimGlam
22:09 <Lumindia> Mine
22:19 <Finwe> Miss Ali, Messrs Lumindia and Starlight_Glimmer.
22:19 * Finwe doffs his hat.
22:19 <Finwe> !twilight time
22:19 <DerpyBot> It's not Twilight time right now, silly!
22:19 <Finwe> !starlight time
22:19 <Finwe> Starlight time! Starlight time!
22:19 * Ali flops on Finwe
22:19 * Finwe bounces around in front of Starlight_Glimmer.
22:24 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Open Art Event - Ponified Coronavirus Warriors! [ http://tinyurl.com/uu4xd4d ]
22:30 <Lumindia> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Da8ZhKcNKQ
22:30 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
22:30 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about もちぷる感。（コールダック）
22:30 <Lumindia> tiny duck
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