00:34 <Schism> So, Cepheid, want a free giraffe mount and a manual on how to eat a loaf of bread?
00:34 <Cepheid> Surr.
00:34 <Cepheid> Sure*
00:34 <Schism> Just drop by the FC, I can provide.
00:34 <Schism> Well, from the GC chest, anyway.
00:35 <Schism> Er, FC. Bleh, heh.
00:42 <Cepheid> I just woke up. So yeah.
00:44 * Schism nodnods. "Summon coffee, maximized?"
00:46 * PinkieShy boops the next active pony
00:56 <Cepheid> That and sugar rush. My mother got a large, pre-sliced, 4-different-flavours cheesecake,
00:57 <Cepheid> https://v.redd.it/j8pl4ubh9lx41
00:58 <RichardMist> bye everypony, gotta go *waves*
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00:58 * Ali shakes Schism. "I CAUGHT IT."
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01:01 * Schism watches the Octopus walk off with a family of humans, carefully masquerading as a dad.
01:01 <Ali> Of course
01:01 <Ali> but only Lvl 9 fishing with the irridium rod
01:02 <Ali> Must have gotten a really lazy one
01:02 * Ali threw it into a fish pond.
01:02 <Schism> Cepheid: I've sent you the items. Including a blue parasol.
01:04 <Cepheid> Okay. I'm gonna be on in about 30 minutes. Morning routine and all that. Goal is more story progress. Maybe more Omega.
01:06 * Schism nodnods.
01:06 <Schism> I'm not sure how long I'll be on tonight, but I might be good for at least a few hours. I can power through a 10-hour day on a few hours.
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01:11 <PinkieShy> I want my local walgreens to get the new Gillette double edge razors in stock lol
01:11 <PinkieShy> This is like historical for them to be making them again..
01:13 <PinkieShy> Hopefully Walmart gets the king c gillette in stock.. That would neat :3
01:28 * Schism feels the fuzz on his head. Then the fuzz on the rest of his head. "Yes, perhaps time to shave."
01:31 <Stormspark> I have an electric razor that only has to have the blades changed every year or two
01:32 <PinkieShy> I bought 200 blades last year
01:32 <PinkieShy> I still have a whole box :P
01:32 <Stormspark> that said I can't sleep if I don't shave first
01:32 <Schism> I have one too, but the razor is old, so I need to get a new one. Perhaps next paycheque. Either way, for now I'm good with dragging a bladed edge down my face without a guard.
01:32 <PinkieShy> My guess is 200 is equal to 2 years for me
01:32 <Stormspark> even a slight amount of stubble on my face makes me feel unclean and I can't sleep
01:33 <Stormspark> if was possible to get rid of it permanently I would
01:33 <Stormspark> I even tried nair at one point but sadly it didn't work, didn't do anything
01:37 <Schism> There is, but that kind of thing does require elective surgery.
01:41 <Cepheid> Hum, do I want to take a shower..?
01:41 <Schism> I'm fairly certain it's not entirely permanent, too, though if memory serves it does grow in somewhat less coarse.
01:42 <Cepheid> It is, from what I've heard.
01:42 <Cepheid> I have a few friends who got it. They say that, thus far, it's been permanent.
01:42 <Cepheid> Painful as hell though.
01:43 <Schism> Well... yeah. You're basically taking a laser to the face.
01:43 <Cepheid> Personally I'd get it done to my head, myself.
01:44 <Cepheid> Speaking of, I need to shave that sucker again. Not the time to do it though, as it'd involve a trimmer, a vacuum cleaner, and a 45-minute shower.
01:44 <Schism> Whether or not my gender identity actually stabilizes on one side or the other, it'd be tempting, but there's a difference between getting something just because you want to stop shaving and getting something because it's vital to your mental stability.
01:50 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
01:50 <Cepheid> In this case, it's more just cause I'm lazy and I don't really like the remainder of what head hair I have growing out the way it does.
01:50 <Schism> Yeah, all coarse and bristly. Sheesh.
01:51 <Cepheid> Well, not just that. It's just it looks ridiculous.
01:51 <Schism> Eh. There are lots of beards which look majestic like that. I mean, just look at Rasputin.
01:51 <Schism> Or Alan Moore.
01:51 <Schism> Members of society with excellent sanity levels.
01:52 <Cepheid> No, not the beard.
01:52 <Cepheid> I'm talking about the hair on the top of my head.
01:52 <Cepheid> Or, what used to be there anyway.
01:52 <Schism> Oh, right. Also sensible, that.
01:52 <Cepheid> What remains is just a patch going from the sideburns on one side, around the back of the head, to the sideburns on the other side.
01:52 <Cepheid> Spitfire, why are you marking so much?
01:54 <Schism> Do you mean rubbing his head against stuff?
01:54 <Schism> Or, well, those glands.
01:55 <Cepheid> Yeah.
01:55 <Cepheid> It's constant.
01:55 <Cepheid> He's been going to everything that has some form of "corner" to it, and rubbing his cheeks against it.
01:56 <Cepheid> He's fine, health-wise, so it's nothing like that.
01:56 * Schism nodnods. "Perhaps he's warding off the shadow."
01:56 <Cepheid> He's just been going to everything that has even the remote resemblance of a corner. Chair legs, table legs, actual corners, doors, desks, my bed legs.
01:56 <Schism> Scratching an itch, then?
01:57 <Cepheid> Nah. He's explicitly marking. I know what it looks like.
01:57 <Cepheid> He's got this one spot where he does it more frequently than anywhere else in the house, and he always does it while I'm around.
01:57 <Schism> Mm. Weird.
01:57 <Cepheid> So I know what it looks like.
01:57 <Cepheid> He's also been more vocal as of late.
01:57 <Cepheid> And birbs are causing him to chatter again.
01:58 <Cepheid> I'm suspecting seasonal things.
01:58 <Cepheid> https://gfycat.com/inferiorglamorousjellyfish
01:58 * Cepheid wanders off to take a quick shower. Then game time. Taking longer to wake up than expected. o3o
02:03 * Ali wants to game, but has nobody to play with.
02:06 * PinkieShy hands Ali a ice cream cone with Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate in it.
02:07 * Ali magic's out the strawberry and puts it onto PinkieShy
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03:29 * Schism departs from the instance.
03:40 <Ali> Man you'd think hot lava would be the last place I'd fish up trash
03:40 <Ali> But nah, this lava lake is filled to the brim with soggy newspapers, trash, broken glasses and cd's and somehow intact cans of joja cola
03:41 * Filly_Nightmares lickies Ali
03:42 * Ali hugs Filly_Nightmares tightly and colds on.
03:42 * Filly_Nightmares murrs and pants at Ali from hot
03:43 * Ali is freezing so uses Filly_Nightmares as a warmer
03:47 * Filly_Nightmares suckles on Ali cheekies
03:50 <Schism> Sleep for the sake of sleep. Good night, everyone.
03:51 <Finwe> Morning, everypony!
03:51 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
03:51 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Filly_Nightmares, Mr Schism.
03:51 * Finwe doffs his hat.
03:51 * Schism flops on Finwe and decides to nap.
03:51 * Filly_Nightmares eees and uses Schism as a nest
03:51 * Ali huggles on the Finwe
03:51 * Filly_Nightmares kneads Finwe
03:52 <Schism> Okay, so we have a ponypile. This is fine.
03:52 * Finwe boops Ali with a free Showdown Bandit on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076280/Showdown_Bandit/
03:52 <Ali> Sorry Finwe I don't do horror but thanks for the update
03:54 <Finwe> Ashes of Singularity as well, as Schism pointed out.
03:54 <Finwe> Via Humble Bundle.
03:54 <Finwe> Should not be horror.
03:54 <Schism> Ali: That sounds more like a game where you go about and kill your fellows before they kill you.
03:54 <Finwe> Although it appears to me that you have managed to turn even Factirio into a horror game.
03:55 <Finwe> *Factorio
03:55 * Finwe hides under Schism and Filly_Nightmares.
03:55 <Schism> Less horror, more puppetshow assassination.
03:55 * Filly_Nightmares melt
03:56 * Schism carefully drives a knife into Finwe's back.
03:57 * Schism sighs, also, and needs to sleep. So does.
03:57 * Ali throws hops at Schism. "KEG TIME."
03:59 <Finwe> Cask!
03:59 <Ali> No, those are later in the game
03:59 <Finwe> Dry hopping three days prior to serving.
04:12 * Finwe also boops Ali with a quiz! https://vg-sfx-quiz.herokuapp.com/
04:13 <Finwe> I managed to recognise 5. :/
04:13 <Finwe> Could have been more, had I had the patience to try and test my suspicions.
04:21 <Ali> 18/60
04:21 <ADragonDreaming> JAY-son!
04:22 <Finwe> I only recognised SMB1, but there must be some other Mario games.
04:24 <Ali> In that list no
04:24 <Ali> Well, not classic Mario
04:24 <Ali> There's Yoshi's Story and Mario Kart
04:24 <Ali> But not any other classic game
04:25 <Finwe> Those count as Mario games in my books.
04:25 <Finwe> Also, I think that Sonic is there somewhere.
04:25 <Finwe> My tally was SMB1, StarCraft, WoW, Papers, Please! and HoMM3.
04:27 <ADragonDreaming> ...I think Luigi's voice in 37
04:27 <ADragonDreaming> but I can't figure out which game
04:30 <Finwe> There were also some Street Fighterish and Mortal Kombatish samples, but I cannot really tell which is which.
04:30 <ADragonDreaming> I've managed... 26.
04:30 <Finwe> Wow.
04:32 <ADragonDreaming> 27!
04:32 <ADragonDreaming> I knew I recongized number 8. Just had to be more specific.
04:34 <ADragonDreaming> but, no, I don't think I'm getting any more than that.
04:34 <ADragonDreaming> some of these are from games I haven't played, or can't remember the name of just from the one bit.
04:34 <ADragonDreaming> like number 50, I want to know what game it's from
04:35 <ADragonDreaming> I've heard 58. I know I have. What the devil is it from?
04:35 <Finwe> Could be a Nintendo game.
04:36 <Finwe> Or something completely different.
04:37 <Finwe> Ah, got one more.
04:37 <Finwe> What I suspected to be Street Fighter was actually Street Fighter 2.
04:44 <ADragonDreaming> yeah, some you have to be more specific
04:44 <ADragonDreaming> found a tony hawk sound.
04:45 <ADragonDreaming> The Star Fox one you gotta specify 64
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04:46 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
04:46 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.
04:46 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
04:46 <Finwe> ConfusionRift: Try this: https://vg-sfx-quiz.herokuapp.com/
04:47 <ConfusionRift> Ooookay.
04:47 <Finwe> ADragonDreaming has the lead with around 50% recognised.
04:47 <Finwe> I only managed 10%.
04:48 <ConfusionRift> The worst part is I'm probably gonna recognize it, and not know exactly where it's from.
04:48 <Finwe> I know the feeling.
04:48 <ADragonDreaming> Yeah, I've got a fair few of those
04:49 <ConfusionRift> I'm have backseat gamed many when my cousin was staying with us, and I don't remember most of the titles he played. I just simply watched.
04:54 <ConfusionRift> "Super! Hot!" | Geeeeeeeez, I wonder where it's from.
04:54 <ADragonDreaming> MOOGLES. That's what the sound was. friggin' hell.
04:56 <ConfusionRift> ...dood. That's FFX. Why aren't I getting it? Blarg, Whatever.
04:57 <ConfusionRift> And I know exactly where that sound bit is from. I can even look for it.
04:57 <ADragonDreaming> haha
04:58 <ADragonDreaming> or actually, no. Its HA HA HA HA HA
04:58 <ADragonDreaming> I clicked the spoilers button, and some of these I'm now realizing "oooooh"
04:58 <ADragonDreaming> anyway, that locks me in at 28/60
04:59 <Finwe> Looks like I have to content myself with 6.
04:59 * ConfusionRift knows the answer... but forgot how the title is written.
05:01 <Finwe> #3 was that obvious? :D
05:02 <Finwe> Never played the game, though, so it didn't even cross my mind.
05:03 <ConfusionRift> Well, if you aren't aware of the game, it would make sense to miss it. In SUPERHOT, that sound bit plays every time you start the game or win a level.
05:03 <Finwe> And I think I should earn a point for 7.
05:07 <ADragonDreaming> If you got 7, yeah
05:08 <ADragonDreaming> in another field, there's a death of sound design.
05:08 <ADragonDreaming> JAY-son!
05:09 <Finwe> ADragonDreaming: I tried "Morrowwind" and abandoned the idea when it wasn't accepted.
05:09 <ADragonDreaming> ah
05:09 <Finwe> One w too much.
05:11 <Finwe> A couple more that I should have recognised, and then a whole lot of games that I haven't played or even watched being played.
05:13 <ConfusionRift> No. 49 is killing me! I recognize it so much!
05:15 <ConfusionRift> What the heck?!
05:15 <ConfusionRift> No. 13 is broken.
05:16 <ConfusionRift> If you put the actual name, it will not recognize it. If you put the initials, it immediately changes to that. Odd.
05:17 <ConfusionRift> Okay, I give. I got 39/60.
05:18 * ConfusionRift flops at the results.
05:18 <Finwe> ConfusionRift: For me it seems to accept almost anything from FFX to Final Fantasy 10.
05:18 <ConfusionRift> It didn't work for me. (shrugs)
05:19 <ConfusionRift> I put Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy, and similar. It wasn't till I put FFX when it changed.
05:20 <Finwe> I should have known 34 and probably 25 as well.
05:21 <Finwe> And 47 is deductable.
05:21 <PinkieShy> Yay :D
05:21 <Finwe> Mr PinkieShy.
05:21 * Finwe doffs his hat.
05:21 <PinkieShy> My blanket is all clean and smelling so amazing now :3
05:21 * PinkieShy covers up in the blanket and vanishes in thin air
05:22 <ConfusionRift> But yeah, that was fun. :P
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05:39 * PrincessRainbows boops ConfusionRift with her snoot and hugs
05:40 * ConfusionRift huggles PrincessRainbows. :P
05:41 * PrincessRainbows sits on ConfusionRift, go horsey go!
05:42 * ConfusionRift runs around.
05:43 <PrincessRainbows> Such a good horse
05:44 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
05:45 * Ali squeaks
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05:47 * Ali flops over ADragonDreaming
05:47 <Golden> Can I cast meteor in the planet yet.... Today was so terrible to me
05:48 * PrincessRainbows also boops Ali's horn while making sleepy filly noises
05:49 * Ali magics a blanket over PrincessRainbows and flops over ConfusionRift
05:50 * PrincessRainbows also grabs her pacifier and clutches Ali like a plushie. Nini
05:54 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali.
05:55 * PinkieShy reappears suddenly and looks at Ali
05:56 * Ali is just a meh pony. Starting to feel like she doesn't belong.
05:57 <PinkieShy> You do belong though.. :3
05:58 * Ali just... doesn't know.. She feels sort of...not belongings
06:03 * Finwe patpathugs the Ali.
06:03 <Finwe> We all belong somewhere, and don't belong somewhere else.
06:06 <Ali> Well I just get the feeling that...I'm just kinda useless now
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06:10 * Ali curls up into Finwe
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06:24 <ConfusionRift> Oh... great. A group of people threatening to shoot up the El Paso Walmarts.
06:24 <Ali> Again...
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06:26 * ConfusionRift sighs.
06:26 <ConfusionRift> Like I wasn't anxious enough.
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06:27 * Finwe hugs Ali.
06:32 * Cepheid awakens.
06:32 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.
06:33 * Cepheid should go read that e-mail from his sister. Whoops.
06:35 <Cepheid> Sounds like she's going insane up there.
06:41 * PinkieShy hugs Ali
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06:52 <ConfusionRift> Oh screw it. (jumps to modded Terraria)
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07:06 <Cepheid> Heh.
07:11 <Cepheid> Not doing any coding tonight or tomorrow. That said, my brain is still trying to resolve a problem.
07:11 <Cepheid> And one that I need to resolve.
07:11 <Cepheid> Basically: How do I handle moving an entity up a slope?
07:13 <Cepheid> Down a slope is easy. You don't even use gravity, since if you did, it'd look weird. Basically, when the player isn't jumping, falling, or otherwise airborne in some manner, you simply "drop" them down in place after applying the horizontal movement.
07:14 <Cepheid> There's some weirdness to resolve with that setup, of course, but that just involves doing some trig.
07:14 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, going up a slope? Bit harder.
07:18 <Cepheid> Visual thinking about it suggests that I start by moving the entity horizontally, ignoring intersections with solid objects. If it *DOES* intersect solid objects, I shift it up as far as necessary to resolve the intersection. Following this, I take the new position, subtract the old position, then calculate the angle between the new and old position. If the angle exceeds some constant, then the motion is cancelled. At
07:18 <Cepheid> least, this is one approach.
07:21 <Cepheid> Although now that I think about it more, that wouldn't work either.
07:21 <Finwe> Mr Cepheid.
07:21 * Finwe doffs his hat.
07:21 <Cepheid> Finwe.
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07:32 * Finwe cooks asparagus soup for lunch.
07:36 * Ali sits and bleps
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07:42 <Finwe> Should be about time to sieve the stock the second time.
07:42 * Finwe hurries into kitchen.
07:46 * Ali leans into the Finwe
07:49 <Cepheid> Hum, came up with a solution.
07:57 <Cepheid> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K25i8VX_pHk&feature=emb_title Hey ConfusionRift, check this out.
07:57 <ConfusionRift> Wait... the piggy bank follows?
08:01 <ConfusionRift> Haaaah! "FINISH!" | "AAAaaaaaah-"
08:01 <Cepheid> Wait.
08:01 <Cepheid> He shows the next highest run.
08:01 <Cepheid> Er, next fastest*
08:02 <ConfusionRift> Still love the cannonball finish.
08:02 <Cepheid> Yep.
08:02 <Cepheid> Still, hilarious to beat a glitch run like that.
08:05 * Ali shows off a MERV launcher on the end of a pipe gun. "I MADE A THING."
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08:06 <Cepheid> Heh.
08:06 <Cepheid> Gotta be honest, I'm kinda curious to see how the speedrun community will break my game when it's released.
08:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Episode Rewatch - MLP Season 3 Episodes 1-2 - The Crystal Empire [ http://tinyurl.com/ydcynh5p ]
08:07 <ConfusionRift> Maybe add some easter egg like in Metroid Fusion? :P
08:09 <ConfusionRift> Or like Chrono Trigger.
08:09 <Cepheid> That kind of secret requires knowing about the breaks in the first place.
08:09 <Cepheid> Or, preparing for the potential of a believed-to-be-impossible scenario.
08:10 <Cepheid> An example would be a resolution to an impossible scenario wherein the collision system for, reasons unknown, cannot resolve placing the player, and warping to some default location as a resolution.
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08:15 <Cepheid> I'm almost certain that the message in Metroid Fusion was added after someone demonstrated the whole shinespark bug.
08:16 <Cepheid> The devs watched, then looked at the player, incredulous, and rather than just fix the bug with a map edit, decided to leave it in with a message for players insane enough to do it.
08:16 <Cepheid> And then gave the play-tester a raise.
08:16 <Cepheid> Because finding that kind of bug is madness.
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08:20 * Finwe offers some asparagus soup to Ali.
08:22 * Cepheid decides to make some tomato soup. Worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce, spicy pickling brine, white pepper. And a pickled green bean.
08:23 <ConfusionRift> I don't think it was a bug. It was probably a play tester who got there by REALLY giving it their all. They probably thought maybe someone else would get there in some way, so they left that message there. Funny how after that, you are forced to go in the intended route.
08:27 <Cepheid> Well, okay, not a bug per se, but unintended.
08:27 * ConfusionRift nods.
08:27 <Cepheid> The only way that could have been thought about beforehand is if the designer knew, and, I'm sorry, even with all knowledge of the intricate little mechanics of movement and such, planning something like that is nigh impossible.
08:28 <Cepheid> I know, because I got to it myself. And the task is a herculean effort.
08:28 <Cepheid> The timing has to be nearly exact.
08:31 <ConfusionRift> Eeeerm... how do I continue from here? Seems I'm stuck. | "Hmm, let's see... wait... HOW DID YOU GET HERE?!" | (shrugs) I shinespark'ed here. | (scratches his head) "You know? If you pulled it off, someone else probably could. Let's put a little thing here. Them speedrunners are gonna get up here no sweat."
08:31 <Cepheid> That's what I'm thinking happened.
08:34 <Cepheid> From my own observations of it, it originated as a bug with the speed booster combined with the screw attack.
08:34 <Cepheid> Under certain situations, the speed boost could be retained indefinitely.
08:35 <Cepheid> Along with how the shinespark interacted with slopes.
08:35 <ConfusionRift> So it was a bug. Still, not something someone would figure out.
08:35 <Cepheid> More specifically with the slopes.
08:36 <Cepheid> It seems that, upon hitting a slope with the shinespark, the timer for how long the speed boost remains after stopping is reset.
08:36 <Cepheid> Because the official behaviour is that when you hit a slope, you continue running.
08:36 <Cepheid> At full boost speed.
08:37 <Cepheid> But on top of that, it seems the screw attack allows for keeping the effect for an extended duration as well.
08:38 <Cepheid> Actually, no. It's purely with the slopes and only the slopes.
08:38 <Cepheid> Reviewing footage of it now.
08:38 <Cepheid> It's specifically hitting the slopes with a shinespark. It resets the timer on the speed booster wearing off.
08:40 <Cepheid> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI8FksvRyaM
08:41 <Cepheid> I'm sorry, but there's no way that was planned.
08:42 <Cepheid> Once it was found, the devs likely decided to just add the message, and set a flag to stop the player from progressing past the comms room.
08:42 <ConfusionRift> Remember that this is a cartridge-based game. This was found either during testing, or really early after release.
08:42 <ConfusionRift> But yeah, that is definitely a bug.
08:43 <Cepheid> It would have had to be during testing for the message to make it in.
08:43 <Cepheid> Because as far as I know, it was in the first run release of the game, too.
08:43 * ConfusionRift nods.
08:44 <Cepheid> The other reason why I'm inclined to think that it was originally a bug is that adding something like that in with forethought increases the risk of sequence breaking, and Metroid wasn't really designed with that in mind.
08:44 <Cepheid> As made apparent by certain sequence breaks that can prevent you from finishing the game outright because of doors that are locked during certain game states.
08:45 <Cepheid> And yes, I triggered those as well.
08:45 <Cepheid> I remembered fighting that one gravity-affecting boss without the Gravity Suit.
08:45 <ConfusionRift> Which is odd, because all sectors are linked together. It is possible to run through every sector before the final lockdown, and clear all the items. It's hard and not easy to find each entrance, but they're there.
08:45 <Cepheid> Right, The Nightmare.
08:46 <ConfusionRift> Oh yeah, that's doable... a PAIN, but doable.
08:46 <Cepheid> Games work by setting flags as you progress through the game. These flags indicate what stage of the game you're in. Metroid's no different, in most cases.
08:46 <Cepheid> These flags are commonly used to lock out certain areas, to ensure progression towards a specific goal.
08:47 <Cepheid> This is usually done by simply de-activating activatable objects, locking doors, etc.
08:47 <Cepheid> Problem is, the Metroid series seemed to have a thing for locking a doorway in BOTH DIRECTIONS when locking the door.
08:48 <Cepheid> So if you managed to find a path that allowed you to get to the other side of the door, you'd find it locked.
08:48 <Cepheid> Problem is, sometimes that door is the only way out from your current position.
08:49 <Cepheid> Metroidvania games are hard to design, from the sounds of things. You can have a sprawling maze with looping connections, but the problem is that, officially there is only one correct path through that maze.
08:50 <Cepheid> Any other paths found may just either be oversights, or intentional for the purposes of spicing things up a bit instead of doing a linear path.
08:50 <Cepheid> Or, in extreme cases, outright unintended.
08:51 <Cepheid> The problem is, the more loops and extra paths there are, the greater the likelihood that there is an alternative way to get around.
08:52 <Cepheid> Which implies from the get-go, the best way to avoid the issue, if you absolutely do not want sequence breaking, is to design the linear path first, and then add branches afterwards. Or don't add branches at all.
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08:59 * ConfusionRift sees a boulder trap with no top, basically just there. "Um... okay." Removes boulder.
08:59 <Cepheid> Heh.
08:59 <Cepheid> Gotta love that map gen.
09:01 <Cepheid> As for my solution for my problem earlier. Basically, current collision detection moves entities around one pixel at a time towards their intended new location based on their position, velocity, and step size. It checks for collisions each pixel, and does some funky magic if a collision occurs.
09:03 <Cepheid> All I have to do is, after moving horizontally, if a collision occurs, check what the collision was with. If it's an upward-sloping tile, just shift the player up one pixel then test again, and resume the motion. OF course this introduces other problems, but those can be resolved with a bit of effort.
09:04 <Finwe> Got to run See you later!
09:04 <Cepheid> Take care Finwe.
09:04 * Cepheid goes off to do a quick set of chores before laying back down, himself.
09:09 <Cepheid> In the future, cats, please ensure that you've gotten all of your black gold into the litterbox before leaving it, please.
09:11 <Cepheid> Okay, all that spiciness I consumed is hurting my stomach a tad.
09:39 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/mofnekoclub/status/1258968468294004738
09:40 <Cepheid> This is adorable.
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09:50 <Cepheid> For the record the text on the rolls reads "Corona"
09:51 <ConfusionRift> The faces of cats that have no idea what's going on. :P
09:58 <Cepheid> Yep.
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10:00 <Cepheid> Truth told, for pets, these are weird times. Why are their hoomans not going out anymore?
10:02 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/Kawaiipettv/status/1257642107268808704?s=19
10:08 <ConfusionRift> There are comics about that. Can't find any though.
10:10 <ConfusionRift> "Why is he here? Why is he STILL here?! WHEN IS HE LEAVING?! I need my space!"
10:32 * Schism awakens to snow.
10:33 <Schism> What the hell, Canada?
10:35 <Cepheid> Not the first time I've seen snow in May.
10:37 * PrincessRainbows looks up at ConfusionRift with teary eyes and flailyhooves
10:38 * ConfusionRift should point out it's getting cold in here as well.
10:39 * ConfusionRift grabbies and pets PrincessRainbows.
10:40 <Cepheid> I'm gonna regret this, but I'm gonna try to stay up late today.
10:40 * PrincessRainbows is sad little filly
10:43 * PrincessRainbows hugs ConfusionRift and whimpers
10:45 <Schism> So I don't suppose anyone here is looking for a free copy of HackNet.
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10:46 <ConfusionRift> Already have it. :P
10:47 <Cepheid> Not my kind of game.
10:48 <Schism> Oh well, alright. Psychonauts? (Not that everyone and their grandmother doesn't already own it.)
10:50 <ConfusionRift> Have it.
10:50 <ConfusionRift> Haven't finished it, due to some problem I had, on top of that... final area.
10:50 <Schism> Ah, the Meat Circus, yes.
10:50 <Schism> I take it you've long since had a copy of Hollow Knight, too.
10:51 <ConfusionRift> Right at the final bosses doorstep as well. :P
10:51 <Cepheid> Spitfire.
10:51 <Cepheid> Why are you purring as you do this?
10:52 <Schism> Because he wuvs you.
10:52 <Cepheid> It's clear you're upset with me. I know purring is primarily done when cats are happy or terrified. But this? This is neither.
10:53 <Cepheid> https://youtu.be/64q1ptml0Bo He is basically doing this again. And purring all the while.
10:54 <Cepheid> He seems confused.
10:54 * PrincessRainbows just curls up under ConfusionRift and goes sleepy
10:55 <Cepheid> Stopped because movement upstairs. Bleh. My arm is covered in slightly bleeding puncture marks.
10:56 * Cepheid goes to grab his phone so he can get a more recent video. Without him talking to the cat.
10:56 <Schism> Nom arm.
10:56 <ConfusionRift> Was he... hmmm, no idea. Cats are weird.
10:56 <Schism> Especially voidcats.
10:57 <Schism> "My," I say to myself. "All these SIERRA games look rather tempt--" And then I see "King's Quest 1 - Season Pack" and my mood evaporates.
10:58 <Cepheid> He does it specifically when I am sitting that way at the table, with a tablet in front of me, and my hand up against or tapping the tablet. He does it with my laptop as well.
10:58 <Schism> Try and scoop him up and hold him, and he'll dart off.
10:58 <Cepheid> He will also do it if I am sitting in certain spots with my laptop on me. Such as my mother's chair.
10:59 <Cepheid> Yes, but his reaction to movement is actually weirder than just that.
11:00 <Cepheid> If I move my arm in an attempt to pet him, he arches his back, starts meowing in a frustrated tone, and backs away, like I did something wrong.
11:00 <Cepheid> Put the arm back, he just repeats the process. Even if my hand doesn't go back to the tablet.
11:01 <Schism> Hah, taking away his favourite toy.
11:01 <Cepheid> Most of the time he just kneads with the front paws. But other times, it progresses into a weird desire to get all four paws on my arm.
11:01 <Cepheid> Problem is, he uses his claws to do all this.
11:01 <Cepheid> So my arm looks like it has a bunch of needle puncture marks.
11:01 <Cepheid> Or scars from remnants of such.
11:02 <Cepheid> It is the weirdest behavior. I've never seen another cat do it.
11:02 <Schism> Most peculiar, yes...
11:03 <Schism> Hm. Grim Dawn's expansions are on 25% off on Humble.
11:03 <Cepheid> He used to also bite down on my wrist.
11:03 <Schism> Especially painful, that. @_@
11:03 <Cepheid> And hard, too. Not enough to puncture, but enough to cause a lot of pain.
11:04 <Cepheid> Only ever does it to the right arm, too. Left arm is never touched.
11:05 <Schism> Wonder why. o.o
11:07 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/S20_TBL/status/1258929715672256512?s=19
11:11 <ConfusionRift> Doom Modding... just as chaotic as ever... in some other ways than some. :P
11:12 <Cepheid> https://gfycat.com/sameoddballbutterfly
11:13 <Cepheid> Yep.
11:14 <Cepheid> Made worse by the fact that GZDoom has an entire programming language dedicated to modding the game in a textual and non-binary way, like DeHackED did.
11:14 <Cepheid> https://youtu.be/1FbDt72g9BM I know the person who made this mod and its followup.
11:15 <Cepheid> Seizure warning.
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11:16 * ConfusionRift is aware of this madness of a "mod". :P
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11:19 <Cepheid> I posted it mostly for Schism to witness.
11:19 <ConfusionRift> What kills me is that some have figured out how to work with actual 3D models and rendering with the game's engine.
11:21 <Cepheid> That works mostly via replacing the existing rendering engine with one that supports true 3D.
11:21 <Cepheid> That's really all there is to it.
11:22 <Cepheid> At first it was a tad spotty because replacing the software engine with a 3D API like D3D or OpenGL introduced inconsistencies in the graphics.
11:24 <Schism> I... think I've seen that one, Cepheid. XD;
11:25 <RazorSharpFang> Doing IT support is really stressful sometimes.
11:25 <Schism> RSF: Our W@H VPN shut down at random yesterday, repeatedly. o3o That was fun.
11:25 <RazorSharpFang> W@H?
11:25 <Cepheid> Biggest problems being inability to replicate the fuzz effect for invisibility and Spectres, the 3D APIs tending to use bilinear or trilinear filtering on textures, making them blurry, and incorrect colouring of distant walls and floors due to not being able to replicate the original rendering effects of the original engine.
11:25 <Schism> Work at Home.
11:26 <RazorSharpFang> Ah yes.
11:26 <RazorSharpFang> We use this weird L2TP with a pre-shared key.
11:26 <Cepheid> However, advances in shader tech have allowed for the fuzz effect to be re-implemented.
11:26 <Schism> Mmm. We use CISCO's VPN stuff.
11:26 <Cepheid> And the colouring effect is also restored with shaders.
11:26 <RazorSharpFang> Schism, we use a Cisco Meraki too
11:26 <Cepheid> As for the filtering, you can just turn it off.
11:27 <Schism> Key seed is stored on computer, program creates password once a minute, we just add the password to our own personal one.
11:27 <Cepheid> The other big issue was the need to do something called "node building" for 3D APIs.
11:29 <Cepheid> Funny thing, though?
11:29 <Schism> Cepheid: What people are doing with the DOOM engine terrifies me.
11:29 <Cepheid> Even after "correcting" all the common visual problems, engines that use 3D APIs may not render the game correctly.
11:29 <Schism> Also, hmm?
11:29 <Schism> Hah.
11:29 <Cepheid> If you want a 100% accurate implementation of the original DOOM API, you have to implement it's rendering system.
11:29 <Cepheid> Er, DOOM engine*
11:30 <Cepheid> See, the problem is that the original engine has bugs that are by default "fixed" when transitioning to a true 3D API.
11:30 <Cepheid> Some of these bugs were used in mods to achieve certain effects.
11:30 <RazorSharpFang> Sounds like excel still having an old bug for backwards compatibility
11:31 <Cepheid> As a result, when these mods are used on engines that do not reproduce the software renderer faithfully, bugs crop up.
11:31 <Cepheid> Most well-known being the Hall of Mirrors effect.
11:31 <Cepheid> Or the Slime Trail.
11:32 <Schism> Mmm, HoM. The trademark of a newbie modder -- or any modder, really. Or a map designer. Looking at you, Tom Hall and Sandy Petersen.
11:32 <Cepheid> Heh.
11:33 <Schism> Romero and Petersen worked well as a team, though. Romero did the aesthetics, Petersen did the 'oh god why did you do this STAHP' bit.
11:33 <Cepheid> Whether the software engine can be accelerated by a 3D API, I don't know.
11:34 <Cepheid> I'm inclined to say "It can't."
11:35 <Cepheid> Because 3D APIs operate not with pixels, but points, lines, and polygons.
11:35 <Cepheid> The closest you can get to doing pixel-based stuff is through shaders.
11:36 <Cepheid> And what you can do with that is limited, due to the fact that a pixel shader is invoked on a single pixel, and has no write access on the pixels around it, and no way to communicate with other pixel shader invocations working in parallel(Though this might have changed in recent versions of APIs.)
11:36 <Schism> Did you know that the name of the Doomguy is in fact B.J. Blazkowicz the 3rd?
11:36 <Cepheid> It's implied, but never directly stated as far as I know.
11:36 <Schism> Evidently it's canon, according to Romero and Hall.
11:37 <Cepheid> The official designation for DoomWiki is "Doomguy" because that is what's used in the subtitles for DOOM Eternal.
11:37 <Cepheid> As in, when he utters the only line in the entire game. "Rip... and... tear!"
11:37 <Schism> https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/01/id-software-co-founders-confirm-that-its-biggest-games-heroes-are-all-related/
11:37 <Cepheid> Heh.
11:38 <Cepheid> https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom%27s_protagonist Heavy spoilers.
11:39 <Cepheid> Basically, while word of god says one thing, the generally accepted understanding is that he is unnamed.
11:40 <Cepheid> As it creates a better connection between the player and the character.
11:41 <Schism> Fair enough. I just like to think of the protagonists as a family going out there and eliminating evil with two barrels and a smile.
11:42 <Cepheid> Well, given the complexity of the storylines overall, it's not impossible.
11:42 <Cepheid> Given that there seems to be "connections" between the different protaganists, despite all of them happening to go through events at what appears to be roughly the same timeline, to some degree.
11:43 <Cepheid> You have DOOM 1, which takes place on Phobos and Deimos. DOOM 2 on Earth. DOOM 3 took place on Mars because of the unrealistic nature of a base on Phobos and Deimos. But the timeline doesn't seem to match up with DOOM 1 or DOOM 2, so it's likely simply a different timeline in which the UAC just ****ed up.
11:44 <Cepheid> Then there's DOOM 4(Or DOOM 2016), and DOOM Eternal, which 'cause of ConfusionRift over there, I won't comment on.
11:44 <Cepheid> Sufficed to say though, they're an interesting case.
11:44 <Cepheid> If you want me to explain, poke me in a private message window.
11:45 <ConfusionRift> Actually, you can talk about it if you want. Have to crash for work. (sighs) The ol' grind again. Anyways, laters!
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11:45 <Cepheid> Ah.
11:45 <Cepheid> Still, others here might want to play them, so..
11:46 <Cepheid> I need graph paper.
11:48 * Cepheid prints some up.
11:50 <Cepheid> Hum. This is an interesting little problem.
11:51 <Cepheid> I need a dictionary and a thesaurus, first off, to figure out a working term.
11:52 <Cepheid> I need a word that describes something that is not touching the ground. The intended need is to indicate the state of an entity that may be rising or falling under the effects of an applied force, but is not touching the ground.
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11:52 <Cepheid> "Falling" isn't good enough, because an entity could have jumped, and thus would be "Rising" until the apex, and only then would they be "Falling"
11:53 <Cepheid> I guess I could just use the term "Touching Ground"
11:53 <Natani> Holy crap.. I didn't think this irc would still be running, been like 3 years since I been here
11:54 <Cepheid> It'll stay running for as long as it's viable, which could be years to come.
11:57 * Cepheid puts on eScape.
12:00 <Natani> True true
12:02 * Filly_Nightmares curls up on Natani and uses Cepheid as a blankie and goes sleepies on
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12:04 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/LuminousOcean/status/1259091731276083200
12:10 * Cepheid analyzes the vertical movement scenario carefully.
12:11 <Cepheid> Let's assume the player starts on a flat surface. As a result, they are touching the ground, and have no special situations to handle.
12:11 <Cepheid> The player chooses to move left or right. There are four cases I can think of that would occur.
12:12 <Cepheid> 1) The player encounters no change in elevation. This is the simplest case. 2) The player encounters an upward slope. 3) The player encounters a downward slope. 4) The player walks off the edge of a platform.
12:13 <Cepheid> Case 1 is trivial.
12:14 <Cepheid> Cases 2 and 3 are tricky. Case 4 is sort of trivial.
12:14 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
12:15 * Schism doffs his cup of tea with a stroopwafel atop.
12:15 <Cepheid> Case 4 happens when there are simply no tiles directly beneath the player. During movement, if this case is detected, stop updating player's position and change their state to "not touching ground" and also force them to start falling.
12:15 <Cepheid> It's the slopes that present the greatest problem.
12:16 <Cepheid> For downward slopes, simply do the same test that checks for no tiles beneath the player. If there are tiles, but the player does not collide with them, and is defined as "touching the ground", we should assume it is a downwards slope.
12:16 <Cepheid> And thus, drop the player.
12:16 <Cepheid> For upwards slopes, it gets more complicated.
12:17 <Cepheid> See, dropping things is easy. There's no need to check if the player can actually fall.
12:17 <Cepheid> Or how far they can fall.
12:18 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, upwards slopes?
12:20 <Cepheid> It's a bit more complicated. Like, let me write out the full algorithm step-by-step.
12:20 * Cepheid will post to pastebin.
12:26 <Cepheid> https://pastebin.com/ALby64QN It's something like this.
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12:35 * Cepheid thinks.
12:35 * Cepheid thinks so hard his head starts giving off steam.
12:36 <Schism> Oh gods.
12:37 <Schism> Beaches opened up in one state. So what's everyone do? Pack the family up and drive their cars (with out-of-state license plates, the equivalent of freaking leafers) riiiight over to cram the beaches full of folks who are going to get sick now for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AT ALL
12:37 <Cepheid> ...
12:40 <Schism> Meanwhile, essential Sikh workers have taken the unprecedented step of shaving their beards in order to be able to wear masks and keep people safe.
12:41 <Schism> Note that while I'm not faithful in the slightest, at least religiously, I have quite high respect for the Sikhi faith.
12:43 <Cepheid> Same.
12:43 <Cepheid> My experiences and understanding of it tells me that they are honorable and trustworthy people.
12:44 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/gg80yb/my_heart_just_melted_hold_up/
12:45 * Cepheid decides to stop using the word "collision" with respect to what he is doing, as the definition of "collision" is... Troublesome. It is more accurate to reflect states of being by using the words "touching" or "intersecting". That is, "Is object A touching object B" is distinct from "Is object A intersecting object B" and describes what exactly is happening.
12:47 <Schism> HAAAAAH. Cepheid, a lot of redacted documents issued by the state of Florida with regards to COVID-19 cases were sent in PDF form. I'll give you exactly one guess as to how they redacted them.
12:48 <Lumindia_> background and foreground same color?
12:48 <Cepheid> Not at all?
12:48 <Schism> Lumindia: You win a cookie. Alternately, they overlaid black labels on the 'redacted' text, leaving it open to being copied and pasted.
12:48 <Cepheid> ...
12:49 <Cepheid> Oh my gods.
12:49 * Lumindia_ noms cookie! :D
12:49 <Cepheid> That's a headline that makes me raise an eyebrow.
12:50 <Cepheid> "Trump goes without mask around WWII Vets, says they're too 'pure' to catch COVID-19."
12:50 <Lumindia_> .....
12:50 <Schism> From now on, someone should just follow him around with a cart of Big Macs and insert one whenever he opens his gob.
12:50 <Lumindia_> HAH
12:51 <Schism> Okay, I need to prep for work. Back in... too many hours.
13:05 <Cepheid> At 1 pixel of vertical motion per horizontal motion, an entity can climb a 45-degree angle slope. At 2 pixels, 63.3449-degree slope. At 3, 71.5650-degree slope, and so on, and so on. Seems the function for the maximum angle of incline per number of pixels moved is arctan(d) * (180 / PI), where d is the number of pixels. The upper limit is infinity, which represents a 90-degree incline.
13:37 <Cepheid> ... Why am I even thinking too hard about how to determine if the slope is possible for an entity to climb? Just attach a flag to the bounding tile that indicates what it's slope is. If the slope is too great, the entity simply cannot climb it.
13:39 <Cepheid> Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is free on Humble Bundle.
13:45 <Cepheid> Huh. Bloodstained got an update. And it seems to have been worth the wait. It includes a randomizer mode.
13:50 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/makotofalcon/status/1258983671941365760 Motion capturing cats.
13:57 * Starlight_Glimmer inserts Schism into a burger bun
14:03 <Schism> Yay. One break, and then FOUR HOURS BEFORE MY LUNCH WHEEEEE gods alive kill me.
14:05 <Starlight_Glimmer> Would you like me to do it now? :3
14:07 <Schism> Nah, too much money to earn. *blurg*
14:12 * Cepheid notes down lots of details for the problem he is trying to resolve. Saves document. Closes laptop, opens tablet, reads SCP Wiki.
14:13 <Schism> You should read the rest of the Gamers Against Weed stories. They's good. Pathos, comedy, and stoners.
14:14 <Schism> And some of the most genuinely unthreatening SCPs on the entire site.
14:15 <Schism> Hum. Turns out astroturf can carry the virus. https://www.channel3000.com/72-got-covid-19-after-being-at-large-event/
14:15 <Schism> Okay, it's back to work for me.
14:21 <Cepheid> https://i.redd.it/s49ol84m1nx41.png
14:21 <Starlight_Glimmer> (Also credits to you if you realized where I took that question from)
14:29 <Cepheid> https://v.redd.it/lgsu9w1uyfx41
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14:42 <RichardMist> Cepheid is that you?
14:43 <Cepheid> Hmm? No.
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14:48 <RichardMist> Cepheid I mean you in the morning
14:52 <Cepheid> What, the drawing? Or something erlse?
14:54 <RichardMist> the link that which you showed
14:55 <Cepheid> Nope. Not me.
14:55 <RichardMist> (https://v.redd.it/lgsu9w1uyfx41)
14:57 <Cepheid> Not me in the morning, no. I don't fall asleep sitting up or anything.
14:57 <RichardMist> ...
14:58 <RichardMist> okay
15:01 <Cepheid> https://youtu.be/64q1ptml0Bo This however, is me. With my cat.
15:05 <ADragonDreaming> silly cat.
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15:18 <Cepheid> He's a weird one, yeah.
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16:45 <Lumindia_> https://twitter.com/Sazorak/status/596902697841795072
16:45 <Lumindia_> happy Piccolo day, y'all
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17:20 <RichardMist> Cepheid very nice
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18:10 <Schism> It's a winter freakin' wonderland.
18:11 * Schism boops Ali with a giant pink ghost comprised of many smaller ghosts.
18:11 * Ali gets out the vaccum cleaner
18:11 * Schism blinks. "What, not the power pellet?"
18:12 <Ali> Wasn't thinking Pac Man :P
18:13 * Schism nods, and peers at Championship Edition 2. "Well, it's different..."
18:14 <Ali> Well it was free..
18:14 <Ali> Other than that, the controls for me were too loose
18:14 <Schism> They are kinda like that, yeah. And free is good.
18:14 <Ali> Missed a lot of turns cause the controls didn't respond
18:15 <Schism> But aye. That's kinda why I prefer keyboard.
18:16 <Ali> So Schism there's a lot of sense that doesn't make that in Stardew Valley when fishing for a Lava Eel
18:17 <Ali> 95% of the stuff you catch is trash
18:17 <Ali> which you know, shouldn't EXIST in lava
18:17 * Schism fishes in lava for various fish in FFXIV, too. "Sadly, none of those fish can be put in regular tanks."
18:17 <Ali> yes but do you catch soggy newspapers?
18:17 <Ali> I mean, that doesn't even make sense!
18:17 <Schism> Nnnnot so much, no.
18:17 <Schism> Here, have a can of boiling-hot Joja Cola.
18:17 <Ali> How can it be soggy? It should be burnt to a crisp
18:18 <Ali> That too
18:18 <Ali> It should've exploded by now, but nah, SAFE TO DRINK
18:18 <Schism> Refreshing, too!
18:18 <Ali> *glug glug* +13 Energy
18:19 <Ali> Though I do wonder
18:19 <Ali> Why would you make a fishing mini game that's not too bad
18:19 <Ali> And then ruin it with three or four fish that are almost impossible to catch due to them diving up and down instantly and you can't react fast enough before they're gone.
18:20 <Schism> Well... that's why you have various different baits, and why the fishing bar grows enormously as you level.
18:20 <Ali> Like you have to get lucky to get it on the line AND lucky to get a lazy one
18:20 <Ali> Schism, even with a bar 1/3 of the meter
18:20 <Ali> I struggled to catch the octopus
18:21 <Schism> This is also why the game doesn't save until the end of the day, so that you can savescum those lovely thunderstorms.
18:21 <Ali> Hint about thunderstorms
18:21 <Schism> Not that you or I would ever do such a thing.
18:21 <Ali> Once the day data is created
18:21 <Ali> The thunder/lightning always strikes at the same time each reset of the day.
18:22 <Schism> Helpful...ish. Same plant, too?
18:22 <Ali> Well I didn't test it more than once
18:22 <Ali> but it hit the same hop plant twice
18:22 <Schism> Probly then. Hmm.
18:22 <Ali> The only thing that can change that data is the lightning rod
18:22 <Ali> Which of course I couldn't craft
18:23 <Ali> And summer was like 8 days of thunderstorms T.T
18:23 <Schism> Guess Pelican Village is down in Texas this time.
18:23 <Ali> Game knew I was tramatized by them recently so it decided to spawn more in.
18:23 <Ali> Well at least SV doesn't have hurricanes like Harvest Moon did
18:24 <Ali> Cause the game refuses to let you outside
18:24 <Schism> I'm sure some modders have already created something like that, but yes, that would be pointless.
18:24 <Ali> And throws down brand new rocks stumps and debris all over your fiend, even on top of your crops
18:24 <Schism> Yea, but you get that every season/year.
18:24 <Ali> I forgot the comma's
18:24 <Ali> But what this did worse
18:24 <Ali> Was you couldn't take care of your animals
18:25 <Ali> So say you went three days of bad luck getting that event back to back
18:25 <Ali> RIP animals
18:25 <Ali> Cause they didn't have an auto feeder in the game
18:26 <Schism> Yeeeek.
18:26 <Schism> At least animals never die in SV. They might get a bit unhappy, but they won't -die.-
18:26 <Schism> Now, for today's (or yesterday's) silly news: Queen guitarist Brian May has reported to the hospital after injuring his buttocks in a moment of, as he puts it, "over-enthusiastic gardening".
18:26 * Ali flops off to the world of Joja as she got the greenhouse by the end of summer
18:26 <Ali> Wut
18:28 <Schism> He refuses to share the details, probably because it's funnier that way.
18:30 <Ali> Least you're people aren't going stir crazy yet.
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18:34 <Schism> Well, not as such. Already crazy, tho.
18:35 * PrincessRainbows makes upset filly noises and hugs Ali really tight
18:35 * Ali huggles PrincessRainbows into Schism
18:36 * PrincessRainbows still clutches Ali like a plushie
18:36 * Schism squirks. And provides PrincessRainbows with a chicken sandwich.
18:38 <Ali> Why is clay so common in artifact spots...
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18:41 <Schism> At least clay is useful! Ish.
18:46 * Schism sets up a bunch of furnaces in Ali's shed to make bricks.
18:47 <Ali> This isn't minecraft
18:47 <Schism> Oh right. >> Well, it's still useful for brick floors, upon which to place sprinklers.
18:48 <Schism> If you place sprinklers atop something, you won't dig them up by mistake when you till.
18:49 <Ali> I am making a lot of basic sprinklers
18:49 <Ali> Too bad I can't get to Krobus yet, that's a free irridium one every week
18:49 <Schism> Because 10,000g is free.
18:51 <Ali> It is when you have endless blueberries and cranberries
18:51 <Ali> And then you just need to get to the desert
18:51 <Schism> But, welp, guess you'd better go mining some more and dig up those lovely, lovely artifacts and minerals!
18:51 <Ali> and then its STARFRUIT abuse
18:51 <Schism> And ancient fruit. o3o
18:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> Finwe: https://twitter.com/emmabostian/status/1258875121244213250?s=12
18:51 <Ali> I've got the greenhouse, and ancient fruit, god good luck finding the ancient seed
18:54 <Ali> Its tied I think with the prismatic shard Schism
18:54 <Schism> I dunno, I think you can get it in geodes pretty readily.
18:55 <Schism> And you can definitely get them from the Traveling Cart with... a 1.26% chance.
18:57 * Schism attempts to give wallpaper to the villagers as gifts, but the game no longer reads them as prismatic shards. He grumps, and just continues giving purple things to Abigail.
18:58 <Ali> Or just rocks~
19:01 <Schism> Well, she does like quartz.
19:02 <Schism> Abigail will also go mad for pumpkins. o3o
19:05 <Schism> Ali: You can also foist off all your copper bars on Clint.
19:05 <Ali> But I barely have any! I haven't been to the mines much right now and just burnt out my supply of iron and gold
19:05 <Ali> I'm upgrading the pickaxe now to iron so I'm not totally hosed by slow mining
19:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Vinyl & Tavi Music: Chasing Dawn - One [House] [ http://tinyurl.com/ya55z3my ]
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19:26 <Ali> Clint, how do you expect me to get you 30 copper ores when you have my pick you dumb idiot
19:26 * Ali flops over Schism
19:43 * RichardMist *waves to Ali PrincessRainbows Schism*
19:43 <RichardMist> nice to meet you all again!
19:44 * Ali wavies with a yawn
19:47 <RichardMist> oh sleepyhead you need a sleep
19:47 <RichardMist> very bad for health if you don't sleep soo much
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19:52 * PrincessRainbows flops and waves at the RichardMist
19:59 * RichardMist *gives PrincessRainbows muffin*
20:04 <Natani> Holy crap, Ali I haven't seen you in like years how are you?
20:05 <Ali> Ok, but I don't reconize that nick
20:05 <Natani> Gigabitpony, although I don't use the handle anymore :D
20:06 <Ali> Cause pony is over I bet :P
20:06 <Ali> But yeah, place still exists, just a ton quieter and not as much pony talk
20:06 <Natani> My programming course was talking about old chat technologies like IRC and stuff and I remembered this place and figured I would swing in
20:07 <Natani> Ah gotcha! I noticed way less people
20:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3337 [ http://tinyurl.com/y9qxg2et ]
20:07 <Ali> yeah didn't help that Seth opened a Discord and well
20:07 <Ali> But I wouldn't go there, I've been told moderation is crap and meme heavy
20:08 <Natani> Ya I can imagine, I left a few discord servers myself
20:09 <Natani> Because if poor moderation
20:11 <Ali> Tis the drawback when you don't bring over the IRC mods to take care of things and leave it in the hands of people who've never modded before
20:11 <RichardMist> hoii Natani nice to meet you!
20:11 <RichardMist> */me waves to Natani*
20:12 * PrincessRainbows noms and licks RichardMist till he's dripping
20:13 <RichardMist> ooh, you are soo adorable
20:14 * RichardMist *hugs PrincessRainbows*
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20:20 <Natani> Hey, using a alpha release irc client for android and it crashed lol
20:20 <Ali> Snerk
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20:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> I love how we still have the spoiler thingy in the topic.
20:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> Pretty optimistic
20:45 * RichardMist *waves to Starlight_Glimmer*
20:46 * Starlight_Glimmer sits on RichardMist
20:46 * RichardMist *loses balance and falls*
20:47 <Schism> Ali: This is why you always keep a few copper, iron, etc. ores in your chests!
20:48 <RichardMist> I don't expect that
20:48 <RichardMist> hey Starlight_Glimmer how are ya today?
20:49 <Starlight_Glimmer> meh
20:49 <Schism> Ali: If you drop the copper ore then pick it up, then that will count as collecting it. o3o
20:49 <Ali> What spoilers?
20:49 <Schism> Poni spoilers.
20:49 <Starlight_Glimmer> "All seasons are allowed for discussion"
20:50 <Ali> I only see all seasons are allowed
20:50 <Ali> That's still not a spoiler
20:50 * Ali flailyhooves
20:50 <Starlight_Glimmer> Well it kinda implies that there might be a time where that isn't the case
20:50 * Ali also flails at Schism to play SV with sometime
20:50 <Ali> Well who knows if Pony Life or Gen 5 is good
20:50 <RichardMist> Schism that demends on how you pink it up
20:50 <Schism> Alas! Am currently on my last break of the day, followed by two more hours in the salt mines.
20:51 <Ali> Then again, Pony Life seems to be in a wierd limbo
20:51 <Ali> You didn't say you were at work Schism :P
20:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> I doubt I'll enjoy it to be honest
20:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> I didn't like the old stuff either
20:51 <RichardMist> I like sometimes
20:51 <Ali> What do you mean you don't like Gen 3.5!
20:51 <RichardMist> that depents on which of old stuff it is
20:52 <Ali> Or this
20:52 <Ali> !shoo
20:52 * DerpyBot sways from side to side, quietly humming "shoo be doo shoo shoo be doo"
20:53 <Starlight_Glimmer> I don't like brushables either, in case you're into those
20:55 * Ali hides all her brushable ponies
20:56 * Starlight_Glimmer preheats the incinerator
20:56 <Starlight_Glimmer> I do have that excellent figure of GlimGlam and Trixie on the rocket though, as well as a couple of other figures and 3 plushies
20:58 <Starlight_Glimmer> I ordered a pillow as well, but them useless Brits - Royal Mail to tbe more specific - lost it.
20:58 <Ali> Pft
20:58 <Ali> I just wish I could've gotten the Luna and Celestia Funko figures, but they're too much money
20:59 <Starlight_Glimmer> I Flutters, Daring Do and Rainbow Crash I believe
20:59 <Starlight_Glimmer> ... have ...*
21:00 <Ali> I have Twi, AJ, Discord, Uhh. More than I can really count
21:00 <Ali> I also have a Hikari Rainbow Dash
21:00 <Starlight_Glimmer> Is that the dark one?
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21:05 <Ali> No, an early Japaneese one
21:05 <Ali> Only 700 figures exist
21:06 <Starlight_Glimmer> To be fair to the Brits though: I import a lot of stuff from the U.K. and that's about the only thing that got lost. I just don't get how tracking numbers are a premium option. I think our mail service might have spoiled me.
21:07 <Starlight_Glimmer> I mean if you sold that you might be able to afford a Luna! And everypony wants a Luna, right? RIGHT!
21:07 * Starlight_Glimmer snuggles Ali
21:07 <Ali> Apperenly the Luna is not available, but last I saw she was over 100 bucks
21:08 <Ali> And the RD, though this one says limited to 1k is only worth 30 bucks
21:08 <Ali> Mine is limited to 700 but... I'm confused now.
21:08 <Starlight_Glimmer> I can see listings for Luna on eBay
21:09 <Starlight_Glimmer> But yeah no thanks. A figure of best princess isn't worth that much to me
21:09 <Starlight_Glimmer> I have a plush. That'll do for now.
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21:12 <Ali> Ebay sometimes is a bad judge of price
21:12 <Ali> Like the MLP Playmats
21:12 <Ali> People still insist they will sell for $600+
21:12 <Ali> But none have sold ever over 350
21:12 <Ali> Even that is too high
21:13 <Starlight_Glimmer> Yeah you have to look at actually sold items
21:13 <Starlight_Glimmer> But if nothing is available it doesn't really matter
21:13 <Ali> THey've sold
21:14 <Ali> But again these grubby asses stole from charity to profit off of it
21:14 <AppleDash> Yep. Hate it when somebody tries to sell me something based on ludicrous eBay prices and then you look at sold and it's actually like $100 vs the $800 the guy is trying to sell it to me for
21:14 <Ali> The mats are $100 and $80 went to charity
21:14 <Ali> So basically the item is worth $20
21:14 <Ali> AppleDash, its the same with the playmats
21:14 <AppleDash> How is it stealing from charity if they bought them in the first place, which included the $80 that went to charity?
21:14 <Ali> This one auction has been up since the mats were first sold
21:15 <Ali> Cause they didn't want to keep the item
21:15 <Ali> They just wanted to turn around and sell it to a sucker on ebay
21:15 <Ali> Anyway
21:15 <Ali> There's been an auction for almost $1100 for the mats
21:15 <Starlight_Glimmer> Somepony really wants a playmat :3
21:15 <Ali> Person dropped it by 1.06 and think that's gonna make it sell
21:15 <Ali> Starlight_Glimmer, the Twilight Sparkle mat
21:15 <Ali> Its ADORABLE
21:16 <Ali> I had the set in my cart
21:16 <Ali> but during the check out process they're like LOL NOPE its gone sucker
21:16 <Ali> I've been pissed off ever since
21:21 <Starlight_Glimmer> Not a huge fan of the Luna one. Twili does look amazing though
21:22 * Starlight_Glimmer leans into AppleDash
21:22 <Starlight_Glimmer> How's quarantine treating you, AppleDash?
21:23 <AppleDash> Business as usual :P
21:23 * AppleDash pets Starlight_Glimmer
21:23 <Starlight_Glimmer> Still think about going off grid?
21:23 <AppleDash> Of course
21:23 * Sleeping_Nightmares curls up wif AppleDash
21:25 * RichardMist *waves to Sleeping_Nightmares*
21:26 * Sleeping_Nightmares yawnskrees
21:26 <RichardMist> not Silly_Nightmares anymore?
21:28 <Starlight_Glimmer> Pretty sure you can't get that out of them
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21:50 * Lumindia_ sprawls on GlimGlam, snug
21:55 * Starlight_Glimmer snuzzles Lumindia_
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22:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Community Soapbox - Tempests Mercy, No Immortality, Spike's Future Design, and More! [ http://tinyurl.com/ychd2mn7 ]
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22:45 * RichardMist *sight* most posts of equestriadaily including arts, and arts, not soo many including simulators, interactives
22:45 <RichardMist> *sighs*
23:02 <Schism> Lumindia_: "There really is only one way to end this."
23:02 * Schism also flops in from work.
23:06 * Sleeping_Nightmares nomfs Schism tummy
23:06 *** Sleeping_Nightmares is now known as Filly_Nightmares
23:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #402 [ http://tinyurl.com/yatg9jcy ]
23:07 <Ali> Yay Foraging 6, meaning there will never be another lightning storm this season!
23:14 <Schism> Of course.
23:19 <Schism> It occurs to me that I have yet to watch Matt Groening's Disenchantment. I should perhaps fix that.
23:27 * PrincessRainbows goes around booping everypony with her snoot
23:27 * RichardMist *boops PrincessRainbows with his hoof*
23:28 <RichardMist> oh Filly_Nightmares you back!
23:30 * Filly_Nightmares sneezie
23:31 * Schism provides the Filly_Nightmares wif a cup of warm tea, made with wuv.
23:36 * RichardMist *gives Filly_Nightmares chocolate bar*
23:38 * Filly_Nightmares lickies up da tea!
23:38 * Filly_Nightmares rolls around and eees!
23:39 * Schism provides a giant macaron cushion for Filly_Nightmares to lounge upon!
23:42 * RichardMist *gives Filly_Nightmares the most soft pillow*
23:46 * Schism also passes around some red beans and rice.
23:55 <Schism> Did you know that kudzu can be ground into a flour to thicken dishes, basically like arrowroot? o3o
23:58 <Ali> So there's a use for that invasive plant
23:59 <Schism> Quite a few, really. If bees use it for a food source (as a last resort), the resultant honey evidently tastes a bit like grape jelly.
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