00:00 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, I got a horrific migraine.
00:17 * Angeline pattyhooves.
00:21 * Cepheid takes triptan and painkillers.
00:22 <Cepheid> Okay, so another issue with the e-proctoring has come up.
00:22 <Cepheid> It requires two computers.
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00:27 <Cepheid> I need to lay down.
00:27 <Cepheid> I'm getting a hell of an aura from the migraine.
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00:29 <Cepheid> This is one of those "Body, what the ****?" moments.
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00:56 <PinkieShy> o_o
00:56 <PinkieShy> There was a dead squirrel on the road.
00:57 <PinkieShy> and todd just dragged me to it (This is how i learned of it)
00:57 <PinkieShy> and he just smelled it.
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00:59 <Ali> Why would you smell a dead squirrel
00:59 <PinkieShy> Todd is my lab
00:59 <PinkieShy> Labrador doggo :)
01:00 <Cepheid> My guess is, the dog wanted to show it to you.
01:00 <Cepheid> Also, I... need some medicine. Stronger medicine. I'm not hallucinating per se, but my vision is... acting up.
01:00 <PinkieShy> Either way it scared me
01:00 <PinkieShy> I mean as soon as i realized what he was smelling i picked him up and got him away from it fast
01:00 <Cepheid> I'm seeing color warping, mostly. Seeing whites shift to red or green, then shifting to other colors.
01:01 <Cepheid> Dude, no offense, but it's a dead squirrel. It's not a big deal to be creeped out over. It happens.
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01:01 <PinkieShy> It scared me by meaning like.. I was afraid he would try to lick it or something..
01:02 <PinkieShy> I don't want todd to get sick :(
01:02 <TormentedDragon> With a migraine I'd highly recommend you to not look a screen, Cepheid.
01:02 <Cepheid> Yeah, I just took something to help with the nausea, and I'm about to close my laptop down for the time being.
01:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Applejack Day - Open Art Compilation [ https://tinyurl.com/y4bkjev5 ]
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02:01 <Schism> aaaaaaa
02:01 * Schism rocks back and forth.
02:03 <Schism> First off, I'm. .. not sane right now. Second, what. Why would. 2 pounds of Nutella, no.
02:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2318 [ https://tinyurl.com/y2gjjygv ]
02:08 * Ali spreads some nutella on Schism tail
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02:27 <Cepheid> Bleh... I need to eat something. Stomach is churning, but it also feels painfully empty. Also, I seem to now be suffering from some sort of optical effect making me feel like I'm much, much taller than I actually am. Whee.
02:30 * Cepheid grabs a bowl of pepperoncini. "I feel like this is a bad idea, but at the same time, my body is telling me that there's something wrong in my nose/sinuses. It's not the pain. It's some weird sensation that something is wrong in that general area, and that I need to purge everything in it."
02:34 <Cepheid> Purge the heresy from my nasal pasageways!
02:41 <Cepheid> My face is tingling, primarily in all the spots where my sinuses are located.
02:41 <Cepheid> On top of this, I'm weak in my legs, and walking around right now isn't safe.
02:44 <Cepheid> Certainly cleared up a bit of the pain though.
02:47 * Cepheid noms on grapes and water.
03:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: 71 of The Best Plushies for Applejack Day! [ https://tinyurl.com/y5fo5a85 ]
03:33 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/AMpTa7O
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03:52 <Cepheid> Welcome back.
03:52 <Schism> Thblprhn.
03:53 <Cepheid> That bad?
03:53 <Schism> Combine a week of many drops and new releases with some of our support staff leaving for greener pastures.
03:54 <Schism> "Hey, Jen, could you come in for an extra hour?" "Sure, how bad could it be?"
03:55 <Cepheid> Oof.
03:57 * Ali spreads more nutella on Schism tail
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04:00 <TormentedDragon> Well. I suggest not watching Snowpiercer.
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04:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Secret Agent Sweetie Drops Music: BlueBrony & Totalspark - The Secret Agent [Orchestral Drumstep] [ https://tinyurl.com/y4tq5en3 ]
04:22 <Cepheid> Effing finally, headache is gone.
04:28 <Cepheid> Right, next week, I'm running through Rabi-Ribi again.
04:28 * Cepheid has been listening to it's soundtrack as of late, and is compelled by the music.
04:33 <Cepheid> More changes to the exam tomorrow.
04:34 <Cepheid> Hum, we no longer need a second computer, and will no longer be watched 24/7.
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05:21 * Ali flops over Schism. "And that's Megaman 11 down. All 11 classic games completed."
05:27 <Cepheid> My face is tingling again.
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06:14 <PinkieShy> There is so much to watch on HBO Max :( Such little time
06:20 * Ali grabbies PinkieShy and snugs after finally finishing the Mega Man Marathon.
06:34 <Cepheid> ...? Was that the doorbell?
06:35 <Cepheid> No, just Spitfire. He's running around, so he prolly bumped into something.
06:40 <Ali> Cats, making you think somethings wrong all the time.
06:44 <Schism> In which 'the zoomies' are just another flavour of psychological warfare.
06:46 <Cepheid> ... There it is again, and the cats are quiet this time.
06:47 <Cepheid> Damnit, body, wasn't the dizziness, nausea, visual distortion and tingling face enough?
06:47 <Cepheid> Now you're adding in noises?
06:59 <Cepheid> ... Oh, it's my mother's tablet that I'm hearing. It's receiving e-mails.
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07:45 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
07:46 <Cepheid> Hey.
07:46 <Cepheid> Bleh. The pain's gone, but the aura's still around, and changing.
07:47 <Schism> Oh. It's the 21st. That means I can download Amnesia: Rebirth.
07:48 <Schism> There goes my bandwidth for the next hour.
07:48 * Ali flops over ConfusionRift
07:49 * ConfusionRift helps by sucking the remainder of the bandwidth. :P
07:49 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali.
07:50 <Cepheid> Current effects: Still dizzy. Vision's no longer doing the color thing, but I can't see very clearly past a few feet. Pressure in the nose and sinuses, but no pain thankfully.
07:51 <Cepheid> Actually, it looks closer to "My vision is still sharp, I just can't make out details very well."
07:51 <Cepheid> Edges of objects appear fine, not blurry or anything like that. But it looks as though any fine details along the surface are just blending together into a single color.
07:52 * Ali snugs into ConfusionRift as she beat all the Megamans and even did the 2nd hardest achievement in 11 without really trying.
07:53 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali back.
07:53 <Ali> Beat the game in under an hour
07:55 <ConfusionRift> Niice.
07:55 * ConfusionRift has none of the speed achievements in any of the games.
07:55 * Schism wonders if that means that MM11 is just that easy, or if that means that Ali is just that cute. Er, good.
07:56 <ConfusionRift> I'll got with cute... I mean GOOD, good.
07:56 <Ali> It could be easy Schism, I mean I did just play all 10 Mega Man's before it
07:56 <Ali> Also not cute
07:56 <Schism> Because Ali'sh not cute.
07:57 * Schism certainly wouldn't want to suggest that Ali is cute.
07:57 <Ali> I did get the one cycle on Yellow Devil MKIII
07:57 <Schism> Oh. Well, that's pretty good to say the least. o3o
07:57 <Cepheid> Any game can be finished pretty quickly if you know exactly what to do at every point.
07:57 <Ali> Also I got a good laugh at the end
07:57 <Ali> The Capsule fight
07:57 <Ali> Its weakness is the Acid Barrier
07:57 <Schism> Cepheid: Going to play Amnesia: Rebirth with your mom, out of curiosity?
07:58 <Ali> And if you use Power Gear, ramming into the barrier causes damage
07:58 <Schism> Ali: Ah yes, hardest enemy in the game defeated by a _barrier_. Or Top Spin.
07:58 <Ali> Gamma is by far the weakest boss
07:58 <Cepheid> Prolly.
07:58 <Ali> But what happeneds is he was in peril mode
07:58 <Ali> So he starts flying all around the screen trying to ram you
07:59 <Ali> So he comes at me, saying WILY ALWAYS WINS
07:59 <Schism> Oh, pff.
07:59 * ConfusionRift just thought of that. "Seems Dr. Light removed mega Man's overclocking abilities in the later iteration."
07:59 <Ali> And slams into the acid barrier and the capsule blows up
07:59 <Cepheid> As for examples of beating games quickly, I played RE1 on the gamecube so many times I eventually managed to achieve a little under 2 hours.
07:59 <Schism> And that's to say nothing of La*Mulana.
07:59 <Cepheid> My memory is strangely... good with directions.
08:00 <Cepheid> Sucks at memorizing anything else.
08:00 <ConfusionRift> Actually... I take it back. I got some of La Mulana's speed achievements.
08:00 <Cepheid> But if you need directions in a game I've completed..
08:00 <Cepheid> Yeh, same here Rifty. Worse still, I managed < 5 hours on a randomizer run.
08:01 <ConfusionRift> That was my quickest run, despite me getting lost.
08:01 <Schism> Oh yeah, same. o3o; Randomizers don't count, though: often you can skip a good chunk of the game therewith.
08:01 * Schism skips right ahead to the Tower of the Goddess, then winds up heading down from the top of the Tower to one of the more obstinate areas of the Twin Labyrinths. "Reeeee!"
08:02 <Cepheid> True.
08:02 <ConfusionRift> I don't know any skips, so I vanilla'ed the heck out of it.
08:02 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, Rabi-Ribi, I haven't really dropped my times yet. Mostly because I haven't done another run on Normal or Hard, and with no self-imposed rules.
08:03 * ConfusionRift shakes his head. "Nope. Not Rabi-Ribi."
08:03 <Cepheid> But I bet if I were to go and play Normal difficulty through a couple of times, the second time would be sub-5 hours.
08:03 <Schism> ConfusionRift: The biggest skip is and will always be the Tower of the Goddess, reached from the Gate of Time.
08:03 <Schism> If, you know, you're not doing Raindrops or the like.
08:03 <ConfusionRift> I know that one, but I just never do it.
08:04 <Schism> I'm surprised, it's quite an easy one and lets you get the shortcut in the TotG from the word go.
08:04 <ConfusionRift> In my head, it skews my mental progression, so I avoid it.
08:04 <Schism> Admittedly, unless you're going fishing for key fairies, it can be difficult to unlock.
08:04 <Schism> That's fair.
08:05 <ConfusionRift> For example, I knew of it before we did the randomizer, but because I don't know where anything really is, I chose to skip it, and keep the normal mental map.
08:05 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, for myself, once I break a game over my knee through exploration, I have a hard time not abusing sequence breaks.
08:05 <Cepheid> Especially if a game is designed with sequence breaks in mind in some way.
08:05 <ConfusionRift> There are other skips, but I don't remember them or don't know how they work.
08:05 <Cepheid> Rabi-Ribi, for example, allowing numerous types of sequence breaks and somehow managing to handle them all just fine with regards to progression.
08:06 <Schism> Rabi-Ribi is *built* for those skips, though.
08:06 <Schism> As you said, designed to handle those. Like the backwards wall jump and wall kick.
08:06 <Cepheid> I said next week, I was gonna do Rabi-Ribi on Hell difficulty. I'm thinking instead, I'll do it on Normal, and see how fast I can complete the game.
08:06 <Schism> Full items? That should be interesting.
08:07 <Cepheid> Nah. Thinking Any%.
08:07 <Cepheid> And only the base game.
08:07 <Schism> Oh, that's what I meant. Heh. And hmm.
08:07 * ConfusionRift boops Ali with X. "Why can't he overclock anymore?! This update sucks!"
08:07 <Cepheid> I haven't done the DLC enough to know what to expect, among other things.
08:07 <Ali> I don't like the controls of X
08:08 <Cepheid> And I'll be utilizing badges and consumables. I'll leave those constraints for my Hell run.
08:08 <Cepheid> I fully expect to not have any trouble with the bosses on Normal, after what I put myself through with them on Hard + Constraints.
08:10 * Schism listens to RFN - III while talking with Cepheid. Can't imagine why.
08:11 <Schism> Ali: I'd offer you a copy of Rabi-Ribi, but it would probably kill your thumb again.
08:12 <Cepheid> After dealing with most of the bosses without using consumables and badges, and spending THREE LONG(but fun!) DAYS on Irisu alone, my pokings at Normal difficulty, and some other games, reveals that the games in question feel particularly sluggish now.
08:12 <Ali> Yeah... my left hand is still struggling with the recovery.
08:12 <Ali> It can handle 1 megaman game a day, maybe two if enough time is between them
08:12 <Schism> Well, R-R has save points... <.<
08:13 <ConfusionRift> Hmmm... I should marathon something.
08:13 * ConfusionRift keeps saying that, and doesn't do it.
08:13 <ConfusionRift> -_-;
08:13 <Schism> Amnesia: Rebirth is at 45%. I wonder if this one will be longer than the others.
08:13 <Cepheid> Rabi-Ribi, hard difficulty, no consumables, no badges.
08:14 <Cepheid> Do it, ConfusionRift. Do it do it do it do it doitdoitdoitdoitdoit.
08:14 <Schism> Alice, did you ever go about doing the settings on the LM Randomizer that DeceasedCrab gave you?
08:14 <ConfusionRift> But which game series? I play very few.
08:15 <Cepheid> I did not, no, Schism. I should.
08:15 <Schism> You could do a race with 'Rifty!
08:15 <ConfusionRift> You win. I'm not that good in the game.
08:15 <Schism> CR: It includes entrance randomization. And... aw.
08:16 <ConfusionRift> Entrance randomi... that WILL definitely kill me.
08:17 <Cepheid> Given that when I tried it out, I ended up getting the worst gods danged setup possible, which required traveling across the Tower of the Goddess, Shrine of the Mother, and one other high-damage area, with only the basic equipment..
08:17 <Cepheid> Yeah, it's not for the faint of heart.
08:17 * ConfusionRift starts and spawns in the Tower of Ruin. "The hell?! Nope! I opt out!!!"
08:18 <Schism> Starting out and having to shortcut your way through the Gate of Time to the TotG with basic equipment...
08:18 <Schism> What did that path take you to next, the freakin' Dimensional Corridor?
08:18 <Cepheid> I don't recall.
08:18 <Cepheid> It was a year ago when I checked it out.
08:18 <ConfusionRift> Ali: But yeah, he can be a bit finicky and not as quick. Not to mention some things are more a gimmick that useful.
08:19 <Cepheid> If I were to do another randomizer run though, I'd like to run through the default game at least once, to clear away the rust.
08:19 <Cepheid> My memory may be amazing with regards to directions, but over time, those little connections do start to fade and require a jolt in the form of seeing the areas again to remember the layouts.
08:20 * Cepheid tries to visualize the Guidance Gate.
08:21 <Schism> Left, up, left, up, down, up, scan, down, right, left, left.
08:21 * Schism winds up in Hell Temple. "HOW?!"
08:21 * ConfusionRift triple NOPES out of there.
08:22 <ConfusionRift> It just takes me to Eden. ;_;
08:22 * Cepheid manages to recall the layout perfectly, including visualizing each room.
08:22 <Schism> I know how to get _through_ it, but damned if I can describe it.
08:23 <ConfusionRift> Question. Is Eden just that small portion of the map, or does it span the whole Gate of Illusion? I always wondered.
08:23 <Schism> Oh wait. Gate of Guidance. THAT one I know by heart.
08:23 <Cepheid> Mausoleum of Giants as well.
08:23 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: Only that one room, as far as I can tell.
08:23 <Schism> Why was I thinking of the Gate of Illusion there? Oh right, because it's seared into my brain.
08:24 <Schism> Yeah, I think DC got into the Gate of Illusion backwards once, so it's just Eden being that one room.
08:24 <ConfusionRift> It's also an opposite to the Gate of Guidance... wait...
08:24 <Cepheid> There is no way to get out of that room except by the ladder, or utilizing the apple to reveal the Gate of Illusion.
08:25 <ConfusionRift> That's the thing. Has anyone boundary broke this game?
08:25 <Schism> Yes and no.
08:25 <Schism> Raindrop glitch breaks everything, but if you go OOB it'll just take you to the Surface.
08:25 <Cepheid> Doubt it, but given that the randomizer can change connections, and you can end up in Illusion without the apple, and it appears normal for Illusion.
08:27 <Cepheid> There's no Eden-like appearance for the other rooms of Illusion.
08:27 <Cepheid> All the hacking done for the randomizer would have revealed that, and no one's said anything.
08:27 <ConfusionRift> Okay. HOW did I get the speedrunner's achievement?! That... -10 hours!
08:28 <ConfusionRift> The fastest I have every gotten is 11 hours.
08:28 <Schism> Didn't you race with me that one time, CR, and get something like 9 hours where I got 8?
08:28 <Schism> With that one randomizer setup?
08:29 <ConfusionRift> That was my fastest. And it WAS 11 hours. Still got the screenshot.
08:29 <Cepheid> Huh.
08:29 <Schism> Huh. Oh well, glitches happen. Now you get to do it legitimately, anyway.
08:29 <Cepheid> My first run was 62 hours.
08:29 <Cepheid> Second run was around 4-5 hours. It was a randomizer run, too.
08:29 <Schism> I'm still unjustifiably proud of my 3'56" Sacred Ground run.
08:30 <Schism> Never quite managed that one again.
08:30 <Cepheid> No, wait. Second run was around 9-10 hours, as the second run was to refresh my memory.
08:30 <Schism> SAY, there's a game you should play again, Rifty. Cave Story.
08:30 <ConfusionRift> Wait... I remember now! I beat the Mother by 8 hours, went back because I had things missing, and then clocked it at 11.
08:30 <Cepheid> Third run was the randomizer run, and came in under 5 hours.
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08:31 <Cepheid> I legitimately should play both La Mulana and Rabi-Ribi, get a feel for the maps, etc, then on a second attempt of each, see what time I get.
08:31 <Schism> ConfusionRift, you can even make a game of it! Can you beat Ballos' second form in one cycle? >.>
08:31 <ConfusionRift> Schism: Hmm... Cave Story. Hmmmm... I know I will get stuck in Hell.
08:32 <Cepheid> Just from memory alone, with no planning.
08:32 <Schism> Bah, Sacred Ground isn't that hard...
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08:32 <ConfusionRift> Actually, that reminded me I haven't beaten Blaster Master Zero 2.
08:32 * Dappled flops in. Final was awake and had enough time to get the stupid router/modem to actually let me connect.
08:33 <Schism> Yay! Welcome back.
08:33 * Dappled waves to Schism. Hello.
08:33 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah! Back. Welcome!
08:34 <Dappled> How are you all doing?
08:34 <Cepheid> I should be asleep right now.
08:34 * Golden flops.
08:34 <Schism> Waiting for the new Amnesia game to finish downloading. Should also be asleep, but I've never listened very well to 'should'.
08:34 <Cepheid> Otherwise, I'm... better than I was a few hours ago.
08:34 <Dappled> It's only 3:30 am, what do you need sleep for?
08:35 <Cepheid> I have an exam at 11:30 AM.
08:35 * Schism launches a t-shirt towards... Colorado, let's say.
08:35 <Dappled> That is a good reason.
08:35 * ConfusionRift looks at Cepheid. "Jogging a strawberry? Aah. Algorithmic! Fast pigeon cast sliding at peanut butter."
08:35 <Cepheid> I'm debating sleeping through Japanese class today to get a few extra hours of sleep.
08:36 <Schism> Alice, just let the professor know that you need to take a personal day. These things happen.
08:36 <Cepheid> In fact, I think I'm gonna do just that.
08:36 <Schism> If you're asleep in--wait. Oh right.
08:37 * Dappled wishes he could do that sort of thing, but employers are like, "Doctors note or don't come back ever."
08:37 <ConfusionRift> Aah, find the head! Stake enchilada as mutual window mirage.
08:37 * Ali flops over the Dappled
08:37 * Dappled hugs the Ali.
08:37 <Schism> It's mean of you, ConfusionRift, to try and make us think that we're asleep.
08:38 * ConfusionRift laughs.
08:38 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, I'm stopping that. :P
08:38 <Schism> I know the drill with reading while asleep. And Celeste did it better. :P
08:39 * ConfusionRift boops Schism with an astronaut plush. :P
08:39 * Ali pushes the Emergency button and calls ConfusionRift the imposter.
08:39 * ConfusionRift votes himself, to cause confusion.
08:39 * Dappled thougth that Ali didn't play that game.
08:40 * Schism seconds that vote, to cause more confusion.
08:40 * Ali forgets to vote, to cause even more confusion
08:40 * Dappled votes for navigation. Just that room of the ship.
08:40 <Ali> I don't play it, doesn't mean that youtube isn't flooded with everything Among Us
08:40 <Dappled> Fair enough.
08:40 * ConfusionRift slowly nods.
08:40 <Ali> I'm a terrible bluff, and well, its a multiplayer game
08:41 <ConfusionRift> ^
08:41 <Schism> It's basically just Mafia, handled quite well. So of course it turned out to be a massive success.
08:41 <ConfusionRift> I suck at keeping a pokerface.
08:41 <Dappled> All the voice stuff is 3rd party.
08:41 <Ali> My other problem is a multiplayer game
08:41 <Dappled> The game is text based normally.
08:41 * Ali stares a a pretty dead friends list.
08:41 <ConfusionRift> I also get hasty, and likely end up killing someone if front of someone else.
08:42 <ConfusionRift> *in
08:42 <Dappled> That's why you call that guy a traitor.
08:42 <Schism> It originated as a party game, and somehow I managed to actually be the single werewolf alive at the end of the game by voting off the other one.
08:42 <Schism> (This was a year ago. I still smile at that.)
08:43 * Dappled stares at the clock and waits for pokemon dlc.
08:44 <Ali> And prepare for more disapointment Dappled
08:45 <Dappled> I actually wasn't disappointed with the first one.
08:45 <Schism> Hmm, Amnesia now acquired.
08:45 <Dappled> Do you know who I am?
08:45 <Dappled> Can someone get a doctor?
08:45 * ConfusionRift isn't sure why Schism is celebrating forgetting things. :P
08:45 * Cepheid finishes email.
08:45 <Ali> Gen 8 has been a bit of a disapointment for me
08:46 <Ali> I do like the Galar region and its mons
08:46 <Ali> But the gameplay has quite a few holes, holes that haven't been around since gen 1
08:46 <Cepheid> Simple, to the point. Anyhoo, I'm gonna see if I can get some sleep.
08:47 * ConfusionRift patpats Cepheid.
08:47 <Cepheid> Sleeping disorders suck.
08:47 <ConfusionRift> They dooooo.
08:51 <Schism> I want to be annoyed at Parsec for requiring a verification upon attempting to log in again, but I'm fine with it on reflection.
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10:43 <Schism> Well, so far, so good.
10:43 <Schism> By which I mean 'hi there, skeleton at the end of a corridor'.
10:43 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Messrs Dappled and Schism.
10:43 * Finwe doffs his hat.
10:43 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
10:44 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
10:44 * Schism doffs her horror story.
10:44 * Dappled waves.
10:44 * Finwe noms on his lunch, beef Stroganoff and potatoes.
10:44 <Schism> New Amnesia ain't too bad. Opening chapter does a decent job of character establishment and the like, defines gameplay elements, not much in the way of horror just yet.
10:45 <Schism> Definitely establishes the horror, though, because the music and atmosphere are superb, as is to be expected from Frictional.
10:49 <ConfusionRift> Huh, nice. Though, not fond of Amnesia. It used to be one of those "watch others pay" kind of game.
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10:50 * Finwe offers some beef Stroganoff to Schism.
10:50 <Finwe> You cook a pot of this, you eat it for ten days in a row.
10:50 <Finwe> Luckily it is rather delicious.
10:51 <Schism> You do want to make it as basic as possible, though, so that you can then add assorted foodstuffs to it on the next couple days, so that you always have something new to eat.
10:52 <Finwe> Well, it's made of beef stock, sirloin, onions, garlic, puréed tomatoes and smetana.
10:52 <Finwe> Oh, and mushrooms and sour gherkins.
10:52 <Schism> Depends upon how you make it. Though that does sound like a much better recipe than my norm.
10:52 <Finwe> Not to forget dijon mustard.
10:53 <Finwe> And you need something to thicken it, either flour or maize starch.
10:54 <Schism> Finwe, have you forgotten to whom you're speaking? I know how to make a roux.
10:55 <Finwe> Indeed.
10:55 <Finwe> But can you name the five mother sauces of French cuisine?
10:56 <Schism> Bechemel, tomato, hollandaise... nope.
10:56 <Finwe> Bechamel, hollandaise, velouté, espagnole and tomate.
10:56 <Schism> I must study more. o3o
10:56 <Finwe> Three of these are made with roux.
10:56 <Finwe> o3o
10:57 <Finwe> Viz., velouté, espagnole and tomate.
10:57 <Schism> Wait there. I know how to make voloute, tomate, and espagnole.
10:57 <Schism> I just didn't know their names.
10:57 <Finwe> Bechamel is a milk sauce and hollandaise consists of butter and egg yolks.
10:58 <Schism> Yes, and hollandaise is a pain in the tail, but at least I know how to prepare that.
10:58 * Lumindia steals Schism and hugs
10:59 * Schism grumblyhugs Lumindia. "Have you played the newest Amnesia yet?"
10:59 <Finwe> Clarify the butter, separate the eggs, reduce the vinegar with spices, mix at exactly correct temperature or start over.
10:59 <Lumindia> I'm not really one for spooky horror games
11:02 <Schism> Fiiiine. Grmbl.
11:03 <Schism> Finwe: Yeah, hollandaise in and of itself... really touchy.
11:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2091 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxb22sn6 ]
11:03 <Finwe> Reduce the vinegar with shallots and add some tarragon -> bearnaise sauce.
11:06 <Finwe> The two animals usually hunted for their fur in France are genuine and faux. In general, genuine fur is held in higher esteem, but faux fur has its uses, too.
11:07 <Finwe> I take it that the fauxes live in south of France and have therefore less thick fur.
11:09 <Finwe> The genuine leather is often used in wallets, shoes and gloves, as usually indicated by a tag telling thereof.
11:12 <Schism> The fauxes habituate round truffula trees, from which unpleasant corps make unfash'nable sneeds.
11:13 <Schism> And, I should note, thneeds.
11:15 * ConfusionRift slowly tilts his head.
11:17 <Schism> It's hard not to speak in some Seussian verse; the other alternatives surely are worse.
11:17 * Schism pours some coffee into ConfusionRift.
11:22 <ConfusionRift> Stop, Gruntilda. :P
11:23 <Finwe> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULDtgnQ0fy4
11:23 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
11:23 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham
11:25 <Finwe> Not in a box, not with a faux.
11:27 * Lumindia snugs into Schism muchly
11:27 <Lumindia> o wo
11:27 <Finwe> Mr Lumindia.
11:27 * Finwe doffs his hat.
11:27 * Lumindia boops Finwe
11:27 * Finwe scrunchymuzzles at Lumindia.
11:27 <Finwe> *scrunch*
11:27 <Lumindia> :>
11:27 <Lumindia> ]8>
11:30 <Schism> * * * <o3o
11:31 * Schism flops into slumber. "Blurrrl."
11:33 * Lumindia snugs muchly, provides warms
12:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction Updates - October 20th [ https://tinyurl.com/y4r5l9fn ]
12:08 <ArchPegasusMichael> !link https://youtu.be/BV3yw_gieXA
12:08 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
12:08 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Miracle
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13:20 <Cepheid> Looks like I'll be up for 24 hours today.
13:29 <TormentedDragon> that's no good
13:33 <Cepheid> No, but I don't really have any other choice.
13:35 <TormentedDragon> school stuff?
13:36 <Cepheid> Midterm's in 2 hours. Goes until 1 PM.
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13:44 * Cepheid looks through Canadian news. "... There is only so many places I can visit in such a short time, and only so many people I can punch in the mouth before my hand breaks."
13:49 <TormentedDragon> Build a robot what does the punching.
13:51 <Cepheid> The problem there is passing it off as something that's not dangerous, with respect to shipping and such. Hum, maybe Ed might have some solutions there, being ex-RCMP and all.
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13:55 <Cepheid> This midterm's basically turned into "Here's an assignment, do it in one and a half hours."
13:55 <Cepheid> The e-proctoring amounts to "Log into Big Blue Button, show your student ID to the TA, log out, then go and download this PDF and start answering questions."
13:56 <Cepheid> I suspect a lot of this has to do with the whole "You need two computers and two cameras" problem.
13:57 <Cepheid> The reason for two computers/two cameras is because one computer is to be used doing the exam, and it's camera is meant to be watching you from above, etc. The other computer and camera is meant to be directed at you from behind, such that your screen can be seen.
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14:05 <Cepheid> On the flipside, it's raining. So there won't be anyone running chainsaws or doing landscaping outside my office today.
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14:07 <ADragonDreaming> I imagine people were vocal about their dislike of the two computers thing?
14:07 <ADragonDreaming> !log
14:07 <Unixkitty> https://unixkitty.com/logs/EquestriaDaily/latest.log.html
14:08 <Cepheid> Less vocal about dislike, and more along the lines of "We don't have two computers" or "We don't have two cameras"
14:09 <ADragonDreaming> "Are you going to buy them for us?"
14:13 <Cepheid> Heavens no, they didn't even reimburse students for closing down the Athletics center after we paid to have it be opened, and then get shut down a few weeks later.
14:20 <Cepheid> Anyways, I'm gonna go take a shower and get cleaned up before midterm prep stuff begins.
15:04 <Cepheid> Hum, by 1 PM, I'll be at 22-and-a-half hours awake. o3o
15:10 <Cepheid> Right, exam stuff starts in 10-15 minutes. I'm gonna flop off from IRC to focus on the exam.
15:10 <Cepheid> Back at some point within the next 2-and-a-half hours.
15:14 <ArchPegasusMichael> https://soatok.blog/2020/09/12/edutech-spyware-is-still-spyware-proctorio-edition/
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15:34 <RazorSharpFang> Oof
15:43 <Schism> Swear to Eris. I love my mother, but she calls down and asks how her two boys are doing, and I'm feeling like, 'I haven't started HRT yet, but that still doesn't change the actual fact of the matter...'
15:52 <RazorSharpFang> How did you get that text italic?
15:53 <Schism> Ctrl-I. HexChat has that option. (And the standard stripping mode simply removes bold, underline and colour, not italics.)
15:53 <RazorSharpFang> I wonder how those control characters would appear on a terminal
15:54 <Schism> I think this one is client-based: not sure how it appears on others.
15:54 <Schism> Doesn't appear at all on the logs.
16:01 <RazorSharpFang> Investing ads be like "Do you want to make money?? Use our CFD Service! [Legal Notice: 75% of retail investors lose money on our platform]
16:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Nightmare Moon Music: PSFMer - Sublunar [Drum & Bass] [ https://tinyurl.com/yy7qqfm7 ]
16:24 <Schism> I read that as "CBD" and I'm like, "Huh. I guess I might make better stock choices while high."
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16:54 <Schism> Well, crap. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/popular-chromium-ad-blockers-caught-stealing-user-data-and-accessing-accounts
16:54 <Schism> Anyone running these, be aware.
17:19 <Finwe> One does not simply use Chromium.
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18:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: TrotCon Online 2: Snow Day Announces Giles Panton & Elley Ray [ https://tinyurl.com/y4fd6ef5 ]
18:10 <ArchPegasusMichael> Schism: shit tends to happen when software changes hands
18:11 <Finwe> Lt Pony|22984.
18:11 <Finwe> o7
18:13 * Pony|22984 waves.
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19:00 <PinkieShy> OwO
19:02 * Ali noms on Angeline's crops
19:03 * PinkieShy nomfs on Ali ears
19:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Fantastical Friendships / Lullaby 126 / New Beginnings 79 / AoS 6:22-23 / Movie Slate: Alien Movies [ https://tinyurl.com/y5xlmytq ]
19:03 * Ali squeaks and snuggles on PinkieShy
19:09 <Starlight_Glimmer> So my freezer is full of stew now :3
19:12 <Ali> And you are too Glimmerbutt?
19:14 <PinkieShy> I can't believe..
19:14 <PinkieShy> Next week.. Is the end of october already..
19:14 <PinkieShy> When this month just got here it feels like.
19:15 <PinkieShy> Before we know it at this rate it'll be U.S Thanksgiving, then christmas and then new years.
19:16 <Dappled> That is how the progression of time works.
19:18 <Ali> Which will not allow any gatherings of any kind...
19:18 * Ali grumbles and snugs on Dappled and PinkieShy
19:19 <PinkieShy> Ali the city counsel here voted to end the face mask requirement in public here..
19:19 <Ali> Wut
19:19 <Ali> I had a fourth panic attack out in a shopping center...
19:19 <PinkieShy> I saw the breaking news on that last night and I just was like.. that is disaster waiting to happen :/
19:19 <Ali> I don't know what it is, I just can't be out around a large group of people.
19:20 * Dappled has never seen any kind of enforcement in Oklahoma, Only population density and luck has saved this state so far.
19:20 <PinkieShy> I hate panic attacks :(
19:20 <PinkieShy> I've had like 7 this year..
19:21 <PinkieShy> Which is odd as i never had any record in my memories or any panic attacks in my life until this year.
19:22 <Ali> Cause of all the mental health damage
20:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3496 [ https://tinyurl.com/y3n3zgct ]
20:18 <Starlight_Glimmer> Ali: Yes. I made 2 large cooking pots.
20:19 * Starlight_Glimmer also wraps hooves protectively around Ali
20:20 <Starlight_Glimmer> So I now have chicken stew and beef stew for like ... until the end of 2021? :3
20:20 <Ali> Do you eat like a chicken then Starlight_Glimmer?
20:21 <Starlight_Glimmer> Uhm? Yes?
20:21 <Starlight_Glimmer> Unless I didn't quite get what you mean.
20:22 <Starlight_Glimmer> With all those antibiotics used to raise them they're perfect for the cold season.
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20:26 <ADragonDreaming> "eat like a chicken" as opposed to "like to eat chicken"
20:31 <Starlight_Glimmer> I took that as the "like" you insert as a colloquial expression.
20:31 <Starlight_Glimmer> More /like/ I did ;)
20:35 <Starlight_Glimmer> I'm not sure what that style of speech is actually called. Without emphasis of spoken words it's sometimes hard to tell where people are going or what they mean exactly. I love sarcasm and irony. That gets lost quite often over text and cultural barriers.
20:42 <Ali> Eat like a chicken, or hen pecking
20:42 <Ali> Meaning you don't eat much at all Starlight_Glimmer
20:43 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh. I'm not exactly thin. I just made a lot of stew.
20:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> The bottom drawer of my freezer is literally just filled bottom to top with containers of stew.
20:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> And I don't eat it that often, so yeah it'll last a while.
20:45 <Ali> Dear lord mare
20:46 <Starlight_Glimmer> It's not a chest freezer, so not that much, but still that's in total 3 large cooking pots worth of stew.
20:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> Why? Because I can! I originally just wanted to make chicken stew, but the beef was discounted, so I couldn't resist.
20:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> The pandemic made me cook a lot more due to a lack of other things to do.
20:50 <Starlight_Glimmer> Best thing is: The cashier made a mistake I only noticed when I was already out of the store. Instead of applying my 10% coupon I didn't pay for the chicken (3kg) at all. So it's probably the cheapest chicken stew I'll ever make too.
20:55 * Schism provides Ali with some parnips. And noms.
20:56 * Ali yawns and flops over Schism
21:00 <Schism> 3kg of cheap chicken stew...
21:00 * Schism rolls over to Starlight_Glimmer, across state lines and countries.
21:02 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh 3kg is only the chicken :P
21:03 <Schism> I know, but that's a LOT of stew.
21:04 <Starlight_Glimmer> Yes :3
21:04 <Starlight_Glimmer> I might be willing to trade for apple pie.
21:05 <Lumindia> /me does a boop on GlimGlam, Schism, and Ali
21:05 <Starlight_Glimmer> I was thinking about baking this weekend, my freezer says nope.
21:05 * Starlight_Glimmer licks Lumindia
21:06 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Filly_Nightmares and Schism; Messrs Lumindia and Starlight_Glimmer.
21:06 * Finwe doffs his hat.
21:07 * Finwe boops Ali with a free copy of Europa Universalis II on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/europa_universalis_ii
21:08 * Lumindia licks GlimGlam back
21:08 <Lumindia> o vo
21:08 <Lumindia> GlimGlam is a good pone
21:08 <Finwe> !starlight time
21:09 <Finwe> Starlight time! Starlight time!
21:09 * Finwe bounces around in front of Starlight_Glimmer.
21:10 * Starlight_Glimmer snuzzles Finwe
21:11 * Finwe hugs a Starlight_Glimmer.
21:12 * AppleDash pets Starlight_Glimmer
21:14 <Starlight_Glimmer> That being said though: If someone has a grandma recipe for an American covered apple pie I'll gladly take that ;)
21:14 <Starlight_Glimmer> Good evening AppleDash!
21:16 <Finwe> Starlight_Glimmer: Put apples in a pie, bake in the oven, enjoy.
21:17 <Starlight_Glimmer> Yes. There's a bit more to that. It's not like finding one is an issue, just that there's a lot of crappy stuff out there.
21:17 <Finwe> The problem with grandma recipes is that they require rather profound knowledge of baking in order to work.
21:18 <Starlight_Glimmer> I have a general idea of what I'm doing.
21:18 <Starlight_Glimmer> I do like cooking and baking and when I do actually have time everything is from scratch.
21:20 <Starlight_Glimmer> I did use Maggi seasoning today, but where I come from that's expected in a soup. Would have worked without it too.
21:21 <AppleDash> Hello Starbutt
21:23 <Starlight_Glimmer> I've made everything from cookies, shortbread biscuits, sheet cake to a 3 story cake with multiple layers per story for a wedding.
21:24 <Starlight_Glimmer> It's just time I'm lacking more often than not :(
21:29 <Starlight_Glimmer> I never intended to do "computer stuff" for a living. It was always just a hobby. Originally I studied business administration while being employed for the 2nd largest financial service provider in Germany. Well now I'm a software developer and system administrator, so I poured time into the next best thing I liked anyways. Gotta have something to keep your thoughts away from work :P
21:33 <Finwe> Do you also like booking and caking?
21:38 * Schism provides Starlight_Glimmer with the intro to Dexter, wherein he prepares breakfast.
21:39 <Starlight_Glimmer> Booking? As in book keeping?
21:39 <Schism> (That bit with him slicing into and drinking a blood orange...)
21:39 <Schism> Booking as in the booking of services, I think.
21:39 <Starlight_Glimmer> Yeah I'm not entirely sure what Finwe means
21:40 <Starlight_Glimmer> I can't think of how booking as in services makes sense there.
21:41 <Finwe> Could be booking as in football as well.
21:41 <Finwe> o3o
21:42 <Finwe> Anyhoof, booking and caking is cooking and baking with the first letters transposed. o3o
21:42 * Finwe boops Starlight_Glimmer.
21:42 <Starlight_Glimmer> Also I don't think I've ever heard someone refer to baking a cake as caking, so I don't think that's what you mean there either. The other definitions known to me make even less sense.
21:42 <Starlight_Glimmer> Silly filly!
21:42 <Finwe> Baking schmaking.
21:47 <Starlight_Glimmer> Also: This mare is not interested in anything sports ball.
21:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> I do like the idea of tailgating at the stadium though, which is very much not a thing here.
21:54 * Finwe noms on Starlight_Glimmer's tail.
21:55 <Finwe> Let us see how Crichton manages the Aurora Chair. o3o
21:57 * Schism flops in and grabs a pistol. "Moon's haunted."
21:58 <Lumindia> Moon's haunted?
21:58 <Schism> https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/nasa-moon-announcement-when-watch-mission-b1209506.html - Moon's haunted.
21:58 <Lumindia> ...
21:58 <Lumindia> oh
21:58 <Lumindia> '-' are we about to ARR 2020?
21:59 <Lumindia> O Bahamut, make ready your judgement upon this wretched year!
21:59 <Schism> Can't say if we will, but you know my thoughts on whether we should.
21:59 <Lumindia> we absolutely should
21:59 <Lumindia> xD
22:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #437 [ https://tinyurl.com/yyw4n6cq ]
22:27 <Schism> Oh, no. No, no, no. They won't be able to... absolutely not... why would they ever... this can't be a thing that they thought was a good idea... https://twitter.com/TheAnimaniacs/status/1318914944599949312
22:28 <Schism> Half the joy of the Animaniacs was seeing them subvert and break '90s content filters, and a reboot won't get that!
22:29 <Schism> I mean, okay. Maybe it'll be alright...
22:31 <Starlight_Glimmer> Honestly? I had worse years.
22:38 * Lumindia boops GlimGlam
22:38 <Lumindia> ' w'
23:19 * Starlight_Glimmer pulls Lumindia under their blanket to stealth warmth.
23:23 * Lumindia squeaks, snuggles the glimglam
23:23 <Lumindia> GlimGlam is a soft pony
23:23 <Lumindia> very snuggleable
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