00:08 <RichardMist> noice
00:35 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3565 [ https://tinyurl.com/yc2ty46e ]
00:46 * Dappled sees that Angeline played the Hades. Good. This is pleasing to me.
00:58 <Schism> I should play Hades... after finishing DOOM. Well, DEWM. Or whatever.
01:00 <Dappled> Dew Mountain?
01:00 <Dappled> Mountain Dew?
01:01 <Schism> DOOM (2016) is just a ton of fun.
01:01 * Dappled can't play Doom. There is a tiny child.
01:02 * RichardMist can't play Doom because of bucket
01:03 <Schism> I played Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM at the tender young age of 4 or 5, and I'm none the worse for wear. I'm completely insane, transgender and socially awkward to the point of absurdity, but I'm certainly not any more violent than your average maladapted adult.
01:04 <RichardMist> (I mean Doom 3)
01:04 <Dappled> You mean the best doom.
01:04 <Schism> Dappled: Did you know that the Super Solvers series is abandonware and your tiny child can play them to excellent results?
01:04 <Dappled> I'm also not the parent. I'm the non-blood related uncle.
01:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Say Something Nice About Mayor Mare [ https://tinyurl.com/ycwezpdz ]
01:05 <Schism> All the better. Introduce them to your niece or nephew and let their parents go crazy humming the one-note Bach and Mozart tunes.
01:05 <Dappled> Okay, but I have to listen to it too.
01:06 <Schism> Fine, fine. Seriously, though: Super Solvers is right up there with Math Blaster or Mavis Beacon, or Oregon Trail and Number Muncher.
01:06 * Dappled also points at DHS cause technically foster care. She's just still in her family.
01:06 <Dappled> Super Solvers and the like fine.
01:06 <Dappled> The big violent games, nope.
01:07 <Schism> I maintain that there's no harm in it, so long as the kids understand that it's make-believe.
01:07 <Schism> But I'm sure others would have a more unfortunate view thereof.
01:07 <Dappled> Nightmares are a thing I really don't want to deal with.
01:08 <Dappled> And since I'm nightshift, I'm at home and awake when the small one is sleeping.
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01:09 <Schism> Seeing the monsters under the bed rendered into giblets seems like it might stop the nightmares.
01:11 * Dappled thinks that seeing anything turned into giblets is nightmare inducing.
01:11 <Dappled> Also, I can just wait a few hours. She'll be asleep, and I can play anything I want.
01:12 <Schism> Honestly, I always preferred the demons in question be entirely mortal, entirely ready to be turned into giblets, and to have a very nice rokit lawnchair with which to move category A into category B.
01:13 <Schism> Chased down by immortal demons, okay, that's nightmarish. Chased down by ablative meat products who don't know they're already dead, that's a happy dream indeed.
01:13 * Dappled points out that they aren't demons but humans who got exposed to something on mars. I forget how the movie worked.
01:14 <Schism> Some are demons. DOOM 2016 does the whole 'corrupted humans' thing, which doesn't work all that well when they're kind of silly looking and also have about as much health as a sardine.
01:14 * Schism yawns, sauntering through the levels. "Corrupted soldier, shot, imp, shot, oh, this guy has a shield, grenade and then HEADSHOT!"
01:15 <Dappled> Yeah, but have you ever eaten a sardine? They are terrible.
01:15 <Schism> Of course I have. And they're not THAT bad.
01:15 * Dappled glares at sardines. They are only good for robot lubrication.
01:15 <Schism> I'm certain that you also hate anchovies.
01:16 * Dappled has never eaten anchovies.
01:16 <Dappled> so I don't know.
01:16 <Schism> They're excellent on pizza, with mango and/or pineapple.
01:17 * Dappled has never heard of mango on pizza but disagrees with pineapple on pizza.
01:17 <Schism> Mango goes well with some types of fish. <.< But if you don't like pineapple, then nevermind.
01:17 <Dappled> The true pizza topping is pepperoni.
01:17 * Dappled is basic.
01:21 * Schism hugs the Ali. Is annoyed by fireworks.
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02:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2390 [ https://tinyurl.com/y8jam7fj ]
02:09 * Dappled looks at all the super heroes and tries to decide on favorites.
02:10 * Dappled should read more Booster Gold. That's a good hero.
02:15 <Dappled> \https://i.redd.it/jvs991nrul861.jpg Also kobolds are important. They should rule the world.
02:23 <Schism> Snug all the kobolds. ...Dappled, do we run in the same crowds?
02:25 * Dappled has no idea. But kobolds are best.
02:25 <Schism> Especially with a drgn in charge.
02:26 * Dappled looks at iguanamouths' unusual hordes. Yes? Yes.
02:31 <Dappled> https://imgur.com/gallery/VZODc Dragons with unusual hordes
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03:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: SoGreatandPowerful Cover: Somasis - Dashy ~ Hearth's Warming Eve (Covering SoGreatandPowerful) [Indie Pop/Alternative Electronic] [ https://tinyurl.com/ycupzmh8 ]
03:19 <ADragonDreaming> Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
03:20 <ADragonDreaming> For auld lang syne, my jo, for auld lang syne! We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne!
03:25 <RichardMist> Time for a break, good luck
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03:31 <Schism> It was not a good idea to have this spaghetti.
03:32 <Schism> It is delicious. It is quite fine, and there is nothing wrong with it. But my stomach has been replaced with a concrete bowling ball, and my neck is now made of a slinky.
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05:01 <PinkieShy> Happy new year!!! :D
05:03 * Golden flops
05:03 <ADragonDreaming> Happy New Year!
05:08 <Cepheid> Happy new year. Fireworks woke me up. x.x
05:09 <Ali> And screw you 2020
05:09 * Ali flops over the Schism
05:09 <Ali> Or under I should say, stupid fireworks are destorying my ears.
05:15 <PinkieShy> Trying out a new thing like VRC..
05:16 <PinkieShy> They call it Chillout VR.. Its very different :O
05:16 * Cepheid hums, and thinks about MH:World a bit.
05:23 <Cepheid> Alatreon. Straight up, ideally the best armor would be one that has either 0 or positive resistances in all elements. Getting them all to 20 or higher to avoid blights though is probably not viable. So Blight Resistance is a must.
05:24 <Cepheid> I also need to ensure that I can max out one of the elemental attack skills.
05:24 <Cepheid> Interestingly, the Namielle set might be useful here as well, due to it's set skill.
05:25 <Cepheid> After that, the remaining factors are mostly just "What skills do I want?" and "Armor augmentation. All the armor augmentation."
05:28 <Cepheid> If I use the Namielle set, then augmentation will be a problem. For that, I need to get a Guiding Lands region up to level 7, and then somehow survive the hell that is a Tempered Elder Dragon Of The Guiding Lands.
05:34 <Cepheid> Man, I need to look into trimming my eyebrows. Hesitant to do it though in fear of accidentally removing them instead. Even with a proper trimmer head.
05:34 <Cepheid> I got freakin' eyebrow hairs that are at least an inch long hiding in my eyebrows.
05:35 <Cepheid> I hope the people sending up fireworks stop soon. They're spooking Spitfire.
05:35 * Ali is already a cowering mess..
05:42 <PinkieShy> Well I have no VRC to play now..
05:42 <PinkieShy> Their servers crashed went from 40k online to 9k
05:45 <Cepheid> Number will keep going down likely. That number is probably only the number of connections the server(s) is/are still waiting to treat as "disconnected."
05:47 <Cepheid> That said, it's weird that the server is still reporting that there are connections.
05:47 <Cepheid> If it crashed, it shouldn't be reporting anything at all.
05:48 <Cepheid> Which would mean the reported number, given it's slowly decreasing, is a running average over a period of time, and that the server reporting it is likely just the login server.
06:02 <Cepheid> You know, thinking back to earlier today during my outburst, that new medication must be doing something. I lost control of my temper, still, and I won't deny that, but the after-effects were much more subdued.
06:12 <Cepheid> ... Oh.
06:12 <Cepheid> Right.
06:12 <Cepheid> Two weeks are up. We're back to Kulve Taroth.
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07:02 * Dappled horse.
07:04 * Cepheid wanders into rando's expedition. Lands in exact spot where a Monkey is firing his lazer beam.
07:05 * Cepheid goes to Guiding Lands expedition instead. Lures an Uragaan. Realizes a mistake.
07:05 <Cepheid> It's tempered.
07:06 <Ali> Or ticked
07:06 <Dappled> It can be two things.
07:10 <Cepheid> Essentially, tempered = ticked off, more or less.
07:10 <Cepheid> It's more rage-happy, it's stronger, and it wants me dead.
07:20 * Ali grabs the Dappled for needed snugs.
07:28 * Cepheid notices tracking. "Wait, I'm analyzing tracks for a WHAT?"
07:33 <Cepheid> That could have gone better. But it could have also gone worse.
07:33 <Cepheid> Interestingly, it wasn't the Uragaan that was the problem.
07:33 <Cepheid> There were flying small monsters who WOULD NOT STOP ATTACKING ME.
07:35 <Cepheid> Volcanic Region 6... One more level, then the nightmare can begin.
07:36 <Golden> Happy new year
07:44 * Ali once again throws 2020 into a dumpster fire.
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07:59 * Ali flops over the RazorSharpFang?
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07:59 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ConfusionRift
07:59 <Cepheid> Ooh nice. Another Stream Jewel+ 4.
07:59 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony. And happy new year!!!
07:59 <Cepheid> Hey ConfusionRift, and happy new year!
08:00 <Cepheid> ... I got 9 thickfurs from that hunt.
08:01 <RazorSharpFang> Happy end to 2020
08:01 <Cepheid> Humanity's still alive, that's enough to celebrate the end of the year.
08:02 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah!
08:14 <Cepheid> .... Hello, Rajang.
08:14 * Cepheid promptly runs away screaming.
08:21 <ConfusionRift> It's Rajang! Aaaaaaahhh!!!
08:30 <Cepheid> So, looks like Kulve's back.
08:31 <Cepheid> I should make an effort to do her MR version, at the least, for the armor.
08:31 <Cepheid> But, I don't think I can at the moment. o3o
08:32 * ConfusionRift is not even remotely close to that.
08:33 <ConfusionRift> After seeing the rank number last run, yeah. It's a huge stretch till I catch up to you. :P
08:35 <Cepheid> It's a bit misleading.
08:35 <Cepheid> The game still collects points and stores them, even when you're capped.
08:41 <ConfusionRift> I need to get back to handling bowguns again.
08:44 <Cepheid> C'mooon Paolumu shards.
08:44 <Cepheid> ...
08:44 <Cepheid> Friggen seriously?
08:44 <Cepheid> I only need 1.
08:44 <Cepheid> You gave me six.
08:46 <Cepheid> But yeah, I wouldn't mind getting back into Bowguns again, especially trying to learn to use the heavy one.
08:46 * Cepheid completes Lumu Alpha+, Lumu Beta+.
08:48 * Cepheid puts on Kushala Beta+ to target Sleepy Lumu.
08:48 <Cepheid> That Wind Pressure is annoying.
08:50 <ConfusionRift> It's wind pressure that rivals Kushala's.
08:51 <Cepheid> Yeah, Kushala+ provides a skill that negates all wind pressure. Even Kushala's normally un-negatable wind pressure.
08:52 <Cepheid> There's another armor set that provides a similar benefit, but requires you be wearing a mantle.
08:52 <Cepheid> Or, you can use the Hunting Horn.
08:53 <Cepheid> Gotta be careful with that one though, there's two negate wind pressure melodies, you need the stronger one.
08:59 <ConfusionRift> Isn't that doing the wind negation melody twice?
08:59 <ConfusionRift> Then again, that might have changed.
09:08 <Cepheid> It's called "All Wind Pressure Negated"
09:08 <Cepheid> There's an alternate, weaker version called "Wind Pressure Negated"
09:08 <Cepheid> All Wind Pressure Negated even deals with Kushala's aura-like wind pressure.
09:09 <ConfusionRift> I know, kinda pointed it out last time. :P
09:10 <ConfusionRift> I just don't remember if it was a double application of wind negation, or if it's a different melody all together; speaking of hunting horns.
09:10 <Cepheid> Need 6 more thickfurs.
09:10 <Cepheid> Mmm.
09:10 <Cepheid> Yeah, it's a specific melody which exists only on a select few horns, the easiest of which is a vespoid horn.
09:10 * ConfusionRift nods.
09:10 <ConfusionRift> Not all hunting horns have the same chords.
09:11 <ConfusionRift> So if a hunting horn has the ones needed for wind negation, then you can perform the melody.
09:11 <Cepheid> Looks like it is on...
09:12 <Cepheid> Rathian tree, Vespoid tree, Shara Ishvalda tree, Xeno'jiiva tree, and Lunastra/Xeno'jiiva tree.
09:14 <Cepheid> Only 10 more pieces of Rarity 9 armor to craft.
09:17 <Cepheid> After I finish all that, I'll see if I can create a set for fighting MR Kulve.
09:27 <Cepheid> Ah hell with it. I want to do something dangerous, so I'll see about making that set now.
09:28 <Cepheid> Hmm. Thanks cat, you got the 2 remaining thickfurs I needed after quest rewards.
09:29 <Cepheid> Now then... Kulve. MR Kulve is different from the siege.
09:29 <Cepheid> The siege requires breaking as many parts as possible, and then cutting the horns.
09:29 <Cepheid> However, MR Kulve is a straight-up slay quest.
09:36 <Cepheid> Let's see how this setup fares.
09:38 <Cepheid> Survivable. But just barely.
09:41 <Cepheid> Let's see how I fare in a proper battle. Expecting death.
09:57 <Cepheid> Ow.
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09:59 <Cepheid> That's... ow.
09:59 <Cepheid> Just ow.
10:05 * ConfusionRift was reminded of the mess from yesterday.
10:07 <ConfusionRift> Zenogre: "Yo, check this out!" (breakdances, then lands and explodes next to the hunter) | Aaaaaahhhh!!!
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10:21 * Cepheid guhs.
10:21 <Cepheid> She hits hard.
10:21 <Cepheid> Like, REALLY hard.
10:21 <Cepheid> And she has some special attacks.
10:26 <Cepheid> I need better armor.
10:26 <Cepheid> And for that, I need to kill some tempered Guiding Lands monsters.
10:41 <Cepheid> I [REDACTED] hate the Fulgur Anjanath by a longshot.
10:44 <Cepheid> Seriously, screw this prick. I would rather fight three khezus at once in the arena than fight even one of these things.
10:46 * ConfusionRift fills an arena with 3 red Khezus, and drops Cepheid in the middle. :P
10:49 <Cepheid> Let me put it into perspective.
10:50 <Cepheid> I have 1,248 defense right now. I also have 40 lightning resistance.
10:50 <Cepheid> It still OHKOed me.
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10:53 <ConfusionRift> ...blarg.
10:55 <Cepheid> Unfortunately, I need to fight one more.
11:03 * Cepheid makes a new set, designed explicitly for dodging, and avoiding getting hit.
11:05 <Cepheid> I am going to murder this bugger this time.
11:05 <Cepheid> As an added benefit, this should get my Volcanic region to level 7, creating a nightmare zone for me.
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11:24 <Cepheid> That went better, but hot damn.
11:24 <Cepheid> He's just way too volatile.
11:24 <Cepheid> Aaand the volcanic region didn't level. It's literally a sliver short.
11:25 <Cepheid> I got what I needed off of him though, so it's moot.
11:27 <Cepheid> Hum, that'll bring this set's total defense up to 967 without Defense Boost employed.
11:28 <Cepheid> ... Assuming I had the armor spheres to upgrade the set.
11:30 <Cepheid> I miss Generation's ability to spend Research Points on armor spheres.
11:38 <ConfusionRift> You were able to buy them before, with your hard-earned cash. :P
11:43 <Cepheid> True.
11:44 * Cepheid beats up a Brute Tigrex for some sweet, sweet armor spheres.
11:45 <Cepheid> Brand New Brute. All shiny drops are Hard or higher armor spheres. And it's one of the few quests where you can get True Armor Spheres, which are worth a staggering 2000 points.
11:54 <Cepheid> Hum... What elders do I get at level 7 Volcanic? Looks like... Teostra and Lunastra.
11:54 <Cepheid> Also Kushala Daora and Nergi.
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11:57 <Lumindia> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDlYtFpEHAA
11:57 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
11:57 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about The Black Mages - The Extreme (FFVIII)
11:59 <RazorSharpFang> Huh? Is the NYSE open today?
11:59 <Cepheid> I honestly have no idea.
12:00 <RazorSharpFang> I logged in to my brokerage to check my assignments that occurred last night and found the stocks moving premarket.
12:01 <Cepheid> Given that the stock markets tend not to shut down just because it's a holiday elsewhere, I suspect it is in fact open.
12:02 <RazorSharpFang> Still strange to me. If it is open today, then why were options-contracts which usually expire on the Friday expiring Thursday? (Yesterday)
12:02 <ConfusionRift> Might open later than normal. Dunno.
12:05 <Cepheid> Who sets the expiration date and time? The client?
12:05 <RazorSharpFang> No, that's done by... the SEC?
12:06 <RazorSharpFang> Could be a combined effort from CBOE, NASDAQ, NYSE etc
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12:16 *** Surreal_Nightmares is now known as Filly_Nightmares
12:16 * Filly_Nightmares uses ConfusionRift as a bed
12:16 * Filly_Nightmares purrrr
12:16 * ConfusionRift pets Filly_Nightmares. It's been some time.
12:17 * Filly_Nightmares knead knead knead knead knead knead knead knead knead knead ConfusionRift floof!
12:17 <ConfusionRift> :P
12:18 * Lumindia hugs the Surry
12:18 <Lumindia> O wO
12:18 * Lumindia engages floof
12:20 <Cepheid> Comedy of errors, that hunt.
12:20 <Cepheid> Radobaan. With a Tigrex on the field.
12:20 <Cepheid> Start in the same area. Rado runs off. Tigrex immediately follows. I dung bomb the Tigrex. Rado runs off. Tigrex follows. Repeat for FIVE MINUTES.
12:20 * Filly_Nightmares gnaw on Lumindia!
12:20 * Lumindia countergnaws
12:20 <Lumindia> >:3
12:21 * Filly_Nightmares squishie!
12:21 * Filly_Nightmares meow
12:22 <ConfusionRift> Oh, it's rolling towards me. If I side dodge and skip away from the wheel of death, I should be okay! (side dodges) | (Tigrex fades in behind the hunter) "It would be a shame... if I pushed you towards it." (roars) | Aaaiieeee!!! (gets bunked, and rolled over) I... hate you... erh.
12:23 <ConfusionRift> I bet there's an event quest of nothing but pseudo-wyverns.
12:24 <Cepheid> Probably.
12:24 <ConfusionRift> There used to be one!
12:24 <Lumindia> what MH game you talkin' about
12:25 <Finwe> Good afternoon, my perissodactyls of minute stature.
12:25 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
12:26 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz, Messrs Lumindia and RazorSharpFang, Mlles Cepheid, Filly_Nightmares, Schism and Angeline.
12:26 <Finwe> o7
12:27 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the investor
12:27 * Lumindia pats Finwe
12:30 <Cepheid> Lumindia: World.
12:30 <Cepheid> And with that, I have now crafted every Rarity 9 armor available to me.
12:31 <Lumindia> I haven't played since PC launch and Deviljho
12:31 <Cepheid> Heh.
12:32 <ConfusionRift> Stuck in a pickle? :P
12:32 <ConfusionRift> I hope they bring some of the Frontier and Online monsters to Rise.
12:32 <Cepheid> It'd be nice.
12:33 <Cepheid> We know, at the least, that Old and New World alike are being brought in.
12:34 <Cepheid> From Old World, we got...
12:34 <Cepheid> Arzuros, Great Wroggi, Khezu, Rathalos, Rathian and Royal Ludroth, confirmed.
12:35 <Cepheid> From New World, Anjanath, Jyuratodus, Kulu-Ya-Ku, Pukei-Pukei, and Tobi-Kadachi.
12:35 <Cepheid> New monsters are Aknosom, Bishaten, Great Izuchi, Magnalamo, Tetranodon, Somnacanth and Yatsukadaki.
12:36 <Cepheid> The last one of which is apparently an entirely new species, and was ONLY just revealed recently.
12:36 <Cepheid> Oh, wait, not a new species.
12:36 * ConfusionRift laughs that Basarios, Gravios, Ukanlos, Akantor, Monoblos, and Diablos and considered Flying Wyverns.
12:36 <Cepheid> It's part of the same species group as Nerscylla. So, spider monsters be back, yo.
12:37 <ConfusionRift> Oh, wonderful. The big fat spider is back. Then again, it was there, and then left completely.
12:38 <ConfusionRift> They could have added more interesting things aside from more cool looking wyverns.
12:38 <Cepheid> Nerscylla itself has not been confirmed.
12:38 <Cepheid> But Yatsukadaki is a new monster in the same species group.
12:39 * Filly_Nightmares yawnskree and uses Finwe as bed and Cepheid as blankie and goes sleepies
12:39 * Filly_Nightmares purrrrr
12:39 <Cepheid> G'night Filly_Nightmares.
12:39 <ConfusionRift> Still, it was one of those things that came and went out right after. Same for Queen Vespoid and... that other large bug.
12:39 * Filly_Nightmares blep
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12:40 <Cepheid> Yeah, the neopterons.
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12:43 <ConfusionRift> There was also gonna be a Bnahabra Queen of sorts, or at least was rumored there would be, but never happened.
12:43 <ConfusionRift> Selta Queen! That mess of a bug!
12:48 <Cepheid> ... I hate that the game keeps spawning a Tigrex in every investigation I do.
12:48 <Cepheid> Because every time a Tigrex gets involved, it scares away the monster, then proceeds to follow it to the next area.
12:48 <Cepheid> Relentlessly.
12:57 <Cepheid> Huh. Tempered Vaal Hazaak is a T3 monster. .... Then again, it IS an Elder Dragon.
13:01 <Cepheid> ... You know, the university has a rule regarding marks. They have to be submitted by a certain date by the professors.
13:01 <Cepheid> One class, I still haven't gotten a final mark on yet.
13:03 <ConfusionRift> You know? I have to submit my assignments on time, otherwise they won't count afterwards. So it would be veeeeery appreciated- (leans towards the professor, with glowing red eyes) -if you did the same, professor.
13:04 <Cepheid> Especially when classes were supposed to start January 4th for the next semester.
13:04 <Cepheid> They've been pushed back a week for whatever reason, but yeah.
13:11 <Cepheid> ...
13:11 <Cepheid> Someone started spreading a modified photo around that claimed that people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine were eating other patients in hospitals.
13:13 <ConfusionRift> Oooof course.
13:14 <Cepheid> I feel sorry for doctors and scientists right now.
13:15 <Cepheid> Hum. It just dawned on me that I'll never be able to use VR headsets.
13:17 <Cepheid> I can't wear headphones for long periods of time due to heat buildup. Imagine a VR headset.
13:18 <ConfusionRift> Yep. The tight headset and the visor module, both heating independently.
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13:23 <Cepheid> Ultraplegia sacs... That would be Great Girros.
13:23 <ConfusionRift> Yep. Master Rank.
13:36 <Cepheid> Right, I'm gonna take a break, do some exercises, take a shower, etc.
13:36 <Cepheid> Back in 30-40.
13:42 <ConfusionRift> Gonna crash actually. laters, and have a good one!
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13:45 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Hollow Shades 166 / New Year's / Blood and Water 10 / Sisterhood 3 [ https://tinyurl.com/ydyuh5ek ]
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14:00 <Cepheid> I hope my mother lets me sleep today.
14:00 <Cepheid> Last couple of days, she's been waking me up over inane things.
14:01 <Cepheid> Yesterday, she barged into my room and shook a cat treat bag, looking for Spitfire.
14:06 * Cepheid checks bank account.
14:06 * Cepheid goes wide eyed.
14:49 <Cepheid> I think something's wrong with me, but I can't be certain.
14:49 <Cepheid> I've been having problems with being jittery, my heart is pounding like mad.
14:49 <Cepheid> I just took a blood pressure/pulse reading, I'm 143/112, and my pulse is 125.
14:50 <Cepheid> Problem is, it could just be lack of sleep.
14:59 * Schism yawns. Provides Cepheid with some strawberry-jam-and-cream-cheese twists.
15:00 <Cepheid> I think I'm just gonna quit coffee cold-turkey. Start using other things instead. Iced water, showers in the morning again.
15:00 <Schism> I decided to work a half-day after all. Also, not bad. Tea is also low-caffeine.
15:01 <Schism> Especially rooibos, which is zero-caffeine, and a good masala-spiced rooibos, or a rooibos with bergemot, are nice.
15:04 <Cepheid> I also need to get off my arse and start working again.
15:04 <Cepheid> But yeah, a tea in the morning, especially a zero-caffiene one, would be nice.
15:08 * Cepheid looks up cardioid microphones and microphone stands.
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15:51 * Cepheid takes dad's suggestion for anxiety/tension and listens to music.
15:52 * Cepheid puts on Ys 2 Complete - Tension.
15:52 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNh7kxeuNg
15:52 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
15:52 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Ys I & II Complete - Tension [Extended]
15:53 <Cepheid> Er, Ys 1*
15:53 <Cepheid> That said, they should have applied this song to some sort of time-critical section of the game.
15:54 <Cepheid> I wonder if I can get Trails in the Sky running on this laptop.
16:10 <Cepheid> Survey says... So far, so good?
16:14 <Cepheid> Beat up a kid who's ill and in need of rest. That'll definitely help.
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16:15 * Heartbreak fuzzles Cepheid.
16:19 <ADragonDreaming> Trails is a good game series.
16:25 <Cepheid> Hum. Visual style is reminiscent of Ys 6, Ys: Oath in Felghana, and Ys Origin. Given that those games were designed for 4:3, while Trails seems capable of handling 16:9 just fine, I'm going to assume Trails came after Ys Origin, but not far behind.
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16:41 * Cepheid does the Frug.
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16:53 <Cepheid> I am inexplicably stressed/anxious. No underlying cause. All I know, is that my mind is conjuring up one of it's weird little visuals to go along with it. In the left hand, I have gripped at the chest level, a humanoid entity representing the stress/anxiety. I have it pinned to the ground, and I'm pressing against it's ribcage hard. In the right hand, gripped with bone-wite fingers, a sword that is much too large to be
16:53 <Cepheid> wielded using one hand. I am burning, raging. For reasons unknown, I am struggling to keep myself from simply stabbing the thing before me.
16:58 <Lumindia> that's... an interesting visual
16:59 <Cepheid> Welcome to my mind.
16:59 <Cepheid> We already knew it was broken.
17:00 <Cepheid> I suspect it's a coping mechanism.
17:02 <Cepheid> Bleh. It's happening again, my arms are hot enough it's starting to hurt.
17:06 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCrh7u18XD4
17:06 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
17:06 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Ys Origin OST - Termination Extended
17:07 <Cepheid> Oh, ADragonDreaming. MR Kulve gains an extra attack.
17:08 <Cepheid> Essentially, she curls herself around the central pillar of the final area, breathes fire/heat against the ceiling, and causes a large chunk of the ceiling to just straight up fall and crash into the ground. It's as destructive as it sounds.
17:15 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Episode Rewatch - Season 5 Episode 13-14 - Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? / Canterlot Botique [ https://tinyurl.com/y7v425zy ]
17:20 <Cepheid> I am burning. This anxiety, this stress is ballooning out of control, there is nothing directly or indirectly stressing me. And yet, it is there, growing, and I am burning, I want to destroy it. Grab it with my hands, rip it apart. Crush it under my heels. Drag it's worthless corpse across a field of sharp glass. But I can't get a grip on it.
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18:04 <Schism> That was nice. Relaxing day, couple of frustrating calls but nothing over the top, lots of actual casework which I adore.
18:05 <Schism> Well, relaxing half-day.
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18:07 <Schism> "I like how you applied those highlights to the Excel spreadsheet." "Wait, there are people who don't do that?"
18:15 <Schism> I'm not sure why this makes me worry, but it does. Like... I certainly don't want to comb through a few hundred lines of detritus just to see things which require further attention, so why wouldn't I make it easier to spot them?
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18:45 * Starlight_Glimmer curls up on Lumindia, is sad.
18:45 <Lumindia> why the sad?
18:45 * Lumindia pets
18:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> Because sad :(
19:11 <Schism> https://twitter.com/Rachael_Conrad/status/1336350151573712917
19:11 <Schism> Because cute, that's why.
19:11 <Schism> Starlight_Glimmer, hopefully that'll cheer you up a bit.
19:21 <Lumindia> Awwww~!
19:21 <Lumindia> That's adorable
19:21 <Lumindia> AA they did it!
19:35 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Community Soapbox - Storm King Restoration, EG Ships in Ponyland, and More! [ https://tinyurl.com/y8acytnh ]
19:37 <Starlight_Glimmer> I must admit: That's both heart warming and silly.
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20:20 * Lumindia licks Ali
20:21 * Ali curls into Lumindia
20:22 * Lumindia brushes
20:24 <Lumindia> Ali is a nice pone
20:24 <Ali> Sadly a bored one too
20:25 * Lumindia patpats Ali muchly
20:28 * Starlight_Glimmer adds a bow to Ali's mane
20:29 * Ali grumps at Starlight_Glimmer
20:32 <Starlight_Glimmer> Well flowers are hard to come by this part of the year.
20:35 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #258 [ https://tinyurl.com/y7hpn3oy ]
20:36 <Ali> God I wish I could find a game to play.
20:40 <Starlight_Glimmer> Alien Isolation? Seeing your reactions might actually cheer me up a bit
20:40 <Ali> I don't do horror
20:40 <Starlight_Glimmer> What kind of game are you looking for?
20:40 <Schism> Should play more Golf with your Friends...
20:41 <Ali> I wish I knew... I have such limited interests that almost every game on steam sounds awful.
20:41 <Schism> Ali: You could play minigolf with me. <.<
20:41 <Schism> Admittedly a bit later: I'm cooking food right now.
20:41 * Ali puts Stardew 1.5 on Schism instead, less stress
20:42 <Schism> It's minigolf! It's like the epitome of non-stress.
20:42 <Ali> I've seen every mini golf game on steam. No it is not.
20:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> Pin the Tail on the Pony?
20:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> Silly filly!
20:47 <Schism> Ali: Mangaminx and Krinx et al. are really just too competitive. :<
20:47 <Schism> Krism*
20:47 * Ali headtilts, don't know what those names are.
20:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> You might enjoy Prison Architect.
20:48 <Schism> Cute wives who compete against each other in such games.
20:48 <Ali> I've kinda lost the enjoyment of base building games
20:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> Or whatever the spiritual successor of Roller Coaster Tycoon is
20:48 <Ali> Planet Coaster
20:48 <Schism> And then there's Markiplie rand Jacksepticeye and other folks who compete rather than having fun.
20:48 <Ali> No, that game is DLC hell
20:49 <Schism> Markiplier*
20:49 <Ali> I used to like games like Sim City and Cities Skylines
20:49 <Ali> But I just can't get into the groove and then when I fall behind in DLC, I just can't play it anymore.
20:50 <Starlight_Glimmer> I personally enjoy story heavy games. What Remains of Edith Finch was a highlight for me, so was Prey
20:51 <Schism> Starlight_Glimmer, I do hope you've played The Stanley Parable.
20:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> Yes.
20:51 * Ali tosses Schism and Starlight_Glimmer into the broom closet
20:51 <Schism> Excellent. I also suggest 'Dr. Langeskov, the Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald'. To the both of you.
20:52 <Schism> It's free, and it's a delightful romp all in all.
20:53 <Schism> Short, but sweet. Ultimately not all that interactive, but a nice little story.
20:54 <Starlight_Glimmer> I might at some point try The Witcher 3. I enjoyed analysis of the games and the Netflix series despite it not being the kind of world I generally lean towards.
20:54 <Schism> Ali: You still haven't played SpaceChem yet?
20:55 <Ali> And what of it? Its just factorio like it seems
20:56 <Schism> Not quite... the goal is to make things not just en masse, but _efficiently._
20:57 * Starlight_Glimmer is just listening to sad music for now.
20:57 <Ali> Meh. When I see those type games, I don't want to play alone
20:57 <Ali> I get overwhelmed so easily
20:57 <Schism> Give it a try? o3o;
20:57 <Ali> Its why I'm unable to megabase in Factorio, just it makes my head hurt too much
20:57 <Schism> Well, this won't be so large as those megabases.
20:58 <Schism> Couple factories, the main thing is just fixing bottlenecks and messing about with them.
20:59 <Schism> Mrp. And I can't send anything to you. :< Stupid price differences.
20:59 <Schism> It's still like $3! Worth it. :<
20:59 <Ali> Nope, they *yay*blocked that when an exploit was found
21:00 <Ali> Where you could buy a $60 game for like $5 in another country and send it to another account
21:00 <Schism> Which is understandable, but frustrating now.
21:00 <Starlight_Glimmer> Greymarket is a thing.
21:01 <Starlight_Glimmer> I was under the impression gifts were less of an issue though.
21:03 <Ali> Nope, steam shut that down the moment they were losing money on it
21:05 <Starlight_Glimmer> I'm pretty sure I've been activating keys from Russia etc. not so long ago.
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21:05 <Starlight_Glimmer> I've rarely dealt with gifts though.
21:06 <ADragonDreaming> !log
21:06 <Unixkitty> https://unixkitty.com/logs/EquestriaDaily/latest.log.html
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21:15 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Flurry Heart Music & PMV: Sawtooth Waves - Flurry's Part (feat. Vylet Pony) [Electro] [ https://tinyurl.com/y8rck7l5 ]
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22:05 <Schism> Huh. ...Eddie Izzard is trans after all. Well, good on her.
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22:06 <DerpyBot> *derp*
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22:15 * Dappled hooooorse.
22:15 * Ali grabs Dappled and snugs on lots
22:16 <Schism> I'd normally be surprised about Eddie Izzard, but this is just one more case of people wanting to be themselves, so I'm like 'okay.'
22:16 * Starlight_Glimmer replaces Ali's cats with geese before going to bed.
22:16 * Ali doesn't see the difference
22:16 <Ali> to Starlight_Glimmer
22:16 * Dappled hugs the Ali.
22:17 <Dappled> More honking less yowling.
22:17 <Starlight_Glimmer> Also one will taste delicious next Christmas. :3
22:19 * Dappled stares at the calender. Please move forward for next book update. I want to read now. Right now. But the chapter isn't written yet, therefore time must go forward.
22:20 * PinkieShy steps into a booth that says 'Free Hugs'
22:20 <PinkieShy> I'm so glad its 2021.. Hopefully we'll see a better year for all of us
22:21 <Dappled> And now for another 3 months of writing the wrong year on forms.
22:21 <PinkieShy> Haha
22:22 * Dappled 's new years resolution is to actually complete a nuzlocke for once.
22:25 * Dappled also ordered a piano keyboard. Makes no resolutions about actually learning to play. That will either happen or it won't. I don't need to be extra disappointed with my failures.
22:32 * Ali flops over PinkieShy and Dappled
22:32 <PinkieShy> OwO
22:32 * Dappled gives hugs.
22:35 * Lumindia steals Dappled, GlimGlam, and Ali for hugs
22:35 <Lumindia> :D
22:36 * Dappled doesn't need to be stolen for that.
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22:52 <Lumindia> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGO1RjnprUc
22:52 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
22:52 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Billie Bust Up (Original Game Soundtrack) - "I've Had Enough of You"
22:52 <Lumindia> oh hey, Daniel Ingram
23:00 * Dappled wanders off to get ready for work. Dumb work.
23:10 <Schism> Superliminal is cute. :3
23:13 * Dappled wants it to be better though.
23:20 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3566 [ https://tinyurl.com/ybpyy4py ]
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