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...You Lost Me
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Post by ...You Lost Me » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:14 pm

Speaking of which, I used ssnregistry to see if my identity was available. They sent me a picture of a monkey climbing a tree and told me it was my photo.
Hmmmm.

> DSMatticus wrote:Again, look at this fucking map you moron. Take your finger and trace each country's coast, then trace its claim line. Even you - and I say that as someone who could not think less of your intelligence - should be able to tell that one of these things is not like the other.

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Post by Maj » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:38 pm

> SSNRegistry's About Page wrote:The SSN Registry is a novelty website provided by Corban Works, LLC and all original content is copyright © 2008 Corban Works, LLC. The SSN Registry is not affiliated with any government agency.

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Post by ishy » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:55 pm

My youtube account is a me bashing on my keyboard and getting some random letters. My first and last name for that account: "fLKFMwlmef fela mewkla". no trouble with it so far.

> Gary Gygax wrote:The player’s path to role-playing mastery begins with a thorough understanding of the rules of the game

> Bigode wrote:I wouldn't normally make that blanket of a suggestion, but you seem to deserve it: scroll through the entire forum, read anything that looks interesting in term of design experience, then come back.

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Post by Meikle641 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:37 pm

So, I went to the concert with a friend. Stumbled onto an amazing pub about 200m from the venue, Flynn's temple bar or something like that. Had real Quebecois-style poutine and a 7 oz lamb burger. That burger was heaven in a bun, holy shit. Cooked to medium it was juicy and infused with a perfect about of spice, and each bite was as good as the last. I also polished off about 3 pints while I was there before we hit the show.
Chatted up a cute redheaded girl, but nothing ended up happening. The show was pretty damn good, especially once I acquired some ear plugs (totally gonna bring a box to sell next year).
A lot of beer was consumed at the venue. I have never been as drunk as I was last night. Still, I was apparently on excelllent behaviour even if my ability to walk was severely compromised, or so my friend and an employee claimed.
Moral of the story? Lamb burgers are fucking amazing, alcohol can really enhance a concert experience, and never pay that asshole in the washroom for the privelage of being able to dry your fucking hands with paper towels. Seriously, FUCK those guys.
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:45 pm

due to having been banned on the CBT boards - again, this time permanently - i am mildly curious:
has anybody ever been banned on the den, and if so, for what transgressions?
Welcome, to IronHell.

> Shrapnel wrote:

> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Meikle641 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:48 pm

> Stahlseele wrote:due to having been banned on the CBT boards - again, this time permanently - i am mildly curious:
> has anybody ever been banned on the den, and if so, for what transgressions?

... Cock and ball torture forums? Or am I misreading that?
But yeah, we've definitely had bans at the den. One was for posting gore porn. PR was banned for trolling (a shame as I want to get a hold of him). Plus some others, I suppose.
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Post by sabs » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:50 pm

Far as I know, the only people to ever get baned on the den (other than the robots)
1) A guy admitting he was here only to Troll.
2) Psychorobot? I think.. because he made an actual death threat, against an actual living person.
Death threats are pretty much the only way to get banned from here.
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:51 pm

nah, classic battletech.
not into that stuff.
and somebody was banned for trolling?
here of all places? o.O must have been pretty impressive.
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> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Maj » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:34 pm

> Meikle641 wrote:

> > Stahlseele wrote:due to having been banned on the CBT boards - again, this time permanently - i am mildly curious:
> > has anybody ever been banned on the den, and if so, for what transgressions?

> ... Cock and ball torture forums? Or am I misreading that?

That was my first thought, too! I knew it wasn't right, but I didn't know what it meant.
I get to spend the rest of today trying to solve the problem of why my DSL works, but my phone doesn't! It's [not] awesome!
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:47 pm

if you don't have VOIP phone, then that can happen.
is that an IAD Device you are using, is your phone connected to the same device your computer is connected to?
or do you have seperate devices for phone to plug into and computer to plug into?
Welcome, to IronHell.

> Shrapnel wrote:

> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Cynic » Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:51 pm

Getting banned from the Cock & ball torture forums puts Stahlseele's avatar image into a whole new light...

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Post by Whipstitch » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:56 pm

> Stahlseele wrote:
> and somebody was banned for trolling?
> here of all places? o.O must have been pretty impressive.

I believe it had to do with when there was cross-forum threadshitting going on. Someone would wave their dicks at people on other forums and laugh about it here which would then result in people registering here and spreading the stupid like a disease. Ain't nobody got time for that.
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Maj
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Post by Maj » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:39 pm

> Stahlseele wrote:if you don't have VOIP phone, then that can happen.
> is that an IAD Device you are using, is your phone connected to the same device your computer is connected to?
> or do you have seperate devices for phone to plug into and computer to plug into?

The DSL modem/router has an extension port for the phone, much like a fax machine, but when you plug the phone directly into the wall, there's no dial tone, either. I've taken the jack out of the wall and checked the wiring, but it's clean and secure. We've checked the jack in the other room, but it doesn't work, either.
The phone peeps will be here tomorrow to repair it, and the apartment complex has said they'd foot the bill (which they should, but it was great that they actually restated it).
Since I live on the internet, as far as lousy things that happen to a person, this isn't really that high on the list. It's just annoying when your family is texting you wondering why you're not answering you're phone.
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Post by Stahlseele » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:50 pm

@Whipstitch:
OK, that i can actually understand.
@Maj:
I know that one.
Hmm, let's hope it's actually the line that's broken so they do foot the bill, and not just your phone actually shot and you have to pay for it . .
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> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Prak » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:02 pm

> Maj wrote:

> > Meikle641 wrote:

> > > Stahlseele wrote:due to having been banned on the CBT boards - again, this time permanently - i am mildly curious:
> > > has anybody ever been banned on the den, and if so, for what transgressions?

> > ... Cock and ball torture forums? Or am I misreading that?

> That was my first thought, too! I knew it wasn't right, but I didn't know what it meant.

Sort of like when I see BBC, the network is not the first thing of which I think.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.

> Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.

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> You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.

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Post by Maj » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:36 pm

@Prak - Took me a second, but I got it. I think I'm grateful I still default to the network on that one.

> Stahlseele wrote:@Maj:
> I know that one.
> Hmm, let's hope it's actually the line that's broken so they do foot the bill, and not just your phone actually shot and you have to pay for it . .

Well, I tested with another phone, so that's not it, and my current phone has a message on it to check the telephone line, so I'm pretty sure it's working fine. My fax machine also has a no dial tone thing on it.
Speaking of my fax machine, I would just like to take a second to pimp my new printer. My old one finally kicked it, and it was one of those scanner/printer/copier things. I didn't want to pay a ton of money for a new printer, so I went to Big Lots and bought a cheap one ($70). Before I set it up, I checked on the cost of refill ink - $200 for all four cartridges, with no way of refilling because of the way the cartridges are microchipped.
So I looked online for a printer that I could refill, and found a Brother MFC-J430w. It's a totally up-to-date printer with wifi (I can print from my iPod!!), scanner, and fax and everything. It takes up only slightly more space, and actually has quality settings that save ink (my old printer just printed everything on high quality)! Speaking of ink, I bought extended cartridges for it ($10) so I could refill it. My refill costs should be around $1 - $2 for all cartridges now. And all of this cost the same amount as the cheapy printer at Big Lots. I am one very pleased Maj - it's the little victories.
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:37 pm

According to the standards of my new job, I'm doing about 14 hours of work in 8 hours. Which means that I can expect to stay around until the next step (making good money now, but I feel entitled to more so I'm still working on moving up).
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Post by fbmf » Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:17 pm

> Stahlseele wrote: i am mildly curious:
> has anybody ever been banned on the den, and if so, for what transgressions?

Discounting spam bots, about ten. Only one was a temp ban. The others were permanent.
Ignoring mod warnings is by far the most common, followed by repeated obvious trolling/admitting to trolling, or some unsavory combination of all of the above.
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Post by Maj » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:39 pm

My phone is fixed! It was the connection at the outside box.
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Post by Stahlseele » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:44 pm

which is one of the reasons why i am such a hater on voip based fixed net phone line communications technology . .
when one line is down, both internets and phone don't work anymore . .
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> Shrapnel wrote:

> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Maj » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:48 pm

I'm against VOIP because our phone lines tend to work when our power goes out... But the internet definitely doesn't. Given the frequency and duration of the power outages here, cell and VOIP just aren't good enough replacements.
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Post by Stahlseele » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:49 pm

*nods*
yeah, exactly my thinking.
i'll resist these fancy shmancy technology things as long as i can <.<
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> Shrapnel wrote:

> > TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
> > Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.

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Post by Ted the Flayer » Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:15 am

So, there's an interesting rule in the Pathfailure game I'm in.
If you die and have to re-roll, you have to be one level below where you were before.
I'm considering dying until they realize that rule is stupid...
Also, the other players are not only min-maxers, they're not that good at it. Granted, I don't know the system THAT well, but I feel like I can say "I don't want to take either Power Attack or Weapon Focus" with some authority. My feats are Improved Unarmed Strike and Iron Will mostly because they wouldn't stop talking while I was rolling my character, I basket-weave out of spite you see.
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Post by Whatever » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:45 pm

The idea behind that kind of rule is twofold:
1) make resurrection even with rolling a new character. People complain that bringing back their old character costs a level, so they'd rather reroll--which everyone else dislikes because it disrupts game continuity. Solution: punish rerolling! Because the problem "obviously" isn't with how Raise Dead works.
2) create a dis-incentive to suicide your character so as to reroll them. Which no one would ever do unless the rules are somehow forcing you to create characters that aren't fun to play (perhaps they also roll dice for stats?). Again, the problem is "obviously" with rerolling, not with whatever stupid, broken rules they're trying to maintain.
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Post by Ted the Flayer » Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:26 pm

They use a silly-high point buy.

> Prak Anima wrote:Um, Frank, I believe you're missing the fact that the game is glorified spank material/foreplay.

> Frank Trollman wrote:I don't think that is any excuse for a game to have bad mechanics.

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