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V2Blast
V2Blast
9:20 AM
Research Update: A/B Testing the New Question Form
Julia Silge on November 12, 2019

Welcome to November’s installment of Stack Overflow research updates! This month marks one year since my colleagues in UX research and I started sharing bite-size updates about the quantitative and qualitative research we use to understand our communities and make decisions.

In recent months, we have invested time and energy in improving the question-asking experience on Stack Overflow, one of the most fundamental interactions on our site. In August, I outlined what we learned from the question wizard, our first major change to the question-asking workflow in a decade. In September, Lisa  …

 
 
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Derpy
Derpy
11:58 AM
@trogdor @Rubiksmoose > We just revealed the next exciting chapter for the MY LITTLE PONY franchise: MY LITTLE PONY: PONY LIFE, an all-new animated series launching next year alongside a new product line inspired by the series! We’re feeling good!
and people are already calling these "My Little Cats"
 
Carcer
Carcer
keeping all the characters, apparently?
 
Derpy
Derpy
the only one who really worry me is Spike, who is very close to turn into a plush.
 
user15026
12:18 PM
....those pony designs unnerve me
 
Derpy
Derpy
@Ash The only therapy I can suggest is browsing a gallery of G1/G3 ponies pictures.
Contrast should make these new design look like the lesser evil.
 
BESW
BESW
 
Derpy
Derpy
If the new design means they will get as silly as the MLP MANGA...
count me in....
I mean, the manga gave us this
 
 
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NautArch
NautArch
2:28 PM
@Derpy If there's more of a cat vibe, my daughter may be more into it :P
 
Derpy
Derpy
2:40 PM
 
NautArch
NautArch
WHat's weird is she loves horses/unicorns, but not my little pony.
 
Derpy
Derpy
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Derpy well this is freaking adorable
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
3:33 PM
hey
 
Derpy
Derpy
3:54 PM
@NautArch you should thank b_jonas for linking that web comic to me some years ago.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Derpy oh, ha!I wasn't even looking at the comics. I was looking at the art and then the books.
 
 
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Gwideon
Gwideon
6:00 PM
so I saw the first episode of the mandolorian. I thought it was pretty darn good
 
Rubiksmoose
Rubiksmoose
Me too!
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I like the kinda old west vibe it has. also that ending has alot of interesting implications.
 
NautArch
NautArch
6:15 PM
no spoilers!! (haven't seen it yet)
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
won't spoil it
 
Rubiksmoose
Rubiksmoose
6:45 PM
Definitely worth a watch for any that might be interested though.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
6:57 PM
I kinda wanna wait until all the episodes are out and then get a month of Disney+ and binge it all at once though.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Yuuki not a bad decision there.
I've got young kids, so i'm all in. And we're planning a disney trip, so i actually want them getting more into the overall disney universe so they'll be more excited.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
Does Disney+ have all of their nature documentaries?
That's pretty much all I watch on Netflix.
 
NautArch
NautArch
it does!
and new stuff, too
my daughter went straight to the vet show. WHich i'm not sure is above her pay grade, but hey, circle of life.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
7:13 PM
mmm do I drop Netflix for Disney+...
I barely watch anything on Netflix, although I did actually manage to get into Stranger Things recently.
 
NautArch
NautArch
definitely could pause it while you try some new stuff and then could always start it back up
 
 
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trogdor
trogdor
8:25 PM
@Ash same, giving me the same vibe as Teen Titans Go, which I can't explain why but I just cannot stand it's art aesthetic
@NautArch huh, maybe it's the candy coloration, or maybe it's the fact that they talk XD
 
user15026
@trogdor agreed.
 
trogdor
trogdor
I imagine some people like ponies/unicorns/horse/ect but would prefer they were magical pets rather than,.... people XD
 
NautArch
NautArch
@trogdor yeah, i dunno. I never really watched it, but i'm always up for moar cartoons. Did my best to give both kids a chance to see if they like it.
 
trogdor
trogdor
not for everyone
even sometimes the target audience XD
 
NautArch
NautArch
i mean i'll watch nearly any cartoon. I love me some cartoons.
 
trogdor
trogdor
8:30 PM
yeah but I mean
not everyone is gonna like it
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
hey has anyone played the star wars rpg. I think i've asked this before
 
trogdor
trogdor
that's all I mean XD
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon which one?
 
trogdor
trogdor
there have been a couple of those
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
edge of the empire i guess. not really sure what the differences are.
 
trogdor
trogdor
8:31 PM
ah that's the new one, no I have not
 
NautArch
NautArch
@trogdor yeah, definitely.
@Gwideon i haven't actually played any (yet), but am looking at the 5e version of it.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
5e version?
 
MikeQ
MikeQ
We do have some tagged questions for Edge of the Empire (which is not SW5e)
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon sw5e.com
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
hmm interesting
is the non dnd conversion any good
 
trogdor
trogdor
8:34 PM
I've played Knights of the Old Republic
That's the only one I have played though
Plenty of other Star Wars games I've played too but that's the only RPG one
 
NautArch
NautArch
hol up. you talking video games or tabletop @Gwideon?
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
well I was talking about ttrpgs
 
trogdor
trogdor
I really liked Rogue Squadron and the actual first and second battlefront games
 
NautArch
NautArch
ah, but KOTR is a GREAT video game :)
 
trogdor
trogdor
Not the new ones they are trying to pretend are the only Star Wars Battlefronts that exist XD
@NautArch that was part of my confusion as well
I've not played any of the TTRPG Star Wars games
Not sure I want to honestly
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
8:38 PM
why
 
trogdor
trogdor
I've had bad experience with franchise TTRPG'S before
Most notably the Stargate one
 
MikeQ
MikeQ
Is D&D not a franchise TTRPG?
 
trogdor
trogdor
That doesn't mean you shouldn't try it though
@MikeQ well it is but not in the way I meant?
I meant a franchise that exists outside the TTRPG landscape that then makes a TTRPG
XD
But also
D&D isn't exactly my favorite TTRPG
XD
So both sides are covered on that one
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I'd like to play a game of it.
If I could make a mando bounty hunter it would be cool
 
trogdor
trogdor
Seems fair enough
 
BESW
BESW
8:43 PM
If I were to run a Star Wars TTRPG, I'd use the Faith Corps system.
 
trogdor
trogdor
Yeah if I want to play one I would use some other system for it personally
I still like Star Wars but I don't trust them to make a coherent system for the game
If only because my experiences with that kind of thing in the past color my picture of what it will probably be like
 
BESW
BESW
Atomic Robo did well. Dresden Files works at lower power levels but scales very badly. Ummm. I can't think of any other that really felt like a successful conversion.
 
trogdor
trogdor
yeah
again, my biggest disapointment was Stargate SG1
I loved reading the book
then we actually played it and it was a mess
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
it's made by fantasy flight games which makes other games besides starwars stuff. I think it even has a non starwars version of the system.
 
trogdor
trogdor
tis fair enough
I have not played it
it could even be good
 
BESW
BESW
8:56 PM
Looking at the system... aaaah that's not something I want to play.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I can understand that
 
BESW
BESW
It's got lots of complexity in places that don't match the franchise's themes or priorities.
 
Carcer
Carcer
@trogdor the spycraft one?
 
BESW
BESW
Yup, that's the one.
 
trogdor
trogdor
@Carcer yes
 
BESW
BESW
9:05 PM
in RPG General Chat, Jan 4 '16 at 10:22, by BESW
SG-1 is a TV show about characters of great moral fibre succeeding against overwhelming odds through tenacity and ingenuity. For the official RPG they chose d20 Spycraft, a system which sidelines personality traits when it acknowledges them at all and places emphasis on a needlessly finicky combat simulation system that centres on high outcome randomisation. For a show that doesn't even have a combat scene every episode, and combat is almost never the way to solve big problems.
 
MikeQ
MikeQ
At minimum, a Star Wars TTRPG needs a mechanic that benefits characters with the high ground
 
BESW
BESW
This might be r🐘 to the conversation:

Fate-ifying Star Wars: Luke vs Vader in Cloud City

Dec 7 '17 at 22:28, 14 hours 8 minutes total – 32 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked May 27 '18 at 23:10 by BESW

 
Gwideon
Gwideon
9:20 PM
i don't think 5e is the best system to do a starwars rpg
 
BESW
BESW
Faith Corps, on the other hand, is such a close fit that I'm astonished (a) it wasn't made for Star Wars; and (b) it hasn't been snapped up by the franchise licensees. Mike Olson has been using it to run Star Wars at cons for at least three years now.
(Specifically, he's been using it for Star Wars Rebels style play, which is what I'd do too.)
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
9:44 PM
I've never used fate so I don't know much about it but i know what I'd like from a starwars system. I'd probably like it to be a bit more open ended. I'd also like a focus letting the players do also things and really be able to affect the story.
also yeah the edge of the empire system seems a bit to complex for my liking
okay fate does seem like it would be a good system
 
trogdor
trogdor
I think fate does basically everything you just mentioned XD
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I do have one problem. I have trouble getting my players into collaborative narrative games since they're used to the gm being the final arbiter. They tend not to utilize the amount of narrative power that they have. I've been trying to encourage them but um yeah. It's also a little hard to adjust my mindset as a gm. It would probably be useful if I was a player first.
but I guess that's more about giving everyone time to adjust to the new system
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
10:03 PM
@Gwideon I can understand that, I suspect it'd take me some getting used to as well (but I've never played it either)
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
yeah that's the problem I had with kids on bikes though by the end of the first session they were getting more used to it.
I also have one player who is..... Very stubborn and doesn't find much appeal in collaborative systems. he prefers something he can have the most "Viable" build in.
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
@Gwideon IME and based on accounts of other players and GMs, not all FATE campaigns are on the high end of the storygame scale.
The tools for direct-story-collaborative gaming are certainly present in the system, but it's possible to keep them low-key in actual usage.
Now, the charop part of the game will certainly seem underwhelming to that one player.
 

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