The Bridge

Private Pansy

12:00

Yeah :( Two days and already I'm feeling miserable

*sigh*

fredley

For my next javascript game I'm going to make something a bit like spore, but good

Arperum

@fredley That sounds like a challenge.

fredley

@Arperum It's possible I think

The individual levels aren't too bad, the difficult thing is making the transitions between them seamless and sensible, and making death not too bad

Admittedly some of the later stages might be hard

Arperum

@fredley Ascii graphics again? or something else this time?

fredley

@Arperum Ascii, but not fixed grid

At least three of the stages should be not too difficult

There are some I'm not sure about

Brainstorming it at the moment

Arperum

12:19

@fredley I reserve a testing spot. Or if needed/wanted I could even help coding. (professional webdev and all that[only one year experience though])

@fredley See if some form of multiplayer is possible. That would be awesome.

Space stage with multiple people in the same galaxy.

fredley

@Arperum No way, that's a whole different kettle of fish

@Arperum No no no

FEichinger

Relatively easy with some AJAX magic.

I say relatively.

Arperum

@FEichinger You also say magic

FEichinger

@Arperum Why, yes, but I'm a PHP core dev, so "magic" isn't exactly uncommon in what I do. :P

Arperum

@FEichinger PHP core dev as in: working mainly with PHP or working on the core of PHP? Both cases require magic.

fredley

12:24

@FEichinger NOOOOO NOT THE PHP

FEichinger

@Arperum Writing bare PHP and not this framework-laden nonsense.

fredley

Making a MMOG in PHP: NO. NO. NO NO NO.

Arperum

@FEichinger I think we broke @fredley

FEichinger

@fredley PHP should be the least of your worries in that regard, actually.

Arperum

> The referenced component 'Microsoft.CSharp' could not be found.

...

FEichinger

12:26

Writing a HTTP-based MMOG in itself is already a crime.

CRIME, I say.

fredley

NON NON NON NON NON

FEichinger

@fredley You're missing a "NON".

Arperum

@FEichinger See? @fredley is completely broken.

fredley

In the UK we call the tories the 'nasty party'. I guess it's hard for non-Brits to understand why sometimes. Othertimes not.

Private Pansy

Have some cookies: NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

Arperum

12:28

@fredley Wait WHAT?

fredley

@Arperum This party is in power currently.

> David Cameron admitted in an interview at the weekend that leaving the ECHR was an option Britain could pursue.

Arperum

@fredley HOW stupid are they?

tombull89

@fredley wat

fredley

@Arperum Not stupid. The policy is stupid, but simple. It appeals to simple minded people.

Ronan Forman

I think the tories are on a mission to out-stupid UKIP.

Lazers

12:32

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Q: GTA5 Player Setback

I need some help in resolving this issue. I have GTA5 for the Xbox. I've been playing for the past week or so and the story mode is around 15 percent done. (I've unlocked the 3 guys, I think Michael, Franklin and that desert guy) I turned on my Xbox this morning and started playing gta5. I...

Arperum

@fredley All it does is kicking you a couple centuries back to the times where you could get whipped for saying stupid things.

fredley

@RonanForman They mistook a general election for a stupidity contest.

@Arperum Dropping out of ECHR has chilling consequences

Ronan Forman

@fredley For some reason they think that UKIP 'won' in some way, which is odd, because they didn't.

fredley

@RonanForman The best thing to do with attention seekers like UKIP is ignore them

Grace Note

Oh yeah, I forgot that the Euro version has snakes instead of chutes.

Ronan Forman

12:34

@fredley Don't ignore them, treat them seriously and actually show people UKIP is wrong rather than just saying "people who vote for UKIP are idiots".

Arperum

@GraceNote I never understood how a snake would get you back down though.

Ronan Forman

@Arperum Snakes are slippery!

Grace Note

@Arperum Slippery and slithery.

Arperum

@RonanForman ... So you are saying that the game promotes the stepping and slipping on snakes?

Wipqozn

I should probably submit a chat bug report, or see if it alread yexists.

Grace Note

12:36

Whenever you land on 'em, sure.

Wipqozn

The past few days (week maybe) everytime I open up chat in a new window it pings me with some old message.

fredley

@RonanForman Nope: they're buffoons. If you ignore them they'll just try and seek attention by being bigger buffoons.

Arperum

@GraceNote Chutes sounds like a better alternative though. Doesn't sound as fancy, but physically correcter

Ronan Forman

@Arperum Yep, luckily we don't have any venomous snakes over here, so standing on them is a safe past time.

fredley

@GraceNote What is the non-Euro version called? Snakes and chutes?

Arperum

12:37

@fredley I'd assume Chutes and Ladders

fredley

@RonanForman Lies, we have adderss

Arperum

@fredley This.

fredley

@Arperum I didn't sleep last night, please ignore everything I say >.<

Grace Note

@fredley Chutes and Ladders, which I thought would've been easier to think since I compared snakes to chutes...

fredley

@GraceNote shhhhh

I'm too tired to think coherently

Grace Note

12:38

@Arperum This is probably why we localized them as chutes and assume that our kids can't forsake intellectual logical bridges to embrace contextual imagination in the heart of rules.

Arperum

@fredley That's where the spore in JS idea comes from. Could you stay up another day? Multiplayer might start to look reasonable then.

Ronan Forman

Also the snakes look prettier on the board.

They have little cute faces.

fredley

@Arperum shhhhh

Arperum

@fredley NO SLEEP FOR YOU THEN.

fredley

@RonanForman As a child I understood that if you landed on a snake, you would be eaten and fall down it. What happened at the other end was always unclear to me though.

3ventic

12:40

Hello again

fredley

@Arperum :(

3ventic

I just realized I had accidentally upgraded my Debian from 6 to 7.

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley here, I'll fetch you a coffee or 10, and remember: sleep is for the weak

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden Weep is for the sleek.

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley we're getting closer to multiplayer it seems :)

fredley

12:41

Pony problems: I can't tell @KevinvanderVelden and @Arperum apart that easily

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley mine is red-ish, his is gray

@3ventic well that sucks, how did you manage that? =/

Arperum

@fredley Mine has glasses, his has not.

3ventic

@KevinvanderVelden I'm not sure how or when. Probably when I was messing with php5-mysqlnd

Grace Note

Glasses aren't majorly visible at that resolution when you're all grey to begin with.

Arperum

@GraceNote shhhhh

fredley

12:42

Difficult

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley naah, mine is red

Grace Note

That said I just go by the red/grey split myself. And Kevin has a stubbier tail.

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley You'll see it when you've been awake for longer

fredley

Alternatively I could read words

3ventic

OrigamiRobot

12:43

@GraceNote Why do I keep getting Ether Diseases when there is no Etherwind and I am not wearing any ether items?

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Blame @Wipqozn.

FEichinger

@fredley You know ... you made them yourself.

Grace Note

Etherwind speeds up the progression of Ether Disease, it'll still progress on its own at a very slow slow pace.

Ronan Forman

@fredley Why would you do that?

OrigamiRobot

I see

fredley

12:44

@FEichinger shhhhh

Grace Note

Part of the deal is that your character, on arriving at North Tyris, contracted Ether Disease already.

fredley

@RonanForman I don't know. Too much effort.

FEichinger

@fredley shhhhh yourself.

Private Pansy

Wods r hrd yo

OrigamiRobot

Well, at any rate, I got the Lucky Dagger last night.

Grace Note

12:44

That was fast.

OrigamiRobot

Fishing is pretty easy

Private Pansy

Wods

Grace Note

It's more the faith growth that's the limiting factor.

Private Pansy

I can't believe I wrote that

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote I get a brillion Faith Dreams and have the Faith feats.

My base Faith is 20

Grace Note

12:46

Ah, I didn't grab the Faith feats. Handy to have if going that way, though.

fredley

+fun The rules of fun have been specified with extreme rigour

They are pretty awesome fun rules it has to be said

FEichinger

fun

Grace Note

Lucky Dagger is a really nice deal though.

Ronan Forman

I'm ashamed that we need that tag. I blame @fredley.

Grace Note

Since I don't dual-wield my black catsister is currently using it.

fredley

12:48

> it is permissible to on occasion have a little fun with each other

@RonanForman We need tags for everything, even fun it seems.

My next game will be called fun

Arperum

@fredley Only a little. Make sure it doesn't get too much.

@fredley The multiplayer spore one?

Grace Note

Fallacious Urban Nova

fredley

Addition of quotes to <title> text is excellent

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum sounds like fun

Arperum

I want to go home :( My productivity took a bigger crashdive then on fridays.

fredley

12:52

@Arperum Is it Friday?

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley @blem already linked rebecca black, you don't need to anymore

Arperum

@fredley Not yet. I want to play terraria, and I still have to work two more hours :(

Blem

@fredley you where even tagged in it

fredley

@Blem Too tired

Arperum

@fredley Not tired enough. You still didn't confirm the multiplayer part of your sporegame.

Blem

12:55

2 hours ago, by Blem

@fredley loves when we promote speed-warp.net!

fredley

Meanwhile, at the guardian...

@Blem :(

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley I'd have thought that was the daily fail

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden There are no other news stories more worthy of the front page banner

RedRiderX

@fredley I... I... WHAT!?

Is this for real?

Arperum

@fredley I'd think that train crash Number ILostCount in Belgium would be a better thing. (Only material damage this time, and not even poisonous leakage).

fredley

12:57

@RedRiderX theguardian.com/uk

@Arperum Or the aforementioned tory plan to scrap Human Rights

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley or ANY of the other posts on that page

Blem

@fredley Cheer up, it could be monday!

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden The one about chocolate round or square thing excluded maybe.

RedRiderX

@fredley sigh I don't think there is a scenario where this is a good sign for the Guardian.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> David Cameron basically forces imprisoned orphans to bake his bread for him. That's what I'm taking from this.

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