Escape Pod. - 2013-04-09 (page 1 of 2)

LessPop_MoreFizz

03:09

Oh god I can't take it

FEichinger

You're not alone.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I think I clicked everyone relevant. probably missed a few.

kalina

salut

the new bridge, eh?

FEichinger

Bridge evacuation.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina For now.

room topic changed to Escape Pod.: For when you just can't handle The Bridge. (no tags)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

03:10

I just ignored the guy. That works

kalina

both of them

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone There's more than one of them.

kalina

we really need retro in the bridge right now, so they can destroy each other

FEichinger

So, if we all stop talking to them ... How long do you think they can sustain a conversation without getting bored?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I don't like using the ignore button typically. For... various reasons.

Wipqozn

03:11

I assume there is bridge drama or something.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger A few weeks.

Wipqozn

looks

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, it makes conversations look weird

kalina

@Wipqozn not really drama

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn Not so much drama, as a pair of profoundly annoying new folks.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

03:11

Anyway, I really do need to get breakfast

Wipqozn

Oh, those guy.

I assumed the johan guy was gnomeslice when he started asking by gnomeslice.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Also, ignore doesn't prevent messages from those people from showing up in this room's sidebar

LessPop_MoreFizz

You know how sometimes a new person shows up, and rather than joining the existing conversation, they try to start their own, and do so really aggressively and repeatedly?

2

Well we have two people doing it simultaneously.

Wipqozn

Since gnomeslice often likes to ask about himself on alts.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Wipqozn That's... a surprisingly plausible explanation

FEichinger

03:12

@Wipqozn We started the talk about Gnome, though.

So, it was probably genuine there.

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I am actually hungry too now

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's 3am where you are

Also, you have cereal. I do not.

LessPop_MoreFizz

But yeah. The new guys are just... aggressively, obstinately not integrating into the culture of the bridge. And it is driving me bonkers.

kalina

the bad news is I've just realised that I started playing 'shaping of the world' about 3 hours ago and only just noticed its still playing... looping

FEichinger

Both of our very special guests are the kind of people I would like to slam to the ground with words, telling them just how annoying, irritating and plain wrong they are ...

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kalina

03:16

meh, I was being short with one of them and Ktash pulled me up on it so I stopped talking

@LessPop_MoreFizz 'shaping of the world' probably means more to you than it does to me

OrigamiRobot

Wat

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina It would if I ever listened to wow music ever.

OrigamiRobot

What happened?

kalina

but... battle for mt hyjal!

user15026

ffs that took forever

LessPop_MoreFizz

03:18

@OrigamiRobot New guys on the bridge are really really annoying, so we are going to let them get bored.

OrigamiRobot

ah

user15026

(somehow I got logged out and couldn't get back in and AUGH)

Fluttershy

Is this what I think it is?

LessPop_MoreFizz

in The Bridge, 19 secs ago, by Johann

hey guys what is the greatest game of all time

I mean. Seriously.

kalina

brb crunchy nut cornflakes

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

03:18

@FEichinger I think in the long term it's healthier to tell it to them straight instead of doing this

StrixVaria

Ugh new people.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ewww

OrigamiRobot

What? Games are off-topic in The Bridge.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Except that I already have told it to them straight. Repeatedly.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Just....no

FEichinger

03:19

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Chances are, I'll step out of line and get my fair share for it. And I understand that, but geez.

user15026

I feel bad for @spugsley, I think she is the only one still talking in there

user15026

oh, no, looks like there are a couple people

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I sent her an invite! She has not responded to it.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Silly her

user15026

This is where all teh cool kids are ;)

SaintWacko

03:20

Ooh, a top seekrit room

LessPop_MoreFizz

@SaintWacko Just until the kids get bored and leave.

user15026

@SaintWacko shush no no sekrets here

LessPop_MoreFizz

and/or learn to adjust to the prevailing culture.

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz I had noticed there were a lot of people I didn't recognize

Wipqozn

I'm happy I'm too busy playing MH3 to notice.

LessPop_MoreFizz

03:21

@SaintWacko Just two really.

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn I th in your general direction!

@Wipqozn I've been too busy playing MH to notice

user15026

@SaintWacko ooooh baby

SaintWacko

And I'm about to be too busy playing MH2 to notice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, they feel like a lot

LessPop_MoreFizz

@SaintWacko I'll say.

kalina

I have to ask the obvious, but when I first appeared did I annoy everybody this much?

LessPop_MoreFizz

03:22

@kalina Doubt it. This is a special, aggressive sort of annoying.

user15026

@kalina nope

user15026

you have always had sense

kalina

hey lets not go too far

LessPop_MoreFizz

It's the sort of annoying that only an 8 year old whose been allowed to eat all the halloween candy can muster up typically.

user15026

@kalina well, sense compared to the two over there gestures

SaintWacko

03:23

I hope I didn't

kalina

@AshleyNunn :p

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Age: 30, according to his profile

LessPop_MoreFizz

Hey guys, can we talk about games?

Hey guys, I like games. Do you like games?

What's your favorite game?

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz games are cool

LessPop_MoreFizz

If you could be any videogame character, which would you be?

Hey does anyone else play [game] and want to play with me?

kalina

03:24

"I always wanted to be a frame in a video game"

3

confused

user15026

ERMAHGERD @LessPop_MoreFizz STAHP

kalina

HEY GUISE team fortress 2 is an mmo

3

Fluttershy

@kalina I am jealous. =( I love Crunchy Nut.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@spugsley check your piiiiiiinggggggs

kalina

Crunchy Nut Cornflakes <3

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

03:25

I really can't

stand people

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Gary Oak.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

who talk

like this

kalina

one

message

per

LINE

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina gotta

keep

hitting

enter

key

to

kalina

where is badp when you need somebody banning for hitting the spam limiter repeatedly

he's always there when I do it

LessPop_MoreFizz

03:26

avoid

being

Fluttershy

Yayy! I beat Eye of Cthulhu!

LessPop_MoreFizz

interrupted.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy The first boss?

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yes. >_>

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

What equipment did you use?

SaintWacko

03:27

I need to get a Wii U

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I had just made my second piece of gold armor. I also had a boomerang, and some throwing knives.

SaintWacko

I really badly want to play multiplayer MH

kalina

MH is Monster Hunter right?

LessPop_MoreFizz

SET THEM ON FIRE

Fluttershy

@kalina Correct.

Wipqozn

03:30

My word.

THey've completely taken over the bridge.

kalina

@Wipqozn yes, it's a sad day

user15026

I am playing a game called Opoona and my dad's name is Dadeena and everything is weird

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Why would you do that? =(

Stack Exchange

LessPop_MoreFizz has added Fluttershy to the list of this room's owners.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy To be mean to him.

kalina

03:32

in The Bridge, 53 secs ago, by Scootaloo

One of the owners of this room has a pony avatar. lol

Fluttershy

Hm... Fair trade, I suppose.

kalina

I think

:p

user15026

@Fluttershy They also thought you were female. I don't know if that ever got corrected

Fluttershy

I don't think I'd wanna run a room with those two in it anyhow.

2

@AshleyNunn Eh. Makes me no difference. Ambiguity is fun.

user15026

@Fluttershy it isssssssssss

kalina

03:34

can you image if retro was in chat right now with those two?

he would be the more sensible of the three

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina I kinda can't wait until he is, just so I can officially declare the Bridge over.

Fluttershy

Oh glob... I don't even wanna think about it.

StrixVaria

How is the Bridge currently the worst place on the Internet?

8

OrigamiRobot

I have no idea what's going on.

Fluttershy

Screw the Bridge, I'm going to 4chan!

2

user15026

03:35

@Fluttershy HEADDESK

FEichinger

Sooo ... can I slam them into the ground with words now?

I think I phrased it pretty well in my write-up.

LessPop_MoreFizz

23 mins ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

You know how sometimes a new person shows up, and rather than joining the existing conversation, they try to start their own, and do so really aggressively and repeatedly?

kalina

@FEichinger I suspect the random mod that put the room into timeout would ban you

Fluttershy

All in favor of raising the bar from 20 rep to 250 rep, say aye!

kalina

@Fluttershy 2500

OrigamiRobot

03:35

@LessPop_MoreFizz Retrosaur isn't in there that I saw.

FEichinger

@kalina Well, I was te one who pretty much asked for the timeout ...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot No, just a pair of retrosaur juniors.

Fluttershy

BaileyRowland would really seal the deal for me.

OrigamiRobot

Dear Lord

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Feel free to have your finger slip over the chat ban button.

Fluttershy

03:36

@kalina But then we wouldn't have @FEichinger and his cute gravatar! =3

OrigamiRobot

What has the world come to?

user15026

@Fluttershy oy, don't even :P

FEichinger

@Fluttershy lol

kalina

@Fluttershy true story, 2k then

user15026

@Wipqozn dont tempt me turtle

Wipqozn

03:37

I just hid both their messages and over half the messages are gone.

Fluttershy

I saw we all just ignore them both and carry on like they never existed.

Alternatively, we can stay here. I'm fine with either.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn How did I not think of this?

I hide so many messages.

kalina

to be honest, I don't think that putting them on ignore would actually change the conversation at all

if you notice, very few people reply to either of them

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria If by "hide" you mean "Put them on ignore and then state very clearly that you did so."

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Isn't that what it means?

Wipqozn

03:39

@kalina IT would allow us to see messages other than theirs.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria It does now.

kalina

there is actually a 'hide' function

@Wipqozn true

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy I love it when he does that.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn It makes me lol.

Also, World Engineer has the patience of a saint.

Wipqozn

He must have kids.

kalina

03:40

he's far more tolerant than badp is for sure

user15026

@Fluttershy He's a Programmers mod, I think it comes with teh territory

kalina

times like these I wish he didn't sleep during these hours

OrigamiRobot

I wish badp were here to freeze The Bridge

Fluttershy

This is why I should be a mod. I would've already given them both 6 month chat bans.

kalina

we've had one room freeze today

OrigamiRobot

03:41

orly?

kalina

@Fluttershy this is exactly why I would make a bad mod

Wipqozn

Oh lord.

Drama time.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I could put it in timeout, I suppose

Fluttershy

hides

I'm so, so tempted to just pop into the Bridge and say tl;dr

FEichinger

@Fluttershy I wanted to make my rant up as I go at first, that would've prevented that.

Tim Stone

03:43

Wait, did someone open an airlock? Why are we in the Escape Pod?

Wipqozn

@TimStone Because you have a heart of stone.

FEichinger

But then again, I was close to calling names during my writeup ...

kalina

@FEichinger what the hell wall of text mode

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone No life forms detected in here.

FEichinger

@kalina Yes. Necessary.

Fluttershy

03:43

@TimStone I blame Wesley Crusher.

kalina

you're right though, I've never seen an evacuation happen

FEichinger

Leaving the Bridge to them doesn't work. Throwing them a hint the size of a mountain didn't work.

Now I went wall-of-text mode.

If that doesn't work, I'm gonna lash out - which is why I left the Bridge entirely, to prevent that from happening.

Fluttershy

@kalina It's a first for me! It does amaze me how differently people approach the Bridge.

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn I can't argue with this.

Fluttershy

I was super shy, @kalina tried to change the site's rules, and then there's these two and papa Retrosaur.

Tim Stone

03:45

@Fluttershy Blame seconded, next stop the final frontier.

Fluttershy

@TimStone Make it so, Number Two.

Wipqozn

That reminds me, you haven't used the word stupid once during our Monster Hunting/.

kalina

@Fluttershy meh, after a variety of foot stamping I figured I was in the wrong

Wipqozn

JK JK JK J K J KJ K JK J K JK J K JK J K J

JK JK JK JK JK

kalina

the whole JK JK JK JK thing

is so much like the xD xD xD xD thing

Wipqozn

03:46

This situation is getting more awkward by the moment.

kalina

I don't feel any awkwardness

Fluttershy

@kalina I was just poking fun. =P

Brant

Woo, secret regular backchannel!

kalina

@Fluttershy meh, it's the truth though

Wipqozn

@kalina Certain type of situations make me very awkward. This is one of them.

user15026

03:48

@Brant One of us! One of us!

LessPop_MoreFizz

GOOBA GOBBA GOOBA GOBBA

Wipqozn

ARe we sure they're not all just Retro alts?

kalina

@Wipqozn I never had you down as the kind who would back down from a huge confrontation

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Ending up on your back is another.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz WE ACCEPT HIM WE ACCEPT HIM

kalina

03:49

@Wipqozn this could be the case, I wouldn't be surprised if it were

Wipqozn

@kalina SURPRISE

kalina

do you know who would be fun to have present in the bridge during all of this?

Wipqozn

Yes.

Yes I do.

kalina

fbueckert

Yawus

Whoa, what's this doing here?

OrigamiRobot

03:50

My new game is going to be speaking only in Johann quotes.

Fluttershy

@kalina That would have been hilarious!

user15026

@kalina oh man

OrigamiRobot

@kalina He is online.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot That would be a limited vocabulary ...

user15026

@Yawus bein' sneaky

Fluttershy

03:50

Also, I'm not going to answer the question I was just asked. <_< I pointed out a strawman, and left it at that.

OrigamiRobot

in The Bridge, 3 mins ago, by Johann

:(

Wipqozn

I just invited him to the bridge.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Wow, you can already cover an emotion and not just cause anger in the player! Awesome!

Yawus

So, I just got my first credit card. Expect me to have a gazillion new games tomorrow and be horribly in debt within the next month.

OrigamiRobot

in The Bridge, 14 mins ago, by Johann

very funny

Fluttershy

03:52

in The Bridge, 14 secs ago, by World Engineer

@Johann and it's all your fault. Happy with the desolation?

kalina

@AshleyNunn has earned the title 'Diplomat'

Fluttershy

Oh snap.

user15026

@Yawus giggles That's the way it is supposed to go, no?

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Oh my gosh! Sarcasm!

OrigamiRobot

in The Bridge, 7 mins ago, by Johann

true

Wipqozn

03:53

Did he just compare himself to Alexander the Great...?

Yawus

@AshleyNunn Funnily enough, I've been functioning fine with a debit card for the last couple of years.

user15026

@Yawus Yeah, but htat's real money :P

FEichinger

@Wipqozn Yep. That's like inverse-Godwin's Law.

Yawus

Who doesn't compare themselves to Alexander the Great?

Wipqozn

@Yawus Me. I'm far greater than he ever was.

kalina

03:53

I don't think I've ever made that comparison

Fluttershy

@Yawus I do it on a daily basis! Usually when thinking about... Y'know what... nevermind.

Yawus

@Wipqozn If you say you're greater than he was, didn't you just make a comparison? Logic bomb

user15026

@Fluttershy I can end that sentence in SO many ways....

Wipqozn

@Yawus No. That's crazy.

FEichinger

@Fluttershy There's potential for a dickjoke there. What with "great Alexander" ...

Yawus

03:54

@AshleyNunn I came up with "waffles", you?

Fluttershy

I'm leaving it how it is. You people do with it what you will.

user15026

@Yawus NO COMMENT

user15026

@Fluttershy You willing to leave that in my hands?

Yawus

Official answer: waffles.

user15026

Dangerous choice. ;)

kalina

03:55

OH

OrigamiRobot

NO NO NO ABORT

Yawus

In fact, the official answer to everything is waffles.

kalina

it's on - look who just joined the bridge

Retrosaur

@kalina who

OrigamiRobot

I CAN'T TALK ANYMORE OR I'LL HARASS HIM

Retrosaur

03:55

ooh, implied sarcasm. i love it

OrigamiRobot

:p

Retrosaur

<3

I like the room name

but it's not cool enough

Why not call it the "People who hate Retrosaur Fanclub"?

FEichinger

Fun fact: It isn't even you who made us evacuate.

OrigamiRobot

That's a different room.

kalina

@Retrosaur you did, we need your special skills to kill off your evil doppelgängers

murgatroid99

03:57

►

StrixVaria

HOW DID RETROSAUR FIND THIS ROOM

FEichinger

@StrixVaria It's on top of the chat list, sadly.

kalina

@StrixVaria you can't mark them as hidden

Yawus

Would that be a club composed of people who are fans of Retrosaur-haters or is it just people who hate the Retrosaur Fanclub?

FEichinger

@kalina You can convert a private chat into an open chat, though. That keeps it after the normal open chats in the list.

Retrosaur

03:58

@StrixVaria You know, I don't really know myself

FEichinger

That's how we're hiding the Tic Tac Toe room.

Retrosaur

Yawus

Oh hey, it's me.

Retrosaur

Admit it, my freehand circles are master race, ADMIT IT

Fluttershy

@Retrosaur Aw! I'm adorable!

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OrigamiRobot

03:59

in The Bridge, Mar 11 at 1:58, by OrigamiRobot

I'm famous!

kalina

@Retrosaur your freehand circles don't join up

and aren't very circular

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