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user19161

12:38 AM

@z7sgѪ Thanks for accepting the eggcorn answer.

user19161

@Mahnax Work later?

user19161

@Kitḫ I'm not mad anymore, but that is not really the reason, but nvm.

user19161

@kiamlaluno Oh I forgot.

user19161

@Cerberus Maybe because you did not apply your updates. See? Now it will take you two hours to apply the updates you missed since XP was released.

Kitḫ

@JasperLoy Nvm? Are you sure you don't want to just tell me what you were mad about?

user19161

12:44 AM

@Kitḫ Yeah, it's OK. I am really not mad anymore.

Kitḫ

Suit yourself.

user19161

And I am also not mad at the other person anymore, again the reason for madness omitted.

Kitḫ

Which other person?

Was there someone else there when we were talking?

user19161

Well, that should be a secret, but the other person might know.

user19161

No, it was something that happened after that.

Kitḫ

12:46 AM

Why should it be a secret? I'm confused.

user19161

If you are very sharp you might have caught it.

user19161

Well, because I don't want to leave people's names in the public transcript.

Kitḫ

Oh. You are talking about some other conversation that you had?

user19161

There is a difference between talking with the regulars here and leaving something in the transcript.

user19161

Yes, some other talk.

Kitḫ

12:49 AM

Ah, I see.

user19161

The problem with talking in chat is that you have access only to words and not tone or facial expression. You don't really know what someone is thinking when he types those words.

user19161

And you never met these people in person to really know about them, so you can choose to interpret what they say in a million ways.

Kitḫ

Yes, that's true.

simchona

@Kitḫ He emailed me at New Years.

Kitḫ

So are you the one he was mad at?

simchona

1:03 AM

And I can't get into my corner any more.

Kitḫ

That was closed ages ago, neh?

simchona

Maybe? He mentioned yesterday that a couple of people pissed him off this week

Yeah...but I just started coming back into chat and needed to talk to Cerb

because of the latest email

Kitḫ

SE cracked down on the private rooms.

simchona

and also because I think Jasper reacted badly to me finally calling him a stalker

Kitḫ

Did you know we have another place?

simchona

1:04 AM

We do? Cerb introduced me to Chatzy but that's all I'm aware of

Kitḫ

Ah. Yes. That's the place I was thinking of.

simchona

Well then I'm all caught up!

Did your den get moved?

Kitḫ

Yes, but mostly I'm over there for the game chat.

simchona

Not sure what the game is but cool.

It feels odd being back in chat again after...three months?

Kitḫ

War Metal Tyrant?

A whole semester, even.

simchona

1:06 AM

No idea what that is.

Yup, a semester away from y'all

And Sonic.

Kitḫ

A bunch of the boys here play. You're welcome to join if you want. It's a strategy card game type of thing.

I hadn't seen Sonic until recently.

simchona

Is it like...what's it called

Dominion?

I was wondering why Cerb kept referring to WMT

Kitḫ

I don't know. I guess it would be kind of like Magic the Gathering.

simchona

Dominion is a turn-based card game. I'd love to join though.

Kitḫ

Well, you would have a lot of solo play until you got to a high enough level to join our faction.

But we'd be supportive in chat. Help you with deck-building, etc.

simchona

1:09 AM

Sounds good to me. It usually takes me a bit to pick up on things. Otherwise I'm kind of a button masher.

Is it all online?

Kitḫ

Yup.

You have an account on Chatzy?

simchona

No--I just joined rooms Cerb made last night. I'll make one now.

Oh wait. It automagically created an account for me when I chatted

Kitḫ

Let me see how you can enter our room...

Crud. I don't think I can do it. I think Reg has to invite you.

Robusto

Chatzy is a decidedly inferior chat experience.

simchona

Ok, well Reg has access to my email and Cerb knows it already

Kitḫ

1:14 AM

OK. @Reg @Cerb, simchona wants to play WMT.

Robusto

SE has one of the best chat apps I've ever seen, and I've made a couple myself so you know it kills me to praise someone else's. ^_^

Kitḫ

@sim Here's the link to the game site: kongregate.com/games/synapticon/tyrant

Robusto

@simchona: First you have to get going on missions in WMT. Then when you're at a sufficiently high level you can get invited.

simchona

@Kitḫ Thank you

Kitḫ

@Robusto I told her that about the faction, but I thought she could come to chat so we could help her with her decks.

Robusto

1:16 AM

Yeah, I don't see the harm in that.

simchona

Does it matter which commander I choose?

Kitḫ

I don't think I joined the faction until I was level 25 or 30. I had finished the main missions through M90, and a pretty good number of the side missions.

@simchona Not one whit.

simchona

@Kitḫ Sassy Asian-looking girl it is.

Kitḫ

You'll be on to a new one soon enough.

@simchona I picked Whisper too. Who wouldn't?

Also, don't spend your War Bonds.

Robusto

Yeah, I was in the high 20s when I got my invite I think. I wondered why they wouldn't invite me sooner, but once in I realized I would have been dead meat in faction wars any sooner than that.

Kitḫ

1:19 AM

Oh yeah. And now that the faction is level 10, we'd probably want to wait longer.

Also, the expansions...

simchona

Oh my god. I'm going to become obsessed with this.

Kitḫ

Hahaha

Anyway, @Cerb or Reg can email you the chat room link. I don't want to post it here. You will also need the room password to get in.

simchona

Sounds good to me.

Kitḫ

I think it took me a month to get through the first three sets of missions.

And don't worry about raiding until you get through mission 90 or so.

But you are a college student, so you can spend more time on it. ;-)

Robusto

Required reading for American citizens

Kitḫ

1:26 AM

Yeah, we covered that yesterday.

user19161

@simchona Is there something wrong with it? I thought it was good for me to let you know.

user19161

@simchona Well you can call me whatever you like.

simchona

What's the difference in weapon types? I'm card mashing.

Kitḫ

I'm not sure. Which are you comparing?

Robusto

@Kitḫ — So what are you doing about it?

Kitḫ

1:30 AM

@Robusto Same thing everyone does about it.

winks

user19161

@sim Is there anything else you wanna say? Because I don't really know what you want to mean.

simchona

@Kitḫ Actually, is there a good guide I can read somewhere?

Kitḫ

@simchona Good? Not really. Guide? Yes. Let me get the link.

warmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Tyrant

simchona

Just what I was looking for. Thank you!

Robusto

I'm considering saying fuck the 2-party system and voting for Gary Johnson. I mean, he couldn't be worse than Obama or the Republican deck of jokers we see now. And both my senators voted for that bill. I feel betrayed.

Kitḫ

1:31 AM

Make sure you are looking at the War Metal Tyrant pieces; there is a FB app that overlaps, which is called Tyrant.

Robusto

No. The FB app is called War Metal. Ours is Tyrant.

Kitḫ

Oh, my bad.

@Robusto I plan on having a chat with Susan and Olympia the next time I see them. It won't do any good though.

Robusto

In all my years I haven't felt this despondent about politics. I mean, it always made me feel sick, but until now I haven't felt sick to death.

user19161

@Kitḫ Yes, and I have no idea what is going on now.

Kitḫ

@Robusto It makes me even angrier with Republicans.

They are seriously screwing up this entire country.

Robusto

1:39 AM

@Kitḫ — Democrats are just as guilty. They're all to blame.

simchona

@Kitḫ Agreed.

goes back to WMT

Robusto

I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I refuse to vote for Obama this year now that he's signed that bill into law even after he promised he would veto it.

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Kitḫ

He had no choice but to sign it.

Robusto

Wrong.

Kitḫ

And you are planning to do exactly what the Republicans are hoping you will do.

What was he supposed to do? Defund the military? He doesn't have line item veto power.

Either way, the Rs get to screw him.

Robusto

1:41 AM

He could grow a pair and play a little hard ball.

Kitḫ

I don't think failing to fund the military is a smart move.

Robusto

He has been a HUGE disappointment. And I seriously don't see how things could be worse than having a law that abrogates the 4th amendment and gets rid of due process. That is the bottom line.

Kitḫ

It will be challenged and stricken.

Robusto

There's no difference these days between Democrats and Republicans.

Kitḫ

And he has done plenty of good things, and more better things than the Rs, and would have done more if they hadn't stonewalled him.

Robusto

1:43 AM

They're all crooks and traitors.

Also liars.

Kitḫ

Well, not mine.

Robusto

garyjohnson2012.com/front

I live in Massachusetts, and both John Kerry and Scott Brown voted for S. 1867. I emailed them both that I would work to defeat them in the next election, and I mean it.

user19161

@sim I want you to know you have hurt me very badly. You call me things and you don't tell me what is going on.

Kitḫ

@Robusto Good for you. Fight the good fight!

Robusto

Seriously, check out Gary Johnson's platform and tell me it isn't at least 80% better than the shit we have now.

Kitḫ

1:46 AM

But why not Elizabeth Warren?

simchona

I feel like the colors on top of the cards mean something about rank, but this makes me feel like I'm color blind

Robusto

@Kitḫ — Easy. She'll be running against Brown.

I mean, I expected that shit from Brown (no pun intended), but Kerry? I just hope there's a viable Libertarian candidate running against him so I don't have to vote for a Republican.

Hi!

Hiya doggy.

Ohai!

1:48 AM

@simchona Those colours are wrong.

user19161

@kit Can you tell me what is going on?

Cerberus

Purple (best), gold, silver, black (worst).

Kitḫ

@simchona Oh sorry. I told you wrong. You want Tyrant, not War Metal.

@JasperLoy Where? We're talking about the upcoming senate elections in Massachusetts.

Robusto

18 mins ago, by Robusto

No. The FB app is called War Metal. Ours is Tyrant.

Damn, four losses in a row. Gorelesup against anti-air, with Daemon and Predator peeling off first each time. Such is life.

Kitḫ

So @Rob, you are so fed up that you would vote for a Libertarian instead of a good Dem? Even if that means throwing your vote away?

Robusto

1:52 AM

I'll try Da Killah next time.

simchona

@Cerberus What's the brown and blue then?

Robusto

@Kitḫ — If I lived in a swing state I might have second thoughts, but I live in blue, blue Massachusetts. My presidential vote really doesn't matter much.

Kitḫ

@Robusto That's fair.

I'm pleased to hear that you plan to get involved.

Cerberus

@simchona Oh, those are tribe colours: all tribes are equal.

Blue = imperial, brown = raider.

simchona

@Cerberus Ohhhh. Ok.

Cerberus

1:53 AM

Some cards only affect certain tribes.

Robusto

Massachusetts was the only state that carried for McGovern in 1972 against Nixon. You don't get bluer than that.

user19161

Fine. If people want to call me things I am not, not tell me what is going on and continue to hurt me, fine.

simchona

Well. That was dramatic.

Robusto

@Jasper: I don't even know what you're talking about.

Kitḫ

@Robusto No, I wasn't looking closely. Of course you're not in any danger of screwing things up if you vote for a Libertarian president.

Cerberus

1:54 AM

I sent you an invitation, by the way.

simchona

I know. I RSVPed.

Cerberus

@JasperLoy I'm not calling you anything. Just forget about the past and get over it.

OK.

simchona

@Cerberus He's mad at me.

Kitḫ

Well, and he wanted me to tell him what was going on, but I don't know what he meant by it.

I was talking politics with Rob.

So @Rob, are you going to support Elizabeth Warren?

Cerberus

I'm not getting involved in it either.

simchona

1:56 AM

@Cerberus I refuse to play dramatic ball with him.

Robusto

@Kitḫ — Of course.

Kitḫ

She's pretty hot.

Robusto

That's not why I would vote for her.

Kitḫ

Me neither.

But it doesn't hurt.

Robusto

Five losses in a row. Da Killah falls to GS spam. I'm cursed.

Kitḫ

2:00 AM

Oh right! The war!

Cerberus

@simchona Wise.

slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/01/…

> The impact of the so-called super PAC on the Iowa election has been profound. Just ask Newt Gingrich, who was clobbered by almost a third of the more than $14 million in super-PAC ad money spent in the weeks before the caucus.

> When the court handed down that decision in 2010, it assumed both that these expenditures would be independent of the candidate’s official campaigns (they’re not; one is financed by Jon Huntsman’s dad) and that disclosure rules would ensure that Americans knew who was buying and selling their elections (we don’t).

Mahnax

Hello all.

Kitḫ

Hola.

simchona

@Mahnax Run away now before they suck you into their time-absorbing game of doom

Mahnax

@simchona Tyrant?

Kitḫ

2:12 AM

Didn't we already? Maybe that was Daniel?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Hi!

@Kitḫ Yeah, you did. Fun fun.

@Jasper No work tonight, either.

simchona

@Mahnax I WAS TOO LATE

Mahnax

@simchona It's okay, I have nothing better to do. I'm not actually hooked on it yet, though.

Kitḫ

Mahnax, I added you as a friend.

...or maybe a fan.

Mahnax

Hmm, lemme see.

Kitḫ

2:15 AM

These things confuse me.

Modern gizmos.

Mahnax

Where are these "friends"?

Kitḫ

Um. Lemme see. If you click your account name at the top of the page?

Mahnax

@Kitḫ Oh, there. Is "Cerberus_TM" @Cerb?

Kitḫ

Yes.

He's a mod, you know. Good to have as a friend.

Mahnax

One day I saw him in the chat, and decided to add him, in hopes that he was actually Cerb.

Kitḫ

2:18 AM

Anyway, I am off to bed. Have a good night!

Mahnax

You too!

@simchona Do you play Tyrant too?

Cerberus

Night!

@Mahnax Oh, I didn't feel anything.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Hmm.

simchona

@Mahnax I do now. Same username.

Mahnax

@simchona Hmm, so you are probably a lower level than even me.

I am still only level 5. But I haven't played in around a week, before today, that is.

simchona

2:22 AM

How do you know level?

Oh.

3

Mahnax

Hm. Alrighty then, I will try to add you.

There, found.

simchona

Accepted.

Mahnax

Cool.

My favourite card atm is Dominated Hatchlings.

Cerberus

Yeah they're good.

Mahnax

I also like Daemon.

And then Airstrike is kind of fun.

Ack, out of energy.

Cerberus

2:36 AM

Daemon is good too.

I still see it a lot in faction wars.

Mahnax

I want a card that I just saw in a mission, it had 6 defence and 4 attack but I can't remember what it was called.

Cerberus

6 defence, really?

I have never seen such a card.

Mahnax

Yeah, 6.

Cerberus

Perhaps you mixed up numbers.

Or it was a card players can never get.

I think the former.

Mahnax

Hold on, I'll see if I have enough energy to try the mission again.

Cerberus

2:45 AM

That is 6 health, not armour.

That card is not good, sorry.

Mahnax

I said defence, which is what I thought of when I see the health. Is there a difference, then?

Cerberus

Well, there is health and armour.

Mahnax

Okay. And I said defence, which is neither.

Cerberus

If you have attack 3 and I armour 2, and you attack me, I only lose 1 health.

Mahnax

Oh, that's what you mean.

Cerberus

2:48 AM

I don't know, defence and armour make me think of the same thing.

Mahnax

Hmm, okay.

Well, I'm going to a friend's house now. Bye all!

And Cerb, try going to bed before 7 AM, eh?

Cerberus

Have fun! I'll try.

simchona

3:09 AM

Oh game, why you so addicting

Cerberus

3:22 AM

Addicted already?

You are an easy prey.

Sonic The Hedgehog

3:44 AM

@sim I suggest you stop playing, now. You still hav- oh wait, now I am starting to speak like Jasper...

simchona

@Cerberus I do my best.

@SonicTheHedgehog And I don't like listening to Jasper either.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Well, you are on the break.. I think.

simchona

@SonicTheHedgehog Not divulging personal information here any more. Last time I did it too much, it bit me in the ass

Sonic The Hedgehog

That game is nothing. My suggestion to the most trolling game of all time...

realm of mad god.

simchona

warmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Units#Tyrant

Sonic The Hedgehog

3:47 AM

It is like Wow, Lol, but with pixles and interesting monsters... And it has perma-death. If you are prone to rage, this is not the game for you.

simchona

This is my last two hours.

Sonic The Hedgehog

google it.

simchona

-5

Q: Origin of "Make someday today"

I guess there are other variations for this expression that one can google out on the Internet such as "Make today your someday" and "Make that someday today". However, is it possible to find out its origin?

Mahnax

Skyrim == Best game ever. Unfortunately, I do not own it.

simchona

And this person is starting to annoy me.

Sonic The Hedgehog

3:48 AM

@sim 2 hours?

simchona

@SonicTheHedgehog Don't worry about it.

Mahnax

And with that, I'm off. poof

Sonic The Hedgehog

It makes you spend a lot of time to max your stats, you will always die sooner or later, it makes you rage, then in 20 minutes, I bet my Blue emerald that you will try it again. Repeat Process.

Cerberus

I couldn't handle that.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Cerb you played it?

simchona

4:03 AM

@Cerb--who's Vit?

waiwai933

4:23 AM

This room was placed in timeout for 2 minutes for cool-down purposes.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Honestly, the floating number thing creeps me out...

waiwai933

27 messages deleted

Mahnax

What happened here?

Cerberus

Huh?

I leave for one minute, and I see this.

simchona

4:39 AM

@Cerberus I can tell you in VSPR-R

Cerberus

Heh OK.

Mahnax

Sigh I feel so left out.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Mahnax Any kind of Pming system you got? I can tell you.

simchona

@Mahnax There was an argument about things unrelated to ELU

Mahnax

@SonicTheHedgehog Ehh, Skype. Or Facebook, but I'm not about to tell you my last name.

@simchona Figured as much, if Waiwai deleted it.

Sonic The Hedgehog

4:45 AM

@Mah I'll give you a choice.

Mahnax

@SonicTheHedgehog Oh?

Sonic The Hedgehog

or make a fake twitter account.

Mahnax

Oh, I do have Twitter.

Under a false name.

Sonic The Hedgehog

k.

simchona

@Mahnax -- Check your Kongregate account.

Sonic The Hedgehog

4:46 AM

hmm...

Mahnax

@simchona Oh, that too.

Sonic The Hedgehog

shrugs

@Mah tell me, then I will send you the message.

Mahnax

@SonicTheHedgehog My twitter is mk314f.

Cerberus

Help I don't see any icons!

You're all blanks!

Mahnax

@SonicTheHedgehog Sim explained, no need.

simchona

4:57 AM

For either @Cerb or @Mahnax -- why are there both active and defense decks?

Cerberus

For faction wars.

The defense deck kicks in when someone from another faction attacks you.

So you won't need that yet.

simchona

Thank you :]

Mahnax

6:55 AM

@simchona Don't ask me, I'm a noob too.

Matt Эллен

10:03 AM

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user19161

10:29 AM

@MattЭллен Your email 1 was full so I sent something to email 2 a few hours ago.

user19161

@mahnax Still up?

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy full again? bah

I need to do some new year cleaning

user19161

@MattЭллен What I sent you is pretty serious. Lunch soon?

user19161

@MattЭллен Probably because your dad sent you stuff as well.

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy in about 3.5 hours

@JasperLoy probably

user19161

10:36 AM

@MattЭллен You seen the stuff in email 1? Though that in email 2 is more important now, 1 being the one we originally used.

Matt Эллен

right now? no I'm at work. I'll look when I get home. I forgot to check yesterday - I was feeling a bit crook

user19161

@MattЭллен If you're busy it's fine. How is your headache?

Matt Эллен

@JasperLoy I won't be busy when I'm back home :) My headache has subsided, for now.

user19161

1:33 PM

Good morning @kit.

Kitḫ

Good morning, @Jasper!

Are you feeling better today?

You've got your Bieber on, which seems a good thing.

user19161

@Kitḫ I don't know what people may think of me when they read the transcript but I want to say that God is my witness in the things I think and do.

user19161

@Kitḫ Nope, it's avatarless. You need to refresh your browser.

Kitḫ

Oh really? Refreshing...

Huh. Still Bieber.

user19161

@Kitḫ That is very weird. I changed many hours ago. Never mind!

Kitḫ

1:41 PM

It is weird, because I logged into chat just now too, so it should have refreshed it automagically.

user19161

Weird things always happen to me. :-)

Kitḫ

Huh. I can see the generic one on your profile.

Maybe it is a sign.

user19161

I have got some weird physical conditions too.

Kitḫ

Telling you to be a Bielber.

user19161

I saw many specialists but none knew what it is.

user19161

1:43 PM

I have a sharp pain in the perineum everytime I jump from a high place and land, or sneeze very hard. Googling reveals no conclusive answer.

Kitḫ

Sounds like some sort of herniation.

user19161

And my ears can hear what people are talking about tables away in a restaurant.

Kitḫ

Well, that's hardly a problem.

user19161

And my eyes can read in dim lighting people cannot read in.

user19161

Not a problem, but weird.

Kitḫ

1:45 PM

Just different. You have more photoreceptors than the average person.

Bigger outer ears perhaps.

user19161

And I had brown hair when I was young even though I am 100 per cent Asian.

user19161

But it turned black a few years later.

user19161

OK you better get back to w**k!

Kitḫ

W-rk? Wo-k? Hmm. Oh right!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Kitḫ There are lots of more entertaining words that bowdlerize to w**k

Kitḫ

1:57 PM

weak walk wilk wisk

wimk

wimk?

wilk?

right, wilk?

Morning!

missed that one

how are you these days

Kitḫ

1:59 PM

Tired. Not much sleep for some reason.

But otherwise good, I think.

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