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4:01 PM
@GrayStoat Apparently bukkit doesn't have the gamerule command, so the map won't work on it.
 
@RonanForman Yet
But we're making vanilla anyway
 
4:26 PM
woo
 
@GnomeSlice For you, that may be a woo. For me, that would be calling up my ISP and inquire what, exactly, I'm paying them for.
 
@fbueckert High speed internet
 
@GnomeSlice That, right there, is not high speed.
That's not even slow speed.
 
I can't tell if @GnomeSlice is being sarcastic or not.
The italics suggest he is.
 
The kicker is that the Municipal government has started this program to bring REAL high-speed internet to people in rural areas who don't have it. But we already have it so we don't get any.
Stupid.
 
4:30 PM
@GnomeSlice I wonder if they have a definition of high speed that has to be met.
 
@fbueckert Apparently just the phrase 'high speed internet' is sufficient.
 
@fbueckert "Better than ISDN ... in one direction."
 
Holy crap, look at Carleton's:
WTF
 
@GnomeSlice That's a university, is it not?
 
@fbueckert Yeah, but it's still better than my college.
Crazy.
 
4:33 PM
@GnomeSlice Universities are massive, sprawling areas. They also have a large userbase that allows them to ensure they have massive clout for any company they use for internet.
 
0.05 mbps? Isn't that like... dialup speed?
 
@YiJiang Yeah. Once they throttle us back we hover around the low end of dialup speed.
 
Ouch
 
@fbueckert I know WHY it's so good. It's just... really fast.
 
user2334
you see gnomeslice, the internet is a series of tubes
 
4:38 PM
@fbueckert I'm only getting in the 20's from the sort-of university network I'm on
 
user2334
 
Hello Bridge
Wow @MarkTrapp and @GrayStoat nice speeds
 
user2334
@desaivv 你好
 
But @GnomeSlice also has great speeds
 
4:41 PM
@desaivv This is work speed, so pretty irrelephant as far as gaming goes!
 
Go go upload speed
 
@Sterno why so high?
 
 
Hello @Sterno again great speeds
 
user2334
@GnomeSlice the fact that this got a 0 ping leads me to suspect that it didn't go over commodity internet
 
4:42 PM
I'm not sure, but I imagine it's because I'm at work, and we host web servers for various clients.
 
Wow am I the only one with dialup speeds
 
@Sterno Ah
 
Writer's Chat going on now in The Overlook. Today we party in anticipation of NaNoWriMo, and also do a timed writing exercise. Cookies. Love. And advice on doing research.
 
user2334
 
@MarkTrapp hehe. Then I am on a typewriter
 
4:43 PM
I didn't think @GnomeSlice had the internet.
 
user2334
Sep 26 at 20:01, by GnomeSlice
I don't have internet.
 
user2334
myth confirmed
 
@MarkTrapp I fully propose his name be changed to Gnomiebear. By force if need be.
 
user2334
Indeed. I'd settle for Gnomealicious and the Sudetenland, though.
 
@OrigamiRobot Seconded
 
4:46 PM
That's it. All the important votes are in.
 
Except mine, you mean.
 
26 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot
That's it. All the important votes are in.
 
Off topic, but seeing the amount of Dragonvale questions. I want to play. But I only have Android. And Dragonvale is iOS only. But here is one site that claims to have Dragonvale for Android.
Is this legit?
 
user2334
@GnomeSlice I'll magnanimously let you choose between Gnomiebear, Gnomealicious, or G. Slizzle
 
@desaivv If the game is iOS only, then no.
 
4:47 PM
@MarkTrapp *G to the Slizzle
 
@desaivv Link doesn't even work for me.
 
@desaivv Yet another reason to not like Android
 
user2334
@desaivv Looks like they just keyword stuffed "DragonVale". The name of the knockoff is "Little Dragons"
 
@GrayStoat Either or
 
@MarkTrapp G Slizzy Sliz
 
4:47 PM
@GnomeSlice it works for me from India
@James Love Android. But all the good games go to iOS first :-(
 
user2334
Gnoop Lion
 
@desaivv It is because apps make no money on Android
 
@desaivv That's because Apple users have already shown they will pay any amount for anything.
 
@MarkTrapp noted
 
user2334
Man the bravery in this room: too high for me
 
4:49 PM
@OrigamiRobot but the Google told me to go with Android
 
@James apps make no money on iOS either, unless you're a hit
Game programming is far easier on iOS though, given the fixed screen sizes, relatively predictable hardware/performance and easier integration of C code.
 
@GrayStoat Even if you are not a hit the maintenance and upkeep of attempting to release for Android because of the so many different types of devices and hardware out there are cost prohibitive.
 
@desaivv I run on stars and @Wipqozn's despair.
 
Any case the debate is very old. Android vs iOS. They are both good. And they are both under a lot of litigation. I am going with whoever wins
 
@James Yes, quite. Writing mobile games to make money is a stupid idea, you may as well just buy lottery tickets.
 
4:51 PM
If you get android support for free (you use Unity or the like) then people go for it, otherwise people will not.. hence why games are usually either iOS first or iOS only
 
... a man just walked by my desk, I think dressed as pikachu
 
user2334
@GrayStoat What, you mean my new game—Surreptitiously irked raptors—isn't going to print money?
 
@agent86 How could that kind of costume be in any way ambiguous?
 
@MarkTrapp I'd buy pirate it
 
@MarkTrapp My new game, Bacon, is not for making money, it's simply a vehicle for
 
4:52 PM
@GrayStoat well, I didn't catch a good look. it was just a man, in a giant yellow... fuzzy... long underwear-like thing, with something on its head.
 
@GrayStoat He could have been going for blushing banana.
 
it all happened so fast I didn't really have time to process
 
@agent86 At least he was dressed.
 
my new game, hello kitty secret worldcraft in EVE, is making no money - but it's free to play
 
@agent86 How exciting
 
4:52 PM
@Sterno this is certainly true.
 
My mom, who always yelled at me for wasting time and money on video games, got an iPad last year.
this weekend while visiting, she spent $15 on Bubble Witch micropayments
 
@OrigamiRobot I have no idea what @Wipqozn's despair is. This is an in-joke. But I found it funny nevertheless.
 
@Sterno lol
 
"It's okay though, because the game was free!"
 
@Sterno I don't get people who buy pixels
 
4:54 PM
@desaivv 'Wipqozn' is a user who frequents this chatroom.
 
@desaivv Turtle tears are a very rich fuel source.
 
@GnomeSlice but I do not know his despair
 
@pixel Your statement confuses me.
 
@OrigamiRobot Lol
 
@pixel I want to make a funny joke about your name and this statement, but my brain hasn't returned into gear yet.
 
4:54 PM
@Sterno I had that same thought briefly after hitting enter
 
@pixel There is a joke in there. Apply as needed.
 
TOO
MANY
BEEPS
 
user2334
Hey @pixel
 
@pixel what bee... oh
 
@pixel I think they are bonks
 
4:55 PM
explode
 
Hey @pixel
 
@pixel now look what you've done. are you proud? are you?
 
@pixel reverse psychology much?
 
user2334
I bought a @pixel once. Had to return it
 
fuck
I'll bbl
 
4:55 PM
@pixel what about that million pixels fad?
 
user2334
BYE @PIXEL I'LL MISS U
 
48 secs ago, by Mark Trapp
Hey @pixel
Am I doing it right?
 
This pinging people out of chat reminds me of today's What If?
I'm imagining @pixel as a freight train at this point
 
Hey Bridge, its late here. See you all later.
 
Its ok, I lit up a joint, the beep stopped bothering me
 
4:57 PM
@GrayStoat there's probably something funny and/or inappropriate about pixel, pinging, and freight train too.
 
I also turned on some loud music, so I can't hear the beep
 
@pixel Drugs are bad, mmmkay?
 
nope
 
I would ping that @pixel like a freight train.
(after buying it first, of course)
 
after the amount of time I spent in WoW recently
 
4:58 PM
@AGENT86 KILLED IT. NEXT JOKE.
 
The sexual tension in this room is so thick you could cut it with a butter knife.
2
 
I have declared myself a casual gamer
 
I'm talking about @MarkTrapp and @GnomeSlice, of course.
 
@pixel Booo hissss
 
@OrigamiRobot A Winner Is Me!
 
4:58 PM
Hi
 
Flag survived!
2
 
Oh are we spamming flags again?
 
user2334
@Sterno I'd wittily follow up on that but I don't want to get flagged too :(
 
No. I'm here because of the flag
 
@GrayStoat and then proceeded to spend 34 hours playing FTL in a 48 hour period
 
4:59 PM
@OrigamiRobot No, flagging spam
 
Could you please explain the flag?
 
and now, my next game is going to be something I should have played ages ago
 
@kaiser It has a pole
 
and I'm going to play Fallout 3
 
And some kind of pulley system
 

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