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#1

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 01, 2011 20:25:53
Anyone else notice that the boards have been updated and now there are stars for rating on the posts?

Edit: apparently you can rate your own posts. This will be interesting. 
#2

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 01, 2011 20:36:59
We can rate our own posts?

Well any worth this rating system might of had just vanished.


I hate you. I gave myself 5 stars. You lowered my self-serving rating. You bastard. 
#3

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 01, 2011 21:31:23
Prove it.


Don't make me invade Quebec to get the proof I need. 
#4

toastedamphibian

Feb 01, 2011 21:52:35
Prove it.


Don't make me invade Quebec to get the proof I need. 



Please don't. He is not equiped and his toes will fall off in his sweet shoes, probably ruing them.

Seriously, there is alot of snow between him and you mate. Atleast postpone till, like, July or something.
#5

toastedamphibian

Feb 01, 2011 21:56:31
Never gona happen. It is silly like invading Iraq... Never mind.



No, invading quebec would be much easier. Like, half of you will surrender anyways. The rest of Canada will try and help, but there hearts won't really be in it. Before long they will be sueing for peace and ceeding quebec to the US would probably be the first thing offered. That way they don't have to put up with your pretentious whineing.

It will be just like Iraq, only without any roadside bombs and all the people yelling slurs will be doing it in badly mangled French instead of Arabic.
#6

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 01, 2011 21:58:02
Prove it.


Don't make me invade Quebec to get the proof I need. 



Please don't. He is not equiped and his toes will fall off in his sweet shoes, probably ruing them.

Seriously, there is alot of snow between him and you mate. Atleast postpone till, like, July or something.


I will march in the Spring, equipped with a rock, a stick, a rubber band, and a German accent. With the French Ancestry of Quebec, I should be able to conquer it within 12 minutes.
#7

toastedamphibian

Feb 02, 2011 5:57:20
I am not worried. The occupation won't last long. Americans won't be able to endure how strong our beer is, how strong our pot is and how hot and naughty our women are.



All the more reason for the necessary ethnic cleansing, amiright?
#8

oxybe

Feb 02, 2011 6:00:06
america won't have to endure much as quebec's defense will be just like it's women: good for one night only.

plus if you're really relying on beer to defend yourself, i'm pretty sure americans have tasted alchool a bit more potent. also, really, pot? dude you must be smoking something since quebec only puts up a half arsed talk and doesn't do much to show for it's bravado.
#9

pluisjen

Feb 02, 2011 6:13:39
Spraying the US army with alcohol would deter half their numbers since those aren't allowed to drink it yet, though.
#10

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 6:22:51
I am not worried. The occupation won't last long. Americans won't be able to endure how strong our beer is, how strong our pot is and how hot and naughty our women are.


I was born in Colombia remember? Your beer is swill, your pot is weak, and your women are... eh...
Also,You'll be used as a drug mule. 
#11

jesse.two.coins

Feb 02, 2011 6:28:36
canadian weed is weak I was downright dissapointed with it.
#12

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 6:44:49
Does Colombia have cocain "flavored" beer? If not, I am not afraid of your beer!

Drug mule? I bet this is not the Dark Sun mule. Maaaan, why does everyone want to put stuff in my ass?

Colombia isn't known for beer. The drink of choice is agua ardiente. Basically translates to burning water. Hard liquor is the drink of choice. And no, there is no cocaine flavored beer. Adding flavor to the beer won't make it stronger. Colombia probably has cocaine infused beer.

As to why people want toput stuff up your ass... my guess is they are trying to stuff you up so you stop talking 

#13

oxybe

Feb 02, 2011 7:12:10


You need to be a real man to tame these wild women of ours! If you only get one night it's because you are weak!

Someone told me the same brands of beer in the US that we find here have like 3% alcohol in them! Has opposed to our 10% alcohol content Maudite!

Bravado? Pfff. You forget we had our Revolution and our terrorists! Who were both bitterly crushed by our British masters...



um no. i've met women from quebec. that's not wild, that's mental illness, aka: the crazies. you don't want to spend more then a night with them. seriously. get your women checked out.

oh noes! 10% alchool! dude, give me a break... the reason i don't drink beer much is because that **** is well... ****. also: weak. give me something hard and come talk to me once you're drinking grown up drinks. seriously though, you shouldn't brag about a beer's strength, but it's taste. if i want to get blitzed, i have much faster & tastier alternatives then beer like rum, whiskey or vodka. beer, at least to me, is a far more casual drink.
#14

Qube

Feb 02, 2011 7:24:39
pfff, seriously? wanna know which country has the best beer?

Greets from Belgium
Choice of beer: ne Duvel (8.5 % ABV). - In, my group, the most common alcoholic beverage when playing DnD or other games.
#15

pluisjen

Feb 02, 2011 7:32:29
. if i want to get blitzed, i have much faster & tastier alternatives then beer like rum, whiskey or vodka. beer, at least to me, is a far more casual drink.



If you just want to get blitzed, it can go much, much faster. Drink through a straw or inject the stuff directly, or something. 
#16

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 7:38:34
. if i want to get blitzed, i have much faster & tastier alternatives then beer like rum, whiskey or vodka. beer, at least to me, is a far more casual drink.



If you just want to get blitzed, it can go much, much faster. Drink through a straw or inject the stuff directly, or something. 

Drinking through a straw to get drunk faster is a myth. If you want to get really drunk you have to bi-pass the liver. According to Manswers and 1000 ways to die (tv shows), anally consuming a bottle of liquor will bi-pass the liver and get you really drunk really fast.

#17

jesse.two.coins

Feb 02, 2011 7:43:43
. if i want to get blitzed, i have much faster & tastier alternatives then beer like rum, whiskey or vodka. beer, at least to me, is a far more casual drink.



If you just want to get blitzed, it can go much, much faster. Drink through a straw or inject the stuff directly, or something. 

Drinking through a straw to get drunk faster is a myth. If you want to get really drunk you have to bi-pass the liver. According to Manswers and 1000 ways to die (tv shows), anally consuming a bottle of liquor will bi-pass the liver and get you really drunk really fast.




yeah but youll overdose that way. you have to soak a tampon and jam that sucker in there,  personally I think thats homosexual so I don't do it but to each his own.
#18

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 7:45:00
I don't want to know how you learned that.
#19

jesse.two.coins

Feb 02, 2011 7:46:11
I don't want to know how you learned that.



had a crazy ex that told me about it *shrugs*
#20

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 7:48:19
I don't want to know how you learned that.



had a crazy ex that told me about it *shrugs*


Liar...
#21

jesse.two.coins

Feb 02, 2011 7:51:00
So I'm a boozer that jams alcohol soaked tamps?
#22

pluisjen

Feb 02, 2011 7:51:27
yeah but youll overdose that way. you have to soak a tampon and jam that sucker in there,  personally I think thats homosexual so I don't do it but to each his own.



You have... "interesting" ideas about homosexuality. 

Drinking through a straw to get drunk faster is a myth.



Oh ok. Probably works on mixed drinks only, if you forget to stir them or something Tongue out

But anyway, people who want to get plastered and then resort to drinking anything are just **** or don't really want to get plastered.
#23

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 7:55:42
yeah but youll overdose that way. you have to soak a tampon and jam that sucker in there,  personally I think thats homosexual so I don't do it but to each his own.



You have... "interesting" ideas about homosexuality. 

Drinking through a straw to get drunk faster is a myth.



Oh ok. Probably works on mixed drinks only, if you forget to stir them or something

But anyway, people who want to get plastered and then resort to drinking anything are just **** or don't really want to get plastered.


Doesn't work with mixed drinks either. The liver still filters out a good portion of the alcohol. Although mixed drinks usually include liquor that is stronger than beer. I guess you could get drunk a bit faster with a straw if you consume your drink faster while using a straw and have more drinks than if you didn't use a straw. Then again, you could just forget the straw and chug your liquor.
#24

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 7:56:25
So I'm a boozer that jams alcohol soaked tamps?


Emo kids. Always doing the weirdest stuff... 
#25

jesse.two.coins

Feb 02, 2011 8:02:17
yeah but youll overdose that way. you have to soak a tampon and jam that sucker in there,  personally I think thats homosexual so I don't do it but to each his own.



You have... "interesting" ideas about homosexuality. 

Drinking through a straw to get drunk faster is a myth.



Oh ok. Probably works on mixed drinks only, if you forget to stir them or something Tongue out

But anyway, people who want to get plastered and then resort to drinking anything are just **** or don't really want to get plastered.



IMO if you stick things in ur arse for pleasure and you're a man then thats gay.
#26

pluisjen

Feb 02, 2011 8:09:55

Doesn't work with mixed drinks either. The liver still filters out a good portion of the alcohol. Although mixed drinks usually include liquor that is stronger than beer. I guess you could get drunk a bit faster with a straw if you consume your drink faster while using a straw and have more drinks than if you didn't use a straw. Then again, you could just forget the straw and chug your liquor.



Sorry I forgot the context I was referring to my girlfriend drinking a mix drink through her straw. She was drunk after a few sips, probably because she couldn't handle booze at all. She'd be just as sick if she'd drunk the whole glas, but the straw probably made it look like it was really taking her down in a sip.

Anyway she was much younger then

IMO if you stick things in ur arse for pleasure and you're a man then thats gay.



Your opinions have been found to lack any kind of need for consideration before, so I'll not say anymore about it Wink Feel free to see things that way.
#27

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 8:16:06

Doesn't work with mixed drinks either. The liver still filters out a good portion of the alcohol. Although mixed drinks usually include liquor that is stronger than beer. I guess you could get drunk a bit faster with a straw if you consume your drink faster while using a straw and have more drinks than if you didn't use a straw. Then again, you could just forget the straw and chug your liquor.



Sorry I forgot the context I was referring to my girlfriend drinking a mix drink through her straw. She was drunk after a few sips, probably because she couldn't handle booze at all. She'd be just as sick if she'd drunk the whole glas, but the straw probably made it look like it was really taking her down in a sip.

Anyway she was much younger then

IMO if you stick things in ur arse for pleasure and you're a man then thats gay.



Your opinions have been found to lack any kind of need for consideration before, so I'll not say anymore about it Wink Feel free to see things that way.

You GF's story actually reminds me of a study I once saw a few years back. If I remember correctly, the study had something to do with how fast a person's body processed the liquor. I can't remember if faster processing made you get drunk faster or if not being able to process it made you get drunk faster. In any case, there was a genetic component to how fast you got drunk. The lead researcher, who happened to be Japanese, recounted a story about his father who would get drunk off the fumes from any hard-liquor drink... Like fall down drunk. I wish I could remember the name of the study.

#28

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 8:31:48


You need to be a real man to tame these wild women of ours! If you only get one night it's because you are weak!

Someone told me the same brands of beer in the US that we find here have like 3% alcohol in them! Has opposed to our 10% alcohol content Maudite!

Bravado? Pfff. You forget we had our Revolution and our terrorists! Who were both bitterly crushed by our British masters...



um no. i've met women from quebec. that's not wild, that's mental illness, aka: the crazies. you don't want to spend more then a night with them. seriously. get your women checked out.

oh noes! 10% alchool! dude, give me a break... the reason i don't drink beer much is because that **** is well... ****. also: weak. give me something hard and come talk to me once you're drinking grown up drinks. seriously though, you shouldn't brag about a beer's strength, but it's taste. if i want to get blitzed, i have much faster & tastier alternatives then beer like rum, whiskey or vodka. beer, at least to me, is a far more casual drink.



They are called emancipated women. They are only for man with confidence in themselves.

You hard liquor types make me laugh. Lots of bragging but when it comes down to it most of you can't handle drinking.


I'm seriously tempted to go to Quebec when my GF's dad gets us some free tickets and see how well you handle your liquor. 
#29

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 8:45:44
So it's like when you're awake and sober?
#30

zombie_babies

Feb 02, 2011 9:13:04
pfff, seriously? wanna know which country has the best beer?

Greets from Belgium
Choice of beer: ne Duvel (8.5 % ABV). - In, my group, the most common alcoholic beverage when playing DnD or other games.



I think I had some Duvel the other day (we tried a few Belgian beers).  Is it chapagne-y?  If so, that'n was ok.  I also tried something called Drak or something like that.  It was potent but that was largely pointless because it was far, far too sweet to be palatable.  I mean, I understand why beer has to be over 10% when it tastes like garbage.  You really can't drink more than half of one and enjoy it. 

The thing with American beer is that nobody outside of America knows what American beer is.  They like to think so cuz it fills them with some sort of pride to disparage American beer and champion the merits of whatever brews their country produces.  I happen to enjoy beer and I've tried a variety from different places and have come to a simple conclusion: outside of ****ss, American beer is the best.  Now I don't mean Budweiser - you know, that stuff you non Americans call American beer - cuz that isn't beer at all.  It's poorly flavored water.  Like Mountain Dew but with a hint of alcohol content.  At any rate, I mean beer.  From real breweries like Great Lakes Brewing Co and Sierra Nevada.  Hell, Alaskan Amber was even pretty good.  These companies make beer.  The real stuff.  And if any of you had actually tried them, you'd understand that your comparisons are off.  These companies produce full flavored, high content stuff.  They also produce a variety of styles.  In short, they're breweries.  And that's American beer.  Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.  ;)

EDIT: And this new social networking crap is slowing my forum experience down.  And it's stupid.
#31

Klirshon

Feb 02, 2011 9:30:52
It also seems that the appeal of the censorship for the beverage you implied has been denied/ignored. I suspect the company isn't a fan of the drink.
#32

zombie_babies

Feb 02, 2011 9:36:28
Nah, they're just lazy/apathetic.
#33

ADHadh

Feb 02, 2011 9:50:53
Ehh, twitter, facebook, favouriting posts... oh! And now you can import your MtG deck into posts.
I'm less interested in it than in beer.
#34

EscherEnigma

Feb 02, 2011 12:45:21
I am not worried. The occupation won't last long. Americans won't be able to endure how strong our beer is, how strong our pot is and how hot and naughty our women are.


... It's terrible but my first thought was a really, really bad joke.
Spoilered for it's horrible-ness
Now that DADT is repealled that won't stop the US army.  They'll just send the gays first who will ignore the women (other then critiquing their fashion sense), forgo the beer for mimosas and other fruity mixed drinks, and... yeah, probably smoke the pot.
#35

ADHadh

Feb 02, 2011 13:25:59
Hmm, now only the facebook button is there. Seems I wasn't the only one to complain.
#36

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 13:29:15
Give it a few minutes, your blood-type will be up. Seriously though, this is annoying. Buttons appear then disappear. Anyone feel like taking bets on when they crash the boards? I say give them 4 hours and the forums are going down.
#37

zombie_babies

Feb 02, 2011 13:34:58
Well, they were down yesterday for a bit so I'd not be surprised in the least.  I would be very surprised to find the buttons gone, though.
#38

ADHadh

Feb 02, 2011 13:44:03
Just wanted to set up a twitter account, for inevitable future purposes. Turns out you have to give a name and a surname and you can't make it invisible.
I do not need it immediately, so it can go screw yourself.

(no, I don't have an fb account either)
#39

zombie_babies

Feb 02, 2011 14:08:20
FYI: Posted in CB:

Hey all, so we've at least temporarily disabled most of these features. We're still working out what exactly is best, what you guys want, and how much they're contributing to the slow downs we've been experiencing.

I want to thank you for the feedback, but I'm having a hard time with that on some of these posts. Most people explained their frustration with the features, the slow downs, and the lack of news about this update with respect, even though it was clear that those people were upset - I want to thank those people.

But filling a post with vitriol, hate-filled comments, like "these people should be fired", swearing at us or other ambiguous members of the company - there really is no reason for that. Please share your feedback respectfully, and consider how you would share your ideas if this were a face to face conversation between real people, not faceless names on a screen.



#40

EscherEnigma

Feb 02, 2011 14:24:46
You feel bad for that?


The joke relies on homophobic stereotypes (even if it's in the context of the armed forces which goes directly against those stereotypes).  Generally speaking, I find jokes that rely on stereotypes to be extremely distasteful, however "true" they may or may not be since, regardless of the truth-value, they often contribute to negative atmospheres and unwarranted hostility.

So yes.  I feel bad about making a tasteless gay joke.

#41

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 02, 2011 18:32:04
FYI: Posted in CB:

Hey all, so we've at least temporarily disabled most of these features. We're still working out what exactly is best, what you guys want, and how much they're contributing to the slow downs we've been experiencing.

I want to thank you for the feedback, but I'm having a hard time with that on some of these posts. Most people explained their frustration with the features, the slow downs, and the lack of news about this update with respect, even though it was clear that those people were upset - I want to thank those people.

But filling a post with vitriol, hate-filled comments, like "these people should be fired", swearing at us or other ambiguous members of the company - there really is no reason for that. Please share your feedback respectfully, and consider how you would share your ideas if this were a face to face conversation between real people, not faceless names on a screen.




Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.

#42

ADHadh

Feb 02, 2011 18:34:26
Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.



Same in my case; I've just found it as annoying clutter.
#43

lokiare

Feb 03, 2011 0:10:16
FYI: Posted in CB:

Hey all, so we've at least temporarily disabled most of these features. We're still working out what exactly is best, what you guys want, and how much they're contributing to the slow downs we've been experiencing.

I want to thank you for the feedback, but I'm having a hard time with that on some of these posts. Most people explained their frustration with the features, the slow downs, and the lack of news about this update with respect, even though it was clear that those people were upset - I want to thank those people.

But filling a post with vitriol, hate-filled comments, like "these people should be fired", swearing at us or other ambiguous members of the company - there really is no reason for that. Please share your feedback respectfully, and consider how you would share your ideas if this were a face to face conversation between real people, not faceless names on a screen.




Yeah I do not feel sad for them. They ould ask, tell us in advance, do it properly...




I give you five stars on this post...oh wait...
#44

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 3:21:26
Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.



Probably not. I don't have them either and I do get lower load times... it probably had to do with the number of posts displayed per page.
#45

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 8:47:09
MOAR NOOZ:

I completely understand the frustration. I do want to let you know that no work was diverted from other fixes or feature requests in order to add those buttons. They have been available on blogs, photos, and videos for a while now, and the vendor working on the core platform added them as a forums option for everyone. It was a "freebie" that we turned on. We didn't expect the slowness with long threads, or frankly the strong dislike. We're still working out the best option for them.

The fix for the "remember me" bug with logging in is being worked on by a different team. The launch got pushed out a week for unrelated reasons. It's scheduled for Thursday the 10th.

I'm sorry for the surprise change. We'll try not to do that again whenever possible.


#46

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 8:53:49
Sounds like a reasonable response Tongue out I'm glad to see most of the crap is gone.
#47

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 9:01:45
Yep.  And now all we can do is hope it stays gone.
#48

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 9:02:35
Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.



Probably not. I don't have them either and I do get lower load times... it probably had to do with the number of posts displayed per page.


You may be right. I just switched my forum preferences around so I'd have more posts per page show up. I'm not seeing a difference in loading time, but that could because they removed most of the stuff. Except for Facebook... no one can get rid of that damn thing. 
#49

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 9:07:57
Eh you can kill facebook (as in, all of it, all over the web) for your pc by adding www.facebook.com to your hosts file (C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) either on the line that starts with 127.0.0.1 or by adding a line that starts with that and putting it behind that.

You'll need administrator rights to do so.

It should change everything that resorts on a facebook.com server to a "page not found" or just a whitepage. It was on of the things I tried from my side to deal with the facebook button and it works pretty well, there's just a small patch of white left after.

It will also mean that it's impossible for you to visit facebook or for other people to link you there. Could take an hour or so before it goes through though because of your browser cache.

If you really want to get rid of it. 
#50

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 9:10:49
 would do it, but my GF who uses Facebook, would probably kill me. 
#51

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 9:13:14
Yeah same here, I actually need it for my work so a global kill probably wouldn't be a good idea. And I still haven't figured out how to make a little extension that lets me cloak them, but I don't really have the time either as I'm currently thinking about alien species and how they know and interact with each other (on days like these, I really love my job)
#52

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 9:25:48
You mean between the species? Reproduction in real life is working quite well, and I wouldn't call that work Tongue out

The game is supposed to be for all ages so it won't feature prominently, but just for you I'll think about courting rituals and methods of reproductions (where required). Hmm... that should be interesting for a race of mindreaders.

Heh. I think you actually sparked an idea there. 
#53

EscherEnigma

Feb 03, 2011 12:08:09
I imagine courtship rituals for mind-readers would either be very short or very long-distance.  It's all "So would-" "Yes, tomrrow at-" "Sure, I'll wear a-" "It will be-" "Wait, you're already-" "Oh, just do-" "Umph!" "Oh!"
#54

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 12:11:43
It would make thinking about someone else while it's happening a lot less fun ...
#55

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 12:24:19
Sure, why not?
#56

EscherEnigma

Feb 03, 2011 12:31:36
It would make thinking about someone else while it's happening a lot less fun ...



Do people actually do that?


Seeing as I know quite a few guys that were thinking about men while having sex with women, I'll say "yes".

But that's probably the minority of cases, truth-be-told. 
#57

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:35:38
It would make thinking about someone else while it's happening a lot less fun ...



Do people actually do that?

I bet you thought about your ex-gf the last time you were in bed with the so-called-shy-girl. Don't lie Goldo. You know you did.

#58

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 12:37:40
[I bet you thought about your ex-gf the last time you were in bed with the so-called-shy-girl. Don't lie Goldo. You know you did.



Hell, I did.
#59

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:38:45
Nah. I was just to busy enjoying my self.

I just don't feel a need to do it.


Liar...
You're thinking about her right now. 
#60

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:41:23
If you end up with a lame story like last time I'm going to have to revoke your man-card.
#61

EscherEnigma

Feb 03, 2011 12:46:05
Don't worry Goldo, I got this.

See, what happened was that they had a whole mess of people over, but they really wanted to get it on.  But with so many guests it would just be rude to slink away to the bedroom for some sweaty horizontal fun.  So they had a bright idea to go rent Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer.  Once the guests learned the movie title, those who knew it fled in horror, the others sat down for what they thought would be a campy (but fun) movie.

15 minutes into the movie the guests were gone and Goldo and his lady friend were doing the monkey tango on the couch.
#62

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:54:16
Don't worry Goldo, I got this.

See, what happened was that they had a whole mess of people over, but they really wanted to get it on.  But with so many guests it would just be rude to slink away to the bedroom for some sweaty horizontal fun.  So they had a bright idea to go rent Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer.  Once the guests learned the movie title, those who knew it fled in horror, the others sat down for what they thought would be a campy (but fun) movie.

15 minutes into the movie the guests were gone and Goldo and his lady friend were doing the monkey tango on the couch.

Well... that doesn't say much about Goldo's performing abilities then. If I recall correctly, and I think I do, Goldo said she fell asleep in his bed and they didn't do anything. So much for resident pervert.



#63

jesse.two.coins

Feb 03, 2011 12:55:34
Don't worry Goldo, I got this.

See, what happened was that they had a whole mess of people over, but they really wanted to get it on.  But with so many guests it would just be rude to slink away to the bedroom for some sweaty horizontal fun.  So they had a bright idea to go rent Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer.  Once the guests learned the movie title, those who knew it fled in horror, the others sat down for what they thought would be a campy (but fun) movie.

15 minutes into the movie the guests were gone and Goldo and his lady friend were doing the monkey tango on the couch.

Well... that doesn't say much about Goldo's performing abilities then. If I recall correctly, and I think I do, Goldo said she fell asleep in his bed and they didn't do anything. So much for resident pervert.






for goldo thats where the funny story should have STARTED.
#64

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 14:32:29
I imagine courtship rituals for mind-readers would either be very short or very long-distance.  It's all "So would-" "Yes, tomrrow at-" "Sure, I'll wear a-" "It will be-" "Wait, you're already-" "Oh, just do-" "Umph!" "Oh!"



I see no reason why they'd talk at all Tongue out

At any rate, I think I'm going to make the mind-reader dudes the most trustworthy and honourable of the bunch. Just because you'd expect them to be the ultimate liars. Should be somewhat different.

The only warriors you can recruit from them are going to be social outcasts that were kicked out of the race because they were able to lie.

Fun ideas, I hope I can convince marketing-guy to run some stories about the game on the webpage prior to the launch, to generate interest. Would be fun to be allowed to write some stuff again, and have people actually read it Smile
#65

ADHadh

Feb 03, 2011 15:05:57
#82

ADHadh

Feb 02, 2011 18:34:26
Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.



Same in my case; I've just found it as annoying clutter.
#83

lokiare

Feb 03, 2011 0:10:16
FYI: Posted in CB:

Hey all, so we've at least temporarily disabled most of these features. We're still working out what exactly is best, what you guys want, and how much they're contributing to the slow downs we've been experiencing.

I want to thank you for the feedback, but I'm having a hard time with that on some of these posts. Most people explained their frustration with the features, the slow downs, and the lack of news about this update with respect, even though it was clear that those people were upset - I want to thank those people.

But filling a post with vitriol, hate-filled comments, like "these people should be fired", swearing at us or other ambiguous members of the company - there really is no reason for that. Please share your feedback respectfully, and consider how you would share your ideas if this were a face to face conversation between real people, not faceless names on a screen.




Yeah I do not feel sad for them. They ould ask, tell us in advance, do it properly...




I give you five stars on this post...oh wait...
#84

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 3:21:26
Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.



Probably not. I don't have them either and I do get lower load times... it probably had to do with the number of posts displayed per page.
#85

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 8:47:09
MOAR NOOZ:

I completely understand the frustration. I do want to let you know that no work was diverted from other fixes or feature requests in order to add those buttons. They have been available on blogs, photos, and videos for a while now, and the vendor working on the core platform added them as a forums option for everyone. It was a "freebie" that we turned on. We didn't expect the slowness with long threads, or frankly the strong dislike. We're still working out the best option for them.

The fix for the "remember me" bug with logging in is being worked on by a different team. The launch got pushed out a week for unrelated reasons. It's scheduled for Thursday the 10th.

I'm sorry for the surprise change. We'll try not to do that again whenever possible.


#86

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 8:53:49
Sounds like a reasonable response Tongue out I'm glad to see most of the crap is gone.
#87

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 9:01:45
Yep.  And now all we can do is hope it stays gone.
#88

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 9:02:35
Interesting. Funny enough, while I do find the new features being added to be annoying, I haven't had any problem with loading time. I wonder if it has anything to do with me not having a Tweeter account or a Facebook account that links up.



Probably not. I don't have them either and I do get lower load times... it probably had to do with the number of posts displayed per page.


You may be right. I just switched my forum preferences around so I'd have more posts per page show up. I'm not seeing a difference in loading time, but that could because they removed most of the stuff. Except for Facebook... no one can get rid of that damn thing. 
#89

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 9:07:57
Eh you can kill facebook (as in, all of it, all over the web) for your pc by adding www.facebook.com to your hosts file (C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) either on the line that starts with 127.0.0.1 or by adding a line that starts with that and putting it behind that.

You'll need administrator rights to do so.

It should change everything that resorts on a facebook.com server to a "page not found" or just a whitepage. It was on of the things I tried from my side to deal with the facebook button and it works pretty well, there's just a small patch of white left after.

It will also mean that it's impossible for you to visit facebook or for other people to link you there. Could take an hour or so before it goes through though because of your browser cache.

If you really want to get rid of it. 
#90

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 9:10:49
 would do it, but my GF who uses Facebook, would probably kill me. 
#91

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 9:13:14
Yeah same here, I actually need it for my work so a global kill probably wouldn't be a good idea. And I still haven't figured out how to make a little extension that lets me cloak them, but I don't really have the time either as I'm currently thinking about alien species and how they know and interact with each other (on days like these, I really love my job)
#92

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 9:25:48
You mean between the species? Reproduction in real life is working quite well, and I wouldn't call that work Tongue out

The game is supposed to be for all ages so it won't feature prominently, but just for you I'll think about courting rituals and methods of reproductions (where required). Hmm... that should be interesting for a race of mindreaders.

Heh. I think you actually sparked an idea there. 
#93

EscherEnigma

Feb 03, 2011 12:08:09
I imagine courtship rituals for mind-readers would either be very short or very long-distance.  It's all "So would-" "Yes, tomrrow at-" "Sure, I'll wear a-" "It will be-" "Wait, you're already-" "Oh, just do-" "Umph!" "Oh!"
#94

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 12:11:43
It would make thinking about someone else while it's happening a lot less fun ...
#95

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 12:24:19
Sure, why not?
#96

EscherEnigma

Feb 03, 2011 12:31:36
It would make thinking about someone else while it's happening a lot less fun ...



Do people actually do that?


Seeing as I know quite a few guys that were thinking about men while having sex with women, I'll say "yes".

But that's probably the minority of cases, truth-be-told. 
#97

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:35:38
It would make thinking about someone else while it's happening a lot less fun ...



Do people actually do that?

I bet you thought about your ex-gf the last time you were in bed with the so-called-shy-girl. Don't lie Goldo. You know you did.

#98

zombie_babies

Feb 03, 2011 12:37:40
[I bet you thought about your ex-gf the last time you were in bed with the so-called-shy-girl. Don't lie Goldo. You know you did.



Hell, I did.
#99

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:38:45
Nah. I was just to busy enjoying my self.

I just don't feel a need to do it.


Liar...
You're thinking about her right now. 
#100

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:41:23
If you end up with a lame story like last time I'm going to have to revoke your man-card.
#101

EscherEnigma

Feb 03, 2011 12:46:05
Don't worry Goldo, I got this.

See, what happened was that they had a whole mess of people over, but they really wanted to get it on.  But with so many guests it would just be rude to slink away to the bedroom for some sweaty horizontal fun.  So they had a bright idea to go rent Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer.  Once the guests learned the movie title, those who knew it fled in horror, the others sat down for what they thought would be a campy (but fun) movie.

15 minutes into the movie the guests were gone and Goldo and his lady friend were doing the monkey tango on the couch.
#102

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 03, 2011 12:54:16
Don't worry Goldo, I got this.

See, what happened was that they had a whole mess of people over, but they really wanted to get it on.  But with so many guests it would just be rude to slink away to the bedroom for some sweaty horizontal fun.  So they had a bright idea to go rent Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer.  Once the guests learned the movie title, those who knew it fled in horror, the others sat down for what they thought would be a campy (but fun) movie.

15 minutes into the movie the guests were gone and Goldo and his lady friend were doing the monkey tango on the couch.

Well... that doesn't say much about Goldo's performing abilities then. If I recall correctly, and I think I do, Goldo said she fell asleep in his bed and they didn't do anything. So much for resident pervert.



#103

jesse.two.coins

Feb 03, 2011 12:55:34
Don't worry Goldo, I got this.

See, what happened was that they had a whole mess of people over, but they really wanted to get it on.  But with so many guests it would just be rude to slink away to the bedroom for some sweaty horizontal fun.  So they had a bright idea to go rent Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer.  Once the guests learned the movie title, those who knew it fled in horror, the others sat down for what they thought would be a campy (but fun) movie.

15 minutes into the movie the guests were gone and Goldo and his lady friend were doing the monkey tango on the couch.

Well... that doesn't say much about Goldo's performing abilities then. If I recall correctly, and I think I do, Goldo said she fell asleep in his bed and they didn't do anything. So much for resident pervert.






for goldo thats where the funny story should have STARTED.
#104

pluisjen

Feb 03, 2011 14:32:29
I imagine courtship rituals for mind-readers would either be very short or very long-distance.  It's all "So would-" "Yes, tomrrow at-" "Sure, I'll wear a-" "It will be-" "Wait, you're already-" "Oh, just do-" "Umph!" "Oh!"



I see no reason why they'd talk at all Tongue out

At any rate, I think I'm going to make the mind-reader dudes the most trustworthy and honourable of the bunch. Just because you'd expect them to be the ultimate liars. Should be somewhat different.

The only warriors you can recruit from them are going to be social outcasts that were kicked out of the race because they were able to lie.

Fun ideas, I hope I can convince marketing-guy to run some stories about the game on the webpage prior to the launch, to generate interest. Would be fun to be allowed to write some stuff again, and have people actually read it Smile
#105

ADHadh

Feb 03, 2011 15:05:57