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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #775 on: September 17, 2013, 05:16:21 pm »
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Reclining airplane seats are some of the worst things in existence.
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« Reply #776 on: September 17, 2013, 05:48:52 pm »
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Also it turns out Ibldedibble has a 4:51 run, meaning it's still 5 seconds from the WR. That's a really solid run, I don't think I can match that.

This is why I am semi-glad the VVVVVV world record is so untouchable. For perspective, the time is 13:04 (or 13:05) and it's almost 30 seconds faster than the next fastest time. My PB is 13:57, and I pretty much know there's no way I can challenge the WR, so I don't have incentive to try to keep playing if I get tired of the game.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #777 on: September 17, 2013, 07:01:45 pm »
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Reclining airplane seats are some of the worst things in existence.

In my experience, they never recline enough to improve my comfort as the sitter.  The lack of reclining etiquette, on the other hand, has caused plenty of spills and such when the individual in front of me reclines suddenly.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #778 on: September 17, 2013, 07:07:20 pm »
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Also it turns out Ibldedibble has a 4:51 run, meaning it's still 5 seconds from the WR. That's a really solid run, I don't think I can match that.

This is why I am semi-glad the VVVVVV world record is so untouchable. For perspective, the time is 13:04 (or 13:05) and it's almost 30 seconds faster than the next fastest time. My PB is 13:57, and I pretty much know there's no way I can challenge the WR, so I don't have incentive to try to keep playing if I get tired of the game.

I think I've seen that run, VVVVVV is also a semi-popular speedrunning game, so the record is really good. But for YHTWTG, there's only three runners I know of and none run the game regularly, and that means nobody really good has taken the game and done amazing things with it. Which is a shame - I actually think it's a really good speedrunning games - there's timesavers and the like right from about 10 seconds in, and there's pretty constant action with the breaks being generally no longer than ~10 seconds. The tricks are also not too hard to learn - there's one trick towards the end which has about a two frame window, but if you fail it you only lose a few seconds and get another try immediately (or you can skip it going the long way and lose ~10 seconds)
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...spin-offs are still better for all of the previously cited reasons.
But not strictly better, because the spinoff can have a different cost than the expansion.

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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #779 on: September 17, 2013, 07:15:08 pm »
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Is this true?   :o

It sounds pretty unbelievable to me. Like doesn't your skin shed itself pretty often anyway? I'm not that hot on my biology so I'm not certain, but yeah, I wouldn't have thought it would be that long for a cut to fully heal.
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...spin-offs are still better for all of the previously cited reasons.
But not strictly better, because the spinoff can have a different cost than the expansion.

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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #780 on: September 17, 2013, 07:18:48 pm »
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OK I went and searched a bit and found this:

http://beranger.org/2013/09/16/yet-another-pseudo-scientific-fact/
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #781 on: September 18, 2013, 09:11:20 am »
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Dear theory,

I think I should become a moderator or site admin. Here's what I would bring to the site

Drastically cut down on spam: By banning, say, half of all members at random, spam should be reduced by about 1/2.

Reverse occupy the Random Stuff Thread: Right now, 99% of the users control that thread. I propose we lock it and make it moderator only, so we can be the 1% again

Give the non-mafia games their rightful place as the topmost board on the forum: No explanation needed

Become the best Dominion player on the site: Probably by trying to get better at the game for an hour or two, and if that fails, just banning everyone above me on the leaderboard.

Add Americanisations onto an autocorrect list: For the benefit of my other UK board users (except Rabid, TINAS and Jack Rudd since they're probably getting banned by the above - sorry). We're sick of seeing you spell colour without the u, and throwing z's into every other word. Would be mandatory so you can finally learn some proper grammar.

Improve the site layout by providing extra skin colours: I'm probably going for bright green and bright yellow to best compliment the current blue skin.

Anyway as you can hopefully see I would bring a new and unique dynamic to the site. I look forward to you accepting my application.

Kind regards,

Tables.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #782 on: September 18, 2013, 09:30:58 am »
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Improve the site layout by providing extra skin colours

I didn't read your whole post but colors is the correct spelling of that pluralization.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #783 on: September 18, 2013, 09:38:25 am »
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and throwing z's into every other word

I'm sorry, I have never heard of z's.  Perhaps you meant z's?
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« Reply #784 on: September 18, 2013, 09:39:14 am »
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Improve the site layout by providing extra skin colours

I didn't read your whole post but colors is the correct spelling of that pluralization.

i will also accept the spelling 'colorz' in this case.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #785 on: September 18, 2013, 09:51:49 am »
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Add Americanisations onto an autocorrect list: For the benefit of my other UK board users

You gained my full support here.

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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #786 on: September 18, 2013, 09:56:50 am »
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Pfft.  What do the British know about English.  How do you trust a nation that thinks Leicester and Chomondeley have only two syllables each?
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #787 on: September 18, 2013, 10:16:00 am »
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Pfft.  What do the British know about English.  How do you trust a nation that thinks Leicester and Chomondeley have only two syllables each?

That's why I don't trust people from Massachusetts. Worcester. Really?
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #788 on: September 18, 2013, 10:32:37 am »
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Pfft.  What do the British know about English.  How do you trust a nation that thinks Leicester and Chomondeley have only two syllables each?

Brits secretly like the French, it's why they have all those weird silent letters.
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« Reply #789 on: September 18, 2013, 10:37:35 am »
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Pfft.  What do the British know about English.  How do you trust a nation that thinks Leicester and Chomondeley have only two syllables each?

I can't imagine a pronounciation of Leicester that has not two syllables. Like, what do you say? Lay-ses-ter? Lie-ses-ter? I've not heard of Chomondeley so I can't comment on that, I would probably try and pronounce it Chom-on-del-lee.

Also theory I think you forgot to make me a mod.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #790 on: September 18, 2013, 10:38:43 am »
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I haven't read anything Dominion-related on here in several months. I only frequent the Miscellaneous forums, like forum games and random threads. I read more in the Other Board Games forum than I do in the Dominion forums.

Does this make me a bad person?

Also, I played Guild this week for the first time, despite buying it at Origins.
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« Reply #791 on: September 18, 2013, 10:49:56 am »
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Pfft.  What do the British know about English.  How do you trust a nation that thinks Leicester and Chomondeley have only two syllables each?

I can't imagine a pronounciation of Leicester that has not two syllables. Like, what do you say? Lay-ses-ter? Lie-ses-ter?

lie-ches-ter

laɪ-tʃe-tɝɹ

Edit: better IPA.
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« Reply #792 on: September 19, 2013, 01:34:55 am »
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I've literally lost over 600 points on my Goko rating through bad play, decisions, and inactivity, and it's really irritating, because every game I can see the turn where I messed it up and it's stuff I should have known better than to do.

Oddly enough this hasn't carried over to Gokodom, where I'm doing far better than I should be doing.

So I have no idea what's going on.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #793 on: September 19, 2013, 05:18:41 pm »
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« Reply #794 on: September 19, 2013, 05:20:53 pm »
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« Reply #795 on: September 20, 2013, 04:01:04 pm »
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There simply are not that many relevant images that come up when you Google "Cookie Monster Godzilla."

I can't help but think this reflects a major failing in our society.
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« Reply #796 on: September 21, 2013, 06:16:04 am »
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I found out about this album, which is a series of metal arrangements for one of the Touhou game's soundtrack, of which each arrangement borrows/pays tribute to a lot of Western bands the group is fans off. (I've heard this is actually fairly common in the arranging world.)

The transitions are a little rough, but this is now one of my favorite song collections.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #797 on: September 21, 2013, 03:46:20 pm »
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How the hell did I get this in the wrong thread?

From the TMI Department: Continue at your own risk...

That strange moment when your toddler is having constipation troubles, and your wife quotes Austin Powers to you.  "Who does Number Two work for?"
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« Reply #798 on: September 23, 2013, 09:38:48 am »
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That strange moment when your toddler is having constipation troubles, and your wife quotes Austin Powers to you.  "Who does Number Two work for?"

Sounds like an awesome wife to me.
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Re: Random Stuff
« Reply #799 on: September 23, 2013, 10:09:41 am »
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Nope, I am #800
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