The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Georgette Heyer's earliest published novels were Mills & Boon romances

    this was back when Mills & Boon were still relatively respectable, but it's still weird
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    The local Tesco is saving money on their 5 doughnut packs by making the box big enough for 4 doughnuts and balancing the last one on top.

    Reminds me of the bakery at the local Meijer. They sell big packs of cookies in containers that are actually just normal cake containers flipped upside-down, with the bottom as a "lid".
  • The sadness will last forever.
    i could go for a root beer right now
  • The sadness will last forever.
    mmmmmm root beer
  • The sadness will last forever.
    but i'm so sleepy and freezing
  • i have to go to work fairly soon.


    hmmm
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    ...where do you work, again?

    /bad friend
  • i volunteer at the library from 2-4 on thursdays and fridays


    it's not a paying job, but i like it a lot
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Oh, right! It sounds like fun.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    libraries
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    some of the happier places on earth, probably
  • The sadness will last forever.
    sarah paulson
  • The sadness will last forever.
    pizza covered planet
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    the Happiest Place on Earth
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i would probably enjoy working in a library
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Me too
  • The sadness will last forever.
    b
  • The sadness will last forever.
    libaries are cool
  • The sadness will last forever.
    pokemon eating bacon sounds funny
  • The sadness will last forever.
    bacon wash
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    poor Swinub
  • edited 2013-09-27 14:51:23

    Uuuugggghhhh the only clean pants I have are my shitty mom jeans



    Whhhhhyyyyy
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    what are mom jeans
  • The sadness will last forever.
    mom jeans make me think of a snl skit
  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    same here
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    9 years and radiata stories still has no sequel


    dang some video games never really get to continue
    There is no proper Paper Mario 3, because Shigeru Miyamoto's input fucked up Sticker Star
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    that was Miyamoto's input?

    how come?
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    also

    I am a dog person
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Tachyon said:

    that was Miyamoto's input?

    how come?

    he wanted a more stripped-down game, I think
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i do not like the direction he appears to have been taking of late
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i am passing a law

    jokes, empty niceties and figures of speech are prohibited

    people must henceforth say only what they mean
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    *language ceases to exist altogether*
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    LIAR

    I'M CALLING THE POLICE
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    (of course, i was joking, which resulted in my arrest)
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i wish i wasn't so sensitive

    i have to be so careful when buying soap
  • The sadness will last forever.
    *becomes mute*
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    when did bullying become socially acceptable anyways

    oh wait it always was
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    So, in the game Baldur's gate, the attributes are calculated by the computer pretending to roll three six-sided die (and add the numbers on each die) for each stat; thus; random numbers. 

    You have minimum levels for certain attributes (like, if you're a halfling, you can't have dexterity be less than eight; so if your character is a halfing; the random number for dexterity is always going to be eight or more) and maximum levels (a half-orc cannot have more than 16 wisdom; so the random number for wisdom is always going to be 16 or less).

    So, you are never going to roll a guy with 3 in all attributes.

    Now, you can take a point from Strength and put it into Dexterity; or vice versa ;or any other of the attributes.  You can do this until you reach the minimum or maximum (if you're playing a dwarf, you could keep putting strength points into dexterity until you only have 12 in Strength; or you reach 18 dexterity).

    So, what most players do is this:  They take all the points from all the attributes until all six (STR, DEX, CON, WIS, INT, CHA) are at their minimum.  Now you have a bunch of attribute points to allocate as you want (remember this number).  For example, you could put all of them in Strength and Constitution; and none in Wisdom, Intelligence, or Charisma; and I guess the remaining points in Dexterity.

    So, remember the number of allocatable points (the N.A.P.); the number you get by reducing all stats to minimum.  That number is how good your roll is.  You can save your roll in Baldur's gate.

    And you can "roll" (by clicking the roll button) again.

    So, roll up; find the Nap; and save your roll.  Write down the nap.  Roll again, find the nap, and compare it to the first nap.  If your second nap is higher than your first; then save your second roll.  If not, roll again.

    Write down and save your best nap.

    Keep rolling.  Every time you get a nap better than your previous best; save it and write it down.

    Do this until you get a nap as good as you want.  If you get frustrated; load your last nap; and start out with high stats.

    With enough time, you could get max stats in all attributes.

    That is not min-maxing.

    That is MAX-MAXING.

    And with nary a cheat code at that.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    red dwarf
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    red dwarf was a good show
  • The sadness will last forever.
    yup
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    stop here on red
  • Shredding paper is fun
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I think that, in general, we should be nice to people
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    Shredding paper is fun

    spoken like a true kitty cat
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Pillows said:

    I think that, in general, we should be nice to people

    Yeah!

    Except trolls.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    </obscure callback>
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