The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • Kexruct said:

    Why do I hang out with you nerds, anyway.

    -points to the shackle chaining Kex to this site-

    And also because of our charming personalities.
    Oh yeah, those.
  • Because to leave would enrage the Dark Goddess.

    Is this Dark Goddess that you refer to you?
  • The sadness will last forever.
    i watch bad movies for a laugh and to punish myself
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Don't be ridiculous. If I was a dark goddess, I would have a torture chamber. I don't have one of those, thus, it follows that I can't be a dark goddess.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    lords of salem
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch

    We were just the guys who made the threads. You're the guy who weaved the whole thing into a tapestry of pig bones, wax beetles and antinatalist sharks.


    Well, thank you. :)

    Which reminds me, it's high time Zestpoole was allowed to explore beyond that sewer.

    When I am learning things in Logic, yes, it's pretty enjoyable. It's just that, for the most part, I feel like I'm missing all the important things.


    i have not studied logic, but i believe i recognize this feeling.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    new flatmate

    he's from Estonia and talks with an accent so i struggled to understand him

    awkwardness ensued
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Estonia? Interesting!
  • The sadness will last forever.
    yup
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    That is interesting, but i think i came across as completely dense which is not a good first impression.

    (Oddly, i had a Norwegian flatmate last year and could understand her just fine.)
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Norwegian is much closer to English than Estonian is, both linguistically and sound-wise; Norway also, if I am not mistaken, has a pretty robust English education system.

    Estonian is more like Finnish and, to a lesser extent, Hungarian.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i see, so Estonian is an Uralic language.

    Of course it is.  i am not good at geography.

    That would perhaps explain things.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    norwegian

    danish

    swedish
  • edited 2013-09-27 17:53:27
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    ^^ Yes, exactly! Specifically, it is part of the Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric group along with Finnish, Kartvelian and (I think) Sami.

    ^ You forgot Icelandic, Elfdalian, Faroese, Greenlandic and Norn.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    one million dollars
  • Why does everyone but me know everything
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i haven't even heard of Elfdalian.  Where's that spoken?
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Kexruct said:

    Why does everyone but me know everything

    i don't

    Sredni might
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Oh, and Gutnish.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    hebrew
  • The sadness will last forever.
    hava nagila hava nagila hava nagila
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    rejoice
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Tachyon said:

    i haven't even heard of Elfdalian.  Where's that spoken?

    Central Sweden. Strictly speaking, it is considered a dialect of Swedish, but it is peculiar and divergent enough to be quite distinct from the standard dialect and is sometimes listed as a separate language. There are one or two other dialects that are similarly disputed.


    Tachyon said:

    Kexruct said:

    Why does everyone but me know everything

    i don't

    Sredni might
    I don't. I just absorb a lot of information.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    hebrew

    I was going to make a list of Semitic languages to go with this, but there are so very many...
  • READ MY CROSS SHIPPING-FANFICTION, DAMMIT!

    i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
    Aliroz said:

    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.

    Yep, that's how the game is played folks.

    Though, I never had the patience to get max stats.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I wish I could remember a lot of information

    As it is, reference books are my friend
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    books are good
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i am most certainly pro-books
  • READ MY CROSS SHIPPING-FANFICTION, DAMMIT!

    i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
    Books take up a lot of space in my house. 

    Somehow reading them only encourages them to stay.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    Books take up a lot of space in my house. 


    Somehow reading them only encourages them to stay.
    Yes.

    On an unrelated note:

  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    Estonia is Bestonia
    image
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Remember this: Per capita, Estonia has more and stronger wireless internet coverage than anywhere else on Earth. And it looks like that.

    Estonia is, indeed, Bestonia.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    extraterrestrials
  • edited 2013-09-27 19:10:01
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Kexruct said:

    Why do I hang out with you nerds, anyway.

    Why so I hang out with these people? You fit in here better than I do.
    Kexruct said:

    Why does everyone but me know everything

    Not your fault you were raised in a culture that can't tell Botswana from Borneo.

    You can name more of the U.S. states and U.S. presidents than the average Estonian; though.

    Anyways, Estonia is not Bestonia.

    Estonia is far too independent and too Americanized. People have too many rights and too much fun. They can't build character.

    Oh well, all of Scandinavia is going downhill anyways. In a wagon. With their hands in the air. Down the lane. Having fun and leaving skid marks on the walls. And they didn't invite me!

  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Aliroz said:

     Estonia is far too independent and too Americanized.

    How so? Why is the former a bad thing?
  • 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 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter of the Heapers' Hangout
  • edited 2013-09-27 19:24:38
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Sredni, it is not in the best interests of Finland for Estonia to become more independent. So says Mauno Kovisto.

    Also, I want all Scandinavia to unite.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Aliroz said:

    People have too many rights and too much fun.


    There are times when i honestly can't tell whether you're joking or not.

    This is one of those times.
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    *lights up a marijuana bowl in the thread*
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    *gets high*
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    wow that was the fastest high I've ever seen. :o Pillows your eyes are all red!
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    whoa dude

    groooooooovy
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Tachyon said:

    Aliroz said:

    People have too many rights and too much fun.


    There are times when i honestly can't tell whether you're joking or not.

    This is one of those times.
    I is joking. Human rights is a good thing; and open-mindedness and cultural interaction is a good thing. It's a good thing that cultures mix and change.

  • edited 2013-09-27 19:23:29
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    *smokes a whole bunch and gets high too and blows smoke all over the place for everyone to smell*

    *hugs Pillows* Very groovy. Let's go to the 70s. ^_^
  • edited 2013-09-27 19:26:50
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Arrests Miko and Pillows for Illegal marijuana..

    Runs out of thread to avoid Marijuana smell.
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    *escapes from Aliroz's fake handcuffs and licks his fake badge* :3
  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    They are in Holland. I know because I was casually walking around there yesterday and I saw them
  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    kimochi warui
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Aliroz said:

    I is joking. Human rights is a good thing; and open-mindedness and cultural interaction is a good thing. It's a good thing that cultures mix and change.


    Oh, OK then.

    Sorry. i'm a bit of a literalist.
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