It begins! :o
FIRST
Wasn't that CG? :P
The last thread had 1012 posts.
Inconceivable.
And no, I don't have an Xbox. In fact, I don't know anyone who has one.
I don't even have a TV! :o
Neither do I.
I don't like the new thread. Change is bad.
All that's different really is the name though, it can't be that bad.
Quote from: Pentagathus on February 01, 2014, 10:07:17 AM
I don't like the new thread. Change is bad.
(http://media.desura.com/cache/images/groups/1/3/2055/thumb_940x3000/Just_as_planned_tzeentch.jpg)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwr the birds are wearing clothes! The end is nigh!
Clothed birds! And they can talk too! It's the birdpocalypse!
Ornithopocalypse, I think you'll find. :P
I was first non-OP
Ah, but this is the WBU and it's only last (or rather #1000) that counts, so get posting! :p
School's going to start in 3 days! I'm anticipation homework, oh so much homework.
I see your homework and raise you my Cambridge degree. :P
...I fold...
Five digits of posting goodness. :)
Congrats on the 10000 posts :)
Well that's a lot of posts.
I am literally nearly 1/7 of this website. Oops. :s
Congrabulations!
Does that mean I'm literally nearly 1/15 of this website because I do have a bit less than half of your posts. :P
Yup :P
Wow, awesome.
But yeah, most of Exilian is a relatively small core of very high posting members :P
(http://www.blogger.ba/photos/105838.jpg)
The Shortest And Most Accurate History Of The World You'll Ever Read
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/the-shortest-and-most-accurate-history-of-the-world-youll-ev
I'd say that's geography more than history, but yeah, fair. :P
It's that day again...
(https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/q71/s720x720/71693_731977020154787_790147903_n.jpg)
Happy Feast Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs and Patron Catholic Saints of Exilian! :P
Happy Obligation Day! This year I have no obligations!!! My wallet rejoices!
Was interviewed today for a student paper :)
Nice, what was it about? How'd it go?
Game of Colleges - and fairly well I think, we'll see when it comes out!
A bit quiet lately, aren't we?
:P
Sorry :s
I'm not blaming anyone. :)
I was just pointing out a general lack of activity lately even though we do seem to have new members and a lot of guests.
Btw. I made an account on TWC and added you guys as friends...
I would ask you to add me as a friend... but I don't have an account over there. ;D
And no one wants to be your friend either. You might as well be this guy :orc:
I am that guy. :orc: And I've also got all my friends with me too.
:orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc:
Uruk Hai there how ya doin'? :P
And yeah, posting is still going well, just the Booze Up etc haven't been used a great deal. I've been working on A Game of Colleges a lot because war triceratops riders are a thing I needed more of in my life. :)
I need some information concerning upload speed for comparison.
What's your maximal upload speed in your country?
Mine's around 50-60 kB/s at best.
I'm at my grandma's house and they are getting 65kB/s so you're not too bad. :P
Disappointed with the Olympic medal count. We are suck. :(
Haven't been paying attention.
Tbf it's Russia's home games so they'll always be going to get quite a big boost from that.
Quote from: The Khan on February 22, 2014, 09:43:33 AM
I am that guy. :orc: And I've also got all my friends with me too.
:orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc: :orc:
:ents: Come at me bro
Over two thousand posts in both months this year so far! :o And 47 new members each month.
Just need to try and use that as a platform to gain yet moar activities. :D
Nah it's all RTR. Without that it'd just be us weirdos. :P
Quote from: comrade_general on February 28, 2014, 11:34:51 PM
Nah it's all RTR. Without that it'd just be us weirdos. :P
QFT.
If you're wondering what QTF means, here's the definition:
(http://gyazo.com/02836e1a568315ce0e29c3756198619d.png)
*Sigh* I do maths, not science. :P
*history*
In good news, won the Tolkien societies Varsity Quiz today. Third Cambridge win in a row. :)
I think we should dedicate this whole site to nothing but word associations.
O.o Let the madness begin!
Quote from: comrade_general on March 05, 2014, 07:03:54 PM
I think we should dedicate this whole site to nothing but word associations.
We should start speaking in metaphors!
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
Shaka when the walls fell!
Kiteo, his eyes closed.
Mirab, with sails unfurled.
Everyone here (except CG) forgot my birthday. *sniffles*
(I jest, it's fine. :P )
EDIT: Apologies to the people who posted on my FB, I only just went through all those :P
Sorry Jubal... I was pretty busy these days. Happy belated birthday! :D
You are now a pangolin elder. The wisdom and experience of 2 decades is yours to command!
Sorry mate, Happy Birthday! :)
Well I said happy birthday on facebook, I won't say it again because I don't want to use up all my stores of birthday happiness magic for this season. But when I next see you, I shall purchase some mead. Maybe. If I can find some. armadillo will happen anyway.
Happy birthday! Have a good one!
Happy very belated birthday :-\
Haha, I'm not sure who it was but someone said happy birthday to me on my "Meet a Member" thread a few months after it actually happened. :P So it's not as belated as you think.
Thanks, guys :)
That's good then :)
To be honest, I wasn't actually 100% sure as to who I was wishing a happy birthday. :P
Thanks, Khan, lovely of you :P
Darmok on the ocean. :(
The beast at Tanagra?
Kira at Bashi.
Temba, at rest. Zinda, his face black. Shaka.
Darmok on the ocean.
Sorry I've not been that active recently - hopefully it will have been kinda worth it when I reveal why. :)
Jubal has been crowned King of the World for achievements in modding and time management :P
Well, king of Exilian at least. :P
It's pi day! Someone go download PI! :)
I remember when a friend did that on the school computers
several million page word doc or something ridiculous that screwed up the network
I meant this PI (http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1936.0). :(
But that is pretty funny.
Title change because things in SPACE are good :)
I'm doing a really cool looking space painting right now, I'll post it when I'm finished. :)
Quote from: Jubal on March 20, 2014, 05:57:19 PM
Title change because things in SPACE are good :)
I disagree, space is pretty boring. Furthermore, drinking alcoholic beverage in space seems like an extremely irresponsible thing to do and I am not entirely comfortable with being officially affiliated with an organisation which promotes such behaviour.
Does anyone remember this guy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKI1CHPMNw
Um, hello, I'm new here. Be nice...
Yaaaay, Marcus! :D
MARCUS!!! WOOOO!!!!
:o
Now now children, you should all know your way to the spam thread by now... ;)
We do, but it just doesn't have the same effect as the real thing. ;)
Says the man who's profile states: "Ban, ban, ban the spambots!" Hypocrisy, no? :P
...I'm not a bot... I have control over my own actions and where I spam. :P
One would hope so, at least.
Well, I sure do hope so. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_skepticism
Heh, interesting. But you can't trust everything on Wikipedia. :P
I eated too much. :(
Don't barf. You paid for that. :D
So it's OK to puke if the food is free? :P
Well... yeah.
Yes.
Unless you're feeling partial to it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26716281 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26716281)
Ukranian city (founded by a Welsh industrialist) has launched a campaign to join the UK
I say let them! Inform the Russians we are protecting ethnic brits in a hostile land ;D
Sweet jelly baby Jesuses dipped in fizzy sour powder, look at this girl! Just look at her! (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hearts/broken-heart.gif)
Spoiler
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t1.0-9/p480x480/1185302_694657030594361_1197103586_n.jpg)
- - - - - -
And This! For me, now!
Who wants it? Me, me, me!
Moshi Moshi Pikachu-san!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBkxeGt5E24
So exciting, Wolfman. :P
The girl or the jelly? Both pretty, both enchanting! Yes! :arwen:
I'M DRINKING COCOA!
Chocolate flavored viscous brown goodness derived from weird beans hanging out on a tree in Peru oh how I love you!
Too bad I'm not out. It could be fun.
It WOULD be fun, they said! Like getting a cat!
I have a terminal disease.
What the what? :s
It's called life.
April fools. :)
Goddamnit man, you're not supposed to do those after noon and I'm on GMT. :P
You aren't on BST?!
My clocks are on BST. My sleeping pattern is definitely still with GMT. :P
I know that feeling :P
Aliens.
Well, that's inconvenient...
Harvard discovers three of its library books are bound in human flesh (https://roadtrippers.com/blog/harvard-discovers-three-of-its-library-books-are-bound-in-human-flesh)
Neat. :)
That definitely even beats my book with all the margin notes about blood sacrifices. :P
My post count is officially OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAND!!! :o
*applause* ;D
*post counter explodes*
*portugal explodes*
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/portugal.gif)
Who made that gif?
CG I believe.
I like it, a lot. :)
I did. :P
Portugal youtube, seriously I just wanted to give you a round of applause.
http://youtu.be/barWV7RWkq0
I fixed it. :)
We need a guide on how to post youtube videos. :P
How u do dis?
Do it as normal, but the url will say "https" at the start. Remove the s.
Tom you tried to use youtube's share link which has the stupid youtu.be or whatever it is. You need the full link from the top of the page and as http instead of https.
I see. :) Sounds easy enough.
Should we add a BBCode guide to this?
http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1220.0
We could, but youtube is the only one giving people trouble.
I've hit 4000 posts and I didn't even notice it. ;D
Well done Silver! Good job! :)
You are a genius :O
I only got exactly 300 to go until I get 6000 posts. :)
I have 317 posts until I get 1000, it's kind of scary :/
I've been here years and only managed a pittance of posts. It's quite liberating really.
Me on the other hand...
Far too much time on your hands... :P
*looks around, awkwardly*
What just happened?
Everything and yet, nothing.
Spoiler
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ds9IGE00PRI/T9ldK172AqI/AAAAAAAAADM/lONaQslkyuI/s1600/raisins-face-i2.jpg)
Tired and feeling fairly useless :(
Same.
Just useless for me.
so how many people are watching Game of Thrones?
I couldn't believe that Theon became the King and Hodor the Hand of the King! :o
Why can't you add a spoiler tag to that armadillo? I still haven't got round to watching the new season yet. I don't even know how I haven't but please could you not ruin the exciting new developments for me? :P
If you've seen enough of the show to know who those characters are I think you'd know I'm kidding Tom. :P
I would watch it but I don't know where to watch it for free (if anywhere?) and I could sign up to now tv but I don't know how long this season will last so I might as well wait until there is no more than a month of season left so I can sign up for a month, watch in a month and be done. Anyone have a solution to my great conundrum? Apart from my current solution.
PM'd so as not to anger the Jubal. :P
*coughstreamingcough*
I had an epiphany moment whilst watching today, I'll put it in spoilers because I'm not if these are book spoilers, pure tv show here who is guilty of going on the wiki for too long
Spoiler
Jon Snow is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, having a future heir to the iron throne is a good reason for the kingsguard being present at the Tower of Joy
That hasn't been revealed in the book yet, but it's a very popular theory. :)
Quote from: comrade_general on April 15, 2014, 05:49:33 PM
PM'd so as not to anger the Jubal. :P
...I smell something fishy (Beefy) going on here...
Anyway, I've been watching it. Only the first episode though.
The next episode is going to be so good... So much awesome stuff just waiting to happen.
Spoiler
Can't wait to see the duel. I'd also like to see Tyrion settle the matters with his father by the end of the episode (highly unlikely though).
HODOR.
SILVER WOLF!!
SPOILERS DUDE!
also wouldn't he have white hair if he was targaryen?
Quote from: Dripping D on April 15, 2014, 10:02:35 PM
SILVER WOLF!!
SPOILERS DUDE!
Well I was saying pretty general things. I didn't mention anything in particular.
I'll put a spoiler on it, though.
Quote from: Dripping D on April 15, 2014, 10:03:21 PM
also wouldn't he have white hair if he was targaryen?
Only if he inherited his hair colour from his father rather than his mother. The Targaryens were only guaranteed those particular features because they always screwed their siblings, both of whom had the relevant genes.
Real. Comfortable. Jeans.
WRANGLER
Are they really real? I didn't know you could have fake ones.
(http://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Buy-Pajama-Jeans.jpg)
I bet they don't look like denim.
I bet they look like PJs and feel like denim.
doesn't matter would wear
Id rather wear my onesie :)
Dressing-gowns are the way forwards. Always :P
Pajamas, who needs them?
Not me!
I've got a dressing gown and a onesie, I alternate between the two. :)
(http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bunny_pajamas.jpg)
Fabulous :P
Just beautiful!
This is the Libertarian Girl from Facebook:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/10253838_10152759142418082_8016558289753182049_n.jpg)
;D
I really don't see the point in onesies. Even to warn me about the NSA. :P
Yeah onesies are pretty armadillo.
I have a superman onesie, has a hood and no cape 4/10
I need to start rapidly shutting down for exams soon :( So much project work will semi-stall, I fear.
Not stall, just hibernate.
I'm really struggling to focus on studying :/
When did the title change to Hodor?
Hodor hodor hodor?
Jolly Easter everyone! ;D
Likewise Wolfie!
(http://img.pandawhale.com/40223-Rabbit-Eggs-AAAAAAAAAAAA-Xbt8.jpeg)
Easter just finished for me. :( The mice sure had a good easter, better than mine anyway.
I'm not a big one for easter, all it is to me is eggs and zombie jesus. Is there a zombie Jesus game?
Found one :O
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/593405 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/593405)
It's incredibly armadillo.
(http://hotmeme.net/media/i/d/9/fhI-newgrounds-now-that-s-a-website-i-haven-t-seen-in-a-long-time.jpg)
Indeed.
Heh, I found myself looking through the art section there a few weeks ago.
That website was great back when I was 8-11 ish. Anyone else play adventure quest here?
I visit Newgrounds every once in a while to check new audio tracks for my modding projects.
The audio section is probably the best one around.
I love bravest warriors :) catbug is so awesome :P
Damnit, now was not the time to add a new cartoon to my procrastination schedule.
At least it's only midway through season 2 :P
Yeah, at least the episodes aren't too long, long enough for a break perhaps? :)
Hate essays. Hate exams. :(
Make war, not love.
When did this become Hodor?
Hodor.
HOOBOOR!!
HOBBO!
Hodor.
(http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/series/game-of-thrones/character/s3/hodor-1024.jpg)
Hodor
Hodor?
How long before Jubal moves this to spam? :P
Before Hodor can say Hodor.
Hopefully never, we've got a hodor thread if anyone wants to go and hodor there.
Plus, this is only one page of Hodor so it shouldn't be too bad.
Sylvester McCoy played spoons on my head yesterday. :P
HODOR! :o
Whodor thought it?
Spoons! :)
How large were these spoons?
Regular dessert spoons, from my kitchen.
Was he in your house?!
No, I just happened to be the person who thought to bring spoons with me. :P
Someone help me find that picture of the maybe-Russian-guy carrying all those guns on his back.
I tried.
(http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/russian_knife.jpg)
Just finished another mock exam paper. They take three goddamn hours. Pretty much want to collapse now.
@ Jubal.
Mock exam? Nevermind, I Googled it.
Three hours sounds way too long. And sitting that long without brakes is bad for your spine.
@CG was it this one?
Spoiler
(http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/zombie+apocalypse+demotivational+poster_53c2ad_4109066.jpg)
That's the one! I love you Wolfman! :-*
Three hours is how long the actual exam is, it's just a very nasty system.
I started working in a zoo a few weeks ago. :D
Do you get to feed the wolves?!?!?!?!?!! :o
Nope, but I get to lead the children around and lift them back when they decide to sneak under the fence and stick their fingers into the wolf cage (P.S. I'm not portugaling kidding)...
Besides, the wolves seem to like me. They always gather around the fence when I'm around them. Then we just stare at each other.
I get to pet the dromedary camels, though.
are they as bad tempered as camels always seem?
No, they're calm... And really curious.
My head is killing me. :(
Kill it before it can kill you then. Or get a friend to help, bash it with a stick or something.
Gas powered stick? :P
Ah well. Still going. Just wrote for an hour about conceptualising Greek slavery, pretty sure I wrote rubbish but oh well.
Yub Nub.
E is for Exilian.
X is for Xebra!
I is for I portugaling love Exilian.
L is for life, which is a thing thats sometimes good and sometimes leaves you trying not to chunder for an entire day because you're a bit thick when you drink and even the little bottles of vodka still contain a fair amount of vodka.
I is for I think I just saw Robert Loggia. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0YrahHZUs)
A is for Anti-anti-Exilians!
N is for Nobody portugals with Exilians.
Exilian! Give me an E!
E.
Give me an X!
X
Give me an end to khan's constant tomfoolery!
*gasp* Awesome!
are you ready for the summer sales?
www.gabegaming.com
Na, dwi vim'n barod. Yfory?
Summer? What craziness is this? :P
Does the temperature change that much in Oz?
You know nothing, Jon Snow. :'(
...It's Winter here and being in the lowest parts of Australia it's often 0-5 degrees Celsius (32-41 F) when I wake up in the morning, and it isn't even in the middle of winter yet. :P
C_G spoilers!
Marcus appears to be choking. (Yaay)
I watched it :'(
So so so so so tired :/
Me too.
Go to bed, Jubal.
I'm back, baby. ;D
Yaay ;D
(http://www.festivalsherpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Yesss.jpg)
No.
NASA Reveals Latest Warp-Drive Ship Designs (http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-reveals-latest-warp-drive-ship-designs)
This is also required:
I think I put that in space yays, you put it here, but I think the logical place would have been the ST thread. :P
In either case, KARMA.
I'm considering making a 2 headed spear just for fun.
Right now I think that the best option would be 2 long bladed hewing spearheads.
http://www.reliks.com/products/1854/2.jpg
Do you have a forge handy?
I have an anvil and loads of scrap metal. And a fireplace.
But I would probably need a furnace.
I have a courtyard for that.
But I don't have the skill needed to forge a proper functional spear.
I could try and I bet it would look good and the whole process would be fun, but the spear head itself wouldn't be really useful in the end.
After taking a look I figured out that I'll make an ordinary spear instead.
I made up my mind after watching some wushu videos on youtube.
Even in the hands of Bruce Lee a double headed spear looks underwhelming.
Kind of an all show and no go weapon. Very interesting and good for practicing dexterity, but almost useless as a weapon.
Hoplite spear?
Dory? Perhaps.
But it's not really what I'm looking for. The butt-spike on a dory is used for a different purpose than the one I had in mind.
And then there's xyston, but it's cavalry spear, and the other point was probably used just as counterweight and a backup if the first tip breaks.
I wanted a proper two headed spear which gives you a nice flow of motion, like a staff.
But that kind of fighting style is situational at best.
Oberyn much? ;)
He wields a one handed spear. :D
But I must admit, that's what made me think about trying to forge something.
The choice of the fighting style was mostly because of Shaolin monks, though.
And I've always wanted to forge something, since I have all the needed equipment.
I figured out a spear/arrow head would be the best choice for a starter.
- - -
Edit: When I think about it, they may have used wushu in Oberyn's fight scene.
Ahhhhh.
...
I'm soso sure u all missed me.
I haven't missed you at all :'(
Try harder!!!
Quack indeed.
I am but I seem to be unable to miss you at all :(
Observe as the old guard crawl out of their mausoleum to vote. :P
I read that in a David Attenborough voice :P
Is this a yearly occurrence or something?
Oh i ran out of that mausoleum and i plan to keep running.
Quote from: comrade_general on June 25, 2014, 08:12:35 PM
I did.
:D YAY. So when does mr Jubal give me my green name back for doing nothing?
When do I get my fancy name? :P
Well i got mine from asking him every day for months when we were at high school together. So think i'll have to pm him for a few months demanding a green name. I'm sure he'd love it ;D >:D
Gmd, you and stormcloud arrived just too late, you could have signed up for the election :p
Ye not sure i would of put myself up though. I'd rather have my old role which requires no effort :P
It wasn't that the role required no effort, GMD, it was just that you didn't actually do your job.
That's why we abolished your job.
hahahaha i'm just that awesome.... What was my job even? Can't remember :D
I rest my case :P
(You were a recruiting officer)
Point taken haha. Ye i just wanted the green name. Can i have it back if i'm good?
If "being good" includes "being active and doing a staff thing properly that I actually consider useful", possibly. :P
But yeah, I'm reluctant to just appoint logothetes for the hell of it.
Fair enough :P I'll try.
Yay! Gmd is going to try! ;D
Well it had to happen sometime! >:D
Haha, It's kinda funny. You joined two years before me. :P I really need to get a life.
Ye but i was inactive most of it lol.
I think I post far more than average as well :/
Given the average user has probably posted less than twice, that's hardly surprising. :P
In any case, if you guys need to get lives, just consider my plight momentarily and be content.
When i'm active i post alot. :)
Yay, the Alot ;D
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/S8TRIo4br3I/AAAAAAAACv4/Zh7_GcMlRKo/s400/ALOT.png)
Quote from: Jubal on June 28, 2014, 10:00:13 PM
Yay, the Alot ;D
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/S8TRIo4br3I/AAAAAAAACv4/Zh7_GcMlRKo/s400/ALOT.png)
:o
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
For the reference :P
Ah that makes sense. That website is awesome. And sorry my grammar is bad.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/S8TiTtIFjpI/AAAAAAAACxQ/HXLdiZZ0goU/s1600/ALOT14.png)
Does it need punishing? ;)
I'm sure i've been punished enough! >:D
Also mr Jubal i'd still love to be a logothetes just for the hell of it xD. Dislike being with those riff-raff... JK. :sauron:
Just wait, in 6 more months you may have the chance to even be the Basileus ;)
I've never been higher than Logothetes. Interestingly enough i became a citizen before our current Basileus and joined an entire day before CG. I believe i can overthrow his authority.
....You don't even have 1 tenth of Jubals posts. :P You have a long way to go.
I remember when this site was barely 6 months old I had a post count of 8-9 posts per day if not higher at times
Ah...
Those were the days
If I were posting the way I am now from the moment I joined, mine would probably be above 10.
Ye think i had above 10 during that time aswell. Rather impossible to get now.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/27/world-cup-fever-america-ann-coulter-football-socialism-team-usa
america stahp pls
Ann Coulter stahp. portugal Ann Coulter.
I really don't know what that woman smokes.
I love how the article points out that American sports have more socialist tendencies
Also, as is my yearly tradition, I present the best scene in a movie, ever:
Down the British!
Now that's what i call a close encounter!
wow :o
That. Is. Amazing!
Your hands move so fast!
Wow, its like Rolf Harris, now with 100% less child abuse.
That's incredible :o
More! More! *applauds*
So CG gets triumph points for the video AND the painting. Right?
Just put them in the thread for me to get round to do.
I am unbelievably tired.
Nope, I believe you. :P
Fingers crossed this starts sorting itself out soon, don't want to be nodding off during the convention...
We'll get you a mocha latte.
Just lots of tea will be fine I think :P
(http://d3bjkcszbfqz72.cloudfront.net/avatars/220739/thumb.jpeg?1319221063)
Having a useless evening. One week to go though!
Five days. :)
Guys how hard is it to start modding TW games?
I'm thinking about MTW2.
8 factions, new units and rebels, new text, new music and new UI.
Nothing too fancy.
Well I'm a RTW man myself, so I don't know the intricacies of M2TW, but I can't imagine it is too much more difficult once you figure it out. :)
I just can't set up the damn mod folder.
The new .bat file just keeps running the original game...
Getting a new mod folder set up was about as far as I got modding M2. :P
But that was many rotations around the sun ago.
Working both days this weekend, so won't be making it I'm afraid. One in the autumn, winter or spring would be great, just not in july or august, since at that time I am busy as hell. :P
Uni makes other times of year difficult for me currently, though when I'm a postgrad or working that will be ameliorated :)
I thought uni killed my free time.
Now I have a job.
Want life plz
Come to ExiliCon, gain life! :P
Guys imagine if this forum became really famous...
What would we do? Could we manage that? Would we break under the pressure?
I would get frustrated that I couldn't read all the days posts within 15 minutes. :-P
Quote from: Jubal on July 25, 2014, 04:15:43 PM
Come to ExiliCon, gain life! :P
I am tempted, but I'm working till 2.30
would wearing my reenactment gear and cosplaying as a Swadian Militia be cheating?
Exilian will get like that, one day, even if it is after 10 years. Exilian will prevail! It will be the next Facebook! The next 4chan! The next everything!
Quote from: stormcloud on July 26, 2014, 12:12:38 AM
Quote from: Jubal on July 25, 2014, 04:15:43 PM
Come to ExiliCon, gain life! :P
I am tempted, but I'm working till 2.30
would wearing my reenactment gear and cosplaying as a Swadian Militia be cheating?
Do it all!
Quote from: The Khan on July 26, 2014, 08:53:27 AM
Exilian will get like that, one day, even if it is after 10 years. Exilian will prevail! It will be the next Facebook! The next 4chan! The next everything!
Yes!
Just home, not worth coming to con time wise :(
Hope it goes well enough to do another one, if so I will certainly try to see you all there
Well, basically turnout was crap, feedback responses mostly were good though and financially people were pretty willing to shell out so it looks like something we could have a go at again. We'd probably need to really crack the advertising game to make it worth it though.
I enjoyed myself at least, and I think quite a few people made new friends etc which was good :)
Suggestion for next time
Spoiler
(http://joeginese.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ball_pit.jpg)
Holy crap that was a big picture
That was a huge picture! :o
As huge as the picture is, I agree wholeheartedly with the suggestion.
Also from my experiences at mcm london we need about 40% of the attendees to be wearing attack on titan jackets
Or just dressed as a Titan. :P
I'm not a big fan of walking around post flaying myself
I just await they day when they're all walking around wearing Adventures of Soros t-shirts :p
BALL PIT :D :D:D:D
Exilian T-Shirts. :3
THEY EXIST ALREADY!
*One exists already :P
We need to forge 19.
Or perhaps 9, since we're just men.
Quote from: Silver Wolf on August 01, 2014, 10:43:15 PM
We need to forge 19.
Or perhaps 9, since we're just men.
It took me too long to get that reference.
Also, Penty is short and recently grew a beard, so he can have one of the Seven :P
As I'm tall can I get one of three?
I'll be dead before I see the shirt in the hands of an elf!
Can I get one of three seeing as I have 'Nenya'? (And I sing?) :P
http://www.twitch.tv/fishplayspokemon
fish may be dead though....
Poor old Tricky Dick resigned 40 years ago today. Let us celebrate the Nixon in video...
Spoiler
Sorry, I've been hopeless lately, I don't know when things will get less hectic or I'll get less I'll either :(
(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/481/115/4cd.gif)
Cheer up, Joob. Eat some more cheese.
...why is that lawnmower flying?
CG, what did you PUT in this cheese?
What flying lawnmower? Just keep eating. :)
This is going to be like the time one of my kobolds in ToME died believing it was being bludgeoned by a My Little Pony, isn't it?
(This actually genuinely happened. If you ever play the game, and you should, I recommend the Potions of Booze :P )
Whats ToME?
Don't know.
But let us celebrate the life of Robin Williams by watching one of the best bits of Family Guy ever:
Correct. Jeez, guys, I even made a thread about it like a few days ago and everything. :P
http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3366.0
Ha-ho! Scattered stream of references! Lots of energy! One good one for every ten! Ha-ho!
I am sleepy.
Also we should all play more scrabble.
Okay so I recommend everyone watch Lone Survivor.
Do you mean Lone Survivor? That's all that I get when I google it.
Yes I do. I had other things on my mind. :P
Don't worry, you'll survive :P
So I started a petition, which may not be of interest to many people here, but you should sign it anyway!
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/david-laws-mp-include-recognition-of-non-binary-gender-on-passports-in-the-lib-dem-manifesto
Having played a bit of papers please this seems like it would make arstotzkan border control much harder
I've not played Papers, Please but I read some stuff about it - was it good?
It has a strange appeal, very charming
One of the best indie games out there
Noted, I should look into it in all the time I don't have. :P
I can't keep up with all the activity on Exilian! :o
Richard Attenborough died :(
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5e7506c9dfa068c75877b639ac0553c/tumblr_mkoq9oqWuv1qb5n3ho1_500.jpg)
Sad news, but not a great surprise. He had a long and highly productive life, and gave a lot of people enjoyment from his work.
Got a strange email at work with a subject line of: "For a time during the 1960s it was linked with the main Crawley Baptist Church in West Green."
The main body of the email says: "Jo sometimes offered her own view from time to time. Florence with the intention of using Elsa's trust fund to study art.
The wind and dust of a thousand miles. Turnpike switched to a coin system in 1991."
What does it all mean?? :o
Did they at least try to sell you a nice kitchen?
Negative. No kitchens, no shoes, no links of any kind. No file attachments.
It's a message. The cosmos is trying to tell me something. Or maybe I've gone crazy. :rofl:
Maybe the internet is starting to become sentient (hello, Skynet!), and this is an early attempt at communication where it's picking random phrases from existing text - baby talk, if you like.
Quote from: comrade_general on August 26, 2014, 03:17:45 PM
It's a message. The cosmos is trying to tell me something. Or maybe I've gone crazy. :rofl:
Write in on walls! Write in on walls!
Big flashy letters always have so much more sense. They will give you a new perspective! Or a terrible headache.
Quote from: Glaurung on August 26, 2014, 04:53:54 PM
Maybe the internet is starting to become sentient (hello, Skynet!), and this is an early attempt at communication where it's picking random phrases from existing text - baby talk, if you like.
A terrifying prospect.
And it picked CG (and thus Exilian) in it's very beginning.
Fear for your lives. Abandon this lowly planet before it spreads.
Just getting back and catching up with the world - sad to hear about Richard Attenborough. :-\
But Skynet, Jubal! Skynet!
Quote from: comrade_general on August 26, 2014, 08:26:13 PM
But Skynet, Jubal! Skynet!
Methinks someone's been reading Ken Macleod...
Also I have a really bad sore throat today :(
Quote from: Jubal on August 27, 2014, 03:40:58 PM
Also I have a really bad sore throat today :(
Sorry to hear it - I hope you're better soon.
Hey CG, would you mind posting the whole email? It looks like an interesting read. ;D
Quote from: The Khan on August 29, 2014, 11:20:28 AM
Hey CG, would you mind posting the whole email? It looks like an interesting read. ;D
Seconded.
That was the whole email.
Oh, that's too bad. :/ It would be so awesome if it was a whole page long or something like that.
http://www.blueswami.com/home.html
I got a new avatar! hehehehe PANZER VOR!
Thoughts? Should I return to the doge?
At least add the doge on there somewhere?
I liked the librarian best. :p I think the doge meme has had its day though. So death. Much gone. Very old. Wow...
Quote from: Jubal on September 10, 2014, 11:12:37 AMI think the doge meme has had its day though.
I'll never think of Venetian history quite the same way again.
I only changed from the librarian because the image was no longer hosted :(
I think I will roll with this for awhile, probably change it when I watch a new show/film
The librarian?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University#Librarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University#Librarian)
Hmh, I always just thought it was a random orangutan.
Quote from: Dripping D on September 10, 2014, 01:16:30 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University#Librarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University#Librarian)
Oook!
Wow.
Happy belated birthday to the Silver Wolf!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPRwT76r1EY/Ugp7y8eSPBI/AAAAAAAALnY/prQYBjEX1tE/s1600/Happy+Birthday+Julia.png)
Thanks CG! :D
Have a miserable day Tin Dog.
I impulse bought a straight bugle today.
Video or it didn't happen. Also no love for the Wolfman? :(
I was expressing my love for the Wolfman by invoking misery upon his arch nemesis. What better way?
I know Penty, I was yelling at Jubal. ;)
My greatest arch enemies are expensive hookers with cold hands.
I'm cold :(
I can confirm that I am not a hooker in case that was confusing you. :P
[Citation needed] :P
Apparently dancing is not a good idea when you have stitches in your foot. :D
Had a maths diagnostic test today (test to assess your general abilities in maths)
Made me realise how much I need this foundation year lol
So how is everyone? Yes, I'm still alive, which depending on your relationship to me may be either a: a joy, b: a disappointment, c: downright rude, d: apocalyptic or e: irrelevant.
Where is the all of the above option?
You're a very conflicted individual if that's the case.
:o
Marcus! Long time no post. :P
Yeah, thought I'd come back and haunt you for a bit...
Hmph, not good enough Marcus.
Yeah this is a pretty lame haunting. No eerie noises or music, nothing moving mysteriously when it shouldn't be. You haven't even sent Khan flying through the air while some bellend videos it.
WoooOooooOoOOOoOOOOoOOo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just invade your dreams at night, that's all. You won't remember me but wake up feeling troubled.
I wake up troubled anyway, you'll have to fight the other nightmares off first :/
Good to see you around, Marcus!
Back in Cambridge! :)
Not in cambridge.
Also I slept pretty well last night and woke up relatively refreshed, your haunting seems to be going in entirely the wrong direction.
Yeah, Marcus your haunting seems non-effective, I had 8 hours of refreshing sleep.
You know I can tell when you're lying don't you?
http://newsthump.com/2011/06/07/top-universities-a-breeding-ground-for-tories-warn-islamic-groups/
(be aware it is satire)
There are too many tories though, that is true.
I agree. Damn loyalists. >:(
I'm pretty sure we're just about devoid of Tories on this site (assuming Colossus really tends to be more of of a Kipper). :P
A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked over smouldering woodchips.
Thanks CG, I appreciate that description from the bottom of my heart.
Freshers' Fair is so so tiring.
Student orientation or new student orientation (often encapsulated into an Orientation week, Welcome Week or Freshers' Week) is a period of time at the beginning of the academic year at a university or other tertiary institution during which a variety of events are held to orient and welcome new students.
Kandrobears are so deadly.
Kandrobears are an extinct species of flying pig-bears once native to the island of Norfolk. They were eradicated by residents currently living in and around Norfolk because they were "tired of the buzzing".
Quote from: Jubal on October 07, 2014, 11:09:51 PM
Kandrobears are so deadly.
Related to the Australian drop bears, perhaps?
But are they REALLY extinct? Or do they still fly free in some far corners of the fenlands? :o
I did hear some buzzing out there... Officially they are extinct, but you should do some kandrobear hunting Joob. :)
Quote from: Silver Wolf on January 31, 2014, 11:22:54 PM
The last thread had 1012 posts.
Inconceivable.
And no, I don't have an Xbox. In fact, I don't know anyone who has one.
I don't know - I'm back, so we might just pip that particular post!
Also, aren't Kandrobears officially classified as an endangered species, rather than extinct?
Either way, you might not want to be hunting them Joob, unless you want the RSPCA, WWF or PETA sending you hurtful letters.
Yay, good to see you around again! :)
It's good to be back! Everything in my life is going tickety-boo right now.
I even have a girlfriend!
Besides, those Kandrobears are starting to un-nerve me a little bit. Thought I'd stay in the company of people who know about them.
Nice to hear from you, feel free to go away again.
And how are the Wibulnibs, Pentagathus?
I have to think about what I'm doing next year. This is not a pleasant thing to have to think over. :(
Quote from: DeepComet5581 on October 09, 2014, 07:35:58 PM
And how are the Wibulnibs, Pentagathus?
Fair to moderate, somewhat wibuly, occasionally nibly.
Have to fear! Your Basileus is here!
Have to fear? Great grammar bro.
+1
Readying some bits to launch GS&S - need to put a lot more links into the new website, it's kind of bare...
Launched it and NOBODY CARES :(
Hooray! ;D
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
If you build it, he will come.
I have to say it looks interesting, when you release the rules for the RPG I'll see if SotK wants to try it :D Also waiting on the next part of Forgefyre with anticipation.
I shall take a poke when my assessments and stuff are done, until then I am enslaved to the books and stuff. Stuff apparently includes posting on here. Oh well.
Anyone doing anything for hallowe'en? :)
going out in 'steampunk' costume (i didn't want to buy a costume so i'm wearing a waistcoat with pocket watch)
its that or i just put a ghostbusters t-shirt on
I'm just sitting in my room having a totally normal evening on my own, so I'll just live out the evening vicariously on Facebook I expect.
Likewise sitting in front of my computer, trying to get caught up with a range of admin tasks and social media stuff. It might be a concession to the occasion that I'm drinking a glass of dark, smoky, bitter beer, but I'd probably be doing that anyway!
Yes - the CU Doctor Who Soc is having its first General Meeting rather belatedly tomorrow evening, and I seem to be in charge of making sure that things happen according to some vague plan (I initially wrote that sentence as "some divine plan", then realised that we didn't have one of those and that the plan was wholly mine, and amended it suitably...)
If this were Middle-earth, I would say "providence", and probably make some comment along the lines of "a chance meeting..."
well that was a fun night thoroughly wasted and regretting messages sent to the opposite sex
night well spent
disregard women acquire wealth!
Disregard people and wealth, acquire books. :P
I agree with the pangolin. And in fact I plan to disregard much wealth in favour of a book later because Patrick Rothozilla has a new book out (not the end of his trilogy sadly, but it sounds like an awesome thing.)
Also I went out last night except I didn't quite go out. Was drinking at my friends from 6 (he fed me steak and mash, much happiness) and was wasted by about 9 when we went to pick his girlfriend up from the train station. Unfortunately I was nearly out cider by this point so I decided to buy some more and since there was no cheap cider in the shop I went for cheap ginger wine. It doesn't mix well with cider, apparently I fell asleep on my mates sofa and then chundered in his sink when I woke up. No idea what time I got home but this must have all been pretty early. At least I was apparently well behaved before spewing.
I saw your costume. :o
But what if I can acquire a woman and wealth? 8)
Still get books. :P
I gifted said woman a book using wealth. 8)
Be a woman, be gifted books :P
At 7:00, are you eating or talking? Either way, it's rather rude of you.
Chewing gum. I didn't think about how funny it would look, also thought I wasn't in frame. :P
Somehow these videos feel wrong if they don't have a slightly catchy, slightly annoying classical music backing :P
As always, excellent work :D
When I started watching, I was wondering, "Where is the music?"
Good job.
Damn Movie Maker wouldn't let me add music so I figured people can listen to whatever they want when they watch it. :P
Is there no other free software you can download? I'm sure almost anything would be better than Movie Maker.
Probably, but I can't be bothered with it. :(
You have serious skill CG. I am unfortunately not an artist. :P
Dziękuję :)
Quote from: comrade_general on November 01, 2014, 12:18:02 PM
I gifted said woman a book using wealth. 8)
Which book did you go for in the end?
Little House on the Prairie
13 Times Background Legolas Was The Most Important Part Of "The Lord Of The Rings" Movies
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/13-times-background-legolas-was-the-most-important-part-of-t
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kmallikarjuna/33-of-the-deepest-thoughts-legolas-ever-had
Hmm, I don't know what happened here. :P Thought it was funny anyway.
(http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2878.0;attach=762;image)
eeek.
When I eat grass it's like I'm giving the world a haircut.
You eat grass? You may just be the strangest cow I know.
(http://rs1img.memecdn.com/rmx-cow_o_924214.jpg)
Cowman in action :P
(http://sharocity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Gandalf-as-Santa-Claus.jpg)
9/10 definitely would bang.
I should get round to reading Tolkien's Father Christmas letters. :)
Something a bit random I happened across today: a web version of Spirograph (http://nathanfriend.io/inspirograph/). I had a physical version as a child, but I gave it up before I understood the maths of how it works. Now it all makes much more sense :)
The web version also has the advantages that you don't have to pin pieces down to a board, and you can't accidentally jog the moving gear out of the stationary one!
Math? I thought it was just to make pretty pictures. ;D
Oh, look it's Gandalf the red! :gandalfgrey:
And that spirograph is awesome! I think I remember seeing a real life version too, but I just can't remember where or when... ;D
I really don't feel much like Christmas yet :/
I feel like it can't come soon enough, I just want to crash out and chill.
I'm looking forward to what comes after Christmas personally.
?
You're wondering about the apostrophe? Yeah I don't know why I put that in there either. :P
I think apostrophes are infectious. They use humans as a vector to spread themselves into new habitats. They're particularly fond of the letter 's'.
Having a christmas meal tomorrow after my anatomy exam, can't wait.
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits almost chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas.
WOOOOOO!!! CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!
So what does everyone want for christmas??
inb4 all i want for christmas is you DD :P
Quote from: comrade_general on December 09, 2014, 05:35:15 PM
I'm looking forward to what comes after Christmas personally.
Hint: someone is coming to visit me. :)
I had in fact guessed :P
ooo who is coming to visit? ;)
Me.
I want cheese and socks and alcohol for christmas/my birthday. And I want to play with my dog and my nephew and niece and stuff. Simple things.
Also its not me. Its presumably mrs cowman. So the Cowwoman? The she cow? The femoole?
I believe "heifer" is the conventional term. Or more accurately, in this case, "jałówka". :P
Happily enough I can pronounce that. :)
Wooo! Party party party! It's almost Christmas!
I don't feel very Christmassy yet :/
Same here Jubal, seeing as how the supermarkets have had Christmas stock since October there has been no noticeable difference in how Christmassy the world feels.
It ain't Christmas till it's Christmas.
-_- It's always Christmas...
Apparently Christmas starts somewhere in mid September nowadays.
With interruptions for Hallowe'en and Black Friday, apparently.
Not forgetting the hellish noise of the weeks surrounding the 5th November...
Also Thanksgiving for us.
Rather bizarrely this (http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/nov/27/britsgiving-one-in-six-britons-celebrate-thanksgiving) is apparently a thing here.
I have two new project announcements to make in the near future :P
Well. This place is just out of control. :(
Anarchyyyyyy :)
ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ RIOT ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
My predictions of a riot proved correct.
Meh.
Why meh? :(
The place seems a little lackluster of late.
This is true, posting has not been going swimmingly since the end of November. Sorry about that. :/
I think the kaiser chiefs beat you to it
Is this below average activity?
Actually, looking at the posting stats, it's roughly average. Just feels quiet then, not sure why.
I want to be at home so I can paint. :(
Am home. Am ill. :(
You should be more happy, I would be thrilled to be home and ill right now. :P
Say that again when it feels like someone emptied a blunderbuss down your throat. :/
Where ARE you, if not home, anyway?
Work. :( I would say it again.
Aw :/
I dislike being at home, there is some strange force that prevents me from doing anything productive when home
I dislike being at work, there is a clear and present force that prevents me from doing anything productive (i.e. that I want to do) when at work. :P
Find different work? OK, not necessarily easy, I know.
Meanwhile, pizza-eating weasels seem to have become a thing, all of a sudden. I appreciate the vital metaphorical significance of weasels, but should I also expect the appearance of stoats and ferrets?
I feel like stoats would be more into calzone. :P
Quote from: Glaurung on December 18, 2014, 06:55:32 PM
Meanwhile, pizza-eating weasels seem to have become a thing, all of a sudden.
They have?
Quote from: Pentagathus on December 19, 2014, 07:26:52 PMThey have?
It would appear so, at least in the Beer Cellar. After all, if you were a weasel, wouldn't you eat pizza?
There's definitely a platformer game in there somewhere. :P
I really don't understand why North Korea have been getting so het up about The Interview. They must already know their leader is an international laughing stock.
For once I can agree with Obama in that they shouldn't have cancelled the release.
I also agree with you, and Obama, on that. I half wonder if they did it so they could release it via their own online systems, claim it was all a censorship thing, and then rake in tons of cash directly without movie theatres as the middle man now their film has become major international news...
I thought it was because of a cyber-threat allegedly from NK itself? Risk vs reward might be in favour of cancelling it?
Anyway for any christmas slackers!
Dodger is awesome :D
Quote from: Jubal on December 21, 2014, 03:05:03 PM
I really don't understand why North Korea have been getting so het up about The Interview. They must already know their leader is an international laughing stock.
Those who are permitted to have enough contact with the outside world probably do. However, the Supreme Leader also seems to be the closest thing we've seen to a divine ruler since probably the Pharaohs, so it's unlikely that people who know what the rest of the world thinks of him will point this out.
Meanwhile, the spambots continue their remorseless attacks, and the valiant defenders of Exilian maintain their unending watch upon the walls.
Dodger, Dodger, Dodger, Dodger, mushroom, mushroom!
Haven't seen that girl in a while... ;D
Went to Norwich with Penty, DD, No1 Croat Fan, and another schoolfriend today, did another watch of the final hobbit film :)
Another schoolfriend? That sounds kind of shady.
I can't remember what his username was, if he ever had one.
Possibly he was A Flying Shoe, or something like that?
Next year, I am getting Christmas organised in November, none of this "week before Christmas" thing.
Everyone always swears that, never happens :P
Been cleaning and preparing the house all day. Taking a break. She's actually going to be here!!!!! :o :o :o
Prepare everything! Everything needs to be in top shape. ;D
Why prepare some of the things when you could prepare ALL the things! :)
Quickly, obtain a live platypus! :P
And make sure the three petrol bombs are large ones. :P
Writing flavour text for mafia roles is fun, I should do this more often!
There's a firework display going on somewhere in Cambridge at the moment: I can hear it, but not see it from where I am. Either their calendar is a day or so fast, or there's a special event happening that I'm not aware of. Or someone has decided it's time to suppress the evil free-thinking subversives (we even voted in favour of proportional representation!), and the artillery attack has started...
Technically AV isn't proportional, of course: Cambridge has never had a chance to vote in favour of proportional representation (though I have no doubt that it would vote in favour of that if it were given the chance).
Point taken; I had forgotten the electoral system that the referendum provided for. At least AV is more proportional than first-past-the-post.
In general, though I believe it *can* be less proportional in some circumstances. Can't remember the maths though.
Quote from: Son of the King on December 24, 2014, 11:11:52 AM
Next year, I am getting Christmas organised in November, none of this "week before Christmas" thing.
Told you so. :P
:(
What's wrong, brah?
My white name makes me sad.
I did send out an email before signups started saying an election was imminent :P
I keep missing these things :P
Oh and sorry for double post, but
1000th post :P
I'm only like years behind......
Good work :)
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Donkey_Kong_1983
Sorry for being untalkative and useless and stuff - work is very swamping at the moment & have had a rather tiring week emotionally for various reasons. :/
Don't worry dude, we didn't even notice.
:(
Was playing The Oregon Trail and had to stop near the end because Jubal had exhaustion. Then Khan drowned. :P
O.o You named your characters after us? And you got me drowned! So mean! You should learn to take better care of your fellow Exilianites.
The last time I played Oregon trail I did really well somehow. Mostly by going at quite a pace for the whole way and ignoring the two party members who died, but hey-ho.
Quote from: Jubal on January 21, 2015, 12:22:51 AM
:(
No I said don't worry. I was attempting to allay your fears that we would grow to revile and detest you for your temporary absence.
Well, yes, but you did so by igniting a fear that I'm so pointless nobody even notices when I'm gone.
Fight fire with fire they say.
Oregon Trail Deluxe: first day out Jubal is bitten by a snake, seventh day out Jubal is bitten by a snake. :P
Snake bait. :P
Yeah, I love you guys too :(
<3
Back in the day I would play the 3rd edition and continuously hunt and sell the meat along the way. By the time I reached the end I would surprise the guy who greets me with all my monies and then I'd get a mansion. 8)
We love you too Jubal. :D
Sasquatch.
We do unfortunately love sasquatch slightly more than Joobs but then a sasquatch can pull of being insanely hairy and cute at the same time.
Yay Sasquatches :)
so who is watching the six nations?
Wut.
the tears of the welsh were glorious :D
Huehuehuehue, it was a good game. I (and the bookies) honestly thought we were going to get stomped.
I finally have a stable internet connection!
Let us feast and rejoice! ;D
Yaaay! :)
*feasts and rejoices*
Good to have you back - it's been getting horribly quiet the last couple of days.
portugal yeah Wolfman!
Hell yeah! Have nice day.
'Nothing is more deadly than a Russian with one of these.' Uses two at once.
*is not actually russian
I am really quite drunk. Friend's birthday. Yays etc.
Yay! And you're still able to type correctly :) Have fun.
Alcohol ftw.
Questions in history to which the answer is "nobody knows" are annoying. Questions to which the answer is "we have lots of possible answers but nobody's really tried to comprehensively put the data together" are miles worse.
(http://reactionface.net/reactionface/images/original/985.jpg?new=1)
To be fair, I've seen worse arguments in academic history than "I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens." At least "it was aliens" is non-trivial to categorically disprove.
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Karma to first person to name that species and where we know it from.
Klingon, just Stark Trek close enough? Can't do better than that :P
Sorry that is incorrect.
Damn, welp that's the only trek alien I know xD
Quote from: comrade_general on February 18, 2015, 01:28:43 AM
Karma to first person to name that species and where we know it from.
No karma for me, because I have no idea. I am fairly sure, though, that the alien is having a dreadful bad hair day :P
I have no idea :(
I still haven't shared this beauty with you guys, am I right?
It needs some proper polishing, but other than that, it's perfectly fine. :D
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It's an Austrian cavalry officer sabre, dated around 1845 / 1869.
Just like this one:
http://www.antique-swords.eu/I08-Prague-1845-Model-Austrian-Cavalry-Officers.html
Where did you get that?
Family heirloom. ;D
It's gorgeous :) So does your family have some Austrian heritage, or is this just the result of when Austria was big enough to include Croats in their army in large numbers?
Probably the second, even though I have some Austrian/German blood from the other side of family.
My grandfather died in 1969. so neither my father nor I got to hear much about our history.
So how we got this remains a mystery.
I know a reasonable amount about my family history, but it's pretty much solid English peasantry along most lines - the Scots side might be more interesting but I know less about that than any others, I think my great-great Grandfather was estranged from his family which rather cut off some roots.
If anyone wants to learn to code, I think this might help.
Tbh I think I'd just find that kinda weird...
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Another essay done. Very much flumph.
Quote from: comrade_general on February 26, 2015, 04:58:11 PM
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Still tired. Off to CUSFS pub soon I think.
Back from pub. Still tired.
Oh god is this going to be the bloody pyramid again
Meanwhile, in the news: llamas on the run in Arizona (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-31653674)
Excellent news :)
I slept most of this afternoon, since I hadn't managed to do so until 4am last night. Now boardgames are going to happen all nice. Sleep pattern? What sleep pattern?
I'm not sure if anyone already said it, but Leonard Nimoy (known for his role of mr. Spock) passed away on this day.
This is his last message:
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Live long and prosper mister Spock.
There's a separate thread for it here:
http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3777.0
Happy Birthday to our own Jubal Barca!
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Happy birthday Jubal! :D
May the pangolin gods ever be in your favor!
Thanks guys :)
Among presents:
- A waistcoat, made by my sister. It's awesome.
- A new penknife, replacing the one I lost last year, which is good :)
- New copy of Farmer Giles of Ham
- Moomins cookbook
- A book of & about historical maps
- The single hobbitiest item EVER.
Quote from: Jubal on March 05, 2015, 11:21:18 PM
- The single hobbitiest item EVER.
Don't make me say it.
Spoiler
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I'll get a picture at some point. :)
This avatar came here to stay some for some time. ;D
Got a trip to Rome booked. (http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/a/mariomoonwalkplz.gif?1)
Quote from: comrade_general on March 16, 2015, 09:12:16 PM
Got a trip to Rome booked.
Yay! I hope you have a great time. When will you be there?
:)
April 25th to May 4th
OK, that should be a good time: nice and warm but hopefully not too hot.
There's a vast amount of history, architecture and art. If it's important to you to see particular things, I recommend doing some research to work out what's where, when it's open, and how to fit it all in. If you prefer to wander, soak up the atmosphere and be surprised, then that's very easy too.
Quote from: Glaurung on March 17, 2015, 12:24:31 AM
There's a vast amount of history, architecture and art.
In Rome? Really? No way. :P
Definitely will do some wandering, but must see the primary old world stuff (Colosseum, Forum, Pantheon, etc.) which are somewhat in a straight line from our hotel. Though about renting a car for a few days and just cruising around the countryside as well.
Ostia (the Roman-era port) is apparently very impressive for its Roman stuff, too. :)
This festive season is great.
So great we have a GMD around! How are things? :)
:o
You might want to get that bulging eye problem checked out, CG.
I'm in Cornwall (far southwestern England), and I've just been on a bus that passed a field full of llamas. I thought Exilian should know this.
OK, maybe they were alpacas or guanacos, but definitely South American.
Its definitely a llama.
What if it's a really, really well disguised platypus?
If it's a farm then they're likely alpacas. I visited it a couple of years ago.
LLAMA!
:llamas::llamas::llamas::llamas::llamas::llamas::llamas::llamas:
:llama1:
:llama2:
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http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2015/03/the-x-files-revival-nears-greenlight-at-fox-network-eyes-short-order-gillian-anderson-david-duchovny-to-return/
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Someone just managed to link me to an article that was on "5 ways feminists are literally Nazis".
It was possibly the most historically and factually inaccurate piece of crap I've read in a very long time.
I am feeling quite cross with the world now.
(For anyone interested, way 1 was taking some nutter (or more likely parody) who claimed to believe in a blogpost once that men should be wiped out, and then claiming this was somehow symptomatic of a wider problem, way 2 was claiming that abortion was murder, way 3 was the "you're hating on men for NO REASON by suggesting they need to be educated about sexual consent", way 4 was "you're discussing things that happen in the US and UK therefore you clearly don't care about problems in the middle east therefore you're a white supremacist therefore you're a nazi" and way 5 was "they control all the media. ALL THE MEDIA." I really hope I don't have to explain why any of those are totally portugaling stupid points. I am not happy.)
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Much tiredness :/
I'm contemplating stopping drinking over easter, took a train down to edinburgh on friday night with a bottle of captains as company. Was only planning on drinking a little bit, didn't really take note of how much I was drinking and I can't even remember getting off the train. Not that I missed much, the girls I was visiting were already back home for the night as they were looking after a chundering norwegian. Still, quite a big waste of rum and liver points.
Scrolling through FB today...
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Watched the first 3 eps of GoT season 5 last night. :)
Wait is that a newly released season? Don't think I've seen season 4 yet, can't really remember though. Gargh.
Season 4 has Oberyn.
Yes, new.
Poor Oberyn :(
Spoilers Jubal!
Oh ok I haven't seen season 4 yet. I hear it veers from the books fairly significantly in the Bran stuff.
"Something bad happens to X" is not a spoiler when it's in Game of Thrones, let's be honest here. :P
It's a pivotal thing though.
Don't worry, I won't let on any more :)
Galaxy Quest! (http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/21/8463671/galaxy-quest-tv-show)
They should've done this when the original cast were still young enough, but maybe they can still pull it off. :P
Still wish we could see a decent prime-universe Star Trek series again though.
Sounds incredibly fun. :D
And I'm loving the whole cast.
I've not seen the original...
Vaguely remember the original, it was pretty good I think.
Its not the festive season anymore btw guys.
Point noted. :P
Is the new title reflecting your thoughts on the election results or exam season or did you just feel like it was time for significant change? Personally I'm perfectly ready to spread messages of despair and wish misery to all men.
All of the above :(
How pessimistic, Jubal. :P
You've got to know that Con is better economically at least. Surely? Not getting into a worse situation is good.
I feel like we're at a stage where any net advances the Tories make will be counteracted by the fact those won't get to most people, and that some people will suffer very, very heavily. We're walking into a disaster for civil liberties too; I'd be surprised if Net neutrality survives to 2020, the Human Rights Act is pretty much dead in the water already, etc.
Though I guess in this case, even disregarding all that, I can take the (unusual for me) position of arguing from self-interest. The humanities are an extremely soft target for cutbacks and the government has set itself cutting targets that will be almost impossible to meet, and I've not got a primary skillset that is likely to work well in much of the private sector. Of course I've got some fallback skills, but given the current state of the creative industries it's a total jackal-fight to be able to make any money from it. Very likely to hit the rest of my family too, we're all academics and thus all indirectly funded by the state.
Its better that some suffer than all suffer under a collapsed economy surely? And heavily? I don't believe so, minimum wage has been rising, as has real income. Net neutrality I think they'll be persuaded not to pursue. The Human Rights Act is being superseded by a British Bill of Rights. It'll amount to the same thing but the power over it, to change it, etc will be held by the British government instead of a European one. It's not like once HRA is gone, nobody here will have any human rights. The change is minor, just a change of signatures tbh.
Right Economics creates jobs in the private sector, these aren't paid for by the government who then in turn can spend money they're not paying workers on things like healthcare or roads or whatever. Left Eco creates jobs in the public sector funded by the government on the backs of the most sucessful members of society. As we've seen a lot recently, those people aren't too keen on that and bugger off to the Cayman islands or something and then the country is paying for things they now can't afford because their moneybags have left.
As a side note: the current state of creative industries is good actually, it's been growing solidly for years and looks like it will continue to grow. (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/394668/Creative_Industries_Economic_Estimates_-_January_2015.pdf)
Can we keep politics to the politics section? Whilst I appreciate I brought it up to some extent, it's something I need to not think about right now. As usual I disagree with your shorthand of economic ideas, and I think it's horribly oversimplified, but as of now I feel like living armadilloe and am really not in a good state for arguing over this. Sorry.
Suffice to say that I do not feel the world is in a good place at present, and I feel like my own world is in a particularly not-good place in relation to it.
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Last guy is me btw. ;D
That genuinely tickles me very much. I think its the arms that do it for me.
No matter what your political leanings may be there will always be weird gifs on the internet and cat pictures and stuff and the sun will occasionally shine and so on and so forth.
My exams finish soon and then I can get drunk and plan what I'm doing for the summer and not feel like I should be studying and wooo.
In other news, today marks a decade since Leeroy Jenkins was first posted online.
Sure bud, sorry to hear :(
Goddamn it Leeroy.
At least I have chicken.
Good luck with the rest of your exams penty :)
Did a past paper today.
Three hours for one essay is an absolute cow of a paper to do.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/in-a-box-with-a-fox?utm_term=.buk7lzaP3&sub=3788307_5814061
Government hard at work. What did Einstein say about insanity? Keep it up though, Rand, you crazy bastard.
Is that a bad Jack Bauer impersonator?
I like beans and such.
So how is everyone? Seems like I haven't really talked to you guys in ages.
Not too bad.
Tomorrow morning, it begins :(
When does it end?
A week tomorrow, at midday.
I've been working at a Zoo! :D
Quote from: Silver Wolf on May 29, 2015, 04:45:28 PM
I've been working at a Zoo! :D
Sounds interesting - what have you been doing?
Zooing like a boss.
Another exam tomorrow, on Archaic Greek source material. Source commentaries I think I'm OK for, I'm probably screwed for the essay though as my knowledge of the archaeology isn't brilliant and I really don't know Herodotus well enough...
I know Herodotus pretty well, he used to live down the road from me. Nice guy, sure he'll be happy to help you out.
Cool - I didn't realise you'd lived in Halicarnassus for a while?
Quote from: Glaurung on May 29, 2015, 11:58:25 PM
Quote from: Silver Wolf on May 29, 2015, 04:45:28 PM
I've been working at a Zoo! :D
Sounds interesting - what have you been doing?
I'm a guide for school and preschool groups.
I also got a chance to pet and feed some of the animals. ;D
Zomg I hate childs. :P
So tired so tired so tired
sleep sleep sleep
No no no.
untzuntzuntz
"What I tell you three times is true"
Quote from: Glaurung on June 02, 2015, 12:41:26 AM
"What I tell you three times is true"
One of my many essential guidelines. :P
But do you go snark hunting very often?
Well, tomorrow morning ends my degree. It probably isn't going to go very well - I'm feeling thoroughly despondent about the likelihood of getting onto postgraduate study at the moment - so wish me luck :(
Good Luck!
Good Luck matey :)
Good luck!
If it's any consolation, I'm getting a cold: coughs, sniffles, high temperature, the whole package.
Be a little optimistic, Joob. :P
Good luck!
Good luck indeed. Smash it joobs.
Good luck Trireme man! :D
Right, degree done.
Now to get back to doing some stuff for this place :)
Does that mean you passed?
No idea yet.
Technically it's almost a certainty that I'll pass, but there's a long way between that and getting what I need for next year!
Just finished S5E10
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What show?
GoT
So tired.
I have a new boardgame though :)
Results tomorrow :(
Today?
Hello world.
Oh dear Llama. :o
Coming to the con this year, Marcuses?
Hello Marcus :D
Hello! :D
Marcuses?
Hi all here for voting, but ill try to be more active :D How are you all?
We are surviving. :)
How're you?
Good good!
Also surviving, back for summer from Uni so sleeeeping.
My first start-to-finish mural project is now complete..
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That's pretty awesome
That train is really cool. ;D
Okay guys, it's time to share this:
My project got a green light on ModDB.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/shivering-isles-the-march-of-order
I've been working on it (and another project which still remains secret) for more than a year now and I'm finally getting comfortable with the amount of work behind me.
The reason I've posted is to keep myself active and motivated since I've already put a lot of hours into this and it would be a shame if those hours were wasted.
The work has been slow and I'm planing to kick it up a notch next month.
Keep your fingers crossed, people.
Nice stuff, Wolfie. :)
I've hit top 100. ;D
To be more precise, I'm on 5. place.
Gratz bro! :D
I've never got above thirty-something :(
Seriously though, that's awesome - post about it in the M&B area too, it needs some love!
Thanks guys!
Quote from: Jubal on June 27, 2015, 09:43:44 PM
Seriously though, that's awesome - post about it in the M&B area too, it needs some love!
I will.
Can I get a subforum to get things started? :D
Give me five minutes ;)
EDIT: OK, I lied, that only took me three: http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=211.0 :D
Thanks Jubal.
I actually climbed to #4. :P
Like a boss.
Can you point some of 'em here now? :)
I'll link my ModDB page to Exilian once I get enough work done... ;)
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Exciting stuff Wolfie! Would love to try it out, love shivering isle in oblivion got so lost in it i never completed the main campaign.
Still a stable #4. ;D
Impressive work :)
Watched Gravity for first time since the theater/cinema. Damn that's an intense movie. Everyone else seems to hate it though, either because it's not "Hollywood enough" or they just don't like Sandra and/or George. I think it's brilliant.
I've not seen it :(
Well when you come visit we'll watch it. :)
I've seen Mad Max: Fury road & Jurassic world at a local cinema.
I wasn't expecting much from Mad Max. The reviewers were praising it all time and I didn't want to end up being disappointed. But the movie was truly awesome. I suggest watching it in a cinema for the full experience.
Jurassic world is just mediocre from my point of view. You can spot every single part of the whole plot from a mile away.
I should watch Mad Max too: it's rare to find a film that's so strongly endorsed by both my geek/action movie loving friend contingent and my social justice friend contingent :P
(This is just the "films Jubal should watch" thread now, isn't it?)
I want to see the new Terminator. Haven't seen Max yet either.
Me too, but I probably won't have the time to see the Terminator because of my exams. :-\
My Grandpa's operation was fairly successful which is a relief, and he's breathing a lot better (as you might expect with an extra litre of air available in his lungs). They'll probably need to do it again in future though; they don't seem to know how to tackle the initial fluid buildup.
Dass gut ja.
Aye :)
Another year, same video. :)
Hope you had a good 4th July :)
I have to tidy my room today :(
Good news guys.
I'm still managing to stay in the upper part of top 100 mods most of the time, and I have around 120 followers right now.
I'll see what I can do to introduce some of those people to Exilian next week. ;D
Probably in some sort of an article or "follow on Exilian for more information" kind of thing.
The convention is so close now. I'm... Mostly terrified to be honest, but hopefully it'll be good!
It seems to be Windows update day, and Microsoft appear to have decided that my PC needs ALL the updates :(
Well, why have only SOME updates when you could get ALL the updates? :P
I'm extremely tired and have dropped the ball on everything and am feeling bad about it :/
Was it a particularly heavy ball?
Quote from: Jubal on July 15, 2015, 10:19:39 PM
Well, why have only SOME updates when you could get ALL the updates? :P
Indeed, that seems to be the thinking this month. I suspect some of them are updates to updates.
Quote from: Jubal on July 15, 2015, 10:19:39 PM
I'm extremely tired and have dropped the ball on everything and am feeling bad about it :/
Try not to feel bad about it - you're allowed to have days off, and in fact after the last six months or so you probably need quite a lot of them. OK, it helps if you can plan them in advance, but sometimes they just happen.
Penty: no, I'm just being pathetic at carrying it.
Glau: thankyou... and yes, doing my best to get a bit more done day by day. I just wish my brain was a bit more stable.
So drunk.
So drunk is good drunk.
Can I use this opportunity to remind you that I promised you a percentage pay rise for every drunk Pole you got to post here? :D
I seem to be an honorary Pole so that counts. ;D
Sober Poles (or even sober poles) posting here ought to count as well, surely?
Meanwhile, I'm on the west coast of Ireland, and it's raining.
What you up to over there?
Being rained on apparently.
Meanwhile I'm off south to see folk music and be sociable and scarinesses, along with my sister and Scarlet and Joek and folks :)
I'm going to be having a small barbecue in my garden. Hopefully the rain stays in Ireland.
I'm going to drink lots of lambrini and maybe do stuff too.
Quote from: comrade_general on July 18, 2015, 02:52:51 PM
What you up to over there?
Indulging my interest in railways and trains by travelling around on them, with a side order of rolling green countryside, cities, and a language with an implausible number of silent letters.
Jubal: I hope you enjoy the folk music and socialising, and that it all turns out not to be scary.
In other news, Limerick city centre on a wet Saturday night is not much fun. However, I found a limerick about limericks in Limerick, so this makes up somewhat for getting soaked.
Doing my best!
In case anyone is wondering, I am back in the UK, and have been since 10pm last night. I have also dried out after Saturday night in Limerick.
Welcome back :)
I was also back in the UK and now I'm back in the US. Also have "dried out". :(
Awh. Hope was a good trip though?
Was a fantastic trip!
Welcome back, both of you. Sounds like you both had fun, good on you :D
Yay ExiliFun :P
This is so cool: ;D
http://www.tickld.com/x/something-indiana-jones-and-darth-vader-have-kept-secret-this-whole-time
Haha :)
Title change!
Here it is, something I hadn't really thought about until a few days ago: my thousandth Exilian post. Coincidentally, tomorrow is the first anniversary of me joining Exilian. It's been quite an eventful year: becoming a citizen, and then an admin, with an assortment of constitutional changes along the way, and the long struggle to get a bank account. It's been fun (perhaps apart from the bank bit); many thanks to all of you, and I'm looking forward to the coming year!
Congratulations Glaurung!
It's good to have you here. ;D
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Dittoes to the above, it's been a huge boost to the whole community having you around :)
http://www.wtovfox9.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wtovfox9_mural-preserve-more-history-steubenville-9900.shtml#.Vc1k6mrD9pU
Woo I made it into the background of a news broadcast.
It is you CG! On a moving picture! ;D
Just joking, congratulations mate! ;)
Post a picture when it's done.
Omg cgggg you're like famouse of something. <3
Congrats bro, good luck ;)
Now you have fame and fortune, when are you announcing your run for the presidency then? :P
I think it's done automatically?
It being automated would explain a lot. And by a lot, I am basically referring to Trump.
Copied from FB:
To save telling everyone individually - I am going to start doing an MRes at the University of Birmingham later this month, I got my official offer through today. There will be a big city, there will be a James, there will be Byzantines and Trapezuntines and Georgians, there will be Exilian, there will be radical liberalism, there will be storytelling, there will almost certainly be dwarves who may or may not be excavating pits and singing about it. There will probably not be a guanaco but I make no promises on that front. :)
Copied from FB:
It's LLAMA dammit.
But what about the alpacas?
Everything's a llama.
Guacamoles are a lie.
Exilian needs more camelid banter :P
Currently waist deep in auto repair. Replacing my bimmers front and rear shocks and springs, control arms, sway bar links, and tie rods. This amounts to necessary repairs, maintenance, and preventative maintenance.
Front is done!
Work complete!
Good stuff :)
I'm trying to get on with some writing, but not very efficiently...
Silly cowman, the work is never complete.
Can confirm :(
So stretched-feeling.
Well it is until the next task is assigned. :)
https://www.facebook.com/helen.delingpole/videos/10153617205968899/?pnref=story
String quartet entertain on the M5 Motorway (Freeway for you angus) while traffic is blocked due to an escaped horse.
My Grandpa passed away earlier this evening. :(
Sorry to hear, Joob.
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Sorry mate, hope you're all right.
Sorry to hear that Jubal, hope you're coping ok. It's rough when family members pass away. :(
Thanks folks. I've got a lot on this week really; dealing with that is absorbing the family rather, and I'm also moving to Birmingham next weekend for which I still haven't got any of the house paperwork sorted...
My condolences Jubal.
http://www.wtov9.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wtov_new-mural-going-up-steubenville-10211.shtml?wap=0#.Vfi7f3aEsj8.facebook
Woo I made it into the background of another news broadcast.
http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/631123/New--mural--nearly-complete.html?nav=5010
And in a newspaper.
Get yourself an Exilian.co.uk banner to hold up in your media appearances ;)
I knew we should have made exilicon t-shirts.
Point conceded, you can organise them next time Penty :P
Felt tip on plain white tees it is then.
It would be distinctive, certainly.
I really need to get a copy of Walden and read the armadillo out of it.
I'd never heard of it... looks kind of interesting, not sure it would make the top of my list but then the top of my list is about to be refilled with lots of Byzantine books.
From the synopsis I gather that if I were to write a book it would be like a modern day version of it.
Write a book! I'll read it :)
I live in a country with an electoral system that allows a party to gain power with just a third of the electorate choosing them, and now in their afterglow of success, they want to bleed us drier than the portugaling gobi desert. :(
Once the world is sufficiently brought to its knees, Exilian will offer to step in as benevolent saviours. Voila, perfect coup :P
Y no 1 posting?
Am I a nobody now? :'(
But yes, ditto that.
*Y not n e 1 posting?
How did this get locked? Was it intentional?
I don't know - the moderation log doesn't record reasons, unfortunately.
I certainly didn't intentionally lock it...
I certainly didn't intentionally unlock it. Did I unlock it?
Read The Knight In Panther Skin today. Really great classic mythology, can massively recommend :)
That movie is brilliant! Watched it three times today. ;D
I would like to see a Triceracop spin off though. Best character!
Is that due to his British accent? :P
I just like dinosaurs?
I like trains.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo *splat*
Die potato!
Not today! >:(
Permit denied!
These are not the potatoes you are looking for.
Use the forks.
Time for a new title, I think :P
Oh my.
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Historian problems: the moment when you realise that the person this book keeps referring is not only not just one person, they are three people with exactly the same name. Argh.
I love The Three Stooges. When everything else is armadillo I can watch them and feel good again. :)
They are rather good - I should watch more of them.
I've had a patch of classic Who watching, I'm now going even more silly on my sci-fi and watching Fireball XL5 at mealtimes :P
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As a complete non sequitur after the assorted camelids, I've just worked out the Vatican City pope density. It's about 5.8 per square mile. I thought you should all know this :P
I don't get it.
Sorry. It's not a joke; the phrase "Vatican City pope density" is a little bit of eccentricity shared with friends. There is one pope (excluding "Pope Emeritus" as a difficult case), resident in the Vatican City; the area of the Vatican City state is 110 acres, which equals 0.17 square miles. Hence the pope density is 1/0.17 = 5.8 popes per square mile.
It's much higher than the global pope density.
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I should write a forum bingo card to fill in any time I dare to question what people are posting, the responses are predictable as clockwork.
I don't have a problem with the nude decision. I have a problem with filtering other content because it doesn't agree with a certain political agenda. That's the whole point of free speech.
Re picture thread? I wasn't filtering it, I was asking people to think about whether what they were posting was making people feel welcome. The point of free speech is that you're allowed to say what you like, and that I'm allowed to exercise my own free speech to question those choices. I'm not going to stop anyone posting that sort of thing, as I repeatedly and abundantly made clear, but freedom of speech includes the right for me, as long as I'm not stopping anyone doing anything, to criticise how other people use their free speech and vice versa. Freedom of speech means freedom from censorship, it doesn't mean freedom from criticism.
As it is, I think several people have made their feelings clear, and I think in future I'll probably just try and steer clear of some of these threads and bits of the forum where I don't feel at home any more.
And there's the core of one of the main world problems now: "Well maybe we shouldn't do that because someone, somewhere might not like it."
I feel like I've missed something.
Quote from: Colossus on November 23, 2015, 03:12:31 PM
I feel like I've missed something.
Make a joke about France surrendering and nobody bats an eye, make a joke about the refugees being terrorists and everyone loses their mind. White guilt, baby, woo! Also something with squirrels wtf?
Gotcha homie ;)
I'm writing this wearing my Admin hat, hence the colour, or possibly my slightly grumpy old man hat. I haven't had to do this before, and I would like not to have to do this again.
Anyway, I came home from a day's work to find the preceding string of unhappy posts in this thread, and a few more dotted around elsewhere. I consider all the participants to be friends of mine; I think you're all friends with each other, mostly for far longer than I have known you, but if the current exchange continues then I fear you will not stay that way.
Therefore, I would appeal to you all to leave this subject alone for a day or two. I sense quite a lot of hurt and anger here, on all sides, and I think it would be good for people to step back for a while. We should probably have a discussion on freedom of speech, offensiveness, hurtfulness, and responsibility, but it's not this discussion.
In other news...
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Not that I celebrate it, but indeed, happy thanksgiving :)
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Turkey serving accepted, Captain Needa. :P
Everyday is a good day for pie. But happy turkey and pie day Mr Cow.
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portugal yeah gotta get me some dry ice.
Very cool :)
I'm pretty close to getting out of that damn Facebook. At the very least I need to unfollow practically all of my "friends" on there and get rid of the stupid ass trending topics thing. I can't stand the portugaling degeneracy of people anymore.
What in particular are you finding an issue?
Everything.
Oh dear :(
My term is over! Not that this makes much difference, as apparently I'm still just staring at a computer screen failing to write stuff as usual.
It's much the same for me, most of the time, except in my case it's called "work".
More than I've been doing. :)
I failed to get out of bed for over half of today :/ Which would have been great if I'd managed to sleep, but no luck/ Hopefully I'll manage to reset my sleep pattern more in the next few days.
I failed to get out of ur mums bed for half of today lols rekt m8.
Trying to study for tomorrow morning's exam, need sleep though. Gonna hit some hay early and then get up early and start studying again. Also the rum is gone :(
But why IS the rum gone?
Also I need more mead, I used up my bottle at the Byzantinists' Christmas Party on Wednesday.
Well that's not a sentence you hear regularly.
I end up with a lot of those. Especially since I introduced the Byzantine postgrads to the joys of playing consequences.
Christmas Eve Eve and we're having heavy rain and thunderstorms and 60F. 'Tis the season?
It's not so different here: no thunder, but we're having one of the warmest Decembers on record, and awaiting the arrival of the fifth named storm of the winter ("Eva", apparently). If it carries on at this rate the Lake District might be washed out to sea before the end of the winter :(
It's been a bit meteorologically incontinent here but the weather in the east isn't so bad. Definitely really unseasonably warm though, our nearby starling roost really shouldn't still be here at this time of year.
Nearly Christmas, anyhow :)
I'd forgotten that was a thing :D
Merry Christmas guys! ;D
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Urgh Dr who.
Santa Goblin pwns.
I bought the entire M&B collection on Steam for only 8 € (80% discount)! ;D
I'm now a proud owner of Warband, WfaS, Viking conquest and Napoleonic wars.
Oh, the original M&B is also included in this deal.
Warband alone is 3 €.
Grab it while you still can. :D
Still don't have Steam :P
Not steaming either.
I've tried it yesterday. I still don't like the fact that it's connecting to the internet each time you start your game.
However, you do get registration keys for M&B.
I suspect that they should also work for the non-steam installation.
I need to reinstall M&B, it's totally stopped working for me for some reason.
Damn noodles are good.
I have a nice fire, I just got an article up on LDV, and I'm getting on OK with work for once. :) Not looking forward to returning to Birmingham though...
When are you returning to Bham?
Friday :s
Burning Ham!
This is a great place to distract me from revision.
Quote from: comrade_general on January 05, 2016, 05:59:07 PM
Burning Ham!
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Was watching Da Vinci Code movie film and thinking what's up with Tom Hank's hair? Also thinking that nearly everything they presented in this story is probably true, at least much more true than what is widely believed, but that it doesn't make any difference because Mohammad is known only as a prophet and not a deity, or son of a deity, and all can see how blindly his followers worship.
A wasp flew into my bedroom this morning - probably from somewhere else in the house, though it might have teleported. I don't think I've ever seen a wasp in January before, and I've no idea how it got in - the last time I left the house was yesterday afternoon, but there had been no sign of it in the intervening 16 hours.
Queen or worker?
I don't know - how would I tell the difference?
One would be wearing a crown and the other a hardhat?
Queen's a fair chunk bigger than a standard worker (which is the sort of wasp you'd be more familiar with), is the main & obvious thing. You'd expect some queens to be around at this time of year, especially in houses as they want not-too-frozen places to hibernate. A worker still alive at this point would be really odd.
It might have been a bit bigger than what I'd think of as normal, but I'm not sure. I was just trying to work out the quickest and most effective way of killing it without getting stung.
The queen vs. worker distinction did occur to me. I'm hoping it was a queen; if it was a worker I'd guess there was an active nest somewhere in the house, which is not a happy thought at all :(
I'm still wondering how it got in as well - there's no visible sign of a wasp-sized hole through the ceiling to the attic.
It could have got in months ago - they can hibernate for long periods in very small spaces.
Quote from: Jubal on January 11, 2016, 10:53:41 PM
It could have got in months ago - they can hibernate for long periods in very small spaces.
This. Happens randomly all the time in my house.
I'm sad about Alan Rickman so i'd thought id share a video of my personal favorite character of his :P (die hard not included)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDJq0bNJbQA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDJq0bNJbQA)
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In a small piece of Web news, the Ning (more specifically the Nerdfighter Ning, but frankly nobody knows what any of the other nings are anyway) has announced that it's dying very abruptly as of the end of this month because of financial issues. I used to frequent its rather good chatbox; it's also about the same age we are.
http://nerdfighters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/very-bad-news
So we can chalk that down as:
a) Another community a lot larger and better funded than us who for some unknown reason we outlasted
b) One less possible lot to invite to the Atheniad, alas
c) A slightly sad passing moment in the history of the Great Wide Interweb
Can/should we attract any of their users here? :D
I invited a few already - I feel like being too aggressive with it might not work well, though there are a lot of people there we could really do with...
The Nerdfighters site still seems to be there, on the day it was expected to disappear. I don't know whether that's because the admins have succeeded in getting it onto an affordable hosting plan (e.g. by getting the membership count below 100,000), or whether ning.com just haven't got round to deleting it yet.
I'd be inclined to invite people from Nerdfighters if we can. I don't think it would be aggressive, as long's it's suitably worded.
I think it's worth observing that Exilian's democratic structure means we shouldn't suffer from the same problem. At the moment, it seems to be entirely up to Nerdfighters' site owners whether the site lives or dies - the admins seem to be working hard to give it a chance of survival, but the owners aren't talking to them. I don't think that could happen to us.
It seems they've got a short transition period and the current admins (who aren't the current owners) are setting up a new Ning site, which I imagine will have the core community rolling over but without the extra member numbers. So that's probably somewhat saved them for now.
If anyone is sad that they're single today I'd just like to remind y'all that even Hitler had a wife so you're literally worse than Hitler. Just saying.
Thanks, Penty!
True story.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Washington!
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Going to London today to audition to be on Only Connect (for non-Brits, it's a quiz show) with friends, wish me luck!
Good luck!
I'm a brit and I have never heard of this quiz show.
Good luck! And I have also not heard of this show :S
It's on BBC Two - the webpage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lskhg) describes it as a "quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge". If you want to try it out, the site includes a lot of example games (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Z79DzzJY8w2R58bpftq14k/quiz). I've had a go at some of them with Jubal, and sometimes the thinking has to be very lateral indeed.
Today went well I think.
Audition was short, but fine, we struggled on the R1s (guess the connection with as few clues as possible) and R2s (guess the end of the 4 part sequence with as few clues as possible) because the sport and pop culture knowledge was a bit outside our boundaries (partly on age grounds!). We got full marks on the practice wall though and did well on missing vowels; they definitely seemed to think we were a worthy standard, but it just depends what other teams they have and the average calibre. If we don't get on this time I feel like it would definitely be worth another shot in future. They also liked our cloaks (and the producer-y person was very excited to borrow a spare one for a photo!).
Also, random thing on the way home, hanging around in Marylebone station in a cloak (as you do), decided to play the piano for a bit. Both the piano and I had seen better days for music making, I was just hamering out chords on whichever of the keys still worked and singing along. My poor musical choice turned out to be a good life choice though - not only did I get someone actually telling me how nice it sounded, but - unbeknownst to me - it turned out that the nearby cupcake stand delivers free prize cupcakes to musicians they like, so I got free food out of it as well. Not bad considering I haven't played in years. :P
Tomorrow, time to start sorting out computing woes...
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Also just as proof of the above post, here's the cupcake :P
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Free cake best cake.
Meanwhile I successfully replaced the front cv axle on my pickup.
Working pickup best pickup
Finished the last translation in my Greek textbook, so hopefully I won't get behind during the next fortnight as I'm away the next 2 weekends. :)
Still coughing :(
Meanwhile, I spent a couple of hours this evening delivering political leaflets in Cambridge. It will probably not surprise anyone to know that they were LibDem leaflets :P
I'm off to conference at the weekend!
As for now, though, I'm having a bunch of weird muscle tension issues and feeling rather stressed out and ill - a cocktail of emotional and work problems is proving thoroughly unhelpful in that regard. :(
Playing some rtw should help.
Swimming might help.
Also greek textbook best textbook, LibDem leaflets best leaflets, muscle tension worst tension and rtw best tw.
I'm currently mainly trying to get a bit further with dissertation - if I can get to around 5000 words on paper (a quarter of the total) I'll then have a sort of basic structure there that might make further fleshing out a little easier. I think next week I might take some more time off though, I'm run pretty flat at the moment and I suspect a weekend of politics won't help.
So I left my desktop shut down for the week I was gone and now the internet won't work on it (wireless devices work fine) and when trying to play some videos it gives me a prm error. What the hell?
Odd, no idea :(
I uninstalled the network card and let it reinstall now everything works fine.
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Double odd. Hmm.
Generally when a specific part of a computer is being armadilloty (GPU not allowing higher resolutions, wifi not working, Audio or microphone not working) the first thing you should do after restarting the PC is reinstall drivers.
Those were, in fact, the two things I did. I'm just at a loss as to why it would do that in the first place. Mad at being left off for a week maybe?
Poor sad computer gets lonely when you leave :(
Weird. I get sad and lonely when I leave my computer
So, guys, it seems I have returned... for now... MWAHAHAHA!!!
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It's a Khanasaurus! :D
Very rare species. Lots of evidence of it's existence, but only seen very occasionally.
Also, CG just won WBU Six. Well done CG :D
Welcome back Khan. ;D