Serpentine's Secretly Sapphic Salacious Sacrarium of Random Banter #180

[Teddy]

*watches people warring over LaLa*
*studies globe*

It turns that I'd to have go roughly 6000-7000 km in order to throw myself into the fray. That equals at least 20 hours non-stop flying in a small propeller plane, and the shortest path would take me straight across Greenland. Oh well, the only things I need are a flight certificate and a plane with large fuel tanks. It almost sounds manageable.

Well, more specifically I wish I knew how one person in specific ticks, and I'm FAIRLY CERTAIN I will never know, which just makes me want to know more.

Aren't emotions FUN boys and girls?

Nah, I locked all my emotions into a dark closet long ago. Judging from the bangings on the door, I suppose they're having quite fun on their own in there.

ION: GUYS HELP ME. MY GRANDMOTHER JUST DISCOVERED L33TSPEAK AND MY DAD IS ENCOURAGING IT

This made me laugh. Mostly because my grandmother (mother's mother, because as a Swede, I like to make a distinction) has thrown herself into the computer world with great enthusiasm (surprisingly great enthusiasm for someone that's ~80 years old, actually), and it should be only a matter of time before she does the same.

[AtlanteanTroll]

It turns that I'd to have go roughly 6000-7000 km in order to throw myself into the fray. That equals at least 20 hours non-stop flying in a small propeller plane, and the shortest path would take me straight across Greenland. Oh well, the only things I need are a flight certificate and a plane with large fuel tanks. It almost sounds manageable.

I'm pretty sure that's not how most people cross the Atlantic anymore. Could be wrong though.

[Mutant Sheep]

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This is hilarious and silly and I love it.


The only way to cross the Atlantic is in a steam liner. Foolish fools...

[Form]

ION: GUYS HELP ME. MY GRANDMOTHER JUST DISCOVERED L33TSPEAK AND MY DAD IS ENCOURAGING IT

Ahahahahahahahaha.

I mean, erh, good luck with that. You have our support.

*snicker*

[Teddy]

I'm pretty sure that's not how most people cross the Atlantic anymore. Could be wrong though.

Woo, look at me, I'm Charles Lindberg!

Although I'm not quite sure if the North Sea actually counts as a part of the Atlantic...

[Elemental]

Woo, look at me, I'm Charles Lindberg!

Although I'm not quite sure if the North Sea actually counts as a part of the Atlantic...

Yes. Yes it does.
The only seas that don't count as part of one ocean or another are technically lakes.

[Heliomance]

Um. I'm in shock. I'm playing Fire Red Nuzlocke and my Charmeleon just died. Critical hit from Tri Attack took her from full health to dead in one go. What do I do now? :(

[Teddy]

Yes. Yes it does.
The only seas that don't count as part of one ocean or another are technically lakes.

It's kind of this part I was wondering about...

[Elemental]

It's kind of this part I was wondering about...

Well... The Arctic Ocean is further North, isn't it? And there aren't any other oceans in the region.
I mean, there are only five by modern geographical standards, seven if you want to subdivide the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

I don't know... It could be different in other languages...

[Mercenary Pen]

Um. I'm in shock. I'm playing Fire Red Nuzlocke and my Charmeleon just died. Critical hit from Tri Attack took her from full health to dead in one go. What do I do now? :(

Nuzlocke player here (though I'm only on my first), the rules do not explicitly give immunity to starters, so unless that has changed in your run, your order of business is as follows:

1- Mourn Charmeleon (this stage continues until the end of your Nuzlocke run)
2- Pick something to try and replace Charmeleon (you will often hate the guts of the replacement until it suddenly does something awesome)
3- Continue on, in the process making the trainer who killed Charmeleon pay.
4- Extra mourning of Charmeleon to happen at dramatically appropriate intervals.

Edit: Also, consider yourself lucky you only lost one

[Heliomance]

Current deathlog:
Librarian the Primeape
Candela the Charmeleon

I think there were a couple of others early on, but I didn't have time to get attached to them properly.

[The Succubus]

*raises hand*

Ummm....I've been meaning to ask but what exactly is a "nuzlocke"? I'm familiar with normal Pokemon games (really should dig one out again sometime).

[Mercenary Pen]

Current deathlog:
Librarian the Primeape
Candela the Charmeleon

I think there were a couple of others early on, but I didn't have time to get attached to them properly.

My current Deathlog on Heart Gold is:
Chime the Bellsprout (Lv4) Crit Quick Attack from full health by Lv5 wild Rattata
Pullover the Flaaffy (Lv15) Made a miscall against Bugsy's Scyther and was taken out by Quick Attack when I should have switched... I was tryig to do too many things at once...

[Qwertystop]

*raises hand*

Ummm....I've been meaning to ask but what exactly is a "nuzlocke"? I'm familiar with normal Pokemon games (really should dig one out again sometime).

You are only allowed to catch the first Pokemon you see on any route. If a Pokemon faints, you are not allowed to use it ever again.

Shinys and legendaries are exceptions to the first rule, but not to the second.

[Mercenary Pen]

*raises hand*

Ummm....I've been meaning to ask but what exactly is a "nuzlocke"? I'm familiar with normal Pokemon games (really should dig one out again sometime).

Relevant links

[Tragic_Comedian]

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This is so funny.

I was never a fan of the nuzlocke.

ION: Today, for the first time since I've been in college, I did not arrive late or early. I was exactly on time. Good thing I don't have English today, though. The PRT's broken down again and it's so hard to catch a bus. But when it works it's the most wonderful piece of machinery.

Of course, if I was a wizard, the question of punctuality would be a non-issue...

[Elemental]

I was never a fan of the nuzlocke.

ION: Today, for the first time since I've been in college, I did not arrive late or early. I was exactly on time. Good thing I don't have English today, though. The PRT's broken down again and it's so hard to catch a bus. But when it works it's the most wonderful piece of machinery.

Of course, if I was a wizard, the question of punctuality would be a non-issue...

Unless you banned Conjuration and they changed the editions on you.

[Tragic_Comedian]

The decision to ban Conjuration is one of the worst someone playing a wizard can make. In fact, it's probably one of the best schools to specialize in. Not the specialization is really a boon after the lower levels.

[wadledo]

Unless you banned Conjuration and they changed the editions on you.

Why would you ever ban conjuration though?

[Devmaar]

It was a joke guys

In OotS Vaarsuvius(sp) banned conjuration and then lost the ability to teleport in the changeover from 3.0 to 3.5

[Tragic_Comedian]

It was a joke guys

In OotS Vaarsuvius(sp) banned conjuration and then lost the ability to teleport in the changeover from 3.0 to 3.5

I knew it was a joke, I was just commenting on it from a gaming perspective.

[Devmaar]

I knew it was a joke, I was just commenting on it from a gaming perspective.

Guess I misread you, sorry

[Elemental]

That happens a lot without the visual cues from body language.

But oddly enough my friend can no longer tell if I'm being sarcastic or not, even if I'm only two metres from him...

[factotum]

Yes. Yes it does.
The only seas that don't count as part of one ocean or another are technically lakes.

I'm really not convinced of that while the Mediterranean Sea exists...

[LaZodiac]

B- B- BlueZodiac? Scandal!

You latch onto that and note Moonie or Dragonprime or Cobra. Clearly you're biased. Also Teddy

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Everything about this is the greatest thing.

You'd rather have MoonZodiac?

Or DragonZodiac. Which is slightly actually rather awesome sounding. Aquarious+Dragons=Leviathan!

Um. I'm in shock. I'm playing Fire Red Nuzlocke and my Charmeleon just died. Critical hit from Tri Attack took her from full health to dead in one go. What do I do now? :(

I assume you're relatively in the middle of the game, so my only real advice is this. Continue onward.

As an aside, I beat a Nuzlocke without any deaths. I feel so lucky

Why would you ever ban conjuration though?

Off the top of my head.

1: You are terrafied of the creatures you can summon
2: You live in a world where teleporting does something weird, ala Warhammer 40K, where summoning something likely makes everything that is nasty and has fifty mouths look directly at you
3: You want to try something different

Also, forgot to hit quote on it, but thanks Teddy. But don't go to such troubles just for me

[wadledo]

Off the top of my head.

1: You are terrafied of the creatures you can summon
2: You live in a world where teleporting does something weird, ala Warhammer 40K, where summoning something likely makes everything that is nasty and has fifty mouths look directly at you
3: You want to try something different

Wall spells.
Orb spells.

Unless you have claustrophobia.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Well, I guess there are plenty of roleplaying reasons to bar Conjuration, but as far as optimization goes, I'm not seeing it.

[wadledo]

To swing the conversation away from D&D, how morally wrong is it to download something that is not sold anymore, like a CD, or book that is out of print?

I know it's wrong, but the idea that it's should never be experienced again by anyone because a company decided to not produce it is kinda annoying.

[LaZodiac]

To swing the conversation away from D&D, how morally wrong is it to download something that is not sold anymore, like a CD, or book that is out of print?

I know it's wrong, but the idea that it's should never be experienced again by anyone because a company decided to not produce it is kinda annoying.

Assuming it just doesn't exist any more, I personally think it's fair game. For instance, I'm never going to be given the chance to buy Donkey Kong 64, so the only way I can play it, ever, is through emulators.

[Elemental]

To swing the conversation away from D&D, how morally wrong is it to download something that is not sold anymore, like a CD, or book that is out of print?

I know it's wrong, but the idea that it's should never be experienced again by anyone because a company decided to not produce it is kinda annoying.

You can wait for it to become public property.
I don't know how long that takes, but it varies depending on the item in question.

I'm really not convinced of that while the Mediterranean Sea exists...

No, that's part of the Atlantic.
By seas that don't count as part of oceans, I meant the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea, the Sea of Galilee... You know, those sorts of places that are contiguous with the Earth's Oceans.