mf0 logs -> 2014 -> Tue, 22 Apr 2014< mf0.20140421.log - mf0.20140423.log >
--- Log opened Tue Apr 22 00:00:48 2014
00:07
< Ced23Ric>
cURSES:
00:07
< Ced23Ric>
Caps locks"
00:07
< Ced23Ric>
Typos!
00:07
< Ced23Ric>
Soren , wake up.
00:12 * Ced23Ric slaps Soren around a bit with a large trout
00:12
< Ced23Ric>
What a silly button.
00:36
< Soren>
Sorry, was busy.
00:38
< Ced23Ric>
There he is.
00:38
< Ced23Ric>
My nap lasted about ... 8.5h.
00:38
< Ced23Ric>
You were long gone when I was awake again.
00:39
< Soren>
Yeah, I dozed.
00:39
< Soren>
I dozed mightily.
00:40
< Ced23Ric>
Mhmm. You know those odd 2x2x brick-ish pieces with fender on the side that make awesome protruding windows?
00:40
< Ced23Ric>
How do you get them to sit snuggly without a gap?
00:41
< Ced23Ric>
http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frigate_gap.png
00:45
< Soren>
headlight bricks!
00:45
< Soren>
Thatās a half-plate gap right there.
00:46
< Soren>
So you could make the whole assembly larger by a stud and fill in with a 1x1 round plate, or you could, um, completely rebuild it around the appropriate geometry?
00:47
< Soren>
Thereās usually not a good answer for these things.
00:47
< Ced23Ric>
Here's my problem: How do I make that work while it still comes out centered and does not go wider?
00:47
< Soren>
Oh, duh.
00:47
< Soren>
Not larger by a stud.
00:47
< Soren>
taller by a plate.
00:47
< Ced23Ric>
And: How do I satisfy all this with it still fitting the 2x2 rounds?
00:47
< Soren>
I really did sleep like shit last night.
00:48
< Ced23Ric>
Sorry to hear that.
00:48
< Ced23Ric>
But if I go taller, the gap goes wider.
00:48
< Ced23Ric>
Or am I stupid just now?
00:48
< Soren>
Let me pull a couple of those parts from my bins and try something.
00:48
< Soren>
Yeah, but if the gap is a stud wide, you can fill it with things.
00:48
< Soren>
You could reverse the stud direction and use a 1x1 slope, too.
00:48
< Ced23Ric>
Gotcha.
00:49
< Ced23Ric>
In that case, I think I can save you some time.
00:50
< Ced23Ric>
I couldn't bring them together while maintaining a centered, smooth outlook.
00:50
< Ced23Ric>
But that left me with an awkward gap and no attachment points.
00:50
< Ced23Ric>
So I did this:
00:50
< Ced23Ric>
http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frigate_filler.png
00:51
< Ced23Ric>
I have 1x1x1 with 2 studs on the inside. The bottom goes into 1x1 with 1 stud plates which mounts the 2x2 rounds on the inside.
00:51
< Ced23Ric>
The top studs go onto the 1x4 (dark red here) and that's where I mount the 1 + 2/3 brick tall gap filler.
00:52
< Soren>
Hmm.
00:52
< Soren>
Let me fiddle with this thing Iām doing.
00:54
< Ced23Ric>
Yessir.
00:55
< Ced23Ric>
In unrelated news, here's what I came up with today. http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/carrier_bottom.png
00:55
< Ced23Ric>
http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/carrier_back.png
00:56
< Soren>
Hmm. Shit. Nothing quite works.
00:57
< Ced23Ric>
Yeah, that's what I found out, too - which is why I did what I did. I figured there might be some trick because I saw it used in larger MOCs, but they can hide so much magic, it ain't even funny.
00:57
< Ced23Ric>
With the 12/16 scale, we really don't have much space to hide our evil doings.
00:57
< Soren>
Yeah, if you want them to mate up, itās a 4-plate gap.
00:57
< Soren>
So, headlight bricks or nothing, essentially.
00:58
< Ced23Ric>
Mhmm.
00:58
< Ced23Ric>
So 2 headlights back to back.
00:58
< Ced23Ric>
Which would project either 4 studs or 4 holes into the center.
00:59
< Ced23Ric>
Heh.
00:59
< Ced23Ric>
You know what?
00:59
< Ced23Ric>
If I close the gap, there is no more room for the 2x2 rounds.
01:00
< Ced23Ric>
So, by keeping the gap, I can put in a stacked double engine.
01:00
< Soren>
Yeah
01:00
< Ced23Ric>
If I close it, I'd be limited to some 2x3 plate with 1x1 rounds as engines rather than two bigger 2x2 rounds.
01:00
< Soren>
My prototype right now has an offset 2x3 plate, so, yes.
01:00
< Ced23Ric>
So I think I'll keep it.
01:01
< Ced23Ric>
Incidientially, it's half a plate off for either engine 2x2 round. ;)
01:01
< Soren>
I was thinking trans-orange 1x2 plates, but Iām leaning towards doing a Swarmer fuel pod, so.
01:01
< Soren>
Yep.
01:01
< Ced23Ric>
Oh, and I suck donkey dick when it comes to sensor arrays.
01:02
< Ced23Ric>
I always liked yours, because you could even make a snow shoe look like it made sense.
01:02
< Ced23Ric>
But fuck me sideways and call me Susan if I can replicate any of that.
01:06
< Soren>
First, donāt invite me to do that unless you mean it. I have lube and a dress in your size and everything.
01:06
< Soren>
Second, itās a question of perspective.
01:08
< Ced23Ric>
I have your address, you don't have mine.
01:08
< Ced23Ric>
I rely on occlusion.
01:08
< Ced23Ric>
Also: It is!
01:08
< Ced23Ric>
But i remember, distinctively, the two snowshoes, one at an angle, and some dangly bits.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
And it was perfect.
01:09
< Soren>
Why thank you.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
And I look at my mess on antennae and feel sad.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
That specific part is imprinted in my mind.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
I forgot where it was attached. Something black and white.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
Either a ship or a tank.
01:09
< Soren>
I just snapped that togehter, kept it around, and when i saw somewhere to put it where it fit, it was natural.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
I think it was a tank.
01:09
< Soren>
It was.
01:09
< Ced23Ric>
I loved that bit.
01:10
< Soren>
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/bricklovinfreakboy/6696261801/in/photostream/
01:10
< Ced23Ric>
It made the entire model, because with the sharp shapes and edges, that fiddly part showed so much love. ;_;
01:10
< Soren>
Itās attached to nothing more complex than a 1x2 bar plate.
01:11
< Ced23Ric>
Just two 1x1 clip plates, and the snowshoes turned a little bit?
01:11
< Soren>
Yep.
01:12
< Ced23Ric>
Beautiful.
01:13
< Ced23Ric>
I love that tank anyway.
01:13
< Ced23Ric>
The middle bit is so stark with all those angles.
01:14
< Soren>
ty. It was fun to figure out.
01:15
< Ced23Ric>
Ha, I just remembered something.
01:16
< Ced23Ric>
When I was a kid, I played a lot with Legos.
01:16
< Ced23Ric>
And my mother was so stereotypical.
01:16
< Soren>
Iām hoping to make time to do more large-scale funky things like that, once i have all the tiny things I need to build taken care of.
01:16
< Ced23Ric>
"You are so great with lego, you should go work for them!"
01:16
< Ced23Ric>
Little does she know what's out there.
01:16
< Ced23Ric>
And last time I checked, you weren't working for Lego.
01:17
< Soren>
NO, although Iāve thought about it.
01:17
< Soren>
And it would put us in beer range
01:18
< Soren>
But that would be at least five year out, because I am done with moving.
01:18
< Soren>
years*
01:18
< Ced23Ric>
Well, if you do, let me know.
01:18
< Ced23Ric>
Because of that beer, of course.
01:18
< Soren>
Of course.
01:18
< Ced23Ric>
Did you see the player finder section? There's some guys in the SF bay area who have a regular thing going.
01:19
< Soren>
I was just down there poaying with them.
01:19
< Soren>
playing*
01:19
< Ced23Ric>
Sweet!
01:19
< Ced23Ric>
Have fun?
01:19
< Soren>
I did.
01:19
< Soren>
We ran some demos and fun was had. Spaceships were shown off.
01:20
< Soren>
It did kind of confirm for me that I donāt have the mindset for tabletop games?
01:20
< Soren>
Once in a while is fun.
01:20
< Ced23Ric>
Heh. How do you mean=
01:20
< Soren>
Iām too focused on aesthetics.
01:21
< Ced23Ric>
Oh, that.
01:21
< Ced23Ric>
Yeah.
01:21
< Soren>
I canāt focus properly on gameplay.
01:21
< Ced23Ric>
Did you spend time on making them do cool poses during gameplay? :D
01:21
< Soren>
I like German-style boardgames because theyāre such an aesthetic experience.
01:21
< Soren>
So I will probably confine my nerdgamery to that.
01:21
< Soren>
Also theyāre shorter.
01:22
< Ced23Ric>
Like, Risk?
01:22
< Soren>
Or Small World, or Settlers, etc.
01:23
< Ced23Ric>
Oh, gotcha.
01:23
< Ced23Ric>
Settlers, yeah.
01:23
< Soren>
Complex, but not so complex that it takes all evening for one game.
01:23
< Ced23Ric>
We broke that game when we introduced a speculative currency.
01:23
< Soren>
I bet you did.
01:23
< Ced23Ric>
"Future Sheep".
01:23
< Ced23Ric>
Basically, you give me three wood, and I owe you five sheep.
01:23
< Ced23Ric>
The next five sheep I get are yours.
01:24
< Soren>
credit, generally, breaks a lot of simplified economies.
01:24
< Ced23Ric>
That completely eliminated unwanted resources surplus at the table.
01:24
< Ced23Ric>
And every had what they needed.
01:24
< Ced23Ric>
*everyone
01:25
< Ced23Ric>
Man.
01:25
< Ced23Ric>
I feel like I have a good base shape.
01:25
< Ced23Ric>
But I cannot decide about the top hull/lower hull for the life of me.
01:28
< Ced23Ric>
http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frigate_shape.png
01:29
< Ced23Ric>
As you can see, I have a quite large 10x4 I can build on.
01:30
< Soren>
Hmm, not loading for me.
01:30
< Ced23Ric>
Try again.
01:30
< Ced23Ric>
Forgot to upload it, to.
01:30
< Ced23Ric>
I don't need much for this one.
01:31
< Ced23Ric>
A launch bay (or two or a double length one) for the bottom, a small missile battery for the top.
01:31
< Soren>
Ah, there.
01:31
< Ced23Ric>
That's going to be the WW PD/M KK cheeky frigate.
01:32
< Soren>
Crazy suggestion #1: try a 5-wide hull.
01:32
< Ced23Ric>
Suggestion taken, question: How do I get 5 wide from a 4 wide aft section?
01:32
< Soren>
Jumper plates!
01:33
< Ced23Ric>
Stability doesn't like that.
01:33
< Ced23Ric>
Also: It's 6 wide now, makes it fatter, but easier to balance and use those Xx4 angled pieces for sleekness.
01:33
< Soren>
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=43710 Crazy suggestion #2; use these, studs-sideways, for your bow shape.
01:33
< Ced23Ric>
I like that idea.
01:34
< Ced23Ric>
Only leaves the question on how to fill up the gap in between. Mhmm. Maybe those wingplates.
01:34
< Soren>
Yeah, potentially.
01:35
< Soren>
Oh, you can use regular half-stud offset Technic bricks to secure your 5-wide hull.
01:35
< Soren>
Might be a little tricky, but should work.
01:36
< Soren>
You can also use the bottoms of 1xN plates to connect at a half-stud offset.
01:36
< Ced23Ric>
Yeah, true.
01:36
< Ced23Ric>
Okay. Why 5 wide?
01:36
< Soren>
Itāll look leaner and meaner.
01:37
< Soren>
And the half-stuff offset with the engine will give it a little more volume.
01:37
< Ced23Ric>
rue.
01:38
< Ced23Ric>
And it spares me a jumper plate for the chin turret. ;)
01:38
< Soren>
Speaking of, you could use this: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=13548 to make some room for the chin turret.
01:39
< Ced23Ric>
Eh, not a fan - 2 bricks is pretty high.
01:39
< Soren>
Itās true.
01:39
< Ced23Ric>
Wait, fuck. It is 2:40am and this time, I got work in the morning.
01:39
< Ced23Ric>
Soren, thank you for your time and talk, but I should get some sleep.
01:40
< Soren>
All the fucks.
01:40
< Soren>
And yeah, you should.
01:40
< Soren>
I apologize.
01:40
< Ced23Ric>
Nah, all my fault. :D
01:40
< Ced23Ric>
No worries, it is late shift.
01:40
< Ced23Ric>
I'll get my 8h sleep.
01:40
< Soren>
Fly, like the wind, to the sleeps!
01:40
< Ced23Ric>
Buh-bye.
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02:39
< StubbsPKS>
Hey hey
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02:42
< Soren>
Hello.
02:42
< StubbsPKS_>
hi
02:42
< StubbsPKS_>
I seem to have been DCed
02:43
< Soren>
Itās a risk.
02:43
< StubbsPKS_>
I have a quick question about LDraw
02:43
< Soren>
Okay. I can answer none of those questions reliably.
02:43
< Soren>
But I can point youto people who could if I donāt know.
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02:44
< Soren>
I have built one model successfully in LDraw, and that was last week.
02:44
< StubbsPKS_>
I downloaded it, but I don't seem to be able to view any lfx files.
02:45
< Soren>
I am pretty sure LDraw doesnāt/canāt read LDD files.
02:45
< StubbsPKS_>
Ah
02:45
< Soren>
I donāt have LDD, so I canāt tell you if there are conversion options.
02:45
< StubbsPKS_>
so, I guess my question is different than I thought :)
02:45
< StubbsPKS_>
How do I view them? :P
02:46
< StubbsPKS_>
Oh, I see. LDD is it's own thing
02:46
< Soren>
Yeah.
02:46
< StubbsPKS_>
Thanks :)
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02:46
< Soren>
Iām just glad it was a question i could actually answer.
02:46
< StubbsPKS>
Very new to mf0 and trying to get some designs set up so I can put in a Bricklink order
03:21
< Soren>
Ah, well. That is a long and involved process.
03:21
< Soren>
Sorry, I had to deal with a few distractions.
03:22
< Soren>
Including a cat gnawing on my toes.
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04:20
< StubbsPKS>
haha no worries, I ran out for food
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05:37
< FlakManiak>
BrickLink is indeed a long and involved process, and very annoying. I always use the cost minimizer scripts these days because it's SO much easier and it's cheaper to boot.
05:37
< FlakManiak>
Well, Stubbs is gone.
05:37
< FlakManiak>
Actually yeah, I think everything but my first two batches of orders was with the cost minimizer. Makes things so much better!
05:38
< FlakManiak>
It's my ace in the hole and why I find BrickLink fine to deal with.
07:13
< Soren>
Yeah, Iām just good with the catalogue.
07:14
< Soren>
Also I donāt have to make bulk orders to meet a minimum partslist, so itās not really a comparable situation.
07:15
< Soren>
I often feel totally unqualified to give advice to new people because, uh, the designs in the book are based in part around what parts I already had on hand?
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22:29
< Ced23Ric>
Heya!
22:29
< Ced23Ric>
Soren, I think I just enlisted 4chan to revise MFZ:RA.
23:10
< FlakManiak>
What kinds of revisions do you think it needs?
23:10
< FlakManiak>
Other than my frames in the book, of course.
23:11
< FlakManiak>
That Soren guy? Who is he? Some builder?
23:11
< FlakManiak>
(<3)
23:14 Soren[Away] is now known as Soren
23:14
< Soren>
I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED
23:14
< Soren>
First, Iām sorry, anyone who has their fist up 4chan that deep deserves only sympathy.
23:15
< Soren>
Second, I wouldnāt mind seeing your list of suggested revisions.
23:16
< FlakManiak>
I'm off to dinner. I look forward to seeing Ced's list of issues/proposed changes, though.
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23:28
< Mantisking>
Hello.
23:29
< Ced23Ric>
Heya!
23:29
< Ced23Ric>
We're gonna cut the fat.
23:29
< Ced23Ric>
Trim down the core rulebook to non-ambiguous, clear-cut rules.
23:29
< Mantisking>
Really.
23:29
< Ced23Ric>
We're also going to address the spot superiority.
23:30
< Ced23Ric>
Oh, wait, you missed half of this.
23:30
< Mantisking>
Oh?
23:30
< Ced23Ric>
I am currently in cahoots with some guys from 4chan to revise he MFZ:RA rulebook.
23:30
< Mantisking>
Why?
23:40
< Ced23Ric>
Because it is not a good book for quick rule references and has several ambiguous statements.
23:40
< Ced23Ric>
Additionally, spot is overpowering.
23:41
< Mantisking>
Play the game long enough and the rules become internalized.
23:41
< Mantisking>
And considering Spot was formerly useless, I'll take the current version.
23:47
< Ced23Ric>
Two arguments: Accessability. If something needs to be repeated over quite some time, it can be improved. And: Spot is dominant, not "okay". It is clearly the single source of making all other systems inferior. This isn't black/white. Spot needs some balance, not removal.
23:47
< Ced23Ric>
I understand that people don't like change.
23:47
< Ced23Ric>
But in it's current state, MFZ is defined by Spot.
23:51
< Mantisking>
{*shrug*} If that's what you think.
23:51
< Soren>
I think thatās perfectly reaosnable, but right now Iām distracted from thinking about the math by imagining what your deeply-held unshakable assumptions would look like butting up against Joshuaās deeply-held unshakable assumptions.
23:52
< Soren>
I mean, I still have the log, but I really want to see you guys clash in an epic finale, Pacific Rim style.
23:52
< Ced23Ric>
Oh, it is simple.
23:53
< Ced23Ric>
Josh gave me his game.
23:53
< Ced23Ric>
CCL means I can take it, change it and publish it with intact CCL again.
23:53
< Mantisking>
Soren, I'm assuming you're talking to Ced23Ric?
23:53
< Ced23Ric>
He is.
23:54
< Mantisking>
Ah, 'kay.
23:54
< Ced23Ric>
Furthermore, I do not intend to ... destroy MFZ:RA. If anything, I would want to reformat/rewrite MFZ:Core, and then expand into MFZ:Revised, as an alternative rulesset.
23:54
< Ced23Ric>
Additionally, the 4chan guys also want to make MFZ:Danger Close, a scenario framework for MFZ.
23:54
< Mantisking>
If that's what you want to do. MFZ works for me as it is right now.
23:55
< Ced23Ric>
That is what I want to do.
23:55
< Ced23Ric>
Thing is, MFZ works great on a casual level.
23:55
< Soren>
Yeah, Talking to Ced, and youāve totally got the right, I just like watching you guys argue.
23:56
< Ced23Ric>
But as soon as you strive for competitive play, you will face the problem of isolated builds being superior.
23:56
< Ced23Ric>
HtH, for example, is a nigh-on useless avenue.
23:56
< Soren>
It depends on what you mean by ācompetitiveā
23:56
< Ced23Ric>
And any frame that cannot reliably spot is a liability.
23:56
< Mantisking>
As long as it doesn't happen on the Hangar and I don't have to ban anyone, I won't mind.
23:56
< Soren>
Personally, the only change i would make to the rules is to mandate an uneven number of players.
23:56
< Ced23Ric>
Eh?
23:56
< Ced23Ric>
Why would that not be allowed on the hangar..?
23:56
< Mantisking>
Arguments can get heated sometimes
23:57
< Ced23Ric>
Soren: Yes, that ... that is a good starting point. I guess a statement that MFZ strives of disparities and such off player count is advised would go into the revised document, too.
23:57
< Mantisking>
And I really hate having to moderate people who aren't out-and-out pricks.
23:57
< Ced23Ric>
Fair enough, then you probably will let people do their discussions.
23:58
< Ced23Ric>
Convictions are great driving forces, just as passion is.
23:58
< Soren>
In general I think moderation is a pretty thankless task, and anything that makes less moderation necessary for the same general level of order is probably a net good.
23:58
< Ced23Ric>
If it remains reasonable and does not become personal, I see no reason for any moderator to step in.
23:58
< Mantisking>
True.
23:58
< Soren>
Unless weāre talking executions, which should be reserved for Reddit.
23:58
< Soren>
;)
23:59
< Mantisking>
So, any comments on my new fleet? https://www.flickr.com/photos/35895569@N05/13987926583/
23:59
< FlakManiak>
I agree with Ced that the rulebook is poorly laid out for looking things up. I don't know how much reorganization can be done to help it, but I would bet it's a lot. On how the rules work themselves, I can't comment much. But the book could use organizational work.
23:59
< Soren>
I am deeply entertained by the nipple-guns.
23:59
< Mantisking>
Yeah, those have to change.
23:59
< Ced23Ric>
Nipple guns are pretty much an autowin.
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