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| 00:26 | | Mantisking [NSwebIRC@Nightstar-rg9mk7.ma.comcast.net] has joined #mf0 |
| 00:51 | < Mantisking> | Anyone around? |
| 04:22 | < Soren> | Somewhat? |
| 04:34 | < Mantisking> | I might be here too. :-) |
| 04:45 | < Soren> | So you were away, but there has been more spaceshippery: |
| 04:45 | < Soren> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/083xrxbj6g1fns8/Edge-class%20Frigate%2001.jpg |
| 04:45 | < Soren> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca5ukdleduqez1d/Edge-class%20Frigate%2002.jpg |
| 04:45 | < Soren> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hnglk73tsowqz7/Edge-class%20Frigate%2003.jpg |
| 04:53 | < Mantisking> | Hunh. UMFL? |
| 04:53 | < Soren> | TTA, but same difference, theyāre all in each othersā pockets ;) |
| 04:54 | < Mantisking> | Ah. I'm still associating red with Mars. |
| 04:56 | < Mantisking> | I -- mostly -- finished up the big brother to this guy tonight. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35895569@N05/5762150851/in/set-72157625191150836 |
| 04:58 | < Soren> | cute! |
| 04:58 | < Soren> | The egg shape is appealing. |
| 04:59 | < Soren> | And those Bionicle bits are interesting. |
| 05:00 | < Mantisking> | They're a great way of greebling at small scales. |
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| 05:05 | < Gunhead> | Heya |
| 05:06 | < Soren> | Hello. |
| 05:07 | < Gunhead> | So is Intercept Orbit simply the new name for Alpha Bandit? |
| 05:08 | < Soren> | Yes. |
| 05:09 | < Gunhead> | Cool, cool. Any plans for an RPG? The MFZ universe is definitely interesting enough for one. |
| 05:10 | < Soren> | Yes, but thatās much mor Joshuaās purview than mine. |
| 05:10 | < Soren> | more* |
| 05:10 | < Soren> | I handle the āmake pretty Lego robots and co-bullshit about the settingā portion of the job. |
| 05:11 | < Gunhead> | Terrain too, which I seriously dig. |
| 05:11 | < Soren> | Yeah, thatās ended up being part of my job too. |
| 05:12 | < Soren> | But as far as being qualified to have any input on an RPG, I meanā¦ I have opinions about the universe? |
| 05:13 | < Soren> | But I donāt play them, so designing one would be an exercise in I Donāt Know What The Fuck Iām Doing. |
| 05:13 | < Gunhead> | Joshua seems very keen on making it as unlike 40K as possible, which I can appreciate. |
| 05:13 | < Gunhead> | (Except the Orks, they're fun). |
| 05:13 | < Soren> | Not that ti wouldnāt be a hilarious one, but I leave it to Joshua because he likes it and is, so far as i can tell, good at it. |
| 05:13 | < Soren> | it* |
| 05:14 | < Gunhead> | Yeah, I ought to check out those storytelling games he worked on. |
| 05:15 | < Gunhead> | Only game I've ever made that was really playable was a kind of Car Wars successor/ripoff, which was pretty fun. |
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| 05:18 | < Gunhead> | You guys know MFZ actually has a pretty dedicated fanbase on 4chan's /tg/ of all places? |
| 05:18 | < Soren> | Yep. The guy whoās been posting all those threads hangs out in here. |
| 05:22 | < Gunhead> | Ah, seems there's an RPG project under the name MFZ: Manual Override |
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| 18:28 | < Mantisking> | Hello? |
| 18:30 | < Ced23Ric> | Heya! |
| 18:30 | < Ced23Ric> | Sorry. :) |
| 18:32 | < Mantisking> | About? |
| 18:35 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, being a slowpoke. |
| 18:35 | < Mantisking> | I don't understand. |
| 18:35 | < Mantisking> | Did I come in in the middle of a conversation? |
| 18:39 | < Ced23Ric> | No ... I was just sitting here. |
| 18:39 | < Ced23Ric> | You came in. |
| 18:39 | < Ced23Ric> | And asked "Hello?" |
| 18:39 | < Ced23Ric> | Some ime later I greeted you. |
| 18:40 | < Ced23Ric> | The delay is what I apologized for. |
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| 18:44 | < Mantisking_> | Sorry about that. The system went a little wonky. |
| 18:46 | < Mantisking_> | How are you doing today? |
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| 18:49 | < Ced23Ric> | I am quite alright. |
| 18:50 | < Ced23Ric> | I thought about your modular ship idea. |
| 18:50 | < Ced23Ric> | And I think I'll approach that today. |
| 18:50 | < Ced23Ric> | Come up with some variant hulls, for different factions (Ijad/SU/FC). |
| 18:53 | < Mantisking_> | Cool. I built an "ECM Pod" and it'll be featured in my next blog post along with a bunch of other modular plug-ins. |
| 18:53 | < Mantisking_> | With a shout-out to you in the description of the pod. |
| 18:55 | < Ced23Ric> | I was thinking about something like "large slots" and "small slots". |
| 18:55 | < Ced23Ric> | For Split-range weapons. |
| 18:56 | < Mantisking_> | Ugh. :-) |
| 18:57 | < Mantisking_> | I'm not sure you need to get that specific. Just make sure it's modular and can be popped off for damage. |
| 18:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, yes, I don't need to. |
| 18:59 | < Ced23Ric> | But that's my approach. |
| 18:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Because I think I can. ;) |
| 19:01 | < Mantisking_> | You may be over-thinking this. |
| 19:02 | < Ced23Ric> | I just want to exploit this to the fullest. :D |
| 19:08 | < Mantisking_> | Heh. I've gotten more attention on Facebook and G+ for this idea than the Hangar. |
| 19:08 | < Ced23Ric> | Hangar is slow and insular. |
| 19:09 | < Ced23Ric> | The other communities are a lot more open. |
| 19:11 | < Mantisking_> | They also tend to favor overbuilt and "pretty" over workmanlike. |
| 19:14 | < Ced23Ric> | Yes, they do. |
| 19:14 | < Ced23Ric> | There's a fair chunk of glass cabinet worthy stuff that is way too flimsy for a gaming table. |
| 19:15 | < Mantisking_> | Totally. |
| 19:35 | < Mantisking_> | Looks like we're in the Tuesday doldrums. |
| 19:35 | < Ced23Ric> | This is so much fun. |
| 19:35 | < Ced23Ric> | The modular ship thing. |
| 19:36 | < Mantisking_> | Yeah? You're building right now? |
| 19:36 | < Ced23Ric> | Virtual lego, but yes. |
| 19:37 | < Ced23Ric> | Want a preview? |
| 19:39 | < Mantisking_> | Sure! |
| 19:39 | < Ced23Ric> | Lemme quickly wrap this up. |
| 19:44 | < Ced23Ric> | So, I guess the ultimate test is, if I can build whatever comes up, right? |
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| 19:58 | < Mantisking_> | Welcome back. |
| 19:58 | < Ced23Ric> | Just giving her a quick paintjob. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Okay. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Give me a loadout. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Any loadout. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Doesn't have to be a good or sensical one. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | For a frigate, mind you, so 3 systems. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Can be doubles or not. |
| 20:01 | < Mantisking_> | 2 @ Assault + 1 Catapult. |
| 20:02 | < Ced23Ric> | Alright, coming right up. |
| 20:04 | < Ced23Ric> | Okay, give me another one. |
| 20:04 | < Ced23Ric> | Like, give me two more. |
| 20:05 | < Mantisking_> | 2B+1Y. |
| 20:06 | < Mantisking_> | 2R Support +d8/ 2R point defense. |
| 20:07 | < Ced23Ric> | Okay. |
| 20:12 | < Ced23Ric> | I don't have a solution for 2 Rs yet. |
| 20:12 | < Ced23Ric> | I'll put on a G instead, okay? |
| 20:14 | < Ced23Ric> | It's the only thing I have no solution for. :D |
| 20:15 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frig_RaRaK.png |
| 20:15 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frig_BBY.png |
| 20:15 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frig_RsRpG.png |
| 20:20 | < Mantisking_> | On that last one just put a second mass driver on the Port side and that'll give you 2R+d8 @ Support. |
| 20:20 | < Ced23Ric> | Port side looks different, but I underped myself. I used the keel slots and moved the chin gun elsewhere. |
| 20:21 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/frig_RsRsRp.png |
| 20:22 | < Ced23Ric> | Whaddaya think? |
| 20:24 | < Mantisking_> | Not bad. The only one i don't really see the attachments for is the Armored Spotter (2b/1y). |
| 20:24 | < Ced23Ric> | First link. |
| 20:25 | < Ced23Ric> | 2 ECM launchers, one chin, one flank, and 1 scanner/comm array, topside. |
| 20:29 | < Mantisking_> | Okay. They blend in a little. |
| 20:29 | < Ced23Ric> | Yeah, the systems aren't too pronounced, so they don't go over the boundaries too much. |
| 20:29 | < Ced23Ric> | But, in general? |
| 20:34 | < Mantisking_> | Yeah, I like them. |
| 20:35 | < Mantisking_> | It's nice seeing someone else give the idea a try. |
| 20:36 | < Ced23Ric> | I'll try my hand a cruiser hull. |
| 21:24 | < Ced23Ric> | Alright, here's the cruiser hull. |
| 21:25 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser_BYYRs.png |
| 21:25 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser_GKRpRa |
| 21:25 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser_GKRpRa.png |
| 21:25 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser_BKRsRs.png |
| 21:25 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser_all.png |
| 21:36 | < Mantisking_> | Cruisers can't have a Green die. |
| 21:37 | < Mantisking_> | But otherwise, nice job. |
| 21:39 | < Ced23Ric> | They can't? |
| 21:39 | < Ced23Ric> | Well then! |
| 21:39 | < Ced23Ric> | I think that's bull. :D |
| 21:40 | < Ced23Ric> | But I also just realized how easy your system can be adopted into a wide variance of shapes. |
| 21:41 | < Soren> | Itās a good system. If I didnāt have to make promotional as well as functional designs, Iād probably have eneded up with something like it. |
| 21:41 | < Soren> | ended* |
| 21:41 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren, can you do me a favour? |
| 21:41 | < Ced23Ric> | If time allows it. |
| 21:42 | < Soren> | tralala dum dee ay, I cannot type today. |
| 21:42 | < Soren> | depends on the favor. |
| 21:42 | < Ced23Ric> | Try your hand at something like that. |
| 21:42 | < Soren> | hrm. |
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| 21:44 | < Soren> | I will consider it. |
| 21:44 | < Soren> | I have a lot of stuff on my plate already. |
| 21:44 | < Ced23Ric> | Heh. Sure. |
| 21:44 | < Soren> | And really, itās hard to top technic bricks. I might introduce some studless technic, thatās about it. |
| 21:45 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, it's more about the shapes you come up with. |
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| 21:46 | < Mantisking> | Dammit. I got kicked out again. |
| 21:46 | < Ced23Ric> | What I got there is very blocky. |
| 21:46 | < Ced23Ric> | I'd like to see if I can make something more sleek, yet modular. |
| 21:47 | < Soren> | Well, as long as it has the relevant sockets, you should be okay. |
| 21:48 | < Ced23Ric> | Mhmm. Yeah. |
| 21:48 | < Ced23Ric> | I'll let the thought simmer for a bit. |
| 21:48 | < Ced23Ric> | And I still want a triangular ship. |
| 21:48 | < Ced23Ric> | This might be a good point to combine those ideas. |
| 21:49 | < Soren> | Yeah |
| 21:50 | < Soren> | Well, hinging, man. |
| 21:50 | < Ced23Ric> | Hinging and rotors. |
| 21:50 | < Mantisking> | Hey, Soren. |
| 21:50 | < Ced23Ric> | It's motors and butts all over again! |
| 21:50 | < Soren> | it is! |
| 21:51 | < Ced23Ric> | Mhmm. |
| 21:51 | < Ced23Ric> | I think I got an idea I like. |
| 21:52 | < Mantisking> | Ced, I liked the the way the ships looked like they were all solid block construction. |
| 21:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, that was a goal there. |
| 21:52 | < Mantisking> | As if you could drop one and it wouldn't really matter. |
| 21:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Like, "This is the superstructure." |
| 21:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Oh yeah, those things would be solid as a rock. |
| 21:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren, how do you even close a hinged thing? |
| 21:59 | < Soren> | hmm?/ |
| 21:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Like, if it goes straigt, no problem. |
| 21:59 | < Ced23Ric> | But how do I close it towards a tip, for exampleĆ |
| 21:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Lemme make a quick thing here. |
| 22:00 | < Soren> | That is where the magic happens. |
| 22:01 | < Soren> | https://secure.flickr.com/photos/bricklovinfreakboy/4296444651/ This was my most recent attempt. |
| 22:01 | < Ced23Ric> | Yeah! |
| 22:01 | < Ced23Ric> | That! |
| 22:01 | < Ced23Ric> | What the fuck. |
| 22:02 | < Ced23Ric> | You hinged the hinged hinge. |
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| 22:02 | < Mantisking_> | Frell, frell, frell. |
| 22:02 | < Ced23Ric> | But I think I know now how to deal with that. |
| 22:02 | < Ced23Ric> | The solution will surprise you. |
| 22:02 | < Ced23Ric> | Are you ready for it? |
| 22:02 | < Ced23Ric> | "Not at all." |
| 22:02 | < Soren> | Yes. |
| 22:03 | < Ced23Ric> | I'll leave it open and greeble the shit out of the space. |
| 22:04 | < Mantisking_> | Sounds interesting. |
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| 22:08 | < Mantisking_> | Soren, weren't you talking to someone the other day about using those new Star Wars chibi ships for Intercept Orbit? |
| 22:09 | < Soren> | maybe? |
| 22:09 | < Soren> | I think that was someone else. |
| 22:09 | < Soren> | But thereās no inherent reason why you couldn't. |
| 22:10 | < Mantisking_> | I was just mentioning it because I saw that TRU is running a 30% off sale on Star Wars lego. |
| 22:10 | < Soren> | hmm! |
| 22:10 | < Soren> | Not bad. |
| 22:19 | < Mantisking_> | Yeah. Let's hope it's not a bait & switch. |
| 22:20 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren? |
| 22:20 | < Ced23Ric> | Give me a cool bridge. |
| 22:20 | < Ced23Ric> | For a cap ship. |
| 22:21 | < Soren> | hmm. |
| 22:22 | < Soren> | Iāve never been big on those, as a rule. |
| 22:23 | < Ced23Ric> | Fair enough. |
| 22:23 | < Ced23Ric> | Then what do with a hollow prism corpus? |
| 22:24 | < Soren> | ?! |
| 22:26 | < Mantisking_> | Dude, I don't know either. |
| 22:27 | < Ced23Ric> | Sec. |
| 22:27 | < Ced23Ric> | But. |
| 22:27 | < Ced23Ric> | Actually. |
| 22:27 | < Ced23Ric> | I got something. |
| 22:32 | < Mantisking_> | Okay, I'm shutting down the work box. Catch you guys on the flip side. |
| 22:32 | < Ced23Ric> | Later! |
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| 23:11 | < Soren> | oof. |
| 23:11 | < Soren> | JUst, oof. |
| 23:12 | < Ced23Ric> | I am on to something, hence my silence. Sorry. |
| 23:12 | < Ced23Ric> | What's up? |
| 23:12 | < Soren> | Np. |
| 23:12 | < Soren> | Oh, just tired. |
| 23:12 | < Soren> | I canāt tell if Iām just generally worn down or what. |
| 23:13 | < Ced23Ric> | As in, generally exhausted or temporarily pooped? |
| 23:13 | < Soren> | the former. |
| 23:14 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, yes, but you sound like you are trying to determine which it is. |
| 23:14 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull.png |
| 23:14 | < Soren> | Very nice. |
| 23:15 | < Soren> | Iām trying to figure out if itās stuff with a proximate cause or not. |
| 23:15 | < Soren> | Iāve been putting off dealing with sme stresses since 2010. |
| 23:15 | < Soren> | some* |
| 23:15 | < Soren> | So the backlog is mighty. |
| 23:16 | < Ced23Ric> | I bet it is. |
| 23:16 | < Soren> | I *think* once this project is over Iāll be able to get caught up. |
| 23:18 | < Ced23Ric> | What are you working on right now? |
| 23:18 | < Ced23Ric> | Backer stuff? |
| 23:19 | < Soren> | That and getting things wrapped up with instructions. |
| 23:19 | < Soren> | Which is no big deal. |
| 23:20 | < Ced23Ric> | Gotcha. |
| 23:20 | < Soren> | Dealing with backer stuff should be mostly no big deal as long as Joshua doesnāt do anything else ot jeopardize my ability to deliver. |
| 23:20 | < Ced23Ric> | Got anything cool for the customs yet? |
| 23:20 | < Soren> | Havenāt talked to people yet. |
| 23:21 | < Ced23Ric> | Oh. Aww. |
| 23:21 | < Ced23Ric> | When? |
| 23:21 | < Soren> | Not sure. |
| 23:22 | < Soren> | The way we did it last time, J handled the rules-related portion, and I handled the portion involving pretty things. |
| 23:22 | < Soren> | There was some back-and-forth |
| 23:22 | < Soren> | But I canāt see backer levels, so until he gets up talking to one another, I canāt contact people on my own. |
| 23:23 | < Ced23Ric> | This time, you are on hold until summoned? |
| 23:25 | < Soren> | Itās more like, it doesnāt make sense for me to try to start this too early. |
| 23:25 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, no. |
| 23:25 | < Soren> | Iād rather work on the stuff I have concrete partslists for, too. |
| 23:26 | < Ced23Ric> | Because you don't know where the journey goes. |
| 23:27 | < Soren> | That and Iād end up doing a lot of work that would have to be redone later. |
| 23:32 | < Ced23Ric> | Also true. |
| 23:35 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull2.png |
| 23:36 | < Ced23Ric> | Okay, so that's where I am now. |
| 23:36 | < Ced23Ric> | The hinges are all stabilized. |
| 23:36 | < Ced23Ric> | The inside is filled with bits and greebles. |
| 23:36 | < Ced23Ric> | I have an array of hard points. |
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| 23:37 | < Mantisking> | Okay, hooked back up to the computer again. |
| 23:39 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull2.png |
| 23:39 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull3.png |
| 23:40 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull4.png |
| 23:40 | < Ced23Ric> | I think that has potential. |
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| 23:40 | < Mantisking_> | Let's see if *this* works. |
| 23:40 | < Ced23Ric> | [00:40:05] <Ced23Ric> http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull2.png |
| 23:40 | < Ced23Ric> | [00:40:07] <Ced23Ric> http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull3.png |
| 23:40 | < Ced23Ric> | [00:40:09] <Ced23Ric> http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/modular_hull4.png |
| 23:41 | < Ced23Ric> | [00:40:14] <Ced23Ric> I think that has potential. |
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| 23:42 | < Mantisking_> | Looks chunky. |
| 23:42 | < Ced23Ric> | Yupp. |
| 23:44 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser_BKKRp.png |
| 23:45 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser2_BKKRp.png |
| 23:46 | < Mantisking_> | A little too busy for me. |
| 23:47 | < Ced23Ric> | I think I can cut down on some of those hardpoints. |
| 23:57 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/cruiser2_BYRaRa.png |
| 23:57 | < Ced23Ric> | All the missiles. |
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