The Return of Testing Chat Thread

[Losonti Tokash]

Does this mean Angel was cancelled at exactly the right time?

[Crazedwraith]

6 probably would have been decent if they maintained the momentum from 5.

then again if season 5 hadn't been as good as it was it'd probably be saying it should have been cancelled at the end of 3.

[RyanThunder]

On a scale of one to plaid, how dreadfully immature do you think I am if I find this article on Wang tiles amusing?

[Zod]

The fact you're asking is a pretty good indicator.

[RyanThunder]

One vote for 'plaid' then.

[Bounty]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_computers

The puns are endless

[Dooey Jo]

dr. an wang


there is also dr. wang - urologist

[RogueIce]

So apparently the Star Wars EU felt it necessary to inform us of Admiral Ackbar's first name.

[Infinity Biscuit]

Is it... Admiral?

[RogueIce]

Gial.

I wish I could unknow that.

[RogueIce]

And I have no idea how to pronounce that properly, but I assume it to sound something like this:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=WBOntReHsiw

[Big Orangutan]

Yeah, the seventh or eighth season tends to be when it all goes to shit. (Plenty of exceptions, but that's a good, general guideline.)

How can you sustain quality at a reasonable level for the better part of a decade? Though new writers and cast members can be a good thing, replacing their tiring predecessors, and shows like L&O and CSI have the advantage of being loosely based on cop/criminal stuff that can write itself (hence why procedurals have been so common place on US network television).

[Jung]

I still say : keep the basic premise, write it decently, and it would be an AWESOME story.

TSW is it's full of ideas that sound like they could be cool on paper, like a resistance movement of the damned in Hell led by Julius Caesar, or Heaven as a crumbling corrupt regime with a drug and crime kingpin angel plotting to overthrow God. The trouble is Stuart Slade is apparently incapable of pulling off any of his own concepts decently.

Which I'd guess is prolly a pretty common problem - it's easy to come up with ideas that sound like they could be cool in a one sentence soundbite, but spinning an actual good story out of them takes work and skill.

[Gands]

Looks like my friend is bailing on Cancon.

Bummer.

[xon]

I tried out Windows 8 a while back.

My first exposure to Windows Server 2012 was trying to use it in a windowed RDP session with the system I was connecting from having multipule monitors.

I raged and deleted the VM inside of an hour.

Since then, I've upgraded a bunch of my home lab to use it, but holy fuck is it aggravating to use in non-fullscreen mode.

[Questor]

Since then, I've upgraded a bunch of my home lab to use it, but holy fuck is it aggravating to use in non-fullscreen mode.

THIS ^

Although server core is decidedly less annoying.

[Zablorg]

Looks like my friend is bailing on Cancon.

Bummer.

hey maybe i can be your cancon friend

[Gands]

I'm totally up for that.

[Zablorg]

neat! let me know what stuff you're planning on doing so I can look into it and register for some of them

[Gands]

I'm mostly looking to play the free games (Gettysburg 150, and Race for the Rhein) as well as spending time in the games library. It's easier for me to just turn up and find things to do, many people just buy games, find X friends, and then play them. I'm there from about 8-5 each day as Sam is playing D&D in a campaign.

Also, I'm playing the Trek CCG on Saturday night. If you're interested, a deck can be arranged.

[Zablorg]

make it so

[Phantasee]

Zabs

How much cash do I have to provide you to document your experiences at CanCon

[Phantasee]

Also Los/whoever can we lock this thread at 100 thanks

[Losonti Tokash]

Wait why

[Phantasee]

Because its a pain in the ass to mod and the longer we delay it the more we will regret it? I was going to do it at 50 and missed it because I didn't post much for a few months