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Probably because it's implicated at any given time that there may be far more than we actually get to see, vaguely nudged at with mysterious clues that go nowhere and items that are red herrings all the way up to total leaks of the game's code
And because it's a huge totemic force that fucks with the coding in general due to it being a secret not to be easily leaked (though that's more to prevent people being spoiled than abused) and affecting how the code branches
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05-10-2017, 02:12 AM
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When stuff isn't being fixed or updated and coders are silent as to what's the current work in progress, there are two conclusions that people can draw as to what is actually being worked on:
A) Super-secret stuff that can't be spoken of out loud because that would spoil the entire point of it
B) Bugger-all
'The coders are probably just working on sol stuff' is actually the more optimistic conclusion.
(For the record, this isn't a line of thinking I actually subscribe to. I do think the coders are probably doing their best, I'm just not sure what they think is best for the server aligns with the views of the current player base, nor do they seem to be especially interested in reconciling the two.)
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(05-10-2017, 02:12 AM)Roomba Wrote: B) Bugger-all
While it may not be as flashy as sol do remember that there are lots of smaller things that are worked on like bug fixes, the new explosion code that doesn't lag, better movement, etc
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05-10-2017, 03:37 AM
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(05-09-2017, 06:39 PM)The Worst Wrote: (05-09-2017, 04:50 PM)Vitatroll Wrote: Or, in the very least, make it so the portal can be left open as Roomba stated. Yes, you can do that now, but there's no reason to make people jump through hoops when they just want to help other people have fun.
Isn't that exactly what needing to do actual algebra and use an outside resource that new people won't know about does?
Yeah, hence why I said
very least. It's a solution aimed to be easy to implement.
Code:
if (start_portal || end_portal)
use_power(250000) //Apparently this could run indefinitely on solar power. Fuck that. 25 000 -> 250 000
Ze's lol: I think what coders usually work on is fixing what other coders break. I just assume that in any coding project. The next thing I assume y'all are working on are back-end stuff that never gets seen. Visible features come last, but they're the only thing people tend to see so they latch onto them.
Funny though. Sol is much more a mapping project than it was a coding one. Actually
thinking the places up probably took the most time.
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I feel like a lot of problems currently stem from the low player count. In the past we'd have 4 servers, 2 of them usually stocked with 60 people which usually guaranteed a full head and sec force where now we're lucky to get 30 people on just one server. Nobody playing security is a big issue and makes lowpop suck sometimes, and especially rev when you only have 1-2 heads and the round is over in 10 minutes. I pray that summer brings more players or something because we really need a population boost.
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goon is dead and we killed it
i vote we get a round of badmins personally
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(05-11-2017, 07:20 AM)OMJ Wrote: goon is dead and we killed it
i vote we get a round of badmins personally
Only a single round?
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(05-11-2017, 07:31 AM)Noah Buttes Wrote: (05-11-2017, 07:20 AM)OMJ Wrote: goon is dead and we killed it
i vote we get a round of badmins personally
Only a single round?
a round of new*** badmins
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(05-11-2017, 09:33 AM)OMJ Wrote: (05-11-2017, 07:31 AM)Noah Buttes Wrote: (05-11-2017, 07:20 AM)OMJ Wrote: goon is dead and we killed it
i vote we get a round of badmins personally
Only a single round?
a round of new*** badmins
This saturday. This is what should be planned. We all know what happens on the 13th.
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(05-11-2017, 10:00 AM)medsal15 Wrote: (05-11-2017, 09:33 AM)OMJ Wrote: (05-11-2017, 07:31 AM)Noah Buttes Wrote: (05-11-2017, 07:20 AM)OMJ Wrote: goon is dead and we killed it
i vote we get a round of badmins personally
Only a single round?
a round of new*** badmins
This saturday. This is what should be planned. We all know what happens on the 13th.
Badmins for the ass day god
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If someone buys me a more comfortable chair I'll play more ? promise
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maybe we could ask ppl of other server zones to try ours and maybe they will like it
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Iunno meng, I've been dead for around 15 years tbh.
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(05-17-2017, 03:12 PM)OMJ Wrote: so are we dead
No, we just smell like it