I am Ben Lubar, ask me anything.
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Continuing the discussion from I am Blakeyrat, ask me anything.:
I am Ben Lubar, ask me anything
Ok. My turn!
Thread rules:
- I am Ben Lubar
- Ask me anything
- I reserve the right to answer your question with a Dwarf Fortress reference
- I reserve the right to start speaking lojban as soon as you idiots make a mess of it
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- Are you fluent at this lojban thing? Does this language has pronunciation, and do you speak it? Is there anyone else IRL that you speak lojaban with?
- What is this shiinfo game you keep posting about, are you developing it? Is it in Go?
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Are you fluent at this lojban thing?
I have the grammar down, but I haven't memorized most of the words.
Does this language has pronunciation, and do you speak it?
The Hills Are Alive With The Sounds Of Lojban
I can pronounce words, but there's nobody to talk to.
Is there anyone else IRL that you speak lojaban with?
I do frequently say "do melbi mlatu" on Sundays while I'm volunteering.
What is this shiinfo game you keep posting about
It's Guild Wars 2. Shiinfo Ironbrand (cinfo is the lojban word for lion) is one of my characters.
are you developing it? Is it in Go?
No, ArenaNet is developing it. In C++ if Google is to be believed.
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Where do you stand on erotic Star Trek fanfiction?
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No?
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Is that about 7 before i'u dontcare?
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What made you decide to learn a language that no one else speaks?
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What made you decide to learn a language that no one else speaks?
I thought it would be a fun thing to do, that's all.
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You have an odd idea of fun.
But, normal is boring, so carry on.
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Why haven't you played Fallout 4 yet?
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Why haven't you played Fallout 4 yet?
Three reasons:
- I don't own it
- I haven't finished the DLC for Fallout 3 or any of Fallout: New Vegas yet
- I haven't finished recording Shiinfo Ironbrand's story
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How many years do you want after a game is released before you start playing it?
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How many years do you want after a game is released before you start playing it?
Depends. I waited until a year after GW2 was released to buy it, but I preordered Heart of Thorns and played in all of the beta weekends. Dwarf Fortress version (insert some number higher than 40) comes out in a few days and I'll probably play it pretty soon after it's available. With the exception of Portal 2, I obtained my Valve and Bethesda games quite a while after they were released.
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Actual counterquestion for you, @blakeyrat. Is the game good enough to warrant full price?
Filed Under: I mean, you can always wait for things to drop in price... Is the multiplayer that good / important?
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Is the game good enough to warrant full price?
Yes it is.
Also I got £10 (25% ish) off it by getting the Steam key not through Steam.
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I think it had some kind of "build your own village and defend it"-kind of multiplayer? I might be wrong, though.
Filed Under: I didn't really follow the game that much
Also I got £10 (25% ish) off it by getting the Steam key not through Steam.
And activating it via VPN?
Filed Under: I dunno if I am willing to do that
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There's multiplayer in a Bethesda game?
There is always multiplayer in Bethesda games. One player holds the controller, while the other seven hundred post to message boards explaining which console commands you need to work around the bugs.
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And activating it via VPN?
Nope. Activated normally.
I'm UK-based so YMMV.
I think it had some kind of "build your own village and defend it"-kind of multiplayer? I might be wrong, though.
You are wrong. Fallout 4 is entirely single player, which is one of the things I like about it.
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I think there was a multiplayer Dwarf Fortress thing a while back (in the same sense that Twitch Plays Pokemon is a multiplayer Pokemon thing).
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So, how much time have you put into playing Dwarf Fortress 0.42.01?
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Holy shit, when did it come out?
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Knowing ben_lubar's internet, he probably plays v0.1 because downloading a new version would break is cables!
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I started on 0.34.11 if I remember right.
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How fast is your home internet connection?
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About half an hour ago.
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Well, I just spent about 20 minutes in the car going to class, so if I had downloaded and started it in the 10 minutes since the release, I'd have had to stop before I got out of world gen.
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Oh wait, this isn't my thread... Sorry!
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Truly the mark of a content creator: Uploading twice as much as is downloaded! :P
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I spent most of yesterday and today uploading the next few episodes of Shiinfo to YouTube.
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have you tried my tileset?
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No. I always use curses_800x600.png.
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The Atlantic ocean cannot stop curses.