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00:17.19pcjmake up your mind sky
00:20.06Sky2042pcj: have to bug freenode staff. fun fun!
00:28.40Dottedis away (kd3 - whee squid just went splat)
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02:27.07KeolahMy friend dreamed that he stepped on a bug and it dropped a blue.
02:28.24Corganlol
02:29.00Sky2042lol
02:31.28Amarandelol
02:31.32Amarandeevening Keolah :)
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02:37.40Keolahih
02:42.58Sky2042Project Wikipedia, the project for getting WoWWiki articles to Wikipedia-usable status
02:42.59Sky2042heh
02:43.34Keolahheh
02:43.38Keolahit'll never happen.
02:44.07KeolahBecause Wikipedia is defined by half the articles being deleted for being "non-notable" and 50% of the discussion about it being about notability ;p
02:45.01Sky2042Keolah: it could very well happen. i just don't know how the rest of WW would respond to it.
02:45.13Sky2042fandyllic would probably hurt me...
02:45.15CorganI farted.
02:45.24Corganbrushes up against Sky2042
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02:45.49KeolahJust what we need... wind mages.
02:46.08Sky2042~wwstats
02:46.08infobothttp://www.bxd.dk/irc/freenode/wowwiki.html
02:56.02pcjwhy is armory so terrible
02:56.07pcji mean even wowdb is faster
02:56.37KeolahI never noticed.
03:02.44Sky2042why do you use wowdb?...
03:02.46Sky2042o_o
03:03.15pcjsky: i was looking up the item search urls for the new feature in special:preferences
03:09.23Sky2042heh
03:16.24pcjhmm allakhazam doesn't do powered by tooltips
03:18.42Sky2042just the xml they've had forever, iirc
03:19.59pcjweak
03:21.07pcjhmm looks like they took a cue from the items WDB
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04:21.38Amarandeok, this Q is seriously irritating, and if it wasn't for the chain it belonged to I would abandon and /spit on it
04:22.18Amarandethe only upside is that when you die on netherwing ledge you don't have to ghost and deal with rez sickness etc
04:30.36LukianAmarande, haha
04:34.00pcjwhy is it when i turn my settings up my framerate improves
04:52.05Sky2042LOL
04:55.55pcji went from 16 bit/16 bit/1x multisample to 24 bit/24 bit/6x multisample and my framerate doubled...
04:58.46Sky2042wtf?
05:07.47DuTempeteAnyone else ever find themselves trying to sell WW editing to guildies? :P
05:08.35Sky2042I sell WW editing to wowhead users... does that count?
05:08.35DuTempeteI just gave somebody a speech about how well he knows his class, and he should participate in one of the projects I'm going to set up :P
05:09.04DuTempeteHe finally created a user acct and updated the guild article today :P
05:09.16DuTempetenah, doesn't count.  You're supposed to do that.
05:09.32Sky2042???
05:09.43Sky2042I'm supposed to do that?
05:10.39DuTempeteyuppers.  They're strangers who're already chatting up their community about this sort of thing.
05:11.18pcjwowhead people are weird anyway, so don't worry about it too much
05:11.27Sky2042oh pcj?
05:11.30DuTempetelol
05:11.34Sky2042(curious)
05:12.04Sky2042oh, btw, hi sancus! =]
05:49.43DuTempeteheh... 0/2 at WW:RFA.
05:50.08DuTempeteThat's looking to be bad luck :P
05:54.52pcjim gonna put dutempete up for nomination, 3rd time's the charm
05:54.57DuTempeteoh god
05:55.10DuTempeteyou just wanna see me get ravaged :P
05:55.18pcjlol jk <3
05:55.59DuTempeteActually, I'm not sure I would stop you :P
05:56.34DuTempeteIt would just be interesting to find out how many people really hate me :P
05:56.57pcji can't think of any besides sharlin atm
05:57.02DuTempetezeal :P
05:57.18pcjhe hates everyone
05:57.24DuTempetetrue :P
05:57.59DuTempetewell I'm not arrogant enough to nominate myself, that's for sure :P
05:58.10DuTempeteWant to know somebody actually *wants* me, first :P
05:58.13pcjare you saying self-nomination implies arrogance
05:58.17DuTempetegiggles.
05:58.31DuTempeteoh, well, not coming from you, pcj :P
06:00.33DuTempeteI luuuuuuurve you, pcj!
06:00.52pcjheh
06:01.07pcjwell no assaulthead
06:01.17DuTempetestill a few hours to go
06:01.44pcjwhat time was it
06:01.57DuTempeteKirk said 6-9GMT
06:04.37DuTempeteoh, so, yeah, I'm gonna finish this new user tutorial I'm working on, then set up front pages for a number of skeleton community projects, including classes
06:04.59pcjsounds like a plan
06:05.01DuTempeteput those on the community portal
06:05.25DuTempetethen I think I'd like to go with the tabbed style of the tutorial I'm doing, and use that in a couple other help article series.
06:05.41DuTempetedo a guidelines and policies set, and then an advanced editing set
06:06.14DuTempeteand put them forth like a series... new user first, then guidelines, then advanced.
06:08.54pcjwhy is coobra randomly editing user pages
06:09.02DuTempeteuser templates
06:09.11DuTempetehe was just updating/adding a bunch I think
06:09.35pcjyes for other users' pages
06:10.04DuTempeteoh, lol
06:10.09DuTempeteread his summaries :P
06:10.31pcjhe didn't have a summary on mine
06:11.40DuTempeteah, he was taking away a templated called WW Editor from some who don't seem to be editing
06:11.51DuTempeteand adding it to some of the regular editors that use user templates
06:12.00pcji don't think it's his place
06:12.12DuTempetewell, tell him so :P
06:12.48DuTempeteI surely will if he tries to add it to mine.  I don't like user templates :P
06:13.36DuTempetebut I odubt he's stupid enough to add them to a page that doesn't already have them :P
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06:16.56DuTempeteAnyway, pcj, do you get the impression that readers find the editing community to be somewhat unwelcoming?  Like the help articles are hard to navigate or hard to understand, or that they're perhaps a little buried?
06:17.23pcjhelp articles are hard to find, yes
06:17.33pcjnot that i look for them
06:18.04DuTempetewell, I know we have a very low reader to editor ratio... or something like that (some statistic Kirk was talking about with me)
06:18.31DuTempeteand we get a lot of questions on the VP asking about some fiarly basic things.
06:19.00DuTempeteediting guides aren't super visible on the main page, and community stuff definitely isn't
06:19.26pcjhopefully the portals will help there
06:19.26DuTempeteEven though there's a link to the VP on every page, there's nothing telling people what it is.
06:19.55DuTempetethere's no "here's how easy it is to get on IRC" just "This is where we IRC"
06:20.23DuTempeteand even though we have a hug elist of things to do, there isn't a lot of things new users can do that have some kind of ultimate purpose.
06:20.33DuTempeteThere isn't a lot of guidance
06:22.07DuTempeteI've noticed a supreme lack of "followers"
06:22.50DuTempetewe all seem to be the kind of peopl ethat figure this sort of thing out for ourselves, and run amuck on th einternet clicking links willy-nilly
06:22.55pcjah
06:23.18pcjwell template standardization would help a bit
06:23.28pcjif things are uniform throughout the wiki it would ease navigation
06:23.48DuTempetewhich tells me we're unwelcoming to the following sort.  There are likely to be plenty of other folks about, willing ot help, so long as they feel like they're being given direction.
06:24.47DuTempete*nod*  I'm sure it would, some.
06:25.53DuTempeteWhen I get my new user template finished, I'm gonna present it on the VP, and demand that a link to it shows up right on the front page, big and bright, without having to scroll anywhere to see it.
06:26.23DuTempeteMy hope, and feeling is that it will go a long way in encouraging folks.
06:27.03pcjWell, added my thoughts to SWman's rfa
06:29.15DuTempetewell, I can't really argue with the popularity contest thing.  I don't really have the right perspective for that.
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06:31.03DuTempeteAnd sure, SWM is the honest enough sort to do well with admin tools *if* I thought he were brave enough to either stick to his guns, or make a move when necessary.
06:31.41pcjit's not like admins take action in a vacuum
06:31.46pcjswman would have other admins to back him up
06:31.51DuTempeteAnd, although I tend to agree with what WP has to say about adminship, consider that WP also has a history of inappropriately choosing admins
06:32.01DuTempetea vacuum?
06:32.06pcjSo?  They can always remove them
06:32.32DuTempetethus creating more work for the other admins, when it could have been prevented entirely by being a tad choosier.
06:33.01pcjThere's something to be said for being too choosy and only having adys on at 9am to block assaulthead when he shows up
06:33.55DuTempetebabysitting is *not* one of the admin's jobs.  They shouldn't have to pat SWM on the back every time he made a good decision just to keep him from backing down when argued with.
06:34.23DuTempeteThat's an issue of needing more EU admins, not being too choosy.
06:35.13pcjWell, I don't really disagree with the SWman thing, he wouldn't be my first choice for admin
06:35.22pcjBut he would be responsible with the tools
06:35.24DuTempete*nod*
06:35.29DuTempeteI agree
06:36.27DuTempeteI'd rather have someone who doesn't use them, or retracts, than someone who uses them too much, or argues when he should back down.
06:37.11pcjThey should stand their ground, but realize when they're wrong
06:37.13DuTempeteIf he had support from somebody more experienced than Mr.X8 and Coobra... I might've voted for him
06:37.31pcjugh
06:37.45pcjWell, it's still a popularity contest then
06:38.03DuTempetewhy does that make it a popularity contest?
06:38.26DuTempeteThose two pretty much just said "You should be an admin cuz we like you."
06:38.30pcjYou'd vote because he had someone else backing him up rather than your personal evaluation of him?
06:40.08DuTempeteNo, I'd change it because I'm close enough to the other side that if someone vouched for him that I have a reasonable amount of trust in, and that had a good reason, I would probably swing the othe rway.
06:41.21DuTempeteThat's what discussion and argument are about... using reason and the credentials of others to make decisions :P
06:41.46pcjAh, but what is the question behind the RfA
06:41.57pcjcan the user in question be trusted with adminship
06:42.23pcjthat would be more an evaluation of the user's character than anything else
06:42.37DuTempetejudged by actions
06:42.37pcjand yes, other people can point out edits that go for or against the user
06:42.48DuTempeteit isn't only about edits
06:42.50pcjbut i don't see how credentials of other people lends anything to those arguments
06:43.02pcjwell, character as expressed through edits
06:43.08pcjsince that's the only way you see it on the wiki
06:43.11DuTempeteother people may know SWM better than I do
06:43.25DuTempetenot everything is seen by edits, hun
06:43.52DuTempeteespecially when it involves a person who participates in IRC :P
06:44.14pcjOK, maybe contributions is a better word
06:44.42DuTempeteMore than once *I've* caught SWM in a mistake, and he groveled at me when I corrected him.  He's done it on talk pages as well as in IRC.
06:44.51DuTempeteI've also seen him do it with other people in both places.
06:45.43pcjOK, good, so that's your personal experience and you can share that as an equally valid point as anything (more "concrete") coobra or mr.x8 could bring up as far as i'm concerned
06:45.46DuTempeteOne needs to consider that one does not know everything about a person.  So, if there is anyone to trust who may know other things, their opinion should also be weighed.
06:45.53DuTempeteI did...
06:46.01pcjyou did, yes
06:46.36pcjbut like i'm saying credentials of the other voters shouldn't play a part in an RfA
06:46.50pcjabove a certain point anyway
06:46.57DuTempetewhat point, then?
06:47.42pcjThe point where it's obvious the user isn't creating other accounts to support himself
06:48.20pcjAs long as the supporters/opposers bring up valid points and the decision is left to the bureaucrats, I vote as I see it
06:48.33DuTempeteso, as long as the other acct isn't the same person, you don't care whether they may have had different/more experiences with him?
06:49.52pcjif he's a generally nice guy then more people will have good experiences with him than bad
06:50.13pcjIf he's timid, more people will see he's timid
06:50.27DuTempetenever met anybody who was nice to a certain person but not to others, for whatever reason?
06:51.24pcjThere is a certain limit to what you need to judge a person's character for wiki adminship
06:51.41pcjYou don't have to pull up his complete criminal record and scrutinize every parking ticket
06:51.57pcjIt is not the most serious thing in the world
06:52.08pcjIf there is a problem, it should be obvious
06:52.27pcjIf it wasn't obvious before the person becomes admin, that person can be consulted and/or the problem rectified
06:53.27DuTempeteno, but I do like to consider that my point of view is only a tiny bit of the whole of things.  I like to listen to other people's thoughts before making a decision and expressing it.  I like to learn other perspectives on things before making judgements.
06:54.18DuTempetewell, I've had my opinions on adminship based on the fact that I refuse to create more work for them than necessary.
06:54.21pcjSure, and you can vote how you like, but I don't let other perspectives form the basis of my decision.  If there is something to the points other people make, I investigate it for myself before deciding
06:55.47pcjoh like admins couldn't use more work...
06:56.38DuTempetewell of course I do what I can to investigate it, but WW being as trivial as it is on the scale of important things in my life... I probably rely more on my trust of others and personal experience than I do on time spent investigating.
06:57.19pcjWell, we've only had two RfAs thus far and most of the issues with both candidates should have been fairly obvious
06:57.46pcjEven some of the already instated admins have issues
06:58.16DuTempete*nod*
06:58.19pcjWell it is trivial, but then you don't have to weigh in
06:58.59DuTempeteIf everyone waited until he or shee did a full investigation, no one would vote :P
07:00.09DuTempetelol Coobra's staying up to revert all his user page edits :P
07:00.34pcjlike i said, you don't have to pull up their entire criminal record to find if there's something which would affect a trivial decision as this
07:02.11DuTempetedo you think we really need more admins in general?
07:02.33DuTempetewe do already have Kirk and Adys at that time of day, don't we?
07:02.42pcji think the policy could be a bit looser
07:02.48pcji mean we are the second largest wiki in the world
07:02.55DuTempeteno, we aren't
07:02.57DuTempetewe're the 3rd
07:03.04pcjthen kirkburn lies
07:03.08DuTempeteyes :P
07:03.11pcjclose enough though
07:03.14DuTempeteguild wars wiki is larger
07:03.23pcjthey will paaaayyy
07:03.30DuTempetebut not by much :P
07:03.32DuTempetehehe
07:03.47pcjbut yeah, policy on it could be looser
07:04.27DuTempeteoh, my bad, it isn't guild wars
07:04.30DuTempeteit's wookiepedia
07:04.35pcjugh
07:04.41DuTempetepolicy on admins? howso?
07:04.42pcji don't know which is worse
07:05.20pcjchange of mindset, adminship viewed more like an extended toolset than anything else
07:05.42DuTempetewe're only about 1000 off from wookiee, and we'll pass them up for sure.
07:05.51pcjusers or pages
07:05.54DuTempetepages
07:06.03pcjhmmm
07:06.56pcjyeah he only reverted two :P
07:07.01DuTempetelol
07:09.07pcjsomething else that might help navigation is more encyclopedic articles
07:09.22pcji know in wikipedia i can spend hours linking from article to article because they have content
07:09.48pcjon wowwiki i have to keep clicking random page to do similar because it's not very rich content
07:10.07DuTempetewhat do you mean encyclopedic?
07:10.24pcjparagraph style rather than list
07:10.38Sky2042does business in a vacuum, usually.
07:10.39pcjsure lists are handy but should complement paragraph instead of supplant it imo
07:10.48pcjand you suck at it too
07:11.00DuTempetedo I?
07:11.06pcjwhat
07:11.11DuTempeteI don't write a lot of original content...
07:11.19pcjwas talking to sky with that last bit
07:11.21pcj:P
07:11.22DuTempeteI can't recall the last time I wrote original content
07:11.28DuTempeteoh, I didn't notice that :P
07:11.31pcjvacuum, suck...nvm
07:11.33DuTempetesmacks Sky2042
07:11.40pcjyeah i try to ignore sky as much as possible too
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07:11.45DuTempeteI didn't see Sky2042's smart-assed comment :P
07:12.09DuTempeteholy crap... anyone get as annoyed by Amarande as I do?
07:12.20pcj~seen amarande
07:12.22infobotamarande <i=amarande@24-151-1-061.dhcp.nwtn.ct.charter.com> was last seen on IRC in channel #wowi-lounge, 36m 4s ago, saying: 'or by some orcs who keep you busy just long enough so the 72 elite pats can come along'.
07:12.30DuTempetehe just logeed out, silly :P
07:12.42DuTempeteI've been waiting to say that alllll night.
07:12.43pcjjust wondering what he was talking about that annoyed you
07:12.56DuTempeteI can't even talk to him anymore, or I just get snarky.
07:13.10pcj /ignore?
07:13.22DuTempetehe'd get along well in #wowhead I think :P
07:13.32pcjyeah they're craaaazy in there
07:13.33Sky2042thanks pcj for the compliment.
07:13.37pcjweird people
07:13.53Sky2042you betcha.
07:14.13Sky2042yay pings.
07:14.26pcjpings? how about a finger
07:14.39Sky2042...
07:15.00DuTempetewell, he talks a lot.... and with the "which class/spec is best" frame of mind
07:15.56DuTempeteand he goes on a lot about the game, which, if he would notice, doesn't occur here much outside of whatever conversation he starts, and frankly if I wanted to talk about it, I'd go to #wowhead :P
07:16.38pcjok
07:17.00DuTempetehe very much, and probably quite in general, rubs me the wrong way :P
07:17.17Sky2042whom?
07:17.22DuTempeteAmarande
07:17.46Sky2042who is it that adds that <<admin>>.... grrr
07:17.52Sky2042i really don't want that there.
07:17.53pcjfandy
07:18.12DuTempetewasn't that your idea, though, Sky?
07:18.25Sky2042no?...
07:18.30pcjit was fandy's idea
07:18.35pcjlooks like he didn't do it though
07:18.38DuTempeteah, then I'm recalling the edit incorrectly
07:18.40pcjthis time
07:18.44Sky2042fandy decided on that all by his lonesome self.
07:18.49Sky2042per usual.
07:19.04KeolahI am highly amused that under the heading "Things everyone needs to constantly watch out for:" is the line "The Twin Emperors share the movements of a Night Elf male."
07:19.07pcjhttp://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=WoWWiki%3ARequests_for_adminship&diff=1109161&oldid=1109157
07:19.08KeolahThat's terrifying, I'm sure. :p
07:19.50DuTempeteaccording to the directions, though, it's done to weigh an otherwise balanced vote
07:20.03DuTempeteThat's rather confusing to me, Keolah :P
07:20.17DuTempeteYou think that's a hint the twin emperors are gay?
07:20.28pcjno, animation movements
07:20.34pcjas in they're based off the same model
07:20.44Sky2042DuTempete: it should be based entirely on merit. if we need a tie-breaker, that goes to Fand or Kirk to decide, which ever of them recuses from it (if they do so)
07:20.46pcjlike if they danced it'd be that fugly dance male nelves do
07:20.47DuTempeteso.... they're gay?
07:20.52pcjyeah probably
07:20.56DuTempetehehe
07:21.12DuTempetewell, it wasn't my decision, Sky :P
07:21.13Keolahhehe
07:21.31Sky2042kicks fandyllic upside the head.
07:22.00pcji still want to know why fandy is a bureaucrat
07:22.08DuTempeteOk, I'm starting a new topic on Fandy's talk page.... "Very good reasons why you should be in IRC"
07:22.20DuTempeteFandy's been a bureaucrat for longer than Kirkburn has, pcj :P
07:22.32DuTempeteFandy was the one that mdae Kirk an admin in the first place :P
07:22.33Sky2042he was here when we had no one but 2 admins and rustak
07:22.44Sky2042or maybe just rustak
07:22.46Sky2042:x
07:23.17pcjno excuse
07:23.19DuTempeteI think we should all post a reason for Fandy :P
07:23.25pcjhis edits are shoddy at best
07:23.29Sky2042i wouldn't mind a -bureau, but then, pcj, it's just an extra button or two, eh?
07:23.38Sky2042no double standards little man
07:24.00pcjno double standards, he creates more work for everyone else
07:24.09pcjhe misuses wiki syntax
07:24.13Sky2042yes, but that has little to do with him being a bureau.
07:24.26pcjif he stuck to that probably
07:24.39Sky2042lol
07:25.09Sky2042i'm wondering about noming another user... i'm sure he'd get beaten up, and i'm not quite sure he would take on the nom.
07:25.19DuTempetewhich?
07:25.27pcjdutempete isn't a guy, nub
07:25.30DuTempetelol
07:25.32Sky2042Eirik came to mind.
07:25.37pcjoh god
07:25.37DuTempeteoh god no
07:25.42Sky2042(see)
07:25.48pcjfandy would probably make him an admin just to get at me
07:25.55DuTempeteguy makes enough of an ass of himself without having power
07:26.36Sky2042i don't see him misusing it, though. his interactions outside the VP (and usually there, as well) are generally for the better, and he obviously won't take smack.
07:26.46Sky2042s/better/good/
07:26.47Sky2042?
07:26.55Sky2042gah
07:26.57pcjuh no they aren't
07:27.02Sky2042goes hunting into his css.
07:27.04Sky2042oh?
07:27.12pcjhe's more hostile than i am
07:27.20Sky2042where? :/
07:27.22pcjhe complains more than zeal
07:27.43pcjon various people's talk pages
07:28.04pcji'm not going to pull it all up because he's not going to be considered
07:28.19DuTempeteok, each of you needs to add a reason
07:28.34DuTempetehttp://www.wowwiki.com/User_talk:Fandyllic
07:29.12Sky2042what did you do?...
07:29.41DuTempetemake an attempt to persuade Fandy to join IRC
07:30.11pcjAdded mine
07:30.19DuTempetekeep in mind his argument against it is that he's to volatile
07:30.27Sky2042????
07:30.35Sky2042that's a scary excuse
07:30.36DuTempeteLOL
07:30.43DuTempetepcj, good one :P
07:30.58Sky2042hmmm, what should I add
07:32.40DuTempetenow's a good time for general reasons IRC is a good thing :P
07:33.29pcjwhat?
07:33.42Sky2042DuTempete: did you seriously spell realize with an s?
07:33.45Sky2042!!!!
07:33.50DuTempeteyes, I seriously did... OMGZ
07:33.57DuTempeteI've been doing that for ages, Sky :P
07:34.03pcjrealize with an s and omgs with a z...
07:34.04Sky2042o_O
07:34.10DuTempetehehe
07:34.16Sky2042i never realized...
07:34.19Sky2042coughpun
07:34.24pcjlaaame
07:35.44Sky2042i added 2 more.
07:36.01Sky2042well, that was weird...
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07:37.30Sky2042....
07:37.33pcji was actually serious about the disagreeing part and am somewhat dismayed that you downplayed my seriousness with your reason
07:37.38DuTempete_stupid router :(
07:37.47Sky2042pcj: i wasn't serious with the first one :P
07:37.51Sky2042(my) first one
07:37.54DuTempete_lol
07:38.55Sky2042another editor i am considering nomming was jiyambi...
07:39.00Sky2042s/was/is/
07:39.08Sky2042(jumanji imo)
07:39.16DuTempetelol
07:39.28DuTempetenot sure Jiyambi would be interested
07:39.34Sky2042aye
07:39.35DuTempetebut from what I know if her, I don't think I'd argue
07:39.47DuTempeteok, refresh the list :P
07:39.58Sky2042heh
07:39.58pcjdamn edit conflict
07:40.03Sky2042OWNT
07:40.16DuTempetehehe
07:41.02DuTempetelol... you just *had* to bring up the cost edits...
07:41.18Sky2042...
07:42.21DuTempeterefresh :P
07:42.31Sky2042lol
07:43.28Sky2042man, du, have you ever considered using darktable to put your sig in rather than all that custom stuff?
07:43.39Sky2042(just for the shell)
07:43.55DuTempetegiggles hysterically...
07:43.55pcjdon't disparage her signature
07:43.58pcjit is inviolate
07:44.16DuTempetelol
07:44.16DuTempetedarktable is too light, or I would
07:44.25DuTempeterefresh again :P
07:44.27Sky2042or, actually, putting a couple spaces in?...
07:44.42Sky2042Lol
07:44.42DuTempetespaces? what for?
07:45.22Sky2042in the css.
07:45.36DuTempetewhy, so you can read it?  what do you need to read it for?
07:45.40Sky2042so that we have higher chance of a small section, meaning there woulnd't be as many line breaks.
07:45.41Sky2042nah
07:45.50Sky2042so i miss out on reading it :P
07:46.32DuTempeteI really don't see how putting spaces in it is going to do that for you
07:47.42Sky2042putting 2 spaces in the css (you have it coded as style="x:y" as opposed to style="x: y;") gets rid of an entire line. meaning, less for me to have to skim past, and thus a lower chance of having to view it.
07:48.22pcjskim past in edit mode?
07:48.28pcj...
07:48.42Sky2042zomg, some of us read in edit mode. scary thought
07:48.42DuTempetehuh?
07:48.52pcjlol
07:48.56pcjjust lol
07:49.40Sky2042http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=User:DuTempete/Signature&curid=92495&diff=1274868&oldid=867184
07:50.32pcjoh sht
07:50.46Sky2042mmm?
07:50.54Sky2042refresh fandy's page
07:51.18DuTempetesorry, Sky, links aren't working in Xchat for me :(
07:51.41Sky2042c/p then imo
07:52.23DuTempetecan't
07:52.37DuTempetedunno what the problem is... someitmes it works, sometimes it doesn't
07:52.43Sky2042huh
07:54.41DuTempeteah, I see what you mean, Sky
07:55.43DuTempeteBut, honestly Sky, where it puts a newline depends on where in the line it starts :P
07:55.57Sky2042mmm?
07:57.17DuTempetewhere it starts in a line determines where the newlines are...
07:57.27DuTempetesometimes it takes up fewer lines than others
07:57.30pcjuhhh
07:57.45pcjif there's a space it breaks it at the space
07:57.52Sky2042bingo.
07:57.53pcjotherwise it may go a little longer
07:57.57Sky2042we like space breaks.
07:58.10DuTempetebut the space may force it to break earlier than it normally would
07:58.22Sky2042when is normal? :/
08:01.01DuTempete*sigh* the wiki is choking again
08:02.16DuTempetethere, I've added more spaces
08:03.07Sky2042that was prolly too many... but oh well.
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08:03.30DuTempetewhat is too many?
08:03.52pcjnight
08:03.55DuTempeteI only put in 6 or so
08:03.56Sky2042night
08:03.58DuTempetesweet dreams, pcj
08:04.08Sky2042you put in 15 from the edit
08:04.10Sky2042;p
08:04.12Sky2042from RC*
08:05.49DuTempeteI only added in abou twice as much data as you did
08:06.09Sky2042heh
08:06.10DuTempete460 > 468kB was yours
08:06.20DuTempeteand 468 > 483kB was mine
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08:35.01laurlygives Sky2042 an evil look
08:35.09Sky2042oh boy.
08:35.13Sky2042waits.
08:35.21DuTempetelistens intently
08:35.46laurlynote i have been up about 5 min so not fully awake
08:36.14laurlydo you have any idea how to get the bot to do disambig pages with out her having a huge database with the names of every quest known to man like the other bot did
08:36.31Sky2042didn't do it. Thank god.
08:36.34laurlyor with out me haveing to run test page names against wiki to find one that isnt there already?
08:37.04laurlythen the quest chain names and the ones in prev next are going to have to be delt with by a human :)
08:37.32Sky2042laurly: code your bot so that when it hits a multiple-quest name, just have it add a listing (using bullets) to user:laurlybot/needdisambig or something?
08:38.00Sky2042or, alternatively, disambig using QID. that's non-optimal, however
08:38.26laurlyhttp://www.wowwiki.com/User:Laurlybot/Chainnotice
08:40.32laurlydisambig using quest id is ugly
08:40.46Sky2042indeed.
08:42.43laurlyi have had sevral ppl complain about the lack of item template
08:43.04Sky2042point em to me.
08:43.06Sky2042>:)
08:43.26Sky2042or to where you've pointed them already.
08:43.36DuTempeteLaurly: http://www.wowwiki.com/User_talk:Fandyllic#Reasons_Fandyllic_should_perma-join_IRC
08:43.47laurlyfoxlit pcj and coobra
08:44.01Sky2042why the first 2? i saw coobra's addition.
08:44.46laurlydont know they said it in channel the other day.
08:44.50laurlywhos Fandyllic?
08:45.13Sky2042bureaucrat that we never see...
08:45.18Sky2042on irc
08:45.26Sky2042kills Fisker-.
08:45.55laurlyhttp://www.wowwiki.com/User:Laurlybot/quest_bot/template <-- thats the latest template
08:46.03laurlyits growing
08:46.27laurlyoh...
08:46.33sacarascSky2042: killing Fisker- isn't nice... it deprives the rest of us from torturing him
08:46.36laurly| category = {QUESTCAT}
08:47.03laurlyphase 2 what im going to do is have the bot rerun all the quests check start npc figuer out where he is and dump that in the cat
08:47.27Sky2042hmm...
08:48.02laurlyits the only way i can figuer out how to find a categorie
08:48.14laurlyold bot riped them from thottbot
08:52.01laurlyhow do you get user edit count to work?
08:52.28Sky2042Foxlit runs Foxbot, which updates when he wakes it up.
08:52.43Sky2042s/updates/updates manually/
08:53.13laurly{{User Editcount}}?
08:53.17Sky2042uh huh
08:53.34Sky2042i have it on a subpage, so that the bot doesn't edit my user page.
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09:00.46laurlysounds like a good idea
09:04.44Fisker-RAWR
09:04.48Fisker-kills Sky2042
09:04.53Fisker-you have awakened me
09:05.02Sky2042you're already dead.
09:05.06Sky2042so not a problem.
09:05.11Fisker-i'm invincible
09:08.46laurlythere finaly put everthing in categories so i dont keep loosing pages.
09:08.59Sky2042lol
09:09.09Sky2042laurly: how about [[Special:Prefixindex/User:Laurly]]?
09:09.10laurlyi sware theres loads some where from the old bot
09:09.12Sky2042=]
09:09.57laurlyhey thats kewl!
09:11.35Sky2042you can also transclude it, like a template.
09:11.51Sky2042you can make it as (non)specific as you want
09:12.20Sky2042S:PI/User:Laurly as opposed to S:PI/User:Laurlybot as opposed to S:PI/User: as opposed to S:PI
09:13.36laurlyslow wiki?
09:16.08Sky2042slow youtube :/\
09:16.29laurlythere sd'ed the pages that i knew i had lost some place :)
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09:18.28laurlyhmm so what was i doing today.
09:20.25Sky2042_uh... actual work?
09:20.49laurlyyou know i should fix some stuff for work :)
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10:33.10Fisker-btw Adys
10:33.12Fisker-i'm going to WWI
10:33.20Fisker-got a vacation that month
10:37.46sacarascyou're time travelling to have a vacation in World War I?
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10:53.44Fisker-yes
10:57.01laurlyis running out of resonable comments for sding
11:03.17AdysFisker-, dont bring steve ballmer with you
11:03.26Adysi might have a knife there
11:03.41Adysand itd suck losing such a good ceo right
11:06.55Fisker-That's alright
11:07.22Fisker-Ballmer already know that the anti-ms zealots want to kill him
11:07.34Fisker-He has adequate protection for that
11:10.20laurlykicks wiki'"!!!dsalfkjlfæsdajf
11:10.37laurlyQuest:Taming the Beast (Draenei 3)  Quest:Taming the Beast (Draenei ,3)  WTF!!!
11:12.00laurlywhats that thigie to find out what links to a page?
11:13.05Adystoolbox: whatlinksthere
11:16.07laurlygrumbles about how many ques chains shes done twice
11:32.57laurlyi dont want to clean up this mess....
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11:46.24laurlyslow wiki
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13:04.17Adyshttp://208.116.9.205/10/graphics/pics/10963/1.jpg
13:04.23Adysthat made me laugh
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13:11.30pcjsicko
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13:26.18AdysSoooooo
13:26.28Adyswhooooo wanna process a 94.6MB xml file? :p
13:27.01Adyslaurly: ping :)
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13:27.09laurlyping
13:27.21Fisker-it's pong
13:27.21AdysCould I abuse laurlybot for a while?
13:27.26AdysSHUT UP NOOB
13:27.35Fisker-why are you talking to yourself?
13:27.36laurlydepends on what you want to do to her. she doesnt like whips and chains
13:27.54Adysawh
13:30.12pcjsome guild stubs have been up for sd for over a month now
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13:38.46laurlykicks slow wiki
13:41.18pcjkicks slow curse.com idiocy
13:43.57laurlypcj when you taged all the quests for the bot did you go though stub/quest?
13:44.17pcjNo
13:45.27laurlylovly
13:46.18laurlyi have lost it doing <nowiki> isnted of <noinclude<
13:46.48pcjlol
13:50.19laurlyis tempted to start with quest_id 1 and work up
13:51.02laurlyhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Triage_%28Horde%29#Rewards <--- why doesnt that work right?
13:51.33foxlitBecause {{spell}} is the root of all evil
13:53.08pcjand spell:10846 doesn't exist?
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13:55.18laurlyblames adys for her pc crashing....
13:55.27Adyspats laurly
13:55.53laurlyIE is extreamly unhappy
13:55.57Adysfoxlit: 3 million lines for this xml :)
13:56.04AdysU WANT?N??
13:56.24foxlitEr, no
13:56.29Adysaw
13:56.48laurlygrumbles
13:56.53laurlyfoxlit kick adys for me plx
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13:58.47pcjwb laurly
13:59.05laurlyhmm
14:00.01laurlyany of you every had an eggdrop bot?
14:00.08Adysalmost
14:00.41KalrothI ran a few back on ircnet, but it's been a while
14:01.01laurlyhttp://www.xdobry.de/mysqltcl/  <--- how hard is it going to be to get that working?
14:01.08AdysKalroth: u want ma 3 million lines madness
14:01.14Adys96mb xml!
14:01.16laurlyits been about 10 years since i have had one.
14:01.20KalrothI got plenty of madness for myself!
14:01.43Adysoh gief
14:02.16laurlyif i can get an eggdrop to pop stuff into a que in the database php bot can run it from there.
14:02.51pcjlooks pretty simple laurly
14:03.22laurlybeen a while since i have compiled anything on my own on the server.
14:03.59laurlyeither that or i make a irc bot in php but thats not exactly stable.
14:04.13pcjlol
14:05.45laurlyecah... http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Twilight_Ring_of_Lordship  <-- fix that
14:06.32foxlitIs there any reason your spacing is mad?
14:07.23laurlywhich one?
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14:07.30foxlitIn that rewards section
14:07.44Kalrothlooks like two paragraphs?
14:07.52Kalrothafter the first line, yeah?
14:08.35laurlygrrr thats the template sec
14:08.37foxlitnah, in code
14:08.43foxlit"                {{Lootbox|You will receive:"
14:08.48foxlit"                |Twilight Cultist Ring of Lordship"
14:08.53Kalrothoh
14:09.25KalrothThat's called Adys-spacing
14:09.41laurlyfixed it
14:10.04laurlyna its in the template. i had the if's tabed in so i could read it forgot to remove them.
14:12.02foxlitUsing lootbox for single items might be a bit much
14:12.33laurlyits easer then adding another if to an already insane if in the template.
14:12.51foxlitSorry, no compassion here
14:13.13foxlitInsane templates are a sign of bad design, should've fixed it before it became a problem :)
14:13.16laurlywell if thats all you can find to complain about with the new bot then im happy :)
14:13.34pcjlaurly your bot is nice
14:16.03foxlitpsst, pcj
14:16.11foxlitnewFieldBuffer += '<tr><td><label for="wwExtDB">Use an external database:</label></td><td><input name="wwExtDB" id="wwExtDB" type="text" onChange="extDBChange();" onKeyUp="extDBChange();" onBlur="extDBChange();"> <select name="wwExtDBMC" id="wwExtDBMC" onChange="document.getElementById(\'wwExtDB\').value=this.value;extDBChange();"><option value="http://www.wowwiki.com/">WoWWiki (default)</option><option value="http://wow.allakhazam.
14:16.11pcjwhat
14:16.15foxlitThat.
14:16.34pcjwhat about it
14:17.03foxlitAre you purposefully trying to set the record for the longest line?
14:17.19pcjno
14:17.21foxlitgenTooltipToggle was a step in the right direction; do the same for that field :P
14:17.33pcjmeh
14:18.19foxlitactually, nevermind :P
14:18.50foxlitI might as well port the search URL selection and replace things with my version :)
14:19.02laurlyhttp://www.wowhead.com/?object=183342  <--- do we really wana do that?
14:19.22Adyshell yeah
14:21.25laurlysllooooow wiki
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14:25.56pcjthere you are foxlit, hope you're happy
14:26.32foxlitWell, okay, that's one way to do it
14:27.10foxlitThough loops would be more elegant at this point :)
14:27.57pcjwell i'd still have to create an array of external urls and friendly names
14:28.02pcjwhich would be more code
14:28.21laurlyWOOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.wowwiki.com/Category:Laurlybot:Quest_requests
14:28.40pcjgrats laurly
14:29.45Fisker-roars
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14:37.57laurlyfor now im going to run the quests manualy so if you tag anything let me know
14:38.45laurlylol laurlybot has made 12978  edits
14:39.02pcjnice laurly
14:41.16laurlybusy little thing
14:42.49pcjhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Special:Contributions/Imboreddude
14:42.50pcjban plz
14:42.56pcjslaps Adys
14:42.57pcjslaps foxlit
14:42.57pcjslaps Gryphen
14:42.57pcjslaps kd3
14:43.13Adysok
14:44.01Adysdone
14:44.56pcjty
14:44.58pcjcarry on
14:46.38laurlyso now is the question.
14:46.47laurlydo i go find something to do or start working on the npc module.
14:47.34pcjwell how many npc pages are there
14:47.41laurlyto many
14:48.01laurly715
14:48.19pcjmmm
14:49.00laurlyit shouldnt be as bad with NPC since i can reuse the quest code
14:49.04Adyshttp://www.wowwiki.com/WDB
14:49.07laurlyjust need a new template
14:49.28pcjgosh that's exciting adys
14:49.44Adysif it doesnt interest you, dont click?
14:50.15pcjso...is http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_Mac_OS_X_Icons really necessary
14:50.31Adyswtf
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14:51.11laurly?
14:51.33AdysThe MPQ icon is fucking awesome :(
14:52.06Adysand this list is incomplete
14:52.10Adyslacks bc and ptr icons
14:56.28pcjhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:New_Kodo_-_Green
14:59.38laurlyhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:New_Kodo_-_Green
15:02.10laurlypcj can you change the doquests and donpc templates to require an id and using that id make somekinda thing like elinks. so while the quests arnt run at least its linked some place?
15:02.30pcjok
15:04.06Adyslaurly
15:04.12Adysstrip() didnt do anything it seems
15:04.13laurlyyup?
15:04.19laurlyhm
15:04.28Adysfucking documentation
15:04.29Adyssod all
15:04.31laurlywhere are you riping the data from anyway?
15:04.40Adysstraight from the wdbs
15:04.52laurlysee now thats what i was just thinking about doing...
15:04.58Adys:D
15:05.01Adysteam up!
15:05.19laurlybut its in hex.....
15:05.25Adysits easy to parse
15:05.30Adysdo you have python running?
15:06.57laurlyyeah pythons on the server just not part of apachie
15:07.20Adysi havent put it up on a serv yet
15:07.48laurlyi do everthing on the server thats what its there for.
15:08.06Adysmeh I do it locally, its loads of data
15:08.12Adysgot about 400mb to input
15:08.17laurlythat and theres something messed up in the fire wall i cant connect to mysql on it from my pc have to ssh to it
15:08.17Adysand if i calculate it right
15:08.24Adysthats about 3.5gb to output
15:08.54laurlybut why us python?
15:09.06Adysbecause its easier than php for wdb parsing
15:09.19Adyslook at that
15:09.23Adyshttp://www.sourcepeek.com/wiki/PHP_WDB_Parsing_Class
15:09.35Adysmy script is 55 lines and i indent like mad
15:09.35laurlyperl?
15:09.41Adysperl sucks
15:10.29Adysbesides, python's minidom ftw
15:11.07laurlythinks we are both crazy
15:14.04Adyshttp://ayaz.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/reescape-pythons-equivalent-of-phps-addslashes/
15:14.07Adyslaurly :p
15:14.33laurlyplease dont get me going on another project.
15:14.38Adysoh why :(
15:14.47laurlyi have no life as it is.
15:15.25laurlybeen slacking on my officer dues for the last few weeks trying to get this bot going again.
15:15.59laurlyoh and i managed to wipe the raid last night becouse i was on the other monitor dealing with wiki crap :)
15:16.05Adyslol
15:16.43AdysParsing itemcache
15:16.43AdysI think we are done here. 22431 rows parsed.
15:16.43AdysDone!
15:16.46Adys<3
15:17.45laurlystill thinks it would be more fun to do it in php
15:17.50Adysnoo
15:17.53laurlyis it legal to be riping from those files?
15:18.03AdysIts what databases so
15:18.04Adysdo
15:18.32laurlyhmm what am i making for dinner?
15:18.48Adysoh ffs you gotta be kidding me
15:18.57Adysre.escape() DOES escape anything non alphanumeric
15:19.07Adys<name1Val>Robe\ of\ the\ Moccasin</name1Val>
15:19.07Adys<name2Val>Robe\ of\ the\ Moccasin</name2Val>
15:19.33laurlygiggles
15:20.50laurlywonders if itemchase itemtextcache and itemnameache all link.
15:21.46Adyshow so?
15:21.55Adysitemnamecache is uhhh
15:22.04Adysthe names of the items on set item tooltips
15:22.04laurlyhmm.
15:22.15Adysso that items are not cached when you have a single set item
15:22.21laurlyrip them all out and dump them into mysql then we can do what ever we want from there.
15:22.31Adysno way
15:22.37Adysgot xml data here
15:23.07laurlyyeah but loading a huge xml file is nasty
15:23.11pcjok laurly should be full supported with id parameter now
15:24.52laurlywowhead is a tad lagie
15:25.45pcjwell you could always use wowdb
15:26.11laurlyhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Acolyte_Porena hmm not quite
15:26.51pcjoh ofc
15:28.12laurlyperfect.
15:28.56laurlyi still need to figure out what im making for dinner.
15:29.20pcjlasagna
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15:45.46pcjhttp://www.wowwiki.com/White
15:45.51pcj"There are currently no white mobs in World of Warcraft. You may find NPCs with white names though."
15:45.54pcjthat's so racist
15:47.46pcji need to find another ambox to put on http://www.wowwiki.com/Dark_Ranger_Marrah
15:48.44laurlyFatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 35 bytes)  LOL
15:49.15Adysnice laurly
15:49.32laurlyguess parsing the file on the server isnt an option.
15:51.27Adysbaaaaahhh
15:51.34Adysi suck at xml, how should i replace thi
15:51.35Adysthis
15:52.01Adys<name1Val>Autographed Picture of Foror \& Tigule</name1Val>
15:52.01Adys---------------------------------------------------------^
15:52.24pcjreplace what
15:52.31Adysthe \&
15:53.36pcj&#38;
15:53.41Adysthanks
15:54.34Adysboy firefox is taking three times more memory than wow
15:54.47pcjusing v3 beta?
15:54.51Adysyes
15:54.58Adysbut parsing a 95mb xml :p
15:55.02pcjgg
15:56.18Adysok looks like everything works fine
15:57.04AdysXML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </itemcache>.
15:57.05Adysgah
15:57.17AdysLine Number 3028188, Column 4:
15:57.18Adys:D
15:58.05pcjwhy not use a smaller xml for testing
15:58.22Adysi did :) most is fine
15:58.34Adysbut some stuff happens very rarely, example  <name1Val>Autographed Picture of Foror & Tigule</name1Val>
15:59.03pcjjust put it all in CDATA blocks
15:59.28AdysMeh, not worth it
16:00.06laurlythinks this parser is possessed
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16:01.52Adysokay i think it works now
16:06.19pcjso are you changing the special characters manually or programmatically
16:06.43Adysautomatically
16:06.56pcjcool
16:07.08Adysxcont = struct.unpack('%is' % strlen, data[byteio:strio])[0].replace("&", "&#38;")
16:07.08Adysbyteio = strio+1
16:07.33Adysnot sure which other chars i should change *shrugs*
16:07.39Adysquotes are fine there
16:07.57pcji'm sure blizzard will come up with something
16:08.13Adyslmao
16:16.40laurlyis enjoying vent chat. think MT and GM are going to kill them.
16:26.51foxlitAdys: pure:gsub(quotable, quoted);
16:27.27foxlitThen again, not your language :P
16:27.37Adysahum
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17:10.51Dottedis away (kd3 - whee squid just went splat)
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17:43.23KeolahI'm such a bad person. I screamed spoilers at my friend about a movie he was currently watching.
17:43.29KeolahIn my defense, he was watching "Titanic"...
17:44.16pcjwow not like it isn't obvious what happens
17:44.27Keolahhehe
17:44.28pcjhey i think they're gonna make it, the ship can take the iceberg
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17:47.28foxlitwonders what Adys is up to
17:51.30laurlygz is pratt a bot?
17:52.01laurlythinks foxlit doesnt want to know what adys is up to.
17:52.18foxlitthinks those are not the druids laurly is looking for.
17:52.36Adyslol
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18:04.22Fisker-Dotted
18:04.23Fisker-hej
18:04.23DottedFisker-
18:05.02foxlitAdys: have a parsed version of spells.dbc?
18:05.13AdysNot parsing dbcs yet, but thats an idea
18:05.41foxlitThat's not a lot of help :P
18:06.06AdysAs in: I was wondering what to do now, thats a good idea
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18:12.39DuTempeteDotted, Adys, Hobinheim, foxlit: http://www.wowwiki.com/User_talk:Fandyllic#Reasons_Fandyllic_should_perma-join_IRC
18:13.08DuTempeteand maybe Gryphen too, but I heard he thinks we smell.
18:13.18AdysShit, we wont be able to make fun of him from here then?
18:13.25DuTempetehehe
18:13.31DuTempeteadd a reason :P
18:14.12foxlit# "Kickban DuTempete for own amusement"
18:14.21DuTempetesighs.
18:14.34Adysadded, you asked for it
18:15.10DuTempete...
18:15.28DuTempeteand I thought Adys is the one we kickban for amusement?
18:15.37*** mode/#wowwiki [+b *!*@*.hsd1.il.comcast.net] by Adys
18:15.37*** kick/#wowwiki [DuTempete!n=Adys@unaffiliated/adys] by Adys (Adys)
18:15.43*** mode/#wowwiki [-b *!*@*.hsd1.il.comcast.net] by Adys
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18:15.56AdysIm the one with the op
18:16.02AdysSince you cba to have it!
18:16.17DuTempeteonly because Kirk told you you couldn't make me op
18:16.39AdysBlame him *cringes*
18:17.44DuTempeteshrug, I'm neutral on all but appearing the nepotist.
18:18.07DuTempeteYou wanna nominate me for admin, you go right ahead :P
18:18.14Adyssure
18:18.14Fisker-You could have an affair with a one not opped
18:18.17Adyswhats kirk's password?
18:18.21Fisker-and  dump kirbburn
18:18.25Fisker-kirkburn*
18:18.31Fisker-greatest idea evar
18:18.34DuTempeteBut I'm not going to approve of ops until I'm an admin :P
18:18.44AdysFINE THEN
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18:18.54DuTempetelol I owuldn't tell, even if I knew it :P
18:19.18foxlitit's "peanuts"
18:19.32DuTempeteand no, Fisker-, I'm not dumping Kirkburn any time soon :P
18:19.52pcjwell i mean all it'd take is some clever xss from someone who had access to site js to get kirkburn's password
18:20.29DuTempetesighs.
18:20.56AdysSo to the question "What would you do if you'd get someone else's password first?"
18:21.01AdysI answer: "Change it"
18:21.18DuTempeteAll your lack of seriousness about this clearly shows a lack of sincerety in wanting me to be admin, so just give it up :P
18:21.27laurlyeah???
18:21.30AdysOH NO BUT I DO
18:21.44Adyswhere's captain serious when i need him
18:21.53pcji want laurly to be an admin i think it would be comical
18:21.55DuTempeteOut with Captain Obvious.
18:21.58foxlitpcj: there's nothing particularly clever about that amount of xss
18:22.11DuTempeteomg, Laurly would get in a bad mood and make everyone cry...
18:22.17DuTempeteI wanna see that...
18:23.10Adyslaurly would do a bad move with her bot
18:23.23Adys"oops i deleted all the pages in the category world of warcraft"
18:23.24laurly?
18:23.42laurlyhey now i havent /rf -rf / on my server yet
18:23.45DuTempetelol
18:23.47Adysnot yet
18:23.50laurlyalthough i did do format c: when i was in collage
18:23.56DuTempetehehehe
18:24.00laurlyteacher was quiet thrilled with that
18:25.05DuTempeteI bet... I would've found it thoroughly amusing.
18:25.51Fisker-rf?
18:26.04laurlyrecrsive force :)
18:26.10Fisker-yeah but twice?
18:26.12laurlyjust do it becouse i told you to damit
18:26.17Fisker-:D
18:26.19laurlyrm sorry :)
18:26.50laurlyAdys does this mean i have to learn how to deal with templates insted of getting pcj to do it for me?
18:26.57DuTempetelol
18:26.57Adysyea
18:27.00Fisker-i remember some stupid teacher of mine who were a total SUN zealot
18:27.08laurlycrap
18:27.13DuTempetebah, I'll do them for you, just ask :P
18:27.15pcji'll still do them for you laurly, just don't tell adys
18:27.18Fisker-and he had these jokes up with sexual references to a standard linux shell
18:27.20Adysono
18:27.31Fisker-so one day i replaced them all with a ssh login to sun.com and rm -rf /
18:28.11Fisker-he was liek "IMMA CHARGIN MY LASER"
18:28.33Fisker-also said he would expel the student who did it
18:31.21Fisker-Fisker- 1-0 #wowwiki
18:33.23foxlit~slashdot
18:33.35foxlit"Oh noes, our install base!"
18:40.18laurlyhmm i have a biger stick now.
18:40.27laurlypokes Fisker- with a big stick
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18:41.12laurlyping foxlit
18:41.22Dottedmmmmmmh stick
18:41.23foxlityawns
18:41.52laurlydidnt you have somekinda conversation thingie for armory items.   showing the types and subtype numbers what they where?
18:42.01laurlyfiguering this out manauly is booring
18:42.30foxlitFind their XSLT
18:46.38Hobinheimwait what's with pcj's comment, zeal is gone AGAIN?
18:46.47pcjuhh yes
18:47.11Hobinheimyawn
18:47.21DuTempetelol
18:47.25DuTempetefor a while now, Hobinheim
18:47.41DuTempetewe disagreed with him, so he ran off
18:47.53DuTempetethere might ahve been an insult or two exchanged...
18:47.59DuTempetemaybe...
18:48.04Hobinheimoh perma join.. i thought it said perma ban...
18:48.11DuTempetelol
18:48.11Hobinheimw/e that kid needs to grow up anyway
18:48.26Hobinheimoh well carry on
18:48.29Hobinheimvanishes into the darkness.
18:48.31DuTempetethat hed oes
18:48.33Hobinheimbumps into a tree.
18:48.36Dottedmaybe?
18:48.40DuTempetehugs Hobinheim
18:48.46Dottedi loled so hard a small poo come out
18:48.55Hobinheimtmi  you know
18:48.55DuTempetehahaha
18:49.08Dotted:P
18:49.19DuTempeteloled at the maybe or thei nsult? :P
18:49.45Dottedobvious maybe is obvious
18:49.50Dottedi guess
18:49.51DuTempetehehe
18:49.55DuTempetepossibly?
18:50.03Dottedmost likely
18:50.06DuTempetecould be
18:50.19Dottednow if newsbot was here i would 8ball spam
18:50.23DuTempetehehe
18:50.33DuTempetewhose fault is it he isn't eh?
18:50.37Adysnow if only you'd fix newsbot
18:50.58DottedNOW IF ONLY I WAS RICH AND COULD AFFORD A NEW MOBO!
18:51.13Adysur not rich?
18:51.13Adysn00b
18:51.17DuTempetelame.
18:51.21Dottedim a student
18:51.25DuTempetelamer.
18:51.37Dottedalthough i get payed for the study :P
18:51.39Adyshes danish
18:51.44Dottedso is fine
18:51.48DuTempetelol
18:52.08foxlit"Simon Game, begin game, solo"
18:52.19Dottedmore than you btw foxlit
18:52.43foxlitThat's so deliriously out of context :P
18:52.55Dotted:P
18:53.16Dottedmore than you btw Fisker-
18:53.26Dottednow im covered
18:53.42foxlitHow is editing the 14 articles going? :)
19:00.26foxlit"Increased Lifebloom Periodic" qq
19:00.32foxlitsuch a nightmare, those
19:28.12foxlit> SELECT id, name, bonusSpellDamage FROM itemcache2 ORDER BY bonusSpellDamage DESC LIMIT 1;
19:28.13foxlit30910|Tempest of Chaos|259
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21:11.04Fisker-http://www.wowwiki.com/Tharfor <-can anyone confirm that?
21:27.27Dottednot at all
21:27.54Dottedhttp://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html;jsessionid=602015E9B238A0FC8747857A8540D591.app09_04?topicId=3349705224&postId=33490938682&sid=1#0
21:28.15Dottedyou could have clicked the most recent posts link you big nub nab
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21:36.31laurlylol
21:37.30foxlit!finditem mp5 > 20
21:37.30Foxbotfoxlit: Apostle of Argus.
21:38.00foxlit!finditem spell damage > 200 && spell crit > 20
21:38.01Foxbotfoxlit: Tempest of Chaos, Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer, Vengeful Gladiator's War Staff, Vengeful Gladiator's Battle Staff, The Nexus Key.
21:40.05laurlydid we ever get a version of zone map with location on it working?
21:41.10pcjyes laurly
21:41.21laurlyname?
21:42.15pcjhttp://www.wowwiki.com/Template:Zone_Map
21:43.09laurlyoh very nice
21:43.11pcjif not Template:Coords will generate a popup location
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21:44.45laurlyput it on the npc pages?
21:44.54pcjput what
21:45.08laurlythe map with the loc's of where the mob is?
21:45.19laurlydoes it do anything if there is a lot of them or shall we limit it to a few?
21:46.01pcjHmm, Template:Coords only works with one location, I believe Zone Map will work with as many Zone Map Notes as you want
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21:47.08laurlybook marked it test it tomrrow
21:48.16laurlyif i was to put say markers in the page something like <!--Bot loot start     Bot loot end--> the bot could use those for replacing the loot later.
21:48.46laurlyassume we still want to do away with all the transcluded npc pages.
21:49.20pcjyeah
21:50.38foxlit!finditem [order:buy d] 1 = 1
21:50.39Foxbotfoxlit: Band of Icy Depths, Earthwarden, Trident of the Outcast Tribe, Blade of Wizardry, Stormcaller.
21:50.57laurlyfoxbot got a database?
21:51.14foxlitFoxbot travels to the past to serve you results faster :P
21:51.48pcj!finditem dps > 9000
21:51.49Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: dps
21:52.08laurly!foxbot help
21:52.19laurlynot very helpful
21:52.37foxlitDid you read any of the manuals that came with your pc? :)
21:52.52foxlit!finditem spell damage > 200 || mp5 > 20 || spell crit > 50
21:52.52Foxbotfoxlit: Apostle of Argus, Tempest of Chaos, Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer, Vengeful Gladiator's Gavel, Vengeful Gladiator's Spellblade.
21:56.37pcj!finditem holy resistance > 0
21:56.37Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: holy resistance
21:57.01pcj!finditem green
21:57.01Foxbotpcj: Unexpected characters present at half-way resolution.
21:57.06laurlynight guys.
21:57.12pcjnight laurly :)
21:57.55pcj!finditem red socket
21:57.55Foxbotpcj: Unexpected characters present at half-way resolution.
21:58.30pcj!finditem spirit > 0 || agi < 1 || defense rating > 5
21:58.31Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: agi
21:58.38pcj!finditem spirit > 0 || agility < 1 || defense rating > 5
21:58.38Foxbotpcj: Band of the Eternal Defender, Scepter of Purification, Bulwark of Azzinoth, Faceplate of the Impenetrable, Onslaught Handguards.
21:59.11pcj!finditem mana per 5 seconds > 20
21:59.11Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: mana per 5 seconds
21:59.15pcjlame
21:59.23foxlitmp5
21:59.30foxlit!finditem dps > 66.6
21:59.30Foxbotfoxlit: Unexpected characters present at half-way resolution.
21:59.37foxlit!finditem dps > 66
21:59.37Foxbotfoxlit: Warglaive of Azzinoth, Warglaive of Azzinoth, Cataclysm's Edge, Bristleblitz Striker, Apostle of Argus.
21:59.54pcj!finditem dps < abs(35)
21:59.54Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [RHS]: abs
22:00.08foxlitYou are not talking to SQL
22:00.12pcj!finditem armor > 00020
22:00.12Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: armor
22:00.25pcj!finditem damage != 16
22:00.25Foxbotpcj: Unexpected characters present at half-way resolution.
22:00.31foxlitSo functions are generally lacking
22:00.58pcj!finditem holy damage > 9
22:00.58Foxbotpcj: I don't think there is anything like that.
22:01.58pcj!finditem arcane resist > 000
22:01.58Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: arcane resist
22:02.05pcj!finditem arcane resistance > 000
22:02.05Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: arcane resistance
22:02.29pcj!finditem parry rating < 063
22:02.29Foxbotpcj: Attempting to use an unknown property [LHS]: parry rating
22:02.34pcjlame
22:05.59foxlit!finditem holy damage > 9
22:05.59Foxbotfoxlit: Band of the Eternal Sage, Antonidas's Aegis of Rapt Concentration, Tempest of Chaos, Robes of Rhonin, Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer.
22:06.06foxlit!finditem holy damage > 9 && spell damage = 0
22:06.07Foxbotfoxlit: Drape of the Righteous, Lightforged Blade.
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22:19.09foxlit!finditem [order:dps d] spell damage > 200
22:19.09Foxbotfoxlit: [Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer], [Vengeful Gladiator's War Staff], [Vengeful Gladiator's Battle Staff], [The Nexus Key], [Merciless Gladiator's War Staff].
22:19.41foxlitHrm, all those pretty swirly colors don't work in channels :(
22:20.48Adysfoxlit, ping
22:22.59foxlitpong
22:23.31Adysfoxlit, any idea if the recent wdbs (ptr) changed their endsig for strings!
22:23.35Adys?*
22:23.50foxlitnone at all
22:23.56foxlitis not on PTR :(
22:24.05Fisker-datamining!
22:24.42AdysEither the recent wdbs dont use name2 name3 name4 anymore and the strings are ended with 4 \x00
22:24.48Adysor the columns are empty
22:28.29Adysok, the columns are empty
22:28.30Adyslame
22:53.46winkillerhello Adys
22:53.51Adysyo
22:54.43Adysyes winkiller ?
22:54.56winkillerjust hello :P
22:55.21Adyshi :P
23:13.49KeolahHigh/blood elves really need a better naming scheme. I'm starting to be unable to tell their people, places, and things apart... they all have "Sun" and "Dawn" in their names. :P
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23:28.48Adysnot much different with night elves
23:29.00AdysAll with "Night" and "Moon" in their name
23:29.37Amarandeheh
23:31.15Amarandehmm, I hope Wrath of the Lich King is more soloey.
23:34.08Amarandeor at least, more friendly towards small guilds
23:34.34KeolahI'd be happy with more stuff aimed toward groups of 2-3 people.
23:34.46AmarandeKeolah: definitely :)
23:34.53Amarandemaybe even smaller-group dungeons
23:34.55pcjsoloey wouldn't make much sense since it's an MMO
23:35.01Amarandethough I doubt they'll ever go below 5-man for that
23:35.22Amarandepcj: problem with BC right now though is it's difficult on many servers to do the group content without a large guild
23:35.32foxlitlarge guilds do group content?
23:35.37foxlitLunacy!
23:36.54KeolahI would _love_ to see a dungeon tuned for 3 people instead of 5.
23:37.12AdysOnyxia's lair
23:37.12foxlitKeolah: tank + dps + healer?
23:37.14Adysoh, wait
23:37.33AdysMMOs have a lot to learn
23:37.38foxlitEither (a) too easy or (b) locks out specs/classes
23:37.42Adysjust like the internet had a lot to learn in 1995 :P
23:37.47Keolah(Besides just "be a few levels high for it", which isn't very feasable for the higher level ones ;p)
23:37.58AdysLike they have to learn that whole instant class switching thing
23:38.12Adysthat its good, it keeps people alive, awake, and enjoying the game
23:38.17foxlitMeh, Adys.
23:38.22AdysMeh what :)
23:38.25foxlitIt ruins any sense of character attachment
23:38.38AdysThat's because it's still early
23:39.26AdysA lot of game industries have to realise when they make a mmo, they need to push the style up something that is totally new, while not totally repulsing the user by giving something they cant understand at all
23:39.35AdysIt's called evolution :p
23:39.50AdysBut either way, stagnating is no good
23:40.14foxlitErr... :)
23:40.17AdysI have a char, its a certain class, maybe even a certain race, has hp, has mana, has experience, levels up...
23:40.25foxlitTake sharks.
23:40.33foxlitSharks have been around for ages.
23:40.34AdysI dont want sharks
23:40.57AdysGo compare apples and oranges elsewhere? :P
23:41.07AdysWe're not talking about pleasing mother nature
23:41.09foxlitnp, apples < oranges
23:41.19Adysdisagreed, but thats offtopic
23:41.27foxlitThere's a point
23:41.45foxlitMutations to undesirable directions don't survive
23:41.48AdysI see it, but it's not really valid comparing something that evolves in millions of years
23:41.59Adyswith something that will be utterly different in a human lifetime
23:42.06foxlitLikewise, there's no reason to evolve a design that's so desirable that there's only undersirable mutations
23:42.25Adyssure
23:42.33Adystheres people still playing UO after all.
23:42.38foxlitSo, in some cases, stagnation is good :)
23:42.39Adysdo they make money?
23:42.53foxlitNot a clue.
23:42.54Keolahhey,
23:42.56KeolahI liked UO :P
23:43.01AdysRight, ok, look at it this way
23:43.09Keolahlike... several years ago :p
23:43.37AdysSharks get bruteforced into dominance (really shortening it here but you see the point)
23:43.50AdysWoW is dominant in the market right now
23:44.11Adysif another MMO comes out, how do they make their way up the top?
23:44.49Keolahby sucking the right people's dicks.
23:44.49KeolahOh, wait, that's politics, nm.
23:44.49AdysIf the user sees "Its the same game, with night elves called dark elves and paladins called knights"
23:45.08AdysTheres no reason the user would buy it, given the odd company's fan, etc
23:45.12Keolahdepends
23:45.23KeolahI'd play a scifi version of WoW that was essentially the same game :p
23:45.36AdysNo you wouldnt
23:45.41KeolahYes I would :P
23:45.47KeolahDon't tell me what I would or wouldn't do :P
23:45.51AdysOk, I'm a game company
23:46.01Adysand I tell you you wouldnt bring me any worthwhile money
23:46.13KeolahNope, I won't, I'm broke :p
23:46.14AdysBecause if I make such a game, you'd eventually buy it
23:46.22KeolahO:)
23:46.41Adysbut you'd never stay. You have to leave WoW for that, meaning, Im more interesting
23:46.57KeolahWoW meets HL2... "Go kill 20 headcrabs!" ;p
23:47.12AdysWhy am I more interesting? You have friends in my game? Almost no chance, wow has too much market
23:47.14Adysand Im new
23:47.23KeolahWhy do I have to leave anything for anything?
23:47.34Adysbecause as you just said you're broke
23:47.43Adysyou're not gonna pay two monthly subscriptions for the same game
23:47.45KeolahYeah, that's why bf's are for.
23:48.06Adysdont trust me, not my problem :)
23:48.34KeolahLike when I heard there was a WH40k MMO coming out, I was excited at first... until I found out it was all the stuff I like _least_ of mmos.
23:48.51AdysSee
23:49.00Adysyou are interested by the content, over the wrapper
23:49.07KeolahI'm interested by setting. :p
23:49.17KeolahI'm not interested in pvp.
23:49.26Adysthats content
23:49.51KeolahWoW would make me happy if it didn't have pvp. ;p
23:50.05AdysYou're done proving my point? :P
23:50.09KeolahAnd if twits couldn't come in and raid tarren mill for the tenth time in a day.
23:50.15foxlitAdys: just as soon as you state it :)
23:50.30AdysI stated it a while ago
23:50.37foxlitrepeat, plx
23:50.38Adys[00:44:44] <@Adys> If the user sees "Its the same game, with night elves called dark elves and paladins called knights"
23:50.38Adys[00:45:09] <@Adys> Theres no reason the user would buy it, given the odd company's fan, etc
23:50.50Adys[00:45:25] <Keolah> I'd play a scifi version of WoW that was essentially the same game :p
23:50.50Adys[00:45:37] <@Adys> No you wouldnt
23:51.03AdysYou are interested by the content, more than the wrapper
23:51.16foxlitWhat's the content, and what's the wrapper in this context?
23:51.22foxlit[and what's the meta point?]
23:51.41AdysThe content is the core of the game, how it works, is it fun, is it addictive etc
23:51.57Adysthe wrapper is the lore, the background, the races etc
23:52.36foxlitA game is more than its mechanics :)
23:52.38AdysSo I need more than just a pretty advert on tv to get subscribers that will get me any sort of money
23:52.51foxlitName a good game, and you'll usually find an engaging story behind it
23:52.52Adyssure, a game is more than its mechanics
23:53.02AdysBut it needs both, not just a good wrapper
23:53.15Adysa good wrapper gets buyers, a good game gets subscribers and fans
23:53.22foxlitcurrent mechanics + better story > current mechanics + current story
23:53.44foxlitAnd, heck, I'd subscribe to a game that essentially does nothing but tells you a story
23:53.54Adysyou would, maybe
23:54.00AdysI probably wouldnt, and a lot more wouldnt
23:54.13Adysonce you enter the market, you are almost guaranteed to get buyers
23:54.25Adysbut you need to get over your costs at first
23:54.39KeolahWoW is not a perfect game by any sense of the word. ;p
23:54.48foxlitBioshock, for example
23:54.53Adysyou think? it has the community
23:55.02Adysthats a HUGE headstart
23:55.05foxlitIt's a pretty second-rate fps by its mechanics
23:55.13Amarandeyeah, I'm a pretty good story weaver, but the business aspects are hardly my forte
23:55.19Amarandeif anything, I tend to spit in the face of the business world
23:55.19foxlitWhat actually makes it worth paying is the stuff you classify as a wrapper :(
23:55.21KeolahWoW has absolutely _crap retarded_ game mechanics in a lot of ways.
23:55.25Amarandeespecially after what happened with Xenosaga :(
23:55.53Adysyou guys talk about those games like if they were actually leaders
23:56.26KeolahI've been playing HL2 a bit lately, and been impressed at the game mechanics. Yeah, so WoW isn't an FPS... it also has completely retarded mechanics like the fact that characters can stand on top of one another :p
23:56.28AdysIm devoting two years to develop mine, I wouldnt want it to fail horribly at first, costs or not
23:56.45AdysKeolah, get over hallucinations please
23:56.58KeolahSo you're saying that being able to stand inside of a mob is a sensible game mechanic? :p
23:57.14AdysWoW does have a lot of retarded mechanics, but char collision is not the problem
23:57.15foxlitKeolah: yes
23:57.22foxlitIt's a sensible game mechanic for MMOs
23:57.24KeolahI didn't say it was a problem. i said it was retarded. :p
23:57.30Adysoookay
23:57.32foxlitYou really DO NOT want people blocking doorways :)
23:57.50KeolahThat's a problem with city/server overcrowding. ;p
23:57.56Adyslol
23:58.00Adyskeolah, imagine this
23:58.02foxlitIt'd detract from general enjoyment if a bunch of idiots decided to play physics boxman with people
23:58.05Adysyou are a game company
23:58.17AmarandeYeah, and escort quests
23:58.18Adys"Hey guys, lets do it like that, its not like we are gonna get a lot of subscribers anyway"
23:58.24AmarandeI still remember GW having problems with some escort quests
23:58.34Amarandebecause the NPCs involved were set to 'can't pass through'
23:58.43Amarandeand players would be constantly getting stuck
23:59.03AdysBoy, blizzard knows damn well character collision sucks :)
23:59.05foxlit(ironically, players generally avoid colliding with other players - cheap tactics at their finest!)
23:59.17Adysthey had it all the way in warcraft and diablo
23:59.18Keolahand WoW has problems with some escort quests, because the stupid NPC doesn't understand "wait a minute for me to kill this guy, noooo don't walk off and aggro 5 more guys!"
23:59.30Amarandein particular, there was this one where you had to escort a bunch of kids in GW
23:59.40Amarandeand the kids would always crowd around you, and you'd get stuck and have to map out
23:59.44Adysi dont wanna sound rude keolah
23:59.59AmarandeAdys: Keolah is right

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