2.10.2010 - Shields down

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2.10.2010 - Shields down

Post by SevTiZ » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:49 pm

That solution is EPIC! I'm going to have to nominate this for a Crowning Moment of Awesome!

Unfortunately, I'm willing to bet that the actual MMO won't let you pull off crazy-awesome, creative, Kobayashi Maru-worthy stunts like that. Oh, the irony....
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Post by Tetsuei » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:13 pm

I remember that in the beta - if you were in the unfortunate position of having food items in your character inventory while having 1 tribble, you could come back and your food items would be gone, and you'd have multiple. Little things like that made me laugh, and cry a bit, as I junked the extra tribbles.
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Re: 2.10.2010 - Shields down

Post by KvanNvar » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:16 pm

Its still happening folks are breeding them now looking to get rare tribbles. I got a tribble farm going in my bank at moment. I toss a stack are too of food in every few days let them go at it.
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Post by Deacon » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:58 pm

KvanNvar, where are you from, originally?
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Re: 2.10.2010 - Shields down

Post by ampersand » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:01 pm

So you're telling me Tribbles are this MMO's version of Chobos? Great.
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Post by adciv » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:06 pm

Or Pokemon. Except these ones multiply faster.

Which makes me think of something:
Programmer #1: I have an idea! We'll make every 10^9th tribble a rare/collectible one!
Programmer #2: Are you nuts? These are tribbles we're talking about!
Programmer #1: Good point. Better make it 10^12.
Programmer #2: Now you're thinking.
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Post by Sagacious D » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:40 pm

SevTiZ wrote: Unfortunately, I'm willing to bet that the actual MMO won't let you pull off crazy-awesome, creative, Kobayashi Maru-worthy stunts like that. Oh, the irony....
And that, dear forumites, is why tabletop RPGs will never go out of style. GMs can improvise resolutions to crazy-awesome player stunts; MMO programmers cannot.
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Re: 2.10.2010 - Shields down

Post by adciv » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:32 pm

SevTiZ wrote:That solution is EPIC! I'm going to have to nominate this for a Crowning Moment of Awesome!
*sigh* Three hours later...
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Post by Mae Dean » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:39 pm

HAHAHA! Nice. :)

(And yes, I realize you can't beam through an enemy's sheilds. A few people called me on it, and I had to remind them that I have a limited amount of space to get a punchline across. Sometimes things like that need to be omitted to make it funny. :P Also, who says I never took down their shields ahead of time?)
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Post by Dr_WhoFan » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:45 pm

Greg... Long time reader, first time poster...

I just gotta say, I laughed for half an hour. That was Hilarious!

100/10!
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Post by kb2zuz » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:05 am

I'm loving this week. This had me sore from laughing. Tribbles: the original biological weapons of mass destruction.

Am I the only one who thinks there's not enough Lens Flare for being on the bridge of a starship? :happyroll:
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Post by FireAza » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:19 am

SevTiZ wrote:That solution is EPIC! I'm going to have to nominate this for a Crowning Moment of Awesome!
I'd say blocking yourself from TV Tropes has done jack all, Sev :P
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Re: 2.10.2010 - Shields down

Post by SevTiZ » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:54 pm

Yeah, no, not really. I still prefer to waste time online instead of doing my homework. Why do you think I came back to the forums(/fora)?

Also, since the URLs are so simple, addiction-by-proxy is easy as CamelCase!
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