Squid Division

I was in 8th grade. I walked into my 2nd period class and the news was on, the Pentagon had just been hit. Living in the DC suburbs, it was a surreal experience. A few kids lost one or both of their parents.

Re-animated

The SOE breach was serious apparently

Rest assured it won't work.

It just keeps getting better... Above and below via Shacknews

qj8kuOVLLO0&feature=player_detailpage#t=302s Absolutely amazing.

If only there was a giant hole in the middle of the ocean that went down to bedrock....

Then you should. Come play with us

There are two, aren't there? So it might not be yours.

My idea was to have the building shaped like a cylinder with thick walls and a hollow center. To leave the station you'd use the drop launch that anvil and I came up with, it only takes up 2 squares so you could keep it within the walls. To return to the station I was thinking that there'd just be a track around the outside edge of the inner, hollow cylinder. The launch would only go down and the screw track would only go up. There'd be no switches because you'd pick your destination to leave, and each return line feeds into it automatically, removing the need for player interaction.

Anyone thought any more about the spawn changes I proposed? Specifically: Knock down the unused wheat farm just to the west of spawn and build a big skyscraper-Grand Central Station thing. Knock down the tree in front of spawn and expand the area into a plaza and build a proper, large, aesthetic community chest. anvil pointed out that the problem with the drop-cart system is how you get them back up. I was thinking that maybe we could have a large central cylinder that the track goes around on the inside that all incoming lines feed into.

As they pointed out on the new Tested podcast - especially Japanese companies do this.

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The guy working on integrating pistons (Jens?) got moved to 'another project' so they won't be worked on until (if?) he comes back. The sooner the mod code access comes though, the sooner it won't matter. Can you implement a mod on a server level, like a plugin?

Especially since the server has a dynamic map now, there's virtually zero use for us. If it scrolled with the user (ie was centered on the player) then it'd be very useful for navigating to unvisited areas.

I'm sure everyone has seen that he's working on maps, but as always, he does something really stupid to hinder whatever feature he's making:

Ah ok that makes sense. I remembered the end of Portal 1, but that picture pretty much explains everything.

super duper duper duper spoilers A question I've been wondering:

Kushet, just so you know, if you didn't already, you can put a redstone torch under a powered track and it will still work. However, when you put the track over it, it won't be powered (in my experience) so you need to put a torch next to the track to power it, then knock it down and the track will stay powered from the buried one.

Anvil and I were brainstorming some spawn-reform. We thought a giant tower to the immediate west of spawn would be a good spot. It's empty and completely flat at the bottom - the entrance would be at spawn-level. We developed a method of dropping carts any distance to a powered track below. This means that we don't have to ramp tracks down from the top of a skyscraper, we can simply drop the cart/rider to ground level/underground level/wherever. I proposed that the construction be a bit of group effort/art with people adding their own 'style' to the building. With me adding some columns or domes for example. You can play with our prototype chute in the middle of the walkway in the Roman city. I personally think the whole spawn area is a little convoluted and not signed very well despite being covered in them. I had an idea of knocking down the tree right in front of spawn and making spawn more of a plaza, with a robust community chest (akin to the one on the first server) to the east (opposite the proposed train station).

Yes, but a Thumb Central Station is MUCH easier to navigate (especially for new people).

New view of the skyline of the Roman City. New: the 1950s Sci-Fi Rocket and the NEW Thumbs Mausoleum (the old one being my very first building on the first server - the pyramid). Also my villa got reroofed, the wool should soak up all that new rain.

K-Bohls and I just gone done with the coop campaign. Most of it was without mics. The campaign was great, but really, a lot has to be said for the gestures and pointing mechanics - really great. Between that and typing we really didn't even need mics.

It's valve using steam to alter playtimes to make it look like the game is actually longer than it is. ...is what I'm sure they'll say/are saying

I posted about how I don't like the new Frenden texture pack, but figured it wasn't really relevant to anyone else. However, after I deleted it, I went ahead and patched together a custom one out of the last version and the new one (and it fixes all of what you didn't like Tobacco, with the only new texture being sandstone[that I've noticed]). Link here I love the Windwaker look, but I might need to be looking for a new pack as the game/pack gets further updates. What packs are everyone else using?