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Oh, my, i23 is out, and it's time to pay the piper, Arcanaville!

Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2012-05-31 18:10 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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And that's just for a radio button. The reason we don't get pulldown menus is because NCSoft refuses to advertise job opportunities for female virgins.
Somehow "Help wanted, 6 positions open for female virgins, short term, early retirement, extra bonus for bringing your own candles, great dental plan" still doesn't go over well.

 

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Test and Beta are once again available.

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There's a UI team?
I c wut u did thar

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Test and Beta are once again available.
They were up last night so I started working on it, but this morning something seems to be squirrelly with test: I can log in but I never get my character list.

I'm working on something I little different from just a simple screencapture, and I needed Lazarillo's help with one piece of it. Hopefully it'll be done tonight assuming test or bet are working correctly after work.

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Hopefully it'll be done tonight assuming test or bet are working correctly after work.
By the sounds of it, the bet is WAI

 

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There isn't a UI team, that's why our UI updates suck so bad, and why their time is so valuable - they're doing something more important, like animations or power design or whatever.
Or sweeping the floors or delivering mail. I guess not having a UI team might explain why the developers react to requests that involve messing with the UI like a vampire hissing at a cross.

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Or sweeping the floors or delivering mail. I guess not having a UI team might explain why the developers react to requests that involve messing with the UI like a vampire hissing at a cross.
Ain't that the most fitting mental image XD

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Or sweeping the floors or delivering mail. I guess not having a UI team might explain why the developers react to requests that involve messing with the UI like a vampire hissing at a cross.
I wish I could tell all of this story, but there was a time when a UI element was added that didn't quite match what the game was supposed to do, but rather than change the UI the game behavior was changed to match the UI. It didn't ultimately harm the functionality of that part of the game, but it was still bizarre to me.

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Oi...

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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

 

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The two help wanted ads for UI specialists is still up on the site.

<weeps>
My best friend is a UI specialist. I tried to get him to apply a couple years back when he was out of a job, but he gave me the "you're talking crazy" look.

(Living on the opposite side of the country didn't do much for his interest in the job, either.)

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I don't really understand what the bet was about. Or how it involves a Talos Island contact.

Could someone elaborate?

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I don't really understand what the bet was about. Or how it involves a Talos Island contact.

Could someone elaborate?
Well, I don't know where you are getting Talos Island from, but the bet is quiet straightforwardly laid out in the OP.

But basicly, back in the beta for I20.5, when Null the gull was added as a contact in Pocket D for people to turn off the option of having speed buffs applied from such powers Speed Boost, Accelerate Metabolism etc and to automatically accept or refuse buffs such as Mystic Fortune, Lazarillo and Arcanaville had a discussion about weather those options would or would not be added to the UI for ease of use to the player base. Laz was firmly in the camp that this was all the Devs were going to do to add those options where as Arcana believed that it was only a stop gap measure till the Devs figured a way to add it to the UI. Arcana laid out a theory that by the release of I23 we should know one way or another. The pair of them settled it with a friendly bet along Arcana's time frame where the looser "must post a picture of themselves bowing before Null the Gull while extolling the foresight of the other."

Well, I23 is here and Arcana had admitted defeat in this case and her forfeit will be paid soon (TM).

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Then it's time for them to get off the cross, use the wood to build a bridge, and get over it.
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Well, I don't know where you are getting Talos Island from, but the bet is quiet straightforwardly laid out in the OP.
I can only assume, that Piper Irving in Talos Island is finally getting paid.

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But basicly, back in the beta for I20.5, when Null the gull was added as a contact in Pocket D for people to turn off the option of having speed buffs applied from such powers Speed Boost, Accelerate Metabolism etc and to automatically accept or refuse buffs such as Mystic Fortune, Lazarillo and Arcanaville had a discussion about weather those options would or would not be added to the UI for ease of use to the player base. Laz was firmly in the camp that this was all the Devs were going to do to add those options where as Arcana believed that it was only a stop gap measure till the Devs figured a way to add it to the UI.
Aha, that's much clearer. Thank you.

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I can only assume, that Piper Irving in Talos Island is finally getting paid.
Ah, well, duh to me!

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Aha, that's much clearer. Thank you.
You're welcome

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Then it's time for them to get off the cross, use the wood to build a bridge, and get over it.
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Well, I23 is here and Arcana had admitted defeat in this case and her forfeit will be paid soon (TM).
Now (TM).

I couldn't think of a good way to capture the terms of the bet in a screencapture, so with Lazarillo's consent the terms have been extended to allow for a video submission. Here she is.

I'm afraid there are glitches here and there, and its not my best scripting work. I started this on Monday but when I realized it would not work without my Nemesis there, I scrubbed all that work and asked Laz for some assistance which he kindly (err, I assume kindly) provided in the form of a costume file I could use.

I set a limit of one day to do this (tuesday evening, actually), which is why its rough in some places: it didn't seem right to go off for weeks and aim for perfection while delaying Laz's trophy. But to be honest, all I can think about is how much better it would be if I just did X or Y. And I can't believe I accidentally merged the wrong file and a mouse cursor shows up.

Thanks to Laz for being a good sport (which is fairly easy when you win, but still); this was actually rather fun.

And to officially satisfy the terms of the bet, here's an image of Laz getting his pound of flesh:

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Now (TM).

I couldn't think of a good way to capture the terms of the bet in a screencapture, so with Lazarillo's consent the terms have been extended to allow for a video submission. Here she is.

I'm afraid there are glitches here and there, and its not my best scripting work. I started this on Monday but when I realized it would not work without my Nemesis there, I scrubbed all that work and asked Laz for some assistance which he kindly (err, I assume kindly) provided in the form of a costume file I could use.

I set a limit of one day to do this (tuesday evening, actually), which is why its rough in some places: it didn't seem right to go off for weeks and aim for perfection while delaying Laz's trophy. But to be honest, all I can think about is how much better it would be if I just did X or Y. And I can't believe I accidentally merged the wrong file and a mouse cursor shows up.

Thanks to Laz for being a good sport (which is fairly easy when you win, but still); this was actually rather fun.

And to officially satisfy the terms of the bet, here's an image of Laz getting his pound of flesh:
Hehehe, it may be rough, but well done Arcana. Yet another example of why I am proud to be a part of this community.

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Then it's time for them to get off the cross, use the wood to build a bridge, and get over it.
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Hahaha. Okay I laughed. Excellent use of the emotes. Well done. Congrats to Laz for the win.

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Posting from my phone I can't see the movie yet but suffice to say I'm looking forward to geting home today. Speaking of good sports, I think you deserve a tip of the hat for a loss with grace and enthusiasm. I admit when the bet was made I saw it as win/win. Regardless of who's right, there'd be an amusing result.

I admit it's nice to win, though. But now that we've embarrassed her let's maybe go ahead and add the options after all, Devs?

 

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...But now that we've embarrassed her let's maybe go ahead and add the options after all, Devs?
Agreed.

...and if they do, can we then spread the rumor that they intentionally delayed everything by an issue just to spite Arcanaville?

 

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Agreed.

Especially since it's probably the only way they can best her.

 

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Hahaha, well done, Arcana.

As a demo editor and an RPer that tries to use emotes like a puppeteer... I applaud and appreciate your efforts!

However... today's day is Laz's!

Congratulations, Laz! Today's Ruler Of The Maths!!
(What, this was a title fight, right?)

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Agreed.

...and if they do, can we then spread the rumor that they intentionally delayed everything by an issue just to spite Arcanaville?
That's no rumor...

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*wonders if she has Arcanaville's democode*

Hmmmmmm...

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*wonders if she has Arcanaville's democode*

Hmmmmmm...

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LMAO! I can hear the gears turning in your head from here.

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