Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T15:52:36-04:00
*per minute, sorry.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T15:53:19-04:00
What was the first comment ever?
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-19T15:55:04-04:00
Right, before I wander off to find my bed, the other little thing on my todo list will be posted in the kittencorps forum. For those wanting to partake of it, send you comments there please. I will eventually catch up with everything.
The item todo is: Craft a book of Lore/Quotes/Law/History of the rise of the 'Corps and it's members. Addons/amendments/Wars can be added or merged at a later stage.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T15:58:00-04:00
The Riddle "Hour" was an integral part, we all know that. I'm still so sad I joined so late and couldn't be part of all the early days and merriment!
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-19T15:58:44-04:00
@Zem,
first ever comment:
Tom Macfarlan 2015-01-20T13:29:51-05:00
Well that was funded quickly. Congrats.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T15:59:14-04:00
Yes, Zem. I know. When I said that I thought bio-chem was worse, what I meant was that I found bio-chem to be a much more difficult class than O-chem. But I had a really good O-chem professor and a terrible bio-chem professor.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T16:06:07-04:00
It was funded fully in the time it took for one person to even type a comment out!
I've never had a bad science teacher, so I don't know how people say they've had bad experiences and it makes me sad because usually those people just avoid science altogether. I've only had one bad experience with a teacher and that was World History in high school with a teacher so boring he would literally take 2 weeks for one SECTION, not chapter, and give the answers to tests just before handing those out. We only got to the founding of ancient rome, unit 6 or something. That was just a sad, boring class.
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-19T16:08:25-04:00
The riddle "hour" nearly went on for a whole day. And I'm catching up on the forum.... I missed a lot of stuff. Well done PoT! I understand now.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T16:11:39-04:00
Yeah, I think most people who have "bad" science teachers just aren't interested in science. I love science, though. I've had two bad science teachers. One was in high school. He was in charge of zoology and wildlife biology, but I knew more about biology than he did (example: he insisted that a codon consisted of four base pairs), and my bio-chem professor. He was dreadfully boring, and didn't explain much. The average exam score in his class was 46-58. If your average score is that low, you as a teacher are doing something wrong
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T16:15:26-04:00
Also, it was fully funded before my pledge was complete. There were almost no pledges before I started mine
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T16:18:11-04:00
That's why it's called riddle "hour" instead of "riddle hour". ::::] <=== spider smiley
I had a class (Quantitative Chemical Analysis, as fun as it sounds, basically statistics) where the average test score was like 60-75 out of 150 every time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T16:18:35-04:00
Ah dang, that was a long lunch break, but I have to get back to it. Several things on top of getting all my stuff together to move out tomorrow, so I guess I should start on it all again now. See you all later!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T16:19:29-04:00
See that sounds like a bad teacher to me
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-19T16:25:30-04:00
@TEP. Understand what now?
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-19T16:48:49-04:00
PoT, I caught up with the forum.
And I created a new post. "Working Title(s): The Lore of the 'Core / The Book of Kittens"
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-19T16:49:22-04:00
Night All! See you tomorrow!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T17:01:44-04:00
Night TeP. Maybe tomorrow you will see a comment in the KC hangout with my ideas...if I end up finding the login info and not getting distracted first.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T18:37:24-04:00
Finally nearly done with stuff. It feels like fall here! But it will become warm again in a couple days.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T19:33:32-04:00
At least for once I was here during the fun time when everyone is here, and during an especially fun, funny, heartwarming, and special day too! Speaking of which, where is derp?!
Nadia Hicks 2015-08-19T21:03:58-04:00
Lord Zombitten thanks for the support link. Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon. I did message Elan, Black Box and Matthew personally and have not heard anything. Even the Kickdstarter Support email sent me a VERY generic reply that didn't solve anything, let's hope that I can get my box soon.
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-19T21:16:00-04:00
@Nadia Hicks
Do not expect a reply within days, it is far more likely to be between a week and two weeks. The support team is not checking any incoming mail boxes other than support@explodingkittens.com and the blackbox email. The EK team are being inundated by emails right now to the tune of about a thousand a day. They are answering them in the order they are received and I am told each email is taking between 10 and 30 minutes to resolve the originators issue. They are getting your email. They are responding to your email. Please do not send more email about the same problem for at least two weeks.
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-19T21:21:47-04:00
@Nadia Hicks
Have you attempted getting in touch with the agency which claims they delivered your package to start a trace? You might be bale to resolve this yourself before the team answers your email.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-08-19T22:23:50-04:00
Wow! I don't get on until now, and you guys have been busy in here.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T22:44:20-04:00
Hello, Trinkets. Just got back on and will continue to do so for some time, though I should really go to bed a bit earlier tonight and may end up doing so.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T23:11:20-04:00
I also have to go to bed now so I can go to work early so I can get off early so I can make a cheesecake before fencing
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-19T23:23:54-04:00
Hiya Trinkets.
On a whim I just went back to look at the comments section of every update since the beginning of the campaign.
I found complaints and questions with August dates in updates #2, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, and of course the latest, 28.
Really people? Do you really think the crew is going back to old updates to see what you're saying today? They aren't even checking here regularly.
People... Some days I want to be some other kind of creature. ::: Sigh :::
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T23:28:59-04:00
I almost always want to be some other creature; one with magical abilities. It could be fun to be a gnome, for example.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-19T23:29:43-04:00
Or a Grey Jedi zabrak
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T23:57:48-04:00
PoT, Holy hell that was a hell of a read! Read my response to your forum posting! I read the entire plan, which used up my night time for watching videos and playing games while everyone is asleep, but it was worth it!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-19T23:58:17-04:00
Good night now! Today was totally worth it, except for in real life because I had so much work to do.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-08-20T00:00:29-04:00
Holy cow, I went back to see when I put my first reply to the plan and apparently I read from about 9:50 to about 11:00! That plan took up more than an entire hour of my time! Granted I also made notes on it, which added alot of time.
Also you've made me nostalgic for the good ole days with your statistics and numbery posts.
And yes- glad to have zem here to help people since I am no longer able to be online as much!
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-20T03:03:19-04:00
Morning Creeper!
Morning Kittens!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-08-20T08:30:16-04:00
Last comment about 5 hours ago?
Just like the good ol' days.
At least it's not all "Why no one answer my 10,000,048 emails about my cardz!!!!!!! "
Looks like for the most part, that's done.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-08-20T08:40:34-04:00
Lord Zombitten about 9 hours ago
I also have to go to bed now so I can go to work early so I can get off early so I can make a cheesecake before fencing
@LZ, if you mean fencing like us country folk might think you do, your comment is average.
If you mean fencing like as in, foils, sabres and épées, you comment is AWESOME!!!!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T09:40:58-04:00
@Trinkets, I mean fencing as in with foils, epees, and sabres.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-08-20T09:44:26-04:00
Yesssss!!!!!!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T09:51:15-04:00
Yeah, it's a great sport
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T09:57:35-04:00
'Sup?
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T09:59:07-04:00
Uh oh, I stole number 93,000. Now Zem is gonna be all pouty.
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T10:00:59-04:00
I fenced in High School, and learned sword in my 20's. When my knees are both functional again I'd like tog et back in to that. A friend of mine works with a sword school in Chicago.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-08-20T10:22:14-04:00
En garde!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T10:23:26-04:00
I'd like to learn other sword forms, but I don't know where to go for that
So, I'm a bad Mountain. I got distracted, and didn't even look for my login info for the KC hangout.
I would love to learn to use a sword, spear, lance, and bow(and not the same ones that school kids use, but real ones)...all properly of course.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T11:15:09-04:00
Oh, I have a hand-made recurve bow. It's technically my uncle's, but he sort of gave it to me...kind of
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T11:20:47-04:00
@GM, check this out: http://www.swordacademy.com/ there are actually quite a few. I tried my hand at fencing, and pulled every muscle in my groin, seriously, ouch! Then tried "western martial arts", much more fun and true to my scottish roots, eh? Lets just say, I don't have a gun, but anyone trying to break into my house will have to deal with a yard of steel! I have many swords in my collection (only three that I would ever actually use for more than decoration) and quite a few other hand to hand weapons. My favourite is my double headed battle axe.
Dexter Ho 2015-08-20T11:26:59-04:00
YESSSSSSSSSSSS IN SINGAPORE!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T11:27:17-04:00
My fencing instructor said he learned longsword and broadsword. Maybe I could ask him...
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T11:31:51-04:00
@LZ, I can't remember where you live, but if its offered in Calgary, I'm sure its offered in a town near you! Get ready for sore shoulders and arms! If Its like what I did, half the time you have a "sword", really just a heavy piece of pipe with a hilt on it, the other half you're holding a shield. Both will take the piss right out of you after an hour or so at first. Great stress relief!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T11:37:40-04:00
I live in the greater Salt Lake area, Utah. I'm sure it's available. I know there are people in the local SCA chapter who would be willing to "teach" me, but my fencing instructor advised against that. He said it's been his experience that none of them have any formal training
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T11:52:50-04:00
@LZ, did you mean these guys? http://theucsa.com/about-us/ If so, they are a part of the HEMA alliance, which would give you as much legitamcy as you can get really. They use the original training manuals from the middle ages, so, if I were you I would check it out. Looks like they offer the first 4 classes for free? Sounds like the right price to me! Mine was $20 a week.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T12:05:41-04:00
No, I meant the SCA: the Society for Creative Anachronisms. They're a group of medieval enthusiasts. They'll get together and have tourneys in full armor with swords and stuff. My instructor said he watched the rapier duels at a meet once and decided that anyone with any formal training could take first with no problem. The UCSA looks legit, though
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2015-08-20T12:09:40-04:00
Ok, here's all you need to know.
Hit them with the sharp end, and don't get hit yourself.
(I know it's waaaaayyy more than that, but it's fun to take it to that level.)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T12:14:52-04:00
Ok. Those guys sound more like the theatrical type, more about flair and excitement, than following true form and function. Proper sword fighting actually combines many different disciplines, including grappling. Hey, its a real fight right? Sometimes you lose your sword, etc. Anyways, its good times, I recommend it, the skills are very transferable. Some of your fencing skill will translate as well, foot work, ballance, etc.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T12:29:28-04:00
@Trinkets, its actually more like pool (in my head anyways). When you take your shot, you want to make sure that your leave, doesn't open you up to your opponent.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T12:36:23-04:00
Pool and 1 on 1 chess. You have to out think your opponent, rather than using brute force. At least in fencing
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T12:37:29-04:00
1 on 1 chess...der! I meant one piece chess, where you are the piece. I'm just...I'm just going to shut up now...
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T12:48:39-04:00
@LZ, same holds true with any type of sword play, there is a place for brute force, but typically it comes at the end when your opponent is basically done anyways. Think like kick boxing, you don't throw the giant roundhouse kick until you've rocked him with a few solid jabs first. You are way more likely to get yourself killed by going for the big strike and not being able to recover fast enough. Again, the more you swing that sword around the more you will fatigue, it can get to the point where its hard to hang onto, grip strength etc. Thats why I prefer a hand and a half sword, light enough for one hand, but enough room for two when it gets down to it.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T12:51:53-04:00
That's what I thought. It makes perfect sense. You have to be able to penetrate defenses while not leaving yourself vulnerable. That usually means you have to be able to trick your opponent while being able to read them well enough to identify a feint and behave accordingly
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T12:56:13-04:00
@LZ, exactly, its like telling them a little story, leading them down the garden path... then showing them the error of their ways, on their body!
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T12:56:32-04:00
Thanks for pointing me at the UCSA, I'm definitely going to look into that
Has anyone seen that info-graph about Denmark making $20/hr minimum wage, with 33-hour work weeks? I just did the calculations, and the amount you are taking home, based on the 2015 personal income tax rates(55.6% in Denmark currently), is $8.88/hr, or $293/week.
Does that really seem like something that most people could live on? Even with subsidized housing and such?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T12:59:08-04:00
@LZ, anytime! We do need a sergeant at arms for the KC!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T13:02:03-04:00
@GM, crazy, but then, who knows what the cost of living there is? With that much income tax, I would think you're not paying for much other than personal expenses, rent, food, gas, etc.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T13:02:26-04:00
That's right we do! I would be proud to be the Sgt at Arms for the KC!
@GM, I don't think that sounds like a liveable wage
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T13:03:01-04:00
The SCA is not all flair and showmanship. I was active for about ten years, those people (Men and Women) train hard and play hard.
The martial arts school I attended placed an emphasis on weapons training for advanced students (I trained there for 22 years) Weapons I have studied include, knife, short sword, long sword, broad sword, katana, and foil. Also naginata, short and long spear. Nunchuku, kama, kasuri-gama, yawara, short stick, baton, long stick , quarter staff, and three section staff, also tonfa. Crossbow, long (straight) bow, recurve bow, and compound bow. Revolver, several different automatic handguns, rifles of various types, and shotgun. I completed Close Quarters Combat training in 1990. I am rated novice in many, proficient at most and expert in five. I'll let you figure out which is which.
Lord Zombitten 2015-08-20T13:06:50-04:00
@PoT, I don't doubt that they do train hard, or that many have formal training. I was saying that my fencing instructor had told me that his impression was that the local chapter lacked formal training; and that they just figured things out for themselves. That being said, he did say that with what they have, they'd certainly best anyone with no training at all.
@BaKhan: Yeah, it depends on the other costs for gas/utilities/etc(post secondary, healthcare, and childcare are free supposedly). So, depending on the rest of your expenses it COULD(like 2% chance) be a livable wage, but don't think it's a good model for North America, at least not now.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T13:09:13-04:00
@PoT, wasn't trying to be offensive, sorry if I came off that way. Impressive array of weaponry expertise! Good for you!
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T13:09:39-04:00
Actually I should say I was rated proficient and expert, it has been some years. I'm probably down to novice in almost everything by now.
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T13:12:04-04:00
No offense taken BaKhan
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-08-20T14:54:20-04:00
Holy crap! $514 a square foot!?!? Calgary must be booming. I think I could spend less for a place in the gold coast of Chicago.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T16:06:54-04:00
@GM, doesn't look too bad! Bridgeland is nice, is no Varsity Estates, mind you, but its nice ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T16:07:46-04:00
@PoT, thats no where close to the top end, Calgary is a crazy expensive place to live.
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T16:14:19-04:00
I've been trying to think of a way to describe the difficulty the creative team is having with fulfillment. Tell me what you think....
Imagine the following scenario. You have 460,000 pennies (the number of decks required to fulfill the KS campaign) You must first tape them together in to 219,382 discrete bundles (the number of individual backers), some just a single penny, most just two pennies, some four pennies,up to as many as say, thirty pennies bundled together. Now, walk through a totally blacked out, fully furnished 2500 sq. ft. house and throw the bundles in all directions, remember, no peeking. Now turn on the lights and find every single penny. Some of those bundles are likely to fall apart. Oh and while you're doing that, you have to answer a text message every fifteen seconds, something simple, like a basic math problem. What is 2 x 3? What is 2034 - 678. Basic stuff. Every fifth text is an abusive message asking why you aren't done yet.
@Roger: We're not blaming the customers for not getting their rewards(unless you failed to fill in the survey, or if - when given ample time to do so - didn't change your address, those are the only things where it could potentially be 100% the customers fault). We, the Kitten Corp, have actually been doing our best to help people, but then there are people who ignore the fact that if they send more than one email, it will bog down the system even more since the EK team only has THREE(3) people handling emails, and getting THOUSANDS(1000+) DAILY(every 24hours). I don't know the number of people from Black Box that are working on it, but they have their own team.
So before saying we are the ones who are blaming the customer, might want to step back, take a deep breath, look at the number of people who backed this, the amount of money raised, and then if you sent an email within the last 2-3 days, wait another 11-12 days before sending another.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T16:47:57-04:00
@Roger, I have yet to see anyone "blame" other backers for not getting their decks. I certainly don't and we have all been trying to help people with the proper ways to get the help that they need. I'm sorry you feel that blame was put on you.
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T16:53:21-04:00
I suppose I could legitimately be called an EK team apologist. Although I believe 90% of the help being offered here would not be necessary if backers would read and attempt to understand the information provided in the updates and by us. The other 10% comes down to greedy, impatient, entitled jerks who seem to get off on waltzing in here and trying to stir up a row.
Which are you Roger?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-08-20T16:55:23-04:00
I do like the EK team defenders though, I keep hearing it like a saturday morning cartoon from the late 70's early 80's...
Powers of Tesla 2015-08-20T16:59:36-04:00
Yeah, you're right BaKhan, that is pretty good. We should do something with that.
Good. Making a red wine sauce for a vanilla almond cake. Avoiding the outside. Dealing with an influx of kitties... will post a photo later on the forum. and i ate an entire box of Trader Joe's Cheese sticks, but in my defense, there really aren't that many in a box.
*per minute, sorry.
What was the first comment ever?
Right, before I wander off to find my bed, the other little thing on my todo list will be posted in the kittencorps forum. For those wanting to partake of it, send you comments there please. I will eventually catch up with everything.
The item todo is: Craft a book of Lore/Quotes/Law/History of the rise of the 'Corps and it's members. Addons/amendments/Wars can be added or merged at a later stage.
The Riddle "Hour" was an integral part, we all know that. I'm still so sad I joined so late and couldn't be part of all the early days and merriment!
@Zem,
first ever comment:
Tom Macfarlan 2015-01-20T13:29:51-05:00
Well that was funded quickly. Congrats.
Yes, Zem. I know. When I said that I thought bio-chem was worse, what I meant was that I found bio-chem to be a much more difficult class than O-chem. But I had a really good O-chem professor and a terrible bio-chem professor.
It was funded fully in the time it took for one person to even type a comment out!
I've never had a bad science teacher, so I don't know how people say they've had bad experiences and it makes me sad because usually those people just avoid science altogether. I've only had one bad experience with a teacher and that was World History in high school with a teacher so boring he would literally take 2 weeks for one SECTION, not chapter, and give the answers to tests just before handing those out. We only got to the founding of ancient rome, unit 6 or something. That was just a sad, boring class.
The riddle "hour" nearly went on for a whole day. And I'm catching up on the forum.... I missed a lot of stuff. Well done PoT! I understand now.
Yeah, I think most people who have "bad" science teachers just aren't interested in science. I love science, though. I've had two bad science teachers. One was in high school. He was in charge of zoology and wildlife biology, but I knew more about biology than he did (example: he insisted that a codon consisted of four base pairs), and my bio-chem professor. He was dreadfully boring, and didn't explain much. The average exam score in his class was 46-58. If your average score is that low, you as a teacher are doing something wrong
Also, it was fully funded before my pledge was complete. There were almost no pledges before I started mine
That's why it's called riddle "hour" instead of "riddle hour". ::::] <=== spider smiley
I had a class (Quantitative Chemical Analysis, as fun as it sounds, basically statistics) where the average test score was like 60-75 out of 150 every time.
Ah dang, that was a long lunch break, but I have to get back to it. Several things on top of getting all my stuff together to move out tomorrow, so I guess I should start on it all again now. See you all later!
See that sounds like a bad teacher to me
@TEP. Understand what now?
PoT, I caught up with the forum.
And I created a new post. "Working Title(s): The Lore of the 'Core / The Book of Kittens"
Night All! See you tomorrow!
See ya, TeP! Been a good day here so far.
Night TeP. Maybe tomorrow you will see a comment in the KC hangout with my ideas...if I end up finding the login info and not getting distracted first.
Finally nearly done with stuff. It feels like fall here! But it will become warm again in a couple days.
At least for once I was here during the fun time when everyone is here, and during an especially fun, funny, heartwarming, and special day too! Speaking of which, where is derp?!
Lord Zombitten thanks for the support link. Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon. I did message Elan, Black Box and Matthew personally and have not heard anything. Even the Kickdstarter Support email sent me a VERY generic reply that didn't solve anything, let's hope that I can get my box soon.
@Nadia Hicks
Do not expect a reply within days, it is far more likely to be between a week and two weeks. The support team is not checking any incoming mail boxes other than support@explodingkittens.com and the blackbox email. The EK team are being inundated by emails right now to the tune of about a thousand a day. They are answering them in the order they are received and I am told each email is taking between 10 and 30 minutes to resolve the originators issue. They are getting your email. They are responding to your email. Please do not send more email about the same problem for at least two weeks.
@Nadia Hicks
Have you attempted getting in touch with the agency which claims they delivered your package to start a trace? You might be bale to resolve this yourself before the team answers your email.
Wow! I don't get on until now, and you guys have been busy in here.
Hello, Trinkets. Just got back on and will continue to do so for some time, though I should really go to bed a bit earlier tonight and may end up doing so.
I also have to go to bed now so I can go to work early so I can get off early so I can make a cheesecake before fencing
Hiya Trinkets.
On a whim I just went back to look at the comments section of every update since the beginning of the campaign.
I found complaints and questions with August dates in updates #2, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, and of course the latest, 28.
Really people? Do you really think the crew is going back to old updates to see what you're saying today? They aren't even checking here regularly.
People... Some days I want to be some other kind of creature. ::: Sigh :::
I almost always want to be some other creature; one with magical abilities. It could be fun to be a gnome, for example.
Or a Grey Jedi zabrak
PoT, Holy hell that was a hell of a read! Read my response to your forum posting! I read the entire plan, which used up my night time for watching videos and playing games while everyone is asleep, but it was worth it!
Good night now! Today was totally worth it, except for in real life because I had so much work to do.
Holy cow, I went back to see when I put my first reply to the plan and apparently I read from about 9:50 to about 11:00! That plan took up more than an entire hour of my time! Granted I also made notes on it, which added alot of time.
My darling TeP- I always manage to catch your posts. The kittens are so adorable! Must train backyard kitties to be cute.
Also you've made me nostalgic for the good ole days with your statistics and numbery posts.
And yes- glad to have zem here to help people since I am no longer able to be online as much!
Morning Creeper!
Morning Kittens!
Last comment about 5 hours ago?
Just like the good ol' days.
At least it's not all "Why no one answer my 10,000,048 emails about my cardz!!!!!!! "
Looks like for the most part, that's done.
Lord Zombitten about 9 hours ago
I also have to go to bed now so I can go to work early so I can get off early so I can make a cheesecake before fencing
@LZ, if you mean fencing like us country folk might think you do, your comment is average.
If you mean fencing like as in, foils, sabres and épées, you comment is AWESOME!!!!
@Trinkets, I mean fencing as in with foils, epees, and sabres.
Yesssss!!!!!!
Yeah, it's a great sport
'Sup?
Uh oh, I stole number 93,000. Now Zem is gonna be all pouty.
I fenced in High School, and learned sword in my 20's. When my knees are both functional again I'd like tog et back in to that. A friend of mine works with a sword school in Chicago.
En garde!
I'd like to learn other sword forms, but I don't know where to go for that
So, I'm a bad Mountain. I got distracted, and didn't even look for my login info for the KC hangout.
I would love to learn to use a sword, spear, lance, and bow(and not the same ones that school kids use, but real ones)...all properly of course.
Oh, I have a hand-made recurve bow. It's technically my uncle's, but he sort of gave it to me...kind of
@GM, check this out: http://www.swordacademy.com/ there are actually quite a few. I tried my hand at fencing, and pulled every muscle in my groin, seriously, ouch! Then tried "western martial arts", much more fun and true to my scottish roots, eh? Lets just say, I don't have a gun, but anyone trying to break into my house will have to deal with a yard of steel! I have many swords in my collection (only three that I would ever actually use for more than decoration) and quite a few other hand to hand weapons. My favourite is my double headed battle axe.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS IN SINGAPORE!
My fencing instructor said he learned longsword and broadsword. Maybe I could ask him...
@LZ, I can't remember where you live, but if its offered in Calgary, I'm sure its offered in a town near you! Get ready for sore shoulders and arms! If Its like what I did, half the time you have a "sword", really just a heavy piece of pipe with a hilt on it, the other half you're holding a shield. Both will take the piss right out of you after an hour or so at first. Great stress relief!
I live in the greater Salt Lake area, Utah. I'm sure it's available. I know there are people in the local SCA chapter who would be willing to "teach" me, but my fencing instructor advised against that. He said it's been his experience that none of them have any formal training
@LZ, did you mean these guys? http://theucsa.com/about-us/ If so, they are a part of the HEMA alliance, which would give you as much legitamcy as you can get really. They use the original training manuals from the middle ages, so, if I were you I would check it out. Looks like they offer the first 4 classes for free? Sounds like the right price to me! Mine was $20 a week.
No, I meant the SCA: the Society for Creative Anachronisms. They're a group of medieval enthusiasts. They'll get together and have tourneys in full armor with swords and stuff. My instructor said he watched the rapier duels at a meet once and decided that anyone with any formal training could take first with no problem. The UCSA looks legit, though
Ok, here's all you need to know.
Hit them with the sharp end, and don't get hit yourself.
(I know it's waaaaayyy more than that, but it's fun to take it to that level.)
Ok. Those guys sound more like the theatrical type, more about flair and excitement, than following true form and function. Proper sword fighting actually combines many different disciplines, including grappling. Hey, its a real fight right? Sometimes you lose your sword, etc. Anyways, its good times, I recommend it, the skills are very transferable. Some of your fencing skill will translate as well, foot work, ballance, etc.
@Trinkets, its actually more like pool (in my head anyways). When you take your shot, you want to make sure that your leave, doesn't open you up to your opponent.
Pool and 1 on 1 chess. You have to out think your opponent, rather than using brute force. At least in fencing
1 on 1 chess...der! I meant one piece chess, where you are the piece. I'm just...I'm just going to shut up now...
@LZ, same holds true with any type of sword play, there is a place for brute force, but typically it comes at the end when your opponent is basically done anyways. Think like kick boxing, you don't throw the giant roundhouse kick until you've rocked him with a few solid jabs first. You are way more likely to get yourself killed by going for the big strike and not being able to recover fast enough. Again, the more you swing that sword around the more you will fatigue, it can get to the point where its hard to hang onto, grip strength etc. Thats why I prefer a hand and a half sword, light enough for one hand, but enough room for two when it gets down to it.
That's what I thought. It makes perfect sense. You have to be able to penetrate defenses while not leaving yourself vulnerable. That usually means you have to be able to trick your opponent while being able to read them well enough to identify a feint and behave accordingly
@LZ, exactly, its like telling them a little story, leading them down the garden path... then showing them the error of their ways, on their body!
Thanks for pointing me at the UCSA, I'm definitely going to look into that
Has anyone seen that info-graph about Denmark making $20/hr minimum wage, with 33-hour work weeks? I just did the calculations, and the amount you are taking home, based on the 2015 personal income tax rates(55.6% in Denmark currently), is $8.88/hr, or $293/week.
Does that really seem like something that most people could live on? Even with subsidized housing and such?
@LZ, anytime! We do need a sergeant at arms for the KC!
@GM, crazy, but then, who knows what the cost of living there is? With that much income tax, I would think you're not paying for much other than personal expenses, rent, food, gas, etc.
That's right we do! I would be proud to be the Sgt at Arms for the KC!
@GM, I don't think that sounds like a liveable wage
The SCA is not all flair and showmanship. I was active for about ten years, those people (Men and Women) train hard and play hard.
The martial arts school I attended placed an emphasis on weapons training for advanced students (I trained there for 22 years) Weapons I have studied include, knife, short sword, long sword, broad sword, katana, and foil. Also naginata, short and long spear. Nunchuku, kama, kasuri-gama, yawara, short stick, baton, long stick , quarter staff, and three section staff, also tonfa. Crossbow, long (straight) bow, recurve bow, and compound bow. Revolver, several different automatic handguns, rifles of various types, and shotgun. I completed Close Quarters Combat training in 1990. I am rated novice in many, proficient at most and expert in five. I'll let you figure out which is which.
@PoT, I don't doubt that they do train hard, or that many have formal training. I was saying that my fencing instructor had told me that his impression was that the local chapter lacked formal training; and that they just figured things out for themselves. That being said, he did say that with what they have, they'd certainly best anyone with no training at all.
@BaKhan: Yeah, it depends on the other costs for gas/utilities/etc(post secondary, healthcare, and childcare are free supposedly). So, depending on the rest of your expenses it COULD(like 2% chance) be a livable wage, but don't think it's a good model for North America, at least not now.
@PoT, wasn't trying to be offensive, sorry if I came off that way. Impressive array of weaponry expertise! Good for you!
Actually I should say I was rated proficient and expert, it has been some years. I'm probably down to novice in almost everything by now.
No offense taken BaKhan
For Creeper! a baby wigglefloof!
http://9gag.com/gag/a3LZPm8
And I'm back. Doesn't look like I missed anything
Is it bad I spent most of my day so far looking at condos? >.>
No, that's fine
@GM, depends on where they are... ;)
@BaKhan: Bridgeland, starting from just shy of $230k. The one I was looking at hopefully saving up for and getting into, is just shy of $400k. This is the one I'm looking at(plan 2 mostly).
https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/steps-bridgeland/units/condos/2-bedroom-flat
Holy crap! $514 a square foot!?!? Calgary must be booming. I think I could spend less for a place in the gold coast of Chicago.
@GM, doesn't look too bad! Bridgeland is nice, is no Varsity Estates, mind you, but its nice ;)
@PoT, thats no where close to the top end, Calgary is a crazy expensive place to live.
I've been trying to think of a way to describe the difficulty the creative team is having with fulfillment. Tell me what you think....
Imagine the following scenario. You have 460,000 pennies (the number of decks required to fulfill the KS campaign) You must first tape them together in to 219,382 discrete bundles (the number of individual backers), some just a single penny, most just two pennies, some four pennies,up to as many as say, thirty pennies bundled together. Now, walk through a totally blacked out, fully furnished 2500 sq. ft. house and throw the bundles in all directions, remember, no peeking. Now turn on the lights and find every single penny. Some of those bundles are likely to fall apart. Oh and while you're doing that, you have to answer a text message every fifteen seconds, something simple, like a basic math problem. What is 2 x 3? What is 2034 - 678. Basic stuff. Every fifth text is an abusive message asking why you aren't done yet.
What do you think?
@PoT: Sounds good to me, though people might still not understand. Depends on how everyone's brain is wired I guess.
Also, that site with the condo, if you click Search, you can see all the different ones that are currently for sale/rent anywhere in the city/area.
@PoT, don't forget that you planned on doing that with only 500 pennies to begin with.
@PoT, how about if you tape those bundles of pennies to 219 382 rats, and let them go in the house, then try to find the pennies?
Powers of Tesla - "Tell me what you think...."
Think I'm getting tired of EK team defenders blaming the customer for not getting their product.
I'm sorry Roger. Are you having difficulty getting your decks or are you just a common troll?
@Roger: We're not blaming the customers for not getting their rewards(unless you failed to fill in the survey, or if - when given ample time to do so - didn't change your address, those are the only things where it could potentially be 100% the customers fault). We, the Kitten Corp, have actually been doing our best to help people, but then there are people who ignore the fact that if they send more than one email, it will bog down the system even more since the EK team only has THREE(3) people handling emails, and getting THOUSANDS(1000+) DAILY(every 24hours). I don't know the number of people from Black Box that are working on it, but they have their own team.
So before saying we are the ones who are blaming the customer, might want to step back, take a deep breath, look at the number of people who backed this, the amount of money raised, and then if you sent an email within the last 2-3 days, wait another 11-12 days before sending another.
@Roger, I have yet to see anyone "blame" other backers for not getting their decks. I certainly don't and we have all been trying to help people with the proper ways to get the help that they need. I'm sorry you feel that blame was put on you.
I suppose I could legitimately be called an EK team apologist. Although I believe 90% of the help being offered here would not be necessary if backers would read and attempt to understand the information provided in the updates and by us. The other 10% comes down to greedy, impatient, entitled jerks who seem to get off on waltzing in here and trying to stir up a row.
Which are you Roger?
I do like the EK team defenders though, I keep hearing it like a saturday morning cartoon from the late 70's early 80's...
Yeah, you're right BaKhan, that is pretty good. We should do something with that.
Hi Kittens. How are you this evening/afternoon?
@TeP
His TINY SQUISHBEANS!!!
I saw you on another project, GM! I'm actually worried they could overtake EK.... doubtful, but they've got awhile to go and they're quite popular.
Hiya Creeper! How's every little thing?
Good. Making a red wine sauce for a vanilla almond cake. Avoiding the outside. Dealing with an influx of kitties... will post a photo later on the forum. and i ate an entire box of Trader Joe's Cheese sticks, but in my defense, there really aren't that many in a box.
@Creeper, good afternoon m'lady!
Hello BaKhan!