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Mogomra
Nov 5, 2005

simply having a wonderful time
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

When you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

You get the gist...

Dental is secretly run by... ERPISTS!!!

edit: Wait, did't pulse post in this very thread that he had been honeypotting to see how much ec he could steal from those pubbies? Pubbies gonna pub.

Mogomra fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Apr 23, 2015

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Lord Ludikrous
Jun 7, 2008

Enjoy your tea...

Goat Pillager posted:


Why is it from someone else's perspective and not his?

This screenshot was taken by someone who associated with goons and was currently being honeypotted by Pulse, which only a few of us knew about. Incidentally this person was expelled from our company for some other unrelated poo poo they pulled and decided to release screenshots of their conversation before we could spring the honeytrap in an attempt to make Pulse look bad. Which it appears some people have fallen for hook, line and sinker.

Goat Pillager posted:

Why are you returning out of the blue from nowhere to suddenly defend him?

As you might have noticed with thread title changes and the odd update to the OP, whilst I haven't logged into STO in a while I do follow what is going on, and I am very aware of current events. I am particularly disinclined to let people poo poo up the thread by spreading bullshit about someone when I know full well it isn't true.

Goat Pillager posted:

Why has Pulse not posted himself in response to any of this?

When have you ever seen Pulse post about anything?

Goat Pillager posted:

I should also point out that there are several other posts above pointing out that the log is in fact real, and that he is also a sponsored J4G at best.

I have read the log, difficult task as it was with the formatting, and have no doubts about its authenticity, and what I see are people getting really mad about butts and dongs. With an ancient honeypot screenshot conveniently trotted out completely out of context just as certain people are getting really really mad about butts and dongs, and a J4G trying really hard to talk poo poo about Pulse while the same people who were mad about butts and dongs are doing their best to sharpen their pitchforks and stoke the flames.

So to sum it up: its an old screenshot, those in charge know all about it and the context behind it, and stop getting so mad about butts and dongs.

Goat Pillager posted:

While I am certain more attempts to sweep this under the rug will come about, I have to say that I thought we usually sprayed down furry ERPists amongst the pubbie hoard, and kicked the ones found in goons, not harbored and white knighted them.

You are quite correct, furry ERPists found amongst goons are given the boot, and the reason this isn't happening with Pulse is because he isn't a furry. There is no grand conspiracy to be busted open here, and there is no masterful cover up operation in motion.

Also seriously, if you people can't tell the difference between this and an actual furry avatar then I really don't know what to loving say to you. I imagine you also honestly believe I am a 3 foot tall oiled up leatherdaddy bodybuilder as well.

Goat Pillager
Mar 1, 2013
Well, that was certainly a large care posting that explained a great deal.

As to this whole butts and dongs thing, I sent Grimrak a two line message about said topic after a few people mentioned it to me in passing, and since I am usually one of very few online regularly, and not the most diplomatic about things, I passed it on.

Also it sorted itself out.

It escapes me why people assume anyone actually cares about this.

Anyways, since you are here, I will pass along something else that comes up now and then: Your ship guides on the wiki are pretty out of date, any plans to come back to came and update them?

Kesper North
Nov 3, 2011

EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

Goat Pillager posted:

Anyways, since you are here, I will pass along something else that comes up now and then: Your ship guides on the wiki are pretty out of date, any plans to come back to came and update them?

You realize the game is effectively dead, right?

ayrsayle
Jan 5, 2013

razorrozar posted:

Is there a real reason Tovan is so hated or is it just the mandatory thing? I found him inoffensive at worst and mostly pretty neat.

Disclaimer: I like my bridge bunnies, except for the occasional Gorn or Alien Male tac BOFF so I can have my own personal Godzilla/Terminator/Slender Man on the away team. If the Caitians had some larger sliders I'd go for a Kzin/Kilrathi look too. That having been said...

I just found him to be an ungrateful little git. You spend a good chunk of time at the beginning looking for his sister, finally find her... and unless I missed something, he never even says "thank you".

That was the tipping point from "bland character but big deal, it's just one BOFF slot" to "Whaddya mean I can't space him?" I'm more disappointed the Fed/KDF ones didn't have bigger roles too... a grizzled old Klingon vet could have made for some hilarious cutscenes. Dunno what they could have done with Eliza, though. Maybe she could have actually been a section 31 or an Augment or something similarly cliched but dangerous.

plehsistential
Jan 29, 2012

death to all avatar havers
pulse bought neverwinter online lifetime

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Aww, you gave it away. I was sort of hoping to see how far that would go. :munch:

BombermanX
Jan 13, 2011

I'm afraid of other people's opinions when they differ from my own. Please do not hurt my feelings.

Ludicro posted:

This is a very old honeypot, not much worse than some of the ones Fran did back in the day. I think some of our newer members have not quite experienced just how awful ERPists used to be back in the day along with the lengths some brave goons went to reel them in, and I'd also like to remind everyone that nearly everybody in Dental/NoP had a catgirl at one point. I don't know why it was a thing, but it was a thing.


Harsh.

I remember fran. What ever happened to her? I remember picking on her just because she was a cat and then connecting with her on Drozana. Weird poo poo. Loved herself some coffee.

Lord Ludikrous
Jun 7, 2008

Enjoy your tea...

Goat Pillager posted:

Well, that was certainly a large care posting that explained a great deal.

As to this whole butts and dongs thing, I sent Grimrak a two line message about said topic after a few people mentioned it to me in passing, and since I am usually one of very few online regularly, and not the most diplomatic about things, I passed it on.

Also it sorted itself out.

It escapes me why people assume anyone actually cares about this.

Its not unreasonable to assume someone really cares about it when they try to dig up what they believe to be dirt on the person who is the source of their annoyance.

Goat Pillager posted:

Anyways, since you are here, I will pass along something else that comes up now and then: Your ship guides on the wiki are pretty out of date, any plans to come back to came and update them?

No. I am having far too much fun in War Thunder and really don't have the time nor inclination to learn all the new mechanics and write large guides for them including all the new ships since released. Someone else is quite welcome to take over and update it if they want to.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


I would, but I'm too incompetent and nobody should ever listen to my advice.

And frankly the metagame hasn't changed that much. A good ship build before DR is a good ship build post-DR. If you know how to make a good ship with the vanilla boff skills and such it's pretty easy to figure out what you can and can't slot out to make room for an intel or pilot skill or whatever.

Cyberball 2072
Feb 17, 2014

by Lowtax
Ehh, them furry folk, they just want to be dogs getting hosed by other dogs, what's so bad about that?





Everything.

Psycho Landlord
Oct 10, 2012

What are you gonna do, dance with me?

This might legitimately be the stupidest this thread has ever been, and given that at one point Riyott was a regular poster that's really saying something.

plehsistential
Jan 29, 2012

death to all avatar havers
real talk pulse should be banned cause he likes anime and once linked me a shocking and disturbing anime gif tia

Goat Pillager
Mar 1, 2013

Ludicro posted:

Its not unreasonable to assume someone really cares about it when they try to dig up what they believe to be dirt on the person who is the source of their annoyance.


No. I am having far too much fun in War Thunder and really don't have the time nor inclination to learn all the new mechanics and write large guides for them including all the new ships since released. Someone else is quite welcome to take over and update it if they want to.

I actually came across it by chance, and never associated said "annoyance" with anyone (outside of Grimrak who is inevitably Grimrak), nor did I regard it as an annoyance, more as a "Why are people strangely latching on to this?".

Might I ask who that honeypot was for and what the unrelated stuff was, because it sounds like an interesting/entertaining story?

Fair enough, considering that returning now is masochistic at best given that the newest mission "mechanic" is Superman 64 in space.

Lord Ludikrous
Jun 7, 2008

Enjoy your tea...

BombermanX posted:

I remember fran. What ever happened to her? I remember picking on her just because she was a cat and then connecting with her on Drozana. Weird poo poo. Loved herself some coffee.

I think just life in general happened, she was a single mother with two kids and had less time and patience for this lovely game than most of us did.

plehsistential posted:

real talk pulse should be banned cause he likes anime and once linked me a shocking and disturbing anime gif tia

No, the shame of having bought a lifetime Neverwinter account is enough penance for one man to bear in a lifetime.

Atrayonis
Jul 6, 2008

Godspeed, brave canary
:munch:


STO really creates drama for everyone.


Speaking of drama.

Infected posted:

Then what is the other goon on that reddit catgirl list.
I don't know how many on that list actually are goons, but I'm a pretty pretty space cat princess. Duh. :nyan:

Trast posted:

That cat girl hitler was terrifying.
Thanks.

Atrayonis fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Apr 23, 2015

Anita Dickinme
Jan 24, 2013


Grimey Drawer

Psycho Landlord posted:

This might legitimately be the stupidest this thread has ever been, and given that at one point Riyott was a regular poster that's really saying something.

CrushedWill
Sep 27, 2012

Stand it like a man... and give some back
I can't look at recent posts in this thread without thinking:

quote:

V: What also floats in water?
P1: Bread
P3: Apples
P2: Very small rocks
(V looks annoyed)
P1: Cider
P3: Grape gravy
P1: Cherries
P3: Mud
King: A Duck!
(all look and stare at king)
V: Exactly! So, logically...
P1(thinking): If Pulse ways the same as a duck... he's made of wood!
V: And therefore,
(pause & think)
P3: A witch! (P1: a witch)(P2: a witch)(all: a witch!)

Lorak
Apr 7, 2009

Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Ludicro posted:

No, the shame of having bought a lifetime Neverwinter account is enough penance for one man to bear in a lifetime.
For the lowbie Andorian ship, or something else?

Come to think of it, can the weapons from that ship be upgraded, and does claiming it on a Romulan let you buy Andorian phasers?

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


It's a T5 ship, so you can't claim it on a Romulan. Roms can only claim T1-4 ships of their allied faction, and that's mostly so you can strip the consoles off them for the endgame.

I'm pretty sure andorian phasers can be upgraded, but they're kind of lovely mods so I'm not sure why you'd bother.

Goat Pillager
Mar 1, 2013

Asimo posted:

It's a T5 ship, so you can't claim it on a Romulan. Roms can only claim T1-4 ships of their allied faction, and that's mostly so you can strip the consoles off them for the endgame.

I'm pretty sure andorian phasers can be upgraded, but they're kind of lovely mods so I'm not sure why you'd bother.

I thought it was a T1 ship, like the NX or TOS connie.

The T5 was zen store.

Edit: It is. http://sto.gamepedia.com/Andorian_Light_Escort

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Oh! I forgot that one even existed.

No idea there. I think "standard issue" mark weapons are unupgradeable though.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Asimo posted:

Oh! I forgot that one even existed.

No idea there. I think "standard issue" mark weapons are unupgradeable though.

Yeah, or at least the ones on the nicor are.

hakimashou
Jul 15, 2002
Upset Trowel
In all the controversy over Pulse (who is a Godly Man), did no one see cromarty's new thread?

quote:

Originally Posted by cromarty1 View Post
this is the historicle fact when a movement starts that is determined to close a loop hole that allows criminal acts to go on in a specific manner thay don't end till the loophole is gone now I never thought id see a doctor hauled off to prison for performing an abortion with no way to show life saving need to do it and be charged with murder one but I saw it hit the news this was something that didn't reach a llc backed level of movement for decades and decades but once it did it was just years before an abortion without a good reason is firt degree murder

so I fear for the themed games that get managed like scummy sleezy crooks but must say im a victim of a real crime its just a game its simply not important to outway a real crime so to hell with it I don't care

lockboxes = somehow like something about abortion.

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1439551&page=4


Some of his earlier threads are "i've been robed"

quote:

when the devs implemented the boff update I find all my toons boff powers reprogramed I searched looked and even used the how to guide like I need to use instructions after a year and a half and still no inactive boff powers that I had before 1/29/2015 boff powers update no inactive powers at all a bunch of repeat powers on some crew members and most strait forwardly even a skeezy we got your money sucker so die as we have reprogramed your account to not even have a engineering team at all on enny of my main toons engineering boffs now if thares a more strait up fashion of robing a player as to reprogram thare whole account of the investment to boffs over the last year and a half id like to know as thares no searching for boffs to buy to retrain but now to get back what I had already costs dilithium witch is the only thing caped by dilithium refinement cap and can be traded for zen witch is the only currency to perchase

quote:

completely wright

and if my thread is being lurked to make myself clear I checked agreements of use can only stop me from sueing it cannot stop criminal responsibility of a criminal act and cant legally do that in the united states
just be lucky im giving a chance to make things right as loging in to sto to find my account reprogramed and robed is the same as waking up to some theif robing my tv the thief gets no chance to bring it back as taking it is already dune and is a criminal act that's the same

he used to be a regular late at night on ESD zone chat, stumble-down drunk and always rambling like this. I thought he was gone!

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

All you pulse haters are dumb. He will always be my space bro.

Enjoy being poors in real life and bideo james.

Lafarg
Jul 23, 2012

Acer Pilot posted:

All you pulse haters are dumb. He will always be my space bro.

Enjoy being poors in real life and bideo james.

I am space poor because I choose to not be IRL poor.

Lafarg
Jul 23, 2012

system protocol posted:

I am space poor because I choose to not be IRL poor.

:edit: Just kidding, all my MMO money went into Shark Cards in GTA.

razorrozar
Feb 21, 2012

by Cyrano4747
Are Foundry missions broken for anyone else? None of them will load for me or my roommate.

Dootman
Jun 15, 2000

fishbulb
Foundry always goes down for a week or so during new season updates.

IPCRESS
May 27, 2012

Ludicro posted:

I think just life in general happened, she was a single mother with two kids and had less time and patience for this lovely game than most of us did.


No, the shame of having bought a lifetime Neverwinter account is enough penance for one man to bear in a lifetime.

I forget: was that the person whose tower wound up being filled with sewage in Minecraft Technics?

STO: That game where all the fun stuff happens in other games.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Dootman posted:

Foundry always goes down for a week or so during new season updates.
During the first two or three season updates they kept Foundry missions up and it basically destroyed the game in various arcane ways. Since then they take every foundry mission down and republish them in batches to avoid this, rather than finding and fixing whatever the actual problem was.

Cryptic!

Dootman
Jun 15, 2000

fishbulb

Asimo posted:

During the first two or three season updates they kept Foundry missions up and it basically destroyed the game in various arcane ways. Since then they take every foundry mission down and republish them in batches to avoid this, rather than finding and fixing whatever the actual problem was.

Cryptic!

I dunno if I can fault Cryptic for that one. Sure it's an inconvenience, but it occurs for, what, a week every 6 months at most? It's an entirely reasonable solution to the problem since season updates, particularly this one, affect a large number of things in the game.

Kawaii Kiwi
Sep 22, 2004
I'm a sad panda too.
Hi guys, can I get wiki access under the name Caladoth? Thanks!

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

UoI posted:

Please tell me this wasn't actually a thing. Like Khev, Garrus was the biggest bro and this may legit make me cry tears of shame of the human race. :(

It was absolutely a thing. Bioware forums around the time of ME2 were unholy levels of bad.

Violent Kitten
Dec 26, 2011

Dearmad bhean
an ti ag an gcat.
Haven't we all mocked Pulse at some point or another? We mocked his steam anime game wishlist in mumble a while back and he made it easier for those of us not on his flist by linking to it on the steam website. Funny stuff.

IPCRESS posted:

I forget: was that the person whose tower wound up being filled with sewage in Minecraft Technics?
That was me! IRL issues at the time aside; looking back, that was funny. RIP Piss Tower.
(it was Pulse's minecraft server too, if I recall correctly)

Foundry usually goes down with new season releases, foundry authors might even have to reset the starting points for their foundry missions if they start in sector space because of this update anyway.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


DancingShade posted:

It was absolutely a thing. Bioware forums around the time of ME2 were unholy levels of bad.
tali_sweat_post.jpg

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Considering everyone (?) in this thread has played STO at some point in time I don't think we have a lot of room to mock most people without mocking ourselves first.

Obviously those of us who no longer have the client installed have evolved to a higher level of social status. :smugdog:

bubbles depo
Jul 25, 2006

doot doot!

DancingShade posted:



Obviously those of us who no longer have the client installed have evolved to a higher level of social status. :smugdog:

:smugdog: :hf: :smugdog:


Although, it's not much higher social status. The taint of STO lingers like a bad furry ERP chatlog.

Coq au Nandos
Nov 7, 2006

I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.

Asimo posted:

tali_sweat_post.jpg



I had no idea the hole ever got this deep. God drat it.

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Dootman
Jun 15, 2000

fishbulb

SKY COQ posted:



I had no idea the hole ever got this deep. God drat it.

I hate you, you have ruined everything. Why must people debase physical sciences in the pursuit of their various fantasy wet dreams?

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