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Cormactopia Prime
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Postby Cormactopia Prime » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:34 am

Ugh, let's not anymore with the UDL tangent. Neutral Ground is so much more pleasant when it's casual and friendly.
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Postby Tim-Opolis » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:43 am

Cormactopia Prime wrote:Ugh, let's not anymore with the UDL tangent. Neutral Ground is so much more pleasant when it's casual and friendly.

I'll raise a glass to that!

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Postby General Shady » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:12 am

Tim-Opolis wrote:
Cormactopia Prime wrote:Ugh, let's not anymore with the UDL tangent. Neutral Ground is so much more pleasant when it's casual and friendly.

I'll raise a glass to that!

*pours morning Bloody Marys all around*

*is not quite legal yet* Woo! *accepts anyways*
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Postby Roavin » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:59 pm

Does Neutral Ground also serve as a confessional booth?

I was an asshole to Souls in TSP Discord today; I said some undeserved things over irrelevant topics and I'm sorry. :hug:
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Postby Neop » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:23 pm

Roavin wrote:Does Neutral Ground also serve as a confessional booth?

I was an asshole to Souls in TSP Discord today; I said some undeserved things over irrelevant topics and I'm sorry. :hug:

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Postby Tim-Opolis » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:54 pm

Roavin wrote:Does Neutral Ground also serve as a confessional booth?

I was an asshole to Souls in TSP Discord today; I said some undeserved things over irrelevant topics and I'm sorry. :hug:

Your confession has been noted

*tosses it in the blackmail folder*
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:08 pm

Cormactopia Prime wrote:Ugh, let's not anymore with the UDL tangent. Neutral Ground is so much more pleasant when it's casual and friendly.

Only because you never post here :P

Frattastan II wrote:Almost certain you made some moralistic "we are better than them" comment on the FRA boards, but I am too lazy to look it up now. :P

Possibly in relation to TNI. I'm not a moralist but that doesn't mean I don't have an ego when it comes to defending.

Unibot III wrote:Don't "armchair" me. I don't see you outrecruiting me anytime soon. I don't see you outliberating me anytime soon. If I had my choice, I wouldn't just put my money where my mouth is, I'd eat it and spit it out in your face - as I have to every person who's ever told me I couldn't do something.

What's your lib count at (you must know if you think it's better). I bet you can't stop posting walls of text and weird essays :P

UDL had a real and credible response to raid prevent. We could 1s jump, 1s move and endo. I was one of the fastest.

From my experience of you defending, you were middle of the pack if you were on for update. Personally I was usually stone cold last but I think i had more fun being late. Rav was easily your fastest updater.

At the end of the day, you don't defend and haven't for a while so i'm not sure you count as a defender anymore I've done more updates than you recently....and i'm easily one of the laziest defenders out there (except Wop). You don't like the armchair name so will you settle for a couch defender?
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Postby Unibot III » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:50 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:At the end of the day, you don't defend and haven't for a while so i'm not sure you count as a defender anymore I've done more updates than you recently


The same people teasing me about not defending would be the same people trying to fight my access to the main spotting Discord channel. It's empty goading. I've criticised the way defending is operating, particularly its failing recruitment stream and etiquette, and you've got nothing to go on except "Unibot doesn't know how to defend." I know precisely what I'm talking about it, I did it for years and I don't need to prove myself to you, DYP. In my day, we didn't call defenders, "armchair defenders" - when a veteran defender spoke, we listened.

This generation of defenders, since BT started nicknaming other defenders after furniture, seems to believe the only people worth listening to are the people currently spotting - and the sad truth is if they keep doing that, they're not going to have anyone to listen to at all in a few years. The only people with experience in organizing successful defender organizations have retired; most of the senior "brain trust" (if you can call it that) of today's defenderdom appear to be goons merely moonlighting as defenders.
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Postby Reploid Productions » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:56 pm

*bonks folks over the head with some beers and hot wings* Oi, remember, this is supposed to be the more laid back part of Gameplay. Y'all got the rest of the GP forum for the drama!
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:59 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:*bonks folks over the head with some beers and hot wings* Oi, remember, this is supposed to be the more laid back part of Gameplay. Y'all got the rest of the GP forum for the drama!

Oh beer and hot wings!

So many new faces in Gameplay, it's really amazing how the people can rotate out but there's always a new player coming in.
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Postby Tim-Opolis » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:11 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:*bonks folks over the head with some beers and hot wings* Oi, remember, this is supposed to be the more laid back part of Gameplay. Y'all got the rest of the GP forum for the drama!

Sounds good Rep o>

We'll drag it over to TGW's thread if we must, to give us that sweet sweet view count boost.
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:59 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:So many new faces in Gameplay, it's really amazing how the people can rotate out but there's always a new player coming in.

And the new players turns out to be worse than the old one. There's probably a new Mall out there getting ready for his time to shine.

Tim-Opolis wrote:We'll drag it over to TGW's thread if we must, to give us that sweet sweet view count boost.

And Sedge will give us all lovely red badges with various things written on them and we'll be sent back here.
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:02 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:So many new faces in Gameplay, it's really amazing how the people can rotate out but there's always a new player coming in.

And the new players turns out to be worse than the old one. There's probably a new Mall out there getting ready for his time to shine.

The idea that anyone can play this game with the same level of Mall-ness is both misguided and indicative of an aging mind DYP :p
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:05 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:The idea that anyone can play this game with the same level of Mall-ness is both misguided and indicative of an aging mind DYP :p

Then I hope my replacement is ready. Drop Your Knickers would be a good name for him/her.
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:07 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:The idea that anyone can play this game with the same level of Mall-ness is both misguided and indicative of an aging mind DYP :p

Then I hope my replacement is ready. Drop Your Knickers would be a good name for him/her.

Too derivative. What about Loosen Your Belt?
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:09 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:Too derivative. What about Loosen Your Belt?

The name needs to be a bit sketchy, possibly made when a mod isn't looking.

As it turns out, Drop Your Knickers has already existed. Wonder when i made that :P
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:13 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:Too derivative. What about Loosen Your Belt?

The name needs to be a bit sketchy, possibly made when a mod isn't looking.

As it turns out, Drop Your Knickers has already existed. Wonder when i made that :P

Loosen Your Belt is sketchy enough I think. Better than Remove Your Socks.
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Postby Loosen Your Belt » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:46 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:Loosen Your Belt is sketchy enough I think.

What did I ever do?

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Postby Remove Your Socks » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:48 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:Better than Remove Your Socks.

Oh wow; now with the personal attacks. Gimme your socks, I'm not asking this time.

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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:55 pm

Clothing. Clothing everywhere.
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Postby Clothing everywhere » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:59 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:Clothing. Clothing everywhere.

Yes..?

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Postby Drop Your Pants » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:22 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:Clothing. Clothing everywhere.

Just to note, thats not me :P
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:26 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:Clothing. Clothing everywhere.

Just to note, thats not me :P

See that eye over there? Top left? That's the all seeing eye of the hivemind.
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:28 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:See that eye over there? Top left? That's the all seeing eye of the hivemind.

Well the hivemind needs a new set of glasses
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:29 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:See that eye over there? Top left? That's the all seeing eye of the hivemind.

Well the hivemind needs a new set of glasses

"Adjust Your Glasses"
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Retired Charter Nation: Political Affairs in Antarctic Oasis
Retired Colonel of DEN Central Command, now defunct
Former Delegate of The South Pacific, winner of TSP's "Best Dali" Award
Retired Secretary of Defense of Stargate
Terror of The Joint Systems Alliance
Mall Isaraider, son of Tram and Spartz, Brother of Tal and apparently Sev the treacherous bastard.
Frattastan quote of the month: I only steal soaps and shampoos from the friend who lets me stay on their couch when I have to be in some other city.
GR quote of the month: Yes mall is right

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