User talk:Gigathrash

Soshite toki ga ugoki desu.
It's "dasu." 01:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Changed.--[[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg]]îğá†ħŕášħ 01:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, though I think last one needs an Ocarina image instead... [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 03:02, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, it's a compound verb: 動き出す [ugokidasu] - to start to move. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 03:06, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

preferences
For 2., the ID could be a screengrab of the roller. And the text links to GW:ROLL on a suitable word.

Number 4 is inoffensively ok (what happened?).

Pic of 1 and text of 3? "Cower, vandals, this user can ROLL!" (a bit less John Wayne'y and more fanatasy god-like)

--◄mendel► 09:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I was originally going to use a picture of the steam roller, but I don't think the copyright shpeel will work.--[[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg]]îğá†ħŕášħ 18:12, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Create a Vandal Katamari.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]] Entrea   [Talk]  23:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Needs moar Youtube Damacy. &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 00:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I've gotta say, the Katamari box seems to be filled with win. (and whatever else you rolled it through.) I think it's a safe bet I'll be using that one, no matter which one anyone else decides to go with. *runs off to Photoshop to attempt to make a Katamari ball composed entirely of vandalism* -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  12:25, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Seconded. I'd enjoy any of numbers 1, 3, 5 in their present form. --◄mendel► 20:07, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I'll actually have to go look up Katamari. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 20:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you can find a use for this.
Wink wink. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  14:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like you forgot the KUSTAA vandal. KUSTAA DRINKS MOONSHINE is the only user I can find in the block log right now, but I thought it had hit us at least twice since I became active in April.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 15:22, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Eh, I never saw that one. I got most of the text in the vandal-ball from the deletion log, and Podax was more recent (plus, I've run into him before). --[[image:GEO-logo.png]] Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> .cнаt^  15:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Welcomethrash
You are the best example why it's good not to have a welcome template! Yes, that was a compliment. --◄mendel► 17:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * So with your Kung Pao Edit Conflict, do you want the fried or steamed Internal Link?--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ 21:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Chinese food is win. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 22:20, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Fry some fine points in a wot and serve with nice, please. --◄mendel► 06:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Up there
That vid seems to have been pulled from youtube by paramount. --◄mendel► 06:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

ditto "American Boy" and WMG. --◄mendel► 06:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * /sigh Time to go fix everything.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ  16:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ 16:32, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Voices in my head tell me that movie doesn't want to be embedded. Anyway, should I tell people that to see all the movies they have to preview your page with the &lt;choose> tags deleted, or is that a secret? --◄mendel► 07:20, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll fix the voices in my head one. Also, you can tell people if you want, I just prefer it to be a Gigan roulette as to what combination of header and sung you get.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ  03:32, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

皇女さまとお呼びッ
Google translation says it is "I wanted with our princess". Also, random comment about cool userpage goes here. (T/C) 03:43, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw one translation as Call Me Princess, so I need to go /bug Ishy about it.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ 04:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * "Call Me Princess" is correct. 皇女 koujo means "imperial princess", さま -sama is a name-suffix showing respect (that person has much higher status than you do), とお呼び to o-yobi in this usage means "to call (someone) by a name".  As in, イシメールとお呼び. 　:D  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 14:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I was wrong: our kid won't grow up speaking Ancient Egyptian, but Japanese instead. XD Jink  15:05, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Or maybe Ancient Sumergypanese? >.> Zoom!  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 15:10, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe he'll just gurgle and babble like a normal infant? [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 15:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wild conjecture is more fun! I suppose he could always speak the Bob language....  Jink  16:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Or Bork! Bork! Bork! [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 16:08, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Bloody hell
Stop provoking him. In fact, it would probably be best if you didn't interact with him at all unless you have something constructive to say. Consider this your last warning before I have to make a block that I don't want to perform. (T/C) 05:35, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

roll
All of them can be used, but I know that personally I'd take the Rick; as much as I love rollerbeetles, it just isn't as lolworthy. The steamroller one doesn't make sense to me; I know what the Katamari one is about, vaguely, and Jio made a cool icon for it. But, it doesn't hold any special value for me.

The text for each box is fine, though readability is a bit of an issue with the rainbow-colors. Background colors are mostly OK also. Not sure what else you want me to comment on. I might work around with them a bit in my sandbox if you do not mind. (T/C) 07:52, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Rollback Damacy.jpg|45px]] is just so small that you can't see that it's a ball of vandals any more. it'd have to be animated to have the names spinning up readably on the ball, and though that'd be cool, I don't see anyone expedning that much effort (surprise me?). I think the Rick one has appeal, but the ID is too unsubtle. Maybe a b/w or vector head of Rick Astley in that? --◄mendel► 11:27, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Haha, that's great. :) This free-use images import thing is so useful. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 13:22, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That does look better.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ 23:28, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Topic necromancy! I hope you don't mind me borrowing that box?--[[Image:El Nazgir sig.png|Talkpage]]El_Nazgir 16:56, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

webcomics
If you don't know http://www.foundcomics.net/ and http://www.tinyghosts.com/ already, you should (or are you writing them?). -- ◄mendel► 22:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Interesting. And no, I am not currently writing any web comics.  Currently.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Colors! ]]îğá†ħŕášħ  23:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

For you
Also for me 15:36, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey br- AHEM!
Put a little note on their talk page about interwebz comms; that last note you left on OBH's talk page kind of encouraged our new friend to start using "man", instead. If you ask me, I'm thinking they're a troll. King Neoterikos 00:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Man is fine with me tbph. But I tend to read peoples notes aloud to myself, and when I'm constantly saying bro I sound like a retard.  It annoys me.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ  00:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I guess I'm just paranoid. King Neoterikos 01:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Troll, schmoll. His first edit was to OBloodyHell's talkpage, after which he reverted a bunch of OBH's edits, and got himself involved in a bunch of the same type of controversies as OBH. OBH also hasn't edited since 1 hour before NDF started.  NDF also seems to be using this manufactured "accent" to distinguish himself.  (No one speaks like that in real life.)  &lt;Brain voice> Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?  But I'm not saying nothin'... >.>  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 03:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Like I said, I'm just being paranoid. Not having a good day. King Neoterikos 09:52, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * What a silly question Ishy! The world would be doomed if I ever had the same thoughts as you!--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ  03:30, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * People do talk like that back home in California. I don't miss it at all. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 03:40, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

If you're pleonastic one more time again I am not responsible for your actions. -- ◄mendel► 06:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I missed this whole incident but I would like to confess I use the words "bro","man", and "dude" in normal speech quite often along with my southern accent. Pray we never meet on ventrilo. [[Image:Rsz_PLSig.jpg‎]] 16:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The good news: I don't use ventrilo to preserve anonymity.  The bad news:  I will rip you a new one if we ever meet in rl.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ  18:28, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

irc
I am not staring at irc when you want me to, so please give me time to respond, tell me what you want of me so I know what to respond to, and call me "mendel" and not "Mendstery" if you want Chatzilla to flash at me (it is dumb that way). -- ◄mendel► 04:09, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

owut
like happy birthday :O (T/C) 06:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Happy BirthValenday &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 17:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday Giga. Cress Arvein [[Image:Cress sig.JPG]] 19:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Happy birdday to you!--[[Image:El Nazgir sig.png|Talkpage]]<font color="Green">El_Nazgir 19:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * E) All of the above. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  19:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Happy what is technically in the US still your birthday! -- ◄mendel► 04:51, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Msn, prz
nao kthx &mdash; Warw/Wick 22:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Li Wei
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4592004/Walking-In-The-Air-the-amazing-art-of-Li-Wei.html?image=11 -- ◄mendel► 02:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, so THAT'S how the play baseball in China.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ 03:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Nested &lt;choose>
It works. See [ here] for a demo. -- ◄mendel► 17:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Msn
Msn 'gain prz &mdash; Warw/Wick 17:47, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * and 'gain if im not on stay on prz &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 19:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I find you equally entertaining
You may use this section as you see fit. &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

"lolcats are funny"
I take it you don't actually mean that <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  22:05, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ 03:12, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * And Gigas are faithful 100%. --  Shadowcrest  03:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Is that a fat joke? &mdash; Powersurge360  08:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Context is important
So much better. (T/C) 11:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I prefer mine, the guy looks like the guy who first introduced me to that song.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ 22:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Mine's not a copyviothing.... :p [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 06:52, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

You
You don't get enough appreciation. I know this is a bad time say this because it kinda reduces your impact on the wiki to the great MTG cards you make, but their greatness lies not only in their execution but in the fact that they're your artistic way to reflect upon the wiki. And by artistic, I also mean subversive. You have many ways in which you do this (and have done), employing what tools the wiki and the community hand you, and always in ways that make me first go "huh?" and then "ah!".

I'm proud and honored that we have a resident wiki artist. (Please make your own badge. ;-) -- ◄mendel► 11:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC) Footnote: We have more people who are good graphics artists, but nobody else whose subject is the wiki itself.
 * Second <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  13:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Wow!!! Anyone who has not seen the Gigster's MTG Cards has not truly lived.  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 04:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm impressed. :D (And I want one... >.>) Jink  11:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why is I not artiste? D: [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 17:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

qlc
I am guessing the first two are que and la, but I don't know what fuck is in spanish. That's generally not a word they teach in school you know :p --  Shadowcrest  23:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Coño, culo?... help me out here D: --  Shadowcrest  23:44, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Cogida.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ 01:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

up there
That looks like base64 encoded something, but I don't see what it decodes to. Doesn't look like text or an image file. -- ◄mendel► 10:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Maybe they're his saved templates ;o --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  10:53, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Close. I know what it is now. -- ◄mendel► 01:38, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

wut?
Care to explain removing soul barbs? Its recurrance is exactly why it should be there, and I am more than a bit confused. -- Shadowcrest  21:47, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The note was synergy to fleeing foes. Soul Barbs activates whenever an enchant or hex is applied.  It could be said that they synergize because they would take extra damage when it reapplies, however that applies to all reocurring hexes, so there is not special reason why a A/N or a N/A should take them both and waste such a good skill such as Soul Barbs just to punish a runner, who merely needs to stop running for 1 second, to completely foil their strategy.  AKA:  It promotes bad gameplay, and the synergy isn't that strong.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ  01:14, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * So change the note to "this skill synergizes with Soul Barbs" and get on with it? If I counted correctly there are a grand total of 2 hexes that reapply themselves, so the argument "well it goes for all reapplying hexes!" isn't really valid. A similar note was on RI for (literally) 2 and a half years and there was a build on pvx that abused the concept. It's strong enough synergy tbh. --  Shadowcrest  01:23, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

In Defense of Defenders of PvX
How do we know when a post is effective? If its purpose is to defend an idea, a place, or a group, then we know it is good when Nice job  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 02:35, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * it allows nay-sayers with an open mind to reflect upon their ideas and consider changing them.
 * it enables aye-sayers to say, "see: what he said," and to help them argue more convincingly on the topic.
 * But Giga, PvX does not actually promote people to make better tanks. They ussually destroy their first try tanks and then kick em in the face. Only a very few are actually exepted. Arnout aka The Emperors Angel 06:59, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

To recognize a good build, you either While PvXwiki doesn't prevent the first, and in fact facilitates communication among people who follow that avenue (but so does guru?), it does encourage the second, unenlightened stance in others. -- ◄mendel► 12:59, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * have game experience, make and test builds yourself, and have learned to think about skill interaction, or
 * look to see how it is rated on PvXwiki.


 * The rating on PvX only gives an idea on wether it's meta or not; a non-meta build rated Great is either outdated but not archived yet, or nonexistent. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG|Ohaider!]] -- (contribs) &emsp;(talk)  13:01, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

To repeat what others are saying...The general complaint goes something like this: using a build copypasted off the wiki (generally) means you haven't put any thought into making the build yourself or tailoring it to the environment, so you won't get that extremely valuable experience of knowing what skills work where, learning what works against what, and so on. In PvE, none of that matters (except for some of the really srs farms like UWSC, where there's actually some "experience" necessary), but it's vital in PvP if you ever want to be better than just another random shitter abusing Seering Flooms to farm glads. A comprehensive knowledge of the skills and how they work is one hallmark of a strong PvPer.

In other words, when everyone is running the same cookie cutter builds, it does not make for fun and interesting gameplay...unless there are a lot of different cookies. Entropy (C) 04:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, it matters in PvE when you're trying to PUG and whoever runs the group only accepts people people with cookie cutter builds, and you don't run one. OTOH these kind of people aren't expected to manage a group well anyhow, so maybe it#s best to not join anyway? ;-) -- ◄mendel► 10:37, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I dunno. I always force Dunkoro to ping his build before I let him join... I don't trust him. Dude brought Healing Breeze and Resurrect the first time I invited him. -- AudreyChandler 06:54, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Gigasmoosh
When are we gonna continue RPing? 23:23, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Mail, have you
I can't remember whether you get noticeably pinged when you get mail. (If you did, apologies for extra notices; if not, "you've got mail.")  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 06:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Thursday
"5:00 UTC (10:00 p.m. pacific) THURSDAY" .... so... is it UTC Thursday and pacific Wednesday (like you wrote), or UTC Friday and pacific Thursday? I can make either date. -- ◄mendel► 09:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Pacific Thursday, so um... Would that be wendsday or friday UTC?--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]<font color="Black">îğá†ħŕášħ  17:23, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * International date line → Pacific Coast → Felix → Atlantic Ocean → England (UTC) → Nederlands & some forgettable countries & Germany → Russia → China → Japan → Vanuatu → Pacific Ocean → international date line
 * If you assume UTC just reached exactly midnight in that diagram, everything to the left of it is still the previous day and everything to the right of it is the next day. -- AudreyChandler 18:03, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I fixed that for you. So you'll be there on 10 pm pacific Thursday and I'll be here on 5 UTC = 7 a.m. CST Friday, I think. -- ◄mendel► 20:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I forgot where exactly the IDL was located and couldn't be arsed to New Tab &rarr; en.wikipedia.org. :P But, uhm, isn't 7 AM a little early for you, M. ? -- AudreyChandler 21:28, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No. -- ◄mendel► 21:54, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's technically Friday for me too. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 22:03, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, on balance, my diagram is technically sound but difficult and impractical to do anything useful with. This is a common result from my genius projects. But, I think the question at hand &mdash; is it Thursday or Friday for Mendel? &mdash; managed to get answered anyway, in spite of my efforts to "help", so all's well that ends well. -- AudreyChandler 22:13, 16 June 2009 (UTC)