The General Chatter Thread.

[RpJk]

Time for my bit-monthly post.

Just posting to show that I'm still breathing.

[Badger]

Time for my bit-monthly post.

Just posting to show that I'm still breathing.

sup

[Avalanche]

Time for my bit-monthly post.

Just posting to show that I'm still breathing.

Dude, If your gonna make a monthly comeback on the dot without being late, post some bots. If you are busy then just say so so you have an actual reason for not posting.

[Meganerdbomb]

"My greatest dream is a world without Jews."  -Taylor Swift, 2014

[Badger]

Let me tell you about the trainwreck that is my Computing project

So half my A2 grade is coursework, and we need to make a program for a client. Cool. Except in the first year we get taught the basics on python (nothing more complex than like how to define functions and how to use loops etc). This project needs to be "sufficiently complex". The least complex idea I came up with that would pass is a ticketing system for my school's IT department.

So I'm fairly confident in python (thank god I self-taught myself a decent amount, anyone going into A level computing blind is totally ****ed), but I'm making the interface in VB, since tkinter is ****ing terrible for making interfaces in python. This is where the trouble starts.

I need to pass ticket information between computers and between programs made in different languages. Since I'm more confident in python, I'm making as much of the backend as I can in python, so all the stuff interfacing with the database is in Python. However I don't know how to do networking at all and the last time I touched VB was like 5 or 6 years ago and I never did any proper coding, only very basic dicking around with the form builder.

So my sh** solution for communication is to put ALL the data I need in .txt files and just send them between the computers that need them (which I still haven't figured out how to do). This is fine for a ticket, which just needs 7 pieces of data separated by commas, and it can be all put in 1 file and sent across. Ticket editing is a bit more difficult but not particularly troublesome. But now I need to find a way of bringing up a list of all the tickets a user has in the database.

So this is where sh** really hits the fan. I'm gonna need to get VB to send python the username in a .txt file, python to get all of the tickets make by that person, put each ticket in a separate .txt file, send all the .txts back to VB with another file saying how many tickets there are, and for VB to put all those tickets in a nice table or something so that when a ticket is clicked a form pops up with all that ticket's information. If someone has 50 tickets in the database, I'm gonna have to send over 51 separate .txt files, and just pray that they all get to the target in time. And I have to get this sorted this weekend and do ALL the testing (click every possible button and input every possible type of data into every possible data entry field and document it all with screenshots) by tuesday.

Gonna be fun.

[Reier]

so python is like computer stuff right

[Meganerdbomb]

Let me tell you about the trainwreck that is my Computing project

So half my A2 grade is coursework, and we need to make a program for a client. Cool. Except in the first year we get taught the basics on python (nothing more complex than like how to define functions and how to use loops etc). This project needs to be "sufficiently complex". The least complex idea I came up with that would pass is a ticketing system for my school's IT department.

So I'm fairly confident in python (thank god I self-taught myself a decent amount, anyone going into A level computing blind is totally ****ed), but I'm making the interface in VB, since tkinter is ****ing terrible for making interfaces in python. This is where the trouble starts.

I need to pass ticket information between computers and between programs made in different languages. Since I'm more confident in python, I'm making as much of the backend as I can in python, so all the stuff interfacing with the database is in Python. However I don't know how to do networking at all and the last time I touched VB was like 5 or 6 years ago and I never did any proper coding, only very basic dicking around with the form builder.

So my sh** solution for communication is to put ALL the data I need in .txt files and just send them between the computers that need them (which I still haven't figured out how to do). This is fine for a ticket, which just needs 7 pieces of data separated by commas, and it can be all put in 1 file and sent across. Ticket editing is a bit more difficult but not particularly troublesome. But now I need to find a way of bringing up a list of all the tickets a user has in the database.

So this is where sh** really hits the fan. I'm gonna need to get VB to send python the username in a .txt file, python to get all of the tickets make by that person, put each ticket in a separate .txt file, send all the .txts back to VB with another file saying how many tickets there are, and for VB to put all those tickets in a nice table or something so that when a ticket is clicked a form pops up with all that ticket's information. If someone has 50 tickets in the database, I'm gonna have to send over 51 separate .txt files, and just pray that they all get to the target in time. And I have to get this sorted this weekend and do ALL the testing (click every possible button and input every possible type of data into every possible data entry field and document it all with screenshots) by tuesday.

Gonna be fun.

Literally NOBODY cares

[Badnik96]

Literally NOBODY cares

[The Red Blur]

Let me tell you about the trainwreck that is my Computing project

So half my A2 grade is coursework, and we need to make a program for a client. Cool. Except in the first year we get taught the basics on python (nothing more complex than like how to define functions and how to use loops etc). This project needs to be "sufficiently complex". The least complex idea I came up with that would pass is a ticketing system for my school's IT department.

So I'm fairly confident in python (thank god I self-taught myself a decent amount, anyone going into A level computing blind is totally ****ed), but I'm making the interface in VB, since tkinter is ****ing terrible for making interfaces in python. This is where the trouble starts.

I need to pass ticket information between computers and between programs made in different languages. Since I'm more confident in python, I'm making as much of the backend as I can in python, so all the stuff interfacing with the database is in Python. However I don't know how to do networking at all and the last time I touched VB was like 5 or 6 years ago and I never did any proper coding, only very basic dicking around with the form builder.

So my sh** solution for communication is to put ALL the data I need in .txt files and just send them between the computers that need them (which I still haven't figured out how to do). This is fine for a ticket, which just needs 7 pieces of data separated by commas, and it can be all put in 1 file and sent across. Ticket editing is a bit more difficult but not particularly troublesome. But now I need to find a way of bringing up a list of all the tickets a user has in the database.

So this is where sh** really hits the fan. I'm gonna need to get VB to send python the username in a .txt file, python to get all of the tickets make by that person, put each ticket in a separate .txt file, send all the .txts back to VB with another file saying how many tickets there are, and for VB to put all those tickets in a nice table or something so that when a ticket is clicked a form pops up with all that ticket's information. If someone has 50 tickets in the database, I'm gonna have to send over 51 separate .txt files, and just pray that they all get to the target in time. And I have to get this sorted this weekend and do ALL the testing (click every possible button and input every possible type of data into every possible data entry field and document it all with screenshots) by tuesday.

Gonna be fun.

Literally NOBODY cares

I care! I hope all goes well, Badger.

[Meganerdbomb]

well why the **** not

[Reier]

too much fanmail is hard for the server to handle

[Meganerdbomb]

i can't even send my own brother a pm

this is bullsh**

[Fracture]

holy sh**...can't believe i managed to remember this place

last time i posted was exactly two years ago when i was 17 and finishing high school. now i'm 19 and in my second year at uni

still remember doing this for the 10th anniversary: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=13124.0

so how much has activity suffered since the first half of 2014? who are the active posters nowadays? do people still build stock/host stock tournaments? and if that's the case (otherwise i might give dsl a try), what are all these fancy building glitches people have discovered? wtf is ironforge? is ra3 for real? i remember acams retiring, everyone being obsessed with mlp, infiniteinertia returning from the grave, geice being a god (has he moved on to conquer dsl?), entering around the world 2

i've basically been studying, playing LoL (ended silver v last season), replaying undertale over and over, watching steven universe, and binging how to get away with murder. abandoned mlp at the end of s2 so idk where that crap has headed either

[Meganerdbomb]

Mlp season 6 just started. Get in on that.

[Badger]

Mlp season 6 just started. Get in on that.

im pretty hyped tbh

[Mr. AS]

Hi.

RA3 is very real. DSL 3 DSL 2.2 (basically dsl 3) also got released after almost a decade. Ironforge is basically a lot more balanced DSL without any filler. Stock isn't too active compared to DSL/Ironforge, but a new glitch was discovered sometime last year by 090901 and I called Advanced Stacking or ASAS which basically breaks the game even more. Robot Wars RA2 Mod (actual name) was also released. It's a replica pack with some extra custom components thrown into it, pretty cool.

Activity-wise the place is just business as usual. Old guys leave, new guys come in. Old members occasionally come back in. You know how the saying goes, you're here forever. MLP fad mostly died down after S2 (which is coincidentally when I decided to get off the MLP meme train). Inf shows up from time to time, says "I'm gonna release a new version of inf AI you guys, just you wait!" and never does. Geice is actually still around. He showcases sometimes. He's hosting a tourney right now over in the tournament section.

I was actually wondering where you went. You just kind of left without any notice. I suppose that was better than making a drama-filled "I'M LEAVING GOODBYE FOREVER" thread like TeamXtreemer did, though.

[The Red Blur]

Yo. I'm one of those new people.

[Fracture]

so which version would i pick up if i actually want to be able to compare to what everyone else is showcasing? and did ironforge just come out?

the cauldron looks hype, that's actually awesome that a stock tournament just started! will definitely bring back memories from the old days.

i'm actually not sure why i left, just got bored and forgot about it all i guess. none of it was planned even with me starting uni. even if i did make the conscious decision, i don't think i felt close enough with the community enough to warrant a long goodbye letter. i'll have to see how interested i am this time and decide whether or not to stick around

[Badger]

so which version would i pick up if i actually want to be able to compare to what everyone else is showcasing? and did ironforge just come out?

the cauldron looks hype, that's actually awesome that a stock tournament just started! will definitely bring back memories from the old days.

i'm actually not sure why i left, just got bored and forgot about it all i guess. none of it was planned even with me starting uni. even if i did make the conscious decision, i don't think i felt close enough with the community enough to warrant a long goodbye letter. i'll have to see how interested i am this time and decide whether or not to stick around

Ironforge has been out a short while, long enough that a meta has been formed.

Try both DSL2.2 and Ironforge, see which you prefer. Both are getting a decent amount of activity.

[yugitom]

Ironforge has been out a short while, long enough that a meta has been formed.

Really? What is it?