alive? (Score: 1) by fishybell@pipedot.org on 2014-07-18 14:01 (#2JB) keeping those little green dudes alive actually takes on importanceI assume that my kerbel that has been (accidentally) orbiting the sun for over a year counts as alive, right? Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 01:38 (#2JQ) You should mount a rescue mission! It would be glorious! Re: alive? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-19 11:03 (#2JS) Actually, that would be truly awesome. I've never played the game but it looks an awful lot more fun than first-person shooters, which bore me. These Kerbels are pretty close to Minions, no? Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 13:24 (#2K0) You should definitely play it. (Same AC as before.) After a year-long absence, I started playing again tonight. After a couple of hours, I was building rockets and getting Kerbals into orbit - the look of terror on the face of one Kerbal was great, but the look of complete calm as his rocket later flipped upside down and slammed into the ground was even better.It's a bit of work to get to grips with, but when your first rocket design breaks through the atmosphere and makes it into low orbit...just freaking awesome. Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 18:56 (#2K1) Congratulations, you have figured out how to override word-wrap. Consider this message a bug-report. Re: alive? (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-07-20 20:25 (#2KD) That would be the <pre> tag that ACs on slashdot abuse a lot too. Although it does tend to make the post stand out, it is not the ideal use of the tag. I kept it as an allowed tag mainly from tradition with slashcode and possibly for formatting short blocks of source code inside a comment.Looks like I might need to break with tradition.
Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 01:38 (#2JQ) You should mount a rescue mission! It would be glorious! Re: alive? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-19 11:03 (#2JS) Actually, that would be truly awesome. I've never played the game but it looks an awful lot more fun than first-person shooters, which bore me. These Kerbels are pretty close to Minions, no? Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 13:24 (#2K0) You should definitely play it. (Same AC as before.) After a year-long absence, I started playing again tonight. After a couple of hours, I was building rockets and getting Kerbals into orbit - the look of terror on the face of one Kerbal was great, but the look of complete calm as his rocket later flipped upside down and slammed into the ground was even better.It's a bit of work to get to grips with, but when your first rocket design breaks through the atmosphere and makes it into low orbit...just freaking awesome. Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 18:56 (#2K1) Congratulations, you have figured out how to override word-wrap. Consider this message a bug-report. Re: alive? (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-07-20 20:25 (#2KD) That would be the <pre> tag that ACs on slashdot abuse a lot too. Although it does tend to make the post stand out, it is not the ideal use of the tag. I kept it as an allowed tag mainly from tradition with slashcode and possibly for formatting short blocks of source code inside a comment.Looks like I might need to break with tradition.
Re: alive? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-19 11:03 (#2JS) Actually, that would be truly awesome. I've never played the game but it looks an awful lot more fun than first-person shooters, which bore me. These Kerbels are pretty close to Minions, no? Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 13:24 (#2K0) You should definitely play it. (Same AC as before.) After a year-long absence, I started playing again tonight. After a couple of hours, I was building rockets and getting Kerbals into orbit - the look of terror on the face of one Kerbal was great, but the look of complete calm as his rocket later flipped upside down and slammed into the ground was even better.It's a bit of work to get to grips with, but when your first rocket design breaks through the atmosphere and makes it into low orbit...just freaking awesome. Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 18:56 (#2K1) Congratulations, you have figured out how to override word-wrap. Consider this message a bug-report. Re: alive? (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-07-20 20:25 (#2KD) That would be the <pre> tag that ACs on slashdot abuse a lot too. Although it does tend to make the post stand out, it is not the ideal use of the tag. I kept it as an allowed tag mainly from tradition with slashcode and possibly for formatting short blocks of source code inside a comment.Looks like I might need to break with tradition.
Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 13:24 (#2K0) You should definitely play it. (Same AC as before.) After a year-long absence, I started playing again tonight. After a couple of hours, I was building rockets and getting Kerbals into orbit - the look of terror on the face of one Kerbal was great, but the look of complete calm as his rocket later flipped upside down and slammed into the ground was even better.It's a bit of work to get to grips with, but when your first rocket design breaks through the atmosphere and makes it into low orbit...just freaking awesome. Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 18:56 (#2K1) Congratulations, you have figured out how to override word-wrap. Consider this message a bug-report. Re: alive? (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-07-20 20:25 (#2KD) That would be the <pre> tag that ACs on slashdot abuse a lot too. Although it does tend to make the post stand out, it is not the ideal use of the tag. I kept it as an allowed tag mainly from tradition with slashcode and possibly for formatting short blocks of source code inside a comment.Looks like I might need to break with tradition.
Re: alive? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-19 18:56 (#2K1) Congratulations, you have figured out how to override word-wrap. Consider this message a bug-report. Re: alive? (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-07-20 20:25 (#2KD) That would be the <pre> tag that ACs on slashdot abuse a lot too. Although it does tend to make the post stand out, it is not the ideal use of the tag. I kept it as an allowed tag mainly from tradition with slashcode and possibly for formatting short blocks of source code inside a comment.Looks like I might need to break with tradition.
Re: alive? (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-07-20 20:25 (#2KD) That would be the <pre> tag that ACs on slashdot abuse a lot too. Although it does tend to make the post stand out, it is not the ideal use of the tag. I kept it as an allowed tag mainly from tradition with slashcode and possibly for formatting short blocks of source code inside a comment.Looks like I might need to break with tradition.