Geschosskopf Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 12 hours ago, Just Jim said: Geschosskopf volunteered I did WHAT?!?!? On 11/14/2016 at 0:37 PM, adsii1970 said: @Geschosskopf: Are sandboxes similarly affected? Do we have screen capture images of what these new stations look like? Yup, sandbox is the same as career for random placement of green monoliths and spawning of extra communications dishes on Kerbin. 5 hours ago, Just Jim said: I was just exploring an unknown anomaly on Kerbin, hoping it was another green meanie monolith, but found this instead: Yup, that's one of the communications dishes. Most seem to be on hilltops like that. They're huge, too, way bigger than the dishes at the tracking station. They seem at least as tall as the SPH. You can see them from miiles away and they utterly dwarf Kerbals standing next to them. Despite this, they track around very quickly---impressive motors in them Still, they look a bit lonely, just the dish with no infrastructure buildings around it. If I was ever going to include them in a story, I'd use Kerbal Konstructs to flesh them out a bit. You know, a shack or 2 for some poor interns to be exiled to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz light fear Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Can't wait for the next chapter I am on the edge of my seat need to know the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 7 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: I did WHAT?!?!? Yeah... you were in a weird mood that day... Actually, I figured your character would be the most sensitive to the wrongness pouring out of the Green Meanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The solid fuel chemist Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 hmm, too close to the buildings for explosives... I recommend ether quite a few tank guns or a stock SRB missile (insert subtle opportunity to be in story with a less dumb sounding name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) 20 hours ago, Buzz light fear said: Can't wait for the next chapter I am on the edge of my seat need to know the rest. It won't be long, I promise. I already have half the screenshots I need, and I'm hoping to get the rest tomorrow. Then I need to have some fun with Photoshop, so I'm thinking the next chapter will be sometime Saturday. I'm really excited about this next chapter.... It's going to be a lot of fun, and I'm pretty sure it's not what y'all are expecting... Edited November 17, 2016 by Just Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, Just Jim said: Yeah... you were in a weird mood that day... Actually, I figured your character would be the most sensitive to the wrongness pouring out of the Green Meanie I'll go with that. The "green meanie" Monoliths are rated "PG-Older-Than-The-Preternatural-Twins" and I'm more expendable than Cap'n Sparrow Kuz. Edited November 17, 2016 by Geschosskopf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) 17 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: I'll go with that. The "green meanie" Monoliths are rated "PG-Older-Than-The-Preternatural-Twins" and I'm more expendable than Cap'n Sparrow Kuz. I'm reminded of a line from Serenity, "Shepard Book used to say: If you can't do something smart, do something right." Edited November 17, 2016 by Just Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 have a serious question... Are green meanies and blue meanies (think the Beatles "yellow submarine" movie) related? Oh, ok...not even in the same dictionary page as serious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, adsii1970 said: have a serious question... Are green meanies and blue meanies (think the Beatles "yellow submarine" movie) related? Oh, ok...not even in the same dictionary page as serious! Not sure. I stole borrowed the name from @Geschosskopf. I think he's the one that came up with it first. And knowing him, I'm guessing the name isn't just a coincidence... Edited November 18, 2016 by Just Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Just Jim said: Not sure. I stole borrowed the name from @Geschosskopf. I think he's the one that came up with it first. And knowing him, I'm guessing the name isn't just a coincidence... No, the KSP Wiki calls them that. I was just going with what it said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 30 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said: No, the KSP Wiki calls them that. I was just going with what it said. Ahhhh... OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz light fear Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 He Jim do you put the name of some of your fans in your stories because that would be cool and an interesting way to get more names for more characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 6 hours ago, Buzz light fear said: He Jim do you put the name of some of your fans in your stories because that would be cool and an interesting way to get more names for more characters. More as a thank you, actually. I have three of these characters, based on forum members @Kuzzter @Geschosskopf and @Parkaboy. I did it because of how much they encouraged and helped me at the very beginning to get Emiko Station going. But after a while I got so many readers and followers I had to stop... there were just too many to choose from. All of the rest, with the exception of Emiko, are game generated names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 2 hours ago, Just Jim said: But after a while I got so many readers and followers I had to stop... there were just too many to choose from. Well I can imagine that you would have a lot of fans to name, you know, being Just Jim of all people 2 hours ago, Just Jim said: All of the rest, with the exception of Emiko, are game generated names. Really? Emiko seems like a very game-generated name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0111narwhalz Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 While "Emiko" can (and has) appear in the generator, this was not from whence Emiko came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 12 minutes ago, 0111narwhalz said: While "Emiko" can (and has) appear in the generator, this was not from whence Emiko came. Oh wow... I was just joking around lolol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 41 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Really? Emiko seems like a very game-generated name. 35 minutes ago, 0111narwhalz said: While "Emiko" can (and has) appear in the generator, this was not from whence Emiko came. 23 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said: Oh wow... I was just joking around lolol In my case, Emiko was named after the fictional character Emiko Yamane, from the first Godzilla movie, played by actress Momoko Kochi. To do it I changed her name in the persistent file right before I hired her. But I've had a couple people say they had an Emiko show up in their game, so apparently it's also in the generator. Now there are also supposed to be sci-fi character names in the generator like Luke and Leia, so I honestly don't know one way or the other if she was added because of me, or (more likely) if someone on @SQUAD is also a big Godzilla fan, and she's been there all along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 3 minutes ago, Just Jim said: Now there are also supposed to be sci-fi character names in the generator like Luke and Leia, I hope I get Darth Kerbal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) The last batch of hired victims Kerbals I had came with Doodemone... Now how cool is that name... I can already hear the conversations... "It's dude, 'ey, man!" but with a Jamaican accent! @Just Jim: Thanks for the "behind the scenes" posts such as the one above. It's actually inspiring to know that there are others that will simply use whatever names the game throws at them. Edited November 18, 2016 by adsii1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 18 minutes ago, adsii1970 said: The last batch of hired victims Kerbals I had came with Doodemone... Now how cool is that name... I can already hear the conversations... "It's dude, 'ey, man!" but with a Jamaican accent! @Just Jim: Thanks for the "behind the scenes" posts such as the one above. It's actually inspiring to know that there are others that will simply use whatever names the game throws at them. Oh, I love the name generator! Right now I have 40 Kerbals hired and in the the story, but I still check to see who's available every now and then, just in case there's a really good one I can't pass up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, DarkOwl57 said: Well I can imagine that you would have a lot of fans to name, you know, being Just Jim of all people ...of all people??? I have to be honest, it's a little hard wrapping my brain around that, or the idea of having fans. I mean it's fun and really flattering, but I'm no-one special, and about as average as you can imagine. Trust me, if we were at a party, I'd be one of the people in a corner no-one really notices. So it feel's a little weird sometimes thinking I have actual fans. But at the same time, I also get all warm and fuzzy knowing so many people are apparently enjoying themselves. Edited November 19, 2016 by Just Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 No, @Just Jim , we would be nerd-fighting over the corner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 8 hours ago, adsii1970 said: The last batch of hired victims Kerbals I had came with Doodemone LOL, your Jamaican rendition is more palatable than mine. I've lived in Lousy Anna's Armpit so long I now automatically divide syllables by French rules, so I have the 1st syllable ending with the double "o". Thus, my immediate mental image was of the Golgothan, a minor boss adversary encountered by the protagonists about 1/2-way through the movie "Dogma" . 8 hours ago, adsii1970 said: It's actually inspiring to know that there are others that will simply use whatever names the game throws at them. I have until quite recently only used game-generated names. However, when KSP started including more human names than the Original Three Four, I started changing them to something more Kerbal. If I wanted human names, I'd play Human Space Program. 9 hours ago, Just Jim said: But I've had a couple people say they had an Emiko show up in their game, so apparently it's also in the generator. Now there are also supposed to be sci-fi character names in the generator like Luke and Leia, so I honestly don't know one way or the other if she was added because of me, or (more likely) if someone on @SQUAD is also a big Godzilla fan, and she's been there all along. As I understand things, the name files have lists of names. Sometimes you get one of them directly off the list. At other times, the name generator takes random syllables from 1 name and combines that with random syllables from another name. 9 hours ago, Just Jim said: ..of all people??? Well, the word "just" has various meanings. "Just Jim" could mean "Jim the Just" just as easily as it could mean "Merely Jim". If you go with the former, then it's a nickname for James the Just, who was an extraordinary guy in extraordinary times, regardless of which side of the dogmatic debate you're on. So yea, "of ALL people" is quite fitting for you And thanks for providing a way to circularize my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 2 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: LOL, your Jamaican rendition is more palatable than mine. I've lived in Lousy Anna's Armpit so long I now automatically divide syllables by French rules, so I have the 1st syllable ending with the double "o". Thus, my immediate mental image was of the Golgothan, a minor boss adversary encountered by the protagonists about 1/2-way through the movie "Dogma" [Edited by adsii1970 for relevant comment - or comment material I wanted to comment on] I miss Louisiana; moved away in 2000 and have been looking for an excuse to move back. Miss Boudin sausage...can't get it up here in Ken-stuck-ee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 14 hours ago, Just Jim said: Trust me, if we were at a party, I'd be one of the people in a corner no-one really notices. No, I would be that guy. 14 hours ago, Just Jim said: ...of all people??? I have to be honest, it's a little hard wrapping my brain around that, or the idea of having fans. I mean it's fun and really flattering, but I'm no-one special, and about as average as you can imagine. Oh yes, you have a hella lotta fans. Fun fact: When I came on here, I heard the name 'Just Jim' on a post made by I think either Draconiator or someone else... Anyways, as soon as I heard the name, I knew 'Dang... This guy is like a KSP GOD! (Sorta like Scott Manley or something) and I knew I had to find a way to know him! And here I am now, about 4 months later, talking to the man, the myth, the legend himself. You are probably the most powerful person on the entire forums! (Besides the Squad staff of course (Don't smite me )) and yes, it may be hard to wrap around it now, but trust me: You'll learn about how epic you are soon enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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