(11:00 PM) jackosbournelookalike: rip i am about to take a loan
(11:01 PM) Jim Young: new upon out Merv
(11:01 PM) jackosbournelookalike: ?
(11:01 PM) Jim Young: autocorrect. new IPO MERC
(11:02 PM) Rip: Which one?
(11:02 PM) Rip: Personal
(11:03 PM) jackosbournelookalike: you went early.
(11:03 PM) jackosbournelookalike: 11:13 GAME TIME. was the plan.
(11:03 PM) Jim Young: ?
(11:04 PM) jackosbournelookalike: that was to erik
(11:04 PM) Jim Young: that's my buddies Co
(11:04 PM) CommissarKip: Who is erik
(11:04 PM) CommissarKip: hi erik
(11:04 PM) Jim Young: blackwater lol...
(11:04 PM) jackosbournelookalike: he told 11:13...
(11:05 PM) Rip: Made me late.
(11:05 PM) Rip: Be more specific
(11:05 PM) Jim Young: he,just now messages me about it. what do I have to do to get rating to fix my stuff
(11:05 PM) CommissarKip: Did you screw up, Jim?
(11:05 PM) Pleasure Kevin: What happened?
(11:06 PM) Pleasure Kevin: I was driving home from my productive place
(11:06 PM) Jim Young: CEO ruined my Co
(11:06 PM) CommissarKip: What CEO
(11:07 PM) Jim Young: max Texas
(11:07 PM) Pleasure Kevin: oh :(
(11:07 PM) Jim Young: rexis
(11:07 PM) Ratan Joyce: Whispering: Oh, I saw the goon thread, it's priceless
(11:07 PM) Pleasure Kevin: what
(11:07 PM) Ratan Joyce: Nothin
(11:07 PM) Ratan Joyce: I didn't whisper that
(11:08 PM) ControlVolume: what can i sell the goon thread for
(11:08 PM) ControlVolume: taking bids
(11:08 PM) jackosbournelookalike: ratan jim just now explained it was ceo problems.
(11:08 PM) Rip: :)
(11:08 PM) Jim Young: what's a goonthreadw
(11:08 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Probably some Rude Men...
(11:08 PM) Tea-man: Goons suck
(11:08 PM) ControlVolume: it's priceless guys, gresat deal
(11:08 PM) Tea-man: They're just here to ruin the game
(11:08 PM) Albertus Beaverton: Hey now, stereotypes hurt us all.
(11:08 PM) Jim Young: yeah can I get my stuff back
(11:08 PM) Ratan Joyce: Mostly some rude kids here to ruin the game, but occasionally there's a fun post here and there
(11:09 PM) Jim Young: or at least my money
(11:09 PM) Ratan Joyce: I mean, there are some great people in there :-)
(11:09 PM) Tex Corman: Careful, you could hurt their feelings somethin' awful.
(11:09 PM) Ratan Joyce: lol
(11:09 PM) jackosbournelookalike: ha jim money what about the 2 g i lost?
(11:09 PM) Rip: more the merrier
(11:09 PM) Pleasure Kevin: I wouldn't ever like to hurt anyone's feelings.
(11:09 PM) Rip: Like the corner bar without barfights....
(11:09 PM) Rip: yet
(11:10 PM) Jim Young: well I wanna get all of that fixed
(11:10 PM) jackosbournelookalike: he could reverse the building and ceo actions maybe.
(11:10 PM) Ratan Joyce: I'm not trying to please anyone any more, because I simply can't, so I'll just act like a dictator :-P
(11:10 PM) Ratan Joyce: That company won't get fixed
(11:10 PM) Rehab Submarine: Probably a wise decision
(11:10 PM) Pleasure Kevin: I thought that was the point of economics, somethings things go wrong
(11:10 PM) Jim Young: :(
(11:11 PM) ControlVolume: welp ratan i blame you for making me dredge up memorie sof calculus
(11:11 PM) ControlVolume: you and your damn selling equation
(11:11 PM) Ratan Joyce: Did you use ODE and PDE?
(11:11 PM) ControlVolume: hell no
(11:11 PM) Rehab Submarine: Well, if anything it should teach folks that the stock market is completely unregulated, and you can get hosed.
(11:11 PM) Richard Castle: eww calculus
(11:11 PM) Ratan Joyce: if not, then no problem, if yes... oh well, I'm sorry then
(11:11 PM) ControlVolume: just basic derivatives thankfully
(11:11 PM) ControlVolume: BUT STILL
(11:11 PM) Ratan Joyce: oh, then nothing to worry about
(11:12 PM) Ratan Joyce: Agree with RS
(11:12 PM) amanbearpig: your name is control volume why would you have a problem with calculus?
(11:12 PM) ControlVolume: just doing napkin match
(11:12 PM) ControlVolume: math*
(11:12 PM) jackosbournelookalike: dang it though scott you shoulda known i wanted joi not joy....:(
(11:12 PM) amanbearpig: lol
(11:12 PM) ControlVolume: because i can have computers do all the work for me
(11:12 PM) Ratan Joyce: control volume is probably an engineering thing
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: (not really but a man can dream)
(11:13 PM) Richard Castle: Science!
(11:13 PM) Ratan Joyce: and engineering basically says: 1.1 = 1
(11:13 PM) amanbearpig: haha
(11:13 PM) CommissarKip: rage at the chat refreshing when I want to read back what was said
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: see ratan gets it
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: hey
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: hey commissar
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: hi commissar
(11:13 PM) CommissarKip: hey CV
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: how's that reading going
(11:13 PM) CommissarKip: hi
(11:13 PM) CommissarKip: terrible
(11:13 PM) CommissarKip: thanks
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: oh
(11:13 PM) ControlVolume: that's a shame
(11:14 PM) ControlVolume: maybe you'll get lucky
(11:14 PM) Richard Castle: lol
(11:14 PM) ControlVolume: and not have someone talk
(11:14 PM) ControlVolume: won't that be something to look forward to!
(11:14 PM) amanbearpig: CV you an engineer?
(11:14 PM) Bill Gates: hey scott: you should really add a damn FAQ: "what does expanding my stores/r&d/factory do?" "what does quality mean, how do I get it?" "how do I get network" "what do stores do?" "what does researching do?"
(11:14 PM) ControlVolume: in the process of getting a job as one, yeah
(11:14 PM) amanbearpig: nice me - almost - too
(11:14 PM) Ratan Joyce: Umm... isn't it already there?
(11:14 PM) amanbearpig: ME?
(11:15 PM) Ratan Joyce: I'm a ME
(11:15 PM) ControlVolume: i think you're a CE now
(11:15 PM) John Galt: Good day
(11:16 PM) Ratan Joyce: yeah, funny how that worked
(11:16 PM) Ratan Joyce: Hi John
(11:16 PM) ControlVolume: it's not uncommon
(11:17 PM) Tex Corman: Wait, who're you?
(11:17 PM) Pleasure Kevin: ratan add a thing where if you get caught by the sec you get a big 80s cell phone after they take all of your assets
(11:18 PM) jackosbournelookalike: well prepare yourselves everyone for some major news........
(11:18 PM) Ron Swanson: lol
(11:18 PM) Pleasure Kevin: *waits with bated breath* :-o
(11:18 PM) Ron Swanson: TELL US JACKO
(11:19 PM) John Galt: Please don't shrug
(11:19 PM) ControlVolume: do it
(11:19 PM) ControlVolume: make this guy write a massive speech
(11:19 PM) ControlVolume: so we can all laugh at him
(11:20 PM) CommissarKip: major news!
(11:20 PM) jackosbournelookalike: youll see
(11:21 PM) Ron Swanson: nobody likes a tease, jacko
(11:21 PM) CommissarKip: I do
(11:22 PM) John Galt: Er
(11:22 PM) John Galt: Is MERC now owned by you?
(11:24 PM) Pleasure Kevin: So, this system isn't entirely laissez-faire?
(11:24 PM) Xoz Dragon: and there go all the stock prices
(11:25 PM) John Galt: If this keeps up I will pull out of IIII
(11:25 PM) jackosbournelookalike: ok this is bulllove and i'm sick of it.... if ratan doesn't do something im gone
(11:25 PM) jackosbournelookalike: forever forget it bull
(11:25 PM) jackosbournelookalike: tired of this love...
(11:25 PM) Pleasure Kevin: What happened, Jack?
(11:26 PM) ControlVolume: wait what did i miss
(11:26 PM) jackosbournelookalike: it's over i am serious i am about to screw everyone bigtime and forget the game.
(11:26 PM) jackosbournelookalike: over it
(11:26 PM) Pleasure Kevin: I don't understand, what happened?
(11:26 PM) Xoz Dragon: jack pulled lots of his shares of stock...tanking the market
(11:26 PM) jackosbournelookalike: you throw a little support around for people and you get screwed and love it
(11:26 PM) Albertus Beaverton: Go for it. The market will live and die without you, jackosbournelookalike.
(11:26 PM) jackosbournelookalike: i'm about to crash it it
(11:27 PM) jackosbournelookalike: im about to just leave over it.....
(11:27 PM) Ron Swanson: dude, it's the free market
(11:27 PM) Wall Street Kid: Welcome to the free market jackie
(11:27 PM) Ron Swanson: it's the american dream
(11:27 PM) Pleasure Kevin: I don't understand, Jack. You're the richest player in the game.
(11:27 PM) Max Smart: crash crash crash!
(11:27 PM) Ron Swanson: that's also true
(11:27 PM) Max Smart: yes
(11:27 PM) ControlVolume: wait no seriously what did i miss
(11:27 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Your power is boundless, why would you think about quitting?
(11:27 PM) Albertus Beaverton: This is about money, not about melodrama.
(11:27 PM) jackosbournelookalike: forget the fact i have done everything i caN FOR PEOPLE AND BENT OVER BACKWORD TO HELP PEOPLE....
(11:27 PM) ControlVolume: there is a dot here that was not connected
(11:27 PM) Richard Castle: B)
(11:27 PM) John Galt: Jack, why are you ruining the game when people still enjoy it?
(11:27 PM) CommissarKip: What is going on?
(11:27 PM) jackosbournelookalike: forget it.
(11:28 PM) Max Smart: I enjoy crashes
(11:28 PM) Richard Castle: Uguuuu
(11:28 PM) ControlVolume: it went from big news to "i'm quitting over something" and i don't know the something
(11:28 PM) Max Smart: do it
(11:28 PM) John Galt: Oh god
(11:28 PM) John Galt: I predicted it
(11:28 PM) John Galt: HE SHRUGGED
(11:28 PM) Roma Riyadh: haha
(11:28 PM) Ron Swanson: Jacko, what are you even upset about this time?
(11:28 PM) CommissarKip: wait, so Jack. Are you serious or are you having a tantrum?
(11:28 PM) CommissarKip: Cause then I know if I can take you serious or not
(11:28 PM) Tex Corman: This is the part where Jack and Marla hold hands and several financial towers in Delaware lose structural integrity and then the Pixies come on, right?
(11:28 PM) ControlVolume: what is happening aaaaa
(11:29 PM) Ron Swanson: Like sorry dude, but business is business. You're still super rich. That's gonna paint a target on you like it would anyone.
(11:29 PM) Victor Loins: I am Jack's complete lack of suprise.
(11:29 PM) Richard Castle: whats this madnesss
(11:30 PM) jackosbournelookalike: hows this.....i'm out.
(11:30 PM) jackosbournelookalike: you guys have fun being dicks to each other
(11:30 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack, wait!
(11:30 PM) Richard Castle: okay
(11:30 PM) Max Smart: DO IT
(11:30 PM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: buy all the stocks before you leave
(11:30 PM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: all of them
(11:30 PM) Richard Castle: (he'll be back)
(11:30 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Please, let's talk about this
(11:30 PM) John Galt: I'm sorry Jack
(11:30 PM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: BUY EVERY STOCK
(11:30 PM) John Galt: I got out of IIII
(11:31 PM) Max Smart: SELL EVERY STOCK
(11:31 PM) Murder Mcpain: DO IT. CRASH AND BURN EVERYTHING.
(11:31 PM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: BUY BUY BUY
(11:32 PM) ControlVolume: haha holy love the stock market is going insane
(11:32 PM) ControlVolume: oh nice the censor is in place
(11:33 PM) Rehab Submarine: Actually models the real stock market nicely
(11:34 PM) Rip: Maybe I am missing what all the fuss is about.
(11:34 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack quit.
(11:34 PM) CommissarKip: Is jack gone?
(11:34 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Because some unscrupulous idiots used his good will for evil :(
(11:34 PM) Rip: The only thing I notice is some whacked out love with Blackwater.
(11:34 PM) John Galt: Did he delete his account?
(11:35 PM) Rip: The Blackwater thing?
(11:35 PM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: internet stock market games are serious
(11:35 PM) Pleasure Kevin: yeah
(11:35 PM) Rip: Ahh I forgot about it already. Fake money is nothing to stress about.
(11:36 PM) Rip: So I pissed away forty million.
(11:36 PM) Harold Holt: does everyone have chickens with 3.1 breasts?
(11:36 PM) Rip: Make it back tommorrow
(11:36 PM) Rip: live and learn
(11:36 PM) Harold Holt: I'm aware that they have 10 legs and 10 wings, but 3.1 breasts when it says 0.5 chickens per breast?
(11:37 PM) CommissarKip: Hey Rip
(11:37 PM) CommissarKip: Did Jack quit
(11:37 PM) Rip: Good lesson in not trying to invest more in everything than anybody else.
(11:37 PM) Richard Castle: end of an era
(11:37 PM) ControlVolume: harold i don't think the units directly correlate to actual real world units
(11:37 PM) Rip: not sure.
(11:37 PM) Rip: We shall see
(11:38 PM) CommissarKip: Not to be captain obvious - but this isn't good PR for Jack.
(11:38 PM) Jim Young: hey Jacki don't threaten to take over my company next time :)
(11:38 PM) CommissarKip: If he decides to return and go if nothing went on
(11:38 PM) ControlVolume: my only regret is that i pissed away 40mil of what i could have had trying to ride some waves
(11:38 PM) Rip: I say proof is in the pudding and I still see his name and the stocks still show he owns them
(11:38 PM) John Galt: Dude
(11:38 PM) ControlVolume: oh well got some stock with good returns
(11:38 PM) CommissarKip: Exactly, but how can I take him seriously after this?
(11:38 PM) John Galt: Everyone hates him now, probably even Ratan
(11:38 PM) CommissarKip: Just talking business now
(11:38 PM) CommissarKip: I'm sorry that he raged and lost his cool
(11:39 PM) CommissarKip: But I can't do business like that
(11:39 PM) Ratan Joyce: What are you talking about, I always love jackos :-P
(11:39 PM) Roma Riyadh: I hate to break it you but everyone has hated him from the start
(11:39 PM) Harold Holt: Fair enough, but why 155 breast units from 50 chicken units when everywhere indicates it should be 100
(11:39 PM) ControlVolume: well, bill gates, whoever you are
(11:40 PM) ControlVolume: please do well and let me make money off of this investment here
(11:40 PM) Ratan Joyce: Because, economies of scale factor is put into the game!
(11:40 PM) Ratan Joyce: The more you make, the cheaper the unit cost is!
(11:40 PM) Rip: People can't take over companies that you own 50% or more of, don't want threat takeover then don'y sell more than 50%.
(11:40 PM) Harold Holt: Oh, had no idea on that, did it say that somewhere in the tutorial?
(11:40 PM) ControlVolume: p sure this is the biggest blow to insider trading i've seen though
(11:41 PM) Harold Holt: I honestly don't think it did
(11:41 PM) CommissarKip: It's pretty much because Jacko lived insider trading
(11:41 PM) Ratan Joyce: nope
(11:41 PM) CommissarKip: I mean, he tried to do good, but in his own way
(11:41 PM) Ratan Joyce: I have to fix the tutorial later, maybe remove it altogether
(11:41 PM) ControlVolume: i dunno, i'm not touching stocks unless i trust the person completely
(11:41 PM) ControlVolume: or the stock is good on its own right
(11:41 PM) CommissarKip: Think the tutorial is bad then, Ratan?
(11:41 PM) CommissarKip: It was quite okay from my point of view
(11:41 PM) ControlVolume: N/A P/E stocks
(11:42 PM) Ratan Joyce: no, it's not bad, it's horrible
(11:42 PM) Ratan Joyce: I made it at v0.20
(11:42 PM) ControlVolume: lots of N/A P/E stocks*
(11:42 PM) Ratan Joyce: it's way outdated
(11:42 PM) Richard Castle: well the biggest thing is give people more options at the beginning then just fruit
(11:42 PM) Richard Castle: that way the fruit market won't be so saturated
(11:42 PM) Ratan Joyce: that'll change
(11:42 PM) CommissarKip: Oh hey, did you add economies of scale then just yet?
(11:42 PM) Ratan Joyce: yup
(11:42 PM) CommissarKip: Nice
(11:42 PM) Ratan Joyce: about 30 min ago
(11:43 PM) Richard Castle: awesome
(11:43 PM) ControlVolume: would be simpler, i htink to offer a one-time factory conversion
(11:43 PM) Rip: Yea, the cool thing to do would be introduce a new starter industry with each new item release.
(11:43 PM) CommissarKip: How about we set up a newbie help corp?
(11:43 PM) ControlVolume: and keep the cost levels the same
(11:43 PM) Harold Holt: So can I put an arbitrarily large order in and cancel any time and still get the scale bonus dealie?
(11:43 PM) Roma Riyadh: Ratan why did you break the electricity and water market?
(11:43 PM) Ratan Joyce: I took care of that
(11:43 PM) ControlVolume: like a plantation could be converted into a $100,000 factory, but with half the levels
(11:43 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Uh, this puts me in a strange position Ratan.
(11:44 PM) ControlVolume: and only once, for one factory
(11:44 PM) Pleasure Kevin: As CEO of his company- what do I do with the assets?
(11:44 PM) Ratan Joyce: it'll calculate usage based on what you actually made
(11:44 PM) Ratan Joyce: just stay there until your term expire? or until he comes back later tonight?
(11:44 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Okay.
(11:44 PM) Jim Young: hey ratan, sorry about making your dude mad
(11:44 PM) Jim Young: kinda
(11:45 PM) CommissarKip: Ratan, do I need to reset my production for it to take effect?
(11:45 PM) CommissarKip: Also, yeah, sorry about Jack. :(
(11:45 PM) Ratan Joyce: no
(11:45 PM) CommissarKip: I mean, he meant well.
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: he threatened to take over my company last time and it turns out i had a fall guy for it
(11:45 PM) CommissarKip: He just did it the wrong way.
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: :)
(11:45 PM) Rip: so is blackwater hosed or is it worth taking control of?
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: <3 u
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: yeah blackwater is hosed
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: drained it all into Xe Intl
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: then bought everything off of the b2b i could
(11:45 PM) ControlVolume: uh yeah i'd say blackwater is hosed
(11:45 PM) Pleasure Kevin: rip blackwater
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: and sold it off for a dollar
(11:45 PM) ControlVolume: literally nothing inside
(11:45 PM) Jim Young: also i pump and dumped some stuff
(11:46 PM) ControlVolume: except some crappy research levels
(11:46 PM) ControlVolume: haha is that what happened
(11:46 PM) ControlVolume: hahahahhaa
(11:47 PM) Rip: Could of let me know a least the second you were pulling the plug :(
(11:47 PM) jackosbournelookalike: well jim i say f^cK You!
(11:47 PM) Harold Holt: Ratan, so the first orange costs 14c and 3 water, what does the millionth orange cost?
(11:47 PM) ControlVolume: woah man i think you mean love you
(11:47 PM) Victor Loins: sup Jack?
(11:47 PM) Jim Young: i thought u left bro
(11:47 PM) jackosbournelookalike: i help anyone and everyone who asks
(11:47 PM) Ratan Joyce: 50% in the end
(11:47 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack! You are a respected member of the community
(11:47 PM) Jim Young: hahahaha
(11:48 PM) CommissarKip: Jack, dude.
(11:48 PM) jackosbournelookalike: not anymore i guess...
(11:48 PM) Ron Swanson: I respect you, jacko
(11:48 PM) Pleasure Kevin: No, you are very respected. In fact, the attempt to take your wealth only affirms your power
(11:48 PM) jackosbournelookalike: jim your rude and screw you... it';s bull what you did
(11:48 PM) John Galt: So why did you shrug?
(11:48 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Every great man has his sycophants, like Rand said...
(11:48 PM) John Galt: It never went good for me.
(11:48 PM) Jim Young: hey man, dont threaten people with takeovers next time :)
(11:48 PM) jackosbournelookalike: well since i have so much respect then everyone boycott young
(11:49 PM) CommissarKip: will all due respect, this is business
(11:49 PM) Ratan Joyce: *shrugs, glad I'm not involved*
(11:49 PM) CommissarKip: and that is blackmail jack
(11:49 PM) jackosbournelookalike: forget it i'm out of chat
(11:49 PM) Jim Young: you never seen Wall Street have you
(11:49 PM) Victor Loins: Later dude.
(11:49 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack, you have the power to make everyone boycott Young by simply cornering his market.
(11:49 PM) CommissarKip: are you out of the game as awll jack?
(11:49 PM) Jim Young: im like the gordon gecko of this love
(11:49 PM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: you have the power to buy every stock
(11:49 PM) John Galt: We'll miss you
(11:49 PM) Johnny Appleseed: Jim, though, if you had done that in real life, you'd be SEC'd to hell and gone.
(11:49 PM) John Galt: Please don't hold the world on your shoulders
(11:49 PM) CommissarKip: True
(11:49 PM) Jim Young: good thing this is a game
(11:50 PM) amanbearpig: man I have to work tomorrow and shoulda been in bed awhile ago but the drama in here is palpable lol
(11:50 PM) jackosbournelookalike: who will reaLLY HURT AS A RESULT OF THIS IS VIRTUALLY EVERY NEW PLAYER IN THIS GAME WHOM I COULD HAVE HELPED ALONG.
(11:50 PM) CommissarKip: Jack, dude
(11:50 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack, please don't leave. I am a new player who believes in you and I want to follow behind your vast legacy
(11:50 PM) CommissarKip: You're not makng it better.
(11:50 PM) Harold Holt: Is there a list of mechanics that aren't apparent listed somewhere?
(11:50 PM) Victor Loins: I am pleased to announce that I am the SECOND largest shareholder of MERC, going down with the ship people.
(11:50 PM) Wall Street Kid: You didn't give me any help bud.
(11:50 PM) Ratan Joyce: oh yeah, a lot
(11:50 PM) Johnny Appleseed: Harold, check the forums a bit.
(11:50 PM) John Galt: Jack, I joined like 4 days ago
(11:51 PM) John Galt: You did not help me at all
(11:51 PM) Ratan Joyce: I'll go tackle the maintenance now
(11:51 PM) John Galt: How are you to say that?
(11:51 PM) Ron Swanson: Don't leave jack
(11:51 PM) ControlVolume: wow this place really is libertarian paradise
(11:51 PM) ControlVolume: i kind of like it
(11:51 PM) Rehab Submarine: Jackos... seriously... take a day break.. and come back then. It doesn't help to stew in public.
(11:51 PM) CommissarKip: I love this game now
(11:51 PM) Jim Young: jack dont leave
(11:51 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Ron, you're with me in the belief in Jack, right?
(11:51 PM) Pleasure Kevin: C'mon everyone, let's hear a round of it: I believe in Jack.
(11:51 PM) Jim Young: YOU BE JACK ILL BE ROSE
(11:51 PM) CommissarKip: Ratan, what maintenance?
(11:51 PM) Ron Swanson: I believe in Jack!
(11:51 PM) ControlVolume: i think he's talking about factories
(11:51 PM) Sport Harris: i believe in jack!
(11:52 PM) ControlVolume: i believe that jack isn't coming back
(11:52 PM) John Galt: I believe Jack is making excuses about helping new people despite never doing that!
(11:52 PM) Pleasure Kevin: He helped me, Mr. Galt.
(11:52 PM) Ron Swanson: He helped me as well
(11:52 PM) Pleasure Kevin: And I take great offense at your accusations, not even on Jack's behalf.
(11:52 PM) ControlVolume: i don't believe in jackos
(11:52 PM) Pleasure Kevin: He was a benevolent Libertarian Tyrant who knew no bounds, but like Icarus he flew too close to the sun.
(11:52 PM) ControlVolume: GET CLAPPING
(11:52 PM) John Galt: CLOP
(11:52 PM) Ron Swanson: CLAP....
(11:52 PM) John Galt: CLOP
(11:52 PM) Ron Swanson: CLAP.
(11:52 PM) amanbearpig: I believe that Jack is at some jack daniels right now
(11:52 PM) Pleasure Kevin: What're you? A mere hangerson. If you quit, nothing would be lost.. but Jack's legacy will be felt
(11:53 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Forever.
(11:53 PM) Ratan Joyce: (11:52 PM) John Galt: I believe Jack is making excuses about helping new people despite never doing that! - he did it multiple times from his personal account
(11:53 PM) Rip: He helped me as well.
(11:54 PM) Victor Loins: I am now the LARGEST shareholder of MERC.
(11:54 PM) Jim Young: he helped me make money
(11:54 PM) Jim Young: thats for sure
(11:55 PM) CommissarKip: He offered me a job with which I'd only invest in his stock
(11:55 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Truly, your Loins are girdled in funds
(11:55 PM) Victor Loins: lol
(11:56 PM) jackosbournelookalike: well i can say this until today I greatly respected ratan joyce, aka scott....however his refusal to get involved in this matter has made me extremely sad, as much time energy effort, and ideas as i have put in as many things as i have discussed and
(11:56 PM) Ron Swanson: dude
(11:56 PM) Ron Swanson: ...
(11:56 PM) Ron Swanson: good point
(11:56 PM) CommissarKip: Are you now blaming Ratan?
(11:56 PM) CommissarKip: Not cool
(11:56 PM) jackosbournelookalike: helped him with, i guess it had to happen eventually the player base would grow too large for him to concern himself with it.
(11:56 PM) Ron Swanson: yeah, actually kinda not cool
(11:56 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack, I respect you dearly, but this is a free-market simulator.
(11:56 PM) amanbearpig: LoL
(11:56 PM) Pleasure Kevin: As such, people of your calibur need to understand that sycophants will try to destroy them.
(11:57 PM) jackosbournelookalike: so if people would let the sentences be finished
(11:57 PM) Ron Swanson: that's not what sycophant means
(11:57 PM) Ratan Joyce: No, I understand you, only thing is I made it clear earlier today that I won't add regulations and apply them retroactively
(11:57 PM) jackosbournelookalike: at this point i now know that scott doesn't want to be involved in player matters anymore...
(11:57 PM) Pleasure Kevin: Scott made this game.
(11:57 PM) CommissarKip: Is Scott Ratan?
(11:57 PM) Pleasure Kevin: He provided the servers, the code, and everything that makes it great.
(11:58 PM) amanbearpig: you made a buttload of money off backdoor dealings and unregulated trading and now you get bitten by it and NOW want to change everything for your benefit....LoL
(11:58 PM) Pleasure Kevin: He alone, as our benevolent watcher, lets us destroy eachother.
(11:58 PM) jackosbournelookalike: so now i will do what i decide to do, i will no longer be a help to new players and i will run my own companies
(11:58 PM) Ratan Joyce: Yeah, I respect Garry, but my coding efficiency is down to 10% ever since we got 200 players
(11:58 PM) jackosbournelookalike: i love scott
(11:58 PM) Rip: Nor should he have to, he should be spending time coding not babysitting.
(11:58 PM) Rehab Submarine: Jacko... seriously... take a day break... come back.. and pwn us all in our own game.
(11:58 PM) Ratan Joyce: Love you too :-)
(11:58 PM) Rip: We bother him too much already
(11:58 PM) Ron Swanson: Ratan, you need to find a moderator or something
(11:58 PM) amanbearpig: Jackos gona commie
(11:59 PM) jackosbournelookalike: as i am trying to say, since i know scott is not concerning himself anymore with player affairs now it's on.
(11:59 PM) Ratan Joyce: This is going to be fun.
(11:59 PM) Ron Swanson: dude, what was he supposed to do? You lost money in business
(11:59 PM) Victor Loins: Like Donkey Kong
(11:59 PM) Ron Swanson: business happens
(11:59 PM) jackosbournelookalike: the game has grown out of control now i agree.....
(12:00 AM) Ron Swanson: agree with who?
(12:00 AM) Ratan Joyce: My problem for the past 15 min. is on how to find your total building cost without nesting a for loop inside a for loop, so sorry Garry about refusing to do anything.
(12:00 AM) jackosbournelookalike: it's too large and out of control for scott to step in anymore
(12:00 AM) jackosbournelookalike: so i understand scott.....
(12:00 AM) Rehab Submarine: What are your buildings data stored in... an array of objects?
(12:01 AM) Jim Young: hey jacko
(12:01 AM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: use a for loop to go through an array of buildings?
(12:01 AM) Jim Young: you trying to manipulate him to fix your stuff isnt working
(12:01 AM) Jim Young: obviously
(12:01 AM) jackosbournelookalike: what
(12:01 AM) jackosbournelookalike: jim go love yourself
(12:01 AM) Ratan Joyce: in mysql - no, I'm pulling a query to update all players at once, already JOINed a couple of times
(12:01 AM) Jim Young: and as a person in sales you need to work on your technique buddy
(12:01 AM) Pleasure Kevin: I bet he does, the idiot narcissist...
(12:01 AM) amanbearpig: Narcissism.....so bad.....
(12:01 AM) Rip: I would suggest maybe you just delete the comapny and return funds to investors that bought stock
(12:01 AM) CommissarKip: what company
(12:02 AM) Rehab Submarine: @Ratan - Ahh, nevermind then. I'm not very experienced with DB queries.
(12:02 AM) Harold Holt: So the game is going from rewarding for specialisation to super rewarding for specialisation?
(12:02 AM) Pleasure Kevin: But that sort of scam is a symptom of the free market.
(12:02 AM) DOCTOR GBUTTS: me neither
(12:02 AM) Rip: Blackwater
(12:02 AM) Rehab Submarine: Well, and over eager investors.
(12:02 AM) Pleasure Kevin: I am with Jack, and believe in him, but to reverse what happened would be a betrayal of all of its players.
(12:03 AM) Rehab Submarine: Part of the reason the stock market was regulated was to make it less of a gamble then what we have here. Literally, the stock market here is a complete gamble.
(12:03 AM) Johnny Appleseed: I know me some SQL..
(12:03 AM) jackosbournelookalike: well anyone who wanted to get rich from working can forget it after these terms i am solo from here on out....
(12:04 AM) Victor Loins: Go get 'em, Jack!
(12:04 AM) Pleasure Kevin: Jack, I need that job!
(12:04 AM) Johnny Appleseed: Trustworthy players will arise. Jim obviously isn't one of those, and I doubt his supporters are either.
(12:04 AM) Rude Duke: so confused
(12:04 AM) Rude Duke: but such is life
(12:05 AM) jackosbournelookalike: sorry kevin but i no longer trust any player since ratan can no longer fix injustices, nothing against him or you but i will no longer take any risks for anything.
(12:05 AM) Pleasure Kevin: Well, why not let me use the rest of the week to prove myself to you?
(12:06 AM) Pleasure Kevin: The free market is all about chances, and I think I'll prove a good bet.
(12:06 AM) jackosbournelookalike: of course you can finish your term
(12:06 AM) Pleasure Kevin: Besides, you'll need people on your side and I have trustworthy connections as evidenced by my forthcoming supply line
(12:06 AM) Jim Young: hey jacko
(12:06 AM) Jim Young: im available for hire
(12:06 AM) Jim Young: as someone who has made around 6g in two days
(12:06 AM) Jim Young: i think you should hire me
(12:06 AM) Johnny Appleseed: Jim, you're an ass.
(12:06 AM) Jim Young: youre a man that cuts down trees needlessly
(12:07 AM) Jim Young: you've clearly never seen boiler room
(12:07 AM) jackosbournelookalike: ratan you need to moderate your chat or hire a moderator... i told you in the beginning yoou would need moderators...
(12:07 AM) Jeff Skilling: I am also available for hire and I will only steal 90% of what Jim would.
(12:07 AM) Harold Holt: I just autocompleted the exact same quest 3x, is that normal?
(12:08 AM) Wuntvor: haven't seen anything in chat that'd need to be moderated..
(12:08 AM) Johnny Appleseed: Jeff, tempting, but I think I'll hold out. ;)
(12:08 AM) Jim Young: hey jacko i thought you were quitting
(12:08 AM) amanbearpig: I'd probably only steal 80% of what Jeff would....
(12:08 AM) Jim Young: what happened
(12:08 AM) Pleasure Kevin: Jacko, if you're unwilling to offer me the chance at the next term I don't know how I feel about our current situation
(12:08 AM) Jeff Skilling: Don
(12:08 AM) Jeff Skilling: Yup. Don.
(12:08 AM) Ratan Joyce: Well, I didn't want to put in a chat for a reason
(12:08 AM) jackosbournelookalike: i said you could do exactly what you asked and prove yourself.
(12:09 AM) Pleasure Kevin: But then you also said I could only finish my first term.
(12:09 AM) jackosbournelookalike: then take it out
(12:09 AM) Ratan Joyce: lmao, maybe I should
(12:09 AM) Pleasure Kevin: What?
(12:09 AM) jackosbournelookalike: pms work fine
(12:09 AM) Ratan Joyce: only problem is someone's going to suggest adding a chat again
(12:09 AM) amanbearpig: speaking of pms are there any women in this game
(12:10 AM) Ratan Joyce: so... *shrugs*
(12:10 AM) Tasty McRibs: I wish I knew what this was even about
(12:10 AM) Pleasure Kevin: Chat is generally a great way to meet and speak with players.
(12:10 AM) Jim Young: Real talk for a second: I don't see how jacko getting screwed means you should remove chat because hes having a 5 year old temper tantrum
(12:10 AM) Pleasure Kevin: And, like the floor of Wall Street, a bustling avenue of words and emotions
(12:10 AM) Johnny Appleseed: Tasty: stock ticker JTM
(12:10 AM) Ratan Joyce: Not to be a sexist, but I tried to explain economies of scale and the store mechanism to a few gals, none of them understood what's going on.
(12:10 AM) Rehab Submarine: I think a fair amount of men wouldn't understand it either
(12:10 AM) Harold Holt: if this chat is just full of drama, and really bland drama like right now i say get rid of it
(12:11 AM) Tasty McRibs: Oh, a takeover gone bad?
(12:11 AM) Ron Swanson: women are just generally bad at math
(12:11 AM) Pleasure Kevin: Thanks for your input, Harold Holt. Your alliteration is very cool and interesting.
(12:11 AM) Victor Loins: So apparently I am the new chairman of Blackwater..
(12:11 AM) Victor Loins: Hwo
(12:11 AM) Pleasure Kevin: As a CIS Male, I can confirm that we are better at math and yes, I have checked my privilege ;-)
(12:11 AM) Victor Loins: How, and why?
(12:11 AM) ControlVolume: why is the better question
(12:11 AM) Ratan Joyce: As far as I know, most experienced players here have the chat disabled, and Garry's just trying to help out
(12:11 AM) Johnny Appleseed: Heheheh.
(12:11 AM) Rehab Submarine: Victor, just sell the company
(12:11 AM) ControlVolume: why do you have blackwater stocks
(12:11 AM) ControlVolume: thre is literally nothing to sell now
(12:12 AM) Jim Young: yeah blackwater was a bad move on your part
(12:12 AM) Ron Swanson: what do CIS people know about math?
(12:12 AM) Pleasure Kevin: That we are gendered appropriately
(12:12 AM) Pleasure Kevin: I guess
(12:12 AM) Ron Swanson: don't you guys just learn how to plug in routers?
(12:12 AM) Rip: My part as well :(
(12:12 AM) Jeff Skilling: CSI is a pretty good show imo
(12:12 AM) Victor Loins: Lol, I saw Rip and Jack talking about it, so I figured it was a good buy. I was WRONG.
(12:12 AM) Victor Loins: I'm keeping it.
(12:12 AM) ControlVolume: i guess the name is worth something
(12:13 AM) Pleasure Kevin: er Cis
(12:13 AM) Pleasure Kevin: or whatever the word is nevermind
(12:13 AM) Johnny Appleseed: Yeah, the name has some flavor.
(12:13 AM) ControlVolume: iw ill buy a single blackwater stock
(12:13 AM) ControlVolume: i have bought 1 shares
(12:13 AM) Johnny Appleseed: +1 Chat should stay, btw; this will calm down, and we need somewhere to learn about unscrupulous dealings and dealers...
(12:13 AM) Rip: I wouldn't have bought that much except I like the name.
(12:14 AM) Rip: Lost 40 some million.
(12:14 AM) Rehab Submarine: I think MERC should likely be delisted.
(12:14 AM) ControlVolume: when chat becomes unmanageable, channels might be the better option
(12:14 AM) Victor Loins: Hey! Don't try to take away my company!
(12:14 AM) Johnny Appleseed: I'd rather Ratan give us more in-game features :)
(12:15 AM) Ted Crisp: the game has just begun. This is Black Thursday.