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[Briggsy16]

I don't get it. I assumed the boobs and whatnot were just for quick visual identification? When you see a person in the distance, how do you tell their gender? You check for boobs.

I check for penises

[miauw62]

I check for penises

This thread is a goldmine for the OOC thread;

[notquitethere]

Which is what I call "Farce." (This is where me and English professors disagree. I personally believe I should put the period outside the quotations, yet that is not how the english convention works)

No, your first instinct was correct: full stops go outside single word quotes. For example:

Starbound is what you'd call a "vidcon".

NQT said, "Starbound is what you'd call a 'vidcon'."

At least, the above is correct in British English.

[timferius]

Which is what I call "Farce." (This is where me and English professors disagree. I personally believe I should put the period outside the quotations, yet that is not how the english convention works)

No, your first instinct was correct: full stops go outside single word quotes. For example:

Starbound is what you'd call a "vidcon".

NQT said, "Starbound is what you'd call a 'vidcon'."

At least, the above is correct in British English.

It's correct in Canadian english as well. Although I do know that British and Canadian spelling and grammar have more in common than American, so maybe it's an American thing?

Edit:
Or wait, is it? Damnit, I'm going to have to dig out my old school books when I get home, I have an MLA format guide which should have it...

[Aklyon]

It makes sense to me and it has the word english in it. I'll take it.

[timferius]

Ok, so, after a bit of google-fu, it seems it IS a distinction between British and American grammar. As for Canadian... I'm not sure which we're supposed to follow. I'm used to writing formal papers in MLA from schooling, so my punctuation was always after the Citation anyway...

[Sergius]

Make sure that if you're using the British form, end every sentence with "old chap".

[notquitethere]

I find your stereotyping of my culture moderately offensive, old chap.

[hemmingjay]

Some info from the official forum, reposted without permission below:

Here's some info on what i've gleaned from the short stream:

    sand physics
    -it falls in piles
    -water drags sand along
    hunger bar (which is optional)
    cooking
    -"bacon" and "steak"
    ocean block <- infinite water source, not spawnable
    flashlight works under water

Active Link said: ↑

    You can watch it here.(no link)

about 12 hours later there was another stream, showing these things:

    dirt crumbles too, but less so than sand
    lava and water make some stonelike block (obsidian most likely)
    at least 2 tints of water on 1 planet
    weather
    -torches and flashlight light up trees and rain.
    -swaying of trees affected by the wind.
    chopping down trees actually makes them fall sideways.
    a little demo of farming.
    -fullgrown plant dropped a crop and a seed
    inspecting on objects using the magnifying glass gives a short description of the item.
    -inspected ciderbottle, chair, glass, flowers, table, candles
    crates can be stacked and used to stand on
    -removing one of the supporting crates causes the built stack to pop.
    chest as storage box
    a small lit area around the mouse when the buildtool is equipped.
    a small demo of some basic (tier 1 of 10) racial armor
    -aquatic looks as asian as we al hoped
    -avian wings look fun
    -robot armor does indeed look medieval, as we expected from the web character creation.
    -space marine armor, you can now die for the emperor!
    -superman outfit :3
    a lot of racial weapons were also shown, including warhammers, claymores, katanas, axes, etc
    racial armors are not procedurally generated. so that's 10 tiers per race (3 items per set, so 180 armor pieces) in addition to randomly generated stuff
    cool little bloodanimation when something dies, but this won't be in the final version (collapsing animation/ragdoll <- unless exploded)
    some critters around the 30 menu mark. demo of non-aggressive mobs (that eat your crops)
    -note, only one AI (the charging one) is enabled at that moment
    rockets will knock down trees like chainsaws do.

    another stream on january 8th that can be viewed here(no link)

added info to the list, info contributed by:
Pentarctagon said: ↑

    Steak is confirmed.

blind sniper said: ↑

    Another thing I noticed: Crates are actually used as item storage. (I've never seen it before, did someone?:unsure:)

[Levi]

-swaying of trees affected by the wind.

Swaying tree's is a friend of mines criteria for good graphics.   

That all sounds fantastic.  This is going to be a day one purchase for me.

[Chattox]

Speaking of day one purchases, do we have any more of a precise release date window yet?

[Frumple]

Not that I know of. Incidentially, re: that stream: Linky. I've definitely got a primary goal of settling an eternal dark/eternal rain world, if such things end up existing. I am pleased by the displayed aesthetics, heh.

... at least if it's still somewhat merciful to lower end computers, anyway.

[Diablous]

Not that I know of. Incidentially, re: that stream: Linky.

That is the second of the two streams, the one showing off armor, weather etc. The first of the two (the one showing off sand physics) can be found here.

All in all this definitely shows some promise. I'm liking what I see.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

... at least if it's still somewhat merciful to lower end computers, anyway.

I'm hoping for that as well.

[forsaken1111]

Robot boobs are supplementary power plants. Male robots have the power plant in their crotch, females on their chest. Its not a 'sex' really, there are just two standard chassis.

"This crotch of mine glows with an awesome power! Its irradiated emissions tells me to defeat you! Take this! My love, my sorrow, and all of my anger! SHINING! BURNING!"

Danger! Danger!  High Voltage!

Expanding on this, the gender select option shows a cable (for male) and a wall socket (for female). Obviously the breasts are extra batteries, and the... undercarriage is a cable to siphon energy from them.

Wouldn't it be the other way around? The breasts are extra power storage, which is provided by the male's power cable, and is used to power the reproductive factory while it constructs the new babby robot.