[04:12] <nathwill> greetings from the umpqua!
[16:37] <c_smith> g'day! :D
[16:45] <MarkDude> Hello c_smith
[16:45] <c_smith> hey, have you heard of Frozen Synapse?
[16:58] <c_smith> markdude, have you ever heard of or tried Frozen Synapse?
[16:58] <MarkDude> No I have not c_smith - what is it?
[16:59] <c_smith> it's a good game that's still in beta, but very much playable.
[16:59] <c_smith> I got the game in the Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle which bundles it, Trauma, and the Humble Frozenbyte bundle.
[17:01] <MarkDude> What type of game?
[17:04] <c_smith> Turn based strategy game.
[17:04] <c_smith> not RTS, but strategy nonetheless.
[17:05] <c_smith> and the game isn't based on resources, it more keeping your squad alive and beating the opponent, as the squad member you have are the only ones you will get.
[17:10] <MarkDude> Ok, so I dont need to mine stuff?
[17:11] <MarkDude> Or grow vegetables like in farmville?
[17:11]  * MarkDude played some zombie crap on facebook
[17:11] <c_smith> nope, no resource gathering is or any of that, pure tactics and outwitting your opponent.
[17:12] <MarkDude> Was ok with it- and then they wanted me to grow plants, I was like - NO farmville
[17:12] <c_smith> I'd be the same way.
[17:13] <c_smith> but this game, is a gem, you just direct the vatforms (soldiers in this game) and try to avoid having them go into a suicide mission. it's all about thinking ahead of the opponent, good thing there's a function to simulate what you think will happen.
[17:15] <MarkDude> Does it work on Linux
[17:15] <MarkDude> ?
[17:16] <c_smith> I have it running natively on Linux, it comes for Linux, Mac and PC, I'd recommend buying the Humble Frozen Synapse bundle, as buying the game alone costs more that what could be named as the price for the bundle, even if you name a price of $5 for the bundle, it's still a quarter of what the game alone costs.
[17:17] <MarkDude> ok
[17:17] <c_smith> if you do get the game, hope to see you ingame! :D
[17:20] <c_smith> fair warning, though, the bundle needs at least a prepaid debit card, as the only payment methods are paypal, Google Checkout, and Amazon payments.
[17:44] <MarkDude> ok
[18:02] <c_smith> so, did the irc meeting actually happen on friday?
[19:27] <c_smith> bkerensa, did the irc meeting on friday happen? or did it actually get cancelled?
[19:48] <nathwill> mailing list said it was postponed