Much Ado About Elo
Jul 25, 2012
I’ve had several players ask me about how the ranking system for XonStat works. This is my humble attempt to do so. If you have any particular questions that aren’t answered here, ping me in the Xonotic IRC or forums and I’ll try to answer it. If the wind is blowing in a favorable direction, I might also update this very post.
The Short Story Did I mention that there is a short story and a long story to this?
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Duel Commentary - mudkip vs. Galtath
Jul 11, 2012
Over the past few months I’ve been playing Xonotic less and less but developing more and more. This has started to change a little bit with the arrival of some consistent North American players. Where there once was just srkdy, nifrek, and myself, I am now seeing more activity on the servers at night, particularly around 9-10PM. Galtath and mudkip are two examples of such players, and I’ve been fortunate enough to spectate them multiple times.
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Coder's Block
Jun 30, 2012
Right now I’m in a bit of a rut when it comes to getting things done in the software world. When I get home, I want to physically take care of things around the house instead of hack. Instead of working on XonStat, I look forward to pruning the trees in the front yard and planning for the next home improvement. This is strange for me, as I’m used to coming home and pruning things in my software late into the night and loving it.
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Making progress on the block
Jun 30, 2012
Welp, I’ve made my progress on coding. It was trivial, but I hope it will whet my coding appetite! I just did the commit a few minutes back. It felt good, but more importantly it felt natural. That’s a start.
2012 Memorial Day Hike
May 31, 2012
This year the Memorial Day Danglers were at it again with their 5th year in a row of hiking! This time I was accompanied by Dreamer (Tommy), Factor (Scott), Compass (Phil), Trout (Tom), and ATDubs (Jeremy). We went from Bland, VA (1,595 miles from Katahdin) to Pearisburg, VA (1,552 miles from Katahdin) for a total of 42.4 miles. We had a blast despite the heat, humidity, and the incessant flies.
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Extra photo from Seattle Day 2
May 11, 2012
Processing all the pictures I’ve taken in Seattle is tough since I have such affection for all of them. In the end they must be filtered, so I sift through them. First I mark out to “keepers” of the RAWs I take (most of the pictures I take are unprocessed). This gives me a high level guide on how much time to spend per photograph. Next I convert them from RAW to JPG format, taking the non-keepers from 16 MiB down to a much more manageable, archiveable 2.
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Seattle Day 2
May 01, 2012
I woke up on day number two at 6:30 AM local time, ready to rock and roll. I hung out in the den for a little bit, munching on some red licorice before we all went to the local gym for a workout. Everyone else in the family hit tennis balls at the gym while I ran slowly around them, stopping every once in a while to do some sit-ups.
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Seattle - Day 1
Apr 23, 2012
For a couple of years now Tommy has mentioned that I should go out to Seattle with him sometime. His dad and stepmom live out there, making it a reasonable trip on the wallet. This year I finally took him up on his offer, and I’m pleased to report that I had a blast!
First of all let me state that Tommy has the remarkable ability to land himself at the end of every terminal in every airport we visited.
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Baltimore Aquarium
Mar 04, 2012
Yesterday we went to the Baltimore Aquarium with my parents. What a fantastic trip! We started off the day at about 7AM, packing everyone into the Ford at 8AM and scooting off as fast as we could towards I-95. The Aquarium has a slot-based approach to tickets, and each slot lasts for about 30 minutes. Our slot was for 9:30, which meant we had just over an hour to get there from Sterling.
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Surprised by a Sentence
Feb 20, 2012
As time has gone on I think I’ve grown accustomed to the leaps and bounds by which Layla grows weekly. Every once in a while, though, she’ll really drop a stunner that leaves me reeling, bringing me back down to earth with just how much she’s progressing. Just last night as I was getting her ready for bed, she looked up at me and matter-of-factly said “I want to see the video with the rhino with the horn.
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