The Bridge

kalina

3:00 PM

@KevinvanderVelden nope

Arperum

75 minutes.

kalina

PS3 Fire button is top shoulder button on right (R1) does not make any comment about the PS4 controls at all

120 minutes

Kevin van der Velden

PS3/4: R2
to
PS3: R1
PS4: R2

In the edited text

kalina

@KevinvanderVelden that's because he added the PS3 section

you're reading too much into it

user is not aware of PS4 controls so he left them alone

comment clearly states he was referring specifically to the PS3 controls

Kevin van der Velden

@kalina hmm true, meh

Doesn't make much difference, should be a comment either way

kalina

3:02 PM

there's always history and rollback

doesn't matter

like anybody cares about assassin's creed anyway

Kevin van der Velden

@kalina this is true, I hear the boating sections are pretty good though

kalina

brb!

boss mode

Wandang

banning the only german in chat and then proceed to talk about hitler. - only on bridge

Sterno

To be fair, I'm not sure we ever truly stop talking about Hitler.

Wandang

obsession

Kevin van der Velden

3:11 PM

@Sterno especially @FEichinger, every time someone changes their name/avatar

kalina

@Wandang the only person from Germany in chat?

really?

there are plenty of people in here residing in Germany.

5pike

kalina

this must be another exaggeration like your "perfect" post on SU

Wandang

@kalina only openenly-german

coming out of the closet

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kalina

you can always complain about chat bans on meta.gaming.stackexchange.com

another user that was frequently in here used to do that a lot

no idea who that was

Wandang

3:12 PM

or rather out of the kz

kalina

it's always good for a laugh

Ullallulloo

►

Sterno

Ragequitting is always an entertaining option, too.

kalina

@Sterno yep

Ullallulloo

That turned out well.

Sepia Lazers

3:13 PM

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Q: Should a question be understandable even by people that don't play the game?

I'm referring specifically to this question: for an Ingress player it's clear what it's being asked, and I've edited it to refer to the "passcodes" game-specific term, instead of the generic "codes". For someone not playing the game the question may not be clear at all, could this be a rightful c...

kalina

definitely worth a thought

FEichinger

@KevinvanderVelden Oh, hey, ping?

@kalina NoneOfYourBusiness did that, I believe.

Kevin van der Velden

@Ullallulloo aah, creeps running after you, always fun

Yuki

@FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!!

Kevin van der Velden

It's even better when they're allied creeps and you can't kill them

@FEichinger oh yes, we were talking about hitler and it seemed fitting to ping you

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Wandang

3:16 PM

@Ullallulloo you could have broken the cogs

FEichinger

@KevinvanderVelden Why, how nice of you!

Wandang

and get away

kalina

@FEichinger I love how that reference was seemingly missed by everybody

Ullallulloo

@Wandang I was the Chaos Knight.

Wandang

oh

FEichinger

3:16 PM

@kalina "Missed" not so much as "nobody cared" ...

Wandang

@Ullallulloo stop feeding then

Kevin van der Velden

@FEichinger hey, you're the one calling people worse than hitler =p

Ullallulloo

@Wandang shh

Kevin van der Velden

@Wandang he got 3 enemies killed! That's not feeding, that's tactics

FEichinger

@KevinvanderVelden To be fair, I didn't start it.

Kevin van der Velden

3:17 PM

@FEichinger to be fair, that was before I came here

Wandang

@KevinvanderVelden thats low bracket :/

FEichinger

@KevinvanderVelden Thanks for making me feel Bridge-old.

Kevin van der Velden

@FEichinger any time :)

FEichinger

Wandang is starting to have some resemblance with Guilo, judging from the transcript. Go figure.

Wandang

it is just sad when you realize you reached a peak in skill in a game and from there it just goes down

because you are studying, working and have personal things that need time

Sterno

3:22 PM

@kalina I was just avoiding the topic.

FEichinger

@Sterno Which is a good idea, yes.

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy You set category or something on the "information" page (hit triangle and it's a menu somewhere). Then press square on the games list and it changes sorting mode, one of them is by category

kalina

AVOID IT ALL YOU WANT

5pike

TIL: Hello Kitty weighs as much as 3 apples O_o

Wandang

@5pike which generation? the 5s is quite thin and lightweight

:D

5pike

3:29 PM

@Wandang I have no idea. I just read that "it weighs as much as 3 apples"

FAE

@FEichinger So that Steam issue I was having the other day? They're still saying they want to update. So I went into the Download page and clicked the move to top of queue button, and it's now downloading stuff for these games, but only if I click that. They're not autodownloading.

Lazers

0

Q: What changes does the Starbow mod make to units, spells, and tech trees?

There's recently been a lot of hype about Starbow and I've been playing the mod plenty. However, it would be nice to be able to read about changes, unit tweaks, and new spells while not in the game so I can think about them casually. What are the changes made to SC2 and Brood War units, tech tree...

starcraft-2 starbow

Sterno

@kalina Otherwise I'd find myself adding to the list of similarities. But to what end?

Yuki

FEichinger

@FAE Hmm ... that's really, really weird.

FAE

3:31 PM

@FEichinger Yeah, I'm... really confused. So I'm going through downloading each of them by hand. :|

FEichinger

I don't even think there's any way it should do that at all.

Frank

Good morning, Bridge

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FEichinger

@Frank Finally.

FAE

@Frank CC @Yuki

5pike

@Frank Took your sweet time

Frank

3:32 PM

Did you really need to ping me eight times while I'm sleeping?

Yuki

@Frank Oh god, thank you.

Martin Sojka

@Wandang No. It just means you weren't every very good at the game in the first place. For a counter-example, consider Emanuel Lasker - World Chess Champion for twenty-seven years, until an age of 52.

FEichinger

@Frank Yes.

FAE

@FEichinger They're under a heading called "Update Required (Not Queued)" and I have no idea why they're not queued.

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka I am struggling to make sense of these instructions. x_x

FEichinger

3:33 PM

@FAE Ooooh! Yeh, that happens when an update fails (connection error or the like).

Wandang

@Yuki thats just sad

FEichinger

Push them all back into the queue, then they should autoupdate again.

Yuki

1 hour ago, by Yuki

DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PAPER BAG I CAN BREATHE IN AND OUT OF?!

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy Just press buttons over a game until you see an "info" or "detail" or whatever menu

RegDwigнt

Frank has the best job in this chat. Say "good morning", get stars, set.timeout(86400).

Sterno

3:34 PM

I FIGURED OUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT

Wandang

@MartinSojka chess... chess player have a lot of time.

Sterno

In 5 days, we'll be able to see our star totals!

That would be the best.

Wandang

chess does not requiere fast muscles

Sterno

Then we can get bitchy about stars the same way we do about votes and rep.

FEichinger

@Sterno The Bridge would drown in innuendos.

RegDwigнt

3:34 PM

@Sterno but you already can.

FAE

@FEichinger That seems to be working now, thanks! I tried that the other day, but they all just kicked themselves out of queue when I did it.

Frank

@Sterno Stuff we starred, or stuff of ours that got starred?

Sterno

@RegDwigнt Where?

FEichinger

@FAE Yeh, as I said, that usually happens with connection errors and the like.

RegDwigнt

@Sterno in the transcript.

Sterno

3:35 PM

@Frank The total number of stars all of our messages have received.

@RegDwigнt Too much work.

RegDwigнt

I didn't say it was easy, just that you could see it.

Sterno

I require a large number attached to my name that makes me feel superior to everyone who has a smaller number.

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Martin Sojka

@Wandang He was also a professor of mathematics and held positions in the universities New Orleans and Manchester. It's not like he had neither a job nor a family.

FEichinger

@Sterno You have your age.

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Sterno

@FEichinger As everyone who plays RPGs knows, more numbers are better.

FEichinger

3:37 PM

@RegDwigнt What you did there. I see it.

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno 2 2000!

StrixVaria

Sterno

mod abuse

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FEichinger

@StrixVaria I was expecting that. Thank you.

RegDwigнt

@FEichinger clearly you don't.

@Sterno it's called "fun" in other rooms. You know, the fun rooms.

Sterno

3:39 PM

@RegDwigнt The only worthwhile room is The Bridge.

kalina

It would only be "fun" if it was something available to all users

FEichinger

But I have to agree with @Sterno. Mod abuse. Also: bad mod abuse.

RegDwigнt

@Sterno you can only say that after having checked all room in existence, which you have not.

FEichinger

You don't go and edit other users' posts in a room that you should not have the rights in.

Sterno

@RegDwigнt I can say it right now. I just did, in fact!

Ben Brocka

3:40 PM

@Sterno rolls dice "Mod Abuse™!"

RegDwigнt

@Sterno that must be some kind of mod superpower. We must abuse you now.

Sterno

For the record, I'm not terrible concerned about the edit. I just like saying "mod abuse"

RegDwigнt

@Sterno I know.

And I know.

I also like starring mod abuse.

FEichinger

@Sterno Hence why "Also:", to separate that from "your" part.

RegDwigнt

It's give-and-take.

Sterno

3:41 PM

@FEichinger Indeed!

It definitely can be a touchy subject.

RegDwigнt

@FEichinger hey I didn't write this software.

FAE

@BenBrocka Thanks for letting me know about Velocity Ultra. Also I'm confused that in the official blog, Spelunky is listed as a Cross-Buy purchase under Vita, but it's not listed at all under PS3.

RegDwigнt

Go tell balpha how much wrong he's done unto you.

FEichinger

@RegDwigнt Or I'll tell you that you should rather not do it.

After all, that is a voluntary action.

RegDwigнt

@FEichinger but that you already did.

I'm just pointing out another option, to keep you entertained.

Ben Brocka

3:43 PM

@FAE Spelunky is cross buy

FEichinger

And I'll tell you again, because you try to divert this away from you.

RegDwigнt

@FEichinger I do no such thing.

Ben Brocka

I usually just double check cross buy itude on the store itself

FEichinger

Yeh, I'm not going to argue this with you. You're coming off as rather unpleasant with what I've seen from you here.

RegDwigнt

Interesting.

FAE

3:44 PM

@BenBrocka I always get confused as to whether Cross-Save is the same as Cross-Play for some reason. I don't know why, it just gets mixed up in my head.

Ben Brocka

@FAE Cross save only has to do with saves. Cross play only has to do with multiplayer

But if they have cross buy or cross play, they usually have cross save, cross buy is usually the only one in question

kalina

I need a good story driven game to play

who here has played dragon age

is the first one any good?

is it really clunky like mass effect 1 is?

FEichinger

@kalina I was gonna suggest something ... but I think today's not the day to tease you.

FAE

@BenBrocka They don't have a help article on how to set up Cross Save. I didn't realize that you had to do it from within the game itself apparently. I thought just syncing to PS+ was enough.

Also somehow, I was not signed up for Sony Rewards until now. :(

So many lost points.

Fluttershy

@FAE There's a Sony Rewards thing? D:

Ben Brocka

3:49 PM

Yeah I don't like that you have to sign up for it separate

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Plone CMS & Zope

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Excel Power Users

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Ben Brocka

@FAE It's handled in game, some games do it automatically if there's only one save file and some have manual syncing

FEichinger

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

Yuki

@kalina Kinda sorta.

tombull89

@Fluttershy yeah, it's mostly crap though. DO I want to enter a draw to see a Korean pop star? Uh...not really.

Jason Berkan

3:51 PM

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment It's truly sad how much of my programming career has been taking the crap created by these power users and turning it into an actual database and software.

Unionhawk

zzz

Ben Brocka

Lone Survivor is all manual, Doki Doki Universe is all automatic until a game is out of sync (at which points it asks))

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, the 2 games I have it for (Sound Shapes and Hotline Miami) are apparently manual.

Jason Berkan

I shudder every time I hear "We have a spreadsheet that does that."

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, I was completely unaware of this until now. And I bought like every single Final Fantasy game they had on sale last year for the 25th anniversary thing. :(

Kevin van der Velden

3:52 PM

@JasonBerkan if the next sentence they were gonna say to me "And we'd like you to use/upgrade/maintain it" I'd quit

Frank

@JasonBerkan That reminds me of a horror story from one of my previous jobs.

FAE

@Fluttershy Apparently. x_X

Frank

Oh, turns out, I've already told you guys about it

Ben Brocka

@FAE Most are manual I think, I can kinda see why though I really like Doki Doki Universe's implementation. Seemless for most use cases, asks before overwriting in case you DO want to have different save files per platform

Fluttershy

@FAE Weeeeeeeell, butts.

Sterno

3:55 PM

@kalina It isn't bad and not really comparable to ME1

Ben Brocka

Sony Rewards is pretty new anyway, only a few months old

kalina

@Sterno not comparable at all?

Sterno

Dragon Age 2 was pretty crappy. The little I played before giving up on it.

Ben Brocka

How is Sound Shapes? I was considering it, but how I have 4 games from the 14 for 14 sale

Sterno

@kalina Well, in terms of "gameplay clunkiness". They have very different gameplay systems. The AI programming can be a little clunky in Dragon Age, but overall it's a smoother UI experience

JohnP

3:56 PM

In case anyone here is a model builder: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/63543/…

Mad Scientist

@kalina KotoR is probably the closest to ME from the Bioware games.

Ben Brocka

I got Rain, Puppeteer, Velocity Ultra and Killzone Mercenary, and already had several others in the sale

Frank

@JohnP Already joined, thanks. :)

OrigamiRobot

I just shredded over 56 gallons of paper. :3

Ben Brocka

Shredding stuff is so fun

FAE

3:58 PM

@BenBrocka It's basically a music game with precision platforming elements (though not as hardcore as something like Super Meat Boy or Dustforce or anything). It also has an editor so you can build your own levels and browse/download creations by other players.

RedRiderX

2 episodes into Sherlock.

Kevin van der Velden

@JohnP hmm, I've got some questions that might be on-topic (painting techniques) though they wouldn't strictly be about model building

RedRiderX

It's going great.

Yuki

@Sterno They kinda streamlined it a bit too much, so DA:Origins fans were kinda thrown off.

Kevin van der Velden

@RedRiderX of season 3 or of season 1?

RedRiderX

3:59 PM

S1

Ben Brocka

@FAE It looked neat, though I was wondering if it's like Everyday Shooter. Very interesting visually/aurally, not very fun gameplay wise, and too hard to finish before the end

Yuki

They're almost completely different games, tied only by story.

RedRiderX

A Study in Pink and The Blind Banker

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