The Bridge

Invader Skoodge

5:00 PM

On paper it just looks like a sunk cost with no profits at all.

fbueckert

@InvaderSkoodge They went above and beyond with us.

Invader Skoodge

Most people just don't "get" the importance of infrastructure.

Stupid idiots.

fbueckert

We pulled long hours, unpaid on-call support, and they still thought we were a bunch of lazy, overpaid, unskilled peons.

Invader Skoodge

They probably drive away most skilled employees by treating them like that. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy!

fbueckert

And freaked out whenever we took off 15 minutes early.

@InvaderSkoodge Yeah.

The guy they hired to replace me gave full DB access to the workers via an Excel spreadsheet.

SaintWacko

5:03 PM

@fbueckert Ooh, ouch

How'd that go?

Lazers

1

Q: What's the optimal strategy for the first Pokémon battle?

Every main Pokémon game has you battle your rival or friend after you receive your starter Pokémon. Every starter begins at level 5. They each know one Normal-type physical attack (e.g. Tackle, Scratch) and one stat-altering move (e.g. Growl, Leer), aside from Pokémon Yellow where Pikachu gets Gr...

pokemon

fbueckert

@SaintWacko I dunno; I just hear it from people who still work there.

I winced when I heard that, but, hey, it's not my problem.

To make it my problem, it costs $100/hour.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Not bad

fbueckert

@SaintWacko For what I'd be doing, it's damn cheap.

I think they had a collective heart attack when I quoted my contractor rates, though.

It was five times what they were paying me.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Hehe

fbueckert

5:06 PM

Strangely, they never took me up on that offer.

I think they figured they could get away with just paying me my salary rate as a contractor.

Anyways, that's enough of me monopolizing the Bridge.

agent86

kids, amirite? i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/11/8/jsmHtfasREykkyHXNZ3Q2A2.gif

how is "towns" - is this a game I would potentially be interested in?

SaintWacko

5:21 PM

@agent86 It's actually quite a lot of fun!

It's pretty much a simplified version of Dwarf Fortress

It has isometric 3d graphics, and it's much easier to get into

and it has a tutorial

user15026

@saintwacko that does sound rather awesome.

user15026

I hate migraine days. I can accomplish most things as long as I am horizontal, but that means no work and no class because neither are horizontal-person friendly.

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Aww, and here you went to bed so you could get sleep for class :(

agent86

@AshleyNunn ugh, migraines. I started getting these at a former job. had to take drugs. luckily, when I changed jobs I stopped having them.

@SaintWacko hmm, I may have to wishlist this for the inevitable winter sale(s) then. I hope the AI isn't silly and/or dumb. That always ruins these "god games" for me.

user15026

@saintwacko I know, right? I was like oh yeah gonna go to Canadian Lit and be awesome and boom migraine

user15026

5:31 PM

@agent86 I have drugs for them but they are hit and miss (my brain reacts weirdly apparently. Sometimes the drugs work sometimes they don't. Apparently the hydrocephalus plays a role in there somewhere. I have no idea. Brains are weird.)

user15026

sorry, that was a lot of weird brain babble.

Lazers

0

Q: Can you raise your character's main ("Hard Cap" - Level 81) level higher in Dawnguard?

I didn't flesh out my level and perk strategy as well as I would have liked (I got it nailed down at level 65). I also assumed the Hard Cap was level 100. My character will still come out, I'd say, approx. 85% the way I would've liked. I'm at level 72 now (gotta get a life, huh :D), and I've map...

skyrim

SaintWacko

5:47 PM

I love how easy it is to mod Dwarf Fortress

user15026

Annnd I killed chat. :p

SaintWacko

Some of the new magma buildings in this mod don't have impassable squares

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn May he rest in peace.

SaintWacko

which means the damned fire elemental in my magma sea can just shoot up and burn my furnace operators

So I went into the raws and added impassable squares over the holes in the floor

which the modder should have done in the first place

So it should be all fixed now! No more burning dorfs

user15026

Yay for no more burning!

fbueckert

5:50 PM

I go for a coffee run, and turns out BOTH Timmy's near me are closed.

@agent86 Speaking of these types of games, have you had a chance to check out Pharaoh yet?

agent86

@AshleyNunn On the day I was scheduled to play one of the (legendarily difficult, 4-player co-op required) Halo 3 Vidmaster Challenges with a set of friends, I got hit with a massive migraine and spent most of the day curled up in a ball in the dark wishing for death. I still played, and we won. I hadn't eaten all day, though, so I almost immediately went and gorged myself on chicken nuggets afterwards.

user15026

@fbueckert how is that even possible?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Remembrance Day was yesterday, so I guess that has something to do with it.

user15026

@agent86 yeah, I am at the curl up in the dark stage. Though I am not as light sensitive as a lot of people so that is okay.

agent86

@fbueckert I have not, sadly. My backlog is so terribly immense at this point it may well be years. At the moment, I'm mired neck deep in Superbrothers, Halo 4, Deus Ex:HR, and I think probably a half dozen others, gah

user15026

5:53 PM

@fbueckert oh, yeah okay I guess that makes sort of sense. Although you would think they would just have part timers work.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah. Ah, well.

No Timmy's for me today, then.

user15026

@fbueckert. :(

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Eh, it's fine. Found some other coffee. Doesn't taste nearly as good, but it's coffee.

user15026

@fbueckert might make me a bad Canadian but I never understood the draw of their coffee

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Mostly it tastes good.

And they don't let it burn like most coffee places.

user15026

5:57 PM

Okay that I can understand. I don't drink a lot of coffee (have issues with caffeine) but I like the idea of not burned coffee.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Coffee gets more bitter as you let it sit, too, and most places save money by just letting coffee sit until someone buys it.

Timmy's throws out any coffee that doesn't get sold twenty minutes after you finish brewing it.

bwarner

@TheStackExchangeBlog Ads? On Stack Exchange? Or does this really only apply to the original trilogy?

fbueckert

@bwarner I'm seeing the community promo ads now.

bwarner

@fbueckert Hmm, maybe that is what they are referring to. Because they say the ads for the other sites are exempt.

agent86

ugh, I feel like I'm getting sick again. I just had a cold like 3 weeks ago. NOT FAIR, VIRUSES

Mad Scientist

6:02 PM

@bwarner Only the trilogy has ads (except for internal ads). Though I personally suspect that Arqade isn't all that far from getting ads

bwarner

Nope, I don't see voting buttons on the community promo ads.

agent86

@bwarner (this is probably old news, but...) community promo ads have their own meta thread for voting.

bwarner

@MadScientist Agreed. And just think of the awesome swag we can get once the money starts rolling in! ;-)

agent86

I just want to see the game grants return :( we missed a bunch of really high profile releases this season.

bwarner

@agent86 Yep, I knew that, I was just curious if the new voting system applied to them too. Looks like no.

agent86

6:03 PM

@bwarner indeed.

it seems as though CHAOS has elected to leave us be for the time being.

bwarner

@agent86 Things just haven't been the same since we lost Brett.

Mad Scientist

I suspect that the whole thing was too expensive to keep it up. And Arqade is now big enough and doesn't need as much jumpstarting as before.

user15026

@fbueckert yeah I remember being annoyed at having to throw coffee out every 20 min when I worked there. I get why but it seemed like a waste on slow days.

bwarner

@MadScientist As long as people are still asking questions on GameFAQs forums, we still have a duty to keep growing!

Think of the children!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I was alright with it; it gave me something to do.

user15026

6:07 PM

@fbueckert there is that. :p

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Indeed.

Also, in HM news, I now have a cow. It has been named Spot.

Because it wouldn't allow me to use a number.

Otherwise, it would have been named Cow #1.

agent86

@MadScientist I've no doubt there were downsides, but freeeeee gaaaaames was way cool and I miss it :(

tiddy

i.want.mah.games

user15026

@fbueckert hey you are a cow name thief. That is what my cow is called.

bwarner

@fbueckert Ooh, are you playing Farmville?

fbueckert

6:09 PM

@AshleyNunn That's why I named it that.

I told you, I'm bad at coming up with names.

@bwarner HM news. Harvest Moon. The new one.

user15026

@fbueckert I can't believe you stole my cow name.

user15026

also my phone keeps wanting to autocorrect cow as coworkers.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn It was either that, or name it "Beef".

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert i'd have gone with 'Beef', to be honest.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice My little sister calls me mean when I name my animals like that.

GnomeSlice

6:13 PM

'Pork/Bacon'

user15026

@fbueckert as she should. That is mean.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice That's for pigs.

@AshleyNunn I just can't win with you, can I? :P

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Obviously.

OrigamiRobot

I'd name my animals after Adventure Time characters

fbueckert

Take your name idea, I'm a thief. Use my own, I'm mean.

user15026

6:16 PM

Yeah, face it you are doomed.

OrigamiRobot

This is my cow, Peppermint Butler.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I think HM has a six or seven character limit.

user15026

You only get 6 letters I think.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Pep But

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot That sounds vaguely disturbing.

OrigamiRobot

6:18 PM

@fbueckert That's what they call him sometimes

user15026

Augh I just accidentally sickled my cow and I feel soooooo bad.

2

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah, I have to be careful when I do that.

bwarner

@AshleyNunn I think you're only supposed to do that to bulls

user15026

@fbueckert I forgot I had it out from getting fodder. I just wanted to say hello to Spot!

fbueckert

I'd say move the grass to outside the fence, but the animals move to the grass and then eat it, so that won't help.

SaintWacko

6:21 PM

@fbueckert Cow One?

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Solution!

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko What if you have three cows?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Cow Two and Cow Three...

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot CwThree

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Gross.

SaintWacko

6:21 PM

@fbueckert Oh, is there a character limit?

OrigamiRobot

What if you have 47 cows?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I think there's a ten animal limit.

@SaintWacko Six or seven, yeah.

SaintWacko

What if you have a 7 3/4 cows?

Like @AshleyNunn does, since she sickled one :P

OrigamiRobot

Nov 8 at 17:23, by OrigamiRobot

THAT'S IT IMMA EAT ALL OF YOU

SaintWacko

I am eating pizza

Wipqozn

6:23 PM

@AshleyNunn You're a monster

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Technically, I suppose you don't need to include "Cow" at all, since any list that shows all animals includes pictures of them.

So I could technically just call them, "One", "Two", "Three"

Wipqozn

I'm going to be buying the new HArvest moon game very shortly. Scumbag @AshleyNunn.

I'll probably pick it up Wednesday.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I don't have a 3DS so I'm off the hook

user15026

@wipqozn Yaaaay more farmer people. I hope you don't get a yak.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Neither did I.

I bought one.

user15026

6:26 PM

@saintwacko it was an accident! I gave Spot a cow treat after to make up for it!

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I'm not spending $200 on one game

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Those are a nice boost. At only 30G each, they're cheap, too.

@OrigamiRobot I bought one because there are several games I wanted.

The new KH, the new Mario, etc., etc.

OrigamiRobot

Let me know when Trauma Center comes out on it.

user15026

@fbueckert yeah, I have so many preorders right now. It's kinda insane.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Ooh, that'd be fun.

user2334

6:30 PM

VICTORY

user2334

I can now retire my stint as SciFi agitator

Wipqozn

@MarkTrapp <3

OrigamiRobot

Grats

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp It looks like Keen cast two delete votes on that question.

user2334

@fbueckert Once as a regular user, and again after he became moderator

fbueckert

6:32 PM

@MarkTrapp That sounds like an abuse of process.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert How..?

Mod votes are super votes.

So General Reference is dead on SFF. All they need to do now is remove it from the close and flag reasons.

user2334

@fbueckert Nope: 1) you can't see who voted to delete, even as a moderator, so he could have honestly forgot he voted to delete 2) Mod votes are the honeybadger of votes and don't care about other votes, so he could've closed it with just himself 3) I forgot the third reason

fbueckert

@Wipqozn He cast a delete vote as a regular user. If you can't get something deleted as a regular user, deleting it as a mod sounds like abuse.

SaintWacko

@MarkTrapp 3) Reasons

user2334

@Wipqozn Indeed. I'm hoping since the community has started acting like it doesn't exist it accelerates the process on SE's end

fbueckert

6:34 PM

@MarkTrapp I can see if he forgot.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Users can delete the question as well, you just need enough votes. It's not different than mods being able to super close questions.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn And I understand that. If the community had voted to close it, fine.

But a new mod taking unilateral action on something he's already voted to delete sounds like abuse.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Except he already had multiple votes.

OrigamiRobot

@MarkTrapp 3) I always thing of a third thing when making a list.

agent86

I think I can see who voted to delete, once something's deleted. I don't know how that would work if I was one of the delete votes and then I supervoted.

user2334

6:36 PM

Gosh this is no time to sic semper tyrannis, it was just an honest mistake:

user2334

7

A: When and why was the Bombadil question deleted?

The site thinks I did: Except it says I somehow voted twice to delete it, and that this happened a month ago. I don't recall voting to delete it a month ago, but I may have voted to delete it 4-5 months ago when it was closed. That initial vote to delete would have predated all of the linked...

agent86

I can typically tell whoever cast a delete vote if I superdelete something.

Wipqozn

You're just being crazy @fbueckert.

agent86

it'll say "deleted by <person> and agent86 blah seconds ago"

Wipqozn

@agent86 You can only see votes after the required amount of votes has been made

user2334

6:37 PM

@agent86 Everyone who can see deleted posts can see who voted to delete after it was deleted, but nobody can see who voted to delete before it's deleted. in this case, Keen forgot he voted to delete as a regular user

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Ok. Problem solved. Sounds like an honest mistake.

agent86

Ah, okay. NM then.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Problems are never solved on SciFi.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot My problem is solved.

It's not a SciFi problem, so we're in agreement!

user2334

Your problem, my emergency

user2334

6:39 PM

Eh? MxPx? No? All right.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Wipqozn is not solved.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot @Wipqozn's not my problem. Somebody else can deal with him.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn is everyone's problem.

3

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot True.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Except mine.

The turtle doesn't bother me.

OrigamiRobot

6:41 PM

@fbueckert Are you going to stand for this @Wipqozn?

Arda Xi

@OrigamiRobot Does the tortoise bother you? We have... ways.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Yes.

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi Standard staring will suffice for now.

Wipqozn

I'm glad to know I have such a large impact on everybody's lives.

Arda Xi

@OrigamiRobot Oh, okay.

agent86

6:42 PM

you know who else was everybody's problem? Hitler. @Wipqozn == Hitler.

3

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn ಠ_ಠ

(I really need to copy that somewhere. Going to Reddit for it all the time is a pain.)

Wipqozn

@agent86 Well, tortoises have been known to live for well over a hundred years...

my word

-1

Q: Which Doctor Who episodes were written by Steve Cole?

I was reading on this site that Steve Cole wrote some Doctor Who episodes. Which episode(s) did he write?

doctor-who

I never down voted that question before!

Luckily I have fixed that grave injustice

since that question is stupid

10

Q: What two TNG episodes does Ashley Judd appear in and does she say she didn't?

I've read that she denies ever being in TNG, though, I believe, she was in two episodes (though I can't remember which ones).

star-trek star-trek-tng

I still can't believe how many up votes that has

at least 11, since I down voted

Arda Xi

...IMDB?

agent86

wasn't she like... wesley crusher's BFF for all of 20 minutes?

I seem to remember her from the episode with the addictive video game

fbueckert

@Wipqozn If you downvote on that criteria, doesn't 95% of SciFi deserve downvotes?

Wipqozn

6:46 PM

@fbueckert lol you kid

fbueckert

@Wipqozn I was being nice.

Wipqozn

Honestly, there are a lot of good questions on scifi.They just get lost in all of the crap.

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi Just bookmark the message and use the quote. We robots love quotes.

Wipqozn

113

Q: How long was Bill Murray's character supposed to be in a time loop in the film "Groundhog Day"?

I've often wondered how long Bill Murray's character was supposed to be in his time loop before he got out of it. You could count the number of days depicted in the movie, but there are parts that reference that he had spent a much longer time between scenes not shown. It seems that it could not...

time-travel

THat's the highest voted question on the site, and is quite a good one.

102

Q: Who or what was Tom Bombadil?

The most iconic of Middle-earth questions: Who or what was Tom Bombadil? Was he an elf? Was he akin to Gandalf, and one of the wizardly stock? Was he something… else?

middle-earth tolkien lord-of-the-rings

You also have that one, with the brilliant answer by @MarkTrapp

which is finally re-opened

but you still have terrible questions like this

88

Q: Are E.T. and Star Wars in the same universe?

An answer about the Star Wars timeline, uses the appearance of E.T.-like creatures in the Star Wars universe as a frame of reference for dating the sagas relative to our present day. I remember noticing, and discussing the E.T.-like creatures when I saw the film, too, but is there an in-universe...

star-wars e.t shared-universe

Which are stupid, and have no right to exist.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Two out of 7,085 = 0.00282% good questions.

If I'm reading the scientific notation correctly on the calculator.

Wipqozn

6:49 PM

77

Q: Could the Enterprise beam a vampire into a house she didn’t have permission to enter?

There's this article on io9.com asking this exact question, and I thought that scifi.SE would be the ultimate place to have the matter settled. I present to you: This is a serious question that has been bothering me. We all know that in most vampire lore, a vampire cannot enter a house withou...

star-trek vampire

fbueckert

@Wipqozn That's so stupid

OrigamiRobot

28

Q: Is Santa Claus a Time Lord?

Consider the following about Santa Claus: He can carry presents for every little boy and girl around the world in one bag that sits on a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer, so his bag has to be bigger on the inside. He's able to make it around the entire world, including time to go down every...

doctor-who timelord

user2334

@fbueckert You also have every question I gave an answer to, which means it's good simpliciter, so that's 54 right there

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp 55/7,085 is still bad metrics.

user2334

Dang, I'm averaging 211 rep per post on SciFi

Ullallulloo

6:54 PM

One-boxing this is no good.

agent86

oh, god... why, Kevin Clash, why? facepalm

user15026

@agent86 my childhood is sad.

agent86

@AshleyNunn indeed.

no matter the outcome, this is a terrible thing for public broadcasting and the lives of millions of children...

Ullallulloo

@agent86 what?......ಠ_ಠ

agent86

@Ullallulloo Kevin Clash is Elmo. There are allegations that he had sex with an underage (16yr old) boy.

Ullallulloo

7:00 PM

@agent86 Yep, I Googled it. ಠ_ಠ

Hence the ಠ_ಠ

agent86

@Ullallulloo indeed.

fbueckert

@agent86 Did we get enough mod pileup on that "question"? :P

agent86

@fbueckert hey, I was first. they did the piling. on top of me, I might add.

fbueckert

@agent86 Still, it seems to be a bit much for a new user. And I'm an advocate of turfing new users that don't read the FAQ.

agent86

@fbueckert I can remove their comments, although it's clear @JQAn knew at the time, whereas Oak might just not have known I was commenting as well.

I left Oak's, since his was probably the best of the bunch.

fbueckert

7:04 PM

@agent86 Fair enough.

Less big bad mod pileup on a new user.

The downvotes are still deserved, though.

Arda Xi

Another thing that is a bad problem is if you're flying toward space and the parts start to fall off your space car in the wrong order. If that happens, it means you won't go to space today, or maybe ever.

Nothing wrong with the one-box.

Ullallulloo

@ArdaXi Can't read it though, so what's the point?

Arda Xi

A preview. That's the whole point of the one-box.

I like my new bedroom lay-out. (Shamelessly stolen from the DF wiki.)

fbueckert

@ArdaXi That's a gorgeous graphics pack.

Arda Xi

22 hours ago, by Mark Trapp

Phoebus is the quirky free spirit character in Ancient Rome's adaptation of Friends, "Amici"

Ullallulloo

7:11 PM

@ArdaXi Lots of times, you can just see the whole comic.

fbueckert

@ArdaXi Yeah, I was pretty sure I knew what it was.

Arda Xi

@Ullallulloo I know.

I am re-reading an old transcript. I am just going to pretend that there was some database error somewhere between now and two years ago, because I refuse to believe I did not properly capitalise my sentences back then.

fbueckert

Another story of entitlement from what is most likely an aboriginal:

Lady walks into grocery store asking for free food.

Store turns her down.

She rampages through the store, knocking down stuff.

And then flees after the cops are called.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi I remember that, if you're talking about here.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice I am.

GnomeSlice

7:18 PM

@ArdaXi Yeah, I remember you not doing that.

Ullallulloo

DirectX 11.1 is going to be exclusive to Windows 8.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice No, everyone's not doing it.

Aug 14 '10 at 21:23, by Arda Xi

has Phoebus' tiles but with Guybrush's text font

Look at the transcript. Only messages starting with I are capitalised.

fbueckert

@Ullallulloo Of course it is.

Because Microsoft will whatever it has to do drive adoption of it's latest moronic operating system.

GnomeSlice

Aug 14 '10 at 21:21, by FallenAngelEyes

That's always the fun part anyway!

Ullallulloo

@ArdaXi FAE's capitalizing.

GnomeSlice

7:20 PM

Aug 14 '10 at 16:54, by Grace Note

If the answer is still the same, though

Aug 14 '10 at 16:57, by Arda Xi

Will do

YOU LIE

Arda Xi

Weird.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi But yeah, most of these are lower case.

Arda Xi

So it is a deliberate thing.

Oh well. I was young and reckless.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi Hey, I've done that!

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice It took you two years to reply to that.

GnomeSlice

7:22 PM

...A looong time ago.

Arda Xi

Also, I... don't remember this.

Aug 14 '10 at 18:16, by Arda Xi

definitely, the closest thing to programming I've ever seen anyone near me do IRL is make a game in GM

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi It wasn't directed at me.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice I know.

GnomeSlice

My games were all shit too

Arda Xi

I... don't actually remember seeing anyone make a game in GM in real life.

GnomeSlice

7:23 PM

This one was okay I guess sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/44035-colour-pod

But still pretty bad

Oh man, these are hilarious.

user15026

Huh. Dragonvale finally hit Android.

GnomeSlice

I should have tried to make a legit game out of this one

FAE

@AshleyNunn ! Seriously?!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Eh. Not worth the time of day.

FAE

...I should not be that excited

GnomeSlice

7:24 PM

I was going to make one for the 'eco-friendly themed contest', but that's as far as I got.

lolololol

user15026

@FAE yes. Seriously. Just noticed.

Arda Xi

I keep forgetting to let my trader out of his burrow.

FAE

@AshleyNunn I am potentially intrigued.

user15026

@fbueckert eh, I am sucker for those style games.

GnomeSlice

Ergh, nobody play it. Please.

Or any of my games.

Lmfao

fbueckert

7:25 PM

@AshleyNunn I don't think it counts as a game.

FAE

@AshleyNunn If you get it, I will get it and we can be Dragonvale buddies.

GnomeSlice

LMFAO

> Keep doing the nice work

What is he smoking??

Mad Scientist

I've learned to ignore anything on the mobile market that is grouped into "strategy", as it inevitably turns out that all those games are identical, just with different skins. You build something, it produces coins, stars, ... whatever every x minutes and you collect those to be able to afford stuff that generates them faster. No strategy at all required.

user15026

@FAE deal!

GnomeSlice

@MadScientist Yeeeah, and they all have like a timer so you have to pay real money if you want to get thigns in any reasonable amount of time.

FAE

7:28 PM

@AshleyNunn Yay! I will download after dinner. :D

goes food now

user15026

@madscientist I like them. I am sad the MLP one doesn't work on my phone right now. :(

user15026

@FAE grins hurray!

fbueckert

@MadScientist I agree with you there.

That's why I usually only get Kairosoft games.

GnomeSlice

@MadScientist Although there are some great mobile strategy games.

One of the coolest concepts ever for a strategy game is Survivium, but the mobile game requires you to buy 'credits' or somethign to continue to play matches online, you only get 50 free.

Which was really, really annoying.

Oh snap, you can play Survivium on facebook now?

Arda Xi

Oh, brilliant, a strange mood.

GnomeSlice

7:37 PM

Gah, how do I get my login to work again

agent86

The blog post has been approved and will be available shortly. game-rec has died.

Lazers

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Q: How to I get heros to pick up and use my armor/weapons?

I've made lots of nice loot for my heros to wear/equip. They don't seem interested though, only very occasionally picking things up. I'd say on average they've only got one piece of armour on. The equipment I make varys in level so i'd think there must be something they'd be able to use. Why ar...

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Q: Why is an Ability Score in IWD2 sometimes yellow?

Some of my characters' scores are yellow-colored while others are not. Why is that?

icewind-dale-2

Arda Xi

@agent86 Hang on. It hadn't already?

Stacked cloth and a quarry. I have cloth and plenty of stone. What do you want, Uvash?

agent86

@ArdaXi there were a few q's hanging on for dear life to the tag.

they have been... dealt with

Arda Xi

Well, Uvash has to die, clearly.

GnomeSlice

7:44 PM

Aw what the hell, there's a new version of survivium apparently, but it's not an update... it's a whole new app... and it's not free any more.

wtf

SaintWacko

@ArdaXi A different kind of cloth

You must be missing the type he wants

Arda Xi

Well, where am I supposed to get it?

SaintWacko

@ArdaXi What kinds do you have?

Arda Xi

Pig tail fiber cloth.

SaintWacko

@ArdaXi Do you have any sheep or goats or alpaca or llama?

Arda Xi

7:49 PM

Negative.

SaintWacko

Have you hit the caverns yet?

Arda Xi

Same.

OrigamiRobot

What game is this?

Arda Xi

I just started this Dwarf Fortress.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Dwarf Fortress

Your best bet will be to wait til the next caravan, then

OrigamiRobot

7:50 PM

Awww, that's intimidating.

Arda Xi

Brilliant, another 7 dwarves.

SaintWacko

If you can, close off the door to Uvash's workshop, so you can lock it if he goes berserk

Arda Xi

@SaintWacko He'll be dead by then.

@SaintWacko I have.

I'm not new to this game, just out of practice a bit.

SaintWacko

@ArdaXi That's too bad :(

Oh, okay

I hate losing dwarves to strange moods

It doesn't happen anymore in my current fortress, though

I have more than enough of everything they could possible want

Mainly from a few caravans that got themselves killed

Also, my bridge/waterfall trap works!

Arda Xi

I am having booze problems.

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For some reason, this game refuses to acknowledge the existence of plump helmets.

SaintWacko

7:52 PM

@ArdaXi Well, that's the first step: admitting it

Arda Xi

So, normally I use plump helmets to solve all my problems.

However, now I am forced to work around their non-existence.

I am farming above-ground now.

SaintWacko

Enemies walk across the row of pressure plates before the bridge, which causes it to open 100 ticks later, when they're on the bridge

dropping them into the water below, where they're sucked into my waterfall intakes and caught on a grate, where I have the option to release them into a hallway filled with cage traps, or drown them

Your plump helmets aren't forbidden or anything?

Or set to only be used for cooking?

Arda Xi

There are no plump helmets.

There is no plump helmet spawn.

There is no dwarven wine.

SaintWacko

Oh, you really don't have any

That's odd

Arda Xi

As far as I can tell, they do not exist. At all.

It whined about that on embark.