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Raven Dreamer

4:00 PM

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Grace Note

@RavenDreamer You wouldn't happen to have an old screenshot of you wearing your Vader mask during Hatdash, would you?

Fluttershy

List of Amazon's Black Firday specials!

Martin Sojka

@RavenDreamer Video doesn't want to load for me. :( I wanted to check if there's anything interesting in there for motion capture/tracing, since "amateur" videos often have more "realistic" patterns that the mass produced pop crap ...

(Also, less wonky camera work, but this doesn't seem to be the case here)

fbueckert

@Fluttershy We have Firdays now? :P

4

Aarthi

i thought everyday was friday

fbueckert

4:14 PM

Also, as I said before, beware of youtube links, people.

Martin Sojka

@fbueckert Fir, Frigg, where's the difference? :)

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Yes. Yes we do.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Okie dokie. Just clarifying.

user15026

Popsicles are totally a breakfast food, right?

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Sure!

Martin Sojka

4:20 PM

@AshleyNunn Of course. Ask any Inuit.

user15026

@SaintWacko Okay, I feel validated in my breakfast choice now. :)

user15026

They've got fruit in them, even.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Real fruit? In popsicles?

user15026

@fbueckert Yep.

user15026

Bits of berries in one, bits of orange in the other.

fbueckert

4:22 PM

@AshleyNunn That makes them awesome.

Fluttershy

QUESTION!

user15026

@Fluttershy ANSWER!

Fluttershy

If someone logs into their Steam account on my computer, would they have to install stuff on their own? Or can they still play it, so long as I have it installed?

fbueckert

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Q: 2nd Steam Account on the same Computer?

Will Creating a second steam account work on the same computer? Will I be able to play TF2 with the already downloaded version as an F2P on the new account, or will I have to download a 2nd version of TF2 for the same computer? If so, I know my items would not be affected because of the cloud...

badp

@fbueckert this must be a dupe

fbueckert

4:28 PM

@badp I haven't the foggiest.

You answered it, though.

badp

Oh, that must be why I thought it must've been a dupe

@Fluttershy They have to install stuff on their own but they don't have to redownload it

so it's a rather quick process

Fluttershy

@badp Gotcha. Thanks!

badp

even games that are protected by steam signatures (those not in /common/) don't apparently need to be red/l'd

FAE

I hate packing. x_x

GnomeSlice

Wahhhh I just bought wayyy too many console games.

fbueckert

4:38 PM

@FAE Moving is worse.

badp

@FAE Prepping up for US?

GnomeSlice

Dead Rising, Fallout 3, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Fallout 3, No More Heroes, and a Metal Gear Solid 3 pack... all for about $30

FAE

@fbueckert Moving transatlantically was the worst, yes, but packing for a transatlantic trip is still stressful for me.

@badp Yeah, I leave on Monday.

badp

Have a safe trip!

FAE

Thanks!

fbueckert

4:39 PM

@FAE No doubt. I just packed lots of clothes and things to do. Then again, I was only going for two weeks.

FAE

@fbueckert 2 months.

fbueckert

@FAE Whew. That's a lot of stuff.

How much are you planning on taking?

FAE

@fbueckert Only like 2 weeks worth of clothes, as I usually plan on bringing lots of stuff back into the country.

What sucks the most is that I don't have a laptop for this trip. :(

The one I took last trip died.

So I am laptop-less, which, while it does make the digital preparation somewhat easier, is also sucky because I won't be able to game on my own machine and such at all.

Lazers

1

Q: New Twisted Treeline Base Walls - Skills or Spells that jump over them

Intro: With the new twisted treeline riot also introduced this new elevated base which has one set of stairs on each side and a big wide wall in the middle. The reason behind this design (in my oppinion) is to solve the problem of Turtling (i.e. Staying back and defending most of the time without...

league-of-legends

badp

@FAE I hope you have some kind of internet-enabled phone or tablet or somethin'?

CAN'T MISS THOSE STEAM SALES!!!?!?!?!?!

FAE

4:51 PM

@badp I have a smartphone but there's no way I can afford roaming charges. I have to leave my sim card here and get another one in the US.

badp

@FAE I thought that was kind of a given, although I did spend six months in the NL without getting a sim >_>

The thought of getting a second temporary number and then broadcasting it just overwhelmed me with effort :P

FAE

@badp Haha yeah, I know what you mean, but I've become addicted to my smartphone, and especially because I won't have a laptop... yeah

badp

Heh, so I gave the Fable 3 page a kind of interested look, then I read the orange message

> GAMES FOR WINDOWS LIVE

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

no

fbueckert

@FAE Two months without gaming on your own machine? Yikes. That's some dedication.

FAE

@fbueckert It sucks because it would be the opportune time to get through some of my Steam library. :(

Especially as my parents are on dialup.

badp

4:56 PM

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

FAE

With no cell phone coverage.

OrigamiRobot

@FAE I'll play my backlog for you

badp

Well enjoy your lakeside rides in your woods with your ponies

fbueckert

@FAE Yeah, I'd say so. For extended parent trips, I usually lug my Wii with me.

FAE

@fbueckert Yeah, we'll be bringing ours as well.

Tim Stone

4:58 PM

@FAE x_o

fbueckert

@FAE So you're not entirely without gaming. That's good, at least.

badp

@FAE Why not just buy a Wii U there then?

FAE

@badp No interest in it, currently.

badp

I mean... I guess... region lock?

FAE

@badp Region lock and there's no way I can download that required 5GB day one firmware patch on dialup.

badp

4:59 PM

I hear it's not actually required

FAE

@TimStone Yeah, not looking forward to it. I found out last time that this chat is like, impossible to use on dialup.

fbueckert

@FAE Psst...pick up Pandora's Tower if you haven't already.

FAE

@fbueckert Context?

fbueckert

@FAE Wii game. Metroidvania-esque.

Crazy awesome story.

FAE

Oh neat, shall keep it in mind.

fbueckert

5:00 PM

Only out in Europe in English.

FAE

@fbueckert Oh, my Wii is NA. :(

I bought it in Canada, actually!

fbueckert

@FAE Is it region-locked, too?

@fbueckert Yes.

@FAE Boo.

Indeed.

5:01 PM

Well, you'll have to do what I did to play it, then.

Tim Stone

@FAE Ouch, that sucks. :(

FAE

@TimStone Also, they only have one phone line, so I can't be online during the day when we might get phone calls.

fbueckert

Also, yay for Canadian Wii! It's no different than American, but I'm somewhat biased towards Canada. :P

FAE

@fbueckert Haha, I figured you would be.

fbueckert

Also, it is currently -10 here, and it's snowing. With the wind, it feels like -18.

GnomeSlice

5:08 PM

Oh man, Sword and Sworcery is awesome.

fbueckert

Five suggested edits in queue, and they're all valid! That's a first!

GnomeSlice

NO WHY DOES SKYDRIFT CRASH

Lazers

0

Q: In Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos, is there a secret way to cross Lake Dread early?

In Act I of Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos, the player must reach Opinwood by crossing Lake Dread in a rowboat. Normally, this crossing occurs only after the player has exited Draracle's Caves to discover that Gladstone Keep has fallen. However: At the time I first played this game (nearly 20 y...

lands-of-lore-toc

user15026

@FAE Oh, I feel your pain....

GnomeSlice

the fuck

if I lower my desktop resolution to 1280x720 it works fine...

user15026

5:15 PM

Whee, cake pop assembly line gooooo

user15026

It sorta looks like a bakery exploded in my kitchen.

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:26 PM

@GnomeSlice I've only been telling people this for like two years now.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz I've been wanting to play it for quite a while. I got it in the last humble bundle, finally.

icrontic.com/article/skydrift-review

Skydrift is made entirely of fun.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Me or my gravatar? Yes to the gravatar, no to me.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Former.

...as in, gravatar.

You switched order there on me.

Raven Dreamer

I live to keep you on your toes.

And now, I need to go back to entertaining my cousins.

Ciao!

Lazers

5:46 PM

0

Q: How to get rid of the toxic waste in Capital City Runoff?

In the level Capital City Runoff, the three toxic barrels say: There must be a better way to dispose of this waste! How is this done? I have tried about everything.

scribblenauts-unlimited

0

Q: What do the lighter squares in your skills mean?

When playing The Sims 3 and improving your skills, one or two of the skills will have lighter squares around a certain level in the skill. So far I've only figured out that they're somehow related to my job (I think). Can anyone tell me what exactly these squares mean?

sims-3

0

Q: What main balance changes happened in SC2 since 2010?

I haven't played SC2 since late 2010. What are the main things I need to know before getting back into battle.net field in terms of balance / build orders and any information would be welcomed.

starcraft-2

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz You around?

Or anyone, really?

Invader Skoodge

What's up?

Fluttershy

I'm on my phone, and can't see the started list. Can you link the imgur link of LessPop's? Should be about a PS Vita bundle.

Invader Skoodge

Fluttershy

Thanks!

Invader Skoodge

5:58 PM

No problem!

These daily deals from Steam are really not impressive at all this sale.

Mana

if anyone here has yet to play the Walking Dead, buy it.

it is so. good.

bye

Fluttershy

@InvaderSkoodge What're you talking about? Farm Simulator 2013 is on sale!

Invader Skoodge

@Fluttershy Yeah...

It's only 25% off. It still costs more than $20.

Steam sales are about $5 games.

Fluttershy

@InvaderSkoodge It's only $14.99!

Invader Skoodge

Oh I see it didn't update with the extra discounts.

Fluttershy

6:12 PM

@InvaderSkoodge Rochard is only $5. Well worth it, in my opinion. If you don't already have it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana These philistines didn't get the Clever Joke I Linked earlier. You will:

GnomeSlice

I love this game.

@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't get it. =[

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice I didn't expect you to. Your lack of culture is as vast as the open sea.

@GnomeSlice I'll give you a hint: the image/pattern/waveform on the skirt is not random.

user15026

6:28 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Joy Division?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Yes. But specifically the album title.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Unknown Pleasures?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Yes.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz That delights me. :)

user15026

Man, I know some random stuff.

LessPop_MoreFizz

6:30 PM

@AshleyNunn It is a clever visual pun.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz It is quite lovely.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I wouldn't call it random. That's an iconic album cover.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz For me, it is a relatively random thing - it's not music I generally encounter, and I have never known much about album covers, iconic or otherwise. I just happen to know this one.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I mean, it's right up there with the VU banana.

or Nirvana's swimming baby

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz For people who spend a lot of time with music and those genres, maybe

LessPop_MoreFizz

6:33 PM

@AshleyNunn Similarly, I'd recognize the days of our lives theme and I have never watches a soap opera in my life. It's just part of the cultural ether if you don't live under a rock like @GnomeSlice

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz To be fair, I didn't get the reference.

So going, "Either you know this, or you're a cultural buffoon" is a bit broad.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert It's more "It is not unusual to know this."

Powerlord

@Mana I don't follow the TV series or comic series, though

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz See, that, I can accept.

Your previous statement, though, no.

Powerlord

Then again, it's a moot point, since Walking Dead's sale ended when the daily deals switched 40ish minutes ago.

Fluttershy

6:36 PM

@Powerlord It's still an excellent game. And it's a stand-alone story.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert However, a cultural buffoon can simply be assumed not to know it. Regardless of the previous fact.

Powerlord

Steam crashed yesterday when I was making a purchase. Added the stuff to my account, but I just now noticed that they were all still in my cart.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Sick black friday deaaaallllls

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...what

LessPop_MoreFizz

26 secs ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

Sick black friday deaaaallllls

Ullallulloo

6:39 PM

reddit.com/r/Games/comments/13o4rb/…

ಠ_ಠ

Powerlord

Also, are there still people out there who don't have Portal 2?

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz I assume somebody is going to try to make some money from that many copes of Rush Hour 2.

Powerlord

@Ullallulloo I detect a brewing lawsuit!

LessPop_MoreFizz

This is a great deal. Back up your shit people, it is important!

Sterno

6:42 PM

So sick of spoiler tags in answers

Invader Skoodge

@LessPop_MoreFizz Holy crap $3 for a year?

Sterno

That's how they get you.

fbueckert

Three days of Steam sales, and three days of, "Meh."

2

Sterno

Then next year it's all "By the way, $60 to keep feeling like your data is safe"

P.S. - we've been enjoying your collection of turtle pr0n

I'm now through episode 2 of The Walking Dead (game)

not bad, but it's really pretty much just mildly interactive fiction

The adventure game aspect is pretty much "Which item of the ONE ITEM in my inventory should I use?"

Lazers

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Q: Freeciv - Whole Stack Destroyed by Single Attack

I find that in Freeciv, when you attack a whole stack of units (irrespective of how large this stack is), if your attacking unit is able to take out one of the strongest units in the stack, the entire stack gets destroyed. I don't understand how this is explained by anything in the CombatRules. ...

freeciv

Sterno

6:47 PM

Before I had a kid, Thanksgiving was the best 4 days of gaming all year. Off work, and not an important enough holiday where I had to spend it all traveling and having boring conversations with family members

Powerlord

I still think its ridiculous that I can't buy a 2 or 4 pack on Steam if I already own the game. If I want to gift multiple copies of it, I don't want to pay full price if it's cheaper to buy multiples.

Tim Stone

@Sterno So what you're saying is that kids ruin everything?

Sterno

Well, they certainly ruin free gaming time. The upsides make up for it though!

I also sniff butt way more than I ever used to.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno In a year, you can switch to a new backup solution. But for the next year, 3 bucks is a Good Deal.

Sterno

Just the kind of Black Friday deal I've been holding out for!

Fluttershy

6:54 PM

fbueckert

@Sterno Save 3 cents! Buy buy buy!

Powerlord

> Need I say that we are not going to rush out and participate in 'Black Thursday?' I think the stores participating in this codswallop are fuckers.

I don't think I've ever seen/heard Phil Foglio swear like that before.

pixel

ARGGGGGGGGH TRAAAAINS

fbueckert

Today seems to be management day for me.

I don't think I'm gonna get anything productive done.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel ARGGGGGGGGGGH PLANES

pixel

7:06 PM

planes too

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel arrrrrggghh automobiles?

pixel

yes

I am so glad to be stationary again

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Heh, I was about say that. :P

LessPop_MoreFizz

@TimStone 7 hours until NEW CHAPTERS

Tim Stone

Yessss

LessPop_MoreFizz

7:10 PM

Jet Fans. :(

Grace Note

Oh, right. Unsounded should be updating now.

Tim Stone

7:26 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Heh, I saw this when I was watching last night after Dallas' disappointing loss. sigh

LessPop_MoreFizz

@TimStone Romo gonna Romo.

Tim Stone

Yeah, it was pathetic.

Kept flicking back and forth and each time they were further down. Gained some position in the second half, but the damage was done by that point.

fredley

I forgot it was Friday

Fluttershy

7:43 PM

Slow day today.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy In the Bridge, maybe.

At my job, not so much.

user15026

@Fluttershy Not in my kitchen! Made cake pops, have mini lemon budts in the oven, have lemon cakelets ready to bake, and have mini banana bread loaves to make and chocolate chip cookie pops. :)

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Why are you baking so much? O_o

user15026

@Fluttershy Church bazaar sale tomorrow :D

Fluttershy

Oh woo!

user15026

7:47 PM

Yep. I hope people actually buy my stuff.

Lazers

0

Q: Is slowdown while using Starite Vision normal?

Whenever i use starite vision the game slowns down a bit. Is this normal aka should starite vision really give the slowmotion effect? I'm asking because i am kind of getting annoyed by it and was just wondering is the game made that way, or is the performance of my PC going down while in starite...

scribblenauts-unlimited

Wipqozn

The Premier (leader guy) of PEI (a Canadian province (state)) looks like a porn star:

Ullallulloo

8:20 PM

Powerlord

►

So, why doesn't Sigma talk in Zero Escape, since he talks in the Anime thingy created to advertise the game?

Hopefully that video doesn't have any spoilers in it, as everything I've seen in it in the first 6 minutes is a recreation of the game's opening.

pixel

oh crap

I'm going to have nightmares for weeks

as if I didn't have enough of a phobia of bugs...

badp

8:37 PM

:(

btw @Arda did you get in Steam for Linux yesterday? Yeah, me neither.

user15026

@Wipqozn I like the brackets. XD

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn I thought it would be helpful for our non-Canadian friends.

user15026

@Wipqozn It was very nice of you, yes.

LessPop_MoreFizz

8:55 PM

@Wipqozn Meh. There's a DA in upstate NY who is a porn star.

He was in Deep Throat 2!

gothamist.com/2012/11/16/upstate_da_admits_that_yeah_he_was.php

Ullallulloo

@badp Ha!

badp

@Ullallulloo You got in?

Ullallulloo

@badp Yep

badp

Gently caress you

Nevermind the fact I've been using Linux an awful little as of late

In no small part due to gaming

Anna Lear

Gaming - the bane of the Linux movement.

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Ullallulloo

9:07 PM

@badp I only installed it because I got into the beta. :x

I was planning to soon any way though.

badp

@Ullallulloo What Linux did you pick?

Ullallulloo

@badp Ubuntu with Cinnamon

badp

So Gnome-3-ish?

user15026

@Ullallulloo This sounds like it should be like a tasty pudding or something.

Ullallulloo

badp

9:15 PM

@Ullallulloo ugh, so Gnome-2-ish. Oh well yay freedom

@Ullallulloo Doesn't restoring from Windows steam backups work?

I mean most of the data should be in common

You should just need different versions of the binaries, not the whole shebang

Ryan Ries

Anyone here play Assassin's Creed III on the PC?

Ullallulloo

@badp Oh, so I can.

badp

@Ullallulloo I'm asking

Ullallulloo

TF2's the only Linux game I have backed up, but it detects it.

Ullallulloo

9:39 PM

Okay, it got 85% of it done, but that backup was from June.

badp

That's still much downloading time saved

Ullallulloo

@badp Yep, 10 GB saved. :D

Powerlord

TF2 uses gcf files anyway

Binaries being in two of them (source shared and tf2 specific iirc)

pixel

9:56 PM

ok so the first episode of outer limits freaked me out but dexter is fine

confused?

Invader Skoodge

Just in case someone still doesn't have L4D2, it's now only $10. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON VALVE THIS IS THE WORST SALE EVER

Powerlord

@InvaderSkoodge The dumb thing is that Portal 2, a newer game, was only $5

@InvaderSkoodge Oh wait, that's not a daily deal, is it.

Invader Skoodge

It's a Flash Sale.

Which, in theory, should be even cheaper than the daily deal.

Powerlord

Ah right.

That does seem a bit odd.

I mean, yes, L4D2 does have like 13 campaigns now, but L4D2 has certainly been cheaper than this before.

It's particularly offensive when you consider the Valve Complete Pack is $50 all sale long

Fluttershy

I'm just surprised that today wasn't like... Super blowout sale prices, given that it's Black Friday and whatnot.

@InvaderSkoodge What's your opinion of the "Why isn't [X Champion] seen in competitive play?" questions? O_o

Invader Skoodge

10:14 PM

@Fluttershy Fine.

Fluttershy

Fair enough.

Invader Skoodge

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Q: What makes Meta Knight so powerful?

I was watching a stream and one of the announcers offhandedly said "Meta Knight is banned" as if that is a foregone conclusion. I have never seen Meta Knight do much of anything, but then, I'm hardly a professional Brawl player. What is it about Meta Knight that makes him so much more powerful t...

super-smash-bros-brawl

It's pretty much the same as this question, just reversed.

Questions about the meta in competitive games are just as important as questions about mechanics.

If anything, they are more important.

Fluttershy

That makes sense.

Ullallulloo

So helpful.

Lazers

0

Q: How much hacking do I need for warbots and dome of york artillery?

I have 40 in hack already and I am trying to hack warbots and dome of york artillery but im not having much success in it How much hack skill do I need to be able to hack these without the possibility of failure?

neocron

1

Q: Why is Tryndamere not seen in competitive play?

It seems as though Tryndamere would make an excellent top lane champion or jungler. The "requirements" for a top lane champion in the current metagame are: Sustain: Tryndamere has a heal. Getaway: He has a slow to prevent chases and his whirlwind allows him to dash away, even through minions o...

league-of-legends

badp

10:26 PM

@Ullallulloo The dangers of using unsupported desktop environments! You should be glad you weren't using Awesome or whatnot, it could've easily put that window fullscreen because that's how tiling rolls.

Invader Skoodge

Borderlands 2 is only $30 on Amazon. It's $45 on Steam.

And if you buy it on Amazon, it activates on Steam.

What is the "Season Pass"?

pixel

4

Q: What is a season pass?

I have noticed recently on Steam for a variety of games that they've started to sell something called a "Season Pass". For an example of some of the season passes I've seen, see the following; Worms Revolution Season Pass Borderlands 2 Season Pass In both instances, these appear to be for fu...

terminology

Wipqozn

@InvaderSkoodge Get the DLC for free.

Invader Skoodge

How convenient.

So if I buy the "Season Pass", it is the game plus the DLC?

Because that is the exact same price on Amazon right now.

pixel

the season passes are listed on steam as separate items

what are you looking at?

badp

10:34 PM

@InvaderSkoodge No, just the DLC

Invader Skoodge

Ok thanks.

badp

It's basically a buy 4 pay 3 deal AFAIK

SaintWacko

I kinda miss how terror-inducing Chrysallids were in the original XCOM

They're easy now

Invader Skoodge

$30 is pretty cheap for that game, but I still don't think I'm willing to spend that much right now, having just gotten GW2.

badp

btw

Portal 2 is stupid cheap right now

Invader Skoodge

10:37 PM

4 hours ago, by Powerlord

Also, are there still people out there who don't have Portal 2?

Anna Lear

@SaintWacko they handed my zombie ass back to me in Classic Ironman. Repeatedly.

badp

@InvaderSkoodge Way too many.

pixel

@InvaderSkoodge I don't have portal 2, I have the original though

Powerlord

@pixel $5 USD on Steam for another 19 hours iirc

Not sure what it is in other countries right now

Invader Skoodge

Portal 2 is so good.

badp

10:45 PM

€3.5 here

Ben Brocka

What? Portal 2 is $5? Buy that shit. Now

I mean, if you're one of the five people stranded in a Siberian village who don't have Portal 2 yet

Lyrion

@badp How can that be only 3.5€ for you? It is 5 for me

badp

@Lyrion EUR 1 vs EUR 2 pricing. Italy's poor

Invader Skoodge

@badp They're not actually different Euros, are they?

Ben Brocka

It's probably like .5 EUR in Greece

Lyrion

10:48 PM

Really there are 2 pricing zones?

Ben Brocka

Expectations of price are still different

Lyrion

I got fudged i guess

Powerlord

Could be worse, you could be stuck with Australia's pricing.

Ben Brocka

It's why Russia gets region locked, much cheaper games...they won't spend $60 on a brand new release like the US will. US gets un region-locked prices because we pay crazy amounts

Lyrion

Yeah but Us pays 60 dollars while we have to pay 60 euros

Powerlord

10:50 PM

@Lyrion 60 euros before or after VAT?

Ben Brocka

Yeah, marketing people like round numbers. So do consumers, really. It ends up in some messed up prices when converting currencies

Lyrion

After

Yeah but they don't convert em

Powerlord

The US doesn't have a national tax, that's $60 before any taxes are applied.

Ben Brocka

There's a reason the App Store doesn't allow crazy weird non-dollar amount prices like the Android store does (the android store does mostly because of auto-currency conversion)

Lyrion

That is the most annoying part... for europe all they do is change the dollar sign to euro and voila conversion!

Invader Skoodge

10:51 PM

Euros were introduced at 1:1 with USD. Sellers probably don't want to change prices because they make more that way.

Ben Brocka

(And of course everyone in the US is totally responsible and we file use taxes on our tax return)

Powerlord

@BenBrocka I do, actually.

pixel

@Powerlord eventually I will

Powerlord

Assuming you mean on things purchased over the Internet.

pixel

I have such a huge backlog of games to play atm

Ben Brocka

10:52 PM

My taxes are going to be fun enough this year thanks to self-employment + business expenses

Lyrion

@InvaderSkoodge See that is where you are wrong, steam actually did conversion... but a year maybe 2 or 3 dunno been a while... they just said fuck it and changed dollar sign to euro sign

Powerlord

@pixel I could lie and say "Portal 2 isn't that long"

pixel

@Powerlord From my understanding, it takes most of the elements of the first game, surrounds them in large colourful environments, and stretches it out making it less compelling than the first one

Powerlord

Although I'll note that I've already spent more time playing Virtue's Last Reward that I got on Tuesday than it took me to play through the single-player part of Portal 2.

Lyrion

I mean I still remember seeing games that were for 15 dollars, and in europe 10 euros... now its 15 euros instead of 10

Powerlord

10:54 PM

@pixel That's an interesting understanding, but one that I'd have to disagree with.

pixel

@Powerlord But Yahtzee said so...

Ben Brocka

@pixel Not really at all

It's like 10x as story driven as the first game

Lyrion

Btw you probably all have it or don't want to play it but does anyone want dota2?

Ben Brocka

Calling it more colorful and less compelling than the first game is pretty much the exact opposite of the first game. It's a much darker and much more thought out game than the first

Lazers

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Q: What are the "diminishing returns" for phaselocking the same enemy?

One of the loading screens proclaims that phaselocking the same enemy multiple times results in "diminishing returns". I've never particularly noticed this effect myself, but I find I rarely phaselock the same non-boss enemy twice, and if I phaselock a boss it's mostly "just because", the damage ...

borderlands-2

pixel

10:55 PM

I have DOTA2 already, and will never install it again

badp

Wow

Powerlord

Besides which, Portal 2 introduces a lot of new gameplay elements.

badp

Does time available for missions increase with your character level?

Ben Brocka

Portal 1 was an experimental title. Portal 2 is a proper Valve game with proper attention paid to every detail like Valve tends to do

@badp what game?

badp

I finished Customer Service with nine minutes to spare on the first try with plenty of fumbling

@BenBrocka BL2

Ben Brocka

10:56 PM

I don't think so

Lyrion

@pixel I know i've got it too but steam keeps spamming me with these damn gifts i can't seem to get rid off

Ben Brocka

...did that quest even give you nine minutes?

I remember that being a pain in the ass

Lyrion

panini in the ass?

pixel

@Lyrion same, can't even give them away, guess I'm not alone in my opinions of that game

badp

@BenBrocka Yes. I started the clock on the Hyperion thing and then went up to the mailbox north of the starting area - and the timer upped from two to six minutes

Ben Brocka

10:57 PM

Oh, yeah, dropping stuff off adds time

Powerlord

@pixel I personally don't care for the the MOBA genre.

Ben Brocka

maybe I'm thinking of arms delivery

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel MOBA is wildly polarizing. More at 11.

badp

Kept going clockwise on foot then used the vehicle station to tp back to the vehicle

Lyrion

@Powerlord You tried Awesomenauts?

Powerlord

10:57 PM

@Lyrion Nope

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz NO IT ISN'T NOOB F%$#$^ LANE JUNGLER

/doesn't actually know MOBA insults

pixel

@LessPop_MoreFizz meh, its 25% the game style and 75% how toxic the community is

badp

@BenBrocka Oh god that was terrible. Only way I could do that is to clear up the hardest bit from enemies, drop the vehicle there, walk up to the quest starting point then immediately teleporting back to the vehicle

Lyrion

@Powerlord Ah shame it was like free for the weekend last week... epic game kinda like a moba but more 2d and arcadelike shooting

pixel

If I wanted to play a game with people who have a mental age of 5, and whom would lose a battle of wits with a glass of water, I'd play COD on a console

LessPop_MoreFizz

10:59 PM

@pixel You say this like these are things that are not related. It is a MOBA.

badp

I guess these quests are really made for multiplayer where you get to split up on two vehicles at the same time

Powerlord

The closest thing I've ever played to a MOBA is Super Monday Night Combat. And I really detest that game after seeing what they did to it after having a decent game with the original Monday Night Combat.

Ben Brocka

@badp We used two teams in two diff Runners

pixel

@LessPop_MoreFizz take our very own moba 'pro' as a prime example of the attitude I dislike

badp

@BenBrocka CHEATING

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