The Bridge

Coronus

7:02 PM

@StrixVaria What's wrong with the International Trumpet Guild?

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo I can fix that by having another window open on another desktop, I'm just lazy.

morning

Are you sleepy?

@kalina HI!!!

I am quite sleepy yes

Grace Note

7:08 PM

G'morn.

kalina

that happens when you fall out of bed at 7pm

Lazers

0

Q: Why Can't I delete Minecraft Files?

Ever since I downloaded, & put on the Spahx PureBD Craft, Minecraft stays on the start screen (Mojang). It will stay on for about 10 minutes & then minecraft will crash. So I wanted to delete minecraft. I found the .minecraft file & tried to delete it . But it says it can't delete bec...

minecraft

OrigamiRobot

Did you actually fall or are you just using that as an expression?

I used to roll out of my bed all the time.

kalina

well I didn't fall out of bed but my balance wasn't very strong during my first few steps

certainly not the most graceful I've been in my life

Coronus

@OrigamiRobot Sometimes, that's the only way I can get myself out of bed. If I don't use gravity, I have no motivation.

OrigamiRobot

7:10 PM

Oh I stumble about all the time when I first wake up.

kalina

I do occasionally roll over until there is no bed left though, like @Coronus says

OrigamiRobot

I nearly fall over when I drink whatever it is I use to quench my thirst in the morning.

kalina

nothing like the sudden feeling of falling to wake you up

OH! that's what I wanted

brb drink

OrigamiRobot

Always glad to help.

Ben Brocka

Almost forgot I'm taking vacation tomorrow

Coronus

7:13 PM

@BenBrocka Going somewhere fun?

kalina

yay drink

OrigamiRobot

I must wake up at least 4 times per night to get something to drink.

When I go to sleep, I turn into a super heated sponge.

kalina

when I go to sleep, I am pretty much dead and won't wake up until I'm ready to wake up or I'm awoken by a 10 minute period of loud noise

it takes an iphone and an alarm clock going off at 1 minute intervals to wake me up for work

OrigamiRobot

OK, I guess I don't wake up so much as get up and zombie my way to the kitchen.

kalina

I can't do that either, if I try and make myself wake up early my alarms don't work

Jason Berkan

7:20 PM

@OrigamiRobot Protip: Put a water bottle on your nightstand.

kalina

I have to leave me exactly the minimal amount of time it takes to get out of bed, shower, dress, etc, walk to work

and then I turn up late

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan I hate water.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot The bottle does not have to contain water. Though, if the liquid you prefer to consume requires refrigeration, make it a thermos.

Ben Brocka

@Coronus No, just hanging around, need to use my vacation days up

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan I also don't have a nightstand.

kalina

7:22 PM

...

you have floor space near your bed though surely?

stop being difficult

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot Aren't you the contrarian.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina It's carpet and the cup or w/e would fall over easily.

kalina

bottle

with a lid

badp

@OrigamiRobot booooooooo

OrigamiRobot

sigh You're making me be "difficult"

kalina

7:24 PM

that doesn't even make sense

OrigamiRobot

By continually making me give reasons why this plan does not suit me.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Use vodka, then

OrigamiRobot

Just accept it and move on.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot just accept that you have a drinking problem and move on, got it

SaintWacko

To get me up, I have a beeping alarm clock, and I have my pebble alarm set, so it buzzes on my wrist

OrigamiRobot

7:25 PM

@SaintWacko I'm a teetotaler.

@SaintWacko This would probably give me a heart attack.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot You refuse to drink anything but a slurry of biomatter made from humans

OrigamiRobot

WHAT IS TOUCHING ME I'M UNDER ATTACK

6

Grace Note

I just get up in the morning. That saves me the trouble of needing anything special to wake up.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Hey, it'd get you up :P

@GraceNote Well, aren't you special -.-

kalina

@GraceNote you naturally wake up in the morning?

that's not natural at all!

OrigamiRobot

7:26 PM

@SaintWacko Assuming I am still alive.

Jason Berkan

I've naturally woken up since I had kids.

Coronus

@OrigamiRobot You're a robot. Just reboot.

kalina

@JasonBerkan lol

Grace Note

@kalina It's almost as if your body has its own biological "clock" mechanism that, once it's adjusted, it just gives you a regular schedule.

kalina

@GraceNote I have a regular schedule

I go to sleep in the morning and wake up at night

let me tell you something else I've observed

Coronus

7:27 PM

@GraceNote I wake up at the same time every morning, even on the weekends. I hate it.

Grace Note

That's a fine schedule.

kalina

if I wake up in the middle of the day and it's still light, I have no problems getting back to sleep, but if I wake up and it's dark I can't sleep

Grace Note

That too.

kalina

does that make me a vampire?

Grace Note

@kalina You'd be closer to an owl.

kalina

7:28 PM

oh

but I can't turn my head 360 degrees

Coronus

@kalina Do you feed on the life essences of others?

kalina

@Coronus erm, well

Coronus

@kalina Never mind. I don't wanna know.

kalina

does torturing other humans until I get what I want classify as feeding off their essence?

SaintWacko

Some of @kalina's deleted messages confirm that she does

Ullallulloo

7:30 PM

Circadian rhythm

A circadian rhythm () is any biological process that displays an endogenous, entrainable oscillation of about 24 hours. These rhythms are driven by a circadian clock, and rhythms have been widely observed in plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria. The term circadian comes from the Latin circa, meaning "around" (or "approximately"), and diem or dies, meaning "day". The formal study of biological temporal rhythms, such as daily, tidal, weekly, seasonal, and annual rhythms, is called chronobiology. Although circadian rhythms are endogenous ("built-in", self-sustained), they are adjusted ...

OrigamiRobot

@kalina You should play Minecraft and help me build my Human Processing Center.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot I don't want to play Minecraft

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote The only thing on my biological schedule is "sleep"

Jason Berkan

@kalina They don't play Minecraft on that server.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot this

SaintWacko

7:31 PM

@kalina What about eat?

kalina

@SaintWacko meh, eating is not that important

OrigamiRobot

And I am very unhappy that life makes me late for those appointments.

SaintWacko

@kalina Actually, that's kinda my philosophy

I don't eat breakfast

Eat a small lunch

But I do like my dinner

I used to have a problem with forgetting to eat when I was on my computer

kalina

I just eat when my body requires more fuel

SaintWacko

@kalina But food tastes so good!

kalina

7:33 PM

and I eat whatever I'm craving at that moment in time

which leads to some weird meals

OrigamiRobot

I eat when I'm hungry or when I want something tasty. I have no food schedules.

@kalina Me too. It makes it hard to go grocery shopping.

kalina

I have had leftover chicken dinner for breakfast on a Monday

cornflakes at 3am

ice cream before lunch

OrigamiRobot

We're like soulmates. If robots and cotton candy could ever get along that is.

kalina

but right now I have cheese doritos and salsa

@OrigamiRobot I'm sorry, you don't like sour cream, therefore I can't like you

OrigamiRobot

:(

SaintWacko

7:37 PM

I wonder if you could write a userscript to automatically star messages with certain content

@kalina I see nothing wrong with any of this

kalina

@SaintWacko I would imagine a miner amendment to @OrigamiRobot's script would be sufficient

Ullallulloo

@kalina I don't think he would need any ores to do it...

SaintWacko

@kalina No, miners spend all their time underground

OrigamiRobot

@kalina @YiJiang'sEvilClone wrote the script. I just change the values to suit my needs.

SaintWacko

They don't know what stars look like

Actually, we'll tell the miners to bury @OrigamiRobot, since he doesn't like sour cream

OrigamiRobot

7:39 PM

@SaintWacko I don't want people to be able to force me to use my daily star allowance.

Grace Note

Great. Talk about craving has made me have a craving for ice cream. Thanks a bunch. Now I have to eat ice cream.

Sconibulus

there's a daily allowance?

SaintWacko

@Sconibulus Yep

Grace Note

30 stars a day.

SaintWacko

20, I think

Oh

Sconibulus

7:40 PM

huh, cool

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote What flavor?

SaintWacko

@Sconibulus Clearly you're not starring enough, if you didn't know

Jason Berkan

@Sconibulus There is a periodic allowance of everything on SE.

kalina

@GraceNote no problems

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot My options at the moment are "Drumstick" and "Drumstick-flavored Ice Cream".

SaintWacko

7:41 PM

@GraceNote Oh, like the ice cream drumstick

I had a disgusted moment there

Grace Note

@SaintWacko Yes on both accounts.

OrigamiRobot

Lazers

0

Q: How to disable the slowing down of trains in slopes and in curves?

With realistic physics, one can disable slowing down in slopes, but not in curves. With original physics, it is the opposite. How do I get trains that won't slow down in either slopes or curves ? As for why I want that... I like to build large hi-speed networks, with cyclotrons at the entry poi...

openttd

0

Q: Skyrim equation to calculate if ingredient A and ingredient B can make a potion

I am making a Skyrim potion program in emacs lisp. The program will take a list of ingredients and returns a list of potions that can be created from the ingredients. However, I am having issues in finding a formula that explains what dictates if a potion can be created from ingredient A and ingr...

skyrim alchemy

0

Q: Am I allowed to usurp a title from my liege?

I am playing as the Duke of Bohemia. My liege is the Kaiser. My vassals have 2 of the 3 counties of the (de jure) Duchy of Moravia. I was planning to create the title Duke of Moravia, but the Kaiser (my liege) created the title for himself first. It looks like I can usurp the Duke of Moravia ...

crusader-kings-2

0

Q: Is there a way to get a key for the title screen door?

On the title screen of The Room, there is a lock next to the doorknob with a covering that can be swiveled away, leading me to believe that there is some sort of key I can place in the lock. Is there actually something to do on the title screen, or is it just for show? I've beaten the game, and...

the-room

1

Q: How do I transfer items between two accounts on the same computer?

I have one premium steam account that I play TF2 on, and another F2P account that I idle in. I don't know how to transfer my items from my idle account to my main account on the same computer. I don't feel like installing Steam and TF2 on another computer; that will take too long. What can I d...

team-fortress-2

OrigamiRobot

That's what I call em.

Jeez @Lazers, how rude.

Grace Note

I only had a fleeting glimpse before Lazers happened.

3

OrigamiRobot

7:45 PM

You can never go back, Charlie!

Grace Note

But, essentially, yes. I have the choice between that actual cone deal, and scoops of ice cream with chocolate, nuts, and waffle cone chunks inside it that actually tastes a lot better than it sounds. In that it tastes pretty much the same as a Drumstick.

Krazer

@GraceNote when is a cone not a good idea?

Grace Note

@Krazer Cones are limited in how many scoops I can reasonably fit on my serving dish, being a fixed size edible serving dish.

Powerlord

@Lazers Virtual Machines

I have Steam installed in a VM for that reason.

StrixVaria

@GraceNote Does this mean "ice cream that is flavored to taste like fried chicken" or some other meaning of "drumstick"?

Because I would totally eat fried chicken ice cream.

Grace Note

7:51 PM

@StrixVaria See the image that OrigamiRobot posted before Lazers happened.

StrixVaria

Oh.

Those are lame.

I can't eat ice cream on a stick/cone.

It's way too cold to bite into.

OrigamiRobot

What a baby.

Grace Note

@Krazer Also apparently if you're Strix, it's never a good idea.

fbueckert

Thoughts, people:

-2

Q: How do you uninstall minecraft?

I already deleted the bin and resources folders in the minecraft folder and downloaded the game again. I opened it but the same problem was still there. Problem: When I open the game, the screen stays at the Mojang sign then crashes. It has something to do with my texture pack, but I can't get on...

minecraft

OrigamiRobot

I bite all my ice cream.

chomp

fbueckert

7:52 PM

0

Q: Why Can't I delete Minecraft Files?

Ever since I downloaded, & put on the Spahx PureBD Craft, Minecraft stays on the start screen (Mojang). It will stay on for about 10 minutes & then minecraft will crash. So I wanted to delete minecraft. I found the .minecraft file & tried to delete it . But it says it can't delete bec...

minecraft

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I get horrible shivers just thinking about this.

fbueckert

Same user.

Same problem?

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I also chew ice all the time.

crunch

StrixVaria

I eat ice cream with a spoon, and it never touches my teeth the entire time it's in my mouth.

I press it to the roof of my mouth with my tongue and let it melt.

Ullallulloo

@StrixVaria This is what sane people do.

OrigamiRobot

7:53 PM

That's a good way to get a brain freeze

Powerlord

BACON!

Jason Berkan

@fbueckert Same problem, but the how do I uninstall it is a good generic question that it appears we don't have on the site.

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan The original can just be edited to have that as the title.

fbueckert

@JasonBerkan ...The Add/remove programs doesn't do it?

StrixVaria

@fbueckert It doesn't "install".

It's just an .exe that you run.

fbueckert

7:56 PM

@StrixVaria Oh. That, I didn't know.

Jason Berkan

@fbueckert No. The jars and so on are downloaded to a hardcoded spot.

StrixVaria

But it puts stuff into hidden folders and stuff when you do that.

Jason Berkan

@StrixVaria You don't even need an EXE.

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Well, that's stupid.

OrigamiRobot

Deleting the files is uninstalling it.

fbueckert

7:56 PM

That's not at all hostile to users.

StrixVaria

@fbueckert Notch is a terrible programmer and even worse at design.

@OrigamiRobot No, because it adds a whole bunch of crap elsewhere.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Yes, that you delete...

kalina

I'm so bored of today already

OrigamiRobot

@kalina You've only got like 2 hours to go right?

kalina

something like that

what's the point of keeping track of time when it is irrelevant

I could go back to bed right now and watch TV shows until I fall asleep

OrigamiRobot

8:02 PM

Dust in the wind.

Powerlord

By the way... bacon.

OrigamiRobot

I'm going to play D&D for the first time tomorrow!

Krazer

@OrigamiRobot what are you going to play?

OrigamiRobot

@Krazer "3.5 or Pathfinder" is what I've been told.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot Never trust your DM.

Krazer

8:13 PM

@OrigamiRobot I meant character-wise. A bear rogue?

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan I've played pen and paper rpgs before, just not D&D.

@Krazer No idea what there is to be.

I'll probably be a paper robot.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot I'm really jealous

I wan tto play

Jason Berkan

My DM is about to have a kid, so I doubt my group will be playing any time soon. :(

SaintWacko

I'm trying to get a group together at church, as a few of my friends have some experience

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Ugh 3.5.

Krazer

8:17 PM

@OrigamiRobot I was under the impression that paper lacks level adjustment ;P

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I'm probably going to just keep saying "Ugh, this is not GURPS."

StrixVaria

I don't know what GURPS is but I didn't like D&D3.5 at all.

I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't even want to think about playing pre D&D4.

Coronus

@OrigamiRobot I liked 3.5 but I don't think I can go back after GURPS

Jason Berkan

My group still plays 2.

StrixVaria

There's so much stupid overhead in previous versions.

OrigamiRobot

8:18 PM

GURPS

The Generic Universal RolePlaying System, or GURPS, is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting. It was created by Steve Jackson Games and first published in 1986 at a time when most such systems were story- or genre-specific. Players control their in-game characters verbally and the success of their actions are determined by the skill of their character, the difficulty of the action, and the rolling of dice. Characters earn points during play which are used to gain greater abilities. Gaming sessions are story-told and run by "Game Masters" (often...

StrixVaria

It's not useful customization. It's just mind-numbing number uselessness.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria There are rules for everything in GURPS.

Coronus

Tonight we'll be playing Dominion! I know, different types, but I'm still excited.

Lazers

1

Q: How does the cloud save in Skulls of the Shogun work?

I played Skulls of the Shogun on my Windows 8 device for about 30 minutes, making fair progress in the first level. The campaign was saved both through autosave and through explicit saving. I then started the game on my Windows Phone 8 device and expected to load a game from the cloud and contin...

xbox-live windows-8 skulls-of-the-shogun

1

Q: What exactly do infusions do?

When you find an infusion, you can choose to use it to improve your health, shield or salts capacity. What exactly do these options do? Will I get more power uses per salt pickup if I improve salts? Will my shield be stronger or regenerate faster, and by how much? How much health will I gain per ...

bioshock-infinite

2

Q: Can the review queues respect ignored tags?

While still playing through Bioshock Infinite, I have the tag ignored to avoid any spoilers. While going through the review queue, I came upon a question asking, Why did X happen during the ending? I didn't read much of the question, and luckily it was well spoiler tagged, but that's the entire...

feature-request tags reviewing

0

Q: Why isn't there a copy/paste feature?

There are copy/paste, otherwise named clipboard patches available. I have often been discouraged by the scale of the replication of crossings and cyclotrons and such, so I would love to be able to juste copy/paste them. But some say the coders won't include it in the trunk as a game feature. Th...

openttd

Sconibulus

ick 4?

Coronus

8:22 PM

@Lazers My aren't you chatty today?

kalina

four isn't that many, I can still see people chatting before @Lazers started

Sconibulus

D&D 4 removes the wizardry...

Jason Berkan

Ick / Ugh version Y? Version X is so much better.

2

kalina

I still haven't made it past the intro screen of Bioshock Infinite

am I a bad person?

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Also, we found a place that does $10 drafts.

@kalina Yes, but not just because of Bioshock Infinite

StrixVaria

8:23 PM

@OrigamiRobot How does that even work?

That's cheaper than just buying cards.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot we've already established your opinion is invalid during previous conversations

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria We have no idea how he makes money. He sells three packs for $10. Also, your first draft is $7.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I stopped going to my LGS because everyone there was either an elitist asshole or a 7-year-old annoying brat.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria :(

StrixVaria

"Oh, you didn't spend $1000 to get cards for trade. GTFO."

OrigamiRobot

8:25 PM

Is there anywhere else you can go?

StrixVaria

I think there's one like 20 minutes away.

That one was 5 minutes.

OrigamiRobot

20 minutes isn't bad.

That's about how far we go.

StrixVaria

Yeah I could try that place out.

kalina

what, when did Windows 8 explorer windows get a quick access toolbar

OrigamiRobot

@kalina While you were sleeping.

kalina

8:27 PM

no I am not so bored that I am staring at my pc

Ben Brocka

Learn more about the Borderlands 2 level cap increase and other changes arriving April 2: http://bit.ly/ZDJWnd

Tweeted by GearboxSoftware on March 28, 2013 at 8:30 PM

MBraedley

Stupid DMV wants $200+ from me. All because I own and drive a car.

badp

@BenBrocka dayum.

kalina

if I buy minecraft, will I be able to destroy everything that @OrigamiRobot makes while he is asleep?

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Nearly, yes.

MBraedley

8:31 PM

@kalina Yes. This is a valuable use of your time

Jason Berkan

@kalina Most of it.

kalina

what do you mean by 'nearly'

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I have some things that only I can destroy.

Jason Berkan

There are certain blocks that only the owner of the block can destroy.

kalina

well if I can't destroy everything then it's pointless

OrigamiRobot

8:32 PM

But most of it anyone can break.

Powerlord

The latest key on thekeyparty.com has ClapTrap's eye from Borderlands 2. What a surprise!!!!111

badp

@BenBrocka uh, so if you don't pay you... pretty much can't do PT3

kalina

I still haven't played Borderlands 2

I have got to get out of this habit of buying games

2

OrigamiRobot

@kalina You can't destroy 0.01% of my stuff.

kalina

sorry I've just decided I'm not allowed to buy another game until I complete all of the games I've bought but not played

Jason Berkan

8:34 PM

@kalina Worst resolution ever.

MBraedley

@kalina That could take a while.

kalina

@MBraedley you're telling me

OrigamiRobot

So you're never allowed to buy another game?

MBraedley

@kalina also, none of my things on the FTB server are protected like @OrigamiRobot's so if you really wanted, you could destroy all my things. (Please don't)

Sconibulus

Instead of complete, can't you just say play?

SaintWacko

8:36 PM

@kalina This. So much this

kalina

I have Binding of Isaac, Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Company of Heroes, Crysis, Crysis 2, Darksiders, Fallout 3, Portal 2, Saints Row 3, Tomb Raider, Torchlight 2, Dead Space 3

most of them haven't even been installed, let alone played

Powerlord

I have Baconator. It's a sandwich.

OrigamiRobot

@MBraedley I only have one 6x6x4 room that's protected.

SaintWacko

@kalina I have Dead Space 1 and 2, Bioshock 1 and 2, ME3, and a whole bunch of series' which I haven't touched

Powerlord

@kalina Portal 2 has been out since 2011. Did you just now get it?

kalina

8:37 PM

@Powerlord no I got it one of the first times I was told I should play it while it was on sale

BoI etc were from a humble bundle

everything else except Dead Space 3 was pre-ordered

oh and CoH was from a humble bundle

Powerlord

My pending game list is pretty long, too.

Coronus

@SaintWacko I have way too many on the PC and this past weekend I got Uncharted 3 and Assassin's Creed 3, which I will likely not open until some weekend I get bored in the summer. :(

kalina

and SR3

Jason Berkan

@kalina Ouch. You pre-ordered and paid full price, but still haven't played? At least my entire catalogue of unplayed games cost me under 50% of the asking price.

kalina

@JasonBerkan oh that's not the full story

Powerlord

8:38 PM

@JasonBerkan That's true of mine as well. I don't preorder games unless I plan on playing them immediately (or in the case of CS:GO because I need it for testing)

kalina

I have the season pass for any game that has a season pass in that list too

SaintWacko

@JasonBerkan Same here, I buy stuff because it's on sale

Ben Brocka

@badp Not sure about that; depends how they do enemy level scalling

kalina

so I have borderlands 2 + all dlc

and never even bothered installing it

Coronus

Hey, speaking of: Is $5 a good price for me to add FTL to "Games I'd like to play if I get around to it"?

badp

8:39 PM

Make sure you boast about it

Jason Berkan

@Coronus Yes.

Ben Brocka

@SaintWacko Guh just play Dead Space 1, it's not that long

OrigamiRobot

@kalina, why you ackin so cray cray?

badp

@Coronus Try the demo on OnLive

kalina

@Coronus FTL is a game that you need to play regardless of price

Powerlord

8:39 PM

I have games like Darksiders, Bioshock, Dead Space, and the first sequel to each of those in my list.

badp

I did and saved myself $10

MBraedley

@kalina Bioshock 1&2, Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, Mirrors Edge, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, SWKotOR 1&2, and Crysis

SaintWacko

@kalina I need to get that

kalina

@MBraedley DXHR is such a good game, in comparison to modern games

Jason Berkan

Honestly, my unplayed list is so long that I use a spreadsheet to keep track of it.

MBraedley

8:40 PM

And then a bunch that I've started and yet to finish.

Powerlord

Oh yeah, forgot Mirror's Edge is in my list.

@JasonBerkan There's a site for that... don't remember what it's called. Backloggery or something

badp

I stopped playing Mirror's Edge because I got stuck on the 2nd level :(

2

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I still have not finished this.

MBraedley

@kalina I bought it during steam sale. It was like $5

StrixVaria

@badp This.

Powerlord

8:40 PM

That last time I looked at Backloggery, my list was over 100 games long.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot I played DXHR through twice back to back starting the moment it was released

StrixVaria

Mirror's Edge would be really fun if there weren't people shooting at you.

kalina

once was a stealth playthrough with me murdering everything and twice was a stealth playthrough on hard without me firing a gun

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I have 48 hours in DXHR and I only just made it to Detroit for the 2nd time.

kalina

my favourite scene was the lift waiting scene

Ben Brocka

8:41 PM

@badp I wouldn't think so. Depends how the levels scale

kalina

I piled up vending machines to stop them getting into the room

I thought that was clever

I just chilled out while waiting for the lift

badp

@BenBrocka What is it then? PT3 is level 50 flat?

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria And when they were, it completely broke the flow of the game and made me cry.

Ben Brocka

@badp It's probably level scaled to be hard but not impossible, probably level 50 minimum

Jason Berkan

I know it will probably annoy some of you, but I'm about to toss Half-Life into the "I'm not going to finish it" category. The controls are unbelievably annoying.

OrigamiRobot

8:44 PM

I just had the sudden urge to buy the biggest TV I can and play Panzer Dragoon Orta.

kalina

@JasonBerkan it's ok I thought that the half life games were overhyped anyway

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan What?

kalina

nothing that special tbh

Ben Brocka

@JasonBerkan Really? They're like completely standard FPS controls with no special oddities

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot Every jumping or ladder sequence takes me 15 deaths.

Powerlord

8:44 PM

@JasonBerkan That's one game I DID finish. But yeah, you might have a better experience playing Half-Life: Source or Black Mesa (an HD update of HL1 for Source)

OrigamiRobot

Half Life 1 was far better than any of the subsequent Half Life games.

Ben Brocka

Press E to attach to latters. That's really the only trick

Jason Berkan

I like the game; it's just the controls I dislike.

kalina

and all the later half lifes just felt like hours of "hey guys look, we made a physics engine...!"

OrigamiRobot

@kalina This sounds familiar...

StrixVaria

8:46 PM

@OrigamiRobot I never bothered with HL1. HL2 is one of the best games ever made.

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot The best Half-Life game is Portal. I thought everyone knew that.

Jason Berkan

Oh, and pulling on boxes makes them fly across the room into a spot where I did not want them.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria No, HL1 is so much better.

Ben Brocka

I really dont' recall ladders being all that much trouble. I might have fallen off a couple. But they're like <1% of gameplay

Powerlord

Wait, did I say Portal? I meant Team Fortress 2.

kalina

8:46 PM

portal is the best half life game

2

OrigamiRobot

HL:E1 was ok and I never even finished E2

Ben Brocka

E2 was actually a lot more fun than E1

Powerlord

How come when I say it, no one stars it, but when kalina says the exact same thing...

kalina

@Powerlord I think it means me > you

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord I'm talking about games named Half-Life. Portal is obviously the best.

Happy?

Powerlord

8:48 PM

@OrigamiRobot Oh.

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Not at all.

Jason Berkan

The engine for Portal must be different, because I don't recall having these kinds of issues with that game.

Powerlord

Everyone knows the best Half-Life named game is Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

kalina

@JasonBerkan completely different

HL1 is based off the quake engine

Ullallulloo

@JasonBerkan Try HL: Source

Ben Brocka

8:49 PM

@OrigamiRobot You prefered the giant escort quest without epic Antlion caves?

Powerlord

@Ullallulloo Which I might add, I already mentioned.

Jason Berkan

@kalina Really? And Quake was the game that made me hate FPSs back in they day. Interesting.

Powerlord

4 mins ago, by Powerlord

@JasonBerkan That's one game I DID finish. But yeah, you might have a better experience playing Half-Life: Source or Black Mesa (an HD update of HL1 for Source)

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka No, I hated that, but I liked it more than E2.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord I know. :P

OrigamiRobot

8:50 PM

The Ant Lion parts were why I disliked Half Life 2

Powerlord

HL: Source is literally Half-Life 1 using the HL2 physics engine.

Jason Berkan

I have Black Mesa, but figured I would play the original first. Maybe that was a mistake.

Powerlord

They use the same polygon character models and everything

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Are you unable to appreciate aesthetics as well as flavors?

Powerlord

@JasonBerkan From my understanding, the only downside of Black Mesa is that the last part of the game is missing.

OrigamiRobot

8:52 PM

@BenBrocka Oh it's pretty and I liked trying to find where the worm guy or w/e showed up, but the gameplay itself was boring and/or annoying.

kalina

@Powerlord this was the case last I checked

Jason Berkan

@Powerlord That's the part I wasn't sure about, because some reviews seemed to indicate that, but not having played the game, I wasn't sure if it was true.

kalina

felt pretty faithful to the original through the bits I played

OrigamiRobot

And I hate Alex Vance or whatever her name is.

I did love Ravenholm.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot How come?

OrigamiRobot

8:55 PM

@Fluttershy Because I don't want her to exist.

The only good thing she did was build Dog.

kalina

I really want to go and play the whole of Mass Effect through again

but I know I'll make it as far as the end of the first level before I get bored of it

OrigamiRobot

Grow up, The Heap

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot But if she didn't exist, Dog wouldn't have been built. And if Dog was never built, you wouldn't have been able to go to Ravenholm! Didn't he open the way for you?

Powerlord

Valve's being funny and switching both Day of Defeat and Day of Defeat: Source over to their SteamPipe Content Delivery Network tomorrow.

I bet they switch Team Fortress Classic and Team Fortress 2 at the same time at a later date.

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy I said the only good thing she did was build Dog. I wish she would have died immediately after that.

Lazers

8:57 PM

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Q: Can players buy Boots from a visiting StreetPass party?

If I put Boots (which permanently add 2 movement spaces to a Unit) in the inventory of someone in my StreetPass party, and then StreetPass with another Fire Emblem player, can that other player then buy the Boots from my party?

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