The Bridge

StrixVaria

12:00 AM

How do you even control it on the phone?

badp

@Coronus you might just punch through your monitor instead

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

From what I heard, mobile is harder than PC

badp

@StrixVaria tap lhs or rhs of screen is what I heard

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@StrixVaria Hold down left or right side of the screen to move

Coronus

@badp This.

StrixVaria

12:01 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Ughhhhhhhhh

badp

@StrixVaria It's probably as awful as it sounds yeah

Coronus

I can only play for 5 minutes at a time. Not because I want to, but because I know it's healthy. @_x

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Dammit, 40.03 seconds

Coronus

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Have you tried phone also? I'm wondering how the controls compare.

StrixVaria

WTF IT JUST WENT FROM 6 TO 5

Sides...

It completely destroyed my sense of where walls were.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:04 AM

I'm on the tablet. The control is the same

Coronus

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Sensitivity-wise, and also sanity-wise

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@StrixVaria Oh yeah, it's lovely when that happens

@Coronus Can't really tell, since my phone isn't an Android device

StrixVaria

Square...

What makes this version "super"?

Lazers

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Q: Is there an option for infinite ammo in Borderlands 2?

This is a common mode for many First Person Shooters, so does Borderlands 2 have one?

borderlands-2

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Q: Would gaming.stackexchange.com be the hardest to manage?

I see a lot of posts on Gaming stackexchange that resemble forum posts. It is common to see People thanking others, adding an 'argument' as an answer, and even another question as an answer. Seeing how most gamers come from other forums to ask questions here, they might be used to a different for...

discussion

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@StrixVaria Square! Ha! Although after a while it opens back up to a pentagon

@StrixVaria The original was a Flash game called Hexagon I believe

fbueckert

12:10 AM

@Lazers sigh

badp

How to Answer

er

How to Ask

StrixVaria

It's so hard to tell where the openings are on Square.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

41.42 seconds now

Ben Brocka

@Lazers At what point should we say something to this guy...?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

badp

12:14 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz there you have it

fbueckert

@BenBrocka About what?

Sounds like a valid question. Absolute crap, but valid.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp Took you long enough.

Ben Brocka

He's just making up stupid questions and answering them

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz I had to follow through the "I liek you" star to notice your message

fbueckert

@BenBrocka So he'll lose all his rep to downvotes.

Ben Brocka

12:15 AM

Seems to run afoul of the "painfully obvious" precedent like with extremely obvious Dragonvale dragons

@fbueckert People are massively upvoting his incredibly stupid questions and answers

StrixVaria

43:56!

It didn't even go to Square this time...

I'm so confused.

fbueckert

@BenBrocka You're talking about his body shield question?

Ben Brocka

Yes. It's incredibly clear in-game that they're talking about orb shields, the blue bar

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp Read your pings moar bettar.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Yeah, the game moving into a square and the actual square level at, what is it, 35 seconds? doesn't seem to match most of the time

I really want to know what level is after square. Pentagon?

badp

12:18 AM

chat message on The Bridge
2 new replies

↑ I blame this.

Clearly I'm too popular!

@YiJiang'sEvilClone You could just watch it on Youtube

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp But what's the fun in that!?

badp

but I believe it's Squarer and then Squarest

(spoiler alert!)

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I fully expected her to somehow BE the tree in the 4th panel

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Obviously I must keep playing until I either throw my tablet out of the window or throw up because of motion sickness

badp

(I dunno, actually, if you're talking about one of the game levels or just sublevels)

Fluttershy

12:20 AM

@BenBrocka Kinda feels like content seeding, in a way.

fbueckert

@fbueckert See what I mean that users are quick to downvote ? — Fendi 1 min ago

facedesk

badp

(I know the game levels are -ers -est)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Sublevels.

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone oh

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's Point, Line, Plane, Triangle, Square, I think

Ben Brocka

12:21 AM

@Fluttershy Easy rep, is my guess

badp

I think he's just trying to make a point there

Ben Brocka

Such a pretty logo (trololo)

badp

@BenBrocka my eyes

@BenBrocka MY EYES

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Oh no wait, there's no plane

badp

@BenBrocka MY EYES

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:22 AM

It's Point, Line, Triangle, Square...

Coronus

@BenBrocka Ouch

Ben Brocka

I can't believe they're still in business/still using that logo, but sure enough

user15026

@BenBrocka you broke my eyes

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Also, 40.10 seconds dammit

Coronus

@BenBrocka I can't even read that article.......

It's like Kryptonite!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:23 AM

@BenBrocka Neat, I see CMYK

badp

StrixVaria

:(

Coronus

WTF

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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Q: Can you play Simcity offline?

I know EA has come out and said that Simcity will have features that ultimately requiring that you must have an internet connection all the time while playing. I know the game is less than a few days away, but is there a secret setting that would allow you to play offline with limited features? ...

simcity

@badp Clean up the comment on this ^ ?

The logo does make a sort of sense, since C+M+Y = B, though it's not the rich K black

Subtractive colors and all that

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone more specifically, it's a Chromatic Aberration. Coincidentally it is also a stylistic aberration

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:28 AM

@BenBrocka Wouldn't chromatic aberration be purple usually? I can't see how you'd get multicolored fringing

StrixVaria

I can't stop playing this game.

badp

I've never so wished I was colour blind

although it probably doesn't help.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp It wasn't that bad, though perhaps I'm used to this by now

I sort of expect you, of all people, to have at least some immunity though

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Dude, my color choices are very sensible.

The default Paint palette is quite tasteful indeed.

Coronus

@YiJiang'sEvilClone No, I think that's pretty accurate. The brain behind my eyes feels like it's smoking.

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:30 AM

Wow. This is a very very hoppy beer.

StrixVaria

@badp pain

LessPop_MoreFizz

it's downright dank if such a word can be applied. Super heavy floral aroma.

badp

@StrixVaria yes, that's more tolerable

Ben Brocka

@badp Slightly, maybe

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:31 AM

Actually, more piney than floral.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I am so so sorry

LessPop_MoreFizz

Smells like drinking a liquified pine tree.

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone is that an ironing board?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Don't lie, you are not sorry.

Now to find something to revenge downvote.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp A table, at a cafe

badp

12:33 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Cafes don't work that way!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Most cafes have more than one table.

I need to find a way to surreptitiously install this browser extension on my Aunts computer.

StrixVaria

I have been mod abused by 2 different mods in the past 5 minutes.

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LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Was one of them @badp? It's always @badp.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz You know it.

user15026

12:35 AM

@LessPop what are you drinking?

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Did you like it?

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria And the other @BenBrocka?

Ben Brocka

It so was! You are so right!

fbueckert

why would you downvote this question? This question does not exist to my knowledge... — kraftydevil 2 mins ago

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Arrgh, 40.10 seconds

Ben Brocka

12:36 AM

/me shakes head

fbueckert

@BenBrocka You're up.

OrigamiRobot

Nicely done, sir.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

WHY? WHHHHHY!?

StrixVaria

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I had to close the game.

badp

Always @agent86 and his MEOW ABUSE

StrixVaria

12:38 AM

WHO UNSTARRED MY UNHAPPY SMILEY

It had three stars. I have been robbed.

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Quick! Post another unhappy smiley!

StrixVaria

:(

5

Justice is served.

Coronus

@StrixVaria Sadness. Starred.

badp

@StrixVaria Have a consolation pin

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I will defend to the day I die the claim that, in the context of BL, infinite ammo and ammo regen are the same thing

fbueckert

12:39 AM

@OrigamiRobot Mechanics-wise, they are the same.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot not for SMGs it isn't

badp

Depends

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka The difference is beyond trivial.

badp

@OrigamiRobot Tediore reload abuse

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Tröeg's Nugget Nectar

Ben Brocka

12:40 AM

@OrigamiRobot Hardly; it takes less time to hunt for SMG ammo than it does to wait for SMG ammo regen to matter

LessPop_MoreFizz

It's super super delicious, but holy shit the odor is like a less soapy pine-sol.

badp

...although at least for the shotty tediore reload abuse I last used on Terramorphous, I didn't even approach going down half a clip between my abilities and gunzerking

LessPop_MoreFizz

Think Pine-Sol with grapefruit odor replacing the lemon.

Coronus

@LessPop_MoreFizz Preserved lemons?

Ben Brocka

Might as well say ammo shops = infinite ammo mode

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:41 AM

@Coronus more grapefruit than lemon, but mainly piney.

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka There is absolutely no need for two questions.

StrixVaria

Beat Hazard is worse for my eyes than that Highlights logo.

Ben Brocka

I'm not excusing the recent question. I just think it's moronic, not a duplicate

LessPop_MoreFizz

Columbus and Nugget hops are a potent combo.

badp

@StrixVaria Drop the effects to 50%

OrigamiRobot

12:42 AM

I think that is a poor method, yes. The entire point of the question was to find a weapon for which ammo was not a problem. We do not need a separate question for each variation of this goal. All that does is fragment information and make the site clunkier. When information is this closely related, it should be in the same place. — OrigamiRobot 8 mins ago

badp

Unlike in "basic" Beat Hazard, dropping down the effects does not incur in a score reduction.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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Q: Can the disc form of Simcity be used on Origin?

Before I explain, let me make some facts (As far as I know they are): When you download a game on Origin, you able to get access to both the Windows and Mac OS versions. Simcity will be released on Mac OS in the coming months. Whether it's disc, download, or both, I don't know. I would figure ...

os-x windows-7 origin simcity digital-distribution

StrixVaria

It crashed when I tried to view local folders.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Hmmmm, is this a duplicate or not?

StrixVaria

It tried to read from the A: drive, which doesn't exist.

What.

No one has even had an A: drive since before this game was conceived.

Lazers

12:44 AM

0

Q: Is an Enderman classified as a monster?

I'm trying to go to bed, but it's not letting me. I have a showcase in my house that is upstairs, and that showcase has a trapped Enderman in it. Everything else in my showcase is an animal. Could it be that the Enderman that is causing my bed to tell me I can't sleep?

minecraft

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Q: How do you load a saved game in FFVI

So, I finally started playing Final Fantasy 6 (well, Final Fantasy 3 technically) and I'm really enjoying it. Except, now I've saved my game after a few hours of play, but when I (yes, you guessed it) restart my emulator and start the game, I'm given no option to load my game. This is sort of de...

emulation final-fantasy-6

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Q: Is there a way to fix air pollution in simcity?

I've noticed that wind direction changes in the game and now my town is directly down wind from my residential area, causing pollution and zombie attacks. Is there a way to get rid of the pollution? I'm already at the highest tech level for the industry, but my PPM are still significant.

simcity

badp

The Mac OSX version is not yet released, so this question can't be answered without resorting to speculation. Closing — badp 25 secs ago

plz to say if you agree or not

so I can delete

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Hmmm, well, the same argument can be applied to the other question

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone yes, yes it can. This is why I'd like to get peer review before I close both

Coronus

@StrixVaria A: drive? Seriously?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Semantically, infinite ammo, ammo regeneration, and weapons without ammo problems can be separate questions.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:47 AM

The other question has an answer that cites semi-official sources

fbueckert

In the context it was asked, though, I agree that weapons without ammo problems can encompass both of the other two categories.

Ben Brocka

Watch Super mario bros play the demo as random bytes are corrupted

2

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Sure they can but there's no reason to. They all solve a common problem and anyone looking for information on one will benefit from information on the others. Separating the questions just adds another barrier to that information.

Ben Brocka

Which is more amusing (to me) than it sounds

Coronus

This guy really wants to ask questions so he can answer them, doesn't he?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:49 AM

@BenBrocka Does it actually manifest in corrupted pixels appearing on screen?

badp

@OrigamiRobot gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/107708/…

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone watch. The #b #/# is bytes corrupted total, and chance of corrupting a byte per frame

badp

I know you already have the answer to his comment so go ahead and write it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Wow, yes, that is rather amusing

Ben Brocka

It power cycles if it crashes

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:50 AM

Ah

OrigamiRobot

@badp Doneski

Ben Brocka

it's by the guy who runs The Cutting Room Floor who's an expert at breaking games

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I agree. Base problem: Don't run out of ammo. Solutions applicable.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Wow, did the back half of Bowser just pop up on screen?

Ben Brocka

12:53 AM

yes

wonder what would have happened if it died

he's swimming!

StrixVaria

I think that might be enough Beat Hazard for forever.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I was hoping they'd have music too

Hearing sound getting corrupted could be fun

StrixVaria

I got to Hexagon and it changed colors and I died.

badp

@BenBrocka Good to know. Followed

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I wonder why Mario keeps slipping below the level geometry

Ben Brocka

1:03 AM

Just realized the video I started up upload 2 hours ago...didn't actually start uplolading

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I think it corrupts the bit with Mario's height?

Ben Brocka

He goes down though, not up. Maybe the collision

Fluttershy

Steam's telling me I have no friends.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Well that didn't take long

@Fluttershy You can be mine!

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Oh boy! For real? =D

badp

1:08 AM

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy mediumdeviation

badp

@Fluttershy Yup! You've just landed yourself a new slave to add to your property!

...or is it the other way around

2am

english

skills

Fluttershy

@badp I don't even know what that means...

badp

fading

@Fluttershy "You can be mine!"

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Oh. Hmm.

Fluttershy

1:10 AM

Oh. Now I'm pickin' up what you're puttin' down.

badp

pick it fast caus inglish fading brain slowni bbits corrpustnafoin REBOOTING

StrixVaria

The humble bundle is worth it just for Super Hexagon.

FAE

@StrixVaria That game makes me swear a lot

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Well, I picked up Super Hexagon when it launched on Android for a dollar

StrixVaria

@FAE Me too, but it's really, really good.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

1:12 AM

So there's nothing in the beat the average for me anymore

StrixVaria

It's definitely right in line with the kinds of games I enjoy, though.

FAE

@StrixVaria I really like the music

StrixVaria

@FAE The music helps a lot.

If it had bad music it wouldn't be nearly as good even though the gameplay is good anyway.

FAE

yesterday, by FAE

I bought it for the soundtracks. Super Hexagon's soundtrack is pretty awesome, and I'm glad to finally hear the tracks in full rather than having them cut off by my inevitable failure.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria So you enjoy ridiculously hard games that make you swear a lot?

StrixVaria

1:14 AM

@Fluttershy I don't know exactly how to describe it, but I enjoy rhythmic games with difficult technical input that are highly rewarding to learn.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy It's not that bad. It only made me throw my tablet out of the window once.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Have you played any of the Bit.Trip games?

FAE

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I have it there too. They just updated it the other day and the patch notes said it made touch more responsive, I haven't tried it yet though

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Bit.Trip Runner but it was terrible.

None of the others.

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I don't even have a tablet, but Super Hexagon makes me want to buy one so I can throw it out a window.

badp

1:15 AM

@StrixVaria Maybe try either Beat or Core.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Gotcha. I wasn't a big fan of Runner either, but I'm really enjoying Runner2! =P

FAE

@StrixVaria I find it difficult to figure out what the "difficult technical input" qualifier exactly entails.

StrixVaria

@FAE Yeah, me too.

badp

for Beat I suggest either the mouse or the original wiimote controller (?)

StrixVaria

It's about as well as I can describe it.

FAE

1:16 AM

@StrixVaria So like something harder than Rock Band or DDR style stuff?

fbueckert

WHAT THE HELL!? FIRE EMBLEM HAS TIME TRAVEL!

StrixVaria

@FAE I like playing the StepMania songs made just for keyboard. The ones that are impossible to do with your feet.

I was really big into Guitar Hero in college.

Some fighting games can also fall into that category, too, though.

FAE

@StrixVaria You may be interested in Retro/Grade, it's coming to Steam soon.

It's a PSN title.

StrixVaria

Bit.Trip Beat
Bit.Trip Core
Runner2
Retro/Grade

Anything else to try?

Oh I don't have/plan to get a Playstation.

I guess I'll remove that one.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Geometry Wars?

StrixVaria

1:17 AM

Never played it.

FAE

Dyad is also coming to Steam soon, it was also a PSN exclusive until recently, but I haven't tried that one.

StrixVaria

Dual Stick shooters aren't really my thing, though.

FAE

@StrixVaria It's coming to Steam soon!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Ah, okay

badp

@StrixVaria you can look it up on Youtube and see if it fancies your schtick

StrixVaria

1:18 AM

@badp Yeah I'll YouTube all of these before I get any.

badp

►

FAE

It's pretty cool, it's got the typical kind of guitar hero-ish input that you do, but you also have to dodge bullets coming from the other direction at the same time.

badp

@StrixVaria if you clicked that link close the window - it's actually the final level

FAE

So your timing has to be really good.

badp

see the new link

FAE

1:20 AM

I've only played it with 3 lanes so far.

And it's not only bullets from the other direction you have to dodge, but you also have to dodge rays and black holes and such.

I really like the soundtrack to that one too.

Note: the video may be hard to parse because you basically play the game in reverse.

It's got a loose little framework for the reason you do that, but you're essentially playing time backward in the game.

It's only like $3.50ish for full price on PSN at the moment, $2.50ish if you have PSN+ and I found it well worth the money.

I like it enough that I'm going to buy it again when it hits Steam just so I can throw more money at them.

badp

I don't have Core but plan to get it on the next sale

I'm nervous about the control scheme

FAE

Their soundtrack is also on bandcamp

badp

having to press a button on every beat sounds... bad to me.

...but the songs. Oh god the songs.

Core has the best songs of the whole saga.

user15026

@fbueckert What.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn It's now Doctor Emblem! Which is making it timey wimey wibbly woobly.

user15026

1:28 AM

@fbueckert giggles That's impressive. I should get back to it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I really shouldn't have bought that MLP comic. There's an advertisement for a Doctor Who comic on the back, and I now feel a rising urge to buy that too

fbueckert

And with that, off to dance class!

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Do iiiiiiiit.

StrixVaria

Every time I get to Hexagon I die immediately.

I forgot it changes colors.

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Do it

user15026

1:30 AM

@fbueckert Enjoy!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Holy crap, the series have 12 issues. No, I'm not made of money. I can't buy this.

Fluttershy

3 mins ago, by Ashley Nunn

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Do it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy I'm not Filthy Rich!

user15026

I have never really gotten into comics, but the Doctor Who comics and the MLP ones fascinate me.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

user15026

1:45 AM

Thoughts, Bridge - would I hate Mark of the Ninja?

agent86

@AshleyNunn it requires some level of reflexes, so you might hate it.

then again, it's relatively forgiving of failure - you usually only lose a couple of minutes and resetting is really fast

user15026

@agent86 That was kinda my thinking, and I wanted to check with someone who has played it first

agent86

it's relatively gory, which you might not like (don't know how your gore preferences are)

user15026

@agent86 Eh, that doesn't matter so much to me

StrixVaria

I'm going to be seeing hexagons in my sleep.

3

agent86

1:48 AM

@AshleyNunn the reflex requirements aren't terrible, I mean, you have to do a lot of simple and relatively forgiving button presses

like, hold left and press a, and you've got 2-3 seconds to do that

if you screw up, they just die louder

user15026

@agent86 Ah. Fair enough. I know I had trouble with that sort of thing when I played Jet Grind/Set Radio on a friend's Dreamcast, but part of that was likely the unfamiliar controller

user15026

(I never know what to call it)

Lazers

0

Q: "Connection interrupted" after a few seconds of fighting the Ancients

I'm being kicked from the game when fighting Ancients after about ten seconds of fighting them. Other than that, the game works fine. Why is this happening?

diablo-2

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Q: If multiple systems have an available trade route, which one gets the route?

In Endless Space, trade routes are set up automatically once a new planet is available to trade with: you're at peace with a race and explore a new planet among that peaceful race, or you become at peace with a race that you were previously in Cold War with. How does Endless Space decide which o...

endless-space

0

Q: War horse in normal red dead redemption?

I really want to get the War Horse in Red Dead Redemption, but i already went out and bought the two seperate games: Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare. Is there a way to get the War Horse (Not the fire one) in the normal Red Dead game???

red-dead-redemption

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Q: Item Lock-up Bug

For some reason I'm having trouble moving items in my inventory. Instead of just clicking to select, then clicking once again to deselect; I have to click and hold then move it to the appropriate inventory slot and let go of my mouse button. Shift-clicking things won't work either. This occurs fo...