The Bridge

Unionhawk

5:01 PM

Dammit @BenBrocka, you've now got me listening to Yoshi's Island music. IT'S SO CATCHY IT'S DANGEROUS

Ben Brocka

mission success

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria OLD MAHGDA WAS THE WORST

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, and you still fight old Maghda if you do the special events (including level 70 infernal machines).

New Maghda is actually one of the best boss fights IMO.

Sterno

Normal took 14 minutes

Fluttershy

I did acts 1 and 2 last night. Got legendary bracers, two set plans, and a legendary belt from the blood shard vendor lady. :3

Lazers

5:11 PM

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Q: What is the AR Code to get Venutoise in Pokemon Heartgold?

If anyone knows this AR Code for this game, please let me know. If anyone has a yugioh card called "Slifer the Sky Dragon" and/or a yugioh card called "The Winged Dragon of Ra", please let me know that as well, please

borderlands-2

Panic Bomb

@Lazers borderlands-2

user15026

@Lazers Wat.

Lazers

0

Q: Selling fan-made items based on video games

My wife has recently been painting constellation pictures, using a technique that results in some very pretty work. One of our friends, who is a HUGE fan of Skyrim, asked if she would be willing to paint him the constellations from the Elder Scrolls series. Obviously, she can do that and give i...

skyrim the-elder-scrolls

Yuki

@Lazers That's some low-quality trolling right there.

Fluttershy

I'm at a net +9 rep for my question on the Trolling A51 proposal. <_<

Krazer

5:26 PM

@GnomeSlice I have not.

Sterno

Okay, now T1 took 14 minutes. I'm thinking bounty set matters a lot more than difficulty

Fluttershy

I feel like I'm too weak to solo Torment 1 adventure mode that fast. :(

Lazers

0

Q: How many weapons can I equip in A Dark Room?

I'm trying to figure out the rules governing how well I can arm myself when venturing out. I've been experimenting using trial and error, and I think I know the following: You're not limited by hands. I've been able to have at least three weapons equipped at once (two different swords, plus a...

a-dark-room

0

Q: made a server but can't join

I just made a server 2 mins ago but when I connect it says connection refused! please help me I have tried everything people have suggested and it won't work! please help me

minecraft

user15026

I downloaded SMB3 from the eshop this weekend...it is harder than I remember

Powerlord

5:42 PM

@AshleyNunn SMB3 was harder than SMW

Origami Robot

It took me too long to figure out what SMB3 stood for...

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot You didn't know there were 3 Super Meat Boy games?

Krazer

@AshleyNunn youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uX_i5-uB_HY

user15026

@Krazer At work, can't watch

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn It's a Harvest Moon episode of Did You Know Gaming.

StrixVaria

5:49 PM

user15026

@Powerlord Intriguing. :)

Unionhawk

> $25

...

Powerlord

@StrixVaria Work blocked that on me. :/

StrixVaria

Work blocks imgur? :(

Powerlord

@StrixVaria Depends on the day of the week, phase of the moon...

Unionhawk

5:52 PM

It's a standard shipping pallet being sold on Craigslist as a custom shoe rack for $25. Because people are literally the dumbest.

Origami Robot

@Unionhawk LOOKS A LITTLE SMALL TO ME

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, you're probably right, but $25

Sterno

Stupidest Lifehack yet: How to cool a beverage

Though to their credit, they aren't calling it a lifehack. BUT THEY STILL FELT LIKE SOMEHOW THESE THINGS WARRANTED AN ARTICLE

Spoiler alert: 1) Pour it back and forth between two cups. 2) Add ice. 3) Add milk 4) Put it in front of a fan

Arperum

@Sterno ... Adding ice to a hot drink sounds stupid

StrixVaria

Lifehack: Put cold things in your warm thing to equalize the temperature.

> If you do not have a fan, try blowing on your drink, but not too hard.

I have literally never heard of using a fan, and who in the world has not blown on a hot drink?

Sterno

6:00 PM

@Arperum I add it to a pitcher of freshly brewed tea all the time to make iced tea

Origami Robot

LIFEHACK: WATCH @Sterno TROLL HIMSELF SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO

Arperum

@Sterno In that case your finished beverage is iced tea.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot This all started because I was going to post a stupid self-made lifehack image of "Lifehack: Put ice in a hot drink to cool it off." But it turns out when I went to image search it that this had already been done, unironically.

StrixVaria

Add your own method!

> Using the time-space continuum
1. Put the drink onto the countertop.
2. Wait.
3. The drink magically gets cooler over time. You can check when it's ready with a thermometer or just by diving right in.

Sterno

Just got the Arcane-immunity amulet, but with crappy rolls :(

Ben Brocka

6:03 PM

@StrixVaria excellent #Lifehack

@Powerlord most mario games are harder than SMW

> Method 2 of 4: Using Ice Cubes

Panic Bomb

@Sterno "Don't make your cup go too high, after pouring, it might bounce a few drops and land on your arms. It will burn!"

This fits squarely in the category of "if you need to be told this, you deserve what you get"

Ben Brocka

@PanicBomb I'm just cooling hot liquids, how could I have known hot liquids would be involved!

> If you do not have a fan, try blowing on your drink, but not too hard.

This is the most mundane thing I've ever read

Sterno

@StrixVaria Step 4: As you enjoy your cooled beverage, reflect on the terrible life choices you've made that have forced you to consult articles like this before drinking a hot beverage.

StrixVaria

10 mins ago, by StrixVaria

> If you do not have a fan, try blowing on your drink, but not too hard.

Unionhawk

@Sterno Oh, wikihow

Oh you

Ben Brocka

6:10 PM

I would like the consequences of blowing too hard on your drink to be enumerated

StrixVaria

It can splash up and get on your arm and burn it!

Panic Bomb

Wikihow: how to make toast

oh it actually exists

wikihow.com/Make-Buttered-Toast

Origami Robot

I KEEP SCROLLING THROUGH THE PICTURES WAITING FOR THE EGG, BUT IT NEVER COMES :(

StrixVaria

wikihow.com/Eat-French-Fries

Unionhawk

> 1. Plug in the toaster

Panic Bomb

6:12 PM

The toast one at least seems self-aware though

also it has 11 contributors

Ben Brocka

> How to Start an Internet Meme

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria I vote to close Wikihow as not a real website. Officially.

user15026

@Unionhawk adds her close vote

StrixVaria

This guy was before his time.

Unionhawk

Well, that's a mod vote. Sorry wikihow!

Ben Brocka

6:14 PM

@StrixVaria wikihow.com/Eat-a-Pop-Tart

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria I REMEMBER THIS BIT

user15026

This is just making me hungry

Ben Brocka

> How to Tell Your Parents You Are Becoming a Satanist: 4 Steps

Unionhawk

(you being a pets mod gives you dominion on the entire internet, because cats, obviously)

Ben Brocka

Disappointed there's no "how to hail satan" which is what I was looking for

user15026

6:15 PM

@Unionhawk 'Cept I gave up that diamond

user15026

Too much stress

StrixVaria

How to Exorcise your House

user15026

O.o

Ben Brocka

> How to Be Yolo: 7 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

user15026

No.

StrixVaria

6:17 PM

> How to Deal with Psychic Vampires (6 steps)

Panic Bomb

oh my god the related articles are great rabbit holes

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria dark type vampires

3ventic

I watched a counter-strike stream where almost every time he ran around a corner he yelled yolo.

Ben Brocka

> Throw a tomato at your principal. This can be dangerously, but make sure she/he dont se that its you.

GnomeSlice

@Krazer protodome.bandcamp.com/album/chipfunk

Origami Robot

6:18 PM

@StrixVaria AWW, I WAS LOOKING FOR HOW TO EXERCISE MY HOUSE

Ben Brocka

> It is the goal of The World Speed Project™ (WSP) to obtain every available VHS copy of the hit 1994 action/adventure film Speed, starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, and Joe Morton. Currently, the collection is at over 500 copies (we haven't counted in awhile; it's boring).

(in other "stupid things on the internet" news)

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn Oh, well, you were a pets mod, so in my imaginary world, that's basically the same thing.

Panic Bomb

@BenBrocka the irony is so thick that I'm in danger of choking on it

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka THEY'LL NEVER GET MY MOM'S COPY!

Krazer

@GnomeSlice soundcloud.com/producersnafu/drum-and-beeps and youtu.be/_5fYO5naW5o

user15026

6:20 PM

@Unionhawk Works for me :)

Panic Bomb

wikihow.com/Identify-a-Credible-Psychic-Medium

what in the

Arperum

@StrixVaria Every single of these fries looks murdered.

GnomeSlice

@Krazer pretty sure I linked you the tinyspells one

Anyway I'm busy right now

drumandbeeps is cool I guess

@Krazer <3 4mat

Krazer

@GnomeSlice wut u biz-e on?

GnomeSlice

@Krazer darksouls

Also trying to entertain a guest

Krazer

6:24 PM

biz-e dyin' eh?

GnomeSlice

family friend is moving today and an autistic girl about my age is over so she doesn't freak out

trying to entertain her with vidya games

she's asleep right now though

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StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I see what you're saying.

@GnomeSlice :)

GnomeSlice

She is really into megaman. And like nothing else.

She spends all her time writing fanstories and drawing fan characters and just wants to talk about that 24/7

She is quite talented

@Krazer youtube.com/…

user15026

@GnomeSlice It's common for ASD folk to have one thing they are super into. She picked a pretty hard game series to like :P (Seriously I tried megaman in various incarnations a few times and it just makes me want to throw rocks at everything)

GnomeSlice

I'm surprised too, she is not very good at games, nor particularly interested in any others.

She's into the newer ones though

ZX whatever

user15026

6:28 PM

Ah.

GnomeSlice

Zero is like her favourite thing ever

user15026

I keep wanting to like Megaman but then I am just like noooope too hard

Panic Bomb

Mega Man got too complex and weird for me after a while

GnomeSlice

She has like a million artbooks

also

►

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn JUST PLAY MEGAMAN LEGENDS 1/2 AND THEN CRY BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER MAKE 3

user15026

6:30 PM

@OrigamiRobot But I don't wanna be sad

GnomeSlice

she thoguht goat simulator was pretty funny

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn BUT YOU WILL BE HAPPY WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING THEM

GnomeSlice

and she likes UnEpic, and she liked Valdis Story. And Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.

Not really a fan of Dark Souls it seems.

Blades of Time she liked too, because female protagonist.

Also that game is actually pretty good

Krazer

@GnomeSlice facebook.com/MegaManTheBoardGame

GnomeSlice

@Krazer cool, but it's classic megaman

she knows about classic megaman but she doesn't play or talk about them

also she doesn't like board games

or movies

or TV

x_x

I've known her all my life, her parents are my godparents. And they are getting divorced. It's an awful situation.

user15026

6:34 PM

@GnomeSlice :(

GnomeSlice

She and her mother are moving, and that's happening today

user15026

@GnomeSlice I get bored playing most board games

GnomeSlice

I get board playing many bored games.

@AshleyNunn You may not be playing them with the right people!

Origami Robot

THE BEST BOARD GAME IS ECLIPSE BUT I NEVER GET TO PLAY IT :(

user15026

@GnomeSlice This is entirely possible. I have very few people who will play them with me

StrixVaria

6:37 PM

@OrigamiRobot This?

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria YES

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I don't know anything about it; I will read now.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria IT'S A 4X BOARD GAME THAT LETS YOU BUILD SHIPS AS YOU PLAY

StrixVaria

I just bought Puzzle Strike which is a deckbuilder and is (IMO) way better than Dominion.

Origami Robot

BUILD AS IN CUSTOMIZE

Panic Bomb

6:38 PM

@StrixVaria That looks insanely complicated.

StrixVaria

Eclipse playing time is estimated at 2 hours.

Origami Robot

ANDROID: NETRUNNER IS #5 ON BGG? I THOUGHT IT WAS MEH.

@Sterno KNOWS HOW AWESOME ECLIPSE IS

MBraedley

@StrixVaria deck builders take too long to set up, in general.

StrixVaria

@MBraedley The setup is fairly quick (at least with this one). The one-time setup when you first buy it is a pain in the ass, but that's pretty irrelevant. The cleanup is pretty annoying, though, when you have to take your deck apart.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot People should play it with me. But for iPad

GnomeSlice

6:41 PM

thegamecrafter.com/games/metacell-genesis-supporter-edition

Sterno

I'd like to play some Mage Knight but I right when I bought it I had a kid, and now I never have a big enough time block to play it

MBraedley

@StrixVaria Yeah, but tear-down of something like Ticket To Ride can be a PITA too.

Sterno

Having died on T3 earlier and losing my exp bonus pools, I have decided that being afraid of that is dumb. Playing only T1, I never die, and had so many pools stacked up that I'm not even sure I could have run out unless I went out of my way to NOT pick up the ones in dungeons as I play

I'm already about 4 stacks up again in 30 minutes of play.

So I'm not really sure you lose much other than bonus XP up until the time that you find a new pool after death. Because once you do, chances are good you'll always have at least one going

MBraedley

Also, has anyone tried 3012? Some friends and I tried it, but it felt like it took too long to build a usable deck. We think we did something wrong.

StrixVaria

Yeah dying isn't a big deal at all. Repair costs are a bigger deal than the pool loss, and that's pretty negligible.

GnomeSlice

6:45 PM

@OrigamiRobot indiedb.com/games/theforest/features/…

Yuki

@Sterno Yeah, but time spent dead is time not spent running around and throwing shields at random monsters.

And I like pretending to be Captain America.

Origami Robot

OH FUCK YES I JUST REMEMBERED HOW MUCH EASTER CANDY I'M GOING TO BUY TODAY

3

Yuki

@OrigamiRobot Oh, I need to stop by Walgreen's today. Thanks for reminding me.

Origami Robot

EASTER IS THE BEST CANDY HOLIDAY

StrixVaria

HALLOWEEN IS THE BEST CANDY HOLIDAY HOW DARE YOU

user15026

6:47 PM

Easter runs a pretty close second.

Yuki

I think, from now on, I'm just going to celebrate all holidays a day late.

Sterno

Candy is gross.

MBraedley

I should see if grocery stores are actually open today. I suspect they are, but don't know for certain.

Yuki

Should save quite a bit of money.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria EASTER HAS THE BEST CANDY. HALLOWEEN ONLY WINS IN QUANTITY.

Yuki

6:48 PM

Especially on turkeys after Thanksgiving.

user15026

@Yuki I hate turkey

MBraedley

@StrixVaria Easter candy >> Halloween candy

Lazers

0

Q: How to increase residential density?

I want to increase low wealth ($) residential density. I built many $ parks around my low wealth zones and there are many low wealth commercial zones too. They get happy really slowly even after placing many parks.

simcity

Origami Robot

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU TELL ME, BUNNY/CHICK/DUCK SWEET TARTS ARE BETTER THAN ALL THE REST.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot White chocolate is gross. Cadbury eggs are gross. I'm not sure what other Easter-specific candy exists but the ones I know of are gross.

Origami Robot

6:48 PM

@StrixVaria I AGREE THAT THOSE ARE GROSS

Yuki

@AshleyNunn I don't like whole turkeys, but turkey meat is kinda tasty to me.

Origami Robot

WHY IS WHITE CHOCOLATE AN EASTER CANDY?

user15026

@Yuki I have never had anyone prepare a turkey in a way that made eating it appealing to me

user15026

@StrixVaria White chocolate is the worst thing ever ever ever

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FEichinger

White chocolate is the best thing ever ever ever

4

user15026

6:49 PM

....how did I make the same mistake twice

user15026

@FEichinger ....no.

....yes.

OMG I WANT THEM ALL

@StrixVaria PEEPS

Also, evening all.

6:50 PM

@GnomeSlice Peeps are like shitty marshmallows.

Origami Robot

@FEichinger I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE GROSS

Yuki

@AshleyNunn White chocolate was invented by someone who thought, "I like chocolate except the part where there's chocolate. I wonder how I can get rid of that?"

StrixVaria

I'd rather just buy a bag of actual marshmallows.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Peeps are gross. Marshmallow based stuff is so gross. Same with mellowcreme stuff.

user15026

@Yuki Exactly.

Origami Robot

6:51 PM

@StrixVaria I USED TO LOVE PEEPS UNTIL I ATE 5 BOXES OF PEEPS. NOW I HATE PEEPS

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FEichinger

@Yuki White chocolate isn't actually chocolate, but it's great anyway.

@OrigamiRobot Psh!

Sterno

You can turn marshmallows into things that DON'T suck. Like rice krispy treats

Yuki

I haven't had marshmallow or marshmallow-like sweets in a long time.

I think I've forgotten the taste.

GnomeSlice

indiegogo.com/projects/forward-to-the-sky

Sterno

How does one find a public game doing split bounties? Do you just keep joining them and ask?

StrixVaria

6:52 PM

@Sterno lol public games

Origami Robot

HALLOWEEN WINS IN THE CEREAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY SELL COUNT CHOCULA

Sterno

@StrixVaria Well I figure if I'm being lame and doing normal anyway...

StrixVaria

Public games are good if you're thinking, "I want to play with people but I don't care what we actually do as we play."

Origami Robot

@Sterno JUST JOIN A NORMAL GAME. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON TO BE PLAYING ON NORMAL AT LEVEL 70

StrixVaria

And for no other time ever.

Origami Robot

6:52 PM

@StrixVaria AKA SPLIT BOUNTIES

Yuki

I should probably try to make a Hellfire Ring before trying to level new characters.

Are Hellfire Rings at all comparable to other L70 legendary rings or should they only be used for powerleveling?

StrixVaria

I am nowhere near being able to get a hellfire ring and I've played for easily 100 hours since RoS.

I'm sure more than that, but I'm bad at estimating time.

I have 2 keys (of which you need 4 sets of 4 keys each).

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot What about all of your math stating that you get more legendaries playing on normal?

Yuki

@StrixVaria I'm 1/4 the way there, already have Leoric's Regret.

Origami Robot

@Fluttershy THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID AT ALL

I SAID DOING BOUNTIES ON NOT NORMAL WAS A WASTE.

user15026

6:58 PM

Augh my work website is going SO SLOW

user15026

it is making me crazy

StrixVaria

You get more XP/time doing bounties than rifts, in my experience.

And that's improved by difficulty.

So I wouldn't call higher-difficulty bounties a "waste".

Sterno

There are people rifting on normal

WTF

@OrigamiRobot I ran some timing today and I do Normal and T1 at about the same speed (granted, over a small sample set). T3 is significantly slower though

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