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1:03 PM
I installed Yosemite
so regret
 
very helvetica
much swift
 
Isn't Swift only for iOS?
 
I love tickets asking us to do something I've already said can't be done.
 
@PrivatePansy That would be exceedingly stupid
 
That's the context which most people talk about it in, anyway
 
1:12 PM
@badp I had to retune my gamma in order to better distinguish between the many shades of light grey better
They've keyed the UI very high
 
@fredley One shade of gray is enough for everybody
 
@badp Foreground: #d8d8d8, Background: #d4d4d4
 
@fredley This is fine.
 
@fredley Wow, that's... very close
Where does that appear?
 
1:14 PM
 
@FAE at least noone got hurt
 
@PrivatePansy That's not the actual values, that's me exaggerating. You may calm down now.
 
@fredley *put away pitchforks*
 
FAE
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah, especially as it was big enough that another fire department helped.
 
1:16 PM
@PrivatePansy For the Finder, actual values are #fcfcfc on #ededed
 
@fredley I'm okay with the events that are unfolding currently.
 
@badp I would share a screenshot, but I fear Apple will take away my Apples if I do
 
don't worry, uphold your NDAs
 
It's ok, other people have done so
So bright
such neon
 
@fredley see! Windows isn't the only OS for timesheets and budgets
 
1:25 PM
Yes, Linux is also a thing
 
@badp points at files in linked image
 
@badp Also: The new fullscreen button is gone. The old fullscreen button now performs the function that the old new fullscreen button used to, unless it doesn't, in which case it performs the function of the old fullscreen button.
@KevinvanderVelden 'Numbers'. That is all.
 
@fredley I heard about that one, but not about its inconsistency. I suppose that's why they gave up and put symbols on those icons
 
@KevinvanderVelden NOOO! DON'T DO IT! THIS WAY LIES MADNESS
 
@PrivatePansy Flexes star clearing muscle
 
@KevinvanderVelden XLSX. Microsoft woz here.
 
@fredley You don't have da powerz to mod abuse the chatroom in which that screenshot was taken in
 
It's infected the applez
RUN AWAY
 
@PrivatePansy I am a mod for all of chat.
 
I was about to say, diamond meat is diamond everywhere
 
1:29 PM
Even chat.meta.stackexchange?
 
@PrivatePansy Oh
Damn you with your technicalities
 
THERE'S A PLACE @badp CAN'T MODABUSE :O
 
I actually don't know, but I suspect not.
 
flees to that magical place of non-mod-abuse
 
1:30 PM
@KevinvanderVelden and it's terribly boring :P
 
@badp LIES!
 
@KevinvanderVelden oh, there'll be modabuse, but it'll be by übermods
 
@badp I would assume so
 
it's the abuse that keeps you interested, eh?
 
mod abuse keeps people on their toes
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1:33 PM
lack of mod abuse keeps me on my toes
 
There's something for everyone
 
Hm... GTA V coming to PC and "next-gen" consoles
 
@3ventic Well it's about time
 
1:40 PM
Didn't they already say that GTA5 will be on "next-gen" when they released it?
 
@5pike Does this mean you have to buy the same game again if you want to play it on different hardware?
 
@fredley Yarb
 
@5pike That's awful
 
@fredley That's normal
 
Normal is often awful.
 
1:44 PM
True
 
@5pike Glorious PC master race etc. etc.
 
But to be fair, if they've spent this time porting/remaking the game for the new hardware, they kind of deserve to be paid for it.
 
@3ventic Deserve is a divisive word
And actually I disagree
 
Deserve closed as primarily opinion-based
 
The cost of getting from 0 to PS3 game is considerably more than getting from PS3 to PS4 game
and I imagine due to next-gen tax you'd pay more for the new PS4 variant
 
1:46 PM
@fredley Yeah
 
And I highly doubt they haven't been developing for all these console right out of the gate
 
now we'll just need it for wii u
 
wat
 
@3ventic And maintaining cross platform code between two generations of essentially the same thing isn't that hard, especially in the case where you have absolutely fixed hardware in each case
 
I hope the PC version will be better than Watch underscore Dogs's
 
1:48 PM
You develop for way more hardware just by making a game for Android
or iOS for that matter
 
@3ventic I actually enjoyed the pc version of WD. It's not that bad
 
The only problem I have is that the game stutters a lot while driving fast
 
@3ventic whack current gen. Say it with me... "current gen"
 
"next-gen" (with the quotes) = current gen
it just makes the message more clear
 
@3ventic No they actually meant next gen. PS6 etc.
 
1:56 PM
@Jutschge I understand it suffers greatly from consolitis.
Maybe not as much as Skyrim, but still bad.
 
PS5 will be skipped because who needs #5
Just look at Xbox, they went from 0 to 360 to 1
 
"one"*
 
@3ventic Is Microsoft secretly Valve?
 
@Frank The default skyrim menu is a horrible thing. I basically can't even imagine how I played at the start without skyUI.
 
@badp They clearly got number 3 there, so they can't be.
 
2:07 PM
@3ventic They clearly got digit 3 there
 
Damn Finnish
digit = numero
number = luku
but number seems like numero :(
 
Funny
 
FAE
@fredley They are letting people import their GTA Online saves to next gen, dunno about the single player though.
 
@Arperum Yeah. The problem with consolitis is that we've basically gotten into, "Well, it's not THAT bad."
 
in Italian digit = cifra and number = numero.
 
2:08 PM
Yeah...
 
When what we should be doing is, "This is utter garbage. How dare you fob console shit off on us?"
 
@Arperum bows to SkyUI so awesome
 
although in engineering cifra is often used to mean amount, measure
<_<
 
Entwined looks lovely, I'll have to play it tonight
 
@Frank Yeah, because boycotts work so well...
 
2:11 PM
@5pike They don't, but that doesn't mean we should tolerate shoddy ports.
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Pleeeeeeeeeease let me know how it is.
 
After I started boycotting Ubicrap due to their invasive DRM, my temptation for getting ANY of their games has dropped dramatically, even after they removed it.
 
@Frank The way I do it - do everything possible so that they don't get my money.
 
@5pike For the most part, I don't even pirate their stuff. Yeah, they might have some games I want to play, but there's so many good games that I don't need to get theirs at all.
 
ubiart is the only stuff of theirs I'm interested in, was glad to see valiant hearts at their E3
 
2:14 PM
It's not even related specifically to Ubicrap; publishers need to be sent a message that shoddy ports are not acceptable in any way, shape, or form.
You do a crappy job, I either don't buy it, or get a refund.
Either way, they're out that cash.
 
FAE
@BenBrocka I have a rule about not playing wargames, but I'm probably going to make an exception for Valiant Hearts.
 
That clears up what's going on quite well.
 
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Woot, day just got awesomer - won a $200 gift card to a local restaurant that I like :)
 
@FAE It's a puzzle/adventure game anyway, combat isn't gameplay I'm sure
 
@AshleyNunn That IS awesome. Free food is always good.
 
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2:17 PM
@Frank Yeah, I am pretty happy.
 
FAE
@BenBrocka I know, but I usually don't play games based on real world wars, whether it's a shooter or not. This looks really good though.
@AshleyNunn Woo, congrats!
 
@Frank Yeah, but they will still release shoddy ports, because there are just to many people that simply don't care.
 
@5pike Doesn't mean I have to support, or condone, the behaviour.
 
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@FAE Thanks :)
 
FAE
@BenBrocka haha
 
@Frank True, but I know enough people that scream "damn console ports" and when the game comes out, they still happily buy it.
 
@5pike Yeah, there's a lot of those people.
And those are the ones the publishers count on.
 
@5pike depending on how bad the port is and how good the game is, I can understand that
 
@Chippies either those keys are tiny or that thing is far too large to balance on one's lap
 
2:20 PM
@Chippies Damn, I'd buy one
 
@BenBrocka seems the perfect size, imho
as long as it's not like, super heavy
 
@BenBrocka Looks pretty good size for the lap.
 
Assuming it's the width of a normal keyboard it's over double the width of my lap
 
@BenBrocka notice the lack of numpad
numpad alone is 1/5th of a keyboard width and that keyboard doesn't have it
 
It bothers me, that there is no keayboard where the numpad is on the left.
 
2:23 PM
Still quite wide with the mousepad included
 
gives you plenty of mouse space
the important thing is that we can't see the bottom side of the whole thing
depending on how it's done, it could be super easy to "balance" it or not
 
5
Q: Was this 4th grader's creationist quiz real?

TomOnTimeIs this 4th grader's creationist quiz real or a hoax?

this makes me wanna cry :'(
 
So...the Harvest Moon series is no longer called Harvest Moon in NA. I am somewhat saddened by this.
 
@Frank Well... yes and no.
 
I dunno what the hell's going on with HM anymore. I've kinda lost interest in it due to recent games too, glad it still survives in some form though
 
2:27 PM
@Jutschge woah, I can't believe I was so naive to think it was all fake!
 
XSEED and Natsume are both publishing titles in the series this year, but only Natsume owns the name.
 
Also that keyboard reminds me that not all PC games let you rebind controls...and some old ones use arrow keys as primary inputs
PC's always been quite a mess, so them trying to be "no compromise" seems nearly impossible (also honestly a wireless mouse is a compromise...)
 
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@BenBrocka Yeah, I keep thinking I will like it and I spend money on it and then I get bored
 
@BenBrocka Oh yeah, I just see that it misses the arrow keys. Compromise to keep the big buttons, I bet.
 
Story of Seasons will be released on the 3DS by XSEED. Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley will be released on the 3DS by Natsume.
 
2:29 PM
HM's pacing has been glacial since...the PSX game? I don't think they ever really fixes that
 
@BenBrocka wireless mice are pretty good nowadays
 
@5pike I'm sure. It makes sense for recent games, but it's easy to forget lots of old stuff doesn't and won't support some currently expected stuff
and it's quite apparent when people are like "linux gaming is fine you don't need 98% of the PC's library, it has TF2!!" and when Steam Big Picture assumes all games are going to launch at native resolution (how I wish)
 
@Powerlord Yeah, so HM titles are no longer called Harvest Moon here in NA.
 
@BenBrocka I didn't notice it's missing arrow keys, but it might have software rebind for all keys
there are steelseries keyboards that allow you to rebind any key in software
 
@Chippies yeah a toggle for arrows ->WASD would probably work
 
2:31 PM
@Frank eyes Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley
 
@Powerlord Not actually a Harvest Moon game.
It's a game by Natsume, who owns the Harvest Moon trademark in NA.
But is not actually done by the same studio that's done the others.
Yeah, it broke my brain, too.
 
user15026
This whole thing hurts my head
 
If you want a hurt head, try getting Valve's map editor to work properly.
 
WHAT
 
New Starfox?
 
2:34 PM
Well, Nintendo has an online event coming up in a few hours
You'll find out for sure then.
 
@AshleyNunn Yeah. It was fun attempting to untangle that properly.
Rule of thumb going forward: Called Harvest Moon, not actually Harvest Moon.
Not called Harvest Moon, but created by old studio who did make Harvest Moon, is actually Harvest Moon.
 
Anyway, I was trying to make the Capture Point hazard strips in TF2 like Valve has them. Appeared to have some possible z-indexing issues in my map, but I fixed that... only to have their shadows (and only their shadows) appear in the actual game.
 
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@Frank Yeah, that is super confusing
 
I should just do it the cheaper way that others do it.
 
Mario Kart 8, and now possibly a new Star Fox? Wii U justified.
 
2:36 PM
But this was just a sample map to test what TF2 does if you create a multi-round arena map anyway. The answer of which is "play correctly unless one team captures the control point, in which case we forget to reset the status of doors".
 
@AshleyNunn Story of Seasons = Harvest Moon. Lost Valley = not Harvest Moon.
 
Oh, and the team scores screw up.
 
@Fluttershy I've never played any of the Starfox games.
 
Star Fox 64 is the one to play, most things since have been disapointing (SF Assault had good multiplayer though)
I've heard adulations for the SNES game but I'm not sure how well it held up
 
@BenBrocka Isn't the N64 just an enhanced remake of the SNES one?
 
2:40 PM
I'm just waiting for Space Run this Friday. It looks like it will have potential.
 
It's more of a reboot
I think the story is sorta similar but gameplay is significantly upgraded
plus it had multiplayer
 
@Powerlord New Zelda, I hope.
 
they've already said zelda u will be there
 
@BenBrocka Hopefully we get a release date, then.
Like, this winter.
 
for once I'd be perfectly happy if the game looks like the tech demo (the N64 and Gamecube ones looked awful)
 
FAE
2:47 PM
@BenBrocka the MP was so fun
I played the hell out of StarFox 64
 
I can't believe this is a real thing
wait, nvm, I can believe
 
FAE
@Chippies That seems really unsanitary.
 
@FAE not to mention a toddler TOTALLY needs an ipad
 
Because every child needs an Ipad while learning to go potty ...
 
FAE
@Chippies Teach them the joys of excessive distraction and technological addiction early!
 
2:50 PM
oh my god, there are pretty much buttplugs for babies to "relieve gas", probably not appropriate to post here, just look up "windi gas relievers"
 
@Chippies Jesus Christ
 
Ooh, 3x3 fields again.
 
Being made into memes is what I'm doing with my life!
 
@Chippies wat? o.o
 
1
Q: How to save the progress of my character in Warhammer 40,000: Carnage for iOS?

user79381I have bought Warhammer 40,000: Carnage for iOS some days ago. the game itself is awesome, but i just can't find a way to save the progresses of my character. Any time I close the application, all my progresses are erased, and I'm forced to play all over again, right from the intro. Since the ga...

 
@Chippies live tweet your contractions!
 
@BenBrocka live tweet EVERYTHING! Because everyone has to know!
because that's what twitter is for, right?
 
3:05 PM
@Powerlord Next up: Configuring Android Studio!
@BenBrocka Up until the 10th, then you have to pay.
 
@fredley oh god I remember that
 
@BenBrocka Bizarrely, I can't find anything on the matter on Google
Maybe Google 'forgot' it
 
@AshleyNunn It's interesting; Tale of Two Towns has fertilizer, too, but it's something you place down, rather than use up on fields. That should make crop growing much less tedious.
 
0
Q: Crit damage in dota 2?

NemesisIf im playing with Bounty Hunter or PA and I have bought a cristalys for example... the damage will be better or worst because its lower than the one of the skills of the hero?

 
@FAE @BenBrocka check out 'Perseus 230'. Or maybe 320.
 
FAE
3:18 PM
@GnomeSlice Context?
 
starfox
sorry, phone chat
 
you heard wrong
 
@GnomeSlice :(
 
You know, after hearing the PlayStation TV was coming to North America and seeing an article about it, it didn't click with me that this was the Vita TV product until I Googled that to see if E3 announced it for a western release.
You'd think the article I was reading would mention it could play Vita games somewhere in it.
 
3:28 PM
yeah they wanted to distance it from the Vita brand...which I have mixed feelings about. I hope they still market the Vita games because that's a big reason to get it of course
 
Actually, how much is the current model Vita anyway?
Ugh, still $240 apparently.
 
@Powerlord The new slim Vita is on sale here in Canada for $199.
 
Morning, Bridge
Back to Ascendant
 
@Frank Hmm... looks like it's supposed to be $199 in the US too... glares at Amazon
 
@Powerlord And that's a bundle price; comes with Borderlands 2 and a memory card.
Not that I'll ever play BL2 on anything but PC.
 
3:37 PM
@Fluttershy New Star Fox? ...I'm going to have to get a Wii U
 
oh they announced a new one? awesome
 
I'm confused because I'm seeing both BL2 Vita Slims and BL2 Vita Slim "Starter packs" and there's like a $40 difference between the two.
...but both seem to be advertising the same things in them.
 
does anybody know what colour chat flags are?
 
@SaintWacko see the immediately preceding pic of Miyamoto playing it
 
@BenBrocka Oh, nice!
 
3:40 PM
like the hex code
 
Oh... the more expensive one includes PSVita Trigger Grips and a 90 day PlayStation Network membership or something
 
pls
 
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@GnomeSlice blue!
 
And of course, most places claim the cheaper one is sold out, despite it being the same thing without the other two items.
 
Is it like a dark blue, I can't remember.
 
3:43 PM
#0065BC
 
wow my avatar is super blurry on this screen
thx @jason :)
i was ctually pretty close
 
If they support the 2000 yet I'd recommend the nyokko power grip for Vita. I have the vita 1000 model, doubles battery life and makes it a bit easier to grip for some games (but heavier and won't fit in a pocket)
 
I think I'll wait on the Vita, particularly since the only way you can apparently currently get it around here is $140 more than the PlayStation TV will cost.
 
Vita 2000 should be $200+ whatever shipping should be. You can sell the BL2 code though I don't know how much it's worth to people
 
3:49 PM
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT CHANGE OR HAVE NO ANSWER
 
0
Q: How to clean Porter's butt in Animal Crossing New Leaf?

JustinBieberFan55How to clean Porter's butt in Animal Crossing New Leaf? I need to know!

 
@fredley Security questions are the most insecure part of a website.
Give me some easily searchable information that will allow you to reset your password.
 
@fredley I got locked out of an account the other week because I couldn't remember what my favourite restaurant was at the time that I provided an answer to that question. Probably because I don't even remember providing an answer to that question to begin with.
 
@Lazers Sounds like another user that needs deletion.
 
Also I like food, so.
 
user15026
3:52 PM
@Frank Been dealt with.
 
That's, what? Account #5? I hope he learns soon.
 
user15026
@Frank Account 5 for what?
 
@AshleyNunn For this particular user and his...obsession with butts.
 
@TimStone This is what has just happened to me
resetting everything is a nightmare
I'm now having to call up and verify myself with information I can only access when logged in
 
user15026
3:57 PM
@Frank Either way, account is destroyed, we can move on :)
 
Hmm, I can't choose Ask Ubuntu as a target to move this question to... guess its time for Generic Mod Flag!
 
@AshleyNunn D: I'm on my mobile today and missed my chance
destroying envy
 
oh lbp3 box art
 
user15026
@badp It felt pretty fantastic
 
@Frank Maybe he likes big... butts and he cannot lie?
 
user15026
3:59 PM
@BenBrocka LBP is one of the games I miss not having access to anymore.
 
@Powerlord Perhaps. Either way, it's not appropriate here.
 
user15026
(It is rare I miss the access to the PS3 and 360)
 
and I'm back and I'm not. Router's acting up
 

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