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12:09 AM
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Q: How does city resource trading work?

FalconStackI ask because I'm having issues. I tried the obvious space saving measure of having water/power/sewage on one city and zoning and developing more another city. It worked for quite a while, but now for some reason the city I play more in is lacking power. It says there are 98MW available from the ...

 
Now she's climbed the monitor.
Out of sight, out of mind. More at 11!
 
12:36 AM
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Q: Who/what is the Embedded?

BenThere is very little that I have found on this topic, like Pharros the Vagabond and Alva the Wayfarer. All that is clear about the Embedded is the description of the Key to the Embedded: Sword that opens the Embedded's door. Shaped like a weapon, but is in fact a key. Plunge the key int...

 
1:08 AM
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Q: Do Kerbal Kontracts recur?

CoomieIn Kerbal Space Program 0.24 the new Kontract system has been introduced. Do Kontracts recur, that is, if I do a mission once, will it come up again? I don't want to be repetitive doing the same missions over and over again. If they do come up more than once, is there a way to get out of doin...

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Q: When is the cost incurred for rejecting a Kontract in KSP?

CoomieI've noticed some of the kontracts in Kerbal Space Program 0.24 have a fee associated with failure. When is this fee incurred? If I reject it at mission control? After x number of flights?

 
1:59 AM
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2:28 AM
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Q: Arma 3 Editor: Remove Vehicles depending on players opting into the mission

user2373676I'm fairly new to ArmA 3 scripting, and i'd like to know how to only spawn starting vehicles depending on how many players opt in to the mission. Say, the mission has four slots, but only two people fill them. There would be four vehicles, but two would be deleted on the mission start because tho...

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Q: Is there an easy way to load many units into many overlords?

Travis BearThe only way I can find to load a very large number of units into a big ball of overlords (who have been upgraded to carry passengers) is to select all my units, then shift right-click each overlord one at a time. This is slow, and error prone. Is there a way to do the whole operation in bulk, ...

 
2:57 AM
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Q: How do I see values of the stuff I'm trading in adventure mode?

orangechickenWhen I'm trading, I don't see the values of anything I'm carrying, just the weights. Did I miss something at character creation time? What do I need to have to enable values to be displayed?

 
 
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4:33 AM
Anybody else think that this really isn't a [duplicate](http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/177486/how-do-i-say-bye-bye-to-looking-like-steve-on-minecraft-pc) see comment?

Or maybe I'm underlooking something. Can someone explain it better?
 
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Q: Minecraft launcher doesnt open

ShadowPumaI try to open the minecraft shortcut and it tries to load the launcher and gives up. I looked up some stuff and giving it administrative privileges doesn't work. Does any please know whats going on?

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Q: How do you slow down gears further down the line in Contraption Maker?

Richard AI figured it out with a single slowing down (put a small gear first, then a bigger one), but how do you do it when going further down the line? Or is it not possible?

 
5:23 AM
in paper mario all enemy first strikes are tallied in a sign in mario's house. are they tallied somewhere in the 1000yr door?
 
5:55 AM
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Q: Missed out on becoming a vampire lord, can I still become one?

BenI never became a vampire lord, killed Harkon I think his name was, and cured Serana. Is there anyway I can become a vampire lord? I'm playing on the Xbox 360.

 
 
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7:08 AM
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Q: Fill another empty chest using hopper without repeater

user423455Most faction servers I've been to don't allow repeaters. So say I have 3 chests and hoppers (denoted by the symbol V) [ brewing stand ] V [ chest 3 ] V [ chest 2 ] V [ chest 1 ] I know chest 1 will be full and I want to start filling up 2 and s...

 
7:24 AM
Morning chat
@aman207 one is asking how not to look like steve (the default skin) and one is asking how to change from the default skin. Same thing
 
7:56 AM
I have to help promote my friends youtube channel, you can see me at Sgt. hammer at 40sec
 
@badp Triage is mandatory
 
8:52 AM
Sunscreen is mandatory
 
9:14 AM
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Q: what is the most compact tflipflop design in terms of space used?

FlauntingI am working on a big project with redstone and need to make it as compact as possible so that i don't need to hollow out a mountain in order to hide it. My design so far uses a lot of tflipflops and they take up a lot of space. What is the smallest flip flop design possible.

 
9:46 AM
 
@badp throws money at screen
 
kickstarté
 
@badp I've seen worse
 
@5pike salads?
 
@Jutschge games
 
9:59 AM
Potato Salad: The Game: The Kickstarter
 
Potato Salad Simulator
 
@5pike 10,000% funded
 
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Q: Was this the right call?

bolovI played as ADC and the supp was afk from the beginning so I played 1v2 bot lane. They zoned my pretty hard, denying me of CS and EXP. Jungler was an Udyr. I called him numerous times and even though there were instances where he was full hp near me he never came and just keep on farming in the ...

 
Kicksalad the potatulator
 
10:29 AM
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Q: Can I clear the custom "status" without sending an empty broadcast to all my friends?

WizLizIn the Friends menu next to your status you can broadcast a message to your friends (send a pop-up in their game with your message). This message then sticks next to your status in order to indicate what you are up to in the game at the moment : My issue is that when I want to erase this mess...

 
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Q: Do moderators have the ability to mark an answer as correct?

FlauntingI have noticed a lot of questions (normally by first time users) with perfect answers that are not marked as correct. Can moderators mark these as correct or is there a way to nominate an answer for consideration?

 
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Q: Who won the most clan wars?

dark_shadeI know this question can only be answered perfectly by supercell but if you can please provide answers and claims but please do it with a screenshot as a proof. Many of my clanmates has been asking this question alot lately.

 
10:52 AM
@fredley I accepted this
Y U SO SLOW
it's un-accept-able
 
11:07 AM
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Q: Does including extended material in FTL make it more difficult to complete the game?

CheeseburgerI ask because I previously completed it on PC before the new material came out, but I've since been playing it on iPad with the new material (i.e. new races, systems, etc) and I am unable to get past the first boss stage, despite trying various strategies over about 10 attempts - 4 of which have ...

 
@badp Sandbox is unacceptable
@MBraedley would need to accept
@badp just do it in a new question?
 
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Q: Terraria People not moving in, Why?

BradleyBeekeHello and I am new to terraria but I have a house and its got the Icon to say that someone is moving in but then a notification said a girl wants to get serious or somthing I presumed that it ment she wanted to move in but I could not accept it or anything why?

 
11:30 AM
@fredley I'm sorry, I'm religiously barred from accepting your science answer now due to @Wipqozn's tainting
 
@badp Mission accomplished.
I'm so good at ruining things.
 
@Wipqozn Like your face?
 
You can't ruin that which is unsalvageable
 
@KevinvanderVelden Oh buuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnn
Man,you sure showed me.
 
It's a good thing he came prepared with a mirror
+1 for thinking ahead, @KevinvanderVelden
 
11:43 AM
Hey, I would try to bring some class to the bridge, but it's long been established that we're all horrible people.
 
11:54 AM
@KevinvanderVelden class? What is this, kindergarten?
I'm so done with classes.
 
@badp Oh buuuuuurrrrrrnnnnnnnnn
Man, @badp is such a funny and clever guy.
@badp is best mod.
Should call him @bestp.
 
@KevinvanderVelden just use static methods for everything. It's the only way to be sure
 
Agreed, safest way
 
@fredley what question are you referring to?
 
12:01 PM
@badp We'll call it functional programming.
 
@KevinvanderVelden I am not a people!
 
@OrigamiRobot I support personhood for robots! You're people to!
 
Well if all people are horrible, I don't want to be a people!
 
mornin folks
 
Well, you can either be a horrible non-person or a horrible person, not much other options in the bridge.
Morning @Rapitor
 
12:06 PM
@KevinvanderVelden If there are no advantages to being a people, I'll choose non-people.
 
@badp Damn @Wipqozn's taint
2
 
@KevinvanderVelden too*
 
@Wipqozn No, I think he meant "you're people to exclamation point"
He was just using shorthand
Exclamation point thinks I'm people.
 
@OrigamiRobot Oh okay. Makes sense. My bad.
 
@Wipqozn that too
I think
 
12:11 PM
I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF EVERY TURTLE
 
@Wipqozn Even Turtle-Hitler?
 
@badp Despite @Wipqozn's taint, the SCIENCE was successful
 
@fredley I expect to find a SCIENCE report
@fredley that post was never accepted to begin with, you schnitzel
 
@badp Deleting removes checkmark EOS
@badp But you baleted it? Pls to do things in correct order.
 
12:14 PM
I had to purge the site of @Wipqozn's curse.
 
@badp That is what the edit button is for #lern2mod
 
@OrigamiRobot Especially Turtle-Hitler.
 
@fredley The answer will always put @Wipqozn's treachery in plain sight for every 10ker to see
 
@badp Not in plain sight, in slightly hidden sight!
 
IT SHAN'T BE HID IN THE REVISION HISTORY
 
12:16 PM
@badp AND THEN I WAS THE TURTLE-HITLER ALL ALONG
 
@Wipqozn You said that.
 
Ugh, why did I come in early?
And by early, I mean at a normal time as everyone else.
 
@Wipqozn pfff, spoiler warnings!
@OrigamiRobot because you wanted to experience the horribleness in real time
 
@OrigamiRobot That'd be early for me too.
Also I should be asleep now. Silly children and their desire to get out of bed.
 
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Q: How can we draw attention to old meta discussions?

JutschgeI really like this site and how most of the rules here are working, but there are some things that are rather unclear. I often find myself in a situation where I want to ask a meta question about rules but after looking for it (mainly because I feel like I can't be the first who thinks like this)...

 
12:19 PM
I should be groggily talking a shower right now, but noooooooooo.
 
@OrigamiRobot I always come in at 7, before everyone except the CSR and a few reporters.
 
Now I'm groggily sitting at my desk trying to remember what I do for a living.
@Wipqozn I always hit snooze at 7 and get up at 7:30
 
@OrigamiRobot You look at a glowing square and press buttons to make the square glow in different ways.
 
@RonanForman I don't know what way it needs to glow for me to continue being paid.
 
@OrigamiRobot AUTOCAD
 
12:25 PM
@TimStone No, not today.
 
:(
 
Don't worry, I will still be allcapsing later.
Probably
 
Whew
 
Right now I'm trying to make sure I have everything together for a report I have to make to a client later.
Coming in earlier did not help this process.
 
Just tell them robots do not make mistakes so they should have complete confidence in your report.
 
12:29 PM
THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, HUMAN. DO NOT QUESTION THEM
 
Just because they never make mistakes doesn't mean you should trust them
They can still lie
 
Stop using logic. That's what they pay the robot to do.
 
I can never lie.
Oh yea, TCC curves
I need to do some
 
Just write down "Needs more current." That's always accurate right?
 
@KevinvanderVelden No, this is more about stopping the current when there's too much.
 
12:33 PM
I really need to get back and finish Etrian Odyssey IV. About half-way through I think. I'll go back to that once I finish with Layton: Azran Legacy.
I might actually pick up another EO game that. Or maybe Bravely Default.
 
@OrigamiRobot there can never be too much current, just add so much current it melts the earth and no one will complain
 
I will basically be saying "This panel is dangerous. Adjust these breakers so if bad things happen, you'll only get severely burned, but not die"
 
Oh crap, we have people in space, they might complain if we melt the earth
NOW I NEED A NEW PLAN. Damnit.
It has pictures and it is terrifying
 
Copper buses can vaporize during an arc flash incident. Fun fact: Copper expands 67,000 times when it is converted from solid to vapor.
 
12:39 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Can't see :(
 
No
stack.imgur does
 
To the sandbox! Cause I don't wanna post that image in main chat
 
Do not want :(
Why does it even need teeths so big?
 
It has a wingspan of 21 centimeters
 
12:43 PM
I'm more concerned with the rear appendage
 
I don't know how big a centimeter is without looking at a ruler.
 
@OrigamiRobot 21 cm = 8.2 inch
 
I don't know how big an inch is without looking at a ruler.
 
@OrigamiRobot and I don't know what handsome is without looking at your face.
 
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Q: Infinite item source for creative mode?

Dmytro TsiniavskyiIs there any mod which adds infinite item source? What I mean is - I want to have a block like chest, barrel from Factorization, storage unit from Minefactory Reloaded or items monitor from Applied Energistics but with ability to store infinite amount of items (for example by right clicking with ...

 
12:45 PM
I am terrible at distances.
 
If you have seen a Nexus 7, its diameter is 7 inches, and that thing is thrice as much.
Not that you can read me.
 
@OrigamiRobot if you spread out your hand into an L shape, the distance between your thumb and index finger is around 10 cm, so do that with both your hands
 
That doesn't seem right at all.
 
That's the rule of thumb I've learned
 
@KevinvanderVelden The distance between my index finger and thumb is ~16cm
 
12:52 PM
Yeah, and this is why you don't measure things in relation to body parts glares at imperial
 
@KevinvanderVelden glares at your rule of thumb
 
@OrigamiRobot glares at thing thought by teachers 2 decades ago
 
glares at @TimStone
agh
I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE
I wanted to look up whatever the stupid "a centimeter is the width of your eye" or w/e is was
Do not google "centimeter eye" T_T
 
googles
 
YOU FOOL!
 
1:01 PM
Better or worse than 21 cm insects?
 
i was expecting worse
 
Images of insects don't bother me at all, so worse
 
@KevinvanderVelden Depends; how do you feel about things poking into eyeballs?
If nothing else they're sterile things.
 
@KevinvanderVelden squirmy things
 
Insects don't bother me in general unless they're on me
 
1:02 PM
@KevinvanderVelden I'm not sure, but it's 2cm better or worse.
 
@badp I would prefer not to be poked in my eyeballs
 
@KevinvanderVelden Funny enough, there are two rules in EE that use the thumb.
 
@OrigamiRobot left hand and right hand rule?
 
Well, they're actually the same rule.
 
1:09 PM
Yeah that doesn't count as 2 =p
 
YES BUT WHICH ONE IS MY RIGHT HAND
 
@KevinvanderVelden It's two different ways to express the same principle.
 
@badp the one that isn't your left hand, duh
 
@KevinvanderVelden WHICH ONE ISN'T
 
1:11 PM
@badp the other one
No not that one
 
THEN THIS ONE
NO WAIT
YOU ARE TERRIBLE
 
Well yeah duh, I'm on the bridge
 
Finally we know what comes after 2.
Half Life Peacock confirmed
2
 
FAE
good afternoon all
 
morning @FAE
 
1:21 PM
Afternoon @FAE
So, this is a thing that exists and I want to go to it:
 
Hi @FAE
 
Good whatever time of day, @FAE
Unless that time is morning.
Never good morning!
 
FAE
@OrigamiRobot indeed
 
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Q: Is it possible to make a backup of my survival world automatically a creative world

FlauntingSo heres the thing and i am sure there are a lot of people out there. I switch between creative and survival a lot. I do this so that if i have a problem with something i am building i am able to troubleshoot it while maintaining my survival world. Is it possible to automatically back up my su...

 
Man, it is super dark outside.
This is gonna be one heck of a storm
All the streetlights are still on.
 
1:30 PM
@OrigamiRobot maybe it's just morning and you've never actually seen morning
 
@KevinvanderVelden No, it's darker now than when I got here.
 
Maybe you just suck so bad at mornings that you woke up after sundown but before sunrise?
 
That's certainly a possibility
Fun times.
 
Ah well, it's morning, you won't have to leave for a while yet right?
 
1:37 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Lunch in 2.5 hours :(
 
Hmm
No cafetaria in the building? :(
 
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Q: How do regions work for XBLA?

Ben BrockaSo I have a Japanese Xbox 360 and, after changing the console's language to English, it's deceptively identical to an American one. But the 360's region locked for disks, and I'm not really sure how this matters for XBLA content. Basically, how can I purchase downloadable games on a Japanese NTS...

 
Nope
I have a ziplock bag with 10 lollies in it.
And tea
 
Ah you'll survive then
Or you could go get some food now and eat it later
 
> Regional Content via the Marketplace is Locked via the IP Address of the Local Region in which it is used and the Region of the Windows LIVE ID.
 
1:39 PM
It's already started.
 
This contradicts what someone in the UK told me--but he was also wrong that I could just grab JP DLC from the ingame menu
I wonder if them removing MS Points playmoney changed things
 
@Lazers @BenBrocka I believe you need to use a proxy and register for JP XBLA
 
@BenBrocka Can you create a Japanese account somehow?
 
For PS3 it's super easy, region is tied to account only. I can't really tell what the Xbox is doing
 
HI CHAT.
 
1:42 PM
@BenBrocka Mhh... found something, but I don't know how legit it is
 
it's what everyone I know that owns an xbox360 in Latvia does, they use proxy to use UK XBLA
@5pike I guess proxy isn't required then...
 
@5pike just found that
 
@Chippies Probably, IDK.
 
When a 2yr old asks HERCULES to play patty cake on set.. well.. he plays patty cake. #HERCULESMovie http://t.co/vCHPbSi70G
 
it's directing me to xbox.com, but it seems to let me pick region
oh it worked. Maybe.
Will have to wait until I get home to see if that works on the Xbox and if DLC shows up. But that's half the puzzle
I assume paying will be more painful
 
1:51 PM
@BenBrocka Yeah, I also think that'll be the biggest problem. Can you get funds via paypal?
 
Might work...I've heard horror stories of what happens if Paypal decides to decline a transaction on console stores though
was hoping I could maybe use points cards or something. If those are region free and still work after the local currency swap
 
Well, you want that DLC, so you have to risk it.
 
have you seen the progress pictures that @Wipqozn has been posting?
 
Day 735. Still cannot eat the quarter. The humans are laughing at me.
 
@Blem That is extremely slow growth
Man, turtles are slow in every way
 
1:54 PM
@5pike Finding out what DLC is available will also be a challenge
 
@BenBrocka the first picture is a dime
 
Who can keep track of what coin is what nowdays?
 
@BenBrocka Because of the language?
I thought you could change that.
 
Of the console yes, I assume not the store listing
 
Oh, right.
 
FAE
1:58 PM
@BenBrocka they aren't
at least not in my experience
 
@FAE The ONE THING playmoney points would be good for
 
FAE
@BenBrocka One of my partners bought me a $50 card in Canada for my American XBL account and it wouldn't work. :/
And that's even on the same continent.
 
was that local currency or points though?
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Points.
I never tried since the change.
 
huh, lame
figures, chrome can't translate the payment method modal window
looks like it's for credit cards only
 
2:03 PM
@fredley Turtles are slow.
 
Yay, flash flood warning till 1pm :/
 
@OrigamiRobot Oh fun
 
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Q: How to get multitouch support in Bluestacks?

HunterI was playing The Room on bluestacks and the game requires features of a real android device such as multitouch and tilt, shake and swipe. Although the first level was quite simple and required only swiping so I finished it quickly. But the second chapter got many functions like tilt and multitou...

 
2:10 PM
Oh wait there's a paypal option
> I add a payment method: procedure for Xbox One body
 
FAE
@BenBrocka That should work fine, even out of region.
 
Seems I have to do it on console
 
FAE
@BenBrocka I've used Jochem's EU paypal for my American account just fine, unlike Sony, which won't let you use an out of region account.
 
I'll try it. Guess I don't lose much other than the gamertag if I accidentally get the account banned
I like KachiKachi Sama though
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Help page doesn't say anything about having to be the same region Paypal account, just that it has to be tied to a valid CC/bank account. It doesn't list Japan as a supported country though, so I'm not sure what would happen here.
 
2:23 PM
There's a paypal signup on the JP account page
 
and this is yet another reason why people pirate games...
it hurts my brain to just read all the trouble you're going through here
 
I do wonder if paypal will shit bricks once it sees a yen purchase though
@Chippies I blame Cave as much as MS for this one
 
@Chippies Piracy on the xbox360 is even more trouble
 
@5pike Not really
 
@5pike but at least you mod it once and it's good for ever
 
FAE
2:24 PM
@BenBrocka Paypal supports you having multiple currencies and buying in multiple currencies. We buy stuff in $ all the time from Jochem's € account.
 
I buy stuff in $USD all the time with my $CAD account
I've been told paypal conversion rates are bad though
 
I know it can, but I've also heard of them getting jumpy on suspicious activity
which is usually a good thing, but not if a declined transaction gets your account banned
 
The biggest trouble is the initial trial and error of setting up the iso profile
And that may have been solved since 5 years ago.
 
FAE
@Chippies Its unfortunate ubiquity makes it pretty much the handiest option, even though it's not a great company.
@BenBrocka You could contact them and let them know not to flag but you'd probably have to call for that.
 
@FAE you can allow your bank to convert the money though, so it's not that bad
i.e you have options
 
2:30 PM
I wish Google Wallet were as common as paypal. I hate paypal, but it's better than giving everyone direct credit card access
6
 
FAE
@Chippies We actually switched from doing direct bank to bank transfers from Jochem's EU bank account to my American one to just using paypal because the fees were actually lower with paypal and it went faster. :/
 
@FAE no no, I mean, you can use paypal, but use your bank's conversion rates
I mean, if it's a better rate than paypal's conversion rate
 
FAE
@Chippies Ah I see.
 
if it's not, then you can just use paypal rates, it's a win-win either way
I think I'll go take a nap...
 
FAE
I'm not even entirely sure what my bank's are. It used to be HSBC but HSBC turned a bunch of theirs into regionalish banks.
 
2:34 PM
@OrigamiRobot Doesn't it still require that you solder some stuff?
 
@5pike Nah, that hasn't been the case for a long while.
 
@OrigamiRobot Really?
 
@5pike Yea, now you just flash the DVD firmware
 
@OrigamiRobot Well, that makes it much easier then. Good to know.
 
And now there's an automated tool for it that you can use from within windows.
So no scary command line flashing.
 
2:42 PM
I might try it if I can grab a dirt cheap US 360 but I like being able to play the real disks, plus they're collector's items
Very glad xbox went region free this gen (the 180 everyone forgets), hopefully Nintendo follows suit next time
 
FAE
@BenBrocka I don't think I even knew they did that.
 
@BenBrocka You can still get the real disc and not even open them.
 
FAE
I'll need an Xbone at some point for whenever the new Rock Band comes out because all my DLC purchases were on 360.
 
@FAE new rock band?? they shut down that series. UNless another company/publisher takes on the party music genre its not coming anytime soon
 
There's a new Rock Band coming out?
 
2:45 PM
Now that Rocksmith is a thing, I don't see the point in a new Rock Band. It would need to support all real instruments.
 
FAE
@Rapitor No, it's not shut down. Harmonix also just sent out a newsletter in their mailing list asking what people would want for next gen.
 
@JasonBerkan rocksmith and rock band are quite different things
 
FAE
@KevinvanderVelden This.
 
Rocksmith is for learning to play guitar, rock band is for hanging out with friends and having fun.
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah, and the one where you learn to play a real instrument is infinitely better.
 
FAE
2:46 PM
RB is a great party game for your friends who can't play.
 
@FAE It was part of the DRM reversal. It was originally the worst region lock ever
 
@JasonBerkan Except not everyone wants to learn to play an instrument
 
@JasonBerkan you're comparing apples and oranges bicycles
 
@OrigamiRobot But they do want to spend a similar amount of time learning how to play songs on Expert on the Rock Band guitar controller?
 
@JasonBerkan Sure.
 
2:48 PM
@JasonBerkan a significant number of people playing rock band are probably not playing it on expert, they're playing it on easy
 
I love survival games, but I don't care if the mechanics in the game would help me survive in real life situations.
 
FAE
@JasonBerkan I put in a loooooot of hours on Expert on bass in RB before I ever decided I wanted to play a real instrument.
 
I play it on medium/hard while my friends who don't play it as much as I do play it on easy.
 
FAE
@OrigamiRobot Eeeeh, we do appreciate the "makes sense" a lot in 7DTD.
 
@OrigamiRobot not sure punching trees is a viable survivable skill
 
2:48 PM
@FAE "makes sense" doesn't always mean "work in real life"
 
FAE
@OrigamiRobot True.
 
Things that we think make sense could be death sentences IRL.
 
@Rapitor WHAT? I CAN'T PUNCH TREES IN REAL LIFE?! YOU LIED TO ME COMPUTER GAMES!
 
@FAE I get the party mode thing, but I don't get this. In fact, I never bothered with any of the Guitar Hero / Rock Band games until the drumsets arrived, because that was quasi-realistic.
 
@KevinvanderVelden well you can, but it probably won't be a happy ending
 
FAE
2:50 PM
I play Expert on bass, Hard on guitar, and medium on drums, generally, in Rock Band. Difficulty varies more for songs.
 
I'll soon have place to play it again :D
 
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Q: Discovering portals in rural areas

Annika BackstromI've explored Ingress in two places: Manhattan and rural New Hampshire. At least for leveling purposes, it was trivial to walk around Manhattan and interact with portals. How might one find portals in a less dense part of the world? At the moment, I'm limited to dragging the Ingress Intel Map aro...

 
and that was guitar hero series that was shut down. @FAE is right about Harmonix still being a thing.
 
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@JasonBerkan Because RB made me want to learn to play an instrument. It made me realize it was something I could potentially be capable of if I wanted to. The hurdle of even the idea of trying to learn is something a lot of people balk at. Playing bass in RB made me listen to songs differently, noticing the bassline more, thinking "I wonder what this would be like to play". And that's what Harmonix wants to do.
@Rapitor Yeah, Activision took control of GH and shut it down. Harmonix is still alive and is now currently working on development of a spiritual successor to Amplitude.
 
And Chroma :D
 
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2:52 PM
@Rapitor Yep, looking forward to that too.
 
Also, I know lots of people who love GH/RB and could already play guitar when the games came out.
 
@JasonBerkan I only play Expert and I have a ton of fun, and have no interest whatsoever in learning to play a real guitar.
 
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When it comes down to it, it is still a video game too, and people like improving and beating their high scores and stuff in video games.
 
Conversely, I play the piano in real life, and hate playing keyboard in Rock Band.
 
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I have no real formal music training outside of piano lessons as a kid, 3 years of clarinet and a summer of flute, and a few months of bass lessons, but I am obsessed with music video games.
I play pretty much any game that uses music as a mechanic because I love seeing what that game will do to incorporate it and how well it will be executed.
I never had a Steam account until I found out about Audiosurf and had to make an account so I could play it. It's the genre that gets me to buy new platforms and/or peripherals.
 
2:57 PM
If you want to learn to play an instrument, yea, get Rocksmith. If you want to play a color matching rhythm game, that's Rock Band.
 
If you want to do both, get both :D
 
@OrigamiRobot That's where I'm confused, because Rocksmith is also a colour matching rhythm game.
 
Is rocksmith really something to learn the guitar? Cause I saw that it's pretty cheap now.
 
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@JasonBerkan Which also requires an investment in an actual guitar.
 
@JasonBerkan But I don't want to learn an instrument,
 
2:58 PM
@5pike it is, you need an electric guitar though
You get a USB thing which has a audio in jack
 
@KevinvanderVelden My brother has an old one.
 
You might need an amplifier
 
@KevinvanderVelden Only if you want to hear what you are playing.
 
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@5pike I have Rocksmith 2014 and am currently using it learn electric bass. I need to cut my nails so I can play again, but its mechanics are really great.
 
The game used to come with a cheap-but-good guitar
 
2:59 PM
@FAE There's a version with bass?!
 
Well, that sounds nice. Going to get it.
 
uuuuuugh
 
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Get Rocksmith 2014 over old Rocksmith. They revamped the lessons and learned a lot from stuff in the first release.
 
@OrigamiRobot you can select bass
 
@OrigamiRobot its both
 
2:59 PM
@JasonBerkan I've got an acoustic guitar with a pickup microphone, I need an amplifier for my PC to hear what I'm playing
 
@FAE I need the usb thingy. I hope the xbox one works for pc
 
Happy?
 
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@OrigamiRobot In the first Rocksmith, they added a free bass DLC but not all the songs have bass. In 2014, all the songs have bass and there's even Rhythm guitar.
 

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