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1:06 PM
Under embargo for a console game for the first time, eeee
 
Tell us all about it!
 
@BenBrocka weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
Uuhm Wii U and 3DS can play MH3U together right?
 
@Red2awn: Of course you can. I consulted a Dell Expert. — Abhishekstudent 32 mins ago
@Jutschge Yes
 
Today's Listening | @BenBrocka chewing his tongue
 
1:15 PM
aah perfect. My friend doesn't have a Wii but we wanna play. And 70 CHF for not playing together sucks^^
 
Hmmm, Windows 7 asked if I wanted to change the theme to Aero basic when I was playing a game to reduce the load caused by compositing on the GPU, but now I can't turn Aero back on again
 
@Jutschge He will need to be in the same room as you, though.
The 3DS doesn't have online play.
 
@Frank Oh :( okay that's not good.
 
@PrivatePansy not even via personalization -> window color?
 
@KevinvanderVelden That gives me the settings for window border size, colors and font
 
1:18 PM
Huh, try one of the preset thmes that use aero?
 
@Jutschge Yeah, the way they built it is kinda silly.
 
Switching to another theme then back to the current one worked
 
Jeah for trying random things until it works
 
@Frank pretty weird... Well I guess he'll buy a WiiU then^^
 
@Jutschge It's better on the big screen, anyways.
 
1:21 PM
400CHF Monsterhunter machine lol
 
That's exactly why I bought a Wii U.
 
well for me it was because of Mario Kart but then I realised how awesome MH is
 
And combined, I think there's...5? here of us that have a total of 1000 hours put into that game.
Or more.
 
well I just started like a week ago but I think I'll spend some time with the game ;)
 

 Monster Hunter

All Monster Hunter talk, all the time. Or, just about anythin...
We have a dedicated chat room for Monster Hunter as well. :)
 
1:24 PM
@KevinvanderVelden secret
...so secret I'm not sure how I'm supposed to use PSN without it being seen actually. It apparently publishes trophies for unreleased games
 
The only MH I've played considerably is the mmo, I wonder how much theyve improved
 
Oh wait, the email says I can tal about it but not the release date
 
Btw @BenBrocka, you don't do mobile games right?
 
Not really no
 
Aight, some of my friends are gonna release a mobile game soon and I figured I'd ask if you do that sort of thing =p
 
1:31 PM
I can't read before 8 AM. it's Velocity 2X. I have work so I only downloaded it and skimmed the email, can't play until tonight
 
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Q: What decides how much money is made from a race?

Roger MI love the game Little Racers STREET, but there is one thing I can't wrap my head around. It seems that i can't tell what factors that determines how much money is made from a race. There are several factors: 1.st place winning credits Credits earned based on placing position Repair damage Repa...

 
@PrivatePansy The solution is using Windows 8 which doesn't have Aero :P
 
@badp Doesn't it still have that for the desktop?
 
@BenBrocka I wonder how many actually preordered the game.
 
1:40 PM
@PrivatePansy It's still got a desktop compositor, but I don't think you can turn it off anymore
At any rate, since the desktop effects are much simpler, that is a non-issue
 
@5pike hard to say since each preorder gave 3 keys, and then they opened it to everyone. Plus not everyone who preordered necessarily played
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Ooooh awesome!
 
Game'll definitely sell a few million though
 
@BenBrocka Yeah. I managed to get a 360 quite easily.
 
most enjoyable part of the game for me was dodge-dancing
 
1:42 PM
@FAE they came to me, which was a surprise--never been in contact with 'em before. Kinda glad to be under embargo, will give me time to do a video right and play the game first
 
Another argument with my boss http://t.co/htMQdc037S
 
I HAD FIXED IT FOR YOU
 
FAE
@BenBrocka That's really cool
 
@badp STACK EXCHANGE CHAT IS NOT A WIKI
 
@PrivatePansy No no, the correct thing to say is: MOD ABUSE
 
1:44 PM
Yeah. I guess other people can see when you're playing and earn trophies in unreleased games too
I expected it to be more hush-hush
 
@BenBrocka It's the same on Steam, too.
There was a thread on /r/pcmasterrace about one person being online in GTA 5.
 
yeah, I knew on Steam, done it several times. Though I'm not sure cheevos work...or was it trading cards
I just associate consoles with more closed doors stuff. But it's really basically the same in this regard, get key, download thing, works like any other game
 
@BenBrocka there were a few trading cards for Freedom Planet floating around before the release date
 
Huh, must have just not been implimented then
 
1:46 PM
Gravity Falls season 2 trailer from SDCC. Spoilers, obviously.
Also, MLP season 5 work-in-progress animatics
 
^^/
 
hey TLOU remastered has reverse cover art (us version anyway)
(not mine, haven't gone to gamestop yet for the trade in thing)
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Oh nice
 
@PrivatePansy Seriously, stop it. I can't take any more excitement.
 
@BenBrocka Is all regulatory information crammed on the side then? :D
 
2:00 PM
@badp It's the reverse cover art, you don't have to put anything on that side
 
@BenBrocka you mean it's on the inside?
 
@badp The only thing required, AFAIK, is the rating (which is effectively optional anyway), and that only needs to be visible on the packaging, not necessarily on the final product.
 
@badp yes, the outside has the awful ratings, number of controlers, resolution, all the standard crap. Then they (optionally) can print pretty boxart on the INSIDE so you just reverse the slip and you have pretty unmolested boxart
 
@BenBrocka oh okay.
BUT THEN YOU WILL FORGET WHY YOU WILL HAVE BOUGHT THE GAME!!
 
@RonanForman Two more days. August 1st. GET HYPED!
 
2:08 PM
Not all that many devs do it, but when they do it's often much better. MGS Ground Zeros has a proper concept art style cover on the inside (front cover is just a 3D model of snake, boo), Mass Effect 3 has Femshep on the inside
only problem is sometimes there's no spine art on the reverse, but it's not usually too hard to recognize the case
 
@BenBrocka Yeah, that's another option. I'm just thinking about the ME3 special edition I got, and there's nothing on the can, but everything's on the cardboard box the set came in.
 
@PrivatePansy 3 for me, friday evening for you is saturday 2am for me.
 
@RonanForman Actually, that should be August 1st US time, so it's probably Friday for you and Saturday for me
 
@PrivatePansy I'm not US.
 
I wish all games did reverse cover art, but unfortunately some devs have been using the reverse to show the controls (which is awful)
 
2:11 PM
I know. 8 hour's difference shouldn't place the show on a different day
 
Even just the same box art but with no logos or ratings would be great
 
@BenBrocka That's what the booklet is (supposed to be) for
 
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Q: Can Scented "Sense" Mobs?

Jonco98I have a mod called Scenter. What it does is you push a key that turns on Scenter, then it show you how close the block your scenting for. What I want to know is if Scenter can "sense" mobs, mainly Zombie Villagers and Wither Skeletons?

 
Even if it's just an 11x15 piece of folded glossy
 
2:13 PM
@MBraedley or the digital manual or in-game menus. No need to waste the cover art reverse
 
@PrivatePansy Oh, it's in the morning. I was using adventure time timing, which is evening showing.
 
I can understand not making a booklet but it's a bad reason to ruin the reverse of the cover art
 
Actually, I just realized I was assuming too. Eh... lemme see...
 
@PrivatePansy I NEED DIS
 
@PrivatePansy Actually I'm out friday afternoon anyway, so 3 days regardless.
 
2:16 PM
Morning, Bridge
 
OH WOW, THERE ARE A TON OF SHORTS I HAVEN'T SEEN
 
I love the smell of burning answers in the morning
 
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY DIPPER'S GUIDE TO THE UNEXPLAINED
 
@OrigamiRobot I'll bet there are a ton of pants you haven't seen, too
 
@OrigamiRobot NOPE! Get on that. Quick.
 
2:16 PM
@BenBrocka Why provide an official back-cover art when you could fanart it yourself?!?!?!?!
 
@SaintWacko UGH, THANKS FOR REMINDING ME THAT PANTS EXIST.
 
Shall we set a deadline before we can start talking about it?
 
@RonanForman 5 seconds from now.
THE MAIN CHARACTER DIES IN THE FIFTH EPISODE
 
@OrigamiRobot you could always just wear skirts instead of pants
 
Dammit, why are my two tests still not agreeing? I'm almost positive I'm initializing the two filters the same way, but I still have initial condition problems.
 
2:18 PM
The rest is just side characters weeping and crying and sobbing
 
@SaintWacko The Mabel's guide tos are the best, especially the opening theme for them.
 
@OrigamiRobot I have to wear pants for work :(
 
@SaintWacko ME TOO, I JUST BLOCK OUT THE TORTURE
 
@RonanForman I've never heard of this. What is it?
 
@SaintWacko Do people check?
 
2:18 PM
@badp Not exactly check, but people walk by, and I have meetings
Oh, fuck
 
@KevinvanderVelden THAT'S WORSE THAN PANTS
 
I had a meeting yesterday
I didn't go to it
 
I assume "pants" here means "underwear" as opposed to "trousers", because you guys can never seem to agree on which one of the two is it
 
2:19 PM
It's not normally on Tuesday
 
@SaintWacko Those are the best meetings
 
@MBraedley Best meetings are cancelled meetings
 
@SaintWacko touche
 
@badp sure, I'm advocating that @OrigamiRobot wears skirts instead of underwear.
 
"Canceled: Weekly Team Meeting" is the best email subject line
 
2:20 PM
Should he wear trousers over that?
 
I LIKE MEETINGS
I MUST BE WEIRD
3
 
God, there has to be a way I can script this data import into Excel. Mind you, I could probably write some Matlab or C++ code that will do all the analysis for me.
 
GOING TO MEETINGS MEANS I GET TO PRETEND I AM IMPORTANT WHILE ACTUALLY DAYDREAMING.
 
@KevinvanderVelden I see you're studying up for your backstory
 
2:27 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Turkey, I had all these hopes that you'd be forward thinking and all that, and you destroy that hope on a weekly basis.
 
@badp uuuh?
 
@KevinvanderVelden What has laughing to do with chastity?
 
@5pike if you're laughing YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A HUMAN BEING
 
@KevinvanderVelden GASP
 
And we can't have that now, women thinking they have the same rights as actual human beings
 
2:28 PM
@5pike EVERYONE KNOWS A WOMAN'S LAUGH IS IRRESISTIBLE.
 
> People needs to discover the Quran once again, Arınç said, adding that there had been a regression on moral grounds.
This is pretty much it
 
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Q: Does Skywrath Mage Ulti stack?

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The bane of my life
 
@badp Lenience is key
 
@Lazers This is not the game you're looking for.
 
2:38 PM
Nobody is physically restricted to 80 chars any more
 
Too many people in positions of power swear by the 80 characters rule
 
@badp This
 
@fredley I'm aware.
 
@badp I was certain you were
but still
 
Then comes Python's own PEP controlling program which can't really be configured
THOU SHALT USE FOUR SPACES
THOU SHALT USE EIGHTY CHARACTERS
THOU SHALT LIKE IT
 
2:42 PM
2 space master race
 
life is too short to indent by 4
 
TABS OR DEATH
 
@badp I knew a person who indented with tabs, where a tab was 8 spaces. IT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN ONCE BUT WTF.
 
CAKE OR DEATH
 
@PrivatePansy TABS ARE THE WORST WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
 
2:45 PM
@PrivatePansy I'LL CHOOSE YOUR DEATH TYVM
Elastic tabstops are acceptable though
 
@badp is there anyway in-game to tell what the "challenges" in half minute hero are other than the names?
 
@BenBrocka wat
 
@fredley OKAY WELL MAYBE NOT FOR PYTHON BUT TABS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE
 
oh. no. The names are all the in-game hints you get
 
@fredley So that all the four space people can configure their IDE to display tabs with four spaces, while all the two space people can configure their IDE to display tabs with two spaces AND EVERYONE GETS ALONG.
 
2:47 PM
That said the Half Minute Wiki spells those out explicitly
 
We hit ticket #5000 today at work.
 
@JasonBerkan Then you start dealing with madness such as TABS FOR INDENTATION SPACES FOR HANGING and civilization collapses
 
ah. I like the game but wish there was a "no story" mode. The credits and pressing start 5 times to start every map gets really old
 
 
@badp Yeah, lining up other stuff is always going to be an issue.
 
2:49 PM
yo damn
 
@BenBrocka You do know you can hold to scroll past most of that stuff at warp speed?
 
FUN FACT: Back in 80 character development days, I used to line up my equal signs when there were multiple lines of assignments.
 
(I forget what button it is you do hold)
@JasonBerkan Elastic tabstops
 
Derp.
 
So much wasted time adding spaces whenever a new variable was added.
 
2:50 PM
No need to rebuy Dragon's Crown for Vita, Metrico looked cool. Was interested in console proteus but not enough to reboy
 
So to renew my Chinese passport I have to prove to the embassy that I'm not a Singapore citizen
 
@badp Yes but it's still very annoying
 
@PrivatePansy gg
 
especially that you need multiple buttons to actually get past it all
 
@BenBrocka wait do you?
 
2:51 PM
the credits sequence in particular is incredibly annoying
spam start to skip most, hold A to skip credits, press A once more to get past it
 
@BenBrocka it's like a minigame
 
it's a very delicate dance of buttons. Also the nag when wearing equipment from later levels is supper annoying. Just take the gear away I know the drill
@MattЭллен If you watch all the fluff it literally takes longer than each level
 
@BenBrocka HMH2 does away with most of that
also I think you can hold A to skip all of it
 
That looks really gorgeous.
 
2:53 PM
My favourite annoyance from back in the day was when we had 8.3 character names for our source files and company policy required that the first 6 characters follow specific rules, allowing you 2 characters to identify the module.
 
@JasonBerkan wat
 
The instructions specifically say I have to go to Singapore's immigration authority and have them certify that I'm not a Singapore citizen
 
@Frank LIKE
 
@badp I eventually had the company policy changed.
 
@badp Good. I thought it would just be for the first couple areas but it's on all of 'em
@Frank do we know the price on that yet? Looks great
 
2:55 PM
The alternative is to produce the travel documents of both parents, both original and duplicate, re-entry permit for Permanent Resident (which my father is), and certified proof that they are not holding any other citizenship, if their passport is not Chinese (which my mother is)
At this point I think it would be easier to just apply for Singapore citizenship and get a Singapore passport
 
@OrigamiRobot Sadly, it's not something I'm that interested in.
I like her other suits better.
 
@PrivatePansy wait if you aren't a Singapore citizen then it shouldn't be hard to prove that you aren't, right?
 
@BenBrocka $364.99
 
@PrivatePansy Wait wait, you're in the signapore army... but you're not a signapore citizen?
 
(bitter laugh in 5, 4, 3, ...)
 
2:57 PM
@Frank IT IS YOUR AMERICAN RIGHT TO BE WRONG
 
@Frank christ! Was expecting $200 tops
 
@OrigamiRobot I'm not even American!
 
I could almost buy that 2 foot tall Metal Gear Ray for that
 
@Frank america gives you that right anyway, cause 'murica
 
@BenBrocka I just shrug and keep on going. I've bought kits for that price.
 
2:58 PM
@Frank EVERYONE KNOWS AMERICA TRIES TO GIVE EVERYONE RIGHTS. ESPECIALLY BY FORCE. OH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE A WHITE MALE.
 
I was considering it for Ray, not this one though
 
@KevinvanderVelden Hey! I pretty much invented that right!
 
@badp and america stole it, cause 'murica
 
@badp Oh god if it was that easy ahahahahaha *chokes and dies*
@KevinvanderVelden "If you want to stay, you have to serve"
 
@Frank THINK OF ALL THE MTG CARDS I COULD BUY WITH THAT
 

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