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6:00 PM
@Yuuki what game is that?
 
Oh damn, two more upvotes until another Enlightened badge comes along!
 
hey blart
 
'Ello.
(Also, this isn't the name I usually go by, remember.)
I have to wait yet another month to change back to Texenox...
 
This is why people who change their name are the worst
 
So I forgot my wallet at home and therefore can't eat lunch.
F--k.
 
6:06 PM
@Unionhawk WHAT
 
RIP
Do you want me to post images of food?
Or too cruel?
 
It's revenge time
 
That would be appreciated.
 
Foodrevenge
 
WHY AM I THE WORS-- oh wait, everyone already knows why.
 
6:07 PM
Don't forget to cc @TimStone
 
And @Unionhawk, naturally
wait
I'm @Unionhawk
 
I can then feast on his misery.
 
\o/
 
@Unionhawk and why exactly am I the worst again?
 
I need to go to the store and get meat. We have a grill, which is the best cooking device in existance
 
6:08 PM
@blartmemes you are not the worst. You have a long way to go to surpass @uni and @Wipqozn
 
____ is the worst is a saying, it's not literal
 
@blartmemes because you changed your name and now we have to get used to your new name. Same reason why people who change their avatars are the worst.
 
People who change their name are the worst
 
@twobugs I know.
 
People who change are the worst
 
6:09 PM
Change is the worst
 
@blartmemes Then I don't see what the confusion is
 
the worst is the worst
 
The Bridge is the worst
 
Hehe
Development Tier on Eco is interesting
It kind of sounds like you are paying them to help them make their game
 
@Chippies Well, no problem, I'll just change back when September 18 rolls around.
 
6:10 PM
Sep 9 '14 at 13:45, by NOTHalfLife3
You can only change your name every 30 days <,<
 
Don't change your name too often. It's very annoying.
 
@blartmemes and then you'll be the worst again. It's just how it goes.
 
@twobugs There is none. My first message after that was just meant to be starbait.
 
@Unionhawk That was me! Fun times :D
 
No, anything other than fucking paul blart would be an improvement. That's a fact.
 
6:11 PM
starbait denied
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@Unionhawk Well, that too.
 
Can't one of the mods abuse him?
 
@Rapitor STARBAIT REV-- DAMMIT @BADP T_T
 
starbait accepted
 
Hahaha.gif
 
6:11 PM
@Unionhawk Hey come on, the poster edits are hysterical!
 
That was not starbait guys, pls.
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@blartmemes no.
 
@blartmemes no, they are not at all funny
 
33 secs ago, by two bugs
starbait accepted
 
@blartmemes What is the joke supposed to even be?
 
that's a good laugh
 
It is
 
Good laugh from a bad guy
 
@twobugs Only way for you to see would be for me to post one, but then I'd get kicked because it would be considered shitposting.
 
@Unionhawk brb, googling wipqozn socks to find the real hahaha.gif
 
6:13 PM
should be gif, though
 
/pban GodEmperorDune THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE
 
@blartmemes if you post a shitty post once, no one cares
 
Access denied.
:(
 
@blartmemes if it Was funny, it wouldn't be shitposting... Ergo it is not funny
 
@Chippies So does that mean I can post one?
 
6:14 PM
people only have an issue when you shitpost a lot in a short amount of time or if it's all you do
 
Blackguards 90% (!) off for steam sale...
 
@blartmemes who am I to tell, I'm not The Bridge
 
I remember hearing it wasn't that good, though...
Hm. $4...
 
@Chippies I feel like I'm an outlier here.
 
I, for one, support shitposting
 
6:15 PM
Everything in moderation.
 
I just hate forced memes
 
Moderation in moderation.
 
Alright, here's one.
 
Moderation in abusive quantities
 
6:15 PM
Like "the cake is a lie" or "praise the sun"
 
And that's the only one I'll post.
 
I don't get it
 
I still don't get it.
 
Yeah, there's nothing amusing about that.
 
it looks like a cover of some shitty dvd
 
6:16 PM
there's nothing to get. it's terrible, and that's why it's funny
 
@Rapitor Exactly.
 
I imagine there's some background context that might make it funny, maybe?
 
It's forced terrible, though. That's just bad.
 
forced terrible to force being funny - I got facebook for that
 
@Chippies ...4chan at work again?
 
6:17 PM
forced memes are the worst
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literal worst
 
subjective worst?
 
@blartmemes I'm not sure what you're saying
 
@Unionhawk Yeah, is there a way we could not have those?
 
starred, pinned, OH WAIT
@StrixVaria Ban everyone from the internet. Or something.
 
@Chippies That's most likely the back story.
 
6:18 PM
I do have a ban button.
 
I feel like I'm not getting a lot of things in the chat right now to be quite honest and I should be packing up the laptop instead of trying to figure out what's going on
 
@Chippies I think the context is people pretending the movie is good to the point of that becoming memetic
 
@Unionhawk No, no, ban me from the Internet.
 
where's @badp when we need the bridge muted so I can get off the laptop
 
No, you need to pull it up from the root
@Chippies You could just have @StrixVaria ban you for 30m
 
6:19 PM
don't tell @badp to mute the bridge unless he learned how to undo it
 
@Unionhawk I can only ban in increments of 1hr.
 
@murgatroid99 But why would anyone pretend the movie is good? That's not funny. That's just stupid
 
@Unionhawk how's that gonna stop me from reading?
 
@Rapitor He's figured it out I think
 
We need a script that triggers on submit for a question. If 'Is Modded: Definitely;' is found in the post and it has a minecraft tag, just auto-close it.
 
6:19 PM
and probably promptly forgotten
 
@StrixVaria Well, you can do 30, but it would also delete an arbitrary post
 
@MadMAxJr Starred in support.
 
@Unionhawk Not the best option, for mod reasons.
 
@MadMAxJr @TimPost is working on regex magic iirc
 
6:20 PM
Alright, wife's nag has overcome the bridge; WIFE:1 ; BRIDGE:0; AFK
 
The less jerk method would be to have a context popup, 'Be aware this site doesn't provide support for modded minecraft questions'.
 
@murgatroid99 So this is just a long running forced meme? This is minions for people who are "too cool" for minions?
 
@MadMAxJr Also an option.
 
@MadMAxJr questions crashes.
 
Argh I can't figure out wtf is going on
 
6:21 PM
@JasonBerkan yes this
I swear if I see one more "we do not help with modded minecraft" comment I'm going to use the tag in this room
And, also, flag that as not constructive
 
Looking at the current star list, I'm kind of surprised that people are complaining about "forced memes" in this chat of all places
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"Your question has been closed because it's asking for support troubleshooting a modded minecraft log. Also for some reason you're now an owner of The Bridge chat."
 
@murgatroid99 Love and hate are two sides of the same coin
 
@murgatroid99 I think image macros are actually where things start getting annoying for me personally. I guess.
Dammit you've shifted my entire worldview and now I have no idea what's going on
 
6:25 PM
guise, how do I starbait?
 
@Unionhawk I'm sorry, I'm afraid that disqualifies you from employment at Google Inc.
 
i think there's a difference between forced memes and bad memes
 
Hmm
No, fuck this, we're not discussing the philosophy of memetic content
I'm shutting that down right now
 
@Rapitor All memes are forced, but only some are bad?
 
okay
 
6:26 PM
Or is it the other way around?
 
@Unionhawk That's why you just need a handy dandy SCP memetic kill agent.
 
good memes come naturally
 
@MadMAxJr Oh god. SCP.
 
@Rapitor cc @murgatroid99 When you think about it in that sense, memes are a lot like catchphrases.
 
@Rapitor Can you give an example?
 
6:27 PM
SCP is like one step away from Slenderman in terms of dumbness
 
a bad meme is more of a circle jerk, like the paul blart stuff.
 
@twobugs nah it goes far beyond it sometimes.
 
@Rapitor I mean, of a good natural meme
 
@djsmiley2k Yeah, true.
 
I'll take SCP over image memes. At least many SCPs had some thought put into them... Well, okay, addendum: Within the first series of 1000.
 
6:28 PM
I don't think anyone has killed another human being over SCP, at least.
Yet.
 
I feel like "good meme" may become an oxymoron over time with any given specimen since-- NO BAD UNI
NO SOUP FOR YOU
 
@Unionhawk Hah, nice Seinfeld meme!
 
DAMMIT
 
Bringing out the classics I see xD
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
6:29 PM
meeeeeemes
*please gog help us
 
@murgatroid99 the out of context question names for Arcade came pretty naturally and were good, a bit forced now. but started good
 
The outbreak is getting serious. Contain Unihawk before he starts hitting dank level memes and becomes a member of le doot generation.
 
god*
 
Goddammit I've been trying to post a relevant meme image but mobile chat sucks
 
@Rapitor OK, yeah, that works
 
6:30 PM
@GodEmperorDune This is a case of mobile chat being awesome.
 
Okay, my phone is running out of battery and I've turned into myself again, so I think I'd better go.
 
?
A'ight, bye
 
Legends speak of the origins of memes. When mothers would put a cheap print they found at the Hallmark store on the fridge with a magnet, featuring a cat with 'Hang In There!' printed in impact font....
 
6:37 PM
the origin of memes?
as images?
is those positivity posters
 
And lo, the great "Hallowed Mark" bestowed upon the world the first "shitpost".
 
The original memes are religions
 
@murgatroid99 If only doge had that kind of longevity.
 
we quoting Dawkins?
 
@StrixVaria We don't know it doesn't
 
6:38 PM
I found myself in an odd situation. After avoiding it for ten years, I'm now playing World of Warcraft. I played the beta for a day when it went public. Then I swore it off, thinking it would detract from my college studies. So now I'm a noob in a well aged, veteran playerbase of an old game.
 
@djsmiley2k He made up the word "meme", so yeah, his formulation is relevant
 
he did?
interesting
i didn['t realise he created the term.
 
@MadMAxJr What server do you play on?
Also, we can be battle tag friends if you'd like
 
Though I guess it was really culture rather than religion that was the original meme (or category of meme)
 
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6:40 PM
Yeah, Dawkins coined the term. It's derived from Greek.
 
@twobugs It's not from the French "même"?
 
And purposely shortened like the word "gene"
 
I'd rather not say for now. I look at the guild I am in and try to follow what they're saying in chat, and it's alien to me. I know the works are english, but they make no sense. I think I also now understand what it is like for a non-technical user to attend a requirements gathering session with me at the office...
 
Haha, fair enough.
@StrixVaria From what I read, it's from the Greek "Memnos"
 
@StrixVaria Wikipedia definitely describes a Greek derivation, though the meanings seem to be related
 
6:42 PM
Mimema
My bad.
 
There was an article about how WoW is at an all time low for subscribers, back below peak Vanilla headcount. For me, this means if I do something stupid, there's nobody around to see!
 
@MadMAxJr I thought this news was super funny. "WoW is down to 5 million subscribers, it's dead!"
Meanwhile, the next biggest MMO (that I'm aware of) is FF14 at like 2 million max
They really bungled this expansion, though. By their own admission it was created to be a bridge to the upcoming expansion. Whatever.
 
I'm waaaaaay back over in Silvermoon. I'm enjoying the campy graphics from close to a decade ago.
 
WoW is "dying" only by the standards of WoW
by MMO standards it's still far ahead of every other MMO
 
Going through the 'how do I mage' track of things. Walk. Stand within 30 years of enemy. Click enemy. Push hotbar numbers. Click next enemy.
 
6:45 PM
@MadMAxJr the graphics have been updated, afaik
 
@Chippies The engine has, but not TBC areas
 
the player models have certainly been updated
 
@Chippies I'm looking at seas of trees that are mostly 2d sprites folded over one another.
 
@MadMAxJr This was all classes in old MMOs.
 
@MadMAxJr I guess not everything was updated
 
6:46 PM
Updating the Draenei and Blood Elf areas was "too much work for too little payoff", I think they said
They exist outside of the normal vanilla world, but that's an artifact of how they were initially expansion content
 
@StrixVaria in most old MMOs you be screwed if they ever made it to you, and no trying to run away unless your ready for a long run
 
> 1. Take keyboard.
> 2. Apply to face.
 
Walked past a handful of people blitzing through the noob areas like machines, to briefly be startled by some player on a mount with shoulder pauldrons so large they sorta defeat the need for a helmet.
Shot little blue fireballs at mana wraiths while a bored set of three adventurers took the time to ride motorcycles around me and observe me for about ten minutes, saying nothing....
 
@MadMAxJr I think WoW invented the overly-large shoulder pauldrons trend
the bigger your shoulders are, the better you are
 
Warcraft shoulders have been getting out of hand for a while but people really like the style I guess. Even the developers have admitted it's a problem.
 
6:48 PM
I feel like a tourist more than an adventurer. The game is a theme park and the quests are rides.
 
Fuck I killed the shell startup sequence. Quick, open it in FTP >_>
 
@twobugs it's a nice style, makes you look more powerful
 
@MadMAxJr I think that is actually most of the classes in wow.
 
(I tried to make the korn shell exec bash immediately. It didn't like that)
 
So is the skill in what order you arrange your skills on your hotbar and the timing in which you press them?
 
6:50 PM
@Chippies Yeah, but it doesn't scale well. With power creep you make numbers bigger. With shoulder creep you... get a better spine :P
 
@twobugs bigger numbers don't work in town :P
 
@MadMAxJr Well, it depends on what class/spec you're playing but generally there is an element of resource management
 
Someone fixed the shoulders for the WoW movie poster @Warcraft http://t.co/Ic8NBYQej2
 
@MadMAxJr Not really, the skill is simply progressing your character in both skill and gear to make sure you can overcome the challenges.
 
Click monster, put on new hat, find next monster?
 
6:51 PM
 
@MadMAxJr sometimes it the skill is in reacting fast and knowing which skill to use when
 
For people who don't want to click on Twitter links.
 
For example, I play Mage. As Arcane, I have to manage my mana pool - it directly effects my damage
 
not much skill required for leveling though
 
As frost, I have to build and spend charges of "fingers of frost"
 
6:51 PM
leveling in most MMOs is pretty casual for the most part
 
Yeah, the skill is knowing when to use what and knowing what to expect.
And even then I am not sure I would call that skill
 
@James especially in PVP
 
I was looking at specializations. I actually read the newbie guide Blizzard tries to hand you when you setup your subscription.
 
@James what is the definition of skill then?
 
@James Yep. There are cooldowns and everything to manage, too. It's not exactly a skill I guess, since you can mathematically solve it
 
6:52 PM
@Chippies Bleh, leveling up in GW2 and I can barely stand it.
 
It just oddly feels like a giant clicker game with a ton more graphics.
 
@Yuuki leveling in GW2 is odd, because of the quest system
anyways, gotta go out, afk
 
FWIW, I thought WoW leveling was much more engaging than GW2 leveling. I honestly didn't like GW2 at all, really.
 
@Chippies Dunno, moving a mouse to aim is skill.. but is that anything more than just timing and such as well? I dunno
@MadMAxJr No need to play it if it doesnt suit you I suppose.. I honestly read the quests and enjoy the stories
[shrugs]
 
6:53 PM
They've tried to add some skill to it with trinkets activating randomly and you being able to capitalize off that, but I don't really like the dynamic it adds
 
Ive never really considered WoW a difficult game to play
 
There's another mage in my guild. He's better than me and has slightly better gear, but we're usually pretty close in damage done. Depending on RNG, though, one of us can pull wildly ahead
Like 20-30% ahead if RNG favors you
 
@James Not that it doesn't suit me, I'm simply trying to wrap my head around what the appeal for most folks is and where the challenge/fun comes from.
 
That, I think, is dumb. It's cool when you're getting lucky, but when you aren't its frustrating.
 
@twobugs That is why I always preferred hunters for DPS, not as bursty :D
 
6:55 PM
Don't worry, in the current raid everyone has stupidly bursty trinkets!
 
@MadMAxJr Maybe the appeal is that there is no real challenge and people can compare gear stats?
Often appeal equates directly to accessibility
 
There's challenge at the higher end, I think. I do mythic raiding. That has an element of frustration though in THAT ONE GUY MADE THE SAME MISTAKE YET AGAIN
 
My guildmates gripe about how the game had all the complexity stripped out over time.. Which the marketing side of me sees why. Over time, appeal had to spread, appeal to a wider user base... Accessibility must increase, hence simplifying things..
 
I mean, there's two sides to it. Some of the needless complexity has been removed.
Stuff like elemental resistance didn't contribute positively to the game. It meant that they designed bosses which required you farm a whole different set of gear.
That's dumb.
 
6:58 PM
When I played wow, the fun was leveling up and exploring the zones. End game raids were too much of a timesink
 
So far I'm having a lot of fun exploring zones. The walk speed kinda makes my teeth grind, but I get that mounts come in at 20.
 
It's one thing in a game like Monster Hunter if I decide "Hey, Ivory Lagia is a jerk. I wanna kill all the I. Lagias that ever lived, so I'll make some thunder resistance gear"
 
 
Mounts are at 20 now?
 
wow.jpg
 
6:59 PM
@badp People with UIs like this are mocked
 
Okay, that blank area just off the left center of the UI there, is that the space where the fun is?
 
@GodEmperorDune Yeah, you can get one at level 1 if you have another high level character
 
@twobugs Yes. I am mocking them right now.
 
@badp I've actually killed Satan and Isaac once each! I haven't unlocked the Polaroid or Negative yet, though.
 
@badp What the fuck is going on right now
 
6:59 PM
@Unionhawk Everything.
 
Though I confess, I do find the pet battles amusing.
 

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