The Bridge

badp

8:00 PM

speaking of Steam, Life is Strange is, uh, 20% off on the Squeenix store.

blart memes

though this only lasts two monhts.

user15026

@badp I keep wanting to check that out.

badp

@AshleyNunn part 1 is charming.

I haven't played the rest.

user15026

Also, TIL Donkey Kong Land has a super punishing and completely unfair saving system.

Rapitor

probably just like the classic donkey kong games

user15026

8:03 PM

I mean I guess I know what the KONG letters are for, but damn, I am never going to be able to succeed unless I abuse the crap out of the 3DS VC restore point thing

badp

feel free to abuse the crap out of save states

I'm honestly kind of surprised that Nintendo lets you do save states

two bugs

You are a moderator, after all. Moderators are allowed to abuse things.

Rapitor

why?

user15026

If I don't use the restore point thing, I don't think I will ever get anywhere with this game.

Rapitor

just never turn it off until you beat it

badp

8:05 PM

@Rapitor it feels... unnintendoy? like their save system was already perfect because everything they've ever made is, so you don't need save states.

user15026

@badp This is only true for things that aren't ports of classic gameboy games without any change to their STUPID SAVE SYSTEM

user15026

(it relies on me collecting things!)

badp

@AshleyNunn AND THAT IS THE WAY NINTENDO INTENDS YOU TO ENJOY THE GAME

WHAT IS NEXT? TURBO BUTTONS TO SKIP THROUGH REPETITIVE UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENES?

(another basic emulator feature, for the unaware)

Rapitor

turbo buttons are for mario party

blart memes

Deagh. I have to go.

Bye guys!

Kevin van der Velden

8:08 PM

People should ask more dwarf fortress questions, I'm already at +135 rep from one

badp

uhhhhhhh

Kevin van der Velden

Science!

Also: WITCHCRAFT BURN THE WITCH

Yuuki

So I just got 99 bombs.

badp

> Fire is a conductor
> Microwaves induce current in conductors
> Current causes heat
> Heated air rises and glows. (plasma!)

story status: [×] huh [×] wat [×] cool

djsmiley2k

Fire is a conductor?

wut

badp

8:10 PM

I don't know why you have to hunt for the source video in the comments, every time

djsmiley2k

AIR is a conductor

HOT air moves faster, conducts more

no

Mayhbe?

Rapitor

this hurts my thinking muscle

Kevin van der Velden

@djsmiley2k define fire? If you mean the bit that gives off light (and not the oxyidation reaction), fire is plasma

Rapitor

fire is a reaction

Kevin van der Velden

Yes, the bit that gives off light (the flame) is a plasma

badp

8:13 PM

@djsmiley2k the comment I quoted has a link for the very words you've quoted

GodEmperorDune

So a plasma cannon is actually a flamethrower?

Pretty much

Except, probably not made by a oxidation reaction and more condensed

GodEmperorDune

@Rapitor baby don't burn me, don't burn me, no more

Rapitor

8:14 PM

@GodEmperorDune you're fired

djsmiley2k

oh wtf

this minecart is actually too slow

Kevin van der Velden

@GodEmperorDune but don't worry, @Wipqozn is hiring

djsmiley2k

and you don't seem to have anyway to speed it up

GodEmperorDune

Dammit that starbait was HOT

Bridge, I am disappoint

Kevin van der Velden

@djsmiley2k what are you doing with it?

Rapitor

8:15 PM

i don't need starbait. look at the wall.

djsmiley2k

I climb in

lego the hobbit

GodEmperorDune

I can't, I'm on mobile

djsmiley2k

wtf now it doesn't even register... D:

steamcommunity.com/app/285160/discussions/0/46476145158197964

Yuuki

Damn, got kilt by Mom.

GodEmperorDune

Lego games that don't allow flying are :(

StrixVaria

8:17 PM

@Yuuki She was really hard the first...many times I fought her.

I'm not sure whether I've gotten better at fighting her, or if I have gotten better at having reasonable builds by the time I get to her.

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria I'm sure at least part of it is knowing her moves and what parts of the room are relatively safe

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria ur face has a reasonable build

StrixVaria

@murgatroid99 Probably. There is always so much going on at once in that fight, though, it's harder to keep track of than It Lives's bullet hell.

murgatroid99

It's stuff like: don't go near the centers of the walls, or the hands will hit you, and don't stay in one place too long or the foot will hit you

Also, as long as the foot is on the ground, it doesn't damage you

djsmiley2k

Finally got it.

StrixVaria

8:21 PM

@murgatroid99 I didn't know that. That will be really useful if I have the cube of meat or something.

murgatroid99

Or Mom's Knife

StrixVaria

I've still never gotten Mom's Knife.

djsmiley2k

you unlocked it?

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden OH BUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN

StrixVaria

Is it locked?

That might be why I've never gotten it.

Kevin van der Velden

8:23 PM

@Wipqozn I figured you would appreciate it

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria you have to beat Satan with Isaac

StrixVaria

@murgatroid99 I think I've only beaten Satan as Azazel.

I'll try that.

Yuuki

I heard Pyromaniac makes you immune to Mom's foot?

murgatroid99

@Yuuki yes

For some reason, stomp attacks count as explosions

two bugs

Haha, played against an Aviana druid but he didn't have the draws to finish it

Also got top-decked by a hunter who I was one turn from lethal on :(

Hearthstone.

MadMAxJr

8:26 PM

I did not enjoy opening my pre-order bundle on hearthstone. Huge mistake.

two bugs

Yeah, I didn't get anything good whereas other people seemed to get everything good

Sigh.

I thought "well I can just buy another 50 packs" and slapped myself immediately in shame

StrixVaria

@twobugs Welcome to CCGs.

And thank you for reminding me why I never even bothered installing Hearthstone.

And now meeting time followed by home time.

Rapitor

@twobugs it's worse when you have good cards but your deck hates you

MadMAxJr

I had high hopes because when I bought seven packs of the starter set shortly after beginning, I opened an Onyxia. Can't really rely on 9 cost cards, but she tends to be effective when played.

50 packs of the new stuff? 36 common duplicates, 12 uncommon duplicates. Niche rares for classes I'm not particularly interested in playing.

Reaaaly don't want to play Warlock 'shoot yourself in the foot to shoot your foe for slightly more' style.

murgatroid99

@Rapitor That's why it's more important for a deck to be consistent than full of good cards

Rapitor

8:37 PM

@murgatroid99 it doesn't matter, it will still give me what i don't need

without fail

murgatroid99

@Rapitor that's the opposite of consistent

"My deck is consistent, but often doesn't give me the cards I need" is contradictory

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 I regularly go games without being able to play a single card for three turns despite having half my deck be 1-mana cards.

Rapitor

consistent and usable are different

Yuuki

Hearthstone hates me and I hate it.

murgatroid99

I don't mean consistent as in literally "consists of all the same thing", I mean "consistently gets you to your goal"

Jason Berkan

8:39 PM

@Yuuki You might be mulliganing wrong.

Is that a verb?

murgatroid99

If all of your cards can be played cheaply, you should be able to play a card almost every turn

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 "Should" being the operative word here.

MadMAxJr

I get into the habit of too many 1 to 4 cost cards, playing more than one card a turn, and end up having an empty hand by midgame

murgatroid99

@Yuuki Is the problem that you're running out of cards, or that you somehow have cheap cards and the resources to play them but still can't play anything?

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 Literally keep drawing everything except the low-mana cards for the first three turns.

Rapitor

8:41 PM

my problem was never having anything to play to deal with whats on the field

Yuuki

Almost without fail.

First three turns, the only cards I draw tend to be 3-mana or higher.

Jason Berkan

How big is a deck? 40 cards?

MadMAxJr

30.

Rapitor

need board clear or a taunt? nah, have a murloc. you have a chance of board control because they have nothing on the field? here's that board clear you wanted

MadMAxJr

non legendary cards, you can have 2. Legendaries you may have 1.

murgatroid99

8:42 PM

@Yuuki and you also don't have any playable cards in your hand? Why would you keep that hand?

MadMAxJr

I tend to rely on those 2 cost owls that pop silence as a battlecry.

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 Even when I mulligan them all, they come back.

MadMAxJr

Oh, you're dropping Kel'Thuzad? Yeahhh, lets not deal with that.

Yuuki

I don't think you guys understand my horrible luck with TCGs.

djsmiley2k

after the earlier AC Talk

Game Theory: The Assassin's Creed Shared Universe Conspiracy

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murgatroid99

8:43 PM

@Yuuki Then maybe your cost curve should shift towards lower-cost cards

Yuuki

I am the guy who doesn't draw a single land card for five turns despite having half a deck of lands.

murgatroid99

It sounds like you have too high a probability of drawing high-cost stuff

MadMAxJr

I'm usually focusing on a mage deck, always convinced that I can make a super mana-wyrm pump deck work.

murgatroid99

Or you just have an extreme case of confirmation bias

badp

ping

Jason Berkan

8:45 PM

I found that my games went much better once I used a deck where there was a written strategy for mulligans.

MadMAxJr

Just play Tavern Brawl and throw caution to the wind.

murgatroid99

I recently saw a really useful piece of advice about mulligans in magic: Keep the hand if you have 2-5 lands, and you can do something within the first 3 turns

Obviously, that doesn't translate directly to Hearthstone, but the basic idea probably fits: if you can't do something during the first couple of turns, mulligan

djsmiley2k

...

two bugs

@djsmiley2k Haha

I love LEGO games and their stupid humor like that

djsmiley2k

:)

two bugs

8:58 PM

Please note that I am a horrible person who likes bad things.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Tweak graphics settings to prevent extreme glimmering of equipment

There are metallic parts of equipment on characters that tend to glimmer a lot, especially when the characters slowly bob back and forth. At times characters can almost look like a 70s Disco Ball straight from Grease. Here's a small example: And an animated version: Is there any graphics ...

dragon-age-inquisition

Lazers 2.0

9:16 PM

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Q: The game doesn't give me the choice to purchase a house

I finished the Blood On The Ice quest and I even collected the bounty for killing the dragon, but the steward isn't giving me the option to purchase hjerim in windhelm. WHAT DO I DO? I'm getting kind of frustrated for going through all that work for nothing.

skyrim xbox-360

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Q: Unable to find Minecraft City. Did I lose it forever?

Recently, I had to re-install a Minecraft server that is hosted remotely. I backed up the "world" folder to my computer before doing the reinstall. Now that the server has been reinstalled, I have copied the world folder back to the server and have been unable to find the massive city that I have...

minecraft technical-issues

badp

uh

there's quite a few free games on steam this weekend

and they all look uninteresting

also I just noticed that you may now be the owner of RefleX, Reflex and Rflex on Steam

3

I have no idea how Rflex doesn't go with the beat

James

Dear Google

Stop making it hard for me to give you money

... jerks

- Me

Arperum

This is just great. D3 has an achievement to craft the lvl 60 hellfire ring, getting the required stuff for crafting said ring with RoS is rather hard. As you have to be lvl 60, 61 or higher results in stuff for the lvl 70 one.

GodEmperorDune

9:33 PM

> Dear completionists: diaf
Sincerely,
Blizz

Arperum

@GodEmperorDune Well, you didn't do a good enough job pre expansion, so fuck you. You should've done that before you got the expansion.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: What does the 'GO' in game titles stand for?

I remember thinking this with the release of Hitman GO, and now today with the release of Lara Croft GO. Admittedly they are both from the same company which leads one to believe there is some similarity between the two. A quick search on the (Windows) store, some other games appear to be named ...

game-title

badp

wat

who are you and how do you have the rep to make that tag

GodEmperorDune

@badp eRRoR

Unionhawk

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/08/27/…

GOTEM

Chippies

9:43 PM

@Arperum there used to be an achievement to craft the highest pre-RoS gem as well, which was even harder to do than the hellfire ring if you have RoS. They got rid of that achievement eventually though

it only makes sense that they will get rid of the hellfire ring achievement as well

does season 4 begin tonight or tomorrow?

inb4 just google it

battle.net launcher says it starts on 28th. Bridge has failed me

Yuuki

Oh Canada...

two bugs

Someone paid $100,000 to look like Justin Beiber. That person is now dead.

The first part confuses me. The second part does not.

Yuuki

@twobugs Of what causes?

two bugs

Unknown. Reported missing, then found dead in a hotel room

Apparently he had recently been through a breakup, so suicide might be possible?

fredley

@Yuuki Oh Canada! Your branches green delight us!

badp

9:57 PM

@Yuuki is somebody trying to electrolyze water?

fredley

Meanwhile, in drawn on gifs

badp

also this must be the cheesiest Steam trailer

Arperum

@Chippies That achievement became ridiculous for everyone, since gemtrading was removed.

The preRoS hellfire ring one is not being removed, because it's aimed at non-RoS players.

Chippies

@Arperum ridiculous since AH was removed - nearly impossible if you had RoS

Arperum

@Chippies True. For the same reason, once above lvl 60 you're screwed.

Chippies

10:05 PM

@Arperum to be fair, they redid how infernal machines work, so it's a lot easier to get craft rings/amulets

Arperum

@Chippies Except you have to get the machines/kills at lvl 60 for the lvl 60 stuff.

lvl 61 results in lvl 70 machines, and lvl 59 has no keywardens.

Chippies

@Arperum I imagine a pimped out lv70 could join a lv60 game and it might work fine

Arperum

@Chippies Yea, go find a random lvl 60 for this.

Chippies

that's how I farmed the gems before they removed the achievement

Arperum

I think I might have to see if I have a friend somewhere that does not have RoS

Chippies

10:07 PM

@Arperum find a friend who has a lv60, join his game, pass the leader to you and have him leave/switch to his 70

Arperum

@Chippies Won't that also change the area level?

Chippies

getting a character to 60 isn't that difficult if you have a pimped out lv70

Arperum

True.

Chippies

@Arperum the area level stays as the level of whoever made the game, as long as no one levels up

Arperum

I finally got enough pieces of the set that gives you dustdevil rune with massive damage on whirlwind. I steamrolled a lvl 23 rift.

Frank

10:09 PM

Especially with a Gem of Ease.

Chippies

I haven't played in a long time, except for like 20 minutes yesterday to get the cube

Arperum

There was a lot less extreme steamrolling before that.

Chippies

I'm probably gonna make another monk for S4

Arperum

I played a bit today. To get some crafting materials from every act so I could get my extra legendary powers.

Chippies

as much as I loved my WW barb, my wife doesn't like barbs and the best barb build is more or less the same as it was in S3

Arperum

10:10 PM

I don't know what I'll play in S4.

Chippies

I wish I liked DH and wizards

but I don't :(

fredley

I wish I liked any of you

Arperum

I want to like DH, but it doesn't work. Especially since I tend to play hardcore and extreme glasscannonny builds are not that easy on HC

Chippies

I wouldn't mind wizard so much, if their best builds didn't always involve juggling all elements

wizards are pretty tanky, for a ranged class

Arperum

Yea, I kinda like wizards.

Chippies

10:15 PM

I was considering a witch doctor, since they're fun, but I watched some videos and it seemed like the WD was doing so much more to achieve the same damage as a monk or barb would

I feel like the ranged classes are squishy and don't even do more damage than melee classes

Arperum

I don't like that steam is giving away two games as a preorder bonus for the controller. That makes me distrust the controller if they think that is needed.

Chippies

@Arperum oh? I don't remember seeing that when the preorders were available at first

Arperum

@Chippies I know someone who mostly plays DH, and he murders at an extremely high speed.

@Chippies Might be new, it's a bonus right now though.

Chippies

@Arperum so does my barb though and I don't have to really worry about survival

Arperum

Portal 2 and Rocket League.

Chippies

10:17 PM

of course, my barb is slow at 1v1

but still - don't have to worry about survival

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Where do I locate my Skyrim 'Saves' folder while using PlayOnLinux?

I need help in finding this Saves folder in Skyrim. I'm using PlayOnLinux (Wine, but made easier, I guess?) and have searched through every file I could find but I can't locate it. I need answers ASAP, so don't hesitate to answer.

skyrim pc

Arperum

I remember some low lever duels with friend where I played with a witch doctor. I basically OHKO'd them. Having a skill that deals 2000% weapon damage that aims in on the target is pretty OP. Especially at low level.

Chippies

eh, I don't think PvP has ever been a serious thing in Diablo 3

Unionhawk

Last week Tonight - Lessons in geography

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Chippies

they pretty much threw it in just to shut people up

Arperum

10:26 PM

@Chippies No shit. I don't really care for PvP either though. I'm a coop player.

two bugs

My biggest gripe with D3 is how focused it is around set bonuses and basically nothing else

badp

@Unionhawk I don't need to watch this to star it.

Unionhawk

How to get stars, specifically from @badp: 1) post last week tonight 2) wait

Grace Note

I'll post you last week!

LessPop_MoreFizz

Space Batleship Girlfriend, or, What The Hell, Japan?

(Link is to a text only pastebin with a quote from within the links contained at the end of said pastebin. Said links are NSFW and I haven't clicked on them. I reccomend you don't either, TBQH.)

user15026

10:39 PM

Businesses try to remove all eligible voters from district, forget one person.

murgatroid99

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's hilarious

GodEmperorDune

I would click but the ads on pastebin are telling my browser to get rekt

@AshleyNunn so great when shady deals backfire

user15026

@GodEmperorDune I know, right?

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz neither of the links are bold-italic NSFW.

they are merely NSFW.

GodEmperorDune

Ffffffffff why are the links not clickable! Dammit pastebin

Do you know how hard it is to copy paste from a mobile phone?!

badp

10:49 PM

@GodEmperorDune imgur.com/a/4w31i (SFW by default, mildly NSFW if you "load the entire album")

The YouTube link is a clickable link from the gallery.

Chippies

@Arperum it's insane how many blacksmith recipes I've been getting since the 2.3 patch

I just got 8 legendary recipes from a single horadric cache

Arperum

@Chippies Yea, it happens the first couple times, and then it goes back to normal.

I think they are new recipes for previously craftable stuff, but the old recipes got removed.

Chippies

yeah, it seems like it

Grace Note

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am disappointed that this has nothing to do with my expectations on hearing "Space Battleship Girlfriend"

GodEmperorDune

Yeah there was no space, no battleship, and no girlfriend

Grace Note

10:58 PM

There was space

Arperum

I'm probably going to play some D3 tomorrow too, once the season hasstarted. And after my little brother is in bed (he's coming over for a sleepover)

GodEmperorDune

Although the gallery talks about a virtual girlfriend game with haptic devices... Very creepy

Grace Note

Just, y'know, not a space battleship that is also your girlfriend.

badp

@GodEmperorDune Early Access!! $19.99

@GraceNote I figured that's what they were shooting for, except they said they couldn't use the gf model for some reason. I wonder if that wasn't an elaborate troll...

@GodEmperorDune That sounded sort of cute actually. Compared to the roller thing.

GodEmperorDune

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