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7:00 PM
@StrixVaria i had a weird headcanon, then realized i was thinking of an octorok instead of an ocelot
 
@Sterno Perfect.
 
I like how his failure was predicated by uncovering more enemies with his last move
 
@SaintWacko How's XCOM 2 going?
 
Which is what leads to my downfall 90% of the time
 
@Sterno yep
 
7:03 PM
@Sterno Yeah, that's pretty standard.
 
BUTTS. DONUT.
I can't not hear that in-game now.
TIL about Mr. Blobby. WTF, Brits?
 
...Mr. Blobby?
 
Mr Blobby is a character on Noel Edmonds' Saturday night variety television show Noel's House Party, portrayed by Barry Killerby, and was the brainchild of British comedy writer Charlie Adams, a writer for the show. A bulbous pink figure covered with yellow spots, he sports a permanent toothy grin and jiggling eyes. Mr Blobby communicates only by saying the word "blobby" in an electronically altered voice, expressing his moods through tone of voice and repetition. Although popular, the character was not well received critically. == OriginsEdit == Mr Blobby first appeared in the 'Gotcha' segment...
 
That sounds weird as hell
 
Or, if you want to have nightmares:
 
7:14 PM
I wrote python, iut works.
/me wibbles
 
@Sterno so creepy
 
Mr Blobby was awesome
Though I wonder if he ever seriously hurt himself doing it
 
> Some commentators have called him a metaphor for a nation gone soft in the head. Others have seen him as proof of Britain's deep-seated attraction to trash.
> A Sun article published the previous month had reported that Blobby reduced a young girl to tears after throwing her birthday cake onto the floor during a show, causing the girl's father to mount the stage and assault Blobby.
Oh wow, they tried to start up Mr. Blobby theme parks. Three of them.
 
yeah, that's bonkers./
 
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That's highly unnerving.
 
7:48 PM
Well that's awful
 
8:14 PM
I doubled my sample amount of steam accounts, I'll leave it open overnight too.
 
Sigh. Because of this arbitrary limit someone imposed I need to rewrite a few sections of code. It'll do the same thing, just without exceeding this per transaction limit
 
I'm thinking a tag as generic as is unneeded. Thoughts?
It seems like at most it needs the tag.
And do we even really need that?
 
@Sterno +1, unneeded.
 
searching for xcom2 mods should hit both tags, I would think.
So probably not needed as a new tag.
 
We do have a tag
 
8:25 PM
It looks like we only have tags for specific mods for other games. So I think a generic mod tag doesn't really serve a good purpose.
 
But that's also got 5x as many questions as the generic mods tag
 
We also tag questions with minecraft, mods, and minecraft-mods
Right now there doesn't seem to be a point for just
 
We have mentioned minecraft, so I will put out the velvet ropes so people may queue up to hate on minecraft mods in an orderly fashion.
 
I don't hate them, I just want to make a squad of characters named only Modded "Mine" Crashlog in XCOM2 and have them all die horrible deaths.
 
Set weapons to vote-to-close.
 
8:32 PM
@MadMAxJr I don't have that option, is it the one that says super downvote?
 
Okay, the "super downvote" thing has run it's course.
 
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Q: Kingdom Hearts 2.8, will it have the predecesors?

ConfutoWill the upcoming KH 2.8 for the PS4 include Kingdom hearts 2, the original game? I want to replay the franchise but don't want to buy a PS3 just to play the game, so was wondering if 2.8 will have the previous games?

 
*moves super downvote to the old memes folder*
 
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@Sterno Nah, I don't think the new tag or adding the mods tag is really necessary
 
@Sterno I think Minecraft is different in terms of mods than most other games. Not sure if that means this tag is useful, but I wouldn't use Minecraft as a benchmark here. In most games mods play far less of a role. Intuitively, I'd tend to prefer mod-specific tags than any generic one, though
 
8:38 PM
Having finally seen what Minecraft FTB is this week, some of those mods are almost entirely new games that defy mere 'mod' in my opinion, but this is wildly off course from the xcom 2 mods tag. In short, I don't think there's enough content to justify an xcom 2 mods tag.
 
@twobugs It was never funny, but it's been getting increasingly unfunny
 
@murgatroid99 I agree with your assessment 100%
 
Super downvotes are a violation of the Lifehacks.SE proliferation treaty. We disarmed them and are trying to move on.
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great
now my unmarked cooking surface is giving me Er03
 
haha that starred gameplay vid is brutal
the people scream when they die?
 
8:53 PM
Oh noice, I got my steam crawler working on my RPi too. Except that it is super slow, probably caused by the fact that my internet is terrible (3mbps, and my dad decided to add two repeaters around the house... and they are all on the same channel).
 
I decided to go back and give Witcher 3 another chance. I remembered not liking it, but I didn't remember why. I should have trusted my past self.
I played for like 5 minutes and couldn't stand it.
Worst waste of $60 on a game in recent memory.
 
apparently somehow that is an universal error message
"water spillover, wipe clean"
hooray for standards
 
wifi repeaters?
Each relay cuts the speed in half.
 
Is there even a need to crawl steam? Surely people have done that and made the dataset available.
 
@MadMAxJr tell that to my dad. Using same channel lowers speed alot too.
 
8:57 PM
@StrixVaria Tastes can be very different. It's pretty much my favorite game in recent memory
 
@twobugs I need pretty specific data, which is everything steam gives.
 
Well, crawling a huge dataset in an unintended way is a pretty good way to get banned so make sure you're doing things on the up and up.
 
@twobugs I'm not even close to the api limit.
 
What is yours doing that other data scraping sites don't do already?
 
The daily rate limit is 100,000, I'm at about 100.
I don't know any good data sources, but I use nearly everything steam gives out using the api.
If you know a good datasource like that, please let me know.
 
9:01 PM
@MadScientist I'm at the point where I don't even understand how people could like it. Every bit of its design infuriates me.
But, it's not a big deal.
I'm glad other people got a game they liked, I guess.
 
The Witcher games always had a few rough edges, so I can certainly understand why this turns off some people
 
The first one has rough edges, big time.
 
9:24 PM
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Q: How to complete challenge 2 of Knight Squad?

George WillcoxIn the challenge section of Knight Squad, I cannot complete the second challenge. (Which is where you have to kill all 4 worms) I hit the tails of the worms to make them curl up, but then nothing happens and I just eventually die. I have no idea how to complete this challenge. There isn't a tag ...

 
So I just watched the Fuller House trailer. It's very much playing on nostalgia, hitting the same beats in the exact same way as the original. Not sure that's going to work for everyone that grew up with it.
 
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@MBraedley I've not watched it yet. I loved the original but I'm not sure that would still hold up
 
9:42 PM
I could see my brothers watching it with their kids, but I don't think I'll watch it.
 
user15026
Having now just watched the trailer, I might check it out when I need some fluff, but yeah they're really seeming to bank on the "ITS JUST LIKE HOW IT WAS BEFORE GUYS"
 
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Q: What are ADVENT burgers made of?

AureliusIf there's one thing Dr. Tygan misses more than his lab equipment, it's those damn tasty ADVENT burgers. There have been several references that the food the ADVENT administration serves is of dubious origin. Tygan doesn't want to know what their burgers are made of, it sounds like cows have gon...

 
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4 o'clock sugar low?! Pick up a giant ginger cookie to tied you threw till dinner! #IONbiz #uptown https://t.co/KxLYWUUExP
 
@Lazers2.0 Seriously?
 
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While I appreciate the lure of cookies, the spelling here horrifies me.
 
9:52 PM
@AshleyNunn is using a homophone considered a spelling error or a grammar error?
 
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Q: Can I use the minecraft tag to draw more atantion to an minecraft mod related issue

CoderGuyI have posted this question on a mod related issue on the arcade site. But I did not put the Minecraft tag in the tags because I thought it was non necessary. Is this thought good or can I use the tag to draw more attantion?

 
@GodEmperorDune I'd say "spelling". It's clear what word they intended to say, they just wrote a different character sequence.
 
@murgatroid99 something something @badp
 
Er03
 
hi @badpn't
 
9:56 PM
Er418 - In't a coffeepot.
 
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Q: Spongebob Squarepants Plankton's Robotic Revenge Davy Jones Locker Level Help

jennyI asked this question before but no on helped so here we go.In Spongebob Squarepants Plankton's Robotic Revenge Level called Davy Jones Locker at the end of the level before you get to the hurricane or tornado or sommething after you have gotten of the two lifts you end up at a place with the rob...

 
@Lazers2.0 that's a long title
who's making the tag?
 
you guys are not right. Thatn't's sad.
 
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@GodEmperorDune I'd think spelling
 
I reached Paragon 800 on Diablo, hype.
 
9:59 PM
Once that happens you become CEO of Blizzard, right?
 
that requires Paragon level one million
 
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Q: Warning for questions with Clash of Clans tag

PythonMasterLots of clash-of-clans questions are about "How to attack this base" even after the decision to make those question off-topic since these questions are usually from new users, who have no idea about this decision. My suggestion is that whenever someone uses the Clash of Clans tag, a red pop-up w...

 
10:22 PM
is my edit still in the review queue? or did it get overwritten by the worse edit that changed more stuff?
 
I just got a Nato strap for my watch. It's so tactical I've already knifed it and set fire to it.
 
@fredley pics pls
 
@Dragonrage Rejected by community - edit conflict
 
@Unionhawk ok, so the worse one got put it, re-edited it
 
They had the edit window open at the same time as you
 
10:26 PM
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Q: What is the answer to this logic?

len245 7 4 9 8 2 7 3 8 6 4 7 5 9 9 6 1 4 5 8 ? My answer is 9, but it is incorrect. Can you help me solve this?

 
@Lazers2.0 I'm starting to hate that game.
 
@ardaozkal at least this question doesnt have improper use of equals signs
 
night bridge
Its not like op @fredley will deliver the pics.
 
@ardaozkal I just hate that game on principle. "Think of the thing I'm thinking of" is the laziest and most obnoxious basis for puzzle design.
 
@murgatroid99 that's pretty much every puzzle ever
 
10:32 PM
@badp while you are correct, they have more rules than this game.
 
@Lazers2.0 I thought we didn't allow questions in the line of "How do I beat this specific level?"
 
@SaintWacko see all the questions in that tag.
 
@ardaozkal Right
 
@badp Not really. There are a lot of puzzles where you have all of the information, you just need to work it out.
@SaintWacko Isn't that really the point of this site?
 
Waaaait
The whole think different tag might be spam.
*puts on tin foil hat*
 
10:35 PM
@murgatroid99 but still if I give you "A B E C D ?" and I tell you that the answer is "R", since that's next in the list of letters in the word "abbecedario" in order of appearance
will you not go "that's bullshit" at me
 
@badp Right, that's the bad kind of puzzle, but not all puzzles are that kind of puzzle
The pirate game is a simple mathematical game. It illustrates how, if assumptions conforming to a homo economicus model of human behaviour hold, outcomes may be surprising. It is a multi-player version of the ultimatum game. == The game == There are 5 rational pirates, A, B, C, D and E. They find 100 gold coins. They must decide how to distribute them. The pirates have a strict order of seniority: A is superior to B, who is superior to C, who is superior to D, who is superior to E. The pirate world's rules of distribution are thus: that the most senior pirate should propose a distribution of coins...
 
All the questions in think different are asked by low-rep questions.
 
There's only 11 questions.
 
This is an example of a puzzle where it's possible to independently determine the unique correct answer using game theory
 
As far as quality goes, that's barely a blip.
 
10:36 PM
oh whaat
Photoshop got an update and it looks weird now
Still usable though.
gnight bridge!
 
Also, I managed to snag a copy of the Special Edition!
 
Hmm... other than FE, what are some big 3DS games on the horizon?
 
cc @Yuuki
 
Hah, FE?
 
Yeppers.
Hit the Best Buy site at just the right time.
 
10:48 PM
Great minds think alike?
 
Hyrule Warriors: Legends.
 
We'll go with that.
 
And... that's pretty much it, I think.
 
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Q: I need help with a specific minecraft testfor command

Brandon RankinIm trying to use commands blocks, scoreboards, and redstone to give all my moderators effects when they run out I already have the system to reapply the effects if your in the team working but now I need to test for both being on the team moderators and not having the effect in one command block....

 
If I still believed in Kickstarter, I'd back them.
 
@Yuuki At least it's not Natsume's mobile abomination.
 
I'm glad I've only been burned by 2 things on Kickstarter. The others are either TBD, or I knew going in that they'd likely never happen.
 
@Fluttershy Fun fact: Star Command still isn't out.
 
@Frank glad i didn't her about it when it was live
cuz i'm sure i would've thrown money at it
 
@GodEmperorDune As I did.
And it's been nothing but broken promises and shitty communication ever since.
 
10:55 PM
yep
 
@Frank Which one's that?
 
in an alternate world, i hate early access just as much as @frank
 
@Fluttershy The Star Command for PC. Probably one of the worst run video game Kickstarters ever.
 
i've been pleased with the updates from yooka laylee
either they are actually doing the work or they are tremendous con artists
 
hum de dum
so my email alerter works
 
10:58 PM
@GodEmperorDune I've actually gotten one out of the three games I've backed.
I'm tired of trying to hold the Star Command idiots accountable to the backers, so I'm demanding a refund on that one.
 
i'm the ideal kickstarter user. i spend the money, then forget what i backed
so when i get something six months later i treat it like a present someone sent me in the mail rather than something i bought with a huge shipping delay
 
@GodEmperorDune That happens a lot with stuff I order online.
I get a notice of a package, and I'm like, "I don't remember ordering anything. I wonder what it could be?"
 
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@GodEmperorDune This is me for....just about everything
 
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I've picked out my own christmas presents and then been surprised a month later that someone got me exactly what I wanted :P
 
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11:05 PM
I mean its great because then getting mail is like exciting every time (unless I don't get any mail, which is less fun)
 
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Getting mail is one of my favourite things.
 
Getting mail used to be one of my favorite things but I somehow ended up on a bunch of junk mailing lists
 
yeah i usually get junk
or privacy policies from various things
 
I started getting mail addressed to other people but my street address
Which is quite strange given that I have lived here for like 3 years
 
user15026
I get a lot of free stuff in the mail, I'm good at getting samples and things
 
11:09 PM
Hm, what to have for dinner...
 
I have roughly $20 eShop credit and no idea what to get.
 
@Yuuki FF Explorers
 
Don't really feel like spending it on FE and MHX is still a glimmer in some translator's eye.
@Fluttershy What I've heard from @twobugs has not been encouraging.
 
FF Explorers is definitely getting more and more exciting for me. It's just a shame that it has such a slow start
 
@twobugs Oh?
 
11:14 PM
is that the mobile FF game that @LessPop_MoreFizz was really into?
 
@GodEmperorDune That's Record Keeper.
 
Around 4* or 5* is where things start getting more challenging, you've unlocked most/all jobs, and you can start mastering jobs
 
@Fluttershy ah
 
FF Record Explorer Keeper.
 
Hrm, my first blacksite mission went horribly earlier due to bad enemy reveal luck. 3 squad members killed, only @badp and @Wipqozn made it out (semi-)alive
 
11:15 PM
FF Record Explorer Keeper: Tactics.
FF REK:T
 
Early on you just have a limited move pool and none of the really interesting monsters
 
@Fluttershy nice
 
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Q: How do I find the places mentioned in my bounties?

Andrew CarnallOver the last few days, I've gotten a number of bounties and don't know where to go. For example, I have worth 15k credits in a place called United Gold Systems Andrew, and I have no clue where that is. Is there a way to look up or locate the places named in my bounties?

 
@twobugs That's annoying.
 
Basically you have a stamina bar and the game is about using abilities which take stamina (you regain stamina by using normal attacks)
 
11:16 PM
I'm in high-rank Caravan on my new file now!
 
in a few years i'll finally play xcom2 and post about killing bridge members, but by then it will be fully and you'll just look at me like i'm crazy
 
So you start getting into chaining together abilities and weaving in normal attacks and it's actually quite cool
Also @Yuuki White Mage is not so great for solo play but it's quite good for group play
You can swap jobs at any time between quests though
 
@GodEmperorDune I just installed XCOM: Enemy Unknown, so... Maybe I'll eventually get around to XCOM 2.
Maybe.
 
What holds WHM back is your monster buddies scale at a different rate than you do, especially in terms of HP and defense so your heals will not really recover a proportional amount of HP
(Aside from Regen, which is %-based)
 
@Fluttershy the addiction will take hold, don't you worry
 
11:18 PM
I have to say though, I'm getting sucked in.
 
@GodEmperorDune I dunno. I've just never really been able to play a game like that. Invisible Inc., Massive Chalice, XCOM... There's just this overwhelming sense of tension that stresses me out.
 
I think focusing the jobs around weapon types is cool and they all have a great 'flavor' to them
 
@Fluttershy you need to learn to savescum
 
The ability mutation mechanic is neat and it lets you really customize builds
Music is okay. Graphics are okay. Style is nice, but technically not impressive.
 
Okay, I might pick it up then.
 
11:20 PM
im getting spam emails from an email that is supposed to look like a friends, but its their name @sbs.svr.br
 
You can equip a character's magicite and transform into them for Trance, which is cool
 
and eventually you will get into perfect position on a map and absolutely wreck mutons coming at you and it will be glorious
 
They picked characters from 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 10, 10-2, 12, and 13
 
@twobugs you forgot 9/11
 
They picked two 7 characters and skipped Zidane. Makes me mad.
 
11:22 PM
@twobugs zidane was a punk though
 
They also picked Vaan of all people from 12. The only less relevant character to that story was Penelo!
 
@twobugs yeah vaan was pretty lame
who did they bring from 10?
 
Tidus, but you only get him post-game
 
not even auron? shame
 
Yuna is her 10-2 version I think? Have to double check that
They at least give you Yuna's 10-2 armor
One thing that's kind of neat is when you transform into a character it plays the battle theme from that game
 
11:26 PM
2 days ago, by two bugs
@Ohnana See, savescumming can negatively impact my enjoyment
 
@Fluttershy it depends on how you like to play
i don't have time to restart a campaign every time i screw up
 
For me, the fun of an XCOM style game is watching a carefully planned assault work out
I load a save if something completely stupid happens, but I play on normal so that happens less.
 
i mean i used to be much worse, like savescumming until a 30% shot connected
now i'll go to a previous round's autosave if i am really hosed
and even with that, i still aborted a terror mission after losing half my guys because there was no way i was going to survive
also i feel even in long war, the CPU is pulling punches on normal
i ran all my guys to the evac spot but accidentally hit continue instead of evac
and even though none of them were in any sort of cover, the enemy just overwatched
 
AI behavior seems kind of random. Sometimes it'll perfectly destroy me, other times it just overwatches and ignores me flanking it
 
yeah i've seen them overwatch instead of firing on my guy who was flanked
or suppression
long war is definitely making me think much more about positioning, and how much more valuable full cover is
because 40 days to recover from an injury really sucks
 
11:42 PM
you`re not looking hard enough — Namikaze Sheena 15 hours ago
Wow. So helpful.
 
user15026
In theory this would be cool but they messed up the controller, so it mostly just bugs me
 
@AshleyNunn Ow, my neck.
 
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@Yuuki That too.
 
There. Refund on Star Command.
Amazing how they respond so quickly to refunds, but are so completely silent on everything else.
 
@Frank you're taking money from their party fund, of course they'll respond quickly
 
11:56 PM
I recruited @Unionhawk and he immediately got hurt because he missed his overwatch
FOR SHAME
AND AGAIN
Now he's dead
shakes head
 

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