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4:01 PM
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Q: TF2 Item Server doesn't work in Training

Spartanwar118when ever i start a training match against bots the item server doesn't work..i've tried everything..the heartbeat command and restarting tf2,reconnecting and even waited a few days...what the actual crap?!

 
@SaintWacko it is
 
@SaintWacko I'm way too used to full out wasd circling
 
Okay, I think I'm done trying to play phone Hearthstone
My provider, Sprint, is awful
So many times where I lose connection for literally no reason
 
My lyft to the airport has Shaq as his GPS and it keeps saying shit like "Hazard ahead. Be careful! Don't cause a ....shaqcident"
 
4:11 PM
good morning bridge
 
Oh wow, they're going to actually test that traffic-straddling bus in China this year
Imagine going to change lanes and then "OH MY GOD IT'S EATING MY CAR"
 
@SaintWacko i want one of those
 
how do you even get on that thing
 
There's elevated stations that it just matches up with if I remember?
Basically like a subway but above traffic and without the expense of creating the elevated rails
 
Those keyboards actually look really cool
 
4:19 PM
Turning is going to be... interesting
Also on those lanes which are both forward and turning
 
@TimStone I'm still disappointed that the Deckard Cain GPS voice was an April Fool's joke
 
Park a while, and listen!
 
@PrivatePansy I guess it's not a huge problem in Beijing, at least, since the layout is pretty square
 
@PrivatePansy you just activate the lasers then
 
@TimStone Beijing is actually designed as concentric rings, not quite erm... square
 
4:21 PM
Well, right, but if you have them along the main roads they can just go back and forth
They don't have to do the whole loop
 
Ah, okay, I get what you mean
 
@TimStone Hm, that's cool
 
@PrivatePansy Yeah, like the main roads are fairly straight in NWSE directions, minus the turns at the end
Less so for Shanghai though
 
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Q: Retraining a soldier in XCOM 2

UserControlI'm near the final mission in my Commander/Ironman campaign and I'm considering of retraining some of my soldiers. The problem is I built Advanced War Center pretty late so many of my soldiers do not have a hidden ability. My questions are: Will retraining a soldier (colonel) without a hidden a...

 
I really want to visit some of those megacities sometime
Like Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, etc.
Mexico City, too!
 
4:32 PM
You should visit Hong Kong because it's awesome
But not right now
 
I'm not in a rush to visit Mexico City, either :P
But that's a really interesting example since it's currently the largest Metro area in the world I think? And it has interesting geographical challenges
The city center is the lowest elevation or something so they had to be very clever with infrastructure like water
 
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Q: Mminecraft - I have change my name on minecraft and it wont let me go on any servers How do I get back on to servers?

LittleNicoleS_YTI tried logging out and logging in but it still wouldn't work im afraid i wont be able to play minecraft anymore :( ;(

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Q: What determines DZ gear score bracket?

vartecPatch 1.2 has introduced 200+ Gear Score bracket in Dark Zone. To my surprise I'm in that bracket, even though my displayed Gear Score is 191. What exactly determines which bracket are you assigned to?

 
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@PrivatePansy Yeah, I was kinda curious how they would handle things like that
 
@AshleyNunn That reminds me, did you ever play Cities in Motion?
I may have asked you this before
 
user15026
@twobugs I've not, no.
 
4:45 PM
I just know you're a big transit fan
Maybe I'll stream 2 and you can check it out :)
I'd stream 1 but... honestly, it's one of the hardest intros I have ever played
 
user15026
I can't decide if I would like it or not because I love transit and I AM SO BAD at strategy so I feel like I'd just be like OH NO I HAVE CAUSED ALL THE BUS CRASHES or something
 
I haven't beat the first level
 
user15026
@twobugs That would be AWESOME
 
The first level in 1 is "Hey, welcome to 1900 Berlin. Redesign the entire bus system and you only have stone age technology. Good luck!"
 
user15026
@twobugs makes everyone walk
 
4:48 PM
I've spent a few hours on it and I thought I was just really stupid until I read about other people having trouble, too :P
 
@twobugs To be fair I'm biased towards Hong Kong because I lived there :P
Wow, I've been sitting here a long time trying to do the same thing and continually forgetting that I was doing it. I have a feeling today will be a challenge.
I also have my headphones on for some unknown reason since I'm not actively listening to anything
 
I'm checking out Google Code. I might try using this in my next project. It looks pretty neat.
 
@twobugs Are you talking about the code hosting site?
 
5:03 PM
ah excellent. I see reddit is already full force on "hypocrite reviewers" since Overwatch is being scored highly despite having "the same flaws of other games". A common one being it's multiplayer only. "Why does X get free pass?!"
Man I hate when gamers complain about that
"it's blizzard fanboys"
No, it's just a solid well made game, so things like "no singeplayer" isn't as big of a deal to folks.
I just don't get how some people don't understand that how large of a problem specific complaiints are will depend on the game itself
It's not some checklist of "No singleplayeR? -2 points"
"but meh review scores"
 
I hate multi-player games, so no-singler-player is a deal breaker for me, but I'm not stupid enough to declare the game "crap" because of that.
 
It's not like it's a trick either, "OMG no single player? HOW WAS I TO KNOW?"
 
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Q: Does the enemy see Hanzo's sonar?

Иво НедевIt didn't occur to me during the open beta, tried to look around me recently couldn't see the red Hanzo's sonar. So can my team see the other team's Hanzo's sonic arrow on the ground/wall near me?

 
@KutuluMike and that's the thing. That's totally legit. but trying to call folks mindless hypocrites because "oh no SP wasa problem for you in that game, why not this one?!"
IT's so stupid
 
I mean, I hate sports games, too.
but I'm not automatically declaring MAdden 2k16 "garbage" because it's about football
 
5:06 PM
and thing is, I'm not talking about "I dislike this because X"
 
"THIS MULTI-PLAYER GAME IS MULTI-PLAYER. IT SUX"
?
 
I'm talking when folks start ripping into fans and reviews for liking onie game, but not other
and just make some silly checklist
 
@Wipqozn Especially if this is like a Diablo III comparison that's really dumb
 
"You complained that UFC 2k16 did not have Rhonda Rousey! Well Overwatch doesn't have Rhonda Rousey either, WHY U NOT MAD?"
 
@KutuluMike basically, yeah, but within the same genre
 
5:08 PM
Though that's not quite SP/MP so much as online/offline but I don't even know why they'd make that argument, so
 
copy/paste from redit
Rainbow Six Siege gets criticised for being a full price title while only offering online PvP play with some basic coop mode.

Overwatch doesn't.

Battleborn gets criticised for 'offering little content' despite it's PvE campaign and 6 maps with more to come.

Overwatch doesn't.

Star Wars Battlefront gets criticised for it's simplicity.

Overwatch doesn't.

I mean, I think the game is really good and it deserves every bit of praise it gets. It's a very well made, high quality Blizzard game.

But this is just over the top. These double standards are the worst. I thought reviewers must at le
like instead of asking "okay, why is little content a problem for Battleborn but not overwatch?" it's just "damn fanboys"
The problem could be that folks think the gameplay in Battleborn just isn't as fun
 
Battleborn has little content but it's meant to be highly replayable.
And yeah, it's not the same kind of fun. It is fun though.
 
Battleborn must not be so bad since the Robot keeps playing it
 
Overwatch gets you a thrill in about ten minutes.
 
I was in the closed beta but I think I only logged in because uhh lazy
 
5:10 PM
Battleborn is 30 minutes to an hour.
 
or maybe the price fo RSS is a problem since folks just don't think that the multiplayer of that game is good enough to justify $60, but $40/$60 is worth it for overatch
Just crazy
 
Didn't Battleborn drop in price to $40 this week?
 
@MadMAxJr yeah, because it's doing really poorly from what I understand
So yeah, my summary is that gamers are dumb
 
It picked a really bad time to launch. (Battleborn)
 
I mean, $40 isn't a full-price title
Technically yes there is a $60 edition, but the game is actually $40
 
5:13 PM
@Unionhawk supposedly the origin edition is the only one one consoles
 
Oh, well then
 
but still, I hte this notion of "only MP? Game not worth $60"
 
Good thing I bought it for PC
 
No, that's dumb. There's more to value than "Does it have SP and MP?"
The games where folks complain about that asmore than just mindless ranting is usually because the MP isn't good enough to hold up
 
"This game is literally TF2 except it isn't free? BLI$$ARD I$ $O GR€€DY"
 
5:15 PM
That argument above actually seems reasonable to me. If you criticize/ding one game for having a particular deficiency but not another game for having the same deficiency, it makes reviews inconsistent.
 
Look at SC2. Folks primarily play the MP on that, and put in thousands of hours. If they suddenly dropped SP, which most folks only paly through once, would it suddenly not be worth whatever it's price it?
 
Yes
 
Even if the underlying reason is "this game's multiplayer isn't good enough to justify the cost", expressing it as "it's bad that this game only has multiplayer, but fine that this other game only has multiplayer" makes reviews seem capricious
 
Besides, technically it does have singleplayer, it's called vs bots (yes I know this is not the same thing as a campaign)
 
@murgatroid99 That's fair, but that's really a case of bad reviews if that's how it's really going. However I doubt that. A lot of folks just latch on to one thing in a review and ignore the context or justification.
@Unionhawk that's silly
 
5:17 PM
@Wipqozn The joke is I'm answering rhetorical questions in a contrarian manner to annoy you
 
Blizzard doesn't really release bad games, so I'm okay with this. Though if you want to fish for bad games they made, you can dig up Justice League Task Force.
 
@Unionhawk I'll poke holes in you and watch you sink, boat
and some folks will have legit complaints, but my main point, honestly, is that the quality of a game makes ahuge difference.
If the game has top notic gameplay you're more willing to look over certain issues, and not even intentionally. You won't even notice those issues. IF the gameplay isn't that great then those issues start to crop up and in your face.
 
I expect TF2 characters trying to wear cardboard copies of Overwatch characters in attempt to stay relevant.
 
@Wipqozn I guess I'm only getting this second or third hand, but "bad reviews" (or bad reviewers) seems to be exactly the thing that that excerpt you posted is criticizing.
 
Holy crap are you suggesting that the goodness of a game is related to the quality of the game and not the quantity of content?
 
5:21 PM
@Unionhawk yeah
that's basically what my entire argument is
 
@Unionhawk What does that even mean?
 
I'm suggesting that Blizzard has a +5 goodness bonus for games they make.
The trade off is that it takes them 18 years to release a new IP
 
@murgatroid99 It is, but it's really just someone picking checkpointed items without context and speaking for the community and reviewers as a whole.
Those points, without any context, don't hold
It's the justification and reasoning behind those things that matter, and it all comes down to game quality
when 10 hours into a MP only game you're thinking "man, this is fun, but I don't think it'll hold interest for long without SP!". The problem isn't that there's no SP, it's that the MP obviously isn't that great.
If you've played for 50 hours and that doesn't even enter your head then it's because the game is a lot of fun
That's basically what I'm complaining about. The complete removal of the games quality, and realizing how large of a factor game quality plays into how things like "MP only" and "AMount of content" matter.
 
I think then it really depends on what a game's score is supposed to mean, and what "quality" means.
 
@murgatroid99 that's fair
 
5:27 PM
I think people get hung up on "am I getting the most amount of stuff to do for my money" is part of it
 
I'm basically just ranting about people ranting about complaints without considering the context and reason behind those complaitns
 
look
 
looks
 
here's a very quick very game grading guideline
 
@Unionhawk yeah, but that's more complicated than "is it MP only".
 
5:28 PM
prepares to be disappointed
 
Since it completely ignores how enjoyable and long lasting the MP is
 
@badp If it doesn't confuse @badp it gets +17 to its score
 
undertale 75/10
big rigs 8/10
barbie magic hair 6/10
 
A shit MP focused game with a shit 5 hour campaign is still a shit game
 
you should be able to figure out the rest
 
5:28 PM
and if you removed the SP, the game isn't shit because "no SP", it's because the game is shit because of reasons
Also I'm not really tlaking about reviews scores, really. I usually ignore those.
 
realistically speaking all of your game scores ever should be using the entire grading range between 9.7 and 10.0
 
I think badp has a point. Overwatch has no comical skeletons. 2/10.
 
@Wipqozn You mean like how people lost their shit over IGN's score of Uncharted 4? That was a fun day.
 
@Unionhawk Probably
I used to care about scores a lot when I was younger
 
And they gave it at least an 8 and change?
 
5:30 PM
@MadMAxJr yes, so CoC gets +47 for Larry
 
Which is a Positive Review?
 
I still get annoyed every so often, but now it's usually more "this is why scores are fucking stupid"
@Unionhawk Not to gamers. LEss than 9? Game is crap.
 
The issue is that we can't all objectively agree on what makes a multiplayer game "fun". Otherwise someone would have made it and we'd all just be playing that game. So reviewers need objective criteria to judge games, so it's not just "games that this particular reviewer enjoyed playing for some reason"
 
@murgatroid99 I agree, but solid reviews will list reasons why it's an issue
 
I'm having fun and nobody can stop meeeeee.
 
5:31 PM
But I think that breaks down because it's impossible to quantify "fun"
 
@MadMAxJr bans
 
LOOK I NEED TO KNOW IF PORTAL 2 IS BETTER OR NOT THAN CIV 5 IT'S NOT THAT HARD
MY GAMERHOOD DEPENDS ON IT
 
no.
 
To be clear here I'm not talking about someone who compares two reviews, and points out issues with them. I'm talking about people who just take some general complaint, claim it's all anyone said, and remove any sense of context."
 
@badp much better
 
5:32 PM
@badp can you blow stuff up in either of them?
 
it's got portals, for one
 
portal 2 is a 150, civ 5 is a 157
 
@Dragonrage yes
 
portal 2 has portals. civ 5 has psychopath ghandi
 
5:33 PM
does the annoying brit voice trump the hexagonal tiles
THIS IS IMPORTANT
 
"Am I replying to the right person? Yeah it's probably the right person"
 
then the one that you can make more things explode is better
 
@badp I'VE NEVER PLAYED civ 5 SO IT MOST BE OBJECTIVELY WORSE
 
@badp Isn't Civ 5 the one with square tiles?
 
@Dragonrage in Civ you have unlimited explosions but they are more like third party smoke, you never actually explode anything
 
5:34 PM
@MattE.Эллен also it has a 5 in it, which isnt even, so it's even worse
 
in Portal 2 you control the bombs yourself
SO WHICH ONES ARE TRUER PROER MUCHER CORER GAMER
 
@badp thats lame. portal is better then
 
@badp Candy Crush
 
@MattE.Эллен ME NEITHER UP TOP
 
it has bombs and candy
 
5:35 PM
@badp TOPS UP
 
Which is objectively MOAR better? Hello Kitty Island Adventure or GTA 5???
 
@murgatroid99 So I guess I'm making an assumption about the quality of reviews here, but I'm also taking about when folks complain about community opinion as well, and try to hold that to the same standards as professional reviews. Like you can't hold the community hivemind at large to the same standards as a review written by a single professional (or single person). IT just doesn't make sense. And although the community hivemind might hate on one game for lacking SP and not other [...][
 
@MadMAxJr HL3
 
HL3 is NaN/10
 
@Dragonrage oddly a lot worse
 
5:36 PM
Half Life 3 requires creating a dimensional rift to cross to a reality where it releases.
 
So I configured slackbot to clean up flipped tables and I'm convinced my team now hate me: https://t.co/85e9kyKnjO
Fantastic
 
Did no one appreciate the good puns just made?
 
@MadMAxJr I think that reality has already collapsed onto itself
 
@MadMAxJr 7.
 
@murgatroid99 it's likely either just folks A) Getting caught up in hype, which yeah is dumb and happens or B) the community at large not being able ot willing to express why a game is bad, so they just get to something like "No SP", when in reality it's just that folks don't think the MP is fun. For a professional review I'd expect something like "No SP, game isn't worth it for just MP because X". If reviewers aren't doing that "because X" [..]
@murgatroid99 then that's a bad review, but I wouldn't hold the community hivemind to the same standard.
 
5:38 PM
@murgatroid99 It's been described to me as a unit testing framework for C++
 
Being able to do a critique of anything isn't easy, despite what some folks thing, because being able to explain reasons why something is bad takes time and knowledge. You can't expect the community hivemind to be capable of that.
 
@twobugs I think you're talking about Google Test
 
Yeah, that's what I meant
I just went back and saw I said Google Code initially... Oops
 
Google Test is apparently what my team uses for C++ testing, so I guess it's good
 
Google Code on the other hand was always terrible and thank god it's dead
 
5:44 PM
I didn't mind Google Code too much
I liked that its wiki was its own proper git repo
dunno if it's the same with github
 
If your only objective was to host something I guess it was serviceable? But trying to actually collaborate, ugh
 
@badp I'm pretty sure it isn't, but you can also just write a bunch of markdown files in your repository and make those your documentation. And you can also get a repo-name.github.io website, which is another git repo
Actually, it's org-name.github.io/repo-name, but that works basically the same
It uses the special gh-pages branch to generate a website
 
Rick Santorum has endorsed Donald Trump
 
gg
 
Santorum is a disgusting slimeball but I think trying to make his last name into a nasty sex thing was a really stupid move
Because, ya'know, innocent people also have that last name.
 
5:54 PM
@twobugs He really needs to stop doing things just so people will remember he exists
 
I would be fine if he just stopped existing
 
Guys, talk me out of buying Overwatch
 
I mean he's Catholic for christ's sake and he's endorsing Trump, the man who thinks he doesn't have to ask god for forgiveness for anything.
 
@Chippies no
 
Asking forgiveness from god is like one of the daily todo items on Catholic agendas
 
5:56 PM
@uni pls
 
@TimStone This is accurate
 
@Chippies I haven't bought it yet so you should stay strong
STAY STRONG
 
@TimStone but... the peer pressure... :/
 
No you should buy it it's a fun game
Or not, I don't actually care
 
@TimStone You should buy Overwatch
 
5:57 PM
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
@Chippies it is probably going to get on sale soon
 
It's probably not going to go on sale soon
 
in the meanwhile you can see if the game gets content updates and the community survives the initial hype
 
@badp it's blizzard, I doubt it's going on a sale until they release an expansion
 
you don't even know if there's going to be one
 
5:58 PM
@badp which is exactly my point
 
Let's talk about Blizzard games where the community died
 
there won't be a sale for a long time
 
crickets
 
Blizzard games are more of a long term investment imho
 
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING YOUR OWN LOGIC TO MY ARGUMENT TO SAVE YOU MONEY OKAY
 
5:59 PM
I'm having short term fun though
 
I have easily had $60 worth of fun
 
Yeah, and I spent $40!
 

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