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1:01 PM
@GnomeSlice to be fair, if the most vocal and politically visible faction of gamers is gamergate, that's an entirely reasonable conclusion to draw
 
Shrug
Not getting into that
 
I mean, the genesis of gamergate, AIUI, was (a) a few news orgs run stories about how 'gamer' as a label is no longer meaningful, because ~everyone plays games now, so everyone is a gamer; which what would become GG described as a "war on gamers"
 
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@Unionhawk we don't want you in our pants not because you are gamers but because you are shitty people who treat us poorly.
 
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And that's me being kind.
 
and (b) Zoe Quinn's ex posting a lengthy rant on every forum he could register an account on about how horrible she was, which proto-GG interpreted as "the gaming press is controlled by an international feminazi cabal"
 
1:03 PM
@Ash Nah it can't be that. That would require me to consider my actions and their effect on other people.
 
(I mean, the actual reason -- the "inner narrative" -- is misogyny. But those are the outer narratives that made it easier to get people on board and build an actual movement around it.)
 
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@Ronan my apologies, I forgot, women aren't people. Carry on. ;)
 
You can say a woman is horrible without being a misogynist. That dude was a jackass, but that's not the same thing
 
So you have GG shouting very loudly about how they are Tru Gamers and generally being awful, and an increasingly large number of people who play games but distance themselves from the "gamer" label because, well, do you really want to be lumped in with those idiots?
@GnomeSlice I mean the actual reason for GG as a whole, not necessarily for Quinn's ex specifically
 
Also my best friend Christine has told me she wouldn't date somebody who games too much lol
@ToxicFrog eh... Like I said, not getting into that
 
1:06 PM
Like, it's about "ethics in gaming journalism" but if you look at what they actually do, no, it's about getting women out of the clubhouse
 
@GnomeSlice well there goes my chances with Christine, RIP
 
@BlueBarren she's a model, none of us had a chance to begin with LOL
 
(That's my mom's name so it would've been weird anyways)
 
Although I got her to play Diablo 3 with me 😁
 
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@GnomeSlice that sounds more like a concern that she'd not get enough time with the person if they chose gaming as their primary focus rather than relationship stuff
 
1:06 PM
(this also means it's now impossible to have an actual conversation about gaming journalistic ethics, because as soon as you bring it up people think you're GG-aligned, even though it's a conversation that badly needs to happen)
 
@Ash No she just think it's too geeky lol
She said that too
I love her but she's weird
 
I have a friend who's living with his girlfriend, he's only allowed to play games after 9pm because that's what they agreed on/she usually goes to sleep at that time
every single day
 
@BlueBarren yikes. Dealbreaker
'only allowed to' okay mom
 
I don't know how he's not building up resentment for her
 
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Although I should put my mod hat on and suggest that a) we all know that there were a lot of shitty people involved in Gamer gate, b) it causes a lot of intense feelings in here, so c) I'm not sure this is the most productive conversation to have necessarily as it just makes people feel shitty and upset.
 
1:08 PM
I'm not upset
 
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I understand you should want to spend time with your SO but the key word is want not forced to
 
I can disagree without getting upset
@BlueBarren yeah I mean that's headed for trouble
 
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I'm not saying don't talk about the things, just consider the fact that this is a very loaded subject for infinite reasons
 
Yes
 
1:09 PM
I've never been in a relationship but I can already understand I'll need a certain level of independance
so that just wouldn't fly for me
 
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@GnomeSlice I wasn't saying you were specifically, it was more a general statement
 
@BlueBarren yes, it helps
Oh you mean, well yeah anybody who tries to control what you do should be dumped on the spot
 
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@BlueBarren that's actually an important thing in any relationship, that you can both be independent people...
 
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If you can't there are problems
 
My wife and I usually both only play games after 7-8pm because that's when the toddlebot goes to sleep
 
1:10 PM
@Ash but it's a common issue that it doesn't happen, hence I feel like it needs to be specified
 
One day we'll be able to actually like play co-op games and stuff again
 
@ToxicFrog he said, wistfully
 
yep
 
@GnomeSlice always try to work through your issues before going "nuclear"
 
@Ash at my sisters wedding they put letting each do their own things in their vows, which I thought was pretty cool
 
1:11 PM
I mean, the toddlebot also loves gaming
 
@BlueBarren yeah that's not exactly what I meant but it's not healthy
 
@ToxicFrog I'm really enjoying the term "toddlebot"
 
But in practice what this means is that we end up playing a lot of Jill of the Jungle, Word Rescue, Crystal Caves, Descent, and Crypt of the NecroDancer
 
@GnomeSlice well the interesting thing is working through their issues is how they got to that point because my friend used to game too much to the point of completely ignoring her
 
The only one that sorta bother my girlfriend are competitive games cause I like can't look away or really carry a conversation while I'm playing
 
1:13 PM
Which are all good games (ok, maybe not Crystal Caves, it hasn't aged well) but after playing through one of them half a dozen times it gets kind of old
 
@BlueBarren skydrift is a better kids name CC @Sterno
 
@ToxicFrog what platform?
 
@KevinvanderVelden I don't get it...
 
@KevinvanderVelden hmm does that mean I'm "bridge out"?
 
1:14 PM
@GnomeSlice first three are DOS, Descent and Necrodancer are multiplatform
 
@BlueBarren Nah, it just means you're not completely in
Oct 21 '15 at 13:21, by Sterno
My favorite conversations
Me: Skydrift, do you want a cookie?
Skydrift: No.
Me: *puts cookies away*
Skydrift: I WANTED A COOKIE!
 
Aaah fun times
 
@KevinvanderVelden I feel like there's a saying for this, something about a toe out of water
 
@ToxicFrog legit lol. I used to play DOS games with my dad
 
1:16 PM
@BlueBarren re only playing games after @9 like, this sounds totally reasonable? They had an issue with the relationship, talked it over, came up with a solution that works for both of them...
Working As Intended, IMO
 
@ToxicFrog as long as both people are happy that's great
 
@BlueBarren aaanyway, because having the names of 3 year olds on the internet FOREVER AND EVER is kinda icky we called one of sterno's kids skydrift
 
Any relationship is going to involve some amount of communication, negotiation, and compromise; you can say "anybody who tries to control what you do should be dumped on the spot" but there's a difference between exerting control and expressing wants/needs/preferences.
 
@ToxicFrog it's just the fact it's so rigid. So say they have some down time in the middle of Saturday afternoon he wouldn't be allowed to play some games. It's also because his girlfriend has 0 independence, she literally does not know what do with herself by herself.
 
Yeah well when you put it like that yeah. I mean I was exaggerating
 
1:19 PM
@Unionhawk HA, HA, HA, HA, HA what the hell does that have anything to do with any game ever HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA. oh my god i think i'm dying here
 
@GnomeSlice growing up I played a lot of Apogee platformers (which Crystal Caves is); with my dad it was mostly Wing Commander, or UNIX games that he wrote/modified for me
Or, once I was a bit older, stuff like xpilot or mazewar
 
@ToxicFrog wing comanderrrrr
I also played some games my dad wrote
That's awesome
 
can you post more of it @Unionhawk, i want to see if it devolves further
 
@BlueBarren if that works for them, it's not a problem; and if it doesn't they'll have to recognize that and renegotiate.
 
@KevinvanderVelden plot twist what if sterno actually called his kid Skydrift but he convinced you that it was nickname to conceal the identify of the child because he knew you wouldn't believe it's the child's name?
@ToxicFrog I mean you're right but I want to play games with my friend sooooooooooo
 
1:21 PM
@BlueBarren we don't really have a handle for the toddlebot other than, well, toddlebot because they aren't old enough to pick their own yet
Like they wouldn't understand what we're asking
 
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@ToxicFrog I am amused that so many boys I have dated have a childhood that heavily features Wing Commander
 
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Because I have literally never seen that game played or played it
 
@Ash it's an awesome game!
 
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@ToxicFrog so I have heard!
 
@ToxicFrog i miss Crystal Caves
 
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1:22 PM
Okay going back to sleep now
 
Although I think Wing Commander 2 (which I didn't play until university) is better in many ways, but OG Wing Commander still has a special place in my heart
(p.s. fuck Maniac in hell forever)
 
Also never played it
 
WC1 also has a great programming story associated with it.
'night, Ash
 
What could have been: if you’d bought $1000 worth of Bitcoin in 2010, you would have lost it all when Mt. Gox got hacked
 
@ToxicFrog your kid doesn't have a name?
 
1:24 PM
@Ash wait before you go back to sleep, here's a dog enjoying a painting
 
@GnomeSlice meat-name, yes, handle, no
 
Ah that makes sense
Toddlebot is funny
 
1:39 PM
I approve of Toddlebot, though it's not scalable.
 
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Q: How many dead horses will the Horse God, Malanya, remember?

BatophobiaAfter paying to unlock Malanya, the Horse God, you can revive horses that you had boarded that have reached a state of no longer living. Is there some kind of limit on how many horses are available to be revived? For example, if I've had 2 horses die, can I revive them both? What about 10? and...

 
@Sterno you're not scalable
 
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1:51 PM
> The tinpot dictator look worked a treat – seeing a fat man with his flag and his lectern, stood behind his videogame toys with an air of self-importance was a fun and funny look. Unfortunately, it stopped being funny when nazis got popular again.
 
Does that mean hell is run by cats?
 
so, pretty much not at all?
 
@badp So... the difference is that he wears a top hat now?
And has some kind of weird scepter thing?
 
Now he's the evil Monopoly Man!
Dec 18 '16 at 17:30, by Tim Stone
@Unionhawk It's funny because the real enemy was capitalism all along!
 
@Yuuki people were concerned by the nazi imagery, so he replaced them with some monocle imagery. Except no monocle
I'm curious if those concerned find this a better fit
 
1:57 PM
@Yuuki reminds me of Don Kanoji's from Bleach
 
I agree it's a better look
 
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Q: How much CC is online play?

Fredy31In Mario Kart 8, when you play online, what CC are you playing on? 50, 100, 150 or 200CC? Talking here about if you were to compare it with the single player speeds, what speed would be equivalent to what you play online?

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Q: Accessing Adventure Worlds in Lego Dimensions

RogerHow do you get to the adventure world portals after this last update? The elevator no longer works, the level select on the main menu is disabled, and when I use the little console beside the portal, all of the worlds show up as question marks on both Vorton and the Shard. The characters that I'v...

 
I wonder if he should've changed his color scheme too.
 
@badp i like the transformer kind of thing it does
 
Red and black is somewhat stereotypically ominous and "bad guy aesthetic".
 
1:58 PM
@Memor-X I thought that transition thing was pretty unnecessary
kinda ruins any possibility for comedic timing around transitions
also what does red face and purple face mean anyway
 
My overwatch anniversary box didn't even have a skin in it
 
@Lazers2.0 I'm questioning if this user meant to ask about MK8 or they really meant MK8D
 
YES TWITTER I KNOW YOU'RE UPDATING YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME EVERY TIME I GO TO YOUR PAGE
 
@Ash no, mom. She still wakes me up and tucks the charger in bag.
 
@badp Jim is now supposed to look like a eccentric circus host.
 
2:09 PM
My only solution to stop forgetting chargers was to buy more of them, so I have a stationary at home and one I always have in my bag
 
Essentially less Pinochet and more Riddler
 
wouldn't Riddler wear a monocle?
 
@badp no, that's Penguin
 
@MadScientist I did that too but I keep breaking lightning cables
they're so flimsy
 
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2:23 PM
@Yuuki and leds! And a different background
 
@ToxicFrog Mostly because I'm not sure when was the last time the Republicans actually did something fiscally conservative.
 
@Yuuki before I became politically aware, at least
So maybe Bush 1.0?
 
I guess the AHCA shrinking the deficit (by the CBO's estimate) is technically fiscally conservative.
But I would argue it's only fiscally conservative if you look in the short-term and focus solely on the federal budget deficit.
The latter of which is probably the most misunderstood financial concept ever.
 
Our last fiscally conservative government was Liberal.
 
Defend the objective!
 
@fredley is it cold war
because I don't think so, the memes are lit
 
OH SHIT I JUST ASSUMED GENDER ON A WORK PHONE CALL. CHRIS IS A WOMAN
Can't believe I did that in 2017
 
@Sterno lol
Just apologise
 
@Solution destroy gender
 
@Sterno disgusting
(I'm obvi sarcastic here)
 
2:38 PM
@Avery Aren't Ukrain and Russia sorta in a non-official open war?
like actual constant bombings and stuff going on.
 
yeah
but the last thing I heard was months ago
 
You missed the whole Ukrain refused to allow the russian eurovision singer into the country part?
 
yup
 
she went to the krim some time before, and ukrain reacted with a simple "no, you're not coming in"
 
> constant bombings
> Eurovision
 
2:44 PM
hey
 
There were also some newsarticles about how the actual bombings and shooting continued during te eurovision.
 
turkey just won a championship on europe
it can't be full of terrorists or be a dictatorship can it
 
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Q: Is there any way to save defaults for auto/tilt steering, and auto acceleration in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

SuperboyBasically every time I play Mario Kart 8 - at least after having played anything else - I have to pause immediately after starting the first race to change everyone's settings. I get that part of that is sort of an unavoidable function of how the switch needs to be re-taught which controllers a...

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Q: Where do you find all the NPC'S on terraria?

PlutoI know how to get the clothier, the guild, the dryad, The hair stylist, the dye guy, the paint guy, the fisherman, and the goblin tinkerman. How and where do you get the other people? They are hard to find and google isn't giving me very useful answers. help anyone?

 
@Lazers2.0 How on earth did you miss the wiki that contains all information?
 
@Lazers2.0 At this rate, this user is going to be question banned shortly.
 
2:55 PM
@Lazers2.0 I'm curious as to why they're getting "ERROR" when they try to visit the Terraria wiki
is the site blocked maybe?
 
No-one will ever know unless the provide details about the error message
Which no-one ever does
 
If the user doesn't put in effort to explain themselves, they'll probably just go somewhere else and ignore fixing anything.
 
And that's why curiosity can be annoying.
 
@MadMAxJr Meh. The system will ban them soon.
 
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@Avery but theoretically you could either check for it before leaving or do that yourself :)
 
3:02 PM
I will do it myself starting now
 
damn, those cool filters
 
@BlueBarren That's so simple yet so awesome.
 
@BlueBarren that's kind of a problem in search for a solution
what if you were sitting next to someone else?
 
would be better if it was broken by half not by whole thing
 
then how do you operate the window-side seat?
 
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3:45 PM
@BlueBarren that's funny because that used to be common on trains
 
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Especially streetcars
 
Oh wow. That's neat.
I wish passenger rail went somewhere I want to go here.
 
@badp engineers will think of something. Just need to keep the spies from sapping.
(I thankfully don't have any allergies other than to henna, but yeah, that's cool)
 
wat
 
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Possibly air quality?
 
3:50 PM
Slightly used, second hand air.
 
@Ash 'NO2' or 'Particulate' forecast I would understand
'Breathing'
 
@badp you just yell at them to let you reverse the seat, don't take no for an answer
 
Also London's breathing is 'Very Good', so I'm not sure I trust it
 
My breathing is "on"
 
That's good, that's a factory default setting.
I don't recommend changing it.
 
4:01 PM
Toggling it is occasionally useful.
Like when the unit is submerged.
 
Well there's supposed to be a routine that handles the conditional on/off.
You haven't installed any third party software have you?
 
It's hard to keep the OTA updates out.
Sometimes you get malicious updates and the unit gets upset and overheats.
 
@badp or the unit is placed into a competition to see which unit can remain off the longest
 
I don't think that's how autoerotic asphyxiation works
5
 
Breathing=very yes
 
4:11 PM
TIPS TO BE THE SUCCESS: 1. Website (learn it) 2. Utilize the "Power Yes" 3. Anti-goblin serum 4. Earn for good, it IS real! 5. Muscles
 
Breathing is useful
 
@GnomeSlice seems a lot like the profit meme
 
I recommend installing peripherals that let you continue to breathe while submerged
 
@GnomeSlice can confirm, am not goblin
 
1. Enable Breathing
2. Breath
3. ?????
4. Profit.
@RedRiderX seems like the twitter user is a ghost baby though
 
4:15 PM
@RedRiderX I feel like anti-goblin serum should be higher up on the list.
The last thing anyone wants is to find themselves suddenly wearing a green jumpsuit and demanding to know Spider-Man's secret identity.
I'm fairly certain that'll get you kicked out of most job interviews.
 
I don't recommend 3rd party breathing controls.
 
@MadMAxJr Well some units come with defective breathing controls.
 
@Yuuki it would bother me more if suddenly I was surrounded by low level trash mobs that dropped really bad loot.
 
And there's no manufacturer's warranty.
 
I do not recommend returning people for RMA.
 
4:21 PM
Is this an ASUS product? I hate going through their RMA process
 
I have apparently managed to do something my boss has been wanting for years.
 
@Frank Oh?
 
Daddy, where do babies come from? "Well most parts are sourced from Taiwan companies, a few in Korea, but most production is in China."
 
"Designed by Apple in California"
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This seems like a Calvin's Dad scenario now. (Calvin and Hobbes, if you've never read the old comics)
 
4:28 PM
@MadMAxJr What about the sequel, Calvin, Hobbes, and Rousseau?
 
I'm pretty sure there's an actual comic for "Where do babies come from" although I'm pretty sure his answer wasn't China
 
Yes. Calvin's Dad answers are the best answers.
 
"It builds character"
 
Lmao I didn't notice they set the threshold on that petition to 200 people
Like what
 
So Square Enix is selling Hitman and IO
 
4:31 PM
@Unionhawk you're still looking at that?
 
I guess Hitman wasn't popular enough for them?
 
@GnomeSlice it came up on my feed again ok
 
I think they set a goal for Hitman to sell something like 1.5 million more copies than it did.
 
guys send help, I want to buy food at work again even though I've eaten lunch already
@MadMAxJr if selling Hitman/IO means they won't make a second season for that "Hitman" game then I'll actually buy it when it's on sale
 
I already got it for PS4 on sale. Admittedly it was a buy one-get-one sale.
 
4:34 PM
I've withheld from doing so because I don't want to buy a "complete edition" then have them release an entire another season
I understand why a lot of developers are trying the weirdest monetary schemes but I don't like it
 
@MadMAxJr Calvin & Hobbes should be required reading, IMO
 
@Unionhawk what petition?
 
@GodEmperorDune "cancel far cry 5 bc it paints Gamers as the villians"
 
@GodEmperorDune I'm just going to assume it's Far Cry 5: Crying Cryers
 
It's truly comedy gold
 
4:46 PM
hue, link?
 
He come to town
 
@Unionhawk have they even hit that
I mean, you can get at least 200 people to sign anything, but still
 
> Even if you insist on making the villains American Christians, consider mixing the races a bit to not target white people exclusively
LOLOLOLOL
 
posted on May 30, 2017 by Xeiroh

I really want to find an interesting and fun mmorpg to play, I just started playing world of Warcraft a few days ago. It's enjoyable but I'm wondering if I'm missing out on something way more fulfilling. Before someone says "what I find fun may be different for you", I'm asking you what you think is fun in your opinion and why? Is World of Warcraft the ultimate or sho

 
@GodEmperorDune I mean I've seen people complain about lack of diversity in lots of games...
 
4:48 PM
"Trump tweets against Germany, escalating row after tense summits" - reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-trump-idUSKBN18Q138
 
You can't make this shit up
 
As far as I know, the only people who use "us gamers" seriously (in that they believe gamers are a monolithic group) are the Gamergate people.
 
@Arperum I've managed to get a controller to sync temperature zones so that they heat at roughly the same rate.
 
@Yuuki yes
 
If one gets too far outside the target, it pauses the heat ramp until they're all back in.
 
4:49 PM
And they're not the kind of people who complain about lack of diversity in games.
 
That whole Farcry 5 protest reads like a PR stunt.
But it'll give the game some free marketing.
 
4 hours ago, by MBraedley
@Unionhawk I like how it purportedly represents all gamers (or at least all American gamers), just like gamergate tried to.
 
@Frank fancy
 
@badp Heh
 
@Unionhawk can I unpetition this?
 
4:53 PM
@Unionhawk I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or a total lack of self awareness
 
or unsign?
 
@Arperum Seeing as how it was no code at all, yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself.
 
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Q: Rename [little-big-planet] → [littlebigplanet]

Steven VascellaroAll the tags for the LittleBigPlanet franchise have the game title separated into three separate words, Little Big Planet. This makes questions about the game harder to stumble across due to lower SEO rankings. I propose renaming the following tags. little-big-planet → littlebigplanet little-b...

 
@PrivatePansy it's the second one
Because IMC and friends have already written articles on Heat Street about it
 
y tho
 

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