The Bridge

Powerlord

12:03 AM

So, how far into this episode of Big Bang Theory will Valve finally push it?

stevether

My saxton hale server keeps crashing and I don't know why =[

Powerlord

@stevether You've made sure TF2Items is up to date?

GnomeSlice

Nice. I can't see my cursor in Toki Tori 2.

Why does this happen with so many fullscreen applications

Powerlord

New TF2 group post... one moment

New Halloween Comic

stevether

@Powerlord I believe so but I'll double check once I'm home. Thanks.

GnomeSlice

12:08 AM

And now it won't open again.

@KevinY left.

badp

@Powerlord the first three pages are a trainwreck

Powerlord

So, the new boss is going to be... Monoculus, the Demoman's missing eye?

> Answers like, "The TF mercs would wear awesome costumes that you can pick up by collecting scattered gifts in the Halloween update--which will be live very soon!"

No big surprise here

GnomeSlice

Roguelike made by one of the guys from Nitrome? Yes please.

Kevin Y

@GnomeSlice And I'm back!

@GnomeSlice ooo roguelike

GnomeSlice

@KevinY he said, just as GnomeSlice closed Frozen Synapse.

Kevin Y

12:22 AM

@GnomeSlice :D I have outstanding timing

GnomeSlice

ಠ_ಠ reopens

Gah, it's so tiny on this computer.

@KevinY ಠ_ಠ

?_?

Powerlord

Valve really is taking a long time.

badp

sigh

Dave McClelland

@Powerlord That seems eerily similar to one of the bosses from Terraria

GnomeSlice

@DaveMcClelland Just because it's an eye?

Dave McClelland

12:33 AM

@GnomeSlice Because it's a very similar looking eye

@GnomeSlice And because it has other, smaller eyes flying around it

GnomeSlice

@DaveMcClelland Sounds like Andross.

Dave McClelland

@GnomeSlice I suppose so, but Terraria is recent enough that the TF2 devs likely had it fresh in their mind

GnomeSlice

Actually, Andross was a flying brain, I guess.

Powerlord

An eye with smaller eyes? Like one of the bosses from Zelda: A Link to the Past, or Zelda: Majora's Mask.

badp

so Steam should close their offices in 20 minutes

given that it's 17:40 now PDT

Powerlord

12:41 AM

Darn, I saw a new hlds_announce post that started Required Update... but it's for Killing Floor

(Lets see if Valve takes this bait)

OH, I suddenly need to walk away from my computer!

Now lets see if they push the update.

badp

:/

Powerlord

12:56 AM

Fine, next I'll launch TF2 to do a volume check on my new headset.

GnomeSlice

I don't get it.

You guys enjoyed TF2 up until today just the way it was.

Why isn't it fun any more until the update is released?

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Who said it wasn't?

GnomeSlice

Well, you're all being like 'hurry the fuck up valve, man you guys suck for not releasing this blah blah blah"

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice It's a required update.

Meaning that you can't connect to servers afterwards.

Or rather, outdated clients can't connect to updated servers.

Plus, Valve is adding a bunch of new items that can be found on a new map they're also adding.

Dave McClelland

@GnomeSlice It's different for server admins. We just want it to be out so we can stop waiting around

badp

1:01 AM

Besides, what's wrong with being excited about an update?

GnomeSlice

Nothing.

That's not what I meant.

Powerlord

The problem is that I run 3 TF2 servers. One will auto-update, the other two won't. Plus, the third is being converted to a Halloween Event server.

Hmm, right, I haven't checked the Steam Halloween sale yet

Anyway, my new headset arrived today

badp

@Powerlord Is it vintage?

Which class?

ducks

Powerlord

Trine 2 preorder started. I noticed Trine 2 is starting at $15, whereas Trine started at $40

badp

yesterday, by badp

Pre-Purchase Now: Trine 2: #PrePurchase http://bit.ly/udmSUt

Tweeted by steam_games on October 26, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Powerlord

1:12 AM

Overlord Complete Pack is $5.

If you missed it last time...

badp

Is it any good?

Powerlord

I like Overlord. Although I haven't finished Overlord 2.

It's one of the games I reinstalled on this computer, though.

If you do get the Overlord games, install 1 and Raising Hell at the same time, as it adds new areas throughout the game.

Overlord is like Pikmin, but you play the titular Evil Overlord.

Dave McClelland

Can someone ping me whenever the server actually comes out?

I'm going to play some BF3 in the meantime

Powerlord

@plbgay We confirmed earlier that everyone will get a Steam key for Gemini Rue in due course, yes - thanks!

Tweeted by indieroyale on October 27, 2011 at 5:08 PM in reply to plbgay

\o/

I activated my other 3 for that already.

@badp Did you want me to tell you more about Overlord? I think it might even have a Steam demo.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Everyone?

badp

1:18 AM

@Powerlord It does. Downloading

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Everyone who ordered the Indie Royale bundle.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Is that still available?

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Yes, you have 3 more days

indieroyale.com

The minimum price has literally doubled since yesterday.

It's not like the Humble Indie Bundle, where you could opt to pay $0.01

The earlier you purchased, the lower the minimum was, and if you paid >= $10, you'd lower the price for everyone.

GnomeSlice

Oh man.

Powerlord

@badp Anyway, short synopsis is that you're the evil Overlord, and you have minions you can order to attack enemies, move objects around, turn turnstyles to open gates, etc...

GnomeSlice

1:23 AM

I have wanted most of these games before.

Powerlord

Your goal is to defeat the 7 heroes who killed the previous Overlord.

@GnomeSlice I wanted Gemini Rue before, and was thinking of getting Sanctum at one point.

So, I paid $10 (back when minimum was $2.87). My $10 lowered the price by $0.01. :|

TF2 just updated.

@DaveMcClelland TF2 updated, come back

Dave McClelland

@Powerlord Yeah, I got the email. thanks for the ping

Powerlord

Required updates for Team Fortress 2 are now available. The specific changes include:

- Halloween 2011 Event
- Viaduct has been haunted and is now... Eyeaduct!
- One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
- Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
- 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
- Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
- New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!

Whoa, one of my servers finished updating already

OCReMix BLU is back up and operational

badp

New achievements:

Optical Defusion
Kill MONOCULUS!

Dive Into A Good Book
Get to Loot Island and claim your reward!

also 156 new TF2 strings

lol, Econ_holiday_restriction_halloween_or_fullmoon

Dave McClelland

So the question - do I now have a ghastliest gibbus?

badp

1:31 AM

ARM KILL joins the ranks of FISH KILL.

Kevin Y

Hmm.

badp

Halloween Goodie Cauldron

Mine contains:

The Seal Mask

Garlic Flank Stake

So an all class misc and a sniper only misc it appears

Kevin Y

Should I just use it?

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Wait. Gemini Rue is only available through Desura?

I don't have whatever that is.

Powerlord

16 mins ago, by Powerlord

@plbgay We confirmed earlier that everyone will get a Steam key for Gemini Rue in due course, yes - thanks!

Tweeted by indieroyale on October 27, 2011 at 5:08 PM in reply to plbgay

GnomeSlice

1:34 AM

@Powerlord Oh, I guess that's what that was for.

badp

Oh wait the seal mask's a hat actually.

Kevin Y

Hmm, I got a PyroMisc1 and a Seal Mask

And a description tag.

GnomeSlice

Purchased.

Dave McClelland

I got a seal mask and "The Futankhamun"

badp

Also, my Gibus got upgraded to Ghastlier

It is however non tradable.

Dave McClelland

1:36 AM

I now have a "Ghastlierest Gibbus"

Oh valve

badp

tf2b.com/item/76561197962428970/42346592

koth_viaduct_event, for your server filtering needs

Powerlord

teamfortress.com/veryscaryhalloween

New update page

badp

oh look, now they have a boss health bar

Dave McClelland

Any gaming.SE related sites updated yet?

Powerlord

My server crashed when someone joined, or so it looks.

badp

1:42 AM

kinda wish I could revert this UI mod

Kevin Y

Looks like I'll be trying to get those achievements – I wonder how crowded the servers will be.

Powerlord

Steam hasn't even downloaded 1MB of the TF2 client update for me yet.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Over trafficked?

Kevin Y

I'm at about 300MB after restarting the download.

Dave McClelland

@KevinY Switch to a foreign country

GnomeSlice

2:00 AM

@KevinY I've got 16 mb of Sanctum.

I stopped it.

Kevin Y

@Powerlord So there'll be an OCRemix server running koth_viaduct_event after everything gets updated?

badp

1st try to the loot island, I clip into an enemy engie

2nd try, I get killed right before teleporting

Kevin Y

Yay TF finally launched

badp

3rd try, I get killed right before teleporting

Kevin Y

What's this Loot Island all about?

badp

2:02 AM

There should be gifts there

Powerlord

@KevinY Yes

However, I may try to debug this crash first.

If I can track it down to a specific plugin... \o/

Kevin Y

Turns out I got a Level 31 Seal Mask and a Level 35 The Fallen Angel from the cauldron.

badp

so achievements got but the costume pieces?

LessPop_MoreFizz

facebook.com/mountaindew/posts/10150382944206489

Lazers

0

Q: Battlefield 3 negative skill level?

Does anyone know why, even after finishing a multiplayer round and earning the MVP2 ribbon, I get a negative skill level? These are the stats from this round that i pulled from Battlelog. Skill level -1.76 Kills 9 Deaths 8 K/D Ratio 1.125 Kill Assists 2 Vehicles Destroyed 2 Award Score 1100 Sq...

battlefield-3

badp

2:20 AM

let me guess it's mann manor gifts that give the costume pieces right

Powerlord

red.ocrtf2.com is now up and operational with SourceMod again

Kevin Y

Hooray for full event servers everywhere.

badp

has anybody figured out the gifts?

Kevin Y

2:35 AM

Nope.

Hmm, anybody interested in a Strange L'Etranger?

/wanted to get Strange Equalizer

badp

> If you sell a strange l'etranger, you will get 8100 credits.

> If you want to buy a strange equalizer, it will cost you 11500 credits.

Kevin Y

Yup. :/

badp

So you're, um, a refined short?

less than that

Kevin Y

I didn't mean I wanted to trade it for an Equalizer, just that I want to sell the L'Etranger.

badp

oh.

lol, unusual stainless pot: 1,750,000 credits

Effect: Stormy Storm

Kevin Y

2:38 AM

Yeah, I saw that. I wonder if it'll ever get bought.

badp

that's ridicolous

That's 389 refineds

or 167 keys (ca.)

Lazers

0

Q: Is swain is just an underrated champion in League of Legends?

I want to know if swain can be a nice champion to use in LoL. Even though i just seen him once in a game. Is it worthy to spent 6300 ip on him?? or it doesn't have the potential to be a good mage character? sorry for my bad english. Thank you.

league-of-legends

0

Q: I need help identifying an old NES game

The game had 2 stages on each level. The first stage was a space ship sidescroller. You had to shoot the various enemies and pick up powerups bubbles with a letter on them like "A". Once you completed that you landed on a spacestation and exited the spaceship. Inside the spacestation you had a j...

identify-this-game

badp

or €333

Kevin Y

Noooo TF don't freeze just as I finally get into an Eyeaduct server. D:

Brant

2:51 AM

8

Q: What is a good power levelling strategy for Diablo 2?

The Battle.net ladder reset a few days ago, and already some players are up to level 90+. Myself, I've managed to play primarily solo and get to Act 3 in Normal and a comfortable level 20. I presume these other players are going in groups and helping each other out rather than soloing, but I do...

diablo-2

How the hell are there 4 long, thorough, informative answers on this question, and 3 of them have never been upvoted?

Vote, dammit!

Kevin Y

@badp I believe "Want It" applies for 5 minutes after an item is submitted, and everyone who clicks the button gets entered into a lottery. Whoever gets picked gets the item reserved for themselves; people want it so the "bots" don't snatch up the Refined Metal every single time.

badp

oh, I see

so why did you reply here?

Kevin Y

I don't feel like making an account on their forums.

badp

also is the TRADE button doing nothing for just me?

Kevin Y

Me neither.

The New Items list hasn't been cycling through so I think the system is down.

Kevin Y

3:12 AM

Yup, the "Store is currently offline" message is up now.

John

3:24 AM

@Ronan I don't have a commitment yet, but I think I'll be able to bring a person each day. It might be a different person each day, but a person each day.

badp

I think I won.

While BLU is doomed to certain death, Red's safe.

Lazers

3:46 AM

0

Q: As recon, can I recover my T-UGS sensor?

I think I've read that you can pick up a T-UGS sensor after you've deployed it. And when I stand right next to my deployed T-UGS, I get a "Press [Space] to pick up weapon" message. But I mashed the space key for a good long while with no effect, and pressing or holding the Interact button on my...

battlefield-3

Kevin Y

4:07 AM

Stop freezing TF2, I want to kill Monoculous!

Randall Munroe's xkcd

user20683

gamespot.com/news/6342578/…

user20683

ugly

user20683

just ugly

Lazers

4:31 AM

0

Q: Battlefield 3 PC boxed, DRM constraints and Origin?

Is the boxed version of Battlefield 3 free from crapware? I have in mind intrusive "always online DRM", Origin and such. I refuse to use yet another download service, I removed all but steam from my Windows partition and I'm happy that way Despite being an ex-hardcore BF (1942, vietnam and 2) f...

pc battlefield-3 drm origin

Lazers

6:01 AM

0

Q: What game engines have the functionality to alter/modify/destroy terrain?

I've enjoyed playing games like Red Faction, X-Com, Minecraft and The Incredible Hulk where the terrain and environment can be altered/ modified/ destroyed. Because I'm basically a big kid who likes to smash stuff up. Red Faction used the Geo Mod engine but I can't find any reference of any othe...

game-mechanics red-faction-guerrilla

user30

6:40 AM

@badp This makes you a dick. Think of their stats in the morning ;)

Lazers

7:29 AM

0

Q: Why won't the mission selection screen update in Might and Magic: Heroes 6?

I have just completed the second mission of the tutorial campaign in Might and Magic: Heroes 6. However, when I click on the "Next Map" button on the screen at the end, it just starts me over on the same mission again. Additionally, when I go back to the mission selection screen from the main men...

might-magic-heroes-6

Ronan Forman

9:23 AM

@John It's only happening on the Saturday, or we'd have to have completely different teams each day, for instance I can't make it all of sunday.

Martin Sojka

9:53 AM

So ... Lineage I in US/EU gets closed, NCSoft West "agrees" to give the rights to publish Lineage II in the whole of Europe (as opposed to just Russia) to Innova, they (according to Massively) have to endure another round of lay-offs in the Aion/Lineage II/Exteel team (with operative jobs getting moved to South Korea ... without the people, presumably), and the Lineage II support team still didn't manage to tell the few remaining players what the future of their servers will be, if any ...

WHAT THE HELL, NCSoft West? How much of a failure can you be? </rant>

Ronan Forman

10:21 AM

I'm so disappointed in Nintendo right now. Do they not realise that their strong point is the games side, and yet they take the moronic approach of copying Sony and advertising their console! If people want the games they'll but the console. People don't buy consoles so they can look at the menu screens!

That was about @WorldEngineer's link

badp

@ThomasMcDonald A demoman moments later came up and blew 'em all up

user30

@badp heh

user30

I guess I'm going to have to install Origin

Martin Sojka

10:39 AM

"Have to"?

user30

Yeah, for bf3

user30

although if the postie doesn't show up in the next twenty I'll leave it until tomorrow cause going to see Arctic Monkeys at Nottingham (prods @Ronan)

Martin Sojka

Well, only insofar as you "have to" play BF3 ...

user30

oh its here

Ronan Forman

@ThomasMcDonald Where?

I'm guessing Capital.

It keeps changing it's name.

user30

10:43 AM

oh fuck, I haven't thought this through

user30

cause I got rid of my optical drive

user30

ah, I'll have to do it later

Ronan Forman

@ThomasMcDonald Where are they playing? I demand to know!

user30

I'm just looking it up on the last.fms

user30

yah capital

user30

10:44 AM

last.fm/event/…

Ronan Forman

Actually there's not really anywhere else it could be.

FallenAngelEyes

I don't understand why this question's remained open

11

Q: Is there a program that tracks the running times of computer games?

I think I spend way too much time on computer games and would like to know exactly how much time I spend on them, in hopes that this will help me refrain myself from playing... Is there a program that can give me a detailed report on how long these game processes run per day?

pc

when we closed this one

0

Q: Best Gaming Aggregation/Network Client: X-fire, Gamespy, Raptr?

What is the best gaming aggregation/network client: X-fire, Gamespy (Arcade or Comrade?), Raptr, something else? I'd prefer to use only 1 but have already begun using X-fire and Gamespy Comrade. Yet I'd like to use a client with good support for new and old games. Raptr seems like a good choice ...

xbox-live psn

Ronan Forman

What are the new TF2 things this year then? Apart from this Seal mask.

Lazers

0

Q: Can I stop people kissing me all the time?

People are always kissing me, and more often than not they've got garlic breath, which really gets my mood down. Is there any way of preventing people from kissing me?

glitch

FallenAngelEyes

Man I just had to frantically throw clothes on so I could get the door

but Arkham City is finally here

Ronan Forman

10:56 AM

Whos this monoculous fellow?

user30

11:09 AM

The demoman's eye

Ronan Forman

Okay, so how do you get that other one, the book thing.

Lazers

11:36 AM

0

Q: looking for a serious GOW3 horde squad

its virtually impossible these days to have a good horde session without having to use your friends online, theres way too many people just dicking about and/or kill stealing?, so im going to have to concede that horde sessions are gonna be 'friends' only......... so here my suggestion, a friendl...

gears-of-war-3 friends

badp

@RonanForman When he dies, he's replaced by a book. Jump in its general direction and you'll get sucked in.

Run inside that kind of skull temple. Wait for the bars to lower. When they're low enough, touch the book inside to get the achievement and the misc, then go back outsidee.

Ronan Forman

Yeah I just got it.

Now back to last year's stuff!

How do you get the rest of the spy set thing?

Yi Jiang

@Lazers NaRQ @badp

badp

@RonanForman but... the gifts!

Ronan Forman

Gifts?

badp

11:46 AM

Yeah, haunted gifts. On Viaduct.

Apparently not all servers with the Monoculus have gifts for some kind of bug

Yi Jiang

@badp "Thanks for your feedback" Do I detect... just a hint of sarcasm in that comment? :P

badp

"your input"

not "your feedback"

:P

Yi Jiang

Whatever.

Ronan Forman

@badp So there are more things that I'm not going to get? Great.

I find it odd that I only actually own like 5% of the game.

Does anyone here have a livestream account?

Because I found I can add more people to use the livestream channel.

@badp I know you have one.

badp

I made it to chat really more than anything else

LessPop_MoreFizz

11:59 AM

Yaaaaaay, it's the fight I always wanted to have on Gaming.SE again.

6

A: Legal ways of playing old games that aren't for sale any longer

Using ROM images from the net, or even from a copy of a game you own, is illegal. Period. Here is Nintendo's official take on it If you want to be legal, you have to buy the original system or a licensed re-issue and the original ROM. As these games are out of circulation, and as such are prac...

Ronan Forman

@badp I'd rather not be the only person who has access to the group account.

Even if it's just so you can give others access.

What's your username, it'll be painless, I promise.

Lazers

12:21 PM

1

Q: How can I tell if a unit is ducking or standing?

I have a very poor short term memory (4 concussions, yaaaay), so sometimes I forget if I've given an order to a unit to change its stance in the past or not. I can't always tell based on the pose of the unit because when it's mostly behind the cover of a full height wall, it's difficult to see. ...

frozen-synapse

Ronan Forman

12:32 PM

@FallenAngelEyes 4 concussions? Really?

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Yep. Kinda sucks.

My short term memory is thusly kind of... wrecked.

Ronan Forman

Anyway are you bind not to notice that?

FallenAngelEyes

It's gotten better than it used to be, but yeah, it's sometimes very, very difficult for me to hold information in the short term.

@RonanForman Eh?

Ronan Forman

I think that was the easiest answer I've posted so far. @FallenAngelEyes you're easy.

@FallenAngelEyes *blind.

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Nope, I did not notice that.

Apparently @yx didn't either, so I don't feel so bad :P

Ronan Forman

12:36 PM

Now that I'm done insulting you, are you able to record Minecraft?

FallenAngelEyes

I don't have any sort of recording software

I've never recorded anything before

gameplay wise

Ronan Forman

Nevermind then, it's not that important.

Lazers

0

Q: Which achievements are missable in Batman: Arkham City?

Before I get started with games, I always like to know beforehand if there are missable achievements, especially regarding the storyline. For example, in Arkham Asylum, there was the Party Pooper achievement near the end, where you had to defeat all the clapping enemies from the Joker's party. ...

achievements batman-arkham-city pre-gaming

Raven Dreamer

1:25 PM

@RonanForman You can use FRAPs, but you'll have to actually buy it if you want more than 30 sec at once.

Ronan Forman

I can record, I wanted to see if anyone else can for tommorrow.

Dave McClelland

@RavenDreamer Are you going to be around tonight?

Raven Dreamer

@DaveMcClelland You want me for the tee eff twos?

Dave McClelland

@RavenDreamer Yeah, did you see the event?

Raven Dreamer

looking at it now

Dave McClelland

1:38 PM

Cool. You should probably be there, it's going to be awesome

Ronan Forman

What event?

Raven Dreamer

@RonanForman teamfortress.com/post.php?id=6635

Dave McClelland

@RonanForman My TF2 clan has informal scrim type things where the clan members compete against our server's regulars. We're doing a halloween type one tonight

FallenAngelEyes

Dave McClelland

@FallenAngelEyes It's too early for math. Actually, it's always too early for math

Ronan Forman

1:45 PM

@DaveMcClelland What time and can I come?

Dave McClelland

@RonanForman I hate to be a jerk, but we actually try to keep these events for people who have been around our server.

I'll probably stick around and play afterwards, though, and then you'd be welcome to join

I'm not sure when... maybe 9ish Eastern Time?

Ronan Forman

@DaveMcClelland That makes sense. Seeing as I don't know anyone there I might as well play a random server anyway.

Dave McClelland

Crap

@RonanForman We're always looking for new people to join us during regular play time... stnoclan.com

badp

@FallenAngelEyes None. It was on reddit yesterday. None.

:(

Ronan Forman

@FallenAngelEyes Wait, that's a paradox. Tell Wheatly!

Lazers

2:16 PM

1

Q: What do I do with all my beans?

I bought a bunch of magic beans from the guy sitting outside of Zora's Domain when you are a child. I could only find two locations to plant them (the one right near where he is sitting, and the one in the Kokiri Forest). I still have a few (I spent quite a bit of money on this, thinking they wou...