The Bridge

Kevin van der Velden

2:04 PM

Yay, the book store had Ancillary Sword! CC @Frank

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden Yay.....?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What is the spawn space requirement for Magma Cubes?

I want to prevent Magma Cubes from spawning in my Zombie Pigman gold farm. The largest Magma Cubes are slowly killing my Iron Golems = big problem. I'm considering lowering the roof, making the cage just 2 blocks tall. Will this be suficient to prevent the largest Magma Cubes from spawning? Sinc...

minecraft

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank I thought you were part of the people telling me get that book (I have already read part 1)

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden I can't say I've heard of that one.

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank it appears to have been @PrivatePansy, sorry

Oh right you were telling me to read honorverse in the same conversation, that makes sense.

two bugs

2:08 PM

Dammit. Do I buy Fallout 4 on GMG? It's like 30% off...

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden The Honorverse is awesome.

Rapitor

@twobugs probably

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank yes, it is on the list of things to get when I see it

However the book store has a tiny section of english books

two bugs

@Rapitor But it'll be a while before I have a chance to play! Then again, it takes years before Bethesda games go on big sales... hm...

@Rapitor Oh by the way, my Xbox Live account is Pirate Gaiden (shut up I made it when I was in high school and I'm too cheap to change it)

Feel free to add me for some Halo funtimes (or warzone raging)

Rapitor

done

Yuuki

2:13 PM

@twobugs How long does the discount last?

Trent Hawkins

22 Minutes: Fresh Prince of Rideau

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StrixVaria

Coming up with a good Internet name for myself was hard and I did a terrible job.

Frank

This needs another delete vote

StrixVaria

I am sticking with this because it's way easier than trying to come up with something else good.

two bugs

@Yuuki I think it's just pre-order

Yuuki

2:14 PM

@twobugs So basically before Tuesday.

two bugs

Yeah. You need a discount code from somewhere, too

Yuuki

I get emails from them so I should be able to find it.

two bugs

Here's a 20% one you would absolutely never guess on your own:

Yuuki

Plus, their discount codes are general-use.

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FALLOU-T20PER-CNTOFF

Yuuki

2:16 PM

I see a 20% one in my email but not a 30% one.

Arperum

I ended up with this nickname after some random name generator spit it out for a character in a game I can't even remember.

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My friend said he had a 30% one, I'll have to ask where he saw that

(Not the bad with numbers friend, so there is hope)

Wipqozn

Silent hill has such good music

Silent Hill-Room of Angel (w/lyrics)

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two bugs

In other news, Amazon still has not restocked the $150 Xbox One controller

Wipqozn

As an example

two bugs

2:19 PM

I just want to spend money on stupid things! Let me!

Wipqozn

@twobugs Why is a controller $150 ?

My word

two bugs

It's actually a neat idea - basically the controller is of much higher quality than normal and you can change out essentially every piece of it easily

Swapping in different joysticks, d-pads, changing trigger sensitivity, etc

Also lets you remap buttons per game, which is awesome for a console game

Wipqozn

Interesting

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn why are there keyboards of that price?

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden Because they have extra buttons and LED screens, of course.

Yuuki

2:24 PM

@twobugs How fancy.

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank no extra buttons compared to a keyboard that's 10 bucks: daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-ultimate

Yuuki

@KevinvanderVelden Argh. Even though I probably know keyboards by muscle memory, not having labels still feels risky.

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden It has dedicated media controls!

Sterno

I was so scared when I logged in this morning, the wipqalot would be gone

And some other stupid gravatar would be in its place.

ONLY ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE IS A TURTLE

Also, presented without comment:

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Q: Best way to know if somebody has broken into my room without camera

I will be on leave so as a precaution I want to see if somebody has entered my room with the door being locked from outside. thanks

home locks

Trent Hawkins

@Sterno Leave browser window open, never refresh. Wipqalot forever

Kevin van der Velden

2:29 PM

@Frank so does this one: konigelectronic.com/nl_be/56049071 - it has more buttons and is only 8 euros

Arperum

@Sterno I'm already happy when nothing is removed from my room, I don't care if someone entered it...

Trent Hawkins

@Sterno Clearly you should hire a painter to paint every single minute detail of a room before you leave. Upon returning, diligently compare the room against the painting(s)

two bugs

@Yuuki Right? At first I thought it sounded really dumb but reading impressions people are saying "it sounded really dumb but it's actually quite nice when you try it and you can customize so much"

Arperum

@TrentHawkins But what about dust particles that have settled down during the time you were gone?

two bugs

@TrentHawkins That takes too long. Clearly the best solution is to randomly pick some points in the room, and compare only those on entry

Frank

2:38 PM

@Sterno How did I know that was from Lifehacks?

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Sure, the TV may be gone but the lamp is still there. The room is untouched!

Unionhawk

Because the URL said so.

Trent Hawkins

@Arperum Signs of an intruder! They might still be there, hiding in a closet, or drawer! Best not to take chances, cleanse with fire.

Unionhawk

Because the site badge says LH

Because @Sterno linked it

I can go on

But I won't

Sepia Lazers

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Q: Does this game guide question need a different tag?

I recently stumbled into this question regarding official game guides and noticed it had a technical-issues tag. I attempted to re-tag the question but could not find a suitable tag. I was looking for something along the lines of guide. Could someone suggest a suitable tag for the question? I...

discussion retag-request

Unionhawk

2:43 PM

@sepia Goddammit

That's annoying

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I don't think that game guide question is a good one (the actual question the meta post is talking about)

I... guess it's about video games?

Sterno

@TrentHawkins I approve.

Unionhawk

I'm not sure how I feel

One could make a case for game dev

But I'm not sure how I feel

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can the Flash Bomb upgrade pop leads?

The Ninja Monkey's 0-3 upgrade has a flash bomb. Can it pop leads? It is a bomb right?

bloons-td-5

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Q: Do beacons give buffs to friendly mobs?

Do friendly Iron Golems, Snow Golems, Dogs or similar benefit from beacon buffs?

minecraft

Frank

@twobugs Sorta? Maybe?

I don't really think so, though.

It's not about games. It's about the guides that are about them.

two bugs

2:49 PM

Yeah. Either way, I think it's a very bad question.

Unionhawk

That's really the better question. [guide] would be an awful tag

Frank

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about game guides and their creation. We are not experts in anything about game guides; they provide the same information we do, but that doesn't mean we have anything approaching expert knowledge about them. — Frank 8 secs ago

There. That's my stance.

two bugs

I agree. There are only a handful of guides at best there is anything interesting to say about, anyway.

Yuuki

Sterno

I don't want to agree with Frank

But I think I agree with Frank.

Frank

2:55 PM

@Sterno ...I'm not sure how to feel about this.

two bugs

If only I had unlocked the super downvote power...

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Sterno

Though Lifehacks proves that "we're not experts on a thing" is no reason not to have all sorts of questions about it!

Migrate question to lifehacks. Problem solved.

Frank

@Sterno I would support this action.

MadMAxJr

Do you have a lifehack for getting around the rules of another stackexchange?

Like a lifehack for asking minecraft mod questions on gaming?

Also I'm gonna post my crash log here just in case.

Frank

Lesson: losing network connections makes my help desk fall down and die.

Yuuki

2:57 PM

two bugs

Man the centipedes are real dumb. They just like 1 shot my critters.

Arperum

@twobugs Heh. Wait until you get to the grasshoppers. they are terrifying.

I never had to replace that much of my army. Every couple battles I had at least one dead.

Wipqozn

3:19 PM

@Sterno That's true. Maybe we should expand our scope to include all questions?

Frank

@Wipqozn Or narrow it to accept no questions!

Wipqozn

@Frank Then you'd get to close everything!

I know how much you love to close questions, @Frank.

Frank

@Wipqozn I would be so happy!

That would be such a nice Christmas present.

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MAXIMUM OVERCLOSE

MBraedley

It's almost the weekend!

(Which means I also have to enter my timesheet, which is going to suck since I'm not at the office.)

Lazers 2.0

3:25 PM

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Q: Can the space gun and meteorite armor kill the wall of flesh?

I ask this because I am trying to kill the wall of flesh and failing. Do any of you know how to?

terraria

Frank

...I hate some of my clients.

They like to complain about something I thought I had fixed weeks ago.

But they won't complain to me, so I can fix it.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Questions.SE: Where you can yell "HOW EVERYTHING OUT" into the void.

StrixVaria

Why is it $40 to watch BlizzCon on my computer?

Ronan Forman

@StrixVaria Because Blizzard is struggling and they need every penny they can get?

two bugs

@StrixVaria Because they give you IN GAME ITEMS TO SHOW HOW YOU SPENT $40

@RonanForman I'm pretty sure the exact opposite is true. They're still making a killing, just maybe less so than when WoW was at 12million subs

(They've always charged a ridiculous amount for Blizzcon stuff)

StrixVaria

3:31 PM

I'll just watch reddit and learn all the BlizzCon things 30 seconds late.

Arperum

@RonanForman because they are buying King for an inane amount of money

StrixVaria

For free.

two bugs

Yeah, that's what I always do. No point in paying $40 to watch it a little sooner.

Ronan Forman

@StrixVaria Well when Blizzard is on the street cold because they couldn't buy another start up to burn, I hope you'll be proud of yourself.

two bugs

They usually stream the introduction session anyway, and maybe I'm just Hitler but I never found it interesting

Lazers 2.0

3:33 PM

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Q: Minecraft FML 1.8.8 Error

Minecraft crash when FML is loading entity renderer log: ---- Minecraft Crash Report ---- // Don't do that. Time: 11/6/15 10:21 PM Description: Initializing game java.lang.IllegalStateException: can't pop unfinished ProgressBar Rendering Setup at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.ProgressManage...

minecraft technical-issues minecraft-forge

Arperum

@StrixVaria You were completely right about the ridiculously huge swarms of ladybugs.

StrixVaria

@RonanForman They should just NDA the content of their convention to solve this problem.

two bugs

I mean, they announced the next WoW expansion release target. It's Q3 2016, which has made a lot of people frustrated

Arperum

Are they going to announce a new D3 expansion?

two bugs

I sure hope so. Otherwise they've got nothing really to announce

Overwatch on consoles got leaked yesterday

StrixVaria

3:36 PM

@Arperum Want.

two bugs

Expect a new Hearthstone Adventure announcement

Frank

@Arperum Wouldn't surprise me.

Ronan Forman

@Arperum They might announce they'll announce one.

StrixVaria

Also hopefully they announce, "The Overwatch beta is going so well that we're releasing the game today."

I want to play Overwatch.

Frank

Sadly, I can't levy an idiot tax on D3 players anymore, so no more free expansion for me.

StrixVaria

3:37 PM

@twobugs I got over Hearthstone before I even got all the classes to level 10.

two bugs

But that covers all their major series. I wouldn't expect any big SC2 announcements since that's out soon (like, within a month)

@StrixVaria Hah, you probably made the right choice.

Kevin van der Velden

@StrixVaria Have they announced how they're planning to charge for it yet?

two bugs

I like card games but Hearthstone also quickly reminded me why I don't like card games

@KevinvanderVelden In the beta it's basically LoL style pricing

StrixVaria

@KevinvanderVelden They haven't officially announced yet, but some retailers are saying it's $60 upfront for the full game.

two bugs

You unlock heroes by playing and getting fakebux or spend realbux

Kevin van der Velden

3:37 PM

@twobugs Pay for heroes, right?

Aah cool

StrixVaria

@twobugs I heard from some past Blizzard post that this is the last pricing model they want for the game.

two bugs

But yeah, some listings for a $60 box

Kevin van der Velden

Hopefully it's @StrixVaria's thing

Or dota's model, that model is great too :D

StrixVaria

I'd pay $60 for Overwatch based on the gameplay I've seen so far.

two bugs

I think some people were talking about a $40 alternate box? Which would support the "pay for heroes" in the final game theory

I really want to try it. I had a lot of fun with TF2 back in the day.

Unionhawk

3:39 PM

Dude competitive overwatch is going to be crazy to watch

Just constant hero switching to counter the enemy team

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk Can't wait.

Frank

D3 news isn't going to show up until 5:30 CST. :\

two bugs

Competitive Hearthstone is hilarious

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk I think on a team of 6, only a few would switch heroes.

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Almost as good as competitive Mario Party (yes this is a thing)

StrixVaria

3:40 PM

I think you'd have a few players who specialize in exactly one hero, and know that hero on an amazingly deep level.

Kevin van der Velden

@twobugs Do you just stay standing still and wait for the enemy to kill themselves?

StrixVaria

To the point where the other team has to build their strategy around countering that player.

Ronan Forman

@twobugs I didn't realise until now, but I've always wanted to see this.

MadMAxJr

I need a video where the TF2 team responds to these fancy pants Overwatch jerks.

StrixVaria

And you'd probably have a few flex players who are more all-around and able to adapt on the fly.

Either way, I'm really, really interested to see how the Overwatch competitive scene develops.

two bugs

3:41 PM

@KevinvanderVelden In real life, or...?

MadMAxJr

I just wanna play the robot that is also a sentry gun.

StrixVaria

@MadMAxJr That's another amazing thing about this game. That character has zero interest for me, but it's so awesome that there is such a diverse cast.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria do you still play Rocket League?

Kevin van der Velden

Mario Party 2: Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing

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StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice "Do I play?" No. "Would I play again?" Absolutely.

I just have been doing other stuff with my free time.

MadMAxJr

3:42 PM

Rocket League needs some slightly more variant fields for me to pick it back up.

Private Pansy

My Little Pony: FiM — Twelve Days of Christmas [Soundtrack]

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GnomeSlice

I wish they'd do the fields from the first game

Full of ramps and loops and shit

Private Pansy

[Pinkie Pie]
On the first day of Christmas
My true friends gave to me
A big bowl of ravioli

MadMAxJr

NO CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER.

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two bugs

Lifehacks.SE, how can I celebrate Christmas in November without my camera?

MadMAxJr

3:52 PM

You don't.

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There, edited it to be more lifehack-y

Frank

I wonder if that's actually from KH3.

Yuuki

@Frank I feel like that's KH2.

Frank

@Yuuki Different clothing entirely.

And Terra, Aqua, and Ventus weren't in KH2.

two bugs

That's not from 2 but that looks more like a fan made image IMO

Frank

3:54 PM

Straight from their announcement a couple days ago.

two bugs

...Really? I dunno. Looks underwhelming for KH3.

The logo in the corner in particular looks pretty low quality to me

Frank

It was taking with a camera phone, I think.

A special theater event about Kingdom Hearts, so Squeenix wouldn't have released it directly.

two bugs

Well, it's a cross gen game, right? That makes more sense then

Frank

Is it? I thought KH3 was PS4 and maybe Xbone.

two bugs

Hm. If it is then that just seems weird to me. Square usually likes to push the limit as much as they can with graphics.

That looks good, but not groundbreaking like they usually go for

Frank

3:57 PM

two bugs

I feel like that just raises more questions! It could just be the quality of the capture device, but the models look really... plastic in that last one.

StrixVaria

@Frank Goofy's shield is a dodecagon instead of a circle.

Frank

@StrixVaria Okay, good point.

StrixVaria

It's not like circles are particularly hard with software nowadays.

Frank

Makes you wonder what, exactly, that picture is from.

two bugs

3:59 PM

I'm thinking the first one is probably using all the HD remaster models. Maybe there's one for Birth By Sleep?

That would sure be neat.

Frank

@twobugs The 0.2 BBS in the 2.8 Remix.

...Squeenix is going a little crazy with all the decimals.

two bugs

See, I really want to believe you're trolling me with "2.8" but...

Hah, I just realized someone could make an ITG question about those screenshots (please, nobody do this)

Frank

@twobugs It's either 2.8, or 2.9.

It's a HD remake of Dream Drop Distance, along with some new stuff with Birth By Sleep.

two bugs

That's kind of cool. Dream Drop Distance was... kinda neat I guess.

They did a good job transferring the KH experience to the 3ds. The "dream" mechanic or whatever was dumb but the game itself realized it and gave you a way to circumvent the mechanic entirely

Frank

They're going to have to pull out all the camera related functions entirely for 2.8.

Sterno

4:06 PM

Guys.

I saw this on TV this morning. It's worse than Rebecca Black.

Creepiest show on TV

Yuuki

Ah, I remember that show.

Sterno

That video doesn't show it, since those two characters look human. Everyone else on the show wears these weird masks

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I remember the internet being obsessed with it about 10-15 years ago

I never actually saw it

Sterno

It's like they're trying to live in the uncanny valley

I guess I'd never seen it before because I wasn't 10 when it came out.

two bugs

Well the internet was obsessed with it because of the girl, you see. And internet. It was just less creepy when they were all like 10 instead of now when they're 20+

GodEmperorDune

4:09 PM

warcraft blizzcon full trailer leaked

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two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Just saw this on MMO-Champ. Good stuff

Yuuki

MI5 suspect Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind murder of a large deployment of army units, the Pentagon said Friday.

Whoops, wrong link.

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I was gonna say...

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki good old subreddit sim

Frank

@Yuuki Your first one was a Trump link buying Miss Universe or something?

Yuuki

4:12 PM

Also, do not look at the Japanese trailer for Force Awakens.

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> Nowadays even robots are finding ways to get rid of the Lady and the Tramp pasta scene (i.imgur.com)

Yuuki

From what I know and have seen of previous Japanese trailers, they spoil a lot.

IIRC, the Japanese trailer went over the entire plot of Age of Ultron.

two bugs

Do people... actually like that style of trailer?

Yuuki

Apparently the Japanese do.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki wat

Unionhawk

4:15 PM

I hate. Troubleshooting circuits.

All of my hate

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk Ugh I remember doing this in high school.

It was the worst.

Once there was an induced current because of a magnetic field from another wire that was too close, and it even took my teacher like 40 minutes to realize "just move this wire here" was the fix.

Unionhawk

Current situation is "circuit is built correctly, but some component is not cooperating"

Sterno

Today is Free Soup Day at work

Okay, really it's a soup contest, but since I didn't make any soup, it's Free Soup Day

Unionhawk

Our current thinking is the board is messed up

Which is fun times for nobody involved

Frank

@Yuuki Ah. That first pic is from the DDD HD remake.

Which would explain the blockiness.

GodEmperorDune

4:23 PM

@Sterno much better than bring a shit ton of bees to work day

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk "circuit is built correctly" is a really huge pain in the ass to verify; have you actually checked literally every connection?

Unionhawk

Yes.

StrixVaria

:(

gl hf dd

I'm going to lunch.

Yuuki

Powerlord

@StrixVaria bacon

Lazers 2.0

4:33 PM

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Q: Did Jason gone home?

I just really want to go home, a little disappointed at the ending, I'm expecting a scene where they have reached the city, them celebrating and have a peacful life with Liza, his girl (then he met Aiden Pearce haha). But I wonder if did Jason really gone home with them since he chose to save the...

far-cry-3

Unionhawk

@MadMAxJr NEW TARGET ACQUIRED

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What time will a steam game unlock for me?

So basically i'm thinking of pre-ordering fallout 4, and i was just wondering at what time would it come out for me if i did get it. Recently gamestop told me iv i pre-ordered with them that they can release the game at 9:00 PM (West Coast PST) instead of 12 anymore. Does that same thing go for S...

steam

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Q: Gameranger going to main menu

Whenever I try to join a game on gameranger it doesn't go to the game lobby like it used to, it now simply takes me to the main menu. I thought this could be my firewall causing this, however it continued even after I turned it off. Gameranger used to work fine on my computer, however now it isn'...

gameranger

Sterno

4:57 PM

I speculate He did gone home. Did he?

Gold.

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