The Bridge

ElfSlice

4:00 PM

Groupees Holiday Helpings build-a-bundle

Dude, this is actually awesome ^

5pike

Well, time to go home. Later guys...

ElfSlice

choose as many or as few as you want

kalina

59 minutes

ElfSlice

There's a Doctor Who game?

Gateways is a 2D puzzle game with portal guns. Pretty sweet.

Kevin van der Velden

@ElfSlice there are many Doctor Who games

user15026

4:03 PM

@ElfSlice If i remember that one right it isnt very good

ElfSlice

Ethan: Meteor Hunter I've heard is quite good.

Q.U.B.E is a neat first person puzzle game

Driftmoon I've heard is excellent

Blood of the Werewolf is one I've been wanting

Bah. Such temptation.

@AshleyNunn Oh, that stinks.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy I agree!

Strix has escpaed the jaws of MH3U for far too long.

Lazers

0

Q: Standard runes for top lane

I just hit level 20 and I want to start getting runes. I know is hard to choose one set of runes that will fit most of the top champions, but I want to use one that I can use for my main tops (Nasus and Jax, but planning on trying more). So I want to choose one set of runes good enough for an av...

league-of-legends

Wipqozn

time to be dragged back in.

@Frank I'll name my first non-hero character after you, since you were the one to gift me defenders quest.

Frank

@Wipqozn Have fun with it!

It's an awesome game.

Mechanical Loon

4:08 PM

@Fluttershy I have to do Christmas shopping on Saturday :(

Wipqozn

@Frank enjoying it thus far.

Mechanical Loon

Defender's Quest was so good.

I remember almost nothing about it.

ElfSlice

Willpower failed

Wipqozn

I'm only on mission 3 or 4.

I think it's 3.

ElfSlice

@MechanicalLoon It is fantastic.

Wipqozn

4:10 PM

The one in the prison, where you can buy berserkers

ElfSlice

@Wipqozn Dude, play more of it.

Powerlord

.... I keep forgetting who @MechanicalLoon is.

ElfSlice

I can't wait for Defender's Quest 2

@Powerlord Strix

Powerlord

@ElfSlice Oh right.

ElfSlice

defendersquest.com/2

Wipqozn

4:11 PM

@Powerlord It's @fbreucektdfdf

Powerlord

"Whether or not Charles Stross is correct is irrelevant; BitCoin is bigger than Jesus." had this reply: "You took a thorny argument and nailed it." which made me lol.

ElfSlice

I hate the Steam monopoly

fredley

@tombull89 OLD

ElfSlice

I really really hate it

Wipqozn

@tombull89 jeez, welcome to yesterday

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd

tombull89

4:16 PM

rage delete. y u guys so mean? :'(

OrigamiRobot

meab*

tombull89

oh wait

I guess it would help if I posted the right video.

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Wipqozn

@tombull89 Because we're jerks.

Powerlord

Wow, Android SDK installer, you certainly are dumb.

Telling me you detected the Java 7 SDK while saying it's in the JRE directory. I know for a fact I only have the Java 6 SDK on this PC and it's in a completely different directory.

ElfSlice

@tombull89 Is this all just disasters?

3ventic

4:20 PM

@ElfSlice nop

but most of it

kalina

39 minutes

tombull89

and if you want the list of the videos used, docs.google.com/document/d/…

winterswift

@Powerlord no tears only ~~dreams~~ JDKs now

2

ElfSlice

@tombull89 That was really nice

tombull89

@ElfSlice the one he did last year was really good too.

kalina

4:29 PM

31 minutes

Wipqozn

This game is so much fun.

@frank is a super cool guy for buying it for me.

@frank is basically my new favourite person on the bridge.

Frank

@Wipqozn Plus, you get Defender's Quest 2!

Wipqozn

@Frank You're basically super rad.

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

Everyone should get Starbound

Martin Sojka

Too few dimensions.

SaintWacko

4:35 PM

@MartinSojka But so many planets!

Wipqozn

Oh good, I can reset skill points.

I hate when games don't let you do that.

It usually results in me never spending points.

Powerlord

@SaintWacko No.

SaintWacko

@Powerlord YeS!

Powerlord

(Whoops, how did Caps Lock get on?)

Kevin van der Velden

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OrigamiRobot

4:37 PM

@KevinvanderVelden I might get this one. It looks a bit sturdier and will be easier to incorporate into the design.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot it's also sold out, sold out on that site means it might come back in 1-6 months :(

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden Oh, it's also 6V :(

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot meh, that's not a problem =p

OrigamiRobot

I need 5V. This will all be powered by USB and converters are a pain.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot more as in, it'll run fine on 5V, just a bit slower.

OrigamiRobot

4:40 PM

Eh, probably, but still.

@KevinvanderVelden dinowish.com/dx006/…

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot check the buy now button, it just links back to deal extreme

OrigamiRobot

Dammit!

Kevin van der Velden

Anyway, I'm off, going to pack up and head home for the day :)

kalina

16 minutes

Kevin van der Velden

@kalina good luck!

kalina

4:45 PM

BYE!

Kevin van der Velden

Cya peoples :)

Mechanical Loon

I HAVE CAT HAT

If only I knew how to get doge hat my life would be complete.

fredley

@MechanicalLoon Doge hat isn't real

It's just there to taunt us

Nobody actually has it

kalina

@MechanicalLoon question on meta with +40 votes, containing at least 3 of the following words "wow", "very", "such", "much", etc

fredley

@kalina Did you delete a post on SO?

kalina

4:51 PM

on SO?

Powerlord

@KevinvanderVelden Have you ever played the Master Debugger version of the game?

kalina

I don't use that site

why?

fredley

@kalina I'm trying to work out how you got the unicorn hat

You have it on SO

I can't see from your activity log anything that could be a likely trigger

Powerlord

Google has an Eclipse plugin for Android Translations to "browse qualified vendors, get estimates, upload strings for translation, and then import the translations directly into your app."

Mmmkay.

winterswift

@Powerlord wink wink nudge nudge

Powerlord

4:55 PM

@winterswift Say no more? :P

3ventic

@kalina is cheating her hats anyway

Powerlord

@3ventic People cheat hats every year.

I already have my towering pillar of hats, I don't need any more.

3ventic

She has a hat for getting a starred message on December 20th, today is 19th...

2

Tim Stone

@fredley I'm pretty sure I know what it is, but I don't want to ruin the seekret. :P

winterswift

@Powerlord It probably just secretly tunnels it all to Mechanical Turk and makes you pay four times as much :P

fredley

4:56 PM

@TimStone D:

@TimStone But, but...

@TimStone 'I see your point' makes me think it could be rollback related, but nothing in @kal's log suggests that

Oh wait

It must be meta related

Powerlord

But anyway, it's always weird playing the Master Detective version of Cluedo / Clue. Mainly because you have more suspects, rooms, and weapons... and the board is vastly different then the standard board.

fredley

aha

Got it, I think I know what it is

kalina

@3ventic I don't cheat

@3ventic that's the way stack exchange implemented it

Powerlord

Hell, you can't even reach the Carriage House without going through the Trophy Room.

kalina

everybody else who is starred today got it too

HERE IS PROOF YOU WHINEY LITTLE BOY

I have starred you, wait 30-60 minutes for a free hat

3ventic

4:59 PM

lol'd

Powerlord

@kalina They must be using the new form of Valve time that Valve used.

3ventic

I just read the meta you posted about it

btw

Powerlord

Did you know the full moon was on December 14th? According to Valve, anyway!

Wipqozn

3ventic

Did you know there will be a comet passing nearby Earth on boxing day?

kalina

5:01 PM

HOMETIME BYE

Fluttershy

There's a hat for getting starred today?

3

fredley

@Fluttershy Yes

Give everyone stars

Wipqozn

Fluttershy

@fredley I can't give anyone stars. I'm on mobile.

Frank

Just finished the alpha of Dungeon of the Endless. Not bad.

fredley

5:02 PM

@Fluttershy Quickly, someone star this message so that @Fluttershy can follow suit!

Grace Note

Oh, boo, you're back to fredley.

fredley

@GraceNote Yes!

I finished BG2, so I have resumed my normal (if slightly more ninja) form.

3ventic

boo is back to fredley, boohoo

kalina

Somebody has parked right behind me and I can't escape!

3ventic

Did you know that character limit is exactly the length of the character limit for comments?

fredley

5:05 PM

@kalina Lol

@kalina Set fire to their car

That should solve the problem

3ventic

Got 2 hats yay

fredley

META.SE IS HAPPENING

Sepia Lazers

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Q: I want mobile hats!

Hats are not visible on the mobile version of the site. This is unacceptable. Please make hats show up on the mobile sites.

feature-request hatdash

Tim Stone

Tim Stone for Meta.SE Mod! — The Unhandled Exception 29 mins ago

rallies the troops

Sterno

I already doubt them. They can't tell that 6-8 weeks is beyond "the middle of January"

Lazers

5:10 PM

0

Q: I receive no money when I leave Tiny Death Star

I updated Tiny Death Star and now when I quit the game I gain no more money, I can only gain money whilst playing the game and I since I have it on a Windows phone it won't save my game information if I uninstall and re-install it again like you can do on Apple products with Game Center

tiny-death-star

fredley

Tim Stone

@Sterno Other Tim got hit in the head while yodelling, his calendar skills are a bit subdued at the moment.

@fredley Excellent, my battalion of tumbleweeds has arrived.

SaintWacko

TUMBLEWEEDS, ATAAAAAAAACK!!!

Sterno

@TimStone Get ronnie as a running mate and you have my vote.

Not sure if that tumbleweed gif is painfully slow, or carefully calculated to look laggy and annoying.

fredley

ronnie for sole mod of meta.SE

Lazers

5:16 PM

0

Q: Which foods give buffs, and what are those buffs?

I've read that some foods in Starbound give buffs, and as I'm starting my shipboard farm, I'm trying to figure out what I should grow. Which foods give buffs?

starbound

0

Q: Which food items heal you, and by how much?

I've read that some foodstuffs restore health when used. As I'm starting my shipboard farm, I'd like to know what I should grow. To that end, [insert title here]?

starbound

ElfSlice

1

Q: Which food items heal you?

In Pitman's help topic for 'items', it mentions that some food items won't just fill his belly, they will also heal him, but it doesn't say which ones. I'd like to prioritize picking up healing food items over standard ones due to my limited inventory capacity. Which food items heal you, and by...

pitman

SaintWacko

@ElfSlice I know. Different game

ElfSlice

I know, I just wanted to fit in

SaintWacko

@ElfSlice Ah, okay

Lazers

0

Q: Can I download China Rising maps to a USB to use with my Xbox 360?

I'm low on data and was wondering if I could download Battlefield 4: China Rising from a friend's PC and save it to an USB formatted for Xbox 360? I have enough data to play online for awhile but not enough to install the new china map pack.

xbox-360 battlefield-4

0

Q: Evading Mordack in his castle

In King's Quest 5, in the final area of Mordack's castle, Mordack himself often shows up seemingly at random to deliver an instant Game Over in the form of Sith Lord-style death grip. Despite the apparent unpredictability of it all, however, I've heard rumors that there are actually tells and si...

pc

RedRiderX

5:23 PM

I've seen an Abstraction!

I've seen it done!

I've seen the instruments!

I've taken the result!

Sterno

@Lazers I can't decide if this is too broad or not.

RedRiderX

CC: @Yuki @PrivatePansy @AshleyNunn @fallenlondonpeeps

winterswift

@Sterno well, the food list is rather long, but I don't really know about healing foods

Sterno

Me either.

winterswift

or status effects, which I honestly didn't even know existed in foods

Sterno

5:28 PM

The real question seems to be "What are the best foods to grow if I want to use them to heal?"

winterswift

yeah, pretty much.

Lazers

0

Q: When I tried to go on my Minecraft PE world, it wasn't there. How can I get it back?

When I tried to go on my Minecraft PE world, it wasn't there. How can I get it back? I've done a lot of stuff in that world, so I'd really like to get it back.

minecraft-pocket-edition

Sterno

Which has the benefit of asking for expertise and analysis in the case that the list is stupidly long

winterswift

fair point. the same would apply to his other question as well.

Sterno

@SaintWacko I won't VTC it but I do think rephrasing would help your questions.

SaintWacko

5:29 PM

@Sterno What would you suggest?

Sterno

1 min ago, by Sterno

The real question seems to be "What are the best foods to grow if I want to use them to heal?"

SaintWacko

@RedRiderX Me too!

Sterno

The buff one is tougher.

SaintWacko

I've even been abstracted myself! :(

Sterno

I don't have a good idea for the buff one

RedRiderX

5:30 PM

@SaintWacko :O

Oh my.

Sterno

Maybe the list is small enough that it's not a big deal

RedRiderX

I wasn't quite that rash

Sterno

My main fear is that if the list is long, the answer basically becomes "Here's a link to the wiki page on foods".

SaintWacko

@Sterno The problem is, I don't have access to all recipes right now, so I want to also know what the best food for me is at the moment

Sterno

Valid

SaintWacko

5:31 PM

And that would be a terrible question

winterswift

@SaintWacko do you know of any examples off hand?

SaintWacko

Also, the wiki doesn't have this information

@winterswift No, I've just seen a couple mentions on the forums of buffs and healing from food

I haven't actually experienced it myself

winterswift

@SaintWacko ah, damn. neither have I, and the wiki doesn't mention it at all, which makes me skeptical.

Samyam A

Hello Bridge!

Tim Stone

Speaking of food...

Heap of ribs... and go time http://t.co/rmhBJ16FQL

Tweeted by StackChefs on December 19, 2013 at 5:07 PM

winterswift

5:34 PM

@SamyamA herro

ElfSlice

@SamyamA Hello. =]

Samyam A

Any X3:Rebirth players here? I want a first hand review before i decide to buy it

ElfSlice

such talent

winterswift

@ElfSlice tear=shed

ElfSlice

Oh I almost forgot

Today's Listening

Ooo it's free now

SaintWacko

5:46 PM

@winterswift I would be too, but I've seen enough mentions. For example, Apple Pies apparently heal quite a bit

winterswift

@SaintWacko this sounds like a good excuse to do some playtesting

which I will in fact do this afternoon if Fedex ever delivers my damn laptop ;_;

SaintWacko

@winterswift Ooh, what are you getting?

winterswift

@SaintWacko this here hewlett of the packards shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/…

spugsley

@MechanicalLoon yesssss it's insanely fun and very addictive :) And the challenges are really fun. I liked the "High-five x-number of scientists" ones :p

SaintWacko

@winterswift Ah, nice! I work for them :)

winterswift

5:50 PM

@SaintWacko of course you do ._.

SaintWacko

@winterswift Hm?

winterswift

I've been using a Chromebook 11 for the past couple months and I'd just like to offer a suggestion

don't make chargers that set on fire pls

SaintWacko

o.0

winterswift

@SaintWacko nothing, just an interesting coincidence

spugsley

MY TOOTH IS BETTERRRRR

winterswift

5:52 PM

@SaintWacko you do know about the melting chargers, right?

SaintWacko

@winterswift Ah, yes. I work for the enterprise services division, not the desktop division, but still

3ventic

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winterswift

@SaintWacko figured, but nonetheless

3ventic

This was probably the weirdest one yet

SaintWacko

@winterswift Oh, my. I didn't, no. Reading about it now

winterswift

5:54 PM

@SaintWacko pretty amusing. they tried to make a 3A charger for microUSB (which is a fantastic idea, and I <3 them 4ever for that) and I'm sure you're reading about what followed. they just started mailing out replacements a couple days ago.

however, mine did not set on fire, even though I used it after they were all "STAHP USING IT NAO, IZ UNSAFE"

Sterno

spugsley

@Sterno OMG WHAT EVEN IS THIS DOLAN WHYYYYYYY

SaintWacko

@RedRiderX I think they must keep making Starveling Cat snippets. I keep finding new ones

Sterno

@spugsley Dolan tooth fairly, obviously!

RedRiderX

@SaintWacko Yeah there are just so many.

SaintWacko

5:56 PM

@winterswift Whoa, charging a computer over microUSB? Innovative. And that's a lot of amperage

spugsley

@Sterno I just have zero words for how much I want to murder your face

2

winterswift

@SaintWacko yessir. the Chromebook 11 actually got pretty solid reviews, as it's a rather nicely done piece of hardware, it's just that they apparently didn't test the chargers quite well enough :/

Sterno

@spugsley That's the best thing anyone has ever said to me.

SaintWacko

@RedRiderX I have 14 saved so far

spugsley

@Sterno THEN STAR IT

Sterno

5:59 PM

@spugsley DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO STAR

spugsley

OK I AM WEARING A HAT NOW THANKS

CAN YOU SEE IT YET?

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley Unfriended

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot stfu my hat is fucking adorable

Mechanical Loon

@spugsley When I was in California I saw "Dolan Road".

I wanted to take a picture but we were already past it :(

spugsley

@MechanicalLoon GOOD

Mechanical Loon

6:03 PM

This will have to do

spugsley

OH YAY MY HAT!

Lazers

0

Q: Coop level difference catch up

I've been playing for about 4-5 hours with a friend and he's levelled a full level above me. Is there either any way to ensure we level equally or any way I can catch up with him without taking our quests out of sync, like farming mobs not related to quests or any mods that could help?

torchlight-2

Ullallulloo

STEAM SALE

kalina

please no

no more steam sales

please valve I beg of you

Mechanical Loon

@Ullallulloo THERE WAS JUST ONE

kalina

6:06 PM

stop taking all of my money

@MechanicalLoon two, actually

there have been two steam sales in the last month

Ullallulloo

Snow Globes!

kalina

+ this one

it's actually probably the last two months

OrigamiRobot

Everyone buy Divekick and play with me.

Mechanical Loon

I regret getting rid of Windows.

I want to play the Typing of the Dead so bad.

Fuck it. I'm buying a bunch of stuff that only works on Windows and I'll figure out the details later. (Details may include buying a new gaming laptop.)

Lazers

0

Q: How to set an image file as your emblem in Battlefield 4?

The topic says it all. I have seen many people with custom images as their emblem and I suppose they uploaded it from their computers but I cannot find how. I know you can draw it from available shapes but I am interested in uploading a jpeg, png file.

battlefield-4 battlelog

Ronan Forman

6:12 PM

I was planning on dual booting this laptop, but then I realised I'd just be on windows the whole time for convenience.

winterswift

@MechanicalLoon get these games now for only $15.99 plus ~~shipping~~ a new computer and OS!

FAE

@MechanicalLoon What are you runningnow?

Mechanical Loon

@FAE Ubuntu.

FAE

@MechanicalLoon Same, gonna grab that I think.

Sterno

Oh god. I can't take it.

I don't even know why I buy games for normal price anymore.

Mechanical Loon

6:15 PM

I just spent $20 on games that I literally can't play.

WHY U DO DIS STEAM

OrigamiRobot

@MechanicalLoon Was one of them Divekick?

Mechanical Loon

@OrigamiRobot No.

Sterno

Buy TOME for 20% off right now, or when it's like 80% off in a week because FUCK YOU STEAM

:(

6:17 PM

24 mins ago, by 3ventic

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Arperum

@Ullallulloo GOD DAMN YOU VALVE I WANTS SOME OF THEM THINGS.

kalina

interesting

OrigamiRobot

Man, Dead Island was a pretty bad game, but easily $5 worth of fun

Sterno

Woodcutter Simulator 2013 is 50% off!

Tim Stone

Oh, that Snow Globe card I got the other day is finally good for something.

spugsley

6:17 PM

@OrigamiRobot yeah it was bad but I also enjoyed it. Does that make sense

Powerlord

@MechanicalLoon How'd you manage that?

Frank

Huh. I just found out I paid off my student loans.

Mechanical Loon

@Powerlord I currently don't own a Windows computer.

Powerlord

@MechanicalLoon Dual boot? Wine?

Mechanical Loon

@Powerlord I'm going to try to set up Steam in Wine.

Never messed around with it yet.

winterswift

6:18 PM

@MechanicalLoon not worth it, at least a year or so ago when I last tried

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden Air pumps get!

Mechanical Loon

I tried to install Ubuntu as a dual boot but the Windows install was so fucked that didn't work.

@winterswift I've been wanting a gaming laptop anyway, so this might be my excuse.

OrigamiRobot

@MechanicalLoon Do you work for the robot division of google?

Blem

►

winterswift

@MechanicalLoon may as well, though why not a gaming desktop and productivity laptop?

Mechanical Loon

6:20 PM

@winterswift Because I want to be able to game at a friend's house.

@OrigamiRobot I work on AdWords. It's super exciting.

OrigamiRobot

@MechanicalLoon Doesn't sound like robots to me.

winterswift

@MechanicalLoon hm, fair.

Sterno

@Frank Congratulations. You're official Old™

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot jeah :D

FAE

@Frank Congratulations!

Powerlord

6:23 PM

@MechanicalLoon ...I want to say ew, but at the same time I don't want to sound insulting.

Mechanical Loon

@Powerlord Meh.

OrigamiRobot

@Frank Wow, nice. I still have.... lots to go

Mechanical Loon

I still have over $30,000 in student loans. Maybe close to $40,000.

Frank

@Sterno Funny part is, it's only been...five? years.

SaintWacko

@Sterno Why will it be 80% off in a week?

Sterno

6:24 PM

@SaintWacko Because that's how it always works during Steam sales when I buy something early.

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko Have you never seen a Steam Sale?

kalina

FINE STEAM

YOU WIN

TAKE MY MONEY

OrigamiRobot

9 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot

@MechanicalLoon Was one of them Divekick?

kalina

no

winterswift

@kalina gaben laughs heartily from his throne

OrigamiRobot

6:25 PM

9 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot

:(

kalina

don't sad face at me

whenever I a buy a game you want me to get you immediately get bored of it and move on

SaintWacko

Hm

kalina

I'm doing you a favour by not buying it

SaintWacko

I already own ToME, but I want this Steamtech UI

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I'm already not playing it because no one will play it with me.

Sterno

6:26 PM

Mildly NSFW meme thing not even worth posting about Steam Sale and Fry and Gabe Newell and I'm shutting up now

kalina

boo hoo

@Sterno flagged as gnomeslice

Sterno

@kalina -u

OrigamiRobot

Also, it's not something you play for hours.

SaintWacko

Oh, and I can do it

kalina

@Sterno ENGLISH, not AMERICAN.

Sterno

6:27 PM

@kalina There's more of us.

And we're bigger.

kalina

That doesn't make you right

Sterno

It's a double whammy.

kalina

well, fatter

Sterno

That's what I'm saying, yes.

We've got you out-massed.

kalina

that's not hard

most high school boys "out mass" me

*goes to check steam email to remind myself what I just bought so I can install it*

Ronan Forman

6:29 PM

@Sterno 那麼，讓我們都講中國

Sterno

@RonanForman Flagged as whatisthisidonteven

Lazers

0

Q: Skyrim autosaves

Recently i have began to play skyrim as i once played it but never really carried it on. However i have reached a problem. For example, during a level - Bleak Falls Barow - upon completing it i noticed that the whole level had been broken up into 4 or 5 autosave segments, which i liked as i cou...