The Bridge

@badp I have 17 bombs and I have not seen a single secret rock yet

@Chippies blow up groups of rocks anyway

unless you already have the rock unlocked

@badp achievement? I do have that

3:37 PM

but I don't think so :)

oh you do?

then it's secret room hunting time!

@badp I got it when I started up the game today, lol

I unlocked the map with some tarot card and there's a secret room, but there are no cracks on the walls or anything

there are 3 possible rooms I could get to the secret room from, but none of them show any signs of door or anything

I don't wanna be wasting my bombs (I'm a hoarder) if there might not be a secret door

@Chippies there ARE no traces

you're just going to have to try

ffs, I took a screenshot and that made me drop 2 bombs under my feet...

walls with secret rooms are indistinguishable from walls without

idk, the wall looks different

on the right

3:40 PM

it's just the texture

it has that wall texture from all 3 rooms around it

k, I got it

Q: Why my minecraft skin can't change

3:51 PM

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I downloaded a new player skin to replace the old one. But everyone else on servers and such still sees the old one. Why is that and how can I fix this problem? I have minecraft premium.

minecraft

@Chippies look for an empty spot on the map that has like three other rooms surrounding it. That's usually your secret room.

@GnomeSlice the issue wasn't finding the room, the issue was finding the entrance

dammit, died on the last level, pretty sure the boss wasn't far away either, since I had gone through so many rooms already

@Chippies I'm pretty sure you can enter them from any side

@GnomeSlice maybe, Idk

probably

4:08 PM

@Chippies definitely

@Lazers Dupe of his previous question.

4:31 PM

Windows 10 is not terrible at all

3

MBraedley

Dammit image scaling routines, you have failed me!

@Chippies Oh fancy

I still find it endlessly amusing that it's called Windows 10.

er

@RedRiderX it's such a big leap from windows 8.1 that they just had to skip 9! (not really)

Q: What are Mann Co. Stockpile crates?

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Shortly after I started playing TF2, my backpack filled up with items, many of which were "Mann Co. Stockpile crates". Because I didn't want to buy a premium account straight away, I deleted my crates in favour of other items. However, since I eventually decided I needed a premium account, I boug...

team-fortress-2

4:44 PM

As the video says, it's because of legacy code that checks for the prefix "Windows 9" to determine if the computer is running 95 or 98

Wired writes about The Long Dark

@murgatroid99 ah, I didn't realize that's what he meant by that, thought he was just joking

but that makes sense, I guess

@Chippies searchcode.com/…

There's a lot of code that does that. Notably including openjdk

@murgatroid99 huh, fancy

you'd think there would be a more sophisticated way of checking windows version

3ventic

There is for XP and newer

4:56 PM

Sophisticated? Windows 98?

So, I have been at work for five hours and haven't done anything.

Solid.

@Unionhawk what I meant is, you'd think they would have some ID or something, instead of checking the name of OS

We're still talking about checking for Windows 98/95 here.

Sure this is a thing I expect of newer versions, but not 98/95

@Chippies The problem is that they can't go back and add an ID to 95/98, and they have to keep providing the function that returns the name of the OS for backwards compatibility

4:58 PM

I am also on overtime right now... So I'm being paid time and a half for sitting on my butt reading news articles.

2 mins ago, by Unionhawk

Solid.

@murgatroid99 I guess what I'm mostly surprised about is that 95/98 doesn't have any sort of ID to check against

@Chippies Even if they did, the shortest code to check if you're in 95 or 98 is still the prefix check

And even if they did, people still used the name check

@murgatroid99 yeah, but I'd imagine checking against a name can't be 100% safe

@Unionhawk I would rather be home spending time with my visiting son, or attending my book club discussion, or playing Shadow of Mordor, or Destiny, but... It's hard to argue with making money for doing nothing.

5:00 PM

@Chippies If the name API guarantees certain strings on certain versions, then it basically is safe

and as we see with Windows 9 being named Windows 10, it creates issues with future compatibility

@Chippies Developers don't worry about future compatibility with a naming scheme that doesn't even exist yet

You do realize that this was code people were writing 10 to 15 years ago, right?

@murgatroid99 Idk, it doesn't necessarily have to be

but it probably is, so eh

@Chippies No, but it's likely code from before windows 7

Nobody's going to look at 2000, ME, XP, and Vista and say "Well, this code won't work if they release a Windows 9, so we can't use it"

Q: How can I train dexteriy for a heavy weapon user?

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Dexterity is trained by using light weapons however I have one medium guy focued on using sabers. Is there any way to train dexterity other than switching to a light weapon for a while?

5:11 PM

“I'm not against their criticism but I just think [the EFF is] probably more interested in protecting predators and pedophiles than in protecting our children.” wat

@TimStone "Hey, I did a stupid, but admitting it would mean my career is at an end, so it's better to blame someone else and make them look bad."

@TimStone Oh my

3ventic

sigh

@Frank Yeah, but that's like a step beyond deflecting blame into the realm of crazy rambling. :P

"...the District Attorney for the County of San Diego—which spent $25,000 in asset forfeiture funds on 5,000 copies of ComputerCOP in 2012...", oh, well at least in their case no one will miss the money, I guess.

They make it hard to implement minority reports, clearly they're terrorists

5:17 PM

Well, you know, except the people forced to forfeit their assets in the first place, but they weren't getting it back anyway.

Kevin van der Velden

@TimStone well clearly you should just follow canada's advice and not visit the US with any cash on you

...so instead of just rolling with the noteblock thing, Zisteau made a custom resource pack to go with his minigame

@KevinvanderVelden Wait, that's a thing?

"Sometimes I go a little overboard" is an understatement with that man, I swear.

Speaking of Canada, a package I'm having delivered is waiting at customs. shakes fist

Kevin van der Velden

5:21 PM

@TimStone I'll look it up, I believe it was Canada giving that advice.

@TimStone aah, not advice by the government, a canadian news outlet: techdirt.com/articles/20140915/09500928521/…

Misremembered apparently

5:41 PM

Oh Teleglitch is on sale.

Maybe I should finally get the Die More edition.

Q: Xbox 360 Memory Stick Failing: Copy?

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The memory stick I use in my Xbox 360 is generally working but sometimes it fails to read (or write?)... I would like to replace it. Can I just clone the memory stick using my Mac?

xbox-360

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Q: Does enabling 'blocks only' mode improve the experience rate of melee defense?

Does it have an effect on XP rate or do I just have a greater ability to block because of it?

Wow UD. I expected you to deliver my package 3 business days after UPS did.

5:56 PM

Note to self: Never send @Unionhawk food, because it'll go bad before it gets to him

They did before! But not this time - I got the email the day of delivery.

Last year, it was like "Oh, we might put a slip in your mailbox, or we might email you, or we might do both, and at our own convenience."

> Legal rights protect criminals, so we should just get rid of them

Pants protect criminals too. Down with pants! @OrigamiRobot shall lead us into salvation!

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@TimStone Criminals can use ordinary household objects to do bad things. We should ban everything

I'm opening this box and this is all I can think of

6:20 PM

@StrixVaria I had to kill 4 captains while doing your stupid vengeance quest!

WBPlay is a thing that exists? I..no. shakes head and sighs

Q: Does blocking help improve dexterity?

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It's not explicity mentioned in the stat window but it seems plausible. Is there any information regarding this relationship?

@TimStone What is it?

6:35 PM

@OrigamiRobot I'm not sure what WB's ultimate plans are for it but it's an account for linking together WB-produced games and unlocking bonus content.

Sterno

PS4 acquired!

Woah, woah.

It's not Christmas.

I SMELL A CHEATER

@Sterno Next stop: Not playing it

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot already doing that step!

Chat is really going slow today for some reason

Whenever I type something, it appears immediately, goes away, then comes back a second later.

Sterno

6:41 PM

Porn virus

Q: What is the highest tier weapon/armor that is purchasable?

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Where can they be found? Does it matter what level you are/how much time has passed?

Q: Best ways to obtain splint kits?

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I haven't seen them in any shop and I only have found them in inventories of hired medics. Is there another way to buy/farm them aside from going down the research route?

Q: Is there any benefit in overtaking a city?

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For example the holy nation has numerous outposts and in one particular game type they are defaulted to -100 fanction standing. If I take a city do they stop spawning holy nation guards nearby? Do I get any benefits from 'owning' the city? (Not sure if you can actually own it but essentially kill...

Kenshi!

@Sterno :o you get any games with it?

Scientific notation is a bit disconcerting the first time you use it for Clicker Heroes, but it actually makes things much clearer.

7:02 PM

TIL about the existence of the automatically got to the next level button in clicker heroes.

I need a new incremental to play

I lost my Kittens

Clicker Heroes is super boring

@OrigamiRobot drmeth.com

reddit.com/r/incremental_games

I don't click reddit links

I thought you said you wanted a new incremental?

I'm not going to paste every game from that subreddit in here.

Good because I don't want a list of every incremental

Q: What items increase toughness XP bonus?

7:09 PM

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I've seen one of my guys with a x3 toughness XP bonus but sometimes it's only x1. What causes it to chance/what is causing it?

I want people to suggest games they have played.

@OrigamiRobot dr meth

@Arperum What?

Where is that

@RedRiderX The little button at the bottom of the options for Twitter, quality, etc.

:O

This is great

7:13 PM

@RedRiderX It even turns itself off if you can't beat a boss. After it put you back a zone.

Oh fancy

@RedRiderX That was also my reaction when I found it.

@Wipqozn @5pike @StrixVaria @OtherWhoMadeMeDoThis I hate you all for making me spend money.

Good thing i did use nuuvem though, saved me half of the price...

@Arperum You will not regret this decision (it plays a lot better with a controller btw, in my opinion)

@Unionhawk Does it now? grabs controller

NextCarGame finally has a proper name: Wreckfest

Not a great name...

7:19 PM

It's only marginally better than Next Car Game.

Oh god 34GB download. There goes 30% of my download limit.

@Arperum Did you get Shadow of Mordor?

@Fluttershy Yes. Do you need some hate too?

It's downloading at the fantastic 3.4MB/s which is my max DL speed.

@Arperum One of us, one of us! Also... I think I'm the one who started all of this.

I can't be sure, but I know @Wipqozn s started blaming me for his buying it shortly after I expressed interest in it.

It's not easy being such a trendsetter.

@Fluttershy Eh, I mentioned it a week before you :P

7:33 PM

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, but no one listens to you. :P

GRAAGHR. telecom companys are pure evil.

And I found out about the game via @Ian

So if anyone is the trendsetter, it's him

It's not a contest.

Yes, it is.

@OrigamiRobot Nah, I'm pretty sure it's me. And since you're pretty much me, I think it's safe to say we're both trendsetters.

7:34 PM

Everything is always a contest.

I want to get into my online account to see when it exactly resets my monthly counter(IIRC it's the fifth of the month), apparently I don't have an online account, my ID number is wrong and their automatic system is broken. I give up.

@Fluttershy I started it up one day, @Wipqozn blamed me for him buying it because I reminded him. Then I suggested adding to the list of @Fluttershy's warcrimes. And that's pretty much the whole story.

@Unionhawk But you also blamed me for your getting it, as well as the Pre-Sequel, which may be more of @OrigamiRobot's doing.

@Fluttershy That one was literally a "Oh, 2 of my friends have it already" level impulse buy. It was not a good day for my wallet.

@Unionhawk Of which @Fluttershy was not one

7:38 PM

Also: they have a password policy that requires you to have a password of 6-8 characters, it must be letters, numbers or select list of other things (such as !,@, and a couple more) and at least two different groups have to be present. That is just terrible.

@OrigamiRobot I do have it!

@OrigamiRobot Wait... I could have sworn-- yeah!

Oh god, I fopund my old account info back. I know how much downloads I have left!

He doesn't have it on PC

Which game are we talking about?

7:40 PM

I assume you mean you saw that two friends had it via Steam

Seems I use ~50GB/Month. And it get's reset tonight. Download faster already!

@OrigamiRobot I think he means Borderlands in that case.

@Fluttershy Yes, that case was borderlands. Shadow was "Well, this looks like a cool game, and all the cool guys are playing it."

Boom. Trendset.

I think @Fluttershy's logic circuits are broken

7:47 PM

@OrigamiRobot Your logic circuits are broken.

Boom. Logic'd.

See what I mean!

While everyone's on Shadow of Mordor, I'm going through Wind Walker again.

@Yuuki I can't play yet, still 2 hours 20 minutes of downloading remaining.

Any good Wii U games (not Hyrule Warriors) I can pick up?

@Arperum I am 99% sure it only appears after first ascension, so you didn't really "find" it, it was just unlocked

7:54 PM

@Yuuki kickstarter.com/projects/tictocgames/… when it's done

i.e you didn't really overlook it before, it just wasn't there :P

@Chippies I had it before I ascended.

I think it came in the last update.

@GnomeSlice Any good Wii U games I can pick up right now?

@Yuuki SMash Bros

@GnomeSlice oh, well maybe there was an update around the same time I ascended then

7:55 PM

@GnomeSlice Nope, 3DS-only right now.

Wii U version doesn't drop until later.

Hyrule Warriors

huehue

actually no, I know it was there before 0.13, so maybe I did in fact overlook it ;o

@Yuuki Mario Kart 8 maybe

(I'm sure you have it already)

@Chippies No, I don't. Not a big fan of racing games.

Not to mention, it's as much a party game to me as Smash Bros.

@Yuuki me neither, but Mario Kart 8 is fun, especially with friends

@Chippies This is my fourth ascension right now I think.

7:57 PM

3

I don't think Nintendo really caters to lonely people

lolololol

@Chippies Not really. I usually play Monster Hunter on my Wii U.

But my 3DS is currently missing, along with my save file.

All I have right now is Wind Waker.

@GnomeSlice I still say and do stupid things evidence isn't going to stop me.

I have Wii U and it just gathers dust next to the TV

when Smash is gonna be released, we will buy that, play for a month'ish and then back to gathering dust

until the new Zelda game comes out, then my wife will play the crap out of it

Nintendo doesn't really have any games I'm interested in...

8:00 PM

@Yuuki Wind Walker? <_<

@Chippies They do for me. The problem is they are currently on the 3DS.

Which is a problem, as I stated, because mine is currently missing.

@Fluttershy No, Wind Waker.

It's too late for me to go back and fix it.

(stupid autocorrect)

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Q: How To Get Addons For The Portal 2 Test Creator

-1

Alright. How do i get addons like making it where i can put down test chamber doors? +THIS FREAKING TIME DONT CLOSE THIS GAWD

@Lazers lol

@GnomeSlice GAWD

8:11 PM

That Which Sleeps is a turn-based strategy game where the player assumes the role of an ancient being who was sealed away in ages past but has now returned to reclaim dominion over the world. However, when you waken you are weak and must lurk in the shadows to avoid a return to your demonic slumber.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Wow, that looks cool

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice ooooh

> We draw our inspiration from great games such as King of Dragon Pass and Expeditions: Conquistador.

cc @LessPop_MoreFizz

9:12 PM

@Chippies I just did my first 2 boss skill spam kill!! :D

With out the double effect as of yet too :D

Q: Is walking faster than running?

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Raising a pet in Danganronpa 2 involves accumulating steps by either walking or running. The egg hatches after 100 steps, the child (Chibimi) turns into a pupa after 1000 additional steps, which evolves into its adult form after another 100 steps. The adult form depends on how well one took care...

danganronpa-2

@James nice, did you get kumawakamaru?

@Chippies If you have this, you should get MH3U.

@Frank last game I paid more than 20$ for was Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls

@Chippies Is MH3U still more than that?

9:14 PM

@Chippies Whats that?

Oh! Yeah! But its only level 1 :)

So I still needed to do 9, hehe

@Frank Idk, isn't itl ike , 40$?

That was the other kick ass thing is snagging that guy :D

@Chippies It's been a year and a half. Should be pretty cheap at this point.

I am thinking of just doing speed runs to +10 souls and starting over

@Frank games on nintendo consoles don't seem to get cheaper, ever

and no, it's still 40$

9:16 PM

Bleh.

we only got the WiiU because wife loves nintendo games and the mario kart bundle was a pretty good deal

we'd have to get it eventually with the new zelda anyway :P

if it was just me - I would never buy a console... Unless I won a million dollars in a lottery

9:30 PM

@Frank Nintendo is notorious for not dropping prices on things. Hell, Skyward Sword is still $50.

user15026

@Frank Unless you somehow magically get it in a bargain bin or a sneaky sale, it's going to be that until the end of time

user15026

They rarely drop prices and if they do it is going to be like a limited e-shop sale or something

@AshleyNunn Yikes. I thought console prices came down slow, but not that slow.

RPi Awesomeness

Bah. I despise my backup drive. Something in it doesn't like Ubuntu and I keep getting I/O errors :P

user15026

@Frank Oh, Nintendo never drops prices, it's not their way

user15026

9:33 PM

I mean they might do more "Nintendo Selects" games or whatever, but like in general nothing changes price

Q: How to stream games from Xbox one to android phone

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I want to be able to stream games from Xbox one to my phone so I can play destiny on-the-go. The perfect solution would be where I could stream it and somehow control it using my phone. However, it would also be fine if I could just stream the game and then use a controller. Is this possible?

xbox-one streaming

Sconibulus

@AshleyNunn at least in general their games come out cheaper to make up for it

Q: Is there any logic behind Ace Attorney case code names?

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The Ace Attorney series features or references several criminal cases with a code name of two letters followed by a dash and a number. For example: The first game has DL-6 and SL-9 (in the DS version), Ace Attorney Investigations has KG-8 and Dual Destinies has UR-1. The localization team and th...

phoenix-wright-aa

@Frank Other consoles drop their game prices fairly quick. It's just Nintendo who doesn't.

9:56 PM

My teacher in computer security is awesome.

Q: Has anyone ever been infected by the The Corrupted Blood Plague in WOW?

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I heard it is a very harming in-game disease I think a player gave it to me because my health drained very quick I got very hurt I am level 35 I didn't think anything other than some really high level bosses could hurt me that fast. I heard that it killed low levels in a matter of seconds.

world-of-warcraft

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Q: How can I make the the versus mode fights more challenging in Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution?

I'm just starting the B campaign, and I notice that the network clones I'm fighting against are ridiculously good. After getting trashed by quite a few of them, I decided to practice using the "versus mode" in "free battle mode". However, I'm able to easily defeat the bots there. I don't see an...

ultimate-ninja-storm-rev

Q: What are the tier level breakdowns?

10:22 PM

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Level x gets you into tier 2 battles. Level y gets you into teir 3 battles. What's x, y, etc? This isn't posted anywhere in game that I can see.

@badp idiocy xD

@badp Ahahaha

10:41 PM

@badp Wouldn't that be the very definition of a back door?

sigh

user15026

Working my first MMA shift in forever. Luckily, I found a place that does liveblogs, so i don't have to watch it :)

So addicted to #SwordArtOnline #LOVE #Anime

Tweeted by Madison420Ivy on October 4, 2014 at 10:46 PM

wut

I guess pornstars watch anime too

Also I thought I got rid of them all

user15026

@GnomeSlice They're people after all, with interests and stuff....

Q: How can I kill the bonus stage center turret?

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The center turret in the bonus stage 1 (They gave it a number but there doesn't seem to be another one. Maybe they'll add another stage later with an update) seems to be the key enemy force to eliminate but I can't find a way to disable it. I searched all the walkthroughs I could find on the net ...

skyforce2014

10:49 PM

Yep.

user20683

Cthulhu vs Skynet: Human Resources coming from the makers of Planetary Annihilation

user20683

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@WorldEngineer that looks awesome

$1,400,000 though, wow.

user20683

@GnomeSlice They are banking on the fact that Planetary Annihilation was a success

Was it?

I thought a lot of people were still butthurt about the OMG $90 DEVELOPERS ARE EVIL thing

10:55 PM

quad hog, have quad, drop down on BFG with mouse button held, shot is fired straight ahead, catches person, wins me round