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1:00 PM
more silent protagonists inbound
 
Hell yeah.
 
@Rapitor Why are they striking?
 
why else would anyone strike. money
 
@Rapitor no, they have given permission to the union to organize it if needed
 
1:08 PM
apparently video game voice actors don't make royalties like voice actors in other medias, for example.
 
@Rapitor Oh, that sucks
 
There's other more important things, like mocap-voicework with dangerous stunts not having proper supervision
And breaks and stuff
 
yeah
 
What's a dangerous voice-acting stunt?
 
@fredley recording screams for hours, for example, can be very damaging to an actors voice.
 
1:10 PM
@fredley mocap, short for motion capture
 
@fredley Well recently, voice acting also involves facial capture. And as we all know, making weird faces can cause your face to lock up like that
 
So actors want hazard pay, since doing that sort of thing can literally endanger their long term livelihood.
 
@fredley they aren't in a booth recording always, sometimes they are in mo-cap suits being the character.
 
Wil wheaton wrote up a good read on why he supports it wilwheaton.net/2015/09/…
 
@Rapitor vocal damage is a much bigger deal than mocap stuff.
 
1:11 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz There's a story from the guy who does Funimation's Goku that he once passed out while screaming in a recording booth
 
@twobugs yeah, and that's not even getting into the fact that you're just literally asking actors to cause long term damage to the part of their body which is most core to their work.
 
It's a funny story, but it makes you realize that talking in a goofy voice and making silly sounds for hundreds of hours is actually not a walk in the park
 
And video game recording is much worse than VA for, say, cartoons in that respect.
 
VA is tough
 
And also why they want to strike: The other parties in the discussions about new contracts want ridiculous things:
 
1:12 PM
Because a character in a cartoon may scream once. A video game character may need to have literally hundreds of different variant screams recorded.
 
> Our employers want to be able to fine the union $50,000-$100,000 if your franchised agent doesn’t send you out on certain auditions (like Atmospheric Voices or One Hour One Voice sessions)?
 
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Q: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution how i can add skill

des1roerWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution - Complete Edition (2011) is there cheats or trainers to add skills

 
That is to say: If your agent doesn't send you to an audition (because, say, you're busy) they can fine the union
Even worse, they want the abillity to kick the agent out of the union
 
> “Rubio will be president he is the most inteligent when it comes to foreign afairs and matters of state.”
 
1:14 PM
I support the strike if it happens, but hopefully it won't last long because I imagine it will delay quite a few games.
 
Oh boy video game voice actors are going on strike. I’m sure the Internet is full of very reasonable opinions on this matter.
 
When I see "video game" and "opinion" in the same sentence I turn my computer off.
 
New solution to a significant chunk of friday problems: Repeatedly say video game opinion to @fredley
(Where friday problems is defined as people posting friday, which, let's be fair, is a real problem)
 
Hey guys, I think I found a Denial of Service vulnerability in @fredley
 
1:18 PM
So, speaking of neither video games, nor opinions: Good news everyone! Verizon is going to merge its non-clearable tracking id with AOLs tracking network, that isn't fraught with privacy concerns at all
 
@KevinvanderVelden Please don't do that again, it's automatic
 
@PrivatePansy I think I've proven it already =p
@fredley you shouldn't read the message above yours then
 
Fuck, our Jira database is fucked, and we're missing 6 months of issues.
 
Is it... an old 6 months of issues?
 
You could just pretend the code released in the last 6 months have been entirely bug free
 
1:26 PM
=[
 
Which means it's time to hold a party
 
@KevinvanderVelden I can't even remembert a single instance of it being posted last week friday.
 
@Arperum 0 is still too many
 
@Arperum That's just your brain blocking out memories of it
 
Possible.
 
1:27 PM
@fredley is probably just constructing an army of sock puppets to deal a decisive victory
 
@PrivatePansy This is a solid plan. I endorse it.
 
Also: one person that caused a shitton of terrible misuse of our systems is gone, and now we are cleaning up the misuse into how it should have been.
 
@KevinvanderVelden No, the latest 6 months of issues.
 
@MBraedley alas =[
 
The application was being hosted on a dev machine that all but died, and the database is on our dev server. It seems when my coworker swapped the active database over to the dev server, stuff went sideways. Hope those issues aren't permanently gone.
Phew, issues are still intact, application just isn't loading them.
 
1:37 PM
@MBraedley We used to use Jira
now we use teamwork
 
We use jira, it has a button for agile and sprints, that means we're using agile right?
 
Things are apparently (partially) fixed.
 
@KevinvanderVelden oh ya
If you've got a wall with post it notes on, you're agile
If you can't afford a meeting room with chairs, you're agile
 
212 open issues. That's normal for something that's supposed to be partially signed off on in a few weeks, right?
 
@fredley Our meeting rooms have chairs, I feel like we're doing something wrong.
 
1:41 PM
okay, back to what I'm supposed to be doing today.
 
@RonanForman Unagile, project doomed to failure
@MBraedley Move all issues to backlog. Sprint complete. Agile.
 
@fredley We're doomed to failure for other reasons.
 
@fredley I'm just going to pretend that's the Invader Zim thing and not what I know it is.
 
@RonanForman That's probably for the best
 
1:45 PM
@MBraedley Depends on the priority of the issues.
 
@StrixVaria ಠ_ಠ
 
It's not Friday anyway.
 
@fredley I honestly don't know why people care about you linking youtube videos, I can always read the title an close it before anything starts playing.
 
@RonanForman I'll get you one day
 
@fredley Never.
 
1:47 PM
@RonanForman You must have slower Internet than I do then. I know the first 1 second of that song better than I know the first second of rickroll.
 
@RonanForman It'll happen
 
@StrixVaria Yeah probably.
@fredley I also don't have sound on at the moment.
 
@RonanForman I'll get you
2
One day
 
@fredley IT's important to have goals.
 
@RonanForman That's what I do
 
1:52 PM
@GraceNote I'll get you too
I'll get you all
 
To date I still don't even know what that song sounds like.
 
How's that song go again? "gotta get going cause it's the weekend"?
 
@GraceNote Challenge accepted
 
Ugh I hate running out of cheese
 
@GraceNote My shopping schedule is just whenever I run out of cheese.
 
1:55 PM
@GraceNote You should watch the Bad Lip Reading version and let that be your headcanon forever.
 
@GraceNote so technically you don't know that you hate it.
 
Speaking of songs, I've had that Undertale cover I linked earlier in my head all day.
Maybe I should listen to it again.
 
@RonanForman Replace it with Spider Dance
assuming you've gotten that far
 
@badp I'm up to the Undyne encounter.
 
@RonanForman that's a good one, too
 
2:03 PM
Yeah, I can't work out what to do though.
 
probably the boss fight that took me the most tries overall
@RonanForman apply fire mercy to face
 
@badp Oh good, I'm not just bad.
@badp Yeah, I tried challenging loads, but it didn't seem to be working.
 
@RonanForman that's also what I did in my first tries but that's not it
 
They tricked me! That's how you beat the seahorse.
 
Act only affects the speed at which the arrows come
 
2:07 PM
@RonanForman you're horrible, you should have done it right the first time, wait what are we talking about?
 
@KevinvanderVelden urmom.
 
@KevinvanderVelden UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE UNDERTALE
@RonanForman Undertale is Half Life 3's mom? HYPE INTENSIFIES GREATLY
This also would explain the delayed release of HL3. His mom wasn't even fully born yet!
I CAN'T WAIT TO HUG THE G-MAN.
TELL HIM THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT, AND THE PAIN IS GONNA END SOON.
 
Oh no
Not again
 
NO GODS, NO LORDS, JUST MODS
 
Seriously, how long does it take to produce a GeoTIFF that's ~1km x 1km at 0.25m resolution? Asking for a friend.
 
2:11 PM
GLORIOUS MODS
HORSE ARMOR MODS
MUPPET MODS
CYBERNETIC MODS
FLOWEY MODS
ALL OF THE MODS
 
@MBraedley Long
 
@KevinvanderVelden sorry, I forgot about that. I thought it was next wednesday
 
Between 1 and 2 longs to be specific
@GodEmperorDune payoff!
 
@KevinvanderVelden it's a sparse dataset though. Or so I hear.
 
@MBraedley maybe 0.6 long then
 
2:15 PM
btw @RonanForman I've reviewed the fight on YouTube, and yeah, it's not obvious at all. Let's just say you have to take full advantage of all of your Mercy options.
 
@badp I see.
 
But I am doing this on 6+ year old hardware
 
@MBraedley ooh then you need to add at least 3 longs, sorry
 
I lied, it's actually 3.5 nautical miles corner to corner. And nothing can open the resulting file.
 
@MBraedley I do like a good write only file.
 
2:25 PM
@badp Correct, I currently am opinionless about the song. I also have no vested interest in listening to it at the moment.
Mostly because it means I can snigger at @fredley.
 
Let's see what cutting out half the data does
 
@SaintWacko Yeah that works
 
@SaintWacko the like/dislike ratio on that video is great
 
@KevinvanderVelden Haha, I hadn't noticed that
 
2:29 PM
@GraceNote Damn your advanced troll-deflection strategies!
 
Much better. This time it only took three minutes instead of nearly half an hour
 
@KevinvanderVelden rekt
 
@GodEmperorDune unrekt
 
NO SOMEONE ELSE REKT IT
QUICK, SOMEONE DISLIKE THAT VIDEO
 
2:33 PM
i liked it
>:D
 
Wups, me too
I figured someone would dislike it
I liked it first, though
This is @Rapitor's fault
Shun the @Rapitor!
 
Wait, who am I supposed to dislike? Are we talking about @Wipqozn?
 
...I need advice from someone ancient about ancient technology. Where is @Sterno?
@JasonBerkan probably would also do
 
So apparently windows negate bullets.
 
@John yes, dislike @Wipqozn. Also that video
 
2:34 PM
Don't even need glass, just an empty frame works.
 
@GraceNote I have a C64 Programmer's Guide on my desk. Does that count?
 
Well, we're going a bit more ancient. Like, back when I was a kid.
 
I beg to differ
 
@GraceNote abacus?
 
2:35 PM
@GraceNote I have an Atari 6400 XL users guide!
 
@SaintWacko Well, I pumped a full clip into this guy behind a window and he completely ignored it.
 
It was an old artsy thing, instead of having to deal with things like scissors and glue, you had these things of like, clear plastic that you peel off and then stick onto a special sheet, probably also laminated in some fashion.
 
@GraceNote What, like window stickies?
 
Possibly? Maybe.
They're probably functional on the exact same effects.
Easily applied, easily removeable
I'm just trying to figure out the name for these things.
 
My art friend might know
 
2:40 PM
Stickers?
 
I was unaware they had a specific name.
 
Just plain "stickers" implies adhesive and difficulty in removal.
At least I always think of it that way.
 
oh the static cling things
 
They're static cling
 
Post-It notes?
 
2:41 PM
@SaintWacko inb4d
 
@GodEmperorDune Barely -.-
 
'e still beat you
 
technically right is the best kind of right
 
Static cling works enough to illustrate, porbly.
 
Far right is the worst kind of right.
 
I think that's my first floating case not in boomtown mode
Castle
 
@GnomeSlice what is this game?
 
@Serverfrog I was about to ask the same thing
 
@Serverfrog Triple Town
Mobile version, specifically.
 
2:47 PM
@GnomeSlice thanks ;)
 
I recommend it highly.
Cc @AshleyNunn
 
Thanks, installed on my tablet
 
You will have to pay after a while to continue playing, but it gives you like a thousand free moves (after that it's pay once play forever)
(Plus some cosmetic iaps if you want)
(And I mean you can buy coins too but you earn them so fast you don't need to)
(Plus you can get all the cosmetics with stuff from playing anyway)
 
@GnomeSlice Eeuw
 
Dominos are still amazing toyland.gizmodo.com/…
 
2:53 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Wow
 
@SaintWacko Basically a free 1k turns demo for a paid game it sounds like.
 
@Arperum Yeah
 
@SaintWacko I know, its not a free game, how dare they, right?
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It's a cool way to do it actually, its like a demo built into the same app
 
Oh, I see
You don't actually have to pay
You can wait over time for turns to recharge
 
I don't think so
Idk though I didn't run out before I bought it on ios
 
2:56 PM
@SaintWacko from what @GnomeSlice said it's a free demo for a paid game
 
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Q: How do I get inside Papyrus's shed?

ZibbobzI've been playing a pacifist route in Undertale, and I've noticed that Papyrus's shed seems to be permanently locked with no way to enter it. I assume that there may be some way to enter it in a Genocide run, but is there any way to enter the shed if I'm playing pacifist?

 
I have it on steam and Android now as well
 
3 mins ago, by Arperum
@SaintWacko Basically a free 1k turns demo for a paid game it sounds like.
INB4
 
Yeah but in the same app
 
2 mins ago, by GnomeSlice
It's a cool way to do it actually, its like a demo built into the same app
 
2:57 PM
Hmm, my battery is draining real fast.
 
DOUBLE INB4.
 
Well yes, @SaintWacko wasn't getting the message
 
2 mins ago, by SaintWacko
Oh, I see
He did.
 
@Arperum no, he thought you could wait for it to recharge
That's the part he saw
 
@KevinvanderVelden It's not proven that they do not regenerate. There is nothing in the above conversation that would prove him wrong there.
@KevinvanderVelden Still inb4'd
 
2:59 PM
inb5
 
Try it and find out
It's worth playing
 
> UNLIMITED TURNS: This game is free, but we need to earn a living somehow. So eventually, after playing for a while, you will run out of turns and will need to wait for them to refresh over time, or you can buy more turns with the free coins you earn in the game. OR, if you love the game and would like to support small independent game developers like us, you can purchase unlimited turns forever for a one-time fee.
 
No, I was annoyed because it was sounding like it was a game that pretended to be free but wasn't
 
It's not freemium
It's just a demo with an IAP to unlock the full paid game
Oh you can recharge them
Neat
Anyway I have to go back to worm
Fucking
Work
 
3:02 PM
Haha
 
Ugh, apparently some gaming site did an article claiming "MGO is strictly for the trolls, and that's glorious" which basically encourages people to abuse all the broken things "for teh lulz"
 
MGO?
 
I really don't want to know what @PhoneSlice does for work now.
 
Metal Gear Online.
 
3:02 PM
@JasonBerkan fishes
 
@JasonBerkan "back to worm"... come to think of it, me neither
I mean, MGO has some really frustrating issues right now in an otherwise fun multiplayer experience. Encouraging people to intentionally sabotage their own team is stupid.
 
I haven't even fired it up to see what MGO play is about yet.
Something other than FOB raids sounds fun.
 
How does tag creation work? Just make a question and then you can create a tag from that?
 
@twobugs Yep
If you have the rep, which I think you do.
Yeah, it only takes 300
 
3:13 PM
I do, and just did. lives!
 
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Q: How is Titanfall (PC) ~60gb and the Witcher 3 (PC) is ~20gb and yet has way more audio and content?

Spyglass of RiviaTitanfall apparently comes with a lot of uncompressed audio in multiple languages. Yet the Witcher 3 is a game with several orders of magnitude more of depth and content, does compression really make up that 40gb difference?

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Q: How does the wormhole generator work in Metal Gear Online?

two bugsTypically in a match of MGO I'll get an announcement that the wormhole generator is available. I've found it in my inventory, but haven't been able to get it to work. What does this item do, and how can I use it efficiently?

 
@MadMAxJr It's fun, but opaque and the learning curve is high.
Still rough around the edges. Was having latency issues last night.
@Lazers2.0 It seems like there's something wrong with this question, but I'm not sure what exactly.
 
user4704
@twobugs It doesn't feel on-topic at all; it's the kind of thing that would require insight into how both games were built and how they store their assets that is unlikely to exist in a single person providing a single answer.
 
@twobugs So why do bullets fail at going through windows?
 
user4704
Or it's a question about how effective the two different compression routines used are. Either way.
 
3:18 PM
Even if there's no glass?
 
@Yuuki I have not experienced this, but it could be because the tranq gun is a pile of shit. It's awful.
 
I can't wait to upgrade it more.
 
I still use it for tranqing people but damn... it has no range, bad accuracy, and no penetration.
Well, none of the tranq stuff has penetration, which is probably the issue.
 
S rank is surprisingly elusive, although that may be because I'm not completing every objective.
 
I had trouble getting S rank on the first few missions, but after that it wasn't so bad
 
3:20 PM
Don't feel like making a 100m headshot with a dinky tranq pistol.
 
You unlock a special costume for all missions S rank, by the way
 
Maybe once I get that silenced Mosin...
I also can't wait to get my hands on the sneaking suit.
 
user4704
O_o
 
cc @fredley @badp @AshleyNunn
 
3:21 PM
@twobugs That guy totally doesn't sound familiar.
Also, I don't get his obsession with @Uni.
 
But yeah, the objectives don't make too much of a difference in my experience. They grant you usually about 5k each.
 
One of the late game tranq guns has a specific mod to break glass
 
Why not pick a marginally successful Bridge member? Like @Wipqozn? Even if he's the worst, at least his socks are world-famous.
 
Marking racks up points easily, as do tactical takedowns
tactical takedowns are 1k each
Perfect stealth bonus is 20k
 
Hold-ups feel awkward. Do I do a CQC takedown or just leave them standing there?
 
3:23 PM
Tell them to "get down" and they'll lie down
 
At least in Peace Walker they got on the ground.
 
Hi I'm just a chatbot. Stop going mad
 
Only available when you have your gun pointed at them
 
Ah, I have to actually talk to them.
In Peace Walker, it was automatic.
 
Yeah, confused me too.
Eventually you'll get to them trying to turn the tables on you during holdups
 
3:24 PM
And they stay disabled for the rest of the mission unless someone runs into them?
 
So be ready for anything
 
Yeah, some of those tricky buggers will knife you.
 
@Yuuki Or a combat alert, but not a normal alert
Normal alert being "Hey, something weird is going on!" <- security tightens, but nothing bad otherwise
 
@twobugs I heard there was a thing you could do to prevent enemies from adapting to your style.
 
@Yuuki Kill them all?
 
3:25 PM
Was it destroying the COM unit?
Or Fultoning everyone?
 
Combat alert being "Hey, there's a guy here that I actually saw!" <- You get -10 heroism
 
user4704
@Yuuki You can send units on dispatch missions that reduce your enemies ability to combat particular tactics.
 
I fulton almost everyone and they still adapt
 
I fell like killing them before they notice you should do it
Is that a possibility
 
If you're killing people, you're not playing real Metal Gear. </sarcasm>
 
3:26 PM
Well the idea is anything you do they'll eventually pick up on
 
user4704
I'm not entirely sure how effective it actually is? The iDroid shows you how "ready" the enemy is for particular tactics (nighttime incursions, et cetera)
 
Always take out the base radio so they can't call HQ
 
That was always my favorite way to play Splinter Cell
 
@MadMAxJr Do you have to use C4 to do it?
 
Honestly I never had them do more than set up roughly 3 cameras all game and give some guys helmets
 
3:27 PM
We'd play with the mode where if you're detected, game over
 
Or is there a context action that you can use to destroy it without being detected?
 
@Yuuki Or the water gun, this game's Banana
 
Bullets or explosives will do. Water gun is silent.
 
user4704
I've only seen security cameras in a few missions and I think they were fixed by the plot.
 
@twobugs B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
 
3:28 PM
It's slightly less glorious than Banana hold-ups, but it has other uses
Unfortunately you have to pick between tranq pistol and water pistol
Un-unfortunately you can develop and use a rocket arm that STNs people
 
Mazinger fist
Hand of Jehuty would be better if it didn't suck up your precious metals stock.
 
But uh, don't neglect lethal weapons. You'll be forced into a few fights involving them, but they're waaaaaaay better than PW vehicle fights.
There may or may not be a metal gear in this Metal Gear Solid game. I make no promises.
 
There is one. And it's huge. :P
 
Wow dude, spoilers!
I'm just trying to be cautious cause poor @Yuuki had to deal with a real asshole on Reddit w/r/t MGSV spoilers
 
There's one in every game. Or else it shouldn't have the title.
Rex is still my favorite though.
 
3:33 PM
I like Ray's design, but the Vs Rex fight is way better than the Vs Rays
 
Gear REX is coming back?!
Apparently, uploading from wikias doesn't work.
 
That a Monster Hunter beastie?
 
No, it was in Peace Walker.
 
Also: there's no non-lethal way to take care of helicopters, but they aren't counted as kills. Likewise for tanks, but you CAN fulton them eventually.
 
Oh! That's like.. a monsterfied Rex? Neat.
 
3:38 PM
 
Also, how was unibot able to post in chat without the required rep?
 
@twobugs I think chat's a privilege that you don't lose if you go back under the threshold?
 
@twobugs Did he post in chat? Where?
 
15 mins ago, by UniBot
Hi I'm just a chatbot. Stop going mad
 
Thanks.
 
3:39 PM
I forgot to cc you Strix, sorry
When he started making edits earlier
 
@twobugs He had some rep on SO, according to the profile
 
.... Is that Unikitty skulking about again? o_o
 
My guess is yes, and he's slowly trying to re-establish some rep
 
If you read the profile, that's clearly Unikitty
 
 
3:51 PM
I take it they're evading the mod tool where you can see other accounts from the same host?
 
Probably not
 
why does it matter
 
Sock puppetry is a helluva drug.
 
@Rapitor iirc, because they ramped their ban up to one year (the maximum sentence) for abusing multiple accounts to evade a ban
@Yuuki I stopped trying to understand a while ago
 

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