The Bridge

@spugsley DID YOU GET IT?

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz HI

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot I don't know yet but I think so

CruelCow

Dammit, ninjaed by @fbueckert.

12:06 AM

@spugsley Job interview?

CruelCow

You should probably not shorten gamedev.se when talking to a new user though...

@CruelCow I was hoping the autolinking would take over.

spugsley

@Wipqozn yup yup. Same people as before. It was my second interview :)

@fbueckert Nope. I added a comment with a link though.

I got your back, ~~jack~~ Frank.

@Wipqozn Psst. Check the edit.

12:09 AM

@fbueckert I never left a comment. You're just seeing things!

1 min ago, by Wipqozn

@fbueckert Nope. I added a comment with a link though.

Welp

The Bridge is now released

Also, my performance review is on Monday.

That's going to be fun.

@fbueckert I had my performance review on Thursday. Thursday night I updated my resume.

@StrixVaria Ouch. Didn't go well?

12:13 AM

@fbueckert I expected and deserved a promotion. Instead I got an insultingly low raise.

@StrixVaria Yup. I've had that happen.

I quit with the next few months.

That's the plan.

I'm going to apply for StackExchange. I live close enough to work in the NYC office, and I'm pretty invested in their system.

We'll see how that goes :P

I don't think my workplace will dare to insult me by giving me a tiny raise. If they do, two of the biggest projects we have will come crashing down.

There is a severe lack of senior people where I work now, and every one of them was pissed at how crappy their raises were.

@fbueckert BLACK MAGIC! HE'S A WITCH!

12:17 AM

Which is extra insulting because we know for a fact that the company itself is thriving.

It's not like they don't have the funds to give us the raises we deserve.

@StrixVaria Eh. If they want to treat their best employees like shit, they deserve to have them leave.

@fbueckert No argument at all.

They're probably going, "They'll never leave. We'll give them just enough to stop them from quitting on the spot."

@StrixVaria Then you can mod abuse whoever you want!

@OrigamiRobot :)

12:24 AM

@Wipqozn If you don't heal me this turn I'm dead

12:34 AM

Do the right thing @Wipqozn, rid us of the @badp once and for all!

Seriously? I died to latent fire damage 1ms after I killed the last guy, so there was no target to get second wind, and I respawned on the other side of the map.

Big benefit to co op play is there's usually someone to revive you after all the enemies are dead

@StrixVaria This happens way too often and is my main source of complaints about the Second Wind system

I don't know how people play long range

A barrel explodes in your general direction, you go down, you suddenly lose your ability to look through a scope

It's frustrating, but it's al ot better than lol instadeath back to start

@BenBrocka Doesn't BL2's AI sorta specifically screw you over for second winds sometimes? I read that enemies will deliberately run away from you when you're in second wind.

12:49 AM

@fbueckert yes; some will

Some will just stay there

all they really need to do is take cover

then you're screwed

fredley

@RonanForman @OrigamiRobot and I are gods of redstone

*yawn*

fredley

5 minute, auto-resetting clock set up

Using MATHS

@fbueckert Not really, though they may target another coop player. I don't think they'll intentionally run away from a single, downed player

12:52 AM

And if they do it's pretty rare, they usually just stand there shooting like idiots

So no, the preorder bonus for Runner 2 does not, in fact, give you the Commander Video trail

oh well

@BenBrocka It's not frequent but it does happen

@TimStone blog.discourse.org/2013/02/updating-discourse

Grats

Where'd the dupe votes go on this? I see no close votes at all on it.

Tim Stone

@badp \o/

@fbueckert It's not automatically generated

What's the differences here? (other than price)

12:56 AM

The user doesn't have enough reps to close. He just wrote that out mimicking the system comment.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I was sure there was at least a close vote on it, though.

If there is I don't see it

I know it came up in the review.

So how in the world do we know we got the game right?

close flags pop up in review too I think

12:57 AM

@fbueckert Don't flags enter questions into review?

@MBraedley That's probably where it came from.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone We don't.

It's a good guess, but we could be completely off.

Because the last edit was made obviously on the assumption that we know what the game is

Oh, and @badp duped it.

Good enough for me.

So back to my question, should I just get the cheapest of the three there?

...I do hope the original question was about Skyward Sword?

12:59 AM

@badp We dunno.

The user hasn't come back.

Wait, yes.

The original was Skyward Sword.

Asked 9 hours ago, last seen 9 hours ago, yup

Really, we should be NARQing it, not duping it.

We could be wrong.

It was a quite exquisitely poorly asked question

But eh. Close enough. If the user comes back and clarifies, we can fix.

Hmmm, pre-order Bioshock Infinite with a 25% off couple code and get Bioshock + one of Spec Ops: The Line , Civilization V, BioShock 2, Mafia II or The Darkness II

1:02 AM

@fbueckert We're assuming @bwarner retagged it correctly

Sentry gun is infinitely better than Zero's stupid special.

Holy crap.

@StrixVaria Yes but Zero gets the sniper skills.

1 min ago, by fbueckert

Really, we should be NARQing it, not duping it.

@OrigamiRobot I am quite liking shotgun.

@StrixVaria Zero's ability does have its uses

1:03 AM

@MBraedley Also, your Newegg link doesn't compare the products you're talking about.

The turret also has a pretty long cooldown, and it's useless if you leave the immediate area. I'm not a huge fan

@StrixVaria "Hey, stand in front of this!"

Though it's still better than zero's action skill, but I wouldn't take it over Zero's other skills

@fbueckert Am I not allowed to butt in with a shopping req?

@MBraedley No, no.

I'm trying to help, but your link doesn't work.

So I don't know what you're talking about.

1:04 AM

@StrixVaria I still think the Gunzerker gets the best overall action skill

yeah the newegg link gave me an error

although I have wished at times for some goddamn aim assist

@badp Phaselooooooooooock <3

@badp I wasn't overly fond of his. But I'm also too low level to reap the benefits of Sexual Tyrannosaurus.

Oh, you would think they would put that in the URL

1:05 AM

Phaselock is still my fav

especially with the Revive augment

Phaselock hates my computer.

I wonder if there's a setting I can adjust to fix that...

1, 2, 3

Really? Lags a lot or what?

@BenBrocka Whenever @FAE uses Phaselock (ALL THE TIME), I get really bad visual lag.

@Fluttershy Turn off PhysX?

1:05 AM

I expected it to make it easier to deal with annoying to hit enemies. It doesn't much

@badp Or slagging, electrocuting and melting them. Or reviving them. Or killing them. Or almost anything

@badp Why yes, yes I am fond of binding people in positions they can't get out of and then violently maiming and/or killing them, I'm glad you asked!

Slag is my favorite. The Gemini skill for commandos is awesome! (cc @StrixVaria)

._.

@MBraedley I think that's off... I'll double check though.

1:06 AM

@badp It's basically a free death ticket for any annoying target

I'll check out for the night

@MBraedley Kingston. Sorry, I dunno. I only buy Coursair RAM.

@Fluttershy Do you see particles being pulled in? If so, it's not off.

Curse my inappropriate responses!

@MBraedley I... honestly don't know. I usually don't see anything when she Phaselocks, it lags so badly.

G Skill is good too

1:07 AM

I can usually get a shot on the phaselocked target before the phaselock ends.

@Fluttershy that's weird, it;s not that flashy of an effect

@fbueckert I'm trying to match my existing as close as possible, but seeing as how it's A) 2x2GB instead of 2x4GB and B) my existing is 2 years old, I can't be sure.

do you have physx on?

@BenBrocka His video card's kind of crap too.

@badp HEEEEEAL THE POWER

1:08 AM

2 mins ago, by MBraedley

@Fluttershy Turn off PhysX?

2 mins ago, by Fluttershy

@MBraedley I think that's off... I'll double check though.

@FAE =( Meany.

I don't see anything significantly different between those ram sticks either

@Fluttershy The truth hurts. <3

@FAE That's not what hurts. =P

@Fluttershy low is off, btw

1:09 AM

@Fluttershy Phaselock hurts. :D

@BenBrocka So go with the stuff on sale?

@FAE Yeah yeah.

Two to three weeks till my results come back and the school can't even confirm which day it is

Sure. Even if they were slightly different, it's RAM. If you have enough and they're not wildy different, you're not going to notice a difference

I guess I should be directing my rage at the exam board instead

Q: Is there any advantage to talking to random townspeople?

1:11 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Here's a shotgun. Go discuss your rage.

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And, oh yes, I finally got spam mail from all four of Singapore's universities. Yay.

Okay. PhysX is off. Anything else that might affect it?

not sure what else would affect it, didn't see any other particle effects options

Why are SATA 3.0Gb/s drives more expensive than SATA 6.0Gb/s? That just doesn't make sense to me

1:14 AM

Might be harder to find anymore

Old ram is more expensive too

Clearly the solution is to build a better PC...

@Fluttershy The HDD isn't for my PC, it's for my Drobo. I have 1 free slot, and the 80% LED recently lit up.

Aren't 6 Gbps backwards compataible?

@MBraedley Oh, sorry... I mean for me. =P Since mine can't handle Phaselock.

I think the difference is just SATA3 vs compatability/IDE mode, which it sounds like you're already in

1:16 AM

@BenBrocka Yes, I think so. It should work like normal, just slower

Well, unless it's an SSD or a high velocity one it probably won't matter anyway

@Fluttershy What GPU are you rocking these days?

Most HDDs don't hit 3Gbps

@MBraedley Intel HD Integrated 3000. <_<

9 mins ago, by FAE

@BenBrocka His video card's kind of crap too.

1:18 AM

@Fluttershy Ouch

2 Badass Bullymongs at once is too much.

@Fluttershy Well there's your problem </Adam Savage>

@BenBrocka I'm probably going with a WD Cavier Green, so speed isn't a concern anyway. Additionally, the Drobo isn't know for fully utilizing available speed

►

@MBraedley Ew, green. Drobo is NAS right? Doesn't Red make more sense?

@FAE Hush you!

@BenBrocka I've already got a green and a blue (and 2 other drives which I can't remember) in there

1:21 AM

@StrixVaria Ebonfloe?

@FAE technically that's not even a video card

@Fluttershy I think so. I'll go back there after I kill this midget and try again.

Right now it's dinner time.

@StrixVaria Yep. That'd be it. =P I just did that earlier on my Mechromancer.

@BenBrocka Indeed, hence my teasing <_<

@MBraedley I don't see the appeal of Greens myself, and I've heard bad things about the eager suspend state. I have a Red and a Black for backup and bulk storage respectively

1:22 AM

@FAE Like you need an excuse.

@Fluttershy Truth!

bulk storage as in not OS drive

@BenBrocka I have a black as the main drive in my desktop (SSD for OS). The green came in an external enclosure, which I promptly voided the warranty on.

Green is basically Blue with defaults set toward power saving, right? I think you can tweak blues/greens to act mostly like other drives via some WD tool. Though some features are in hardware

I know the Blacks have some sort of double processor or something and reds have anti-vibration crap in them

I just got my Red since it was on sale though

Yeah, you convinced me. The red is only slightly more.

1:26 AM

It's not in a NAS, just a drive I use exclusively for backing up

Stupid shipping and taxes, adds on an extra $100 to my order. Mind you, I'm also getting a new monitor.

@MBraedley They do sound pretty sweet for a NAS. Mine's not always-on though, so I don't care about most of the fancy features. Seems like a better balance overall than blues/greens though

@MBraedley Wow. I use Shop Runner when I can, I got a year free

Also, does Newegg do sales tax? Or does that depend on the state?

I could swear my monitor shipped free, too. Or are you not using Newegg for everything?

@BenBrocka .ca, so yeah, they calculate it for NS.

Ah

Actually, I should compare with NCIX, see who comes out on top overall.

1:31 AM

I'd normally say newegg all the way, but if you can get a better deal on shipping to eat some of that $100 it might be worth it

Newegg's return policy/everything is pretty awesome though

@fredley We should have built a big box around that so nobody could see the monstrosity

So many mean replies I could make to that out of context sentence

I'd have to go with a green instead of a red, but I'd get the same series RAM. Total would be an extra $4 (less than 1%) but that also includes shipping insurance.

Newegg doesn't sell the same series in 2x4GB.

1:52 AM

The red's worth the $4 extra, unless you're really concerned with shipping insurance

@BenBrocka No, I would spend the $4 extra on the NCIX order and get a green. The red is on sale at Newegg. Anyways, it's too late now. I just gave Newegg my money

@MBraedley Giving newegg money generally ends well

Although the RAM is apparently coming from the US, so I'm hoping there isn't a brokerage fee, especially since I'm having this shipped to work.

Ah the horrors of international shipping. Glad the US mostly dodges that crap

Q: How exactly does the Gunslinger work?

Last time I shipped something from the US to work, they used my company broker, so I had to pay the brokerage fee back, which is just a pain in the ass.

It's less than $100 (for that at least), so it should be duty free (hehe, duty)

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