The Bridge

Raven Dreamer

12:00 AM

Oh, neat. Thanks.

badp

@Jin it's awesome. What did you use for the white pixel there?

GnomeSlice

Looks like glass on top of red.

Jin

@badp what white pixel?

oh..

spiderweb

badp

I see.

GnomeSlice

@Jin That was my second pick.

Jin

12:02 AM

or strings. i don't remember

this thing took me an hour to make

because the pig wouldn't leave the heart pit

GnomeSlice

Kill it?

Jin

then it got dark, i had to wait for the sun to come out to take the screenshot

Raven Dreamer

Did you want the pig in the picture?

Jin

@GnomeSlice the pig was so cute..

Raven Dreamer

That'd be a reason to not kill it.

Jin

12:02 AM

@RavenDreamer it wasn't my plan... he totally photobombed this ad

GnomeSlice

> Before Minecraft came along and blew everyone away, the indie game about building stuff was Wurm Online, a slow and plodding but rather atmospheric and engrossing MMO. The controls are awful, the visuals are frankly shit, and you do, admittedly, have to pay to do the best stuff. But the free version still ultimately blossoms into a fierce, challenging attempt to craft your own way through this tumultuous world.

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice Yeah I played that

that game is brutal

I joined a Goonrush for it, which was pretty fun

GnomeSlice

Goonrush?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice A large swarm of members of the Something Awful forums converging upon a game or website or other activity simultaneously.

GnomeSlice

...Why?

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:08 AM

@GnomeSlice SA Forums members are colloquially referred to as 'Goons'.

Raven Dreamer

oh, fuck.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz I meant, why would you do that.

Raven Dreamer

reaches for blanket

accidentally sends cables and usb devices flying around the room

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Goons tend to be prone to a mob mentality.

Raven Dreamer

It's raining optical mice!

FallenAngelEyes

12:09 AM

@GnomeSlice And because it's funner to do something as a group than alone, for many

Especially in Wurm Online. It's practically impossible to solo that game.

LessPop_MoreFizz

waxy.org/2011/10/… Creepy. Really creepy.

FallenAngelEyes

@Jin "(Maybe they didn’t pass their middle school placement test, I used to think)" <-this made me giggle

Lazers

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Q: How do I gift my extra copy of Frozen Synapse that I received as part of the Humble Bundle?

I recently received the Humble Frozen Synapse (And Frozenbyte) Bundles, and would like to gift my new copy of Frozen Synapse to someone. I activated all of the codes into Steam, but it doesn't seem to recognize that I own two copies of the game in the gifts list. How can I gift this?

GnomeSlice

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A: Reviving Game On

I think we could try BattleField Heroes. From what I gather, it's similar to games like Team Fortress, but plays in the browser. ...

Jin

@FallenAngelEyes omg stalker

@FallenAngelEyes i know i didn't link to that post

FallenAngelEyes

12:11 AM

@Jin But it was linked from the post you linked!

Jin

@FallenAngelEyes that's not what hypertext is supposed to be used!

FallenAngelEyes

@Jin I compulsively click links, I can't help it! I blame Wikipedia.

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes has an evil thought Have you ever heard of TVTropes?

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer I started a couple articles there in fact, so yes

GnomeSlice

Also, this definitely needs some more upvote love.

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A: Reviving Game On

D.I.P.R.I.P. Warm Up is a fairly fun arcade-ish car shooter game that's free for anyone who has a Source game (it's a Source Mod).

FallenAngelEyes

12:13 AM

@GnomeSlice I own that but have never played it

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes I don't even own it.

I'm not sure if the original portal will count as a source game, either.

Aw Jesus...

1.8 Gb.

I really wanted to try that...

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice looks at his 1 TB harddrive

I pity @GnomeSlice, and the small size of his... hard drive.

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer It's not that. It would probably take 4-5 hours to download that.

Raven Dreamer

I pity @GnomeSlice, and the small size of his... internet.

GnomeSlice

And I never get 4-5 hours of uninterrupted internet usage.

@RavenDreamer At least it's not a floppy disk (terrible pun/penis joke).

Although, if the game uses the same vehicle controls as Half-Life 2, I doubt it's even worth playing.

FallenAngelEyes

12:17 AM

@GnomeSlice Back when I was on dialup and playing the Matrix Online, my guildmates sent me patches for the game through snailmail

because it was faster to wait a couple days for the mail than it would've been to download 2.5 gigs on dialup

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes Nice. I'm not on dialup any more, but it's not actually much better.

Raven Dreamer

Haha

FallenAngelEyes

It was very nice of them :) I still have the cd's actually

GnomeSlice

What do you guys think of this for Game on?

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Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes Oh. Oooooooh. I don't know why I assumed "snail mail" meant "e-mail". That's sort of exactly the wrong thing.

FallenAngelEyes

12:20 AM

@RavenDreamer Haha, no, actual cd's mailed in an envelope

Raven Dreamer

I need to find an appropriate context to use that image.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer That'd be a painful way to pierce your tongue

Raven Dreamer

"Mmm! Tastes like Karma!"

Man. I want to know if shield bashing enemies to death is a viable tactic in Skyrim.

Wonder if you can dual wield Shields.

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer @Gracenote is the context you need.

Raven Dreamer

Actually, doesn't look possible, based on keybinds.

GnomeSlice

12:26 AM

@RavenDreamer "What's a carrage?"

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice Wat?

doesn't get the joke

badp

@RavenDreamer Simply Mana it.

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Gracenote is perfect for that.

badp

40 new TF2 strings...

Raven Dreamer

Is every mod other than me also a verb-meme in Gaming chat? :(

GnomeSlice

12:29 AM

@Raven I take you weren't actually referencing what I was with the dual shields thing, either.

Raven Dreamer

Snapping Testudo!

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer The Relevant thing.

Raven Dreamer

Aha. I was waiting for a link. Exxcellent.

badp

Hm, apparently there's a Mann Co. Store redesign

GnomeSlice

Actually, here's a clip of the relevant scene.

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Well, and a few scenes before it

badp

12:32 AM

uh? wha?

Store_FreeTrial_Plus

Oh... it's just strings to get you upgrading

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice This reminds me a lot of Day of Defeat: Source, but with vehicles added.

GnomeSlice

I CAN DUAL WIELD SHIELDS!!

Powerlord

Speaking of DOD:S, I may have a copy of it I can gift to someone.

GnomeSlice

Still no upvotes, I see.

@Raven skip to about 3:07 in that video for the relevant retardery.

Powerlord

> Buy Source Multiplayer Pack <-- wtf, $30 for CS:S, DOD:S, and HL2DM?

$30 for two $10 games and a game nVidia and ATI have given away free to nearly everyone on the planet?

GnomeSlice

12:37 AM

I never liked Counter-Strike.

Oh man. I love Unforgotten Realms.

So, since I'm also not legally allowed to give out this FS multiplayer key...

Should I just make a new account?

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Why? Just because every weapon in the game can one-shot kill if they hit you in the head?

GnomeSlice

And then give THAT to someone?

@Powerlord Found it boring.

Powerlord

Oh, well now you know why I don't like CS:S

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice You could!

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Would you like an FS account? I can also give you the dev link to download the game, which isn't under legal protection by Steam.

badp

12:39 AM

Niiice. The stats page seems to have been overhauled too.

Raven Dreamer

Um. Sure. What's the game like?

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer ...I see.

Is there a demo?

I can give you the download link if you like, and you can try the campaign.

@Powerlord Also, yes, if I wanted realism I'd go get in a real gunfight.

@Raven do I have you on Steam?

A wild Mana appears.

Mana

@RavenDreamer Frozen Synapse is great. It's a tactical turn-based strategy game.

But it doesn't rush you to take turns at all. It's really laid-back.

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice I doubt it.

GnomeSlice

@Mana we're just discussing ways I can legally gift my HumbleBundle copy of the game.

Mana

12:43 AM

You can have like 10 games going on at once, easily. And you can just play as you want to.

Raven Dreamer

"Dr. Banner? Your work is unparalleled. And I'm a big fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enraged green monster." -- Tony Stark

Mana

@RavenDreamer Yeah that quote was great.

GnomeSlice

> Note: all keys are for your personal use only.

Raven Dreamer

►

GnomeSlice

...What if I decided that I wanted to give my key to someone.

badp

12:44 AM

Okay, translations submitted.

Now, Valve, would you be so kind as to release the update...

or do we need to wait tomorrow? :/

GnomeSlice

> Big man in a suit of armor. Take that away, and what are you? "...Genius... billionaire playboy, philanthropist."

I never actually saw THOR.

And Captain America was... meh.

Raven Dreamer

The update's already released. Valve time has just yet to propagate forward to the point that its out in our universe.

@badp (to above)

Mana

@GnomeSlice What, you didn't enjoy Predictable Superhero Action Movie With American Patriotism #50100101?

Raven Dreamer

The problem with super heroes? They wear tights.

GnomeSlice

Hopefully the Hulk won't automatically ruin this movie.

Raven Dreamer

12:47 AM

Iron Man? Does not wear tights.

Wearing Tights inversely correlates with success.

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Tell it to professional ballet dancers.

FallenAngelEyes

argh, I wanted the day to be over so I could sleep but now I don't feel tired enough to sleep, fuuuuuck

Mana

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

GnomeSlice

> Note: all keys are for your personal use only.

So... it's legal for me to decide with MY key that I want to give it away, right?

Mana

Yes.

Just don't be very vocal about it.

GnomeSlice

12:49 AM

Good. So I can still give someone a copy of Frozen Synapse. It just won't be Steam Enabled.

FallenAngelEyes

Like y'know, announcing it in a chat room that's publicly indexed by google <_<

GnomeSlice

But he said it was legal.

=[

vvvvvv soundtrack, I need you.

x_x

Mana

I am a lawyer.

@GnomeSlice I have it.

GnomeSlice

That game was a very pleasant surprise. It was far, far better than I was expecting.

Mana

I'll upload and send tonight.

GnomeSlice

12:50 AM

And much more atmospheric than you'd think.

Mana

Yeah it was good.

GnomeSlice

I wonder if Tankball will run on this computer.

Humble Bundle games, y u all so big.

Mana

But...did you beat Veni Vidi Vici?

DID YOU?!

Raven Dreamer

@Mana Those rooms were where I died most.

parts of vvvvvv were just brutal.

GnomeSlice

@Mana Which?

Mana

12:51 AM

But we conquered it eventually.

GnomeSlice

I only found one room in the game nearly unbeatable.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana Yes, we did.

GnomeSlice

@Mana I went to bed after I finished it.

Raven Dreamer

We being the mod conglomerate.

GnomeSlice

I also accidentally skipped the completion image.

And it was in the credits, so it must have been great. =[

Mana

12:52 AM

@GnomeSlice It's the optional one where you have a small block blocking you from getting a trinket and you have to go up and down a lot of spikes in succession.

GnomeSlice

2

@Mana Is it a room? A game mode?

Is that the image?

Mana

A room.

GnomeSlice

@Mana I thought the only named ones were in the various facilities.

Though I've played more difficult games, I can't imagine beating VVVVVV without dying a single time.

I think I was up over 300 at the end.

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice Yeah. The room is part of the facility.

Mana

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GnomeSlice

12:55 AM

@RavenDreamer You definitely have to go through all of those to rescue each crew member, don't you?

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice Erm. Not every part of every facility.

GnomeSlice

@Mana Well, that's just silly.

@RavenDreamer There was only one facility I didn't visit every single room, and get every single trinket in, and it was late and I was tired.

FallenAngelEyes

VVVVVV is named after the mechanic, neh?

No clue!

12:57 AM

@FallenAngelEyes Also the number of crew members.

FallenAngelEyes

I'd assume that's what it is at least, up-down-up-down-up-down

@Mana Ah gotcha

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes It's named after all of them. THere are 6 characters whose names all begin with 'v'.

FallenAngelEyes

I still haven't finished it

@GnomeSlice I meant game mechanic :)

Mana

Hiiiiii Toooooom.

GnomeSlice

Oh wow, @Mana.

That's probably the one I missed.

Mana

12:58 AM

I DID IT.

GnomeSlice

Just now?

Mana

No.

Like a year ago.

GnomeSlice

Jesus Christ, how big is this Xbox system update...

Mana

You don't know the things I've seen, maaan.

GnomeSlice

@Mana, also I beat your score in SuperCrateBox on the first stage, normal mode.

Mana

12:59 AM

Well I only played it for an hour and a half.

So.

Tom Wijsman

@Mana Oh hi, Mana.

Mana

Yeah.

GnomeSlice

@Mana Sounds about right. Me too.

Blargh, the 3x window size for vvvvvv is slightly too big.

And x2 is awfully small.

@Mana is that level in the area where you rescue the yellow guy?

Well, Steam won't let me run the game any more anyway.

Powerlord

Wow, Duke Nukem is all the way down to $10 on Steam now?

I heard the game was bad, but not that bad. :P

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord It was that bad.

GnomeSlice

1:03 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz You mean it didn't live up to the hype.

LessPop_MoreFizz

No, I mean it was atrocious.

GnomeSlice

Perspective, man.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice I have it. I've played some awful games. DNF is among the worst.

Raven Dreamer

> I've had TF2 on my account since about the time of the Scout Update. I've been through many updates, and clocked some impressive gametime on TF2. However, I have yet to recieve a single hat for all my efforts. I was complaining to some of my friends how I was still "Poore and Irishe" even after all this time. They told me an interesting rumor: That some people's steam accounts were "bugged", and doomed to fewer than normal drops.

My question to steam support -- is there any truth to rumors of bugged TF2 accounts which recieve reduced item drops?

@Powerlord

GnomeSlice

Raven Dreamer

1:05 AM

Is Tomorrow really a LoL patch already?

GnomeSlice

Wow.

Haven't seen one that low even on Gamespot in a while.

@FallenAngelEyes Oh, hadn't thought of it that way before.

...Interesting.

Powerlord

@RavenDreamer Yes, send it!

Meanwhile, I've messed up my mapchooser config

Raven Dreamer

@Powerlord I already have! Now we just wait!

GnomeSlice

@Mana, what do you think of my new post in the Game on thread?

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A: Reviving Game On

I think we could try BattleField Heroes. From what I gather, it's similar to games like Team Fortress, but plays in the browser. ...

FallenAngelEyes

So this picture has been making the rounds lately

Raven Dreamer

1:09 AM

Yeah, I saw that on reddit last week.

FallenAngelEyes

and a friend of mine on FB posted that saying "Please don't let Kevin Bacon die..." which made me lol

3

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes Well, that's depressing. Even for me.

Raven Dreamer

Anxious to join the fight for the fate of Sanctuary? Like us on @Facebook and enter the Beta Key Sweepstakes! http://ow.ly/6UiJu #D3

Tweeted by Diablo on October 11, 2011 at 8:25 PM

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer ugh whyyyyyy the sweepstakes and crap through FB

Grace Note

So, @GnomeSlice, what was the mention of me for?

GnomeSlice

1:10 AM

@RavenDreamer Nobody here cares about Betas and things.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Carrage

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote I dunno. Just seemed like something up to your level of... you.

@RavenDreamer Did you watch it?

Raven Dreamer

Until I got bored with it.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Carrage was for the dual wield thing, not the me thing, supposedly

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer ...Did you get to that part?

@GraceNote Your mention was for the image.

Raven Dreamer

1:11 AM

@GraceNote - was Xerath released last week or the week before?

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Yes, I saw the image. It... didn't clear up anything.

@RavenDreamer Last week

Raven Dreamer

We don't have another LoL patch tomorrow, do we?

GnomeSlice

Good.

WHO'S UP FOR TANKBALL 2?

@Mana isn't.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer If Graves is released, then possibly

GnomeSlice

Tankball 2 is bloody slow on this computer.

Oh well.

Powerlord

1:14 AM

Note to self: ATTACH DEBUGGER

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote I'll be pleasantly surprised if they do.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer How often do they usually release new champs?

Grace Note

More to point, there's also the Xerath skin update so that his skins use different energy colors so they're less boring

badp

@RavenDreamer *ATTACK

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes two week patch cycles

@GraceNote Yeah, from what I understand, Xerath is mostly particles, not skin, so when they made new skins for him... they were stuck with the old particles, initially. Which meant mostly the same.

Like when Mars Attack Heimerdinger had normal turrets.

FallenAngelEyes

1:16 AM

@RavenDreamer Oh wow, that's fast

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer It was a pretty common subject of forum threads, at least that I read

Raven Dreamer

<3 Castle.

LessPop_MoreFizz

So, is there a polite way for me to inform my boss that I'd like to refrain from further testing of this software until it will no longer attempt to kill me?

Grace Note

Yay Castle!

@LessPop_MoreFizz "I'd like to refrain from further testing of this software until it will no longer attempt to kill me."

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ask for Hazard pay.

FallenAngelEyes

1:17 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...are you testing GLaDOS?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes I'm kind of wondering about that... the voice is somewhat similar...

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz dun dun duuuuuuuun

Grace Note

@Fallen and/or @Raven, up for a quick match? Just want to grab 1st of the day.

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote I cannae, was just about to head off to try to sleep :(

LessPop_MoreFizz

(It's routing software - think like in a GPS unit that does turn by turn navigation, and it attempted to send me across the 59th street bridge in the wrong direction today.)\

Raven Dreamer

1:18 AM

@GraceNote I think I can serve your needs.

GnomeSlice

So, would anyone like a non Steam-enabled copy of Frozen Synapse?

Grace Note

Just gonna do a quick Int Bots, if you don't mind, @Raven, then

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Oooh an obedient one

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Is fine. Want to try out Yorrick.

Powerlord

Whoa, setting a breakpoint gave me some... interesting data.

Raven Dreamer

1:19 AM

He's the only champ I've never played.

Give me a sec though. Apparently I need to update? (I blame Xerath skins!)

Powerlord

m_pHandler and handler are OK. It's the vote object reference that's corrupted.

Grace Note

Ooh, have fun with him

@RavenDreamer Yeah, I waited until I was done with that to ask, whoops

FallenAngelEyes

Okay, need to try to sleep now, good luck on your game, @Raven and @Grace!

Powerlord

> __vfptr CXX0030: Error: expression cannot be evaluated

Grace Note

(@Fallen, if you're just headed to bed and haven't downloaded the update, may as well do that before you head to bed)

FallenAngelEyes

1:21 AM

@GraceNote Ah, is it a big one?

Raven Dreamer

Not too big.

Grace Note

Not too big (lessee, I started at this, and ended there... so... it took about 4 minutes for me), but just saves time since you won't be running anything.

Raven Dreamer

Though I'm not sure how to judge size other than by download + install speed.

Yeah, I just finished.

So 4 minutes. I'm just as fast as Grace.

FallenAngelEyes

Ah, it's done now

Grace Note

...crazy Netherspeeds

Raven Dreamer

1:22 AM

@GraceNote Hit me up!

FallenAngelEyes

Hehe

badp

Grace Note

I already sent the invite

FallenAngelEyes

Have fun, goodnight all!

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes It's like Minecraft, travel's faster in the Nether

badp

1:23 AM

Now in Duke Nukem Forever: 2forts1bridge

GnomeSlice

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Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Odd. I don't

Oh, THERE it is.

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Haha, indeed.

badp

@GraceNote So you got yourself Minecraft, or..?

FallenAngelEyes

zonk

Grace Note

1:23 AM

@RavenDreamer I apparently missed hitting the "invite" button after queuing up your name

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes !konz

@GraceNote I've done that!

Grace Note

@badp It is impossible to be in this room, nevermind on the site proper, without eventually learning nigh all about the mechanics of Minecraft

badp

I know, but this time you don't even have the Steam reason to not get the game

Raven Dreamer

I just saw some... artistic minecraft fan art.

Grace Note

@badp No legitimate excuse, no.

GnomeSlice

1:25 AM

@RavenDreamer So?

badp

@GraceNote I didn't say excuse.

Grace Note

All I've got left are excuses. ♪

badp

Oh, I see.

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice Is a minecraft rendition of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel mural considered NSFW?

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Doubtful.

I thought you mean like pen and ink fanart OF minecraft.

badp

1:26 AM

@RavenDreamer depends or whether or not the sistine chapel has drawing that are NSFW.

Raven Dreamer

@badp It's artistic nudity, though.

GnomeSlice

Lolwhat.

That's not NSFW at all.

That was hilarious.

Raven Dreamer

i.imgur.com/ZIUGE .png

I'm not going to embed the image, but I'll leave the link for others to click at their own discretion.

GnomeSlice

It's really not very bad.

Or very good.

Powerlord

wtf is causing Windows to not send the vote_options message.

That works fine on Linux.

GnomeSlice

1:38 AM

Would anyone care to join me for a few games of Tankball 2?

Marco Ceppi

Is it free?

@Powerlord Because it's Windows?

Lazers

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Q: Help me identify this game - Old PC Point and Click game, possibly educational, involves kid solving (?) historical puzzles (?)

I'm not going to lie: My description of this game is going to be extremely vague. I remember it was a popular game on an old PC back in a daycare center, (which for me would be the 1990s) which various people played. From what I remember, it was definitely on a PC. It was pixel art, but was ver...