The Bridge - 2011-08-24 (page 8 of 8)

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9:00 PM

Doesn't show me the name, would only let me join the game.

@Wipqozn No apparently it's empty we can move if you like

@RonanForman Oh my no, nothing like that

I was just wondering

Hmm, based on the way Facebook phrased their blog post, FB.SO isn't really a replacement for the docs/wiki, it's a replacement for their developer forums.

Actually I just might join you, I have not played in a bit. Need to hook up directly my modem though, since I'm using my shitty back-up router right now.

Which makes a lot more sense, because forums blow.

9:01 PM

@Wipqozn They added a few new weapons last week. Like a new, overpowered Sniper Rifle.

@Wipqozn Man, I'd love to see an issue this instant.

@Powerlord I like the concept of the Short Circuit but haven't crafted it yet.

Is it super-OP?

@KevinY It does 5 damage to players.

Why is everyone crap on this server?

As someone I know told me, the new Sniper Rifle, the Machina, can literally get 31 headshots at once on a 32-player server (assuming it's 1 v 31)

9:02 PM

@Powerlord oh goody.

@Powerlord I can imagine camping the vents in Turbine.

In other words, it passes through people you shoot.

Jeez, what's the downside?

I don't really know what's the big deal about it. Again, the railgun in Quake 3 does the same. It's rare it matters.

@Brant ...you can't shoot it unscoped.

9:03 PM

@Brant You can't shoot it unless you're zoomed in, plus it leaves a brightly colored trail.

Ah, the Tribes method.

@badp The problem is that this can still headshot.

@Powerlord The Quake 3 railgun does more than 100 damage always anyway.

Oh, and as I recall, it has a higher base damage than the sniper rifle, too.

@ArdaXi That's 1

9:05 PM

@Powerlord Yup, +15 damage fully charged.

It changed between Quake 3 and Quake Live so I don't know the exact numbers

how upsetting, someone else is using the internet. Hopefully this router won't be that bad.

@KevinY So, 165 damage or 495 for a headshot?

@Powerlord That would be crazy on defense at the beginning of a round when the other team is pouring out of their spawn.

Let me check the wiki.

Bodyshot: 160-185, Headshot: 518

9:06 PM

@KevinY Oh, you meant +15 percent

Ahh yes, whoops.

Then again, I should have realized that. Derp.

I'm waiting for somebody from above to put the avatars in gaming.stackexchange.com/election before I put up a system message announcing the winners

How many system messages are necessary for 1 election?

@Michael NEIN.

9:10 PM

@MichaelMrozek Hey, that's the only one I would add, plus the one announcing the start of primaries

@MichaelMrozek 6-8

I mean, Community puts up a system message at the start of nominations, I'd add the notice at the start of primaries and the dropdown pokes people at the start of elections. We now need a system message announcing the winners. Juan and Grace decided to keep the system messages going through the entirety of the process and I didn't stop him :)

aaannd now I'm failing

Someone ping me?

@MichaelMyers It was at me. The important Michael

9:14 PM

Oh, yes. Mana hasn't been put through the ritual yet.

@badp So, Juan and Grace are the same person? :O

We're waiting permission to activate thine lazers

{Moderator elections have ended! If you didn't vote, SHAME ON YOU. [x]}

^ we need that as a site banner.

@FallenAngelEyes Just saw the Ars article on the GameStop removing OnLive codes thing

arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/…

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ It really doesn't look like they blurred the personal info very well

9:24 PM

Hmm, I apparently have to make sure I don't store my extra charged eneLoop batteries in the charger itself, because doing so apparently drains them faster.

How's that for unexpected results?

@Powerlord Then that's a poorly designed charger.

@ArdaXi I'm going solely by reviews of it.

> If you leave a pair of charged cells in an unplugged MQN06, there is a leakage current of 0.5mA. This means a loss of 12mAh per day. In other words, a set of 2000mAh cells will become exhausted in about 5 months. That wipes out the 'low-self-discharge' benefit of eneloop cells.

@Powerlord Hence 'then'.

The irony here being that it's the charger made by Sanyo, the manufacturer of eneloop batteries.

So @mana, now that you're a mod, do we need to greet you as "My Lord"?

9:28 PM

Please don't, that would remind of those god-awful ads for that one browser game...uhm...

I can't remember the name.

evony, or civony

Oh man, I remember the ads for those.

It has had two times, one of which made it even more obvious they were trying to rip of the civ series

Borderline pornography!

They had nothing to do with the game.

9:29 PM

Play now, my lord!

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apparantly a few of the images they just stole from other websites

brb restarting

brb homing go

@Powerlord The worst were the ones that flashed on and off and would give people epileptic seizures. shudders

9:37 PM

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Q: 4 Dimensional Game Snake4d

I wrote a little 4 spatial dimension game, it's a 4d Snake. The rule are the same as the game for the old nokia cell phone, eat the food, don't cross yourself, don't go out of the borders. What do you think of the idea? Here is a little explanatory video: ...

9:48 PM

damn Gamestop!

I see you got bit, too, @Jin?

techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/screw-you-gamestop

yeah...

@ArdaXi that one is really tame

If I post any subsequent ones I'll get suspended.

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lol: gossipgamers.com/…

> "Our client does not rip-off players of the game Evony"

10:05 PM

Congratulation @GraceNote :D

And @badp

On?

Seriously: WTF?

@NickT None of the images on that site work for me (and I'm at home!)

gaming.stackexchange.com/election

@Mvy you're like...a few months late on that

10:06 PM

@Mvy You want the second one listed there.

@Mvy I love you. Don't change.

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Well sorry I was on the train :P

@Mana is now the community's bitch

XD

can I flag my own messages?

it's like an instant straw poll

high stakes

10:08 PM

@NickT lolololololololololol

How would you even present that to a judge?

I kinda wonder what the formal legal definition of "rip-off" means

cheat?

That's funny cause @GraceNote, @badp and @Juan are first mods to be elected in an election they did not take part in :P

Question, do the copies of Deus Ex sold by GameStop mention the OnLive thing on the box?

If so, GameStop would be commiting fraud.

@Mvy Think of this election like mid-terms

@Powerlord Excellent point.

10:11 PM

@Mvy or these are the Class 2 Moderators, the existing ones are Class 1

@Powerlord Ask @Jin

XD

@Powerlord Technically, they're committing fraud regardless since they claim it's a new copy, but they're opening them up and then resealing them.

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Q: Selling a second-hand copy of Spore

I have just put a copy of Spore on eBay. Someone has already messaged me asking if there will be any issues installing it on their computer if it has already been installed on mine. Will there be any issues registering and installing this game on another computer?

that question could really use a better title

oh wait, that's right, edit system.

For certain non-lawyer definitions of fraud that I can get away with using because even though both of my parents are lawyers I know absolutely nothing about it.

10:14 PM

@Manaಠдಠ That's how they always do it, they open the boxes and leave the boxes on display, but the games behind their counter.

Ah, I see.

That said, the whole "taking the coupon out" is kinda nyarg of course.

Hurray, hurricane is set to just barely skim Ottawa.

@Manaಠдಠ Actually I think they are breaking the law more then just fraud. They are not selling you the entire product, but are presenting it as if they are.

SURVIVAL!! pumps fist

10:15 PM

I think it's going to hit Nova Scotia

Well anyway. congratulations @Mana and @Raven

thanks for rubbing it in that you're safe

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Q: Selling a second-hand copy of Spore

I have just put a copy of Spore on eBay. Someone has already messaged me asking if there will be any issues installing it on their computer if it has already been installed on mine. Will there be any issues registering and installing this game on another computer?

god, either my language skills or Chrome's spellchecker are terribly broken, activation is OK but not activations

Oh, shoot. I totally forgot that you lived there. Sorry man.

It's bad regardless but :/

10:17 PM

Yeah well you're laughing it off on the beach, I'll be crying in terror under my bed!

If it makes you feel better I don't live anywhere near a beach.

@Manaಠдಠ How does a hurricane "skim" Ottawa, it's like 300 miles inland

@NickT Well, it's like

you got these winds

and they kind of reach inland sort of

@GraceNote So since they've always been doing fraud it's okay?

@Manaಠдಠ I actuallly hate beaches, so that makes me feel worse.

10:18 PM

by the time a hurricane got to you it would be a gentle rain shower

stop being so dramatic

and then they barely don't reach Ottawa. or something.

@NickT But...I like being dramatic!!

Perhaps you should become an actor.

of the theatre!

Didn't you read his mod aplication?

God no, I'd be awful. I have like no facial control so I'd be making the most dreadfully awkward or stupidly unconvincing expressions all the time.

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yeah man, I got totally hammered by Katrina

10:19 PM

@NickT fuck yeah! Image not found.

Then it loaded.

Lookit, Katrina hit Ohio

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That's not really skimming...

@NickT Sorry.

yeah man, we got DIRECTLY hit

none of this skim crap

10:21 PM

@badp That's kinda stretching what I was saying.

I love how mana went from feeling happy, to feeling like a dick.

I need help re-phrasing a question

14 mins ago, by Nick T

@Mana is now the community's bitch

@fredley go on

@GraceNote Yeah, sorry.

10:22 PM

as SE won't allow 'How do I get Balls'

orbs

spheroids

Awww...

...as in the Deus-Ex acheivement

@fredley ...why?

Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:

It does not meet our quality standards.

10:22 PM

What is in the rest of your question body?

Wait, is that your entire question?

or the title?

Paragraphs upon paragraphs of Duke Nukem quotes.

I doubt SE is censoring based on words alone. They've made that clbuttic mistake before.

Oh no wait I needed to add more chars to the body

done now

:D

That error message could be more helpful though...

It should be rephrased: "Your question's bad and you should feel bad."

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10:24 PM

> I can't figure this one out. The description is: "Seems you like playing with balls, eh?"

Truly one of the more shining questions on the site. claps

Wait, what? I got 10 TF2 items today.

@Manaಠдಠ I know what it means....

FallenAngelEyes

Does anyone else find the completely unceremonious way The Kid in Bastion enters levels by falling into them face first hilarious?

@FallenAngelEyes I made a video about it, actually.

Hrm, I want a Strange weapon, but I don't have any items to trade it for.

10:26 PM

I saw that in VerbalProcessing's LP, it was funny then too!

in Root Access, 3 mins ago, by BloodPhilia

If Escher had portals

in Root Access, 3 mins ago, by BloodPhilia

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@ArdaXi you can have all my strange weapons for free if you want

is that 0?

Yes.

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ ...wut

10:28 PM

@Wipqozn I appreciate the sentiment, but... that's not very helpful at all. :P

@ArdaXi How so?

You have no strange weapons.

@FallenAngelEyes Well I just don't get how anyone could survive that.

Yeah I do.

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ also, no voiceover :<

10:29 PM

Wrong Wipqozn?

@ArdaXi Oh wait!

@FallenAngelEyes That's part of the point. It's not supposed to be an LP.

optf2.com/user/76561198022109193

Where?

You meant strange type. I thought you just meant a strange looking weapon

They're all strange, a sandwhich that heals you?!?

10:30 PM

Man, I am so clever.

Maaann, whats wrong with your wit?

It's too awesome, I know.

Also, how did I get a pip boy?

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ you are silly

@FallenAngelEyes Nice to meet you, my name's Mana.

Owning fallout

10:32 PM

I thought it was for fallout 3?

oh well, not complaining

although I didn't even realize I had one

I never specified which fallout!

I don't have fallout 3 on the PC you see

You can have some of the Fallout I collected from Chernobyl

@Wipqozn Nope, it's for owning New Vegas

Also, that creepy FallenAngelEyes person added me on Steam. :/

@Powerlord she's probably stalking you

10:37 PM

Anyway I better be leaving, I've got to get my GCSE results tomorrow!

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Q: How do I change the default "Save File Location" in VVVVVV on MAC OS X?

Usually, VVVVVV saves the games in my documents folder. How can I change this? I don't want my saved games appearing in my documents folder--I just don't know how to change the location without corrupting my progress.

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Q: How do I get Balls?

How do I get the Balls achievement, I can't figure this one out. The description is: Seems you like playing with balls, eh?

achievements deus-ex-human-revolution

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Q: Do different versions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution differ visually or mechanically? How so?

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is available on Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows-based computers via Steam. How do these versions differ? Obviously the 360 version has achievements, while the PS3 version has trophies—and Steam's suite of community participation tools are an obvious inclusion in the PC versi...

xbox-360 ps3 steam version-differences deus-ex-human-revolution

It's no big deal, I need 1 C to get into college!

Might want to look into getting another L too ;-)

WINNING

Your post is now useless.

10:40 PM

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stares

there

Uh oh! Stealing a mod's catchphrase is punishable by ban!

Oy

More of a catch-action but still!

10:42 PM

what, is that like a catch-22?

@NickT That's like if the action you're stealing is becoming moderator.

So Steve Jobs resigned as CEO.

...again

Why?

From HN:

> It makes perfect sense as part of the succession planning for Apple. This way, when Steve (very sadly) resigns "permanently" from any and all jobs, it will just be business as usual and not take down the Apple stock by 30% or something equally ridiculous. Still, quite a shock.

10:47 PM

Because he wanted to wear a blue turtleneck but the board said no, so they forced him out

I just realised I don't care so cya!

macrumors.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo

@Mana so which NHL team do you like

probably should have asked that before election was over

oh well

@KevinY Big news

@NickT I used to root for the Toronto Maple Leafs, even though I grew up in Ottawa

10:49 PM

Steve resigned from his Jobs?

user20683

the man has serious liver issues

why, did the Senators suck?

this did not help me out as a child

shrug Because I liked to root for the underdogs

user20683

become a Cubs fan

user20683

;P

10:50 PM

Canucks!

user20683

Sharks, support the home team...you know the rest

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aaaagh

I'm really regretting dropping out of the Deus Ex promotion grant because of a vacation that wound up being cancelled

Cancelled because you're a mod now? You are dedicated.

Uh. yes. Yes, that was why. ahahaha.

10:57 PM

@Manaಠдಠ Oh your vacations are canceled? :(

Yeah, because my parents were just too busy with their work stuffs to go anywhere.

Eeeeek

That's not cool

shrug Whatever man, it was just a trip up to my cottage. I already went this year anyways.

On the bright site, your are the most acclaimed person of Gaming

@Manaಠдಠ still..

heh, thank you, but I wouldn't praise myself that much. :)

11:00 PM

@Manaಠдಠ We do.

@Arda scratches head awkwardly Comp...li...ment...???

user20683

I don't, go earn it :P

@WorldEngineer Man, I'm not even a mod yet. Hooooow :(

@Manaಠдಠ Why is it so weird for me to compliment you?

Why can't you just accept my love? :(

@Arda I don't know. Given all the back-and-forth fake-annoying stuff that goes on from time to time, I guess it just takes me aback.

11:03 PM

@Manaಠдಠ But that's not from me, that's at me.

True. I'm just as guilty of it, too.

Congrats @Raven and @Mana

Thanks @Fabian!

Plus we will never threaten to stab you, and in fact cannot speak.

I think you should have run too but that's just me. :O

user20683

11:04 PM

Did that not get posted in here yet?

@Arda It was, yesterday

user20683

no idea

still cool

user20683

nuke it then

11:05 PM

This is exactly what I thought at the end of Portal 2.

Maybe someone will press the mod-making button soon, else you might have to prod @Grace to get it done ;-)

Grace has already been prodded.

@Arda Me too. I want a Portal set in a city with a more action-oriented focus!

(Things you never expect to say)

@Manaಠдಠ I was referring to the end of that video.

Oh.

11:06 PM

@ArdaXi I think he/she/it doesn't have that button, so he/she/it has to prod someone else

I wanted Chell's open-field paradise to be a fake wall, too!

Yeah, I think the button is only available to developers

@Manaಠдಠ I've been looking into making that, but I suck too much at Hammer.

@badp Then it's probably not so much a button as a SQL query.

@ArdaXi No, it's actually a button (as far as some SE employee mentioned a while ago)

user20683

Michigan's general biome is more forested than Wheat Fields

user20683

11:10 PM

assuming that that whole bit is even true

@Fabian On it

@GraceNote Well, then Mana and Raven will soon see the crazy room (sometimes called Teachers' lounge) ;-)

@RAVEN. WHERE ARE YOU. :(

FallenAngelEyes

Argh Cael Hammer proving ground why must you thwart me so

@FallenAngelEyes Dodge roll everything but the brick walls and the really large objects.

11:26 PM

I sent my friend some questions about a college in Atlanta, and the list started as follows:
1. On a scale of 1-10, how bad are peoples' drawl down there
2. How many Confederate flags do you see on a daily basis
3. How many praise Jesus signs

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@FallenAngelEyes What what why am I needed?

Also, Grats @Mana and @Raven

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz the Gamestop thing

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@FallenAngelEyes Gamestop thing? I've been in a car all day, there are holes in my news up-to-date-ness

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz Gamestop thing

though they updated their article there to include their lawyer's opinion

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@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, looks pretty sound to me.

In other news...

NOOOOOOOOOOO VEGGY WORLD. :(

Damn you @Brant, WHERE WAS YOUR SUPPORT?!

11:44 PM

heh

Veggy World is gone. FOREVER! MUAHAHAHAHA!

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@Wipqozn I wanted a copy of Veggy World. :(

I'm also still disappointed by the lack of love my Lenny quote has gotten.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Which quote was this?

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Q: How can I not snap people's necks (or only snap it a little bit)?

So the wall-punching augmentation (in the Cybernetic Arm Prosthesis augmentation tree) allows you to punch through weak walls, but will automatically have you snap the neck of anyone standing on the other side of them. Am I correct in assuming this will ruin a pacifist playthrough? Is there any...

murder deus-ex-human-revolution pacifism

comments.

5 upvotes is a lot of love for an Of Mice and Men quote on a site filled with gamers.

11:49 PM

I love OF Mice and Men.

I should read through it again sometime soon. I own it and all.

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@Manaಠдಠ I'm sure at least one of those up votes thinks it was a Bugs Bunny quote.

Hmm... didn't mean that one, but it works too.

That's the one

I think we're really lucky to be a site about gaming in regards to the grant.

I mean, what'd you give the users of EL&U? Dictionaries?

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@ArdaXi Strunk & White!

ducks

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