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11:00 PM

Tennis for Two was a game developed in 1958 on an analog computer, which simulates a game of tennis or ping pong on an oscilloscope. Created by American physicist William Higinbotham, it is important in the history of video games as one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display. Development Higinbotham created Tennis for Two to cure the boredom of visitors to Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he worked. He learned that one of Brookhaven's computers could calculate ballistic missile trajectories and he used this ability to form the game's foundation. The game uses an osc...

C. Ross

so if I qualify for the gaming grant, and less than 10 people apply for x game, I'm guaranteed?

Powerlord

@CRoss Pretty much.

@badp Honestly, I'm seriously considering not getting that game, and a major part of it is because one of the devs was a Super Meat Boy dev. Another because it contains Roguelike in its description, and randomly generated dungeons.

badp

@Powerlord but... Zelda-alike!

Powerlord

@badp That's one point for and three against.

badp

The main thing this game has in common with SMB is the art really

There's none of the super hard crazy jumping action here

and none of the respawning either - you die, you start over

in a different dungeon

vs a different level boss

with a different reward

Grace Note

11:07 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Almost all?

badp

I actually don't know if you can save

Each session so far was too short for me to look for a save button anyway

Powerlord

@badp Given that Roguelike is in the description, I'm assuming no, or the save is deleted as soon as you die.

badp

Eh, I guess there is some saving.

let me doublecheck

Grace Note

@Powerlord Most marketted roguelikes actually just ding you harshly

Powerlord

Also, I'm disappointed in Valve's decision to make Portal 2's DLC mainly about multiplayer.

FallenAngelEyes

11:09 PM

Well I already have Morgana

Grace Note

True

Powerlord

(It comes out next Wednesday btw)

badp

uh.

There's no saving

FallenAngelEyes

I wasn't particularly interested in Sona but apparently her ult forces enemies to dance, which is hilarious

badp

bummer

FallenAngelEyes

11:09 PM

also yay level 10!

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes I let Annie die by dancing in that match

FallenAngelEyes

Haha

Powerlord

@FallenAngelEyes: So, did you make a decision on 999?

Grace Note

Not as hilariously ridiculous as the previous Rammus game, but I have to give that game props for how long we stayed in mid pushing through them

FallenAngelEyes

@Powerlord I can't really afford it right now, so I'm going to wait

Powerlord

11:10 PM

Shame, it's a good game even if John Dies at the End.

(which btw is just me making stuff up)

badp

@Powerlord woo?

What's the problem with that tbh

some new content > no new content

Powerlord

@badp Because I don't play Portal 2 multiplayer

badp

(especially if the price tag is the same)

@Powerlord You should change that!

Portal 2 coop was very fun and almost half the game

You're really missing out.

The real puzzles are in coop, not in the single player game

Grace Note

Hey @Raven!

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Pentakill?

Grace Note

11:14 PM

@RavenDreamer I could've, but alas, I didn't

Raven Dreamer

Closest I've got was a Quadrakill, once, playing Tank Evelyn.

Grace Note

I did get a triple, though. Because I played AP Rammus

Had 683 AP at the end. Bought Mejai's first

Raven Dreamer

Powerball has a 1:1 ratio!

Tremors' is pretty good too, if I recall.

Lazers

Q: What determines how long you meditate for?

I just unlocked Meditation in Glitch, and I'm having trouble understanding how it works. It seems that I've been able to meditate from 1 second to around 10 seconds. Is the time random? Or is there something I'm missing?

glitch

Raven Dreamer

Defensive ball curl used to scale with AP.

Grace Note

11:16 PM

@RavenDreamer It looks low, but when you're dealing 300 damage per quake...

It stacks. Fast

Had I been in the center, I could've gotten a Pentakill, but unfortunately I hit a creep and Ryze locked me so I just kinda rammed him

Raven Dreamer

There was one test patch, back when LoL had a test realm, where Rammus had galio's passive in addition to his own. (Galio hadn't been released at the time, mind).

Grace Note

Haha

Powerlord

@badp The problem is, when it came out, I was having severe Internet connection problems. Now that my connection is stable, everyone I know who's interested in the game has already done so, so if I did play, it'd almost certainly be "here's how you solve this puzzle"

In which case I might as well just watch a Lets Play of it.

Raven Dreamer

@Powerlord Portal 2 Co-Op?

Powerlord

@RavenDreamer Yes

badp

11:19 PM

@Powerlord just gift the game to somebody else then!!!!

Raven Dreamer

@Powerlord I haven't done Portal 2 Co-op either. I was in the same boat.

badp

oh look, you can play coop together now. How beautiful