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2:00 AM
@agent86 I had it on the SNES as Final Fantasy III...
 
they just renumbered them for the US releases. we didn't get FF2, 3, or 5 in the states until many years later.
 
Oh. Okay.
 
we got 1 as "final fantasy" and 4 as "final fantasy 2" and 6 as "final fantasy 3"
 
3 was the last no-show to come stateside. I felt so privileged for the longest time.
 
@John check
 
2:00 AM
then when ff7 came along, they re-aligned the numbering.
 
Sans the whole "YE CANNOT SAVE IN YE DUNGEON" aspect, though.
 
and mate in 1 I believe
 
There are 2 answers here that are both correct (but different), but there's something I want to add. Which answer should I add it to? Post my own? I'd be about the length of the shorter of the existing answers...
 
@agent86 That's because FF7 brought the series into the mainstream, I think.
 
@GraceNote if I didn't SUCK at learning languages, I'd soooo learn Japanese. not my forte, however. I barely speak english.
 
2:01 AM
@John I would add a new, single, more complete and comprehensive answer than either.
 
at one point my coworkers tried to teach me hindi. I think I learned "hello, boss" and that was the extent of it.
 
@agent86 I have two advantages - I was a fast learner for Katakana (which is due to its nature and it then made Hiragana easier), and I know Traditional Chinese (which helps with Kanji).
 
room topic changed to The Bridge: Gaming.SE's room for mostly topic-free discussion of videogames, the internet and the lazers thereof. Now with 5% less alot. [doorlessness] [hatlessness] [murder] [wipqozn-gravitation-law]
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I second this.
 
@GraceNote ah, see, I know nothing but english. and a tiny bit of french that does me very little good in any situation I've ever been in.
 
2:02 AM
@badp a lot is two words...
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Kevin's is fairly comprehensive IMHO, I just wanted to add specific instances of what can cause the error.
 
@badp I'm going to miss that alot...
 
@Tristan fail
 
@Tristan @Wipqozn is an alot.
 
@agent86 If it makes you feel better, I don't really know English, either, despite it being my native language.
 
2:03 AM
@Tristan you kids
 
@John Was
 
Hm... I can tell I still have a lot to learn about GamingSE memes..
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@GraceNote Well.... in his heart he still is.
 
@GraceNote yes, your ignorance makes me feel better, because I am a terrible person.
 
2:03 AM
@Tristan yes.
 
Someone link him to the meta post on memes.
 
@GraceNote Isn't being a native speaker really the best excuse for having bed English?
 
@Tristan Worry not. We'll always be happy to educate you on these matters. Through any means. ♪
 
@Wipqozn There. Fine. I did it. And I demand a rematch.
 
@badp I think being a harlot is the best excuse for having bed English.
 
@Lss
 
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....is it bad that I almost want to give up on SM3DL because I can't have the white tanooki suit in the special world?
 
wat
 
Whenever I see "your" for "you're" or "their" for "there" or "definately" for "definitely" I know immediately that's a native speaker typing
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@Wipqozn Not lazy, thinking.
 
2:04 AM
Good game @John.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz Thanks for the link. Now I know what @Wipqozn had as his avatar before ponies.
 
@badp This is actually hilariously true
 
@Wipqozn Good game. Again?
 
@Tristan pony* There is only one pony in my gravatar.
@John Yes.
@badp I lol'd pretty hard.
 
@GraceNote It isn't really surprising isn't it? Turns out they're omophones...
 
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2:05 AM
@badp Yeah, non-native speakers are generally a lot more careful, and often a lot more knowledgeable.
 
@AshleyNunn Yes.
 
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@Wipqozn I figured as much XD
 
the US is weird though. I can drive for days in pretty much any direction and not need to know anything but English. even into mexico in some situations.
 
So, English Assets 1 wasn't the final download before patches. I'm on English Assets 29 now.
 
@John cancel one of your invites
 
2:06 AM
You're still downloading?
 
@GraceNote Correct.
 
How many hours has it been?
 
@Wipqozn Done.
 
@GraceNote about 50.
 
Good heavens
 
2:07 AM
your turn @John
 
What are you downloading
 
@Tristan what are you downloading?
 
Granted, the first 46 of those hours were downloaded at 28kb/s
Now I'm up to 300kb/s.
 
@Wipqozn You're white again....why are you white again?
 
@badp SWTOR
 
2:07 AM
and why are you using dialup?
 
@badp SW:TOR
 
SW:TOR stuff
 
and have you tried this thing called "broadband?"
 
Limited to a hotel connection
 
@John It shows me that I'm black.
 
2:07 AM
@Wipqozn Submit...
 
how many terabytes?
@GraceNote ugh
 
@GraceNote Thanks!
 
Didn't get higher than 28kb/s until whining at the hotel staff.
 
I was having a hard time keeping up with the conversation. lol
 
@Wipqozn Ah there we go. Wrong page. nvm
 
2:08 AM
Hotel internet is the worst internet.
 
@Wipqozn Your turn.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I dunno. Train internet is pretty... shaky.
 
@GraceNote I wouldn't say whining. More like... "Give me faster internets or I take my business elsewhere."
 
why not wait until you're not at a hotel?
 
@Tristan Right, I did mean more of a "I have a pretty legitimate complaint, here!"
 
2:09 AM
@GraceNote Well yes, but any internet where you can be online while on a vehicle moving at high speeds is sufficiently miraculous as to be forgivable.
 
@agent86 It's...complicated.
 
@agent86 because I have nothing better to do.
 
@Tristan mkay.
 
I do really wish I had been able to get a better answer to this:
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Q: Is there any way of evaluating the quality of a hotel's internet connection in advance?

LessPop_MoreFizzI'm on the road a lot for work. I tend to end up staying at a lot of budget chain hotels that offer free wi-fi. So far so good. But sadly, not all wi-fi is created equal. The past few weeks I've been subjected to a particularly shameful string of terrible connections, and I've decided to try to t...

 
@LessPop_MoreFizz This is true, but also the train ride is so awesome for aspects other than sitting on your duff being on the internet, anyway.
 
2:09 AM
@agent86 Long story short: Got out of the Army. Left apartment to move home. Complications with divorce. Stuck in Washington longer than expected. Hotel.
 
@agent86 Could've been me back over the summer. From May to September I was living out of hotels.
 
Note to self - must log into Travel before I can actually vote.
 
@Tristan sounds like a whole 'lotta suck in a small space of time. my condolences.
 
@agent86 That's not even the half of it. =P
 
@John your turn btw
 
2:10 AM
@GraceNote Wait....you can't vote while logged out?
 
@GraceNote yeah, switching out of the moderation election rigging tools can be quite confusing
 
@Wipqozn Thought so. Yours now.
 
But, I cope by contributing to the witty banter that is The Bridge.
 
it's like you try to vote for somebody and then poof! All the votes not for him are gone!
 
@John Not on this machine, no.
 
2:11 AM
Luckily nobody seems to notice ever.
 
@Tristan The Bridge helps everyone cope. Just ask GnomeSlice.
@GraceNote But...you're Grace Note.
 
@John I would if I could get a word in around all of his constant linking.
 
@John The R-9DH is an early model.
 
@Tristan Heheh.
 
2:12 AM
@John That said, he posts some pretty useful links.
 
@John
 
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@TimStone I can't escape from the ponies, can I? >.< sigh
 
@AshleyNunn That's a unicorn.
Please, accuracy.
 
@AshleyNunn ...
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@Wipqozn
@GraceNote Google isn't telling me what that is...
@Tristan True. Never underestimate GnomeSlice.
 
2:13 AM
@John That's because @GraceNote is better than Google.
 
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Sorry, sorry, my bad.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz Technically, Twilight Sparkle and Rarity are unicorns too.
 
@John It's probably something 26 revisions before R9D9
 
Ok, so I drew up an answer that includes my additional bit of info, and it's uncomfortably similar to the other answer...
 
2:14 AM
@John
 
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@Tristan Ponycorns?
 
@TimStone And.....blocked. Starring so I can check later.....
 
@AshleyNunn Sure, why not?
 
@John Just post it. If it's too similar, we can all just down vote it, no worries.
 
@AshleyNunn Luckily balpha also lives in Germany, so you're probably safe from unicorn hoodies too
 
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2:15 AM
 
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@TimStone Haha lucky me XD
 
@Wipqozn Meh. Done.
 
@John It's an R-Type ship. Model number R-9DH, armed with the Extended Photon Belt Wave Cannon to take the R-9D Shooting Star's weapon in a new direction.
 
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I actually don't mind unicorns, or ponies. I just don't get the My Little Pony thing.
 
@GraceNote Ooooh gotcha. Everything makes sense now.
 
2:16 AM
The ship is named after the humming sound made by the cannon as it fires ♪
 
@Wipqozn
 
I'm in!
 
@GraceNote R9D9 is a humming sound?
@Tristan In.... SWTOR?
 
@John Yeah! It finished!
 
@John The name of the ship is the R-9DH Grace Note
 
2:16 AM
@John
 
@Tristan Woooo!
 
@GraceNote wait, wasn't that one the sound of a galaxy getting imploded by a single shot of a cannon or something
 
@Tristan Woo! And if you need something else to play also, Spiral Knights is a pretty good FTP MMO on steam.
@GraceNote Oooh Grace Note is a humming sound!
 
@badp No, I'm not equipped with the Planet Buster Wave Cannon.
 
we need to make a reference text dammit.
 
2:18 AM
@John I'll check it out. For now though... I'm in TOR land.
 
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@GraceNote For some reason I keep reading that as Peanut Butter Wave Cannon.
 
@badp Like the Book of rchern?
 
@AshleyNunn I want a peanut butter wave cannon. I would aim it at my mouth. It would be a delicious death.
 
@TimStone I was rather thinking dictionary or wikipedia style
 
All you folks playing TOR makes me want to play TOR.
 
2:19 AM
Minor details
 
@AshleyNunn ...great, the only thing you've succeeded in doing is make me wonder what the mechanics of the PB Wave Cannon would be!
 
@GraceNote Shouldn't Agent86's answer be merged with the dupe? Or does it not really add anything?
 
@Wipqozn Well aren't you bringing out the big guns fast.
 
The book of rchern really is an (aborted) epic tale of courage, love and mirrors. Mostly mirrors though.
 
@John I'm a very aggressive player.
 
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2:19 AM
@GraceNote If you figure it out, let me know. I would totally buy one.
 
@TimStone This sounds important...
 
I was somewhat more defensive last game since I wasn't sure on your play style.
 
@Mana I'll let you make the call, but you can merge a closed question (and, in fact, if you value your life then it's preferable that you close before any merge)
 
While I wouldn't mind having the Chronicles of The Bridge, this is not what I have in mind.
 
@Wipqozn Well last game was a perfect example of not my play style.
Your turn, btw.
 
2:20 AM
@John
 
@Wipqozn
 
@GraceNote I know
 
@John Very
 
@TimStone Link?
 
@John
 
2:22 AM
@badp No, you're right, a reference material seems far more reasonable.
 
@Wipqozn I demand your otherwise messages notifying each other of those turn things you're talking about be filled with lolcats
 
Part of me wishes the bridge was empty right now, since it would just be a huge wall of "@john, @wipqozn, @john, Wipqozn..."
 
the void you're leaving is discombobulating!
 
@badp Your wish is my command.
 
@badp Now I'm going to get lolcat notifications all the time...
 
2:23 AM
@John the best notifications.
 
@Wipqozn How very clever of you exploiting the main weakness of the Spanish opening.
@Wipqozn
 
@John I'm afraid if I link you she'll appear out of nowhere and ban me. It's safest if we just forget this conversation ever happened.
 
@Wipqozn But it's not my turn yet...
 
@TimStone Kinda like GraceNote? Mhmkay.
 
2:24 AM
there
 
@Wipqozn Ah you submit that time. Very good.
 
Quick! What server should I play on? D=
 
@Tristan The one with @Raven and @LessPopMoreFizz.
@John badp!
 
@John I don't know what server they play on... Or if they're Empire or Republic.
 
2:27 AM
@John haha, go @badp. +1000 respect points.
 
@Tristan Empire I think....the server idk though. Sorry.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz You still around?
 
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Q: Application to help with setting the price in GTM

svickI noticed that the default price for selling some crafting-related items seems to be much lower than the "market price". Since it's hard to tell what the actual market price is based on what's currently in the market, I'd like to have an application where I would record my sales and use that info...

 
@Wipqozn If all goes well it's invisible bike next up.
 
@Wipqozn I'm going to actually put something here so hopefully @badp won't totally wreck this message. If he does, I'll exploit his one weakness... I'll call mod abuse.
 
2:29 AM
I'm just filling in what you leave empty :(
 
@John If you call mod abuse, @badp will just delete your message.
 
@Wipqozn All the more evidence!
@Wipqozn Your turn.
 
@Wipqozn is really disliking @badp right now
 
:(
 
2:32 AM
@Wipqozn Your turn.
 
@badp It's okay @badp, I thought it was a great idea.
 
hey, if you're going to take up the chat room with your turns you might as well do so with content.
 
@badp So I'm adding content. I haven't posted a single blank message since you told me not to.
 
and I haven't been touching them
they're still pretty much contentless for the rest of us but whatevs. Don't get too worked up on a joke, jeez.
 
@badp Well, at least the popup notifications won't show pictures or videos, so I'm ok with it.
@badp Hm. Someone's scared about the prospect of me calling mod abuse. I wasn't actually getting worked up about it. Jokes on you! :P
 
2:34 AM
 
@Wipqozn And now your queen retreats..... YM.
 
oh Bridge
how low can you fall
 
@Wipqozn wait this one doesn't count.
 
@Wipqozn I'm ok with this if you make them relevant to how our game's going.
 
2:36 AM
@Mana Double mutual schadenfreude, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
 
@badp Better?
 
... I step out for some cheese and prosciutto and come back to this? I'd prefer the lot of My Little Pony.
 
@Wipqozn okay
 
@badp Me and you and you and me?
 
@GraceNote please don't make it happen
 
2:37 AM
@John nope. Why does it have to be always about you.
 
@GraceNote Start firing badgers!
 
@Mana With no shame for being punny, the Bridge has fallen so low we may now be a tunnel.
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@TimStone Have I mentioned you're my favorite user here?
 
@badp There were 2 yous and too mes. Who else would it be? Mutual pleasure derived from displeasure? You annoy me, I scare you, eh?
 
I try, sometimes.
 
2:38 AM
@Mana I thought I was.... :(
 
@Mana I'm jotting this down for future reference.
 
@Wipqozn It's still your turn...
@badp [hatles/ness]?
 
I thought I had ctrl-z'ed that out :/
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@John My guess is that it broke our fall.
 
@GraceNote Or our fall broke it.
 
2:40 AM
 
@Wipqozn :( Me no like being pushed down...
 
@AnnaLear They may have made it 10k, as I know some people asked about that, but at least when it was introduced, it was diamond only.
@Wipqozn You misspelled "PAWNS".
 
@John Nah, it's probably still diamond-only and I just derped.
 
2:44 AM
 
@AnnaLear Either way, things would be a lot better if they would make it 10k or even lower. Then we could quit bumping that answer no problem.
@Wipqozn I meant to do that. Your move.
 
@John Ah, I was wondering what the hell you were talking about, but I got it now. :P
Marc had mentioned somewhere that they were undecided about what level of visibility that feature should have, so while it's current mod-only, it may be extended in the future.
 
@TimStone Just continuing a comment conversation. You should've asked; I'd've linked you here.
 
@TimStone I'm still confused, but I'm also too busy looking up lolcats in between moves
 
Wow. 5 touchdowns in one half.
 
2:47 AM
@Wipqozn So that's why your moves started taking so much longer!
@GraceNote Wait....Grace.....watches.....football?
 
@John I make comments in chat without context all the time, so I understand
 
@TimStone I really hope they do extend it.
 
@John My father does.
 
I don't see a compelling reason for them not to, so I hope so too.
 
@TimStone Yeah, this is the Bridge Tunnel after all. We thrive on on no context both here and on the main site.
 
2:48 AM
 
@Wipqozn Beat you to it.
:3002916 Timestamps.
@GraceNote Are you married? I always envisioned hags to be widows....not saying you're a hag, of course....
 
@John I don't believe so.
 
:3002916 ...Huh, there is no evidence. Where did the history page go? |:
 
@TimStone It's removed when a post if deleted. It may be viewable by mods though, not sure.
 
@TimStone "Page Not Found"..... @badp! What did you do?!
@Wipqozn But it wasn't deleted....just revised....
 
2:51 AM
 
Yeah, it wasn't deleted for me either until I opted to refresh since chat seemed to be behaving funkily.
 
Oh, if only image searching here was easier...
 
NO EVIDENCE!
 
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I've got nuttin'
 
@badp He deleted....*then* edited?
 
2:52 AM
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Q: Does having weapons/magic ready cause NPCs to be more hostile towards you?

OghmaOsirisI always have Clairvoyance ready when I'm traveling across the map. But it seems that if I have magic ready, the other characters in the game remark that I need to be careful, I need to take my magic elsewhere, etc. Does having magic or a weapon at the ready cause the other characters to he less...

 
@John No, other way around
Order of events listed is from most recent to earliest
 
@John the wonders of topquoting
 
@John Yes. First I deleted it, then I edited it, then I made the original post.
 
@GraceNote Well, at least you can search only starred messages now (which occasionally helps)
 
@TimStone you... can?
 
2:52 AM
Well duh, I mean, I didn't read all the way to the bottom.
 
Hmmm
 
I mean, okay, there's this
 
@badp You could, Marc added it after I requested it. It seems to have disappeared, though :/
 
not exactly new though
 
2:53 AM
 
@badp I like how much of that is @Mana.
 
@GraceNote I told him it was a bad idea to change his avatar. I'm glad you agree.
 
I still say I liked the time he changed it. Even if his undying hatred for me got starred as a result.
 
@Wipqozn I really ought to try winning one of these days.
 
I thought posting cat pictures when bored was my meme.
you guys need to get your own.
 
2:55 AM
@agent86 You are missing the context.
 
@agent86 Imitation and flattery and what not?
 
@agent86 It's all @badp's fault.
 
We were pinging each other with blank messages to indicate whose move it was (playing chess), and then @badp suggested this genius idea.
 
like a territorial cat, I am marking this particular territory as MINE hisses
 
True story
 
2:56 AM
Surely @badp is a genius.
 
@Wipqozn You have to actually move to be allowed to post a picture.
 
</star-whoring>
 
@Wipqozn were*
 
@John I did.
I just double checked and everything/
@John NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
@Wipqozn You are determined to make that knight die, aren't you?
 
2:57 AM
@agent86 Public urination is frowned upon in the Tunnel, especially in light of the poor ventilation.
 
@TimStone scratches and bites
 
@John Like I said, I'm very aggressive.
 
@TimStone Female cats don't urinate to mark territory
 
@Wipqozn Your move.
 
Besides, you brought a lone night straight into my territory. That made it personal.
 
2:58 AM
@badp Well played.
 
@Wipqozn Well yeah....you really weren't moving much, so I had to.
 
@Wipqozn Run little knight! Run! Your turn.
 
@badp I'm male, and not fixed, so I can urinate where I please. resumes marking territory
 
@agent86 TMI.
 
2:59 AM
@John YVW
 

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