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12:24 AM
@Wipqozn this wintersday instance gets harder each day
@OrigamiRobot I'm not seeing chat
I'm going to go to bed nowish
nn :P
 
FINE
 
don't FINE me.
 
I do what I want.
 
12:29 AM
going now
 
12:49 AM
Holy spam.
Also, Gateways is officially excellent.
 
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Q: How do I get to Shin?

user28015After the Manta Scene and the Walrus chasing, I am supposed to go over that bridge and stop Shin. Does not work. I can't get on the bridge since it is blocking me and when I glitched over, there is no ability to tear the shields down. How do I cross the bridge to kill Shin?

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Q: I can't open Spore on my Mac

BethanyIt's been a long time since I tried to play spore on my iMac. I reinstalled it today and whenever I try to open it my screen will go black, a blue box will flash on my screen, my cursor will change a few times then I'm back at my desktop. After all of this a pop-up will come up on my screen sayin...

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Q: Get paid to kill yourself

jonleechIn a quest in Eridium Blight, Handsome Jack asked you to jump off a cliff and be his bi*ch and he will reward you handsomely. From past experiences he almost never keeps his word, but still I will like to know if the reward is worth the thousands i gonna spent to regenerate myself.

 
@GnomeSlice Oh? Official? Really? DID YOU MAKE AN OFFICIAL REQUEST TO THE OFFICIAL POLICE!???!?!?!?!?!!111oneoen?!?!!oenon1!?!?!?!
but yeah that game looks pretty cool
 
@Wipqozn brb making an Official Barn chat room
 
1:05 AM
@OrigamiRobot That show is fairly awesome, but Gir was on a whole other level of awesome from the rest of the show.
 
@Wipqozn Uh oh, I edited a thing. By a guy. This could get ugly.
 
Why doesn't he have a name?
He has almost 900 rep
but he doesn't have a name
 
@OrigamiRobot A thing by a guy? Wow, sounds serious.
 
@OrigamiRobot Heavens to betsy.
 
1:10 AM
Hello, Bridge.
 
@Fluttershy NO! GO AWAY!
 
@Fluttershy THE BRIDGE IS NOT GW2
 
@OrigamiRobot I just got home, and I'm still trying to compose myself. Give me a break. x_x
 
NO 2 BREAKS ONLY GUILD WARS
 
@OrigamiRobot Nicely played Mister Robot.
@OrigamiRobot Conversation Parade is the best game ever.
 
1:13 AM
I know!
battery low, shut down
 
@OrigamiRobot I was so excited for a BMO episode, and then no.
 
@Wipqozn The actual BMO episode is not that good.
 
@Wipqozn It is. It's like Portal in 2D if you had different sized portals that could make you bigger or smaller.
 
@Ullallulloo It's not quite the same as that.
Although that was a fun one.
That one even has the 'theme' of Portal (sort of)
Neat thing about Gateways is that it's one large area that you are slowly able to explore further in as you gain new abilities.
@Ullallulloo Play out there somewhere!
 
1:20 AM
@GnomeSlice I still have school to do yet.
I will if I get done.
 
1:31 AM
@Ullallulloo My video answer is almost done!
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A: Stole the Temptress, How Can I Upgrade It?

fsfHow CAN i BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE a saint !

Lmao
 
1:58 AM
Woo! Done potluck and secret santa stuff for tomorrow. Now I have <looks at watch>... 1... hour... before I should head to bed.
 
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Q: What does premium currency buy you?

user28015With the current release of WarZ on Steam, I noticed that you have several purchase options that includes ingame currency. So what exactly can you buy with this premium currency?

 
2:18 AM
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2:33 AM
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Q: A virtual machine to play old Windows 95 and 98 games that us CPU timing?

CanageekThere are some games that used lazy programming and used CPU cycles for timing even into the Windows 95 and 98 era. This leads them to be basically unplayable on modern computers. There was some discussion of this before however all the the answers are either dirty hacks that may or may not work ...

 
Time to send up another ship, to stay this time. Must man the space station!
 
3:01 AM
@Lazers That feels like both a shopping rec and a dupe
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Welcome home?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Hey, I'm home too.
 
@Fluttershy I haven't been home in weeks
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I've been in a hotel for three weeks, so I guess technically I'm home too. <_< But yeah, welcome home.
 
Welcome home to the both of you! :D
 
3:15 AM
@John :(
 
@Fluttershy I was in hotels for weeks. Now I'm not. It is exciting.
 
@OrigamiRobot Welcome home, @OrigamiRobot!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Mine is less exciting. I'm actually sad I'm not in the hotel anymore. ._.
 
@Ullallulloo I've been home since Nov 25th
 
@OrigamiRobot Belated welcome home!
 
3:25 AM
Thanks
 
3:39 AM
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Q: what stackexchange site does this question belongs on

Xitcod13I have asked a question yesterday that relates to a custom level design in a game. I am aware of GameDev.stackexchange website however i asked it here because I though it was more fitting and much more likely to get answered then on the other website for couple of reasons. Its not really a gam...

 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Did you pick up the THQ humble bundle?
 
@Fluttershy Yeah, a while ago.
Did you see the new thq amazon bundle?
IT HAS SPACE MARINE IN IT
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh. <_< Okay. I was gonna send you my SR:3 copy. lol
 
> It's usually better to focus on partying and let the other stuff take care of itself.
Andrew WK is a smart man.
 
@GnomeSlice @MBraedley
 
3:54 AM
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Q: 'Make Me a Program!' website

RaindropMaybe it doesn't fit into stackexchange's policy, so maybe someone could just make their own website to support this instead? Where we have normal people saying 'make me a program!' and beginner/amateur programmers who want to improve their coding skills make programs. All programs on those site...

 
4:14 AM
Why is A51 discuss suddenly overloaded with moonspeak
 
The "Spiderweb Software Complete Pack" on Steam represents something like 450 hours of RPG gaming
 
4:43 AM
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Q: Prison Architect- Prisoners won't leave truck

MarxI've tried everything I can think of to fix this problem, but I give up now. The delivery place is in the right location, I have no fences, it's not being blocked by anything. The delivery timer will countdown, and then..nothing. They keep driving. I've played for several in game days now, and no...

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Q: I've lost my portal from the end to the over world.

Wyatt SpycherI was in creative mode and I killed the ender dragon. I then broke every portal block so I could collect the dragon egg. I forgot I could cover them, and now I can't escape the end without dieing. Can I create another portal home?

 
 
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5:49 AM
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Q: TF2 account not premium anymore and most items not tradable

temp userI didn't log into my second steam account for about a year, and today I discovered that I can only trade limited use items, like keys, duels, paints and tags. All other items are marked as non-tradeable, and steam says I don't have premium dlc for TF2, though I gifted it to my second account two ...

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Q: If I don't like a quest reward can I pick a different one?

Ben BrockaCertain Unique quest reward items are really only good if they have certain attributes like special elements. Earlier I got Moxxie's Kiss of Death but I really wanted a Shock one. Is there any way to re-roll the attributes of a quest reward?

 
 
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6:51 AM
Good morning bridge!
Sooo many questions I can not answer. :(
I should play more games.
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7:28 AM
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Q: Fallen London: Is there any way to get more candles/actions in-game

Jonas SöderströmIn Fallen London, the Story Nexus game, is there any way to get more candles/actions in-game. I mean without paying to become an "Exceptional Friend" with real money. I am thinking of something similar to Kingdom of Loathing where you could eat food/drink booze to get more actions.

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Q: How do I ensure a youth player reaches his potential?

victoriahI bought a couple of 15 year old regens recently that have a lot of potential. I want to know how best to make sure they reach their peak possibility. Should I send them out on loan to lesser teams for first team experience, or keep them in my youth academy (which has excellent facilities)?

 
8:01 AM
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Q: Are Übers and Key Wardens considered elite monsters?

SolemAccording to diablowiki: There are three types of elite monsters in Diablo III. Superunique [...] All quest monsters, including Diablo, are considered superunique. Rare [...] Champion [...] This means, and correct me, please, if I am wrong, that bosses are affected by the "extra damage to eli...

 
8:49 AM
@PatrickStalder o/
I might actually make 13k rep before new years
@PatrickStalder you should play GW2 on the american servers
 
9:04 AM
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Q: Deadly Reach/Foresight extra dmg

Hong OoiThe Foresight rune on DR gives +18% damage on all attacks after the 3rd DR strike. My question is, does the DR strike have to actually hit a target, or can I (for example) shift-click while in town to attack the air, then portal out with the bonus?

 
9:37 AM
@pixel I just had a high priority coffee interrupt on the stack and was unable to react. Can you give me proper reasons to play GW2 (additionally to playing WoW )? AND can you give me proper reasons to play on american servers?
 
ok
Guild Wars 2 > WoW
Guild Wars 2 is free to play after the initial purpose
Guild Wars 2 looks pretty
Guild Wars 2 seems reasonably balanced
Guild Wars 2 is fun
American servers because I play on them
American servers because of Arqade guild
American servers because @OrigamiRobot @RavenDreamer @Wipqozn + others play on them
I completely quit WoW, I have 0 active accounts and WoW is not currently installed on my PC
 
Conglaturation !!!
You have found
a great game.
And prooved the justice
of our culture.
 
@badp leave off the crack, it's bad for your health
 
@badp linking game videos and then using that as justification for your behavior is WRONG. Next you'll go shoot up a shopping centre or something and blame it on GTA
(yes I know you just copied some horrible translation)
 
9:45 AM
@pixel CURTUAL REFRENCES PROOVE THE JUSTICE OF OUR CULTURE
 
MOD ABUSE
 
AND MOD ABYSE
 
@badp bored
 
Oh look, for once a typod word that isn't found on Urban Dictionary to mean some combination of genitals and bodily functions
 
@pixel ... why can I not write a huge answer.... long story short. I have limited time because I play WoW and go to the gym regularly. So when would I "need" to be online to see people playing?
 
9:51 AM
@PatrickStalder you should stop playing WoW
 
European time.
 
I'm online lots
everybody else is online like weekend afternoons EU time
or very early morning the rest of the time
 
@pixel No. I can not. I just convinced all my community members to play it again. I can not just leave now. I do not play it excessive at all, so I do not see a problem with it.
 
@PatrickStalder I do that all the time
 
I have to look up time zone gimme a sec.
 
9:52 AM
"HEY GUYZ LETS PLAY NEOCRON AGAIN" immediately stops playing
my D:\Videos\TV just broke the 1tb mark
 
@pixel The problem is that ALL the members were like "I would die before playing THAT game again" and now they started playing so I do "not have to play alone". Its like proper backstabbing. And I know people in real life. They would backstab me IRL.
 
my D:\Videos folder is approaching 2tb
 
@badp Instead, you used a trademarked name ... of these things:
 
oh no, @badp I hate you
 
@MartinSojka "I like trains."
 
9:56 AM
@pixel Alright, alright... Where can I sign up?
 
I googled your stupid misspelt word and ended up on tvtropes
@PatrickStalder lol if you don't have time to play it then you don't have time to play it :P
but guildwars2.com
 
@badp Specifically, it's top of the line German passenger wagon, from 1930.
If you ever saw WW2 movies set in Germany, they are usually somewhere in the picture. :)
 
wooo hoo
 
@pixel I was more considering if I have time to PLAY ON AMERICAN SERVERS. And I already own the game. But early mornings is fine. Who needs sleep anyways...
 
@PatrickStalder oh I see
we're on Crystal Desert
 
9:59 AM
Tada
New computer... Oooh Yeahhh.. and its not 4am :)
 
@pixel Is there any group dynamics I have to fit in. Or is it just play what you want?
 
@PatrickStalder do what you want
 
@pixel sweet freedom!
 
there are only ~10 of us atm, and that's including @badp who didn't pass the free trial
@PatrickStalder TSW is now free to play as well
 
10:09 AM
in all the worst possible ways
 
@badp I am still on tvtropes, it's your fault
 
@pixel I saw it in an Newsletter mail. Did not read details. I assume GW2 > TSW.
 
@PatrickStalder yeah definitely
 
@pixel Did you know? TVTropes has an easter egg when you press the F4 key with the Alt modifier.
 
@badp WHAT? IT CLOSES MY ARQADE CHAT?!?!?!?!
@badp obviously you meant ctrl+f4
 
10:11 AM
@pixel try ctrl+w
 
@pixel That only closes one tab and is insufficient when your TVTropes link tabsplodes
also yeah, Ctrl-W is much easier on the fingers
 
this is all your fault
I hope you're happy
 
@pixel M-F4, do it! DO EEET!
 
10:44 AM
0
Q: Why is my Fungus not spreading/killing?

dewordeI seem to be getting a bug on certain Plague Inc fungus levels. In certain countries, my plague stalls and the numbers never change. My DNA level keeps rising, but the numbers don't shift. I've had this near game end, where my disease was hyperlethal and massively infectious, and near the start, ...

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Q: Warcraft 3 Custom Map RPG Game for Android

NewAmbitionWarcraft 3 boasted the opportunity to create custom maps, and set about creating your own game, if you will. RPG's were the best, such as Twilight EVE ORPG, where you started with a character, could level it up (upon reaching a certain level, upgrade to a new version of the character), quest, gr...

 
@pixel Still on tvtropes? :P
 
its off topic as per faq
 
@PatrickStalder yes
I still hate @badp
 
@ayckoster, yeah, i didnt realise that asking about a game in the gaming section was off topic. came here under your word though
 
@NewAmbition it wasn't a question about a game, it was a question recommending a game
game recommendations result in discussion, potential arguments, upset moderators
If I was the ruler of the world, they would be allowed
 
10:56 AM
@pixel, i appreciate the input
 
which, is why I am not the ruler of the world
 
haha... i guess i was just trying my luck
 
chat is the right place to ask though
but no, I have no idea
 
well, i guess i will give it a go here... Is there any one out there that knows a warcraft3 custom RPG style game for an android system?
 
fooooood.
 
10:57 AM
"Warcraft 3", "RPG style" ... my parser just broke, I think.
 
:/ - The deeper I get into this, the more of an idiot I feel like
 
No, I just don't understand how those things are supposed to be combined.
 
@PatrickStalder braaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnn
@badp are you here
 
I am sober
 
If you want "strategy game with personal story and some RPG-like skill progression", there's Battle for Wesnoth - it's free for the PC if you want to try it out first.
 
11:01 AM
@fredley gz
 
@pixel Thank you. It was quite an effort.
 
@NewAmbition: I am not quite sure if the controls for such a game would work on the Android
 
@pixel Totally unrealistic. The banana would obviously go first.
 
@MartinSojka blabla
 
11:04 AM
@NewAmbition: After all Warcraft 3 is clicking and hotkeys etc.
 
@martin, thanks, will try it out
 
@pixel You guys don't have a fruit bowl at work? We do. Bananas go first; that's a constant. Apples go last.
 
There are some tower defenses AFAIK
 
@ayckoster actually its quite effortless... a lot of rpg's have been made so far, but none quite as intruiging
 
@MartinSojka nope
if I create a channel on se chat, and type stuff, then people join it later, they can see that right?
world's stupidest question in the hope that @badp returns to mock me
 
11:06 AM
@pixel Yes.
 
@NewAmbition: Have a look here: gamespot.com/android/role-playing/…
perhaps you can find something that fits your criteria
 
@ayckoster appreciate the help. will check it out.
 
@NewAmbition: The best WC3 rpg is Wind and Cloud RPG imho, see: epicwar.com/maps/52712
there are 2 versions of the game, do not know which one was better though.
 
11:25 AM
@ayckoster Wouldn't that require you to have WC3 for Android? Is there even such a thing?
 
@MartinSojka i think my question was misinterpreted...
 
11:54 AM
@pixel BRAINS!
 
12:11 PM
@pixel I'm sorry, I was too busy watching progress bars fill up on Youtube to answer your interesting question
like, literally.
 
@badp wish i wasnt behind a proxy
 
@NewAmbition One of the Youtube puts it like this: the world's largest airport terminal. Just imagine endless corridors and the pictured beings there carrying around square scraps of paper.
 
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Q: How does the weapon level up works in Darksiders

KagemushaIn Darksiders you can level up your weapons. But how does this exactly work? Is it enough to just attack enemies with the weapons or is it necessary to kill them in order to gain weapon experience?

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Q: Removing optical sights from weapons

spyderIt is possible to remove unlocked optical sights? They are very uncomfortable, no advantages, only narrow view. If this is not possible, may be I can clear all game progress and start a new game without any unlocks?

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Q: How does one breed the new Apocalpyse dragon?

AdulmecI saw the new Apocalypse Dragon in the marketplace.  I heard it has four elements required but I didn't see that in the game, how do I breed it?  Let's hope I get it before the world ends. :)  Thanks!

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Q: Can I be competitive in Planetside 2 without leveling?

Corporal TouchyI tried Planetside 2 this week-end and liked it. Due to recent life changes (growing up and getting a job and such) I don't have as much time for gaming as I would like. The question is if I should still try to learn Planetside 2. It seems to be quite complicated and I performed decidedly medio...

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Q: Is XM shared across players?

KillerdackelIf I collect all the XM in a region like a railroad station will other players arriving at the station after me be able to also collect the XM or is it consumed by me?

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Q: Where do I find a courier?

Ilya MelamedI've got all 100% sync, the only thing missing is the thieves challenges, which I can't finish because I can't find a courier to catch. I know that there's no way to make them "appear", but are there any way to increase the chance for the, appearing, or is there a place or area where they appear ...

 
@badp haha oh :P
 
@badp I invited you to something
 
12:38 PM
I'm trying to explain to one of our suppliers that when I said "Intel Xeon or equivalent" that AMD chips do not count as an equivalent
he's just not understanding
 
Processor == Processor right?
 
no, AMD hardware is slow
 
@pixel ITS BASIC MATHS/LOGICS!
 
you do not get comparable performance out of AMD stuff
 
@pixel Sigh, facepalm, try to be very precise next time, so that you don't get PowerPC chips. Or a copy of Babbage's differential machine.
 
12:39 PM
ironically, they're complaining about performance issues
I've upset them
by using the line "well you will have performance issues if you run your system on budget hardware"
@MartinSojka they're not even in the same league, if I got stuff like that I wouldn't even authorise payment
 
@pixel He, these are still Von Neumann machines, right? Right?
 
@pixel Stuffing and Glue are around 60c each T_T
 
@MartinSojka you lost me
@OrigamiRobot say what?
 
The term Von Neumann architecture, also known as the Von Neumann model or the Princeton architecture, derives from a 1945 computer architecture proposal by the mathematician and early computer scientist John von Neumann and others, First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC The meaning of the term has evolved to mean a stored-program computer in which an instruction fetch and a data operation cannot occur at the same time because they share a common bus. This is referred to as the Von Neumann bottleneck and often limits the performance of the system. The design of a Von Neumann architecture ...
 
59 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot
@pixel Stuffing and Glue are around 60c each T_T
 
12:45 PM
@OrigamiRobot are you buying or selling
 
I don't have any
 
awww
I have loads
 
All yesterday it was at 6c
I should've bough all of it.
 
and do you know what?
I'm not selling
 
Lame
 
12:46 PM
I NEEDS for my minipets
 
nope.avi
 
...
minipets > you
you'd want a mini pet if there was a mini gir
 
nope.avi
I don't need status symbols.
 
huh
I don't see them as status symbols
I see them as mini pets
you and your over analysing of everything
 
They don't do anything.
They are to show off to other people.
 
12:48 PM
That's not the point.
how can you go for 100% game completion if you skip stuff
 
@pixel what does 100% game completion do for you?!
 
I'm not paying 100g for a rabbit.
 
nothing
 
I tried to help @Fluttershy make some gold yesterday and he killed my margins. >:O
 
lol
does that mean Fluttershy is going to be online tonight?
maybe we'll be able to - gasp - do a guild run in a dungeon
 
1:03 PM
You can't buy a game and play it too.
 
1:29 PM
@pixel Maybe. It's not like I can sell stuff anymore @Fluttershy
 
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@pixel I'll be online tonight. But I'm doing fractals with my main guild. <_<
 
Getting to the end of a fractal must be tough.
 
@badp Not at all.
 
@Fluttershy WHAT KIND OF CRAPPY FRACTAL IS NOT TOUGH TO GET TO THE END OF
maybe it gets to a point where the hallways become exponentially smaller than you can fit in?
In other news
RIP Journalism 1605-2012 http://t.co/8BTjmVgS
 
1:52 PM
@badp They do get progressively harder. I think they go up to level 15 or something in difficulty.
 
@OrigamiRobot we obviously need a main guild ;p
 
@badp Not wanting to diminish the work of Johann Carolus, but .. 1605? Really? That's a rather modernistic-eurocentric point of view.
 
people who play skyrim, can you get dwarven armour by killing people?
 
@pixel I do not know if it drops. But you can certainly find the items lying around. The wiki does not state anything about people dropping it.
Its probably due to the dwemer not being right there in their shiny armor to beat you up.
 
2:13 PM
@pixel I have been in a non-Arqade guild since launch. >_> I consider it my main guild because it's the only one I represent.
 
@Fluttershy I meant nothing by it :P
@PatrickStalder I didn't really pay much attention to skyrim, it came out, I completed the main story, I haven't played it since
 
@pixel I know. I just wanted to elaborate. >_>
 
@pixel I just tried to provide answer.
I did only play 80isch hours.
 
2:29 PM
@pixel No. At least not up until Dragonborn DLC, which isn't on PC yet. I have 200+ hours in the game and you can only get Dwarven(Dwelmer) armor from chests/rewards/smithing
You might find swords and bows though..
 
@pixel I'm actually not interested in guilds at all.
It's just a prebuilt friends list for me
 
@OrigamiRobot me either, just dungeon groups
 
"representing" is lame
 
do you know what else is lame?
 
@Fluttershy?
 
2:36 PM
this morning @badp said something that resulted in me ending up on tvtropes
and I'm still on tvtropes
 
Do you even know what fractals are?
 
Are you guys going to get in a fractal pissing contest now?
 
I don't even know what they are.
 
@OrigamiRobot I duno, just some high level dungeon of some description
 
@OrigamiRobot Why are you kicking me while I'm down? You monster.
 
2:43 PM
@tiddy MY FRACTAL IS BIGGER THAN YOURS
 
2 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
I tried to help @Fluttershy make some gold yesterday and he killed my margins. >:O
 
@pixel Yeah, that sounds about right. That place is dangerous
 
1 hour ago, by Fluttershy
@pixel I'll be online tonight. But I'm doing fractals with my main guild. <_<
 
@OrigamiRobot Not my fault you were trying to cheer me up!
 
@fbueckert I can't tell if these are docked or broken.
 
2:44 PM
@Fluttershy You didn't have to run it into the ground you Greedy McGreederson
 
@OrigamiRobot I am trying to save up 120g.
 
@GnomeSlice They're docked
 
@fbueckert Nice!
 
KSP just kludges connections.
 
@Fluttershy That doesn't mean you have to kill your own means to make money.
From now on, I'll keep my money making methods to myself.
 
2:46 PM
The last mission connected another set of tanks, and then the Kerbal docked underneath them, so now my station is manned!
 
@OrigamiRobot I didn't. I was still making money. =P
 
57 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot
From now on, I'll keep my money making methods to myself.
 
@RonanForman I'm shocked. Shocked.
 
@RonanForman I would have never expected that. Really, I am astonished.
 
2:48 PM
@RonanForman Want to see: Comparison between gun deaths and mental-health provision in countries where firearms are legal.
 
@RonanForman have any more brain busters?
 
Want to see: Comparison between gun deaths and previous offences
 
or perhaps, history of mental illness
 
@tiddy Mental illness happens everywhere. Gun massacres don't.
 
I think you better double check that
 
2:51 PM
@tiddy Which part? =P
 
@RonanForman I've heard this. From what I've read, it seems like there's supposedly no link between the two, but it just happens that a lot of gun murderers play video games. They use it as 'practice'.
As disturbing as that sounds.
 
The gun massacres part
 
@GnomeSlice Considering the number of people who play video games, is it really surprising that a lot of gun murderers play video games?
I'll bet the numbers are about the same for gun murderers and non gun murderers
 
@SaintWacko 100% of people who murder with guns breathe air, ban air!
 
Essentially, Correlation != Causation
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2:53 PM
@pixel And dihydrogen monoxide! That shit's dangerous!
 
@GnomeSlice I know I learned to fire a weapon with two thumbsticks. The idea of using video games as "practice" is completely ridiculous. If anything, all video games do is desensitize us.
 
@Fluttershy Even that is ridiculous.
 
@Fluttershy I don't even see that
 
@Fluttershy I'm perfectly happy to cleave someone's head in two with an axe
...in a game
 
A person in a video game is entirely different from a person in real life
 
2:55 PM
However I can't watch an injection on tv without covering my eyes
 
@fredley Oh, good, I'm not the only one! :P
 
@SaintWacko shudders
 
@fredley As soon as the news starts talking about flu shots, I find something extremely fascinating about the opposite wall
 
Anyone who is desensitized to committing actual violent crimes because they played violent video games already has problems.
2
 
@SaintWacko Yeah me too. Movie gore: fine up to a point. Trival real injury? Fuck no.
 
2:57 PM
I just long for the days before video games when there were no violent tragedies
 
@fredley I can watch injections all day, unless they are happening to me.
 
@Fluttershy Remember that Summer Camp shooting from last year?
 
Then I have to turn away.
 
@fredley Exactly. In a movie you know it's not real
 
@fredley +1
 
2:57 PM
I watched some news coverage of it on TV, and they said that he told the court he'd been playing Call of Duty or Counter Strike or something as 'practice'.
 
Basically, we're all freaked out by injections in here it seems
 
You remember, that guy that killed like 70 people...
 
Most of the time whenever people talk about that kind of stuff my knees melt, as the ancient Greek would say
 
@SaintWacko When it's ridiculous a la Kill Bill it becomes easier to watch strangely
 
@fredley I don't like really gory movies. I think the goriest I've watched was probably 300
 
2:59 PM
@SaintWacko That's pretty gory!
 
@fredley Yeah. That was enough for me lol
 
@fredley Oh, oh, what's that movie where the guy uses a lawn mower on a bunch of zombies.
 
@GnomeSlice I can say all day that driving in a video game is practice for taking a driving test, but that doesn't make it practice.
 
@GnomeSlice Ah... no
 
@OrigamiRobot Yes, I'm aware. But insane people are insane.
 
2:59 PM
Right...
 

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