The Bridge - 2012-12-30 (page 1 of 5)

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12:01 AM

I got the EU copy, and I am on vacation in Brazil, but i brought my work laptop thinking I wouldn't have time to play games anyway

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12:15 AM

@Blem Do you have a digital copy? You could always just download and install it, and see if you can login.

@RavenDreamer how would you format it to make it more intuitive?

@Wipqozn I got the CE, I am pretty sure I can download it, but the internet here is to slow :(

@Blem Damn. There goes your chance for that delicious, delicious 25 rep!

Assuming the OP isn't a douche that is.

@kalina Move the Rare Crafting Materials section to the top?

It is more the hats I'm intrested in, been with out internet for most of the time down here in Brazil, so havent been able to post anything

12:21 AM

@OrigamiRobot done

@Blem I only need 2 more upvoted questions to get another hat, but nothing I'm doing seems to be getting me any closer to it

I do agree about breaking it down into the baser materials.

Even though it's just "Multiply by 2"

@OrigamiRobot already done

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A: Why is the header badge count pink?

I have no idea why it's been pink... Looking at my original design mockup for the site back when it was gaming.se it wasn't pink. Anyway, I un-pinked it. The change will be in the next prod build.

WHOO! YEAH JIN!

hi-fives @Jin

@kalina I take 90% credit for this answer.

12:25 AM

@OrigamiRobot based on you suggesting things after I've already done them? ok np

Hive mind.

I wish I could colour text

my life would then be complete

if only

I'm half tempted to write up the answer in GIMP and then upload it as an image, with all the text still in the answer but commented out for SEO

but I know how much drama that would generate

This answer really wants to die

> When I finally save up some money im going back to nintendo.

12:30 AM

@OrigamiRobot so brave

@kalina I don't think HTML comments end up in final posts

@murgatroid99 boo

but at least I'd be able to highlight text in pink

@kalina Though, you could probably make it all the image hover text

1:01 AM

@kalina Seems to be a question for the devs

1:15 AM

inb4 somebody sees my FTL screenshots and goes WTF

@kalina I didn't really know what I was looking at :(

@Mana 8000 scrap

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yeah, it's really visible on there

I don't think it's possible to get that much scrap and fully upgraded systems

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Q: How do I get the other equipment in "Hero in the Dusk"?

My "Hero in the Dusk" (Quest 13) display thing shows that I have not found all of the equipment in the level. I found the Ten Gallon Hat, but I cannot find any other way to get equipment. What do I have to do to get the other piece of equipment?

half-minute-hero

1:33 AM

Okay, that was pretty good

@OrigamiRobot

There aren't enough new KSP questions. Someone needs to rectify this.

@MBraedley ask some then! :p

@kalina I'm on my iPad, and don't have access to my PC. How am I supposed to think up new questions without the game?

1:48 AM

@MBraedley I do it all the time

@kalina if I had already thought up a question, I'd ask it, but I don't have any new questions.

@kalina "Rare materials" is what I find confusing. I'd call it "Primary" materials, because when people go to craft armor, the first thing they think of is what the armor is actually made out of - leather, metal, or cloth.

@RavenDreamer what would the rest of the GW2 population call them?

@kalina Well "Rare Mats" would seem to unambiguously refer to the rare mats - i.e., the Blood, Venom Sacs, etc.

The rest of the GW2 population would call them "cloth", "leather", and "bars"

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@RavenDreamer facepalm

2:04 AM

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT JUST HAPPENED

@RavenDreamer Do you have Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy?

I

Do not

@AshleyNunn You do, right? >_>

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@Fluttershy Aye, I do/

@AshleyNunn Okay, so... Normally, I'll get anywhere from 300-750 EXP per song in a set... I just got 2500 EXP for a single song. Wtf happened? >_>

The game decided: "Hey! You need to ask a question on Arqade. Like... right now."

user15026

2:06 AM

@Fluttershy I have no idea. Did you hit all the gold extended bits? Level up? I have a very small understanding of how the exp system in that game actually works

@AshleyNunn I got an A on that song. The song before it, on which I got an S, I only got 300 EXP... <_<

user15026

@Fluttershy I have no idea.

Huh...

Eurgh.

Scumbag @Fluttershy. Does really good in game, acts like he doesn't know how so he can brag about his achievement.

user15026

2:12 AM

Dear Steam, why you no launch the Sims?

@AshleyNunn Because it's made by EA and they're evil (cc: @StrixVaria)

@Wipqozn Seriously. Have you ever gotten that much EXP from a single song?

@Fluttershy I've never even heard of this game.

user15026

@Wipqozn Considering I have waited two days for it to download, I am a little miffled it wont start

@Wipqozn Don't you have a 3DS? O_o

2:13 AM

@Fluttershy Yes.

That doesn't mean I need to know about every single game on it, jeez.

@Wipqozn And you've not heard of the Final Fantasy music game? <_< This amazes me.

JEEZ @FLUTTERSHY! I'M SORRY I DON'T LIVE UP TO YOUR RIDICULOUS HIGH STANDARDS!

user15026

...okay, so apparently it kills steam. whyyyyyy

user15026

I am so frustrated

@AshleyNunn Verify the local content?

2:14 AM

@AshleyNunn Try verifying the game integritywhatsit?

@Ullallulloo Jinx...?

@AshleyNunn Try verifying the local content integrity

user15026

@Ullallulloo How do I do that?

@AshleyNunn right click the game > properties > local files > verify integrity of game cache

@AshleyNunn library > right click game > properties > lo- DAMN YOU @FLUTTERSHY!

@AshleyNunn bottom button

user15026

2:16 AM

You guys are all so very helpful!

@Wipqozn <3

@kalina I don't think you can craft rebreathers.

Correct.

There's actually no exotic rebreathers in game

there's a yellow one in Cursed Shore from a heart vendor, I think.

:(

user15026

Yay the verifying thingamajig fixeded it :D :D :D :D

@AshleyNunn I take full credit for this.

2:22 AM

@AshleyNunn If you make a me Sim, I wanna be a criminal!

@Fluttershy You are a criminal, because you stole @OrigamiRobot's robot heart <3

user15026

@Fluttershy :O You terrible man! I will not allow crime in my neighbourhoods!

@AshleyNunn But it's a viable career path in The Sims! D=

@Wipqozn Robots don't have hearts.

@Fluttershy They used to, but then you stole them all.

The simbots actually require a heart-shaped diamond to create.

I really liked the premise of the sims 3

And then... expansions hit. :( Those expansions went the wrong direction.

user15026

2:26 AM

@RavenDreamer What do you mean?

@AshleyNunn Well, World Adventurers for one.

@kalina eh?

Essentially, I want the Sims 3 expansions to be modular, not self-contained.

@OrigamiRobot where did you go?

@kalina I had to go feed @IanPugsley's cat

2:27 AM

The way some of the expansions work

@Wipqozn wat

oh

@OrigamiRobot I thought you guys lived in different states now?

user15026

@RavenDreamer Fair. Right now I am really only wanting the Seasons and Generations expansions, if I were to buy more.

@Wipqozn No?

2:27 AM

you either have to leave your current context to use the content (i.e., go on a vacation), or the content supersaturates, and lessens the impact of the base game.

@OrigamiRobot Didn't they move?

@Wipqozn Not that I know of.

I thought Ian got a new job at microsoft (months back), and they had to move.

i.e., as soon as you have the celebrity xpac (Superstar? Forget) everything celebrity related pops up tooo often.

I was just in their apartment and all their stuff was there

2:28 AM

@RavenDreamer I found a green one in cursed shore from a karma vendor

@Wipqozn He did. There is a M$ office in Charlotte

@Fluttershy should I just delete the question then? Or do one of you want an easy answer?

I understand that some of it is "hey, i'ts new content", and the user probably wants to experience it

They are getting a house soon, but still here

@OrigamiRobot Oh, okay then. TIL.

2:28 AM

but every time you start a new game, they're trying to force that content down your throat.

I want more options, not more advertisements to "hey, play this way!!@!!"

user15026

@RavenDreamer I get that. I like the idea of the generations addon, and hte seasons

user15026

I am going to completely igonre the stuff packs though

Also, the real money store and the memories stuff can DIAF. :(

I'm still not getting over the fact that SimCity will have always-connected DRM and they're claiming its for some cloud computing based backend for the simulation

What is meab and why is it in the list of room tags?

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2:30 AM

@RavenDreamer That's been there for a while.

@kalina And now I'm reminded how much I hate origin, which reminds me of how much I hate what happened with ME3.

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Q: How is EXP determined?

Today in Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, I decided to take my chances on a set of music with which I was on familiar. Things were going well. I managed to score an S on the first two songs (EMS and FMS). This got me 300 EXP on one, and 700ish on the second. Upon completion of those two, I went on to...

theatrhythm-final-fantasy

0

Q: FTL Boss impossible?

I have this ship: To me it seems pretty impossible to win vs Flashship (it's the first flagship I have met) I have tried everything, but with my equipment I can't beat it. Should I restart over ? (Of course I have a backup of filesave) Note I am on Easy, but this is everything but easy. With...

ftl-faster-than-light

0

Q: How can I craft a new underwater helm?

So far I have made a full set of exotic armour and exotic weapons, but I have one slot yet that I can't work out how to craft - the 'underwater helm' slot. I have seen stuff on the trading post for this slot but haven't seen anything in any of the crafting disciplines that I have levelled yet....

I made a typo, people thought it was funny, so the pork chop asked for it to be added. (cc @RavenDreamer)

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@RavenDreamer Yeah, I don't get the whole real money store thing

@RavenDreamer you must be a terrible ex-boyfriend. You dwell way too much

2:31 AM

The Remnants of the Friendly Barn

ME3's ending was poor, it's nearly a year ago now!

@Wipqozn Who's the porkchop?

@OrigamiRobot I still can't believe gnomeslice gave me ownership of the room.

@kalina This is probably true. :(

@RavenDreamer fredly.

2:32 AM

Me neither

in The Remnants of the Friendly Barn, Dec 26 at 16:09, by Mana

this is stupid

Best quote ever.

@RavenDreamer If they had made an amazing ending, it would still not have been good enough, there was way too much of a build up for the series to end, and the story made it quite clear that realistically the Reapers were always going to win

@kalina I'm not talking about just the ending. The whole plot of ME3 was questionable to me. (Admittedly, the ending was perhaps the most egregious instance)

@kalina Answered.

when they release mass effect: prologue or mass effect 4 or whatever they end up doing with the next game, you'll still play it

I'm a guy who fell in love with ME 1, and watched, as the series progressed, the gameplay better at the expense of the story.

2:34 AM

when they release the trilogy of movies based on the games, you'll still watch them

@kalina Wanna bet? :P

Gotta hand it to ME2 for the characters, though.

@RavenDreamer the story problems only happened in the third game tbh, and the third game suffered from way more problems than the story or the ending

but problems aside, it was still good until the last 15 minutes

@kalina Yeah. ME2 story was fine, but it just felt like the sequel to some other game (storywise)

All of a sudden: Collectors!

user15026

What the shit is it trying to connect to and why does it take so loooong

and I guarantee, that hype aside, you've played worse games and thought better of them

2:36 AM

I have played enough Shadow the Hedgehog to unlock the super secret final ending.

@AshleyNunn Origin.

That hurts just thinking about...

user15026

@Fluttershy throws rocks at it

@Fluttershy @AshleyNunn EA Download Manager, which has now possibly become Origin?

@RavenDreamer ok so whenever you think bad about what is still one of the best stories in gaming, just think of that game and relieve yourself

2:37 AM

@RavenDreamer Whatever it is, you connect to it using your Origin account.

wait, that came out wrong

Oh my

@kalina But see, I don't see it as one of the best stories in gaming. It is, however, one of the best settings in gaming, I think.

@kalina I am now going to equate the Mass Effect series with peeing...

2:37 AM

@RavenDreamer it was still better than skyrim

Brb. Mass Effecting.

@Fluttershy You are, in fact, reducing your mass.

@kalina Storywise?

@RavenDreamer everything-wise

Skyrim to ME3 is apples to oragnes.

@RavenDreamer That's Mass Affecting

2:39 AM

@RavenDreamer not really, both are story driven RPGs, the only thing Skyrim has is an open world

@OrigamiRobot No, actually, he's effecting a change in his mass.

@kalina "Story driven RPG" is not how I would classify either game, so I restate my "Apples to Oranges".

@RavenDreamer watermelon

ok fine, but I still think the hype around skyrim was unjustified, it wasn't even that special

whereas mass effect 3 was an epic feeling right up until the ending written during a lunch break

although I had just finished playing deus ex - human revolution before starting skyrim

and deus ex was much better

user15026

So far, I am not impressed with Sims3. It's crashed twice.

@AshleyNunn I have the non-steam version, it ran pretty good.

@kalina I found out Deus Ex actually had 12 endings.

Well, 4 endings and 12 different ending voice overs.

user15026

2:44 AM

@RavenDreamer I don't know if it is Steam or my computer or what. Either way I am just like...no, my stress levels are too high for this crap.

@RavenDreamer well, I wouldn't call them 'endings'

the ending-o-tron 3000 had 4 options, and then different voice overs based on whether you'd killed everybody, killed nobody, or somewhere in between

user15026

Methinks I am going to put some music on and pack some boxes and feel productive about crap.

I decided it was most appropriate for Jensen to just blow everyone up (inc. himself)

well, I saved the game just before selecting my voice over

and played all four endings

I'd reckon destroying everybody/thing was the ending that led up to the original game though

@RavenDreamer I have no problems comparing apples and oranges

Oranges are better.

2:47 AM

I mean, his girlfriend is a selfish prick who experimented on him behind his back, then never called. Betrayed by his employers, augmented against his will.

What did he really have to look forward to after all that?

@OrigamiRobot Which tastes more like a banana? An apple or an orange?

@RavenDreamer Apple

@RavenDreamer you'd think somebody who had been through all of that would want to prevent that from happening to others, thus telling the world about how messed up it all is

I think "Ignorance is bliss" applies here.

as for being experimented on by your significant other, isn't that something that happens in every relationship?

No comment.

:P

2:52 AM

I at least would like to think that everybody I've ever dated is experimenting on me to see how much of a douchebag they could be before I snapped

otherwise the world is just cruel

You sound like you're a fun ex also.

haha

well I'm currently on my way out of a relationship, so I'm biased

I would like to set fire to him though

because it would give me an opportunity to yell "BY FIRE BE PURGED"

Yikes. Christmas dinner was that bad?

(video games do not make people violent)

user15026

@fbueckert I know you aren't around, but this tweet does not give me as much hope as I think they want it to

user15026

2:55 AM

We have said it many times, but it's never been more true: the game is looking really good. We're very close folks.

Tweeted by StarCommandGame on December 30, 2012 at 2:12 AM

eugh, I've never seen somebody with such a weak backbone

@kalina Whenver I hear this, I can only think of the cereal parody

@AshleyNunn This sounds like the kind of doublespeak the CEO of my company does.

and I'm pretty sure I've got more in common with one of his brothers, but I'd never do that

"BY FIBER BE PURGED"

"TWO SCOOPS, EXECUTUS!"

2:56 AM

@RavenDreamer lol

user15026

@StrixVaria I know, right?

Ragnar-o's!

user15026

Considering they have missed a number of deadlines now..

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I have never seen that before

Taste the flavors of sulfuron!

Ah, yes. I knew I forgot one.

Yeah, the bridge is full of old WoW players.

90% of us were night elf rogues, actually.

2:58 AM

pff

I played disc priest, pretty much the whole time I was playing

with a holy paladin alt

I tanked a bit as a deathknight in Wrath, but I never healed

ok so what's the deal, I've gone an entire year or more without any of these tracks being played and today literally every bad track from my childhood has played

mostly, I just mashed buttons. I was good at mashing buttons.

my speciality was saving people who were dead next hit

I was terrible at topping HPS but would save so many people that it was noticeable when I wasn't in the group

There was this one pally in my guild who healed as ret

he went out of the way to inflate the heal meters, so everyone thought he was a good healer during the fights

(This was in classic / BC)

3:00 AM

I didn't play that long

You were only classic?

no

I was playing other games at that point

I only played in wotlk/cata

and the first month of MoP

Ahhh. I see.

which is a sad story

because in wotlk nobody liked disc priests

the first 2 months of cata disc priests were nerfed into the ground

and the first month of mop was the same story

Well, then, just know that pally's in vanilla were horrible as ret.

So bad healer "becomes" good healer by inflating the heal meters.

user15026

3:05 AM

I love how WoW talk could be finnish for all I understand it

Acronyms. Acronyms everywhere

@AshleyNunn we didn't even break out the HPS/DPS/MT/OT/etc

user15026

@kalina Yeah, yeah, I know, it can get even worse.

user15026

I did play, for like a month, by myself.

user15026

Then I was like..why am I playing this thing.

3:08 AM

@AshleyNunn It took me 5 years, two jobs, and a relationship to ask myself that question. >_>

user15026

@Fluttershy O.o I just got tired of dying because I couldn't handle the mouse + keyboard

@AshleyNunn I got tired of having no life. <____<

user15026

@Fluttershy This si fair.

Holy shit! O_o I gotta get 99999 Rhythmia to have everything in Theatrhythm? Final Fantasy is grindy as hell even when it's not an RPG!

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@Fluttershy I didn't mind having "no life" until it actually meant having no life (MoP and their 9 million daily quests)

3:12 AM

@kalina It meant having no life. I never did anything. Ever.

I am on the first page of rep sorted by total rep! =D

@Fluttershy gz!

I don't remember why I quit.

But I did.

@RavenDreamer quit WoW?

Yeah.

@RavenDreamer because it's more of an addiction than crack and really not all that great?

3:18 AM

Oh, I know why I quit. Because I "beat the game" I had set for myself.

@RavenDreamer I never actually "beat the game", there were still ~150 achievements I hadn't got

Got me my red protodrake, called it a night, as it were.

@kalina I had a goal and I met it. And then I was done!

I got "I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am"

that will do

but I still didn't actually reach 100% completion, so I didn't complete it

@kalina I don't know which one that is

@RavenDreamer kill Sinestra in bastion of twilight on heroic without anybody dying

it's a fight where the entire raid take 90% of their health in damage every 10 seconds for nearly the whole fight

not to mention all of the one shot mechanics

the first tier of cataclysm was excellent

3:21 AM

That sounds like... some definition of... fun...

literally every other mechanic would one shot you

it meant that even once everybody was geared, they couldn't just faceroll the content

Wasn't in a hardcore raiding guild, so never got to experience much raid contetn

more people cleared the second tier of cataclysm than the first

even on normal

3:32 AM

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@Wipqozn ಠ_ಠ

@kalina How did you reach 14.5k rep without me noticing you? :o

Did you recently change you name and gravatar?

@John She changed her name recently. So you probably noticed her.

@John She changed her name and gravatar recently

@John no I didn't, ignore the others

3:35 AM

What was the old name?

I am new

I've only been here 4 days

I will tell you on steam

got 14k rep

@kalina 6 months. Not exactly what I call new.

@kalina Your profile betrays you.

@John She changed her name. Also, her gravatar. Recently.

3:36 AM

As does the rep cap.

tomorrow I will catch up with @RavenDreamer

Well, good luck with that.

user15026

@Wipqozn This horrifies me

not really, I am the spammer formally known as pixel

@AshleyNunn @Wipqozn in general horrifies me.

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user15026

3:37 AM

@John Fair enough :)

@kalina A ha!

is enlightened

@John I was watching Phineas and Ferb the other day. It was the episode where Buford and Baljeet break up. I thought of you.

@Wipqozn Dawwww

...I think.

Also, I don't think I've seen that one :o

Either that or it's been a long time.

@John It was a newer one I think.

I haven't seen many of the episodes from the past couple seasons.

@RavenDreamer Conclave

3:45 AM

@OrigamiRobot Hm?

It's your move

Eh? You mean y'all have been waiting on me for 8 hours? I said I had to go run errands...

You should have ran errands faster.

@AshleyNunn How's the weather?

@RavenDreamer It's a continual thing

> Mez: I'mma go afk myself, but If y'all want, I'll start up another quest and we can keep this going asynchronous style
> Mez: i.e. check in when you can, and things will update as time goes on.

user15026

@Wipqozn Here? Clear. Why?

3:48 AM

bah, w/e

@AshleyNunn Huge storm a coming? Thought it was in Toronto already.

user15026

@Wipqozn So far we are clear here.

@AshleyNunn I'm gonna need you to email me some good 3DS games.

=D

user15026

@Fluttershy Do you want just a games list, or a "why I like them" sort of deal?

@AshleyNunn I'm fine with either. The former sounds like less work, so if you wanna just do that, that's fine. I already have Adventure Time and Theatrhythm!

Also, thank you. =3

user15026

3:51 AM

@Fluttershy No problem! I love recommending things :D

@OrigamiRobot The bears are going to eat you.

@AshleyNunn World 2 clear! (sticker star)

user15026

@Wipqozn Looks like we got whatever we are going to get of storm-ness already. We did get a nice dumping two or three days ago.

user15026

@Wipqozn yay!

There are 6 of us on the bridge with 3DSs

We should start a cult.

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3:52 AM

@RavenDreamer Oh, my...

@AshleyNunn We did too, but we're supposed to get hit with up to 40 cms of snow.

@RavenDreamer Let's do this!

@RavenDreamer I concur.

user15026

@RavenDreamer Speaking of which, did you add me after I added you?

user15026

@Wipqozn O.o You can keep that

3:53 AM

Although there's more than 6.

@kalina You still awake

So I finished Mobiloid.

@OrigamiRobot I AM NOW

christ that ping was loud

Very interesting game.

I count like 8 regulars at least.

3:53 AM

Good. Mission accomplished

Plus Anna Lear.

@AshleyNunn Yes. Your mii showed up and everything.

user15026

@RavenDreamer ]]Huzzah!

@Ullallulloo Well I only have 5 3DS friends. So you're saying 2 people have been holding out on me?

@RavenDreamer Powerlord and Murgatoid maybe?

Wait, me.

3:54 AM

Powerlord I have

I do not have you

I want you. Give me your #!

@RavenDreamer 0946-2786-9324

I have no idea who on here I have.

I think I have ashley and the cat.

1762-3875-6977

@Wipqozn You'll always have me.

Wipqozn has been holding out on me too?

You have a 3ds?

3:56 AM

@RavenDreamer I've had one since launch day.

@RavenDreamer He's 4339-2484-5770

i c

@Ullallulloo Okay, so I have the paper clip too.

Matthew showed up

Damn, I can't relabel you? I'm not going to remember who Matthew is! haha

@RavenDreamer dat's me

@RavenDreamer I can remember "Red Shark".

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