The Bridge

Grace Note

9:00 PM

@Tristan Summat along those lines

John

You may now refresh chat. :)

And hope something changes.

Grace Note

Chang'd

Raven Dreamer

Kinda dark.

Ullallulloo

@JohntheGreen It looks mainly blue

John the Green

I'm...a lot blue-er now.

FallenAngelEyes

9:01 PM

@IanPugsley They're in spaaaace!

Raven Dreamer

Clearly you should retake the picture with a brighter camera. Perhaps when you're in the jungle background.

@FallenAngelEyes I'MINSPACE

Ullallulloo

And crop it more.

FallenAngelEyes

Yeah, very blue

John the Green

Ok, so, crop more, take during the day, and in the jungle.

got it.

Grace Note

Yeah, that sounds like good advice

John the Green

9:02 PM

re-opens Terraria for the 1000th time today

badp

Your sword is ever so slightly larger than your entire body.

I guess that's a nice approximation of Grace Note-itude.

Raven Dreamer

@badp Better than one's shoulderpads, I suppose.

badp

Shoulderpads are so 1991

Lazers

0

Q: Looking for the title of a game that allowed you to steer a blade through the air

This game probably came out between 2005 and 2008, although I'm not too sure about that. It's a first (or third) person shooter, in which alongside (a) guns you also have a blade that looks like this. When you would throw the blade, you could steer it in the air.

identify-this-game

Raven Dreamer

The next Dwarf Fortress release is so close I can taste it.

It's only been... a year. >.<

agent86

9:10 PM

needs moar shoulderpads

MikeyB

@NickT If you like PBF you'll probably appreciate The Parking Lot is Full.

OrigamiRobot

@Lazers awww 8 minutes too late.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot I gave it my best shot without knowing what console the game was on...

agent86

@Lazers I'm glad he got his answer. I told him he didn't give enough information, and that you could do that in Batman, for chrissakes.

@Tristan I'm pretty sure you're right.

Grace Note

@agent86 How did you tell him this?

agent86

9:15 PM

he's a PC gamer

@GraceNote I've known Matthias for a few years now. He asked me this question first.

GnomeSlice

@Oak It's not really devoted entirely to comedy.

agent86

he actually came here without me saying anything though.

Grace Note

@agent86 Ah

Oak

@GnomeSlice agreed, but the plot is often really dumb

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan It is almost certainly Dark Sector.

GnomeSlice

9:17 PM

@Oak No, I thought the plot was pretty good. It was just presented in dumb ways an awful lot.

Which I suppose is part of the reason I like it.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot The shape of the blade makes me think it's right, but I don't remember being able to steer it through the air, as I only played the terrible demo.

GnomeSlice

I didn't like the second chapter as much.

agent86

@Tristan I told him to go check the answer, but he just logged off to sleep, so you might have to wait :/

GnomeSlice

I think I've only read the first two.

agent86

if he doesn't show up to accept, I'll beat him.

OrigamiRobot

9:17 PM

@Tristan Steering it through the air was the main mechanic of the terriblegame.

Tristan

@agent86 lol It's fine. I'm pretty satisfied with the amount of rep I've gotten this week. >.>

agent86

@Tristan aww, fiiiine.

puts beatin' stick back in its case

John the Green

@Tristan You around?

I have a...request.

Tristan

@agent86 But hey, if he's into games like that, tell him to play Shadows of the Damned. It's a highly overlooked 3rd person action game. And it's a blast. =P

@JohntheGreen ?

John the Green

This new character can't survive long enough in our hard mode world to make it to the jungle...>.>

Would you mind...protecting me?

Tristan

9:20 PM

@JohntheGreen I shall be your knight in shining armor.

John the Green

@Tristan Why thank you.

OrigamiRobot

@JohntheGreen There should be armor in the chests!

John the Green

@OrigamiRobot I'm wearing jungle armor, but 100 health just doesn't cut it.

OrigamiRobot

@JohntheGreen There should be heart crystals on the Nurse level or maybe Tinkerer?

agent86

@Tristan I have passed along this information :)

GnomeSlice

9:21 PM

@JohntheGreen Your gravatar is indistinguishable.

Tristan

@agent86 Yayy! I'd probably recommend it to anyone who likes 3rd person action games.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Which is why he's replacing it.

Ronan Forman

@John Do you mind if I edit you gravatar to make it clearer?

Wipqozn

@Tristan Driving.

well, I was driving. I'm home now.

Tristan

@Wipqozn You missed my ponyshopped picture.

Wipqozn

9:25 PM

Oh, nifty. Jeff Atwood agrees with me.

I wonder if he's a brony...

@Tristan Link?

to the picture in chat, I don't trust direct links from you anymore :P

@RonanForman this is awesome.

@Tristan oh, this. Well, this is awesome. Derpy.

Lazers

1

Q: How should we deal with direct questions on hardware modding?

Earlier today a question was asked regarding installing custom firmware on a PSP. It was quickly closed (and commented) as off-topic by myself and four others. However, it was then pointed out that modding questions are not specifically listed as off-topic in the FAQ and a search on meta turned...

discussion allowed-questions

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn That's a common mistake, it was his idea, and you agree with him.

Ullallulloo

a terrible cropping

Wipqozn

@RonanForman I lol'd

Ronan Forman

@Ulla Turn up the contrast before cropping.

@Wipqozn Either that or he disagrees with you least.

Ullallulloo

9:31 PM

@RonanForman meh, it's kind of just too low resolution to properly crop.

Tristan

@Wipqozn That's the one. =P

Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo That's what she said!

Nick T

na.leagueoflegends.com/news/tribunal-records-16-million-votes hahaha

somehow a 50% recidivism rate is something to brag about

Tristan

Halfway to the rep cap for today. =3 Weew!

Jason Berkan

@NickT because the glass is half full!

OrigamiRobot

9:36 PM

@Tristan Use things like headings and bulleted lists. They get ALL the upvotes!

Wipqozn

2

Q: What weapon upgrades make their corresponding proving ground significantly easier?

The upgrade Tracking Critters causes each shot to automatically hit the target. I found the Fang Repeater 1st prize challenge impossible to complete without the upgrade, and extremely easy with. Are there any other weapon upgrades that make the associated challenge trivially easy, or have a s...

bastion

agent86

@OrigamiRobot if this doesn't work, add freehand circles and screenshots

@Wipqozn I wish I could remember, because once upon a time I knew the answer to this.

Pyrodante

insert coin

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 These are the big guns.

Wipqozn

overlap with these questions

I feel as if that should be closed as a dup, and the user should be instructed to ask individual questions for the remaining proving grounds.

Pyrodante

9:37 PM

that is awesome

OrigamiRobot

@Pyrodante dispenses egg OH GOD WHAT DID YOU DO?!

Pyrodante

just try it type insert coin

then click the floating button

Wipqozn

Thoughts everyone?

Ullallulloo

@Pyrodante for great murder!

agent86

did the "election" banner disappear from the site?

OrigamiRobot

9:43 PM

@agent86 Seems so

Wipqozn

@agent86 I noticed that as well. IT is still on meta though.

0

Q: Community Moderator election banner missing from main site

Currently, the main site is missing the banner link to the moderator election page, though the Meta site still has the banner functioning correctly.

support status-completed election

agent86

@Wipqozn there's maybe a dozen... there might be some amount of overlap between that and other questions, but I don't know that it's close-worthy, but I'd probably want to review precedent.

Wipqozn

@agent86 There are only eight proving grounds, four of which already have answers.

agent86

@Wipqozn still wrong, try again :P

Wipqozn

Actually, I shouldn't say I feel it should be closed as a dup. I'm not sure how I feel.

agent86

9:47 PM

there are probably a couple of extremes here, ie, if someone asked "how do i get this heart container piece" in some zelda game, and then later someone asked "where are ALL the pieces?" that probably wouldn't be a dupe

badp

In other news, we'll soon be able to permalink to comments <3

You can already do that on MSO.

agent86

will they onebox in chat though :P

Wipqozn

@agent86 I agree with you. My concern is that not only is 50% of the question already answered, but I feel as if individual questions would just be better anyways.

badp

@agent86 Dunno. You could prod balpha about it.

agent86

@Wipqozn eh, I don't know. four new questions seems a bit much. I'd be inclined to let it slide, or maybe make them edit it so that it references the old questions and calls out the 4 that are left, although that's putting work on the asker they might not want.

Wipqozn

9:50 PM

@agent86 I like your second option.

I'll make the respective edits.

So the user doesn't have to.

Tristan

@agent86 My answer now has more freehand circles!

Lazers

0

Q: 2012 Moderator Election: Town Hall Chat

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I am working with the can...

discussion election

Tom Medley

it lives

Lazers

1

Q: I have 9 dragon souls but cannot unlock shouts, what do I need to do?

I have acquired nine dragon souls but am unable to unlock shouts. What am I missing? (I've searched for this but the other questions ask about slightly different scenarios, such as not having enough dragon souls, or the game being buggy and not giving dragon souls after killing a dragon. Mine a...

skyrim pc

0

Q: Can people steal my icons?

I've got some icons, nicely displayed in a row in my house: If I have guests over, will they be able to pick them up and take them?

glitch

0

Q: How can I get my copy of Murder to play?

I've got a ROM of Rabbit Software's 1983 classic, Murder. I've got it as a .t64 file, what do I need in order to play it?

emulation murder

Grace Note

Great. Now murder has effectively been cremated and replaced with a completely different element that no one will love nearly as much.

Ronan Forman

9:56 PM

A legitimate murder tag!

This is probably bad.

StrixVaria

People will definitely misuse it.

Tom Medley

Next obscure game to find: Bacon

2

agent86

@Lazers is this okay? I mean... I don't know if this is over the emulation legality line or not, saying you have a rom of a game

Ronan Forman

Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be in much better shape academically.

Grace Note

Honestly speaking, the question doesn't really need to be much about the game. It's rare that emulation would be game-specific, neh?

Tristan

9:58 PM

What if we changed the murder to murder-the-game

Arda Xi

A rocket jump too far. Scary.

Tristan

@ArdaXi Why that's... That's Equestria! The ponies are in danger!

Arda Xi

Maggots!

fires

Nick T

@TomMedley giantbomb.com/babe-and-friends/61-18211

badp

@ArdaXi Give 'em hell, boys.

Last one alive divide by zero!

Wipqozn

10:04 PM

@Tristan NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Tristan

@TomMedley What about The Baconing?

Tom Medley

Not good enough

Bacon exists as a card game

GnomeSlice

2

Q: How Do I Access Anti-Air Defensive Towers?

There are three defensive towers to choose from when fortifying your platforms: Machine Gun Artillery Anti-Air However, I'm almost done the second chapter of the game, and so far, my anti-air towers have always been 'greyed out' in the build menu. How can I access them?

oil-rush

Tom Medley

An Android implementation could be a weekend project

GnomeSlice

I'm actually really surprised this hasn't has more views.

Wipqozn

10:06 PM

@GnomeSlice Most of us have the gnomeslice filter turned on.

Tristan

@GnomeSlice Not everyone plays the high amount of obscure titles as you...

Wipqozn

@Tristan True.

GnomeSlice

@Tristan It's brand new release, and it's been featured on Steam for about a week.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Exactly, no sale.

Of a large amount.

Tristan

1

Q: Help me identify this old Playstation Role Playing Game

I remember playing this game back around 2000 or 2001. It was an RPG game. It had amazing computer generated cut scenes for it's time. It was turn based. You has your characters normal attacks, some sort of magic form, and items that you could use. Each character had different normal attacks that...

identify-this-game role-playing-game ps1

@OrigamiRobot Is he describing the game I think he's describing?

OrigamiRobot

10:10 PM

@Tristan Are you giving me the chance to answer it?

Grace Note

Probably Legend of Dragoon, yes

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot I am.

@GraceNote That was my first thought too... I've played more than my fair share of PS1 RPGs and that's the only one that comes to mind.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote Have you played Fortune Summoners yet?

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Neigh.

Tristan

I'm just waiting for someone to need help identifying Legend of Legaia... One of my favorites. =3

@GraceNote is a pony!

agent86

10:12 PM

I almost posted an ITG once. Then I figured it out :(

I was never so sad to have discovered what I was looking for before.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo Er... lots of people buy new stuff on Steam, especially at the discount launch prices.

agent86

I don't tend to buy anything at new release prices. Well, very few things, I guess. Even with the preorder discount. I generally make an exception once or twice a year.

Tristan

@agent86 What game was it?

Grace Note

@Wipqozn I'll probably pick up the demo tomorrow

agent86

that's kind of why I like a) gamefly for consoles, and b) the gaming grant - I get to play new games when they're new, instead of when they come down in price :)

Wipqozn

10:15 PM

@GraceNote Oh, there is a demo?

Didn't see it on steam, so figured they didn't have one.

Tristan

@agent86 Supposedly Gamefly lets you play PC games now as well.

Grace Note

@Wipqozn GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

6

Wipqozn

@GraceNote :(

agent86

@Tristan Panic!

Wipqozn

well, there is a demo... so I'm dling it.... thank you @GraceNote....

GnomeSlice

10:16 PM

@GraceNote +1.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Well, I don't.

Wipqozn

I think I'l go cry in a corner for now.

3

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo You're not lots of people.

agent86

@Tristan I feel like I saw this... next time I re-up my subscription I'll have to check it out. I generally do so in the 'doldrums' of the year, before the big holiday release push

Wipqozn

Also, @JohntheGreen, quick, a chance to star messages of my despair!

Grace Note

10:17 PM

...ahem.

Arda Xi

The reverse order in the starred list makes @GraceNote look very schadenfreudic.

Tristan

@agent86 Putting up with hotel cable has lead me to watch an extensive amount of Cartoon Network. There's a Gamefly ad in 90% of the commercial breaks. It doesn't specify whether or not their selection is limited, but they do say you can play unlimited PC games.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Is that... really the adjectival form of it?

Arda Xi

Probably not.

agent86

@Tristan I bet it's like OnLive or something. Probably worth taking advantage of if they're throwing it in free with their subscription fees.

Arda Xi

10:19 PM

I neologisted it.

agent86

@GraceNote schadenfreudical is a perfectly cromulent word.

Lazers

0

Q: Easy way to clean a DualShock 3?

My 8-year-old niece played on my PS3 at Christmas, and ever since the X button on the DualShock 3 controller has been very sticky and has made most games unplayable with that controller. A Google search turned up lots of hits for instructions on taking it apart to clean it, but it sounds like a ...

ps3 controllers

2

Q: Help me identify this old Playstation Role Playing Game

I remember playing this game back around 2000 or 2001. It was an RPG game. It had amazing computer generated cut scenes for it's time. It was turn based. You has your characters normal attacks, some sort of magic form, and items that you could use. Each character had different normal attacks that...

identify-this-game role-playing-game ps1

Tristan

@agent86 That game sounds terrible... <.<

Grace Note

balpha taught me the meaning of schadenfreude's roots (at least, the first one, since I already knew the latter), so it's actually no longer one of those words that I will instantly forget days after learning the meaning.

agent86

@Tristan my wife was enamored with it. she could've sworn it was on the genesis.

Tristan

10:20 PM

I miss my sega genesis...

Arda Xi

@GraceNote The most etymologically correct adjective would be "schadenfreundlich"

Grace Note

"Escrow", on the other hand...

Arda Xi

►

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Can I expand that to schadenfreundlichtenstein?

agent86

@GraceNote 'es notta parrot,' escrow.

Arda Xi

10:23 PM

@GraceNote You'd form a very... interesting word.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan aww man I was late. But I have images.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot It was the "Addition" system... Not Additionals.

Also, this is the 2nd 350MB+ update to Dungeon Defenders today. Silly Steam, slowing my internets.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan I'll trust you for now, but I'm looking it up in my game manual when i get home.

Tristan

The Legend of Dragoon

The Legend of Dragoon (レジェンド・オブ・ドラグーン, Rejendo obu Doragun) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan on December 2, 1999, in North America on June 11, 2000, and on January 19, 2001 in Europe. Despite mixed critical reception, the game has amassed a very large fanbase following, including several online petitions for a remake, prequel or sequel. Gameplay The Legend of Dragoon features three modes of play: the world map, the field map, and battle mode. The world map is linear with the controlled chara...

OrigamiRobot

Boom, son!

Tristan

10:29 PM

@OrigamiRobot Loading up my ROM now... This means war.

agent86

scifi.icanhascheezburger.com/2012/02/01/… (bottom line's a little on the NSFW side, apologies)

Tristan

This... could take a while. I forgot how bad this emulation was...

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan In the menus it definitely said "Additions"

Also, get outta here with your wimpy emulation!

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot I gave my copy to a friend of mine who had no way of getting her old copy back.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Don't edit my correct answer :P

Tristan

10:33 PM

@OrigamiRobot I still say it's Addition... Additionals System just doesn't sound right. Regardless of your photographic evidence. Also... Like you said, the in-game menus said "Additions"

@agent86 The bottom line for Lost made me lol.

Grace Note

It's Additions in the game.

Adanion

@Tristan I say it is Addition as well. Side note... I freakin' love that game.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Oh, I agree. "Additionals" System sounds awful

The point is I was right!

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Then I'd say my edit wasn't a bad thing...

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan I didn't say the edit was bad.

Tristan

10:35 PM

sigh

:D

@OrigamiRobot "Tactical" is entirely the wrong adjective there.

Tristan

@GnomeSlice Well, I was sold when I saw chicken riding the bird flying across the screen.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote I can't actually see the image from work so I trust it proved my point :P

@Adanion I agree. Now I want to play it again.

Grace Note

10:37 PM

Hm... I could technically grab a Legend of Dragoon avatar for some site.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote @Aeo already has one

Grace Note

So I had seen

I think I even commented on it, possibly

OrigamiRobot

I know I did

Grace Note

But for clear reasons it's not quite the right style of avatar for me to use, haha.

badp

bah, I can't find the area on bb.vu to upload my stuff to.

OrigamiRobot

10:40 PM

@GraceNote I don't understand what you mean by "technically"

badp

That means, off email it goes.

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot It meets the requirements in that I haven't gotten one from that IP yet.

Ronan Forman

The next dreadskull keep is at T-115.

StrixVaria

@JasonBerkan Whoa whoa whoa the FAQ still says downvotes cost 1 rep. Who do I trust?

Lazers

0

Q: Looking for screenshot of 'Avoid missing ball for high score'

For a hobby project I'm looking for a screenshot of Atari's 1972 original PONG saying 'AVOID MISSING BALL FOR HIGH SCORE'. Google was no help, thought I'd try it this way. Maybe somebody has it installed on an emulator and would be willing to send me a screenshot.

atari-2600

StrixVaria

10:43 PM

Are downvotes really free now?

Ullallulloo

@StrixVaria They do on answers.

Grace Note

@StrixVaria Only on questions

Ullallulloo

26

A: Should downvotes on questions be "free"?

Completed, all question downvotes now are "free" for the downvoter. We did not perform a global recalc. If you would like your old question downvotes to be free, perform a self-recalc at: http://stackoverflow.com/reputation We will be monitoring voting patterns over the next few weeks and eva...

StrixVaria

Ah ok.

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Or, in other words, "I don't have a Legend of Dragoon gravatar. Maybe I can add one".

OrigamiRobot

10:45 PM

@GraceNote Do it.

Grace Note

I'll have to find an appropriate image

OrigamiRobot

A lady image?

Grace Note

Girl or otherwise, yes.

OrigamiRobot

I always liked the standard Rose

Or there is Shana

I post these as though you can't use Google...

Grace Note

That you did, that you did.

Adanion

10:49 PM

@OrigamiRobot Oh Shana/Miranda ... so boring to have in the group... but so helpful during later boss fights.

OrigamiRobot

@Adanion I never, ever, ever used either of them.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot I'd smash.

Grace Note

...wow, that art run was even worse than I expected.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice That might be a problem given her destiny....

Grace Note

I had low expectations, but criminy, games with far less notoriety have magnitudes better yield.

GnomeSlice

10:52 PM

@OrigamiRobot Which is?

Grace Note

Buy and play the game.

Or, borrow and play the game

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice spoilers

Grace Note

Oh, yeah, that reminds me, I need a new site to assign Windia to now that I changed my Programmers avatar.

OrigamiRobot

On a related note, being able to perform Gust of Wind Dance 100 times is one of my greatest gaming achievements

Grace Note

Hehe

Which version?

OrigamiRobot

10:55 PM

Both!

Thats the great part.

Grace Note

So you did it 200 times? That's some dedication

OrigamiRobot

The 2nd was so much harder. The timing was so weird.

Grace Note

Yes it was

OrigamiRobot

Off to get comics with @IanPugsley and @spugsley

awaaaayyyyyy

agent86

oh, hmm, I had forgotten about that TOR answer. I should have deleted that when powerlord posted his, which was more correct and better sourced. If you're reading this @Powerlord, this has been corrected, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

I upvoted his at the time, and then promptly forgot about it.

Transcript for