The Bridge

Raven Dreamer

10:00 PM

I just used "hereunto" in an answer. I feel like a total badass.

GnomeSlice

Erg, I dunno how pads work.

Even if I stretch out the hit it fades away.

Raven Dreamer

@LessPopMoreFizz What answer are you awarding on that question anyway...?

Arda Xi

Shit. BIOS isn't detecting it either.

Grace Note

That's... really not good.

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi Is it spinning up?

Arda Xi

10:06 PM

Can't possibly tell.

FallenAngelEyes

2

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi Is it super quiet during normal operation?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Which do you think?

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm hoping it's the new user.

Arda Xi

@OrigamiRobot No, I've got two disks

OrigamiRobot

10:08 PM

@ArdaXi I see, no good/safe way to touch the drive in question while testing?

Arda Xi

Definitely no safe way.

Well, it's hot as hell, so I'm guessing it's spinning up.

Success.

BIOS at least recognises it. Now for Windows.

And Windows does too. Phew.

LessPop_MoreFizz

10:25 PM

@ArdaXi Get the data off of that thing, now.

Arda Xi

@LessPop_MoreFizz I fixed it by plugging it into a different slot. I'll run a diagnostic, but the drive's telling me it's fine.

I'll do an extended test overnight.

agent86

@LessPop_MoreFizz what he said. if you've got anything irreplaceable, backup time!

LessPop_MoreFizz

6

Q: Identify an 80s/early 90s PC (DOS) arcade game (possibly demon.exe or similar)

Unfortunately, this is going to be very vague but it bugged me for years. From my childhood I remember playing aт arcade game on 286-family PC running DOS a-la Space Invaders (yet I believe that you were actually travelling up and not just hovering at the bottom of the screen) but you were trav...

> Looking for an answer drawing from credible and/or official sources.

For an ITG.

Credible/Official sources.

For an I T Fricking' G.

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Arda Xi

@agent86 There's nothing irreplaceable on it.

agent86

@ArdaXi wooo! burn that sucker down with some stress tests then.

@LessPop_MoreFizz I like the number of games that have already matched the criteria but are sadly wrong :)

Arda Xi

10:35 PM

All that's on it is my collection of television series/films/etc and my Steam games.

Lazers

0

Q: Cataclysm substitute to gear/player score?

In wrath of the lich king there were some nice add-ons I liked that showed your player score(based on ur items) and also other player's score. In cataclysm I don't seem to find anything that resembles that. Is there a feature or an addon that shows some kind of player score in cataclysm ?

world-of-warcraft

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Do you have a script/storyboard for the machinima yet?

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz Bounties preventing close votes makes me so angry.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Yeah, when you get that many answers that are wrong, it should be clsoed as NARQ

TBQH, Bounties on ITG questions do a better job than any amount of explanation of why they are harmful.

2

Pyrodante

well he is paying for the effort... but I dislike ITG questions in general

GnomeSlice

10:42 PM

I love itg. =[

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice We should open an ITG chat or something.

ITG/GameRec chat room.

GnomeSlice

That's not a bad idea.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome Not yet. It's hard.

StrixVaria

It would be a fun place to hang out.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Argh....

StrixVaria

10:43 PM

I'm not opposed to people getting their questions answered. I'm just opposed to horrible questions on the main site.

spugsley

@RavenDreamer wowwww you're almost 1000 views ahead of me now. That's insane :)

Pyrodante

A problem is that ITG questions generally rely on a large audience in the chance that SOMEONE happens to know what the person is asking about.

Ronan Forman

Why, we can't start making the maps for at least the 26th

StrixVaria

@Pyrodante There are so many problems you can't even sum it up that succinctly.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Buhhhh

StrixVaria

10:44 PM

I guess that's one, but there are so many more.

Pyrodante

statement has been corrected

Ronan Forman

@Gnome I don't know what that mean.

GnomeSlice

Look it up.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Pyrodante A related problem is that while we get incoherent questions on a variety of subjects, ITG questions are by far the hardest for someone else to edit into a form that makes them useful.

So they stay incoherent.

And sit there polluting the front page.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome So what's the problem?

Raven Dreamer

10:47 PM

@spugsley Your zoom question is now only 1000 views behind me now. That's insane.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I want to start thinking about the score.

StrixVaria

I think mods shouldn't be allowed to win comfy chair contests.

spugsley

@RavenDreamer Oh yeah, I saw that! I guess there's still hope for me (though only a little)

Pyrodante

I would say my biggest problem is they do not contribute to the usefulness of the site the likelihood of it being useful to anyone else is quite low.

Ronan Forman

Oh okay, I'll work more on it tomorrow.

Pyrodante

10:48 PM

It serves more of a distraction then a real meaningful question/answer

Ronan Forman

The problem is it's perfectly in my head.

StrixVaria

@Pyrodante Which is why it's perfect for chat!

GnomeSlice

Pyrodante

The problem I see with that is by limiting the pool of people viewing it limits the chances of an answer, not to mention that most people wont go into the chat but to ask a question... I almost say its the seed of an entirely new site

"Identifythisgame.com"

GnomeSlice

=[

Grace Note

10:50 PM

Oh no. Oh no. We are not going the "Other site" route.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Mods don't deserve to be comfortable.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Minecraft.se. Starcraft-2.se. Skyrim.se.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice What's 3dsm got to do with this?

Pyrodante

well either way I would say it isn't in the spirit of this site

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, it is idiotic. Bounty removed.

GnomeSlice

10:51 PM

@ArdaXi Oops. Nothing.

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria makes a comfy chair out of his rep

Ronan Forman

@Gnome You do realises they'll be no timing to the storyboard. So it'll be hard to write music.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Yes and no.

StrixVaria

@badp I didn't know mods could do that. That's pretty awesome.

Does he get his rep back?

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice I thought the IK Solver had something to do with ITG.

GnomeSlice

10:52 PM

If they're loops, you can just fit them to the segments.

badp

@StrixVaria Yes he does. It's not something we want to do a whole lot though.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi Lol. No.

StrixVaria

@badp I agree, you probably shouldn't do it very much at all. It's just pretty cool that you have that option.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome Are you going to be looping the score? Ugh.

StrixVaria

@LessPopMoreFizz Now you can add your NARQ vote to that horrendous question from before!

Ronan Forman

10:53 PM

What about spotting, or word painting.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Depends on the scene variety

Cut me some slack, I've never done this before.

spugsley

wait, can mods not win in the contests?

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Not enough freehand circles.

GnomeSlice

They're members of the community too, why not?

StrixVaria

I can't even tell what's going on in this picture.

Grace Note

10:54 PM

@spugsley Some people are campaigning that now, yes.

Arda Xi

Why...

spugsley

@GraceNote that's stupid.

Grace Note

As a joke

spugsley

@GraceNote they should definitely be allowed to win stuff

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria I'm pointing out a tag.

@spugsley I agree.

spugsley

10:55 PM

@GraceNote oh lol okay

Raven Dreamer

@spugsley I am the .7%!

GnomeSlice

Employees, maybe not.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice The "raptors" tag? You circled it terribly.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice Even then... I don't want to exclude @GraceNote!

spugsley

@RavenDreamer :p

Grace Note

10:56 PM

@GnomeSlice Correct, employees do not directly run.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Deal with it.

badp

> @badp My bad, I just picked the first reason. I was just about to award the bounty to the correct answer... – Dmitry Selitskiy 55 secs ago edit

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote also has... esoteric tastes.

Grace Note

Same rules as with the Game Grant, really. So yes, this means I never get free games.

badp

Nothing evil going on at all, it turns out

Grace Note

10:57 PM

@RavenDreamer ...what

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Yours is a niche market.

Pyrodante

I think I missed a key point in at least one of the discussions going on

Raven Dreamer

There are only so many games with spear girls.

badp

@GraceNote We should gift them to you manually then!

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I still like chairs!

Not all chairs are an eyesore!

FallenAngelEyes

10:58 PM

@GraceNote I don't know why, but that made me laugh really hard.

badp

Wait. Gifting chairs might be harder. Especially chairs that pass the mushroom test.

Raven Dreamer

Sep 28 '11 at 21:21, by Grace Note

Woo! I'm a tree!

FallenAngelEyes

That chair would totally not fit in my apartment :(

GnomeSlice

The..?

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes Nor mine.

spugsley

10:59 PM

@FallenAngelEyes same here

Raven Dreamer

@spugsley Would you get it anyway, just to say you won a chair?

spugsley

@RavenDreamer not at all. I had my eye on the Vita. But my hopes and dreams were crushed to tiny pieces :)

OrigamiRobot

Is the topic "cat exercising" or "cat exorcising"?

Raven Dreamer

@spugsley You're the first google result for "amalur zoom"

FallenAngelEyes

@OrigamiRobot ...what

Grace Note

11:00 PM

@spugsley You still have a chance! And a dutiful husband who should be supporting the Pugsley name!

Raven Dreamer

You ahve two days to trounce me quite soundly.

spugsley

@RavenDreamer oh really? I was number two like 15 minutes ago...

OrigamiRobot

@FallenAngelEyes of the SEI AskQuestion Mothership, wherein we compare and contrast the relative merits of LASERs and LAZERS and their patented applications in diamond making and cat exercising.

FallenAngelEyes

@OrigamiRobot I... didn't even notice that.

Raven Dreamer

@spugsley You're both, because you edited your question.

GnomeSlice

11:02 PM

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Q: Identify an 80s/early 90s PC (DOS) arcade game (possibly demon.exe or similar)

Unfortunately, this is going to be very vague but it bugged me for years. From my childhood I remember playing aт arcade game on 286-family PC running DOS a-la Space Invaders (yet I believe that you were actually travelling up and not just hovering at the bottom of the screen) but you were trav...

identify-this-game dos

@badp I thought you said you removed the bounty?

spugsley

@RavenDreamer hahahaha wow. I only had the first version posted for like two seconds before I edited it. Surprised google still grabbed it.

badp

@GnomeSlice He made a new one under a more appropriate bounty reason

Pyrodante

@OrigamiRobot clearly we use lasers to drive out evil cats, whats so complicated about that?

GnomeSlice

Oh.

I see.

OrigamiRobot

@Pyrodante It's not complicated, it's a typo.

Grace Note

11:03 PM

@OrigamiRobot It's exercising, actually

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot IT'S SIX OCLOCK! Leave work. It's comic time!

Grace Note

With regards to a recent patent for a method of getting cats to exercise via laser pointer. Or something like that.

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley I AM COMING TO YOUR HOUSE! RUN COWARD! I AM SINISTAR!

Raven Dreamer

@OrigamiRobot I read this as "I AM COMING TO YOUR HORSE", and I was confused.

None the least of which because I didn't know you owned a horse.

Ronan Forman

Does anyone mind if we use pirates instead of natives in our video? It's cooler, has better character design and is less racist.

Grace Note

11:05 PM

...what kind of video are you...?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I don't think it's racist.

Ronan Forman

Also I love pirate music l!

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Minecraft Machinima.

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman I think that'd be a better idea

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Ah... rats.

I could probably do some decent jungle beats.

Ronan Forman

11:06 PM

I was wondering about it and then I said it out loud and. Well…

GnomeSlice

It doesn't make it racist.

It's not like we're saying 'PEOPLE OF (nationality) ARE SAVAGES'

Raven Dreamer

►

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice We don't even say what their nationality is either.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo Largely my point.

Ullallulloo

Plus, pirates don't really build elaborate traps. Mysterious unnamed people build elaborate traps. Pirates build ships and drink copious amounts of alcohol.

Ronan Forman

11:11 PM

There'd still be a jungle

Also ask yourselves this. What race are these natives?

GnomeSlice

Ronan Forman

Because seeing as when this is set, it'd have to be a single race.

GnomeSlice

That's pretty sweet.

@RonanForman When? Why?

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Seeing this just reminded me of the following

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Having trouble uploading oh nevermind.

Hah, I've seen that.

Not really the same thing, but neat.

Grace Note

11:15 PM

Heh

Not the same thing at all, but just multiple images of a car. Somehow tripped a switch on the rail tracks

GnomeSlice

The one I linked isn't even really a car any more.

Ronan Forman

Also I hate the whole 'go-to bad guy' this that's going on in games around now.

GnomeSlice

Notice the barbecue where the engine should be.

But yes, I know what you meant.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Grilling things on a car motor is a tried-and-true tradition. Allegedly.

I mean, though, why else do they call it at the front there, a Grill?

badp

@GraceNote D:

Ronan Forman

11:19 PM

It's a tradition with the people who have their final words as 'dude! Check this out!'

So pirates! Yay or nay?

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote It's not a motor though... it's a car which has been converted into a picnic stand.

Grace Note

Allegedly I'm anti-pirate. So go the rumors.

@GnomeSlice I say that if a car motor can substitute as a grill, then a grill can substitute as a car motor

Ronan Forman

Also I have a whole 'typical prirate' scene lined up. It's pretty funny.

@GnomeSlice and @ullallullallo you raised objection. Thoughts?

Lazers

0

Q: How do I activate the Cheat Mod in Zombes ModPack in Minecraft 1.1?

I recently installed Zombes Mod Pack on Minecraft. I know that I installed it correctly because the other mod I enabled that lets me reach farther does work. I then moved onto the cheat mod and set it up like I set up the other. I had Minecraft closed at the time and when I started up Minecraft...

minecraft mods

Pyrodante

"I am surprised that it's still called a talent calculator in Mists of Pandaria. I'd think Talent Count-on-your-fingers would be enough now" giggle

Ronan Forman

11:25 PM

@Ullallulloo if I spell your name right. Thoughts?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Natives.

Ronan Forman

Why?

GnomeSlice

Although pirates would have more character.

Pyrodante

If you have pirates, then you can have ninjas... I have no idea what we are talking about but I vote for that

Ronan Forman

Exactly, they could have motive and jokes and the lair would look awesome!

Where as natives end up with religious savagery and forgotten knowledge and bland character design.

And then the music will have boring tribal chanting and there'll be a bland overused story.

Pyrodante

11:32 PM

@RonanForman or the resurrection of the Great Cthulhu!

GnomeSlice

So my 3D project is completely and utterly FUBAR'd. It's due today and I was hoping to get some help fixing up the last few things from my prof.

Looks like I need to start again.

@RonanForman The music is probably going to suck either way.

John

I'm voting against pirates.

badp

oh look

penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/…

GnomeSlice

I think I'd have an easier time with the music if it was tribal influenced.

badp

finally the video between Extra Credits and Stack Exchange (GameDev?) is live

GnomeSlice

11:37 PM

@badp ?

badp

well half of it

John

I think natives would be more likely to have the elaborate structures and traps we're planning on.

GnomeSlice

I agree.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote is a pirate? what?

Does she have a pirate hat and an eye-patch?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn What? No.

Be quiet.

Wipqozn

11:40 PM

@GnomeSlice Pinged the wrong person, sorry :P

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Where did you... how did you get this silly idea?

Wipqozn

19 mins ago, by Grace Note

Allegedly I'm anti-pirate. So go the rumors.

That's exactly the kind of a thing a pirate would say.

Grace Note

Well, the rumors are based on the whole thing where I have ninja in my name.

Wipqozn

Draw away suspension...

@GraceNote Ninjas are just the pirates of the sea.

GnomeSlice

Wipqozn

11:42 PM

Just a tad bit more drunk, and crude....

Ullallulloo

@RonanForman Like I said, pirates would be less likely to build stuff like we want, and Minecraft combat isn't the greatest.

Wipqozn

a lot more swearing.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I think you've got that backwards.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice stars

Oh snap, I only have 20 minutes left to waste all of my stars for today!

2

Quick, someone say something funny!

agent86

@Wipqozn I think you're contractually obligated to star at least 25% of the things mods say.

GnomeSlice

11:43 PM

Nah, I like the first.

agent86

and now that I am a mod, you must therefore waste stars on me.

Pyrodante

Speaking of ninjas buzzfeed.com/gavon/iran-has-an-army-of-deadly-ninja-women

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn uh...um...elephants!

Wipqozn

Dammit people, try harder!

Pyrodante

no! puppy sized elephants because they have the evolutionary advantage of being adorable!

Wipqozn

11:45 PM

@agent86 True...

Ullallulloo

GnomeSlice is usually the one to say star-worthy out-of-context stuff!

Pyrodante

wait, something funny: EvE is a simple game that is accessible to all types of people.

Ullallulloo

I'm not good at this.

Pyrodante

I WIN!

Wipqozn

@Pyrodante That wasn't me though.

Ullallulloo

11:47 PM

@Pyrodante Dwarf Fortress is as simple as...a simple thing.

@Wipqozn Why not?

You're terrible at wasting things.

Pyrodante

well... good enough :D

agent86

@Wipqozn so... where my stars at?

Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo I don't want to clog up the starred list with silly things!

2

Pyrodante

wait... what else is the star list for besides silly things?

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Look at it right now.

Wipqozn

11:48 PM

oh, I already did use it up.

Congrats @GnomeSlice, you're pirate picture was my last star of the day.

I could have sworn I had ~5 left

agent86

man, I could've sworn there was something important I was supposed to be doing...

Wipqozn

@agent86 Mod duties?

Ronan Forman

I still think natives will be too racist, and what possible motive could they have for kidnapping?

Wipqozn

@RonanForman Wait, what?

Are you saying natives are racist?

That's... incredibly racist.

Pyrodante

Lizard men kidnap people and have traps...

I still have no idea what we are talking about

Wipqozn

11:50 PM

@Pyrodante I don't either.

I just know that mana is a really cool guy.

Oh, err, hi @mana!

Didn't see you there...

agent86

@Wipqozn psh. that's what I'm doing instead of whatever it was that I was supposed to be doing

Ronan Forman

@John What traps did you have in mind?

Pyrodante

Imperials are pretty good at traps...

I thought you guys took the bounty off this thing gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/26185/…

StrixVaria

@Pyrodante @badp removed it for having a stupid reason. The new one doesn't seem much better, though...

Pyrodante

oh... looks like someone got it

Ronan Forman

11:53 PM

Also if anyone can write a non-bland script around our current idea then we can use it, so far it's just meh.

Wipqozn

@Pyrodante Why would we remove the bounty?

badp

@StrixVaria why?

He wants to give an extra award to the right answer. It's fully in his right to do so.

StrixVaria

@badp Oh right I didn't realize he had accepted one.

It seemed silly if he wanted to give a bounty but not a checkmark.

Pyrodante

yeah he finally found his answer, good on him I guess

StrixVaria

I just don't pay enough attention to detail most of the time.

I should stop doing that.

Arda Xi

11:55 PM

And now I've gone and broke my phone.

I am having a bad day.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi How did that happen?

Grace Note

@Mana is being very silent

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi :(

agent86

@ArdaXi maybe you should shut today down and reboot it?

Arda Xi

I flashed it wrongly.

agent86

11:56 PM

@ArdaXi ew, bricked, eh?

Arda Xi

The original firmware is on a file hosting site that was shutdown with Megaupload.

Wipqozn

@agent86 Ah, if only I wasn't out of stars...

Mana

@GraceNote Sorry, I was just checking in while taking a stab at this algorithms problem

agent86

aha! I have more flags handled than oak today! This is the only time this is likely to happen! I will therefore celebrate for the next five seconds. CELEBRATION COMPLETE.

Arda Xi

THE TRIANGLE IS GONE

YES YES YES

Pyrodante

11:57 PM

don't worry @Wipqozn I got this

Arda Xi

Phew.

badp

@ArdaXi Funny you said that three times

Arda Xi

I'm just really, really, really, really relieved right now.