The Bridge - 2012-02-28 (page 7 of 9)

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9:00 PM

Hey @Arda, @Ronan's gonna change his gravatar.

@RonanForman My word.

What?

@RonanForman did... did... you gulp crop... something?

contemplates this for a while Well, he's not to difficult to recognise just by text anyway.

@agent86 Not yet...

9:01 PM

@RonanForman okay. okay. good.

What's happening?

@RonanForman Oh god, he's going to crop something.

@RonanForman You're getting a new gravatar. It's very exciting.

@RonanForman I have cropophobia

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9:02 PM

@ArdaXi I'm not sure whether to be miffed or relieved that I'm not identifiable by text.

When it's done, this.

@GraceNote Sometimes, you are, sometimes you aren't.

@RonanForman Hah, I love the blocky curls there. Nice touch.

Rest assured, there are quite a few language patterns I could identify you by.

(Oh, I'm not making myself any less creepy, am I)

Not really, it just means you probably could find "that" out given the effort.

It also means I'm both consistent (I have recognizable patterns) and inconsistent (I have multiple patterns).

9:07 PM

@ArdaXi I only know of one SE user I could I identify by text patterns

oy

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Q: getting tactical

I've been playing LoL for about a month now, and I consider myself pretty decent. I'm level 20 with more wins than losses, and have been using mobafire's guides everytime I play. However late game I've been running into a lot of problems with being tactical. Sometimes my teammates will get pi...

league-of-legends

Look guys, I'm being nice to a new user in comments!

Why does the bastion music remind me of firefly?!?

@StrixVaria you'd better stop before the internet divides by zero.

@agent86 I know. It's taken a lot out of me.

I think I need to go cast random close votes and downvote some questions without commenting now.

Hey @RonanForman, does anyone on that youtube channel thing do multiplayer let's plays?

9:11 PM

@BenBrocka Not yet, we're starting one this saturday.

Whoa, the chat login screen is different.

And it works at my college now.

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Q: How fast will my items sell out?

Is there a formula to how fast something will sell out?? It would be nice to somehow stack most items to sell out at the same time or create some pattern for max income.

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Q: getting tactical

I've been playing LoL for about a month now, and I consider myself pretty decent. I'm level 20 with more wins than losses, and have been using mobafire's guides everytime I play. However late game I've been running into a lot of problems with being tactical. Sometimes my teammates will get pi...

league-of-legends

@RonanForman I was thinking about one of those...but I don't know any of your video making peoples

@BenBrocka We've met.

@BenBrocka What game do you want to play?

9:14 PM

Whoa, stackexchange.com looks different...

@RonanForman Gir voice I don't know...

@GnomeSlice It looks better

@BenBrocka I approve.

user30

@GnomeSlice has done for a few hours

@BenBrocka Tankball? Minecraft? KaG? TF2? Metal Drift?

@ThomasMcDonald Been on the bus for a few hours.

@Wipqozn This is just a different variation of the same thing.

Why isn't Gaming listed on the SE homepage in the slideshow thing there.

@GnomeSlice Cooking isn't either. I think they're sticking to "technical" topics.

Remember, Jeff hates that our site works. Even though he's gone...

9:17 PM

@StrixVaria I was just about to say something along those lines.

it changes every reload, on my first load gaming was the first one listed

@Blem CONSPIRACY

i don't believe in abortion!

I get Gaming as well

9:19 PM

...I have to wonder how many times I'd have to roll this screen to get only a set of sites which I have avatars for.

@GnomeSlice nothing like TF2 plays well while recording on my laptop

@BenBrocka What about my voice?

@GraceNote math could probably answer this question, but since you've so thoroughly discouraged me, I'm not even going to try. I hope you're happy!

@agent86 Cropping.

Actually TF2 could be really fun...I'll see if my PC can handle it on lower quality but I dunno

9:28 PM

@OrigamiRobot I keep telling you! You're not GIR.

@GraceNote OH GOD WHY

How many billion hours does it take to get the new weapons? I'd like to try the some of the new medic weapons like the Kritzkrieger

@BenBrocka A lot. =[

@BenBrocka you could just pay money for them.

I haven't played since 2008

9:29 PM

or get the relevant achievements

Medic is my most played class (much to my surprise) and I haven't got that one.

@RonanForman YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD! cries

<3 the crossbow.

@OrigamiRobot But I am.

@BenBrocka or I guess you could ask? I'd probably hook you up.

9:30 PM

I drew you and I can rub you out!

it occurs to me I have a stash of TF2 weapons around here somewhere

That'd be sweet...I have a fair amount of hours in but they're all from early 2008 so none went toward the achievements or getting items and crap

I don't even really know how crafting works

@BenBrocka You should get a game called 'Metal Drift' and play it with me.

@RonanForman No! Somebody help me! @Strix fire the sammich!

@BenBrocka you could get them within an hour, or you may not get them for months

9:31 PM

@agent86 Simple - there are two standard potential outcomes of this. Either I condition you to no longer have an irrational fear of cropping (and criminy, I haven't once gone on talking about pruning my image Garden), or I maintain a useful tool in controlling you.

@GnomeSlice You don't have a mic remember.

@OrigamiRobot I didn't bring the sandwich. I have only piggies.

@RonanForman So? It has ingame chat.

You can get an okay one for $20

And stats aren't counted unless there are four human players in a game, and there are almost never that many online.

9:32 PM

@StrixVaria HI PIG!

@GnomeSlice How are you going to make an LP using only ingame chat?

Whew. 30 min. phone interview.

@GnomeSlice are you kidding? I was rarely able to get into a server when I played, they were always full

@RonanForman Metal Drift wouldn't lend itself very well to an LP.

@BenBrocka I'm talking about Metal Drift.

metaldrift.com

Oh, never heard of that one

9:33 PM

@GnomeSlice Then why did you suggest he should do an LP with you?

@RonanForman I... I didn't. I said he should get it and play it with me.

@RavenDreamer And?

@GraceNote I might be moving to Charleston.

@BenBrocka add me on steam, I'm in the g.se group and I should be pretty obvious

@RavenDreamer I don't actually know where that is, as any time I think of that, I'm either thinking of Charlotte NC, or of the Charleston Chew.

9:35 PM

@GraceNote this sounds insidious, so I'm tempted to approve, but then it's insidious towards me, so I'm tempted to denounce.

@GraceNote Charleston, South Carolina.

I'll try and remember after work

I may denounprove of this.

Located on the coast, so I've been told Margaritas and flip flops are nearly a requirement on Fridays.

@agent86 Cropping.

9:35 PM

@GraceNote arhghhhhhhhghhnnnnhhhgggggg

@agent86 I finished my Amalur review.

If Metal drift were cheaper, I'd buy everyone here a copy.

You need to stop buying stuff

@GraceNote I am, remember.

@RavenDreamer how many times does it say "agent86 is totally wrong" and/or "he's a jerk"?

9:37 PM

I bought MD at Christmas when it was $2.

@agent86 You're so vain, you prob'ly think this review is about you.

Also: Zero.

@GnomeSlice This is just the second time you've talked about wanting to buy stuff for everyone. I gotta look out for you, y'know? ♪

It stands in a vacuum, though I did mimic your first paragraph.

@GraceNote I said I would, but only if it were like $2, and only to get more people playing it.

@RavenDreamer mkay then. Just didn't want us dueling on the blog :P

9:38 PM

I'm seriously stopping buying things for a while though.

I mean, I bought the Pineapple Smash Crew Soundtrack last night but that doesn't count.

@agent86 slaps @agent86 with a glove

@GnomeSlice A penny saved is a penny earned.

@BenBrocka fakkelbrigade.eu/chris/configs/cfg/getconfig.php?conf=maxframes apparently makes TF2 run on a sandvich

@agent86 You should really ask, how many times does it say "cropping?"

We can duel right here. Have at you! Fisticuffs!

9:39 PM

@GraceNote It would be worth it to me to get you guys playing it, hah.

@RavenDreamer I demand satisfaction! and bacon!

@RavenDreamer I'm gonna open a file of whoopass on you.

@ArdaXi probably too many times

@GnomeSlice I hope that's "with me", and by "me" you mean Pinapple Smash Crew me, unless I've died again.

@RavenDreamer I guess you don't watch Futurama.

9:40 PM

@GnomeSlice Yeah, but it wouldn't be worth it to me if you ended up homeless and bankrupt.

@GraceNote lololol

That's probably going to happen anyway, so why not make the most of it. But yeah, as I said, I'm not buying anything else for a while.

@GnomeSlice I do, I just don't catch the reference.

@RavenDreamer The Masked Unit.

> Sir, I challenge you to fisticuffs!

@GnomeSlice It's a fate you can avoid, so what efforts I can put out to help you avoid it, I shall do so.

Then he transforms into the masked unit.

9:42 PM

@badp I'll have to try that out

Thanks

@BenBrocka What class did you enjoy the most back then?

You can "borrow" almost any weapon from the TF2 store for a week absolutely free.

Medic more than half the time, Engie when I was feeling lazy

@RavenDreamer geez, did they not learn that that scanning crap was the worst part of ME2?

@agent86 I didn't mind the scanning so much as the random resource searching.

9:46 PM

Wish I could click on part of a thread of a conversationand have it highlight every related entry, not just the previous or next

Scanning for anomalies was straightforward. You had a goal.

Scanning for mining was a chore.

@BenBrocka Then yes, you'll want to pick the Kritz if you don't have it.

So when I go to lunch and my screen scrolls so ungodly long, I can come back and just catch up on the pertinent parts.

Actually... are you in the GSE group?

The Kritz seems like a weird idea to me but I've heard nothing but raves about it

Not yet, I'll try and join tonight

9:47 PM

@RavenDreamer yeah, I didn't think even the ore scanning was that bad, but there was such backlash... seems like they'd want to, y'know, not return to that mechanic in the sequel

Also something about kritz + pyros

@BenBrocka eh. Just hand it to a competent demoman. See it wreck absolute mayehm.

Pyros are probably the worst class to kritz.

In my day Heavies were the only class worth a damn to Uber

Even with kritz ubering a pyro didn't make sense to me. Demoman sounds good though

bah, demomen are the best ubers vs. engineer buildings

I like uber charging snipers.

9:49 PM

I'm not sure how I feel about healing a class that's not as wide as a building either

@BenBrocka 'cept buildings don't take crit damage

@BenBrocka Otherwise, kritz a soldier with the buff banner

@RavenDreamer Well the engineer does sadly

but yeah if your main point is clearing out a huge nest then regular uber is the way to go

Is the Blutsauger any good? Sounded interesting but I rarely used the syringe gun

@BenBrocka I never, ever used the normal syringe gun once I got that thing.

It completely outclassed it.

You don't want anything other than the Overdose.

9:51 PM

I didn't play long enough to even know what the Overdose is, though.

When equipped it gives a speed boost equal to your ubercharge divided by 10

@StrixVaria getting a killing spree with the syringe gun made me feel like a boss but aside from doing that a couple times I don't recall finding use in it

@StrixVaria They've given it a penalty now. Which they did by buffing the syringe gun.

Couple it with the vitasaw and you get a guaranteed 2% speed boost at every respawn.

While 2% doesn't sound like much it's actually noticeable and nice to have.

You do deal less damage with it but...

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Okay that's the last one I'm posting.

9:53 PM

@RonanForman No! Gir! Why you so blocky?

Does anyone actually use the Quick Fix? It also seems like an odd fit...

@RavenDreamer It's not GIR!

@BenBrocka I have. It can work well but both you and the patient need to know what you're doing.

It's a medigun for capturing points, not a medigun for going rambo against an entire enemy team

Jesus

@RavenDreamer Origami. Duh.

9:55 PM

Is the quick start guide for the vita really bigger than the manual for it!?

Basically it's as close to the regular uber as it can get without being invulnerable and thus blocking captures

@RonanForman What's this?

I figured it was for swiping intel or something, I guess it'd be good for points though

@BenBrocka I love the quick fix.

I dunno about intel

9:56 PM

@James Never touched the manual myself

You probably want overheal for the sentries

Everyone always tells me to stop using the goddamn quick fix.

I almost always played CTF

that said if you heal a scout you go at scout speeds

@Gnome A picture. A png if I recall.

9:56 PM

he still only does have 125 hitpoints though

Oh, right, no overheal...yeah with a scout out front I'd expect him to die

why would you use it for anyone except a scout?

@James no

Well have you ever been in a situation where you have a handful of people in the red around you

Wait.

Maybe.

No.

and you just can't heal fast enough to save them all?

The quickfix... well... heals faster.

9:58 PM

@RavenDreamer I dunno, them both sitting on my desk side by side they look just about as thick and the quick start is definitely wider but shorter.

So it's useful for all classes

@RonanForman I am GIR!

Oh, true

Mainly though if you want to uber for a push you're going to need a heavy or a soldier or something that can take some punishment without getting instakilled

@James are you talking about the safety guide?

9:59 PM

yes, you're healing at a hundred points per second, but if he goes below zero he's still dead.

@RavenDreamer yeah those are the only two pamphlet type things I have

@James the quickstart guide is 50% white space and pictures

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