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4:00 PM
@spugsley Haha. I keep mine long, m'self. It's around 2.5ft or something I think now
 
@FAE Holy crap
 
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@Wipqozn I can sit on the ends of my hair if I don't keep it in a ponytail or hairstick
 
Wait - you cant download splashtop os anymore?
Sad.
 
@FAE mine was that long until I was about 14 and then enough was enough and I chopped it all off :)
 
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@spugsley I cut it up to my chin in HS to be a flapper in a play, but that's as short as I've had it.
 
4:02 PM
@FAE my hair used to be at my shoulder blades... That's the longest I've ever let it grow.
 
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It felt really weird to brush my hair then. It felt like my hair stopped too early!
@Tristan Guys with long hair are <3
@spugsley Also, I can't do anything with my hair, so keeping it long is simple, haha. I don't have to worry about bad hair days because it's thick and heavy, so pretty much always hangs straight. I either put it in a ponytail or in a hairstick, and that's it. I can't style worth a damn.
 
@FAE =D But I doubt I'll grow it out like that again... Too used to military hair now.
 
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@Tristan Two of my b/f's used to have long hair but have cut it now. :( I was sad.
 
@FAE That's why I like super short hair with lots and lots of layers everywhere. Looks good even with no styling because it's supposed to be messy :)
@FAE yeah @IanPugsley had realllllllly long hair when we started dating. It's one of the reasons I decided to go out with him :p
 
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@spugsley Hot
...if you don't mind me sayin'
 
4:06 PM
@IanPugsley high-five
 
@FAE of course not. It was hot. Though, he's hot with short hair too :p
 
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@spugsley Hehe. :D
 
@IanPugsley I dare you to bic it. Just... Go completely bald.
 
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@Tristan noooooooooooooooo
 
@Tristan no no a thousand times no
 
FAE
4:10 PM
...not that I even know what @IanPugsley looks like... aside from a monkey...
 
@IanPugsley Double-dog dare you, now.
=D
@FAE I wish I could star things on the mobile site...
 
Even better yet, he should Jack it.
Best of both worlds. And now, off to lunch.
 
@TimStone You're my new favorite person.
 
@FAE I'd show you but @IanPugsley might get mad at me :)
 
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@spugsley <_< >_> That's what Steam is for! Then he won't know!
 
4:13 PM
@spugsley Just one-box a pic in chat. I dare you.
 
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@Tristan Man, you just want to get them both in trouble, don't you?
 
@FAE No. I just like instigating...
 
> The point of the Mass Effect series has always been the game's appealing world — think Star Trek optimism crossed with Star Wars mysticism plus weapons that look vaguely like hockey equipment and a menagerie of cool aliens — and experimenting with trans-species lesbianism.
 
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@Tristan that's practically what I just said, you naughty pony, you :P
 
Hi, is there anyone here willing to playtest my HTML5 game? (it will only take you a sec)
 
4:16 PM
Tom Bissell's video game reviews are the best.
> Almost always I find emplaced-gun sequences (1) boring, and (2) stomach-turning. Killing stuff out of grim necessity? Gimme a gun and point me in the right direction, Major, because I'm onboard. Engaging in mindlessly wanton slaughter because some level designer thinks I'm ready to feel like a man again? It's like being slipped a Viagra. An unbidden boner is, without exception, an unwelcome boner.
 
(also you must have chrome)
 
@FAE We should all just post pics of ourselves.
 
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@LessPop_MoreFizz ...*snerk*
@Bane What kind of feedback you looking for?
 
Just general feedback, it's in really early stages. Just the mechanics have been made, no story...
Like "gravity needs to be stronger" stuff.
 
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@Bane I'm not very good at stuff like mob balancing and hard numbers, but I'm decent at things like intuitive UI, proofreading, and general critique
 
4:19 PM
> I happen to greatly miss the open-world elements of Mass Effect 1 — it remains my favorite entry in the franchise for that reason — and have never understood the hostility shown to the planet-scanning minigame from Mass Effect 2. Nothing short of firing up a doobie and pulling out a lava lamp has so interestingly walked the line between compelling and tedious.
 
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@LessPop_MoreFizz I actually really miss driving around on other planets (Mako aside). It made the universe feel a little more real to me.
 
Don't worry, there are no "mobs", only you. It's very similar to Portal, but 2D and I'm planning to add more stuff than just portals.
 
FAE
@Bane I'll give it a shot if you like. :)
 
Awesome :)
http://bljak.org:1235/index.html
Here.
 
@FAE Same. Except for Mako physics.
Fuck Mako physics.
 
FAE
4:21 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Wholeheartedly agree. I loved the lampshading they did of that with the convo between Cortez and Vega.
 
@Wipqozn bwhaha
 
@FAE You'll be happy to hear that The Hungry Games is projected to double the current record for highest grossing box-office opening. =D
 
FAE
@Bane Having the intro text repeat every time you respawn is a bit... grating...
 
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna remove that.
 
FAE
4:24 PM
@Tristan Hunger, I think ya mean, haha. Unsure when it releases here.
 
@FAE Right. The Hungry Games. =P
 
@bane I don't like that you have to jump to place a portal under you
 
Hmm... Ok.
 
> Slightly less forgivable is the fact that Commander Shepard, Mass Effect's indomitable hero, seems to meet the same two dozen people in every Mass Effect game. Is this the smallest galaxy ever imagined? It seems like it. There's a point at which fan service becomes narrative prostitution.
 
4:26 PM
> Video-game enthusiasts are, in many ways, the most reactionary and emotionally conservative audience out there. For that reason alone BioWare should continue to give gamers the chance to meet and interact with incidentally gay characters. (This is what more meatheaded gamers call "shoving the gay agenda down our throats!!")
> That said, BioWare's talented storytellers desperately need to rethink their curious devotion to the video-game sex scene, gay or otherwise, which, even at its best, remains as polygonally unconvincing as digital representation gets.
<3 Bissell
He may be a crackhead with questionable taste, but he's my kind of crackhead with questionable taste.
 
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Q: Map making resources for SC2

BingoWhere can I find good resources for making maps in SC2? Are there any good tutorials out there on the map editing tools, as I always find the experience of making custom content What goes into the design of a good map?

THAT needs more close votes
Also, caps on that.Silly me.
 
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@Bane any way to revisit previous levels?
 
too lazy to fix
 
@FAE yep, just go trough the other door. There are two doors per level, one leads further and one leads back.
 
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@Bane I meant more like, without having to backtrack through 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 to get to 1 type thing
 
4:29 PM
Oh, that. Nope, currently no. But why would you want that? Points?
 
@bane the screen movement is a bit annoying when the level is bigger than the screen, cant see what is going on before it is to late
 
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@Bane Completionism, maybe someone gets stuck on a point and decides to let it go til later.
Also I'm on level 7 and I'm inside the box on the upper left and I think I'm stuck :(
when I shoot portal things out, they don't "stick"
 
@Blem, OK, noted that.
@FAE You can only shoot portals at grey walls.
 
FAE
@Bane Ah, I see, just got that, haha
my music stopped...
 
Also, the game autosaves after each level, but that is currently off for development purposes.
Did you pause?
 
FAE
4:31 PM
No
I have sfx
but no music
it just... stopped playing
 
The music is just loaded off Youtube, I don't know what could've gone wrong.
Are the other sounds playing?
 
FAE
is there any keystroke or anything?
that would mute only the music?
 
Nope
 
FAE
Yep
 
Hmmm
 
FAE
4:32 PM
I have all the other sound effects
 
I made sure to append "loop=1" after the Youtube URL...
 
is it even posible to beat the level that is bigger than the screen?
 
Well, no matter, I guess it's them, nothing I can do 'bout that.
@Blem Yes :)
Where are you stuck?
(that's the last level btw)
 
FAE
Agh, was trying to jump onto the platform in level 8 and I hit the level 7 door and got sent back
 
cant get the box over the red area with out platforms
 
Get it to the sensor or get it across?
 
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@Blem I'm having that problem too
 
> iv. In 12th-century China, armies dressed monkeys in oil-soaked straw jackets, set them on fire, and released them in enemy camps.
 
never mind, i got it
 
OK
 
4:35 PM
> vi. An American homing pigeon named Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre for heroic service in World War I. He delivered messages for the Allies during the Battle of Verdun. After dying of wounds sustained in battle, he was mounted by a taxidermist, and is now on display at the Smithsonian next to a dog who was promoted to sergeant in the 102nd Infantry.
 
or no
 
The thing is that you don't need to carry it across actually.
 
my box disepeard
guess i pushed it to hard
 
FAE
@Bane The camera makes jumping awkward though
 
Oh, you'll have to restart the level. Sorry ;)
Or not, I think you played enough of the game, that was basically the end.
 
FAE
4:36 PM
@Bane Argh, I accidentally backed into the door to level 7 again
 
Ouch :/
 
FAE
Does decrease gravity affect your jumping? It doesn't seem to.
 
You must press "1". I forgot to tell the players...
 
FAE
A grey square shows up when I do that, is that supposed to indicate that the gravity's decreased?
 
> one important lesson of the Internet being that, shockingly, people are more likely to click on the words "red-hot sexpocalypse" than on the words "relevant information."
 
4:39 PM
>.< it was much easier when i started using perks
 
FAE
it pops up in the red area
 
@FAE Yes, the square indicates that.
Also, the multijump is currently the most useful.
 
Yayy! I look good in plaid!
 
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@Bane I'm having trouble jumping across the platforms between the combination of the camera and the controls feeling a bit slippery
 
Yeah, I'll fix the camera. But multijump + decrease gravity does the trick there.
 
4:42 PM
@Tristan everybody looks good in plaid
@Tristan my head is way too big to shave
 
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@Bane Even using both of those, the fine movements seem to send me way further off the platforms than I'd expect
I barely tap A or D to try to move a bit more left so I can land properly, but it's too much
 
also anyone who doesn't know what @spugsley and I look like hasn't tried very hard; my Facebook is linked in my profile :P
 
Hmmm... That shouldn't happen, some of my friends got trough on their first try.

But fire up the console and say "game.player.score = 999" then buy everything. That will definitely get you through,
 
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...and I just made it across the platforms, then walked straight into a red area because my camera wasn't scrolled far right enough :/
 
@IanPugsley I don't know what you look like.
 
4:45 PM
@FAE Damn :(

I definitely will fix that.
 
FAE
@IanPugsley You watch Erock too :D
 
@IanPugsley Too big? All the more reason to shave it.
 
@FAE I actually have no idea what that is
 
FAE
@IanPugsley the name of that guy's youtube channel?
 
4:49 PM
OK guys, I've got a couple of things I've written down, thank you. I have to go now, is there anything you'd like to add?
 
@FAE happened upon it, might subscribe now :)
 
FAE
@Bane Maybe in the beginning, just have a little display of what the controls are
 
OK
Thansk!
 
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@IanPugsley He does some really nice covers
@Bane No prob!
 
@Tristan I'm probably gonna go bald; I'll keep what I have while I have it
 
4:50 PM
Yeah, that guy is aswesome
 
FAE
@IanPugsley I like his Green Lantern tattoo, haha
 
MY word my internet is being slow all of a sudden.
 
@IanPugsley My hair is going to turn a very bright white. Like... Steve Martin white.
 
@Tristan sounds badass
keep it long, be an anime villian
 
@IanPugsley That's what I thought too. Best Sephiroth cosplayer ever!
 
FAE
4:54 PM
@Tristan One of my friends wanted me to cosplay Bayonetta cuz of my hair :P
 
@Wipqozn Game On LoL today?
 
@OrigamiRobot Yes.
Also, that reminds me...
 
@FAE Hmm... That would be interesting to see since her hair WAS her outfit...
 
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@Tristan My hair is long, but not that long, haha.
 
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Q: As a jungler, how does one determine the correct balance of farming vs. ganking?

Daniel WeissClearly you don't want to fall behind in levels, so you need to farm your creep camps, but what do you do when your lanes are clamoring for a gank? I have this problem especially with junglers like shaco that are supposed to be good early gankers, I end up too low level. Or, sometimes with Udyr ...

 
4:56 PM
@FAE Even if it was that long, how would you get it to stay where it was needed? Hardest cosplay ever...
 
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@Tristan Yyyeeeah...
Back later, need to install a card reader in one of my front bays on my PC.
 
@FAE Have fun. O.o
 
I'm liking the Engineer in ME3 multiplayer more and more, incinerate and overload are very nice powers
 
@FAE Grats!
 
Jin
hmm should I get ME3 for PC?
what's the advantage vs XBOX version?
 
FAE
5:08 PM
@Sterno Thanks! I didn't think I'd make it. Okay, now have to head off. :) poof
 
@Jin nothing, get the PC version
 
@Jin Mouse
 
@Jin pro: ability to import downloaded saves that you get online, con: having to use Origin
 
@Jin PC is keyboard/mouse only, no disc juggling on PC
 
Jin
faster elevator load time on PC?
 
5:10 PM
@Jin I have pretty much instant load times on a PC with SSD
 
> Ray: render time: 492.97 sec. = 7.3 frames/hour (1463.82 sec. accum.).
laaame
 
I can't even read the text on the loading screens
 
Jin
i think i have my ME2 saved game on my xbox... but after reading the default choices in ME3, it doesn't seem to matter
 
@NickT Making Pymol movies?
 
just single figures
 
5:11 PM
@Jin Use the imported save, there are some nice solutions you can't get in the default save
@NickT Pretty long for a single image, reminds me of the time I tried to make an image of the ribosome in Pymol
 
but it looks so different when I ray it I need to tweak thicknesses/colors
most aren't nearly that long, but this has a mesh and surface
 
@Jin Find a save you like on ME2saves.com and play it on PC.
 
Train Simulator 2012 is 160% off?
 
The default save locks you out of some... ideal situations.
@Ullallulloo They're paying you to take it!
 
Jin
wait is ninja gaiden 3 out??
 
5:14 PM
@Fabian not even that sexy :P
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz It actually says -$21.00, but you can't add it to your cart. :(
 
FAE
@NickT Foldit?
 
@FAE pymol
@Ullallulloo wat
 
FAE
@NickT Ah, never used that. I "play" foldit sometimes though.
And now I'm really off, now that I'm not distracted by editing nearly incomprehensible questions.
 
5:23 PM
2
Q: What the heck do I do at the N7: Fuel Reactor mission

SathyaI've just landed on the planet & met Capt'n Riley. What the heck do I do after meeting her? I can't venture out, I get killed by radiation. I see this display for crane operation, I'm not sure how that works after fiddling with it..

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Q: Do any on hit effects from any champion abilities or items get affected by Spell Vamp?

IllpalazzoI always wonder how early I should get a Will of the Ancients over Hextech Revolver. How much it will it affect the rest of my team?

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Q: How do you counter getting zoned?

David ChengLets say that your a melee champion against a ranged a champion top and they are harassing you every time you get near your creeps and you can't farm. How do you counter this other than having your jungler come and help?

 
even if I shove pymol to 1 core, my computer still lags so bad it's irritating to use
> I am buying the collectors edition and getting myself the playable character Deckard Cain..
double wat
 
What's with all the LoL questions coming in lately?
 
@Tristan I bumped a few older ones by editing them, sorry if that bothered you. The newer ones are coming in because of the contest I think
 
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Q: League of Legends Contest!

LaurenThe Leaguecraft ggClassic is an awesome tournament filled with professional League of Legends gamers, and we are the official sponsor! To show our support for the players as they do battle, we are giving away some awesome prizes to people who ask and answer the best questions about League of Lege...

 
5:30 PM
@YiJiang Doesn't bother me at all. More content makes the site better. I was just curious. I was unaware of the contest. Thanks @Wipqozn
 
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Q: Why do people hate Teemo?

David ChengWhen people see a Teemo alone, they always chase no matter what, and when I was soloing top Teemo, I got ganked 7 times by everyone except their ad carry. Why is Teemo a global taunt?

upvoted? come on
 
There's a lot of FGITW with these new LoL questions. That isn't bad in itself, but the quality of the answers aren't very high. I hope the answerers can come back and add in more information instead of gaming for cheap rep with the ongoing contest
 
FGIW?
 
@LessPopMoreFizz how is the body any different from the title? I'm not taking the title that literally
> I got ganked 7 times
you're probably a bad player then
on about #3 I'd be like "oh, maybe they're gonna gank me"
plus he has free wards
 
user15026
5:46 PM
.....wow. I read the LoL questions, and I am like.....I don't even have any idea what these words mean. XD
 
@AshleyNunn Yeah, games like these tend to create their own set of jargons
A lot of abbreviations too, to speed up chatting I guess
 
@NickT This may be the fact that I don't actually play LoL showing, but it reads like "When I play Teemo, I get targetted much more actively than usual. Why?"
 
@NickT Isn't the point of this site kinda to help bad players become good?
 
@LessPopMoreFizz a) it sounds like he plays solo top very poorly if he got ganked "7 times", b) teemo can outrun most other characters so people "chasing" him (versus pinning/trapping) seems far-fetched, c) couldn't you just ask the question about 30 other characters?
 
@NickT If he feels that he's being targetted more than usual, which it sounds like, then c is irrelevant? And even if it's not, is the answer the same all 30 times?
 
5:50 PM
1
Q: When should I pick a fight?

WutnautI'm an avid LoL player and have been for 2 years. The #1 aspect of the game I still struggle with is choosing when to fight and when not to fight. What factors do you consider when deciding whether it's safe to go in or not?

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Q: Why do people hate Teemo?

David ChengWhen people see a Teemo alone, they always chase no matter what, and when I was soloing top Teemo, I got ganked 7 times by everyone except their ad carry. Why is Teemo a global taunt?

 
@LessPopMoreFizz it sounds like he's new, so he might only own a couple characters
the answer is based on the team that's trying to shut him down, "they don't like (character X's) abilities"
so the answer would be "because he has the spells he has"?
"because they don't like that character"?
 
user15026
@YiJiang Yeah, it is much like I have no idea about most Starcraft/WoW stuff, for similar reason.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz "Hating Teemo" is a LoL forum meme.
 
@RavenDreamer Okay. Now that is the context that I was missing.
 
so all my arguments were invalid or something?
 
5:58 PM
@NickT Invalid? no. Not arguments I agree with? Yes.
 
how does the title even differ from the body? gank/chase = "hate"
 
Just drop it, Nick.
I don't think it's worth it to argue.
 
Less arguing, more Game On!
@OrigamiRobot are the only people on atm
 
user15026
@IanPugsley What are you playing today?
 
@AshleyNunn LoL
 
user15026
6:07 PM
@OrigamiRobot Cool. :)
 
Origin doesn't seem to be the most optimized program, it's currently using 600MB here.
 
@Fabian Just Origin itself?
 
@Fabian Yeah, whenever I tab in/out of origin, it always triggers the "Windows has detected your computer is running slowly".
And then reverts my color scheme and kills my desktop background.
 
@OrigamiRobot Yes, it probably has a few memory leaks. After restarting it's only around 100MB
@RavenDreamer I have 16GB RAM here, I didn't even notice it until I randomly decided to open the process explorer
 
@Fabian That's 10 more gigs than me. :(
 
6:15 PM
@RavenDreamer Ewww, 6? That's not even a power of 2!
 
FAE
@Raven! I can now also nom on peanuts!
 
That... makes no sense to me.
Actually, I was looking for you.
Find me on steam.
 
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@RavenDreamer In the Admiral's Lounge!
 
Oh, Congrats!
 
FAE
:D
 
6:20 PM
0
Q: Who would you consider to be the most underrated jungle at the moment?

unaimdIn my opinion, I consider it to be Sejuani. She has great CC, a gapcloser, and an AoE stun which makes people hug their tower and curl to a ball at their tower, crying. Even though she hasn't got the damage to finish someone off, I think she would be a really good CCtank/support in a proper, well...

 
@Lazers not constructive
 
my stack of checks to deposit is almost up to $1k...I kinda wish my CU had that app like Chase where you can just take a photo of them
 
just mail them all to me, and I'll make sure that they're taken care of.
 
Still surprised that cheques are used that much in the US, I can count the number of times I deposited a check with one hand.
 
How do you get reimbursed from some company where you're not on the payroll?
3 of these are reimbursements for travel expenses (all from different schools), 1 is reimbursement from vision insurance
 
6:29 PM
@NickT Direct deposit or cash
 
I've only gotten petty cash for stuff <$50 or so
 
FAE
@NickT Checks were completely deprecated here in the NL as well years ago
 
more places could definitely do DD though, where do you live anyway @Fabian
 
Good job, team!
 
@NickT Germany
 
FAE
6:30 PM
I tried to see how much I'd have to pay to get a check cashed here... it'd take 6-8 weeks plus €50-€200 in processing fees
 
just "cashing" checks can be difficult here (risk of fraud, etc), but depositing is fairly easy
 
user15026
@FAE O.O
 
You'll practically never encounter a check in Germany, they're just not used
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn yyyyeah.
 
so do you know your bank's routing number?
 
FAE
6:34 PM
yeah
 
user15026
@FAE so basically, you need a pretty big cheque to make it worth it :(
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn Really... really big. It's pretty much not worth it.
 
@FAE This was what I disliked most about ME3, the fact that the game seemed to be holding my hand at every turn in a way.
 
user15026
@FAE Yeah, no kidding. I thought my bank charging $13 for a wire transfer from the US was bad....
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn On the plus side, you can pay debit like, everywhere, even for small purchases
 
6:36 PM
@FAE but just deposing it incurs that cost?
 
user15026
@FAE That's pretty nifty.
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn Yeah, you can do debit under $5 with no fee or anything at 99% of places
 
user15026
@FAE nice :)
 
@FAE in the states virtually all retailers take credit or debit, some get funny if you credit less than $5
 
FAE
@NickT It's actively encouraged here to use debit instead of cash for stuff like that
 
6:38 PM
Hey, @FAE, you wanna help me test something in LoL?
 
@FAE do people not use credit cards much?
 
I wanna see if Vayne's silver bolts procs spell vamp
 
FAE
@RavenDreamer Waugh, you shoulda said something sooner! I just hopped into ME3 MP with friends. :(
 
user15026
@NickT A lot of places around me don't like accepting credit (sometimes debit) for stuff under $5.
 
FAE
@NickT Very very little.
 
6:39 PM
@FAE It's cool.
 
FAE
Credit cards aren't nearly as prevalent in usage as in the US here.
 
@RavenDreamer I can if you want a bit
 
@NickT Are you friends with me in LoL?
 
dunno
are you ORIMOTH?
 
Yes.
hold a sec.
crashing.
 
6:41 PM
aren't silverbolts true?
 
FAE
@NickT yeah
 
does other true damage proc vamp?
 
Feast does
Kog's doesn't, because it's an on-hit
Vayne's shouldn't, but that's why we're testing.
 
waiting on you sunshine
 
6:43 PM
Do you have Poppy?
Could stand to test devastating blow also.
 
noi
 
@NickT I crashed.
 
want a medal?
 
I think I need to restart my computer. Origin memory leaks are pretty bad, even after closing Origin.
be back in a bit.
 
lol
 
6:48 PM
@RavenDreamer Kind of like Origin user experience.
 
this is it, I can finally actually finish ME3
@RavenDreamer EA hates you so much they're not done even after their application closes
 
Is anyone playing LoL in 5 minutes?
 
@RonanForman We've been playing for an hour...
Stupid DST
 
bad manner dst
 
Okay, we're playing at 7 UTC tomorrow and next Saturday, but then we'll move to 6 on the Sunday? As that's when Europe moves.
Is anyone still up for lol?
 

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