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3:02 PM
@Wipqozn You never know what other details he may be leaving out about his dream, so you might have been better off not being there.
You could have died for all you know!
 
The Batarians were invading
It wasn't pretty.
 
Filthy Batarians.
Where's Shephard when you need him/her?
 
You have the best lectures.
 
League of Legends and starcraft also played into it.
Only Terran, though.
So many marines and vultures. -_-
 
@RavenDreamer YOu youngsters and your non-zerg or protoss race choice
 
3:07 PM
@Wipqozn Seriously. No Starcraft dream is complete without at least one zerg rush!
Preferably followed by a "kekekeke" in chat
 
@RESPAWN BA - TAR - I - ANS
I remember fondly a 1 v 1 v 1 starcraft match I played with my brother and cousin
There was an agreement: "No one build any troops until 10 minutes had passed"
I randomed zerg
 
@RavenDreamer I assume you broke the agreement?
 
After 10 minutes, I had my hatcheries spit out a ton of zerglings
 
@Wipqozn I would have. But then I'm a bastard like that. :)
 
@RavenDreamer oh was i there? >.>
 
3:08 PM
My brother fell victim to the eponymous zerg rush.
'cause ain't no one makes big globs of troops like zerg does.
 
You know, all these kids are spoiled these days being able to play Starcraft over the internet.
Back in my day we had to sneak into one of the computer labs at school just to play.
Eventually, I bought a used 10mb network hub, though
so my friends could cart their rigs and massive CRT monitors to my house where we all would play together.
Ahh... those were the days.
 
@RavenDreamer At the ten minute mark, you should have at least three or four unit producers ready to go.
@RESPAWN I remember these days, too. The days of multiplayer Descent.
 
@fbueckert Indeed.
 
@RESPAWN Was that after walking 15 miles uphill both ways?
 
I made it through 90% of the warcraft 3 campaign on one barracks
 
3:12 PM
@fbueckert Oooh. Good call. We were more fans of Duke Nukem 3D, though.
 
And 90% of the starcraft terran campaign too
 
@Fluttershy Yes. In the snow. While carrying our little sisters on our backs.
With no shoes on
 
@Fluttershy Me too, but it didn't show up in the in-game queue afterwards until I relaunched the game.
 
@RESPAWN In those days, there was no such thing as team deathmatch. In a free-for-all, I'd invariably come out on top. So it would turn into 3-vs-1. Which I would still win.
 
3:14 PM
@StrixVaria well... that sucks. =\ i dunno why it worked for me... I did spend like 10 minutes making a lame little puzzle though. That was fun. Also... my shift key is going out. x_x
 
I'm going to mess with the puzzle editor again tonight. I kept starting things without having an idea of where I was going, so I'm going to try to take a more top-down approach next time.
 
@Fluttershy Who is it going out with?
 
@Wipqozn The CAPS LOCK KEY... see?
 
@Fluttershy lolololol. That was awesome.
 
3:16 PM
@Wipqozn Seriously though... I hit shift to capitalize the S in 'see' and it didn't work. <.<
 
@Fluttershy Are both shift keys broken?
 
@Wipqozn Just the left one... But i lack the ability to hit the right one with any regularity. Bad habits, and all that.
 
@Fluttershy My word.
You're, like, a criminal or something.
 
@Wipqozn The left shift is right next to my left pinky. My right shift key is way too far for my nubby right pinky to hit... >.>
 
@Fluttershy You're a monster.
 
3:20 PM
@Wipqozn Indeed.
 
@Fluttershy It's okay, I still think you're a cool pony.
 
@Wipqozn Much appreciated.
 
With all this contest/giveaway stuff, by when will I know, fo sho, if SE is buying Diablo 3 for me?
 
I really wanna play Settlers of Catan...
 
3:24 PM
So, clearly this was done using all sorts of COMPUTER SOURCERY that is beyond my powers, so I am linking it here for one of you guys to imitate for Gaming, because it is awesome.
3
 
@RavenDreamer This... reminds me of a Tryndamere comic I saw earlier.
 
FAE
Gah, someone apparently got married
 
@FAE That's... bad?
 
FAE
They're driving through my street honking their car horn really loudly
 
Oh. Well.
Fuck them.
 
3:26 PM
Silly Netherlands. That's not what you do when you get married.
 
Damn people. Being happy.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Hmmm, the only question is, does the SE ad serving thingadongdong keep up with it?
 
FAE
@Fluttershy It's a Turkish tradition actually
 
@Fluttershy That comes later.
 
FAE
They decorate their cars and honk their horns loudly
 
3:27 PM
@FAE and be annoying?
 
Also, isn't there a requirement for community ads to be uploaded onto imgur?
 
FAE
@Fluttershy I haven't played Settlers in years
@Wipqozn Kinda, yeah >_>
@RavenDreamer Who all was there?
 
@FAE Clearly we should plan a meet-up in RL to play.
 
@FAE, @Fluttershy @Wipqozn playcatan.com
 
@FAE I spent half an hour watching Wil Wheaton, Ando from Heroes, Fargo from Eureka, and one of the writers for Game of Thrones play it last night...
 
3:28 PM
I mean, oh sure, we could use the internet, but that's just silly.
 
FAE
@Fluttershy I'm behind on Tabletop
@Wipqozn I will be in Canada this December
 
@FAE =(
 
@FAE I'll hide the maple syrup.
 
@FAE Feel free to drop by Nova Scotia. Bring @Fluttershy with you.
 
FAE
@Fluttershy Still very far from him though. I can't drive up to NS.
@Wipqozn I'd love to if I could.
 
3:29 PM
I found the last panel especially hillarious, because he doesn't realize it's a metaphor.
 
@fredley Do you want to do the skygrid LP then?
 
@FAE YOu totally could. Bring @Fluttershy with you.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn Seriously though, if you happen to make your way down to Toronto, I'd be happy to have lunch or something.
 
PlayCatan account created!
 
FAE
@Wipqozn He happens to live somewhere that is not anywhere near where I am going to be
 
3:31 PM
@FAE I actually might be. My friends and I have been talking of going up to Toronto this year. If we did, it would need to be in December.
If we do wind up going I'll give you a jingle.
 
@FAE Wait what? Why Toronto?
 
I hate living in the middle of nowhere. =(
 
Are you in Toronto?!
I'm in Toronto.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn I don't know specific dates yet. I need to be in Ohio, in upstate NY, then Toronto and Guelph.
 
@Mana No. She will be. For Christmas.
 
3:32 PM
ohhhhh
 
@Mana I thought you were in Ottawa? Or is that only doing school?
 
FAE
@Mana One of my boyfriends lives in Toronto, so I will be there sometime in December/early January.
 
@Wipqozn Opposite
I'm in Ottawa when school isn't happening.
 
FAE
Man it's May already. Gotta think about booking tickets soon, argh.
 
@FAE Well look at little miss popular! Some people can't even get one b/f, and you're strolling around with several! Mine as well call you something really popular.
 
3:33 PM
@RonanForman Yes, when?
 
@Mana ah, okay.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn Do you want me to lend you one?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Sounds like a fun little project.
@FAE Do you charge by the hour?
 
@YiJiang It does, the image is generated automagically.
 
@Wipqozn Would you say.... She's the type of pony everypony should know?
 
3:35 PM
@Fluttershy Yes, yes I would.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn Depends on what you want to do with them.
 
@fredley I need some challenges for it as Seth didn't set any. docs.google.com/document/d/…
 
@FAE Well, the sex trade is legal in Canada. Or something like that.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I mean, the Ruby script detects a change in the featured list on the SE site, creates a new image, then SE's ad servers pick up the change, then displays the new ad
By the time the ad gets shown wouldn't the numbers have already changed?
 
@YiJiang Idunno, all I know is that every time I've seen the ad it's been accurate.
 
3:37 PM
@LessPopMoreFizz You could just ask him to make a generic one, for use by any site.
 
Pretty sure all that happens in milliseconds YI
 
FAE
@Wipqozn I'd leave setting rates up to them.
 
not sure what his rates are
 
@FAE What a nice pimp.
 
ಠ_ರೃ
 
3:40 PM
@RavenDreamer Your mom. Burn.
 
who wants to play Catan with me? =D
 
I am pretty sure I am still not allowed to go to Toronto.
 
@Fluttershy I would, but I'm at work.
 
Or anyplace in Americas Hat for that matter.
 
3:42 PM
@Wipqozn Damn work...
 
Anyone in here good at pricing used computer components? A friend wants to buy my PC, and I dunno what a fair asking price is
 
@RavenDreamer $20.
 
Raven what chipset is it based on
 
bans @Fluttershy
 
@RavenDreamer You would either make some enemies, or some friends from doing that... >.>
 
3:44 PM
Whoops, that didn't work.
 
Sooo intel i7?
 
@RavenDreamer $10.
 
@tiddy Yes.
It's about 2 years old
 
you have a better pc than that? jeez dude
I would kill for something that nice :/
so, yeah... might not want to vacation with your PC anywhere near me
just in case you're allergic to being stabbed
 
FAE
Man, I have no sense of GeForce card numbering at all
 
3:49 PM
first you take a random number, then you take another random number, and then you add a 0
stick some G's, T's, and/or X'es on that sucker and you're good to go
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz How come?
 
GeForce GXT 510
see? you probably want that now. It costs $499
 
So you have a 2k$ machine
 
@agent86 Sounds about how I always imagined NVidia's marketing department works
 
@FAE something something statute of limitations something something potential weapons charge something something
 
FAE
3:51 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz I uh, won't inquire further.
 
I dunno @RavenDreamer. Are they taking the monitor as well?
 
@RESPAWN I've worked for companies that had this sort of numbering scheme before, and it's pretty silly. I don't think they can really figure it out themselves, they just pick numbers that "feel" like they make the product seem more awesome.
 
@tiddy not sure
 
@FAE Short version: I may have accidentally circumvented customs in possession of a pocketknife, when attempting to buy some cheap whiskey as a 20 year old who was in Buffalo for two days. On my return across the border, I was informed that I had somehow evaded Canadian authorities and was being sought for questioning about my potential weapons smuggling activities. I was advised not to return to Canada in the near future.
 
@tiddy I paid 1300 for it.
 
3:53 PM

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FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz ...haha wooooooooooow.
 
750-800$
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Silly Canadians.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz How long ago was that? O.o
 
@Fluttershy 2004
 
FAE
3:58 PM
Today is a good day.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's... wow.
 
playing this SQ2 remake makes me realize that a) I remember more about the game than I realize, and b) the puzzles were very non-intuitive
 
@FAE You didn't even have to use your AK?
 
@FAE Why is that?
 
FAE
3:59 PM
@Fluttershy I feel happy today.
 
@FAE Feeling happy is always a good thing. <3
 
I have feelings about things.
@FAE so you've been sleeping better, I take it?
 
FAE
@Fluttershy It is an all too rare thing for me sometimes, so I am trying to just smile and enjoy it.
@RavenDreamer I have managed to fix it at least, yes.
My sleep schedule, that is.
 
FAE
@Fluttershy Well, straightening it out is the easy part, it's the sticking to it that's difficult. >_>
 
4:03 PM
@FAE This... is true. <.<
 
FAE
But as for today, today is a good day, and I feel like smiling.
 
\o/
 
FAE
@badp Hellos!
 
the problem is that EU evening is always dead time on the internet while 'all' the cool shit happens in the US evening
 
Party at @FAE's place!
 
4:06 PM
0
Q: Do we want / need a tag for NPCs escorting the player?

OakMultiple games have a concept of a non-player-character escorting the player's character and helping him or her in some way, e.g. the companions in Skyrim or the followers in Diablo III. Right now we have npcs, which in my eyes is way too wide and not really useful, close to a "monsters" tag. np...

 
I'll bring the vodka!
 
FAE
@badp Yeeeep. :( This makes it super hard for me to leave the internet.
@RavenDreamer Haha, my place is way too small for a party.
 
@RavenDreamer I'll bring the chips!
 
plus the supposedly natural tendency for devs to hit the bed at 4am. I've been sleeping at 2am for a few days now
 
4:07 PM
@Fluttershy ಠ_ರೃ I saw that...
 
(without doing any dev work, I suppose it's a matter of lighting)
 
Does it taste like real butter? WHO KNOWS
 
@lesspop I can believe that's butter.
 
@badp But can you also believe it is not butter?
 
yes!
 
4:09 PM
Guh, my PC won't even run Photoshop any more.
 
the only way to know is open the box.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I have... no idea how that translation happened
 
@YiJiang what does the moonspeak say?
 
@arda uh... Hardware rot?
 
No, software.
 
4:10 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz [Brand name] plant butter
And no, the brand name doesn't sound anything like the correct translation for Schrodinger's name
 
for values of 'brand name' equal to Schrodinger?
 
oh god this is amazing
 
"plant butter" is the direct translation. That's a tub of margarine isn't it?
 
then it's localized, not merely translated :P
@agent you're amazing
oh wait
 
FAE
so Jochem's trying to put together a mini media center to put in our bedroom so we can use our old tv that we replaced the new tv with <<
 
4:12 PM
薛定谔 is Schrodinger's name in Chinese. It sounds nothing like the brand name
 
@badp that's @Wipqozn's line
 
so you can browse the web from your bed? Brillant!
 
@agent86 I am amazing. Thanks.
 
@agent86 Maaaaaaaaaaaaan
 
FAE
@agent86 good lord
 
4:13 PM
@FAE is the awesome overwhelming you? it's okay.
 
FAE
@agent86 oh god AIM message sounds, I'm having flashbacks
 
oh so agent's video is not some kind of over-used video macro? Oh well
 
@badp well, it's 18 mos old with 11m views, so over-used might be an accurate statement :)
first time I've seen it, so yay
 
@agent86 I'm surprised you haven't seen it before, you must be one of today's 10,000
 
in other news, reddit's vote abuse prevention system is amazing
 
4:16 PM
@fredley probably so. SOMEONE MUST KEEP THIS ALIVE!
 
FAE
@fredley Are you going to tell us about the Yellowstone supervolcano?
 
@FAE What Yellowstone supervolcano?
 
as in it's amazing that there's no voting abuse prevention system on Reddit
 
@badp There is. It just sucks. Bad.
 
4:17 PM
bbl creating eleventy reddit accounts
 
@badp You know, it should be harder than that. I think. God damn it!
 
@yij oh is there?
 
@badp Something something ron paul
 
@badp Automatic downvote + upvote are added to posts at random interval to fuzz the up/down ratio on posts
 
I don't even know what's so special about him. I mean, take Palin.
 
4:19 PM
@RonanForman Can I public my E2 video?
 
@YiJiang But not comments, which is what they're bitching about.
 
Voting on user's post from the user's history page is completely useless because the system adds an automatic vote in the opposite direction
@LessPop_MoreFizz Comments too, especially popular ones
 
@badp He is a psychotic racist old kook with no actual understanding of economics who wants to return to the gold standard.
 
@yij but that doesn't prevent you from actually mass downvot
 
@James Have you not already?
Please.
 
4:21 PM
@badp Yeah, the system just doesn't work. Or they've found some loophole in the algorithm
I mean, the downvote bot's actions are pretty obvious
To human observers at least.
 
@yij wat? You can't vote on comments from a user's profile page?
 
@badp You can, but as far as I've seen/heard, it's useless
 
you likely just need to run the actual downvote route, although it might have xss protection of some kind
 
@RonanForman Done and Done
I have been getting a few comments on the video and a few questions in the IRC channel for the mod I do the videos for about this
We may be able to expect a few more people for minecraft on the weekends :D
 
@badp Forging the request to the downvote route would be trivial. I'm talking about actual heuristics that detect these types of mass voting, like the one SE has
 
4:24 PM
@OrigamiRobot Why'd you leave Summoner's Rift?
 
@James Gooooooooooooood.
 
@yij the se heuristics are actually trivial (but effective)
bbl
 
@RonanForman I had 2 last weekend that wanted to join us but timing didnt work out right is all, hehe :)
 
@Fluttershy My instance in Summoners Rift encountered an unrecoverable error. What did you do?
 
@OrigamiRobot Killed you with adorableness.
 
FAE
4:27 PM
@Fluttershy Totally worth it.
 
@FAE I thought so. Plus, now Summoner's Rift is overloaded with hotness.
 
@Fluttershy Well I'm sure you're cute, but I don't know if I would call you adorable
 
@OrigamiRobot You don't know me very well then. =3
 
FAE
@Fluttershy lol wat
@OrigamiRobot Fluttershy can be pretty damn adorable
 
Robots and ponies can never be together. What would people say?
 
FAE
4:30 PM
@OrigamiRobot Defend your love man, defend your love!
 
@OrigamiRobotg and @Fluttershy are dating now? Awesome. It's just like in @Mana's fanfic!
 
FAE
@Wipqozn I'd ship that too
 
@Wipqozn I thought @Mana's fanfic was @Fluttershy x @RavenDreamer?
 
@Fluttershy Mana is writing a fanfic for every possible ship on the bridge.
 
@Wipqozn Writing?
 
4:32 PM
@Fluttershy No, he's correcting the fanfics. Duh
 
@DaveMcClelland Oh... Duh. <.<
 
@Wipqozn He wishes.
 
@OrigamiRobot WEll, yes... that's why he's making the fanfic.
 
@Wipqozn Who is @OrigamiRobotg?
 
ZOMG DINO BEATDOWN IS ON STEAM.
 
4:34 PM
@GnomeSlice EVERYBODY STAR THIS RELEVANT MAN
 
@Fluttershy I'd say I hate you all, but I can't hate fluttershy. She's too adorable.
@Mana cancels stars
 
@GnomeSlice Is it... like... Turok?
 
@Fluttershy NOPE.
 
@GnomeSlice ORION: Dino Beatdown is an Open World, Class-Based Cooperative Survival Sci-Fi FPS. The game puts five players together in huge, endless environments Why in the hell Steam selling a four pack?
 
If someone buys a 4-pack and sends me one, I'll send them $5 on PayPal. >.>
 
4:36 PM
@ArdaXi Your new photo is so...hot.................
 
FAE
@DaveMcClelland Haha yeeeeeah, my friends noticed that too.
 
@DaveMcClelland Fun for the whole family and a complete stranger!
 
0
Q: Spec to use for leveling a rogue and spec to use for PvP?

imaginativeQuestion is rather straight forward. There are three specs one can use while playing a rogue. I'd like to know which spec will make leveling the easiest vs which one should I switch to in the open world in the event of PvP.

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Q: Do drones gain more health as the match progresses?

BrysonicUnless I'm mistaken, it seemed to me that Froggy G's splash dash with one upgrade was sufficient to kill an enemy drone (creep) at the start of the game. Later, I used a fully upgraded dash against a drone and it still had some health left. Do drones get more maximum health later in the match? ...

 
@ArdaXi (it's actually pretty cool, but what the heck's going on in the background)
 
4:37 PM
@FAE I'd hate to be the guy who realizes his friends don't like him by being left out of the four pack
 
@Mana Err, nothing?
 
@ArdaXi well I mean why is everything so white
 
> I CAN'T EVEN PLAY IN SOLO FUK YOU ORION: gAY Beatdown
 
@Mana Because I removed the background.
 
WHAT A DISS
 
4:39 PM
@ArdaXi o
 
Ok then
 
@GnomeSlice They were told.
 
GAY beatdown.
 
Just so you guys know what @Mana finds so hot, and because I like showing off:
 
Lol...
 
4:41 PM
@ArdaXi Kakow!
 
@ArdaXi I was going to jokingly something creepy, but I'll wait until you're 18 to be on the safe side
 
@DaveMcClelland Only 8 months.
 
LOL, that trailer is awesome for dino beatdown
 
@ArdaXi Soon my time will come
 
now I gotta buy it.
 
4:42 PM
Hi @PeterGrace
 
@DaveMcClelland Yeah... that's creepy enough, thanks. :P
 
@OrigamiRobot hola
 
@PeterGrace I bought a Webley!
 
@Origami nice!
 
@ArdaXi Hooray! I'm creepy without even trying!
3
 
4:44 PM
@OrigamiRobot I don't think I could ever buy a gun with a rare cartridge though... The money you must pay in ammo!
@OrigamiRobot or did you get it in .380?
 
@PeterGrace Mk IV .38 :P
 
saweet
I've decided I'm gonna sell all my guns
 
Shanghai Police Force
 
I never go to the range and they're just accumulating dust
 
:(
@PeterGrace Do I recall you mentioning you reload brass?
 
4:46 PM
One of the careers sales guys might be buying my AR-15 if he can talk his wife into it
Yep, I have a Dillon XL650
also for sale if you're interested ;)
 
@PeterGrace Haha, 'You had me at dinosaur and jetpack' :D
 
@James yup! haha
 
@PeterGrace Quite possibly. I find reloading quite intimidating though.
 
@PeterGrace Not sure I believe their open world claim, unless by open world they mean a world full of ravines and valleys... but it does look pretty neat :)
 
4:48 PM
@OrigamiRobot reloading isn't that bad. There are a few ground rules you have to follow, but beyond that it's pretty safe and economical.
 
@PeterGrace If you happen to have an AK lying around, I've been considering buying one as a new toy.
 
@RESPAWN nope, not an AK fan myself.
 
@PeterGrace Is that a progressive loader? I have read they are not newbie friendly.
 
@PeterGrace It's OK. Nobody's perfect. :-P
 
@RESPAWN if you're interested in a fun shot and not looking like every other hat-turned-sideways thug at the range, get a spanish CETME instead of an AK. They're the same caliber as the AK (7.62) and are a blast to shoot.
@OrigamiRobot yep, it's progressive, and I'd disagree. You just have to understand what it does.
^^^^ a video review of the XL650
 
4:50 PM
@PeterGrace Cool. I'll take a look at those too, then. I'm also still considering an AR, but I already know a couple of people with AR's, so I thought I'd get something different with the AK.
 
@PeterGrace Don't you also have an octagonal barrel lever-action?
 
interesting if any of you guys are interested in how a cartridge is made
@OrigamiRobot yep, in .45 colt.
 
Suddenly, guns.SE
 
@Mana They've got to go somewhere.
 
hah
 
4:51 PM
@Mana firearms.SE shut down :(
 
@OrigamiRobot :(
 
yeah, I participated briefly in firearms.se before realizing it was more of the same. There's a certain type of person that becomes a gun nut and I find my views not often coterminal with theirs
 
@PeterGrace I was extremely satisfied with my Rossi's performance at 100 yards.
 
Oh yeah. The M92 is my favorite gun by far. Extremely accurate.
 
@Mana Hey. It's good for gamers to have hobbies that actually involve going outside every once in a while!
 
4:55 PM
@PeterGrace Looks super easy once you get it all setup properly.
 
Since I know a lot of you guys really liked Portal 2, you should check out the game made by the people valve hired to help with the gel mechanics.
 
@RESPAWN What is this outside thing of which you speak!?
 
@badp
 
@James The place with the bright light and the blue ceiling. It's pretty cool. You should check it out some time.
"Outside" is probably the biggest MMO sandbox in existence!
 

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