The Bridge

Michel

4:00 PM

@Fluttershy Don't mind. The name is still the same hehehe

just shorter =)

FAE

@fbueckert DS chip?

agent86

@Meraj99 here is a good guide

fbueckert

@FAE Acekard. I play lots of my DS games on it; saves transport room.

Meraj99

-_-

i hate guides >.> i just want answers :D

Wipqozn

@badp I took my move.

Ben Brocka

4:01 PM

@FAE do I have you added on my 3DS?

kalina

@Meraj99 official guide: downvote, my personal reaction: flag as low quality (this may get rejected)

FAE

@fbueckert Ah, I have a TTDS card for my DSLite, but I figured I'd just keep using my DSLite for that. Wasn't sure how if I could use it on my 3DS.

agent86

@Meraj99 toooooo bad!

Ender

I flagged it as such

Meraj99

..................................

ok.........................

FAE

4:01 PM

@BenBrocka We have each other, aye.

badp

@Wipqozn I didn't see the email I guess

Wipqozn

@badp I literally just took my move.

fbueckert

@FAE My little sister's DS died on her, so I've given her mine so she can keep playing stuff.

kalina

@fbueckert you are such a nice big brother

FAE

@BenBrocka You are Ben with a white shirt!

kalina

4:02 PM

every little sister deserves a big brother just like you

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka I added your friend code, but I don't think you ever added mine.

fbueckert

@kalina I was thinking of getting her a real Master Sword for Christmas.

kalina

A real master sword?

badp

@Wipqozn At least you deal more than 2 damage per hit!

kalina

when you're at full life does it act like a ranged weapon just like in the games?

Ben Brocka

4:04 PM

@Fluttershy oh crap he's on to me

I thought I did add you, I'll check later though

fbueckert

@kalina I sincerely doubt it. Steel is not known for being able to read biometrics.

badp

...which is even less than the nominal damage (3-6)

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka =(

kalina

@fbueckert well that's a bit disappointing

fbueckert

@kalina It's a moot point; she would've loved it, but she had nowhere to put it.

SaintWacko

4:05 PM

@kalina Aw, man, now I even more want to play Link's Awakening again

Lazers

0

Q: Is rebel advancement determined by the distance between two beacons?

If two beacons are farther away from each other than others, does this greater travel 'distance' give the rebel fleet more 'advancement' than shorter distances?

ftl-faster-than-light

0

Q: When should I go to bed?

Different harvest moon games have different penalties based on when you go to bed. I've been going to bed super early since I don't have much to do yet, but I don't know what my limits are. What happens when I go to bed too late? What are the levels of "too late" and is there a single time I sh...

harvest-moon-anb

0

Q: How do I pass the doors next to the images of dance sequences in the Osohe Castle?

(First of all, the question is for the game Mother-3/Earthbound-2, but since I lack the reputation, I can't add those tags, neither am I sure if Earthbound 2 and Mother 3 are the same game (although according to something i've read somewhere, they are, but in different languages). on that topic, ...

mother-3 earthbound-2

fbueckert

So I settled for a TARDIS piggy bank.

kalina

@SaintWacko A Link To The Past!

@fbueckert is it bigger on the inside than the outside?

SaintWacko

@kalina I was just playing that last week

fbueckert

@kalina It's smaller on the outside!

SaintWacko

4:06 PM

But I don't remember the Master Sword shooting beams in that one...

kalina

@SaintWacko I completed it, now I'm playing Link 2

which is far more frustrating than a link to the past

@SaintWacko it does

SaintWacko

I miss the color dungeon in LA

@kalina Oh, okay. It's been a while

kalina

link 2 is a hard game

SaintWacko

LA also had excellent puzzles

I'm not sure I've played that one

FAE

@fbueckert Ah gotcha. Here's mine in case you ever get online again!

kalina

4:07 PM

it's the platform game

SaintWacko

@kalina Oh! No, I haven't played that

fbueckert

@FAE @TrentHawkins found out the hard way that one of the latest 3DS updates kills all DS cards. So I doubt I'll updating any time soon.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Ouch

kalina

noooooo

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Not as in, "Kills and can never be used again", but kills as in, "Can't play that junk on the 3DS"

kalina

4:09 PM

497 helpful flags

no flags outstanding

SaintWacko

@fbueckert I figured, but that still sucks

kalina

no flags left today

Fluttershy

@kalina Isn't that just called Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link? >_>

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Indeed.

kalina

@Fluttershy Link's Adventure

I call it link 2 but I am wrong

fbueckert

4:09 PM

@kalina Holy crap, how many declined flags do you have?

FAE

@fbueckert Well damn.

kalina

@fbueckert they doubled today

@fbueckert I have 20 declined

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert what do you mean kills all DS cards?

fbueckert

1 min ago, by fbueckert

@SaintWacko Not as in, "Kills and can never be used again", but kills as in, "Can't play that junk on the 3DS"

Fluttershy

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

|genre=Action RPG |modes=Single-player |ratings= }} Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements. The second installment in The Legend of Zelda series, it was developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was originally released in Japan on the Family Computer Disk System less than a year after the release of the original The Legend of Zelda. Nintendo released Zelda II in Japan on January 14, 1987, seven months before the United States saw the release of the first Zelda title. Ni...

fbueckert

4:11 PM

The Acekards, R4's, TTDS, the chip cards.

kalina

@Fluttershy weird

Grace Note

It's not even "Legend of Zelda 2", if I'm not mistaken. Just "Zelda 2"

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Are you talking homebrew/flastcarts or actual DS carts?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Just flashcarts.

Fluttershy

@GRACENOTE

Indeed.

Grace Note

4:11 PM

@ASHLEYNUNN

Ben Brocka

Oh, no problem for me then

@NAMEINCAPS

kalina

@EVERYBODY

ok well my completely legitimate ROM for the game is called links adventure

obviously it's named wrong

either way

Fluttershy

@FAE

kalina

It's a hard game

Fluttershy

... that one isn't as fun.

Ben Brocka

4:13 PM

@fae

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko So the guy that made the LED light ball said he used 9 slip rings

I don't get that.

Grace Note

@kalina I remember thinking that back when I was like 7

kalina

@GraceNote the transition from the first zelda and the third zelda to the second zelda is a noticeable increase in difficulty

and those are the only three I've played

LessPop_MoreFizz

1

Center for Creative Internal Auditor

Proposed Q&A site for 100 years from now, it will not matter which country you come from, what company you work for, what job title you have. But the world may be a little better, because you created and shared the approaches that changed the internal audit profession.

Closed before being launched.

WAT.

kalina

1+3 are very simple for what they are

Grace Note

4:14 PM

Clearly you should play them in chronological order.

badp

lol, @GraceNote

kalina

@GraceNote my understanding is that "chronological order" and "the zelda series" is somewhat of a joke

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Hm, yeah. I see four, maybe five

Grace Note

@kalina You'll need to split into three at some point. That's all.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Nope. They released the official timeline

Fluttershy

4:15 PM

@kalina There's a real chronology. It just branches a bit. =P

badp

@OrigamiRobot Is it visible somewhere on the internet?

Ben Brocka

@kalina I think grace means order of release, not in game chronology

Grace Note

@badp Yes

@BenBrocka No, I meant the latter

Fluttershy

DAMN YOU THUMBS! TYPE FASTER!

2

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko Just thinking about it, I see three. One for each axis of rotation

Ben Brocka

4:16 PM

@OrigamiRobot huh

FAE

@Fluttershy >_>

Ben Brocka

I find it hard to take post-mortem continuity like that seriously thoug

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy I guess you're ALL THUMBS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

kalina

14 minutes until weekend time

fourteen

Grace Note

It's actually pretty intuitive of a timeline once you know what events happened when. I managed to map out the entire Downfall timeline prior to the release of the official timeline.

(And consequently played the games in that order)

Fluttershy

4:17 PM

OrigamiRobot

@badp kotaku.com/5871215/…

Ben Brocka

It's like the "oh by the way Dumbledore's gay" thing. You have to actually, you know, write stuff like that. You can't just say it after all's said and done and there's no apparent evidence of it in the actual work

Fluttershy

@FAE ?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot There's one linking the base to the lower cradle, two (one on either end) linking the cradle to the crosspiece, and one or two connecting the led wheel to the crosspiece

But I'm not sure where the others are

Oh, I see what you mean

kalina

@Fluttershy this indicates that all three games I've played are in the same timeline

Grace Note

4:18 PM

@BenBrocka Most of the entries you can actually discern the order they go along, and starting with Wind Waker I believe it was already established the presence of multiple branches.

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko Meh, you only need one for each axis. Maybe he was just working with parts he already had.

kalina

does that mean I'm missing lots of funky story kind of things?

SaintWacko

There don't have to be two linking the cradle to the crosspiece

Hm

Grace Note

@kalina Not really. Most of this stuff is all in the instruction booklets.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, I was just thinking linkages, not linkages requiring power transmission

kalina

4:19 PM

instruction booklets you say

Fluttershy

The best story line is the one on the right.

SaintWacko

Man, when the LEDs start blinking, and it just explodes into a ball of glittering light...

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy I believe they expanded on that in an interview, and the "hero fails" timeline is actually the original timeline where link first pulls out the master sword. Apparently he never actually returns to that timeline. When he travels back in time he's actually travelling to a seperate timeline, the child link one. So the reason the hero fails is because he just ceased to exist in that timeline.

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko For the crosspiece, one side would have the motor and the other side would have the slip ring. I do not want to deal with a motor on each side.

Grace Note

Except for later entries. Then they started to stop putting anything of substance in instruction booklets so it became sadness.

Wipqozn

4:20 PM

goes to clasS

Ben Brocka

@GraceNote The cel shaded games seem to have their own continuity, but it seems apparent that the continuity became forced at a certain point (thus the old games are shoved off in their own branch)

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Right, that would be annoying to synch

@GraceNote Games don't ever put any substance in instruction books anymore :(

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko For the LEDs I think I'll use a through hole slip ring to cut down on space. But that might lead to balance issues. Hmmmmmmm

Grace Note

@SaintWacko Quite. Sadness.

Ben Brocka

@SaintWacko If you have something of substance you should probably put it in the game. That goes for story and controls

The reason instruction books had all that crap is because games used to be super bare bones devoid of both a Help menu and cutscenes or apparent story

tiddy

4:25 PM

Also internet

fbueckert

Your daily facedesk:

-16

Q: Allowing off-topic questions by necessity

It is very often the case that users will ask off-topic questions on SO. Mostly I see server-configuration questions, which are flagged, as this is technically not programming and the mods would say this should be asked on, say, Server Fault. The major problem with this is that Server Fault is ...

discussion off-topic

Essentially, "SO has more users! Let questions be asked here!"

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert I've seen that several times on MSO

fbueckert

@BenBrocka And every time, they miss the essential point.

Lazers

0

Q: Do I get rewards for my title rankings?

In Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, when going to my Bookshelf, if I look at Picture Book > Various Data, the games shows all sorts of statistics, such as "Times Cooked", "Critters Caught", "Items Foraged", etc. I received a popup while catching critters that I was now ranked as a Novice Catcher,...

harvest-moon-anb

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert But it works for Quora and Yahoo answers!!1

fbueckert

4:36 PM

@BenBrocka So go there! :P

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert while we're at it let's hide all answers until you log in

People love that

agent86

@BenBrocka I think a better solution is to Please login to read the rest of this moderator's suggestion

fbueckert

As a sidenote, my entity framework is working fine, until I ran into a fun issue with a pre-generated column.

OrigamiRobot

-8

Q: Isn't stack overflow a bit like the stonecutters club?

Behind the scenes there appears to be a great hierarchy of highly educated individuals. To enter this secret club you require great scores of reputation. Once entered you are coveted by other members and you well and truly are now 'one' of the chosen few. Along with the great privileges comes th...

discussion

fbueckert

I've got two types of users stored in my database; this calculated column works fine with one, because it's derived from an input field. For the other type of user, it's supposed to act like an identity field.

So, yeah. Tons of fun trying to fix the stupid thing.

badp

4:45 PM

@agent86 No no no I have a better idea. First, we block the answers from being seen with a nice modal full-screen message that we've got an app to read our answers

then if they for some reason can't install our awesome app (why wouldn't they?) we let them read the most inane answer

and then they must login to see the actually good stuff!

Ben Brocka

@badp I think on iPhone they won't let you read the answers without the app period

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Wow, that guy's a condescending prick

Read his comment on the answer

FAE

On a random annoyance note regarding the 3DS, why the crap do so many games seem to have a 6 character restriction on naming stuff? :(

agent86

@FAE who needs more than a 6 character name. agent8 is good enough for anybody.

kalina

I am home

OrigamiRobot

4:51 PM

@FAE Robot1, Robot2, etc

kalina

just thinking about how ill @fbueckert is has made me ill

100% serious

at least that's what I'm telling myself

fbueckert

@FAE Hence why most of my animals get named, Cow 1, Cow 2, etc.

@kalina Surprisingly, I don't feel too bad right now.

kalina

see

fbueckert

Cough's down to some minor action, and the headache is almost completely gone.

kalina

even more proof

I've taken your illness away from you

OrigamiRobot

4:53 PM

Awww @kalina got sick from @fbueckert. It's probably Mono.

badp

btw

kalina

@badp eugh, and I thought the other one looked pretty simple

tiddy

Yeah that makes more sense

badp

if you did have a timeline with a story to tell, you most likely wouldn't tell it this way

@kalina the red line goes through the games in chronological order

(without jumping from a timeline branch to the other)

kalina

you aren't funny

badp

4:54 PM

It's not a joke

kalina

when you say chronological order

do you mean order of release?

badp

It's the official timeline and the list of games by official release date

FAE

@fbueckert I may end up going that route too. :( I always liked to be creative with them. I've seen the limit across several 3DS games, I just don't understand the reason for it.

kalina

that is messed up

badp

The point being that there's really no higher-level narrative to the zelda universe than the sum of each game

fbueckert

4:56 PM

@FAE Then again, I've never been very creative with names, so nice and simple works for me.

badp

(In other words, just play A Link to the Past already.)

kalina

@badp I've completed that

badp

@kalina oh, right.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Good, now play OoT

badp

meh, it's the only Zelda game I've played to completion.

kalina

4:58 PM

I have completed the first and third

badp

I have a save file of Link's Awakening somewhere on my computer though.

kalina

and I'm about half way through the second

OrigamiRobot

I liked Zelda II.

badp

@kalina Are you using a controller or the keyboard?

SaintWacko

@badp Play that

kalina

4:59 PM

@badp keyboard

badp

@kalina same here. (After all you are at work)

kalina

10 mins ago, by kalina

I am home

SaintWacko

@kalina Grrr, lucky

I don't get to go home for five more hours

kalina

I watch EVE when I am at work

SaintWacko

@kalina Watch?

kalina

5:01 PM

I used to play WoW, but I kicked that addiction

@SaintWacko I have established that nobody really 'plays' EVE

SaintWacko

I just want to get home to play PoE

kalina

they just watch it play itself

badp

@SaintWacko I think I got pretty far too, only a handful map tiles remained out of reach

SaintWacko

@kalina Hm, I guess that's kinda true. There is a lot of automation

Lazers

2

Q: Is there any reason to keep bugs in my storage?

As noted, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning keeps track of how many critters you've caught and even breaks them further down into types caught, like "Cicadas Caught", "Bees Caught", etc. However, unlike Fish, Bugs cannot be cooked, and the only place you can put them is in Storage. I'm pretty obses...

harvest-moon-anb

kalina

5:15 PM

@SaintWacko

you should be happy to know I am playing PoE

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko I keep trying to make this more complicated than it is. Like being able to adjust the motor speed on the fly. If I'm already pulsing the LEDs, changing the motor speed is just adding complication without really adding anything.

kalina

thou shalt not post account details on the internets

-.-

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Already got it

Michel

@kalina PoE is good? doesn't look like it is =X

kalina

@Michel I doubt I will keep playing it

Michel

5:18 PM

@kalina =P imagined that

badp

So even when going "moderately" for speed a sub-5 minutes time on that stage seems hardly doable

Michel

Atlantica online is still up? Thinking in get back to play it a little more

kalina

@Michel poe is free, there is no harm in trying it

Michel

@kalina True story =X

user15026

Wheeee I got my phone back :D

Michel

5:24 PM

@AshleyNunn Water, Stoled, ate by dog ?

user15026

@Michel I lost it - a nice person turned it in to the Starbucks I was at last night :)

Michel

Uau o.O

that does not happen around here...

kalina

@Michel one thing I have noticed, it appears to be full of LOL players

Michel

@kalina o.O Maybe this is why the last time I played LOL, there were fewer that were noobs

Fluttershy

A cup of tea, three cups of coffee, a soda... And I am still tired.

kalina

5:27 PM

@Fluttershy sleep is the answer then

Michel

Do Arqade has a blog? I remember something like it

Fluttershy

@kalina I am at work.

kalina

@Fluttershy don't get caught sleeping then

user15026

@Fluttershy O.o

Fluttershy

@kalina Not possible.

kalina

5:28 PM

:(

Michel

"... its seeds contain about twice the concentration of caffeine found in coffee beans (about 2–4.5% caffeine in guarana seeds compared to 1–2% for coffee beans)." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana

Fluttershy

I just wanna go home and nap. =(

user15026

@Fluttershy I don't blame you

Fluttershy

@Michel Everything I've had with guarana in it did nothing for me.

Michel

That s*** rise the dead. it's like Catuaba with viagra and a dash of Ritalin

Retrosaur

5:30 PM

Do we have to label all flash games as flash

Fluttershy

I think I've just consumed far too many energy drinks in my life. Maybe I've become immune to caffeine...

Michel

@Fluttershy did you tried the Guarana powder?

Fluttershy

@Retrosaur No. Why would we?

Retrosaur

Why does the flash tag exist then?

Fluttershy

@Michel Never heard of if.

StrixVaria

5:31 PM

Came back just in time for a tag discussion. Wonderful.

Michel

@Fluttershy amazon.com/Guarana-Seed-Powder-55lb-250g/dp/B0009I2JHK

StrixVaria

@Retrosaur The answer to all your tag questions is: "Because tags suck."

Retrosaur

But referring to this question: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/5719/…

It says it's for platforms

Fluttershy

@Retrosaur For questions like this.

Michel

"In the United States, guarana is reputed to enhance alertness and physical capacities, improve mood, suppress the appetite and have sexual stimulating effects."

Ben Brocka

5:32 PM

@Retrosaur sometimes, when mommies and daddies love strangers very much....

user15026

@BenBrocka O.o

Retrosaur

@BenBrocka Oh dear.

They dupe legendaries for each other

derp I knew that @benBrocka

Fluttershy

@Retrosaur You aren't asking about a platform. You're asking about a specific game.

Michel

@Fluttershy another tip is. Take a full cup of coffee and then take a nap of 10min ~15min.

Fluttershy

@Michel I am currently unable to nap for any length of time.

Retrosaur

5:33 PM

@fluttershy Oh, understood.

Ben Brocka

@Retrosaur Were you the one seeking the Infinity pistol? Have I told you it's soul-crushingly low drop rate yet?

Retrosaur

My friends duped it for me

lol

And they also duped all of Axton's skins

Ben Brocka

low level?

Retrosaur

all level 50s

Just two though, one fire, the other shock

user15026

@Fluttershy sends you energy through the internet

Michel

5:34 PM

@Fluttershy use cold water on your wrists and neck. move a little your legs and your feet-fingers.

Retrosaur

@benBrocka care for one :3

Not to mention I received an infiniti at level 11

for PT1

Ben Brocka

@Retrosaur shock would be great for my mechro

Michel

Also, there's the classic. Slap yourself until you wake up. =P

Retrosaur

I need shock, I hate fire

Ben Brocka

Don't suppose they have maya/gaige skins/heads to dupe

Retrosaur

5:36 PM

Fire can only kill those bandits who want to eat your babies

Hmm, I suppose I could ask

I'll put in a word for you

:3

badp

btw @RonanForman I gave OBS another shot today and it actually worked very well

Ben Brocka

Fire can kill plenty of things

badp

I guess it just requires enough muscles to work

Ben Brocka

But I'm sure it's not as good as the Hellfire and my Siren rarely runs out of bullets anyway

Aw crap I just remembered I think Mechro's skills break the infinity...I'll still try it though

badp

Recording in real time one minute of a video game without slowdowns at a decent framerate, obtaining an 11 MB large file is something awesome when it does work.

Retrosaur

5:37 PM

@benBrocka I need to finish some Philosophy hw, then I can go in game

But yeah, one of Mechro's skills does break the infiniti

I think it's the Anarchy

Ben Brocka

@Retrosaur I'll be home in like 6 hours

Retrosaur

gg

Ben Brocka

@Retrosaur it's in that tree, lighter faster stronger or something

Retrosaur

Ahh..okay.

Ben Brocka

gives you a mag size of 0

Retrosaur

5:39 PM

I might be busy for the next two days for a game jam

Ben Brocka

which sucks, because the infinity would be great with Anarchy + Close Enough

badp

@BenBrocka I thought they'd have checked that

Ben Brocka

@badp It's been known for a while. Starting to wonder if it's intentional, but I wouldn't think so. Breaks other 1 bullet guns too

badp

@BenBrocka So basically when you hit the trigger nothing happens? That's actually hilarious.

Lazers

0

Q: Is it possible to transfer to hardcore league from standard one?

When you start a game you can choose do you want to play in standard or hardcore league. If you choose hardcore and die in there you get transfered to standrard league. Now my question is, if you start in standard league is there any way to get to the hardcore league with that character, or of c...

path-of-exile

0

Q: What do all the items in Drugbound do?

Drugbound Drugbound is a very neat platformer I just found out about yesterday. In the game there is a shop where you can buy certain items with "herbs" (This game has a political agenda). For example, some of the items have interesting names, but doesn't give any clues as to what they do. Th...

drugbound

0

Q: How does the skill upgrade system work?

I've played a few missions so far, and have gotten a handful of skill upgrade points. As I've purchased new skills, I've noticed that you can "sell" skills that you've chosen and get your upgrade points back. Is there any limit to this? Do you at some point need to stick with your decisions, or c...

dmc-devil-may-cry

0

Q: I completed the map quests and have 86 starites. Where are the rest?

I've completed every quest in every area, and the world map is chock-full of check marks, but I only have 86 starite out of a possible 106. Where are the rest of the starites?

scribblenauts-unlimited

0

Q: How does the scoring system work?

I've seen lots of theories thrown around about what sorts of things can affect your score and style meter, but lots of those theories seem to be based on anecdotal evidence or knowledge of previous DMC games (which may or may not have any relevance here). I'm looking for verified, concrete inform...

dmc-devil-may-cry

Ben Brocka

5:41 PM

@badp It acts like your gun is empty but doesn't reload

The infinity also won't fire if you have no pistol ammo, despite not using ammo

badp

I guess it needs at least one bullet to clone

btw does the gun actually have decent damage or is it just a peashooter?

Ben Brocka

I think it does okay damage mitigated by the awkward spread

I love all these jpeg images of BL2 weapons cards that are so small or distorted you can't read them. That is so useful

so yeah, standard Vladof pistol damage, if slightly low fire rate (for Vladof)

SaintWacko

@kalina Wups, I'll have to get your ingame name later

I'm guessing that's what you posted and then deleted

Ben Brocka

Also I like how Vladof's pistol mags are super teeny tiny and can still hold like 60 bullets in a container the size of your thumb

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka Vladof pistol magazines are small blocks of metal. The gun pinches off a tiny bit then fires it by electromagnetically accelerating it to ludicrous speeds

fbueckert

5:51 PM

@SaintWacko That's Mass Effect!

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Oh, really?

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Almost literally out of it's codex.

SaintWacko

I thought it was from a book, maybe I got mixed up

Ben Brocka

I wouldn't doubt it. Not sure why guns don't just digistruct bullets though. I mean Tediore's guns digistruct themselves

SaintWacko

Actually, I'm sure it's a common enough mechanism

One book I read had guns that fired ceramic bullets

They were designed so that if they hit a soft target, they would splinter and act about like a point blank shotgun blast

Ben Brocka

5:52 PM

Actually I think they do digistruct ammo now that I think about it, I think that's the "storage deck" thing, which explains how you can carry a billion bullets and 50 guns

SaintWacko

But if they hit a hard target, like a wall, they would just sort of vaporise, so you didn't have to worry about collateral damage

@BenBrocka Oh, that makes a lot of sense

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Just collateral manslaughter.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Well, presumably everyone in the room in the direction you were aiming was the enemy

but the bullets wouldn't pierce through walls and hit people on the other side

Ben Brocka

@SaintWacko sounds like hollow point bullets for fancy pantses

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka But a hollow point will still go through a wall, right?

Ben Brocka

5:55 PM

@SaintWacko Yeah, they're still metal. They're just made to hurt meat more than not meat

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka These don't hurt not meat at all

Or barely, anyways

fbueckert

@SaintWacko That sounds more for space stations and the like, where going through walls tends to be a bad thing.

Ben Brocka

Neat idea, but supersonic bits of anything will cause some damage to anything, it just won't penetrade, like assorted less than lethal ammo

Sort of like those beanbag rounds; they won't go clean through you but they'll certainly break bones

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Physics + kinetic force transference.

Ben Brocka

Yeah, there's always a large amount of force transferred

fbueckert

5:59 PM

The only thing that would stop physical damage is a force field of sorts, or a material that doesn't absorb or transfer kinetic force.

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