The Bridge

OrigamiRobot

5:00 PM

Now everyone will think my name is Robert.

3

IT'S NOT!

fredley

ORIGAMIROBERT: DATA ACCEPTED

Ben Brocka

Guts will be ... SPELLED! The Typing of the Dead: Overkill is now available on PC: http://bit.ly/1dJaZ9R http://t.co/tybhle4MtN

Tweeted by SEGA on October 29, 2013 at 5:00 PM

holy shit

fbueckert

Holy crap, Angry Birds Star Wars is $40 on the PS3.

OrigamiRobot

Does anyone know what Fiasco is? I think it would be fun to have a Bridge session.

fredley

@fbueckert Licensing costs?

If so: holy crap

fbueckert

5:04 PM

@fredley If not, still holy crap.

fredley

@fbueckert Yeah, actually more holy crap

Holy price-gouging crap

OrigamiRobot

cc @AshleyNunn @RedRiderX @JasonBerkan @Everyone who plays FallenLondon

fredley

Surely someone meant to type $4 and hit an extra 0 by mistake?

FEichinger

@kalina We could also just focus our cleanup efforts on tagging better rather than burning whatever doesn't fit in with our taxonomy.

@fbueckert Still published by Activision isn't it?

kalina

@FEichinger burning bad tags is just as important

Wipqozn

5:05 PM

@OrigamiRobot I'll join a bridge session of this game I only just learned about. sounds like fun.

kalina

by removing the tags that don't belong, people can't use them

Lazers

0

Q: What's with Battlefield 4's range toggling on sniper rifles?

I was playing through the campaign and when I first wielded a sniper rifle a tutorial popup appears at the top-right corner of the screen, explaining something about bullet drop distance and the alternate fire key (the key to toggle single fire/burst fire/auto fire on automatic rifles). I was in...

battlefield-4

FEichinger

@kalina Except for the part where we decide anything that isn't a game tag is a bad tag, because reasons.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot I have heard of it through TableTop.

FEichinger

Which leads us straight to video-game, too.

kalina

5:06 PM

@FEichinger everything that isn't a game tag has the potential to be a bad tag, with exceptions

Jason Berkan

@FEichinger I so want to validly use this tag at some point.

kalina

the exceptions aren't apparent until you do the clean up

I don't think somebody from any other stack exchange should talk to arqade users about bad tags

FEichinger

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Arqade's tagging system is utterly ridiculous because the tags tell you absolutely nothing about the question itself.

@JasonBerkan video-games is more likely to be valid.

tugs

What are tags supposed to be used for?

Jason Berkan

@FEichinger Either works for me.

@tugs Favorites and Ignored.

They are also used in the SEO.

FEichinger

5:09 PM

@tugs meta.stackoverflow.com/help/tagging

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan Interested in playing?

kalina

@FEichinger tags are used to identify questions which are interesting to yoou

as such, game name tags are useful

while stealth isn't

FEichinger

I'm not saying game tags are bad. I'm saying exclusively using them is bad.

tugs

So wouldn't more tags per question help?

Lazers

0

Q: What happens in the Resident evil games up to revelations?

I purchased Resident Evil:Revelations because it was cheap and the demo was good but only now have I thought to wonder, "what happened before this game" so could somebody tell me what happens in the previous games without spoiling what happens in Revelations. PLEASE NO SPOILERS AS I DETEST KNOWIN...

3ds

kalina

5:12 PM

@FEichinger sticking more tags onto a question would be pointless

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot I would be, but time would be an issue. I'm not available until after the kids are in bed (~9:30pm) and y'all are east of here, so that makes it even later for you.

OrigamiRobot

I see :(

GnomeSlice

minecraft pc computer-game game indie-games mine craft building digging crafting sword

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fbueckert

@Lazers Really?

Unionhawk

@Lazers WHAT HAPPENS BUT PLEASE DON'T SPOIL IT ಠ_ಠ

kalina

5:13 PM

@fbueckert what the fuck

that has got to be the most stupid question I've ever seen

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice This is clearly the convention we should go by.

tugs

@GnomeSlice So if I like games with a crafting mechanic, but have no specific interest in minecraft, the crafting tag would be helpful to me wouldn't it?

GnomeSlice

@tugs Depends on how you use it. The way we use tags right now, I don't think so.

fbueckert

That was a super fast close, and I had nothing to do with it!

fredley

Wow, this is a thing:

5

GnomeSlice

5:15 PM

@fredley WTF

Unionhawk

@tugs No, probably not. Why would you be interested in a minecraft question if you aren't interested in minecraft? It's not like crafting is some universal mechanic that someone can be an expert in.

fredley

That one slipped under the NOPE-dar

Wipqozn

oooo, England...

Powerlord

@fredley That's just...

Wipqozn

it's making me an alliance offer.

Tempting.

It has good naval power, but scotland is making a bit of a mess of it.

Don't think I want to involved in any of those wars.

fredley

5:17 PM

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/44478/gamification/…

tugs

@Unionhawk But it is a common mechanic that a lot of games have, and I might really dislike the whole fps control scheme but be interested in the crafting...

Powerlord

Oh what a shame, my weekly progress meeting on the help page stuff I'd been moved off of while I fixed real problems in our app has been rescheduled until mid-November.

Wipqozn

sorry england, don't feel like getting involved in your wars.

fredley

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/44478/gamification/…

Powerlord

It was kinda dumb to keep having meetings about it since I wasn't even working on it at the time

OrigamiRobot

5:17 PM

@Wipqozn I wish Ottomans could get a good Western ally.

Lazers

0

Q: Where in Pokemon X can I find that character that won't let me pass because I wasn't a champion?

While I playing Pokemon X in the earlier moments, I came across this character that won't let me enter because I wasn't a champion yet. Now that I have defeated the Pokemon Leauge Champion I wish to find that character, but the problem is that I don't remember where he is.

pokemon-xy

Jason Berkan

@Powerlord "What did you accomplish this week?" "Nothing" "When will x be done?" "Don't know"

Unionhawk

@tugs Tags are there to categorize questions, not to categorize the game the question is about.

Fluttershy

@kalina @Unionhawk @fbueckert They wanted everything up to RE Revelations, without spoilering Revelations, is all.

Powerlord

@JasonBerkan Well, I probably don't need to point out why having the Edit Request page working is a bit more important than having the Edit Request Help page done.

fbueckert

5:19 PM

@Fluttershy I understood that part. I still think it's a crappy question.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert I agree! I guess I could've left you off the pings.

Unionhawk

@Fluttershy Ah. That makes at least a little bit more sense than how I read it. Still, what @fbueckert said.

GnomeSlice

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Q: Can someone provide me with a summary of the Metal Gear Solid series?

I am playing Metal Gear 4 on PS3. I have not played any of the previous games in the series and the plot is full of old references. Can someone give a quick summary on what happened up to series 3?

metal-gear-solid-4

CC @fbueckert who can't see this anyway

Unionhawk

And, incidentally, what you said.

tugs

@Unionhawk while the other two responses I got explaining tagging had to do with interest primarily

Fluttershy

5:21 PM

@GnomeSlice A valid point. But MGS is only like 4 games. Resident Evil is like a bajillion.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Nah, no worries, dude, I'm not mad. It makes sense, but it still seems to be somewhat demanding. Tell me the story up to this point, but don't spoil anything.

OrigamiRobot

> Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Right. I agree the question is ungood. And I didn't think you were mad or anything. :P

OrigamiRobot

Also, what can we tell them that a quick look on wikipedia (or the game's wiki) can't?

Even if it was asking for the synopsis of a single game, that's too much IMO.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot That their question is too broad in scope?

OrigamiRobot

5:24 PM

@Unionhawk I'm sure there's a wikipedia page for that.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I have another vassal! Excellent.

Fluttershy

In other news: Alice: Madness Returns is $5 on Steam. People should get it.

OrigamiRobot

Telescopic sight

A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope, is a sighting device that is based on an optical refracting telescope. They are equipped with some form of graphic image pattern (a reticle) mounted in an optically appropriate position in their optical system to give an accurate aiming point. Telescopic sights are used with all types of systems that require accurate aiming but are most commonly found on firearms, particularly rifles. Other types of sights are iron sights, reflector (reflex) sights, and laser sights. History The first experiments directed to give shooters optical aiming aids...

Wipqozn

I wonder how much of the world I can take over just by making people vassals and then annexing them.

Powerlord

@Fluttershy Is the original Alice on Steam yet?

OrigamiRobot

5:24 PM

That's what I get when I type in "scope"

That works, right?

Fluttershy

@Powerlord No. :( EA even pulled it from Origin.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot If your question can't fit in the scope, it's too broad!

Also, munster is getting a tad bit too close for my liking.

It keeps eating other provines.

And they're hostile to me.

I'm pretty sure I could beat them up but still.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn What a munster.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot lololol

GnomeSlice

98

Relationships and Dating

Proposed Q&A site for people seeking answers to questions about dating, long term relationships, love, marriage or other commitments, and everything else typically considered a "relationship".

Currently in commitment.

Kind of surprised that made it to the committal phase.

fredley

5:28 PM

@GnomeSlice I am a prosumer in this field

Wipqozn

Bam! Luneburg is now part of denmark.

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice Heh. Commitment.

GnomeSlice

I would commit but I have nothing to post.

@Unionhawk Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Unionhawk

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

...

user15026

@origami Fiasco looks fun.

Wipqozn

5:29 PM

@AshleyNunn You can roleplay a pterdodactyl.

GnomeSlice

89

Life Hacking

Proposed Q&A site for people who are looking for clever solutions to life problems & experts that know how to hack life.

Currently in commitment.

Ben Brocka

> "We want to broaden the concept of gaming to maybe blur the distinctions about what is a traditional game and what is a traditional television programme and what is a traditional linear media. These devices and boxes now allow us to do that in a really meaningful way."

GnomeSlice

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

tvtvtv sports

@BenBrocka Heh

5:32 PM

@fredley noooooooooooo

fbueckert

@Wipqozn She'd be really good at it, too!

fredley

@GnomeSlice ....?

GnomeSlice

@fredley That picture.

Ben Brocka

@fredley I can't help but read that and imagine a less-interactive version of Beyond Two Souls. That turned out well

Wipqozn

5:34 PM

@OrigamiRobot I think that there are a lot of stablity decrease events which only spawn if you have 0 stability.

2 seems to be the ideal stablity to buy yourself to. I don't encounter a lot of stablity decrease events at 2, and a decent amount of stability +1 events.

I really wish my diplomat wasn't named Adolf.

Martin Sojka

@Wipqozn If EU4 is anything like every other game from Paradox: Open save game in text editor. Rename character.

Wipqozn

@MartinSojka But then I couldn't complain about my diplomat being named Adolf.

Martin Sojka

"Adolf? Your name is 'Barrack' now. Deal with it."

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot One thing you need to be aware of with navies is that your ships aren't automatically upgraded like your soldiers are. You need to manually delete ships and then rebuild them. There's no "upgrade all heavy ships" option"

It took me a while to realize that.

Ben Brocka

Just change his name but still complain about it. It's like homeopathic complaints, all the complaining, none of the things to complain about

fbueckert

5:43 PM

@Wipqozn Which makes sense; infantry you can just hand new equipment. Ships you can retrofit to a degree, but usually have to be scratch built to take advantage of new technology.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Oh I didn't even know my land units were automatically upgraded. I've been doing that manually T_T

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot You do it via the military menu.

IT lets you choose what to change them to, and then it automatically changes all of that unit type.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Yea, I thought that only affected what units are built going forward.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot No sir.

@fbueckert Yeah, it make sense.

OrigamiRobot

I've been wasting so much time and money T_T

Wipqozn

5:45 PM

Yes, yes you have.

GnomeSlice

Wipqozn

I believe units take a hit to morale when you change though, so it's best to not do it during war.

OrigamiRobot

Eh, I'm rolling the dough anyway. I control Constantinople.

fredley

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo is playing the wrong EU!

Sterno

5:46 PM

@fredley Is this a cry for help, @fredley?

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot I know. :(

Wipqozn

Oh god

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo I got mine for $22 if that helps.

Wipqozn

Religious revolts are happening.

OrigamiRobot

My 2nd playthrough will be much better.

Wipqozn

5:51 PM

oh god

the protestant religion is going all over the everywhere

RedRiderX

@OrigamiRobot That sounds like it would be kind of amazing.

Video for anybody who doesn't know what fiasco is like:

►

Lazers

0

Q: Can I still get Factory Zero achivement if I don't save anyone in DE:HR Missing Link?

I'm going for Factory Zero achievement, and there's point in main quest where I get a choice who to save. If I wait for timer to expire, next quest will automatically start. Will I lose Factory Zero if that happens? (my assumption is not based on Factory Zero description, but I'm not 100% sure,...

deus-ex-human-revolution the-missing-link

Powerlord

For some reason I saw that and thought "A new episode of TableTop already? They just finished Betrayal at House on the Hill last week!"

RedRiderX

@Powerlord It was a while ago so it feels almost new.

Powerlord

@RedRiderX That episode is over a year old.

Wipqozn

5:56 PM

32% of my provinces have converted to Protestant. A number which keeps growing.

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Stupid protestors... :P

badp

@arperum I honestly don't think the "cake" and the "angel" "hands" are arranged like that

Wipqozn

40%.

Well, on the bright side, if too much of the country converst I can just switch religions.

Protestant does have some nice bonuses.

+10% tax and -10% tech cost.

I'm hungry. I should go eat food.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Usually a good thing to do when hungry.

Powerlord

...what's the name for the kind of software bug that was fixed but shows up again in a later version? Starts with an r I think...

Arperum

6:07 PM

@badp If you cook a cake with "Angel" as a base ingredient and didn't prepare it properly there might be large part left, that can then later stick out of your cake.

Powerlord

Oh right, regression

Arperum

@Powerlord retrobug? wRong codebase used?

Powerlord

@Arperum No, the word I was looking for was regression.

Arperum

@Powerlord I made my post already, to lazy to remove it, decided to post anyway.

stupid macros going off.

Sterno

I don't know about this new Batman game

In Arkham City, there was a reason criminals were everywhere. The whole section of the city was a prison.

Powerlord

6:14 PM

Question... if a microscope makes small things look big, does a macroscope make big things look small? And why would you want to do that?

Sterno

This game, a prequel, takes place before it's ever made into a prison, yet it's pretty much the same city map, with just as many or more criminals hanging out on the street waiting to murder Batman. And no civilians.

user15026

FML one arm fell off my glasses.

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn I hate when that happens

Arperum

@AshleyNunn That is so annoying, had that on a holiday once.

James

@AshleyNunn I did not immediately read glasses in that sentence :D

user15026

6:16 PM

And it is well and truly broken. Something snapped somewhere.

Coronus

@AshleyNunn Did the lens stay in?

James

@AshleyNunn Hey! Your name is blue again!

user15026

@james I think if my actual arm fell off I would not be posting here so calmly :p

James

@AshleyNunn I dunno you tend to have a fairly calm demeanor :)

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah, that would be one of those full-on panic moments.

user15026

6:17 PM

@coronus yeah, so that is one good thing at least.

Unionhawk

"Welp, my arm fell off. Dammit."

James

@Unionhawk Yup that is about what I would expect.. Then some bemoaning about not being able to make cupcakes as well.

user15026

@james calm I might seem, but I think even that might be a bit much.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Nothing like a good old morphine drip to keep you giggling, no matter what happens.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot where did you buy EU IV for $22? All I can find is €40 something.

James

6:19 PM

@AshleyNunn Well then I give unto you a:

fbueckert

@James Aww, that makes me want my kitty already.

OrigamiRobot

@Arperum gameholds.com/… + a whopping 5% off coupon

James

@fbueckert Remember, they do not all turn out happy after climbing out of a popcorn bucket :)

user15026

Aww heck yes kitties make stuff better

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot If you look via the steam store or paradox shop it's more then double that o_O

OrigamiRobot

6:22 PM

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Aww, my arm fell off. But kitties, so it's all good!

Jin

entertain me

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Objection! This evidence disproves the witness's latest statement!

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Is that Carter?

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Yes

Powerlord

6:23 PM

(I'm too lazy to find the Dual Destinies image for the autopsy reports)

fbueckert

Oh, yes. In other news, I went clothes shopping on Saturday, and bought a shirt that needs honest to goodness cufflinks! I'm so fancy now.

OrigamiRobot

He's saying "Hey, stop playing EU IV and pet me"

Sterno

No shirt should require cufflinks.

Cufflinks have no business existing.

Coronus

@OrigamiRobot Does he ever express this by sitting on your keyboard?

fbueckert

@Sterno Why not? They're pretty fancy.

Sterno

6:30 PM

I'm not a fan of fancy.

Arperum

@wipqozn @OrigamiRobot Any video on youtube that should convince me to be stupid and buy EU IV? since I'm not entirely convinced yet.

fbueckert

@Sterno I am, though. Looking classy is fun.

Sterno

If you want to look classy, all you need is a monocle, top hat, and optionally a pipe.

There's a fine line between classy and hipster. Tread carefully!

fbueckert

@Sterno I think a pair of gorgeous blue cufflinks is well into the classy territory.

Sterno

As long as some sort of sweater vest doesn't get worn over your shirt, you're probably okay

Though cufflinks should never be described as "gorgeous". I've got my eye on you!

fbueckert

6:36 PM

@Sterno I don't do preppy.

user15026

How do I get superglue off my skin?

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn ...

...well done.

user15026

At least I have glasses again

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I never would've thought of doing that. Kudos to you for fixing your glasses yourself.

Jason Berkan

@AshleyNunn Time, basically. You can pick it off slowly, but eventually it will come off.

Powerlord

6:50 PM

Overlord Complete Pack is on sale on Steam again, I see.

Sterno

@AshleyNunn As with everything, Yahoo Answers will never let you down.

It's almost as good as SciFi.SE

user15026

@jason thanks, I figured it was just time and picking.

user15026

@fbueckert the eyeglass place didn't want to try to repair them, so I did it myself. Also made an eye appointment so I can get new glasses eventually.

Sterno

Short version: Use nail polish remover

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I recall my first pair of glasses. Those things were so heavily taped and superglued.

I abused the crap out of them.

GnomeSlice

6:52 PM

"Your feedback from the alpha trial is clear: We are not making the game you want to play"

user15026

@fbueckert I am hard on mine same as anything else I own. My dad soldered a pair together for me once when I fell and snapped them at the nose

Sterno

I bought a bunch of $20 pairs of glasses from Zenni Optical. It's awesome to have cheap backup glasses

It makes me sad that if you try to buy glasses from your eye doctor, they costs about 10 times as much.

Powerlord

Jeez, did Valve put every game on Steam that's even vaguely related to Halloween on sale?

Jason Berkan

@Sterno I wish I could get away with that. My lenses are coke bottle thickness, if I don't spend $150 to make them thin.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn That takes talent. I've managed to pop the lenses out of their frames by running into friends accidentally, but the only time I've broken the bridge is when I sat on them.

Powerlord

6:55 PM

Also, I wonder if they shut down the filters where I work. Normally I can't access Steam

Tim Stone

@GnomeSlice Well...at least they didn't try to push it through anyway, I guess.

Sterno

@JasonBerkan I'd check there anyway, just to compare. If you don't want bells and whistles on your glasses, they're pretty damn cheap

GnomeSlice

@TimStone Yeah, props for that. That must be a shitty thing to hear though, from your fans.

Sterno

@GnomeSlice That's a surprisingly responsible decision. And money refunds!

GnomeSlice

100 more games get the Greenlight on Steam

user15026

6:57 PM

@jason mine are thick too, but you can still get cheaper than glasses place glasses, my whole family does and we are blind as bats. (I know, bad simile is bad)

Powerlord

@ASHLEYNUNN IS A SUPERHERO WITH SONAR AS HER POWER: DATA ACCEPTED

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