The Bridge

FEichinger

6:00 PM

@AshleyNunn And makes the sellers seem much less reliable.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'm bad at this; deliberately misspelling something makes my brain scream in pain.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot This is the one I have.

user15026

@FEichinger Seem so, yes, but often aren't. (I have only gotten something screwed up once, and that was getting a bootlegged copy of cooking mama 4, which worked as long as it was in a DS and not a 3ds, which has better protections in place)

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria It is the best one, besides the Triforce one.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I am sad I got my 3ds a week before the zelda one released :(

fbueckert

6:02 PM

@StrixVaria This is the one I want again.

OrigamiRobot

swoon

fbueckert

Fun fact: the original DS fat came with a lanyard.

I have transferred that lanyard through each and every iteration of DS I have bought.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert And a thumb stylus thing!

fbueckert

It now resides on my 3DS XL.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Me too, until now :(

StrixVaria

6:03 PM

@OrigamiRobot Meh. Don't really like Zelda games.

OrigamiRobot

I hate you.

To be fair, the Zelda games for the DS are garbage.

StrixVaria

fbueckert

Or I could just wait until they come out with a proper 3DS flash card, thereby relieving my need for a separate console for that itself.

user15026

I lost mine in a move :(

user15026

@OrigamiRobot This.

StrixVaria

6:05 PM

@OrigamiRobot I didn't like actually playing any of the Zelda games I've ever seen. OoT can be interesting to watch sometimes.

user15026

@StrixVaria I liked most of them, the DS releases and Skyward Sword being the exceptions

OrigamiRobot

I want a Majora's Mask remake.

user15026

I really loved the GameBoy releases (Link's Awakening, the Oracles games, LttP, etc) the most

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn <3 Oracles!

Grow trees, acquire rings.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot They are rereleasing them on the 3DS eshop next week, for $5 each, and I am going to totally pick them up again

Ben Brocka

6:07 PM

The oracle games were alright but by then I had played OoT and I felt incredibly restricted by the 2 button control scheme

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Am I the only ones who liked the DS ones?

user15026

@fbueckert I found them very repetitive

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Probably. I hated them.

@StrixVaria Never seen this movie.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Eh. I don't mind. I also liked Skyward Sword.

user20683

2

OrigamiRobot

6:10 PM

@fbueckert I didn't play that one.

Never played WW either.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I found the controls pretty intuitive. I liked the shield block timing, too.

I had the boss fight down to an art.

user15026

@fbueckert I liked the idea of Skyward but it didn't work well with my struggle with fine motor and hand eye. pokes her dead brain cells and sighs

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I liked WW

user15026

@WorldEngineer I can't stop watching this, it makes me giggle and I love it

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn To be fair, I share many of my games with my littlest sister, and I enjoy it immensely when we can play it together.

user15026

6:13 PM

@fbueckert Me and my dad play a lot of stuff together, so I get that

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn She's one of the reasons I buy so many games; "Oh, she'll love this."

Or if it's something I can play with my roommate.

@TrentHawkins and I had so much fun with Tales of Graces.

user15026

@fbueckert I miss having people local to play with.

badp

@OrigamiRobot with a less retarded OSD thanks

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Oh, speaking of my little sister, I got her the most awesomest graduation gift ever.

user15026

(one of my most gaming-est friends just sold most of his console stuff to buy car parts, which I get, that's his hobby, but I miss our random gaming sessions)

user15026

6:15 PM

@fbueckert Do tell!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn thinkgeek.com/product/e793

I'm just wondering if it's robust enough to get engraved.

user15026

@fbueckert That is an awesome gift! I am sure she will love the crap out of it

user15026

You can always take it to an engraver and ask!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I knew I wanted to get her something for graduating, and this is perfect for her.

I got her a pair of knee-length Doctor Who socks a couple weeks ago.

user15026

@fbueckert From what you have mentioned of her to me, I suspect she will love it muchly.

fbueckert

6:17 PM

@AshleyNunn Yeah, I know she will.

She glomped me for the socks alone.

Now, I just have to figure out what to get engraved in it.

OrigamiRobot

@badp OSD?

user20683

@AshleyNunn

user20683

imgur.com/gallery/YgQyd

badp

@OrigamiRobot on screen display? HUD? UI? how do you want to call it?

user20683

O_O

OrigamiRobot

6:19 PM

ah

badp

that clock is needlessly huge

user15026

@WorldEngineer Oh man, that is amazing, I would love that

badp

(also an ending that actually makes sense wouldn't suck.)

user15026

Also, there is a TRON cabinet in there. drools

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn It would be so awesome.

Too bad it would be incredibly expensive to put together.

Powerlord

6:21 PM

@OrigamiRobot Oracles on 3DS eShop on the 30th! \o/

user15026

@Powerlord I cannot wait omg

Powerlord

Oh wait, Ashley said that already

user15026

@Powerlord Psh, it is totally worth saying again

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn When I bought Starship Damrey this week, I made sure to put on $10 more than I needed.

Oracles games are also $1 cheaper than usual "for a limited time"

user15026

@Powerlord ooooh

user15026

6:22 PM

I am picking them up day of release no question

Powerlord

$4.99 instead of $5.99 like GBC games usually are on the US eShop.

Also, haven't played Starship Damrey yet, so don't ask me how it is yet.

The game's trailers aren't clear on if Starship Damrey is an adventure game or an Amnesia-like survival horror.

user15026

@Powerlord When you do get to it, let me know how it is?

Powerlord

The eShop trailer implied adventure game.

Wipqozn

tortoise response time I enjoyed the second DS Zelda Game, spirit tracks. The first one was shit. You had to keep redoing all those fucking tower levels over and over again.

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Well, at least there are shortcuts for later times you visit.

fbueckert

6:26 PM

@Wipqozn Phantom Hourglass?

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Yes.

user15026

@fbueckert do you find PvZA loads slow, or is it just my laptop?

fbueckert

@Wipqozn I kind of liked that mechanic.

@AshleyNunn They're slow.

Wipqozn

also, I really enjoyed Skyward Sword, so you're clearly a terrible person for having an opinion that differs from my own @AshleyNunn.

fbueckert

Even on my hella gaming machine, it's slow.

user15026

6:28 PM

@Wipqozn I am used to being a terrible person

user15026

@fbueckert Okay, then I feel less bad

fbueckert

@Wipqozn What I really liked about it was the fact that your shortcut saved how long it took you to get there, so if you wanted more time, you could re-do it later on.

badp

@Powerlord a whole $1??!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn The sounds are often very delayed.

Powerlord

@badp It's better than being $0 cheaper. ;)

Besides, that's each, and each is basically one half of a longer story.

With each game having 8 dungeons and multiple overworlds, it's hard to argue that they're half a game too.

fbueckert

6:29 PM

Once I get bored with Monster Hunter, I'm thinking it's time to re-play through every FF from 6 on up.

badp

@Powerlord out of curiosity how common are 1:1 trades wrt unusuals?

Powerlord

@badp Extremely uncommon

badp

hm.

user15026

@fbueckert do you ever get more than 8 planters?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Isn't it 10?

badp

6:33 PM

@fbueckert that's quite a lot of fantasy

user15026

@fbueckert I have 8, a set of 3 and a set o 5

fbueckert

You can buy more planters with gems, and you get an extra one with the second town expansion.

@AshleyNunn Bwuh? I have 11; two sets of 5, and the extra from the expansion.

user15026

@fbueckert Maybe the other two come later? I have no idea, I am only level 2

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'm pretty sure I started with 10. One line of 5 in front of my house, and another perpendicular to the left of mine.

Maybe you start with a random number?

user15026

@fbueckert I have five in front and 3 to the left of my house

fbueckert

6:38 PM

@AshleyNunn Ok, that's strange, then.

user15026

@fbueckert Indeed. XD oh well, it serves me well for the moment

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I run out of coins on a regular basis anyways, so less planters means it happens slightly slower.

user15026

@fbueckert Thats true

user15026

I am loving the asparagus plants

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I also ran out of Zombucks. ><

Had to grind out the 2K needed for the third area.

user15026

6:41 PM

@fbueckert I am still okay on those :)

user15026

What do you gain from having friends that play?

Powerlord

You guys are playing EA games? WTF is wrong with you?

user15026

@Powerlord Its fun!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn You can send zombies to their towns with Zombucks, and if you win, you get coins.

Crazy Dave gives you a mission for it further on.

user15026

@fbueckert Oh, neat

fbueckert

6:44 PM

@AshleyNunn Zombucks aren't too hard to get, but I don't know if the coinage is worth it.

It cost 400 Zombucks to send a group, and I only got 100 coins.

user15026

@fbueckert That's a little unbalanced.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah. It might be because Crazy Dave only had a single Peashooter defending that path, so it could be based on difficulty.

user15026

@fbueckert That could be

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn One thing to note once you get there: you're not buying a single zombie to send against them; you're getting a fairly large group.

The UI doesn't tell you any of that, so I may have overpaid.

user15026

Good to know

fbueckert

6:52 PM

Friends also allow you to bypass the end of the second area.

You have to have two "friends" join you to get to the third area.

You can bypass that with 1000 Zombucks per friend.

user15026

@fbueckert 1000 what?

user15026

because I have no friends :P

fbueckert

I ran out of Zombucks right before that, due to buying two 1600 Zombuck coin-producing buildings.

This Facebook game is pretty neat; I'm glad they didn't gate it behind annoying your friends or requiring cash to complete.

It's just a time-based mechanic, so it's easy enough to login, grab your coins, and log out.

user15026

@fbueckert Yeah, I like that I can just kinda quietly do my thing and enjoy it

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn To be safe, though, I limited any of the messages it posted to only myself.

user15026

6:57 PM

@fbueckert I do that automatically for just about everything I connect my account to

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn This is my only Facebook game. :P

Sconibulus

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Q: Lag on powerful laptop (mostly in skyrim)

I have a ver powerfull gaming laptop, and i used to play all games just fine on ultra. but now when i enter any games it lags, and its a really weird lag (its only the camera thats lags. the environment runs smooth,but when i move the camera its lagging big time.) the lag tappears in any game i p...

needs a tag nuke

fbueckert

@Sconibulus Already done.

Also, all-games? Ew.

Sconibulus

yeah...

user15026

@fbueckert That is an ugly tag. Please tell it me it isn't in use

fbueckert

7:05 PM

@AshleyNunn It's not. I tore it out.

user15026

@fbueckert Goooood

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah. It was pretty mistagged.

I cleaned it up while I was at it.

Since my dad's not coming over today, I think it will be a very Monster Hunter day.

Gotta kill another Nibelsnarf (which is by far the most awesome name for a monster, ever)

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I wanna play :(

user15026

@fbueckert That is a pretty impressive name

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot You're gonna have to troubleshoot and resolve your connectivity problems.

Grumpy Lazers

7:08 PM

-1

Q: Video stuttering when gaming

I have a very powerful gaming laptop, and I used to play all games just fine on ultra. But now when I enter any games, it stutters, and its a really weird stutter (it's only the camera that stutters. The environment runs smooth, but when I move the camera it's stuttering big time.) The stutter...

skyrim technical-issues

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I don't understand at all T_T

I'm just gonna say eff it and DMZ my Wii U

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Too bad it's appearance doesn't match it's name.

user15026

@fbueckert oh god

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah. Those teeth make it pretty scary.

It's not even the most scary monster in the game.

That accomplishment belongs to Deviljho.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert No, Plesioth is scarier.

fbueckert

7:12 PM

@OrigamiRobot Plesioth is a chicken crossed with a fish.

OrigamiRobot

Deviljho might be more dangerous, but I have nightmares about Plesioth.

fbueckert

But it doesn't inspire the sheer terror that Deviljho does.

OrigamiRobot

Deviljho is just a big dinosaur.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot That eats your face off.

OrigamiRobot

fbueckert

7:13 PM

And is crazy tough to take down.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Which is scarier?

user15026

@OrigamiRobot This one

OrigamiRobot

BOOM, SON!

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Ok, you deliberately picked a different picture for Plesioth.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Different from what?

fbueckert

7:15 PM

@OrigamiRobot Than for Deviljho.

New Deviljho pic:

Ok, that's Savage Deviljho, so not quite the same.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Tehy're different monsters, of course they're different pictures.

user15026

@fbueckert thats a little scary

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot The Deviljho pic comes from the Monster Hunter Wiki.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot is that a fish?

fbueckert

The Plesioth one doesn't come from there.

OrigamiRobot

7:18 PM

@fbueckert I just did a GIS for both

fbueckert

There. That's Plesioth.

Sconibulus

it's a fairy!

fbueckert

It's a chicken/fish thingie.

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka It's a shark with wings and chicken legs.

Sconibulus

a fairy dragon

OrigamiRobot

7:19 PM

Plesioth is scarier.

Sconibulus

Yeah, definitely Fairy Dragon

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Looks-wise, I agree.

OrigamiRobot

Hell, Brachydios is scarier than Deviljho.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Ok, that I definitely agree with.

Sconibulus

versus tail-heavy blind-looking thingy

fbueckert

7:20 PM

^ Brachydios.

OrigamiRobot

When I heard how dangerous Deviljho was, I was really disappointed by how boring he is visually.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot A much less upright T-Rex, basically.

James

fbueckert

He just hits you like a freaking tank, and doesn't stop for anything.

@James I would pay to hunt this.

James

:)

OrigamiRobot

7:22 PM

@fbueckert Not Spyro! :(

Sconibulus

Anklyosaurus!

OrigamiRobot

@Sconibulus Definitely not.

Sconibulus

not anklyosaurus?

But... tank with club tail and weird-looking face

OrigamiRobot

@Sconibulus No, he is bipedal.

Sconibulus

not obvious from that picture

which is 100% of my experience with him : )

OrigamiRobot

7:25 PM

I know, that's why I'm telling you.

Sconibulus

what was that puddle of goo he was dripping in in the first pic?

does he leak acid?

Jin

hm my AnswerSwarm shirt just arrived

OrigamiRobot

@Sconibulus Explosive Slime

Sconibulus

oh really? Cool

Is it awesome?

badp

@Jin Did they ship it to Mars and then back?

Jin

7:28 PM

@Sconibulus of course, i made it

Wipqozn

Plesioth is ugly as fuck. He must be one of the ugliest looking things ever created.

SaintWacko

@Jin I still haven't gotten mine

Sconibulus

I haven't gotten mine either

Jin

@SaintWacko you should soon.

some people got both the dog tag and the shirt

Wipqozn

Also, @fbueckert, I will be around for some hunting tonight. I wasn't the other nght, as you may have guessed when I never responded to your question.

OrigamiRobot

7:29 PM

7

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I dislike Twilight Sparkle so I approve.

badp

@Wipqozn You dislike unicorns?!

reaims lazers

you like ponies, so if you dislike her it must be because she's a unicorn. It's mathematical.

James

@OrigamiRobot rofl

Wipqozn

@badp Rarity is a unicorn, and she's awesome.

@James I thought you were @OrigamiRobot at first, and so I thought he was laughing at his own picture.

badp

@Wipqozn I am keeping you under control, turtle.

Sconibulus

7:32 PM

@Wipqozn the gravatars are fairly similar

Wipqozn

@Sconibulus Yeah, we should force one of tem to change their gravatar. Or ban them.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn cc @BenBrocka @GraceNote

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot guess you've got brain problems

user43095

@Unionhawk I think you need two chunkloaders for no chunk reset to occur.

OrigamiRobot

Ben Brocka

7:41 PM

Exactly

OrigamiRobot

I forgot that was an old one

3

CC @Wipqozn @AshleyNunn @fbueckert

> Other nationalities this works on: all of them. Reginald is only immune because of a wizard's curse.

We need one box support for Nedroid.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot yes

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka We met a very bored looking Anthony Clark at a con and asked him to draw Beartato. He perked up and yelled "I KNOW HOW TO DRAW THAT"

fbueckert

8:00 PM

@OrigamiRobot We have a fascination with funnels?

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Do you?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Not particularly, no.

OrigamiRobot

I am now conflicted

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot lol

OrigamiRobot

Do I trust @fbueckert or Reginald?

Ben Brocka

8:03 PM

Reginald would never lie to you

user15026

There are some things that shouldn't be gaming themed.

Ben Brocka

310'd

Powerlord

I can tell the entire marketing department for the State of Michigan is taking tomorrow off. Instead of useless spam Friday, it's useless spam Thursday.

OrigamiRobot

It's going to be dead here tomorrow

I'll probably be one of the only ones working.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot We already had our long weekend, so we work tomorrow.

OrigamiRobot

8:16 PM

@fbueckert We have Monday off and work half days on Fridays, so most people are taking tomorrow off.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I had this past Monday off.

Wipqozn

I'm considering restarting my file on Fire Emblem.

I'm at Chapter 6, but quite a few of my charactershave been really scewed by the RNG for their primary attack stat :/

OrigamiRobot

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Don't worry about it.

Remember, there's no maximum to the number of levels they can gain.

Wipqozn

True.

fbueckert

8:22 PM

@Wipqozn Now, if this was any other Fire Emblem, I'd say restart.

Sconibulus

no maximum for levels?

What witchcraft is this?

fbueckert

@Sconibulus Unlimited reclassing.

You can make them hit max level in a class, and either side-class them into another base class, or class change them up into an advanced class.

Side-classing into the same class means they keep all their stats, but start at level 1 again.

MBraedley

Hi everyone! Have any of you played Defiance? It's on sale on Steam, and I'm wondering if I should pick it up.

fbueckert

@MBraedley Memory is spitting out that MMO/TV show crossover.

Am I thinking of the correct game?

MBraedley

@fbueckert That you are.

I'm kinda enjoying the show right now.

fbueckert

8:30 PM

@MBraedley Huh. The memory data was also telling me it's a pretty recent game. On sale already?

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Only 30%

MBraedley

@fbueckert Yeah, that has me a bit worried.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn That's still fairly significant for a game out for, what? A month?

MBraedley

@fbueckert Closer to 2 IIRC

fbueckert

> The game was released on April 2, 2013 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[1]

Ok, pretty close to two months.

Still somewhat worrying for an MMO.

Wipqozn

8:33 PM

I don't know much about the game but I assume it's terrible.

Fluttershy

@MBraedley I played the beta. Wasn't that big a fan. I may pick it up if it goes on sale for cheaper than that, but, personally, I don't feel it's worth the $40 price.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn It's a neat idea, but I dunno.

I'd much rather have it be F2P, and check it out.

MBraedley

@fbueckert I thought it was F2P. Nothing on the Steam store page says subscription, that I can see.

fbueckert

@MBraedley Hmm.

Fluttershy

@MBraedley F2P is different from One-Time Fee. =P

There's no subscription fee, but you still have to buy the game, similar to GW2.

fbueckert

8:36 PM

$40 is still too steep, though, when I'm not done with Monster Hunter.

MBraedley

@Fluttershy Fair, there really isn't a good set of lingo that I know about.

fbueckert

And August has a new Tales game, which I will be picking up.

If for no other reason than to play with @TrentHawkins.

Fluttershy

@MBraedley When I think F2P, I think of something more like Spiral Knights not costing anything to install and play, but that could just be me.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy As soon as I hear MMO, I automatically assume subscription, unless it's a F2P MMO.

The GW model isn't something most people go for.

MBraedley

@Fluttershy Well that's where you're WRONG! :P

fbueckert

8:47 PM

More games need to have a demo.

It would make it much easier to figure out if you wanted to buy it or not.

At least Kairosoft gets that.

Each and every one of their games has a time-limited free demo you can try, and see if it's your thing.

Coronus

@fbueckert It'd be much easier to refrain from buying a Kairosoft game if they got rid of demos...

fbueckert

@Coronus See? It proves they know what they're doing!

To the detriment of your wallet, sure, but that's where willpower comes in.

By either not trying the demo, or not buying the game.

Ben Brocka

@ashleynunn will probably be streaming Skullgirls tonight (just practice against AIs to learn my arcade stick)

Coronus

@fbueckert I've settled for not trying the demo. I pretend the glass on my phone is a storefront window, and I can't have what's inside.

MBraedley

Damn you Revision 3/Discovery Network! Why you gotta go make more great web video for me to watch?

fbueckert

8:52 PM

►

Coronus

But most times, I look at games on steam and wish there were a demo

fbueckert

cc @MBraedley

MBraedley

@fbueckert Already starred

fbueckert

KSP .20 is out!

Woo!

FEichinger

15 hours ago, by FEichinger

KSP .20 released

fbueckert

8:53 PM

I've spent several hours this week playing with the Damned Robotics mod. It's got potential!

I plan on making my space station fold able, to cut down on wind resistance and drag.

And because it'll look cool when I deploy it.

badp

9:05 PM

@BenBrocka even at 4× speedup, towards the end I started skimming through the timeline thumbnails to see where the next interesting part of your video would be

Ben Brocka

9:18 PM

@badp not like the thumbnails mean much in that game

Be glad I did'nt upload the original, it was almost half an hour :/ I kept thinking "okay there's no way this is more than 5 minutes longer". Lost some jokes with the original audio track but oh well

badp

Honestly you should've known about this in advance so you could've put a timer overlay or something

Ben Brocka

@badp Known what in advance? Like 90% of the games I played I recorded my first playthrough. The newgrounds description called it a "short" game (which is bullshit)

badp

@BenBrocka Do you even omniscience, bro?

Ben Brocka

CoD of Duty

badp

@BenBrocka They made super high resolution scans of military grade fish

they even have printed numbers on the fins

It's a fish you grow to have a bond with

images of mo-capped fish in military-grade bowl, eating

fbueckert

9:48 PM

Ahh, Prenda.

You give me so much joy, watching you flail.

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