The Bridge

Yawus

8:00 PM

MMOFPS sounds interesting.

I don't think I've played one of those before.

Is it like MAG where you have ridiculous 256 vs. 256 battles?

Does anybody still play MAG? I only got my PS3 recently and I sorta wanna try it out.

Blem

8:22 PM

nn people

badp

Sigh

SIGH

user20683

@badp what was I looking at?

badp

GODDAMMIT ANDROID

using 300 MB of mobile data in a hour or so

FEichinger

lol

user20683

ah

badp

8:28 PM

I am not even sure what my data cap is

O2 with 15€/mo should be 1 GB right?

user20683

@badp not mentioned until some lunatic from the telecoms comes by your house and tries to shank you?

FEichinger

@badp I'd recommend disabling sync for mobile, btw.

user20683

I don't know, US pricing is different

Ben Brocka

@badp Did you sync dropbox or something?

badp

@wor I had a pretty good idea until I started translating the texts I'd gotten

FEichinger

8:30 PM

@badp Probably.

badp

Now I don't have the foggiest

@ben that's a single app's data consumption you're looking at

Dropbox only syncs starred files when you open the app

Lazers

0

Q: New Tekkit - What to do with excess cobblestone

I have started playing the new Tekkit. In the old Tekkit I created quarries, and used the energy condenser to turn masses and masses of useless cobblestone into useful materials. In the new Tekkit there is no condenser. So I have no idea what to do with the quickly growing piles of cobblestone...

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Q: Can your NPC mages become Blood Mages if you are not a mage? (Spoiler)

As I understand, the only way to unlock the Blood Mage specialization is to personally enter the Fade during Arl of Redliffe, something that can only be done if you are a mage Warden. However, I've seen a few old guides that list either Wynne or Morrigan as Blood Mages despite not playing as a ma...

dragon-age-origins

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Q: What familiars in Runescape will bank items for you?

In Runescape what familiars will bank your items for you? I'm doing steel dragons and want to get the steel bars (they're worth 1k each) to my bank so I don't feel like I'm cutting my total profit short. So, what familliars can help me and what level(s) do I need to use them?

runescape

badp

at any rate. I've found a place to call home and I've got two days to finalise the paperwork and move in. Hopefully

FEichinger

@badp Great! Where? :P

badp

Right behind you. team fortress 2 theme

FEichinger

8:34 PM

@badp So ... in a wall?

user15026

@badp does that mean no more cameras in my house?

badp

Well more like between two walls

user15026

Because then you can creep on him instead.

FEichinger

@badp Well, "behind me" is only one wall and then a lot of air. With no floor.

@AshleyNunn Hey!

user20683

@FEichinger So you live on a cliff?

badp

8:35 PM

@ash I can still stare at your fabulous hair for hours and hours and then warn you when the label of your shirt is visible from behind

So that's good.

FEichinger

@WorldEngineer There is ground. It's two stories down, though.

badp

:-P

user20683

@FEichinger You live in a hay loft?

user15026

@badp yes. Good. Right. moves to an undisclosed location

FEichinger

@WorldEngineer Oh for the love of god ...

user20683

8:37 PM

@FEichinger A rookery?

FEichinger

@WorldEngineer Shush.

badp

@fei the metro stop is Oberwiesenfield, at any rate

@ash spoiler alert, you're actually moving towards the camera

FEichinger

@badp Okay, that's about twenty minutes from here. :P

badp

@fei I hope that is sufficiently far away

FEichinger

@badp For me not to worry about you creeping on me? ... Not really.

user15026

8:40 PM

@badp burns her house down

badp

:O

I'll switch to the street feed for the full glory of the lemons induced pyromaniac attack

(Please tell me when this stops being funny BTW)

Tim Stone

Hold on a second while I get my time machine.

(Just kidding, I just got here :P)

user20683

@AshleyNunn /hands a satellite jammer

badp

Why would I wait for a time machine of all the things?!

You are the silliest @Tim

user20683

The problem with time travel is that is takes more time than we have.

badp

8:43 PM

Time travel works - forwards

FEichinger

@WorldEngineer Oh, I can travel in time! ... Steadily into the future, but still.

@badp Screw you.

user20683

@FEichinger You have a future? Amazing :D Tell me more about this "Future" thing.

badp

I wonder, would you go for the chance to live a week for every century going forwards until your cryogenic tub/time machine breaks down?

@world it's already gone by, nothing interesting happened

Krazer

@WorldEngineer Tomorrow is just a future yesterday

user15026

@worldengineer thank you for the jammer. puts it to good use

badp

8:45 PM

Maybe a week is too short. A month?

user15026

@krazer whoa trippy

user20683

@Krazer Tomorrow is an illusion conjured up by the Moon People. Who try to enforce their Moon Duties on @AshleyNunn and now won't be able to find her.

FEichinger

@WorldEngineer Well, now that @badp is coming closer, my future is clearly coming to an end.

Krazer

@AshleyNunn what flavor was this jammer?

badp

@fei the singularity approaches

user15026

8:46 PM

@krazer blue raspberry

badp

was it blue raspberry before you used the hammer?

user20683

user20683

^ I blame the Moon People.

badp

Are the moon people aliens?

user20683

@badp unclear at this time

badp

8:48 PM

because otherwise I can't buy this theory

user20683

they might be Epileptic Trees

user20683

possibly Alien ones

FEichinger

@WorldEngineer You people and your dancing trees ...

Powerlord

Glory to Arstotzka!

Krazer

@badp I thought they were Korean

badp

8:51 PM

@krazer might just be close enough

@pow yeah I should go play that.

Lobby only WiFi sucks.

Powerlord

@badp I've gotten two of the "good" endings in it.

badp

I'm still in day 5 or something

Powerlord

You can tell which ones the game considers good by whether the last screen has a link to "Credits" instead of "Main Menu"

badp

Haven't had a lot of time to pay

or moderate

Powerlord

Well, I'm technically on vacation from work until the 19th.

\o/

Although I think the corporate term is "staycation"

badp

8:53 PM

I'm not starting on the sixteenth

because real men start working on a Friday

Powerlord

I am visiting my uncles and grandfather tomorrow. Although that's more to fix my uncle's computer (he lives 1.5 hours or so away)

FEichinger

@badp Thursday's a holiday, after all. :P

user20683

Oh that's right, Europe goes into a coma in August.

badp

It'd still have been silly to start on a Thursday, although slightly less so

FEichinger

@badp Starting on a bridging day is very silly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

8:58 PM

So this is a thing that some dude made.

5

user15026

That is fucking wonderful.

badp

wat.

Powerlord

sigh I need to figure out which days have which of the tokens I missed in Papers, Please to unlock their respective Steam achievements.

RedRiderX

@LessPop_MoreFizz The only problem with this is that it's still Monopoly.

Powerlord

I thought I got more tokens than 3... maybe I was offline when getting some of them.

FEichinger

9:00 PM

@Powerlord Just check the question for that and compare them to the country symbols.

Powerlord

@FEichinger Pssh.

I have some idea of which ones are which.

FEichinger

@Powerlord It's easy! You have no right to sigh!

Powerlord

Also, apparently this game has secret achievements.

badp

So they're not all as obvious as "use one of your two free mistakes to make somebody's day"?

RedRiderX

Update on my voyage into anime:

SAO is only getting better the more I watch of it.
Bleach and Dragon Ball Z aren't really my thing.
Rurouni Kenshin might be something I look into more.
Howl's Moving Castle seems pretty dope.

TL:DR I'm still watching too much anime. :D

Powerlord

9:01 PM

I've noticed the good endings give you ones not on the Steam achievements list for the game

RedRiderX

CC: Anyone who cares about this.

Powerlord

@badp There's one that you automatically get as the game progresses.

It's unavoidable.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Yeh, figures.

badp

dragon ball Z is awful

The first dragon ball though was nice.

Powerlord

But yeah, most of them are the "make someone's day" type.

FEichinger

9:02 PM

@badp I believe there's two for doing the exact opposite.

badp

That's all I know.

Powerlord

I skipped some of those because I was trying for a perfect 0 citations thing, but then later it turns out that you have to take citations in some circumstances.

badp

@fei sometime to make somebody's day you have to ruin somebody's else

FEichinger

@badp Details, details.

Powerlord

In fact, I have the day 10 "0 citations" plaque in the save game I was using to get 3 of the endings.

badp

9:03 PM

...make that "most of the time"

oh, there's awards for that?

Powerlord

@badp Yes... on day 10 and day 20.

badp

I prefer to take some citations for speed tradeoffs

Powerlord

I don't think they do anything except look pretty.

badp

like every achievement ever

Powerlord

I wonder if there's an achievement for getting the ending where you family members all die.

Since all the Ending achievements are hidden...

I suppose I could look it up elsewhere.

badp

9:04 PM

Wouldn't you get fired sooner?

Powerlord

@badp You know you can unselect heat and food?

badp

You monster

Wouldn't that kill you too?

Powerlord

@badp Presumably, yeah.

badp

Can you actually get sick?

FEichinger

@badp Nope.

badp

9:06 PM

Oh.

FEichinger

At least from what I can tell.

I haven't tried hardcore cooling my home yet.

badp

I guess playing the game with screen distortions would go very poorly

FEichinger

@badp You might as well just pay your entire savings immediately and let everyone in that day.

badp

"Would you kindly come in one at a time misses? Please stop waving and bending!"

Powerlord

If you ever go below 0 in savings, the game will end.

Well, between days that is

badp

9:08 PM

"oh I've actually stamped my rule book! Funny how it works!"

fbueckert

Partner bailed on practice today, so I just freed up an hour and change.

badp

@fbu clone yourself

It's the only way, unless you can pick up @ash

fbueckert

@badp This is Tango practice; several months of prior experience is required.

Powerlord

Hmm, there's apparently a beta for Papers, Please! on Steam

Accidentally clicked the game's version number and it opened a web browser window

Brant

I loved the beta/whatever version of Papers, Please. How much more stuff is in the full game?

FEichinger

9:19 PM

@Brant A crapton.

Powerlord

@Brant The demo is 8 days. The full game is 31 days... as far as I've seen.

And it continues to get more complex as the days go by.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Apparently, yes. Well, it does include an endless mode, too.

Powerlord

@FEichinger Endless mode is still locked for me.

One of the endings I haven't gotten yet gives you the unlock code.

Unfortunately, some decisions I made basically means I have to replay most of the game to get it.

FEichinger

The EZIC gift ruined me. Stuck a couple days after.

GnomeSlice

You guys should play Rooks Keep

6.5 hours left for Scoregasm and Irukandji

Powerlord

9:41 PM

wtf... CapCom just did a 150 cartridge reprint of the original DuckTales NES game with gold cartridges.

To celebrate the remastered version's upcoming release.

And apparently it's an actual working cartridge

user15026

That's odd but also awesome.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord Yeah, I heard about this and want one.

GnomeSlice

You guys have probably all seen this, but it is amazing

first person James Bond, basically

Anna Lear

9:57 PM

Hey guys, I'm in the market for a gaming mouse. Primarily for RTS/FPS games. Any recommendations? Bonus points if it glows blue to match my late-model Razer Blackwidow keyboard. :)

GnomeSlice

@AnnaLear I recommend one of the RAT mice, for example the RAT 7.

Fluttershy

@AnnaLear amazon.com/Logitech-Programmable-Laser-Gaming-Precision/dp/…

GnomeSlice

Among other things (as well as one blue glowing button), it has a nifty button that slows down your mouse movement when held which reallyhelps with aiming.

Anna Lear

@GnomeSlice wow, those look intense

GnomeSlice

@AnnaLear They're not too bad, but they have interchangeable parts. So if you prefer a rubberized grip you can put one on

I have one and I love it

The aiming button is pretty neat, but I always forget to use it.

Brant

9:59 PM

@GnomeSlice I've had mice that have had that feature for years and I can't say I've ever actually used it.

GnomeSlice

It also comes with software so you can program any of the buttons to do other things.

@Brant Yeah I should turn it off on mine and just use it as a programmable button

Also a side scroll wheel which is actually really handy.

Brant

Except in PS2 where concussion grenades reduce your mouse sensitivity by 90% to simulate being stunned, and I made the button increase my sensitivity by 1000% to compensate, which is technically kind of cheating but meh

Tim Stone

@AnnaLear I have one of these and have no complaints about it, but it glows red. :P

GnomeSlice

@AnnaLear How many programmable buttons do you think you'd use?

user20683

I have an MS arc touch but I seldom play the kinds of games that require anything with more than the basic number of buttons

Fluttershy

10:01 PM

@AnnaLear Alternatively, I use a Razer Deathadder now, and it has a blue LED! <_<

Brant

.. but then when the concussion grenade wears off I spin around helplessly for a few seconds while I fumble to turn the sensitivity back down

GnomeSlice

The RAT only has 3 plus the center button. And the side scrolling wheel I guess.

Anna Lear

@GnomeSlice Probably none. I'm unlikely to screw around with programming the perfect mouse setup.

@Fluttershy Hrm. I have one of those at work, but it's green now.

It's actually a rather nice mouse. Comfy.

GnomeSlice

@AnnaLear You would proabably really like the RAT, then. It only has a couple if you have a key you use a lot, and you can adjust it really easily to make it very comfortable

Fluttershy

@AnnaLear Maybe they have different models? I dunno. Mine's blue, but I've seen pictures of green ones.

Anna Lear

10:02 PM

@Fluttershy oh yeah, you're right. I got the 2013 ergonomic version for work.

Fluttershy

Looks like the "Standard edition" on Amazon is blue.

That said, I actually like the G9x more. More comfy. :3

Anna Lear

THIS IS COMPLICATED

(but thanks for the recommendations, y'all :))

LessPop_MoreFizz

I have a G700. Best mouse I've ever owned. But it's not terribly fancy. I just like the ergonomics of if.

Yawus

This is my mouse.

Powerlord

I had one of those once

RedRiderX

10:09 PM

@Yawus Hah me too.

Powerlord

And I don't mean I had one like that, I meant same model and everything.

Anna Lear

I'm using a Logitech MX400 right now. It's old.

Yawus

What's the difference between that and the more expensive, high-grade mice?

I've tried one that was a bit more expensive, but it didn't feel all that different to me.

user15026

I have no idea what mouse I have.

user20683

@Yawus better response, better ergonomics, more features

Anna Lear

10:12 PM

@Yawus High-grade mice usually offer better precision (that's where the DPI metrics come on), but you sometimes have to use them with the right mousepad to benefit from that. More buttons, programmable buttons, profiles you can set up per game and bind in-game actions to mouse buttons, etc.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I am all out of chocolate peanut butter beer. :(

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is a travesty.

Krazer

I've found the DeathAdder to be the most precise, sensorwise at least

Anna Lear

@LessPop_MoreFizz that sounds terrifying. the beer, not you being out of it.

Fluttershy

@Krazer I like mine. It's not as comfy as I'd like though.

I just wanna show that again.

LessPop_MoreFizz

10:20 PM

@Annalear it's delicious

Anna Lear

@LessPop_MoreFizz I openly question your judgement.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Do you not understand how good chocolate and peanut butter are?

user15026

@Anna what no it sounds like angels would dance on my tongue.

user20683

I think it sounds delightful

user20683

chocolate + beer = win

user20683

10:24 PM

and yeast + peanuts = win

iKlsR

Has anybody started Papers Please yet?

user20683

so chocolate + beer + peanuts = win

user20683

QED

Anna Lear

@WorldEngineer You wouldn't drink a bear, would you?

user20683

@AnnaLear depends on the bear

user20683

10:25 PM

:P

Powerlord

@iKlsR Yes

iKlsR

@Powerlord How is it, I hear Jorji has been removed, is it true?

Powerlord

@iKlsR Jorji's still there.

iKlsR

@Powerlord :D ok, gonna go get a copy then. thanks.

Anna Lear

►

user20683

10:27 PM

@AnnaLear I have Old Rasputin so technically I've been drinking a beard I suppose

Powerlord

In fact, Jorji makes more appearances!

iKlsR

@Powerlord ha. nice, he's what got me hooked to the game, I remember watching a walkthrough and he kept coming back, it was hilarious.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Worldengineer a friend in the NW jeeps promising to send me some of the Rogue Beard Beer.

user20683

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm not sure what I shall try after Old Rasputin, probably have to scale back. Saving up for a project

Anna Lear

Just ordered the blue edition of the Deathadder, so I think this makes @Fluttershy the winner.

Fluttershy

10:37 PM

\o/

Lazers

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Q: Are there furniture items that conflict with each other?

So basically, can I just buy anything that is available or do I have to select the most appropriate items for my style? It seems there are no conflicts from some quick testing. Though that would be less interesting it would also be much simpler.

skyrim skyrim-hearthfire

RedRiderX

Ok scratch what I said before.

Howl's Moving Castle is STRAIGHT UP DOPE!

Fluttershy

@RedRiderX I still need to finish that one. So you've moved into movies, eh?

Yawus

@RedRiderX I don't think dope describes it well enough. It's at least opium, if not high-grade.

RedRiderX

@Fluttershy Well I figured I could finish some movies sooner than finishing series with 300+ episodes.

Fluttershy

10:50 PM

@RedRiderX This is true. Have you watched Princess Mononoke yet? Or any Miyazaki other than Howl's Moving Castle? :3

RedRiderX

@Fluttershy No but @Wipqozn has already recommended that I look at some of Miyazaki's work.

Fluttershy

@RedRiderX Indeeds. Studio Ghibli stuff is awesome!

RedRiderX

<3 @Wipqozn for recommending Howl's Moving Castle

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Fluttershy

My Neighbor Totoro!

RedRiderX

@Fluttershy Actually, that's the one anime flick I've watched before.

Also dope.

Fluttershy

10:55 PM

Oh. Well... yay!

RedRiderX

Wow, that was a few years ago now...

Wait they had a Totoro in Toy Story 3!?

user20683

@RedRiderX Disney is the US distributor for Studio Ghibli.

RedRiderX

@WorldEngineer Oh yeah I forgot.

user20683

and yes, they make a plushie that's exactly that.

user20683

amazon.com/Studio-Ghibli-neighbor-Totoro-plush/dp/B000ABVLJS/…

RedRiderX

10:58 PM

@WorldEngineer :O

> Price: $86.40

o.0

user20683

Import

RedRiderX

@WorldEngineer I see.

user20683

This one is better and probably closer to scale for the film

user20683

amazon.com/Neighbor-Totoro-10-5-Tall-Plush/dp/B000ABVLIE/…

user20683

Here's one that not crazy spendy

user20683

11:00 PM

amazon.com/My-Neighbor-TOTORO-Plush-Doll/dp/B007YHIC02/…

RedRiderX

Oh wow I should check this out later...

Got to go afk for now...

user20683

amazon.com/Totoro-Cat-Bus-Plush-10/dp/B0002YN35I/ref=pd_sim_t_9

Fluttershy

...

user20683

@Fluttershy lol

user20683

yay for race conditions

user15026

11:02 PM

@worldengineer those plushies are awesome. grabbyhands

user20683

@AshleyNunn I may or may not still have a mountain of stuffed animals somewhere at home

user15026

@worldengineer I have a vacuum box full of them and that isn't including the ones I have on my bed and the like.

user15026

(there is a platypus on my bed and a giraffe and a couple more.)

fbueckert

@Fluttershy That's the mouse I have!

This reads like spam.

Yup. Spam. Just posted another one

And another one.

Somebody want to burn the user with fire?

Anna Lear

11:27 PM

nrgh. I saw the first one and went "well, it's at least sort of related..."

this is why we can't have nice things.

@oblivioussage if you see spam posts, please use a "spam" flag instead of a regular flag. Enough spam flags on a post will remove it automatically, so if everyone uses those, you don't have to wait for a moderator to see the post.

LessPop_MoreFizz

^^ This also applies to offensive content.

Anna Lear

With the usual caveat that if you (general "you") use those flags for stuff you simply don't like (e.g. "i disagree with this answer and i want it deleted" or "this is an off-topic question"), they will probably get declined and you should feel bad.

user20683

@AnnaLear if you're on programmers you'll get one of my hilarious rejection notes

Anna Lear

@WorldEngineer I dunno, that sounds like an incentive to misuse flags...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@WorldEngineer BRB flagging everything on Programmers

user20683

11:42 PM

@AnnaLear you only get them if you are over a certain rep

user20683

since those are the people who do most of the flagging anyway

Brant