The Bridge

Ben Brocka

6:00 PM

Is it even possible to finish the last area and final boss in one day?

fbueckert

This needs one more close vote

Michel

I just like the word "evening" more than "afternoon"

GnomeSlice

Shit.

Michel

@fbueckert done done

GnomeSlice

The version of AE they have at school isn't up to date with the one the cute girl has been using.

So I won't be able to open her files.

Wipqozn

6:01 PM

@BenBrocka Oh nifty. I'm collecting all the fruit before beating it. Playing it right now for the first time in days. I got distracted playing nothing by Monster Hunter the past few days.

fbueckert

@Michel Woot!

GnomeSlice

That could be problematic.

Shotgun Ninja

@GnomeSlice Just ask to use her computer or something.

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka So you got all the fruit in the Tropical Winds?

GnomeSlice

She's going to be using it

Shotgun Ninja

6:01 PM

Just whatever you do, don't be creepy.

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn yeah, everywhere

RedRiderX

@ShotgunNinja When has @GnomeSlice ever seemed strange?

GnomeSlice

I'm not going to hit on her dude. I was just observant.

@BenBrocka youtube.com/watch?v=QlNjIzNZh4o

fbueckert

@RedRiderX Is that a trick question?

user15026

This conversation is making me feel weird

Wipqozn

6:02 PM

@GnomeSlice That sure does sound sexual.

RedRiderX

@fbueckert Perhaps.

But mostly fishing for stars...

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Maybe if you're a weirdo.

Grace Note

SUBJECT CHANGE!

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RedRiderX

I feel so dirty...

FEichinger

@GraceNote Seconded.

Shotgun Ninja

6:03 PM

Exactly.

@RedRiderX I always feel dirty.

Grace Note

Krakens are jerks.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote We were just talking about my new job.

badp

Say what you will about fast food but the part they sick the most at is the first timber experience

Shotgun Ninja

Mostly because I do Rocky Horror Picture Show every month...

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Better than leviathans.

fbueckert

6:03 PM

@GraceNote Especially space krakens.

FEichinger

Okay, maybe we let someone other than @GraceNote decide the new topic? Maybe?

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Ben Brocka

@GraceNote Well maybe if you didn't hit on them...

fbueckert

They dismantle your spaceships without warning.

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka @RedRiderX indiegames.com/2013/08/why_i_get_this_call_every_day_.html

Wipqozn

@FEichinger What about that Wipqozn guy? He's so handsome. And funny. And handsome. And awesome. And funny. And handsome.

Shotgun Ninja

6:04 PM

I think krakens are a highly appropriate topic.

badp

Subway has way more rope than you need to hang yourself with with typical acceptable response times of .4 seconds

fbueckert

@Wipqozn I choose...NONE OF THE ABOVE! HAH!

FEichinger

@Wipqozn No.

Just no.

Ben Brocka

I didn't know you could buy rope at subway. Talk about one stop shopping!

Grace Note

@badp ...eh?

OrigamiRobot

6:05 PM

@Wipqozn Not as handsome as @Roboqozn

badp

You go in and look at the fifteen types of sandwiches they offer - and people are already rolling their eyes at you

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Can you buy rollerblades and/or skis, too?

FEichinger

@badp Why, yes, you're supposed to have a favourite already.

fbueckert

Sounds like the perfect transportation system.

OrigamiRobot

@badp Everyone at sub shops love me because I order the simplest things.

Shotgun Ninja

6:06 PM

Sandwiches and transportation.

Grace Note

I forget my favorite when I leave Subway but I'll always remember when I see it on the menu.

OrigamiRobot

Turkey and lettuce on white bread. Done.

Shotgun Ninja

@OrigamiRobot I'd assume a robot's favorite sub sandwich would be rather simple.

@OrigamiRobot Efficient. Just like a robot.

FEichinger

I hate Sub. Simple as that.

Ben Brocka

Spicy italian on flatbread with buffalo sauce and lots of veggies

user15026

6:07 PM

@BenBrocka That sounds yummy

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Eeeh, I'd say if he hadn't already taken it down, there is a chance it would have been taken down for him because of the screenshot he linked to.

OrigamiRobot

@ShotgunNinja The people at Jersey Mike's know my order by heart.

badp

So you pick one and then they ask you bread and cheese. Then you think you're done and there's a choice of companion stuff with more obvious stuff like tomatoes and less obvious stuff like asiago cream

Grace Note

I kinda got acclimated to it because back at oldjob, Subway was both one of the nearest eateries for lunch, and also had a relatively good size-of-meal-to-cost ratio.

RedRiderX

What did I just do >.<

GnomeSlice

6:08 PM

@RedRiderX Which one?

Grace Note

So if I didn't feel like splurging at a finer diner, I'd just head to Subway and have lunch for the next two days in one payment.

badp

And you don't get to know if spicy Italian is actually un-spicy enough to put paprika on it until you chose not to risk, and then regret your decision

RedRiderX

Shotgun Ninja

I get some kind of bread, some kind of meat, Provolone, toasted, and spinach, tomato, red onion, sometimes banana peppers, and either honey mustard or sweet onion sauce. Unless I get a BLT or Buffalo Chicken, in which case I get ranch.

GnomeSlice

Oh I didn't even see that

RedRiderX

6:09 PM

It seems like that is not supposed to be public.

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX Is that actually confidential though? I see developers mention their greenlight rankings all the time

badp

... except of course you then also buy the chips blindly and pick sweet chili pepper doritos thinking they'll be sweeter than spicy because that's the adjective order and of course they're spicy as hell

Ben Brocka

@badp Just get pepperjack, buffalo sauce and jalapeno peppers on that puppy and you don't have to worry about it not being spicy enough

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Are you going to go in on Hammerwatch?

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko How much?

RedRiderX

6:10 PM

@GnomeSlice I'd say it's something that dev's can take for granted, but I wouldn't be surprised if Valve has some legal thing where this could cause an axe to fall.

badp

because hey the chips are like literally €.01 more than you'd pay otherwise

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice ~$6

Shotgun Ninja

I need to make a flowchart determining my optimal Subway order.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote When I was in college, I went to this Japanese express place at least three times a week.

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX @SaintWacko When were you guys going to get it?

OrigamiRobot

6:11 PM

So much food

SaintWacko

Also, does anyone here know how to stop other people's iPhones sending iMessages to you when you switch from an iPhone to an Android phone?

@GnomeSlice $6, and as soon as possible

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Oh god what a pain in the ass

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice idk, have to check with @RonanForman about that as well.

SaintWacko

I'm playing the demo now and enjoying it

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot There really wasn't much of a regular non-cafeteria food stop when I was in college.

GnomeSlice

6:11 PM

@SaintWacko I kind of promised my mother that I wouldn't do any more paypal until I got a job with some income

badp

@saint heh, good luck with that

GnomeSlice

However, I have achieved that now so... I guess it's okay?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice My girlfriend recently switched to an S3, and just discovered that things- @GnomeSlice got a job?!

Awesome!

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot When I was in college, I went to Qdoba at least three times a week.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Starting tomorrow, yeah.

SaintWacko

6:12 PM

@GnomeSlice highfives

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote As in you didn't go to one or one didn't exist?

GnomeSlice

highfive

Grace Note

We had a particular diner that I went to maybe three times across the 4 years (once for theater crowd, twice for convention crowd), a particular pizza place maybe 5 times (once for theater crowd, rest for friend crowd), and the pho place (which was out of town anyway so only thrice).

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Few things are.

GnomeSlice

It's only temporary, end of september

but still

SaintWacko

6:12 PM

@badp Do you know anything about it?

badp

@gnome I'm so happy for you! Best of luck.

GnomeSlice

@badp Thanks. =]

badp

@saint nope

Wipqozn

wait, what? @GnomeSlice has a job? When did this happen?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Maybe if they like you they'll keep you on

Grace Note

6:13 PM

The pizza place was within walking distance of the cafeteria so it was easy access but we just didn't head there often.

fbueckert

More reasons to hate Gamestop

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn today

Wipqozn

What are you doing @GnomeSlice?

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko No, the project will be done. It's a thing through the ARI center of my college, they do things like manage client projects. I'm a recent graduate and I'm picking up the work the two girls that have been working on are doing because they're going back to school soon

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Not sure I believe that...how the HELL would they be able to print discs?

SaintWacko

6:14 PM

@GnomeSlice Oh, okay, cool!

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Explainer video basically

fbueckert

@BenBrocka They're not.

They're selling used copies for $90.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Wasn't the last CoD game $80 when it came out?

Ben Brocka

Oh, that's not the rumor that they're making new copies and selling them for $90? That's what's been going around

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I'm not sure what that means. Could you make a video to explain it to me?

fbueckert

6:15 PM

@BenBrocka Nope. They don't have that ability.

What they are doing, though, is giving owners probably $5, and then pricing it at $90.

badp

Please make the video with mspaint

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice So does that mean you'll buy Hammerwatch?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn vimeo.com/58986562 is a good example

badp

Please

fbueckert

Which makes the practice even shittier.

GnomeSlice

6:15 PM

@SaintWacko Yeah sure

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Sounds like them

@GnomeSlice Yay! As soon as @RonanForman shows up again, we'll probably get it

I'm enjoying the demo, and hoping my save will transfer

fbueckert

Fun fact: I have a brand new, sealed copy of Xenoblade at home.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Who is doing the buy?

fbueckert

I wonder what Gamestop would give me if I brought it in.

SaintWacko

Also I can't wait to try mp

@fbueckert Well, because it's new and sealed... 7.50

FEichinger

6:16 PM

@fbueckert Try it.

If only for the story.

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko No, they wouldn't take it sealed. They'd make him open it.

fbueckert

@FEichinger I might go ask them about it. See what they say.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Then say that because it's opened, they can only give him used price on it

RedRiderX

@SaintWacko I've done some local coop, and it's pretty rad.

FEichinger

@fbueckert It makes for nice and easy reddit karma. :P

SaintWacko

6:17 PM

@GnomeSlice Not sure

@RedRiderX Awesome

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko That is exactly what happens. I wish I was joking.

SaintWacko

Does it have non-local coop?

@OrigamiRobot /me facepalms

RedRiderX

@SaintWacko Yep, advertises Online, LAN, and Local MP.

fbueckert

@FEichinger I really don't care about Reddit.

SaintWacko

@RedRiderX Very awesome

RedRiderX

6:18 PM

@SaintWacko I think it might be limited to a party of four, though.

Ben Brocka

fbueckert

Ebay has brand new copies listed from ~$65 all the way up to $300.

Lazers

0

Q: What are the underlying mechanics of Ammo bag and Medic kit in Payday 2?

Very similar to this question, except for Payday 2 instead: Do medic and ammo bags run out after a certain number of uses, or after a certain amount of health/ammo dispensed? I'm trying to figure out how the Ammo bag and Medic kit work in Payday 2 so that I can optimize use of them. I haven't be...

payday-2

0

Q: Can't remove the barrier in Brecillian Forest

It's my first playthrough and I'm at Nature of the Beast. Now I helped the Grand Oak and returned his acorn by trading it from the Mad Hermit before I even encountered the barrier. As I understand, either the Hermit or the Oak will help you if you side with them but I seem to be locked here. The...

dragon-age-origins

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert so it's earthbound 2.0

fbueckert

@BenBrocka And only a year old!

Ben Brocka

6:20 PM

This is why digital is important; it may be more limited, but damn, at least you can GET shit

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko I had to do it because someone gave me a game as a gift and I didn't want it.

fbueckert

@BenBrocka That's just supply and demand; for some reason, they didn't print very many disks.

I don't know why; it was in Operation Rainfall, so that told them they had a pretty decent demand.

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Because they were idiots apparently

Michel

cheers a toast accompanied by a clink of glasses or raising of same It's used like this in USA and CA?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Hey, I'm not complaining; I now own a game that's tripled or more in value.

@Michel Yup.

OrigamiRobot

6:22 PM

@Michel Yea

Michel

There are other words used to toast, right ?

Ben Brocka

I'd rather have easy access to buy whatever games I want than own a couple (which I probably don't want to sell) that are worth a premium

Grace Note

@Michel Well, you could toast mugs and bevery other container of that sort, lest you mean something else by that.

OrigamiRobot

@Michel "To [subject of the toast]!"

Ben Brocka

To toasts!

Shotgun Ninja

6:24 PM

@GraceNote bevery?

Ben Brocka

toaster popup sound

@BenBrocka clink

@OrigamiRobot !!!

???

@OrigamiRobot Thanks

6:25 PM

I am so helpful.

Michel

Eeyup

OrigamiRobot

I am as helpful as @Wipqozn is handsome.

Michel

and cute robot too ^_^

here take this oil can *offers a oil can~

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, you're a really helpful robot.

FEichinger

Hello creepy territory, haven't seen you in ... five minutes.

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Grace Note

6:26 PM

@ShotgunNinja Yes. Bevery.

RedRiderX

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot is the most helpful robot on the bridge.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko @RedRiderX I see $27 as the price of the 4-pack on steam right now

OrigamiRobot

Shotgun Ninja

TURN THAT EVERYMAN INTO A BEVERYMAN!

BEVERY STANDS FOR BEVERAGE!

2

Wipqozn

6:27 PM

@StrixVaria What about @Lazers?

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice hammerwatch.com/4pack.php

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice ^

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn I stand by my words.

Shotgun Ninja

@RedRiderX Bill Nye?

Ben Brocka

@ShotgunNinja When god gives you lemons FIND A NEW GOD

GnomeSlice

6:27 PM

@RedRiderX steam keys too?

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice It's the humble store.

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka When god gives you melons, use them to get out of speeding tickets

Grace Note

@ShotgunNinja Aye.

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX They don't always do them though

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Did you read the webpage?

user15026

6:28 PM

@SaintWacko O.o

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX yeah it just finished loading

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Ahaha :P

GnomeSlice

sweet

@RedRiderX includes a steam key?

Only one?

FEichinger

It's probably one Steam key for the four pack.

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice A four-pack is a thing on steam.

SaintWacko

6:29 PM

@AshleyNunn You hit the cop over the head with it and run off. What were you thinking?

fbueckert

@SaintWacko How does this work?

SaintWacko

@fbueckert See above

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko @RedRiderX @Ronan If you guys want I can do the buy.

fbueckert

@SaintWacko I don't think there's enough force in that to stun anyone long enough to get away.

OrigamiRobot

My attempts at copper plating an altoids tin were all massive failures.

SaintWacko

6:30 PM

@fbueckert I've seen some pretty big melons

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user15026

@SaintWacko Just mentally trying to figure out the best melon for the job. Watermelon can be heavy, but a cantaloupe might not have enough oomph to it.

GnomeSlice

Hopefully they support instant payments, because there's nothing in my paypal right now

actually maybe I shouldn't

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Sure, I guess, how will we arrange the recompense?

fbueckert

There's probably enough bemusement and incredulity going on to last a bit longer, but still not enough to get away.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Yeah, one of us can do it

Ben Brocka

6:30 PM

@SaintWacko Oh dammit I just got the joke, you're terrible

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko It might take me a couple of days to be able to pay you back

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka Haha :D

GnomeSlice

While paypal does its thing

FEichinger

@BenBrocka That was pretty shameless star bait right there.

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Oh okay.

OrigamiRobot

6:31 PM

@AshleyNunn Watermelon being large means it can burst open easier.

Also you're all messing up my searches!

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, but harder to lift sneakily

OrigamiRobot

Dec 13 '12 at 23:11, by OrigamiRobot

watermelon <- I use watermelon to bookmark things so I can search for them later.

GnomeSlice

Pineapple

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Very smart

@GnomeSlice Not a melon

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot We see how well that worked out.

GnomeSlice

6:32 PM

@OrigamiRobot whoa why can I see this

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Isn't it your question?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice You can't? Interesting.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Yeah.

@OrigamiRobot I can

FEichinger

@GnomeSlice Everyone can see their own deleted questions now, if they know the link.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Well, you can see your own deleted questions

OrigamiRobot

6:33 PM

Oh, because it's yours.

Grace Note

It wasn't exactly overtly announced, so it's understandable that he wasn't aware.

GnomeSlice

Oh cooooool

I never used to be able to see it

You guys picked the correct close reason and everything.

awesome

OrigamiRobot

> How is every single post I see by you utter nonsense?

<3 @StrixVaria

GnomeSlice

►

Conclave has a bunch of new shit apparently

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Yea, I got an email about this.

GnomeSlice

6:35 PM

Me too

I haven't played it in a long time

I couldn't beat the last mission by myself

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice You're 305 rep from being able to see all deleted posts.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot That will still take me a while.

I'm coming up on three years soon.

I don't generate much rep with most of my posts.

I tend to ask and answer about stuff nobody else gives a shit about, hah.

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Oh. I just read some more about the Gamestop Xenoblade debacle.

Sounds like they deliberately held back stock, and "converted" it to used to get around the MSRP, and the publisher's cut.

OrigamiRobot

GameStop is so scummy.

GnomeSlice

holy balls, 700 MB update to Mark of the Ninja.

I wish Steam did changelogs.

Ben Brocka

6:42 PM

@fbueckert Now that seems possible

Why are they the only ones allowed to sell it anyway?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Agreement with Nintendo, from what I understand.

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka License agreement with Nintendo

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert That's...stupid, especially for something they were bringing over because of fan demand

FEichinger

@GnomeSlice It does on the game's news section. If the dev uploaded such a post, that is.

GnomeSlice

@FEichinger Nobody does. I wish they made them mandatory.

FEichinger

6:44 PM

@GnomeSlice A bunch of devs do, but there's definitely a lot of missing posts. But then again, there are also a bunch of devs that don't do any public changelog at all.

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Nintendo probably didn't realize what would happen. They got a truckload of money to only ship to Gamestop, and Gamestop engages in unethical business practices to double and triple their profits.

GnomeSlice

@FEichinger In my experience it's pretty rare.

fbueckert

There's probably an anti-trust violation in there, somewhere.

GnomeSlice

Desura seems to do it a lot better.

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert I'm sure they didn't realize this would happen, but it seems weird they'd give anyone a monopoly on it

GnomeSlice

6:45 PM

It notifies you there's an update, and then you can read the changelog and then you can choose to update.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Don't think the antitrust laws go that far

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Well, if antitrust doesn't, false marketing certainly does.

Michel

►

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Probably a common practice for less popular games. No matter how "popular" Operation Rainfall was, you can see they hedged their bets.

Only printed a limited number of disks.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert False marketing?

fbueckert

6:47 PM

5 mins ago, by fbueckert

Sounds like they deliberately held back stock, and "converted" it to used to get around the MSRP, and the publisher's cut.

Wipqozn

Fuck everything about Gamestop. Seriously.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert How is that false marketing?

fbueckert

If copies are brand new, they're only allowed to charge what the publishers set the price at.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert If they're opened, they're used

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot And if Gamestop opened them? Are they still used?

OrigamiRobot

6:49 PM

@fbueckert Yep. On the flip side, GameStop has been known to let employees play games and then sell them as new.

fbueckert

For the most part, it wouldn't be a big deal; if Gamestop opened them, they'd have to sell it for less than the brand new copy.

GnomeSlice

@FEichinger desura.com/games/bleed/changelog

For example

fbueckert

What it sounds like they're doing here is going, "Hey, this game is super popular, and very rare. But we can't sell it for what the market price is, so we're just going to open all of these games and make them used to mark them up by 50%".

GnomeSlice

You get a nice little popup with that when you click on the update icon in Desura.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Except for when Gamestop regularly opens brand new games so they can put the empty box on the shelves. They still sell those at full price.

fbueckert

6:51 PM

@OrigamiRobot A little bit of protesting can get around that.

OrigamiRobot

Basically, everything GameStop does is shitty.

GnomeSlice

@FEichinger Also 'view update history' in steam rarely gives you anything useful about the game.

fbueckert

Every EB here in Canada sells those display copies as used, to my knowledge.

@OrigamiRobot That, I agree with.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Not really. Your alternative is to go somewhere else.

fbueckert

And why I bought Tales from Best Buy.

GnomeSlice

6:52 PM

desura.com/games/private-infiltrator/changelog

FEichinger

@GnomeSlice I'm ... not sure why you're still going on about this, I agreed with you already. o.o

GnomeSlice

@FEichinger I know, I was just trying to get an example.

fbueckert

Ok, the actions on this question seem dodgy.

GnomeSlice

It took me a while because my internet is shit.

=]

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Why?

fbueckert

6:53 PM

@OrigamiRobot Little sister and brother.

Seems like rep transferring.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert So?

FEichinger

Oh, right.

Forgot about that.

OrigamiRobot

Ah

I didn't know that.

FEichinger

@fbueckert Flag it for a mod.

OrigamiRobot

Didn't someone specifically tell him not to do that?

fbueckert

6:54 PM

@OrigamiRobot Someone specifically told him not to sockpuppet and upvote his stuff from his "little brother's" account.

GnomeSlice

Does anybody know how to disable automatic updating for my Steam library?

FEichinger

@GnomeSlice Right click on the game in the library, Properties, Updates.

GnomeSlice

@FEichinger I have like 400 games in my library

Is there not a way to blanket disable it?

RedRiderX

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A: Is there any way to stop Steam downloading updates?

There is no generic setting within Steam that prevents game updates from automatically being downloaded. The only way to prevent auto-updating is to run Steam in offline mode - which will prevent you from playing Steam games online. There is a per-game setting which allows you to disable updates...