The Bridge - 2014-10-22 (page 5 of 6)

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6:00 PM

wat

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@TimStone there's a compliment in there somewhere I guess

How many things are wrong in that chat window

"The server is running a newer version of the game"

oh

there actually was an update

ahoy!

I GUESS THE BORKED PLURALIZATION BUGS REMAIN

@djsmiley2k Arrrr, matey!

6:04 PM

@Frank I'm still grinding :D

just had 2 behemoths in a row!

@Unionhawk At least in her case it was just misogyny screwing her out of a job, much better than the guy who got repeatedly stabbed because the police did nothing (NSFW due to images depicting violence) (and that's okay, because the Supreme Court ruled several years ago the police don't actually have any responsibility to protect you)

I just reviewed one of our SLA agreements with the client. So far as I can tell, the only thing our IT department is responsible for is ensuring reports are generated accurately.

Uptime is exempt, timeliness is exempt, reliability is exempt, you name it.

If we get that report out the door with accurate data, we're golden.

haha sounds like where I used to work

even that wasn't guartneed

we said "everything is best effort, but you don't care as you're not actually paying us".

@djsmiley2k This is only for one of our client SLA agreements.

(Most of the things we supported for clients was when the client was a friend/business of the chairman)

6:06 PM

Oh man, True Vault Hunter mode in BL:TPS is great with Tina Tina providing commentary

As our internal processes, though, we're responsible for a whole lot more than that.

So depending on how the client spoke to us decided if their box got rebooted right away, or 3 days later

Even internally it was like that as there was only two of us

for a business with a turnover of £90mil/yr

@djsmiley2k We have 300+ employees at our main plant, with at least four offshoots elsewhere in the world.

We are IT for all of them.

lol we are both in joke roles

well, I was, I left, but I did love it there

Just the travel/stress was too much

I'd stress about it far more than I should have.

I just like the fact that our team is split into three areas: general IT/network stuff, developers, and our fun CRM team. Technically, our CRM team isn't even part of IT; they just have nowhere else to put them, so they're here.

6:10 PM

@timstone tiny Tina is the best

The developer team consists of two people. For something like 50+ applications.

@Batophobia Side note: I have election day off on even numbered years.

...which is to encourage us to vote in Presidential and Gubernatorial elections.

we were basically a development house for VoIP stuff

so we had 8ish devs (I can't recall exactly)

2 telecoms guys, and 2 IT

But IT were expected to fill all roles no one else would do.....

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Q: How can I prevent Kid Icarus from autosaving?

Kid Icarus: Uprising weapon fusion guides recommend testing out fusions to see if you can make something good and popping the cartridge (before leaving the fusion menu) if things don't work out, so the game doesn't save. Unfortunately, with an eShop copy of the game, there is no cartridge to pop....

kid-icarus-uprising

@djsmiley2k IT had to clean the toilets? :O

6:15 PM

haha no, but we did have to change lightbulbs.... fix the electrics, fix desks ( like mechanically fix ), go shopping on occasion,.....

@Lazers Yay, got in the edit before @lazers got it.

Did we ever figure out is @GnomeSlice is ok?

Ok how?

When I came here many aeons ago (in my old job infact) his avatar would scare me, and everyone hated him

I hereby award @frank with this "inb4 lazers" medal

6:19 PM

@djsmiley2k Yep, been there, done that.

K i'm starting to think this oversoul thing is a lie.

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Q: How can I stop people stealing my money?

I've been stealing money from people's bank account and bitcoin wallets and it seems really straightforward. How can I secure my money so the same thing doesn't happen to me?

hacker-experience

@badp thought it was for whole game, not one star... still impressive

TAS are always fun to watch

Speaking of tas, I wonder if the tunerless WWSD retas has started

6:33 PM

Okay, I've been doing way too much active Clicker Heroes

Wee for fudging third party database schemas!

I finally respecced my ancients just to get rid of Juggernaught so I didn't feel as though I had to spend all my time clicking

FREE YOURSELF PRESS CTRL+W

I got rid of Juggernaught

And got the idle DPS one

Does idle stuff also happen when you have the tab closed?

@TimStone :o WAT

6:37 PM

The premise for True Vault Hunter mode is that Lilith is busy and Tina wants to hear the whole story again from Athena, lol

That's amazing

@TimStone I NEED DIS

@Rapitor Having not watched it, I just assumed it was a run of The Perfect Run in Grandmaster Galaxy AKA the game's final star.

Oh god that final star is stupid from everything I've seen

@Unionhawk It's probably the most difficult level in any Mario game ever.

Wait, what? Valve enabled Halloween gifts across all the old TF2 Halloween maps that have them?

Early this year and no new map yet, though

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

6:44 PM

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Proposed Q&A site for tournament managers, tournament players, tournament organisers, and the lot, who want to get more info on tournaments, competition, tournament psychology and tournament management.

Currently in definition.

DAMMIT @StrixVaria WHY DOESN'T HANGOUTS USE AWAY MESSAGES

CC @murgatroid99

@Powerlord I never played galaxy 2 so i didn't know that was a thing. i thought perfect run would be 100% no death

@Rapitor You die in one hit on that level

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment wat kind of tournaments

Hence why the star's name is The Perfect Run.

The level is difficult enough for its first star, which gives you 3 life points to get to the star.

6:56 PM

Twitch Plays Pokemon is now playing Smash 3DS... oh boy

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Anyone else ever used the site DLGamer? They appear to have 20% off on Civ: Beyond Earth but I've never used the site before so I'm not sure of its rep.

That reminds me, I need to wipe my Smash 3DS and then visit GameStop.

Twitch Plays Pokemon was fun the first playthrough, when it had novelty on its side

@Unionhawk and when it was all anarchy

Yeah, as soon as it got more complex than "say input get result 20 seconds later" it was like "okay, now this is no longer as cool"

7:03 PM

it lost its fun when it people left it. 50k+ people trying to navigate a room was the best

now with under 2k its easy

@TimStone what leve would you say you need to be for TVHM?

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Q: what should i do next in terraria?

so me and and my little sister are playing terraria on mobile. i have full skeleton armor, she has full jungle armor. i use murasma and she magic staff. and i have the nightmare pickaxe and i took a little of hellstone and i am not sure what to do next can somebody please help me? ps i killed eye...

watching them plays smash seems to be that way again.. they are in "for fun" mode and just having a ball.

mostly suiciding, but still entertaining

@OrigamiRobot Enemies start off at level 30, but I just started and I'm level 34 now

One more level

7:06 PM

Hearthstone can be annoyingly random. My arena run was already not going well, and then that fucking Paladin just pulls out Ysera. I'd like to get that lucky with my draft some day

I kind of want to get a legendary shotgun, but that'd require another lucky drop from the easy boss dude

(I killed him at least 4 times on my own last night, no luck)

I got the rocket launcher twice and then I grinded it to make a really crappy legendary sniper rifle.

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm afraid of too

I need to remember that a good pistol is better for me that a good sniper rifle

I'll get it and get a terrible hyperion shotgun or something

(not a fan of hyperion weapons)

7:09 PM

They're good for Nisha's action skill

Yeah, I can see that

Hyperion snipers can DIAF

Yes.

All of the fires

I picked up a pistol with a 5.9 fire rate and 37 round clip that almost feels like a SMG and it's funny

92% base accuracy isn't good enough, even if it does have more damage

@TimStone Imagine that plus gun wizard :o

7:10 PM

I had a pistol with 10+ RoF

And my pistol skill effectively double the RoF when shooting from the hip

@Unionhawk Yeah, plus my existing fire rate bonuses it'd be ridiculous

I got gun wizard all times when I was with you guys on the easy boss can't spell, but when I did it on my own, nope. Meat Unicycle.

With gun wizard I sound like a small aircraft

I got that like 3 times on the raid boss.

It was terrible

It's like the game goes "boss present... MELEE ONLY AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

Oh, and protip when the bouncy one comes up: you get basically unlimited slams and bullet reflect while it's active. So it's not totally useless.

And apparently the strats as far as elements go have been worked out for the raid boss (tl;dr: fire and shock are your friends, depending on the phase)

I think I'm just going to get a pistol for each of fire/shock/cryo and then a sniper

I rarely use my 3rd and 4th slot weapons anymore

7:17 PM

I want to swap out the railgun I have in slot 3 with something

I currently have shotgun cryo shotgun unused railgun sniper

If you tell people something is organic they will apparently believe you (it has subtitles)

@TimStone Cow manure is organic.. doesnt mean you should eat it :D

Kevin van der Velden

@TimStone well mcdonalds food is organic. I mean, it is hydrocarbon based

I might swap it with a beam laser or something

I need a better set of stuff for that raid boss too. Shotguns aren't ideal for the second half.

(read: pretty much don't work at all)

Are raids a thing in Borderlands, or are you talking about another game?

7:24 PM

@OrigamiRobot You're definitely not the first person to request that feature

@StrixVaria It's a thing, it's basically the final boss except harder this time

@Unionhawk I just laser him in the face. That continuous damage boost for that ghost laser was surprisingly effective, especially with the super fast reload speed and maxed out ammo capacity I had

@murgatroid99 It's mainly annoying because I can't see people GTalk away messages when i'm on my phone

@OrigamiRobot I know, this is the worst

How am I supposed to pretend to not be here when I'm playing Borderlands when I should be working?

@TimStone That's what I did too, but I quickly discovered that the reason the Dahl railgun I had before was good was because it was Dahl and did burst fire. The fire rate is terrible otherwise.

7:27 PM

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Q: How do you properly hold your breath in Alien Isolation

I have been trying to hold my breath in the Xbox One version of Alien Isolation. I can not seem to figure it out. Every time I try, the Alien discovers me and pulls me out of the locker (or wherever I'm hiding). So two questions: A) How do I actually do it (hold my breath) B) Is there some sort o...

alien-isolation

It's the only context I've ever liked the burst fire thing

@Frank zomg i must of done it and not noticed D:

TGime to move onto floor 13!

I went and checked the beastary and I've now done it D:

@TimStone Remember this dude? Yeeeeeeah.

Hahahah

That's great

@Unionhawk YAY, ANOTHER LEGENDARY SOURCE

ALTHOUGH REALISTICALLY, I SHOULD JUST FOCUS ON GAINING LEVELS

7:35 PM

Apparently there's some grenade jumping involved in it... that sounds... fun?

IT'S GOING TO FEEL REALLY BAD WHEN I SPEND HOURS UPON HOURS GETTING A GOOD LEGENDARY WEAPON ONLY TO REPLACE IT WITH A HIGHER LEVEL WHITE

Yep

@OrigamiRobot It's like Diablo 3.

SO THAT SETTLES IT, TVHM HAPPENS TONIGHT

Damnit, I need to get this game

Everyone is playing it without me :(

7:37 PM

@SaintWacko YEP

But I'm going to Florida in jus over a week and I'm saving money

ALSO @TimStone AND @Unionhawk, I HAVE A MUMBLE SERVER IF YOU'RE INTO THAT SORTA THING

HALLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@StrixVaria O_O WHAT IS

TELL ME

So apparently... bioluminescent trees may become a thing?

@spugsley any level/rarity loot system ever, where you replace a lower level rare item with a higher level common item later

(in this case, BL:TPS)

@Unionhawk Cool

7:40 PM

Science is cool.

Bioluminescence is a cool phenomenon too

@SaintWacko It will die down soon enough.

UR BIOLUMINESCENT

@OrigamiRobot Actually no

WHAT A SHAME, THEN YOU'D BE COOL

@OrigamiRobot That would be really cool if it was controllable

7:41 PM

Yeah

@OrigamiRobot I wish I was :(

@Unionhawk aww, here I was thinking you were the brightest guy in here...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP

One of the cool things I'd show kids at sea base was the bioluminescent plankton in the water. They light up based on pressure changes as a defense mechanism, so if a fish tries to eat them, they light up and signal to predators "HEY, THERE'S A FISH HERE", so if you wave your hands in the water at night, it looks like sparks

@Frank That's even worse!

7:47 PM

Activison seems fine with the stereotype and encourages it.. thanks guys

@Rapitor That's amazing.

@SaintWacko Beyond Earth in three days!

@Frank Stop making me feel worse!

@SaintWacko I has 30% off coupon for Beyond Earth! If you voted in the awards, you should have one, too!

@Frank Awards?

7:49 PM

@SaintWacko Golden Joystick Awards, I think.

The one that gave you a free copy of XCOM.

And an 80% off coupon for Enemy Within.

Also, I'm almost certain this has happened before. The promos with Mtn Dew and Dorritos.

@Frank wat

Maybe that was Halo

@SaintWacko I take it you didn't vote?

@Unionhawk it was Halo 4

7:50 PM

Nope, not the first time

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Q: I can't break any blocks on my Minecraft even though I'm not on adventure mode. Even when I'm on creative, I can't break them. Help.

I've tried everything. restarting my computer, deleting my world, taking my resource pack off, re-creating it, restarting my Minecraft, I even tested if it was my mouse. I can build perfectly fine but I can't delete anything, not even a mere painting.

minecraft technical-issues

@Frank No :(

@Unionhawk halo did a thing with doritos (and maybe dew idk) for halo 4 double xp time

@Batophobia Apparently mountaindew.wikia is a thing

@SaintWacko I have a 25% off more or less everything for greenmangaming, if that's something you'd be interested in.

7:51 PM

I'm scared now.

@Unionhawk oh god damnit

wow... I'm not sure there are words for this situation

@Frank I'll probably wait til after we're back from the Keys. And til it goes on sale, since the main way I'll play it is coop with LadyWacko

Thanks for the offer, though :)

Internet, you've really outdone yourself this time.

@SaintWacko I think it's only good until the 31st, though.

7:53 PM

> Google unveils “Inbox” as combined toolset for mail, calendars, tasks

So... the web version of Outlook?

@SaintWacko Where go in the keys?

All of them?

EVERY KEY

@Unionhawk We'll be staying in Ramrod Key, but spending most of our time in Key West

@SaintWacko Dot Dot Dot

RAMROD KEY?

IS THAT A REAL THING?

7:53 PM

Ah, so lower keys

IT SOUNDS MADE UP

@OrigamiRobot Yes

@OrigamiRobot Yes

NO

@OrigamiRobot Yes

7:54 PM

YOU'RE PULLING MY LEG

Ramrod Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century. == Description == Until the construction of U.S. Route 1 in the 1920s, the only building on Ramrod was a post office that was alongside the train tracks. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses Ramrod Key at approximately mile markers 26—27.5, between Summerland Key and Middle Torch Key. Ramrod Key is a popular tourist site due to the short distance between the island and Looe Key. Current...

ANYONE CAN EDIT WIKIPEDIA

I GUESS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A WHILE

hey I know Ramrod Key

it's nice

WELL I'M TOO SMART FOR YOU!

> Ramrod Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century.

THAT IS SO FAKE

Free games every 4 days from the Humble Bundle

7:56 PM

@OrigamiRobot At least it's not No Name Key

the Keys are weird, dude.

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that's not daily

@Chippies edit win

@Chippies HH:MM:SS:ms?

@OrigamiRobot bit.ly/1wkVLia

(shortened to maps.google I promise)

@Rapitor that would be cool, but why would you do that to a timer that lasts 4 days?

I guess it wouldnt be 4 days if it was ms, but it's not

7:58 PM

because logic is for chumps

@Frank Crap, I literally just bought it within the last 15 minutes for 20% :(

@Unionhawk @StrixVaria WORKS FOR GOOGLE. I STILL DON'T BUY IT

Oct 15 at 19:09, by badp

@Frank Well then, I shall respect your right to be wrong on the internet.

@FAE Can you cancel the order?

wait, why am I still capsing?

I stopped using cad an hour ago

7:59 PM

2 mins ago, by Rapitor

the Keys are weird, dude.

@Frank I already redeemed they key they gave me :(

@FAE Aww.

I'm not sure the voucher would work with Beyond Earth; it came in the same email as a 30% off voucher for Beyond Earth alone.

2 hours ago, by Batophobia

@Unionhawk Yup, that's why they all randomly start talking in all caps

The start wasn't random.

@Batophobia to be fair, I do that too from time to time

8:00 PM

@Unionhawk Proximity effect

NC isn't exactly nearby...

Close enough

@Frank Ah gotcha. No biggie.

@Unionhawk By the way, how far are you from Bolivar?

I used my GMG 25% off thing to buy Alien: Isolation. Another site started selling it for 33% off immediately afterwards.

Having said that, I also netted the season pass for 25% off.

8:03 PM

@OrigamiRobot Pretty far. 150 miles-ish from here, 200 from home

Speaking of...

redeems 30% off coupon

BundleStars Lord of The Rings bundle for $9.99

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@Unionhawk well fine then

I guess I wont visit at Thanksgiving

@FAE I'm good, thanks. Still don't really know much about what happened, I just heard from my roomate.

@DwarfSlice Glad everything's okay!

Looks like Beyond Earth opens up earlier for me than people in the States :o

8:06 PM

Yeah, I was going to say, TB said his embargo ended tomorrow

@Unionhawk Yeah, there's a map, apparently release time is staggered over 3 zones

@Unionhawk Oh, you're on the other side of Columbus, right?

@OrigamiRobot Yes, I'm in southwest/kind of central ohio

@FAE I've so been looking forward to this game.

Dayton, IIRC

8:10 PM

Yep

Does anyone want a 25% voucher for GreenManGaming?

I can't guarantee it'll work, because it says it was made for me, but it might.

@Frank It comes out at like the worst possible time for me, 1am Thurs night/Fri morning, haha. So much for sleep.

@FAE I just like it comes out on a Friday; they know people will take days off to play it, so figured they might as well give them a weekend.

@Frank I assumed that was so they could do a worldwide release. Releases in NA are often Tuesday, whereas in the EU and other places, it's Fridays.

@Frank When Civ V came out, I had to suffer watching all my friends play on Tuesday while I had to wait. :P Same for the most recent Borderlands.

@FAE Really? Huh. Could be.

8:13 PM

@FAE With the increasing rise of digital sales, we need to slap retailers that still do that.

Hell, the Tuesday first sale thing is a holdover from when movies were a big thing.

Somebody wanna pin that 25% voucher offer? It expires next week Friday, and I kinda doubt I'm gonna use it.

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@Powerlord Yeah I know. :( It's the publishers that usually control it. :/

@Frank but... bacon!

@Powerlord I thought that was a music industry thing? Or maybe both

@Unionhawk Might be, actually... not sure.

All I know is that US retailers convinced the entertainment industry to release new stuff on Tuesdays as it was traditionally their slowest sales day.

Strangely, movies in theaters start on Fridays in the US... 12:00:01am Fridays specifically. Which is still kinda silly.

8:16 PM

@Powerlord They start on Thursdays here

So basically either North America or Europe is backwards, and we could probably have a 3 hour discussion on which is the case but the situation is stupid in either case.

@FAE Well, that one second makes it Friday in the US!

@Powerlord Starbait status: Denied

Oh, wait, read that as Tuesday

dangit

Looks like @UNI is the backwards one

8:17 PM

@Powerlord When I go to midnight showings, I'm there on a Wednesday night

@OrigamiRobot Yep.

beyond earth is preloading.

Man, I just want it to be BL time

@OrigamiRobot RIGHT

I need to decide what I want for supper ahead of time

choices, choices

8:18 PM

Alright, officially bored of Clicker Heroes, closing it out.

Be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

FREEDOM!

No more incrementals open :D

TIME TO GO FOR A RUN

This may be the longest class ever given that I've got Tiny Tina commentary waiting for me D:

8:20 PM

If I wasn't at work, I'd find the TF2 DemoMan "FREEEEEDOOOOM!" yell

and link to it.

@Unionhawk Here, have baby animals to tide you over.

@OrigamiRobot I want it to be AI time.

@Yuuki You're in the Houston area aren't you?

@FAE Yeah.

@Powerlord You're welcome

8:21 PM

Oh yeah, so I switched my PropHunt server to a Halloween server for the start of the TF2 Halloween season. Went from 0 people to 12 in like 20 minutes.

Are you in town or something?

and is up to 23 now.

@Yuuki No, there was a murder/suicide at a hospital there that a friend just told me about

Just... man, today is not a good day in that regard.

@FAE At a hospital? The only thing I've found is a shooting with one person dead, not a murder-suicide.

If I thought it was funny, I'd blame Canadian Elections.

8:23 PM

@Yuuki Pharmatech killed his boss then himself, I guess. Friend's sister works there, she knew both the people, I guess he got the info from her

@FAE Oh man.

@Yuuki Yeah. :/

Monstercat 019 album mix (half the album anyway)

CC @DwarfSlice

...*whacks Microsoft* WHY THE F@#$ DID YOU SWITCH THE LOCATIONS OF SNOOZE AND DISMISS IN OUTLOOK 2013?

@Powerlord I think you know why evil grin

8:29 PM

Snooze used to be in the lower-right. Now Dismiss All is there.

@Powerlord #MicrosoftTrolling

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First one is Outlook 2010, second is Outlook 2013.

@Powerlord 4 weeks overdue? Daaaang.

@Powerlord Welp, there went all my reminders. Guess they don't need to get done anymore.

@Yuuki I'm using images I found on the web. :P

8:32 PM

@Yuuki I've got one task that's three months over.

@Frank It's not a contest.

@DwarfSlice It is now

James Blunt apologizes for "You're Beautiful".

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Q: At the end of Dreamfall, what is the fate of April Ryan and Zoe Castillo?

At the end of Dreamfall, April Ryan (spoilers hidden) Are there any hints throughout the game that their fate is really different than what it appears to be on the surface?

I'm not surprised this question was bumped since its sequel came out yesterday

Well, part one of it did anyway

Basement is now on Steam Greenlight

8:45 PM

Where's the bar in here? Do we not have a bar in the Bridge yet?

sploid.gizmodo.com/…

!

@DwarfSlice Sweet. I guess I should get around to overclocking my GPU

Wow, the Bridge's description is surprisingly accurate now.

@Chippies I bought dogcog and maxed him with the results of one day use of juggernaut. I had 300 souls left from that run (I also used a pile for regilding)

@Frank You could be the first to ask on SO or SuperUser and get all the upvotes

@Batophobia SO? This doesn't look like a programming thing

8:51 PM

@Brian It's down on deck 10.

@murgatroid99 So do many questions on SO

If you check near the front of the ship, you'll find it.

@Batophobia The fact that SO is full of shit questions is not a good reason to flood SO with even more shit questions

@Powerlord Oh, I found it. Although this isn't quite what I was expecting... chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/71/the-h-bar

@murgatroid99 Everyone knows the correct thing to do if something gets a little broken is to to break it a lot.

8:56 PM

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Q: Respawning bosses with a bonfire ascetic

In dark souls 2 I believe you can respawn bosses with a bonfire ascetic. This made me wonder if you respawn them and kill them again, do you get the boss soul again?

This one isn't a real bar either... chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/13848/…

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Proposed Q&A site for experienced hunters to exchange ideas about tracking, animal behavior, hunting trips, and all related gear.

Currently in definition.

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Can we turn the Area 51 bot off?

@Brian why?

@Brian Just put it on ignore.

8:58 PM

It's a question rather than a request

@Brian Ignore him if you don't like him.

Mods (and room owners?) can turn it off

One of our mods probably could do so if he/she wanted to.

Ok, wasn't sure if it was some sort of SE-wide chat broadcast

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