The Bridge

@Wipqozn Even for "unpopular opinions", there is literally a 0% chance that you are the sole holder of that opinion on this planet populated by 7 billion humans.

MBraedley

5:24 PM

@GraceNote thanks for clearing that up for me. Didn't know what it stood for.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuki Am I the only one who hates those people?

badp

In other news: if in Europe, it's much, much, much better to do a stage for 6 months 1 week than 5 months 3 weeks, and it's not just for the two weeks of difference. Also, try and avoid crossing the year bound.

Yuki

Man, screw Daemon Tools. They just set my default search engine to Bing! even though I specifically unchecked those boxes.

spugsley

good afternoon, pretties <3

badp

Since my stage was 5 months 3 weeks long, I had to do the special tax forms in germany

Yuki

5:25 PM

@spugsley good afternoon, gorgeous.

badp

Since I was resident in Germany for 5 months 2 weeks, I'm going to be taxed again in Italy

Yuki

Okay, that sounded a lot creepier than I expected.

Braiam

@Yuki heh

spugsley

@Yuki it wasn't :3

badp

Since I earned more than 2k€/year, I'm considered forever economically independent and my family loses on tax cuts

...but I'm still sharing residence, so they still get tax penalties

Wipqozn

5:26 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Such a clever puppet.

Yuki

WTF is this Mobogenie s---?

Unionhawk

Pokemon status: still dark, still in a cave

MBraedley

@badp some of that is just EU bullshit. We don't see much of that when working across Canada.

spugsley

@badp boooo :(

Yuki

F--k Daemon Tools.

badp

5:26 PM

@MBraedley "if in Europe"

Since my stage crossed the year boundary, the paperwork doubles

So people are surprised that in Italy young people don't look for jobs.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I've never actually seen it used in a non-mocking way.

badp

(Nevermind there's not many to begin with)

Yuki

Wow, really f--k Daemon Tools.

I just changed my home page back to "New Tab" as is the default for Chrome.

Didn't work.

Looked online and it looks I might need to reinstall the browser.

Ullallulloo

gfycat.com/FlashyDimpledKusimanse

MBraedley

Woo! Steal of 2 for Canada! Canada is also low on time, so that steal is good for reasons I won't describe here.

RedRiderX

5:35 PM

@Ullallulloo Nice work

badp

@Yuki it seems like you got an enhanced version of DT

(finger-quoting intensifies)

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk They're making progress though

Ullallulloo

They got into the dark cave thing!

ooh

MBraedley

@Ullallulloo I think that's interference.

OrigamiRobot

I CAN SEE THE EXIT

Unionhawk

5:38 PM

HOLY SHIT INSPIRATION

TEAMWORK

OrigamiRobot

THEY ARE OUT

Unionhawk

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS‌SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSss

StrixVaria

They still need to make it to Lavender Town. There are trainers in the way.

Unionhawk

They have a level 50 or so pidgeot, or whatever. They're probably fine.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Yea there's no way they make it this run

badp

5:40 PM

@Unionhawk 39

Unionhawk

39

StrixVaria

The Pidgeotto is 39.

Unionhawk

They might not be fine

StrixVaria

Charmeleon is 32.

OH PLEASE TEACH IT SLASH

OrigamiRobot

LEARN SLASH

StrixVaria

5:42 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OrigamiRobot

nooooooooooooooooooo

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria wat do

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz They didn't teach Charmeleon Slash.

badp

spoilers! I'm watching the tetris re-stream.

OrigamiRobot

They tried so hard.

Yuki

5:42 PM

@badp I went for DT 4, which considering it's the free version, I really shouldn't be surprised by this crap.

Braiam

oh god... still playing?

OrigamiRobot

Fuck you, CUT

badp

@Braiam of course.

user15026

If I ever move into a different basement of a different house the first question I am going to ask is if their kids play the damn piano and if they say yes I will run away.

Yuki

I had to edit the registry to get rid of all that junk.

user15026

5:43 PM

@yuki oh god what happened?

Yuki

@AshleyNunn I installed Daemon Tools because I needed to mount an ISO file.

Daemon Tools brought a whole bunch of unwanted shit aboard.

badp

Windows 8 ♫

Ullallulloo

People kept digging so much while in the tunnel, that they managed to get back to the PC and deposit Rattatta without releasing any Pokemon.

MBraedley

@Yuki it didn't used to be like that

user15026

@yuki that sucks hardcore. Even after you unchecked all the boxes?

Yuki

5:45 PM

@AshleyNunn Mhmm...

StrixVaria

@Ullallulloo Once they're in Lavender they'll need to get him back.

user15026

That's just shitty of them then

Unionhawk

Wait, how did these idiots deposit rattata?

Yuki

Apparently, the Conduit Search thingie that came with Daemon Tools installs itself without your permission.

user15026

Oh god conduit search

Unionhawk

5:45 PM

@Yuki Ooo... I'm familiar with that crap

user15026

I remember trying to rid myself of that.

Yuki

Yeah, I had to edit the registry just to get rid of that bugger.

badp

I wish there was a restream with commentary

like, from people with a clue

StrixVaria

This Onix is bad news.

Unionhawk

Welp

user15026

5:47 PM

I remember their support was like "conduit removes easily"... In what universe is registry editing considered to be easy

Yuki

@badp It would consist entirely of "what the f--k are these people doing! Stop going down! God!".

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki MagicISO

badp

@Yuki Well that much is now over

Unionhawk

@badp "Why the fuck am I commentating this? What am I doing with my life?"

Yuki

@badp How long did it take for them to make it to the Rock Tunnel? An entire day?

badp

5:48 PM

@Yuki by my count 12 hours

Unionhawk

@Yuki 12 hours

badp

that said, people commentate marathons. They're shorter but nearly as uneventful

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria They're so close

3ventic

I just realized how rarely I read comments on my videos

badp

(like, actual marathons)

Yuki

5:48 PM

@badp I... really don't want to know how long it'll take for them to make it through the Safari Zone.

@Yuki 2 days

@Yuki how bad is it?

@Yuki 36 hours.

ONIX DOWN

I'm not sure why they needed a study for this, but okay. "Internet Trolls are Machiavellian Sadists."

Unionhawk

5:49 PM

43k watching now

OrigamiRobot

BOOM SON

Yuki

@badp Well, you have to follow a fairly specific path to get to the house at the end and get Surf.

badp

the person running the stream is okay with offering romhacks that make that specific part easier, anyway - badatvideogames.net/2014/02/16/…

StrixVaria

Only 2 more trainers we could hit.

Ullallulloo

►

Yuki

5:50 PM

@badp No. I want the full crowdsourced angst of screwing up at the Safari Zone.

badp

@Yuki oh! so does the dude running the show. But it doesn't want it to be a show stopper

OrigamiRobot

BACK IN CAVE NOOOOOO

badp

and back out.

Yuki

If it takes longer than a week to get past the Safari Zone, I'm willing to allow a romhack.

badp

I hope this is the right way down

StrixVaria

5:52 PM

7

FEichinger

@StrixVaria Yep, that's going to be fun.

badp

@StrixVaria Who the hell designed this area

@Yuki Open a menu for every move?

Yuki

@StrixVaria This stream is like watching the slowest trainwreck in the history of the world. It is gorgeous.

4

@badp Someone who didn't expect the game to played by 2,000+ people at once.

Ullallulloo

Did they skip the Pokemon Center?

Yuki

@badp No, you need to re-use Strength every time you get to another floor.

StrixVaria

5:55 PM

@Ullallulloo They're winding their way there.

Yuki

But once you use Strength, it's good for the entire time you are on that floor.

badp

@Yuki oh okay.

Yuki

The thing is, the only way to reset rock puzzles if you fail... is to go to another floor and come back.

FEichinger

@Yuki Well, then again, the game sure seems like it's designed to mess up this very thing. :P

badp

well the ledge was only 12 hours worth of effort the first time

StrixVaria

5:56 PM

@badp Once they came up with a strategy they did it a few times in a row.

badp

it was much much easier afterwards for some reason

@StrixVaria what was the strategy?

StrixVaria

@badp Mostly "understand that there's a delay".

Get to a specific point then spam up/right.

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria Oh god

Yuki

@badp Think about it this way. The Ledge 2 is basically having to do the ledge + Rock Tunnel each time you fail.

badp

@Yuki so... definitely doable!

StrixVaria

5:57 PM

@Yuki Except that Rock Tunnel is just a winding passageway without failable puzzles.

badp

can you unsolve a puzzle once you solve it?

Yuki

@badp They reset every time you change floors.

StrixVaria

@badp Generally no.

Yuki

I think.

StrixVaria

Unless you leave the floor, in which case that floor resets.

Yuki

5:58 PM

So, if they black-out, they have to do the rock puzzle again.

badp

@StrixVaria do you need to solve the puzzle to go back to the previous (deeper) floor?

Yuki

@badp I believe so.

StrixVaria

@badp Depends on the specific puzzle. Sometimes.

badp

@StrixVaria um.

StrixVaria

Sometimes unsolving a puzzle isn't a big deal, because you're still "past" it.

badp

5:59 PM

did they manage to actually save the game?

StrixVaria

They constantly save the game.

badp

I mean, at the pokecenter.

@MBraedley (slight twitch at the botched roman numerals)

MBraedley

@badp that's not even a number!

badp

@MBraedley well up is I, left is V, down is X, select is D, right is backspace.

Yuki

@StrixVaria It's funny because it doesn't matter if they save the game.

StrixVaria

6:02 PM

@Yuki Yeah.

badp

What does saving the game actually do?

Yuki

@badp Honestly, there's no point.

badp

?

StrixVaria

Unless they can manage a soft reset again.

badp

fine, I'll ask on the site :P

Yuki

6:03 PM

It's an emulator so any time they need to reset it to do changes or whatnot, the creator will probably use save states.

And blacking out just sends you to the nearest Pokemon Center, not the last point where you saved.

StrixVaria

@badp Are you asking what saving normally does, not in the context of this run?

It...saves the game.

Yuki

@StrixVaria Wait, they managed a soft reset?

StrixVaria

If you reset and come back later, it's like loading state.

Yuki

How?

StrixVaria

Not sure how, but I think the streamer fixed the exploit.

Yuki

6:04 PM

@StrixVaria How much progress they did lose?

badp

@StrixVaria but does it save your current position, etc.?

Yuki

@badp Yes.

StrixVaria

@badp Yes, it saves every state.

Yuki

But it really has no effect in the context of the Twitch run.

StrixVaria

When you load you're in the exact same spot.

badp

6:05 PM

okay, question not interesting

but we should try and ask some questions!

or answer some questions.

or something.

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki None.

The streamer restored a save state.

Yuki

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Disabled Select

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Oh. Select can actually be useful though :(

badp

@Yuki I'm sorry, man, I dunno what referee call was made there but it's over now.

Yuki

6:10 PM

Dang, I just looked back on old Oscar nominations.

badp

also, sheltered-reef-4687.herokuapp.com

Yuki

1994 was an amazing year for movies.

Lazers

0

Q: Add GoG DOSBOX games to Steam

I bought the Quest for Glory pack on Good Old Games, and like most GoG games I tried to add it to Steam. Now, QFG 1 through 4 are all DOS games and run via a packaged DOSBOX emulator GOG distributes with each game, and there's a shortcut in the game's folder that "launches" the game. Adding thes...

Yuki

Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Lion King...

And I think Jurassic Park was there for a bit too.

Unionhawk

@Yuki I was born in 1994 (now is your cue to feel old)

Yuki

6:13 PM

2

@Unionhawk So... you're three years younger than me.

Unionhawk

@Yuki Correct.

Yuki

I don't feel that old, to be honest.

Unionhawk

It was a collective "you"; the only one younger than me in the room atm is @FEichinger

user15026

Since my brain can't hold all your ages in my head I only feel old for brief moments.

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn See, I have it easy. I just have to remember "Everyone but @FEichinger, Ronan, and a couple others are older than I am"

FEichinger

6:16 PM

@Unionhawk Stop pinging me. >.>

Arperum

@Yuki Go make me feel old...

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Okay.

Yuki

reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/1y1xdf/is_this_real_life/cfgo34z

Not bad, Reddit, not bad.

Unionhawk

Do I really only have one pair of pants on campus? -.-

3

Bridge pls

RedRiderX

@Unionhawk What did you leave all the other pairs behind while you were out?

FEichinger

6:19 PM

@Unionhawk Eww.

Unionhawk

@RedRiderX I guess?

RedRiderX

Oh my.

Unionhawk

Well, 2, but one has a hole in it, and that's no good.

Well, 3, but the third is kakhi pants and I'm not about that most of the time

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Oh, don't worry. No one sees holes in your pants.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Hole in the knee. Rather large one.

FEichinger

6:21 PM

@Unionhawk What kind of pants do you have that go all the way over your knee?

Unionhawk

@FEichinger ...

British English worst English.

TROUSERS YOU IMBICILE

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT

AND I HATE YOU

FEichinger

♥

Unionhawk

Feb 9 at 23:52, by Unionhawk

@FEichinger is literally worse than @Wipqozn

I rate @FEichinger at least 1500 mili-Wipqozns. Probably more.

Let's just call it an even 2 Wipqozns

(where "1 wipqozn" is measured by how much of the worst spugsley says he is)

This concludes your lesson on how much I hate @FEichinger right now. Continue with your business, Bridge.

Yuki

@Unionhawk ... Why did you say 1500 milli-Wipqozns? 1.5 Wipqozns is more concise.

StrixVaria

@Yuki 0.0000015 Mega-Wipqozns

Retrosaur

6:31 PM

stronk

@badp i dont understand

why am in a shipping manifesto

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuki because apparently Wipqozn is a minecraft fluid and minecraft fluids are measured in milibuckets

Ben Brocka

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Damn you! I wass just escaping it for an evening! Now I'm launching it again...

Lazers

0

Q: How can I remove unwanted civilizations in civ5?

There are a lot of civilizations I don't consider 'real civs' in the game. I won't list them to avoid debate =). The thing is, I want to avoid them spawning in my games, yet I still want the civs list to be random. How can I achieve that? Is there a mod for this? I think I saw one at one point, b...

civilization-5

Arperum

@Lazers There is a mod for that.

StrixVaria

6:36 PM

PIDGEOTTO EVOLVED

HOW

I think the input processing froze for a bit.

Ben Brocka

IT'S PIDGEOT

chat did seem to lock up

Arperum

@StrixVaria How did they even got a single evolution to happen at all?

Ben Brocka

@Arperum charmeleon/pigeotto happened when the stream was way smaller

Arperum

@BenBrocka That explains some, since it only requires a single idiot to cancel it...

badp

@BenBrocka I guess it's part of the twitch experience

how many people tried to hit B as it happened?

Ben Brocka

6:39 PM

Depends if the b input actually reaches the game though, I bet there's so much spam not every input is read even in the evo screen

StrixVaria

badp

Geomurph almost got it!

but no cigar

Ben Brocka

The bs must have been missed an input frame or something

StrixVaria

There are 45,000+ viewers watching the stream now.

badp

The streamer explained that many of the inputs actually go to waste

Pokemon does not listen for input during movement

StrixVaria

6:41 PM

Not sure if there are "dead" frames during evolution, though.

badp

it truly is a lottery

@StrixVaria I don't think so, yeah.

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria Game might read a on that frame instead of B though (and thus do nothing)

who's poisoned?

StrixVaria

Pidgeot

Ben Brocka

damn

StrixVaria

There's not much more before Celadon, though.

They can probably make it.

badp

6:46 PM

what if the stream only pressed a button every 5 commands

Ben Brocka

wish they hadn't dethrottled start

badp

would people start signing up armies of sockpuppets for maximum spamming?

StrixVaria

They used start to help with the ledge, actually.

They paused and spammed A to try to get stuck in menus for the duration of the delay, then spammed up+right.

Fluttershy

7:14 PM

Did chat just die for anyone else? O_o

3ventic

Chrome wanted to show me a cached copy of the bridge all of a sudden

FEichinger

@Fluttershy Yes, SE had an outage.

Braiam

chat? SE went down

3ventic

Our network provider is experiencing a bit of increased traffic. We and they are investigating.

Tweeted by StackStatus on February 16, 2014 at 7:15 PM

FEichinger

@3ventic Which could be related to this.

Braiam

7:16 PM

> 12 de feb. de 2014

Frank

Looks like chat is back up, but gaming.SE is still down.

Braiam

chat.se resolves to SO

AU is fine, apparently only x.SE

FEichinger

@Braiam Doesn't mean it's not happening again. ;)

Braiam

wait... sunday + traffic = really?

SO is down

RedRiderX

@Braiam Everybody panic

FEichinger

7:20 PM

@Braiam Hence why I'm saying, could be another attack.

Braiam

RedRiderX

If I found that on my arms I might panic

Unless I had expected it to be there.

3ventic

I would panic even if I expected it

RedRiderX

Also I've now found out that the Steam mobile app doesn't support group chat

major bummer there

Ullallulloo

We back!

Nick T

7:41 PM

SO down...so sad

should go play LoL

or just cry

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Okay, so I'm very new here, so bare with me. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside windows 7 on my old Toshiba Satellite L505D-GS6000. from what i remember, this computer performed pretty fairly on the same game (Garry's Mod) in windows. I installed steam, then installed Garry's Mod, and s...

ati games steam

Unionhawk

@Yuki Because miliwipqozn makes it clear that it's a metric measurement.

So that ze europeans can understand it

Yuki

@NickT After a certain amount of time, those two options amount to pretty much the same thing.

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