The Bridge

Sterno

2:00 PM

Am I missing drama?

fredley

@Sterno You kinda missed it

Wipqozn

5 mins ago, by Wipqozn

you're getting worked up over someone clearing an imaginary number on a message on an internet chat room.

Yuki

@Sterno Didn't go long enough for me to bring up my "cc in case of drama" list.

FAE

I'm not in the habit of clearing stars, and have never cleared them from "good morning"s, but I kind of agree with @Wipqozn here, that if the stars are cleared, it's not doing any actual harm to the room here.

StrixVaria

It doesn't hurt that they're cleared, but there's also no reason to clear them.

Yuki

2:01 PM

@fredley Still can't find a good "stopping mid-panic" gif.

FAE

@StrixVaria I agree there's no reason to, but I also do not think it is worth disrupting the room even further with star spamming.

StrixVaria

@FAE Yes.

Both sides should stop doing what they're doing, and the problem will go away.

Wipqozn

@FAE Exactly. It just isn't a big deal.

FEichinger

It becomes a big deal when the same crap happens every other day.

fredley

@Yuki That's a difficult one

FEichinger

2:03 PM

We say "Stop it." and the result is it happens again.

That is, simply, bullshit.

StrixVaria

Ok moving more towards @Wipqozn here as you state the same thing over and over.

FEichinger

I'd have no problem with this if the star clearing would finally stop. But it hasn't.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Good. Everyone should always agree with me by default.

FAE

The only thing I'm ever interested in clearing is @Wipqozn out as owner, when I feel like it.

FEichinger

So, yes, I'll spam stars and disrupt the room further over it. Deal with it.

Sterno

2:04 PM

FEichinger

Either quit the star clearing, or I'll keep on doing that in the future.

Sterno

Double italics, so rarely seen together.

@FEichinger You should probably just complain to @badp directly. :P

fredley

@FAE You realise @Wipqozn is room owner right now?

FAE

@FEichinger I really don't think you're helping the situation here.

@fredley I do, hence the "when I feel like it."

fredley

@FAE I see

Ben Brocka

2:05 PM

Grace Note

@Blem "Good" is like seven orders of magnitude beneath the excellence of that cake.

FEichinger

@FAE So what. Saying "Stop it." and then leaving it be just to do that again the next time doesn't help anything either.

badp

While I did not clear the stars on "Good morning, Bridge" today, I would've done it anyway

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kalina

What do you mean there is drama going on and nobody pinged me?

You guys disappoint me

Wipqozn

@kalina Good.

fredley

2:07 PM

@kalina Everything is as it should be

Frank

@kalina I'm too busy crafting gems.

kalina

@Wipqozn shuttupturtle

FEichinger

@kalina I'm sorry, I was busy causing it.

Yuki

@kalina <adding @kalina to the 'cc in case of drama' list>

kalina

@Yuki what do you mean "adding"?

fredley

2:07 PM

@Yuki Who else is on the list?

kalina

I should be at the top of the list -.-

FAE

@fredley Sterno

Yuki

@fredley At this moment: @Sterno, @FEichinger, and @kalina

fredley

I like how all Bridge drama fizzles out into meta-chat about Bridge drama

@Yuki Add me please

kalina

@fredley you're welcome

now that I have absorbed all of the drama, I am going to go over to AskUbuntu and unleash all of my freshly absorbed drama

Sterno

2:08 PM

I wish I were devious enough to create this drama by clearing stars.

Yuki

Okay, anybody else want to be added to the 'cc in case of drama' list?

Sterno

Well, I am devious enough. I'm just too lazy.

FEichinger

@Yuki You could actually use my button script to keep the drama ping list at hand!

StrixVaria

@Yuki I think we should just ping the entire Bridge really.

fredley

@Sterno Imagine what would happen if all Bridge stars ever were cleared?

@StrixVaria I can make a bot that pings every present user if it's pinged. I'm sure nobody would abuse it at all.

badp

2:09 PM

oh but chat does have a setting to notify you on drama

Sterno

@fredley That's like imagining a world without doge. Wonderful

StrixVaria

@fredley Do it, but only let room owners or mods use it.

fredley

@Sterno WONDEFUL

StrixVaria

That way it will definitely not get abused.

FEichinger

That one is not me, btw.

But funny.

badp

2:10 PM

With this setting on you will be notified whenever there's drama.

fredley

@badp how, oh wise @badp?

badp

@fredley Follow the freehanded circle

fredley

@badp Also this UI is terrible

Origami Robot

@FEichinger I couldn't resist.

Ben Brocka

badp

2:11 PM

Of course there might prove to be too much drama to catch all the notifications!

Wipqozn

@Yuki I like bridge drama.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Pulls out HamBanner

badp

but that, really, is your problem

Yuki

All right, testing out this button script.

cc @Sterno @FEichinger @kalina @fredley @Wipqozn (drama)

O that's nice.

Grace Note

Oh, I did end up missing something. Oh well.

kalina

2:12 PM

\o/

FEichinger

@Yuki I know, right!

fredley

@GraceNote You can be added to @Yuki's drama notification

Grace Note

I would rather not

fredley

@GraceNote Each to their own

badp

Wouldn't adding Grace to the drama list make all the drama really shortlived and boring?

Ben Brocka

2:13 PM

Ignore the drama, pay attention to the fluff

Wipqozn

@badp Yeah, she'd just show up and tell us the correct way to view the situation and it would be over since gracenote is always right and knows all things.

badp

@BenBrocka Don't forget: your cat is paying for your feed crimes and his name today is in Comic Sans.

Yuki

@BenBrocka ... what is that on the right monitor?

StrixVaria

Aug 19 '13 at 19:49, by StrixVaria

@BenBrocka @fredley @OrigamiRobot @GnomeSlice @StrixVaria @GraceNote @Sterno @Ullallulloo @FEichinger @badp @Krazer @Wipqozn @fbueckert @JasonBerkan @RedRiderX @Blem @TrentHawkins @SaintWacko

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka The only time Carter wants to lay in front of my keyboard is after he's pooped.

Stack Exchange

2:14 PM

badp has removed StrixVaria from the list of this room's owners.

Ender

Morning bridge

StrixVaria

@badp What is your issue?

badp

@StrixVaria I wish I only had one

tombull89

I think I'm going mad...was there a clean-up on "Identify this game" question? I asked what a particular version of the Oregon Trail was with providing a screenshot and the theme tune around the start of my SE career but I can't find it in my questions list.

fredley

@badp 99 issues?

Ben Brocka

2:15 PM

@Yuki Contrast I think. Colors aren't right thanks to phone camera

badp

@fredley but owners ain't one

fredley

@tombull89 Might have been nuked

Ender

@fredley but lazers aint one?

Wipqozn

@tombull89 Yes. All ITG questions were deleted a year ago now I tihnk.

StrixVaria

@tombull89 There was a point where all ITG questions were deleted, and from there forward we instantiated a new policy about artifacts etc.

Wipqozn

2:15 PM

Let me find you the relevant meta.

Yuki

@BenBrocka No, I'm asking what it actually is, not why it looks so weird.

StrixVaria

So anything that actually provided an artifact from before that is lost.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Parker tries to get up on my desk a lot

@Yuki No the game is called Contrast

Ender

@BenBrocka Spider Cat?

Yuki

@BenBrocka Well, that was confusing.

StrixVaria

2:16 PM

@Wipqozn @BenBrocka Soldiers of justice, please undo evil @badp's evil doings.

Yuki

@StrixVaria Justice? <cringe>

badp

You are evil by visually pinging people in the room

and then quoting yourself for it

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka I have his cat tree/condo/whatever right next to my desk so he usually just hangs out there.

tombull89

well crap

Wipqozn

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Q: What should be done with questions asking for game identification?

UPDATE: Identify this game (ITG) questions are now off topic on the site. The community reached this decision with 34 vs 27 votes New ITG questions will be closed immediately, and we will start applying this policy retroactively in time. Following a series of discussions carried out here on m...

StrixVaria

2:17 PM

@tombull89 A mod may be able to find the question for you.

If the mods here weren't evil.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria That's a big if.

badp

but since I'm evil, once you find the question I'm going to permasuperburnilazer it and its author FOREVER in Comic Sans

tombull89

well, I asked the question, and the title was along the lines of "which version of the Oregon Trail was this"

I thought I could see deleted questions of mine?

badp

@tombull89 If you have the link, yes

tombull89

oh

Stack Exchange

2:19 PM

Sterno has added StrixVaria to the list of this room's owners.

badp

so if you had the link you could see gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/15895/…

LessPop_MoreFizz

Inside the end of Irrational Games

badp

but you don't have the link!

YOU WILL NEVER EVER SEE YOUR QUESTION AGAIN!

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot I have an end table he sits on if it's near there...need to put it back so he sits on it instead of the desk

badp

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

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LessPop_MoreFizz

2:19 PM

@badp You are not very good at this Evil Mastermod thing, are you?

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Removing owners and giving them good advice are not mutually exclusive.

Yuki

@badp Don't evil laughs typically start with a "Mu-" before continuing on to the "hahaha" part?

badp

@Yuki I'm a busy man so I went straight to the loop

I'm sure @tombull89 will appreciate the efficiency

Grace Note

@Yuki Or a Gya. Or a Wa, Or a Gra. Or a lot of things really.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot like this:

StrixVaria

2:21 PM

I think @badp is broken.

LessPop_MoreFizz

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Shopping

Proposed Q&A site for all people who need advice when going to buy some thing.

Currently in definition.

Yuki

@badp Yeah, but that prefix is what distinguishes evil laughs from merely overly enthusiastic laughs.

Sterno

ALL THESE CAT PICTURES TO COUNTER THE DRAMA MAKE ME ANGRY, CAUSING DRAMA

tombull89

Thanks, I think. I now await my comic sansification.

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz Sounds like a site for me. I need to buy things.

Ben Brocka

2:22 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz After Software Rec I guess I'm not surprised

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Relevant xkcd.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno But do you need advice when going to buy some thing?

Sterno

One might say I'm even an expert on buying things. Just look at my Steam account!

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, who ever really needs advice?

badp

@tombull89 Man, notepad is really busy today

Yuki

Considering this is Stack Exchange, I can easily see that site slipping into the last case.

badp

2:23 PM

Here we go, one Comic Sans up for the gentleman in white

Next?

tombull89

@Yuki It's been tried before and killed off by SE.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno If only your mother had taken it...

badp

@tombull89 you mean notprogrammingrelated.SE?

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT

2

Which after typing out I'm not going to actually say, because it just comes out weird.

Powerlord

I heard a rumor that canadians are aliens.

Sterno

2:25 PM

The short version is, a vasectomy didn't work and here I am!

Journeyman Geek

@Sterno: if all else fails, runner band.

Grace Note

@Powerlord Apparently it's early enough that I parsed out "slimes" instead of "aliens".

Powerlord

@Sterno We can fix that. heads over to the black cabinet

Ben Brocka

Powerlord

Man I'm hungry. Is anyone else hungry?

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:27 PM

@Sterno Something something milkman.

(You're old enough for it to have been a milkman, right?)

Wipqozn

@Powerlord No.

Sterno

If you go by popular theory, I pre-date milkmen.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz @Sternold is old enough for it to have been a T-Rex.

Stack Exchange

LessPop_MoreFizz has removed Wipqozn from the list of this room's owners.

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Wipqozn

I was in the middle of saying I wonder if sterno is part t-rex when you removed me and I lost the message.

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:28 PM

I saw the italics and they offended my delicate sensibilities.

Grace Note

@Powerlord I am, actually.

Sterno

As a result of my miraculous birth, my mother decided I was destined to cure cancer. Like the smart fellow I am, I decided to delegate. That's now my daughter's responsibility.

3ventic

I haven't heard this in a while

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Wipqozn

@Sterno If your daughter takes after you I'm sure she will do the same.

Sterno

@Wipqozn Seems fair.

Powerlord

2:34 PM

I feel old today.

Probably because yesterday was my birthday.

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka Carter just sits on top of his basket and tears up the blinds.

Ben Brocka

parker just pokes through one side of the blinds. Should have got vertical blinds I guess

Origami Robot

I'm not even going to bother fixing them because he'll just tear them up again.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot you changed your gravatar again.

FLCL was a pretty rad anime.

Powerlord

That's not OrigimaiRobot, it's his evil twin OrigamiSpambot!

Origami Robot

2:38 PM

@Wipqozn My dissatisfaction with happy BMO was well documented.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I still think RoboQozn is the best avatar.

Sterno

D3 wizards are so much better than barbs.

Arperum

@3ventic Second link to it today.

Sterno

Unless you're measuring their ability to stand still and take damage. Then the barb wins.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Isn't your barb still set-up for pre-1.05 though?

Ben Brocka

2:42 PM

$5 gift card when preordering MGS Ground Zeros from newegg

Wipqozn

BAck when barbs had to just have nothing but resistance on their armor and nothing else?

Origami Robot

What is the Crusader's schtick? Sword and Shield?

Ben Brocka

(superior version linked, applies to all versions)

Origami Robot

cc @StrixVaria

Sterno

@Wipqozn Not really. I mean, he isn't min-maxxed, but I've replaced most of his gear.

Wipqozn

2:42 PM

@OrigamiRobot Yes. It's basically a Paladin.

Sterno

Whereas my newbie wizard with vendor gear is annihilating Master difficulty.

Wipqozn

Has some support skills too. Heal allies, boost ally attack speed, be handsome, et cetera.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot He even has a passive to be able to wield a shield + two handed stuff.

Sterno

Like, a "hard" fight for him is a normal fight for the barb

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, I've been doing Master with my Wizard nad haven't really had any problems.

Origami Robot

2:43 PM

Ugh, anything less than dual wielding just feels wrong in this game.

Wipqozn

There's the odd elite pack here and there, but that's about it.

Sterno

I need to do some research and find out if that legendary axe I got last night that has a 33% chance to cause 350% bleed is worth the lower damage

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Sword+Shield or Two-handed. Both options that all the other classes are shit at.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria There's a passive skill which allows a crusader to wield a two-handed item in one hand and a shield in the other.

StrixVaria

@Sterno There's a site that answers questions like this. I think it's called Ahoy! Solutions or something.

@Wipqozn want

wantwantnwantwantwnatnwaw

Origami Robot

2:45 PM

@StrixVaria Yea but the reason they're shit are because dual wielding gives two weapons sockets.

StrixVaria

In D2 Barbarians could equip a 2-handed weapon in each hand.

Sterno

@StrixVaria They're experts at everything.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, that's a big hit I guess, but I'm sure the Crusader will still be playable.

Wipqozn

oh, they also have a passive that makes it so every gem in your armor gives you strength.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn These Crusader passives actually sound useful.

When I'm playing as a Wizard I don't even know what passive to take because they all sound shit.

Wipqozn

2:47 PM

and when I saw armor I mean every piece of equipment.

Ben Brocka

Samsung 750GB SSD for $349, good deal?

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria some of them are really handy. I really like paralysis and prodigy.

Arperum

5 mins ago, by Arperum

@OrigamiRobot He even has a passive to be able to wield a shield + two handed stuff.

Sterno

@BenBrocka I haven't looked in about 2 years, but back then it was about $2 gb on a SSD

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka I spent at least $200 on my 120GB SSD 4 years ago. That's the only basis of comparison I have.

FEichinger

2:50 PM

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/cc: @AshleyNunn @FAE, I suppose.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria There's also a skill that increases your armor as your life decreases.

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria PRices have dropped considerably. Can fetch a $120GB for $70 if you're lucky or $80 with near weekly sales at Newegg

Grace Note

@FEichinger Snrk

Ben Brocka

@FEichinger the only good thing to come from tumblritis

Wipqozn

Also gain health whenever you block. Also gain X health for every point of wrath you spend. Wrath being the resource spender for a crusader.

Sterno

2:52 PM

This would be a good opportunity for me to buy one and replace the 250gb drive I stole from my wife's machine.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Really? Most of them seem meh to me. There are a couple good ones, but I feel like my last couple choices will be hard because the remaining options are all bad instead of all good.

fredley

@Sterno Lifehack

FAE

@BenBrocka Only €259 over here, hm.

Sterno

@fredley TLDR

fredley

It's a joke please don't be mad

Ender

2:53 PM

@FAE what currency is that

Powerlord

@BenBrocka Stop that you temptre... er... tempter?

GnomeSlice

FarSky is now available on Desura

FAE

@Ender Euro.

fredley

@Sterno From skimming it, most of their advice on how to not be a cynical asshole seems to involve watching South Park. I'm cynical.

Ender

@FAE Is that automatic on your keyboard or do you have to press alt + ####

kalina

2:54 PM

altgr+4 €

Ben Brocka

Depends on the keyboard type, euro keyboards have it and shift around special characters compared to US qwerty

kalina

or ctrl+alt+4

Ender

learn new things everyday!

FAE

@Ender I use alt+0128

Ender

€! I did it! :D

Sterno

2:55 PM

Alright, I think I'm getting one of these SSDs, another computer desk, and the Reaper of Souls expansion for my wife.

She'll then continue to not have time to play it, but I'll be husband of the year

Ender

This is a man, who knows what marriage is all about.

Ben Brocka

Only alt code I remember is 0153 because I use lots of ™s for @TheXbone™

kalina

you're purchasing your wife an ssd?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Looks interesting.

FAE

@BenBrocka I remember a bunch of accented vowels from taking Spanish and French in high school.

Ben Brocka

2:56 PM

I was hoping for a 1TB ssd but 750 should be enough for Steam for now, maybe even + my ISOs and such

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn This is the happiest day of my life.

;_;

kalina

the only alt code I remember is bullet point •

Origami Robot

@kalina is now jealous of @Sterno's wife.

Sterno

@kalina Yes.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot totes

Sterno

2:57 PM

@kalina To replace the one I previously purchased her and then plundered from her computer when she stopped using it.

Origami Robot

prepares to ship kalina/Sterno

kalina

oic, you're replacing her ssd because you stole it

that's far less romantic

Sterno

SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT

kalina

oh so you're lying to her as well?

Wipqozn

@Sterno That's all that really matters.

kalina

2:58 PM

no man has risen and subsequently fallen in my estimations so quickly

Sterno

After our daughter was born we dropped down to 1 PC since we didn't have time to play games together anymore. Hers sat in the basement for a year and a half

then I needed a SSD for my work machine so I plundered it

kalina

you STOLE

Sterno

BORROWED

kalina

how would you feel if you arrived home to find your PC in pieces?

Powerlord

Must... resist... plundering booty joke....

Sterno

2:59 PM

The difference is that I'd notice my PC was in pieces!