The Bridge

badp

14:00

still gg

GnomeSlice

And i played it dozens of times

Arperum

@badp Whoops?

badp

hell I could jump out

Ben Brocka

and the engie one is practically given to you. I just cheated to unlock all ships. Though it was an old code and didn't include new configs

GnomeSlice

I guess I wasn't very good at it

Ben Brocka

14:00

@badp don't feel bad, you never had a chance. That's only phase 1

5pike

Ben Brocka

the drone clusterfuck of phase 2 (I think it's 2) is my least favorite part

badp

oh wait now I can't jump because they disrupted the console

Private Pansy

I'm surprised you made it as far as the final battle

badp

oh well

@PrivatePansy me too, me too.

It would've been better if I realized sooner that I had oxygen turned off

Private Pansy

14:01

A bad encounter in sector 7 or 8 would've ripped your ship to shreds with that kind of equipment

Ben Brocka

wait you suffocated yourself?

badp

yes

1963 points

the ship never blew up!

Ben Brocka

Well that's embarrassing, you still had next to no chance of going through phase 2 alive though

Private Pansy

@badp If a subsystem was damaged then repaired, and there wasn't enough power to power it up again, it would stay unpowered until you manually power it up again

badp

Still! MY SHIP NEVER BLEW UP!

VICTORY

right?

Private Pansy

14:02

Look out for the 'not enough power' warning when the subsystems are repaired

user15026

@5pike I got so many of these as a kid :P

badp

bollocks, the next unlock is "defeat the flagship"

Private Pansy

I presume that was on Easy

Unionhawk

... These kids are drinking orange juice concentrate

badp

@PrivatePansy Nope, normal.

5pike

14:03

@badp No, you provided a usable ship to the enemy. You are a monster.

badp

@5pike The base is destroyed anyway

Private Pansy

Wow, you made it to the flagship on Normal with that?

badp

@PrivatePansy Yes

Private Pansy

That should be an achievement in itself

badp

I know!

user15026

14:03

@Unionhawk ick why

badp

I'm treating it as such.

Lazers

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I currently own a server with about 40 players at peak times, and there are these few players who build MASSIVE factories out of BuildCraft pipes. I have looked through all of the config files of Buildcraft and even tried de-compiling it's source code. Is there any way to prevent this without ban...

Ben Brocka

@badp you can get engie ship without doing that

badp

@BenBrocka The engie ship is "get to sector 5"

Ben Brocka

and a few (most) others with weirdass unlock conditions that are basically luck

badp

14:04

I've unlocked it with this run.

Ben Brocka

@badp oh, right

Unionhawk

Because making it properly is effort.

GnomeSlice

@badp Try it. It heals crewmembers no matter where they are in the ship

Ben Brocka

engie ship's starting weapons are awful though

cloak ship is good fun

GnomeSlice

Yeah

badp

14:05

Yeah, this run was fun but mostly because of the dumb luck I had in getting so far in the game.

Luck is fun, but not a reliable source of fun.

Private Pansy

@BenBrocka It's good, if you can get something damaging quickly

Ben Brocka

If you don't get lucky with weapons before a couple sectors in you're toast though

I guess that's the case with anything that doesn't START with great weapons though

Private Pansy

The Ion weapon can lock down any level of shield plus one subsystem with a well trained weapon crew and enough time

badp

Seriously though why the hell gate stuff behind such high walls

Ben Brocka

I thought ion cannons only got one or two levels of shield, or was it a special one?

Private Pansy

14:06

@BenBrocka No, the ion weapon fires faster than the shield can recover

Ben Brocka

@badp the unlocks and final boss are my biggest problems with the game

Private Pansy

Weapon cooldown is 4 seconds, each ion strike adds 5 seconds to the timer

Ben Brocka

@PrivatePansy Oh, I must have had a different one in my best cloak ship run. It was near-useless

badp

@BenBrocka Yeah; this run was successful because I unlocked stuff with it even if I died. Now the next bit of success is light years ahead

Private Pansy

Ah, I'm talking about the one that comes with the Engi A

Ben Brocka

14:07

I had to hit 'em with ion JUST before firing the glaive beam

Private Pansy

Ion Mk. 2, I believe. Ion Mk. 1 has a cooldown of 8 seconds, which means it would only deactivate one level of shield

badp

The Binding of Isaac was very good at making very many runs successful even when they result in death

Blem

3

Ben Brocka

@badp yeah whichi s why I just unlocked everything with a save edit and just tried out different stuff

GnomeSlice

@Blem loooool

badp

14:08

@Blem Absolutely NO psychic powers allowed on this website

Ben Brocka

@badp yeah BOI was great for that, though a few too many unlocks were negative or not very useful

Braiam

@Blem just hit the "sound" icon...

Ben Brocka

audio captchas are usually awful

badp

Yeah, just ask for a new one

Ben Brocka

Yahoo's is the worst. A bunch of children whispering random syllables as one slowly and quietly says numbers

Sounds like something out of Silent Hill

user15026

14:09

@BenBrocka They usually creep me out

user15026

@BenBrocka Oh god no yuck

Blem

@Braiam the audio is not related to the picture sadly

Private Pansy

@badp After a few runs you sort of realize when a run in FTL is going to flounder. You can probably choose to bail out by restarting, or just try to go as far as possible

Ben Brocka

solve the following voice captcha:

►

Private Pansy

@badp The game is quite a bit more forgiving on Easy, so I'd suggest starting with that first

badp

14:14

@BenBrocka Oh I know that one. It says "Heil kitty! Kitty kitty kitty kitty~"

GnomeSlice

I should go out and do life things but I'm too scared

Braiam

@Blem :(

user15026

@GnomeSlice You can do it. I believe in you.

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn I THINK HE'S A MYTH

user15026

@OrigamiRobot You probably don't believe in Santa Claus either.

GnomeSlice

14:17

> The mountain with a horse for a head sighed, "I'll never forget this snowy day." And then it got hit by a flying truck, right in the umbrella.

user15026

LinkedIn just asked me to congratulate myself on my new job.

agent86

3

GnomeSlice

> Having Mountain open on my desktop for the past couple days has really, honestly surprised me. Truth be told, I liked the concept when I first found out about it, but the way it's snapped into my day-to-day life, almost puzzle-piece-like, has really made me wish there were more games like this. I'd love to see an entire genre of low-impact interactive toys that just kind of... make people happy.

<3

StrixVaria

Just backtracked quite a ways in Dark Souls to get to a bonfire, then realized all I really did was the same as if I had died since I'd have to fight through all the same enemies again.

@GnomeSlice Why did I have 10 estus flasks and why do I only have 5 now?

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Kindled bonfire.

The one at firelink is kindled once already.

You can kindle bonfires to add 5 flasks at them permanently

StrixVaria

14:21

Oh I see.

GnomeSlice

You can't do it yet though.

Did you find undeadburg?

StrixVaria

I need humanity or something.

GnomeSlice

Yes.

StrixVaria

Yeah I'm in undeadburg I think. I'm like going across rooftops and bridges and stuff.

Haven't died since the boss yet!

GnomeSlice

You also need the rite of kindling to kindle more than once per fire

Origami Robot

14:23

@StrixVaria NO NEED TO BE RUDE ABOUT IT!

Ben Brocka

Investors are great

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I'm playing really safe.

Mostly holding down block as I go around corners and stuff.

One undead guy with a shield did a bunch to me though because I kept trying to parry.

Ben Brocka

> I do not understand video games and I even feel angry because, at Nintendo's shareholders' meetings, the shareholders always discuss things relating to video games or such childish topics as "what the future of video games should be," while I, for one, was flabbergasted that Mr. Iwata continues to hold his position although he had said that he would resign if the company's performance were bad*.

I hope that Nintendo's shareholders' meeting will become an opportunity where the shareholders discuss the company's business operations from the viewpoints of capital gain and dividends.

user15026

@BenBrocka what.

Frank

@BenBrocka So, "Screw video games, make me more money!"

GnomeSlice

14:29

Minimalist Wikipedia

Sterno

Old White Rich Guy cares about money, not games. He wants to hear that the guy who lost him money is getting fired, not that we need more free-to-play games with IAPs

GnomeSlice

wikipedia.moesalih.com/Stackoverflow

that's awesome

Origami Robot

@GnomeSlice THIS IS JUST BIGGER FONT WIKIPEDIA

fredley

@GnomeSlice This is a stylesheet

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot What do you think minimalist means?

GnomeSlice

14:31

Visualizing Algorithms

@fredley ur a stylesheet

Sterno

GODDAMNIT I MISSED DRAMA AGAIN

SaintWacko

@Arperum :(

Origami Robot

@RonanForman NOT CTRL+SCROLLUP

Sterno

No one notified me. This is your punishment.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Don't forget 2-bit colour.

SaintWacko

14:33

@Sterno I still recognize that youtube code

Lazers

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Q: Minecraft server connection timeout on Mac OS X version 10.6.8

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Wipqozn

@Sterno oh btw there was drama earlier.

Ben Brocka

Newegg really wants you to buy Smash Bros/a wii u. Their add includes a link to an article about 5 reasons Smash Bros is a system seller

SaintWacko

@Wipqozn link?

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Have you tried Tallowmere?

Arperum

14:35

General Arqade Chat. We tried to leave once, but the door lock...

5

1

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz I disagree. Liquor is wonderful to drink

@Arperum Uh...

Origami Robot

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Yeah, it's interesting

Jutschge

@Arperum almost^^

SaintWacko

Kinda reminds me of Catacomb Kids

Arperum

14:35

@SaintWacko There is always drama in the Bridge.

2

Sterno

@SaintWacko This one is special for you, then

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Is that the tutorial boss

Sterno

@StrixVaria No

Wipqozn

@Arperum Oh buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Arperum

@SaintWacko Yea, I don't like it at all.

Frank

14:37

@Wipqozn Which I still don't agree with, but it really was a GTFO situation.

Origami Robot

I DEMAND TO SEE A PICTURE OF @SaintWacko KITTEN

Powerlord

Every single night, the same arrangement, I go out and fight the fight.

Wipqozn

@Frank NO. DRAMA OVER. TOO LATE TO DRAMA AGAIN.

Powerlord

Wait... no random breaking out into song.

Frank

@Wipqozn I CAN ALWAYS DRAMA ABOUT THE DRAMA!

user15026

14:39

@Powerlord Now I am singing that in my head

Wipqozn

@Frank Do you really want to give @Sternold the joy of getting to enjoy Drama first hand?

GnomeSlice

Cut off your festival wristbands or else

Sterno

Also, belatedly, MOD ABUSE cc @badp

Frank

@Wipqozn Honestly, I don't mind him enjoying drama first hand.

Sterno

Disclaimer: I do not think there was actual abuse, but it is important to say MOD ABUSE whenever possible

7

SaintWacko

14:40

Frank

Even when we bash heads on a very regular basis.

Wipqozn

@Frank Well that's just silly.

GnomeSlice

Spoiler alert: that article is fake

Sterno

@Frank We've barely argued at all lately.

Wipqozn

@SaintWacko That is so adorable.

Origami Robot

14:40

@SaintWacko EEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Frank

@Sterno I know!

You have to step up your game.

Powerlord

MOD ABOOSE! MOD CABOOSE!

badp

MOD PERUSE

Origami Robot

MOAR PICTURES!

GnomeSlice

Smartypins: A geography trivia game based on Google maps.

Origami Robot

14:41

IN FACT, I DEMAND TO SEE PICTURES OF EVERYONE'S PETS

fredley

Always remember:

4

Origami Robot

GnomeSlice

Wow I suck at this

Sterno

@Frank I'm sure next time plot/lore questions come up in meta, we'll have a reason to argue.

GnomeSlice

user15026

14:43

@SaintWacko SO MUCH CUTE

5pike

Jun 28 at 20:54, by 5pike

Ben Brocka

Brilliant yet certainly not worth the effort

fredley

@BenBrocka Awaiting 'nailed it' follow up gallery

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot ...that looks a lot like my mom's dog. She even has the same kind of harness.

SaintWacko

@Powerlord He stole your mom's dog

Frank

14:44

@Sterno Meh. I just downvote every single plot/lore question I come across.

Origami Robot

Ben Brocka

@fredley man sticking a full package of Chips Ahoy into a blender Nailed it

Frank

And we'd just be rehashing the same old arguments, over and over.

Powerlord

@SaintWacko I said a lot like... my mom's dog is a mix and has a black tongue.

fredley

@BenBrocka What's a chip ahoy?

Origami Robot

14:45

IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT THAT'S A GIANT WOLF SPIDER

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot plsno

Ben Brocka

@fredley bad prepackaged cookies

Origami Robot

THAT PIPE IS 4"

StrixVaria

@fredley I'm so sorry for your sad existence.

fredley

@BenBrocka Ah

badp

14:45

@fredley I must've missed the part where she bakes it up

fredley

Another thing that aren't chips

StrixVaria

@fredley Chocolate Chips

Ben Brocka

chocolate chips

badp

@fredley You mean like pringles?

fredley

Oh

Powerlord

14:46

fredley

Chocolate chips are chips

user15026

Now I want cookies

fredley

Mircochips are chips

badp

@Powerlord Oh the classic ones

fredley

Chips are chips

Crisps are not chips

StrixVaria

14:46

French fries are not chips

Frank

@BenBrocka Yeah, definitely not worth the effort. It would tend to get messy, fast.

badp

Just call 'em cookies and be done with it

Ben Brocka

@Frank and it's only about 3 cookies worth of cooki for all that trouble

GnomeSlice

Skrillex becomes latest musician to be sued for copyright infringement

These are amazing

user15026

@Frank Yeah, I feel like there would be a point where either it would dissolve or fall apart or something bad

Frank

14:50

@BenBrocka Now, if someone wants to sell me cookie cups, alright, I'll do that at least once.

They'd be great as novelty items.

@AshleyNunn I dunno about you, but soggy cookie in milk is not one of my more enjoyable experiences.

Ben Brocka

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Got surprisingly far before realizing it was fake.

badp

That cup seems barely enough to contain two or maybe three gulps of milk

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn chocolate coating would keep the cookie separate from the milk. But the experience would then mostly be drinking milk then eating a cookie with chocolate painted on one side

badp

I believe that's the point, yeah.

The real issue is that the cup has no handles :P

Ben Brocka

14:52

Most of my cups have no handles

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Hahahahaha

Ben Brocka

> The second I read flatulence I knew it was over

Sterno

In other news, why do people eat Pringles?

They're disgusting and something is wrong with you if you like them.

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka dRINKING THE MILK IS THE WORST PART ABOUT COOKIES AND MILK.

Reginald S. Terno

@Sterno You're totally right and amazing.

2

5pike

14:55

Oh you.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno I've had long conversations with people about this. Some people actually like the fact that they are all identical. Weird.

Frank

@ReginaldS.Terno No, he's not. He's wrong and boring.

Origami Robot

@Sterno I DON'T BUY THEM OR ANYTHING, BUT I WILL EAT THEM ALL IF YOU GIVE THEM TO ME

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot and you get to wait like an hour before doing it in this case!

fredley

@ReginaldS.Terno *flags*

Grace Note

14:57

...are we doing chips vs. chips again?

fredley

@GraceNote This is what happens when we run out of drama

I don't know which is worse

Grace Note

Drama is worse. English versus English is hilarious.

user15026

Potato chips are chips and everything else is wrong

Frank

I can spin up the old drama machine, if you prefer.

Most of us will probably not enjoy the experience, I suspect, however.

Reginald S. Terno

@AshleyNunn I'd star that twice if I could! In fact...

Ben Brocka

14:58

@fredley Drama is an infinite resource due to the drama resulting from there being no drama to cause drama about

Origami Robot

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot delicious

Grace Note

@AshleyNunn Technically this works for both of the forms of chips commonly contested, no?

They're both chips of potatoes. Just different shapes of chips.

fredley

@GraceNote Chips aren't chips anymore when they become thin enough to be 'crisp'

I call woodchips woodchips because they're chips of wood, except when they become thin and become 'shavings'.

POTATOES ARE THE SAME

(except s/shavings/crisps/g)

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I love Milk. Milk rocks.

Grace Note

15:01

Aww. I was just about to mention wood chips, too, as well as appearantialistic naturons.

Origami Robot

@Wipqozn MILK IS TERRIBLE

IT JUST MAKES YOUR MOUTH FEEL SLIMY

GnomeSlice

Miley Cyrus Set To Shock Fans by Keeping Clothes On in New Music Video

teehee

fredley

@GnomeSlice pls

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice I don't believe it

GnomeSlice

fine

fredley

15:03

@Wipqozn I love milk but milk rocks sound disgusting

Is that what happens when you get that crusty stuff around the lid?

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening | Electronic / Instrumental

Paris Hilton Caught Faking DJ Set By Using Remote Controlled Robot Hands

This is too much

fredley

@GnomeSlice pls

GnomeSlice

@fredley FINE

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice A music video of her with clothes on?!? I'll ... be in my bunk.

badp

15:21

@Sterno says the mushroom hater

GnomeSlice

Bundlestars Reboot Bundle 5

worth it for Blades of Time if you're into hack and slash

badp

(Half the room is a mushroom hater! This is a completely reasonable extrapolation.)

Frank

@Sterno You don't like mushrooms or Pringles!? That's it, it's go time.

SaintWacko

@badp Mushrooms are amazing

badp

and then Frank and Sterno had a go with it

@SaintWacko You're preaching to the choir

My life doesn't have nearly enough mushrooms in it

Origami Robot

15:25

MUSHROOMS ARE TERRIBLE

Powerlord

@badp You can have all my mushrooms.

Origami Robot

I WOULD GET THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF CARTER WOULD EVEN FIT IN THE LITTLE HOUSES

fredley

Ben Brocka

I see it's post funny pictures day for you guys too

Does anyone actually use minibars? I always assume I'll be charged $46,000 the moment I touch the door

badp

@fredley wat

fredley

15:31

@badp The language

Origami Robot

I'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN IN A PLACE WITH A MINIBAR

fredley

For your added convenience -- added to what? Convenience is additive?

badp

@fredley ? I mean it's bullshit that they charge you for merely reading labels, but..?

fredley

We are delighted to provide -- I'm bloody sure you are

badp

@fredley Well kind of yes it is.

fredley

15:32

Lies

badp

What if you wanted some Coke at 3am?

Ben Brocka

Well I'd find a dealer and...

badp

@BenBrocka I forgot all-night cola dealers are a thing in the US.

Grace Note

@BenBrocka I don't because I don't like losing money for touching doors.

badp

Also, I suppose there's automated machines.

Ben Brocka

15:34

@GraceNote imagine how expensive that'd get in Silent Hill

badp

@BenBrocka Yes, essentially. Also it's hilarious that they stock them with bottles of water while putting glasses by the tap in the bathroom.

Grace Note

But I mean, I've seen TV shows where the minibar was a critical component for solving the case! So clearly some people do in fact do that.

Ben Brocka

@badp tap water is usually nasty though

badp

@BenBrocka Not in my experience

Jason Berkan

@GraceNote Business expense accounts.

Ben Brocka

15:35

well the last hotel I was in is in the biggest desert in the US

badp

Well yeah then maybe bottled water is a little more of a premium

I might be wrong but the closest desert from here is in Spain

Ben Brocka

babby snake

badp

@BenBrocka oh god are those foot fingers please tell me those are foot fingers.

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka THEY LIVE IN A HO-HO-HO-HO-HOLE

Ben Brocka

toes? I assume they're hand fingers and just look weird because of the angle

Grace Note

15:37

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Ben Brocka

@GraceNote unlike other attorneys he doesn't chuckle

Powerlord

@GraceNote Ooh, lock on technology

Speaking of which, why is it still another month and 2/3 before we get the Layton v. Wright game in NA?

badp

Turns out the replacement earbuds are garbage but oh well

Maybe it's going to be garbage that lasts

Ben Brocka

...that actually sounds worse

badp

I can't stand non-stereo

or -- worse -- stereo sound in just one ear

which is the more accurate description of the pair I'm sending back to Amazon

Wipqozn

15:46

@fredley Oh you

@OrigamiRobot You hate mushrooms too!?

Man, you're a monster.

badp

Robots have literally no taste.

fredley

What is it with people hating delicious mushrooms?

Mushrooms are awesome

Funghi all the way

5pike

@badp If you ever visit a country where tapwater makes you sick, you be glad that you get some water bottles in the fridge, even if they cost 3€.

Wipqozn

@fredley I think people just hate delicious things.

badp

@5pike That's almost Ryanair pricing

@Wipqozn Basically hipsters

5pike

15:51

@badp Some give you 1 complimentary bottle, but you usually have to pay.

FAE

Good afternoon all

5pike

Beats having dysentery, thoug.

Wipqozn

re: pet picture sharing from an hour or two ago

The last two are of the same cat.

Origami Robot

@Wipqozn WHICH ONE IS "MISS KITTY CAT?"

CC @FAE

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot The bottom one.

She's next to me right now actually.

Origami Robot

15:57

BAWW

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Finally, a face to the song!

Wipqozn

I should probably go on a concert tour.

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