The Bridge

Lazers 2.0

00:09

0

I am adding more hangars to my mothership, but my total command points remains at 8 so I can't use many of the better ships. How do I increase my command points?

spaz2

user15026

Bridge, I am tired and grumpy. What was the best part of your day? Maybe other people's good stuff will make me smile.

StrixVaria

@Ash My daughter sang me the ABC song like 10 times in a row and skipped H-P every time, but otherwise got it right.

Avery

rip hewlett packard

user15026

@StrixVaria that is pretty awesome.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash yesterday my wife was with my daughter at whole foods

RedRiderX

00:13

@Avery What do they need to do to connect with the new generation?

Avery

@RedRiderX nice try HP

GodEmperorDune

my daughter has a little lion shaped chew toy

Avery

you'll need to contract me before I tell you the secrets of reaching out to millennials

GodEmperorDune

one person was showing her in a little kid way how lions go "roar"

so a few minutes later, they're in line at the checkout

StrixVaria

"rrrrrrawr" is my daughter's default sound for any animal she doesn't know.

GodEmperorDune

00:14

and the next person in line is waving hi, so my daughter studies the toy, shoves it out proudly and makes this tiny little "rawr"

StrixVaria

"What's that?" "A kangaroo" "Kangaroos go 'rrrrrrawr', right?" "I have no idea."

GodEmperorDune

my wife said the dude behind her turned to anime face with big teary eyes

Avery

aaaaaaaaaah

user15026

@GodEmperorDune oh my God if I saw that I would melt

GodEmperorDune

@Ash i melted just hearing the retelling

user15026

00:17

@GodEmperorDune it made me smile real big

user15026

@StrixVaria great now I am wondering what sound they do make if anything

GodEmperorDune

unrelated @ash, someone submitting issues to a thing i follow on github is named "Alix Hamilton" and seeing it pop up in emails gets songs in my head

Avery

gnight bridge

oh and before I sleep

GodEmperorDune

dun duh-duh-duh... "how does a..."

StrixVaria

@Ash Also quails, ostriches, toucans, and koalas.

The alphabet flash cards we have are fond of birds apparently.

Avery

00:22

I sent a PR to a project a couple days and and someone requested review from a contributor and they didn't handle that yet and I don't want to be pushy but like, when would be a good time to poke them?

(thanks to @GodEmperorDune for reminding me this indirectly)

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria i think toucans advertise breakfast cereal or something

Yuuki

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki 2011, the halcyon days of pre-brexit

Avery

well no

the review went through but it's still pending merge

blegh

murgatroid99

@Avery I'd poke it

Avery

00:33

@murgatroid99 I'll probably do it tomorrow then, how can I poke it without sounding rude or pushy?

RedRiderX

@Avery I have to poke clients and colleagues all the time.

Just say that you're checking back to see if someone had a chance to look at your pr

Private Pansy

@Avery If you see another PR being merged in before yours, maybe that's a good time to poke

Don't wait too long - if the files your PR changes gets churned you need to do more work to make the PR mergable

Avery

Thanks to all three

murgatroid99

@Avery You could say something like "Is there anything blocking this from getting merged?"

user15026

00:53

@GodEmperorDune That's lovely

Frank

01:03

I'm debating if I should start playing FF15.

I picked it up on release, but have yet to actually play it.

Lazers 2.0

01:23

0

Q: How do i extract .IDX and .APK files from Gundam: The 3D Battle?

Pretty sure no one has done this before, but i have no knowledge on romhacking and i am looking to translate the the game mentioned in the title, i've already decompressed the CIA file the game came in and have all the files at my disposal, but i can only open some uncompressed loading screens an...

mods

GodEmperorDune

@Ash just thought of this, if you want to feel awesome, i highly recommend listening to the wonder woman soundtrack

user15026

01:37

@GodEmperorDune That movie was so good.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash so good

just listening to the soundtrack and i'm smashing bugs left and right

sorry RIP @twobugs

Yuuki

01:56

@Ash I charged my car today!

user15026

@Yuuki That's awesome. :D

Yuuki

I'm so tempted to go out right now and drive on the highway for a bit.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki i heard its national electric vehicle week

Yuuki

Apparently it was last week.

GodEmperorDune

oh whoops

Lazers 2.0

02:49

0

Q: What Game Engine is used to build Pokemon Revolution Online if there is any?

Link to the game official website: Pokemon Revolution Online

pokemon-series pokemon-revolution-online

James

03:14

@Lazers2.0 Lulz, Third paragraph down on the Home Page 'Written in C#, PRO aims to be the most completely developed custom-engine Pokémon MMO'

Pft

Probably an ad post.

Unionhawk

Golf is imbedded in the Switch firmware and JP internet is calling it an “omamori” or charm from Iwata (he coded the game himself)

Tweeted by sprsk on September 20, 2017 at 12:11 AM

HELP

quartata

03:29

;_;

Yuuki

@Unionhawk So... how do I access it?

user15026

@Unionhawk oh my gosh <3

Yuuki

> the "hidden motion" to unlock the game seems to match Iwata's signature "Direct" hand motion

I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki H E L P

quartata

oh my this is so sad

user15026

03:41

The dog's tail wagged. It was his tail's job: to synchronize all nearby moods to the measure of his joy. A metronome of happiness.

Tweeted by ASmallFiction on September 19, 2017 at 3:32 AM

quartata

thanks

Fluttershy

@Yuuki T____________________T

user15026

04:32

@KevinvanderVelden Watching Great British Bake Off and yelling at it because they pronounce stroopwafel bad

user15026

OH GOD NOW THEY'RE EXPLAINING THE HISTORY

user15026

and they're pronouncing all the words wrong

user15026

05:17

@cazc_941 did you play Pocket Mine at all? They have released Pocket Mine 3 for Android at least and it is pretty great

Lazers 2.0

05:44

0

Q: My NPC (merchant) thinks my arena is his home!

Is there anyway to change his house? I don't want to destroy my arena!

terraria-console

Nzall

07:07

@Yuuki BTW, that map is outdated. by now, Pakistan and Brazil also have higher population than Uttar Pradesh

badp

07:32

Grrrrrrrr

Arperum

@Lazers2.0 There is on pc, I assume there also is one on console.

Memor-X

@Arperum or do the old way of changing hours, destroy the tables, chairs and light sources which make it a valid home

Nzall

07:51

@badp To be fair, if the original sentence specifies an article, then the translated sentence should also have that article.

Lazers 2.0

08:09

0

Q: heroes 7 - trial by fire vs heroes 7 - normal

I own a copy of Heroes 7 (steam). I am 2 missions away from finishing all campaigns etc. In game I noticed a "trial by fire" button that was blurred out because I don't own it. I thought it was a dlc so tried to find the "buy" button (the way it was in H6 with Crag Hag campaign, Shades of darkne...

might-magic-heroes-7 might-magic-heroes-7-trial-by-fire

0

Q: Path of Exile API next_change_id format

Does any body know how the next change ID increments on the POE API? I appreciate this is more of a programming question but I though who best to ask if not the actual gamer's community. I think I have figured out the the API returns the latest, system wide next_change_id for the latest stash ...

path-of-exile

Chippies

08:32

@badp you might need to take the English lessons first

fredley

Wow, ~~Trello~~ Atlassian actually fixed the bug

badp

@Chippies pls

Nzall

Called 911 setting up iOS 11 Emergency SOS. SF emergency service called back, I derpily shared what happened. Them: “A lot of that today.” 😐

Tweeted by mediaphyter on September 20, 2017 at 2:21 AM

Lazers 2.0

08:49

-7

Q: Would anyone like to join our very helpful clan ? https://link.clashroyale.com/invite/clan/en?tag=8P0PCCRG&token=2jjers7g&platform=android

https://link.clashroyale.com/invite/clan/en?tag=8P0PCCRG&token=2jjers7g&platform=android We help anyone and everyone. At least 400 Trophies please :)

clash-royale

0

Q: I'm having problems finding the 27th memory

I have finished the game and now trying to get the last memory but I have no idea where to even start looking. Please help

opus-rocket-of-whispers

angussidney

@Lazers2.0 user has another answer advertising their clan, do we say spam or an off-topic misguided user?

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall that assumes that all languages are the same but with different words, they're not. Idioms matter and not all languages even have articles

@angussidney most definitely spam

Nzall

@KevinvanderVelden Dutch and English use articles in similar enough ways that in this case, saying "an egg" is different from just saying "egg". The former explicitly declared that only 1 egg has been eaten, while the other doesn't specify how much egg you have eaten. It could be 1 egg, it could be 12, it could be 3.7 (like scrambled),...

Kevin van der Velden

@badp so, should we just start dutching on nov 4th?

Henry WH Hack v2.1

09:04

@Avery I wasn't thinking at the time.

Been wanting to reply to that for a long time.

Avery

09:17

@HenryWHHackv2.1 alright dw

Henry WH Hack v2.1

I am proposing a site on: Creepy Pastas & Urban Legends. because I can.

duplicate search time.

Arperum

@fredley Wait, you're saying that Atlassian improved something? I'm still mad at them for making it a lot more work to log work to issues in Jira.

fredley

@Arperum Well, Trello support.

They took me seriously from first contact, requested system details, and had a fix pushed the next day

I mean that's pretty amazing for such a large product

Especially as it was such an edge-case bug

Avery

OK what the hell

a ppcg'er replied to a reddit message of mine

(not same username etc)

just if they knew

(well I assume they are a ppcg.se user because they pointed out that I might enjoy it)

badp

09:36

@KevinvanderVelden nijets, alstujeblijeftpls

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Does redstone work on stair blocks?

I have been attempting to rebuild a "super smelter", following Tango Tek's design However, for some reason, it won't work. The items to be smelted are not being distributed along the chain, like they should be. I think it's because I'm using upside down stair b...

minecraft-redstone

fredley

You can't discuss the history of Toys R Us without mentioning how the horrors of 9/11 made Geoffrey briefly lose hi… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/910002403298217985

Tweeted by xmasape on September 19, 2017 at 4:47 AM

badp

oh good now I'm getting semantically satiated of my own name

would not recommend

Avery

10:16

ok

badp

10:28

someone also mentioned ham mousse

Kevin van der Velden

@badp real name or bp?

badp

@KevinvanderVelden will pay for this

@KevinvanderVelden real name

Kevin van der Velden

@badp I was wondering how you'd get to hear bp a bunch ;p. The dutch learning thing still?

badp

@KevinvanderVelden nah that is actually kind of a sad story

in my previous job we were contracting for a bank called "BPM"

and this my username was like BP801672

...that felt really dehumanizing

here "BP" means "booking process"

Lazers 2.0

11:19

0

Q: Show map on Helldivers PS4 streaming to PSTV?

I'm playing Helldivers on my PS4, streamed to PSTV (Vita TV). I'm using a Dualshock 3, which of course has no touchpad. How can I open the map? Is there a generic way to emulate clicking the touchpad when using a DS3? (I wish it were mapped to Select, since I never actually use the Share button...)

ps4 controllers ps-vita-tv

The Mattbat999

11:59

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/113759/…

My new proposal

Henry WH Hack v2.1

@TheMattbat999 You spelled beginners wrong.

I think.

Hold on let me confirm.

The Mattbat999

@HenryWHHackv2.1 rips hair out

Henry WH Hack v2.1

Don't worry I fixed it.

The Mattbat999

Oh, I did to... huh

Henry WH Hack v2.1

Proposed Q&A site for this site is for beginner

You don't need the "this site is for" part.

Lazers 2.0

12:07

0

Q: Getting rid of buzzards

In my fortress buzzards are a pest,also they aways find a way to get caged,so i wold like to know if there is a way to kill then automatically(or at least without i having to manually kill each of then),it being complex isn't a big problem as long isn't very repetitive.

dwarf-fortress

The Mattbat999

@HenryWHHackv2.1 I fixed it

Henry WH Hack v2.1

Ok

@TheMattbat999 I fixed it first so. ;)

The Mattbat999

@HenryWHHackv2.1 rips brain out

>Welcome to Stack Exchange Area 51!

The Mattbat999 thought you'd be interested in this proposed Q&A site. If you like the idea, you can click the "Follow" button below to track the progress of this proposal.

Why? I proposed it

DanmakuGrazer

12:22

Because you clicked your own referral link

The Mattbat999

@DanmakuGrazer Oooooohhhh ok

Yuuki

12:56

4

cc @GodEmperorDune @Wipqozn @Ash

cazc_941

13:12

Dzeko ft. TOKA-J - Heart Speak (Official Lyric Video)

►

<3

badp

13:26

github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/blob/master/…

as a reminder

OKAY, PANIC.

Search performance of Stack Overflow will be degraded a bit this morning as we use the backup search cluster during our elastic upgrade.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on September 20, 2017 at 1:25 PM

Private Pansy

Have you ever looked at word2vec and wished there was a version for emojis? Well apparently there is! github.com/uclmr/emoji2vec

Yuuki

13:54

I think there's a point where lifehacks are so stupid that they wrap around and become brilliant.

cc @Sterno

Unionhawk

ugh can it be lunch yet

fuck

Kevin van der Velden

> "If you're reading this, you've been in a coma for almost 20 years now. We're trying a new technique. We don't know where this message will end up in your dream, but we hope it works. Please wake up, we miss you.",

Nice

DanmakuGrazer

@Yuuki But we're not there yet

badp

@KevinvanderVelden wake up, a world of nice things awaits you

this world clearly has to be fake noos

Lazers 2.0

14:14

0

Q: How to disable Xbox 360 "click for help" thing on Windows 10

I just bought an XBOX 360 Wired controller today, and I'm usually using Steam Big Picture, but everytime when I bring up the overlay by pressing the Xbox button, it also brings up this : How can I make this thing disappear?

controllers windows-10 xbox

Unionhawk

14:30

gets email Oh so that's how you get a hurricane staff patch

(Sea Base just put out a call for volunteers)

MadMAxJr

14:42

Good morning bridge.

badp

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10236244.2017.1369851

Frank

@MadMAxJr Good morning.

Sidenote: summer ran away super fast for us. Went from nice and comfy a couple weeks ago, to "Winter is coming!"

Yuuki

15:02

@Frank Oh, summer leaves in Canada?

RedRiderX

15:16

3

Avery

haha so true

I have tons without data, tons that are too short and one that's good

Unionhawk

That reminds me, I need to get a better USB-A->C cable for my car

Avery

and I didn't even buy the "good one"

it's the one that came with my ereader

Unionhawk

@Avery Those are usually the best

Avery

and it's the best one that I have, yeah

Unionhawk

15:24

I've got a nice one at work that's just a verizon brand Pixel (phone by google) charger

Yuuki

15:39

I have an AmazonBasics one that's fantastic except that it's short-ish.

badp

is there a way to get old now on tap on a pixel

Yuuki

So when it goes, I'll probably order a longer version.

badp

the shitty english language trick works

quartata

@PrivatePansy please no

why

I don't understand why you'd even bother, there's not enough emojis to make an embedding useful

at least I thought there weren't enough emojis

user15026

@Frank its still here for me!

user15026

15:42

Well, ish. (It's 22c today)

user15026

Started reading Zen and the Art of motorcycle Maintenance today and so far I don't get why it's so popular, it mostly makes me want to punch the author.

Avery

@Yuuki remember the switch drink thing and the mobile switch dock thing?

here's a more "why" thing

0x0011 - Phone in Switch Dock

►

Lazers 2.0

-1

Q: The martian reentry feeling - Searching for a solution to my game desire

You hear a light rumbling, the instruments show that you are only about 30 centimeters off the desired trajectory. You feel relieved, and take a couple of seconds off your duty to glance out the small window to your left. At first, you are blinded by orange light, but your eyes adapt quickly. A s...

kerbal-space-program

Yuuki

15:58

@Ash Is he being pretentious?

> Doctors Discover Gene That Makes Someone A Florida Fan Is The Same One That Makes People Think It’s OK To Go Shirtless To An Olive Garden.

> "I'm really confused that a Kentucky media outlet wrote this. This is beyond the pot calling the kettle black. This is the pot looking in the mirror and hating what it sees in itself."

Avery

16:15

we used to joke about this.

used to put tons of random goty tags (goty, x edition, gold, premium etc) and now it's real

thanks 2k

Chippies

@Avery what's the difference? I never thought there would be different editions of a sports game

Avery

@Chippies idk but apparently the game is unplayable without microtransactions

NBA 2K18 Pulls A Microtransaction Slam Dunk

►

Chippies

I can't think of anything that could be added to a sports game without having it taken away to begin with

Avery

Chippies

@Avery 2 minutes until he actually starts talking about the microtransactions in the game :/

Avery

16:22

he's like "all microtransactions are bad" in this video

but he was all "this is how you do microtransactions points at league and this is not points at overwatch" on his last video

eh, he's contradicting his own stuff

Chippies

@Avery probably just sick of this crap and exaggerating a bit

Avery

but yes

GodEmperorDune

@Ash i'd come up with a jokey zen koan for this but i still am not 100% sure on what they are so...

Chippies

or probably just implying what he's been saying all along - all microtransactions are bad in games that aren't free

Avery

"NBA 2K18 - Legend Edition Gold" costs 3/4 of our rent. 10/10

Chippies

16:25

@Avery costs roughly 1/5th of my mortgage

MBraedley

@Avery I disagree with the assertion that Overwatch is doing micro-transactions poorly. In fact, I think it's probably the best example of micro-transactions in a game available today. There is almost 0 effect on gameplay, and the incentive to spend money, at least for some people, is already pretty low.

Avery

@MBraedley I TOTALLY AGREE

Chippies

Back to Bed and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee are both free on steam for a limited time.

Avery

but I guess selling game changing heroes > selling cosmetics

Chippies

@MBraedley the big argument is that it's literal gambling

GodEmperorDune

16:27

@MBraedley i would prefer it where you used real money to buy the items you wanted instead of lootboxen

Avery

@GodEmperorDune you can use gold or smth to buy things I believe

Chippies

buying cosmetics is generally not frowned upon and is probably the best way to implement microtransactions, but gambling is bad.

GodEmperorDune

yeah i agree with that it only affects cosmetics is done well

Avery

eh, unlike csgo stuff, you don't get money out of it

Chippies

@Avery you only get gold by getting duplicates from lootboxes

MBraedley

16:29

@Chippies Yeah, if you actually spend money, it kinda is. And TF2 has shown that there is a significant portion of the population of the players that will do that (significant in that they collectively spend enough to support the case for having it in the first place).

Chippies

@Avery you can sell it on steam market though, can't you?

GodEmperorDune

@Avery i didn't realize you could directly buy gold coins instead of lootboxen

Avery

so i expect less of an incentive for many, and while it's bad, it's a good examples.

@Chippies my point is, you can sell steam stuff, but you can't sell overwatch cosmetics

that's the difference

Chippies

@Avery oh, I misunderstood you

Avery

@Chippies eh, better than getting nothing out of dupes

@GodEmperorDune apparently not, til

Chippies

16:30

@Avery but the thing is, to buy what you want directly, you have to get junk you don't need from lootboxes

GodEmperorDune

@Avery yeah, the lootboxen will randomly have like 50 coins, or you get a handful of coins if it gives you a dupe item that you already have

DanmakuGrazer

@Avery That was sarcasm

Chippies

if you want to pay money to buy something, you have to gamble and lose

Avery

@DanmakuGrazer I know

GodEmperorDune

the nice thing is that lootboxen are totally obtainable in game, real money just saves time in unlocking cosmetics

MadMAxJr

16:31

I enjoyed TF2 hat craze.

Chippies

also, I think this got completely buried in the conversation:

4 mins ago, by Chippies

Back to Bed and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee are both free on steam for a limited time.

Avery

I'm not saying that overwatch is perfect

user15026

@GodEmperorDune Me neither :P The author is just a giant jerk like so far it's like "look at me I am so much better at being a person with a motorcycle than my friends"

Avery

It's imo one of the better examples.

DanmakuGrazer

I mean

It's a good example among things that are bad

GodEmperorDune

16:32

@Ash jeez, removing that from want to read

DanmakuGrazer

And even then not the best example

So I'm not sure how much value is in that statement

GodEmperorDune

i just thought since everyone in tech industry was falling all over themselves to read it, it would be good

Private Pansy

> There is a scream echoing through the weeb community of the world right now, a scream I have not heard since the poor casting choices of Ghost in the Shell. That scream is a generation of people who thought an American take on Death Note was a good idea who are all instantly regretting every believing in that.

MadMAxJr

You want money? Nintendo, add DLC to Breath of the Wild to let you PET THE DOGS.

Chippies

@Avery Idk about better, but it's one of the least harmful examples due to being cosmetics only. It's still gambling though, which can abuse a lot of people's addictive personalities

GodEmperorDune

16:34

@PrivatePansy who would ever think that an american take on an anime would be good?

user15026

@GodEmperorDune That's what I thought too! And I can see why, because it like...makes you feel good if you think like the author thinks, but man he's so self-important and such an ass that I want to punch him in the face

Chippies

there's a reason gambling is illegal pretty much everywhere

Private Pansy

@GodEmperorDune What I was wondering too

Are there others?

user15026

@PrivatePansy I'm not sure what people expected to be honest.

GodEmperorDune

@PrivatePansy i mean just comparing ghost in the shell dubs to fansubs

Private Pansy

16:34

I mean examples that are actually well done

GodEmperorDune

maybe the matrix, but that was like a western take on anime themes and asthetics, not a reimagining of an existing anime

Private Pansy

@GodEmperorDune Arguably the Animatrix was better, so...

Avery

@Chippies eh kinda unrelated, while it's illegal there are still legal gambling businesses like the scratch ticket stuff and "buy a number and this'll be picked at this date and if it's yours you get all money" and horse racing stuff and the sports betting stuff. Intentions of said laws are good but they shouldn't have exceptions like these imo.

quartata

@MadMAxJr The TF2 trading community has kept it alive for a long long time

Chippies

@Avery they're legal because of loopholes in the laws

quartata

16:37

(well, one of the factors)

user15026

@Yuuki so pretentious. So painfully pretentious. I really don't get why this book is popular at all.

quartata

not being able to trade cosmetics just seems weird to me

GodEmperorDune

@Ash juicero, soylent, i'm sure there are other companies built on being pretentious

user15026

@Avery depending on the sports betting stuff, it's not always entirely legal (well, running it isn't, playing it is subject to a different set of rules)

user15026

@GodEmperorDune ugh, true, that would explain it, they would probably like this book

Avery

16:39

@Chippies eh turkey rant time: both legal gambling and legal prostitution are done by govt agencies, and it's illegal for anyone else to conduct said activities. It's less of a loophole and "it's ok if you go bankrupt if the money goes to govt then it's fine" over here.

Yuuki

@Ash This seems to be the case for a lot of books that became popular in the late 80s and 90s.

The writing being extremely pretentious, that is.

user15026

@Yuuki Yeah, this is true. I was hoping it would be more like the Tao of Pooh, where it takes a thing and makes it approachable, this so far doesn't even touch Zen concepts it's just a guy going on about how he is so much better at being prepared and dealign with motorcycle stuff than his firends and how that's because they're bad at being people and have wrong ideas about the world

cazc_941

@Lazers2.0 ...weird

@Avery Imo this should make it easier for safety regulations to be enforced in prostitution, no?

user15026

@cazc_941 if you have a government who cares do to such things, theoretically

cazc_941

I absolutely think the industry needs to be regulated and regularly audited

Avery

16:45

@cazc_941 well yes

but thing is when govt controls such stuff there are political stuff getting in way

cazc_941

I don't know Turkish government well enough to comment on that

But I am very pro-regulating the sex industry

Don't really have an opinion on gambling

Avery

like they're closing up random places talking about religion and stuff and the overall not very lgbt friendly theme isn't helping etc

cazc_941

@Chippies ever heard of a casino?

Gambling is only illegal here without a license, and to underage gamblers

@Avery well that's a different problem and sucks

Avery

and I'm pro regulation too but completely disallowing free market isn't great

Yuuki

Free market sucks because people suck and therefore we should nuke the planet.

cazc_941

16:49

Makes it much harder to enforce but somewhat agree

Tbf on second point LGT is not generally a very lucrative market in the sex industry anyway except in pornography, that issue exists in more than just your country

(I think)

Haven't read up on it in a while

Avery

I'm not saying that it's only in here but I'm saying that it's a problem here

Yuuki

@Ash To be fair, I don't think any American in the 90s actually knew what Zen was.

Avery

I know that at least one country in Europe allows it

MadMAxJr

Gambling is legal here, old riverboat styled casinos. It's mostly a hangout for the retired. I lost $400 in one and have never been back. Though the buffet is a good deal if you need to feed and entertain friends.

user15026

@Yuuki fair point

user15026

16:58

@MadMAxJr I know more people who go to various casinos for their buffets than I do people who actually gamble :P

MadMAxJr

@Ash The ones around here are amusing. A BOOTH FOR EVERY MAJOR NATIONS FOOD!

Private Pansy

Look at this magic

fredley

Never forget

Avery

@fredley can universe work like a shitty mobile game please

Private Pansy

@Avery Given how little each individual advert pays, you'll need to watch several lifetime's worth of ads

fredley

17:14

@PrivatePansy Because trigonometry

SaintWacko

@fredley What the hell

user15026

@PrivatePansy I don't understand how this works but I like that it does

Avery

@fredley nice

Lazers 2.0

17:29

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Q: Benefits of buying paid games on Steam

Uh anyone know what other things you can do when you buy a paid game on Steam except from add friends? Just curious.

steam

user15026

@Lazers2.0 uhhhh....being able to play the game?

Yuuki

I think he means certain Steam features may be locked until you've paid for something.

Avery

5$

Yuuki

I know the friends list actually has a cap on it somewhere but it's so ridiculously high that I don't know anyone who's hit it.

Avery

you can't add people as friends or chat in group chats and invite people to groups and I believe get card drops until you spend 5$

MadMAxJr

17:42

$5 spent within steam. Redeeming codes doesn't count.

Yuuki

Huh. You'd think the friends list would be baseline.

MadMAxJr

They've taken steps over the years to prevent free accounts from being bot/scam accounts.

Avery

@Yuuki people can still add you

You can't add people

there were bots that added you and sent malware links

Chippies

@Yuuki isn't friends limit 20 base and +5 every couple steam levels?

or at least that's what I always thought it was

@Avery free2play games don't drop cards until you've spent a certain amount of real money on them regardless if you have bought games on your account or not

I don't see why games that you've bought (redeemed keys bought from 3rd party stores) wouldn't drop cards, but I suppose it's a possibility...

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