The Bridge

Ullallulloo

20:02

Computers get very unhappy when your hard drive gets full.

OrigamiRobot

One more vote

Ullallulloo

TF2, why?

18 GB?

badp

@Ullallulloo perhaps you need to dive deeper into that folder?

Ullallulloo

@badp They're both boring "tf", "hl2", "platform".

badp

@Ullallulloo deeper

just play the Inception bass until you find the problem

is it downloaded maps?

is it screenshots?

is it demos?

is it web cache?

you need to go deeWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUB

Ullallulloo

20:10

@badp It's mostly maps in both.

Partially "media" in the normal one, but it doesn't have any subfolders.

But why is "downloading ~~5.6~~ 6.1 GB, when it's a 870 MB update?

badp

My media folder is 410 MB

Ben Brocka

36 GB steam folder? How quaint

Ullallulloo

It's growing 200 MB for every 40 MB I download.

@BenBrocka On Linux.

badp

My steamapps folder is at 112 GB

Ullallulloo

I have to uninstall like half my games just to update TF2 though.

FAE

20:14

@Ullallulloo I had to uninstall The Secret World because it was 40 gigs

Ullallulloo

@FAE wat

FAE

@Ullallulloo It's an MMO, lots of cutscenes/voiceovers/assets

Wipqozn

@badp Same here. I appreciate the suggestion @BenBrocka, @badp.

Ben Brocka

@FAE's assets are too big

@Wipqozn feel free to ask any questions

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka I'll probably have some whenever I decide to actually sit down and do one.

RedRiderX

20:24

Well, it appears I may be lacking power soon, so don't be offended if I don't respond to something.

Ullallulloo

There, let's see you try to fill 3 GB with your 100 MB update.

badp

I miss the times when I used to run chkdsk on Windows 95

and it'd print out ALL the files on the disk for a frame each

and I'd sit there and ask, "wait, what, what is that still doing there? I should delete this stuff later."

Ullallulloo

@badp I liked defragmenter cuz pretty colors.

OrigamiRobot

@badp 180GB :/

FAE

Ullallulloo

20:27

30 MB downloaded, 300 MB used...

badp

@FAE heh!

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot your media folder is?

StrixVaria

@badp "Time" took a turn for the weird, that's for sure.

badp

I "only" have 52 games installed after all

Ben Brocka

My steam one's probably 500 by now, not sure off the top of my head

OrigamiRobot

20:28

@BenBrocka My steam folder

badp

@StrixVaria Have you gotten to the current picture?

Ben Brocka

@Ullallulloo Sounds like it byte off more than it could chew

badp

of course most of my gigabytes are videos encoded in one of the shittiest encodings ever

fourth worst is uncompressed wav files; those are fun, too.

StrixVaria

@badp Yeah.

I had a lot of trouble reading some of it, though.

badp

although they're almost all in L4D2 and "BMS"

@StrixVaria yeah. I just kinda gave up, knowing that somebody on the internet ruined their eyesight on it for us

StrixVaria

20:31

I'm reading a synopsis now :P

Ullallulloo

Yesss, it's done.

My 6 GB have been freed up.

RedRiderX

Yea, the looming summer storm just went all like "Yeah I'll need to take a rain-check on that rain", and buggered off.

Yea for power!

badp

In other news I have a troubling question

troubling for me

Wipqozn

@badp Go on.

badp

I sent my Nexus 7 for warranty on July 9th

Wipqozn

20:39

Oh thank zeus

badp

They've texted me saying that the thing is ready for pickup today (which means I can only pick it up tomorrow)

Wipqozn

I was worried you were dying or something

I always assume the worst when someone says "I have a question"

badp

That's 10 business days

for delivery to Brno, and back, and service

My thing had the bootloader open and a custom firmware

They didn't call me or anything

...which makes me think they didn't notice

Wipqozn

@badp Hopefully the driver is better at driving than you are.

badp

So... what are the chances of they not having actually done anything at all to it?

(The troubling part is the perspective of having to plunge €300 in a new one)

user20683

20:42

So I have an announcement...

Wipqozn

I wouldn't worry about it until you get it back.

badp

@WorldEngineer Congratulations on your new baby!

Wipqozn

There's no point worrying over it until you know it's actually a problem.

user20683

@badp O_o

badp

@WorldEngineer You're so lucky!

Is it a boy, a girl, a pony, a robot, a peach..?

oh god is it a bee? I'm so sorry.

It happens to the best of us.

user20683

20:44

user20683

@badp It's a rock.

user20683

a really shiny rock.

badp

@WorldEngineer oh, it's a ???

???s are the best.

Until you discover what they are, then they stop being ???s

Such is the life of a ???.

Powerlord

@badp Oh, to me it's an Image not found

badp

@Powerlord that's another incarnation of the mighty ???

There's a wonderful word in Sicilian for it I can find no satisfying translation of: trovatura (literally "that which is found")

user20683

20:48

@Powerlord I unlocked the Crystal Cruiser in FTL in a Rock Cruiser. It's the hardest (in terms of luck) achievement to get in FTL.

user15026

My red hairdye turned out to actually turn my hair bright hot pink. I love it.

Grace Note

@AshleyNunn That's pretty convenient

user15026

@gracenote I think I bleached it too light for the red colour to work but this is more fun

Grace Note

Huh, usually you don't need to bleach for red, I thought.

Ben Brocka

It's not pink, it's lightish red!

user15026

21:00

@benbrocka I suppose you have a point! :p

user15026

I wanted to clear out the remnants of the other gross bits of leftover colour and since it isn't like redhead hair colour but like crayon red I wanted it to pop more.

Dan Rasmussen

-1

Q: can redstone split into two paths with one switch?

Can redstone split into two paths with one switch? I have to know because if you can, I have idea an awesome griefer proof house.

I'm not sure if I should bother answering that, or just downvote... I'm not sure what to close it as, now... =/

Ullallulloo

@BenBrocka On Windows my Steam folder's 425 GB, but 110 GB of that is backups. My non-Steam games also total 202 GB.

So there's 517 GB of installed games.

Ben Brocka

I just have windows backup backup my steam folder

Ullallulloo

@BenBrocka I don't own another terabyte hard drive.

Ben Brocka

21:10

I own a 3TB drive I don't even know what to do with, in addition to the 2 TB and the 2TB internal backup

the 3TB was supposed to be an external backup but it's enclosure was garbage so I had to use it internally instead

Lazers

1

Q: Do murderous zombies take all your loot?

When you are killed by a zombie in Minecraft, do they take all of your stuff or just your armor and weapons? I ask because a zombie killed me and now I am trying to find my stuff.

minecraft

0

Q: Running Rogue Legacy on Linux

I was able to install Rogue Legacy 1.1.12c on Ubuntu 13.04 with Wine 1.4.1, but running it fails: $ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Rogue\ Legacy/RogueLegacy.exe wine: Install Mono 2.8 or greater for Windows to run .NET 4.0 applications. I managed to install Mono and .NET: Removed Wine i...

linux rogue-legacy

-1

Q: can redstone split into two paths with one switch?

Can redstone split into two paths with one switch? I have to know because if you can, I have idea an awesome griefer proof house.

minecraft minecraft-redstone

spugsley

HUIIHIHIIHHIIHIHHIHIHIHHIHIHIHIIHI GUYS

Coronus

@spugsley Afternoon!

Grace Note

@spugsley Yo

Powerlord

@spugsley BACON!

I mean... HI!

Ben Brocka

21:25

low prices on tornados every day

fbueckert

1

Q: FFXI: What is some RDM eq worth buying?

The game has changed drastically in the past years and nowadays, eq is more often obtained via Abyssea/etc and not the AH. I'm a 99 RDM but lacking on gear; I happen to have about 2 million Gil that I am looking to spend on what I need most: equipment. What is truly worth buying? There is a lot...

final-fantasy-11

Is this not specific to a point in time?

murgatroid99

@fbueckert looks like it to me

fbueckert

22:24

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Sepia Lazers

2

Q: Request for Tag Burnination: [Game-History]

The accused: game-history This tag has 5 questions, and all of them are closed. According to this meta question, requests about the history of certain game elements is not something we want. And, if we're asking a question about the history of a specific game, we're just going to tag it with T...

support burnination

Lazers

2

Q: Are any of the Steam achievements for Psychonauts missable?

I've never played Psychonauts before, so I don't know how the game is structured (permanent linear progression or revistable chapters, for example). I'm playing the Steam version and I'd like to know if any of the achievements are missable when doing a single playthrough. I don't know which ones ...

steam achievements psychonauts

0

Q: How can I auto show the help menu?

In the game Reciever, there is (currently) no tutorial. It seems like there are some fairly complex game mechanics, but there is a help screen that tried to show relevant actions. When you spawn, you can click ? and it will display this screen. However, as I have no idea what I'm doing and am ...

reciever

0

Q: Do I get anything for the minigame at the beginning of Basic Braining - Obstacle Course 2?

I'm at the second part of the Basic Braining level and there's a minigame where I have to punch cardboard cutouts. I need to get a certain amount of points in X seconds. I've done the first few rounds and received Arrowheads for doing them, but I've failed one of the later ones a couple times now...

psychonauts

badp

twitch.tv/xkeeper_

THIS IS A GOOD ONE

oh. not anymore

FAE

@Lazers Er, spelling error I'm assuming?

badp

LOL. The super mario screensaver got into 1-2. At least according to the music.

FAE

22:43

@badp You never accepted your own answer on this question btw.

badp

@FAE that happens. Fixed

The two days self-answer debuff is easily forgotten

FAE

@badp Yeah, I do the same.

LessPop_MoreFizz

13

Q: Now that I can answer my own question before I even ask it, how about reminding me to accept my own answer?

I can answer my own questions instantaneously! That's Awesome! The problem is, a lot of the time, when I answer my own question, if it doesn't get any comments or a competing answer, I can... well, I can kind of forget about it. Often, I don't even realize that I haven't accepted my own answer un...

feature-request accepted-answer self-answer

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...wow, kinda disappointed that that's the only answer you received.

badp

honestly the only thing it would've mattered was for the accept rate

a stat that, luckily, is no longer visible

LessPop_MoreFizz

22:50

@FAE Story of my life on MSO. See also:

15

Q: Can we have a method to convert invalid suggested edits into their intended content-type?

I've done a fair amount of rejecting of edit suggestions over at Gaming lately, and I've noticed (presumably due to our recent surge of new users), a sharp uptick in invalid edits that should really be comments, or even answers. In one case, the only answer a question has gotten, has come in the...

feature-request suggested-edits

14

Q: Add an Image Upload button to the Mobile Site

With the release of iOS 6, the most commonly used mobile browser now supports standard generic image upload buttons. This is actually really handy. I can take screenshots on my phone or iPad, and use them to answer questions about apps made to run on those devices (or take advantage of resources...

feature-request mobile editor images

13

Q: Mac users can't move multiple non-consecutive lines of text between chat rooms

As a room owner, I occasionally find it necessary to get non-germane content1 out of a chat room quickly. Fortunately, there's an excellent Move Messages button that works quite well. I can even move multiple messages at once! Except, well, I use a Mac. And that means I can only move consecutive...

feature-request support chat

11

Q: The new default 'custom' Off-Topic close reason on per site metas makes no sense

Per-site meta's get their own separate batch of custom close reasons from their respective main sites. This is awesome. Unfortunately, the default text is a little bit nonsensical. This question does not appear to be about on-topic, within the scope defined in the help center. I too would l...

support close-reasons per-site-meta

( ^ Still the case.)

badp

that stream is so awesome

a goomba just threw a hammer

mario grabbed on the hammer like it was a flag

then jumped off it

the goomba continued past a moving plant

then fell through the bricks

then it reset the demo and the goomba saw mario and quickly zipped in the opposite direction

a puzzled Mario stopped, then slowly retreated.

StrixVaria

> not much phases him

WHY SUBTITLES WHY

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A POLISHED GAME

badp

@StrixVaria ...that's proper English isn't it?

StrixVaria

@badp faze

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp Should be 'Faze'

badp

22:56

oh.

I... thought that was also okay

the game is now shrieking in pain

LessPop_MoreFizz

> to disturb the composure of : disconcert, daunt <nothing fazed her>

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's a stupid answer.

badp

then the demo gave TIME UP with 941 seconds left on the clock

and announced the start of level 4-1

LessPop_MoreFizz

By contrast, verb version of PH:

badp

where Mario fell directly into lava

GAME OVER

LessPop_MoreFizz

22:58

> to adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition 2 : to conduct or carry out by planned phases 3: to introduce in stages —usually used with in <phase in new models>

badp

now it's super jarate bros

StrixVaria

Aside from the occasional subtitle misspelling, though, this game (TWD) is pretty good.

badp

oh, the walking dead is good.

StrixVaria

Apparently I made some really unpopular decisions in episode 2.

FAE

Huh, seems like there's no death penalty in this game.

badp

23:00

How are you finding the quick time events

@FAE which?

StrixVaria

I only sided with 12% of people on two separate categories

FAE

@badp Psychonauts.

StrixVaria

@badp They're fine. At one point though I did get myself into a corner where if I didn't pick perfect dialogue options I was murdered.

So I had to replay that 2-3 times.

badp

well that's no QTE but... yeah, as I told you they're perfectly tolerable there

QTEs don't have to suck

FAE

Emotional Baggage looks so happy.

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:01

@FAE Yeah, there's not really, aside from backtracking.

@FAE Well that one does.

You haven't met the sad or angry ones yet I suppose.

Emotional Baggage is, well, emotional.

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz they all get happy once healed, though, don't they?

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz It looks like when you respawn, it even keeps the figments and stuff you picked up.

LessPop_MoreFizz

badp

@StrixVaria The most unpopular decisions I've made (tied) are not stealing food and fighting Kenny

...both at 44%

...the one thing I don't understand is how a reporter can get this wrong

Ben Brocka

yisss

badp

23:06

@BenBrocka ...for the Wii? Please tell me that's not a new release

Ben Brocka

@badp it was released last year

It's mostly emulated games, the sound track and some updated stuff from the Wii game anyway

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz It gets so happy when you give them their tags I mean.

@BenBrocka I have still to this day only played Kirby's Adventure on NES.

Ben Brocka

@FAE You are a monster

FAE

I did pick up Epic Yarn on my most recent trip to the US, but I've heard that's not so much a Kirby-focused game.

Ben Brocka

It's a good game, but the gameplay isn't much like Kirby

FAE

23:10

@BenBrocka I do have very fond memories of playing it though. We didn't own it, my cousins did, and we'd ask to borrow it all the time because we liked it so much.

Ben Brocka

You should really pick up Super Star Ultra and Kirby's Return to Dreamland though

FAE

I don't know why I never really got any others. I think partially because I never had a SNES or a Game Boy.

Ben Brocka

Or just Kirby Super Star on the virtual console, it's on both Wii and Wii U

Kirby 64 is also great. There really aren't any non-platformer kirbys I wouldn't recommend

Though Nightmare in Dreamland is probably better to play than Kirby's Adventure these days

FAE

Then stuff like Kirby Air Ride came out and I was like "Bwuh?"

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka That's because it wasn't originally a Kirby game. They changed it part way through development.

Grace Note

23:14

@BenBrocka Is there anything in this I do not yet own?

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn Yeah, I heard about that. Some good Kirby references in the final world and stuff though. If it weren't for the gameplay it feels right at home with the other kirby games

Wipqozn

Yeah, I think that's why they switched it over.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I access the map in assassins creed 3 wii u

I'm play Assassins Creed 3 on a Wii u gamepad. How do you access the map? What button do i press?? I have tried all over the internet please answer.

assassins-creed-3

user15026

@benbrocka I want the Kirby collection so bad

LessPop_MoreFizz

An Email from the head coach of a college football team in florida, presented without context.

> Early this morning, our football team had a workout and barbecue on Crandon Park Beach to conclude our summer conditioning program under the supervision of our strength and conditioning staff. Following the workout, some of our athletes went to rinse off at a designated public shower area and a few of them made a poor decision and changed their clothes in public. I want to apologize to the community and anyone who was at the beach this morning for this unfortunate incident.

> We are committed to helping our student athletes grow as gentlemen while preparing them for their careers. We are looking into this incident, and if appropriate, will take disciplinary action.

Ben Brocka

23:16

@GraceNote A Kirby timeline, a 20th anniversary soundtrack (eg more or less the only legal way to get most of these songs as MP3s in the US without buying $100 imported discs ), some extra Challenge stages from Kirby's Return to Dreamland and a bootlet with art, developer notes and sketches

Also Dreamland 1-3, K64, KSS and Kirby's Adventure in case you don't have one of those

FAE

@BenBrocka So that collection is probably my best bet to cover what I've missed?

Grace Note

@FAE For the most part.

Ben Brocka

@FAE Pretty much, though it's missing some good games (Return, Super Star Ultra (worth a play even after super star), Squeek Squad, Canvas Curse, Mass Attack)

FAE

When I got my 3DS, I really expected there to be a Kirby game already but I guess not so far.

Ben Brocka

They're slow with the kirby games lately

took what, 4/5 years to get one for Wii? And that was Epic Yarn

FAE

23:20

@Lazers Think this is a dupe of this one, it just doesn't have the Wii-U info in it yet, just PS3, 360, and PC.

Ender

i need help :(

my friend gave me his pc but im locked out of it due to his windows password which he cant remember

FAE

@Ender Admitting it is a great first step!

badp

← has never played any kirby

Ender

i checked superuser but their chat room is horribly dead, and the question they have on the topic is useless to me

they offer several programs that work most of which require a cd burner and I dont have access to one

Ben Brocka

And if you don't play Kirby Super Star Ultra you miss out on this song

►

Ender

23:21

does anyone know a way to reset a windows password WITHOUT a cd burner?

Private Pansy

@Ender You can also try booting from USB, if that's what's needed

badp

can that computer boot from a USB?

Ender

i tried that and it didnt work

i just end up with a black screen

badp

uh, then it's a problem with the medium/image

OrigamiRobot

@Ender floppy :P

badp

23:23

boot from USB is the way to go.

Ender

there is no floppy drive, their obsolete

@badp what does that mean

OrigamiRobot

@Ender apparently not

Private Pansy

@Ender Whose obsolete?

Ben Brocka

Your obsolete!

badp

@Ender see if you can't install a copy of Linux on a USB drive, then boot from that

from there you should be able to do all the things that computer can do

Ender

23:25

ive never touched linux in my life

badp

unetbootin should help

@Ender today this changes!!

Private Pansy

@BenBrocka My obsolete? But I love my obsolete! I hug it every night when I go to sleep!

Ender

am i downloading it for linux or windows?

badp

whatever your computer runs

unetbootin is also on Windows

pick Ubuntu and 12.04_Live

0 MB are fine

keep in mind that you'll lose whatever's on the USB drive

OrigamiRobot

This looks like a job for Petter Nordahl Hagen.

Ender

23:28

nevermind. apparently this flash is corrupt which is probably why it never worked in the first place

hopefully ill figure something out

thanks

badp

@OrigamiRobot which, btw, is a Linux distribution

StrixVaria

@badp Doug just did this for me :P

OrigamiRobot

@badp I just like the name.

badp

@StrixVaria Doug?

StrixVaria

@badp In Episode one you can save the reporter or the nerdy tech guy.

The reporter was annoying.

FEichinger

23:35

Or, we're talking Linux again?

OrigamiRobot

@FEichinger Get outta here you Linux hater.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Why, yes, clearly I'm a Linux hater. Not a user. It's not like I have a bunch of rep on Ask Ubuntu or something. No, no. There's no such thing. I'm just a mad, raving hater.

OrigamiRobot

@FEichinger We're on to your real agenda. THE JIG IS UP!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger You got all that reputation through lies, deceit, and intimidation.

badp

LET US MARCH TO THE TUNE OF THE GLORIOUS GATES, BILL

2

FEichinger

23:39

@LessPop_MoreFizz Obviously. How else would I do that? Do you honestly think I'd touch that messy pile that is "Linux", much less this commercialized African name stuff?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger Hey now, hey now, I'm all for hating on Linux, but let's leave the racism out of this, okay?

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz :P Ain't my fault they chose that name.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger Listen, I know it can be hard for you Germans to get used to this at times, but here in THE FREE WORLD, we don't go around telling people that they're inferior, and then that it's their own fault.

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz But, but ... That's what they teach in school over here!

LessPop_MoreFizz

Got it, @FEichmann?

And now that I've Godwin'd us, --scene.

FEichinger

23:42

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm all for that, yes.

LessPop_MoreFizz

It was just too easy. :(

FEichinger

Well, we were kind of in a flow there.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger Yeah, but I don't think I can top @FEichmann even if I tried.

fbueckert

2

Q: How can I view the map in Assassin's Creed III?

Ok, this is a total newb question, but can't figure it out. I'm playing AC3 on a PC with an XBOX 360 controller connected. How can I open the map? Or, can I open the map? I have this tiny minimap in the corner of course, but I'd like to see more of the map. Or can't I open the map until later? I...

assassins-creed-3

0

Q: How do I access the map in assassins creed 3 wii u

I'm play Assassins Creed 3 on a Wii u gamepad. How do you access the map? What button do i press?? I have tried all over the internet please answer.

assassins-creed-3

Dupes?

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz Highly unlikely.

MBraedley

23:45

sigh, wifi pineapple still not working.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley Why are you installing wi fi in a fruit

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz wifipineapple.com

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz Why are you not?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka I prefer vegetables. I have a Wi Fi enabled Pumpkin.

Ben Brocka

You have to be careful that 80s bands don't smash those

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:48

@BenBrocka 90s.

MBraedley

I would say 90s as well

LessPop_MoreFizz

Gish came out in 1991.

They did not release an album in the 80's. They are not an 80's band.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz wifi turnip

MBraedley

It's still illegal to kill excessively loud neighbours, right?

OrigamiRobot

@MBraedley Where do you live?

Ben Brocka

23:50

@MBraedley The bill I proposed didn't make it through congress

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot A crummy apartment in a not so great part of town.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley It's apparantly legal in Florida if you are white and the neighbors are scary black young men.

@MBraedley rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/28/…

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz yes, I heard

she is black, but I'm not sure I could pull off the self defence plea

fbueckert

@MBraedley Gas leaks. And explosions. Problem solved.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley You just need to pick a fight first.

MBraedley

23:52

@fbueckert but then my apartment would be all exploded

LessPop_MoreFizz

Then Stand Your Ground and defend yourself.

And you will walk!

fbueckert

@MBraedley Expertise can ensure it explodes away from undesired areas.

MBraedley

@fbueckert Well the only available gas source is right next to my bedroom, and it's behind a "locked" door

fbueckert

@MBraedley Neighbor collatoral damage sounds inevitable.

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