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@Jin @WorldEngineer abuses his mod powers constantly.

user20683

@StrixVaria I wouldn't say constantly.

@WorldEngineer You wouldn't.

@WorldEngineer italicized, it makes a difference.

9:01 PM

@StrixVaria well he did engineer the world...

@OrigamiRobot Here, have a Koala instead.

Er

freudian

@GnomeSlice not that site again.. i've wasted enough time on it

@Jin ^

user20683

I think I found @Wipqozn's baby picture

9:04 PM

@WorldEngineer ERG

@WorldEngineer that looks like a pokemon

@WorldEngineer Looks like a headcrab

user20683

Star Nosed Mole

9:07 PM

@GnomeSlice Blobfish?

@StrixVaria Yep.

Let me try again

This one is easy

@Jin Is that... real?

@Jin Is this a real thing?

9:08 PM

@GnomeSlice yes

user20683

@GnomeSlice it is

@Jin whooooah

user20683

those green things are its eyes

user20683

the "eyes" are its nose

@WorldEngineer WTF

9:08 PM

O_o

Macropinna microstoma

Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. It is recognized for a highly unusual transparent, fluid-filled dome on its head, through which the lenses of its eyes can be seen. The eyes have a barrel shape and can be rotated to point either forward or straight up, looking through the fish's transparent dome. M. microstoma has a tiny mouth and most of its body is covered with large scales. The fish normally hangs nearly motionless in the water, at a depth of about to , using its large fins for stability and ...

Hahahahahahahahah

@Jin This is so weird.

Jesus, that's terrifying.

For reference: jjmw.hubpages.com/hub/Top-10-Weirdest-Animals

^ top 10 weirdest animals, although I suspect there's more weirder ones left out

Like that transparent fish Jin just linked

@GnomeSlice that's photoshopped

@Jin Dunno, it's apparently one of the largest jellyfish types ever

user20683

Lionhead I think

9:13 PM

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@WorldEngineer that's the one

user20683

@GnomeSlice deepseanews.com/2012/01/super-jellyfish

Shotgun Ninja

> The smaller males continuously search for a female with which to mate, once found, he latches onto her becoming a parasite. Overtime, he will completely fuse to her, reducing his own need for many of his bodily parts. He will therefore use the females bloodstream and completely lose his own eyes and all organs...except his testes. It is common for females to carry several males at any one time.

Fucking Anglerfish

Apparently, to them, men are only good for their balls.

@ShotgunNinja should be called the federlinefish

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Shotgun Ninja

@Jin Is that... ~~Jesus~~ Neo?

9:15 PM

@Jin Ah. Still pretty crazy though.

^ looks so good. it's like a live action Onimusha + 300 + Sucker Punch..

OrigamiRobot

Slightly less terrifying though.

Jellyfish are gross too

Well, I'm going to be avoiding nature for a while.

@Ullallulloo just avoid Australia you'll be fine.

who likes crab? yum

9:20 PM

@Jin NO

TAKE IT AWAY

but.. that's a crab. not a spider..

OrigamiRobot

FAE

@Jin Huh, didn't expect the supernatural bent

OrigamiRobot

Shotgun Ninja

9:27 PM

@OrigamiRobot Fucking goblin sharks

Q: Do anchored containers show up on scans?

whelp, i'm out here.

Lazers

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Q: Bug in Darksiders II

I'm stuck in the second room of the lost temple in Darksiders II. In this room, I am supposed to maneuver a golem into a socket to open the next door. However, I fooled a bit around with the golem and suddenly, the golem moved some six feet into the ground. Thus, the golem is now buried literally...

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If I were to anchor a container in nullsec or lowsec in a safe area as a sort of "poor man's POS", is it possible for another player to find the container without any ships around it? I know you can use combat probes to scan down ships and dscan to determine the general location of other ships a...

eve-online

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Q: Where do the DotA All Stars and DOTA2 announcer voices come from? (Ownage, Unstoppable, etc.)

This is a question that has been bothering me since forever. I have tried to find the answer to no avail. Back in the DotA days, and now DOTA2, I've heard those (hilarious) voices. I have read in several sources that the voice comes from the first Unreal Tournament, yet I don't recall hearing th...

dota-2 dota

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Q: Where do horses spawn in minecraft?

I have been looking for a wild horse/donkey in minecraft, but have been unable to find one! Which biome should I be looking in? Thanks.

minecraft

@fbueckert Truth is, I don't have anything to do with this information, so I have no context for that question. I just want to know about it out of curiosity. — Morwenn 2 hours ago

This is why I don't like these questions, unless they're specifically about gameplay.

FAE

9:43 PM

Gaming Topics From Outside

In other news, Teleglitch is now on Steam

CC @StrixVaria, @fbueckert

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Q: webserver,iis,vps n2n,apache,wamp,xampp,mysql,gaming,multiplayer

how to build webserver IIS for windows based gaming application, such as ProjectBlackout, is it complicated? I'm starting up a gaming community, and want to buy a server to host a few dedicated game servers (minecraft, CS:GO, possibly DayZ and some others.) at home. I want to do this, because a...

iis webserver wamp vps gaming

Ben Brocka

@FAE I haven't found any of those as neighbors in Animal Crossing yet

FAE

@BenBrocka Maybe the tarantula you caught is actually one of these!

@GamingTopicsFromOutside thanks..buddy.! pls help me.

9:49 PM

@GamingTopicsFromOutside dat title

@GamingTopicsFromOutside What I would give to downvote that question.

user20683

@fbueckert I could but it's against policy.

@GnomeSlice Hey, good for them.

@RedRiderX Yeah! You grab KAG on IGS?

Now they have a good chance to be featured in a humble bundle.

@GnomeSlice Yarp

9:54 PM

@RedRiderX wooo. You try the KAG beta yet?

I still haven't.

I like KAG classic though

@GnomeSlice Yarp

@RedRiderX how's it

It's... different

@RedRiderX Oh?

I'm not sure how much new stuff is from the beta, and how much is just premium stuff.

But the catapults are reworked, you can drive 'em around.

9:55 PM

@RedRiderX Oh, wicked.

I know you can build siege machines in premium servers in KAG classic, but I've never tried.

Arrow turrets that any class can use.

@RedRiderX Cool!

War boats.

Time to try out the new version of KSP!

Hey, you up for some playing this weekend? The indiegamestand guys are playing it for their weekly game night Friday-Saturday

9:56 PM

Basicly spawn points at sea.

@GnomeSlice Hmm what time?

@RedRiderX oooo

Oh, kickass! Crew Management!

Trees can fall on you when you chop them.

@RedRiderX I don't think its been decided yet

indiegamestand.com/forum/…

@fbueckert Oh? What's that mean?

@GnomeSlice Right now, not much. You can just choose which Kerbals you want to use.

9:58 PM

@fbueckert Jeb Kerman is best Kerman.

Jebediah Kerman

@KermanJeb, Orbiting Kerbin

Astronaut, philanthropist, explorer, entrepreneur. Managing director of Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts Co.

0 tweets, 0 followers, following 0 users

I'm gonna go make some KD

It also includes a list of lost Kerbals.

Er, I think the twitter profile oneboxing is broken

I expect that list to grow to obscene proportions.

Q: How can I mitigate disease?

@fbueckert Oh God, that must be massive.

Peace for now guys.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Must. Not. Star.

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Lazers

10:10 PM

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I've been playing The Pit lately, and I've found I die consistently from disease. In fact, it's my sole cause of death. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to when your disease level goes up or down, and once you hit level 10, you're dead. What factors contribute to lowering your disease l...

sots-the-pit

@fbueckert How far down do you usually get?

@Ullallulloo Roughly floor 12 or so.

10:28 PM

@fbueckert I thought you could only get disease from rotten food and certain monsters.

@Ullallulloo Yup. I can kill disease monsters pretty easily, but they infect me before they go down.

James

^^ Steam Sale Summary

@Shog9 if something or someone compels you to monitor me that indeed is your business. your welcome to watch not control. you might even learn something about the Bible along the way. — caseyr547 3 mins ago

Whew.

That comment thread is about as explicit as a community moderator can get.

Shape up, or leave.

10:46 PM

@Jin That looks like a decent movie, but why is Keanu Reeves in it?

@Blem because he is The One, duh.

@Jin with that logic a better choice would be Jet Li, since he is also The One

@Blem true, but he doesn't have the whoaaaa factor.

I have a very large stack of iron in minecraft on peaceful. I have three compasses, an iron pickaxe, and an iron axe. What should I make?

tracks, don't they use iron?

or an Iron Golem

Raven Dreamer

10:53 PM

Hello, @Jin!

@2____ A bucket.

Everyone needs a bucket.

You can use a bucket for practically anything.

Raven Dreamer

Megaman Fans: What song is played in this video?

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(Or remixed, more likely)

You could use it for a portable stool,

Self Defense

Holding Water

Makes You Invisible if you put it over your Head

Holds animal droppings

Make-shift trap

Emergency Port-o-Potty

For protecting your belongings.

I mean I could just go on and on...

11:09 PM

Huh. My space station launcher had enough excess fuel to get to Mun. And, hopefully, land.

is this a homesick reference

also, what about gold

@2____ apples

I don't have any apples

a clock

11:16 PM

thanks

if you went with the rails idea for the iron you could use gold for powered rails

@2____ And no, very much not referencing a homestuck bucket.

It would probably get flagged as obscene.

Ben Brocka

@RedRiderX how did you get access to Google from 2010?

@BenBrocka I have my sources...

And no it's not a time machine so don't ask.

@BenBrocka the answer is right infront of you

11:19 PM

@Blem Curses, my secret revealed!

@RedRiderX do you keep up on homestuck or was it just a passing joke?

@RedRiderX na, it is @BenBrocka you got about 20 min before it is revealed

@badp ?

@badp Oh good grief no.

@RedRiderX Don't lie to yourself! :P

Ben Brocka

@Blem Yeah I saw fake searches, but it's also the super old interface

11:23 PM

lies

@BenBrocka I still get that on my 3DS about 50% of the time.

@Ullallulloo Yes that was very much a lie.

A falsehood, even.

@RedRiderX :O

For shame!

@Ullallulloo I am now ashamed.

I must make recompense.

↑ @RedRiderX's true form

@badp gasp

You obviously know too much...

11:29 PM

@RedRiderX I always suspected you were female.

@badp Here, hold this bucket.

@Wipqozn It's part of the cosplay, obviously. He takes this stuff seriously!

@Wipqozn And wear both glasses and goggles.

@RedRiderX Sure, I'll just pass it on to @Mana.

As recompense, I will expose my true form to the world:

There, now there shall be no question as to my likeness!

11:33 PM

@RedRiderX What's your avatar from?

Q: Can I beat the levels in the original Legend of Zelda in a non-linear fasion?

Would this serve as proper recommence @Ullallulloo?

@Wipqozn Me' Brains, mostly.

Lazers

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I'm playing through the original Legend of Zelda for the first time. After beating the second dungeon, I found my way to the sixth. I struggled with a deadly Wizrobe room until I realized that I wasn't on level three. Is it possible to play through the levels out of order, successfully? Is this ...

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Q: Is there a height limit for building?

I was wondering. In the new game StarForge Alpha (Version 0.4.6 and beyond), is there a height limit? For example, can you not build after going 500 blocks up? Or can you build forever?

starforge

And half a rip-off of the Minecraft skin I currently use.

Gol' darn @Lazers, why ya' always got to be interrupting us civilised folks while we trying to have a conversation?

@RedRiderX Oh wait, I just realized I have made a horrible miscalculation in spelling.

Oops.

Well, landed on Mun.

Landed on the dark side, though, and forgot to add lights to my lander.

Hit the ground slightly too hard. Nothing exploded, but now my cockpit is all on it's lonesome.

@fbueckert Ooo, I hate it when that happens.

@fbueckert I really hate it when that happens.

I have basically no control over where I land on the Mun.

11:39 PM

No matter! It was a secondary mission, anyways!

Man, I wish I could play KSP.

@GnomeSlice New update!

ASAS no longer wobbles everywhere!

@fbueckert There's probably no point, I basically am incapable of doing anything in it.

@fbueckert Oh awesome...

That sounds pretty helpful.

Your ships will still wobble lots, especially if they're really tall.

I'd gotten pretty good at avoiding wobble.

But I haven't played KSP in months.

I can't make any sort of progress at all.

It's so frustrating.

11:41 PM

This improvement is more for stationkeeping, so that it doesn't burn through all your RCS to keep the heading, by stabilizing one way, and then the other.

Oh, it straightens it out and then stops applying thrust?

Nice.

@GnomeSlice It no longer applies 100% thrust to stabilize; it'll use less and less as it gets closer to the desired point.

Awesome.

I should play it some more. Ergh, it's so painful to update it though.

@GnomeSlice Don't you own it on STeam, where it would update auto-magically?

You have to download like the entire thing again

@Wipqozn Nope. I can transfer it to Steam, but then I lose my DRM free copy

I don't even remember if it has DRM, actually

I guess I should transfer it to Steam anyway

11:45 PM

argh

foil card - for retro city rampage

those aren't very valuable.

@badp I'll take it

=P

@GnomeSlice I meant, relatively not very valuable :P

@badp Hah.

Figures.

but sure, if you want it! I'll be putting it up now.

I've got like 10 cents in my steam wallet

from selling cards

Also, I wish you could preview Steam profile backgrounds before buying.

11:46 PM

I still need a Bioshock Summer Card, if anyone has an extra.

Oh look, steam is down

oh wait. It's actually selling for a relative shitton

Why is Steam so popular anyway.

@GnomeSlice Because it's Steam.

@Wipqozn Stupid

11:47 PM

@GnomeSlice Because it doesn't treat it's customers like walking money bags to exploit?

Also did you guys hear Desura got acquired?

@GnomeSlice Half-life, and Steam Sales.

@GnomeSlice No.

@GnomeSlice nope. Who bought it?

@fbueckert How do you explain the trading cards then? And the market.

@badp Second Life devs.

11:47 PM

@fbueckert Eerm, it sorta does.

@GnomeSlice because I could now gain €2.9 for doing essentially nothing!

Second Life developer Linden Labs acquires Desura

@RedRiderX It's not blatant about it, like other publishers.

@fbueckert They just make you like being exploited.

Kind of a hilariously unexpected company to do so.

I hope they don't ruin it.

11:48 PM

(btw - Retro City Rampage is fun)

EA is all, "Bend over! Pay us $60 for a game you can't play, because we're scared of pirates!"

@badp Lots of games are fun.

@GnomeSlice Naaaah

@fbueckert $60 is not an unreasonable price for a new top tier game

@RedRiderX Exactly!

11:49 PM

Activision is, "We're going to give you the same game, over and over and over, until it's no longer profitable, and then we're going to kill the series completely."

@GnomeSlice $60 for an unplayable game is $60 too much.

@fbueckert Don't buy it?

Also how does my Steam profile look now guys. steamcommunity.com/id/GnomeSlice

@GnomeSlice Don't sell it?

@fbueckert lol

If you can't even play it, it shouldn't even be sold.

So don't buy it.

It's not complicated.

11:50 PM

@GnomeSlice That's not really relevant to his point, though.

People sell lots of shit that shouldn't be sold.

He's talking about how the company conducts business.

@Wipqozn Oh. I don't know enough about EA to really comment on that.

@GnomeSlice Now I remember why arguing with you is equivalent to smashing my face into a brick wall.

Ironically, I hadn't missed it.

@GnomeSlice It's more about trusting the company and everything they put their name on.

11:51 PM

@fbueckert I'm not arguing with anyone. What?

@GnomeSlice They were the focus of a huge law-suit a few years ago for forcing their employees to work 60-80 hour weeks and refusing to pay them for it.

=[

@Wipqozn That stinks.

@RedRiderX Yeah, exactly. People trust Valve. People don't trust EA, for a variety of reasons.

@Wipqozn And for good reason. EA hasn't shown they care about the people that pay their bills.

It's not really a case of any one thing,but just how the company has conduct itself as a whole.

11:52 PM

If anything, they've proved they care nothing for us gamers.

The only problem I've ever had with EA was their customer service for Scrabble Blast on iOS. You had to register and enter your phone and carrier and stuff and my carrier wasn't listed as an option.

Being Canadian, I guess.

I figured out the problem on my own though, so that's okay.

@Wipqozn Yeah, some might argue that a little too much trust is put in Valve.

@RedRiderX I could see such an argument being made.

I don't particularly like Valve over other developers. I don't like how they're trying to wheedle as much money out of people with this trading card business as they can, either.

@RedRiderX To be fair, companies tend to get that amount of trust until they've demonstrated they don't deserve it.

Look at Gearbox.

People absolutely adored them for Borderlands.

And then they served up the steaming pile of shit that was Aliens.

11:54 PM

@GnomeSlice eh, they were already essentially printing money with TF2

@badp Yeah, that too.

at least not it's braindead simple to get a share of the profits :P

I don't really like the business model of TF2.

@GnomeSlice It's one of the least offensive F2P implementations out there

DOTA 2 doesn't let you outright buy guns, I guess, but guns aren't tied to levels or progression or stuff like that

@badp Maybe so, but it's basically built around taking a cut of millions of microtransactions. Eh, maybe it's just me.

11:55 PM

Guns just happen

@GnomeSlice The trick is that the economy is entirely optional.

Maybe I'm just a valve hipster.

And it's not like they grant massive advantages, either.

The only thing I dislike about TF2s system is crates and keys.

@Wipqozn Oh yeah, that.

ergh

11:56 PM

@fbueckert some of them are pretty much must-haves though - but they'll come with time

Everything else is perfectly fine, and is exactly how I want a F2P game to be run.

@badp My quick fix is pretty nice.

Not that I've been able to play TF2 for months, it had to re-download most of it when I switched PCs

Still got 8 GB to go or something.

@Wipqozn I see keys as a backwards kind of pay-what-you-want for TF2

@badp pay-want-you-want-again-and-again-forever

...in units of $2.49 anyway

11:58 PM

@badp For $2.49 you could buy two games in the last indiegamestand feature.

@GnomeSlice pay what you want as you go; if you don't want to do that and still want the uncrating you can still trade for keys the old way

@GnomeSlice so? TF2 is $0 if you want to.

You have to go out of your way to pay money for the game

@badp Well, I bought a watch thingy for a premium account, which was pretty okay I guess.

and once you get stuff it's yours forever to keep

(so long as you have the room for it)

Why are you guys arguing with me so much, I just said I don't particularly like TF2's business model, I didn't say I was hating on the game.

Something about it just bugs me.

@GnomeSlice You are.