The Bridge

Private Pansy

14:00

@Arperum It... doesn't seem to answer the question at all

Grace Note

Hohum.

Arperum

@PrivatePansy And the weirdest part is that it's the asker answering it.

5pike

@Arperum 2 times

Ben Brocka

5

CNN finally understands

Arperum

@BenBrocka That underscore shouldn't be there.

Ben Brocka

14:02

I like the random underscore to make it "computery"

@Arperum computers use underscores, okay

I imagine most CNN anchors still have a DOS 6.0 machine back home

fbueckert

@PrivatePansy It actually does, but only in passing.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum its a semi-common method of indicating it's one word (internetfight) that's been cut off, IIRC.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria That was my favourite part.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Doesn't a "-" exist for that?

Private Pansy

@KevinvanderVelden So CNN is trying to turn English into German?

Arperum

14:05

@PrivatePansy According to @BenBrocka they are trying to turn English into Computery

Wipqozn

I think I have 6 of my end-game weapons now.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I think the difference is that a '-' is word continues on the next line while a '_' is word is continued from previous line.

Sconibulus

sling/Ling or "Crackling" - Speedlings (Zerglings with speed, or 'Adrenal Gland', upgrade)

of course, one line out of a whole slew of copypasta isn't so good

Ben Brocka

I really doubt "internetfight" was meant to be one word

Wipqozn

1 light bowgun, 1 heavy bowgun, 2 hunting horns, and 2 lances. I also have another fully upgraded hunting horn which is what I plan on using until I get the A. Lagia one.

Ben Brocka

14:06

underscores, terminal colors/ > prompts and other ancient things are pretty often used on "news" to give that "oh those wacky computer nerds are at it again" feeling

Arperum

I really doubt CNN's ability to do anything really.

5pike

@BenBrocka Especially the ">" sign

Ben Brocka

I'm surprised I've never seen a terminal prompt of something like C:\> http://www.facebook.com as a news screenshot

5pike

@BenBrocka Saw it once, but was a IE URL bar screenshot

Ben Brocka

Load "*", 8, http://facebook.com

@5pike yeah they LOVE URL screenshots. And by screenshot I mean "let me put my camera WAY up close to this low-res CRT monitor"

5pike

14:09

@BenBrocka "and tilt it 20% to the left"

"you know, ARTSY"

Ben Brocka

I imagine if you made a regular newspaper do a video game review, all the screenshots would be images of CRT monitors playing the game, and yeah, with the unnecessary tilt

Arperum

@5pike That's not the camera, that's the screen that has been tilted.

Private Pansy

@5pike +10 points if the CRT monitor has scanlines

5pike

@BenBrocka Depends on the news agency

Ben Brocka

I see "picture of my monitor" on pretty much anything that's not an actual tech news site or "new media" thinger

I wonder how often the CNN guys break apart their computers when someone tells them the files are inside the computer

Grace Note

14:13

@BenBrocka This just makes me think of this.

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

Kevin van der Velden

Afternoon @SaintWacko

5pike

@SaintWacko Morning

Ben Brocka

@GraceNote That one's great

I love the two clocks

Grace Note

Same

Kevin van der Velden

14:15

@GraceNote I like how they're ignoring that he's gaming with his numpad and mouse from the looks of it.

Ben Brocka

That's not even far enough over to be the numpad, I think he's using the insert/home/pg up keys

Grace Note

@KevinvanderVelden Too many things to jab at, too little space to fit it all and not go stale.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh hey, Wildstar sub model finally announced.

Grace Note

Though I could mention that FFVII on the PC could be played entirely on the numpad.

Wipqozn

Hammerwatch looks pretty good (cc @GnomeSlice I think)

SaintWacko

14:17

@Wipqozn It is

LessPop_MoreFizz

Standard old school MMO monthly sub, with EVE style ability to buy a month sub that's tradable ingame for ingame currency and/or to buy said subs for ingame currency.

5pike

Seems my question drowned. So here it is again: Regarding Monster Hunter Tri - Does the early-game armor do anything? Feels like it provides little to no benefit whatsoever.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Yeah, it's pretty sweet.

Online multiplayer is still kind of broken though.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice and interest gone./

For now.

GnomeSlice

It works for some people and not for others.

The new IndieRoyale Bundle is super cool.

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5pike

14:26

This one is begging for a flag

Lazers

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Q: How do the 'Corrode / Disintegrate Armor' spells work on creatures?

I was wondering if it's worth it to cast spells with the 'Corrode / Disintegrate Armor' magical effect on creatures. Do those spells have any effect on creatures which don't have armor? What about on creatures that apparently wear armor (e.g. goblins)?

oblivion

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Q: How to get the social hub working?

Since I started playing this game last week, I've never got a positive message for the social hub. It always says it's not available. I'm using the Steam version of the game. In the meantime I've created a Square Enix account and linked it with my steam account because I thought that this could ...

sleeping-dogs

SaintWacko

@5pike I'm not sure why, but alright, I'll flag your message...

5pike

@SaintWacko Oh you

OrigamiRobot

I AM SO ANGRY TODAY THAT I HAVE GIVEN UP AND AM NOW LOOKING FOR MORE REASONS TO BE ANGRY

SaintWacko

So has anyone else here played the Minecraft Hexxit modpack?

@OrigamiRobot What made you so angry?

Tim Stone

14:28

14 hours ago, by Tim Stone

stomps feet angrily

5pike

@SaintWacko You just got up. Are you playing again?

SaintWacko

@5pike Nah, I'm at work now

5pike

@SaintWacko Ok

Private Pansy

According to Steam I played Burnout Paradise for 7 hours last weekend

SaintWacko

But I can't do much because I don't have a working VPN token, so I'll probably head home after lunch

OrigamiRobot

14:30

@SaintWacko slept through three alarms and didn't have any clothes and had to wait to let people paint my door so I could make sure the cat didn't get out and AGH

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Oh, wow, that sucks

GnomeSlice

@PrivatePansy Isn't it great?

SaintWacko

@PrivatePansy Why only 7 hours?

Private Pansy

That is, me, a professional driver-in-training, playing a game that's all about wreaking and crashing cars during my free time

@SaintWacko I have to eat and sleep, you know!

SaintWacko

@PrivatePansy This is more important!

That game is awesomely fun

5pike

14:31

@PrivatePansy No you don't.

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone YES, JOIN MY TANTRUM

SaintWacko

Although Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is by far the best street racing game I've ever played

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot RAH!

5pike

@SaintWacko What does the "DUB" stand for?

OrigamiRobot

NOW I AM ROLLING AROUND IN MY CUBICLE AND I DON'T EVEN CARE WHO SEES

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Kevin van der Velden

14:32

@5pike please don't let it be dubstep

fredley

@OrigamiRobot I can see you

5pike

@KevinvanderVelden I doubt that.

OrigamiRobot

DON'T. EVEN. CARE.

SaintWacko

@5pike Ah... I don't know...

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Go roll around on the street then?

Wipqozn

14:32

SaintWacko

@KevinvanderVelden This was before dubstep hit

OrigamiRobot

@Arperum MAYBE I WILL

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Wildstar will be monthly sub.

GnomeSlice

Did someone say dubstep

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OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING

Arperum

14:33

@GnomeSlice NO.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice ...I want to watch that, but I'm at work

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Buy more alarm clocks, buy clothes

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz YOU ARE A TRUE FRIEND

5pike

@SaintWacko seconded

SaintWacko

@5pike It's from a partnership with DUB Magazine

Kevin van der Velden

14:34

@GnomeSlice I see your dubstep and reply with steampunk

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko It doesn't move, it's just music.

Kevin van der Velden

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LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot With the ability to buy gametime from other players over the in game auction house, a la EVE.

5pike

@SaintWacko Google to the rescue

fredley

@SaintWacko What does DUB Magazine concern itself with?

GnomeSlice

14:34

@KevinvanderVelden Steampunk is a genre of music now?

SaintWacko

@fredley "Automotive Lifestyle Magazine"

Also

Kevin van der Velden

So it would appear

SaintWacko

> The term "DUB" is street slang for custom wheels 20" or larger in diameter and was popularized through hip hop music.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz Also is this true or just anger fuel?

Kevin van der Velden

It is awesome though :)

SaintWacko

14:34

@GnomeSlice Aww

fredley

@SaintWacko So cars with scantily clad women draped over them, at a guess?

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Fine, just a sec.

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Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Someone seems calmed down a little.

GnomeSlice

CC @SaintWacko

fredley

'Lifestyle' in the context of men's magazines == boobs

OrigamiRobot

14:35

@Arperum NO IT WAS JUST AN ASIDE

GnomeSlice

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SaintWacko

@fredley Little bit of that, it looks like

dubmagazine.com

GnomeSlice

CC @SaintWacko

fredley

@GnomeSlice furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap.html

SaintWacko

But no, it looks like it's mostly legitimate car stuff

Arperum

14:36

@OrigamiRobot You stopped shouting for a second. Now it's all fake shouting.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot It is true.

fredley

@SaintWacko It's fun to go through these things and reverse the genders (both ways)

Arperum

@GnomeSlice Did you just CC @saintwacko for his own message?

GnomeSlice

@Arperum No, for my two videos.

Spam filter made me wait.

Arperum

Ah

SaintWacko

14:37

@Arperum It is an amazing MC modpack. If you ever played the old Yogsbox modpack, it's essentially that, improved, and multiplayer

GnomeSlice

@KevinvanderVelden This is folk, by the way.

Also @Arperum alexroe.bandcamp.com/album/strings-of-time

also yogurtbox.bandcamp.com/album/tracer

Arperum

@SaintWacko I'm currently playing a modified FTB unhinged pack. We only just started out our server, so starting another pack might be a bit early.

SaintWacko

@Arperum I used to play FTB, but it has a lot more focus on industrializing

Hexxit is focused on exploration and combat

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice I'd agree, but they label themselves as steampunk. And the music is usually folk (sometimes faster then regular folk) with steampunk subjects

GnomeSlice

@KevinvanderVelden I can label myself a lesbian if I want, but it won't make it true.

SaintWacko

14:41

Hexxit is a lot like Terraria in Minecraft form

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice there's surgery for that

GnomeSlice

You're missing my point.

Arperum

@SaintWacko That does sound intersting yes.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko I thought Minecraft was Terraria in Minecraft form.

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice sometimes you have to dodge a point to make a joke, and I'm completely agreeing with you you know :)

fredley

14:41

@SaintWacko 'Automotive & Lifestyle' => Cars + Boobs, 'Health & Lifestyle' => Fitness twattery + boobs, 'Tech & Lifestyle' => iPhones nestled in boobs.

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GnomeSlice

@KevinvanderVelden buuuuuuuh

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Nope. Minecraft is more focused on building, Terraria is more focused on exploration

There is overlap between the two games, but they focus on different areas

GnomeSlice

@fredley +1 for 'fitness twattery'

Arperum

@SaintWacko When terraria 1.2 hits: mind playing a new world/character together?

SaintWacko

@Arperum Oh god yes

I can't wait

fbueckert

14:42

@Arperum What does 1.2 add?

(Note: I haven't played since Molten armor was the best you could make)

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Also you've seen Star Made right?

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Huge update. Bigger than the release update

@GnomeSlice very fun game

I can't wait til they update it more

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko I should try it.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Oh, wow

You're missing a lot

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko How about Sky Nations? The guys at IndieStatik really really liked it.

SaintWacko

14:43

They added another super-boss, which, when you defeat it, changes the whole world into hard mode. New enemies, new ores, new items

fbueckert

@SaintWacko My gaming time is rather limited. It'll have to be rather major if I'm supposed to play it again.

SaintWacko

Four new sets of armour

GnomeSlice

desura.com/games/sky-nations

SaintWacko

@fbueckert I'll ping you when 1.2 hits, and you can join a server with us

Terraria is way more fun in multiplayer

fredley

@GnomeSlice How is it different from MC?

GnomeSlice

14:44

@fredley airships, basically

fredley

@GnomeSlice cunning

GnomeSlice

I haven't played it, but it's apparently not 'just another minecraft clone'

I dunno if you are familiar with indiestatik, but they mentioned it in one of their articles about the problems multiplayer indies face

And they spoke super highly of it

@SaintWacko video

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Yogsbox had an airship mod. That was fun. You used coal to fuel it, and could load it up with arrows to shoot at enemies

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko I don't know what that is.

But it sounds neat I guess?

I haven't played MC in years.

SaintWacko

I eventually replaced it by riding a Pegasus and shooting enemies with a longbow

OrigamiRobot

14:46

@Arperum IT WAS ALL FAKE SHOUTING THE WHOLE TIME

@LessPop_MoreFizz THAT IS AWFUL

Ben Brocka

@fredley Sounds like an alright magazine

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Is there a preview for 1.2?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice It was an older modpack released through the Technic launcher

Arperum

@fbueckert The new update brings the total itemcount over 1337 (item 1337 was shown in a spoiler)

fbueckert

Because it will take something huge for me to load it up again.

fredley

14:46

@BenBrocka Which one?

GnomeSlice

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fbueckert

KSP tends to fulfill my sandbox needs.

GnomeSlice

@KevinvanderVelden also alexroe.bandcamp.com/album/strings-of-time

I think I pinged the wrong person with that before

Sorry @Arperum

SaintWacko

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fredley

@fbueckert Building rockets in Minecraft is more fun, mostly because it's not designed to make the building of rockets possible

Kevin van der Velden

14:47

@GnomeSlice jeah, but I clicked it anyway :)

Arperum

@fbueckert The official forum contains a topic somewhere with a couple screens full of spoilers.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot I dunno, I am pretty okay with it, most f2p MMOs are pretty god damned shitty.

Arperum

@SaintWacko That's only partly though.

SaintWacko

@Arperum Right

Also terraria.wikia.com/wiki/Upcoming_Features

GnomeSlice

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SaintWacko

14:48

terrariaonline.com/threads/about-the-release-date.103500

fbueckert

@fredley KSP rockets are amusing because they tend to explode at random with no warning, and the game's meant to be used to build rockets.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Ah, yeah, that looks like fun, too

Arperum

There are at least 5 bosses added since 1.1 (wich added 4 more then you ever saw @fbueckert)

fredley

@fbueckert Almost all Minecraft rockets explode...

Kevin van der Velden

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SaintWacko

14:49

@fbueckert This

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz I will not pay a subscription for a game.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko It has basically zero focus on exploration, it's all about team based objectives and shit

fredley

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Sheep Space Program

OrigamiRobot

I don't pay a subscription for anything.

fbueckert

@fredley I'm working on a rocket that's supposed to launch satellites "revolver-style".

5pike

14:50

@OrigamiRobot not even your internet?

GnomeSlice

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fbueckert

I'm calling it, "The Strix"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Do you not have internet access in your home?

GnomeSlice

CC @SaintWacko @fredley

fbueckert

There are so many mods involved, it's kinda scary.

SaintWacko

14:50

@fbueckert I want to see that when it's done

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Also, box comes with first month free, and you can use ingame money to buy future months of service a la EVE online.

GnomeSlice

@KevinvanderVelden Decent rock I guess.

OrigamiRobot

If you want to argue things like phone and rent and all that, go for it, but you know what I mean.

5pike

@OrigamiRobot Yes - but trolling is fun

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice jup, and it also calls itself steampunk music, which is why the term is completely useless as a genre of music ><

OrigamiRobot

14:52

@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't want to have to play a game to earn the right to play said game.

GnomeSlice

@KevinvanderVelden It's rock.

You can wear whatever you want, but it's still rock.

Kevin van der Velden

Note the "completely useless" bit =p

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Your loss. /shrug.

GnomeSlice

It's not even useless, it just isn't a thing.

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice every new genre wasn't a thing before enough people started calling themselves that and it became a thing.

GnomeSlice

14:53

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OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz It is. I'm not trying to preach or anything, this game just wont fit how I want to play and/or pay for my games

fbueckert

@SaintWacko I can't figure out if I want to launch the satellites along the rocket's heading, or perpendicular. It's going to be fun to figure out the mechanics of it.

Arperum

@GnomeSlice It's the same that Alestorm plays "pirate metal" and turisas plays "battle metal"

GnomeSlice

@Arperum Metal is full of crazy subgenres. Like viking doom metal and whalecore

fredley

@OrigamiRobot This is how almost any game works. What with levels and shizzle

Private Pansy

14:54

So I'm trying to solve Project Euler problem no. 25: projecteuler.net/problem=25, and my first instinct was to try log10(Fn)

Ullallulloo

@LessPop_MoreFizz At least in EVE, that's very hard to do in one month.

Private Pansy

The resulting graph is surprisingly linear, but I can't seem to figure out why

Arperum

@GnomeSlice Never heard of whalecore. The viking part is mostly nonsense too.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley No, you can continue to play the level until you beat it.

GnomeSlice

A genre used to describe Mastodon's 2004 concept album, Leviathan, which is based on the story of Moby Dick.

    Frustrated that they were unable to fit the album into existing genres, fans of the band coined the term to point out the inherent humor in dedicating a full-length metal album to the topic of a whale. The album can be most accurately described as a mix of heavy metal, metalcore, and progressive metal.

@Arperum It's pretty stupid.

Arperum

14:55

Something is "viking metal" if they sing about vikings...

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Oh subscription games? Fuck them.

GnomeSlice

@Arperum Yeah, most of those crazy metal 'genres' are just a bunch of stoned guys picking funny names.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Naming a genre after this album is stupid.

It's a good album, but really. Come on.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Yeah.

5pike

@GnomeSlice what the hell?

GnomeSlice

14:56

ever heard of AHAB?

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Ronan Forman

@PrivatePansy I'm assuming writing some code to go through every single number in the sequence is cheating.

GnomeSlice

Ooo, Preschtale is free again!

<3

Private Pansy

@RonanForman Not cheating, just fairly tedious without a bignum library

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Already expected this to break out into a song I know by Baroness, so I have high hopes for it.

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz If it wasn't published by NCSoft, I'd be interested in looking at it. But since they are, and they are officially the worst publisher ever, they'll never see my money again.

GnomeSlice

14:57

@StrixVaria I have actually never listened to AHAB, but I've heard about them from one of my crazy metal friends.

I used to listen to metal a lot.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Why do you hate NCSoft?

Private Pansy

I mean, yes, I suppose you could count it as cheating

Ronan Forman

@PrivatePansy Why?

SaintWacko

Also, how do you feel about Perfect World?

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert I thought EA was the worst publisher ever

fbueckert

14:58

@SaintWacko They murdered City of Heroes, and treated their fanbase like crap.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Ah, that

Martin Sojka

NCSoft is the worst MMO publisher ever. EA is the worst overall.

Ben Brocka

NCSoft is the EA of MMOs or something

SaintWacko

Haha

GnomeSlice

I don't have any issues with EA

SaintWacko

14:59

Hivemind

Private Pansy

@RonanForman Because most language's int datatype overflows before you get anywhere near a 1000 digit long number, which means writing your own code to handle integers that big

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz Sad. I can't justify a monthly sub fee, because I know it won't hold my interest long enough.

SaintWacko

I've really been enjoying Neverwinter lately

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Indeed. If they had actually respected their fanbase and given them a proper reason, rather than, "Nope, going down, bye!", I wouldn't hate them so much.

GnomeSlice

I had some trouble with their customer service about an iOS app one time because you had to fill out your carrier and shit and they only listed American ones, but I eventually figured out the problem on my own.

OrigamiRobot

14:59

Jan 9 '11 at 17:28, by GnomeSlice

I liked the prequel trilogy...

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GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot So?

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