The Bridge

FEichinger

10:09

Heya, folks.

Arperum

@FEichinger Hey!

5pike

@FEichinger hi

0% chance of getting busted, but I still got a DEA raid..

Arperum

@5pike Fancy. How much meth do you have stored?

5pike

6.7 mil

Robotnik

evening all

5pike

10:17

Seems like that "I" am a good talker.

Arperum

8mil here now (11k+/s)

Lazers

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Q: Vivillon's Pattern 3DS Locations - Who do I need to trade with?

According to Vivillon's Pokedex Entry, they have different wing patterns depending on their original location in the world: Vivillon with many different patterns are found all over the world. These patterns are affected by the climate of their habitat So I've been doing some research, and i...

pokemon-sixth-gen

Arperum

I can buy that stupid space hazmat upgrade, but I'm not trying to produce even more, I need more sellers.

kalina

great

I thought today couldn't get any worse

I ask this site for an address to use for multicasting that won't interfere with any other applications they're using

IT guy gives me the address their phone system uses

Arperum

@kalina It just did? What's going on?

kalina

10:20

I start up our application

take down their phone system

Arperum

And they go crazy over "the phone doesn't work anymore"

Robotnik

@kalina Oh, are we sharing horror stories of today?

kalina

I'm just going to go sit over here in this dark room by myself

Robotnik

Ok

So my business does work for this government thingo

we support a legacy application

Arperum

@Robotnik @kalina is living in one of those stories right now.

Robotnik

10:22

@Arperum I know

So anyway I get this call

from an unknown number

"THE APP IS BROKEN WE NEED IT FIXED ASAP!!!11"

I'm like "Who is this?"

"YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHO THIS IS"

noidea.jpg

eventually figure out its this government place

turns out they're moving offices

just decided to power cycles the MAIN DB SERVER

freaking everything down

all day

and apparently it's our fault

because we werent' prepared

to deal with something

kalina

At least you didn't just find out one of the applications your company writes has a hardcoded path to a settings file in one of its key components

Robotnik

they never told us about

Arperum

@Robotnik You should have expected them to move and stop the server. why didn't your app tell you they were going to move?

@kalina I had that yesterday, hardcoded IP in some actionscript nonsense, now a server move later nothing works anymore of course.

Robotnik

@kalina Oh, did I mention that the app in question has all functionality in one class, connects to an outdated legacy document store that's license expired back in 2002, and stopping and starting the document store would force it to check its license

and then not run, obviously

tombull89

@kalina lolwut

Martin Sojka

10:43

@Robotnik Set computer clock to 2001?

Robotnik

@MartinSojka Yeah. exactly. That's the fix

kalina

I just went into C:\ on one of these servers

and it briefly (for about 8 seconds) said nothing other than "This folder is empty."

Martin Sojka

@Robotnik Nope. But I never claimed it was, either.

kalina

this site has resulted in more bugs being reported about our software than nearly all of our other customers have raised individually

the ironic part is they're not even installed yet, and they've never used the software

M'vy

heya

5pike

10:52

@M'vy hi

Lazers

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Q: Post game mega stone for charizard still high price

I beat the elite four, beat the rival again and went to buy mega stones for charizard cuz I chose bulbazaur in the beginning. Yet the clerks sells me the stone with a price of 1000000. Wts going on? Are there any things to be done to lower its price?

pokemon-xy

Robotnik

@MartinSojka No I mean really, that's how I 'fixed' it. change system clock. start app. reset system clock. Luckily for us the doc store isn't smart enough to pick that up

M'vy

@Robotnik you also could reversed engineer the code and jump the licence checl, but that would take a long time ^^

kalina

soon I am going to overtake Grace on chat activity

SOON

I AM UNSTOPPABLE

M'vy

oh god...

Robotnik

10:56

@M'vy remember, I had the timeframe of ASAP and a screaming client on the phone :P

kalina

"Your account has been temporarily suspended for making a competition out of everything."

M'vy

@Robotnik Yeah I bet :)

kalina

@Robotnik just yawn loudly and proclaim you're "On Break"

3

HELP EVERYTHING HAS EXPLODED

yawn

5pike

ASAP for me is as soon as I feel like it...

kalina

Oh look, it's lunch time

back in an hour

5pike

10:58

If the customer is a bitch, ASAP can be a very long time.

Robotnik

@kalina I actually hung up at one point because the nice lady on the other end had resorted to profanities

kalina

"nice" "lady" and "profanities"

CRITICAL ERROR: NO SENSE MADE

Robotnik

she came back slightly calmer

kalina

I wouldn't even refer to myself as a "lady" - I swear far too much

plus, fuck dresses

who thought it would be a good idea to walk around in something like that in the cold

that's not normal

Robotnik

@kalina pants are annoying as well

As soon as I'm home, pants off

kalina

11:00

pants...

...are...

...underwear?

Robotnik

trousers?

kalina

right

Robotnik

jeans, but classier

like workware

i guess

5pike

Most comfy trousers

for @home

Raven Dreamer

Robotnik

11:06

@RavenDreamer is that...

the steam box?

Raven Dreamer

No.

tombull89

Is there a limit on "family" members?

Martin Sojka

@Robotnik That's ... still not a fix. Just a nasty workaround, where you were lucky it worked.

The "fix" is to buy the friggin' licence or migrate to something else.

Robotnik

@MartinSojka Hoho, we have a winrar

seriously though we've suggested it

but it's "not high priority"

apparently they've put forward a motion to start thinking about planning to replace the whole thing

or something

Martin Sojka

A client screaming at you on the phone is not a high priority? Sounds like a rather relaxing job.

Are you sure you're not working for the government? :)

Robotnik

11:09

@MartinSojka I did say govt department

Martin Sojka

Ah, ok. Missed that one. :D

3ventic

@tombull89 As far as I know, no, but there might be a limit on the number of devices enabled for sharing

Robotnik

@MartinSojka So the followup is that I 'handled it very well' and apparently there will be 'severe repercussions' for the nice lady on the other line, although i doubt it

Martin Sojka

@3ventic Sounds nice. My family tree is hitting about a thousand living relatives now. If I used Steam, I'd made sure to include them all.

Raven Dreamer

Gorram. It's a good day to check my email, apparently.

Robotnik

11:12

@MartinSojka It's the customer Gotham deserves

Raven Dreamer

Robotnik

but not the one it needs right now

3ventic

@MartinSojka You can't remotely enable sharing though, you have to login on the computer and enable sharing for that computer before others can use your games on that specific computer.

tombull89

@3ventic That would make more sense - then I could add my brother and a couple of friends to it.

Martin Sojka

@3ventic TeamViewer exists.

3ventic

11:14

@MartinSojka True, but I wouldn't want my account details on a computer I don't use myself. Not sure about you

Martin Sojka

Steam has such bad and leaky account handling anyway, I'm not sure I'd care, even if I used it.

badp

@RavenDreamer Grats

@RavenDreamer oh, I also got that one.

I hoped it'd be tradable so I could pass it on to @GraceNote

kalina

eugh, I've gotten so bad at checking my email recently

@MartinSojka I am seeing it as a method of separating my groups of steam friends though

by having multiple steam accounts I use for each group

fredley

@kalina Cunning

Can you sign in to multiple accounts though?

kalina

Multiple pc's

It does mean having two sets of achievements to complete though

Arperum

11:30

> The DEA has seized a Small House, it's a sad day for meth addicts everywhere :(

kalina

It means my bedroom can have it's own steam account

5pike

@Arperum Oh, so the raids do work.

Arperum

Not like I care about 25 production or enything.

fredley

@kalina Sounds uneccesarily convoluted to me

Just have Steam VMs

kalina

You just summed me up pretty well there

I already have 3 pcs on, why would I want a vm as well

5pike

11:33

@Arperum The raid rate+success should be cranked up significantly, so that you actually have to look after the % rating.

They should also always take your most "valuable" asset.

Arperum

@5pike I was at a rather low % when it happened I think (went away for a meal, saw that when I came back.

kalina

Most valuable asset is the cook

Arperum

@5pike Yea, not some random crap thing.

Also: lawyers are stupid OP in the game.

5pike

Yeah

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I've got 6, 11.5% chance of getting busted while selling 21k$ per second =p

Arperum

11:36

I have 12 lawyers and have a 0% chance to be busted, in reality is it probably soemmwhere around -150 or something.

5pike

0% while producing 3.4 mil $ /s

Arperum

0% producing 3mil

5pike

Time for an island state.

Arperum

I have one, not the one below that though :p

fredley

Time to listen to this again

Arperum

11:37

I went away and bought the best I could buy.

second island state costs 10bil

Martin Sojka

The game is actually pretty neat in that you have more than one value to balance, not just your growth rate.

5pike

@MartinSojka Yeah, but the raid rate and success is to low to actually look out for it.

fredley

@Arperum Maintaining 0% chance of bust is as easy as it is pointless

Martin Sojka

At least, in theory. Needs lots of fine-tuning for it to work in practice.

Arperum

Yea well, I can run a production deficit for a serious time now

Batches (purity is Blue Platinum)
75,058,723
114,393 per second (net)

SO not going to run out any time soon.

Martin Sojka

11:40

Not going to run out ever.

The "(net)" means what your dealers are selling is already subtracted.

kalina

@fredley I'm disappointed you didn't make a breaking bad game

Arperum

@MartinSojka Oh I can fix that once I buy a couple more things for selling.

kalina

you should feel ashamed

fredley

@kalina I'm more disappointed at you

kalina

there is nothing to be disappointed in me for

fredley

11:41

My disappointment is tangible

kalina

I am perfect in every way

fredley

Apart from your total lack of innocence

kalina

I am so innocent that you can't even begin to comprehend

there are new born babies who're less innocent than I am

Arperum

@kalina You are so innocent that you go off the chart of innocence and end up straight on the other side of the chart.

@kalina This is the case for almost everyone.

Martin Sojka

@kalina A newborn baby can easily acquire a few microHitlers by doing some horrific things, up to and including eating their twin and killing their mother. Not with malice or on purpose, of course.

Kevin van der Velden

11:46

I love that the upgrade for the diplomat is half the price of your first diplomat ><

Also, if anyone wants to cheat in this game: change your computer clock

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden wat.

That is pretty random design.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum it's pretty efficient design for a browser based game

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Might be true. Still. I find it random.

Martin Sojka

Another random thing is this one:

kalina

I think what we're seeing here is all of these random clicking web based games are starting to mature to the point where they have sufficient depth to be interesting, rather than just mind numbing

Martin Sojka

11:49

"You found an extra barrel of meth, with 100 batches inside!"

badp

@kalina SAM.

Martin Sojka

... while I'm auto-producing 200k batches per second.

kalina

@badp ...sam?

badp

Steam Achievement Manager.

Kevin van der Velden

@MartinSojka You found some extra cash hidden in a shoe box, worth $91,445.1!

Shyam

11:50

@kalina Hello

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Kevin van der Velden

I'm making quite a bit more than that

Arperum

@MartinSojka Yea, the game contains such stupid things, they really need to fix those numbers.

Martin Sojka

It basically bases your "finds" on how much you currently have "on the bank". I have a perfectly balanced production - zero batches saved, net zero production.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Why would you produce 200k meth/s+? We are not talking about the money value.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I am?

I found that much money, not batches

@Arperum martin is making that much meth, I've got a net of 77 =p

Arperum

11:53

I got a net of somewhere around 114k /s net but it's going to go down 105k in a bit when i buy out that rial gang.

Martin Sojka

212,200 batches/s to be precise.

Saving on the moon base and stuff. :)

Arperum

@MartinSojka Where did you find this number? or did you count it out?

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum pff, I'm still saving up for a police force of my own =p

Martin Sojka

@Arperum Counted it up; it's not in the statistics.

kalina

@badp is this a thing?

Arperum

11:55

and 7M eaned per second, damn, that rival gang was huge.

it more then doubles my sales.

5pike

@Arperum Indeed

And still at 0%

Arperum

El Presidente 0

$32,501,000,000 — Partner with a dictator of an impoverished country for unchecked meth distribution

Sells 1,150,000 per second; -10% risk

Damn...

fredley

@Arperum Yeah. Once you've got one that's it

Martin Sojka

Still, for a proper "Breaking Bad" inspired game, it needs quite a bit more dying.

fredley

Assuming you also have a moon base

@MartinSojka A time limit on the game would make it more fun

Arperum

11:56

@fredley Moon base is about the same price.

fredley

@Arperum Whole game doesn't take longer than an hour to complete

Arperum

@fredley not playing very active, doing work too.

fredley

@Arperum You're playing it wrong

Arperum

@fredley I don't care.

fredley

@Arperum i DO

Arperum

11:58

@fredley What is right then?

fredley

@Arperum Devoting every second to playing it until you complete the game

No breaks

Arperum

@fredley A Break would be Bad, I assume?

OrigamiRobot

@kalina can fly now

Shyam

@kalina hey

2

Arperum

@Shyam Why are you so focused on @kalina? It's weird.

tombull89

12:11

yesterday, by tombull89

Because she's a girl?

Arperum

@tombull89 As in: "Yay, a girl on the internet! Let's drive her back out! calls witchhunt"

fredley

@Shyam Yeah, stop doing this

OrigamiRobot

@tombull89 Well, as far as we know...

Wipqozn

12:35

9 hours ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

►

These kids need to stop making terrible music.

Aren't their laws against this?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn No. The laws require it.

tombull89

CH-CH-CH-CH-CHINESE FOOD

Lazers

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Q: Where is Mr Bonding?

Mr Bonding is the guy that hands out O-Powers (such as Capture Power, or Attack Power) for you to use on your friends. However I've only found him twice, once in the Gateway to Route 5, and once in Hotel Ambrette (Ambrette Town). So, what other locations does he show up in?

pokemon-xy

Arperum

@LessPop_MoreFizz Then we need laws against it. It's terrible.

Wipqozn

I think it classifies as Turtle abuse.

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SKIP ROPE GANG LEADERS

Martin Sojka

12:38

@Wipqozn The corollary of Sturgeon's Law means that if they would stop making terrible music, we'd also get less good music being made.

Wipqozn

Also, you're like 11 years old and hanging out with a 25+ year old in a panda suit that you found at the Chinese place down the street

Just a tad bit creepy.

tombull89

►

Wipqozn

Just a rad.

tombull89

worse ^

he looks 6

Wipqozn

@MartinSojka True.

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:39

@Wipqozn The scene at the bottom of the stairs at the end seems like it implies she did more than just hang out with the panda, IMO.

5

Martin Sojka

So, let kids have their fun. As long as I don't need to endure the fruits of that "fun", whatever it might be, they can keep doing that.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I...my god.

fredley

My Eternal Scout patch has arrived!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fredley Wooooo!

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's awesome

RedRiderX

12:41

@tombull89 Chow MO-MO-MO-MO-MIEN

@Wipqozn Wait there's like the same guy in that as Friday.

Is that company honestly still in business?

Wipqozn

@RedRiderX A lot of these are all produced by the same company.

@RedRiderX Yes. They made a lot of money off of Friday.

RedRiderX

@Wipqozn Oh, right.

Wipqozn

All the people sharing the video because of how terrible it was.

RedRiderX

I guess they would.

Tim Stone

@LessPop_MoreFizz I thought the "Panda Express" reference was in regard to the restaurant, but now I'm worried I was wrong.

RedRiderX

12:43

@fredley Oooh.

fredley

@RedRiderX Yeah!

Wipqozn

@TimStone OH MY GOD IT JUST GETS WORSE THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT

Tim Stone

initiates brain-bleaching

Wipqozn

I...I just notice this scene

►

Tim Stone

Huh, and I was just reading about how China uses its pandas in trade agreements. Does this mean that China is actually a panda pimp? These are dark times we live in.

Martin Sojka

12:46

Yeah, well. Patrice Wilson needs to die for sure.

RedRiderX

@Wipqozn Gotta get me sum of dat Pixe Stix magic.

Wipqozn

That's no pixe stix.

OrigamiRobot

I think they're mispronouncing "jump rope"

LessPop_MoreFizz

My Chinese Immigrant friends response:

> That's Mongolian BBQ. So offensive.

RedRiderX

Oh I thought that was the sugar overdose scene.

I was mistaken.

Wipqozn

12:52

@RedRiderX No, it just keeps going.

@MartinSojka I'm really starting to get worried.

This guy seems to seek out young girls and has them perform music videos, which seem to contain highly suggestive material.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn the young girls seek him out (or rather, their rich parents do.)

He's providing them a service and charges them money for it.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's less creepy.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> Ark's business centers on the recruitment/discovery of new young singers. The artists (or their parents) pay a $2,000 to $4,000 fee to Ark, and Ark then writes and produces music in collaboration with these artists, often producing music videos and promotion of the songs. The singer owns the master recording, and Ark retains publishing rights to the song and all the sales from the song.[1]

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn Nah, it's still super creepy, it just kind of refocuses the blame.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn Disagree. I think it's substantially creepier.

Arperum

12:54

@Wipqozn Still doesn't make it stop sounding like rape is involved somewhere.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'll concede that you're correct.

Martin Sojka

Well, exploitation.

Arperum

@MartinSojka That at the very least.

Lazers

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Q: Items Unique To Ice Biome?

I've been moving along my progression line at a brisk pace in Terraria lately, all the way up to a full set of Crimsonite Armor and weapons, a Minishark (I prefer it until I get a better supply of stars for the Star Canon), and basically all the meteorite equipment I want. I'm ready to take on t...

terraria

5pike

Moonlab Alpha or El Presidente?

Arperum

13:03

@5pike I was going to ask: "what happens when you run out of meth?" I'm going to go for El presidente. And I'll see what happens. still 10B to go though.

5pike

Since my break, I was raided 6 times by the DEA (could always talk my way out of it) and found 2 trucks full with cash.

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Looks cool. Sure hope it beats the ToS sequel though

TZHX

you just sell what you produce.

StrixVaria

2

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria wat

Arperum

13:05

@StrixVaria Goo you!

Ben Brocka

I really really really wish Pokemon added a screenshot function, at least something like ACNL

2

StrixVaria

That new horde feature looks awesome.

Ben Brocka

I found a horde of seviper and a Zangoose, but the seviper beat up the zangoose before I could catch it

StrixVaria

There are so many pokemon apparently available this gen.

Wipqozn

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2

Ben Brocka

13:08

@StrixVaria I love it. It feels so much less limited, even before the national pokedex

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka I can't wait to play (starting next Friday).

I'll just go play White 2 and pretend I'm cool now.

Ben Brocka

though all pokemon still aren't available inside a single generation. But the cloud savey/transfery thing seems to make upgrading generations MUCH easier for the future

Arperum

@StrixVaria I'll just go work some more and then hope somehow a 3DS comes magically falling out of the air.

StrixVaria

Assuming you're not working for free, can't that help you buy a 3DS?

Ben Brocka

Nintendo's cutting the price on refurbished 3DSes too

5pike

13:11

@Arperum Buy a used one - they are tons cheaper.

Arperum

@StrixVaria I don't really have the option of randomly buying whatever I want, got to watch what I buy somewhat. I have 5k euros saved and that is for emergencies like ending in a car crash and having to pay for the hospital.

Ben Brocka

Yeah I'd recommend a refurbed/used one over the 2DS unless for some reason you like the form factor

Arperum

@5pike Cheapest i found was 100 euros or something around that. I can get a new one for 150

Ben Brocka

What about "new pokemon game" isn't a spending emergency?

5pike

@Arperum Check your local classifieds site. I regularly see 3ds's going for 50€ (sold by angry parents).

OrigamiRobot

13:14

@Arperum I have never had that much in savings O_O

Wait, that's a lie. I did when I was saving for a car.

Still

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot That's from saving up from when I was a child, partly and partly from when I still lived with my parents.

I'm kind of looking into buying a house too, so paying for the loan and things like that. (true, having an own house would spare me the 500 euros rent I pay now)

StrixVaria

I can't even dream of rent that cheap around here.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Don't have an own car, my car is from my job.

@StrixVaria Hiring from a friend of my parents, and in february the contract is over and she'd want 850 euro, and I can't pay that much.

Sterno

Why are you guys posting videos of young girls again?

Arperum

I bought a festival ticket of about 100 euro in august, and by the end of the month my spending money kind of ran out. Got my pay just in time though.

Lazers

13:19

0

Q: Does +Spell Damage effect traps?

The hunter has 2 traps that deal damage (Snipe & Explosive Trap). I was wondering if those are affected by +Spell Damage like other spells. And if they are affected, when does that happen? Does the spell damage of when you cast the secret lock into the card, or is it calculated based on the ...

hearthstone

Sterno

^ this is better

5pike

Yeah - got a PSU adapter, now I can install my SSD

Lazers

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Q: How to beat the training ground in Ninja Village

I'm on my first playthrough of Ninja village on android and have finished everything else, except the training grounds. I'm currently stuck on lvl 145 and can't seem to figure out the right hero combination to beat the level. My army is maxed out and the ninjas I'm using are all lvl 30. my format...

android ninja-village

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Q: How can I preview a Halloween paint on an item?

Halloween paints are still working. There is a program called TFMV which lets you preview loadouts and paints on TF2 classes by scanning the VMT files for each item and making an easy interface for editing them (then loading them in HLMV), but it (somewhat understandably) doesn't include any of ...

steam team-fortress-2

Arperum

I might switch my mind this weekend though and get me a 3DS and one of the new pokemons.

SEE WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING TO ME.

5pike

@Arperum We only want your best

fredley

13:26

@Sterno I don't get this

Sterno

@fredley It's a bear playing tetherball. What's not to get?

Arperum

Which one should I get assuming I get one?

5pike

@Arperum I'd get the one with the least retarded pokemon

LessPop_MoreFizz

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Arperum

@5pike Somewhere where I can see the differences quickly?

StrixVaria

13:30

Just killed an Emolga with Volt Switch. Feels good.

SaintWacko

@Arperum JOIN..... US......

Unionhawk

I appreciate you not waking me up, alarm clock. As always.

Crap.

5pike

@Arperum I'd have to google myself.

kotaku.com/…

Mhh... the one from IGN looks good

ign.com/wikis/pokemon-x-y-version/…

If you are still indecisive, flip a coin.

Sterno

Oh no. I just opened Visual Studio and my company is out of ReSharper licenses so I guess I don't get to use one. This is the worst day ever.

LessPop_MoreFizz

13:46

@Sterno This sounds like a good excuse to Not Work until somebody fixes that.

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz I doubt my employer will see it that way.

Ben Brocka

@Arperum Fairly minor set of pokemon, evolution stones and mega evo stones

the IGN list is good but omits the stones

@Sterno "Sorry boss I can't come in today, I have the Pokerus"

Sterno

I don't understand Pokemon

5pike

@Sterno Nobody does

kalina

PREVIOUSLY ON NULLISM'S CLICKING BAD

Sterno

13:55

Considering dropping $200 to buy my own ReSharper license. Hrm.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria This is the problem with skipping generations. I have no idea what that is.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Yeah I have a hard time telling what's gen 5 or 6

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka I've played 1, 2, 4, and now 6.

Ben Brocka

Slight resemblance to...

5pike

Ben Brocka

13:58

@OrigamiRobot I only missed gen 5

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka This is gen 4 isn't it?

Unionhawk

I'm considering bringing my brother in to Arqade. That kid has so much Pokemon knowledge it scares me.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Oh yeah that's Pachirisu the other one is the gen 5 pikacopy

OrigamiRobot

too much gif :(

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