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5pike

13:01

I would go an ask on the games forum first, before starting a bounty.

mpower

@5pike thanks for this site to ask.Also I think its soon to set bounty on second day.

fredley

@kalina Downvotes don't kill people, the crushing sense of rejection does.

Lazers

13:19

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Q: Three Man Army Achievement problems

I already check the other question about it but I still can't make it. I've done the final mission and chose option C (not to kill Trevor and Michael). But know if I'm with Trevor and call Michael to hangout he accepts it, but before I pick him up I call Franklin and he's busy or not answering. ...

Unionhawk

Blarg. SCREW YOU ALARM! zzz

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Community Managers

Proposed Q&A site for community Managers and Moderators

Currently in definition.

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PHP,SQL Arena

Proposed Q&A site for this site exclusively for those who are interested in PHP Developing/Enthusiasts. Also including Javascript,Jquery, CSS etc....

Currently in definition.

Lazers

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Q: Is Democracy 3 deterministic?

All of the systems in this game are very complex. Policies have all sorts of knock-on effects, and voters are effected by any number of them. If I perform the exact same actions in multiple runs of the game, will I get exactly the same result? It would be nice to know the answer to this questio...

simulation democracy-3

Arperum

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Stackoverflow anyone?

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment There is some other moderators proposal that has more people on it.

@Lazers Why are genretags still a thing?

I feel like I'm talking to a computer...

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum you are

Ben Brocka

13:32

I AM NOT A COMPUTER. HELLO FELLOW HUMANS. PLEASE INSERT GIRDER.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden I'm fully aware of that. I was just hinting at the bridge being asleep.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum and I answered, proving that the bridge isn't completely asleep :)

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Which is good, thus keep doing that.

Unionhawk

I am asleep.

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk I am sleep-working, does that count?

Unionhawk

13:36

No

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden I am sleep-working too, having a bit of a nightmare though, making an interactive advent calendar with js/css and all I got for images was a single .gif file... Got some stuff though, so now I might be able to do something...

OrigamiRobot

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot BURN, you ugly thing

Ben Brocka

Awww yiss is that a gurdurr

fredley

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Meta.SE.SE.Meta

Ben Brocka

13:40

that sure is large for a sprite that's like 40 pixels high

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I think they can manage 30k in over 2 days.

Unionhawk

@NOPE GraceNote.SE

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Maybe.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman 760k is the Blu-Ray tier. (Waste of a BRD IMO, but whatever) People want that.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot True, people do like their pixels.

OrigamiRobot

13:47

@RonanForman I'm no expert, but 8 6-minute videos don't seem like 50GB to me.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Aren't blurays better quality too?

tombull89

So there's a list of new domains now avaible to buy on GoDaddy

.blackfriday is one of them, so should we buy rebecca.blackfriday and set up dont.listen.to.rebecca.blackfriday?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman The resolution is a limitation of the media format. That's the problem.

fredley

@tombull89 brb

OrigamiRobot

The 1080p data will fit on a DVD, but it won't play at 1080p

tombull89

13:50

@fredley uk.godaddy.com/tlds/gtld.aspx?ci=85337

fredley

@tombull89 rebecca.blackfriday is available, and I'd purchase it for the annual fee ($40 is worth it to me), but it's $320 setup fee, so nope.

2

Somebody richer have a go.

tombull89

@fredley I'll chip in $20

fredley

@tombull89 brb, setting up kickstarter

srsly, if another 14 people chip in $20 I'll do it

Kevin van der Velden

@tombull89 you asked godaddy, it'll probably be parked in 5 minutes

tombull89

There's some really odd tlds there. How about youtube.rips?

fredley

13:53

.uno? They named a gtld after a card game?

tombull89

.christmas? is.it.christmas?

fredley

.app is just a stupid money-maker

As every app that already has a .com will go and buy it just to prevent other people squatting

In fact all of these are stupid

Lazers

0

Q: Have they Changed the Power of the Honey Badger

I have noticed today that the Honey Badger is not a potent as it was before the latest update to COD Ghosts. is this me, or has the Honey Badger been made less powerful (much like the MSMC was in COD Black Ops II)?

call-of-duty-ghosts

tombull89

There's also a .food so we could have i.love.chinese.food

kalina

Today I remembered: Linux isn't a good operating system and Windows will always be superior in every way

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Fluttershy

14:00

@Lazers Time for more death threats sent to Infinity Ward! Such a friendly community, Call of Doodie players... <_<

fredley

@tombull89 Because chinese.food won't go insanely fast

@kalina Linux > Windows for servers

If you disagree you're just plain wrong

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kalina

@fredley I'm sorry, I disagree with you, based on the fact I can't even get gparted to detect my hard disks and it hangs on "scanning all devices"

fredley

@kalina Well you're linuxing wrong

kalina

based on the fact that when I right click on a drive and select format I get no progress indicator or any indicator of any kind demonstrating it's actually doing anything

@fredley Don't. I am in a vile mood and comments like this will probably result in massive data loss.

fredley

@kalina You're using a gui with Linux? Instafail

kalina

14:02

welcome to my ignore list

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening (slightly nsfw cover art)

TZHX

Linux has a GUI?

fredley

@TZHX Sounds awful

GnomeSlice

New Deal: Full Bore for Windows and Linux http://goo.gl/fb/7XitT #indiegamestand

Tweeted by IndieGameStand on November 12, 2013 at 6:50 AM

^ This game is excellent, if you're into puzzle games.

Unionhawk

Welp. The cold got here fast.

tombull89

14:08

So the Bioshock Infinite DLC "Burial at Sea" is released today.

Unionhawk

(cold as in 23 F (-5 C), with an overnight drop of around 10 F (5 C))

GnomeSlice

@Unionhawk That doesn't sound very cold.

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice You don't sound very cold. seriousface

GnomeSlice

=[

Unionhawk

(In fairness, it's not that cold, but I am not currently equipped for cold here on campus. I will have to correct that this weekend)

5pike

14:12

@tombull89 I heard it's really, really short.

Gaming Topics From Outside

14:30

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Q: Installing Hero of the Storm on Ubuntu

I went to the BlizzCon .. great time and I saw their new game Hero Of The Storm - http://www.heroesofthestorm.com/en-us But I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and when I try to install it, it does not work, nothing happens ... no launcher... no screens ... nothing I already have Diablo 3 and WOW installed...

games

GnomeSlice

Modulated looks like it has a lot of potential

Sterno

Lazers

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Q: What are the stats for the MegaTower segments?

Cities of Tomorrow introduced MegaTowers, which have many different segments which can be built. So far I know these: LW Residential: 800 workers, 400 shoppers and 200 students. 800 cost per hour, 1200 rent per hour T1 Office: 1200 LW, 400 MW and 100 HW workers. 900 cost per hour, 1900 rent...

simcity

GnomeSlice

kickstarter.com/projects/digitilus/skyjacker-space-combat-sim

fredley

@GnomeSlice A word on recommendations, if I may

You'll find that you'll get a much better return on recommending things if you recommend them specifically to people who might be interested

Sterno

14:38

@GnomeSlice Wow, Gerard Butler's in that game!

fredley

as in individual people

Sterno

Or give some specifics on why you're recommending them.

fredley

Given the quantity of links you post, I never click any of them

GnomeSlice

@Sterno hah

fredley

But if you posted a link to me directly with a message like 'I know you like Minecraft, so look at this' I might engage

Same goes for any game you post

And if you can't think of a single specific person to target a link at, it's probably not worth bothering

Blem

14:45

Sterno

Illogical. Your bread would be soggy.

RedRiderX

@Blem mmh toast

3ventic

@Blem What could possibly go wrong?

GnomeSlice

@fredley Hmm.

Catacomb Kids: A Platformer Roguelike, With An Emphasis On Roguelike

Is that better?

OrigamiRobot

This question could fit multiple close reasons. It is literally asking which product (distribution platform) meets certain criteria (most money to devs). It is a game dev question (marketing and distribution are part of development). It is Too Broad (we can't list every distribution method). Primarily Opinion Based was definitely the weakest reason to close it, but it could still be argued. The intentions are noble, but it is not a good fit for our site. — OrigamiRobot 7 mins ago

Blem

14:48

When it comes to games i feel that kickstarter more and more is just away presell a nearly finished product

Sterno

I think "products which meet certain criteria" is kind of getting abused a lot recently, but I agree that question isn't a good fit

"Q: Which gun in quake does the most damage?" "A: I'm sorry, your question is about which product (gun) matches a certain criteria (most damage)."

5pike

@Blem + (somewhat) free advertising.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Has something like that actually happened?

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I don't see that aspect as terribly dissimilar from what's being asked. But as you said, it has a whole host of other problems

The intention behind limiting the product/criteria questions is to avoid popularity contests. Asking specifically "On which platform(s) do the developers get most of my money?", assuming the data was available, is not a popularity contest.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Your example is limited in scope and is by definition bounded. It doesn't fit the two main reasons for the "products that meet a certain criteria" thinger.

fredley

14:51

@Blem The circuit would have already shorted by this stage, fish would already be dead

Sterno

I guess if we pretend there are an infinite number of distribution platforms, sure.

fredley

@GnomeSlice Nope, target it at someone

GnomeSlice

@fredley Why?

OrigamiRobot

By that logic, none of the list questions are unbounded.

fredley

@GnomeSlice Because people ignore your links because you post so many of them

If you really want people to see great new games you're going to have to put a bit of effort in

FEichinger

14:53

@OrigamiRobot And all of those fit "too broad" just as well. There's no need for the "products that meet a certain criteria" reason then.

Sterno

^ that

OrigamiRobot

All that aside, my main problem in this specific case is that this question with multiple problems was reopened because the close reason that won wasn't the best.

fredley

Current thought process:
This is a new indie game > post on Bridge with glowing praise

Suggested thought process:
This is a new indie game > @somebody would like this > post on Bridge to @somebody explaining why they will like it

FEichinger

It's "too localized" all over again: It's getting abused over key phrases.

OrigamiRobot

I'm thinking about making a meta about closing and reopening responsibly.

fredley

14:53

And if they do it's likely to build interest and other people will check it out anyway

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Good luck with that.

OrigamiRobot

The brunt of the topic being closing responsibly.

fbueckert

Also, good morning, Bridge.

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Sterno

@OrigamiRobot Make sure you steal and edit some Drink Responsibly photos for it

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot The close reason that won was terrible...

Sterno

14:55

Holy shit, why the hell does that question have so many upvotes?

Unionhawk

obv sockpuppets

FEichinger

@Sterno Because it's a good question. It may be a terrible fit for the site, but it generates interest.

OrigamiRobot

It's a good question. I know I'd like to make sure my money is supporting devs. It's just no well suited to this site.

Sterno

Really my main problem with the question is that the data simply isn't available.

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk I agree, but that's not a reason to reopen when the question has multiple other problems.

Sterno

14:57

It bugs me that unsourced information posted in an answer has 31 upvotes.

Since I'm pretty sure those numbers are not correct.

fredley

@GnomeSlice Alternatively post things with linkbait titles

OrigamiRobot

Closing for the first reason you can think of is bad, just like reopening without considering problems besides the current close reason is bad.

LpSamuelm

Hey, @GnomeSlice, let's not get too ahead of ourselves.

GnomeSlice

@LpSamuelm =P

@fredley What?

fredley

This one game will make you rethink everythink you thought you knew about roguelikes

GnomeSlice

14:58

That just sounds pretentious.

ಠ_ಠ

5pike

@GnomeSlice That's linkbait baby.

Sterno

@fredley It'll make me stop thinking the word "roguelike" is being abused?

FEichinger

@GnomeSlice At this point, sounding pretentious would be a step forward for you.

fredley

@Sterno Could be, who knows, I just write the clickbait

GnomeSlice

@Sterno It apparently has more focus on being 'roguelike' than some of the roguelites, that have been coming out lately. But who knows, it's a platformer as well.

Sterno

15:00

Super Mario Brothers was a roguelike. You could permadie!

GnomeSlice

@Sterno =[

fbueckert

@Sterno If you left Sonic alone for three minutes, he'd commit suicide, and an instant game over!

That means it's a roguelike, too!

5pike

@fbueckert Seriously?

fbueckert

@5pike Yup.

Sega were jerks about it.

fredley

@Sterno Minecraft is a roguelike, it has a grid map, and dungeons!

GnomeSlice

15:01

I hate you guys.

5pike

@fbueckert Cool.

Unionhawk

@fbueckert That's a hell of an idle animation

fredley

@fbueckert How did he do it?

fbueckert

@fredley Says, "I'm outta here", and jumps off the stage

Lazers

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Q: How can I invite a friend to a server I am on in Battlelog in Battlefield 4?

How can I invite a friend to a server I am on in Battlelog in Battlefield 4? I have seen this: Hint: Did you know you can invite friends to Servers? Drag a friend from the Com Center to a Drop Zone to invite him or her to the server. What do they mean by drop zone? A screenshot here ...

battlefield-4 battlelog

fredley

15:03

5pike

Seems like he also does it in Sonic CD

►

fredley

fbueckert

And it doesn't even just kill your current life; it takes ALL your lives.

5pike

@fbueckert Sonic's got other shit to do.

fredley

Secret sonic level: toilet dash

Sterno

15:11

That is a strange game design decision, to have the character kill himself if you leave it running idle for a few minutes

I wonder if there was a technical reason behind it

GnomeSlice

@Sterno Sonic is all about Speed. I guess it was just some kind of easter egg. That made you lose.

Sterno

Kind of like how you lose if you eat real Easter eggs

fredley

@Sterno Easter eggs, like life, are a game you cannot win :-(

5pike

@Sterno what?

GnomeSlice

fredley

15:14

GnomeSlice

@fredley That's not a real Easter egg.

5pike

@GnomeSlice Yours isn't one either.

fredley

@GnomeSlice No, it's the zenith of easter eggs.

5pike

Still

1 min ago, by 5pike

@Sterno what?

fredley

@5pike what?

Sterno

15:15

@5pike So, a few weeks before Easter, parents hard boil some eggs. Then they and their kids paint them. Then they sit around for a few weeks until the parents hide them.

Once found, one should not eat the egg that was hard boiled over 2 weeks ago and probably not refridgerated

5pike

@Sterno Who does that?

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno indeed, one should DEMAND chocolate eggs!

5pike

2 weeks before easter?

Kevin van der Velden

@5pike people with children I suppose?

5pike

@KevinvanderVelden Such people shouldn't have children...

FEichinger

15:16

@Sterno Yeh ... no, that's not how this works.

Sterno

Maybe you guys live in Awesomeville where you only make your eggs the night before, but that was not my experience.

5pike

We used to paint eggs 2 ~ 1 day before Easter, so they were fresh and edible.

Tim Stone

@Sterno But if you don't eat them how will you hallucinate enough to see the Easter Bunny?

fredley

What is with this ridiculous egg-painting?

You buy chocolate eggs for each other, then you eat them.

Tim Stone

Also people actually hide hard boiled eggs?

FEichinger

15:18

@TimStone Yep.

fredley

@Sterno wikihow.com/Blow-Out-Eggs

Sterno

BACK IN THE DAY HARD BOILED EGGS WERE ALL WE HAD

5pike

@TimStone Apparently. We only hid presents, though, not the eggs.

Tim Stone

@Sterno Ah, right, in the age before plastic.

Sterno

I never in my life have hunted for plastic eggs.

fredley

15:19

@Sterno Seriously though, blowing out eggs is the proper way to do this right?

5pike

@Sterno But for rotten ones?

fredley

Like, no sane parent lets their young children hunt for food that might kill them

Right?

5pike

RIGHT?

fredley

RIGHT??

Sterno

Apparently I had far more traumatic Easters than the rest of you.

Tim Stone

15:20

My experience was always painting eggs, then later eating them before they go bad, and then hunting for chocolate/jelly beans inside of plastic eggs because sanity.

FEichinger

@TimStone Chocolate eggs and the like are becoming more common, but up until some time ago, 'twas still hard boiled eggs here, too.

But unlike @Sternold, we didn't let them rot for two weeks. o.ô

Seriously, wtf?

5pike

I love hard boiled eggs, therefore I love Easter.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I don't know what crazy parents do it that way. We always had egg hunts at church and/or grandparents' houses. The eggs didn't sit for weeks.

fredley

Arperum

@fredley This. So much this.

GnomeSlice

15:21

@fredley ๏_๏

fredley

@Arperum Quite!!

Arperum

@fredley Not this though.

fredley

@Arperum Interesting fact: That's actually @Sternold

5pike

@fredley The kid or the bunny?

GnomeSlice

Is there any way to keep Steam from rearranging the new download queue?

5pike

15:22

or both o_O?

GnomeSlice

I keep putting Loadout at the top and a few minutes later it starts downloading something else.

fredley

@5pike kid

FEichinger

@5pike Must be the bunny. @Sterno was too old when photography began.

Arperum

@fredley Lies. @Sterno was born an old man.

fredley

@Arperum @Sterno is Benjamin Button?

OrigamiRobot

15:24

I bet @Sterno actually painted eggs because egg dyes weren't invented yet.

5pike

@fredley Somewhat, but he gets older again, once he reaches a certain age.

spyder

5pike

Old - not so old - old

Sterno

Jeff Vogel says some stuff

Descriptive links are best links.

OrigamiRobot

@spyder That's not a mauser, silly.

RedRiderX

15:27

@spyder MLA: Guns are magic?

spyder

@OrigamiRobot Lee-Enfield

5pike

@OrigamiRobot I think it's a lee enfield.

OrigamiRobot

Yep

@spyder I was calling whoever named the image silly, not you.

Sterno

> All you need to make a game is a $299 computer, a chair, time, and some software which we'll pretend for the moment you didn't get on BitTorrent.

Powerlord

Yay, half day only at work today. Sadly, that's because my cable Internet is messing up. Again.

And I have to be there when the tech stops by this afternoon.

fredley

15:30

@Sterno Nope, not even that. You can build a game with only free tools (see: speed-warp.net)

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Hey, I got Visual Studio from MS because they still haven't taken away my MSDNAA rights.

fredley

You can build a game with a raspberry pi, keyboard and internet connection.

Sterno

@fredley He means a game people would pay for. :)

fredley

@Sterno Fine

spyder

Sterno

15:31

@fredley You should have put ads on there. Then you'd be rolling around in a Scrooge McDuck moneybin from all the ad revenue

GnomeSlice

@spyder Sup axrwkr

fredley

@Sterno Off 1k hits a day? Not likely

Sterno

@fredley 10k per ad hit. All you need is one complicit ad executive you'll split the money with.

fredley

@Sterno Yeah, I can see a flaw or two in this approach

Unionhawk

There can be no flaws.

Sterno

15:32

Robbing a bank might be easier.

Powerlord

@Sterno and knowledge.

unless you're counting that under time.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno PAYDAY 2 taught me that robbing banks is easy.

Sterno

@Powerlord The point he was going for is that entry cost is pretty low. I just thought the torrent comment was funny.

fredley

Stealing Bitcoin is easier still

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot Just bring dufflebags

Powerlord

15:34

The entry cost for making A game is low. The entry cost for making a good game is significantly higher.

RedRiderX

And a mask.

The mask is most important.

Powerlord

I could bang out a simple hangman game in like an hour, for instance.

5pike

@OrigamiRobot But you can never have more than 4 calbeties on your body.

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice he was a ton more incessant.

Powerlord

So... Contrast comes out later this week. I'm hoping it's different enough from Lost in Shadow / A Shadow's Tale to make it interesting.

LpSamuelm

15:36

Ugh, I should've answered that comment more quickly. Oh well.

fredley

@RedRiderX And gloves.

@Powerlord An hour? I could knock one out in 5 minutes.

5pike

@fredley They have to blue. White ones won't work.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord I haven't played either of those, but Contrast has been looking great.

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Lost in Shadow and A Shadow's Tale are the same game, it just has different names in different regions.

Unionhawk

15:40

@fredley And a suit.

Powerlord

Lost in Shadow

Lost in Shadow, known as A Shadow's Tale in Australia and Europe and as in Japan, is a puzzle platforming video game developed for Nintendo's Wii console by Hudson Soft. It was released in Japan in July 2010, in Australia and Europe in October 2010, and in North America in January 2011. Lost in Shadow is played largely in the background of the game environment as the player controls a boy's shadow, which must climb the shadows of a tall tower, rife with puzzles and enemies. He is accompanied by a sylph that can alter the direction of the foreground light sources, altering the alignment of...

fredley

@Unionhawk And a hat

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Interesting concept.

GnomeSlice

15:55

Superheroes Past/Present

2

These are great

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Yeah those are pretty neat.

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