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Powerlord

@ArdaXi Must... resist... Austin Powers reference...

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Arda confused

Powerlord

@ArdaXi Something about Dr. Evil saying something to Goldmember about not speaking Freaky-deaky Dutch...

Now, I know this may scare you guys... I'm actually doing work while I'm at work.

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and now I've forgotten whether files are attached to Requests or Tasks in our system.

The scary part is... I'm the one who wrote the Edit Request page.

Loktar

lol @Powerlord yes I just got back

I live like 2.5 miles from work

to me the ticket was worth it

saved me at least 2 hours of work i imagine

Powerlord

@Loktar Even if @badp goes to sleep or something, other people here have that item.

badp

6:29 PM

It's selling for 1k-4k at the auction house tbh

Powerlord

So, they're trying to get dumb people with the 4k price?

or maybe just the uninformed.

Loktar

I would of ended up paying lthe $2.50 or whatever

to get the money to buy one :?

Powerlord

Or I could have just given you one. Like you, I'm still at work, though.

Loktar

yeah :? I didnt know if anyone else had one lol

Powerlord

The one I currently have is probably bound to me, but I know I have the items to make another.

Loktar

6:31 PM

if I wasnt trying for the 77 tickets I wouldnt of cared too much

Powerlord

Particularly since my solo dungeon crawl yesterday seemed to drop a lot of red crystals.

Loktar

but I think they are going to at least put something on peeps profiles like the golden potato

Powerlord

The ones that will take a long time for todays are: L4D2... and... er... well, that's the main long one.

Loktar

yeah, but if you can run it solo on easy might not be so bad

Powerlord

Start an Easy game in Killing Floor and you can likely net that one in about 5-10 minutes.

The problem with that one being buying the crossbow.

People with the Level 5+ Sharpshooter perk have that easy, I think they start with the Bow.

Anyway, Easy = bigger money gains in Killing Floor,.

Loktar

6:34 PM

I cant remember what level I am, pretty sure I have the sharpshooter perk though

Powerlord

I think my Sharpshooter is 3 or 4, but not 5 or 6.

Unfortunately, it isn't until level 5 that you start with your class's primary weapon.

btw, did everyone here get the MNC ticket yesterday?

Those who have MNC that is?

Loktar

yea

used the first class.. cant remember what its called

used the sticky bomb

Powerlord

I just used my usual class: Support. Threw a level 3 airstrike beacon at a player who was attacking our moneyball, then turned away from him

That's the nice thing about Airstrike Beacons, the other team can't tell what level they are. :)

And since the radius doubles with each level...

Powerlord

6:49 PM

I really should practice with the other classes in MNC.

I'm terrible at Sniper in MNC, not so bad at the heavier classes, but Assault (the one you mentioned) is one of my weaker ones.

Arda Xi

@Loktar Are you seriously buying every single one of the games?

user30

@Powerlord nope

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald and you own MNC?

Arda Xi

How do you equip the summer gear? In-game?

user30

@Powerlord yarp

Powerlord

6:57 PM

@ArdaXi Yeah, after you choose a class, there'll be a set of outfits across the bottom of the screen you can select.

Arda Xi

Right. Got it.

That taunt is awesome.

Powerlord

I have no idea how to taunt in MNC. :O

Arda Xi

h by default. I bound it to g.

Powerlord

That reminds me, I need to switch my g and h keybinds in TF2.

g being inspect player is silly.

h being use item should be g instead, since it doubles as a second taunt (since I don't use dueling minigames)

Oh yeah, I forgot... got another Summer cooler in TF2 yesterday. I need to open it.

Oh yeah, that TF2 plugin I mentioned writing yesterday? I put it on AlliedModders last night.

forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=161320 <-- Name Change Punisher

Loktar

@ArdaXi I pretty much have them all already

I didnt have to get any today

Thats why I love these events, forces me to play alot of them that may of otherwise collected digital dust

And Yet It Moves was surprisingly fun

Powerlord

7:09 PM

I'm really beginning to dislike the blatant favoritism on the SourceMod boards. While the New Plugins board has months (possibly years by now) backlog, plugins by authors the owners like get approved in less than 24-hours. Even the complex ones that they couldn't possibly have fully tested.

Like this one: TF2 GunGame

Submitted 22 hours ago, approved 50 minutes after submission.

Lazers

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Arda Xi

@Powerlord Happens everywhere. Be happy you're not on the bad side of a diamond.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi OK, here's a better reason: approval of this plugin technically violates their own rules, as it's a subset of the functionality of this (approved) plugin: TF2 GUNGAME Leveling Mod Version 0.970

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Like Gaming diamonds don't break our own rules.

Powerlord

7:20 PM

@ArdaXi That's a good point.

Oh wait, I was thinking SE diamonds, but eh

Arda Xi

What's the point of daily deals that persist through the entire sale?

Powerlord

Also, @tzenes: The neat thing about stats is that you can bend them how you want. For instance, if I were to take questions that had a lot of questions asked by a small group of users and compare them to a similar number of questions asked by a larger variety of users (meaning less questions per user), I'm going to get more consistent results from the small group of users.

Never mind, I have a long comment, but I don't have time to write it, and can't log in to Meta.Gaming anyway (it redirects to the main gaming site), so I'll respond to that later.

I have to go to the doctor's office to get some paperwork for that blood test.

Later.

Loktar

see ya

Grace Note

7:43 PM

@ArdaXi While we're on about this, if you guys have any of my own ill deeds that I should revisit, don't hesitate ♪

Arda Xi

@GraceNote You have diplomatic immunity.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi So I deal 40% increased damage to the target and cannot take damage except from said target?

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Wait, what?

badp

40% more confusion damage... check

Grace Note

@ArdaXi League of Legends skill for one of the characters (The Iron Ambassador) is named "Diplomatic Immunity". Does exactly the above.

Arda Xi

7:44 PM

I see.

Stack Exchange is not a DotA-like.

Grace Note

That can always be changed. Somehow.

But seriously speaking - I am happy to revisit any of my earlier decisions if something turns up.

badp

Let's talk about your decision to review past decisions, for example.

While it was a bold statement no one brought anything up yet! I guess we need to ramp up with the abuse. Keep it interesting and whatnot.

Grace Note

@badp Reopen rampage time!

badp

Yippekayaheeyapakayo! ♫

Powerlord

8:22 PM

So, the video ticket disappeared.

badp

Indeed it did.

I guess that implies they're working on a fix about that too

Powerlord

Also, wasn't Bit.Trip Runner on sale for cheaper than that earlier in the sale? :/

badp

€2.00

Powerlord

I find it really tacky that they raised the price for the day it has an achievement thing.

badp

@Powerlord eh, it was on 'super sale' together with BTBeat when the BTBeat ticket was announced

now it's "regular" sale

Lazers

8:29 PM

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Q: How to tether two objects in Just Cause 2

This is a really dumb question, but I never really played around with the tethering mechanic in Just Cause 2. Now I want to tether things, but I can't remember the key combination from the tutorial mission way back. Does anyone remember how the process works?

pc just-cause-2 tethering

Powerlord

Forget it, if they're going to screw around with the price like that (iirc, it was $3.18 or something the other day, it's $4.99 now), I'm not buying it.

I'm not that desperate for tickets.

I just lost connection to Steam. Great.

Particularly since I was patching Spiral Knights as it happened, so now, of course, I can't log in.

Also, wtf, why is L4D2 now 11.3GB?

badp

New campaign?

Doesn't it take anything from TF2/HL2/Portal 2?

Powerlord

@badp No.

It has no shared files with other games.

Loktar

:( I need to reinstall l4d2 i believe

going to take forever at the current speeds

Powerlord

I expect TF2 to be large, particularly since Valve "brilliantly" moved the HL2 sounds into the Source Shared package.

However, L4D2 doesn't have any of that baggage.

And by HL2 sounds, I mean every dialog in the game, including every line Alyx says, Barney says, etc...

Clearly things that will appear in all Source games!

Raven Dreamer

9:14 PM

The 1 2 3 Kick It achievement is now obtainable.

I mean, the game doesn't have achievements, so until it comes back up in the steam thing, you have no proof

Lazers

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Q: Killing Floor - How do I earn the "The Big Hunt" Achievement?

While I own Killing Floor due to the Potato Sack earlier this year, it is one of the games in my steam library that has seen little use (TF2 being my go-to multiplayer FPS). As such, while the "The Big Hunt" achievement isn't flagrantly ambiguous (like some other achievements) I still haven't th...

achievements killing-floor

Raven Dreamer

but beating the level now gives you "Achievement Get" if you pass the criteria.

@Powerlord - and I think it is a new campaign

Arda Xi

I wonder if I should get Atom Zombie Smasher

Oh right, that's what demos are for!

badp

Okay, so the last level of trine doesn't have infinite health

lunixbochs

9:32 PM

atom zombie smasher is fun imo

badp

I was getting owned so bad at that game. It made me feel like I was actually making the situation worse by playing through the demo.

Arda Xi

Okay, time to buy.

Demo was short, but surprisingly effective.

It teaches you a lot about how inhumane generals have to be

user30

@Lazers Does that need Killing Floor in the title? It's in the tags

badp

This Zero Punctuation was... differerent

@ThomasMcDonald I guess achievements is the bigger and badder tag there

user30

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Arda Xi

9:44 PM

I'm very much running out of things to redeem.

lunixbochs

@ArdaXi yeah, I was always a little sad inside when any AoE effect took out a bunch of civilians to head off the zed threat

Arda Xi

@lunixbochs Oh, you're supposed to be sad?

lunixbochs

dunno, maybe it was just because I lost a bit of score

Arda Xi

I was more like... "I killed you to save those other civilians. I am God."

I got Alien Breed 2: Assault, just because I could.

Hrmph, why doesn't demo progress ever carry over into the full thing?

lunixbochs

spacechem did?

it's more rare than it should be though

Arda Xi

10:00 PM

Not for me, I believe.

badp

10:39 PM

you mean spacechem progress does not carry over?

Arda Xi

It didn't for me.

@badp It seems as though his voice is a lot lower than usual.

He actually seems... calm.

Rapida

11:11 PM

My wallet is going to be so happy when this steam sale is done

Arda Xi

11:27 PM

Indeed.

@Rapida Well, only 4 days left.

Powerlord

11:44 PM

Can't do Stream Crossing because L4D2 is still only 50% done downloading

Also, Big Hunt didn't pop up the achievement notice when I got it.

Great fun, on round 10/10 on kf_farm, we were doing really well, then two FPs attacked and our group decided to attack both at once.

Brilliant strategy guys!

That only killed half our team!!!

Loktar

11:58 PM

@Powerlord you can do it on sp apparently

if you didnt know, the KF one

im also waiting on l4d2 to dl...

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