The Bridge

2:00 PM

@fredley I loudly protested to such people voting for people like this because they wouldn't have to live with the consequences of their choices

fredley

@kalina Sorry, unless you can somehow prove that there were users doing this in order to vote, I don't believe you

kalina

but their responses were "well X is good on site Y so why not vote for X?"

@fredley get on steam and I will prove it to you

I'm not doing it here

Wipqozn

@kalina Is there a reason you can't prove it in here?

kalina

@Wipqozn yes, I'm not going to get accused of causing drama by rising to a comment like "prove it or you're a liar"

TZHX

that as many users visited the election page as the site would be suspicious.

Ullallulloo

2:01 PM

@kalina We only had one candidate that was a mod on another site, right?

FAE

OMG, Germany sells ferrofluid! I'm so tempted... ferrofluid is so awesome.

kalina

@Ullallulloo I didn't say mod

TZHX

unless that terrible colour for "Election happening" actually attracted some people?

fredley

@FAE I have some, it's awesome!

FAE

@Ullallulloo Both @AshleyNunn and @WorldEngineer are mods elsewhere.

kalina

2:02 PM

in fact, I'm saying nothing further on the matter - @fredley if you want proof you can ask for it outside of SE, I don't want to cause trouble

FAE

@fredley How much do you have? This is where I'm looking at right now. I'm wondering how much we'd need to be properly entertained.

fredley

@FAE I have about that much I guess

OrigamiRobot

@FAE mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Kevin van der Velden

@FAE this seems like a thing I need in my life

FAE

@fredley 10ml seems like so little though

fredley

2:04 PM

@FAE kickstarter.com/projects/1323897061/…

Kevin van der Velden

With auto rotating magnets under it!

fredley

It's enough to have fun with

FAE

@KevinvanderVelden I know, right?

Kevin van der Velden

I already have the rare earth magnets to play with it even!

Sconibulus

@fredley Will being distracted by your shiny new diamond take time away from developing identify-this-game and the rest of its family?

fredley

2:05 PM

@Sconibulus No, I still have time for developing games

Sterno

Even if people came in from elsewhere, got the rep to vote, and voted, that still wouldn't explain why number of eligible voters hitting the election page was greater than the number of people hitting the site, unless a bunch already had accounts here and showed up after a hiatus just to vote.

FAE

@fredley AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I WANT THIS

OrigamiRobot

@FAE Here is 1oz

FEichinger

@TZHX It does. People who went to the election page before it started.

fredley

@FAE If you buy the fluid all you need is a bottle of oil to make one

kalina

2:06 PM

@fredley I take it you don't have access to Steam atm?

Wipqozn

@Sterno If we proceed under the assumption that isn't just a bug, then that's probably what happened.

fredley

@kalina I haven't got it on this computer, and I cba

FAE

@fredley I would keep it on my desk and play with it all the time.

fredley

@FAE You would

Sterno

@Wipqozn I don't suspect foul play or anything. I'm just curious about how the stat is generated and if other site's elections see something similar.

kalina

2:06 PM

@fredley if you cba I don't appreciate you calling me a liar

fredley

People would say 'what's that?', and you'd be like, 'Let me show you...'

Sterno

It also would have made sense if the election was particularly dramatastic, but I don't think it was.

FAE

We already have a bunch of neodymium magnets, so I'd be set there. They're tiny squares.

Wipqozn

@Sterno I don't suspect foul play either, which is why I assume your theory is what happened.

fredley

@kalina I honestly don't see why the information can't be shared here.

kalina

2:08 PM

right, not a single person says anything bad about me as a result of this

in Charcoal HQ, 2 days ago, by Undo

@hichris123 You've already voted for Ashley, I assume? ;)

in Charcoal HQ, 2 days ago, by kalina

I'm sure the voting rings rules would still apply for moderator elections

in Charcoal HQ, 2 days ago, by kalina

since none of you are actually active users of Arqade, it's probably better you just leave it to the Arqadians to vote

read all around that

Kevin van der Velden

@FAE the site also has a dutch domain name and you can DIY it as well

kalina

there's probably some more in the tavern but my only obligation is to prove it went on, not to expose it all. Getting called a liar by a mod... sigh

FAE

@KevinvanderVelden Oh cool, didn't know about the Dutch site. The Instructables link said "Sorry, we just can't find that one!"

Kevin van der Velden

@FAE hmm, somehow a part of it got stripped. It's the first one for me

instructables.com/id/…

Stack Exchange

Sterno has added Wipqozn to the list of this room's owners.

FAE

2:14 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Oh cool.

RedRiderX

Sterno is toying with Wipqozn's status as room owner

Wipqozn

I'm an owner again!

I wonder how long it'll last.

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn 5 minutes

Tops

PROVE ME WRONG CHAT

RedRiderX

@KevinvanderVelden Yeah I'd say the same

kalina

5 minutes and 1 second later

Feeds

2:16 PM

Grace Note has removed Wipqozn from the list of this room's owners.

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Kevin van der Velden

Chat proved me right =[

Grace Note

So it has come to this.

4

Kevin van der Velden

Poor alot

Wipqozn

I didn't even realize @GraceNote wa sin the room.

Stealth removal.

SE Employee abuse!

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn she is everywhere and in all chats

FAE

2:17 PM

@StackExchange I love you, @Grace.

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden My life is filled with struggles, it's true.

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden Seems like more trouble than it's worth considering how cheaply you can buy ferrofluid.

Sterno

You know what's the worst? When you go to the grocery store, get a bunch of groceries, and the next day you go looking for some stuff you know you bought but can't find it anywhere.

WHERE DID THE MISSING ITEMS GO?

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno SkyDrift

Wipqozn

@Sterno The memory is usually the first thing to go as you get older.

OrigamiRobot

2:20 PM

Check the giraffe

Martin Sojka

I'm pretty sure you can buy it on Amazon easily. They have a lot of funny substances for sale - for example, Gallium. I should get some 50g or so of that to teach kids some chemistry and physics, in fact. ;)

Sterno

Do I have a container of cream cheese spoiling out in my car? Did it fall in the garage on the way in? Did it fall out of my cart on the way to the car out of the store, and someone else is enjoying my delicious cream cheese? Is it sitting lonely and neglected, out in the cold, under a shopping cart somewhere?

OrigamiRobot

@MartinSojka Or just because it's fun!

FAE

@Sterno Is it Philadelphia?

Sterno

@FAE Yes.

Martin Sojka

2:22 PM

@OrigamiRobot I'll stick with the "teaching kids" cover story.

Sterno

The moral of this story is that eating a bagel with nothing on it is terrible.

FAE

@Sterno They sell that here, which makes me happy.

kalina

@Sterno not always, just make sure you cut it in half and toast it

Matt Эллен

@FAE so... on the streets is Philadelphia

FAE

@MattЭллен ...*groan*

OrigamiRobot

2:23 PM

@MartinSojka Not sure why you need a cover story.

FAE

@Sterno Butter, dude.

Wipqozn

can someone add me back as room owner? You can remove me again a minute later. Just trust me.

Matt Эллен

I thank you bows

Frank

Good morning, Bridge

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Sterno

@FAE Sadly, the butter was in the same bag.

OrigamiRobot

2:23 PM

I eat bagels with nothing on them all the time. Bread is so delicious.

Sterno

As was some mozzerella cheese.

And probably some other things I won't know I'm missing until I want them.

Grace Note

FAE

@Sterno Oh. Well.

Sterno

@Wipqozn I was going to, but then you asked for it.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I promise it's for the purposes of humour!

RedRiderX

2:24 PM

Oh snap

Wipqozn

Man, I hope I don't forget what I wsa going to do the next time I'm owner.

Grace Note

@Wipqozn I already am getting quite the humours.

Wipqozn

Also, I should have known that gif would be used against me!

Frank

@LessPop_MoreFizz As for that Puttinout question, that's at least the third time he's posted here. It's spam.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Frank Yup. Deletededededed

Frank

2:26 PM

We're not the only ones he's posting that crap on, either.

Sterno

While I don't think anything was coordinated by a candidate or wrong or anything, it does make me sad to see those users come in and make edits to get just enough rep to vote in an election where they really don't have an interest in the site. Makes me wish the voting rep requirement was higher

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On the plus side, yay for 50 site-improving edits!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno I'd call that a net win.

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz Given that they weren't voting for @wipqozn, I agree.

Wipqozn

Don't you go badmouthing ronnie!

Sterno

Sorry, I'll fix that.

fredley

2:30 PM

@Sterno 100, there was another user

Wipqozn

Poor Wipqozn.

Frank

@fredley 100 means two more users.

@fredley 75, then.

25/user.

@Frank Oh ok

2:30 PM

Oh man oh man.

fredley

Math is hard

LessPop_MoreFizz

I found @spugsley's new favorite artist.

Wipqozn

Math is the best.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Torso made of doll parts

Sterno

pls be dolan pls be dolan

damn

OrigamiRobot

2:31 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz NSFW

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno I think this might just be better than Dolan.

Frank

@Sterno Don't worry, I'll do the same for all of you when model hobbyist gets launched. Then you can game the system, too!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot He has friends

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, not happy with that

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh god, is that all doll parts?

Wipqozn

2:32 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Is that a monster from Silent Hill?

@FAE Yes. Yes it is.

Yay for mod abuse!

Seriously, that's straight out of Silent Hill. We're all fucked.

LessPop_MoreFizz

METAVADER

Tim Stone

2:33 PM

I suppose I should refresh chat and accept our new overlords.

kalina

@TimStone don't do it

Tim Stone

TOO LATE

Wipqozn

@fredley I think it was SFW, and since no one is allowed to have an opinion which differs from my own, I now think you're a power hungry blood drinking monster!

Matt Эллен

seconded

Frank

@Wipqozn Your skills at Monster Hunter suck!

My opinion now differs from yours.

Kevin van der Velden

2:35 PM

@OrigamiRobot I would not consider 11.52 + shipping for 56 grams of the stuff cheap

Wipqozn

@Frank whoa, whoa, whoa

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden Compared to the mess and hassle of making that stuff, I would.

Wipqozn

Let's not start throwing around insults on a persons ability to hunt, especially when that person is fantastic at hunting.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot possibly

user15026

Well, that was a fun set of pings to wake up to.

OrigamiRobot

2:36 PM

@Wipqozn IIRC, @Frank hasn't been hunting with us the past two nights.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, he's a big poop.

fredley

@Wipqozn rawr

Frank

@OrigamiRobot I actually did some hunting last night with @TrentHawkins.

Finished off my Glacial Agnaktor set.

Wipqozn

@Frank He's not us though, so it doesn't count.

OrigamiRobot

@Frank He probably had to hold you cat hostage.

Frank

2:37 PM

@Wipqozn You guys aren't roommates, so your opinion doesn't matter.

OrigamiRobot

@Frank You can't prove that!

Frank

@OrigamiRobot Clarification: You guys aren't my roommates.

OrigamiRobot

36 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot

@Frank You can't prove that!

FAE

So I just discovered the Youtube comment reconstruction videos and they are hilarious. (NSFW due to language)

Wipqozn

We could be living under your floorboards for all you know!

Arperum

2:38 PM

@Frank If I wanted to play multiplayer Monster hunter with you guys, what console/stuff would I need?

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Bring moar blankets.

Frank

@Arperum Wii U

Wipqozn

@Arperum You'd need a WiiU + Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

OrigamiRobot

@Arperum Courage

Wipqozn

You'd also need a wireless router.

Frank

2:39 PM

Plus a computer near your console so you can chat with us while we're murdering monsters.

Fluttershy

And an internet connection of some kind.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Is pure unfiltered stupidity good too?

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot You just be courageous and when you join the mumbles the right equipment is magically conjured for you?

Wipqozn

Also your computer needs an HDMI port.

Fluttershy

@Arperum Well, assuming you buy a Wii U for one game, you've got that in spades. :P

(i bought a wii u for one game)

OrigamiRobot

2:40 PM

@Unionhawk Yes

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Wow.

Frank

@Unionhawk Nah, we'd just carry him into G Rank.

Wipqozn

I've put almost 500 hours into MH3U. That alone justifies my purchase of a WiiU.

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk Only if you are truly courageous

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy I only have one game for my Wii U: Monster Hunter

Unionhawk

2:40 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Of course.

Arperum

I have an extra hdmi port available on my GPU. I have a wireless router here.

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Indeed, it is.

►

Sterno

@Wipqozn I've put almost .2 hours into MH3U, which alone justifies my purchase of EO4.

FAE

@Wipqozn Why do you need this?

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I have half that and I still feel justified.

kalina

2:41 PM

@Wipqozn that's still only 20 days in like a year

Wipqozn

I haven't playe EO4 in a week.

Because I meant to say TV. Oops.

Unionhawk

@kalina ...

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot I only have two. But I originally only bought it for the one.

Arperum

I have no TV, I assume a regular PC screen with a HDMI port would work too?

kalina

@Unionhawk ...?

@Arperum yeah normally

Frank

2:42 PM

@Arperum Yeah, that'd be fine.

Wipqozn

@Arperum I can't imagine why not.

Unionhawk

I don't even have 500 hours on any game in my steam period

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy I bought a Wii U and a TV just to play MH3U

Unionhawk

The closest is 450 on TF2

FAE

@Unionhawk I have many days in a few games.

kalina

2:42 PM

@Unionhawk I have 370 days in WoW :P

Unionhawk

@kalina Ah, right.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina very playtime

WoW

Arperum

I have stupid amounts of time in minecraft.

kalina

in fairness, a bit of that is leaving the game logged in and going out

there's definitely more than 200 days of actually playing the game in there somewhere though

Sterno

@kalina Isn't that most of your lifespan?

kalina

2:44 PM

@Sterno ...

no, it's like 1/20th of my lifespan

Unionhawk

If 1/20 constitutes most

Sterno

You young kids.

Unionhawk

Which it doesn't.

Arperum

IIRC WiiU has region locking bullshit, does that have an effect on who you can play with, or only on the games that work on your console?

Sterno

5% of your life was spent playing WOW.

Frank

2:45 PM

@Arperum Oh, right, you're in Europe. Huh. I dunno.

Sterno

Now weep!

Unionhawk

@Arperum It does... Well, NTSC/PAL locking.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Oh my...

kalina

@Sterno no, I enjoyed every second of it

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Wipqozn

@kalina Not weeping wasn't an option.

Yuki

2:45 PM

So, I've started biking in the morning.

kalina

@Wipqozn you can't make me weep!

well, not without saying something flag worthy

Yuki

@Arperum Not for MH3U, I think. I'm pretty sure I've played with hunters from other countries (France for sure).

3ventic

Thanks elder scrolls online.

FEichinger

@kalina Challenge accepted.

@3ventic I told you it's crap.

3ventic

I really liked the light blue :( screen you caused my Windows to have.

Sterno

2:46 PM

I think my wife has you beat on percentage, AND she's about 12 years older than you.

It was a bit scary for a while

Wipqozn

I shoudl watch Mulan again. I've only seen it once, and I was young.

3ventic

@FEichinger I didn't even get to download it!

kalina

@Sterno your wife played WoW?

FEichinger

@Sterno ... Isn't it still scary?

Unionhawk

@3ventic Lol, nice.

Sterno

2:47 PM

Luckily, babies break WOW addictions.

@kalina We met on WOW.

Yuki

@Wipqozn That movie was great.

user15026

@wipqozn you should because it is awesome

kalina

really

FEichinger

@Sterno Not an option for @kalina ...

kalina

internet relationships

Yuki

2:47 PM

Also, that song is doubly effective because I'm Chinese.

Wipqozn

@Arperum Where do you live, if you don't miknd my asking?

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki Racist!

Sterno

She lived about 3 hours away so we started dating. Made that drive every weekend for about 2 years

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Flagged, indeed!

Wipqozn

all of us we have played together thus far live in NA.

Unionhawk

2:48 PM

@Yuki All the flags! :P (no, none of the flags pls)

FAE

@Arperum Just on the games, I believe. I have a NA 3DS so my Nintendo Network ID is NA, so I'm going to have to get a NA WiiU.

Yuki

One day, I'll learn to not tell people my race because of misguided political correctness...

kalina

@Sterno adorable

Yuki

@AshleyNunn So you watched Frozen?

Arperum

@Wipqozn Belgium.

kalina

2:49 PM

@Sterno does this mean you've heard the line "not now, I'm raiding" before?

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki Do what I do. Be a robot.

Unionhawk

@Yuki I'm merely stating that you've been flagged for it before.

kalina

"sexytime?" ... "not now - I'm raiding."

"food?" ... "not now - I'm raiding"

FAE

@Yuki Racial bonus! :D

kalina

"sleep?" ... "not now - I'm raiding."

Yuki

2:50 PM

@Unionhawk I know. It was really stupid. Although I understand why one of the flags got approved.

Kevin van der Velden

"oxygen?" .. "not now - I'm...."

Unionhawk

"raid?" ... "not now - I'm raiding."

Yuki

@Unionhawk Actually, that one makes more sense when you think about it.

Unionhawk

@Yuki Yeah, I saw that one coming. All/all of the other flags are a little dumb.

kalina

"cake?" ... "not now - I'm... what? CAKE?" ... "oh ffs healer, we just wiped! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

FEichinger

2:50 PM

@Unionhawk "All/all"?

@kalina That is so you.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger As opposed to all/none, or none/all. Or even some/none.

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Now you're just spouting nonsense.

Kevin van der Velden

@FEichinger well jeah, he's @uni

Unionhawk

That's right, I just divided by zero. Twice. And look the world didn't blow up. NOW GO HOME INTERNET.

Kevin van der Velden

Of course he's spouting nonsense

Unionhawk

2:52 PM

@FEichinger Yeah, so?

OrigamiRobot

@FEichinger Nonsense is The Bridge's chief export.

FEichinger

@Unionhawk No, no, you didn't post a result.

Kevin van der Velden

@FEichinger he did, it just didn't go through because you can't do math on undefined

Yuki

@OrigamiRobot It's not really an export if it doesn't go anywhere outside of the Bridge.

Unionhawk

50%+ of what I say is nonsense. Probably close to like, 68%/

OrigamiRobot

2:53 PM

@Yuki I've quoted The Bridge in other places.

Lazers

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Q: Does loot preserving equipment affect hyperspace arcade loot?

There are several types of equipment which, according to their description, preserve precious loot after destroying enemy ships, which do noticeably work in normal space, but do they also work in hyperspace combat?