The Bridge

Raven Dreamer

20:00

I gotta get to class. Later, folks.

FallenAngelEyes

Hi and bye @Raven!

Dave McClelland

Later @RavenDreamer

Wipqozn

I'm rather shocked at how many votes I have gotten for this answer

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A: What does the term "rail shooter" mean?

A rail shooter is a shooter game in which you don't have control over your movement, at least for the most part. The movement of the character is pre-determined, although some rail shooters will give you some movement control. Although this normally amounts to nothing more then choosing which pat...

user30

:|

user30

> When reddit was acquired in October 2006 by Condé Nast, it was receiving about 700k page views per day. Now, reddit routinely gets that much traffic in 15 minutes.

user30

20:03

That's insane

Powerlord

I'm sorry, you're right. The only made 8 (you can see this if you run the server updater, as they have new model files (.dx90.vtx
, .mdl, phy, and .vvd) for each class for it).

Nick T

So what browser do people use? I like Chrome, but its extensions totally blow

Arda Xi

Stop pinging me :/

@NickT Chrome, and there's nothing wrong with its extensions.

Powerlord

Also, I love how my server updater appears to have updated 100%, but is still just sitting there.

Nick T

They're horribly limited

Powerlord

20:06

I don't want to abort it in case materialsystem.so really is still updating.

Nick T

so they work differently (read: totally break) in certain areas ("special pages", e.g. new tab)

Arda Xi

@NickT No, they're "horribly" secure.

The security is more strict than Firefox.

Nick T

Bunkers are more secure than houses, should we all live in bunkers?

user30

@Nick Yes.

Arda Xi

@NickT Houses are more secure than wooden forts.

Nick T

20:09

Remodeling bunkers consists of new paint, you aren't going to get any real substantive change in them

I'd think a fort would be more secure

user30

TC drama continues into latest post
rest of world continues to not be bothered

Lazers

0

Q: How to quickly select other weapon for a slot in Team Fortress 2?

I often want to select a different weapon in a slot, but often I'm too lazy, or don't have time to go to the menu and do it. For example, when I play as Demoman, if I want to quickly get to the capture point, I use Splendid Screen, but if I defend something, I need Scottish Resistance. I was w...

user30

> This whole saga is weird. It's like watching someone self-immolate while writing a blog about it.

user30

best comment.

Powerlord

@Lazers Assign QuickSwitch to a key

user30

20:23

humm, do I play DE:HR, TF2, or Arma?

user30

decisions, decisions.

badp

TF2

Arda Xi

@ThomasMcDonald Start using the proper abbreviation dammit.

user30

@Arda No.

Arda Xi

@ThomasMcDonald Yes.

user30

20:24

I already am.

Arda Xi

No you're not.

user30

I quite fancy playing prophunt after the discussion earlier.

Arda Xi

The proper abbreviation is DX:HR.

user30

Why?

Arda Xi

I don't know, it just is. Started at Deus Ex itself.

Nick T

20:26

Team Fortress Two: TFT

Arda Xi

nuwen.net/dx.html

Wipqozn

I lol'd

*You just saved my life! How can I ever repay you?*
*I need some directions.*

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Come play Frozen Synapse. I'm bored.

Nick T

just use 1 set of *---*?

user30

Markdown doesn't work at all across multiple lines

Powerlord

20:29

@GnomeSlice Play TF2. :P

Wipqozn

@ThomasMcDonald well that's terrible design.

user30

@Wipqozn Agreed.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord I don't have it, it would take years to download, and my connection wouldn't be good enough to play it.

We've been through this.

Wipqozn

waits for Arda to star my comment

user30

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Q: Markdown in chat fails for multi-line messages

We've come to rename Markdown to Letdown in the C++ chat room because it lets you down so often. I've now just found a pattern. It seems markdown fails for multi-line messages. That is, this Letdown can't cope with multi-line comments. Let's see code? fails to display code marked as co...

bug status-bydesign markdown chat

Arda Xi

20:31

@Wipqozn You're terrible design.

user30

oh steam client update as well

user30

the trade stuff is live

Kevin Y

@ThomasMcDonald !

user30

@KevinY ?

Kevin Y

@ThomasMcDonald Nah, I'm just happy it updated. boots up Steam

Lazers

20:35

-2

Q: Crysis 2 physics problem

I have started playing crysis 2 and noticed its crappy physics at some places. I shot a guy in head, he jumped and flipped as if i kicked him from back. I shot another guy and his gun moved away and collided strangely. Is it only me feeling strange here or it is really like that? In Crysis i nev...

crysis-2 physics

Wipqozn

I'm rather at a loss as to what to spend points on

I have 6 praxis points, and nothing that jump out at me that I need.

Arda Xi

Did you get CASIE yet?

Wipqozn

I'm not sure what that means?

Arda Xi

The social aug.

user30

whoa, what's this theme tune

user30

20:40

did they add some new music to tf2?

Wipqozn

No. I thought about it, but I still don't see much point in it.

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald They added the Meet the Medic theme a few weeks ago

user30

hmm, must just be one I don't recognise then

Wipqozn

I might do some of the leg mods, so I can move run silently.

Would go very well with cloak

Ronan Forman

For some reason only the first second plays for me...

Nick T

20:42

@Lazers "You make it sound like "bug/glitch" and "the way the engine behaves" are somehow exclusive when they are really just the exact same thing"

GnomeSlice

What... I don't even

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn There is.

Ronan Forman

I don't like giving negative answers

0

A: How to quickly select other weapon for a slot in Team Fortress 2?

There are no console commands to change the loadout selection, so there is no way to presets using the .cfg files. The only way of changing loadout is through the loadout or (as @The Annoying Pyro said) the mini loadout screens.

Powerlord

@RonanForman Did anyone tell him to just bind the QuickSelect screen yet?

Anyway, it's time for me to head out.

Got people to see, sleep to cat... er... I mean an instructor to pay attention to.

Ronan Forman

I didn't know one could cat

GnomeSlice

20:50

What the hell is my steam name?

Nick T

@GnomeSlice steamcommunity.com/id/GnomeSlice

GnomeSlice

Then how come when people search for it, they don't get me?

Nick T

Gameplay Stats
Member since: May 12, 2010

Steam Rating: 6.8

Playing time: 21.7 hrs past 2 weeks

Frozen Synapse
21.7 hrs / 21.7 hrs
[View stats](http://steamcommunity.com/id/GnomeSlice/stats/FrozenSynapse)

GnomeSlice

@NickT Yeah, I don't play anything through steam.

I hate it.

Ronan Forman

Http 'ain't a choice. Punk.

GnomeSlice

20:53

Also, because that computer is slow. Plus Steam sucks.

Nick T

hate hate hate hate

@RonanForman what?

GnomeSlice

@NickT +1...

Wipqozn

I'l invest in the leg tree

Nick T

@Wipqozn I do like a good set of legs

Wipqozn

Cloak + complete silence was really awesome in the original DE

Ronan Forman

20:54

Your URL is missing the http:// part, so it won't markdown. Punk.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Oh. Clever you.

Nick T

@RonanForman Um, ok, lets see you do any differently in a multi-line message

GnomeSlice

Wait, so why is my login 'GnomeSlice64'?

Nick T

@RonanForman And yes, it is in there if you look at the source

@GnomeSlice The login can be different from the public name, which you can change at will

Ronan Forman

You use your original username but you can change the displayed one. Punk.

badp

20:56

@Lesspop Are those items real WoW items?

►

Nick T

@badp No

The "Shower Rod" has the same icon/sell price as the Copper Tube

Likewise with "Electric Heater" and Heart of Fire

badp

I figured. A calculator with a cooldown of 20 minutes? Lame!

Nick T

Though there actually are Safety Goggles, just not the ones that are there

badp

Wow, there's a lot of binding in WoW

...wait, then you can sell it even if it's bound?

Nick T

yeah

most items, some you can't

and enchanters can disenchant them to get materials

badp

21:02

so... what's binding about? In Spiral Knight bound items can only be destroyed from your inventory, but not auctioned or traded.

Nick T

Once an item is bound to you (or with special items, your account), only that character can have it--you can't trade it to any other characters

badp

So it only restricts you from transferring it to other characters of your own

Nick T

"of your own"?

badp

I mean, you can sell the item, so clearly you can transfer it

Nick T

It's meant to keep item prices high, otherwise people could just sell their hand-me-downs, which occasionally can be extremely powerful

GnomeSlice

21:05

Well, shit, Twotribes is following me now.

A few tweets later, and they should be thinking twice about selling me any more stuff.

Nick T

also, it forces people to actually run the high-level instances to get the high-level gear.

@badp some items are "BoP" (bind on pickup), which means that once you loot it, it's bound to you, while others are "BoE" (bind on equip) so you can take them and sell them to other players, though once they equip it they can't resell

badp

@NickT Yeah, BoE is how it works in Spiral Knights

(except you can pay big $ and unbind)

Nick T

98% of the end-game stuff is BoP

They also created bind-on-account items (aptly named "Heirlooms") so you can hand them down to other characters, e.g. this

The stats change based on the level of the character using it

They're not always the best items you can use at a given level, but they reduce the amount of gear you need to worry about

user30

new intention in de, kill everyone

user30

stealth is boring

badp

21:14

@ThomasMcDonald It is dangerous to go alone. Take this. Drops vending machine on Thomas

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Lazers

0

Q: Mac Minecraft Folder

I have a mac... ...So here is my problem. I was trying to install a mod, but it didn't work, so I deleted the mod things. I went to play Minecraft, and it was all black. So I clicked force update, and here is what Minecraft said: 'Failed to Launch Fatal Error Occurred (4): /Users/(my name)/Librar...

minecraft

Nick T

23 hours ago, by Nick T

I think this video changed how I will play the game

23 hours ago, by Nick T

►

user30

I've seen enough in the first 30 seconds to know that that is how to play the game

user30

I haven't done hand to hand combat before though

user30

lol

GnomeSlice

21:27

I didn't realize Zen Bondage had a sequel on Steam.

Nick T

@GnomeSlice that have SpaceMouse support? :P

GnomeSlice

@NickT S...Spacemouse?

user30

lol Kevin Mitnick

user30

didn't expect his name to come up

Nick T

@GnomeSlice 3dconnexion.com/products/what-is-a-3d-mouse.html

GnomeSlice

21:37

Who?

Nick T

Some hacker dude

one of the first notorious ones that was convicted of a crime and did some time

iirc

user30

Yeah, he's in DE:HR.

user30

Well, there's an email to him

Nick T

> Mitnick served five years in prison — four and a half years pre-trial and eight months in solitary confinement — because, according to Mitnick, law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to "start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone".

user30

lol, just PEPS'd three medical workers

Tim Stone

21:39

@ThomasMcDonald Somehow I didn't realize that was a non-leathal weapon at first.

user30

and then promptly ran in front of the security booth...

Nick T

Is the PEPS worth it? Seems slow, ammo limited, bulky...

user30

@TimStone it is?

Tim Stone

Yeah

Nick T

You didn't hear the DET cops talking about it?

user30

21:40

@Nick Nah, probably not

user30

um, no?

Nick T

they were like "yeah, we got them new PEPS IN THE ARMORY UPSTAIRS (I hope nobody thinks to steal them), non lethal, yo!"

user30

haha

user30

I couldn't get in there at the time

user30

:(

user30

21:42

still on my first playthrough

user30

wow, that's annoying, went up behind a heavy rifle man to take him out, and you cant

user30

so what can you do?

Nick T

Anyone do molecular biology/biochemistry by chance?

or genetics

Tim Stone

@ThomasMcDonald Wait, what?

user30

It could just be that he was alert

user30

21:48

but still, I was behind him, and it played the denied noise

user30

anyway, I killed him and his compadres, snuck up to the security room and set the robot to be my friend

Tim Stone

Yeah, setting robots and turrets to attack enemies was good fun :D

user30

ffs

user30

triggered the lasers in the data core

GnomeSlice

...Whoever created space is even dumber than me.

user30

21:55

snuck past them all this time

user30

yay

Lazers

0

Q: please identify nes game

i recall playing an old nes (famicom to be precise) which had some cartridges with no apparent english title or whatever. one was a side scroller, with loooong stages - called scenes -, strange physics, populated by monsters which pushed the player around, made him paralyzed, or shoot at him - a...

identify-this-game nes side-scroller platformer platform-game

GnomeSlice

@Lazers Oh wow.

I call editing.

Nick T

#### WALL ####
##### OF #####
#### TEXT ####

GnomeSlice

Wait.

How can you have multiple itg in one question?

What do I do about this.

Nick T

21:58

he just showed you how

that's how

I think his shift key is broken

GnomeSlice

Also, Jesus Christ, fix your shift key.

@NickT :o

Nick T

or did he do the entire thing in uppercase so it was automatically converted

GnomeSlice

Oh, probably.

Pirate friend activated himself when stage time ran out, swarming the playing area with a thick flow of black objects

...What Pirate Friend?

The only thing mentioned so far was a Pirate ENEMY.

Oh

Sarcasm. I think.

Nick T

You're green, right?

And you were born from an egg?

....are you a Yoshi?

GnomeSlice

@NickT N..No.

Nick T

22:06

I'm trying to write an email to my prof but I'm worried he'll just read like 2 words of it and reply

well, maybe more than 2 words, as mine are "I was"

GnomeSlice

gaming.stackexchange.com/revisions/29756/2

FINALLY

Oops, I forgot the title.

I am ashamed.

Nick T

@GnomeSlice bug plurals

Dear Next Person Who Opens a Pluralization 'Bug', I will personally come to your house and bludgeon you to death with a giant S

Tweeted by codinghorror on February 1, 2009 at 2:33 AM

GnomeSlice

Wait, "NES (Famicom to be precise)"?

@NickT ?

Nick T

I dunno, is Famicom some publisher of NES games?

GnomeSlice

@NickT Pretty sure Famicom is a completely separate console.

Nick T

22:11

@GnomeSlice was just commenting that he also screwed up pluralization, "ID this NES game" then asks for multiple games

GnomeSlice

Well, at least he provided a lot of information. Gotta give points for that.

user30

oh wow

Nick T

ITG IS ALIVE AND THRIVING!

user30

this could be interesting

user30

there's a lotta guys out there

user30

22:18

I'm actually referring to DE

GnomeSlice

Oh.

Nick T

That's right, nobody cares about your edits

:(

GnomeSlice

@NickT I was talking about it BEFORE the edit.

Nick T

yes, I was there, oh the humanity...

user30

fffffuuu

GnomeSlice

22:19

Oops, I supposed I should have retagged it.

user30

Oh that's also incredible

Nick T

Here are my favorite excerpts:

> ...a deadly combination at most times.

> his long, zigzagged, glowing, fiery tongue

> a giant green frog as a mount (like yoshi)

and

GnomeSlice

I decided to leave those in.

Nick T

> "I again got >tongued<, damn"

GnomeSlice

I'm still not entirely sure if he meant NES or Famicom.

I suppose they had the same hardware inside.

Nick T

22:30

@GnomeSlice Are you so superficial that you can't appreciate who they are INSIDE? Are looks all you care about? sheesh.

GnomeSlice

@NickT Yes.

Nick T

Wii U isn't going to have Blu-Ray?

FallenAngelEyes

@NickT Nothing wrong with a good tonguing once in a while

Raven Dreamer

Wow. I feel special. Gaijin Games responded to my tweet.

Lazers

0

Q: F-Zero-esque racing game with Don Knotts?

I was at a bar this weekend where a guy claimed to have played a 3D or pseudo-3D racing game in the vein of F-Zero on the PC in the early to middle 90s, in which after every level or so, video footage of Don Knotts would appear on the screen and provide the player with a pithy quip. While I reme...

pc identify-this-game racing celebrity-actor

FallenAngelEyes

22:36

@RavenDreamer Nice! What about?

Raven Dreamer

I approve of the celebrity-actor tag

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Pft, Two-tribes and I had quite a lovely conversation over Twitter earlier.

Unfortunately, it ended with them following me, which I'm sure they'll regret soon enough.

user30

sigh

user30

backpack expanders are on sale

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes "Any plans to release the Bit.Trip Soundtrack on a physical CD?" "Not currently."

user30

22:37

"oh"

GnomeSlice

Cortex Command has potential to be really run, I think.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Wait, I thought it was coming with the Wii version

GnomeSlice

Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be anything but a menu in the campaign.

Raven Dreamer

And now, of course, I would feel terrible about pirating the soundtracks, because the Indie Devs actually took the time to say something to me.

@FallenAngelEyes It's basically a "sampler". A "Bit.trip Greatest Hits", if you will.

FallenAngelEyes

Oh, not the full? :(

Raven Dreamer

22:38

They also have the soundtracks for each of the 6 games for sale.

Mana

TORONTO

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Hah, the devs of Frozen Synapse told me how to haul the soundtrack files out of the setup over IRC.

Raven Dreamer

Not from all 6 games, no.

Mana

shoots flames from fingers

GnomeSlice

@Mana NOT AGAIN. ducks

Raven Dreamer

22:39

@GnomeSlice Trine?

FallenAngelEyes

Oh I see, 3 from each game

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer "Trine"?

FallenAngelEyes

@Mana So whatcha doing there?

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice my bad. Confused "Developers of Frozen Synapse" with "Developer Frozenbyte"

Mana

@FallenAngelEyes Chilling for a week in res, then university!

FallenAngelEyes

22:40

oh you go to U of T?

Raven Dreamer

Gaming Moderators Volume II: Mana does college.

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer So does me! D:<

Raven Dreamer

Wait. I thought of a better premise.

Moderators Gone Wild: @Mana does Toronto

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GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer ಥ_ಥ

Why did you have to do that.

Mana

@FallenAngelEyes Ayup!

@RavenDreamer I do everything.

FallenAngelEyes

22:42

@Mana Cool! I went to the ROM this past January so I was near there :)

Mana

Yeah, I think I remember you mentioning that

Raven Dreamer

@Mana you do everything except when you do nothing.

Then I do it in your stead.

FallenAngelEyes

Yeah, one of my b/f's lives in Toronto, so he took me there when I was visiting

Raven Dreamer

twitch

Oh, I've decided something.

Deep down, I'm actually a redhead.

Mana

nods So is Female Shepard.

Raven Dreamer

22:44

I've decided something else.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer As in your carpets match your drapes or how deep are we talking?

Raven Dreamer

Deep down, I'm actually my Female Shepard.

@FallenAngelEyes tries to think up a response for five minutes, then gives up

FallenAngelEyes

Hehe

Mana

@RavenDreamer pats on back Probably for the best. It's one of those statements that will either generate awkward responses or awkward silence.

Raven Dreamer

Or both!

Mana

22:47

> Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

Raven Dreamer

That makes me a loser.

Mana

Well, we already knew that. :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

finger dance

Raven Dreamer

I think your "d" key is sticking, sir.

Mana

I think your face is sticking, friend.

Raven Dreamer

Or you have a really, really gross anatomical defect involving sixteen mouths.

FallenAngelEyes

22:48

@RavenDreamer Maybe he got excited about your inner redhead

Raven Dreamer

I guess it'd have to be my inner lesbian too, hm?

I'm going to stop before I say something else I'll regret.

D:<

FallenAngelEyes

lol

Raven Dreamer

I am cursed with really, really vivid dreams.

I think I should talk to a psychiatrist about some of them.

FallenAngelEyes

Are they sexy?

Mana

@FallenAngelEyes Why is everything you say related to sex tonight?!

They could be vivid dreams involving killer bunny rabbits.

FallenAngelEyes

22:52

@Mana My mind is always in the gutter. Life's more entertaining that way.

Mana

@FallenAngelEyes It seems to be more in the gutter than usual. I'm shocked. SHOCKED I SAY

FallenAngelEyes

Given the starred list of this room, I imagine this goes for a few people here. :P

Raven Dreamer

I was tempted to get a room with @FallenAngelEyes. Then I realized that would probably only escalate things.

FallenAngelEyes

@Mana Have I violated your virgin ears? Because I'd imagine that'd give you a headache

Raven Dreamer

Curse the image my overimaginative brain has so thoughtfully provided to go along with that statement.

Mana

22:54

@RavenDreamer mouses over the out-of-context star button...

Although really, even in context it's still pretty much the same thing.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana. Remember who you are. Why just star messages, when you can pin them.

Though picking the best to pin might be a chore of its own.

Mana

@FallenAngelEyes Do you get an email when you get sent a gift game through Steam?

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes In ways that frighten me to think about, yes.

@Mana yes

FallenAngelEyes

@Mana Yes

GnomeSlice

SEX.

Mana

22:56

yes

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer I demand details

Raven Dreamer

I dunno.

That would leave a paper trail.

GnomeSlice

ಠ_ಠ

Mana

@GnomeSlice For once, I agree with you.

Nick T

Oy

Mana

23:00

oy

FallenAngelEyes

@Mana did you get Dead Island yet?

Mana

I have not received Dead Island.

oh no

Someone made a video of the Dead Island third person animations

if Deus Ex: HR is any indication...this is going to be horrible/hilarious

►

FallenAngelEyes

I haven't either

Nick T

these sites using full-screen popups are starting to piss me off

not a window, just where it shades the page and has some video or some BS in front

Rapida

23:29

Blast, steam has spoiled me. I don't think the Kalypso DRM that came with tropico 4 is going to allow me to install it on my laptop and desktop

Wipqozn

@TimStone pardon?

No idea what you are talking about

you must be seeing things

Tim Stone

;)

Lazers

0

Q: What's the wager in COD:BO gun game?

I'm seeing some Black Ops: Gun Wager Matches on Youtube and I wonder if people bet real money, or what they can buy with the credits they win in those games. I don't have the game nor a XBox, so I would like to know: if those credits cost money if you have to bet before starting a wager match i...

call-of-duty-black-ops

Lazers

23:57

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Q: How does game trade work?

So I just read that is now possible trade games in Steam. I have spare copies of some games bought in 4-pack offers: How can I trade one of them with another user? If I click an item I don't see any Trade button, but only gift.

steam

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