The Bridge

badp

20:00

Well now I know I'll be waiting a year or so before checking the market again.

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot For music while working out. I don't know about leaving the phone in the locker, I don't go to a gym.

murgatroid99

I mostly use it as a remote control for music and for checking my notifications without pulling out my phone

Origami Robot

@MBraedley I meant is there a reason for leaving your phone.

badp

@murgatroid99 Yeah, but it's silly that it can't speak back.

Like

Deal breakingly silly

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot There might be a case made for wearing workout clothes that don't have pockets. As I say, it's not something that concerns me.

murgatroid99

20:02

@badp I don't think I would ever want it to do that

Origami Robot

@murgatroid99 The best explanation of why you can do it is someone probably said "why not?"

murgatroid99

@OrigamiRobot It looks like it can pair to other bluetooth devices, so it's probably the thing about the bluetooth headphones

badp

@murgatroid99 So you would want to "Ok google what's the weather like in London" then have to look at your watch's tiny screen instead of having it say out loud "It's foggy and rainy as it's always been"

Origami Robot

5 mins ago, by Origami Robot

@MBraedley But then you can just use your phone.

murgatroid99

@badp the screen is surprisingly readable

I sometimes read entire emails on it

Origami Robot

20:04

I imagine the times you are wearing a smart watch while you don't have your phone with you are few and far between.

badp

It's still silly. IMVHO.

@OrigamiRobot You mostly cannot use a smart watch if it's out of range of its paired mobile.

There is a smartwatch by Samsung that's standalone, and it's fucking stupid.

Unionhawk

Well, Samsung excels at fucking stupid

murgatroid99

At least it does something when not paired

Chippies

Powerlord

So, I learned a valuable lesson.

Chippies

20:10

got 95% crit chance cc: @Koviko @OrigamiRobot

Powerlord

The SendProps for a CUtlVector backed DataTable are completely fake.

Only the CUtlVector table itself and its lengthproxy sub-table have real offsets (and the lengthproxy's offset is 0)

Koviko

@Chippies /jealous. I wish I put more effort into getting crit. I'm down at 35%.

Chippies

@Koviko I didn't really put much effort, I just equipped everything that had crit chance and ignored everything that didn't :P

Origami Robot

@murgatroid99 I want to assume it can at least tell you the time without being paired

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot tell time? what is this, 1980's?

you got phone for that!

murgatroid99

20:13

@OrigamiRobot some smart watches don't even do that

Chippies

make calls on your phone? what is this, 1990's?

no one makes calls anymore

Koviko

@Chippies Maybe I'll do that. 95% crit sonds good since the warlocks are the best thing you can get.

Also, it just occurred to me that reflects are useless with high evasion.

Chippies

@Koviko warlocks?

Koviko

@Chippies The Mercenaries. Warlocks are the highest cost mercenary.

Chippies

@Koviko oh right, duh

I keep forgetting about the mercenaries

Koviko

20:15

They are the reason you get gold!

Rapitor

@Chippies mercenaries are the reason my stats are so high

Chippies

@Rapitor probably same for me

Rapitor

they give pretty subtantial buffs

Origami Robot

@murgatroid99 sigh I was afraid of that.

Chippies

I upgrade them every now and then, trying to get the next useful upgrade

but their prices go up insanely fast

Koviko

20:16

@Chippies Yeah. Footman doesn't stay behind for long, either.

Rapitor

all have upgrades up to lvl 200, first one stops at 300 (thats when I stopped anyway)

Koviko

But the return for buying them seems meh.

Chippies

@Koviko is it even worth upgrading footman?

Koviko

@Chippies Not sure. It seems like it's just a money sink.

Chippies

mine's at 100 and the benefits seem not worth the costs

murgatroid99

20:17

@OrigamiRobot Mine is fine unpaired, but it's Samsung so it might be the one you were talking about

Rapitor

@Chippies not really no

Frank

Burn

Rapitor

the full bonus with 300 footman is 102GPS per.

102*300=fuck math

Chippies

are there any better items than the orange ones?

Lazers

0

Q: Destiny Nightfall with 2 players, one dead, did we time out or did I run too far away?

We're quite the newbies when it comes to nightfall strikes in Destiny but we tried nevertheless. It was the Nexus strike and we got so far as to get into the cavern hallway above the last boss. While trying to get rid of the minotaurs down in the area below (where the main/last boss will spawn ...

destiny

0

Q: How does focus work in dragon age inquisition?

I just got my focus abilities but I never have enough focus to use it? Why does this happen? How is focus generated? I am a knight enchanter mage and I use spirit blade as my main spell.

xbox-one dragon-age-inquisition xbox

Rapitor

20:19

and cost is like 18 quadrillion

Frank

@Rapitor 30600

That's actually pretty easy math.

Rapitor

@Chippies nope, orange items are tops. but they are still determined by level. so always improving

Chippies

@Rapitor so the auto sell checkmark isn't very useful, unless you're idling for a long long time, I guess

Matt Giltaji

what item rarity % do you need for the orange?

Rapitor

@Chippies auto sell doesn't sell purples or golds.

Matt Giltaji

20:20

@Chippies autosell takes a long time to kick in

Rapitor

it does save inventory space

Chippies

@Rapitor there's a checkmark for each

Sconibulus

autosell can sell everything

Chippies

@MattGiltaji takes seconds if you're clicking

Matt Giltaji

@Chippies yeah, its too long for me

Rapitor

20:22

hm, i don't have the options for autosell purple and gold.

Chippies

@Rapitor did you buy the upgrades for it?

Matt Giltaji

i am grinding lower levels b/c my regen is not high enough

Rapitor

all I could

Origami Robot

I have purple, but not orange.

Sconibulus

Oooh, weapon with both Combustion and Rupture

Chippies

20:23

Rapitor

i think it depends on what you have equipped. I still have a blue piece

Chippies

@Rapitor I had a blue shield when I had everything else orange

Origami Robot

@Chippies I never doubted it was possible.

Chippies

@Rapitor were you mostly idling or clicking?

Rapitor

@Chippies cheating

Sconibulus

20:24

my last purple thing is a trinket

Chippies

the upgrades might unlock from clicks

@Rapitor well that explains a lot

Origami Robot

@Rapitor always cheats

4

I don't know why he even bothers.

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot I honestly only replied to you, because you were the first relevant person under my cursor

Matt Giltaji

autoclicker or fooling with JS?

Rapitor

@OrigamiRobot I said before. if it's easy, im gonna do it. and it is super easy for that one.

Origami Robot

20:24

@Chippies I see how it is!

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot I'm sorry, I still love you! :(

Origami Robot

@Rapitor But why even waste the time?

Rapitor

I liked that you couldnt cheat on MMO Incremental

easily

@OrigamiRobot I played it for a while before actually cheating, but nothing new was really happening.. at all.. which is my red flag for incrementals

Koviko

I'm technically cheating. I have the click spamming all the time even when it's not the active window.

Lazers

0

Q: The reason behind the Crestfallen Warrior

As the player first comes across the Firelink Shrine, there is a knight named Crestfallen Warrior sitting against a ledge of grass. My question is, he is only a dialogue character. Useless. Was there any planned reason for having him? Is there some lore about him on how he got there? I basically...

dark-souls

Koviko

20:26

This incremental feels like an actual MMO

Origami Robot

@Rapitor Right, so why not just stop there?

Koviko

RPG*

It starts out unforgiving, then you get gear

And it becomes about optimization instead of survival

Origami Robot

"This game is boring. I'm going to spend more time on it."

Koviko

lol

Rapitor

breaking it provided more entertainment

Origami Robot

20:28

shrug I don't get it

Sconibulus

I ended up using a javascript autoclicker because otherwise it would take way too much time

Koviko

Note: When I make an incremental, make it purposely tough to crack.

But still possible, clearly.

Maybe make cracking it incremental.

Every time you get closer to the solution, I increase your hacker score.

Jason Berkan

@Koviko That should be the incremental gameplay. It's meta.

Rapitor

@Koviko the javascript console is the incremental

Chippies

@Koviko as you progress through the game, unlock vulnerabilities in the code

Jason Berkan

20:29

You can only ~~win~~ advance by using the console.

Koviko

@JasonBerkan that edit lol

I like when incrementals have achievements. Then, I feel like I win when I get them all.

Rapitor

@Koviko I like when they detect that you are a cheater and give you an achievement for it.

3

cookie clicker did that

Koviko

@Rapitor Yeah, I remember when that popped up. I was like, "Yup, you got me."

I'm stacking a bunch of gear towards Rend and suddenly everything's dying really fast.

I'm probably going to restart and try to go a pure rend build or something weird like that.

I feel like I can do this better.

Where's my ascension button?

Rapitor

it does have one, but it doesnt seem fully implemented

Sconibulus

There's Reset at the top right

Koviko

20:33

Oh wait... "Reset" and "Full Reset" are both options.

Rapitor

hit reset

you don't get anything

Sconibulus

but it doesn't seem to actually give the thing it claims to give

Koviko

I'm scared. I'll wait.

Oh, okay.

I'm not a good gamer. I'm always scared to try different things and end up missing out on lots of content.

Rapitor

@Koviko that's not really a bad thing.

just linear games are more for you

Randos would always get mad at me in Co-op MMOs (recently Destiny), because I always wander off.

"Get back over here and help us!" .. "loooooooot"

Batophobia

@Rapitor Sounds like Borderlands

Rapitor

20:38

@Batophobia very much

SaintWacko

@Sconibulus I have an AutoHotkey autoclicker. I press F7 and it clicks very very fast until I press F7 again

Batophobia

Then again, that's how I played Bioshock Infinite. Gotta look in every trashcan

Koviko

@Rapitor lmao

badp

The best Crypt of the Necromancer mod

Origami Robot

@Rapitor Pfft, why were they not looting too?

Rapitor

20:39

no idea, their loss.

Origami Robot

What if you found a sweet new weapon that let you help them better?

Lazers

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Q: When do the Tier 17 world bosses respawn?

Well I'm trying to gear up my alts by killing the world bosses out in the world but usually they aren't even there. I'm not sure if I miss them just by a couple of minutes or if they take hours to respawn. What are the Respawn timers on The T17 World bosses? (Drov and Tarlna)

world-of-warcraft

Rapitor

I'm noticing a trend in games today that most players just want to "speed run" through it. At least in my experience

Matt Giltaji

@Rapitor so many games, so little time

Rapitor

whenever I come across those kinds of people again, I'm just going to direct them to "I am bread". try rushing through that shit

Chippies

20:47

@Rapitor depends on the game

I rush through content in many mmos, because often what you do until the end game is totally irrelevant

although on first playthrough I try to explore and learn more

Batophobia

What are the checkboxes at the bottom of the inventory for?

Rapitor

@Batophobia auto sell that color

Batophobia

ah ok

Chippies

@Koviko 105% crit chance, did I win the game?

MadMAxJr

Critical crits!

Chippies

20:51

@MadMAxJr I hope that's actually a mechanic in this game

Koviko

@Chippies Big o' critties

Origami Robot

flagged!

Chippies

I don't think there's any benefit of going over 100% crit though

ElfSlice

@Koviko crits in my face

Chippies

@ElfSlice BOOM! HEADSHOT!

Batophobia

20:53

Is there a way to figure out what the buff you got does?

Koviko

@Batophobia It seems colored. I've seen green and blue.

Not sure the difference, though.

The color behind the green arrow*

Batophobia

I think the green up arrow gave a boost to the XP I got

Sconibulus

Is Berserking the most useless enchantment?

Matt Giltaji

@Sconibulus what does it do?

Sconibulus

10% chance to deal bonus damage

Chippies

21:03

@Sconibulus depends on if it is multiplied by the %damage or not

Matt Giltaji

@Sconibulus ya, seems crap

Chippies

but probably pretty useless

MadMAxJr

Is stack not doing hats this year?

Unionhawk

Supposedly hats will be a thing maybe

Origami Robot

@MadMAxJr If there is justice in the world, no.

Unionhawk

21:05

31

Q: Do you hate hats?

We have been given the option this year to opt out of this year's Winterbash. The default is opt-in, so if we do nothing or can't decide, we will get hats. However if we decide that we definitely do not want hats, we can make sure the site remains hat-free until at least a year's time.

discussion status-completed winterbash-2014

Sconibulus

My Rend is doing 75k per stack, at 2 stacks per hit

Matt Giltaji

I just got a wep with crushing blows: attacks do 5% of monster's current HP in damage... not sure how i would ever be abe to kill a monster with that

Chippies

@MattGiltaji it adds on top of your damage

Rapitor

@MattGiltaji its additonal

Chippies

it's actually pretty huge bonus on bosses later on

Sconibulus

21:05

Crushing Blows is great

Matt Giltaji

ah, poor tooltip then

Sconibulus

Although Rupture/Combustion is better

MadMAxJr

10% to create hats on hit.

Chippies

@Sconibulus depends on how many hits it takes to kill and how much hp we're talking

but I don't care enough for math to optimize that much

SaintWacko

Anyone else having trouble with quests disappearing?

Unionhawk

21:09

@OrigamiRobot Lack of justice in the world is status-bydesign

Matt Giltaji

@SaintWacko mine are just really infrequent

Sconibulus

Actually, it probably depends whether it's multiplies by %damage

it just now occured to me that it might be

SaintWacko

@MattGiltaji I had a new one show up, and it showed 4 in the quest log, so I clicked on the second one, and they all disappeared

Origami Robot

@Unionhawk I'll design your status!

Batophobia

@SaintWacko I've never had 2 quests at the same time....

SaintWacko

21:11

@Batophobia did you get multiple quests during the tutorial?

Origami Robot

Meh, that game didn't last long :(

Batophobia

@SaintWacko Not at the same time

Unionhawk

Yeah I'm bored

Yes I am allowed to play idle games and simultaneously hate them

Matt Giltaji

@Batophobia i had 2 right now

ElfSlice

►

what in the fuck

MadMAxJr

21:15

Did you just discover that?

Origami Robot

It takes months for @Gna;ijne4vika3unf to load a video

ElfSlice

@OrigamiRobot Not any more.

Lazers

0

Q: How do you determine which portal a control field is created from?

I'm currently a L10 agent but until missions started I didn't really care where a Control Field was created from and this recently came up during a conversation. I'm trying to figure out which portal a control field is created from. Given: We have portals A, B & C. We have already linked A to ...

ingress

ElfSlice

@MadMAxJr Yes. It's only been around for a month.

Origami Robot

That's an eternity in Internet Time

MadMAxJr

21:16

It was a side project that a writer for the Adult Swim team had. Mike Lazzo encouraged them to finish it and get it on the air. It went viral. Lazzo was pleased.

Jason Berkan

The only funny thing about that video is that they put in on TV in an infomercial spot and didn't tell anyone what it was.

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan is an old curmudgeon.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot The oldest most curmdgeony person here.

My that is some awesome spelling.

MadMAxJr

I'm going to submit an enhancement request for the universe. Cats have too high of a crit rate and draw aggro on belly scratches. Please revisit and revise cat attribute balancing, thanks.

2

Batophobia

Meanwhile on Steam

Origami Robot

21:21

@MadMAxJr My cats go to go to sleep on belly scratches. It's not a bug, it's a feature.

Powerlord

Steam, why does your https site redirect back to http?

Matt Giltaji

dammit steam, stop putting things I want on sale. I need to pay rent and utilities

Tim Stone

Just sent a postmarked envelope with pictures of you smiling while playing the game, and ask them "Is my happiness not payment enough?"

Batophobia

Weird that they have Arkham Knight on a list for 2014

Origami Robot

@TimStone AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MENTAL IMAGE PANIC

MadMAxJr

21:25

I expect Steam to accept direct deposit by 2020.

Just divert 20% of my paycheck direct to steam

RPi Awesomeness

You know you live in a first world country when you can feel the difference between different brands of Q-tips

Lazers

1

Q: Which will Boone use better, a Sniper Rifle or an Anti Material Rifle?

How effective is boone at using an anti Material rifle, compared to using a sniper rifle?

fallout-new-vegas

RPi Awesomeness

Also. @OrigamiRobot Your avatar is exceptionally cute

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot I didn't even do anything!

Origami Robot

@TimStone YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAID

@RPiAwesomeness Everyone loves robots and skittles.

RPi Awesomeness

21:30

@OrigamiRobot ikr. Skittles are the bestest

I need to make one of those little guys...

lol, I love the way the big one looks in this:

He's all like puzzled and, "Uh...okay....You guys need help or something?"

OMG! This one has a tiny little camera. ^.^

Yuuki

So, Xenonauts on sale.

SaintWacko

@Yuuki Do it

Origami Robot

RPi Awesomeness

@OrigamiRobot Hey, this guy knows what controller's best. Wonder if he's on PC or not...

Origami Robot

Gross. PS controllers are the worst.

murgatroid99

21:42

@RPiAwesomeness That doesn't look like a Gamecube controller to me

Or an Xbox 360 controller

MadMAxJr

That doesn't look like an OUYA contr-- User was killed typing this post

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Unionhawk

Gamecube controller best pony

MadMAxJr

I need motion controls for Catlateral Damage

Yuuki

Look, it's a @Wipqozn!

And @Wipqozn!

RPi Awesomeness

@Yuuki Naw, @Wipqozn Isn't that cute

@murgatroid99 :P

Unionhawk

21:53

But he does like sushi

RPi Awesomeness

@OrigamiRobot Why does everyone hate the PS controllers are horrible? I much prefer them over the Xbox. Xbox seems so bulky

Unionhawk

I hear if you ping @Wipqozn three times, he comes in four hours talking about how popular he is.

@Wipqozn @Wipqozn @Wipqozn

RPi Awesomeness

Oh gosh no

/me hides under a rock

Unionhawk

Relax we're safe for hours

RPi Awesomeness

@murgatroid99 Gamecube controller is definitely a good one

@Unionhawk Meh, just being prepared

Trent Hawkins

21:55

Besides, N64 controller is the best controller... for 3 armed people.

murgatroid99

@RPiAwesomeness I prefer the layout of the Xbox 360 controller

RPi Awesomeness

@murgatroid99 Ah

@TrentHawkins Spot on, it's rather mediocre otherwise

Yuuki

Yay, more unnecessary censorship!

►

cc @spugsley

RPi Awesomeness

@Yuuki Those are the worst, and yet so good

user15026

Bought peameal bacon for dinner because I have been wanting it since @yuuki mentioned it. Dinner will be amazing.

RPi Awesomeness

22:03

@AshleyNunn Pea meal bacon?

I mean, bacon's good and all..

►

xD

user15026

@rpiawesomeness peameal bacon best bacon

RPi Awesomeness

@AshleyNunn Never tried it

What's it like/how's it different than regular bacon?

Origami Robot

@RPiAwesomeness maybe you have tiny baby hands

RPi Awesomeness

@OrigamiRobot Probably

Origami Robot

I hate ps controllers because of stick placement

RPi Awesomeness

22:07

@OrigamiRobot I'd say the same about Xbox. However, I've had most of my experience on an original Xbox at my Gpas...soo...

Origami Robot

Wii U pro controller is where sticks should be

murgatroid99

@RPiAwesomeness The Xbox 360 controller is a lot nicer and more reasonably sized than the original Xbox controller

RPi Awesomeness

Hello Ms. Polly! We *!@#&# everyone and took a briefcase!

@murgatroid99 It is definitely better.

user15026

@rpiawesomeness it's a local thing. It's brined pork loin.

RPi Awesomeness

@AshleyNunn Ah

Spy: "This, is a bucket" Soldier: "Dear God" Spy: "There's More" Soldier: "No..."

xD

Dang formatting

Batophobia

22:15

@murgatroid99 Have you played with the XBone controller much?

Yuuki

GAH, IT'S 4 AND I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY NEW HEADPHONES.

Batophobia

@Yuuki FLIP THE TABLE, QUICK!

murgatroid99

@Batophobia some. It's basically the 360 controller, but a little smaller

Batophobia

@murgatroid99 Yea, I think I still like the 360 one better

but I can't tell if that's just because the new one is still....new

Chippies

@murgatroid99 the d-pad looks much better on xbone controller

but I haven't used one myself, so I can't say for sure

the d-pad on x360 controller is practically unusable

Batophobia

22:19

@Chippies This is true, I like the new D-pad much more than the 360 one

Frank

2 hours ago, by Frank

Burn

Bridge, I am disappointed.

Batophobia

@Frank Poo is very important aspect of the game

Lazers

0

Q: Is there a vendor that sells rare (blue) rings?

At some point in the game, is it possible to buy rare (blue) rings from a vendor? It seems like there's a rare ring for every skill in the game, and hanging on to all of them in case I eventually want to use them is a real drag. There's a vendor that sells rare necklaces in Crestwood. Is there ...

dragon-age-inquisition

MadMAxJr

Incremental games are a thing. I want 'games specifically designed to thwart office no-game-site firewall policies' to be a thing.

Batophobia

@MadMAxJr so proxies?

MadMAxJr

22:30

Something designed to appear as a business product but is a web game.

HR Management Simulator

HR Incremental MMO

Batophobia

MS Office Simulator

Matt Giltaji

you could make an excel sheet which just multiplies things

MadMAxJr

Well there's an excel version of that 2048 sliding block game.

Chippies

@MadMAxJr I'm pretty sure almost any incremental can be ported to excel

djsmiley2k

theres an excel movie player...

MadMAxJr

22:38

# cats creating excel sheets

#cats processing excel sheet data

# cats making access databases from excel sheet data

# cats making war effort plans with access databases

ElfSlice

►

This looks pretty sweet.

Yuuki

23:03

This War of Mine is also on sale, but I don't feel like suffering from depression right now.

Frank

Four monitors, go!

...now to figure out what to DO with them.

ElfSlice

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fucking incredible

James

@Yuuki Got it :D

Matt Giltaji

@James how is it?

James

@MattGiltaji I only just got it, but I have heard good things about it.. I like survival games

I think the stats said around 11% of the people who play it have actually gotten through it all with no one dying

Yuuki

23:13

I'm interested, definitely.

Matt Giltaji

yeah I heard good things too

Yuuki

I heard it's a lot like a 2D State of Decay and I loved that game.

Oh well, at least I have until the 8th to decide.

James

@Yuuki I think the game is a bit more simple than that.

Ive played State of Decay and Ive seen people play this one and this one looks less 'hands on' on your survival.

More of an event driven Act and React game

Fluttershy

@Yuuki (cc: @OrigamiRobot)

Lazers

0

Q: Hunger games server for PE

How do you join a hunger games server for minecraft PE? I googled it and every time I try the steps Google told me to, it just says that it cannot connect to the world? How do I get it to connect?

minecraft

badp

23:35

I DID IT

IT HAS HAPPENED

James

Gratz @badp!!!! :D

badp

THE SWEET VICTORY

IT IS MINE

GLORIOUS PROOF

This concludes the Badp Parks A Truck series. Now that I've kind of figured it out, I am officially uncapable of providing further related entertainment.

KNOWLEDGE POISONED THE WELL.

badp

23:50

€100? Bargain!

Frank

Ooh. Black Desert is coming to North America.

RPi Awesomeness

Does anyone know the optimal avatar size for SE?

badp

16×16

RPi Awesomeness

O.o

badp

scaled up

RPi Awesomeness

23:53

seems a tad small...

badp

It's the smallest your avatar is shown at!

If it looks good at 16×16, it'll look good at any resolution!!

Don't you love my pixel perfect avatar?

(say yes.)

Frank

No.

What am I disagreeing with again?

RPi Awesomeness

@badp But seriously...is that actually the optimal size?

badp

It's the one I chose.

Chippies

@RPiAwesomeness depends on many factors

like, how detailed it is and how well these details scale up and down

badp

23:57

but the site doesn't scale it up larger than 128×128

murgatroid99

@RPiAwesomeness What is your measure of optimality?

Chippies

if it looks good at 16x16, it will look good at 128x128

if it looks good at 128x128, it might not look good at 16x16

badp

so the file you provide should be at least 128×128

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