The Bridge

Matt Giltaji

17:00

looks like we need to make it ourselves

legend of inlk, where you play as lezda

and other clever transposed digits

Origami Robot

That last one is... no

Matt Giltaji

azeld, maybe?

Yuuki

@Unionhawk The gameplay would be super interesting. I think that's a factor we could pitch to Nintendo.

Origami Robot

The gameplay would be the same!

Yuuki

@OrigamiRobot For one, that's hardly a con considering almost all LoZ gameplay is identical. Secondly, I'm talking about some kind of stance changing mechanic with Zelda/Sheik.

Origami Robot

17:04

I didn't say it was a con

Matt Giltaji

@Yuuki like the wolf/human link changes in twilight princess?

Yuuki

@MattGiltaji I guess?

Origami Robot

But finding a new magic is mechanically identical to a new tool

Powerlord

@Yuuki Wow, really? I was under the impression that A Link Between Worlds and Skyward Sword, the last two Zelda games, were wildly different.

Origami Robot

A system where you can only use magic as Zelda, but you have to be careful to only be seen as Sheik would be interesting, but that doesn't make sense narratively.

Yuuki

17:07

Employ distraction!

in Maid Café (メイド喫茶), 8 mins ago, by ʞɹɐzǝɹ

Unionhawk

@Yuuki Never be made.

Nintendo does what they want

They do not listen to your petty pitches

Matt Giltaji

@OrigamiRobot unless zelda is expected to stay in the castle, so sheik is allowed to wander freely, but zelda gets escorted back by guards or somethign

Unionhawk

They are above that

Yuuki

@Unionhawk Topic has been changed, look at the distraction.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki YOU'RE A DISTRACTION

Origami Robot

17:09

@MattGiltaji That's what I meant

Sterno

90% of my combat seems to be tryign to turn to find my target. Do ships just turn slow, or am I missing a key control here?

Matt Giltaji

but then it does make sense narratively

Origami Robot

@Sterno Use a combination of turning and translational movement.

@MattGiltaji I'm saying sheik can use magic just fine

Yuuki

@OrigamiRobot So pitch up + thrust back or something?

Matt Giltaji

@OrigamiRobot brain is awake now... i see what you mean

Origami Robot

17:11

@Yuuki -back +up/down

Lazers

0

Q: Is there anything the priest does in Whiterun? (Skyrim)

Is there any special thing you can do with the priest blabbing about Talos all day or does he just stand there being obnoxious

skyrim

Origami Robot

@MattGiltaji There could be some kind of time management thing where you only have so long to go out as Sheik so that Ganondorf doesn't realize you're missing.

Sterno

I am so bad at this game that it hurts.

@OrigamiRobot I don't know how to translate that into things I do on my gamepad

Origami Robot

@Sterno use both joysticks

Matt Giltaji

@OrigamiRobot perhaps Ganondorf is monitoring magic usage, so Sheik using magic makes it easier to be tracked or somesuch

Origami Robot

17:15

I could buy that

Yuuki

Maybe a day/night sort of thing rather than a stance change button?

And you can open up paths for Zelda as Sheik and vice-versa?

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot furiously scribbles notes

Origami Robot

@Yuuki What I'm saying is there is no reason to be Zelda and not Shiek when out and about.

Sterno

Might right joystick doesn't have any noticable effect

I think my right stick is slightly raising/lowering thottle

Yuuki

Anyways, back to distraction: seriously, did nobody watch Digimon as a child?

Sterno

17:19

it certainly doesn't seem to move me

Yuuki

Or in @Sterno's case, as a senior?

Origami Robot

@Sterno Sounds like you have some remapping to do

Or go buy a 360 controller

Yuuki

@OrigamiRobot This is @Sterno's gamepad:

Lazers

0

Q: What does enabling 'saves' do in the options menu?

I have a feeling it is a joke, like the "achievements" one, which gives you an achievement called "achievement". But I don't want to lose my progress by not enabling it.

the-stanley-parable

Sterno

Well, it only took about 10 minutes, but I got the friggin sidewinder

clearly I am now ready for a life of piracy

2

Origami Robot

17:29

cc @Wipqozn

Wipqozn

17:39

Toph is best character.

oh, @Sterno bought Elite too?

MAn, all the cool kids are buying Elite.

Origami Robot

@Wipqozn 2nd best

Iroh is best

RIP Mako :(

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Spoilers?

Origami Robot

@Wipqozn No, Mako the voice actor who died during TLA

Mako's character is named for him

Wipqozn

Oh, that sucks.

He was a good voice acting.

Origami Robot

Remember Tales of Ba Sing Se?

Wipqozn

17:41

That's why Iroh has a new voice actor

wait, that was his last episode, wasn't it?

Origami Robot

Yes

Lazers

0

Q: @r with the [name=] specification

I wanted to know if the @r command works with the [name=] specification, aim trying to make a underwater map with randomized fish using invisible squids and i want to only select the ones named squid (meaning the unnamed ones since a squid's default name is squid)

minecraft-redstone

Origami Robot

> He was the voice actor of Aku, the main antagonist in the animated series Samurai Jack, both Achoo (a parody of Aku) and the annoying alarm clock known as Happy Cat in Duck Dodgers, the introductory voice for the ending theme of Dexter's Laboratory and Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Powerlord

@Lazers Speaking of which, I kinda wish there was just one minecraft tag so I didn't have to manually ignore each one.

Origami Robot

Samurai jack was so good

@Wipqozn Leaves from the vine, falling so slow T_T

StrixVaria

17:46

I saw this today from the drive-through.

Why is this even a thing?

Origami Robot

50 is too many

Hell, 5 is too many

Matt Giltaji

its only 10 bucks though

Frank

@StrixVaria Because people like McNuggets?

StrixVaria

I think the $10 was for the thing on the right.

2 drinks and 2 fries.

Powerlord

McDonalds pricing on McNuggest is weird anyway

Origami Robot

17:46

With that, you can disgust a family of 10!

StrixVaria

@Frank No one likes McNuggets after having just eaten 49 McNuggets.

Powerlord

It used to be a 20 piece cost more than two 10 pieces did. No clue if that's still true.

Frank

@StrixVaria But they did when they bought them!

Powerlord

@StrixVaria Neither the 20 piece or 50 piece are intended for one person.

Origami Robot

I miss Chicken Selects :/

Matt Giltaji

17:47

@Powerlord not a normally sized person, anyway

Powerlord

@MattGiltaji True.

The weird thing is... why only 2 drinks and fries for the 50 piece? Do they expect each person to eat 25 McNuggets?

Matt Giltaji

it would seem so

Sterno

I am so fucking good at Elite

I start the Wolfpack Tactics tutorial

Powerlord

Hell, if I'm getting fries, I only eat a 6-piece or 10-piece and I'm... well, not light.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria For 10 people to share.

Sterno

17:50

Throttle up. Look for (and fail to find) the target

Then 4 seconds later it ends telling me the target is destroyed and I win.

I AM BEST

LessPop_MoreFizz

Like, the 50 piece combo specifically includes multiple beverages. Of course it's for people to share.

Origami Robot

@Sterno is best Spacemans

Powerlord

@LessPop_MoreFizz 2 beverages. It says so right on the sign. 25 McNuggets are way too many.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I can only assume he saw it was me, knew he was doomed, and flew into an asteroid.

Powerlord

Although the sign, if you read the text, implies that the drinks and fries aren't included with the price.

LessPop_MoreFizz

17:51

@Powerlord Well, obviously some of the freeloaders have to get their own drink.

Origami Robot

I have seen NPCs crash into asteroids.

And subsequently blow up.

Powerlord

('cause it says "Add blah blah blah")

Origami Robot

I have also done this thing myself

Unionhawk

I love the Pirate NPCS who are like "open your cargo" and I'm like "I HAVE NO CARGO DECK FUCK OFF"

Origami Robot

@Unionhawk "Thanks for telling me I can shoot at you"

Lazers

17:57

0

Q: How to have a good ending?

In mass effect, there are times when you are when someone might get killed, example is Wrex when in Virmire(i think), fortunately i completed his "loyalty" mission so he backed off a little. The question is, who are the characters that might/will be killed if not satisfied with something, eithe...

mass-effect-series

0

Q: Ingress - How to get passcodes in 2015

This Q&A was useful back in 2012 when you can decode codes from the Investigation Board. Now in 2015 this no longer applies. So what are the best places for discovering passcodes?

ingress

Yuuki

Maybe it's because I'm off in distant systems, but I either never run into pirates (I've interdicted maybe three times) or the bulletin boards never have starter mercenary missions.

It's always assassinations.

Unionhawk

fat cat

Yuuki

Origami Robot

@Unionhawk Is that your cat?

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk i don't think your cat should order that 50 piece mcnuggets anymore

Lazers

18:04

0

Q: My minecraft keeps crashing

I gave myself a hacked block in Minecraft and it crashed. When I try to load the world it crashes. Is there any way I can "delete" the block without entering the world or make it stop crashing? I am running it on vanilla minecraft with no mods installed.

minecraft technical-issues

badp

</steam-winter-sale>

Powerlord

►

Sterno

My wingman's only job in these training missions seems to be flying around NOT shooting the enemy

Origami Robot

@Sterno That's to get you used to the fact that there is no one to help you in space.

Tim Stone

18:20

@badp Nooooo, I set my card prices marginally too high and a few of them expired instead of getting sold. The whole cents I could have made, wasted!

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki it's probably that you don't carry cargo and have no bounties, why would they kill you?

Matt Giltaji

@TimStone same here :S

badp

@TimStone me too, actually D:

I might've wasted one card

I think.

Lazers

0

Q: How do you get downstairs in new mauville in alpha saphire

I'v been searching for ages! I mean HOLY SHIT

pokemon

Sterno

18:37

I DOCKED

Ready to kill @OrigamiRobot now

Origami Robot

Bring it.

Sterno

18:49

Where the hell do you dock on the station that looks like a 12 sided die?

LessPop_MoreFizz

On the 1.

Origami Robot

@Sterno If you lock onto it, the hologram has arrows that point to the entrance

@LessPop_MoreFizz Quite

LessPop_MoreFizz

List of fictional cats in video games

This list of fictional cats and other felines is subsidiary to the list of fictional cats. It is restricted solely to notable feline characters from notable video games and does not apply to Catgirls which are listed in List of nekomimi wearers. For characters that appear in several games, only the earliest title will be recorded here. == See also == List of fictional cats and other felines List of cat video games == References... ==

List of fictional dogs in video games

This is a list of fictional dogs in originating in video games, and it is subsidiary to the list of fictional dogs. It is a collection of various notable dogs that are featured in video games, including arcade games, personal computer games, or console games. == References... ==

Matt Giltaji

@LessPop_MoreFizz i love the reference bar at the bottom for "fictional organisms"

> Balto a wolf dog is think

murgatroid99

List of plant and fungi alien species

This list of plant and fungi alien species is limited to species and groups of genetically related extraterrestrial organisms that exhibit physical features, attributes or forms similar to, but potentially far from a typical Terran species of fungi or plant while excluding specific references to individual organisms. This list includes sapient, non-sapient and hybrid forms of alien plants and fungi. == References... ==

Yuuki

19:02

And this is now my most up-voted question on SciFi.

21

Q: Where did dragons come from?

All that I know of Smaug is that he (she?) came out of nowhere to attack and conquer Erebor. Where exactly did he come from? In fact, what are the origins of dragons? Did Ilúvatar create them or did they come from somewhere else?

lord-of-the-rings

Thanks for letting me know, SE. ಠ_ಠ

Powerlord

List of dumb ideas for StackExchange Sites

Tim Stone

Just...what?

MBraedley

@TimStone Is that... is that a ~~neck~~ throat tattoo of a dollar sign?

Tim Stone

Yes, yes it is.

Yuuki

@TimStone Marijuana. Not even once.

Matt Giltaji

19:07

how do you call 911 rather than trying the doorknob?

MBraedley

@MattGiltaji Maybe they couldn't see the doorknob...

Matt Giltaji

i think you could move your hands over the entire door and find it within 2 days

Unionhawk

2

Powerlord

@Unionhawk That ad is so goofy that Disney is suing over it.

Unionhawk

Get out

Arperum

19:11

@Unionhawk No u.

Unionhawk

ok

Arperum

I keep laughing every time @uni does that.

Unionhawk

@Arperum I live to serve

Yuuki

@Unionhawk Now go rack up a giant bounty so I can kill you and buy an Asp.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki No

MBraedley

19:14

Impressive

Origami Robot

@Yuuki Do you even have an Adder yet?

Yuuki

@OrigamiRobot Nope!

Mother of god, it's coming...

murgatroid99

> Q4 2013

Powerlord

@murgatroid99 Good catch.

I mean, it's only... Q1 2015 now, so it must be coming soon!!!!!!111

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 Well, working on a Steam release means they're operating on Valve Time(tm).

So... ten years from now?

murgatroid99

19:24

I kind of want to play the first one at some point

►

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 ... Clever.

badp

@Yuuki is it it that's coming?

Sterno

Well, I found some tobacco floating around.

Went to the nearest dock

Can't figure out how to sell it

Unionhawk

@Sterno Commodities market in station services

Sterno

I'm there. I click tobacco. I don't see an option to sell

Worth 4.7k per unit, too!

Unionhawk

19:36

Black market!

Probably!

Um... Black market?

Kevin van der Velden

Is it good or bad that when being asked to take a holiday in a majority islamic country one of the things I research is their human rights situation? >.>

murgatroid99

@badp The sequel to Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, which is itself an unofficial video game sequel to Space Jam

badp

@murgatroid99 but does it have crowbars?

Matt Giltaji

@murgatroid99 now we have another MCU tv spin off? :S

Sterno

Oh. Yeah. Apparently they're stolen. Doh

Wipqozn

19:40

Okay, back to legend of korra.

Lazers

19:50

-1

Q: Someone is playing clash of clans on my devies

I need my freind to stop playing clash of clans on my devies And he is ignoring so i need him to stop playing it

xcom-enemy-unknown

0

Q: What is the pourpose of Orphan rock? (skyrim)

I've discovered orphan rock and can't find a quest/use for it. Is there any quest related to it?

skyrim

murgatroid99

@MattGiltaji Are you talking about Agent Carter? Because that was announced a while ago

Matt Giltaji

20:03

@murgatroid99 ya i guess i was not paying attention

Lazers

0

Q: How do I use the sword and shield I found?

I'm just starting Dark Souls as a Warrior, and have encountered the first giant monster, archer, and sword-wielding opponents, and have found a shield and a sword, but I can't seem to equip either of them, and don't know why. I can get to them in inventory, but when I select them, their "use" op...

dark-souls

Unionhawk

Ugh why is this outpost so far

badp

@Unionhawk it wouldn't be the full I AM A SPACE TRAVELLER BY PROFESSION experience otherwise

Unionhawk

It's going to take forever to decelerate out of fast supercruise

@badp it's not far enough to hyperspace, but far enough to be far... Away

badp

Why does it take more than a real-life hour to drive from Bratislava to the northern tip of the UK in ETS2? Because rotting away on a chair is an integral part of truck life!!

Unionhawk

20:08

Why does space have to be so big

badp

If you're adhering to speed limits it might even take 2 hours. I think.

Powerlord

@badp So, this game is similar to Desert Bus?

murgatroid99

@badp Isn't there a body of water along that path?

badp

@murgatroid99 Yes. The game features ferries, but they're just a loading screen.

@Powerlord You do occasionally have to change lanes.

Also, there's the parking part.

Tim Stone

@badp That's why you get a truck cab with nice seats, for your virtual comfort!

Unionhawk

20:11

Cruising at 900c, still a few minutes out

I'm committed now though

Kevin van der Velden

well, on the brightside, it's unlikely you'll be pulled out of it

badp

@TimStone I'm just happy it also ignores the part where you haven't literally left your truck in months.

Lazers

0

Q: Dead Island: Riptide Co-op Crashes

WITHOUT disabling co-op (which is because I want to play with a friend), how would I fix the crashes I get? I have a DX11 supported graphics car and installed. We tried only enabling private slots and disabling VAC. What should I do next? My friend doesn't crash. My settings were set at about Med...

dead-island dead-island-riptide

Unionhawk

True

badp

FOR MAXIMUM SIMULATION YOU SHOULD BE FORCED INTO PLAYING A FEMALE CHARACTER, WITH A TOILET METER.

Unionhawk

20:13

@badp get out

Kevin van der Velden

Uhm, I'm fairly sure men also have finite bladders: Source, am male, need to pee

badp

@KevinvanderVelden Yeah, but we don't have the difficulty spike every fourth week or so.

Kevin van der Velden

@badp that is true

Tim Stone

Run Method                                   Class       Time   Own Time
1   java.lang.String.<init>(byte[], String)  String.java 52197  52197
2   java.lang.String.<init>(byte[], Charset) String.java 100449 100449

Hmm, that seems a little unlikely...

Kevin van der Velden

@TimStone 15 seconds to create new strings?

Someone needs to fix their code

Tim Stone

20:15

(it's a lot of strings)

Kevin van der Velden

Strings are immutable, if they are changing them a lot then that could happen

Tim Stone

But I'm not sure how passing in a Charset is supposedly twice as slow as passing in the name of that Charset.

badp

@TimStone what godforsaken charset are you constructing strings from?

Kevin van der Velden

Oooh, it's a benchmark? That makes more sense

I thought that was a profiler output

badp

I wonder if it isn't bogoset

Tim Stone

20:16

@KevinvanderVelden It is, actually.

I made that change between runs and that's the difference.

badp

"Bogoset is like ASCII except we order all bits in alphabetical order."

Kevin van der Velden

Ooh

badp

"In order to decode Bogoset, use Bogosort"

That'd explain the run time.

Kevin van der Velden

@badp no.

badp

@KevinvanderVelden You know you want to.

Kevin van der Velden

20:17

@badp no.

Tim Stone

@badp You monster

badp

@KevinvanderVelden You know that you really do want it.

Kevin van der Velden

19 secs ago, by Kevin van der Velden

@badp no.

badp

@KevinvanderVelden You know you owe it to the internet oracle.

Kevin van der Velden

18 secs ago, by Kevin van der Velden

19 secs ago, by Kevin van der Velden

@badp no.

badp

20:18

@KevinvanderVelden It's happening.

Kevin van der Velden

22 secs ago, by Kevin van der Velden

18 secs ago, by Kevin van der Velden

19 secs ago, by Kevin van der Velden

@badp no.

The quotestack will continue until morale improves

badp

Hmm... bogoquote.

It really is happening after all.

Kevin van der Velden

Also, @TimStone, I don't know what charset is being used, but if it's one that is the default java uses there may be some short circuiting that happens when you do a string argument

Tim Stone

Aye, checking

Kevin van der Velden

Though, wait, I don't think you can define new ones so that'd be dumb if that's it

Course, I wouldn't be surprised if java were being dumb but...

Tim Stone

20:20

Yeah, it just looks up the Charset internally when you pass a string, hrm

badp

Once you support Bogoset you basically support them all.

Sterno

Protip: Don't AFK while in hyperspace or you might come back to find out you flew into a sun

5

Kevin van der Velden

Oops

Lazers

0

Q: What are the requirements for the conveyor for the Large Cargo Container in Space Engineers

I recently built a miner in survival mode of Space Engineers got it fully hooked up and running aside from one thing and that is the inventory of the Large Cargo Container will not push out it's cargo from the ejectors. I've made sure to connect it properly with a conveyor, I can even move cargo ...

space-engineers

badp

@Sterno I'm sure there's a lifehack in here somewhere.

Sterno

20:28

@badp There always is

Frank

"AFKing is hazardous to your health!" LIFEHACK: Don't go AFK. Ever.

Lazers

20:40

0

Q: What are some strategies to use the dual lightsabers effectively?

I'm using dual lightsabers, and I notice that I can't defeat the reborn master without cheese-killing him (throw him off with grip, speed+rage, etc). I can kill any other dark jedi, just not him as his movement is too fast. How can I use my lightsabers more effectively?

jedi-knight-jedi-academy

murgatroid99

@Sterno You can't precompute hyperspace paths? That's what they always do in fiction

Tim Stone

@TimStone Yeah, I'm writing this off as a fluke

Kevin van der Velden

@murgatroid99 you can, and then you get dumped out of hyperspace

Pointed at a sun

murgatroid99

@KevinvanderVelden can you not also compute an exit vector to be in orbit around something?

Kevin van der Velden

@murgatroid99 no

I think the ingame physics things are that you can aim at a large enough mass and engage hyperdrive

Sterno

20:48

Every time I use my frame shift drive it sounds like the computer says "Friendship drive charging"

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno TIL: Equestria is in the elite universe, somewhere

Matt Giltaji

@KevinvanderVelden wat is equestria?

Kevin van der Velden

@MattGiltaji my little pony~

Sterno

Uh oh

I ran out of frame shift fuel in a system that has only a sun

Origami Robot

@Sterno I just beat a gold chest thingy

So stressful

badp

20:57

I AM A POINT-GETTER

IT IS ME

Matt Эллен

plot-twist: badp was badp all along

badp

I even got the manual truck parking bonus

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