The Bridge

badp

12:12

the current AGDQ is a pretty boring game (Pilotwings) but the race is really cl----

nevermind.

I mean the gap is still ~15 secs but.

Lazers

0

Q: Please help me find old 90's game

There was a game my mum brought home on floppy and it drove me mental because I never could finish it. It was a creepy sort of game. It started in a room with skulls in piles on both sides. There was a barren tiny tree with one silver leaf. A river with I think maybe souls in it. A grove/orchard ...

msdos

0

Q: Steam gave my computer malware will it give my laptop that virus if I play on it

I was playing on steam and I got malware I got my computer cleaned will my steam work on another computor

steam

Wipqozn

Listening to banjo kazooie music makes me want to play through it again.

fredley

@Lazers pls

Wipqozn

I actually own the 360 version of kazooie. Maybe I should go finish that. I don't think I finished it on 360. 100% the game on N64, BACK IN THE DAY, but I stopped on 360 shortly before the end.

I unlocked all the stages, but I think I still need to open the final note door.

Sterno

12:45

3 hours of sleep. Ugh.

Kevin van der Velden

Kids?

Sterno

Yup. Sick kid.

2

Q: Should a "There are no hacks" answer be flagged for deletion?

One of my questions garnered a "there are no hacks" answer and posted links to existing products. As explained here, "No" is a valid answer. However, since they answered, other users have posted valid, working hacks making that answer outright wrong. What should I do? Nothing? Comment and...

discussion

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING THIS WRONG?

Wipqozn

@Sterno I had an almost lengthy rant in chat today about the site.

badp

@Sterno D:

Wipqozn

I may stop taking part in the Lifehacks meta soon. It's getting tiring pointing out they're doing everything wrong.

Sterno

12:58

@Wipqozn That is a sane decision.

I've mostly stopped.

Wipqozn

It's hopeless at this point.

I think most of the people who had any chance at making the site work, or udnerstanding SE, have already left.

Sterno

Yeah. I'm not sure why it isn't simply closed down yet. I feel like for whatever reason it'll be months before they bother.

Wipqozn

There still not justifying there off-topic votes. I've been commenting on all the ones I've seen, linkikng to your meta, but it hasn't helped.

Sterno

Oh my! ToME might be coming to iOS soon.

@Wipqozn High rep users have better things to do than try to make the site work. Like earn more rep!

Wipqozn

It feels like I'm putting more effort into it than the people who actually believe in the site.

Plus I think it's helped fend off the "I NEED TO META" urge for the time being.

Sepia Lazers

13:03

0

Q: Answered in the question

Originally, this question was closed because it didn't have the required details for a game-identification question. However, with a little perseverance, they did find the solution. Should it be re-opened? The OP "answered" his question in the original question, due to his question being closed,...

discussion closing identify-this-game

badp

wat

gfycat.com/ZealousPopularIberianlynx

why

Wipqozn

@badp I have no idea what's going on

badp

@Wipqozn hence the wat

I opened the Ys I configuration dialogue and that happened.

(also note the "sane" defaults of fullscreen 480p)

Matt Эллен

the lady popped up or the mouse was taken control of?

Kevin van der Velden

@badp 480i or gtfo

badp

13:07

@MattЭллен lady popped up

Kevin van der Velden

320x240 should be enough for everyone :D

badp

and you can drag her around

Matt Эллен

@badp oh :D

badp

but only horizontally.

Sterno

@SepiaLazers AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH‌HHHHHHHH

Clearly you should be playing Thief instead

Arperum

13:20

Note: 16px fontsize is "childish"

13.5px is not.

back to meeting

Rapitor

o/

badp

Meanwhile in SCIENCE

(from what-if.xkcd.com/124)

Lazers

0

Q: Can you fish in Lava?

I understand there would little point to it, lava isn't exactly a hospitable environment for any kind of fish able mob... What I was wondering was can you actually cast a line out into lava? Would the lure stay out in the lava like it does in water? Or would it just burn? What happens?

minecraft

Arperum

WANT TO MURDER

Rapitor

@Lazers too bad you can't ignore tags here...

MBraedley

13:28

►

Arperum

TO CLIENT: STOP MODIFYING THE DESIGN IN THE DELIVERY MEETING. EVERYTHING BREAKS IF YOU FUCK SPECIFIC THINGS UP.

Wipqozn

@Arperum The worst part is when they mention new things they want the week before launch which completely changes everything.

Luckily since all my work is in-house it's a lot easier to say "No. That's not going to happen. You should have told us about this at the start."

Rapitor

things to look forward to this year

Arperum

@Wipqozn NO. ITS WORSE WHEN THEY DO SO AT LAUNCH.

Wipqozn

> The probe should start to make its first direct observations of Pluto later this month

Oh, we might be getting good pictures of Pluto earlier than I thought.

Lazers

13:32

0

Q: Do Champions show in Battle in Total War: Rome 2?

I bought recently the Emperor Edition of Total War: Rome 2. After playing a little bit with Sparta I saw that I could recruit a Champion. So I went on and recruited Leonidas to train my troops. And I was so excited to be able to fight the next battle but when I went into battle I tried to find ...

rome-2-total-war

MBraedley

@Wipqozn We've already received better pictures than we've ever had. They're still blurry as hell, though.

Wipqozn

@MBraedley Yeah, I just want a nice clear picture of it. Obviously the best ones won't be in until July, though.

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

15

Stack Overflow (in Persian)

Proposed Q&A site for برنامه نویسان پارسی زبان

Currently in definition.

1

Maple

Proposed Q&A site for users of Maple software

Currently in definition.

2

Social Revolution

Proposed Q&A site for all social movements, what is a movement's intent, legal rights, theory, equality, clarifying view & perceptions. For members of established and emerging social movements & the curious.

Currently in definition.

1

Processing language

Proposed Q&A site for enthusiasts of "Processing", the programming language — to explore it's boundaries, discuss it's future and help new learners.

Closed before being launched.

2

Deism

Proposed Q&A site for people interested in Deism, wanting to know more about it, looking for sites for support, etc.

Currently in definition.

1

Particle Physics

Proposed Q&A site for particle Physicists and Particle Physics Students.

Closed before being launched.

MBraedley

@Wipqozn Yeah, it'd be nice to see what Pluto and Charon (and the minor moons) actually look like.

fredley

I just discovered this exists

Sterno

13:38

@fredley Oh yeah? This is my favorite thing to do with Chrome.

fredley

@Sterno God Damn you Sterno.

6

MBraedley

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Is Maple really that widely used? Also, we already have 2 mathematics SEs; Maple questions are bound to be on-topic on one of them.

Lazers

0

Q: What is the difference between Complete and Chronicles mode in Steam's release of Ys I & II Chronicles+?

I installed Ys I and Ys II Chronicles+ (by downloading the games separately on Steam and then linking them together while this lady stares at you and I don't even.) When I try and start the game, however, a somewhat strategically-placed dialogue asks me if I want to play it in "Chronicles" or ...

ys-1-and-2-chronicles-+

Rapitor

@Sterno fuck. i forgot what day it is. can never trust any links from you on friday

Sterno

@fredley I approve of your edit

fredley

13:43

I literally hadn't been caught out for months

ugh

Wipqozn

@Rapitor FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY

LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND

FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET MOD ABUSED ON FRIDAY

3

Sterno

Happy New Year!

fredley

Happy New Year to you too!

Sterno

@Wipqozn ooooh ooooh oooooh yeah yeah yeah

Tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards.

AMERICA PRODUCES BEST MUSIC

fredley

@Sterno BEST MUSIC PRODUCES SOVIET RUSSIA

Lazers

13:56

2

Q: Can you freeze a hero if there is no health loss?

As an example, if you attack with a Water Elemental (3/6, freezes enemy any character that it hits) a hero that has 4 armor, will he be frozen or it needs to do health damage to be able to freeze?

hearthstone

Wipqozn

@fredley IN SOVIET RUSSIA, BEST MUSIC PRODUCES ET CETERA

fredley

@Wipqozn thatsthejoke.jpg

Wipqozn

@fredley I know

I just made it less subtle.

StrixVaria

14:16

Fantasy Life is pretty good so far, about 2 hours in. It's hard to stop playing.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria I haven't played that in a few days.

I tried to go back to EOIV, but fell out fo the EO mood I think

StrixVaria

I started as a Hunter.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Alchemist here.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Wat dat is?

StrixVaria

How is the non-combat? I'm thinking of switching to blacksmith or carpenter or something soon just to try it out.

@OrigamiRobot 3DS casual game.

Origami Robot

14:21

oh, 3DS

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria It is. Right now I have Alchemist, Wizard, and the three gathering classes. I haven't played much t all.

I think I'll go back to it this weekend.

StrixVaria

My wife was playing for a while before I started, and didn't change from Wizard the whole time.

Which I can totally see since I just want to do Hunter things right now

fredley

@StrixVaria Are you a Wizard?

StrixVaria

2 mins ago, by StrixVaria

I started as a Hunter.

fredley

I'm a hunter2

StrixVaria

14:24

:|

@Wipqozn I got a quest that it suggests being an Alchemist to finish. I should try that out.

Origami Robot

I've pretty much given up on 3DS. That makes me sad.

MBraedley

A question to the Bridge: Should I wake up at an ungodly early time tomorrow in order to watch the SpaceX launch?

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I bought it for Pokemon games, but have since played a bunch of other stuff on it. I have liked pretty much everything I've played on it.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot You'll be buying MH4U when it comes out. Not right away, of course, but you'll eventually cave to peer pressure.

@MBraedley Maybe.

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn MH4U is for 3ds? Hmm might buy that one then

Origami Robot

14:26

@Wipqozn MH4U is the last thing I want to play on 3DS

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden You should. All the cool kids are buying it. You want to be cool, don't you?

djsmiley2k

@MBraedley thought it got scrapped?

Lazers

0

Q: Do Infamy and Holy Mantle synergize together?

Infamy has a chance to prevent the damage coming from the direction you're facing, while Holy Mantle prevents the first damage you take in every room. How do these two items work together? Which one does take precedence over the other, if they do at all?

binding-of-isaac-rebirth

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn possibly, not 100% sure

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Pokemon left me wanting and I hated Animal Crossing and LBW. Nothing has even interested me since.

StrixVaria

14:28

@OrigamiRobot I didn't play Animal Crossing, but I liked LBW.

Actually I wasn't too impressed with Alpha Sapphire. I liked X/Y a lot, though.

MBraedley

@djsmiley2k No, this morning's launch was scrubbed early because they weren't going to be ready, but they have a window tomorrow at 4:47AM EST

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Fantasy life is similiar to Harvest Moon, but with more RPG

Origami Robot

Playing LBW was like cheating at an incremental to me.

@Wipqozn Never played a harvest moon game

And now MH4U and Majora's Mask aren't going to be on the platform I want because they're on the 3DS.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I'm not sure what exactly you mean by this.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria You have everything from the start.

StrixVaria

14:30

Oh MH4U is going to be 3DS? I'm much more likely to play it for a long time there than on Wii U.

@OrigamiRobot That didn't really bother me.

I have heard people complain about that.

Origami Robot

It has essentially no sense of progression for me.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Good to ~~hear~~ read.

Yuuki

@OrigamiRobot Would you have liked it better if they kept the mechanics from Tri?

Origami Robot

If you could only rent like 2 items at a time and the game didn't tell you what items you needed for dungeons, that would have been interesting.

Wipqozn

@Yuuki He's talking about LBW

Yuuki

14:35

Wow, for some reason, I read that as LBG.

Origami Robot

If that statement is applicable to MH4U, now I'm even less interested.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I would find that infuriating. I don't want to get part-way through a dungeon to realize that I don't have the item I need.

Wipqozn

I really enjoyed the item system. I just love being able to explore the whole world from the get go, and to do the dugneons in any order.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Yeah, the progression comes from finishing dungeons rather than finding items.

Which is how I always viewed other Zelda games anyway.

Origami Robot

I like looking forward to new places being unocked by what I find.

Yuuki

14:38

Samsung's new SSD.

Designed for use in laptops.

But can also be used for desktops, I guess.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Yeah. Finding items just lets me do more things. It's not how I judge my progression.

If you did view items as progression then I could understand how you wouldn't enjoy it.

Sterno

I just wrote some long feedback about Dungeonmans

2

Origami Robot

I'm talking about character progression.

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki if you have an adapter I suppose

Cause that is not a default PCIe slot =p

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I like heart containers.

Sterno

14:40

ATTENTION THE BRIDGE: I HAVE BEATEN A VIDEO GAME THAT I PURCHASED

Tim Stone

gasps

Sterno

I'm going to retroactively make that my New Year's resolution

Yuuki

Tim Stone

@Sterno That's way too long for me to read before coffee, you should have added a warning!

Sterno

@TimStone I said "long"!

Origami Robot

14:41

@StrixVaria Heart containers and a sword upgrade are why I said "essentially"

Yuuki

And other travel posters that NASA made for exoplanets.

Rapitor

so i was interdicted for my first time on elite. i had no idea what was going on. quickly exploded. wasn't even carrying any cargo. an NPC pirate was just like "die".

Origami Robot

Still, that's not unlocking new abilities.

Sterno

@Rapitor I have yet to ever escape one. My ship just doesn't seem to turn fast enough to stay in the blue

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I'm not trying to convince you to like it, just offering an alternative viewpoint.

I didn't rent much in that game.

I saved up until I could buy things.

Rapitor

14:42

@Sterno you can escape?

StrixVaria

Then I never died so it didn't make a difference.

Sterno

@Rapitor Yeah. Follow the blue circle, fill up the blue bar

I think. Like I said, I've never succeeded

Rapitor

i tried recharging my drive, but it took wayyyyyy too long

Sterno

I'm at the point now where I just cut throttle to get it over with, then immediately start trying to kill whoever it is

Rapitor

even tho i diverted all power to engines

Sterno

14:43

@Rapitor I think the frame shift drive is powered by System

Rapitor

im still in the sidewinder and i don't even have shields anymore (fuel scoop)

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria And I'm just letting you know I had already considered that.

Rapitor

so i'm very harmless

Wipqozn

Russia says drivers must not have 'sex disorders'

Sterno

Why are you guys giving up shields instead of say, Basic Discovery Scanner?

Yuuki

14:43

@Rapitor FSD charging depends on a lot of factors.

Rapitor

because i discover a lot of things?

Origami Robot

Lets say you could still have explored the whole world and done the dungeons in any order, but you still found the items in dungeons. I would have enjoyed that game.

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno I have yet to not escape one =/

Sterno

With your lack of shields, do you ever survive long enough to sell what you discovered?

Wipqozn

Russia, what the fuck. Come to Russia, where you get to experience a country regressing!

@Sterno I gave up a shield and the scanner.

StrixVaria

14:44

@OrigamiRobot I don't know; that barely affects the gameplay to me. I enjoyed the gameplay even if the item shop was admittedly a lame mechanic.

Rapitor

i'm rarely attacked (i stay in solo mode). i was just hunting for personal weapons for a rank up mission. they were a bitch to find and i still didnt find any

Sterno

Shit, if I saw a Sidewinder without shields, I think I'd blow it up on principle.

Lazers

0

Q: Xbox Live Problem

If I have payed for an xbox live account for three moths and had heaps of progress on a few games.Then that ran out and I did not pay for a year but, I still had the same hard drive then I payed again for 3 months. Would i still had the progress for the start? This is on Xbox 360.

xbox-360 xbox-live

Sterno

@Rapitor The only place I've really found them so far is blowing up pirates

Tim Stone

@Sterno Oh, really? I was able to escape them nearly all the time in my Sidewinder, what are you flying?

Rapitor

14:47

hopefully when i get Adder i'll be able to keep shields. idk. i want to make a miner ship, which needs its own sets of components

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria I mean, I beat the game so i must have enjoyed it a non-zero amount.

Sterno

@TimStone Eagle now, but I think I was only ever interdicted with my Sidewinder

Do you need to move your throttle at all to do it, or is it simply "follow the blue circle"?

Yuuki

@Rapitor Oh yeah, you won't lack for internal compartments.

Sterno

Because I just felt like I couldn't turn fast enough to get to it most of the time

Origami Robot

It just didn't feel like any kind of accomplishment.

Yuuki

14:49

I had shields, refinery, and two cargo decks at 8 carrying capacity apiece.

I think I also had a discovery scanner.

And unlike the Hauler, you can pack some weapons alongside the mining laser.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Maybe that had to do with the difficulty. It was a pretty easy game.

Origami Robot

@Sterno I would ram it and blow it up. Don't even get a bounty that way.

Rapitor

ships are so damn expensive, and making money is quite hard being a non-combat player...

Yuuki

@Rapitor Find a good trade route.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria Difficulty is definitely part of it.

Sterno

14:51

Ridiculously easy

Tim Stone

@Sterno I did, yeah.

Sterno

I never died in it.

Yuuki

I had one route that gave me a profit of ~20k per round trip.

Origami Robot

@Rapitor I see the opposite sentiment on the forums.

Sterno

@Yuuki That's .5 to 3 bounties!

Tim Stone

14:51

Although I can't say with certainty it does anything, but it seemed to be appropriate for realigning myself sometimes.

Yuuki

Not as good as bounty hunting, but it'll get you a new ship.

@Sterno That's with 8 storage capacity. Once you get more, your profit gets higher and higher.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I still think that sentiment has to be by the higher-end players. Because bounties don't really seem to scale up. So early on they're awesome but if you're trying to make millions, it seems like it would take forever

NPC bounties, anyway

Yuuki

@Sterno Yeah, it is.

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot I dunno, I imagine if you forego combat at all it's a little hard to make the money necessary to buy the ships which will let you trade enough at one time for that to be worthwhile.

StrixVaria

I get frustrated easily in games that are too difficult. I'm trying to work on that, because I'm also starting to appreciate that games that are too easy don't feel like an accomplishment when you finish.

Yuuki

14:52

Trading makes exponentially more money the further you're in the game.

StrixVaria

That's part of why I was so disappointed in Alpha Sapphire.

I was 10 levels overleveled and I didn't do any extra grinding.

Yuuki

Simply because you have more available cargo space.

Origami Robot

@Sterno I don't read into it. I am having fun doing what I'm doing.

StrixVaria

If anything, I ran away from battles or used repels.

Rapitor

@OrigamiRobot i see missions that reward 50-100k or even more for combat while trading and courier is usually no more than 5k.

Tim Stone

14:53

Man, all this talk about Elite means I'll have to play now. shakes fist

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I really want to blow up someone's engines after what you said yesterday

Tim Stone

...lol, the launcher has such ridiculous bugs.

Sterno

@TimStone It's pretty bad

Unionhawk

@TimStone elite elite elite

Tim Stone

I just clicked "Log in" and the button suddenly became huge and took up the whole launcher window

How does that even happen?!

Sterno

14:54

I've installed that game to two different computers and neither actually knew they were done when it was installed. The progress bar just stops moving eventually.

Origami Robot

@Sterno It's pretty funny. They just keep tumbling and firing their weapons.

Unionhawk

I'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY IT TO DAY HOORAY

fredley

@Yuuki inb4d

Sterno

I want a ship that can do the Death Blossom maneuver from The Last Starfighter.

Tim Stone

@Sterno The progress bar doesn't actually stay within the "bar" part for me, so it obscures the text that explains what it's doing. |:

Origami Robot

14:55

@Rapitor Missions are not what they are talking about.

Unionhawk

PLACE YOUR BETS WILL UNI BE TOO DEAD TONIGHT TO PLAY

Tim Stone

That just sounds like an excuse in the making

Unionhawk

(I get in at... 9pm eastern, my body clock is adjusting to mountain time)

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk Either you'll be too dead to play or you'll play and be killed

Yuuki

@Rapitor Missions aren't really worth the money. Unless it's assassination, I think, but you're usually better off doing your own thing.

Jason Berkan

14:56

@Sterno You and I are the only ones in this room that have seen The Last Starfighter.

Sterno

@JasonBerkan :(

Unionhawk

@KevinvanderVelden not if I pay off my 100 credit bounty

Sterno

THESE DAMN KIDS AND THEIR TELETUBBIES AND POWER RANGERS

Kevin van der Velden

Not my fault I was -5 when it came out!

Frank

@JasonBerkan I've read the book! Does that count?

Unionhawk

14:57

@OrigamiRobot that's how fines work, right? They turn into bounties when they expire?

Tim Stone

Yeah

Origami Robot

Yes

Unionhawk

Cool

Tim Stone

Which incidentally makes them easier to pay >_>

Jason Berkan

@Frank Sort of. The book doesn't have cutting edge CGI though.

Unionhawk

14:57

No kidding.

Origami Robot

How so?

Sterno

@JasonBerkan upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/…

That's Alex Rogan

DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HIM

Unionhawk

Pretty sure you have to pay fines at the station or system that fined you

Sterno

Damn. Now I feel old.

Frank

@JasonBerkan To be fair, "cutting edge CGI" is only that for as long as it takes the next movie to come out.

Unionhawk

14:58

And you're usually also wanted there.

Tim Stone

I was like 30Ly away from a system where I had an active fine and I was too lazy to go back.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno Crap. He's old.

Unionhawk

This fine was for hostilities against a station, I think, or maybe for firing in a no fire zone

Sterno

Well then, for those of you who aren't familiar with The Last Starfighter, here's the death blossom

Unionhawk

So I had to gtfo

Sterno

14:59

The best special effects 1984 had to offer.

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