The Bridge

GnomeSlice

9:00 PM

@TheAce Can you use it with a controller?

Matt Giltaji

@GnomeSlice always good to level up your diplomacy skill

TheAce

@GnomeSlice yep

GnomeSlice

@MattGiltaji ?

Matt Giltaji

@GnomeSlice sorry, d20 system reference

d20srd.org/srd/skills/diplomacy.htm

GnomeSlice

Oh, heh.

Wipqozn

9:03 PM

@GnomeSlice Make sure to brag about how much reputation you have on Arqade

GnomeSlice

@TheAce How do I set that up?

I got the rom and the emulator, and it's running (!)

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Think I'm going to start over on a new map. Things were starting to turn up, but I think I'd rather start from scratch at this point.

I never did get aroudn to building better schools, soooo yeah

TheAce

@GnomeSlice The controller?

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn I know I'll do that at some point, but I'm not sure when.

GnomeSlice

@TheAce yeah hang on I think I found it

Wipqozn

9:06 PM

@StrixVaria Incoming screenshot

StrixVaria

It is really difficult to keep on top of all the things you need. Money is so limited.

NICE

@GnomeSlice got it?

@TheAce yeeee

9:06 PM

cc @OrigamiRobot @Chippies @StrixVaria @MBraedley

badp

@StrixVaria for a moment I thought you were talking about your actual bank account

TheAce

@GnomeSlice awwwwww yeah

Wipqozn

Going to start over on a new map and new city

GnomeSlice

fuck I love this game

for some reason I've been really really wanting to play it

TheAce

@GnomeSlice emulators are great

Matt Giltaji

9:08 PM

> A person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall publicly disclose accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for consumers to make informed choices regarding use of such services and for content, application, service, and device providers to develop, market, and maintain Internet offerings.

yay FCC

badp

@Wipqozn Can you build parks inside those holes?

Wipqozn

@badp Yes. That was my eventual plan.

Okay, new map is on Islands.

Frank

@MattGiltaji This, by itself, will make the ISPs scream.

Matt Giltaji

@Frank it gets better

badp

@Wipqozn also:

Matt Giltaji

9:10 PM

> broadband providers always must disclose promotional rates, all fees and/or surcharges, and all data caps or data allowances; adding packet loss as a measure of network performance that must be disclosed;andrequiring specific notification to consumers that a “network practice”is likely to significantly affect their use of the service.

badp

Unionhawk

Their legal footing is probably sound I'm currently worried about congress, who definitely have the authority to just say "No. These rules are reverted." (which is currently proposed)

badp

this looks like a racing track

You should probably organize a city street car racing event of some sort. The residents will love it!

Frank

@MattGiltaji Oh, yeah, they're going to hate that one, too.

Because the obfuscation means they can talk the talk, without having to walk the walk.

@Unionhawk The chances of that bill passing are minimal; it's a panic reaction to net neutrality passing.

Matt Giltaji

@Frank no more of this "most reliable network in the us" bs... show me the packet loss!

Wipqozn

9:12 PM

@badp @badp for mayor

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk obama would veto, senate would probably not even take it up

Wipqozn

(but that was just me playing around with the freeform roads tool)

Yuuki

@MattGiltaji Every one of those claims should be replaced with "Most reliable network in a country with a lower-quality Internet than Latvia."

Unionhawk

Okay, yes, republicans only have the simple majority

badp

@MattGiltaji next up carriers will start intentionally losing packets so that they can all align in those metrics

GnomeSlice

9:12 PM

I love this game

Unionhawk

They'd need 12 senate votes and probably some house votes

Wipqozn

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk overriding the veto would need two thirds of each

badp

@Wipqozn you now owe the internet oracle an Hockenheim-shaped city.

Unionhawk

@MattGiltaji Yes I know that

We're probably safe then

Wipqozn

9:14 PM

@StrixVaria I'm going to build my city further from the high way this time. I suspect it will make it easier to handle traffic.

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk then i apologize for my math fails

Unionhawk

assuming it falls on party lines, they'll need at least like, 12 senate and 42 house

Yuuki

This is kinda disturbing...

djsmiley2k

"4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. "

Oh, america ;D

TheAce

@djsmiley2k god bless em

badp

9:20 PM

@Yuuki You don't qualify for 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14

Yuuki

@badp Did you not see the Senate report on CIA torture?

@badp Something something Democrats, something something Obama.

badp

@Yuuki Yes. In a fascist state that'd be widespread.

Yuuki

@badp I'll admit 5 and 13 are a bit shaky.

Tim Stone

We do have a problem with long incarceration.

Yuuki

6 can argued with Fox News, but I guess it's not actually Republican-owned.

Tim Stone

9:22 PM

Although that's actually starting to get bipartisan recognition as, you know, a problem. So there's that.

badp

But do you have actual lagers all over the place where you send people to work as slaves for free until they are literally dead?

Matt Giltaji

> use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries,

Yuuki

@MattGiltaji Voter ID laws, gerrymandering, etc.

badp

In a fascist state you wouldn't need gerrymandering.

No one would risk "voting" the wrong thing.

Yuuki

So until we literally have those things, everything's peachy-dory and we have nothing to worry and rainbows are coming out of our asses?

Unionhawk

9:24 PM

I think to try to call America as it stands right now a start of a fascist state is... a leap at best.

badp

@Yuuki No, but until you do literally have those things, you still need to remember that those things used to be literally true in half of Europe, and it all happened peacefully through democratic means.

Matt Giltaji

actually we did have the judiciary control our election, in 2000 with the supreme court case

Fluttershy

@badp We definitely qualify for 2.

MadMAxJr

We have problems but I'd still prefer living in the US than most other places.

badp

Mussolini didn't stage a coup or anything. Italians voted him there and supported him every step of the way.

Yuuki

9:25 PM

@Unionhawk Not so much America, but the Republicans are pushing us dangerously close to a start.

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk Yes

badp

We allowed ourselves to be brainwashed and were really happy about it, too.

I believe the same happened in Germany, too.

(I don't remember for certain however.)

Tim Stone

That's a good point. No one in America is happy, about anything.

Matt Giltaji

@Yuuki but you don't understand, WE NEED TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK

Unionhawk

Ever.

Yuuki

9:26 PM

So... as long as we're unhappy, it's not fascism?

badp

The only thing that Italy and Germany have put in place to ensure this wouldn't happen again is just banning the respective parties from reassembling. Which doesn't do much towards fixing the actual problem.

Unionhawk

That's hilarious

And frightening

badp

@Yuuki Of course there were unhappy people. So long as you aren't afraid to show your unhappiness, it's not fascism.

Unionhawk

But, for now, hilarious

Tim Stone

@badp And let's not pretend that there isn't a huge amount of open disdain for the political quagmire that is American government. Doesn't make it not terribly messed up, just...not the road to fascism.

badp

9:28 PM

For the record, registering yourself as a member of the fascist party was essentially compulsory.

Matt Giltaji

at the same time, correlation is not causation, so you could have all 14 of these factors and still not be a fascist country

Unionhawk

@TimStone Yes.

Yuuki

Tim Stone

Now @Yuuki on the other hand, trying to mind-control us with kittens...

MadMAxJr

That is senator Mittens R-MO

TheAce

9:30 PM

STOCKHOLM – March 12, 2015 – Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order, currently gaming’s proudest parents, have today revealed that Cities: Skylines, the critically and commercially acclaimed city simulation game for PC,
Mac and Linux, has sold an incredible 250,000 copies, including pre-orders, in its first 24 hours on sale, shattering sales records for every previous game in the Paradox catalogue released within the same period of time.

Tim Stone

Oh look, there's an ice cream truck out pretending it's warm enough to be selling ice cream so it can peddle drugs.

Yuuki

@TheAce Ugh. Stop talking about it. I was already tempted to get it to stick to EA.

TheAce

@Yuuki still haven;t really played it

MadMAxJr

@Yuuki Senator Mittens, what is your stance on gun control?

Matt Giltaji

@MadMAxJr mmmmrrrrrooooooooow

Yuuki

9:32 PM

MadMAxJr

Hmm. He's going with the partisan answer.

badp

@MadMAxJr you humans don't know the first thing about hunting

MadMAxJr

Senator Mittens promises to leave dead birds on every doorstep in America.

badp

first off you locate your prey, then you squat down, shake your arse a little and BOOM! pounce on the fucker.

TheAce

mittens 2015

MadMAxJr

9:33 PM

Also Senator Mittens has a very serious bill about laser-pointer control and regulation.

Yuuki

@TheAce Silly kid, that's not a presidential election year.

Nor a senatorial election year.

MadMAxJr

Mittens/Colbert 2016

badp

@Yuuki Obama resigned to make room for Sen. Mittens

TheAce

not American

MBraedley

djsmiley2k

9:34 PM

gun not larger than head, must be fake.

MBraedley

Public transit is a smashing success!

Lazers

0

Q: Minecraft AE2 Crash

I tried making a custom modpack, and I'm doing testing with it and the game crashed and I have no idea why... I'm using MultiMC, so here's a link to the paste.ee file http://paste.ee/p/ao0jb. System Specs: Java 7 Windows 8.1 Minecraft 1.7.10 Forge 1307 3 GB RAM allocated to Minecraft, 512 MB ...

badp

@MBraedley #depthoffield

Yuuki

This is both heartwarming and kinda sad: The Last Man in Fukushima.

badp

also #hashtaghashtag

MadMAxJr

9:35 PM

Senator Mittens: Strong on laser pointers, weak on catnip control.

MBraedley

Oh god, I should have looked at this sooner

djsmiley2k

no schoolz for you!

MBraedley

More pressing concerns though...

badp

wat

more pressing concerns than water supply?

MBraedley

Wipqozn

9:39 PM

@badp eh, waters not that important.

MBraedley

Well there's your problem

Wipqozn

Holy shit

Fluttershy

The more I see Cities, the more I want it. :(

MBraedley

@badp Water is more important than schools

MadMAxJr

Did you drain the river?

Yuuki

9:39 PM

@MBraedley That's... impressive.

GnomeSlice

have any of you guys played commander keen gbc

it's so good

badp

@MBraedley why are you trying to extract water from the rocks

MBraedley

@MadMAxJr I put in a dam up stream

Matt Giltaji

@MBraedley damn dam

MadMAxJr

"Unless the people learn to drink mud, we have a problem Mayor."

"Then let them drink mud."

badp

9:40 PM

MUDDY WATERS TASTY WATERS --Sen. Mittens

MBraedley

I guess I'm moving those pumps up above the dam

MadMAxJr

Senator Mittens is not likely to get a second term with these approval ratings.

GnomeSlice

Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known by his stage name Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician. He is often considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi and by age seventeen was playing the guitar at parties, emulating local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson. He was recorded by Alan Lomax there for the Library of Congress in 1941. In 1943, he headed to Chicago with the hope of becoming a full-time professional musician, eventually recording, in 1946, for first Columbia and then...

badp

Clean water is odorless and tasteless. Enhance your water by livening it up!

Yuuki

@MadMAxJr Senator Mittens doesn't need a second term if he kills all his constituents before the election.

Matt Giltaji

9:41 PM

@badp mud, the flavour of our lives

MadMAxJr

Dump 15 truckloads of Mio water flavoring supplements into the water supply! That'll mask the mud flavor.

badp

@Yuuki hail mittens?

- Updated sound vo files to use .mp3 files instead of .wav files to reduce hard drive space

yussssssssssss

MadMAxJr

Senator Mittens, is it true you just rolled around in the sunbeam from your office window instead of attending the debate today?

MBraedley

Matt Giltaji

@MadMAxJr what did the four claws say to the face? slaaaaaap

MBraedley

9:44 PM

What are you talking about, you need power? You're right next to a hydro-electric dam!

badp

- Added new map ctf_thundermountain

wat

Yuuki

@MadMAxJr What has two paws and doesn't give a crap? Senator Mittens, how ya doin'?

badp

how do you even ctf thundermountain

MadMAxJr

Senator Mittens then ended the press conference, citing an appointment with a foil gum wrapper on the floor.

badp

@MBraedley wouldn't the dam need to let water through to actually produce energy

because I didn't see any water flow there.

"SENATOR MITTENS WE FORGOT TO TURN THE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS DAM ON"

(senator mittens blinks slowly, purring)

fredley

9:52 PM

@badp I imagine I'll end up paying their tax

badp

@fredley it wouldn't help me a lot.

holy fuck

they mirrored THE ENTIRE FIRST STAGE OF THUNDERMOUNTAIN

ALL OF IT

OMG CRAZY

dude do you even tf2

@badp oh?

@fredley you probably didn't notice the remainder of the screenshot

fredley

10:01 PM

I didn't

badp

It takes 40 seconds as a scout to run from the red spawn to the blue flag using what is probably the optimal non-grapple route

except you can't get there without grappling

:(

MBraedley

Oh god, garbage is becoming a real problem now...

Matt Giltaji

@MBraedley on se or in cities: skylines?

MBraedley

@MattGiltaji Skylines

Matt Giltaji

:( i thought we were going to talk about lifehacks or paranormal again

2

Ben

10:18 PM

Saddest day of my life has finally come around

Yuuki

@Ben You learned they appointed mods for Lifehacks?

Ben

Terry Pratchett is dead :(

Yuuki

Oh god, I just realized Terry Pratchett died on the same day SE appointed mods for Lifehacks.

Ben

@Yuuki well... No need for me to live on this planet anymore then

Lazers

0

Q: Luden's Echo and Karthus ult

Gains charges upon moving or casting. At 100 charges, the next spell hit expends all charges to deal 100 (+0.15 ability power) bonus magic damage to up to 4 targets on hit. Applies spell Effects (e.g., Spell Vamp, Rylai's, etc). How does this behave with Karthus ultimate?

league-of-legends

0

Q: How do I remove subway routes?

I'm trying to reorganize my subway system, and in the process, I need to remove some currently active loops. How do I do that? I know I can click on one to select it, but it seems I can only add stations to the route, not remove them. There must be something I'm missing.

cities-skylines

badp

10:32 PM

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST BOYS

GnomeSlice

@badp I don't know what that is.

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice It reads "Friday - Rebecca Black".

GnomeSlice

It does?

badp

Just follow the dots

GnomeSlice

Is steam fuct for anyone else?

TheAce

10:38 PM

@GnomeSlice how so

Ktash

Huh, well. One of the Lifehacks mods only had 2 upvotes in the nominations...

GnomeSlice

It's stuck on 'connecting steam account'

before I tried restarting it it said I was offline.

TheAce

mines good

Yuuki

@Ktash It's what happens when literally everyone else declines the nomination.

Or decides to drop out of the race.

Thank god he's at least positive. It'd be a bit awkward if SE picked someone with a negative total.

GnomeSlice

:(

Can't launch

Wipqozn

10:42 PM

Okay, one brute tigrex hunt, then back to cities

Ktash

Yeah. I don't pay attention to it much, and most of my news comes from the bridge (so severely biased), but it definitely seems that site is floundering

TheAce

@GnomeSlice restart ur comp?

GnomeSlice

ugh

Ktash

@GnomeSlice I just launched fine on mine

Lazers

0

Q: Is there any way to play Bejeweled 3 with fewer gems colors?

I'm a fan of Bejeweled Blitz for Mobile Devices. Not addicted, but I love the daily challenge, especially when you get to play with as few as four colors. Is there any way (by fair means or foul) to get the same sort of game play out of Bejeweled 3 for the PC, as in, is it possible to play with ...

cheats bejeweled-3 bejeweled-blitz cheat-engine

TheAce

10:47 PM

oh shit

my steam just pooped out

badp

confirmed, Steam went offline 12 minutes ago

SO MANY THINGS CONFIRMED

HALF LIFE THREE IS TRULY JUST AROUND THE CORNER

GnomeSlice

steamstat.us

yeah steam is fuct

Ktash

Ah, just as I installed a new theme

Or skin, or whatever they want to call it

TheAce

its back

GnomeSlice

yeah it seems okay now

Ktash

10:53 PM

Ehh, I don't know if I like this skin...

Anyone else use a steam skin

badp

@Ktash there was a Metro-style one. It was good.

I don't have it installed any longer.

Ktash

@badp Yeah, that's the one I installed. It's nice and clean. But it also does the stupid "hide all the menu items away because who needs those except regular people"

badp

@Ktash I do seldomly use the menu bar on Steam.

Wipqozn

It just occurred to me I should have ben capping these brute tigrexes

OH WELL

Ktash

I use the menu bar on every app quite a bit

badp

11:02 PM

a computer (well, kinda) for every UK kid

Lazers

0

Q: Xbox One - Controller Startup?

This began happening Tuesday March 10, 2015. I installed the latest update for Grand Theft Auto V (the heists one) the day it came out at around 12:05 AM, which was March 10th. What's been occurring is my controller no longer starts up the Xbox when I turn the controller on (like it used to befor...

controllers xbox-one

badp

> A noteworthy bit of history: Original BBC Micro was where Acorn (makers of Archimedes and it's ARM processors) now known as ARM Holdings, got their first gig.

Origami Robot

Hey did we ever see the new combat bonds?

Unionhawk

Negative

New bounties are sweet

Wipqozn

I can't believe @JasonBerkan is forcing his son to play Sim City 4 instead of Cities:Skylines. Whata monster.

Unionhawk

11:08 PM

Makes it at least partially worthwhile to kill stuff like adders

Around 10k from your average adder hanging out in the RES

Origami Robot

Wow

Unionhawk

I know

TheAce

im down for some killin

Origami Robot

Adder used to be poop

Unionhawk

Around 30-50 for vipers too, depending on rank

Origami Robot

11:09 PM

Dang

Unionhawk

In less than an hour, on small ships alone, I made over 100,000 in fed bounty

Lazers

0

Q: Where is this (point & click adventure game?) character originally from?

Recent point & click adventure game "Randal's Monday" has the following character in it: The game makes references to this character looking familiar and I'm sure I've seen that exact same character in an older point & click adventure game (or maybe something else?) but can't for the life of me...

mods

Unionhawk

It was also dark, so I found less ships, or maybe less spawned because 1 player.

TheAce

@Unionhawk can confirm

Unionhawk

The AI is definitely more challenging than in 1.0

TheAce

11:13 PM

im gonna go do that right now

Unionhawk

I'm definitely reacclimating to the RES ignorable ships

I was used to navs for a while, where smugglers actually go

So every now and then you find a type 7 or something with a decent bounty

Whereas the RES is pretty much look for that which does not belong

And also cobras and adders

But non-fed viper, definitely wanted

badp

@Unionhawk Reddit Enhancement Suite Reddit Enhancement Suite Reddit Enhancement Suite Reddit Enhancement Suite

Unionhawk

@badp A+++ for mod Abuse

TheAce

awww this res empty

Lazers

0

Q: I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS?

I just won my third war in C.O.C and now im a level two clan Yay for me!! but i was woundering how, Because theres this other clan thats won 21 wars and their a level two clan also. Can you help😞

clash-of-clans

murgatroid99

11:27 PM

@Lazers I wonder how much work they did to get that emote character into the post?

Wipqozn

cc @MBraedley @StrixVaria @Chippies

Chippies

@Wipqozn which map is that?

Tim Stone

@murgatroid99 Since it's a CoC question there's a high likelihood they posted from mobile, so.

Wipqozn

@Chippies Islands

Ktash

@Lazers I retagged this with the game and game-identification. Not sure if the second one is an appropriate use since it is an "identify this artifact from this game", but if you disagree let me know

Or retag it yourself

badp

11:32 PM

@Unionhawk yus

djsmiley2k

11:44 PM

bindingofisaac.wikia.com/wiki/Special_Seeds

zomg so good

user15026

So guess who got told via a coworker that everyone I was hired with got two weeks noticed today? points to self Guess who is still off for at least a week because brain surgery? points to self Guess who is really really done with today? points to self

MBraedley

I see dead bodies

Ktash

@AshleyNunn That sucks!!

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