The Bridge

8:00 PM

It's not so much that I have an axe to grind on Origin, it's just the sigh and rolling of eyes that they couldn't play nice with Valve.

Batophobia

Unionhawk

Ooo, 18:03 OoT any%

sub-18 incoming soon

Chippies

8:17 PM

This Apple spoof is funnier than I expected it to be

Unionhawk

WHERE IS MY KEYBOARD

AAA

inb4 "You're typing on it you moron" NO MY EXTERNAL KEYBOARD

Rapitor

@Unionhawk speech to text

Chippies

@Unionhawk all keyboards are external to some degree

Unionhawk

NO MY NOT-LAPTOP-KEYBOARD

SHUT IT UP YOU

Arperum

@Chippies Not screen keyboards.

Chippies

8:24 PM

@Unionhawk ooh, you meant the other keyboard! Got it!

Unionhawk

WHAT THE HELL

Chippies

@Arperum they're just keys on a screen, they're not real keyboards at all!

Batophobia

TIL @Unionhawk plays hide-and-seek with his laptop keyboard by closing and opening the top

GnomeSlice

Bad news

TheAce

@GnomeSlice whats up

GnomeSlice

8:26 PM

Girl at work looks 20, is 16

Unionhawk

Dude, not even kidding, I don't know where my keyboard is

GnomeSlice

So, guess that's not a potential thing

Lol

TheAce

@GnomeSlice damn sorry lol

Unionhawk

My computer gets too hot playing Elite to not use an external keyboard

TheAce

@Unionhawk lookin to get some elite on the go?

Unionhawk

8:27 PM

I only have a laptop

ERRFOLK

@Unionhawk :(

</old>

Ugh

@Unionhawk I only have a laptop as well, but it doesn't get hot

Unionhawk

8:30 PM

@Chippies Mine nearly catches fire playing new games

Chippies

@Unionhawk sounds like an Acer laptop. Is it an Acer laptop?

GnomeSlice

@unionhawk wear oven mitts

badp

@Unionhawk I feel very sorry for you

I know your pain very well.

GnomeSlice

My laptop gets super hot doing shit too but I almost never use it any more

Chippies

my old acer laptop was hotter idle than my new laptop at full load

Matt Giltaji

8:31 PM

@GnomeSlice #alwayswait2years

Unionhawk

@Chippies HP

GnomeSlice

Lol?

Matt Giltaji

@GnomeSlice for 16 y/o to be 18

Unionhawk

...

Matt Giltaji

or is it a diff age thing in canada

Yuuki

8:33 PM

@MattGiltaji #alwayswait2minutes525948times

Unionhawk

18 secs ago, by Unionhawk

...

badp

@Unionhawk Pavillon?

GnomeSlice

Yeah I mean I'm not even gonna pursue it though probably if she's that young. I'm not even gonna see her much at work she seems to usually start right when I finish. Wa mostly just an impulse thing

Unionhawk

Yes

badp

@Unionhawk Compassion intensifies

Jason Berkan

8:36 PM

If there is one thing I simply do not understand in the PC gaming world, it is the absolute horror people reserve for games with limited settings.

GnomeSlice

Cant have that

badp

@JasonBerkan define "limited settings"

GnomeSlice

Badp is one of those people btw

Jason Berkan

@badp No video options.

> Let's start with the menu options. Namely the settings. Is there a resolution setting? There is not. Is there a LOD setting? There is not. Is there Vsync, or literally ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER to optimize graphics? There is not.

The only settings you can change is the volume. Unbelievable.

badp

but simply put not all computers are alike, not all users are alike, and one size does not necessarily fit all

Matt Giltaji

8:38 PM

@JasonBerkan rage is building

GnomeSlice

Well I mean video options are nice especially if you have a weird setup

badp

Resolution settings can be important -- think aspect ratio. If there's a mismatch you're going to have a bad time.

Matt Giltaji

@GnomeSlice at least resolution and fullscreen/windowed mode

badp

There's 16:9 screens, 16:10 screens, 3:2 screens, 21:9 screens, 4:3 screens ...

GnomeSlice

In most cases I don't think it ruins the entire experience but not having any video customization at all is a pretty poor show

badp

8:39 PM

Consoles OTOH can get away with just supporting (varying fractions of) 1080p

Batophobia

@badp 800x600 everything

Otoh?

on the other hand

@Batophobia hiss

There's also the part where computer monitors are starting to have wildly different pixel densities

Batophobia

8:40 PM

DOS only

Jason Berkan

Meh. All I care about in a game is the gameplay.

GnomeSlice

If your game doesn't look correct on all displays on its own, you should have enough options to make it

Unionhawk

No low graphics settings usually makes a game unplayable for me

badp

@JasonBerkan If you can't see how this stuff does get in the way of the gameplay, I don't know what to tell ya.

This is about being able to play the game at the most fundamental level

Batophobia

@JasonBerkan Gameplay and Keybinding

badp

8:42 PM

As a Mac user you should be pretty sensitive about apps and websites that support "retina" displays.

a.k.a. "apps that don't look blurry as fuck"

Jason Berkan

No. I don't care. I still play the original X-COM at 320 x 200.

badp

and?

what does that prove?

Batophobia

Enjoyment comes from the game, not the graphics

Jason Berkan

It's blurry and hard to see what is going on.

badp

Games that are meant to run at GBA-like resolutions are best enjoyed at GBA-like resolutions -- without any kind of scaling, of course.

Just large proud rectangles.

GnomeSlice

8:45 PM

I played commander keen gbc on an emulator yesterday and scaled that shit up

Was like the best day of my life

badp

Sorry -- I misspoke

I meant linear filtering (or bilinear filtering or trilinear filtering or...)

Batophobia

Bigger, Prouder, Rectangler

GnomeSlice

I don't even know what that it

Is

Also that game is the shit I don't know why everybody hates it

badp

it's the difference between this:

and my avatar on the left:

Unionhawk

Okay, let's retrace everything... I was playing elite, had my keyboard then...

badp

8:48 PM

The former picture is blurry shit. The latter picture is literally pixel perfect.

Unionhawk

Then... where... did I put it

badp

If you don't want to play blurry shit, see if you can't disable linear filtering.

Batophobia

@Unionhawk Under the cat

GnomeSlice

Filtering makes it blurry?

Unionhawk

@Batophobia Instructions unclear

TheAce

8:50 PM

@Unionhawk ur firdge?

Batophobia

@Unionhawk Cats on keyboards

GnomeSlice

Up ur butt jobu

Best movie

badp

@GnomeSlice The usual approach to scaling images up is doing a linear interpolation of missing pixels. If you look at the blurry as shit picture, the computer decided that the inner border of my eye should be grey because grey is literally (white + black)/2

Batophobia

@GnomeSlice Sounds like a movie I can enjoy not watching

badp

This can work with large/photorealistic images being scaled up.

It fails horribly with pixel art.

All old games are by necessity pixel art.

GnomeSlice

8:52 PM

You've never seen Major League?

Oh I see @badp

Makes sense

Batophobia

@GnomeSlice Oh, I thought you were offing the title of a movie

GnomeSlice

Lolol best movie title

Matt Giltaji

@Chippies the guy's laugh is what really sells it

badp

If even the most basic knowledge on how to play games in a way that isn't blurry shit makes you an asshole elitist person of the most terribad echelons of hell, then SO BE IT

Kevin van der Velden

@badp as long as you don't demand CRT artifacts like pixels not being squares you're fine =p

Jason Berkan

8:57 PM

No - complaining about a lack of video options instead of complaining about the gameplay makes you an elitist person.

GnomeSlice

What if the gameplay is fine

badp

@KevinvanderVelden for those people there are shaders

Unionhawk

CRT-ify (probably is a thing)

Kevin van der Velden

@badp there is that, but I meant that IMO that is taking it too far

badp

hell, pixel shaders for CRT tube effects are way more common in emulators than turning that fucking linear filtering off

Kevin van der Velden

8:59 PM

@Unionhawk tested.com/tech/gaming/…

badp

really if you want to argue about there being too many options just remove this one and jam it forever on the "off" position

Kevin van der Velden

@badp I've never played with an emulator without that option, though I don't play a lot of emulated games

badp

@KevinvanderVelden most free emulators on Android are stuck with it on.

Kevin van der Velden

Aah that makes sense, I don't really play games on my phone

badp

They were published at a time where phone resolution and handheld resolutions were basically the same anyway

Android 2.1 or something

Kevin van der Velden

9:01 PM

Mostly because there is just enough space to install whatsapp and 2 or 3 needed apps

badp

@KevinvanderVelden hooray for Samsung

Kevin van der Velden

@badp acer actually

badp

a coworker of mine is stuck in a similar situation

Kevin van der Velden

Same difference though

Frank

Huh. The latest Atelier game got rid of time limits, apparently.

cc @GraceNote

badp

9:01 PM

12 GB of free space -- for data. 300 MB left in the apps partition.

Kevin van der Velden

Joy

badp

WELL YOU ALREADY HAVE SAMSUNG'S CLONEWARE, WHAT MORE COULD YOU POSSIBLY DESIRE

or Acer's crapware

Iunno

Matt Giltaji

@badp i desire more incrementals

Kevin van der Velden

A friend of mine is trying to talk me in to making one

Unionhawk

@MattGiltaji YOU WILL NOT HAVE

badp

9:04 PM

@KevinvanderVelden btw did you hear about yesterday's TF2 update?

@badp nope

?

You're in it!

Oh no >.>

oh yes

BADP DOES NOT FORGET. BADP DOES NOT FORGO.

EXCEPT WHEN HE FORDOES.

Frank

9:09 PM

Really? Really, flaggers?

Fluttershy

I feel like I missed something.

Kevin van der Velden

I 'unno

Unionhawk

Didn't see it, didn't happen

GnomeSlice

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/20532655#20532655

that was flagged

y u no onebox

Unionhawk

well, rip

Kevin van der Velden

9:11 PM

And was validated from the fact that it doesn't onebox?

Unionhawk

Yeah, it's gone

Kevin van der Velden

What was it about? =/

Unionhawk

It doesn't exist

Matt E. Эллен

@GnomeSlice because it's deleted

Blem

nn people

GnomeSlice

9:11 PM

oh

@Fluttershy god

-1

Q: Why Is My Minecraft Crashing Please Help?

---- Minecraft Crash Report ---- // Would you like a cupcake? Time: 3/13/15 4:59 PM Description: Initializing game java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: modconfig/IConfigCategory at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:344) at cpw.mods.fml.common.F...

minecraft

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice =/

GnomeSlice

9:13 PM

shrug

Fluttershy

I'm so lost right now.

Matt Giltaji

@Fluttershy i don't get it

Unionhawk

Flags fired and validated

Arperum

@Fluttershy They are probably taking issue that it is showing less flesh? and better looking?

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy here

badp

9:15 PM

@Frank welcome back

Unionhawk

And undone by our glorious leader, to the extent that he can undo

badp

@Fluttershy I suppose the PS2 had better hair

Fluttershy

@Arperum I don't know how the one on the right is better looking in any way. It looks like horrible, awful nightmare fuel.

It went from realistic looking characters to OH GOD WHAT EVEN IS THIS

GnomeSlice

that wouldn't have been reversed if it were me, but whatever

Matt Giltaji

@Fluttershy uncanny valley

Chippies

9:16 PM

@Fluttershy what game is that anyway?

badp

"clearly" the second picture is going for an anime look

Chippies

the one on right looks like an android of some sorts

Unionhawk

@badp "clearly" ...shut up

badp

actually they both are

Arperum

@Fluttershy That's just the eyes. It's exactly as bad in real life.

Chippies

9:16 PM

I'm still not sure if those two characters are supposed to be same character from even the same game?

GnomeSlice

the issue is just a different designer, has nothing to do with the console

Chippies

they look nothing alike

badp

@Unionhawk "clearly" I am not actually emitting any sounds out of my throat

my cat is doing all the vocalization here

Arperum

Hair on the old one is smoother, but for the rest the new one has smoother looks.

Fluttershy

@Chippies The one on the left is from Xenosaga Episode III, released in 2006. The one on the right is from Xenoblade Chronicles X, releasing later this year.

badp

9:18 PM

how does the Wii U compare to the XB360/PS3 anyway?

Trent Hawkins

@Fluttershy ooooh... that was some much needed context to the two pictures.

Fluttershy

@TrentHawkins I dunno... I thought the great character design from 2006 being loads better than the awful character design from 2015 was pretty noticeable. :P

MadMAxJr

Just reminded me I have the Xenosaga trilogy on the shelf and I never bothered past the first one...

Matt Giltaji

@Fluttershy the ultra-blue (or are they gold) eyes from 2006 look way out of place

Chippies

@Fluttershy I guess we can't really complain about a character going through a lot of design changes going from III to X

Lazers

9:20 PM

0

Q: Grand Theft Auto V - Game freezes upon load from home screen?

After installing the heists update, when I shut off my Xbox One and turn it back on, start GTA V from the home screen, and it loads, I cannot move around, but I can access the pause menu and when I look around, it shows the minimap moving directions. Is there a workaround for this issue, or will ...

grand-theft-auto-5 xbox-one

Fluttershy

@Chippies It's a different character. The point is that Xeno games have had some pretty drastic changes made, for the worse, to their characters. Like... The Xenoblade Chronicles X characters look so bad compared to what they could be.

badp

@MattGiltaji nice try, they are "clearly" green

BRB HUNTING FOR A PIXEL THAT IS MORE GREEN THAN BLUE

Chippies

@Fluttershy well in that case, I don't see what that screenshot is trying to show. Unless every single character in the new game looks weird like that...

Fluttershy

@Chippies That's the one. :P

Chippies

the PS2 version looks like some typical oldschool fantasy jrpg, whereas the WiiU looks like a typical japanese sci-fi jrpg

Fluttershy

9:23 PM

Though, after further digging, I think they're actually products of the character creator.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy what's wrong with that

Matt Giltaji

@GnomeSlice looks like they caught him mid-shit

2

GnomeSlice

I hate my life

@MattGiltaji omg hahahahahahahahah

Unionhawk

This is... the coolest Elite trailer I have ever seen

Chippies

@GnomeSlice if it indeed was an official main'ish character from the game, it's quite poorly done, imho

Unionhawk

9:24 PM

by a huge margin

badp

@Fluttershy is... is that Chulk? or whatever the main character is called

user15026

I am home at my own house :D

Matt E. Эллен

Woo!

badp

@AshleyNunn home sweet home sweet home

user15026

@badp yes all of these things

Yuuki

9:27 PM

@badp Chunky Shulk? Close enough.

Fluttershy

@badp It is not.

Unionhawk

KEYBOARD RESCUED

Fucking hell

Yuuki

Please have common sense and don't plug random USB devices in your computer.

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki hey I have that housing!

Unionhawk

Is your computer fried?

TheAce

9:30 PM

@Unionhawk where was it

Unionhawk

Or does it broil computers I guess?

Toast them?

Mash em, boil em, stick em in a stew?

No?

Ok

BOIL

Oh crap, should have updated while looking

Welp

Matt Giltaji

@Unionhawk what's usb, PRECIOUS?!

Tim Stone

Work chat raises the question: if you had the USB Killer in your bag, and you TOLD the border searchers not to plug it in, and they did… 😳

Tweeted by 0xabad1dea on March 12, 2015 at 3:02 PM

Frank

Good thing I was headed home right then, anyways.

Unionhawk

Oh good, quick update

Tim Stone

9:34 PM

Heh

Matt Giltaji

@TimStone inb4 terrorism charges

Chippies

An owl preparing for a lift-off

Unionhawk

@TimStone I love how 0xabad1dea is valid hex

Yuuki

@TimStone Remember: we live in a country where people have been prosecuted for destruction of property/vandalism for bleeding on police uniforms while the police beat them.

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice Oh wait, this means that they fixed the bug where people who can see deleted messages can onebox them

Maybe

6 secs ago, by Unionhawk

SCIENCE!

nope

NEVER MIND

I don't know what it means

Ktash

9:42 PM

@Unionhawk Well since he isn't a mod or a owner, he can't see deleted messages anyway, right?

Unionhawk

@Ktash It was in reply to him so he can see it I think?

I don't know

How does science work?

Ktash

I can't see deleted messages that are a reply to me

We can science it though. Reply and delete?

Nope. And can't reply to it either.

:20537094 unless I can manually?

Chippies

:20537094 reply!

oh it uhh

it just replaced the number thingy with your name with no actual reply link

Unionhawk

Didn't ping or highlight either

Ktash

So: Bug not fixed. Users who can't see it can't link, reply, or one-box it

For science. You monsters

Matt E. Эллен

9:46 PM

2 mins ago, by Unionhawk

@Ktash I don't believe you

hmm

still one boxes

Unionhawk

Yeah, users who can see deleted messages can onebox them for whatever reason

Matt E. Эллен

ah. so I'm not a valid test subject

Unionhawk

But only users that can see them

It's weird

fredley

Meanwhile, in the afterlife

Unionhawk

I hold @TimStone personally responsible, as he is the doppelganger of @TimPost

2

It's only fair

@OrigamiRobot Lugh is definitely at war, the brand new capital ship is being launched by the feds

Ktash

9:49 PM

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/20537094#20537094

Unionhawk

They're making this a very one-sided battle

Ktash

No one box for me. Also, in transcript, it shows the number when manually replying instead of an @Unionhawk, which is interesting

Unionhawk

Except the FNS Nevermore doesn't have a complement of fighters yet so it'll be several days

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk I'm willing to be responsible for such an abuse-rific feature.

Matt E. Эллен

@fredley this picture takes on new meaning

fredley

9:51 PM

@MattE.Эллен ...what is that?

Matt E. Эллен

just a woman and her pot bellied pig?

Frank

One of my old co-workers sent me a link to several sites about rent to own houses. Which all looked generally the same, and all wanted your personal info before giving you more info.

Warning bells, go!

Unionhawk

Player influence heavy on the side of Crimson State, federal backup requested and capital ship support incoming in a few days

Yuuki

Oooo, are we going to group up for a conflict zone?

Unionhawk

I dunno

@OrigamiRobot wanted me to find a conflict

And I CBA to find a small civil war

Yuuki

9:56 PM

CBA?