The Bridge

badp

6:05 PM

@twobugs at one point you need to go back and level up the first heroes to 1,000

or 2k

This was much more obvious in older version that lacked those last few super heores thingies

There's plenty of calculators for Clicker Heroes that give you the optimal strategy

two bugs

I'll probably check out a calculator

badp

for various differing opinions of what's optimal

two bugs

It was just so fast until around 140 or so and then it just scales beyond what I'm doing

I've been collecting hero souls and whatnot but having to prestige at roughly the same point each time is just meh

badp

@twobugs you really shouldn't do that

two bugs

Right, I figured that was wrong

But I just hit this brick wall every time around 140

badp

6:09 PM

For as much as the calculators may claim it's optimal to do that stuff early you also get permanent dps boosts from achievements

Yuuki

@AshleyNunn So this alien invasion movie was looking promising until I found out about the generic YA elements.

badp

and permanent boosts imho are worth the extra grinding

Yuuki

Quoth some dude, "Oh man, it started off SO WELL and then they spend thirty mind blowingly dull pages in a farmhouse which is where the quality drops off a bridge faster than a drunk Ted Kennedy."

badp

YA?

Yuuki

@badp Short for "Young Adult", which is in turn short for "young adult novel".

two bugs

6:11 PM

Oh bleh, I'm going to have to fill in these calculators by hand

Curse you, mobile version!

djsmiley2k

hum de dum..

Yuuki

Think about what Twilight, The Hunger Games, and... (I can't think of any others that you might know of) have in common.

djsmiley2k

Grow home is .,.... odd

badp

@Yuuki I suppose that's short for "caution: existential angst and shitty love stories"

Yuuki

@badp (terribly done) existential angst

badp

6:14 PM

(insert reference to Vert's more refined tastes)

SaintWacko

Okay, I've now started watching Person of Interest

Yuuki

@SaintWacko Is it that one with the Big Brother-like computer and they get numbers every episode to save people?

SaintWacko

@Yuuki Yeah

Yuuki

That was an interesting take on the Big Brother, imo.

SaintWacko

Yeah

Yuuki

6:16 PM

Where it also predicts possible murders and whatnot, but the gov't shuts down that functionality because they're focused on terrorism.

badp

@SaintWacko In this episode @MartinSojka, who will spend 45 minutes explaining why you can in fact say "Persons"

Yuuki

Basically a "Big Brother is good" concept.

badp

(Darn)

Yuuki

Another interesting take is something they're doing in the recent episodes, but that's spoilers so I won't talk about it.

SaintWacko

@Yuuki Thank you

badp

6:23 PM

Hand of Fate is also at its cheapest, 50% off on Humble Store

user15026

@Yuuki Yikes, it screams "annoying YA tropes"

user15026

but the source is a YA trilogy, apparently, so.

two bugs

Okay, now that I understand Clicker Heroes more it's cool again

user15026

I am playing an incremental on my phone I rather like.

Rapitor

i'm playing a few, because kairosoft hasn't released anything new

badp

6:33 PM

@twobugs you're, um, welcome

user15026

This is the one I am playing right now, it's pretty decent so far.

Arperum

badp

@fredley's pls is enough incremental for me

Arperum

Sigma is here! cc @SaintWacko

two bugs

@badp Basically I didn't know about the 1k thing or how to properly use ancients

user15026

6:34 PM

@Arperum TINY KITTY OMG

badp

The only thing that really does increment though is his disbelief

Arperum

Pixel is not entirely amused.

Yuuki

@AshleyNunn It's sad because the beginning looked good.

user15026

@Arperum This is cheering me up after a super busy start to my work shift because the giant storm yesterday exploderized things.

Arperum

@badp I think that is Sint Maarten IIRC.

@AshleyNunn I drove an hour to my aunt to pick him up. And an hour back. It' 8:37PM now, and I'm going to order me some food now, because kitten came first.

Yuuki

6:38 PM

@Arperum I shall forever call him D.C.

user15026

@Arperum So adorable, and obviously well loved, as you are putting the tiny cuteness first.

user15026

(I miss the tiny cute stage. I mean my cat is still adorable awesome, but there's just something about kittens.)

Arperum

@Yuuki The grandkids of my aunt called him Rambo.

user15026

Maybe when i eventually move to a bigger place there can be tiny cutenesses in my house.

Rapitor

@AshleyNunn the similar is the one i'm on

user15026

6:40 PM

@Rapitor Oh, I was thinking of trying that one but then Beat Bop won out because I am a sucker for achievements

user15026

(Seriously guys I might have a problem. I've hit level 31 now on Google Play....)

Rapitor

it's alright. the rhythm aspect is interesting. and it works while offline

but eh

two bugs

@Rapitor @AshleyNunn Those both look awesome

I'm only level 6 :(

Rapitor

hero clicker is better

user15026

Beat Bop does take a little more attention because you can run out of your band merch

Arperum

6:42 PM

@AshleyNunn I'm only lvl 12, and most of it from that puzzle game.

Rapitor

@AshleyNunn jeebus i'm only 16 and i thought that was high

user15026

@Arperum Did you see they updated with more levels?

Arperum

There is a new set of "extra" levels.

@AshleyNunn Yup.

user15026

@Rapitor I...play a lot of mobile games.

two bugs

I like hero clicker but the non-obvious stuff is kind of dumb

Rapitor

6:42 PM

the ones i play don't really have achievements..

user15026

the giraffe clicker game was fun for a bit.

Rapitor

@twobugs what's non obvious?

Arperum

I'm working on 3starring all expert levels. Have 3/4 sets completely done.

user15026

I've given up on it now.

user15026

@Arperum I just finished the old levels, working on the new bonus set now.

two bugs

6:43 PM

@Rapitor Well, the scaling and how dependent it is on getting your first 3 heroes to 1000+

Rapitor

wat

what scaling

two bugs

Where you start getting unlisted bonuses

Arperum

@AshleyNunn The first bonus set feels super easy though, compared to expert, I've done some.

two bugs

Basically by zone 140 or so stuff gets bonkers

user15026

@Arperum Yeah, I noticed that too. But they got harder.

Arperum

6:50 PM

@AshleyNunn Good, otherwise it'd be boring.

I posted a couple pictures from Sigma on facebook, I got likes from three countries in < 20 minutes.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Racing games for a laptop with a tablet feature

I have a laptop(Lenovo Yoga 15) which can be turned into a tablet too(using the same OS[Windows 10]) and I was wondering if I could play any racing games using the laptop itself as a controller, is this possible and if yes are there any games that can be played like this ? Thank you.

windows

badp

meanwhile on not the internet it seems that my mother (who btw teaches Italian and Latin) has been just been assigned as a 4th-year-of-high-school Japanese student's tutor for the next 9 months. Of course she doesn't know any Italian whatsoever, and my mother doesn't speak almost any English, so that's gon' be good.

Chippies

@Arperum have you seen any proof that last journey requires leveling gems to 60?

Sterno

I got S rank on a mission. I AM KING OF STEALTH

badp

and I don't mean good in any sort of romantic sense, for rather obvious reasons.

mostly the sarcastic ones

Arperum

7:02 PM

@Chippies this reddit thread is all I have

Chippies

@Arperum yeah, there's only one comment about the "guardian" journey and it doesn't seem to be written good at all, and there's no screenshots

I've been trying to find any info on that journey, but there's nothing anywhere

Arperum

@Chippies True, but I've found the protrait is should give.

Chippies

@Arperum well, that could be extracted from the files

I just really would like to know for sure that my gems that max out at 50 are useless for it and I shouldn't level them up as much

Arperum

@Chippies Yea, so that indicates that it'll probably exist.

I'll be back in a bit, getting food now.

two bugs

@Sterno Which mission? And good job!

Sterno

7:06 PM

5 I think? The one to extract the bionic hand guy.

two bugs

Ah yeah, that one I s-ranked as well. Some of the early ones are pretty generous with S-Ranks

Sterno

We'll ignore that 10 minutes before doing that mission, I murdered about 70 people while in free roam

two bugs

Gnomeslice would be proud

Sterno

I cannot stay connected online in that game. If I even can get on at all, it always goes offline within like 30 minutes

two bugs

The servers are getting hammered right now

Ugh. So my boss emailed me saying I could head home now, but I'm working on something I want to get done before the weekend and I have somewhere to be at 5 which I was planning on going to from work (although it's within walking distance of my apartment)...

Jason Berkan

7:20 PM

Who runs our KoL clan?

Yuuki

@JasonBerkan It has defaulted to me.

Rapitor

there was crossplay?

Yuuki

@JasonBerkan I'm assuming you're asking because of an application? If so, I just processed the one that was in queue.

@Rapitor That was part of why I was interested.

Jason Berkan

@Yuuki Yes and thanks.

Yuuki

I need to invest some time into mining in the Gold/Velvet Mine and then work on building up the clan Meat reserves.

two bugs

7:27 PM

@Yuuki Is there a reason for this change? Was the crossplay not working right?

Yuuki

@twobugs They're not removing crossplay.

They're just allowing PC players to filter out PS4 players.

I imagine there's some issue either with connectivity or platform advantages.

two bugs

Yeah, but I wonder what exactly prompted it.

badp

@Yuuki ENGLISCH UBERSETZEN JA

two bugs

The only cross play I'm really familiar with is FF11 and FF14. 11 was massively held back by the PS2, and in 14 people avoided PS3 players for anything that involved a loading screen

Yuuki

@twobugs Ah, it's an equality thing.

two bugs

7:30 PM

In the dark days of speedruns if you were a PS3 player you were better off dead.

Yuuki

PS4 players have always been able to filter out PC players.

two bugs

Hah, weird.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki I haven't found a good kolmafia script for automining

I think I'll need to roll my own :(

Yuuki

New image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the formation of the universe.

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki joke ruined by looking at history

badp

7:35 PM

Average regularwat.

Sterno

@Yuuki More like this

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune I had to upload it first or suffer @badp's ~~fury~~ MOD ABUSE.

badp

I'm not at work until next monday

so you're really only doing it for @Powerlord. Maybe.

Chippies

This is the best stunt i've ever hit in gta5 history! I am not kidding OMFG!!!!!!!

►

what. the. fuck.

badp

@Chippies FALSCHE RICHTUNG JA

Chippies

7:37 PM

JA JA

badp

Try as he might he couldn't backflip

MBraedley

@Chippies Them physics be broken

GodEmperorDune

eyyy comrade, translation plz

Chippies

@MBraedley I wonder if that's on console or I'm just not good at breaking physics, because I've seen crazy videos like this and similar before PC release, but physics seem to work just fine for me on PC

Sterno

@Chippies that's some physics

Yuuki

7:41 PM

@Chippies Well, it seems humping a motorcycle produces thrust.

badp

nice airstrafing though

Chippies

@Yuuki and thrusting produces humps

amirite

spoiler alert: he does not do a backflip

GodEmperorDune

Is that why it works? Backflip kills the thrust?

Chippies

I'm guessing he's falling downward and while the bike is upside down, up is down and down is up!

MAGIC!

GodEmperorDune

ALIENS!

two bugs

7:45 PM

I don't think motorcycles work like that

badp

I dunno it sounds legit.

I mean. Have you ever done a backflip with your car?

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

GodEmperorDune

@badp I have done this once before. Must bring your own weapons.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is there a limit to the amount of GMP you can have at any one time?

As per the title, is there a cap on GMP (money)? If so, what is the limit? I am on just over 4 million at the minute and don't really like spending money if I don't need to, but if there is a limit I might just buy random stuff if I start getting close to it.

mgs-5-the-phantom-pain

badp

nope, today the ISP gods have decided: shit internets for me

user15026

boo

badp

7:51 PM

had to disconnect from the server because I was about to become the amazing unmoving stuck-in-place giant

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