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And Robert.
@Sterno "one day"
Maybe Lifehacks.SE is just a cruel prank on @RobertCartaino
Or maybe he's the one trolling us. META TROLL
It's trolls all the way down.
When everyone trolls, no one is.
@Unionhawk The best part of the scuba question is that time I used it as an example in a meta post of the sites quality.
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A: What do you think of Lifehacks SE?

WipqoznI'm sure this won't come as a surprise, given I've made my opinion of the site fairly obvious in meta posts like this one and this, but I find the quality of our site to be very low. Moderation Quality: I find the moderation on the site, both from the community and the mods, is very poor. Looki...

Wait, @Unionhawk is a dive professional?
15:05
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Q: What do the damage colors mean?

z  'With patch 2.4, damage numbers are now compressed but I noticed that some a re colored differently than others. What do these colored numbers mean? At first I thought any number in the billions are orange, but that's not the case. I also don't think its critical hits because my crit chance is ...

@Sterno Mhmm
Well, was, now, I guess
Amazon Prime apparently has a new benefit
A) How much do you get paid for whatever it is you do? and B) Where the hell do you dive around Dayton?
I didn't renew my membership this year
> As a Prime member, you enjoy 20% off the list price on physical games during pre-order through two weeks after release. Your Prime Exclusive Savings will be automatically applied to your existing pre-order(s).
15:06
@Powerlord yoooo
okay that's cool
@Sterno A) Like, $150 per week or something, or, minimum wage minus employer provided housing and food, it's a Boy Scout camp B) I worked in the Florida Keys
that scuba question is awful
holy crap
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A: How can I eat my bagel when I lack a knife to cut it?

Irony101Take a bite of the bagel, then scoop your finger into the respective peanut butter or cream cheese, and place it into your mouth at the same time you have the bite of bagel in your mouth. Mash up food in your mouth together. It's a little bit involved, but it is satisfying doing things for your...

@Unionhawk B) makes A) make more sense
(removed!)
@Sterno It's the boy scout camp part that is why $150, essentially
15:09
My wife was from Ohio and used to dive, but was near Lake Erie
But I did get my meals and housing provided, so it's probably about a wash
@Powerlord Yeah I'm super hyped for this
Plus it was really fun, so
Only problem is this encourages me to buy more physical games
Speaking of which, I should pre-order Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. if that hasn't come out in North America yet.
Now that I get 20% off.
15:10
Good for console gaming. PC MASTER RACE is all digital download, baby
Anyway, I got this in an email because I have two pending pre-orders with Amazon
Bridge: I am considering starting Darkest Dungeon today even though it doesn't release until next week, because supposedly it's just the end dungeon still coming and it will take me at least a week to get that far anyway.
Those being Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and Zero Escape 3: Zero Time Dilemma.
@Sterno PC MASTER RAAAACe
Also I'm really tempted to preorder Dragon's Dogma PC
15:11
I think I'll name every team member @GnomeSlice
@Powerlord How'd you get 20%? off?
6 mins ago, by Powerlord
> As a Prime member, you enjoy 20% off the list price on physical games during pre-order through two weeks after release. Your Prime Exclusive Savings will be automatically applied to your existing pre-order(s).
It's retroactive.
Oooooh.
Well... for items that haven't shipped yet that is
@twobugs it's good for display
15:13
Since those item ship in March and "Summer" respectively...
i really wanted a physical copy of fo4 but they were selling out left and rght
Humm. Guess that doesn't work for me. I just see list price of $39.99
The only thing that is better than Prime is to live in a country with high piracy rate.
> Discount will be applied automatically at checkout
15:13
I got the new Tomb Raider for about $30.
amazon.com/b/?&node=13584215011 is the Amazon page about the 20% off Prime pre-orders thing
Well, you can't get Just Cause 3 for free, apparently they haven't cracked it yet
@Unionhawk that costs 30$ here too
Pssh, I haven't done the piracy thing in over a decade*.
*On products you can actually buy that is.
Oh god. Discounted Amiibo.
15:15
ALL THE AMIIBO
wait, seriously?
@MadMAxJr Wait, Amiibo qualify for discounts? I could see the ones that come with a game (like Midna), but...
I hate when people pirate games and then act like they're doing the devs a favor by playing it.
I'm seeing them for $13 each on this list?
That's regular price afaik
Since the AMIIBO donation sound for Zeldathon is $12.99
@fredley I just noticed that you turned that sun in your eyes thing into a lifehacks question...
15:17
@Arperum ...
Oooh. Amiibo for Kicks. Damn you cute animal games and figures and cards.
I probably should amend my earlier thing. It's more along the lines of "on games manufacturers currently sell."
I have no issues emulating old games that you can't buy any more except on eBay for gobs of money.
damnit
I shouldn't have had downloaded it from NA
Oh, sweet, is that new content for D3 out now?
I might actually play that again
Diablo 3 has different patches for different regions?
15:19
The 2.4 patch is out, but the season isn't till the 15th I think.
@Powerlord same patch, but apparently downloading it before from another server broke it
OK, note to self: Pre-order Paper Jam Bros after work. It doesn't come out for another week and a half in the U.S.
It was released on NA about 8 hours before EU
I don't understand why you would download from another server in the first place
see the message above yours
Yes, I saw that. I don't understand still.
8 hours is not a big deal. It's just a patch.
@Sterno Jokes on you, nearly nothing new
@Sterno Yes. I'm having fun with it.
The season doesn't even start until Friday
And fyi my internet sucks, and I wanted to play it earlier, without waiting for download on EU.
15:22
Oh right, Friday is our Oracle Spatial guy's last day.
@Blem I thought it had some new areas and monsters
yea
If they ask me to start doing some of his work, I want a bump in title and pay first.
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Q: FTB Unstable 3.0 Server Blood Magic Crash on prick

Bill GarrisonSo I have put together a server using forge and the mods provided by FTB Unstable 3.0 (just released yesterday). Everything is working smoothly but we are having issues with Blood Magic. We created an altar...and a sacrificial knife...and if anyone uses it (at the altar or otherwise) the client c...

new areas, set dungons and some updated sets
15:22
@Sterno Play Deadnaut and name everybody after people you hate
@Sterno Yea, and how many of them will be reskins of other mobs?
because they'll all die horribly
going to try melee Demon Hunter
@Powerlord You have to perform several dark pacts to be an Oracle maintainer.
@MadMAxJr He's not our DBA... he's a developer.
15:23
I think the moral of the story is don't try to find silly little workarounds to save yourself a little bit of time
The Shadow's Mantle
Helm and Shoulder pieces have been added to this set
Has been redesigned
(2) Set Bonus
Your damage is increased by 600% while you have a melee weapon equipped
(4) Set Bonus
Shadow Power gains the effect of all runes and lasts forever
(6) Set Bonus
Impale deals an additional 40,000% weapon damage to the first enemy hit
@Sterno Grim dawn plays a somewhat like titan quest, which is no surprise at all, since the game is a) made by the same people, b) same engine.
I just know they're going to try to get me to do at least some of the stuff he does.
Seriously, if you want me to do the work of a specialist, you can pay me as a specialist.
Titan Quest was fun but kind of lame. I didn't like a lot of the skill trees
15:24
@Blem HELL YEAH
(oh, when I said "some" I really meant "all" because of how management thinks)
Great theme, great setting, and the few that did work well were awesome, though.
Hey Powerlord, can you fix this one Oracle issue we have since X quit? Thanks. BTW you are now the expert.
@twobugs The skill trees in grim dawn are not extremely full of skills as far as I have seen.
@ardaozkal you know what dagger to use?
15:26
Also: they kinda ditched the part where a monster always drops the armor/weapon they have equipped. Or I'm pretty sure about it anyway.
Karlei's Point or Lord Greenstone's Fan
play path of exit if you want skill trees
exile
@Arperum In a good way or a bad way? I hate when skill trees are super passive, but having a few passives to promote synergy and buff up other skills are good
I think Diablo 3 is a very elaborate clicker game.
@Blem will keep in mind. You in EU?
15:26
PoE is very slow and boring and I think it has the least interesting skill tree ever in a video game
my roomate says Victor Vran is a good arpg
Now for a meeting with my (hands off) boss.
@ardaozkal yes
i hated path of exile
@Blem ardaozkal#2136, add me if you want
I just fixed D3 by opening it from the retail file link.
15:28
I'm still at work, but think I'm going to leave now since the rest of my team left, Not sure I'm going to play much before the new season starts on friday
@twobugs I think most trees have < 10 different active skills, including toggleable auras and the three skills that give a permanent pet. And the skills that build a charge and so are basically your default attack. Almost every skill then has a couple modifier things, and then a couple passive skills.
You get two trees as per titan quest.
@Arperum Yeah, I backed it way back before it had a kickstarter because I liked Titan Quest so much.
I really liked how enemies dropped what they were using in Titan Quest. Particularly when they were beating you to death with a badass magical weapon
@Sterno I did not back it, but I own it for a seriously long time myself. And didn't start playing until last week because content complete.
@Sterno Yes, that was the most awesome feature.
I almost backed it before Kickstarter but I got lazy
@twobugs That's what I thought too, though to be fair I only played when it was still in closed beta
15:31
The skill trees sound good though, I'll put it on my Wishlist
There are heroes again and they drop a loot orb like the bosses did in TQ.
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Q: How can I combine all my saved slots into one game on GTA V xbox 360

user135893Is there a way to save all my game slots into one save slot? I intended on only playing one game and it kept saving in different areas and starts me in different parts of the game all the time confusing me

Mmm, loot orb
My new PC needs to get here sooner.
It's still in the "We took your money but haven't done anything else yet" stage
@twobugs The idea behind the skill tree was interesting. The actual tree was boring.
You got skills in PoE from equipment rather than the skill tree.
The skill tree was more like the passive stat boosts tree.
Yeah, I just think that skill tree was super boring and the actual pace of gameplay was ZZZZZZZ
15:33
@StrixVaria That's exactly what it is. It even is named "passive skill tree" or something.
For me it was mostly the pace of gameplay. I just felt like it took too long to kill anything.
Even specced as a glass cannon
I didn't like any of the skills I found in PoE and I didn't care to keep playing in the hopes that I might find a skill I enjoyed
Particularly egregious if you played hardcore
Now I have to decide between Grim Dawn, D3, or Darkest Dungeon
Grim Dawn also has the charm from TQ, but different completion boni have been removed, some of them do give you an extra skill though.
The main thing about PoE for me is that there are 2 recent games with "PoE" as a valid shortening
15:35
@Sterno New D3 season starts in a few days. That's barely a reason to play, but just so you know.
@Sterno Wait with D3 till friday when Season starts
I'm certainly not going to begrudge anyone for liking Path of Exile but it's absolutely not for me
@Unionhawk Talking ARPG, so Path of Exile.
@Unionhawk it's still power over ethernet to me
Also, isn't Darkest Dungeon not finished yet?
15:35
@StrixVaria Official release is like next week
The seasonal stuff for D3 sounds pretty good this time around. A guaranteed set is nice
That's always my biggest stumbling block
I'll probably wind up just doing the first 4 chapters, which are pretty straightforward, then stopping.
I don't play enough to care about D3 seasons
I might pick my class by a roll of a d6, though.
I'm kind of tired of all of them.
Such savings. Much value.
@Sterno Or do you not care enough to play?
15:38
@StrixVaria From what I read, all that's left is the final dungeon, and I highly doubt I'd play enough to get to that point before it releases next week. And saves will be compatible
Darkest Dungeon is good stuff.
I think I'll play Wizard or Crusader. Haven't done a seasonal one for either of them
The learning curve is very unforgiving.
Darkest Dungeon doesn't sound like it fixed or plans to fix any of the things I didn't really like about it, though.
I played Crusader back at RoS launch, which was punishing
15:39
Not to mention the difficulty curve just looks weird, progression-wise.
You'll have some heroes stress out and die of a heart attack before you get situated enough to handle combat.
Early-game is super hard, mid-game is easy-cakes, and end-game is difficult again.
FIRST TRY
Stress management is key, perhaps more important than HP management.
Launch Crusader was fat and slow, but without the melee DR so you got ruined
15:40
And the early game stress management tools are pitiful before upgrades.
@twobugs Yeah, that was not fun.
When they finally gave you the DR I jumped several torment levels
@Unionhawk No, the first one. Seasons only seem to make sense if you have enough playtime to do a lot in them before the season is over
The bard is barely enough, if you get the one with the song that makes everyone else calm down a bit.
@MadMAxJr Bard? You mean the Jester?
15:41
Do they actually have leaderboards for teh seasons?
Er yes, the Jester
Darkest Dungeon sounds cool. My friend gifted me it so I'll play it
@Sterno Yes, for greater rifts
Also, critical chance is very important in Darkest Dungeon because your stress goes down whenever you crit as well.
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Q: How can I stop Corruption in Terraria 1.3.0.8?

Marcos SartoratoCorruption is almost in my home... OBS: There's a question like this but it's very old and the game just updated a lot.

Darkest Dungeon is mostly fun for the great setting music and the narrator.
15:42
@MadMAxJr My god, the narrator is amazing.
@Yuuki I don't know if they fixed it, but when I played early last year it actually made more sense to run around in the dark for the better crit chance
I could listen to him talk forever.
Alright, mind if I run a work problem by you guys? It has to deal with design and I am very inexperienced at that
The narrator is a great example of how to set flavor to a tabletop RPG as a DM.
UX design, rather
15:42
@Sterno Dark runs are still a thing, but they nerfed a few strategies like stalling.
I'd make a UX question but I don't even know where to begin or how to succinctly describe it
Running around in the dark tends to result in the monsters one-shotting party members.
Hmm... 20% discounts are a lot less than I imagined. Although it's still like $10 off the sticker price though.
So we have these datasets. Lots of 'em. They're all geographically referenced and each dataset is broken down into numerous logical groupings. They do not overlap.
@MadMAxJr Running around in the light also results in monsters one-shotting party members.
15:44
@Yuuki Two main problems I had was that you really couldn't fail. It felt like a "grind to victory" game. Made worse by the fact that disposable newbies to farm gold actually made sense a lot of time
I also didn't like how traits kept replacing themselves. It was hard to get attached to a character or care about their traits/flaws because they kept changing so much
One of the functions of this tool is to allow users to select arbitrary datasets and view the intersection or union of the results
@Sterno You can lock traits with the Sanitarium, but that's expensive.
@Yuuki Oh, cool. That must be new
(to me)
I hate it when flaws lock in on their own
I think they lowered the cost of treating diseases.
The only problem is that this has proven to be really confusing in user testing, even with people who helped design this project. It clearly needs a redesign but like... I don't really know what to do without neutering some of the functionality
15:46
And they were talking about redoing the UI panel and reorganizing the negative debuff traits/diseases.
Doesn't help that the trinkets/loot in Darkest Dungeon are all tradeoffs. Not one thing in the game is genuinely 'good' to have.
@Sterno The fact that there isn't a fail state?
Oh, I'm late.
That said, I'll probably play it through once. It just doesn't seem like a game that there's any reason to come back to once you beat it
I'm curious what the ending is like. That's why I keep coming back.
I'm glad that Darkest Dungeon was in early access because it made me not buy it right away and gave me time to lose my excitement over it and realize I wouldn't play it anyway.
XCOM 2
15:54
@fredley i'm tempted to suggest that you drive the long way around the earth so that the sun isn't in your eyes
@Sterno get hyped
XCOM 2 sounds really good. Very hyped for it
Is there a train schedule for hype trains?
@MadMAxJr Yes, they tend to crash about an hour after release.
@MadMAxJr i believe @badp runs the hype trains
@Unionhawk now, that fits the spooky scary skeletons thingy
15:58
@BADP MADE THE HYPE TRAINS RUN ON TIME
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Playing Diablo3 and GTA V at the same time, hype.
@ardaozkal that's not how hype works
I didn't expect the announcement of the Fallout 4 train. It arrived on time but wasn't as fantastic as advertised. But it was a good train.
suddenly the song is in my head
hyypeeee trains
hype trains!
15:59
> "Bernie Sanders Just Got Endorsed By the power of Grayskull, I am stoopid hooman" - /r/SubredditSimulator
@GodEmperorDune ikno. It was supposed to be Ripe, but I typed hype by mistake.
@ardaozkal your memes are too dank
@ardaozkal 2p1c simultaneously beating the first 6 megaman games with 1 input confirmed for AGDQ '17.
So what happens to old hype trains? Do they just get put out in the yardhouse to rot?
As someone who works in the rail industry, I'm curious about hype train infastructure.
They just fade away
When is Hype Train Simulator 2016 coming out anyway?
16:02
I thought the Assassins Creed hype train faded away, but turns out they just repaint that thing every year.
@MadMAxJr Since hype trains do not have brakes, they invariably crash and blow up
@StrixVaria context
No, I think that one truly has faded away. I'm hearing talk of them actually slowing down AC main series releases which is pretty sorely needed
@StrixVaria
There's no department of hype train safety or hype transit authority?
16:03
7 mins ago, by Arperum
@MadMAxJr Yes, they tend to crash about an hour after release.
@Arperum *crash servers
"What's that train over there running in a circle not connected to anything?" "Star Citizen."
"It just keeps getting faster." "Kinda scary."
@twobugs finally
@Arperum *crash servers
@ardaozkal oh are we talking the sim city reboot hype train?
16:06
I c-n't type -s my key on the left side of S is broken -tm, I repl-ced it with - for now.
Fixed I guess. AAAAAaaaa yep works
Speaking of really awesome glitches by the way:
I can't even what
Pannenkoek is amazing. That guy practically has a PhD in Mario 64 glitches
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@Unionhawk I meant to watch this yesterday but I forgot when I got home :(
I'd like to see a guy defend his thesis on mario glitches.
@twobugs Kind of like ZFG in OoT.
If you haven't seen his all dungeons run from AGDQ, you should.
16:10
I'll check it out. I don't know as much about the zany OoT stuff as I do with Mario 64, but I've actually played OoT more
I saw zfg gets owned 21, which told me that I definitely had to watch the run
I assume the dissertation defense is done by Reggie, Shiggy, and the ghost of Iwata.
RIP Iwata :(
@twobugs ZFG does a great job of explaining stuff too.
@Unionhawk ?
Hmm... is anyone even still playing the original Dark Souls II or are they all on SotFS?
16:12
I just bought SotFS and I'll probably start sometime soon. I doubt many are still playing vanilla though
Ugh, I don't feel like buying SotFS this long since the release.
Posting highlights in which zfg gets owned is a Thing of sorts
I grabbed SotFS from the Sony Holiday sale. I'm not the biggest Souls fan but for $20 it sounded like a great deal
@Unionhawk Ah yes.
I love how he knew it was coming.
"Am I dead?"
Best thing about 2.4 on Diablo 3, is that the enemies are less powerful on solo.
16:16
cc @Frank re "@Chippies IS AT AN ADVANTAGE PLAYING WITH OTHER PEOPLE THEY SHOULDN'T FORCE A PLAYSTYLE"
Oh Chrome, why do you like to max my CPU so
@twobugs shame we can't team up, i need some assistance
I still need to beat the first souls.
@fredley Edge is the best.
16:27
good morning bridge
@Dragonrage good mornnig
whoot whoot, quadruple digits
@Dragonrage o/
I'm so close to rep cap and there are still 8 hours until new day, ugh
i should play more games so i can answer more questions
the games i play a lot are only a small niche here
16:32
@Dragonrage same, I usually just google, and the answer is there.
...and back.
That meeting took longer than I expected.
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Q: In Chapter 2, is there any way to cure both illnesses?

Trent HawkinsIn Chapter 2, two of your fellow inmates are sick, and without medicine they will die (on the same day, no less). One prisoner, Bramble, is pregnant with child. The other doomed prisoner is Mr. Fancy Cakes, who (I'm assured) is totally a unicorn. The main problem, aside from figuring out the puz...

Decision: Darkest Dungeon, then Grim Dawn when I get bored of that, then D3 when the new computer arrives, unless XCOM2 is out by then
Just keeping you all up to date on which games I will want to play but not have time for
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Q: Who is The Best youth scout (stat wise)

XFazeXHey I'm currently doing a career with Leeds and I want to make a youth team.

@uni this video is crazy
16:47
@fredley YUUUUUUUUUUUUP
@Unionhawk I'm at the QPU part
wattttt
Got my computer put together last night!
Booted up first try
I followed pretty well along the 0.5x A press part, but PUs are just what even
The graphics card is huge
@SaintWacko Neat!
16:49
I got it all actually set up this morning, and when I get home tonight I'll boot it up where it belongs and take more pictures
@SaintWacko yay!
There are on the order of 25 A presses required in an A button challenge context
Which is crazy
@Unionhawk But it does require builiding up speed for 12 hours
@KevinvanderVelden Both times now I've booted up a computer I built, part of me is sure that there's just going to be a puff of smoke
@fredley The whole thing is probably on the order of 2 days yeah
16:52
@SaintWacko I'm now on the level where I'm like "Oh guys, give me a few minutes before starting the game, I need to swap the power supply real quick"
@Unionhawk aaaa aa aaaaaa aaaaa a aaa aaaa
Note: This is a thing that actually happened
The bounty on the TTC upwarp glitch is still open
Also
@Unionhawk I wonder how much science could be advanced if this guy was working on Physics instead of Mario
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Q: Fifa 15 controller help

GuruGulabKhatriIn the region where I stay, there are frequent FIFA 15 tournaments organized at local game parlor. They have PS4 on which they organize. I have PC at my home capable of running FIFA 15, but I don't have PS4 controller. In India, the PS4 controllers for PC are expensive and I don't want to spend ...

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Q: Minecraft 1.9: Passenger tag problem

Apple AidenI need some help! I am using the command : /setblock ~ ~1 ~ minecraft:mob_spawner 0 replace {SpawnData:{id:"Squid",Passengers:[{id:"ArmorStand",Invulnerable:1,NoBasePlate:1,NoGravity:1}]},SpawnCount:1,SpawnRange:10,RequiredPlayerRange:20,Delay:5,MinSpawnDelay:30,Ma...

16:53
@KevinvanderVelden Haha
I was really happy with my PSU. It's semi-modular, so I didn't have a bunch of unused cables clogging up the case
Plus I figured out what the cable management holes were for
@SaintWacko I had previously upgraded my GPU and everything ran fine, until a few weeks later it started crashing during load with an error indicating not enough power from the PSU. So I'd just ordered a new PSU the dat before =p
@KevinvanderVelden Do you just have one more efficient one and one more powerful one or something incredibly dumb like that?
Oh
@Unionhawk Yes.
Wait
No
Shut up
I now have a 750 Watt power supply, because my 600 Watt power supply did not work
16:55
Sometime I need to open LadyWacko's computer back up and reroute the cables
Oh, I thought you meant yes as in "yes I have 2 and I swap them on an as-needs basis"
@Unionhawk no, "Yes" to the Oh
Hmm I may put 2 power supplies in my next case :o
Isee
@KevinvanderVelden It's possible that you might have a problem
Okay, maybe I won't play Darkest Dungeon. It crashes whenever I launch it
@Unionhawk My next case will be custom build
16:57
Is there anyone else who plays D3 on EU here? We will do vault runs.
As in, I've got some steel square rod, a welding machine and saws
(And various other tools)
@KevinvanderVelden My statement applies double
@Unionhawk ^,^

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