The Bridge

djsmiley2k

16:05

@KevinvanderVelden <stab stab>

Kevin van der Velden

@djsmiley2k the urge to stab is strong

MadMAxJr

Stab stab stab.

Kevin van der Velden

We're doing "agile" now (like hell we are). So we work with sprints. Last sprint I'm working on had some 15 issues. 3 of which I could actually do without asking for clarification

2 of which have been dropped after I pointed out the problems with the request, several of which I'm still waiting for final clarification

Note, the sprint is titled "Week 47, fall"

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden It's not like it has been any real winter. Except for last week maybe.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum the sprint after is titled "Week 48, fall"

Note: my initial estimates on the time it would take the first sprint to complete was about 6-7 full days, without interruptions, if all the information was ready for me

Ronan Forman

16:14

@KevinvanderVelden How long are your sprints?

Kevin van der Velden

@RonanForman fuck if I know

Till they're done?

Ronan Forman

@KevinvanderVelden Thats....

not how it's supposed to work.

Kevin van der Velden

@RonanForman I'm aware

> We're doing "agile" now (like hell we are).

Ronan Forman

@KevinvanderVelden Oh yeah.

Kevin van der Velden

Just a few more days

Hmm, I have 2 days off vacation time for this week, boss kinda wants to just pay it out

Because it's supposedly busy. Well yes, but it's not like I'm getting any work done because I don't have the bloody information

Also because of @StrixVaria, he and @Wipqozn are also to blame

GodEmperorDune

16:19

@StrixVaria this new comic incremental of yours is impressive, but how do i prestige? also i can't find the score anywhere.

two bugs

@Wipqozn is making me think about Darkest Dungeon

@GodEmperorDune I'm still playing that Star Wars game and it seems to be getting better. Or I'm just a sucker

MadMAxJr

I put some hours in Darkest Dungeon last night. The new Abomination hero is actually highly useful.

two bugs

I was reading about him. He sounds great but I guess he causes stress damage to his allies?

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs if it's fun for you great :D

two bugs

No I mean... it's still really stupid but addicting

ardaozkal

16:21

Kevin van der Velden

This man has taken laziness to a new level

ardaozkal

I came a long way, and I have a long way back

two bugs

I just unlocked the ally hero thing, which is making things so much easier

StrixVaria

@KevinvanderVelden Knew what this was before I even clicked.

MadMAxJr

The abomination stresses himself and others out when he's in beast form.

Arperum

16:24

@StrixVaria Indeed, that one is so old.

Kevin van der Velden

@StrixVaria did you also come there from /r/talesfromtechsupport?

MadMAxJr

In his usual form, he has a self heal, a chain attack that reaches for three, low damage, stun. Or a vomit that does blight on slots 2 and 3 and increases blight damage. It self-stacks with multiple uses.

StrixVaria

@KevinvanderVelden No, I've seen that ages ago, linked multiple times on reddit.

two bugs

Stacking blight damage debuff? Okay, that sounds really good

MadMAxJr

His beast form is a bunch of power attacks.

He also heals on transformation from beast back to human, which auto-triggers at the end of a fight if he's still in beast.

Basically his transformation shifts him from utility status effects to DPS.

SaintWacko

16:26

@ardaozkal Stop that

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden Wow.

SaintWacko

I'm playing WoW right now

Lazers 2.0

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Q: How to Launch a Satellite Strike?

I know Warzone 2100 is an old game, but while playing, the voice said Incoming Satellite Array Attack, and something took out my command center every time. I've completed almost all major research and setup the Satellite Command Center and other, but still couldn't figure out a way to launch an ...

warzone2100

0

Q: Can you stop the cops appearing in payday 2

Is it possible to set off an ecm jammer and kill all the guards and cuff all the civilians so the alarm is never set off in a bank heist?

payday-2

SaintWacko

Waiting til 1.1 to start playing again

Kevin van der Velden

HALP I CAN DOWNVOTE ON LIFEHACK NOW

ardaozkal

16:27

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden downvote all the things

ardaozkal

Kerbal Plane Simulator X

@StrixVaria explosm.net/rcg/ixcondfkm

even better

explosm.net/rcg/ixcondqzv

MadMAxJr

I'd be very afraid of a Kerbal software development studio. Jeb making horrible commits all day while smiling like a demon.

Kevin van der Velden

Home time o/

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden Damn you for living in the future

GodEmperorDune

16:30

@twobugs yeah that feeds your hunger to acquire new characters

ardaozkal

explosm.net/rcg/ixcondrni

ps. all are nsfw

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Home time! 0.1 second later I'm home!

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune You weren't kidding about some of them. There are some ridiculously strong dudes

ardaozkal

explosm.net/rcg/ixcondrdn

explosm.net/rcg/ixcondaqy

GodEmperorDune

captain phasma is great support, especially because a lot of the first order guys are great

ardaozkal

16:32

explosm.net/rcg/ixcondaik

*closes tab*

that thing is addictive

two bugs

I love that it auto generates really silly Star Wars names

ardaozkal

I CANT CLOSE

explosm.net/rcg/ixcondymo

Dragonrage

Good morning bridge

ardaozkal

mornin'

NBN-Alex

morning'

Unionhawk

16:38

rcg is great @Explosm http://files.explosm.net/rcg/vpmvpmvpm.png

Tweeted by Unionhawk on January 18, 2016 at 9:08 PM

I win.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is There a Way to tp a player back to Spawn After Falling into Void?

I am making a mini-game for my server and would like the lobby to be a skyisland over the void, my question is, Is there a way to tp a player back to the skyisland if they fall in the void? I have a vanilla server and don't want to use plugins or mods if possible.(maybe a command?)

minecraft minecraft-commands

0

Q: Minecraft keeps returning to the laucher with coding

My minecraft runs but then when you click on a world it returns to the starting screen but on the coding tab and has stuff like: (myname) joined the game and then a load of rubbish, it's done this for more than a year now.

minecraft

MBraedley

ardaozkal

There you are!

nukeforum

explosm.net/rcg

MBraedley

@ardaozkal That wing does not look structurally sound

Dragonrage

16:53

Arperum

@nukeforum sloooooow

1 hour ago, by StrixVaria

This is the Bridge.

28 mins ago, 26 minutes total – 60 messages, 10 users, 11 stars

Bookmarked 9 secs ago by StrixVaria

nukeforum

@Arperum embarrassing, I meant to link this explosm.net/rcg/rnfqrdjlv

Dragonrage

explosm.net/rcg/fvhqejxyu

nukeforum

My actual childhood: explosm.net/rcg/lfcohilrn

actually a little more like this: explosm.net/rcg/lfcohiqej

MadMAxJr

Shame I can't click on any of these.

Yuuki

17:01

explosm.net/rcg/tzrshmewd

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can we find legendary heavy armor pieces?

I've realized that all of the legendary stuff that I found are always standard armor pieces. Is it possible to have for example a " legendary heavy synth chest piece " ?

fallout-4

MBraedley

@MadMAxJr You can, you just can't admit to clicking them

Yuuki

Oh god.

MadMAxJr

No I mean, workplace filter block.

gfycat.com/EdiblePolishedKingsnake

That's sort of how our block filter works.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki I fix

Sterno

17:06

Jun 18 '15 at 15:15, by Unionhawk

Jun 9 at 16:35, by Unionhawk

Mar 23 at 1:14, by Fluttershy

Mar 18 at 12:34, by Origami Robot

Mar 6 at 14:23, by Origami Robot

Jan 14 at 22:11, by Origami Robot

2 mins ago, by Origami Robot

May 7 '14 at 17:32, by Origami Robot

Jan 31 at 19:20, by OrigamiRobot

Nov 6 '13 at 20:57, by OrigamiRobot

Ain't nobody knows how to kill a joke like The Bridge.

Arperum

@Sterno RIP @OrigamiRobot

Sterno

I saw him on Battle.NET last night.

He's the only Bridge member to quit who didn't die

Yuuki

Was in a D3 game with the recently deceased @FAE (no, @FAE's not actually dead. I think.).

Sterno

@Yuuki What's your D3 name? You're one of the people with a pretty different name there, right?

(I think I have you on my friend's list, but don't know who is who sometimes)

Yuuki

@Sterno Can you tag or give nicknames to people on BNet?

(I'm Yawus. Was my previous Bridge name before I changed it)

Sterno

17:09

Not as of two years ago or so. I haven't checked lately

Unionhawk

Yuuki

And now I'm too lazy to change it from @Yuuki.

Sterno

@Unionhawk You have only yourself to blame.

Haider

So I am playing undertale and it's literally a game that trolls you.

2

Dating skeletons, murderous flowers, motherly monsters? 10/10

NBN-Alex

@Haider Troll is a harsh word. I perfer "making you laugh, then cry, then laugh, then weep."

Sterno

17:13

> I had one last ditch effort to save my game after running out of gold for the tenth time. I sent my team of level 3 healers a knight and highwayman into a short level 3 dungeon.

No sooner do I walk out of the very first room am I faced with some giant monster that I was able to defeat after having all 4 of my team lose their resolve, and escape with barely any health.

Why the f*** isn't there a f*****g dificulty option? I'm sick of this s***. I'm still playing the game because it has so much potential but everytime I start I get a foothold and actually have a chance to build my characte…

I never get tired of reading these posts about Darkest Dungeon.

Unionhawk

@Sterno And you, and @Fluttershy, and @OrigamiRobot, and @OrigamiRobot again, and @OrigamiRobot again, and @Wipqozn

Haider

@NBN-Alex I don't know what to call it, to be honest.

However I haven't reached the end, so no spoilers pls.

NBN-Alex

<- best character

all I'll say about that

Yuuki

@Sterno I wonder if that person has kept using the same 4 people.

Unionhawk

prb

Haider

17:15

All he wanted was some affection. :(

Yuuki

Also, I wonder if he kept up with torches?

Because the Shambler is a b----.

Unionhawk

prb not

Yuuki

It does sound like he met the Shambler.

Unionhawk

He's prb doing it wrong

Yuuki

Giant monster that wrecks your sanity.

Sterno

17:16

@Yuuki He said right out of the first room, so I doubt it was the shambler

Dragonrage

@Yuuki sounds like badp

Haider

I miss the motherly monster through out the game. She was so affectionate . It was as if she was going to eat you for dinner

Yuuki

@Sterno The Shambler can appear in the tutorial.

Sterno

Or he's doing dark runs and then bitching about the difficulty.

Unionhawk

@Haider She was not

Sterno

17:17

@Yuuki Yeah, but it needs to be darkness, right?

Yuuki

In fact, the Shambler will appear in the tutorial if you extinguish your torches.

Haider

@Unionhawk No spoilers but yes I miss her as I progress through out the game. " Tries to call " " No one picks up " :(

Yuuki

@Sterno I can't imagine someone going on dark runs who doesn't already have a feel for the game.

So I guess maybe not the shambler.

Maybe the big bandit that takes up two ranks?

He does have that party-wide whip attack that increases Stress.

Unionhawk

He's probably just bad at video games

Yuuki

But I can't imagine the whip sending you from 0-100 Stress in 4 turns.

two bugs

17:18

@Unionhawk So he's the opposite of me?

Unionhawk

3 healers and 1 knight already sounds pretty doing it wrong to me but I don't know the game

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What are the parameters on the free seasonal sets?

I know you get 2 set pieces in the new season for reaching level 70, what else do you have to do to get the other 4 pieces? Can you get a free set again if you complete the parameters with a new character?

diablo-3

MadMAxJr

Huh. Are hidden rooms new in the release version of Darkest Dungeon?

Sterno

@Unionhawk Actually, he said 3 healers, a knight, and a highwayman. So he's hacked the game to use 5 characters.

@MadMAxJr Yes

MadMAxJr

It says rewards to those who have a key. But I manage to keep opening them without a key.

two bugs

17:20

DAMNIT I HAVE TO WORK NOT WISH TO BE AT HOME PLAYING DARKEST DUNGEON

Unionhawk

y/w

MadMAxJr

Also I'm not sure if they buffed Grave Robbers or not, but the slot 2-3 attack seems to be butchering monsters left and right now.

Also since I took the time to do some level 0 runs and throw all my high level people into the sanitarium until they STOP HAVING DISEASES, my runs have improved dramatically.

Yuuki

@Sterno Wooooow.

Even with more party members than legal, he's still screwing up?

two bugs

I need to get better about stress management in Darkest Dungeon

I keep having to rotate my guys since they get extremely stressed out

Unionhawk

Initial guess is he's trying to powerlevel a set of 5, which doesn't work in this game

MadMAxJr

17:24

Your characters can get quirks that make certain types of stress even more intense based on foe type or dungeon type. Watch out for those.

Yuuki

@twobugs You kinda have to rotate guys anyways.

MadMAxJr

It's a bit like XCom. Your guys wear out, and you'll need to cycle to another group.

Unionhawk

Recommendations are to stop doing it so incorrectly

Yuuki

Ugh, I need to rethink my party comp entirely.

I can't believe just one change wrecked my comp so thoroughly.

MadMAxJr

I've got a barracks with 21 heroes and I'm just barely able to constantly cycle a set of 4 mostly-well heroes.

two bugs

17:25

I just mean I have to rotate seemingly my whole party each quest

Which is pretty rough early on as I can barely afford to improve a few characters, let alone 10+

Yuuki

What's your comp?

@twobugs Don't worry about improving characters early on.

two bugs

I'm trying to pick up one of each so far. I don't really have a set comp

Yuuki

Also, what's your Stagewagon at?

two bugs

I get 3 dudes per cycle, 15 max

You should watch one of my streams and tell me how I'm doing it wrong :)

Yuuki

Okay. You want to get Stagewagon maxed first because once you get 4 dudes per cycle, you can just throw the newbies at any random dungeon if your veterans aren't ready.

two bugs

17:28

I see, that's a lifehack

Yuuki

And give them time to recover.

MadMAxJr

I haven't made use of the campsite/survivalist. I've managed to get by with the random camp skills given.

Yuuki

And sometimes, the newbies get lucky crits and you come back with profits!

MadMAxJr

I've got most of my bar and temple upgrades.

My guild is now at the point where level 1 skill upgrades are only 150 a pop so EVERYONE gets upgrades now.

Arperum

@Yuuki So you basically continuously murder the newbies?

MadMAxJr

17:29

I'm starting to lean on occultists as healers instead of vestals.

two bugs

I let it get really dark one time when I didn't have enough torches and was almost done. Nothing bad happened but I got a lot of loot. I think I was lucky as hell.

MadMAxJr

Total darkness makes your crits insane and ups the loot rate. Problem is monsters get higher crits too.

Yuuki

@MadMAxJr I like Occultists because they have a massive single-target heal and a movement ability.

MadMAxJr

You can collect moon trinkets to try to improve on low light runs.

The problem is that single target heal will occasionally heal for 1 and bleed.

Yuuki

Vestals are nice when you have heavy party damage though.

Sterno

17:30

I have an occultist who is a jerk. He consistently throws out heals for 0 that cause a bleed.

Yuuki

@MadMAxJr Yeah, I'm trying to find a trinket that lowers bleed chance for my Occultist.

MadMAxJr

I found that putting the low level charm that is +15% healing on the occultist really helps since his healing values are a wide range.

two bugs

I just grabbed an Occultist. Seems like they have really interesting skills

Yuuki

Also, never have your Vestal heal themselves. Always use Judgment if you need a self-heal.

two bugs

Definitely good against the Eldritch guys

Damn shroomboys

MadMAxJr

17:31

I ran out of torches and managed to use a vestal to keep doing +5 and +6 torch to get by.

two bugs

Occultist lowering torch with one of his attacks seems not so great

I want to make use of the Jester more, too, as his moveset is cool

Yuuki

@twobugs It's really not much torch and there are a number of other skills that increase light level.

two bugs

True, I only glanced at his skills

Yuuki

Jester requires a team with mobile fighters.

two bugs

You two are definitely getting characters named after you for all this help

Yuuki

17:33

Unless you're willing to have someone who does no damage and just sits in the back row spamming his lute.

two bugs

Ones that I will ensure do not die like @Unionhawk RIP

(although that was his fault)

Yuuki

My Jester:

Unionhawk

IF I'M GOING TO DIE LIKE AN IDIOT THEN GODDAMMIT I WILL DIE LIKE AN IDIOT

MadMAxJr

Man at arms with that one skill that party buffs for +5 dodge and +2 speed is alarmingly useful.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki This looks approximately like @fredley

Yuuki

17:34

@MadMAxJr I found the skill that gives him Riposte surprisingly useful.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum it takes you 0.1 second to not at all move? SLOOOOW

two bugs

I had @GnomeSlice as a plague doctor giving everyone the vapors

That was amazing for murder

Yuuki

Especially since it triggers on party damage.

Unionhawk

hwere approximately means "meh he has a beard of sorts close enough"

MadMAxJr

Yeah, but the riposte marks him.

Yuuki

17:34

F--k you, drumming pigs!

@MadMAxJr Which you actually want because then you can trigger it more.

Sterno

My problem with buffs is that I never want to spend a turn using them

two bugs

@Sterno Really? I find I have lots of time for say my plague doctor to use them

MadMAxJr

Also, if casters are wrecking your party, get an occultist with the tentacle pull ability.

two bugs

I mainly use him in the back rows to debuff or buff

Yuuki

With the Occultist and the Man-At-Arms's defensive skills, you can keep up with damage usually.

MadMAxJr

17:35

Start every fight by pulling that jerk in slot 3 4 into slot 1 2.

two bugs

Man-At-Arms is going to be @Sterno as he is extremely old

I have like 4 games I actually want to craft badges for now. Sigh.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Nah, In that time I get up from my chair, and at that point I've switched mentally to "home mode"

two bugs

Darkest Dungeon, Undertale, Trails in the Sky (Thanks @Frank!), and La Mulana

Oh and Lightning Returns to piss of my friend who does not accept the glory of Lightning

Yuuki

Lightning is an all right character. I just have a bad experience with her games.

two bugs

Did you play 13-2? I liked it a lot more

MadMAxJr

17:38

I like the art in the 13 games, but I just died inside from the linear 'march forward' dungeons.

Yuuki

Well, her game. I got burned real bad by XIII, so I didn't play the others.

two bugs

13-2 is a lot less linear

NBN-Alex

13-2 has the best song ever as well

EVER

two bugs

Lightning Returns is... super different

@NBN-Alex SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RIDE THIS CHOCOBO

Yuuki

I honestly don't have a problem with linearity. The whole "area-of-effect attacks in a game where you can't control your movement" is what really pissed me off.

agent86

17:39

@Wipqozn no you are. you suck. not that it matters to me or anything. just a casual observation.

two bugs

@Yuuki 13-2 does this less, too

I think it made party management more interesting since you had to think about your monster allies

MadMAxJr

Now I want Darkest Dungeon with FF6 characters.

two bugs

Suplex Cthulu

Sterno

@twobugs Fitting, because he's also awesome

Yuuki

Repeatedly throw Hope into the dungeons because F--K THAT GUY.

two bugs

17:41

World of Warcraft added a title that references the glorious train suplexing

MadMAxJr

Have Edgar chainsaw the hag.

StrixVaria

@Yuuki Yeah that guy was the worst.

two bugs

It's just horrible to try and get because only 5 people can per server

StrixVaria

I actually liked FFXIII.

two bugs

Hope is a non player character in 13-2 and he is older and different

agent86

17:42

FF13 ruined final fantasy for me. I own 13-2 and have never even loaded it once.

two bugs

There is a part of the game where you solve a puzzle by calling him an idiot.

MadMAxJr

"Idiot" door click, opens

agent86

hope can DIAF, lightning can stick a prada bag where the sun don't shine, and the rest of them can do something similarly silly because they're all dead to me.

Yuuki

@twobugs I want to play 13-2 now.

NBN-Alex

real talk? Lightning is actually an interesting character outside of 13

two bugs

17:44

13 had a great premise that was poorly executed

Fal'cie stuff is interesting IMO

Yuuki

@twobugs Basically, Square has too many artists and not enough game designers.

NBN-Alex

Dissida 012, FFXIV, Curtain Call

agent86

NBN-Alex

^ Future is now

MadMAxJr

I did like the design for Behemoth type monsters in 13.

Some of the iconics were done great.

agent86

17:45

yeah, it's legit.

two bugs

@Yuuki Did you ever read the post-mortem for 13? It's fascinating

At one point they had like 160ish artists? And 30 programmers

NBN-Alex

@agent86 you're damn right it's legit

Unionhawk

When a game has a post-mortem you know it's bad

two bugs

They were all working on separate parts of the game

That just kind of.. had to be connected late dev cycle

NBN-Alex

@Unionhawk um... actually... :|

MadMAxJr

17:46

It's hard to hold an opinion because eventually I have to say "I liked FF8" and then people want to erase me from history.

Unionhawk

It's just a development thing of how can improve next time?

two bugs

@MadMAxJr I like FF8 a lot.

Unionhawk

My joke is funnier

two bugs

I like every main series FF game. The worst is probably 2.

2 gets a bad rap that is only partially deserved.

MadMAxJr

I'd like an FF6 remake, but the party bus has always been all about 7.

NBN-Alex

17:48

The dev term of Post-Mortem seems to be more generalized lately into "Let's talk about the road that we just got though to launch". even great software isn't released without those bumps.

two bugs

I think a full remake of 6 would be incredible, but they only do remakes for 4 nowadays

7 remake sounds... I don't know. I'm worried.

It'll probably be good but there are quotes of "adding new story content" and the whole splitting into multiple games thing... eh...

Yuuki

@twobugs Jesus christ, my joke is accurate?

two bugs

All the FF7 expanded universe stuff they did was really silly. It ranged from "fun silly" (advent children) to "just stop, you are drunk" (crisis core's story)

MadMAxJr

I guess six kind of polarizes some folks because the main story drives into a guy who is simply insane with a lust for raw power. Very little motive other than 'WATCH EVERYTHING BURN!'

two bugs

People don't like that 6 had a ton of characters and few of them really get a chance to shine

MadMAxJr

17:50

Advent children 'fun silly' reaches the peak at the ultimate hand-up toss to attack something in the sky.

Yuuki

I dunno, I occasionally find that compelling.

two bugs

People like Mog barely have any lines

MadMAxJr

Six was 'CHARACTERS WITH PROBLEMS'

Yuuki

Something something Batman quote.

two bugs

Strago and Gau are like... completely undeveloped

MadMAxJr

17:51

Gau didn't need development beyond feral boy who starts curiously following you.

two bugs

And you have the "controversy" about Woolsey

Yuuki

The thing about a character who just wants to watch things burn is that you actually have to distance yourself from him to deliver a satisfying story.

two bugs

They also retconned some of the really cool aspects from FF7 out in the other EU stuff

MadMAxJr

Seem to recall several characters were completely optional in six.

two bugs

Well, a few of the cooler scenes

Yuuki

17:53

The villain becomes less of a character so much as a force of nature.

two bugs

@MadMAxJr Technically, everyone besides Celes, Sabin, and Setzer are optional in WoR?

Yuuki

You don't want to know about his history because it distracts and tries to justify his wrongness.

MadMAxJr

Giant beams of force that resculpt the landscape and sever continents, yeah. That's a force of nature to be reckoned with.

ardaozkal

... My dad was just invited (< dunno this is the right word) to a Information Security job.

Kevin van der Velden

Invited to an interview for a job, or hired =p

ardaozkal

17:56

Hired-ish

StrixVaria

"Offered" is the word you're looking for, then.

He doesn't have to take it, but if he wants it it's already his. That's called a job offer.

ardaozkal

Offered, yep

Fun fact: he knows nothing about it

This is the Bridge.

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