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@5h9mA/ Me too.
user30
:(
yay, I can star things again.
Now, where is that post of @John crying...
it changes from year to year
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Q: Can I enter the "restricted area" early in the game?

agent86I generally like to work on side quests before the main quest. So far I've started a couple (Bane's and Zsasz's quests, for instance) that have objectives inside a big red "restricted area" on the map. I don't know what happens if I try to cross this boundary, as so far I haven't had reason to ...

Hmm, you can get the Rudolf hat just by unaccepting and reaccepting something.
00:13
@Ullallulloo Or by bribing @DavidFullerton or @balpha with bacon.
@Powerlord Noted.
Ah, now my Steam Forums account was validated.
00:29
@Fredy31 Please explain what this is and why the ending was so amusing!
Explain what?
Rebooting, my explorer randomly stopped
The video block world thing
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Q: How much does respeccing cost?

David FullertonI gather that I can pay to respec my abilities, but does the cost go up permanently once I use it, or can I respec periodically for a low price?

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Q: Are all three healing classes equally viable healers, or is one the "primary" healer?

David FullertonI want to play a healer in SWTOR, which originally lead me to the Jedi Sage / Sith Sorceror as they seemed like the obvious healer type. Since then I've run across some conflicting reports that say that all three healers are expected / designed to be equally viable in healing. So, it's a big qu...

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Q: Why are items automatically purchased for me in DotA2

drneelIn every game items are automatically purchased for me throughout the game without me adding them to the quick buy area. Any idea why this might be happening?

Can someone tell the lazers to stop hurting me... its getting in my eyes.
@Fredy31 follow the post!
Hey how do you access your saves across PC's using steam?
a treat
@Justin Video block world?
Holy crap, my parents' internet is so slow. I'm thinking sending my network packets with carrier pigeons may be a better option
@DaveMcClelland I lol'd
Thank you for that
@DaveMcClelland They're extinct. T_T
@Wipqozn It's painful. I forgot that facebook didn't instantly load for everybody #firstworldproblems
00:43
Be sensitive.
thanks/...
@Ullallulloo I'm pretty sure that I can pull a Jurassic Park and clone them and then use them faster than this internet
@DaveMcClelland Cool.
Warn me first.
@Justin Stack Exchange is currently offline, we'll be back shortly!
@Justin Have you not heard of minecraft?
00:45
Nop
@badp NOOOOOOOO
What happened to stack exchange...
I can't post my question...
Damn Swtor has some problem with his subscriptions now
STACKEXCHANGE CAN'T GO DOWN! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO EARN HATS?!
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@Fredy Thanks, I can't download it now, so can you leave it up for at least another 9 hours, preferably longer.
@DaveMcClelland Man, you worry about hats? I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY ON THE INTERNET HE WAS WRONG
...ON MATHS.SE
SERIOUS business, man.
Business on the Internet can only get so much serious, yknow.
Theifs.... they stole my thunder...!
If TF2 has taught me only one thing, it's that there is nothing more important than getting hats
It's Jeffs Fault!
Well I never thought I'd meet someone on the Internet who hadn't heard of minecraft, according to extra credits there're only 6 of them.
Only 5 left.
00:48
@DaveMcClelland No, it is getting hats while telling people they're wrong with a rocket to the face
@Justin You know our motto, cool!
That is the most important things
hey what good snacks should I get while playing the adventure game - "the longest journey"?
@RonanForman Yep, as long as no one blames me...
Atwoods Law: If it ain't broke, change it
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Atwood's Corollary: No game tags!
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Atwood's Problem: Other beings exist in the universe.
lol
00:52
I'm going to run an experiment: one of my kids will get macaroons and then review Assassin's Creed. The other will stand in the corner.
We can finally isolate whether or not free food impacts the feelings towards games! Be back in an hour.
This man is a genius.
Terrible...
I'm going to get cake... be back in an hour or so. May by skittles and other snack food that is not directly associated with a sarcastic game built 4 or so years ago.
at least it's no vuvuzela button
I hate making a comment in chat that gets starred, then thinking of a funnier way of saying it. I want to edit it, but I don't want to lose my stars
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Especially now that I can't be farming hats
Touche, jerks
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Don't you mean jerk?
Gamers are the only people who can be jerks and get away with it.
@Justin I've gotten three stars on a couple comments, so there are at least 3 jerks in chat right now
00:58
^ is Jerk #1
Yep I know.
@Justin Jerk
My pleasure
@DaveMcClelland you don't lose stars on edit

 The Bridge

General Arqade Chat. We tried to leave once, but the door lock...
They temporarily disappear from your monitor, but that's a visual artifact really.
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@badp Are you sure? I swear I've had that happen to me
@badp Why are you so terrible?
@DaveMcClelland Try editing it
Now I can unstar manually
I had made it a point to never edit starred messages since I didn't want to lose my epeen from the starred post
But now I can! Yay
01:02
@Mana What?
@badp Recursion
@Mana Ah okay.
Wow, Hacker News is full of SOPA talk this evening.
@Mana Shit Outta Pants of Americans is big deal
01:05
Posted by Laura Dobrzynski on December 22nd, 2011

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It's been an hour, so I'm calling it: the kid eating snacks and playing video games reported having a "great night," and he "loves his dad."
The child forced to sit in the corner won't stop crying enough to give a detailed report. It looks like macaroons are an effective bribe.
Thank you for joining me for this evening of science.
also Gaming's back up
@badp twas the whole network.
@stevether I know.
@badp Liez
It's down for me
01:16
YOU EARNED TOO MANY HATS. OUR SERVERS CAN'T HANDLE THE HATS
@DavidFullerton LIES. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE HATS YET
GAMING'S BACK EVERYBODY. I FIXED IT, NOT @badp OR @DavidFullerton
Good job Dave. It's people like you who make the world a better place.
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I prefer David, not Dave, but thanks
@Powerlord Why can't you repeatedly post our videos?
01:24
Fine, you want me to post something new?
Also Extra Credits/zero punctuation style gaming rants for the blog. Discuss.
@Powerlord I want you to post something by me.
powerload?
That sounds like a bad porno
01:26
so many things do
@RonanForman what does this even mean?
Powerload: Hot red vs blue action, spy on sentry, watch the engine swing his wrench.
@Agent Discuss? It means to talk about something.
@RonanForman are you wanting to make ZP-style videos? are you wanting text reviews?
@RonanForman discus means I take this laptop and hurl it into your nads
@agent86 Do that to Ronan.
I'd subscribe.
@Ullallulloo HWAH! laptop to the nads
Well honestly anything on the blog would be good, I think it's got cobwebs.
01:33
@RonanForman Oh yeah, I still need to work on that Minecraft blog post series....
@Ulla If someone wants to write one then sure.
hint hint
@RonanForman Write a laptop to the nads?
@Ullallulloo Once there was a laptop. Then I threw it into someones nads. Now my laptop smells like crotch. The end.
@RonanForman I think you meant to target this at @agent86.
stay tuned for Powerload 2: the Loadening, up next on agent-tv
01:35
@John That I did.
Although the laptop thing has potential, maybe advertising.
Wait a second, Limbo for Steam isn't OUT yet, but it's part of this sale?
@RonanForman It's too bad I live 12+ hours from anyone else.
@RonanForman In light of that...
3 mins ago, by Ronan Forman
@Ulla If someone wants to write one then sure.
hint hint
Oh wait, it's the Mac version that's not out
@Ullallulloo You're relatively close to @Powerlord and @NickT.
01:41
@Ulla Do you mean anyone else, or just any of us?
but yeah, @Powerlord, I'm coming up with a question which should essentially equal free rep for you.
How can I be an effective spy?
@RonanForman Well, you don't get many visitors in orbit, but I meant on the site that I know of.
@Powerlord It must be... It's been out for quite a while.
@Powerlord I was about to say, I think I have it through steam, although I acquired it as part of a humble bundle
Welcome Gamers... now please proceed through the entrance marked "hell".
01:43
@agent86 Limbo wasn't offered in a Humble Bundle.
Well apparently ROI doesn't work on Linux. :( I guess that cheevo will have to wait.
@GnomeSlice hrm, really? I wonder how I got it then...
@John Yeah.
@agent86 Was on sale on Steam and Gamersgate a while ago. I linked it, maybe you got it from there?
Although, you probably got it via Steam if that's what you have it through
I still don't have a driver's license though, and walking across states takes a while.
01:45
@RonanForman re: blog, I've committed to doing a blog with a friend, I wouldn't care if we cross-posted to g.se, but I don't know if you guys are interested in such an arrangement. viewership for my blog is about 2 hits. ever.
@agent86 what kind of blog?
What do you get the bat who has everything? How about unmurdered parents, you douchebag.
'Access is denied' when I try to end the Steam process? Fuck you Steam, you aren't even opening.
@agent86 nice article. Very well written. Added it to StumbleUpon so that should up your viewership a bit :)
ARGH. Y U NO RENDER WITH AUDIO. AGAIN.
@Mana Stop ignoring me, bitch.
02:03
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Q: How do you access your saves across multiple PC's using steam?

JustinI've been playing the adventure game "The Longest Journey" on my laptop and now I want to use my desktop. How do I share the saves across my Steam account? Or is there no way to do it?

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Q: Is there a way to copy your keybindings from one character to another?

SternoI just created my 2nd Star Wars: The Old republic character, and I see that new characters are set to the default keybindings. I'd changed quite a few on my first character and don't want to have to manually reset them all. Is there a way to copy over the keybindings from one character to anoth...

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Q: Unable to Add Non-Steam Game to Library

GnomeSlice When I try to add Bionic Commando: Rearmed (purchased via GamersGate) to Steam, I get the following error message: No such interface supported What the heck does that mean? And is there a workaround? This may or may not be relevant, but the Gamersgate installer installed the game to t...

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
@spugsley hey, thanks :)
@agent86 yup :) StumbleUpon works great for my blog. rallythehorde.com :)
We urge you to remember that the unicorn hug is not a valid replacement for pants.
@Justin Are you a parakeet?
02:07
@GnomeSlice Are you a parakeet?
Lol
No, just thought it was funny.
Clearly you've never been here before.
Yes I have just not in a looooooooooooooong time.
Yesterday was my return.
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Q: The Memes of Gaming Stack Exchange and its Chat

Nick T In the style of The Many Memes of Meta The term "Internet Meme" is used to describe a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme_(Internet) for more details) There are a few memes that are starting to get beat to death...

@GnomeSlice thx, time for some youtube.com/watch?v=MsDugITBANI
@Blem I recognize that URL.
02:16
@Blem Baby, don't troll me. No more.
02:27
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Q: Why did Zash ask for Khem to be present during the ritual?

svickBefore Zash tries to perform the ritual, she says she doesn't want Andronikos Revel to be present, but that Khem Val is okay. Why would she say that? Given the peculiar character of the ritual and Khem's connection to the force, wouldn't it be smarter for her to ask for Andronikos to be present i...

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Gah, I don't have enough in my Steam Wallet to afford Metal Drift... and it's on sale...
@GnomeSlice until jan.2
@Wipqozn It is!?
yey
@Ullallulloo where are you?
east coast?
@NickT Illinois
Hiya, @DaveMcClelland
02:47
chicago or south of that
@NickT Central
Not Chicago.
ah, boring parts
:P
I suppose.
Hey @RavenDreamer
I'm thinking about going to northwestern, chicago, more fun
02:48
Did you ever see my Monocle and Pipe?
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Q: is rock band needed for the rock band track packs?

corrodedDoes that mean I need rockband to play the track packs? Or can I just purchase a track pack without having owned Rockband 1(2 or 3)? I mean since I'm on a wii, will it need to sense a rock band save(since you can't put in two discs at the same time) for it to know that I own the original?

@NickT It's loud up there. Quiet here in the country.
With the exception of the interstate and highway next to my house.
if I want quiet I'd go to happy valley, PA
@RavenDreamer Zash is a very central character in the sith inquisitor storyline
like, everything you do revolves around her
if someone doesn't remember her name, not sure how they're remember some other minutae about the plot
02:53
@NickT Are you sure you're not just married?
the whole first planet is zash zash zash, prove you can be her apprentice, then zash tells you to go to dromound kaas, get artifact bits, get more artifacts, kill some people (with you contacting her at every step)
@NickT If someone doesn't know her name, but is willing to go to the relevant scene in game in an attempt to answer the question, doesn't it seem fair to ask for more detail so they know where to go?
@RavenDreamer it just sounds so daft in the first place. "Why did Batman want to help Joker instead of just trying to cure himself?"
Not familiar with the game.
that's my point?
03:05
Then you're an idiot.
the plots are so different for different classes in swtor that there's no reasonable expectation one would know about another
the mechanics are similar but plots are totally separate
@NickT But what if someone wants to learn? That's my point.
I.e., I'm playing a Jedi Knight.
I see a quesiton.
I think, hm. That sounds like it should be easy to answer.
Except, I've not met this Zash character.
Do I need to play further on in the Jedi Knight Story? Start a new character?
how, without playing through ~18 levels of a sith inquisitor
That is why context helps.
this zash stuff is specific to sith inquisitor storyline
03:07
@NickT Funny thing- some people are actually willing to do that in order to provide an answer.
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Q: Will my items be digested if I stick them inside a dead man's stomach?

ArafinweI was looking for a safe place to store my stuff, but I am nowhere near able to afford a house, and haven't located any of the "safe" locations. However, I remember killing Alvor in Riverwood a while back, and his corpse is still there. Can I store my items on him without them disappearing?

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Q: In Hero Mode, is a Heart Medal almost ineffective in dungeons? What about with two?

75th TromboneI'm playing through Hero Mode. After I started the Lanayru Mining Facility, I left, got one of the Heart Medals, and returned for the rest of the dungeon. I destroyed three or four dozen barrels and pots after equipping the Heart Medal, and in that whole time, I got only two hearts, plus one eac...

@NickT Would be good to know up front, in case someone spends a lot of time trying to get the answer, only to find they're on the wrong storyline.
03:27
crashes through his first silver badge!
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@Fredy31 Congratas!
@Fredy31 :D
I'm left wondering... how many of each type of medal (bronze, silver, gold) have been awarded since the beginning of G.SE?
Oh, good point.
03:40
Whoa, I don't have copy editor yet?
I nominate Doozer Blake for best Hatdash-related Gravatar.
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Q: How do I get Riddler trophies blocked by steam jets?

agent86I'm exploring the Steel Mill zone, and I've found 2 Riddler trophies behind steam jets that I can't seem to deactivate. One is in the Assembly Line area, near some bumper cars, and the other is in the Loading Bay, in an area beneath an arena where I fought some of Joker's thugs. How can I get...

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Q: Will MInecraft Servers Detect Mods?

QwertyfizzleWhen you have mods(Modifications) to MInecraft, are people going to know like Admins, Operators, or even other playes? Will the server be able to detect them?

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Q: Can I have two Rotoms with the same forme on the same team?

Jonathan DrainAccording to this question, if Rotom is possessing an appliance when traded, Rotom reverts to its original forme, and the appliance returns to the Rotom's Room. Is it possible to have, for example, two Frost Rotoms (two Rotoms both possessing a refridgerator) on the same team somehow, without ch...

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@Fredy31 36727 total as of the last data dump. Unfortunately, the data dump does not include any way to tell the 3 levels of badges apart.
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Q: Identify old frog/medieval-related educational puzzle pc game

SuperFoshoI can't seem to remember the name of this educational game. It stars a frog knight who has to save the various staff of a castle. It was a point and click game that was comprised of mini-games. The style was 2-D and cartoony. I think i played this during the late 90's. I remember one of the min...

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Oh god, I just noticed FallenAngelEyes' new gravatar. That is genuinely unsettling.
06:08
I think this UAC-every-time-TOR-launcher-launches is bullshit; it just makes you jaded to the whole thing so one day EA could be like "fuck your computer" and ruin everything
I'm not sure why self-updating programs are that hazardous
so long as the program itself is restricted somehow
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Q: Skyrim Werewolf Totems

Andrew DurhamSo i am on the second totem and have succesfully retrieved it but Aelia went missing and I dont know where she went i went looking for her everywhere i went to all houses she might be in she is no where i try to get other companions it says i've got one and ive even done other quest hopi ng she w...

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Q: Runescape item tranfering help

Dima Thefencingdude LukhtaiI have a nonmember account with my dragon plate body that I bought but then I stopped playing, now I made a different account and now I am paying for it, then I remembered my old account (the one with the dragon plate body) but he is nonmember, so is there a way to trade my stuff from a nonmember...

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Q: How Do I Change Unit Names?

GBCIs it possible to change unit names such as "Giant Death Robot" to something else? I understsnd how to rename units, but would like to change what appears in the production queue. And can messages such as "People Who Smile the Most" be rewritten? I was surprised to see such casual language an...

@yx You around?
08:09
@NickT Don't install self-updating programs into UAC-secured locations?
08:23
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Q: How do I stop the launcher bringing up the UAC prompt every time?

Nick TEvery time I start The Old Republic launcher/updater, it throws up the UAC prompt. Is this normal? If it isn't (or is I suppose), how do I prevent it?

go post that there
09:09
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Q: What is "A Tome of Fire Or Ice"?

Nekoyoubi GamesHas anyone figured out how the room for "A Tome of Fire Or Ice" works, by chance? I'm only on the third floor, so I figure it's not that difficult, but unless my Google-fu was just being weak, I didn't have much luck finding it. I simply don't know what it is or does. There are two pulsating o...

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Q: Should werewolves get married?

AlexAccording to the accepted answer to this question on the benefits of marriage, if I were to get married I would get a piece of food once a day (if I remember to ask for it), a bit of cash once a day (if I remember to ask for it), and some lovin' to give me a rest bonus (if I can stay awake lo...

 
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@RavenDreamer I weep for the poetic beauty
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Q: Is there going to be a Warlords III-like continuation, as Warlords IV was the worst of the saga?

NachoMy question is about Warlords saga games. When Ubisoft took Warlords IV when Red Orb Entertainment disappeared, and it was intended to take the attention of Warlords III fans. But when I bought it, I was so disappointed that I didn't follow the game any more. And at this time, I don't know if i...

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Q: How do finishing moves mechanics work in Skyrim?

EmanueleI have a dual enchanted daggers character and I can do even 30x damage when attacking hidden from behind. Unfortunately to trigger a finishing move animation I can only do with single unenchanted dagger. On top of that, when I fight with dual daggers I've never seen a finishing move. Why is tha...

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Q: What is faster for multimedia performance? Leaving a NIC to do checksums or the CPU?

leladaxI noticed a NIC from Realtek has an option to "offload" some of the CPU work for checksums onto itself. However, this has some - I would say - humorous effects on opinions of people on the web: Some say it is a performance increase for multimedia applications (i.e. games), while others say by rem...

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Q: How does dual-wielding affect weapon skill special attacks and stat bonuses?

FambidaDo the stat bonuses and passive special attack chances from weapon skills double when dual-wielding two weapons of the same type? Do they stack when dual-wielding with two different weapon types (i.e. a mace and a staff)? What about when using a weapon skills active attacks?

12:02
@Mana :D
good afternoon, @Grace
Gaftoon
12:28
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Q: What are the hidden trophies?

musefanI am looking through my list of Trophies for Goldeneye 007: Reloaded on the PS3 and there is one hidden trophy I am missing. If you order the list by "original order" it appears between "Clobbering" and "Hat Trick" - which makes me wonder if it is an online (public match) trophy. Anybody have a...

 
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Q: Please identify this game

BoraMy only remembrance of this game is, each one of my companions roast some feathery animal and eat until they become incapacitated rightfully so, by the way, and yes, I think it comes on a yearly basis, 2010 and 2009, and so on. Can anybody tell me please, how the game was called, where final bo...

13:58
Shame for @supermeatboy but kinda funny.. http://goo.gl/JzCvS @charliesome
Is anyone else unable to see notifications in their inbox?
14:16
@DaveMcClelland I see notifications
@GraceNote I'm betting it's my parents' slow internet. I'm worried I'm going to miss something, though, since it marked my unread notifications as read. Silly internet
@DaveMcClelland I found that this chat was pretty much completely unusable on dialup.
@FallenAngelEyes Sadly, my parents actually have broadband. It's just not very... broad broadband
@DaveMcClelland Better than nothing?
@FallenAngelEyes True. It really is a first world problem, I suppose
14:20
Hehe
14:44
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Q: Why do some of the item costs on the wiki show two numbers?

yx.For example, the shadow blade shows 3000 (1000) What is the (1000) supposed to represent?

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Q: What is the penalty of dying in SWTOR?

WimpeyIn many MMO's, there is a (sometimes huge) penalty for dying. For example in Lord of the Rings Online, you'd receive a huge dread penalty, making it very hard for you to win battles for half an hour. Your armour would damage aswell, leading to high repair costs. Now I was wondering, what are the...

Good Morning everyone.
@DaveMcClelland I lol'd
I'm finally going to use the sever I set up specifically for uploading YouTube videos!
@RonanForman yay!
@Wipqozn If you've got the time, can you watch blue's part two and add a relevant description?
I still can't work out why mumble stopped working for me at the end.
15:05
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Q: Is there a cap to your spouse's income?

IsziI've read in several posts now, that a common way of making money is: Get married. Wait/Sleep for 10 consecutive days. Take the 1k gold from your spouse. I understand that spouses have a cumulative income of 100 gp per day. Is the 10 days recommendation made because that's the cap for accumu...

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Q: Is Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii) an accurate representation of Zumba?

Joshua CarmodyI just got Zumba Fitness 2 for the Nintendo Wii, and prior to receiving it I knew almost nothing about Zumba. I understand Zumba is a fitness routine based on Latin dance, but when playing the game I'm surprised at how simple some of the steps/routine are. The game appears to have only 4 differ...

@RonanForman how long is it? 10 minutes?
@Wipqozn 15 I think. I can do it later, but I'm making the credits at the moment.
It says it has 357 minutes left on the upload, so there's no rush.
15:21
@RonanForman oh my
@Wipqozn Yeah, my internet sucks, especially at 720p
god I hate that small girl. Pay normal like everybody else
and stop breaking my combos
@badp I was expecting that sentence to end with "condoms"
@badp she's a total bitch.
I always give the adventurers huge discounts though
@badp she's notoriously picky
15:25
I'm like GOD PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THIS ITEM. your equipment sucks. TAKE IT
Dare I ask what game you are referring to?
Recettear.
sometimes they come in and buy like a sandwich, and I'm like, dude, I put out this ultra rare super sharp sword just for you and you want a sandwich? eff you.
@JasonBerkan Recettear
She's one of the regulars
part top-down hack-and-slash, part item shop simulator
15:26
@JasonBerkan It's a simulator game, where you simulate playing a prostitute.
Ah yes - it's one of the games on my huge list of games to play when I have free time.
Which means I will never play it.
then some elderly dude comes in and says his wife sent him to get like, plate mail. What the eff are you people doing at that house?
plate mail, some crepes, a gold idol, and a wool hat
if that's not a party, I don't know what is
IKUNAMASHIAKUNU? PURETHANOL!
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Q: How can I add more than one copy of a game to my Steam cart?

MihaiSay, I want to give Portal 2 to each of my friends. Is purchasing each copy of the game separately the only way to do it?

@Wipqozn - you corrected a lot, but left thnx?
15:41
@JasonBerkan So it would seem. the "alot" just jumped out at me. Didn't notice the thnx.
Blech. No one seems to want to buy anything anymore
@badp you should kill them. That would force them to buy stuff.
once dead?
There.
@badp rob their corpses.
The stupid little girl never buys anything worthwhile anywyas
that bitch just exists to fuck up your combos
No, it's like I haven't been able to score ONE purchase in two game days
even if I'm selling at 122%
15:43
@badp Sell at 100%
do you keep failing the sales? for everyone?
Yes
better to break even than make no money
at levels that used to be working fine
I believe the way it works is, when you succeed, you can push the sale price up slightly next time and they'll still buy
if you fail, the price they're willing to pay next time falls
each customer has a "cap" where they won't buy above a certain price
the old man, for instance, will top out higher than the little girl, if I recall
15:44
Then they shouldn't ask about stuff costing more than that!
no, it's not the cost, it's the percentage
sorry if that was ambiguous
ie, the little girl might only ever pay 110%, while the old man will eventually be coaxed (through multiple successes) to 120% or so
but if you overcharge and fail, they'll drop the max % they're willing to pay
so if you try to get the little girl to buy at 115% and she wants to pay 105%, and she leaves, she'll come back willing to pay like 104% or 103%
essentially you're trying to "guess" what the percent is every time they come in
@agent86 Too bad, I'm not selling her at 105%, or 115%
it gets easier when they hit their cap and you can just sell to that cap
get a fucking sword and kill baddies for that sort of money dammit! Capitalism, ho! :P
your call man, you've got the mouse :)
15:47
The key to success in Recettear is being willing to sell things for cheap rather than trying to eek out 110% from each sale
the mouse, it does nothing
since what you want is to get the customer to have a heart appear above their head; it means that you've increased their price cap significantly
@Mana 110%? Is that the profit level things tend towards then?
I really wouldn't have a problem if I didn't have an 80k milestone in less than a week
@badp Initially yes, I think you should be able to sell things for 110-115%
closes without saving
15:49
@badp be ready to fail. failure is an option
but you should really be selling them for 102%
eh? I've been selling at 125-130%
then at 120-125%
now it seems 120% is asking for the moon
(110% of adventurers)
for adventurers, I sell at like 50%
take this, and GTFO
@badp So how it works is you will fail if you try to sell things at such prices all the time
What you need to do is make sure that you always sell at a great price. I think there's a special bonus that lets you know when you sell at a good price.
that blue +15 exp thing?
I thought it was for selling things that adventurers will use in the dungeons
15:51
there's a big bonus for correctly guessing their percentage
yeah, the blue exp thing means you're increasing your relationship with the customer
you've got to treat the sales process like a number guessing game. they're thinking of a number between, say, 90 and 130. guess the number and you win.
do it enough times and your relationship levels up with them, indicated by a heart and a large EXP bonus
they'll tell you if you're too high or too low, so binary search until you find the right number or you run out of tries. err on the side of making a sale.
once that happens I think your cap increases significantly, say 20-30%
So once you get enough hearts you can start selling things at 200%
as well as more expensive items
15:53
you should go post this as a question so @grace can get some free rep :P
I think the mechanics of the game have already been nailed down in a question
If you mean wallets and the like, yes, it has been covered
damn it, now I want to play Recettear
then go read that @badp. I hate chat for these kinds of conversations.
but I lost all motivation after I did 30 floors of dungeoning in a row only to die one hit away from the last boss on the last floor
15:55
here we are on chat for a structured game help website discussing something covered on the site
hey, I was just ranting :P
why do you need to be so helpful! WHY!
I think I stopped after I got all the debts cleared.
also I find it somewhat funny that you bought the game on a significant discount, and you're whining when people won't pay 130% of what something is worth ;)
@agent86 Hey ,do u no how ot stiky jump???

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