The Bridge

MadMAxJr

15:00

Playing the game from start to finish 3 times would consume most system resources.

arda

Also wikia why do you mail me for every minor (and major, like this) edits on pages I edited like once?

MadMAxJr

Because GameMaker at the time would load ALL assets into memory at start. And invoking a start-over call would load them again without dumping the previous assets or looking for already loaded assets.

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE

problem solved!

(Or just quit the game after credits)

MadMAxJr

We considered that.

We also turned in our game in a CD case with super cheesy cover art.

Kevin van der Velden

And the professor was like "What is this? A coaster?"

MadMAxJr

15:02

Actually we were one of his more promising teams in the last five years he had said (2007).

We didn't build a great game, but we didn't overshoot or plan too big.

We knew we had 8 weeks, we knew that we didn't know GameMaker.

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr Yeah, that's probably the bigger problem

In a capstone project assuming everyone is competent (hopefully!) the technical issues should be relatively easy to overcome

The human aspect of it is not

Kevin van der Velden

I remember coming to watch a friends presentation on a game they made for school (I had graduated the year before) and other people were talking about how they spend weeks figuring out how to place their objects in a pyramid... I got bored and figured out the algorithm while they were talking about how hard it is

Private Pansy

two bugs

I wonder what the story behind that cover art is

It's just phenomenal on so many levels

MadMAxJr

When we had to form teams, the professor announced it suddenly... waited a moment, then said, "You have ten minutes."

Kevin van der Velden

15:07

Judging Mega Man (Judging By The Cover)

►

The story

MadMAxJr

I immediately sprung into action, "Who can do sound, whose good with math?"

Son of a Sailor

I'm terrified of my capstone project next year

we had a mini project last year and it went terribly

MadMAxJr

Our games had to have weekly meetings with the professor. It was treated as if we were giving product updates to our boss, our customer, and our budget manager.

two bugs

@KevinvanderVelden Neat, I'll check this out

Kevin van der Velden

(Note: not actually the story, still hilarious)

MadMAxJr

15:08

We were reviewed in terms of how well we communicated progress in terms of how to talk to a business manager and how to talk to a non-technical investor.

The team that failed the course was told in their review, "At this point, your investor chooses to terminate your funding. You'll still need to finish the course to get any grade at all."

It was a difficult class because the challenge was in dealing with people, not with the academic content.

Kaizerwolf

and dealing with people can go wrong at any time, and most likely will

two bugs

@MadMAxJr That's brutal

Son of a Sailor

And everyone knows students are just the best people to work with

Kaizerwolf

@SonofaSailor you will always be paired with the lazy stoner of the class

MadMAxJr

That's why I acted fast on team picking. I scouted people I knew from other classes and in one case, I confess, I resorted to a little judgement bias and asked the asian with the macbook in our class if he would like to join us. Stereotypes are bad, but he was immensely talented, just very quiet socially.

Lazers 2.0

15:12

0

Q: Pokemon Go Data Lost

I broke my phone recently, and have to use my girlfriend's old Android for the time being. I installed Pokemon Go and tried using my Google account to sign in. I was level 20 and had previously bought store items with real money. However, I am sent back to the starting screen with Professor Willo...

pokemon-go

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr ... ... ... hi have we met?

two bugs

@MadMAxJr Eh, in my experience you can usually tell who is serious about classes and who isn't at a glance

Son of a Sailor

@MadMAxJr That was my big mistake with the mini project I had last year. I wasn't proactive on picking teammates

MadMAxJr

We had a session in a library study room where he just fired up garage band, we took a bunch of voice samples (for boss-tank intros) and he ran them through various filters. We had a good laugh.

two bugs

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you did more than just say "ASIAN? YOU'RE IN"

MadMAxJr

15:13

I'd share, but it doesn't run on Win7 or later.

two bugs

If you did, shame on you!

badp

@PrivatePansy how hard is it to bear the burden of being in the top thousandth percentile

MadMAxJr

In my head I was thinking, "He's sitting away from everybody else, he's using a mac, and he tends to write or type constantly as the professor talks...... and he's probably good at math."

Oh god.

Kevin van der Velden

@MadMAxJr I mean, that's what VMs are for

MadMAxJr

I just realized.

I wasn't judgemental because he was asian.

I was judgemental because HE USED A MAC.

3

Kevin van der Velden

15:16

To be fair, using a mac is a crime nearly worthy of Friday

badp

what about having a wife in plushie form

two bugs

If you used a Mac in a CS class you were probably a very serious coder

badp

is that something to be judgemental about

@twobugs *hipster

Kevin van der Velden

@badp Eh, not as bad as mac

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr Well... this was 2007

Kevin van der Velden

15:17

@twobugs I dualbooted between linux with wmii running and windows

MadMAxJr

Well I associate mac users with, "I like artistic/musical/video editing work."

two bugs

@badp Or that

badp

@KevinvanderVelden same

KutuluMike

If you used a Mac in a CS class you were probably lost.

Kevin van der Velden

@badp wmii is pretty cool

badp

15:17

the local LUG was fun, totally worth it

I mean I dunno what wmii is

I just used Ubuntu

:P

MadMAxJr

So uh, bottom line, software development classes are amazing experience.

Kevin van der Velden

It's a different pokemon

badp

I suppose it's a nintendo thing

two bugs

See I just used ubuntu

MadMAxJr

Sadly yours will not be about games, I guess.

Private Pansy

15:18

@badp I just searched "Singapore LUG" and found the Singapore LEGO Users Group

Kevin van der Velden

wmii is a desktop environment for people who hate mice, like me

Unionhawk

@PrivatePansy close enough

two bugs

Anyway, about 50% of my Professors in CS were diehard Mac people

They swore by emacs

badp

@KevinvanderVelden I thought you'd rather need a terminal than a window manager

MadMAxJr

I didn't expect to share that story today, but that was a class I both loved and hated.

Kevin van der Velden

15:19

@badp naah, you open the terminals in the window manager

Unionhawk

@twobugs Is that just an emacs joke? Because this is true for me (except 25% not 50 I guess)

Dragonrage

@microbuster what do you need my help for?

Kevin van der Velden

That way you can have higher resolution

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr I'm taking CS2103 Software Engineering at the same time

This is going to be slightly awkward

Kevin van der Velden

So you can get closer to the ultimate goal of ALL THE TEXT EVER

MadMAxJr

15:20

Ah, so you didn't get into CS2104, Software Engineering for Ponies.

badp

I remember my more practical exams

they were kind of a clusterfuck

djsmiley2k

so my settlement in FO4 says 14 people

I can find about 5 :/

MadMAxJr

@djsmiley2k Build the bell that calls everyone to you.

two bugs

@Unionhawk Nope

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr CS2103's project is to build a todo list app. In Java.

djsmiley2k

15:21

@MadMAxJr Oh yeah, I'll try that :D

badp

CS1, or "write a C function", a.k.a. who needs to know what a C header is anyway

two bugs

There were a lot of people who just really, really liked emacs

Private Pansy

Also, CS2104 is actually Programming Language Concepts

MadMAxJr

@djsmiley2k Also, traders count against your pop cap, even if they're on the road.

two bugs

And they were typically really good with it

Kevin van der Velden

15:21

@djsmiley2k start shooting random people so they come get you

djsmiley2k

I have no trade routes setup

badp

CS2, or "networking", a.k.a. "solving tasks by hand with netcat"

Private Pansy

When I first heard it I asked if I could just git clone todomvc.com

badp

CS3, or "engineering," a.k.a. diagram hell

CS4, or "enterprisey," a.k.a. the java hell project no one finished

CS5, or "compilers," a.k.a. the one you would have to nail on paper

fun stuffs.

Private Pansy

Lazers 2.0

15:23

0

Q: Dark Souls 2 offensive miracles - Are they worth it?

I have Dark Souls 2: SofS for PS3 and I'm already at 120h+ I have started as Bandit, and I have given more importance to Dexterity, Faith and Adaptability, and some others, but these ones stand out, just because when looking at the description, it "feels" like I'm the kind of player that would t...

dark-souls-2 dark-souls-2-sotfs

Private Pansy

^ Actual module review left on school module planning website

badp

I liked that CS3 was supposed to be a board game thing where users would hotseat, and I instead turned in a single player thing with some relatively dummy AI

somehow my thing met the specification

Private Pansy

(This was for CS2020 Data Structures and Algorithms Accelerated)

badp

CS2 was also my intro to Python <3 that lab assistant was a-m-a-z-i-n-g

he turned into an amazing teacher, too.

MadMAxJr

If you get a freeform project in a software development class, MODEL A BOARD GAME. You don't usually have to model realtime sequences and you have RULES that you just have to turn into code.

badp

15:25

he also was the one to bring up that you could cheat using netcat

MadMAxJr

CANDYLAND > Flip card > eval(card.color) > move(Player(current)).nextSquare > eval(square.color)

badp

-100000/30, "eval"

Private Pansy

Oh, did I mention CS3216 expects you to acquire actual users for your project by the end of the semester

MadMAxJr

.... What's a fake user?

two bugs

WELP

badp

15:27

(also I said CS[12345] in a way to kinda look relatable, but your course codes frighten and confuse me)

MadMAxJr

Is it like the psych courses that require you to post experiments and get randos to sign up?

two bugs

The Flint water crisis just keeps getting more and more insane

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr You're suppose to build something people would actually want to use

badp

does "CS3126" hold some sort of intrinsic meaning that means anything

Private Pansy

Not just demo the app with a bunch of user stories

MadMAxJr

15:28

@PrivatePansy Pony Simulator

badp

@PrivatePansy Half Life 3 Confirmation Toolkit

Private Pansy

@badp The first number is the module level which vaguely corresponds to which year you're suppose to be taking the module

MadMAxJr

Gotta split and do some work.

Private Pansy

The other three numbers are for organizational purposes. Modules with the same first two numbers are related, like all CS21XX modules are introductory specialization modules

Also, some modules have a letter behind them, indicating special status or variation

badp

_o_/
_|_ current @MadMAxJr status, work in hand + doing the split

@PrivatePansy "introductory specialization" youtube.com/watch?v=VxEnGs8oISw

Yuuki

15:30

I am now the owner of a My Neighbor Totoro thermos.

Private Pansy

CS2104 Programming Language Concepts
CS2105 Introduction to Computer Networks
CS2106 Introduction to Operating Systems
CS2107 Introduction to Information Security

Yuuki

cc @Ash

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs so fuct

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune YUP

Yuuki

And my sister has a Kiki's Delivery Service shirt dress thing.

two bugs

15:31

This is insanely fuct, actual criminal charges for people concealing evidence

badp

@Yuuki KIK'S GON' DELIVER TO YOU, KNOCK KNOCK OPEN UP THE DOOR

two bugs

We're well beyond 'abit fuct' by now

Frank

@twobugs "I did my job! Lazily, and unsafely, but I did it!"

Private Pansy

@badp I memorized all of them because I take module planning waaaaaay too seriously

badp

@PrivatePansy step one is knowing you have a problem. step two is giving up

two bugs

15:35

So in Sweden I guess some dude tried to swipe the mobile phone of some young women who were sunbathing, unfortunately for him they happened to be off-duty cops so they quickly jumped to their feet and tackled him

murgatroid99

@badp What's that thing you say to users who are quitting?

two bugs

The mental image of a guy being chased by two bikini clad women is great, though

GodEmperorDune

@murgatroid99 gg uninstall?

Private Pansy

@twobugs Only one, but close enough

GodEmperorDune

@PrivatePansy meanwhile the lady in black is stealing someone's orange shoes

user15026

15:38

@Yuuki that's awesome.

Sterno

Oh, good. Another Windows 10 security vulnerability

10

GodEmperorDune

@Sterno so glad i didn't upgrade

murgatroid99

@GodEmperorDune I don't think so. I'm asking because I apparently "chased off a new user" on BCG by asking them not to roll back good edits to their poorly written question, and rolling back their rollback

Son of a Sailor

@Sterno -.-

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Edit Building durability?

Are there any mods that allow you to edit building durability? I want to make my raider/gunner cages not take any damage. I'm tired of repairing them! If no mods exist, could you point me towards how to edit durability of cages? Thanks.

fallout-4 mods

0

Q: What can cause Felyne Explorer not to work?

I just ate for Felyne Explorer, which should always make me spawn in the map's secret area, but after departing, I found myself at base camp. This was a High Rank quest in the Verdant Hills, what's going on?

monster-hunter-gen

badp

15:44

@murgatroid99 Best of luck with your future endeavours?

murgatroid99

@badp Yeah, that's what I was thinking of

user15026

There is a mom on this bus literally screaming at the bus driver because he was "going too fast" and she couldn't get her Pokemon

Lazers 2.0

-2

Q: What's my Pokemon Go email

I'm playing pokemon since a while. I registered with a Google account. But I completely forgot the email, can I look it up somewhere? Or is there any way I could figure it out?

pokemon-go

Private Pansy

2

SaintWacko

16:09

@Ash Wow

Private Pansy

Malicious ad hides exploit code in image files using stenography proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/…

This is pretty crazy. I mean, the proof of concept have bee floating around for a while now but seeing it in the wild is somewhat terrifying

The malware also checks the users computer and only deploy if certain file extensions are associated and not associated, the machine is OEM, and certain software are not installed

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: At what range will a pokemon show up?

TLDR: If I'm standing still in Pokemon Go, how far can I catch a pokemon? I want to start using this app at work https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pokemon-go-spawn-notifica/iklagoflgdhdicifcpjnlcjphibhebdo/related It will notify me when a Pokemon is near. Thing is the 500m default range...

pokemon-go

GodEmperorDune

16:25

@PrivatePansy bad @sternography, bad!

badp

@PrivatePansy gotta show those FTs who's what

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Pokemon Go won't reload without WiFi

Running 5.1.1 lolipop on android s5 with 0.29.3 version Pokémon Go. Periodically there will be a bug or the game freezes and if I reload my game it will get stuck at 20%. It won't reload unless I connect to WiFi. If I'm with a friend I can connect to a hotspot and get it to reload and work (so...

pokemon-go

SaintWacko

16:41

@PrivatePansy steganography*

Dragonrage

@Sterno I almost clicked on that, then I realized who posted it.

Sterno

@Dragonrage It's funny how people only ever say that for links that would be bad, and never incorrectly for ones that are okay

Dragonrage

well, in practice, I don't click on links you post on Friday

and you confirmed for me that it was a Friday link just now, so I will continue not to click on it

Sterno

I don't know why you wouldn't want to listen to Friday. It's a happy song!

two bugs

@Sterno If you don't admit to being trolled it means you weren't trolled!

Dragonrage

16:53

it is a terrible song. You have to convert it into a 8 bit song for it to sound ok

Sterno

I'm not trolling. I'm sharing the joy of Friday with the unwilling

4

two bugs

Manifest Fridestiny

Sterno

It's not trolling when I make my kids eat their vegetables or hide medicine in their ice cream

two bugs

No, that's just evil

Your kids are going to gain so much weight when they get older and think all Ice Cream contains medicine

And, even worse, you're making them grow up in Indiana.

GnomeSlice

@Dragonrage There's worse

Dragonrage

17:02

@GnomeSlice I didn't say it was the worst. That title is reserved for @Wipqozn

GnomeSlice

At least all the harmonies and shit make sense

Wipqozn

17:19

What a terrible model

I just had to say that, but wanted to avoid saying it on the facebook page of the store that posted it

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Pokemon GO: can't see any pokestops or gyms

the problem is i can see only the map and the regular buttons. I don't see any pokestops or gyms in the game. Acttualy, it happend suddenly. Thanks a lot!

pokemon-go

Wipqozn

like what's wrong with his face

Dragonrage

every time niantics servers break, we get a new wave of "halp! game is broken! wat do?" questions

two bugs

Sony's VR wants a 3m x 2m area cleared for playing

KutuluMike

can't SE detect when someone asks a question with the words 'can't see pokemon' and then punch the user in the groin while showing them the 'how to search' page?

sounds like a simple enough feature. i bet haskell could do it

Kevin van der Velden

17:27

@twobugs that's larger than vive's isn't it?

Yeah, double it

> 81% of players meet the minimum room-scale size of 2x1.5 m (rest is standing)
52% supports 2.5x2 m, making it the most common size
20% supports 3x2.5 m
<10% supports larger than 3x2.5 m

Actual stats of usage, includes people who use steam vr and don't have a vive (so are standing)

KutuluMike

what's that in redneck units?

Kevin van der Velden

Nope that's in 99% of the world units

KutuluMike

yeah i know, i was asking for the conversion

Kevin van der Velden

I dunno, 20 hands and a nail probably. I don't know your silly redneck units

Dragonrage

@KutuluMike multiply by 3.3 to get from metres to feet

KutuluMike

17:30

round here we measure our houses in spits and throws

and sometimes hollars

two bugs

It's about 10ft by 6.5ft

> 9.8 feet by 6.2 feet

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs cc @Wipqozn on that sick burn

@Dragonrage meh, more fodder for my next steward badge

oh man i gotta step up my low quality game, @uni passed me again

Dragonrage

@Studoku To be honest, I find this community has more users to point out the duplicates rather than actually give solutions. With the article you pointed out as the original, I don't see how would anyone ever look at as the solution for this problem when it has such an ambiguous title. Unless the community actually expects everyone to open up each question prior to posting one. — ISuthan Bala 15 mins ago

two bugs

I think to some extent that's a reasonable comment.

It's an argument for reasonable question titles to preserve searchability

Lazers 2.0

17:46

0

Q: No redstone fast elevator in minecraft

I'm on a prison server where there is no redstone. I need an elevator for my building. What is a fast non-redstone elevator? I need to be able to stop at any floor easily, and I don't want it to be a hassle to use. Thanks.

minecraft

0

Q: Determining Catchability of a Pokemon without wasting a Pokeball

My question is sort of related to this one, but I am more concerned about saving pokeballs. When you encounter a pokemon, generally you can assume that the higher CP, the more difficulty you'd have in catching it. However it seems to me that you cannot tell for sure until you use a pokeball and...

pokemon-go

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs we made a special case for all the "Niantic servers are down" questions instead of having an endless dupe chain of every specific symptom of the servers being down

two bugs

That sounds okay, it's just not necessarily clear to new users. Hence the comment

murgatroid99

It doesn't really have to be clear to new users. The duplicate closure points you to the question

two bugs

Right, I'm just explaining the comment

GodEmperorDune

right, no one is blaming the user for not finding it

two bugs

17:50

I don't think it's unreasonable

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune only 7 away form your next steward badge

Unionhawk

Pls

Wipqozn

@Sterno Sure am glad I finally decided to upgrade

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk the chair is missing a display port

murgatroid99

@twobugs Sure, the comment is reasonable. We just don't need to act on it.

Wipqozn

17:51

....................zeus damn it @Sterno...............

I can't believe I fell for that

two bugs

@murgatroid99 I don't think we need to either, just offering my take

GodEmperorDune

Epic villain laugh

►

Dragonrage

@Wipqozn never trust any link @Sterno posts on a Friday

two bugs

I got the impression the comment was linked in a kind of "wow what a goof" way, but I think the user is being reasonable

GodEmperorDune

@Dragonrage or just click it because watching friday isn't going to magically destroy your computer

two bugs

17:53

No watching Friday will KILL ME!!! It's The Worst Song!!!!

Dragonrage

we have a lot of users that start with S here

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs You won't BELIEVE what happens next!

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune Tune in next week, same time, same station for more adventures with @Sterno

GodEmperorDune

@Dragonrage i'm just happy that i have been trolled into watching friday on a friday... it's been too long since that last happened

Kaizerwolf

18:09

update for pokemon go

bugfixes: text errors

sigh :\

Ellesedil

Are you talking about the last patch... or a new one that's just available?

Kaizerwolf

the newest one as far as I know

Ellesedil

Because we already received an update with that exact wording for patch notes.

Kaizerwolf

i have auto updates disabled, so I just checked today

Ellesedil

Ah, yeah

Dragonrage

18:12

it hasn't been updated since the 20th

Kevin van der Velden

It's hard to get good potatoes to plug into their server farm

Studoku

minor text fixes

Unionhawk

Oh this projector is synchronized with another meeting. Hmm

Studoku

And they didn't bother to put capitals or punctuation in the notes

Ellesedil

Do we know if IV levels of a base-level Pokemon is kept as you evolve it?

Unionhawk

18:13

We can't use that then

Lol

Kevin van der Velden

And on a more serious note: Very few of the problems in pokemon go are client side, it's 99% server side which doesn't need a client patch

Studoku

@Ellesedil Yes, or at least every calculator implies they do

Kaizerwolf

@Ellesedil there was a question about that this morning I think

Ellesedil

@Studoku Good enough for me, since that's probably the best info we have access to.

Kaizerwolf

too lazy to go find it tho

Studoku

18:14

and if they didn't, catching a 15-15-15 dratini wouldn't be such a big deal

or in my case, the illusive 15-15-15 magikarp

Ellesedil

Sounds like I need to start figuring out the IV's for all of my Eevees.

Dragonrage

where is an iv calculator?

Studoku

elusive even

pokeassistant.com/main/ivcalculator is the one I use

thesilphroad.com/research is also good

see I'm in such a good mood I didn't post lmgtfy

Ellesedil

@Dragonrage Err, wat? You posted one in an answer.

8

A: In Pokemon GO, what are my Pokemon's hidden IV stats, and why do they matter?

When talking about IV vs CP, Combat Power is only an average of your Pokemon’s stats and is only a rough estimation of a Pokemon’s strength. -source There are 3 IV's that we know of; Attack, Defense, and Stamina. Defense and Stamina are important when it comes to defending in gym battles, ...

Dragonrage

@Ellesedil i forgot ok

im getting old like sterno or something

Ellesedil

18:18

@Dragonrage I'll let it slide... this time.

I marked that question as a favorite explicitly for the link to the IV calculator, only reason I remembered it :p

Unionhawk

@Dragonrage ded link incidentally

Ellesedil

@Unionhawk The spreadsheet loads for me from that link.

Unionhawk

@Ellesedil interesting

Dragonrage

i updated it anyways

Unionhawk

It shows that it's been trashed for me on mobile through drive

Dragonrage

18:21

i have a possible 91% perfect magikarp

Studoku

I have one that might be 93

might also be a 48

Kaizerwolf

where can you see these hidden IVs?

Ellesedil

............

Dragonrage

8

A: In Pokemon GO, what are my Pokemon's hidden IV stats, and why do they matter?

When talking about IV vs CP, Combat Power is only an average of your Pokemon’s stats and is only a rough estimation of a Pokemon’s strength. -source There are 3 IV's that we know of; Attack, Defense, and Stamina. Defense and Stamina are important when it comes to defending in gym battles, ...

Kaizerwolf

feigning idiocy is fun sometimes ;)

Studoku

18:23

basically, the calculators take the stats you can see and work out what IVs and level could give you them

well I fell for it

Dragonrage

> 1005 possible IV combinations found. Average perfection: 28.0%, Minimum perfection: 4.4%, Maximum perfection: 46.7%.The maximum level observed was 1. This Pokemon will require at least 79 powerups to reach level 40.5. This would cost 289800 Dust and 333 Candy.

you are useless bulbasaur

Ellesedil

ouch

Studoku

1005 combinations found, all of them shit

poor bulbasaur

Ellesedil

So... even if you find a perfect CP 10 Pokemon... it's probably still not worth it.

Studoku

the calculator breaks on cp 10 things, since a cp less than 10 is rounded up

they're actually not that bad- the early levels are cheap

Kaizerwolf

18:26

22 combos for my vapeoreon

best is 95.2% perfection

14 14 14

Ellesedil

Right, but 300k dust is A LOT.

If we're talking a perfect CP 10 Pidgey, then the candy isn't a huge deal.

Studoku

bear in mind that 95% perfection is a bit misleading

it's actually in the top 0.1%

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Pokémon go empty map

The game doesnt show any pokestops, gyms or nearby pokemon when i try to play with my mobile network and GPS. The map, my level and all my pokemon and eggs show normally but i cant see anything on the map. I know there are pokestops around me because i can get the pokestops to show when i use wi-...

pokemon-go pokemon-series

KutuluMike

is there a way to tell if I've already powered up a pokemon?

Ellesedil

hmm

You should post that question.

Studoku

18:29

if you don't know, pick yes

wild pokemon can't have half levels, which is why it asks

KutuluMike

ah.

but powerered up ones might?

Studoku

powering up adds half a level

each time

Ellesedil

What, exactly, is a half level?

Why not just use full levels, and wild Pokemon can only have even levels?

Kaizerwolf

but @Dragonrage it's not the servers they're fine it's my phone

Studoku

because then the highest level of pokemon you can have is equal to your trainer level

Kaizerwolf

18:32

how DARE you mark me as a duplicate, the NERVE

Studoku

you're right though, that would also work

Dragonrage

@Kaizerwolf the servers are not fine

Kaizerwolf

i'm just poking fun at that most recent PoGo question

and no they are most certainly not fine

Studoku

I should probably avoid that question

KutuluMike

ruh?

Dragonrage

18:36

so apparently some really high cp wild pokemon i caught dont have great iv's

Studoku

yup

they're just pretty high level

Dragonrage

like i have a level 763 arcanine i caught

Studoku

which means they worked hard at being awesome, rather than being born into it

Unionhawk

@KutuluMike that feature is literally useless on arqade and you should ignore it

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Football Fans

Proposed Q&A site for all football (soccer) fans who are just crazy about football

Currently in definition.

Unionhawk

18:38

Might have picked up "does"

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Does Pokemon: GO indicate that you've powered up a Pokemon?

One factor that's involved in guessing the IV's of a Pokemon is whether or not you have powered it up. This is apparently due to the fact that it takes two power-ups to raise your Pokemon one level, but wild Pokemon never half a "half" level. Just looking at my list, I don't always remember if I...

pokemon-go

Ellesedil

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Question number 1: How does Tom Brady's suspension effect the Patriot's chances of winning the Super Bowl?

KutuluMike

and yet I can ask speculative questions all day on SFF and it doesn't care.

Dragonrage

@KutuluMike there are pictures now

KutuluMike

i know.

it was funnier like that though.

Dragonrage

18:41

they were just invisible

KutuluMike

if I don't know, and I just assume "yes"... that's just going to mean additional "possible" IV sets, right?

Ellesedil

@KutuluMike: Are you using the "favorite" option on any of your Pokemon?

KutuluMike

like, it will include possibly 1/2 level ones that a wild pokemon couldn't have?

no.

Coronus

@KutuluMike I blame Niantic's servers.

KutuluMike

not on purpose.

i think i favorited a pidgey ones by accident

Dragonrage

18:42

also, if someone wants to resize those so they fit on one line, go for it

KutuluMike

once*

@Dragonrage you know you can tell imgur to thumbnail them right?

Dragonrage

i uploaded them straight to the site

can i still do that?

KutuluMike

just edit the URL.

or approve my edit :)

imgur thumbnails on the fly

Sepia Lazers

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Q: Why can I unilaterally reject a suggested edit?

I recently reviewed this suggested edit that was proposed by an anonymous user. I rejected it as I felt it offered no real improvement to the existing question, but what surprised me is that the edit was rejected overall based only on my review. Is this a recent change or something that I've mis...

support suggested-edits

KutuluMike

add 's' 'm' 'l' or 't' (there's a 5th but I never remember) for small/medium/large/thumbnail versions of the image.

Dragonrage

18:44

oh ok

i dont use imgur much

Ellesedil

Why get rid of the suggestion to favorite the Pokemon in the answer?

KutuluMike

i didn't do that on purpose... maybe cross-editing?

Unionhawk

Probably

KutuluMike

favoriting is a good idea. doesn't help with my flock of pidgey.

Unionhawk

SE doesn't resolve edit conflicts, it just allows the conflict to happen

Ellesedil

18:47

There are 2 magmars somewhere near me and I haven't caught one yet.

Dragonrage

i fixed it

everything is right in the world for this second.

now something is probably wrong with the world again since it is 2016

KutuluMike

my best pokemon: Average perfection: 49.0%

:(

Dragonrage

just found another charmander

KutuluMike

there was an ivysaur on my radar. pokevision claimed it was across a major interstate highway in an office building. and would be disappearing in 5 minutes.

really... what's the point? :)

... it took me far too long to figure out why I couldn't pick "Sparky" from the pokemon type dropdown

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Ellesedil

haha

The sliphroad IV caluclator is hard to use. It strongly depends on you getting the % of CP arc that your Pokemon has as accurately as possible. Short of whipping out a protractor and being super careful, that's pretty difficult.

Dragonrage

18:55

just found a 553 cp growlithe with better iv's than my 763 cp growlithe

KutuluMike

pokeassistant is easy to use but gives you dozens of possible combinations.

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