The Bridge

Derpy

13:00

in his case, it seem that the improbable is becoming pretty probable (and frequent) :P

Wipqozn

@Sterno @TimStone So I just found out our game reviewer got deus ex last week

Lucky guy

Private Pansy

@fredley Actually I believe that was the top use of the finite improbability drive at a party

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn That monster

Private Pansy

Damn you mobile for making me typing slow

Wipqozn

@TimStone Hei s playing it on console though, so clearly an inferior experience

fredley

13:00

@PrivatePansy Finite Improbability is contained within Infinite Improbability

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn So new plan: You go in to his office, hit him with a stick and steal everything?

Sterno

@Wipqozn You should take his head, and with it his ~~power~~ job. Like Highlander.

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn Ah, at least there's that

Sterno

The RPS review of Deus Ex was favorable. That's all I needed.

Wipqozn

@Sterno I'd rather not. He works longer hours than I do.

Sterno

13:01

(I mean, let's be honest, I was buying it anyway)

@Wipqozn Longer hours playing video games

Wipqozn

@Sterno yup, RPS is rad.

@Sterno He does more than just that. He basically just started game reviews to make the company pay for his games.

@Sterno yes

@fredley nifty! thanks

Sterno

@Wipqozn Remember when Arqade bought us games? Good times!

@fredley is basically Arqade. He should buy us games.

Nzall

Didn't he only buy us Bad Rats?

Kevin van der Velden

No that's @Sterno

Derpy

@Sterno it still does. It just switched to buy you free steam games that you can freely download if you have a free steam account.

fredley

13:05

Man SE should totally be giving us more swag

Wipqozn

@Sterno Oh man those were good times. I got skyward sword for free

fredley

I remember receiving regular care packages

Sterno

I never got my top user swag

Wipqozn

I, for one, think SE should continue buying me free games (cc @GraceNote). You can ignore everyone else though.

fredley

They should take on more VC money to fund swag

Wipqozn

13:05

@Sterno You still buy people games, so you're basically Arqade ow.

@fredley Yup, cc @GraceNote

Sterno

Just use some of that phat Lifehacks money on Arqade

Nzall

I think the person who gets the most rep on Arqade every month should get a free game

Wipqozn

@fredley Not sure why SE hates us now :( cc @GraceNote

@Nzall Nah, I think the mods should get a free game every month

I'm basing this on the fact that I'm a mod now

Sterno

@Wipqozn Probably that day they had to spend $5k on TVs

Wipqozn

@Sterno and then @RavenDreamer won all of them, and then quit the site

Sterno

13:07

He hooked his free PS Vita up to his 10 free TVs and sits around in his free Diablo III t-shirt playing his free copy of Mass Effect 3

somehow

Nzall

@Wipqozn yeah, but only those whose name only contains letters that were present in the ancient Latin alphabet

@Sterno err, what? how does that work?

fredley

@Wipqozn Mods only get one free game, and the game is 'wearing a hat'

Sterno

@Nzall The same way hackers hack in NCIS.

Nzall

did Arqade ACTUALLY used to give out free stuff?

Sterno

@Nzall stackpromos.com/promos/4/mass-effect-3-missions

Wipqozn

13:09

@fredley I may have already lost my mod hat

Which is to say I'm not sure where it is at right this second

probably my car or my apartment

Sterno

24

Q: New Gaming Giveaway Round 1- Go get 'em

Welcome to the New Gaming Promotional Grant Round 1! All users with at least 300 reputation are eligible to receive one free game from Gaming.SE. This round's featured games are Final Fantasy XIII-2, Soul Calibur V, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and The Darkness II. The catch? Simple - ask 8 ...

Derpy

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, Jan 12 at 12:29, by Derpy

I am still thinking that SE should work with 4DE to be able to give out ponies plushes as swag options.

Sterno

Plus a bunch of other stuff

Wipqozn

@Sterno wow, 5 of those folks don't even seem to use the site aymore

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: How long does it take to get to the center of the Galaxy?

After finishing the Atlas path I am now trying to get to the Center of the Galaxy but it seems to take an awful long time to get there. According to the game it will still take 175869 light years to get there? At the pace I am playing this will take longer than a year I think to get there... Or a...

no-mans-sky

Sterno

13:11

The best was getting a free copy of Kingdoms of Amalur which I then used to win the Kingdoms of Amalur contest to get a free PS Vita

Which I then sold to fuel my cocaine habit.

Frank

@Sterno Has it really been four years since our giveaways?

two bugs

You sold a vita? You're a monster.

Sterno

@twobugs I mean, what else do you do with one?

@Frank It was pre-Skydrift!

Derpy

actually... forget the above message. If there is somepony who should be giving out 4de plushies swag prizes to his fellow Bridge users that is @PrivatePansy.

two bugs

@Sterno Play games. But I gather you hate games...

Frank

13:14

@twobugs Even though that's his primary expense.

two bugs

He buys the same game hundreds of times over to complain about it

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno Use it as a coaster?

two bugs

@KevinvanderVelden ONE OF THESE DAYS, DRAGON...

Derpy

@twobugs He owns ALL the FNAF games???

two bugs

I mean, probably

Wipqozn

13:19

@Sterno wow that is a long time ago. It feels like you've had akid forever now, even though she's only a few years old.

@Sterno That explains a lot

Nzall

You called your child Skydrift?

Kevin van der Velden

No, we called his kid skydrift

Private Pansy

@Derpy I'm sorry, my wife is not for sale

Nzall

oh my

pbs.twimg.com/media/CqjAUHPUIAAyhee.jpg (NSFW... kinda)

This just appeared on my twitter feed

Wipqozn

@Nzall Yeah

What else would you name your child? Melissa? That's crazy!

You know, I've got @Sterno on facebook, and thus have seen his daughters True Name, but all I can't remember it. It'll always be SkyDrift to me.

If I ever met his daughter in RL for some reason I'd call her skyDrift

two bugs

13:22

Wait I thought his daughter was named Lifehacks

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Recording gaming videos with AMD GPU videos have variable framerate

Im using Intel i7 6700 with AMD RX 480 8gb gpu. Game recordings with AMD VCE (shadowplay) aka plays.tv videos get reocorded lag free, no FPS loss. But when I edit them in a video editor videos behave differently, audio is out of sync. How do I record videos with fixed framerate, and lag free.

recording

Derpy

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, Aug 2 at 9:37, by Derpy

@Quill Start getting worried when someone will name his/her daughter Fluttershy.

Nzall

Why do you call his daughter Skydrift?

Wipqozn

@Nzall Because it's a fantastic game

@twobugs No, Lifehacks is the thing he truly loves

Tim Stone

Well, when a @GnomeSlice loves a game very much…

Wipqozn

13:23

Lifehacks is @Sterno's Waifu

8

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall Because we don't want to a 3 year old's real name on the internet?

two bugs

That's pretty thoughtful of you

arda

@KevinvanderVelden makes sense

Private Pansy

Lecturer: "f(n) is asymptotically positive. Does anyone know what asymptotically positive mean? No? Well I see you all have not read the textbook. That's okay - I have not either"

Kevin van der Velden

I mean, that's why I call her skydrift, and I assume that's why @Sterno didn't tell us her name here sooo

Wipqozn

13:28

In all seriousness though, @Nzall , it's a joke that started because of how much @GnomeSlice used to recommend folks play a game called SkyDrift.

You might think to yourself "That doesn't make any sense", and you'd be right!

Private Pansy

@Wipqozn Making sense? What would be the fun in making sense?

Wipqozn

@PrivatePansy I still need to watch Seasons, uh, whatever the newest one is

I waited so long it's now on Netflix

although it might just be the first half

Unihedron

@Dragonrage hiya

Private Pansy

Season six is currently running. Season five is the latest on Netflix I believe

MakaMido

Eyyyyy

Wipqozn

13:30

@PrivatePansy Nope, Canada got Season 6 already.

fredley

Y'all should watch Stranger Things, it's great

Kevin van der Velden

It's on the list

Private Pansy

@fredley I'm on episode three

It's pretty good so far

Wipqozn

@PrivatePansy S6E13 is the latest on Canadian netflix

Private Pansy

I don't have much time for Netflix though

Wipqozn

13:31

wiat what

I'm surprised you're so far behind

Wait a second

When did @PrivatePansy become a room owner?

Private Pansy

@Wipqozn Fat fingers, sorry

@Wipqozn Erm. A while back.

Wipqozn

.......................oh right..........................................................

I was the one that added you

2

now I remember

Private Pansy

...

fredley

@PrivatePansy I'm on 5, it's going great

MakaMido

.

Wipqozn

13:33

@PrivatePansy so which episdoe are you wait oh okay

NOW I UNDERSTAND

I still need to watch STranger Things

ONE DAY

Private Pansy

fredley

@PrivatePansy muzzle hoof

Nzall

@PrivatePansy Is this about My Little Pony?

Wipqozn

@Nzall Yes

fredley

@Nzall Oh you have one too?

Lazers 2.0

13:33

1

Q: Is there a surefire way to find a space anomaly?

I chose to be a free explorer at the beginning of my game but stumbled onto a space anomaly after warping to a star system that I'd previously discovered. I made the choice to return to the path of the Atlas, thinking that it would allow me to make Atlas Pass V1's, but immediately after making th...

no-mans-sky

Wipqozn

@PrivatePansy is a huge fan, although not as big as @GnomeSlice

fredley

@TimStone What's that sound?

MakaMido

Wipqozn

@fredley WHOSE THAT POKEMON

Nzall

@fredley I used to watch it. I've seen season 1 fully, and season 2 up to the Christmas episode where they tell the tale of how the Ponies united

fredley

13:35

@Wipqozn Jigglypuff... seen from above!

Nzall

I really should start watching it again

Private Pansy

@Wipqozn Here's a selfie I just took

Wipqozn

@PrivatePansy lololololololol

cc @GnomeSlice @fredley @GodEmperorDune

(sorry @GnomeSlice, but that'll learn you for having a name that strts with G)

Kevin van der Velden

@PrivatePansy are you standing in front of @Arperum? :o

fredley

@PrivatePansy 10/10 Fanman

Sterno

13:36

I think I said this already but if you like science fiction shows, The Expanse on SyFy is really good. I know, I'm shocked too.

MakaMido

I am a fan of your pic

fredley

@Sterno I started watching that, I didn't really get into it. Found it all a bit too cliché.

MakaMido

Taram tish

Sterno

@fredley We already knew you were a horrible person.

fredley

@Sterno I think I just found the main character a bit annoying. Not sure why.

Interesting story though, and good setting/universe.

MakaMido

13:38

j

two bugs

@fredley That's how I feel about Farscape

Nzall

Okay, I changed my avatar. Should be showing in a few minutes

two bugs

Good show, but the main character needs a slap in the face

fredley

@twobugs Not seen.

Kevin van der Velden

Wat

Farscape is hilariously weird, you should watch it

fredley

13:40

I enjoyed BSG, until it got ridiculous

Such a shame

two bugs

It's worth it if only for the designs

Private Pansy

@Wipqozn Anyway if you have episode 13 then you're only one week behind airing

Sterno

Yeah, the first season or two of BSG was good

Before it became clear they had no fucking idea what they were doing.

two bugs

Jim Hensen company did the aliens

fredley

> I didn't enjoy it
You should watch it

Sterno

13:40

"... and they have a plan". Yeah, too bad the writers didn't

two bugs

Lots of great practical effects

Wipqozn

@PrivatePansy Oh my. NEtflix is caught up. I still haven't watched any of it though. ONE DAY.

fredley

@Sterno Yeah. It's like they never intended for it to be continued, and had to create a lot of plot in a hurry

two bugs

BSG started losing me in S2

fredley

@twobugs sold

Derpy

13:41

@Nzall 12 if my memory serves me right.

Sterno

I also kind of hated the actress who played Starbuck

fredley

@twobugs I saw it through to the end, but almost wish I hadn't

Someone needs to make BSG: Brotherhood

Private Pansy

Also S6E13 is pretty awesome. Patton Oswalt has a role in it.

Nzall

Will my avatar in the corner update if my gravatar has arrived?

Sterno

If you want some Patton Oswalt just go watch Justified instead.

fredley

13:42

i.e., same start, universe, but a better story down the line.

Nzall

or do I have to do a force-refresh for that?

two bugs

I stopped after Starbuck had that romance episode with Thrashball ir whatever dude

Wipqozn

@Sterno Is that really justified though?

LOLOL OH WHAAAT OH BUUURRRRN CC @GodEmperorDune

Sterno

8 mins ago, by MakaMido

Nzall

I got all 4 seasons of BSG on DVD or BD

Wipqozn

13:42

@Sterno I can tell you're impressed

Nzall

Nice, my new avatar showed up

just have to wait for you guys soyou can see it

fredley

@Nzall Not for me. I'm using Netscape Navigator, and it looks like your image link might be broken!

two bugs

@Nzall I prefer your Horde Pride one but this is good too

Nzall

@fredley really? you don't get the joke?

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall ...

fredley

13:43

...

Nzall

or am I not allowed to use an image of the broken image icon as my avatar?

Private Pansy

@Nzall Your avatar looks broken on Mosaic 1.0 too

Derpy

@Nzall can't beat @NBN-Alex one. The tail.... it moves!

fredley

@Nzall USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST

2

Nzall

@fredley really? i can get banned for that?

Better change it then

two bugs

13:44

Yes, you are now banned

fredley

Feb 2 '14 at 20:29, by fredley

Nzall

nah, I can still use chat

come on, cant you guys take a joke?

Wipqozn

@Nzall That's because caching hasn't caught up yet

Private Pansy

@twobugs Super banned.

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall BANNED FOR EVER

fredley

13:45

BANNED AID 2016

Wipqozn

Although tbh I think a 24 hour ban was a little extreme @fredley

Derpy

@PrivatePansy Can you even do that? Can you be banned twice??

Nzall

No, seriously. Is it really bannable to use the icon for a broken image as your avatar?

Lazers 2.0

-1

Q: How to calculate the prestige level at which point your Pokémon will be kicked-out of a gym?

It is critical to know at what prestige level your Pokémon will be kicked-out of a gym so that you could launch a counter-offensive to increase prestige. How do you calculate this number? For example, I was in a level 9, (43202 / 50000) prestige gym and 3rd from the bottom. At what prestige leve...

pokemon-go

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall I'd ask if you hear a loud wooshing noise but you don't hear wooshing noises from things in space

Private Pansy

13:45

@Derpy What if you keep getting banned! What if you never stop!?

Chippies

@Nzall I guess it depends on how many people get offended by it

two bugs

@fredley was making a joke along the same lines and he was joking that you missed hisjoke

Sterno

Jokeception

Nzall

People get offended by broken images?

Chippies

What don't people get offended by?

5

Nzall

13:46

or is it because it could be viewed as trolling?

Chippies

(I wasn't being completely serious)

Private Pansy

@Chippies Here we get offended by inane questions

Sterno

Someone is going to flag it 7 hours from now

Private Pansy

Like, super offended

Which is like normal offended, but with a cape

Nzall

Okay, I've changed it back

Yuuki

13:47

Hmm... Humble Bundle is doing a survival bundle and I haven't played one of those in awhile.

Derpy

@PrivatePansy she will obviously send you back to the magic-kindergarten, also known as LifeHacksSE

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo‌ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo‌oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

Nzall

I don't mind having a clever avatar, but if it might risk me my account, I'm waiting for feedback from Meta

fredley

@Nzall Trolling is a very serious offence. Read the chat rules please before posting.

12

Private Pansy

I think this thread has broken my sarcasm detector by 120%

Chippies

13:48

I am offended by your large amounts of whooooooooooooooooosh

Kevin van der Velden

1 min ago, by Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo‌ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo‌oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

Yuuki

> "Trolling is a very serious offence." - @fredley, August 8 2016"

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki is that his tombstone?

two bugs

JOKES... ALL WOOSHED

2

Yuuki

@KevinvanderVelden Well, if anyone ever asked me, that's what I would put there.

Nzall

13:50

Guys, I got autism, Sarcasm is hard enough to tell apart from normal text as it is, let alone on the internet where there's no nonverbal cues

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall the repeatedly saying woosh was the first hint =p

Or... probably not the first one but eh

Nzall

Tell me: is an avatar that deliberately appears as a broken image allowed?

Kevin van der Velden

Yes

two bugs

Yes

Nzall

Thought as much.

Changing it back to the broken image

Chippies

13:52

@Nzall what might seem like a broken image, might seem like a regular avatar to someone who hasn't seen that broken image icon before

it's all a matter of perspective

KutuluMike

nzall's avatar isn't loading for me. brb, rebooting.

2

fredley

Also that is not what broken images look like on most (all?) modern browsers

Derpy

I think that you could be banned for changing your avatar to many times in a short timespan?

fredley

@KutuluMike If that doesn't work, reinstall Windows.

Chippies

@fredley I don't think I've seen that icon since XP times

Private Pansy

13:53

@fredley And then delete system32

Kevin van der Velden

@Derpy no

Chippies

@Derpy isn't there a timer on how often you can change it?

fredley

"There are only two ways to fix problems in Windows, rebooting Windows and reinstalling Windows"

Kevin van der Velden

@Chippies also no, assuming you use gravatar

Chippies

I thought it was 30 days, but I'm not sure what the specifics were, as I've seen people do it a lot more often

Private Pansy

13:53

It is cached though

KutuluMike

there's a timer on how often you can change your name.

not your icon

Private Pansy

@Chippies No, that's display name

Kevin van der Velden

Yeah, that

Chippies

@KutuluMike oh, that's what I was thinking, lol

KutuluMike

though, if you're smart about it you can change it more often by switching your parent chat site around.

Yuuki

13:54

@Dragonrage So I might've missed the last few patches, but apparently Riot got rid of laneswaps somehow right before a big tournament. How did they do that?

Derpy

KutuluMike: ruining your trolling attempts since 2012-11-05

Yuuki

Yuuki: really bad with names since forever

KutuluMike

@Derpy seems like it should be longer

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki I mean, to be fair. There's not much difference between dragons and god emperors

Nzall

Okay, changed back to broken image

KutuluMike

13:56

> Member for 4 years, 11 months

Nzall

Meta says it's fine

As long as it's not offensive

and I personally think it's somewhat clever

KutuluMike

of course you think it's clever.

Private Pansy

@KutuluMike your mom thinks it's clever

Wipqozn

@Nzall Did you actuallly make a meta post?

KutuluMike

she probably does, she's easily amused

Wipqozn

13:58

@PrivatePansy Oh snap

@KutuluMike wow rude. That's your mother! YOUR MOTHER

call your mother right now and tell her you love her

KutuluMike

she likes Josh Groban. I dunno what else to say.

Nzall

@Wipqozn no, I asked in chat

Wipqozn

@KutuluMike I'm not even sure who that is

Kevin van der Velden

@Nzall Chat isn't meta though =p

Nzall

but if someone complains, I'm making a meta post to clear the air

Kevin van der Velden

13:59

(There's still no reason to change it)

Private Pansy

@KevinvanderVelden MSE chat

Nzall

@KevinvanderVelden I asked in Tavern on the Meta chat

Chippies

@Nzall it's only clever until you find the other million people with "broken" avatars

Nzall

that's where the usuals from Meta hang around

Chippies

luckily, you won't find that many on SE

Kevin van der Velden

13:59

@PrivatePansy HMM

@Nzall I'LL ALLOW IT

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