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Lazers 2.0

21:00

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I'm looking for a large place where I can plant berries and from time to time return there and collect whatever is available. Is there a location where I can do that in a large scale? Something around 10 squares or more.

pokemon-uranium

Ellesedil

I'm going to have to give Pokemon Uranium a shot at some point.

I'm curious as to how they are even operating without receiving cease and desist letters every day.

murgatroid99

They're not officially distributing the game

The game itself is only available through unofficial download links and torrents

Ellesedil

We’ve removed all official download links for the game.

hmm

murgatroid99

/r/pokemonuranium has some good links

Particularly in the pinned FAQ post

Frank

Not to mention, their update server is still running.

They can't distribute it, but they can update it.

murgatroid99

21:10

Plus, run the GTS and distribute Mystery Gifts

Ellesedil

@murgatroid99 I don't see anything referring to a GTS on the useful tips page. What is it?

murgatroid99

@Ellesedil The Global Trade System, like they had in the last few official games

NPCs in the upper floor of every pokemon center will explain it

Ellesedil

Cool. I haven't played since Silver.

murgatroid99

As I remember from the official games, you put a pokemon in, and say what species you're willing to trade for, and you can specify stuff like level range

Yuuki

I'm personally not a fan of some of the original Pokemon artwork that they did. IIRC, I liked the art in Zeta/Omicron.

So I'll have to check in on that.

murgatroid99

21:19

I had a Rock/Steel pokemon, and it evolved into a pure Steel type right before the Fire gym, when it was really difficult to change my party

Lazers 2.0

-2

Q: Iron Snout Achievement Light Up the Level

How do you obtain the Light Up the Level Achievement in Iron Snout? (Steam- PC) Its described as doing 'Activate both lamps during a fight' but I cant get any of the lamps to light up.

steam pc iron-snout

Wipqozn

What

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn who are you talking to?

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Myself

GodEmperorDune

let the NPC do lunges if she wants to

Wipqozn

21:26

No one was watching so I was lonely

GodEmperorDune

maybe you could talk to her about her lunge technique

Ronan

Poor @Wipqozn.

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune :(

GodEmperorDune

see what event she is training for with those at work lunges

Wipqozn

tbh streaming so I can then rewatch and share clips of gameplayis the best part of streaming

If it wasn't for twitch, who could have experienced the lunging NPC?

Surely your lives would have been incomplete withoutr that

GodEmperorDune

21:28

your plea for viewership is inadequate

cc @badp

perhaps there is room on Mr @badp's wild ride

Wipqozn

@TimStone All of these missions in the place after the swiss alps is really annoying due to all the police.

GnomeSlice

Maxx Baer - Breathe

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GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice that lyrics comment is great

GnomeSlice

Haha

Anybody down for Paragon?

two bugs

Damnit even after going home time CPU fan STILL NOT HERE

As of this morning it's in my town but "estimated delivery" is tomorrow :(

GnomeSlice

21:40

also hydramane.bandcamp.com/album/devilish-trio

cc @Chippies

two bugs

Facebook is telling me there's new Planet Nine news but it's the same Proxima Beta news as before :|

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs my wife ordered something. It went from a warehouse 50 miles from our place (in southern california) to a distribution center in Tennessee, then all the way back to us.

two bugs

That's like @Ash's candy that went through Chile

John

Plot twist: @GodEmperorDune lives next to the distribution center in Tennessee.

GodEmperorDune

yeah nothing can top @ash's candy in terms of taking the long way

@John nah i live outside los angeles

John

21:43

@GodEmperorDune Oh that's a long way then

GodEmperorDune

@John and there are distribution centers for all the major retailers near los angeles

GnomeSlice

DEVILISH TRIO - BURNT UP

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John

Really makes me wonder what the reasoning is behind stuff going the long way so often

Seems like something has to be causing it

GodEmperorDune

the only thing i can think of is if the warehouse sent like a pallet full of stuff to the distribution center, then they took our single thing off and sent it back to us

GnomeSlice

EXTREME BARBIE JEEP RACING 2012

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user15026

21:45

@GodEmperorDune It wanted an adventure

GnomeSlice

People are the best

GodEmperorDune

@Ash and at the end of the day, it learned the adventure was inside of it the whole time

GnomeSlice

VIOLENT BARBIE JEEP RACING!!

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Why are there so many people at this event

wtf

look at that crowd

user15026

I haven't seen the video but the title alone would make me show up :P

GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice that looks so fun

GnomeSlice

21:48

That's hilarious

GodEmperorDune

that one where he rolls and just keeps rolling to the end

Ellesedil

I think someone just asked a question simply because our site name is Arqade.

@Lazers2.0, where are you?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Why are prizes on Arcades so bad-quality?

I mean, sometimes you need like 1000 tickets for a piece of bad-quality knockoff

arcade

Ellesedil

There we are.

djsmiley2k

lol wut D:

flagged closed blah blah

Ellesedil

21:54

Like I said... he had a question about arcades and thought "oh, look, I'll ask it on this site called arqade!"

GnomeSlice

$5000 DRUNK REDNECK BARBIE JEEP RACING!!

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These are hilarious

GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice 5 grand? nice

GnomeSlice

lmao the guy who tied the car to his pants and just gets up and starts running and drags it

this mostly seems like a 'run through the mud while carrying a broken barbie jeep' race

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What causes mineral classification downgrade?

One of my colonized planets has just had its mineral classification downgraded from "ultra-rich" to "rich": What causes this? Can I fix it? Is there a way of preventing this from happening in the future?

master-of-orion-2016

0

Q: Is it possible to unlock new guns without using Multiplayer?

From my experience, the only way to unlock new guns in Star Wars Battlefront is to get them in Multiplayer. Is there a way to get new guns in Solo mode?

star-wars-battlefront

GnomeSlice

djsmiley2k

22:07

hmmmm

well my wifes friend used to feed her cat ice cream and stuff

from her bowl

GodEmperorDune

my dog eats ice cream

GnomeSlice

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice To be fair, the other guy doesn't need ice cream either. Dude.

GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice i don't get it

user15026

I dunno, shame on them for wanting to be someone who takes cats for walks in stroller type thigns?

user15026

22:22

that's my guess

GnomeSlice

pretty sure it's not about shaming anybody

It's just a really funny picture

user15026

I see people walking pets like this all the time (there is a lady I see on the number 7 buses a lot with two small dogs in a bigger version of that stroller thing

user15026

So I guess I don't see it as funny because it's something I see often enough it seems almost normal :P

KutuluMike

badp

team pls

user15026

22:29

I'm missing the reference for Instinct

KutuluMike

What Thor Was Doing During Captain America: Civil War (Comic-Con 2016) Thor Ragnarok HD

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Frank

@KutuluMike I kinda like the aesthetics of Iron Man.

KutuluMike

@Frank I like that Iron Man is wearing red, Cap is wearing blue, and Thor is wearing yellow. it's like they planned it

Ellesedil

@KutuluMike Banner hung out with Thor too. Does that mean he's also on team Instinct?

KutuluMike

no... Thor says he's starting his own team, just he and the IT guy

Private Pansy

22:36

> Is his name really "Fury", and is it pronounced "Furry"

Thanks Thor asking the question everyone wants to ask, but are too embarrassed to

user15026

@twobugs @arda and anyone else I recommend phone games to - Cascade is my newest fave - it's match-3 ish with a slots mechanic. It's pretty great. (If you've played any Slingo games, its by the same people)

user15026

Also, if you liked slicing grass in Zelda to find stuff, have I got the game for you.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Are pinballs technically videogames?

I know they have a screen but why are they called videogames?

pinball

two bugs

22:53

@Ash Sounds neat!

user15026

@twobugs I like it, its a nice twist on the genre.

Dragonrage

tomorrow is my last day at my current job

two bugs

Nobody asked for it but you're getting it anyway! WORLD OF WARCRAFT EX-STREAM-A-GANZA!!!! twitch.tv/twobugs

Sterno

@Wipqozn That's so old someone already streamed it for you

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can't launch my Tree Of Savior

I'm trying to launch my Tree Of Savior on Steam, but it just stay on the logo

tree-of-savior

two bugs

23:10

cc @badp @GodEmperorDune

user15026

@twobugs Aww, I wont be home for like 2 hours

Ellesedil

Are pinball games really off-topic? We have a question about pinballs that has 22 upvotes.

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Q: Why do pinball machines/games have a nudge/shake/bump feature?

I've been playing a lot of iPhone pinball games recently, and I've noticed that almost all pinball games have some sort of a "bump", or a "shake", or a "nudge" feature within them. I've also seen the same thing in the Windows XP game Pinball, and shaking the table often results in the game first...

pinball

Although I guess that's talking about pinball video games.

Frank

@Ellesedil They're replicating physical actions in a video game.

That...we can take.

user15026

I feel like it's asking "do pinball machines count as video games"

Frank

Questions about the actual mechanical games, though, are definitely not in our skillset.

user15026

23:14

which...to me, feels like it could be on-topic

user15026

They're not asking anything about how pinball games work or anything liek that

Frank

@Ash At best, it's a meta question, about whether or not we support them.

user15026

That, yeah, not our jam. But "are pinball games considered video games" kinda works.

Frank

As a main site question, it's POB.

user15026

@Frank eh, not really?

user15026

23:15

@Frank Kinda, I guess, but I don't think that's a super strong case of POB

user15026

I'd consider it answerable, honestly

Ellesedil

Yeah, my first thought was that it should be asked on meta to see if pinball machines are video games and/or on topic in general.

Frank

I feel like allowing some questions about aspects of physical pinball machines means we're opening the door to any pinball game type question.

user15026

This just seems like a general interest question on whether or not they fall under teh same umbrella. I can see a meta question in it kinda if I squint, but I don't think they're wanting to know about them in the sense of our topicality towards them

user15026

@Frank It's not asking about any aspect of them beyond "are they video games"

user15026

23:17

We can kinda squash any further by going "they're not, see this question"

Ellesedil

@Ash "I don't think they're wanting to know about them in the sense of our topicality towards them" That's true, that's not the asker's intent.

Frank

@Ash Which isn't actually a video game question.

Hence why, at best, I'd make it a meta question.

user15026

@Frank I don't agree.

Frank

Is air hockey a video game? It's got electronics in it!

user15026

....*sigh*

Frank

23:18

They're surrounded by other video games, too!

user15026

@Frank Now you're just being obtuse for the sake of argument, it feels like

Frank

Why do we support pinball games? Why should we support pinball games?

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn Yeah, there are some shortcuts through the buildings you can take for some of it but in general it's just highly annoying

Ellesedil

Well, I guess the real question is: Are questions asking if something is a video game off-topic or not?

Frank

No, I'm making my point.

Fluttershy

23:19

@Frank I believe we already had a meta question about this, didn't we?

Frank

@Fluttershy Did we?

If so, I can shut up.

Fluttershy

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Q: Are questions about pinball machines on topic?

I've been meaning to ask a question concerning actual real-life pinball machines, but also emulated in some digitized versions such as FarSight's Pinball Arcade. More specifically, the purpose of the loud bang when a replay is awarded. Would this question be on topic in Gaming SE?

discussion allowed-questions

A question that solved... nothing.

Ellesedil

Frank can tip the balance right now.

Fluttershy

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Q: Should electronic games be included the site's purview?

Generalizing the pinball discussion, should the domain of the side include all electronic games? I'm not sure how far this would extend beyond pinball and other arcade games.

discussion allowed-questions

Ellesedil

And there it is.

KutuluMike

23:21

@Frank so, ignoring that the question is about pinball games... do you consider "is _______ a video game?" an on-topic question?

Ellesedil

@KutuluMike That's what I was trying to ask :p

user15026

@Frank I am not saying we should, though!

Frank

@KutuluMike Nope. It's a discussion question.

user15026

So please stop clinging to that.

Private Pansy

@KutuluMike It's not a very good question no matter if it's allowed or not

KutuluMike

23:21

I have no opinion either way, but it sounds like that would be off topic regardless of what the subject.

it sounds like "Is Deus Ex a video game?" is off-topic even though the answer is clearly yes.

Private Pansy

And as can be seen from the meta question, for things on the edge like pinball it's almost certainly primarily opinion based

Frank

@Fluttershy I'm not sure what example he's referring to, here.

What is an electronic game?

KutuluMike

FWIW we generally don't allow "is _____ sci-fi or fantasy?" questions on SF/F unless they are on meta asking about scope.

user15026

I think "help my pinball machine threw up and now there are balls all over my floor" is one thing (and totally I would be like "off topic" wooo) but "is this considered to be a video game or not" is a different animal

KutuluMike

so I would agree that "is ________ a video game?" is not in scope either.

GodEmperorDune

23:23

@twobugs rekt

Frank

@Ash A different animal, sure. One that I'd close in a heartbeat, because it invites discussion and polling.

Ellesedil

@Frank That's a good point, which likely means it's a better fit on Meta.

user15026

@Frank And that's fine.

KutuluMike

if there were a single agreed-on definition of "video game" (is there?) you could ask and answer that question and close everything else as a duplicate.

Frank

6 mins ago, by Frank

Hence why, at best, I'd make it a meta question.

Ellesedil

23:24

Which then ties directly into "Is this in scope?"

user15026

@KutuluMike This is kinda where I am leaning - this could be a subset of "what the heck is a video game anyhow" sort of thing

Ellesedil

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A: Are pinballs technically videogames?

No. the definition is as follows: "A game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or other display." if it's virtual pinball on a computer or something then yes that would be classified as a "videogame". Source: Oxford

Fluttershy

> Generalizing the pinball discussion,

Frank

@KutuluMike Hah. I kind doubt this'd ever be possible.

@Fluttershy So...more physical action games with electronics?

Fluttershy

Potentially? I'm honestly not sure, either.

KutuluMike

23:25

if there is no single agreed-on definition of video game, than asking if _____ is one is subjective and off-topic anyway :)

Frank

Skee-ball or something?

I mean, we take DDR questions, right?

user15026

@Frank Air hockey, skeeball etc just use a screen for scorekeeping

user15026

That's less "video game screen" and more "electronic counter"

KutuluMike

IMO, DDR is a video game with a fancy controller.

pinball is a mechanical game with a video scoreboard

user15026

@KutuluMike haha that was going to be my next point, thanks for maknig it :)

KutuluMike

23:27

but that's not very precise.

Frank

@Ash I know; I was trying to figure out what he's meaning by electronic games.

Ellesedil

Some pinball games have mini-games that are screen-based.

Frank

It's rough without an example.

KutuluMike

just tell that guy to come to chat and we'll answer his question.

then close it

Ellesedil

@KutuluMike He has 1 rep network-wide. He can't come here.

KutuluMike

23:28

he can watch...

GodEmperorDune

@Ellesedil mods can do things about that, iirc

user15026

I don't think we're answering it at all yet :P

Private Pansy

Neat, I learnt a word today.

user15026

@PrivatePansy What word?

Private Pansy

fillip
noun
something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.
"the halving of car tax would provide a fillip to sales"

two bugs

23:31

@Ash I'll be streaming all week!

Private Pansy

Is it more commonly used in Britain? I saw it in a BBC article

user15026

@twobugs I am at work all week til 8 though which means getting home around 9

GodEmperorDune

@Ash stream at work on your mega fast ISP tubes

user15026

@GodEmperorDune yeah, that wouldn't go over well

GodEmperorDune

:(

you people are too responsible

user15026

23:34

If Twitch worked better on my phone I'd watch on my commute but my phone and Twitch do not get along

Lazers 2.0

23:56

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Q: I need to know more about Invasion frequency

How often do invasions like the one that just concluded in WOW happen and how do we know in advance?

world-of-warcraft

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