The Bridge

I want to know who signed off on the idea to turn the board game Battleship into a movie....

@Tristan Probably George lucas

@Wipqozn Or Michael Bay... They both have a habit of making bad movies.

user2334

@Tristan Likely the same guy who made the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots movie

12:05 AM

@MarkTrapp Did you see that movie?

Did Gnomeslice withdraw?

user2334

@Tristan No: Hugh Jackman is dead to me

@RavenDreamer Yes

@badp His choice?

@MarkTrapp See, I saw it one night out of boredom, and... It was actually a better movie than I expected it to be. Also, why is Hugh Jackman dead to you?

12:06 AM

@RavenDreamer Aye

24 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

I've withdrawn from the elections.

user2334

@Tristan Because of this, this, this, this, and this

user2334

Also this:

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@MarkTrapp Swordfish? Really? That was a good movie. The others though... yeah.

Oh, Jeez.

I just read what's going on with Powerlord.

12:10 AM

@RavenDreamer nods

John

thepugs is now playing: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

scratches head

@RavenDreamer Oh good, I'm not the only one that was late to the party on that one.

user2334

@Tristan Swordfish is in the "it's so bad it's gone past good and is just bad again": several notches past more enjoyable campy riffs on the same subject, like Hackers

@MarkTrapp Are you saying you didn't like Hackers either? >.>

@MarkTrapp Hackers is still my favorite movie

12:12 AM

@Mana Great movie, that...

Tim Stone

@John That's legit

@Tristan He was saying he likes it, too.

user2334

@Tristan No, I love Hackers, because it didn't take itself too seriously. If Swordfish was more self-aware, I might've enjoyed it more

John

@TimStone Oh wow. Huh.

@RonanForman: That was excellent. thanks for sharing.

12:14 AM

basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2012/2/2/…

Ian Pugsley

@John problem? :P

John

@IanPugsley No, it was just amusing.

@IanPugsley Unlock any achievements yet?

Ian Pugsley

@Wipqozn unfortunately there aren't any through Steam, only through a VS2010 plugin

user2334

> Amazing Anti-patterns (10 points): successfully overused singletons without anyone noticing for 5 or more builds

12:26 AM

Do people here read VG Cats?

user15026

@agent86 - I actually have Snuggle Truck on my phone. It is pretty fun, for a game that was originally about smuggling people, until Apple rejected it and they replaced the people with stuffed animals.

user15026

@murgatroid99 sometimes.

I just noticed today that one of their recent comics had a subtle reference to My Little Pony

Ian Pugsley

@MarkTrapp I am terrified of the day that my workplace moves to VS2010; I'm fairly sure I'd get 90% of the negative achievements in the first week

user15026

@murgatroid99 I -just- saw that ep last night. :D It delights me that I get that.

user2334

12:29 AM

@IanPugsley haha

@IanPugsley I think last time we talked about this I brought up Office Hero, which was pretty epic as well :)

@AshleyNunn That is probably my favorite song in the series. Also, the song it is based on is pretty cool

There's a "Fashion is Magic" advertisment on the VGCats site.

>:|

@murgatroid99 wat

Hm.

What do I do for dinner?

12:31 AM

@badp I am not sure what you are asking me

@murgatroid99 wat

@RavenDreamer Midnight pasta. Oil, garlic and chili. Add parsley, abundant quantities of parmigiano and don't forget bread if you overdo the spicy. Choose Linguini for pasta and consider cooking it a little short.

user15026

@murgatroid99 That song is neat. :D

@RavenDreamer put on a sports jersey, wander around until you hear a party, show up and eat their food, go "wooo" when everyone else does. profit.

@RavenDreamer I did not even see that before because of Adblock Plus

@AshleyNunn And it has John Barrowman

user15026

@murgatroid99 Which makes it even more awesome

12:35 AM

I'm now hungry. Damn you.

@AshleyNunn exactly

user15026

These glasses are awesome.

@AshleyNunn nice

user15026

@murgatroid99 They look relatively easy to make, too. :D

12:39 AM

@AshleyNunn THESE ARE AWESOME

OH YES! NEW STARS <3

I also have chocolate milk. Man, my life is awesome.

@Wipqozn you're just going to waste them on posts that probably don't deserve it but which flagrantly bait you by saying you're awesome, @Wipqozn!

@agent86 I'm so going to sta- heeeyyy, I see what you're trying to do here!

Can't pull one over on Wipqozn.

@Wipqozn awwwww, I thought that was a shoo-in for sure :/

you have to get up mighty early in the morning sir.

about how early? makes note to set alarm

12:43 AM

@agent86 You really should speak to @badp on how to successfully feed my ego.

@Wipqozn your avatar is bad and you should feel bad. Also you're suspended for five years.

@badp Well that backfired.

@Wipqozn your ego is plenty big without any of our involvement.

@agent86 yeah, I'm pretty awesome.

@Wipqozn Awesomely so, if that's any consolation.

12:44 AM

@badp It is.

Do you know when they plan to announce the time for the town hall chat @badp?

@Wipqozn We'll all get notified by Rebecca shortly before

@Wipqozn you can aspire to be as awesome as I am. aspire. I am so awesome that the word awesome just isn't enough awesome. I'm that awesome. awesome.

for values of shortly approaching one to two days before

I went with a pizza.

A pizza will do.

Agent's so awesome he's got his very own version of Google he uses to answer all the questions. :P

12:47 AM

I have no car, and no groceries, so my options were limited.

@badp I lol'd

Indeed, Agent is Google.

Not his fault.

@badp I'm so awesome google uses me to handle its queries.

I'm actually a "mapreduce" cluster.

@RavenDreamer Funny thing is that "midnight pasta" is actually supposed to be the backup choice when your groceries are limited

He told me to order a pizza.

12:48 AM

You do have a bowtie tho, so it's cool.

How can "Midnight Pasta" compete with that? :/

@agent86, when you have search engine create solely for your answers, you can start talking about how awesome you are :P

@Wipqozn you do know he can whip one up in the matter of a few minutes likely

@Wipqozn bah.

@badp I think that would just feed the negativity around me :P

@badp He could, which would be awesome.

@agent86 IS there a lot of that?

I know about powerlord, but I'm unaware of anyone outside of him.

12:51 AM

@Wipqozn Well that settles it. @agent86 You've lost my vote.

@RavenDreamer Also, this is adorable.

user15026

@RavenDreamer There is no arguing with that face.

nevermind, the API doesn't actually offer search features

I should make a point to wear one of my bodices tomorrow.

@Wipqozn it's had its effects, let me put it that way. I can tell I'm under increased scrutiny.

12:52 AM

@Wipqozn I think my mind is suffering from hunger-stupidity. I definitely replaced "bowties" with "bodices".

@RavenDreamer Well, bodices is what I said...

@RavenDreamer that's 3 votes I've lost so far. I'm at -3! tristan for calling him awesome, grace for not having played Sinistar, and now you for not being awesome enough!

although this gets close.

@Wipqozn ಠ_ರೃ

@agent86 Don't worry, you can't lose my vote, you never had it to begin with! tabumdssssh

(At least I'm consistent.)

12:54 AM

Your name is not blue nor italic.

@badp I lol'd

Ergo, NO SOUP FOR YOU

Stack Exchange

badp has added agent86 to the list of this room's owners.

@badp indeed. I don't think I can count your vote as a negative if I never had it. there's that, at least!

@StackExchange I remember when I used to be a room owner... then I took a @badp to the knee.

12:55 AM

woo for staying at -3! fredy said he'd vote for me if I denounced SOPA, but then I said I liked soap afterwards and I lost it, so I don't count that either.

Stack Exchange

Raven Dreamer has removed agent86 from the list of this room's owners.

Nice tug'o'war going on here

sighs and passes Agent his own soup

well, that was a lot of refreshing in a short period for not much gain :D

@badp mmm, soup.

What? You didn't abuse your power within the 10 seconds you had it?

You have no ambition, clearly not moderator material.

12:56 AM

:(

@RavenDreamer I'm surprised by how few people actually do that!

@RavenDreamer That's true! There goes my vote.

It's like people don't want power?

@Wipqozn argggghhhh, -4!

That's nonsense

12:57 AM

unless I never had it to begin with. PLEASE TELL ME YOU WEREN'T EVER GOING TO VOTE FOR ME?!?

@agent86 you were going to be my first choice.

@RavenDreamer I just wasted my 10 seconds planning something evil. That's what tripped me up

You should change your name to Elm, and your gravatar to a tree.

should've gone with 5 seconds of planning and 5 of execution

@agent86 Should've just posted boobs and pinned them. Throw in a mention tp Gnomeslice.

12:58 AM

@RavenDreamer woo for the "florida ballot" solution

@agent86 Just like a real mod!

Then we'd star them for the sweet, sweet irony.

@Wipqozn goddammitsomuch -4.

@agent86 zeusdammitsomuch*

@badp bonus points for editing one of his old posts to the boobs?

12:59 AM

Then ban you because after all what kind of mod hasn't been banned before getting his diamond?

Hitler, that's what kind of mod.

You mean... me?

@badp omg, I'm hitler unless I've been banned?

proudly boasts his previous chat suspensions

Has Mana ever been suspended?

Or Grace?

Grace is more of a "Stalin" guy. Specifically, Space Stalin.

Grace's a league of his own.

1:00 AM

yesterday, by Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer I'm trying to imagine the level of off her medication she'd have to be in order to get suspended, and what she'd have to do in order to get there

Ronan Forman

@Raven This

@RonanForman You posted that earlier. In case you forgot.

It was very enjoyable.

@RonanForman That's not space stalin!

Ronan Forman

I know, raven asked me what it was.

1:01 AM

@badp I was going to star that... but I think I've already used up enough of my stars for today.

@Wipqozn You're already out of stars?

@badp No.

I'm impressed

Okay, I'm not impressed then. Underwhelmed, actually.

Just saying I think I've used up enough for now.

It's only been an hour, and I think I've starred 5 or 6 things.

OH, only four things!

NEver mind then

stars @badps post

what's the star limit per day?

1:03 AM

@agent86 30

I hit it fairly often.

@Wipqozn I'm surprised there's not an alarm that goes off for abusing stars :P

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@agent86 Had to star that.

For obvious reasons.

@Wipqozn clearly

OH COME ON Movie Maker.

The problem is that there are just so many star-worthy things posted in the bridge

1:05 AM

can't you just go back in time and un-star things? or does it not let you do that after a while?

okay, and seriously, Madonna? wtf.

We're clearly the most awesome chat on The Stack Exchange Network.

"Your movie can't be saved. Find any missing files or remove the unusable items from your project and then try again."

WHAT missing files?

Speak up!

There's no way you don't know WHAT it is you're missing

@badp Windows Movie Maker?

yes

@badp PC LOAD LETTER

1:09 AM

tries again after removing a side bit from the middle

@agent86 I'm more just amazed and confused by wtf Cee-lo is doing there with her

like, he's not contributing anything to this performance other than being madonnas fat black friend.

I must say, finishing the performance with a Ron Artest shoutout was a little wierd also.

Dammit, I was actually using my television for watching tv so I could see the halftime show, but near the end of the first half, my cable cut out with a "service is currently scrambled" error >_<

@LessPop_MoreFizz yeah, I saw that part, and my wife was like "is that cee-lo green?" and I was like, yeah. no idea why.

and now he just busted through the wall of betty white's hotel room, wtf...

@FallenAngelEyes If it helps the super bowl is silly anyways.

@FallenAngelEyes It was a bad halftime show anyway.

1:15 AM

@Wipqozn 'tis, but I'm mostly annoyed at the fact that I have no idea why my cable's doing this

MIA and Minaj couldn't even save it.

@LessPop_MoreFizz worse than the BEP?

@FallenAngelEyes No, just banal and forgettable.

@FallenAngelEyes You should just watch the best halftime show in halftime show history instead:

(Please don't ever host soccer world cups)

(I'm aware you've already done so. I'm kidding.)

hmm, I'm second guessing myself here

there's a new question about why the koreans were chosen for AOE2's expansion, and Ensemble Studios has actually said why they picked them, but I'm concerned that it's still kind of a bad question.

1:27 AM

@agent86 Raven's closed it, but if you do have an answer do consider putting a link in the comments

oh you also answered. good

I did end up pushing the button. Not so sure that I shouldn't just delete it and make a link in the comments.

@agent86 I wouldn't worry too much about it

@badp sorry. forgive my paranoia :)

Q: Why did the developers choose Koreans?

@RavenDreamer Not sure I agree with the latest close

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Age of Empires II: The Conquerors expansion introduced, among other peoples, the medieval Koreans. I always found this a strange choice. The feudal Japanese have been a popular choice in many games, and the Chinese would also have appealing points. Did Ensemble Studies ever state why they chose...

age-of-empires-2

@LessPop_MoreFizz never actually saw that one

1:28 AM

@Mana that's exactly what we're discussing

So I just noticed. Whoops.

I'm neutral tbh

I can see how in general that's not the kind of question we want

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@FallenAngelEyes Hope you have gotten over the dog.

@FallenAngelEyes How amazing is it?

"Why does[n't] <game X> have <faction y>?"

"Because it does(n't). Does there have to be a reason?"

@LessPop_MoreFizz What's so awesome?

1:31 AM

@Mana I've finished my comment.

I'm almost done listening to it and it doesn't seem particularly memorable

@badp Prince is awesome.

Read it, then report back if you still are unagreeing.

This is a Scientific Fact, and not a subject for discussion.

user19161

@Mana Boo! The paper clip is nowhere in sight.

1:32 AM

@RavenDreamer Okay, fair enough.

That's not the kind of awesome I was looking for

Sterno

Does voting on the nominations happen after nominations close, or am I totally missing the "vote" button

Q: not constructive? really? I think we're jumping the gun here

0

Why did the developers choose Koreans? I asked Why did they? and got a very exacting answer... and THEN it was closed. Please explain this to me. I fail to see how it violates any of the not constructive guidelines in the FAQ.

discussion

for the record, I'm fine with making my answer a comment if it makes it easier. I was just surprised to actually find an authoritative source

@Sterno AFter

1:32 AM

@Sterno After

Sterno

excellent

most of these aren't answerable, and I don't want to create precedent for something bad.

user2334

The biggest problem with the question is that it invites copy-cat questions. "Why did they choose X civ?" "Why did they choose Y civ?"

another time where I shouldn't have listened to badp :P

@WillHunting Pardon?

@LessPop_MoreFizz It was pretty epic, haha

user19161

1:34 AM

@FallenAngelEyes I thought you mentioned your pet died.

so what's the call on this one? leaning heavily towards kill it with fire.

@WillHunting She did, thanks for the concern, it's not something I expect people to remember.

user19161

@FallenAngelEyes Well, not that I purposely remember it, I just happen to remember almost everything.

@agent86 If we do have an answer we might as well keep it in the answer area

@MarkTrapp "Why not Zoidberg?"

A: not constructive? really? I think we're jumping the gun here

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This has been debated in Meta pretty thoroughly previously. See this question: Quoth Matthew Read: They should be disallowed. The [sic] problem I see: They're not real questions. Beyond the facet that many aren't answerable, they contradict this guideline from the FAQ: You sho...

user2334

1:38 AM

@badp A whole faction? Ah Zoidberg, at last you're becoming a crafty designer!

"Carryout Time: 55 - 65 minutes"

T_T

Lazers

My pizza is never going to get here.

@Lazers I think you're late to the party.

user19161

@RavenDreamer If the pizza cannot get to you, then you get to the pizza!

@WillHunting That's the CARRYOUT wait time.

user2334

1:39 AM

@RavenDreamer Hey, GN was talking to me! I feel so honored to be indirectly mentioned indirectly

Pizza at 9:30!

@badp if we keep the answer, I'd be kind of worried about the whole "drive-by one-offs" issue then

@FallenAngelEyes We never really make it a point to delete answers on closed questions, we rather delete the question wholesale if it needs be

@MarkTrapp Use GraceNote rather than ambiguous pronouns.

Otherwise, you'll confuse everyone.

This question was exceptional as in it has an answer. Might as well keep it in the answer area.

1:41 AM

By which I mean, me.

user19161

@badp Then a few people will lose rep after recalc.

@WillHunting Reps on closed questions?

user19161

@badp Don't you know that closed questions retain rep, or has that changed?

user2334

@RavenDreamer I go by the gender of people's avatars. Because pictures on the internet are never deceiving!

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@WillHunting Yes you do gain reps from closed posts but... really... you should expect them to vanish at any time

1:41 AM

@MarkTrapp GC?

@FallenAngelEyes this is what I'm saying.

@MarkTrapp I went through a phase where I convinced a group of internet strangers I was female.

It was shockingly easy, honestly.

I for one don't make it a point of deleting closed posts for the sake of deleting them

Lazers

Having a female avatar helped.

1:42 AM

but say if a question has bad tags

and it's closed

user19161

@badp Recently about 20 people lost 100 or so on ELU when the mod did a recalc.

it's going to be deleted easily

I've been trying to comment more and answer less, especially where things are on the fence. I didn't in this case, and it bit me.

user19161

I do my own recalc regularly!

user2334

@RavenDreamer Momentarily confused Grace Note and Ghostcrawler; likely due to the same functions they fulfill in their respective communities

1:43 AM

@WillHunting The only surprising part is it was just 100 rep

or rather, that moderators can trigger global rep recalcs

@MarkTrapp Yeah, haha. I was actually wondering if that was the case.

just reminding me that I should answer slower

user19161

@badp Well, many closed questions are still valuable to keep.

user19161

@badp He did it one by one for the top users only.

@WillHunting ...if they were why would they be closed?

1:43 AM

@agent86 meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/3896/…

I get excited! weeeeee questions!

Closed questions are broken windows. They might contain content, but it's not the content we want.

user19161

@badp Duplicates making it easier to search? Also not that bad to be deleted. Closing is less serious than deletion.

Okay, duplicates are an entirely different matter I wasn't considering at all

@WillHunting Doesn't that necessitate a decent search in the first place?

Hey-o!

user19161

1:45 AM

@badp Well I did my part by casting plenty of delete votes. Yay!

user2334

@WillHunting Closing (except for duplicates) is purgatory for questions. The end game is either improvement and reopening or deletion

user19161

@RavenDreamer Some things are quite hard to search for. Depends on what search terms you use.

Where has Grace Note been all weekend, anyway?

user19161

@RavenDreamer Living a life?

Google is decent search enough

1:46 AM

@WillHunting Plurals. For the love of Spode, try and support plurals!

user19161

@RavenDreamer I'm sorry I don't love Spode and I don't know who he or she or it is.

Also in the future I need a better way to do death counters than splitting a video and adding a caption at every relevant moment

I wonder if something such as taksi would capture always on top windows covering the recorded window

G'night all

which I could trigger via hotkeys

or somesuch

nite FAE, I'm also leaving.

user19161

@FallenAngelEyes Goodnight!

user19161

1:48 AM

@RavenDreamer I guess that got starred because of Spode.

user19161

@badp Goodnight!

Spode is the god-analogue in Spore.

@FallenAngelEyes Au revoir!

@WillHunting I starred it for the plurals support. Drives me nuts when I'm searching for stuff.

sleeps

user19161

@mana I saw the nominations. You are not running this time?

@WillHunting He's Mod for life.

1:50 AM

He is a moderator

Why would he run for moderator?

@WillHunting I am already a mod until I quit or get kicked out.

@Mana Or quiked.

user19161

@Mana Is that how the system works? Then what is the nomination for?

I mean, the "nominate for election" link... it beckons. But,

@WillHunting they're adding 2 more slots.

nobody's up for reelection, they're "benevolent dictators"