The Bridge

Ian Pugsley

19:00

@RonanForman ah gotcha, not entirely open ended?

James

@Ullallulloo Haha, Took so long to come out you're an adult now.. Like that stops us from gaming :D

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley That's been done. (NSFW)

Ronan Forman

@IanPugsley What if someone said to delete the map?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I would be forced to do it.

And immediately restore the backup.

James

@RonanForman Does a 2x2 of 4 saplings always make a jungle tree?

Ronan Forman

19:04

@James I think so.

Grace Note

So we're just going to let that one slide?

Ronan Forman

I've never had it not happen, but I've done it twice (and seen it done once)

Ktash

Okay, so I'm trying a command, ignore my next line if it doesn't go through lol

Ian Pugsley

@RonanForman that's arguably an out-of-game action, which I would strongly advise not letting anyone control

Ktash

Woohoo, it works

Ronan Forman

19:05

@GraceNote Which one slide?

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote I've never had to flag anything before...guess it's a good time to start

Grace Note

@RonanForman A message that I imagine would be more than flagged if we held everyone to the same standards we apparently hold GnomeSlice to.

James

@RonanForman I shall try, SCIENCE! :)

Pauska Sock

Hello everybody!

James

@PauskaSock Phear

Ian Pugsley

19:09

@PauskaSock Hello (I am horrified right now).

Ronan Forman

@GraceNote I didn't notice, I was playing bastion.

Pauska Sock

@IanPugsley No need to be horrified - the only thing you can catch from me is cottonmouth.

Grace Note

@RonanForman I imagine no one was noticing.

OrigamiRobot

@PauskaSock You successfully made me cry and I am a robot.

James

@RonanForman +1, that does work :)

Ktash

19:11

Anybody else think it looks like JarJar?

murgatroid99

@Ktash yes

Ronan Forman

The hop scotch, this is why you're great bastion.

OrigamiRobot

@PauskaSock Cottonmouths are very deadly. Now I am more scared.

James

@OrigamiRobot ROFL

Ullallulloo

@Ktash That's what I was going to say. :P

Pauska Sock

19:15

@Ktash No, it's this guy:

►

Wipqozn

@PauskaSock oh look, it's archer

Ktash

@PauskaSock Hey, Chuck's dad ;)

Wipqozn

I know Enterprise got a lot of negative criticism, but I enjoyed it.

Certainly not one of the best Star Trek series, but enjoyable none the less.

James

@Wipqozn I really enjoyed the first season... I do not really remember why I did not keep watching it..

Wipqozn

►

Also, Brent Spiner hilarious:

►

Ronan Forman

19:18

The battering ram looks ugly, it's all 3D CG rather than the lovely painterly stuff that's in the rest of the game.

James

@Wipqozn Haha, Loved that episode! :)

rlemon

Jean Luc has all the moves.

James

@rlemon Ok, normally I do not care, but how do you pronounce your name.. R Lemon?? Rlemon? :)

rlemon

@James "Robert Lemon" or "r lemon"

or "lemon"

James

@rlemon Thanks! Now I can read your messages in my head with out stumbling :D

rlemon

19:21

the state of California knows me as "Sex offender #429"

James

@rlemon Yup, there comes that stumble again :P

rlemon

but you can call me "Hey you in the bushes"

picardfights.tumblr.com <- source of those epic picard shots.

user15026

Guess who is finally getting to play Kingdom Hearts? Hint: It's me :D

James

@AshleyNunn Aww, you have to give us time to guess!! :(

user15026

@James Aww, sorry XD

James

19:26

@AshleyNunn Bah I cant find a quick clip of the mitch hedberg joke :)

rlemon

Do I want to waste $40 on MineCraft or this

James

@rlemon Minecraft

rlemon

unless someone will give me $40 for this

Grace Note

@rlemon Seems like there are better things you could spend $40 on.

rlemon

but how am I going to know the atomic weight of silicon while i'm scrubbing my unmentionables.

@GraceNote I have $40 on my paypal... so yea.. and no.

James

19:29

@rlemon Anyone else disappointed you can't use the keyboard to fill out a comment ?? :)

rlemon

haha. I could make it actually function. that is not a problem.

demo was to show off the css :P

Wipqozn

OH my , look at my local game store is selling:

3

Ullallulloo

@rlemon liez

2

OrigamiRobot

@rlemon Spend $25 on a time machine and go back to when an alpha key was $15.

rlemon

@Wipqozn hey! you can get those on thinkgeek.com as well...

@Ullallulloo damn! you found me out!

Ronan Forman

19:35

The thing about think geek is that no matter what the price, I'd always be willing to pay about £10 less.

Michael Mrozek

@RonanForman That's how I am on XBLA; everything costs exactly 400 more points than I'm willing to pay

Grace Note

@MichaelMrozek This reminds me that I should cash in on those points I bought.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote XBL points?

Grace Note

@IanPugsley Yes

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote didn't know you had a 360

Lazers

19:46

2

Q: What's the difference between experience and fame?

I just got level 20 with my mage and the top bar just changed from experience to fame. The odd thing is that fame seems to be always at the same level, it never increases. Who can explain what's happened? Is level 20 the maximum? And how to increase fame?

realm-of-the-mad-god

0

Q: People are asking me questions. Do my answers matter?

After I left the first tutorial area, I got asked three questions about what I valued, what I wanted, and what I was afraid of. I said I valued friendship, I wanted to broaden my horizons, and I was afraid of being indecisive. Do these answers matter? Do they make any significant changes to th...

kingdom-hearts

Grace Note

@IanPugsley I do in fact have one

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote feel free to add me if you'd like (as can anyone here), tag is IPugsley

Grace Note

Sure thing, but I don't generally do online gaming on the system. I'm pretty sure our Gold-ness has expired by now.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote buy Gold-ness with your points!

Lucas Kauffman

Hello bridge people

Pauska Sock

19:58

@Lazers Well, for example, I have lots of experience and no fame :(

Ullallulloo

btw, I don't want to start up the debate again, but scifi posted a blog post refuting Jeff with why they're keeping identify questions on their site.

Grace Note

@LucasKauffman Hi!

Tim Stone

@IanPugsley Good ol' Xbox Live website....you were last playing Netflix 14 hours ago.

I also like when I'm playing Xbox.com.

Raven Dreamer

@Ullallulloo Their site has a different scope though. It's not apples to apples, us to them.

Lucas Kauffman

so ehm this is stackexchange for gamers

i think Ive been here before

Ullallulloo

20:01

@RavenDreamer I don't know, maybe. Reading that sounds pretty similar.

@LucasKauffman Yes :)

We're the cool site.

Lucas Kauffman

@Ullallulloo biggest rager site prolly :o

j/k :p

I'm just a humble SF user :p

murgatroid99

@Ullallulloo They make some interesting points, but I really wish that post had any data at all to back up what they were saying.

Raven Dreamer

Questions on SF are, by definition, less concrete than most (but not all) the questions on gaming. It's exactly the reason we don't allow questions that amount to "Why did the Devs design things this way?".

@murgatroid99 It sounds like Oak! ;3

Basil

Hey, @PauskaSock is here!

Lucas Kauffman

@RavenDreamer We allow those questions ? o.O ?

Raven Dreamer

20:05

@LucasKauffman I have a "not" in there.

Lucas Kauffman

oops

Ullallulloo

@PauskaSock yay, more people that play it!

Lucas Kauffman

mmm but I think that's normal

for a gamer it doesnt matter how you design something

when ur designing a system to support gamers

that's something different :p

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer If someone thinks that they should be allowed on one, but not the other, that's kind of just calling their quality lower.

Lazers

0

Q: Height Cap of Trees in Jungle Biome?

Between what heights will "Jungle" biome trees grow to? I'm curious because sometimes I get really short awkward trees, and at times I get huge trees with multiple layers of leaves. Is there a minimum height or maximum height?

minecraft

1

Q: Is teleporting possible?

When playing Realm of the Mad God and wandering around sometimes another player appear suddenly near me, like he/she has just teleported there. Is it possible or are there other explanations?

realm-of-the-mad-god

Lucas Kauffman

20:13

@RavenDreamer SF = serverfault not scifi :o

Raven Dreamer

@Ullallulloo No, again, it's apples to oranges.

They're different sites, they (potentially) need different standards.

TylerShads

In AC3 news, box art revealed

Basil

I easily meet the standards for SF most days.

Lucas Kauffman

@Basil hi there basil

wait lots of serverfault people are here :o

Raven Dreamer

Welcome all you new peoples.

Basil

20:16

You came up.

Then we remembered that we're all gamer nerds as well as IT nerds.

well, some of us.

Raven Dreamer

Word of Warning: We play fast and loose with stars, here.

TylerShads

@LucasKauffman shhh we're not here you're supposed to keep quiet

Basil

That's interesting. We play fast and loose with flags over on comms...

Ben Brocka

@TylerShads An ax? Some assassin

TylerShads

@BenBrocka supposed to be a tomohawk, i suppose some native american influence would be interesting to see if it would be on the assassin side

Basil

20:18

@BenBrocka The sequel will have him wielding a chainsaw

Ben Brocka

Oh, yeah, I just noticed the redcoat and american flag

TylerShads

I'ma miss Ezio, but then again, I was hoping more for the 3rd one to be only Desmond kicking ass in 2012 instead of being animus bitch again.

Grace Note

@BenBrocka Hey, I imagine that an axe is pretty good at killing, and that's what an assassin is supposed to do.

Arda Xi

looks around

Has the Bridge been taken over?

Ben Brocka

Assassins don't just kill they do it efficiently and subtly

Basil

20:20

@ArdaXi We want your money, not your life.

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi Yes.

Arda Xi

@Basil That's smart, because given our subject you wouldn't get much of the latter.

Grace Note

@BenBrocka Depends on the necessities of the job.

Lucas Kauffman

@TylerShads we are ninja's :o

Ben Brocka

@GraceNote well I guess AC was never quite the Solid Snake sort of stealthy

Ronan Forman

20:22

@ArdaXi How so? We have tonnes of extra lives.

Ben Brocka

Every mission did seem to end with the entire town after you

Basil

By the way, guys. You can take this as a challenge if you want.

in The Comms Room, 25 mins ago, by Grace Note

@Chopper3 You guys talk about ponies more than the Bridge.

OrigamiRobot

@Basil Don't challenge them.

Basil

/target GraceNote /hug

TylerShads

@BenBrocka but it is fun that you cannot die easily xD.

Lucas Kauffman

20:24

@Basil where is my hug =( ?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Tonne is disgusting

Sterno

ME2 replay complete. ME3 now, please!

TylerShads

@Sterno I'm mad at ME3, Day1 DLC..really?

Sterno

Eh, whatevs. If they released it two weeks later, I'd just buy it then instead

:)

Basil

I'm starting to regret having signed up for the 1 year wow sub... all I got was D3 (which I'm more and more convinced I won't have time to play) and a stupidly large mount.

TylerShads

20:26

It's more that it was made during the game = incomplete game for $60, lovely

Lucas Kauffman

rite Im going to get to know you guys

so who plays league here on EU servers ?

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads $10 Day 0 DLC.

Sterno

@TylerShads Will it really be "incomplete" though?

TylerShads

@Sterno considering the DLC is ready the day of launch and the character is a PROTHEAN..yeah that's kind of a huge deal

Lucas Kauffman

ow btw talking DLC, anyone played MS Flight yet ? :o

Sterno

20:27

There was Day 0 DLC for ME2. The Zaeed thing. You got it if you preo-ordered

I wouldn't call the game "incomplete" if you missed it

TylerShads

@Sterno that encouraged buying new, not the same thing

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads There's a "downtime" window while the game gets certified and discs get manufactured, etc.

TylerShads

still douchey though, but meh

Raven Dreamer

It's either "make DLC", or "start making a new game".

Sterno

@TylerShads Anyway, I'm not really trying to defend them. I'm just not terribly fussed about it, is all.

Raven Dreamer

20:28

@Sterno You got it if you bought a fresh copy of the game, period. (All games had cereberus keys)

@TylerShads That said, yeah, it's still douchey.

Sterno

@RavenDreamer My bad.

TylerShads

@RavenDreamer not (typically) used copies

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads In my head, "new copy" was implicit.

Sterno

They could have slapped a $70 price tag on it instead of $60, included the DLC, and I would have been all "sure! good deal!"

Raven Dreamer

Fixt!

Sterno

20:29

(in fact, with the game grant, that would have been better) :)

TylerShads

@Sterno it's called a collectors edition :)

Sterno

I don't really need art books and whatnot though

Ben Brocka

yeah, they often release collectors editions/ect that include crap like that

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads That's a separate bundle of DLC.

TylerShads

@RavenDreamer wait i thought from ashes was the extra DLC you get in the CE of ME3?

Raven Dreamer

20:30

@TylerShads Nope. You get the N7 arsenal pack.

Ronan Forman

@Sterno The devs loose out big time from that.

Sterno

Anyway, if it turns out the game really feels incomplete without the DLC, I'll get mad then. But I don't see much point getting mad ahead of time. If it's like the Zaeed or Kasumi DLC, then meh.

Raven Dreamer

Robinhood the DLC, then send Bioware a check directly, because @#$* EA.

badp

hello from Windows 8 o/

fredley

@badp How you finding it?

TylerShads

20:31

@Sterno Zaeed was a bonus to encouraged new game sales. ntm another human isn't as important to the lore than a race that sparked the entire series as we know it

badp

turns out Windows still doesn't want to ship with nVidia drivers

Sterno

@RavenDreamer I think most people stop at Step 1 of that plan.

TylerShads

@badp I feel so sorry for you

badp

Things will probably improve once I get above 1024x768

Sterno

And we don't actually know that the Prothean stuff will matter yet either. I mean, they could just do an absolute crap job on it

Raven Dreamer

20:32

@badp no graphics drivers?

TylerShads

@RavenDreamer I don't think this is bioware, mostly EA's crap

badp

also I need to reinstall my supah-awsome custom keyboard bindings. Hm.

@RavenDreamer Well the standard ones really

Ronan Forman

EVERYONE! Day 1 DLC is a great marketing plan for devs, as they get around $27/60 of the money from retail, and about $9/10 from DLC, so the more of the game that's in the DLC gives them more revenue.

Raven Dreamer

@Sterno His voice files are in the game. He's jamacian.

Ronan Forman

Also it means they still get money from used games.

TylerShads

20:33

@Sterno That's like saying you don't know if the ring matters before reading Return of the King

Ullallulloo

Okay, for real, does anyone see a grammatical error in this?:

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads Exactly. Hence, "send the check to bioware"

Ullallulloo

> Although formal education is a plus, it's not required.

Sterno

@TylerShads I think you're exaggerating. But I guess we'll see in a few days.

badp

Also I'm using IE10 and it's less than perfect :(

at least for SE

Raven Dreamer

20:33

@Ullallulloo Nope.

TylerShads

@RavenDreamer If ic ould just pay bioware directly for ME3 i would. but as it stands, they have become another one of my boycott =[[[

StrixVaria

I have been entirely too productive today. I've barely wasted any time on this chat at all.

Sterno

It's more like saying you don't know if that hobbit that Gollum originally killed for the ring, but turns out to be alive and show up for a chapter, actually matters :P

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads Do you really have 3 mouths? O.o

StrixVaria

@TylerShads Yes! I will never give EA any of my money!

badp

20:34

Also I wish that connecting Google accounts actually worked

it might be failing because of 2-factor authentication though

TylerShads

@Sterno a bit of an exaggeration, maybe. But from the start, the protheans have moved the story forward. Caused Shepard to become as great as he is. Revealed the truth about the Reapers, and then we found out they were the Collectors. I'm pretty sure they have story significance

@RavenDreamer mebe >...>

StrixVaria

@badp There's a way to connect Google accounts?

badp

Oh yay, native resolution GET! Things are already looking up

@StrixVaria Yep. Works for at least the mail app and the calendar app - nothing new really

TylerShads

@StrixVaria I've been boycotting Activision/Blizzard since the whole D3 money auction house and now I gotta boycott ME3 cause of Day 0 dlc, damn them all!

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I feel for you, but even if they start making less money, they'll just fire devs.

Sterno

20:35

@TylerShads I'm actually worried they'll ruin the protheans by having one be alive. They're way cooler as an extinct race

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria Yup!

StrixVaria

@TylerShads What in the world does the real money auction house do that is boycott-worthy?

TylerShads

@Sterno That is also a good choice

OrigamiRobot

@TylerShads I have never understood the outrage over RMAH

Raven Dreamer

@Sterno Cryonics.

TylerShads

20:36

@StrixVaria The ability to literally buy power. NTM all the monetization of automated services on WoW and the decline of general quality of the game.

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria Agreed. @TylerShads boycott for the "AlwaysOnline".

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria GET OUT OF OUR BRAIN

StrixVaria

@TylerShads How does someone else buying power ruin your game?

TylerShads

The RMAH was more of a last straw with them.

badp

Aha! Now I have graphic acceleration!

That means I can now play XBOX LIVE SOLITAIRE

OrigamiRobot

20:37

@TylerShads People could always spend real money to get items. Now it is just safer.

TylerShads

@StrixVaria Because it's encouraging the very thing Blizz has been trying to combat in WoW for ages. And I kinda forgot the rest of my points as I haven't had a diagreement over it in a while xD

StrixVaria

I am personally going to spend $0 on the RMAH. That's all I really need to know about it.

Sterno

It's just hard to work up a proper outrage at game publishers these days. With all the other crap in life, whether or not someone charges me an extra $10 for a game or has a RMAH isn't keeping me up at night.

badp

---ROFL. It comes with an ERBS notice

Sterno

Heck, maybe I'll make money with the RMAH. Winner = me

StrixVaria

20:38

I think it's silly to boycott a game over a feature you can literally ignore and it doesn't affect you one iota.

2

OrigamiRobot

Now if there were only a RMAH, outrage would be understandable.

StrixVaria

Boycott it because Activision is the embodiment of evil, sure. I can't argue with you over that. But because of the RMAH? Lol.

TylerShads

@StrixVaria it's a collection of things with that being a final straw

I have so many complaints about that company.

Raven Dreamer

@TylerShads Actually, the idea is that having RMAH makes gold sellers less likely. (Dunno if I agree with that, however)

Sterno

"Embodiment of evil?" I hope you boycott corporations that do actual evil stuff too, and not just entertainment industry that don't provide games to you in a manner you like best. :P

2

TylerShads

20:39

@Sterno shhhhhh

badp

I BET UR JELLY

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Seriously, this is my favorite joke, but are you looking over my shoulder or something?

StrixVaria

@TylerShads I trust Blizzard despite being owned by Activision. I wouldn't buy an Activision game not made by Blizzard.

@OrigamiRobot What joke?

TylerShads

@StrixVaria I have lost a lot of trust in that company as of late.

badp

StrixVaria

20:41

Also, I can't even count the hours I spent playind D2.

TylerShads

@badp oh god, what are the achievements for solitare

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I am trying to say things, but you are saying those exact things before me!

StrixVaria

I have panic attacks even thinking about not playing D3.

2

@OrigamiRobot This half of the brain must just type faster.

Sterno

Someone go answer my Bard's Tale question so I can start playing it.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Obviously. Save some CPU time for me!

Basil

20:43

@Sterno I think sometimes people forget about that.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I reset the shop and dungeons in Bard's Tale?

I've long since lost my disks for Bard's Tale, but I've been copying the files from computer to computer for about a decade. I'd like to play the game again, but I want to play it fresh, with no sold items appearing in Garth's Equipment shop, and none of the keys (or the eye) already taken from...

pc bards-tale

0

Q: Skyrim Companion's quest "Striking the Heart."

I went where it told me to go in Valheim Towers but there isn't anyone there and I don't know what to do.

skyrim

badp

@TylerShads no idea really

Sterno

Damn, Google is fast. I'm googling for an answer to my own question, and it's already the top hit

helpme

heyy

badp

uh, so the XBox Live Companion thingadongdong is not available in my region

Raven Dreamer

20:47

Hello, @helpme

helpme

can some one help me with some upvotes?

badp

also chat does not refresh while not focused and I have to assume there's not going to ever be a workaround for that from within metro.

helpme

i am blocked asking anymore questions

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Haha. Sorry @badp, @RavenDreamer. I sent him over here.

badp

@RegDwightѬſ道 fail :P

helpme

20:48

due to some really bad questions

please

RegDwight Ѭſ道

I didn't expect people to listen to me.

badp

@helpme sorry, this is the Gaming community. We can't help you for your Stack Overflow problems

helpme

sorry

Raven Dreamer

No big deal.

You should totes come visit us on Gaming, though!

We've got a site, and everything!

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Just type "insert coin".

badp

20:50

I must say that right clicking to toggle the chrome on and off quickly grows onto you

fredley

TylerShads

@fredley Yayyyyyy <3

badp

@fredley Windows 95 is shit?! Windows 3.1 is good?!?!?!!!

What the fuck is this guy smoking.

user15026

@badp That was my thought too...

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Forgot 2000 (which was good) XP is only good compared to Vista.

badp

20:52

The graphic is way more appropriate if you change "good" to "is really a service pack for the previous OS" and "shit" to "has actually innovative stuff that people hate because it is new"

fredley

@badp Shhhhhh

OrigamiRobot

Joke Denied

fredley

As a developer, it's really annoying how much people hate new, better software

Raven Dreamer

@badp Nah, Vista was pretty bad.

badp

@RavenDreamer Vista was pretty rushed

then again delaying it even longer would've made it ever worse

Raven Dreamer

20:54

@badp buggy and compatibility issues

OrigamiRobot

I wasn't rushing anyone for Vista.

badp

After a year of people actually working to properly support it the compatibility issues went away

OrigamiRobot

They could've taken all the time they wanted.

Raven Dreamer

@badp Yeah, but that was one year more than what many people felt they should have done.

badp

and the compatibility issues were there in the first place because Windows XP is the shit OS that allows developers to get lazy and assume everybody has all the rights to do all the things at all times

Raven Dreamer

20:55

@badp Insert 'Have ALL the rights' meme here.

badp

"What do you mean I can't save temporary files to my program folder! That's what we've been doing since 3.1!"

OrigamiRobot

@RavenDreamer Insert ALL the memes.

Wipqozn

Basil

@Wipqozn ugh

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn "We ran out of lies for our 3rd bullet point, so let's just reiterate the first 2 again!"

Wipqozn

20:59

I think the real question is why does this ad exist.

Anyone using not-IE probably knows better than to use IE.

fredley

Basil

IE 9 is almost as good as its competitors

it's not as good, though, and they know it

Firefox sucks now

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