The Bridge

user30

22:00

@Ronan aaaabbcd. I need to get 83 in C4, and 72 in one of fp2/fp3/s2 to meet my offer!

user30

Well pleased.

user30

There were a lot of glum looking people yesterday.

Ronan Forman

Sounds good.

I know. I felt really guilty

user30

A lot of people who won't meet their uni offers :(

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria that's why you need lots of rep to close vote. But just voting on big meta proposals is just like voting on any other post of course.

Grace Note

22:01

@ArdaXi Whereas, haven't is indeed past tense, but its usage usually implies that "You haven't done squat to fix this you squalor-dwelling gastropod!" style of present tense applicability.

Ronan Forman

@Thomas Are those percentages?

user30

@Ronan UMS, yes.

GnomeSlice

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dVPIb1O9f2o

Arda Xi

@GraceNote True, you're right. What I said would've been hadn't, implying you had not until this moment.

Lazers

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Q: What does the "Eliminating The Impossible" item set really do?

So a new update brought us the "Nine Pipe Problem" and the wiki tells me that if you equip the "Private Eye" and the "Nine Pipe Problem" you complete the "Eliminating The Impossible" item set which can reduce mystery solving by up to 88%" What does this really do?

team-fortress-2

1

Q: Where can I find all the loading screen tips?

My computer is unfortunately beefy enough to make me aware that there are loading screen tips without actually giving me enough time to read them. Is there a compilation of all the loading screen tips? I've read people getting some good tidbits of information relevant to their current progress ...

mass-effect-3

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Q: Do most dialog options have any impact on gameplay?

In SWTOR, dialog options have absolutely no impact except for key light/dark decisions and companion "cheerfulness". Since ME3 can be played in "Action" mode where there is no dialog options, what is the point of dialog choices in the first place? Is it purely to steer your virtual experience, w...

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Ronan Forman

22:02

What's the max for C4, because 83 sounds high.

Raven Dreamer

reconstitutes himself

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Ooh, yeah, you're right, that would've been keener.

Raven Dreamer

I'm back. And no longer being crushed!

agent86

@StrixVaria no, I'm not changing or subverting the system for this. Nothing we do is going to make everybody happy. I'm sorry if you're among the people who aren't :(

user30

@Ronan 100 UMS. The paper has 72 marks, but it's normalised to 100.

Ullallulloo

22:03

@Oak Plus TVs and spam.

Raven Dreamer

I'm pretty sure my rampant success gave Seth and Laura heart attacks.

Grace Note

@Oak 81U cost seems arbitrary.

Raven Dreamer

And by "heart attack" I mean, raised their eyebrows.

Oak

@GraceNote 81 is explained at the bottom of the post on the meta thread

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I can ask how they felt about it.

Oak

22:05

The U is just because I wanted it blue :)

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote No need. Seth emailed me. I've got a handle on his reaction.

It involved judicious use of the caps lock key.

OrigamiRobot

@Oak The cost is the most brilliant thing I've ever seen.

Grace Note

Now I really want to see this email.

I thought about warning them that "By the way, Raven's gonna probably hit your Mission 6 by day 2 or 3". But I decided not to.

agent86

well, if they didn't know by now that you shouldn't dangle prizes in front of a ravenous prize shark, they're aware now :)

Grace Note

@Oak Ah, votes. I would've expected something more reflecting the number of weeks since the initial request, but votes works good too.

Raven Dreamer

22:07

>Dear Fleet Admiral Raven Dreamer,

Congrats on completing the series of missions on Gaming! YOU ARE THE MAN!

HOLY COW I AM SO IMPRESSED!

3

Grace Note

Haha

Raven Dreamer

END TRANSMITION

GnomeSlice

Wow, hah.

Oak

Oh, this is what I like:

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A: Good tactics for Anomaly Warzone Earth?

I've beaten every hardcore mission with a Crawler followed by 5 Supply Trucks or all Supply Trucks. That's Supply Trucks upgraded to three stars (airstrikes), by the way, and yes, it's a serious(ly cheesy) strategy. Here are some preliminary observations before I go into the strategy itself: S...

That's how a first post should always look like :)

Ronan Forman

@Raven END TRANSMISION

GnomeSlice

22:09

@Oak PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

Raven Dreamer

Clearly, now I should prestige, and start over.

Then I can get to Fleet Admiral MK. II or whatever.

GnomeSlice

Also, I saw some people talking about the X-COM games in here a while ago. You should check this out.

Ronan Forman

Don't, or at least wait for me to get the game.

GnomeSlice

Wrong link.

agent86

@RavenDreamer do you get an 84" TV for topping out again? If so, I support this plan.

Ullallulloo

22:13

@agent86 Either that or a real reaper gun.

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 Only one way to check!

@Ullallulloo 1:1 replica reaper.

GnomeSlice

Fuck off Steam, Desura is where it's at.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Every now and then, over the past few days, I've gone to gaming.stackexchange.com, and moved my mouse over the Ask Question button, and just left it there. And smiled.

5

GnomeSlice

I personally don't like it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Troglodyte.

GnomeSlice

22:16

...

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I have totally done that. It makes me happy. :)

Raven Dreamer

It needs to fire lasers endlessly, instead of pausing.

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer With some HTML5 magic blasting through the rest of the page.

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice what were you talking about getting Unity for free?

Unity has a free version... or are you referring to something else?

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer The iOS and Android add-ons.

GnomeSlice

22:18

@RavenDreamer Not sure I just saw somewhere that they're giving out free licenses.

Ullallulloo

basic version of them at least

Raven Dreamer

Link?

GnomeSlice

Uh.

unity3d.ca

?

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer store.unity3d.com/products

Dave McClelland

@RavenDreamer Y U NO on steam?

GnomeSlice

22:21

@RavenDreamer moddb.com/forum/thread/…

Raven Dreamer

@DaveMcClelland At the parents house, relaxing after a job interview.

GnomeSlice

Android licenses. Ah well.

user15026

Has anyone else played Flipper‌? I downloaded it today from the eshop, and it is pretty fun, if you like voxel graphics and puzzles. :) (and goldfish.)

Dave McClelland

@RavenDreamer Steam's a small download. Duh

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer How did it go?

Raven Dreamer

22:22

@DaveMcClelland I've already told you! I grow tired of our raunchy limerick contests!

Dave McClelland

@RavenDreamer "Raunchy" is too tame a word for our conversations

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote I think it went well! Not sure if I want the job; it'd involve a lot of travel.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DaveMcClelland Too slow buddy.

Dave McClelland

@LessPop_MoreFizz I just saw that. You jerk :(

LessPop_MoreFizz

@DaveMcClelland The Jerkiest.

Dave McClelland

22:23

Now I'm just going for one upvote on my answer so I can move advance ranks

Raven Dreamer

One of the guys I was talking to was mentioning about how if you need to fly out two weeks in a row, you can fly somewhere else if it's cheaper... so he spent last week in Hawaii, because doing so saved the company 50$.

Dave McClelland

Whoever game me that sympathy upvote, <3

Ronan Forman

I know the best limerick ever.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Sounds like the night I spent in Vegas a few months ago because it was cheaper than LA.

GnomeSlice

I know the best 'raunchy' ever.

user30

22:25

@GnomeSlice No.

GnomeSlice

@ThomasMcDonald Yes.

Raven Dreamer

Yeah, if I do take the job, maybe it'll give me an excuse to chase the Chat.SE regulars across the country.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Also, travel is fun if you are young and unencumbered and have an idea of how to get out of the travel heavy job once it gets old.

user30

@GnomeSlice Well, I'm not doubting you do.

GnomeSlice

Oh.

Grace Note

22:26

@RavenDreamer Good luck with that.

LessPop_MoreFizz

See for instance: I'm going to Pittsburgh for two weeks next week.

Raven Dreamer

There's even some international work, so if I go to Europe, I can stalk @Fallen, @Arda, and @Badp.

Anna Lear

I'm just gonna leave this here (and see if it one-boxes...):

cracked.com/…

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer There's a lot of Europe that isn't around the Netherlands or Italy, to be fair.

Dave McClelland

@RavenDreamer Make sure to take a trip to DC as well

user30

22:26

@GraceNote The best bits, arguably. Such as ~~the UK~~ England.

Ktash

Woohoo, finally go ME3

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote I can dream, can't I?

badp

The Netherlands and Italy at least have real timezones

Raven Dreamer

It is eponymous.

Ronan Forman

There once was a man from Iran
Whose limericks would never scan
When asked why this was
He said it was because:
He always try's to fit as many works ino the last line as he possibly can.

user15026

22:28

@AnnaLear laughs It makes me want to play Luigi's Mansion again.

Anna Lear

@RonanForman That's right up there with the best haiku ever.

user15026

@AnnaLear Oh?

Raven Dreamer

Hippopotamus

Lazers

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Q: Where can I find Thane?

After having EDI get settled in her new body, I just got an e-mail from Thane stating that he would be at the Huerta Hospital under an assumed name and encouraged me to visit him before his disease takes a hold of him. However, going right to the hospital, I can find and talk to the Virmire surv...

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Q: How exactly does Force translate to Damage?

So, for some reason, the Mass Effect series likes to express the potency of various abilities - particularly biotic powers, in Newtons of Force, rather than the amount of damage they deal. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no mechanical transparency given as to how any given amount of Force wi...

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Raven Dreamer

Antihippopotamus

annihilation

Anna Lear

22:29

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

3

user30

@AnnaLear beat me to it.

Ronan Forman

Haikus are great
But sometimes they make no sense
Refrigerator

OrigamiRobot

Haikus are great
But sometimes they make no sense
I am not very good at them

Ronan Forman

Grr...

I use that Haiku to remember the number of syllables in them.

StrixVaria

@RonanForman How do you pronounce haiku that it makes up 3 syllables?

Grace Note

22:34

@StrixVaria The truth is, Ronan is related to Tony the Tiger, so "Great" ends up as two syllables.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Ronan Forman

It's 5-7-5 why do you need 3.

StrixVaria

I know in Japanese haiku is ha-i-ku when written out in kana, but in English it's pronounced as two syllables. Hai-ku are great is 4 syllables.

Ronan Forman

Oh yeah, I didn't realise that.

LessPop_MoreFizz

We have a fun new troll!

StrixVaria

22:35

@LessPop_MoreFizz I hope he writes posts with the aid of the horse ebookmarklet.

Arda Xi

@StrixVaria Nope.

StrixVaria

@ArdaXi :(

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz If he dies, I hope we get to beat him.

Ktash

You think you're so smart,
with your fancy little words,
this is not so hard.

StrixVaria

Speaking of which, is there any reason it's called the "horse" ebookmarklet? I know clicking on it makes the contents of any webpage hilarious, but I don't really get if it's a reference to anything of if the name is meant to be as random as its function.

GnomeSlice

22:37

@LessPop_MoreFizz Nothing on this page screams 'troll' at me.

OrigamiRobot

@Ktash Sokka Style!

agent86

@StrixVaria it's a particular twitter feed from what I understand.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Horse ebooks.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice You can't see the deleted answer.

Ronan Forman

@Origami Why would you beat a dead horse?

Ktash

22:37

@OrigamiRobot Haha, yay! Someone got it :)

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice His deleted answer. Oh lord, his deleted answer.

OrigamiRobot

GnomeSlice

hidden traffic geysers sprinkled all over

Tweeted by Horse_ebooks on March 9, 2012 at 7:36 PM

Ronan Forman

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TylerShads

wow, has anyone listened to the audio from Blasto 6?

Raven Dreamer

22:38

@RonanForman The contention is that you wouldn't. The presumption is that they just. won't. stop.

@TylerShads Blasto, the first Hanar Spectre?

Ktash

@OrigamiRobot Gotta love Sokka

StrixVaria

I just used the horse ebookmarklet on the horse_ebooks twitter page. It is glorious.

TylerShads

@RavenDreamer in the citadel commons, theres an interactive billboard easter egg that is audio of the hanar spectre arguing with its volus chief, it is a translation of one of the lethal weapons

StrixVaria

> How Would Your Guitar Soloing Improve If You Discovered Exactly How To Play Guitar

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Hah!

Wipqozn

22:40

@GnomeSlice post that alien game in the game on meta please

Easier for me to keep track of then just a post in chat.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Link?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice red.planetarena.org

StrixVaria

If I click "Ignore this user (everywhere)", does that mean it will also hide questions and answers by him on the main site and meta?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn ... To the meta.

Raven Dreamer

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TylerShads

22:42

ugh machinima

Anna Lear

@StrixVaria I believe that applies only to chat, but I'm not 100% sure.

StrixVaria

@TylerShads Worst channel on youtube.

Grace Note

@StrixVaria It's only for chat

StrixVaria

@AnnaLear I hope it does; I want to be able to see his posts elsewhere but I really can't deal with him here.

TylerShads

@StrixVaria *network of partners not just one channel

Wipqozn

22:43

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Q: Game On! restructured

Important Links: Schedule Server List Game On! Chat Room So, it's taken me awhile (due to school), but I've finally come up with the promised restructuring of Game on!.The new structure I've decided on is a combination of badp's idea and my own. New Structure The new system wi...

discussion game-on

TylerShads

@StrixVaria only applies to chat

StrixVaria

Awesome! Thanks 3 different blues!

Also I thought @GraceNote was @BenBrocka, but they're both blue anyway so meh.

GnomeSlice

Post'd.

TylerShads

argh, so close to completing mission 3 !!!!

StrixVaria

Someone mentioned their gravatars looked the same and I didn't see it, then I just confused them, so I guess they do.

Grace Note

22:45

@StrixVaria ... you too!?

StrixVaria

If I ever wanted to un-perma-ignore this person, how would I go about doing that?

Raven Dreamer

Hm.

I think this monitor is too pink.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Yeah, all blue named users look the same to me.

Grace Note

@StrixVaria You did (that is to say that @Origami is the one who said it)

Wipqozn

They're not really people, so who cares.

StrixVaria

22:46

@GraceNote It must have taken a long time to make its way over to this half of the brain.

Grace Note

@StrixVaria I believe it's an option from looking at the user in chat. Just go to chat.stackexchange and search for the user.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria HAH!

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria When you ignore a user they will still appear in the list of users currently in the room, their icon is just about 1/4 of the size. So you can access them that way.

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria you really need to get that brain checked out

Grace Note

@Wipqozn You make me sad. I'm going to go vanish until Tuesday, now.

GnomeSlice

22:47

@StrixVaria You could just ask me to leave, or something.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Oh I see it now. I was wondering why everything wasn't lining up properly.

Raven Dreamer

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka I already told you my pattern recognition software is out of date!

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Incredibly, it's not you.

See, I can see your post.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote If you had actually left the room when you said that, it would have been even funnier.

TylerShads

22:48

/whoresforvotes

Grace Note

@Wipqozn It's only because Chrome is the last thing that closes, I assure you.

(I am in fact vanishing until Tuesday)

StrixVaria

I'm spoiled by my retarded resolution at work (2100x1920) and now I can't see the entire ITG question and answers and votes at once :(

Ben Brocka

@GraceNote Now THAT'S a Tactical Cloak!

Wipqozn

Seriously though, I don't think @GraceNote's and @BenBrocka's avatars look anything alike. I find it odd that people are mixing them up.

StrixVaria

When they're tiny, they're similar.

They both have red on the right side, and are mostly blue otherwise.

Ben Brocka

22:50

like, 10% similar

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria I'm judging it based on what they look like when tiny.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Exactly. Finally I agree with me.

Grace Note

@StrixVaria His is GREY!

Ben Brocka

Blue?!

StrixVaria

Blueish gray.

Grace Note

22:50

Not blueish grey, the Red Nose is just plain grey!

Ben Brocka

MY grey is definitely a warm grey, not cool

OrigamiRobot

You guys are focusing on what is different. That is not what's important here.

GnomeSlice

Desura... why you stop at 98% download for this demo...

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot We're inclusionists. We like what's different

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot It's less focusing on what's different as I am disagreeing that things are the same.

TylerShads

22:52

Point is Blue > You I think we can all agree on that :)

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Do you both have red bits within a reasonably similar area?

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Au revoir!

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Stop talking about my red bits, I'm very sensitive about it

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot I barely even agree with that, to be honest.

GnomeSlice

What are you... I don't even want to know.

OrigamiRobot

22:54

@GraceNote If I was any kind of good at Photoshop, I would remove everything except the red and show you.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice dammit, I meant to reply to this with a joke post such as down votes, but now it's too late! bah, #firstworldtrollproblems

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot You want red eyes?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice No I want to only show the red bits of Grace's and Ben's gravatars.

Ben Brocka

You people are ridiculous. I'm goin' home

OrigamiRobot

Also, I do want red eyes and a crushed crane.

GnomeSlice

22:55

@OrigamiRobot Oh, that's easy.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Red eye?

TylerShads

I have 1.24 million windows open, but your request is important to me, please hold

And this is why i love EDI

GnomeSlice

This is dumb, it's been at 98% for like half an hour.

Lazers

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Q: What is the blast radius of enemy grenades?

How far away do I have to be to avoid damage from grenades? I have unfortunately been on the receiving end of them a few times, and they have caused me a lot of frustration every time I get killed by one. Providing the exact radius in meters will be of little help to me, so an answer with scree...

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Ronan Forman

You're dumb.

GnomeSlice

22:57

Thanks jerk.

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot You showed me already by circling my skirt and pods, as well as @BenBrocka's nose and feet.

GnomeSlice

And after all that, it fails to launch.

Fuck you Desura.

Grace Note

(conveniently missing my top and helmet which are also red, for that matter)

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote I know that they are in similar locations. The top and helmet are indescribable in the small image.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Whoa, what.

o.o

GODAMMIT DESURA

Grace Note

22:59

@GnomeSlice Hm?

GnomeSlice

Y U GET MY HOPES UP

Ronan Forman

@Gnome You've gone from thinking it's the best thing ever to swearing at it in the space of half an hour.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote We don't really need to know what you are or aren't wearing.

@RonanForman libkshusulekrrh,ergfhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh

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