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9:00 PM

@agent86 ...;fksdjadsa gaaaaaaaaah

I didn't get date rape from that at all.

@agent86 yyyyeahh, I'm gonna need you to stop talking. And if you could never mention this again, that'd be greaaat.

As in, Ashley specifically told me Vega dropped it off (i.e., and then left)

Yeah, can we just... change that topic of conversation

cries

9:00 PM

Man, that Tali.

What a fine piece of Quarian.

So sweet.

Vega's so awful that me mentioning him ruined chat.

@Sterno clearly you are to blame.

@RavenDreamer dat environment suit :3

In fact

I am naming my children vas Rannoch in honor of her.

@RavenDreamer I meant to a less creepy topic

9:02 PM

@FAE where are you now in the game?

Man, that @FAE.

A General today.

Where will she stop?

I think she's got what it takes to go all the way!

I wrapped up Priority: Horizon last night. I think the Citadel quests have more or less dried up now

@RavenDreamer What a fine piece o-oh, wait, you're not going for that joke

@agent86 Starting Priority: Cerberus thingie

so I think I'm ahead of you know

@FAE I think this is what's next for me as well

9:03 PM

I'm soooo close to beating the game

but it was 2 AM and I decided I should probably sleep

@agent86 Horizon -> Cerberus base, yes.

I will probably wrap up this weekend, assuming I can multiplayer enough to get my war assets up

@BenBrocka Sleep when you're dead!

@RavenDreamer that's the last plot mission before the point of no return, yes?

@agent86 ayes.

9:04 PM

@agent86 that is the point of no return isn't it?

that was my assumption

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Q: What's a good soldier set-up?

I'm sorry it's a really stupid question, but I'm not sure what I should be going for as a Soldier. Can anyone help me out?

@BenBrocka Cerberus Base is.

@BenBrocka I think you can cruise around post-cerberus

no?

:(

@agent86 you can't access places

except for the final area

9:05 PM

@agent86 You can, you just can't do anything.

:(

so it's multiplayer tonight then I guess

which is a shame because those two missions take like 3 hours

well, I guess I've probably asset'ed it up as much as I can in the galaxy

Okies, gonna close tab to focus on game, later all!

I'll just double check my journal

@FAE okay, good luck :)

9:06 PM

\o/

have fun storming the cerberus base

which reminds me, I don't have 5000 military strength :/

@FAE See you on the other side. Remember. I'm here, ready with the tissues.

And I don't think I can get enough even with multi...

@BenBrocka I got the "best" ending with 4k.

9:07 PM

I thought you needed 5000

It's complicated.

I'm most interested in one of the "bad" ones though

And doesn't change all that much.

not sure I can do it without capturing the cerberus base though

@BenBrocka It's not that simple. Largely depends on what you did at the end of ME2.

And yeah, all the endings are kind of samey-samey anyway. (Hence all the bawwwwwwww elsewhere on the internet)

9:08 PM

I destroyed the cerberus base...or rather the ME3 default says I did

Even the one where you control..things?

that one sounded potentially interesting

Yeah...they're still kind of samey-samey. I think it's fine but I can understand why some people are unhappy.

well that's lame

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@BenBrocka after you beat it, I can point you to a youtube of all the endings being played simultaneously.

all the endings.

By the numbers, this Black Widow I just spent 250k on seems like a heavier, less accurate version of the Mantis. WTF

9:14 PM

@RavenDreamer are they that similar that you can just watch them all at once?

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@agent86 Yes.

Depressingly, yes.

Same mods, same upgrades. 250k sniper rifle worse than the default sniper rifle in all respects?

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@Sterno 3 shots before reloading, though.

9:15 PM

@RavenDreamer :(

@Sterno I think it's got a clip

ahhh

They need to add that to the stat screen!

Mass Effect, as a series, has made no strides towards intelligent UI.

@Sterno you should just add it yourself with freehand text/circles

or wait for the "useful weapon statistics" DLC, which will cost $4.99

@agent86 Shhhh. They're listening.

@RavenDreamer neat. Sorta

@Sterno default sniper sucks, it's basically bolt action, though it does insane damage

9:24 PM

@BenBrocka Yeah, I enjoy the fact that it can one-hit kill even on insanity

(sometimes)

heads go pop

yeah, it's good for that, but not useful in Multiplayer most times

and I don't snipe in single player

Way to go @BenBrocka! 5th to finish the #ME3 missions! http://me3missions.com

Tweeted by StackGaming on March 16, 2012 at 2:52 PM

Neat

Sniping is practically ALL I do in single-player, heh

Sniping as a vanguard would be...odd

especially with 2 second reload times between bullets

Charge, shoot....WAIT, I'M RELOADING MY GUN GUYS

@BenBrocka I feel like we've been over this, but I snipe with my Vanguard. with an assault rifle.

edge case

I do need to play that stupid demo to get that weird chakram launcher tho

Though, for non-sniper-sniping, I like the Plasma shotgun

not QUITE sniping accurate, but damn is it accurate for a shotgun

9:32 PM

@agent86 agent86 used 9gag. Arda's opinion of him lowers sharply.

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Q: How is the Normandy refueled?

I've never bought fuel at a fuel depot, but I sometimes find the Normandy has returned to 1000 fuel. I've found fuel a few times while scanning, but definitely not that much. Are there other actions that cause the Normandy to refuel?

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Q: Download starcraft for slow-internet computer

I want to download starcraft as a dmg or a .app file (trial version) so I can load it onto a usb and plug it into a computer that has slow internet access. Is that possible?

@ArdaXi I don't know why, but your avatar always makes me think of Pokey from Earthbound. If he were a vampire

@ArdaXi I just googled the thing I was looking for and that was the first hit. I have no idea what irritates you about the site, but rest assured your irritation has been logged for further exploitation. Have A Nice Day :)

@BenBrocka that's actually based on a picture of him.

@BenBrocka I have been likened to Kim Jong-Un before.

oh, that'd be why then

9:34 PM

it's an artist's rendition of Arda.

wait, pokey or arda?

@BenBrocka Arda.

Or maybe Arda is Pokey!

The jig is up, step away from the Devil's Machine!

@BenBrocka This guy.

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A: Would you liketh a user icon in the style of my hat designs?

The Answer is YES!

9:35 PM

I still see Pokey.

for the side by side

That picture is really old. I don't even have glasses any more.

I'm sad so little people play Dystopia any more.

Few!

Why does my sound always have to be wrong, first I'm too quite, then I'm too loud!

he's talking about short people

9:38 PM

I'd just tested it, and now its all wrong!

@RonanForman I can play now for an indeterminate amount of time.

@RonanForman so it's both too loud and too quiet?

because that'd be pretty epic

@BenBrocka No, it was too quite so I turned it up, I tested it and it was fine, but looking back at the recording I'm way too loud.

You can barely hear @OrigamiRobot.

I've got to fix this.

took me a while to figure out audio recording stuff too

It's just mass effect, all other games I can do fine.

9:44 PM

@RonanForman You mean he wasn't shouting, all serious-mode like?

@TimStone He wasn't.

For shame!

Maybe I should just stop this LP, it really isn't working.

Unfortunately, the lag makes commenting on anything pretty difficult. :/

No sense in telling you to do something ten seconds after the fact, heh.

It's not that, it's just apparently fraps has merged the audio differently to how windows did in the test.

9:47 PM

I've always been warry of fraps

So whoever provoked me to post Lindsey Stomp last night is in for it as I cannot stop listening to it today ><

Camtasia isn't great for game recording in particular, but it seems less weird..

I hate this, it's too much effort and I rarely get to play the game. Every video has bad audio and no one's actually watching it. I give in.

@RonanForman LP woes?

@TylerShads Everything woes.

9:49 PM

that's why I always preferred simpler games to record

Sorry to hear that =[

@RonanForman No one's watching? You uploaded 4 over the past 24 hours. How fast do you think people watch stuff?

Just spent 40 minutes on the phone with Verizon getting internet back.

@StrixVaria Ouch.

Not sure what was wrong, but they were able to fix it on their end.

Very annoying.

9:50 PM

@John 1 a day is enough.

@John I uploaded 1 on 1 day, and 3 the next, about 4 people watched any of the last 3.

It was obvious I knew more about what was going on than the tech, too, but we still had to go through his checklist.

I don't mind that too much, though.

I got 6 upvotes on my answer, not sure why I haven't gotten rank 3 yet.

@RonanForman If you want to do a LP, model it after this guy: youtube.com/chuggaaconroy

As long as the tech realizes I know what I'm talking about and trusts me.

9:50 PM

@Snowflake have you shared enough posts? Also it takes a little while for the counters to update

Yeah I have, and thanks Ben.

I'll wait.

@RonanForman According to my youtube stream, 2 are "1 day old" and the other 2 have less than 24 hours. Just give it a little time...

Best LPer I've ever seen, consistently good quality audio/video. As well as lots of informative stuff about the game, trivia, strategies, annotations (custom made). It's all about the planning of the game too. He also does at least 1-2 practice runs before recording the real stuff. LPing well is hard work, but the quality of a nicely done LP is amazing to watch.

Well regardless, this footage sucks, so I'm going to have to bin it.

Ah it just updated. How do I claim the prize, or do I wait till end of month?

9:51 PM

@RonanForman I'm doing what i can to abuse you videos for answers, but it is hard to answer your questions with out own videos that you havent made yet

Unfortunately one of the steps was resetting the router so now I have to set up all my wireless crap again.

@Snowflake Contest ends Fri, after that its in the SE employee's hands, which I assume they'll contact winners personally on how to ship the prize you qualify for

I hate messing with router settings.

And which LPer are you referring to?

@Snowflake Chuggaaconroy

9:53 PM

@TylerShads Practice runs of the entire game?

Or just the bit he's about to record?

Does he play any certain genre? I'll look him up.

@RonanForman Yes, how can you commentate on something you're not entirely familiar with

@TylerShads Almost every other LPer doesn't do that.

@RonanForman mostly peice by peice if the game allows multiple saves, but atm, he's doing a pokemon game (about his 3rd I believe) so he has to do a whole run, delete, restart

@RonanForman There's a reason I don't watch any other LPer :)

@TylerShads Point taken.

9:55 PM

@RonanForman You can tell the amount of work he puts into it, but he also enjoys it as well, that you can also tell, which is why its so fun to watch. I played Majora's Mask about 20 times, I still watched every episode of his LP because he made it just as interesting to watch as it was when I played it all those times.

@TylerShads I enjoy the playing, but everything always goes wrong.

@Snowflake youtube.com/chuggaaconroy Mostly Nintendo games, older ones.

@RonanForman At that point its trial and error. What is your set up for recording? Software, hardware, environment?

@TylerShads It's really just the audio that goes wrong, I really don't know why, occasionally it's just as if all the settings just change.

@RonanForman What do you record it with?

Or rather, which audio is messing up, game or your voice?

@TylerShads I used to record into audacity and then merge it with the game audio afterwards, but it kept on getting out of sync near the end, so I'm not recording it all in fraps, but now the leveling is messing up.

10:00 PM

@RonanForman I wish I was an audio expert. Though the free-ish programs can't get the best quality. I've been hearing Audition is pretty good for recording speaking audio and use FRAPS for the game audio and sync. There is now a Audio/Video Production SE that is in beta if you want to pick their brains.

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Q: Where is Commander Bailey's assistant?

In the mission Aria: Eclipse it says to speak to Commander Bailey's assistant at the Presidium Commons C-Sec station, but that's where Bailey was and I can't see his assistant anywhere. I assume I'm just looking in the wrong place.

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Q: Video options for battlefield 3 (bad computer)

My computer is pretty old and not so fit for playing bf3 but I wonder wich video options I should use to get it to look as good as possible without being laggy. My specs AMD Phenom X3 2.10 GHz 3 GB RAM Nvidia Gforce 9600 GS I have a 24" screen and would prefer the game to fit in without having...

> You found your sword! It must be yours because it has your name engraved on it!

@Wipqozn

BTW, DLC Quest looks hilarious!

@TylerShads Reminds me of Achievement Unlocked.

@John my thoughts exactly

10:12 PM

@TylerShads thirded

game loads; or maybe not.

The game I was thinking of involved earning the ability to pause, or have menus, or really anything.

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10:27 PM

@John love that game

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Q: Why does the connection time out when connecting to a server?

My friend had hosted a Minecraft server before and brought it back up today with my help. He and anyone in his LAN can connect. However we have had a few people try to connect, including me, and when we try to connect it gives the message: Failed to connect to the server Connection timed...

minecraft minecraft-smp hosting

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Q: How to beat harvesters

I'm having trouble beating the harvesters, they'll often fly off before I can beat them. I've found using the sniper rifle works well but it fires to slow and runs out of ammo quickly, it there any more sustainable method of beating them? I am an Infiltrator playing on normal difficulty.

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Q: A List of Match-Making Games for PC?

My Girlfriend and I play a lot of League of Legends, but recently our team is on haitus and we're looking for some games the two of us can play. What we like about League is how it finds a game for us via matchmaking, and when the game is over, we're not automatically dumped into further matches...

multiplayer 2v2

@StrixVaria L4D2?

boo my laptop repair is on hold for parts

Yay! I win a bag.

@IanPugsley Got sucked into a game of LoL :(

10:29 PM

@StrixVaria nuuuuu

16 minutes in, but it's a PvP game so unknown length

@StrixVaria it's cool, I'll play ME

is there a way to report an account?

@Blem link it here and ping a mod.

Or flag one of their posts.

Either works

will flag a post then

10:35 PM

@Blem still waiting

done

@John Upgrade Complete?

kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/upgrade-complete

Game completet!

@RavenDreamer That's it! Congrats on successfully identifying the last game.

fistpump

10:43 PM

@RavenDreamer fistbumps back

@RavenDreamer I did LPs of those, and the first achievement unlocks

I love the Elephant games

Question: If I'm sitting on questions tab, why do i sometimes get notifications about new questions, and sometimes i don't get notifications but there are new questions? bug or did i accidently turn on some setting heh

@BrianColvin it shows new activity, whether it be new questions, edits, or answers

So i guess my questions was more towards why does it work sometimes and not others

i hit refresh with no notification and got 3-4 new questions

If you think its a bug, you should take SS's of what you see and post the bug on

10:53 PM

heh Actually prefer it not working as i have the tab pinned on chrome and it does the rolling highlight on it all the time

Today is the first time I've ever ran out of close votes.

Went down the list of ITG's.

And in one hour I can do it again! :D

@MarkTrapp Giant Ronan crush teenie tiny iPad!

@BrianColvin Same here. I guess it's because you active tab is not "new questions" - Maybe you've opened a question and you won't get notified for new question anymore but I'm not sure.

I don't think it's a bug.

ill keep an eye on it :)

11:19 PM

ITG is banned you say?

Returns to friends

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@RavenDreamer damn you damn you damn you damn you damn you

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Q: In mass effect 3, how does Fortification work?

Does fortification increase Damage resistance in general? Or just Health? Or Shield/Barrier?

0

Q: Enable War Map in single-player in Mass Effect 3?

I've read another topic here that shows that it is possible to tweak Mass Effect 3 to some extents, in said topic there was also a short tutorial on how to do this... But here's the question, does anyone know how to (if its even possible) enable the War Map in single-player mode?

mass-effect-3 multiplayer single-player

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@Wipqozn I don't need your fantasy women.

Borderlands 2 makes ClapTrap fix PC issues

@TylerShads Borderlands for PC had issues?

11:31 PM

@badp From what I hear...I played the 360 version. I suppose the usual complaints of a PC port were the issues, FOV, Vsync, crappy controls with no keybinding.

@TylerShads It runs on my GPU. That beats most games' standards.

@badp point is, they're promising an amazing PC version, which if true, then I'ma have to invest in Borderlands 1 for PC so I can import a save

Translated, Borderlands 2 will run at 5 fps on my system :P

why only 5 o.x what do you have in there that won't handle it?

nVidia 9200 GS

It's slower than an Intel HD Graphics 3000

11:34 PM

Ah, time for an upgrade xP

@TylerShads I might need to wait some more for that :/

@badp monetary reasons, I assume?

Rather the fact that it's generally unwise to plan upgrades right before the release of a new OS

although if I could manage to go with the desktop route like I'm dreaming to, I could just do most stuff now and then if needs be upgrade to a touchscreen monitor.

I take it you're really gonna go for Win8? Brave soul.

I mean, this laptop is aging okay

if it wasn't for the palmrests

if it wasn't for the HDD, which is aging a bit too fast

if it wasn't for the too-many-generations-behind GPU

11:37 PM

@badp I'm thinking you should blame John.

if it wasn't for the battery with a ~10 seconds lifetime

Keep it for a throwback machine. You looking at a custom desktop/manufactered desktop or a new laptop?

For this sort of task, not sure if a human or computer would be best. mturk.com/mturk/…

@TylerShads I'd love to get the former plus some kind of netbook for when I'm on the move.

rather than this laptop that really is a desktop on wheels.

I dunno if it'll be practical to make it happen though

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Q: League of Legends Contest!

The Leaguecraft ggClassic is an awesome tournament filled with professional League of Legends gamers, and we are the official sponsor! To show our support for the players as they do battle, we are giving away some awesome prizes to people who ask and answer the best questions about League of Lege...

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11:39 PM

Too many pins!

@badp You can put together a decent gaming rig for $1k if you buy smart and don't go too flashy. Far as netbook, that depends on the type of machine you want but $200-$350 is usually theprice you're looking at there, so about $1500 for the whole bundle

The low quality answers on this just made me spend way too long typing up my own

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Q: What's a good soldier set-up?

I'm sorry it's a really stupid question, but I'm not sure what I should be going for as a Soldier. Can anyone help me out?

my main issue is that I've never actually built a PC with my ~~bear~~ bare hands

@badp I did. It's not for the faint of heart.

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I can win an Xbox classic?

11:41 PM

so I'm either looking at extra expenses in manifacturing or help from some of my university buddies who definitely aren't faint of heart.

@badp @RavenDreamer It's not too bad at all. Think of it like Legos, just gotta get the right peices to fit together

I have no idea what that silvery PlayStation looking thing is...is that even real?

@TylerShads Except I was deathly afraid of breaking my legos.

@badp If you're daring, there's a sub reddit for building machines

that controller looks totally foreign to me

11:41 PM

@NickT Ha. It's PS3 promotional art. Pre-relase promotion art.

> If you turn out to be one of these people, you will have your choice of a new console system! (up to $250)

That's an old picture, haha

@NickT And a DS sans 3D!

@RavenDreamer What did you do with your Lego that you were deathly afraid of breaking it?

@TylerShads It's partly the fact that I really can't become an engineer in computer systems and be unable to build my own machine from scratch dammit!

@badp It's really not that hard, start with aprice point and what you'd like to run, toy around on Newegg, do a small bit of research, and you'll be fine.

11:44 PM

It's not really the shopping part that worries me, more like the actual building phase

@RedriderX My "legos", in this case, was a $250 CPU.

@badp Yeah. I hear ya.

@RavenDreamer Ahh, yes, I can see how you would be a bit more worried about that.

@badp The first time i was afraid of building it, the 2nd time it was if the parts mached after a small mishap with the ram the first time

Has anyone else's questions deleted without any warning or reasons ?

@Moonlighter Were they ITGs?

11:50 PM

ITG ?

yeah

quick, post pictures of new consoles and I'll make a new graphic

they were.

5 hours ago, by agent86

The community has spoken. Requests for game identification are now part of the prohibited list.

@badp Long as you're good with a screwdriver, have a nice flat surface and a basic understanding of computer parts, you'll be fine. I just built my new rig in december, took me an hour and bootred up first try. My first custom rig.

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Q: What should be done with questions asking for game identification?

UPDATE: Identify this game (ITG) questions are now off topic on the site. The community reached this decision with 34 vs 27 votes New ITG questions will be closed immediately, and we will start applying this policy retroactively in time. Following a series of discussions carried out here on m...

discussion status-completed identify-this-game

11:51 PM

@TylerShads grats! :)

@badp Thanks

When I email @team, will a moderator reply or someone else?

it would be kind of nice if that got bumped to the top of meta

@Gigili moderators don't receive email from team@stackexchange.com

It also helps that I was doing it as a job for a few months

11:52 PM

The best feature on the site, prohibited. good, i have nothing else left to do here, then.

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Q: League of Legends Contest!

The Leaguecraft ggClassic is an awesome tournament filled with professional League of Legends gamers, and we are the official sponsor! To show our support for the players as they do battle, we are giving away some awesome prizes to people who ask and answer the best questions about League of Lege...

@Moonlighter Well, hopefully you'll find value in other aspects of it. Otherwise, I wish you the best!

@Gigili if you want a moderator to respond, you could always ask in here :)

@RavenDreamer what consoles should I include on a new graphic

@Sterno thnx. But no, i'll leave. I'm happy i've found the game i looked for years before this happened. Bye guys :'(

11:53 PM

x360 (slim), ps3 (slim), wii...u?

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@Moonlighter For future reference, this is why paying attention to the Meta site of a StackExchange you care about is a good thing. Then this would not have surprised you.

Maybe we need identifythisgame.stackexchange.com

then everyone's happy

you people suck at crowdsourcing

3 mins ago, by Nick T

quick, post pictures of new consoles and I'll make a new graphic

@Sterno identify this item

WE have identify on movies/tv if we weren't in beta, id do the same thing as what happened here.

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11:55 PM

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@TylerShads I lost an important item, its mushy, i can't live with out it and zombies wants to eat it, can someone help me?

@Blem It'd be valid

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@TylerShads Pffft. He asked for new consoles.

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@Blem colecovision FTW

although that controller was a hunk of crap

11:59 PM

i sadly never had one, this was my first

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