The Bridge

SaintWacko

00:06

Don't forget about plain, simple Garak

user15026

@SaintWacko oh well he's just a tailor ;)

SaintWacko

@Ash But of course

GodEmperorDune

@SaintWacko garak is great

badp

HRDQ is a go

no audience, or convention, but

StrixVaria

00:32

Thanks to whoever updated the pin. I'm on mobile watching the event

Avery

(moving to TIF)

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Xbox Does Elite Dangerous Horizons cover multiple users

I just purchased Elite Dangerous for my xbox, and it comes with a redeem code for Elite Dangerous Horizons. If I redeem it on one Xbox live account, can I still use it on a different Xbox account? Thanks

Unionhawk

Grooming Samoyed

►

So much floof

quartata

00:47

oh my

GodEmperorDune

wat

is that a doggo or a sheep?

user15026

That is epic amounts of fluff

Avery

01:06

dang

Lazers 2.0

-1

Q: How can I make my laptop run smoother and faster?

I currently have a Lenovo 80EC laptop, and I recently bought gta 5 on steam. My problem is that it is very laggy, even with my resolution on the lowest it can be. I think I need new graphics cards, but I dont even know what I have currently and if its good or not. Thanks for reading this.

grand-theft-auto-5 gta-online

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria So, I've been dumping points into Dexterity. But the bulk of the moves I've unlocked are strength scaling. :(

StrixVaria

I've only done strength and vitality, but my school is mostly strength

There's no respec yet but the devs said it's something they want to add

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Who is the girl with white hair that also wears a black thing over her eyes? She's commonly found on the thumbnails of gaming on crack videos

Help me. She has white hair, a black rectangular thing over her eyes, so yeah. The faster the answer the better. Here is a link: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eCSr-SAgZTo/maxresdefault.jpg

game-identification

user15026

01:30

@Lazers2.0 that took like 30 seconds to image search on mobile, for goodness sake.

Tim Stone

AVENGE ME (in the right room /cc @Wipqozn)

quartata

Is this because Wipqozn killed everyone with his genius tactical XCOM moves

Tim Stone

Yes :(

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: How are ascendants (ancestors) ordered in Fallout Shelter save files?

I'm attempting to construct a family tree due to having rebuild the colony from only 4 individuals. It's been challenging to find mating pairs. Here's a sample of the ascendants property in the JSON object: "ascendants": [ 15, 14, 6, 3, -1, -1 ] In what order are ascend...

fallout-shelter

quartata

Not surprised

paladins' bomb king is literally junkrat

Wipqozn

01:40

@TimStone luckily we won the mission

Tim Stone

Whew

My death was not in vain then

Wipqozn

Although @Sterno walked away with mental scars

quartata

How I thought everyone died

Sterno

HELL YEAH

I'm the best

quartata

Even Rebecca Black

Wipqozn

01:41

@TimStone you did a good job of attracting bullets away from other squad members

Yuuki

Oh hey, is that Hateful Eight on TV?

SaintWacko

01:54

@Wipqozn Wait you won the mission but you abandoned me there?

Wipqozn

@SaintWacko different mission

Yuuki

@SaintWacko Sounds like @Wipqozn.

Wipqozn

WEll that mission went well, the only one who died was @Unionhawk

quartata

jeez

you need some more bullet sponges so that the people who actually have names aren't dying

Unionhawk

> Philmont trek 2018 is cancelled due to a failure to reach crew minimum size

Riiiiiip

user15026

02:08

What's that, @Unionhawk?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Every time you move you have a chance to take the Hunker Down action.

quartata

So Sterno has PTSD?

Unionhawk

@Ash Philmont is a national scout camp hiking experience

We got a lottery trek but not enough people signed up

Wipqozn

@quartata Basically

It's a negative trait system. IT's really nifty.

They added a lot of really interesting stuff in this expansion

It really is like playing a whole new game

THe mission variety alone makes it feel fresh

quartata

Huh

Unionhawk

02:15

So we'll be relinquishing our lottery spot to someone who can get a trek and a full payment organized in like a month

Lazers 2.0

1

Q: Do any units not cost maintenance?

According to this reddit post, "there are [...] some units that require no maintenance: Cargo Ships, Caravans, and Guided Missiles." Is this true? And are these the only units for which this is true?

civilization-5

Wipqozn

It snowed in the Canadian province of Newfoundland yesterday

I live in such a crazy country

quartata

what

meanwhile it's like 35C here feelsbadman

Wipqozn

SO DOWNVOTE RANT

11

Q: Is there a way to force generated soldiers to always be drawn from my character pool?

So the character pool feature in XCOM 2 is really cool, since it lets you store a bunch of soldiers which will then be used to populate the random recruits you see. The only thing I'm wondering, though, is if there's a way to ensure that when a the list of initial and recruitable soldiers is mad...

xcom-2

Just noticed a downvote on this

Don't care about the rep obviously

it's only -2 and I have super powers

quartata

I swear fall is always millions of times worse weather wise than summer

Wipqozn

02:25

BUT, I can only assume it's downvoted because "what a dumb question, just click that button lolol"

but like, as everything but the question itself shows, that feature wasn't added until amonth after the fact

so like, I don't know

seems like a stupid reason to downvote

Actually I should clear out those comments really. No longer needed

Unionhawk

Look at this guy and his not ability to see one month into the future

quartata

@Wipqozn honestly anything that gets more than 10 upvotes on a big site will get a downvote, I doubt it's anything in particular on the question

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk inorite?

@quartata oh yeah

quartata

could be someone who doesn't like xcom

Wipqozn

everyone finds reasons for downvotes

I'm just assuming that's why, and that's a stupid reason to downvote, therefore I'm like "that's stupid"

quartata

02:27

could be someone who doesn't like turtles

Unionhawk

looks at the to field of that email o yeah that's 6 people

Wipqozn

It's like when people complain LOTR being cliched and unoriginal, but it's the exact opposite. In reality it had a huge impact on fantasy, and many things were copied/based on it.

aka it's not cliched, it's the thing that started the cliched

like how Seinfeld had a huge impact on sitcoms that came after it

Before seinfeld sitcoms had a much larger focus on lesson of the day plots, but seinfeld was one of the sitcoms that changed that.

Fluttershy

How would everyone feel about "Where can I learn X move?" questions for Absolver?

Wipqozn

:39776316 I'd ban you and then give your rep to @Unionhawk

I think I can do that

@Fluttershy Also that seems like a perfectly fine question to me

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn There are quite a few moves in the game, is why I ask.

Wipqozn

02:33

@Fluttershy Luckily we have no limit on how many questions we can have.

Unionhawk

I mean we might

Who knows unless we try

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn True.

Wipqozn

I mean, there is, but it's a secret setting only mods have control over

Unionhawk

Other than se devs

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Honestly the idea that we can't ask a question because there would be a whole other similar questions just doesn't hold any weight.

I mean we want questions.

If each individual question is crap that's one thing, might be worth looking into, but that sounds like a perfectl valid question, so no worry to have a bunch

also it would be impossible to have a "one answer to rule them all". Not only would the scope be way too large, but keeping it updated would just be impossible.

So QED @Unionhawk should have just not gotten ~~shot~~ stun lanced

Unionhawk

02:37

Vtc @Wipqozn as a dupe of my new master "how do I play xcom" question

Wipqozn

'but I already know how to play

1. All soldiers are expandable
2. See 1

Unionhawk

How to be an xcom soldier:

1. Look good

2. Don't die

3. Rule 2 violations do not excuse rule 1 violations (look good dying)

The Mattbat999

@Unionhawk I would say rule 2 is more important than rule 1

Unionhawk

No

The Mattbat999

@Unionhawk really?

Unionhawk

02:42

I don't make the rules

The Mattbat999

But, rule 3 does make sense

@Unionhawk who made them?

Unionhawk

02:53

@Wipqozn probably

In unrelated news, I found a sweet looking leather jacket for my inkling, and I just ordered aviators too

I'm going to look fresh as hell

The Mattbat999

03:08

@Unionhawk go figure. That means they are terrible rules now!!!

@Unionhawk nice about the jacket and stuff

MBraedley

So, I've seen online that spoiler warnings for Arrival should be heeded. I am here to say that I concur with that advice. Good movie.

The Mattbat999

@MBraedley what is "Arrival" about?

MBraedley

Aliens on 12 ships come to earth, and we have to learn to communicate with them.

The Mattbat999

@MBraedley sounds like a bunch of other alien movies I watched. Not downing it, but it has been done multiple times.

MBraedley

@TheMattbat999 Not like this.

user15026

03:16

@TheMattbat999 I haven't seen it but I can pretty much guarantee that isn't true based on what I do know about it

MBraedley

Trust me when I say that everyone here should see it.

The Mattbat999

@MBraedley I will think about it.

user15026

@MBraedley I keep thinking I should but I am scared it will be too... I dunno, cerebral for me

The Mattbat999

@Ash celebral?

I have a somewhat terrible vocabulary

user15026

Too thinky? Too much braining.

The Mattbat999

03:23

@Ash ok... I gotta go get a shower. Be back in a minute... don't go off and have a grand and glorious conversation without me....

user15026

Japanese designer Haruki Nakamura creates playfully interactive paper toys http://trib.al/GLwMQ3T https://t.co/uGOvZLrJYL

Tweeted by mymodernmet on August 31, 2017 at 10:29 PM

user15026

These are so amazing.

MBraedley

@Ash no, I wouldn't be worried about that.

the main character is a linguist, not a scientist or soldier, after all.

Unionhawk

Splatoon 2's next Japanese Splatfest will feature McDonald's fries and McNuggets. https://nintendowire.com/news/2017/09/01/next-japanese-splatfest-features-mcdonalds-fries-mcnuggets/ https://t.co/dzgJDfmJeG

Tweeted by NinWire on September 2, 2017 at 2:39 AM

user15026

@MBraedley I just find for stuff like say, Interstellar, that a lot of it just went over my head in terms of appreciation

user15026

03:31

@Unionhawk mcnuggets. No contest.

MBraedley

@Ash It doesn't really touch the science, or attempt to explain it. Although I can't really say what science it is in the first place. Everything that you need to know is laid out rather plainly.

GodEmperorDune

A baby kangaroo wearing a diaper after being saved from a forest fire https://t.co/VGOcfRRIMA

Tweeted by landpsychology on September 2, 2017 at 2:29 AM

user15026

@MBraedley good to know

GodEmperorDune

Yeah I dunno how to provide a good summary of what arrival is without spoilers

MBraedley

I will say, though, that a second viewing is probably in order.

GodEmperorDune

03:37

It's about the process of figuring out how to communicate with aliens that think entirely differently, I guess?

And kinda touches on religious themes

MBraedley

It's not a sci-fi movie, it's a humanistic drama

(with sci-fi elements)

GodEmperorDune

Most good sci fi uses the sci fi parts to explore aspects of humanity

MBraedley

true

anyways, I'm typing in bed instead of sleeping.

GodEmperorDune

And at the end of arrival its kinda brain expandy

user15026

My main problem is my attention span is short

quartata

03:45

Arrival is amazing

The story is super nonlinear though due to how the language of the aliens works though

So it might not be your thing

Unionhawk

Holy shit the final boss battle in Splatoon 2 is anime as fuck and I can't handle this right now

quartata

wuh

Unionhawk

Help

I'm laughing so hard I might literally die

user15026

Well, looks like I am going to have to figure out how to install a video card sometime soon

user15026

(husband bought me one for my birthday)

user15026

03:55

I am very aaaaaa that I am going to explode my computer

quartata

what gpu is it

user15026

It's this: newegg.ca/Product/…

user15026

I am just a chicken when it comes to opening my computer even though I like managed to install hard drives and such in it and no one died

user15026

Just every time I am convinced that it will just die in a heaping fire pile or something because I don't trust myself

Unionhawk

Hey Nintendo here's a suggestion, give your characters more than just a 2 frame mouth moving animation it looks weird

ASDFJDBRIEDNFOENDGEKNGISNWHSKFNEIAMSNF THEY JUST MADE THIS CHARACTER'S SPEECH TEXT UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE HE WAS UPSIDE DOWN THIS GAME

user15026

04:07

The more I hear about Splatoon the more ridiculously good it sounds

quartata

btw @Ash you talking about river of teeth reminded me that I had bought it several months ago and hadn't read it, just finished it

hero is a good character and hippos are more lit than I thought 9.5/10

@Unionhawk better than mass effect andromeda?

user15026

@quartata there is a sequel coming soon! I am super excited. Also Hero is an excellent character and I like them.

Fluttershy

I regret not using my last Audible credit on Wise Man's Fear. :(

user15026

@Fluttershy good book, tho.

user15026

I highly recommend Slow Regard of Silent Things in audio because Rothfuss has a hecka soothing voice

user15026

04:14

Like I literally use it to fall asleep sometimes

Fluttershy

@Ash I'm just mad at myself because I was listening to Name of the Wind about an hour before I started frantically looking through recommendations on Audible to spend my last credit on, as I was about to cancel my subscription. T_T

user15026

@Fluttershy ah, yeah, I can see how that would be kinda frustrating

user15026

What did you use it on?

Fluttershy

@Ash The Deep, by Nick Cutter.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash yeah it's on the longer side

Lazers 2.0

04:43

0

Q: overwatch can you wallride with lucio in the opposite direction of your momentum?

so, one thing i still don't understand is that if you wall ride in a given direction. let's see forward..and you hit a corner with a wall facing left..and then jump off the wall you're on and swing the camera right so that you try to ride the new wall back towards the corner again...it doesn't wo...

overwatch

Dragonrage

@Ash shiny

Isn't the new stromlight chronicles book supposed to be out soon?

user15026

@Dragonrage I am excited for it. It will be fun to put it in even if I am nervous because computer stuff always makes me nervous.

Dragonrage

Also in other things @Wipqozn is to blame for, ashes are falling on my car from the fire nearby. :(

@Ash gpu is fairly easy to put in. Just move all the wires out of the way and slide it into the slot on the motherboard. Oh and you may have to open a back slot or two if it attaches differently than your other one.

The mobo is the one that I'm always nervous about putting in.

Arperum

7AM sounds like it's time for bed >_>

Dragonrage

@Arperum that's about when I'll get home from work. So yea. Sounds like about when I'll be sleeping

user15026

05:07

@Dragonrage that sounds easy enough.

Dragonrage

@Ash yea. Not too bad. It only fits one way and there is a chip slot for it. Just make sure when you put the wires back they aren't resting on it as the gpu gets kinda hot

user15026

Good to know!

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Is it possible to recruit more templar/skimishers/reapers?

I've been playing for a few hours, and I've only gotten one of each. Is it possible to get more?

xcom-2 xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen

user15026

05:22

@MBraedley I changed my Goodreads goal to 400 books and I am still 42 books ahead of schedule, the site says. Which kinda blows my mind. I only read 272 last year.

Dragonrage

Darn it. I'm tired already and I'm only an hour an a half into my shift. Probably because it is significantly hotter this week.

user15026

Bought a $400 DRM juicer? Well, they’re shutting down. So now it’s a paperweight 😬 https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/1/16243356/juicero-shut-down-lay-off-refund

Tweeted by internetofshit on September 1, 2017 at 7:25 PM

user15026

I don't know why this amused me so much but it does.

Kevin van der Velden

05:52

@Ash also you need to fix a screw but that's a standard philips head (on the side of the iron bit where the connectors are, mostly just for sturdyness and such

Also morning chat

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden I can do that :) that doesn't sound too hard

user15026

Although if you are awake that means I should sleep so I am not dead at work tomorrow/today/whatever time is hard

Kevin van der Velden

Uugh voyager "Look at me, I is archaeologist , I find evidence of distant ancestors on the ground half covered in dust" - THAT IS NOT HOW ANYTHING WORKS

@Ash to be fair it is really early here (especially for the weekend)

I don't know why I'm out of bed at 8am

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden fair enough but it is 2 am and I work at 10 am so sleep is a good idea even if Castle Hangnail is a good book and I want to stay up reading it

Private Pansy

#ArchivesCute cc @Ash

user15026

06:08

@PrivatePansy I love this hashtag and now I am going to end up following so many archives and libraries and things yay

Memor-X

06:21

K On! - White Christmas

►

so adorable

Dragonrage

@KevinvanderVelden yea. That's true. About the only thing easier to install than the gpu is the ram

Imo

Kevin van der Velden

Only difficult bit with GPU is removing it if you have a large one, the retaining latch on the slot is sometimes in a different place

fredley

I am alive

GodEmperorDune

@fredley grats

fredley

I was in Georgia for a bit, it is an awesome country, 10/10

Kevin van der Velden

06:32

@fredley citation-needed

fredley

1 min ago, by fredley

I am alive

Kevin van der Velden

Okay, cool

Dragonrage

@fredley Georgia 🇬🇪?

fredley

@Dragonrage That's the one

Dragonrage

Well if it's not on fire or flooded, than it's probably better than the US right now.

The only other state I've been to in the US is flooded and my state is on fire.

fredley

06:34

@Dragonrage It's actually pretty flooded. Not Texas flooded, but they had one of the worst storms in recent years while we were there.

Drive down the mountains yesterday morning involved swerving round a lot of boulders that had fallen onto the road...

Dragonrage

You don't have to worry about that in Texas. They don't have hills, let alone mountains there.

Kevin van der Velden

Yah know, a lot of problems in voyager would be fixed by going "Computer, teleport every non-crew person a kilometer up"

Dragonrage

@KevinvanderVelden do that they all fall to their death?

Kevin van der Velden

@Dragonrage no, that would be in space

Dragonrage

@KevinvanderVelden then they would die from lack of oxygen in a near vacuum

Kevin van der Velden

06:39

That would be the point

Dragonrage

Also if you are in space, which direction is up?

Kevin van der Velden

I'd also take death from exposure to said vacuum or from exposure to the temperatures

@Dragonrage you're in a ship with voice control and artificial gravity. Up is relative to gravity

Dragonrage

@KevinvanderVelden also depending where they are they could be blasted to pieces by radiation

Memor-X

I will now talk about Shadow of War DLC and charity for just over 20 minutes

►

Dragonrage

@KevinvanderVelden artificial gravity is generally achieved by a spinning circle with the outside of the circle being "down" so depending on how large a shop it is, you could just teleport them to the other side of the ship

Kevin van der Velden

06:42

I have specified which ship it is, the ship is 300 odd meters long

And has artificial gravity via magic, not via physics

Dragonrage

Oh. That explains things.

Kevin van der Velden

Anyway, the point is: teleport every invader off the ship, into space, no more invaders

(also prob 150 meters tall)

Dragonrage

I was wondering how we were going to teleport said people.

But with magic we can just hand wave everything.

Usually literally

Kevin van der Velden

I'm going by startrek rules

Dragonrage

I haven't watched the show. Thus my confusion to what you were talking about.

GodEmperorDune

06:45

@KevinvanderVelden that's kinda dark for starfleet

Kevin van der Velden

@GodEmperorDune they are kinda really dumb yes

GodEmperorDune

@KevinvanderVelden plus, identifying crew/non crew is done by combadge, so if enemies stole the combadges, congrats, the computer just killed whole crew

Kevin van der Velden

If that's the method then the computer isn't smart enough

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune surgically implant some chips

Kevin van der Velden

(I mean, that's another gripe I have about star trek, they can make general AIs for holograms but the ship AI is a dumb calculator with voice control)

GodEmperorDune

06:48

@KevinvanderVelden it's there so writers can have a plot reason for why the computer can't magically find everyone at all times

Kevin van der Velden

As in seriously, I'm fairly sure we can build the ship AI right now

GodEmperorDune

@KevinvanderVelden the ship AI can do things like pilot at relatavistic speeds

Kevin van der Velden

@GodEmperorDune that's still just math

There's no thinking, no actual general AI

GodEmperorDune

why does the commanding officer need to say shields up? why can't the computer do it when it detects incoming weapons fire or something?

Kevin van der Velden

Yes, in this episode they're being invaded (by being slowly swapped with the invaders via teleporter). The invaders like 45c temperatures and darkness. "Computer, set environmental controls to 200% brightness and 15c"

Dragonrage

06:53

@KevinvanderVelden it's sci-fi, logic is explicitly forbidden.

Kevin van der Velden

Lol, they just set an alien computer to english

Also these invaders are just humans with literally hats on

"Oh no, my improvised phaser has only 1 shot left" uses it to kill armed enemy, walks away leaving enemy weapon on the ground

\o/ they teleported the people that like 45c to a -20c temperature space

THEY IS SMART

GodEmperorDune

07:15

@yuuki @ash the kol iotm is a magic bottle with a genie that grants 3 wishes per day

Lazers 2.0

07:28

1

Q: Can you level up offline in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare?

I don't have Xbox live or even internet, but I would still like to create my own class (as far as I know you have to be on level 4 for that and you have to be online to level up) on COD 4. I also have modern warfare 3 and in there you can level up in the local multiplayer. I was wondering if you ...

xbox-360 call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare

badp

08:01

humblebundle.com/gift?key=memM2AwmRh54pymY

Sepia Lazers

08:29

2

Q: Handling dupes asking for updated info

Recently we had a Pokémon Go question asking for how a specific feature works as of a specific patch. We also have an old question which asks about how the feature works. I believe the answers on the old question were outdated when the new question was posted, however they have been since updated...

discussion closing exact-duplicates

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Secret Fort Entrances in Far Cry 4

I have been trying to take over all of the forts undetected in Far Cry 4 but I had trouble in the northern ones (Pagan's and Yuma's) but somewhat easier in the southern forts (De Pleur and Noore). This was largely due to the finding of somewhat secret or at least less direct entrances. In Noore'...

far-cry-4

badp

79FMB
BYTJT
GYFJ3

fredley

bah, someone got there first. What was it?

GodEmperorDune

09:11

@fredley bad rats

Dragonrage

09:27

@fredley Dora the explorer

Kevin van der Velden

10:15

Eeerghh, why do shows with universal translators do the "This species talks with words that are just slightly off" thing

badp

10:28

@fredley which of the two

@KevinvanderVelden because it reminds @fredley about catgirls

Chippies

10:48

@Ash I can't believe this wasn't starred! I could've missed it!

badp

also

you've missed this

twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

there'll probably be VODs

:C

Kevin van der Velden

19 hours ago, by StrixVaria

badp

you missed train races

that is all

now it's back to megaman zzzzzzzzzz

fredley

Wipqozn

12:16

@fredley 10/10 would meme again

The Mattbat999

@Wipqozn I don't get the meme

fredley

Sadly it seems AR hasn't got any new material for season 7, which is a huge shame

Wipqozn

oh hey MM6 race

I'll probably save that for later

fredley

Given how many memeable things there are

Wipqozn

DKC2 going on in the afternoon, fancy fancy

The Mattbat999

12:19

Who is Gene Parmesan?

Wipqozn

Arrested Development - Gene Parmesan Reactions

►

Taking the cat for a snow ride

2

The Mattbat999

@Wipqozn uhhhh can't watch videos

Wipqozn

via reddit.com/r/aww/comments/6xke9m/taking_the_cat_for_a_ride

The Mattbat999

@Wipqozn thanks (your reputation is now -2099😂)

Memor-X

Final Fantasy XV is on Steam.......to add to your wishlist for when it comes out next year

Kevin van der Velden

12:29

@Wipqozn stablized: gfycat.com/quaintadmirablegallowaycow :D

@Memor-X that sounds like a terrible idea

Memor-X

@KevinvanderVelden what? it being on Windows or that the PC Master Race has a reminder that they still have to wait for what we filthy console peasants have had for a while

Kevin van der Velden

No, playing or buying final fantasy fifteen

Memor-X

@KevinvanderVelden you didn't like it?

Kevin van der Velden

It's a JRPG

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Minecraft PC Realms

I have Minecraft on my iPad. I am trying to make a Minecraft show. I want to be able to enter a world that I have on my iPad through my computer. Is it possible for me to create a second Microsoft account in Minecraft on my Desktop and create a realm on my iPad and enter that realm through Minecr...

minecraft-realms

The Mattbat999

12:35

@KevinvanderVelden what is wrong with RPGs? (Personally, I was never into Final Fantasy, but still)

Kevin van der Velden

J* RPG

Memor-X

@KevinvanderVelden i see, not a fan of them in general i suppose

The Mattbat999

@KevinvanderVelden I forget what the J stands for

Kevin van der Velden

Originally? japan

Currently? J

Dragonrage

@TheMattbat999 leveling certain classes is stupidly hard if you are solo and most times you are in a group you either need experienced players and/or voice chat to properly farm/raid effectively

Chippies

12:40

my problem with JRPG's is how extremely linear they are, while also being super grindy

Dragonrage

Also I hate the fact you have to create macros because there are to many abilities for each class to actually use without a macro.

Chippies

the grind is just a way to slow down the progression and since the progression is linear, it's just tedious

The Mattbat999

@Dragonrage ok. I didn't like the earlier Final Fantasy games anyway... the gameplay for 12 through me off and either 4 or 6 (cannot remember, but it was a GBA one) left me in the dark on the story and it expected me to know them

Chippies

@Dragonrage are you talking about the MMORPG Final Fantasy?

Because I'm pretty sure that's a whole different thing altogether

Dragonrage

Aion was pretty bad for clerics. Tanky healers do zero damage. I had to kill this one mini boss later on about mid game. It had millions of hit points and I did damage in hundreds. It took me like 35 minutes to kill it solo with the best gear available at my level.

Chippies

12:44

MMORPG's in general are hard to level up solo

Dragonrage

Oh I thought for some reason we were talking about mmorpgs. Must've misread something.

I blame being up all night for a graveyard shift.

Chippies

just JRPG's in general

Dragonrage

But that same mini boss I went back later as a make and killed it with like 3 spell rotations.

Chippies

@Dragonrage pretty much the story of any support class in any mmorpg

support classes are meant to support, so soloing is a pain in the butt, since there's no one to support

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Soldier Eligibility for "Improve Combat Intelligence" in X-COM 2 WotC

One of the Covert Actions available in XCOM 2 WotC allows to to improve a soldier's Combat Intelligence, however there is no indication of why a bunch of my soldiers are not eligible for the action. There's no rank requirement these soldiers don't have, they are not at the apparent highest level...

xcom-2 xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen

Memor-X

12:58

@TheMattbat999 would be IV as VI, to my knowledge, was never ported to the GBA

Chippies

@Memor-X google says Final Fantasy VI Advance was the GBA port

Memor-X

@Chippies shit really? never knew that

@Chippies grindy i would disagree, for the most part i find myself grinding less now in any JRPG (with the exception to NISA's Disgaea style games like Disgaea, Phantom Brave, Soul Nomad). as for linear you mean how the world blocks you from progressing to new area's until you continue with the plot?

Avery

morn

Chippies

@Memor-X every jrpg's I've played has been very on-rails. You have to do this to progress and there's not much, if anything, else available to do

I wouldn't be surprised if it has changed over the years

but the old final fantasy games seemed to be exactly that

user15026

13:15

sleepy face morning

Memor-X

@Chippies not sure. Final Fantasy I and II, aside from certain spots were open. they just put up stronger enemies as a barrier or requiring key items to open the way, which RPGs already do even now. for most of the final fantasy games i can agree they can be on rails until you get something like an Airship

Ronan

13:33

Why are people so bad at arranging furniture? I just had to rearranged the living room because someone decided having the sofa blocking half the entrance to the kitchen was a good idea

user15026

@Ronan that is a recipe for disaster. I'd be tripping over that all the time holy cow

Ronan

@Ash It's not that bad, the entrance to the kitchen is like 2m wide

So now it's more one big room rather than a medium sized one and a small one

user15026

Oh okay, that's not too bad then

user15026

But still, why block it if you can help it?

Ronan

@Ash Exactly!

user15026

13:48

My apartment was easy, it's small enough there is pretty much one spot everything fits. So it is how it is. :p

Ronan

Haha yeah, this place isn't that great, but it's pretty good in size

user15026

Well that's something at least :)

Dragonrage

@Ash I have a sleepy face too, but for the opposite reason.

user15026

@Dragonrage Are you done work yet?

Dragonrage

Yea. I got off an hour ago. Just got home about 15 minutes ago.

Will probably be asleep in another 15 minutes.

badp

14:06

TRAIN RACES

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Lazers 2.0

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Q: How can i find more life crystals?

I started up a new playthrough recently and i'm having trouble finding hearts. Keep in mind i have around 400 hours on this game so i know more than someone who just started playing. Are life crystals more common in the jungle? I have gone down to hell and used spelunker potions but so far i've o...

terraria

Kevin van der Velden

@badp that is a hilarious thing

badp

@KevinvanderVelden it's good physics kaven

Kevin van der Velden

The donator guy kinda sounds like @Ronan

user15026

14:29

Okay, I watched it silent because work but uh...I don't think that's how you actually do trains

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can I complete the ending without a straight tower?

I completed the last level before the ending in Stephen's Sausage Roll without making the tower completely straight, but still with a ladder all the way up. But now a can't get the sausage at the top down. I can see how to do it with 2 ladders, but not like this. The problem is I quit the game a...

stephens-sausage-roll

Arperum

16:30 Good time for breakfast.

Kevin van der Velden

in Minecraft Talk, 2 mins ago, by Kevin van der Velden

Holy fuck the CURTA calculator is amazing and I want (to build) one

I may have thought I was in the bridge

Point still stands

Ronan

@KevinvanderVelden British you mean?

Kevin van der Velden

I 'unno, could just be my head being weird

Also not great sound quality shrug

Ronan

14:41

I can't quite place that accent actually, so it could be a midlands one

Tim Stone

14:55

@KevinvanderVelden My word, that is amazing

Kevin van der Velden

No, I already called it amazing, my word

I guess you can have it too

Tim Stone

I fixed it :P

Arperum

This Ori race is amazing.

Private Pansy

@Ash The player mentions it's an Initial D parody

Initial D is the famous Japanese racing series

Lazers 2.0

15:20

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Q: How many Blue Sphere stages are in Sonic Mania?

While working on my Blue Sphere unlock guide, I've started noticing that the bonus stages sometimes repeat themselves. This means that, unlike the standalone Blue Sphere (which had 134,217,728 levels), Sonic Mania most likely has a limited pool of pre-made bonus stages. How many unique Blue Sph...