The Bridge

Arda Xi

9:00 PM

Literally the only thing that native speakers have any advantage in over non-native speakers would be idioms.

Nick T

@badp it doesn't have finite ammo given enough time

StrixVaria

It still bothers me that everyone uses "comprise" backwards though.

Raven Dreamer

@badp Charge, then?

badp

@NickT The bar reads 'energy'

StrixVaria

I'm still able to screw up my German grammar pretty badly, though.

Raven Dreamer

9:02 PM

@StrixVaria Stein auf!

StrixVaria

Very disappointed in the low votes for Diablo 2 questions. I blame a cabal of conspirators who will ensure that only cabal members will have 5+ votes.

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria hides the witch hat

Arda Xi

@StrixVaria German grammar is really difficult.

StrixVaria

@ArdaXi It's really regular, though, unlike English.

Arda Xi

True, but cases....

StrixVaria

9:09 PM

That's my main grief. I never use the right endings.

I can never remember the gender of nouns.

Arda Xi

Gender isn't really that difficult for me, it's just switching between the cases.

StrixVaria

How does Dutch grammar compare to German grammar? I know that I can understand some (very little) Dutch because of German, but I don't know how the grammars compare.

Arda Xi

@StrixVaria Dutch is like German except we consolidated Der and Die, and we got rid of cases.

StrixVaria

I guess cases are kind of arbitrary at times. I think the hardest part of German grammar for me is knowing which preposition to use.

Lazers

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Q: Person to Person Trading in Guild Wars 2

The one thing I couldn't figure out this weekend if it was possible to do person to person trades like you can in Guild Wars 1. Is that possible or will it only be limited to the Auction house or Guild Storage?

guild-wars-2

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Q: I've refused to help the captain in Flotsam and he took my swords?

I've refused to help the captain in Flotsam and he took my swords? I was then beat to death by some people of Flotsam and I couldn't do anything against it because they have weapons and I don't? Where can I get me new swords? I don't have muche ores left.

the-witcher-2

Arda Xi

9:12 PM

@StrixVaria They're not arbitrary, but you've got to understand the logic which is hardly ever taught.

StrixVaria

@ArdaXi I know accusative vs. dative for motion, but for other things I don't know of any rules to pick one or the other except just picking based on which preposition you're using.

Arda Xi

Like... I believe the genitive case indicates possession.

Ullallulloo

Dragon Script seems to not play nice with SKSE.

StrixVaria

It usually indicates possession, but there are some other times to use it too. I can't remember any examples because I haven't used German in a while.

Ullallulloo

Or I could just be using the wrong version...

Raven Dreamer

9:19 PM

Word of warning: Don't give @Jin access to your Diablo III account unless you're okay with logging in to a harem of female heroes.

agent86

@RavenDreamer I like Nyne, the level Nine wizard.

Raven Dreamer

On the other hand, I think my Barbarian is rather happy.

badp

I've played a female barbarian in D3beta. Does that make me a bad person?

StrixVaria

I will probably play DH as female and the rest as male. The male DH was bothering me.

Raven Dreamer

@badp No?

StrixVaria

9:24 PM

I don't see any particular reason to exclude the choice, though.

badp

Her gender should give her superior damage resistance capabilities. Right? Right?

Raven Dreamer

I've got to hand it to Blizzard for making Male Barbarians just as MOAR BARE CHESTS as the Female Barbarians, though.

@badp Exactly! More flesh in front of the heart!

badp

That's not what I was thinking but I guess it works too

(There's at least a rumour that says women can deal with pain better than men can. What with birthing and whatnot.)

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria The heels bother me most about that.

@badp (That's been debunked)

badp

@RavenDreamer (oh really?)

I'm still glad I won't have to endure the pains of birthing even if I'd be able to endure them :P

StrixVaria

9:27 PM

@RavenDreamer Heels?

Raven Dreamer

@badp health.msn.com/health-topics/pain-management/…

badp

oh, msn.com, now that's a respectable source :P

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria Yeah. The female Demon Hunter has stiletto heels in every single armor set

Arda Xi

@RavenDreamer Wow, there's a site I haven't visited in ages.

StrixVaria

@RavenDreamer Ugh.

I didn't really like the DH anyway.

I'm not going to make one for a while.

Raven Dreamer

9:28 PM

@badp But they're citing a Canadian Doctor! Blame Canada!

StrixVaria

The barbarian's 13th (I think) armor set looks sick.

badp

@StrixVaria I didn't notice there were armor sets in D3, let alone numbered armor sets.

Yet another feature disabled in beta?

Raven Dreamer

StrixVaria

@badp The numbers are just the order that they begin dropping as you progress through the game. The beta probably only had the first one available.

@RavenDreamer Barbarian Doom armor.

WANT

badp

@StrixVaria for its superior manboobs protection capabilities?

Raven Dreamer

9:31 PM

And then there will actually be set sets, which I assume will have different art

badp

or its gender neutrality?

(perhaps I'm looking at the wrong column)

Raven Dreamer

I think he likes the curves

StrixVaria

Also, Monk's Astral Mail looks sweet.

Raven Dreamer

I forget which, but one of the female monk's armor sets, the helmet comes with a giant blonde ponytail

badp

I think the monk could do with some more... je ne sais pas. Perhaps some camera beard?

Raven Dreamer

9:33 PM

Smaller shoulders

badp

So much beard, so little camera!

How's he going to upload his footage on Youtube after he's done otherwise?

StrixVaria

The Monk's got a little bit too much Russian going on in his accent.

Raven Dreamer

People shouldn't be playing Diablo III for voice acting, just like people shouldn't be playing starcraft 2 for the story

badp

You wouldn't play TF2 for the voice acting either

it doesn't mean voice acting doesn't contribute to making TF2 awesome.

StrixVaria

I'm not picking up the game because it has voice acting.

But as I play it, I am going to hear the character talk, and often.

Nick T

9:36 PM

Female Wizard = Princess Azula = win

Ian Pugsley

dammit @badp I am at work and I cannot stop laughing at Swan Ronson

StrixVaria

So annoying voice acting is grating even though it's not a focal point of the game.

badp

@IanPugsley I blame Juan.

Raven Dreamer

Be on the lookout for the first DLC info tomorrow

Tweeted by ElderScrolls on April 30, 2012 at 8:31 PM

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badp

Is it going to be hats?

I think it's going to be hats.

Raven Dreamer

9:38 PM

@StrixVaria Oh, no, I agree.

I'm surprised you were optimistic in the first place, is all

Lazers

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Q: In what order should I take levels in Holy Fire and its synergies to maximize damage?

Obviously, after maxing Holy Fire and its synergies, the damage will be the same regardless of which skills I took in which order. If I want to max the damage for my Holy Fire Paladin during play, however, what order should I take points in Holy Fire, Resist Fire, and Salvation (if at all before...

diablo-2

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Q: Do elevators ever reset in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood?

Do the "elevators" in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood ever reset? From the way they are built they look pretty much like single-use objects but that would be kind of annoying since you usually spend lots of time in a town and are likely to go to the same place twice.

assassins-creed-bh

StrixVaria

@RavenDreamer I'm sure it'll blend into the background quickly enough.

I'm not going to let the voice acting ruin the game for me.

badp

Turns out it's too early for 3DS roms or emulators. I wanted to see just how much work it would've taken to perfect Bit Trip Saga with an emulator and savestates, I guess it's too early though.

Raven Dreamer

@badp Beat / Flux are hell with a stylus :(

badp

(The point, in case you're wondering, would've been just the music.)

@RavenDreamer so, uh, core and void are better?

Raven Dreamer

9:41 PM

Things I did not expect to see today: Anime-ified Spongebob as an iTunes game

@badp Don't use the stylus in core or void. So... yes!

badp

oh, that makes sense.

Jin

@RavenDreamer I create female chars in all the games I play...

Ronan Forman

You go girl!

Raven Dreamer

@Jin I'm not knockin' it. I'm thanking you on behalf of my barbarian. ;)

Jin

the way I see it, if I spent hours 'n hours staring at a char's behind, it may as well be a chick.

Resorath

9:46 PM

@Jin Thats pretty much the universal argument. They also look better in gear.

Ronan Forman

clicks fingers

Jin

@Resorath agreed.

I miss my nightelf rogue... her name was Nyne

Raven Dreamer

It depends on if you play characters. Some people are unable to disassociate themselves from the avatar they're playing as.

(These are the folks who get weirded out when they find females playing male characters or vice versa)

As they say; different strokes.

badp

we all know Jin secretly wishes he could be a woman, so that all the fat in his bacon diet could go in better places than the belly.

Jin

@RavenDreamer yes, i've encountered many many mangina haters during my wow careers

Resorath

9:48 PM

vs

who do you want to look like?

Arda Xi

Jin

@Resorath female wow chars have better dances too!

Raven Dreamer

@Jin Not Human Females.

(And I'd argue not Blood Elf females either, but that's on account of there being no blood elf males)

Arda Xi

Be careful when enlarging that image, it might be a little NSFL.

StrixVaria

This question requires SCIENCE.

The first answer took too naive an approach.

Arda Xi

9:50 PM

Science? hides

Resorath

@ArdaXi That took forever to load, I thought you were trolling us with just a spinner image that doesn't load anything

Arda Xi

@Resorath Hence I rehosted it.

Resorath

hey! that was loading

Raven Dreamer

No troll .gifs! >:(

(I laughed, but let's try to not drive the other chatters insane, m'kay? :) )

Resorath

( :( )

Arda Xi

9:53 PM

If you're going to do it, at least do it well.

Ronan Forman

@Raven Double standard!

Raven Dreamer

@RonanForman I'm watching TV!

Ronan Forman

Y U NO DELETE?!

@Raven You mean you're not constantly moderating.

Raven Dreamer

@RonanForman Naw

@NickT You were right about a "Move" key in D3. Thanks!

badp

@Raven you complain about troll gifs and you do nothing about this?

My eyes seek vengeance

for lack of unseeing

Raven Dreamer

10:04 PM

@badp What about it?

badp

oh please.

Arda Xi

It's kind of creepy like that.

Lazers

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Q: If your mothership is being controlled by neural parasite, can you build another?

When a unit is under neural parasite, it temporarily does not belong to you. When your own mothership is under neural parasite, can you start training a new one? When the new one completes, you will end up with two motherships. Does this work?

starcraft-2

Raven Dreamer

@badp I do not see what you seem to be alluding to.

Wipqozn

10:20 PM

Good evening ladies and gentlemen!

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