The Bridge

LOL

@James How's the mod coming along?

@RESPAWN Are there any gold farmers for it that I Can buy monies from? :)

@RonanForman Same state as before unfortunately

Arda Xi

Which of you is Matthew Miner?

@ArdaXi Ullallulloo

Q: How does the Creep Releaser work?

5:03 PM

0

On the AI Station 404 map, there are buttons on the map called Creep Releasers which create flying drones that help attack enemy turrets. Is there a limit on the number of flying drones that can be released at a time? Is there a waiting period between when drones can be released?

awesomenauts

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Ah, thanks. Got a friend request out of the blue, saw that he was friends with @GnomeSlice

So I figured it'd be someone here.

@ArdaXi And no-one is friends with Gnome in real life?

Meanie

Monica

Hello

@James No, but I hear that if you create a female toon with sufficiently high charisma, you will be able to get other players to buy items for you.

@Monica Howdy there par'ner

Monica

5:06 PM

How are you?

and everyone.

@Monica I am swell.

@RonanForman @Mana is.

@RESPAWN Hmm, must look into getting one of those then.

Monica

I asked many questions today about English and my head nearly exploded

I am so tired

@RESPAWN "19 plus 4, that means I score!"

5:17 PM

I have seen @Mana and now I can't unsee him. Damn you GMail!

@badp It's horrible isn't it! No offence @Mana

Why is it whenever I see a question pushed to the top of the pile by a new user, I automatically assume it's going to need downvoting and/or flagging?

taking all the imagination out of my Gaming SE.

@fbueckert Perception bias.

@Monica :P Yeah, it's special, eh?

5:19 PM

@badp something you might be interested in.

@GnomeSlice played

@badp Figures.

btw - There's very little roguelike in Inferno+

and by 'very little' I mean none at all

Yay! I've fixed adobe media encoder.

@badp Eh... it's a dungeon crawler.

Of sorts.

5:20 PM

yeah, but roguelikes aren't just dungeon crawlers :)

that said I'm happy that means I can actually make progress in the game

@badp Hah!

I find that hilarious.

And true.

Russian Roulette for the whole family!

meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4403/… < close so it's not bumped

Anyone catch the nerdrage on the diablo 3 forums over the rewards for those who got into closed beta? Good times!

5:36 PM

@Beofett Oh, that won't go over so well.

Nerds must have their 'cheevos.

@fbueckert The sticky reached its size limit in less than an hour.

Most used phrase: "slap in the face"

followed closely by "haha I got it and you didn't"

@Beofett Nerds need to get laid more often. That would put this in much better perspective.

@fbueckert Somehow I don't think that'll help.

@RonanForman Probably not.

Yeah, I think the issue is a more fundamental need to find things to get mad about

5:41 PM

@Beofett I'd be fine with it so long as the thing was given to people who played more than X hours

I suspect I'll be adding ALOT of people to my ignore list in the event I open my games up publicly.

or reported Y bugs

@NickT Yeah, that would make more sense, but it is probably logistically impossible for Blizzard to do that

I got no beta invite, but I'm totally fine with this. FoS != actual achievements, anyway.

@Beofett It's just a banner emblem... It's not like it'll have any ingame effect at all. o_O

It is Wednesday right?

5:45 PM

@RonanForman 'tis

Where's my extra credits?!

@Beofett Really? With the way bnet works, I sincerely doubt Blizzard didn't track metrics on beta play times.

@GnomeSlice Must. Buy.

@FAE Exactly

@fbueckert I'm sure they do, but chances are excellent that they aren't integrated directly into the bnet account info

@fbueckert hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/04/…

5:50 PM

@Beofett I would suspect they are; if nothing else, they should be able to track login and logout times. If anything, this should be one of the prime metrics to track.

returns to work

@Wipqozn I think any appropriate reference to that blog is an automatic "win" in whatever conversation it happens to occur in.

@Beofett My thoughts exactly.

@Wipqozn I concede the point. However, I am no longer able to edit the post at this point.

@fbueckert What seems more likely? That they had an easy way to only give the reward to people who had x amount of participation, but instead said "ah, let's deliberately include people who didn't even log in", or that they decided it was too difficult to filter based off of participation?

5:54 PM

@Beofett I'm not arguing which one was more simple; I was arguing it was possible. I agree, though, awarding everyone who got into the beta is simpler.

@fbueckert Yeah, "logistically impossible" was probably a bit of hyperbole on my part. "Logistically impractical" would have been a better choice.

@Beofett Great! We're in agreement, then!

I tend to take words extremely literally; the programmer mindset, most likely.

@fbueckert I do, too. Unfortunately, I'm much better at applying that standard to other people's words than to my own :(

@Beofett That's what practice is for.

My dad used to take us EXTREMELY literally. So I've gotten into the habit of saying exactly what I mean.

Or I threaten to visit violence upon the person misinterpreting my statements. Either/or.

I have a feeling I may wind up instilling that same habit upon my son. Hopefully he'll do better with it than I have :P

6:00 PM

@fbueckert That's... not a good thing :P

And if you're about to ask me what it is if it isn't good, then it's worse than I thought :P

@badp You'd be surprised at how concise it made us. English wasn't our first language, so a little gentle nudging joke helped.

Of course, I'd pull out the Sheldon look before it WAS the Sheldon look. Dad would just laugh.

@fbueckert ESLness doesn't help, yeah.

Q: What to do when someone has 0% accept rate?

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Should I just NOT ANSWER people with 0% accept rate (and of course tell them why)? Or should I just give them a link to the FAQ and tell them that accepting gives not only the person who answers them reputation points but them too? I don't really see it fair to those people that work hard to make...

discussion accepted-answer

0

Q: Does the records work correctly in Burnout 3: Takedown for Xbox 360?

Does the records work correctly in Burnout 3: Takedown for Xbox 360? As I remember from the game on the original Xbox the records would list results from all game profiles. When I look at the records on the 360 version of the game only the records of the current profile is shown. Is this a bug ...

xbox-360 burnout-3

Unless we're talking about grammar <_<

@badp Mostly just grammar. I think Dad was just having fun with us.

6:05 PM

argh

Even if he didn't do it to help us, it still reinforced the programming tendencies.

Y U NO MATCH

Q: Could we have the new <kbd> tag?

6:30 PM

2

Recently, <kbd> tags on the trilogy sites and I think Apple as well were updated to look less ugly. I am in favor of less ugly. Can we have it?

feature-request design formatting

0

Q: Using the courier to deliver a quest

My own Quest which I made in the Creation Kit starts, like many, by a note delivered by the courier. I use the default courier and just added the note to his container in WICourierCell and then added the condition to his list in the dialoge I want to use. But if I leave it like that, other mods m...

skyrim mods creation-kit

@Lazers maybe gamedev?

6:47 PM

seeing as Torchlight 2 has a release date, will we be getting an email soon if we received the promotional grant for it last fall?

@MrNovember Lauren said that it depends on if they ever said for sure that you were getting it, I think.

@agent86 yep

Mod powers go!

I'll go ask them if they're interested.

I recall them saying that if it were delayed(since the 2011 date was tenuous) we would receive it when it came out.

Q: What can I use a Feat of Strength for?

1

I heard that Diablo 3 closed beta players will be getting a Feat of Strength called "One of the Chosen" and a sigil that they can display on their banner. I understand the sigil part, but I couldn't gather what exactly the Feat of Strength was. What does it do and can I use it for something usef...

diablo-3

@MrNovember @Raven said he'd look into it since Jeff deleted them, and he wants Diablo 3 from that. :P

7:01 PM

@Ullallulloo okie :p

@MrNovember if they made a promise about it, they've tended to be pretty good about keeping it.

when the grant for that time/game comes around, ping them about it.

@agent86 i'm not really worried about them keeping their promise, just wondering. i'll be sure to contact the people in charge when the release date draws closer.

@MrNovember indeed, that would be my suggestion.

OrigamiRobot

For amusements sake who is Agent86? — Ender 58 mins ago

@NickT I had no idea "Feat of Strength" just stood for achievement. — authenticgeek 13 mins ago

lmgtfy.com/?q=feat+of+strength&l=1

straight up google question

7:14 PM

When I first seen this, I thought it was a joke...but apparently PJ Media is a 'serious' channel.

►

tl;dr: Bronies are a sign of the Apocalypse.

5

They make sure to draw into Obama, and place some of the blame on him too.

Seems like a real unbiased station.

This is worse than Fox News.

And that's an accomplishment.

@NickT That is an awesome website :)

@Wipqozn @Fluttershy @murgatroid99 Hearts and Hooves Day was... kind of a weird episode.

@FAE That's the Big Mac/Cheerhoweverthefuckit's spelled episode, righT?

@Wipqozn Yeah

@Wipqozn Cherrilee.

7:28 PM

@Wipqozn Mind == blown.

@Wipqozn Maybe it's partially because I think love potions are sorta creepy. >>

@FAE I liked the episode since I like Big Mac.

He's my favourite secondary pony.

@Wipqozn I think the... lovey-dovey crap he said were the longest sentences I've ever heard him speak.

I do like Big Mac as well.

CMC eps aren't really my faves though.

@FAE Yeah, same here. I have a friend who hates the CMC.

Q: Can I combine PS3 controllers and PSVita remote play?

7:30 PM

0

I recently bought the Remote-Play enabled Pixeljunk Eden, and since I have one PS3 controller and one Vita, I was wondering how exactly remote play works (I'm interested in trying Eden's co-op). Does everyone need to use Remote-Play, or must everyone? Is there a limit to the number of Remote-Pla...

ps3 ps-vita

@Lazers @Raven We should play Eden together sometime!

ergujurasdpj

There was a math teacher like this at my high school.

Luckily I never had her.

@Wipqozn Isn't that all math teachers?

I think she was fired for being incompetent. I know she was in probation.

user15026

@Wipqozn I don't mind the CMC. I find them cute. Sometimes annoying, though

7:32 PM

@FAE Only the terrible ones that have no right teaching math.

Good math teachers will only deduct points for not showing the method shown in class if they say on the test "Use this method"

@AshleyNunn They're okay, but sometimes I find them grating.

user15026

@FAE This is fair. The Cutie Pox episode annoyed me, to be honest.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS

but every teacher in high school does it

user15026

@Wipqozn Yeah, I don't get it either. Happens all the time in uni, too - I am like okay, I get not seeing the test, thats fine, but not seeing the mark? What?

@AshleyNunn Those are the points where I just zen out and remember I'm not the target demographic, haha

user15026

7:35 PM

@FAE Haha that is true

four rejected ME3 endings

I bought ALL THE PIXELJUNK THINGS

well, ALL THE $1 PIXELJUNK THINGS

@agent86 Woo!

7:39 PM

Let me know if this gets annoying. Although I assume it already is.

@FAE woo!

@Wipqozn Yeah I think you're there

I'll just text link this last one then

I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate that.

I also hate when teachers use videos to waste a class.

user15026

It's even worse in university when you are paying for the privilege of being in their claass

user15026

its like dont waste my money please

Ian Pugsley

7:48 PM

@AshleyNunn seriously, that's what cancelling class is for

user15026

@IanPugsley This. A thousand and one times this.

user15026

I would much rather stay home in my pjs than go to a class that effectively does not count

I want to be in class again ;_;

user15026

@FAE Awww... hugs

user15026

I do like being in class when I am actually learning things.

7:49 PM

@AshleyNunn hugs back

Sometimes I feel like I'm just getting stupider by not being in school...

user15026

I know that feeling - that was how I felt the 4 years between HS and university

user15026

epecially when I was working at Tim Hortons

@AshleyNunn Yeah, it's been a very long time for me. I miss it.

skovacs1

@GnomeSlice Why does Steam list this as racing?

user15026

@FAE :(

7:54 PM

@AshleyNunn I suck at self-learning. I'm one of those people that needs outside structure/obligation.

Partly for the forced structure, partly for the guilt. >_>

Ian Pugsley

@FAE I find the "employment" feature also works fairly well for this

I'm not great at self-learning, but if I have to for a job, it's easy

@FAE IF you'd like, you can pay me money to listen to what you've learned.And then being disappointed in you if you don't.

@IanPugsley Yeah, I get what you mean, that works for me as well.

Basically, I just suck at doing stuff if it seems like I'm the only one who benefits.

user15026

@FAE Yeah, I am the same way, I keep trying to learn Russian solo (for no real reason anymore) and I keep neglecting it

My only real motivation for learning Russian: bride.ru

user15026

8:12 PM

@RESPAWN That's as good a reason as any I suppose

@Wipqozn youtu.be/K_MSwWY1LCE?t=4m27s

user15026

@Fluttershy Why are tehre ALWAYS victoria secret ads before these things?

@AshleyNunn Haha. It's probably targeted advertising. I just got an advert for Adobe CS6.

user15026

@RESPAWN Targeted to who? To me?

@RESPAWN Mine was for some movie called The Dictator

8:16 PM

@AshleyNunn That's generally the point of targeted advertising: to present to the viewer something that most likely aligns with their interests.

That said, sometimes they just get it wrong.

@RESPAWN Mine was about Amoretti... An alcohol company... <.< I don't drink.

user15026

@RESPAWN Haha I don't quite see why I am getting sexy underwear ads.....

@FAE Sounds about right.

@Fluttershy Maybe they think you should?

@AshleyNunn Well, the algorithms probably only got as far as "female" on your profile? :-P

user15026

@RESPAWN haha probably

8:18 PM

Has no idea if AshleyNunn is really female and is hoping he doesn't offend

user15026

@RESPAWN I am, so it's okay

Phew

This is the internet. I long ago learned not to make any gender assumptions.

Heck, probably half of my characters in EVE Online are female

@RESPAWN Yeah, but you don't even see those...

@FAE Haha. Well, these days you can, if you click through a few different screens, actually see the full 3D model of a player's avatar

@RESPAWN Ah, interesting

8:24 PM

@FAE They switched to a new 3D model for avatars sometime in the past year or so as a push to eventually implementing the "interacting in stations" plan they've had for several years now.

We all had to remake our characters in the new 3D editor

Ah I see

This was immediately followed by a whole slew of new avatars created with creepy looking faces and women with comically large chests, of course.

This was when monoclegate happened, wasn't it?

Haha. Same expansion.

I really should get back to work. But... half of the office is out today for various business. Including my boss who left before noon to go play golf.

For some reason, motivation is lacking.

Q: How did the ram get up there?

0

Suddenly, I found my huntsdwarf's ram on the wall. There has never been any ramp or stairs up there, so how could it have happened? I'm in an Untamed Wilds biome, and have seen flying (non-aggressive) wild animals. Could any of them have put the ram up there?

dwarf-fortress

8:27 PM

@RESPAWN What do you expect?

@GnomeSlice Actually, it was exactly what I expected.

@badp :(

I'm so sorry.

@Mana you were an handsome but-not-sexually-interesting-no-homo rogue in my mind. I think. I can barely recall now

ODd. I was expecting to see another star go up on this message when @GnomeSlice returned:

1 hour ago, by Wipqozn

tl;dr: Bronies are a sign of the Apocalypse.

I'm not starring it.

8:33 PM

/nick GnomeSlice

I AM PINNING IT

/nick badp

I miss IRC at times

...

@badp I can't pin anything anyway, so he'd know it was you.

@GnomeSlice You're tricky though.

@GnomeSlice you can if you ask nicely :P

Although keep in mind @badp will demote you at any point if he thinks it will be funny. tl;dr badp is awesome.

►

Ahhh this is so good.

8:37 PM

u r

user15026

Has anyone else here heard of the band Girlyman? I found them today and I loooove them.

@AshleyNunn they're pretty relaxing.

user15026

@Mana It just makes me feel chill forever listening to their stuff.

@Wipqozn I said if he asks nicely to pin something, perhaps some of the owners will follow through

@Mana Say, didn't you link me to Midnight City originally?

8:43 PM

@GnomeSlice yup

although tbh that's from my least favorite M83 album

@Mana Check out the video I just linked above.

@GnomeSlice I did

pretty cool

Here's an awesome chiptune named after Jean Luc Picard.

(I hope)

Man, I wish I could do this stuff.

user15026

@GnomeSlice I betcha you could do awesomeness! :)

Q: How do I keep ships repaired in the field in Endless Space?

0

I have repair modules on some of my ships but that only seems to be a combat thing. How do you repair ships? Do they do it automatically or is there something I'm missing?

endless-space

9:00 PM

I feel like playing EVE again.

@PeterGrace Don't. Just keep in mind that you've already won the game by not logging in. If you're not careful, you can end up like me with three accounts, and contemplating a 4th. :(

haha, I have two accounts

I just get so damn tired of pvp

@RESPAWN hahaha

Haha. I'm the opposite really. The PVP is what keeps me going.

the game is structured such that you're only safe if you have a huge support structure in place, like a big corp or an alliance.

I'm sort of a loner since I have a weird schedule, so that means I am pirate-bait.

I have an Orca and can't even use it without making friends

9:08 PM

That's a pretty fair assessment, really. It's hard to be the loner in EVE.

That said, if indy is your cup of tea and you are considering reactivating, I'd suggest waiting until the end of this month.

Oh? Something special going on?

Hulkageddon is going on all this month, so people are going all kamikaze on indy ships for fun and prizes.

hulkageddon5.machine9.net

oh right, hulkageddon

I left last year when hulkageddon was starting

It's kind of a pain. Even us PVP guys still have to do some PVE stuff on occasion to make ISK, and right now it's not safe to fly anything that doesn't have guns.

I find it amazing that these things are just groups of players.

Some player started an organization.

And now he's like a megapower in the game.

That's pretty cool.

9:16 PM

@GnomeSlice Yeah, that part of EVE is really cool.

but just think of how many spreadsheets went into becoming that megapower.

a lot of spreadsheets.

I like how people can just steal trillions of isk (I think 20 million isk ~= $1, feeding into the game only)

@Mana Your mom's a spreadsheet. Burn.

@Wipqozn Excuse me?

@Mana You ~~heard~~ read me. tortoise shades

@Mana he probably means she's white

9:19 PM

@NickT Oh. Well, he's right.

@Mana and expands to fit as many columns as needed

@NickT hm. that's uh. not quite there.

Q: Witcher 2 freeze at end of chapter 2 cutscene

0

I'm currently playing the witcher 2 enhanced edition and I've made it to the end of chapter 2, where Geralt is on his way to Loc Muinne. Everything runs just fine until the narration from Dandelion ends and the game just freezes. Is it possible I'm missing some video file? Has this happened to a...

technical-issues the-witcher-2

0

Q: How to know if there is any iron ore on the map?

From reading the wiki, it seems that iron ores can be found in layers consisting of chalk. I've now mined out almost two complete layers of chalk, and found nothing but gems. Is it possible that my map doesn't have any iron ore, or am I misunderstanding how to find the ore? The first couple of l...

dwarf-fortress

:4542384 It's been my catch phrase as of late. I haven't said it much here though. I'm worried I'll say it to someone and they will get super upset because their mother recently died or something.

user15026

Things that happen when I am sick like I am right now - I go to wash my hands and end up with a nice handful of toothpaste instead of handsoap, and wonder why my hands are not getting clean

2

user15026

9:29 PM

Small upside, my hands now really smell like min

user15026

*mint

they should also be free of any calcar

@Mana A WHOLE lot of spreadsheets. EVE and Excel go hand in hand.

user15026

@badp Another bonus.

@James you still here?

9:41 PM

Yeah

I need to redo Ep2 btw

Apparently Ep1 and Ep2 I uploaded overlap by 4min

Why?

. or 8 min

Ill look when I get home

db.tt/WCALM5PB

Kewl, Snagging.. Will up 3 as well tonight then

And we so need a tick timer next time we record

Its a pain not having an intro outro before the BLAM BLAM BLAM screen :D

It's easy in bukkit. hint hint

Why?

9:43 PM

Yeah it is easy

Whats not easy is getting everyone's health to show up :/

I do not expect people to watch my videos from start to end

So being able to do a quick explanation of what is going on is good

Also gives you time to recap/restart/etc. Makes narrating for 3 hours easier :)

Maybe I will just break down and force ultra hardcore into bukkit

nothing graceful just straight up cut and paste

Isn't the health showing a smp mod?

its part of the UHC client

which is not bukkit compatible because UHC server isnt

Its the reason the server cant run UHC and Bukkit for the ticks at the same time

@Wipqozn You've said it a ton in here...

9:59 PM

Lol wat

@GnomeSlice Not compared to how much I say it in RL.

@agent86 Indeed (unlike Diablo 3) Torchlight 2 was one of the games on the grant list when Jeff nuked them from orbit. Here's a link to the deleted list meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2865/…

Oh goodie. @Sterno is here. I know he loves it when people post 10k only links.

I didn't even notice because I wasn't reading chat

BUT NOW I HATE YOU ALL

Sorry, not much I can do about it.

10:09 PM

@Sterno Excellent.

If my rep gain for the last week keeps up, I'll be able to read deleted posts in 3.6 years!

Hey guys! Remember when we had ITGs?

@Sterno Are you going to play Diablo 3?

@bwarner Indeed

@Sterno I try not to.

@Sterno Then I wouldn't worry about rep gain. I have a feeling there will be plenty of caps to go around.

10:23 PM

@Wipqozn Jesus Christ, the comments on this video are horrible. Anyone who says anything even remotely not like 'YEAH BRONIES THESE GUYS ARE ASSHOLES' gets flagged into oblivion, judging from the votes.

And everyone else is extremely aggressive...

@GnomeSlice It's youtube.

What else do you expect?

@Wipqozn Courtesy. Foolish, I know.

@Wipqozn like my spreadsheet followup?

@NickT It's funny because you called @Mana's mother a whore.

you're the one that said she was like a spreadsheet

10:30 PM

@NickT Yeah, you got sloppy seconds.

@NickT I don't think 'speadsheet' meant 'she spreads on all the sheets'.

If I played the Diabo 3 beta, and I run it right now to make sure everything's up to date, is that what I need come release day (and, obviously, a key)? Or do I need some completely separate install?

@Sterno download the real client

Q: To be or not to be a Dark Brotherhood and a Guild Master

10:51 PM

-1

First of all I'm trying to don't repeat this question: What should I consider when deciding to join or destroy the Dark Brotherhood? I was reading the http://elderscrolls.wikia.com and I have a few doubts about the history line. I was read that you can kill Astrid, but then you can become Dark B...

skyrim pc

0

Q: Master Ligue 2011 to 2012

There's a way to convert my Master Ligue 2011 to Master Ligue 2012, with all players (my team players and another teams pleayers, statics, and the composition of the leagues (i changed them)? Also exporting my team with the stadium, shirt, etc. A complete export. Patchs, Mods and/or KitServer me...

pc pes-2011

@NickT If you pre-purchased it, can you download the full client pre-release?

yes

Nifty.

Q: Can I access Diablo III pre-load without being force to purchase it directly from Battle.Net?

8

I found our local retailer with better price for digital copy of Diablo III. He will start distributing them on 00:01 5/15/2012 - I would like to have the game pre-installed and just activate it later. Is it possible for me to pre-download the game client from Battle.net if I have not purchased...

diablo-3 battle.net

looks like pre-purchasing is irrelevant anyways

It's downloading crazy slow for me

16MB in like 5 min

10:56 PM

mine is download maybe 1 MB/2-3 seconds

@Sterno yeah, it hovers around 350-400 KB/s