The Bridge

I didn't think you looked that young, @badp, but I'm also super horrible at guessing people's ages because everyone in my family looks younger than they are

badp

@skovacs1 more like "how is babby formed"/" wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/9/9f/Heavy_taunts05.wav "

Tim Stone

3:08 PM

@badp Yeah, drinking does too much to quell my persistent anxiety for me to give it up.

spugsley

and when I got married, people really looked confused...like I was a creepy child bride

badp

@TimStone Nah, it's not really that. Both coffee and alcohol don't seem to affect me too much

although the second coffee kind of helped this evening.

FAE

God traffic jam on Saturday afternoon, only in the damn NL

GnomeSlice

@badp Except that doesn't actually sound like 'babby'.

badp

@FAE lol, drove some highway today, no car was going near the posted speed limit. It still doesn't compute to me

aren't we like stereotypically obliged to go at least 40 km/h above the speed limit?

(which I sometimes do.)

Tim Stone

3:11 PM

@FAE Think it took me an extra 30 or so minutes to get home last night. I was raging so bad.

badp

(What's the name of streets hierarchically below highways? Sometimes they have a speed limit of 70 but you can easily cruise at 100 and get overtaken, and if I need to overtake myself...)

(speeds in km/h)

FAE

I'm having one of those days where I really wish I could drive in this country. I just feel like speeding with some loud music on.

badp

@FAE Just crawl your way to the border! :P

German autobahns and stuff

spugsley

@Mana we have a problem. I'm starting to get strangely attached to this new gravatar of yours....

badp

(if only gas was cheaper)

@spugsley want me to change it now rather than later?

Mana

3:14 PM

@spugsley You can't stop looking at it?

I can't either.

.

FAE

@Tim I don't function well in traffic jams at all. I grew up in an area too rural to have any so I'm not used to them at all.

spugsley

@Mana I really can't. It's like...calling me.

skovacs1

@badp secondary highways

spugsley

@Mana I want to give it a hug...

badp

@skovacs1 that's surprisingly disappointing

Raven Dreamer

3:15 PM

Hi, eyverbody! What's goin-OHGOD @Mana WHY

Mana

@RavenDreamer gooby pls :(

Raven Dreamer

wtf is a gooby

spugsley

STOP IT WITH THE GOOBY

OMG

I can't even deal with this right now

badp

Please don't post goo{b,f}y

FAE

@Raven Congratulations on graduation!

Mana

3:16 PM

I was not going to post goofy.

Raven Dreamer

@FAE Thanks!

badp

Grats to Mana's 20th spring and Raven's freedom from academic clutches

(unless he's going for PhD or stuff)

skovacs1

@RavenDreamer graduation gratulations

Raven Dreamer

I may have pictures of me in my ~~wizard robes~~ graduation gown to post in here eventually.

Tim Stone

@FAE I have to drive on I-95/PA Route 476 to work, so unfortunately it's a pretty common experience for me. I didn't leave work until 7:00 last night, and somehow still ran into traffic.

Congratulations, @RavenDreamer!

Mana

3:17 PM

Thanks @Tim.

badp

@RavenDreamer you going for PhD?

Raven Dreamer

@badp Naw. No real need.

badp

@RavenDreamer I feel the same

spugsley

@RavenDreamer yes, post it!

Tim Stone

Let the corporate slacking begin!

spugsley

3:19 PM

I have this weird obsession with what people look like irl. Because right now, I'm picturing all of you as your gravatar sitting at your computer. Which makes some really interesting images, especially for @Mana

skovacs1

@TimStone I read that and thought, "corporate sacking? Is someone getting fired or is a company being pillaged?"

FAE

@Raven I'd offer you a celebratory hug but you decided I wasn't cool enough to visit. :(

badp

@spugsley Yeah, when I actually see people's face on the internet it's always kind of a disappointment

Tim Stone

I actually am a maroon assortment of triangles.

Raven Dreamer

@FAE No, that was my brother.

Tim Stone

3:20 PM

@skovacs1 Storm the cubicles!

Raven Dreamer

I think you're cool enough to visit!

badp

and on the other hand damn doesn't the curiosity burn at times.

FAE

@badp thanks a lot, man :P

spugsley

@badp indeed it does

Mana

@spugsley I could ruin your image so much right now.

badp

3:20 PM

@FAE I said "on the internet" :P

skovacs1

@TimStone @spugsley And I a paper placeholder for a fictional Japanese stalker.

Raven Dreamer

oh, wtf.

spugsley

@skovacs1 indeed! Which is why I have my regular face as my gravatar. :) I'm just normal

Raven Dreamer

they changed Google+

badp

@RavenDreamer Welcome to a couple weeks ago

(I don't actually have Google+)

I mean, it's kind of like reading a book and then watching its movie

ALL THE FACES ARE WRONG

(and then they replace what you had in your mind)

Tim Stone

3:22 PM

@RavenDreamer plus.google.com/u/0/102000324183751149555/posts/FXCvghjkDLP

spugsley

@badp not mine. Yay :)

badp

@spugsley photoshopped

skovacs1

@RavenDreamer I haven't known anyone to actually use google+

Raven Dreamer

badp

are you actually black and white? :P

Raven Dreamer

3:23 PM

That's Jin, FYI

FAE

A Jin

badp

Yeah, although I never really formed a mental image of Jin so seeing his face didn't impress me either way

user15026

@FAE I have only seen them once, but OMG it was lovely fun

spugsley

@RavenDreamer that is incredbile. How classy

Raven Dreamer

Ajin Jin

spugsley

3:24 PM

@badp I'm not photoshopped :( Just black and white

badp

@spugsley That's photoshoppin'!

kinda.

spugsley

@badp :(

Raven Dreamer

badp

I mean you can probably do it in Paint or something

spugsley

I could post a non-photoshop picture but it will look the same :(

so I'm not different!

FAE

3:26 PM

@Ashley I was present at the filming of the concert they did with the Metropol orchestra here, can see my arms on the DVD, haha.

spugsley

I'm just normal!!!!

badp

oh wow, Paint's converter to black and white in Windows 8 doesn't actually suck

user15026

@FAE That is actually quite awesome. Didnt know they made a DVD. Now I want to find it.

Mana

@badp suddenly, evil Jin.

Raven Dreamer

Evil Djinn

FAE

3:27 PM

(On mobile chat, can't do direct replies, sorry)

badp

Does somebody here have Windows Vista or earlier? I need your version of Paint. The one that sucks!

spugsley

@badp hahahaha

skovacs1

@spugsley What is that?

Raven Dreamer

@badp I like my non-sucking windows paint!

spugsley

@skovacs1 what is normal?

skovacs1

3:27 PM

Ronan Forman

@badp I have a VM XP.

Raven Dreamer

@badp you should go all the way back to Windows Paint 98

spugsley

@skovacs1 fantastic

badp

@RavenDreamer Paint isn't supposed to non-suck!

Blem

@badp i think the one i use is a old one since my windows 7 paint broke

badp

3:28 PM

@RavenDreamer I think that Paint is the same Paint in XP

skovacs1

@badp why are we looking for antiquated software?

FAE

@Ashley It's called Black Symphony

badp

@skovacs1 Because, I mean, Otsu Tresholding? in my PAINT?!

spugsley

HOLY FUCK if it rains today I will RAGE HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE

user15026

@FAE Good to know :) Hope it is like on Amazon or some other internetplace

spugsley

3:29 PM

please don't make that dirty. My mind already went there

Mana

@spugsley here's my FB profile pic if you want your image of me as a red monster shattered.

@spugsley also how the heck can that be dirty

that doesn't make sense.

Tim Stone

I was confused about that too.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana Oh good. See, I had access to that picture, but wasn't going to just share it, ahah

spugsley

@Mana your curly hair is wonderful!!!

Blem

thats is how my paint turns it b/w

Mana

3:30 PM

@Blem Blem, you're beautiful.

Blem

@Mana it's jin

Mana

o

FAE

@Ashley If you cannot find it I will buy you a copy here but it would be region 2 and the menus would be Dutch

Tim Stone

Also, if I could have everyone's attention for a few minutes, we're going to review the safety features of this chat room. The @spugsley rage-proof bunker is located through the emergency exits on the two sides of the room. In the event of rain, please follow the illuminated floor lighting to the safety of the bunker.

6

Blem

@Mana here is an old picture of me

spugsley

3:31 PM

@TimStone as if a bunker could save you

2

Mana

@spugsley OHHHHHHWOOOOAH

@Blem coooool

spugsley

OH! Is it photo sharing time!?!?!?! I chould show you @IanPugsley

badp

@spugsley We've tested it with Fredy. It can't be crashed through.

@spugsley That would be cheating!

agent86

A picture of me graced the cover of a magazine last year. Good luck finding it, though :)

spugsley

@badp not if it was of me and he just happened to be in it :p

@agent86 SHOW IT

Raven Dreamer

3:33 PM

@agent86 You did hwhat with Grace Note?

Tim Stone

Hey, I build a quality bunker. When you post things like this, good bunker design is critical.

Ronan Forman

@spugsley I may have seen it.

spugsley

@RavenDreamer oh god

badp

@agent86 Har har har, Mr. Gates. Very funny

FAE

@agent86 How's the family doing?

Mana

3:34 PM

@RavenDreamer I have neither seen nor talked to Grace Note in a fair amount of time :(

spugsley

@RonanForman nah. That was a shitty picture. We have lovely wedding photos of prettiness that I can show

agent86

@RavenDreamer shh, it's a secret to everyone

Raven Dreamer

@Mana He was here yesterday.

Mana

o

agent86

@FAE fine, mom and baby got to come home yesterday. baby is fussy and hungry, as is to be expected.

Mana

3:34 PM

I was at TOJam.

badp

Yeah, she/he was concerned as I had downloaded SMNC

(a DOTA-like)

FAE

Glad to hear :)

badp

He/she strongly tried to dissuade me from playing it but that wasn't as effective as the "register" form right after the three minutes long splash screen

Raven Dreamer

So my entertainment center is warping under the weight of my 42" Gaming.SE TV... #FirstWorldProblems

FAE

Why dissuade?

Mana

3:36 PM

@RavenDreamer your what.

Raven Dreamer

@Mana The desk I put the TV on top of.

Mana

@RavenDreamer not that...the...oh whatever

badp

21 hours ago, by Grace Note

Sometimes, people just don't enjoy certain categories of games, and crushing your face into it just in case you might enjoy it, doesn't really do you good service.

skovacs1

@badp I was tempted to give that a go for TF2 swag. Is it any fun?

user15026

@FAE The Dutch menus would be okay - I have enough knowledge to handle at least DVD menus (thank you, mom!) - but I dont know about the DVD region - although I am tempted for various reasons to get a DVD player that isnt all region locked

badp

3:37 PM

@skovacs1 As I said I stopped caring as soon as I launched the game. It wants you to sign up with a SMNC account

Since I got it through Steam that's just silly; use my account information dammit

FAE

@Raven yeah that sucker's heavy.

Raven Dreamer

@FAE You know what this means, though, right?

I'm going SHOPPING!

FAE

@Ashley Yeah I figured the Dutch wouldn't be so much the issue

Raven Dreamer

[Insert relevant family guy montage]

skovacs1

@badp Silly yes, but hardly unprecedented. A great many multiplayer titles on Steam do this so I'm not surprised.

badp

3:39 PM

@skovacs1 I know, it still put me off.

I mean, SEGA worked their asses off so that Spiral Knights wouldn't require a different account

user15026

@FAE :D I am not like pro or anything, but I can understand some stuff. Can't really speak or type it to save my life, but reading and listening is easier

badp

or whoever's actually behind Spiral Knights

agent86

@spugsley I would, but it's just too much of my identity for the public internet :(

badp

@agent86 I know that feeling. My face's also somewhere on the internet, but I'm not sharing.

FAE

@Ashley Ja, ik weet wat je bedoelt ;)

user15026

3:41 PM

@FAE grins

agent86

badp

@agent86 Funny you say that, given that you actually have access to my face!

Raven Dreamer

@badp Three Rings has since been purchased by Sega.

badp

@RavenDreamer Oh, right, that's the authors. I only know about SEGA because the alternative to the Steam login is a "SEGA login"

(In unrelated news, SEGA in Italian is a rather rude term for masturbation when lowercase. The pronunciation matches too.)

(Case matters!)

FAE

Spontaneously logged out of chat, weird

user15026

3:46 PM

@FAE Weeeeird

Raven Dreamer

@badp Capitonyms!

badp

@RavenDreamer ...words that have the same case?

FAE

Gonna head off now as the traffic jam is over and I don't want to get carsick. Should also probably actually talk with Jochem. >> Later all!

Raven Dreamer

@badp Words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings depending on whether or not they're capitalized.

E.g., polish and Polish.

user15026

@FAE Later! :)

Raven Dreamer

3:48 PM

(Or SEGA and sega)

@AshleyNunn Read tihs as "Laser"

user15026

@RavenDreamer Those too. Why not. ;)

badp

@FAE Lazers to you FAE

also, yay Catharsis. I still can't really stop listening to youtube.com/watch?v=e7BcczB6Gh0

15 minutes of background muzak is really kinda too long to get used to. Also violin beats.

No matter how you ignore my sharing it I keep enjoying it! Damn.

:P

Sterno

Oh, man. The Rebecca Black video isn't on the starred list anymore. Sadness

user15026

@badp Flux is one of the BitTrip games I really really suck at

badp

@AshleyNunn I'm stuck with the two PC games :(

but Flux does seem like Beat, only even harder

Raven Dreamer

3:53 PM

Flux is so looong, compared to beat

badp

@RavenDreamer Long? Isn't it three levels of 15 mins each?

Just like Beat?

spugsley

is it possible to die from nervousness?

user15026

@badp Ah I have Saga, I like it

Sterno

@spugsley Yes

user15026

even if Runner is the only one I dont fail horribly at

spugsley

3:54 PM

@Sterno oh god. I'm doomed

badp

@AshleyNunn ugh, I've started trying Runner. I'm failing so badly

Sterno

@spugsley and you'll never get to play Diablo 3!

badp

jump-kick-jump-slide-jump-gaaaaha

Raven Dreamer

@badp ]Flux tends towards 20-25 minutes each

spugsley

@Sterno THE HORROR

Raven Dreamer

3:55 PM

I'm looking forward to Runner 2!

@AshleyNunn I made a game like bit.trip beat. :3

badp

@RavenDreamer I'm looking at this guy who's put up perfect plays of pretty much all Bit Trip levels; the Catharsis one is only 25 mins long because of the [spoiler alert], while the Epiphany video is 18 mins

user15026

@badp Oh man, it's so hard. I like it, but it is hard. Also, not a game you can play without sound..... XD

Raven Dreamer

Really? I Could have sworn it was longer.

user15026

@RavenDreamer For serious? That is super awesomesauce

badp

@AshleyNunn Sound's the whole point of my listening to these videos.

Raven Dreamer

3:57 PM

@AshleyNunn youtu.be/RAL9twyALh0

I've got !! on the first two worlds in Runner.