The Bridge

8:05 PM

@RavenDreamer I understand to out of universe reason, but you would be surprised how much those kind of thing got a justification, or get retconned, later.

Raven Dreamer

Post facto justification is bad.

murgatroid99

@RavenDreamer why?

Raven Dreamer

Cognitive dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is a discomfort caused by holding conflicting cognitions (e.g., ideas, beliefs, values, emotional reactions) simultaneously. In a state of dissonance, people may feel surprise, dread, guilt, anger, or embarrassment. An example of this would be the conflict between wanting to smoke and knowing that smoking is unhealthy; a person may try to change their feelings about the odds that they will actually suffer the consequences, or they might add the consonant element that the smoking is worth short term benefits. A general view of cognitive dissonance is when one is biase...

murgatroid99

@RavenDreamer how does it cause cognitive dissonance?

Raven Dreamer

That's a little bit of hyperbole on my part. What it boils down to, is that essentially you should not be trying to justify something when you already have the results. It invites bias and/or cognitive dissonance.

murgatroid99

8:10 PM

@RavenDreamer ok, it just seems to me that arguments like this apply a lot less when discussing a fictional universe because in relation to that universe the author actually has control over that reality

Raven Dreamer

@murgatroid99 Well in fiction writing, my beef is a little different. Essentially, it's an easy out for the author; "I don't know how this works, so I'll think up a justification later". It's a bad precedent.

murgatroid99

@RavenDreamer I see what you mean, but if something is already unjustified, would it be better for it to stay unjustified or for the author to provide a justification?

Raven Dreamer

@murgatroid99 It would be better for the Author to have had a justification and have not written it into the fiction for whatever reason.

It's science. "I don't know" should be a perfectly acceptable answer.

Lazers

0

Q: Do White Critters Drop Legendary Equip?

Just wondering do normal enemies drop Legendary? What is the breakdown for probability for White/Blue/Yellow/Purple?

diablo-3

1

Q: When can I get Cormac's conversations for the For the Order achievement?

The achievement says to "Listen to all of the Templar's conversations." Most of his conversations seem to be available up until the end, but there are a few that are missable so I would like to know when Cormac's conversations first become available and if and when they become unavailable.

diablo-3 achievements

fbueckert

8:30 PM

@Sterno Criminey, that's a good weapon for that price.

And 600+ DPS on a single weapon is crappy DPS? My best one is 550!

user2334

Man, there are going to be 52 people who are disappointed they didn't get a Perfect Ruby or Perfect Diamond

fbueckert

@Lazers Do we REALLY need one of these for each and every conversation achievement?

FAE

@fbueckert I don't see a big problem there if they are legitimate questions.

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp You got the Diamond just by posting a bounty; you don't need to actually award it to someone.

user2334

@fbueckert Main question aside, we don't need one for the same achievement asked every 7 minutes

user2334

8:41 PM

@fbueckert Oh, the text says earned for awarding the bounty

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Yeah, it does. I was surprised when it gave it to me right after posting.

user2334

Well, then 26 people disappointed. My schadenfreude is still sated

fbueckert

@FAE The problem I see with this is that it's the same person asking and answering. It's looking like an attempt at hitting act III.

user2334

@fbueckert The system actively encourages self-answering. But it's moot, since he could've provided the answer on the already-existing question for it

FAE

@fbueckert Well... the purpose of the contest is incentive, no? If the answers are high quality and complete, which they look like they are, I'm not sure there's really a big issue.

LessPop_MoreFizz

8:45 PM

Something Fishy™ is going on.

user2334

Hopefully it was just coincidence

FAE

I don't know enough about the game to personally upvote them, but I'm not sure we should be punishing people for using the contest as incentive, when that's kind of the entire reason we held the contest.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp nearly identical language sets off my alarm bells.

user2334

Ah yeah, the titles are remarkably similar

fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz I suspect Alok jumped in there with the other questions once he noticed the trend of what skovacs was doing.

user15026

8:48 PM

@FAE This.

Sterno

Partying Partying, yeah! Fun fun fun fun!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert I have no idea who is being sleazy, its just obvious that somebody is.

Sterno

@fbueckert it ended up making the difference between me killing Belial and not. And now I'm clearing act 2 elite packs like they're nothing, whereas I used to die 2-3 times a pack or even have to run away. Now I just took 2 at once. THis thing rocks

user2334

Gott get in some sleaze before the contest ends in 2 hours

Sterno

I was wrong though, it was 500k. Still a great deal

Lazers

8:50 PM

1

Q: Is there a way to determine how much money you have above $10,000,000?

After your bank exceeds $10,000,000 the cash display in your inventory just stays maxed out at $9,999,999. Many high-level items even have their prices displayed as $9,999,999. Is there any practical way to determine the actual amount these displays represent? Note: I'm asking as a player on ...

ps3 borderlands

0

Q: When can I get Eirena's conversations for the Secret of Ages achievement?

Is there a complete list of Eirena's talk options needed for the achievement, and the most convenient time to do each?

diablo-3 achievements

5

Q: When can I get Lyndon's conversations for 'To Catch A Thief' achievement?

I would like to have a complete list of Lyndon's talk options and when to do them for his talk achievement.

diablo-3 achievements

0

Q: How do you breed a Pearl Dragon?

The in game announcement that stated that May 31st was the last day for the Emerald Dragon also mentioned that the Pearl Dragon would be the gem dragon for the month of June. How do you breed a Pearl dragon? What incubation time indicates that you got it?

dragonvale

0

Q: When can I get Eirena's Conversations for the Secrets of the Ages achievement?

The achievement says to "Listen to all of the Enchantress's conversations." Most of her conversations seem to be available up until the end, but there are one or two that are missable. So I would like to know: When do Eirena's conversations first become available? When do Eirena's conversations ...

diablo-3 achievements

fbueckert

@Sterno Now I need two 600+ DPS weapons with +800 life on hit.

James

@Krazer This trackpad is pretty nice even with out the swipe gestures :)

user2334

@Lazers Another one!

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Something fishy is definitely going on.

Sterno

@fbueckert I'm looking forward to getting a 900 or 1000 DPS version of this

user15026

8:52 PM

@fbueckert I think he might just be farming for the contest - its not entirely fishy but it isn't entirely unfishy.

fbueckert

@Sterno If you do, I wouldn't frown on a hand-me-down. :P

user2334

@fbueckert I think you might've gotten the chain of events correct. skovacs1 has been creating these seed questions for the past few hours, Alok just started 30 minutes ago

Sterno

@fbueckert I'll let you know when I earn about 3 million gold for my upgrade!

Frankly I'm just happy to be done with Butcher runs. On to Belial runs!

fbueckert

@Sterno Heh. I want to see if I can solo the Butcher.

With 14K health.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I think this is a situation that calls for some mod merges.

FAE

8:54 PM

@skovacs1 Do you have a moment to pop into the Bridge? People are wondering a bit what's going on with the dupes.

fbueckert

@Sterno Really? 3 million for a 1000 DPS weapon? Ouch.

user2334

@MrSmooth Probably because I was typing as the other question was asked. Obviously Alok saw that I had collected all this data and was posting it and decided to mess me up. — skovacs1 36 secs ago

Wipqozn

Ronan Forman

@James dl.dropbox.com/u/895336/day%205.png dl.dropbox.com/u/895336/day%206.png

I've given up on animating them.

James

Whoops, Didnt mean to close thsi tab, haha

When is the next one @RonanForman???

We seriously need a new UHC match :D

Ronan Forman

9:09 PM

@James How many episodes do you have left?

James

@RonanForman 7 maybe 8th I believe.

in either case these videos are so old I am pretty tired of people telling me to fix my audio on them :D

Ronan Forman

Stick them up daily starting tomorrow and then we can play next week.

How's the mod coming?

Only 30 more letters in my script to go!

@James Next time: Edit all the videos before we start posting.

James

@RonanForman Aye, that way we can just do like a daily release of the videos

Which I now see you just said :D

Mod is still where it was

I will try and put some time into it tomorrow.. maybe tonight

Most pain in the ass part is going to be merching in the UHC client compatibility

Lazers

9:47 PM

0

Q: Should we use slow or fast weapon on wizard in diablo iii?

Should I max out DPS, or damage? I like arcane orb. Will the amount of damage enemies get depend on damage or dps? Does slow but big damage weapon better than fast and low damage weapon if DPS is the same?

diablo-3 diablo-3-wizard

Fluttershy

10:13 PM

Yayyy! Quantum Conundrum is available for Pre-Purchase on Steam!

Lazers

1

Q: What goes missing when changing your quest in Diablo 3?

When I go to change my quest in Diablo 3, I get a prompt telling me "Starting a new game with a new quest will overwrite your currently saved progress". What will be overwritten? My checkpoints? Waypoint access? Achievements? Whether or not I've killed Diablo?

diablo-3

0

Q: Upgrades unlocked later in the game

I have read here there are other upgrades besides teleportation. Could you list all the upgrades?

1000-amps

0

Q: Saving or using the seeds

As it can be seen on the screenshot, I have seven seeds. What are they for? Shall I keep them or use them? Do I get anything for hording the seeds?

1000-amps

0

Q: Where does 1000 Amps save game progress?

In what location on the filesystem does 1000 Amps store your progress through the game when you save in game?

1000-amps

0

Q: Are sheol achievements locked now with wrath of lamb update?

so i had most achievements before the wrath of the lamb update. most of them, that is, except for the ones given for completing sheol with judas and eve. i then completed the full game with judas and got the new curved horn achievement, but then the game ended and i couldn't get the monster manua...

achievements binding-of-isaac wrath-of-the-lamb

Kappei

@Fluttershy what's that?

Fluttershy

@Kappei New puzzle game from one of the Portal creators.

Kappei

@Fluttershy too many games to play :(

Ullallulloo

10:33 PM

Just got Publicist from this thanks to Reddit and HIBV.

fbueckert

10:44 PM

Huh. US confirmed as creators of Stuxnet

Lazers

1

Q: What is the code to the safe?

After falling asleep, and waking up, I think I'm stuck in Home. I've searched around the house everywhere I can think of, and interacted with everything I found. But, I still can't leave the house through the front or back door, or enter the basement. I get messages about needing answers, and ma...

home

0

Q: What is the name of the soundtrack on the Juiced start menu?

I'm asking about an old game called Juiced. I honestly have tried to look all over the soundtracks of Juiced, it is the first soundtrack you hear when you boot up Juiced on the Xbox/PC/PS2, I don't know what the soundtrack is called. This page I looked at doesn't include the menu soundtrack - ...

audio music juiced

Kappei

@fbueckert I don't think there has ever been any doubt

RedRiderX

@fbueckert Surprised, yet unsurprised.

user2334

@fbueckert While it wouldn't be surprising if they were, that's not a confirmation: it's an excerpt from a book based several off-the-record statements from unnamed people

user2334

Unnamed sources confirm I'm rad

fbueckert

10:48 PM

@MarkTrapp I confirm that you`re rad.

What about this?

Still from the same article, it looks like.

Kappei

Sigh

3 upvotes away from completing Act 3 :(

fbueckert

@Kappei I've done what I can.

Kappei

@fbueckert really appreciated :)

fbueckert

@Kappei Found a couple more. They're at 4 votes now.

Kappei

@fbueckert I should have moved earlier :P

fbueckert

11:00 PM

@Kappei I wasn't interested in the mouse, or the headset. Graphics card, though, definitely.

Kappei

Damned Binding of Isaac :)

fbueckert

Heh. Fun game, isn't it?

Kappei

@fbueckert Pure genius

and addicting

fbueckert

@Kappei The premise is very scary. To survive, Isaac has to become that which he's scared of.

Kappei

@fbueckert It gets worse in the expansion

fbueckert

11:02 PM

@Kappei Indeed.

Kappei

I've never seem something so gory, creepy and yet at the same time funny

With the exception of some really terrible Horror B-movie

but there the hilarity was unintentional

Lazers

11:14 PM

0

Q: Does changing quests give you all waypoints?

When I switch quests in Diablo 3 from one quest to another, I noted that I only have waypoints up until that point. Does that list include all waypoints up to there, or only those I've previously discovered? Unfortunately I didn't take note of which I had and hadn't discovered before jumping be...

diablo-3

LessPop_MoreFizz

So, I need help processing something that happened to me this morning

I am not sure if it was marketing

or a crazy person

agent86

@LessPop_MoreFizz she's not that into you.

LessPop_MoreFizz

or some kind of prophecy or cosmic wisdom

Brant

Whee, got my 10k privs back.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@agent86 Well I would hope not.

This morning, I was standing around in a parking lot waiting for my equipment to warm up

and an elderly chinese lady walked up behind me

put her hand on my shoulder

and said

"Lunch is Special."

And then she walked away.

Brant

11:17 PM

Maybe it was a crazy person who thought they were conducting a guerrilla marketing campaign.

agent86

@LessPop_MoreFizz forkandcamera.com/?p=333

Brant

Now that I can see delete posts, I can trawl through old meta posts for juicy drama!

agent86

or maybe it was just something that sounded like lunch is special, but really meant something in some other language

badp

@Brant grats!

FAE

42 rep to 20k, agh x_x

OrigamiRobot

11:29 PM

@FAE downvotes

LessPop_MoreFizz

brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/22/…

user2334

Page doesn't load, so I can only surmise the story is about slope sex in an alley

Lazers

0

Q: How does Diablo II's difficulty scaling work?

In Diablo III, difficulty is handled in sequential fashion: Act II Normal is intended to be harder than Act I Normal Act I Nightmare is intended to be harder than Act IV Normal Act I Hell is intended to be harder than Act IV Nightmare And so on. Does Diablo II work the same way? If so, how i...

diablo-2

0

Q: Do area dots stack in Diablo 3?

I found a similar question to this, but I'm not sure the answer applies here. The question asks if DOT damage stacks (specifically single target debuffs), I'm wondering if area effects that deal DOT can stack, like the poison trail left behind by the Witch Doctor's Zombie Charger or his Acid Clou...