The Bridge

Ben Brocka

19:00

3 seems a bit much to me, not sure I'd ever need to use it for non-procrastinating reasons. Too much open is a distraction, I try to keep it minimal. Multitasking reduces performance

@agent86 this is your "no bells and whistles" mouse? amazon.com/Logitech-Performance-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/dp/…

agent86

@fbueckert imho, the shield charge booster is kind of a rip off. the scrap recovery arm's OK, it also gives you an additional option in certain events

but you kind of have to calculate "how much more scrap can I expect to salvage this game?" - the arm only pays for itself if 15% of what you gain after it is > the purchase price

@BenBrocka yeah, they must not make it anymore, thus the premium price.

Lazers

0

Q: Approximately how many treks are required to get 1 follower from level 1 to 99 in Runescape's Temple Trekking Activity?

I've read various wiki articles and guides on how to get through the activity, and playing a few routes, I noticed that the number of levels that a companion levels up each time seems to gradually decrease as his level increases. However, none of the guides I've looked at give me any idea of how ...

runescape

James

@fbueckert :P

agent86

looks like the suggested replacement is pretty much the same thing, but with a few upgraes

Ben Brocka

Ohh, the newer model thing? Didn't notice that

that looks much more tempting

fbueckert

19:06

@agent86 I dunno. 15% faster shield charge coupled with an experienced shield tech should help enormousely.

agent86

and there my ship goes, down in flames, in like the second system :/ got punked by some laser drone + a hull laser

@fbueckert I find that generally between salvos, my shields recharge fast enough already

15% is kind of meh

I do like an experienced weapon officer + a fast firing ion weapon, that can do some serious damage

I'm somewhat tempted to try the engi ship, I've been playing almost exclusively with the default ship

Ben Brocka

Holy crap runescape is still around?

agent86

@BenBrocka I think until just recently everquest was still alive and charging per-month

I think it went F2P, but after EQ2 did

Ben Brocka

huh, wow

looks like runescape's had some graphics upgrades though

@agent86 was that one of the ones that's good for larger-handed people?

agent86

@BenBrocka well, I don't know what constitutes large. I've got 7" from palm to the tip of my middle finger, and I find it to be one of the more comfortable mice I've used.

Mark mentioned that the MX is larger, so if your hand is larger perhaps you'd prefer it.

Ben Brocka

19:21

From the palm as in wrist, start of finger or what? Palm seems like an odd end point

Also if you have 7" fingers that's pretty awesome

agent86

@BenBrocka hah, no, I meant from the the base of my palm, or perhaps you might say where my palm connects to my wrist.

from the space between my middle and ring fingers to the tip of my middle finger is 3"

Ben Brocka

About 7.5" for that here

Not the finger

spugsley

what have I walked in on? O-o

Ben Brocka

NOTHING

agent86

hey, hey, there's nothing to be ashamed of here

we're all normal adults doing normal adult things.

spugsley

19:26

ahem well, I'll just...be going then...

Tim Stone

@agent86 Apparently we have very similar hands. Which makes us the cool kids, or something.

agent86

@TimStone we should use our hands to give each other symmetrical high-fives

Ben Brocka

@agent86 Measuring normal adult things

Tim Stone

@agent86 @QAna might be jealous we're high-fiving with other people, but high-fives

spugsley

@agent86 is that what the kids are calling it these days?

agent86

19:28

@TimStone high-five wooo!

@spugsley GLORIOUS!

Sterno

Lo, I have dropped down to easy mode on FTL :(

agent86

@Sterno I have considered it. haven't yet, but the temptation is relatively overpowering

Ben Brocka

FTL?

agent86

@BenBrocka ftlgame.com

@BenBrocka James and Sterno hooked fbueckert and me up with beta copies, we've all been trying (and mostly failing) to clear it

Sterno

@agent86 I don't even come close to killing the end boss on Normal. I'm wondering if easy will make a difference

fbueckert

19:32

@agent86 Mostly failing is correct.

Sterno

I have found that Crew Teleporters are the bees knees though

agent86

@Sterno I feel like I came kinda close the one time I made it that far, but I've only been there once in probably 20 attempts

Sterno

2 mantis crew + teleporter = awesome

fbueckert

Getting lucky enough to find everything you need is tough.

agent86

@fbueckert have you yet failed to fail?

OrigamiRobot

19:33

Oh man, now my hands look freakishly long O.o

agent86

@Sterno yeah, 2 mantises probably clean up.

fbueckert

@agent86 Nope! Every ship ends up destroyed!

Ben Brocka

Easy modo?

agent86

@fbueckert Fun(tm)!

fbueckert

@Sterno They do double melee damage, so they count as four regular crewmen.

Sterno

19:33

Exactly

I unlocked the stealth ship

Don't really like it though

agent86

@Sterno yeah, it's got no shields wtf

fbueckert

@Sterno I just have the extra Engi one; I need more.

agent86

I have the engi + the stealth one, that's it

Sterno

A lot of people say the engi one is good for the end boss

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Freeeaak

QAtash

19:34

I forgot just how clunky KH 1's battle system is :/

Sterno

but I find ion cannons + drones to be an infuriatingly slow way to play

agent86

@fbueckert unlocking the stealth one requires finishing a quest in engi space that's got several stages

QAtash

to all those going back and playing this for the first time, I assure you it gets better

Sterno

Really just don't like drones overall

agent86

@Sterno yeah, this is my first engi ship game, I ditched the ion cannons for a burst laser.

user15026

19:35

@QAtash I just run around and mash all the buttons til things die. It works for me

agent86

@Sterno the "boarding" drone is crazy OP

I hope I find one this play :(

fbueckert

@Sterno I love me some drones. Beam + Fire drones = fun!

Sterno

My engi ships always end up getting spanked when I run into an encounter where my ship gets boarded

Lazers

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Q: Will wearing heavy armour gauntlets with my light armour set effect my sneaking?

I was planning to start wearing Daedric or Ebony Gauntlets with my Nightingale Armour, I will obviously be wearing the Nightingale Hood / Chest armour and Boots. Will wearing the Heavy Armour gauntlets like Daedric effect my sneaking or stealth character in any way?

skyrim

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Q: Is there a way to move character in diablo 3 with keyboard in diablo 3?

In world of warcraft you use mouse to click and keyboard to move around. Is there such a way to do so in diablo 3? That way you can more easily attack strafe or attack while backing off, etc.

diablo-3 world-of-warcraft keyboard

Sterno

I think maybe I can take down the end boss if I have crew teleporter + fire bombs + a rockman

QAtash

19:35

@AshleyNunn That's about all you can do really. KH 2 is a lot better battle system, and the next games have even more improvements

Sterno

or at least, the first stage of the end boss

My main problem was that I simply couldn't outdamage their shields or their guys with the medbay

agent86

@Sterno wait... there's stages?

Sterno

but if I take the medbay out of the equation I think I can do it

@agent86 Yeah. You have to beat it 3 times.

@agent86 And it has different weapons/tactics each time

agent86

@Sterno okay, yeah, easy mode here I come

user15026

@QAtash I tend to adopt this button mashing strategy for a lot of things. For me, the biggest problem I have in KH1 is the jumping controls

Sterno

19:37

I pretty much don't buy ship upgrades until system 3 or 4

fbueckert

Heh. I got lucky. Caused a fire in their life support. And now, I'm watching the ship burn.

Sterno

only way to make sure I can get the most out of stores

Really want a ship that starts with a teleporter

fbueckert

@Sterno I would think the Mantis one would.

agent86

@fbueckert any idea how to unlock other ships?

fbueckert

@agent86 Start New Game. Click List. Hover over ship.

agent86

19:39

@fbueckert hmm, never clicked the list view.

QAtash

Also, being level 24 in the training area for pretty much any game means I had way too much time on my hands at some point in my life

fbueckert

@agent86 The instructions are vague, but it gives you an idea.

QAdley

Bus bus bus bus bus

user15026

@QAdley are you on a bus?

QAdley

I'm on the bus

3.5 hours of fun

user15026

19:51

@QAdley That sounds.....delightful?

QAdley

At least I have the football to listen to

fbueckert

@QAdley Is this a regular occurrance?

QAdley

Every time I want to see my gf...

We currently live in rather incompatible cities

StrixVaria

It's so weird to me that buses are actually useful in other parts of the world.

If I wanted to take a bus somewhere, I'd have to drive to a bus station, and by that point I might as well just drive there myself.

OrigamiRobot

I've never used public transportation and don't care too

QAdley

19:54

I have no car...

99% of the time thats fine

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Busses are quite useful in Canada; cheaper than your own car, and quite comfortable.

StrixVaria

I don't live in a city, though.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I use it because I cannot afford a car, so city buses are my friends. Sometimes it has unfortunate side effects of strange adventures but that is okay

StrixVaria

If I were in a city, I imagine public transportation would be much more useful.

fbueckert

That said, personal transportation beats busses hand down for convenience.

I do use city busses to get to work; FAR cheaper to do so.

QAdley

19:57

The cost of car ownership just doesn't make sense for me. By the time it's been bought, taxed, insured and fueled it's just not worth the money

StrixVaria

I never liked public transportation because of the infrequency of whatever vehicle it is stopping at your stop.

For subways where they're every 10-20 mins it's not so bad, but for long distance transportation where I am it's every hour or even rarer than that.

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria there's also long-distance buses (e.g. Greyhound and such)

StrixVaria

I either have to rush through whatever I'm doing or wait an extra 2 hours for the next one with nothing to do.

QAdley

It's ok if you plan

Ian Pugsley

it's a pretty unpleasant but inexpensive way of travelling

user15026

19:58

I find that sometimes the half-hour spaces between buses is annoying, but I am getting really good at planning

QAdley

There's a clear correlation between cost and convenience

StrixVaria

@QAdley Not living in a city, it is essentially impossible to do anything without a car.

It's a mandatory expense where I live.

QAdley

Yeh, I have many country friends, I can appreciate the need

When you have to drive 10 minutes to see your neighbours...

StrixVaria

@QAdley There's this weird zone between city and country that exists in the USA (not sure if it does in other places) called "suburbs".

It's still densely populated, but with none of the conveniences of cities.

QAdley

Ive seen them. We have them, but not nearly so bad

And public transport is usually reasonable

StrixVaria

20:02

Pretty much all of New Jersey is one giant suburb.

Minus public transportation.

QAdley

I live in a 'city' you can cycle across in 15 minutes, countryside to countryside. I find this amusing

fbueckert

@QAdley That sounds like a fun walk to go on every now and then.

QAdley

Oh it is. Much of the city is large green spaces after all. Basically no one lives here

DoomyGSE

In Diablo III, when dual wielding as a Monk, how does it determine the weapon damage you do with skills?

StrixVaria

@DoomyGSE Alternates one weapon then the other.

The overall DPS is an average of the two, factoring in the attack speed bonus.

DoomyGSE

20:12

@StrixVaria Does that go for the other skills too?

Also, does it matter what hand I have what weapon in?

Ronan Forman

20:45

►

I spent ages on that, well not too long but still.

Gareth Jones

21:00

Logd into chat, and found talkings of duel weapons and USA suburbs intesting

*interesting

Lazers

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Q: Is there a way to buy cheap health potions?

I am constantly in need of new potions in Inferno and I have to invest quite some gold in this. Buying 10 potions costs 6.100 gold. This is not much but it adds up. Especially jumping to a higher Act burns through my potions. I think I remember some NPC selling cheap potions after some event, bu...

diablo-3

Gareth Jones

Ok this may be a dumb question.... But who is Lazers? Like is he like community?

fbueckert

@GarethJones Basically a scripted RSS feed for chat.

Ronan Forman

@GarethJones He's a bot that posts all arqade and meta.arqade questions.

fbueckert

Every half hour, he'll post all the new questions that were asked in that time.

Gareth Jones

21:05

Ah ok thanks, that makes sense

Ronan Forman

We also have Gaming Topics From Outside that posts all questions tagged with gaming

@GarethJones Press up to edit your messages.

Gareth Jones

Ok? Think that makes sense...

The second think that makes sense was for your message

Should edit in a @

How do you edit on an iPod....

Blem

@RonanForman I like the bit shorter videos, I actually got time to watch :)

Gareth Jones

@RonanForman oh your ronan forman

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Now I feel the need to one-up you :P

Gareth Jones

21:15

@RonanForman GnomeSlicE said you might be willing to help me out with some small video editing....

@RonanForman GnomeSlicE
12:50 AM @GarethJones @RonanForman might be willing to help you out, but I'm not sure.

Someone should make a chat exchange iPod app

Ronan Forman

@Gareth Sure, what do you want to know?

Blem

nn people

Gareth Jones

@RonanForman putting an overlay onto a video - like for a logo

Ronan Forman

What do you use?

Lazers

21:32

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Q: Can I enforce a time limit window on Steam games, notably Team Fortress 2?

My 10 year old loves Team Fortress 2 but spend too much time playing it. I looked for whether Steam has a parental control system allowing me to say "max X hours over the last 14 days", but could not find any. The OS is Windows 7 Pro. How can I approach this?

steam team-fortress-2 parental-controls

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Q: Pocket Clothier: How do I increase rapport with manufacturers?

I have 5/5 stars for first two manufacturers but I'm failing to get the final star for the next two manufacturers (or subsequent ones as I spend all money and medals trying to get 5/5 for the 3rd and 4th manufacturers. I've tried enhancing all the shelving with those manufacturers, placing bette...

pocket-clothier

Gareth Jones

@RonanForman currently im using Movie Maker (in win7)

QAdp

dear lord what a fucking tease we are

Gareth Jones

...

Ronan Forman

@Gareth Then you can't.

QAdp

@Gnome I see what you did there.

I did need a while to see it though.

Gareth Jones

21:40

@RonanForman didnt think you with movie maker, however im mainly using that for putting the vid together (recording done in "parts") so is there another progam (preferable free) that you would recomend?

Gaming Topics From Ouside

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Q: Half-life 2 and Portal 2 graphics are corrupted

I recently bought a new 1080p monitor to replace my ageing 1280x1024 one. The new one uses HDMI and is connected to my PC via DVI. The old one used a VGA cable. Set up was fine (Windows even detected the new resolution) however when I run Half-life 2, the graphics appear to be corrupted. Many of...

resolution graphics gaming corruption

QAdp

@GarethJones WMM is the most reasonable free video editing program I know

Gareth Jones

@QAdp k ill take a look at that thanks

QAdp

...that'd be Windows Movie Maker

the one you're using right now

Gareth Jones

i know

sarcasms not expressed well in chat

QAdp

21:48

you could take a look at this, @GarethJones

arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/01/…

kdenlive might have a Windows port too but I wouldn't expect miracles

yyyyyeah, the "windows port" of kdenlive is Virtualbox

QAtash

22:11

People should VTC great but sadly off-topic question: gaming.stackexchange.com/q/74537/15643

QAdp

hrm

we need to go deeper or yum heart?

choices choices.

depths have no health pickups ever* so yum heart sounds interesting, but I also take more than one heart of damage every four rooms on that last floor

Lazers

22:32

0

Q: Minecraft Single Player commands not working

So I'm on Mac OS X Lion and I tried to install single player commands. I have minecraft 1.2.5. I did the automatic install, it worked fine and now when I open minecraft a little thing come up at the bottom that says single player commands and some other stuff. However when I try to type / and a c...

minecraft mods

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Q: Do Origin Cloud saves work properly with Steam?

I have Origin and Battlefield 3 and prefer to launch BF3 via Steam. The game runs fine, but when I launch Origin occasionally gives a warning that Cloud Saves can only be used when launching via Origin. I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean; launching via Steam still opens/authenticates vi...

steam origin

0

Q: Very little bonus experience for huge massacre kill

I'm playing Nightmare mode right now and I had gotten a 45 massacre kill, one of the bigger ones I have gotten, especially on Nightmare. Only problem was that I only got +40 bonus experience, why in the world would I get so little experience for so many kills?

diablo-3

QAdp

22:46

unknown pill right before mom

eat it

HEALTH DOWN

T_T

brb treasure room

COME ON. There's no way to predict hand attacks

that's so arbitrary

Tim Stone

Meh. I'm growing really tired of this champion/elite insta-heal thing. I get that they want to prevent graveyard zerging, and I'm OK with that...but if they're going to keep throwing these super lame prefix combos at me it'd be nice if making a single mistake didn't totally screw me by making me start over again. |:

QAdp

23:05

It'd be easily doable if not all prefixes were positive

For two positive prefixes in the list of possible prefixes, add a negative one

ickleislands

@QAdp Massively overpowered ranged attack, Massively overpowered melee attack, Reduced health? (example)

QAdp

@ickleislands better than Massively overpowered ranged attack, Massively overpowered melee attack, Invulnerable minions.

ickleislands

yeah I was agreeing with you :p

Would definitely add another dynamic to the mix

QAtash

Ah, I stand corrected. Probably should vote to reopen this one if you have the ability gaming.stackexchange.com/q/74537/15643

I think the new Pokemon rival Hue wins craziest hair award

fbueckert

@QAtash At this point, they might as well just style hair, and add electricity! Instant crazy hair!

Tim Stone

23:19

@QAtash Clicking that link caused a Trojan condom video ad to pop up in the corner, which confused me since sex and Pokemon aren't something I'd have considered related.

user2334

Did the rules of Magic change wrt to the number of duplicates you can have in a deck? Just fought 2 opponents in Magic 2013 who each had like 10 copies of the same card

QAtash

@TimStone You've obviously never heard of Rule 34 of the internet then lol ;) (Totally NSFW, btw)

Ronan Forman

Have they run out of colours already?

QAtash

Tim Stone

@QAtash Oh god, I just had a flashback to something that I read on a site that makes fun of terribly awkward fanfic.

QAtash

23:25

@TimStone The Internet: Ruining childhoods since 1994

Gareth Jones

23:50

@RonanForman seems there was a way for overlay in movie maker, but cant find out if you can do it for WMM 15 windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?&PostID=126996

@QAtash oh god not the internet rules....

QAtash

@GarethJones Given to new Internet users along with this letter

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