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Ronan Forman

22:00

Like all the city watch books are in order, but could refer to an earlier witches book.

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria the chonology of the books is basically a partial ordering on the books, and the publishing order is consistent with that partial ordering

user15026

@Fluttershy That sounds awesome

murgatroid99

Partially ordered set

In mathematics, especially order theory, a partially ordered set (or poset) formalizes and generalizes the intuitive concept of an ordering, sequencing, or arrangement of the elements of a set. A poset consists of a set together with a binary relation that indicates that, for certain pairs of elements in the set, one of the elements precedes the other. Such a relation is called a partial order to reflect the fact that not every pair of elements need be related: for some pairs, it may be that neither element precedes the other in the poset. Thus, partial orders generalize the more familiar ...

FAE

@murgatroid99 Is this decent advice?

Ronan Forman

Diskworld isn't a parody of fantasy books, it's a parody of fantasy. People claimed it rips of Harry Potter despite being written earlier.

murgatroid99

22:02

@FAE I'm not really sure. I don't remember many of the names, but I read them in the order they were published (almost). And I don't think I got anything out of order

FAE

Ah, gotcha.

murgatroid99

and I never read The Science of Discworld

StrixVaria

Does he really have a character named Colon?

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria yes

StrixVaria

If I read this series I'm going to pronounce that name as "assman", and there's nothing I can do about that.

murgatroid99

22:13

@StrixVaria that doesn't even sound the same

Wipqozn

22:27

@Mana @LessPopMoreFizz: I wish I heard about this badn a month ago. Apparently they came to Halifax last month to do a concert. Because these guys are awesome. I can understand now why you guys were so excited over the new album.

C. Ross

Hi guys

has the torchlight 2 grant happened yet?

FAE

@C.Ross Heyas

C. Ross

@FAE hi!

FAE

@C.Ross You said hi, I said hi back :P

Oh, that's a distinctly different connotation with that change of punctuation, haha.

C. Ross

@FAE yeah, sorry :-S

FAE

22:32

Hehe, no problem.

StrixVaria

No, Just Cause 2, that's not my main monitor at all!

FAE

@StrixVaria Oh, you gave in?

StrixVaria

@FAE I bought it during the summer sale but haven't booted it up until right now.

Ok then, windowed it is.

@FAE There are...skill points and levels?

FAE

@StrixVaria Yes.

StrixVaria

Ugh what am I getting into.

FAE

22:36

@StrixVaria Oh wait, sorry.

StrixVaria

Are you talking about Torchlight 2?

FAE

@StrixVaria I thought you were @C.Ross.

Yes.

StrixVaria

Because I finished my first playthrough of that with Berserker this weekend.

FAE

@StrixVaria I'm leveling a Berserker at the moment. What build did you go for?

StrixVaria

@FAE Stupid purple unicorn avatar :P

FAE

22:38

@StrixVaria The blues looks similar on my other, crappier monitor and I wasn't fully paying attention!

StrixVaria

@FAE Wolf dash, other wolf dash, summon wolf, chain lightning basic attack, attack nearby enemies on crit, heal self on crit.

I don't know any names.

I also had a spell that gave me an attack speed buff.

That wasn't berserker-specific, though.

FAE

@StrixVaria Ah, I'm going mostly Hunter tree so far with a dip into Shadow passive. I'm only like 14ish though.

StrixVaria

@FAE Is that the first tree with all the red?

FAE

@StrixVaria Yeah.

StrixVaria

I don't think I read the name of a single thing in that game. I just read effects.

FAE

22:40

haha

I'm kind of bummed you can only respec the last 3 points, though I'm sure there's respec mods already.

StrixVaria

I wasn't too impressed with the descriptions of stuff in that tree so I didn't even really try it out.

FAE

I haven't looked into T2 modding yet though.

StrixVaria

I was building mostly around passives and just basic attacking everything.

FAE

I like the Howl debuff

badp

@FAE There's a respec potion in the game. You can acquire it from the console but that marks the character using the console as a cheater.

StrixVaria

22:41

With wolf dash I healed myself by 40% max health every cast and it was spammable, and my wolf healed me for ~1k every time it attacked (I had 3500 health at the end).

@FAE I generally don't like using debuffs if I could fill the slot with a self-buff instead. Debuffs go away once the enemies get dead, but buffs last for the full duration regardless.

badp

Using an item from a shared stash however doesn't mark you as a cheater afaik. Blink blink.

FAE

@badp ah yeah, heard something around that

@StrixVaria Haha, true, though I tend to enjoy debuffing in general in my gameplay, across all games.

badp

reminds me of LoL

STUNNED! FROZEN! SLOWED! SHATTERED! BROKEN! CHAINED! WHIPPED!

white text raining upwards from my head followed by death

FAE

@badp That sounds way more exciting than it actually is.

badp

@FAE ♫ but chains and whips excite you? ♫

Fluttershy

22:44

@FAE S'like... A normal day for you, no?

badp

(I'm sorry for bringing up that song)

FAE

Aw, you guys know me so well. <3

user15026

@FAE grins It's good to know what makes your friends happy

Fluttershy

@FAE This is true.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Just Cause 2 is off to a bad start. I failed a mission by missing the landing zone because they gave zero instruction on how to land in the landing zone.

Then it gave me the option to load or quit.

Strike 1.

badp

22:45

@StrixVaria I had that too in my OnLive demo

It's a fluke that doesn't happen again from what I recall - at least for the first 30 minutes

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria The one where you jump out of a plane? I'm 98% sure it tells you how to use the parachute then.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice It tells you how to open your parachute, but gives no other direction than that.

Not when to open it, how to steer, etc.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria The movement stick is pretty obviously for steering. But I guess it doesn't tell you when. You can open and close your chute as many times as you want though.

You have an infinite supply.

StrixVaria

I just grappling hooked a guard off a rooftop. Strike erased.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria You can tie them to things too.

Grapple a guy and hold the button down, point at something else, and release.

@StrixVaria if you don't care about following the story, or playing the game correctly or anything, you should look at Bolopatch

StrixVaria

22:51

How do I heal?

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Don't get shot for a bit to heal small wounds.

Large wounds need a health kit.

You can find them in various places on the walls, they have a green cross over them.

It shows up on your HUD.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I missed a grapple and launched myself headlong towards an enemy with a gun.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Press grapple again to cancel a grapple.

StrixVaria

How do I tell whether it's a small wound or a large wound?

GnomeSlice

Also, you have a melee attack.

@StrixVaria If your health bar doesn't refill all the way when you hide and regenerate, you need a health kit to fix the rest.

@StrixVaria The learning curve is a bit steep, but once you get the hang of it, it's a riot.

My father and I are STILL finding new things to do in it.

StrixVaria

22:55

"Press E to heal yourself"

Press E

Nothing happens.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Are you close enough to the health station? It's a little finicky sometimes.

Are you actually hurt?

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Yes.

@GnomeSlice I think so. There's a flashing red bar.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria That's heat.

Green is your health.

If it won't heal, you're probably not hurt.

StrixVaria

Ok that's good to know.

I can't figure out how shooting stuff works.

If I'm crouching, I can't fire.

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GnomeSlice

22:57

@StrixVaria Correct, it's kind of lame.

You can't really take cover in the game.

You can fly around shooting guys, or run around behind things.

StrixVaria

I also can't figure out how to get more ammo now.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Walk over guns.

If it's the same type, you'll grab the ammo.

James

robitstudios.com/treasure-adventure-game

GnomeSlice

If it's not, it will prompt you to switch weapons.

Well, it will prompt either way for one-handed weapons.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Ok cool.

GnomeSlice

22:58

@StrixVaria Also, grab the mounted gun when you get a chance.

It has infinite ammo and really fucks shit up.

You can pull it off and carry it around.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice How?

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Have you found one yet?

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I just wrecked a helicoptor with a turret.

GnomeSlice

There should be a button prompt for it

StrixVaria

Hold on my dog is whining. I have to take him out real quick.

GnomeSlice

22:59

@StrixVaria Try letting go and grabbing it again, to show the prompt.

I think it might be the melee button.

I play with an xbox controller, I don't know the keyboard controls.

@StrixVaria You can basically win every mission pretty easily if you can find a mounted gun.

Just don't drop them too close to health stations.

Or you might not be able to pick them up again.

StrixVaria

I can't figure out how to pick this one up.

It's a "Flak Cannon"

GnomeSlice

Steam: Steam Gives You Achievements For Creating Bugs In #GameMaker - @Kotaku http://kotaku.com/5948366/steam-gives-you-achievements-for-creating-bugs-in-gamemaker #yoyogames

Tweeted by YoYoGamemaker on October 2, 2012 at 11:01 PM

@StrixVaria That one you can't, is it a giant rotating thing?

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Yeah.

GnomeSlice

You can't.

Look at the size of it man.

You can pick up the mounted miniguns, you probably haven't seen one yet.

There's two a little ways ahead.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I don't know what you're talking about. It shoots something and it's "mounted".

GnomeSlice

23:03

Easiest thing to do is grapple the guy that's using it.

@StrixVaria does it shoot explosives?

Or is it like a really fast machine gun

StrixVaria

I don't know.

I killed a helicoptor with it.

I also just tied two guys to each other in a way that doesn't physically make sense but it was awesome.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria did it BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM, or did it go DGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDDGDGDGDGD

@StrixVaria There's various attachments for killing guys in creative ways involving the wire.

FAE

@StrixVaria This pretty much sums up that entire game.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Anyway, when you find a mounted gun that shoots regular bullets, really fast, you can pick it up.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Ok.

GnomeSlice

23:05

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@StrixVaria And you should do so at pretty much every opportunity you find one.

Steam: Steam Gives You Achievements For Creating Bugs In #GameMaker - @Kotaku http://kotaku.com/5948366/steam-gives-you-achievements-for-creating-bugs-in-gamemaker #yoyogames

Tweeted by YoYoGamemaker on October 2, 2012 at 11:01 PM

Oh, whoops, I just linked that.

GnomeSlice

23:20

Get ready to gush over these 3D printed lightbulbs from Disney Research http://tnw.to/f5dC by @harrisonweber

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SO COOL

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