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Q: OpenTTD Feeder service is costing me money

JimSo I have a feeder service. A train drops off goods (i.e. is ordered to transfer) and a truck picks these up and makes the short journey into town. The problem I seem to be having however is that whenever my truck makes the delivery it actually loses money. I'm assuming this is because the train...

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Q: Is there a way to mark a weapon as trash at the moment I pick it up?

Steve V.Related: How do I mark an inventory item as trash? I'm in the (very) early game, but I've got a couple guns that I really like. What this means is that I've got a LOT of guns that I immediately mark to sell as trash. It would be super awesome if I could just pick these inferior guns up and thr...

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@InvaderSkoodge I built a goofy deck
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Q: My dog destroyed my xbox live card and i'm missing 2 characters is there any way too eliminate some digits/letters besides just trial and error?

EvanHelp please. I really don't want to go through the massive trial and error of all of the different combos.

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Q: How is the Wii U's region locking applied?

shrodesCan someone please let me know how the Wii U is region locked? ie. what are the regions that games can be bought from for both the Wii U and how this applies to backwards compatibility for Wii games?

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Q: What does infestation do?

Nick TDoes the Kharaa's infestation do anything other than change who can build there? Is there any improved regeneration, hive sight provided, or other subtle effects that I'm not noticing?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Apparently WU LYF broke up. The frontman's speech about it is, uh. Well. It's a thing
00:49
mmh
questing in this game is unique but still boring
I have resorted to exploring
user15026
01:02
@pixel Whatcha playing?
guildwars 2
@OrigamiRobot I don't know enough cards to build goofy decks yet.
I will get there, though, as I keep building decks.
@pixel You get bonuses for completing 100% of the stuff on a given map, including the stupid-ass hearts.
Hearts are the worst.
If you complete it at an appropriate level, the bonuses are very significant.
I haven't done 100% of any zone yet
But I did go to uh
whichever zone the bank is in
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Q: Changing Coarse Iron to Iron?

ParalyticNote I am using the Masterwork Mod, looked through the manual didn't see anything about coarse iron. How do I change coarse Iron to normal Iron with the Masterwork Mod?

What race are you?
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01:03
that I had to go to via a world pvp zone
and so far I haven't made it to the bank
because I've been collecting all the pretty symbols on the map
@InvaderSkoodge sylvari ranger
Who starred that you bastard I hate you all /gnomeslice
@InvaderSkoodge tips hat
@pixel I did that starting area. It was pretty fun.
01:04
bored the hell out of me
I got to level 8 and screamed
haven't followed the story line since
getting far more enjoyment out of third person platforming
there was one I did
hang on let me find the video I found on youtube of some guy failing at it for 20 mins
There's one in the sylvari starting area with a water spiral thing.
well, 6 minutes, seemed longer, must have looped it
Yes, that one.
I did that one pretty recently and had a lot of fun.
Took me one attempt to do that, but once I got to the top I took on some of whatever the bad guys of the sylvari are called and they did a knockback which threw me off the cliff and I died
I have a pet spider though
There's another jumping puzzle immediately after this one if you don't get lamed off the cliff.
01:07
yeah I went back and did that one
@InvaderSkoodge I like watching Frank Lepore play on tcgplayer. Sometimes he plays Spikey decks, but he isn't afraid to play goofy decks too.
But I was too low level to face the enemies inside that cave
@OrigamiRobot tcgplayer?
@InvaderSkoodge magic.tcgplayer.com
Oh he plays goofy stuff in real competitions?
01:08
I am nearly at the charisma level to be classified as 'Captivating'
@InvaderSkoodge He posts videos of him playing MTGO
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@pixel Yay?
I used to play MTGO.
I wonder if I remember my login info.
@AshleyNunn I don't know what it affects :p
think its conversation options
I have an account, but I only ever built one deck.
01:10
I didn't buy many cards on it.
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@pixel I have no idea, I don't play, but I like the idea of randomly being captivating
The interface when I used to use it was atrocious.
I don't know if it's any better now.
@AshleyNunn I'm a little tree person, I should be capitivating
I got a red starter deck and modified it to use 4 Grid Monitors and a stupid amount of direct burn.
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@pixel Psh, totally. That just goes without saying.
01:11
@InvaderSkoodge I did Livewire Lash with Infect
I'm sure everything that isn't exploring will become more interesting when I'm not playing a single player game
the amount of character animations in this game is just mind boggling as well
you don't even see them loop
I watched an NPC for like 5 minutes and he didn't do the same thing twice
@OrigamiRobot Also on MTGO I ran 4 Sun Droplets in every single deck.
It's dinner time.
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@pixel That is crazy impressive.
the quests are pretty unique though
rather than 'go do X for Y times', its 'go do any mixture of <these things> please!'
user15026
@pixel oh, that is rather awesome
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Q: Trophies in pre-owned Vita game

SeanWhen I go to start a pre-owned game, I am met by this ominous warning: You cannot earn trophies in this application. Do you still want to start this application? Only the first player to use an application can earn trophies. To earn trophies, you must delete all data related to this appl...

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Q: How do I get to the objective in chapter 12?

jaminjaI have reached chapter 12 "Trauma" in Hotline Miami, which is in the hospital. I believe this is the stealth level that has been mentioned by various reviews. I can see what I think is the objective of the level in the top left corner of the map: I've managed to sneak to the door that is visi...

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Q: Do the Blade Wings digital item take an equipment slot?

StephenIf you purchase the Heart of the Swarm Deluxe Edition from Blizzard you receive a bonus item for your Diablo 3 character called Blade Wings. Do these wings always show up on your character? Are they an item (eg shoulder equipment) and if they are do they layer over normal equipment or are they ...

user15026
Why does Steam need a different version of Flash?
@AshleyNunn I think Steam recently got updated to use webkit instead of trident
so likely you don't use safari/google chrome
user15026
@pixel I will pretend that I understood that, because I suspect the further explanation will break my brain
user15026
I do, actually, use Chrome
hmm
well trident = internet explorer
steam has a web browser in it
webkit = safari/chrome
I would have expected it to use the safari/chrome version of the flash plugin
but apparently I'm wrong
I have spent literally 45 minutes looking for a bridge in the middle of a city
user15026
01:39
@pixel yeah, no, I needed "Flash for Other Browsers"
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@pixel O.o
and I still only have 82% completion on this zone
I may have made my character too short in stature
standing next to some of these other characters I look like I'm 7
fml
this puzzle
@InvaderSkoodge have you done captain weyandt's revenge yet?
@pixel No. Is that a jumping puzzle?
I've only done 3. The 2 in the sylvari zone and one other.
"kinda"
it starts as a jumping puzzle
then its tomb raider style spikes out of walls puzzle
followed by more jumping puzzle
oh... collapsing floors
fantastic
nope, more jumping
@InvaderSkoodge any failure on this puzzle = death and 20 minutes to get back to where you died
and some of these jumps are getting unreasonable
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@BenBrocka those dice are awesome.
Yes. And I am now very tempted to buy all of this expensive stuff I would never use
I hoped the prinny hood thing was a hoodie, but it's like a hooded towel thing
has anyone played hyperdimension neptunia mk2 or the prequel and know if it's any good?
Critic reviews are bad and user reviews are stellar, which is typical of JRPGs
One review said "if you're a casual gamer" and I suddenly wanted to punch the reviewer in the face many many times
02:22
oh that's just mean
jumping from pillar to pillar in pitch black
Why does an MMO have jumping puzzles of any sort?
I've never heard of one with a remotely tight (movement) control scheme
Everything is okay I found my prinnies and domokuns
@InvaderSkoodge the reward for 100% zone completion is like 1 bar of xp + a chest
@pixel The chest has 2 items appropriately leveled for the zone plus 40 crafting materials plus something else.
mine didn't
Was it a city?
02:34
it had 3 basic transmutation stones
You get crappier rewards for a city.
yeah
lion's whatever
I haven't done that one yet because I couldn't figure out some of the vistas and I figure I'm there so often I'll do it eventually.
the one on top of the hill in the south?
There were 2 close to each other in the northeastish.
A bridge made out of ships and one on a rock nearby.
I couldn't figure out either of those.
02:35
oh right
I'll try again eventually.
yeah I spent 45 minutes looking for the path to those
it's properly convoluted
user15026
@BenBrocka so much awesome cute!
but so obvious, it's just there in plain sight
I'm sure once I figure it out I'll facedesk.
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Q: Dragon Hunters quest broken?

User15674After completing the Companions quest line, I went on to do the side missions afterwards. I started with Farkas on the quest Dragon Hunters. Our target was the dragon at Bonestrewn Crest. I fast traveled to the location because I had been there already and killed the dragon before. When we got t...

@AshleyNunn was worried I lost them in the move, they were in a cabinet my mom packed behind a bunch of stuff
@OrigamiRobot and magus
@BenBrocka SPOILERS
Oh amy would totally be marle
Morbo confirmed for Lavos
@BenBrocka Kiff should be Frog
Zoidberg should be Lavos
02:48
Need an abomination to consume the world? Why not Zoidberg?
Morbo would then of course be Magus
has anyone played Cave Story 3DS?
Identify this thing has finally gone meta
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Q: Looking for a previous post about skillsets for an embedded/firmware engineer. Can't find it anymore

SandiegoI remember reading a post inquiring the basic/advanced skills required for embedded engineer works. The top comment divides the answer into two parts, the basic level/design level ,not purely coding(something like this...). Then another level : writing application(all about programming). For eac...

user15026
Hahaha wow
I love that it was immediately closed as too localized
03:05
right, I'm going to go get some sleep
nn
oh
Crystal Desert is no longer full
but trying to transfer there just caused the game to hang
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Q: Is it because my TV isn't HD?

MaplorJust recently got Skyrim. Never new about the bar at the top saying which way to go for a quest and whatnot up until recently watching other friends play it/youtube. My TV is not HD, is about 32 inches(idk) and it doesn't show that stuff. Even watching TV I notice big lettering not showing on the...

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Q: Killing the 4 assassins

jonleechThere is a quest in killing the assassins in three horn divide. Each has a specific way to "die" like one of them is by sniper rifle, another by pistol, one by melee and last by shotgun. so what if i did not kill anyone of them by the specific weapon? Will I get less rewards? impact the story?

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Q: How to keep vehicles upgrades equipped in Jetpack?

Rodrigo CastroI have Jetpack Joyride for Android, but every time I start the game I have to equip the magnetic upgrades to all vehicles, except the teleporter, which is the only one already equipped. I had once a game crash that undid my last 2 magnets purchases, so I ended up with only the teleporter and 20k...

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@InvaderSkoodge are you playing GW2 atm?
@pixel No.
You got into Crystal Desert, though?
ok well what is your whatever name I need to add to friends
yeah, it crashed the game but still transferred
I'll be on probably a decent amount tomorrow night and the night after, if you want to play together.
Let me get my name thingy.
03:09
when you say 'night' you mean your night ye? :p
My night, which is probably crazy late for you.
From like 4 hours ago on.
StrixVaria.2364
oh
that's 11pm onwards
its 3am now
That's not too bad :P
Well yesterday I was up until 5am
and on Monday I didn't sleep
@InvaderSkoodge added, mine is pixel.3590
+numlock
I'll look for it when I get on tomorrow.
03:10
yeah I'm going to sleep now anyway :p
I just noticed as I logged out
nn o/
@pixel Just about to ask this, ahah
I am actually still up
I always read o/ as an unimpressed cyclops
03:18
I'm RedShark something or other...
I hate it when that happens
I found a quest that gives more charisma
still not quite at 75%
RedShark.8705
Most cities have a speed buff NPC that you can farm charm / dignity / ferocity off of if you'd like.
I thought you could only get that once
epic
03:21
Charm / Dignity / Ferocity have very little use, actually, so there's no benefit to being one over the other.
It changes certain dialogs... and that's it.
I am 100% ferocious.
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And in the game!
if they're farmable then you can probably get them all to 100% anyway
Nope. It's / 100
And uses your last 100 interactions
oh I see
ok I am now actually going to bed though
nn :P
03:23
Sleep well!
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Q: 10 Golden Keys Whereabouts

RetrosaurJust received 10 keys for Borderlands 2. I did not preorder the game. I own Borderlands, but I don't think that has any correlation to the golden keys in game. Where did these keys come from?

04:09
@OrigamiRobot <3 Izzet
Return to Ravnica is a millionty times better of a set than Innistrad.
Innistrad is boring as shit.
Did people like Innistrad?
It's just so bland.
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Q: Why doesn't my kindred mage appear to be doing anything to rage or calm?

MaslowSo I just bought Kindred Mage. I have Calm, and Rage. Calm is supposed to work against most types up to level 9. Add the Animage perk and that would be level 17 limit (yes animals only, I realize that part). Fury is up to level 6 opponents. Kindred Mage is supposed to make 'all illusion spells' ...

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Q: How does dual wielding work in Runescape?

murgatroid99Apparently, with the new Evolution of Combat update, Runescape now includes the ability to dual wield weapons. However, I have not yet figured out how to accomplish this. So, what weapons can I wield in the off-hand (shield) slot and how can I equip them that way? Is there any other way it is di...

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Q: Can't install C&C Red Alert

AndalurI can't install C&C Red Alert, I downloaded it here, but when I try to start it (after mounting the CD ISOs with Daemon Tools) it says that the application is not supported cause it's a 16-Bit-Version or so, so what should I do?

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Q: Occupy, enslave, or exterminate?

FadewayWhat are the positive and negative consequences of each of these choices? Particularly puzzling, for me, is the difference between enslavement and occupation - as enslavement makes a new town much easier to control, and distributes the population among older, more developed centers, at a glance, ...

 
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Q: What's the DRM Model Ubisoft is Using for Assassins Creed III on the PC?

ArenI'm trying to see if the rumors about Ubisoft coming to thier senses about super-intrusive DRM apply to thier AAA titles. So far google has 2 completely conflicting articles about DRM for Assassins Creed III dated back in Sept. Now that the game is out on PC, I was wondering if anyone knew if th...

 
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Q: where is the Best Place to Buy Cheap D3 Gold Skim Diablo III 1.0.6 Patch?

user37634Now diablo 3 1.0.6 patch is live on US server already. If you are not on US server, you will not allowed to download patch 1.0.6 unless it is live in your home region. Whatever, you must prepare for it with enough diablo 3 gold and know all the latest changes about this new patch first. Here diab...

Kill it with fire.
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Q: Programmer Handedness in profiles

npetersonThis is a bit of an odd request, but I've been curious about this for a few years. When I was studying Computer Science in college, I noticed almost all of my classmates were right handed, even more than normal in society. I remember actively counting one day through four classes of roughly 30 pe...

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Join an IRC channel
2. Wait for a Gentoo user to come in, talk about how he "emerged" this and that and all the "optimizations" he used, but something still isn't working
3. Mention that he should have read the FAQ before /joining and /kick him.
@Lazers this spam is starting to look dangerously like sentences
@badp lol
10:06
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yours?
@fredley I wish.
@LessPop_MoreFizz why are you awake
@pixel Because I thought I could take a nap at 7 PM after dinner and woke up at 3 AM/
@pixel why are you awake?
@LessPop_MoreFizz Epic fail
@fredley because its 10am on a workday
10:07
@pixel Oh yeah :(
@LessPop_MoreFizz you can call me a hypocrite if you want, I was up until 3-4 playing GW2
@fredley Meh, it's fine. I actually needed a night of 'strange' sleep hours to reestablish a normal sleep schedule.
Which is to say, to get myself into a rhythym where waking up at 6:30-7ish isn't a hardship requiring lots of coffee
@LessPop_MoreFizz My sleep pattern is fucked at the moment, mostly due to chronic insomnia :(
@fredley I find the best way to fix that is to go hardcopre sleep deprivation for 2-3 days.
And then pick the appropriate time to 'reset' and go to sleep at that time. Using alcohol or other aids to do so as needed.
You can't bank sleep, so regardless of how long you deprive yourself, after 8-12 hours, you'll be fine, so you can unfuck things.
my sleep pattern is broken at the moment
mostly due to guild wars 2
am I still insisting on a particular level of sleep
which is different from what I did with TSW
@LessPop_MoreFizz But that feels like death
I can't function
I can't work
@fredley lightweight
@pixel Just because I do hard work :-P
@fredley define hard
10:13
@fredley This is what coffee - and lots and lots of water. Especially water - are for.
amphetamines
The thing about sleep deprivation is that it feels awful at first, but after a while your body realizes that no, you aren't going to let it get any sleep and it starts to produce adrenaline to let you keep going and you get that jittery second wind and you can do aaaaaannnnnyyythiiiiiiiing.
You've just gotta ride out the awful.
I don't get the jittery until about 6 days
but that's the reason I am sleeping daily, it removes the awful part too
I'm only getting 1-4 hours a day though
more like napping
I have drunk more coffee in the last week than I have in the last year
11:08
@pixel Work that requires applying my degree
@LessPop_MoreFizz I am pretty immune to caffeine, and I drink alot of water anyway
@pixel Impressive
11:20
@fredley what is your degree in, quantum math?
sounds like 'hard work = using brain'
@pixel Yes. Not just mindless tedious tasks, but yes, doing math.
oh well if its actually doing math then I guess you have to maintain a certain level of thoughts reaching their destination
@pixel Thinking math is hard
while I have no issue updating a database full of business critical financial information while being in a state unfit to drive
I actually find it easier to do my job in this state
@pixel Yes. Tedious work when sleep deprived is good.
11:24
I cause less friction when I'm too tired to argue
@pixel haha, fair enough
the last time somebody said something to the effect of “ok, you’re cute, now get me someone who can help me.” I cancelled their support contract
since our support agreements state that giving anybody that works here abuse is grounds for immediate termination without refund
"You desperately trying to help while very obviously being way out of your league is cute." might be a fair assessment of someone's ability, though (regardless of gender or looks).
our support contracts cost upwards of 60k a year though
the company who hired the guy who said that fired him immediately
Hell, I said something to the effect to a friend once too. A friend who's 40, white, heavily overweight, male and bearded.
11:38
it means something different in context
Context is everything. :)
you have no idea how soul destroying it is to be good at what you do, but get immediately dismissed on account of your gender
@pixel Sounds like that ended well for everyone
@fredley I actually got a verbal warning for cancelling a contract through improper channels, even though the company I work for backed the way I publicly handled it
Nope; I never tried to be midwife, kindergarten teacher or nurse, but I have a (male) friend who is one of them, and he has some sad stories to tell about sexism and discrimination indeed.
11:42
@MartinSojka Yeh, I know some male primary teachers. Life can be tough for them.
oh a more upbeat note
@pixel Excellent marketing
all the text on that page is awesome
> Brilliant man absolutely brilliant, I was going to jump off the Kingston bridge today with a gearbox strapped to my leg until I read this add, now I'm laughing so hard man it cheered me right up no end
@pixel The photos are incredible too
@fredley yeah lol
11:47
As for the topic at hand, I'm of the opinion that we need games to be sexist - possibly more sexist than currently -, but in all possible combinations. Being sexist in a fantasy (and games are that) is fine. Just keep your urges there, don't let it spill over into the real world.
@MartinSojka Also racist?
@fredley Very much so. You know how many of those stinky Chinese guys I exterminated in Europa Universalis 3 after I was done wiping out the Muslims?
@MartinSojka I suppose most RPG games are racist by construction
You're never going to be a half-orc sorcerer, no matter how hard you try, because you were just born wrong
Hooray, my tablet has updated, I have December (just in time!)
@MartinSojka Are you of the opinion that the story content in the new Tomb Raider is needed as well?
@pixel Is there a short version of it I could read somewhere? I don't like judging anything without knowing at least the basics.
Though Tomb Rider should generally have a bit fat sticker "Designed for young male audience" on it anyway ...
11:58
followed by huge numbers of guys saying stuff like "I don't get why its a big deal" and "why must game stories be all pink and fluffy"
@pixel Not sure what to think of this.
I just think certain subjects should remain outside of the scope of media
especially since the media in question in generally created by guys, and you'll never get a true understanding of what the subject matter actually means.
Well, I suppose that's not actually completely true, it is possible
@pixel Ok, so first thing that came to mind: Karl Stewart is an idiot who shouldn't be allowed near a story of anything. "This particular incident wouldn't have occurred had the protagonist been male"? Bullshit. If you want to tell a story where the protagonist gets raped (or threatened with rape, as in the video), their gender is meaningless.
@MartinSojka That is fundamentally not true.
IMO, it's a crime worse than murder, whose closest equivalent is torture - at least with murder you don't have to live through it afterwards
12:06
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, FFS. Watch "Pulp Fiction" some time again. Notice who exactly gets into danger of getting raped there.
@pixel Guys get raped too, I've seen one particularly horrific documentary
@MartinSojka The impact of the Pulp Fiction scene in question is very, very different, on a fundamental level.
@fredley It is, in many ways, a very different thing when talking about rape of men.
@fredley no man has ever suffered damage to reproductive organs as a result
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, because you're not controlling the protagonist there. Other than that? Same set up: Bound, in danger of getting raped, manages to get away and enact vengeance.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, and it is often treated as a joke/taken less seriously more than rape of women
12:08
I'm sorry for starting this conversation
@MartinSojka The fact that you think it's identical just reveals your ignorance of the subject. But I've had this argument before. (Feel free to go digging in the transcripts), and I'm*really* not interested in having it again, so ugh, and later.
@pixel I have that thought on a daily basis lately. :/
@LessPop_MoreFizz Agreed. /conversation
@LessPop_MoreFizz It's not identical; the fact you're in control of the would-be victim makes the impact different.
Nobody start any conversations
@MartinSojka sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@fredley somebody else choose the next subject, the two that I've caused so far have escalated quickly
@LessPop_MoreFizz what other subjects did you wish you hadn't started on?
12:12
@pixel Too many to count. The most recent example was TipChat the other night.
oh right yeah
yeah that escalated pretty quickly
you did manage to effectively split the channel in two with that one
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I'm only level 12 in GW2 so far
I have spent a lot of time mindlessly running around though
them jumping puzzles
As for the Lara Croft stuff, I don't get why the devs don't just say "Yeah, there's a scene in there where Lara almost gets raped. If you don't like stories which include it - and we can totally see why you wouldn't like it, it's heavy stuff -, don't buy our game." Just be honest, for once!
@pixel I should point out that SWTOR has some incredible jumping puzzles hidden away if you want to collect all the datacrons (random little +Stat nodes you can find and click) One of the few redeeming features of that game, along with the narrative/cutscenes.
12:18
SWTOR lied to me during the installation
When I did finally download it, and play it, I didn't find it enjoyable
felt way too slow
@MartinSojka Grats on missing the point, feel free to dig around in the archives for the last argument about the lara croft thing, my main sparring partner that time around was gnomeslice, another key word you might find helpful in that search is 'trigger'. Okay, now I need to get ready to go to work.
@pixel Accurate.
I can see it may appeal to some, but if something doesn't actively keep me interested I cba with it
and a slow game is the easiest way to do that
tbh GW2 feels a bit slow as well
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's my point, in part. If that scene triggers bad memories or associations with you .. don't buy the game. For that matter, don't watch "Irreversible" or "Baise-moi" either. Simple as that. Let other people enjoy their entertainment.
@MartinSojka people 'enjoying' that subject matter flags up a serious issue with the world
@pixel No, why? We're almost all perverts, just have different fantasies and urges. As long as the destructive ones stay fantasies and aren't acted out in the real world, that's fine.
12:23
@MartinSojka The fact that rape is part of entertainment is inherently repulsive. And yes, it is, substantively different because a woman is the victim, and because it is interactive entertainment, but you've shown that you come from a position that fundamentally doesn't understand why, so this isn't a position I can argue with you.
I think either my brain just exploded or I'm about to be sick
Why? What's so wrong with letting people enjoy their sick fantasies as long as they don't bother anyone else with them?
@MartinSojka The only further comment I'll make before I (Really, really this time!) walk away, is that your relativism is fundamentally rooted in as position of privilege that allows you to shrug things off in a way that others fundamentally can not. Until you understand that reality, trying to further this conversation is pretty pointless.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I can shrug off everything, including things which are happening (or happened) to me. Memento mori.
The fact that you get to consider rape a simple perversion is a reflection of just how little it really effects everything you do in your day to day life. A fact which is entirely untrue for many women.
@MartinSojka Grats on being a white man. It's pretty great, isn't it?
12:27
@LessPop_MoreFizz No. I consider the fantasy of rape a simple perversion. Not the actual act; that's criminal and horrible.
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Q: How can I link portals from own faction without portal key in ingress?

agrysonThere are many portals in my area belonging to my faction adn I want to link them. According to this page I must hold the portal key for the destination portal in my inventory. How can I get the portal key for a portal belonging to my own faction? Or more generally, how can I link friendly po...

@MartinSojka The point is that the inclusion of said fantasy in media that is ostensibly 'mass market entertainment' makes it inherently difficult to avoid - it should be unwelcome for the same reason that all sorts of other 'fantasies', like the one about beating up black people while shouting racist slurs, are unwelcome - because it is well beyond the bounds of decency.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Come on, no need to use ad hominem attacks on me. :)
@LessPop_MoreFizz ... which is why I don't think the whole "Tomb Rider" game series is mass market. It's targeted at a small part of the demographic, and the devs and publishes should be more honest about it, too.
But again, being a white guy like myself, but one who hasn't had these hard conversations yet (trust me, I used to sound a lot like you), it's easy to see why you don't understand that. Perhaps, in time, you can come around.
And like I said, really, really walking away.
Please stop talking about this
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You are arguing on the internet. Just drop it.
12:35
What an conversation to bump into...
@fredley You are arguing trolling on the internet. Just drop it.
@fredley fixed that for you
I just checked a few lists. "Mass market" in terms of games is something like "Wii Sports", "Tetris", "Angry Birds", "Smurfs' Village", with some of them reaching more than 100 million sold. For the PC, it's mostly "The Sims". Stuff like Tomb Rider is niche.
@MartinSojka ffs
@fredley What? Different topic, it is. :)
@MartinSojka No, niche means that you have to seek it out on a strange website that might install viruses on your computer or in a dark shop that smells like urine and cheetos. Tomb Raider is a franchise that has included a movie starring Angelina Jolie and will have ads on the side of every 5th bus in NYC, not to mention television commercials, etc. Mass-market doesn't mean 'Lowest common denominator everyone will buy it super bowl numbers'.
@MartinSojka You are talking in terms of Unit sold
@LessPop_MoreFizz You are talking in terms of target audience
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@LessPop_MoreFizz From where I'm standing, it targets less than 1% of the whole gaming demographics. They might have good marketing, but that doesn't mean any significant part of gamers will ever buy or play it.
@Josefvz "Units sold" is a nice metric, though flawed in that it only accounts for about a fifth to a tenth of total games played. It's still useful to illustrate just how many people actually play "family games" and similar. Hell, of the four members of my immediate family nobody ever played Tomb Rider or anything similar - but we all play multiplayer online games.

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