The Bridge

Blem

15:00

:D

fbueckert

@RonanForman Your fault for saying something that can be taken out of context so easily.

@Powerlord I haven't actually played 999. Worth it?

Ronan Forman

@fbueckert Doesn't mean I can't be annoyed.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Go home @fredley, you're drunk.

SaintWacko

6 mins ago, by SaintWacko

What is that?

kalina

@fbueckert very, plus my house is on the same power grid

Krazer

15:02

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

is an adventure video game developed by Chunsoft and published in Japan by Spike on December 10, 2009, and in North America by Aksys Games on November 16, 2010. The game's design team was led by Kotaro Uchikoshi, who is also the writer of the acclaimed visual novel Ever 17: The Out of Infinity. A novel based on the game has also been released, with a slightly different plot. Nine people have been abducted by a mysterious kidnapper who uses the alias "Zero." They find themselves on a ship— possibly a replica of the RMS Titanic and are told that they have nine hours to escape befo...

kalina

so I'm not sure if my PC is set to auto reboot after power loss or not

if it is, then its had the power toggled a bunch of times in the last hour as well

fbueckert

@kalina That'll be good for it.

kalina

indeed

Ben Brocka

@kalina I think that's a BIOS setting isn't it?

kalina

yeah it is

I've had it on for every PC I've ever owned, but I don't think I've set it on this one because it never gets turned off

apparently the super consistent power today has damaged one of our routers

Ben Brocka

15:04

This all reminds me I need to finally get a UPS for my desktop

kalina

I find that funny

heh

I've thought about getting a UPS

Powerlord

@Krazer Didn't I JUST SAY I didn't link to the Wikipedia page for "other games in this series" because it has spoilers? Since the series only has two games, I thought it was clear I was referring to linking to 999's wikipedia page.

Ben Brocka

The wiring in my house kinda sucks and my dad is still fixing it (or will, eventually)

Powerlord

@Krazer Yes

Ben Brocka

It was manually rewired by someone who didn't know what they were doing

OrigamiRobot

15:06

@BenBrocka Par for the course

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Am not!

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot Really? I would think most people would know that they don't know enough about wiring to rewire their crap

fredley

@RonanForman How cometh along server preparations?

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka You can know how to make things function without knowing anything about the NEC

Powerlord

Minecraft servers take this long to set up?

fredley

15:09

@Powerlord They do for @RonanForman

Ronan Forman

@fredley Good, I'm working out what to turn off, I'm removing Myst age creation, so people can't fill the server with new worlds.

Krazer

@Powerlord :O!

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord they do if you can't unzip things.

fredley

@RonanForman I thought that was why we wanted it?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka I live in a house that's ~70 years old.

Powerlord

15:09

@RonanForman Unzip them on your machine and then upload them?

fredley

@RonanForman I thought you were going to unzip locally?

fbueckert

Roughly 60-80% of the house is on the same single breaker.

fredley

@Powerlord Needs more innuendo

Ronan Forman

It takes a while, it's rather large and I have .37Kb/s upload.

fredley

@RonanForman Email it to me, I can upload faster than tha... Oh wait

OrigamiRobot

15:10

@RonanForman Are you using GnomeSlice's connection?

Ronan Forman

I think it's done.

Powerlord

I take it 7zip wasn't installed on the server either?

fredley

@Powerlord Linux

Ronan Forman

@fredley We want multiple worlds, but not everyone to be able to make them.

fredley

@RonanForman Ok.

Powerlord

15:11

@fredley You think Linux doesn't have 7zip?

Ronan Forman

@fredley They take up quite a bit of space.

fredley

@Powerlord I honestly have no idea. Is there a CLI for 7zip?

Powerlord

(hint: sudo apt-get install p7zip-full)

fredley

@RonanForman Yarp

@Powerlord Sounds useful

@Powerlord But we have not sudo, hence the faff

Powerlord

Why it's p7zip-full I have no idea, I'm just repeating what my TF2 server says.

Ronan Forman

15:12

I can't decide whether I want to disable to nuclear TNT or not.

Powerlord

> The program '7z' is currently not installed. To run '7z' please ask your administrator to install the package 'p7zip-full'

fredley

@RonanForman No. Leave out for now

If we do want to play with it later we can add it in

Lazers

0

Q: How can I get Create A World to find my game data?

I downloaded the most recent version of CAW from The Sims 3 website and I have a copy of The Sims 3 that is completely up-to-date. When I try to run the editor, I get a message saying "Game data not found." and then it closes. I searched around and found posts about this problem going back sever...

sims-3

0

Q: How do i regain my health?

The question Reliable food source touches it briefly, I was hoping to get an in depth focus on all the ways to regain health in this game or at least the ones that are easy to acquire.

dont-starve

Ronan Forman

Okay, do we want a currency? IC2 has a trade-o-mat, but the coins can be crafted by default.

Tim Stone

Oh right...

Installed:
  unzip.x86_64 0:5.52-3.el5


Complete!

fredley

15:14

@RonanForman Nah

Ronan Forman

@TimStone Cheers.

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert All of my parent's places (I rent from them) are 70+ years old I think their place is 100. The wiring's usually old but not retarded

Like half of the house is on one circuit

fredley

@TimStone Only, like, 24 hours too late :-P

Tim Stone

@fredley Shhh :P

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Yeah, I was quite surprised to find out most of my house is on the single breaker.

At last count, my bedroom, my living room, one wall in the kitchen, downstairs room, and most likely my theater room.

fredley

15:15

@fbueckert Fancy pants @fbueckert with his fancy pants theater room!

fbueckert

@fredley I'm sorry. It has Sumo beanbag chairs and a projector. What ELSE should I call it?

fredley

@fbueckert The den

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert My kitchen and living room (with the 42" TV, gaming PC and 2 monitors) are almost entirely on one breaker

Ronan Forman

@TimStone Do we have screens installed?

fbueckert

Oh. I forgot. My server room is also on the same breaker.

Ben Brocka

15:17

It usually works but on rare occasion it'll flip when I use the microwave, so I definitely want my PC, my TV and the microwave on their own breakers

fredley

@BenBrocka Boiling kettles is a good way of tripping breakers

It's usually the proverbial hair in my experience

Ben Brocka

Oh the stove is on it's own thing

fbueckert

So, I'm running roughly four or five computers, my TV, gaming consoles, and assorted electronics on one breaker.

During the summer, we have to be careful not to trip the MAIN breaker.

Powerlord

@RonanForman Not to sound pedantic, but it's screen, not screens.

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord Okay.

Tim Stone

15:18

@RonanForman Yeah, screen is available.

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord That's be why I couldn't find it. :)

Powerlord

@TimStone It'd better be, it's SOP to run gameservers from screen in case you need the console later.

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert I'm not running quite as much but it does trip on occasion. The microwave doesn't set it off on it's own, not even when the PC is on, but sometimes it trips it. And I can't figure out why

the washer/dryer aren't on the breaker either

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Computers in general don't pull that much power.

So that's not really a concern.

SaintWacko

@RonanForman So is the server going online this weekend?

Ronan Forman

15:23

@SaintWacko I think so, maybe earlier.

fredley

@RonanForman Yay

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert It is a gaming PC, between the GPU and CPU it can pull maybe 400W at load. Not much compared to the microwave, but still

Though my real concern is tripping the breaker shuts the PC off, which is why I want it totally segregated

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Yeah, that's my main concern, too.

Ronan Forman

@fredley When do you think would be good, seeing as it's across time zones.

SaintWacko

On the other DW server I'm on, I will have full Quantum armor tonight, three days after I started on the server :P

fbueckert

15:24

But since I plan on moving in half a year, it's not high on the priority list.

fredley

@RonanForman Early afternoon GMT, so we can do some set up in the evening

SaintWacko

And I'll still be the first one on the server to get it!

Ronan Forman

@fredley Which day? It's be easier on the weekend, as america can play, but that's 4 days away.

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Sidenote: the Change series is absolutely fantastic.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert It's very well written, and I love that it changes between viewpoints

fbueckert

15:29

@SaintWacko Wheel of Time does quite a bit of that, too.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Is that the black/white/red books?

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Er? No, it's a 13+ fantasy series that isn't even finished yet.

SaintWacko

Oh, no, it isn't

Powerlord

@fbueckert You won't be able to say that soon.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert I was thinking of this

Powerlord

15:31

As I recall, the last book is about to be released.

fbueckert

@Powerlord Yeah. Finally.

Powerlord

Correction, it's due to be released today

fbueckert

I started that series in high school.

@Powerlord Eh?

Dammit.

Powerlord

A Memory of Light

A Memory of Light is the 14th and final book of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time, written by American authors Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. A Memory of Light was originally expected to be published around March 2012. On December 21, 2011, Sanderson announced on Twitter that "A Memory of Light—the final book in The Wheel of Time—has been finished". That same day, Sanderson also announced on Twitter that revisions would take "a good six months" and that the book would probably be released in Autumn 2012. Tor announced that the official release date would be January 8, 2013. Ori...

fbueckert

That means I have to make a trip to Chapters to get it.

Powerlord

15:32

Release date January 8, 2013

fredley

@RonanForman Sooner.

Powerlord

Oh right, my cousins gave me a gift card to a local bookstore. I should head there.

fbueckert

Is it sad that I have two copies of most of this series?

One for breaking and reading, and one as a display copy.

Powerlord

@fbueckert Hardcover or paperback?

fbueckert

@Powerlord Paperback for breaking.

Powerlord

15:33

My brother bought most of the books in the series, and I'll just say this: Books this large shouldn't be bought as paperback because they tend to fall apart.

fbueckert

And the new non-hardcover, but bigger books with the new covers for display.

tor.com/blogs/2012/01/…

These covers are my display copies.

Ben Brocka

I assume this has been posted in here?

►

kalina

Ok so, what in your opinion is going to be the most disappointing, and most anticipated game(s) of 2013?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka I assume this is the big announcement Nintendo was going to make today?

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert I guess, I didn't know they planned an announcement

fbueckert

15:39

@BenBrocka Yeah, they've been teasing something for the last couple of days.

Ben Brocka

I would assume this is it then

It's probably their best hope for 3DS sales

fbueckert

@BenBrocka New Pokemon game in October.

GnomeSlice

@GnomeSlice Im sorry, but I think you failed to understand WHY he wants to reset his battle points. I just gave him the answer for that. And besides, I seriously could not care less about your down vote. So no need of saying sorry. — Mohit Srivastava 8 hours ago

fbueckert

Who DIDN'T see that coming?

GnomeSlice

Well then, that's what the question title should have been, isn't it.

Ronan Forman

15:41

OMDAMMIT

Powerlord

@kalina Disappointing? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Ronan Forman

The DW pack just updated!

Redownloading the server...

fbueckert

@kalina Battlefield 4

fredley

@RonanForman At least you can unzip now

fbueckert

SimCity, if EA insists on always-online.

Ronan Forman

15:42

@fredley That is true

kalina

I am disappointed that so far the only suggestions made have been COD/BF...

I don't even classify them as something I'd even buy

I am going to play SimCity regardless of whether it is always-online

But that is disappointing that it is

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord That's not even out, how can you possibly be disappointed by it.

Powerlord

@kalina When I said disappointing, I meant in the "why are they still making these?" way

kalina

I just hope the quality of the game makes up for it

GnomeSlice

Am I the only one who thinks this is a shitty answer

kalina

15:43

@Powerlord Because people keep buying them.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice of 2013

GnomeSlice

0

A: Is there a way to reset my battle points?

Interesting question I must say. Let's just say that my answer will not motivate you. First of all, the answer to your question is NO. You cannot reset your battle points for the same steam account. The other part of your question, about being not a good player, is a very common thing which all ...

fbueckert

@Powerlord Money. Same reason Apple keeps releasing a new iPhone every year.

SaintWacko

@RonanForman Ooh, yay!

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord How can you be disappointed by a game that isn't out?

SaintWacko

15:43

Is there a changelog?

Powerlord

7 mins ago, by kalina

Ok so, what in your opinion is going to be the most disappointing, and most anticipated game(s) of 2013?

SaintWacko

@fbueckert And why they're releasing the Hobbit in three damned parts

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord You're just repeating yourself here.

kalina

@GnomeSlice It's not great, but the thing I really have issue is, is the "whatever your opinion doesn't matter to me" comment

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Also why I won't be going to see ANY of them until it's done.

GnomeSlice

15:44

@kalina Well, that comment got two upvotes. :/

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Not so much disappointed by the game, but by the fact that they're still releasing them

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Haven't there been numerous discussions on judging a question solely by its title?

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko ...Why does that 'disappoint' you. How does this affect you in any way if you don't play the games.

@OrigamiRobot It's still a shitty answer. Look at the accepted answer.

Powerlord

I think COD:MW4 is going to be the most disappointing game of the year because it's not really any different than the 8 Call of Duty games before it (COD 1-3, MW 1-3, BO 1-2), and at this point, there's nowhere else it can go but down.

Lazers

0

Q: How can I port my current server map from vanilla minecraft to tekkit?

I want to upgrade my vanilla MineCraft server to Tekkit server. Is there a way to copy my current map form vanilla server to tekkit server? What I am looking for is a way to keep most of my stuff while regenerating blocks to fit Tekkit crafting needs. As I understand, that copying map itself to ...

minecraft minecraft-tekkit

0

Q: Is it possible to max 2 skill trees?

To start off, I AM TERRIBLE WITH MATHS! However, I play as a gunzerker and I would like to know if it is possible to max out 2 skill trees. If not, how many more points would I need?

borderlands-2

0

Q: Which lots do I need in a neighbourhood in order to have all the features from all expansions?

Nearly every expansion adds community lots that need to be in your town in order to be able to access all the features of that expansion: dog & cat parks for Pets, bars for Nightlife, etc. Where can I get a list of all the lot types needed in order to have access to every feature, as well as...

sims-3

SaintWacko

15:46

@GnomeSlice ...Good question. I guess it's better that all the people who buy the same game year after year are playing that game instead of good ones :P

fbueckert

@kalina It almost sounds like Decency, actually.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice He obviously doesn't even care about your downvote.

kalina

@fbueckert yes

Powerlord

Hell, MW4 hasn't even been announced yet, but we know it's coming out this year because they alternate between CoD: MW and CoD: BO.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot So?

@SaintWacko The Call of Duty games are all pretty good. I'm not really a fan, but that doesn't make them bad.

SaintWacko

15:47

@GnomeSlice Maybe not, but there isn't any innovation in them

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice I was just letting you know.

SaintWacko

All the COD games are so similar it's near impossible to tell them apart

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko So? There's no innovation in most games. That doesn't make them bad. =]

Powerlord

As for anticipated, I don't recall any high-profile games due out this year.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot I can read.

@Powerlord MW4 lololololol

Isn't Half Life 3 coming out this year or something?

fbueckert

15:49

@kalina Of course, now I'm going to get a snobbish reply about that in the next day or two, whenever he decides to come here and see if we've been saying bad things about him.

Powerlord

Maybe if Phoenix Wright v. Professor Layton translation comes out this year (it was out in Japan last year)

@GnomeSlice Of course not.

Half-Life 3 is never coming out.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Alright, you liked Star Wars episode 1, and you think the Call of Duty games are good? I can never trust your opinion on anything ever again...

3

kalina

@Powerlord I have a leaked HL3 alpha

Powerlord

And it's a shame the Portal series is ending, too. Unless they do Portal 2: Episode 1 and 2.

kalina

@fbueckert of course

Powerlord

15:49

Because Valve never does a game numbered 3.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy I'm not a fan of them, but I've played them a few times with friends and they're enjoyable enough, yeah.

fbueckert

@Powerlord I'm still waiting for the Phoenix Wright movie. Hope that comes out soon.

kalina

@Powerlord Perpetual Testing Initiative

OrigamiRobot

3 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot So?

GnomeSlice

oh oh oh wait my most anticipated AAA game of 2013

Lost Planet 3

Lost Planet 3 is an upcoming 2013 third-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. The game is the prequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and Lost Planet 2 takes place on the same planet of E.D.N. III albeit before the events of the first two games. The game will take a more story-driven narrative approach to the campaign similar to the first game. Unlike previous games in the series, which were developed internally by Capcom, the game will be developed externally by Spark Unlimited though series...

fredley

15:50

This just in: Bill Bryson is excellent

Powerlord

I still haven't played the first Lost Planet. Plus, it's by CapCom.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord You should try some of the user levels. I think that's a thing now, right?

fredley

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord I liked it a lot more than a bunch of people.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Yes, which kalina already mentioned.

GnomeSlice

15:51

@Powerlord Must have missed it

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice She mentioned it by its Aperture name (Perpetual Testing Initiative)

GnomeSlice

The thing about lost planet is that a bunch of things cause you to lose control of your character for a bit, like nearby explosions, getting shot, etc. It can get frustrating.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice I enjoyed Lost Planet

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Steam workshop :P

OrigamiRobot

Never played 2

kalina

15:52

oh god

can it be hometime yet please

3

PLEASE

PRETTY PLEASE

+cherry on top

Powerlord

@kalina I've been thinking that ever since I got to work.

fbueckert

@kalina You have, what? Another half an hour?

kalina

@fbueckert 38 minutes

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Story makes no sense at all, but there's some great new gear and level design.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina You want to play EVE that bad?

kalina

15:53

but, I've had an overwhelming feeling of 'cba with today' since about 9am

@OrigamiRobot listen, just because you're bitter that I haven't logged into GW2 recently

doesn't mean you can bitch at me

Powerlord

GAH, I have a meeting in 5 minutes. We canceled those over the last two weeks, but no.....

GnomeSlice

Plus you can play as different characters. But when you play online everyone plays as the female character with the amazon bra thing and the sand raider ass skirt.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice I don't remember the story from the first game. I just remember SHOOT THE ORANGE BITS

Powerlord

Oh yeah, speaking of anticipated games, the final Professor Layton game and the 5th Phoenix Wright game are probably due out this year.

kalina

You are just bitter about me choosing point and click spreadsheet games

Powerlord

15:54

Unfortunately, the latter won't be in English until 2014 likely.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot I don't remember it very well either, but NEVEC was trying to terraform the planet, and for some reason, the main character and his friends wanted it to be terraformed, but didn't want NEVEC to do it. Or something.

Anyway, there's no snow in LP 2.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I've found a new female GW2 partner. You have been replaced.

Powerlord

~You have been replaced, I don't need anyone now~

~When I delete you, [REDACTED]~

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot if you see it for cheap, you should pick up LP2. There are some really great environments.

SaintWacko

@Powerlord The original Lost Planet was absolutely amazing

I haven't played the second

The VS controls were incredibly, especially in the enhanced VS

GnomeSlice

15:57

@OrigamiRobot Also, did you ever play LP1 online?

@SaintWacko The which?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Vital Suits

The little mech walkers

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko I know what they are, I love Lost Planet.

Which, 'enhanced VS'

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice At the very end

GnomeSlice

The one with the jets?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Yeah

GnomeSlice

15:58

@SaintWacko Ah, yeah, that was awesome.

SaintWacko

Skating around with that was fucking amazing

GnomeSlice

Playing online was just dumb though.

SaintWacko

And then the aerial battle

That was so well done

GnomeSlice

You could be whaling on a guy on the ground in your VS, and he could just be doing the skill roll thing and not taking any damage

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice A little I think. I had if for 360. I remember being bad.

SaintWacko

15:59

@GnomeSlice Heh

I never played online

The story was fun though

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko It's the most frustrating thing ever, by far.

SaintWacko

The grapple was a great mechanic

GnomeSlice

The skill roll thing makes you invincible.

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