The Bridge

user20683

23:01

well, that confirms it, my pitiful excuse for a graphics card can't handle the source engine.

user20683

or at least Dear Esther

user20683

which is odd but whatever

Ullallulloo

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user20683

@Ullallulloo as huge a Civ fanboy as I am, I never could get into Civ 5

user20683

it didn't feel "right".

user20683

23:06

It might have also had something to do with my finding EUIII

user43095

Grammar help:
The hygiene in the camps was/were poor.

Hygiene is singular, but camps is not. I think it is "was" because it is referencing the hygiene, not the camps.

user15026

@jeffreylin_ yeah, was is the word you want

user43095

@AshleyNunn Thanks, English is confusing

user15026

@jeffreylin_ It can be, yeah

user15026

@WorldEngineer I am terrible at any games like that

Wipqozn

23:08

@AshleyNunn How goes Fire Emblem?

user20683

@AshleyNunn those games are where I tend to excel. I have the patience to plan things out.

user15026

@Wipqozn I am still stuck on Ch. 13

user20683

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Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Is that the one where you need to kill the king?

user15026

Being trapped in that chasm/gully/whatever thing is driving me insane

James

23:09

Uh oh

I just saw this, should I avoid steam?

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user20683

I think I might have found the game that personifies the Bridge. It's about going mad from drinking Absinthe.

user15026

@WorldEngineer I really, really suck at strategy and planning

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Oh, that one after killing the king.

user43095

@James Cyber Monday = 100+% markdown.

badp

@James It can't be worse than the Humble Bundle.

user20683

23:10

@AshleyNunn I tend to suck at focusing on lots of things at the same time hence not being terribly good at RTS games.

James

@badp Those are easier for me to avoid :)

user15026

@WorldEngineer Basically, anything strategic just about kills me

user20683

@AshleyNunn :( :hug:

badp

@James Really?

user15026

SO I will be over here playing Oracle of Seasons instead

user15026

23:11

Although it is harder than I remember

user20683

90% off Alan Wake...Damn.

badp

@WorldEngineer it was in last week's Humble Bundle sale. Got it for $1

user20683

@AshleyNunn I had Oracle of Ages, I don't think I beat Oracle of Seasons.

badp

...

user20683

@badp doesn't appeal to me

badp

23:12

never installed it.

user15026

@WorldEngineer I had Ages, and the boy I had a crush on from the time I was 12 to about 16 had Seasons, so we traded and shared hints and secrets and it made my heart all a flutter

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badp

@WorldEngineer It can't be so worthless to be worth less than €.4! :P

user20683

I thought about getting some of the Crusader Kings II stuff on sale this week but I'll wait till I've got a computer that can really run it.

user20683

@AshleyNunn D'awww

James

@badp Yup, they are mostly the same games over and over again from what I have seen, maybe with one or two added in or a sound track but .. yeah. I dont need the same games more than .. 2-3 times :)

Wipqozn

23:13

I bought Crusader Kings II awhile back but haven't had the time to really get into it.

user15026

@WorldEngineer What can I say I am a diehard romantic

Wipqozn

The learning curve is super steep so I want to wait unti I have the time to really learn it.

user20683

@Wipqozn it's like any Paradox game, it's mindbustingly complex

user20683

I finished a game in it

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn That's pretty much awesome. +10 awesome points to you.

Sometimes I think I have a form of dyslexia with the way I completely replace words with other words. I should probably get that checked out. I might have an actual medical condition.

badp

23:15

erm

user20683

@Wipqozn it's possible

user20683

I played as the duke of the part of Greece where Kalamata is

user20683

managed to get Achaea and parts of the area around Corinth

user20683

then I got inherited by Sicily

user20683

this caused a war with the Emperor and I lost all mainland greek holdings

user20683

23:22

finished out the game as the King of like parts of Southern Italy

user20683

not too bad for the first go round.

user20683

Black Plague never came

user20683

Massive Bogomilist Russian Empire got eaten by the Golden Horde then the Byzantine Empire ate them

user20683

England wound up a patch work of states nominally under Norwegian rule.

user20683

Spain became more Islamic

Fluttershy

23:28

@badp They get better. <_<

user20683

did you used to be able to do a hover over a reply and get a pop-up box?

MBraedley

Grumpy Cat is getting a movie.

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user20683

@MBraedley oh for fuck's sake...

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Wipqozn

@WorldEngineer I think this captures the situation perfectly.

Next they'll be making a movie based on @badp!

badp

@Wipqozn That's going to be the sequel to Jon Skeet's

Wipqozn

23:33

Now I feel like watching Ratatouille.

user20683

@Wipqozn yes but that would actually be entertaining. We could watch him torture hapless users and mac on the ladies.

badp

We're waiting for him to actually hit one million reps though first

Wipqozn

@WorldEngineer One smile from @badp and the ladies knees turn to rubber.

user20683

@Wipqozn pity he never smiles.

Wipqozn

@WorldEngineer He might smile, we just can't see it behind the mask.

badp

23:34

...as the rubber knee owners make panicked screams and every fiber of their being tries to get as far as possible from the source of the smile

Wipqozn

Oh right, it's June. Summer sale probably starts in a month.

badp

@WorldEngineer This is factually accurate. I'm unable to produce a smile on command. When I try my mouth just stretches unconvincingly

user20683

@Wipqozn my summer sale starts tomorrow. Go go +10% employee discount :D

user20683

I should qualify, I work at a bookstore.

Wipqozn

@WorldEngineer +10%? That's not a discount, that's a mark-up.

user20683

23:37

@Wipqozn my x% discount + 10%

user20683

so it's now an x+10% discount :D

user20683

x is not 0

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn: So do you have a favourite class in Fire emblem?

Grumpy Lazers

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Q: What influences the number of fans I get per race?

In Grid 2, the mechanic to move between racing leagues is the gathering of "fans". You seem to get a number of fans for taking part in each event and from completing sponsorship challenges. Is this number of fans per event a fixed number or is it influenced by things like the position you finish...

grid-2

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Q: How do I change my sponsors?

So I hit the randomize button when creating sponsors for my car and I've completed two of these challenges, but I cannot see a way to change them. Do I need to complete all three challenges before I am allowed to change them? I am trying to change them from the my vehicle menu, under sponsorshi...

grid-2

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Q: Are there any benefits to completing all of my outstanding invites before starting the WSR?

Once you have enough fans, you get an offer to create the World Series Racing league, you're warned before doing this that any outstanding invites from the existing racing leagues will be cancelled as a result (since those drivers will join you in the creation of the WSR). Should I create the ...

grid-2

Wipqozn

Quite a few Grid 2 questions. New release?

user15026

23:38

@Wipqozn Not particularly, anything that is good at killing

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Interesting.

For the record, the correct answer was Blademasters or Assassins.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Dark Knights and Heroes are cool.

Wipqozn

11 secs ago, by Wipqozn

For the record, the correct answer was Blademasters or Assassins.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn I'm running Owain through both of those before he goes Dark Knight, but Dark Knight is cool.

badp

@WorldEngineer Discounts now work like that? :P

kalina

23:42

@Wipqozn yeah, figured I'd get use out of my steambox and gamepad

user15026

@WorldEngineer I have a jealous

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn I'm not. Books are for nerds.

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user20683

@badp I'm not supposed to reveal how much of a discount I get.

user20683

@Wipqozn I am a nerd. So there. Also we sell other things.

user15026

@Wipqozn WEll, you are just a lame turtle what do you know

Wipqozn

23:43

@AshleyNunn That reading is lame.

badp

@WorldEngineer not what I meant

Wipqozn

I never read.

user15026

@Wipqozn Whatever your loss

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn No, no, you were supposed to comment that I'm currently reading this conversation

Here, I'll do it for you

Ashley Nunn: You're reading this conversation right now you super awesome genius Tortoise.

Nope. My cat is reading it out loud to me.

Everyone: HAHAHAHAHA! YOU'RE SO WITTY HANDSOME AND FUNNY WIPQOZN! NEVER LEAVE US WE LOVE YOU!

user15026

yeah, that is totally how it would have gone...

Wipqozn

23:46

@AshleyNunn Yeah, yeah, I know. You guys would be giving me a lot more praise than just that.

Speaking of reading, I should get back to my re-read of A Song of Ice and Fire.

Actually, I might pick up @Ender's Game.

My friend highly recommended it.

badp

@Fluttershy Not sure, unless I'm missing something lateral the puzzle about the incident hour requires trial and error to solve

Wipqozn

@badp What's the question?

badp

24 = 3 + 8 + 13 = 3 + 8 + 6 + 7. First shift must be the six hours long or Iggy starts late, then's Iggy whose shift must be seven hours long, but I have no information about whether Bernie or Pop went after

@Wipqozn "These guys worked from midnight to midnight yesterday, when was the accident?"

Wipqozn

@badp I assume the accident happens 1 hour before the last shift started/

badp

That's what Bernie said?

...unless Iggy started at 6 pm and got the 6 hour shift, making it the last shift

So I guess that makes three scenarios

Wipqozn

23:53

and I asusme shift times are 3, 8, 6, and 7?

badp

Perhaps that's what he means by "relieved"?

Wipqozn

Oh, never mind. I see what you did. Thought they gave you a specific time.

You just used that there logic.

badp

@Wipqozn ...yeah, I wasn't crystal clear there

I'm going to go with "this is the start of the game and the dumbest solution is probably the correct one"

nope! :D

Iggy wasn't the last shifter

because reasons

uh.

That is not necessarily true. Bernie could just have been told.

REFEREE! I WANT A RECOUNT!

Wipqozn

@badp There's also the fact that Pop says "I get the shortest shift", not "I had the shortest shift", suggesting his shift didn't start already/

badp

@Wipqozn Also not necessarily meaningful. He might get the shortest shift on a regular basis.

Wipqozn

23:59

Plus Bernie looks stressed as fuck, like he just witnessed an accident.

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