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2:00 PM
That's... a big finale.
 
@GraceNote Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's was a half season long arc (12 episode?)
So... there have been longer.
 
Final arcs are a bit different than being so much the finale as a whole.
 
@fredley The guys often don't wear much armor either. Except Siegfried/nightmare
Stupid Sexy Voldo
 
@BenBrocka One of those types of video games...
 
FAE
@GraceNote Aaah, okay
 
2:02 PM
 
@BenBrocka Mitsurugi has his samurai armor stuff
 
Dramatic structure 'n' all that, y'know. An arc compromises the full pathway, a finale generally hits the climax point and, if it's the full ending, whittles down to the rest of it, otherwise it sets up for the next season.
 
@fredley I'm not sure I'd call Voldo a 'guy'.
 
@fredley well sticking everyone in period-appropriate armor doesn't really make for a very exciting cast, even with several different countries represented
 
@BenBrocka I guess
 
2:04 PM
@GnomeSlice That's not how you hold a sword.
 
@GnomeSlice Yeah, there's a couple. And...Helga? Or whatever, the new girl with the spear has pretty full armor I think
 
@fbueckert It is if you're ZWEI
 
In fact, that's a very good way to lose your arm.
 
@BenBrocka Hilde, was just about to link her.
I should learn Hilde properly, she's pretty fun.
My best character is still Leixia, unfortunately.
The most annoying character in the game.
 
@GnomeSlice I know (knew) Knightmare and Tira a bit and that's about all
I used to be good with Talim (for relative values of good) in SC2
 
2:06 PM
@BenBrocka Oh jeezly, Tira.
 
@GnomeSlice more annoying than Maxi?
 
FAE
I always play Ivy, even though her outfits are ridiculous.
 
@BenBrocka Did you not try Natsu?
@BenBrocka Yeah...
 
@FAE Ivy is hawt
 
FAE
But living swoooooooooord <3
 
2:06 PM
My 13-year-old brain thought so, anyway.
 
@FAE I made a bionic commando custom character that uses Ivy's style which I use instead.
@ShotgunNinja ugh
 
I don't play fighting games because I am terrible at them.
 
Is this all an excuse to post pictures of cartoon females in skimpy outfits?
 
Ivy is kind of gross. She must have a constant wedgie and her breasts are like 9 sizes too big.
 
Of course, my 13-year-old brain also thought Peach from SSBM was hot, so...
 
2:07 PM
@GnomeSlice Is she new in 5 or something?
@FAE Pff. Nightmare's sword is living too
 
@BenBrocka Yeah, she's the sort of Talim equivalent
 
@2____ If it was, we'd be getting into DoA just....about....now.
 
Natsu is pretty op
 
...equivalent? Did they remove her?
 
FAE
@OrigamiRobot This doesn't stop me.
 
2:08 PM
Knightmare is who I played when I didn't want to get my scantily-clad ass kicked.
 
@BenBrocka Yeah, unfortunately.
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Yeah, but it's not like a whip.
 
Or Link, on the GC one.
 
@GnomeSlice Boo. I don't think they ever removed characters before, did they?
 
Bombs OP
 
2:08 PM
Cervantes , Astaroth, and Leixia/whoever her mother was in SC2 are my best.
 
I could swear 3 and 4 had the full cast of previous games
 
@BenBrocka They do all the time.
 
@BenBrocka They replaced that soul calibur wielding girl from SC2 with her daughter
 
We were talking about Soul Calibur and I missed it? :(
 
@FAE Yeah but it's like a...kill...everyone's...face
 
2:08 PM
@StrixVaria Not yet you haven't.
 
@FAE I am reeeeaaallllyyyy bad at them.
 
I learned how to play so many different characters in that game over the years.
 
Also, Voldo was spooky as shit
 
My main was always Sophitia, though.
 
FAE
@BenBrocka I don't like playing the heavy characters much.
 
2:09 PM
I loved playing as Voldo.
 
I hate Voldo
 
I'm not good at fighting games, though.
 
I wish I could play Yoshimitsu properly, but he's so confusing
 
@FAE Me either, but I like now Nightmare and Siegfried play
 
2:10 PM
I tend to figure out a 2-3 mixup pattern and just repeat it.
 
@BenBrocka I just spam the dropkick
 
Then once you figure out the mixup I just lose always.
 
Amy is my new favorite character design, for obvious reasons.
 
2:10 PM
I have made an unhealthy number of costumes for Leixia in SCV.
 
I was really good with Ivy in SC2.
 
@ShotgunNinja Amy's not really new
 
I loves me some Traditional Gothic Lolita.
 
I think she was in 3? at least in 4 for sure
 
@BenBrocka Not 5
 
2:11 PM
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Q: How to re-install Jetpack Joyride after uninstalling?

user52557I recently uninstalled Jetpack Joyride as it would not open after the recent update (after remaining on the loading screen for several minutes it would cut back to my home screen without opening), assuming that I would be able to reinstall this app from the Google Play Android Apps store. When I...

 
Appeared in 2, playable in 3 and 4
 
Raphael is still new ok?
 
You know who else sucks
 
@GnomeSlice Never bothered to learn her or that werewolf guy.
 
@StrixVaria ^
 
2:13 PM
They must have a bunch of new people
 
@BenBrocka I don't know who was in 4, but there seems to be a few
Algol is pretty fun
 
There were only a couple new ones in 4 I think
hilde was one
 
Wasn't Hilde banned in competition?
 
Algol uses this magical chair throne thing as a weapon
 
2:14 PM
@GnomeSlice Hate playing against this guy.
 
@StrixVaria He's so much fun to use though
 
Do they still have Yoshimitsu? Because he's hilarious
 
pew pew pew
@BenBrocka Yes. Although his costumes are a little different.
 
@BenBrocka He's awesome.
 
He has this weird mask that opens up when he enters combat to reveal another mask
 
2:14 PM
Yoshimitsu is the best multi-game fighting character ever.
 
@StrixVaria Apparently
 
I wish I could play Yoshimitsu properly.
He's so fun
 
I remember one of the best experiences I had online was when I was using Yoshimitsu, and I did an (escapable) full-health combo involving an aerial Seppuku, and the guy I was playing against said, "Hold on; let me get my roommate over here and then do that again."
2
 
Was it SC or Tekken where you can stab yourself with Yoshimitsu and hop around trying to stab them with the blade sticking out of your back?
 
SC
Athough they made the suicide strike really hard to do in SCV
 
2:16 PM
@StrixVaria Hah, nice
 
I also got worse with Cervantes from SC2 to SC5
I still like him though
@StrixVaria Were you able to do it again
 
@GnomeSlice Yes...
 
Awesome.
 
Alas, I feel distant. Last one I played was SC2. I used Talim and Cervantes. I've not even touched the later entries so no idea what any of them are like.
 
Anyone who harbors a secret (or not so secret) love for Power Rangers, should check out Chroma Squad
 
2:18 PM
@GraceNote Cervantes was awesome in SC2!
I've only played 2 and 5.
 
(Hint: I kinda enjoy them)
 
@fbueckert Already saw it, it looks awesome.
 
@GnomeSlice Being able to counter by shooting people in the face was always nice.
 
@ShotgunNinja Yeah, I think I've got another game to back.
 
Cervantes is cool
 
2:19 PM
Cervantes is the coolest character, in my opinion.
@GraceNote They made that move a bit easier to avoid in SCV for obvious reasons
 
I always figured avoiding counters was as easy as not hitting the dude.
 
@GraceNote Oh, right, I'm talking about the shooting inthe face move you can do whenever you want.
Also I never do counters anyway because I suck
I am a Timmy.
 
I... don't remember him having the ability to shoot people outside of either his uppercut grab, or said counter.
 
@GraceNote Maybe they added it. He shouts FEEL BLAM THE PAIN
It's been a long time since I played SC2
I need to finish my Aviator Leixia costume
 
is anyone here a dermatologist?
 
@GnomeSlice The fact that McDonald's uses otherwise inedible meat products doesn't surprise me in the least.
Now that it's been exposed, they'll go with the second cheapest method.
 
@fbueckert This isn't news. It's been public for a long time.
Also, McDonalds hamburgers suck anyway. Even for fast food.
 
@OrigamiRobot It took publicity to force the change, though.
@OrigamiRobot McDonalds sucks. Full stop.
 
I actually like McDonalds, and I dunno why.
 
@fbueckert They have good fries and used to have good chicken strips.
 
2:30 PM
Big Macs are delicious
 
@GnomeSlice Things don't have to be topshelf masterflavor to still satisfy one's tastes.
 
@OrigamiRobot Ok, fries, I'll give them. I occasionally grab some fries from there.
 
@fbueckert But... McGriddles!
 
It's fair to like what others think is fairly meh.
 
2:31 PM
@GraceNote This is certainly true
 
@GraceNote No it's not! Everyone must conform!
 
Points for the first person to recognize who I was trying to make in that pic.
 
FAE
@GnomeSlice Nice
 
@GraceNote excluded because I know she knows who it is
 
@GnomeSlice Travis
 
FAE
2:32 PM
Travis Touchdown
 
Now that they stopped serving Chicken Selects (probably because using real chicken is too expensive) I don't go there anymore.
 
Hah
Yerp
 
(I thought it was just an image of Travis, I didn't realize that was a custom character costume job thing)
 
The jacket is the closest thing, and it's still not very close
 
FAE
@GraceNote Same
 
2:32 PM
 
@OrigamiRobot Really?
 
@GraceNote Why thank you. :P
 
The Chicken Selects were one of the more expensive things they sold.
 
I have no idea on that one.
 
WHat about you @FAE?
 
FAE
2:33 PM
@GnomeSlice I dunno either. Nathan Drake! :P
 
kind of hard to tell in the pic I guess
 
Ooh, hah
A bit hard at the angle, yeah.
 
Again the jacket kind of sucks
 
You gotta make do with what y'got, though.
 
This one's easy
 
2:34 PM
Well that's an easy one
 
@StrixVaria And the only thing other than fries worth getting.
 
Lara Boobs Croft
 
Sounds like some of my coworkers are having a party after work today. I know I'm not exactly a party person, but you guys could have at least invited me. :|
 
@GnomeSlice Not enough blood and wounds from being impaled. 4/10
 
@Powerlord Uf.
 
2:36 PM
That's it for my 'characters from other games' actually, the rest is pretty much Leixia costumes
Oh I got this guy I guess
 
Heh
 
I just made him up though
 
@Powerlord Better than your roommates going to a party in the next apartment building over and not telling you about it.
 
Pseudo Samurai Leixia
 
@GnomeSlice Alice
 
2:37 PM
@fbueckert I think their fries went way downhill, personally
 
No that one is Leixia
@Powerlord What?
Princess Leixia
 
@GnomeSlice Looks like American Mcgee's Alice. :P
Kinda/sorta
 
heh
Guard Leixia
Business Leixia
Slutty Farm Leixia
 
I forgot what the Bridge was like with @GnomeSlice.
 
Morning Leixia
And Flight Attendant Leixia
Currently working on Aviator Leixia
Also Commoner Leixia
 
2:40 PM
@GnomeSlice Geisha business leixia, oddly enough
 
@BenBrocka Yeah... I know.
There aren't that many hairstyles to choose from okay
 
Stay tuned for shareholder shine maiden leixia
 
@BenBrocka What even
The jacket and face is where it really breaks down
There are all of two jackets in the game, one is knee length and one is... well, that length.
He's still less creepy than Ivy though
Yoshimitsu costume
And Cervantes
Okay I'm out of pics
 
Took a while to identify what it was.
 
2:46 PM
@BenBrocka Savage Deviljho is mean.
 
@BenBrocka Now I know there's a website like that. Thanks.
 
@OrigamiRobot And evil joe's on it
 
@BenBrocka Evil Joe the Deviljho!
 
0
Q: How do you manipulate roshan Aggro

WizardLizardI've seen many players (on stream or in competitive game) manipulate roshan aggro from one melee hero to another. Or for example from a hero to sylla's sprit bear. How does that work. How do you force roshan changing target ? Any answer and more general tips on how roshan react would be great. Th...

1
Q: Is there a way to have multiple winners?

ZetaQuestion is pretty much in the title: is it possible for an alliance to win as one, instead of a single player being the winner? And if there is such way, is there a difference between classic and disharmony?

0
Q: Will Ashes Frost Shot proc Frostborn Gauntlet and Rylai's Passive?

JonnyAs the title says, will her Q proc them? I've heard yes and no, so I wanted to clarify.

4
Q: Any issues with *really* long series of hoppers?

JohnI need to transport about 30 double chests of material about 1000 meters in single player minecraft. I was thinking of building some sort of permanent transportation system to accomplish this. I prefer dirt simple (but potentially resource heavy) contraptions over complicated "efficient" cont...

 
@BenBrocka This is actually bugging me now, what are you talking about
 
2:54 PM
@GnomeSlice You have a Geisha Businesslady outfit. He's suggesting something on similar lines, a Shareholder Shrinemaiden.
 
@GraceNote Which is what I'm asking about, I have no idea what that is.
Guess I wasn't super clear though
Google isn't helping
nildrung;gunjwlilihudf
 
A Shrinemaiden is a traditional Shinto practitioner, I'd say priestess except technically that's not actually priestess level but point is that it's along those lines. The traditionally depicted outfit is a white top (I would use the regular name but I can't recall it off the top of my head and my book is upstairs) over red hakama
A Shareholder is someone who holds shares in a company and/or investment. Probably would be depicted in business attire much like a business client would be.
 
OH IT WAS A JOKE
Okay. Thanks. I'd also never heard of the Shrine Maiden before, so that's cool I guess.
 
Everything I ever say is a joke. Except when it isn't
 
@BenBrocka Now I want to make one just to spite you.
Although the extent of my knowledge of the word 'Geisha' is the hair.
 
3:00 PM
 
@2____ Oh God
 
Pff
 
 
@fbueckert Unsurprising, sadly.
I'm sure most of them are empty though.
 
3:06 PM
@GnomeSlice Yeah. It makes me ashamed to be a gamer.
There are ways to constructively address the problem, rather than resorting to primitive ignorant idiot tactics.
 
Honestly I wonder how many people get death threats because of a bad movie/cold drink/etc. Some people seem to react to just about anything with death threats
 
@GraceNote facepalm
 
You have me one salt packet with my fries. Every day, for 10 years, I have been given two salt packets. This day will be your end, sir.
 
@ShotgunNinja It's delayed but I got a reaction from someone, so I'm satisfied enough.
 
@GraceNote I though it was @fbueckert who said it so naturally I ignored it.
 
3:10 PM
@OrigamiRobot ...really? At this I'd say I'm possibly confusable for, actually, you, at your eyesight level, but fbueckert?
 
@GraceNote I didn't even look at who said it. I just based it off of what was said.
Also, we are completely different colors
 
...
 
@GraceNote I'd have responded with that'sthejoke.jpg but I was too lazy
 
@BenBrocka Laziness appears to be my enemy in every direction today.
 
@OrigamiRobot doesn't have eyes, only prejudices
 
3:14 PM
Alex Miller on July 25, 2013

Welcome to Stack Exchange podcast #50, featuring usual suspects Joel Spolsky, Jay Hanlon, and David Fullerton, plus special guest Shog9 aka Nine Shogs Shogging.  And remember, today’s podcast is sponsored by the House of Lords, bringing you excellent laws, 100% free!

This is podcast #50… sort of. It’s the 50th podcast since we switched from the Stack Overflow podcast to the Stack Exchange podcast, but we’ll celebrate anyway.

Our most recent blog post had an instruction in the title, and 80 people bothered to do so. Apparently, our blog post titles have power. We probably promise only to use it for good. …

 
@BenBrocka I forget, did I link you to this already?
I'm out for the afternoon mostly, peace.
 
Take care, @GnomeSlice.
 
@BenBrocka All my judices are carefully inspected and only the highest quality ones are chosen.
 
@GnomeSlice yes, haven't previewed the tacks yet though since I'm at work
 
-1
Q: Which analytics-based games are available?

ZurechtweiserBy analytics-based games I mean something like visitorville, ie it creates a sim-city game based on real web server logs. Which other approaches are available that are based on web analytics?

Killzors
 
3:21 PM
Target neutralized. </xcom>
 
@TimStone I love XCOM, but I think it could've done more.
 
The thing that annoys me most is probably the camera issues. Otherwise I don't have any serious complaints, personally. But I'm not terribly hard to please most times either.
 
It would've done more if it had'nt peeked behind a corner only to get killed during the first mission
 
@TimStone I'm not, either. Most games entertain me. I still think they could've added more than they did. The research "tree", especially.
 
Yeah, that's fair.
 
3:25 PM
I like complexity.
 
Almost fell asleep during my 11:00am teleconference.
 
Interlocking systems cascading off of each other, requiring a complete mastery to leverage the full utility from it make me rather giddy.
 
Huh, @badpLear just entered the room.
 
@badp was a cat the whole time?
 
@TimStone WHERE DID YOU GET MY FANFIC?
4
 
3:27 PM
I have my sources!
 
@OrigamiRobot You put it on Google Docs.
 
@BenBrocka I cannot deny or confirm this.
 
@badp I can!
 
@BenBrocka Persistent mod abuse would be a powerful tool in the feline quest to overthrow humanity.
 
I just won't.
 
3:28 PM
@Powerlord You could, but then you ragequit.
It's in the ragequit waiver
 
@badp Pssh, your pesky EULAs don't affect me... I'm no longer in any agreement with you.
 
As if we ever agreed!
What is this, Not The Bridge?
 
I meant "agreement" as in the legal term.
(that is what the A is in EULA after all)
EULAs: Taking away your rights while pretending to give you some since the 1990s.
Or at least in US Copyright laws they don't actually grant any rights you don't already have.
 
We're rolling out an alpha version of our @StackExchange Android app: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/190200/147574
2
 
FAE
@BenBrocka This doesn't necessarily use G+, right?
 
3:34 PM
@BenBrocka If this thing doesn't have a chat client I will @badp smash my phone
 
-4
Q: Which analytics-based games are available?

ZurechtweiserBy analytics-based games I mean something like visitorville, ie it creates a sim-city game based on real web server logs. Which other approaches are available that are based on web analytics?

2
Q: Can I use a hopper loop as a chunk loader?

Dan RasmussenThis answer claims that hoppers cause chunks to be loaded "at least partially." Using a loop of hoppers, is it possible to keep chunks loaded, specifically for farming, smelting, and mob grinding? What are the limitations to chunk-loading in this way—are only the hoppers loaded? Does the hopper ...

-1
Q: How do Joel and Ellie in the last of us get to Jackson County?

higgs241That seems like an awful long way to travel! How long did it take, and how feasible does that seem? Do you think they'll release DLC describing that voyage?

 
@fredley It does not
 
@TimStone @BADP SMASH
 
@TimStone Oh, that was my main hope too
 
FAE
@TimStone Well, obviously this is all your fault. We need to shoot the messenger. Maybe they'll get the hint then.
4
 
3:39 PM
@FAE I think it requires a Google account to distribute the early version
 
FAE
@BenBrocka I can do that part, but I don't do G+.
 
@FAE Can't you help the messenger hack in and rewrite mobile chat instead?
 
@FAE What if they call it "NG+"
 
*Shoots @Jin*
 
@fredley Porkchops have terrible aim
 
3:41 PM
@Batophobia How do I Steam NG+?
 
@Batophobia Lack of opposable thumbs, or any digits at all, makes it difficult to operate firearms
 
@BenBrocka They can also use Google Groups, but it requires one of those to use the alpha/beta distribution via the Play store
 
@fbueckert Add non-steam game and re-name it to kitten porn. You have the entire internet from the start!
 
3:53 PM
The beauty of Apple design
The quality of engineering is breathtaking
 
@FAE I could try and smuggle you a link. . .
 
@fredley pfft. you can clearly see all the important parts of the screen ;)
 
@AnnaLear If I squint
 
@fredley watch out for the stealth iTunes update
 
@Krazer ?
I don't use iTunes
 
3:56 PM
@fredley Macs now no longer support HTML, CSS, JS, pictures, or the internet.
 
@Batophobia Apple will now tell me when and what I want to view on the iNet.
 
It already tells you how
 
@badp It tells me not at all
 
might as well take it one step further
 
@fredley neither do I but that doesn't stop Apple from including those updates in their software updates
 
3:57 PM
@badp It tells you that you are a Mountain Lion on a Safari... I'm sure that will work out fine.
 
@Krazer I believe Windows updates Media Player through windows update, and sudo apt-get upgrade would update whatever you were using on Ubuntu
 
So what is the difference between the fully black stars and the black outline stars?
 
@fredley I always assumed the former wa optional
 
@Krazer You can opt out of updates on Mac too
 
FAE
@Batophobia The outlined ones are pins, they'll always stay at the top of the list.
 
4:00 PM
@FAE How does the system determine a pin?
 
easy, it doesn't
 
Ah, mod abuse?
 
yeah
owners too
 
The more abuse, the merrier.
 
@fredley are you referring to removing the _MASReceipt folder?
 
4:04 PM
@Krazer No...
 
In other news I think I just screwed myself out of the chance of getting an invite because I was honest with my having a Nexus 7
and they're only looking at phones right now .__.
 
@fredley pls enlighten me
 
@badp After being a mod for 3 years I think you'd learn by now that honesty is a terrible policy!
 
0
Q: Where can you get the spell tome for teleconesis?

SashleyI want to learn the spell but I don't know where to get the tome from.

 
Jin
@fredley what?
 
4:19 PM
@Lazers "teleconesis"?
 
@StrixVaria Probably Telekinesis.
 
(↑ @fredley might enjoy that video)
 
FAE
4:48 PM
So I finished The Milkman Conspiracy.
 
@FAE and?
 
@FAE grats! I don't remember if I made it that far.
 
FAE
@Batophobia I... yeah.
 
@FAE if by "yeah" you mean "thought it was great"
 
I was.... at Waterloo Worlds
"Help Fred win the battle in his mind."
Oh, right. That battle minigame. Kinda annoying.
 
FAE
4:56 PM
@Batophobia It was special
 
@badp Milkman was the level with all the secret agents.
 
Bah
 
FAE
@badp That's after Milkman, as I haven't done that yet
 
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Q: What defines the boundaries of a city?

CrubleighI'm wondering what defines part of a city. I am playing as Russia and I have 6 cities in two groups (there is only one tile separating the two, but it never wants to expand there). I have a great merchant and I want to build a customs house on a river. however I think that this river is between 4...

 
@Batophobia Cooper Boyd, then?
 
4:57 PM
Guy deleted the minecraft question before I could respond to @fbueckert :D Herobrine is a community created concept that Mojang laughed at and trolled people with.. FYI :)
 
@James Works for me!
 

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