The Bridge

Shotgun Ninja

3:00 PM

Too bad Psychonauts is for PS2...

I might pick it up on Steam though.

Michael Dunfield

Tonic Trouble is underrated.

@ShotgunNinja Do.

@5pike hot robot action

5pike

@BenBrocka You'd be surprised

Resident Evil series

Shotgun Ninja

3:03 PM

@5pike Already got it on the list

5pike

Saga Frontier

Ben Brocka

Always preferred Silent Hill to the classic RE games

Shotgun Ninja

That's on the list as well.

5pike

Soul Blade

Ben Brocka

RE1 is kinda worth it for the hilariously bad voice acting though

Oh oh Mega Man 8

Fluttershy

3:04 PM

@ShotgunNinja You need to stop playing whatever it is you are playing and play Psychonauts instead. Just so you know.

5pike

Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro

Ben Brocka

Both for the gameplay and the hilariously bad voice acting

Doctah wahwee

5pike

Strider 2

Ben Brocka

we need to cowwect da eviw enewgy

5pike

Suikoden 1 and 2

Syphon Filter 1, 2 and 3

Fluttershy

3:05 PM

I was just about to mention Suikoden. <_<

5pike

Tales of series

Tekken series

Tenuch series

Time Crisis (if Gun and Ps1)

Michael Dunfield

TimeSplitters

5pike

Tomb Raider series

Tony Hawk series

Twisted metal series

Ben Brocka

5pike

Vagrant Story

Valkyrie Profile

Vandal Hearts

Wild Arms 1 and 2

WipEout series

Worms

Xenogears

Fluttershy

3:08 PM

Anyone wanna trade backs for a while?

5pike

And that's it for now

Well, time to go home

Bye

Shotgun Ninja

what about devil may cry? was that ps1 or ps2?

Wipqozn

Man, this is annoying.

Shotgun Ninja

@Wipqozn ?

fbueckert

@ShotgunNinja PS2

Shotgun Ninja

3:11 PM

darn

fbueckert

DMC2 is...crap. First one's not bad.

OrigamiRobot

I easily prefer Onimusha to DMC

Lazers

0

Q: What does the quarry do when it hits an unknown ore?

I have buildcraft and industrial craft 2 installed.So I was wondering if I were to build a quarry would it crash when it hit a ore like copper or tin?

Wipqozn

I was playing XCOM, and went to launch my first satellite, and the USA was giving me 500 cash for a sat. I must have changed the .ini value for it awhile back just testing things, and forgot to change it back. I'm almost a month in. I'm invested in the characters already, but I don't want to contiue on with the 500 a month :(

MY LIFE IS A SEA OF HARDSHIPS

cc @badp: Are mods able to look through a history of flagged comments, including how they were acted on?

badp

@Wipqozn mostly

Wipqozn

3:16 PM

@badp Can you see the comment which was actually flagged, or just the post it was made on?

badp

@Wipqozn mostly

Wipqozn

I'm mostly just curious if this is a case of confirmation bias / me being too strict on what's "rude or not constructive", or an actual problem.

Michael Dunfield

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badp

Especially with comment flags we have a little information, but not much

Michael Dunfield

This is insane

Ben Brocka

3:17 PM

@5pike Wipeout! I wasn't a big fan of #1 though

Michael Dunfield

@BenBrocka Wipeout 64 was pretty good

Ben Brocka

Loved Wipeout HD and 2048. Pissed Studio Liverpool got shut down

Mana

Wipeout 64 was FUXING AAAAAMAAAAZZZZZIIIIINNNGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

badp

@Wipqozn I don't think gaming.stackexchange.com/users/flag-summary/8350 is shown any differently to me and you

fbueckert

@Wipqozn A little more feedback on flags would certainly be appreciated sometimes.

Wipqozn

3:19 PM

@badp Okay. Because I can only see which post a comment was flagged on, not the comment itself.

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn All of my NC flags on comments have resulted in the comment being removed. Not a great data point, but a data point. And I flag anything that is even remotely rude.

Michael Dunfield

@Mana Yesssssss

fbueckert

It's all well and good to tell us to flag stuff, and then just getting a generic declined or helpful message back without any changes makes it feel rather useless.

Michael Dunfield

You know what I also would have liked to see a sequel to? Metal Arms.

badp

@fbueckert sometimes "no action" is an action

Wipqozn

3:21 PM

@badp Yeah, I'm aware of that too.

Michael Dunfield

Hej @Mana

fbueckert

@badp And couldn't you put something in the response about it, then?

I mean, I don't want you to spend all day just writing stuff out, but feedback is useful for all concerned.

No Action tells us nothing, really.

Wipqozn

Which is why I've never really raised my concerns until now. Sometimes no action is the best action to take.

Well, part of why. Confirmation bias is the other reason.

Like here for example:

> Oh, "thanks" for closing my question. It was obviously spoiling the functioning of this Q&A place. Regards... – galmeida May 5 at 0:02

It was declined, but I can see why "No action" could be the better action to take.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Huh. I didn't even notice the comment thread after VTCing that one.

And now I can see deleted stuff! Yay!

OrigamiRobot

One more dupe vote plox

Wipqozn

3:27 PM

ACtually looking through it looks like only one of my flags was marked as declined.

At least of the ones that have been recorded.

So maybe it has just been confirmation bias.

Michael Dunfield

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Fluttershy

@Wipqozn For what it's worth, it's 50/50 for me when I flag comments.

Wipqozn

Oh right, I'm ony looking on the first page.

Derp.

I have 15 pages of flags.

That was dumb.

badp

@fbueckert There's no way to mark a flag as helpful with custom text.

If I put custom text, it's because the flag wasn't helpful - noise, essentially.

fbueckert

3:43 PM

@badp Well, then. It's obvious what you must do. Explain in great and excruciating length in chat why you marked a flag helpful, and yet, did nothing. :P

badp

@fbueckert Nope! Flags are confidential.

Also I haven't been dealing with flags a whole lot lately

FEichinger

That goes into the philosophical parts of "is a flag even helpful when there is no action taken?"

Michael Dunfield

@fbueckert can't we handle flags now?

StrixVaria

Apparently in Pokemon X/Y you get a new gen 6 starter, and also a gen 1 starter.

Why is this not in my hands yet?

Fluttershy

Somebody, please, help me stop engaging in a discussion with someone who refuses to accept that he is objectively wrong.

OrigamiRobot

3:47 PM

@StrixVaria DAMMIT POKEMON I DON'T WANT YOU ANYMORE

STOP TRYING TO WIN ME BACK

StrixVaria

I think I'm going to pick Bulbasaur.

OrigamiRobot

JUST LET ME PLAY SOUL SILVER IN PEACE

@StrixVaria ERROR: NOT FIRE

StrixVaria

All the gen 1 starters are the best. It's so hard to choose!

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Let it go.

Take a deep breath, and walk away.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert But somebody is wrong. On the internet. I can't just walk away...

fbueckert

3:49 PM

@Fluttershy It's hard, I know.

Ben Brocka

You can't hit people with a baseball bat on the internet, so arguing online is pointless

Fluttershy

Also, I'm inclined to agree with Robotnik about your shifting the burden of proof. Sorry! ._.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Fair enough. I don't agree with that, but you're entitled to your opinion.

OrigamiRobot

Things I want from a Pokemon game:
1. Start with Charmander
2. Get a Larvitar
3. 100+ hours of playtime

fbueckert

No, actually.

BURN WITH FIRE! RAAAAGH!

Fluttershy

3:51 PM

@fbueckert It likely wasn't intentional, but it is how it came off, is all.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I don't know if Larvitar is in Gen 6, but if it is I think this one will work for you.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Eh. Decency rubs me the wrong way, like...constantly. I find it extremely hard to be polite to him, so it probably wasn't the most constructive way I could put it.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria But it is also increasing the number of Pokemon I don't care about.

Michael Dunfield

I need a favour.

Do any of you have access to Excel right now?

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield Don't you have a job now?

Fluttershy

3:53 PM

@fbueckert I know how you feel. Completely.

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot Yes.

I need some screens of an Excel spreadsheet.

Just realized the client wants to show some stuff running on a computer in the video.

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield Do you not have Office where you work?

fbueckert

I will task @TrentHawkins with providing one of every Pokemon for me to use once I have X/Y.

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot I might actually, but I don't know how to use Excel.

fbueckert

Since he, y'know, spent the time to catch more or less all of them.

OrigamiRobot

3:54 PM

@MichaelDunfield I... wat?

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot I've never really used it.

Also I don't have time to make a big mockup spreadsheet.

OrigamiRobot

You didn't have a class on it at any point?

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot No? Is that normal?

Mana

@OrigamiRobot there was one but it was really. dumb.

Ronan Forman

It's not hard, you write things in the boxes, and that's about it.

Michael Dunfield

3:54 PM

@Mana I didn't have one.

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield Yes

@MichaelDunfield Will you pay me?

Mana

@MichaelDunfield it was in Grade 12, data management I think? basic stats and computer usage

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot If you need me to I guess...

FEichinger

@MichaelDunfield But ... we're supposed to ... wat.

Michael Dunfield

@Mana Oh I probably blocked it out.

OrigamiRobot

3:56 PM

@MichaelDunfield If you want me to do something for you which you will then get paid for, I better be getting paid too.

Mana

oh my god you guys are ridiculous.

Michael Dunfield

Whatever I'll just do it later.

Thanks anyway.

Follow up question, what other software do corporate types use?

Ronan Forman

I don't understand the problem, all you need to do is write things in the boxes. How hard is it?

Lazers

0

Q: I am not seeing any NOS on any of the cars i buy

I am not seeing any NOS on any of the cars i buy. Is there a way to buy NOS in the game itself.

go-home-dinosaurs

1

Q: How do I trade with another faction in Rome 2?

I am unable to trade with many faction because of: "unable to build trading connection with other capital". If I open the diplomacy panel all of these trading marks are red and whatever I do I can´t trade with them because of the message above. I am playing as Sparta. Anybody has an idea how to ...

rome-2-total-war

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Q: Any references or mentions of Inarius and Lilith offspring?

Since they are the ones that created sanctuary; they are the highest ranking angel and demon there. (correct?) I would assume that among their progeny you'll find the highest ranking nephalem. Do they appear in the lore in any of the releases? Or, are there any items that are related to them?

diablo-3 diablo-2 diablo

Michael Dunfield

@RonanForman Nevermind that.

OrigamiRobot

3:57 PM

@MichaelDunfield PowerPoint

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot Uuuughgghhhhh

Jason Berkan

@MichaelDunfield The entire Office suite, an accounting package and custom built software for their business.

Wipqozn

@MichaelDunfield I'll do it for you, and I'll only charge you half the cost @OrigamiRobot is going to.

Michael Dunfield

> Both computer and laptop suddenly share same booting up vKey screen -> a loading bar-> then some desktop application running, eg., Excel sheet with some bar charts, pie charts and data

Jason Berkan

And IE6, because their custom built software won't work with anything else.

Michael Dunfield

3:58 PM

you can do charts in Excel?

Jason Berkan

@MichaelDunfield ಠ_ಠ

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield Yes

FEichinger

@MichaelDunfield You ... wha ...

Pie charts?

... yes

3:58 PM

@Lazers I still don't know which game he's talking about here.

Michael Dunfield

also it's only going to be the size of one of those tiny screens

OrigamiRobot

How have you never used Excel?

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot I have, but not for pie charts

I thought everything had to be square

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FEichinger

facedesk

badp

3:59 PM

O_____________O

Michael Dunfield

I might just google a random infographic to use as a placeholder for the draft

Nick Bayley

haha

Michael Dunfield

Trying to get the draft out by the end of the day today

badp

@MichaelDunfield Yes, everything has to be "square" but graphs can be any shape inside their rectangular bounding box.

Michael Dunfield

Huh.

Ben Brocka

4:01 PM

Square pie charts. Squircle charts

Wipqozn

Do you not know what Lorem ipsum is ~~@Gnomeslice~~ @MichaelDunfield?

Michael Dunfield

@Wipqozn I know what Lorem Ipsum is, yes.

Wipqozn

Lorem ipsum

In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum Example text A common form of lorem ipsum text reads as follows: {| width=580px |width="25px" | | |} Another version of the text uses the word "adipisici" (rather than "adipisicing"; the digraph ng at the end of words is alien to classical Latin). Other versions of lorem ipsum include additional words to add variety so that repeated verses will not word-wrap on the same phrases. History and discovery A variation of the common lorem ipsum text has been used since the 1960s or earlier to provide a filler text during typesetting. The text ...

Michael Dunfield

Pretty sure that's not what they want.

Wipqozn

You don't need to make up some document. Just do a word document, generate some Lorem Ipsum, and dump it in.

Michael Dunfield

4:02 PM

Also meettheipsums.com

@Wipqozn They want corporate looking things.

Anyway, thanks guys.

Ronan Forman

@MichaelDunfield Nothing more corporate than lots of pointless documents noone ever reads.

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Michael Dunfield

@RonanForman I suppose.

Wipqozn

The text doesn't matter.

Just make up a quiick word with lorem ipsum, and dump a pie chart into it.

Ben Brocka

they have corporate ipsum!

> Collaboratively administrate empowered markets via plug-and-play networks. Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits. Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI.

Michael Dunfield

@BenBrocka Perfect.

Ben Brocka

4:03 PM

"Dynamically procrastinate" is going on my resume

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Michael Dunfield

Yeah, meettheipsums is the best

Wipqozn

You could whip that up in less than 5 minutes. It would probably be easier then getting someone to take a spreadsheet shot for you.

Michael Dunfield

@Wipqozn Okay, I get it.

Thanks.

Ben Brocka

> Efficiently unleash cross-media information without cross-media value. Quickly maximize timely deliverables for real-time schemas. Dramatically maintain clicks-and-mortar solutions without functional solutions.

Clicks-and-mortar, I love that

Oh god it's a real thing

FEichinger

@BenBrocka Yes, yes it is.

Ronan Forman

4:05 PM

Wait, without functional solutions?

Sconibulus

@BenBrocka I feel like click-and-mortar should be a description of a playstyle in Battlefield, or similar

Ronan Forman

Also without value.

Michael Dunfield

@RonanForman solutions without solutions!

Yuki

Anybody here like apple pie?

Ben Brocka

Click-and-mortar your way to levelution!

Wipqozn

4:06 PM

@Yuki It's okay.

I'm not a huge fan of pie.

It's good from time to time, but not great.

Yuki

@Wipqozn Do you prefer it cold, warm, or fresh-out-of-the-oven hot?

Ben Brocka

I only like french silk pie

Wipqozn

I'd rather have a crisp.

@Yuki Warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Yuki

I seem to like mine (when I have it) cold, and everybody I know finds that weird.

Wipqozn

@Yuki That is weird.

You're a monster.

Jason Berkan

4:06 PM

All fruit pies should be hot, a la mode.

Yuki

@Wipqozn I'm a Deviljho. Munch munch munch.

Ben Brocka

> Completely synergize resource sucking relationships via premier niche markets.

Michael Dunfield

picksumipsum.co.uk

Ben Brocka

aw the corporate ipsum ones aren't random they're predetermined

Yuki

Huh. There used to be a Skyrim ipsum, but apparently it went down.

fbueckert

4:09 PM

@Yuki So...you're weak to everything, and constantly hungry.

Yuki

@fbueckert Sounds about right.

Michael Dunfield

edballsipsum.com

batman-ipsum.com

catipsum.com

> Missing until dinner time. Nap all day lick butt chase mice sweet beast intently sniff hand. Swat at dog chew foot chase imaginary bugs so make muffins or leave dead animals as gifts, cat snacks. Hate dog leave hair everywhere yet nap all day nap all day yet hunt anything that moves so inspect anything brought into the house. Swat at dog destroy couch or shake treat bag.

Ben Brocka

placekitten.com

that's awesome

Michael Dunfield

@BenBrocka First you've seen this?

It's great.

user15026

@Yuki That is rather odd

Michael Dunfield

4:12 PM

Finds you an image for a perfect size.

Ben Brocka

Yeah had'nt heard of it, it's really cool

lifelooselybased.com/index.php?comic_id=190

are you fucking kidding me

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka Mega Pokemon look stupid, but it's not going to stop me from getting the games.

Ben Brocka

Same

Yuki

@BenBrocka Well, that's uninspired.

fbueckert

@BenBrocka So...a bigger water cannon, and two on the hands.

Ben Brocka

4:18 PM

Xhibit seems to have done some of the mega pokemon

Yuki

If they gave him wheels and made her look more like a tank, I'd be more impressed.

Ben Brocka

he also has sells on his wrists

Mega Mega blastoise just has other blastoises for hands

StrixVaria

Mega Blastoise still shoots water out of his mouth instead of the cannons.

Yuki

@fbueckert I'm sure every kid who played Pokemon thought of that growing up. I expected more out of Game Freak.

fbueckert

I kinda liked the mech-ish designs Digimon had for Mega evolutions.

StrixVaria

4:20 PM

Mega Venusaur got a hat.

2

Ben Brocka

"let's just add more of what made them the final stage of evolution"

Michael Dunfield

@StrixVaria Mega Charizard got cancer?

Ben Brocka

more flower, more wings, more cannons

StrixVaria

@MichaelDunfield ?

Michael Dunfield

@StrixVaria He has growths sticking out of things.

user15026

4:21 PM

@MichaelDunfield ...

fbueckert

@StrixVaria They're going super saiyan!

Michael Dunfield

What happened to Charizard's elbows?

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert no that's ampharos

StrixVaria

I haven't seen Mega Ampharos but I heard it's Dragon/Electric.

Sheep, sheep, giraffe, DRAGON

Michael Dunfield

Where's Mega Magikarp?

StrixVaria

4:23 PM

That's something.

Michael Dunfield

Zeno clash free for Steam

Ben Brocka

It's got hair. Hair makes you a dragon

Michael Dunfield

@BenBrocka Make a Mega Pokemon parody twitter account

Yuki

@BenBrocka In Monster Hunter, bugs make you a dragon.

Ben Brocka

Wouldn't work without pictures and I can't really make those

Michael Dunfield

4:25 PM

> Mega Magikarp has six heads, is a Ghost/Dark type, has Wonder Guard for his ability and knows Earthquake.

StrixVaria

@MichaelDunfield I'm bored of this parody twitter account already.

Michael Dunfield

@StrixVaria It's just a comment I found somewhere

I have never played a Pokemon game unless you count Pokemon Snap or Pokemon Stadium.

StrixVaria

Preordered PS4. No games. Just going to glue feathers onto my cat whilst holding the pad and imagine I'm playing The Last Guardian.

Tweeted by PeterMolydeux on September 3, 2013 at 2:47 PM

Michael Dunfield

@StrixVaria I don't get it.

StrixVaria

@MichaelDunfield The Last Guardian is the game by the people who made Ico and Shadow of the Colossus which was revealed a few years ago and then we never heard anything again.

Michael Dunfield

4:29 PM

@StrixVaria Oh.

I still don't get it.

StrixVaria

It's ok.

Michael Dunfield

Indiegala Flashpoint Bundle featuring (among others), Hammerfight, Knytt Underground, Saira. All games come with Steam activation.

@RedRiderX @Ullallulloo @Fluttershy

...Every game except Ignite which says it has one but doesn't appear to be available on Steam any more.

Maybe it still comes with one though.

@BenBrocka Also AdventureOS got funded.

If they actually finish it remains to be seen.

Ben Brocka

@MichaelDunfield Oh cool, wasn't sure it was going to make it

Michael Dunfield

@BenBrocka Oh yeah, with time to spare indiegogo.com/projects/adventuros

They've been getting good coverage

Evelend and Miss Scripter are well known for abandoning their projects though

Pixelry Champions. :(

user15026

4:44 PM

Woot, almost read 50 books this year....which seems like not a lot on one hand and many many on the other

Ben Brocka

Mighty No 9 moved the console port stretch goal $300K closer and pushed off the unknown goals (not that it won't reach all of them)

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn I have read one.

Michael Dunfield

store.steampowered.com/app/1002

Lmao at the first 'screenshot'

Metascore of 69. It's an omen.

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn nice, I've read like... 20, though most of them were doorstoppers

Though I did read the final book of wheel of time finally :D

Only took.. half a weekend Xd

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield You realize Mega Ampharos works because amps are a unit of measure, right? It's not just an arbitrary thing.

Kevin van der Velden

4:52 PM

(I did not get much sleep that weekend =p)

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot Do Mega things have to have something to do with measurable units?

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield ...

Kevin van der Velden

What? Dont they teach the SI where you live?

badp

@AshleyNunn I feel like if I read so many books, I'd remember very little of each of them. They'd all kind of blur together and suddenly characters are in the wrong books.

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot I don't know what this means.

OrigamiRobot

4:52 PM

Megabytes?

Michael Dunfield

What is Charizard a measure of?

Kevin van der Velden

Fire

duh

It's approximately a pico-kalina

Michael Dunfield

I don't understand, but okay.

OrigamiRobot

Metric prefix

A metric prefix or SI prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a decadic multiple or fraction of the unit. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to the unit symbol. The prefix kilo-, for example, may be added to gram to indicate multiplication by one thousand; one kilogram is equal to one thousand grams. The prefix centi-, likewise, may be added to metre to indicate division by one hundred; one centimetre is equal to one hundredth of a metre. Decimal multiplicative prefixes have been a feature of all forms of the metric system with many dating...

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot Is Pokemon adhering to that?

OrigamiRobot

4:55 PM

Metric. You know, they system you use in your country?

Michael Dunfield

@OrigamiRobot Yes.

OrigamiRobot

@MichaelDunfield AMPHAROS IS NAMED "AMPHAROS" BECAUSE OF AMPHERE WHICH IS A UNIT OF CURRENT

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Metric beats imperial any day.

Michael Dunfield