« first day (1174 days earlier)      last day (3867 days later) » 

8:00 PM
@BenBrocka Better stay away before they show you HOW vigorous.
 
So Snowball is a cute little pinball game.
 
Crap, they're almost at 4 million.
Damn, people really want another Megaman.
 
@BenBrocka WTF why did they leave the music one till the end.
 
@MichaelDunfield It didn't even exist until like today
 
0
Q: Escape the Airlock (SS13)

ZibbobzRecently I've been on a kick for Science roles, and most specifically I've had a strong itch to master Toxins...or at least get a basic working knowledge of it in case the station needs some bombs. The server I play on uses a double airlock to superheat plasma gas before pumping it into a cani...

 
8:03 PM
@BenBrocka ugh
 
It's 100k, it's possible we'll get that in the last 5 hours. Not sure. Almost certainly won't get the race unless tons of people donate via paypal AFTER the KS ends (that money still goes towards goals)
 
> Congratulations you broke it! Please wait while we work on.
 
slowpoke.jpg
 
8:05 PM
I'm not sure registering the trademark means the game is coming.
Maybe they just don't want anyone else using it
 
Not sure you even need a trademark for sequels?
unless it's got a weird name, anyway. Legally speaking I'm sure they can sue the crap out of anyone selling "half life 3" or 4 or whatever
 
We'll see Starcraft: Ghost before we see Half-Life 3.
 
I now want to get to that little island surrounded by the circular reefs.
 
@fbueckert there are always cool things on those. At least in FF
man I miss world maps
 
2 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
Sep 24 at 20:01, by OrigamiRobot
The day HL3 is announced, I am ignoring anyone who talks about it.
 
8:08 PM
 
@BenBrocka KSP also has little easter eggs hidden around the solar system. There's a few on Mun and Minmus, and at least one on Kerbin, from what I recall.
 
Oh come on!
I had a Party Time mission to get 80 points
I got 79 -.-
 
Sep 24 at 20:01, by StrixVaria
@OrigamiRobot Farewell, friend.
 
@StrixVaria I'll unignore you when you stop talking about it.
 
@OrigamiRobot ...but how will you...?
 
8:09 PM
@BenBrocka Not my concern
 
I named my Guild Hall "Bridge." I needed one more character in order to name it "The Bridge."
Also, why can't I sleep in my guild hall?
It's a mansion.
Surely there is room for sleeping
(and yes I know the answer is "because game design")
 
You get a guild hall now? Hohum.
 
If HL3 launched the same day as RoS, any time I spent playing either would feel like time wasted not playing the other.
 
@GraceNote You can't sleep in it though, which makes no sense.
 
(What's your guild, anyway?)
 
8:10 PM
@GraceNote Stoneroot.
 
RoS?
 
@fbueckert Been there, done that.
 
I have negative care for HL3
 
@BenBrocka Reaper of Souls (D3 Expansion)
 
8:10 PM
@FEichinger I suspect it will be a LOOOOONG rover trip.
 
@Wipqozn I wouldn't say it makes no sense. It's like, I wouldn't sleep at the office, for example.
 
The part that should make the game good finally.
 
I saw a headline that said "500 MEELLION PCs still run Windows XP. How did we get here?" and thought WTF?! and then remembered I'm typing this on a Windows XP PC.
 
Not only do I not want to know anything about it, I don't want to know that other people know anything about it.
 
@fbueckert Actually, I flew Bill over there from the runway and crashed into the island because there's just no way you can land there.
It's massively inclined, so landing a plane is nigh-impossible. Landing a capsule might work, but you need to master pinpoint-landing.
 
8:11 PM
Well, as in, not as a place to sleep overnight. Catch Zs when tired or exhausted, yeah, but real sleep needs a real place.
 
@Powerlord For a regular desktop I see no reason to still use XP, it's just too much hassle. Though there are lots of circumstances where you are forced to still use it
 
As for special things there, can't say I found anything of note. :/
 
Ooh. KAS has some pretty neat new features. Pipes, EVA struts, container storage.
 
Could just be buried in terrain, though.
 
@FEichinger Don't fly Francis, he hates planes.
 
8:12 PM
@GraceNote Except it's a mansion.
 
@fbueckert Yeh, heard a lot of good things about the update.
 
Some people work in mansions.
 
And the alternative is that you all pay to sleep in the Inn.
 
@Powerlord We're killing ours at work (have been for years), screw being out of security update service
 
@MadScientist This is my work PC and I don't get a choice as to what OS it has.
 
8:12 PM
@Powerlord Your employer has a choice ;-)
 
Oh, I should go eat food.
Also I love this game <3
 
@MadScientist Yes they do... and some machines (laptops mainly) are already on Windows 7.
 
@FEichinger Too bad the game stutters like mad whenever I get close to my Munar base.
 
However, all desktop machines (like mine) are running XP. Despite me having this machine for a little less than a year.
 
@fbueckert Right now, I'm having fun with RemoteTech 2 and some proper Mission Control.
 
8:14 PM
But I also installed XP on a desktop not long ago (and only SP2 at that), because the HPLC does not support anything newer. So I doubt XP will actually die anytime soon
 
OR not.
 
We haven't bought an XP machine in years but we're only replacing when stuff dies or when a whole department is ready to go
 
So apparently the guild hall lets you buy bonuses or something.
 
IT went first, then sales, payroll, AR was last, AP will be...eventually
 
Not exactly sure how it works.
 
oh right
whole reason I came down was to talk about how awesome bards are.
Their song, echoing something or other, is fantastic.
 
@BenBrocka Collect a PS4 next!
 
For 3 turns whenever a specific party member is healed everyone else in your party is healed as well.
Right now it seems to heal for 50-60 HP per person, which is fantastic.
 
@BenBrocka lol...
 
Holy crap. That got starred quickly.
10 stars in under 3 minutes.
 
8:19 PM
@Wipqozn I didn't even know we had 10 people reading right now.
 
@FEichinger I'm interested in trying the kOS mod, but I'm not sure how much utility it really has; my main usage of it would be to autopilot things outside of my view, not things that happen at the same time I'm there.
 
@fbueckert Haven't used it myself. It's the kind of thing I, personally, would have to invest a lot of time in (push the limits and all). And I just don't have that time right now :/
 
@GraceNote Oh, remember the Golden Bell arena debacle? That has happened multiple times now. It's a great way to train DEX
 
@FEichinger Yeah, I know what you mean. I'd love if you could program certain things, like, "Hey, the space station's getting low on fuel. Spawn a delivery rocket, and go refuel it."
 
@OrigamiRobot Hah
Do you actually make a point to carry poisons and such with you now or do you just starve yourself to death on these?
 
8:23 PM
is twitter down or just kable de?
 
@GraceNote Or use a rope
 
@OrigamiRobot What's this?
 
But mostly I just use up all my food and get as much DEX as I can.
 
@GraceNote Just FYI, we've had at least five spam suggested edits today. I take it Tim's still working on tweaking the system?
 
@fbueckert Yes.
 
8:25 PM
@SaintWacko Fighting a golden bell in the arena when you can't kill it. Just hold down F and get free DEX
 
Okie dokie. No rush, just keeping you informed.
 
@GraceNote Did anyone ever compile how many useful edits actually result from the anonymous edit feature?
 
@OrigamiRobot Wait, you can't kill golden bells in the arena?
 
@SaintWacko Golden Bells in arena duels don't vanish, so if you lack a means to successfully kill them, be it sheer force or poison, you pretty much just have an invincible target to keep attacking.
 
@SaintWacko I can't
 
8:26 PM
@fbueckert STOP BEING SPAMMED jeez, rude
 
@OrigamiRobot ah
Sadly, I can :(
 
@MadScientist I can throw something together for you, if you want.
 
@SaintWacko What kind of weapon do you have? O_o
 
@MadScientist Not on our end yet. I'll see if frebucket whips up something nice and see from there if I should escalate the inquiry.
 
@GraceNote The frebucket is on the battlefield again?
 
8:27 PM
 
@FEichinger Quite.
 
@SaintWacko I've always wondered, is there a difference between, "It improves", and, "It grants"?
 
@SaintWacko Oooh, poison.
 
@OrigamiRobot Yeah
and Gravity Sphere
 
Logic says the grant ones actually give you the skill.
 
8:28 PM
@fbueckert I don't know
 
@fbueckert No.
 
You'd think so, except I didn't get pickpocketing from one that granted pickpocketing
 
Just different flavor text to describe the same skill bonus effect for different skills.
 
IT'S DATE NIGHT :DDDD
 
8:28 PM
On that note, I gave my cat a crossbow and an amulet that increases crossbow and grants multishot.
4
 
@BenBrocka Oh, I think I'm going to be sick
 
@BenBrocka It has, "I didn't vomit" in the URL. Yeah..not going there.
 
> I didn’t vomit, so i guess it was alright.
 
@fbueckert It's pretty much what you'd expect
 
Aaaand my satellite lost power again. Crap.
 
8:34 PM
A fast query gave me:
Rejected - 2700
Approved - 1627
 
@fbueckert That is far, far better than I'd have expected
 
That's over site lifetime.
May want to massage it a bit and give it pretty graphs over time or something.
 
@fbueckert While that's still in the works, we're going to toss up a little check that may or may not help stymy the flow. We introduced it on EL&U when they were hit by the same stuff and it seems to have helped.
23 hours ago, by RedRiderX
user image
 
@GraceNote I mean, 5 isn't a whole lot, not for a day. But it seems disproportional for the effort to gain ratio.
 
@fbueckert Hence the little fix.
 
8:39 PM
My main worry about anonymous edits is users misunderstanding the SE system and trying to propose radical edits that won't get approved. That just wastes time all around
 
0
Q: What's this gameboy-like handheld from my childhood?

d33tahI recently had a dream that reminded me of a handheld video game I used to have when I was in my early teens (1995-2000, though it could be produced before). My scheme of it looks like this: The upper arrow is where the cartridge was inserted, from behind of the device. The arrow on the left i...

 
@fbueckert wow. On UX I've only seen a couple vandalism edits, just from angry people
 
@BenBrocka Dear god
 
@MadScientist We actually have a system in place that checks if an anonymous edit changes what appears to be too much of a post and auto-rejects it.
 
8:41 PM
mayonnaise butter
 
@GraceNote That still means you have a user that wastes their time trying to improve a post, and then curses SE because they don't accept the edit
 
potato jam
lemonade hot dog
chicken peanut butter and jelly
 
@spugsley This is what you do on date night?
 
@Wipqozn I'm doing story mode. I thought it was asking me for a guild name but it was asking for a character name. Now my main guy is named DudeBros. :(
4
 
steak jello
 
whipped cream sausage
2
 
Also, @spugsley, stop talking about innuendo-laden food.
 
@OrigamiRobot made me do it
he hates gross food
fruit cocktail ham
sorry
I'm done
 
NO I HATE YOU CONSTANTLY MESSAGING ME WITH THIS NONSENSE
 
8:47 PM
Perfect.
Keeping that for posterity, btw.
 
@MadScientist Ah, misunderstood the direction you were going there.
 
Interesting. It's very...spiky.
Lately, though, rejects have been going up, and staying up.
 
@fbueckert That's because it's sorted by month, then by year.
 
@Coronus ...Dammit. It wasn't supposed to do that.
 
8:51 PM
I wasn't sure if that was intended.
 
@Wipqozn was your first mission to map level 1? After that, did you get sent to an entirely different dungeon?
 
@Coronus ...that's actually a thing that they let be done in this thing?
 
@Coronus How does...how can you even do that
 
@Batophobia duplicate answer, unfortunately
 
@MichaelDunfield Yea I deleted it.
Didn't see his answer until after I posted
 
8:55 PM
There. Try that again.
That looks much better.
Approvals are trending downwards, while rejects are spiking. Probably due to the spam edits.
 
@BenBrocka I've resolved to assume that too much time doing SharePoint has broken frebucket.
5
 
@fbueckert Meh. That seems to be a recurring pattern around this time of the year, and growing in impact as the userbase grows. Nov/Dec 2011 had the same, as did Oct/Nov 2012.
And you get a larger downward spike on the Rejects after such a pattern as well.
 
@fbueckert guess when I joined
 
I asked a question on the site. I feel dirty.
 
0
Q: Is it possible to "shoot the fuel tank" of cars in GTA5?

nitsuaI remember in GTA4 it was possible to shoot the fuel caps on the side of cars to result in an insta-explosion. As yet, I've not found a way to blow up a car so effectively in GTA5 uing just small arms. ... Is this possible?

0
Q: How can I reliably avoid missiles?

Michael DunfieldI always start to do poorly once I get put up against missiles. I can never seem to shake them, and (particularly when trying to turn around) they almost always get me. They go slightly faster than I do, and I sometimes have success weaving among obstacles because presumably they crash into t...

 
9:03 PM
 
It's been exactly one month since my last question.
Which nobody cared about
hahaha
 
@MichaelDunfield Speaking of which. It's been a month. You can probably answer it.
 
@Batophobia No.
@Fluttershy is going to answer it
 
@MichaelDunfield I can't! I have no idea how to do it. >_>
 
@Fluttershy You will find it!
I already told you where to look for the hint! ;]
 
9:31 PM
@MichaelDunfield wtf
 
@GraceNote Yeah, Sharepoint has it's own quirks that tend to mess with common assumptions.
 
@MichaelDunfield That's the most disappointing preorder DLC I think I've even heard of
 
@BenBrocka No kidding.
 
And I've heard of preorder exclusive vests. VESTS
 
9:34 PM
Hey, depending on the game a vest could be pretty sweet.
 
It makes sense in context, it's for Infamous Second Son, main character wears a vest (and looks relatively not stupid for it)
 
Hrm...
 
0
Q: What do I do with my idol collection?

CoronusI have been collecting idols during my runs through the cave, and I just discovered that the list of acquired idols can be viewed on the stats page. There are also different colors (bronze, silver, and gold), which I assume refer to the quality of the idol. Do these idols have any effect on game...

 
A wild review appears
4
 
> We have broken through the fourteenth stretch goal!!!!
This means we will be getting the Optional Retro-Style Chiptune Soundtrack + Fx!! Up next is Online Battle Race Mode at $200,000 more than the previous goal!!!
 
9:46 PM
> I also think it's cool that Speed Warp, a tribute to a game that wasn't published that long ago, can not only be developed so quickly
Didn't you talk about just kinda being lazy about it? :P
 
@MichaelDunfield (totally typed "gn" and expected autocomplete) chiptune forMighty No 9
 
@BenBrocka Wow that was fast
 
@fbueckert Yeah. My development style is highly procrastinatory
 
Awesome!
 
See: Whole days spent making ponies instead of doing anything beneficial to myself or society in any way
 
9:52 PM
Anyways, off to the store to get Rune Factory!
 
eeeeegh I want it
 
@fbueckert Is there a new one out?
 
@Ullallulloo I think Rune Factory 4 came out today.
 
10:16 PM
It's a good edit, but it'd be better if he just posted his own answer.
 
@Fluttershy My thoughts exactly
 
Got it!
Sadly, both Best Buy and Future Shop didn't have it, so I had to buy it from EB.
Who does that remind you of?
 
10:31 PM
@Sterno I was ordered to map floor 1, but I was not sent to a different dungeon. There is a story only dungeon from what I understand.
 
@MichaelDunfield "Jimmies status – Rustled"
 
@tugs I saw that. Hah.
 
@fbueckert Reminds me of Ike.
 
@Wipqozn Good. I'm not the only one.
 
10:37 PM
Now, to finish X3.
 
@fbueckert Mega Man?
 
@fbueckert Which one are you playing?
 
@Wipqozn I met the rest of my party there, so that makes sense. DudeBros is good at making friends!
 
@Sterno What a good name for a character.
@MichaelDunfield This album is beautiful. How'd you find it?
 
@Wipqozn Indeed.
 
10:53 PM
@Coronus @strixVaria Re: Reus. I did like it very much. It's a little awkwardly designed from a gameplay perspective, since at high levels, you want to plan out which giants you're going to develop in which way, but at the same time there are random event-type things that make certain resources more valuable -- but if you've already commited to a different giant "tech tree", it ends up being wasted.
But I think the core gameplay is solid (and it is one of only 3 games on Steam I got 100% achievements on!)
 
1
Q: How can I map a key for my hero to start walking towards the fountain?

jmfsgIn particular when I play Puck and I need to escape, I phase shift, wait for my blink dagger to get out of cooldown, and blink away (usually double tapping it which makes me blink in the direction of the fountain). This keeps the screen in the old position and not centered on my Hero, so I'd lik...

 
@Wipqozn I 'followed' Jeff Ball on Bandcamp because he did the Tiny Barbarian Soundtrack
So I got an email that he released a new album.
 
0
Q: Is there a way to remove the region lock on a 3DS and still connect to the nintendo store

Memor-Xi want to get the etrian odyssey series, the 4th one came out for 3DS so since the 3DS is region locked i was thinking of getting all the games from the same region so that i can play them all of the 3DS without having to search around my room for my old DS Lite when i do a search on ebay howeve...

0
Q: XCom EU: Average Shot damage

MikeI just beat normal, again with variable damage and variable upgrades and some of the other settings. At the end of the game it compares your stats to the worlds. One that jumped out is I did about 6.94 damage per shot where the worlds average damage was 16.xx How is that possible? I wish I ...

0
Q: How do I pass level 28 on Pet Rescue Saga without connecting to Facebook?

dangowansAccording to the official Pet Rescue Saga FAQ, it is possible to play all of the levels of Pet Rescue Saga without connecting to Facebook. Do I need a Facebook account to play Pet Rescue Saga? No. You can play the full game without connecting to Facebook. You can also play Pet Rescue Sag...

 
14 whole views
nice
 
11:05 PM
@fredley My word, you're famous now. I feel like I should request permission before speaking to you.
 
DragonVale doesn't impress me with its graphics sometimes.
 
@Lazers I don't feel like this is something we can answer in it's current form.
Although then again, I suppose it is.
Just "How do you get it that high?" is the real question.
also holy snap. I didn't realize how well Mighty 9 was doing
It's over 3 million. It's target was 900k.
IT's almost at 4 million
 
0
Q: How can I reliably avoid missiles?

Michael DunfieldI always start to do poorly once I get put up against missiles. I can never seem to shake them, and (particularly when trying to turn around) they almost always get me. They go slightly faster than I do, and I sometimes have success weaving among obstacles because presumably they crash into t...

 
@Wipqozn Yes, and it was at 3.1 yesterday at this time.
 
Holy snap.
I'm so happy.
Both because it's awesome, and also because fuck you Capcom.
 
11:16 PM
@Wipqozn What's wrong with capcom!
 
@MichaelDunfield The last Mega Man game they made was a cheap-ass mobile phone game which was an insult to mega man fans.
 
@Wipqozn And that instantly ruins the company?
 
@MichaelDunfield Yes.
 
Well you're just being silly.
 
Also, they're terrible at making horrible DLCs and charging an arm and a leg for them.
All their fighting games sell different outfits for ridiculous prices for different outfits for a couple characters.
 
11:19 PM
> Inafune abruptly left the company he'd been with for more than 20 years. When asked why, in an interview that took place around the time, Inafune said, "I want to work at Capcom. But, how should I say... circumstances are such that I can't work there anymore."
 
11:36 PM
@Wipqozn Ah... good thing I don't really play fighting games I guess
 
@MichaelDunfield I'm mostly just bitter about their treatment of Mega Man.
The other stuff is to cover my tracks.
 
http://TheFreeBundle.com, five new games, all awesome, all free! Dungelot, Mayor Maox, Savage XR, Streemerz! Download now! #indiegames
@Ullallulloo
@Lesspop you might be interested in this, it's crazy
 
HOLY CRAP I NEVER KNEW THAT'S HOW THAT BARD SPELL WORKED
I thought it just increased attack, not just added it.
How diggity dog.
 
11:51 PM
0
Q: Is there a way to view previously viewed tutorials?

WipqoznA tutorial was shown when I first started coming across FOES, which was nice and handy, but I can't seem to find anyway to locate the information again. I know that the colour around the FOE map icon is supposed to tell you how difficult it will be, but I can't remember the colours. I've tried l...

 
Well this is going to hell. That damn deer is just confusing my whole party.
What a jerk.
Ha! Take that you stupid deer.
Now you're dead.
Okay, weak to thunder, good to know.
 
user15026
AUGH
 
user15026
PEOPLE IN THIS HALLWAY ARE ALL SINGING THE FOX SONG
 
user15026
and it is driving me mad
 
user15026
and I cant leave :P
 
user15026
11:56 PM
(waiting for a class to restart)
 
@AshleyNunn Well, on the bright side, I'm rather enjoying myself.
Also, I finished Ender's Game last night.
It was quite fantastic.
Picked up Ender's Shadow today.
 
user15026
@Wipqozn What did you think....ah, yes.
 
user15026
I liked it well enough. I didn't read a lot of the sequels, though
 
Ok, that's enough reflex-based combat.
 

« first day (1174 days earlier)      last day (3867 days later) »