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12:00 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Don't forget to vote to close as off topic.
 
oh good
I came back just in time for setup time
 
@Unionhawk oh my zeus you really went with that avatar I suggested
@Unionhawk is my new favourite person.
Sorry, @OrigamiRobot.
 
 
12:17 PM
Jeah, saudi arabia is really bad
 
@Wipqozn Yeah, I discovered this recently too
I didn't realise A) how many people they executed, B) that they do it by public beheading, and C) they do it for things like witchcraft, still.
 
cc @OrigamiRobot @RavenDreamer @Yuuki @Frank
I was going to post this in the MH chat room, but then I was too lazy
@fredley Yeah, it's so fucked. It's like reading a story from the 1800s from salem
 
All the trio the punch
 
Basically the punch is the character, and it just happens to have a dude attached to it
 
12:31 PM
Oh Toph
 
12:46 PM
0
Q: Quitting matches early?

Finn RaymentOk, so literally 5 minutes ago, I started a game with someone, to realize I accidentally stuck my starting unit inside a wall. Now I am unable to take my turn. Is there anyway to resign from multiplayer matches early?

 
@Wipqozn What weapon even is that?
 
Good afternoon everyone
 
@OrigamiRobot Charge Axe. New weapon in MH4 and MH4U.
 
Is this the right place to ask for the name of a game I can't recall?
 
(the smoke effect is from Koffing being hit)
(Koffing takes 48 hits)
 
12:56 PM
@DamienPirsy This chatroom? Yes. We don't allow those kind of questions on the main site, though, unless you have an audiovisual artifact of the game (i.e. piece of music, a picture, et cetera)
 
yeah, I read the rules and saw it's not accepted anymore
 
@badp 48 hits best amount of hits
Also, FLYING PIKACHU :O
 
@DamienPirsy Yup. Been that way for a while now. So what do you remember about the game?
 
So, I'm looking for this game I used to play maybe in the late 90's or early 2000's, and I'm fairly sure it was a PC game. I don't know how I can classify it, I believe it was some sort of arcade-adventure games, 2d (similar to the first Zelda, for example, but I kind of recall it being tile-based in the movements), likely 8-bit graphics.
 
@DamienPirsy Do you remember anything about theme? for example, was it set on a tropical island?
 
12:58 PM
The main character was a boy (he had a mission, can't recall but I believe was something cheesly classic, like rescue a princess or somethilng like that) that needed to explore the sourrounding territory.
Every screen was a "map" covered in a "fog" that you needed to clear in order to unveil the terrain. You could encounter several things hidden in the fog:
trees/mushrooms (according to the map you were in (greenish one where forests, purplish ones had mushroooms and an eerie music)
objects, like weapons (I remember a broadsword, a dagger, potions, plate armors, and so on). I think you couldn't carry more than an object (but I'm not sure enought abouyt this) and everytime you passed over it you were equipped/consumed it - I remember it being pretty frustrating sometimes when you suddenly ingested some bad potion or downgraded your more powerful weapons...
and monsters, some really tough (I remember scorpions)
 
Doesn't ring any bells for me.
 
The map couldn't be exited in any place, I mean the more you uncovered the fog the more you realize trees /mushrooms (couldn't be destroyed) were making some sort of "maze" in which to move and guide to an exit.
There were several of these screens/maps (dozens?) and progressively you'd encounter more powerful items/armors/weapons and more powerfurl monsters, and I've some anxiety associated with this game as if it became too frustrating sometimes, 'cause usually I tend to finish all the games I play and somehow I left this one and forgot about it :D
 
@DamienPirsy I don't recognize any of this description, but you could try reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue where it will get more exposure.
 
oh, ok, thank you
I'll give it a try
 
1:16 PM
@RedRiderX Yeah, it was pointed out to me by Seth over on AU - pretty cool :)
 
1:33 PM
k valve
thanks for letting me know
 
Super important!
 
@GnomeSlice good guy valve
 
o/
 
yey boiler fixed.
anything else crazy occured on agdq other than the proposal and then the most mental tetris ever?
 
@GnomeSlice Copyright 2006?
 
1:48 PM
'This news delivered by the USPS!'
 
yay! go me!
 
is the heat sink launch worth it in elite? the fuel scoop removed my fuel costs, but increased my repair costs (a bit)
 
Is Elite another Microsoft Excel® Partner game?
 
1:59 PM
@fredley not so far, and i'm a trader
then again. im fine with a small profit. i'd imagine excel and doing it properly would get you more profits
 
There's a website for that
 
i just fill cargo and jump aorund until someone pays me
 
I don't know the link of the top off my head but it's searchable
 
@Wipqozn I can't wait to get my hands on one.
@Rapitor The most I ever learned about trading is what the various economies produce and consume.
 
@Yuuki It's going to rock.
 
2:02 PM
Like finding an Industrial/High-Tech system next to an Agricultural system will make you some good money.
 
I suspect we'll be seeing release in march, based on the fact the localization blog capcom started will lastf for 2 months.
 
@Wipqozn Probably, since South Korea's release date was just announced for end of March.
 
@Yuuki Oh nice
Depending on when it's released I might take the day after release off work.
 
@Yuuki i was just starting to notice that when i was doing missions that involved people asking for certain stuff.
like one system that was going to riot if i didnt get them all of the coffee I could carry
they were fun
 
@Wipqozn The Charge Blade looks so fluid and the counterattack move looks so useful.
The Insect Glaive is the same. These new weapons are pretty boss.
 
2:09 PM
@Yuuki Yup. I'm super excited.
 
Too many good weapons, not enough time.
at least I'll be portable now
 
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Q: Which foods or drinks are reusable?

BlueRaja - Danny PflughoeftA while back I found the Tasty Talador Lunch, which is a reusable food, but it only works in Talador. Then recently I found Ba'ruun's Bountiful Bloom which does the same thing, but works anywhere. Is there a list somewhere of all food/drink that are reusable?

 
yesss.
 
2:23 PM
Uhhoh, better get rid of it before it begins to smell
 
@badp Why is your character lying down?
 
@Arperum Ded
 
@badp How do you keep dying after killing it lives?
 
@Wipqozn Oh god. That means Mooseman is in line
Time to nominate @Wipqozn for lifehacks mod
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@Lazers #lifehacks
 
2:29 PM
@Sterno I think it's more a signal that even the proponents have figured out that it can't work in the SE framework.
 
@Sterno I want to get off Mr. Lifehacks' Wild Ride.
 
@Arperum speedrun strats
 
@Sterno ALL THE POWER... but it won't actually amtter. I seriously doubt lifehacks will reach the point SE will assign mods.
Even if I was nominated I would decline.
 
Time to nominate @badp for mod
 
@Sterno Nonononooo! Look what happened last time!
 
2:31 PM
@Sterno "not badp's sockpuppet" or bust
 
yesterday, by Arperum
This gravatar changing madness needs to stop.
 
@Arperum Hey, at least mine doesn't look too different.
Same game, same aesthetic.
 
@badp not badp's sockpuppet best sockpuppet.
 
@KevinvanderVelden not badp's sockpuppet best not sockpuppet.
 
DEAL WITH IT
 
2:33 PM
@Yuuki lies, it is clearly a sockpuppet, just not @badp's sockpuppet
 
Someone put deal with it sunglasses on this guy pls
 
@Yuuki It sorta looks like someone with a pineapple as a head.
2 mins ago, by Arperum
yesterday, by Arperum
This gravatar changing madness needs to stop.
 
@Arperum Pfffft
 
@Unionhawk Well, there's a new hat idea for next Winterbash.
 
@PrivatePansy Hey, you are back to your old one.
 
2:34 PM
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Q: Help find old DOS game 5 in 1

RomanInspired by http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7496855/internet-archive-ms-dos-emulator I'm trying to find old DOS game that I was playing on 286 PC machine. The game was a collection of 5 different games inside. The main feature - you could play each game against computer (the screen was divided v...

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Q: Failed to alloate graphis resource in simcity offline

Sk Wazeed AliWhat should I do when my windows 8 fails to allocate graphics resource in simcity offline without graphics card?

 
Yeah, well the new gravatars are only used to fit the hats
 
@Arperum Which is why I said DEAL WITH IT
 
@Lazers We've gotten a ton of game identification questions over the last day or two.
 
You will get used to it.
And then I will change it.
 
@Yuuki I'd like to see really good insect staff one.
 
2:36 PM
@Frank Despite my meta write-up :(
 
@Unionhawk You look like a face painted a ball from an american football on a background of toxic waste.
 
@StrixVaria It stopped at least one, I think.
 
@Arperum yeah? Well YOUR MOM
 
@PrivatePansy I can accept that, but hats are over.
 
He came into chat to ask, instead.
 
2:37 PM
I don't know where that was goinf
 
@Arperum :(
 
@OrigamiRobot There's going to be a clockwork Insect Glaive in MH4U.
 
Well at least my last one was immortalized in the blog post
 
Capcom did a weapon design contest for each region and the winning NA entry was this:
 
 
2:40 PM
@badp get out
 
@Unionhawk deal with it
 
ok
 
@Yuuki That's glorious.
 
@badp I feel an overwhelming urge to modabuse someone's avatar right now
 
@fredley Do it. You know you want to.
 
2:44 PM
In general I'm surprised by the lack of ski-themed Link fanart
@Unionhawk should honestly be in awe of how groundbreaking my ART is.
 
0
Q: Skyrim; Lycanthropy and Vampirism

BenNJereI have the Dawnguard DLC, and I know that by talking to Aela or Serena I can switch between vampirism and lycanthropy respectively and that without the dlc, by default, once I'm cured of lycanthropy via the storyline, I cannot re-contract it. Is such a unreversible cure applicable to vampire lor...

 
Actually yeah I feel like that's a thing that should exist. Since he gets on an ice snowboard in tp
 
@badp He should really be paying you in rep.
 
@Unionhawk not even the Hero of Courage wants to brave the snow
 
Nope
 
2:49 PM
because there is bravery, and then there is murder.
 
Snowpeak is a thing. Hate to tell you you're wrong but
Ice Isle is a thing
 
They are all filled with things trying to kill you
And monsters
 
You guys are idiots.
 
and Link wipes the snow out of most of them anyway
 
Or rather, you guys are collectively an idiot.
 
2:51 PM
@Unionhawk You are part of the collective idiot.
 
@Unionhawk That should be our description. Collectively, we have achieved idiot status.
 
Naah, I'm just having fun annoying you by helping @badp
 
@Unionhawk one of us
 
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat room, wherein none of us is as idiot as all of us. [-context] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [lifehacks] [--mandatory] [murder]
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2:52 PM
We can be an idiot if we work together.
 
@MattЭллен [ ] TIMELY [ ] INB4'ing [×] INB4'd
 
curses
 
However that description is way too short
you might see stars and whatnot.
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat room, wherein, despite our best individual efforts, we must come to the sad conclusion that at the end of the day none of us is as idiot as all of us. [-context] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [lifehacks] [--mandatory] [murder]
You're welcome
 
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@fredley Majestic as f--k.
 
2:56 PM
@fredley I always knew you had great potential
 
I ragret not changing to @Uni's proper gravatar at the last frame
 
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat room, wherein, despite our best individual efforts, we must come to the sad conclusion that, at the end of the day, none of us are as idiot as all of us. [-context] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [lifehacks] [--mandatory] [murder]
 
Commas FTW!
 
@JasonBerkan I also changed "is" to "are"!
 
3:02 PM
And also the is/are thing
 
I think "is" may technically work but I stumbled over it and this felt more natural.
"none" is a silly word.
 
then you clearly should say "nones of us are"!
 
wat did i stumble into?
 
@MattGiltaji Apparently the collective lowering of our IQ.
 
EL&L: Is it "None of us are as idiot as all of us" or "None of us is as idiot as all of us"?
 
3:04 PM
@MattGiltaji Nothing special at all.
 
@fredley Also, is using idiot that way grammatically correct? I would think idiotic is more correct.
 
@Chippies You have 34 speakers? Man that's quite the house you've got there.
 
 
What conference are they attending?
 
 
@badp that's just the bathroom
 
@Yuuki just flip the box upside down
USE THE GRAVITY, YUUKI.
(that kills the photoshop)
 
@badp You could totally keep filming. And then watch the inevitable box falling on the camera.
 
@fredley cc @MattЭллен
 
@fredley lol. it can be either depending on if you think none is plural or singular... I'll find the answer
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A: "None" as plural indefinite pronoun

nohatNone is commonly used as a plural. You can find many examples in the Corpus of Contemporary American English. For example, I searched for none of the [nn2] [vv0] to find examples where none refers to something in plural and then takes a plural verb. ([nn2] matches any plural common noun and [vv0]...

 
3:17 PM
@Yuuki wait whats the tiny button/nub above the main buttons?
 
@Rapitor C-stick.
 
ooo
 
@MattЭллен I figured it could be either, but since the rest of the sentence is already confusing, I think "are" makes it flow a little better.
 
sounds like fair reasoning
 
@JasonBerkan That would be my inclination as well. "Idiot" is generally a noun, "idiotic" an adjective. We want to describe individuals and the group as a whole, and therefore should be using an adjective.
 
3:19 PM
I should be preparing for a job interview but AwfulGDQ is happening
that attract mode
 
@badp are you interviewing AwfulGDQ? because that would be a useful coincidence
 
@badp That's a good name for this block.
 
@StrixVaria It's what it's called
 
Oh that's the official name.
It's such a long block I didn't see the start/end on the schedule.
 
@MattЭллен nope
 
3:20 PM
It's also in the pinned message
 
Alright, Bridge. I need secret help. Top secret help. One that requires some potentially great Google fu. Who can help?
 
Uhhoh, what's wrong?
 
@Fluttershy All of us.
Isn't that right, @Yuuki?
 
@Fluttershy Secret is pretty secret but top secret is secreter still. Hope that helps
 
@Wipqozn All of us is an idiot.
 
3:22 PM
@Fluttershy clearly, all of us
 
Except @Unionhawk. He's too busy skiing.
 
@Wipqozn not skiing nearly fast enough
 
SKI FASTER @Unionhawk, THE SNOW WILL EAT YOU
 
@MattGiltaji Just a puny 0.000067c.
 
@Arperum Winning things no one remembers is the best!
 
3:25 PM
we expect a top speed much closer to c, @Unionhawk
 
I wonder if @Fluttershy is filled with gratitude or regret right now for asking us for help.
 
@Yuuki that really is pretty slow, I think
HOW FAST DO YOU SKI?
 
@KevinvanderVelden YOU FORGOT TO PING @UNI
 
the speed of light * 0.000067 =
20 086.0947 m / s
 
@KevinvanderVelden It's either that or 0.00009c. I can't recall exactly how fast he said he was going.
 
3:27 PM
Also, whoever helps me will need to have me on Steam. <_<
 
@Fluttershy And probably have access to steam right now.
 
@Yuuki I think 20 kph is slow for skiing, but I've never ski...ed (?) so I dunno
 
@Fluttershy Oh, I'm not home right now. Now I Really want to help you. Is facebook an option?
 
@KevinvanderVelden 20 km per second
 
That's mostly because I'm just curious what you want.
 
3:28 PM
@Wipqozn I don't use Facebook.
 
@MattЭллен ... ooh
 
@Wipqozn Pony slash fiction.
 
@Fluttershy I sea plus plus.
@JasonBerkan Scary.
 
@MattЭллен 20 km/s != 20 m/s.
You're off by several orders of magnitude.
 
@Yuuki indeed, see above
2 mins ago, by Matt Эллен
the speed of light * 0.000067 =
20 086.0947 m / s
 
3:29 PM
1 min ago, by Matt Эллен
@KevinvanderVelden 20 km per second
 
@Fluttershy I can access steam
 
@KevinvanderVelden IIRC I saw @uni mentioning nearly 100km/h.
 
I don't know if I have you, hold on
 
@Yuuki yup. as google said, 20086.0947 m/s
 
Hmm, @Fluttershy what's your steam name?
 
3:31 PM
@KevinvanderVelden nihilistronin
 
Added (yourdoom1422)
 
@Fluttershy should tell us all what his top secret secret is. Or at least tell me. I don't really care if nyone else knows. I'm the only one you can trust.
 
@Fluttershy invite sent (GodEmperor)
 
Ah, I'm off by a few orders of magnitude.
For some reason, I used 300,000 m/s instead of 300,000,000 m/s.
 
3:32 PM
I blame my science teachers using km/s for the speed of light but m/s in all other speed measurement cases.
 
@Yuuki I just googled .00somthing c in kilometers per second
And then didn't realize I used per second and derped
 
@Yuuki does m stand for metres or miles?
 
@Wipqozn Meters.
 
@Wipqozn k prefix
 
3:34 PM
My science teachers were fairly good about using SI units.
 
I don't think I've ever heard anyone using kilomiles
 
Which is surprising in Texas.
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yes, but I wasn't sure if the m stood for the same thing in both cases. I knew km stood for km and all
 
@Wipqozn HMM? SOMEONE HAS A SECRET?
 
@Wipqozn well yes, but kilomiles is a weird abomination that will eat the universe if ever used intentionally
 
3:36 PM
Are they doing Awful Games Done Quick right now?
 
@KevinvanderVelden my drive to work is 0.01 kilomiles
 
@MattGiltaji lies
 
I feel sorry for anyone whose drive to work is >=1 kilomile.
 
@OrigamiRobot The secret is that Shiro is the bestest.
 
@KevinvanderVelden 10 mile commute isn't bad at all.
 
3:37 PM
@Fluttershy THAT'S NOT EVEN A SECRET!
 
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Q: How to jungle effectively with Wukong, using its decoy ability?

PierreWhen I jungle with Wukong I sometimes find it hard for the jungle monsters to focus my decoy rather than me. Maybe I'm wrong but if position myself poorly (too close to the monsters maybe?), monsters will begin to ignore my clone and focus back on me which is unintented. So, how to jungle effect...

 
jungle is a verb now? what is jungling?
 
@Yuuki I know, 16 kilometers is less than my commute would be if I could take the car
 
@MattЭллен it's a LoL thing
 
@MattЭллен In dota like games? Yes
 
3:39 PM
@MattЭллен It's LoL. I've stopped trying to understand those questions a long time ago
 
@MattЭллен STOP! THAT WAY LIES MADNESS!
 
@MattЭллен League of Legends. It is the act of farming the jungle for extra moneys, and map control.
 
It's spending the first few levels mostly in the jungle instead of in the lanes
ALL THE PINGS
 
all moba's use the term "jungling"
 
@Fluttershy ah! thanks.
@OrigamiRobot thanks for the warning :D
 
3:39 PM
@KevinvanderVelden No, see, I knew km stood kilometres, but wasn't sure if m stood for miles. I know the USA uses both systems a times because reasons, soI wasn't sure.
 
@Chippies True! But LoL is the only one I know anything about.
 
Basically his teacher used metric system for teaching speed of light but imperial for everythig else.
 
@Wipqozn ooh, that makes more sense
 
@Fluttershy shouts OVERRATED!
 
@Wipqozn No, my teacher used a different order of magnitude specifically for the speed of light.
 
3:41 PM
@Chippies they are building their own isp
 
It's as if your parents measured everything in feet but suddenly switched to miles for one specific thing.
 
or something like that for less lag
 
@MattGiltaji so I heard... I wonder how that's gonna work out for them
Google has been doing that and it hasn't been easy for them and they're loaded rich
 
I am here
Hi
It's okay
 
@Chippies Riot's actually more loaded than Google, IIRC.
 
3:42 PM
Hi
 
I doubt the american ISPs are just gonna let some gaming company steal their clients
 
Mostly because they're owned by Tencent.
 
@Yuuki what? WHAT? You can't be serious, are you?
 
@Yuuki wat?
 
research time
 
3:42 PM
@Chippies They're owned by Tencent.
 
Three suggested edits, three approvals.
 
Literally the biggest gaming company in China.
 
Who am I, and what have I done with myself?
 
@Yuuki ten cent? how does that make them rich?
 
@Yuuki are you sure? i think that's SMITE
 
3:43 PM
Google Revenue Increase US$ 59.825 billion (2013)[5]
Riot Games Revenue Increase US $624 million (2013)[4]
these seem like important numbers
 
Riot Games is an American video game publisher that was established in 2006. Their main office is based in Santa Monica, California. They currently have additional offices located in St. Louis, Dublin, Berlin, Seoul, São Paulo, Istanbul, Moscow, Sydney, and Taipei. Riot Games has produced a single game, League of Legends, which was released in both North America and Europe on October 27, 2009. == History == Riot Games, Inc. was founded as an Indie game developer in 2006 by Brandon "Ryze" Beck, and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill in Los Angeles. The company announced its first game, League of Legends...
Parent: Tencent
 
Tencent Revenue Increase CN¥60.49 billion (2013)[1]
 
> It is the fifth-largest Internet company in the world after Google, Amazon, Alibaba, and Ebay as of October 2014
 
I don't think CN¥ is anywhere close to a US dollar value
 
@Arperum you are correct yesterday's top speed was around 97 km/h
 
3:44 PM
i don't see how a company smaller than google has more money than google
 
hm, ok then. i guess Tencent wants to own all the mobas, because they partnered with Hi-Rez too.
 
Well, I guess I'm wrong on the numbers. But Riot does have the moneys to build their own ISP. It's not like they're in a completely different ballpark from Google.
I could've sworn Tencent was bigger than that though.
 
@Yuuki Based on the numbers @Chippies posted, they're two orders of magnitude off Google.
Tencent might help a little but they clearly also have other things going on if Riot is such a small fraction of their total revenue.
 
I don't want to be at work today.
 
@Fluttershy Something wrong?
 
3:55 PM
@Wipqozn I'm not home watching more Deadman Wonderland. That's what's wrong!
 
@Fluttershy Interesting.
 
Also, I'm almost completely finished with Evangelion.
 
@Fluttershy SWEET BEAN BREAD SWEET BEAN BREAD
 
Oh, we should be getting some info about Xenoblade Chronicles X later this month.
 

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