The Bridge

GnomeSlice

4:03 PM

red = @Chippies | blue = me

Chippies

@GnomeSlice gah, it looks so different with the map rotated

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice What is this?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Battlemass 2

And he is destroying me

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can I copy Steam game files from a Mac onto a PC?

I have a very slow Internet connection at home and cannot download large files there. However, I have a Macbook and fast Internet at school. Is it possible to download a game to my Macbook, then transfer the files to my home PC? Are the files different for Macs and PCs? I did see this post about...

steam

user15026

@Wipqozn It sounds stupid, but I liked the last 100 pages or so best

Wipqozn

4:14 PM

@AshleyNunn I felt the same wy about elantris

I really do need to get back to it

user15026

I couldn't even get started with Elantris

Wipqozn

I just haven't ben reading much in bed, nd I've been spending most f my evenings out and about

@AshleyNunn That's because the first half of the book is bad

Mad Scientist

Elantris is probably the weakest of Sanderson's books

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Is this good?

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Yeah, if you have somebody to play it with.

StrixVaria

4:17 PM

@MadScientist I agree, but it's still pretty decent, and it's his first published book, so it's forgivable.

GnomeSlice

It's free, so it's literally just fight AI or fight other person

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I will probably check this out. It looks pretty cool from just the screenshots and description.

Unionhawk

You are officially my hero. — Unionhawk 10 secs ago

user15026

@Wipqozn Yeah, and that doesn't make me want to continue.

Unionhawk

NOT MOD ABUSE PREVAILS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

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WOOOOOOOOOOOO

StrixVaria

4:20 PM

@AshleyNunn Have you tried reading a non-Elantris book by Sanderson (sorry for joining late if you've already mentioned)?

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria have you played Greed Corp? It has certain similarities to that.

Sort of

Mostly just the terrain deformation

user15026

@StrixVaria I've read Mistborn and Rithmatist and Alloy of Law

Wipqozn

@MadScientist I wouldn't even bother with probably. Definitlly his weakest.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I know you've mentioned it, but I haven't tried it and don't remember anything about it but its name.

Wipqozn

The second half is actually pretty good, imo

The first half, though, isn't good.

GnomeSlice

4:21 PM

Greed Corp Trailer

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That one is on Steam.

StrixVaria

@AshleyNunn Oh so you've definitely given him a good chance.

GnomeSlice

Multiplayer is totally dead, but both @Chippies and I have it

Tim Stone

Door Mouse is the asshole of Umicity. They should have let him crash into Mars. #hadtobesaid #thisiswhatparentinghasdonetomybrain ...hashtag

Tweeted by tmslft on September 24, 2014 at 10:27 PM

user15026

@StrixVaria Yeah, it's not like I hate him as a writer (he's not my most fave or anything)

Mad Scientist

Warbreaker is a pretty good standalone book from him. Stormlight is great, but a much larger and unfinished series

Unionhawk

4:22 PM

@TimStone #hahstags cc @Wipqozn

Sterno

@TimStone Very true

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY SO?

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I saw Total Biscuit play this. It didn't impress me.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria It's pretty good.

Private Pansy

@TimStone Wat

Sterno

I'm also unclear why the rocket was designed to crash into Mars

GnomeSlice

4:23 PM

I think Battlemass is actually a better concept though, but it's not nearly as well made.

Tim Stone

@Sterno I was wondering that too. Umicity seems to be a post-scarcity society, so my assumption is "for fun"

Arperum

I've seen multiple Triforce t-shirts this weekend, most of them worn by bandmembers (cc @Unionhawk)

Unionhawk

Nice

Tim Stone

I'm also not 100% why there are alien planets that don't exist between Earth and Mars but y'know.

Jason Berkan

My problem with Greed Corp is that there is no unbalance between the teams. It makes it very possible for a single move to decide the entire game.

Sterno

4:24 PM

I also don't know why they sometimes have trouble finding things if Bot can see "anything" on his Belly Belly BellyScreen

StrixVaria

@AshleyNunn He's definitely my favorite author right now. I'll read anything he publishes, I think. Most people I know (other than @Wipqozn), though, think he's "pretty good" but with more metered reactions.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds like a good question for Scifi!

10 secs ago, by Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds like a good question for Scifi!

GnomeSlice

@JasonBerkan The big issue I had was that as long as the back and forth remains mostly consistent, the placement of people at the endgame when few of the platforms are left decides everything

Unionhawk

24 secs ago, by Wipqozn

10 secs ago, by Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds like a good question for Scifi!

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria All those other people are wrong. He's so fantastic.

Elantris is the only thing by him I didn't instantly like.

StrixVaria

4:25 PM

@Wipqozn Warbreaker broke my head with its awesomeness.

Mad Scientist

@StrixVaria I can understand the criticism, but for me Sanderson is simply strong in the areas I care about, and the weaker parts is stuff I don't notice or don't care about.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Goood. Goooooood. My favourite book by him.

I stilll need to read his novellas and YA novels

StrixVaria

@MadScientist This must be me as well, since I don't notice weak stuff. I'm sure it's there since nobody's perfect, but it must be in the areas I don't pay any attention to.

Mad Scientist

I'll pretty much instant-buy any novel from him at this point

Arperum

Hammerfall - Let the Hammer Fall live@Out & Loud Festival 2015 in Geiselwind

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I'm pretty sure I'm somewhere in that video, but I haven't crlearly figured out where exactly.

Mad Scientist

4:27 PM

Mistborn already had me convinced, and the later stuff just confirmed it

Wipqozn

His characterization is really good, which is what I most like about reading. strong characters = good book.

@MadScientist Have you read Warbreaker?

StrixVaria

I'm rereading Mistborn right now and amazed at how well it holds up to a second read (unlike the first Night Angel book, which was actually pretty lame the second time around).

Wipqozn

Because it's fantastic.

Mad Scientist

I read everything except most short stories and the Alcatraz YA/children stuff

short stories aren't my thing, though The Emperor's Soul was really great

StrixVaria

Warbreaker is the first book of his where I fell in love with the setting itself. The others have good characters and plots that carry it, but with Warbreaker the highlight of the book was everything about the book.

Sterno

4:28 PM

Can we all take a few minutes and make fun of Patrick Rothfuss's writing?

Unionhawk

No

Mad Scientist

@Sterno I like Rothfuss as well

Unionhawk

We cannot

StrixVaria

@Sterno I read his books way too fast to remember specific criticisms about writing style (or most details about the books).

Sterno

@StrixVaria Actually, I guess more the plot than the writing itself

Unionhawk

4:29 PM

There's too much in the busy schedule of The Bridge to take a few minutes

Sterno

Gary Stu and all that

StrixVaria

@Sterno He's good at writing individually impactful scenes.

The way he strings them together, meh.

I'll still read the last one when it comes out.

Sterno

Me too, because nothing has really happened yet in the first two

Mad Scientist

@Sterno One hypothesis is that Kvothe is an unreliable narrator, and that is why some stuff is exaggerated

Sterno

@MadScientist That doesn't make it better

Mad Scientist

4:31 PM

I enjoyed the second book in general, but I was dissapointed that nothing went forward in the overarching story

Sterno

He's the best sexxer who ever sexxed.

Those are real words

Unionhawk

I don't believe you.

You made that up.

Mad Scientist

Felurian was somewhat ridiculous, I admit.

Arperum

@Arperum Found myself, or at least my hand (I recognize the festival bracelets plus the position is about right for where I was during that show.

StrixVaria

@Sterno This is where the second book lost me a little, but that tree thing made up for it immediately afterwards.

MadMAxJr

4:33 PM

@Sterno Sounds like you're describing the antagonist for Witcher 4.

Wipqozn

@MadMAxJr You've played Witcher 4?

I didn't even realize it was out yet.

Mad Scientist

There won't be a Witcher 4

Unionhawk

@MadMAxJr is an inside man confirmed

Wipqozn

I still need to play Witcher 2. and 1. and 3. and @Unionhawk is too slow.

@Unionhawk Too slow

TOOOOO SLOOOOOOW

Unionhawk

NO U

TURTLE

>_>

NO DANGIT

Tim Stone

4:35 PM

By the way, there's new primary faction ranks in Elite since...some point. I only found that out yesterday.

Now you can be an Imperial King!

Unionhawk

WAT

Tim Stone

Yeah, I got a rank up mission last night and checked and there's four or five new levels.

Unionhawk

Does that give you voting rights in the senate?

Or no?

Tim Stone

I imagine it doesn't give you anything special but I don't know

It might one day! Plus you can call yourself King.

Unionhawk

This is true

I'm only a Master

Tim Stone

4:37 PM

Although that's pretty gendered, for shame FD

Unionhawk

Maybe it changes based on your pilot gender?

Tim Stone

Federation top rank is Admiral.

Unionhawk

That could be a thing, since you can change it now

Tim Stone

Could be

Unionhawk

And if it's not a thing, then that would actually be neat if they did it

Wipqozn

4:38 PM

IT sure is nice that Elite is still in beta.

THAT'S RIGHT, I WENT THERE

Unionhawk

By the way, they responded to my ticket with something to the effect of "we know"

Sterno

Last night's Game of Thrones hit me in the feels

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn yeeeeah

Wipqozn

Luckily @Sterno got his moneys worth via bad rats

Unionhawk

I got 24 million credits through a bug

Wipqozn

4:39 PM

@Sterno Yeah, I heard. I'm glad I don't watch the show.

Unionhawk

It was hilarious

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk Did they say they'll take your monies? 'Cause if not I'll go collect that 5 million >_>

Wipqozn

If the same thing happens in the book I'll burn it.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno Are they past the books yet?

Unionhawk

@TimStone They did not, but I ticketed it and I didn't maliciously take this money pls don't take my money fdev D:

Sterno

4:40 PM

@JasonBerkan Not quite, but they're starting to deviate more

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn I can't even complain, because they keep expanding the game in such a way that makes me feel like they're definitely headed in a good direction.

Wipqozn

Jaime and Bronn are hanging out in dorn for example

Unionhawk

It's a known issue, apparently, so lots of people have experienced it.

Wipqozn

@TimStone Of course you can complain. You can always complain.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno I gathered, from an article I read a couple of weeks ago regarding one character being in a place they most definitely were not in the book.

StrixVaria

4:40 PM

I have only seen the first 2 seasons of the Game of Thrones show. It was significantly better than the books.

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn I have other things to complain about!

originaluser

I just finished Season 2 last night. I'm so far behind

Sterno

Last night they made Stannis pretty much the worst character in the series

Unionhawk

@TimStone A likely story

Wipqozn

@TimStone Like Health.SE?

GnomeSlice

4:41 PM

I'm fuct

Wipqozn

@Sterno Stannis the Mannis is no Mannis in the show.

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn I complained about Lifehacks and Health yesterday!

GnomeSlice

rainmaker need nerf pls

Unionhawk

Ripperino @GnomeSlice...erino

Wipqozn

@TimStone Oh snap!

StrixVaria

4:41 PM

@Sterno Worst "most evil" or worst "least interesting"?

user15026

@StrixVaria He's acceptably good, but I am not like jumping to get his stuff or anything.

Sterno

The former.

StrixVaria

Stannis was super boring in the books, along with like 95% of the other characters.

If he's crazy evil now, at least he's probably interesting.

GnomeSlice

gg @Chippies

Sterno

Eh

Chippies

4:44 PM

gg @GnomeSlice

GnomeSlice

Never playing that with you again

MadMAxJr

@Wipqozn In Witcher 4, Geralt must deal with a foe proven to be /way more/ appealing to women than him on the battlefield.

Chippies

@GnomeSlice as usual <3

Sterno

It's possible to play the Witcher series and not be a manwhore, you know.

Jason Berkan

@StrixVaria That was my biggest complaints with the books. He could have dropped so many of the characters and story lines and still had something awesome to read.

originaluser

4:45 PM

@Sterno [citation needed]

Chippies

@Sterno what? BUT NAKED LADY CARDS! Gotta get 'em all, if you know what I mean

Sterno

@StrixVaria He's still pretty close to the books except for one single thing he does which is awful

GnomeSlice

somebody stream the match between @StrixVaria and @Chippies if/when they play so I can watch him lose

Chippies

@GnomeSlice maybe I should do the tutorial then

GnomeSlice

shut up

=[

Chippies

4:46 PM

;)

StrixVaria

@JasonBerkan I couldn't finish the 4th book because there wasn't a single POV character in that book that I cared about.

Actually, I think Arya got 1-2 chapters at the beginning, but then that stopped and the book died.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: minecraft pocket edition restoring skins

I updated mine craft so i now can have skins. I clicked on 'restore skins' without pressing particular skin, It is now stuck with a message saying 'we're restoring your skins!' but it has been like that for 20 minutes Any ideas?

minecraft

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I wonder if you could have destroyed my fleet if I hadn't found something to take down that 1 last hp

that would've been awkward

GnomeSlice

I don't think so

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria she gets 3 chapters in book 4

GnomeSlice

4:48 PM

you had more units than me anyway

Chippies

Idk, you had a lot of them around the base

UniKitty

@Unionhawk did we just edit that post at the same time?

Chippies

I was actually trying to lure them away, but you kept building more, lol

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan Yeah, I agree.

He's gotten out of control

Unionhawk

@UniKitty Seems likely

Wipqozn

4:48 PM

PLot creep, or whatever.

scope creep?

George RR Martin did some writing for the Max Headroom TV series

I learned that.

Jason Berkan

I believe that if he had written Arya's story by itself, I wouldn't stop throwing money at him.

But one more chapter with the Ironborn or whatever they are called, and I'm done.

fredley

@JasonBerkan Agree. I really don't care what happens to them

originaluser

@JasonBerkan Oh dear. I'm already tired of them by the end of Season 2

Do they... get less interesting?

Chippies

4:51 PM

@Unionhawk wins!

fredley

@originaluser Protip: Don't read the books if you don't like the Ironborn

@Chippies Same person, merge accounts

Unionhawk

@Chippies Both edits needed to be made

Jason Berkan

@originaluser In the books they are uninteresting, and for the most part, unnecessary to the plot.

StrixVaria

Protip: Skip the ASoIaF books and just watch the TV show.

Unionhawk

Splatoon in Minecraft

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originaluser

4:52 PM

@fredley Noted. So far in the TV series they're just notvikings who are just kind of screwing around

fredley

@StrixVaria I read the books solely to avoid spoilage

Unionhawk

Sethbling, you are why "I want to make X in Minecraft" questions exist

Goddammit

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria I prefer the books.

fredley

The books have less nudity

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But everyone is underage, so that's probably a good thing

murgatroid99

@StrixVaria The books are good

Chippies

4:52 PM

@fredley Depends on your imagination.

Wipqozn

I've got some problems with the books, but except for book four, I really enjoy the series.

fredley

@Wipqozn Agree. Book four was mostly Ironborn

I don't even know who they all are

Wipqozn

@fredley Ironborn are so boring

fredley

MORE LIKE IRONBORING

StrixVaria

@murgatroid99 Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I think GRRM is a terrible author, but he also has a huge following and a hugely successful TV show based off his work, so I guess I'm in the minority?

Wipqozn

4:53 PM

We don't need to see their everything

GnomeSlice

which ones are the ironborn?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice The vikings

Sterno

@JasonBerkan Yeah, other than Theon, they pretty much aren't in the show anymore.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Theon et al

GnomeSlice

is that where theon is from

oh

I hate those guys

fredley

4:54 PM

@GnomeSlice If the name ends in 'on', they're ironborn

Theon, Victarion, etc. etc.

Unionhawk

THEON MORE LIKE PEON AMIRITE (no you're not shut up)

OK

fredley

@Unionhawk He can't peon anyone any more

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originaluser

Too bad their names don't start with 'on', as in 'Onthewayout'

UniKitty

@Chippies But I sent it in first! And now it is approved so everyone thinks I sent it in, not @Unionhawk unless they check the log

Sterno

I think the last time you see the Ironborn on the show is when they try to rescue Theon. Then they just sort of go away forever

Jason Berkan

4:55 PM

I'm not certain when I'm going to get around to watching the show. It's not something my wife would care to watch at all, so I need time alone.

fredley

@Sterno Yeah. They cut the ironborn from the whole thing, except where Theon fondles his sister

GnomeSlice

@fredley omg lol

originaluser

Do the books handle Theon's character arc better? It feels weird in the show

user15026

@StrixVaria I read the books (except for the last half of the last one) and they were okayish, but I don't mind missing out on them and the show

user15026

I mostly got bored.

Unionhawk

4:55 PM

@fredley Did he have the same problem you did? Or ded?

Sterno

@fredley Well, and you meet his dad. It was somewhat necessary to establish why he's so fucked up and what drives him to betray Winterfell

StrixVaria

@AshleyNunn Yeah, I found the books terribly boring. The show is actually a lot better.

Sterno

But after that, you don't need them

fredley

@Unionhawk Neither

Unionhawk

Oh, well then

fredley

4:56 PM

@Sterno True

Sterno

I'm having fun reading tweets about last night's episode.

StrixVaria

That's because when you have strict time limits like on a TV show you cut out all the boring bits.

originaluser

He's just kind of like "hey I'll convince my dad to help" and then he's like "well it's time to be a jerk"

fredley

But the whole "Who shall be lord of the foamy throne" or whatever bit was cut

That was so dull

Sterno

@originaluser Not really. If I remember right, he gets less time in the books and you more indirectly find out what happened to him

StrixVaria

4:56 PM

Unless it's anime, in which case you can just add a thousand episodes of necessary.

MadMAxJr

John Snow powering up his sword swing for four episodes.

originaluser

@Sterno Ah, that's too bad. I liked him but I just kind of had narrative whiplash from his arc

fredley

@StrixVaria to be fair, American dramas all tend to end up being 80-90% filler by around series 3

Breaking Bad was guilty of this.

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria hey they need to gather power for their ultimate attack

Unionhawk

To be fair, American television is the best you're jealous

user15026

4:57 PM

@StrixVaria The show is too violent for me - I can read much more violent stuff than I can watch

Unionhawk

That's a fact

originaluser

@StrixVaria It kind of amazes me what they can get away with sometimes

StrixVaria

@fredley The last 8 episodes of Breaking Bad were worth enduring the rest, but yeah, I did find it dragging a lot in the middle.

GnomeSlice

I liked all the boobs in Game of Thrones

fredley

@Unionhawk American TV is better at some things and worse at others

GnomeSlice

4:58 PM

I hated what happened with Tyrion at the end of whatever the last season was

fredley

@StrixVaria Yeah. See also: Dexter

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice classic @GnomeSlice (though so did @fredley so it's not just you)

StrixVaria

@fredley Dexter never redeemed itself, though.

Sterno

Hey, guys, look! The Sherlock season premiere is this week and the season finale is next week!

@StrixVaria That just got worse forever

fredley

@StrixVaria Dexter ending worst ending

StrixVaria

4:58 PM

Dexter Season 2 should have been the last season.

user15026

@Sterno Sherlock is another show I want to like but don't really

fredley

@Sterno But 3 episodes is all you need. Why put 20 of filler in there?

MadMAxJr

Watch Dexter up until John Lithgow no longer appears on screen, then stop.

fredley

Because that's seriously the ratio in a lot of shows

Sterno

@fredley Why not put 20 good ones in there?

originaluser

4:59 PM

Let's talk about the one true American TV show: Babylon 5

Wipqozn

@Sterno That's all you need to know about the ironborn

GnomeSlice

@originaluser I LOVE THAT SHOW

Sterno

Is the UK actually incapable of producing more than 3 quality episodes a year?

fredley

Opener! 10 episodes of filler. Mid-season finale! 10 episodes of filler. Season finale!

originaluser

@GnomeSlice High 5, buddy

fredley

4:59 PM

@Sterno Few shows can manage it

MadMAxJr

Babylon 5: Come for the space politics, stay for that sweet 5 minutes of Starfury fighter action we have every six episodes.

fredley

Like, really few

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