The Bridge

agent86

4:00 PM

@Moshe I'm making a note here, huge surprise.

it's hard to overstate my anticipation

I think I overdid the answer to this question.

0

Q: Does BF3 have heavy lag compensation?

The are lot of complains about lag compensation in other games. I'm playing BF3 on servers having ping of 10-20ms, and I have seen somewhat similar effects (like for example sometimes I see the opponent, but I'm dead before I can see the opponent actually start shooting at me. Or I'm shooting guy...

Raven Dreamer

One too many syllables.

Powerlord

Oh blah, the DNS service I've been using to host my domains' DNS services are ending their free service.

user15026

@agent86 I like it, it's a very informative answer :)

agent86

@AshleyNunn yeah, I think it's kind of wasted on the question though. I think I answered a broader question than was asked.

user15026

@agent86 Maybe, but at the same time, it is useful?

agent86

4:08 PM

@AshleyNunn I suppose so. I don't know how many people would find it, I guess. The question's relatively specific.

user15026

@agent86 There is that, I suppose.

GnomeSlice

Superhero Grandpa Befriends Darth Vader: A Gallery

What? Why?

agent86

oops, I think my math is bad. I misread RPM as RPS

user15026

@GnomeSlice A better question would be, why not? ;) ALthough it is rather strange.

agent86

I thought my math looked wrong there. sigh.

GnomeSlice

4:13 PM

This is... frightening.

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi - So I just gave my cousin the executable, and he had no invisible enemy problems. I don't know what's wrong with ~~you~~ your version of my code.

@GnomeSlice It's also laboratory conditions. The average gamete isn't going to get exposed to that much wifi.

GnomeSlice

Gah, the Indie Royale Minimum has gone up...

agent86

@RavenDreamer if it does, will it gain super powers?

GnomeSlice

@agent86 If by 'super powers' you mean 'DNA damage', then yes.

agent86

@GnomeSlice same difference. I want my kids to have telekineses. I installed a microwave under my chair for this purpose. Also, convenient popcorn! double score!

FallenAngelEyes

4:24 PM

@RavenDreamer What is Tempest?

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes It is an old arcade game.

user15026

@agent86 snorts Yay for popcorn!

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes boomahtrix.btinternet.co.uk/mainsite/Temp1000/tempest.htm

user15026

@GnomeSlice . “This is not real-life biology. This is a completely artificial setting,” he says. “It is scientifically interesting, but to me it doesn't have any human biological relevance." ....that makes me feel a bit better?

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn You? You don't even need to worry about this, hah.

user15026

4:28 PM

@GnomeSlice snorts Not at the moment, no, but if I ever want children.....

GnomeSlice

Don't marry a guy with a laptop.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer I don't seem to be very good at this game

user15026

@GnomeSlice Best advice I have heard all day. ;)

agent86

@GnomeSlice she should time travel back to before they were invented then? seems like time travel might cause bigger problems

it could unravel the very fabric of existence! GREAT SCOTT!

user15026

@agent86 But it would be fun? I KNOW I WILL JUST MARRY A TIME LORD

user15026

4:29 PM

@agent86 Hey, at least I would be known for something XD

agent86

@AshleyNunn have you met river song?

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes Mine? Or the java version?

agent86

not exactly the most well adjusted.

user15026

@agent86 Sort of (I've only watched til part way through season 5)

user15026

@agent86 Fair enough.

agent86

4:30 PM

@AshleyNunn ah, well then, spoilers sweetie ;)

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer I don't know where to access yours

user15026

@agent86 laughs

GnomeSlice

Anyone want to buy me the Indie Royale bundle?

:3

badp

@RonanForman yeeeeey

I won an award or something.

GnomeSlice

@badp You mean you got a credit.

Raven Dreamer

4:32 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Mine might be hard for you to access if you don't have XNA, and if you're not a programmer by trade, probably not worth it.

@FallenAngelEyes I will try to figure out a better way to share it.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Oh :(

badp

@GnomeSlice Where can I spend it?

FallenAngelEyes

I like testing things!

GnomeSlice

@badp Heh. No idea.

Zircon did a track that was in an episode of Heroes?

Man, this song is fun in Audiosurf.

user15026

@GnomeSlice That's pretty cool. :)

user15026

4:37 PM

@GnomeSlice Audiosurf?

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn o.o

user15026

@GnomeSlice What?

GnomeSlice

►

user15026

Okay, that is pretty awesome. (And yes, I do live under a rock.)

GnomeSlice

You've said before that you don't like games that require fast reflexes... so you probably shouldn't bother getting it. :P

I'm terrible at it.

user15026

4:39 PM

@GnomeSlice Thanks for the advice, you're probably right (judging from the video). But it does look rather awesome.

user15026

@GnomeSlice But do you have fun with it?

GnomeSlice

Also, crap, I appear to have lost my email link to my indie music bundle.

@AshleyNunn Yes!

There are different difficulty settings, I'm sure you could manage the easy characters well enough.

It's just a really neat experience.

user15026

@GnomeSlice I might have to give it a shot - it intrigues me as an experience.

GnomeSlice

I'm the world champion on a bunch of songs.

Mostly because I'm the only one who has played them, though.

user15026

@GnomeSlice hey, but you are still the champion - that counts for something.

GnomeSlice

4:40 PM

Hah. Not really. :P

Not when the leaderboards are out of one player.

user15026

@GnomeSlice grins I just tell myself that I am so awesome that other people haven't even discovered my awesomeness. ;) It works quite well.

GnomeSlice

Shiiiit where's my download link!

Oh good, I can get it resent.

I haven't heard of some of these games or their soundtracks, but the only one I'm probably not going to download is the Minecraft soundtrack.

Here's a Zelda remix by zircon.

Jeez, this guy is good.

user15026

@GnomeSlice I am going to have to check that out when I am not in class. I am a sucker for Zelda remixes.

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes Okay. I think I have a way for you to test my version. It does involve actually installing a program, though.

GnomeSlice

It's not immediately identifiable as a Zelda tune, it's heavily modified. But excellent.

user15026

4:49 PM

@GnomeSlice Sounds awesome.

GnomeSlice

I can't actually place the original song.

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice has Newgrounds cleaned up? I mostly know Newgrounds as "that place with the dating sims and anime dress-up games"

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer They've really separated those from the rest of the content on the site. I mostly just go there for the audio portal.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer You apparently knew a wildly different Newgrounds than I knew

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Well, I don't know Newgrounds at all. But I hear things.

GnomeSlice

4:50 PM

Although... they've been separated for years, since before I joined up.

As long as you avoid the 'mature' portal, you should be okay.

I've used Newgrounds to upload some of the music I've done with loops.

Which I always feel weird about taking credit for.

For example, this.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote I think I have a non-requires XNA option if you'd like to see my game, but I'm not sure, because this laptop has XNA.

Grace Note

The XNA isn't an issue, I just can't run it because my graphics card apparently is too weak. Somehow. I don't know how.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Would you like to try the ClickOnce version then?

Grace Note

The wha?

GnomeSlice

Wow. Like 30 minutes of rendering, and it missed a bit at the beginning.

Raven Dreamer

4:53 PM

5

A: I made a game in XNA - how can I share it with my friends?

ClickOnce is pretty much perfect for hosting it on a website, you'll get auto-update and dependencies installer for free. There's a few gotchas but, it seems to work ok to me. MSDN Link

Grace Note

Sure, I guess I can try it, but don't know if it'll work due to the graphics card thing

GnomeSlice

I uploaded my Audio Drama to Newgrounds? Cool!

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote For science.

GnomeSlice

Ah, this wasn't that good, actually.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Word of warning, you will need to actually install a program this time. So if you don't trust me, just say so.

Because I totally have a lurking desire to rootkit the entire Gaming community

Grace Note

4:55 PM

Should I have a reason to not trust you?

Raven Dreamer

I go by a pseudonym on the internet? :P

GnomeSlice

Hey, let me know what you guys think of that.

Raven Dreamer

Anyway: dl.dropbox.com/u/41391071/vTempest.7z

badp

@GnomeSlice It can be much easier than all the rockband things out there

agent86

This is weird, creepy, and a litle NSFW: kotaku.com/5863669/picking-boobs-is-harder-than-you-think

2

Raven Dreamer

4:56 PM

@GraceNote extract, and run setup

GnomeSlice

@agent86 I'm surprised it hasn't been done before.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I'm not sure how that's a point

Raven Dreamer

A Wild @Ullallulloo appears! Quick, someone grab the glue and the googly eyes!

Grace Note

"No suitable graphics card found"

GnomeSlice

Lol, the sound effects in my audio drama are terrible.

I had a very limited library to choose from.

Raven Dreamer

4:58 PM

@GraceNote Clearly Jeff needs to buy you a new computer.

Thanks anyway

GnomeSlice

Did anyone actually listen to it?

badp

Um. I win. 53 points!

Grace Note

Hm... since November 17th, our traffic has been on nothing but a decline.

badp

It's okay

GnomeSlice

Of course it has.

Everyone's already finished skyrim.

badp

5:02 PM

It's still many times above the previous levels of activity.

Grace Note

@badp Oh, yeah, that's why it's not remotely a cause for concern

badp

Even if the asymptotic increase is 20%, I'd still call it a success :)

Grace Note

I just like saying "Our traffic has been doing nothing but dropping for the past weeks and we're still schooling you!"

badp

@RavenDreamer The game is so impressed with me that I'm stuck in a limbo of victory.

GnomeSlice

Help the bad guys out? Vote for Really Big Sky for the IOTY poll http://www.indiedb.com/games/really-big-sky @indieroyale RT around the world!

Tweeted by bossbaddiegames on November 30, 2011 at 4:51 PM

user15026

5:06 PM

A Chuck Norris WoW ad? Really? headdesk

FallenAngelEyes

d'oh I can't choose where to install your game, @Raven

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn You've seen the Mr. T one, right?

Ullallulloo

gah, I have to install it on C.

No more space there.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Nope. Just saw the Chuck Norris one on a video we are watching in class.

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn They make you watch commercials in class?

Short on funds much?

GnomeSlice

5:09 PM

Oh. Hah. They even released a new character class or something along with the Mr.T ad. 'Night Elf Mohawk'.

FallenAngelEyes

@Raven I started a new game and there's no enemies...

user15026

@Ullallulloo It was on a youtube link.

user15026

@GnomeSlice snorts thats sorta awesome.

GnomeSlice

I think it actually might just have been an item. The Mohawk grenade apparently turned users' heads into a mohawked, pierced night elf temporarily.

I think. I've never actually played it.

►

user15026

@GnomeSlice imagines a Tauren with that head, laughs

Ullallulloo

5:13 PM

@GnomeSlice I thought they mostly sounded good. Just the saw sounds a little weird, the footstep's splashes might be a little loud, and the laugh is kinda...something.

GnomeSlice

Yeah... I had a really limited library... the laugh is hilarious.

It turned out better than pretty much all of the other ones students in the class came up with.

I remember one guy just did peeing sounds and a bunch of screaming/yelling in agony.

user15026

@GnomeSlice That's...special. >.<

GnomeSlice

God knows why he was so proud of it.

BAM! 149.2M TOSS!

►

Can't get over how much I love this soundtrack.

It's about time I added it to my Chiptune playlist on Youtube.

Ronan Forman

Has my youtube upload got stuck on 100%? Dammit!

Mana

@GnomeSlice classic

GnomeSlice

5:27 PM

Gah, paypal, y u have no money.

Civilization V for $7.49 (75% off).

Mana

@GnomeSlice What albums do you recommend besides zircon's stuff from this music bundle?

and obviously the VVVVVV soundtrack

GnomeSlice

I don't know most of them, and they're too big to download here. I know some of the music in A.R.E.S. was really good.

And probably Super Meat Boy. Also, the one by Big Giant Circles.

Yi Jiang

@agent86 Re: this edit - Affecting, not effecting

agent86

@YiJiang Thanks yi, I know there's a difference but normally I confuse them.

Mana

I'm enjoying the Minecraft: Volume Alpha soundtrack a lot actually. There's some really neat stuff here.

GnomeSlice

5:42 PM

I never liked any of the music I heard in Minecraft.

agent86

@YiJiang I'm affected by the difference between the words, but knowing they are different has no effect on me.

Mana

I don't think any of the music in this album is actually in Minecraft @GnomeSlice

it's all really cool and relaxing too

Ullallulloo

@Mana Are they the music discs?

GnomeSlice

Mana

My Hobby: DUMB THINGS.

3

DUMB, PEDANTIC THINGS THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT.

Yi Jiang

5:43 PM

I tend to just think of 'effecting' as 'bring about'. Replacing the words in context will quickly tell you if its correct or not

Powerlord

My hobby: Collecting Bacon

Ronan Forman

Why does no one link to XKCD properly?

Ullallulloo

@RonanForman ^this

user15026

@RonanForman what do you mean?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I just wanted the image?

agent86

5:44 PM

if it bothers other people I fix my work, but for the most part I think if people understand what I said, I succeeded in the goal of communication :)

Ronan Forman

You do it like this:

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Title text: Time to paint another grammarian silhouette on the side of the desktop.

@RonanForman Yes, that is how.

GnomeSlice

Oh. xkcd supports oneboxing?

...Why?

Grace Note

It does

(That's an answer to both questions, by the way)

Mana

I had someone tell me that he browses Reddit too over MSN by saying "Yes, I'm a narwhal midnight bacon too!"

Ronan Forman

5:45 PM

@GnomeSlice So you get the alt text!

agent86

because We Said So.

Mana

I've never cringed so hard in my life.

Yi Jiang

@GnomeSlice Chat supports xkcd oneboxing, rather

GnomeSlice

@Mana What?

Arda Xi

@Mana Nononono. The narwhal bacons at midnight.

Powerlord

5:46 PM

I don't use Reddit that much, but I've been spotted on the RUGC_Midwest subreddit lately...

Mana

@ArdaXi It was something around those lines. Either way it was silly. Reddit is a silly place.

GnomeSlice

...Aaaand it failed on the last frame.

Yi Jiang

@ArdaXi I think its singular bacon, unless we're using bacon as a verb?

Grace Note

Let us not go there

GnomeSlice

Guess I have to try AGAIN.

Arda Xi

5:46 PM

@YiJiang We are.

@Mana It's only a model.

knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-narwhal-bacons-at-midnight

Yi Jiang

I'd prefer to think Narwhal as a adjective. Verbing weirds language, you know.

Arda Xi

Bacon is uncountable, you can't pluralize it.

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes After losing, you mean?

Arda Xi

@RavenDreamer I had the same issue.

Raven Dreamer

Hm.

Yi Jiang

5:48 PM

I mean, just 'Narwhal bacon at midnight'.

Raven Dreamer

I'll look into it.

In the meantime, I'm going to record myself making lazer sounds to add to the game.

Pschew!

Mana

@RavenDreamer You've got nothing on ponycorns.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer I retried and there was nothing

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Awesome. Jelly car does that. It also enables users to record new sound effects to take the place of the originals.

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes Does it work properly if you close and reopen the program, at least?

Powerlord

5:50 PM

I got so sidetracked this morning from what I was supposed to be working on.

Arda Xi

Yum.

badp

Fish is good for you!

Arda Xi

@badp Is not.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer I can't seem to reopen it

I have to go now to dinner at parents-in-law, will bbl to give more feedback

Grace Note

@ArdaXi ...wat

Raven Dreamer

5:53 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Hm.

@FallenAngelEyes You're marreid?

O.o

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I said "Is not."

bwarner

@AshleyNunn I thought it was funny, but aren't commercials supposed to appeal to people that don't already own your product?

Raven Dreamer

Anyhoo, I'm switching computers again.

Grace Note

That is what I was questioning, @Arda

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Oh. I figured I'd just repeat it. Maybe you misheard.

Grace Note

5:54 PM

I see. An effective strategy

Arda Xi

I thought so.

Raven Dreamer

Tom is gaining on me

45

Q: Is a horse actually faster than running?

I'm pretty disappointed with my horse. He wasn't cheap -- 1000g -- but he just doesn't seem that fast. To make things worse, he's a bit of a wolf magnet and every time I get attacked I have to tediously dismount, blast the wolf, and then remount. Is the speed of a horse actually significantly ...

skyrim

Grace Note

So why are you anti-ichthian?

Ronan Forman

Hey, when did my house become empty? People have eaten and left? Odd.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Personal preference.

Grace Note

5:58 PM

@ArdaXi I can't bring myself to take the easy stab here.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote ...?

Lazers

1

Q: How do I fix the arcane blacksmith glitch?

Even though I have the arcane blacksmith perk, I am unable to upgrade the dark brotherhood shrouded armor, the ancient shrouded armor nor the thieves guild master armor. It still says I must have the perk to be able to upgrade them. Removing, re-adding the perk doesn't do it, neither does givin...

skyrim

badp

blah blah blah mermaid blah blah blah fish blah blah blah terrible mod.

Arda Xi

I'm anti-me too.

Raven Dreamer

Bit trip goodness

commandervideo.com/r2tunes/BTR2_Song1.mp3

Transcript for