The Bridge

Yuuki

7:00 PM

J-Team was tied with FPX for first place last night when I checked my pick'ems and I had those two at 1st and 2nd.

Frank

@Sterno But what if you just want to play Bad Rats with others?

Wouldn't having a place where people gather for that sort of thing be helpful?

I know I'd prefer playing Monster Hunter with people from here than randoms.

I think providing a gathering space for people to find others to game with would help.

Dragonrage

@Yuuki FPX and JTeam were both 2-1, and GAM and Splyce were both 1-2, so not a huge gap

FoxMcCloud

I agree, I'd like to be a part of a community rather than just gaming alone anyway. If I can join a chat room while I'm playing a single player game I would

Yuuki

I usually have one or two non-Arqade friends online whenever I get home, so I'm rarely free to play stuff.

Dragonrage

@FoxMcCloud imagine. multiplayer skyrim

Yuuki

7:04 PM

@Dragonrage Isn't that just ESO?

Frank

I can't say I'm that familiar with Discord, but doesn't it have a way of facilitating grouping for games?

FoxMcCloud

@Dragonrage i played skyrim together for a while, when it worked

Yuuki

@Frank Well, there's a user list and you can choose to display which game you're currently playing as your status.

FoxMcCloud

@Yuuki please don't mention ESO, i dont want to get back into it again lol

Yuuki

Some games have Discord integration, I think, where you can join games via a Discord context menu.

Frank

7:06 PM

Warframe is getting Railjacks soon, and each clan can have one. We have an Arqade clan, so a good way to organize that would be great.

(Railjacks are big, multi-crew spaceships with which a team has to work together to accomplish the missions)

Seems like a perfect thing to have a good way to organize that.

Dragonrage

@Yuuki doesnt it have a monthly fee?

Batophobia

@Dragonrage not anymore

Yuuki

@Batophobia oh hey long time no see

Batophobia

howdy

Yuuki

It does have plenty of lootboxes and microtransactions though.

Annoyingly so.

So far, they're ignorable but I have no idea how long that's going to last.

FoxMcCloud

7:10 PM

well keeping people out is a sure way to not allow it to grow, so its no wonder why people dont use it

Batophobia

I ended up getting bored with ESO, but I think it's more a problem between me and MMOs

Yuuki

@FoxMcCloud If you're talking about the Discord server, nobody's keeping anyone out of it.

IIRC, there was also a conscious decision to avoid text-based chatting in there as that's the whole reason why this place exists.

The Mattbat999

Hello

Unionhawk

Yeah that's kind of the main thing

FoxMcCloud

whats the difference

Unionhawk

7:13 PM

we also killed a bunch of links a few months ago because spammers got hold of one of them

The Mattbat999

Hello?

Batophobia

Hi

Yuuki

@FoxMcCloud Exactly, why should you text chat in Discord when you text chat here?

The Mattbat999

How are things?

Unionhawk

It was indeed always designed primarily for voice

to try and prevent siloing parts of the community

Batophobia

7:15 PM

things are cold

The Mattbat999

Hmm.

.

SaintWacko

My office is cold

It's terrible

Frank

My desk is along the outside wall.

It gets cold.

I have a heater.

Unionhawk

Since you're right, the discord isn't well-advertised or as well moderated (though I have it set to all messages alert so I can take action if needed)

Batophobia

I used to work in a place that had the air conditioner on all year, even when there's snow outside

it's weird to go outside in winter and warm up

FoxMcCloud

7:16 PM

the idea was to grow a better sense of community, discord just seemed like the right step to take next

SaintWacko

I think that's how this place is

I need to get a cover for the vent

Unionhawk

It is a very good solution for voice though and I'm glad that it is there so we don't have to use RIP @Ori's mumble server

Batophobia

gloves help, but typing efficiency goes down a bit

Sterno

@Frank Yeah. I'll come to chat and say, "Hey, @Frank, want to play Monster Hunter"? And if you're not someone who is in chat, chances are pretty darn high you're not someone I know well enough to want to game with

Or I'll have you added on Steam. Or on Battle.Net. or on PS4. Or wherever.

The Mattbat999

Hmm...

Frank

7:19 PM

@Sterno Speaking of, you should play Monster Hunter.

Sterno

We've had those google docs with everyone's info, though I'd have no idea how to find them now

I actually bought Monster Hunter World for PS4

got bored after about 4 hours

Frank

@Sterno \o/

Sterno

Bought it AGAIN for PC after everyone kept saying how awesome it was, thinking "Okay, THIS TIME I'll actually play it"

Played less than 2 hours and Steam refunded it

Yuuki

@Unionhawk Oh, I missed a lot since I set #off-topic to muted.

Sterno

Apparently those games are just not for me

Frank

7:20 PM

It takes a certain mindset.

Yuuki

Ugh, I had such a good opportunity to make a "programmers vs. pro gamers" joke two weeks apparently.

Frank

I think the people that like incrementals also would enjoy Monster Hunter.

The Mattbat999

I generally play faster paced games online, like Call od Duty

Yuuki

>_<

Batophobia

More people need to play Dungeon Defenders

Unionhawk

7:21 PM

@Yuuki lol

I'm not particularly opposed to adding discord as a community ad

Batophobia

@Frank I imagine it would be much better with a group, but couldn't do it solo

Unionhawk

we just need to possibly cycle the link every now and then

Frank

@Batophobia You...can, but it's far more efficient to play with others.

Unionhawk

or just accept that sometimes somebody's web crawler that looks for open discord invites is going to find it and hit the ban button

Yuuki

And/or maybe add a "contact a diamond mod for a server invite".

Frank

7:22 PM

MHW works way better for grouping, as you can just search for hunts for your specific monster now.

Batophobia

not in an impossible sense, but it just gets boring

Frank

The community aspects helps with the staying power, absolutely.

Yuuki

@Unionhawk I know some big servers have methods of filtering bots, something to do with role assignments based on clicking emote/reactions?

Frank

It's how @Wipqozn and I broke into G-Rank on 3U.

Unionhawk

We can lobby the server, make it so that unverified users get thrown into a lobby so that any spammers can just post their sex chat thing in a room nobody else is in and then get immediately banned

Batophobia

7:23 PM

I like their free DLC stance, though

Frank

We literally scheduled Monster Hunter Saturdays to game together.

Unionhawk

then when we at least verify that you're real you get a role for full access

Yuuki

@Frank I miss Saturday morning hunts.

Wrigglenite

I'm still playing World, like, every day on PC

If anyone feels like joining me ;-;

Frank

@Wrigglenite Pfft. PC.

Wrigglenite

7:24 PM

:(

Frank

Also, need multiplatform multiplayer.

The Mattbat999

Sorry, do not have that game.

Yuuki

I still remember that time you guys learned my real name because there was a bee/wasp in my room.

The Mattbat999

LOL

Frank

@Yuuki I remember the bee. I don't remember your name.

The Mattbat999

7:25 PM

"Jeff?"

Batophobia

Ikuuy?

Frank

But I think that just kind of demonstrates what we can do.

We're gamers. Let's game together. Chat sucks at that, so maybe Discord will do a good job of facilitating that.

The Mattbat999

^

FoxMcCloud

dont think its that hard to do either, just a little manpower will get it done

Yuuki

So I added a #looking-for-group text channel that you can spam whenever you want to play something.

Unionhawk

7:26 PM

brb posting the following image with an invite link as a community ad:

Ave

perfect

Batophobia

approved

Frank

Vetoed.

The picture has to be:

Ave

also I think I made a mistake by decoding a rando's keys they posted to twitter.

FoxMcCloud

you do that for a living? its beautiful

Unionhawk

7:28 PM

that's +1 so far still

The Mattbat999

Could i join?

Frank

Unionhawk

I'll call that a victory even if the threshold to be published is like +5

SaintWacko

Ave

got a "Y’all these internet men are crazy, these fools just duplicated her house key😳😳😳😳😳😳💀💀💀"

and a "are y'all planning a robbery in the replies wtf is goin on here"

The Mattbat999

7:29 PM

Um..

Ave

and "Yall tryna duplicate the key and rob her "

Batophobia

The internet is also the one that thought they should raid area 51, so....

Yuuki

General rule: do not post a picture of your house key online.

The Mattbat999

Very true.

Yuuki

Keys are standardized so it's pretty easy for a moderately-skilled locksmith to figure out how to make of a copy of your key based on a picture.

Ave

7:30 PM

or a bored ave

SaintWacko

I went to the dentist today and got my ground down front teeth filled back in and it feels weird as fuck

The Mattbat999

Ouch

Ave

twitter.com/warnvod/status/1184899923239723008

GnomeSlice

giphy.com/gifs/TfKnD9isAdBQo0EZTv

Yuuki

Even more general rule: do not post a picture of your <anything you'd prefer to stay safe and/or secret> online.

Ave

7:32 PM

Also your surroundings can be traced back to you, if you're worried about that :)

Stick to generic backgrounds for your pictures.

Yuuki

@Ave wew stalkers finding people via reflections in their eyes

@Ave Also generic foregrounds because ^

The Mattbat999

Be secretive, or generate a fake IS

ID, I meant

Ave

oh yeah I have one

Yuuki

tl;dr take all your pictures in a windowless, white-walled room

Unionhawk

Or set your location to some other country even when you're very clearly just in your backyard that's the same fence as when you claimed to be in istanbul or whatever

Batophobia

7:34 PM

or just move everytime you post a picture

The Mattbat999

Or be like me and live in Skyrim

Ave

damn I can't find it

but I had a pic of me edited into the jorgi passport

The Mattbat999

And wear Daedric armir

Dragonrage

@Frank i know it, though thats because im also in @Yuuki's discord where he uses it as his display name

i think only @GodEmperorDune knows my name

GodEmperorDune

Can confirm it’s Dr. A G Onrage

Frank

7:49 PM

You sure it's not Dr. AG Orange?

Lazers 2.0

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In the game Despotism 3k you play an evil AI enslaving humans. There is a setting "Evil Triangle". Does it do anything more than changing the background?

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Yuuki

@Dragonrage Well, since you're such a calming person, I know your real name because you're such a "Drag On Rage".

Lazers 2.0

8:17 PM

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minecraft technical-issues minecraft-forge

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GnomeSlice

8:54 PM

@Batophobia I played the hell out of the original dungeon defenders

I played almost exclusively solo though so I never beat some of the end game challenges (most) which were literally impossible solo

Batophobia

@GnomeSlice The community is pretty good for random team ups

GnomeSlice

@Ave Admitting to a federal crime in a public chatroom is always fun

@Batophobia I just assumed the first game had shut down, especially after DD2 and Dad remastered or whatever

Which I understand was crap

I never got into DD2. I think they announced a new title recently?

Batophobia

DD1 is still going

GnomeSlice

Word

Batophobia

They made a kickstarter for DD Awakened

GnomeSlice

8:57 PM

Yeah that

Batophobia

which is basically a remake/redesign of DD1

GnomeSlice

Somebody came into my lobby in dungeon Defenders 1 when I was really new to it and gifted me 4 billion mana

Frank

I remember the original. It was good, but...it didn't really stick, for me.

GnomeSlice

(modded I guess cause max is 999,999 but it worked)

Batophobia

but they let the community take over patching/updates on DD1 so some mod levels and gear is in the ranked mode now

GnomeSlice

8:58 PM

So like the entire time I played I just upgraded whatever I wanted

Which was dope

I had all the dlc chars too but I never unlocked any of the adults cause you had to beat that crystal dimension challenge and it was impossible solo

Female Knight was the best. So fast

Batophobia

yea, I remember when nightmare mode first came out and it was impossible

GnomeSlice

I liked carefully placing every tower myself which is why I didn't like playing with others

I would spend like an hour on a mission sometimes

Frank

I do that in Warframe when I'm trying to collect resources.

GnomeSlice

I'd switch between all the classes and use a little of everything

I like tower defense

Frank

Just go private game, and then scour the whole map for stuff.

Batophobia

9:03 PM

I keep wanting to get into Warframe, but every random match is like a speedrun of the level

Frank

Yeah, most often people are running the level to get the completion rewards.

So wanting to go slow means you have to play solo.

GnomeSlice

Only only played Warframe solo

Frank

The longer ones are usually things like Extraction, Interception, Survival, and Defense missions, where the rewards increase the more phases you complete.

Dragonrage

@Batophobia its part of the territory. most of it is about getting loot, and getting loot as efficiently as possible, so everyone is building to try and complete each mission as quickly as possible in order to max loot gains

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