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Ben Brocka

4:00 PM

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List of bacon dishes

The following is a list of bacon dishes. The word bacon is derived from the Old High German bacho, meaning "buttock", "ham", or "side of bacon", and cognate with the Old French bacon. Bacon is made from the sides, belly, or back of the pig and contains varying amounts of fat depending on the cut. It is cured and smoked over wood cut from apple trees, mesquite trees, or hickory trees. Bacon is used as an ingredient or condiment in a number of dishes, including: {|class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" ! style="width: 12em;" | Name ! class="unsortable" width="70" | Image ! Description |- |Æ...

Just for @Jin

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz Brilliant!

LessPop_MoreFizz

Bacone

The Bacone is an American breakfast dish consisting of bacon shaped into a cone, filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, and cheese and topped with a layer of country gravy and a biscuit. Inventors Christian Williams and Melissa Tillman debuted the Bacone at Bacon Camp 2009 in San Francisco, CA where it won the Judge's Choice award. Following its appearance at Bacon Camp, it garnered local and national media attention, including a mention in Gourmet Magazine, and a special segment on the Food Network channel, in the show What Would Brian Boitano Make?, where Williams showed Boitano how t...

Fool's Gold Loaf

Fool's Gold Loaf is a sandwich made by the Colorado Mine Company, a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. The sandwich consists of a single warmed, hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with one jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, and a pound of bacon. The name of the sandwich is derived from its price of $49.95. In later years, it was priced closer to $100 for the sandwich and a bottle of Dom Pérignon. Elvis Presley On the night of February 1, 1976, Elvis Presley was at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, entertaining Capt. Jerry Kennedy of the Denver, Colorado police f...

Ben Brocka

@LessPop_MoreFizz How on earth does that cost $50?

@badp which class are you again?

badp

I hate ground-air fights in Borderlands 2

Ben Brocka

4:05 PM

Snipers with fast traveling bullets can get them okay. I assume you mean surveyors and or buzzards?

badp

Gunzerker

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Portal:Bacon

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WIKIPEDIA HAS A PORTAL FOR BACON. W T F.

badp

Buzzards

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List of hamburgers

There are multiple types of hamburgers. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Image !! Origin !! Description |- | The traditional Australasian hamburgers || Example || Example || The hamburger meat is always ground beef. They almost always include tomato, lettuce, grilled onion, beetroot (canned slices), and meat as minimum, and can optionally include cheese, pineapple, a fried egg (usually with a hard yolk) and bacon. If all these optional ingredients are included it is known as a "Hamburger with the lot". |- | Veggie burger || || Example || A veggie burger, garden burger, or tofu burger u...

Ben Brocka

@badp I usually bring a corrosive sniper (but I usually carry a large pile of elemental guns). Bring something with a very fast bullet and aim for the pilot. IT's best to shoot when they hover and face you

badp

4:06 PM

Yeah, my shotty packs like a rocket launcher but the bullets are slow

LessPop_MoreFizz

There are multiple types of hamburgers.

Ben Brocka

@badp yes

And oddly enough he's weak to corrosive like the rest of the buzzard

badp

@BenBrocka the pilot is the weak spot?

sigh

Tim Stone

@badp Sure, if no one's driving the thing it can't fly very well :P

Ben Brocka

@badp IT's a bandit helicopter. They don't need no stinking windshield

fbueckert

4:08 PM

Chat just went insane while I was working.

What's with the focus on bacon all of a sudden?

badp

@TimStone There's typically GLASS all over the pilot's face

Tim Stone

The helicopters are made of scrap metal, what did you expect?

Ben Brocka

@Jin is bacon? CANNIBALISM

badp

@TimStone Glass? There's no shortage of sand or fire

LessPop_MoreFizz

@fbueckert Basically, @Jin showed up.

This is what happens.

fbueckert

4:09 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ok. That makes sense.

@Jin = bacon.

badp

You take some sand, put it on fire and boom, glass. AMIRITE?

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Delicious cannibalism.

Martin Sojka

@badp Yes. On a pretty hot fire, and it will be rather dark, muddy and green glass though.

Jin

I'm a fatty lard trapped inside of a pig, which was eaten by a skinny asian guy.

pixel

yay more badges

fbueckert

4:18 PM

Woo! I have exactly 777 helpful flags!

pixel

@fbueckert I see what you mean about 100+ being a grind

fbueckert

In related news, I've got 277 helpful flags where I had no incentive of a reward.

pixel

I'm nearly at 200 now

Jin

@fbueckert you should win a SE custom character skin...

fbueckert

@Jin Can you provide said custom character skin?

Ben Brocka

4:19 PM

I just assume @jin is a blackhole of pure bacon, and the asian guy thing is just a disguise to help him more easily acquire bacon

Jin

@BenBrocka this body is just my host

fbueckert

@pixel My version of a clean site means we don't allow stupid lore questions. Since I'm in the minority of that aspect, we'll never have a clean site. :P

pixel

@fbueckert sure there is an incentive

clean site = incentive

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and obviously a platinum badge for getting to 2500 would be nice

fbueckert

@pixel I'm pointing out that our definitions of clean differ. :P I follow the rules like everybody else.

@pixel I didn't say ALL lore questions are stupid.

pixel

@fbueckert I'm not sure if to respond with "ok Decency" or whether I should just nod and smile :p

and hey, not all lore questions are stupid!

Ben Brocka

4:22 PM

most of my lore questions have had solid answers based in real things

pixel

I can't find an example right now, but I'm sure the possibility of a good lore question is not impossible

GnomeSlice

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Q: Who's that Gnome named after?

So, in a bunch of different games by Valve, there's this Garden Gnome, and he's usually associated with an achievement, involving carrying him through an area. Over the course of my internet travels, I've picked up on the fact that his name is "Gnome Chompski". What is the significance of this ...

I know I asked that one, but I still like it.

fbueckert

The vast majority, though, have no impact on gameplay, and tend to, at best, nitpick tiny little details that make no difference.

GnomeSlice

@pixel It has a lot of upvotes.

fbueckert

@pixel Indeed.

pixel

4:23 PM

universal definition of clean = no advertising spam/illiterate crap/questions as answers

GnomeSlice

I suppose so.

fbueckert

Which is why I stay away from lore questions for the most part now.

I grumble at them, though.

pixel

everything else is just personal preference

@GnomeSlice biased

@fbueckert ah but, that in itself is subjective

fbueckert

I still have to articulate why I don't like most of them. It's still forming in the back of my brain.

pixel

@GnomeSlice so do many questions that should be deleted (not saying yours should be)

@fbueckert like, I enjoy a game more if it has a deep story, and playing for that reason means lore questions do effect gameplay for me

GnomeSlice

4:24 PM

@pixel Which ones?

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...Why?

Jin

@BenBrocka when is BL2 DLC coming out?

GnomeSlice

There are some really good Minecraft questions.

pixel

Arqade won't be clean until all those Minecraft questions get deleted... :P

fbueckert

@pixel I absolutely adore lore in books. It's great backstory, and makes it hang together. Most lore in videogame universes, though, is very shallow, and isn't fleshed out very well at all.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Because you don't do that.

Jin

4:25 PM

MR. TORGUE

pixel

"all"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice All of them?

pixel

:D

GnomeSlice

WOO, MINER WARS 2081 BETA ON STEAM

Jin

oh i need to get that then

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:26 PM

@GnomeSlice Why not?

Jin

but i may play gw2 for a while... i love my mesmer

pixel

@GnomeSlice It was supposed to be ironic, after the last few sentences preceding the statement

LessPop_MoreFizz

We need to make Minecraft.se so they go away. @Wipqozn said so.

pixel

@Jin which? I had a new one download itself today

or yesterday

yeah that's already out

fbueckert

@pixel And not employing writers as part of the game dev process.

pixel

4:27 PM

or at least, my steam already downloaded it

Jin

@badp did you start gw2? i saw your tweet

GnomeSlice

Today's IndieGameStand deal: Aztaka.

badp

@BenBrocka I can't track these damn things while scoped in and when they come to an halt there's always something in the way

pixel

@fbueckert that's not an issue with the concept of lore in games though, that's lazy games developers

GnomeSlice

Never heard of it.

pixel

4:27 PM

but yeah if somebody tried to ask a lore question about something like FTL

GnomeSlice

@pixel As opposed to what, fake writers?

pixel

I would be right at the front of the queue to close it

badp

@Jin Nope. Free weekend

pixel

@fbueckert some companies do

Ben Brocka

@Jin Let me know if you're gonna play that, I don't know anyone else near my level who is

pixel

4:28 PM

in fact, some companies have started getting actual writers to make their story

case in point: The Secret World

Ben Brocka

@badp Then I recommend pistols/SMGs, decent at range if you can't use snipers

pixel

@GnomeSlice as opposed to design by committee

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, pretty much anything Obsidian has done has had a real emphasis on narrative.

Martin Sojka

@LessPop_MoreFizz .. to the detriment of game-play, quite often. :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

This vault gave me actual honest to god nightmares.

Martin Sojka

4:29 PM

Speaking of games with nice lore, I liked Undying.

fbueckert

@pixel That's a problem with lore itself. If they don't fully think it through and provide believable backstory and lore, it all gets retconned at a later point because, "Screw story, this is cool!"

Ben Brocka

From the questions it really sounds like LoL is a big game of bowling/tower defense set in a jungle. But unfortunately the game is way less awesome than that

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Lazers

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Q: Why is cho'gath not seen on the top lane in competitive play?

Even before cho'gath was picked up as a jungler again, i haven't seen him playing top lane in tournament games over the last 6 months. Is this a "meta thing", or what are the reasons behind this?

league-of-legends

Jin

@BenBrocka i read that nerfed The Bee big time

Ben Brocka

@Jin Yeah, fighting terra is hard now. Which sucks cause I wanted to see what his Mechro mod was

pixel

4:30 PM

hey guys, why is the N7 logo white with a red triangle?

Ben Brocka

I can't beat him solo anymore. No idea if his drops improved

Jin

@BenBrocka I got one once, it sucked

All its class mods suck

Ben Brocka

Does it boost Close Enough? it might be worth it for that alone. The terra mods are good for the skills not stats

Though the Legendary X class mods are freaking awesome

pixel

@fbueckert yeah definitely

Ben Brocka

He drops those too, they're just crazy rare

Jin

4:32 PM

Did I give you my Siren's legendary mod?

Ben Brocka

@Jin yeah, that's the only one I have

pixel

one of these days, I'm actually going to play Borderlands 2

Ben Brocka

I wonder if the mechro has one, since there wasn't a previous mechro class

Jin

@BenBrocka you should play GW2!

Ben Brocka

meh to any and all MMOs

Jin

4:32 PM

Jarrod 'n I are on Dragonbrand server

pixel

I've got it installed, Steam keeps downloading these DLCs for it, but I have yet to actually play the game

Jin

@BenBrocka GW2 doesn't feel like a MMO. so far it feels like a very well made single player rpg, with mmo elements...

fbueckert

@Jin So they nerfed the primary strategy for boss killing?

Jin

the dynamic events are really well done. it started out slow, but i'm liking it more

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Yeah, though the Bee isn't all that terrible for rapid fire weapons. IT was crazy OP before

Jin

4:34 PM

@fbueckert most "boss fights" are more or less a zerg fest in open world. but dungeon bosses require some strategy

@fbueckert oh you're talking about BL2

pixel

with no monthly fee

!

fbueckert

@Jin Yeah

Jin

@badp i solo all events :) except for mega world bosses

fbueckert

@BenBrocka At least if you don't like the latest patches, you can decide not to update and keep your crazy OP strategy.

badp

@Jin Wrong. Just.... wrong. It's got MMORPG control schemes, events you just can't solo, etc.

Most of the areas with events you just can't solo also are completely desert

Jin

4:35 PM

@badp hm i've been soloing them...

on my mesmer, whom I think is OP(even after the nerfs)

GnomeSlice

Reef Shot looks like it might be a very interesting game.

badp

@Jin No you don't solo all events. You can't solo e.g. contested waypoint events

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Already updated

Jin

@badp I've also been soloing story line quest chains that are 7level higher than me

fbueckert

@BenBrocka I was making a funny about D3, where you have to play online, period.

Jin

4:37 PM

the only thing i don't like about GW2 is how hard it is to make money...

seriously

badp

NERF JIN NAO

Jin

@MartinSojka you can make "decent" money relative to the gear of your level, if you want cheap stuff that make the game viable to you. but later on, yellow gear + gems = $$$$$$$$

Martin Sojka

@Jin Really? I just played until level 17 or so, and managed to get some money without even trying.

FAE

@Jin It gets easier as you level. Vendor all your blues, check green prices on the TP before you vendor them.

Jin

so i only do a major upgrade for all slots every 5 levels.

badp

4:40 PM

lol, I made like 20 silver with wild abandon in that weekend

FAE

@Jin I did it less often than that even while leveling.

Jin

@FAE i've been doing that, i only made maybe 10gold at lvl68

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert Oh, yeah. NEver got that one

FAE

@Jin That's not bad at all.

Jin

@FAE i gave up on the idea of dressing my char "cool" by buying orange gear.. i'll just wear crap until i hit 80

FAE

4:41 PM

@Jin I'm 80 and only sitting at 25. I've done a lot of crafting though too.

@Jin Good way to go.

fbueckert

@BenBrocka At least the latest patches weren't, "We don't think that's fun, so we've nerfed the crap out of it!" They've been much more responsive to going, "Well, maybe we don't think it's fun, but we're not going to remove it."

Fluttershy

@Jin If it's any consolation, I've been sitting at level 80 for a while now, and still only have like 4 gold. <_<

Martin Sojka

@Jin It could be worse. You could have to chose between "making money and/or materials, but not much else", "getting good XP, but losing money" and "getting into PVP, but losing lots of money". :)

badp

@Jin what class are you playing? I picked an engie

FAE

@Fluttershy You also bought a crapload of cultural armor

@badp Mesmer

Fluttershy

4:45 PM

@FAE Well... Yeah. >_> I wouldn't call it a crapload, though. Just the first two sets! =D

Jin

@badp mesmer

Fluttershy

@badp mesmer

Jin

@Fluttershy how will I ever afford my Twilight????

FAE

@Fluttershy That's still almost 10g worth.

Jin

@badp I read that too, same whining on the official gw2 mesmer forum... i can't imagine how OP mesmers were before the nerf..

FAE

4:46 PM

@Jin I want that as a long term goal for my Mesmer as well. She's only 2 though.

badp

Interesting, I spent little time on the GW2 subreddit and they complained about mesmer being UP

Jin

@FAE actually, I want Eternity! that's my 5 year plan...

FAE

I wish there were more Legendary options for the other weapon types. :( Greatsword has 3 dammit.

Fluttershy

I need to work on getting The Dreamer...

FAE

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Q: What is 'Cultural Armor'?

I see certain towns, in my case more specifically Divinity's Reach have 'Cultural Armor Merchants'. Each one of these merchants has a tier which as I understand tiers with levels. What is the significance of this armor vs. other armor that you can find? Also, why is this armor separated by race...

guild-wars-2

Jin

4:47 PM

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badp

btw I saw some of those cultural stuff salesmen, what's that supposed to be about?

Jin

seriously, that's "legendary" graphics for a legendary weapon.

FAE

@Jin I'd like that but I like Twilight more than Sunrise and there's only 40 minutes of night and 80 minutes of daylight in the 2 hour day/night cycle.

Jin

@FAE TIL

Ben Brocka

@badp It protects you from bigotry and social warfare

GnomeSlice

4:48 PM

@Jin Jesus Christ, that would get really annoying after a while.

FAE

@BenBrocka :P

Jin

@GnomeSlice no way.

GnomeSlice

@Jin It's got giant fucking trails and shit man.

It would be cool for a little while...

FAE

@GnomeSlice And it's awesome.

Jin

@GnomeSlice maybe you like the dark one better..

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fbueckert

4:49 PM

@GnomeSlice So do rockets! You're not complaining about those giant trails!

Jin

I don't get why they made Eternity not to have foot prints

GnomeSlice

@Jin Is it just the footprints?

FAE

@Jin I think the way they do the whole "view into the skybox" thing is awesome.

GnomeSlice

That's a little better, but people can follow you around.

Jin

@GnomeSlice no, it's the body aura, slash trails, foot prints etc

GnomeSlice

4:50 PM

@Jin Oh, I can't load enough of it to see them use the sword.

Ben Brocka

@GnomeSlice Not if they slip on the oil you're leaking from undisclosed orifices

badp

@Jin wow, okay, that's beautiful.

FAE

@badp Yessssssss. <3

Jin

I remember the first time I ever saw Thunderfury in WoW...

FAE

@Jin I wish there were more Staff legendaries. :(

@badp :P

@Jin Bifrost is neat but not very Necromancer-y.

GnomeSlice

4:52 PM

@Jin The dark one is a little less intrusive but maybe it's because they aren't running.

Jin

@badp your joke is not funny, period.

badp

@Jin ...and that looks way too much like bleeding.

Jin

@badp oh sorry that came off cranky

Decency

@badp The community is not very avid regarding Dota2. It's not intended as a slight, it's just factual. It's the same situation regarding the SC:BW question that was recently closed: one of the closers remarked that he wasn't aware of Jaedong's status... Jaedong has been the best Z for half of a decade. You're associating ignorance with guilt...

badp

@FAE "Yessssss" to female characters that appear to bleed from their legs when they walk?

@Jin It wasn't a joke to begin with

pixel

4:53 PM

what a conversation to tab back into

badp

@Decency Wait, I am associating ignorance with guilt? Whenever something you don't want closed gets closed, you place the guilt on people who are ignorant on the subject matter.

pixel

@Decency I believe the line is "Closed is just a status, it means nothing, closed questions can be reopened"

@Decency your Jaedong worship sounds like fanboism too

Decency

@badp Am I supposed to lie and say you guys are super aware of the topics in question? People here for the most part don't have a clue about competitive gaming, that's largely why I continue to post. I am vastly more knowledgeable about Dota2 than anyone else on this site- my answers on nearly every question in the tag reflect that.

pixel

That accompanied with your "deal with me posting links because I know what I am talking about and you're all ignorant" attitude just smacks of elitism

Decency

@Pixel It is elitism, if you prefer the term to "subject matter expert". The same way I don't go into a Skyrim topic pretending I know what's going on and closing it, I don't expect people who have no idea what is being discussed to jump into a Dota2 topic.

@GnomeSlice if it's like most other languages, it possibly means OR

Martin Sojka

4:58 PM

@pixel It actually is, in the same way somebody asking how to drive like Mark Webber could be said to be a fanboy of him.

GnomeSlice

Does anyone here know what '||' means in PHP? I can't remember offhand, and Google ignores the characters.

Ben Brocka

@GnomeSlice or

GnomeSlice

@MartinSojka Ah okay, that's what I thought.

Thanks, both of you. =]

badp

@Decency I'm glad you're trying to fit in a niche/topic/game we're not covering well enough, it's the hardest part of being a "generalist" gaming site

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice logical "or"

pixel

4:59 PM

@Decency the best part about knowing you're better than everybody else is making a point of never showing it

somebody arriving here from google doesn't know you know what you're talking about

so why should they click your link?

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