The Bridge

OrigamiRobot

1:30 PM

HI EVERYBODY

badp

1:42 PM

sigh

random scrambling ought to have a 50% to separate a pocket from his medic

in reality it never fucking happens

What's worse, though, is when you identify a player on your own team who'd be outstanding enough to be pocketed and you're playing medic

and he has his own pocket medic

and he's fucking using a quickfix

YOU DO NOT POCKET WITH THE QUICKFIX OH MY LORD SO MANY TIMES IT IS GETTING TO ME

Wipqozn

@badp Nah man, Quick-Fix is totally meant for pocketing. It's not, like, a weapon meant for group healing or anything.

badp

@Wipqozn GROUP HEALING

NOT FOLLOWING THE SAME FUCKING GUY ALL OVER THE PLACE

I had the kritzkrieg. I wanted to pocket him and give him overheals and kritz

either I built kritz at half speed or I just had to do the group healing myself

because really how are you going to be able to counter a competent pocketed enemy without having a competent pocketed player yourself

Wipqozn

Personally, I'd just be like "fuck these guys. They're morons." and then switch teams.

badp

@Wipqozn We were winning, then the pocket duo joined, won two matches in ten minutes and acquired six dominations in the process. Teams got scrambled, the two guys remained on the same team and I left

What team do you think was the one bleeding players?

You can't switch to the team with more players

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

2:11 PM

I started playing Dream House Days. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing.

I think I'm currently running a pyramid scam - taking deposit from tenants who obviously can't pay the rent to purchase furnishing for the next apartment, rinse lather repeat

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Mostly, you should be running a bait and switch.

Get decent apartment, tenants look at it, accept tenant, remove furnishings so that tenant can afford apartment.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Or even better, just move them to the next unfurnished apartment

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That costs tickets.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Hmm? Moving item just costs money, not tickets, right?

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Oh, you're talking moving furnishing.

I thought you meant moving the tenants.

MBraedley

2:20 PM

G'morning, Bridge

Ender

Morn

MBraedley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I think that's technically a Ponzi scheme, not a pyramid scam. Pyramid scam would be if you got your tenants to sign up other tenants, and then took a cut of all the signups.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Oh, right. Yeah, a Ponzi scheme

user15026

@wipqozn re:reddit - I will be in my bunk.

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user15026

@fbueckert Star Command is never coming out, is it.

fbueckert

2:31 PM

@AshleyNunn It's coming out really really soon! Honest!

user15026

@fbueckert riiiiiiiight.

fbueckert

Wipqozn

I don't think there is a Star Command.

I think just a huge hoax.

You guys got duped.

user15026

@wipqozn starting to think that myself. Glad I didn't pay for it yet.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn That's the feeling I'm getting.

Because all we get from them is, "We're not done yet, but it's close! Really close! It'll be awesome!"

Raven Dreamer

2:41 PM

oh my

user15026

@fbueckert after reading that post you linked I am really not hopeful especially because it sounds like they won't have Android at launch.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Probably not.

Which begs the question: what's taking so damn long?

badp

they probably accumulated technical debt

fbueckert

kotaku.com/5985648/…

StrixVaria

@fbueckert This makes it sound like they barely started on the Android version.

fbueckert

2:52 PM

@StrixVaria That's my understanding.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot I was thinking the exact same thing

Big obsidian black box

OrigamiRobot

Hide our shame.

Ronan Forman

@fredley @OrigamiRobot Can I summon some people who are good at making things look nice?

fredley

@RonanForman On my way

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Do you mean not us?

Ronan Forman

3:03 PM

@OrigamiRobot I mean not me

Little Child

3:31 PM

@RonanForman u there ?

any1 here ? :)

Wipqozn

fbueckert

@LittleChild Somewhat.

Little Child

@fbueckert hello!

I need help with buying a game... if you could please :)

Link here: giantbomb.com/company-of-heroes/3025-595/games

it is the oldie COmpany of Heroes

my question is : I wanna buy this game. Do I need to buy the original one and then the expansion packs OR I simply need to buy the expansion packs

please please help :)

Wipqozn

@LittleChild You need the base game to play the expansion packs.

Little Child

@fbueckert base + any expansion pack right ?

fbueckert

3:35 PM

@LittleChild I don't think the expansions are standalone.

Which means you need the base game.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert They're not. I just checked on Steam.

Little Child

@fbueckert giantbomb says expansion is stand alone

fbueckert

@LittleChild Which expansion?

Little Child

Opposing Fronts is a stand alone expansion to the award winning PC game Company of Heroes and includes two new factions: the British and the Panzer Elite. Each faction includes a campaign and introduces new units and abilities to both singleplayer and multiplayer.

all of them

all of them have stand alone in the description

fbueckert

> Notice: This stand-alone expansion does not require either of the original Company of Heroes games to play.

Little Child

3:37 PM

@fbueckert i was planning to buy base [if needed] + Tales Of Valor expansion

Lazers

0

Q: Is it possible to find out what bonuses you're receiving from your designated booster?

I am currently in a fleet where each member has trained a different set of skills that provide boosts to other pilots in the fleet, I have set the 'squad booster' to one member that has the Mining Foreman skill to increase mining yield. When I hover over the 'tick' in the Fleet window, the messag...

eve-online

0

Q: Is it possible to get Space Cadet 3D pinball on Vista?

Is it possible to install 3D Pinball - Space Cadet pinball on Windows Vista and Windows 7?

windows-7 windows-vista microsoft-pinball pinball

0

Q: Is it possible to install a game with a different CD than the one used to play?

My CD of AC3 is now scratched beyond repair. I am curious however if it is possible to borrow my friends copy -> install only harddisk -> and play using my CD, assuming that my CD isnt that badly scratched. Basically I am asking if the installed copy needs to be from the same CD as the one being...

xbox-360

Little Child

ahh... @fbueckert thank you so much, sir :) so I will only have to buy Tales of Valor ` :)

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Looks like the expansions are standalone.

Wipqozn

Oh, well then.

Little Child

MONEY SAVED!!! :)

Thanks a lot guys!!

fbueckert

4:04 PM

Wow, Bridge is dead for a Saturday

Ben Brocka

badp

@BenBrocka Stuck on that chair, unable to press any key

Ben Brocka

There doesn't seem to be any any key!

badp

@BenBrocka Well, why give it keys it can't press

Raven Dreamer

Gorram Lynchwood.

Last time I ever try to tackle an area 3 levels above mine.

Ben Brocka

4:15 PM

Lynchwood is a pain at the right level anyway. Lots of missions in the same place, lots of groups of enemies that respawn as you do them

Raven Dreamer

Also, I shot the deputy

"Shot"

by losing my shield, and it nova'ing him in the face.

Fluttershy

Yeah. I hated Lynchwood.

Raven Dreamer

So then I said, "screw it", whipped out my launcher, and shot three times into her face.

Random bandit launcher that fires 3 rockets for 1 ammo, pretty nice.

badp

Oh, yeah, that town

by the way

if you're interested, there's a Race starting in 45 minutes in Path of Exile

Ben Brocka

I don't think shooting the deputy actually changes your loot, except the cash reward. I always get the deputy badge whether or not I damage him

Raven Dreamer

4:17 PM

Yeah, but the challenge!

badp

If I understand correctly you get 3 hours and 1 life, guy with most experience at the end wins

Ben Brocka

@RavenDreamer I wish the Maliwan ones did that. The maliwan launchers aside from the legendary ones are pretty useless

badp

I think I'll give a try to the next race starting a little later today

Ben Brocka

But then again I just dont' like launchers

vladof are my favorite since they cost less than one rocket to fire

badp

Yeah, launcher ammo is both expensive and rare and never regenerates

Ben Brocka

4:19 PM

It's too expensive IMO. at level 50 it's STILL a lot of money, like 16k or something

fbueckert

Heehee. My zombies have 2400 life.

badp

So I'm having this odd problem in TF2 where the game simply tells me "Can't find map, disconnecting" instead of actually downloading it

Ben Brocka

Also while ammo drops seem slightly weighted towards ammo you're out of, rockets dont' seem to pop up any more often when you're out

badp

First suggestion was "lol, verify cache". I don't quite see it working but hey.

@BenBrocka does it? I never noticed it. Regenerating ammo and all that

Actually it seemed like right after you run out of rockets, you'd find absolutely 0 rocket ammo for a while

Gaming Topics From Outside

0

Q: Games on Ubuntu,

Games Schedule, How do I Schedule Games for ubuntu? EX: Developing Games in HTML5 ... I install the SDK and then? will join as the source code and graphics? I want to develop for Ubuntu Phone?

application-development games ubuntu-touch html5 schedule

Ben Brocka

4:23 PM

rocket ammo is just always rare

and of course you don't share it

badp

@BenBrocka hm, I'm sure I've picked up rocket ammo for others in MP

Raven Dreamer

I think that if you open a chest or something, and there's a launcher in it, it usually has some launcher ammo too

So I thik of them more as "temporary weapons", where you find them, use them till you're out of ammo, then move on.

badp

capitalism ho!

Of course, verifying the cache fixed jack shit.

Ben Brocka

@RavenDreamer Yeah, rockets usually spawn in chests full of them

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer No no no, you're supposed to shoot the sheriff.

Raven Dreamer

4:28 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I did! The deputy was collateral damage.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer You're not supposed to shoot the Deputy.

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz I shot the sheriff, but I did not (intentionally) shoot the deputy.

Ben Brocka

If the deputy didn't want to get shot he shouldn't have gotten all up in my face/grill

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer I don't think that's how the song goes tbqh

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's my own cover.

Ben Brocka

4:29 PM

Hm TF2 seems to have choked on an update

Download is suspended, won't resume, if I try and launch the game it just launches instead of finishing the update first

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

badp

@BenBrocka ...that sounds like a problem Verify Local Cache seems made to fix

Ben Brocka

oh god I hate how the stupid Library sidebar menu jumps around when you click on a game

@RavenDreamer They're most useful to get quick second winds, or if you have certain legendary ones which actually deal acceptable damage

Raven Dreamer

I do sicknasty things with a corrosive SMG

Ben Brocka

TMI

Raven Dreamer

4:33 PM

Class mod for icnreased corrode chance and damage

+ increased elemental effect chance from siren-ing

Ben Brocka

Do we have limited close votes for A51? Cause I'm gonna run out if we do

119

Mind

Proposed Q&A site for experts in mental health, mental fitness, memory enhancement, stress, sleep, nootropics, depression, flow state, and more.

Currently in definition.

Yeah, Siren's great with corrode and fire. Though I stopped using the element specific mods when I got a Legendary Siren mod

It's an amazing mod but it's almost less fun since there's less options available, there's just one that's better than others in most situations

badp

@BenBrocka Be happy you have close votes to begin with :(

I'm stuck at 700 rep

Ben Brocka

@badp Everyone does on questions. I can't CV proposals for ages

I can close vote questions at 700 rep too

badp

@BenBrocka uh "for ages"?

Ben Brocka

@badp Why can you? Because it's a vital part of being able to define a site, so it's 150 rep, along with downvote

Probably to help combat the hordes of people who can upvote without knowing what they're doing

badp

4:36 PM

yeah I edited

Ben Brocka

@badp 2000 rep. On A51. Takes a long ass time

badp

yeah

Ben Brocka

Huh, validating did fix TF2

Ender

I found the mantis pirate KAAZALKJRPDAJKLAFALKFJADLKFJADSK again!

Engage!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka I have no close votes on A51 because they are so hard to acquire. :(

Fuck A51 Rep.

Ben Brocka

4:44 PM

8

They had to be expecting that

@LessPop_MoreFizz you can CV example questions with 150 rep. Proposals themselves take 2000 though, which sucks

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka Yeah, I can close vote those, but why bother?

It's only a useful privilege on real proposals. Closing bad questions on bad proposals is redundant and a waste of time.

Ben Brocka

Also I fail to see how "do you like me y/n?" is useful, by itself, "to help us improve the service"

How do you use that feedback alone? "Oh, I guess we suck. Have the developers work on sucking less"

An 11 point likert scale is also pretty excessive

@LessPop_MoreFizz pretty much. I hope the new area 51 makes closing the bad ones much easier. And/or brings the privilege levels down to a sane level. Or bases them on network rep not A51 rep

Ender

SUCCESS! MANTIS CRUISER UNLOCKED!

LessPop_MoreFizz

1

Enjoying My Work and Leisure

Proposed Q&A site for scientifically-minded folk interested in boosting everyday pleasures. Not for big-talk-little-substance happiness hippies. For those who wish to practice more gratifying days.

Currently in definition.

Ben Brocka

Friggin happiness hippies

keeping a list of delicious ingredients - three reliable pleasures per day

wat

Tim Stone

4:58 PM

@BenBrocka I'm confused why the scale doesn't go negative so you can specify how much you're likely to trash-talk Origin instead.

Ben Brocka

@TimStone "likely to see out people to discourage them from using Origin"

Tim Stone

On a scale of "If they're my friends" to "Approaching strangers on the street"

CruelCow

@Ender Get the b-layout asap. It's beautiful

Ender

@cruel always do as soon as I unlock a new ship, so thats the new objective. (only need the crystal and the slug and i have all ships now)

@cruel on top of that I already have the stasis pod on board too, I might get the crystal ship this run as well

Ben Brocka

.

CruelCow

5:00 PM

@Ender Lucky man. I haven't gotten a damn pod in such a long time.

Ender

@cruel use the rock ship, that way you get it automatically when you encounter the event

CruelCow

@Ender rock is the only other ship I'm missing :(

Ender

o. that blows.

lol

yea the rock ship gives you a blue option on the stasis pod event to always get the pod. then its just a matter of finding the zoltans to activate the dam thing, and being lucky enough to get a rock homeworld sector after that to get the ship. no big deal, ya know. just 3 random events, in order, in one playthrough.

-.-

CruelCow

Oh and stealth/slug b. Because I hate those ships

Ender

i cannot tell you how many times i've found the event in the rock homeworld to get the ship, and either didnt have the stasis pod, or did-but it wasnt acvtivated yet

so fuckin annoying

Ben Brocka

5:04 PM

Homestuck fans in their natural habitat

1

Radiology

Proposed Q&A site for radiology professionals/enthusiasts

Currently in definition.

Are there radiology enthusiasts?

badp

@BenBrocka Yes. So many sinking opportunities.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka google.com/…

badp

RECURSIVE SINKING IS BEST SINKING

LessPop_MoreFizz

So... ummm... I guess.

badp

aaaaand deleting my TF folder didn't work

CruelCow

5:11 PM

@BenBrocka Knowing the internet, there are radiology fetishists.

Lazers

5:23 PM

0

Q: How to edit arqade account?

I was wandering if you can, and how you can, edit your arqade account. So far I only want to change my name and picture.

arcade

0

Q: Powering video games from a computer in another room

So I have a nice desktop computer, which is in my room and fine most of the time. But sometimes I just want to use the living room. Remote desktop style things I tried before work fine for doing admin tasks, but as soon as something a little demanding comes up on the video front there basically ...

pc windows

badp

@BenBrocka yes

Ben Brocka

say something in chat

badp

sec, five minutes of hate

Ktash

@jeffreylin_ Mind sending me an email with your gaming.SE username? Just want to start coordinating stuff

fbueckert

@Lazers What, exactly, is this person asking? How to run games from a computer in another room?

Asking for products that can help him do so?

SaintWacko

5:34 PM

@fbueckert He wants a way to essentially use remote desktop on the computer without it lagging so much

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Answer: Move the damn computer.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert Yeah, that's what I'd do

Then again, I use a laptop

OrigamiRobot

BOOM! Marshal

I never have to flag another thing.

SaintWacko

Sigh...

Youtube has decided it hates me

It refuses to load any videos

Ender

@cruel yup, got the stasis pod, but no rock homeworld sector on my map - such a waste

SaintWacko

5:49 PM

Wtf youtube

Lazers

0

Q: Do shield boosters benefit cloaking modules?

Shield boosters increase the max shield buffer but I am not noticing any changes/benefits when using the cloaking module with shield boosters. Is there a different booster for cloaking?

space-pirates-and-zombies

SaintWacko

6:08 PM

There we go, cleared cache and cookies

Fluttershy

-1

Q: after completion of 46% of overall game, the credits come. Assasins creed 3

after completion of 46% of overall game, desmond got down frm da animus and the credits come, but i can continue the main missions afterwards...can't understand the matter... plzzz do help... N.B-its a KAOS rip

assassins-creed-3

Piracy support.

Wipqozn

6:24 PM

@Fluttershy How so?

In other words, I have no idea what the hell he is saying, please explain

Fluttershy

> its a KAOS rip

Wipqozn

oh, KAOS rip

not sure what KAOS means...

Fluttershy

He's asking why his pirated game doesn't work right.

Wipqozn

but okay

OrigamiRobot

Just remove that part.

Wipqozn

6:25 PM

Yeag

I missed the "rip"

@OrigamiRobot No.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Yes. It's not broken because it's pirated.

Wipqozn

If you're asking a question about piracy, your question should be closed and deleted. No exceptions. We have no way of knowing if the problem is due to the piracy, or something else.

It could be a bad rip

There would be anti-DRM

who knows

OrigamiRobot

So we remove the piracy and assume good faith.

Wipqozn

...except we can't assume good faith

OrigamiRobot

According to the comment, there's not even a problem.

Wipqozn

6:26 PM

he clearly said he pirated it

OrigamiRobot

So?

Wipqozn

> Piracy, and support with pirated games.

From the FAQ

There isn't any discussion

Support with pirated games is off topic

OrigamiRobot

This isn't supporting a pirated game.

Wipqozn

...yes it is

Stop being difficult.

I'm really not in the mood.

man, I need a grumpy tortoise image

OrigamiRobot

If I ask a legitimate question and mention that the game is pirated, that doesn't automatically make the question piracy support.

Wipqozn

6:28 PM

t2.gstatic.com/…

> Piracy, and support with pirated games.

OrigamiRobot

50 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot

If I ask a legitimate question and mention that the game is pirated, that doesn't automatically make the question piracy support.

Wipqozn

37 secs ago, by Wipqozn

> Piracy, and support with pirated games.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot It makes it support for a pirated game.

OrigamiRobot

No, it doesn't.

Wipqozn

1 min ago, by Wipqozn

Fluttershy

6:30 PM

I'm not sure how "I need help with this game I pirated" != "Help with this pirated game."

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Remove "I pirated"

is it still a question?

If so, it could be something people need help with.

The pirated part is not relevant at all.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Problem is, once we've been made aware that it is pirated, we can't just edit away and assume good faith.

OrigamiRobot

24 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot

If so, it could be something people need help with.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy we could assume blind faith. but that's silly.

@OrigamiRobot Then someone else with the problem will ask it.

OrigamiRobot

Piracy support is is asking how to pirate games or work around DRM etc

Fluttershy

6:32 PM

> and support with pirated games.

"Help with this issue I'm having in this game I pirated."

That's what that means.

OrigamiRobot

Just because someone tacked on "BTW this is pirated" doesn't make it support for pirated games.

Fluttershy

HOW DOES THAT NOT MAKE IT SUPPORT FOR A PIRATED GAME!?

Why are you being so obtuse?

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Only if the problem is because it's pirated.

11 secs ago, by OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Only if the problem is because it's pirated.

Fluttershy

Which we have no way of knowing. Because the game is pirated.

OrigamiRobot

So why are you assuming it is?

Fluttershy

6:34 PM

Because the asker said so himself. Assuming good faith is irrelevant at this point.

OrigamiRobot

0

Q: What's the use of Lucid Memory Artifacts in Tyranny of King George?

I've found a (my first) memory artifact in Assassin's Creed 3 Tyranny of King George (episode 1). I've pressed the "interact" button and a picture appeared; nothing else. The symbol did not disappear from the map. Is that supposed to happen? Can I collect all 3 of them in this episode (The Infamy)?

assassins-creed-3

If that had the same 4 words at the end, would that make it piracy support?

No

Fluttershy

Yes.

It would.

OrigamiRobot

No, it wouldn't.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot He stated that he pirated the game. The fact that it's pirated introduces a whole bunch of potential factors that make attempting to troubleshoot difficult to nigh impossible. We can't be sure if glitches or errors aren't because of the fact that it's pirated.

OrigamiRobot

If at the end it said "BTW, I like cake", that doesn't make the question about cake.

FAE

6:35 PM

Which is why that bullet point is in the FAQ, IIRC.

OrigamiRobot

9 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot

According to the comment, there's not even a problem.

Fluttershy

I'm done having this discussion with you. You're starting to sound like GnomeSlice.

OrigamiRobot

You're all being ridiculous.

Including the people who aren't even talking.

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot Not me, I actually agree with you.

But I also think this example was NARQ anyway since there didn't actually seem to be a problem.

Of course, the OP might have thought there was a problem because they pirated the game...but meh.

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone Well, it goes without saying that you're not being ridiculous. You always make sense.

@TimStone That I'll agree with.

Tim Stone

6:38 PM

closes situation as Confuses @badp

badp

@TimStone Piracy? OT

(that's all I read)

OrigamiRobot

Notice I'm not trying to get it re-opened.

Tim Stone

@badp Oh you

fbueckert

7:20 PM

Wow, what did I miss?

I leave for an hour, and we have a blowout about piracy?

badp

7:42 PM

Okay, I've read through the backlog

There's a long history of games that are rigged to cause all sorts of glitches whenever they detect they're pirated

Most of those glitches are obviously not documented anywhere

The list of these games includes (IIRC) Earthbound, Mirror's Edge and Serious Sam 3. There's plenty of amusing (or scary or boring) videos on youtube on the topic.

I believe that this is a reason enough to immediately dismiss all technical issues question about pirated games.

Now, "showing the credits roll too early" may or may not be a technical issues question

I haven't played AC3 - the asker might've just done a low percent completion and he might've been obsessing over nothing.

However, consider that in this context "technical issues" includes "there's an invincibile purple guy moving really fast and firing at me all the time"

►

So yeah, this is why I would've closed OT.

I'll delete it, for good measure

Ben Brocka

7:58 PM

So apparently you can have both the Steam AND Origin overlays at the same time in one game

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