DoodlestheGreat: Of course, beej & Heather are off this week. so Paul's likely to have a mystery guest (Ian? Ben?) or he's going to fly solo.
Juliamon: He suggested Graham might
GapFiller: James outright said its an OG Founding Father ChillPoint this week on the PaC
GapFiller: speaking of which any video game news this week apart from CheckPoint getting sacked off (presumably thanks to Subathon prep)
GapFiller: so much other non vg current affairs this week its been hard to spare any time for video game neu
TehAmelie: Half-Life 2 had a patch
Juliamon: the Steam/itch credit card debacle is very prominent
GapFiller: didnt that only really kick off yestarday/today
GapFiller: so after the episode writing cutoff
Juliamon: the Steam delist started last week
GapFiller: forgot abt that only really noticed when the itch thing came into the picture
DoodlestheGreat: Also, the gang now has a new source for VG news: Skill-Ups newspage named after his weekly YT cast, This Week In Videogames.
Juliamon: anyway there's been a bunch of fun little news, like the Lego Game Boy set and Fallout: Bakersfield
GapFiller: hmm good as it is to have more outlets gotta cop to being dubious abt yt podcasts as a source
GapFiller: maybe thats overly cynical
GapFiller: Juliamon the LEgo Gameboy was neat yeh
Juliamon: also a Lollipop Chainsaw revival for... some reason
Juliamon: and Sony pretending to care about climate change
RockPusher: !search for treasure
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DoodlestheGreat: @Juliamon Fallout Bakersfield? I've been there. How could they tell?
LoadingReadyRun: this week's checkpoint is currently going through youtube processing, so it won't be ready before Chillpointing, but it will be up today
GapFiller: huh so there is an episode this week
GapFiller: neat
RockPusher: <insert Heather's "YouTube Stuff" gif>
Juliamon: yeah G said yesterday it would be late but here
Juliamon: they have been doing a lot of Stuff
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RockPusher: Is… is the horse prison just a glue factory?
LoadingReadyRun: Stüf: We does it
TehAmelie: BoJack only went to prison once, it checks out
RockPusher: !findquote beej
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Artificer_Evan: oh. this should be interesting.
Juliamon: twitch pls no buffer
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RockPusher: Twitch twitches as Twitch pleases (derogatory)
DoodlestheGreat: @Juliamon Twitch hears your pleas and shrugs. "Gotta get more bandwidth for the ads.:
Juliamon: it has been shunting me down to 160p more often lately
RockPusher: Here comes 2!
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TehAmelie: "i'll twitch down and whisper, 'no."
GapFiller: !picnic
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TheAinMAP:
Hello 
TehAmelie: greetings
bytecaster: Salutations
RockPusher: Welcome to the chill G
DoodlestheGreat: Today, Graham will be your beej for the day.
couchboyj:
GapFiller: OG Founding Father ChillPoint
DoodlestheGreat: No one can replace Heather.
SocraticMethod: Oh hello, it's our favourite lawsuit experts
RockPusher:
*The* Graham Stark‽ 
GapFiller:
do we actually get Graham and Paul together oncamera that often these days
bytecaster: Wait, I have seen one of this people on the news?!?
RockPusher:
TheAinMAP: Live watch-along?
niccus: oh no i forgot the homework, it's just like my dreams
bytecaster: This is not a college stress dream? Am I actually wearing my pants?
j_crane330: Oh good
GapFiller: calling it homework actively makes me wanna watch it LESS so we good on that front
DoodlestheGreat: Oh, absolutely no news whatsoever this week.
j_crane330:
Akaiatana: Graham, you are supposed to be derailing
RockPusher: definitely always
bytecaster: If none of the hosts are derailing, it is our duty as chat to derail!
DoodlestheGreat: Yeah, I'm not able to do that audio trick.
bytecaster: It's not a good sign, it's true
RockPusher: Checkpoint is not a place of honour
frnknstn: Just ask Sonic
ArdCollider: the "you don't want to grow up to be the POV guy in a Ben Folds song" of video games journalism
SocraticMethod: 1047 Games: "We are unlaunching our game" *SCHLORP*
TehAmelie: if it bleeds, it leads, etc
bytecaster: If you are featured on Checkpoint a lot, your anniversary will never end
GapFiller:
ArdCollider 
GapFiller: OH forgot it was THAT guy
bytecaster: Turns out, not all publicity is good publicity, after all
GapFiller: makes it even better really
MalFnord: Oh THAT idiot, okay yeah I remember him sorta
bytecaster: Typically we call an unlaunch a "crash"
raulghoulia: I call that the uninstall
EvilBadman: they unplit my gats?!
UnknownFriday: Didn't Magic do that with their Diablo-like?
RockPusher: In the same way as you unlaunch a rocket? (kaboom)
DoodlestheGreat: I know you can un-release a movie, just look at "Heaven's Gate."
Getter404: It worked for Multiversus... wait no it didn't
ArdCollider: rapid unlaunch disassembly
SocraticMethod: @UnknownFriday Nah, that was strangling in crib. Closer to what Multiversus did
Akaiatana: Unlaunch break
bytecaster: You can only "realm reborn" a game if you want to succeed
couchboyj: Final Fantasy 14 showing Squeenix can do things before they are cool over here
Barb4rian: The "4080" that was really a 4070
RockPusher: The Antares Orb-3 failure is my go-to rocket unlaunching
TehAmelie: i'm undownloading more RAM
constablecrab: I believe the industry term is “takesies backsies”
ArdCollider: @RockPusher ah, Orbital Attack.
UnknownFriday: I can't wait for Splitgate: A Realm Reborn.
SocraticMethod: MIddle Access Crisis
TehAmelie: non-priority access
Getter404: When did Warframe finally leave beta? That was the joke for YEARS
KaleidoscopeMind: dukey access? barony access?
bytecaster: Pre-Alpha, Alpha, Beta, Open-Beta, Early Access, Launch, Unlaunch, Tasksies Backsies, Relaunch is how it goes
TehAmelie: just straight pleeb access
SocraticMethod: @Getter404 Still haven't and never will
iris_of_ether: I see they have never been in an MMO community then
couchboyj: The Goomba Fallicy
bytecaster: A first person shooter with portals, that has never been done before, surely
RockPusher: Portal portals or Narbacula Drop portals? (ie can you fire a portal through a portal?)
GapFiller: thats like launching an MMO against WoW fifteen odd years ago
Invitare: FPS with portals is just like how I remember all FPS's in the days of the Xbox 360
SocraticMethod: @bytecaster Not really AFAIK? It's mostly the Halo3/Reach esque gunplay that was the draw
RockPusher: This is your starter for ten.
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jadielady:
all I know about University Challenge comes from Young Ones 
RockPusher: I haven't watched a UC in decades…
GapFiller: phun phact Stephen Fry was in an episode
Gadora: I keep getting mental whiplash on Slipgate 2 stuff, because I keep thinking it's somehow Lemnis Gate. Lemnis Gate I at least cared about watching.
wedge_x: Scumbag College
ArrestedHouse: Felt good to get that one quick
bytecaster: Surely it's Dota 2
GapFiller: other phun phact prior to becoming one of Britains most celebrated actresses Miriam Margolyes was known for swearing on national television in the sixties... on University Challenge
caoinlean: I love how she's been the same ever since
bytecaster: At least that is a somewhat competent video game question, often in those shows it's something like: "What famous plumber is the mascot ...."
bytecaster: or something similarly trivial
Akaiatana: Prey 1 was great
RockPusher: Prey had fun gravity shenanigans too
RockPusher: and scaling
GapFiller: bytecaster bearing in mind that stuff turns to be geared towards people who dont do video games
Akaiatana: Also the grenade was a creature you ripped a limb from
caoinlean: Wait warframe is in beta?
GapFiller: which yr might think we passed that Rubicon but yrd be surprised
RockPusher: Rubicon was an interesting TV show
TehAmelie: then the next level would have to be comic strips made by David Lynch
Mai_Andra:
unless you miss the third question... 
GapFiller: huh
RockPusher: I mean, resetting the clock is probably wise anyway
Mai_Andra: the "clock"
TheAinMAP:
MalFnord: We're not resetting the clock?
bytecaster: A physical map?
MalFnord: okay...
GapFiller: that is certainly a sequence of words
SocraticMethod: @caoinlean Yeah, they don't consider being a difference between open beta and live service launch, so it's still officially in open beta
bytecaster: I'm still very confused
caoinlean: @SocraticMethod I learned something new today crazy
TehAmelie: should we have a separate counter for "War Thunder news that are not about military secrets leaks"?
GapFiller:
one of those sequences of words which like Stormy Open Beef 
eg makes perfect sense in context but is incomprehensible outside of it
bytecaster: Fortnite wants to be the platform that consumes all
RockPusher: I mean, in the context of Fortnite, that's probably good
RockPusher: in the context of Roblox, an online safety hellscape, less so
bytecaster: Imagine if the person making de_dust2 got some revenue share
RockPusher: Parliament giving the monarch a stipend for the rights to collect the rents on the crown lands
MalFnord: I feel like there's a Rooster Teeth joke in there somewhere
bytecaster: Rage game?
SocraticMethod: Could be alternative income streams since Gaijin HQ is in Russia so they might have problems with sanctions to convert between USD and RUB and back
RockPusher: Fortnite is scary popular among people who aren't us…
MajorFrostbyte: So Fortnite is a shovelware host now?
bytecaster: There is so MANY only ups on Steam. My favorite thus far: Only Up: Skibidi Together.
GapFiller: oh this
Justherefortherewards: I think its just a 'new'\ version of all the minigames in minecraft
TheMerricat: To be fair, the developers of Only Up delisted it on steam back in 2023 for similar reasons that the dev of Flappy Bird took it down.
RockPusher: excellent
Aarek: punch a kong?
bytecaster: Why would they deny Donkey Kong the Subocean?!?
RockPusher: People making sure fully destructable is not a false claim
Tiber727: Or go so far down the game crashes from memory.
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Getter404: It's a modern Mario(ish) game, the base game is always the easy part
TehAmelie: remember the Scribblenauts joke about just creating yourself starites?
Getter404: Then they show you the post game which kicks you directly in the nether regions
LordZarano: In Astroneer you can destroy entire planets
Justherefortherewards: Astroneer is VERY fun in how much you can terraform, but I would never want to spend the time doing that
TehAmelie: people have built buildings into space in NMS. pretty neat you can go both ways
bytecaster: I mean, what is splatoon if not "What if we gave a squid a gun?"
Getter404: @bytecaster And the prototype for THAT was a block of tofu
RockPusher:
Allowing people to find the fun leads to fun video games‽ 
bytecaster: Capital A Art
RockPusher: It's almost like payment processing should be treated as a utility
TheMerricat: I think because this was video games it suddenly got on everyone's radar. It's been going on for years. Gumroad had kicked off anything adult last(?) year for the same reasons as Steam and Itch.
bytecaster: "lost"
thegreatwyrdling: !next
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Justherefortherewards: oh so.. theft
Justherefortherewards: because of course..
Juliamon: more like Collective Shutup
ProcyonFlynn: Political Action Group pretending to be a charity.
Justherefortherewards: oh boy
Justherefortherewards: only some of those are true!
ArdCollider:
tag yourself, but with *discretion,* etc. 
Critterbot: What an uninformed thing to say.
wedge_x: that almost scans to the TMNT logo
noSmokeFire: I am the very model of a porn-sick brain-rotted....
SocraticMethod: Taking 1000 calls to lobby means that the payment processors were already considering it
e_bloc: only half of those are applicable
ArdCollider:
if you would like some info on how to put pressure on payment processors, the delightful URL https://yellat.money/ is there for you.
RockPusher: *sigh* Aussie have always been particularly bad at the video game pearl clutching
TehAmelie: "be gay, do crimes" is a single instruction, you know
Juliamon: The fact that we have VERY few options for online payment processing is the real problem
Justherefortherewards: I've seen many campaigns basically saying 'oh so like 1000 people called for them to stop providing their service? Surely there's more of us..' with a load of links to send emails
Tiber727: If Steam is the 800 lb gorilla, Visa is King Kong.
TheMerricat: So I also think a lot of people need to remember that while Collective Shout is claiming responsibility, the heads of both Visa and Mastercard are believed to simply be anti-porn and facso-Christian
RockPusher: Time for Valve to do what they did when MS tried screwing them - work for the next decade on building their own payment processor
DoodlestheGreat: Waiting for the inevitable discovery the people responsible for hassling Visa & Mastercard get caught with CP.
Tiber727: @RockPusher Anything to avoid making Half Life 3.
consolecowboy88: and a lot of people are also using this to push for bitcoin
ProcyonFlynn: @RockPusher I mean ... they already almost do currency conversion with their game-markets. So it's not like they aren't already doing 20% of that work.
ArdCollider: (the generally accepted term is CSAM because that emphasizes that children are victims)
SocraticMethod: @TheMerricat AFAIK it's not the heads of the payment processors but there are multiple fundamentalist lobbying groups active putting pressure
Justherefortherewards: Isn't that why OnlyFans had its VERY obviously failing 'no more porn' stance for like.. a few days?
noSmokeFire: notably, the reason that this strategy works with just 1000 people is because _technically_ this violates Visa & Mastercard's terms of service re: adult content
bytecaster: I would have assumed they are simply money-ghouls, the financially undead, payment vampires if you will.
RatherLargeToad: It’s probably would be for the best if financial institutions don’t try to be governments unto themselves
TehAmelie: every corporation's ultimate goal, to be a bank. well, Valve might be able to
e_bloc: I mean I think they should probably care if it's outright illegal, like things involving children
GapFiller:
oh the things people do to skirt regs
Justherefortherewards: at LEAST call it OnlyPans then
bytecaster: Remember hot tub streams
KaleidoscopeMind: or onlyFlans
TehAmelie: KitchenFans
bytecaster: People will find a way
wedge_x: The Explicitly Naked Chef
RockPusher: I mean, if I were OnlyFans I would like to diversify my revenue stream
RatherLargeToad: @justherefortherewards No skillets!
RockPusher: since you know, the payment processors are shit
TheDevil_Risen: on behalf of the majority of Aussie people I'd like to apologise for the right wing activisim that's caused the takedown of a bunch of LGBT content
Justherefortherewards: It would feel canonical if they did
SocraticMethod: @e_bloc The problem is that some of the NSFW stuff is legally grey is US at best, illegal at most in some states. That's why the lobbying pressure works, it's threatening the money stream
bytecaster: It would be the expected outcome of the incentives
KaleidoscopeMind: You don't get to be in that position by taking moral stances
e_bloc: got it, that makes sense
Master_Gunner: The heads of Visa/Mastercard are inherently exploitative unethical billionaires. So it is weird for them to have any scruples.
RockPusher: In an idealised system, the payment processor should have no knowledge nor care of what a vendor is vending - that's other pieces of the system's problem
TheDevil_Risen: i don't know what is going on in my country but for sure people are losing their minds in a widespread way and it makes me fearful for the future of freedom in art and expression
ProcyonFlynn: Rich Billionaires are hypocrites - it's essentially a requirement, so this is just a very visible "not a surprise, just a disappointment"
GapFiller: RockPusher hence it figures the push for crypto
Tiber727: Rich people do occasionally decide to give up money over their beliefs. Look at Chick-Fil-A.
SocraticMethod: @RockPusher Not really, KYC laws are requiring some idea to trace the transactions to not be liable for iffy stuff
Justherefortherewards: "I REALLY don't want to be seen agreeing with this corporation, but.."
e_bloc: I agree--outside of morally and legally reprehensible things, payment processors really should be largely agnostic about their service
bytecaster: We should put dollar notes behind bars.
bytecaster: All of them!
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Tiber727: @e_bloc The problem is they are doing the former right now, just using someone else's definition of moral.
Justherefortherewards:
Boooo 
e_bloc: @Tiber727 that is the rub, isn't it
OldUncleDan: If only we could somehow consider sex work to be valid and then decriminalized and destigmitized.
bytecaster: I wonder if we are supposed to eat the rich
RockPusher: Looking for some very good Cameron sarcasm
theambivalentagender: The problem is when you try and make it harder for people to profit from adult content to ostensibly target illegal/morally reprehensible stuff, the people peddling that stuff unfortunately have the resources to continue peddling.
Aarek: oh that!
bytecaster: That Bandicoot ain't jump'n right
Tiber727: @e_bloc Which is why I'm suggesting they should only worry about the legal.
TehAmelie: i'm not a game designer but it seems like jumping is the key component of a platformer. . .
bytecaster: RIGHT!
Mai_Andra: Did you see that Final Fantasy 11 recently had to limit new characters on one of the servers due to over-population? Not sure of a joke there, but it's interesting for a 23 year old MMO.
bytecaster: Core memory unlocked
Justherefortherewards: thats the MTG effect babyyy
bytecaster: That Labratory Maniac card in the magic set must have attracted a lot of new players.
TheMerricat: And server transfers. Partially due to their summer event causing everyone to join.
RockPusher: Presumably yes that would be attributable to MtG
gualdhar: I think that server closing was temporary
Ranakel: For an MMO that came out on PS2, let's say
iris_of_ether: 04?
Justherefortherewards: People are also generally unhappy with FFXIV's latest patches, and might be trying FFXI now
Aarek: its prob MTG + 14 kinda in a slump
RubikDarkwill: And FF14 crossover
couchboyj: I can see Magic players hearing about Absolute Virtue and taking it as a challenge
Mai_Andra: Final Fantasy 14 is doing a raid series based on FFXI, so there is some renewed interest due to that.
Laserbeaks_Fury: I love Heaven Sward
wildpeaks: I may have missed recent news, but what does magic the gathering have to do with final fantasy 11 ?
GapFiller:
2002 jfc
gualdhar: @wildpeaks the Final Fantasy MTG set
TehAmelie: glibly: get on a single server model like Eve Online, cowards
GapFiller: when 11 came out it was competing against Phantasy Star Online
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Ranakel: Heave Nswar D
Justherefortherewards: Well its also Heavens' Ward
iris_of_ether: ^^^
Justherefortherewards:
Its actually both 
ThisistheMasterM: ward as in guard
wildpeaks: is MTG basically the Fortnite of card games as in it keeps having collabs with other games and IPs ?
Mai_Andra: They did recently offer $5 off the first month FF11 sub for people with a FF14 sub.
RockPusher: okay
wildpeaks: ohh Atelier
Juliamon: wildpeaks It does feel like that lately
bytecaster: I feel like the tone clashes a little
GapFiller: Unskippable flashbacks intensify
Ranakel: Keeping track of Atelier games, that is indeed the one that released in February
TehAmelie: these Tekkens will have such creative outfits
wildpeaks:
@GapFiller exactly
Juliamon: (though FF specifically is a very natural fit for Magic)
Laserbeaks_Fury: there a building in Clair Obscur that has an atelier, and I was like "I know what that is! Thanks Unskippable!"
bytecaster: @TheMerricat Heihachi Slime!
Ranakel: (Not to be confused, of course, with Atelier Resleriana, the one that's releasing later that year, which is in the same universe but not directly part of Atelier Resleriana the gacha game that ended service earlier)
bytecaster: She got her own Ahoge!
Ranakel: Pfffffhahaha
RockPusher:
GapFiller: really what else does anyone need
wildpeaks: 10/10
KaleidoscopeMind: 10/10 no notes
NapalmSideburns: wow.. the absolute disrespect
TheDevil_Risen: F
e_bloc: fair trade
GapFiller: yr say that Paul as tho we NEED anything else
Barb4rian: I wish I could be that lazy at work
bytecaster: Just a single Ahoge, amazing, that is so rude
MalFnord: They should've sent a poet
silenceaux: This is like mid 2000s art trades on DeviantArt
Juliamon: 'idiot hair'
lirazel64: A handle to grab her by?
bytecaster: An ahoge typically given to characters that aren't that smart.
wildpeaks: I am impressed by the sheer audacity
TheMerricat: What's really sad is how much effort the other side put.
TheMerricat:
Oh we are about to see.
gualdhar: holy fuck
wildpeaks: I was NOT prepared
Justherefortherewards: I havent played either of these games.. but now I want to
silenceaux: Okay that one's funny though
DoodlestheGreat:
Juliamon: We Are All Heihachi
Brozard: Ahoge, not to be confused with ahe— *yanked off stage*
gualdhar: I'm gonna need a lot of bleach to forget that
bytecaster: That is a strong look
SocraticMethod: Quick, where's the closest volcano in atelier yumia?
Ranakel: Fourth area I believe?
SocraticMethod: "Hmm, I wonder who in this cutsene is the PC?"
bytecaster: It is where all the resources come from to exploit after all!
RockPusher: pushes the PS5 outside the environment
TheDevil_Risen: so.. nerf your FPS intentionally
TheDevil_Risen: nice.
Justherefortherewards: ah yes
TheDevil_Risen: o7
Barb4rian: I mean, good. But maybe encourage your supply chain to be greener.
Laserbeaks_Fury: Okay, but not every game needs full power
silenceaux: Well, they tried?
e_bloc: 74
Juliamon: this is the "paper straws" solution for gaming
LordZarano: TDP setting? Like the Steam Deck has?
bytecaster: @Laserbeaks_Fury I would assume the CPU is already not turboing in those games.
TheDevil_Risen: my whole household literally pays 2x in access costs for the grid than in actual electricity already lmao (solar + solar storage is awesome)
Justherefortherewards: If they'd introduced this as a cost-saving measure for home owners it wouldve made slightly more sense
LordZarano: It makes sense for the Steam Deck though cause it's BATTERY POWERED
Laserbeaks_Fury: Maybe this was an AI generated idea to reserve power for itself
bytecaster: We have built another data center, but please reduce the polygons you consume for the planet.
ProcyonFlynn: Take one private jet offline for a year and you've offset your entire lifetime carbon footprint.
EvilBadman: Go counter-operative and overclock your PS5
OldUncleDan: Maybe it's just me, but I always find it kinda jarring when Paul, of all people, curses.
TheDevil_Risen: they DO suck!
Juliamon: Overclock your PS5 to steal energy from the datacenters
DoodlestheGreat: They suck at sucking.
TehAmelie: turning on my playstation in low power mode to play some old games conscientously, PC still runs to play youtube videos in the background
bytecaster: Why did we hyperfixate on the straws anyway?
Invitare: pollution by the general public pales in comparison to private corporations. Most policies are just a distraction
ardor_edi: buy your own metal straws, work great too
OldUncleDan: I actually keep some reusable stainless steel straws on me.
EvilBadman: Surprised that cup isn't compostable.
couchboyj: I have some reusable silicone straws I quite like
Juliamon: bytecaster It was an easy way to offload the work of "helping the environment" to the consumer
iris_of_ether: I use silicone ones at home, but not super practical for out and around
Grumpingtoon: @bytecaster A couple of sea turtle posts, i.e., plastic straws in the ocean kill sea turtles
GapFiller: ardor_edi as an added bonus metal straws can double as improvised weaponry inna pinch
Ranakel: If I wanted a less powerful console, I'd use a switch!
bytecaster: PS Vita Pro!
bytecaster: PS5 Vita?
Brozard: I missed my chance to get a Coffee With Serge Keep Cup from Store Dot loading Ready Run Dot Com
Tiber727: @ardor_edi I do metal boba straws at home, because boba is so expensive for what you get.
TheMerricat: @ardor_edi I tried metal straws, I may have gotten too 'cheap' of ones but I couldn't find any that didn't add 'metal taste' to whatever I drank out of. If you are going for alternatives, I can highly recommend silicone straws. similarly reusable.
LordZarano: Ahhh, the link to the Steam Deck becomes clear
Juliamon: I liked silicone straws but they tend to grow mold here no matter how rigorously I cleaned them
Juliamon: Metal only for me now
SquareDotCube: Adam feels you, he hates wifi comps in SF6
bytecaster: "Does the PS5 know I have a Switch 2 and got jealous?"
LordZarano: I'm just going to mention glass straws because noone else has mentioned them
GapFiller:
TehAmelie: i still have most of a box of 100 plastic straws i got 25 years ago. doesn't feel like it ruins a lot of environment
RockPusher: I'm a grumpy old sysadmin and thus you can pry my wired connections from my cold dead hands
ContingentCat: ah reddit occationally useful
iris_of_ether:
iris_of_ether: Picking up interference
TheDevil_Risen: yeah its probably sheilding and the wifi card not having a good antenna in it
e_bloc: is this like the iphone death grip where you have to have a seance to get it to work properly
TheMerricat: Alternative to running a cable all the way to it, my brother uses a wifi extender almost on top of his console then runs the ethernet from that to the console.
bytecaster: You can definitely cheap out on a Wifi chip
wildpeaks: ah yes the weird bugs, reminds me of the infamous HN thread about not being able to send email further than forgot-how-many-kilometers-away
bytecaster: @TheMerricat Yeah, a Wifi bridge with proper antennas can do a lot of work
ContingentCat: or maybe it's the fae
RockPusher: Bad chipset or bad antenna setup, or both at the same time
TheDevil_Risen: got that lead paint
wildpeaks: ps5's haunted
Aarek: 1 inch thick lead sheets
ContingentCat: old timey ghosts who don't like the internet
bytecaster: I know it can be inconvenient and maybe isn't an option, but that is why I love cables and use them wherever I can.
bytecaster: Cables don't attract the fae
TheDevil_Risen: TACTICS
SquareDotCube: I wonder if there's radiators
RockPusher: G uses Pocket Rant! It's super effective!
TheDevil_Risen: switch mode!!!
TheDevil_Risen: woooooo
TheDevil_Risen: oooof
RockPusher: Womp Womp
silenceaux: shocker.
Juliamon: Nobody in game dev gave a shit about preservation
bytecaster: Maybe we need to "stop killing games" or something.
Aarek: sounds about right
Justherefortherewards: "who needs this currently? no one? *yeet*"
Grumpingtoon: Part of why Babylon 5 will likely never get a remaster. They lost all the 3d models
Izandai: @bytecaster That is a completely separate issue.
Redbassist: Kingdom hearts 1 had that problem as well iirc
GapFiller: Juliamon Jazz Drives!
bytecaster: @Izandai Fair
GapFiller: l i t t l e m o n e y
TheDevil_Risen: UE5 wrapper on top of the Bethesda Radiant AI
TehAmelie: for our next trick, we'll rebuild the lost Doctor Who tapes
TheDevil_Risen:
and ofc UE5 doesnt quite handle things the way that Beth did so there's some new fun bugs
RubikDarkwill: Some QoL
RockPusher: The Doctor Who tapes (along with all the other BBC stuff of that era). Also the original footage of the Moon landing
RockPusher: Press F to Silent Hill?
Tiber727: Which is ironic given that Townfall feels very Fatal Frame (FF) inspired.
GapFiller: RockPusher phun phact in one particularly glorious irony a Beatles TOTP performance survives exclusively thanks to being reused in a non junked Doctor Who episode
e_bloc: the weird online one was dog poop
wildpeaks: the internet would never lie
Justherefortherewards: Using profanity tends to turn off the AI summaries
EvilBadman: Ascension was the "show" one
bytecaster: Yeah, I just skip past the lie box
e_bloc: same
Invitare: if you swear in the search it skips the AI
ardor_edi: I wonder how much electricity is wasted on generating thos ogogle ai answers people are skipping
Grumpingtoon: @bytecaster But they’re such creative and power intensive lies
bytecaster: Biiiiig drafties
GapFiller: open question chat: does swearing still work as a way around the SEO AI nonsense or have they patched that by now
TheAinMAP: !next
LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Friday Night Paper Fight (The LRR crew plays Magic the Gathering! This week its a 8-Player Edge of Eternities Draft! Game: Magic: The Gathering) at Fri 04:00 PM PDT (46m from now).
ContingentCat: I wish ad blockers would expand to AI blockers too
Justherefortherewards: ooo we're already drafting it?? sick
Justherefortherewards: nope, it's an A
Justherefortherewards: Zee-Ay
TheDevil_Risen:
have to live vicariously through others for EoE because my LGS had our entire order canned because of supply issues 
ProcyonFlynn: Z-A because that's the number of ranks. 26+
ardor_edi: edge of eternities reminds me of that "paradox" about the edges of a map having infinite length
creasehearst: if you have to use google, modify your browser search engine to be the UDM14 version, which is "google search" as it functioned in 2014, made by Google themselves, and found by selecting "Web" in the search type (similar to pictures etc)
Brozard: Will Alph eat Sami’s cat. Stay tuned!
Justherefortherewards: 10% not looking stupid is generous
RatherLargeToad: big hat slander
Justherefortherewards: Yes, that was essentially the first of that kind of gimmick
Wolfstrike_NL: Yes, mega was first outside of normal evolutions
SquareDotCube: bigachu
TheDevil_Risen: Steel Charizard anyone?
RockPusher: oh to be a Snorlax
Foxmar320: Bring back Z moves!
RockPusher: imagine getting enough sleep to grow plants
MalFnord: @RockPusher That sounds nice
SquareDotCube: Bibically accurate Dragonite
RatherLargeToad: To look more like a Dragonair
TehAmelie: like some sort of greek god dragon
ArcOfTheConclave: gigantamax was the same design challenges as mega evolution
Justherefortherewards: It's a strange 'mega evolution' in that it hearkens back to it's previous evolution
raulghoulia: maybe not big to LRR people
Izandai:
e_bloc: fun type is weak against capitalism type
RockPusher aspires to be Snorlax, is doomed to be Psyduck
niccus: so kind
RatherLargeToad: Call an ambulance, etc.
TheDevil_Risen: hahaha
ArcOfTheConclave: Mercy rules
SquareDotCube: Kill them with kindness
bytecaster: Writers for the Pokemon company must have so much fun
TehAmelie: weaponized altruism, that's new
ArdCollider: that's just an AEW work
Ranakel: Psychopaths, or worse, 10 year olds!
couchboyj: Children, specifically, but I'm not disagreeing with G
wildpeaks:
Blip2004: Relax, you won't feel a thing
TheDevil_Risen: puff the magic Dragonite
SocraticMethod:
Stop resisting 
Bruceski: "I know it doesn't seem like it, but this is a mercy."
Redbassist:
ghizmou: because there's no adult left in the pokemon world
e_bloc: they say if you love your job, you never work a day in your life
Justherefortherewards: Graham, we lost THAT battle in the 90s
KaleidoscopeMind: free labor
GapFiller: Professor Oak is just that lazy
RatherLargeToad: it’s cheaper
gualdhar: would you make an adult write a book report?
MalFnord: Outsourcing!
ArdCollider: Pokemon World kids are basically writing Lonely Planet guides.
silenceaux: Weird child labour laws
Ranakel: We SHOULD let 10 year olds write wikipedia
GapFiller:
has anyone ever considered Oak has issues
Grumpingtoon: Unpaid internships in a world without child labor laws
constablecrab: The adults in that world are all clearly brain damaged.
ArdCollider: which, we totally let weirdos who don't know shit write those
RockPusher: What if research students were all 10y olds
wildpeaks: exposure to pokemons makes you lose the ability to write
TheDevil_Risen: yeah prof oak defo just using child labour on that one. F
ContingentCat: there's pokemon doctors how would they not know?
RatherLargeToad: it’s like a Wikipedia, run by children
couchboyj: I always assume adults have better Pokedex, and the ones we have are for children
RatherLargeToad: so Wikipedia
ardor_edi: man remember the time having wikipedia in your pocket was sci fi
GapFiller: Penelope wd be all up on that one
wildpeaks: maybe the pokedex is the lite version that doesn't have the deeply disturbing pokemon facts
TehAmelie: simple logic wikipedia!
ArdCollider: the Pokedex but it's a Shadowrun 1E world book
constablecrab: That’s time to get a new mouse.
Veggiekeks: positive spin: in pokemon, society actually cares about the opinions, views and needs of their children
Bruceski: I miss the thumb buttons, I downgraded to a three-button mouse while diagnosing some connection issues
wildpeaks: oh that sounds very annoying
RockPusher: Time to summon Ian!
SocraticMethod: Ah yeah the shitty, logitech mouse microswitches
RockPusher:
(ie, buy a new mouse 
)
SquareDotCube: time to clean the mouse
KaleidoscopeMind: that's when you set "double back click" = "single click" custom shortcut
ContingentCat: ah the old fix just blow in it
Izandai:
wildpeaks: Always Trust Reddit
RockPusher: Graham "Mouse Huffer" Stark
e_bloc: no one lies on reddit
TehAmelie: static electricity is weird
e_bloc: that is amazing
iris_of_ether: Man, electronics are weird
Ranakel: I think you just channeled the holy ghost through reddit
iris_of_ether: And I'm an electrical engineer
KaleidoscopeMind: it's like cleaning NES cartridges
wildpeaks: sir, your mouse is a nintendo cartridge
Tiber727: My mice always go bad because if I hold the mouse button down the button releases mid-way.
niccus: blow the magic smoke back in
Grumpingtoon: May the universe smile on dead reddit threads that contain actual answers to your specific problem
Wolfstrike_NL: Points to NES cardridges
definenull: Henlo
e_bloc: sounds like someone has never used a breathalyzer
RockPusher: Magic/More Magic
SocraticMethod: That solution is not completely right, the main problem is that the contacts on the microswitches get dirty because there is not enough current to clean them with 3.3V MCU instead of 5V it is rated for
bytecaster: Have you recently rubbed a balloon on your hair and then on the mouse?
GhostValv: Holy crapi need to try that out
Mai_Andra: Paul was sitting in the tech booth at your house messing with you. He planted the thread waiting for you to find it.
SocraticMethod: The moist air worked for me some time, then it starts doubleclicking again
Foxmar320: brb gonna huff my mouse
Aarek: huff that mouse!
SquareDotCube: nah, old Logitech mice used Omron switches
Desruprot:
bytecaster: Everybody in chat, quickly blow on your mouse, just in case!
Manae: That probably means the mouse needs taken apart and hair removed
Desruprot:
Bruceski: On a ranking of "effort and risk of damage if it's wrong" that's very low
Blip2004: you underestimate how much skin gets transferred from your hand to your mouse
KaleidoscopeMind: cool technology!
wildpeaks: (half of chat has now blown air on their mouse)
SocraticMethod: @SquareDotCube The new ones use Omron switches too, just from different factory
Manae: I just fixed my ancient MX518 today by removing hair in front of the scroll wheel sensor
wildpeaks: thank goodness
MalFnord: good news? What is this "good news" you speak of?
bytecaster: Finally!
Redbassist:
KaleidoscopeMind: mystery SOLVED
wildpeaks: at long last
Wolfstrike_NL:
Wait, they were not credited in the game? 
definenull: Bless their throat, tbh
RatherLargeToad:
wildpeaks: Oh Good
RockPusher: Dying in lava scream
bytecaster: And now, a sinking into the lava scream
Juliamon: Nintendo has never been terribly good at crediting people
wildpeaks: who knew one could get paid for what I already do for free
RatherLargeToad: More costumes for Toad!
ContingentCat: hyup
ardor_edi: I was really impressed with Pauline's voice acting in the DK Bananza game, is it the same VO in MK?
definenull: Ahh.. Ooh? Haaa...
SquareDotCube: No wonder Peach likes having Mario and Luigi over, all the other subjects just scream at her in different pitches and intervals
ardor_edi: voice actress I mean
wildpeaks: being a voice actor must be quite surreal at times
Aarek: we tried link talking in the past, it did not go well
Bruceski: Link has dialogue options sometimes, like in Skyward Sword.
Izandai: He canonically doesn’t talk much.
Wolfstrike_NL: We wil find out during the upcomming Zelda movie
RockPusher: I still want live action Zelda to commit to silent Link
e_bloc: maybe he responds in sign language
Izandai: But he can talk yeah.
SquareDotCube: Link's just reserved in opinions'
Bruceski: In TotK one of Zelda's journal entries says Link is very shy.
RatherLargeToad: In echoes of wisdom Link was canonically mute due to exposure to the rifts, but I think that’s the only game that addresses his voice
Master_Gunner: He definitely talks in the Sega CD game
bytecaster: I want the next Zelda game to have very very rare chance for Link to say "Shit" when he gets hit, like 1 in a million
Foxmar320: There is a diary in breath of the wild about this
kusinohki: I loved the echoes of wisdom explanation why link is silent
jessicaengle:
Graham and Paul Let's Chill
Izandai: lynels
ThorSokar: just your average murder hobo
SquareDotCube: That's the mousou version of Link
Invitare: Link only seems to be a normal human. But he beats Ganondorf, you can snap his fingers and blow up a mountain sized castle
ContingentCat: Or it's the bakery lady in Kiki's delivery service with the big guy husband who doesn't speak
bytecaster: "His sword shoots lasers!??!"
KaleidoscopeMind: and then he smashes your pots
e_bloc: #1 cause of death for npcs 18-49
constablecrab: You mess with the Zelda, you get the Legend.
jessicaengle: Were there two Chillpoints this week, or did I duck out of time for a few days?
Master_Gunner: this idiot in a backless dress, drenched in 28 gallons of blood.
gualdhar: so Link is Superman
definenull: Except for that one statue of him riding Sidon
KaleidoscopeMind: "this twink can't possibly be that warrior of legend"
TehAmelie: "link what are you doing? we need those pumpkins to live through the winter!" ":D"
Desruprot: Well Link is in a ton of legends
e_bloc: link is keyzer soze
Desruprot: if I recall doesn't BoTW TOTK make the pre-games legends at that point since it reunites the timelines?
SquareDotCube: Well, things happened between BOTW and TOTK with that house
Invitare: they are definitely sometimes a couple. But not every generation. Also it gets weird if they're implied to be descendants of past incarnations...
Izandai: BULLSHIT
ContingentCat: they were roomates~
Bruceski: @Desruprot It's like NieR Automata. The previous games are so far in the past it's just a matter of the fossil record.
Snowcookies: best friends
jessicaengle: Oof. Friend zoned. smh
MalFnord: just the best of friends
wildpeaks: *gasp* they were roomates
Dog_of_Myth: To be fair, it is coming from a company that is being run by a Bowser
Ranakel: Just proposing to your bros
Juliamon: The literal final battle is over who gets to marry her
KaleidoscopeMind: you can still be good friends and in a relationship
Invitare: roommates
Desruprot: that was a Bowser wedding
SocraticMethod: "Help each other out"🤨
e_bloc: I mean help each other out is accurate, but one definitely does more helping than the other
Foxmar320: Mario got friend zoned
Desruprot: and Peach will keep providing Mario cake
Invitare: Mario is just her plumber
HeladoDMango: I think all of maro games are plays? or thats the excuse they used
definenull: You know just as friends do
Bruceski: Note that Nintendo has previously showcased them for Valentine's Day.
TehAmelie: "I go to bed with all my friends" like the guy in Grand Budapest Hotel said
Izandai: But they’re definitely not his sons.
creasehearst: they hatch from all those eggs that came before the hens
OldUncleDan: In Mario RPG, Toad assumes that Peach was with Mario at his house. Yet there is only one bed.
bytecaster: I cannot wait for "Bowsers Custody Battle"
Wolfstrike_NL: "In an interview with toad, princess Peach decribed the relationship as..."
jessicaengle: Are Peach and Luigi also good friends who help each other out whenever they can?
definenull: Hehehe
Izandai: It’s actually funnier than that. Jr. knows Peach wasn’t really his mom all along. But he kidnapped her anyway.
ContingentCat: @bytecaster a phoenix write crossover
Invitare: @jessicaengle no that's Daisy and Luigi
GapFiller:
Desruprot: @Izandai Family Tradition for the Koopas
RockPusher: canoodle is a fun word
ContingentCat: of course
wildpeaks: omg
iris_of_ether: Hahaha
ArdCollider: Pokemon Snap for adultery!
Izandai:
GapFiller: fantastic
bytecaster: Perfection!
kingandcommoner: resjpect
Izandai: amazing
Ranakel: Best gameplay since Skeal.
Desruprot:
KaleidoscopeMind: gameplay!
ThorSokar: hahahaha
ThorSokar: Very Where's Waldo
ContingentCat: presumably something by coldplay
JessieImproved: It was a midified viva la vida
RockPusher: Just enough time before FNPF
raulghoulia: disconcerting to learn that if I'm watching live my time is not my own
bytecaster: Great url
bytecaster: We only stream from the bath during the subathon and only when installing hardware
wildpeaks: so edgy
Desruprot: nice
e_bloc: who will emerge edgelord
Wolfstrike_NL: Que Ian dot wav for the toilet stream
malfunct: I can't wait for the follow up set "Deep in the eternities"
Darleysam: you can draft the whole seat, but you'll only need the Edge (of Eternities)
Juliamon: Mini Moni, a mini-supergroup
GapFiller: SBUBBA HYP
KaleidoscopeMind: speedrun strats
malfunct: a thon for submarines and sandiches!
Darleysam: Sbubbython: Eef Freef
Desruprot: @malfunct I hope one is yellow
e_bloc: i believe
malfunct: @Desruprot hopefully not a sandwich
GapFiller: better question might be how far into the subathon can they get before hitting the cap
Wolfstrike_NL: #Donkeybits reminder (mostly for James, who probally isn't even here)
TheAinMAP:
saiarcot895: Graham got itlol
saiarcot895: *it lol
DeM0nFiRe:
o/ 
RockPusher: See you over on FNFP
TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
Izandai:
Snowcookies: ty for the stream!
RockPusher:
bytecaster: Great bit
GapFiller:
saiarcot895:
Snowcookies: !clip
LRRbot:
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wildpeaks: baiii
DoodlestheGreat: 10 q 4 strem
ContingentCat: thanks lads
Foxmar320: hooollllllld
ContingentCat: !next
LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Friday Night Paper Fight (The LRR crew plays Magic the Gathering! This week its a 8-Player Edge of Eternities Draft! Game: Magic: The Gathering) at Fri 04:00 PM PDT (22m from now).
TheMerricat:
Chat, you know your time sense is foobar when it takes realizing the next stream is FRIDAY night Paper Fight to realize it actually is FRIDAY.
DoodlestheGreat:
@TheAinMAP 
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