The Bridge

@GnomeSlice I don't know if you saw my messages in the trade chat, but I'd file a complaint with Steam. They take a while to respond, but they're helpful when they do

GnomeSlice

79% off AstroSlugs ($2.99)

Dave McClelland

And considering the game you got screwed out of is like 15 years old, they'll probably just give it to you without too much hassle

user15026

I know the meta thread is just Steam stuff, but I also have 2 free Gamehouse credits I am willing to part with, if anyone plays casual stuff like Hidden Object games or Time Management stuff.

GnomeSlice

Seriously, it's actually a really nice game, check it out if you're into casual puzzles.

Tom Wijsman

►

GnomeSlice

12:08 AM

user15026

@GnomeSlice I will add it to my list of things to check out when I have money :)

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Butbutbut it's on sale.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Okay, that wins me over.

GnomeSlice

> This is you

John

I don't feel like making another answer to that thread just for this, but I just got a 33% off Steam coupon I'm probably not going to use.

Wipqozn

12:08 AM

@GnomeSlice Is that a portrait of you @GnomeSlice?

GnomeSlice

Hahaha, the opening sequence is hilarious.

John

Wow....close voted a question like 2 weeks ago. It just made it to the front page and actually got closed. New hat for me! :D

Now, should I wear my Scrooge hat or my Minecraft Master hat? Decisions, decisions...

alexanderpas

@John close votes do expire (don't they?)

John

@alexanderpas Only if the question goes over 100 views.

That one is still sitting at 79.

@alexanderpas "Also, if the question has <= 100 views, no expiration on close (or reopen) votes is done at all.*

Wipqozn

@John scrooge hat.

John

12:11 AM

@Wipqozn I am. :D

Oooh! Let's start drawing things on the /users page with our hats! :D

user15026

@GnomeSlice On second thought, I am totally getting that.

John

GnomeSlice is now playing: F** You Valve

3

alexanderpas

@John nice :D

John

@alexanderpas I know, right‽

Wipqozn

@John I lol'd. Oh @GnomeSlice, you character.

GnomeSlice

12:17 AM

You can get Wizorb for PC now!?

John

Ok, why will VVVVVV work when Steam launches it, but not when I manually launch it?

@GnomeSlice I thought you already mentioned that...

like, an hour ago.

GnomeSlice

@John I did?

Oh, I think I did. I must have forgotten.

John

2 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

Wizorb on Gamersgate? Yes please.

GnomeSlice

Oh. Cool!

John

Oh I know! I installed that SDL binding to compile Sleep Is Death! That must've fixed VVVVVV!

Lazers

12:20 AM

1

Q: Purpose of one-eyed statue in Skyloft?

In Skyloft, there is bird-like statue with a ruby for its right eye, with nothing in its left. It is located on the top of the rock platforms that traverse the left side of the small lake, on the way up to the waterfall cave. Does this statue have a purpose? I've noticed that the statue rotate...

zelda-skyward-sword

1

Q: What do the numbers next to your portrait in group conversations mean?

When in a group and after / during the choices section of a conversation a number appears in the bottom-right of each members portrait. I'm guessing that it is the roll result for what choice is used as the answer but cannot confirm. Does anyone know?

star-wars-tor

0

Q: Purpose of mysterious "wind" or "fan"-like platform outside Bazaar?

Around the Bazaar, there is a flat indentation in the grass that looks like it has some sort of purpose, but I'm coming up on the end of the game and can't find anything to do with it. It's basically a white square with rounded edges with a green clover-like imprint on it. It looks almost like ...

zelda-skyward-sword

0

Q: What happens if my companion hates me?

If I continually lose affection points with my companion, what happens? Does she run-away, drop dead, turn on me and fight to the death?

star-wars-tor

0

Q: What is the quickest way to get to the Fleet?

Once you get your starship in SWTOR to go from a planet to the Fleet (or another planet) you have to: go to the spaceport, up to the planet's orbital platform, run to your hanger, to your ship and get in, hyperspace to the Fleet, back out of your ship, and cross the hanger to the elevator ...

star-wars-tor

GnomeSlice

@John ???

John

@GnomeSlice I had to install an SDL binding to successfully compile SID. Installing that magically made VVVVVV work (for a while, anyway). Problem with that?

GnomeSlice

Also, %15 off Dead Block.

@John Just confused.

John

@GnomeSlice Linux users don't always get something that works with only a double click.

Fredy31

Well, swtor just went down.

RedriderX

12:23 AM

What is the Dreidel hat thing that is going on?

John

@RedriderX You have to post something on Dec 20.

Which, according to SE, has already started.

alexanderpas

@John neither do windows users, they can't use apt-get install lincity

Dave McClelland

Don't the servers start counting it as Dec 20 in 37 minutes?

RedriderX

@John Oh...

Wipqozn

@John I believe it needs to be up voted as well (@RedriderX)

John

12:24 AM

@Wipqozn Yeah, that too.

alexanderpas

@DaveMcClelland it's december 20 already in UTC

John

@alexanderpas Touché

Dave McClelland

@alexanderpas Hmm... I thought the servers rolled over at 8pm EST. I could be wrong, though

Wipqozn

@RedriderX IT's the first day of Hanukkah and what not.

RedriderX

@Wipqozn Well I did know that

John

12:25 AM

@DaveMcClelland Then all that DST stuff happened and they got an hour earlier.

alexanderpas

@Wipqozn DREIDEL (HATS)

Powerlord

@DaveMcClelland That was during DST. It's not DST any more.

Dave McClelland

@John Oh, right. I forgot about our recent time travelling

alexanderpas

UTC, never changes more than a second!

RedriderX

Does @GnomeSlice have ADD or something? I keep seeing "Gnomeslice has started another game for 30 seconds."

John

12:26 AM

@RedriderX Ditto...

@RavenDreamer Are you "Lobstah Rage Fist" on Steam?

Dave McClelland

@John Yes, he is

John

@DaveMcClelland Ok, thanks

I figured, because all the mods are admins, and that was the only one I didn't recognize.

Wipqozn

@RedriderX Yes he does.

Like, seriously.

RedriderX

@Wipqozn oh, well then...

alexanderpas

wow... Seems like Valve complete pack is eligable for the 50% off.

Wipqozn

12:32 AM

I like how most of the starred list is currently about @GnomeSlice

RedriderX

@Wipqozn Well @GnomeSlice is very... special.

Dave McClelland

@Wipqozn Bah, I tried to bump Margaret's post off, but it didn't work

alexanderpas

@RedriderX he's a typical @GnomeSlice, there is no other way to define that.

RedriderX

@alexanderpas "a typical" or "atypical"?

alexanderpas

@RedriderX "is a"

RedriderX

12:35 AM

@alexanderpas Don't meet many slices of Gnome nowadays though.

alexanderpas

@RedriderX that's because there's only one @GnomeSlice

RedriderX

Can't wait till @GnomeSlice checks chat

Margaret

@RedriderX Depends which game you're playing, I'd imagine

alexanderpas

@RedriderX 33 mentions for @GnomeSlice

RedriderX

@alexanderpas wow, I'd like an inbox like that.

alexanderpas

12:37 AM

@RedriderX well, @GnomeSlice soon has...

RedriderX

oh, I just noticed my generated avatar changed, it looks awful

I really need to get me an Gravatar

Wipqozn

@Margaret That's an odd message to star. Plus, it's not about @GnomeSlice, so the starred list is no longer @GnomeSlice exclusive.

John

How on earth am I supposed to Google for answers to my problems about VVVVVV?!?

Wipqozn

@John If only there was some site where you could ask for solutions to your problems with a video game...

John

@Wipqozn It's a technical problem.

RedriderX

12:40 AM

@Wipqozn Oh well, we were bound to run out of @GnomeSlice's quirks eventually.

alexanderpas

@John don't, ask them on s.tk/gaming

@RedriderX it's @GnomeSlice, don't forget that!

John

@alexanderpas We need to be able to stack those. e.g. s.tk/gaming/ask needs to work!

RedriderX

@John That's why we have the technical-issues tag!

John

@RedriderX Well....maybe.....and I just might get a dreidel hat! :D

alexanderpas

@John you mean s.tk/gaming/questions/ask ? too bad it doesn't works (I wonder if it's @GnomeSlice fault)

John

12:43 AM

@alexanderpas Yeah, that.

RedriderX

@alexanderpas What are you talking about! It's ALWAYS @GnomeSlice's fault!

@John Yeah, I'd like to see that, does anyone have a Dreidel hat yet?

alexanderpas

@John file a feature request on s.tk/meta

@RedriderX I don't believe so... (too bad I can't put @GnomeSlice in this comment.... oh wait.. I just did.)

RedriderX

@alexanderpas Well, lets go upvote new questions!

John

0

Q: Why does VVVVVV keep freezing?

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, and every time I try to run VVVVVV, it freezes. When I launch it from my app launcher, it freezes at the "Press Action to Continue" screen. When I launch it from Steam, it freezes during the initial cutscene. I've tried Googling, but Google appears to ignore the searc...

technical-issues vvvvvv

Go upvote me to see one! :D

RedriderX

@John Very apt!

agent86

12:46 AM

oh man, I've got to get one upvote today? :|

fine.

alexanderpas

@agent86 day is 0:47 old.

agent86

@alexanderpas inorite?

Powerlord

@agent86 Well, you could just open a random question and google the answer to it, then post it with a link to the source you got it from.

agent86

@Powerlord and then get promptly downvoted into oblivion over allegations of terrible hat abuse

Powerlord

@agent86 Really? The other answers you've done that on seem to have plenty of upvotes.

alexanderpas

12:48 AM

here's something to do: gaming.stackexchange.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=noanswers

RedriderX

@alexanderpas Well apparently it's very late/early, better go bye.

agent86

@Powerlord ooooh buuurn

Powerlord

@agent86 Like this one:

7

A: How do I kill Beamos?

If you can break enough of its segments to bring it down to ground level, you can kill it by stabbing it in the eye. (ow!) Otherwise, you can put an arrow in its eye (Oblig. "I used to be a Beamos, until I took an arrow to my eye" joke) if you've already found the Bow. From IGN's Wiki guide: ...

agent86

I try to avoid answering my questions when possible

Powerlord

er

John

12:50 AM

Poor @Mana only has one hat.

agent86

that's not my question though

Powerlord

@agent86 Since this was about Googling answers to questions and posting them, I'm not sure why you're mentioning it.

agent86

ah, no you said I could "open a random question" and I thought you meant open as in post a new one

which would be pretty bad form, I would think.

thus my confusion.

Powerlord

Hmm, I wonder why TF2 just updated.

alexanderpas

0

Q: Hidden Areas in DX:HR

The cities in DX:HR are huge and must have hidden areas. I'm not talking about regular hidden areas such as sewers cracked walls or rooms that you have to hack a terminal to get into. But really hidden/ secret areas that Are difficult to get to (I'm thinking particularly high platforms or i...

deus-ex-human-revolution secret

close votes!

agent86

12:55 AM

that's like 2 months old, I think

is there a reason to close it now?

alexanderpas

@agent86 is being old a reason not to close it?

agent86

@alexanderpas beats me. Just not sure why it's important to do it now

looks like maybe raven was considering it when it popped up and perhaps forgot.

Dave McClelland

I just added a close vote and I already have the scrooge hat. I took someone's opportunity for the hat! Now I'm even more scroogeish!

agent86

@DaveMcClelland oooh, pretend hat theft, the worst kind of hat theft

Dave McClelland

@agent86 I'm a real monster

agent86

1:01 AM

I close voted it because @alexanderpas asked, but now you've pointed out that someone might not get a hat because of this, and I feel sad :(

you've brought me down to your level. I hope you're happy

user15026

@agent86 I deleted my answer. I guess I should learn to read the whole thing thoroughly before I go hunting for information. XD

agent86

@AshleyNunn nah, I'm guilty of that sometimes too, there's been times where I pushed "post" and then went "oh crap, I missed a part of the question"

user15026

@agent86 Glad to know I am not the only one. :)

Dave McClelland

I'm one of those jerks who posts a really crappy answer just to get the earliest timestamp

And then revises it a couple minutes later to make it a good answer

agent86

@DaveMcClelland I can never be satisfied with my first pass of an answer, period.

I tend to edit it heavily over the first 10 or 15 minutes, there's always a missing bit or something misspelled

alexanderpas

1:05 AM

@DaveMcClelland I know what you mean, I post a basic (non-crappy answer) first, and keep revising it afterwards until it is good.

> there's always a missing bit or something misspelled

Dave McClelland

@alexanderpas I guess "crappy" was the wrong word. My first answer always somewhat answers the question, but I don't have links or pictures or something

alexanderpas

@agent86 EVERY FUCKING TIME

user15026

I tend to make as full an answer as I can, first go. It comes from writing extensive role-play posts in forums, I think. I have this crazy desire to fill textboxes with the best, most complete, well-spelled thing, because in RP, you might lose out on plot if you wait and edit and stuff.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Kinky.

Lazers

2

Q: Why does VVVVVV keep freezing?

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, and every time I try to run VVVVVV, it freezes. It won't let me do anything, and before long the window darkens and it tells me that the program is unresponsive and asks me if I want to force quit it. When I launch it from my app launcher, it freezes at the "Press Acti...

technical-issues ubuntu vvvvvv

2

Q: How can I bring STAG back if I have 100% completion?

There's a couple of the Saintsbook challenges that require you to have STAG forces available to kill. After you complete the game, however, the STAG forces are nowhere to be found. I believe that you can fight a few more STAG forces if you replay the final mission, but I think my save is glitch...

saints-row-the-third

0

Q: What do I do with my extra friends?

In Glowfish you have to rescue your friends and take them "home" to little mushroom houses. Each house requires a certain number of friends to fill it, and filing the house usually is a requirement for progressing further in a level. I have found, however, that if I find a secret area, I usually...

glowfish

0

Q: How do I get this body armour located in Tomb Of Ramses III?

I'm at the Tomb Of Ramses III in Serious Sam HD, and there is some body armour located at the top of an area previously containing an Arachnoid. I'm unable to find anyway up to this area. How do I get up to that area, and retrieve the body armour?

serious-sam

user15026

1:08 AM

@GnomeSlice blinks What?

GnomeSlice

(lewd 'role playing' joke)

16

A: In Halo games, whats the best way to make use of marines?

If you need a particular weapon, like a Shotgun, Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle etc, you can swap your current weapon with a marine to take his. So marines can be a good way to get weapons in certain situations. Additionally, a marine will carry any weapon you give him until he is killed, or you s...

Also, this is the longest answer I think I've ever written.

user15026

@GnomeSlice snorts Right. That. How about....no.

alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn but in roleplay, you don't have the "fastest gun in the west" problem.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Holy informative answer, batman

Dave McClelland

@John Try putting VVVV in quotes for your google search. It should force it to be included verbatim in the search

GnomeSlice

1:09 AM

@alexanderpas Ew.

user15026

@alexanderpas It honestly depends on the forum.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn It's funny because it's about Halo.

John

@Dave Tried before asking. No dice.

alexanderpas

@GnomeSlice Holy wall of text... upvoted!

Dave McClelland

@John Weird... try "+VVVV" I guess? Although I think they changed that to search Google+ instead of requiring the word

alexanderpas

1:11 AM

@DaveMcClelland quotes are the new +

John

@Dave if you mean +"VVVVVV", then I tried that too. Also before asking.

Dave McClelland

@alexanderpas I read that they were going to change it, but I'm not sure they have yet

GnomeSlice

Screw you Minecraft.

Kevin Y

@GnomeSlice One of my longest answers made itself community wiki since I edited it so much. :/

14

A: Pokémon Generation IV (Platinum, Pearl, Diamond): What's new since Gameboy versions?

Here is a brief overview of some of the major mechanic changes (with links to Bulbapedia in the header of each section): Special / Physical Split: Raven Dreamer already covered this very well in his answer, but basically, instead of the type of the move distinguishing whether it's a special or p...

Dave McClelland

google.com/…

GnomeSlice

1:12 AM

Any guesses what that gigantic upvote jump is?

Dave McClelland

@GnomeSlice Something about killing your wife

John

Minecraft?

Dave McClelland

Oh, wait... "I've made a huge mistake"

John

Tnt

GnomeSlice

@DaveMcClelland Close.

60

A: Do Blasts Pass Through Obsidian?

I LIVED. Based on this, it appears that yes, obsidian 'blocks' the effects of explosions. My health meter flashed, and my character said Oof! a bunch of times, but no damage was taken.

John

1:13 AM

I was right! :D

Dave McClelland

@GnomeSlice That's the question I meant, I just forgot the title

GnomeSlice

16

Q: How Can I Butcher Animals en Masse?

So, my friend just implemented a bunch of new mods into his SMP server, which meant a host of new commands to play with. I thought I'd give the /mobspawn command a few goes, and see what I could achieve. So I headed off to the server's jail (I forget why this particular location compelled me), ...

minecraft

Sure you didn't mean that one?

Dave McClelland

@GnomeSlice That one has a similar title, but in my mind I had the TNT

Also, stop screwing up so much in minecraft

Fredy31

Watching my videos of MC.

Before starting to upload

GnomeSlice

►

> GNOME SLICE IS THE SHIET!!!!

> Good job. Gnomeslice!!!!

shades

I'M POPULAR IN MINECRAFT.

life goal

alexanderpas

1:18 AM

@GnomeSlice obligatory "which texturepack is that?" question.

GnomeSlice

@alexanderpas Piehole Custom.

agent86

@Powerlord back to your original point though, it is kind of sad that most of my highest upvoted answers are the easy ones. I can invest 30 minutes or so into a answer and get like 3, or do a quick google search and get like 10. I've found that there is really no correlation between time invested and rep gained on the whole :)

Kevin Y

@agent86 I've noticed the same thing. My theory is that with my really involved answers, people don't read through the whole thing and just close the tab.

alexanderpas

4

Q: When does the Steam Christmas Sale take place?

Like many others stores, Steam is offering significant discounts annually during Christmas. On what days of the year does this sale usually take place? I'm looking for answers such as "December 25-29", not something specific to any year. Of course information about future sales is speculative in...

steam sales

too localized?

user15026

@alexanderpas That was my first thought.

agent86

1:25 AM

@KevinY yeah, there's probably a "tl;dr" element to it.

it all kind of averages out, so it doesn't really bother me much. I just find it interesting from a psychology/statistics perspective.

alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn it also could be not constructive.

user15026

@alexanderpas I don't understand that close reason very well, tbh.

Lazers

0

Q: Spoilers don't format well

While trying to assist with the formatting of a question which spoilers a list, I discovered there's not a lot of parity between how spoilers and quote blocks (which are superficially quite similar) handle nested Markdown formatting. (Simple HTML works fine.) For example, here's a variety of ty...

feature-request formatting

alexanderpas

@AshleyNunn not constructive = this is not a forum or a chat room, this is a Q&A&A&A&A site, where the A's get reordered.

user15026

@alexanderpas Ah, okay, that makes sense. :)

Lazers

1:29 AM

2

Q: Is there a way to disable autoplay?

Is there a way to disable autoplay in the Fall 2011 revision of the Xbox 360 Netflix client?

xbox-360 netflix

0

Q: Where is the buried treasure?

I found a note: Go to the island near the edge of the lake. Look for where a great tree once stood. That is where I buried it. I assume the island is the island (Nilheim) right across from the place where you find the note. But I'm not finding a tree stump or anything like that.

skyrim

Nick T

@GraceNote the-old-republic --> star-wars-tor

maybe tor too

alexanderpas

@NickT gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/star-wars-tor/synonyms

Nick T

How does this help me

GnomeSlice

emilys-erotic-affair

alexanderpas

@NickT if you have 50 rep for answers on the tag, you can suggest the synonym (and over 2.5k total rep.)

Nick T

1:39 AM

Please understand, I've used the site fairly heavily and I know how to do things. There are things that I cannot do, so I usually ask a mod to do them instead. This is one of those things.

Powerlord

Um, I thought I had more than 5 score in the tag, but it's not letting me suggest one

agent86

:(

@Powerlord what was the TF2 update about?

Powerlord

@agent86 No idea

Fredy31

HATZ

What else

agent86

@Fredy31 a likely suspect.

Powerlord

1:42 AM

You could just Google it, but I'll just tell you anyway

Fredy31

They just totally copied our concept we copied from them.

Powerlord

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Fixed the Stocking Stuffer candy cane using the incorrect material
Updated the Brown Bomber so it can be painted
Updated the festive weapons so they can be gift-wrapped
Updated the localization files

alexanderpas

do we have a 20K around? (can they do it?)

Kevin Y

@alexanderpas Hi.

agent86

@Powerlord ah, thanks. should I have posted it as a question so you could get some easy rep? ;)

Powerlord

1:43 AM

5

A: Why is the early access version of SWTOR not downloading through EA's Origin service?

While SWTOR does require an Origin/EA account, it uses its own launcher (which is its downloader/patcher). The Early Access client is the same downloader and game client that the final game will use. This is kind of the point of Early Access, to have a copy of the final game before its official...

So why is it telling me I don't have a score of 5? That one answer alone does!

alexanderpas

@agent86 nope, too localized.

agent86

@alexanderpas :(

closed before it was even open

Nick T

@Fredy31 is that a real question or rhetorical

alexanderpas

-1

A: Is Origin required to play the digital download version of TOR?

I can't tell for sure. If you bought it elsewhere, you do not, as mentioned in this question. Your best bet is to try installing the Early Game Access client and seeing if it lets you download using that; downloading requires you to log into your SWTOR account via the client so you'll know righ...

Kevin Y

@alexanderpas 20K users can edit any tag wikis, nothing to do with synonyms though.

Powerlord

1:46 AM

@alexanderpas Right, but I have +1 in another question. 5+ 1 - 1 = 5

agent86

@Powerlord hmm, I already upvoted your answer in the first question, where's the one that's not -1?

alexanderpas

@Powerlord seems like the calculation doesn't see this one yet:

1

A: Will I be handicapped if I don't choose an alignment?

There are certain items that can only be used by players above certain Dark or Light levels. The lowest level items I've seen are various Lightsabers. In contrast to that, there are certain items that can't be used if you have over a certain light/dark level. The lowest level example of these ...

John

LOL @ Grace with a Scrooge hat!

alexanderpas

@Powerlord I used this page to find out: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2974/…

agent86

@Powerlord +1'ed the other answer, see if that helps...

alexanderpas

1:49 AM

calculation only runs once in a while (cronjob probaly.)

John

Woot first person wearing a dreidel hat. :)

agent86

@John woooooo HATS

Fredy31

Just need a +1 and I'll have it.

John

@GnomeSlice You around?

Kevin Y

GnomeSlice

1:51 AM

@John Nope.

John

@GnomeSlice Ok. I think I have some time.

@KevinY That. Doesn't. Count.

GnomeSlice

@John think? I'm kind of busy with another game anyway

John

You know he only picked you cause you're like user #5. :P

Kevin Y

I know.

GnomeSlice

I didn't get to be in one. =[

John

1:52 AM

@GnomeSlice Well if you're busy, then it doesn't matter whether I think or not.

@GnomeSlice You're on page 2.

GnomeSlice

@John I was also suspended.

John

@GnomeSlice True.

Lazers

0

Q: Change the server of the character

How can I change the server on which my character is? Is there a way? I heard you can do it in WoW, but can you do it in SWTOR?

star-wars-tor

0

Q: Remove rain in Minecraft?

Possible Duplicate: Can you turn weather off in Minecraft? God I hate when it rains in Minecraft... Is there a server command to stop/remove rain? Can you make your singleplayer world "rain-free"? Or is it just plain not removable?

minecraft

1

Q: How do I stop the launcher bringing up the UAC prompt every time?

Every time I start The Old Republic launcher/updater, it throws up the UAC prompt. Is this normal? If it isn't (or is I suppose), how do I prevent it?