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8:01 PM
@NickT It's @GnomeSlice. He lives off pity.
5
 
uuuugh
my heeeead. Why do naps always leave me feeling awful like this.
 
@Manaಠдಠ You can take naps?!
The last time I did that, my boss yelled at me!
 
@Powerlord ....:(
 
Anyone else get a hoodie recently?
I thought it would be a stack-exchange one or something, but no :P
 
@notch Not sure what we did, but two of our users accidentally created a new block. It can be copied with WorldEdit. http://t.co/VPJO2P7
THERE, FINE.
STANDARD TX PACK.
 
8:09 PM
I dunno, that grass looks a little too green
 
wHY DOES MY MINECRAFT KEEP DOING THIS?
Oops caps.
 
I bet if you post that tweet a few more times Notch will notice it!
 
Why did changing texture packs move the block
 
sounds like a bug
 
8:10 PM
@NickT Someone destroyed it.
 
@NickT Scam!
 
After specifically being asked not to build on my island
Anyway, my minecraft keeps randomly going blank
 
@GnomeSliceツ Looks -shopped
imho
like black?
 
@NickT join the server.
 
@GnomeSlice Ohh, you're talking about the one that looks like double slabs but the whole block is one piece.
 
8:10 PM
@NickT I can tell by the pixels
 
@NickT First it shows the loading screen background, then black
 
@GnomeSliceツ a solid stone block?
 
I don't like your server, too restrictive
 
You've gotta get better at explaining things @Gnome.
 
@KevinY What did you think I was talking about...
 
8:11 PM
can't even use water buckets
 
@NickT No it's not...
@NickT Well, it's public
 
@NickT And from seeing quite a few shops in my time
 
Come check out the blocks anyway
 
You kept showing actual double-slab blocks.
._.
 
@KevinY I had two of them side by side
 
8:11 PM
0
Q: How to separate the challenge penguins in Slay on 640x480?

TimI'm playing Sean O'Connor's Slay on screen with max resolution 640x480, which makes my penguins stack so that I can't see my highscore on all levels. How can I find the score out? Is there a readable data file somewhere, or a trick to make the window larger than the desktop?

0
Q: What army do I need to attack a Wilderness in Dragons of Atlantis?

Ivo FlipseI decided to be sensible and scout a level 9 Wilderness before attacking it and found out it had at least 5000 Stenches: What size of army from my side would I need to defeat them and how can I estimate what army I'll be up against in the future? Any suggestions on upgrades and unit compositi...

 
Maybe you can only see ones created after you logged in the first time
 
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Q: Minecraft: What texture pack is this?

fbreretoI recently saw this on reddit and would like to use the same texture pack, but I don't know what it is called: Any ideas?

 
Definitely a bug.
 
@ArdaXi ITM, ban it
 
Oh good lord. I am so old.
 
8:13 PM
@NickT No can do.
 
Know Your Meme claims that the "that looks shopped" meme is from 1999...
 
I've seen some 'shops in my time, and that, good sir, is one.
 
Really? That's considered a meme?
 
@Manaಠдಠ Yeah. pretty common image macro
 
8:15 PM
 
@NickT Looks real enough.
I just saw myself come in... huh?
 
@ArdaXi I see that all the time?
 
@ArdaXi Doppelgänger?
 
@GnomeSliceツ I don't leave.
 
8:19 PM
@Arda Did you know that most people die within 24 hours of seeing their doppelgänger?
Food for paranoid thought.
 
Luckily I'm not paranoid.
steals @Mana's tin-foil hat
 
You're actually killed by him and he takes your place
 
Oh well, so long as the world isn't relieved of me.
 
that's why it's rarely in the news, nobody notices
 
0
Q: Are there any good Mega Man flash games?

PaulI've never plates a Mega Man game before and I thought the easiest way to get into the series (without any classic consoles) would be to play a flash game. I could always download an emulator if that'd be better.

Can we grab two more close votes here from two choice bros?
 
8:20 PM
@KevinY weird huh?
 
@Manaಠдಠ YES, KS BITCHES
 
@Mana You can't sound harsh, man.
Especially not overly.
 
@GnomeSliceツ Yeah.
 
BOOYA hi-fives @NickT and @Arda
 
dodges
 
8:21 PM
:(
 
I don't do hi-fives.
 
Polydactyly or polydactylism (from Ancient Greek (polus) "many" + δάκτυλος (daktulos) "finger"), also known as hyperdactyly, is a congenital physical anomaly in humans, dogs, and cats having supernumerary fingers or toes. Presentation The extra digit is usually a small piece of soft tissue that can be removed. Occasionally it contains bone without joints; rarely it may be a complete, functioning digit. The extra digit is most common on the ulnar (little finger) side of the hand, less common on the radial (thumb) side, and very rarely within the middle three digits. These are respe...
 
@Arda Is this you?
 
@Manaಠдಠ No.
 
IDRA RAAAAGE
I heard Huk's 'welcome to EG (or whatever)' video had clips of Idra raging at him
 
8:23 PM
@Nick u do realize ... that most of my rage were halluc
LOL jus sayin, u weren't loss
 
lol
 
Man, I want to see that video now.
 
"I expected him to all in because he couldn't beat me in a real game"
 
sicily is great and all, but it can be quite the challenge to my willpower stat
 
@badp what part of Italy is Mario from?
 
8:30 PM
@Nick That was pretty awesome, haha
 
Who was it that hated Mario again?
 
the usa part of it :-}
 
Right, @sjohnston hates Mario.
 
@badp you realize that Japan created him
 
@NickT Isn't Idra a huge asshole?
 
8:31 PM
> Managed C++ combines the streamlined elegance of native C++ with the high performance, execution stack transparency and platform/vendor flexibility of .NET.
I lolled
 
You can get Erkie (kick-ass) on the app store?
 
@Powerlord Linus on C++
 
How would that even work?
 
Hey guys, wanted to poll you here too
 
@FallenAngelEyes poll away
 
8:36 PM
I'm planning on hitting up the Guild Wars 2 demo tomorrow, will probably have to wait 1 or 2 hours
there are other demos on the floor, like StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Diablo III, the PlayStation Vita
 
@Wipqozn he is....special
 
but the wait for those is also 1-2 hours, Diablo is 2+ hours usually
do you guys want me to wait to get my hands on the demo for those or try to see more of other stuff on the floor
 
@Powerlord Well, the .NET bit I half-agree with, but C++ streamlined? Elegant?
 
the thing with waiting is it really eats into the day
and the weekend will only get worse with more people coming
 
What you talk about
 
8:38 PM
@ArdaXi They were being sarcastic on both parts. The "platform/vendor flexibility of .NET" should have given that away.
 
@Powerlord It's more platform/vendor flexible than C++.
 
@NickT she's at gamescom
 
sounds communist
 
Communists need to game too
 
Hey. don't knock communism. It's a good political system until you get people involved.
 
8:42 PM
SC2 fails at promoting it's own pro-gaming scene
LoL is way better
 
SC2 doesn't have to
 
@NickT oh snap
 
at Dreamhack the LoL stream had like 150k ppl, SC2 stream had like 20k
 
@FallenAngelEyes Is it single player or multiplayer demo?
for heart of the swarm
 
SC2 has more than 20k right now without a major tournament
 
8:43 PM
20k what
 
Viewers
 
on what stream
 
Over different ones: teevox.com
 
@Wipqozn Pigs aren't very good at it either.
 
Yeah, SC2 viewership seems quite robust to me
 
8:44 PM
@Wipqozn I thiiiiiink it's MP but I'm not sure.
thing is, I suck at SC
I'm not a competitive RTS player
 
@sjohnston Perhaps, but it's a fraction of what it could be
 
@NickT shhh details
so yesterday I was with friends and we decided to get a pizza
 
@FallenAngelEyes I am obsessed with GW2, so I would be happny with any and all info on that.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I wouldn't bother with SC then. You probably won't be able to do a decent preview of any new units. No offense intended, of course.
 
@sjohnston Trust me, I have lots of that
 
8:46 PM
I get a 'fumo', which should have speck and smoked cheese.
 
@Wipqozn I wouldn't and it's the truth, none taken.
 
@NickT So wait, what actually is your complaint about SC2?
 
This pizzeria however replaced speck with pancetta.
When we got back with the pizzas to the group, a father and his young child start assigning pizzas
as they get to mine, the child decided, "this is mine!"
@Powerlord would be proud
 
@badp ?
 
(I didn't however give it up to him)
 
8:48 PM
But what do you guys want? Like for Diablo III, I could play that decently, but do you prefer I go see more things rather than waiting in lines for stuff?
 
no, I mean speck. By pancetta I mean bacon.
 
In parts of the English-speaking culinary world, the term "speck" refers to Italian speck, a type of prosciutto, rather than German speck, which is identical to the Italian "lardo". The term "speck" became part of popular parlance only in the eighteenth century and replaced the older term "bachen", a cognate of "bacon".
 
Speck Alto Adige PGI is a dry-cured, lightly smoked ham (prosciutto in Italian), produced in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Its production is regulated by the European Union under the protected geographical indication (PGI) status. History The first documents containing the word "speck" date back to the 18th century, although it already appears in the butcher regulations and in the accounting records of the Tyrolean princes in the year 1200 under different names and definitions. Initially, speck was produced in order to preserve the meat for a long time. It was a method that allowed fam...
 
@NickT I think SC2 is marketing e-sports more successfully than any other games. I suppose there's a lot more that could be done, but it's really still a new field. It's going to be a while before people figure out how to make it work.
 
@FallenAngelEyes: So, did you stop by Capcom's booth and ask them about Ace Attorney Investigations 2?
 
8:50 PM
@Powerlord Haha not yet :P I feel like I saw so much today yet at the same time so little x_x
 
@FallenAngelEyes Clone yourself
Hope you're having fun!
 
@badp I am super exhausted, but yes, I am :)
Also, did you see, I gave out Gaming.SE swag to a lead programmer for Guild Wars 2 :D
 
:D
 
Man, I've started playing League of Legends...I feel so overwhelmed.
 
8:53 PM
How do I figure out which spells compliment my character...?
 
@Manaಠдಠ Don't overexpand go back to your bage OMG WHAT THE SEE YOU'RE DEAD
 
@FallenAngelEyes Everything I've seen about those guys makes them look really friendly and personable.
 
@sjohnston They are awesome
 
Bah, I've got to stop reading the question title, writing an answer to that question, then reading the question body and discovering it's different
 
@FallenAngelEyes I would rather you explore the rest of the floor. Guild Wars 2 is the game I'm really interested in,
 
8:54 PM
@fredley heh, bummer
 
@fredley I hate that
 
I think I'm going to have to delete it
 
@fredley I've done that many times with Minecraft questions. :/
 
@KevinY The beers are not helping >.<
 
bah
I took a shower and now my eyes are achingly dry
 
8:56 PM
the speed of light spreading is determined by the speed of your computer
 
oh gaming, you always deliver great quotes
 
@Wipqozn Trust me, I have a ridiculous amount of info on that and I'll more tomorrow. I imagine people will be unhappy if I have only GW2 stuff though :P
except like, you and @sjohnston
 
@FallenAngelEyes Who cares about other people?
Seriously, what's up with that?
 
@Wipqozn other people, I presume
 
8:57 PM
@CruelCow Well it's fairly selfish of them.
 
that's why I don't care for them
 
@Wipqozn Don't make me stab you.
 
@Powerlord See? this is exactly the reason I don't care about other people.
 
People care about other people?
 
@ArdaXi No they don't. Which is another reason I don't care about them.
 
9:04 PM
@Wipqozn Fine, see if I ever give you any ever again.
 
@Powerlord I hate , so that makes me very happy. Thank you.
 
@Wipqozn See if I ever give you or ever again. >:/
 
@Powerlord I'm no fool. The only and you have is bacon flavoured. Nice try.
As the say in France, check and mate sir.
 
@Wipqozn Those sound nasty. No, I like peanut butter cookies, and all sorts of ice cream flavors (mmm, Mint Chocolate Chip)
 
King me!
@Powerlord I dislike mint, but peanut butter cookies are bad ass.
 
9:06 PM
For some reason, I've always liked Mint ice cream.
 
Peanut butter chocolate chip even more so.
 
Although it's really hard to beat double chocolate ice cream. :D
I do recall seeing a triple chocolate ice cream before.
 
@Powerlord I've had triple chocolate before. It's basically awesome.
 
It was chocolate with chocolate chips and fudge swirls I think.
<3 chocolate.
 
Who doesn't?
Gangbangers and drug dealers, that's who!
Actually I think they like chocolate too.
I must agree though, I rather love my chocolate. I've had ice cream very similar to the one you described above, it was very delicious.
 
9:09 PM
But alas, I don't really have any ice cream at home. Instead, I have granola bars, popcorn (local store had Orville-Reddenbacher Microwave popcorn on sale), and Peanut Butter Dove Promises.
 
I have a movie style popcorn popper in my home. It's pretty damn good.
 
@Powerlord I think that's on sale in the store where I work right now. Well, we sell it anyway.
 
So, HP is getting rid of its PC and tablet business.
I guess they want to be known as "the printer company" again.
 
Seriously?
 
arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/to-the-moon.ars <-- I can't tell if those textures are direct rips from Chrono Trigger, or just heavily inspired by them.
Every TF2 server needs this plugin loaded whenever cp_manor_event or cp_harvest_event come up.
 
9:24 PM
What's the difference between 0 and 1?
3
 
@ArdaXi 1 disables holidays that would otherwise be enabled.
 
Why would they be enabled at 0?
 
So, if it were during the halloween event and you set sm_tf2holiday 1, it would disable halloween mode.
 
Ah,
 
Whereas 0 would disable the plugin, so halloween mode would still be on.
I used to have this plugin, but it broke at one point and I'm just now getting around to looking at it again.
I don't know if this will cause the Horsemann to appear on Manor though.
(I'm hoping it will)
 
9:29 PM
What's the point of playing an Halloween map without Halloween mode?
 
That plugin is just a wrapper around this function now, so it should work as expected.
@badp Exploding pumpkins, plus some people like the design of Manor better than Mountain Lab.
I never realized the value you receive in that function is a reference, so if you change it then return Plugin_Changed, it updates the value on the server side.
 
Prototype at €7 sounds interesting
I don't know if my laptop can run it tho.
I doubt it actually
@LessPopMoreFizz Prototype is on sale and on your wishlist for 1 more hour
 
I'll see if I can get my server to play Manor tonight. They did last night, but then again, we also played like 3 customs last night (cp_gullywash, tc_meridian, and ctf_haarp)
Hmm, going home time again.
Lets see if I can convince my brain tonight that I should finish my voting plugin changes.
I mean, these should be simple changes!
Simple, but required to make it work.
Anyway, time to go.
 
@Powerlord We'll miss you powerlord
 
Sometimes I feel like I'm causing trouble to my Steam Translation Server moderators
I often rephrase while I translate to try and simplify some of the elaborate sentences
For example I'll read "There was an error while comitting the trade. No items have been exchanged." and translate "No trading has occurred due to technical issues."
It's basically the same meaning, but I get the feeling others would rather have me translate stuff word by word.
Wait, this is probably more appropriate for the Language chatroom.
except there's no such thing. (I was thinking of Literature.)
 
9:41 PM
@badp That's the difference between translation and localization
 
@FallenAngelEyes Heh, I think my task is to convey the meaning. If you want word by word, you can use Google Translate.
 
@badp well the no item part is kinda important
 
@badp I'd say you're probably doing more localization than translation
 
@CruelCow Is it?
 
teevox.com/#/sc/esltv_event_hd <- GW2 stuff for fans LIVE: click esltv at the bottom
@badp I can see people going insane: OH SHIT WHAT IF HE GOT MY STUFF AND I DIDN'T GET HIS
 
9:44 PM
@CruelCow Uh... there was no trade.
 
True, it's kinda implied, but the original puts a bit more emphasis on it.
 
There's the additional problem that "trade" translates to "scambio" and "exchange" translates to "scambiare" and going word by word without sounding repetitive becomes challenging.
Also, there's no real equivalent of "commit."
 
sometimes you can't translate the meaning 100%, I understand
but aren't there other people which you can discuss with?
 
The thing is that STS is kinda... passive aggressive. There's no inbuilt discussion place in
Only moderators can leave comments
If other people don't like your proposal, all they can do is make their counter-proposal
 
No steam group chat or anything?
 
9:46 PM
It's always empty.
 
@badp Confirm?
 
I can't blame them for that.
Besides, I can't login to Steam
@FallenAngelEyes "store" would come closest here, given the technical databases meaning of 'commit'.
 
@badp Ah, hrm.
I don't know Italian at all, so. :P
Though there was a huuuge group of Italian tourists in our hotel restaurant during dinner and I thought of you
 
We do not translate that term at all in classes, we just say "to do the commit"
Now, if you're just wanting to trade items... that's just going to confuse the hell out of people. That's why I (and the moderator who counter-suggested) skipped it.
@CruelCow Good point about the emphasis on items though, made a third suggestion.
@FallenAngelEyes How did you notice? Did they order bread and water? :P
 
@badp I've never run into Italian tourists before. >> is that a thing?
 
9:55 PM
@FallenAngelEyes We usually drink water during dinner and have liberal amount of bread with our meat (in Italy bread's free in restaurants actually). I've seen that's not something common outside the borders.
 
I did see everyone with carafes of water
 
I can speak italian, YOOOU JUSSST NEEEED TOOOO SPEEEEAK RREEEEALLY SLOOOOW AND REEEEALLLLY LOUUUUUUD
and they'll understand you
 
@NickT No, the important thing is hand gestures. Italian is actually a sign language.
 
Hey, @badp - is this "frequented tags" thing new?
Also, how do I turn it off?
 
↑ This. Can you imagine the pain before movies? We had to do comics of all our hand gestures, and each took three panes.
@RavenDreamer No. It's a number of tags you frequent and ought to favourite. Favourite a tag and it'll go away.
 
10:03 PM
 
@badp but I don't want to favorite tags. I love them all the same!
 
@RavenDreamer Then live with frequented tags!
 
Yeah, I like how the site has compensated for my laziness by just doing it automagically
 
Alternatively... you could do this.
@NickT meh. (literally)
 
@RavenDreamer yes
 
10:05 PM
aww, you deleted it. you heartless bastard!
 
Oh! I know what happened.
 
besides, Arda isn't a terrible mod. He's just going to make one.
 
The tag that you foisted upon me when I first reached 20k is now gone.
 
I'm pretty sure I'd put two dashes before bp
 
You may have.
Hm. Now I wonder what happened to that tag?
 
10:07 PM
Here we go. This should work, @RavenDreamer
 
All I asked was a question, I can add my own tag favorites, thankyouverymuch.
 
My favourite tags right now are roguelikes allegiance gyromancer portal darwinia nethack uplink world-of-goo tas alien-swarm first-person-shooter quake* doom* deus-ex need-for-speed* half-life* prey multiwinia bob-came-in-pieces vvvvvv minecraft die2nite crawl team-fortress-2 bioshock super-meat-boy portal-2 bit-trip-beat beat-hazard cthulhu-saves-the-world altitude spiral-knights magnetis spacechem. I don't even know if they all exist.
 
SPACECHEM
 
@RavenDreamer but you didn't want to select one over the others!
 
Oak
I hate "funny" question titles.
 
10:09 PM
@badp you can favorite a tag and use wildcards?
 
@badp - that wasn't an invitation to screw around with my tag favorites, though.
 
Yes.
@RavenDreamer I apologize then.
 
Apology accepted. Let's move past this.
 
Now to screw with @Oak's tags.
 
@Oak Why?
 
10:10 PM
(I'm kidding :|)
 
@Oak They popularise our site.
 
Oak
@RavenDreamer half of them aren't really informative. Very bad for question googlability. People just want to be cool... but when I search for a problem in Google and see a tongue-in-cheek title, I'll probably assume it doesn't really answer the question. I do like the ones who are informative... but many aren't.
I have a feeling most people don't feel the same, though. sigh
 
If they get more views than questions with more conventional titles (and they often do) doesn't that point out more question visibility rather than less?
 
Oak
@RavenDreamer I have a feeling it's more from stackexchange users curious about the title, than from people who actually encountered the same problem
And let me be clear, again, not all of them are like that. If you can make your title cool while still keeping it informative and relevant, it's really awesome
 
Eh. I can see a case either way.
 
10:14 PM
@Oak Either way, it brings people to our site.
 
Oak
Just too many people try to make cool titles just for the sake of cool titles.
It's becoming a trend, and I don't like it.
 
And then there's Gnomeslice...
 
Oak
That's it. /rant
 
@Oak If they're asking questions for the sake of cool titles that's a problem.
 
@Oak If you're worried about it, may I encourage you to ask a duplicate question with the proper title?
 
10:15 PM
If they're just sprucing up their question with one that's good.
 
Oak
@ArdaXi I'm pretty sure we've had a few cases of that, as well
 
@badp that's actually an ingenious solution
 
Oak
@badp I just edited one which was just too fucking much.
 
@Oak Which?
 
@Oak I think that one was a poor question in the first place.
 
10:17 PM
@Oak hugs :(
 
2
Q: How to deal with natural disasters?

Dave McClellandI just started playing From Dust, and I find it rather clunky to control. While building a bridge as part of the objective, my villagers will randomly start drowning, my village will randomly get hit by a tsunami, lava will pour down the mountaintop, or any number of unfortunate things may happe...

Hi, @Mana!
 
Google-ability isn't really hurt by the question.
 
Okay, people need to stop starring that, right now.
 
@RavenDreamer Starring what?
 
10:18 PM
I feel awful. I just reinstalled Starcraft 2.
This isn't going to end well, no matter how it ends.
 
@Manaಠдಠ Re-install Frozen Synapse.
 
nooooooo
not another game
 
Thank you.
 
You sound annoyed @RavenDreamer.
 
People are so suggestible.
 
10:19 PM
Hope everything's still okay.
I mean, dammit, I'm the one who is supposed to hate fun! Right @GnomeSlice? :P
 
@badp I think @ArdaXi is a great guy, and I don't want to further a tongue-and-cheek site meme that I disagree with in the first place!
 
Why'd you star this? It makes me look like an idiot.
 
And yeah, I don't know why I'm coming off as so crabby today.
 
@RavenDreamer Psst, I was the one who starred it.
 
shrugs
 
10:20 PM
@RavenDreamer Because I know Arda is fine with being on the receiving end of some banter.
 
That meme did wonders for my popularity.
I mean, come on. Any publicity is good publicity.
 
At least - he's been so far.
 
Maybe I'll go play some Spiral Knights or somesuch until I'm more accommodating.
 
Have fun!
 
Sad that there'll be no Dominion footage until tomorrow...
 
10:28 PM
Another Nerf Now I don't get
 
@Manaಠдಠ I have not played that in ages.
Feel like a match?
 
@ArdaXi Also this.
 
10:44 PM
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Q: Why should I mine Gold in Minecraft?

WarfaceDoes it have any use in the game beside cheap tools, armors and weapons? Why is it that such an item, rare as it is, be so useless in the game? Why should I bother mining it?

 
@Lazers that's quite the duplicate
 
11:05 PM
@badp Right.
Deadshot has perfect aim. When he’s not in a bodycast. Which he is.
 
posted on August 18, 2011 by Simon Sheehan

June 20, 2008. A new game was brought forward from EA and DICE – Battlefield: Bad Company. It brought forth a different way of combat, unlike the majority of first person shooter games in its genre. Battlefield was a largely PC based series, and this was bringing it to the consoles. The single player revolved [...]

 
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Q: Blog double login

M'vySince the change of domain, we have the particular problem of having to log in twice to blog. In fact, the address of the admin site is : http://gaming.blogoverflow.com/ while the preview module redirects to http://blog.gaming.stackexchange.com/ Hence the cookie is not recognised on the second ...

 
@ArdaXi Yes but redirects to the other
and asks login a second time
(provided you weren't log in before)
 

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