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3:13 AM
so I flagged this as low quality and it was deemed invalid?
 
@Mana +1 starred for "all these cool system messages"
 
@NickT That's a good example of an answer that is completely wrong, but which still answers the question so it should be kept around and downvoted.
 
@Mana Agreed.
 
I was just going to explain, but Mana beat me to the punch. They moderatorify so fast! sheds single tear
 
Stop crying Tim, that's off-topic. I'm suspending you for a month.
5
 
3:17 AM
@Mana Me next!
 
Sorry, I'll start talking about and TF2
 
is there even any bacon at all in TF2?
 
GnomeSlice you're a quality user and every witty comment, tag, and question title you make will undoubtedly save our site. In recognition of your outstanding achievements I'm promoting you to mod.
 
@Mana Shame on you.
How about room owner.
 
Woooah. Small steps, bro.
 
3:19 AM
@Mana Lol.
 
I've figured out how to make V-8 palatable: add vodka and worcestershire sauce
 
cringe
 
Lol chatbug.
 
3:36 AM
@NickT When you have to resort to adding vodka to make something more palatable...
 
user20683
omg omg omg breathe
 
I don't know how to quote stuff, but: "The branching storyline's shape is based on your successes or failures; you will never have to replay a failed mission"
Does that mean you can fail every single mission and still accomplish something?
Or is it just a story about how you're a failure at life and you should feel bad?
 
user20683
@StrixVaria you'd lose
 
3:45 AM
Kind of goes against their whole pitch then.
 
user20683
it means that you don't have to retry or even get to retry missions until you succeed
 
user20683
by lose I mean get the bad ending
 
user20683
where the kitties win
 
That's the best ending.
 
@StrixVaria > I started a new game and played for a good 15 minutes just to get you that screenshot...
 
3:47 AM
@GnomeSlice I have no clue what that screenshot is supposed to be.
 
Wing Commander is a great game. I'd highly recommend it.
 
11 mins ago, by StrixVaria
@NickT When you have to resort to adding vodka to make something more palatable...
I thought it was relevant.
 
user20683
what game is that from?
 
Minecraft. The new Adventure Mode.
 
user20683
O_o
 
3:48 AM
He's right.
How did you know?
 
user20683
I thought minecraft was all blocks all the time
 
@WorldEngineer Notch was recently influenced by the animes to create a more fluid artistic experience.
 
I dislike most anime.
 
I dislike that the girl looks different in the icon compared to in the actual gameplay screens
keep your character designs consistent, blarrrrgh
 
3:50 AM
@Mana Celes looks better in-game anyway.
 
Tasha Baxter is good. Also, it reminds me of how I wanted to show you this song @GnomeSlice
Because her voice is AWESOME.
 
But... but I was watching ALWAYS.
 
ugh
it was 9:00 PM last time I checked, how is it suddenly 12:00 AM
 
@Mana Whoa.
 
> that was the most hipster thing i have ever seen.
gets me everytime haha. So true. oh well, I love the song.
 
4:01 AM
Heh.
I don't like the way she does her 'oooo's
"My face grieves, without any lotion"?
@Mana This video is terrible.
 
hahaahaahaha
 
What's with the guy in the hole in the floor?
 
Oh, come on. Like I'm supposed to know?
 
Even more hipster.
It's been censored, so it should be sfw.
Even though it's like Midnight here.
 
Another hipster video while I'm thinking of it
 
4:10 AM
I think this song is about making out with old ladies.
 
@GnomeSlice Can you remove the censored one, though? Even though it's censored, I'd hardly consider it SFW.
 
@Mana Too late.
Sorry about the thumbnail.
 
user20683
Hipster aesthetic is basically the Beat Movement rampaging headlong into 70s suburbia whilst gathering all the synth it can from the 80s
 
@Mana You can remove it with your mod powers
 
@TimStone No, don't you remember what happened last time he tried that.
 
4:12 AM
And done.
 
This music video is so... odd.
Old Lady Party.
 
Wow, I got quadruple-notified on that response, huh. prods chat
 
bummer, I was trying to get another kill
 
Also, this is one of the best music videos ever:
2
 
as per this I'm seeing if I can do it for the lulz
 
4:13 AM
That must have been really hard to film.
Since it was filmed slowed down, and then sped up.
 
g'night all
 
The space invaders thing is cool.
 
user20683
music is so so
 
user20683
video is good though
 
I like the song. Plus they're from my hometown.
But the video is really cool.
 
4:18 AM
HRYPHILADRLPHIA at the end?
 
@NickT HEY PHILADELPHIA
The E's look like of like R's.
And then there's the streaker.
 
they sure don't look like Es
 
I wonder how many takes the magic wand part took to get right.
Although, the entire video is one take.
 
as it was sped up they probably were like "no higher, to the left, more, more, too much"
or hell, probably just had a monitor
 
@NickT Maybe, but it still wouldn't be easy
 
4:21 AM
then shout to the pixels "now you peon"
that's how GPUs work
 
@NickT I don't hear muffled shouting from within my GPU...
It must be broken.
 
I don't either, that's probably why there's a ~10% chance every time I launch a game or full-screen video that my display starts flashing, solarizes and locks my computer up
then I need to remove my GPU and blow on it or something to get it to work again
maybe my PCIe slot blows, dunno
or the GPU
or my RAM
or my mobo
are there any RAM check utilities I can put on a flash drive and boot from it?
don't have any CD-Rs
 
user20683
puppy linux probably has one and it can fit into about 100 mb of flash space
 
does Memtest86 work with 64 bits >4GB of ram?
 
I <3 my Pickaxe.
 
4:33 AM
Hello chat.
Welcome back @gnomeslice
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Thank you.
Though I never really left. @Mana merged my sock puppet into this account.
 
@GnomeSliceツ It was pretty obvious.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I'm an idiot.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz that a new meme or something?
 
@NickT Hmm?
 
4:37 AM
WELCOME BACK @GNOMESLICE
 
@NickT Haven't you been here for like half an hour?
I'm confused though.
Can you only get one singing stone in the entire game?
The ruby one you get for killing a Sophit.
Because that seems kind of silly.
 
Okay, heading off to bed. Peace everyone.
 
That doesn't answer my question.
 
 
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8:30 AM
I feel cheap for asking all the 'easy' questions on Travel.SE
but hey, I need answers.
 
8:42 AM
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10:42 AM
Hum I did not paid attention that it's valve that makes DotA2
 
10:59 AM
@Mvy thus?
 
thus nothing
or surprise
 
11:24 AM
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arr 102 teleports. I really like that 5CP map
 
@oak you beat me to the edit by 2 seconds
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Q: Can I search for co-op games in Steam?

Atilla FilizI saw the options to search by publisher or genre. Is there a way to specify that I want to search for games with co-operative multiplayer support?

 
The capital S?
 
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Yo.
 
'morn, @Mana!
 
strains eyes can't tell if m or rn....
Okay, that is 'morn. Yes. Good morning!
 
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12:20 PM
hey !
 
Hey @Mvy. How's it going man?
 
FIne
working at university
is dark sky and hot...
 
eugh
 
all bad sides :P
 
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12:33 PM
I'd like to believe that my poor results with this Supra are a direct result of my sucking
but I can't. I really can't.
It's like, just made the mistake of doing a race
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I get a perfect start
in 5 seconds -- 5 seconds -- I'm already second to last
It can't be me. It's the fucking straight at the start of the fucking lap.
All I can do is get the perfect start and hold 'W'
 
Isn't there a mechanic where cars can go faster by driving on your tail?
 
hm... no, and that doesn't explain the half of the drivers that was NOT behind me
 
I forget the exact term but maybe it's severely unbalanced and they all line up behind you to get a massive speed boost from you and each other, before splitting off and passing
well
clearly the AI cheats and/or you need a better car
 
No, it was vs other players
 
Oh, is this NFS: World?
 
12:37 PM
I just can't do fucking shit about it. This car is too heavy; that's why it has the best acceleration of all cars; it needs every little bit of that, and it still is far from being enough
Yes, NFS:World
 
ha
have fun grinding that one out
 
I've already grund... grinded $270k out of this piece of shit
 
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Q: Looking for a game! Rock'n'Roll - top down maze game

chaineseI think I've found the game I was looking for, namely Rock'n'Roll from 1989. But the thing is, the interface seems older than I remember it. I played it on a PC, from a floppy disk. Might I have played an updated version? If anything, could someone provide me a download link? I imagine it would ...

 
Need $30k more, then I can sell this POS for $100k and get a replacement
 
It's not a valid question right now, however if it was reworked to asking if their are multiple versions of rock'n'roll I think it would be acceptable
obviously the last sentence needs to be removed
 
12:40 PM
Thanks. I saw that one and was trying to figure out what to do with it.
 
So you agree with me ?
I'll edit it for you then
if that is the case
 
Yeah.
Yo @CRoss!
 
Actually I thought the download link was the only question there
 
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@badp It seems as though he's curious to find the version of Rock'n'Roll that he played, justified/provided through a download link.
 
12:43 PM
Yeah - the download link is all he cares about
 
I edited it his question, and will leave a comment.If all he really wants is a link and doesn't like the edit, we can close it.
or just ignore him, keepit open, and answer that question
as in are there multiple versions
 
> If anything, could someone provide me a download link?
That does seem to imply that the download link is what he wants most of all
still we're not the site to be asking for that, so it's the difference between settling for knowing what game he wants to find and then searching for the download link or knowing nothing at all
 
@Mana yes?
 
@CRoss Oh, I was just saying hi. How's it going man?
 
@Mana pretty well, RPG + baby has been taking most of my time though
how's the badge?
 
12:48 PM
Pretty intense, man. I wear it with great pride though!
 
but yeah
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Q: Are there multiple versions of Rock'n'Roll?

chaineseI think I've found the game I was looking for, Rock'n'Roll. It's a top-down maze game from 1989, and I played it on a PC, from a floppy disk. But the thing is, the interface seems older than I remember it. Now I am wondering if there are multiple versions of the game. So are there multiple vers...

Look good @Mana?
 
Yeah, seems fine.
 
nevermind
 
Oh my god my dad just left to go to a meeting. EPIC DRUM SESSION TIME GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO but what do you want to ask first?
pffft :|
 
actually, yeah
I'm super curious
 
12:51 PM
then aaaaask
 
Juan, one of our wonderful mods. I rarely see him around the site. Is he not that active, or is he just super ninja like badp, so I never see him?
 
Super ninja. He's around.
 
Thank you
but yeah, was curious. I'm a curious fellow.
 
I also think he's married and has a kid, so he's not short of obligations outside of the site
But yeah he's definitely around.
 
also, is there a way to undo a close vote?
 
12:53 PM
no
 
@Wipqozn Unfortunately no, not even if you're a mod.
 
I think they are like flags
 
That seems silly.
 
Shall expire in 2 days?
 
Sometimes you can vote to close, but afterwards you someone might point out an argument for keeping it open and you can change your mind
Also, I must depart again.
Just remember: I'm awesome.
 
12:58 PM
Welp, I'm going to go as well. Peace
 
1:23 PM
Arg! Why is every possible Steam name already taken?!?
Btw, people with Steam, is that something I can change, or does it have to be good the first time around?
 
@John You can change the name that's displayed to other users and shows up on your profile.
But you'll always log in and out with the one you created.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I can live with that. Thanks
 
10 minutes to upload a 3 GB file to Youtube is pretty nice
@LessPop_MoreFizz A car tunnel between US and Russia? Cool! A car tunnel between Siberia and Alaska? How can this be possibly useful to anybody?
 
Who is going to need a tunnel from Alaska to Siberia?
 
1:30 PM
I understand it's the closest those countries are, but... seriously.
 
@badp 1) it's a rail tunnel. For freight.
 
oh. Railways
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Well when you put it that way...
 
@badp 2) Siberia is in fact connected to the rest of Russia, and you kind of need to go through it to get to the Pacific coast of Russia. Otherwise, you have to go through China or Korea basically.
 
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1:32 PM
@badp 3) It's primary usefulness is for large scale shipping. Once you have a rail line and a tunnel that's linked up to the transit networks on either side of the ocean, you can essentially cut ships out of the equation. Which is huge.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz It wouldn't have mattered anyway for cars, as you wouldn't want to do that kind of trip on a car anyway
 
@badp You say to the person that drove from NYC to LA on 12 hours notice 2 weeks ago...
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz This trip would be many times that trip if my geography isn't completely fucked up.
 
@badp Depends on where you're going from/to
 
LA-Moscow?
 
1:34 PM
Going from say... Vancouver to Seoul is definitely a doable road trip this way.
(Although that involves a jaunt through North Korea, so not so much right now...)
But in terms of physical distance, that becomes a super doable road trip.
 
Woohoo! I now have a Steam account!
@Brett (Unless I'm majorly misunderstanding the new account I just created) Steam has become a workable option.
 
@John If you can join our group!
 
@badp How do I do that?
 
Click on the big 'Community' header
Click on Groups
Search for "Gaming Stack Exchange"
Pick 'Join Group'
Or click on that link, login through your browser and join the group from there
 
Done. :)
 
1:39 PM
@Brett Why is The Baconing not on the list for the next grant? (/cc:@powerlord, )
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Put it as a comment to his question
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'll just echo @badp without actually saying what he said, but giving the impression that I have the same message to deliver so as to perform such an echo without saying such.
 
@badp I mainly wanted an excuse to link The Baconing in chat.
Because the trailer is amazing.
 
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1:46 PM
Hmm, would it be totally awesome or just dorky if I downloaded my SE gravatar and made it my Steam picture?
 
@badp Eh?
 
Exams the 5th, the 8th, etc.
 
Oh, as in, the 3rd of September
A very special day, as it were
 
@John It's your avatar... make it what you want. Your call
 
@Mvy I made it the green thing for the sake of consistency.
 
1:51 PM
@Lazers Machinarium is essentially a Flash game. Not sure if they use Flash's native data storage functions
 
I'll just leave this here
user image
7
 
2:11 PM
Ughhhhhh I don't wanna go to work today.
 
@Wipqozn Abbott and Costello for scientists?
 
@GraceNote Pretty much.
 
Oh yay, gravatar must be blocked on campus.
 
You're on a campus?
 
@GraceNote Well aren't you nosy? :/
 
2:22 PM
@Powerlord Well, much like Gravatar being blocked isn't a norm for you, so campus, therefor, isn't a norm for you. Does this mean you can access Gaming, though?
 
I don't... what
 
@GraceNote Yes,I can.
 
Nifty
 
I can read questions and all that, but when I come to chat, all the icons are blank.
Or rather, white boxes with the alt text in the larger ones.
 
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2:26 PM
@Lazers Would this be on-topic at GameDev?
 
@Brant I don't think so, that's not really a development question
 
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@GraceNote Actually, I think in this case it actually is a GameDev question.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, wait, the concept of Tetris.
 
It's definitely off-topic here.
 
2:30 PM
@GraceNote Yeah. He's not asking whether he can distribute Tetris. He's asking whether he can make tetris.
 
Moving, then
 
whee~~
 
Dwarf Fortress, or Pac-Man kill screen?
4
 
Wow, no one in that thread has an account on Game Dev. We sent a complete ghost over
 
2:31 PM
Draining the first level cavern
@Brant DF, of course
 
@GraceNote Also, @Powerlord's answer was owner-deleted before migration
 
@badp Not his second one
 
Oh I see
nvm
 
Heh, if you vote on posts before they get migrated, you can vote on them again at the destination.
 
2:40 PM
df.magmawiki.com/index.php/… I'm actually testing this out
Of course, water flow in a cavern is much slower than in a river, I think
 
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almost had a heart attack
 
Out of curiosity - warning, unpleasant imagery ahead
 
uh
 
actually I'll make a drawing
 
uhhhhhhhhhh
 
2:45 PM
is your toilet like a) or b)?
 
a)
6
b)
2
^ star appropriately
 
I'll star your choice for you Brant
 
I'm a).
 
okay...
pokes @Ivo @Fallen @Arda and the other dutchies, pointing above
 
wherever this is going it can't go well
 
2:47 PM
well, the short story is, I left a) at home, and here I have b)
 
That's a weird question.
 
You can imagine my disgust every time I clean the WC unit.
so the question is if it's just my WC being monted weirdly, if it's just this block where things are done this way, or if it's a more common thing in Netherlands.
I wanted to ask here first before I ask other people I don't really know around here, because "hey where is the hole in your WC" doesn't sound like a great conversation starter.
 
Yeah, my understanding is that it's a local thing.
 
Doesn't WC refer to the room as a whole, not the unit?
 
uh... I was takling about the unit, yeah
 
2:53 PM
@badp I would advise against tackling your unit
 
in a less visceral and more on topic discussion
 
I figured you were based on the images (A, by the way, though I guess that's kinda clear from the lack of B)
 
The car I keep bitching about
 
are the blue and white decals on the back something that came with the car, or did you have to add them yourself?
 
I added them myself. They explain how to take me over
Take me over by passing by me, not right into me :P
(Yes, I know I rammed right into a car at the first turn. It was as effective as unintentional.)
 
2:57 PM
@badp I've seen it differ a lot, really.
 
haha, they really look like someone grabbed the car's ass with white paint on their hands
 
@thedaian lol, I hadn't thought of that
I can see it now though.
 
my mind is a terribly dirty thing :(
 

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