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8:00 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Double...faced?
 
Yeah
No back
faces on both sides of the card
click the link I linked to see a couple examples
 
So now everyone can see your next card?
And also if that card is in your hand, they know some of your hand
Oh okay
read more of the article
 
Can't follow the link... it's blocked.
 
THis solves the problem
will that display for you @Powerlord?
 
Yeah, the proxy cards
 
8:03 PM
@Wipqozn No.
 
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Q: Starcraft 2 playable on Aspire 5552G?

ChhamaI have an Acer Aspire 5552G with Athlon X2 P340, ATI HD5470 and 2 GB DDR3 memory. Playing Starcraft 2 is next to impossible with this configuration. Will adding more memory allow me to play with decent framerate or is the system configuration not enough to handle Starcraft 2?

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Q: What happens if you use Skarner's ultimate and then Flash?

Chris RasysSkarner's ultimate, Impale, allows him to basically grab an enemy and freely move around, dragging the enemy with him. But what happens if Skarner performs a Flash during this time? Similarly, I'm assuming that using Ghost during this time would allow you to drag the enemy much further. Obvious...

 
How's that?
 
> To put a double-faced card into your deck, you have two options: You can put your entire deck in opaque card sleeves, as many players already do, or you can use the checklist card provided in many Innistrad packs.

> If you're using sleeves, it's pretty straightforward. You'll want to put the double-faced card in the sleeve with its front face showing, and take it out of the sleeve when it transforms. (Putting it back in is optional, at least until it leaves the battlefield.)
 
Well as @FallenAngelEyes said, they have proxy cards for use in the deck itself.
oh my
That would be a nice addition to a deck destruction deck
 
@Wipqozn "Milling" :)
 
8:08 PM
@Wipqozn whack Stop posting images I can't see. :P
 
@Powerlord we'll just have @ArdaXi re-link them all
 
No we won't. I'm playing.
 
there you go. Better @Powerlord?
@ArdaXi Lazy.
 
Also, they really have to fix chat not scrolling up someone posts a picture.
 
Enchant... Player?
 
8:09 PM
@Powerlord Yep
@ArdaXi Yeah that drives me nuts
 
It's a shame Magic got rid of some of the older things. I always thought Global Enchantments were interesting, since anyone playing a new Global Enchantment made the old one go away. But those haven't been printed since... Homelands... 15 years ago?
 
World Enchantments? Yeah they've been gone a while
Words with Friends hates me
my tray is IIEEAOZ :(
 
ZIE, if you were Italian.
or OZIA.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I didn't like the ads in that, so I eventually switched to the 'all in one' games app by Playmesh. Their words game is even better, I think.
 
(aunts / he slacks)
 
8:14 PM
However, recently, they starting pushing ads too. =[
 
@badp Yeah this is in English though :(
I keep finding Dutch words but I can't use those either
 
However, such games can't work in Italian because you can't really suffix or prefix words to change them in other words
 
@GnomeSliceツ I don't have a smartphone, WWF just released for FB recently.
 
'sup @tombull89
 
but yeah there's ads on FB too
 
8:15 PM
Hey @Mana
is preparing for the influx of Minecraft 1.8-related questions
 
@FallenAngelEyes Damn.
 
@GnomeSliceツ Sep 8th
 
@tombull89 Oh god, no.
 
minimum
Also I haven't had dinner yet.
Luckily now I'm no longer subject to other people's dining times.
 
9 hours ago, by Yi Jiang
user image
 
8:17 PM
@badp I knew it was early September, wasn't sure when though
 
@tombull89 The 8th is suggested as half of the release
with the second half delayed even further
 
So this bookface deal will not only bring in more users, but humour as well!
thanks for posting that @YiJiang
 
Btw, we got a 'not constructive' flag for gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/29293/… (he used a custom text so it won't show in the 10k tools)
 
@tombull89 Wait, when does that rear its head?
 
@GnomeSliceツ Just checked twitter, _jeb is indeedly putting it at Sept 8th.
 
@badp whenis... seriously...
 
@Wipqozn I'd love for him to send an e-mail to FB explaining the "bug" and love even more to see the response.
@badp what...I...jeeze.
Heya @
wait what was that?
 
Yo @tombull
 
Try Again: Hi, @AnnaLear.
 
@GnomeSliceツ Hey, apparently Jeb and Notch were getting overwhelmed with questions asking about the release date
 
8:21 PM
@badp Gee, you think so?
 
That's public service if you ask me.
 
@tombull89 Ahoy.
 
Yeah, I have this unfounded suspicion.
 
This Legend of Zelda Minecraft mod Seananners is playing is pretty neat
 
@FallenAngelEyes seananners?
 
8:30 PM
A guy who does a bunch of Let's Plays on the youtubes
 
lol youtubes
 
user30
PEPS, y u no kill robot?
 
Oh oh oh, I just got my Dutch SSN.
I'm now a little Dutchier inside.
 
You got a BSN?
:o
 
Aye
 
8:35 PM
I remember when we called those sofinumbers
 
So like, on what grounds did you get it?
 
I'd love to discuss this, but my pasta's water's heating.
 
I didn't know you could get one just for going to school here
 
@FallenAngelEyes Well, I'm living in Amstelveen. I had to fill in some sort of immigration form.
 
@badp And that's less Dutchy again.
 
8:36 PM
I have to send them back another card after I leave, I guess that'll invalidate the BSN
 
@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, me neither.
 
I didn't know you could get one just for temporary residency for education though, huh
 
I think they did this so we can get this damned Dutch bank account you require so many things for
 
I didn't even have to be of age to get a bank account.
 
You guys really loathe cash
 
8:38 PM
They do
 
@ArdaXi Obviously, you need a dutch bank account to get a personal OV-chipcard to get your under-16 travel discounts.
 
Under-16?
 
You don't even get correct change here for cash
 
No, I love cash. I just don't have enough of it.
 
which is really really weird to me
 
8:38 PM
@ArdaXi AFAIK
 
There are no under-16 travel discounts.
That's under-12.
 
Well, even more to the point.
anyway, bbl.
 
And back then, there were no OV-chipcards
 
Like, if something is €6,99 and you pay with a €10 bill, you get €3 back
 
There are now
 
8:39 PM
and they just say the total is €7
 
That's all new though.
 
@FallenAngelEyes That's actually pretty common
In Italy too many places just round to the nearest 5 cents
 
@badp Oh do they do that in Italy too?
 
Yeah, they're simply phasing out the €0,01 and €0,02 coins.
 
In Germany they have change machine things
 
8:39 PM
Hell some countries banned €0.01 and €0.02 coins, requiring rounding to 5 cents for everything.
 
Like ours.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Okay, it's not common, but not completely unheard of either
 
Well, we still accept them, but we don't mint them
 
It's really bizarre to me
 
user30
oh, that badge is sexy in game as well
 
8:40 PM
People in the US tend to be pretty picky about getting the correct change
 
Again, it's only of the last few years.
 
To be fair they do the rounding both ways in general
so neither side gets screwed, normally.
 
It's just kind of weird to me, aren't there pennies being gained and lost all the time then?
How do you keep the accounts actually straight?
 
They are sent back to the bank.
@FallenAngelEyes It's simply a net gain/loss.
No more, no less.
 
I find it baffling.
 
8:41 PM
I think it averages out.
For every transaction that amounts to €0,06 you get one that amounts to €0,04.
 
I really wish we'd ditch the penny in the US and round everything to 5 cents. >:|
 
Actually, thinking back about the SSN
before coming here I had to sign a form saying that I'm not going to work in here so my Italian health insurance is also valid in here
otherwise I'd have to get Dutch health insurance
I guess you need an SSN for that
 
You're not going to work at all?
 
@ArdaXi I can't.
 
8:44 PM
I see.
 
(Not like I would. :P)
 
I'm still in school and I have a job.
 
Time to go. Later.
 
Oh, and I had to sign that I normally earn less than ~€31k, or Duwo wouldn't get to help me with housing
Luckily for me I have no trouble certifying my earnings of €0
 
Okay, I suck at stealth.
@badp Annually?
 
8:54 PM
@ArdaXi CARDBOARD. BOXES.
 
What do cardboard boxes have to do with stealth?
 
Everything. You stack them up so you can reach heights from where the guards can't see you.
Then you find things to jump onto that let you travel across the room(i.e. ceiling lamps)
 
Cardboard boxes are your answer to everything, aren't they?
 
Also, if you need to distract a guard, you drop a cardboard box from a height and it'll call them over.
Then you can jump down behind them and quickly press Q for the takedown, and no alarm will be raised.
 
Wow, playing for stealth is so much more fun.
I can incapacitate someone without their friend noticing.
 
9:03 PM
Yeah, that's really fun.
 
Does lead me to a serious ammo issue.
 
Huh? I'd imagine it would be quite the opposite if you're being a pacifist.
 
user30
c'mon specs, please run properly remotely this time
 
@Mana Non-lethal ammo.
Tranquilizer darts, to be specific.
 
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Q: Question displaying with a line break at the beginning where there should be none

Matthew ReadThe question Where is the Mysterious Trader from The Witcher 2 DLC 1? has the following content: Where is the Mysterious Trader from The Witcher 2 DLC 1? More specifically, the one from Act 3. You'll note the lack of blank line at the beginning. However, this is how it displays: My red line...

 
9:12 PM
I found out that guards aren't overly concerned when you kill their friends. I couldn't find out how to hack a terminal in Hive without getting harassed by a bouncer, so I just shot him with a silenced pistol...other bouncers noticed and even remarked about there being a body on the floor, but because they didn't see me they pretty quickly shrugged it off and went back to standing around.
 
They'll still be alarmed though.
 
They were, but only momentarily.
Apparently random bodies on the floor in a nightclub is no big deal.
 
Still, I'm going for pacifist. Not the one where you don't alarm anyone.
 
9:28 PM
Why did they have to make Jensen's main fatal takedown move a boob-stab?
 
I thought ELU was the only room I'd return to those words regardless of how long I'm gone.
 
Wow, I missed that Portal live action thing
that's impressive
 
@GraceNote Well, at least I haven't started talking about poop yet. WAIT, THAT'S A TRANSITION
just kidding. that was a joke.
 
@ArdaXi Yeah.
Out of curiosity, so that I'm positive about this
SSN in Dutch is called 'BSN' right?
 
Yeah. Burger Service Nummer - Citizen Service Number
 
9:32 PM
or is it something like 'Beware-this-person-is-actually-a-terrorist-social Security Number'
 
At least, that's what I think SSN means.
Right.
Wait, does that mean you get a vreemdelingendocument?
@FallenAngelEyes Do you know how to translate that? I'm at a loss.
 
I don't have any further documents planned for myself
 
Well, you need some form of identity.
 
@ArdaXi Ehm.
 
Did you get any pass or something with your SSN application?
 
9:33 PM
Oh, I have my Carta d'Identità.
 
Sorta kinda like a green card if you were in the US
 
@badp Italian in origin?
 
Yes.
 
It's a document that says you're an immigrant
 
Are you talking about some kind of 'residential permit'
 
9:34 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Right, yeah, I suppose you only get that if you're moving here.
 
Okay, well, I received a letter from Gemeente Amstelveen
 
@badp Just some form of identity. I see them when foreigners want to buy beer and they're under 20.
 
@badp That'd be a verblijfsvergunning
 
It's in Dutch so all I've cared about is the 'Uw BSN is' line in bold
@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, that's obviously different. :)
 
That's what I have because I live here and stuff with a Dutch partner
 
9:36 PM
Well, I mean, with the legitimatieplicht and everything.
 
So...
I'm passing a few sentencing through Google Translate
this caught my attention - beware of possible typos
> Binnen 4 weken na datum van inschrijving krijgt u uw persoonslijst toegestuurd.
 
Persoonslijst?
 
I was wondering about that one too
 
Why would they send you a list of persons?
 
> De naam- en adresgegevens en geboortedatum in deze brief zijn voorlopig. Binnen 4 weken na datum van inschrijving krijgt u uw persoonslijst toegestuurd. Op deze persoonslijst staan uw gegevens zoals deze uiteindelijk zijn opgenomen in de GBA.
More context (everything I've transcribed so far.)
 
9:39 PM
All makes sense, I just don't understand what this 'persoonslijst' is.
 
I can only guess this letter is a template written with more than one person in mind.
 
Or it's a list of data.
With the s signifying possession, not plurality.
 
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@TimStone you save the day again
I hope you're going to receive some kind of something from SE. Be it waffles or unicorn cheques.
 
@badp What's this about?
 
9:51 PM
@GraceNote Nonononononono. You have it all wrong.
"A guy walks into a cafè. Splash."
It's only funny if you're Italian though, and even then it's at most groan-worthy.
 
@badp French too.
 
goddammit EA & Bioware
arrrrgh
They shut down the legacy accounts/site a couple months ago when Bioware got hacked in that whole slew of sites that got hacked
Legacy accounts were also where your cd-keys were stored
I want to play some NWN, but the discs are still at my parents' house with my keys, and I didn't think that was a problem because my keys were stored on the site
Sigh -_-
 
@badp Hahah, nah, Jin was all over that. :P
 
Huh, Puzzle Pirates came to Steam
 
10:09 PM
Heh, you can get into any Sarif Industries office without hacking.
 
10:25 PM
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Q: Creating an SMP Minecraft launcher

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So Cloud 9 currently only really works for node.js stuff
 
Whose freaking idea was it to have an escort quest only 3 missions into Hammerfight aaaaaaaaaaaagh
 
@FallenAngelEyes I know. It isn't that difficult however.
Also that's the only one I've seen so far
so once you get this one done, you should be escort free for a long while.
 
yeah gonna use the advice from the night light question you asked, was getting really frustrated with them
yay
it's an interesting concept, the game
I'm using my gamepad atm rather than a mouse
 
did you take the normal or hard branch at the start?
 
10:33 PM
...hard I think
 
The two hunt stages? The first 60 seconds, the other 2 minutes? That's where I got stuck in the demo :D
 
Are those after the escort?
Yay just beat it by luring them into my partner
"I don't have to outrun them, I just have to outrun you"
 
@FallenAngelEyes No, they were the first two missions right after the branch IIRC
 
Ah, killing the worms?
 
Yeah
 
10:45 PM
@FallenAngelEyes That's the only real escort mission. And it's not even very different from the other ones.
@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, you didn't want to do the hard branch if it was your first time playing.
@FallenAngelEyes ...And use a mouse.
 
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JohnI understand that depending on how satisfied a faction is with your rule, they will grant special benefits or penalties. However, I don't understand these: What do these modifiers mean?

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TraxtoA friend is searching desperately for a RTS game he can't remember. Some clues: The history was about 7-8 magic disciples, from a great mage. They broke something, and traveled to different worlds you had to conquer later. There were different magic schools, one for each disciple. There weren't...

 
@GnomeSliceツ Well. Fuck.
@GnomeSliceツ Really? Is it that much better?
 
@FallenAngelEyes I'd start again, if I were you.
@FallenAngelEyes Yes.
I've beaten that game like 6 times so far. :P
I mean, I've never tried it with a gamepad. But I can't imagine how that would even work...
 
you rotate the joystick
 
I don't remember ever doing this terrible as a medic
Spawn, get 20%, backstab. Spawn, get 30%, headshot. Spawn, get 40%, stickies. Spawn, get 50%, rocket to head.
 
10:48 PM
ouch
 
@FallenAngelEyes ...Use a mouse, lol.
 
@GnomeSliceツ It's a lot easier with a gamepd.
 
@ArdaXi I find the mouse controls excellent.
 
Right. And the gamepad controls are far excellenter.
 
@GnomeSliceツ I just tried with the mouse
in comparison, I like the gamepad controls way better
 
10:51 PM
@ArdaXi I honestly can't see them being easier.
 
just a bit more precise
 
@GnomeSliceツ Nor could I. Until I tried one.
 
You have to edit the dpi setting of your mouse
Trust me.
Put it much lower than it identifies for you
 
I've used both. Have you?
 
I have mine around 300
 
10:52 PM
@GnomeSliceツ My gamepad is set at 300
I found that to be fine
my mouse read at 1200 and it's not as precise
 
@FallenAngelEyes Oh wow.
Try it again with the mouse, and put it down to maybe 400.
Although, 1200 is pretty high, try 600 maybe.
Honestly, this game was MADE for mouse controls.
 
@GnomeSliceツ But... if my gamepad works fine, why would I use the mouse? >_>
 
@FallenAngelEyes B...Because it's better...
At any rate, I messaged you a whole bunch of stuff through Steam.
 
@GnomeSliceツ How do you know it's better if you've never tried a gamepad?
 
@ArdaXi ...LOOK at the game.
 
10:57 PM
Yeah, so?
 
Try it with a gamepad and then tell me what you prefer.
 
I don't have a gamepad.
Unlesss you can use an xbox controller
 
Hint: It's the one with the joysticks.
 
10:59 PM
I suppose you could. Could be a bit complicated
 
@GnomeSliceツ Well I just tried playing with the mouse after knocking it down to 300dpi and I just like using the gamepad better
 
@FallenAngelEyes Well, to each his own. Why are we even arguing about this?
Oh, did you read the huge thing I sent to you?
 
Thumbs before fingers. Live it.
 
...I'm not, I'm just saying what I prefer after you kept insisting my preference was wrong >_>
 
Well, wrists in this case.
 
11:00 PM
and yar and I responded
 
My wireless mouse has a busted mouse wheel, it isn't very responsive.
Oh well.
I just don't use anything in my hold. :P
 
Where the hell did that sewer entrance go? Oo
 
Oh, by the way, eventually you'll learn that you can combine two weapons into one. Darth Maul style.
 
Ah, there it is.
 
Don't, they're much better if you leave them both loose.
 
11:02 PM
GNOMESLICE.
STOP FORCING YOUR OPINIONS ON OTHER PEOPLE.
 
@Mana You haven't played it. Merged weapons suck.
 
IT MAKES ME M A D
 
They're impossible to spin.
 
No, I meant the gamepad vs. mouse stuff.
 
@GnomeSliceツ You haven't used a gamepad. Mice suck.
 
11:03 PM
@Mana Well, they asked...
@ArdaXi I never said gamepads suck.
 
No, I said mice suck.
 
@ArdaXi Oh, gotcha.
@Mana You really need to play it, by the way.
 
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JohnIn the first scenario, I accepted an assignment from one of the factions to export some Tobacco. Everything I find and click gives me an option to import stuff, but how do I export? Is that managed automatically?

 
5 mins ago, by Mana
STOP FORCING YOUR OPINIONS ON OTHER PEOPLE.
 
I'm not.
 
11:24 PM
Interesting.
This is a PS3 controller.
 
Yeah, I believe they have PS shaped controllers for Xbox as well
 
...Why?
 
For people who prefer the feel
 
@GnomeSliceツ Some people prefer the other controlleR?
or some people prefer the other controller for specific games, et cetera
 
If this is real.
That is so awesome.
 
11:27 PM
@ArdaXi Oh man.
 
It probably isn't though.
 
ALso
 
I mean, that is Tron.
 
Why am I not playing Deus Ex?
returns to Deus ex
 
@Wipqozn Coerces.
 
11:46 PM
So, we've got Ricochet 2, CS:GO, ...
does anybody smell Orange Box 2?
 
@badp Hint: The poster I linked is fake.
 
Shhhhh
That means we're going to see HL2:Ep2+1 at some point in the near future!!!
So, dear Arda, I reject your reality where the poster is fake, for your reality is bad and you should feel bad, and I replace it with my own.
 

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