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12:12 AM
Is Lazor one of us?
 
kind of
He's Mr. November, who lurks on stuff
a lot
also alt-tabbing this game is impossible
it just freezes me for like 30 seconds when I try to get back in
 
Oh right
 
@Mana Steam Overlay browser work with SE Chat?
 
12:28 AM
Did the sever go down or is that just me
 
@Mana Which?
 
Damn you compiz.
 
Sweet!
 
@ThomasMcDonald Pinning this until Tom follows through and types something stupid.
 
@RavenDreamer Huh?
 
12:35 AM
@GnomeSlice Nice!
 
I am so bad at this game, I'm so sorry :P
 
@FallenAngelEyes Which?
 
TF2
'twas fun though :)
 
@FallenAngelEyes You mean you aren't a fashionista, with a knack for picking the perfect hat for every occasion?
 
@TimStone Nay, I only have like 14 hats or something
 
12:37 AM
 
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Q: Retail boxed Steam activated games: can they be resold?

Jeff AtwoodI recently purchased retail boxed versions of Dead Island (which is awesome) Warhammer 40k: Space Marine (not so much) I finished both games and I was thinking of reselling them or giving them to a friend to play. However, these are both Steam activated games that had a required Steam registr...

 
:( TF2 crashes whenever I die
so no one kill me anymore, mkay?
 
this was fun
 
Okay sleeptime, have a good night all
 
12:53 AM
Good night
I think I've fixed it this time. Going back in
Geeze! almost a full sever.
Oh, maybe thats because of the recent game update?
 
IS the server public @MarcoCeppi?
@Mana yeah, it is really annoying
 
@Wipqozn define public?
 
@MarcoCeppi Visible to in the list of servers.
 
1:08 AM
I assume so
I set it to be in the cfg
 
Okay, cool
was just wondering if it was fulled with SE people
since the server is pretty full and all
 
No, most of these people I don't think are SE
 
We should set-up a membership system for SE users, so that if it is full it will kick a non-SE member from the server
 
I agree
That mods installed obn the server, just need to configure it
 
excellent
Maybe we should we make a meta for it?
Everyone can store their steam info their
 
1:10 AM
It's the reason I registered stackgaming.com - I'd like to setup a few other game servers the community is interested in
That would be a good idea probably
 
Do you know if it is possible to do this based on a group ?
Because there is a Gaming.SE group on steam
 
Oh, maybe.
I'll have to look into it
 
everyone could just join that too, would be easier then adding people manually
@Powerlord would probably know if such a feature it exists
We definitely need to set something up. Would suck to set up a SE server, but SE members can never get in due to it being full.
 
True. Given that it's only at 20 now and the sever is barely using any resources, I may bump up the slots to 40
Or 20 public 20 reserved
 
ehh maybe not 40
 
1:13 AM
I am excite but I'll wait until tomorrow before I start doing any restarts
 
that's a little high
I personally think 40 is too high, I could just be crazy though
Should probably find out what everyone would prefer
 
It's at ~15-18 users with a 0.0 load and 128mb of ram used.
So the machine can take it
 
oh no, not that
 
Given that it has 32 GB of ram
 
I just mean I believe the game would prove more enjoyable with less then 40 players
 
1:15 AM
Oh, right
 
like I said though, should run it by everyone else
see what they think would be a nice number
 
but with 20 reserved slots, and 20 public we could ensure most of the TF2 SE players had space
I agree.
Meta would be the best place for this but I'm about to split
 
mhm yeah
tomorrow then.
Assuming it is friday for you that is
otherwise later today from your POV
 
It is, but I'll be back later tonight
 
You can pin messages, right @MarcoCeppi?
 
1:18 AM
Oh man, the trailer for the last New Vegas DLC.
So intense.
 
Because you should pin the server name to the wall
 
@Wipqozn Now you can pin messages!
 
That works
thank you
Stack Exchange now has its own Team Fortress 2 Server! Name: tf2.stackgaming.com (107.20.237.41:27015)
6
 
\o/
 
I can, when I'm not being slow
 
ah dang, I should have removed you from the room owners list LEssPop
before you could remove me, et cetera
I never realized you were a room owner in the first place
 
@Wipqozn I have been a room owner since before The Bridge was named The Bridge.
Also, the fact that I am a room owner is @badp's fault.
 
Whoa, TF2 server! Whoa, Minecraft 1.8!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz What was it called before? Gaming Chat?
 
1:28 AM
@Wipqozn Yes.
@Wipqozn Well, no posessive 's'. Just 'Gaming Chat'.
 
man, this game is nuts
I should probably learn how to play though
 
@Mana Are you still in our serveR?
 
oh well
 
I noticed you left at one point
 
no I started trying other game modes
 
1:30 AM
Ah okay. Good idea.
We're going to need to get a meta going, to decide a few things.
room size being one example
 
@Wipqozn Please, no more than 24 people.
 
@KevinY I agree with you
I know Marco was talking up to 40, but that is way too high in my opinion
Which is why we should start a meta, to find out what people want.
 
Good idea. (I like your new alot avatar)
 
@KevinY Thank you! I like it alot too
 
@Wipqozn hehehe
 
1:32 AM
I love typing alot so I can link to a picture of an alot
 
I can see you doing this alot.
 
I should probably set the URL as a macro or something
 
@KevinY Let's keep the suggestions of mytho-bestiality out of chat, please. I didn't need that mental image.
 
:/
Oh how I love accidentally typing things that have alternate meanings
 
It's a real joy
 
I'll pop into the SE TF2 server in a bit.
 
@KevinY Fallen does it all the time
(except it's rarely accidental)
 
@KevinY It is currently public, so it might be full.
Marco is planning to do reserved spots though
I'm hoping we can do reserved spots for steam groups, that way everyone can just join the Gaming.SE steam group
 
think I found how to do it
 
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Q: Is there any mods available to prevent the pause menu from appearing when tabbing out of the game?

Will EddinsI'm wanting to keep windows open of Minecraft for some live streaming, and have considered using multiple copies of Minecraft for multiple camera angles. However, if I alt-tab out of the game, the pause menu appears. Are there any mods out there to prevent this from occuring? This question is s...

 
1:43 AM
I just can't win with Wine
 
1:53 AM
Is CS/CS:S popular in this room?
The gaming.se Steam groups seems to suggest that only really TF2 is played - of the people in that group
 
I've been trying to get hamemrfight some hours.
 
@MarcoCeppi Yay! Thanks for setting this server up, this way we don't have to invade @Powerlord's OCRemix server whenever we want to play.
 
No problem! I'm glad to use TF2 to help burn in my servers
WINE, Y U NO WORK
 
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Q: Is the free version of Portal identical to the paid version?

nhinklePortal is currently free (through Sept 20th, 2011) to download with Steam. Are there any restrictions on the free version, or is it completely identical to the paid version? For example, does this count as owning a Source game for the purposes of mods that require you to have a game with the Sour...

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Q: Tag synonym request: [trenched] → [iron-brigade]

CyberSkullTrenched by Double Fine is going to be renamed Iron Brigade. I'd like to request that trenched be made a synonym of iron-brigade when the update goes live later this month (September 2011).

 
2:12 AM
I was having some weird lag issues on the gaming.se server. Every so often it would stutter for lack of a better term.
 
It's probably because it's running in interactive and not in the background
I imagine the constant text dump to the screen may cause lag
 
I figured it was either that or the maxrate needed to be bumped up.
sv_maxrate that is
 
I have tickrate set to 66
 
Although it sounds like sv_maxrate now defaults to unlimited if you don't change it. It used to be ludicrously low.
 
yeah, it's 0
sv_minupdaterates who are you?
Is the server still running? The console text has stopped
 
2:24 AM
0
Q: Why Can't I Change My Skin?

AndrewI have a premium account, but I can't change my skin. This error keeps popping up every time I try. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

1
Q: What's The Main Menu Background Screen Based Off in Minecraft 1.8?

AndrewI'm referring to the blurry scenery in the background. Is it just randomly generated? Is it sometimes based off worlds you've made? Or is it neither?

 
@MarcoCeppi I can't connect to the server – the connect button is grayed-out.
 
I think it may have frozen?
Try now.
 
Yup, works now.
 
I wish I could get TF2 working here again :\
 
D:
 
2:35 AM
I may try again
There's teh crash
 
:/
 
Just need to wait for the windows machine to finish installing
 
Okay, sounds good.
 
3:18 AM
 
 
1 hour later…
4:20 AM
There, now I have 100%s in all 3 Metroid Prime games.
 
4:32 AM
0
Q: Is there a way to hide the world seed on Minecraft 1.8 SMP?

DanieLIs there a way to stop players being able to see the level seed in Minecraft SMP 1.8 when they press F3? Because they could use this seed to generate a copy of the world and then find the location of strongholds, dungeons, ores etc.

 
@Powerlord Congrats!
I've only managed to get 100% in Metroid Prime 2
I'm missing an Armored Pirate Aero Trooper in Prime 3, and I failed to scan Flaaghera Tentacle or the Hive Totem in Prime 1.
 
Is there any way to make the Steam overlay web browser remember tabs? Or any sort of bookmarking for that matter?
 
I must confess, I haven't used the steam browser much.
 
I've only just recently started using it for keeping tabs on chat and a web based IM client while playing certain games...
unfortunately, when the game crashes, I lose my session in the steam browser.
:/
 
 
2 hours later…
6:37 AM
Lazers is slow this morning
 
anyone use a trackball they like?
 
6:57 AM
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Q: Community Team Fortress 2 server

Marco CeppiEarlier in chat a discussion about the possibility of a Gaming.SE TF2 server came up. I decided this would be a great way for me to give back to the community as well as help to promote the community in the gaming world. Since I own a small web hosting company I have a few servers at my disposal ...

 
7:39 AM
@MarcoCeppi I wouldn't run too many plugins.
 
I didn't know Archie was Jewish...
 
9:22 AM
0
Q: How to identify a game as 8-bit, 16-bit, …

Jef WambacqIs it possible to identify games (by their graphics ?) as 8-bit games or 16-bit games or whatever bits games use nowadays?

 
9:49 AM
gah
the Italian server I hang around has basically switched to 24/7 dustbowl
 
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Q: How to remove icons from the Games folder in Windows 7?

ninjamouldI am one of these OCD nut jobs that likes to have all their game icons perfect in their "Games" folder in Windows 7. However when I installed Far Cry 2 it made a "Default application" icon in the games folder and I cannot remove or delete it. The game launches from it, so is there a way to atle...

 
10:02 AM
0
A: How do I save my Dead Island game on PS3?

DANEI WANT MY MONEY BACK . STARTERD BACK AT ACT1 EVEN THOU I ALLREADY DONE ACT 2 AND 3 .PISSED DNT WANNA PLAY THE GAME NOW

Burninate this, anyone?
 
No
 
"Locked"? Why locked?
 
@ArdaXi So that the user can't undelete this with a single click, though isn't it unuseful now that deletion system for under 10k users has changed?
 
Ah, right.
I thought self-undeletion was only possible if you were the one who deleted it.
 
10:22 AM
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Q: How do you stop yourself dying while drowning?

DanieLIf you are underwater (by more than 1 block) and you run about of air and start drowning, you can't actually swim back up to the surface! Is there any way to actually survive if you are drowning?

0
Q: How do the names for the maps in Minecraft work?

DemonicMushyFor my minecraft SMP server, my friends and I were crafting maps and noticed the difference in the names of the maps. so how does the map naming system work? Example: Map_0, Map_1

 
10:42 AM
@ArdaXi that would be a cruel joke to play on someone
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz AFAIK, no. :( I've started trying to use it more as well for chat and such but yeah, if it crashes or you exit your game, poof everything's gone
 
11:04 AM
0
Q: MInecraft: Does Grass Blocks affect growing wheat?

DemonicMushyDoes Grass Block beside growing wheat affect its growth?

 
11:18 AM
EA just gave me an Origin account.
 
11:37 AM
@ArdaXi why ?
 
@ArdaXi How much did they bribe you for accepting it?
 
Because I had an EA account.
@MartinSojka The three games I had with them I didn't pay for.
Mirror's Edge, Dead Space 2 and some other game I can't even remember.
Only game I care about is Mirror's Edge and I have that one on Steam.
 
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Q: In Anno 1404, how do I take over trade buildings without them disappearing?

victoriahSituation: Whenever I invade another player's island, I set up like 5-6 military camps around the trade buildings to capture them. After waiting a loooong time, when the timer hits 0 and the ownership is meant to be given to me, they instead collapse and disappear. WTF? How do I stop this and get...

0
Q: Registering to Steam doesn't work

AkkuI tried to register with Steam on the following page for about 3 days now, and it doesn't work from Mac Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Am I the only one experiencing this behaviour? https://store.steampowered.com/join/? Maybe the JavaScript on this page is broken? I chose a username that has not b...

0
Q: How to prevent sc2gears from loading all replays every time it opens

tenfoursc2gears is such a nice tool (despite some unavoidable inaccuracies), but there is one thing that bothers me. When I open the app, and I want to look at my latest few replays, I double-click on "SC2 auto reps" to load my replays. This takes a long time though as I have a lot of replays. I would ...

 
12:38 PM
Oi.
 
Good morning chap!
Just getting up?
 
@Mana No no no, it should be 'oy'.
Then we'll all star it.
 
oy
 
@Mana more like soy, amirite?
@YiJiang I won't.
 
@Wipqozn HAH! THAT'S FUNNY!!!!!
punches Wipqozn in the chest
 
12:40 PM
@Mana You're welcome.
 
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A: The Many Memes of Meta

The OyNotFound ExceptionMeme: Oy Origin: rchern Cultural Height: TBD First Seen: MSO Chat, probably in The Tavern Background: Not completely known. Some believe it is the Jewish / Yiddish phrase "Oy Vey". Others like Michael Myers believe "It's 'yo' backwards. [Because] everything is backwards in Missouri.". "Oy" mo...

 
@Mana well that wasn't very nice. You're going to make me cry and everything.
 
@YiJiang I know about this meme man
But I'm not rchern, yo!
 
I'm rather happy my room is downstairs. They are re-shingling the roof, and it is very loud upstairs but barely noticeable in my room.
 
Come on TF2, retrieve this server info faster
 
12:43 PM
@Mana I was just playing that
 
WOW!!! REALLY????
 
That reminds me though, I should probably add more of you folks to my steam friends list
Although that does sound like a lot of work
an alot of work even
@Mana Not on our server though, was empty. Didn't feel like playing by myself.
 
YOU FAILED!
ARGH. flips bricks
 
@Wipqozn If you use alot of force over alot of displacement you'll do alot of work!
 
1:00 PM
Hurray, first match of Dreamhack Valencia (Starcraft 2 pro tourney) in five minutes!
A commercial just went on the stream for CokeZeroGaming.SE.
pffffffffffffffft
 
@Mana Oh really? Fancy.
Link?
I might watch it
I haven't played in ages
 
I was unaware you were that large of a SC2 fan
 
I'm rooting for Thorzain!
 
Ohai
 
1:07 PM
Evening @badp
 
So easyjet also pulls the 'we'll only tell you the gate at the very latest moment' bullshit
 
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Q: Platformer, Blue and Red Mechanic

PaulThere was this platformer that I think was released only on consoles. It featured very stylish graphics and its main gameplay mechanic was changing the color of your character between red and blue to pass obstacles. Does anyone know what the name of the game might be?

 
I need to start playing SC2 again
probably after the winter
as in next year
 
You were pretty good ysterday night @wip
 
@badp thank you :)
If we can gather the people, we should try to do a game on! tonight
or this afternoon, et cetera
IS the game on! room still frozen?
 
1:11 PM
count me out :( flight followed by pizza for me
 
Where are you flying to?
 
Italy. Again
 
oh no! I never thanked @Mana for the link
THanks for the link @Mana
Hopefully we'll be able to finish setting the server up soon. Mods, reserved slots, et cetear
Also, I'm rooting for HuK. Protoss rules.
 
@wip unfrozen. Quickly say something in there please
I'd like to give again powers to 10kers for that server
 
I'm so clever
in SE Game On!, 33 secs ago, by Wipqozn
quickly
@badp Do you mean admin powers?
 
1:16 PM
@wip should've been 'something'
 
@badp FINE
in SE Game On!, 1 min ago, by Wipqozn
something
 
@wip enough powers. Dunno exactly
 
I think powerlord should be given admin powers. He runs the OC ReMix servers, so he would be a helpful resource if anyone has any questions.
 
I'm thinking stuff like nextmap or slap or slay or whatnot
 
I think the mods that powerlord suggested would be good.
Nothing that actually changes gameplay, and no fast respawn.
 
1:18 PM
oh and scramble
 
@badp team scrambler I assume?
 
although the default of scramble after n wins sounds sensible
@wip yeah. If I had infinite time I'd port allegskill to metamod or something
 
An auto-balancer is he most important thing. The skill level of the players on here is varied, and we want it to be fun for everyone.
 
It'd allow for team balancing rather than scrambling
 
Some have never played TF2 before
 
1:21 PM
it's a really nasty piece of maths that allows fancy stuff to happen
 
Hm cool
@Mana I think HuK lost this one
 
basically it's like ELO but with two numbers, measured skill and error on measurement
 
Yeah
Meanwhile, Thorzain swallows his water bottle whole
 
@Mana Did it just go offline for you?
 
It's a derivate of microsoft's TrueSkill that only work with two teams but can handle switching teams or handle playing for just a fraction of the times
 
1:23 PM
yeah
 
it's fancy because it can work on very large teams, unlike ELO, and potentially give information like 'RED is 14% likely to win'
 
there we go, I think
oh.
 
@badp oh cool
Server size, I want to stick at 24 people.
 
I Dunno, small servers are okay until they're full all the time
 
Hurray, back.
 
1:27 PM
@badp which is why we use a reserve system
Just boot non-SE players when it is full and a SE member wants to join
If even then we find it is always full, we could just set up a second server
 
some maps like hoodoo or egypt are completely broken with 36 players but...
meh, reservation systems and fake server is full messages suck. The ATF clan simply kicks semirandomly to make room
 
The server is intended for SE, so it doesn't make sense to not give us favour in terms of slots.
Defeats the purpose of having the server if we can never play together
 
eh, I'd just not worry about it till it.s a problem
Having a himan do the kicking means you can avoid picking the engie that's singlehandedly holding a team's defense
 
I'm not suggesting whether it be random or not
 
can it be non-random?
 
1:32 PM
just that if the server is full, and a SE member wants to join, we should kick a non-SE member to make it room
@badp A mod allows it I believe
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A: Community Team Fortress 2 server

PowerlordGame mods: Useful Mods: MapChooser (plus Rock the Vote and Nominations) - Like it or not, the TF2 built-in map vote sucks. (I personally use MapChooser Extended and MapChooser Extended Sounds, but then again, those are my projects). Note: If you do use a SourceMod MapChooser, make sure you d...

 
I can think of a few ideas to make it fairer but that.s worthless without implementation
 
sm_irs_kicktype
Default: 0
Who to kick when a valid player is found (0 - random, 1 - highest ping, 2 - highest time, 3 - lowest time).
Is it possible to set it up to kick at the end of a round?
That would help solve your issue with kicking the one player holding the line
Man, HuK is getting his ass kicked @Mana
@Mana Or not. Thorzain is trapped in his base for now.
morning @GnomeSlice
 
My mother is yelling again.
 
that sucks :/
 
The alpha build for airmech is really cool.
 
1:40 PM
STill don't know what that game is
 
Ever played Herzog Zwei?
 
never heard of it
 
It's got some similarities.
That's airmech
The alpha build isn't optimized, so it slows down a lot. :P But it's fun as hell.
 
Highest ping is unfair as it always kicks the same people. Lowest time is suicidal given the tf2 server scoring system.
 
@badp yeah, I thought it had another method
I think we should implement some system to ensure SE member gets in over a non-SE member
 
1:43 PM
@Wipqozn ...How?
 
highest time makes it easy to target the engie. Random is random. human kicks is perhaps the fairest
 
@GnomeSlice Well it's not the difficult to do, just a matter of making it fair
 
@badp Why don't you base it on which character people are using? :P
 
at any rate I'm boarding brb
 
@badp k
@GnomeSlice not sure if we can
 
1:44 PM
@Wipqozn trololol
 
@GnomeSlice oh you
@Mana nice come back by HuK
 
I was a bit disappointed with Thorzain in that game
 
@Mana Yeah, I thought he was going to win.
He wasn't aggressive enough when he had the advantage.
Do you have a link to the alpha of AirMech @GnomeSlice?
@mana Also, HuK is Canadian, so I'm being patriotic by rooting for him
 
true
oh man that chat exchange
 
Where as you are clearly a traitor to your country
Speaking of Canadians, hello @SimonSheehan
 
1:53 PM
Hello my fellow Canadian @Wipqozn!
As well as @Mana ;)
 
Oh, the Game on! room has been unfrozen.
@SimonSheehan don't forget Gnomeslice
 
Canadians everywhere!
 
Canadian domination
 
I seriously think we should consider taking Gaming over ;)
 
We really should.
@kevinY can use his birds for an aerial attack and everything
I assume he can speak to birds and command them to kill after all
 
1:56 PM
later you treacherous canadians and the rest of us
 
Cya later @badp :P
 
Enjoy your flight @badp
 
Finally back onto the Idle game on Gamesurge.
 
Never heard of either of those
 
@Wipqozn Its on IRC. Essentially, you idle and get levels!
 
1:59 PM
haah I see, sounds....exciting
 
And can challenge other idlers :P
It's not particularly, just funny to see your a "level 54 idler!"
 
haha yeah, true
 

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