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6:00 PM
 
@GnomeSlice I played that so much it became ingrained that that's what gender each class should be, apparently
 
@agent86 Might as well pin it, while you're at it.
Borderlands 2 is $30; worth picking up?
 
6:02 PM
@agent86 I'm sad there are no achievements this year
 
@fbueckert I got it at $25 for consoles, I felt that was a good price.
 
AHH Mirror's Edge is $5 EVERYONE GET IT
 
@agent86 I'll wait for a flash sale, then.
 
@fbueckert if you like FPSes and loot grabs (a la diablo) it's a solid title. good humor, fun combat, deep and a decent amount of replay value. It's usually a good deal to get the season pass, too.
 
@agent86 I played the first one, and absolutely loved it.
 
6:04 PM
No coal. :(
 
Not enough to buy it at full price, though; KSP is always able to take up more time, and that cost ~$20, and is continually updated.
 
@fbueckert same. I've played maybe half a hour of the second so far (co-oping with the wife, and time for that is limited) and I've been happy.
 
@agent86 What? No! No Borderlands 2 for you! Must play Pharaoh!
 
@fbueckert :P I'm currently deeply addicted to dungeons of dredmor again, sorry
I am a fickle games mistress
 
Jin
 
6:05 PM
@fbueckert YES
 
Oh man, Mass Effect 1 for $5
I wonder if I should get it.
Except then I have to download it.
 
Jin
@GnomeSlice Shepherd.
 
@Jin ?
 
Oh God. Hats again?
 
6:06 PM
ducks and covers
 
Duck hat!
 
@Sterno Want to join me in the hat haters club?
 
@OrigamiRobot They seem less intrusive than last year, at least.
And way more obvious how to turn it off
 
@Jin ahahahahahahahahahahaahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
@Jin What.
 
6:09 PM
@Sterno That's not enough for me. I still know it's happening.
@Jin refuses to pander to my unreasonable demands.
 
@OrigamiRobot Solution: youtube.com/watch?v=YatFF37gSBo
 
I don't click youtube links from you.
For all I know, it's a new Rebecca Black song called Doomsday
 
OH GOD HELP MY BANK BALANCE DAMN YOU STEAM!
 
Does anyone want to buy me Batman Arkham city? I'll pay you back.
 
There. Now you're (probably) safe.
 
6:13 PM
I can't see it at work anyway :P
@pixel What is it? I don't see anything immediately money sucking.
 
Nevermind, this 'flash' sale apparently lasts for 15 hours, I assumed it was minutes, I'll get it myself.
 
@Jin That is somewhat disturbing.
 
@OrigamiRobot me clicking on stuff going 'ooh I want that, I want that, I want that, I want that too'
 
@pixel I meant what specifically are you interested in?
I can't see most of it.
 
bethesda game pack
 
6:16 PM
Steam + RDP = not good
 
should keep me busy until we have enough people to do dungeons with
 
Steam says "click here to learn more" about being notified when games on my wishlist go on sale, but when I click there to learn more, it just goes to my wishlist page
 
Did you learn any more?
 
@OrigamiRobot yes, he learned it was a misleading short cut to his wishlist
 
The only more I learned is that Steam is a liar.
 
6:19 PM
@Sterno This might be a paradox.
 
hmm, I will probably pick up torchlight 2, and I might go in for a 4-pack if it goes down enough in price
so, yeah, if you're interested in TL2 let me know since I might have extra copies for trading
 
Stupid fucking Steam
 
@GnomeSlice I think that's more, "Stupidly slow internet"
 
You don't have any money, what are you worried about
 
@tiddy I can't see what's popular.
 
6:25 PM
I think it was a joke's.
 
@fbueckert It should be optimized for that, and it clearly isn't.
@Mana NO U
Play KSP.
 
@GnomeSlice Farcry 3, a lot of medieval period games, and lessers FPS's
FC3 isn't on sale either
 
@tiddy In the Indie game screen.
I'm not interested in FC3, I have Just Cause 2.
 
 
Oh look, Steam is experiencing heavy load right now, big surprise.
 
Jin
6:28 PM
whoa new hitman for only $24.99???
 
Why they don't know is that a bunch of this stuff went on Sale on GG weeks ago for their holiday sale. Steam redeemable, mostly.
jbf;aibi;bhjai;bvjaevrsrr
 
I've heard good things about Mark of the Ninja. Is it?
 
@tiddy AH waking mars!
 
@Mana IT IS AWESOME
 
@Mana It is good.
 
6:30 PM
@GnomeSlice TBH that was my reaction. Though my STUPID DUMB CRAPPY SAVE BROKE and now I can't use the parachute
The parachute is like 50% of gameplay
 
@BenBrocka what
 
@Mana probably my goty 2012
 
Cool. I might pick it up once I'm done with The Walking Dead.
 
how did you even manage that.
 
@GnomeSlice I can't deploy the parachute. EVER AGAIN. Not on my save anyway. And I'm not playing through it all again now
 
6:31 PM
@BenBrocka WTF
 
@agent86 but...will it blend?
 
tilt
 
I posted a question here too, no one knows how to fix it
 
@BenBrocka you could start over and just get some mods.
 
Got it on PS3 (free no less I believe) so no mods for me
 
6:31 PM
winter sale tilt shrug off all the deals
also bit trip void on steam tilt
 
I got to play a fair amount though
 
@badp Those games are all exactly the same.
 
Wish Steam would let you add funds to someone else's steam wallet
 
@GnomeSlice you suck.
 
@Mana probably. although it would probably escape from the blender and stab you through the neck if you tried.
 
6:33 PM
@Mana What, why.
I like Music games more than most people.
 
@GnomeSlice Are you looking for trolling?
 
@agent86 pff obviously the game of the year 2012 is mass effect 3
hides
 
@badp For what?
 
@agent86 Hotline Miami blends. GOTY.
 
@Mana WRONG.
 
6:34 PM
@Mana I still need to try this.
 
@mana @pixel :(
 
I controlled myself and purchased only Natural Selection 2
 
75% off English Country Tune by the way.
 
@EBongo is an EE? I'm an EE too! We are like brothers!
 
Want Scribblenauts. Not sure if it'll have a better sale later though
 
6:35 PM
my bank balance releases a sigh of relief
 
Also, what's the verdict on Scribblenauts?
 
 
I haven't played any of the games in the series before
@badp o
 
@Mana I hear it's good, but somewhat flawed
 
@Mana It's probably so awesome it's not available in Europe or something
 
6:36 PM
I played the first one on the DS, it was OK
I will probably pick up this one when the price is right (maybe $10 or $15)
 
also it probably loses its appeal fast or something.
 
hm. Debating gifting a copy to Daphne.
 
the problem I had with it is that almost all of the puzzles could be solved with, like, a jetpack
 
oh wait scribblenauts is also now available here
 
@Mana It's not out in England til February.
 
6:37 PM
or god.
jetpack god. hmmm...
flying and it kicks the shit out of things. I may be on to something here.
 
@agent86 well of course, but that's no fun
 
@agent86 Don't forget Cthulu!
 
It is sort of sandboxey, you have to challenge yourself to do it creatively.
 
@fbueckert You forgot an h. You will be eaten last.
 
@OrigamiRobot Good. I don't want to be eaten, anyways.
 
6:39 PM
@Mana yeah, it's got physics and a lot of random stuff, so sometimes things just don't work the way you expect them to, for example. it's not bad but... there's a lot of potential and it doesn't all the way reach it.
 
What's this Communities thing on G+ now?
 
@fbueckert No, that is bad. When Cthulhu wakes, the first to be eaten are lucky.
 
Jin
@RonanForman G+ apparently is the busiest ghost town ever.
 
Available: 15 February 2013
This game will unlock in approximately 2 months, 1 day and 0 hours

Pre-Purchase Scribblenauts Unlimited
DAILY DEAL! Offer ends in
@RonanForman It's a place where people share shitty one liners, absolutely content-free
 
@badp Interesting...
@badp Sounds like the bridge.
 
6:41 PM
@badp no, that's Community
 
1 min ago, by Ronan Forman
What's this Communities thing on G+ now?
@RonanForman No, it's like worse than youtube comments
 
@badp I was making a dig at Community fans...:(
 
I am too slow right this second to understand "Community"
 
@Mana It's alright, got the iPad version. Fun to mess with but the puzzles it came with on iOS weren't super amazing
Dunno about the DS one; the iPad one's puzzles didn't feel like the best use of the game's potential
I had more fun making "robotic electric evil shoggoths" and such
 
7:03 PM
I enjoy reading article after article about how awful The War Z is
 
@Sterno Ditto. It's like watching a flaming train wreck.
It's horrifying, and fascinating at the same time.
 
I'll Steam gift it to someone if they'll write a humorous Arqade blog post about it
oh, wait
can't buy it anymore
 
That sounds like fun, until I remember I'd have to play it.
 
@BenBrocka That's semi redundant.
Shoggoths are always evil.
 
@OrigamiRobot But it's more fun to add more adjectives
Also you can make good shoggoths
and have them fight evil undead smelly Cthulus
 
7:12 PM
33 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot
@fbueckert You forgot an h. You will be eaten last.
 
It's not my fault Lovecraftian names have so many cths and gths and pfargtls
 
13
Q: Request for establishing a new privilege: to undo a ban

Arnold NeumaierAs recent events showed, there is a need for a mechanism that allows a ban of a very active community member to be reversed if it is deemed important by enough community members In a comment to http://meta.physics.stackexchange.com/a/2716/7924, bmike asked me: I'm asking for where you'd draw t...

 
@BenBrocka Cthulhu doesn't care who's fault it it. He only hungers.
 
The users that are arguing for this privilege are essentially going, "Important user! We should unban him!"
Like he's above the rules.
 
@fbueckert That's just silly.
 
7:17 PM
@Wipqozn But...! But....! He's a highly valued and respected member of the community! Who cares if he directly insulted someone and broke the rules? We should be able to unban him!
 
@fbueckert It's creepier than that if you read into it. I saw some of the drama there and have much less respect for the physics community for it
 
@BenBrocka Oh, I am.
 
@BenBrocka Go on.
 
@BenBrocka Do tell.
PSYCH
 
@OrigamiRobot tortoise high-five
 
7:18 PM
The consensus for some of the users is that being nice isn't a rule that needs to be followed, if it doesn't agree with what they want.
 
Oh...
I overcooked my sock.
@fbueckert So they're a community of jerks?
 
@OrigamiRobot It's in the assorted meta posts before that (and a bunch of deleted stuff I'm sure)
 
@Wipqozn At least one is, and turned his answers into a platform to flame a moderator nomination that he didn't agree with.
 
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Q: Do we agree with Ron's suspension?

DilatonSome hours ago, there were some heated discussions in meta and in chat since Ron Maimon was worried about Larian LeQuella probably becoming a moderator of Physics SE. Our site got immediately flooded by moderators and people from other parts of the SE network, as he was trying to express his conc...

heh, he has suspended.
From rons profile:
> I have no PhD, I am almost entirely self taught. I like physics, but I think the professionals are, for the most part, completely incompetent. I have a lot of my own personal theories about physics which I like to spread online. I am a low paid hourly wage laborer, but despite this I consider myself to be the next Isaac Newton.
He seems like a really nice guy.
 
7:20 PM
Oh, wait, no he doesn't.
 
there's more...please don't comment on them btw; the dead horse is beaten
 
@Wipqozn Check out some of his other profile pages; his hubris is staggering.
 
> The guidelines from SE on suspension lengths are
7 days for the first offense
30 days for the second offense
365 days for the third offense
 
@Wipqozn Oh, this is about that guy.
 
Shouldn't Gnome be on a 3000 day suspension by now?
 
7:23 PM
@Wipqozn do you have a source for that?
 
@tombull89 IT's from one of the links @BenBrocka posted.
 
@Wipqozn Chat suspensions are different than site suspensions, I'd think.
 
9
Q: How are suspension times determined?

Arnold NeumaierHow are suspension times determined? http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/a-day-in-the-penalty-box/ says it can be anywhere from 1 to 365 days. But unlike in real life, no rules are given for what penalty to expect for which kind of offence, or for repetition. Is the escalation scale first ...

@fbueckert He's had a few site suspensions as well.
 
Otherwise, yeah, Gnome would've been suspended for several years by this point.
 
@Wipqozn interesting, thanks.
 
7:25 PM
@fbueckert I don't think Gnome has had a site suspension in a while, but he's no stranger to it.
 
@tombull89 It's the automatic numbers they give us when suspending (you can change them)
 
If we can spend rep to unban someone, we should be able to do the same to ban someone. All in at parmabanning @Wipqozn.
 
@OrigamiRobot It should directly counter his rep, 1-for-1.
So a 101 rep user can't unilaterally ban a 20K rep user.
 
I have more rep than him, so works for me.
 
@OrigamiRobot And then you'd be down to <1K. Works for me!
 
7:31 PM
@fbueckert It would be worth it to be rid of the turtle.
All in favor?
Aye
 
@OrigamiRobot As long as I'm allowed to use my rep to counter yours, then I'm in favor.
 
@fbueckert Use your rep to counter my spending rep to ban @Wipqozn? Treachery!
 
The weather here is a little crazy o.O But... not "end of the world" crazy =)
 
@MichelAyres It's not 12-21-12 yet
 
@OrigamiRobot If you can spend rep to ban someone, it stands to reason that you can use rep to prevent or unban someone.
 
7:32 PM
@OrigamiRobot ok, I'm not there =P but ... hahaha
 
@MichelAyres Mayans were in the GMT - 6 time zone. If we're using their calendar, we should use their time zone.
 
@OrigamiRobot good point sir :3
 
I KNOW WHAT THE P IN BADP STANDS FOR
 
@OrigamiRobot Should we also discount leap years, as they weren't invented back then?
 
@MichelAyres can you what? sadly, that's over at this point. we got a lot of rep pledged and more than a few nominations.
@Retrosaur pazzword?
 
7:34 PM
wat I'm late again
 
@RonanForman I already explained to Gnome why this is false.
 
I think I know his password
 
@OrigamiRobot Why?
 
@agent86 Oh man >.< Well going to reward someone then ^-^
 
5 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
@GnomeSlice http://www.2012hoax.org/maya-calendar#toc14
 
7:35 PM
it's obviously correct horse battery staple
 
@OrigamiRobot Well we should discount leap days then, and apparently we already have.
 
@RonanForman Yes, and everything else.
 
@Wipqozn was the first person to talk to me in Arqade. @Fae always take good care of my grammatical errors.

So, going to dig a **GOOD** answer for reward it <3
 
@MichelAyres feel free to :) Maybe we should do this more than once a year, people seem to be interested in it at least.
 
@agent86 when it's the "b-day" for Arqade?
 
7:39 PM
@MichelAyres in October.
 
too close, I think =X
 
I have just completed episode 1 of doom
I didn't get 100% on any level
if I raised one question per level asking how to, that would border on seeding wouldn't it?
even though they're genuine questions, they're all pretty much identical questions
 
@Wipqozn This is relevant to my interests.
 
@pixel How many levels are there?
 
like 8, but 4 episodes, so 4x8 for doom 1
or there abouts
but I've only played episode 1 so far
and the version of doom that comes with doom 3 bfg edition supports steamworks and thus achievements
 
7:45 PM
Oh, DOOM!
 
...
 
@Wipqozn @Fae <3
 
@pixel The episode part threw me off.
 
doom is 4 episodes
 
@MichelAyres awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
 
7:46 PM
why did that throw you off
 
Sowwy @Mana =X Too little rep this year =X But you, @Raven, @agent86, @OrigamiRobot @fbueckert and others, are in my "good" list =)
 
@MichelAyres oh, no, I meant aw as in that's really sweet.
YOU GUYS ARE GETTING ME ALL EMOTIONAL AND STUFF OVER INTERNET POINTS.
3
 
@MichelAyres No need to spend rep on me, dude. I'm already going mad with power, and I don't even have 10K yet.
 
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANA I can't have enough of you
...in text form
...on my monitor
...inside a chatroom
 
@pixel Because I don't remember anything about episodes in DOOM. They are no important.
 
7:50 PM
...at a safe distance from your teeny tiny horns
 
@fbueckert rep are only Data. I just want to show my gratitude towards you guys that help me and others with a lot of stuff, not only gaming ^_^
 
@MichelAyres Alrighty. I tried. Guilt assuaged.
 
@fbueckert good point, we should actively stop you from getting to 10k imo
 
@GnomeSlice I thought it would be.
@MichelAyres I am pretty awesome, thanks.
 
@MichelAyres I'm on someone's good list? I must not be keeping up with my meab quotas.
 
7:52 PM
@pixel downvotes everything
 
@OrigamiRobot tortoise
 
@SaintWacko EVERYTHING
 
@SaintWacko bans for mass downvoting
 
@OrigamiRobot You are good in a evil way xD
 
DOWNVOTE ALL THE THINGS!
 
7:52 PM
@pixel /o/
 
@badp downvotes for mass banning
 
5 mins ago, by Mana
@MichelAyres awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
 
@SaintWacko bans for mass banning
 
Jin
@pixel someone on SO has 22 hats now, slacker
 
@fbueckert the first person on Arqade to have -100 on every single one of his posts
@Jin well, I asked if I was allowed to flood the site with DOOM questions, but nobody said yes
 
7:53 PM
@badp Ha! You must have banned yourself, as I ddin't do any banning!
 
they also didn't say no, I'm going to wait until the moderators are sleeping and then post ponies
 
@SaintWacko You caused me to ban you. BAN!
 
@pixel I'd say just ask one question.
 
@OrigamiRobot but then it will get closed for asking 100 questions in one question
 
@Jin it's that monster with the major rep in all Stackexchange?
 
7:54 PM
oh
I should reword that to say BAN THIS
but nvm, lazy
 
Jin
@MichelAyres what?
 
@BenBrocka @fbueckert Took a look through those meta threads. And, physics.SE, wtf? Making your own site so you don't need to be nice to each other? What? What?
 
@Jin "Jon Skeet" ?
 
@Jin I also made a really good post (imo) to an old question that will get me 2 hats if it ever gains traction
but so far its been largely ignored
 
6
Q: What are all the waypoints?

dlanodIs there a list of waypoints in Diablo 3? I seem to be going long periods without finding one, and end up wondering whether there are any in the zones I'm passing through or if I'm just missing them, so I was looking for a list to check against.

 
7:55 PM
1
Q: Can I use saves from BGEE to play BG2?

svickI'm considering buying Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. But I'm wondering: would I be able to continue the story on the old edition of Baldur's Gate II? I'm not sure I want to wait for Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, which is supposed to be released sometime in 2013.

 
77
Q: Where are all the random dungeons?

Ian PugsleyDepending on the zone, there may spawn a random dungeon - for example, Den of the Fallen can occasionally spawn in the Weeping Hollow, and the Scavenger's Den can spawn in the Fields of Misery. What are all the random dungeons, and which zones do they spawn in?

 
Jin
@MichelAyres he's only ranked #235
 
2
A: CPU or framerate limiting on older games

pixelThere are a couple of options that can alleviate the issue of older games running way too fast on modern machines; Some games (ie: the original Grand Theft Auto) have built in frame limiters, see if yours does If the game supports a 'Vsync option', control the in game FPS by changing your moni...

see! that's a good answer
 
@MichelAyres Oh nifty. Thanks
 
@Wipqozn The only thing I can think of is that being nice is of secondary concern to being right.
 
7:56 PM
@OrigamiRobot It's not quite the same as "where is every single item, enemy, and secret door in DOOM" though is it
 
Which makes him a troll in my books.
 
@pixel IIRC, the only thing you really need to know is where the secrets are.
 
@OrigamiRobot probably
 
@fbueckert From what I've gathered it has nothing to do with questions, but his behaviour towards one of mod candidates.
 
So, "Where are all the secrets?" is a fine question
 
7:57 PM
In any case, it's Christmas! Time for love and joy, not hate and anger.
 
@OrigamiRobot doesn't help me get more hats though, does it
 
@Wipqozn He has a habit of being abrasive and rude.
 
I HATE ALL OF YOUR HATS
 
4 mins ago, by pixel
user image
 
@Wipqozn where is the real @Wipqozn and what did you do to him
 
7:58 PM
...what? ART TAKES TIME.
 
@fbueckert Yeah, but I was under the impression the catalyst was his behaviour towards a a prospective mod.
 
@pixel !!!!!
 
THAT TURTLE IS A SPY
 
@Wipqozn <3
 
Derp. Double post.
@Wipqozn This one was, yes.
The guy is no stranger to suspensions, from what I understand.
 
7:59 PM
I also didn't read the description for Natural Selection 2 properly
 
@OrigamiRobot THAT'S CRAZY TALK! YOU'RE CRAZY!
 
and therefore didn't realise it was a multiplayer-only game
 
Going home now. Hugs~ everyone =D and if the world finish the internet, merry xmas and happy new year ^.~
 

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