The Bridge

@WillihamTotland Why? Dupes are dupes and it's properly linked in the comments.

Williham Totland

True dat.

More importantly, ahahaahahahaha it's that guy.

12:36 AM

Hm. Guildwars 2 this weekend.

@RavenDreamer I have too much of a backlog to be interested in guild wars 2

Or really, any MMO. I find I only get sucked in when my backlog shrinks considerably, which happens pretty rarely.

Well, it's only available for 3 days

Or two.

I forget which.

Q: is xbox live needed to save progress in your shape

1

Do I need to have an xbox live account to save my progress on the game "your shape " I don't have xbox live and every time I start the game it says it can't connect to xbox so it can't save. Is there a setting on the game or the xbox so i can save, or is xbox live a must for this game. thanks

save-games xbox-live

@RavenDreamer That makes me even less interested.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer 3

Fri, Sat, and Sun

12:46 AM

Ha. I get it.

@LessPopMoreFizz is it weird that, after dying to Spriggans several times in the span of 10 minutes, I quit Skyrim, opened the creation kit, and looked to see how they were killing me?

user2334

Was it from mind controlled adds?

"SprigganConcentration"

A nigh-invisible channeled poison DoT

Were I an Argonian, I imagine I'd have asked her to stop tickling me.

15 magnitude, 4 duration

Grah!

And I just forgot that I upped my speakers for Skyrim.

Where can I acquire new ear drums?

Wait, people die playing skyrim?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Frost Trolls, man.

Bears. Bears are the biggest threat to Skyrim.

12:54 AM

►

user2334

Beeeeeeees!

KitFox

I'm covered in bees!

spugsley

BEES!

user2334

Can you register for an Xbox Silver account on the console? If so, how?

@MarkTrapp Isn't that just the default state of profiles you haven't paid for?

1:00 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was at level 1 :/

@MarkTrapp yeah, you can. you should be prompted when you create a profile.

it's an extra step on top of profile creation

user2334

@StrixVaria Yes, but I was wondering if you had to do register on the web or if you can do it on the console. I don't have an Xbox 360, but I wanted to mention if it's possible in this answer

I think you can also sign up after the fact, if you've already created the profile.

it's been a long time since I signed up, but I did so via the console.

user2334

This page suggests you can do it on the Xbox LIVE blade

user2334

danke @agent86

1:04 AM

@MarkTrapp uh, yeah, don't mention blades. they killed that interface at least a year or two ago.

user2334

What are they called now?

there's not really a name, as far as I can tell.

user2334

went with section. Whatever, it's Community Wiki and the general gist is there

@agent86 what is the equivalent thing now?

user2334

Seemed like a straightforward question that had a high chance of not getting answered because it's one of those games gamers don't play

1:07 AM

@murgatroid99 I don't know that they gave it a name. They called it a blade in the first version of the UI, but the NXE killed all the blades. Then they did another revision of the experience not too far back.

@agent86 I mean, it looks like some of that stuff is in the guide or the dashboard, but I don't even remember having an Xbox when it had that UI

@MarkTrapp I just sat down to my xbox for the evening, so I added the "current" instructions to your answer.

►

the thumbnail's not really representative, but the first few seconds show the "blade" ui

user2334

@agent86 thanks

@MarkTrapp anytime :)

@agent86 I guess it is like the dashboard then

1:11 AM

@murgatroid99 it was.... weird. and it didn't scale well. I think the rock band track DLC is really what killed it.

user2334

PS3-4-lyfe. UI has been called the XMB since 2005

navigating the DLC menus when there are hundreds of bits of DLC isn't pretty

@MarkTrapp there are a few nice things about the 360 dashboard that I miss on the PS3. I'd like to avoid a console holy war though, so I'll leave it at that :P

Rapida

I think this: gaming.stackexchange.com/q/58554/3015 is a dupe of this: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/50952/…

user2334

@agent86 I'm being fatuous anyway :)

star-trek a-song-of-ice-and-fire george-r-r-martin game-of-thrones the-legend-of-korra the-hunger-games star-trek-tng

ffs, I still cannot really read my rep on SFF.SE

that fraking glowing background intersects right where it is

user2334

1:25 AM

Nick T, Michigan

1.9k 5 31

yeah, I could click my name and view it, but then what's the point of even trying to display it at the top

@NickT It's offset for me. Try resizing your window?

user2334

@NickT I dunno. Not really a fan of the SciFi design. Still can't stand the meta theme. White text on dark background is killer on the eyes. Hasn't grown on me at all

@StrixVaria I have a silver and bronze badge, if you're lacking one or have a gold it will be way off

@NickT Oh right badges.

user2334

1:27 AM

That's pretty stupid.

@MarkTrapp oh man, I vastly prefer that, haha

I am sort of new here, just unlocked this option and I'm hoping to get some answers right quick because I also noticed that a lot of people who answered my regular questions are here. Help me out?

@TwistedChaos what's "this"

user2334

@FAE We are now sworn enemies. Dark text on light backgrounds or death!

1:29 AM

create a chat room option

user2334

@TwistedChaos What do you need help with?

oh, it just means if you go to chat.stackexchange.com there's a "create a chat room" button you can use

http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/new

Multiple questions actually, First off, who plays Minecraft?

lots of people

@TwistedChaos A ton of people here.

1:30 AM

@TwistedChaos Well if you're looking for a substitute for the site, that isn't what chat is intended for. If a question is on topic for the site, it should be asked there, not here.

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/minecraft/topusers

Chat's intended a social gathering place and to discuss topics that are off-topic for the site proper, like recommendations, requests for identifying games, shopping recommendations, etc.

No, No, I do not own the game. The question is not applying directly to the game or it's gameplay. I just need a gamers opinion from someone who does own the game

That said, if your question is brief/trivial, I ask those in chat all the time

you can ask things here, there's no rule against it

It is a shopping recomendation really.

1:32 AM

you just don't get rep :P

@TwistedChaos Then chat is perfect.

user2334

@TwistedChaos Just ask what you want to ask already! :P

@TwistedChaos Oh, that's fine for here. :)

I need to know from a player of Minecraft if it tends to get repetitive and boring after a while or if it seems pretty fun all around all the time

@TwistedChaos What you get out of Minecraft really depends on what you put into it.

1:33 AM

It'll depend on who you ask.

@MarkTrapp light on dark is fine (e.g. on Gaming), worse than both though is light on light, viz. sff

I can't play it any more because it's so mundane.

I'm looking for games that last. i.e. No more damned first person shooters.

Tons of people play it forever and never get bored.

It depends on what you think you'd like to do in game.

Ben Brocka

1:34 AM

There's no shortage of stuff to do in minecraft, it's just a question of if you'd enjoy it

user2334

@NickT it's fine for accent text (like the toolbar), but having main text be light on dark (meta SFF) burns my retinas

Oh everything really, Building looks fun in videos, crafting is nice and simple, So many mods to choose

Do you want to build large crazy superstructures? Do you want to make redstone devices? Do you want to just explore underground caves? Do you want to play adventure maps that others create for a deeper challenge?

@TwistedChaos When playing open-world games like Skyrim, GTA, etc, do you focus on the missions or do you blow time doing random things.

Skyrim: A mix of both since there are side missions and so much loot.

1:36 AM

@TwistedChaos the mods don't do much to expand the gameplay, they generally just make things easier

@TwistedChaos Minecraft isn't a game in the sense that it has objectives or 'things to do'. It's more of a big toy that has tons of fiddly bits that you can play with endlessly until you get bored with them. Whether and when you do so is entirely dependent on your fondness for such things.

I thought there were mods that made more creatures? And Village mods?

user2334

There are, and there are total conversion mods

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is a perfect description.

are any of them that good though?

user2334

1:37 AM

They're okay, but a pain to deal with because there's no structured way to create mods. Mod API coming Soon™ should make things easier

Ok that answered my question perfectly.

@TwistedChaos I doubt you'll ever find a game that never gets old.

user2334

Chess!

Q: Query Server time from Minecraft server

0

Is there a wayto get the current ingame time from a minecraft server from the web?, does a plugin exist that can do this? Or would I need to create my own? Minequery sends some basic info, could it be extended to get more?

minecraft plugins

@Wipqozn GW1's 7 year anniversary has turned on every single event at once, like the weekend event stuff where you get double points/xp for titles. Guess what I'll be playing a bunch of the next 2 weeks. :P

1:40 AM

Crysis 2. All generic first person shooters, All assassins creed games after collecting everything and beating the story.

There are plenty more

But those just bored me to death

@MarkTrapp chess only has about 10**50 states, I'd imagine Minecraft can have a lot more than that

@NickT Dwarf Fortress

@NickT But Chess has an objective and a resolution. Minecraft does not.

@NickT Is this legal states or just permutations of pieces on squares?

user2334

It also hasn't become passé in at least several hundred years

1:41 AM

Enderdragon

@StrixVaria I dunno, some result when Googling it

permutations would be what, 64 choose 32?

@NickT You don't necessarily need all the pieces.

@NickT No, that would only be the case if the pieces were all identical

So 64 choose 32 + 64 choose 31 + etc. (I think. I'm bad at this.)

the other one? nPr?

user2334

@NickT Should be less, since certain pieces can't cover all spaces (Bishops, for example)

user2334

1:43 AM

Actually, I think it's just bishops that can't cover all spaces

well to start, what's the upper bound, ignoring rules

@MarkTrapp I think we're already ignoring the fact that some configurations are illegal

@MarkTrapp I don't think you can have a pawn on the first rank either

user2334

Oh, true

Are you allowed to keep pawns as pawns on the last rank?

Also, are we taking into account the fact that you can have up to 9 queens?

1:44 AM

you could probably keep a pawn as a pawn

user2334

Can knights cover all spaces?

@StrixVaria you might be able to upgrade a pawn to a pawn

Knight's tour

The knight's tour is a mathematical problem involving a knight on a chessboard. The knight is placed on the empty board and, moving according to the rules of chess, must visit each square exactly once. A knight's tour is called a closed tour if the knight ends on a square attacking the square from which it began (so that it may tour the board again immediately with the same path). Otherwise the tour is open. The exact number of open tours is still unknown. Creating a program to solve the knight's tour is a common problem given to computer science students. Variations of the knight's tou...

@MarkTrapp Yeah, they should be able to with enough wrangling.

user2334

> A pawn that advances all the way to the opposite side of the board (the opposing player's first rank) is promoted to another piece of that player's choice: a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color. The pawn is immediately (before the opposing player's next move) replaced by the new piece.

user2334

@murgatroid99 @LessPopMoreFizz Intriguing

Ben Brocka

1:46 AM

Suddenly Chess.SE

This is the best description of Google Drive yet:

Imagine a guy who's REALLY into panties who makes ALL his money selling data about panties. Now he offers to store your panties. Yeah—that.

Tweeted by hotdogsladies on April 25, 2012 at 12:33 AM

But you can search for your Grand Canyon pictures!

user2334

A third, completely incompatible version of DropBox? Sign me up!

@MarkTrapp third?

user2334

@murgatroid99 Microsoft released a cross-platform version of SkyDrive yesterday

1:48 AM

@MarkTrapp that's coincidental. Free cloud space can't hurt, though

user2334

I think they wanted to steal some of Google's thunder :P

@MarkTrapp Microsoft releasing a cross-platform product seems kind of ironic to me, since they have a vested interest in people not using other platforms

I am probably the youngest person on this site. That is most likely why I feel so horribly outranked by every gamer in this chat room. :I

Woah, Microsoft gives 7 GB. That's as much as Google and Dropbox put together

user2334

1:50 AM

@murgatroid99 I think Google's taken that mantle in recent years, with their Android/Chrome exclusive stuff. Microsoft has been releasing their new products on Mac and iOS for a couple of years now. I'm sure if Windows Phone ever became a success that'd change though

@StrixVaria the joys of promoting pawns

@TwistedChaos Nope, we have some younger.

How much does my age say on my profile?

@murgatroid99 My free dropbox account is 5.25 GB right now

@NickT Can't you mate by moving the knight to f8? What am I overlooking?

1:51 AM

@TwistedChaos 16

@StrixVaria king would move to G8

Oh no.

Thats not true.

user2334

I'm at 7GB for my Dropbox due to exploiting the "we'll give you free space if you use photo syncing" loophole

@murgatroid99 I couldn't find out where to actually sign up for microsfot's cloud

1:52 AM

I don't see how to do it then :(

@TwistedChaos Oh?

@MarkTrapp what, you get multiple bonuses?

@StrixVaria you move the pawn and promote it to a black knight

I don't actually particularly like chess. I beat the beginner AI yesterday and that was pretty exciting.

@RavenDreamer I just googled for "SkyDrive"

@StrixVaria I am terrible at strategy, so I suck at chess.

1:52 AM

@murgatroid99 Microsoft has been releasing products for Mac OS X continuously since before there was a Windows.

Shouldn't be breaking the rules if I am 13 right? I have been following all guidelines correctly other than Age

@NickT you can... do that?

@RavenDreamer skydrive.live.com?

@murgatroid99 See, I didn't even know that's what it was called!

@RavenDreamer used to be able to, but then they changed the rules

user2334

1:53 AM

@NickT When photo syncing for iOS was in beta, they gave you 500 MB to start, and 500 MB every time you filled it up, as long as the data was from photo syncing, up to 5GB. I think they changed it when they tested it for Android due to rampant abuse.

5 mins ago, by Mark Trapp

@murgatroid99 Microsoft released a cross-platform version of SkyDrive yesterday

@TwistedChaos Are you actually 13?

That I am.

so does "cross-platform" also mean Android?

user2334

@TwistedChaos If you're 13 or older, you're not breaking any age rules.

user2334

1:54 AM

@NickT No: Windows, Mac, iOS, Windows Phone

Ah, ok then.

All is well.

Then technically speaking of course, I am the youngest person on this site.

user2334

well, who isn't lying at least :P

@TwistedChaos You are among the youngest, but not necessarily the youngest. :P

skovacs1

wouldn't knight to e7 be mate?

@skovacs1 No, because you're not threatening the King then.

1:57 AM

And that is why I said Technically. :P

@TwistedChaos Perhaps you misunderstand what technically means :)

skovacs1

True, but wouldn't the king have to move the next turn and then ??? and then profit?

Most Likely Haha.

@skovacs1 Stalemate.

@skovacs1 that's called stalemate

1:58 AM

@skovacs1 Guidelines say "mate in 1".

@TwistedChaos you may be the person who claims to have the youngest age among users on this site

> The broad language of Law XIII also appears to allow promotion to any piece of any color. This led to the whimsical endgame study diagrammed at right. White is to play and checkmate in one move. No solution is possible under modern-day rules, but with Law XIII in effect the surprising solution is 1.g8(Black N)!, when the newly promoted knight blocks its own king's flight square (Birbrager 1975:25). Presumably other amusing problems could be created involving promotion to a white or black king.

Does anyone else have the old Nintendo? The Galoob Nintendo Entertainment System?

@NickT If you promote to a black king in checkmate, do you win?

Probably why that rule was amended

skovacs1

2:00 AM

And this is why I don't play (read suck at) chess.

@StrixVaria apparently the current rules say you can't leave a pawn on the final rank in effort to reduce intentional stalemating en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess)#History_of_the_rule

@skovacs1 I suck at it too, but bits of it (especially the creative rule interpretations) are amusing

Q: Dead Rising 2: Mix Matching

0

With the Dead rising 2 DLC (Soldier, Psycho, etc.) Do you have to wear the full outfit for the effects to work or can you mix and match and have all of them at one? I am fond of soldiers appearance but I would like to wield all the abilities of the DLC at once. So is it or is it not possible?

dead-rising-2

0

Q: How to 1-Hit kill an Enderman?

I'm wondering how to get a 1-Hit kill on an Enderman. I saw Somone on YouTube kill an Enderman in 1 hit with a mellon slice. Does this or any other way work? Anything helps!

minecraft

@Strix lol wtf @ that edit you did

@FAE The tags?

yeah

2:06 AM

Why did you post my question?

I checked the revision history after I saw your comment and laughed

user2334

@TwistedChaos It's a bot that automatically links all new questions in here

Ah, thank you Mark.

that is pretty interesting.

2:29 AM

The chat...She is dead.

@TwistedChaos Long live chat!

►

@Raven and @Wipqozn Server list for GW2 beta weekend. My guildmates and I will likely be rolling on Deldrimor.

2:47 AM

2

Wat.

(I flagged it as Not an Answer because it is completely useless. Not because it is wrong. "collect a random amount of coins and you will get a random reward?" that is... substantially less than useful.)

It's not inaccurate, it's completely meaningless nonsense.

Seems I got there too late to catch that gem. :P

@TimStone Lovely, innit?

A thing of beauty

I suppose I should ping @badp to those last few messages.

...There was just a tax help commercial on that said that the people the IRS sends to prison for tax fraud "aren't just celebrities." I wonder if anyone actually held that notion.

3:02 AM

2

Q: How do I create folders?

I just got the new 3DS firmware update, and I know that it gives me the ability to create folders on my home screen (according to various blogs). However, I can't figure out how to make the folders. I tried dragging one icon over another like you do on an iPhone/iPad to create a folder but that...

3ds

Q: Does anyone know where to find a list of preorder only dlc?

3:21 AM

0

I am a bit of a completionist when it comes to video games and the DLC that goes along with it? Lately, I noticed their is a lot of pre-order only DLC that comes for different place, is never available on the standard DLC marketplace. Is their a list of what DLC for a game never comes available ...

xbox-360 ps3 wii dlc

EBongo

3:31 AM

Why did this get closed?

-1

Q: Does anyone know where to find a list of preorder only dlc?

I am a bit of a completionist when it comes to video games and the DLC that goes along with it? Lately, I noticed their is a lot of pre-order only DLC that comes for different place, is never available on the standard DLC marketplace. Is their a list of what DLC for a game never comes available ...

xbox-360 ps3 wii dlc

Out of curiosity...

Q: Is externally acquired cheap TERA gold making the game less attractive?

-2

Buying or acquiring tera gold, either in the game world or in the real time world is not too difficult. There are many players who do not want to spend the extra long hours to earn their gold.

tera

2

Q: How to turn off Portal 2 Xbox skin?

I got one of the preorder DLC packs for Portal 2 on Xbox 360 that gave the Robots skins that could be applied to them. I was wondering if their was a way to turn off this skin without deleting the actual DLC content?

portal-2 dlc

@Lazers Considering the links in that user's profile, I think that's just a spambot.

user2334

@Lazers needs more spam flags

user2334

Or delete votes

@Lazers Wow... My flag for that was deemed unhelpful? Glad the mod who actioned it took the time to read the question.

user2334

3:40 AM

@Fluttershy What was the canned reason?

@MarkTrapp Dunno. I don't have the rep to view actions.

All I see is 7 posts marked spam
6 deemed helpful

user2334

@Fluttershy Should say it on your Flagging summary

@MarkTrapp It doesn't. Just says "Flagged as spam" with no "helpful" next to it.

user2334

Oh, it hasn't been declined. It's still pending

Doesn't it show as "One flag still awaiting review" or something of the like?

user2334

3:43 AM

I've never seen that

I see @spugsley has become less shy about her language.

Then I'm losing my mind... Disregard. <.<

user2334

If a flag's declined, it'll say "declined" with a canned reason like "A moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to support it"

@Fluttershy I think it may give some indication for moderator flags, which spam/offensive are not.

Ah, gotcha.

3:44 AM

@Fluttershy It will say pending if it is pending. At least for Not an Answer flags.

@OrigamiRobot It does not say pending.

user2334

Pretty sure @TimStone got it: spam/offensive flags don't act as normal moderator flags

@MarkTrapp Who do those flags go to then? >.>

I don't think spam flags will say pending.

@Fluttershy Server gnomes.

user2334

3:47 AM

@Fluttershy Mods get them, but spam/offensive flags are the only ones that can be completely resolved by community members without mod intervention

@FAE Makes sense.

@MarkTrapp Community members can vote to delete as well as close?

user2334

@Fluttershy ~6 spam/offensive flags = automatic community deletion.

user2334

No mod needed

@MarkTrapp Oh. Neat!

user2334

Speaking of which… there are 5 active people in chat right now… you all flagged as spam, right? ಠ_ಠ

3:50 AM

I did, clearly. =P

@EBongo Shopping question.

@MarkTrapp #6 checking in.

user2334

Yay, dead.

Hello

@ToazterWafflez Hi.

Anybody there?

4:02 AM

Hello I am a robot.

ToazterWafflez

Oh... It's laggin

For me... Hello I'm a ToazterWafflez

And I am a pony.

Hello @ToazterWafflez! I am a robot.

Hello @ToazterWafflez! I am a... me.

Now that we are all sufficiently introduced and identified...

@ToazterWafflez Telling someone to go find something themselves is rarely a good answer.

4:09 AM

oooooh

Told

Just kidding

user2334

I am a banana!

I am a Potato.

@MarkTrapp We've moved past that joke.

I am a member of this chat room.

user2334

@OrigamiRobot Well I'm bringing it back. Along with snap bracelets.

4:10 AM

HA

@MarkTrapp I've been preparing for this day my whole life.

I'm bringing back the hoop and the stick.

Q: Chances of encountering a charged creeper?

4:26 AM

0

I've seen images of charged creepers but I would like to know what the chances are of just stumbling upon one. Or how often you would find one if you were looking for one.

minecraft

-2

Q: Can Endermen Pick Up Bedrock?

Can Endermen pick up bedrock, if so please provide a picture or a YouTube video.

minecraft pc

balpha

@BenBrocka @James Sorry, but I can't read your minds to know what you are talking about...

Everyone hide! It's @balpha!

Q: Howard to get fast reputation on the website?

-1

Title says it all. And yes I know this is a moony question but I've seen people with like 75.8k gd rep? HOW?

pc reputation

Off-topic, or NARQ?

You're too late!

@OrigamiRobot So it would seem.

This guy's going to town with crap questions...

Q: Join with stackoverflow as modurator

4:43 AM

@Fluttershy Have no fear - as always, there's someone on Meta to top him:

0

I eager to join with stack-overflow as moderator, can you please say the possibilities..

support stackoverflow

@TimStone Do I need to remind you of ronnie?

balpha

lol

@Fluttershy I don't think he needs any reintroduction. :P

what the hell recaptcha

Bwuahah

4:48 AM

@FAE Just type whatever elopurc

@Fluttershy I just reloaded for a new one, but I've never had an entire freaking blurry image before

@FAE Yeah. recaptcha kinda sucks. You only need one of the two words, the other one can be absolutely anything. But you always need the word that looks more like the one on the right in your photo.

@FAE What is this I don't even.

@OrigamiRobot I DON'T KNOW

Q: How do I receive reputation on StackExchange?

-3

How do I receive reputation on StackExchange? I have seen people with more than 75k reputation, and it really astounds me!

discussion reputation

-2

Q: Can Endermen pick up TNT then set it off?

Can an Endermen pick up a TNT block then place it beside a redstone torch or something and make it explode? If so then please leave a picture or a video!

minecraft pc

Q: Dota2 - Commands similar legacy Dota (like -st)

5:23 AM

0

Well one must agree its all new interface to get use to Dota2. After a little struggle I managed to get the first blood and own the "easy" bots with Pudge... in my 4th match... LOL Sorry if I bored you. My question is... I wanted to see flesh heap stats and I typed -st and wild guss -stats but ...

dota-2 user-interface

5:43 AM

> -165 Serial upvoting reversed

x_x

D:

@FAE looks like someone just went down your answers list and voted on everything. =\

Jin

I finished Diable3 beta with a wizard, thanks @ravendreamer

I wish I could play a demon hunter..

@Fluttershy In like a 2 minute span of time earlier tonight, apparently. x_X

@FAE I think they took 5 rep too much.

5:46 AM

@Fluttershy What do you mean? The reversal?

@FAE Yeah. I only count 160 rep during that 2 minute period. They took 5 from a valid upvote. <.<

@Fluttershy Ah well.

user2334

Anyone good with probabilities? Need someone to check my work and make sure I didn't commit any dumb probability mistakes

@MarkTrapp Something's a little off there. Give me a second

@murgatroid99 You can count on Twilight to doublecheck your work!

5:53 AM

@MarkTrapp "what the chances are of encountering a charged creeper are,"

@MarkTrapp One thing that is a little weird is that the probability you give is that of encountering a charged creeper given that there is exactly one creeper currently in existence

Ok, sleeptime, good god I hate sunlight

user2334

@murgatroid99 That's where there's a gray area for me. The chance lightning strikes a chunk is calculated independently for each chunk. The number of creepers doesn't matter, at least for that part of the calculation (it does matter in the next step, when it determines which block has been struck within that chunk). But it also means the number of chunks doesn't matter too, right? Since they're all calculated independently

user2334

Oh, I see it

@MarkTrapp not exactly, you pretty much calculated the probability that lightning will strike the particular block that the single creeper is currently in

user2334

5:58 AM

Right, but the chance would increase as time goes on and creepers don't despawn

If you multiply by the total expected number of creepers currently on the surface, then you would have the right number

user2334

I'm assuming there'd only be one charged creeper ever