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12:04 AM
3 hours ago, by Jason Berkan
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-marketing-campaigns-asks-affiliates-to-stop
 
Apparently, EA didn't learn from diablo 3.
 
@Fluttershy It didn't get any stars, so it doesn't count.
 
@Wipqozn Yours didn't either. Your argument is invalid.
 
@Wipqozn That was probably the strangest message I've ever gotten.
 
@Ullallulloo Yeah, my friend and I like to start our conversation with random messages.
His name is Matthew too... which is who I meant to send the message too :P
 
12:08 AM
@SimonL To be fair, D3 cleaned up faster than this, and Blizzard gave away a few free copies before launch. It was still a mess though.
 
*stretch and yawn*
 
yes
VVVVVV TASed
 
@Coronus I got Diablo 3 when it came out. I could not play for a solid week after I had purchased the game. Months later, there was still tremendous lag issues. Because of that, I no longer buy "must be online to play" single player games.
 
@SimonL Where do you live?
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Ontario canada
 
12:17 AM
That shouldn't be too far from the servers
 
I haven't touched diablo 3 for about a year now - nor do I intend to. I was just noting my past experience with "must be online to play" for single player games and how I have no desire to purchase them. I am very happy with Torchlight II which I got recently.
0 lag, play whenever I want, no login que and bonus part - I can hex edit my character :)
 
... why would Illustrator's Simplify Path tool give me more control points than before?
 
In some posts, I see people leave two spaces after a period - is there a writing standard guideline that everyone tries to use?
 
@SimonL The two space after the end of a sentence rule comes from the typewriter era
It has no relevance today. One space after a period is standard.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone It took me a long time to accept this. I'm finally trained to type like that now.
 
12:29 AM
Why oh why Google did you fuck up Blogger so bad?
 
@SimonL Have you tried Path of Exile?
 
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to have blogs that come with loading screens?
 
@Coronus No I have not.
 
Oh and of course it has to be completely unusable in Opera Mobile
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I hear Opera's going with Webkit soon.
 
12:33 AM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone jQuery Mobile - every page comes with a loading screen! Also my personal favourite loading image site preloaders.net
 
@SimonL I recommend it to any fan of the genre.
 
@Coronus Yeah. RIP Presto.
 
@SimonL I would love to have some of those on my site! But we use Ajaxload
 
@Coronus cool I'll take a look at it - I am currently playing Natural Selection 2 with some buddies in a slightly competitive tournament.
 
12:36 AM
@badp I've actually seen this exact video. I've gotten above 1/10th his time which is amazing.
 
...I really hope it's just the same level repeated multiple times
 
@Coronus Nice - what technology stack do you use?
 
@StrixVaria oh okay I thought you'd get mad at me for spoilers
 
Spoilers in Hexagon?
 
like "Pentagon"
 
12:38 AM
That's the "Hexagonest" level.
Which is where I am now.
I've "finished" "Hexagon" and "Hexagoner".
They all have pretty much the same structure.
 
I find super hexagon far more pleasant to watch than to play
 
@badp The 'level' really consists of randomly generated mazes that uses the same templates
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone it changes every time?
 
After a while the structure starts repeating, as @StrixVaria said
 
@badp Yes. If they didn't, the game would be crazy easy.
 
12:39 AM
@badp Every playthrough is different, yeah
 
@SimonL I do mainly C# but I also do some PHP, and... Perl
 
@StrixVaria bit trip games aren't randomized and they aren't crazy easy by any stretch
 
Which is why I suspect the game "finishes" at 60 seconds, since after that you might start seeing repetition creeping in
 
@badp I still haven't tried any other than Bit.Trip Runner. I looked up gameplay videos of Core and uh...Beat. Neither one looked that impressive to me.
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Every 60 seconds it steps up the difficulty significantly.
 
@Coronus Nice - I haven't touched PHP since school and I haven't really ever used Perl. The site I manage right now is asp.net mvc4 on azure.
 
12:45 AM
@StrixVaria The part where you make music with every successful movement feels very satisfying. I sometimes find myself humming parts of the 15 minutes long runs, with each beep
Unlike Runner2, however, each movement has its own sound
(it's the same every time)
so it pretty much feels like playing a most impractical musical instrument for 15 minutes straight
...and unlike Runner if you screw up once you aren't forced back to the start
 
Pancakes for breakfast!
 
Edited this question earlier to remove the elements of game-rec, since there's definitely a very good question in there. Please reopen: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/107421/…
 
@StrixVaria The petition for SimCity DRM removal has had the requirement upped to 50,000 signatures.
 
@fbueckert Still barely matters.
 
1:00 AM
@StrixVaria It won't do an ounce of good.
The only thing that would is a document that says, "I will buy the game if the DRM is removed."
Also, EA's PR is spinning like there's no tomorrow.
> In what has to be the most incredible display of PR spin seen in a videogame crisis, an Electronic Arts spokesperson has claimed SimCity's notoriously awful DRM setbacks are a result of the game being just too gosh-darn enjoyable to quit! No, this isn't an Onion article.
 
It's so good they had to cancel all advertisements!
They're already pulling that spin?
 
I saw someone jokingly suggest they would do that earlier today
@fbueckert dat Potpourri
 
@BenBrocka I would watch that.
 
@BenBrocka Next they'll say Amazon had to stop selling it to prevent overload from the process of too many people purchasing the game.
 
1:08 AM
That's actually a really good trailer. If they made that movie, I would so watch it.
 
@fbueckert I hate eggs!
 
cc @FAE @AshleyNunn @Fluttershy and others that play Harvest Moon ^
 
@fbueckert same
Should have went after Ann
 
@BenBrocka Too bad I think it's just a trailer.
 
eah, just a gag I'm sure. Still pretty cool though
 
1:10 AM
Wait, how much dating sim does Harvest Moon games have?
 
<10% But still a significant part of it
 
Heh, the Gritty Reboot logo at the start is a parody of Focus Picture's
 
I didn't even court anyone much in Rune Factory. Dating was more grindy than the actual grinding
Also in SNES I'd totally go for the bar girl just because I could give her flowers at 5 PM without losing time. Ann was still the best though.
I think I've married everyone except possibly the church girl in SNES Harvest Moon now
 
I think she's a fruit roll up
 
1:15 AM
-4
A: What is the Sequence in Drop7?

user1106281I figured out the discs in sequence mode for the first 71 levels. They are listed on my blog: http://programmablebrick.blogspot.com/2013/03/drop7-with-lego-mindstorms-nxt.html

That looks like self promotion to me.
Especially after he refused to add the info to his answer.
 
@BenBrocka Heh, it's a hair fort! Everyone loves a hair fort!
 
blerggggggg
2
 
@fbueckert Did you go to his blog? I don't think he can add the info to his answer.
 
@JasonBerkan Not all the info, no. I did check it out. But at least some of it needs to be there.
Also, if there are actually 1000+ sequences, then that question is way too broad.
 
Bah, have to wait for the new gravatar to take effect in here I guess.
 
1:25 AM
> You hear the distant roaring of an enraged eggplant.
 
@SaintWacko I hate it when I hear that. Nothing good follows.
 
@Coronus Nope
 
@SaintWacko I suddenly wonder what that would sound like.
 
@James I'm afraid you may be wondering a long time
 
@James Trust me, when you hear it... you'll know.
 
1:28 AM
wow
I have new icons on my arqade webbie
 
I need to dungeon crawl this weekend .Yep.
@James Nice avatar
 
@Coronus Did it change for you??? (Do you see the face of a cat or a whole cat?)
 
You'll always be the "it's dangerous to go alone" cat in my heart
 
@BenBrocka My new one looks similar to that one actually :)
 
@James Yeah, it changed.
 
1:30 AM
^^ full sized image.
 
@James d'awwww!
 
Hehe, I am a cat guy what can I say? :)
 
Sweet. I just gained two levels from one fight. =3
 
I'm still disappointed in my self I bought Simcity, its such a clusterfsck
attempting to get a refund on the game and then worst case scenario. I do a charge back. They nuke my Origin account that only has BF3 on it and I take that as a lesson learned never to buy from EA again.
 
This is possibly the worst "Congratulations you're now subscribed to our service" email I've ever seen
 
1:44 AM
FREE email reminder service!
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone looks standard government
 
Do they really address you as patron SXXXXXXX53453543 or whateve?R
 
@BenBrocka That's my IC number, since I use my IC to borrow books
 
I swear my right hand types faster than my left
 
And why do they think it's necessary to add the giant disclaimer on automated emails?
They're afraid of robots leaking secrets?
@Halfwarr I'm not sure if National Library is actually part of the government
 
1:46 AM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone was just looking at the domain .gov.sg ?
 
Hmmmm, there's pl.sg for Public Libraries, nl.sg for National Library, and nlb.gov.sg for National Library Board. It's all rather confusing.
 
user43095
@fredley You pinged?
 
I should try to finish Treasure Adventure Game sometime. It's such a nice game, and free too.
Go check it out if you haven't already: robitstudios.com/treasure-adventure-game
 
user43095
@YiJiang'sEvilClone They only said to not reply to that email like three times. Also inquiry is spelt with an i, not an e.
 
@jeffreylin_ Heh, only three times
 
user43095
1:54 AM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone yeah, it could be worse.
 
I thought read something on meta about a Heart of the Swarm event for Arqade?
did they release any more details about it?
 
@Halfwarr Yup. Though there's no details yet except that there will be one.
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A: Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm Event

Anna LearThat's already in the plans. There are no details to be shared yet, but we will do some sort of a promotional ThingTM for Heart of the Swarm. Stay tuned!

Oh, and Jin's been leaking snippets of his design
 
user43095
I like stuffing my face with pie. MUST EAT MOAR PIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
 
user15026
@fbueckert I wish that Harvest Moon movie was real because I would watch it in a heartbeat
 
user43095
2:09 AM
Anyone have fun free Steam games?
 
user43095
Guess not.
 
18 mins ago, by Yi Jiang's Evil Clone
Go check it out if you haven't already: http://www.robitstudios.com/treasure-adventure-game/
 
0
Q: how to change faction from imperial to stormcloak?

PhilbeeI know many of people want to change from a storm cloak to an imperial or vice versa. But, I was wondering is there a console command to change to storm cloaks after completing the imperial quest line? Or is there some other solution to change besides having to start again? Thanks.

0
Q: Full-Screen Issues With Tomb Raider on PC

YogiSometimes Tomb raider is launching with windows modes. I have checked both full screen and exclusive fullscreen option. Resolution is 1366X768. What is causing this? This is my configuration. Windows 7 64 bit 6 GB RAM Intel Core i5 2.3GHz GeGorce GT 525M

 
user43095
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Is it Steam or its own launcher?
 
Standalone game
It's also available on GOG
 
2:11 AM
You know what game I really really really looking forward too is wasteland 2
Alpha gameplay if anyone is remotely interested youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R9hQWqtxXPU
 
user43095
Anyone here want a copy of DotA 2? I have 4, because Steam gave me some for lulz
 
^ Me as well I have a ton as well
 
@BenBrocka So did you say you were planning to pick up Monster HunteR?
 
user43095
2:28 AM
Why is one of the chat tags ?
 
Jan 29 at 14:37, by Ben Brocka
@SaintWacko DID YOU KNOW THAT 95% OF CREATURES ON PANDORA AREN'T EXPLODING RIGHT NOW?! THAT'S BULLSH$% BUY TORGUE
 
user43095
Yeah, I guess I'm missing the Avatar reference?
 
@jeffreylin_ Borderlands 2, actually
 
user43095
But... Pandora,
 
@jeffreylin_ There's more than one fictional universe featuring a planet called Pandora
You know where the name came from, right?
 
user43095
2:34 AM
Yeah, I figured that.
 
user15026
@yijiang who is the middle one?
 
@AshleyNunn Octavia
The background musician who appeared in a bunch of episodes playing a cello
 
user15026
@yijiang ah. :)
 
user43095
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Nope.
 
user43095
2:37 AM
The radio?
 
@jeffreylin_ Because EXPLOSIONS
 
@jeffreylin_ Greek mythology - Pandora's Box
 
user43095
@SaintWacko Actually,
 
Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation in Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar (πίθος pithos) given to Pandora (Πανδώρα) ("all-gifted", "all-giving"), which contained all the evils of the world. Today, the phrase "to open Pandora's box" means to perform an action that may seem small or innocuous, but that turns out to have severe and far-reaching consequences. In mythology In classical Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on Earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her, so...
 
@jeffreylin_ Oh, apparently
 
2:38 AM
@AshleyNunn Did you not recognise it because you didn't know her, or because I didn't draw it properly?
 
user43095
Also, what does SEI mean?
*General Chat Room for Arqade.com. The main quarters of Arqade's SEI AskQuestion Mothership, wherein we aim our LAZERS at arqade cabinets, fancy new spaceship logos and the eyes of people who would like to deny others the joys of waffles.*
 
Cadance's hair looks like gum
@jeffreylin_ Stack Exchange Inc.
 
user43095
That makes sense
 
user43095
But it doesn't really substitute right.
 
user43095
General Chat Room for Arqade.com. The main quarters of Arqade's Stack Exchange, Inc AskQuestion Mothership, wherein we aim our LAZERS at arqade cabinets, fancy new spaceship logos and the eyes of people who would like to deny others the joys of waffles.
 
user43095
2:42 AM
See?
 
user15026
@yijiang because I didn't know who she was.
 
user43095
Huh, never seen a pony with that cutie mark before.
 
I blame the internet that is the sole reason I ever watched it and then got addicted to it
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Treble clef mark + playing the bass/cello which are written mostly in bass clef. Makes sense.
 
2:46 AM
that and I found out that gabe newell watches MLP
 
user15026
@yijiang oh now I recognize her!
 
@Wipqozn I might, when's it out
 
3:19 AM
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Q: Torchlight 2 Embermage Staff Mastery Question

JasonI'm confused about the skill "Staff Mastery" in Torchlight 2. I'm pretty sure I'm right, but let me just get this straight. If I use Shockbolts, (in addition to the other skills) it lowers the targets resistances? Does it also lower it if I hit them with my staff? And also, I am REQUIRED to wield...

3
Q: What do the City Border colors signify?

ElarysIn a region I can see each city has a border outline, some are green, yellow, blue, black and my own is white. What are these colors for? Is there a master-list somewhere? The Manual doesn't list them at all.

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Q: How do I prevent the other James from impersonating me in chat?

James JiaoEvery now and then, I receive notifications of replies to James's chat messages in the Bridge. Example. This seems to happen more often when I just engaged in a conversation in chat not very long ago. I will keep receiving notifications not meant for my eyes for a week or so, then it stops. I d...

0
Q: Does performing turbo boosts as soon as the bar fills give more of a boost?

RobotnikIn Crash Team Racing, you can get up to 3 turbo boosts by power-sliding. There is a power-meter that, when it turns red (about halfway on the meter) means you're ready to perform a boost. The bar on the bottom right, filling up: Ready to boost! However if the power meter fills out, you'll b...

 
3:42 AM
Hmmm, how often do you clean your desktops?
Mine's starting to get a little dirty after two months
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Physical towers or the virtual ones?
 
Uh, physical, of course. How do you clean a virtual machine?
 
You could have meant "clear out unwanted icons".
Some people have a habit of saving everything to their desktop.
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I cleaned mine before I moved a month and a half ago, and it isn't too bad now. I do have to remember to check the fans periodically because they get a lot of cat fuzz.
 
Anyone have any recommendations for a mouse?
 
3:58 AM
@SimonL Logitec G500 is wonderful and fairly low in price now
adjustable weight, adjustable DPI, good size, quality cable, mouse wheel switches bettwen "notched" and frictionless scrolling
 
@BenBrocka I just looked it up, it looks pretty good - just one question, what is the point of adjustable weight? I don't understand how you could configure that feature to customize the mouse for you.
 
@SimonL It's the "feel" of the mouse, how easily it glides. There's a set of weights they include to give you just the heft you want. It sounds a bit silly until you try it out
I prefer mine a bit heavier as I keep it on extremely high sensitivity, so I don't accidentally bump it too far
Basically try the mouse at minimum then maximum weight, and keep adjusting the weight until you find what feels right
 
I have been using an mx510 for around 4 years now, but it died on me the other day :(. so I've been taking a look at different stuff. the two big brands I have seen are logitech and razer - any razer suggestions I should also take a look at?
 
What thethe the the the he 'll
 
I wasn't as sold on the Razer ones, they seem like a better option for MMO gamers/people who need more buttons. They make nice mouse pads for sure though, using one now
 
4:10 AM
Chat doesn't seem to work very well with Opera Mobile Beta and Swiftkey
I'm not sure what the problem was just now
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Sometimes SwiftKey just messes up and piles words like that.
 
Razer Deathadder is what I was looking at, seemed inferior to the G500 in general though
 
user15026
I don't use Opera Mobile, and I still get the word stacking from time to time
 
G500 has a nice mix of solid Gaming features and optional productivity features (horizontal scroll, frictionless scrolling as an option)
 
The entire page seems to be scrolling when I type something in here
@AshleyNunn I've never seen that happen before
 
4:12 AM
Though if you're lefty, Razer has lefty gaming mice, I'm not sure if Logitech has them
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone It happens to me periodically. Not often, but the odd time.
 
This is so weird. I don't think I've ever seen the keyboard act like that
 
im a righty so that isn't an issue. The one thing I noticed that razer has that is pretty cool is their Synapse which does automatic driver updates.
 
And even with the default keyboard, the entire page appears to scroll around at random while I type this message
 
@SimonL Pretty sure Logitech's setpoint stuff does that as well
 
user15026
4:14 AM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone That is pretty weird
 
...also that's not the always-online mouse, is it? They got lots of bad PR about that
 
Also,not terribly impressed with the beta. The interface isn't tablet optimised like the old one,and I really miss the search bar
 
Looks like that's the Naga and Synapse, not sure about Death Adder
 
@BenBrocka it is the Synapse, it doesn't mention anything about it being an always online thing, more of a storage. razerzone.com/software-support
From my reading, it looks like a service that runs on your machine to look for updates, save settings to online and manage mouse settings locally.
 
I wouldn't worry about it with the G500 though. It's a fairly "old" mouse (they have one or two significantly different newer models) and I haven't had it update since I got it months ago
Also the G500 has fancy profiles stored on the mouse for different applications...but I've never had a need for anything like that
 
4:25 AM
I want to stab the jerk who decided that, in order to get Sora's ultimate weapon in Kingdom Hearts, you needed 3 of an item that drops 10% of the time from an enemy you have a 5% chance of encountering...
 
user15026
@Fluttershy That's pretty cruel.
 
I've been doing this for 3 hours now, and I need 2 more...
Aaaaand as soon as I complained about it, I got 3. <_<
Thanks for letting me whine, Bridge! =D
 
user15026
Its a whine-miracle :)
 
@BenBrocka I think I might go with that logitech choice, the razer mice I was looking at are like 120$ with comparable features :S
 
@SimonL youch. The G500 is a steal at it's current price
I wish I had one for work too
 
4:31 AM
I bring my mouse/keyboard/headphones/mousepad with me to work every day.
 
Hilarious Tumblr of the day: Sorry, that username is already taken.
 
@Brant that is good. I wonder if someone created that account just to take the picture :D
 
4:50 AM
To ruin it, you can try a taken name and then change the test box.
 
Ultima Weapon get.
 
I just tried to make an account with that username, and it is indeed taken. Ha!
 
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Q: Can't drop an airport

Mathew FoscariniI'm unable to drop an airport in my city. It's my first time trying to create one, but it's always red. When I move it to an open area it says must plop on snap point!. What does that mean?

 
5:07 AM
0
A: Where are all the treasures in chapter 5?

user43554an orne is gaurding it phh you really think they will just lave it there so wacth out.

wat
 
@Kareen Maybe they registered it? :P
idk
 
> And to get us back in your good graces, we’re going to offer you a free PC download game from the EA portfolio. On March 18, SimCity players who have activated their game will receive an email telling them how to redeem their free game.
Hmmm, any game, eh.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone SimCity 4? :P
 
@Ullallulloo Hahaha, yeah, that would work :P
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I so hope they screw it up and make it publicly available.
 
5:16 AM
It seems like they haven't settled on which game yet.
@fbueckert That $20 voucher screw up was pretty hilarious
If anyone's interested in SimCity's servers and stuff
It's not a lot of details, but it does confirm that they're using EC2
 
5:31 AM
@fbueckert They're locked down pretty tight. They have me a coupon code for messing up (but not ACTUALLY messing up) my dead space 3 order, and I tried it on a random item just to see what it WAS. When I then tried it on a second item, it was already consumed. Juist by LOOKING without purchasing, I had used up the code, without actually getting the benefit
 
@BenBrocka They've made mistakes, though. For Origin's anniversary, they sent out a $20 coupon code to existing users. There were only two problems: 1. The coupon code can be used by anyone, which isn't really a big issue, and 2. By adding items to the cart in a certain way, users can make the coupon apply individually to each item in the cart
There were users sweeping up every single item on Origin that's below $20.
It was hilarious, and surprisingly enough, EA didn't revoke those purchases
 
6:02 AM
Somehow I've won all five games of Dota 2 today. O_o
 
@Ullallulloo So have you reached a decision yet on which you like better? Dota 2 or LoL?
 
@Fluttershy Dota 2. I don't have to buy heros, and I can get skins for free.
LoL's fun, but the hero rotation is not.
 
@Ullallulloo You don't have to buy heroes in LoL either! =( Skins though.. that's a different story.
You can get two free ones if you have a Facebook and YouTube account. =D
 
@Fluttershy I still have to buy 90% of them with IP to play them this week.
@Fluttershy Yeah, I got those. I like Alistar, but I feel cheap playing him. :P
 
@Ullallulloo I'm terrible with him.
 
6:08 AM
But those are merely cosmetic, right?
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Skins are, yeah.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone The skins are, yeah. Most of them, at least. Some alter the way a champion behaves, but not to the point of affecting the game at all.
 
Heroes aren't thogh. Dota 2 has 98 of those to choose from currently though, while LoL has 12.
 
6:37 AM
Also, couriers are nice.
 
G'night, Bridge
 
@SaintWacko Goodnight!
 
I just tried to go down an up stair in Crawl, so I'm going to bed before I screw up and kill off a very nice character
 
@SaintWacko Good idea. :p
 
7:06 AM
My mother insists on pronouncing Skype as Sky-pee
 
It just took me four tries to spell "suitable" correctly... Time for bed for me.
 
7:57 AM
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Q: How do we share our city upgrades to the region?

sab0tWe have started a region and had plans to build specific City Hall modules in our respective cities, so that the benefits would share between our cities. The same goes for things like Fire Trucks and Police Cars and the like. None of our upgrades seem to "register" with other cities, and there d...

 
8:33 AM
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Q: Traffic problems, and commuting problems

user1723137I am having issues with mass amount of traffic being backed up coming into my city. I already have 2 Bus Terminals running 13,000-15,000 Sims per day fully capped out on buses with a wait time of about an hour still for them. I also am utilizing my train station's with about 1,000 Sims using thos...

 
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Q: When should I charge my laptop? And regarding gaming

JasonI was wondering how often should I charge my laptop? I have heard that using my charger plugged in will cause the battery to heat up and reduces battery life. Thus I've decided to stick to using my battery, since it is here for a reason. (my battery is built-in, non-removable). However, I am no...

 
9:09 AM
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Q: Traffic Problems

user1723137I am having issues with mass amount of traffic being backed up coming into my city. I already have 2 Bus Terminals running 13,000-15,000 Sims per day fully capped out on buses with a wait time of about an hour still for them. I also am utilizing my train station's with about 1,000 Sims using thos...

 
9:42 AM
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Q: How to retry an official race in Trackmania 2 Stadium?

ParappaI'm playing Trackmania 2 Stadium (beta) and I've noticed that the first time after I retry a race after beating the gold medal time, it offers to let me do an "official" race for SP points. But after that race is complete, or if I decline to do the race, I don't know how to try for another offici...

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Q: Below what percent of life you do not gain any crystals in fort conquer

Xitcod13So i downloaded Fort Conquer on my cellphone and i tend to be very anal about my gameplay wanting everything to be perfect. I soon realized that in these kinda games its really difficult to accomplish that so i settled. I played for a while and i realized that when your life is low you do not get...

 
10:12 AM
*yawn*
It's a slow Saturday afternoon
Except for all these SimCity questions I guess, but I don't see anyone answering them
 
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Q: Does the retail version (3189) of Supreme Commander support bloom rendering?

thkalaIn the process of working around a problem in my Linux + WINE + Supreme Commander + SC patch 3280 setup, I had to disable bloom rendering in the graphics options. The retail version (3189), however, does not seem to have the same problem, even at the maximum graphics quality settings. Does the r...

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Q: Spiral Knights servers offline

nazar554Why Spiral Knights forum, wiki, offical site and servers are offline today? Or it is just my internet? Is there any information when they will be up?

 
@Lazers Fairly sure this is too localized
Also, the site is up for me.
@Lazers This is a rather weird question. Though nothing wrong with it I suppose
I miss SupCom.
Even though by all measures I was terrible at it
 
 
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11:49 AM
 
Something's wrong with the front page right now
Oh, the Skyrim question got deleted
 
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Q: Sequential outing problem

jerPlaying spacechem now for a few days. I was looking up some of the solutions on solution-net and attempted the fastest dissassembly for methane in nothing works level. From least cycles leaderboard, fastest solution reactor 2 (http://spacechem.net/solution/nothing-works/34239) Anyway, on his so...

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Q: Joining a game with an empty slot

ValamasI would like to join a game, but each slot I click on, I see every city has a major. I was getting tired clicking in and seeing all were taken. It was not helped by seeing the blue default avatar that looks like an empty slot but is really a player without a picture. What do I look for so I can ...

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Q: How do I join the college of winterhold?

Sword.smithI have made it to the front area outside the college but I need to cast a fireball spell on this eye thingy and as I am a powerful Mage every time I cast the spell the elf lady gets hurt or if I am successful doing this without hurting her nothing happens.

 
12:37 PM
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Q: My tank fell and overturned. What to do?

aditya menonI drove over a cliff by accident and it overturned during the fall. Should I just abandon it?

 
@fredley Yeah, I doesn't work vertically unfortunately.
 
@RonanForman I just used that setup to build another HV solar. Scary quick.
It does cause problems with overcrafting though
 
1:02 PM
Oh, maybe it just doesn't pull from inventories above it.
 
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Q: When will the pre-order DLCs for Tomb Raider be released?

YogiI had pre-ordered this game and was told that I will get DLCs Explorer Bundle and Combat Strike. However, I am not able to find those in Steam. Any idea when will they be released?

 
1:32 PM
*yawn*
 
1:44 PM
yawn
 
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Q: For evolving slowly get better creatures or get lots of weak ones

Xitcod13I am wondering how evolving algorithm works in the game. Does it pay of more to buy lots of weak creatures evolve them and then buy more of the weak creatures or will that end up costing more money than buying couple of more powerful creatures and evolving them that way. What is the better strat...

 
Although ironically I can't seem to get onto the site now. Maybe their server got crushed by traffic too.
 
2:00 PM
@Lazers Isn't that speculation of future releases? As in should be closed?
Also, WTF, internet? Why is the first comment on my first youtube video "lol"?
 
Oh wow, it worked
 
@MBraedley I think so
 
Got the game free
Although the site is painfully slow, and kept throwing 500 Internal Server errors
Still, FREE GAME
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yeah, it's throwing error 500 at me too
 
Just keep reloading. It'll work... eventually
I do think it's rather nice they're recreating SimCity's server meltdown with their SIMCITY coupon code
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2:12 PM
Guys guys guys! Doctor Who starts again in 3 weeks! With Jenna-Louise Coleman!
 
Hello Bridge. How is everyone?
I was wondering if someone can help me with a Steam related question
Its too specific to ask on the site
 
@desaivv a bit tired. Not enough sleep last night.
 
@MBraedley Yay!
 
okes MBraedley
 
@desaivv Anyways, what's your question?
 
2:15 PM
I am re-installing my OS. Can I save anything from my HDD to prevent a lengthy download of Skyrim patches plus DLCs?
 
@desaivv Yes, you can. And that would actually be a fine question for the site.
 
Oh ok
will post there
 
I think it's been asked already
Well, not about Skyrim specifically
But in general, you need to make a backup of the steamapps folder
 
If it has, edit the existing question so it's generic
because you're answers are going to be generic
@YiJiang'sEvilClone apparently, you can't apply the coupon code if you have adblock enabled
 
@desaivv You can install your apps in multiple locations, so just making a backup of the steamapps folder might not be enough
 
2:18 PM
@MBraedley That's odd. I have ABP and it worked fine.
 
@SimonL You should use the backup tool. It takes longer, but is less painful
 
@MBraedley I didn't even know they had a backup tool... I had just copied from my two hard drives where I set the install location.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone it wouldn't reveal the edit dialog.
 
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Q: How can I level up in magic when I can't cast any spells?

user43581I tried all 9 single-rune spells, and they all "fizzle" or it says I don't have enough skill to cast them. I am assuming that the single-rune spells are the simplest, low-level spells. So my question is, how can I improve my magic skill when I can't even cast spells?

 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone is that a steam code they give me or what?
 
2:21 PM
No, you have to download the game and apply the serial number in game
They're going through Greenlight I think
^ Link to the game file
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Thanks for the link to the free game - worked really great for me and no internal 500 errors, pretty fast too.
 
It's only an alpha prerelease, and this is the suppose to be buying into early access
So there isn't much in the way of quality assurance, but from videos of the game I've seen previously it looks pretty interesting
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone hey, free game. Who cares?
 
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Q: Does uninstalling Steam also uninstall games installed through steam?

Raven DreamerIf anyone caught me in chat, I'm currently having problems with Steam, which is keeping me not only from playing Portal 2, but also from accessing any of the other 28 steam game shortcuts on my desktop. I'm considering just uninstalling and then reinstalling Steam, hoping that will knock loose w...

@fbueckert Ah, poor mary.
 
@RavenDreamer Eh?
Oh, the HM trailer.
 
2:30 PM
yeeah
poor, creepy, mary
 
2:45 PM
@RonanForman Why is server gone?
 
@fredley You did something stupid? I think you overloaded a fabricator.
 
@RonanForman Pretty sure I didn't
 
@fredley Well a fabricator tile entity had a tick exception
 
@RonanForman I'm not taxing it nearly as much as for HV Solar, I'm just making a few overclockers
@RonanForman I blame buggy code
 
3:04 PM
@fredley No using the fabricators!
 
@RonanForman :(
It was fine earlier! I'm doing much less intensive stuff!
 
3:32 PM
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Q: What are the penalties to wasting resources? How do I practice without having to waste them?

aditya menonI am a terrible driver right now, so I'm afraid to spawn a costly tank or aircraft. But say I do spawn them, and constantly get killed, is there any problem other than the ire of teammates? In fact, does anyone other than me know I was the one who spawned that aircraft and crashed right at the wa...

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Q: Why can't I unlock the Bureau of Bureaucracy?

oKtosiTeI believe my current city meets all the requirements to build the Bureau of Bureaucracy, yet I am unable to unlock it. Many websites state its requirements to be the following: Residential population: 39,000 Mayor rating: 30 Education funding: 101% Health funding: 101% Courthouse has been buil...

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Q: Is there a place to 'park' vehicles?

aditya menonThe moment I reach the fighting, or find my squadmates and want to help them fight, I need to leave my scooter or deconstruct it. Any place I can park it so it does not go waste? Once spawned, is the only way to get back the resources to deconstruct the vehicle?

 
3:49 PM
@RonanForman Bug: my quarries are being unloaded
 
@fredley On server restart? That's normal.
 
@RonanForman A new one I just placed too
 
@fredley No idea.
 
@RonanForman Gah
 
Now to try and build it.
 
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