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12:00 AM
@Wipqozn ehhhh I might give you that.
Pop ain't looking so hot either tbh :P
 
I will agree their logic is a bit shaky though.
Actually, no, nah.
The way he described it also works.
"BOOM!"
 
He could've heard it from home, regardless.
 
Really makes it sound like he was present for the accident.
 
Explosions tend to be loud.
 
True.
Heck, for all we know he lives in a cardboard box on the factory!
 
12:02 AM
@Wipqozn This seems to be basically Canada so it might just be true!
 
user43095
@badp NUKE IT NUKE IT NAO
 
user20683
@AshleyNunn yeah, you'd hulk smash your keyboard if you played "Thomas was Alone" for very long. It gets fecking HARD.
 
@WorldEngineer I'm mostly through the blue cube, and it's not bad.
...how many do you get?
 
user20683
12:12 AM
@Ullallulloo 6 at least
 
user20683
Chapter 4 is where it starts to be hard as balls.
 
user20683
Chapter 5 is ugly
 
user20683
thus far
 
user20683
not as bad as VVVVVV or Super Meat Boy but decently annoying.
 
I got to the first few levels with the bouncy lady
Maybe 4.3? Pretty annoying one.
 
user20683
12:14 AM
@badp 4.7 or so is where it gets annoying.
 
@WorldEngineer This one required having purple jump from atop red to atop orange+red in order to let her clear a jump
 
user20683
@badp it gets so much worse
 
ugh
I thought JUMP-SWITCH-JUMP-RIGHT in less than a second was already pretty bad.
 
user20683
@badp spoilers?
 
@WorldEngineer No, it's just how you get purple to jump from atop red to atop orange+red in order to let her clear that jump
 
user20683
12:16 AM
@badp no, do you want spoilers on the "how bad?"
 
feel free. It's not like there's a plot
 
user20683
@badp there is but it's subtle.
 
@WorldEngineer well okay, but I doubt you'd be spoiling that
 
user20683
5.1 introduces a character who's gravity is reversed
 
user20683
4.8 was an advancing spike wall
 
12:21 AM
And for the 3rd time, this evening, I load KSP.
 
user20683
Oh hell, Thomas + James = go anywhere mode...this is gonna get confusing...
 
user15026
12:36 AM
@WorldEngineer Yeah you guys are making it sound terrible hard
 
user20683
@AshleyNunn the purple one is a crazed adventurer who has a double jump :D
 
user15026
It just sounds terribly difficult
 
user20683
It's gotten a tad easier for the time being
 
user20683
but yeah, if your reflexes are lousy I'm sure it'd be hell.
 
user15026
Yeah something tells me I would be best off with an LP of it
 
user15026
12:52 AM
But for now, I think I am taking a break from gaming, I have been playing OoS for three hours
 
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user43095
@AshleyNunn That's what I meant.
 
user15026
@jeffreylin_ ??
 
user43095
@AshleyNunn When I said that English is confusing.
 
user15026
@jeffreylin_ oh, yeah :P
 
12:59 AM
ok bored of this game now
that's a pretty short lifespan for a game even by my standards
it's been out for 3 hours
 
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@kalina What game?
 
user15026
@jeffreylin_ This entertains me greatly
 
grid 2
I was only testing my steam box anyway
I suppose I should really go to bed now anyway
 
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1:11 AM
This describes me a lot.
 
user20683
@jeffreylin_ replace google with Stack Overflow
 
user20683
and my mom knows better
 
user20683
and so do my friends
 
The beauty of Computer "totally rocket" Science.
 
user20683
@FEichinger if you take enough Diff EQ if can be
 
1:26 AM
Gah, I hated Diff EQ
Though, it was better than some of the regular Calc stuff I took
 
Maths = stupid no matter what.
And, for once, I'm not talking about the SE site.
 
user15026
@FEichinger This. Math is stupid and I dont get it.
 
@AshleyNunn You're not supposed to "get it". It's literally made up.
 
user15026
@FEichinger I am confused
 
If I were to declare fish + apple = unicorn that makes just as much sense as maths.
 
user15026
@Ktash okay, that I like
 
@Ktash Fish-apple-unicorns are fun, too. Doesn't mean it makes sense.
 
user15026
"Cubetractor is a neo-retroesque action-strategy-puzzle hybrid where you defeat enemies through an unconventional cube-pulling, turret-buildling mechanic. "
 
user15026
......so many buzzwords
 
@FEichinger Computer Science and Math are fairly equivalent in a lot of regards. Both are finite, known spaces by which we define constructs to explore potential solutions
 
1:30 AM
@AshleyNunn Buzzword buzzword buzzword Buzzword buzzwords Buzzword buzz word buzzword buzzword Buzzword.
@Ktash But CompSci isn't made up. "On" and "Off" are distinct physical phenomena. Math is just "Let's call this pie and eat it."
 
@FEichinger And numbers are not???
 
@Ktash Numbers are a representation of phenomena by an arbitrary declaration. As I said: apple + fish equals unicorn.
Also: square unicorn equals pie.
 
user15026
@FEichinger Pies are round
 
@AshleyNunn Unicorns don't exist. Your point?
 
user15026
@FEichinger that squares arent round and thus a sqaured thing cant be a pie
 
user15026
1:33 AM
when a pie is a round thing
 
@FEichinger By that logic, on and off are also representations with arbitrary declarations. It's all arbitrary at some level :)
 
@Ktash No, the words "on" and "off" are the representation - but the phenomenon itself is what CompSci uses.
 
:)
 
user15026
@Ktash Go home.
 
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:P
 
1:35 AM
@AshleyNunn Square unicorn is round, though.
 
user15026
@FEichinger but it is a square you just said
 
@FEichinger As does math. Math uses the visual representation of numbers to express a concept. 2+2 is always equal to 4 (in base 10)
 
user15026
squares arent round
 
@AshleyNunn No, it's a square unicorn. And given the nature of a unicorn, its square is round.
 
user15026
@FEichinger squares are squares and thus cannot be round
 
1:37 AM
@AshleyNunn I'm not talking about squares. I'm talking about square unicorns.
 
user15026
@FEichinger ....you said square
 
user15026
square is square is square
 
@Ktash Math uses an arbitrarily assigned representation with arbitrary rules.
@AshleyNunn Square unicorn.
 
user15026
@FEichinger so it is a UNICORN SHAPED LIKE A SQUARE
 
user15026
which is not round
 
1:38 AM
@FEichinger Heh, how high into math are you? None of it is arbitrary, I assure you
 
user15026
and thus by my rules cannot be pie
 
@FEichinger so what? The fact that it's arbitrary doesn't matter. Math is about the interactions between symbols in well-defined frameworks
 
@AshleyNunn Square, not squared.
 
user15026
@FEichinger thats what I said
 
@AshleyNunn Square unicorn != unicorn shaped like a square!
 
1:39 AM
@FEichinger seriously, what are you talking about?
 
@murgatroid99 I'm saying that math is pointless, because arbitrary.
 
RSA is an algorithm for public-key cryptography that is based on the presumed difficulty of factoring large integers, the factoring problem. RSA stands for Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman, who first publicly described the algorithm in 1977. Clifford Cocks, an English mathematician, had developed an equivalent system in 1973, but it wasn't declassified until 1997. A user of RSA creates and then publishes the product of two large prime numbers, along with an auxiliary value, as their public key. The prime factors must be kept secret. Anyone can use the public key to encrypt a me...
Number theory is the reason you can purchase things on the internet
 
Math is the reason you can do anything in the modern world
 
@FEichinger Arbitrary implies that it has no relation to any real thing, but we know than math is useful in the real world, so it must have a useful correspondence
 
Science has to reinvent itself, because it gets stuck in mathematical nonsense. Because the way our mathematical model is designed creates boundaries that the real world just doesn't know.
 
1:43 AM
@FEichinger That doesn't make any sense
 
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@FEichinger As in, that sentence is entirely false
@FEichinger Every major advance in science has come not from expanding mathematical models but by advancing technology and discarding old, incorrect assumptions
 
@AshleyNunn A disciple of badp?
 
user15026
@Ullallulloo Trying to prove a point about math, and this was the best I could do quickly. I think it is quite inspired. :P
 
@AshleyNunn You're the next Van Gogh.
Just don't cut off your ear.
 
1:46 AM
@FEichinger have fun :)
 
user15026
@Ktash oooh I have not seen this one
 
user15026
@Ktash "not just some arbitrary number"
 
I am super excited about the next TellTale gaaaaaaame! :3
 
user15026
@Fluttershy oh?
 
@AshleyNunn Yus. It's called The Wolf Among Us. It's a point-and-click adventure game like The Walking Dead, but it's based on the comic series Fables.
 
user15026
1:57 AM
Iiinteresting
 
user20683
Okay that was good.
 
user20683
gets considerably easier after world 7
 
user20683
kinda
 
@WorldEngineer What game?
 
user20683
@Wipqozn Thomas was Alone
 
2:07 AM
@WorldEngineer Is Thomas alone?
 
@Wipqozn Question!
 
@Fluttershy Yes, I really am as handsome as you all think.
 
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Q: Sims 3 is too slow and always crashes

user67275I have a desktop computer whose CPU is Core i5-2500 @3.3GHz, Graphic card is NVIDIA Quadro 600. It has 8GB RAM but only 3.24GB usable because the OS is 32bit Windows 7. Is my system not enough to play Sims 3? It's University Life expansion pack.(build 8.1) It took 3 minutes to show the icon 'Bu...

 
If I don't have the Artorias of the Abyss DLC for Dark Souls, do I even need to bother with the hydra?
 
user20683
@Wipqozn no, Thomas is not Alone
 
user20683
2:10 AM
not at all (dun, dun, dun)
 
@Fluttershy I never beat the HYdra on my first playthrough, so no. If I recall correctly beating it without the DLC just unlocks a shopkeeper.
 
@Wipqozn Gotcha.
 
@Fluttershy Yeah, killing him unlocks a merchant that sells sorceries.
I really should pick up the DLC over the summer.
 
@Wipqozn Oh, okay. I was thinking Dusk was just from the AotA DLC.
 
I will need to buy a new PS3 controller though. I don't have a fully functional one.
 
2:44 AM
0
Q: Halo 1 Not Working on Windows 7 x64

DanielI recently installed Halo: Combat Evolved and patched it to version 1.09. When I run it, it plays the logo videos fine but then when it gets to the menu, it plays only the music on a black screen. Is there a compatibility problem with my system? My specs: Windows 7 Professional x64 Intel Core ...

 
Also, HI BRIDGE I AM HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME!!!!!!
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz yay for being home! :)
 
user20683
@LessPop_MoreFizz Holy Shit he can shred
 
user20683
that's talent right there
 
2:59 AM
@WorldEngineer He's 11.
 
user20683
@LessPop_MoreFizz plenty of time to get even better.
 
Best wedding photo ever.
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz That is awesome
 
lolwat
 
The bride did a good job of actually looking terrified.
 
3:23 AM
0
Q: Is there a way to get Balgruff to keep the axe of war?

SelonianthSo, thinking of doing the stormcloak questline, but I really do like Jarl Balgruff, he's cool. Thing is, despite being a thalmor hater, and talos worshipper himself, he still gives the axe back and you're forced to invade Whiterun and depose him. Is there a way to stop that decision and get him t...

 
 
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4:39 AM
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Q: Can I stop the fuzz from making arrests without letting everyone escape?

ToomaiMoving from a Fire Station to a Large Fire Station (i.e. closing the small one, building the large one, and deleting the small one once the large one is fully operational) is relatively painless. Moving from a Clinic to a Hospital kicks all the sick guys onto the street and does I don't know what...

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Q: What is the Octorok ring good for?

Ashley NunnVasu told me that this ring can turn me into an Octorok. While that is kinda neat from an aesthetic standpoint, does this serve any purpose in the game other than looks?

 
5:18 AM
0
Q: How can I retrieve my follower?

SelonianthSo, on a thieves guild quest and I had to sneak into a house. I left my follower, Borgakh, outside while I snuck in to plant the stolen necklace. Somehow she ended up inside the house anyway and since I'm not technically supposed to be in there she just tells me I'm not allowed to be there. I can...

 
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5:31 AM
I can't sleep because my brain is full of pressure related migraine. Everything sucks
 
7:50 AM
0
Q: Is call of duty ELITE available for PC?

Marco GeertsmaI wanted to know if cod ELITE was available for PC? I currently have a pretty decent group of members and we want to create a clan and make a name for ourselves. All of this to get more familiar with the average gamer and so to expand our member base. I have been searching online but can't seem t...

 
 
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9:00 AM
Did you finaly go to sleep @AshleyNunn
 
@badp help
nevermind, he's listening
 
 
I have an overwhelming feeling I am going to get a serial upvote reversal tomorrow
 
you suddenly got a lot of points on different posts?
 
yes
~50 rep in 3 minutes
actually they're spaced out by 60 seconds each
hmm
 
9:14 AM
Mornin'
@kalina I see your CCTV is working out well
 
@badp ??
this is going to be a fun morning
NiteCypher just posted >1000 words into comments on the "question limit" meta post
I got him to delete them and repost as an answer, which I assume he's doing now
 
T__T
wat
that is not okay.
 
what the hell crap are you playing
 
"Puzzle Agent"
found in yesterday's bundle
 
9:32 AM
of course I failed thrice because their definition of "resembling" is a poor one
I thought this was the what-resembles-what distribution, but of course the second hint talks about a "ham lady"
chickens, pigs, they're ALMOST the same right?
 
I don't get it
I am also sleep deprived and therefore I probably won't get it no matter how much you explain
 
@badp If you say so... They are both edible, one of them has a couple more feathers then the other one, but that's about it.
 
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Q: In Prison Architect, how do you set an area to be accessible only to staff

BlueTrinIn Prison Architect, I heard that in Beta 10 you can set an area to be staff only. How do I do that ? Can it be used to prevent escapes ?

 
9:57 AM
A game that checks if you're connected via RDP...
...which is something I've never seen before
 
@kalina How the hell can it tell?
That's... not good
 
graphics adaptor will be something specific
sound adaptor will be reported as "Remote Audio"
 
@kalina Disable the Mirror driver
 
lots of different ways
 
Relatively simple to circumvent
 
10:03 AM
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A: Is there a question limit?

NiteCyperPreface: This was intended to be posted as a response to kalina's answer, but kalina suggested that I make it its own answer considering its... magnitude. As a result of its original intention to be in comments, lesser thought was given to format. There are a couple of things that I am querying a...

I don't have my gamepad at work anyway
cc @badp ^
 
10:21 AM
0
Q: How to prevent revolts?

Randula ripcordNow I'm at holy war with some Muslim region so I have focus all of my units there, so nw ther are hell of lot of revolts going on one after a another.i thnk it because I controll about 98% of the land titles . I have appointed some Barron's that's all. If give a county title or a Duchy title to a...

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Q: How to get the Hero in Suikoden 1 to join the party?

Abie GiordanoIn Suikoden 2, is it possible to get the Hero from the first Suikoden to join the party? If yes, how and when can we do it?

 
10:39 AM
@fredley I passed bwarner
 
@kalina :(
 
I'm not after you yet
still just chillin'
 
Our intersection is inevitable
 
it always has been
still, 1.2k until you pass fae
I'm sure it will be at least that long until a game comes out that I enjoy
 
@kalina Passing FAE is the important part, I care mostly about being on the top 3 rows
 
10:49 AM
@fredley I will begin upvoting fae to spite you then
 
@kalina :(
Spite upvotes worst upvotes.
 
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Q: What does "seeding questions" mean?

NiteCyperUltimately spurred by this comment by kalina, I think that I've encountered the term before lightly, and I'm able to find multiple instances of its use on StackExchange. In this case, it was used as a verb, but I think that it can also be used as a noun. What is the definition of this term? If...

 
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Q: Do Oracles of Ages & Seasons play in Game Boy Color mode or Game Boy Advance mode on the 3DS?

CyberSkullIn the original release for The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons the games supported some extra content when played on a Game Boy Advance. Is that the case with the downloadable versions for the 3DS as well?

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Q: How can I defend against Counter?

NolonarI've noticed, that some of the enemies I fought possess the Counter Skill, especially in the Golden Pack DLC. As a result of this skill, many of my most trusted and powerful allies have come dangerously close to meeting their Maker. How can I prove to Morgan, my child, that I am indeed the best...

 
11:17 AM
@SepiaLazers I hope you can find the answer reasonable, but really, it's been almost a week now
 
Video title: "How to make a beat in less than 3 minutes"
Video length: 3:51
 
Well, you gotta pad that video out with extra crap, right?
Flashy title sequence, introducing yourself, making a few bad jokes, and then after the demonstration advertising all your other stupid videos and youtube channel
 
Sterno's a professional youtubist. You can trust him on the topic
 
11:28 AM
Googling to find out how to do something that would take 2 sentences to explain and instead only being able to find videos that are like 5 minutes long makes me angry.
I'm a professional angry person.
3
 
Official videos only, please.
Otherwise you're just cheapening the RB brand.
 
@Sterno I prefer the deadmau5 remix
It's much more nightmarish
At first you think it's just vanilla RB
Then it's all like FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY
 
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Q: Trying to track down a helmet

SelonianthSo I saw a helmet during a loading screen and can't figure out what it is. I know it's not part of any of the sets, but I can't figure out what it is. It's all black with three gold claw like things trailing back down the helmet originating from one point in the dead center of the crown of the he...

 
@fredley That does sound horrifying, luckyly I don't have speakers on this work PC :)
 
11:42 AM
Yaaaaaay!
 
12:03 PM
eugh
one of the support monkies is playing rick astley never gonna give you up
 
"Not to be pedantic but..."
 
Not to be pedantic but, here is me being pedantic
 
"Not to be [X], but [X]"
 
@kalina Kinda like "If it makes you feel better, <statement that most assuredly does not make you feel better"?
 
@GraceNote "With all due respect, <something disrespectful>"
 
12:10 PM
"If it makes you feel better I just banned NiteCyper"
 
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
what, why?
 
"Made you look~"
 
"I mean no offence, but... <offensive statement>"
 
I was just google image searching "pedantic panda" and not too far down the list is that weird picture of male Shep grinning. It all comes back around
 
@Sterno I think this means that we've got a new avatar for @kalina
Link it to me and it'll be time for some mod abuse!!
 
12:12 PM
If you ever grew courageous enough to change my avatar, the fabric of space and time would rip from the ensuing screaming and shouting
 
That picture kind of weirds me out.
 
@Sterno You kind of weird me out
 
You all kind of weird me out
 
yessss
@kalina okay a less lazy photoshop would've framed the grin a bit better
but accurate image editing is not what I'm about
 
oh, you pre-empted me
hmm
 
12:16 PM
0
Q: Is it possible to have people join your world if you created it in offline mode?

Young GuiloIs it possible to get people to join offline mode servers if they are connected to your LAN?

 
EUGH I am just going to skive for a bit
I reckon until 2pm
then I will do work for 30 minutes and then skive the rest of the day
such a strong and hard working employee
 
Today I learned a new word: Skive
 
Skive
Doing anything but that which you are supposed to be doing during a specific time frame.

E.G Pretending to do something for which you are being payed for, such as a your job, but instead doing other things (like having a laugh, phoning your friends, hiding from your boss, surfing the internet, playing computer games, having a sly cigarette) that are totally unrelated or unconected to that which is within your job description.
markdown failure
 
@kalina That sounds pretty much like what I did yesterday, but in my defense I was feeling rather crappy.
 
this is what I do every day during work hours
 
12:20 PM
I usually work on non-work-work during work hours, because, you know, priorities.
 
What's this work of which you speak?
 
interesting... my rent hasn't been paid
 
that's not so good
 
god you can tell there are no managers in the building today
 
@kalina a sly cigarette?
Those crafty devils.
So sneaky.
> To get to 100/sec, it is something around 17.5k Lp planted. You will know when you get there.
Of course you'll know! It will say "100 lp/s"
 
12:36 PM
I think I remember it being 17638
 
"At your destination, there will be a huge sign that says THIS IS IT. You'll know when you get there."
 
but I might be wrong
 
@OrigamiRobot You WILL know it. Even if you don't know the way yet.
 
How to get banned?
1. Get a message saying you're banned.
 
the best way to get banned is obviously the and replacement strategem
 
12:48 PM
bored
b0r3d
BoReD
B0R3D
bored
board
|3o|2e|)
 
Ok, with a newer day and a clearer head, I must rescind a comment I made yesterday.
I am not an old fart; I dealt with my flatulence problems years ago.
What can I say, I don't want to spread misinformation.
 
1:04 PM
↑ "Rejected"
↑ What the game expected
Consider me annoyed.
 
wow
what game is that?
 
Puzzle Agent
(the titlebar reads "Telltale Games")
 
1:17 PM
Good morning, Bridge
It is currently raining like it's going out of style.
 
@fbueckert Is not! We haven't had sun like this in weeks.
 
@badp STO had a fun time over the long weekend with bans.
 
@fbueckert Star Trek Online?
 
@badp Yeah.
In order to fight gold spammers, they automated a warning system, where saying the site's name once would generate a warning, and the second would ban you. Permanently.
 
...holy crap
 
1:22 PM
Problem is, everyone and their dog had system messages turned off, because their lockboxes generated system messages whenever someone got something rare.
 
@fbueckert Doesn't look unreasonable on paper
 
And guess where warning was?
 
@fbueckert ugh
 
well, what was the name of the site?
 
@Sconibulus Not a clue.
 
1:23 PM
there are some phrases that come up occasionally in conversation
 
All I know is that people are trolling the crap out of it.
 
also that
 
On paper, doesn't sound like a bad idea; bans gold spammers, and everyone's happy.
 
@fbueckert I hate those "announce crap to every player in the game" messages. Trickster did those for certain events
 
Automatic banning seems like a stupid idea if you could just add that URL/name to a blacklist and prevent it from being posted at all.
 
1:26 PM
@MadScientist is it? Those people make a ton of throwaway accounts. You can reclaim them e.g.
 
@BenBrocka Yeah, so did everyone else. Hence why the players disabled those messages.
 
@fbueckert Disabling those messages, sure, but if you have to disable important messages to hide the annoying ones...that's nasty
 
@BenBrocka Bad design on Cryptic's part, putting those messages into the System log.
 
Simply implement the YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE BANNED BRO log
 
I warned you about gold spam, bro
I told you dog
 
1:31 PM
It keeps HAPPENING
 
>May 2013, automatic permanent ban for mentioning gold-seller sites
>pwebranflakes: this system is currently in place and working the way it should.
>moradum: I got banned for saying "I started my day with cutting off 3 MM off of the bottom of my cabinet"
 
m59
hello
 
Hi
 
This is fun, our snack shop is closed today, yet no building-wide email was sent out about it.
 
I wish the game has better rejection messages
like "I asked you for the amount of CROWS not the amount of BIRDS"
 
1:40 PM
@badp What game?
 
@Powerlord Puzzle Agent.
It's rather capricious.
 
Oh... 'cause I thought we were talking about Neverwinter.
 
@Powerlord Actually it was Star Trek Online.
 
Either way, good idea on paper, didn't take human nature or the Internet into account when implemented.
 
@badp Did I mention they're by the same company?
and have the same type of crap with opening lockboxes and system messages?
(I didn't check the conversation for the game name, just assumed it since it's identical behavior)
 
1:45 PM
@Powerlord Yeah, Cryptic does that for all their games.
It's stupidly annoying.
 
Is it cheating if I write a solver for some of the puzzles in Python? :P
 

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