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5:00 PM
is there a fear of a swift kick to the balls?
 
There's also Wrongophobia, or fear of @Unionhawk
 
@twobugs cc @Wipqozn
 
I'm so confused about where this conversation went.
 
@Wipqozn cc @badp
 
@Sterno unless it is @Wipqozn
 
5:01 PM
@Wipqozn Remember when @twobugs got banned for a thing?
That's where it went
Basically
Then it bridged
 
Of the two bans I have received, it's the silliest one
 
@twobugs the other ban was pretty weak also
 
which of course is the verb form of bridge, meaning "to go way deeper into a line of conversation than one should"
 
was it a ban? i thought it was just a timeout.
 
i think the only ban i've received was for quoting veep with @LessPop_MoreFizz
 
5:02 PM
It was a 30 minute chat ban
 
@Unionhawk Vaguely
 
The terminology isn't like twitch
@Wipqozn Of course you didn't because this happened in overwatch chat and you don't play overwatch
 
@Wipqozn doesn't remember because it happened about 20 minutes after he became a mod and he was busy doing secret handshakes and stuff.
 
@Sterno so you're saying that @Wipqozn did all the banning?
 
No, it was a validated flag
 
5:03 PM
@twobugs oh, well that is a shame. i dont think you dissevered that, or even a timeout :(
 
@Sterno oh, I think I remember this a bit better now
 
hurrdurrflags.gif
 
and you're exactly right
the first hour of modship is like "READ THIS SIGN THIS READ THIS GO HERE JOIN HERE CHECK THOSE FLAGS". Pure madness.
 
You forgot the "ban these bugs" part
 
@Wipqozn is that why you declined all my NAA flags in your first week?
 
5:05 PM
Patch notes:
- two bugs have been banned
 
@GodEmperorDune No that's because he hates you for arbitrary reasons
 
@Unionhawk flagged, those patch notes are offensive
@KevinvanderVelden ah, glad we cleared that up
 
i think i got a 30 second timeout once. sometime in the first few days of joining the bridge, and people didnt like me trolling or something
 
@Wipqozn sounds fun!
 
That seems likely
Or possible anyway
 
5:06 PM
Yeah. We never troll in here.
 
@Dragonrage lies, bans/timeouts are in minute increments
 
That is also true, the minimum is a 60 second kick-mute
 
@KazWolfe see, when you say things like that, you are just asking for a urmom joke.
 
Which is scary to use now since it notifies all room owners and mods in the room
@Dragonrage pls
 
well, it was like 9 months ago or something, and SE doesn't use real time
 
5:08 PM
@Unionhawk well you don't have a concealed mod abuse permit
 
Fortunately my state has an open mod abuse law
That cannot be arbitrarily suspended
 
@Unionhawk also, this is also asking for a urmom joke
 
It's not about mod abuse control, it's about common sense leadership, see
@Dragonrage PLS
 
so you were the one brandishing an AR15 at the convention
and the cops said "@uni pls"
 
@Dragonrage urmom does sound fun.
 
5:09 PM
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat, wherein we get drowned in Pokemon GO posts [+murder] [+wrong] [-context] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [pls] [pokemon-go] [tags]
Patch notes:
+[pls]
 
@Unionhawk what happened to the before/after posts
 
@KazWolfe urmomâ„¢
 
@GodEmperorDune That's a script, blame @fredley
 
@Unionhawk it works for me
also has patch notes
 
I did that manually
Because I knew that you guys would be like "AHH WHAT CHANGED"
 
5:11 PM
@GodEmperorDune Closed as Cannot Reproduce
 
@UNI HAS PATCH NOTES: DATA ACCEPTED
 
rip @orgyrambo
 
All patches now must include a MD5Sum of the notes.
 
@GodEmperorDune That wasn't his name...
 
@KazWolfe with PGP signature
 
5:13 PM
@MBraedley it is the autocorrected version of his name
 
And the MD5Sum must validate the entire message, INCLUDING THE MD5SUM
 
@KazWolfe that not how md5 works
 
@GodEmperorDune I've turned down a lot of NAA flags. To be honest most NAA flags are for answers which are either wrong, or just of low quality.
 
@GodEmperorDune *woosh*
 
I used to decline them a lot back when there was a 10k flag queue too
So long as someone is attempting to answer the question, it's an answer, even if it's a shitty one
 
5:14 PM
@Wipqozn i'm so glad i voted for @Robotnik
 
Po0kemon GO has been an exception though
Almost all the flags for that are valid
 
@Wipqozn so we can NAA shitty pokemon go answers?
i've been going lenient because of your earlier flag stomping
 
@GodEmperorDune no I mean that most of NAA flags have been legit
 
Shitty answers, no
 
@Wipqozn I try not to use them for that cause it seems to happen
If it's a shitty answer, but still an answer, you downvote
 
5:16 PM
Not answers, yes
There's a difference between a shitty answer and a not answer
It can be subtle sometimes
 
Most of the NAA flags for pokemon go are legit, because mostof them are "me too" or "okay related question" from 1 rep users\
@GodEmperorDune I didn't even realize you could tell I was the mod who declined it
 
You can't I don't think
 
I mean you probably just assumed too, because wll yes, new mod, change in flag declines, and the austrilian is asleep sooooo
 
@Wipqozn entirely guessing, but the decline reason sounded like you
"lolololol how about this sick buuuuuuuuuuurn"
 
@GodEmperorDune Did I ever link you to my "Stop using NAA for crap answers" meta? Because I like my meta.
 
5:17 PM
@Wipqozn yeah you did
 
I mean, even if he typed in a canadian accent it still could have been @Ash
 
@GodEmperorDune get rekt
 
A classic case of "How did you know it was me?!" "Because you just confirmed it"
 
cc @Wipqozn on that sick burn
@Unionhawk lololol
 
it doesn't say which mod handled your flag, but sometimes you can guess pretty accurately based on what other flags are being also handled at the time
 
5:18 PM
@KevinvanderVelden lololol
I should check that flags queue right now
PREPARE TO BE DECLIEND
 
does every NAA flag go to the mod queue?
 
i ain't even gonna look
 
I have none pending
 
@GodEmperorDune yeah
 
I only have 1 flag declined this year, 3 overall
 
5:20 PM
@GodEmperorDune every flag does
 
i thought it kicked to VLQ queue
 
I have 957 helpful, 9 declined, 2 disputed
 
Hmm, blizzard and I have different opinions on "very low" data transfer
increases setting 10 fold
does speedtest. Correction, 100 fold
 
i have 421 helpful, 4 declined, 3 disputed
 
morning!
 
5:24 PM
@fredley, if someone edits the room info, i see the tags from the room again, and I have to show and hide info for them to disappear
 
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat, wherein we get drowned in Pokemon GO posts [+dragonrage] [+murder] [+wrong] [-context] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [pls] [pokemon-go] [tags]
well I'm no longer s- OH, are you talking about the @fredley app @Dragonrage?
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat, wherein we get drowned in Pokemon GO posts [+murder] [+wrong] [-context] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [pls] [pokemon-go] [tags]
 
@Wipqozn yes
 
so @Dragonrage have you heard of this porkchat extension? its unclear if you use it or not
 
i hear porkchat is awesome.
doesn't someone here use it?
oh, damn, you beat me to it.
 
@KutuluMike I think @fredley does
 
5:27 PM
@GodEmperorDune never heard of it? what is it used for?
 
What's porkchat?
 
@SaintWacko urmom
 
(i actually do use it, fwiw)
 
@Dragonrage URDAD
 
I believe it is a pokemon go plug-in for SE
 
5:28 PM
why can we not see our progress to tag badges -_-
 
@SaintWacko An app @fredley made to make chat better, which a lot of people use. I guess @Dragonrage mentions it in chat a lot.
 
@SaintWacko urface
 
one click allows you to post a question asking why you can't log in
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Probably because he thinks the chat is super awesome and wants @fredley to love himself
 
@Wipqozn Who's @Dragonrage?
 
5:29 PM
@SaintWacko that weird guy on your ignore list
 
today has been a bit of an emotional roller coast for me.
 
@KutuluMike everything ok?
 
I caught an ivysaur in the lobby. but it only had 19 cp
 
@GodEmperorDune considering he replied to me, i dont think im on his ignore list
 
@Dragonrage Yes you are
Yup
 
5:29 PM
@Dragonrage I sometimes reply to people on my ignore list just to throw them off.
 
Totally ignored
 
oh, you can just set it to ignore pings right?
 
i have ignored everyone in this chat except for @badp
all ART, all the time
 
I'm surprised @Wipqozn hasn't ignored us all to stop us from pinging him every 30 seconds.
 
@SaintWacko Am a mod, can confirm.
 
5:30 PM
@Dragonrage We don't ping @Wipqozn every 30 seconds
 
In fact @SaintWacko has every user in the room ignored.
 
A good mod doesn't ignore anybody. If you're annoying enough that I'd ignore you, I can ban you instead now.
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LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU
 
He must just be reading the transcript and constantly refreshing it
 
@GodEmperorDune well, now that you ask, the hot waitress the diner did give me her number and let me take her to a movie, before telling me she only dates other women and really did just want to go see a movie. so that was stressful too. but mostly, pokemon go.
 
5:31 PM
@KutuluMike wat
 
@StrixVaria You're welcome
 
man spam is getting so lazy these days
> Hi {FIRST NAME}},
In order to make our content more accessible to everyone
we’ve recently started releasing free videos of instructor tips
and other class segments on our YouTube channel and blog.
Thought this might be useful for you as you continue to sharpen your skills.
 
@GodEmperorDune honestly it's one of those things where too much effort isn't worth it
most spam is all about lowest hanging fruit
 
they do that on purpose. it weeds out anyone smart enough not to fall for their scam.
 
@KutuluMike That's a bitch move.
 
5:32 PM
the email is from "stormwind" so i thought it was a WoW thing
 
@Frank well, to be fair, she claims she told me this months ago and I just forgot. which is entirely possibly, because she's hot and I may have blocked it out.
 
Man, these new dinosaurs all suck. I prefer the old ones.
The Retrosaurs, if you will
 
@KutuluMike If she told you ahead of time, yeah. If not, that's seriously messed up.
 
pls
 
@twobugs cc @Wipqozn @sterno on that awesome pun
 
5:35 PM
I'm playing Ar nosurge right now.
They might as well have called it Ar Tonelico 4.
 
Ar Tone Loc 4?
 
@Frank Those games any good? I've never played em
 
@twobugs Excellent. I approve of thisjoke.
 
@twobugs They've got an interesting battle system.
They...sorta stray into rather creepy territory, though.
 
5:36 PM
@Wipqozn but not @GodEmperorDune's flags. oooooh
cc @Wipqozn
 
So, basically, the fantasy of every 20 year old male.
 
@Dragonrage that burn was pretty weak
 
@Frank Ah, that's what I was sorta worried about
 
@Dragonrage To be hoenst I usually don't even notice who the flagger is
 
5:38 PM
@Dragonrage Those aren't new. The Danish flag is actually quite old
 
well I do, but then I forget it
 
@Wipqozn well, that's probably a good thing, helps you stay unbiased.
@SaintWacko ur old.
 
@Dragonrage eh, I just use @fredley porkmod app to autodecline the flags of the users I don't like
 
@Dragonrage you need to recharge or something, these burns are not even warm anymore
 
@worstqozn
 
5:39 PM
@GodEmperorDune sorry, i just realized today was tuesday and not thursday, and it sort of depressed me
 
There, are you happynow @GodEmperorDune?! ARE YOU HAPPY
 
@Wipqozn for what?
 
@GodEmperorDune one day you'll see
 
uh oh
or is that an endorsement for a future mod run so that I can see the sooper sekrit mod history?
 
i'd take an endorsement
probably screw it up, but i'll take it
 
5:43 PM
@GodEmperorDune Why would I endorse someone who hasn't even bribed me?
 
@Wipqozn what about all that money i sent?
 
@Wipqozn I have a Charizard you can have...
 
@GodEmperorDune No idea what you're talking about .Nope. No sir.
@KazWolfe Laaaaaame
Charmander was my least favourite gen 1 starter
 
Charmander kids needed serious counseling
 
5:45 PM
@Wipqozn I also have Venusaur and Blastoise.
 
@twobugs >:(
 
charmander was great
 
@GodEmperorDune If you were a dork maybe
 
although i am unfamiliar with its mechanic cousin, charmender
 
0
Q: what's the timeline of the games in borderlands?

captaincj2005So I was just wondering what the timeline for borderlands? Because I have borderlands 1,borderlands 2,borderlands the pre sequel,and tales from borderlands. So if you know please answer. Bye.

 
5:46 PM
Bulbasaur kids knew how to make good decisions
 
@GodEmperorDune nor I
 
For gen 2 starters though, Typhlosion >>>>>>>>> the rest
 
@Wipqozn mod abuse can't hide history
 
@GodEmperorDune It actually can
 
@GodEmperorDune "History is written by the moderators" - Howard Zinn
 
5:47 PM
@Wipqozn so you're promoting me to RO?
 
okay good it is public knowledge
 
are we getting ROs?
 
28
Q: Don't preserve the final state when purging a deleted chat message's history

fredleyOccasionally, regular deleting isn't good enough, and super-strength internet bleach needs to be applied to chat messages. The process is this: A user requests a chat message be mod-removed I comply, and delete the message. I then access the message history, and purge it. Too late I remember! ...

 
Where's the form to fill?
 
mods can purge chat history. I wouldn't do that for le' jokes though.
but if you ever do post personal information, and then are like "what am I doing", a mod can purge it's existence for you
 
5:50 PM
Mods: please purge the existence of @Wipqozn - Thanks in advance
2
 
so mods can clear it when i write that my company's password is hunter2?
 
@GodEmperorDune yeah
 
@GodEmperorDune your company's password is 7 *'s?
 
They can, but right now it requires a weird dance of "edit to 'PURGED' then delete and purge"
iirc
 
oh @twobugs there is a new adcap build out. they gave out a bunch of gold for hitting milestones on regular planets. and the event badges now help main planet progress
 
5:52 PM
My SSN is 420-69-1337
oops
 
@KazWolfe legalize ranch bro
 
so I got a random popular question badge from my only question on elu
 
@GodEmperorDune Neat
I'm probably done with it though
After it almost destroyed my phone
 
yeah no worries, just wanted to let you know
 
5:54 PM
Can Arqade please drop the repcap
I don't think it's necessary here
And it lost me 3937 rep. grr.
 
if we had no recap, @ravendreamer would probably be at like 1000000 rep
 
@Dragonrage probably
 
i can get the exact number :d
Raven only lost 15174 to the cap.
 
perhaps the goal of repcap is to prevent someone from coasting to the top privilege level on a handful of ultra popular questions :p
i mean repcap whining is like people complaining that they are in the uppermost tax bracket
 
@GodEmperorDune no because it's per day
 
6:02 PM
@GodEmperorDune i think it is to prevent a new user from jumping to a really high rep really quickly off one good question/answer and getting a bunch of privileges he doesn't know how to use properly
 
if a popular question still gets craptons of views, you can still coast.
No, the repcap was implemented to have developers (back on SO) stop using the thingy and go back to work.
 
upvotes usually trickle off after a day or two
 
147
Q: What is the reasoning behind the reputation cap?

Graeme PerrowThere has been a lot of talk about the daily reputation cap and what counts and what doesn't count and so on. But why is there a cap at all? I've seen lots of questions about whether the cap number should be changed, or whether certain things should or should not apply to the cap, but I've never ...

 
> Also considering that the reputation is based on how much you are trusted, it avoids having users gain ability without them having spent some time on the site to understand how it works.
 
once you get to 5000, remove the cap!
ezpz
 
6:08 PM
actually @JonSkeet probably would gain the most rep from not having a repcap
 
let me look! :D
 
sets the nintendo eshop on fire
LET ME USE ENGLISH DAMMIT
 
NO YOU WILL USE JUPITERIAN LANGUAGE AND LIKE IT
 
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Q: Pokemon Go account reset; how can I get it back?

FelipeI logged out of my Pokemon Go account, and when I logged back in the same way with the same email it told me to do my recovery progress so I did it it made me start again. I redid the choose a starter thinking I would get my account back, but it didn't, and I don't know what to do.

 
@KazWolfe don't forget to check the rest of the post for needed edits when editing tags
 
6:12 PM
@Dragonrage That post is unsalvagable.
 
@twobugs Doing gaming stuff in Dutch is super weird.
 
@KazWolfe there were spelling/grammar errors that could be fixed.
 
noted for the future
 
6:30 PM
ok, Porkchat is the best thing ever today.
 
except it's not available for firefox :(
 
oh crap D:
I selected burn on your last message
10/10 for flames effect
can't see it anymore though to agree
 
@NBN-Alex referesh page and it's back
 
In 150 year history, few more embarrassing pressers at FCO as @StateDept pool tears into #BorisJohnson. Mortifying. http://snpy.tv/2a6c8vb
That is fantastic /cc @fredley
 
6:42 PM
@Arperum phew! Thank you! gotta be more careful nexttime trying to burninate the countryside
 
@TimStone both fantastic and very sad
also why doesn't he comb his hair?
 
Also Trump left the RNC to fly back to NYC last night and he was supposed to meet with people today
 
@GodEmperorDune your trust is well* placed**
 
I managed to claim 3 gyms last night, and upgrade a 4th.
 
Congrats!
 
6:47 PM
What shop items are worth buying? I assume lucky eggs or incubators.
 
@TimStone good!
 
@Ellesedil incense and lure modules are nice too
 
I almost never use them :(
I think I've used one of each so far, and I'm level 20.
 
+1 for lure mods
 
> Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the championship record of the Cleveland Browns.
 
6:49 PM
very effective in finding more pkmn, usually at a place where you can stay a while and listen
 
i can use an incense at my house, and find a grand total of 4 pokemon the entire duration
 
@Dragonrage "Incense", eh? Don't Go while high.
 
I can get 3-4 Pokemon at my house every half hour without an incense. I live on top of a couple of grassy animation thingies.
 
last night i went on like a 2 mile jog, and found 6 Pokémon during the entire time.
 
do we still do the arqade blog? why don't we do some pokemon go related thing to capitalize on the hype?
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@GodEmperorDune i dont think we have a blog anymore
 
@Dragonrage Well, it's outdated a bit.
 
@GodEmperorDune 2014-06-07 was the last time it was posted on, so it basically doesnt exist anymore
 
1 hour ago, by StrixVaria
A good mod doesn't ignore anybody. If you're annoying enough that I'd ignore you, I can ban you instead now.
 
6:59 PM
@Dragonrage existing is a different thing than having new content
 
A good mod
as you all know, all the mods here are terrible
cc: @StrixVaria
 

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