The Bridge

2:00 PM

@QAdp it faces in whatever attack direction you last pressed or are currently pressing (including diagonals). It shoots when you release, and charges for distance

GnomeSlicE

2

A: Community Promotion Ads - 2012

Why is this still getting downvoted?

murgatroid99

@QAdp also, it shoots through rocks and stuff

GnomeSlicE

Everyone supported Moshe's ad for his game when he posted it in 2011... what's different about this one?

Gaming Topics From Outside

0

Q: DRIconf in Ubuntu 64x plus ATI GPU or something more?

I've been trying to get Call of Duty 2 to work in wine in Ubuntu. It gives me a black screen. So I tried the fix suggested by the wine apphq and downloaded DRIconf. Funny thing is that it can't find my direct rendering device. "Could not detect any configurable direct-rendering capable device...

Yi Jiang

@GnomeSlicE I'm going to guess that people are tired of seeing the exact same ad? At least change it up a little. I think the original community ads thread on MSO had a rule against posting the same project twice

GnomeSlicE

2:06 PM

@YiJiang But the ad is different.

2011

2012

And there's yet another downvote.

Yi Jiang

*shrug* Maybe people don't care for the game. I don't know; I don't have an iOS device or have played the game it's supposedly based on

GnomeSlicE

It's just weird, that people supported his advertising of his own game last year more than they did this year.

Ronan Forman

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GnomeSlicE

@RonanForman No intro?

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlicE Hmm, I thought I did.

GnomeSlicE

2:12 PM

@RonanForman Well, if you did, it's not right at the beginning.

1:35 in and still no intro. I think you missed it.

Ronan Forman

Yeah, I did, maybe I put two in episode 7.

GnomeSlicE

Heh...

Also, have you seen @QAzer around?

He's here now, but I don't think he's here.

danRhul

The latest downvote was mine. So can't compare my support to last years as I wasn't around

GnomeSlicE

@danRhul I'm just curious, but what's the problem with it?

QAzer

@GnomeSlicE I'm mostly here.

GnomeSlicE

2:21 PM

@QAzer ...Coin?

QAzer

@GnomeSlicE ah forgot about that sorry... didn't have internet this weekend (because of the heat) I'll get to it now.

Wipqozn

huh, I didn't know Chess.SE launched

@GnomeSlicE That was a year ago. We have so many new users since last year.

Not to mention peoples opinions can change a lot in a year.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Know of any reference material that shows what the chances are of a rare item spawning max affixes?

GnomeSlicE

2:37 PM

@agent86 What do you think of this?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE I agree. Up vote.

If they are likely to get all offended by needing to read the FAQ they are probably not the kind of user that will be a useful member of our site anyways.

GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn I agree.

Or if not requiring it, there could be an instant rep reward for reading the FAQ; enough to join chat and post comments.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE Then spammers could easily get in to post comments.

A badge would make more sense.

GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn I suppose. There is a badge.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn And bypass question protection.

murgatroid99

2:40 PM

@Wipqozn which of course we already have

Wipqozn

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Sterno

@shinrai Stern0, since Sterno was already taken. And I think I'm on the Daemon server.

@shinrai But I'll probably seriously average like 2 hours of play a week, so you're unlikely to ever see me :P

Wipqozn

@Sterno what game?

fbueckert

Sounds the The secret world, or something.

Sterno

Yeah, Secret World. Shinrai had asked me what my name in game was

Wipqozn

2:53 PM

Lazers

0

Q: calculating Enchantress Focus Mind

I am attempting to calculate the Enchantress's skill Focused Mind, however I appear to be having a issue with the 3% IAS. If I apply the 3% the following ways they all yeild the wrong result. Applying to the AS of the current weapon. Apply to the items total IAS on the character. Applying ...

diablo-3

Sterno

Wow. I had no idea so many crap answers got submitted and deleted by new users.

Litterally who cares it is just a stupid game

fbueckert

@Sterno They are the reason I have almost 200 flags.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Welcome to 10k! :P

tiddy

So I "beat" skyrim last night. I think.

Yi Jiang

2:59 PM

@Sterno I'm a Sheriff because of them. I wear my badge proudly.

QAdley

@YiJiang Marshal High Five

@tiddy You've done everything there is to do in Skyrim?!

tiddy

Yeah

All that's left is radiant quests

for each faction

Sterno

@tiddy Impressive. Time for Dawnguard?

tiddy

Yes

Actually there are 3-4 quests I haven't done yet. The master level magic quests

But Im not grinding magic to 90 so I can do them

fbueckert

@Lazers After talking to the creator, this question is most likely a dupe.

QAdley

3:11 PM

Spotted:

ebay.co.uk/itm/Threadless-Small-Mens-Extra-Lives-Blue-T-Shirt-/…

And here's the original: threadless.com/product/921/Video_Games_Ruined_My_Life/tab,guys/…

fbueckert

fbueckert - thanks for the input however those links do not answer my question, my formulas are as close to perfect as anyone elses, however my question is 'how' does the game apply the enchantress buff. have worked out that it does not apply against the weapons base AS, the above and many other ways. I have also been googling for nearly 3 hours for the answer but I am starting to think no one out there actually knows. :s — John 7 mins ago

I feel this question really is a duplicate, and the question I linked can answer it. Should I pull him into chat to see if we can figure it out?

tiddy

Just let it go

Wipqozn

user2334

@Sterno Now you can understand why I asked this :P

Wipqozn

@fbueckert What's IAS?

fbueckert

3:17 PM

@Wipqozn Increased attack speed

user2334

@danRhul Another one year suspension. I've only seen two rabble rousers come back and pull the same stunts after a year-long suspension, and both got re-suspended for a second year. People get suspended for longer (a number of years), but that's almost exclusively due to being well under 13 (against the ToS)

user2334

I suppose the ultimate penalty is deletion, but that's virtually verboten for users who have more than a thousand rep without their consent

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp I've never understood WHY people do this; you get suspended for a year for actions that were against site policy. Why would you come back to the same place, and do the same thing?

user2334

@fbueckert Of the two cases I'm aware of, the first was the guy who had a huge axe to grind with Jeff Atwood and anyone else who wronged him pre-suspension. The second boggles my mind to this day, and I'm not sure what exactly was going on.

user2334

User asks a number of crap questions on Programmers, we suspend him for low quality contributions. Suspension ends, keeps doing it; we add a larger suspension. User then starts creating sock puppet after sock puppet to ask crap questions, we increased the suspension to a year and started merging. User continues to create a new sock puppet as the old ones get merged every couple of days for 6 months

user2334

3:24 PM

We plead with SE to give us something to deal with the user, they look into it several times, tell us there's nothing we can do other than keep suspending him

user15026

O.o

danRhul

You can get suspended for low quality contributions o.O

user2334

After 6 months, the user mysteriously stops. Suspension ends on schedule after a year (so another 6 months later). Immediately after the suspension ends, the user starts doing it again. Gets suspended again for a year.

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp This...sounds like somebody who holds a grudge a mile wide.

user15026

I always wonder what goes through people's heads that they think this is a good use of their time

Mad Scientist

3:26 PM

@MarkTrapp Well, they could have IP-banned Saudi-Arabia.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yeah; I don't see the point at all. The community has made it known that your behavior is inappropriate, and they don't want you around.

user2334

@fbueckert We ran through every rationale in the book to try to explain it, but it was just so bizarre nothing was satisfying.

user15026

Yeah...and I mean what are you going to gain by doing this? It doesn't make you special or awesome or awe-worthy

user2334

@MadScientist I have nothing against Saudi Arabia, but that's the solution I was rooting for

user15026

It just makes you look like an idiot all over hte place

fbueckert

3:27 PM

@MarkTrapp Maybe somebody testing a new spam bot?

@AshleyNunn There are people who assume that any attention is good attention.

Lazers

1

Q: How to get back to original spawn when in creative and spawn resets?

I made a really good castle in creative mode but had not slept in a bed on superflat mode. Someone killed me and that somehow reset my spawn more than once. I did tests in a new world of the same kind of circumstances and found that when killed and not having slept in a bed you respawn in a total...

minecraft

pixel

what the hell did I do to my day, its 4pm O_O

user2334

@fbueckert I dunno, maybe: it asked a number of questions that were all similar, but the way they were worded just seemed like someone who really wanted to get into that programming thing where people make some money but had no idea where to start. Questions like "What's the best book for C++?" "Which should I learn, ASP.NET or PHP?" "How do I learn ASP.NET?", etc.

user15026

@fbueckert That is an attitude I just do not understand

pixel

I've just realised the soundtrack to The Secret World is in the same key as most Hybrid tracks ever made

knew there must have been a reason I left game music on

fbueckert

3:33 PM

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A: Can I compare items of both my main hand and off hand to a 2-handed weapon?

D3 Item Compare is an app that can compare Main-Hand & Off-Hand VS 2-Hand, plus alot more. Very useful for comparing against items on the Auction House as well. App Website: http://d3itemcompare.com

StrixVaria

Hey my new T-Shirt from the D3 contest finally came today.

fbueckert

Two answers advertising the same site.

Kill, please.

user15026

Also, they say "alot". >.<

user2334

@danRhul On four sites (Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault, and Programmers), you can get automatically blocked from asking or answering new questions indefinitely if the system determines you have provided very little value to the site. But on other sites, suspending someone who keeps asking bad questions or providing crap answers is an option, yes.

user2334

One or two or even a few bad questions is no big deal, but if a user asks a number of questions in a row that are subsequently closed, that needs corrective action

Wipqozn

3:36 PM

@fbueckert Does this app really exist and do what he says?

Because if so they would be actual answers to the question.

QAdley

If I flag the same answer with two different flags (Spam + NAA), how many flag points do I get?

user15026

@Wipqozn There's no way to really see - its $10 to get it

fbueckert

@Wipqozn He's charging for it.

user2334

And he's not disclosing his affiliation except in the profile

Wipqozn

If this app actually solves the problem I don't see the problem with it.

QAdley

3:37 PM

He's linking to the site, not to any particular content on the site. That's always a bad sign.

Oh, it's an app. Disregard.

Policy with this kind of thing:

If a user posts a link to an app, with a screenshot or some other data generated by the app that directly relates to the question, and they disclose affiliation: good

else: bad

user2334

There's a FAQ for that

QAdley

@MarkTrapp Exactly. This user fails on every count: Not directly related to Q, all answers are just ads, no disclosure in answers

Burn with fire, etc. etc.

Wipqozn

@QAdley Looks direcrtly related to the question to me.

"How can I do X?"
"This app will let you do X."

fbueckert

@Wipqozn I'd leave it alone if it were free; but this is blatant self-promotion.

user2334

@Wipqozn The posts fail the nonnegotiable disclosure requirement, though. Looks like a spambot to me, but if you want to prod it into revising its posts to disclose, I ain't stopping you

QAdley

3:44 PM

@Wipqozn WRT this question, some example would be appropriate, using the item-types mentioned in the question

fbueckert

"How can I do X?"
"Buy this app, and it will let you do X!"

QAdley

@fbueckert this

Anna Lear

@fbueckert If a post is purely promotional and not useful, it shouldn't really matter whether the promoted thing is free or not.

QAdley

@Wipqozn In the other question, the asked mentions various features they'd like. The answer makes no attempt to acknowledge this.

fbueckert

@AnnaLear True, but I'll cut them some slack if they're not charging for it.

QAdley

3:46 PM

@AnnaLear 'Free' is a confusing term anyway, free to download but ad supported? Free but you have to give away personal data?

fbueckert

But kneejerk reaction to ANY 1-rep user posting a link that goes, "This app will do what you want!" is to flag it as spam.

Anna Lear

Yeah, way more often than not a 1-rep user with an app link = spam. It's unfortunate that that tends to generalize into "any app recommendation in an answer should be burned with napalm", cause that's not always the case. :)

Wipqozn

As outlined in our FAQ, if you're posting links to sites you own, apps you made, et cetera you need to disclose your affiliation of it with the question. Taking a look at your profile and posting history this is what it looks like, and has users concerned you're just a spammer. In fact this is why your question currently has such a low score. I'd suggest revising your post to disclose your affiliation with the app. — Wipqozn 6 secs ago

fbueckert

The app itself looks like something someone threw together as quickly as possible.

Anna Lear

I try to discriminate based on answer quality. One-liner link = bad. Explaining how the recommended app will solve the specific problem in the question = good.

@fbueckert it reminds me of a WoW app that did a similar thing. I'm blanking on the name, though.

Wipqozn

3:49 PM

Well that's my 2-cents on the situation. If you guys want to delete it, by all means go ahead. It could very well be a spammer.

I'm just going to save my flag since I'm not sure.

fbueckert

@AnnaLear Almost guaranteed, someone scraped formulas from here or elsewhere, incorporated them into a crap app, and is charging for it.

So essentially, he's attempting to profit from community effort.

GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn What are we talking about, here?

Anna Lear

Yeah, unregistered user with a profile related to the website being promoted, posting on older questions... this basically has self-promotion written all over it.

Wipqozn

-4

A: Can I compare items of both my main hand and off hand to a 2-handed weapon?

D3 Item Compare is an app that can compare Main-Hand & Off-Hand VS 2-Hand, plus alot more. Very useful for comparing against items on the Auction House as well. App Website: http://d3itemcompare.com

James

@LessPopMoreFizz TSW is pretty fun I have to say.. I did have to restart once but other than that and progressing too fast, none to bad :)

fbueckert

3:55 PM

@AnnaLear Googling his website shows him spamming the bnet and other diablo forums with the same thing.

user15026

@fbueckert Oh, that is always fun >.<

Anna Lear

@fbueckert charming

fbueckert

Indeed.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn You know what else is always fun?

user15026

@Wipqozn I am scared to ask.

Fluttershy

3:58 PM

@AshleyNunn Clearly he was telling you "else" was always fun.

user15026

I am so confused.

user15026

is a bear of very little brain today

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Tristan is crazy. Don't listen to him.

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Because I know you'll love that.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Who is Tristian?

user15026

@Wipqozn melts

Wipqozn

4:00 PM

@Fluttershy I mean Fluttershy.

user15026

So, what else is always fun?

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn hmm?

user15026

@Wipqozn You asked me if I knew what else is fun. I am expressing my interest in knowing what else is always fun.

James

@Wipqozn ... What exactly is the trick?

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn No idea what you're talking about.

GnomeSlicE

4:01 PM

@Wipqozn Hm. We've had answers were people post proprietary software before.

Fluttershy

3 mins ago, by Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn You know what else is always fun?

user15026

I am confused. I will be over here, reading webcomics.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE the problem people have is that his only posts on the site thus far are posts advertising that app, and his profile links to it.

@Fluttershy That's obviously photoshopped.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Your face is obviously photoshopped.

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Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Buuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrn

@Fluttershy tortoise high five

Fluttershy

4:04 PM

Wipqozn

I dare say ol' chap, that's quite the Epic Brohoof.

user15026

@Fluttershy I can't stop watching this

GnomeSlicE

@Fluttershy ...I really want to flag that.

@Wipqozn ...Yeah, probably spam then.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE I really want to flag that.

GnomeSlicE

I'm guessing he seems this gaming community as an opportunity to promote it.

@Wipqozn Why?

Wipqozn

4:08 PM

@GnomeSlicE Wynaut?

QAdp

Surely I'll find some other goofy video made with SFM to push that off screen. Reddit, I choose you!

Wipqozn

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Not sure if that was posted yet.

inb4 I posted it already.

QAdp

@Wipqozn It probably was. I'll star it anyway

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GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn It was linked as a 'suggested video' to the 'x gon give it to ya' one I posted.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE I found it via reddit a week ago.

GnomeSlicE

4:18 PM

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@Wipqozn Top suggested video.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE I really hope that fellow finishes that soon.

GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn I don't.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE Liar.

QAdp

@Wipqozn I hope he also adds subs, because that's incomprehensible

Wipqozn

@QAdp Yes.

GnomeSlicE

4:20 PM

@Wipqozn No. The lines from the song he did apply to TF2 hilariously well. If he did the rest of the song it would lose its charm.

Because it would no longer be about capturing intelligence.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE I was unaware there was a song.

I thought the guy just made it up.

GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn ...No. It's 'X Gon' give it to ya' by DMX.

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Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE TIL

GnomeSlicE

But that is officially my favourite TF2 video, ever.

@Wipqozn But do you understand the lyrics in the TF2 video?

QAdp

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GnomeSlicE

4:37 PM

@Fluttershy Can you shoot me the login info for the Twitter feed?

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlicE It's the same as the youtube.

GnomeSlicE

@RonanForman Oh right, and the username is... well, the username.

Ronan Forman

Aye.

user15026

Bah. This prof pronounces the w in "answer" and it is driving me crazy

FAE

@AshleyNunn .......That would make me immensely twitchy.

Shinrai

4:39 PM

@AshleyNunn ...I had trouble figuring out how that would work for a minute. Non-native English speaker or just eccentric?

user15026

@Shinrai I don't know. I think non-native, but it is her only real eccentricity in her speech patterns

Ronan Forman

@AshleyNunn That's nothing, one of my teachers pronounces the y in parabola.

GnomeSlicE

@RonanForman There is no y in parabola.

user15026

@RonanForman I....I don't....where do they put it?

Ronan Forman

Para-bue-la.

user15026

4:41 PM

@RonanForman ick. ick. ick.

Shinrai

@RonanForman wat.

GnomeSlicE

@RonanForman Hahahahahahahahaha.

@RonanForman Do they spell it wrong too to justify it? Like you guys spell 'aluminum' as 'aluminium'?

user15026

Oh man. "Hyper-bowl" for hyperbole. Ick. I can't take this.

GnomeSlicE

@RonanForman @Fluttershy Also, how do you guys feel about me changing the twitter icon to this:

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlicE I didn't realise you spelt it differently. But no.

@GnomeSlicE That's fine.

GnomeSlicE

4:43 PM

@RonanForman Neither did I, I thought you guys spelled it the same way we did but mispronounced it. Turns out that went both ways, hah.

danRhul

Do the percentages for privileges round down?

GnomeSlicE

Twitter doesn't really work for me, I guess you need a decent internet connection to operate it.

murgatroid99

@danRhul why?

@danRhul yes

danRhul

@murgatroid99 Why what?

GnomeSlicE

@danRhul He wants to know why you're asking.

danRhul

4:46 PM

Curiosity, I thought it strange.

murgatroid99

@danRhul why couldn't you just check?

user2334

@danRhul The percentages don't count for anything: the only thing that matters is the actual reputation score. If they rounded up, having—for example—2999 rep would make the closing privilege say 100% which would be incorrect, as you need 3000 rep to get it.

danRhul

@MarkTrapp Ah that makes sense. Cheers

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert I assume 1/[Number of possible numbers]

GnomeSlicE

0

Q: On RUNESCAPE, what is the SPC?

I plan on creating a RuneScape montage, and i am using the ORB of OCULUS, but i need to hit the SPC button to remove control help pop ups. What key is the SPC?

runescape

Really guys, you downvote because you think the asker should already know the answer? =[

agent86

4:56 PM

I really just need a list of all the times we've told you "don't worry about the reasons people vote" to trot out the 3 or 4 times a day you want to criticize the way people vote.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, I thought about that some more, but still trying to find something a bit more concrete. It could theoretically be evenly weighted, leading to a 33% chance of receiving maximum affixes.

Lazers

1

Q: Does EXP carry over from RuneScape Combat Evolved Beta?

I am earning lots of EXP on Runescape Combat Evolved Beta, but i do not know if EXP carries over. Could someone tell me?

runescape

0

Q: How to spit in the black pool?

During the Monster-Slayer admission quest, you are required to spit in the Black Pool. I found the pool, fought some monsters in and around it, but cannot frob the pool itself. How can I accomplish this tier of the quest?

the-secret-world

0

Q: F1 2011 Ryder Database Editor

Ive completed my fifth season now and want to start again. I was told if I want to start again with my last team (Mclaren) I should change the team ID to 4. I changed all teams to tier 4 and saved but I still get the same start teams. I'm new to this so if I'm doing something stupid I apologize,...

pc

GnomeSlicE

@agent86 Well, why do you think it was downvoted?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlicE I downvoted for the exact reason you said

GnomeSlicE

@OrigamiRobot Because 'he should have known'?

agent86

4:59 PM

@GnomeSlicE I don't really care. Everyone gets one vote on a post, and they use it as they see fit. All I can control is which button I push. The rest is out of my control and not worth worrying about.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlicE and/or "It's painfully obvious."

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