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2:00 PM
You're an announcement
 
lol. the time just ran out for the fallout 4 thing, all that happened was the timer went away, page didnt change or anything
 
@Rapitor So I noticed.
 
Refresh?
 
@Unionhawk Tried that, didn't help
 
Or is Bethesda top troll?
 
2:01 PM
@Unionhawk Stand By
kek
 
@Unionhawk just jitters and goes back to "please stand by"
 
^ is kill
 
2:03 PM
@Sterno This link was still caught by PorkChat
 
Oh is Fallout 4 actually a real thing?
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@fredley I am not the one who edited it
 
@StrixVaria Apparently, yes.
 
@Yuuki there's the music I know and love
 
2:04 PM
I was typing something you jerk.
 
Well, you deserved it
 
I wonder if they'll bother making combat fun
 
I don't even remember what I was typing now.
This room was placed in timeout for 30 seconds; the topic of this room is "General Arqade chat room, wherein we meanwhile links, verb words, unhack life, fail to meet our sky-high standards in post quality with gusto and avoid thinking about fredley." - conversation should be limited to that topic.
Now everyone suffers.
 
user58869
groovy
 
wat
 
2:08 PM
MOD ABUSE
He who mod abuses last mod abuses best.
 
@Yuuki much colors. wow.
Seriously, there's actual colors in the game. Gotta love that
 
@PrivatePansy I guess that one image of post-apocalyptic shooters isn't accurate anymore.
 
I'm happy games are becoming colorful again.
 
@Sterno As long as the mod tools work ...
 
In the last game I just murdered everything from a mile away using a Gauss Cannon
 
2:18 PM
Damn, reminds me I still need to finish new vegas. I stopped playing because a bug made progression impossible.
 
setstage QUEST STAGE
 
I had to do that in FO3, after I got stuck forever at the little children's cavern
After that I was so overlevelled I think I just breezed through everything else
 
@Unionhawk If only I knew about that in 2010...
 
I'm also stuck in one of the DLCs in FO:NV
 
@Unionhawk I think this also disables achievements, which is dumb but I can sort of understand why
argh, it's not even 10:30 and I'm dying of hunger
 
2:26 PM
Hmmm, commenters says the new Fallout looks like it's set in Boston
 
@PrivatePansy All you have to do there is go to the "back" exit, open the console, left-click on what looks like cardboard wall blocking your way, and type "disable". Problem removed, you can pass.
If you disabled the wrong thing, type "enable" without clicking anything else to bring it back.
I did that because I figured that when I'm already carrying around several mini-nukes, this "door" blocking my way is beyond silly.
 
@PrivatePansy Been a lot of hints towards that.
 
@MartinSojka Ugh, a knee high wall! I cannot surpass this insurmountable barrier, and must turn around and find another way in!
 
@5pike No clue where that is, but "unlock" should work just fine if it's a "teleporting" door between world spaces and "disable" leaves you with a hole in the world.
 
2:32 PM
@MartinSojka The joke is that if this was real you could just reach over and open it through the broken window
The Witcher 2 is really bad at this. Geralt can leap from enemy to enemy to slice them open with his sword, but somehow any tree root or bump in the ground that's taller than his knee bring him to a halt
 
@PrivatePansy Yeah, many games are silly like that.
 
@originaluser Don't think so?
It doesn't for Skyrim anyway
sv_cheats in source engine does
 
@Unionhawk I thought I read an answer here saying it did :P
 
@originaluser I think it does for NV but not Skyrim.
Which is weird.
 
@Yuuki Bethesda is weird
 
2:36 PM
That's quite weird
 
But with Fallout, you can just restart the game and achievements are enabled again.
 
@Yuuki As in, relaunch?
 
@originaluser Yeah.
 
That's hilariously arbitrary
 
Save and exit to desktop, relaunch.
Achievements are back.
 
You're hilariously arbitrary
 
So now that FO4 is official, there go my plans to play some modded NV.
 
All of you
 
Oh man, so I played my first game as Grim Patron warrior in Hearthstone. I feel dirty
I realize that probably means nothing to most of you
 
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Q: "Site Not Available" PSN error?

ZenoTrying to access PSN (http://store.playstation.com) from any PC gets me this error: Or trying to login to PSN on PS3/PS4/phone also gets a generic error. What's wrong, what does this error indicate? How can this be fixed? I've tried rebooting, I've tried Chrome in incognito mode, I've tried d...

 
2:39 PM
Is Lichdom: Battlemage any good? It's part of the gog summer sale and I've been mildly curious about it for a while
 
@Yuuki It probably won't be out for another 10 months
 
@PrivatePansy Which I'll spend playing other games.
 
@5pike Those are some quality sales but I feel like I already own most of the ones I'm interested in from previous sales :(
 
Whoever put month end on a Sunday needs to be shot.
 
It was me. ...Sorry
 
2:41 PM
@5pike I can't tell if it's their site bugging or work blocking some of the scripts for it or what.
...but I can't see which games are in those packs.
Not that I need the LucasArts pack, seeing as how I own every adventure game LucasArts ever made.
 
@originaluser Yeah, also - not on steam, but GOG Galaxy is starting to look promising.
 
I've barely used GoG galaxy but this is certainly giving me more of a reason to do so
I think my biggest gripe so far is I had to manually scan to detect previously installed GoG games
which is annoying
 
@5pike You know the Steam Summer Sale is starting soon, right? Steam Trading cards for it are already showing up.
 
Wizardy, Astebreed, and Unholy Heights all look awesome
and I can pick them up for less than the price of lunch
 
Both games I tried to import to Galaxy redownloaded the entire game and made my saves not work - though with Ultima IV, I couldn't even find the save, so could be my fault.
 
2:43 PM
@Powerlord Yeah, I know. I'm going to craft my badges once it actually starts.
 
@originaluser Yeah, but lunch is awesome too
 
The only real gripe I have with Steam right now is how they're handling older games
 
You have to think about the opportunity cost here!
 
@Unionhawk Touche...
 
Hmmmm. SpaceChem for $.99 is nice, though the chances of you not having that is pretty slim
 
2:44 PM
You could buy cool games, OR eat a really good lunch
 
Oftentimes the Steam versions of older games will be some crappy release with almost no modern tech support
 
Botanicula for $1.99 is also pretty good
 
@originaluser Steam relies completely on the publisher.
 
@Powerlord Yeah, I get that, I just wish they would enforce some quality control
 
Nope, none quality control
They're too busy greenlighting early access
 
2:46 PM
Greenlight is like pandora's box. It's amazing, but also terrible
Almost entirely terrible.
 
@originaluser That's not what Pandora's Box means
 
No, the second one is more accurate, almost entirely terrible
It has high potential to be entirely terrible
 
@PrivatePansy Well, it had hope in it, along with everything else that was horrible
 
But there are some that are not as terrible
No, no hope
Hope is not allowed at Valve Software
 
Hope will be released alongside HL3
 
2:47 PM
@Unionhawk Are you knocking Valve?!
 
Hopes and dreams are bannable offenses on Steam
 
Ahhhh Nonplayer #2 is coming out
 
@Powerlord Meh?
Actually, no, greenlight is built on hopes and dreams, but just consistently disappoints
I stand corrected
By me
 
knocking valve is my thing, don't take it from me
 
@Rapitor I thought it was @GnomeSlice's thing. I guess he just hates @Steam?
 
2:49 PM
The mobile steam application stinks, though!
 
@Yuuki is now honor-bound to respond to that
 
@Unionhawk i thought he was on board with all those kinds of platforms, he links humble bundle and stuff constantly
 
@Unionhawk sigh I am sworn to carry your burdens...
 
Steam has become mainstream, so it's not cool to like it anymore :)
If anyone says mainsteam I will slap them
 
@originaluser no its cool not to like origin and uplay, even though they are no different than steam
 
2:51 PM
@originaluser Steam became mainstream more than 8 years ago
 
@Steam I was going to say you have no honor but no, you actually showed up
 
@Unionhawk Story of my life. I try and I try, but it's just not good enough for him.
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I should set up the @Unikitty account on SFF so I can use it at will
I should also set up sekrits on... I dunno, some other site
 
@Steam *slow clap*
 
@Unionhawk Security.SE obviously.
 
2:53 PM
@Rapitor He doesn't like Steam because the other ones are DRM-free.
 
@StrixVaria ah, yeah.
 
I don't care about that though; I care about convenience. Being able to go to Steam and see a list of all the games I own, and having them automatically download and install, is a huge advantage.
 
Steam as DRM never really bothered me, but I can see why it would irk people who just want the game, no strings attached
@StrixVaria Yeah. It's wrapped in a very user-friendly way with cloud saves and your library and the in-game overlay. I can't complain
 
I go out of my way to get things on Steam specifically, because the strings attached to it are bonuses.
 
@GnomeSlice's big problem with Steam was that it was too big and therefore the only way to make money as a video game developer.
 
2:56 PM
@originaluser Yeah. I've never run into problems with Steam DRM like I have with uPlay and whatnot.
Steam's DRM never really got in the way of me playing a game.
 
@JasonBerkan Well, there's Desura... as long as nobody gets hit by a bus
 
Hmm... my icon's changed back in the lower-left, but it hasn't changed according to chat.
Interesting.
Oh, there it is.
 
@Yuuki It rarely does, which is why it is so acceptable.
 
Does Steam still allow publishers to use additional 3rd party DRM?
That was a little obnoxious
 
@originaluser Yes.
 
3:01 PM
@originaluser Yes - there is a reason there is a uPlay tag on Steam.
 
@JasonBerkan You know, I hadn't even considered that. I was mainly thinking like Securom or other nasty stuff.
 
At least Games For Windows Live is dead now.
 
GWFL and uPlay aren't great by any means, but at least they aren't Securom
 
GWFL is still a thing?
 
No
GFWL is kill
 
3:05 PM
And Xbox on Windows is live
 
@uni nice avatar
 
@fredley Huh?
 
@Unionhawk It was a broken image for me until I refreshed the page.
 
@Yuuki What are you guys talking about, I've always had this avatar
 
3:10 PM
Printing a document should not be this hard
@Unionhawk Finally, an avatar that is reasonable.
 
What do you mean "finally"?
I'm confused
You're confused
 
Is your avatar not the triforce once again?
 
It is. but i don't know if it'S trolling or not his fault
 
@Unionhawk I would be fine with this,
 
3:13 PM
Get some transparency
 
wEIRD
 
@Serverfrog This is what I'm seeing as well.
 
I, too, am seeing this
 
aLSO CAPS FOR SOME REASON
 
3:14 PM
but
 
Has there been mod abuse? I approve of this mod abuse.
 
@originaluser there are games like frozen synapse or Galconon steam that require you to register an account and apply an activation code to it
Galcon on*
 
My body is ready for XCOM 2
 
In what world does trying to print a document, and then canceling that print job, crash Microsoft Word? Answer: my work world.
 
@Sterno On a scale from Half-Life 3 to Fallout 4, how much is this game actually expected to exist?
 
3:16 PM
Play invisible inc
 
@StrixVaria It comes out in November, so Fallout 4++ I guess?
 
@StrixVaria It's already been announced.
 
@Sterno Fallout 5?
 
@GnomeSlice Oh yeah, I forgot about that. That's annoying. I remember having to do that for Warframe I think
 
3:17 PM
How am I so behind in gaming news?
 
@StrixVaria Half Life 4 and Starcraft 4 come out... tomorrow.
 
Most free to play games have that
 
I posted it in here. Not my fault people star Hola and not gaming related news.
 
@StrixVaria Fatherhood
 
Hue
 
3:18 PM
@Sterno You and @JasonBerkan were up-to-date on this piece of news
 
@Sterno We both know that's no excuse
 
@Unionhawk We've had more acclimation time
 
With XCOM 2 I won't make the mistake of turning on ironman or whatever mode for my first playthrough and getting into a position where there is literally no way to prevent the enemy from mind controlling my best sniper and double-tap-critting my best heavy, instantly murdering him and panicking my entire squad.
 
Any child of mine is not going to be allowed to eat or sleep until they can accurately summarize everything that happened in gaming today.
 
@Unionhawk What did you do to chat that it decided to use an uploaded image instead of your gravatar?
 
3:19 PM
@Unionhawk My kids practically take care of themselves by this point.
 
@Sterno My daughter learned how to wave and clap. Every time she waved, we'd wave back then clap to reinforce that we liked when she waved. Now if I wave to her she just claps, having forgotten how to wave.
 
What if Gravatar had deleted his Image?
 
@TimStone Okay fine, I admit, I may have fucked up my trolling attempt. I uploaded an image to SO, SO fucked up the transparency, so I was like "crap, I guess I should just reassociate my account to gaming", didn't work, and now caching
Caching is what I did to chat
 
You blew it!
 
@Sterno Man, I wonder how that jives with the ending to Enemy Unknown.
 
3:20 PM
@Unionhawk I like that at a certain size the transparency works, for maximum fail.
 
... chaching.. why is it even existigen.. oh.. right >_>
 
@TimStone I was lazy and grabbed a(n?) SVG file from Wikimedia commons
 
@Yuuki It doesn't. Apparently XCOM 2 supposes that humanity failed miserably when the aliens invaded.
 
Ah.
 
@Unionhawk I should probably create shouldiblameunionhawk.com too.
 
3:21 PM
@JasonBerkan Which how most people played it out anyway.
 
SHUTUP
 
@Uni why is your background black instead of transparent?
 
It doesn't help that @fredley noticed literally immediately
> SO fucked up the transparency
 
A likely story.
 
The cropping is also terrible
 
3:22 PM
PEBKAC
 
Yes
 
@JasonBerkan I supposed it assumes Enemy Unknown was played out on Impossible Ironman.
 
PEAIU
 
If I wanted to do it properly, I would have grabbed the original image
 
@Yuuki Or even Classic Ironman for me. I've yet to win that.
 
3:23 PM
Problem Exists And It's Unionhawk
 
But I was lazy
Originally I didn't have a transparent avatar. It had a white background
 
@fredley It's a pretty perfect fail to be honest
 
Little known fact
 
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Q: Flags on a post made by deleted user automatically set not-helpful?

Unknown ZombieYesterday there was a user who created spam answers in several GTA V-related questions which were not actually answers and also which contained a link to a website which was claimed to have a download of GTA V for free. I flagged each of these (5 in total) with a custom reason. The reason I gave...

 
Goddammit now I'm stuck like this until further notice
 
3:25 PM
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Q: Is Health.SE sick?

AttilioI see lots of active people complaining for unjustified and uncommented downvotes, questions that are easily closed, answers that are removed by mods (while the normal behaviour should be that users just downvote them, or even better, simply give better answers), lots of complains about negativit...

cc @Wipqozn
 
There we go
 
Extra drama:
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Q: Can we change our mods here?

kenorbFirst of all, I'd like to apologise if I offended anybody here by asking for the second opinion about my removed answer (I really do). Usually when you go to the doctor, you've right to do so. And this post isn't aiming for it either. I'm one of the first users during private beta who was trying...

 
(I reassociated to scifi, did a global profile change, and went back to gaming, to force the cache to clear)
 
> "In my experience here, there has been a lot of negativity; down votes, not happy about this or that. To me it feels like the community is trying to set such high standards and narrow scope that it is strangling it's self." by James Jenkins
facepalm
 
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A: Can we change our mods here?

Shog9If I understand you correctly, your argument boils down to this: You've been very active in posting answers here. You disagree with some of the moderators about how answers should be constructed. Therefore, we should replace all of the moderators with people who agree with you. I don't find t...

"No." - Shog9 2015
You don't vote for pro-tem mods
 
3:28 PM
@Sterno Hey it's that guy.
 
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gonna be set in boston btw
 
Fallout?
 
yep
 
@Sterno I think the best part about that whole post is this:
The post has been archived just in case, so don't worry. — kenorb May 30 at 21:20
Like
 
@Unionhawk That in itself could be considered a problem.
 
3:32 PM
@Powerlord Meh?
I mean, you do in a sense, but at the end of the day it's not an election per se
 
@Unionhawk Pro-Tem mods are appointed by the SE staff... but what criteria is used?
 
@Powerlord Divination.
 
It's true, they consult with the Unicorn Oracles.
 
Exactly. And you don't know what criteria the Unicorn Oracles are using.
 
And that may be a question to ask but "this site is going to shit put me in charge I'm the most active!" isn't the way to go about fixing a problem
 
3:36 PM
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Q: Locked Windmill Key

TheAceIn white orchard there is a windmill near a bandit camp. The door to the windmill is locked and I cannot find the key. Where is this key?

 
@Unionhawk I never said it was.
 
@uni Do you want me to fix your avatar for you?
 
THEN WE ARE IN KIND OF AGREEMENT, OR AT LEAST, A STATE OF @UNI DOESN'T CARE THAT MUCH
 
@Powerlord They pick whatever path generates the most bacon, to be honest.
 
The issue with community elected pro-tem mods, at least as far as I see it, is that the site hasn't been properly defined yet. Pro-tem mods are supposed to help the community find its footing. If you elected pro-tem mods, then all the mods will ostensibly see the same issues in the same way.
Rather than perhaps conflicting and having discussions.
 
3:36 PM
YOU KNOW WHAT
 
Once a site knows what it wants and what its goals are properly, then having mod consensus is more appropriate.
 
@Unionhawk I do. The Elite beta needs to end so we can get in on that sweet, sweet Powerplay action.
 
TAKE THAT
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT @fredley
DEAL WITH IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
 
@Sterno He's such a terrible user, and the fact his rep is so high just goes to show that site is doomed
 
On that note, I need to lunch
 
3:38 PM
@Wipqozn On the other hand, his complaints and the complaints of others go to show that they're trying to get the site on the right track.
 
SONBITCH
 
Transparency only works with gravatars afaik, which I can't edit :(
 
@Sterno True
 
I'm starting to wish caching cached longer, so I wouldn't see @Unionhawk's avatar change every 2 minutes.
 
@JasonBerkan Listen man, that last one was not my fault
That one was a mod abuse
 
3:41 PM
@Sterno so no way inside the mill yet?
 
@TheAce I never found one, but I stopped looking once I realized I didn't need to go in there
Also, in the next zone, I've found a ton of locked doors and I doubt there are keys to all of them.
 
@fredley Yeah you can't
 
@Sterno wow really?
my poor ocd
 
Magical warrior thwarted by simple locked wooden door. Footage at 11!
 
but there are doors you cant open
this one says locked on it
what gives?
 
3:44 PM
Never understood why you couldn't just bash those doors down.
 
Clearly he needs these. tosses lockpick into a sewer grate. Whoops.
 
drives me crazy
 
@Yuuki It's locked! Obviously
 
@Powerlord attaches chewing gum to a string with meat paste
 
@Yuuki No, you need to involve a rubber ducky in this puzzle.
 
3:47 PM
Well this ruins my evil mood
Thanks @fredley
You jerk
 
So, I have no idea what I'm supposed to be working on today.
I suppose I should choose a random item from my To Do tasks
Correct IE11 compatibility issues for future-proofing... GAH, I choose the worst one.
sigh Step 1 is seeing if the fork of TableSorter has the same issues that the main version did.
Oh yay, decided to check JavaScript files for a previous bug and found out someone tried to use JSP EL code in our .js files.
JSP EL code only works in JSP and JSPF files, so...
 
I do so enjoy raging against anti-vaxxers
 
Because his parents are, apparently, anti-vaxers.
Also, when your best option for treatment is medicine from Russia, something's wrong.
 
my main concern with fallout 4.
 
3:57 PM
@Rapitor I will go and set the woooooooorld oooooon fiiiiiiiiiiire~
 
It's even worse to me when an anti-vaxxers kid gets seriously ill, and rather than questioning their choice, they double-down on it.
 
@Sterno At least that one case in the US had the parents change their mind.
 
I can't even imagine that happening to my kids
I got freaked out enough when my daughter had pneumonia when she was one.
 

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