The Bridge

Oak

12:03 AM

@SmilingDevil welcome! No need to concern, the only one who bites around here is badp

SmilingDevil

@Oak well that's nice to know.

agent86

hey @oak, did you get your question answered sufficiently yesterday?

we were having a time-delayed conversation there at the town hall :)

Oak

@agent86 Hmm. Partially. It felt more like an explanation of why you invest so much of your time and effort, than an attempt to reassure me that this investment will be long-term, which is what I was looking for.

I should go re-read it, though

Lazers

0

Q: Is there any advantages to playing Birth By Sleep in any particular order?

So I've already started playing through the game and beat Aqua's segment, but I was curious about this: Are there any advantages (story-wise, overall experience with the game, etc.) to playing Birth By Sleep in a particular order?

kingdom-hearts

agent86

@Oak hmm. I'm not sure what I could say that would convince you, except for explaining that the source of my gaming passion has been a constant for 15-20 years, that I tend to dedicate myself to the communities I'm involved in long-term, and that I'm fairly attached to this place already.

Oak

12:14 AM

@agent86 well, that's precisely what I've been looking for :)

particularly "I tend to dedicate myself to the communities I'm involved in long-term"

badp

@SmilingDevil welcome!

agent86

@Oak haha, I feel like I've been trying to give sufficient examples, but perhaps in trying to explain the particular instances I lost the larger message :)

honestly, that was the #1 thing that just about kept me from participating, was that I haven't been here long and I didn't want to seem presumptuous. I looked at some of the other people who were running though, and thought "well, what do I have to lose?"

if ronnie can be in the race, why not, right?

that the response has been positive has been uplifting.

Oak

You have nothing to lose

agent86

precisely! I think at the time I said "I've written longer things for less gain on this site already ;)"

Oak

Worst thing, you can participate in the next one and probably win it with your eyes closed, because you'll have the one thing that bothers me (and a couple of others) right now - a longer record :) but honestly, your chances right now look great

agent86

12:22 AM

So far it's been going fairly well. I'd love to win it, but I'd understand if people would prefer someone else over me. And I'd certainly run again, although I'd probably have some pretty stiff competition - some folks who aren't running this time are likely to make an appearance next time...

well, I've got to run now, I'll be back later on.

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:33 AM

@agent86 I'm wondering who you mean by that.

Lazers

0

Q: What do the letter-number codes under my name mean?

I would take a screenshot and use free-hand circles, but alas, I don't have a way to do so with my Xbox. Under my name, in my player card, there is the string "E5". I have seen others on other players, such as "E4", "C3", etc. What does this mean?

soul-calibur-5

1

Q: Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning damage or physical damage

There are some types of damage "enchantments" in game its: damage (+15% damage), physical damage (+15% physical damage) and elements damages. My question is what is difference between damage and physical damage ? I have +10% damage components in my sword an some +damage components in my armor. Is...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

0

Q: Does it matter what I say?

In FFXIII-2 they added user input to conversation. Does any of this have lasting input on the game? I noticed that some places it'll reject my choice and make me pick again, but most times it seems that I can say whatever I want. Does any of this affect the gameplay or is it just to get differen...

final-fantasy-13-2

agent86

@LessPop_MoreFizz @FallenAngelEyes is the one that comes to mind immediately as someone who is not running this time but said she'd run if the election was 2 months from now

I'd be willing to be there are others who could take an election if they chose to run, but she's just the one I have confirmation about :)

Nick T

3

Q: Stack Gaming sponsoring gaming personalities live-streaming new games

Food for promotional thought: Yesterday several prominent E-sports people/gaming personalities live-streamed Kingdoms of Amalur which as far as I can tell was some sponsored thing by the devs/publishers. Stuff was given away (graphics cards, games, shirts, etc) for publicity and people (don't k...

discussion site-promotion

so no comments?

too boring?

Seth's got like 5 posts and a dozen comments

:P

agent86

heh. I'm not really that interested in watching e-sports people, so I don't know that I'm a good one to judge how that would impact the site or what their target demographic is.

Nick T

I dunno, I think in general promotions should focus on new games as it's easy to fight over people who aren't tied into any given community yet

and besides doing some giveaways/contests on the site like we've done already, I'm not creative enough to come up with some other avenue

agent86

12:42 AM

@Oak I added this to the answer to your question in the town hall chat room, apologies for the stale ping that will generate.

Oak

@agent86 their target demographics are gamers and they have a lot of views on VOD and streaming sites. A lot. Just having them mention our site is good publicity.

@agent86 super, thanks!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@NickT I actually like it a whole lot. Better yet, for a sequel, we could try to set up a joint stream with say, the top user in the previous games tag, and someone appropriate.

agent86

@Oak hmm, interesting. I don't know that I can really name a single e-sports personality, but it sounds awesome if it brings that much visibility :)

Nick T

@agent86 the good thing about the people watching those things is that a) they're probably heavily interested in the new game, and b) they're almost certainly people who have never heard of our site (advertising the site on the site is a bit circular)

LessPop_MoreFizz

Actually...

agent86

12:43 AM

what I find interesting is that people I've talked to about the promotions we do around here think this has to be some kind of scam

LessPop_MoreFizz

There's a wow expansion coming soon.

One thing that I can guarantee is that there will be a huge audience for streams of the first few raids.

badp

If only we had some people coming in with epic advice.

agent86

and I'm like, guys, no, seriously, they're giving away cool stuff. all you have to do is ask and answer interesting questions about video games

LessPop_MoreFizz

I happen to be a former member of a US top 5 raid guild.

agent86

@LessPop_MoreFizz WoW seems like one that could be good for the site, like TOR

Fredy31

12:46 AM

and I'm back

agent86

the swell of questions around KoA has been pretty crazy

Brant

In the last year or so, I've been judging how much I should care (or not) about new games based on the volume of questions I've seen on the site.

Wipqozn

I just got a yearly badge on SO. Awesome.

swoosh

badp

ugh

I expected "nVidia Update" to be more than a tool linking me to the download page of the newer driver version

like uh why don't you make the whole thing a one click experience perhaps?

Fredy31

crashes through Battle Toads.

badp

12:49 AM

@StrixVaria I'm glad I use Celsius then.

Tim Stone

@agent86 Oh, you have a mothership lazers implementation too? :P

Nick T

@LessPopMoreFizz one minute "top 5", the next "top 10".... :P

agent86

@TimStone too? is there one already available?

I haven't done much to start on it, just on my "potential projects" list

Tim Stone

I may have one sitting in Notepad++

agent86

@TimStone it seemed like it should be fairly straightforward to do some sort of image replacement on hover, and then come up with a simple animated GIF or something.

I just suck at art

Tim Stone

12:56 AM

I got kind of fancy with CSS animations.

agent86

I'm glad the "freehand circle" is so popular, because that's literally the best I can do

Nick T

What's the average life-span of Battlefield games? a.k.a., should I not buy BF3 and wait for the expansion to come out as everyone will leave classic for it?

agent86

@TimStone oh, well, look what we have here. fancy.

@NickT they're probably going to be doing "expansions" via map packs

you'd have to buy the base game to play those anyhow

Nick T

so it's not like COD?

Tim Stone

If it makes you feel better, my lack of fanciness (read: laziness) in the digest script has been severely punished by all of the formatting I have to manually readd. ;) Will be fixing that after I'm done this digest here shortly...

agent86

12:58 AM

the lifespan tends to be pretty decent on PC as far as I can tell. on consoles, there's a huge peak around the holidays and then a steady dropoff until the next game comes out

Nick T

CODs are all stand-alone, right?

user15026

@agent86 I have the same problem. My friends are like "this is so scammy", and I am like "LOOK AT MY FREE VIDEO GAMES". Did get one friend into SE in general, though.

agent86

@NickT map packs is exactly how CoD works, so...

Nick T

isn't COD8 standalone?

agent86

they typically do one title per year in Nov, give or take, and then 3-4 "map packs" throughout the rest of the year

Nick T

12:59 AM

ah

agent86

the map packs are $15 add-ons to the base game

or this year, you can pay $50 and get the maps monthly instead of quarterly

Halo: Reach did something fairly similar whenever that launched... sometime in 2010 I think

they make crazy cash.

@AshleyNunn my wife's still like "they're mailing you video games. for talking about video games. this... makes no sense."

LessPop_MoreFizz

@NickT Well, depends which kill we're talking about.

agent86

@TimStone heh. I am terrible at CSS. I fight it for hours every time I want to do something simple. I hate it with a passion.

user15026

@agent86 That was my dad's reaction. "You ask and answer video game questions? and you get games? What?"

user15026

But my wife thinks it is cool.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:02 AM

US First for every Meta Achievement since Ulduar, US 5th Spine, US 6th Madness, US 9th Rag, US 8th Sinestra,

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 would you mind doing me a favor? Go to the status -> achievements tab in Amalur, and count how many squares there are.

agent86

@RavenDreamer there's no such option in my version

user15026

Argh. I cannot listen to any version of "Hall of the Mountain King" without going "Inspector Gadget!"

agent86

on status I have skills, twists, lorestones, effects, stats, manual

Nick T

►

agent86

1:04 AM

achievements are in the "xbox menu"

and there are 50 including the "secret ones"

user15026

@NickT That is actually the song I am listening to that made me say that XD

Nick T

that version?

user15026

@NickT No, the version from their Cult cd

Nick T

One guy I know apparently chose A and B

prof changed schools then turned into do-nothing, so he had to jump ship

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 Steam version has 50 too

Hm. The mystery deepens.

agent86

1:16 AM

@RavenDreamer according to the steam web listing, there are 55

Message in a Bottle, Exterminator, Give Her a Hand, Keep on Rising, are the other 4 I don't recognize from the xbox version

steamcommunity.com/stats/KingdomsofAmalurReckoning/achievements

FallenAngelEyes

Some guy's decided to recreate Azeroth in Minecraft

agent86

@raven aww, you deleted your comment. I was about to say, you have some hat eating to do.

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 I pardoned myself on the loophole that the in-game achievements are the same number. ;)

Jason Berkan

Metaphorically - you could remove the hat from your Gravatar.

agent86

@RavenDreamer hehe :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:30 AM

Tonight is a Good Night.

badp

phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1430

↑ awesome

Brant

that was pretty cool.

Lazers

1:49 AM

1

Q: Is Detect Hidden (level 5) required to open secret doors?

I am unclear from the tooltip of level 5 Detect Hidden if it's required for you to open secret doors, or just a useful aid in helping you find them. I ask because I found 4 of 5 lorestones in the Gorguath runes. I could see the last one up above the room where you fight the Thresh, but couldn'...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

0

Q: What does "you can now tap ambient magical fields" mean?

This just popped up seemingly randomly on my HuWz.

crawl dungeon-crawl-stone-soup

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes Holy crap. That's amazing.

anyways, swoosh

Brant

Lame. Valve pulled the Killable Children mod from the steam workshop.

Tim Stone

2:09 AM

0

Q: 2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest

The following is a "digest" version of the 2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town Hall, containing all the candidate's answers to that question. To view the digest chronologicall...

discussion election

A question and 34 answers in before Lazers...that slow SOB.

Sterno

Did ronnie ever show up and bring some pro?

Lazers

0

Q: 2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest

The following is a "digest" version of the 2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town Hall, containing all the candidate's answers to that question. To view the digest chronologicall...

discussion election

Tim Stone

@Sterno Nope, I think it's part of his campaign strategy.

badp

Announcement! Double Fine and 2 Player Productions will use Kickstarter to fund an Adventure Game + documentary! Whoa. http://www.doublefine.com/news/comments/the_double_fine_adventure-adventure_is_here/

Tweeted by TimOfLegend on February 9, 2012 at 2:03 AM

Not the kind of announcement we were probably expecting Double Fine to make but...

I mean, if I was into adventure games I'd be pretty excited.

(Turns out I'm not.)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Brant Well, Skyrim Nexus needs to have the market cornered on something other than pedo-porn and furry mods.

2

Brant

2:20 AM

I got a huge kick out of the fact that they had a contest where people would vote for their favorite mods and they'd interview the authors, and how the winner was some guy who made a nude mod.

It was like I could feel them cringing as they typed out questions like "what was your motivation in creating this?"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Brant hahaha, I missed that.

agent86

@LessPop_MoreFizz this is just another reason why shafer is the most awesome game designer on the planet

LessPop_MoreFizz

My cycle with the Bethesda Kleptomania sims is to play them a ton at launch, then completely ignore them until all DLC is out, then mod the shit out of it and play through with all DLC.

Brant

skyrim.nexusmods.com/news/article.php?id=46

LessPop_MoreFizz

@agent86 The Cookie Monster NPR Interview is still the finest piece of public radio ever done.

Brant

2:23 AM

It's like the editors were thinking, "well, shit. this didn't turn out as planned."

John

looks at the THC digest post There are so many questions I missed... single teardrop slowly rolls down face

LessPop_MoreFizz

> Q:Do you plan on any more new features in your mod?

> A:Maybe. I might see about offering versions with just the top of the underwear, or just the bottom. The nipples need to be placed better as well

@Brant This is Nexus we're talking about. I'm sure they knew exactly what they were getting into.

John

@DaveMcClelland In the notes for the latest version of the Steam app: Exposed settings for marking chat messages as read. FYI

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Brant I remind you that for a few months after the release of Fallout: New Vegas, the Number One downloaded mod was 'Slof's Boners. It was, unsurprisingly, a collection of, well... anatomically correct male appendages.

Brant

And I thought Sims mod sites were cesspools.

Actually, I take that back. There are pay sites that host adult-rated Sims mods.

badp

2:29 AM

skyrim.nexusmods.com/news/article.php?id=60 is a pretty cool reaction to the news that goddamn Valve is now competing with you

LessPop_MoreFizz

This is the Number Three Mod on the New Vegas Nexus:

Animated Prostitution for Fallout New Vegas. What do you think this mod does?.
It don't make you a cup of tea in the morning.

Animated Prostitution makes the following changes to Fallout New Vegas:

Your player character can have sex with NPC's
You can sell your self for cheeper goods(To some venders)
You see your self get into bed
Your player character can decide to be a Working Girl/Joy Boy.
You can buy the 3 in game whore house's.(WIP)[/
You can pimp the NPC's you control (Not Vinila Companions YET)

I love the professionalism in the spelling there.

Why am I reading this

> Dogs/Critters - To much work for not enough fun. I have to test man on man as it is...even though I'm a heterosexual male. So, I'm not getting involved with bestiality. Plus, look at the animals that roam the Wasteland! They're grotesque, and do you really think a Deathclaw is going to be thinking about a booty call when it sees you, or is it going to be thinking "Yum, food on the hoof!" instead?

Meanwhile coming in at number 5 we have:

> I am pleased to introduce the Bouncing Natural Breasts mod for Fallout New Vegas. This mod represents literally months of effort on the part of several authors. While this mod's primary authors are Thaumx and Mkageyama, It is important to know that we have in several areas built on the efforts of mod creators who came before us. (With appropriate permissions!) So please see the credits section which lists everyone's contributions.

Months of effort.

Seriously, the hard drives that host the nexus sites need to be loaded into a missile and shot into orbit.

Actually, scratch that, aliens might find them and get the wrong impression.

Brant

Gotta hand it to them for one thing though, nexus mod manager is damned convenient.

Although not really necessary anymore now that you can get updates through the workshop.

Although we'll still need it for mods that can't be distributed through the workshop, like SkyUI (which needs SKSE, a third-party launcher that injects some new scripting commands)

Lazers

0

Q: Stats required to use various pieces of equipment?

My HuFi currently has 17 str at level 3. I found a +0 plate mail that I'd like to use, but when I try to equip it it says "Your low strength makes using this armor a little more difficult." The Crawl wiki doesn't say anything about stat requirements on certain pieces of equipment, e.g. the page ...

crawl dungeon-crawl-stone-soup

1

Q: What is the significance of the recommended height of a custom fighter?

When customizing a fighter in Soul Calibur 5, upon choosing your preferred weapon (soul), the next prompt is for the height of your character. There are 5 choice, and one of them is selected by default and marked with a star. This height is different for different weapons, and the text claims som...

soul-calibur-5

agent86

2:52 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't want to live on this planet anymore :(

Nick T

0

Q: Stats required to use various pieces of equipment?

My HuFi currently has 17 str at level 3. I found a +0 plate mail that I'd like to use, but when I try to equip it it says "Your low strength makes using this armor a little more difficult." The Crawl wiki doesn't say anything about stat requirements on certain pieces of equipment, e.g. the page ...

crawl dungeon-crawl-stone-soup

brilliant comment

works for everything

GnomeSlice

Lazers

0

Q: What triggers a refill for the Special Delivery Chest in Gorhart?

Right now, my character is level 10. In all these levels, I've only had items in the Gorhart Special Delivery Chest once near the beginning of the game. I've checked it a few times since then and it's always empty. What triggers this chest to refill? Is it level or deed based? Or is it random?

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

0

Q: What houses are available in Kingdoms of Amalur?

As per this answer, the only way to store items in Amalur is via your character's Stash - something that you can only access from houses you own. My question is simple: How many houses can I own in KoA? Where are they located? And finally, how do I earn them?

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

0

Q: How can I increase my carrying capacity?

In Kingdoms of Amalur, your character starts out with 70 slots of inventory. It sounds like a lot, but when every other dead brownie or kobold earns you a new pair of pants, it's only a matter of time before you're knee-deep in knickers and pantaloons. I've found one item for sale, a "Backpack" ...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:08 AM

BTW, Whoever checks the mod queue next: I'm sorry.

(Okay, I'm actually not sorry.)

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...well. It is why I came into chat.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer More to come unless you stop me. Because roughly 2/3rds of that tag is Emulator-rec and needs to go the fuck away.

Raven Dreamer

Whoa. I can see a flag I MADE. It's been months since I made a flag.

Questions so old.

Mind asplode.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Yeah, most of them are just old broken windows that got missed in The Great Game-Rec Purge because they were never tagged *-rec.

@RavenDreamer Do you want me to keep going with flags? Or are you going to just go through the tag yourself? Because there's more bad there.

Raven Dreamer

I need to build another nuclear silo. You're emptyin' my nukes.

Because I am totes nuking the @#$* outta some emulator rec questions.

Honestly, @agent86, I kinda hope you don't win moderator because you'll be more useful if you don't get it, and someone else gets access to the privileges you already have. :P

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:15 AM

Not sure about this one:

3

Q: Recent M.A.M.E. for MacOS

Is there any version of MAME for MACOS that is still up to date? (Still maintained). http://www.macmame.org/ last update: 2006 http://mameosx.sourceforge.net/ last update: 2009 GUI would be nice, but its not a musthave.

osx emulation mame

Raven Dreamer

Textbook too-localized

"Up to date" is a moving goalpost.

Holy, crap. @JuanManuel's beating me in handled flags this month.

He's like a new man.

LessPop_MoreFizz

It makes me so very happy to have gotten roughly a third of the emulation questions on this site deleted, you have no idea.

(And, probably to many peoples surprise, no, it's not because I have any actual problem with people using Emulators per-se. It's actually very much akin to my problem with ITG - that is to say, it's a category of question that seems to be a magnet for really bad questions.)

Raven Dreamer

Soon after the elections, I'm going to start a drive to handle ITG.

And by Handle, I mean, convince everyone else that their removal is in the best interest of the site.

Or die trying.

user15026

@RavenDreamer I am a fan of this plan

Raven Dreamer

@AshleyNunn You could have picked a better linkback target thought. :3

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:26 AM

@RavenDreamer You're assuming that the choice was incidental.

Sterno

Anyone know why it is that so many ITG questions come from first-time users? How are they finding us specifically for this?

user15026

@RavenDreamer hahaha. Probably XD Not a fan of you dying, that would be sad. Just to clear that up.

agent86

@RavenDreamer the "likely" candidate to beat me is Mark, and we have roughly the same permissions, so...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@agent86 There's 2 openings.

agent86

@Sterno we come up quite a bit when you're searching for games you can't remember the name of

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm assuming Oak ends up with one. he seems to have this election under lock and key.

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:28 AM

@agent86 Clearly.

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 People thought the same about Mana, but that didn't hold.

user15026

Blergh. Bought something I thought would taste like pink circus popcorn. TUrns out, it doesn't. Some is blueberry popcorn (ew), some is bubblegum popcorn (double ew) and some is lemon popcorn (omg.ew.)

Raven Dreamer

He still got it, but he didn't get in by a landslide like folks expected.

@AshleyNunn The Rainbow Dash gravatar makes this all the more hillarious, somehow.

user15026

@RavenDreamer Rainbow Dash is cool. Weird "superkid" rainbow popcorn is not.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Yeah, a lot of people try to vote 'strategically' and it can backfire on them.

Lazers

3:29 AM

3

Q: Why do I sometimes fully heal at the end of combat?

At first I thought I was crazy, but I've been keeping an eye out for it and it definitely happens on really rare occasions. I'll be fighting some enemies and when the battle ends, my life bar fills itself back up to full. In my last 2 hours of play or so, I've only seen it happen 3 times. ...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

agent86

@AshleyNunn good god that sounds horrible

Raven Dreamer

Is there an "addition" version of Factorials?

agent86

@RavenDreamer yeah, don't count your chickens, etc

LessPop_MoreFizz

i.e. I know [guy I want to win] is guaranteed one of the spots, and I want to make absolutely sure that the other spot goes to someone I want, so I'm going to not vote for the first guy so I can make three choices for the other slot!

user15026

@agent86 Yeah, it is among the ickier things I have ever consumed.

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:30 AM

Enough people do that, and... well, Rick Santorum wins the Colorado Caucuses.

Raven Dreamer

@LessPopMoreFizz Maybe on SE, but in real elections, the samples are too large for "tactical voting" to have much of an effect. (Or so I've read; folks cited statisticians so...).

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Many Flags! Handle it!

Raven Dreamer

Also, that's not how SE voting works.

You pick 3, and your vote goes to whoever helps the most. (in your order of preference)

(As Grace tried explaining to me earlier)

agent86

that it works that way is not always clear to people though :)

Raven Dreamer

Hunh. Neat.

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:33 AM

@RavenDreamer Right, what I'm saying is that, if I assume Candidate A is going to win a spot, I might vote for candidates B, C, and D, because my main objective is making sure that candidate E doesn't get elected, and I want to make sure that my vote will go to that, no matter which of B, C, or D needs it.

Raven Dreamer

I got the KoA TF2 items.

@LessPop_MoreFizz And I'm saying the effects of that aren't statistically significant in real life.

LessPop_MoreFizz

It's a flawed thought process, but I've seen enough in the voting patterns to suspect it's happening.

@RavenDreamer That statement was specific to StackExchange.

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz on SE?

Dave McClelland

@John You are my hero

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz Then ya shouldn't have brought in Santorum. Just confused meh.

Hi, @DaveMcClelland!

Dave McClelland

3:34 AM

Hi, @RavenDreamer!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Well, actually, I was about to get to that - while that's generally true, there's a key exception, which is early primaries in small caucus states.

@RavenDreamer Such as, y'know, the caucuses that were held in Colorado on Tuesday.

Where exit poll data seems to show that a fair number of Santorum voters voted for him not because they felt he was the 'most electable' but because they wanted to send a message to Romney.

The thing about Caucuses is that they're much more turnout-driven and activist-centric than a standard primary because they're a much larger time committment.

(And they have a freakish tendency to coincide with awful weather.)

This is also why, for example, Ron Paul is campaigning almost exclusively in Caucus states with proportional delegate distribution.

Raven Dreamer

Were all 3 caucuses?

LessPop_MoreFizz

He's not out to win - he's out to get enough 'protest votes' to hold the party hostage at the convention.

@RavenDreamer No, Missouri was a Primary.

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz Power to ya, Mr. Paul!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Missouri had other factors in Santorums favor though - notably a huge evangelical population, and Gingrich not being on the ballot, and Paul skipping the state to focus on caucuses in Minnesota and Maine.

Raven Dreamer

3:38 AM

Hey, the longer the Republicans run around like naked chickens, the greater my personal entertainment.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer Another factor that increased the 'protest vote' quality of yesterdays results is that all three elections yesterday were 'non-binding'.

Raven Dreamer

We could really use Electoral and Copyright reform.

LessPop_MoreFizz

For instance, Colorado has already named it's Delegates to the convention, and most of them are Romney supporters. So really, all Santorum won there was a really fancy straw poll.

It 'matters' because it damages the aura of inevitability that Romney has been trying to project, but it doesn't actually effect the delegate math or the final vote totals in any meaningful way.

Raven Dreamer

nods

LessPop_MoreFizz

Which, in turn, inspires a lot of caucus-goers, who are already politically tuned in, by simple fact of their understanding of how to attend a goddamned caucus, to cast their votes not based on who they want to win, but rather based on the message they want to send.

And that message is essentially, "We hate Obama more than Romney, so we'll support Romney, but we don't like Romney either."

Tristan

3:43 AM

Can someone tell me exactly what it is I'm reading in this picture? O.o

LessPop_MoreFizz

And thus, to go back to my original point... tactical voting is how Rick Santorum wins the Colorado Caucus.

Tristan

I mean... seriously? All this romantic stuff for $10k and then a crappy pizza for $10? O.o

Tim Stone

@Tristan What the...I...what?

user2334

@Tristan I like how they still made the pizza extra

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Tristan Pfft, If you want to take your girl out for Valentines Day, take her someplace classy.

Tristan

3:44 AM

@MarkTrapp I just... I don't even... I want to find anyone who buys that and just... punch them.

Tim Stone

@MarkTrapp And at regular price, even

LessPop_MoreFizz

Fun Fact: My parents Valentines Day Tradition is a candlelight dinner at White Castle. I wish I was kidding.

sjohnston

@Tristan This relies on the idea that you only need to get a few rich stupid people to buy your product. And this is a proven system: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

LessPop_MoreFizz

@sjohnston See also: vertu.com

Oh god I should not have looked up that White Castle link and clicked on the Photo album. That was a Very Bad Idea.

Tristan

@LessPop_MoreFizz nothing wrong with that... I guess... I enjoy White Castle...

Raven Dreamer

3:48 AM

Did you find your parents?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RavenDreamer yes.

Tristan

@LessPop_MoreFizz Seriously? O.o

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Tristan yes.

Raven Dreamer

Needs more bold.

Tristan

I don't know if that's awesome or awkward...

Raven Dreamer

3:52 AM

@Tristan Depends on if they're puppets.

Tristan

@RavenDreamer True... But now I want to just go through and start posting random ones in the hopes that I guess correctly.

user2334

Man, they even give people menus!

John

@DaveMcClelland Why thank you. :)

@RavenDreamer You ever beat a Shadow Lair?

Raven Dreamer

@John No. Their existence sorta burned me out of SK.

John

@RavenDreamer How so?

Raven Dreamer

3:58 AM

The initial double gambling aspect of trying to get a key for the damn things.

Random chance for a lockbox

John

@RavenDreamer Yeah...

Raven Dreamer

then another random chance from that lockbox.

John

@RavenDreamer Did you ever even try one?

Raven Dreamer

1 min ago, by Raven Dreamer

@John No. Their existence sorta burned me out of SK.

John

FYI you can just buy Shadow keys, but there's about 1800CE. :/

Raven Dreamer

3:59 AM

(Same answer. :P )

@John Oh, I'm aware.

John

@RavenDreamer Lol I guessed

Well I just tried my first.

Raven Dreamer

I'm sitting on some Rose Regalia stuff. I'm hoping that if I ever go back, I'll be rich!

John

With 3 friends.

@RavenDreamer I don't know what that is.

We were all totally crushed.

These were full 5* people.

Raven Dreamer

@John Chapeau of the Green Rose?

That not ring any bells?

John

@RavenDreamer No, I didn't play the game until the Steam achievement thing. >.>

But I see now that it was a promo item from 2011.

Shadow lairs are sooooo hard.

We were doing the rabid Snarbolax one since none of us had higher clearance, and it was insane.

Raven Dreamer

4:02 AM

That's what I like about Spiral Knights.

John

Snarby himself showed up and actually stayed and fought (while being invincible) while you had to fight hordes of other stuff.

Raven Dreamer

Skill plays a huge part in success. More so than gear.

Skill or money. Either way.

John

@RavenDreamer Heh

@RavenDreamer Yes, I prefer the "support gunner" approach. I don't deal much damage, but when my teammates go down, I'm usually able to revive them with a good chunk of health.

Raven Dreamer

Does that mean "Shock spam"?

John

@RavenDreamer I don't have anything that shoot shock... I wish I did.

That means I stay in the back and fire my Master Blaster.

(soon to be Valiance)

Raven Dreamer

4:05 AM

So by "support" you mean "middling damage because I'm a pansy!" :P

John

@RavenDreamer Hey, I outlive everyone else. :P

They depend on me when they all go down.

It's not an easy role. :P

I thank my platforming experience for my dodging ability.

Sterno

4:17 AM

@RavenDreamer I think I finally figured out how stealing detection works in KOA. Updated my answer for it

Lazers

-3

Q: Why whenever I initiate a chat with my buddy, I cannot see his text replies, but he can see mine?

This situation is so bad that it affects my ability to trade properly, as often I don't get any chat reply from the bot's chat window after initiating trade with them. I'm using a mac OS X, and using windows 7 virtualization via Virtual Box. I've updated Virtual box to the latest 4.18x and windo...

chat

0

Q: How do I press the secret switch in level 6 of Grape Garden?

I completed level 6 once, but the door was still flashing, which means that there is a secret switch in the level someplace that I have missed. I tried the level again, but still didn't even see the switch, much less figure out how to press it. Where is the secret switch? What do I need to do t...

kirbys-adventure

Raven Dreamer

@Sterno yeah, I discovered that myself. I was just lazy about putting a self-answer up.

Sterno

It was hard to detect in Gorhart because it would drop from 99% to 0% so quickly.

Wipqozn

Man, I'm so awesome.

The facebook fan page I made of myself 3 years ago still gets the odd person liking it.

People I've never even heard of, and live in different countries!

user15026

@Wipqozn Wow, you -are- awesome XD

Wipqozn

4:25 AM

@AshleyNunn I know!

but yeah

I forgot about the fan page until just now, when someone liked it.

@Tristan: You around?

Tristan

@Wipqozn Always. What's up?

Wipqozn

Excellent!

All the bronies are here now.

Tristan

Origami and I are fine-tuning the arena.

Wipqozn

Let us begin plotting our take over of Stack Exchange.

@Lazers If this fellow doesn't update his question soon he's going to get all the down votes.

Oh my. A FMA fan.

Jason Berkan

Yes. I was tired of being the only one on the Gaming site with my actual face as my Gravatar.

Except for Mark Trapp, I guess.

John

4:32 AM

@JasonBerkan @Sterno's gravatar isn't his face?

@JasonBerkan There's also Anna, Marco, David Fullerton, M'vy...

Ullallulloo

@John Yeah, but he doesn't use that account in chat.

Wipqozn

What @John is saying is you're wrong, and he wants to make sure you know it @JasonBerkan.

user15026

@JasonBerkan Mine used to be my face? But now it is not.

Wipqozn

If you elect him mod, you can expect him to do this more often.

He will quickly become corrupt with power and try to destroy us all.

John

@Ullallulloo I was referring to the one he does use in chat, which makes it a joke. :P

Jason Berkan

4:33 AM

@John Point taken. I exaggerate. A lot.

Wipqozn

Thus ushering in a new dark age not only for gaming, but the world itself.

John

@JasonBerkan I always exaggerate.

Ullallulloo

Also see: M'vy, Marco Ceppi, Anna Lear and kind of Arda Xi.

John

:P

1 min ago, by John

@JasonBerkan There's also Anna, Marco, David Fullerton, M'vy...

Ullallulloo

@John :P

Wipqozn

4:34 AM

@John Holy crap @John! Leave everyone alone!

You're such a bully.

John

@Wipqozn Slander! How typical of an opposing candidate.

Ullallulloo

@John >.> Typing while I'm responding to something else.

Wipqozn

@John Not slander, just truth!

Truth with a bit of falsehood thrown in...

John

That's right ladies and gentlemen, @Wipqozn sinks down with your average politicians into the world of muckraking.

Ullallulloo

@John I for one do not. I don't think that there's a single candidate that wouldn't make a great mod.

Wipqozn

4:36 AM

@Ullallulloo What about ronnie?

John

@Ullallulloo On the site I agree (except for ronnie), but in chat...

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Are you trying to belittle his pro much abilities?

Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo Very much so.

Also, @fallenangleeyes: pro much

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Slander!

Wipqozn

Also, I do agree with both @Ullallulloo and @John

I think anyone of the candidates would make a good mod

John

4:39 AM

Let's band together and change @Ronan 's hair!

(Must log into FaceBook to see)

(Will he be pinged from a link?)

Wipqozn

That group is 10 months old.

What sort of creeping have you been doing?

John

@Wipqozn I just realized I hadn't friended him yet, so I did a search for him, and that group came up before his profile did.

@Wipqozn The better question is "What sort of creeping have you been doing?!"

Lazers

0

Q: Does weapon speed affect animation speed?

I recently upgraded from a Dagger to a Javelin on my monk - and suddenly, it feels like it takes a lot longer to use my abilities. I checked, and found that the Dagger has 1.5 attacks per second compared to the Javelin's 1.2 -- does this actually effect the animation time of the abilities? Abili...

diablo-3

John

Also, an IRL friend of mine convinced me to try SC2.

Wipqozn

@John oh goodie

Feel free to join the fan page I made of myself back in 2009 @John

John

4:44 AM

@Wipqozn Bryan Cave LLP? o.O

Wipqozn

@John LLP?

John