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3:00 PM
@Fluttershy Good morning to you!
 
FAE
@Fluttershy How'd it go?
 
@agent86 Ev-ry day I'm Vulcanin'
 
@FAE I had more kills with Lulu than our AD carry... And Xin Zhao was fun.
 
FAE
@Fluttershy Haha nice
 
3:03 PM
@FAE I also tried Ahri. Even though she's all skill shots, I liked her.
 
FAE
@Fluttershy I really enjoyed her on the free week
 
@agent86 I can't put my finger on why that's so damn funny, but it is
 
Also, to any bronies who use facebook, this is awesome
 
@fredley I think it's Leonard Nimoy smiling as Spock. He didn't show much emotion (obviously) as that character.
 
@Fluttershy I like skill shots
 
3:04 PM
@OrigamiRobot You would.
 
@agent86 True
 
@OrigamiRobot You on Steam?
 
Should be
 
What a great answer:
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A: How Large is the Wurm Client?

KostronorI had played Wurm sometime ago and as far as i remember, some gb at least...

 
My technologically impaired client just emailed me with some amendments for their website. Included was:

> 3. I have done a pp for iPad with animations which needs to be linked

I cannot wait to find out what this is
He can't even use the Twitter app on his iPad!
 
3:18 PM
So he wants your website to be in powerpoint or something?
 
@BenBrocka I have no idea. Maybe they've made a powerpoint that they want turned into an iPad app?
Another day, another colossal misunderstanding of technology...
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Q: How can I have a bigger Away Team?

Derpy HoovesI know that Away Teams are super important for exploration. I also know that to have a bigger away team to explore planets, I need to upgrade my rocket. However, my away team that explores caves and chasms on my planet is still quite small (6 members), so they get defeated quite a bit. Short ...

 
Oy, Brocka
 
3:33 PM
@GraceNote What'd I do?
 
I'm being suggested to toss this blog post at your face: blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/08/improved-tagging
Specifically, points 2, 3, and 5.
 
@GraceNote <3
@GraceNote My lovely piece of machine, can you give me a hand over here? meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4498/…
 
...please don't call me lovely.
Anyway... I summon @agent86!
 
@GraceNote Q_Q
 
@GraceNote :/ did someone throw up on the floor in the gym again? I just cleaned it.
 
3:39 PM
@agent86 No, but you made the mistake of looking at a relevant flag to this situation before me, so I'm assigning you to look into meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4498/…
 
@agent86 LOL
 
@GraceNote it shall be done, assuming Mark doesn't answer it first :P
 
Why am I felling like I am in a medieval tavern ? o.O that is a weird felling o.o"
Food time
 
3:54 PM
> How do we should procedure about not legal games?
I think you want to modify that sentence.
 
@Wipqozn I think you want to modify your face!
 
user4704
Hi all. I'm looking for a screenshot or web archive or something of what gaming.SE looked like during the Skyrim or Mass Effect promotions that were running. Any idea how I might acquire such a thing? archive.org doesn't appear to have a copy of the site on the relevant dates.
 
Nov 19 '11 at 4:27, by OrigamiRobot
http://buuurn.com/
 
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Q: What's our procedure for asking about not-quite-legal games?

Michel AyresI Saw this question today: How do I get ribbons in Pokemon Vortex? and I agree with DisgruntledGoat Pokemon Vortex isn't a real Pokemon game, just an illegal fan-made game. Don't think we should be having questions here for it. Why don't you just go ask them about it? I was thinking in...

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Q: Xbox says i have to sign in on xbox live but dont have or want xbox live account

becky greenmy xbox 360 says 'your console cant conncect to xbox live do you want to exit the session and test connections? I dont have xbox live and dont want it, i just want to sign in on my profile and play games...anyone help please?

 
@Wipqozn =D
 
3:58 PM
@Wipqozn Don't use my quotes!
 
Actually, there. That's from before gnome edited it.
grabbed it from this meta, I'll see if I can find you a skyrim one too.
 
Mar 12 at 2:20, by Wipqozn
Feb 22 at 12:56, by OrigamiRobot
beep boop I love you.
 
@Fluttershy psh noob
 
@OrigamiRobot I wasn't trying to nest anything. I was just showing you that he's done it before.
 
user4704
Cool.
 
4:02 PM
Apr 2 at 20:09, by OrigamiRobot
Mar 30 at 15:48, by OrigamiRobot
21 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
5 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
user image
 
@OrigamiRobot Oh hey! You're not red anymore.
 
yay!
 
@OrigamiRobot This red/green stuff will teach you to think twice before changing your gravatar again.
 
Or everyone's just trolling you, no one has had problems with my gravatar
 
@JoshPetrie Can't find a screen shot of the skyrim page. @TimStone could probably provide you with screen shots if you wanted.
 
4:05 PM
@BenBrocka I have.
 
@OrigamiRobot Woah
 
@BenBrocka This would also teach me to never change my gravatar.
 
You are red for me still. Not only that but your Larger gravatar that used to be green is now red again
 
@James Boo!
 
@OrigamiRobot Sorry robo, I speak only truths!
 
4:06 PM
@OrigamiRobot Have you considered deleting the red GIR from gravatar?
 
@StrixVaria But Ronan worked hard on it...
 
@StrixVaria it's almost certainly a caching thing not a gravatar thing
 
@BenBrocka It's been cached wrong for 4 weeks?
 
@OrigamiRobot Can you go directly to someone's gravatar? Maybe peeking at it directly would clear it up?
 
It's not a local cache thing.
So it's got to be some server cache.
 
user4704
4:08 PM
@Wipqozn okay, cool, thanks.
 
DNS cache or gravatar cache.
Deleting the image from gravatar altogether might trigger some kind of gravatar cache cleanup something or other.
It's worth a shot.
 
@StrixVaria GIR cache
 
@JoshPetrie Also, why are you hanging out in chat when you should be finishing Guild Wars 2 ;)
 
user4704
 
@StrixVaria if it's not expected to change it can be set to be cached indefinitely
 
4:11 PM
@JoshPetrie So true
 
@JoshPetrie C# kind of killed this for me though, since it compiles when ya type it pretty much its wayyy to fast :(
 
@BenBrocka I'm just saying doing stuff that triggers cache updates might help. It's probably a gravatar caching issue, so messing with gravatar settings could fix it. Not definite by any stretch.
 
@JoshPetrie I keep meaning to buy the shirt with that comic on it.
 
@JoshPetrie Hmm...not sure about a screenshot of the actual site (will check), but it was pretty similar to the contest page.
 
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Q: How do I destroy eight Aurum Core guns?

Joe WreschnigOne of the Treasure Hunt items reads Chapter 15: Destroy 8 of the Aurum Core's guns I just finished the boss fight on intensity 6.0 and there were only six guns. I blew them up right away and waited a few minutes, but more didn't appear. I also triggered the second stage of the boss, when i...

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Q: Why are there mobs on my balcony?

PureferretI have a sweet ravine balcony, that I've lit up, and partially fenced off. It's not connected to anywhere that mobs could spawn yet, come night zombies are at my door creepers are lounging around and spiders are crawling around! I didn't invite them! Is there any reason for these mobs to spawn h...

 
4:24 PM
@James C++ shop here. On some of our slower build machines you're waiting around over an hour
 
@fredley Sounds like a place to optimize :)
 
@James If only. But starting to optimize code that runs on 10+ platforms, compiled with different compilers on each is not a good idea
 
(Incredibuild will easily pay for itself in time you save :D)
 
The only thing you're optimizing is your own decent into insanity
 
I meant the compilation pipeline, not the code :)
 
4:27 PM
@James Windows only, no good
@James Not a lot to be done. Build modules, link modules into programs, package programs
Anyway, why would I want to optimize away my office-chair-sword-fighting time?!
 
@fredley atlassian.com/software/bamboo/overview then :) (though I do not tout their software.. ugh.. used it for a year then ditched it)
@fredley Cause you dont have to let the muckity mucks know about it ;)
 
@James Nice, but not a fit for our project. We do have some automated testing built in to the build process, but most of our testing is manual
Also we release about once a year, so automated deployment is not so useful :-)
 
@fredley We just used it for the distributed build capabilities of it.
 
Basically, there's no way to build a large project quickly on an ancient old Solaris box, and I'm ok with that
We have hudson for that
 
Ahh, Hudson was another nice one.
 
user4704
4:32 PM
@TimStone Excellent, that will serve my purposes nicely. Thank you!
 
But that didnt do distributed.. it just kicked things off unless its changed?
 
@James Oh, distributed is not really for us. We only have one old Solaris box!
When it breaks, we will drop support for Solaris
 
@fredley Oh... Yeah.. you are screwed :D
Back to office jousting! :D
 
Incidentally, making a piece of software that builds on NT4, Windows 8 and everything in between is hell on earth
...and also works, the same, on all of them
 
@fredley Our engine compiled for the Game Cube, Wii, PS2, PSP, PS3, XBox, XBox 360 and PC
So dont tell me about hell on earth ;P
 
4:35 PM
@James Mac. 10.4-10.8. Checkmate.
 
Adding in more *nix based OSes doesnt give you any more credit for me :)
 
Solaris (inc. SPARC), AIX, Linux, HPUX
in 32 bit, and 64 where available
 
Solaris... don't get me started
 
@James Also, Mac OS != *nix based, for the purposes of your average developer
Sure, most of the time it's most of the same
But developing cross-platform for Mac is truly awful.
Our app is designed to work identically on all platforms - no exceptions
Mac gives us by far the biggest headache in that respect
and the hacks you have to perform are different for every single version!
Anyway
I'm off
toodles!
 
@fredley Haha, Have fun :)
 
@FAE I'm slowly losing more and more respect for Bethesda.
 
@Fluttershy Because of that? Why?
 
FAE
@Fluttershy Well, Zenimax covers the legal issues of Bethesda. Bethesda didn't intend any animosity towards Notch over the whole Scrolls thing, as seen by the easter egg pickaxe.
 
@James That, and their ridiculous claim that Notch was ripping off "The Elder Scrolls" by making a game called "Scrolls"
 
... but that's not what they claimed.
 
4:47 PM
@Fluttershy @FAE did you guys actually read the 'Scrolls' thing? Notch Should have lost that.
 
@FAE Well, then I should say I'm losing respect for ZeniMax, but since they're attached to Bethesda... <.<
 
FAE
@Fluttershy Zenimax had to, pretty much, because if you don't challenge a potential trademark infringement, you can lose your trademark.
 
@James Everything I read indicated there was nothing wrong...
 
@Fluttershy Notch trademarked that single word in every form of medium possible.
 
Notch applied for a trademark on the word "Scrolls".
Or rather, Mojang did.
 
4:48 PM
Cassette tapes even.
 
This would have given them claim that "The Elder Scrolls" games infringed on that.
 
@James Everything I read had it the other way around. Saying that ZeniMax/Bethesda had trademarked every word in "The Elder Scrolls"
 
Movies, plays, any form of entertainment.. anything that ever used the single word scrolls in it even an action figure would have belonged to Mojang.
 
And so Zenimax/Bethesda challenged the trademark.
 
Its right up there with that asshole who runs Edge
 
4:49 PM
@Fluttershy that's not what happened.
it's what Minecraft fanbois have said happened, helped by the Notch-loving media.
but it's not the actual truth.
 
@Fluttershy ZeniMax has 'Elder Scrolls' not Scrolls
 
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Q: How To Choose Between Two (Similar) Pokemon

ashes999I'm playing Pokemon Emerald, although this is generic to any pokemon game. My questions are really about two ways of picking Pokemon: How do I pick Pokemon, at all? I assume I should have some sort of strategy around ability types (eg. fire, electric) and weaknesses, and some sort of balance. How...

 
@TZHX I was just citing what I read from Joystiq, Destructoid, RPS, and whatnot. o.O I wasn't expecting to start a flame war here.
 
FAE
Okay, discussion over, @Fluttershy needs to join me in a LoL game now :P
 
@Fluttershy not flaming you, just correcting.
:)
 
4:51 PM
 
@Fluttershy This is awesome.
 
@Fluttershy =[
 
@GnomeSlice Sorry, man. But I completely disagreed with your meta post. =\
 
@Fluttershy Why do women need to get put behind text links, and not ponies. =[
 
4:55 PM
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Q: Clear Chat - Clears all of the messages in the chat window.

George Edison Screenshot About Ever wish you could simply clear all of the messages from the chat window (similar to a terminal)? Well now you can with this UserScript! Simply install it using the link below and click the clear button - and that's it! License MIT License Download Get it here: http:...

 
@Wipqozn Yeah, @agent86 linked me to it before.
Now I can't see what we/you were talking about.
 
@GnomeSlice Because the women you post are 99% nude most of the time.
 
@GnomeSlice because ponies are cool, and women are icky.
 
@Fluttershy That's not the point... why is it so hard for you guys to do the same?
=[
 
@GnomeSlice Because the request is ridiculous.
 
4:56 PM
@GnomeSlice Why should people have to censor their perfectly-safe-for-work images? Might as well just prevent images from one-boxing entirely.
 
@Fluttershy Perfectly safe-for-work for you...
 
If you're going to prejudice against MLP pictures, might as well ban any and all forms of pictures.
 
FAE
@GnomeSlice It... kind of is the point though, as NSFW stuff is clearly not allowed, you know?
 
@GnomeSlice Ponies aren't going to get you fired. You get made fun of for it? Who cares what people think, yo. o.O
 
@Fluttershy People judge people based on MLP images.
@Fluttershy I do?
I just don't understand why you guys refuse so aggressively, it's a pretty simple request... doesn't hurt you in any way....
 
4:58 PM
@GnomeSlice So just tell them, "Yeah, some people are fans of the cartoon. But I'm not."
 
1 min ago, by Wipqozn
@GnomeSlice Because the request is ridiculous.
 
@Wipqozn No, it isn't.
 
You're telling people to censor there posts because you don't like something.
 
@Wipqozn No, I'm asking if they wouldn't mind. Which clearly they do.
Do you have any idea how many times I've been suspended because ONE PERSON didn't like something I posted?
 
@GnomeSlice And we said that we do mind
 
4:59 PM
@GnomeSlice I highly doubt that's why you were suspended.
Apparently a mod felt the flag was worth a suspension.
 
it really depends on who that one person is, doesn't it?
 
@Fluttershy No, someone doesn't like something, they flag it, some mod approves it without looking.
 
@GnomeSlice Just because there are flaws in the system doesn't mean we shoudl start censoring everything you don't like.
 
What is the big problem with making them text links.
I don't understand...
It's not difficult.
 
@GnomeSlice Yes, you do.
I agree with @agent86. I refuse to believe you don't know the difference between offensive and non-offensive.
 
5:00 PM
@Wipqozn No, I don't. It's not difficult. It doesn't negatively impact YOU people to put them behind links.
 
it's not that it's difficult, it's unnecessary.
 
@GnomeSlice Image one-boxing is a positive feature. Not using it is therefore a negative
 
A picture of a pony popping up a couple of times a day can't really cause you that much social stigma, can it?
 
@TZHX You'd be surprised.
I had to spent like five minutes yesterday explaining to my father why I was looking at cartoon ponies.
 
@TZHX If the people you hang out with have the maturity of a 12-year old I'm sure it can.
 
5:03 PM
@GnomeSlice Fair enough. I've worked in a quasi-IT department for 15 years, so I'm probably a little bit desensitised to such things.
 
@GnomeSlice Ugh, Is this actually still an open topic?
 
@James No, it isn't.
 
@James No, it's not. It was never an open-topic.
 
Thank god.
 
@James *zeus
 
5:03 PM
@Wipqozn I dont care if that one exists either :P
 
@Wipqozn *imaginary friend
 
don't be bringing religion into this, it doesn't need to get more heated.
 
rabble rabble
 
I love playing this in the background:
 
@GnomeSlice I just use that clear script aggressively. It sometimes makes me lose track of the conversation, but I prefer it to having random images on my screen at work.
 
5:08 PM
I played it for 7 hours the other day.
 
@GnomeSlice Ultimately, it's our problem, not theirs. I think asking if they'd not one-box the images is reasonable, but so is their refusal to do so. At that point, best to just let it go.
 
@Sterno Clearly someone should make a "hide that image" user script. Auto-hide all images behind text-boxes.
 
@Wipqozn when you get to 12h32m, there's a warp core breach.
 
@Wipqozn Hrm... I bet that wouldn't be too hard
I may do that.
 
@Sterno And by do it you mean whisper the idea near @agent86 so he will do it right? :)
 
5:10 PM
@TZHX that's a lie!
 
Etho uploaded a new video!!! And its not an ultra hardcore episode. Meh!
 
@Wipqozn unfortunately, yes.
 
I actually just found a script that lets you collapse images for the main site
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Q: Toggle / collapse images and other parts

mcgrailmI thinks it would be nice if we could toggle/ collapse images in a question or answer lets say I put in multiple images like this Here is my first image And here is a second I could keep going here but I think you get the point Should we have the option to collapse the images You could...

Doesn't work in chat through.
 
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Q: Skyrim: Shortcuts

TwistedChaosSeeing as how I had to start a new game due to the extreme lag problems in Skyrim after 106 hours of gameplay, I would like to know if there are any glitches that skip some missions in any of the faction quest lines or in the main quest line? I would really appreciate anything anyone can offer to...

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Q: is there a way to control goalkeeper in head to head seasons match?

JatSingWe can control the goalkeeper in kick-off match by pressing the back button (<|) but it doesn't work in head to head seasons match, so I am wondering if there is another way to do this ?

 
I love that video.
And yes, I know I've posted this in here before.
 
5:23 PM
@IanPugsley Did you find out your health in the video?
 
@RonanForman well crap, no, I totally forgot
exactly what time in-game do you need it for?
 
FAE
@Sterno More games to go into your collection you don't have enough time to play?
 
@IanPugsley Every 20 minutes, but you don't last to the 40 minute mark, so only the 20 mark.
 
@FAE That one I'll probably play.
 
5:33 PM
If you happen to press TAB around 20 minutes in too tell me John's health too.
 
@RonanForman will do
 
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Q: Is there any way I can get through the door to the staircase in Castle Panteer?

Matthew ReadI made my character the largest size possible; that was a mistake. On Alderaan I'm trying to get the datacron in Castle Panteer, but I'm getting stuck on the door to the staircase: Is there any way I can fit through here? I looked through the preferences for a "roll" move or something else t...

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Q: What are the differences between difficulties in Legend of Grimrock?

RedDragon23What are the general differences regarding map availability, experience, items drops and so on?

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Q: Why can't I butcher dead chinchillas?

BigStuuuSo my hunterdwarf has been out in the field, and he's killed and hauled back some chinchilla corpses to my butcher shop. The only problem is that when the corpses are placed in the butcher shop neither does it trigger an automatic butcher animal job, nor will it let me manually assign the job. If...

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Q: Skyrim: To be Specific, Archery

TwistedChaosIn Skyrim I love nothing more than to send an arrow flying through my opponents head and watching them die in slow motion. But how would I level archery in a faster and more efficient way? I use my bow all the time in combat but the progress is still terribly slow. Are there any more efficient an...

 
5:52 PM
@Lazers Titles, to be specific, this one is pretty bad.
 
@agent86 Colons are not commas.
 
@OrigamiRobot since this is SE chat, I meant to do that. It's an ironic statement.
and you fell right into my trap
 
I wanted to cast a dupe vote :(
 
Is a contest running right now?
 
@OrigamiRobot you were too busy commenting on my use of punctuation :(
@Gigili Nope.
 
5:56 PM
@agent86 How would one know if it is?
 
@Gigili I am running a contest called "Who can send me the most money."
It's a working title...
@Gigili Check the meta.
 
@Gigili usually it's on meta.
 
@OrigamiRobot What's the prize?
 
@Wipqozn Half the total money received.
 
@OrigamiRobot I'm sure I'm not capable of participating in that contest. So sad.
 
5:58 PM
@Gigili also we typically pin the contest announcement here on the bridge. It would show up near the top of the list of starred items, with a "hollow" star
 
@Gigili Everyone is eligible.
 
@agent86 Aha, great. Thank you.
 
and I think also the "big" contests have site design changes to go with them, so often you can find out by noticing the different artwork. A couple of the more recent ones have also added status panels to your user profile.
 
burn this spam with fire:
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A: How can I find my World's Strongholds?

buckster5005On my server me and my friends found a Stronghold about 100-400 blocks away from spawn in a Desert by Eye OF Enders, if you want to go on my server this is the IP: 66.7.211.69:25579 this server Name is Buckstercraft P.s I will show you the way there, and i am buckster5005 on my server

 
@agent86 The problem is, I'm active neither on the main site nor here. Could you ping me for that matter?
@agent86 Do you mean ?
 
6:05 PM
@Gigili no, that's kind of a bad system, sadly... you might want to set up a tag subscription to which would email you when new interesting things are going on on meta.
I can also say that given our past promotions, the next one is likely to be in mid-may as that's when Diablo 3 is launching. No guarantees, but I find it highly likely.
subscribing to would mean that you'd also know if a game giveaway is going on, or if major site policy is being discussed, etc
 
@agent86 I'd be very surprised if we didn't have a Diablo3 promo.
 
Oooh, I'm the top asker...
 
@Wipqozn as would I :) I don't like to make promises though, seeing as sometimes, occasionally, people assume I have a clue what I'm talking about.
 
@Gigili If you're the RSS type, just add this to your feed: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/feeds/tag/featured
 
@agent86 How adorable.
 
6:12 PM
@agent86 Well, you're a parent, it's your job to sound like you know what you're talking about (even when you have no idea at all).
 
@OrigamiRobot inorite?
 
@MichelAyres Its not personal. And I think you were misunderstanding my comment. I wasn't saying that it was a bad question. I was saying that our policy is that you shouldn't ask questions about a game that hasn't been released unless the answer is already known. Which can be a little confusing since I voted to close your question before realizing that the answer actually did exist on the official site.
 
@Wipqozn I often have this problem with my wife, where I tell her something I think could be right, and she just believes I know what I'm talking about.
 
@MichelAyres For the record, I wasn't the one that downvoted your question. I think the question is fine, I just believed that it had been asked prematurely.
 
Good evening people
 
6:20 PM
@GnomeSlice There's a difference between "asking" and refusing to take no for an answer. I think the request was reasonable, and I think it was reasonable for people to refuse. At that point, either you are requesting that a policy be enforced upon people, or you have to live with their answer.
 
user2334
@agent86 Can we have a private chat? What you're saying doesn't make sense to me.
 
@MarkTrapp stand by
 
6:31 PM
My zeus I hate Drupal.
I think I've said that before, but just felt like saying it again.
 
@Wipqozn Thankfully, I've never touched Drupal. Yet. I suspect that may change, though. My boss loves to throw new things at me.
I doubt it'd be as bad as this PHP site I had to deal with. Someone got "clever" with the URL rewrite rules to throw together layout and content. Ugliest thing I ever saw.
 
2
Q: How many times can Karthus cast Lay Waste before casting Requiem after he dies?

ToastOnce Karthus dies, his passive allows him to cast spells for 7 seconds. I'm curious how many times I can cast Lay Waste while still leaving enough time to cast Requiem. Since his CDR affects this, assume any CDR between 0 and 40 (max).

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Q: How can I delete Realm of the Mad God account?

LeadriHow can I delete my account of Realm of the Mad God?

 
6:48 PM
GOOGLE Y U NO CALL ME
 
@badp you're expecting a call from google? did you plug your phone into the interwebs yet? you know that's where they live.
 
@agent86 2 calls and 2 texts.
 
@badp maybe they're just not that into you?
 
(Not even kidding. 2-factor auth.)
 
FAE
@badp I've been having issues with that too lately.
The text just... doesn't get here sometimes, so then I have to call.
The calling is usually pretty swift though.
 
6:50 PM
Not today :/
btw, good password strength estimator from Dropbox: dl.dropbox.com/u/209/zxcvbn/test/index.html
 
@badp I do not feel safe typing any of my real passwords into this.
 
although not perfect. It gives "try zxcvbn" 3 minutes but "try!zxcvbn" 0 seconds.
How strong is that password really? Read about zxcvbn, our password strength estimator, on the @Dropbox tech blog http://ow.ly/ac4XQ
If you fear phishing
 
@badp I always fear fishing from your links
 
@Blem Have I ever 10-houred you?
 
@badp 'Some random words' takes 3 years 'Some random words ' takes centuries. Oddness
 
6:54 PM
@James That looks more reasonable tbh.
 
Ive been using KeePass for about 2 years now
 
honestly I can see how a space makes a password much stronger: think of all the sites that do not allow spaces.
 
I don't even know most of my passwords
 
@badp (WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DONT HURT ME, DONT HURT ME NO MORE) * 1,000,000
 
@James Most people want just one password. So that one password is probably going to fit the lowest common denominator.
And the lowest common denominator afaik comes from banks and stuff.
 
6:55 PM
@badp Yeah but just cause its disallowed in most places, find a place where it will work doesnt make that one much stringer :)
 
It makes spaces much rarer.
 
I remember reading an article about passwords vs passphrases.. and how we have been training people for 20 years to choose easy to break and hard to remember passwords vs simple to remember and harder to crack passphrases :)
 
Next time I need to change my password, I'll just throw in a space. Apparently boosts crack time from minutes to hours.
 
@RonanForman LOL I swear it wasnt an XKCD comic but the info matches! :)
 
6:58 PM
@James A lot of articles were written about this comic.
 
@badp A single letter is the difference between 11 years and centuries for one of my passwords. Funky.
 
I like to use this tool: msdservices.com/apg/index.php
 
@GraceNote ZOMG You didnt actually type a password into that thing did you!?
 
it generates passwords that are a bit easier to remember, but still gibberishy enough to be "strong"
 
Well my headset now fully works, now to find a game that is surround sound.
 
6:59 PM
I tend to take a couple of its suggestions and mash them together, add a few symbols, and call it a day
 
@James Yep, pretty much handed over one of my passwords.
 
or, you can download the offline linux version: adel.nursat.kz/apg
 

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