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12:01 AM
@ArdaXi If you have a message ID and an auth token and some javascript, all she needs to do is call the right method with the right parameters
 
Witchcraft!
 
12:12 AM

I'VE GOT A HOUSE

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Bookmarked 7 secs ago by badp

What am I even doing here? I should've been a songwriter or something.
 
12:31 AM
Geezers, @Arda, you give me a question that'd reveal my secrets, and then an alternative option which is completely painless. Also, @Java's pretty accurate about witchcraft - witchcraft explains a lot of what I do.
Like all witchcraft, there's a mundane explanation for what I do. But like witchcraft, no one cares because witches rock.
 
Heehee :)
 
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Q: Red Shell Homing Algorithm?

Kevin YOften when playing Mario Kart Wii, I'll have a Red Shell whizz right by me or one of my Red Shells will just miss another player. Because of this, I'm curious how the Red Shell homes in on players - does it act as a green shell for a little bit before it decides who to home on?

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Q: Do the characters in Left 4 Dead have different attributes?

Jonathan DrainIn Left 4 Dead, and also Left 4 Dead 2, does it make any difference which character you pick? Do they have different speed, toughness, accuracy, etc, or are they identical? In single player, do they have different AI (weapon preferences, more likely to use or share healthpacks, etc)?

 
1:06 AM
@GraceNote @oak there is a fundamental and very obvious difference between asking for a technique by which to skin a cat, of which there may be more than one, but of which only one is actually needed for the questions asker to be satisfied, and a question asking for all of the ways to skin a cat, as well as links to a variety of skinning knives, complete with your opinions of them - the latter can not be satisfied with a single answer.
If, your question, to which there are multiple appropriate solutions, can not be resolved by specifically one of those solutions, regardless of whether any of the others show up, that's a problem.
(ignoring for a moment the case of one of said solutions being inappropriate to a particular asker for whatever reason.)
Put another way: If it's possible to phrase your question as "one per answer," your question is probably problematic and could use a little refining.
 
 
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3:19 AM
Posted by Robert Cartaino on December 22nd, 2010

On Monday afternoon, we unceremoniously closed down a Stack Exchange site: Artificial Intelligence.

Not that many would have noticed. It had an laggardly 83 questions in its 12 days of existence. It wasn’t so much the lack of questions that was of concern — a site can stay in beta as long as it takes — but the conspicuous lack of expert-level questions. This was also the emerging opinion amongst the users:

I committed to this proposal some time ago, hoping that this might become a site for researchers or knowledgeable academics asking serious technical questions about artificial intelligence here. It seems I was dearly mistaken … Most of the questions are those asked by the merely curious. …

 
 
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4:50 AM
0
Q: Permanently show FPS in Minecraft Beta

Rob Van DamI know there used to be an option to show FPS at all times in an earlier version and I know F3 still shows it now but only while you hold F3. I tried this F3 + alt + F3 technique but (at least on my macbook pro) I couldn't get that to work. Any other suggestions?

 
5:02 AM
0
Q: Is it safe to drink my contaminated water?

ManaA zombie fell into my town's well and couldn't get out. It died in there. I feel sorry for the thing but there really wasn't much we could do. Anyways, apparently our town water's contaminated now, meaning that, in the game's words, "drinking it [today] would be a great way to get infected". Doe...

0
Q: Do you HAVE to prestige?

VaccanoI just hit level 50 in Black Ops. I now see the experience bar showing my next level is 1. Does that mean I will have to prestige? I thought it was optional (because there is a menu option for it on my player card).

 
 
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6:42 AM
0
Q: What do we do about shared tag synonyms?

Raven DreamerThis popped up in a question earlier tonight: Someone had a question about FPS (Frames per second) and used the FPS tag. The FPS tag, however, was a tag synonym of First Person Shooter (also abbreviated FPS). In a case like this, what should be done with the tag synonyms?

 
 
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7:42 AM
0
Q: Logitech Wheel G27 Supported games

Mushex AntaranianRecently I bought Logitech G27 Wheel, but can't access gear stick in games I'm playing (rFactor, Warm Up, etr.) on Windows XP. All drivers and other software related to device are installed properly (I think), so I belive that it's the "fault" of games. So which games I need to play to use gear s...

0
Q: I need a title of a game where there was a funeral of a robot maker, PC 2002-04?

DukecoloAny ideas? I played a demo of it in between those years and I've been looking for it since.

 
 
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Oak
8:45 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz well said. I agree - that is a significant difference between the questions.
 
 
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9:46 AM
0
Q: Worms HD vs Worms 2 Armageddon

AntonALWhat is the difference between these two versions for iPad ? I've heart, that Worms 2 Armageddon does't have multiplayer mode, when several players using one device. But, i need this feature. Is this true ?

 
Hmm, do MUDs count as video games?
 
10:04 AM
0
Q: Best, Easy to set up, non-DRM FPS (preferably realeased in 2010) for LAN play

GayanAs the title says, I'm looking for the best FPS which doesn't have any DRM elements which requires the PC to be connected to the internet. This rules out most of the best titles to come out this year and my searching has not yielded any conclusive results yet. Best could be interpreted as a mix ...

 
I just scored 192 at Entanglement.
Which sucks because it's my personal best, and yet people score 291 on a regular basis.
2,589 is the world record :|
 
10:37 AM
Is there an easy query to find out how much of our questions for a certain timeframe are game-rec and identify-this game?
I tried to do it myself but my knowledge in that area is pretty limited
 
Well, there should be, just take the amount of questions total, divide it by the amount of questions game-rec + identify-this-game
 
I'm having trouble integrating the total number of questions
I would just save it in a variable and then use it in the 2. query
If I knew how
 
Oak
@ArdaXi Absolutely.
 
It's been a long time since I played one of those. I wonder if anyone still plays them.
 
Oak
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Q: Most active MUD?

MavrikSince I have fond memories of playing MUDs I've been thinking about starting to play one a little. However I found out that MUDs are a dying breed and only little of them have much activity left. So I'm wondering which of the MUDs still have larger number of active players (say 50-100+ online?)...

 
10:46 AM
Why thank you.
I still have an account on Forgotten Kingdoms it seems.
 
Oak
You welcome :)
 
11:16 AM
I got the first part, counting the number of questions for a certain tag grouped by month (I found a very similar query and modified it)
My subjective impression is that we're getting more and more game-rec and identify-this-game questions lately
 
We had an inexplicable spike of identify-this-game in November.
 
@GraceNote Conspiracy theory! Conspiracy theory! Conspiracy theory!
 
In November it was 19 questions
 
Wait, how can you measure up to November and December anyway?
...oh, everything was updated until... ~December 7th
 
They updated that when they moved some data stuff
 
11:19 AM
That also explains why the December number seems low
 
that's a projected 26
(6÷7×31. Sue me.)
 
Game-rec is also increasing since september (after an all-time high in July)
 
You're... actually correct, @badp
 
If you subtract the other months from our current number of tagged questions, you get 26
 
11:24 AM
@Fabian now with sorting
-- Questions by month per tag
-- Question count for a particular tag

select
  datepart(year, p.CreationDate) Year,
  datepart(month, p.CreationDate) Month,
  count(*) as ##Tag:string##
from Posts p
join PostTags pt on pt.PostId = p.Id
join Tags t on t.Id = pt.TagId
where t.TagName = ##Tag:string## and p.PostTypeId = 1
group by datepart(year, p.CreationDate), datepart(month, p.CreationDate)
order by datepart(year, p.CreationDate) desc, datepart(month, p.CreationDate) desc​
(I tried it on SO with homework and it got all messed up.)
 
Thanks
I've just modified a similar query that obviously had no sorting in there.
 
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Q: Can I download Steam games on one computer (mac), then install them on another (Windows)?

RenealdMy gaming PC (which runs on Windows) has very limited bandwith: I can connect to the internet, but cannot download a game. However I do have a macbook with access to a network with unlimited bandwith. Is there any way I can download Steam games (for Windows) on my mac and then transfer them to th...

 
Have a star -- hell, two.
@GraceNote Spooky.
 
11:43 AM
0
Q: Majesty 2: Which update patches should I install for the PC DVD versions of Majesty 2 and its expansions?

galacticninjaThe official Majesty 2 website and The Patches Scrolls website (which is linked as a mirror by the official Majesty 2 website) show different "latest" update patches for Majesty 2. The official website states that patch 1.1.88 is the latest version and the Patches Scrolls website states that pa...

 
12:13 PM
Somehow, while Bejeweled Blitz and Gyromancer are essentially the same game, Gyromancer is much harder.
You can do huge combos in Blitz, unthinkable of in Gyromancer.
Basically the only source of combo breaker is misclicks
LOL. I had a count down tile I just couldn't clear without breaking the combo.
It hit 0 right when the level completed -- thus preventing it from doing, well, whatever is it that does when it blows up.
 
12:50 PM
0
Q: How do you switch to fullscreen mode in Runescape?

JenkoTypically Runescape shows with inventory and everything open. This keeps the main game window really small. How do you switch to a fullscreen mode like the picture below?

 
1:47 PM
0
Q: Heroes of Might & Magic 3: troop speed formula?

David ParunakianOn the battlefield, you can often observe that creatures have better stats if they are accompanied by a hero. While it is perfectly clear for attack and defense ratings (the appropriate stats of the hero add up to the creature stats), as well as luck, morale, etc, I've been so far unable to under...

 
2:29 PM
0
Q: Old School Mech Warrior type game

ShadedHey Guys, For the longest time I've been trying to find an old school mech warrior game that I used to play with my brother over LAN (you know the one with the T-connecter, not ethernet). The only real details I have is that it was a mech fighting game that you could leave your mech and jump int...

 
2:44 PM
0
Q: How are the World of Warcraft extensions related?

SvishI played vanilla WoW some years ago. I have lost my account and my cd-key, so would have to "start from scratch" if I decide to pick it up again. I've been reading some about the new Cataclysm extension and is kind of curious and thinking about trying it out. There are several extensions now, an...

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Q: Do the players in Poker Night at the inventory have built in "tells"?

ZootI'm just wondering if the players in this game exhibit "tells" that I should be paying attention to in order to have a strategic advantage when I play, or if it is relatively random. Any feedback on this?

 
3:11 PM
sooooo, game rec is no more...
 
@sjohnston \o/?
 
indeed
 
3:39 PM
0
Q: How can I completely delete a song from Frets on Fire?

JohnI have a song I want to delete. I went to "C:/Program Files/Frets on Fire/data/songs/song-to-delete" and deleted the folder song-to-delete. When I open the game, it's still there. It won't play, just chokes on an error because I deleted the files for it. How can I get rid of the cassette? Is...

 
4:21 PM
0
Q: How do I get a badge in Alien Swarm?

Bruce747I see people with a badge and I want one.

 
It will be interesting to see if F Oak ever comes back.
 
4:45 PM
-1
Q: How do I get a badge in Alien Swarm?

Bruce747I see people with a badge and I want one.

Can we get a close on this for being a duplicate?
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Q: Most active MUD?

MavrikSince I have fond memories of playing MUDs I've been thinking about starting to play one a little. However I found out that MUDs are a dying breed and only little of them have much activity left. So I'm wondering which of the MUDs still have larger number of active players (say 50-100+ online?)...

Also, isn't this a game-rec?
 
5:00 PM
0
Q: StarCraft2: How much costs to cancel building/unit/add-on?

BuddaHow much costs to cancel building/unit/add-on? I mean if barrack costs 150, and I started its building, what is amount of minerals returned by cancel it's building? The same building add-ons and units. I saw that salvaging a bunker return 100 minerals. Is this true? It doesn't have a lot of sen...

 
@Mana It looks like a game rec question that turned into a "what's a good source?" question when Oak posted a good answer.
 
ja.
Edited the question accordingly.
 
5:26 PM
So now we need a boiler-plate comment to post to all game-rec questions that a) explains the policy, b) maybe recommends they commit to game rec site, c) doesn't make them feel sad.
 
ja, I guess that sounds fair.
 
Huh. Now I'm getting the 'login data is too old' error at home, too.
 
@Gnomes yeah, it's strange. But so are you. So it fits.
 
I might take a stab at it, but I'm worried it'll sound like it came from a legal department... "We are unable to take your question at this time. If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again."
 
I made a meta question @Javadoc which covers the grounds of what we do
 
5:30 PM
♩ "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help hang up and then dial your oooooooperator!"♩
 
@GnomeSlice Weird Al 4eva <3
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Conan: The Librarian.
 
I think the main problem is figuring out what close reason we want to use while we wait for the Shopping Recommendation close reas--bah whatever WEIRD AL ROCKS BROS
2
 
Many thanks to @GnomeSlice for reminding us of what really matters in this holiday season.
 
I try.
 
5:33 PM
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Q: How do we deal with the remaining open game-rec questions?

ManaWe currently lack the "shopping recommendation" close reason proposed by badp in what is now the accepted site policy for dealing with game-recs. In light of this, should we leave the game-rec questions that are still open as such until we get this close reason, or should we close them for a diff...

 
@Feeds Why not just close them as we have been closing them?
 
Sure, that's an option.
 
gah, thrice-cursed chat claims I have not seen 4 messages. But I have! And then I switch tabs and my brain thinks "ooo, 4 unread messages" and immediately switches back. I'm trapped in an endless cycle!
 
Yo @sjohns.
 
thanks @mana. The ping finally updated it
 
5:40 PM
No problem man. It's what I do.
 
@GnomeSlice yeah, the whole point of the big voting question was so that we'd have a definitive policy that we could enforce. I don't think we want to wait around for yet another thing...
 
I agree. I just didn't want to be rash, I s'pose.
After all, the last time I was that, the game-rec poll got closed and suddenly people were being angry at tzenes.
 
That's fine. I'm totally in favor of asking around before doing something
And I wouldn't worry about tzenes. He thrives on debate
 
Heh,
Oh, and major props to everybody on the gaming site for finally getting the game-rec debate settled.
 
it weren't pretty, but we done it
 
5:44 PM
offers props to @Gnome You and I were the key players, really, so I think we go first.
@Grace saves the day, yet again!
 
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Q: Cool apps in Die2Nite

F OakWhat are some of your favorite die2nite apps? How are they useful? Could you give me links so I others behind me can check them out too? As a side note, are there any apps that actually let you do stuff in game? Or can they only display information? Dear mods: if you still don't like this qu...

 
uuuuuuuuh
"what is your favorite X" sets off my danger alarm
 
Bah. This feels like a useful question, why can't we figure out a way to ask it?
 
although I think this was already debated yesterday, while I was half-around?
 
Yeah. The user's asking it again.
 
5:56 PM
my concern is that "favorite" == subjective. Is there no list of die2nite apps somewhere that we could link to and be done with it? (apologies if I'm rehashing yesterday...)
 
It still has the same problems it did yesterday; namely, it's a question asking for the favorites of the community as opposed to asking a question that's intended to be given a solid answer.
 
right-0
 
@sjohnston There's a half-assed list on the wiki. It's just far from satisfying.
 
would it be absurd for us to make that article better and then link to it?
 
@sjohns: Yeah, this is what I told him. Unfortunately, there's only that half-assed list and also when I told him he should be looking for a list instead and modified the question according to that, he changed it back and told me he specifically wanted to know the community favorites.
 
5:57 PM
0
Q: Battle for Wesnoth: Where did this game originate from?

morganpdxI installed this game on my iPhone and have been amazed at the amount of playtime I have for one dollar. What is the background on this game that allows them to have so much content? I've never heard of it before I downloaded it.

 
@sjohnston While I would definitely support someone improving that wiki, it does feel rather weird for us to suggest "go post your answers to this question over there".
(Woah, Wesnoth is on iPhone now?)
(Why does that question feel like it's a shill being posted by the developer of the iPhone game? "Dude, I just found this awesome game, why is it so awesome?")
 
Heh. I don't think it was intended that way, but it certainly fits that role.
And that's why we need to get our site promoted. :)
I know that, at least for me, I would not have bought Starcraft 2 if it were not for this site.
 

Good List/Bad List

16 hours ago, 5 minutes total – 4 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked 15 secs ago by LessPop_MoreFizz

I am too lazy to repeat myself again and again.
 
@LessPop mind if I link that to him?
 
go nuts
 
6:05 PM
@mana If you think you can improve my answer, go ahead. I'm about to barf over this fiasco.
 
Yo @FOak!
:)
 
*my question.
 
It's a bit of a mess that you've stumbled into here. Really, the main problem is that we try to encourage questions with only one solid answer. [†: I think the 'discussion poll' aspect is actually more of a problem]
 
@FOak Sorry for all the craziness. This just happens to be a problematic question. Please understand that this isn't anything personal against you and we're just trying to do what's best for the site.
 
Nobody is going to have all the answers in this sort of question.
 
6:06 PM
Still, I'm glad you're being resolute about this whole deal. I hope you're not taking the closures and stuff personally.
 
Huh, I am. I really like SO, but this is giving me a headache.
 
@Grace ja, that's true as well.
 
I know its not personal though
 
@Foak well...yeah. That's why I tried to modify the question so it was asking for a list of apps instead
that way we could edit the wiki, make such a page and then link you [†: Would you mind being my medium for a moment?]
 
(Uh oh, Mana is possessed again.)
 
6:09 PM
Sure, whatever gets me an answer finally.
 
I understand that's not exactly what you want; you're more interested in the favorites of the community because presumably you want the bad apps filtered away so you're left with only the best ones. But you have to realize we're not going to list you bad apps purposely.
 
but as you said, that wiki is half-assed
I hate that thing
somebody needs to make a proper one
 
@Grace sure, why not. [†: ...or not. I have to attend something unexpected. Ah well. For me, then, please explain the importance of making a question rather than a discussion poll, if you can. ♪]
 
too much advertizments and clutter for anything useful to be there
 
@Foak You're right, and I'm thinking that gaming.se has the right community to do such a thing.
 
6:10 PM
I'd be okay with the ads if the info were complete and true. :)
 
We've built up a lot of useful knowledge and info that's not on the wiki through our experiences playing the game.
 
@Mana Perhaps a hostile takeover of the wiki is in order. ;)
 
Would it be possible to make a proper wiki?
I hold the minecraft wiki up as the ideal
We do have the knowlege and stuff
but I would hate to pore it into that wiki
(by THAT wiki I mean this: die2nite.wikia.com/wiki/Die2Nite_Wiki
(so we are on the same page)
 
That would certainly be a noble effort. Couldn't agree more that the Minecraft wiki is top-notch. (Get it? Top Notch?)
 
Heh.
 
6:14 PM
...
 
See, for the Minecraft wiki they got their own domain
whereas the die2nite one's hosted on wikia
 
So if we did this we need money
 
So really it's--WOAH A HELLO KITTY AVATAR OMG OMGOMGGOMGOMG
 
Right. Anyone know of any fantastic wiki hosts? Alternately, someone with a web server could volunteer to host one.
 
sorry about that
 
6:16 PM
I do have a web server that sits mostly idle, but I've never run a wiki and I can't guarantee my server would take very much load.
 
uhm...yeah I just have my own domain. I'd ask my brother but I don't think his server can take much load either
@Foak what specifically about the Die2Nite wiki do you hate?
 
the interface is not what people are used to (ie people = me)
it needs to be clean
and easy for people to find stuff
 
They have a ton of missing articles.
 
yea, and the fact that it has lousy content on top of that
 
Or incompletes. For instance, items that can be constructed should have the info on how to construct them.
 
6:18 PM
I like the tabular design of Minepedia's front page
 
maybe joel or die2nite would support this
 
Die2Nite would not, given the way they crack down on any attempt by the community to understand the game within their own site
 
I wouldn't count on die2nite supporting it tbh; having a wiki does take away a lot of the intrigue in the game
since like if you know eating that stale tart won't actually have any negative effects you can just go ahead and devour it
whereas before you might be getting nervous, finger hesitating on the mouse
 
Trying to find info on which wiki server Minepedia is using.
 
you know, the REAL MANLY DIE2NITE experience
 
6:22 PM
so we need a rich benafactor
 
that would be Jeff Atwood
 
rich = somebody with money willing to support this
 
@FOak Nonsense. It only gets expensive if people start using it. :)
 
ha
 
Jeff agrees and me I'm totally cool with Jeff I gave him a hi-five once
so yeah we're stealing his money for this
admittedly the hi-five was exchanged over the internet
 
6:24 PM
@Mana that makes it more real, not less.
Because you can't do the ambush hi-five where they see a hand soaring at them and have no choice but to react
 
aww man that one's my favorite
some people call it assault though
no idea why
 
its only assault if you include a pinch of that white stuff in your palm as you do it.
 
ಠ_ಠ
 
yea, im really good at the mood killers
 
ಠ_ಠ.................................
 
6:27 PM
so we have a rich benefactor, whats the next step?
 
3. ?????
4. PROFIT!
 
[missing step 2]
 
1. Pool up a bunch of people from gaming.se
2. Get a rich benefactor
 
I thought step 2 was 'Assault Rich benefactor'
 
oh, step two is we pile on the advertizements after everyone gets addicted to it
right
 
6:30 PM
Our web app is going to be AT LEAST 2x as popular as Facebook.
 
Morrowind or Torchlight?
Sorry for the [game-rec] :P
 
toooorchliiiight
I haven't played either.
 
I haven't played Morrowind, but Torchlight was a good time.
 
Morrowind is an absolute classic
Torchlight is... Diablo 2.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, but cartoony! And... with a less intriguing storyline.
 
6:35 PM
@JavadocMD And somehow, by some demonic pact, even more left clicking.
 
Hehe
 
@Foak still, sorry about the whole gaming question headache thing. It's just that we try to discourage questions which are more like discussion polls, which is what "what are your favorite x" questions are. They don't really have a solid answer and they don't really put us apart from the standard Q&A fare like Yahoo! Answers. We're trying to be more of an authoritative Q&A source, and avoiding those sorts of questions ultimately helps that.
Plus, this site isn't very well suited to long discussions. This becomes apparent if you look at the comments on the game-rec poll. It's much easier to take discussion into chats instead.
 
Does Torchlight have a lot of grinding?
 
@Macha yes.
 
I'd rather a game that didn't :P
 
6:38 PM
We're not trying to be elitist or anything, it's just that there are some types of questions that don't really work on the site and discussion poll type questions are one of them.
 
@Macha I felt like it was pretty linear. I didn't have to sit around killing a bunch of monsters to level up, I just progressed from level to level, progressing enough as I went.
 
That's my opinion though. I'm sure if @Grace was here she would have much more well-thought out comments on the matter which would give you a better impression of what's expected on the site.
 
To say something non-subjective about them, Torchlight is a more casual kind of game than Morrowind. It's more like Diablo Light.
 
Ok, thanks. I really hate (for example) having to kill level 4 enemies repeatedly to progress.
I've played Oblivion before which I liked though, which is a point in Morrowind's favour.
 
So do you guys really want to try to get a wiki off the ground?
 
6:41 PM
I'm guessing Morrowind is a 100-hour game, where as Torchlight is more like a 20-hour game (although you can keep playing past the storyline in procedurally generated, progressively harder levels forever.)
 
@Foak Sure, why not? I probably wouldn't be the most active contributer but I'm sure if we got some more people like @badp together we could come up with a pretty great pool of info stuff.
 
@FOak I'm eager to use the wiki, although I fear I wouldn't have much info to contribute besides the obvious.
 
@Javadoc Really, the obvious is the most important part, since it's the obvious we need to branch off into more detailed topics
 
@Mana True
 
@JavadocMD Unfortunately, I feel the same. Hopefully though, if a groundwork is built, contributers would follow. It seems that @badp would have a good deal to contribute maybe.
 
6:45 PM
Heck, a lot of the info could even be copy-pasta'd from the gaming.se site
With some minor revisions.
Also, we're at 12k visits a day :)
hurray for progress
 
haha, thats how we could build articles. We ask questions for the empty pages to generate the content
 
Exactly. And that's why this system works so well.
...we just need someone to host a wiki for us. :(
rich benefactor where are yoooou
 
I havent built a wiki before, where exactly does the money go?
 
shrug I'd be happy to register a(n inexpensive) domain name and host a server at least until my server croaks.
I'm assuming we wouldn't need a public SSL cert, so that saves a bit of cash.
 
I...don't really know how paying for web stuff works actually.
Does paying for site maintenance cost more depending on much traffic's coming in?
 
6:50 PM
The money is in server costs and various registrations. I have a server I can donate for free until the traffic overloads it. At that point, we'll have to find a more expensive server.
 
well...I guess that makes sense since the more traffic you have the more servers you need to keep the site running
ja.
Well that's kind of you @Javadoc :)
 
Web hosts generally limit you on the power of the server (which limits spike traffic) and bandwidth (which limits total traffic).
 
I see.
 
So the only question in my mind is which Wiki software do we want to run and then I'd have to find time to set it up. :)
 
Maybe if we get this off the ground we then find the rich benefactor through it
 
6:52 PM
Or ad support. (Tastefully.) Even Minepedia does that.
@Mana The selfish gain is I potentially get a quality wiki, which is worth it up to a point. :)
 
Looking at the bottom of the minepedia
it seems to be running "CURSE"
 
searches aren't showing anything on that
 
@FOak curse.com appears to be a gaming website, not a wiki server.
 
hmm, ok
I need to dig more then
 
Yeah I can do some digging later, just not too much right now.
 
6:59 PM
Major respect for this @chaos guy providing all the Dwarf Fortress answers :)
...Does the @ syntax even work on people who have never been on the chatroom?
 
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Q: StarCraft2: Easy way to calculate number of harvesters

BuddaDuring game play one of the most important questions is: how many harvesters do you have right now. Will it be effective to build 3 more harvesters or it is better to build additional production building (for example)? AFAIK optimal number of harvesters per base is 30: 8 minerals + 2 gas multipl...

 
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Q: What's so bad about queuing units in Starcraft 2?

seanmonstarI've read several times to make sure you never queue units, cause it's the devil. However, I find it very convenient that right before I start a battle, I hit my hotkey to barracks and fill each up with 2-3 marines/marauders each. I find battles can be too frantic to remember to build from every...

 
Hmm, I removed the F-word, and I left out the B-word. I wonder what other bad words I am using in my posts.
 
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Q: What are the cryptic Steam Super Meat Boy achievements?

Nick TIt seems like the following cryptic achievements are only available on the Steam version, not XBLA. N#7*<1!23 &*>?1$ (=+66&1$ ^**5%_=+12 *|-0&& N&8^2^%$1`` The "description" on all of them is: 8*(@31^ Not sure if these are spoilers...

 
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Q: Under what circumstances can I unlock the negative levels in Super Meat Boy?

ManaWhile playing one of the dark world stages in Level 1 of Super Meat Boy, I reached the end of the stage after dying several times. However, Band-Aid Girl, instead of doing her normal crying animation, was messed up in appearance: glitchy and spinning around. Though I initially hesitated, I brough...

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Q: Burnout Paradise addons for PC

Felix DombekI'm thinking about buying Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box on Steam. I also want the addons to the game, such as Big Surf Island and Cops and Robbers. Are they available for PC or only for consoles? Are there any addons available for PC? Thanks for your answer!

 
8:04 PM
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Q: What is World 0 in Super Meat Boy and how do I unlock it?

ManaI've beaten all seven worlds and most of the dark stages and yet there's still a locked question mark before the first world. What is this world? How do I unlock it?

 
8:46 PM
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Q: StarCraft2: 2 queens or hatchery?

BuddaAFAIK, 2 queens costs 300 minerals and consumes 4 supply. 1 hatchery costs 300 minerals and doesn't consume supply. 2 queens require constant management (not too often, not too boring if certain rules are following, but still: they need to be additionally managed). 2 queens allows you to get +30%...

 
Wow, this MUD is surprisingly active. There are 7 PCs in this market square
 
Which MUD?
 
I forgot how comedic these things could be
Laurel runs south.
Laurel runs in from the south.
Laurel looks at A young, sun-blonde male human.
Laurel runs south.
 
Haha
 
Although, I suck at them... for some reason. Well, I kinda arrived there without pants.
 
8:55 PM
Any MUD that isn't pants optional is not for me.
 
Erm, so I looked at some girl that was sitting here. Suddenly everyone, including herself, does the same at starts showering her with gifts.
 
Ha, creepy. Emoted looks are always a problem.
 
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Q: In starcraft II Is there a strategy to get all the upgrades in the Campaign

Andrew ReddI'm a new Starcraft 2 player, got it for Christmas, and starcraft 1 was the last RTS game that I played with any regularity, about 10 years ago. I've played through most of the campaign on my friends computer, but got to the end and did not have all upgrades. So is there a way to get all of the...

 
@JavadocMD Aye.
looks at @JavadocMD
 
9:11 PM
runs south
 
caresses @JavadocMD with his eyes
aims his sight orbs at @JavadocMD
charges eye lasers
 
puts on plate armor of protection against eye-humping + 1
 
foiled again
 
@Mana Key player? I'm not even quite sure what the issue is. I haven't really been paying attention...
 
I wish instead of "Possible duplicate of" the auto-comment read "Sorry Mario, but your answer is in another question."
 
9:50 PM
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Q: What does cleaning your house / uniform do in Die2Nite?

Kevin YIn Die2Nite, you're given the option to Clean and Tidy My House and Clean Dirty Uniform once everyday. What do these two options do - do they contribute to your success in any way or are they just there as something else you can do?

 
10:05 PM
I'm popping in quickly to mention I'm not interested in a wiki.
If you want wiki improve existing ones.
 
10:27 PM
When the desired improvements are a completely different look and feel, you don't have another option.
Part of why I don't want to spend time improving that wiki is because it looks craptastic.
 
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Q: Determining per-territory per-opponent vulnerability in online Risk-like game

barrycarterWhat's the per-opponent vulnerability of a given territory in the online Risk-like game conquerclub.com? Is there an existing tool that solves this problem, albeit in a different context? Details: % I define vulnerability(t,x) as "minimum number of troops opponent x must defeat in order to ...

 
10:53 PM
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Q: Do dead corpses in town bypass town defenses?

yx01If we have say, 4 corpses in town, and sufficient defenses for the next day, do the 4 corpses in town get added to those attacking the town or will they potentially kill/terrorize 4 citizens?

 
11:08 PM
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Q: Playing Quake 1/2 on Linux?

depeszWhat should I get, and from where, to be able to play first and second Quake, on Linux, in single-player mode?

 
11:56 PM
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Q: Can you have a macro to cast Charge if in bear, a cast sequence if in cat?

MaslowThis is for the stampede talent where you can ravage without being stealthed after a cat form feral charge. I wanted one button to do feral charge if in bear form, and the cast sequence of Feral Charge(Cat Form);Ravage if in cat form. #showtooltip /cast [nostance:1/3,nostealth] !Bear Form /cast ...

 

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