The Bridge

12:03 AM

0

What's the least obtrusive and most efficient way to track my Wii Tennis scores? I realize I could write down the info I wanted after each game, but that takes time and breaks the rhythm. I know the Wii stores these internally, but the format's encrypted, so there's no way to export the data...

Feeds

12:33 AM

0

Q: How to recover a crashed game in Vulture's

I was playing SLASH'em with the Vulture's GUI, on Mac OSX. The applicatiion crashed, and now when I try to start, I get a popup telling me that I have a game already with that name, and asking if I want to destroy it. Selecting "no" quits Vulture's. Does this mean that the crashed game is reco...

nethack tech-support slashem

Feeds

1:03 AM

0

Q: Xbox 360: Save a game so all profiles can load it

My sons have been playing Lego Star Wars TCS. We started the game under my profile and that's where the game is saved. But in order to load it, it must be loaded from the controller that is signed in as me. Is there a way to set it up so that my sons' profiles could load the game too?

xbox-360 save-games lego-star-wars

GnomeSlice

2:01 AM

protip: if you want to thank someone, do something meaningful for them (or the world), don't just mindlessly say "thanks"

Tweeted by codinghorror on January 6, 2011 at 1:02 AM

ConArtist is making another Last Stand game?

Sounds like fun. The first two were exceptional.

The Last Stand: Union City - first BETA tease: http://bit.ly/fn3dF8

Tweeted by ConArtistGames on January 6, 2011 at 1:58 AM

GnomeSlice

2:30 AM

Also, nerdook just released his newest game, and reached the front page on Kongregate! (again)

I am an Insane Rogue AI

GnomeSlice

3:09 AM

Avatar Kinect announced. It will be able to track and replicate your facial expressions with your XBL Avatar. Free this Spring. #CES

Tweeted by InsideGaming on January 6, 2011 at 3:04 AM

That sounds like it has a high potential for creeping people the hell out.

kazzamalla

@GnomeSlice It just continues to capitalize on the novelty value of Kinect as a "hey check out what this thing can do" device. Creeping people the hell out is probably the #1 driver of sales.

2

GnomeSlice

I'm not really down for Kinect.

It's going to turn into the Wii's motion controls, but worse. Overused, and gimmicky.

kazzamalla

If it can be used correctly I think it has the potential to be cool, but honestly, i'm already a really active person. Sometimes I just want to sit down when I play games.

And by sometimes, I mean, most the time.

GnomeSlice

3:25 AM

I'm the same way.

I'm not particularly fond of of Wii games that abuse the motion controls either.

badp

9:53 AM

@GnomeSlice worthless if it doesn't come with a trollface expression.

badp

10:30 AM

Oak

12:04 PM

Looks like we'll be 6 months old tomorrow

badp

@Oak 6 of a glorious 9.

Yi Jiang

Happy Half Birthday, Gaming!

3

badp

@YiJiang Is it tomorrow already over there?

Oak

What do you mean 6 of 9? What happens when we're 9 months old?

badp

...whatever, it's tomorrow already somewhere.

@Oak It'll stop being glorious.

I dread the day we go mainstream.

Oak

12:13 PM

It's not always "tomorrow already somewhere"

Yi Jiang

@Oak It should be; it's 8.14pm at GMT+8, so logically speaking at GMT+12 it's 12.14am tomorrow

Oak

But it depends on where you are

If you're living here:

Kiritimati

Kiritimati or Christmas Island is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati. The island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the world: about ; its lagoon is about the same size. The atoll is about in perimeter, while the lagoon shoreline extends for over . Christmas Island comprises over 70% of the total land area of Kiribati, a country encompassing 33 Pacific atolls and islands. Kiritimati Island (Christmas) is well known for its world class bone fishing. It also has excellent birdwatching and surfing opportunities. It lies ...

Then I guess there's always a yesterday somewhere

But never a tomorrow

I always loved this island, where else in the world will you find London, Paris and Banana right next to each other...

Feeds

12:44 PM

0

Q: Early scavenging strategies

Has anyone seen any good strategies to maximize the effectiveness of day 1 and 2 scavenging? There days are special in that All the zones start out undepleted Many zones have no zombies at all, so it is possible to get far from town There is no watchtower or upgraded map to let people know the...

die2nite

badp

1:19 PM

@YiJiang the question is, is there an area at GMT+12?

I think there are areas with GTM-14

but I'm afraid they only go up to GMT+11

Yi Jiang

@badp Hmmm? I assume it was equal both ways

badp

UTC+14:00

UTC+14 is an identifier for a +14 hour time offset from UTC. It lies immediately west of a fold in the International Date Line (because it lies as far as 30° east of the 180° longitude line), and thus the first part of the planet to start each new day. The tz database zone identifier for Kiribati is Pacific/Kiritimati. As standard time (all year round) *Kiribati **Line Islands - including Kiritimati (Christmas Island) History The central Pacific Republic of Kiribati introduced a change of date for its eastern half on 1 January 1995, from time zones −11 and −10 to +13 and +14. Before t...

It's "tomorrow" there when it's UTC 1000

aka CET 1100 (mine and @Oak's) aka YIJ 1800

so it's fine.

GMT -12 is a bit trickier as it's only technically a timezone: no man apparently lives in that 24th of the Earth.

UTC−12:00

UTC−12 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −12. UTC−12 is a nautical time zone comprising the high seas between 180° and 172°30′W longitude. Subtract twelve hours from Coordinated Universal Time to obtain the time for this zone. Ships using this time are the last to begin each calendar day. No human habitations are in this time zone. Uninhabited Baker Island and Howland Island are the only landmasses in this time zone. be-x-old:UTC-12

well, it's not for lack of trying. Those who do live there are too busy being special.

There's a rational explanation of UTC +13 and +14 however.

> The central Pacific Republic of Kiribati introduced a change of date for its eastern half on 1 January 1995, from time zones −11 and −10 to +13 and +14, to avoid having the country divided by the date line.

That must've been fun while it lasted.

Yi Jiang

> Government offices on opposite sides of the line could only communicate by radio or telephone on the four days of the week when both sides experienced weekdays simultaneously

That's... erm... erm...

badp

@YiJiang BRILLIANT.

Think of all the line jumping fun in occasions like birthdays.

"Now it's not my birthday... hop! and now it isn't either! I'm safe!"

Feeds

1:35 PM

0

Q: Can I rest or speed up time?

Can I sleep, rest or somehow speed up the time? After several fruitless attempts to get back to the trader during the night, I have decided to stay at the hangar and try my luck the next day...do I really have to wait?

stalker-soc

Yi Jiang

Apparently, the only reason why Singapore is in GMT+8 is because of a) British colonialism and b) Borneo

badp

@YiJiang It's also what China uses, IIRC.

Yi Jiang

@badp The entirety of it, which is why you must pity the Tibetans - they live in geographical GMT+6, so the sun can rise as early as 5 am in some parts of the year

badp

@YiJiang does that mean they get to start working at geographical 11am?

Yi Jiang

Also, that new Gaming question is strangely relevant. Hmmm...

Macha

2:02 PM

0

A: Bot Skins in CS:Source

You need to edit your botprofile.db in your cstrike directory. In it, you will have a section with a form like: Elite+Rifle Clive Skin = 1 VoicePitch = 95 End If you change the number in the Skinline, the bot will have a different skin. I presume the numbers are IDs, so you will need...

Bleh, new users can't find the accept button, or the upvote button, but they can figure out comments. :(

GnomeSlice

2:23 PM

Seven things I want to see on the web in 2011 - http://bit.ly/e470Qb - Do you agree? #sm2011

Tweeted by smashingmag on January 6, 2011 at 7:57 AM

Macha

1. Depends on the site. Don't do HTML5 "just because".
2. If it's openID and not say, Facebook or Twitter's login services.
3. Yes, yes, yes. But it won't happen.
4. Duh.
5. Yes.
6. Some areas yes, but there's other things I'm still too sceptical to put in the cloud.
7. As long as it's not for the sake of looking differently. I don't want to see a world of stupid looking programs that are different "just because"

GnomeSlice

I'm not familiar with the term "cloud based", but I think I can guess at an idea.

badp

@GnomeSlice "not on a disk you can kick" (because said disk is one of many, all away from your nasty gnomish feet.)

GnomeSlice

...Ok maybe I can't guess at one.

Macha

3:26 PM

My download speed appears to be 7 meg atm :) Should only be 3.

For once I benefit from my ISP's screwups :P

Feeds

3:45 PM

0

Q: how do i control my dvd using xbox to watch a movie

how do i control my dvd using xbox to watch a movie? Do I use the joystick? Or voice commands?

dvd

badp

@Feeds ...is that Gaming? :|

Feeds

5:21 PM

0

Q: How long is Final Fantasy VII?

So far I have logged 24 hours in FF VII and I just finished disc 1. Anyway, keeping that in mind, how long can I expect it to take me to get through disc 2, and then disc 3?

final-fantasy-vii

Mana

5:43 PM

Haaaapppy haaaaalf biiiiirthday!!

Also guys I want to talk about this answer

2

A: Warlock spell coefficients in patch 4.0.3

For advanced theorycrafting type questions, http://elitistjerks.com/ is a great place to go.

It's basically redirecting his question to ElitistJerks and I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Brant

It probably ought to be a comment.

Mana

ja

strangles @badp

badp

@Mana You know where the comment upvote button is.

Mana

yes, yes I do.

:*(

LessPop_MoreFizz

WELP.

I now own Angry Birds on ANOTHER platform.

Mana

5:53 PM

welp.

4

Q: What is the meaning of the Black Ops "Ascension" numbers

During the intro of Call of Duty Black Ops one of the cut scenes has a lady read "Ascension 7-15-1-2-19-7-25-6-13-6-7-15-14-0" into a microphone. Is this relevant to anything other than the single player campaign? (Which I haven't played through yet)

spoiler call-of-duty-black-ops call-of-duty plot

Unsure if I should request protection on this question

It's been getting a lot of junk answers over the past month, but less recently.

Yi Jiang

@Mana Call in a mod to nuke those rubbish from orbit.

Mana

but like...none of the ones that are left are particularly rubbish except for that one redirecting to the external site

and even then he doesn't just redirect to the site, he redirects to a valid article

Yi Jiang

6:09 PM

Yeah... hmmm... but separate, none of them are any good

And this this is sort of a viral marketing gimmick, most of them were (?) just speculation

Feeds

0

Q: Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Is there any tactic or just an easy way to beat the lord of terror Baal? Just to clarify, I'm not asking about the prinny version. I'm looking for the least time-consuming strategy.. yes, I'm that lazy :) My current stats: Laharl: level 1007 Divine Majin: level 1000 Priere and Marjoly: level...

how-to ps2 disgaea-series

0

Q: Why I loose karma when I take bandit things?

Why I loose karma when I take bandit things, like objects found in some Powder Gangers camps?

fallout-new-vegas

Mana

6:32 PM

@Grace dragons are awesome.

And so is Disgaea. Clearly both in the same question/answer deserves several upvotes.

badp

6:45 PM

I kinda want to put an event for Monday, when elections should be opened.

but if I do, it'll never happen on Monday -- just out of spite!

Mana

huh

elections open on Monday?

badp

that's the rumour.

6

A: Moderator Elections on sites that are 30+ days out of beta

Moderator elections were put on hold due to the Christmas holidays and limited traffic, so I doubt we can hold SO Inc to the 30 day rule. A little birdie mentioned elections will start as early as next week. No information has been provided as to which sites, but I would suspect elections over a...

Mana

hm.

Fabian

7:01 PM

@badp Do we know how many moderators will be elected?

badp

@Fabian Math had 3 moderators elected. They replaced the pro-tem mods.

Fabian

Well, then we probably already know how it will be here.

Our pro-tems are popular enough that I don't think anyone else would be elected

badp

@Fabian Our pro-tems are good enough that I don't hope anyone else would replace them

FIFY :)

Fabian

And most candidates also probably wouldn't want to replace any of them.

badp

As I said, it'd be best if, at the end of the nomination period, we only had Oak, Juan and Grace.

No need for nominations, no need for actual elections and all that pesky democracy stuff!

If needed we'll get a fourth fake candidate that stands no possible chance, just for the show.

Fabian

7:04 PM

I don't know if it wouldn't be better to have 4 or 5 moderators. I can't really guess how much work it is for them. And if we continue to grow fast the work will increase

badp

@Fabian We don't get to choose how many are elected :(

We could petition for it on meta, but we'd have to provide them with actual facts proving why 3 mods won't cut it.

I don't see it honestly -- not before the elections anyway.

Fabian

I think we need at least mods in different timezones, but we probably have that already

badp

Yeah, Oak is CET, Grace and Juan are different flavours of US timezones

Mana

That would explain how Oak nails all that stuff while I'm asleep.

Fabian

We'll see. I would guess that if it is set that we elect 3 moderators, we won't get many candidates besides the pro-tems. I don't think any of the active members here would candidate against them.

Grace Note

7:10 PM

I'm east coast US, Juan is in Argentina.

Oak

We need someone from Japan

Or Australia

badp

@Oak Grace kind of counts as both.

Feeds

7:46 PM

-1

Q: How much does luck affect the various games of chance in Fallout:New Vegas?

Does anyone know how luck affects the 3 casino games ( slots , BlackJack, roulette) in Fallout:NV? Does luck play a bigger role in one of the games more then the others? Is there some breakover point as far as luck goes that makes it very easy to win at any of the games?

fallout-new-vegas

Feeds

7:58 PM

1

Q: Battleships for iPhone Lieutenant Level 13

Is there a bug in this level? Seems like it can't be solved if the piece you are given is truly the center of the 3-spot ship.

iphone stuck

Feeds

8:13 PM

0

Q: StarCraft2: Can ghost use EMP while is sitting in bunker?

Can ghost throw EMP while is sitting inside a bunker?

starcraft-2 terran bunker emp ghost

Feeds

8:35 PM

0

Q: What unit types can enter bunkers in SC2?

I know that in melee, SCVs, marines, marauders, ghosts and reapers can enter a bunker (and I assume so can medics, firebats and spectres in the single-player). Can any other unit types enter a bunker? In particular, can any non-Terran unit enter it? (assuming it somehow got under your control in ...

starcraft-2

0

Q: Black Ops: how to avoid the "Set optimal settings" and "Run in safe mode" dialogs?

Hi, is there a way to avoid the following two dialogs? I always select 'No' but the dialogs kept appearing. Thanks for your help.

call-of-duty-black-ops

Grace Note

9:10 PM

If anyone's in the know of Wii stuff, we could use a Legal check on the following question and how it seems to be progressing.

2

Q: Tracking my Wii Sports Tennis scores

What's the least obtrusive and most efficient way to track my Wii Tennis scores? I realize I could write down the info I wanted after each game, but that takes time and breaks the rhythm. I know the Wii stores these internally, but the format's encrypted, so there's no way to export the data...

wii wii-sports scoring

badp

In other news, March 2011 will have the 100th AVGN issue.

Fabian

@GraceNote The legal stuff depends heavily on the location. Some stuff mentioned would probably violate the DMCA and similar laws

Mana

I remember Homebrew being brought up before and a decision to not accept any Homebrew-related answers/questions

I dislike the question in general.

You're not supposed to be able to get access to those data files and read them normally; everything being discussed there is relevant to the Wii hacking/homebrew groups.

Fabian

I really dislike laws like the DMCA and find them personally extremly stupid and useless, but I think we should stay clear of such legal gray areas.

Mana

I also really dislike the links he added about Homebrew-related stuff, like downloads etc.

but really it's a legal gray area. Nintendo doesn't want you to do anything related to Homebrew, as they've made clear by removing the channel entirely in updates, but I don't think it's strictly illegal.

Brant

9:23 PM

It's not like he's asking how to pirate games or anything.

Yeah, yeah, it may technically be illegal, and we have to follow the laws of the jurisdiction in which the site is hosted, etc, but /EYEROLL.

sjohnston

on the other hand, we are a gaming site, not a hacking site

Mana

@Brant If we allow any questions on Homebrew it's practically a given that they'll spiral out of control before too long.

kazzamalla

Yeah, I mean the guy just wants to get some data on how awesome he is at Wii Tennis. I don't get it, but I think it definitely is going to have to be solved with some homebrew/hacking, so I don't think it is appropriate.

Brant

@sjohnston Aye, that's true.

kazzamalla

I actually was quite amused after first reading the question, not once after playing Wii sports did I think, "how can I extend this experience?"

To each their own!

sjohnston

9:25 PM

in other news, holy !@#$ apparently work suddenly unblocked Gaming.SE!

there goes my productivity

kazzamalla

congrats!

Mana

Sure, the software he's linking to there only decrypts files. What about other pieces of software that I could link to in Homebrew communities which let me fool Rock Band 2 into thinking I've purchased every single song in the game?

sjohnston

although they've turned that on and off about 3 times already, so who knows how long it'll last

Mana

Where do we draw the line on where the software becomes too sketchy for us to support discussion?

Brant

At the point that five people with high rep think it's too sketchy, and less than five people with high rep think it's not too sketchy.

sjohnston

9:28 PM

My personal opinion is that we should not support that which is (a) illegal or (b) that which breaks the EULA. EULA is sometimes incredibly stupid and/or legally questionable, but it gives us a clear, hard line to work with.

Mana

@Brant That's not good enough. I won't settle for a site policy based around trusting gut instincts. We tried that with game-rec and it failed miserably.

Fabian

Not violating TOS is probably a good guideline

sjohnston

@mana understood, but we don't have to have a concrete policy just to close this particular question. Game rec has also shown that.

DeanMc

Hi all, What are we talking about?

Mana

@DeanMc Homebrew software and whether or not we should support questions involving it.

DeanMc

9:32 PM

Ah tricky tricky. personally I would have no problems if it was the "good sort" but its a bit of a nightmare of a subject in general

Mana

Yeah.

I think we should just nuke Homebrew-involving questions completely. There are plenty of communities to discuss those sorts of things and I don't want this site to be one of them.

DeanMc

I think the overarching issue is that no matter how well intended it makes the site(s) a target for lawyers

Don't get me wrong I like some of the homebrew projects I have seen but I would hate to loose access to a site that has been legally closed until a "resolution" was reached.

2

Oak

Decision that impact whether the site becomes a target for lawyers our not ours to make - they are the admin's.

And Jeff explicitly said he doesn't mind grey-area questions.

5

Q: Should we allow links to "abandonware" game sites?

I'm seeing a number of mod flags around links to abandonware sites like: http://www.abandonia.com Should these "grey market" sites be allowed?

discussion legal abandonware

DeanMc

I would love to see somebody (say MS, Kinnect) launch a non profit homebrew license. These projects only add fuel to the mindshare fire around these products.

Oak

And regarding homebrew stuff, I have no problem with them.

DeanMc

9:40 PM

@ Oak, they aren't that grey though, homebrew I mean. They are generally violating someones TOC's

Oak

But I don't really care about anyone's ToC. What I care about is the gamers.

So cheating in online games is bad

(meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/489/…)

But ToC violation? Eh. What we do need is to make sure a warning is attached

DeanMc

And if the site got hit with a cease and desist ?

Oak

As I said before, this is up to the admins. If they get angry letters from lawyers and want to remove some questions, no problem

And I'm a bit of a devil's advocate. ToC should not be completely disregarded, I guess.

DeanMc

I would normally agree but my limited time on SO an SE sites leads me to believe that the hive rules. Usually most things are agreed / not agreed by the majority. Is that nor right?

Oak

But things like homebrew are Pure Good (tm).

Fabian

9:44 PM

We closed all those gold farming questions, or?

Mana

I'm sorry, but I can't agree with that at all, Oak.

Oak

@Mana convince me otherwise, then :) I'm open to other opinions

@Fabian gold farming = multiplayer cheating, in my eyes

DeanMc

Gold farming is contextual. It can be done within the confines of the TOC's

Gold selling is another mather

Oak

Oh if it's not against the ToC it's alright

DeanMc

yup

Oak

9:46 PM

But in general most gold trading is seriously frowned upon, with good reasons

DeanMc

trading in what sense

Mana

@Oak hackmywii.net/rock-band-dlc-hack-free-wii-rb-dlc Hoooooomebrew.

Oak

These sort of things can really fuck up the in-game economy, thus affecting tons of players. It's multiplayer cheating of the worst kind.

DeanMc

If its outside the game world its against the toc's

Feeds

2

Q: Super Meat Boy no-death acheivements

I have Super Meat Boy for Steam and there are the no-death achievements, like Wood Boy, that expect you to complete a world without dying. What exactly do I have to do to get one of these achievements? Do I have to run through all levels in a world in order, possibly including level -1 and the B...

pc steam super-meat-boy

0

Q: Making Wii Sports Tennis burn more energy

How can I play Wii Sports Tennis to make it burn more calories/energy? Notes: I realize that, even played differently, Wii Tennis doesn't qualify as exercise. One way to burn more energy is to never serve, and always receive. That way, you don't get the "power serve" advantage where you "a...

mario-kart-wii wii-sports

DeanMc

9:47 PM

you mean selling though

If I farm something for hours thats ok

If I screw the economy by doing it thats ok

Oak

Well it's up to the game maker's to decide either way.

What I mean is that in that case, breaking their ToC directly affects other players

Installing homebrew, on the other hand...

GnomeSlice

nice, @balpha fixed a big ol' (albeit obscure) bug in most Markdown implementations http://goo.gl/3WwlX

Tweeted by codinghorror on January 6, 2011 at 9:34 PM

effect warrenties

For all users?

for homebrew users

9:49 PM

OK, their responsibility

DeanMc

and if it becomes the norm

WillfulWizard

I believe Blizzard has said at least once that if you're farming to excess such that it hurts other users, (such as in a lowbie zone for hours) you're doing something wrong, without selling being involved. Mostly that would just result in a GM telling you to move on. Not that this relates anymore... hides

Oak

@Mana I dunno, is this plain homebrewing or copyright infringement?

DeanMc

But all homebrewing is copyright infirngment

Mana

@Oak ^^

DeanMc

9:51 PM

your using a system you don't have license to

badp

@DeanMc That's contract law then.

Oak

@DeanMc I haven't heard of any case in which warranties were voided for people because other people used homebrews...

DeanMc

Your missing the point

badp

@Oak Probably because no one is stupid enough to claim warranty on a modded console :P

(I take it you need mods to do homebrew?)

DeanMc

The point is you do not have permission to homebrew.

Noctrine

9:52 PM

@badp Usually.

DeanMc

Your argument relies on the I'm not hurting anyone case, but that does not make it right

Oak

Right in what way? Legally?

Noctrine

@DeanMc I don't understand how you can't have permission to homebrew. I can understand the usual route they take by making it so that homebrew ends up being a DMCA violation

Mana

@badp Not hardware mods, softmods.

badp

Honestly I'd hate to live in a future where I stop owning things and only own licenses to things.

Noctrine

9:54 PM

@badp Future? Isn't that now.

badp

"This jacket is licensed, not sold. Wearing it inside out is a violation of this license."

DeanMc

For instance, say a homebrew console was rewired wrong and blew up. Should your insurance pay?

I agree a better system is needed but the current system is what we have

Noctrine

@DeanMc Depends on the nature of your insurance. Doesn't it.

GnomeSlice

Oh no! I smell srs bsns.

DeanMc

house insurance

badp

9:55 PM

@Noctrine For consoles and iphones -- surely.

Mana

@Gnome sure, good observation, nice job, five points

Noctrine

@DeanMc Does your home insurance cover electrical work done by an un-licensed contractor? If so yes.

DeanMc

so you would be happy for them not to validate your claim right?

badp

@DeanMc That's bad and all but it's, um, hardly the point?

Mana

this analogy is dumb and went off the rails as soon as it began

DeanMc

9:56 PM

its exactly the point

Noctrine

@DeanMc That's the person who is modding the consoles problem. And I agree with Mana lol.

badp

We cannot allow questions about how to plug a WII into a wall socket because, what if the socket is not correctly built?

Noctrine

@DeanMc If you attempted to do electrical work in your own home. And you weren't a licensed electrician they wouldn't validate your claim.

Mana

sigh

DeanMc

Ok not the best example but what I am getting at is while it might seem harmless to break TOC's via homebrewing but you have to agree that you are breaking those TOCs and invalidate anything that relies on them

Mana

9:57 PM

look

badp

@DeanMc like the right of discussing about it?

Mana

I'm not sure about you guys, but I think that if Nintendo regularly applies updates to prevent this stuff from happening, we shouldn't be talking about this stuff on our site.

Noctrine

@Mana Oh no, it's that again. I thought there was already consensus on that.

Mana

siiiigh

whatever fine

DeanMc

Not discussing its usually tutilage

Oak

9:59 PM

Let me rephrase. Violating terms of service can always bring sanctions on the user doing the violation. That is serious business, and I really think related topics here in gaming should mention that. But as long as we do not directly encourage people to break the law - and breaking ToS is not always the same as breaking the law, as far as I know - I really do think we should judge these topics based around whether they harm other gamers.

GnomeSlice

I don't think Nintendo really has a big problem with it.

Noctrine

@Mana I mean, I thought that was the consensus. If the Hardware person says no, we don't talk about it here.

GnomeSlice

The Wii's online community is hardly up to the scale of xBox Live or PSN.

Noctrine

@GnomeSlice They do. Nintendo dislikes and tries to fight any unlicensed Nintendo approved anything.

Oak

All that said, maybe some of the things are beyond some red line. But my red line is just about gamers. I think the admins (Jeff etc.) should be responsible to red lines of legality.

badp

9:59 PM

@Mana I don't see how that prevents us from replying "You could do with Homebrew, but be aware that it's a gray legal topic at best and you'll void your warranty and what not. If you do that, you're on your own."

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