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Raven Dreamer

5:00 PM

ಠ_ರೃ

Powerlord

invokes wipqozn-gravitation-law So, why isn't there a monocle in TF2 yet?

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Obviously we don't know what you mean.

Raven Dreamer

@Powerlord You mean like this?

Powerlord

@RavenDreamer Oh right, I forgot that had a monocle.

...and I used to have one of those.

Raven Dreamer

The closest thing to a random hat I've found!

Powerlord

5:03 PM

I traded it on my quest to get my first two unusuals.

Speaking of hats, my alt account got a Professional Panama in this weeks drops.

Ronan Forman

My ranch is shaping up!

Powerlord

That brings its number of dropped hats up to... 3, as I recall.

Ronan Forman

I found pigs!

Powerlord

Although I forget which three, since I transfer them to my main account.

Raven Dreamer

I think I'm going to get back into TF2 for Halloween.

And then It'll be off to Skyrim!

Powerlord

5:04 PM

Well, you may want to wait at least a few days for Valve to fix its crashing issues.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman You're a- oh, that's not very nice of me.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi You're never nice.

Ronan Forman

@FallenAngelEyes Can you persuade @RavenDreamer to join us for Race for wool and I can't get though to him.

FallenAngelEyes

@Raven Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

user30

@RonanForman ಠ_ಠ

Arda Xi

5:05 PM

@Powerlord That's not true. I just don't usually find people who deserve it.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman You monster. Those are the smallest animal ranges I've ever seen.

FallenAngelEyes

It'll be fun :D

user30

Race for wool

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi But that would turn to"You found pigs" and I did, so thanks!

user30

race for wool

Raven Dreamer

5:06 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Your assumption that I have any idea what the hell you're talking about is false.

user30

Where have I heard that before

Arda Xi

@RonanForman No, it'd turn into "you're a pig".

FallenAngelEyes

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A: Reviving Game On

Minecraft adventure maps. Specficially these ones: Race for wool #1 Race for wool #2 These are 4-8 players and must be played from the start (no drop-ins). So would be harder to organise. A playthrough of Race for wool #2: ...

user30

many large trees etc?

Lazers

2

Q: Masked ITG question?

I have a particular issue with this question: Difficult-to-locate game... name unknown: Based on the comments in A CS:S-style surf game for free?, I'm leaning towards this user trolling us. This user insists that his game-rec question is actually an ITG question in the CS:S-surf question. Just n...

discussion

user30

5:07 PM

Also, why did the date of Minecraft change? :(

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes Wait what?

Raven Dreamer

@ThomasMcDonald From what to when?

GnomeSlice

"Race for Wool" looks like a race along obstacle courses.

If we want to play a platforming game, lets play an actual platforming game.

user30

I thought we were supposed to be playing it this weekend

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice I'm programming one, but it won't be ready for a while.

Ronan Forman

5:09 PM

@ArdaXi If it goes from It's x to You're x, i.e. subject verb noun to you verb nown, then I found pigs turns to you found pigs.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman I'm not following any strict rules here.

GnomeSlice

Platform Racing 2.

Arda Xi

Hmm, I'm out of names.

Ronan Forman

@ThomasMcDonald John and Fallen couldn't make it and I wont be able to get 2 more by Saturday, so it was moved.

Lazers

0

Q: How can I fix my face?

I FOUND SOME PILLS, AND I ATE THEM! ... That's cool and all, but how do I get out of this state? It's not good with the ladies.

the-binding-of-isaac

Arda Xi

5:10 PM

I've got a pig called Bad Wolf, I've got a pig called Vote Saxon and one called Silence.

I need more names.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice It's not a platformer, its a survival map. But you also can set of traps and shoot at the other team.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Why's it called 'race for wool'?

user30

@Ronan :(

badp

Because then we can go YU BWOKE THE WOOLS

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Becuse you fight mobs and traps (and dodge enemy arrows) to collect 3 (?) wool blocks, the first one to get them all wins

@ThomasMcDonald Can you not make it that week then.

Raven Dreamer

5:12 PM

@ArdaXi Clarice.

GnomeSlice

@badp GODAMMIT.

Arda Xi

@RavenDreamer In the same theme.

badp

@RonanForman Are there 3 per team, or is it just three and you have to kill 'wool carriers' to get the other teams' and win?

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi I was thinking "Silence of the Lambs".

user30

@ArdaXi Obama

Arda Xi

5:13 PM

@RavenDreamer You were thinking wrong.

GnomeSlice

New Gravatar?

Ronan Forman

@badp You can't cross to the other side, but the maps are mirrored.

Arda Xi

49 secs ago, by Arda Xi

@RavenDreamer In the same theme.

Raven Dreamer

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice It certainly is more realistic (and accurate).

Raven Dreamer

5:14 PM

My face is worse than yours.

user30

@ArdaXi Obama Wolf

Arda Xi

...

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer What face?

I see no face there.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. For example I do have ears.

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi Comrade Pig

Go Animal Farm up on their asses.

Arda Xi

5:16 PM

You guys are useless. :(

Then I should call them Napoleon and Snowball.

badp

Weitropl and Gorjumbo.

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi Doctor cat

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi That would involve me looking up the names of the pigs from animal farm, however.

GnomeSlice

Dammit, my dad walked in and I closed my game out of habit.

badp

Potrambul and Gholinator

GnomeSlice

5:17 PM

I had found a thing that increased all stats too.

badp

Fortumbled and Sedroomba.

Oh and Rifrlendor. Rifrlendor is a must.

Ronan Forman

3

badp

Add in 'ij's as much as you want. I've seen you Dutch love your 'ij's.

Ronan Forman

So @RavenDreamer have you been convinced?

badp

If you don't combine words until you have at least two separate 'ij's YOU HAVE NOT COMBINED ENOUGH.

GnomeSlice

5:19 PM

So, beating The Heist gave me a Steam code for Eets.

badp

Or so the GVB seems to work

GnomeSlice

When I activate it, it's listed as Eets Promo.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice You said.

GnomeSlice

Wonder what that means.

@RonanForman Context for the following statements.

@RonanForman Heh.

Except that when my father checks on my, he goes through my taskbar.

Powerlord

I just realized I have two identical .h files except for the number 1 replaced with 2 in several locations.

Except I think I need that because their .cpp files are wildly different.

Ronan Forman

5:24 PM

@ArdaXi Ford Knox.

Arda Xi

8 mins ago, by Arda Xi

You guys are useless. :(

Ronan Forman

At a stretch,

@ArdaXi Say it fast.

Arda Xi

...

Powerlord

@ArdaXi Picking up GnomeSlice's habit of reposting messages when we ignore them? Tsk, tsk.

Ronan Forman

Get it?

Arda Xi

5:26 PM

@RonanForman No.

@Powerlord No, just when it's an appropriate response.

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi Well what are the other things in the theme.

GnomeSlice

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Err... well, sound of drums I guess.

GnomeSlice

...o.0

Ronan Forman

It'd fit with vote Saxon.

Arda Xi

5:26 PM

The Medusa Cascade.

Ronan Forman

Think Ood Sigma.

Arda Xi

What do the Ood have to do with Fort Knox?

Raven Dreamer

Sep 28 at 21:21, by Grace Note

Woo! I'm a tree!

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi Not fort, ford.

Arda Xi

?

Ronan Forman

5:27 PM

@ArdaXi Four knocks.

Arda Xi

It's a pun.

Ronan Forman

He will knock four times.

Arda Xi

You will knock four times.

Also.

1 min ago, by Arda Xi

@RonanForman Err... well, sound of drums I guess.

Ronan Forman

5 mins ago, by Ronan Forman

At a stretch,

Mana

Hullo.

GnomeSlice

5:31 PM

This thing said 'see through doors' when I grabbed it.

...Everything looks the same.

Raven Dreamer

It shows up whether an adjacent room is shop / miniboss, etc.

Also makes the secret room show up when you enter an adjacent room but you still have to bomb it open

GnomeSlice

I have definitely been able to see those all along.

@RavenDreamer Just heard the audio cue for that, I think.

But yeah, I've been able to see those in previous playthroughs, without this helmet.

Raven Dreamer

With a "Map" item, yeah.

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer Oh, maybe that was it.

Raven Dreamer

well, I have pleaces to go

GnomeSlice

5:33 PM

Is the secret room only accessible from one of the adjacent rooms?

Guess not.

Raven Dreamer

Yup

Lazers

0

Q: Change default display of a game (Assassin's Creed 2)

No sure if this is a general Windows 7 question or particular to Assassin's Creed 2. How do I change the display adapter that the game starts in? EDIT: Without changing the whole "Main Display" setting of Windows

windows-7 assassins-creed-2

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer I just got to it from a different room than I heard the audio cue in.

So... it's accessible from any adjacent room?

Powerlord

You know, this makes me wonder if GnomeSlice ever played the first Zelda game.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Nope.

Ronan Forman

5:41 PM

@Powerlord I never played the original zelda

GnomeSlice

Well, that's disturbing.

The Max's Head pickup ups your damage.

I think because seeing his Dog's head makes him flip out and cry bigger tears?

Mana

I think it's because "lol"

GnomeSlice

I'm confused. Who said you need the map to see through doors?

I don't have anything and I can see adjacent shops.

Mana

Nonono

You can always see adjacent squares

(except for hidden rooms)

GnomeSlice

So, the only thing you get from the map/spelunking helmet is the ability to see hidden rooms?

Mana

5:45 PM

You need the compass to see where all the icons are, and the map to see the room layout.

GnomeSlice

@Mana Icons? Room layout?

Mana

Oh, the map shows you hidden rooms? That's useful.

GnomeSlice

@Mana I think so...

Nothing is explained in the game, really.

Mana

@GnomeSlice Icons as in like shops that aren't adjacent to any previously explored spot

GnomeSlice

And room layout, as in, floor layout?

Mana

5:46 PM

Yeah.

The compass also shows you the boss' location, arcades, minibosses, stuff like that.

GnomeSlice

@Mana I got that from icons.

But not hidden rooms?

That was the first time I got the helmet, and I've definitely seen hidden rooms before.

EW.

FallenAngelEyes

So @Raven, will you join :D?

Mana

@FallenAngelEyes Join?

GnomeSlice

> Faith up?

I didn't even know I had a 'faith' stat.

Ronan Forman

@FallenAngelEyes That's the sprit! And he's gone...

Mana

5:49 PM

@GnomeSlice Uh...trying to remember what that is. Maybe it's your special power bar...?

Ronan Forman

@Mana join us.... brains.... join us... snarl

badp

@Mana I locked the post and removed the last flag

GnomeSlice

@Mana You don't have one.

Mana

@badp I saw. Thanks.

GnomeSlice

I mean, you can get multi-use items that need to recharge.

Maybe it affects how fast they do,

Mana

5:50 PM

@GnomeSlice Yeah, that's what I meant.

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Oh :(

GnomeSlice

@Mana looks like it might have given me 3 of those grey hearts. But that might be the beating heart I picked up before that.

Mana

OH

Right, that's it. It gives you blue hearts.

GnomeSlice

@Mana Faith?

Mana

@GnomeSlice ja

GnomeSlice

5:53 PM

@Mana But they aren't permanent.

Mana

@GnomeSlice Correct.

It's one of the less useful "upgrades"

GnomeSlice

Sheesh, given the amount of items in this game, you'd think I'd be finding new ones.

I keep getting the same stuff.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Anyway, in earlier Zelda games, certain dungeons had secret rooms (the dungeons weren't randomly generated), but you could bomb your way into them from any side.

This is most noticeable in the original Zelda in Dungeon 4, because you could skip half the dungeon that way.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord That doesn't really have any bearing on this, because it's an entirely different game.

Although it does seem to be the case.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Binding of Isaac borrows extremely heavily from Zelda.

GnomeSlice

5:57 PM

@Powerlord Does't mean you can guarantee that particular detail will be the same.

Ronan Forman

What do braid and portal have in common?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Not much, other than the fact that they're both puzzle/platformers.

Powerlord

@RonanForman Portal or Portal 2?

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord 1

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Not that it really matters.

Powerlord

5:58 PM

@RonanForman Nothing that I can think of.

Ronan Forman

They both keep introducing mechanics right up until the end.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman True I suppose.

Except puzzles in Braid don't use mechanics from previous sections.

Powerlord

Portal 2, one of the golden potatoes was gotten when you joined a Steam group whose founder used the dinosaur at the end of Braids' worlds as his avatar.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.

How does Steam even know what your avatar is.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice I'm just playing a flash game that does that and I realised that's what makes them enjoyable. It can't get boring as it's always different.

Powerlord

6:00 PM

@GnomeSlice Because you assign an avatar while in Steam?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Which game would that be?

@Powerlord How would it know what's IN it.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice It was a specific group, presumably set up by Valve for the Portal 2 ARG.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice One and One Story

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Oh, I thought you meant any group.

@Ronan but puzzles in Braid don't use the mechanics introduced in previous sections.

Powerlord

Metroid is another series that tends to keep introducing new mechanics right up until the end.

Although some "mechanics" are just better missiles and the like.

badp

6:05 PM

@GnomeSlice Heart containers. Think of it as 'overheal'

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Yeah, not really.

@badp Doesn't actually heal you though.

badp

Bonus health?

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Yes they do, the green glow is always used.

badp

You can heal in the meantime though.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Every boss in every Metroid game after the second gives you an ability either right before or right after it. Except possibly the second-to-last.

GnomeSlice

6:06 PM

@RonanForman That's there from the start though. And you know what I mean.

Powerlord

(Hi Ridley!)

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice 2nd world actually.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Most of them don't really change how you go about the game all that much.

But I agree.

Powerlord

@RonanForman World 1 is the house in Braid, so technically World 2 is "from the start" because 2-1 is the first stage.

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord Okay I meant world 3 then

Ronan Forman

6:19 PM

I love game that are both 'art' games but also don't forget to have gameplay too.

GnomeSlice

Dammit. This gets exponentially harder once you reach 'depths'.

badp

I can never land with the frontier justice when it counts

it's like 32 crit then 53 non-crit :|

Ronan Forman

Or in other words: I don't like games that forget they're games.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman You should play 'Tri-Achnid'.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Is that a good or bad example?

GnomeSlice

6:29 PM

@RonanForman Good.

Ronan Forman

good.

Raven Dreamer

@badp - your thoughts on ITG?

I've forgotten your stance.

Ronan Forman

@RavenDreamer If it gets a good answer it's fine.

Raven Dreamer

Not in the mood to argue the flaws of that comment. You'll have to settle for passive-aggressive negativity and derision.

Ronan Forman

That's not my opinion by the way.

badp

6:34 PM

SET UP NEST

TF2 CRASHES

Ronan Forman

Why were you nesting on blue?

badp

offense, duh

we need the teleporter to get that point

(desperados b2)

Lazers

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Q: How do I change the game language to English?

So, Dungeon Defenders' localization is really not very good at all. Google Translate quality, in fact. In addition, it seems to completely ignore my default Steam preference of English. How can I change the game's language to English? Usually, you can select the language via Steam, or at least a...

dungeon-defenders

0

Q: What is contained in the Dungeon Defenders PlayStation Plus Free DLC?

On the PlayStation Blog's PS Store update for the Dungeon Defenders launch, it specifically cited that, in addition to releasing Dungeon Defenders itself, also available for download would be: "Dungeon Defenders PlayStation Plus Exclusive DLC (Free & Exclusive to PlayStation Plus member...

ps3 dlc psn dungeon-defenders

badp

I crashed again. @RonanForman I'm not rejoining

Good luck

I need to get going

fucking disappointment

Ronan Forman

And I'm the one who normally crashes

badp

6:45 PM

stoopid stoopid stoopid crash.

Arda Xi

Hey. Who turned out the lights?

Powerlord

I know Valve has said that they're still working on crash fixes (they said this yesterday btw)

badp

They did release an update in the meantime

sjohnston

Just out of curiosity, how do @badp and @mana feel about ITG?

and if, in fact, all our mods dislike it, can we invoke an executive ban?

GnomeSlice

@sjohnston No.

sjohnston

6:51 PM

@GnomeSlice Why?

Mana

@sjohnston Can we? Please?? :D Because I really wanted to do that but whenever I brought up the subject people seemed to object.

GnomeSlice

@Mana WHY.

Mana

That being said I don't really know how the other mods feel well enough.

sjohnston

Representative democracy?

Powerlord

@sjohnston I have an idea, why don't all the mods vote to ban @sjohnson permanently? :D

sjohnston

6:52 PM

@Mana Well, @Raven and @Juan both stated opinions against.

@Powerlord Well, firstly, everyone loves me, so that doesn't make sense.

FallenAngelEyes

@Powerlord Sure, though if you do that, @sjohnston will remain. I don't know who this @sjohnson is you speak of!

sjohnston

@Powerlord Secondly, I don't think arbitrary bans on users are quite the same as well-reasoned bans on a type of question.

Powerlord

@sjohnston The community itself is split on whether or not ITG questions should be banned, and you're trying to get the people in charge to favor one of those groups.

Ronan Forman

The thing is, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it should be banned.

I mean it's not really affecting us is it?

sjohnston

I am not advocating a particular position to our mods. I am asking what their opinions are at the moment.

Powerlord

6:56 PM

5 mins ago, by sjohnston

and if, in fact, all our mods dislike it, can we invoke an executive ban?

That certainly sounds like you're advocating a particular position.

ANYWAY, I got way off subject.

@badp This was said by Henry Goffin at Valve following the second update last night (this morning UTC):

> We are still working on another update for these crashes. This was primarily server changes to get something stable that clients can connect to as soon as we push another client update.

I haven't seen any indications in my email that any other updates have been pushed.

sjohnston

@Powerlord I am genuinely curious if that is something that happens. I know @badp had advocated a similar way forward with game-rec

Lazers

0

Q: Will Battlefield 3 support cross-platform multiplayer?

I've found pages and forum posts that come close to answering this question but that don't answer it squarely. Various people... feel it's obvious that BF3 won't support cross-platform multiplayer. insist they've seen it. say it'll be console-to-console, but not PC-to-console. speculate that cr...

battlefield-3

badp

I'm absolutely not for an ITG ban

why is the current policy insufficient?

And please don't suggest banning ITGs will result in not getting any more ITGs, we still get game-rec's months later

sjohnston

@badp No, we just get a lot fewer, and they go away after 5 people have seen them.

badp

my opinion is that since the community has been enforcing the current ITG policy we get practically no flags for ITG questions and thus there's very little to discuss or flame about, and very little grey areas, or just very few ITGs

sjohnston

7:10 PM

@badp I do find the current ITG policy to be vague, but perhaps it's outlined in detail somewhere and I'm just not aware of it.

badp

The tag wiki page?

gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/identify-this-game/info

Arda Xi

WoW players should not be allowed children.

badp

* Give us the general description of the game and its gameplay.
* When was the game released / when did you play it?
* What platform did you play it on?
* If you controlled a character, what did it look like? How did you control it?
* What was the perspective? Was it top-down, side-scroller, isometric, etc.?
* If there were enemies, what did they look like? How were they destroyed?
* Do you remember anything about how the game box looked, how the title screen looked?

↑ "too many" of those questions aren't answered, the question's closed

is my understanding of the current policy

The Stack Exchange Blog

Stack Overflow Blog: SE Podcast #23

Posted by Alex Miller on October 19th, 2011

Our guest today is James Portnow of Extra Credits. We are also joined in the studio by David Fullerton.

James Portnow is joining us! Extra Credits has been a thing for a few years. The idea struck back when James was working at Activision. He wanted to open up the conversation about game development and design to the consumer side, instead of continuing to speak in the industry-centric bubble.

At Stack Exchange, we’re trying to make learning fun. All of the gamification that we do on the system is in service to the goal of making the internet a better place for learning. …

badp

again, I've seen no flags from ITGs so whatever's being used is being used satisfactorily

unless @Mana and @RavenDreamer are stealing all the ITG flags and closing questions savagely behind my back, with Grace cheering from the sidelines

Arda Xi

7:15 PM

@badp That sounds like a very plausible scenario.

sjohnston

@badp Lack of flags is interesting.

mainly because I see close votes on them with some frequency

and mods commenting on meta about how ITG should be destroyed

badp

@ArdaXi I can just see them installing ITG early warning systems that interrupt their sleep to put them into a sleep-walking destructive mode

sjohnston

Maybe just one of those things where a few of us regulars dislike them and nobody else really cares

Arda Xi

@badp That's supposed to be a secret.

badp

@ArdaXi Joke's on ya then, because I wasn't let in on it!

Wipqozn

7:17 PM

@ArdaXi Oh snap, that's an awesome idea! OKay, I'm definitely going to father children in the future.

Arda Xi

Next time I'm waiting much longer.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi You really should.

sjohnston

@Wipqozn In my opinion, that decision should probably be based on other criteria

Wipqozn

Although, does it matter? You have the sanctification of being correct. What else matters?

Raven Dreamer

@badp We really are.

Wipqozn

7:20 PM

@sjohnston Like how much money they can make me gold farming?

Raven Dreamer

@sjohnston - the thing is, we shouldn't ban ITG questions.

We would implement a change in site policy such that the banning of ITG questions is incidental.

Use them as a springboard for more general improvements.

badp

ಠ_ಠ

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer The question is whether current site policy would ban ITG questions.

Raven Dreamer

ಠ_ರೃ

Arda Xi

﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿

badp

7:22 PM

ఠ_ఠ

Wipqozn

If it doesn't, we won't them removed then I agree with you that a change needs to happen to the site policy.

Raven Dreamer

56 secs ago, by Raven Dreamer

We would implement a change in site policy such that the banning of ITG questions is incidental.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer Indeed. I was just stating we need to ask whether the current policy already does that.

badp

I'd love to know what kind of 'general improvements' you're thinking about, but I really must leave now

laters

sjohnston

What I'd really like to see is a ban on lame unicode faces

2

Raven Dreamer

7:23 PM

@badp Be more than happy to debate you when you get back.

Arda Xi

@sjohnston ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)

sjohnston

@ArdaXi yeah, that guy too

Arda Xi

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

badp

@sjohnston thank god we're using Unicode.

sjohnston

table flipping kirby while we're at it.

Marco Ceppi

7:24 PM

@sjohnston ಠ_ಠ

sjohnston

dang, beat me to it

Arda Xi

t(ツ)_/¯

sjohnston

Someday I just know I'm going to come in here and the entire page will be nothing but kirby flipping tables and youtube dubstep.

Arda Xi

►

Wipqozn

I'm always concerned when I see an infomercial which doesn't give the viewer the price of the product. Just "call us".

sjohnston

7:30 PM

@Wipqozn It's $19.99. All products on all infomercials are always $19.99. And if you call now, we'll give you a second one as a free gift. All you have to pay is shipping and handling.

(Note: shipping and handling are $50)

Powerlord

The fun part of dealing with multiple games in this extension is that I have methods that do something in one game, but not in the others.

Marco Ceppi

@sjohnston That's all I ever come here for :)

Arda Xi

7:49 PM

Oh silly America. Always trying to be like the Netherlands.

Lazers

0

Q: Ratchet & Clank All 4 One: Benefit of online play?

I was diving into the single player today and I imagine it plays much like the multiplayer experience. Other than playing with other living souls is there a benefit to playing through the game multiplayer?

ratchet-and-clank all-4-one

0

Q: Ratchet & Clank All 4 One: When do bolts get "saved"?

In playing through the game I'm noticing my bolt counter in the upper right hand corner is reset from time to time but when I go to purchase items from the store the bolt number is much higher. When do the bolts get "banked", and is there a way to find out what my banked bolt amount is?

ratchet-and-clank all-4-one

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Q: Ratchet & Clank All 4 One: Difficulty playing online?

I tried to play the game online and while I could see a list of games available for play, I was unable to connect to any of them. After selecting a game to join I would see a loading screen for a time, then be told to re-request loading, which would always fail. What is going on? Is there some po...

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Q: Ratchet & Clank All 4 One: Syncing to my companion's target?

It is known in-game that using the same weapon as your companion against the same target boots the damage delivered. However targeting can be screwy at times, especially in the heat of battle. Is there a button I can press to "auto-lock" or synchronize my characters target with that of my compani...

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Arda Xi

Why do people do the <game-name>: Question thing?

sjohnston

@ArdaXi Failing to understand tags?

Arda Xi

Also, asking four questions about the same game in quick succession is a bit... seedy.

sjohnston

Although I've also seen people complain about there being no game name in a question that is tagged with it

Powerlord

7:57 PM

Oh right, I was wondering how we were tagging Ratchet and Clank games.

Is & allowed in tag names?

Also, I just killed like 6 functions that basically called one after another. Now it's down to two, and I can likely eliminate the other if I stopped being lazy.

Nick T

what is this music from? vimeo.com/29950141

it sounds like some soundtrack but I forgot which

Arda Xi

@NickT Music is "Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)" by John Murphy. #15 here: itunes.apple.com/us/album/sunshine-music-from-motion/id297702863

Lazers

Recent Questions - Gaming Meta - Stack Exchange: How should we tag Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One?

posted on October 19, 2011 by Dave DuPlantis

This is yet another of the greater-than-25-character games ... how should we abbreviate this in a single tag? I don't think it'll ever be identified as Ratchet & Clank 10 or anything like that. Is ratchet-clank-all-4-one reasonable? Should we try something that preserves the ratchet-and-clank part?

Ronan Forman

@NickT I read that as "Where is this music coming from?" in which I would I would reply, from your speakers.

Powerlord

8:18 PM

Well, we should probably continue tagging them like we have been. Now, keeping in mind that I can't see tags before posting this link...

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Q: Hard mode and challenge mode trophies on same play-through in R&C:A Crack In Time?

Is it possible to get the "Q-Force Champion" trophy (for completing the game on hard) during a challenge mode play-through? I completed the game on medium difficulty, and it gave me the trophies "Q-Force Cadet" (complete game on casual) and "Q-Force Hero" (complete game on medium). Next I set t...

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Figures, it's mistagged, too.

Michael K

To what extent are Minecraft SMP server administration questions on topic here?

Arda Xi

I would lean towards Server Fault with those.

Michael K

8:34 PM

Hmm. I think the problem may be world corruption now, so the issue may be moot. MCEdit crashes on the world file even.

Lazers

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Q: How do I kill the skeletons located in The Catacombs?

No matter how many times I kill the skeletons found in the catacombs, they always come back to life. To say the least it is very annoying. Is there anyway to prevent them from coming back to life?

dark-souls

Lazers

8:56 PM

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Q: What is the shortcut key for detonate traps?

I want to be able to forcibly detonate my traps, but its annoying having to navigate to it using the menu. What is the shortcut key for it?

pc dungeon-defenders

badp

9:10 PM

what is my ip might not be pleased about this

Wipqozn

@badp lololololol

Nick T

I think I hate meta games, e.g. The Stanley Parable (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/04/so-yes-the-stanley-parable/) and One Chance (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555181)

Tweeted by nicktimko on October 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Lazers

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Q: Does NVidia's 3D vision take any additional compute power?

I'm pretty sure I can do the gaming I want to on an i3/550Ti. This is under the gaming FPS doesn't need to be 120hz, only the display frequency. This also assumes that the 3D equipment doesn't drop in-game framerates below what the hardware would normally be doing by itself. So, my question: ...

hardware 3d

sjohnston

@badp I guess that's what you get for basing your business model on something that can be trivially implemented by pretty much anyone

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Nick T

@sjohnston cf. Google Plus

sjohnston

9:23 PM

@NickT I found one chance interesting (I was going to say enjoyable, but that's not quite right). Haven't yet tried Stanley Parable. In general, I approve of anyone pushing boundaries in gaming.

Wipqozn

@NickT My god. You're....you're a monster.

sjohnston

That IP thing sort of reminds me all the companies who thought it was a good idea to build business models on filling in Twitter's feature set.

Powerlord

Note to self: Copy L4D/L4D2 SDKs to flash drive.

sjohnston

Haha. Oh geez. #1 search autocomplete result for "How does google..." is "...make money". Are people really that oblivious?

They are selling your eyeballs to the highest bidder

badp

PUT DISPENSER HERE. PUT DISPENSER HERE. PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI-PUT DI- ... PUT DI- ... hl2.exe has crashed.

Nick T

9:38 PM

How do <x> autocompletes are usually pretty entertaining

Wipqozn

@sjohnston Yes.

GnomeSlice

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@sjohnston Um... advertising?

stevether

u-mad-bro

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