The Bridge

No, I mean pick a single game, and stick with that. Don't change the game every week. Sure, it's more variety, but I'm thinking it also decreases interest.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer But whyyy :(

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer oh, I see what you mean

FallenAngelEyes

Also as titillating as this conversation has been, I must now depart for dinner, later all!

Raven Dreamer

6:11 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Because I'm going to fail my senior year of college if I keep this up.

>.<

@FallenAngelEyes Hehe. Titillating.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Ah, school. Fine, I suppose you're forgiven.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer My plan is to decrease the size of the list after we go through the games

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Mmhmm.

Okay, later all!

Raven Dreamer

@RavenDreamer Actually, maybe not fail, but it will get bad quickly.

Brant

@RavenDreamer I'm kind of inclined to agree with this really. Variety is nice, but we need a bigger turnout too.

Grace Note

6:11 PM

@Wipqozn Doesn't the list take us until next year?

Raven Dreamer

@Brant Bigger turnout first, more variety later.

Brant

Exactly.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote yeah, it does. I've been thinking about that myself. I didn't expect people to make so many suggestions.

Well it seems as if there is a lot of concern about this, so I'll look into changing how it works.

GnomeSlice

Oh also, why did my Battlefield Heroes suggestion get 2 downvotes, and no upvotes?

Grace Note

I would assume 2 people didn't like it and no one liked it

badp

6:14 PM

BFH doesn't get an upvote from me because it's greedy and glitchy - at least, it was last I tried it

renting weapons? yeah, no.

GnomeSlice

Whooo, huge KaG update.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Can we add "Deadpan Snarker" to GraceNote's official title?

Okay. Time to do some work.

the dreamer is: Out

Wipqozn

well I dare say I shall need to make a new meta topic soon. Figure out how the community wants Game On! to run.

GnomeSlice

@badp ...Seriously?

That's dumb.

I never actually got around to trying it, it's huge.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Are you going to down vote your own suggestion?

GnomeSlice

6:19 PM

@Wipqozn You can't.

badp

@GnomeSlice Default weapons are available always, others must be rented with money or ingame points

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice You could always hire a proxy

Ronan Forman

6:30 PM

So I've been making a splash screen to put at the front of any videos that we make for the blog (such as recorded game on sessions), what do you think?

It doesn't have sound as it's not done, and it's a gif so I can post it here.

GnomeSlice

The scan lines are a bit intense.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Yeah.... Just a black background?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman No, keep the scanlines, but make them... maybe thinner, and with less contrast?

Wipqozn

I'm working on a meta right now, but I do have one idea off the top of my head. Curious on the thoughts of you wonderful people.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Make the back ones or the grey ones thinner?

GnomeSlice

6:36 PM

@RonanForman Both.

Stack Exchange

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Q: Why did my fullscreen graphical performance decrease with Unity 3D?

I updated to 11.10 and Urban Terror now seems very laggy in fullscreen mode when I'm using Unity 3D (Sync to VBlank is disabled). In Unity 2D I get good performance, but when I was using 11.04 I had great performance on Unity 3D as well. Why has this changed on 11.10? I like Unity 3D more and I ...

Wipqozn

Reduce the list to a small number of "core" games (For example you could use Killing FLoor, Minecraft, and Team Fortress 2). We would play one of those games for 3 weeks, then on the fourth week we would play one of the non-core games. We would then move onto another core game, play that for 3 weeks, et cetera...

2

Raven Dreamer

@RonanForman If your gifs have sound, you need to let the internet know.

Ronan Forman

@RavenDreamer It doesn't have sound, and I thought you left.

Wipqozn

on the fourth week in which we play a non-core game, we could always have two non-core games going. Either at the same time, or do one on the saturday and one on the sunday.

Raven Dreamer

6:39 PM

the Dreamer is: In

@RonanForman I finished reading my colleague's story about someone jumping to their death.

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Looks good, though I agree with @Gnome's comments

Raven Dreamer

Fiction, story.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Nonononono

Ronan Forman

And, just when it left the screen:

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice What do you dislike about that?

Ronan Forman

6:40 PM

GnomeSlice

I don't own/play most of the 'core' games. =[

@RonanForman Even that is much much better. =]

Mana

@Wipqozn Gnomeslice is a fan of the non-core games

FallenAngelEyes

Oh, hey @Gnome, I saw you were interested in Sequence too. I picked it up, I rather like it so far.

Music's good, the gameplay's pretty neat

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice those are just example core games, but you may have that issue. That's why I suggested on the fourth week we play a non-core game.

Mana

IMO Xenotic should be made one of the defaults

Grace Note

6:41 PM

Gnome ain't the only non-core

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes I was interested because it's a music game, and it has music by Ronald Jenkees in it.

@Wipqozn Once a month.

FallenAngelEyes

Yeah, I like music games as well

Wipqozn

@Mana I agree. It's free, and can be played on any PC.

GnomeSlice

@Mana What about Saurbraten?

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes That's the DDR-like game?

Or Flash Flash Revolution, I suppose.

Wipqozn

6:41 PM

@GraceNote I know.

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Yeah, music RPG type game

It's neat

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Yes, short I know.

GnomeSlice

Speaking of Ronald Jenkees:

►

Wipqozn

Perhaps do a core game for 2 weeks, then a non-core for 2 weeks?

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes Stillll waiting on my research professor to hook me up with my first paycheck.

Wipqozn

6:42 PM

or core for 2 weeks, non-core for one week, core for 2 weeks, non-core for one week....

Raven Dreamer

I want my 200$, damn it!

Mana

I agree with two weeks.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Why not just cycle all of them?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice because of issues raised already. IT results in us only playing a game once, and not coming back to it again until 5 months down the road.

FallenAngelEyes

GnomeSlice

6:43 PM

@FallenAngelEyes It's not house music, but clever image.

Wipqozn

Not to mention if someone only owns one or two games from that list, they only join us twice every 5 months.

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice I know, I figured you'd appreciate the pun

GnomeSlice

►

Ronald Jenkees is incredible.

Wipqozn

@Mana which one? l o l. 2 week core, 1 week non-core? or 2 week core, 2 week non-core?

GnomeSlice

(That's a different vid)

Raven Dreamer

6:45 PM

@Wipqozn # core weeks > # non-core weeks

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes There are episodes of House where he has a guitar, right? So why did they pick one where he wasn't House?

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer I prefer doing that myself, but was wondering which one mana was referring to.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi I have no idea, as I don't watch House

Arda Xi

It's a good show.

Mana

@Wipqozn what Raven said

Wipqozn

6:47 PM

@Mana okay

Raven Dreamer

@Mana and I have the same brain.

Wipqozn

Well I'm making up a meta.

Arda Xi

@RavenDreamer You're symbiotic twins?

Wipqozn

Get the thoughts of the community, suggestions, et cetera

Raven Dreamer

@ArdaXi Psychic twins.

Ronan Forman

6:49 PM

Can I upload anything with sound to here?

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Err... not technically, no.

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi Can I do it non-technically?

Arda Xi

That would prove difficult.

Ronan Forman

megaswf.com/serve/1190224

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Stock sounds FTW!

Mana

@RavenDreamer Turns out my computer could not handle playing the song Cascade and Battlefield 3 at the same time.

BSOD! :D

Ronan Forman

7:04 PM

And I can change the text easy as it's just masks, so there can be review ones etc.

badp

oh man. I have the best™ ideas. New taunt: the boo. Stuns for 3 seconds.

Ronan Forman

@badp Stuns you as well?

Arda Xi

Taunts always do.

Ronan Forman

It'd have to be a really long taunt to balance.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman It always has to be long to balance, doesn't it?

Ronan Forman

7:09 PM

Huh?

Wipqozn

0

Q: Restructuring Game on?

Game On! has been running into some issues. The turn out has been low, and I've received several request to restructure the current system. The main issue raised is that users dislike the large number of games currently on the list. Due to this we wind up playing a game once, and not coming bac...

discussion game-on

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Oh, right. I keep forgetting how young you are.

Grace Note

Wargh we have a Meta feed

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi To balance?

Arda Xi

@RonanForman You'll find out when you're older.

Wipqozn

7:12 PM

@ArdaXi Aren't you and @RonanForman the same age?

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Shush son.

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Doing something like this means that any player who doesn't have said core game will not be playing for X weeks.

Wipqozn

@Powerlord I'm aware, but that's better then someone who only has two games from a list of 30 only playing twice every five months.

It's not written stone, I made it a meta so users can suggest other methods, or ways to improve the current one/my proposal.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman The glow is also a bit bright.

@wipqozn what about doing two different games each weekend?

One on Saturday, one on Sunday?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I was considering that as well, but the main reason behind doing two days was if someone could only come one of the days.

Or, heaven forbid, has a social life and is out one of those days.

GnomeSlice

7:20 PM

That's what I figured.

Wipqozn

Suggest it in the meta.

See what others think.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman One of the scan lines behind where the heart ends up appears to be... bent.

Ronan Forman

Done, done and done. It also doesn't loop! megaswf.com/serve/1190224

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Wipqozn

@RonanForman what is this anyways?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Pretty sweet. =]

@Wipqozn Like a splash screen for Gaming SE videos.

Wipqozn

7:25 PM

@GnomeSlice oh okay

GnomeSlice

I think.

Wipqozn

that's pretty darn nifty

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn I'm thinking of recording Race for wool.

@GnomeSlice Yup

Wipqozn

@RonanForman good idea

we should consider doing this for more games really

Ronan Forman

If anyone else wants to so we can have both teams.

GnomeSlice

7:27 PM

@Ronan if it's fine with you, once I get some free time I might try doing something similar with after effects.

Arda Xi

Why doesn't anyone understand how to use <noscript> tags?

GnomeSlice

I don't want you to think I'm trying to steal your thunder though, yours is great. =]

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Yes please.

@GnomeSlice No it's not.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I think so. You know what it reminds me of?

►

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice this?

GnomeSlice

7:29 PM

The transitions between scenes in this.

@RonanForman No.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice It's becuase it's the same sound effect.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Actually, it reminded me of that before I saw it with sound.

Lazers

2

Q: Restructuring Game on

Game On! has been running into some issues. The turn out has been low, and I've received several request to restructure the current system. The main issue raised is that users dislike the large number of games currently on the list. Due to this we wind up playing a game once, and not coming bac...

discussion game-on

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice that video makes me want to play animal crossing

GnomeSlice

The scenes with Captain Falcon get me every time.

I have no idea why.

Powerlord

7:36 PM

@ArdaXi They don't? Even I know it's there to display things only when JavaScript is disabled.

Ronan Forman

I can walk downstairs for all the springer spanniels.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Read that again.

Ronan Forman

can't

Arda Xi

@Powerlord I constantly see a site with a Flash embed that shows me "You don't have Flash player installed."

I do have Flash player installed, I just haven't allowed your site through NoScript.

GnomeSlice

> 20 minutes after mustache, and a girl calls my cell phone. Sure, she says it was a wrong number, and that she was trying to call Alisha, but I think we know what she really meant.

Ronan Forman

7:44 PM

Since when was mustache a verb, or time?

Grace Note

Since the advent of the handlebar beard

GnomeSlice

I have no idea, but that guy made my day.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi That's pretty dumb.

GnomeSlice

What, the podcast is today?

badp

aww, you can no longer link to revisions?

at any rate, does revision 4 improve things for you here?

meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/1831/revisions

Theoretically it should make no difference, but it really does for me.

Grace Note

7:49 PM

@badp meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/revisions/1831/4

badp

@GraceNote oh. I remembered the link would end in /4, so I tried to just append /4 to the revision list URL

but meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/1831/revisions/4 doesn't work

Grace Note

@badp Hyperlink icon on the left side of the actual revision is faster than URL manip

badp

I imagine I fail.

@GraceNote Oh, I see it now.

Grace Note

It is easy to miss

badp

well it makes sense to have just one link

Grace Note

7:52 PM

Well, if there's a whole bunch of other icons at least. Some other posts have just the hyperlink icon. I'm too lazy to even check out what the other ones are in the first place to bother knowing why they only show up sometimes

Powerlord

I command you all to listen to Cara Mia Addio.

badp

the other ones are about different diff styles

Oh, hey, Santa Dunk

7:54 PM

@Powerlord ♫ DEH! POWERLO-ORD, ADDIO! ♫

GnomeSlice

Why do I even bother.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Let me know if you ever figure it out

Grace Note

Crepes, that image took forever to locate

Lazers

1

Q: Battlefield 3 Squad Management

Is there a way to manually manage which squad you are a part of in battlefield 3? All I've been able to do so far is having it auto join me to a squad. I can leave the squad I'm currently in, but it only has a "find a squad" option which automatically puts you in an available squad. This makes is...

battlefield-3

Powerlord

@GraceNote Crêpe Suzette?

Arda Xi

8:01 PM

What's the point of HTTP Error 499?

Grace Note

What is error 499?

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Bad, I would assume.

Powerlord

@GraceNote According to Wikipedia it's a custom message used by the nginx cache server

> 499 Client Closed Request

Grace Note

So it has no default meaning

Powerlord

RFC2616 only defines 400-417 in the 400 range.

WebDAV apparently adds a few more (422-424)

Also, bacon.

Arda Xi

8:05 PM

Yeah, but... Client Closed Request.

If the Client Closed the Request, how would he receive the error?

Powerlord

@ArdaXi They show up in the server logs.

> We're going to have a required TF2 update coming later today. This isn't the update for the Halloween event nor is it the update that will require your server to be registered in order to receive gift drops on Halloween maps, but, as with all required updates, you will need to apply the update to your servers to allow players to connect.

badp

@RonanForman tf2wh.com/specials.php might interest you

@Powerlord so the Halloween update will be tomorrow perhaps?

Powerlord

@badp Or Thursday, it's hard to say.

badp

Certainly not today.

Also I distinctly remember joining that newsletter; I guess I didn't get approved or something

Powerlord

@badp hlds_announce ?

badp

8:12 PM

@Powerlord yes

> An attempt was made to subscribe your address to the mailing list hlds_announce@list.valvesoftware.com. You are already subscribed to this mailing list.

Powerlord

Oh, he didn't send that one to hlds_announce, only hlds_linux, which has lots of emo crap on it this week.

Lazers

0

Q: Can I import my previous songs in Dance Central 2?

I just got Dance Central 2 and also own Dance Central. Now I'd like to import my Dance Central songs into Dance Central 2, but I have no idea how this works. I'm also wondering whether the old songs will support the new co-op mode. So could someone explain how to import the songs?

dance-central-2 dance-central

sjohnston

8:27 PM

That dang SE Podcast notification always notifies me 30 minutes late.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Err?

I figured...

Powerlord

It helps if I look at the message you replied to instead of assuming it was to the server logs one.

Arda Xi

Yes, it does.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi Tony Paloma only sent the "there's going to be an update" message to hlds_linux, and possibly hlds, but if he sent it to hlds it was a different message.

The emo crap (as I dubbed it) is talking about whether the mailing lists should be changed to use a forum instead.

I use the word "talking" lightly, because it's more pissing and moaning about it.

Arda Xi

It should. Mailing lists are an outdated standard from an earlier, simpler time.

Powerlord

8:37 PM

@ArdaXi You'd be surprised at how many people are arguing for it to stay a mailing list.

Arda Xi

What's the maximum length for YouTube videos on accounts in good standing now, 10 hours?

@Powerlord But why?!

Wipqozn

Wow, I love this professor. THis is the outline of the midterm he posted:

Marks Description
15 All Material (T/F with Justification)
10 Foundations (Short Answer)
20 The Object Model (Short Answer)
20 Classes, Objects, Relationships (Short Answer)
10 Quality Abstractions (Short Answer)

Readings

From "Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Aplications" by Booch et al.

1.1 - 1.6
2.1 - 2.3
3.1 - 3.6

It's nice knowing exactly how the exam will be structured, and also have a solid idea of areas I may want to focus on more when studying.

sjohnston

9:03 PM

@ArdaXi I thought you had to be a "partner" to do more than 15 minutes or somesuch

Arda Xi

Nope, now you just need good standing.

sjohnston

Iiiiinteresting

Arda Xi

Length unlimited, max file size 20 GB.

Lazers

9:25 PM

0

Q: Will someone one create a pokemon-second-generation and pokemon-third-generation tag, please?

It would seem that all of the other generations are represented except for these ones. I can't yet add tags. Will you please add them for us?

feature-request

John

@Mana. You're me. You're not supposed to be me. I'm me. WHY ARE YOU ME

Mana

Hard to say, really! It's just one of those things that happens.

John

@Mana You're making me feel like I need to change my picture to Mana-cat to restore the balance of the universe.

fredley

woot, I have the highest rep of all users on an SE site!

badp

Which?

fredley

9:38 PM

Lego :P bricks.stackexchange.com/users?tab=reputation&filter=all

badp

...Lego stack exchange?

blinks

fredley

Lego Stack Exchange!

wide staring eyes

slightly glazed look

GnomeSlice

o.o

badp

Things are getting out of hand. Slightly little.

fredley

still staring, grinning

Brant

9:39 PM

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of software projects whose name is a term offensive to many people with disabilities

:The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a ). No further edits should be made to this page. The result was DELETE. OBVIOUSLY. 18:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC) List of software projects whose name is a term offensive to many people with disabilities : – ()() Lists can be very useful on Wikipedia, but I think this is taking it a bit too far. We don’t need a list of everything that can possibly be listed...

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Aww, I kinda wanted to see this.

badp

By the name of the site I take it the site's kinda official?

"LEGO®"

fredley

Nope

It's also not exclusively about Lego

GnomeSlice

@badp Not sure, the URL isn't.

Wipqozn

@fredley ...seriously?

fredley

The URL isn't lego due to the Lego company forbidding lego in domains

not sure if they have a legal leg to stand on

but best to avoid confrontation

Tim Stone

9:41 PM

@Brant I don't even...wha...?

fredley

@Wipqozn Yup

GnomeSlice

@Brant I don't get it.

Wipqozn

@fredley -_-

badp

@fredley Perhaps, but everything seems to point towards the "Lego and just Lego" direction in the site metadata

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I mean I don't get what I'm looking at.

badp

9:42 PM

I've seen the meta question that suggests everything should go

sjohnston

@Brant I would prefer a list of projects whose name is offensive to absolutely everybody

badp

Can't help but wait until I start asking Minecraft questions there, then!

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice wrong reply. You sent your message just as I went to click reply an fredleys message. It was remarkable timing.

fredley

@badp There's already a few

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Bitch.

fredley

9:43 PM

@GnomeSlice People who love Lego and have many questions about it

badp

All I see is "Can I scan a Lego structure and generate a Minecraft world?"

GnomeSlice

@fredley Not that.

fredley

@badp bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/minecraft

badp

but, by the nature of the site, it appears that "how can I build a mob farm" would be on topic for the site.

@fredley Yes, the other questions is "Is it possible to build simple logic gates with lego mechanics?"

However... Minecraft is arguably a lego-like!

You have blocks. You can build things with them! And they can do things, or look like things!

fredley

Ok here's a fun challenge: Who can get away with posting the most identically titled Gaming.SE questions to Lego

GnomeSlice

9:45 PM

What about Lego Mindstorms?

fredley

+Points for classic/epic question titles

GnomeSlice

That could overlap into programming or robotics.

badp

Just saying, you'll want to draw the line at some point

GnomeSlice

@fredley Challenge accepted.

Arda Xi

What kind of questions do you ask there though.

GnomeSlice

9:45 PM

Dammit, private Beta.

Arda Xi

brick-rec

GnomeSlice

[tag:whydoesn'tthiswork]

badp

Actually they're already discussing on meta about identify-this-brick

GnomeSlice

@badp Has the syntax for displaying tags in chat changed?

badp

If you want, snoop Lego and Lego Meta.

John

9:47 PM

@GnomeSlice You can still read it though. Unless they fixed that...

badp

Required updates for Team Fortress 2 are now available. The specific changes include:

- Fixed a client crash caused by corrupt particle data
- The Professor's Peculiarity can now be used as a crafting ingredient
- Football Manager 2012 promo items are now tradable and available for purchase
- Additional stability/performance work for both clients and servers
- Updated localization files

John

@badp Apparently, they didn't fix that.

GnomeSlice

> Fatal error: The user ID must be numeric in /home/markness/column80-sofu/phpstack.class.php on line 419

...That doesn't sound good.

badp

@John Is there anything to fix in the first place?

GnomeSlice

That's when I try to view the [what-brick-is-this] question, @badp.

badp

9:48 PM

Not my site

GnomeSlice

brick-rec

See, THAT worked.

murder

And now so did that...

Didn't work in the podcast chat.

BoltClock

Holy crap, it's almost 6 am here

GnomeSlice

KaG, why are you trying to update every time I open you, I've already downloaded the update...

@wipqozn did you close the registration for the tournament?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I put up a message saying when it ended, but I forgot to change it to say it is over (was studying)

doing it now

GnomeSlice

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A: Frozen Synapse tournament

In. This is my Steam profile; you should be able to add me with jasonlove or jsnlxndrlv, but I haven't actually tested to verify that this is correct.

What do you think, should I include this user in the tournament?

Wipqozn

9:57 PM

@GnomeSlice Why not?

oh

nevermind okay

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Well, he never actually gave his FS username.

Adding jsnlxndrlv worked, but he hasn't even been back since to confirm.

Arda Xi

> Record Your Games: Since Frozen Synapse has a built in feature to upload all matches to youtube, we request that you upload your matches to Youtube when you finish them. This way the matches can be shared amongst the community.

This never ever worked for me.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi Me neither.

@Wipqozn So... yes/no?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice It's your decision. You are the one making the bracket, and you are the one that will be inconvenienced by this.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Well, no I'm not.

His opponent will be, if he doesn't show.

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