The Bridge

Honestly, if I wanted to look at pretty girls... well, there are places for that.

I want to discuss the music.

Not who the half naked girl in the image is, how old she is, how naked she is, or how big various parts of her are.

Jeez.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice You're perusing YouTube comments to discuss a topic seriously? You're doing it wrong.

YouTube commenters, on average, are like the lowest class of internet users.

Surprisingly, these videos tend to have some of the most organized and directed discussions of Youtube.

They're just not directed at the music.

Arda Xi

Sadly, yes.

12:16 AM

Damn, this is a great mix though.

stevether

Just okay.

You know what's really fun? Driving down a 70MPH expressway at 25MPH. You know what's really, really fun? Doing it in near whiteout conditions.

Whiteout (weather)

Whiteout is a weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand. The horizon disappears completely and there are no reference points at all, leaving the individual with a distorted orientation. Whiteout has been defined as: A condition of diffuse light when no shadows are cast, due to a continuous white cloud layer appearing to merge with the white snow surface. No surface irregularities of the snow are visible, but a dark object may be clearly seen. There is no visible horizon. A whiteout may be due simply to extremely heavy snowfall rates as seen ...

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@Powerlord Oh, man, that is seriously unfun. :(

@AshleyNunn Yes, I actually drove past my exit, too... I saw a sign that may or may not have been the sign before my exit (it was btw), but there was no evidence of an exit lane there.

Q: Where does the game League of Legends take place?

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World of Warcraft = Azeroth Heroes of Newerth = Newerth Where does League of Legends play out? In lore, what is this place called?

1

Q: How do I examine the Crime Scene?

I am trying to solve the "Blood on the ice"-quest and am told to examine the crime scene. But I cannot find any trigger to activate or object to collect. What am I supposed to find/do here?

user15026

12:23 AM

@Powerlord Oh, yikes. Glad you got to where you were going (home?) okay.

@AshleyNunn Yes. I'm there now. Ended up getting off at the next exit, which is in a more populated area (the car directly in front of me was heading off there, too, which helped a lot)

Then took the back roads back. I'm still wondering if I shouldn't have taken a different route from there.

But yeah, passed quite a few cars off the road... and even a Semi off the road.

@ArdaXi That would be IGN users.

user15026

This fascinates me - I am not a Minecraft player whatsoever, but I like when people do cool things, and modelling carbon emissions ingame is kinda neat.

I swear that most of the reason I got to IGN is to just see what idiotic comments people post.

@Wipqozn to just what?

12:28 AM

Well that's ironic.

@GnomeSlice I do.

user15026

@Powerlord Oh, man, that's rough :(

You make that error a lot.

@GnomeSlice I do.

@Wipqozn I see what you did there.

So why did you want to know if anyone played Voxatron @GnomeSlice?

Because I play it.

As do most of the people on Gaming.SE I believe

12:29 AM

To have them try out some of the stuff I've been working on, but you've already seen it.

@GnomeSlice Did you upload it to our Voxatron server?

@Wipqozn Voxatron doesn't work like that. And no, I've just posted them in the forums, because they're not finished.

Well, the Santa model is, I guess.

That one was uploaded.

@GnomeSlice Well, build it in our voxatron server.

@Wipqozn Voxatron doesn't work like that...

@GnomeSlice THis is just depressing me. You're not taking my bait!

You're supposed to go "We have a voxatron server?"

12:31 AM

I see what you're doing. I'm just taking it as an opportunity to make you look like an idiot.

and then I follow up with "yeah, the IP is on our Voxatron chatroom"

and then I just link to the minecraft chat

@GnomeSlice I know, like I said, depressing.

Mission accomplished.

you really need to stop being so selfish and start thinking of other people @GnomeSlice, and by other people, I mean thinking of me exclusively.

This fucking snorting tic makes it really hard to eat sometimes.

@GnomeSlice You have a tic?

That must be annoying as all heck.

12:33 AM

I have tourette's syndrome.

I have many tics.

Oh, I was unaware of this.

It's not very severe, usually.

I can hide it pretty well in public.

The tics get worse when I'm stressed, and I've been under a lot of stress.

I've gathered that.

So, who thinks I should skip work tomorrow! \o

Most of my tics involve 'cracking' various joints.

12:35 AM

@Powerlord I do.

user15026

@Powerlord raises hand

Knuckles, Neck, Jaw.

We don't want you to die @Powerlord :( We love you!

The jaw one is really starting to hurt.

I'm going to be eating through a straw within the next 10-20 years probably.

Maybe less.

Well shit, that sucks :/

user15026

12:36 AM

@GnomeSlice That really sucks :(

Plus, arthritis runs in my family, and I crack all of my everything so often my joints are all already sore most of the time.

Didn't think the snorting was too bad, but for the past few weeks it's been BRUTAL.

Perhaps you should cheer yourself up by stealing some candy from small children. That's what I do whenever I'm depressed.

Go to hell, Youtube.

@Wipqozn I just try not to think about it.

That's how I deal with everything.

Or take antidepressants.

But that is/was mostly because of a girl.

@GnomeSlice The female you talked about in here before, who took advantage of you?

Yes, but I wasn't really taken advantage of. Just was led to believe something false.

user15026

12:38 AM

@GnomeSlice hugs

@AshleyNunn how'd you take a screenshot of a table that tall

user15026

@NickT With a Chrome extension that @GnomeSlice linked me to. :)

It's still a pretty uselessly high table

BITCH.

did something right.

user15026

@badp Yeah, I know, but it is the best I could do

user15026

12:41 AM

@GnomeSlice ??

@AshleyNunn Something I linked was useful, for once.

success

user15026

@GnomeSlice Hey, you have linked me to plenty useful things :D

You're some sort of anomaly.

user15026

@GnomeSlice I get that a lot XD

@GnomeSlice I really want to star that, but I'm sure if I did it would get flagged.

Assuming it already hasn't been.

FallenAngelEyes

12:50 AM

g'night all

user15026

@FallenAngelEyes 'Night!

1:08 AM

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Q: Where is Lydia's home?

With my first character, Lydia would hang out in the Jarl of Whiterun's palace until I bought Breezehome, and then she moved in there. With my second character, I don't own Breezehome, but I do own Honeyside. I dismissed Lydia and went to find her later, but she didn't appear in either location. ...

Q: When does the treasure merchant Sheikah Stone become available?

1:30 AM

2

In The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword there is supposed to be a Sheikah Stone that sells treasure. This answer tells where to find the stone, but says nothing about when it is available. How soon can I find it?

zelda-skyward-sword

0

Q: What exactly happened to get the Mage's Guild Disbanded?

I see bits of text saying that the Collage of Winterhold was not affected by the disbanding of the Mage's Guild. But what I want to know is the story of the Disbanding of the Mage's Guild. What happened? Why was it disbanded? (For example: Did they do something treasonous? and if so what was ...

Q: What ports need to be opened to play multiplayer reliably?

1

So I'm trying to configure my firewall to open the right ports needed to play multiplayer. According to Ubisoft's Support page: ...you will need to configure your router or firewall to allow the following network ports for the best possible connection: ACR Ports: UDP: 21200, 7959, 3074 Uplay...

pc assassins-creed-revel

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Q: Where can I find an unattractive, overweight woman of leisure?

One of the assassination targets in the Saintsbook is "Smoov" in Henry Steel Mills. To draw him out, I apparently have to, and I quote, "grab one of his ho's" who are described as "fatter, uglier ones." However, after an exhaustive sweep of the area, I haven't found any women of leisure that ...

saints-row-the-third

0

Q: Risks Of Downgrading Minecraft?

Are there a risk(s) to downgrading your Minecraft to lets say from 1.0.0 to 1.8.1? Will this mess up your saves or texture packs?

Q: How do you unlock the "Khaaan!" achievement in Civ 5?

1

I played through the 100 turns of a Mongol scenario and didn't conquer the number of civs I was supposed to (5 for King in my case). But I didn't get the "Khaaan!" achievement either ("Run out of time to beat the Mongol scenario"). Does anyone know if it's bugged, or if there's a trick to unloc...

achievements civilization-5

@Lazers There's no way that isn't a dupe.

@GnomeSlice Did a quick search, and it doesn't look like a dupe.

I definitely remember another question about Khan, and an achievement.

@GnomeSlice As do I, but I think it was for... magicka maybe? or castle crashers?

Definitely not Castle Crashers.

Q: Khaaaaaaaan! (how to kill him)

1:36 AM

@GnomeSlice here we go

15

How am I supposed to kill the orc chief Khan? He is faster than me, just grabs me and pummels me to death. I don't have enough time to really hurt him before he is able to grab me. My fight with him looks something like this: Any ideas on how to survive this boss fight?

magicka boss-fights

Alright then.

Hah, commented as related

You clever girl @GnomeSlice

Q: What Are Your Favorite Custom Maps?

aww, I can't flag anymore?

unless it's spam I guess

-1

What are your favorite maps? Any recommendations? I like maps that are for exploring and survival maps.Ex.Skyblock, Minecraft Island Adventure Playset, Castaway Island...

Ah damn @GnomeSlice, you beat me by 27 seconds!

1 hour ago, by GnomeSlice

BITCH.

1:47 AM

@agent86 You used up all your daily flags?

You're like a bloody machine @agent86

@Wipqozn negative, I've crossed 3k

IT's just not fair, we can't compete with you..

flags are now close votes

Well damn

cast a close vote on that question then :)

It can be your first one

I did! I thought I was flagging :P

1:48 AM

@agent86 Also, you should still flag when closing.

All 10k+ users see flags

well, when I pushed flag I think it took me to the close vote thing

now pushing flag just gives me less options

what category do you flag under?

@Wipqozn, when you flag after closing, what do you flag it under?

@agent86 The reason you think it should be closed.

The reason for the flag basically

I only get like "its spam"

or "it's offensive"

@agent86 Are you sure?

Maybe it's just remembering your favourite things.

1:52 AM

there were more flag options previously

You should be seeing a "it needs moderator attention"

I'm not really sure, but @GraceNote could probably help you with that @agent86

@Wipqozn yeah, under that it's "very low quality" or "other"

the other two options are "it is spam" and "it is not welcome in our community"

@agent86 yeah, you choose one of those.

Q: What Are Your Favorite Custom Maps?

-1

What are your favorite maps? Any recommendations? I like maps that are for exploring and survival maps.Ex.Skyblock, Minecraft Island Adventure Playset, Castaway Island...

ah, okay

before, I had more "buckets" for flag

but those I guess became "reasons for closing"

1:54 AM

I normally go with "Very low quality" if there is no way for the question to be salvaged, such as it being subjective.

If ti is off-topic I normally go with "other"

rgr. the options changed and it scared me

Fuck. @Mana hit the spacebar or something on Facebook, and the little is typing... message is driving me nuts.

@GnomeSlice That dick

At least I'm not the only one which is driven crazy by stuff like that

okay, I think I've calmed down.. OH GOD WHAT IS THAT oh it's just my keyboard, whew

@GnomeSlice He's actually trying to find a way to tell you he's madly in bromance with you.

Apparently he couldn't, so I'll just make it easier for him and cut to the chase

2:04 AM

@badp I knew it!

Well, there's something you're not excited to come back and read.

@GnomeSlice Why not?

Do you not return mana's feelings?

No, it was a bug in facebook.

aww... poor mana :(

He said he's been having some disagreements with his female partner regarding game developement.

2:07 AM

well Gnome, let him down easy. You heart breaker you.

Needless to say, he didn't like most of my suggestions.

@GnomeSlice Is that a euphemism for sex?

"Punch him/her in the cubes", for example.

And most notably, 'Let me talk to her'.

> NO.

Oh gnome, you character.

And I made a bunch of inappropriate jokes about sex.

i.e. "let her get her way, then maybe get laid".

2:08 AM

@GnomeSlice In other words you're a hero

+20 respect points Gnome

then bitch at her.

Then I realized what a douchebag I am.

@GnomeSlice are you sure it's okay to take this private chat and open it up for all of us to read?

Seriously, what the hell is my problem.

@badp I was wondering the same thing.

I mean, I enjoy gossiping as much as everybody else, but...

2:09 AM

@badp Yeah. You all already know I'm an asshole.

@badp Thanks for clearing that star.

Actually I think I'll remove my stars so not to draw attention to this conversation.

Oh. Good.

@GnomeSlice that was me yo, see above

I'd rather not draw attention to this, or I would star 3 of those posts

No worries, I'm not going to star. Just pin

Problem un-averted.

success

2:10 AM

I don't know who starred my post, but you honestly just made my night.

Thank you.

33 secs ago, by GnomeSlice

Problem un-averted.

(It was me).

ahahah, and now it's pinned. omg, my night is made.

Although, I didn't pin it.

Actually, I was going to ask about that, why is nearly everyone but me a room owner?

Wipqozn also isn't.

IIRC, Arda also isn't.

nearly

2:12 AM

We have 8 room owners, 3 of which are mods.

And the rest of whom are jerks.

And oak, who used to be a mod.

Largely.

Well, no.

@GnomeSlice Are you saying you're a prime candidate then?

For God's sake, I walked right into that one, didn't I.

2:14 AM

Also, just so everyone knows, @GnomeSlice thinks we're all jerks.

I'm not starring that.

@GnomeSlice Yes, you did.

28 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

1 hour ago, by GnomeSlice

BITCH.

@GnomeSlice If you were cool, you would.

Is there a limit on the number of room owners a room can have @badp?

@Wipqozn Custom FS games with user-defined teams are much better.

2:16 AM

@Wipqozn no idea.

@DMA and I have been doing them like that since our first was so unfair.

@badp Add a bunch of bots until it stops accepting them?

@badp IF not, you should make every person on the SE Network a room owner except @GnomeSlice

That reminds me, @keviny and I finished our first match:
Wipqozn (1) - KevinY (0)

@GnomeSlice I like my idea better. It's funnier.

Granted.

Also, congrats on 3k @agent86

I was too caught up in responding to your flag questions to give you 'gratz before

Ah, bloody hell.

Looks like @DMA is going to win our last game.

2:21 AM

@GnomeSlice Heavens to betsy.

Ah, well.

2:34 AM

anyone know any other tricks beyond margins and fractional line-spacing to make text fit into X pages?

@NickT Smaller font, or lower your kerning.

kerning = char spacing?

@NickT writing an essay?

yeah

@NickT Er, yeah. Sorry. Space between characters.

Even a very slight decrease can get you quite a bit more space.

2:38 AM

So, I've been thinking of creating a Roguelike in Python. I think it would be a fun coding project which would also serve to greatly improve my coding abilities.

@RonanForman How on earth am I "Least Credible"?! What did I do to deserve that?!

@Wipqozn *serve

Cool project, btw.

@John thank you :)

I want to work on my Voxatron level some more, but the editor needs to run full screen.

...Eh.

@Wipqozn It should totally have multiplayer and we can play it for "Game On!"

@John haha, totally :P

2:40 AM

You could give it built in user profiles for Gaming.SE people.

So that it knows when we're online.

As long as you don't make mine an asshole.

@GnomeSlice No worries, you would do that all on your own ;)

@GnomeSlice That period completely changes your meaning. FYI.

@John Notice how quickly I removed it. :P

Q: What Are Your Favorite Custom Maps?

@GnomeSlice I dunno, I saw it for, like, 3 whole seconds! :P

I missed casting the closing vote on this question by 14 seconds. :(

-3

What are your favorite maps? Any recommendations? I like maps that are for exploring and survival maps.Ex.Skyblock, Minecraft Island Adventure Playset, Castaway Island...

So?

Anyone want to play some Super Spring Break SpeedBoat Hero SD and compare times?

Guess not.

2:47 AM

@GnomeSlice It's just so satisfying. It's a tangible way to see the improvement in the site that you're making.

@GnomeSlice what's the link for that again?

The Stack Exchange Speedway

That should load one of my custom tracks.

@GnomeSlice Oh yeah. That's the thing that gives me "The Unity Web Player is not currently compatible with the operating system that you appear to be using." whenever I try it.

Wat.

@GnomeSlice You ~~heard~~ read me.

2:49 AM

Well, that sucks.

@agent86 See? I have an answer, so I post a question, and in the time it takes me to write a seriously good answer, two more have been posted!

@GnomeSlice Yup. Incompatibility always does.

user15026

@GnomeSlice What is that?

@AshleyNunn Amazing.

The Stack Exchange Speedway

2 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

2:51 AM

Unfortunately, all of my custom track links have... pretty good times on them. I can't even beat any of them.

The editor is so buggy, too.

You have to be careful placing sharks, because they don't undo correctly.

@Ronan "John: Fortification Nut" Better? Worse? About the same? Too idiomatic?

Hey, just made a new track, though I kind of wish I'd made it 2 laps.

user15026

@GnomeSlice It looks like fun, but it runs unplayably slow on my netbook :( when I am not sick and can sit up at my desktop I will check it out :)

@AshleyNunn Turn the graphics down to low. They really are low.

user15026

@GnomeSlice problem is, I can't even get to the point where I can change settings - it pretty much freezes my browser.

2:59 AM

There's a little circle you click at the top right. I think it's on every screen, including the main menu.

Oh well.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Oh, maybe I will try that. :)

It probably says 'hi' or 'med'.

Q: How to get the Vista achievement?

1

Is it a reference to Windows Vista? Is it an actual vista of an entire level from top? Where can I find this particular secret?

achievements serious-sam-3-bfe

0

Q: Potions and poisons with both positive and negative effects

Using alchemy I combined Blue Mountain Flower and Hanging Moss to create a poison that had Damage Magicka Regen (100%) and Fortify Health effects, i.e. a positive and a negative effect. Does this mean if I use it to poison an enemy then they will not be able to regen magicka but will gain healt...

skyrim alchemy

0

Q: Is there a downside to using heavy armor as a mage?

I am playing a mage in skyrim (100% magicka increase per level). So basically my health is pretty low. Now cloth items do not seem to have high armor ratings. I thought I could use heavy armor instead. I thought of using the Astronach Forge to create deadric armor, so I do not have to invest an...

Q: How long does it take to move into silver league?

0

I am rank 3 in my bronze league division in Starcraft 2. I just played a 4v4 quick match with 2 gold players and 1 silver player on my team, and 2 golds/2 silvers on the other team. And I wasn't the worst player on the list post-game, either. When will I be moved into Silver league?

starcraft-2

I'm sure it will run on low, low has basically nothing in it.

Shit.

Gotta start over.

This track thinks you skip pieces when you don't.

We should do a tournament.

I already have... 6 tracks we could use.

Is the HackSpace Game Jam the thing @Mana is doing?

user15026

3:15 AM

@GnomeSlice My time was 1:24:03, and I took out like 15 crowd members and flipped twice. >.<

@AshleyNunn I forget what mine was. Crowd takedowns are good, I think.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Yours was 43 something seconds :P

Yeah... problem is there's no way to save a track without running it first.

user15026

@GnomeSlice so why not run it?

No, but then, if you get a good time, it's hard for other people to post their times. You only get a link if you beat the current time, I think.

3:20 AM

@badp :P gotta move FAST if you want to beat me to the punch

user15026

@GnomeSlice yeah, when I finished it it said I wouldn't get a link for it because I didn't beat your time.

@agent86 Fast is not the point :P

also this level's end was serious. And abrupt :(

I left so many goodies behind T_T

lost to a cutscene my computer could only render three frames of

Q: How is Experience handled with Companions?

1

When I am out in the wilds with a companion, e.g., Aela the Huntress or Mjoll the Lioness, how is it decided who gains how much experience by defeating foes? Do all the kills my companion achieves get attributed to me, are they splitted up, or does each companion level up on his own? If I wante...

skyrim leveling npcs

0

Q: Can I drive the Animal Population of Skyrim into Extinction?

Are all or certain animal populations endangered by the Dragonborn? Can I, by my hunting, drive the whole population of wolves, mammoths, and giants into extinction? Or will the game reopoluate the world again? If so, is there a pattern?

Q: In Windows 7, if I play a full screen game, then all apps become "full screen" as well

oh, but I see it didn't really matter.

I guess that after pulling a HL2 they had to pull a Quake 4.

Stack Exchange

1

In Windows 7, when I play a full screen game, then quit the game, all windows, such as those belonging to Firefox or Windows Explorer, become full screen as well. This means that they will expand to the full screen, as if the taskbar did not exist. Anyone know how to fix this?

windows-7 gaming fullscreen

3:31 AM

To whom it may concern - I can't reply to comment flags

Moderation "never" is about telling a right answer or comment from a wrong answer or comment

It takes more than "factually incorrect" to delete a comment.

3:43 AM

Grrr.

I'm having a very irritating "pass by reference" error

actually, why the hell not just hardcode it?

bah! In your face, pass-by-reference!

I see you solved pass-by-reference through by-pass-reference.

bad pun of the day

OH JEEZ. I'M PLAYING MINECRAFT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS.

Pass by reference is wonderful until it isn't.

@GnomeSlice SOMEBODY CALL THE POLICE

@Gnome Your parents might be interested in security.stackexchange.com/questions/9286/bypassing-vista

user15026

Since when did Halls throat drops have little encouraging messages on the wrappers?

3:50 AM

@badp I mean, I guess I should be using clone() instead of just array = anotherarray

still, infuriating.

@badp Pretty sure my dad created that site.

@RavenDreamer Think of all the bytes!

What language are you using? C++?

C#

I mean, it's sort of a manufactured problem, anyway, because I've set it to loop back and forth between my two levels

a normal game wouldn't loop the levels, so no need to reuse the arrays

which means who cares what the values look like after you're done with them.

3:52 AM

Well it's still a problem

You might want to have a "branch level" where, once done, you return to the "main level sequence"

THE POLICE.

e.g. Level 1 → Level 2 → Level 2 branch → Level 2 → Level 3.

and perhaps the player can go back and through at will.

Given that my game is a Tempest clone...

but that's besides the point.

►

user15026

@GnomeSlice Is that a policepig?

3:53 AM

LOL.

This definitely wasn't in the game.

@GnomeSlice The readme.txt does mention that

@badp Steam doesn't usually come with readmetexts. Although I did play it on this machine first. Must have missed it.

@badp I guess the question is, "Can I pass an array by value with one line of code?"

Though I guess Clone() is the answer to that anyway.

Maybe a better question would be, "How can I simply pass an array by value?".

from "read me pppppplease.txt":

> The bonus song "Waiting for VVVVVV" (loosely based on Stephen Lynch's "super hero") is a joke between me, Deceased Crab, and Terry Cavanagh. It's not featured in the game in any way (doesn't even start with P, to indicate this), but I thought it'd be fun to include anyway.

> It's me singing with my guitalele into a cheap noisy microphone, and is totally unprocessed except for normalization. I don't claim to be a great singer or a good gitaleleist, but if the song puts a smile on your face then my goal was accomplished! :)

@GnomeSlice I'm listening to the indie game bundle, and this is so far the only song I've skipped.

3:56 AM

@RavenDreamer Hah. Seriously though, this soundtrack is incredible.

Also, I bet the one by Zircon is just AMAZING.

@GnomeSlice Yeah. I had to up my order to $10 for MOAR MUSIC

@GnomeSlice Try it in Audiosurf.