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Bob
12:00 AM
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Q: Problems at White Gloves Society

DrakeWhen you visit Ultra-Luxe and meet the White Gloves Society members there is a mission that asks to look for an investigator. The problem is that as soon as I enter inside its room I am attacked by two guards and die because unarmed. How can I win against them? I tried many times but it seems I ...

 
12:17 AM
Hooray Methinks I just found a PAX pass!
 
12:29 AM
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss
 
12:42 AM
Hmm... Should we make a post over on Meta.Gamedev.SE about our community ads, encouraging devs there to promote their projects to us?
 
12:55 AM
Sounds cool to me.
 
Those GameDev people need to get to work on a game that I can play, and as I do, the AI finishes the work I'm putting off for me.
 
1:29 AM
Okay, so I have a PAX badge lined up, now to swing Friday off.
 
Bob
2:10 AM
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Q: Deus-Ex Hi-res textures - Steam

ScottI'm looking to begin playing through Deus-Ex which I purchased on Steam. I've heard about hi-res texture packs for the original game. I've come across posting which explains how to use this with Steam. Is this still the best way to achieve using these textures? I hope not, cause I don't have ...

 
2:42 AM
@Shaun It was the one where he was a embedded reporter reporting on Starcraft 2
 
Heya @tzenes
 
hi
 
How's it going?
 
alright
you?
 
3:01 AM
Doin' okay
trying to figure out if I can make a last minute trip to PAX East possible
I can get a badge, and I can get to Boston, but I have noplace to crash up there. I'm not averse to sleeping in my car for the one night, but I have no knowledge of Boston whatsoever, so I don't know where I'd be able to park to do that.
 
I'd suggest a hotel, really
But there's a couple parking lots in the general vicinity of the Convention Center that are a fair walking distance.
 
@GraceNote $$$$
@GraceNote last minute, etc.
 
The hotel I'm at actually still has a room open for Saturday.
But that one might be too pricey.
Ooh, fooey, the one particularly decently balanced in price/location hotel is sold up.
...yeah, I suppose if you're doing it last minute, $199 is probably outside your budget
Parking's going to cost you upwards of $30 for the night, though, just to warn you
 
3:19 AM
@GraceNote I am not averse to parking on the street on the other side of town.
I just don't know boston well enough to do so
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz You'd actually probably find it wiser to park at a lot at the end of one of the metro lines
 
@GraceNote Yeah, something like that is exactly what I'm thinking
I just don't know boston well enough to do so.
 
This would be easier if I could just be pointing at a map with you
 
google maps lets you bookmark/link pins, doesn't it?
 
Possibly. I was using some funky map dealie on my Dad's iPad
 
3:34 AM
mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/… <- $8.00 overnight parking. I'm still not keen on the logistics of sleeping in a car overnight, but this subway is on the line that can take you to South Station, which is where you'd want to get off to get to the Convention Center.
 
3:47 AM
I wish I could go to Pax east...
 
I don't even know what plane fare is like these days, other than expensive.
 
Money's not the issue, its time
 
Ah. I see
 
@GraceNote Hmm.. so, 15/day it looks like, total of ~35 in parking costs, + like 20 in mass transit fares...so 55, + like... probably like 150 in gas and tolls. I can get a bus up to boston for 42 round trip, so if I can get a room for 2 nights for 80/night or less, it's breakeven to go that route.
 
4:04 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Unless you get a lucky bid on somewhere like priceline.com, you're probably not going to find an $80 night stay.
 
I see a few 60-80's on priceline, I just don't know what mass transit access is like from them
 
 
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5:09 AM
Hmm... Found a hotel for 70 on the other end of the red line. 1 hour train ride according to Google Maps. best I'm gonna do I think
 
Bob
5:54 AM
0
Q: How many party members are in Dragon Age 2

StecyaSo far I have discovered only four : Verrick , Bethany , Aveline, Merril Is there any more?

 
Bob
6:36 AM
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Q: Where can i find a good Runescape bot?

rickeyIm currently using rsbot 2.29 but i think there may be better ones and i want to know

 
7:36 AM
anyone here?
 
Eh?
 
Yes
but not for long
 
Does anyone know why the ACK sends the last packets sequence number +1
?
 
I have, uh, no absolutely no idea what you're talking about
 
In TCP, if the last packet I receive has a sequence number of x, I send an ack of x+1. I'm wondering if there's a reason for that or it's just that that's the protocol agreed upon
 
7:41 AM
scratch head Why are you asking this in the Gaming room?
 
@Mechko I think it means "I expect the next packet to have this number"
 
@YiJiang because... umm... I was hoping someone knew :(
@badp that's what I suspect, but I might have to prove that for my homework (which shouldn't be a problem, but I want to make sure I'm right :D
 
I'm trying to think of a reason too right now
It's probably consistency with the rest of the stack though, because 'ack x' and 'ack x+1' doesn't make a real difference
 
well if it does make a difference it only does so on the border cases, I suspect
so consider x = maxSeqNum and hence x + 1 "=" 0
 
yeah, well, one of the two parties is going to have to go back to 0
actually both probably do so independently with enough lag
given that you might very well be sending x+10 by the time you get the ack for x+1
 
7:46 AM
right
 
...for stupidly large sizes of that window
actually the window may be the reason why you send ack+1
 
why's that?
 
on receiving a "normal" ack, the new start of the sending window is x+1
well, x+1 % window_size
 
?
 
 
7:51 AM
but that is just equiv to (x % w_size + 1)%w_size, so that doesn't add info
 
The green window starts at x+1
Yeah, I know.
Maybe there's the assumption that the sending party might have a few extra CPU cycles to spare? :P
 
lol
 
Please tell me when you find out what the reason is
I think it's for consistency with non-ACK uses of this field
or even previous networking protocols
although by Wikipedia there doesn't seem to be other uses
> Acknowledgment number (32 bits) – if the ACK flag is set then the value of this field is the next sequence number that the receiver is expecting. This acknowledges receipt of all prior bytes (if any). The first ACK sent by each end acknowledges the other end's initial sequence number itself, but no data.
Here, this must be the edge case
At the start of the connection, each party determines the packet number the other should start from
that's by definition x+1, because there's no x-th packet to begin with
(@Mechko)
 
ah got it.
Consider that the window is the size of the sequence space.
so the syn starts off by saying "Lets start at number x"
oh wait nvm
 
@badp I don't think that link works for non-mods
 
8:01 AM
lol
 
@YiJiang Hm, good point. I picked the wrong site to look at the new tabs :P
 
8:36 AM
So when I send a FIN packet, I increment my sequence number right?
so I send data=X, then FIN=X+1
and then expect ACK=X+2
right? :(
 
@Mechko You expect data after a FIN?
oh well you might/should expect a FIN ACK
 
right...
 
I have absolutely no clue :)
 
so the last packet of data and the FIN have different sequence numbers
 
9:08 AM
GAAAAH
I failed Descent again.
Stupid bouncy fast things.
 
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Q: Protocol and server for chat.stackoverflow.com

iliusHi What's the protocol and server address for "chat.stackoverflow.com" ? I want to connect to it using a messaging client like Pidgin (or XChat or Empathy) if possible. Is the protocol IRC? And Whats the servers adreess? (for example irc.freenode.net)

 
 
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Bob
10:56 AM
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Q: Help identifying game

MikMikHi, I've trying to find the name of an arcade game I used to play in the late 80s or early 90s, but with no luck so far. It was a platform game, and the main character was a cartoon-like red ninja or samurai trying to save his girl. I remember his sword was kind of moon-shaped. Does anybody kno...

 
11:31 AM
@badp I have to ask... why?
I mean, I checked, this is a PNG, but you could've fooled me that it's a JPEG.
 
@ArdaXi It's for the bigger picture. Where is your ad btw?
 
@badp Somewhere between my lack of Photoshop and design talent.
 
Fuck, I wanted to take a screenshot of a WTF moment in TF2 and hit PrtScr instead of F12, then switched to Windows. Now I don't have the screenshot and I can't get back into TF2.
@ArdaXi I'm not overflowing with talent either ;)
 
@badp I noticed.
But really, why is the text so blurred?
 
Yet you bask in your inaction.
 
11:39 AM
@badp I do what I do best. Insult people and criticise.
 
I'm glad you're aware of your general uselessness.
 
That ad would be much better if it had sharp text, a transparent background and that weird colour bar done away with.
 
@ArdaXi Then it'd be just some text boxes threw together with GIMP; I'm sure you can manage as much.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
 
@badp I could do better, theoretically, but I have no creativity in either witty text or design.
Of course I can recreate this with a bit of sheen, if that's what you're asking.
What's the font used in the logo? Tempesta too?
 
obviously
 
11:50 AM
As I said, I'm not a designer.
 
You could've noticed I used gaming's colours, gaming's fonts and gaming's link style.
The "weird color bar" comes straight from Jin's design post, btw.
 
Which?
 
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Q: Design Ideas for Gaming Site (updated with screenshots v2)

JinHi all. I'm Jin and I'll be working on the designs for the Stack Exchange sites as they graduate from the beta phase. Each site will have its own unique theme that will reflects its topic. However, all sites will share quite a bit of common elements so they feel like they're part of the Stack Exc...

 
Oh, that one.
(FYI, Jin has about 32 design posts on meta)
 
(FYI, there's just one post explaining the design)
 
11:55 AM
"design post" != "post explaining the design"
That palette is useful, although this isn't going to print so it's a bit weird to put it in the ad itself.
 
"design post" != " post"
 
Bob
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Q: How do you turn on "fake fullscreen" in TF2 and other Source games?

badpI'm sure Arda mentioned this in chat, and it was mentioned in the site too, but for the life of me I wasted 15 minutes trying to get back into TF2 after alt-tabbing out, then wasted 15 minutes trying to find the relevant piece of information again. So I'll ask: how do you turn "fake fullscreen" ...

 
Don't rush, it's self-answered.
 
@badp Actually, "design post" !== " post". "design post" == " post."
 
Me? JS? Seriously? :P
 
11:58 AM
@badp Type equality isn't just used in JS.
And we have a rule on self-answering questions, in case you don't remember.
 
I've been self answering posts for a long time without anyone whining
 
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Q: Etiquette of *immediately* answering one's own question

OakThere are a lot of meta-discussions, here and on meta.stackoverflow, that all agree that self-answers are okay but it is encouraged to wait a bit, to give others a chance to answer. However, let's assume there was something that is interesting for me and I've performed some active research on it...

@badp It's the immediately that's bad.
 
1. Rule != Etiquette
2. Ain't closed
3. I can CW the answer, but that's not the point of CW
4. Weight of whine is inversely proportional to amount of whine
 
@badp You could do what you just did, but that's not the point of the site.
 
@ArdaXi In the mean time you could've written a better answer and I would've upvoted it. You're still waiting for Godot.
 
12:03 PM
@badp There are so many things I could do.
 
Bob
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Q: Why was a drop immediately discarded?

badpI failed played some more TF2 today, and was dropped some sort of spiked mace. However, it was automatically discarded for some reason. (I received a second item with it, but for some other reason TF2 hanged when I alt-tabbed while trying to get a screenshot for this question.) What happened? Is...

 
Then go do things.
 
@badp I said that to illustrate that there is no reason why I should do things just because I can.
 
room topic changed to The Bridge: of Gaming's StackExchange™ AlienOverlord AskQuestion™ mothership, wherein we take loving care of our recharging lazers, as we bathe in our newfound embedding and advertising powers. Cookie to the first legitimate use of a rickroll in an answer. (-100 rep for all other uses.)
 
12:24 PM
good day
 
@tarrasch Hey
 
@badp :)
 
I got bored.
 
what is game on actually?
 
@tarrasch Weekly event where we get together and play video games
 
12:37 PM
oh cool
what is played?
 
Depends, we vote on it.
 
what was played last time?
 
Team Fortress 2
 
:)
pity there is no league of legends there ...
 
:eyes @badp: What did you do to @Feeds?
 
12:40 PM
@YiJiang CENSORSHIP.
 
Oh, and Ask Ubuntu just got its own community ads thingadongdong
 
That means that either the idea doesn't suck, or we couldn't adequately try it.
 
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Q: Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011

Geoff DalgasWhat in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going On Here? TL;DR -- put images and links in the answers. If they get voted up enough, they will appear on the main site as community promotion ads. But whyyyyyyy? This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the s...

 
At least our users can sort of read.
 
@ArdaXi Actually, my ad also does not match the size requirement
I thought it would be the same, but apparently not. Or did they change it after I posted that answer? Can't remember
 
12:45 PM
@YiJiang But that's not so bad as having something that doesn't even come remotely close to what is asked
 
1:11 PM
Surprisingly, hitting the top of the meter for "heroic driving" at maximum multiplier in NFS:Undercover does absolutely nothing.
Not even an unicorn cameo.
Just some blinking.
 
Bob
0
Q: Are there any games/tactics where infestor controlled units are used to build "foreign" units?

bummzackI recently completed the "Zerglot" achievement, as described here. In short, you have to warp in a Zealot, while playing Zerg. You can do this, by using neural parasite (Infestor) on an enemy drone and use the drone to build a nexus. Then you control a nexus and you can start up your own Protoss...

 
1:25 PM
Why does AskUbuntu have a link to SO careers and not us, anyway?
 
Bob
2:13 PM
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Q: Playing my Playsation 2 on a pc monitor

CraigHi guys, My problem is that I want to play my playstation on my pc monitor but am having difficulties because of the playstation 2 needing a Scart connection (or Red, white, yellow - i'm unsure of exactly what this is known as). Does anyone know if its possible to get something to convert the s...

 
Bob
2:49 PM
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Q: How to deal with early stalker rush as Zerg

NickOften against Protoss they start with zealots, but I usually block my ramp with 3 roaches in time so they pose little threat. But shortly afterwards they mass stalkers and send in ~12 stalkers as I am expanding and getting a lair which overwhelm my roaches. (~15, say). Zerglings as supposed to w...

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Q: I'm trying to think of this old PS2 game i used to play

RyanRight, I was just going through some old ps2 games and i just remember an old demo i used to play. This is all from memory, but the demo was about robots where you had to go around this area to complete the objective, killing other machines. They weren't huge robots, but the camera angle was far ...

 
Spaminator grows
 
@badp I'm fairly sure I've never mentioned my own solution in here.
 
3:11 PM
zzzzz
 
Sup @Mana.
 
Watching Mega64. Very tiiiired.
 
I'm bored. Time to do some programming. Which means installing Visual Studio first. >.<
 
3:28 PM
good afternoon all
 
3:45 PM
@badp <belated>F12? By default, TF2 uses F5 for screenshots.</belated>
 
@Powerlord With the emphasis on late. This changed last week with Steam's new screenshot feature.
 
@ArdaXi I guess that shows how often I take screenshots.
I should take a new one of my double Unusual Spy hats.
 
Bob
0
Q: Minecraft quirks

thethinmanI used to find that redstone circuits don't work even though other Minecrafters said they should. Then I read about the North-South quirk, where circuit delays are different depending on whether a redstone torch faces North/South or East/West. This explains why some of my circuits failed. Now I'...

 
4:13 PM
So, I hear yesterday's PS3 update replaces the metldr boot thingy with a new security system.
 
Bob
4:35 PM
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Q: Policy on flagging comments

ShaunI've seen a good bit of chatter about flagging comments more and more as part of the effort for some user to get the Deputy badge before the Community user. It was suggested in chat that flagging comments was the main source of flags for users with higher rep since most of their actions on questi...

 
@Bob I'm particularly interested in @badp's thoughts on the above question since he's spearheading the effort for people to moderate comments more.
 
Wait, I am?
I didn't know!
 
@badp Indirectly. You're trying to get someone to get Deputy before Community.
 
I get many comment flags that befuddle me as of late and do nothing
 
@badp You don't know a lot of things.
@Shaun That's 28316- I mean @GraceNote.
 
4:37 PM
@Shaun I'll start dismissing comment flags as invalid then :P
 
@badp I'd rather just feed you flags that match site policy so it's more than just fluffing a flag weight ;)
 
I am quoted way too often on Meta by the way.
Especially since that quote does not make me look good.
 
@Powerlord yeey
 
yesterday, by Arda Xi
@Shaun Not really. I do flag often for comment as answer, spam, or competes with me.
 
4:40 PM
@Shaun That was not what I meant, anyway. Comment as answer means that a new user who cannot comment (or doesn't know how comments work) posts something as an answer that should really be a comment like "I have this problem too".
 
Ah.
 
I mostly flag chat messages though.
 
@ArdaXi He admits it!
 
@Powerlord Duh.
> I do flag often for comment as answer, spam, or competes with me.
 
@ArdaXi Of course, as I recall, if you spuriously flag too many things, your number of flags goes down and eventually disappears.
 
4:44 PM
That part makes more sense when viewed as flagging answers. ;)
 
@Powerlord Not on chat.
 
@Powerlord That is incorrect
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Q: What happens when you reach zero flag weight?

badp's sockpuppetMarc Gravell wrote: IMPORTANT CHANGE - if you flag so consistently badly that you reach 0 weight, flags will be suppressed What happens exactly when one does reach flag weight zero? Does your daily flag allowance simply drop to zero? Do you get a message similar to "we are no longer accep...

 
Only a year after the iPhone 4 launched, and Apple has already stopped providing updates for the 3gs.
 
@Powerlord Well, why haven't they gotten their iPhone 5s yet?
...oh, right.
 
5:06 PM
Eh? I have a 3GS and I got the new update yesterday.
Unless you mean the 3G (aka the iPhone 2, at least to me, and only to me)
 
Bob
5:29 PM
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Q: US World of Warcraft Cataclysm activation key for EU account

Ahmad I have a EU WOW account, recently I purchased the Cataclysm expansion DVD. I mistakenly got the US expansion DVD instead of the EU one, and of course the activation key doesn't work for my account. Is there away to fix this issue? or can Blizzard support help me with it? and what about the US ga...

 
5:54 PM
@Brant I could have sworn I saw an article that said the 3GS didn't get iOS 4.3
 
It's the 3G that didn't, I think.
the 2nd-gen iTouch didn't either.
0
Q: What iOS devices can *not* update to iOS 4.3?

Brant BobbyWhat is the complete list of iOS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) that are unable to update to iOS 4.3 or higher?

 
I'm bored, entertain me!
 
or else I'll make @badp lose more items!
It looks like you're receiving an item drop. Would you like me to lose it?
tf2b.com/?id=badp <-- Don't make me make you lose things!
 
user30
6:21 PM
@Powerlord How many items sites does TF2 actually need?
 
@ThomasMcDonald As many as necessary? The major differences between tf2b.com and tf2items.com, other than tf2items.com going down more often, is that tf2b.com doesn't cache your inventory contents.
Seriously, Valve could put up their own backpack site and make all the others redundant, but they don't.
 
user30
I think if anything TF2 needs moar stats sites :)
 
Of course, now Valve has an official API to access this data. Prior to a few months ago, these sites had to use other means to obtain this data.
 
user30
Wait, there was a really good one I saw on Reddit. 1 moment.
 
tf2stats.net ?
tf2stats.net/effects <-- I find it amusing that this is no way actually relates to what people will trade for unusual hats.
 
user30
6:27 PM
No, TF2 stats is good for individual stats, but this was for individual matches.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Some servers run their own stats, but I'm not aware of any official thing.
 
user30
Will probably use it if we get back into Highlander this year, or if we finally decide to do 6v6.
 
Personally, I don't play competitive TF2. Which is probably a good thing, seeing as how in the past year, my ISP went from fairly good through mediocre to downright bad.
 
user30
Heh.
 
user30
6:42 PM
I've mostly stopped playing TF2 now.
 
My best classes in TF2 are also ones that aren't usually played competitively.
Those are Spy, Engineer, Sniper in that order.
 
user30
6:54 PM
Also, @badp @Powerlord: tf2b.com/?id=lamb021
 
@Powerlord wat
 
user30
fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu xcode, I don't want to build two static libraries for iphoneos & iphonesim.
 
user30
No, $5 (£2.99) is completely fine :)
 
so what is it about this $5/£3 business I overheard on Twitter?
(did that IDE use to be free?)
 
user30
Yeah, Xcode 3 was free to anyone who registered with Apple as a developer.
 
6:58 PM
@ThomasMcDonald Ha, you still have noise makers?
 
user30
Now it's free to anyone who pays $99/year for the iOS or Mac developer program (what lets you get into the app store) and $5 for everyone else.
 
user30
@Powerlord Yeah, I tend to only use them every now and again
 
user30
But Xcode 4 is loads better than 3.
 
Is XCode just for developing Objective C stuff, or does it support other languages?
 
user30
Really it's just for developing stuff with Obj-C. It supports C/C++ as well, but I don't know about developing whole applications with them
 
user30
7:01 PM
Does anyone fancy a game of TF2 now? Getting fed up with this.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Can't, I'm at work.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Fine with me, though.
 
user30
:). I'll pop over to my PC.
 
You pick the server!
 
@ThomasMcDonald now? I can play for a bit but it's dinner soon
 
7:01 PM
Speaking of TF2, both of you have inventories that look like you just left items where they arrived in your inventory... I can't stand that.
Then again, I have a lot more items than either of your do.
 
user30
@Powerlord I usually sort by item, I belive
 
user30
I can't believe someone would go through and manually sort something that doesn't matter. At all.
 
tf2items.com/id/Nanor_131 mine are all organised
 
@ThomasMcDonald And yet, I did: tf2b.com/?id=powerlord
 
user30
Are they in some sort of order?
 
7:03 PM
Pages 1-2 aren't, 3 and 4 are for other items, pages 5+ are ordered one page per class.
 
where the tf2 sever?
 
er... correction, page 4 is stuff I'm holding for Melissa.
 
I warn you I haven't played in ages
 
btw, I have this useless drop with the mannco thing
 
@RonanForman Is your game up to date?
 
7:04 PM
Does it have any trading value by itself?
 
@badp Keep it for trading to others for stuff you don't have.
 
yeah I'm always signed into steam
 
user30
I think we'll just drop into a random server again
 
I don't know what the current trade value of crates is, though.
 
I don't think they rank very high myself.
 
7:05 PM
we chatting in game on! while we are playing?
 
If at all.
 
suppose you can't really
 
@badp At least it's a series 9. That at least is guaranteed to drop a paint can or hat when opened, so in store terms, since paint cans cost the same as a key, it's relatively break even to open it for the people who are actually willing to pay for keys.
Later, I'll check the TF2 board's Crate Market topic to see what crates are currently going for.
 
@Powerlord So you, um, trade something they must pay for to use with, um, something they don't have to, when they could buy exactly what they need anyway for exactly as much.
It doesn't really make sense.
 
anyone found a server?
 
7:08 PM
@badp No, no, no... the LOW END items that come out of a series #9 are the same value as a key. There are higher end items that come out of crates, too.
 
@Powerlord Oh, I see.
 
user30
Also, there's a weird undermarket for keys.
 
@ThomasMcDonald You think that's crazy, there's a key market, earbuds market, and Max's Severed Head market.
 
user30
@Powerlord Same thing. The prices people pay for the earbuds are crazy though
 
Keys are the only "currency" that remains stable, though.
 
7:10 PM
@Powerlord i'm keeping my max head!
 
Max Head is one of the most highly valued items in the game. I traded mine plus two earbuds and a few other misc items for two Unusual hats.
 
@ThomasMcDonald are you the sheep on steam?
 
user30
Yes, aha
 
I have to go now, I'll join you later.
 
user30
God, my computer hangs for ages when trying to connect to a server.
 
7:15 PM
Wow, badp must have most of the medic achievements, I see he has the first two Medic unlocks.
I thought they changed those so they aren't untradeable any more...
 
7:28 PM
I'm back, what team are you on?
damn, full server
 
Auto-join to the rescue?
 
@powerlord yup
 
user30
Ahah, @badp had to go so I went to play some anger-inducing 24/7 dustbowl.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Two questions: Why a 24/7 server and why Dustbowl?
 
user30
@Powerlord Because a few of my mates were on it, the payload server was full.
 
7:31 PM
Having said that, I lead a team as an Engineer on Dustbowl on offense simply because of the number of teleports.
The "moving a level 3 gun forward" bit helped, too.
Sadly, that game, we never did capture point 6... and when we were on defense, they never captured point 2. :D
 
point... 6?
 
user30
@badp Dustbowl has three stages, each with two points.
 
@badp Dustbowl is a 3-stage map with 2 points in each stage.
 
user30
Dustbowl stage 1 has got to be the easiest map in TF2.
 
So, we got all the way to the last part of stage three, but they managed to stall us until they won.
@ThomasMcDonald and yet, we managed to defend it! Barely...
They were || that far from capping it once.
 
user30
7:35 PM
Keeping a team from capping P2 Dustbowl in the Highlander was the highlight of the tournament
 
No, even less than that far apart... only the slightest bit of red was showing on the cap GUI.
Highlander makes Dustbowl harder, as the best way to defend both S1P2 and S2P2 are lots of sentries.
and both points in S3.
Stage 3 point 1 tends to be more of a chokepoint than point 2 in that stage, simply because of all the locations sentry guns can be placed where they can see the point.
Where snipers and demos can't easily reach them.
Really wish Valve would redesign RED's point 1 spawn exit at some point because of that.
 
Bob
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Q: Great Khan quest FO:NV

benhowdle89Hi, Went to Hoover Dam, got mission to deal with Great Khans. Went to Red Rock, quest arrow pointed toward Khan Longhouse. Went in, talked to Papa Khan. Killed everyone in the house. Nothing. The arrow still points to the house and i cant move on in the quest, even though i have killed the Papa ...

 
Playing tf2 with gloves on is hard
 
@RonanForman Why are you wearing gloves?
 
My hands are cold
 
user30
7:44 PM
@Powerlord I don't know, P1 is easy to capture as the actual point is reasonably difficult to cover with sentries that don't get killed. Pushing from P1 -> P2 can often take a while though
 
They're fingerless, I'm not stupid
 
@ThomasMcDonald The problem with P1 is that RED can build a sentry gun up by the exit from their spawn area... while that one can't see the point, it stops most classes from getting past it, is hard to hit, and easy to defend.
 
I feel that on Dustbowl the whole stage between 3.1 and 3.2 is hardly ever used.
 
FFFFffffforgot my pillow for my afternoon meeting.
 
Except for the few seconds after 3.1 is captured.
@Powerlord Again?
 
7:46 PM
@ArdaXi I've seen a defense between 3.1 and 3.2 before. Usually it's when people know they're going to lose the first point and fall back, though.
By the way, a few updates ago, Valve made it so TF2 set bonuses don't apply on medieval mode. A shame, I loved abusing the silent decloak thingy with the Spy set.
"Since Josh is out this afternoon, today’s meeting has been cancelled." <-- Aw... I'm crushed!
Speaking of which, it'd be nice if there were more medieval maps. They can be fun... cp_redfort as medieval is interesting.
I wonder if there's a server plugin to change any map into medieval. I'll have to ask the peeps that run RUGC Midwest Chicago.
Hey, I wonder how hard it would be to make a plugin that did that. :D
 
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