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Q: Pagination on new-answers-old-questions off by one

Philip RieckWhen I go to http://stackoverflow.com/tools/new-answers-old-questions?page=2 I actually get page 1 - that is, requesting both page 1 and page 2 URLs give the same results, and highlight the "1" in the paginator. For each page requested, I actually get the previous one, so http://stackoverflow....

 
12:21 AM
Valve time can even strike on updates due in the same day.
 
TF2 update?
 
@NickT TF2, CS:S, DOD:S, and HL2:DM. They just posted an ETA to the server mailing list... 45 minutes.
 
server mailing list?
 
1:05 AM
> The description of behavior as either moral or immoral is (primarily) a human characteristic. For other organisms [here, bacteria] this distinction is irrelevant, and the focus of their behavior is survival to the point of reproduction
Because we might consider bacteria an immoral force in a scientific review
 
1:27 AM
@NickT hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com
 
 
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2:32 AM
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Q: How to get historical market valuation data in Lord Of Ultima?

hhhI am interested to analyze the market valuations to make purchases on the market. Is there historical market valuation data for the LoU? If there is not ready, how can I record it?

 
2:45 AM
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Q: Tag [Economies] -> [Economy]

Raven DreamerThere were only 2 questions affected, both now altered. I tried to set up a synonym so that future "Economies" tags get pushed to the singular again, but discovered I lack the ability to do so. Ergo, I leave that to the mods.

 
@failbadp as the only Italian I know, what do you think of your supreme leader, Mr. Berlusconi
 
TF2 finally updated, btw
This is officially The Replay Update
 
> Fine, tell me about the gun.
> She weighs 150 kg and fires $200 custom...
I still have a hard time picturing
as
 
3:02 AM
"- Added a reward for the early crafters of new items" <-- Trying to figure out what Valve means here.
 
some different quality on the item? e.g. prototype new gun thingy?
 
Also... "Fixed bugs with the refurbish items interface so that some properties will no longer be un-removable under certain circumstances" <-- Wait... what refurbish items interface?
Also, it was pointed out to me that the last page of the new comic implies that Meet the Medic is coming at the end of the Saxxy's in two weeks.
Of course, the time when TF2 is doing video submission shit is during the time when my ISP has dropped all pretense of being good and my best class is unplayable by me due to latency issues.
I might still be able to submit something for Best Getaway... we'll see, I guess.
lol, the Saxxy has a weapon model.
 
3:21 AM
if you win it can you use it as some basic melee weapon?
 
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Q: If a moderator closes and then reopens a question and then deletes all the comments, how do I even know what's up?

Warren  PToday I had a question closed by a moderator, which seemed unreasonable, it was then reopened (i dunno if by the same moderator or someone else) and then all the comments about asking why it was closed when the question was answerable, and on-topic, were deleted. I was left confused. Is this nor...

 
3:44 AM
In a comment, can you @ a user who hasn't participated in that particular question?
 
What a mess. :<
Unfortunately no.
 
So the best way to get badp and arda's attention to that meta question would be to @ them here and post the link?
 
Correct, although I'm pretty sure they'll notice it regardless.
Right @failbadp @ArdaXi?
Well, either way, now they will surely notice it.
Since my chat messages are always intriguing and worth checking out.
 
Cool. Hopefully the asker will be satisfied.
 
Still don't get why badp was so quick to pull the trigger on that one, either.
Lapse of judgement, I guess.
 
3:49 AM
He's human.
 
hey, that's exactly what I was about to say
you line-stealer you
 
Better stealing lines than stealing answers.
 
foreshadowing
dun dun dun
 
Browser Game Pick: The I of It (Gameshot) http://bit.ly/mTv6Sz
 
go to sleep @Gnome
 
3:55 AM
@Mana Hypocrite.
 
:(
I saw that.
 
So much bickering.
 
@Arkive no u
 
I am wounded to the quick.
 
Also hi @WarrenP.
Sorry about your question bro.
 
3:58 AM
@Mana You bully, did you close someone's question again?
 
actually no
contrary to popular belief I'm actually pretty reserved when it comes to edits, flags and close votes these days
since there's more to life than being a pseudo-mod
 
Like having an awesome avatar?
 
yeah!
and writing horrible shell scripts!
and then tumbling about your horrible shell scripts!
 
 
@Mana And you say I'm egotistical.
 
4:05 AM
but
you're not
 
Thanks brah.
 
no problem man
 
NOW what's my claim to fame... :'(
 
you have rep
now if only that rep was on SO you could get a well-paying job
maybe
 
Shame.
About a third of my rep has come in the last month.
 
4:07 AM
welcome to Minecraft
 
I used to have a life. Now I have Minecraft.
 
no
no you didn't
 
I used to be a loser. Now I have Minecraft.
 
about 2/3rds of my rep has been in the past month
 
by the way @Nick, your avatar is from an awesome book
 
4:10 AM
heh, you're the first person to comment on it after having it for quite a while :P
 
in case you didn't know or something
well
it's been on my mind
 
I like it because It has an Elephant.
I love Elephants.
 
yeah, have it, took a picture of some of the illustrations :P
 
So much, that they earn capitalization.
 
that is a wooly mammoth you idiot
 
4:11 AM
I know it is.
 
But I like the word Elephant so much.
 
strangles STOP MESSIN WITH MAH HEAAAAAD
 
No.
 
4:13 AM
haha that's awesome
 
me rep whoring courtesy atwood:
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Q: Do expensive, "premium" speaker cables actually make a difference?

Nick TI was tempted to go drop $8500 on these awesome speaker cables so I could be like Whiplash (see customer pictures), but I'm curious, if I use them for my audio system, will they actually make a perceptible difference over some low gauge copper wire? At what point do speaker cables start to suffe...

 
@NickT OH THAT'S where it came from!!
Bahahahaha!
 
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Q: Threatening emails from Jeff Atwood

Robin ChapmanI just received the following threat in private email from Jeff Atwood. I have no intention of corresponding privately with Mr Atwood, so I reproduce his message here. Mr Atwood starts with a greeting "Hi Robin". His bogus familiarity is neither deserved nor welcome. He accuses me of leaving mu...

is pretty sad
 
4:28 AM
yup, old math stuff was sad
haven't checked meta out there recently, hopefully it's better now
 
seems kinda strange that there's the SE2.0 mathematics.stackexchange.com and still the 1.0 mathoverflow.net
 
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Q: Strategy to start a new world in survival mode.

ndefontenayHi. I've started playing minecraft just yesterday and I'm doing alright and I even had a house up but I don't have a bow or anything like that and a skeleton is basically killing me over and over again. Is there a way I can get rid of him or should I start over in another part of the world?

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Q: How do I destroy the Tiamat?

ManaIn the mission "Proving Grounds" of Freespace 2's base campaign, there's this one middle-class enemy ship that flies in, designation "Tiamat". And, well...it's a pain to destroy. The game insists that I have to stay within scanning range of the ship in order for my allied ship to fire its lasers ...

 
> Given the recent behavior of Jeff Atwood over at math.SE, I am not very excited about the possibility of them controlling the site.
tsk
 
Is the MO community resistant to Jeff having control?
 
4:37 AM
I'm not familiar enough with the MO community to make that sort of broad statement but key members of its meta discussion board are.
 
I dunno, if they want to "roll their own" QA system, more power to em, but that sort of thing isn't exactly easy
the guy being offended from the start of a letter saying "Hi (firstname)" seems a bit extreme though
vs. what, "Dear Prof. (lastname):"
yeah, probably not the best, but if you can't even accept that sort of culture gap...
Hell, in all the companies I've worked at nobody ever was referred to as Mr. (lastname). I'd talk to people 3x levels above me in management using their first name
only time you'd use the last name (and without any title) is when there were multiple people named Doug, Ron, or whatever.
 
 
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6:27 AM
@Mana Right. Except I don't do meta.
 
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Q: What are the most fun games/applications?

LaurenAS you might have already knew, I am new to Ubuntu 11.04, and I need some suggestions to what awesome games there are! Any arcade, platform games, role playing games are great. I am not very fond of playing card, solitaire games on the computer, but rather play it in real life. Any suggestions wo...

 
@Feeds Seems subjective
 
@Arkive Well, we don't moderate other sites here.
I have no idea what other site's policies are on game-rec/app-rec.
 
7:06 AM
@Arkive Ours kinda is, too.
Except it comes with the territory for us.
 
7:30 AM
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Q: If a moderator closes and then reopens a question and then deletes all the comments, how do I even know what's up?

Warren  PToday I had a question closed by a moderator, which seemed unreasonable, it was then reopened (i dunno if by the same moderator or someone else) and then all the comments on the question were deleted. I was left confused. Is this normal moderator behaviour? What's up? It seems my question mig...

Is pretty close
"OMG A MODERATOR MODERATES STOP HIM"
@Arkive Just @-reply me on chat
 
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Q: Dwarf fortress learning curve

DrakeI saw a lot of questions on this site and in many gaming forums about Dwarf Fortress. I now that is free, and I like dwarfs and mining, but I never decide to try it mostly because I "heard" that its learning curve is so high that you need to invest a lot of time before being able to start and hav...

 
@Mana It read to me like a poll. "Hey guys what are the best hidden locations"
 
@failbadp Well, okay, that does justify the closing. Except that wasn't anywhere in the question. At all.
 
@ArdaXi Enough. Stop it.
Please.
 
You're the one bringing it up.
 
7:34 AM
I'm replying to chat messages over the night
 
I'm still annoyed at the way you chose to handle this. You keep trying to divert blame away from yourself.
 
@ArdaXi and put it on who?
 
It's like: "I didn't do anything wrong! You guys are always overreacting! I can't do anything right for you!"
 
> I'm in a way happy to see I haven't made any mistake so far, given that this is what happens when I do – multiple angry comments, multiple angry moderator flags, multiple angry chat messages, multiple angry meta questions. I get it. You care. I care too.
 
Nobody "verbally assaulted you". That's what you read into it.
@failbadp Yes, that's the passage I meant.
 
7:36 AM
What I meant is that the tone of the messages was very charged, as Grace commented.
 
I would quote the other passage I meant, but you deleted it.
 
@ArdaXi By the way I can do something right for you, the site counts 448 right things I have done "right"
 
@failbadp I didn't say that. I said that's what everything you've said on this topic reads like.
 
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Q: Can monsters find me and come towards me through glass?

ndefontenayHello, I would like to know if mobs can see me through glass and therefore pile up in front of mu window even if I stand 2 square away ? I currently have a rather small stone house with a wooden door and no windows. I would like to add windows to make it look nice but I don't want to attract th...

 
8:12 AM
Oh great. How am I going to get away with faking those?
I mean, everything up to Home Movie is doable, but the others...
Wait. Does this mean that TF2 now includes support for demo editing in-game?
 
Server demo lookalikes, as seen in beta
 
Can someone please tell me what a 'server demo' is? I mean, you said it, Powerlord said it, but I only know of one kind of demo, and they're the same on both the client and the server.
And the one I saw in TF2 beta was definitely a client demo.
 
9:08 AM
 
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Q: Play the same saved world around the (real) world seemlessly

ndefontenayHi. I use Ubuntu and what I have in mind is this: 1) Create a folder in Ubuntu One to save my minecraft game 2) Make the new location the default location in minecraft. This way, I would be able to play my world on a computer A, exit and save. Ubuntu One will synchronize the saved game with e...

 
Posted by Jeff Atwood on May 6th, 2011

When the wordpress.stackexchange.com community asked Why are questions not being voted on …

I have noticed a trend that questions (even good ones) that have multiple answers are not being voted on.

Out of our 5,550 questions only 41% have at least 1 vote which leaves around 3,000 with 0 votes and a few hundred with negative votes.

I had a strong sense of déjà vu all over again.

One of the longest running concerns in Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange history is Why aren’t people voting for questions? a question posed on Stack Overflow on August 5, 2008 — long, long before we used UserVoice for this sort of thing. At that point, meta.stackoverflow wasn’t even a glint in anyone’s eye, much less Area 51 or the WordPress Stack Exchange. …

 
Hmm, I haven't noticed that, really. 6.5% of my posts are questions, 5% of my rep comes from questions. Since questions only garner half the rep per vote, I've received more from questions than answers, rather than less.
 
Gaming is different
 
@failbadp I guess. According to Jeff, Gaming shouldn't even have worked.
 
9:20 AM
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Q: Mr/Mrs Block level 35

ThirlerI've found a very nice game on android store: Mr/Mrs Block Free (its called Mrs Block Free and Mr Block Free mixed). Its a nice puzzle game: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Wuzla.game.Block_AD I'm stuck in level 35, has anyone found a solution?

 
That kinda reads like an advertisement.
 
9:41 AM
"Please share your opinions with me, so that I may callously disregard them!"
Oh look. He acknowledges it.
 
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Q: Are there any diplomatic consequences for agreeing to unfavorable (to me) trade agreements?

OakIf you propose to the AI a trade agreement which the AI perceives to be favorable to them, they will respond with things like "your offer is generous and I accept". In the attitude summary, however, I could not find anything that mentions these agreements. Is there any diplomatic consequence for...

 
10:02 AM
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Q: Can I grab the minecraft server save files directly from the server?

bckbckFor example, my friend, x has a awesome server map. I want to play it offline on my computer, but I can't seem to find any way to get the save files and then play it offline. So, is there any way for me to get access to the server's save files and then playing it offline?

 
Oak
@ArdaXi edited to remove the advertisement-ish appearance
 
11:04 AM
The ugly side of recording is that you can't play while encoding
 
@failbadp Exporting to TGAs might be faster than encoding.
 
@ArdaXi Then I still have to encode.
While I could play while it encodes... it'd be painful.
 
@failbadp Well, yes, but you could theoretically play then.
 
At any rate, on my GPU it's 5 hours to encode a 3 mins video when I crank everything to the max.
 
Depends. If you set the priority of the encoding to low, and the hl2.exe to high, the game will be playable, but the encoding will take much longer.
Which encoder do you use?
 
11:08 AM
I told TF2 to use H.264
 
Source doesn't use your GPU to encode, I believe.
It might still be more efficient to do the encoding outside the game.
 
well, it still uses it to render
 
@failbadp Well, yes, but that doesn't take too long.
And that's the same regardless of whether you render to TGAs or to the Source encoder.
 
btw, didn't TF2 require Quicktime to do this?
 
Point is, encoding software specializes in encoding. Has lots of settings, optimizations et cetera.
 
11:10 AM
I mean, I now have QuickTime installed (darn iPad) but...
 
@failbadp Not sure, but previously Source could only output to TGAs or AVI.
If it now does H.264 that means they have updated the engine for it.
 
at any rate TF2 is taking 10% of my CPU, with occasional spikes to 70%
 
@failbadp While encoding?
 
@ArdaXi Yeah, so I figure the GPU is the bottleneck here
 
@failbadp Fair enough. If that's the case, faster encoding won't exactly speed it up.
What resolution are you recording at?
 
11:15 AM
Native - 720p
I wonder if TF2 would like me to disable Aero. While it encodes. I think not though.
 
11:44 AM
Hmm, so you can already record replays?
Because apparently, nobody has those achievements yet.
Ah. You do.
 
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Q: How can I get back into the Pump Room?

Jim BHey guys, So I'm wrapping up the last of the Riddler challenges, and I only have one left. It's the one in the Pump Room in the Caves section of the map. Trying to get there from the BatCave/Sewers, its blocked off by one of those electric fences. On the map, it looks like there's an entrance...

 
Well, with Portal 2 having gestures, I guess it was time that TF2 got taunt items as well.
Hmm, apparently the replay editor works on top of dem files, unlike the smoother.
 
12:06 PM
and TF2 crashed
yay
 
You know if you had rendered t- okay, I won't say anything.
 
It's okay, I was about to abort it anyway
The crash let me did that without actually clicking a button.
 
I still haven't found a server supporting replays.
 
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Q: Text is offset on revisions page for close/re-open text.

StrixVariaFor some reason, it renders the "by" or "as 'not a real question'" or whatever as superscript compared to the position of the rest of the text. I went to another question to make sure this was consistently happening, and it is. I'm using Chrome 11.0.696.60 Post reopened by [whoever] Example:

 
@ArdaXi Valve's official ones do.
@ArdaXi Indeed, I got a taunt for my action slot.
 
12:12 PM
Since my server browser has been bugged for a couple months now, I'm gonna need an IP address.
 
The ATF one supports them properly now. Join m
 
"As a Medic, mess with the enemy by using the 'Übercharge ready!' voice command to pretend you have an Übercharge prepared."
Lags like hell though.
 
It's in the US, yes.
 
Hmm, editor is relatively nice.
If only they could backport this into L4D etc.
 
That'll be harder, as I think it requires ded servers
 
12:18 PM
Q: Can I import my existing demos to the replay system?
A: It’s possible, but not supported yet.
Is the ETA in Hours:Minutes?
 
12:34 PM
Seriously? Who would play video games like this?
 
@ArdaXi Not for me
 
@failbadp So Minutes:Seconds?
 
yeah
 
Hm, that's not too bad.
 
@ArdaXi Maybe if the other monitors showed HUD stuff in very large type...
Well I had H:M:S so...
 
12:37 PM
@failbadp That's not the purpose of Eyefinity though.
@failbadp I only had something:something.
So probably M:S
 
@ArdaXi It can make it easier.
 
@failbadp The purpose of Eyefinity is to have the 3D world extended across screens.
To make the game more immersive.
Okay, so much for that.
 
Heh.
 
There's no way I'm installing that on my PC, so I guess no movies for me.
 
I share the feeling but not the end result.
 
12:40 PM
@failbadp You have iTunes installed, right?
My sentiment is not to install any software by Apple on my PC.
 
@ArdaXi by necessity, due to the iPad in the house.
 
@failbadp Even when I had to put some music on my mother's iPhone I didn't use iTunes.
 
@ArdaXi I agree, iTunes is evil. I don't want that on my PC
So it's not possible to create TF2 replays without quicktime?
 
It's pretty bad that they rely on Quicktime for film saving.
@jaminja Only if you want to mess with the raw TGAs.
 
Nothing new; I'd already commented on that
 
12:44 PM
Point is, there are so many encoders available, with licences like MIT.
 
1:10 PM
Hmm, I don't think Valve even made the hat in the Replay Update yet.
Oh, never mind.
 
1:27 PM
I found a paint can. That's new.
Is that part of the hat queue or the item queue?
Look at that. I mention a TF2 drop and @Powerlord comes in.
 
@ArdaXi Item queue
 
Aww.
 
or possibly the crate queue... but I think item queue.
Had the same thing happen the other day with one of the purple paints.
 
No idea what to do with this indubitably green can.
 
Put it on a hat? :P
Trade it with someone else?
 
1:32 PM
I'd mess up trading.
And I don't like any of my hats enough to justify painting it.
 
Anyway, the TF2 Replay system apparently requires that replays be enabled on the server side, and they make the server have lag spikes when I tried it on mine.
 
So they're making them from the server's POV.
 
Guess we'll wait to see if Valve fixes it today or not.
 
And then upload the dem to the player probably.
 
@ArdaXi Yes, but from what I've heard, it's still restricted to the players perspective, unlike a server demo, which you can move around in.
 
1:34 PM
@Powerlord You can move around in replays.
Same as with the demo smoother.
 
@ArdaXi Valve's FAQ on Replays is wrong, then. :P
 
@ArdaXi what? That's not true
 
Q: Does it only save it from my character’s perspective?
A: No. While editing a video you can choose between three different perspectives to view the action; first person, third person and free camera mode. You can combine these to make different takes from the same replay.
 
Try the icons in the bottom right hand corner.
 
@Powerlord So which is not true?
 
1:37 PM
@ArdaXi Whoops, I didn't think it supported free camera mode.
Anyway, since you were asking about server demos earlier, they're basically what you'd see if you recorded a demo as a spectator.
In fact, since it requires SourceTV, it adds a bot that just sits in spectate mode.
 
@Powerlord Yeah, I know. They're the same thing, except server demos record everything.
 
@failbadp did you answer my question about Berlusconi?
 
@NickT No
 
Client demos can only record everything the client sees, which, to stop cheating and to conserve bandwidth is not much more than what you see through the first person view.
 
does he monitor the interwebs? Is he gonna get you?
 
1:40 PM
somewhat
 
> Out of all 9 classes, the Pyro is the only one with two separate animations for the taunt. One somewhat feminine, another more masculine, adding further ambiguity to the Pyro's gender, a running joke in TF2. The video below shows both animations.
 
Ah, Freespace 2. Now that was a good game.
@Mana: Be sure to do the optional missions, they're soooo good.
 
2:04 PM
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Q: How can I play Day of the Tentacle?

fredleyI've got a modern PC running Windows 7 x64. How could I go about obtaining, and playing Day of the Tentacle?

 
@Lazers Playing? ScummVM. Obtaining? Er... well, it's one of the games LucasArts didn't put on Steam.
Presumably, it's in the "we should do a remake of this" queue.
But, being LucasArts, they started focusing on Monkey Island first.
 
I would love to play it again...but I've long since lost my CD
 
A medic ubered me against a kritzkrieg soldier going for my sentry
it worked :D
 
@faillbadp nice! so you were able to block their uber
 
me, my sentry, my dispenser and my medic.
 
2:10 PM
Is it just me or is the ordering of answers screwed up at the moment?
 
Then again I was pretty well covered.
 
@fredley That depends on what you mean. Answers with the same score are always ordered randomly.
 
I'm seeing answers in an apparently random order
regardless of score
 
@fredley check next to where the number of answers are listed...you should have 3 different ways of sorting the answers
 
@fredley Sounds like you might have them sorted by activity?
 
2:12 PM
you can sort answers by active, oldest or votes
 
ah yes, I did facepalm
 
@jaminja If LucasArts would even just re-release their various LucasArts Archives volumes, people would likely buy them.
DotT is part of LucasArts Archives Vol. 1 (along with Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis and Sam & Max: Hit the Road).
 
The nice thing about ScummVM is that it runs on everything. Like, everything.
 
That reminds me, at some point, I need to compress my ScummVM games.
 
Android?
 
Ah, yes, it appears to!
excellent!
 
Most of my ScummVM games have uncompressed sound files, meaning that they take a lot of space on disk (because I copied them from my CDs to my HDD).
Granted, I no longer need the files for Monkey Island 1 or 2, or The Dig, or either Indiana Jones game... those I all have through Steam.
 
The Dig. What an amazing game. My favourite bit has to be when Brink goes off on a massive rant to distract a strange creature
 
@jaminja Yeah, wasn't it great when LucasArts actually made good games rather than making 5 Star Wars games (or whatever) a year?
Unfortunately, LucasArts had a CEO change last year... after Monkey Island 2's remake was in production. So, while MI2 survived, we may find out this year at E3 that they stopped doing remakes.
If that's the case, it'd be nice if they'd just couple them with the same emulator they did for their other games and put them up for purchase.
Seriously, if this emulator can handle Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, as well as The Dig, it can certainly handle Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max: Hit the Road, Full Throttle, and Curse of Monkey Island.
 
2:35 PM
@powerlord well said. Although I doubt they'll do that
 
2:52 PM
Of course, Grim Fandango and Escape from Monkey Island are a different story, as they're a different engine.
 
Woah. 27" monitor with 3D Vision set for €600.
 
and after that nice engineer moment, we switched to that CTF map with the sewers and the bendy passage in the middle and the sniper areas at the top
and for 20 minutes scouts pyros demos and everybody else had fun destroying everything I threw at them with the slightest amount of effort
with a scramble in the middle.
@ArdaXi no
 
Oh, the one where you can push people off?
Whose name I can't remember right now either.
 
nope... the int is on a slightly elevated position
 

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