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3:00 PM
@failbadp Not Double Cross?
 
Sounds like 2Fort
 
I'd just assume he meant ctf_2fort.
Except 2fort doesn't have a bendy passage in the middle.
 
it does in the sewers
well, there is one bend...with a nice health pack
 
I said 2fort and he said no.
 
@ArdaXi And that's why you don't delete your messages.
 
3:02 PM
@Powerlord I don't?
 
mach2 or mach4
 
Oh, a custom map.
 
@ArdaXi Yeah, see, we can't see what you said when you remove them.
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@Powerlord Oh. I didn't realise that.
 
@failbadp isn't that a razor blade??
 
3:04 PM
Engineer's usually really good on Mach2, seeing as how you can build a sentry on the upper level that can shoot into the intel room on the lower.
 
@Powerlord the upper level stuff gets always owned in short order
so I've had success in putting stuff on the lower level, where all non-soldiers MUST go through
 
Then again, I haven't played Mach2 in quite some time.
 
and soldiers have to rocket jump to avoid that sentry
 
Also, ctf_aerospace = win
 
however our team didn't push in the slightest and demos could camp around the corner
and scouts could distract sentries as pyro flanked me
and scouts could bonch their way to the sentry and then kill everything
and basically everything that could kill me and my toys did
T_T
 
3:07 PM
I murdered your toys as well!
 
A month ago or something.
 
Also, I noticed yesterday's update moved a lot of the new responses into it.
I'm kinda sad that the Sniper Taunt Kill now has him yelling something. :(
 
no more "ELECTRONICS"?
 
projectId NaN <-- Um, yeah, thanks JavaScript
That's CLEARLY the value I wanted you to send.
 
3:20 PM
iTunes Flash Game Ripoffs Get More Brazen with Canabalt Clone. Nitrome has been hit as well: http://bit.ly/kfXOqN
:O
I'm not sure how many of you are into Flash games, but clone of Canabalt looks identical to the original, and apparently even still has the original creators listed in the credits.
 
Given that the most popular game on iTunes (iirc) is a Flash Game clone, how can you get more brazen than that?
 
@Powerlord Powerlord > No no, not similar, identical.
Go look up Canabalt
 
Oh
 
I heard about this via Nitrome. One sec, I'm going to take some screenshots.
 
@GnomeSlice We must sacrifice our iPods and iPhones to appease the flash gods!
 
3:25 PM
Give me a few minutes to take these shots, and you'll see what I mean... :/
So... they changed some of the backgrounds, and the title screen...
 
Line Rider?
 
@Brant Not even close.
:P
The first set there is the original.
The second set is the ripoff.
 
scrolls up and reads the backlog Oh, we're talking about ripoffs
 
@Brant "No, that would be... your mother!" -- TF2 Spy.
 
I. Like. To shoot. This gun.
 
3:35 PM
@Powerlord > See what I'm talking about now?
 
@GnomeSlice Nope.
@Brant As a pleasant surprise, Valve could release Meet the Pyro, too!
In addition to Meet the Medic, which is heavily implied in the last page.
 
@Powerlord Spoiler Alert: Mmmph mmph mph.
 
Subtitles, perhaps?
 
@Powerlord You honestly don't see the the match between those two sets of screenshots...?
 
@GnomeSlice So where can I download Crazy Cable Car? That seems like a fun game.
 
3:44 PM
Even if you ignore everything else ... look at the panda.
 
@GnomeSlice I may be being slightly sarcastic.
(Note that "slightly" is also sarcasm)
 
plugs morality core into @Powerlord
 
@ArdaXi morality was in massive sarcasm quotes? :P
 
@ArdaXi Think he needs the slow-clap processor for sarcasm.
 
@Powerlord Imagine. I just plugged that Aperture Science Thing We Don't Know What It Does into the Aperture Science Handheld @Powerlord Device.
 
3:48 PM
@ArdaXi Pssh, I only plug potatoes into my ASHPD!
 
@Powerlord You are the ASHPD.
 
Can someone explain why I got this down vote?
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A: What's with all the clicking the pros do in the opening minutes of Starcraft games?

Ronan FormanExplained in this College Humour video: they are just warming up.

 
@RonanForman I can imagine people might not like an answer based on a comedy video.
 
The source is unimportant!
 
@RonanForman You, being the source, are then also unimportant, which means you have no reason to care about your rep. ;-)
 
3:54 PM
Ok, but the downvote is important as it is sourcing nothing
 
@RonanForman There. An upvote to balance the downvote.
 
I wouldn't read too much into a single downvote.
 
@ArdaXi It wan't the downvote, it was the lack of comment that was bothering me...
 
@RonanForman Not all downvoters leave comments.
 
@RonanForman Well, still. If it's only one, it might just be a random drive-by vote.
 
3:56 PM
You just have to deal with it.
Some will probably help.
 
@Powerlord It does!
 
@Ronan > There aren't 17 unique users in the comments here, either:
 
@GnomeSlice Speaking of downvotes... wasn't that answer at 33 before?
 
@Powerlord Not sure,
 
Oh whoops, meeting time.
 
3:58 PM
No but I'm assuming they're all for the same reason.
 
Also, since we're talking about flash games, everyone should play Steamlands
 
@GnomeSlice Short summary? I'm at work atm.
 
@Arkive Action/real time strategy.
Basically, you drive a machine [tank] around (it's side scrolling) and combat other tanks. You can steal parts off of them and add them to your own.
And target different areas with different weapons.
 
@GnomeSlice good recommendation! That's a really fun little game. Definitely worthwhile checking out if anyone here hasn't had a chance to play it yet
 
Sounds fun. I'll have to try it this weekend along with Psychonauts.
 
4:02 PM
@GnomeSlice Blog post!
 
@RonanForman blah. I donno how to blog.
 
You see the keyboard...
HIT IT!
 
I was under the impression that blog posts were delicately crafted works of art.
 
v vb n bnc cv n b
^ That was with my forehead.
I think it turned out well.
 
Such raw emotion. It's beautiful.
 
4:05 PM
@Arkive You should see mine.
 
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Q: Do I get [?] boxes picked up by my local co-op partner?

UllallullooI played through a lot of Lost Planet 2 with my brother locally, since I can't do online play, but now that I've beaten the game, I'm looking to 'train up' and try to get some better abilities and weapons for when we (hopefully) get high-speed internet next week. I assume that in online play who...

 
so what happens to rep generated from CW questions/answers?
 
@GnomeSlice I bet @Lazers gets it.
 
@GnomeSlice It's removed when you click this link.
Which just gave me 1 rep.
Interesting.
 
Arda.rep++
 
4:14 PM
@GnomeSlice Old rep stays, new rep doesn't accumulate.
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@GraceNote So it just - oh you left.
 
@Gnome Make it snappy.
 
@GraceNote So, it just kind of vanishes?
 
Future reputation? Yes, pretty much.
It's just like upvotes on posts after you have hit the reputation cap.
 
Whats the point of voting on CW stuff then?
 
4:20 PM
@GnomeSlice Votes are still important. Votes are more important than reputation.
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Votes indicate how useful the post is. A post can be useful whether or not it provides reputation.
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I suppose that's true. Anyway, thanks for the explanation.
 
You're welcome. ♪
 
Oh anyone interested in education in the slightest must watch this: escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/…
 
@RonanForman Do they mention that teacher that uses Minecraft as a class teaching tool?
 
4:31 PM
@GnomeSlice Sort of, but just general ARG
 
4:48 PM
I'm not Arda. Stars should be going to Arda.
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@GraceNote Huh? What now?
 
She's starting to scare me a bit.
 
Oh, I see I've neglected to star some of your messages. Let me rectify.
There you go @GraceNote.
 
This ruins their purpose!
 
@RonanForman Whose purpose?
 
4:50 PM
the star's
 
@RonanForman Stars have purpose?
 
@ArdaXi Touché
 
Ooh. Spotify is prettier. And sync finally works.
 
@ArdaXi Yes, to show chat posts that people think are interesting or noteworthy.
 
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Q: How can I collect a large amount of sand/glass without ruining the natural environment?

The Communist DuckI'm pretty sure everyone knows that collecting a large amount of glass can lead to some really ugly landscapes where pretty much a large, stone hole is left after you take all the sand from the beach. I want to avoid this - keeping my world as naturally nice as possible. I am pretty certain that ...

 
4:53 PM
@Powerlord That might have been the purpose long ago, but that's not how they work here.
They are either used to express mindless fandom or rational deprecation.
 
@ArdaXi Yes, sadly. Unfortunately, SE, Inc. seems to be against "down-starring" chat posts.
 
down starring? What's the opposite of a star? A black hole? We must push for black holes in chat.
 
@Arkive No, that would suck. ;)
 
@Powerlord stares
 
@RonanForman @Mana? Is that you?
I AM ON TO YOU!
 
4:59 PM
/oom I am out of mana!
 
Oi! get of my keyboard! How did you even get in! Go home @Mana !
 
strangles
 
FOR SCIENCE: Portal plushie talks, complains, adores. http://tumblr.com/xsk2ers87k
 
@GnomeSlice You're like a week late on this one, unless it's something other than the Plushie Turret.
 
@Powerlord Uh... No.
 
5:11 PM
@GnomeSlice You are and Kill Screen is. No, seriously, I was reading articles about this last week... a week ago today, iirc.
 
@Powerlord I meant, no, it's not anything other than the plushie turret.
 
Note the date on that video
I need ! 61!
 
wah
 
@GnomeSlice I'm glad someone knows that reference.
Although, to be honest, I never really finished MGS2... didn't even start MGS3 or 4.
 
5:14 PM
@Powerlord I've actually yet to play the game.
I've only played the first one so far.
 
I liked MGS over MGS2. MG 1 and 2 are pretty good too, particularly if you can find the PS2 versions.
 
@failbadp In the replay editor?
 
@Powerlord That was encoding actually
 
@failbadp Oh
 
5:16 PM
And it had basically finished.
Then it exploded.
Hrm, restarting the game appears to show that the encoding did finish, somehow.
 
Bleah, it may take more work than I thought to get runoff votes to work properly in Mapchooser Extended new
 
I wish the italian translator didn't use "YOUTUBALO" ("Io lo youtubo, tu lo youtubi, egli lo youtuba"??!?) for the upload button.
goes check if he can put in more suggestions
yay! I can.
 
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Q: Thackeray's scavenger hunt

DavidYellI'm trying to complete this quest, http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Thackeray%27s_scavenger_hunt but I am struggling. So far I have delivered the candles, the cupcake, and 3 dwarven ales, along with the kabob. Still the only dialog options I have when I speak to him are 'Backup a second a plan?' a...

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Q: Closed Questions & Duplicates

GWLlosaWe have at least one question (http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1184/dosbox-abandonware-games-where-to-find-closed) which was flagged as a duplicate of another question, and then that other question was removed for moderation. For consistency, we should either unflag as a duplicate, or ...

 
Awww crap AV is losing :(
 
@RonanForman AV?
 
5:26 PM
alternative vote
 
This is interesting. Believe it or not, SourceMod's translation files don't translate the phrases "Don't Change" and "Extend Map" for Mapchooser
 
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Q: 3D Movies and Gaming

HoulahanI have recently bought a Asus HD 6870 and a viewSonic 120hz 3D ready monitor i was wondering what kind of glasses and how i can view 3D on this monitor. Thanks Luke

 
It should have translations for it, and as far as I can tell, translate it into the server default language.
@Feeds That post is going to be moved to SuperUser in short order.
 
...wow
TF2 is serious about motion blur.
 
I think I just broke Youtube.
@failbadp Also, nice work.
 
5:33 PM
@failbadp Yeesh, nice missing there.
 
Someone needs to lower his mouse sensitivity
 
@Powerlord It takes skill, man.
 
Although Shotgun is one of those weird weapons where it's harder to hit people at close range.
(because of how the shots spread)
You'll have the same problem with the Scout's scatterguns.
 
I swear that when I played that damn medic filled my screen.
 
@failbadp Welcome to the wonderful world of lag compensation!
 
5:39 PM
Coming along nicely.
 
Hm. I just found out that while I worked hard tracing the Aperture Science Innovators logo, it was in Unicode the whole time. âš›
 
I see a box.
 
You should get a better font. It's an oversimplified version of the Rutherford model.
 
@ArdaXi no u
 
@ArdaXi I'm at work, I'm not at liberty to upgrade things.
 
5:42 PM
@GnomeSlice I am not an oversimplified version of the Rutherford model.
@Powerlord Upgrade your work.
@Brant Misc Symbols. (2600–26FF)
 
Do you know how long it took me to convince them that I didn't need 4 versions of Visual Studio installed (6, 2003, 2005, 2008) because I'm a Java developer?
As it is, I still have 2008.
 
never mind, unicode doesn't have code pages, that was a completely nonsensical statement
 
@Powerlord Not even 2010?
 
what code point is it?
 
@ArdaXi Nope, my boss hasn't authorized that for my machine because... I'm not a .NET developer. :P
 
5:43 PM
@Brant Isn't a code block the equivalent of a code page in Unicode?
269B
 
@Brant Yeah, 269.
 
@Brant In hex, obviously.
9883
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%9B%BF
I have no idea why wikipedia is doing that, but I'm amused by it.
Anywho, ftrain.com/unicode/#9883 doesn't display anything for me either. Black box. :(
Unicode goatse for you: ⦆⦿⦅
 
@Brant Gtfo
 
5:51 PM
aaah! a domain squatter got www.☃.com/ :(
at least we'll always have unicodesnowmanforyou.com
 
...wat
 
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Q: Minecraft Do positive coordinate locations give more ore?

JimI've heard that due to a bug in the terrain generation locations in the positive direction (i.e. (3,5),(100,200)) give more materials such as iron. I can't find any proof however. Is this true?

 
May 3 at 16:46, by bwarner
Is one of the Minecraft objectives "Earn 1000 rep on Gaming from Minecraft questions"? Because it should be.
This is humerous. I just noticed that the new and old versions of mapchooser_extended have functions with identical names with an identical purpose and return type, despite me rewriting that part from scratch before seeing how it used to be implemented.
 
@Powerlord I think I've got that one already.
 
6:07 PM
When did Unicode snowman get snow?
 
Challenge the rock.
 
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Q: How do we prefer to start our tag wikis?

Grace NoteThere's two general approaches to how one starts a Tag Wiki Excerpt. The Dictionary Method, in which we obviously believe you know what the word you're looking at is, so we don't repeat it. We just go straight to defining it, often as a fragment. The Preface Method, in which we treat it like a ...

 
6:38 PM
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Q: Please don't inbox notify me that I asked a question

Grace NoteI love the new moderator feature that alerts us of new questions on the Meta site we belong to. I always keep on top of the Gaming Meta while I'm online, but this does a lot to either speed up my notice, or give me an alert that something happened overnight. It also warns me that I've asked a qu...

 
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Q: In Sonic, why aren't the Chaos *Emeralds* all green?

AerodynamoI'm just curious because I always thought an "emerald" was green...

 
@Lazers Heh. +1
 
6:57 PM
Yay! My first mortarboard badge.
 
Oak
@Brant that badge should be silver if you ask me, not easy to get. Congrats
 
@Oak It was very easy to get in the beta.
 
Oak
@ArdaXi was it? Can't remember. Why?
Beta had a lot less questions, but also less people to vote on them.
And in general, question and answer scores in the beta were lower than they are now, if you ask me
No freaking way this answer:
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A: What genre of video game does Diablo belong to?

OakThe genre has a few popular names, including: Hack and slash Action RPG Dungeon crawl Diablo-like or Diablo-esque And sometimes even the term "roguelike" is used - there is a vast difference between the roguelike genre and games like Diablo, but the latter are obviously influenced by the form...

Could have got me so much votes back in beta
 
I reached the rep cap like 10 times in the beta.
I used to get like 100 a day at least.
 
Oak
Hmm, I see that now you're averaging ~33
Odd, I'd think it would have increased
Me it's different with different users
Or with what games are in fashion
 
7:04 PM
I've dropped a lot.
When Starcraft 2 was released, I was stripped of my honour.
And it's been downhill from there, with a small spike from Portal 2.
Whereas I broke the rep cap for the first time in 9 months April 25th.
 
About a third of my rep has come in the last month, from Minecraft.
 
I'm merely subsisting on the trickle of NetHack questions these days
 
I'm asymptotically close to 10k.
 
Oak
@ArdaXi you're still one of the highest-repped in the site
 
@Oak Hardly. I used to be the highest-repped on the site.
Now I'm 7th.
 
Oak
7:10 PM
Hardly? You're almost 10k. There's only 6 10k-ers now
With a userbase of thousands, that meanis more than being 1st in the beta, if you ask me
not that ranking matters, of course
except for our ego :)
 
@Oak Exactly. Asymptotically close to 10k.
 
Oak
@ArdaXi nah I'm guessing you'll get there before I get my 15k
(and the ability to protect)
 
I've been 'close to 10k' for a month.
 
Oak
(which is kinda lame)
 
I've spent two days building a spleef arena on my friend's Minecraft server, and I'm noticing that It's slightly too small.
But the only way to expand would be to burn it to the ground and start again.
 
Oak
7:11 PM
@ArdaXi umm, didn't you voluntarily suspended yourself?
 
@Oak That was last month.
 
Oak
@ArdaXi you would have gotten 10k by now if you haven't, I bet
 
Anyway, I would be much further from 10k if I hadn't 'cheated' so much.
 
7:13 PM
@GnomeSlice Do you need a lemon?
 
@ArdaXi ?
 
@GnomeSlice Well, you know, a combustible lemon. That burns your house down.
 
@ArdaXi But... but I don't want to burn it down... :(
 
@GnomeSlice Demand to speak life's manager.
 
I'll see if I can just rejigger the place
 
7:15 PM
Make life rue the day it thought it could give you too small a house.
 
It's not a house, but yeah.
 
@GnomeSlice DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I'M THE MAN WHO'S GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN! WITH THE LEMONS!
 
yes, yes.
 
It's funny because you have no idea what I'm talking about, and most of the people here do.
 
No
I do.
I'm just distraught.
 
7:16 PM
You do? Then why did you complain over @failbadp's closing of the part where?
 
What?
I don't know what that is.
 
That... wasn't you?
The Part Where is where we put the Portal 2 spoilers.
 
Evidently not.
That was closed? And what does this have to do with lemons?
 
@GnomeSlice So you don't know what I was talking about.
 
@ArdaXi I remember seeing that somewhere
 
7:18 PM
@ArdaXi Apparently not, or else he'd know what it has to do with lemons.
 
@GnomeSlice Never mind.
 
I'M STILL HERE.
I'M STILL A PEOPLE.
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Now, as I was saying.
2 mins ago, by Arda Xi
It's funny because you have no idea what I'm talking about, and most of the people here do.
 
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A: How do we prefer to start our tag wikis?

BrantI agree that the dictionary method is best. It makes better use of the limited space the excerpt gets on the tags page, avoids the wonky phrasing that the regex leaves in its wake, and just makes more sense considering that a user will never see it anyway unless it's already next to the tag name....

 
I remember the lemon grenades. Or whatever they are.
 
7:21 PM
Fact check: Do tag wiki excerpts render italics or bold in the hover tooltips?
 
@Brant Neither, on my end.
 
One way to find out.
 
@Brant Neither
 
Hmm. How about on the tags page?
 
@MatthewRead Combustible lemons. That burn your house down.
 
7:22 PM
IMO, they should be strikethrough'd
 
Strike'd through?
 
@ArdaXi Lemons remind me of grenades in general. They are just yellow limes, after all.
@GnomeSlice Good point.
@Brant Not there either.
 
Oh.
 
It's great how well Portal 2 was thought out. Since lemons are also used as 'batteries'.
 
7:40 PM
Maybe the most frightening thing you will see today. http://youtu.be/ZXi1c0ekz74
 
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Q: How does magic power affect buffing spells in Demon's Souls

michaelHow are various shielding spells in demon's souls affected by increasing the Magic skill (not intelligence). Duration? Shielding effect? Amount of MP spent? Thanks

 
7:54 PM
@GnomeSlice Thanks for that. * gouges eyes out *
 
"Come on Miranda. You want this"
 
I think that loses its touch when I have it in another tab just listening to the sound, as is my habit.
 
@ArdaXi I think so too.
 

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