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12:06 AM
 
Dear Valve, wtf is up with your servers today? First Steam friends list stuff went down, then the forums did.
 
12:44 AM
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Q: Why can we suddenly not connect two guitars and drums to Rock Band on Wii?

mattdmSo, we've had Rock Band 3 for the Wii for about a month, and it's been working fine. We've got two guitars (one rock band 2 vintage, one newer), plus the pro drumset. Everything was working fine, but suddenly, we can't get all three of these instruments to connect at the same time. It seems like...

 
12:59 AM
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Q: Can Mud blocks be used to create a mushroom farm?

Mark RogersIn Terraria, the mud block seems a little useless, I read on the crappy Wikia page that Mud blocks can be used to grow mushrooms in some fashion. Does anyone know how to do this? Should I plant mud blocks next to some green growth?

 
1:29 AM
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Q: Age of Empires (1+2) online?

powtacCan I still play Age of Empires 1 or 2 online? The GameSpy room for AOE 1 is always empty. Has anybody tested http://www.voobly.com ?

 
1:44 AM
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Q: Is there some easy way to share SpaceChem save data between computers?

Nick TWhile waiting for SpaceChem version 1009 or whatever to bring us the Steam Cloud, is there some easy way to share the save files and game state between computers?

 
2:11 AM
@Powerlord I have a friend who has this problem if he has preview enabled during rendering, if he's fast at disabling it works.
 
I want to do a Minecraft production.
But it will need organization.
I'm talking about like, A Midsummer Night's Dream or something.
 
2:24 AM
@CruelCow I don't even get the screen that allows me to disable it. It exits back to the main replay menu, then show the Valve head behind the Win7 crash dialog.
I just backed up my TF2 replay directory, then erased all my Steam stuff and reinstalled it, and now I'm downloading TF2 again.
I haven't reinstalled Steam since I set up this computer shortly after Win7 came out.
 
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Q: what is the meaning of circles near friend heroes in LoL

Gajetin game gui there is a circle near each allied hero icon which may be gray or green, what is the meaning of that circle? so far I know it's not saying if the friend is connected? and how can I find out how many players are now playing in game? (I mean how many disconnected?)

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Q: How do I delete HTML5 game apps in Chrome?

Raven DreamerI noticed the new Chrome store today and downloaded / installed the free app "Canvas Rider". I quickly determined that the game was both difficult to control, and frustratingly unforgiveably hard. I decided that I would unistall the app and never speak of my lack of skills regarding it immediat...

 
@GnomeSlice I'd be game for it but I don't have a non-pirated version of MC.
 
@Mana It would take a while to get enough reliable people to put it together.
We'd need a custom skinner.
And a server which enabled us to change our display names.
Stagehands, with worldedit preferably
 
And when it's done, we'd get paid absolutely nothing and laid even less. But think of the viewers.
 
Right.
I'm serious though.
 
2:29 AM
I know, man.
 
We'd have to prep everyone with inventory editors for stage props.
 
It's a depressing thought but I know.
 
And have someone record it.
Just a thought.
 
At least you have more creativity, intelligence and motivation than at least half of the world.
 
HERPDERP
 
2:32 AM
It's amazing to find someone who can speak their mind so well. Thank you @Gnome.
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=[
We could use sand for the curtain in between scenes.
Worldedit would mean we would need a lot fewer stagehands
 
backs out of the chat slowly
 
Schematics could even be used for the different stage setups
We'd need some players with actual experience in stage production
And some musical jiggering with jukeboxes
 
 
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3:40 AM
Can't believe I finally get to play Duke Nukem Forever, after having it pre-ordered in 1998. Ah the memories.. http://t.co/Ss8nBL4
 
Review of DNF seem to be panning it.
Commenting on how it looks like a game from the early 2000s.
 
 
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4:51 AM
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Q: How can I kill adorable animals?

Ben BlankWith version 1.0.4 of Terraria came fluffy little bunnies hopping in my fields and happy little goldfish swimming in my lakes, grateful for the sanctuary my base provides them against the horrors of the wider world. So, naturally, I'm trying to kill them. Not because I expect it to be useful, j...

 
@Lazers Retagged.
 
5:10 AM
@GnomeSlice Who the hell accepts pre-orders on a game that hasn't even been RTM
or did everyone learn their lesson after that
 
@NickT Doubtful, even though I don't get the reference.
 
We need more + . Anyone has a question about SeppuKuties?
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6:31 AM
Holy jeez, nearly the entire front page is
 
7:31 AM
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Q: Which variable of Counter-Strike 1.6 controlled the "Voice Transmit/Send Volume"?

LiuYan 刘研I know that voice_scale controlls voice receive volume, but which one is for voice transmit volume?

 
Oak
8:00 AM
@GnomeSlice I think it's Raven's fault, we mass-edited Terraria posts, I think for fixing links
 
8:43 AM
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Q: What should I do before 'transferring' an Xbox Live account to someone else?

joshhuntI am selling my Xbox 360 to a friend, and I would like to give him access to the games on my Live account as well, so I just figured I would give him exclusive access to my Xbox Live profile. What should I do before I give him access to the account (apart from changing the password) so I am not d...

 
9:13 AM
hi there
 
um, TF2 update with no changelog
 
Oak
A conspiracy.
 
lol
 
9:55 AM
god... noobs in my team...
 
In other news thanks to lag I got the "Kill an enemy with an arrow while you're dead" achievement, with the regular rifle.
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Damn I lost... f*** the solo players...
Matchmaking: level 20/22/22/30 annnnnnd 5!!!!!!!!!
Lol my IP points where : 1337 :P
 
@badp Well, apparently your bits travelling through the tubes are slower than the bullet.
 
11:08 AM
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Q: How to regain health/hit points in Dungeon Siege III?

FabianI'm playing the demo of Dungeon Siege III and noticed that my hit points are not automatically regenerating. But I also did not notice any health potions to drink or something like that. Sometimes enemies drop these green, glowing orbs that give back some health, but I haven't found other ways of...

 
11:23 AM
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Q: Are players listed by Elo on normal?

Borror0In Ranked game, it is my understanding that players are listed by Elo, with the highest Elo being the team captain and the lowest Elo being the last pick. Is the same logic applied to normal games? If I'm listed as fifth on my team, does that mean I have the lowest normal Elo score on my team o...

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Q: Which order do I play the Civilization IV expansion packs and the main game?

The Communist DuckI bought Civilization IV and all 3 expansion packs from the Steam Sale. I've heard numerous things about the packs - new units, civilizations, etc. I have no idea what that means since I'm new to the series. :) I have 4 games listed on my Steam, excluding duplicates: Civ IV, Civ IV: Beyond the S...

 
Yay</ironic> facebook integration for Steam
 
wat?
facebook...
T_T
 
Oak
Facebook and Google are really in a taking-over-the-world competition
 
Do we need cheerleaders? Go team go!
 
@Mvy Hrump, my evil mega-about-to-take-over-the-world cooperation is so much better than yours!
 
11:33 AM
hum. Purple tentacle inside?
 
@badp ...what. Seriously? :|
 
@FallenAngelEyes Yup.
I saw an ad for this feature in the post-game "Recent updates" thingadongdong.
 
oh man
 
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Q: Identify a "Pilot Wings" style arcade game?

soulBitI recently got a 3DS, and as part of the package I had Pilot Wings bundled with it. It reminded me of a game that I used to play at an arcade when I was younger - between 2000 and 2005: It was coin-operated You were in control of a flying bike / plane, and had to navigate through a series of ho...

 
The setting is in the profile tab of your profile editing page.
Remind me again, why is it people use the Facebook commenting system?
 
11:37 AM
Yeeeeah saw that
 
It's certainly not because of inbuilt antiabuse systems.
I thought that was the reason but I'm mistaken.
Faith in humanity, dropping.
 
It's even worse now because if you hit Enter, it automatically posts your message, so you can't put returns in your comments anymore.
You should've seen the Sarah Palin commentors yesterday... shudder
 
@FallenAngelEyes I'd never use a system like that! (oh wait comments)
So you can't shift-enter if it needs be?
LOL
now this is an elaborate app.
 
browser based
I guess
like steam app itself
 
@badp You can, but how many times have you ever accidentally hit enter when going to type an apostrophe or something? You can't edit comments, so if you do that, you have to delete completely and rewrite.
failbook.failblog.org/2011/06/09/… <-if you want some FB lolwtf
Linking your accounts will also raise your maximum friend count in Steam to 300. <-Seriously Steam? So you won't do a cap raise unless you link with FB? :| I am disappoint.
 
11:44 AM
 
@badp The app on my page has the horizontal scrollbar at the bottom :o
 
@badp Facebook has anti-abuse systems? No really?
 
Do I read Facebook and anti-abuse system in the same sentence?
 
@Mvy Yes. Facebook does not have any sort of anti-abuse system. There, I said it...
 
12:02 PM
no @YiJiang facebook IS an abuse system.
 
@YiJiang I thought it did
I mean, I thought it was the whole point for other sites to use the facebook commenting system
 
12:23 PM
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Q: What should I do before 'transferring' an Xbox Live account to someone else?

joshhuntI am selling my Xbox 360 to a friend, and I would like to give him access to the games on my Live account as well, so I just figured I would give him exclusive access to my Xbox Live profile. What should I do before I give him access to the account (apart from changing the password) so I am not d...

Doing that is against the Xbox ToS, so should we be giving answers on circumvention?
 
Hum maybe we should answer : it's against ToS and close it
 
Ok heading out for the day, later all.
 
12:39 PM
Oh man, I always wanted to learn how to murder adorable animals. Thanks to Gaming.StackExchange, now I can! Thanks Gaming. Thaming.
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1:11 PM
lol
 
 
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2:21 PM
okay, Tibbers + 5th spell rocks.
I mean, my game more or less changed from 0/13/0 to 3/13/3, but that's an improvement.
 
2:47 PM
Okay, I ended 4/20/3 (defeat); I guess that's only a partial improvement.
...defeat vs the bots, I mean.
 
3:00 PM
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Q: Minecraft 1.5+, how to make new water ladders?

CyclopsWith Minecraft 1.5 (or maybe later), water behavior changed, and my water ladders stopped working. While I'm sure that they worked at all, was due to a glitch - still, it was a fun glitch. :) According to the wiki, they are still possible, just harder to make - so how do you make one?

 
well that's good start I guess
 
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Q: The Witcher 2 - The Butcher of Cidaris Quest Bug?

CraigThis is my first playthrough and I think I started this quest without realising it. When I first got to Chapter 2 there was too much going on at once and so it got slightly confusing, so a lot of Quests were added and some where overlooked to begin with, this Quest been one of them. Anyway, aft...

 
3:33 PM
Weapons I'm missing, not counting promotional reskins: Sandman, Scottish Resistance, Gunboats, Powerjack, Mad milk, Syndey Sleeper, Bushwacka, Rocket Jumper, Sharpened Volcano Fragment, Sun on a Stick.
...and the sticky jumper.
I guess that makes Mad Milk the only major item I'm missing.
 
4:12 PM
Okay, I'm ready to give up on LoL
It's like
I have this other champ on my lane
he gets some damage
etc.
he drops to 200 health and stays on the lane
and I have 1k
and he killed me 5 times by just looking at me and I couldn't pay him back
ohhhh whatever.
my teammates are constantly telling me to "stay behind the turrets stay behind the turrets stay behind the turrets"
but fuck that! The minions are not near my fucking turrets
I might as well be fucking dead.
...this is especially frustrating because as they tell me that they go out and push seconds later.
 
I've never tried LoL. I played a little of HoN but those games aren't very newbie friendly in general and I start feeling all waugh and overwhelmed if trying to PUG
 
So fuck you League of Legends. If I want to play defensively all the time I'll play as an engie in TF2.
 
4:41 PM
Well I've found it frustrating the first time also
The problem is that you should know how does the other heroes play
But it's not easy.
Then you know when to push him, fallback
and kill him
By the way some targets are just too difficult to get, but usually towers help you a lot to keep them at distance
The thing to know is to stay alive in the first phase, when laning
not to loose experience when you're dead
 
4:54 PM
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Q: Screenshot of a complete building?

dierreI saw this screenshot and I was wondering if is there a tool to take a screenshot of an entire building?

 
5:06 PM
@Mvy Thing is, it's still being frustrating and I'm now level 7
 
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Q: Share Multiplayer World

theChrisKentA buddy and I have been playing Terraria together in a joint world. I hosted and so I have the world and can play in single player when he's not around. He'd like to do the same, is this possible? I doubt we could both play it and then have it sync up the changes, but is there a way to send him...

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Q: Finding hearts in Terraria

RobbI'm having trouble discovering hearts. Is there a pattern on how to discover them or a certain depth range I should be looking? I've found maybe 3 hearts when I feel like I should have fun at least double that.

 
Did you played versus IA or player BTW?
 
@Mvy Yes, you can see my game history on the 'the bp' profile
 
I'll check that
BTW I have a team... that helps a lot. Communication etc.
 
Yes, my "normal" games is with a group of gamers that are mostly level 30.
This does mean that sometimes I'll face level 30 people choke full of runes masteries and whatnot that I can't artificially have. :/
 
5:17 PM
I understand then
 
However, the matchmaking system should make sure that they also have an 'handicap'
 
Plus they are very experienced and know forces and weaknesses of champions...
Have a friend who is 30... every battler with him in my team is harder than usual.
And I often lose
 
However
 
but you can still learn a lot
 
runes and masteries all only nudge your stats by tenths of percent each
 
5:18 PM
yes
Xperience of the game means a lot
 
certainly if you equip ten greater marks of X penetration, ten greater signs of regeneration, ten glyphs of cooldowns, and three greater quintessences of the same those tenths add up
 
not sure for quitescences
but normal ones that s right
well dinner time
 
Those people are very cool in letting me play with them despite everything and I appreciate it
 
good friends they are
 
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Q: Witcher 2 - Combat tips?

MihaiOne of the first quests in Chapter 1 requires me to investigate a cave of "nekkers". The problem is, I can't even kill one of them before the creatures gang up on me and rip me to shreds. I have been at this literally for hours, without making much progress. I had no problems finishing the first ...

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Q: Are Wii games multilanguage (EU Region)?

DrakeAre Wii games multilanguage in EU region? I live in Italy but I found some very good prices on UK sites, so I am wondering if games sold there have Italian language included.

 
5:51 PM
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Q: How can I float upwards with the boots of cheapness?

wokIn "You Found The Grappling Hook" (YFTGH), I am stuck at the point shown in the picture: there is a gap between the platform and the ladder. When I float with the boots of cheapness, I cannot manage to reach at least the bottom of the ladder. However, a guy manages to float upwards. Which contro...

 
user30
6:10 PM
Question of the day: how far will bitcoin slide?
 
@ThomasMcDonald Is it sliding?
 
user30
@badp $-7.2497 -30.27% today
 
\o/
wait... so it reached how much, 21?
 
user30
$24 was yesterday's 'close'
 
...
it's still a stupid high spike.
 
user30
6:18 PM
Now trading at $16.5, lowest today was $13
 
at any rate, yeah, it's probably going to slide pretty hard
as people lose interest
media coverage dwindles
 
user30
I think it's being played
 
and btc owners who went in for the easy profit start sweating.
@ThomasMcDonald You mean a bump and dump scheme, or whatever it's called?
 
user30
Dunno to be honest
 
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Q: Looking for a Game Similar to World in Conflict

mabwiMy apologies if this question isn't appropriate here. I'm looking for a game similar to World in Conflict, which I've played through multiple times. I like the RTS aspect of it, and while I occasionally like to do the base building/resource management thing, I like to be able to focus purely on...

 
6:23 PM
@Lazers The system should detect variations on that first sentence and just pull up the FAQ (or the relevant meta post in this case, I suppose), heh.
 
user30
So why can't I redownload my purchased music when I can redownload my apps and books?
 
user30
Apple ±_±
 
Yeah, I feel like that's always been a major fail on their part.
I think somewhere it suggests that you back-up your purchases to CD. I raised a brow at it.
 
user30
@TimStone You must not have seen the WWDC announcement where they announced you would be able to redownload stuff.
 
Ah, I did not.
 
user30
 
user30
> Beta Starting in the US
 
user30
Ah.
 
user30
Although none of the 'cloud' music thingies have launched in the UK.
 
user30
6:56 PM
TF update?
 
user30
Wait what, a kritzkast hat?
 
@ThomasMcDonald welcome to 16 hours ago.
 
user30
I've only just booted PC since 11 last night.
 
There was one weird thing about said update: The release notes were never posted to Steam, only the server mailing list.
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed a problem related to spawning multiple entities unnecessarily between mini-rounds
- Fixed a bug that caused players to see the wrong backpacks on some classes
- Fixed a problem with honorbound weapons not allowing themselves to be holstered after killing a Spy using the Dead Ringer
- Fixed the Ubersaw and the Vita-Saw not displaying the Medic's ÜberCharge progress
They didn't mention the hat, but it was there in the files for all classes.
 
7:40 PM
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Q: installing a program with wine: says i didnt download it

frog kingi have playonlinux and a windows compatibility layer...i tried to install GTA 4 and after the download the icon said i didnt install anything. i made a launcher and it said the same thing. im technologically impaired, so i didnt notice anything wrong while installing. my brother said something ab...

 
7:52 PM
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Q: Is there a Duke Nukem Forever playable demo?

powtacDoes anybody know it a playable demo was released?

 
8:23 PM
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Q: Any "gaming" mouse loses sensitivity when Window 7 sleeps

MichaelWhen I wake up my desktop from sleep mode the mouse sensitivity is real low when I move it in Windows. The control panel sensitivity value hasn't changed just cursor movement. If I restart the computer or unplug and re-plug the USB mouse the sensitivity returns to normal. The two gaming mice I ow...

 
@Feeds Hmm, interesting. My Microsoft mouse pretty much grinds to a halt when I put my desktop to sleep.
 
8:56 PM
I think one of my USB ports is going. :/
 
9:30 PM
Hmm, not really impressed with Duke Nukem Forever after playing the demo.
 
9:52 PM
Lets see... where did I leave off yesterday.
Oh yeah, I need to write the code to update the leader least every time someone casts a vote.
 
10:31 PM
@Powerlord ...are you going to hold whining ladders?
«Most votes called by: 1. bpSF at 9,481, 2. bestPlayahEvar at 4813; ... top user per month wins a badge and a server ban!»
 
@badp No, this is for each vote cast. This is to list the leaders in a vote in the hintbox like the SourceMod vote system does.
 
you mean who called the vote?
 
@badp No, like list what options currently have the most votes.
 
oh. I see.
 
 
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11:52 PM
OK, they're doing this the hard way... they only store the cast votes, rather than storing the number of votes for each item.
(I do both)
I wonder if this is quick enough to do it each time like that. I mean, I could do it that way, too...
 
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Q: Can you play all the Diablo 2 acts on Daiblo 2 Lord of Destruction?

Click UpvoteIf I have both Diablo 2 and the expansion pack: Diablo 2 : Lord of destruction installed, can I play the Diablo 2 acts on the expansion pack? The reason is, I've heard that the expansion pack has got a lot of gameplay improvements, if so, I want to play it rather than the original Diablo 2.

 
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Q: Computer turns off while playing 3D games

detourAbout a week ago, my computer started to randomly turn off while I was playing 3D games. I initially suspected temperature issues. I have SpeedFan installed, idle PC temp is 99C and running a game about 120C. I opened the case to clean the filter/cpu heatsink/fan blades, aerosol dusted, and ensur...

 

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