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12:37 AM
@GraceNote, @badp - perhaps it's about time this meta question should be unfeatured? meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2350/…
 
1:34 AM
@RavenDreamer I'm inclined to agree.
 
 
1 hour later…
2:40 AM
@Mana YOU!
@Loktar You too!
 
huh?
 
I'm terribad at Galcon Fusion.
 
ooh lol
yeah I suck horribly
 
I was just starting to break average on Galcon for iPhone when I started playing this.
Ooooh boy
@Loktar do you play Audiosurf ?
 
@GnomeSlice did you just discover Audiosurf?
Really?
tsk
 
2:53 AM
@GnomeSlice yeah sometimes
mostly play the one mode where you dont touch any
cant remember the name of the mode now..
 
@Mana I don't game on the PC. I've wanted to play it for a long time.
@Loktar It's based on characters
 
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Q: Good races/class combination for tank, healer and damage dealer in WoW

WesleiI am new to WoW and I invited two friends to play WoW with me and we are going to take the tank, damage dealer and healer roles for partying. However, I thought to be a Tauren paladin and one friend chose Undead mage (my other friend will start playing tomorrow). The problem is that he was born...

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Q: Help identify isometric Amiga/PC(?) and 3D C64 labyrinth game

nrmDon't have much to go on (beside palette or music) as I didn't really get anywhere in the games beyond the first room: The isometric game I'd place in 89-94 years, pretty sure it was on Amiga but I had PC also so can't remember for sure. It looked a little bit like Cadaver but without the any ...

 
3:10 AM
Yeah, I'm Ninja Mono all the way
Those other stuffs are too much strategy
 
I liked Eraser.
 
Your opinion on this matter is null and void, because you did not pick the ninja.
Perhaps you didn't pick the ninja because you couldn't see it?
 
@RavenDreamer "No u"
 
@RavenDreamer Ninja mono thats the mode I play
love that mode. can kind of just sit back and chill
 
3:13 AM
It was too intense for me, but that's because I only started playing today.
 
I send my Ninja Mono on Dragonforce songs.
 
I like pointman too
 
I think I might be a bit of a sadist.
 
I don't like how the blocks are monochromatic with mono
kinda... eh...
Oh, by the way
5 hours ago, by GnomeSlice
Play Monstrous Turtles! in Audiosurf.
^ Do it. ^
 
I can't download that. I'm busy downloding Bit.Trip.Runner
 
3:15 AM
=[
But... but...
 
Though that seems more masochistic.
 
Just listen to it.
Or pause it to download the song.
Or something
 
Tell ya what. I'll star it, and next time I'm in chat and have bandwidth, I'll listen to it.
 
Wow. I was writing an answer, then I got a notification that a new answer had been posted.
I loaded the new answer and saw... me.
I had preempted myself.
 
3:27 AM
@RavenDreamer Ouch. That must feel pretty bad.
 
I am consumed with shame while simultaneously patting myself on the back for getting the once-over on that snob.
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@RavenDreamer I know that feeling all too well.
Does EVERYBODY use Mono in Audiosurf?
 
Only everyone who matters.
:P
 
3:44 AM
@RavenDreamer That's not what the leaderboard I just topped says.
:P
 
3:55 AM
@GnomeSlice I saw two people sitting next to each other in the face of your pumpkin. Now I can't un-see it.
 
@RavenDreamer Jesus Christ, now neither can I. Thanks a lot jerk.
 
I'll go listen to your turtles now.
Oh, rockin. Mario remix.
 
@RavenDreamer Yeah. Massive Scale.
It's so much fun to audiosurf that.
 
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Q: Can NPC houses have two doors?

Denilson SáIn Terraria game, we can build houses for NPCs. They must be at least 8x5 from inside, and surrounded by walls and blocks. It must also have a chair, a table and a door. But... Can it have two doors? Two doors can be convenient, so we can access the house from either side, or even walk past it.

 
5:53 AM
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Q: Starcraft 2 No Maps in Single Player ?

RobotsushiAfter reformatting my laptop and reinstalling sc2 I am no longer able to play vs the AI as it shows "No Content Found". Anyone know how to fix this ? Blizzard tech support isnt responding to my ticket.

 
user30
6:42 AM
@badp I'll give you 1 rec for your 6 dupe weapons
 
9:04 AM
Posted by Jeff Atwood on July 11th, 2011

Editing is the backbone of Stack Exchange. Every question and answer pair is intended to be an evergreen, editable resource for future travelers:

The editing feature is there so that old question/answer pairs can get better and better. For every person who asks a question and gets an answer on Stack Exchange, hundreds or thousands of people will come read that conversation later. Even if the original asker got a decent answer and moved on, the question lives on and may continue to be useful for decades. …

 
@ThomasMcDonald Sure.
 
 
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10:17 AM
@ThomasMcDonald oy?
 
10:43 AM
Hah.
So there was this achievement server.
I was looking for that achievement map that looked actually fairly fun, with all the informative screens and whatnot and ended on this other piece of shit place.
Ah well.
Four bots on blue. Three heavies and an engie on red. All spawncamping. I autojoined and got on blue.
After a few deaths as scout I switch to DR spy and start trolling them :P
Especially the engineer.
I start sapping his stuff, including the dispensers that kept the heavy shooting indefinitely. The heavies complain on chat about the lack of dispenser (especially because the engie rebuilt his sentry first for the 5k achievement grind.)
Eventually the engie gets fed up and changes class. To heavy. I continue targeting him for no reason whatsoever, except at least he keeps moving (differently from the stationary covered heavies.)
After some enforcer harassment he switches to sniper.
I keep shooting at him, feign death as he climbs a tower, decloak and disguise below the tower, climb up, stab him and get the achievement for dominating a sniper.
And spy 3.
I guess that's one way to actually earn achievements on achievement maps.
(Then I disconnected.)
 
You know, I used to run one of those servers.
I had a special map made, with what I recall was an exact replica of the map hidden somewhere.
Whenever someone started misbehaving I'd just teleport him there.
 
Misbehave? I got an achievement! That's the whole point!
:P
 
Anyway, I think that was the first instance of hellbanning in a video-game I've ever heard of.
 
Also I helped the engie towards sappers removed. He wouldn't have been able without me!
(That's perhaps why I didn't get kicked after all.)
 
Even better if it'd be possible somehow to have them walk among the players, but have him be invisible to all others.
 
10:52 AM
@ArdaXi Rather, his teammates.
Otherwise it's spy heaven.
 
No, like, none of his actions have any influence on the game world.
 
7 hours ago, by GnomeSlice
Does EVERYBODY use Mono in Audiosurf?
@GnomeSlice It's definitely one of the most accessible and fun modes.
You can play it proficiently by tapping 1, 2 and 3 on the keyboard. Three fingers play and you enjoy the music.
What more could you ask for?
 
Yep. I haven't used another mode in ages.
 
11:16 AM
posted on July 11, 2011 by Ronan Forman

I’m not going to be reviewing this game as such, if you want to know what’s in it just watch the trailer: Instead I am going to be explaining why this game is NOT Minecraft. Many people seem to think it is, and I can see why, but after playing this game for 5 minutes [...]

 
Is anyone else here using Google+?
 
@Wipqozn isn't it still private?
 
@RonanForman Not unless you get invited, which I did.
Curious if anyone knew how to change the primary e-mail it associates with your account, since I didn't realize I was signed up on my main gmail email (I have four)
 
@Wipqozn do you have any invites?
 
@RonanForman I just signed up, so I'm sure I do.
Want one?
 
11:20 AM
yes please!
our twitter is posting the blog posts now
Not a Minecraft post http://bit.ly/oqK6dX
 
E-Mail ?
There.
I believe I just sent you an invite
 
yeah i got it
dammit! you've got to be 18!!!
 
@RonanForman you youngsters
I created a Stack Exchange circle for you and everything
 
@RonanForman It's 18... right.
I had the same issue.
Well, among others. It's also off-limits for Google Apps accounts.
Can't have employees being all social.
 
My old boss has an account there, who now works for Google.
So I assume Google just hates you Google Apps people
If anyone over the age of 17 wants a Google+ invite, I'm happy to provide.
 
11:30 AM
Ah, I get it.
They're working on getting it ready for Google Apps.
 
@ArdaXi caught yourself just as I was beginning to explain your mistaken.
 
Although, you know, technically a day after your 17th birthday you're also over 17.
Which is why we say over 18.
 
Not if you round
 
We don't.
 
well
just to avoid any confusion
 
11:33 AM
I'm not sure it is 18 just that its above 16
 
It's 18.
 
If(you_want_a_Google_plus_invite && (your_age >= 18)) {
wipqozn_will_provide_one==true;
}
 
also i can't find where i've actually put my birthday
 
@RonanForman not the best title ever
 
When you signed up, I believe.
 
11:34 AM
@ThomasMcDonald try again at 5pm~
 
@Wipqozn Syntax error on Line 1 near +.
 
latr gents
 
@badp Is that cause it sort of is a minecraft post or do you actually not like it?
 
@ArdaXi fixed
 
@RonanForman I know, it's not Minecraft. It's Minecraft with a dimension removed.
Minecraft, now in IMIN 2D!
 
11:36 AM
@ArdaXi stares did you actually read it?
 
I did.
> Instead I am going to be explaining why this game is NOT Minecraft. Many people seem to think it is, and I can see why, but after playing this game for 5 minutes you can clearly see what this game is about and how different it is to Minecraft.
 
it plays very differently to minecraft
 
It's more combat oriented, sure.
It's like Super Mario Bros is to Super Mario 64.
 
@ArdaXi The difference is in Minecraft the exploration is a means to an end: the building. Where in Terraria, it's the other way around.
 
Potato potato.
 
11:39 AM
Either way, I prefer minecraft.
 
@Wipqozn well put
 
The problem is they seem to be advertising it as just a 2D minecraft.
 
@Wipqozn how?
 
The ads I've seen make it appear like a 2D minecraft, since they seem to place an emphasis on building in the videos I've seen.
I can not think of a specific example right now though. It wasn't until I read a few reviews/forum posts that I realized that the building is a minor aspect.
After which I decided to give it a go.
 
It's mainly because they look similar
the oposite it true for halo and CoD, they look different but play pretty similar
 
11:43 AM
I agree, but that's the problem though. It looks similar, so people can't help but draw the comparison.
 
@Wipqozn and it's the first thing people notice too
 
Indeed it is. Either way, I hope people give it a chance and try it out.
 
 
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user30
1:11 PM
@bad Yeah, I went out for a bit
 
2:28 PM
Poor kitties.
@Wipqozn I can haz invite?
 
@Brant Don't give it to him, he's under 18! ;()
wtf? How did I get from typing ;D to typing ;()
I should use ;() from now on as the "winking monkey" smiley.
 
@Powerlord So am I. Apparently Google doesn't know how old I am
 
You should give an invite to @ArdaXi, since he's clearly an old guy.
 
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Q: where to get Portal 2 mods from

TomaszRykalaI obviously don't own Portal 2 yet but am considering buying since it's on sale on Steam at the moment. My question is - I've heard that the SDK has been released some weeks ago so one would expect some custom maps already available. However I cannot find one reliable website with mods and maps. ...

 
@Powerlord Hey!
 
2:33 PM
@Lazers With less than 2.5 hours to go, this person is pulling it kinda close.
 
Off-topic.
It's asking for sites with Portal 2 mods now.
 
I can think of one reliable site with portal 2 maps: thinkwithportals.com
Which happens to be the Portal 2 official site.
 
@Powerlord Just drop the email here, almost everyone on MSO chat has been invited already
 
@YiJiang Yeah, see, I was "lying" there about ArdaXi being an old guy. He's what, 16? 17?
 
(never mind, I don't want my email in the chat history)
Hmm, is the fact that I'm looking for a SASS processor for asp 6 a sign that I need a new job?
 
2:39 PM
I forgot if I have all email sent to whatever@rbemrose.com forwarded to me or not.
 
arda is that young? jeeze
I always assume people in these chats are closer to my age..
I must just be getting too old
 
That happens to me too.
 
Yes, I'm twice Arda's age.
Which scares me every so often when I think about it.
 
heh Im 28 still not in the 30's!
 
And I'm half my parents' ages this year, too! :O
I turned 32, they both turned 64.
 
2:45 PM
Yeah its weird when your parents get older.
I have them at permanent 30 in my mind
 
Heck, Mom is retiring at the end of the year.
Now that's going to seem weird.
 
good for her though
I can't wait to retire.. but can wait to be 65 lol
 
@Powerlord Has no maps.
 
@ArdaXi You checked under the Portal 2 mapping contest page? :P
 
@Powerlord That's thinkINGwithportals.com
 
2:48 PM
@ArdaXi No, the official portal 2 site had a mapping contest. It's one of the more recent entries in their blog, iirc.
Said contest being over now.
 
> The Summer Mapping Initiative has been completed and thinkingwithportals.com has selected the winners. There were 280 entries that took the 13 Judges over 140 hours to play.
The mapping contest was held by thinkingwithportals.com
thinkwithportals.com just blogged about it and sponsored prizes.
 
@brant sure. E-Mail?
 
sigh Would it kill Google Code to have a way to download the entire code to a project without requiring me to have 3 bajillion different source control systems installed?
Seeing as how every. other. public source control system EVER has this feature?
 
3:08 PM
@Wipqozn brant@control-v.net
Thanks!
@Powerlord What, you don't use bazaar?
 
@Brant I was going to download someone else's code onto my work PC.
However, my work PC doesn't have a Mercurial client.
 
Oh.
 
thought google code used SVN
 
Depends on the project.
 
@Brant Invite sent.
 
3:10 PM
Hence the comment on "requiring me to have 3 bajillion different source control systems installed"
 
@Wipqozn whee, time to give all my personal info to goog... eh, screw it, they have it all already
 
My work PC only has SVN, VSS, and TFS clients on it.
 
I guess I'm lucky in that I have Administrator access to my work pc
 
.net developer @Powerlord?
 
@Brant (ssh, actually I do too, but they don't know that, so I'm limiting what I install)
 
3:14 PM
What's TFS like? We "use" svn here, and I work with git on my own stuff, but I've never touched TFS.
 
Last time they upgraded TortoiseSVN, it had a number of problems (apparently upgrading from 1.6.11 or below to 1.6.12 or above has failures) and they gave me admin access... and never removed it.
Anyway, I don't really use TFS, it's just standard on all dev machines, since this is primarily a .NET shop.
However, I do Java development.
 
I need to use git more, I prefer svn currently just because I "know" it.
 
(by "use" I mean people work on their own and check in the finished code once the project is complete. Our old process was to dump it on a network share. A consultant who audited our IT processes suggested we "use a version control system", so now technically we do! woo!)
</rant>
 
heh thats how we work.. its a pain really lots of untested broken code gets checked in.
I am starting to push unit testing.. but the devs I work with are pretty jr.
one thinks JQuery is a language sigh
 
Whoa, creepy. I just got an e-mail from linkedin asking if I knew a bunch of people I have had vague internet interactions with over the last few years.
(not that kind, perverts)
 
3:18 PM
Well, we're not supposed to check things in to Subversion unless we know it won't break things, as we have a scheduled deployment to a dev server once a day.
 
Will items stored in your furnace stay there until you retrieve them (that is to say they won't just vanish after X minutes, or if you log off)?
in minecraft
 
they should
but I always worry lol
But yeah they are supposed to stay forever
anyone else can grab stuff from the ovens too
so if you log off and leave stuff in someone else can snatch them.
 
I just play on a private server with a friend of mine, so that's not a problem.
 
You'll be fine then, unless your friend decides he deserves the smelted gold bricks more than you do.
 
@Brant True
Which brings up a question, then
WOuldn't the same be true if I just put it in a chest ? or can those be set to only be opened by the creator ?
 
3:23 PM
nope open for all :?
I really wish Notch would have player controlled chests
 
You should put it in a Steve Co. Crate.
 
I have a giant hidden area where I put my valuables on our server
 
Speaking of Minecraft:
 
@Loktar the gaming one ?
 
Yesssssssssssssss
 
3:24 PM
I think you shared that last week
 
@Wipqozn no Im on a server with a bunch of friends
didnt realize gaming had one
 
@Loktar I've only been on it once, and I was on the old world. Was really nice.
the minecraft chat room has the server details
 
one sec Ill post a link to our map
its pretty cool as well
they have a gmap for thiers?
I love looking at those seeing everything
 
@Loktar I have no idea.
 
user30
3:27 PM
this would be our newest map
 
ha nice, I like the bridge
 
user30
 
user30
I feel a project coming together
 
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A: Good races/class combination for tank, healer and damage dealer in WoW

Raven DreamerSo there's two real issues here. How to start near your Friends The first is a question of start location. In WoW, this is wholly dependent on your race. As of Cataclysm, each race has it's own unique start location, which means that if you pick different races, you will not be 'born together'....

 
@brent wow I figured that image was a joke.. zombies dont even surpass jesus.
 
3:31 PM
Did anyone else read "So...", saw that the answer extended off the bottom of the screen, and think "I didn't know tzenes played WoW"?
 
Nice maps @Loktar and @everyone-who-worked-on-the-gaming.se-minecraft-server
 
user30
heh, that's only one of the maps we have going, I just haven't got the other one linked up on the new server
 
user30
 
user30
it looked so promising, and then I saw the question
 
What could you want more? A lecit use for the bacon tag.
@Wipqozn You're welcome
 
3:35 PM
cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/bacon <-- A licit use for the bacon tag.
 
@Ronan Nah, I'm just underwhelmed by the blog post. "Not a Minecraft Post" goes on to discuss Minecraft and Terraria
@Powerlord Booooooooooring.
 
user30
Man, noone wants to buy my hats
 
@ThomasMcDonald I'm stuck away from home till 1800 your time
 
You know, I had a thought... that it'd be fun to wear the Heavy's Jaws with the Cadaver's Cranium. And then I remembered I crafted my Cadaver's Cranium away.
 
user30
Same, in a moment of madness
 
3:37 PM
The only hat that matters is the pyro boot non-hat hat.
 
I need to trade away or craft away more hats.
I have like 8 Soldier hats now.
and 7 Heavy hats.
 
"The Grand GamingSE TF2 Hat Giveaway! Sponsored by OCRemix and TF2ThomasMcDonaldSwappingPlaceSortaThing"
 
user30
I have 3 vintage spy hats + genuine ketche + col roule + v. camera beard + fez
 
I assume lolololololol.dev is a WIP name after all :P
 
user30
And of those, I will only use col roule & fez
 
user30
3:40 PM
haha
 
@ThomasMcDonald I still have you beat there. 3 v. Spy hats + v. camera beard + Fez + Detective Noir + Fancy Fedora + unusual Fancy Fedora + unusual Le Party Phantom.
At least I think it's 3 v... better check.
 
user30
@badp Oh, it's more refined now
 
user30
I started afresh
 
user30
but my new code kept crashing Pow (or something else was) so I had to resort back to localhost:3000 rather than the fancy .dev
 
Yup, 3, but I also have a Detective Noir.
 
user30
3:42 PM
I sold my Detective Noir
 
I wonder if I should keep these vintage hats in hopes that they'll go up in value.
 
user30
I doubt they will
 
@ThomasMcDonald I got mine before I got my unusuals. I should probably get rid of it.
I mean, I'm never going to equip a Spy hat other than the Unusual Fedora or normal Familiar Fez, so the non-Vintage ones are useless to me.
Speaking of useless, I have a Heavy Football Helmet now... I should craft that with something to try to get a better hat.
er... nv Football Helmet (I also have a Vintage one)
glares at Melissa
She didn't tell me what day(s) she could do lunch this week and isn't responding to my messages. :/
or answering her phone.
 
user30
oh noes
 
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Q: Permanent weapon glow effects in Rift?

OmokoiiIn the "Waves of Madness" world event you can get a "Vial of abyssal water" that adds a glow effect to your weapon. Like most special items in Rift the item description is less than helpfull and they forgot to mention that it's limited to 24 hours. Are there any way of obtaining a permanent wea...

 
3:57 PM
"They're all dead! It's time to go shopping!" -- Shopkeeper, Killing Floor
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@Powerlord I still need to beat Abusement Park.
 
"I like the big ones dont you?"
 
I dare say, I"m going to play Killing Floor when I got home. It's basically all I did this weekend just gone by.
Such an awesome game.
 
@Powerlord Beats GLaDOS.
 
Does Gaming.SE Still do GAme On every Saturday?
 
user30
4:08 PM
Not for a while now
 
user30
but bringing it back to life with KF would be awesome
 
That's what I was going to suggest.
Considering KF is awesome, and you really only need a handful of people to play.
 
user30
4:23 PM
Aye
 
4:39 PM
That's weird. I was just banned from a TF2 server by just joining.
 
Was a reason given?
or just "banned" (never been banned, so not sure if you get a reason or not)
 
Maybe they know you form GAming.SE, and have it set to auto-ban you if you join?
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Makes sense.
 
@Wipqozn +1
 
4:47 PM
That is weird though. DO you have any unusual characters in your steam name? Maybe the console bans anyone with "unusual" characters as an anti-spamming measure?
Although a terribly designed one
 
Maybe they just didn't want anyone else joining.
 
Just Arda Xi
 
@GnomeSlice Except he was given a permanent ban, and if they only ever want a smalll selection of people joining, wouldn't a whitelist make more sense?
 
@Wipqozn True.
 
unusual in anycase
Only other thing I could think of is that it's hosted by someone who hosts another server from which you were banned
 
user30
4:51 PM
I've been on servers that have kicked if you joined from a different country
 
only other thing that makes sense
@ThomasMcDonald ah true, although I would think they would list that as a reason
 
user30
sigh
 
@GnomeSlice I find the Onion can be really hit or miss
 
@badp maybe writing some posts would make it better...
 

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