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1:03 PM
Yo!
 
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Q: What is this blue bubble above my head in Zenonia?

AprecheI'm playing Zenonia for the iPhone, and I'm in the snow levels. My character has a weird blue bubble floating above his head. Sometimes it's solid blue, other times it's white with a blue symbol inside of it. It's always sparkling and has a little sparkling chain that connects it to my character....

 
@Manaಠдಠ good morning mana
 
@KevinY Nice nomination!
Good morning Wipqozn! :D
 
@kevinY nominated...? gosh darn ya, that's someone else to consider :/ Why do all these good candidates keep nominating themselves?
 
user30
@Manaಠдಠ ...morning?
 
user30
1:13 PM
:)
 
user30
man, I really need to rewrite my API wrapper.
 
@Thomas my timezone is the only timezone ;_;
 
user30
although to be fair at the moment it is only 12 lines
 
user30
okay, that didn't go as well as hoped
 
Click the fixed font button
 
user30
1:14 PM
I did
 
user30
It removed my wonderful 2 space indentation D:
 
impossible D:
 
user30
How anybody uses anything else for tabs is beyond me
 
heh
I'm a fan of making sure my code stays as concise as possible, so I choose 8 space indentation
 
user30
1:16 PM
this userscript is growing in scope at an alarming rate, though
 
manly man flex
 
concise code is a key element of good code
@Lazers I'm going to ask the author to rephrase that to "How to make an effective class"
 
> I like you! If there will be some notifications so I won't forget to give my voice?
bawls
 
So I'm playing through machinarium. Enjoyable thus far. Not very far though.
 
it's a good game
 
1:24 PM
What I really feel like is more Braid :/
 
user30
</3 Python
 
user30
Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby
 
user30
wrong lyrics
 
1:36 PM
oh
heh
nice one
 
user30
but yeah, I've never really used Python
 
user30
I am actually a Ruby hipster
 
well I'm biased because it's the first language I used but it's really fun
 
Heh, by that logic I should be a Turbo Pascal fan
 
1:42 PM
heh, fair enough
 
2:00 PM
I must agree with Mana, I find python to be an enjoyable language,.
I have never used Ruby though
 
2:11 PM
I've used Ruby.
I like it a lot.
Admittedly, I've not used python, so I'm not really in a position to compare the two.
@Mana what are you working on in Python?
 
@Raven Writing a course manager and a course recommendation engine for my university
 
@Manaಠдಠ where are you studying ?
 
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Q: What real time strategy games support shared base control?

Dickon ReedStarcraft 1, Age of Empires 3 and Rise of Nations supported shared based control (aka "Team Melee"), when two people in a multi-player game could share the same base, the same resources, and the same units. This can be good fun since one person can manage defense and the other concentrate on atta...

 
@Wipqozn University of Toronto. I don't particularly like the course manager we have atm (ROSI) so I'm writing my own.
 
@Manaಠдಠ If it helps, all university course managers are terrible
mmm
 
2:21 PM
@Wipqozn I know, which is why ideally I'd like to write a universal course manager, but these things seem to differ too much from university to university
 
delicious smoothie was delicious
 
@Mana you co-opted me!
 
@Manaಠдಠ you would have a hard time writing a universal one
 
@Raven <3 Our flag weights are almost identical, too. I think we'd make either an awesome or horrible mod pair.
 
2:23 PM
@Manaಠдಠ or horribly awesome
 
Awesomely horrible, no doubt.
 
gosh darn we're clever
 
yeah man
 
@Mana My god, you're right! We're practically married!
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jokes of the year right here
@Raven I only noticed it after reading through Oak's comments on our nominations
 
2:26 PM
Yeah, hehe.
Did you realize you have MORE THAN A THOUSAND votes more than me?
 
What can I say? I like giving thumbs up.
 
2:55 PM
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Q: Is there any top-down simulative and/or realistic looking racing game?

IsamaruI'm looking for a strictly top-down view racing game which is either, or preferrably both: - Simulative: no arcade style power-ups - Real-life looking: in that it uses real locations taken from satellite maps or airplane shots, or strives to recreate such environment The game can be 2D or "2.5D"...

 
man, this is such an amazing song
 
Nifty.
 
3:25 PM
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Q: Trying to locate a game that used to be on Yahooligans

shmuelpA relative is attempting to find a Rube Goldberg-esque game that used to be Yahooligans (Yahoo's kids site) around 5 years ago. The game had a grid of squares and the object was to launch a single ball from its starting location to a given end location. There were platforms that could be rearra...

 
@StackExchange ;_; don't...migrate...
 
@Manaಠдಠ ITG is a valid question..
although it shouldn't be
in my correct opinion anyways
 
heh
well, I'm personally against them. I used to be with them but now they're my enemies, yo.
 
Indeed.
I know some people claim where else can they go for help but...that's not our problem
if they want to ask in chat, by all means
 
user30
hoho, found some more hilarious pictures from the festival last weekend
 
3:30 PM
Go on.
 
user30
I'm not putting them on here, just announcing the fact
 
ah, gotcha.
 
user30
hmm, what's a guy to do with 10 refined?
 

 Python

Room rules: sopython.com/chatroom Code formatting guide: tinyu...
Most depressing chatroom.
 
user30
haha
 
user30
3:33 PM
I might try and finish my vintage weapon collection, if I get a buds with the refined + my other bills I could get a Vintage Fan o'war.
 
Hey my boss posted in there!
 
Your...wait, really?
 
yeah, pykler
 
user30
might just drop some of your chat messages in about not doing work then
 
yeah I need to be careful
goes through chat history
 
3:42 PM
@Wipqozn - that would be a better option... if there were official support for asking questions in chat.1
But yes. I think that on the whole, identify-this-game questions are ill suited.
 
@RavenDreamer I'm saying we shouldn't concern ourselves with it
if they don't work on our site, that don't work
they have the option to ask in chat, so that's something
 
Unfortunately, many Identify-this-game questions are asked by low-rep users.
And let's face it; this chatroom is kinda elitist. :P
 
I'm...elitist? :(
but I just want to help the new users see the glorious light!!!!
 
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Q: Security issues minecraft server time capsule

Alexy13I'm running a public minecraft server (public ip) from my time capsule. Could someone get disk access if they figured out the password, or knew my ip and I had a time capsule? The server is running in a virtual ubuntu machine. I gave out the public ip for the virtual machine. My questions are...

 
then I guess there is nothing on the site for them
 
3:47 PM
Which is a crying' shame.
 
Definitely.
we should just put them towards yahoo answers
they don't have anys tandards
 
We should never officially promote a site other than our own.
I've also seen Reddit's /gaming/ suggested.
 
user30
r/itg
 
that was a joke :P
 
Man, I'm always going to see items /within slash marks/ as Regexs now, aren't I?
 
3:49 PM
@Thomas I was just thinking that, but...again, no site other than our own should be promoted...
how difficult. What a conundrum.
 
I used to frequent digg. And then they broke the iGoogle widget that let me see the top stories in the past 24 hours. So rather than fix the widget, I just stopped visiting Digg. Human laziness at its finest.
@Mana thanks for the band listing.
 
What, Maybeshewill? They're great.
 
user30
@Mana but yet SE endorsed (of a fashion) r/gamerec
 
@Thomas Only temporarily to see if a game-rec site type thing could actually work.
 
I am removing the ability for Llamas, Alpacas and Pigs to be milked in dwarf fortress, because independent research on my part suggests that doing so is impossible.
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Also, Moose milk is in. We have the Russians to thank for that.
 
3:58 PM
@Raven Suddenly I have a craving to try and learn how to play Dwarf Fortress again.
 
You have my endorsement!
 
AND MY AXE!
 
golf clap for Mana
 
Though this does beg the question - what's the possessive of form of "Moose"?
Is it "Moose's"? Or just "Moose"?
 
4:01 PM
@Raven Sounds like a question for the English site
 
Perhaps a more pertinent question - what does modding milkable moose make moosemen?
That's potentially awkward.
As well as unintentionally alliterative.
Come to think of it, that might be an awesome name for a band: unintentionally alliterative.
 
Com Truise is better but taken
 
I read that as "Tom Cruise" the first three times I read that.
Which I guess is sorta the point.
I still think @Wipqozn's new gravatar looks like a walrus.
 
Jeez, how many times do you read things I say?
@Raven can't unsee :(
 
@RavenDreamer I don't ee uit
see it*
 
4:05 PM
Apparently I ruin peoples gravatars.
@GnomeSlice got upset with me when I told him his minecraft pumpkin looked like two people sitting across from each other.
@Wipqozn the sword and the right edge of the shield are tusks. The tree stump is the walrus body.
When in doubt, squint.
 
Oh I see how yous ee it
but I don't see it
 
Wait, why did @Ronan think I was setting up a Terraria server? I mean, I only have a Linux box and I'd rather not install Mono on my server, thanks.
Also, I was busy yesterday morning and felt sick yesterday afternoon. I've clocked 13 hours sleep since 6pm EDT yesterday. (It's noon EDT now)
 
I hope you feel better, @Powerlord.
 
It was weird, I just got this huge headache... which was unusual in that I know I'd had enough sleep the night before (for like the second time in a week)
Anyway, I'm slowly reassembling my room since we finished my desk yesterday. One of my roommates moved my subwoofer.
Or maybe I should say lost my Subwoofer
Other than that, my computer is... fully functional.
 
4:18 PM
Earlier this week, I woke up at 5 AM with a splitting headache. Had to take 2 excedrin before I could fall back asleep.
It was the strangest thing.
 
Anyway, I need to go get lunch.
Trying to remember what I have. I suppose the old standby, Soup, is always there.
 
No soup for you!
I wonder if I should name my starting seven dwarves after Stack Exchange members.
"@Mana went berserk today since he couldn't get his hands on shell. He broke both of @Wipqozn's legs before my dogs were able to maul him to death."
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Ello, @KevinY. Gluck with the election.
 
@Raven Thanks. :)
 
@Raven Make it so.
 
4:39 PM
I am disturbed by the existence of deep-fried butter sticks.
Who would do that to perfectly good sticks?
 
gaaaaaaaah :x
 
@Powerlord Sorry, I thought you mentioned being able to do it, I don't understand linux so I didn't know what it involved.
 
@RonanForman Well, it's a .NET program, so its server is basically Windows only
 
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Q: Is there any way to get the Faderator in Fallout: New Vegas on the 360?

Chris RThe Faderator is a piece of cut content in the Fallout: New Vegas addon Dead Money. It's retrievable using console commands on the PC, but I'm not running F:NV on the PC; I'd like to get at this content (and possibly other cut content) on the Xbox 360. How can I do that?

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Q: Comprehensive Game Rating/Recommendation Services

ruberglyI'm looking for a site like trakt.tv for video games. A similar question was raised previously, but that was for sites that answered the question I like X; what else is there like X?, whereas I want a site that answers the question I played A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H, really liked A, C, and D, ki...

 
Isn't the 2nd one a dupe?
 
4:41 PM
@Powerlord As I said, I didn't know that.
 
4:56 PM
@Powerlord What do you have against Mono though?
 
5:34 PM
\O/
Anyone here?
 
5:51 PM
@RavenDreamer Do it.
 
user30
@Moshe yes
 
Shh, we're all playing dead.
 
6:08 PM
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Q: How many recovery items can I use in a single dungeon run?

Mana ಠдಠWhen I'm questing in a dungeon as a character with low HP (Charme) I find myself having to use many recovery items. Unfortunately, after what seems to be a set amount of recovery items used, the game informs me that I "can't recover anymore" on subsequent uses. To better prepare for this and be m...

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Q: How to give an item to a Guild Member in Dragon Age Legends?

Ivo FlipseI'm playing Dragon Age Legends on Google Plus. When I select a piece of loot, I get gifts popping up at the bottom, telling me I can give them to my Guild Members. But when I drag it to one of them, nothing happens. So I'm wondering how I can give an item to a Guild Member?

 
6:26 PM
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Q: What factors influence the likelihood of item drops in Recettear?

Mana ಠдಠI'm currently on a quest to retrieve the items necessary to fulfill Caillou's order. As a result, I'm curious to know what in-game factors influence item drops from monsters (if any). Does the level of a monster increase the likelihood of a drop? Are there any items I can wear to make drops occ...

 
Anyone want to play terraria? I'll be hosting so I can't handle more than like 2-3 people
 
6:47 PM
@CruelCow I... I have no idea.
 
I think I'll embark in "The Jungle of Stabbing".
With a name like that, what's the worst that could happen?
 
@RavenDreamer Are you kidding? That sounds like a great time.
 
Nevermind, this new router is "user friendly" and thus cannot work out how to port forward.
 
I need ideas for a Minecraft-related logo.
 
Oh, bonus! It's next to the Furious Hill.
I bet it's angry because it's getting stabbed.
 
6:53 PM
@RavenDreamer Heh...what?
 
I'm starting a new fort in Dwarf Fortress.
Also, I'm making chat.gaming members into my first seven dwarves.
I dub this dwarf @GnomeSlice.
I'm going to make you the mayor.
 
7:13 PM
Can I come?
 
Those red lines, other than flimsy and weak, are pretty accurate.
Meager creativity, poor empathy, shortage of patience. Also good intellect. Good intuition, though?
 
Uhoh. Embark started next to a nest of Badgers. This should be interesting.
 
So who have you chosen? Am I the one who doesn't get dwarf fortress?
 
Do you want me to dwarf you too?
I only have @Mana, @Wipqozn, @ArdaXi, and @GnomeSlice running from badgers, currently.
 
7:23 PM
That makes @RonanForman an immigrant.
 
I am out of male dwarves, but whatever. You can be a lady dwarf. A dwarfette.
 
Add an e to the end of my name then.
 
RonanFormane?
 
Ronane? Or Formane?
 
Ronane Formane.
 
7:25 PM
That's how it works right?
 
@RonanForman I dunno. Ronana sounds more feminine.
Formana. AKA For @mana.
 
According to Terry pratchett, female dwarfs look the same as male ones anyway.
Part of the courting is working out the gender!
 
There, more stuff moved around, now I don't have cords running across my doorway.
 
I think @powerlady is a great name!
 
7:28 PM
Your last name is Floortest. That's interesting.
 
It's fairly amusing to watch a character go from completely barely able to stand drunk to perfectly normal in five seconds due to separation between events and the actual gameplay.
 
That sounds like The Witcher
 
> Nintendo files patent for 'massively single-playing online games'
Best headline I've seen today.
 
MSPOG?
 
That's what they billed "Spore" as, didn't they?
 
7:30 PM
I like my description, except I'm religious so booooo!
 
bah @RavenDreamer Surprisingly, it's Recettear
whistles
 
@RonanForman It gets better when you realize that you apparently worship the god of deformity.
I mean, to each his own.
 
Yo @Jasper.
 
user19161
Yo @mana I look forward to you taking over the world soon from Grace.
 
@JasperLoy Taking over the world? I thought that was my job.
 
7:33 PM
@JasperLoy - you made the mistake of entering the Gaming chatroom. Now I have to make you a dwarf.
 
@Jasper heh. tbh I hope that I get elected.
 
Speaking of which, how many days do nominations have left, in case I change my mind and decide to submit mine at the last second.\
 
user19161
@Powerlord Actually that was my job, but that's in the EL room where I said that.
 
ELECTION ENDS

in 10 days
PRIMARY VOTING BEGINS

in 2 days
 
user19161
@RavenDreamer Good! Dwarfs are cute, as cute as Mana.
 
7:35 PM
@JasperLoy Your dwarf has a grudge with RonaneFormane.
Must have been a rough trip.
 
@RavenDreamer so are you recording all this?
 
user19161
@RavenDreamer Well I have no idea what you're talking about, but it's OK!
 
@Wipqozn I feel as if I should, now.
 
user19161
I just played with the data explorer today at data.stackexchange.com, didn't know it exists. I appeared on all the exhibitionist lists of the sites I join haha, and I topped the EL one by a great margin!
 
@Jasper He's playing a game called Dwarf Fortress, where you build, manage and defend a fortress using your group of dwarves.
 
7:40 PM
@Manaಠдಠ You spelled Awesome Fortress wrong
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@Manaಠдಠ Careful, one slip up and you might end up a moderator on Parenting SE insead.
 
@RavenDreamer Are you playing in ASCII, or with a tile set?
 
I like the tilesets. Just because it's a lot harder for me to remember the ascii.
 
user19161
@bwarner hahaha
 
So, Phoebus.
Hm. I need to figure out how the best to record this then.
 
7:42 PM
@RavenDreamer I think Dwarf Fortress has the ability to record. Although I have no idea if it actually does that.
 
Yeah, but "record" means just a playback of what happens.
If someone has no idea what's going on, they still have no idea what's going on.
 
user30
heh
 
user30
@Wipqozn Oh you
 
@RavenDreamer sounds like camstudio works
 
Hm. Maybe I'll just do it in Google+
and then set a link from my SE profile pointing towards it.
And as I say that, I see now that @Ivo Filipse has found me on Google+. Most intriguing.
 
7:47 PM
We should a thing where you try and teach me to play DF. It'd be funny ands serve as some sort of tutorial for the blog.
 
mmMmm
 
MmmMmmmmmMmMmmmmmMMmm
 
Once, there was a kid who learnt to play Dwarf Fortess and wouldn't come to school.
(did anyone get that reference?)
 
@ArdaXi and they found him turned up dead in a ditch a week later?
 
That doesn't rhyme.
 
7:50 PM
@Wipqozn When he finally came back, his hair had turned from black into bright white.
 
Stephen King's "It"?
Incidentally, that movie cemented my fear of clowns.
 
@ArdaXi Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmm Mmmm
 
Fun fact: The reason I know it is because of Headline News by Weird Al.
I love it when a game runs into a checkmate in my favour.
 
What game is that?
 
Sorry, @Wipqozn
 
7:55 PM
@RavenDreamer Frozen Synapse.
 
@GraceNote what?
oh, this
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Q: How deep is the Survival Dungeon and what are the rewards?

Mana ಠдಠSo I'm currently trying to muster up the stamina and courage required to venture into the depths of the Survival Dungeon. However, before I begin, I need to know just what I'm getting into and confirm that it's actually worth the effort. How many floors are in the Survival Dungeon, and what am I ...

 
@Wipqozn Instead of following through with my original plan of just translating the items in your answer, I may have just gone a bit further to cover the stuff you were sparse on.
 
@GraceNote Good idea.
Doesn't make sense to change my entire answer
 
O HAI
 
A wild @badp appears!
 

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