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12:12 AM
@sjohnston Leaning? More like pummelling.
 
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Q: What's with the random small bonuses for Terran?

RCIXYou know, like the extra 5 health on SCVs and the 1 extra supply given from a Command Center? At least with units like the missile turret it makes sense for it to be a bit better as far as attack since it can't shoot ground (unlike it's counterparts).

 
12:31 AM
@ArdaXi Yes, that would be my sarcastic tone completely failing to come across through text.
 
Right. As I said earlier, brain shutting off. I'm gonna go sleep now.
 
Whoa @RavenDreamer: 1337 reputation gain this month!
 
@KevinY it won't last.
 
12:46 AM
nooooooooooooooooooooo
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 
Did you die in a dungeon?
 
yeah, specifically at the end of Amber Garden...when I had done all 30 floors in one run :(
 
Pffft
 
I lost six ring things worth 8000 each and two void crystals
 
Well, hope you got a real nice item to be the one item you're bringing back home
 
12:47 AM
@GraceNote Rubbing salt in the wound, eh Grace?
 
heh
oh well
I'm a chill guy, yo. I can't let stuff like this faze me-- flips tables
 
@FallenAngelEyes Misery loves company
 
@GraceNote Hehehe
 
Though I can't say I've had quite as horrid a sequence, since mine was only 15 levels of pain lost
 
user20683
Which game?
 
12:50 AM
Recettear
 
Recettear
 
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ah
 
RECETTEAR: AN ITEM SHOP'S TALE
 
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I played the demo
 
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I liked it, not worth 20 at the time to me, fell off the radar
 
1:01 AM
@sjohnston I'm guessing nobody cares at all about any of the other games.
So given the people that have nominated now, I don't think I would vote for myself in the top 5. Remind me again why I'm running?
 
@bwarner Because you have chutzpa
 
I guess so. Someone has to be eliminated in the primaries after all
 
I'm pleasantly surprised we ended up with 12 so far! I thought everyone who wanted to nominate would do it relatively soon after the notification went up, so I didn't expect so many late joiners.
 
Heh.
Chutzpah is an awesome word. @FallenAngelEyes I commend you for using it.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Really, everyone waited until Rebecca figured it was only 10 and thus was safe to start arranging the Town Hall Chat for the 10.
 
1:15 AM
Oop, forgot the h. I blame my tiredness.
@GraceNote Haha
 
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Q: sims 3 slow actions for sims

corrodedI have been playing Sims 3 again and it seems that my Sim's actions are too slow for it's own good. I have Late night(+ several others) installed and so my sim is now living in a high-rise(well a 4 floor building with a pool) Anyway, to get from his pad to the ground floor, it takes him an hour!...

 
It's still planned for the same timeline though, the town hall chat right @Grace? Because I don't think I'm going to be here for a week starting Sunday. I'm gonna have to drop out of the game promotional thing, which sucks because I really want Deus Ex.
Next sunday, that is.
 
@Manaಠдಠ Shouldn't change the timeline, just all the people to whom were emailed about it.
 
@GraceNote I approve of this plan.
 
Okay, it's time for me to try Dwarf Fortress again.
I wonder how many days I'll manage to last this time?
oh man, and now here comes the thunderstorms
 
1:42 AM
@Manaಠдಠ My power's already been knocked out once. Stupid mother nature
 
Now @DaveMcClelland, that's hardly something philosoraptor would say
 
@Manaಠдಠ If mother nature only ever lets me down, does that mean she has failed as a parent?
 
Much better.
 
I decided I needed a gravatar, since all the cool kids had them. And yes, I know that @RavenDreamer doesn't have one - My statement is still true
 
Ooh...harsh. :(
 
1:47 AM
@Manaಠдಠ He and I go back, he can take a little abuse
 
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Mine is tradition
 
user20683
I think I said that a while ago
 
@Dave That's only how it seems. Deep inside, he cries every time you bite him.
 
@Manaಠдಠ I'd be okay with that
 
heh, nice
 
1:52 AM
ok, time to pass out, g'night guys
 
@FallenAngelEyes Good night
 
@Mana hooray! I think I'm responsible for that.
@DaveMcClelland - I have a gravatar now! It's a spy disguised as my old gravatar!
 
@RavenDreamer I don't see it yet - it takes a little time, it seems
when i got off all the SE sites and signed back on, it seemed to reload for me, but it could have just been after a certain amount of time, too
 
it goes woosh over @DaveMcClelland's head
 
@RavenDreamer Oh. I see what you mean. I thought you meant there was a spy with your old gravatar as a mask
which would actually be totally awesome
 
1:55 AM
Well that's what it is.
Except you're not on my team. :(
 
touche
 
@DaveMcClelland Man, I thought you were kidding at first. :|
 
@Manaಠдಠ No, I'm sometimes just that dense. But you have to admit - a spy with a default gravatar mask would be pretty sweet loooking
 
Did you know that Russia farms Moose for their milk?
Russia's a weird country.
 
In fact, let me try my hand at some photoshoppage
 
1:57 AM
@Raven Did you know that the mother guinea pig must feast on the blood of its young, or it dies?
 
2:12 AM
 
you son of a bitch
i was just finishing
 
I'm faster. Eat it!
Eat something delicious!
Sandviiiiiiiiiiich!
 
This selection took forever
let me make that background transparent for you
 
Pst. Dave. There's an "upload" button right next to the "send" button.
 
oh, hey
fancy chat
 
2:14 AM
I like yours better, anyways.
REDACTED
 
that's because mine is better
and yes, she did say that
 
Oh good heavens these balls of fire and hate do over 100 damage a hit.
 
Also, when looking for spy pics to use as a base, I found this.
user image
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So I'm just gonna leave that there...
 
2:16 AM
...what
 
@RavenDreamer Thanks for that. Really.
 
@Raven So I'm pretty sure that if you want to become a mod you have to replace your nomination text with that picture.
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@AnnaLear I do my best to share the little treasures of the internet.
 
@Manaಠдಠ Truth
 
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It's like some lady went to a podrace and got unbelievably drunk.
 
2:18 AM
@WorldEngineer Wait, that's a...naw
 
user20683
I mean seriously, it looks like Ben Quadrinaros' love child
 
user20683
Get Starkiller, we need an exterminator
 
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Fortunately I have Circle of Protection: Internet
 
Man, how the hell does perspective work? I can't draw a guy raising his arm with a fist clenched without it looking like his arms are somehow magically bending into a dimension we can't perceive and then out again.
 
user20683
you need to use forshortening probably
 
user20683
2:20 AM
*foreshortening
 
@WorldEngineer Thanks!!
 
@Mana - I am soundly in your 'can't draw for beans' club.
so /empathy
 
user20683
I can draw for beans, I can also do 3d modelling...sorta
 
I apparently can't figure out how to replace a selection with alpha in gimp. And I don't care enough to continue trying. Sorry @raven
 
@Raven I've always wanted to be able to draw but suck so much at it, man. I can only draw anime faces.
 
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2:22 AM
I know how
 
user20683
let me figure out how to explain
 
@DaveMcClelland select it and press 'delete'.
I think.
 
@RavenDreamer That didn't seem to work
 
@Mana well, I can't draw faces, so you've got me beat.
 
user20683
that deletes the layer
 
2:23 AM
@DaveMcClelland - Clearly you're doing it wrong.
 
user20683
IIRC
 
user20683
sec, booting GIMP
 
@WorldEngineer Awesome, thanks
 
Right click, color-> color to alpha?
 
I can do that, but then the white in your gravatar also goes alpha
which i don't really want
 
user20683
2:25 AM
sorta
 
user20683
what you need to do is draw a selection box around the bit you don't want alpha
 
user20683
then hit Ctrl + I
 
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then color to alpha
 
then invert the selection and make the rest alpha?
 
user20683
and watch magic happen
 
2:25 AM
yeah
 
user20683
Mana is a smart lad
 
how do i invert a selection?
 
Ctrl + I
 
user20683
select menu or that key shortcut
 
user20683
must have something selected to do so
 
2:27 AM
Maybe that can be his superhero name.
 
hmm. i've got the part i want to remain selected
but color to alpha just keeps trying to make all white alpha
 
user20683
ok another way to do it
 
oh, apparently color to alpha doesn't try to make all of that color alpha
nevermind - i think it got it
 
user20683
you need to have the image as a layer
 
Welp. Got to see the game over screen for Recettear thanks to my brother.
 
user20683
2:28 AM
for best fit
 
"Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation."
 
There, that should be more alpha-y. Feel free to insert your spyvatar into any number of kooky places
 
Like my TF2 spray, if I remember.
 
You won't remember
 
Though maybe I should photoshop some lobster claws in, in that case.
 
2:31 AM
Or as your gravatar, which would be awesome
A metagravatar
gravception!
 
I still need to see that movie.
I need to see a lot of movies, come to think of it.
 
@RavenDreamer Seriously? It's awesome. Go do that
Right now
 
Inception was one of those movies that I thought was interesting the first time, but that I enjoyed a lot more the second time because I could actually follow the plot.
 
@Manaಠдಠ Yeah, I agree
 
user20683
Inception is massively affecting if you are a programmer
 
user20683
2:36 AM
or really any kind of creative person
 
...It is?
 
user20683
confronting your own work?
 
oh
heh, I didn't think of it quite like that
 
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wishing you could rewrite mistakes
 
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being able to have enough time to craft perfection and realize that it's literally unreachable (something that Calculus will teach you the hard way)
 
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2:37 AM
that love and passion are really the only things in life worth having
 
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that a passionless existence is worth nothing
 
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a null value, where existence is trapped inbetween frames
 
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and then there's the whole assembly language abstraction subtext thing
 
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indeed
 
user20683
2:41 AM
it's one of those movies that can't be sequeled without bankrupting the essence of it
 
Okay, fine, I submit, Clojure. Too many people are talking about you. I'll try you out.
 
user20683
do you know Lisp or Scheme?
 
I know the basics of Scheme
Lisp not so much, I'm familiar but have never tried it
 
user20683
you should be ok then
 
user20683
2:46 AM
I should have said Common Lisp
 
user20683
since technically Scheme and Clojure are both Lisps
 
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Q: What is the most productive combination of powers to use in Quickplay+ mode?

Dave DuPlantisOnce you've unlocked all eight warriors in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, you have their second-level powers available to you during Quickplay+ mode, and you can use any two powers when playing a song (but only for the specific challenge that permits it). Which two powers produce the most stars...

 
user20683
the main thing that Clojure doesn't have is true tail recursion
 
user20683
I've meant to toy with it more than I have
 
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also Netbeans let's you install a REPL for it
 
user20683
2:48 AM
so you can do live scripting
 
oh cool
 
user20683
I've had to put my hobby language stuff on hold
 
user20683
since I'll be doing Java projects and heavy C programming as of week after this one
 
ahh, wow
 
C? Eww
 
user20683
2:56 AM
not just C, Parallel C
 
user20683
bare naked sockets
 
I'm just about to start my second year of university, so I'm messing around with different stuff while I still can
 
gross
@Manaಠдಠ check out ruby or python, if you haven't already
 
user20683
His profile says "Pythonista"
 
@Dave I love Python
 
2:57 AM
I'm too lazy to read, come on
 
user20683
*Pythonisto?
 
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*Pythonistaga if we are going by Final Fantasy spell rules
 
Would the move just fill the screen with a bunch of tabs?
 
Which, I guess it could and you wouldn't even realize it
 
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3:00 AM
nah, it'd just iterate slowly through your inventory, shout Django and scare all the static enemies
 
ooh
dem's be fighting words
but I'm too lazy to fight and I want to reboot into Ubuntu, so brb
 
user20683
if it makes you feel better, I do actually own and have read a good chunk of two different Python books
 
user20683
actually I own at least 3
 
3:35 AM
Yo. </best Mana imitation evar>
 
@KevinY ಠ_ಠ
 
@GnomeSliceツ ._.
 
@KevinY ಠдಠ
 
@GnomeSliceツ :/
 
@KevinY (✌゚∀゚)☞
 
3:38 AM
I don't have a super cool Unicode smiley Chrome extension like you do. :(
 
ಥ_ಥ
 
Oh my god that was a pain. Also yo.
 
user20683
pain how?
 
user20683
Python is seldom pain
 
user20683
usually it's rainbow unicorns bouncing all over the place
 
3:43 AM
@WorldEngineer heh. No, actually I just had to install KeePass on Ubuntu so I could log into Google so I could log into Stack Exchange.
And that turned out to be slightly annoying since KeePass 2.x requires a version of mono that isn't offered in the standard repos for 10.04, so I had to add the badgerports repo and then grab a bunch of other libraries and crap
 
user20683
yeah
 
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this is why I use a very very old intel mac for programming *nix
 
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though I do have three different installs of linux
 
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Some day I will figure this Haskell thing out
 
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to the point of usability
 
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3:51 AM
-
 
heh
I messed around with Haskell for a bit back in the 11th Grade
 
It's hard to read books after reading the entire internet.
 
@RandallMunroesxkcd Dear god, what is happening to that guy's legs on the last panel?
 
user20683
given that his girlfriend has breast cancer, I'm not quibbling about the art
 
Ahh...so that's what it's all about then.
 
user20683
he did a blag post a while back about
 
4:13 AM
I was expecting a Resident Evil reference, actually.
 
user20683
all of that
 
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wasn't so specific at the time but it's become clear
 
@Mana How goes the dwarf fortressing?
 
@Raven Not very well; I couldn't even bring myself to boot up the game.
 
Also, why does this room have tags?
And why is one of those tags ?
 
4:14 AM
time to reboot back into Windows and actually do this stuff
 
Smithfishes is going swimmingly.
That's the name of my fort. Smithfishes.
I can only imagine the relevance of that.
 
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terrible mods would be game mods, not Grace gone feral
 
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and I can think of a few
 
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that I've hated
 
Dammit napster...
Why are you so bad.
Do better.
 
user20683
4:18 AM
Maybe it wants to rescue Ronnie?
 
@GnomeSlice You do realize you're talking about Nu-Napster here, right?
 
@Manaಠдಠ Yes, I know.
the kicker is that it actually ISN'T that bad, but it really is, because you only get 10 free song plays.
 
okay
well brb, gonna go into WinDoze
oh, but before that: heh
 
That reminds me that I should go start up spotify
 
@Raven Which of these graphics packs should I use: Ironhand, Mayday, or Phoebus?
 
4:25 AM
Which one of them is Steampunk?
 
I use Phoebus. I like his the best.
I think Ironhand is nice looking too, if it's what I'm remembering.
 
world growth time
 
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Q: How to add new services to a store in Mega Mall Story?

Ashley NunnI have played this game through once, and noticed that I often struggled with being able to add new services to shops. They often said "Hard" or "Very Hard", and I know that in other Kairosoft games, you can trigger different things to make this type of thing easier. Is there a way to make adding...

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Q: Where is the "terrain.png" File Located in Linux

SbossbI have tried to search for it in my home directory and my .minecraft directory with out any success. Does anyone know where Minecraft stores the terrain.png on Linux?

 
I struck petrified wood. Hunh.
 
4:46 AM
Why haven't I heard this before?
 
Oh, my.
 
WheeledKisses is the name of my first fortress. Appropriate.
 
One of my dwarves just bit an evil satyr in the guts, and is now thrashing the creature around with their teeth.
I'm surprised at @Mana's viciousness. That battle axe not good enough for you, mana?
 
@Raven I'm beginning to think that you should take this DF session as good indication of who you should and should not vote for in the upcoming primaries. <3
 
And now RomaneForemane bashed another one's rib through their liver.
You guys are all bloodthirsty neanderthals.
 
4:50 AM
@RavenDreamer I take offense to that.
 
@GnomeSliceツ You know you're only watching it for the shirtless guy playing the sax.
 
@Manaಠдಠ I haven't been watching it, sorry.
Just listening.
 
@GnomeSlice Well, okay, YOUR dwarf isn't a bloodthirsty neanderthal.
 
@RavenDreamer Wh...what?
 
4:52 AM
HE stabbed the satyr once, scared it half to death, and is now chasing it across the map while @Mana and RonaneFormane are taking on the rest of the coven.
 
@GnomeSlice Dwarf Fortress.
 
I dwarfed you earlier -- weren't you paying attention?
 
@Manaಠдಠ Are you guys playing together?
@RavenDreamer Oh, I noticed that.
Oh, also, now it makes sense.
 
@Gnome Barely. I've only just started my first fortress.
 
I tried to get into Dwarf Fortress once, but I never really understood it. ._.
Perhaps I'll try playing it again.
 
4:53 AM
Go @Mana! You can do it! We believe in you!
 
I want to get frozen synapse on this laptop, but I don't have steam
 
@KevinY I'm starting an epidemic. I love it.
 
@RavenDreamer Write a blog post!
 
@Gnome You don't need Steam to get Frozen Synapse.
 
@KevinY I really should.
Also, what is Frozen Synapse about? I've been hearing you talk about it a lot, lately. (@GnomeSlice)
 
4:54 AM
@Manaಠдಠ I do to redeem my gift code.
 
@Raven It's a tactical strategy game with guns
 
@RavenDreamer Me? I haven't played it yet. But I've been talking about it because I linked it in like a year ago and nobody gave a shit about it then...
 
@GnomeSlice I was hyped about it a year and a half ago
 
user20683
it's not bad
 
then I forgot about it until four months ago when I bought it with MrNovember
 
4:55 AM
@KevinY - also, because you are here, you're a dwarf now too.
 
@RavenDreamer Yay! (I hope)
 
Hunh. That's... unexpected.
Also, hillarious.
Dwarf @GnomeSlice and Dwarf @Mana are lovers.
 
@RavenDreamer I...what?
 
@Raven The appealing part is that it's actually very easy to get into but hard to master, and because you don't have to take your turn immediately you can keep like 15 games going at once that you play maybe a turn or two a day--PPPPFFFFT
 
Yup. Smithfishes is being defended by the Gaming.SE militia. @Mana, @KevinY, and @GnomeSlice.
@Mana is their leader, currently.
 
4:58 AM
@RavenDreamer Am I the~ oh...
=[
 
If it makes you feel better, you are the male in the relationship.
 
Well I'm glad to hear I kick ass everywhere, alway--I'm a girl?
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I should probably be less pleased with that reaction. :P
 
@RavenDreamer That doesn't make me feel better at all, men are the inferior.
 
That's awesome, actually, yo. In spite of dwarf prejudices against gender, I rise up to become a leader.
 
5:00 AM
@Manaಠдಠ You should write an autobiography.
 
The embark left me with 6 male dwarves and @Mana.
Who immediately seized power, promoting him/herself to Militia Captain.
 
Anyways, I made my world and embarked my dwarves. Tomorrow I shall name them and hopefully make progress.
 
Already, this has the beginnings of a RomCom.
 
or, today, rather, now.
@Raven A rather violent RomCom with a horrific and depressing ending.
 
@Mana we can hope!
 
5:03 AM
I hope I die last, or that I die sacrificing myself in order to save someone else who dies in an awesome way
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@Manaಠдಠ You're gonna die for me, bitch.
 
the ideal death is that the lever to the molten lava death trap is actually outside, and so when our fortress gets swarmed by hundreds upon hundreds of goblin hordes I have to stay outside to pull it
 
@Manaಠдಠ My hero. <3
 
tears are shed, I give a rousing speech, and then just as I try to finish my romantic final words to GnomeSlice, I'm cut off Dark Knight-style by molten lava melting my face
anyways, bed time yo
major dwarfing going on tomorrow
peace
 
@Mana G'night
 
5:11 AM
@Mana, you just knocked the head of an evil satyr with your axe. I think that's a good note for you to leave on. You should be proud.
 
@RavenDreamer Is there any particular guide / video I should read / watch to get the gist of DF?
 
Captain Duck's
hold a sec, lemme find it.
 
Ahh, this is new. Thanks, I'll check it out. :D
 
Actually, that's out of date. It's for the old version (which is very similar).
So, ymmv
This is the link I meant to share
 
5:25 AM
@RavenDreamer Man, that's a lot of videos.
 
@KevinY Complexity of the game notwithstanding, Captain_Duck has a tendency to ramble.
You got two kills, by the way. :P
 
:D
 
5:39 AM
@RavenDreamer That's right, I cornered that mofo.
 
And then you stabbed him until he died.
 
6:00 AM
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Q: Xbox 360: Installing games, whats the point?

DustinDavisOther than "saving" the disc drive from extra wear and tear, what is the point in installing a game to the disk drive? There is no performance benefits. A slow loading game is still slow when installed. What's the deal?

 
6:54 AM
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Q: Does snow falling on a transparent block allow it to start spawning mobs?

FambidaI'm building an extremely long elevated boatway and am trying to figure out what blocks I could use to hold in the water/guide the boat without needing to light them. My boatway, however, passes through quite a few snow biomes. I know that snow won't collect on glass, but since glass is labor int...

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Q: What are the recommended champions for solo laning?

pootzkoAt higher levels one can see more and more junglers. That means someone has to solo lane top. Which champions are a good choice for solo laning? Which ones should be avoided? Thanks

 
 
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Q: How can I change my character's Dragon Age: Origin's backstory in Dragon Age 2 without having to

JonnI'm at the last chapter of Dragon Age 2 when I read somewhere online that my last choice for the Witch Hunt dlc didn't carry over to DA 2 if I wasn't patched. So I tried recreating my save and starting a new game, but halfway through the first chapter I realized that going through ALL those repet...

 
 
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