The Bridge

Mana ಠдಠ

1:16 PM

IT SCARED EVERYBODY OFF

M'vy

@Manaಠдಠ you're scary when you shout so loud!

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ The actual picture would be better at that.

Mana ಠдಠ

Sorry.

M'vy

Well anyway... that pretty silent here.

Creepy.

Mana ಠдಠ

scratches head

Lazers

1:34 PM

-1

Q: offline multi-player games for PS3

i just bought a PS3 and i want to know a list of games that support offline multiplayer modes for the main gameplaying. The above rule means that not neccesarily a split screen co-op mode qualifies. For instance, a game where split screen is only supported for deathmatch teams doesn't cut it to ...

Arda Xi

Heya @BrettWhite!

Oak

@Mvy BOO!

Mana ಠдಠ

AHHHHHHHH

YOU'RE NOT BRETT WHITE

Brett White Ψ

@Manaಠдಠ I'm his clone, Ben Reilly!

Mana ಠдಠ

Nice. You get props for that reference.

Nick T

1:39 PM

Game recs are localized? No more than many questions on this site are

@ArdaXi you make it sound like the actual game it's being compared with would change over time while the compairees wouldn't :P

Arda Xi

Blame @Mana. I stole most of that comment from him.

@NickT But it is localized.

I mean, as soon as a new PS3 game comes out with offline multiplayer the question is renewed.

Nick T

your comment was general "Game recommendation questions are considered off-topic here because their answers are [...] localized", not "this question is localized"

Mana ಠдಠ

@Nick It applies to all game-rec questions.

Oak

It's still a friendlier comment than mine, I plusoned it.

Arda Xi

I have it in the auto-thingy I installed recently.

Mana ಠдಠ

1:43 PM

Auto-thingy?

Arda Xi

If the user is new (6 weeks, I believe) it adds Welcome to Gaming before it. I think @badp uses it too.

Mana ಠдಠ

That, uh. Huh.

Arda Xi

It's mainly meant for diamonds.

Oak

Neat

Nick T

Grace note would bust a nut:

Arda Xi

1:44 PM

It's the kind of thing I really missed coming here from Wikipedia.

Nick T

5

A: Standard comments for flags/downvotes

I'm not even remotely fond of this kind of system. It's very disengaging to users if we're just machine-feeding them text, no matter how gimmicky or in-theme it is. The reason we're leaving comments at all is with the intent to educate users on how to be a productive member of our community, teac...

Arda Xi

@NickT That's different.

Nick T

fine, "standard comment for close votes"

Arda Xi

Even then.

This is still manual.

It just pre-fills the comment box. It doesn't come automatically with a close vote, which is what that question was about.

Nick T

My question was closed as being an exact duplicate of that one, and I wasn't suggesting that it be automatic, just that there be stock answers people could use, like you do

Arda Xi

1:49 PM

Well, the option is still there. Just not standardized.

Wikipedia does it better in my opinion.

Nick T

Though in your case it is pretty well standardized...but then again, is that mod for everyone?

or did you create it yourself and not distribute it

Arda Xi

I didn't make it.

Nick T

it's a userscript I assume?

Arda Xi

Yes.

Mana ಠдಠ

WOAH. Jack Layton's dead.

Arda Xi

1:50 PM

I'll look it up.

54

Q: Pro-forma comments

No more re-typing the same comments over and over! This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments, which you can easily click to insert. Features 1. Read your comment before you post it! Note th...

script review

Mana ಠдಠ

Nick T

looks shopped

I can tell from having seen some shops in my time

Arda Xi

I can tell by the pixels.

Lazers

2:19 PM

0

Q: Userscript for automatic stock comments

If you disagree with the spirit of automatic comments or stock comments for common issues, stop reading. Arda pointed out the "Pro-forma Comments" userscript on StackApps as an easy way to paste commonly used comments to avoid retyping them over and over. Clicking a button near the comment...

discussion close-reasons comments

Arda Xi

@NickT You might want to edit out the guy's name, no need to call him out specifically.

Brant

@Manaಠдಠ really? D:

Man, that sucks.

Mana ಠдಠ

Yeah...

Brant

0

Q: How does regeneration work in Magic the Gathering?

I'm playing Magic: The Gathering with my friends. I know that this is offline, but there is a video game which includes the regeneration concept so I think that this question might fit here. My question is: How does the regeneration works? I know that if my creature is destroyed then I can spend...

card-game magic-2012

Shouldn't this be migrated instead of closed? Did anyone check to see if it would be on-topic over there?

It looks like a good question to me; the MTG tag has plenty of mechanics/how-does-this-work questions already.

Arda Xi

I personally think it should be edited to be about the videogame.

Brant

2:33 PM

(although I suppose that doesn't necessarily mean it's on-topic; Programmers has tons of off-topic cruft lying around because the site's focus shifted)

FallenAngelEyes

@Brant It would be on topic there to ask about Regeneration

It's a very common game mechanic that can be tricky for newbies to use properly

Brant

/me pokes a moderator

Actually, wait, boardgames.se is still in beta, and you're not supposed to migrate questions across the beta-launched border, right?

Arda Xi

2:48 PM

@Brant Didn't SuperUser?

StrixVaria

@ArdaXi It's a question about M:tG, though. Any video-game implementation will do it the same way because it's a core rule to the cardgame. You can't edit it to make the video game part core to the question.

Arda Xi

@StrixVaria At least pretend he's asking for the video game's rules.

If video game rules = offline game rules, then you can interchange them.

However, only the former is really on-topic on this site.

Grace Note

@NickT I might not be fond of them and opposed to having something of a "site standard", but I've no intention to stop anyone who does use the pro-forma comment script. I hear it's quite handy.

Also, @Arda, I hear you're not photogenic?

Arda Xi

@GraceNote No, I am not.

Grace Note

Ah well.

Arda Xi

3:01 PM

In my opinion, anyway.

Grace Note

Means more opportunities for random artwork.

Arda Xi

W-whu?

Grace Note

Not from me, Just in general, people who don't have a face attached to them usually inspire a lot of variety in artful depictions.

Arda Xi

Meh, I'm sure it's fairly easy to find pictures of me online with a bit of Googling. I am protected by the fact that nobody would bother.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi You wear glasses

Arda Xi

3:04 PM

@FallenAngelEyes There's... like... one picture of me wearing my glasses online.

Well, maybe a few others but those are all private.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi And a striped shirt!

Arda Xi

I think I know which one you're looking at.

Taken... two years ago I think.

Well, a little under.

FallenAngelEyes

it's whatever one your FB profile is

Arda Xi

Yeah, exactly.

FallenAngelEyes

Madam @Grace, you have mail

Grace Note

3:06 PM

Already responded. Just... not to you. Yeah.

FallenAngelEyes

hehe okies

goes back to blog writing

Grace Note

Don't forget a wrap-up Meta post, too. ♪

FallenAngelEyes

So many things to write @_@

Lazers

0

Q: What charcter-builds / item-combinations works well in terreria?

I've been playing terraria and I reached the state that I have more weapons, potions, armor types, spells and magical items than I can conveniently carry. So I've been wondering: which items work best with each other? and amongst those different combinations, which is considered stronger? For ex...

terraria items character-build

Tom Wijsman

►

StrixVaria

3:19 PM

I decided to see if I could find a picture of myself given my name "StrixVaria", and I found other people who use the same moniker and do embarassing things like write Stargate fan fiction.

Arda Xi

In my case it's relatively easy. First result on "Arda Xi"

Arda's Blog « Ariën Holthuizen
ardaxi.com/
I'm a 16 year old student from Nieuw-Vennep in The Netherlands.

The images page however is populated with images I've posted in this chatroom.

Mana ಠдಠ

I FOUND ~~WALDO~~ ARDA

Man, how do you do the strikethrough thing. I will never get it.

Grace Note

~~Three hyphens~~

---Three hyphens---

Mana ಠдಠ

Man, that is ~~unintuitive~~ genius!

5

Tom Wijsman

3:38 PM

Strikes! W h e r e? Nice...

Arda Xi

shakes his head We did the playing around with Markdown thing ages ago.

Mana ಠдಠ

4:00 PM

Yo @EndangeredMassa

Lazers

4:10 PM

0

Q: How do I lower enemy health in a Dungeon Siege LAN game? (Without lowering difficulty.)

Recent I was playing a LAN game of the original Dungeon Siege with a group of 8 people(max party size for the game.) Some of the basic bad guys had upwards of 700 health, and as we progressed in the game, we were getting to guyys with more than 3,000-4,000 health, and they took forever to kill. ...

mod co-op lan dungeon-siege

LessPop_MoreFizz

Hi.

Arda Xi

@Lazers Just attack them?

badp

Hi.

Arda Xi

Hey @badp. Did you arrive alright?

badp

Well, after signing loads of paperwork, doing a few laps of the campus, finally entering the building, finding how the elevators work and finding the key I was given didn't fit

and after fortituously finding somebody who could do something about it and after having that fixed

Arda Xi

4:13 PM

Sounds like fun. How's the internet?

badp

yes. I arrived.

The internet is steam enabled

I dunno about the lags and the speeds and anything else; over everything, I want to call home now :)

Arda Xi

Fair enough.

LessPop_MoreFizz

On phone with E-Trade support. Telling the automated system 'operator' 12 times gets me nowhere.

"Fuck You" - instant transfer to an operator.

Grace Note

@LessPop_MoreFizz Did you try punching "0"?

StrixVaria

gethuman.com

Arda Xi

4:15 PM

@GraceNote Profanity works better.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GraceNote Yep.

@ArdaXi And is more fun.

Grace Note

Obviously you need to invent a method so that when you hit 0, it actually punches the operator. Best of both worlds.

Arda Xi

Although, punching the phone might work... of course if you ~~overestimate~~ underestimate your strength you break the phone.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi underestimate?

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Yes, but the problem is, you need to be able to get to an operator to punch them.

@FallenAngelEyes You saw nothing.

FallenAngelEyes

4:17 PM

lol

Grace Note

@ArdaXi We could always introduce an element of randomness to decide what operator gets punched.

Arda Xi

Yes, but what if you punch this one?

I don't want to punch the shibboleet operator.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Obviously we need to implement a "Cross Counter" functionality, then

Mana ಠдಠ

I suddenly want to make a videogame about people trying to punch each other through their computers.

2

Arda Xi

The fun thing is that it is really difficult to outsource Dutch tech support.

So I've hardly ever had such a problem.

Ohai Powerlord.

Powerlord

4:24 PM

@ArdaXi I need bacon! 61!

Arda Xi

We've done that bit before.

Powerlord

Actually, I'm hungry, but since I stayed home because my stomach was upset, eating something is out of the question.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I need a new financial institution.

Powerlord

@LessPop_MoreFizz May I recommend the one on the south shore?

LessPop_MoreFizz

XCOM captcha best captcha.

@Powerlord Either you know where I live in greater detail than I suspect, or you are making a joke that I don't get.

Powerlord

4:27 PM

Recaptcha just presents words that Google can't OCR correctly. ;P

@LessPop_MoreFizz Banks of a river...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord o.

Powerlord

Besides, banks are all evil. Basically, you have to choose the least of X evils.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord Well yes. But certain variants of evil provide me with things like ATM fee reimbursements.

Also, interest.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Like Defcon? Where you win if you sustain the least losses?

badp

okay; I'm peaking at 6 MB/s

Powerlord

4:30 PM

@ArdaXi Yup!

badp

using Steam

Arda Xi

@badp You got the E-peen package!

badp

it's unstable though.

swings between 2 and 6.

Still many times faster than home.

Powerlord

That's OK, as long as it doesn't explode.

Arda Xi

@badp See, I told you that.

badp

4:31 PM

I was wrong and I'm glad about that

Powerlord

Also, I lolled during the end of Metroid Prime 2 when it shows Samus switching her visor to the scan visor.

Arda Xi

I love using my school's network after hours.

Lazers

0

Q: Where are the 12 trinkets hidden in Prelude of the Chambered?

I've been playing Notch's new ludum dare game -- Prelude of the Chambered -- and it's been kicking my butt. At any rate, I've noticed that there are these golden trinkets scattered around (they look a little like a chalice), and when you die, you get a "X/12 Trinkets Collected statistic. How ca...

ludum-dare 100-percent-completion

Arda Xi

They have a gigabit connection.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Meanwhile, I am getting .45 mbps. :(

Arda Xi

4:32 PM

And after hours means nobody is using it. So I get the full 128 MB/s.

Powerlord

My ISP has been sucking less lately, but they still haven't fixed the high ping I've been getting.

I noticed my ISP was improving with my old computer, so it's not like I can say "look, new computer doesn't have the same problem!!!!"

badp

Translation bug fixx0red.

Arda Xi

@badp I loved the fact you were actually moderating in a Starbucks at an airport, having just arrived.

That's dedication right there.

badp

Well, I was killing time.

Arda Xi

I know, but still.

badp

4:35 PM

btw - markdown doesn't work in flags

Mana ಠдಠ

And then you guys met up. What did you two do?!

just like chilled

badp

Well we met for like 10 minutes

Powerlord

@Manaಠдಠ They had starbucks.

badp

Arda took the queue at the starbucks and then I basically already had to leave.

It was still pleasant.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Powerlord For 10 minutes? Yeah, I guess that works.

Arda Xi

4:36 PM

@Manaಠдಠ Well, that and the walk back to the hall.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda Is badp just as cool IRL?!?!?

badp

Yeah, I'm sorry I got you out of house for so little

Arda Xi

It's probably a good thing to get me out of my house for a change.

Or so I've been told.

Mana ಠдಠ

Or was it just kind of awkward "So uh. Yeah." "Yeah man. That site." "Yup."

THIS IS IMPORTANT

Arda Xi

@Mana You ask me that question but not him? I'm disappointed.

Ivo Flipse

4:38 PM

@badp We'll have to arrange a meetup after my vacation

badp

@IvoFlipse How about early November.

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ It was like "Hi" badp nearly has a heart attack "Hey"

Powerlord

@ArdaXi is really Richmond from the IT Crowd.

badp

Well I was staring at a stupid chat flag

Ivo Flipse

@badp I'm pretty sure my agenda will allow it :)

Arda Xi

4:39 PM

@badp Again, dedication right there.

Mana ಠдಠ

@badp Was GnomeSlice involved?

badp

@Manaಠдಠ No, it contained trace amounts of Ask Ubuntu.

Powerlord

@Manaಠдಠ No, we ignore him... remember?

Mana ಠдಠ

oh, surprise.

@Powerlord Not last night we didn't. If you uh, get my drift.

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ What did you and @GnomeSlice do last night?

Mana ಠдಠ

4:41 PM

Well.

If you go to that one star where Raven's all like "yo guys, GnomeSlice is annoying" and check the history that should become clear.

badp

@ArdaXi I actually don't.

Mana ಠдಠ

(hint: we hung out on this chat, also GnomeSlice got suspended briefly)

3

Arda Xi

@badp Hmm, I saw you posting a comment that seemed like it came from that script.

badp

I used it for a while

then somehow the profile broke or something

and I stopped having it

and I didn't really need the feel to reinstall it

Arda Xi

I see.

Grace Note

4:44 PM

@ArdaXi GnomeSlice apparently used a profanity, got flagged, asked about it with intentional typos and also on the wrong site, so people got fed up.

badp

He basically mocked up the typical XBox ban support request

Grace Note

Aye. And refused to have it fixed up. I don't mind the initial joke but it doesn't do anything towards interpretting it as actually being serious (which it apparently was)

Mana ಠдಠ

I don't think he meant it to really be serious. That being said I still feel bad for suspending him over such a minor thing.

Powerlord

4:59 PM

Oh boy... how long did he get suspended for?

badp

I guess 30m?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Probably one hour.

That's the norm.

I'm an expert on chat suspensions.

Grace Note

30 minutes so I hear

Powerlord

Oh, when you said "wrong site" I assumed it was on a site and that it was a site ban.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Goodbye HP, Sorry you don't want to be in PCs anymore..But we do more than ever. How would you say goodbye to HP?

Tweeted by MichaelDell on August 20, 2011 at 2:42 PM

Time to buy some HP stock.

Powerlord

5:08 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz You misspelled "short sell" there. ;)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Powerlord No I didn't. The last time Michael Dell made a comment about how he thought a major manufacturer of personal computers was doing the wrong thing... well...

Let's just say that the most valuable company in the world would not be around if he were right.

badp

@LessPopMoreFizz we need PC makers, period

the iPad "post-PC" can't replace the PC in a lot of relevant use cases, no matter how much you're into this "post-PC" theory

Arda Xi

@badp Most, if not all features of a PC can be replaced by a tablet. Whether it's going to be done well or whether it will be nice to use it a different question.

badp

usability is a major selling point

Arda Xi

@badp True, true. But still, it can be replaced, just poorly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:15 PM

@badp Tell that to Google plz. They don't seem to get it.

badp

I really hope I don't get myself used to these speeds

they're pretty much unavailable in Italy

Arda Xi

makes note never to go abroad

In a few years, fibre optics are going to become the norm.

Which means gigabit connections come within the reach of the masses.

Symmetrically.

Which would mean you could transfer a DVD from one computer to another within a minute.

But I must say 50 megabits is already quite a lot.

Lazers

1

Q: What time can I play my pre-loaded game on Steam?

I've purchased a game on Steam and pre-loaded it so that I can play it on the release date. What I want to know is what time can I play my pre-loaded games? Is it at: Midnight (User's time.) Midnight (Somewhere else. i.e. Some specific timezone) Some set time (If so, is it always the same or d...

steam preload

Arda Xi

Too localized.

This depends on the game.

GnomeSlice ツ

5:33 PM

Good grief, can we all just stop talking about me behind my back?

Arda Xi

No.

Now back to our regularly scheduled ignoring of GnomeSlice.

GnomeSlice ツ

Whatever.

badp

We're not talking behind your back. You can read everything said here.

Grace Note

@GnomeSliceツ The alternative was to ignore a direct inquiry about what happened. I mean, we could've left it at "GnomeSlice got banned", but then that'd just lead to more discussion and more "talking behind your back"

badp

It'd be talking behind your back if I did that in mod-only rooms.

which may or may not exist.

Powerlord

5:42 PM

@GnomeSlice: You're mad because we paid attention to you for a change? ;)

So, now that GamesCon is over... PAX is coming up.

Nick T

finally

Powerlord

@NickT A Winner Is You!

Grace Note

@Powerlord That it is

badp

"Steam has just finished downloading Cogs Demo."

Nick T

damn Notch and his games mojang.com/compo/metagun

badp

5:46 PM

Uh. Thanks.

Arda Xi

Well, now I am prepared for the future.

Or at least the future if the future were an alternate reality in which certain decisions in the past would have been undone.

badp

If you want back in time you'd still make the same decisions

foreknowledge is CHEATING face the facts

also. later

Arda Xi

@badp The mere fact of going back in time will change the past.

Nick T

but that would have already been accounted for in the future, as you already did go back in time

Is @GnomeSlice out of the room? Is it safe to talk about him?

Arda Xi

@NickT No, going back in time creates an alternate world in which the future is different.

GnomeSlice ツ

5:55 PM

This isn't funny.

Arda Xi

The other timeline still exists.

GnomeSlice ツ

Browser Game Pick: Prelude of the Chambered (Notch) http://t.co/lQMGZkB

Tweeted by indiegamescom on August 22, 2011 at 2:10 PM

Nick T

so my estimated GRE quant score is 750-800 which correlates to 99-99%ile

woo

verbal 620-720, 89-98%ile ...but that's probably high

Grace Note

Nice

GnomeSlice ツ

Wait, Jack Layton died?

Mana ಠдಠ

6:01 PM

@GnomeSlice Yeah.

Nick T

> The only contents of a container are 10 disks that are each numbered with a different positive integer from 1 through 10, inclusive. If 4 disks are to be selected one after the other, with each disk selected at random and without replacement, what is the probability that the range of the numbers on the disks selected is 7?

a) 1/7 b) 3/14 c) 2/7 d) 1/2 e) 15/28

Mana ಠдಠ

Shocking, eh? Just like that. Although there were already stories about his struggle with cancer, so, I guess not a massive shock. But still.

StrixVaria

Prob/stat is the only math course I ever took that I didn't ace.

GnomeSlice ツ

This gets the prize for the longest email signature of all time - http://cl.ly/9VrX

Tweeted by ormanclark on August 22, 2011 at 1:23 PM

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSliceツ Yes it is.

StrixVaria

6:02 PM

It's completely counterintuitive most of the time.

GnomeSlice ツ

@LessPop_MoreFizz No, it isn't.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Yes it is.

@StrixVaria I still don't understand the Monty Hall problem.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSliceツ No it doesn't, I've seen lots of lawyers and corporate types with longer signatures. Usually full of unenforceable boilerplate about how the email they've sent you is private and if you are not the intended recipient, you should delete it immediately.

GnomeSlice ツ

Also, whoooaaaaaa

The Envato Birthday Bundle: $507 of awesome stock for only $20! http://t.co/JECi3sT

Tweeted by envato on August 22, 2011 at 2:11 AM

StrixVaria

@ArdaXi That's one of the few I can wrap my head around, but it took a while.

Arda Xi

6:05 PM

@StrixVaria Oh, right, now that I read it, I did understand it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

4

I <3 Fake Science

Arda Xi

I have no idea if this is legit, but...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ArdaXi Oh god that would be... horrific.

Arda Xi

StrixVaria

I got half of "How could that possibly be legit those are different franchises." typed when I realized...

Arda Xi

6:10 PM

Valve is very keen on putting the Pyro in games, it seems.

I mean, they put him in Killing Floor. And MNC. And Worms: Reloaded. And Left 4 Dead 2.

The Stack Exchange Blog

Stack Overflow Blog: Careers 2.0: Export And Apply With Your Profile

Posted by Nick Larsen on August 22nd, 2011

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Using the résumé generator, you can customize the info you would like to provide to perspective employers by selecting each item you would like included.

Once you get it just right, press the “Export to PDF” button at the top to download your résumé! Check out my sample résumé. …

Arda Xi

So it might not be such a stretch.

Wait what?

Mana ಠдಠ

It's a very large percent with a lot of inactive users. Or something.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I want to hire this guy.

Mana ಠдಠ

(this sentence makes more sense to my hungry, headachey brain)

LessPop_MoreFizz

6:15 PM

@Manaಠдಠ Or a really diverse user base which includes a lot of specialists who don't touch anything beyond one or two tags.

Mana ಠдಠ

shrug

By the by...Am I the only one kind of disturbed by that cat picture?

Nick T

@ArdaXi where in L4D2?

Arda Xi

@NickT Pyro's Hamburgers, in the theme park.

Mana ಠдಠ

Arda Xi

Hmm... blue is too monochromatic.

Brett White Ψ

6:28 PM

Hello! Are @rapida @KatieK @tzenes @Shaun around?

Arda Xi

Not right now anyway.

Brett White Ψ

Also, can you @ people in questions? Trying to figure out the best way of getting in touch with the people who said they are going to PAX East.

Arda Xi

@BrettWhiteΨ Nope.

The easiest way save emailing them would be to find some old (meta)post by them and posting a comment to it.

Brett White Ψ

@ArdaXi Geez, getting in touch with people is hopeless on this site

Direct messages! That should exist! grumble grumble

Arda Xi

Can't they just let you see the emails?

CruelCow

6:30 PM

Mentioning them in chat should inform them right?

Arda Xi

@CruelCow Only if they've been here recently.

Brett White Ψ

@ArdaXi One would think. We don't have mod privileges.

Arda Xi

You didn't run a crawler that saved all of them to a database when you did have a diamond? Not that I would do that of course. ~~Yes I would.~~

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ArdaXi Terrible Mod indeed.

Brett White Ψ

@ArdaXi I hand wrote them all down but then lost them when I went searching for droids in the desert.

Sorry, I hear crawler and I immediately go to "sand crawler"

Arda Xi

6:34 PM

@BrettWhiteΨ Heh, most people on SE came here through SO.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ArdaXi Is @Brett another exception like me? If so, high-five!

Brett White Ψ

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, we are high fiving!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BrettWhiteΨ Woo hoo! Non-programmers unite!

2

Fake Science is Best Science.

Brett White Ψ

@LessPop_MoreFizz I would assume fake science is REAL science! Cause...cause I don't know nothing about science! Yeah! Yeah...yeah. Heh...heh..um. High five?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BrettWhiteΨ fakescience.tumblr.com

Arda Xi

6:39 PM

Oh look at that. It started way before.

Apr 28 at 12:50, by LessPop_MoreFizz

@failbadp Okay, time to go through all of @GnomeSlice's questions and vote to close.

Brant

Cow Clicker: The text adventure.

Nick T

My top-rep was with 3 different SE sites, clearly they're just a fad

Arda Xi

stackexchange.com/users/…

LessPop_MoreFizz

@NickT Meanwhile...

Arda Xi

I was steadily gaining SO rep, then Gaming came and everything flatlined.

Nick T

6:46 PM

Jeez, at least I'm balanced

Arda Xi

5b6328339cab48fae0d569ded5141352

FallenAngelEyes

@BrettWhiteΨ Yeah, that annoys me a lot as well

Nick T

Apr 18: 2843 reps, Apr 19: Portal 2 released, May 19: 6488 reps

luls

I think I hit rep-cap 6/7 days after Portal 2 came out

the one other one was @ 206, but included a +15

Lazers

0

Q: Help me Identify a Descent-like game

Years ago I used to play a old game that reminded me of Descent. It was published a few years later, and I don't think it ran a descent style engine. Instead the game felt allot more like Quake fought with a space ship. At any rate, in the game you flew a space ship, mostly indoors, most of the...

identify-this-game 3d

Nick T

Should question titles use Title Capitalization?

...or as in normal sentences?

CUZ IM GONNA FIX EM ALL, WOO

LessPop_MoreFizz

6:57 PM

@NickT ... please don't.

It kind of makes me sad that this is still my top scoring answer:

27

A: How do I find diamonds?

When in doubt, Find a Cave. If you don't see anything on the surface, Dig Deeper. Really, that's all there is to it. In general, you won't find Diamond much past 10 levels or so above Bedrock. The graph below (Found in this thread) shows the density of Diamond in one generated world. 0 on the ...

Nick T

60

A: Is it dangerous to go extreme pig riding in a thunderstorm?

If a pig, saddled and ridden or not, gets hit by lightning it will turn into a Zombie Pigman with you staring at the inside of it's head. Lightning forced to strike with a mod.

is probably less insightful and less-useful

Mana ಠдಠ

@LessPop Geez, at least yours has a graph.

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A: Why don't Terrans ever seem to use medics?

Medics are not usable units in the multiplayer component of Starcraft 2, along with many other units that exist in campaign but not in multiplayer. Here are the campaign-only units for all races: Terran Zerg Protoss

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Manaಠдಠ Yeah, but it's not a terribly useful answer, compared to say...

15

A: What are the exact triggers for initiating companion quests in Fallout: New Vegas?

So, this varies wildly by companion, but I'll try to run down all of them. Ed-E Quest: Ed-E My Love Trigger: Recruit Ed-E, then speak to Johnson Nash in Primm, either in his shop (after installing a new Sheriff), or at the Vicki and Vance (when you first arrive in town). Reward: If y...

CruelCow

I can beat that.

37

A: What happens if you choose GLaDOS' way in Portal 2?

GLaDOS closes the door and the wall. Then she fills the room with a deadly neurotoxin and you die. Here's a video showing that scene: ...

Arda Xi

52

A: Can I trust Steam-powered games? Is there any unwanted behavior installed with Steam?

Yes, you can trust it. It is non-intrusive and all it does (at minimum) is manage your games and patches for you. Anything else is optional. Steam has an offline mode, where you can play your games without a connection to Steam, granting you total freedom from Valve's servers. It doesn't instal...

Nick T

6:59 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz You make that graph yourself?

Arda Xi

52 upvotes. Boo-yeah.

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