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7:00 PM
@NickT No.
 
psh, downvote
 
I like my second top-scoring answer better.
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A: Why is Steam saying my friends are playing Hello Kitty: Island Adventure when I know they aren't?

Arda XiAs Gnoupi said, it's possible to report any game you want to play as a non-Steam game. In this case, it's a joke reference to the episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" of South Park, in which Butters prefers Hello Kitty Island Adventure over World of Warcraft. As far as I know no such game exists. ...

 
non-sourced material :(
 
@NickT It is too sourced.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yep, way too sourced. downvote
 
7:01 PM
@LessPopMoreFizz well, link rotted
 
@ArdaXi No no no, it's sourced just enough.
 
could be fake
 
So I'm not the only one who feels like the amount of upvotes for an answer is inversely proportional to the amount of work put in it?
 
@NickT And the link isn't rotted, it works just fine.
It might be private though.
 
I wanted all my upvotes to go here
 
7:01 PM
@CruelCow It's purely porportional to the amount of people that can understand it and find it amusing
 
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A: How can I become a pro at Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

Mana ಠдಠSo, I'll be honest. If you're playing on Wi-Fi Basic Brawl, your definition of a pro and my definition of a pro might be different sorts of skill levels. Still, there are four main mechanics in my mind which, once you get a solid grasp on, will surely make you a much stronger Brawl player in gene...

 
not the usefulness
 
oh well. Still one of my top-voted answers.
 
I love the way question-upvotes are proportional to the quality of the accepted answer.
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Q: What are the rules of Caravan?

Arda XiI've listened to Ringo explain the game, I've read the explanation in-game, but honestly, it doesn't make any sense to me. What card can I play when and why? What do the face cards do? I'm sure it's a fun game, but the developers could really have done a better job at the explanation.

It's not a very good question, but the answer is very good.
 
@ArdaXi In fact, they're nearly one to one!
 
7:03 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Nearly?
 
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A: Lightning bolt vs. batteries: a coulomb in everyday terms

Nick TA common source of confusion is the difference between energy and power. A Snickers bar, for example, has more energy in it than a hand grenade. One might call a grenade exploding "energetic", but what's key here is its power (P), or ability to convert energy (E) extremely rapidly, in a very sh...

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A: How much power is really wasted by a wall wart?

Nick THow much gas is wasted by a car? It depends on the manufacturer and particular model. Old AC/DC converters just had a large transformer, some diodes, and a capacitor, but nowadays many are switching converters that offer better regulation, improved efficiency, and smaller size. From the couple...

those votes should be opposite, one is more useful than the other
 
@ArdaXi 33 vs. 34.
 
I dunno, it seems like the more electronics-thought I put into answers on EE.SE, the less they tend to get up-voted because they're more esoteric, albeit thoughtful
and practical
 
Huh... I saw 34 a minute ago...
 
7:05 PM
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Q: Where is there "impossible space" in Portal 2?

Nick TOne of the commentary nodes by a Portal 2 developer, Eric Tams, said they used "world portals" to quickly reconfigure maps and puzzles during testing, which allowed them to create rooms that were bigger on the inside, infinite falls, and other sorts of impossible geometry, save for the users own ...

#2 on the site :D
though 3 people could make it be 4
What's the highest up-voted answer on the site? Can only sort questions...
 
@NickT Haha, is their design a bread board?
 
yeah
I'm kinda neutral on it, I'm happy the cartoon octopus died though
 
@NickT I'd place bets on the eating a corpse one.
 
...cartoon octopus?
 
EE.SE was from an SE 1.0 site Chiphacker
 
7:10 PM
@NickT ...wut
 
cuz that's like, totally what some real engineer would think is a pro site
mmmhmm
 
I... yeah
 
at least I got the name changed
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A: "Electronics and Robotics" has been renamed to "Electronics"

Nick TWhile I support dropping robotics from the site (at least the more technical side of it), naming it simply "Electronics" is fraught with peril. At least in the interim while a new "creative" name is chosen or whatever, there needs to be a more descriptive basic name. Electronics Design Non-con...

 
7:13 PM
6
Q: How does Ms. Marvel fly?

Brett White ΨUsing her original Kree-given powers, how did Ms. Marvel fly? Was this an ability that all Kree had, or was she manipulating gravity, or what? Or was it never explained past "she can fly"? She still flies to this day, but I'm not sure if that is still due to the influence of the Kree (she's had ...

@BrettWhite Well how does Superman fly then?
@ArdaXi what Wheatly puppet?
 
@ArdaXi the eyelid doesn't open all the way
 
Nor do Wheatley's really.
 
they do
his 'suprised' look has them going totally open to the point where you can't see them
 
Hence usually. He hardly ever uses that look.
Just like humans really.
 
7:19 PM
I think his 'computer' animation does as well
 
@wipq, did you just create a new genre tag? gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2307/…
 
@ArdaXi He uses that look all the time though...it's Wheatley, he's amazed by everything
plus the eyelid totally retracts during just some of his normal talking for instants
 
Anyway, the eyelids themselves are possible.
And I'm not sure whether it would be possible to open them all the way, it just might be.
 
The width of the fixed ring outside of the eye is less than the radius of the eye though
The puppet seems like it made the eye ring wider
 
^NSFW
Just saying.
 
7:31 PM
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A: What build order should I use for Zerg in StarCraft 2?

tzenesAn opening dictates how you are going to start the match. The basic Zerg openings: 6-10 Pool (Rush) 13-14 Pool (Standard) 14-15 Pool, 16 Hatch (Macro) 14-15 Hatch, 15-16 Pool (Macro+) 14 Gas, 14 Pool (Speedling) 12 Pool (Sen Style) How to read these: The number indicates the number of drones...

 
Okay, what is in that video?
 
@GraceNote Err... Stephen Merchant describing his desire for companionship. In intimate detail.
 
in fairly explicit terms
 
Hm.
 
@bwarner Yes, yes I did. It's a genre, it deserves a tag.
 
7:39 PM
What is razer up to?
 
@CruelCow 10 box says 'Gamepad.'
 
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Q: Are the Strategic Simulation Inc. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons games now in the public domain?

StephenDoes anyone know for certain whether or not the AD&D games produced by SSI in the '80s have been released to the public domain? I have seen them offered for download at several abandon ware sites, and was curious of their legitimate status.

 
@NickT Your suspension is over, by the way.
 
Nick got suspended? O_o
 
@GraceNote suspended from waht
 
7:53 PM
...huh. What perfectly timed absence.
Your video got flagged, that's all. A minor 30 minute suspension.
 
Psh
with proposals like:
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but were Afraid to Ask

Proposed Q&A site for anyone who likes sex and thinks it's a fun and pleasurable thing; anyone wanting to improve his/her sex life.

Currently in commitment.

what's too risque
 
@Lazers I'm glad I got an answer to this one in before someone clueless showed up.
 
Is there a way to private message somebody in chat?
 
no
 
le sigh
 
8:03 PM
@Rapida You can invite them to a chat room you create but that's about it
 
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A: Any way to send a personal message to another user?

dbrNope. This has been suggested many, many times, going all the way back to the earliest days of the site. Prior to the creation of Meta SO, feature requests were posted on UserVoice: Messaging between users Declined without comment. User messaging or wall it's possible we might have so...

 
Hmm, well TIL I guess
 
@Wipqozn I guess it meets the criteria at meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1857/… since the question is about the genre, but it seems destined to be removed because no other question will use that tag.
 
...there's... there's a bitcoin proposal on Area 51?!
 
@FallenAngelEyes So pointless
 
8:10 PM
@FallenAngelEyes I laughed so hard at that.
Might as well approve the Scientology.SE proposal while we're at it.
 
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Bitcoin & Crypto-currency

Proposed Q&A site for the community of Bitcoin enthusiasts, amateurs, and professionals. Anyone interested in learning about Bitcoin or other crypto-currencies. (Please see bitcoin.org for "What is Bitcoin?" :)

Currently in commitment.

 
Speaking of serious proposals, go support one or both of these:
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Biology

Proposed Q&A site for active researchers, academics, and students.

Currently in commitment.

 
It's the #1 proposal in terms of progress!
 
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Chemistry

Proposed Q&A site for scientists, academics, teachers and students

Currently in commitment.

I'm gonna troll the BitCoin site so hard
 
lol
 
8:12 PM
Why!? Whyyyyyy must this be!? head explodes
 
effing bitcoin gets a site but Biology doesn't
fail
Can you buy any physical goods with BitCoin?
like, stuff you can touch
 
I can touch money.
 
does someone operate an exchange?
 
@NickT Lots of someones.
 
what is the exchange rate
 
8:16 PM
Erm, $11 right now I believe.
 
So there are a fixed amount of them but the market for them is supposed to grow?
 
@NickT There isn't a fixed amount of them.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz What is legal is the circumvention of any sort of copy-protection or DRM mechanism that these games might have, for the purpose of archiving and preserving it, thanks to a 2006 DMCA exemption, as well as
You stopped mid-sentence there
 
I mean limited amount
 
8:20 PM
@NickT Pretty much, yes. A limit reached in the 22nd century somewhere.
 
when does it reach ~50% of that limit
 
I don't know, 2030 or something?
 
@CruelCow So I did, was jumping around as I edited
 
So the total market of everything bitcoin will never more than double from now (2013) on?
 
8:25 PM
Apparently
 
@NickT Bitcoin is an inherently deflationary currency. If you don't understand why that's bad, I would urge you to go read up on late 19th century economics.
(The latter half of that should have been aimed @arda, I know.)
 
I'm just playing Devil's Advocate. I withdrew from that Bitcoin business months ago.
 
8:41 PM
Essentially, the mechanics behind Bitcoin scarcity very closely mirror that of Gold.
 
@bwarner Except another question that is valid for that tag.
@bwarner: I really don't see the problem with creating a new tag when it's appropriate. The question should have had that tag, whether it exists or not. Waiting until we have several questions that could have that tag makes little sense.
 
Basically if you sell Bitcoin you're crazy
 
@badp Why would that be crazy? Buying it is crazy.
 
Oh my. I only need four more reputation until I hit 3k and can finally cast close/re-open votes.
 
8:48 PM
Quick! Everyone downvote @Wipqozn!
 
Then... I think I just did it wrong
 
@John HUR HUR HUR HUR
 
@Wipqozn (You're welcome. We both knew that was going to make someone upvote you.)
 
@John you're a hero, really
 
@Wipqozn bows majestically I know. :D
 
8:50 PM
He only needs 4 more downvotes until he drops below 3k and can finally stop casting close/re-open votes.
 
I'm on it
 
@ArdaXi HUR HUR HUR
 
I almost asked if you copied and pasted that and simply swapped the username
 
DUR DUR DUR
 
But then I counted the HUR's
 
8:51 PM
@Rapida too much work
Yeah, @ArdaXi just stole john's joke so it only deserved 3 hur's
 
On the HUR scale is this joke a 3 or 4?
type thing
 
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@Wipqozn You put not a real question on your profile too?
I think I might bookmark your profile.
 
@John It's a useful resource.
 
ELLO DUDES
 
9:01 PM
good evening miss @mana
 
@Manaಠдಠ 'ello.
 
@Wipqozn That felt like way more than two edits. I got like five pings.
oh wait
I have this chat open in two tabs.
That's why.
 
@Wipqozn is just talented that way.
 
@Manaಠдಠ oh wait, that is two edits
 
@Mana Or you're just oblivious that way.
 
9:03 PM
whassup @ccoakley
 
I need a game recommendation badly :)
Addicted to minecraft, terraria.
need something portable
iPhone or android
 
Gem miner for Android
it's...not the same
 
Minecraft for android?
 
Is that out yet?
 
I believe so
 
9:04 PM
Minecraft for android is exclusive for single tablet.
waiting, impatiently
 
The xperia is a phone, but ya
 
@rapida: er... phone.
 
Surely @KevinY can solve this problem.
 
Heh.
 
I've looked for MC for Android. While some exist, they're not very good yet.
 
9:06 PM
I haven't really been following iOS games lately
 
@BrettWhiteΨ I can be around
or you can email me at: tzenes@gmail.com
 
and most dev on them has stopped in anticipation of Notch's version.
 
@StrixVaria: will check out Gem miner... thanks
 
WAY TO GO TEAM
 
@ccoakley It's not as deep but it's still a decent exploration game.
 
9:08 PM
@StrixVaria: It's wrong for a heroin addict to complain that the methadone isn't strong enough :)
 
@ccoakley Are you calling @StrixVaria a heroin addict?
 
I wasn't complaining...I think he was referencing himself.
 
I'm calling my minecraft addiction equivalent to needing a fix
 
I approve of this analogy.
 
@ccoakley Oh, you're the heroin addict. Kay.
makes note in @ccoakley's official file
 
9:11 PM
It came up this weekend at my sister's wedding. Really wished I had some sandbox game on my phone. (The wedding was lovely... really!)
 
Try Falling Sand
That's probably as sandboxy as they come.
 
@ArdaXi: clever
 
Yes I am.
 
shoots Arda Not clever enough. shades
 
dies again
 
9:15 PM
have fun with that
 
@Manaಠдಠ Uncloaks and backstabs @Mana.
 
Why would I backstab myself?
 
@ArdaXi Ew, Dead Ringer.
 
@Manaಠдಠ I made you.
 
(Actually, I'm fine with the Dead Ringer, I just can't use it at all)
 
9:45 PM
There's a pending edit for this question, but I have a feeling it should be closed as off-topic instead.
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Q: Quality Brands for Game Controllers

JeffreyThere seem to be a lot of companies that are making console game controllers. Which of these brands make a quality product at a price cheaper than the console manufacturer?

 
Doesn't mean it isn't a good edit.
 
Is it worth bumping it to the main page if it should be closed anyway?
 
It's kinda shopping advice/list question
 
What about this one, also edited by KatieK
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Q: What are some well-written guides for World of Warcraft?

antony.trupeWhat are some well-written guides to follow to discover and explore different aspects of WoW, including but not limited to leveling, raiding, professions, classes?

 
Let's just close it.
@StrixVaria Already accepted it.
We've had lots of discussion about that question.
 
9:47 PM
It's kind of a List of X question.
It's not specific enough to be answerable.
 
It's answered.
 
IIRC, anthony was the one who tried seeding the sites with several different flavors of WoW guides, wasn't he?
 
Yes. All were closed. This one was allowed to live.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Mhm.
 
I think the question should be edited then, to reflect the answer.
The question is still asking for List of X and is too vague to get a real answer.
 
9:50 PM
The question asked for a List of X.
The answer is a List of Lists of X.
 
Right.
Much more concise than I was going to be.
 
Basically, there's nothing wrong with it.
If your argument is that it should be closed because it is not answerable, it should not be closed, because it's answered.
 
That's not exactly my argument.
My argument is that the question as asked isn't answerable, and that the answer really answers a different but similar question.
Which would be on topic.
 
@StrixVaria And I'm saying that isn't true.
 
It's not worth arguing.
 
9:52 PM
The user had a problem, the answer solved his problem.
 
It shouldn't be closed.
I'm being too nitpicky.
The other one about good 3rd party game controllers should be closed, though.
 
Like I used to be.
Yes.
I rejected the edit.
 
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Q: Should question titles be edited to reflect an actual question?

Michael HeroldI have a pet peeve. The annoyance in question is with "questions" like these: Legal Gold Farming Fast Expanding with Zerg Countering Marines, Marauders and Tanks Place to meet gamers for co-op (Note that I am not questioning the quality of the questions and they were the first four questions...

There was never a consensus reached here.
 
Yes there was.
 
But there has been a lot of editing to change titles to questions today.
 
9:54 PM
Did you miss the entire CHAOS thing?
 
What?
Apparently so.
 
We had Brett come in and change the top 1000 questions to be an actual question.
 
I saw like 2 or 3 edits by him. I must not have been paying very close attention recently.
 
You can't have seen them. Well, not directly.
They were silent.
 
Oh.
 
9:57 PM
The CHAOS edits didn't bump posts
(and good morning)
 
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Q: Who is Brett White and why is he a moderator?

Brett White ΨWho is Brett White? Is he an employee of Stack Exchange? Does that tiny psi/fork/trident in his username mean he's part of CHAOS? Is he going through highly viewed questions and editing their titles into (hopefully) easily searchable and readable complete sentences? Does he have to have sidebu...

 
That explains a lot.
Anyway, work's over. I'm heading out.
 
=/
 
Can someone please tell @katiek to slow down?
I'm gonna go ahead and reject these edits, don't want the front page to be littered with them.
Going to have to be quick about it too, it seems.
 
10:04 PM
Actually @Arda I think that not managing edits will make her slow down
I don't think you can put too many items in the revision queue by yourself
 
But if I don't reject them, others will accept them.
Like @KevinY did.
 
Actually I thought you could only have 1 edit by the same person in the revision queue at any one time, tag wikis not included
 
@badp That's definitely proved wrong.
 
20 per person
 
wow, that's a lot
 
10:06 PM
Exactly.
 
You should've seen what I did to Game Dev
 
@ArdaXi Hi
 
Hi.
 
Well this is awkward
 
Why? If I didn't want him to know, I'd have said KevinY, not @KevinY.
 
10:07 PM
:)
 
I'm aware, I've just been wanting to say that for awhile. Seemed like a decent opportunity.
 
Problem is, we have too many 3kers, but not enough questions coming in.
 
@ArdaXi Hopefully Deus Ex will remedy that
 
Temporarily.
 
Well I think @Ivo had a good point with what he said in the THC about us being too proud and not asking every question we could be asking
I know that I too tend to push at a problem on my own (maybe longer than I should) before asking a question
 
10:11 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Heck I even have problems with these silly Google+ games, but after I got some downvotes on my last one, I'm not sure if I should ask more
 
@IvoFlipse I still don't understand why you got down votes that question
 
I just looked at that as well, that's puzzling
 
Well I guess people thought I was seeding or something, guess they never tried playing that game
 
Social network game bias?
 
Perhaps I should have posted that blog post first ;)
anyone looking for free rep can write me a nice answer using: dragonsofatlantis.wikia.com/wiki/Wilderness or something of the like
 
10:15 PM
I hope it's not just because it's a G+ game. We can't afford that at all here. While some may not consider social networking games to be true "games," we have to neutral in how we treat questions. The casual and portable gaming markets are getting bigger and bigger and we need to be able to respond to that.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, don't tell Zynga we don't like their games
 
@IvoFlipse We don't need to. They already know, they just don't care because they're making money hand over fist. :P
 
@FallenAngelEyes You mean those annoying popups every 5 actions?
in City of Wonder I literally get a pop up every time I 'collect' my population growth stuff, 3 clicks == popup
 
@IvoFlipse And all the people that don't care about their business practices and just pay for all those energy refills because they're really addicted to the game
 
@FallenAngelEyes hehe, yeah those too
I just make sure I play several games, so I can rotate between them without downtime :P
hoeray for the time sink keeping me from doing actual work
 
10:21 PM
lol
 
putting '@e-MEE ....' at the beginning of a comment and it gets chopped?
are you supposed to drop all except alphanumerics when using @?
 
@NickT If you're notifying someone who is automatically notified, it gets stripped
 
ah
 
This only applies until a third person enters the conversation, though.
Because until then, it is assumed to be quite reasonable that any comments on the post from the one person are directed to the author without need for name, and any responses to those comments from the author are in fact responses to those comments from the author.
(That's why it auto-notifies, that is)
 
then it auto-rages if you post too many
like 5
I still don't understand why tags like are used
 
10:36 PM
@NickT To categorize questions dealing with in game currencies?
 
What's the difference between an in-game currency versus a resource
like in Civ it's more resource-y
Are SoJ's money?
 
There are a lot more questions tagged "money" than I would've expected...
Hrm. That's a troublesome tag
 
@NickT While money is a resource, not all resources are money, and not all games use resources.
 
We have a lot of troublesome tags.
 
I still think that a legit tag should be able to be applied to a question alone and have it be decent
or something like that
or rather that one should be able to be an "expert" on a given tag
but knowing a lot about money in LoL or Civ V doesn't make me any more likely to know something about the EVE market
or a boss fight in Metroid vs. one in FF*
 
10:42 PM
@NickT I already had this argument about
 
yeah, like knowing everything there is to know about the weapons on my Typhoon (EVE) or for my Scout (TF2) doesn't help me much in, I dunno...
Soul Calibur or BF2
 
@NickT See Meta:
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Q: What should be done about [Strategy] and similar tags? What conventions should we be adhering to?

LessPop_MoreFizzThose who have been in chat for the past day or so have seen me ranting at length about how tags which are not [Game Title] are, for the most part, fundamentally not useful. As an example, take a look at [Strategy], which has 121 questions about 47 distinct games. Even worse, [Strategy] could be...

 
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Q: What "special move canceling" combinations exist?

OakThe in-game help mentions a technique called "special move canceling": Lastly, take advantage of special move canceling! This is an advanced technique with which you can cut short the duration of certain moves, effectively becoming faster than usual. For example, try performing an evasive rol...

 
posted on August 22, 2011 by FallenAngelEyes

Late Saturday evening at Gamescom, I decided to see if I could brave the line to demo the Playstation Vita. It was nearing 19:00, so I figured the line may be more manageable at that point. Luckily, I was right, and we only ended up waiting around 15 minutes. While we were standing in-line, someone [...]

 
10:53 PM
Feature Request: Oatmeal oneboxing ala XKCD oneboxing.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'd quote the comic but I don't want to be suspended :P
 
@CruelCow That's okay, while I'd love to get wasted on microbrews, I'd rather not have freaky weird sex that's illegal in 7 states with you. No offense.
 
XKCD one-boxes?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz :(
 
10:56 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oatmeal comics are not one solid image though, they are actually composed of several images.
 
@Wipqozn Which is why we need one-boxing in the first place.
 
@Wipqozn Hence my request for awesome one box magic instead of needing to link ALL OF THE IMAGES.
 
hmm, did not know
why not one-box PA
 

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