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3:00 PM
shrug It's just that I was worried that it might actually harm the visibility of the question, since some people might type ubercharge
 
@wip can't you tell?
 
@Mana Ah I see. I understand your reasoning.
 
but I guess that goes both ways since others might type Übercharge
 
@Mana how is the question tagged?
 
Uhm, just
 
3:01 PM
Not anymore.
 
Oh. can you tag it ÜberCharge?
 
@Mana Pretty sure that'll be okay. Searches are pretty smart.
 
I just tagged it with
 
@AnnaLear I see. Thanks everyone.
 
Too smart sometimes. (I'm looking at you, Google and your replacement of my "wissler" to "Whistler" which turned a search for an apartment in my town to an exploration of hotels in British Columbia.)
 
3:03 PM
@mana you're welcome. That will be 10$.
 
heh
 
@AnnaLear I disagree. If it was "too smart" it would have known what you were searching for and not replaced it.
 
@anna doesn't it ask before it changes words in your search?
 
Wow, Rift's going down to €9.99 for it's "half-birthday sale"
 
@FallenAngelEyes I noticed that as well. Is that a permanent thing, or only temporary?
@John Not always. Sometimes it will change it, and give you the option to switch back.
 
3:06 PM
@john Nope.
@Wipqozn Sometimes not even that.
 
@wip @anna :(
Why can't soft keyboards have a tab key?
 
@Mana I think it actually will impact the in-site search, but meh. It won't hurt Google, so.
 
@Tim Meh. Alright.
 
@Wipqozn I think just temporary for their bday thing
 
@FallenAngelEyes Okay. Are you thinking of playing?
 
3:10 PM
@Wipqozn Well, they are offering free play and access to all levels from today til the 31st for the bday thing, I think I might check it out
I had a 7 day trial that I haven't gotten around to yet, but this works too
 
@FallenAngelEyes ah okay. I have an account, although it expired awhile ago.
@mana you might want to keep a close eye on this question:
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Q: How do I play an old Net Yaroze game?

DanBealeI used to really enjoy the game Super Bub Contest that was given away on a few Playstation magazine cover discs. It was a Net Yaroze game, for the original PS. I no longer have the discs, or a playstation. How can I play this game again? Preferably on some modern console (PS2; Wii; Xbox 360) ...

 
Oh cool. What server are you on?
 
@Mana The only current answer is a game recommendation. IF we start to get multiple answers like that it would be problematic.
 
@FallenAngelEyes Team Fortress 2 went down to $0 for its birthday sale!
 
@Wipqozn It sounds like a gamerec question, too.
 
3:13 PM
It seems to be because of the last sentence he added in about how he'd be happy with close recommendations.
 
> I'd really like to play this game, but I realise that there are very many games like this, so I'm happy for answers that suggest close matches.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I was on snarebrush. Although I did transfer my main to... some server. I can't remember which. You should look online to find a high population one, I know some of the servers are having quite few problems.
@Mana I just edited that out.
 
The question now becomes: what do we do with the answer that was made in response to that?
 
Delete it.
Actually no
 
@Mana The search could be fixed to accommodate for that scenario though, if that became a real issue.
 
3:16 PM
Turn it into a comment
It would be a fine comment, but as an answer it is answering the part of his question which was off-topic
 
Leave a comment on it first explaining why it's bad juju and then convert to comment.
 
So it shouldn't have been an answer in the first place.
 
Sounds fair.
 
@AnnaLear I would think it would be better to just convert it, then just ping the author in a comment to the original question.
 
Since you're now a mod, the poster will still get notified of your comment and will see it later.
 
3:17 PM
@anna what happens to comments on it once it becomes one itself?
 
@John Comments on an answer stay with the deleted answer unless you check the "convert comments too" tickybox.
 
@AnnaLear oh okay. That's nifty.
 
@anna that is nifty.
 
Pretty nifty.
 
Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but I must get back to training my replacement.
toodles all
 
3:21 PM
Alright. Peace man!
 
You're supposed to train your replacements?
 
Good luck with that @wip
 
@GraceNote Yes, you are. :P
 
@Powerlord Hum. We didn't actually get a replacement before I left. Uh oh.
 
@Grace I believe they call that "adding insult in injury"
*to
Stupid autocorrect!
 
3:27 PM
@John You can edit messages up to 2 minutes after you post them.
 
@Powerlord not on a phone where you have no way to select previous messages.
I miss my arrow keys!
 
@GraceNote You are training @Mana right.
 
@John If you go down and hit "Menu" I think there's an option to edit there
 
@ArdaXi I have delegates to do that. I figure I'd assign Raven to teach Mana and Mana to teach Raven, it's like a self-correcting problem.
 
@Arda She has been giving me pointers, no worries.
 
3:29 PM
@FallenAngelEyes There is an option to Edit last message.
 
@ArdaXi Ah okay
 
@GraceNote That makes sense. After training Mana: "Quoth the Raven, ne'ermore!"
Problem is that you then have a cyclic dependency graph.
 
@fallen hey it works! Thanks!
 
@ArdaXi I like loops. They're like perpetual motion machines.
 
@GraceNote Yes. Both are impossible to maintain.
 
3:32 PM
Indeed!
 
Downloading Rift at 13.3MB/s, man I love my connection
 
You like things that are impossible to maintain?
That... makes so much sense.
 
HAPPINESS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN.
/wrists
@Arda Well, it wasn't exactly meant as a serious comment.
 
I agree.
You're right.
Happiness also requires the same kind of cyclic dependency.
Hrm, did my jab just go unnoticed or have I gone from 'unfunny' to 'annoying' with them?
 
Huh?
 
3:38 PM
5 mins ago, by Arda Xi
You like things that are impossible to maintain?
5 mins ago, by Arda Xi
That... makes so much sense.
That one.
 
shrug There's a pretty intense discussion about religion going on in ELU so I'm pretty sure it just hasn't been noticed yet.
 
That sounds like fun.
 
@ArdaXi In a sense, yes.
I do realize your jab, too, but I figured it's nothing worse a cross-counter.
 
@Mana That's not really a religious discussion.
 
I didn't say it was a debate. I said discussion.
 
3:43 PM
It was about English.
I wonder what's gonna happen when Christianity.SE opens up for public beta.
 
Oh, I see.
Sorry.
 
@GraceNote It's for a co-op work term. The term is now over and I am going back to school.
They want me to train the other one on how to use all my everything
 
I wonder if I should suggest that rep store thing I was discussing with @Mana earlier.
 
I'd write up a meta topic about it or someth zonk
 
But it probably sucks.
 
3:49 PM
real men aren't afraid to be bad at things
 
What about mermaids?
 
@Mana That's why Arda's fictional.
 
Besides, how much should a game cost?
 
@Arda 5 rep
 
Oh, you're thinking of buying games through reputation?
 
3:52 PM
Well, not exchanging reputation directly
 
I dropped a hat! I dropped a hat! I dropped a hat!
 
@Grace Sort of.
 
...a sniper hat
 
@badp picks it up Here you go.
 
<rageface id="okay"/>
 
3:52 PM
Sounds interesting. Sounds like... a Meta post is brewing
 
@GraceNote Hey, that's what I said! Just, with less wit/charm. And no music note.
 
@Mana I blame your lack of a cauldron
 
Yep. But not what I said.
Or will say.
 
Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and caldron bubble.
 
@Powerlord I performed that for a Shakespeare dinner theatre in high school
 
3:57 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Ooh, which part?
 
@FallenAngelEyes She's a witch! May we burn her?
 
@GraceNote I was Witch #2 in that scene
 
Ooh, I see, I see
 
50 secs ago, by Powerlord
@FallenAngelEyes She's a witch! May we burn her?
Sorry, I had to do it. ;)
I'm not even sure I got that quote right.
 
@GraceNote Don't you mean witch part?
HEE
 
3:58 PM
The Monty Python quote that is.
 
HEH
 
I looked up the Shakespear quote.
 
HEHEH
 
I also did Juliet's soliloquy in Act 4, Scene 3
 
ahem
 
3:59 PM
The one just before she drinks the poison and is debating what to do
 
Lunch, bbl
 
@Powerlord What else do we burn?
 
17 secs ago, by Powerlord
Lunch, bbl
 
Calories. I see.
 
that was a good joke
 
4:00 PM
@GraceNote I was active in theatre from 8th grade til graduation in HS
both backstage/stage crew and acting
Honestly, I really miss it
 
@FallenAngelEyes I did theatre through high school and in college as well. Likewise, both stage tech (Lights of various roles) and acting.
 
Awesome :D Yay fellow theatre geek <3
 
People in English class also loved my dramatic readings of the books we did.
 
I stage managed a play in senior year which we took to a theatre festival
I came in 3rd for stage managing, I was happy
 
We had a genius stage manager so no one thought it wise to replace her, really.
 
4:04 PM
I wish I could find some theatre here, but I don't think there's anywhere that does English...
I miss it a lot. It was just fun to lose yourself in a role. And I miss the backstage stuff too.
 
I do miss theatre, too
Oh, email, by the way. A bit overdue, but present nonetheless.
 
Ah, thanks, and responded!
 
@FallenAngelEyes There's theenglishtheatre.nl (Quick Google, I'm fairly sure there's more)
Wow. (RTL news bit about Gamescom. German with English subbing)
That's all my respect for RTL gone.
 
@ArdaXi Oh neat, I'll have to check that out
 
@FallenAngelEyes It doesn't seem like they're a theatre group themselves, but rather a conglomeration of English groups.
 
4:17 PM
Hey, I saw those guys with the full spandex outfits over their face!
And that bunny, haha
Wow is this judgmental
 
Told you.
 
What the crap, there's nothing wrong with guys with long hair >:(
 
It's the worst.
 
I spend a lot of time on my computer, but I don't exactly abandon grooming.
 
Man this is awful
 
4:21 PM
"His hair is longer then mine is, he got those typical slobber clothings and.... he is not shaved and stuff, I do not think he has any intention of styling himself up." She said that with the guy standing right there.
 
I couldn't believe that, seriously
So freaking rude
and the majority of people were not cosplaying
 
This is what the reporter said afterwards, on his Facebook profile.
> Ich persönlich glaube, Gamescom-Besucher und Computerspieler sind ein humorloser Menschenschlag.
 
Was that where they made the excuse that it was just a joke?
 
.........pfffffffffffffft
What*ever*
 
(I personally believe that Gamescom visitors and computer players are a humourless folk)
 
4:24 PM
Because apparently they did make that excuse.
 
@Mana "Mich störnense [die Reaktionen der Gamer] jedenfalls auch nicht. Weil das ja offensichtlich nicht ganz ernst gemeint ist, was, wie der ein oder andere Kommentator ja trefflich bemerkt hat, schon mit alberner Musik unterlegt ist und albern betextet ist. Die Reaktionen der Daddler bestärken mich allerdings eher in der Vermutung, dass zuviel Computerspielen keinen förderlichen Effekt auf Sprachverständnis u.ä. hat..."
Apparently.
That bit says that it was intended to be a joke, with silly music etc. He then goes on to say that he thinks that playing computergames is detrimental to language comprehension skills.
 
whatever man. I give up on him.
 
@ArdaXi ...
 
On a side note, I should really pay more attention in German class.
 
Ack, I'm at the point of no return in Bastion
I haven't done all the vigils and proving grounds yet flail
 
4:28 PM
@FallenAngelEyes New Game+
 
I thought they reset for that
 
@FallenAngelEyes Also, doing all the vigils on your first run through is pretty hard
They reset the Proving Grounds but not the vigils
 
What all is reset and what all is... y'know what, I'm just gonna ask a question
 
@FallenAngelEyes Yay!
 
hurray!!!
 
4:33 PM
@FallenAngelEyes I see you're trying to finish Bastion. You should totally drop that and play TF2.
 
@ArdaXi Because I totally need another game that I start and don't finish for a couple years
 
You can't 'finish' TF2.
 
you never finish TF2
so it's even worse
 
No, it's better.
You can play whenever you want and stop playing whenever you want.
You should definitely play TF2. It's really great and does all things.
 
"stop playing whenever you want" is a lie!
where have the last 4 hours of my life gone
 
4:40 PM
@badp You just don't want to stop.
 
@ArdaXi I know that, I meant Bastion
 
@badp You should totally drop those last 4 hours and play TF2.
Oh, right. You did.
 
Thanks!! I'm so proud of myself.
 
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Q: What is kept and what is reset for New Game+?

FallenAngelEyesI've reached the point of no return in Bastion's story. I know that there is a New Game+ option, however, my decision on whether or not to go forward with the story at this point hinges on what is kept and what is reset. For example, I don't want to drive myself crazy trying to finish all the Pro...

 
I mean, the TF2 announcer would've added "Finally."
 
4:59 PM
@Mana congrats man
dont forget the little people!
 
Thanks!
 
Phew, FB.SO/review is just a bucket 'o fun today.
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@Mana Do I have to tint all my shops blue now?
 
It's just that Mana is freezing cold
we need to heat up the atmosphere with a nice flame.
 
@badp Pyro!
 
5:11 PM
I used the official mod tint chat uses.
 
I also have; I don't look like I'm freezing.
 
No idea what you used for your avatar.
@badp You look like you're suffocating.
 
There's actually a tint, that's awesome!
 
Anyway, Mana's eyes and horns are burning, so it's a nice freeze/burn combo.
@RonanForman #4979B9
 
Oh lord, it's "cleaning day" at the office.
 
5:12 PM
.username.moderator { color: #4979B9; }
 
Everyone's expected to clean their cubicles.
 
^ this also doubles as a mod avatar for the unimaginative.
 
I was thinking that
 
What... the...
Where did that triangle come from?
 
@ArdaXi Strikethrough
 
5:17 PM
Oh, struckthrough carrot, neat
 
how do you strike?
 
---^---
 
---like this---
 
Cool
 
When did they add Strikethrough? :O
 
5:18 PM
Whoa, I didn't know markdown supported that.
 
@Powerlord Back when I used to edit the transcript, so quite a while ago
 
5:40 PM
Ahaha if you go out loaded up with the Galleon Mortar and the Calamity Cannon the narrator goes "Now that's just overkill. I mean, c'mon."
 
@FallenAngelEyes Hahaha, that's awesome.
 
Woo, 1st place in the mortar Proving Grounds on my first try
 
I should really buy this game.
I'm just not sure it's worth €14.
(At the rate I buy games, €14 is quite a bit)
 
I've found it to be worth the €18 something I paid for it plus the soundtrack bundle
but YMMV
 
Demo time then.
 
5:49 PM
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Hrm. I hardly ever have sweets of any kind, but if I do, I go through an entire bag in one sitting.
 
What platform is Bastion on?
Or, really, some kind of link would be handy.
 
Grace doesn't do Steam.
 
Xbox it is then
 
5:55 PM
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Brett White ΨIf you unfamiliar with the cavalcade of fun that is The Gaming Promotional Grant, please follow the link. I present to you...Round 5! The rules are not that much different from what Grace Note came up with, but there are some new restrictions. Also, please feel free to leave a comment on this qu...

 
You can't non-DRM it
 
DRM isn't why I don't use Steam
 
@GraceNote Is it because of the lack of ?
 
@Powerlord I'll add that to the list
 
@GraceNote Trick answer. Steam has The Baconing coming out on it soon.
 
5:58 PM
@Powerlord Really?
 
Well, removing one element from the list doesn't abolish the list.
 
Depends how big the list is...
 
@RonanForman Let me guess, you linked to The Baconing? The one I mentioned right before you linked to it? :D
 
Also is bacon is the root of the list and all others hinge upon it then it does.
@Powerlord yup!
 
Actually, I have no idea why Grace doesn't use Steam.
Back in 2003, I refused to use it simply because it oinked system resources.
 
5:59 PM
 

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