The Bridge

7:00 PM

Sure, a lot of users will discover the site, ask a question blindly without paying much attention, but I don't see that happening often.

OrigamiRobot

right so allowing close worthy questions to be answered discourages the person who answered from voting to close

agent86

no, I'm done with this, I already said I don't want to get sucked into a big discussion. I disagree with certain statements made, but I don't believe that I can convince the majority to agree. we'll just have to hold our own opinions on the subject.

Arda Xi

@agent86 Unfortunately, that's not how it works.

We have to form a consensus for the site to work properly.

We can't just agree to disagree.

agent86

@ArdaXi I'm pretty sure that we're both allowed our opinions. I don't have to agree with the consensus to uphold it.

I pay my taxes, but I don't agree with how the money is spent, for instance :)

I'm a big enough boy to know that I can't always have my way.

Arda Xi

@agent86 Ah, see, there's two ways to deal with that. You can either speak up about it or just sulk quietly.

agent86

7:02 PM

that doesn't mean I have to change my way though

I did speak up.

people disagreed.

I nodded and went back about my business

Arda Xi

You're speaking up against consensus and you're surprised people disagreed?

agent86

hmm... perhaps it was more that the way things operate currently is to not enforce the rules very strictly, and I thought that was the consensus. it's not, we're just lazy. If the consensus is "close vague ITGs" and we just need to enforce it, then okay.

Arda Xi

Well... we had consensus, but it's starting to erode because a lot of people seem to vote without knowing the site's policies.

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi because people rarely visit the meta (myself included)

agent86

You also don't need my permission to close vote, I don't count for more or less than anyone else. If I say to myself "you know what, I don't think this is vague enough to warrant closing" I'm just one of many people making a subjective call, and it only takes 5 to close.

Arda Xi

7:06 PM

Yes, but when there are as many close as re-open votes on a question, someone is doing something wrong.

I know it says 'vote', but that doesn't mean that you're supposed to close something based on your own personal opinion.

Nick T

remember, there's a mathematical proof mapping all policy decision on meta to questions on main

Powerlord

@ArdaXi No, that's exactly what it means. That's why reopen exists in the first place.

agent86

eh, I'm not the problem there. if something gets closed for a reason, I don't cast a re-open vote unless the reason has been addressed.

Arda Xi

@agent86 I'm not saying you are, but it does happen.

agent86

I don't see the need to fight about a subjective call I might make in the future, when each time that call needs to be made, I have a way to make my opinion heard.

Arda Xi

7:08 PM

And the problem with that is that later on, a user can point to that question and say "that one is open, why does my question have to be closed?"

@Powerlord Reopen is a mechanism to undo the closing just in case people vote that way.

You're not supposed to keep closing and re-opening until the majority wins.

Grace Note

On close/reopen rapids, the wiser move is to get a full on discussion than having people duke it out with votes.

Powerlord

"Closing is a democratic voting process where the community defines

what questions are generally on-topic and generally off-topic for this site.
what questions are duplicates."

agent86

@GraceNote this is my general policy.

Powerlord

and it's also important to note that close votes expire after 4 days.

Grace Note

Technically, it's an available option to just exhaust both sides of their votes, but that doesn't really come to much of an understanding or resolution.

Arda Xi

7:12 PM

"When should I close a question?
Questions that are sufficiently off-topic, as outlined in the FAQ, should be closed by casting close votes. "

Nick T

lets quote mine from random things on the site and ignore the point

Powerlord

@ArdaXi And yet, the FAQ is (likely, can't read it at work) wide open about what's acceptable and narrow about what isn't. By that wording, any Meta decisions we make that aren't updated in the FAQ are, in fact, wrong.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Exactly, so it's a little pointless to quote that page.

agent86

man, I wish there was a close vote on discussions in chat :/

Powerlord

@ArdaXi I quoted that for three words: democratic voting process

Grace Note

7:17 PM

We do have a timeout function but I think just a stern glare from a dinosaur would be sufficient.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Democracy is more than just voting though.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi No, but that's a large part of it.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord It really isn't.

Nick T

So if we all vote and say you're wrong, thennnn

Arda Xi

Close votes are a means of enforcing policy, not creating it.

Nick T

7:19 PM

I'd say they're both

agent86

@GraceNote what kind of dinosaur? brontosauruses don't really have a stern enough gaze to be effective. This is very important.

Grace Note

@agent86 I was thinking of delegating the task of "Find an appropriate dinosaur and bring it in here"

Arda Xi

Our system isn't truly democratic anyway.

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 you mean Apatasaurus

Powerlord

Jury nullification

Jury nullification occurs in a trial when a jury reaches a verdict contrary to the judge's instructions as to the law. A jury verdict contrary to the letter of the law pertains only to the particular case before it; however, if a pattern of acquittals develops in response to repeated attempts to prosecute a statutory offence, it can have the de facto effect of invalidating the statute. A pattern of jury nullification may indicate public opposition to an unwanted legislative enactment. It was feared that a single judge or panel of government officials may be unduly influenced to follow ...

Arda Xi

7:21 PM

@Powerlord That's nothing to do with democracy.

Nick T

That sounds like the people ruling to me

agent86

what a dinosaur directing its stern gaze upon us might look like

Powerlord

@ArdaXi It most certainly does. Specifically, with the people overturning the rule of the government.

Arda Xi

I'm not going to debate against the US legal system, this isn't the time and the place for that.

Grace Note

Alright, @agent86, looks like you've got yourself the task. Good luck!

GnomeSlice

7:22 PM

@ArdaXi What have you done with Arda.

agent86

ooh, how about a 2-for-1 - a dinosaur with LAZERS

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice Too many Americans here to do so safely.

agent86

stern gaze + lazers + dinosaur = win

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi its always the time and place if you have a TARDIS

Powerlord

@NickT Incidentally....

OrigamiRobot

7:23 PM

@agent86 That is not a dinosaur. That is Godzilla

Powerlord

> a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority

Arda Xi

@OrigamiRobot Doesn't he always skip Wednesdays? Or was it Thursdays?

Grace Note

@ArdaXi While I know it won't change anything, you can at least take comfort knowing that you know more about the process and system than I do.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord That's... really not what democracy is.

agent86

hipster dinosaur, perhaps?

Arda Xi

7:24 PM

Democracy means every single adult has an equal say in everything that affects their lives.

Ian Pugsley

@agent86 C-; would not get looked at sternly again

InsidiousForce

lazers

Ian Pugsley

not nearly stern enough

agent86

Nick T

@ArdaXi you actually strike me as far more American; your position seems identical to that of a strict constructionist like that of the US Republican party, who believe that the existing laws as passed down by the forebearers shall never be altered

Arda Xi

7:25 PM

@NickT What.

InsidiousForce

oh so the bridge is about politics today, I see

Grace Note

@agent86 This isn't a very stern look

Arda Xi

@NickT You do know that conservatism isn't American, right?

agent86

@OrigamiRobot Godzilla is not a dinosaur? Wikipedia disagrees.

Nick T

@ArdaXi you're somewhere between Tea Party and general Republican

Grace Note

7:26 PM

@InsidiousForce It's also about stern dinosaurs. I recommend you stick with our topic instead.

OrigamiRobot

InsidiousForce

oh stern dinosaurs!

Arda Xi

@NickT I can assure you I don't fit in the American political system.

Nick T

@ArdaXi your method about arguing policy echos that in our country quite well though

Arda Xi

Politics are generally universal.

Krazer

7:27 PM

@ArdaXi In modernity, democracy is often construed as being concerned with a voting rule for determining the will of the majority.

Nick T

I thought all poltics were local

Arda Xi

@Krazer That's the layman's understanding, yes.

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 where does it disagree?

agent86

@GraceNote cmon, that dinosaur has a laser - how can you not look stern while wielding a laser and riding a shark? that's like a club sandwich of stern right there.

Arda Xi

@Krazer Besides, in America you generally don't get to vote on most policies, do you?

Krazer

7:29 PM

@ArdaXi With that said, if that voting rule is inherently flawed as a decision mechanism, then democracy is inherently flawed as a political system.

Grace Note

@agent86 Because you only have one of about 4 responses to such a sight, none of which are what a stern look meant to entice submissiveness or admonishment.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi The US isn't a direct democracy, more's the pity.

agent86

@OrigamiRobot > a giant, mutant dinosaur with rough, bumpy charcoal-grey scales, a long powerful tail, and jagged, bone-colored dorsal fins.

Grace Note

They would be along the lines of: bemused, amused, HUZZAH, and abject terror.

Powerlord

Technically, the US is a Republic

agent86

7:30 PM

GnomeSlice

@agent86 Sounds like a Godzilla to me. He's his own thing.

Arda Xi

@Krazer Well, maybe it is. It is dangerous to let people vote on subjects they have inadequate knowledge of. See: SOPA.

agent86

it's a stern I love you, like when your dad says "I love you son/daughter, but you are acting like a total d-bag."

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 that is referencing Godzilla's appearance

Krazer

@Powerlord More specifically a constitutional republic in which majority rule at it's core. :p

agent86

7:32 PM

@OrigamiRobot if it looks like a dinosaur, and roars like a dinosaur, and eats people like a dinosaur, then it may as well be a dinosaur

Blem

agent86

and if you don't like it, I'll start posting episodes of barney.

GnomeSlice

@Blem Image not found.

Try 'upload from the web'.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot he's a dinosaur-era prehistoric reptile

Krazer

@ArdaXi I think it's more dangerous to let money do the talking (or voting) than the things that really matter.

Ian Pugsley

7:33 PM

who is referred to as a dinosaur canonically in the Godzilla films

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi Does for me when I get hotlink blocks.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice Yeah, apparently this thing was still passing the referer for some reason.

@Krazer Ah, now we venture into the dangers of democracy combined with capitalism.

Grace Note

1

Q: Bukkit shoot tnt where player is looking

Hello. I want to shoot a piece of tnt from the players face and then let it explode when it hits the target block. I set it up so where the player looks and type in /tnt [power] /cannon [power] or /t [power] it will blow up at the target block: if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("cannon...

^ This us or GameDev?

Nick T

I don't quite get why we really care about the actual definition of words here

Blem

@GnomeSlice was that better?

Arda Xi

7:35 PM

@GraceNote I don't think we do programming questions.

GnomeSlice

@Blem Yes.

Krazer

@ArdaXi It's almost like becoming an oligarchy.

Arda Xi

@NickT Because it's fun? I gave up on getting any kind of resolution here ages ago.

Powerlord

@GraceNote Too late, it was already moved to GameDev.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi I don't think so, either, but I don't know how much of Bukkit is in-game stuff and how much is more of a codey, mod-making-game-dev stuff that we already have that whole "Mods on GameDev" thing

@Powerlord So it has, so it has. Well, seems to be that's where it should've gone.

Nick T

7:36 PM

@ArdaXi yeah, but you just seem to pigeonhole any argument by saying their word selection is wrong when nobody else cares but some pedantic debater

OrigamiRobot

@NickT When I use a word, it means exactly what I want it to. No more, no less.

Arda Xi

@NickT Are you really just trying to troll me?

Nick T

@OrigamiRobot this is not math

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Cheshire Cat?

...or was it someone else? Criminy, it's been too long and I never got to read the actual book anyway...

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote close. Humpty Dumpty

Grace Note

7:38 PM

Right, Humpty Dumpty.

Nick T

I'm not writing words because I'm formulating some absolute mathematical proof, I'm using them to convey a thought

Arda Xi

@NickT Look, debating involves pedantry. There's no way around that. If you don't like it, don't get yourself involved in it.

Powerlord

@NickT Which is why you need to include bacon.

Nick T

If I'm being imprecise, ask me to describe it better, don't poke apart my words

Arda Xi

@NickT Those are the same thing.

Nick T

7:39 PM

@ArdaXi this isn't some debate competition, this is the real world

Arda Xi

Or do you literally want me to use the words "describe it better" next time?

Sterno

@NickT @ArdaXi Hug it out!

Nick T

@ArdaXi I try, but you continually bring it down to the level of discrete words rather than the idea at large

Arda Xi

@NickT So? Same rules apply, except the debate is usually of lesser quality in the real world.

Krazer

►

Arda Xi

7:40 PM

@NickT I'm sorry, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Lazers

0

Q: Do contract cards only work on one player?

Each player card on my Madden Ultimate Team has a limited number of games they can play on contract. I can get contract cards to increase the contract number, but is that card only usable one time on one player?

madden-12 ultimate-team

Nick T

There is, because nobody but you cares

2

Arda Xi

Some people get hung up on the details, some people can only look at the big picture. The world happens to need both kinds of people.

@NickT I highly doubt that.

Ian Pugsley

@ArdaXi I think his issue is more the tangential aspect of it - the discussion is no longer related to the community's voting habits and policy creation/alteration

Arda Xi

@IanPugsley Well, yes, but I've long ago given up on the idea of actually debating properly on chat.

Ian Pugsley

7:42 PM

I'll probably receive a stern dinosaur from a stern dinosaur (@agent86) for mentioning it again

Arda Xi

If I actually want to discuss policy I'll post on meta.

agent86

@GraceNote we need an official moderator ruling on an important subject - is Godzilla a dinosaur?

GnomeSlice

He's a Godzilla, for the last time.

Nick T

HE's GOJIRA

Grace Note

@agent86 I'm inclined to agree with @GnomeSlice here.

Nick T

7:45 PM

@ArdaXi Yeah, but ultimately the details don't matter, what matters is the idea that comes out of it

agent86

@GraceNote fine. your opinion no longer matters to me at all. I'm going to sulk now.

Arda Xi

@NickT Of course details matter.

Ian Pugsley

@agent86 I've got your back - Godzilla is a mutated dinosaur, plain and simple

Grace Note

@agent86 I'm sorry, but fighting robot hordes while riding a time-travelled dinosaur is just an entirely different experience than fighting robot hordes while riding Godzilla.

agent86

@IanPugsley amen, preach it!

InsidiousForce

7:46 PM

Arda Xi

@InsidiousForce Yes.

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley it depends on which Godzilla

InsidiousForce

:(

Grace Note

@InsidiousForce There, there...

Got some nice sharp teeth, there, though

agent86

@GraceNote you are dead to me. See if I invite you to my dinosaur movie watching party. we were going to watch all the godzilla movies back to back, but now? Now... you're just going to have to live with the knowledge that you are forever snubbed.

Nick T

7:47 PM

0

Q: Is Godzilla a dinosaur?

Is Godzilla a dinosaur? Is he related to the dinosaurs of the Triassic-Cretaceous period moreso than just a random lizard of today?

godzilla

Grace Note

@agent86 Aside from mandatory club activities, I only watch Godzilla movies for Mothra anyway.

Nick T

wait, I shouldn't have posted that here

@GraceNote gonna ruin my fun

agent86

if/when I rule the universe, I am going to clone a dinosaur and call it godzilla and then unleash it upon all the nonbelievers. we'll see who is a dinosaur when he's ripping out your entrails and feasting upon them, after lazering them to warm them, of course.

Grace Note

@NickT By doing what?

Nick T

I dunno, that seems borderline off-topic for SFF

that and somewhat vague

Grace Note

7:49 PM

If you thought it was a risky endeavor, just be prepared for the consequences, but if you think you can squeeze a legitimate question into there I'd say all the more power to you.

Nick T

what consequences

the consequences of asking a bad question are virtually nil

sometimes positive as far as rep goes

Grace Note

@NickT Depends more on the frequency and severity. Some people get (and reasonably so) pretty uppity about these things depending on where and when you ask. If it's a bad and close-worthy question then the obvious consequence is closure, but there's also the non-numeric rep to take into account.

Nick T

I got +59 rep from a -2 question

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot the American Godzilla movie isn't even canonical to itself

it's so bad

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley the specific Godzilla in question is the Hanna-Barbara flavor

GnomeSlice

7:53 PM

@NickT Don't talk to me about consequences for poor conduct on the site.

OrigamiRobot

I know who can answer all out dinosaur questions

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot which is itself a cartoon adaptation of original Japenese movies, so unless they contradict the originals via mentioning a specific origin for Godzilla (which I doubt they do) it's irrelevant

@NickT not at all, it's definitely a work of speculative fiction

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot That's from Jurassic Park, right? :P

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord It's Mr. DNA

agent86

@NickT although I do my best to only ask good questions and give good answers, I know that sometimes I'm going to raise someone's ire. I try to shrug off the mistakes as best I can. sometimes a decision about what's good or bad ends up being subjective anyhow.

GnomeSlice

7:56 PM

Good lord, didn't you people ever watch The Land Before Time movies?

Blem

agent86

oops, so far the prevailing opinion is that godzilla is a dinosaur... better get over there and refute their link guys, or it will become forever and ever the correct answer!

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice sings Big Big Big Big Wateeerrrrrr

GnomeSlice

The Land Before Time (series)

The Land Before Time is a series of animated films centered on dinosaurs. The series began in 1988 with The Land Before Time, directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. It was followed by a total of 12 direct-to-video sequels, though none involves the participation of Bluth, Lucas, or Spielberg. Voice actor Frank Welker is the only cast member from the first film to have a role in every incarnation of the series. Synopsis The films follow a friendship group of dinosaurs, by the names of Littlefoot (Protagonist, Apatosaurus), Cera (Tricer...

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice That's a title I haven't heard in a long time

GnomeSlice

7:57 PM

@OrigamiRobot :D

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Fred from Scooby Doo is in every Land Before Time? :O

Nick T

IT'S CALLED A BRONTOSAURUS

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord Thats nothing. Susie Carmichael is in EVERYTHING

Nick T

I LEARNED ABOUT THIS STUFF WHEN I WAS 6, TRUST ME, I KNOW

2

Blem

@NickT Godzilla was conceived as a monster created by nuclear detonations

OrigamiRobot

8:00 PM

@NickT As much as it pains me, it's Apatasaurus.

Powerlord

Man today is crawling by here.

Marco Ceppi

@NickT IT'S PIKACHU

Powerlord

@MarcoCeppi It's PICHU! I LEARNED ABOUT THIS STUFF WHEN I WAS 6, TRUST ME, I KNOW.

:P

Marco Ceppi

GOD DAMNIT

GnomeSlice

...Kongregate has a paid 'member' subscription now?

=[

Powerlord

8:02 PM

Anyway, I just thought about Frank Welker, because he's been voicing Fred from Scooby Doo in every Scooby-Doo cartoon series for the past 40 years.

GnomeSlice

@MarcoCeppi GOD DAMMIT GOD DAMMIT GOD DAMMIT

Grace Note

@MarcoCeppi Huh, others rehosted that as well. I actually knew one of the others who rehosted that.

@Powerlord ?

Dont worry i know parkour

Marco Ceppi

8:05 PM

@GnomeSlice Hahahah

David B

8:17 PM

@NickT I was going to ask that tonight :)

Lazers

1

Q: Can you turn off the unit outline in C&C 4: Tiberian Twilight?

Is there any way to turn off the annoying outline color on your selected units? I'm enjoying the game so far, but the outline just looks like hell. I would prefer something like this:

command-and-conquer-4

1

Q: Does targeting the bridge and engines of capital ships do anything?

In the space missions, some of the targetable points on the capital ships (destroyers and frigates) seem to include the bridge and other points on the hull that are shielded (blue when hit by blasters). Likewise, on the bottom of the space-station there is also a targetable point. Is there any ...

swtor

0

Q: Accessing the Recovery Menu on LCFW Pro-B10

I've looked a lot of places and I can't figure out how to open the Recovery Menu on my PSP 3000. It's got Pro-B10 LCFW installed on it and I've read the readme and while it mentioned the recovery menu in the changelog, it didn't actually say how to get to it.

psp system-mods

0

Q: Do headshots make a difference?

In skyrim, does the location of your strikes make any difference in battle? I generally prefer head or high body shots, but it seems that striking the opponent anywhere will generally have the same effect. Is there actually a difference in the effective damage that I'm not noticing, or is there...

That show bombed when they tried to move it to television.

I remember watching it.

It was funny. But not that funny.

Powerlord

GAH, it's only 3:30pm EST?

OrigamiRobot

8:32 PM

@Powerlord 3:33 but who's counting

agent86

@Powerlord do they block access to clocks where you work? :P

Powerlord

@agent86 No, it just feels like it should be going home time, not 2 hours until going home time.

Today is just going sooooo slloooooooooow.

agent86

@Powerlord I know what you meant, I was just being silly.

I do that sometimes. warning: I do not actually care if godzilla is a dinosaur or not

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 but it is important

agent86

@OrigamiRobot well, according to the most reliable source anywhere, stack exchange, godzilla is, in fact, a dinosaur. hopefully that validates your worldview and you can move on with your life happily

OrigamiRobot

8:41 PM

@agent86 You would be surprised at how stubborn I can be

agent86

@OrigamiRobot I've been on the internet for a long time now. Very little surprises me.

you might say you'd be surprised by what doesn't surprise me

Lazers

0

Q: Game that I though was called dig dug castle-- but maybe not

There was this game in the arcade you were in a castle and it's setup was sort of like burger time with floors and ladders. The goal i think was to knock out these blocks in the floor with your hammer. There were monsters that chased you but you would get extra points if they fell in to the hol...

identify-this-game

0

Q: How do you beat Talbot in Uncharted 3?

I have already beat Uncharted 3 on Normal and I am trying to do it on Hard. I have gotten to the final boss fight with Talbot and nothing I do seems to work. I can only attack him at the very beginning of the fight. After about 30 seconds of fighting, every time I press square to attack him he pu...

uncharted-3 single-player

Ian Pugsley

9:00 PM

@agent86 TREASON

Nick T

Yay, so over the past year my IRA has declined in value by 5%

well, just VFFVX

MUHLX only fell by 4%

Lazers

-1

Q: What MMORPGs are there that treasure playing clever over playing a lot?

Are there any MMORP games that reward you for playing clever more than for being online all the time? I'm looking for games where you can keep up with a no-lifer by playing an hour or two a day but making the right moves to grow your character/empire. Concepts that apply are welcome too.

mmorpg game-rec

0

Q: How to use plunder mine

I gave my secondary hero the Plunder Mine and Destroy Mine abilities. Then I walked up to a mine. Nothing happened. Skipped a turn and tried to visit it with full movement. Nothing. Tried selecting it from the ability window.. What am I missing

might-magic-heroes-6

GnomeSlice

9:22 PM

> hippocampus: Virtually any college or university campus in Mississippi, Alabama or Tennessee, where over 30% of the student body is significantly obese.

Four Leaf Studios Katawa Shoujo Finally Released as Freeware http://bit.ly/zBEpWm

Tweeted by indiegamescom on January 4, 2012 at 9:16 PM

Got my daughter a couple of rabbits. Stuck with traditional names. Black one's called "Thumper" and the white one's "Racist."

Tweeted by iamnotdiddy on January 4, 2012 at 7:40 PM

<3 Twitter.

Microsoft Flight is a Free to Play PC Flight Sim. We're in! http://bit.ly/wzX4K4

Tweeted by the72pins on January 4, 2012 at 8:16 PM

agent86

@GnomeSlice posted this yeeeesterday. or maybe this moooorning.

GnomeSlice

@agent86 WELCOME TO MY LIFE.

agent86

I will star yours so that the circle is complete

then I will quote mine and mope

6 hours ago, by agent86

hmm, new microsoft flight simulator game is going to be F2P

mopes about lack of stars and total ignorance of everything he posts and etc

and we're done.

GnomeSlice

@agent86 Don't ever complain to me about stars again.

Lazers

0

Q: CastleVille - How do you get the Duke to reappear?

The Duke disappearance bug in CastleVille seems to be a very prevalent one. Is there a way to make the Duke reappear, or at least get his quests back?

facebook

Nick T

9:35 PM

I don't quite get why people like James Blake

He's #1 on Rhapsody's top 25 indie tracks of 2011, and I hate that song, but virtually every other one is great

Ian Pugsley

@NickT me neither

John

Now this is how you edit.

6

agent86

@GnomeSlice what would happen if I did?

Nick T

@John @Sterno would not approve.

GnomeSlice

@agent86 ಠ_ಠ

agent86

9:38 PM

@GnomeSlice whar ar my starz? WHAR?

Nick T

SWTORs "in combat" is way too touchy

immediately on sending your companion in you get flagged, so can't regen

John

@NickT Why not?

Nick T

even though instead of running at the thing, it takes Khem Val 2 seconds to get his sword out, then walks to the damn mob

@John half joking; it changes it too much

Powerlord

@NickT He has a Dash ability that speeds up the "walks to the damn mob" part.

Unfortunately, he still does the slow sword draw.

Nick T

really it's more than just that; like if you're clearing trash in an instance, if someone engages, it flags everyoen as in combat

so you can't continue eating/drinking

Powerlord

9:44 PM

Ooh, I missed this announcement on the hlds_linux mailing list:

Today the Team Fortress team took action to bring certain server operators into compliance with our previously announced "honest server policy". Examples of server modifications that resulted in this policy include:
* Running bots and trying to make them appear that they were human players
* Running bots and circumventing or modifying the usual mechanisms that the bots are advertised to the server browser
* Running with significant gameplay modifications, such as respawn times, without having the proper tags on their server designed to alert quickplay and automated searches about those mod…

agent86

photoshop fail:

Nick T

that just looks stupid

why isn't she on the damn sofa

beanbag "furniture" is only useful when you're too poor to afford real furniture

agent86

the edges of the pillow are a blur, like it's a supersonic beanbag

OrigamiRobot

@NickT or too lazy

agent86

and the sofa is humongous. either that or her supersonic beanbag shrunk her by 33%

Nick T

9:49 PM

it looks like they just clipped out the girl lying (laying?) on the beanbag and put it on that sofa/rug pic

agent86

@NickT yes.

poorly.

Lazers

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Q: Who likes meat the best?

I'm trying to get enough emblems for an idol (11). Since I have quite a pork factory at home, the easiest way for me to gain favour is with meat gifts. Is there a particular God Giant who will give me more favour in exchange for my meat or are they all the same?

glitch

Powerlord

As I recall, there's a Photoshop Failure site for images like these.

John

Ok, how on earth are you supposed to travel up and down in Terraria?

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