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Q: Does using Shadow Kill lower your chaos level?

CountMurphyI've read that killing more NPCs and leaving the bodies in plain sight increases your overall chaos level. Since Shadow kill leaves no bodies behind (at max level), does that lower your chaos score? Reading around the net I can't seem to find a straight answer.

@StrixVaria @agent86 I'm finding it pretty much impossible on Classic to hit the first council report without losing 1-2 countries. Even if I win every mission on the way and build a damn satellite for one of them too
@Sterno That sounds pretty unforgiving :(
My 5th mission of the game was between 3 "very difficults", all of which were in countries with 3 pips in panic already. Guaranteed two would go bad. And that was 4 days before the council report. :P
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@LessPop_MoreFizz i like that this is enough of a thing to have a decent article about it.
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Q: XCOM - Enemy Unknown: Estimating difficulty

TobyI edited the question a bit, so it better fits a Q&A format: I kinda don't know which difficulty is the right for me (yea kinda stupid question...). I know this is a very subjective question, but I actually have some troubles finding a difficulty level that fits for me. I tried both, classi...

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Q: Games display across both monitors when opened

MitchI am not sure what setting to change for this but I open games like Dungeon Crawl or a Steam game and the game wants to take up both screens. Is there a way to have the game open just on one screen xrandr shows this. So they are both on Screen 0: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2966 x 900...

Oct 8 at 0:12, by OrigamiRobot
@Lazers This question is dumb.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz agreeeed.
26 mins ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz
(I suspect that's up your alley)
01:00
@LessPop_MoreFizz Is this supposed to link to something?
If I try to visit it just re-directs me to the disney home page, forcing me to choose a site based on my region.
XCOM crashed!
Yay!
I hope I still have a save.
@StrixVaria yay! tortle high five
@Wipqozn Presumably because you are a filthy canadian. It's a link to the new Pixar short, Partysaurus Rex.
01:16
@LessPop_MoreFizz: What are your thoughts on the steal in Dishonored, now that you've spent alittle more time with it?
stealth
@Wipqozn It feels gud.
The default choke keybind is awful.
But that is probably a function of macbook keyboard
@LessPop_MoreFizz Gaming on a Mac? Ew.
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01:31
@Wipqozn It runs windows quite nicely.
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DAE Macs aren't for gaming stars please
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@LessPop_MoreFizz It can't be viewed outside of the US :(
@MarkTrapp DAE Macs? O_o
@AshleyNunn :(
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@LessPop_MoreFizz I has a sad. Trying to work around that.
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01:46
@Fluttershy so brave
@AshleyNunn Irony is it's a Pixar Canada production.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz This irony is not lost on me. Trying to figure out a way past the evil blocking of awesome pixar.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz watching it now
01:51
Nooooo
Assault Auto-Reaction Shot killed the Outsider when it spawned :/
@Wipqozn My GW2 ID is Leumas.5094
@FAE ping
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@sjohnston Ah, awesome.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz That was beautiful. :D
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WHAT UP FISHES
@sjohnston I will send you an invite into the ArQAde guild that we don't do anything with!
02:03
in case anyone forgot! LoL semifinals going on atm
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@LessPop_MoreFizz That was awesome
douced a whole chicken in sriracha and threw it on the bbq wish me luck!
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@BrianColvin Could be tasty.
and could turn out horribly burnt or gross hah :( fingers crossed
@StrixVaria Missing 3 times in a row with 86% hit chance is the worst.
Bomb missions FTL
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Q: What is doing this player to possibly hide info from my spies?

OmegaI've been harrassing another player for a while. And I fear that he might still develop and someday fight me with an army that might hurt me... so I decided to keep on harrassing him to keep him at bay. However, recently, my spies (I only send like 50) always report that he has 0,0,0 resources a...

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A fascinating futuristic short film. Worth the watch.
I have hot cider.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz so jealous
@FAE One of the few advantages of living out of hotels. I can just go downstairs and get hot cider anytime I want.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz They don't really seem to have cider over here.
02:30
@FAE They have cider here! =D
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@Fluttershy That's still far away!
@FAE Yeah, Europeans don't seem to do (non-alcoholic) cider in my experience.
Not sure why.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, every time I ask, people always think I want the alcoholic stuff. I've found "unfiltered apple juice" but it's just not quite the same.
@FAE I'm gonna buy some real cider...
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@Fluttershy Yay~
02:33
There's also Cider Donuts everywhere around here.
The only thing I find more frequently are whoopie pies as far as farm stand food type things
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@LessPop_MoreFizz I have cold sparkling hard cider.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz haha what
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Although I love that it is actual apple cider time of year. SO GOOD.
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@AshleyNunn waugh cider craving T_T
@FAE That is an actual deli here in Maine.
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02:36
@LessPop_MoreFizz That is... special.
I've never been up to Maine.
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Makes me want to make whoopie pies.
@FAE They also apparently own an ice cream stand named 'so-so scoops'
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Also even though I haven't lived in the US for almost 6 years now, I still refer to the direction other states are in as relative to where I grew up.
@LessPop_MoreFizz ...woohoo mediocrity?
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@LessPop_MoreFizz At least they don't build it up so you don't expect anything?
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@FAE See, for me it is easy. Everything is down.
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02:38
@AshleyNunn Technically, Maine's north of you.
@FAE I'm pretty sure I will do that until the end of time.
@FAE Eh, more due east.
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@FAE Psh, details.
At least, the part of Maine that I'm in.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, northeast.
Semantics...
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02:39
ALL OF IT IS DOWN I LIVE IN AMERICA'S HAT
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@FAE No, I mean really due east.
like, exactly.
@AshleyNunn Even Alaska?
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@LessPop_MoreFizz ...yes. I bend time and space for that.
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@AshleyNunn You mean tuque? ;)
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@FAE YES. YES YES YES
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02:41
@LessPop_MoreFizz My sister lives there!
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Alaska is like that ear that sticks out an gets cold when your hat fits funny.
I am not looking forward to being finished with Maine.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh?
@AshleyNunn Once Maine is over I have to go to West Virginia.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Knowing next to nothing about the states, what's bad about that?
02:46
I am pretty sure they don't have hot cider in west virginia.
Aaaaand I lose my first XCOM game.
West Virginia is an awful awful place.
@LessPop_MoreFizz All is know is that my GPS, when traveling through west virginia, directed my party down the most insanely twisting, hilly forest-farm roads possible, which my brother elected to take at a cool 60 mph.
@RavenDreamer Sounds like a good time to me.
@RavenDreamer Cool.
02:50
@sjohnston do you play XCOM?
@LessPop_MoreFizz Spoken like a man who has never ridden with my brother.
@RavenDreamer Probably not until next year. Currently saving for a trip to Hawaii.
Oh god this cider is so gooood
Is XCOM kinda roguelike?
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@RavenDreamer What the crap does "Upi" mean.
United Press International (UPI) is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century. Since 1982, it has become much smaller, with a different customer base and product focus. History Formally named "United Press Associations" for incorporation and legal purposes, but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, it was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publ...
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Q: How does one obtain these achievements in Black Mesa: Source?

RetrosaurTaken from enter link description here Quantum Capacitance Overcharge it anyway. Remote Detonation Kill a Barnacle with a Satchel. Unified Coupling Theorum Help the Barnacle and Headcrab find true love. [0/10] Permeable Infrastructure Use the alternative path in the Office ...

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Q: What does the clock icon mean in Skill Descriptions?

Brysonic I know from "What is this new icon in some of the skills?" that the water droplet icon means that a skill can't be used underwater, and the cooldown icon is easy enough to figure out, but what does this clock icon mean?

North Upi is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 51,141 people in 9,975 households. The town was part of the province of Shariff Kabunsuan from October 2006 until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008. The current mayor of North Upi is Ramon Piang, a former principal of Notre Dame of Upi, a local high school managed by the Catholic Church. Etymology Upi was probably derived from the term "Ufi". It is a Teduray name for a certain tree that grows abundantly in the place. The bark of “Uf...
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Somehow, I don't think that's what he meant.
@FAE That was me starting to type on the keyboard when the focus switched, resulting in the following keys being pressed out of turn: "U", "P", "I", "ENTER", and "Backspace".
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@RavenDreamer ...lol
@FAE The net total of which resulted in confirming the edit with a nonsense explanation, and then returning to the previous page to boot.
I then tried to re-edit the answer to provide proper context, but it doesn't seem to have stuck.
02:54
I like my version more.
@RavenDreamer That's... huh... O_o
@Fae "You're technically correct (the best kind of correct), but I'm going to change the terminology here to make it more obvious what you're saying" was what I was tryijng to leave for you.
There may have been a smilie face, also.
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@RavenDreamer So basically your hand was one key too far to the right.
As "Upi" would be "You" in that case, and in attempting to hit ', you hit Enter.
@RavenDreamer You're just having trouble typing tonight, it would seem...
@FAE That makes for a much more concise explanation, in retrospect.
Also, I think this means you should become a detective.
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02:58
@RavenDreamer How do you know I'm not already?
@Fluttershy Yup. Tryijng was left for posterity.
@FAE Because I've yet to see you in a Sherlock Holmes cap + pipe.
@RavenDreamer I wasn't going to make any attempt to point it out, as I assumed you had already seen it. =P
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@RavenDreamer Smoking is bad, mmkay?
@FAE What if it was a bubble pipe?
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@FAE yes ma'am.
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02:59
@Fluttershy I LOVE THOSE
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@Fluttershy Ooooh bubbles.
@FAE There ya go! Sherlock Holmes hat and a bubble pipe.
Halloween is solved.
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@Fluttershy Except I hate wearing hats.
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Now I want to blow bubbles.
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I wonder if the dollar store still sells bubble stuff or if it is too late in the year for that. I just want to buy a bunch and take it to campus and see how many people I can get to blow bubbles with me.
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03:00
Most of the time. Exceptions have been made in the past for bowlers and fedoras.
@FAE No tophats?
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@FAE I like pretty girls in fedoras. creeper
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@AshleyNunn I have one!
I just can't reach it.
@Fluttershy I don't think those really work for me.
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@FAE It needs to be on your head :D
@FAE It could be a bubble pipe.
reads up
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03:03
@AshleyNunn It just was!
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It's a little too small though.
is late to the party
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It was a gift from a friend of mine.
@FAE It still looked okay. =P
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03:03
I wish I didn't look silly in hats
@AshleyNunn I had a major crush on Carmen Sandiego.
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@RavenDreamer I can see why.
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It's black, purple, and has silver bits on it which are my 3 favorite colors (yes I know silver is a metal not a color, hush) and I squeed over it, so my friend got it for me.
@AshleyNunn I look silly in them too, but occasionally, I do not care.
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@FAE That sounds AWESOME.
@RavenDreamer How? No one ever even knew where in the world she was!
03:04
@Fluttershy The wanted posters, ofc.
@AshleyNunn The squee-ing?
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@AshleyNunn It is! I loves it. <3 It's just a cheap hat from Wal-Mart, haha, which is why it doesn't fit properly.
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@FAE I have a big floppy blue hat that I like
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@RavenDreamer That too. XD
@RavenDreamer But even those were just silhouettes right?
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@FAE Haha my blue hat is silly and has a blue leopard print ribbon on it
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@Fluttershy She was on the box.
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@AshleyNunn I need a properly fitting fedora. I'm lazy though.
@RavenDreamer Tch... I'm too young to remember such things.
The deleted answers on this question are amazing.
@RavenDreamer Oh, hey. She is cute.
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@FAE Yes you doooooo :D
03:06
@LessPop_MoreFizz You should award me a 500 rep bounty on something so I can see them!
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@LessPop_MoreFizz ...wooooooooooow.
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@RavenDreamer Yeah. I approve of that.
It makes me want a Red Fedora and matching Trench Coat.
But I haven't the faintest idea where to acquire them.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Wow. I like the last one.
@RavenDreamer The internet!
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03:07
I just got a light brown trench coat that comes to my knees and a friend calls it my Donna Noble coat :D
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@AshleyNunn I'd love to have a trench coat, I've never owned one.
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:D
@AshleyNunn For me. I don't think I can pull off a double-breasted trenchcoat.
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@FAE This one was from a local theatre costume sale and it is broken in in all the right spots and it is PRETTY
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@Fluttershy psh. I love fedoras.
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@AshleyNunn Ooooh, nice.
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tempted to post a picture
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@Fluttershy I heartily dispute this!
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@FAE I do too! I just remember seeing it once and figured it was on-topic.
Chart is accurate.
Sorry.
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Psh. I wish I could wear fedoras so I could be all awesome with my coat XD
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@RavenDreamer I've seen this before and it's hilarious
@FAE Me too.
:)
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03:14
@RavenDreamer also you may want to note that it's rather NSFW due to language
time for a slice of pie!
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@RavenDreamer what sort of pie?
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Why am I not sleepy? :(
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@FAE sings you a lullaby
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@AshleyNunn yay~
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03:18
@FAE also, a bedtime story
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@AshleyNunn What kind?
Sweet potato!
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@FAE A nice one. With adventures and pirates and dragons.
@AshleyNunn Dragon Pirates? Pirate Dragons?
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@AshleyNunn Woo!
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03:20
@RavenDreamer All of hte above, so you fall asleep with thoughts of fun adventures.
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Man, I miss having someone to read to.
@FAE I'd give you some warm cider if you were here! That'd probably help. Maybe. I dunno. Is warm cider like warm milk?
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@Fluttershy All this talk of cider has left me with a crazy cider craving. T_T
@AshleyNunn Skype her!
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@RavenDreamer That is the best idea. I have a killer collection of little kid books.
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03:22
I would totally do a Skype storytime. XD
@FAE No kidding, I demand that @Fluttershy hand-deliver cider to all of us.
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@Fluttershy I tend to think so
@TimStone You'll have to come get it.
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@TimStone I am okay with this, but I call dibs.
I'm quite lazy.
03:22
wheeeeew
man, if I had other times of day to play, I would definitely not play xcom right before bed
stressssful!
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Oh man, this was always my favourite book.
anyhow, sleep, nap, etc ttyl :P
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@Fluttershy grins if I appear on your doorstep sometime soon you'd better have cider.
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@agent86 Night!
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03:23
@agent86 sleep well
@agent86 Gnight! I just conceeded my first game to the Aliens. :(
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@Fluttershy This episode was painful for me to watch and initiated my search for cider here.
Though I did have a really awesome BDH moment where I sent 3 snipers to a graveyard, and they took out 6 floaters and 3 mutons.
(and 2 snipers)
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Augh. In the morning when the grocery store is open again I am buying me some cider.
32 mins ago, by Fluttershy
Is XCOM kinda roguelike?
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@Fluttershy Yes.
@AshleyNunn I can probably find it easily here. We have fresh produce places all over.
And by that I mean I know of two.
@RavenDreamer So, no saving. Just... If you die, you start over kinda thing?
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grins I live like a half hour from a place that produces cider for most of Southern Ontario.
@Fluttershy Well, I'm playing on "Ironman Mode", which is "We save after every action you take, and there's only the one save file.
You don't have to play it this way, but I am.
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The day I found out it is just mushed apples with nothing much else added except some stabilizers for shelf life, it delighted me. Also, it made me realize how sweet apples are.
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Q: What's considered similar weapons in torchlight 2

OnigWhat is considered "similar weapons" in torchlight two to make sure I get the execute bonus of hitting with both weapons at once? Does similar mean any combination of two one handed melee weapons or one handed ranged weapons - or would it have to be more specific like two one handed swords were ...

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@RavenDreamer Masochist, eh?
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@AshleyNunn Yeah, there's some orchards around where I grew up that do that.
@Fluttershy I hear some people in this room are into that.
@RavenDreamer Probably. @TimStone has always struck me as kind of odd. =P
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@RavenDreamer Aren't we just a bunch of sweet innocent lambs?
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03:30
Or is that just me?
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@Lazers Dupe. Asker found the question it's a duplicate of but they don't know how to self delete.
@Fluttershy (I prefer "awesomely special", by the way)
@TimStone <_<
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@TimStone yes. awesomely....special. We can go with that :P
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Need to get ready for sleeps, night Bridge!
03:33
G'night!
I'm heading off to sleep as well. Otherwise I'll stay in here all night talking to you fine gentlemen and ladies. G'night, all!
G'nights all around
@AshleyNunn Hey now... :P
@FAE Sweet dreams.
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@FAE Sleep well!
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@Fluttershy Good night :)
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03:37
@TimStone grins innocently
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Okay, I think it is "curl up in bed and try to sleep but ultimately end up playing 3DS til late" time for me.
Heh, enjoy! :P
I get to sit here playing games while I wait for this data load to finish, hooray
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@TimStone At least you get to play games while you do it. (Also your sentence makes me picture a laundry machine with little bits of data (which look like the viruses from Dr. Mario for some reason) in it.
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My brain is weird.
...
Hahah :D
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03:42
I did say my brain was weird. :D
@AshleyNunn Welcome to the club!
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YAAAAAY
@AshleyNunn In entertaining ways, which is the important part!
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@TimStone Glad to be of some service XD
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Okay. Sleep/video games now. Golden Sun Dark Dawn is calling me.
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@AshleyNunn Good choice!
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Q: Does increasing my attack increase the attack of my djinni?

Ashley NunnIf I use a djinn or a psynergy move that increases my attack, does it also increase attacks of summoned creatures and djinni? Or is it just my party's weapon attacks?

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Q: What are the proximity bonuses for adjacent buildings and when do they apply?

Andrew MoylanThe game makes it clear that labs and workshops get a bonus when built next to buildings of the same type. I've also seen it written online that Satellite Uplinks get a bonus but I can't see anywhere what it is. What are all the buildings that get bonuses, and what are those bonuses? Supplement...

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Q: Dark souls PC controls - Help with aiming and switching between weapons

gbsodAfter watching a youtube video I realised three things: That console players can aim, and lock on targets. Can PC players and if so how? That you can switch between weapon sets with the press of a single button. As with 1 - how can I do that on PC. And, my idiocy/ignorance, may have been makin...

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Q: Visit your new home objectives not being completed

kotekzotI have purchased a house, but the objective to visit it does not complete when I enter the house. It is stuck in my quest log, which is rather annoying. Objectives that may be afflicted with the same bug: Visit Breezehome, your new house Visit Proudspire Manor, your new house Visit Honeyside, ...

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Q: Does transmutation of 2 items always result in a soul-bond item?

Victor T.Are there any cases where transmuting results in a non soul-bound item? I'm trying to figure out a way to get a particular look of a skin to another character. For example, the starter medium armor hooded skin of a thief to say a ranger.

 
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Q: Difference between S.H.I.V.'s

DraedalusSo I have three options for SHIVs and I am not sure which to choose. There is the normal shiv which seems like its just inferior to the other two, there is the alloy shiv which is mobile cover and hard to destroy, and then there is the hover shiv. The hover shiv doesn't give much of a description...

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Q: Change armor color only availble to preorders in xcom enemy unknown?

evanAs title, can armor color only be changed if you have a preordered version of xcom? On the customization screen I can change, hair, face, name, etc but change change the color of the armor. UPDATE: Seems that the answer is yes, so the next question is there anyway to get the Elite Soldier Pack ...

 
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Q: Guild Wars 2 - change crafting profession

spaunyHow much does it cost to change the crafting profession? It depends on your level? I haven't found something official... Also do you lose the crafting level of the previous profession?

 
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Q: How can I avoid losing point when kiting?

Mad ScientistI found that when I try to kite an enemy at the edge of scram or disruptor range they are regularly able to get away. I've tried to leave a bit more safety margin and orbit closer, but that doesn't help all that much. How can I avoid losing point in such a situation? Do I have to manually pilot ...

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Q: Is it is possible to have Arqade notifications on iPhone?

iberWebsite looks great mobile but I would love to have push notifications when something happens. Is there any way to have that kind of app?

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Q: Do you know any mobile apps which helps you plaing LoL?

iberI was doing some reaserch to find some mobile apps which helps you in playing better. I don't find anything super useful. Especially to know how to counter-pick some champions. Maybe not only app but also mobile friendly website?

@fredley Why, did you plan to launch a competing product before they do?
@MartinSojka I've already spent more than I should on Kickstarter US. The fact that it's a UK site will make it that much easier
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12:08
@fredley how so? More local opportunities? There seems to be a lot of non-US Kickstarters on Kickstarter.com already
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Q: Can I run Arma 2 / Day Z with this notebook?

ChocoDeveloperI'm buying a new notebook and all I want to know is whether I will be able to play Day Z with it. Processor: CORE I7 2670QM 2.2GHz Ram: 8 GB DDR3 Graphic card: NVIDIA GFORCE NV G630 2 GB RAM I don't know anything about graphic cards, what do you think about this one?

Is this not too localized?
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Q: Can I run Arma 2 / Day Z with this notebook?

ChocoDeveloperI'm buying a new notebook and all I want to know is whether I will be able to play Day Z with it. Processor: CORE I7 2670QM 2.2GHz Ram: 8 GB DDR3 Graphic card: NVIDIA GFORCE NV G630 2 GB RAM I don't know anything about graphic cards, what do you think about this one?

I changed my mind. Normal is definitely not "too easy".
Cyberdiscs, man. Ugh.
...Schoolgirls driving TANKS.
The premise is off the wall enough to make it interesting.
@fbueckert There's a kitty in the next episode.
Holy crap, that's a huge aircraft carrier.
12:51
...?
for your reference
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That's big. I guess.
... why would somebody do that?
@MarkTrapp ... there's mountains on it.
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@MartinSojka Because it's there
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Q: What alien bits should I sell?

agent86I've got a considerable amount of alien detritus lying around my base: Some items, like the damaged UFO flight computer, are marked as useless and intended for sale without consequence. However, I have no idea how many bits of Alien Alloys I'm likely to need. Or what a stack of alien corps...

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@Krazer I've seen bigger! But seriously, that ship is silly in its design. Assuming those aren't tiny lumps of dirt and are actual mountains (i.e., > 1000ft tall), the control tower is what is this I don't even. Plus the whole bottom of the boat: why? The amount of water displacement for a ship that size is like the entire Mediterranean basin: it's not even clear the thing wouldn't just keel over without a keel that's larger than the Mariana trench.
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City/generation ship concepts are much closer to the surface of the water to keep the center of gravity of the ship below the lower ionosphere
@MarkTrapp Hey, maybe it goes down really really really far.
@Krazer Is there a context for this or something?
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I guess the pertinent question is whether the ship is supposed to be on Earth or some weird water world with oceans dozens of miles deep
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... or has the keel out of super-compressed unobtainium, yeah. Still ... why? A catamaran design would be so much easier.
You guys just started talking about it as if you'd been talking about it all along but you weren't. You just started out of nowhere.
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@StrixVaria I'm just going with the flow, maaaan. I have no idea where it's from either
@StrixVaria "Girls und Panzer" anime, I guess.
@StrixVaria I believe it's from the anime @fbueckert was watching... Girls und Panzer, nothing in that show makes any sense.
@StrixVaria This has been a conversation since a week ago. Or a week from now. Take your pick.
@Fluttershy You probably hate top hats too.
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According to this picture, the "mountains" are only 40-50 feet tall, which significantly changes the scale of the ship and downgrades its silliness 18 notches
@OrigamiRobot How was I able to miss a week's worth of conversation?
@StrixVaria I don't know, unicorn magic?
13:11
@OrigamiRobot I blame you then.
@StrixVaria But I am not @Wipqozn!
... and that's a German PzKpfw IV (1937-1945) in the picture above for some reason ...
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@Krazer Yeah. Even in that gif, the "mountains" are at most 100ft tall. Control tower is probably 300-400ft; the deck is probably 1000ft above water
... model F2 I think, but don't quote me on that.
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Still crazy, but less mind-bendingly silly
13:15
@MarkTrapp Welcome to the world of Japanese Animation.
@Krazer I love the indoctrination video.
@MarkTrapp More projects, less shipping
"Driving tanks makes you a better woman! A better mother! And super popular with the boys!"
And now I picture Michael Ironside standing there, his right arm a stump ending halfway after his ellbow, and observing his students watching this video for some reason.
13:20
@Krazer Yup
Like's it's some awesome privilege to be cooped up in an iron deathtrap.
@fbueckert If your choices are "ride inside", "ride outside" and "walk outside" ...
@MartinSojka Ok, in a tank battle, yes, the safest place is inside the thing with lots of armor.
I know a tank battalion commander. He and his guys all have a love-hate relationships with their machines. :)
not to mention they're without any AC
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Q: Do I still get a free satellite if I skip the tutorial?

SternoMy first game was Classic Ironman, and things went pretty well for a while. I got a free satellite at some point during the tutorial and even managed to survive for a few missions afterwards! Then all my veterans got wiped out on a bomb disposal mission, and my next two teams of redshirts got wip...

13:39
The aliens are totally winning.
@Sterno This morning I was able to kill 2 of my veterans with 1 rocket without damaging any enemies.
Because Cyberdiscs make me panic.
@StrixVaria Why? They're really not that bad in this one
YES! First Colonel!
In the original, cyberdiscs didn't really show up much until you had your frist laser weapons, at which point they became more of an asset since they exploded on death - unless you wanted to minimise civilian casualties.
@TrentHawkins managed to launch Berzerker chunks into space.
It was a very amusing story.
I love cyberdiscs
They drop alloy
13:51
@StrixVaria I had a good run going this morning, was up to the UFO crash with no deaths and lots of promotions, when my rookie got shot. The officers panicked, and 2 of them blasted the shit out of the 3rd
Needless to say, when I get home I'll be starting a new campaign.
Campaign #22!
I feel lucky about this one!
@Sterno Are you playing on classic?
@SaintWacko Yes
@Sterno Oh, okay
That makes sense then
I didn't really realize how much harder Classic was until I read this
I had one run going well, no deaths, but shortly after the first UFO crash mission, 3 countries all at 3 panic asked me to do a mission. Guaranteed two would go red. It was 4 days before the council meeting
:(
@Sterno Whoa
@Sterno Yeah, I've had that happen :(
13:55
@Sterno Create a third rookie team, send them flying, hope for the best?
@SaintWacko It got in melee range and hit 3 of my guys for 5 damage at once.
@StrixVaria Oh, yeah, that happens all the time with that grenade thing it throws
@MartinSojka Unfortunately you can't send multiple teams.
You get one Skyranger. If 3 missions choices come up at once, two are guaranteed fails because you won't be going.
I have yet to even get a soldier high enough level on Classic to unlock Officer Training School. A 6-man squad would really help.
Do you just start with that built on Normal?
That's an unfortunate oversight. In the original, you could send as many as you had working transports - I often had fully loaded transports circling around areas I suspected UFO activity or bases in to catch landed crafts and those bases.

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