The Bridge

user2334

5:02 AM

@John it's got 1,000 upvotes how can 1,000 people be wrong?

John

@MarkTrapp By that logic, this is a very good question. :P

user2334

@John Soon.

user2334

Then we can all just pretend like it never happened

John

@MarkTrapp This I have seen. And I am quite pleased that they took it to Meta rather than just up and deleting them all.

Anna Lear

Where's the "favourite programming t-shirt" question when you need it.

user2334

5:05 AM

Exiled to the cold depths of hell

user15026

@AnnaLear There's...seriously...a question like that?

Anna Lear

@AshleyNunn Several.

John

29

Q: The Great Question Deletion Audit of 2012

In the spirit of The Great Question Deletion Audit of 2010, I give you the great question deletion audit of 2012. These are basically all of the highly-voted questions on the first "Most Votes" page that, if asked today, would quickly be closed as Not Constructive (this is not a complete list):...

Here. Browse the list.

user2334

@AshleyNunn Yes ಠ_ಠ (check slug)

user2334

here too

user15026

5:07 AM

@John People ask the strangest things. It feels like they are kinda "how do I do X< I am a programmer, so it is different for me"...which is really bad logic.

John

@AshleyNunn Yeah...

PSE struggled with that for a while.

No matter how many times I read their FAQ, I still don't quite understand their scope. I could chalk that up to not spending much time there since the latest major scope change, though.

user15026

@John SO, PSE, etc are sites I have 0 familiarity with. I am so not a programmer.

Anna Lear

@John The latest major scope change was like a year ago.

John

@AnnaLear Yeah, and that's about when I discovered Gaming. :P

@AshleyNunn And that's ok. SE has ~80 other sites for you.

Anna Lear

@John Gaming - the solution to and cause of all of life's problems.

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user2334

5:10 AM

@AshleyNunn That's it in a nutshell. Tons of questions get asked on Programmers that are just general career, workplace, or life questions but because many programmers think they're special snowflakes, they think they're going to get a qualitatively different answer if it's asked in the context of programming

user15026

@MarkTrapp Oh, ouch. It would be like me going "I am a university student studying for an English Major....please, name my cat with an appropriately literary name" in like Literature or something.

Anna Lear

@AshleyNunn Funny you should mention naming a cat...

user2334

@AshleyNunn cringe there was a question that went something like "How can I make a birthday cake for my programmer boyfriend?" at one point.

Anna Lear

@AshleyNunn Although it'd be more like "I like to read books. What should I name my cat?".

user15026

@AnnaLear True.

user15026

5:13 AM

@MarkTrapp Buy a cake mix. Put the appropriate eggs/milk in. Mix, bake, frost, serve. XD

Anna Lear

@MarkTrapp programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/46835/… (10k on Programmers link, sorry everyone)

user2334

Ahahaha.

user15026

@AnnaLear Boo, no fun for me :(

John

@AnnaLear Aw, it's locked. That breaks my deleted-question-viewer userscript. :(

Anna Lear

@John Unlocked. :)

John

5:14 AM

@AnnaLear Haha thanks! :)

user15026

@John deleted-question-viewer userscript?

John

15

Q: Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer

This has been broken by improvements in privilege enforcement. It might be fixed later, but don't count on it. Screenshot About Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer is a user script which allows any users with at least 500 reputation to see most deleted posts, if they have a lin...

script javascript

It says it's broken, but I find it still works somewhat.

user15026

@John frowny face Need 500 rep places XD The only place that works for me is Gaming, and well, I am getting pretty close to 10k XD

Tristan

I feel like I just missed an epic conversation... That I wouldn't have been able to follow anyway. o.o

John

@AshleyNunn Haha, well ok then.

Tristan

5:18 AM

@John Oh my glob will you make up your mind on your name and gravatar? O.o

user15026

@John Got a bit more than a grand to go, but yeah

user15026

@Tristan offers cupcake Basically programmers are special snowflakes sometimes, apparently.

John

@Tristan I did. See?

John the Green, United States

5.9k 2 19 45

minecraft spiral-knights tropico-4 steam mods minecraft-smp resources

Anna Lear

@AshleyNunn All the time. Except for @MarkTrapp who's not really a programmer.

Tristan

@John Then why are you showing up with the old default and the John instead of John the Green!?

What's going on here? D=

user15026

5:19 AM

@AnnaLear So he is an impostor?

Anna Lear

@AshleyNunn So I'm told.

user15026

@Tristan He has another (non-Gaming) account as his chat parent account, I presume.

John

@Tristan I've picked that gravatar and name. For a while, I had that in chat, too. But then, @FallenAngelEyes complained that 2 John's was confusing. So then I changed my chat parent to be even more confusing. :P

Tristan

@AshleyNunn I just realized it right before you said it. lol

@John So switching back to John is less confusing?

John

@Tristan Did I ever say that? :P

user2334

5:20 AM

@AnnaLear I am Programmicus!

John

@AshleyNunn Hint: Click on my gravatar. What site account does it give you a link to?

Tristan

@John (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

John

@Tristan look of approval

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) Calm down, bro

user15026

@John Meta.SO, which validates my point :D

John

5:22 AM

@AshleyNunn Precisely. :)

@AshleyNunn Also, you can just look at my parent user.

Wow...I never realized I was over 200 consecutive days visiting GSE! o.O

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot (╯°□°）╯︵ /(.□.\)

5

user15026

@Tristan That was mean!

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan DON'T FLIP ME BRO

Tristan

lol

murgatroid99

5:38 AM

@Tristan With all of these faces I read lol like \o/

Tristan

@murgatroid99 I do that all the time.

Mostly because of this picture:

murgatroid99

@Tristan I love that picture

LessPop_MoreFizz

-1

Q: Skryim Enchanting Problem - Why is the base percentage only 17% when it should be 25%?

I'm trying to enchant my gear with Fortify Alchemy in Skyrim, and for some reason, the base % with a Grand Soul is 17%. If I use an Enchanter's Elixir (makes enchantments 25% stronger), it only goes up to 19%. Now, I have 100 points in Enchanting, and I also have all of the perks... so shouldn't...

skyrim alchemy enchantment

Thoughts?

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz It struck me as a dupe of the numerous other questions about min-maxing enchantments, but even I glaze over when I start to read those questions

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp He tries to insist that it's not a dupe right in his question.

But calling it a dupe misses the point.

these are bad questions

they're just flat out unanswerable.

(Incidentally, these sorts of questions are exactly why I have a problem with the technical-issues tag or whatever we're calling it now, to call back to an earlier discussion.)

user2334

5:52 AM

Yeah: for all we know they silently changed it in 1.4, which just came out

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp And even if they didn't, we have absolutely no way to have any clue what's going on here.

Lazers

0

Q: How many fragments do you need to get Fragment Skills?

I noticed that I got two skills when I first got to Serendipity with ~20 fragments, but since then I didn't get any more Fragment Skills until I got to the final level and had maybe 40 or 50 fragments when I got two more. What determines when I get them? Is it just a flat number? If so, how many ...

final-fantasy-13-2

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz I had a game crashing constantly one time. I had an error message and everything. No help was to be found. It ended up being some crazy issue with Folding@Home.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Exactly.

The only tech support questions we can reliably handle are common known issues sadly.

user2334

Here's another one

OrigamiRobot

6:05 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I think tech-issues can be prone to discussion, too localized, and possibly have nothing to do with any actual game. There's just no way to tell up front.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Should they be closed as "not a real question" or exact dupe?

user2334

@Tristan It's hard to say if the dupe would actually solve the problem, and people seem to be insistent that their problem is unique and different than the ones that came before. Like @LessPopMoreFizz says, we have no idea and can't really answer the questions

user2334

So I went with NaRQ

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Right, but they aren't by definition those things. The problem is that I think Oak is right that the category is very important to what we are. We just don't have a very good way to deal with bad ones because people are afraid to downvote garbage.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Maybe we have one decent answer somewhere in the backlog of questions that we can just start marking them all as duplicates for. People claim they're not the same issue because they're on a different system, but... That really means nothing at this point.

Also @MarkTrapp I just figured I'd compliment you on your XIII-2 success. O.o I don't think i've seen a question that you haven't answered in-depth.

Raven Dreamer

6:09 AM

I was just advised to conduct relations with my first cousin thrice removed.

ಠ_ರೃ

(Grandfather's cousin's granddaughter)

user15026

@RavenDreamer Thank you. I was trying to figure that one out.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz I agree that they can be valuable. Extremely valuable in some cases. But we don't grant lets-see-how-this-pans-out privileges to other question types.

Raven Dreamer

@AshleyNunn Needless to say, I don't think I'll be acting on this advice.

user2334

@Tristan Yeah, true: I think this question has been the target of many dupes: Why aren't my Enchanting and Alchemy fortifying each other correctly? Wonder if it's worth someone (not it) making that into a canonical "so you're having trouble with enchanting: here's basic troubleshooting steps" question

Raven Dreamer

(Not the least of which because she's in Italy and doesn't speak a lick of EnglisH)

user15026

6:11 AM

@RavenDreamer No, I can see why not.

user15026

@RavenDreamer That could be quite a barrier

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp No, it's not worth it, because all of them are essentially going to come down to: "If you're doing it right (and we already have a canonical for how to do it right), and it isn't working, well, too bad for you, shit's buggy."

Raven Dreamer

And on this lovely note, I bid adieu.

user2334

@Tristan Heh, thanks: I haven't gotten into a game like this since Skyrim, and I'm a total FF fanboy

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer You only share at most 1/8 of your DNA/genes/whatever.

Tristan

6:11 AM

@RavenDreamer No English? There's a Quagmire joke in there, but I'm not gonna make it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

It's an unsatisfying answer, but it really is the only one there is.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp I am, too. I'm excited to play XIII-2.

user15026

@RavenDreamer Good night!

LessPop_MoreFizz

And leaving all of these open just creates bad broken windows.

Raven Dreamer

@Ullallulloo It's actually farther than many many famous people, who married their first cousins.

Ullallulloo

6:12 AM

Well, actually I suppose random people could still share some.

@RavenDreamer Yes, I still would advise against it.

Tristan

@RavenDreamer Fun fact: I went to school with a sexually active couple who were first cousins. o.O wat

Raven Dreamer

But I digress, because it's a non-issue.

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer k, goodnight.

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well that's what I was thinking: have a dupe target that explains how to Do It Right™ and dupe all the things without pity or remorse or fear. The one I thought was a dupe has a pretty unsatisfying answer (I spun around three times, barked like a dog, rebooted my PC, and bam the PS3 version of Skyrim worked)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Yeah, there is a canonical already

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Q: How do I create Fortify Alchemy enchantments up to 29%?

I was making a set of Fortify Alchemy to 29% to be able to create stronger enchantments. For some reason my Fortify Alchemy gear only goes to a maximum of 23% and I've read/seen people creating enchantments with a 29% bonus. I have 100 Alchemy skill and 100 Enchantment skill with all the necessa...

skyrim

user2334

6:17 AM

Ah, that'll do

LessPop_MoreFizz

Though it's sadly an orphaned question without an accept, it has several good answers that explain the process in great detail.

@MarkTrapp It also has a holy-shit level of bad answers.

I literally just flagged the majority of answers to that question.

user2334

I just protected it after that latest answer from a one-repper: my first protect on Gaming!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Do protects expire?

Because I could've sworn I'd protected that one ages ago.

I know I went through and protected a bunch of skyrim questions a month or two back.

user2334

Thought they didn't, but please hold <insert musak here>

user2334

Your call is very important to us, and will be answered in the order it was received

user2334

6:26 AM

Apparently they do not expire.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Huh, guess I missed that one.

user15026

These brownies are adorable!

user15026

Lazers

6:44 AM

0

Q: How do I fix my bathroom mirror

I'm going crazy! This mirror has been broking for ages, I've e-mailed the landlord about it multiple times, but they keep telling me off. However, when I took a quick sneak peak at their reception computer, they have an e-mail sitting in their inbox from the mirror supplier asking them to come p...

deus-ex-human-revolution

Tristan

@AshleyNunn Now I want brownies. =(

Lazers

7:38 AM

0

Q: BF3: How many points do you need to get a service star in vehicles?

What are the points needed to get a service star in each vehicle? I know it's 100 kills with the infantry weapons but I read that each vehicle has a different amount.

battlefield-3

Lazers

8:30 AM

0

Q: Rogue pvp full guide Cataclysm 4.3?

So I played Wrath of the Lich King a while like 2 years ago maybe as rogue up to lvl 80. I did some pvp but I never actually was really owning. Most of the kills I got were because of the difference between gears. Now in cataclysm I will soon be 85 and want to go pvp and need a nice guide so I ha...

world-of-warcraft guide

Lazers

8:54 AM

1

Q: Why is my chance of theft discovery high even if guard is no where near?

In shieldring keep, I have picked the lock on a side room chest. There is a patrolling guard who exits the room and walks far away, yet when I attempt to loot the chest, my chance of discovery is always above 90%. Why? What can I do to improve (lower) discovery chances? I am playing rogue, bow/f...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

0

Q: Will %XP items increase all of the XP you gain?

I found a pretty handy little necklace while playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It looks a little something like this: Now this little gem has me wondering: Does the Experience Bonus count toward all experience earned (Quests, kills, lockpicking, dispelling, etc.)?

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

Tristan

One step closer to unsung hero!

@MarkTrapp Do you ever sleep, sir?

user2334

I'll sleep when I'm dead

Tristan

@MarkTrapp That's my motto, as well! Also, I just backed Tim Schafer's new project. =3 I get to take part in the development... sorta! =D

user2334

I'm interested to see what he does with all that cash money: IIRC, he only needed 400k to make the game. Even considering all the extras like ports/localizations like they mention on the blog, that's a heck of a lot left over

Tristan

@MarkTrapp I agree. I don't even know how they're gonna use all of it for no more than they're suggesting... Personally, I think instead of trying to use the full funding for one game, they should make multiple.

user2334

9:04 AM

Yeah. Costume Quest 2 imo

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Psh... More like Psychonauts 2. He's already hinted that he's wanted to make a sequel.

user2334

Bah, Notch is bankrolling that :P Need to spread the love

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Wait, what? Notch is paying for a Psychonauts sequel?

As in... Minecraft Notch?

user2334

@TimOfLegend Let's make Psychonauts 2 happen.

Tweeted by notch on February 7, 2012 at 10:59 AM

user2334

After reading an interview with Schafer where he said he couldn't find a publisher for it

user2334

9:10 AM

Apparently they're talking, but no confirmation or anything. But Notch is richer than rich

Tristan

@MarkTrapp That's flippin' awesome! Notch just earned more respect in my book.

Ronan Forman

►

Tristan

@RonanForman Have they given you any crap about using the logo in the videos?

Ronan Forman

Well Notch isn't rich, but Mojang is, just think about how many sales they've had.

Tristan

@RonanForman Supposedly, Notch is a multi-millionaire. o.o

Ronan Forman

9:15 AM

@Tristan I don't think they've noticed we have a YouTube channel.

But I'm talking with Laura this afternoon.

Tristan

@RonanForman Well... Good luck!

@MarkTrapp Out of curiosity, did you back the Double Fine project?

Ronan Forman

I feel sorry for double fine.

Tristan

@RonanForman Why?

Ronan Forman

The entire time they're making this game they'll be plagued with 'Is this game worth all the money they gave us?'

Also they now have investors, and worse than that, Internet investors!

Tristan

@RonanForman That's true... But, I highly doubt they'll let us down. Schafer's a genius when it comes to designing games. Even more so when it's a point-and-click adventure.

user2334

9:20 AM

@Tristan Nah, by the time I found out about it it was fully funded. Glad he was about to get the funding, but don't see the point as a consumer to overfund the project. I'm not a PC gamer either, so none of the Kickstarter benefits like the beta would be useful. Now if they were offering a Mac demo...

Lazers

0

Q: What happens when you cast the Fear spell on an Elemental?

What happens when you cast the Fear spell on an Elemental (Ice or Fire)? Is this possible that it doesn't hurt you on that turn? Or an elemental does know feat at all?

firetop-mountain

0

Q: Does a Firestorm kill a Fire Elemental?

If you invoke a Firestorm whenever an Fire Elemental is present, will the elemental be destroyed by that storm or does it feels comfortable about it? And if he is destroyed, does it hit the mages on the turn he dies (i.e. Do you suffer 8 healht points if you're not protected against fire-ish sp...

firetop-mountain

Tristan

@MarkTrapp They still might! They've already said they were planning to use the over-funding to help port it to other platforms. =P I mostly wanted the documentary. I funded $30 so I can get the HD download.

If someone upvotes something after it's been accepted at 0, does it erase progress toward Unsung hero?

user2334

@Tristan Yes. The badge calculation is based on what your profile looks like at any given time. Unsung Hero (and Tumbleweed) are just supposed to be consolation prizes to those who manage to get really screwed by the system

user2334

anti-badges

Tristan

Damn. =(

@MarkTrapp One more question. And this is important... What's the battle system like in XIII-2? From what I've heard, I don't really like the sound of it. =\

user2334

9:33 AM

Did you play Final Fantasy XIII?

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Yessir.

user2334

@Tristan Oh okay, cool: much easier to answer then :P It's pretty much the same thing at its core, with a few changes to streamline the system (like no dumb animations every time you paradigm shift) and a few extras.

user2334

6

A: What are the changes in the battle system from FF13 to FF13-2(if any)?

There are several differences, some major, some minor: No Eidolons Several paradigm role abilities have been removed or consolidated Paradigm shifts are much faster and do not have heavy animations involved in them Party AI within each paradigm can be tuned to focus on one enemy or area-of-effe...

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Oh good... The animations during paradigm shift often cost me my Stagger gauge...

user2334

@Tristan What's cool is that you can shift mid action, like a split second before an enemy attack lands. Makes using defensive paradigms much more viable in normal battles

Tristan

9:37 AM

@MarkTrapp I like the sound of that. Also, your answer makes the Pokemon style combat system I'd been hearing about sound much less drab.

user2334

Yeah, it's not pokemon much at all: monsters just act as a third party member like in FF13. But since monsters only have one paradigm role, you can choose between three monsters for your paradigm deck

user2334

I don't know whether it's because I've had 100+ hours experience with FF13's battles or because they made it a lot better, but I feel like I'm in a lot more control than I did when I played FF13

Tristan

Nothing wrong with that. Everything I read made it sound like you had no human party members. So now that I know that isn't the case, I'm interested again. =3

I'd love to see them return to their roots, though. Even if it was only as far back as X. Cancel out Tidus's whiny voice acting, and it was one of the best games in the series, in my opinion.

user2334

I think the old, non-chaining/macro systems will likely be reserved for the second-tier FF games from now on, given the response they've received with the battle systems from FF12 and 13

Tristan

@MarkTrapp FF12's battle system made me so mad...

user2334

9:45 AM

Obligatory Penny-Arcade comic

Lazers

0

Q: Are there any RPG games like The Elder Scrolls series?

Are there any role-playing games such as Oblivion, Skyrim, etc. but not as graphics-intensive as Skyrim? What I'm looking for is game which has a good storyline (such as in Oblivion) but other than the Elder Scrolls series. So are there any recommendations?

oblivion the-elder-scrolls game-rec

Tristan

@MarkTrapp I'd never seen that one. But yeah. Once I set up my gambits to "Closest target: Attack. HP Below 50%: Cure" and the like, I really only had to push the left thumbstick...

user2334

Yeah: I hate games where you have to play suboptiminally to feel like you're not cheating. Really lost interest after I figured out how to use gambits with the Negalmur in that one area that spawned skeletons for infinite, unattended LP. Run the game overnight, complete the license grid

Tristan

@MarkTrapp I don't even think I made it to that point. I was fighting some little rat like creatures on some rusted old oil refinery looking place to fill the license grid.

Lazers

11:04 AM

0

Q: Can you target a Summon creature spell at a creature already in play?

In Firetop Mountain a summon spell has to have a target and that target is the future controller of the creature. Can you target a summon spell at a NPC creature in play (for example, a goblin) instead of a player? If it is possible, how will it be controlled (i.e. who will direct the new creatu...

firetop-mountain

0

Q: Help me identify an old windows game?

I'm looking for the title of a fairly old game. I got it on CD a long time ago, it must have been Windows 98 or 2000 times. Anyways, the game was a 3D 1st or 3rd person adventure game where you would play the protagonist, a duck. Somehow I remember, it's about aliens coming to your world and obd...

identify-this-game

Wipqozn

11:17 AM

@Tristan I was sleeping.

Tristan

@Wipqozn Darn. =(

You're probably getting ready for class now, huh?

Wipqozn

@Tristan Some might say I'm already there.

I have a midterm, so I'm already in the class and studying.

Lazers

11:31 AM

0

Q: Repairing items in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

How is the cost of repairing items calculated? There seems to be a pretty big range. Also, do repair kits always restore the same amount of damage or does it vary based on item type and quality?

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

user30

11:43 AM

This weeks Minecraft snapshot has a world format with a height of 256.

user30

> Added new world file format called “Anvil” (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)

user30

> Some nights in villages will be worse than others…

user30

> Added a redstone-controlled light source

user30

Also I really need to play df 2012.

Tristan

So... Psychonauts apparently doesn't like my mouse. =(

@Wipqozn Is Dear Esther a scary game? O.o

Also, g'morning @FallenAngelEyes!

Wipqozn

11:57 AM

@Tristan Not sure' have yet to play it.

Tristan

@Wipqozn Poop. I was thinking about buying it... But I can't play scary games. =(

Wipqozn

I'm waiting untill tomorrow when I'll have time to sit down and just sit through it.

FallenAngelEyes

@Tristan Hiyas

Wipqozn

@Tristan COward.

eerrr I\ mean...

You should play Amnesia @Tristan.

Tristan

@Wipqozn No sir. You were spot on with your "COward." remark.

user30

11:58 AM

@Wipqozn haha.

OrigamiRobot

12:08 PM

@Tristan in case you got kicked, there was an auto reboot

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Huh?

@OrigamiRobot Oh. I wasn't on the server. I don't really know what more we can do with it.

Well, I'm officially sold on Dear Esther.

Also, there's this awesome quote from Tim Schafer: ""If we hit $980K I'll add RTS elements to the game," Schafer said, making an obvious nod to Brutal Legend. "And if we hit $1M, I'll take them back out."

FallenAngelEyes

@Tristan ahahaha

user30

Wait what. :(

user30

The saturday headliner at ynot this year is The Wombats. Last year it was Feeder.

user30

Does not compute.

Tristan

12:16 PM

@ThomasMcDonald Are those bands?

user30

Aye

Tristan

I think I've heard of The Wombats, but never heard of Feeder.

user30

Feeder

Feeder are an alternative rock band, formed in Newport, Wales in 1991. Feeder's original line-up consisted of vocalist and guitarist Grant Nicholas, drummer Jon Lee and bass player Taka Hirose. By 1995 they released their debut EP Two Colours and a second EP titled Swim, which was followed by their 1997 debut album Polythene, after being met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 75. Their second album, Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999), again found favour with critics and reached number eight in the UK. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in 2001, as they scored a ...

FallenAngelEyes

@Tristan I think of LoL terms first, haha

user30

they were really good

Tristan

12:19 PM

@FallenAngelEyes I didn't, but now that you mention it....

@ThomasMcDonald Hm.. I'll have to give them a listen then.

user30

ughh. steals another method from Rails

badp

habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/… :D

Lazers

12:47 PM

1

Q: How to join two Xbox Live accounts?

I made an Games for Windows Live account a few years ago using my Gmail address. Some time ago I also started playing on my friend's Xbox and subsequently made a new account with my Hotmail address (having forgot about my first account). I've recently started gaming on the PC again and also using...

xbox-live account-transfer

Sterno

-1

A: What is Satan Doing Here?

He looks pretty bored. I think he's probably just finished playing a smart-phone/tablet PC game and wants to go back to his computer so he can play a real game. I think he likes World of Warcraft. He plays a Dwarf Rogue by the name of 'Spkwinfks' and spends most of his time complaining about a...

Please help me make with the downvotes :)

Ronan Forman

►

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Shouldnt this be tagged 'swimming' as well

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Found a new champ you might like. <.<

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot It really should, either that or sinking.

OrigamiRobot

12:54 PM

@RonanForman I like sinking better

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Why don't you tag Gaming.SE as one term there?

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan who it that?

FallenAngelEyes

As in "Gaming StackExchange" rather than "gaming" "stack" "exchange"

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Twitch.

FallenAngelEyes

I just realized you do that on your posted vids

OrigamiRobot

1:01 PM

@RonanForman the little pop-up thinger says "Give is a like" at around 13:00

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Wrong time?

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman I'd probably throw "Dreadskull Keep" on there too

Ronan Forman

You know you can edit these things too right?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Remember to wake up today to talk to people.

Ronan Forman

Well I don't think you have the password, but @FallenAngelEyes can.

Grace Note

1:06 PM

Oh, @Ronan, I'm supposed to remind you to wake up today to talk with people

Ronan Forman

@GraceNote Was that a reminder from me?

Grace Note

Well, you told people in general to make sure you woke up today

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Well I didn't wanna just go in and edit them and not tell you what I'm doing

Ronan Forman

It turns out she made a typo and it's in the afternoon anyway so..

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote I already told him :P

Grace Note

1:07 PM

Ahha

Ronan Forman

Ooh, this EC looks interesting. So you want to be a developer part 1

They got help from game dev.SE for this one.

Grace Note

Oooh, nice

Ronan Forman

Is that David Fullerton they're talking about?

Lazers

0

Q: What are the requirements for gold stars on dance central 2?

Is there a list of songs and their required score to get the gold stars?

dance-central-2

0

Q: Does Spore Creature Creator offer the same editing functions as Spore?

I'm thinking of buying the Spore Creature Creator, and I'm wondering if it has all the editors/parts of the full Spore game?

spore expansion-pack

Self_Impostor

1:27 PM

Morning.

Ronan Forman

@Self_Impostor Afternoon.

Yi Jiang

@RonanForman They credited Kevin and Jin at the end

Self_Impostor

What's everyone up to?

badp

Here’s the development snapshot of week 7, 2012! List of changes:

Added new world file format called “Anvil” (256 max height and 4096 block IDs*)
Multi-player light calculations do no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own
Villagers will repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available
Some nights in villages will be worse than others…
Added a redstone-controlled light source
Decreased chance for the rare mob drops

Now this is relatively exciting

Self_Impostor

New AI system?

Ronan Forman

1:37 PM

> Added a redstone-controlled light source

Hmmmm...

Self_Impostor

@RonanForman Hasn't glowstone been controllable for a while?

Ronan Forman

@Self_Impostor I'm pretty sure that's a mod.

Lazers

0

Q: Are there any effects to reading an Elder Scroll?

I just got an Elder Scroll while doing the quest "Elder Knowledge", and I wanted to know if there are any effects to reading an Elder Scroll?

skyrim

Self_Impostor

@RonanForman Oh, that's likely.

Ronan Forman

Yeah I don't see anything in the wiki.

Redstone Lamps

Self_Impostor

1:39 PM

Yeah, I think you're right.

badp

lol

" Similarly to other light emitting blocks, they will melt snow and ice. Like Glowstone, fences will attach to them, allowing them to be used as street lamps with ease."

Ronan Forman

That's cool, so many people will be happy about this.

badp

How do you feed power to such a lamp "with ease"?

Self_Impostor

@badp I was wondering that too.

Maybe vertical power transfer has been added as well?

Ronan Forman

They'd probably have to be on the wall/floor, or have a lever attached.

Also they can power each other (like powered rails) so if you had a stack it would all be lit up.

badp

1:43 PM

Rather, now we could have a proper disco.

(except, well, light isn't directional so...)

Self_Impostor

@badp You can fudge it. Sort of.

Terrorhedron 3D Coop Tower Defense - Four Pack http://bit.ly/x4t2mm out now! #pcgames

Tweeted by GamersGate on February 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM

:D

badp

9

Q: How can you turn a rapid pulser on and off?

We have built a number of large rapid pulsers for Floor D of Fosco's server's community wiki. D, obviously, is for disco. Disco seen from the deejay's point of view, with two jukeboxes. I just wish there were more than two records. The soft lightning is done by a number of extended rapid puls...

minecraft minecraft-redstone

Ah, those were the days!

Yi Jiang

Self_Impostor

@badp Real MC deejays use note blocks.

►

@YiJiang wat.

badp

@Self_Impostor Note blocks are so not v 1.2.3_04!

Self_Impostor

1:47 PM

I'm sure you've seen the video anyway.

Yi Jiang

@Self_Impostor Fun from new version of DF!

(From /r/dwarffortress)

badp

@YiJiang I hope DF has a "It's a trap!" command

Self_Impostor

@YiJiang Lol, but what does it mean?

Yi Jiang

Rosy-faced Lovebird

The Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis), also known as the Peach-faced Lovebird, is a species of lovebird native to arid regions in southwestern Africa such as the Namib Desert. A loud and constant chirper, these birds are very social animals and often congregate in small groups in the wild. They eat throughout the day and take frequent baths. Coloration can vary widely among populations. Plumage is identical in males and females. Lovebirds are renowned for their sleep position in which they sit side-by-side and turn their faces in towards each other. Also, females are well n...

@Self_Impostor It's a man version of this animal

Think Megaman bosses, but less mechanical

badp

Thanks for the 1) "New maps don't have caves" and 2) "Underground lighting doesn't work" bug reports! Not quick-fixing these, though =)

Tweeted by jeb_ on February 15, 2012 at 1:34 PM

Self_Impostor

1:50 PM

@YiJiang That sounds delightful.

badp

oh well, so much for my excitement

starts minecraft with forced autoupdate

Dave McClelland

@badp "Underground lighting doesn't work?" How did no one test that?

Self_Impostor

@DaveMcClelland Not surprising.

Dave McClelland

@Self_Impostor But underground lighting is required for mining. And mining is half the game's name! They seriously just ignored testing half their game

I understand the "it's just a snapshot" argument, but that's just silly

Self_Impostor

Yeah... as I said. Not surprising.

That sort of thing happens more often than you'd think.

Dave McClelland

1:53 PM

Minecraft is just a few (billion) hats away from TF2 at this point

Arda Xi

@DaveMcClelland And a few billion pixels.

Dave McClelland

@Self_Impostor I'm a software engineer - I definitely understand being rushed to get things out the door. This would have been sort of understandable when Mojang was just notch, but now that he's swimming in a pile of money he should probably hire a QA department

Ronan Forman

@DaveMcClelland We are the QA department.

Self_Impostor

Point.

Dave McClelland

@RonanForman So much for indie studios being different than large studios. I get enough of that crap from Bethesda and Valve

I just don't get it - Mojang was under no pressure to release this today. Why rush out something completely untested?

Ronan Forman

1:56 PM

@DaveMcClelland This is a snapshot though, the difference is that no-one is making you use it.

Dave McClelland

@RonanForman True enough, I suppose. I just don't know how a developer can check in something that breaking without at least wondering a round in game a bit

Oh well, live and learn, or whatever

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