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GnomeSlice

7:00 PM

@OrigamiRobot You're missing my point.

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Probably written entirely through calculators

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Turned upside-down, no doubt.

Sterno

Okay, I guess that's why his answer got downvoted so much. I just wasn't sure if he meant there's something inherently bad about having tags like that. Oddly, it seems to go directly against his stance in the Meta Tags Are Bad thread, though I guess over a year has passed.

GnomeSlice

<3 Hideo Kojima.

Someone finally gave up and banned Jeff.

badp

GnomeSlice

7:02 PM

It's the only reasonable explanation for him leaving.

Grace Note

@Sterno Not really. The points are non-intersecting.

badp

Yes but... it actually runs Linux!™

GnomeSlice

@badp What are we looking at here?

badp

@GnomeSlice Ubuntu running on that mobile on the left.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote It could easily be a Brainfuck equivalent.

GnomeSlice

7:03 PM

@badp Oh, neat!

How do you interact with it? All through the mobile's touch screen?

badp

Uhhh. No. Through external mouse and keyboard coupled with the dock.

Sterno

@GraceNote One seems to specifically say that we don't need a tag for every unique game. The other says to "vigilantly avoid all tags beyond the game itself"

Ullallulloo

Woah, only one more Terraria update. :O

Mana

@Ullallulloo Ever?

Ullallulloo

Then Redigit's stopping development on it.

@Mana I believe.

Mana

7:05 PM

@Ullallulloo geez

GnomeSlice

trebas.com/w_audio-engineering-schools-toronto/…

Ullallulloo

terrariaonline.com/threads/my-fellow-terrarians.81455

Sterno

@GraceNote Though I guess you could read that as platformer being the only tag you need, and switch it to whatever-random-game once it gets a few questions under its belt

Grace Note

@Sterno That's precisely his argument.

The platform is simply substituting for the lack of a proper game name.

It's not pushing for supporting tags.

GnomeSlice

How is that useful though?

Grace Note

7:07 PM

It isn't. That's why his argument was heavily downvoted and we all raised a ruckus.

Pyrodante

So what is the functional problem with having tags for different games

GnomeSlice

@Pyrodante Jeff no like. Jeff smash.

Pyrodante

because if I want to search for information on a game, thats how to do it and get good results.

Sterno

So once it gets a "real" name, remove platformer, which seems odd. It's still a platformer!

John

> More Canadian stereotypes then ever before!
Great. Notch is adding @GnomeSlice to Minecraft.

GnomeSlice

7:08 PM

To be honest, I never found the site search feature to be very useful at all on Gaming.

It just doesn't seem to find what you want it to.

Ullallulloo

@John btw, AI War's on sale.

Pyrodante

right, so if I want information about... EvE online I use its tag

Grace Note

@Pyrodante The main thing was that Jeff opposed the idea that a tag called "space-bunnies-must-die" could possibly exist.

Pyrodante

even though some would say it doesn't have enough questions to warrant it

John

@Ullallulloo Thanks

Ian Pugsley

7:09 PM

@OrigamiRobot "thing" instead of "think" in your comment

Pyrodante

well if their is a game called that, and a question about that game, then that's exactly what the tag is for imo

Ullallulloo

@John no prob :)

Lazers

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Q: Help me identify this old platformer i played as a child

The year was 1996. I remember seeing an ad on TV and my parents buying it for me. I can remember everything except his name. The main character looked like a rabbit. His hands and feet floated, there were no arms or legs. I'm pretty sure I have seen him in 3D recently but I don't know if it's the...

identify-this-game

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Q: Is there an after-cast delay in League of Legends?

Is there an after-cast delay in League of Legends? Specifically I think I've noticed it on Wukong. When I am using nimbus strike to harass, I want to use decoy immediately afterwards to try and stealth and run out of range again so I can harass without the opponent poking back at me. However it s...

league-of-legends

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Q: MC offline name change mac

i want to change my offline name in MineCraft on my mac. I only found ways to change that on linux and windows. Is there any way i can change my offline username on my mac?

minecraft osx offline

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Q: Help me identify this old NES game with lots of red bricks around

Ok this is gonna be vague, but i guess it will be enough defining for someone to find it. It was a Nes Game Made\Produced by Nintendo only. Probably around 1990 You played a chracter in a phase with lots of red bricks around I guess the main character was blue There was a mode where you could b...

identify-this-game nes

GnomeSlice

Anyone interested in the 'Gothic' game series?

Ullallulloo

I'm still wondering how good it is, and if the DLC's worth it.

agent86

7:09 PM

holy crap, this dodge attack with the chakrams is crazy OP

GnomeSlice

Because the lot of them is 70% off on GamersGate.

Sterno

@agent86 Get high enough in Might for Relentless Assault. Pop it. Then just do uninterruptable chakram spinny circle of death. Insta-win

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley grumble grumble [insert excuses] grimble gramble

Ullallulloo

@Lazers Why is that downvoted? Just because it's popular, and he should know it?

agent86

@Sterno the dodge move is crazy though! no charge, and it just destroys everything

Sterno

7:12 PM

@Ullallulloo Take a look at the original form of the question

StrixVaria

@Ullallulloo Although I didn't personally downvote this one, sometimes I downvote ITG questions for fun.

Sterno

@Ullallulloo In fact, if it wasn't so popular, that would have been a heck of a hard game to identify, since all you've really got is the character description.

Ullallulloo

@Sterno It's pretty much the same with some typos...

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot do you disagree with anything I've said in my answer to your jokes question (in that you're aiming at the requirement that the problem be gaming-related and not just the context)?

Sterno

@Ullallulloo Well, I gave it a downvote for being badly written and for saying "I can remember everything except his name" and then giving almost no details about the game that apparently he completely remembers. In fact, it goes on to say "he shot something as a weapon". "Something" isn't real specific

GnomeSlice

7:15 PM

Did anyone read the image I linked earlier?

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley I meant I am making excuses for my typo.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Yes.

StrixVaria

Can we just please close and delete all ITG questions so we don't have to keep having the same discussion over and over and over and over and over and etc.

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Ronan Forman

@StrixVaria Just because all ITGs are bad doesn't mean ITG is bad. I hold the same feelings about religion.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria To the meta!

GnomeSlice

7:17 PM

Grace Note

@Lazers Makes me think of Lode Runner, but yargh.

GnomeSlice

As much as I love ITG, I'm beginning to feel like they just aren't good for the site as well.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn To the meta ship? I'll get the cannons ready.

John

@RonanForman Just because all ITGs are bad doesn't mean ITG is bad. What?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman ITGs are bad for the site. Not necessarily bad quality.

Wipqozn

7:18 PM

I was working on a meta post, but then the site deleted most of it... so I've been whining and haven't got back to it yet.

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice I got that email too. I wish I could actually see this exhibit. :(

StrixVaria

@RonanForman Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like

Ronan Forman

@John In concept there's nothing wrong with ITG, unfortunately in real-world scenarios they end up low quality.

GnomeSlice

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, I know. The interview with Hideo Kojima is going to be webcast, at least.

Ullallulloo

I just got worried while installing Total War: Shogun 2 just now. It asked for the second disk, but I had no second disk.

Ian Pugsley

7:19 PM

@OrigamiRobot I wasn't suggesting a connection (I didn't reply)

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice Ah, that's neat. I've actually never even played any Metal Gear though.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria I lol'd. I have the screen cap of that around here somewhere...

Ullallulloo

It turns out that it was on the left left, behind the instruction manual and stuff.

John

@RonanForman I see.

Ronan Forman

@StrixVaria What?

GnomeSlice

7:19 PM

@FallenAngelEyes I've only played "The Twin Snakes", but it's still probably going to be really interesting. However, my internet won't be able to handle it.

Anyone want to record it for me?

StrixVaria

@RonanForman Exactly.

@GnomeSlice no

@Mana Anyone else?

@GnomeSlice no

@Mana Not you, you dick.

Ronan Forman

7:20 PM

@StrixVaria You're suggesting my comment made no sense. Boo!

Mana

:(

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OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley You are saying questions about jokes are no different at their core than questions about trivia. Yes?

Wipqozn

John

@Mana Hey! That's my meme! You have your own! You :( stealer!

:(

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Mana

@John damn you people are too easy.

GnomeSlice

7:21 PM

awc.jamogames.com

Wipqozn

I like how this card implies I'm the one that started the joke about staring everything @mana says. It's funny because I was asleep when it happened.

GnomeSlice

What are your impressions of this trailer?

Mana

@GnomeSlice fake and dumb

Wipqozn

@John @mana is selfish and wants everything to be about him.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn It's more about the behavior your stars instigate.

Ronan Forman

7:22 PM

@GnomeSlice I don't get the game.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman What do you mean?

@Wipqozn So I see.

If it's the same one as before, I don't get it.

GnomeSlice

Oh, also @RonanForman, how did you make out with 65 million and one BC?

Ronan Forman

7:23 PM

It was too fiddly, I got stuck in like the 3rd room

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice The robots walk too slowly.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo Clearly you've never played Machinarium.

@RonanForman Yeah, the controls are a bit awkward.

I gave up on it too.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot that they share the same focus; the context of the problem is not related to gaming, but the context of the question is

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley I also think gaming trivia is not constructive for the site.

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Nope. They seem to move faster later on than it looks like they do at the start. I look okay though. Why?

GnomeSlice

7:25 PM

@OrigamiRobot Why not? I've asked a ton of trivia questions.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot @FallenAngelEyes linked to a previous discussion on that subject (that seems to aim the same direction as you) - I just wanted to make it clear that it isn't just "joke" questions you're talking about, really

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo The character in Machinarium is pretty slow.

John

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