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5:02 PM
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Q: Stronghold locations in 1.2.4 vs 1.1?

Johncommented: @James. We're trying to find the portal to the end. The eye of ender takes us to 1 location in the world (We've moved all over the world, and the EoE always takes us to same place). The portal location that the EoE takes us to is in the 1.1 generated region, and has not portal. If we move out into a 1.2.4 region near where the EoE takes us (less than 50 blocks) we find stronghold stuff (libraries, halls, iron bars, etc.) but they all stop at the 1.1 vs. 1.2.4 boundary. Note: We found a portal at one point, but can't refind it. :(

Like I said, he's looking for the location of the portal, not a way to fix the ender eye. Although since his real problem is the broken eye, it could be reworded to asking how to fix it.
 
@Wipqozn Thats just it though, I dont think the eye is broken, I think his two version world is.
 
@Wipqozn What do you think of those three games as prospective Game On games?
@James That's not the point, just because you have a better understanding of the game than him doesn't make it an invalid question. =] That explanation would make a good answer though.
 
@GnomeSlice Exactly.
 
@GnomeSlice Rewording a question to NOT address the issue he is having is a Bad Idea.
 
5:11 PM
Which 3 games?
 
@Wipqozn The video above and the two following links.
 
@James I'm not suggesting we do that. I'm suggesting we re-word it to not be a duplicate. It's currently a duplicate question, although not a duplicate problem.
The question needed be reworded to reflect his problem, which is that his eye of ender is no longer working.
 
@James I don't think you're understanding this correctly. He's asking why his ender eyes aren't taking him to his strongholds like they're supposed to.
 
His eye is working fine
His map is messed up
Where should the portal be? Well it should be right there.. but since right there was generated with an algorithm that he is no longer using. Its not
 
@Wipqozn also this one
@James This is an answer, not a question.
 
5:16 PM
@GnomeSlice Wnat to post these three in the game on meta?
 
@Wipqozn Didn't like Microvolts?
Also, I can't find the meta thread.
 
@GnomeSlice It looks fine, just seems too much like TF2.
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Q: Game On! restructured

Wipqozn Important Links: Schedule Server List Game On! Chat Room So, it's taken me awhile (due to school), but I've finally come up with the promised restructuring of Game on!.The new structure I've decided on is a combination of badp's idea and my own. New Structure The new system wi...

 
@Wipqozn You don't need Steam for it though. Which means people like @GraceNote might join.
 
@GnomeSlice OH, true.
Post all free then.
Also, that has anime girls. I assume Miss Note would like that. She does liker her anime girls.
 
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Q: Is there any advantage to upgrading elemental damage when normal damage has a higher increase?

MachaAt the moment, I'm getting staffs with stats like 100 normal damage and 50 elemental damage. When upgrading, I normally get a choice between adding on 9-10 elemental damage or 10-12 normal damage. Is there any reason to ever go for elemental damage in this situation? Does it have a higher multipl...

 
5:21 PM
well well now I'm "just" 1.5M points behind Raven in the 5-6 mins category
and not 6M
I guess that's less embarassing.
 
Done.
 
user30
oh fuck. my experiments with nethack appear to have ended with a floating eye.
 
user30
as I understand it I've not got very far anyway
 
user30
so I got killed by a newt.
 
user30
that rock mole wasn't going down without a fight either
 
5:26 PM
turns out suicidal is not the way to go to up that score.
(sure, I could've been invincible for 8×5 + 5 more seconds, but then what.)
 
user30
ugh
 
user30
and now I'm stuck in a bear trap
 
@ThomasMcDonald Classic nethack moment. Savour it.
(Protip: floating eyes = ranged attacks.)
 
user30
I believe I was incapable of ranged attacks.
 
user30
plus I didn't know what it was.
 
5:28 PM
You didn't even have like rocks?
You can even throw coins.
 
user30
Unless I can kill an eye by throwing gems at it
 
It's only got so many hitpoints.
> I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.
 
user30
ugh.
 
I service I don't use got acquired by a service I don't use. Why do I feel the irresistible urge to care?
 
user30
because when a service you do you gets acquihired.
 
5:31 PM
@badp Does this mean you care for some reason... or dont care?
 
user30
oh, Zuck says they're going to develop it separately. I still give it a year before it gets deadpooled.
 
@James If I feel the urge to care, I do but I shouldn't.
 
user30
It's a worrying trend.
 
Now, if Facebook had acquired imgur, I'd be more scared. or annoyed. I'd certainly have reason to care though.
 
@badp you could care because this means facebook is bigger, I guess? People seem to dislike this sort of "large company swallows small company that was doing something neat" transaction
 
user30
5:32 PM
This, however, seems to be an actual acquisition and not just a talent acquisition.
 
user30
Although $1bn price is crazy.
 
user30
> The total consideration for San Francisco-based Instagram is approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close later this quarter.
 
user30
I thought they were supposed to be on their pre-IPO quiet period anyway?
 
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buuuuuuuuurn it with fire
-4
A: Kinect Joy Ride: Playing the game with wireless controller

memememememeit's Shiite and flawed and I'm fucked if I'm ever gonna by another piece of shit hardware from M$

 
user30
hahahahahahaha
 
user30
5:37 PM
drank from a fountain
 
user30
'endless stream of snakes'
 
user30
dead again.
 
user30
I was poison resistant, though.
 
this too:
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A: How do I activate the dwarven item in Raldbthar?

Oliver Huttoni think that skyrim should be band as it turns people into fags

flag as offensive! gogogogogo
 
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
 
5:39 PM
There's been a few posts made like this today. I'm curious if it's all the same guy making accounts?
 
yeah, that's also a suicide button at the earliest levels.
 
user30
as is getting stuck in a bear trap with no food
 
the bear trap shouldn't be that bad. You could've got out of that situation by praying.
 
@RonanForman, oh my zeus, lolololol
 
user30
I do not know what that means.
 
5:45 PM
I love how you corrected the grammar in that.
 
@Wipqozn I can't see it anymore.
 
@ThomasMcDonald You have a god. You can pray to it if you're in trouble. Just don't do it too often.
I believe the key is p.
or P. I forget.
 
@RonanForman Oh, right, <10k
 
also what version of the game are you playing, Thomas? Tiles or console?
 
user30
console
 
5:48 PM
You can do that online by ssh'ing on a public server like (IIRC) alt.org
then we can spectate and advise you
oh look, there's even a flash thing to do that
 
user30
or laugh at me.
 
user30
So I seem to have got stuck in someones shop.
 
@ThomasMcDonald eh... really?
What's in the way?
 
user30
The shopkeeper.
 
user30
So I attacked him for laughs.
 
user30
5:50 PM
He killed me.
 
@ThomasMcDonald You had something in your inventory you didn't pay for.
 
user30
Okay.
 
You can pay with P (or p - the key that isn't praying).
 
user30
Well, as I had 0 gold.
 
or you can drop the item.
 
user30
5:51 PM
That was still my second best attempt so far!
 
Now use alt.org/nethack/jta so we can see you, please :)
...or you can watch somebody else. but that would be spoilery.
 
FAE
@badp huh, didn't know you could do that, that's neat
 
alt.org/nethack/player-all.php?player=badp - this is me but I don't remember the password <_<
 
user30
mhm.
 
user30
so I've started a game
 
user30
5:55 PM
I believe
 
user30
the key binding is different
 
yes you have
hm... keypad must be set to the wrong value :/
you can change it with capital O for this game
 
user30
ah, I see
 
user30
numberpad. pftt. hjkl for the win.
 
Putty, hurry up :/
okay, this should be good enough.
changes his terminal to Ubuntu Mono 9 so that it all fits on the screen
 
user30
6:00 PM
I want to be much pro
 
user30
but need vim keys.
 
*pro much
scroll down
 
user30
not sure how.
 
hm... try >? page down?
 g + number_pad        [1=on]
 
@ThomasMcDonald: You're lamb021?
 
6:02 PM
press g then Enter
 
user30
yes.
 
and nothing happens?
 
user30
@badp oh, enter.
 
user30
wahey!
 
yey
@Wipqozn yes
and he's playing on a custom-sized terminal so the java/flash applets won't do
 
user30
6:04 PM
@badp lol, sorry.
 
@badp plus all the cool kids use putty. tortoise shades
 
user30
iterm is easier than java applets.
 
here's a pro much tip, @ThomasMcDonald: tapping movement keys is a bad idea typically. I've died too many times to that. Use shift-direction to walk until you reach an intersection/something interesting.
 
user30
hmm.
 
user30
why?
 
6:05 PM
because you end up holding the keys
if you hold the movement key against the wrong thing you can be dead quick.
s searches for hidden passages in those suspicious dead ends
 
user30
yeah, got it
 
yeah, like that
 
user30
incidentally I only knew that because of your answer
 
watch out for the mighty newt.
You don't lke money?
 
user30
no
 
6:08 PM
comma to pick up.
 
user30
I think I have autopickup on my terminal.
 
user30
what do now.
 
You'll be able to spend it in places like shops.
IIRC @ switches between autopickup on and off
but that might be a different roguelike.
 
user30
flippin heck
 
eat that corpse
okay now it's rotten
but do keep yourself fed
 
6:11 PM
Nifty. One of these exists for ADOM too.
'grats on level 3 @Thomas
 
user30
eeeeh wat
 
user30
are you watching as well?
 
Yes
 
@ThomasMcDonald Yes.
No pressure.
 
user30
this looks like an interesting confrontation.
 
6:15 PM
I looked away for a while to send the NAO admins a password reset request but I'm watching you now.
Get yourself in the corridor to the south.
So you only fight one monster at a time.
Pray
 
inb4 he dies
Because this doesn't look good for him right now.
 
Try #pray perhaps?
 
user30
\o/
 
Okay, now your prayer card is gone for a while.
 
user30
still
 
6:16 PM
Let me see your inventory please
 
user30
down?
 
That was a close one.
 
uh, read your scroll. You might as well
Hopefully it's teleportation
Nope. Probably uselessness.
Luckily the guys around you spent the turn doing nothing useful.
 
user30
looks it
 
Now do retreat
 
user30
6:17 PM
in which direction.
 
before you get surrounded.
proceed upstairs, so south. Or down.
Not all of them are after you IIRC
Move down one and try to fight.
 
user30
he's got a ruddy dagger
 
That's one mighty strong dwarf.
 
but you're a damn orc. :/
 
Also, this is why all the cool kids play as Archers and Mages.
 
6:19 PM
Yeah, it's weird. I expected an orc to pack more punch.
 
user30
I just let it pick for me.
 
Look for another set of stairs down.
This level's far from explored.
 
user30
where, exactly, will I find another set of stairs.
 
My question should come to mind, right? :)
Hug the walls to the east and start searching
a much needed level up
lookie!
\o/
kobold meat is always poisonous.
 
user30
okay, good.
 
6:22 PM
(just in case)
wish I could use the ingame messaging system :/
 
user30
I have this on my other monitor
 
user30
perhaps we should move to the nethack room?
 
but the ingame one is much more fun!
sure
 
user30
although I think I'm going out in a few minutes
 
user30
infact
 
user30
6:24 PM
I am going out now.
 
user30
:|
 
We have a nethack room?
 
I am painfully full of Easter
 
@ThomasMcDonald Well, do save then.
I'll start a round myself. Just because.
blech I must go too.
 
You youngsters.
 
user30
6:27 PM
How do save.
 
Sy
 
user30
thanks
 
user30
I shall pick that up later
 
user30
infact, that would be a bad idea
 
user30
pub time.
 
6:31 PM
I love the top comment on this video:
 
6:47 PM
back.
 
Welcome back
 
I guess calling items (say) !q so that you're warned before you try quaffing a potion is not a nethack feature?
 
@Wipqozn hahaha, that clip is a classic
 
I tried googling for it but came up empty.
 
@badp Hm?
 
7:00 PM
@GraceNote I'm sure there's at least one roguelike when I can use inscriptions to make the game warn me before I use an item. Like if I mark a cursed weapon with that then the game warns me before I wield it, even accidentally.
It must be crawl I guess.
 
Ah, no, naming in Nethack doesn't do warning stuff. It's more for read-warning
 
Also there's a fresh (different) nethack question for you ♫ and I guess you can get some reps with it by wielding the power of the mighty underscore.
 
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Q: How do I walk up at a T-junction?

badpIt is good practice to walk (shift-dir) as much as possible rather than holding direction keys lest you accidentally run into a monster you can't handle and die as a result, a mistake I've made more than once. However, walking in Nethack is... not awesome. This is my situation right now: ...

 
@GraceNote of unusual snark? I don't think it exists.
 
Kitten get away from the chest I'm unlocking with my mighty foot.
 
7:12 PM
DISREGARD CAT, ACQUIRE PHAT LEWTS
I was going to make an off-color joke there, but you'll just have to fill in the details yourself.
 
well fuck.
I'm screwed.
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I guess I can make my getaway with that high level spellbook though.
You begin to memorize the runes.  You learn the "force bolt" spell.
T_T
You feel a wrenching sensation.  The spellbook crumbles to dust!--More--
\o/?
 
You hit that gecko @badp
 
I teach him some manners!
wooot.
lol, you can't run while punished. You're a cruel game, nethack.
oh, right, I can pick up the ball.
 
7:30 PM
There should be a badge for 1000 views and 0 upvotes. "Nobody Likes You" or "Everyone Thinks You're Dumb"
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@badp Which game is this?
 
@GnomeSlice beat hazard ultra.
 
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Q: Killing ancano - xbox

Kayceei try to kill ancano , but it doesn't effect him whatsoever , i tried using the staff on him and the eye of magnus , but nothing happened . i know theirs supposed to be a scene when you inter the hall of elements , but nothing happened . he just tried to kill me . Please Help ! ://

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Q: Problem with origin and mass effect 2

obdSo far Origin has been working fine. I have installed both mass effect 1 and mass effect 3 in a folders I specifically chose because my main drive doesn't have enough space. When I try to install mass effect 2 however it will constantly tell me that there isn't enough space to install and them pr...

 
yay for blessed scrolls of destroy armor
 
so, uh, how do you pray?
 
7:37 PM
#pray
 
I'm trying alt-m but it's not doing anything
ah, gotcha
thanks
 
tabumdssssh
 
I give up trying to download Wurm Online, the download is so dumb. It doesn't store partially downloaded files, so you have to do it all at once...
Which defeats the purpose entirely.
 
I'm savouring every second you're spending staring at that
oh well. Back to my game. Knock if you need help.
damn. I need projectiles.
                               The homunculus looks much better.
                               The homunculus drinks a potion of extra healing!
                               You miss the homunculus.
                ----------     You hit the homunculus!
               #-........|     You miss the homunculus.  The homunculus bites!
               #|.........#    You miss the homunculus.  The homunculus bites!
               #|......^0|#    You hit the homunculus!  The homunculus bites!
               #--+------ #    The homunculus seems more experienced.
fuck you, homunculus.
 
7:47 PM
@badp Take it easy...
 
damn. did I just attack a white unicorn? I probably want to get the fuck out of here.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz I only did it for the questions that applied to both games. I didn't retag the questions that were about interface, for example, or even questions about how to counter X hero (since the pools are different atm). But for questions of game mechanics, they are the same game, so I figure tag with both so experts in either one will know they can answer it.
@LessPopMoreFizz RE: Mar 29th.
 
Good thing homunculus isn't in chat, or he'd flag @badp
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@Sterno badp's a mod, he's above the law.
tortoise shades
 
damn straight! ducks
 
7:51 PM
...
 
@GnomeSlice There's no need to be so critical of my idling so much while hallucinated! I can't tell anything from anything!
 
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Q: I need a good site that i can use to download mincraft to a USB drive anybody know any?

Seth Rodneyi need a site that i can download minecraft from to a USB so that i can play it any where without having to download it to that computer.

 
God damn it, it was a blessed potion of hallucination too.
 
I don't really get what this guy wants
 
7:52 PM
@murgatroid99 ...What the hell is... I don't even.
@murgatroid99 Answered.
 
Either he's asking for instructions, in which case he should have just asked, or he is asking for something else, in which case I think it's off topic
 
@Sterno That's the worst photoshop ever.
 
@GnomeSlice It was an MSPaint!
 
I pray my cat can make it :(
 
@GnomeSlice I think he wants to keep his .minecraft folder across computers, though
 
7:54 PM
The lonelygirl15 pretends to be friendly.--More--
fml
 
@badp fixed the answer, sheesh.
 
@GnomeSlice I don't think that will work either
 
@GnomeSlice Thanks, although now I'm not sure it is correct. I mean, don't you need a custom launcher of sorts?
 
Erm... actually, hergh
 
I dunno now honeslty
 
7:55 PM
just because you put the .minecraft folder on the USB drive doesn't mean that the game will look for it there
 
Give me a sec, I always run off an external drive.
@murgatroid99 No, yes, I know, but when you RUN the game it will update itself...
 
@GnomeSlice but do you move it between computers?
 
@murgatroid99 Used to play it at school, so yes.
 
This damn nymph is taking all I have. This damn effect needs to drop fast.
 
@GnomeSlice with the same saves and such?
 
FAE
7:57 PM
@badp I thought something was wrong with your actual cat but then I realized you were probably talking about nethack
 
@FAE yeah. I must have been hallucinating for 2k turns now :(
The apostrophe golem charms you.  You gladly start removing your armor.--More--
T_T
 
@GnomeSlice I'm still not sure that your answer is correct
 
I'm down to three items.
I think I can write this game off.
 
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A: Where can I download minecraft from to put onto a USB?

GnomeSliceThis is the site everyone uses when they want to download Minecraft and put it on a USB stick. Once you've downloaded the game, open it up and click 'texture packs' then click 'browse' to open up the minecraft root directory on your PC (It's in %APPDATA% if you know how to get there on your own)...

 
...wat. My kitten killed a unicorn.
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