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12:13 AM

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Q: Call Of Duty Map

I was playing Call of Duty in multiplayer for more than 4 years. When was in undergrad, I was using a particular map which has a two-storyed building with stairs inside and outside the building. There is a large courtyard surrounding the building with a high wall. I can't recollect the map's name...

call-of-duty maps

I roll back once, http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/65394/whats-the-definition-of-broadband/65402#65402 Should I roll back again?

I swear that has a post in the meta that say how we should tag a question. But I can't find it. Anyone has the link?

@Fluttershy ?

@MichelAyres Just needs close votes.

but it's retro active? why we don't let that open. so if someone post on it, we can close.

@Fluttershy gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/65427/…

@MichelAyres It's an old, inactive, off-topic question. Just some site cleanup.

@Fluttershy good point... I need +500 pts to close, sorry =/

@Fluttershy I opened a flag, that should help =)

12:20 AM

@MichelAyres As for this... It's a tough call as the title of the question can make it lean more toward a catch-all answer, but he's specifically asking about Diablo 3, so technically the diablo-3 is fine.

Contests make people stupid about tags

Unless D3 has some special definition of "broadband", I don't really think it's a D3 question. D3 is just what made him wonder what the definition of "broadband" is

12:46 AM

@Sterno We don't even have a contest for diablo-3

You're right. I thought that was included in the training one

@Sterno It was at first, but Lauren removed it since the beta ended.

1:07 AM

don't you hate it when you're bathing chewbacca, but then you and your sexy co-worker get into a lightsaber fight over his sexy bod?

that's like, every day at work for me :(

also, apparently he's doctor shaq now

...what

@FAE sexy chewbacca lightsabre fight, or doctor shaq?

> United by a love of animals and a belief in the force, they have rededicated their lives to the art of grooming.

@agent86 The lightsabre fight

Is it bad the first thing I thought when watching them was "Man, their form is not very good"

@FAE yeah, I don't think that's precisely what they were going for

Brant

1:25 AM

So I started a new Minecraft save and I'm doing the "stay underground forever" thing. I need sheep. How can I get sheep? I need wool and I'm lonely underground.

Don't make me post a question!

@Brant Yay for double entendre!

@MichelAyres BTW, you did the right thing here, but you explained yourself poorly.

Just, for future reference and all.

Basically 'Too many tags' is never correct unless 'too many' = 6. 'These tags are unnecessary/invalid' is perfectly legitimate and you did the right thing stripping them. :)

Hey everybody.

Who wants to talk about how awesome Nilsson is with me?

Because seriously. Nilsson.

1:44 AM

I make better music when in my robe, too

A: Does Diablo 3 require an internet connection to play solo?

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I hasve to pass on this game due to due to no internet on by gameing computers

Burn it now.

WOO DELETE VOTED ON AN ANSWER

@fbueckert This is why I protected this question.

@StrixVaria WOOOOO, just needs one more.

@StrixVaria Though, I wonder if I get a helpful flag if we community delete it.

I would think so...

1:54 AM

As a sidenote, he got an upvote on that. How!? Why!?

If it gets community deleted then flags were definitely valid.

@fbueckert People auto-upvote things they see that are negative because they have literally not a single clue about how this site is supposed to work.

Grats on 10k, @MatthewRead

@StrixVaria Sympathy upvote. Yay.

Ugggghhh I don't wanna go to Jersey tomorrow.

@LessPop_MoreFizz :(

2:05 AM

@StrixVaria It smells funny.

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's a city. It's called smog. :P

@fbueckert New Jersey is not a city...

@fbueckert New Jersey is not a city, it is a state.

@fbueckert Though it is a state that is more dense than most US 'cities'.

But not as densely populated as NYC.

Which borough do you live in, @LessPopMoreFizz?

Derp. Sorry, I'm not very good at my American geography.

2:08 AM

@fbueckert Where are you from?

@StrixVaria Kweeeenz.

Great White North. Commonly known as Canada.

Da Best Boro.

The single most diverse patch of land on the planet.

I'm fairly certain the only time I've been to Queens has been to see the Mets.

One of my coworkers grew up there, though.

He brags about the food a lot.

@StrixVaria Queens is in fact a paradise when it comes to ethnic food.

Particularly asian food in flushing.

Now I want Korean food goddamnit.

Or Shwarma in Astoria or Kew Gardens....

mmmmmmmmmmmm... Shwarma.

user15026

2:11 AM

@fbueckert Yay for fellow Canadians :D

@AshleyNunn I heard an interesting saying awhile back: To find the Canadian in a roomful of Americans, start stepping on toes. The one who apologizes is it.

user15026

@fbueckert Hahaha

nydailynews.com/new-york/…

Oh god that is one UGLY fucking accident.

I can't even pronounce the name of the guy they arrested.

@LessPopMoreFizz Thanks for the reply. I looked in the meta for a post about it, but couldn't find any. I swear that there is a post in the meta about the tag usage.

Talking about it:http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/4511966#4511966

2:15 AM

@StrixVaria skurt-lahd-ze

@MichelAyres Yeah, the key takeaway is that there is no such thing as 'too many' per se. But there is such a thing as a tag being gratuitous or unnecessary.

@LessPopMoreFizz I spend almost 5min searching before finish that edit. By the time, that poor explanation was the best I could come. =X

@MichelAyres No worries.

in other news, holy shit this hockey game

Oh shit the Rangers tied it?

I think I should go into the other room to watch OT.

@LessPopMoreFizz =)
Do you know any link in the meta (man I swear I saw it once!) about the tag usage...

@StrixVaria Yeah, with seven seconds on the clock.

2:18 AM

Who's playing atm?

@MichelAyres There are lots of links in Meta about tag usage. I'd go so far as to say that if you set up a script to pull a random MGSE question, you'd have a better than 50% chance of it being about tag usage.

@MichelAyres Rangers caps, OT just started

with Rangers on the power play going into OT.

@LessPopMoreFizz tks for the info =)

Ok in the other room now watching the game

JUST IN TIME

RANGERS GOAL

The streamers are a bit much, though.

They still have another game to win.

2:20 AM

@StrixVaria That was an amazing fucking comeback

going from down 2-1 to winning in the space of a powerplay

I hate the Caps, so this is a good result.

@StrixVaria Agreed.

I'm a strange Devils fan, hating the Caps more than the Rangers.

Plus a Devils/Rangers eastern conference final would be so intense.

@StrixVaria I'd root for the Islanders if the Islanders weren't such a laughingstock.

Hahahaha they were leading the Atlantic division after like 4 or 5 games this season.

Then they remembered who they were.

Q: Tribes Ascend Graphical Errors

2:26 AM

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I dont know why, my game most of the time looks like this... Here are my specs... if they can play a role in this. Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 940 @ 2.93GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.9GHz Memory: 6144MB RAM Hard Drive: 984 GB Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series Oper...

graphics-card tribes-ascend

So. Um. The guy who sang the original Pokemon theme is a Ron Paul supporter.

And he made this:

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IVjfa0Alz5o

khsabdjhasbdj asuhdbsajh djhasb djhasbd

user15026

@GnomeSlice I like that. Also, I was hoping you would be on Steam. (unrelated)

Fredy31

Childhood Destroyed. Thanks Guys.

@AshleyNunn itunes.apple.com/us/app/6th-planet/id420388344?mt=8

@AshleyNunn Check out the link I just posted, that game is incredible, with incredible music.

user15026

2:40 AM

@GnomeSlice Working on checking it out :)

Working on loading Steam... lol.

user15026

@GnomeSlice lol

user15026

I wish you luck

Success!

user15026

:)

3:01 AM

@StrixVaria I love the way the seeding has built out the Eastern conference playoffs to date.

Philly-Pitt-> Philly-NJ-> (hopefully) NJ-NY.

@LessPopMoreFizz I moved out from my university housing for the last time today. I then set up my TV from ME3. And sweet Mordin is it glorious.

@RavenDreamer SO BIG.

Hello everypony.

It is excellent for the watching of hockey.

@Fluttershy I would greet you, but as I am not a pony, clearly, you have explicitly excluded me from your greeting. And if that's the way you're going to be, well then, we have nothing more to say to each other.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Not only that, but I have a little cubby-thing, and I tried to put the TV in the cubby, and it fit perfectly. It's like it was made for it.

3:12 AM

@RavenDreamer I had to take a shelf down off my wall to make space for it.

@LessPop_MoreFizz =(

So, all the hype that 'barefoot running' has gotten... is totally deserved.

user15026

@Fluttershy really? neat.

@Fluttershy Is that a movie, song, video game, or slightly dangerous hobbey?

@RavenDreamer vibramfivefingers.com/index.htm

@RavenDreamer It's running... either barefoot, or in shoes like these.

user15026

3:21 AM

@Fluttershy Those always remind me of toe socks, and those were so popular when I was a kid

@AshleyNunn They make toe socks for those shoes. =P

user15026

Awesome awesome

@RavenDreamer There's a whole .pdf guide if you're interested.

@Fluttershy Step 1: Remove shoes

@RavenDreamer There's quite a bit you're supposed to do before running barefoot. Otherwise you can permanently damage your feet. I dunno if you're a runner or not, but... If you are, it's worth a read. =P

3:30 AM

@LessPopMoreFizz Just plugged in the HDMI cable. IT IS GLORIOUSER!

@Ullallulloo is it really worth cleaning up and editing out the stupid ranty parts of a total non-answer that's going to be deleted?

I just don't know why people bother trying to clean up or edit those. Just flag 'em and let 'em go away.

@LessPop_MoreFizz It doesn't really have a reason to be deleted though. =/

Normally I wouldn't.

@Ullallulloo Does it answer the question?

No, no it doesn't.

@RavenDreamer "I played trough it 5 times, each time promising myself I won't save Zulf. It's impossible." YT comment about Bastion. lol

@LessPop_MoreFizz It says that it's a bug.

3:32 AM

He basically says "This is a stupid bug that happens to everyone" without providing any solution whatsoever.

That's an answer, even if it's wrong.

@Fluttershy I'd believe it

On the other hand, I suppose I should leave zulf.

At least once.

You know. For the achievement.

spugsley never really asked a question though, so it's hard to say whether or not the answer answers it. =/

@RavenDreamer I just can't do it.

@Ullallulloo It's just kind of a bizarre rambly complaint.

3:34 AM

@Fluttershy Do it when you activate the Bastion. You know. So it's like it never happened.

Also, is it just me, or does Zia have a really hawt voice?

@RavenDreamer Zia's Song is one of the best pieces of video game music ever made.

murgatroid99

@RavenDreamer not just you

Rucks too

But for different reasons

@RavenDreamer Well I thought the part where she actually speaks was the most grating part of Bastion

3:37 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz what is that I dont even

but the song was nice.

@Mana Well, I think that was more because it's the last scene in the game, and it's also the first scene where Rucks doesn't narrate everything".

I think part of your grating was actually surprise and an unwillingness to embrace change.

What do you have against change, @Mana?

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Why am I starring this? This just makes me look bad. Shit, I feel like @GnomeSlice.

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Because it's Monday night and you've yet to meet the week's quota for amusement?

Q: After i begin playing Minecraft it crashes?

3:53 AM

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After i begin playing Minecraft, it crashes and this notepad file pops up on my dashboard with the title of "hs_err_pid3952." i open it and it reads: # # A Fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000084c1, pid=3952, tid...

minecraft technical-issues

user2334

4:21 AM

@Lazers GDI not that question again

user2334

Yep, same user as before

Q: Where did the 'pwnage' or 'pwn' or (verb) 'to pwn' come from ?

5:21 AM

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I know it is a malformation of ownage or to dominate your opponent beyond normal or average means of victory, but why is it Pwnage? Why the 'P' there? Was it a combination of two different words?

terminology

Q: If I upgrade my Draw Something, who gets to use the bonus words?

5:48 AM

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I've noticed a few ads in between drawing sessions that recommend I purchase the game (instead of using the free version). It mentions 1000 more words, no ads, free stuff, etc, but who gets to draw the 1000 + words? Is it the buyer who gets to draw them and any user ( including those who haven'...

draw-something

Q: What games focus on building and customizing a team?

6:18 AM

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I greatly enjoy games that involve making lasting choices on a number of characters to create a unique playstyle in games. I quite enjoy Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced 2, Blood Bowl (even the Cyanide computer edition), and other games of that style. I'm looking for more games that do that, especi...

teams game-rec blood-bowl final-fantasy-tactics-adv

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Q: How are upgrades in equipment packs distributed?

My brother and I were trying to figure this out today. Maybe someone knows. In Mass Effect 3 multi-player, when you get equipment packs, is there any algorithm governing what sorts of weapons/weapon upgrades you get? My brother was pretty sure it tends to favor weapons which you use. I seem t...

mass-effect-3 upgrades equipment

6:31 AM

@Lazers I think you are still a script. :P

Q: Why are questions asking for games that focus on specific mechanics against the rules?

6:48 AM

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I made a mistake. I asked This Question, which is clearly against the faqs listed, and for that I'm sorry (I have already flagged it for deletion). But I don't understand why this site doesn't have room for a discussion of mechanics between games. I understand that gaming is a wide scope, but I'm...

discussion allowed-questions game-recommendations

7:24 AM

@Foxtrot Was he ever intended to be anything else?

7:49 AM

@James I remember a while ago i brought it up to a few different mods and they gave me a ton of different answers ( being playful & messing with me lol )

Q: What modern first person shooter available ?

Hahaha

Nice :)

Yeah it is a script/bot that announces new questions in here

Gaming not on Gaming

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I mean with modern is the weapon (firearms,grenade,etc) and not the game engine. Don't confuse with futuristic ones (Nexuiz,Xonotic).

games game-recommendation

badp

@Foxtrot it's a good ole RSS feed parser

nothing fancy smancy

chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/35/the-bridge?tab=feeds

A: Why does Ctrl-V does not paste in bash (Linux shell)?

lol Thanks. :P

badp

argh

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In the days of physical terminals, session-wide clipboards did not exist, only few programs supported internal copy/paste – often under the name of "buffers" or "kill rings" – and used various different keystrokes. For example, the bash shell uses CtrlK or CtrlU to "kill" (cut), CtrlY...

dat kbd

8:02 AM

??

@James agreed: ??

I have argh == bad

dat == that

and kbd == keyboard?

But I am not seeing what @badp means :/

Tim Stone

@badp You're not a fan? :P

hmmm I was figuring dat kbd == *bashing face to keyboard?

I can't get focus on anything... I have an exam in a few hours. And do not want to study, but i can't sleep because I'm not studying lol

Tim Stone

What is the exam in?

8:10 AM

I have one today and one tomorrow. Today is economic statistics and tomorrow is business databases etc.

Last exams then graduation...

i still can't find ANY motivation

[ first world problems? ]

Q: Ending scenario that I don't understand

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One of the ME3 endings involved (SPOILER)

mass-effect-3

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Q: How to remove zombie dwarves from Dwarf Therapist?

After trying to fight off a zombie dingo with my melee militia, I've got a lot of zombies walking around outside my fortress. (Who'd have known it was contagious?) For some reason, Dwarf Therapists lists zombie dwarves. Is there a way to remove them from the list, or sort the list by zombieness?...

dwarf-fortress

Tim Stone

@Foxtrot Yeah, I'd have a hard time getting motivated to study for economic statistics too. :P

@TimStone lol its actually not half bad- a lot of it can be common sense. Im just not able to focus. QQ

badp

@James that argh is an argh of envy

8:27 AM

Ahh :)

fredley

9:04 AM

@Strix ah! awesome!

Q: How to solve? Dwarves freaking out on the walls during zombie invasion

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After an unfortunate series of events, I have a problem that I can't seem to solve. The current circumstances: My fort is walled in. The outside is swarming with zombies. There are two zombies within the walls, one of them a very dangerous mule foal. Half of my surviving dwarves are running aro...

dwarf-fortress

9:24 AM

@RonanForman Hey man, I have the video rendered up but I am online now because I am tethered to my iPad as my internet is wonky tonight. Sorry for the delay tonight but I will post the video up tomorrow assuming no further issues happen with my connection (I just do not have a big enough data plan to upload the video is all).

9:48 AM

@RonanForman Internet up, video a uploading. I will put on the fixings tomorrow :)

10:24 AM

"Now that we finally have the full retail version in the office, and have spent the weekend brushing up on our tennis skills. "

That's not a proper sentence at all.

Not that I expect much more form IGN.

And yes, the only reason I go on IGN is to lol and rage at their terrible articles, and the comments left by users.

Oh my. Looks like the chat was even slower last night than usual. I blame society.

Good Morning @FAE!

10:41 AM

@Wipqozn Mrrrrrgh

@FAE I'll take that as a "I hate mornings. Fuck everything."

@Wipqozn yessssssss

Well look on the bright side. Provided I get the right amount of sleep, I love mornings!

douchebag tortoise shades

Listening to this may help.

@Wipqozn lol, haven't played this in a while

@FAE Same. I've had the desire to play, but I'm going to hold out until the 3DS version comes out.

The music is still delightful to listen to though.

10:48 AM

@RavenDreamer I left him on my first playthrough. <_< Haven't replayed yet to save.

@Wipqozn 'tis, and I do so love K.K Slider's songs

@FAE As you should.

I'd say anyone who doesn't is a monster.

One of my faves is "I Love You," I request that one a lot

or did, back when I played regularly

@FAE Sorry, but I just want to be friends.

@Wipqozn I'm not into tortoises anyway!

@FAE Good. Because there's only room in this shell for one.

I love how depressing that sounded.

tortoise shades

11:01 AM

@Wipqozn Does Tank ever even show up again? :( I watched S2E15 last night and I don't think I've seen him since the big pet ep where he was introduced.

@FAE Sadly, no. I'm hoping he'll appear again in Season 3.

Aw.

In fact I suspect they will have an episode in season 3 that revolves around the pets.

Haven't seen Owlowiscious anymore either :(

I think maybe in the background once or something

Q: Why don't different players see the same loot in the same game?

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Some questions about the loot system in Diablo 3: What are the advantages of players not beeing able to compete for the same item dropped in Diablo 3? Is there any logic to determine what "types" of item a player can see? Is it according to his or her class? (e.g. a Barbarian won't see Witch Do...

diablo-3

11:09 AM

Thoughts?

> What are the advantages of players not beeing able to compete for the same item dropped in Diablo 3?

Why did they design it that way?

@Wipqozn Mmmm. I've been pondering over whether or not it's intended like that. It sounds a little more like they're looking for an objective advantage/disadvantage list, which could be allowed here, I think.

@FAE Yeah, I don't know.

It's tricky.

@Wipqozn Also tricky because of the 3-in-1 question state

Well, the reason "Why did they design it that way?" is off-topic since the only person who could answer that question is the person who made the game. A second part of it is that it's a game design problem, not a gaming problem.

In fact, I think it is off-topic. I think the first question would actually be fine over at game dev, provided he makes it more generic "What are the advantages to having player specific loot in RPGs?

Asking game-dev if my revised question seems on-topic.

I think it is. But i always like to check before suggesting.

@Wipqozn I don't think the person is that interested in the mechanic as a whole though, more how it related to Diablo 3 gameplay.

11:22 AM

@FAE Probably not, but I'm still going to suggest it. IF he decides not to ask, that's fine.

God damn it, I really want to grab the Fez soundtrack...

@YiJiang I have to admit my interest in the game was a little soured after seeing the dev acting like a jerk on twitter.

@FAE Yeah, but the soundtrack... (which doesn't really have much to do with the game, and is sold independently)

Ronan Forman

@FAE Everyone acts like a jerk on Twitter.

Q: Do players only see loot usable by their class?

There.

-1

Is there any logic to determine what "types" of item a player can see? Is it according to his or her class? (e.g. a Barbarian won't see Witch Doctor drops?)

diablo-3

tortoise shades

Also, I really need to get the link to tortoise shades here at work too.

11:28 AM

@Wipqozn "So yo may wish"

@FAE I have no idea what you are talking about. You have clearly lost your mind.

@Wipqozn I was aware of that long ago.

12:41 PM

@FAE Mrrrgh! To you too!

@RavenDreamer Raaaaaagh

Times like these make me wish I could tickle people across the internet!

(The primary benefit of course, being that I'd be immune to retaliation!)

And now, I go to vote against the evils of marriage. Ciao!

@RavenDreamer I am not ticklish.

Q: Is there any advantage to have 4 units in your tank? (Men of War)

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This question is regarding Men of War: Is there any advantage if you have 4 units in your tank? A driver, two gunners and one machine gunner. The tank still operates with 3 units, or does it shoot/move slower or less accurate with less units?

men-of-war

Except under certain circumstances.

Ronan Forman

1:06 PM

Does anyone know when the portal patch is out?

Q: How do I slow down the creep wave in Dota 2?

1:19 PM

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I watch higher level games, and I see heroes slow down the creep wave to place it more on their side of the map. When I try it, I can't get the creeps to get caught on my hero. What am I missing here?

dota-2

1:35 PM

rides into Bridge on the creep wave

because I'm a creep. hyuk hyuk hyuk.

Userscript for showing D3 tooltips on Gaming: stackapps.com/q/3399/5934

My first ever userscript ^_^

Now to hope it works

@Oak Congrats!

var nScript = document.createElement('script');
nScript.src = 'http://us.battle.net/d3/static/js/tooltips.js';
document.body.appendChild(nScript);

Got it down to three lines

Appending scripts to the end of body is perfectly acceptable in modern browsers

To be honest I just stole everything from another script

(which was also public domain)

I still don't really know any javascript :)

It's just a few lines of code. There isn't much in the way of copyright-able stuff here

1:49 PM

Is it worth changing it to your suggestion? Seems negligible

But I don't actually know anything

Just makes the code shorter. The actual performance benefits are negligible

Well, probably.

It's common practice to put scripts at the bottom of body instead of head, but since userscripts run after the page has loaded it would have minimal effect on page load performance

Anyway, the hard part is to get people to actually add the links

@Oak We could go on an edit spree, adding the links.

@fbueckert True

though I actually hope for a large torrent of questions

Too many for mortals to handle

We should dump a link to the tooltips somewhere, so everyone knows where to look.

Which, I should point out, I don't.

@Oak Write a script to edit your script into any questions that could have the tooltip. :P Not quite recursion, but certainly automated.

2:39 PM

@Wipqozn, your Gundam watching needs more gundam hot pockets

Wipqozn's watching Gundam too?

@Mana Did I screw that up and remember wrong? was that you, Mana? d'oh