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3:00 PM
@agent86 Oh man, I kinda miss hot pockets...
 
@agent86 that word doesn't resemble anything remotely like Latin
 
@FAE No you don't.
 
Ohhhh, hot pockets. Mmmm.
 
@Mana does it look like a word totally made up in 10 seconds by someone who doesn't know latin? if so, mission accomplished!
@FAE they stock them here in the breakroom fridges at work. they tend to go pretty quick though. I prefer the pepperoni pizza ones, personally
 
FAE
@agent86 I liked the ham and cheese
 
3:02 PM
@FAE blasphemy!
on the other hand, there's no hot pocket competition between us, so maybe you can stay. This time.
 
@FAE Yes. Ham and cheese all the way.
the pepperoni are good, but I'll order a real pizza before I eat one of those.
 
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Q: I bought a map stamp on Team Fortress 2, but the special map effect isnt showing. Why?

Maxyesterday I bought a map stamp for the map CP_Steel, but when I visited that map i dont see any special hat effect.

 
Oh no! StackHQ are catching up, only 4 subs behind.
 
So, they're selling tramp stamps in the TF2 store now?
 
@Mana No.
 
3:12 PM
@Wipqozn BUT.....GUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM
GUNDAM.
 
@Mana Is boring, I agree.
 
@Wipqozn Did you see that man shove his erupting burning finger into that other Gundam? I hardly call that boring. It's the pinnacle of classy entertainment.
 
@Mana I didn't watch the video. Currently watching my little pony.
 
@Wipqozn I take that for granted though.
 
@Mana Well that was... bad.
 
3:17 PM
@Wipqozn WHAAAAAAAAAAT
 
@Mana It's a 33 second clip which should have been 2.
Didn't need a super drawn out scene showing the suit and him yelling.
 
@Wipqozn But how could you understand the clip without understanding first his desire to grasp victory with his burning red hand?
 
@Mana Proper story telling and character development.
Should I be putting on my douchebag glasses? It feels like I should.
 
@Wipqozn psh, this is all anime. If you cut out the grunting and the charging from DBZ, it's a 5 minute show.
 
FAE
Weighing whether or not to get Playstation Move for Pixeljunk 4am...
 
3:20 PM
Sturgeon's revelation, commonly referred to as Sturgeon's law, is an adage commonly cited as "ninety percent of everything is crud" or "ninety percent of everything is crap". It is derived from quotations by Theodore Sturgeon, an American science fiction author: while Sturgeon coined another adage that he termed "Sturgeon's law", it is his "revelation" that is usually referred to by that term. The phrase was derived from Sturgeon's observation that while science fiction was often derided for its low quality by critics, it could be noted that the majority of examples of works in other field...
That summarizes my views on everything pretty well.
> Sturgeon's revelation, commonly referred to as Sturgeon's law, is an adage commonly cited as "ninety percent of everything is crud"
 
@Wipqozn I CAN READ
 
@agent86 That's why I don't watch a lot of anime anymore.
 
@agent86 The same could be said for my weekend "activities".
 
@Mana [citation needed]
 
@Mana It'd be odd if you were here and you couldn't.
 
3:21 PM
@RESPAWN nobody needs to hear about your weekend "activities."
 
@RonanForman He could have someone reading to him. Or a text to speech program.
 
@Wipqozn he's got a personal assistant taking dictation.
 
@agent86 He needs someone to record all those fanfic notes.
 
Martha, read that last chat message back to me. "ell ohh ell, you (just the letter u, sir) just got pohned"
 
@Mana SHE CAN READ SHE CAN READ SHE CAN READ SHE'S BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCKKKK
 
3:24 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz :)
 
@FAE I would sell you mine if the shipping wasn't prohibitive. I think I have yet to use it...
 
@Mana My best friends from poland and ummm... he has a beard.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz dunnanana dunananan dunnananana dunnananaa
 
FAE
@agent86 I pretty much only want it for this one game...
 
god damn it now I need to listen to that album again.
AGAIN.
 
3:26 PM
@FAE well, now I need to see if I will be interested in this. Also looks like a big pixeljunk sale, so maybe I can pick up some stuff on the cheap.
 
I'm still enjoying Silversun's new release.
 
FAE
@agent86 It's a music game, and I'm a music game junkie.
You compose your own tracks and stuff.
 
@FAE Your mom composes her own tracks and stuff. Burn.
 
@Mana man that came out today
@Mana you and @LessPop go through albums like nobody's business - I'm still on Santigold's newest (and some other recent finds)
 
@IanPugsley I listen to a lot of music.
Currently spinning: NEW GOSSIP
 
3:30 PM
hmm, so racer, monsters, eden, and shooter will be $1 each
I think I can deal with that
 
And on deck: NEW GARBAGE.
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Are you on last.fm by the way?
 
@FAE Yes, but it doesn't have all of my listening due to lots of it being on Devices.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I could never get into Gossip, but perhaps I'll give them another try
 
3:32 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz there are apps that'll sync it up for you (including non-mobile iPods and such)
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Join the Gaming.SE group!
We don't really listen to the same stuff at all, but I like seeing people's music tastes. :)
Oh you're already in it
 
@IanPugsley :effort:
 
FAE
Never realized that was you
That's a very cute bunny
 
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Q: How to reserve barrels for drink?

AnnaMy fortress is overflowing with food barrels, but there is very little drink left. I do have seeds for brewing more, but cannot, since there are no more barrels. There is no wood available for making more. What can I do?

 
@FAE There's a story behind it that I don't remember anymore
I've had that account since the AudioScrobbler days.
 
FAE
3:36 PM
Likewise, though I have thousands of plays not recorded due to the same reason as you, the device thing.
Mostly on actual portable CD players.
And listening in the car.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz same, though I reset my plays a few years ago
 
3:54 PM
Shaq has a PHD.
What.
 
Honorary
Big difference
 
@tiddy nah, he graduated.
3.8 GPA, with a dissertation and everything
 
@agent86 I call BS. Link please. :)
 
15 hours ago, by agent86
also, apparently he's doctor shaq now
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz thanks, i think i've still got a bit left though :P
the last 2k have been really slow in coming. need to game more
 
@agent86 Wow. That's just.... wow.
 
> O’Neal achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.813 while completing 54 credit hours comprised of 16 courses and six credit hours of self-directed research. He did most of his course work via satellite, video conferencing and Blackboard.com. The title of his doctoral capstone project was “The Duality of Humor and Seriousness in Leadership Styles.’’
 
Now he wants to go to law school.
Dr. Shaq, Esq.
 
I would love to read that thesis.
 
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Q: How to dig up, through a level surface?

AnnaI can dig out staircases upwards, but how do I actually cross the surface? ____ #X## #X## _ is the ground surface #X X are staircases #### # is earth

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Q: Can I prevent unwanted items from appearing more than once?

OrigamiRobotIt happens every time! I go to the item room and find Teleport. I don't need Teleport, so I leave it. Then the next item I find is another Teleport! This will happen either in the challenge room on the same level or in the next item room. I thought I made it clear that I don't want Teleport....

 
4:03 PM
@agent86 Well now I need to reevaluate everything I thought about shaq
 
@tiddy It's not like he went to Harvard or anything. But, still. A PhD is a PhD.
Kind of makes me think: if Shaq can do it, then I can do it.
 
better than my education :P
 
Well yeah
But remember shaq is worth over 100mill already
And has free time and resources
 
Yeah...
Neither of those are true of me, sadly.
I guess I should just be content with my honorary DD, then.
 
The only reason I would get a Doctorate was so I could have "Dr." prepended to my last name.
Doctorates are entirely unnecessary for jobs in computer science
 
4:09 PM
@RavenDreamer What's your last name? Is it awesome like that picture that been's circulating around where the Dr. name was "Dr. Hedgeh" and people kept adding OG to the end of it it?
 
Alas, no.
 
So far chat is playing nicely :)
 
We don't play nicely?
 
Well chat has been mean to me
Not liking my messages, not sending me other people's messages.. But today, it seems quiet and smooth :)
 
Were you the one that wasn't having chat auto refresh working a few days ago?
 
4:16 PM
That was gnome
 
Ahhh
 
Yeah, that was me.
 
Was thinking this was one of those situations that fixed itself.
 
@Sorean Yup, and its been like that for about a week, so this is a nice change :)
 
user15026
Argh, Steam, y u always have to update
 
4:18 PM
@James Really? It only happened to me for the one day.
 
@AshleyNunn How would we mark the passing of time if it didnt?
 
user15026
@James This is a valid point I had not considered.
 
@AshleyNunn steam desperately needs automatic, silent updates
 
@GnomeSlice Happened once, then was gone for a few days, then it has happened since last monday.. it only happens while I am at work. Works fine from home.
 
user15026
@BenBrocka yes, yes it does. That would be nice.
 
user30
4:19 PM
WHEN CAN I MAKE PORTAL LEVELS.
 
user30
aaaaaa.
 
@ThomasMcDonald We're going to have a competition!
 
user30
are we?
 
@ThomasMcDonald Stackgaming is!
 
user30
Watching the PC Gamer intro to the editor.
 
user30
4:22 PM
Looks so good
 
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A: Can I prevent unwanted items from appearing more than once?

TheAceAs far as I know item drops are totally random so, as I see it one of 2 things is happening. 1.You just have really bad luck and keep getting the same item 2. your game is glitched and keeps spawning teleport. EDIT: Reinstailinng you game may fix this error.

That's one of the worst spelling mistakes I've ever seen.
 
@AshleyNunn desktop applications are verrry slowwwwly starting to understand this it seems...Firefox is finally doing it
 
> EDIT: Reinstailinng you game may fix this error.
...Did he have a seizure while typing the word?
@BenBrocka No, that would be terrible.
That would only be good for people with actual fast internet.
 
@GnomeSlice The forum I used to visit had someone misspell "Brawl" as "barlw". It became a meme that lasted a long time there.
 
user30
I wonder if the levels will support co-op. Not at release, I remember.
 
4:25 PM
Oh yeah when does that portal level editor thingy release?
Tomorrow?
 
user30
Today.
 
user30
I think.
 
Nice. I might mess around with that tonight.
I need something to distract me from the time between now and D3 launch.
 
@GnomeSlice If you really can't handle a couple MB download every couple months Steam's probably unusable anyway. Besides, it's easy enough to make it an option to turn it off
The system should never default to serving the edge cases over improving the experience for the majority of users
 
@BenBrocka I got my first dodo the other day :) I am tempted to try for one more, hehe.
 
4:28 PM
Since when do the 'majority of users' have actual fast internet?
There's loads of people with slow connections.
 
Goal wise I am down to just needing a Rainbow dragon though.
 
@James You lucky SOB. I'm still trying for ONE
@GnomeSlice the majority of users can download a single update every couple of months without it being a big deal
 
@BenBrocka Fire + Storm finally gave me one.
 
Wait. No co-op? Dammit!
 
@GnomeSlice Really depends on your definition of fast and slow...
 
4:29 PM
Plus the majority of Steam users probably have better internet connections than the average population
 
If you have "broadband", though, you should be able to download a periodic update.
 
@James huh?
 
@RonanForman Co-Op level editor?
 
4 mins ago, by Thomas McDonald
I wonder if the levels will support co-op. Not at release, I remember.
 
@BenBrocka ... Or maybe I am thinking of a bluefire dragon :D
 
user30
4:30 PM
Well, I watched a video at the start of the weekend.
 
(which I also just finally got!)
 
user30
and while he was browsing through the maps
 
user30
there was only ones tagged singleplayer
 
@BenBrocka Yes, but it's best to know when it's doing it. When I download something here, it slows down the internet substantially for everyone else in my house.
But I agree, an option to turn that off would be fine.
 
@GnomeSlice Sounds like you need to upgrade your internet. :-P
 
4:31 PM
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Q: Are certain cards exclusive to the mission zone?

yx.In Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Heroes vs Heralds mode, are the cards I can obtain determined by the mission zone? Or is there a possibility for me to obtain any card in any zone? If it is determined by the zone, where can I find a list of what cards come from which zones?

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Q: SC2: Is there an online tournament site that let's you win money?

IMBNote that I am not talking about betting sites where in you bet on other players win. What I'm looking for is an online tournament site where in you actually play the game and if you win you get paid. For example: You join a tournament where you pay a joining fee and if you beat all other player...

 
ONE WEEK
 
@Sterno THREE DAYS!
 
@Sterno Bare Naked Ladies?
 
@RESPAWN I need to move if I want to do that.
 
They don't offer any faster packages?
Or do you just live in the sticks?
 
4:33 PM
Hey, I'm checking out a new filesharing service, does this link work for anyone? It's just music.
@RESPAWN That. Or as I like to call it, 'Bumfuck Egypt'.
 
@James I was thinking D3
 
@James that's bluefire :P dodo is earth/air
and I've been trying for a WEEK and no success
 
@GnomeSlice yes, it works
 
@GnomeSlice Ah. Yeah. I've been there before. Sucks to be you! :P
 
@Sterno Ah, neat!
 
4:41 PM
@Sterno Ahh
@BenBrocka Air + Mud then was the combo I went with I believe.
@RonanForman Do we have a list of the YouTube channels of the other people in the match?
 
@James I'll try that instead of chrome/earth
 
@James I don't think anyone else playing had a YT channel of note.
 
yeah but I can at least link to the other participants
I know I now follow kurt and guude because of watching them in the videos :D
 
@James Everyone I know of is in the creator's channels list.
 
4:48 PM
@stdOrgnlDave Hello
@RonanForman Creator's channels list?
 
so, what is the bridge, exactly? the description isn't terrifically helpful
 
@stdOrgnlDave General chat for gaming.stackexchange.com
 
The main gathering spot aboard the mothership.
 
@Sorean Which is incorrect.
 
as opposed to specific chat? so if I wanted to simply post a gaming video, I'd head here?
 
4:50 PM
Where would a gathering spot aboard to the mothership be then?
 
@Sorean the lounge, or the mess hall, or the rec deck, or the gym
 
@stdOrgnlDave Yes.
 
@stdOrgnlDave The Game On! Channel is like our rec-deck where we game
 
@James Not really, it's the chat for people playing in the Game On! events.
 
@stdOrgnlDave the bridge is a silly play on words disguised as a helpful description :) this is the place to talk about pretty much anything, although gaming-related stuff tends to have more traction.
 
4:52 PM
oh, not looking to game. I am just sick of people who are complaining about how mass effect 3 gameplay sucks, and I want to demonstrate how to make it fun
 
The holodeck if for our youtube channel and social sites.
 
@RonanForman ...How long have we had that?
 
@GnomeSlice Not too long.
 
I've never even seen it before, hah.
 
so much so that I posted my first and last YouTube gaming video to show how to actually enjoy the game
 
4:55 PM
@stdOrgnlDave That doesn't usually work, unfortunately.
 
@stdOrgnlDave Oh, well we never complain in here.. never....
 
@James ಠ_ಠ
 
@James That's sort of annoying don't you think?
 
:D
 
@GnomeSlice what doesn't work
 
5:01 PM
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Q: How to get better gear as a high level character?

Ondřej MirtesI've got Blood Elf Paladin (primary spec retribution) level 85 and I got kind of stuck with my game progress. My average item level is 350 and when I enter Cataclysm heroic dungeons, other players often complain about my DPS and quality of my gear. But the problem is that I have better gear than ...

 
You won't get people to stop complaining
Which is pretty much what I was eluding too with my fairly sarcastic remark.. which is apparently annoying as well :)
 
yeah...I know
you end up playing only 1/5 of game on missions when you go that fast though, ha
 
And with that, @RonanForman Episode 2 is all ready
 
@James Link?
 
Its private right now though
Already gotten a few remarks from people in the TFCraft channel saying the liked the Ultra Hardcore video so far :)
 
5:07 PM
@James Kewl
 
playing a vanguard right is like kung fu
 
Let me put the URL to the kick off video in my videos desc
 
5:23 PM
@James Ready to make it public?
 
Yup
 
Kewl.
 
You use google's popup annotation things to get links to everyone else right?
 
@James Yeah.
Wait, I think we're talking about the same thing.
 
well end of the intro
You can click on those of us who recorded
and it goes to their video
 
5:26 PM
Yeah.
 
I know my links should progress to the next episode for my own videos
but for the others, am I linking to their episode that matches the one they just watched of mine? Or the next episode of theirs as well?
 
@James Current episode.
 
ohi guys
so the Portal 2 DLC is not out yet yes?
 
@badp Haven't heard anything.
 
People were saying they are expecting it today @badp
 
5:28 PM
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Q: Why does Counter-Strike Source have low frame rate?

Paul DinhI'm using nVidia GTS 450, a card in midrange of GPUs. It allows me to play Battlefield 2 at frame rate of almost 100 frames per second (with all graphic settings set to max). However, I can play Counter-Strike Source at only 20 frames per second (map de_inferno for example). Is Counter-Strike S...

 
@James duh, today's the date announced in the video
 
@Fluttershy What?
 
@RonanForman Bootlegged clothing can be funny.
 
Aren't they also all called Avengers at some point?
 
5:32 PM
Well two of them do some avenging.
 
@James Spider-man is... Batman and a Na'vi? No... >.>
 
I would buy that to make some nerd's head explode.
 
@Sorean Run that through a convention. That would be vastly amusing.
 
It would be, like this image
 
@Sorean That's wrong on exactly 4 levels.
 
5:35 PM
:D
 
And that's what makes it awesome.
 
The first time I saw it, my brain went "Buuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?????"
Then it went, "Wait..... that's.... what in the...." started drooling.
 
lol
 
@RonanForman thatsthejoke
so I guess it's official, I gave WoW a try and got bored at level 3 when I had five or so "go fetch me Y quantity of X" quests
 
5:39 PM
 
> Do you want to delete all the files in C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\? Yes
> Some files might be left behind. Do you want to continue uninstalling anyway?
> The folder "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data\enGB" could not be deleted. (UninstallFolder::Prepare/not empty)
...duh. Of course the folder isn't empty. I am trying to empty it.
(Luckily the installer did end up deleting it anyway)
 
Ugh God.. When you are recording a video to post on line you are NOT allowed to cheer into the microphone!
 
@badp I'm surprised you made it that far.
 
Yeah thats not a rainbow dragon... 3 hrs is wayyy too short
 
@RESPAWN I'm surprised WoW's combat system could be THAT unsatisfying
You need to select an enemy and then click attack? Once? And watch the thing go dead? With no* loot?
I must be missing something
 
5:53 PM
In all fairness, I've actually not played WoW. I just like to bash it.
However, I'm sure that as you begin to level up, combat is more involved.
 
@badp You are. You missed pressing the buttons to use skills. :P
 
I know there's casting involved, etc.
 
@fbueckert Oh wow yeah.
 
Auto-attack does exactly that; but at level 3, you don't have much at all.
 
that made a few more numbers go up from the flowers
 
5:54 PM
I mean. I'm an EVE player, and even I will admit that combat for a noob can be a bit boring in EVE as well.
 
it's like, there's a minimap and it doesn't show you where your objective is.
you can select a "primary quest" and it shows you where to go on the full-screen map
but not on the mini-map.
 
@badp When WoW first came out, it didn't even have that. People installed mods for that ability.
 
@badp Did you play ToR?
 
@Sorean nope. Tower of... Rawr?
 
@badp Also, you should have first played some older MMOs where all you had was text describing where you were supposed to go in a vague direction (even WoW had that).
 
5:56 PM
I now want to play Tower or Rawr.
 
@badp Star wars: The Old Republic.
 
@Sorean oh. Yeah, still no.
 
@Sorean Blech. I played the beta.
 
Isn't that just "WoW in space"?
 
They spent years developing that game. And the best they came up with was...WoW in space.
 
5:57 PM
lol
 
What do you guys expect?
 
Just saying that ToR's questing system pretty much what the Quest helper mod for WoW did.
 
I mean, fine, tell me to kill 10 of the same enemy. But then scatter them around along the path. Don't just bunch them up in one area have fun finding which one with your slow walking.
 
WoW clearly works.
 
Like, LITERALLY, they lifted the vast majority of UI, skills, cooldowns, and whatnot straight from WoW.
 
5:58 PM
@GnomeSlice It didn't work for me shrug
 
@GnomeSlice Is that why they're shedding players?
 
OO! Portal 2 is updating!
 
The Diablo 3 beta was way more engaging.
 
@fbueckert How many do they still have?
 
Having only played one MMO in my life that is decidedly non WoW-like, I'm starting to wonder: how many MMO's out there are WoW-like?
 
5:58 PM
@RESPAWN Lots. Which did you play that wasn't?
 
EVE. Still play it, actually.
I really enjoy the large sandbox world.
 
Although the Diablo 3 map still didn't put me a crosshair on the general direction of my objective I never had a doubt about where to go next
 
I should play EVE.
 
@GnomeSlice Not sure. I just understand it's been losing players at a steady pace since Cataclysm came out.
 

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