The Bridge

Yi Jiang

11:00

@Wipqozn I should have it in my flag weight thiny

QAdp

@QAdley um, why is it such a bad thing?

Yi Jiang

@Wipqozn meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1539/…

QAdley

@QAdp Those two q's are off topic, are they not?

QAdp

would they?

I dunno, probably the sales one is

QAdley

@QAdp They're both relics of the sales, and I'm not sure what to do with them

QAdp

11:02

and the other one would be more useful if asked per-service

Yi Jiang

@MarkTrapp Yeah, I agree that the rollbacks shouldn't have happened and escalated etc., but it's a very minor issue

QAdp

I'll change the latter to a question about Steam.

and close the qty of sales one.

QAdley

@QAdp Cool, that's the last of untagged, which makes me happy

Yi Jiang

And anyway, appending "in <insert game name>" to the end of a question's title isn't particularly useful. You could do that with every question on this site, probably

Wipqozn

@YiJiang Thanks

Yi Jiang

11:06

The issue this user had was that he didn't agree with the way one of his question was edited so that it was on-topic for the site

I still don't understand his initial objection to the edit though

Wipqozn

@YiJiang He's 12 (I'm actually not sure how old he is, but the point is he's obviously just some immature little kid)

ickleislands

@YiJiang this one?

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A: What are the requirements for hosting a Call of Duty 4 Reign of the Undead server?

There are several pieces of information you need to take into consideration when hosting a game server; How many people you want to be able to join The specifications required to host that many people The bandwidth required for that many people Whether the hosting solution you go for allows tha...

linked the wrong part -.-

Yi Jiang

Yeah, the question. The angry comment got deleted though

Wipqozn

@ickleislands pfft, you're just trying to get more up votes :P

ickleislands

yeah noticed, looks like @LessPopMoreFizz is talking to himself

Wipqozn

11:09

Also, this:

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Q: Why do Starcraft 2 leagues award playing, rather than winning?

In other league systems I'm aware of, you gain points by winning, and lose points by losing. On average, if you play against similar-skill opponents and you win and lose the same number of matches, your score will not improve. In Starcraft 2 leagues (if I understand correctly), you actually gain...

starcraft-2

Yi Jiang

It's still nowhere as bad as the worst users this site has seen. He actually tried to help by editing some questions before that thing blew up

Wipqozn

Wouldn't this qualify as "Why did they design it this way?"

@YiJiang I concur, but that doesn't excuse his behavior.

ickleislands

@Wipqozn it has a good answer on it

Yi Jiang

@Wipqozn I don't know, his very premise seems to be off.

user2334

@YiJiang It's useful for things like Hot Questions and other places where tags might not show up or be all that prominent. Kind of a sticky situation, as gameaddict is technically correct (the best kind of correct!), but for the wrong reasons.

Yi Jiang

11:12

Since SC2 uses elo ranking shouldn't the question be able the ranking system rather than SC2 specifically

@MarkTrapp Yeah, it should've been left in. The way he handled it though, *sigh*

And it's certainly not "vandalism"

user2334

Yeahhhh. The jimmy rustling was felt 'round the world there

Wipqozn

@YiJiang Mr Smooth wasn't much better though. After the first roll back he should have left a post explaining why he was making the edit, not wait until they did 10 roll backs.

Also, someone should leave a post on here responding to danRhuls comment:

I really don't feel like dealing with Gameaddict or danRhul right now.

oops, wrong post

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Dream team.

Wipqozn

-5

Q: Is there a Reign of the Undead (ROTU) mod for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?

I love playing Call of Duty 4 ROTU, but I was wondering if the same mod is available for Modern Warfare 2?

modern-warfare-2 reign-of-the-undead

user2334

I would, but I'm on a no-danRhul diet as well

Wipqozn

11:16

Also, today's listening:

ickleislands

I am going to say "who?" but don't really care

Wipqozn

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@ickleislands Another problematic user.

oh goodie. Someone deleted gameaddicts comment calling all of us stupid.

ickleislands

you know, I am going to check the transcripts to see if I got whined about from arguing with @LessPopMoreFizz on the day I signed up

curiosity mode ENABLED

Wipqozn

@ickleislands You may have.

We spend a lot of time whining here in chat.

ickleislands

;)

LessPop_MoreFizz

11:20

@ickleislands Wait wat

ickleislands

red gems in weapons

and you didn't!

aww

I was wrong, and not trying to cause trouble, it's just I noted that people who play up get mentioned in here and was being curious :p

StrixVaria

Oh the patch apparently fixed the crappy way rubies were displaying for weapons (along with other things). I don't understand how "12-24" damage translates to "12 minimum damage. 12 maximum damage", though.

Lazers

0

Q: What is the best place to level in a finished difficulty?

I don't know if it's a common problem, but I finished Nightmare mode and had only just reached level 49. I can't enter Hell into I get to Level 50. What act/area/quest is the best to grind repeatedly to get the required experience as quickly as possible? Presumably the same place will be the b...

diablo-3

0

Q: Favorite tags not highlighting on mobile version of the site

I'm not a fancy schmancy power mobile user, so I don't know how to provide screenshots. Essentially, I am making use of a feature on the full site where you can put wildcards into your favorite tags. For example, I have "diablo*" favorited instead of diablo, diablo-2, diablo-3, diablo-3-monk, et...

bug favorite-tags

Wipqozn

@ickleislands We usually just whine when a user is causing trouble. Or post something really stupid.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands Meh, people are wrong all the time, unless you get stubborn about it, I'm not going to start joking around about it in chat.

Or, as @Wipqozn notes, if you say something really really stupid, which you didn't.

ickleislands

11:24

I posted something stupid and then argued I was right though

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria what mobile device?

Wipqozn

@ickleislands Like LessPop said, it needs to be really, really stupid.

ickleislands

I never go full retard

StrixVaria

One of those androids.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Read my answer and you'll understand how it translates!

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A: What are the precise effects of rubies in weapons (why do the tooltips show a range)?

So, it's actually a lot more complicated than it first appears - it seems that the benefit of the Ruby is actually subject to a couple of bugs regarding how damage bonuses are calculated. The short version is that weapons with narrow damage ranges - which are usually slower, and lower level weap...

Wipqozn

11:25

@StrixVaria @OrigamiRobot is your mobile phone?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria then I can't help you with screenshots, sorreh.

@Wipqozn I just want to say thank you to you by the way.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I am not a phone.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Because of all of our users and mods, you had the lowest hanging fruit for this latest stupid name change fad, and you resisted it. Because you are a person of Integrity and Taste.

And for that I thank you.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz Always willing to be of service.

ickleislands

11:27

+1

the QA thing confuses me

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz Now he will be insufferable. :P

ickleislands

LessPop_MoreQA would work though (lol)

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria The new protection calculation still doesn't take into account One With Everything

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot ಠ_ಠ

user2334

Wipqozn is a real QAmerican hero™

Wipqozn

11:28

@ickleislands It's because of our name. ArQAde. The QA stands for Q&A since we're a Q&A site.

LessPop_MoreFizz

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ickleislands

@Wipqozn I'm not that stupid, it was more of a not working out who some people are post change

@Wipqozn some of them are properly shoehorned in, and just don't make any sense at all

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Changing from +20 res all +33 Cold to only +50 res all reported a 0.3% increase even though my actual res was lowered.

Wipqozn

@ickleislands Oh, okay. That's good then, because I thought I you asked that question before and I was worried.

StrixVaria

Post about it on the bug forums or something.

ickleislands

11:30

@LessPopMoreFizz lol

I will be glad once I'm out of the "physical side effects" stage of quitting smoking

Wipqozn

@LessPopMoreFizz: Do you use your website for anything other than email?

-4

A: How do I access the new missions?

SusjedsksnsmjZimdnzjenshsjsjsnsansnsnnsnsbdshhxhx

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn At this time no. Unless you count occasionally hosting a file I want to link.

ickleislands

Should re-create poopla on there

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Wipqozn Why do you ask?

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was just curious. I've been wondering for awhile now, but never bothered asking.

QAdp

11:36

@LessPop_MoreFizz because you're clearly up to something when you say "there's nothing there."

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands 💩

QAdp

You just need to write in the right incantation and boom - cookies.

Wipqozn

@QAdp sshhh, we can't let him know we're onto him!

ickleislands

and he doesn't have an error document for #500

Yi Jiang

@QAdp document.cookie

ickleislands

11:40

And google states there is only one file - lesspopmorefizz.com/img/Bees.gif

Yi Jiang

@ickleislands And what a file that is!

ickleislands

Bees!

i'm still waiting for it to finish loading, super slow internet from the 80s here

LessPop_MoreFizz

5

ickleislands

ahahaha

LessPop_MoreFizz

^ That is another thing that is hosted on lpmf dot com at a different path

ickleislands

11:42

that is awesome

LessPop_MoreFizz

and yes I reposted it because I am not giving away my SEEKRITS

ickleislands

@ the bees

bassflava.com/mp3/Paris+in+a+Bottle-album.html

ok i'm bored of being bored now bbs

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands Oh hey, the Mp3 blog stuff is still getting scraped. how about that.

ickleislands

yes but there are like 10 million entries on google for your bees

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands Well, if you're still bored, you could always google for "Dogs are stuck"

ickleislands

11:55

at work though

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands Without further inspection, it will look like lots of pictures of dogs.

With further inspection, yeah, at work is not the best idea on earth

ickleislands

I am still looking at bees

Wipqozn

@ickleislands: If you're bored you could always take the time to edit some posts on the site!

There's never a shortage of posts that need editing.

@ickleislands We like that though.

ickleislands

I don't though, I like being little miss neutrality.

Wipqozn

@ickleislands You youngsters.

ickleislands

12:03

how ageist

QAdp

oh lord, these "crafting materials" are dropping like crazy

ickleislands

I am guessing the badges for popular question/answer just happen over time ye?

QAdp

got 7 in 4 hours

ickleislands

@QAdp in d3?

QAdp

@ickleislands no, TF2

ickleislands

12:05

I figured not D3 when you said 7 in 4 hours

:)

Wipqozn

@ickleislands More or less, it really just depends on the game.

ickleislands

99% of my activity is on Diablo 3

Wipqozn

If a game isn't that popular, questions/answers probably won't hit 1k.

user2334

@ickleislands What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

Wipqozn

@ickleislands You'll probably start getting those badges soon.

ickleislands

12:06

@MarkTrapp My heart says... maybe

user2334

I hate these filthy neutrals! With enemies you know where they stand but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me.

ickleislands

lol

user2334

Ah, Zapp Brannigan. You've taught me so much.

ickleislands

Neutrals are awesome

Wipqozn

►

ickleislands

12:08

Siding with whoever is correct in that particular split second

Lazers

12:26

0

Q: iPad sf4 (volt) with zangief - are there any guides?

are there any guides for the iPad street fighter iv, esp for zangief (although any guides would be neat!) google and bing aren't getting much traction for me on the issue. also, if someone with the power could make a street-fighter iv volt tag, that might be useful too!

ios street-fighter-4

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Q: Diablo 3 Inferno Wizard 1.0.3 act II

I am curious what stats are more viable now after the patch(should i buy items with crit or still attack speed?). And also how much resists and Hp should i have to be ok is Act II? I have ~470 resists,24k hp and 21k dmg buffed(after patch), but i play with barb with resist buff so i get near 600...

diablo-3 diablo-3-wizard

user2334

12:38

Apparently my doppelgänger got the world first Inferno Diablo hardcore kill

tiddy

Yesterday though right?

user2334

Monday I think: they made it a point to beat it before 1.0.3

tiddy

Indeed

QAdley

Close/Delete plox: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30654/…

ickleislands

12:55

@QAdley doesn't really fit the "Q&A format" I agree, but Mr Smooth gave a very solid answer

QAdley

It's far too vague though

ickleislands

Provokes more questions than it answers for sure

kripps gear must be epic on his barb

I have heard rumours that one of those two has made a four digit number out of the RMAH

said source of rumours is reliable from my point of view but I'm not going to name him :P

QAna

@ickleislands Given that Kripp had sold two dumb items for $250 I'm going to say that he most likely has

ickleislands

;)

QAna

among many other dumb items for real moneyzzzzzz

ickleislands

12:59

I have not listed anything for more than 10

but I've sold lots

user2334

Nobody buys my junk at $2-5

ickleislands

the D3 bug list for 1.0.3 is hilarious

its as long as the patch notes

-2

Q: Skyrim Install Problems

Just bought a new computer and a copy of Skyrim, but the game won't install. After I put the disk into the computer, it makes a really bad rattling noises. I've tried installing the game using different install disks, but I still have the same problem. I can play normal dvd's and cds just fine...

skyrim

StrixVaria

@ickleislands Link?

ickleislands

Was this downvoted for not fitting into Q&A format?

@StrixVaria it was a minor exaggeration ;) but here diablofans.com/news/…

How they broke some of the stuff in that last is completely beyond me

Blizzard must really like working on bug fixes to break stuff like the FPS counter

StrixVaria

Wow that list is long.

ickleislands

13:12

sarcasm echoes

user2334

13:22

That's actually only subset of the bugs. Here's a more comprehensive list

ickleislands

and that list is more like the length of the patch notes

Mad Scientist

@ickleislands The fps counter was useless anyway, it changed so fast that it was pretty much unreadable for me anyway

Lazers

0

Q: What is the best tactic for high scoring words in Spelltower?

I have been playing Tower mode in Spelltower and have had middling success, as I'm not sure whether it is better to go for lots of short words, a few long words, trying to use as many tiles as possible, etc. What is the best tactic for high scoring words and games in Spelltower?

spelltower

0

Q: Nerf to Nether Tentacles, new Damge skill for Demon Hunters?

On my demon hunter, I used to kite and turn around and spam Nether Tentacles, this did a ton of damage as all the monsters were now in a line and it would pass through them and do damage to all of them. Since 1.03 this is now nerfed as nether tentacles will now only damage one monster per shot,...

diablo-3 diablo-3-demon-hunter

ickleislands

That Nether Tentacles question is fundamentally wrong

needs to learn to read patch notes properly

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands I edited your answer for moar clarity, fyi

ickleislands

13:31

i saw

Tim Stone

"Any elite pack with a combination of affixes including Vampiric, and Molten/Plague (or similar affixes...or all of them) can become physically impossible to kill if they are in combat with immortal NPCs" Heh, I had that happen at the Khasim Outpost...good stuff. Not sure that it's strictly a bug though, just annoying.

Yi Jiang

Run Tim, run!

QAdley

@YiJiang Excellent game

ickleislands

@LessPopMoreFizz hax, stealing my comments and putting them into the post! ;)

Yi Jiang

@QAdley Aye. Just played it again because it showed up in HiB V

QAdley

13:35

@YiJiang Ah cool

user2334

@Lazers Should be closed as too localized, imo. Unless it's a common misconception

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Well, the thing is, that misunderstanding aside, the primary reason to use Nether Tentacles has been nerfed, and it is a substantially less desirable skill now

Yi Jiang

gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/74064/revisions

I am facepalming so hard at this

please respect the author, and don't edit this question unless you're really adding value. — bharal 40 mins ago

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz Man, that question is hell of messy then: asking a valid question for the wrong reasons (misconception). Accepted, 4 score answer doesn't directly answer the valid question, just the misconception

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp This is true.

fbueckert

13:44

@YiJiang Yeah. It seems to be our week for whiners.

Yi Jiang

@fbueckert He did make one mistake in the edit though, but that hardly calls for wiping it all out with a rollback

fbueckert

@YiJiang He's probably going, "What? Someone changed my question!? But it's perfect, so I'm going to revert it."

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz So unless @ickleislands wants to expand his/her/its/etc.'s answer to answer that question, I can't see the Q&A pair having any value: unless maybe the question is rewritten to ask "Was Nether Tentacles nerfed?" and assuming that's going to be a common misconception

QAdley

@YiJiang What was the mistake? Can you rollback and fix it for me?

user2334

I wouldn't rollback: just make the correction. Multiple rollbacks is really hostile

Sterno

13:49

@YiJiang The interesting thing is that I think that's a website-rec question anyway

and thus should be closed

QAdp

@YiJiang bah I wanted to lock the question but then it prevents answers from being added

tiddy

What question is this

Why is it so important

user2334

1

Q: iPad sf4 (volt) with zangief - are there any guides?

Are there any guides for the iPad street fighter IV, especially for Zangief (although any guides would be neat!).

street-fighter-iv-volt

Yi Jiang

@QAdley The mistake is that the game is an iOS game, so it needs a new tag. Street Fighter 4 should be quite different from whatever he's asking about

Sterno

Or edited into "How should I blah blah blah with Zangrief in SF4 - Volt"

user2334

13:51

Just vote to close it so it can be deleted, it's a crap question that's not going to be made uncrap by editing

QAdley

@YiJiang I added the new tag in my edit, sigh.

QAdp

@MarkTrapp how about now?

Yi Jiang

QAdley

@QAdp Much better

Yi Jiang

I just found an intra-site advertisement for Arqade. This is it's background :D

QAdley

13:53

@YiJiang Are you making an Arqade themed Space Invaders clone?

user2334

@QAdp I know nothing about the game to judge whether that's a good question, but it does substantially change the author's intent

fbueckert

I'm calling it now: he's going to freak out and rollback to the original question.

tiddy

You guys are going to piss him off and lose him

Sterno

His original intent is off-topic.

QAdley

@fbueckert Linking to gameaddict's meta post probably wasn't ideal, the appropriate FAQ section might have been more appropriate.

QAdp

13:54

@MarkTrapp eh. He's asking for a guide to play this character. Might as well ask how to play this character directly

Yi Jiang

Ronan Forman

@YiJiang That is crap.

Sterno

I hate questions that start with "How to"

5

QAdp

@RonanForman is it?

Yi Jiang

@RonanForman It doesn't sufficiently convey what the site is about, yes

Which is problematic

fbueckert

13:55

@QAdley Perhaps. It's a user with the same issue, so that was the first one that I thought of.

user2334

@QAdp Right, which is why I say close and delete. We're not running out of question IDs such that we need to insist on rewriting questions for people who clearly don't want their question to be saved

QAdp

@MarkTrapp I agree with the feeling but this one attempt to salvage the question wasn't yet tried

Sterno

@agent86 I don't know about the exact # of jumps you can take, but it's quite a few. Particularly if you hit all the nebulas you can, since that slows them down. But I'd say I average maybe... 10 a system?

user2334

@Sterno "How to X?", along with using apostrophes for pluralization and saying "quote" when you mean "quotation", is one of my top 3 misuse-of-the-English-language pet peeves

Sterno

@MarkTrapp Although I have to admit, when I google for something, I often type "How to X" in the search bar

tiddy

13:58

So does everyone. That's why leaving those questions alone is good for SEO

Yi Jiang

@tiddy I am not at all convinced by that line of argument. Isn't it likely that Google filters out stop words like 'how' and 'to' anyway?

user2334

@Sterno If the convention for titles on SE was to be declarative rather than inquisitive (so, no question mark), "How to X" would be a mediocre, but at least acceptable, title

user2334

But since titles are supposed to be questions, "How do I X?" is so much better

StrixVaria

@MarkTrapp I hate when people misuse reflexive pronouns.

Sterno

How to write titles' for SE questions and put quotes in them?

tiddy

13:59

Isn't it likely Google what? Have you typed " How to" into google?

fbueckert

Heh. 1.0.3 has been out for a single day, and there's already a "petition" to lower repair costs.

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