The Bridge

11:00 PM

He just killed one of my crew. :(

I've had some events where ship augmentations mattered. Specfically, Long Range Sensors

I really hate when you're searching a nebula or whatever and the event is "something hits your ship! One random crew member floats off into space!"

it always gets one of my mantis boarding party!

NiQAlas T

@Sterno it's never too late

Holy shit, stop editing my post. Are you guys that retarded or why are you acting like that? — user28015 6 mins ago

fbueckert

@NiQAlasT Ok, now he's just trolling.

We sure he's not just gameaddict or something with a new name?

user15026

I really want to roll it back. The typos are bothering me.

Mr. November

@NiQAlasT i checked all my packaging and don't have anything with an order number.

@NiQAlasT also did you get a shirt with your headset? I'm wondering because I haven't gotten one yet.

NiQAlas T

11:04 PM

@MrNovember yeah, I didn't have one either; but amazon got me one; have the label stuck on the box ready to take it back to the UPS store

@MrNovember nein, no shirt yet

ickleislands

question: platform name or obscure game name in relation to tagging questions, ie: iOS or <some tag that will only ever get <10 posts>

Mr. November

@NiQAlasT what was wrong with your headset?

NiQAlas T

not that useful.

user2334

@ickleislands Always use the game name as a tag. Only use iOS if the game is unlikely to ever get more than one or two questions, and it's just by necessity: single-use tags are purged every few months, so obscure games wind up getting completely untagged

Mr. November

ah

ickleislands

11:06 PM

@MarkTrapp understood, game is available on multiple platforms anyway so iOS was misleading

user2334

@ickleislands Ah, in that case, I'd risk it the question getting untagged unless the question is really about iOS-specific behavior

ickleislands

3

Q: Is there a seventh prize tier in Coin Dozer?

I've got a couple prize collections at the 3rd or 4th tier (meaning that I have at least 3 or 4 of each prize color) and the next logical goal would be to get to the 6th tier. When I reached tier one, that single star turned into six stars, indicating that I had more tiers to reach. Does it do t...

coin-dozer

seems gameplay to me

user2334

Looks like a case of the tag getting purged

ickleislands

maybe, according to apple and google it's a "best seller"

doesn't look complex enough to have any real questions about it though

NiQAlas T

@user28015 trollface.jpg — NiQAlas T 4 mins ago

fbueckert

11:09 PM

You edit my post and change what I say. That is so wrong on so many levels, I cannot even describe it to you. And no, I am not trolling. It is neat that you guys make fun of me in the chat and don't take my matter serious, but that does not make it right. You change what I say, you put words in my mouth I don'T use. I ask here for support and not for people that attack and troll me. I will continue to write thanks in my posts and I want to express my opinion how I please. And don't threaten me with bans. — user28015 3 mins ago

This has to be trolling.

He doesn't have enough rep for chat, so it's got to be a sockpuppet.

ickleislands

@NiQAlasT +1

@fbueckert not enough rep to speak in chat, you can still view it

NiQAlas T

I did say he "could be banned if he continues", but then I was like, screw it

I was tempted to give him some more rep, but I don't want to upvote his answer, and I can't upvote his question

ickleislands

It also doesn't pop up on the user list

agent86

enough guys, I'll handle it, and if it doesn't get handled I'll suspend him.

ickleislands

* tested with unregistered user

@agent86 from the bridge?

fbueckert

11:12 PM

@agent86 Alrighty.

NiQAlas T

@agent86 removed my comment? lame-o

ickleislands

And I was afraid that me being opinionated would be seen as me being a trouble maker/stubborn

After him + gameaddict I have no fear

fbueckert

@ickleislands We're reasonable people. Having an opinion and expressing it respectfully is alright.

ickleislands

knowing when you're wrong, etc

user15026

@fbueckert This.

fbueckert

11:15 PM

Resorting to name calling, though, tends to be frowned on.

user15026

Its when people don't know how to respect others and still get their point across that things get titchy

fbueckert

Besides, if you call someone a poopyface, your argument suffers as a result.

ickleislands

I normally go for 'taking a moral highground so high I'm walking on clouds' approach

user2334

Yeah, well, my dad can beat up your dad.

ickleislands

It's when I don't that my arguments fall apart

fbueckert

11:16 PM

@MarkTrapp That still doesn't support or help your argument. :P

user2334

@fbueckert Your face doesn't support or help your argument!

user2334

:)

ickleislands

@fbueckert Yes but I have cake. gives @MarkTrapp some cake. And now so does Mark :P

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Neither does your mom!

:P

NiQAlas T

Oh you threaten me with supension but you let alone those that are trolling and attacking me? You just deleted all insultive comments so nobody can see whats going on and that I am the one that is bullied here. Just because those people are longer here than me? I feel kinda bullied out of this site dude. And you are a moderator? Really StackExchange? Really? I guess next step is to delete the whole topic so nobody can see it. But don't worry, I got screenshots. — user28015 1 min ago

ickleislands

11:17 PM

Cake makes your argument invalid

user15026

Can I have cake?

ickleislands

gives @AshleyNunn some cake

user15026

YES THIS DAY IS NOW THE BEST DAY EVER eats the cake

ickleislands

and I would like one of those magic cards that were all the rage before I ever got here making especially for cake

"Cake: makes your arguments invalid"

fbueckert

@NiQAlasT sigh

I'm done trying to argue with him.

That's classic troll behaviour.

ickleislands

11:18 PM

"Silences the battlefield for 1 turn, miss a go"

@fbueckert 100%, he set off my troll alarm earlier and I stopped posting/looking at the thread

NiQAlas T

The Golden Rule of editing is to always respect the original author. While, strictly-speaking, we may be "putting words in your mouth", the overall intent is done to improve the post, such as fixing typos or wording issues. If you cannot accept that, then I encourage you to depart the community of your own volition. We are not going to change our modus operandi to accommodate you. — NiQAlas T 1 min ago

final post by me

now I give up

Gareth Jones

SomEone should make a stackexhange chat app for the iPod....

ickleislands

@GarethJones does browsing to the page not work?

user15026

@ickleislands If he is using the mobile chat, I can see how it is unawesome. It has a fair number of its own quirks

NiQAlas T

How the eff did they do this shit without computers. Our forefathers were badass just because of their 1337 handwriting.

QAdp

11:23 PM

oh, right. You've got to have quicktime to render TF2 replays. Bullshiiit

NiQAlas T

@QAdp I thought you always needed it...which is why I've never done it

QAdp

Yeah, but I guess I had it for some reason before

ickleislands

@NiQAlasT handwriting is a skill that has degraded across all of humanity in general

NiQAlas T

The last time I needed Quicktime for a game was Riven, which is still a fairly beautiful looking game even today (if low resolution)

Wipqozn

@NiQAlasT Oh my, is he still going at that? :/

user15026

11:25 PM

@Wipqozn Yuuup.

Wipqozn

I keep timing out,how annoying.

NiQAlas T

Censorship and rude behaviour is your modus operandi? — user28015 4 mins ago

I'm deleting the comments because they're off-topic and could be construed as inflammatory. I've contacted the people who have been posting them and I've told them to stop. I'm asking you to do the same. — agent86 2 mins ago

agent86

sigh

ickleislands

@agent86 do logged-in users that are not eligible to chat (don't have enough rep) not show up in the user list?

agent86

I give up @QAdp, trying to close this when everyone seems intent on rubbing salt into it is tiring.

Gareth Jones

11:27 PM

@ickle I can use chat, but can't edit my chat messages nor does it have the menu thing for doing @

agent86

@ickleislands I believe that logged-in users without the ability to chat still show up in the user list.

ickleislands

@GarethJones yeah I just tested it on my ipod

NiQAlas T

@agent86 my bad; sadtrollface.jpg

Gareth Jones

@NiQ The myst series are great

Wipqozn

3 hours ago, by Wipqozn

I think it's best to just ignore this guys meta. There's obviously no reasoning with this guy.

ickleislands

11:28 PM

@agent86 can we test it? I have a horrible feeling he's watching and using it to wind you up

QAdp

@agent86 If this is in reply to my one comment on the question then I apologize

(I also checked deleted comments, tyvm)

agent86

@QAdp yeah, it is. and yeah you should. you're a terrible moderator and you probably smell bad.

QAdp

@agent86 Right now I do. I sweat a lot it turns out.

fbueckert

@agent86 Oh noes! @agent86 has pulled out the heavy artillery! The arguments are all invalid!

NiQAlas T

Wipqozn

11:29 PM

@QAdp Thanks for sharing.

QAdp

I'm sure I made your day brighter by sharing this bit of information

agent86

@ickleislands well, nothing I can do about it even if he was; and I'm far from wound up, this is "guy who doesn't get it" number eleventybillion

QAdp

@NiQAlasT You're doing it wrong

ickleislands

@agent86 true but unanswered curiosity is my weakness

agent86

I stopped counting around sixeventy thousand or so, I just guess for the most part.

ickleislands

11:30 PM

how do you rename yourself btw

fbueckert

Y'know, his join date is suspiciously close to the last time we saw gameaddict.

ickleislands

@fbueckert yes, I had the same thought earlier

@fbueckert and his behaviour is identical

answer -> yes a user that doesn't have the rep to chat does show in the user list

however, can check the transcript

Wipqozn

@ickleislands you do realize he could just nto be logged into chat, right?

ickleislands

thats a lot of logging in/out

oh

yeah either that or separate browser

Wipqozn

He could be watching us right now.

In fact...

ickleislands

11:33 PM

hello gameaddict!

Wipqozn

He could be right behind you...

NiQAlas T

They could be coming from all sides...

THEY COULD BE COMING FROM ALL SIDES!!!!!!

ickleislands

"They're coming out of the walls!"

user2334

HE'S IN THE HOUSE someone call Neve Campbell

agent86

you guys and your conspiracy theories. :P

11:33 PM

Heh.

what if he's sniffing all the packets between my router and stack exchange?! HE MIGHT ALREADY HAVE MY LOGIN INFORMATION AND HE COULD BE IMPERSONATING ME RIGHT NOW

fbueckert

Ship surrenders. I'm busy putting out fires and repairing, so I don't jump right away. Ship blows up.

agent86

oh god, who am I?!

Wipqozn

11:34 PM

@agent86 I thought you seemed different!

ickleislands

purges @agent86

quick hold him down, I'll open the airlock!

agent86

NO YOU CANT CENSOR ME

I'm calling my congressperson, who will immediately restore any and all deleted comments!

ickleislands

I don't live in America, I don't care about your political system

fbueckert

@QAdp A meta post without two tags isn't right? Oh no!

QAdp

@fbueckert A question tagged support is basically untagged

same for discussion or feature-request

ickleislands

11:36 PM

In deep space, nobody will hear you quoting your constitutional rights!

QAdp

what are you asking support about? what are you discussing? what's your feature request about?

fbueckert

@QAdp So how would you suggest I tag this?

QAdp

in this case the other tag should be editing

ickleislands

@fbueckert use cake

QAdp

@fbueckert like this

fbueckert

11:37 PM

Yay for community editing!

Wipqozn

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Q: How do we handle duplicate answers?

Preface: I have read the original question, and the followup. However, there doesn't seem to be any consensus on what should be done with them. Introduction As Arqade grows, we are attracting lots of new users. Many of these users will attempt to contribute to the site by providing an answer t...

discussion allowed-answers

QAdp

there's also a answers tag

ickleislands

@fbueckert should comment about how @QAdp just vandalised his post

QAdp

I'm probably merging it with answering though

ickleislands

The other thread is getting a bit tiring now

fbueckert

11:38 PM

Creates meta post ranting about having my posts edited

Wipqozn

@QAdp Yeah, not sure why we have two tags for that.

OR why we did. Damn that was fast @badp!

agent86

@fbueckert close as dupe.

QAdp

...uh actually I'm not merging

answers is rather systematically used on "how to deal with answers", not "how to write them"

Wipqozn

oh, zeus damn it. Took me to the main site.

huh, odd.

Why did answers take me to meta and answering to the main site?

fbueckert

@agent86 creates meta post ranting about having my new post closed

user15026

11:40 PM

Off topic - is anyone else excited for the stuff Nintendo is going to be releasing for the 3DS (Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, etc)?

Wipqozn

@fbueckert close as a duplicate of the post you'll create complaining this post is closed

@AshleyNunn Yes. It's called having good taste :P

ickleislands

@AshleyNunn I like how you class a question about gaming as off topic

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Closing my question as a dupe of a question I haven't asked yet? You're in my future!

user15026

@ickleislands Well, it is, to the current discussion XD

agent86

@AshleyNunn do you mean the Wii U?

user15026

11:41 PM

@ickleislands Hahaha fair enough :D I am really excited about ALL THE GAMAAAMES

Wipqozn

@fbueckert I'm pretty impressive.

@agent86 Nope, 3DS. All of those two games are for 3DS.

ickleislands

:D

user15026

@agent86 Blasphemer.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn You're so slow, the world can't catch you!

user15026

@Wipqozn I am also excited for KH3D and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.

agent86

11:42 PM

@Wipqozn wat

isn't there going to be a luigi's mansion game for wii u? or am I mis-remembering something

fbueckert

@ickleislands I think a clarification of "off current topic" is required.

agent86

in other news, one of my children has passed out on my left arm. typing is challenging

Wipqozn

@agent86 I think you're mis-remembering something.

ickleislands

now you see, epic mickey is a game that grabbed my attention

Wipqozn

@agent86 I sometimes experience similiar problems with my cat.

ickleislands

11:43 PM

but because it's designed by Warren Spector

fbueckert

@agent86 They're like cats, only bigger and more needy!

ickleislands

how do you go from making Deus Ex to a Micky Mouse game?

agent86

@ickleislands he apparently really likes mickey mouse and I wish I was making this up.

ickleislands

I think he's just taking the easy way out

agent86

> "A lot of people were surprised I guess. My mother said, 'It's about time.' Certainly it was a change of pace in terms of content and tone, but really it was a return to my roots. I wrote my masters thesis on cartoons, I taught animation classes, I did a game called Toon, the cartoon role-playing game, and another called The Bullwinkle and Rocky Party Role Playing Game, back in the tabletop game days, so it was a return to the things I loved."

ickleislands

11:45 PM

How does the man who is responsible for one of the greatest games of all time classify a cartoon IP as his life's goal?

user15026

@ickleislands Because that is part of what makes him awesome?

ickleislands

This is what working with John Romero does to you kids, remember, say no to Romero.

@AshleyNunn agreed :p

fbueckert

Ok. Hitting the open doors button opens all internal doors.

Hitting it again opens all external doors, too.

Sterno

We need ronnie as a moderator. He'd fix this situation up.

user15026

So all the doors are open now?

fbueckert

11:47 PM

@AshleyNunn Long enough to vent half my oxygen. :P

user15026

@fbueckert This sounds like a not good scenario.

fbueckert

Good thing the close doors button closes all doors.

Wipqozn

Well ladies and gents, it's about time I head off. Toodles.

ickleislands

See I figured Warren Spector had lost the plot

But upon some further research I've just done now, I saw a statement and wet myself...

fbueckert

...A ship with three shields in Sector 2.

ickleislands

11:51 PM

"Epic Mickey is primarily an open-ended platform game with some RPG elements, and allows players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels."

goes to buy first one

agent86

@fbueckert easy mode. use it.

user15026

@ickleislands It was pretty awesomesauce

ickleislands

@AshleyNunn my Wii hasn't been plugged in let alone powered on since literally the christmas that Super Mario Brothers Wii came out

the batteries in my wiimotes have all leaked as well

fbueckert

@ickleislands Xenoblade Chronicles. The Last Story. Pandora's Tower.

The last one, especially. It plays like a Metroidvania.

And the story is quite good.