The Bridge

@OrigamiRobot "Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, all information relating to the Beta Trial, Your selection as a Beta Trial participant, the Game ([...]), the Beta Trial forums and other private ZeniMax forums, business and/or trade secrets, testing protocols, processes, and standards relating to the Game and/or associated products or services of ZeniMax."

GnomeSlice

7:16 PM

Did somebody ban @kalina?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Just link to The Bridge.

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badp

Reading NDAs is an awesome way to get myself dissuaded from taking part in this kind of endeavours

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot No. Shut up. I hate you.

I'm really stuck on the first one

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I laughed audible. That was great.

GnomeSlice

MORE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE STARS

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badp

7:17 PM

I can't even ask people I know if they're in the demo; well I can ask but they can't answer.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Yes.

badp

...in a MMORPG - so playing with friends is the whole point.

OrigamiRobot

@badp It's all just them covering their asses

Wipqozn

Oh SNAP!

badp

@OrigamiRobot by exposing our own

winterswift

7:17 PM

@Origami Or whipping yours.

Wipqozn

I'm at exactly 15k rep now.

tortoise shades

Protect ALL the questions!

winterswift

Oh dear god, the Euro Truck Sim questions are back.

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Hailstorms and brimstone rain shall befall thee if you misuse this and protect that which you shan't protect.

OrigamiRobot

@badp How? Just don't tell people about the beta. Easy.

GnomeSlice

I cannae do this.

winterswift

7:19 PM

@Origami Or anything related to the beta.

GnomeSlice

Also, is this any good gnomeslice.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-joys-of-soundcloud

winterswift

@Origami Or anything related to the word 'beta'.

OrigamiRobot

@winterswift Again, easy.

badp

@OrigamiRobot How are you going to play the beta with your friends if you can't, like, ask them their username?

Wipqozn

@GraceNote TOO LATE! ALREADY PROTECTED EVERY QUESTION ON THE SITE!

Grace Note

7:19 PM

@Wipqozn Welp. Your icy-and-fiery-laden funeral.

winterswift

@Origami Just don't ever say the word 'beta', and they won't send their ninjas.

OrigamiRobot

@badp Betas aren't about playing with friends. That's what the actual game is for.

Wipqozn

I'm not sure what games we're talking about, but I'll assume @badp is a criminal for talking about it.

badp

@OrigamiRobot aren't you going to play test how fun playing with friends, as opposed to random strangers, is?

winterswift

@badp Just as long as neither one of you acknowledges that one another exists.

badp

7:20 PM

@Wipqozn elderscrollsonline.com

SaintWacko

Argh! Stupid ogres!

OrigamiRobot

@badp That's probably dependent on your friends and those results have no meaning for them.

kalina

@GnomeSlice yes, I got banned for teasing you

badp

@OrigamiRobot that is patently false. Let me rephrase this a little differently though.

kalina

@GnomeSlice but now I'm back

@GnomeSlice and as such, I will continue

badp

7:22 PM

The sign up form asks me if I am in a MMORPG guild

GnomeSlice

@kalina I didn't know you could get banned for that kind of teasing.

kalina

@GnomeSlice have you made any progress?

@GnomeSlice have you done any work yet?

GnomeSlice

@kalina Not really.

I'm trying

kalina

@GnomeSlice are you focused?

badp

Is there not the implicit assumption that you're going to play the beta with your guildies?

kalina

7:22 PM

you suck

@badp are you talking about elder scrolls online?

OrigamiRobot

@badp No

badp

@kalina Yeah

Grace Note

@badp It could just be asking if you're in one, and thus you have general experience of that sort of coordination. Doesn't mean you'll get to exercise it with those same people in the beta.

kalina

@badp meh, they don't have my address, I gave them a fake name, I don't care about NDAs

it won't stop me flooding the site with questions

badp

@GraceNote Yeah, I mean, the chances of them actually inviting guilds en-masse are pretty low

Lazers

7:23 PM

2

Q: Is there an in-universe reason for why portals don't work on black walls?

In-game, black walls serve to keep puzzles from being too simple by restricting where the player can place portals. However, I'm curious to know if a more in-universe reason is ever given for why these black walls reject portals?

portal-series

kalina

they'll all get closed

I won't care

OrigamiRobot

> You've earned the "Nice Answer" badge for Arqadians or Arqanoids?.

Score!

kalina

@OrigamiRobot die

winterswift

@Lazers I was just researching that question, and found some really funky stuff on some forums. ._.

kalina

@badp you can delete that question now, I can't believe it got downvoted and closed

I will never forgive any of you

badp

7:25 PM

@kalina If I wanted to delete it, I would've deleted it before receiving your permission :P

Three 10kers will probably vote it

kalina

@badp this isn't a want, this is me requesting its deletion on account of everybody here SUCKING

especially you @OrigamiRobot

badp

@kalina Request denied.

The answer has an upvoted answer

kalina

enough suction to pull a golf ball through a hosepipe from @OrigamiRobot

GnomeSlice

@kalina Which question?

Wipqozn

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Q: Arqadians or Arqanoids?

When we refer to Arqade and all of our users, what do we call ourselves? This is somewhat of an on going discussion. Are we Arqadians or are we Arqanoids? Are we neither of these and in fact something completely different?

discussion status-declined top-7

kalina

7:26 PM

@GnomeSlice the fact that we're called Arqadians but @OrigamiRobot disagrees with me

GnomeSlice

@Lazers This is not an actual problem he is facing.

badp

Personally I don't even feel like the question should be closed, but whatevs

kalina

@badp I don't either, but it got closed, and downvoted

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn How does downvoting an 'a or b' question show agreement/disagreement?

badp

@kalina So sad

kalina

7:27 PM

both things set off my allergic reaction to democracy alarms

@GnomeSlice they claim its "not constructive"

OrigamiRobot

3 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot

@kalina If it were to be answered, the site would fall into chaos. That makes the question destructive, which is the opposite of constructive.

kalina

even though meta is all about discussion

GnomeSlice

:/

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice > Plot and characters in games

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Now you're just being silly.

OrigamiRobot

7:28 PM

@GnomeSlice It means people disagree that it is an issue.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot you have declined discussion on meta, the whole site is already falling into chaos

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice But can we take the chance?

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Read my answer.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo For the record, I don't have a problem with it, but people always seem to bring up that argument for questions about games they don't care about.

@OrigamiRobot Hahahahahahaha

So silly.

kalina

every action has an equal and opposite reaction

ie: three people throw snowballs at me at work, I buried one of their cars in snow

Ullallulloo

7:29 PM

@GnomeSlice Yeah, some people don't like them, but they're on-topic for now at least.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice You're silly, ya goose!

Ullallulloo

And everyone likes Portal.

winterswift

@kalina The key word there was equal.

kalina

ie: @OrigamiRobot closed my meta discussion as not constructive, I go over to his house and make his house not constructed

SaintWacko

@kalina How did you choose which one of the three?

winterswift

7:30 PM

;_________;

kalina

@SaintWacko one of them had a nicer car than the others

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot There's a relevant Blockhead quote, but I don't feel like finding the clip right now.

kalina

I buried that

SaintWacko

@kalina Ah, good... Oh, what's the word?

Ullallulloo

@kalina 4-1 = murder 1's family?

OrigamiRobot

7:30 PM

@kalina I live in an apartment.

Ullallulloo

Don't try math.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot that's fine, I can de-construct that

SaintWacko

Starts with a c

means a thing you compare to make a choice

kalina

@Ullallulloo my math is excellent

OrigamiRobot

You can come over and sleep on my couch if you want. Just warn me first so i can clean up all the MtG cards and comics.

kalina

7:31 PM

except when it isn't

@OrigamiRobot ok @GnomeSlice

oh

GnomeSlice

@kalina There are no MtG cards on my couch. Or comics.

kalina

erm

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice There are only comics on my couch. I meant in general.

kalina

somebody help, I have two internet people asking me to come sleep on their couch

SaintWacko

@kalina I know, it's very amusing

Wipqozn

7:33 PM

@kalina You're welcome to go sleep on @Fluttershy's coach.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina You need a good night's sleep before you wreck the building.

kalina

oh god

three internet people

Fluttershy was willing to give me meat too

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SaintWacko

@Wipqozn I don't think that would be as comfortable as a couch

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn I don't have a coach.

SaintWacko

@kalina Probably while you're on the couch, too

Wipqozn

7:33 PM

@Fluttershy Well, you should have thought about that before I made the offer.

kalina

OH GOD

GnomeSlice

Besides, what kind of man makes a woman sleep on the couch.

OrigamiRobot

@Raven has slept on my couch. He can confirm its comfort.

kalina

I am leaving this conversation

SaintWacko

@kalina DISCOMFORTQUIT

Fluttershy

7:35 PM

@GnomeSlice I'd let her take the bed. I enjoy sleeping on couches.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Me too, minus the enjoying sleeping on couches.

I don't really sleep very well anywhere though.

Ever.

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy I can sleep anywhere. I have a fleece bedroll and a squishy pillow in my car

OrigamiRobot

Beds are full of germs. My couch is plenty comfy.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I'm not sexist, so I would.

NOt going to treat her differently just because she's female. This isn't the dark ages.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I have nothing to say to that.

Wipqozn

7:37 PM

@GnomeSlice Excellent. I win. tortoise shade

kalina

did you all enjoy your purely hypothetical conversation?

Wipqozn

@kalina I won the conversation, so yes.

kalina

@Wipqozn grats

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot You just can't leave that alone, can you?

kalina

@fbueckert no he can't

Wipqozn

7:42 PM

@fbueckert I think he's jealous.

GnomeSlice

Can someone help me BS these stupid answers

kalina

he doesn't understand that you would be unwilling to even be friends with me in real life on account of certain things I do

GnomeSlice

@kalina How do you know who would and wouldn't want to befriend you?

fbueckert

@kalina Friends, maybe. But it would be a long shot.

kalina

@GnomeSlice he has a major aversion to people who smoke marijuana

GnomeSlice

7:43 PM

I see.

kalina

@GnomeSlice and I wouldn't change myself so that somebody else would like me

GnomeSlice

I used to, but that was before I had ever met anyone who smoked.

fbueckert

@kalina I have a major aversion to someone who smokes, period.

Like kissing an ashtray.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert That's cigarettes.

kalina

woah how did we get to kissing from friends

and I don't smoke cigarettes

and I agree with you on the ashtray thing

doesn't really apply to marijuana though

GnomeSlice

7:44 PM

Cigarette smokers are the worst.

fbueckert

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this:

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Q: Diablo 3 Monster Curses

I have a Wizard, Witch Doctor and Demon Hunter, all of which are very early in Act I. Sometimes a small skull appears above my character. At other times (only with Odeg the Keywarden in the Fields of Misery?) my character is trapped inside a red column for a few seconds, or moves very slowly whil...

diablo-3

A dupe of this:

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Q: What are the special abilities the unique/champion monsters can have?

Unique and champion monsters will have a combination of randomly determined affixes/abilities, such as "nightmarish" or "waller". What are all of the possible abilities?

insert coin

Smoking is so Soviet ^

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Drinking is Soviet.

kalina

7:45 PM

@fbueckert looks like it

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert It's a quote (sort of) from the clip.

I hope.

kalina

I really dislike drunks

drunks are too unpredictable, I don't feel safe around them

GnomeSlice

> It's too Soviet out there

That's the quote.

fbueckert

@kalina Well, then! Cast dem close votes!

kalina

@fbueckert I can't, my perfectly on topic question on meta got closed so I am abstaining from closing anything in protest

fbueckert

7:47 PM

@kalina I abstained from voting on it entirely.

GnomeSlice

@kalina It got closed?

kalina

@GnomeSlice yes

GnomeSlice

I thought it was just downvoted.

@kalina For what reason?

kalina

I would say start an uproar, but from you that is pretty normal behaviour anyway

Wipqozn

@kalina Good thing off-topic isn't the only close reason.

kalina

7:48 PM

@GnomeSlice not constructive

GnomeSlice

:/

I'm just going to take a zero on these answers I think.

kalina

@Wipqozn it was perfectly constructive, it's an important disagreement that needs public opinion

GnomeSlice

Because this isn't working.

kalina

that's what meta is for!

GnomeSlice

'Arqade community members' works for me.

kalina

7:48 PM

@GnomeSlice YOU are not working

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Here's what will work: get out of the Bridge and concentrate on your work.

GnomeSlice

@kalina Not effectively, no.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Get out of here with your logic

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert I haven't been in here all day. I just can't come up with anything to write.

kalina

@GnomeSlice I still think a chat ban would make you more effective

fbueckert

7:49 PM

@Wipqozn I'm mostly logic. Get rid of that, and all you have left is the dancing lumberjack.

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kalina

@GnomeSlice what are you stuck on?

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Lumberjacks are really manly though.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert I see nothing wrong with that

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Without logic, I wouldn't be around here very much at all.

I'd be out dancing.

Or lumberjacking.

kalina

he's a lumberjack and he's ok, he works all night and dances all day

do you dance while lumberjacking?

that would be a health hazard surely

fbueckert

7:51 PM

@kalina Only to the people around me.

kalina

@fbueckert well that's thoughtful

kill all the lumberjacks, save the trees!

fbueckert

@kalina If I'm lumberjacking and dancing, it stands to reason I've got either an axe or a chainsaw.

kalina

@fbueckert axes and chainsaws are melee weapons

fbueckert

Either is not conduicive to niceness towards humans or trees.

kalina

I learned that from playing video games, because real life failed to teach me that

GnomeSlice

7:53 PM

@fbueckert Forestry provides materials for humanity.

That is nice to humans.

kalina

and as such, all I would need to counter your melee weapon is a shotgun

I learned that from video games too

fbueckert

@kalina Puny shotguns don't stop real men!

kalina

@fbueckert I don't know what to say, video games didn't teach me that

Mass Effect contained no conversation wheel options that allows me to proceed with this conversation

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Totes jelly.

GnomeSlice

I AM WRITING

Now this question/answer will be fine, once I get started I'm okay.

kalina

7:56 PM

@GnomeSlice I bet you're not, I bet you're typing

GnomeSlice

@kalina Correct.

kalina

@GnomeSlice so go type somewhere else

GnomeSlice

I have mild dysgraphia. I can't write very well with pen and paper.

@kalina First you wanted me to stay, now you want me to leave.

Ullallulloo

@kalina > writ·ing /ˈrītiNG/ Noun The activity or occupation of composing text

GnomeSlice

Women

Ender

7:57 PM

3 Jumps. 3 Suns going nova. IN A ROW.

kalina

@GnomeSlice I am not sure where you got this idea of me 'wanting' you from

Ender

hi @winter

GnomeSlice

@kalina I said you wanted me to stay, not that you wanted me. Anyway, you kept talking about how great I was.

winterswift

@ender Morning.

GnomeSlice

I'm not sure why you keep twisting the things I'm saying into sexual tension between you and I.

kalina

7:58 PM

@GnomeSlice only to make others thing that I was your sockpuppet and that you were crazy enough to talk to yourself

winterswift

> sexual tension

What's been happening while I went to play Hacknet? :|

kalina

@GnomeSlice lol this isn't sexual tension

GnomeSlice

@kalina Oh. ...Of course not...

kalina

@winterswift @GnomeSlice is so lonely that he has convinced himself that I am after him in a sexual manner

GnomeSlice

@kalina Wouldn't be the first time.

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