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Question: If I were to post a question asking for the best strategy for x mode, would that be closed on being subjective?

That's not even remotely enough data to make a call.

@ZeroStack Would probably depend on the game.

I have seen many postings asking for the best approach on something, but they havent been closed.

(that I found)

@fbueckert hmm okay well I will create it and hope it doesnt get closed lol.

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Q: Cleanup 2013: It's time to clearly identify community consensus

On meta we have a tag to denote frequently asked questions, it is the moderator only bright red tag known as faq. This tag provides us the opportunity to group together our agreed community consensuses, allowing us easy access to reference them and an easy way to point new users trying to learn h...

discussion site-policies site-faq

Nooo, fucking rebels. Why do you need to rebel?

4:02 PM

@ZeroStack Or you can be more specific here.

Oh lord, this will be almost all of spain rising up.

@Wipqozn Said the Emperor.

Just like on the main site, being vague and inspecific while asking a question on meta or in chat... isn't very helpful to neither the answerers nor to you, the asker, in actually getting the answer you want.

@GraceNote True. Basically I am looking for good defensive strategies for survival in gta-online. We were able to beat 1 map, but we are getting our shit pushed in on others.

The Bridge needs events that spam the entire network.

4:03 PM

@Sterno We did. They were called gaming grants.

@Sterno Still suffering from your ill-conceived dive into the DMZ?

That seem to have gone the way of the dodo. :(

That is my last kalina vs meta post for today

@SepiaLazers Assuming StackExchange sites are run by community census? That's an... interesting assumption.

@GraceNote Indeed

@fbueckert Yes, more of those please!

4:04 PM

@GraceNote I'm still in the DMZ

gogo people, go vote and answer on meta

@kalina I don't take you for suffering at this juncture.

consensus is important

I actually wanted to create a new tag on meta called 'cleanup-2013' just so I could link the tag instead of the questions

but I figured somebody would roll it back

@ZeroStack Best to flesh out the situation as much as you can, in regards to what the goal strategy you're trying to accomplish is. Then let it fly and see how it goes and if we can we will work it down to what we can assist with.

@Wipqozn Your decision to put Etrian Odyssey on the backburner while you Poke the Mon is unacceptable.

user15026

@fbueckert We are a well-developed site, we don't need omg special presents all the time, you know? We are good at creating our own content.

4:05 PM

@AshleyNunn But...free games!

I like free games!

@fbueckert cc @fredley

user15026

@fbueckert I suppose, but like....that horse is very very dead I think

@fbueckert tommedley.com/seed

@GraceNote You into the post-game of EO4 yet?

I know, you didn't mean that kind of games

4:06 PM

These rebels are just out of control.

@Sterno At least now you can finish before me.

@AshleyNunn Also, I never actually got any free games from the grants.

@Sterno Nope, but I wrote an awesome answer for Yuki yesterday.

@Wipqozn I was rather looking forward to you finishing first, but then me claiming that it was an inferior victory since it was on Normal and didn't include the bonus dungeon content.

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@fbueckert I might've gotten one, but like....dude, site is huge, with many users, a lot of people missed out

also, I earned my convention badge

4:07 PM

@Sterno Oh, so I managed to ruin your fun. Excellent.

user15026

@Wipqozn And thus, you are a happier turtle :P

SE needs gif avatars

I want one of these

@AshleyNunn I know. It's not like I need free games; I can easily afford any that catch my eye. I just like whining about it.

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Q: Is there an effective way to increase affection without Pokemon-Amie?

This is part of a three part question, but the others aren't up quite yet. I have heard that having high affection will ultimately pay off, but having to take long breaks to do both Super Training an Pokemon Amie (both have vital bonuses, but take ages to make a difference) gets in the way of me...

4:08 PM

@Sterno You could just buy Pokemon and then let me beat that before you too, and then go back to Etrian Odyessy.

@fredley This just reminds me of the beardslap that I saw in one of the SEKARIT chat rooms once.

@GraceNote beardslap is an excellent gif

user15026

@fbueckert It just seems....weird to me I guess.

user image

Yeah, that's the one.

4:09 PM

uggh, these rebels have taken two provinces.

I'm taking them back.

@Wipqozn I had the box in my hand, but I couldn't bring myself to buy it. And every review I've read doesn't make me think I should get it either. I'm apparently just not a Pokemon guy.

@Sterno But don't you enjoy buying games to not play them?

@Sterno This is why you need to get your little girl into it. There's several benefits to it.

@Wipqozn It's important for them to be games that I think maybe someday I might play.

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@GraceNote And steal my 3DS from me? Never!

I just wanted to point something out to people:

gaming.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/54324

4:10 PM

(plus, it'll be a few years)

give people a format and they will use it

I cannot believe that after all the changes in computing technology, we are still using animated GIFs.

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Proposed Q&A site for authors, writers and readers who enjoy a good book.

Currently in definition.

user15026

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Alas, Literature, I knew you well

@Sterno But but, benefits!

4:13 PM

Wait, SE has/had a Literature site>?

@ToxicFrog Ashley was a mod there.

@GraceNote When she is old enough to game I'll get her every game she wants. Even My Little Pony games.

user15026

@GraceNote I wasn't, actually.

user15026

I was on Libraries, though

These rebels are the worst.

4:14 PM

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment That seems awful broad, too.

@AshleyNunn Oh, right. Those were actually two sites. Oops.

And will have heavy overlap with SciFi, History, and probably others I don't know of.

user15026

@ToxicFrog We did, it didn't work so well, it turned into an "identify this book" engine, among other issues

@AshleyNunn Well, Grace killed so many SE sites that she lost track ;-)

user15026

@fbueckert Mhm. All of my sci-fi rep is from Lit getting absorbed, for example

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4:15 PM

@MadScientist Hahaha well, she is some sort of weapon, no?

@AshleyNunn you have scifi rep? Quick! Delete your account

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@GraceNote Haha it's okay, they both died relatively similar deaths

@Wipqozn Man, first you hate on France, then you hate on rebels. You can't stay mad at anything. :P

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@kalina I didn't ask for it! it just....stuck itself to me!

@fbueckert I still hate France. They're big and mean.

4:16 PM

@AshleyNunn this sounds icky

Is it bad that one of my Steam friends changed his name to ChrisK and I was like all "Who the f' is ChrisK?" and "since when were there two Valve employees on my friends list?"

BC Civil Liberties Association is suing CSEC (Canadian FBI) for its illegal spying activities

user15026

@kalina As it should, no?

@Sterno The Drama continues!

@RedRiderX you said CSEC, I read Citadel Security

4:16 PM

@AshleyNunn aah.

@AshleyNunn well, yes!

Of course the answer to the second was that there is still just one... and the answer to the second should give you the answer to the first.

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Proposed by our suspended friend

@fbueckert It's like Christmas!

Hmm. There's a scifi SE? I wonder if it's any good.

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4:17 PM

@ToxicFrog Oh, sweetie. That's a can of worms.

@ToxicFrog Most of it is a game of poke the plot holes.

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(It is fundamentally different in accepted content than here, so let's just say some peopel here really, really don't like it for those reasons.)

If only I could give more stars...

@Wipqozn So you're an equal opportunity hater! This, I approve of.

@AshleyNunn Self-propelled artillery cannon, indeed.

4:19 PM

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Q: Bitten by a vampire, werewolf, and zombie... what happens to him?

I'm toying with the idea of having a character bitten by more than one bite-infecting monster and wondered about just what would happen. What are the generally-accepted time windows from bite to transformation for the above monsters? I'm thinking, from shortest to longest Zombie: Hours, 1 f...

zombie vampire powers werewolf magical-creatures

@kalina Well they do have a billion-dollar spy palace, apparently.

@GraceNote - Your name came up in my kid's music lesson last night. Not in reference to artillery, though.

user15026

@GraceNote Yes! I knew it was something that made stuff go boom

I see this carter dude, and all I can think of is his style is very similiar to NOYB.

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Q: Are E.T. and Star Wars in the same universe?

An answer about the Star Wars timeline, uses the appearance of E.T.-like creatures in the Star Wars universe as a frame of reference for dating the sagas relative to our present day. I remember noticing, and discussing the E.T.-like creatures when I saw the film, too, but is there an in-universe...

star-wars et-the-extra-terrestrial shared-universe

4:20 PM

@JasonBerkan Not enough folks are into orchestrating destruction.

@Wipqozn flagged as offensive

user15026

@Wipqozn what no why

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Q: Could the Enterprise beam a vampire into a house she didn’t have permission to enter?

There's this article on io9.com asking this exact question, and I thought that scifi.SE would be the ultimate place to have the matter settled. I present to you: This is a serious question that has been bothering me. We all know that in most vampire lore, a vampire cannot enter a house withou...

star-trek vampire

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@Wipqozn Are you trying to sway @ToxicFrog away from peeking at Scifi?

Whoa, that one got closed finally.

4:21 PM

@RedRiderX HOLY SHIT FILTERED DRINKING FOUNTAINS

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Q: Story where the number 3 is the monster?

I remember as a child reading a story where the narrator was a little boy and how he was scared only twice a day – when the clock read 3:33. The 3's would be powerful enough (there were three of them at 3:33) to leave the clock in the boy's room for one minute and do what they want. They terrifie...

story-identification children number

This is the worst.

Net score of 86.

What is constructive in scifi.SE?

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@RedRiderX I am super fascinated by this

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Q: Story where scientist communicates with cities directly

In the story, a scientist discovers that cities have more or less a gestalt consciousness, and that they communicate with each other indirectly through people. He decodes this communication, and begins communicating with a city by having people wear colored t-shirts and go to particular places. ...

story-identification artificial-intelligence sentience

and another one.

Sff seems to upvote ITS to mean "I'd love to read that!"

user15026

@Wipqozn I mean or a set of questions they accept, it isn't a bad theory on how to vote for them

user15026

4:23 PM

I mean a lot of my upvotes are "I am also curious about this thing", and the curiousity comes in many forms

:11808437 I already posted that one, gawd.

Too late

Please keep up voting until we reach 33. — Pureferret Jan 14 '12 at 1:32

I was required to upvote that comment to make it go from 33 to 34

Because I hate SciFi.

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@Sterno facedesk

And am a terrible person.

4:24 PM

It looks like they've actually started closing shit questions though, which have really high sores.

@Wipqozn They're learning. Slowly but surely.

@Sterno You're a monster

They really should appoint a few members of Arqade to be supreme overlord of their site.

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Q: What is this man doing with a Starfleet mini-skirt?

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Encounter at Farpoint, we see Deanna Troi wearing some kind of mini-skirt uniform. I did not remember this before, as Troi wore more casual clothing later in the show, but I thought it was a great tribute to Uhura's uniform in the original series. ...

star-trek star-trek-tng

@SaintWacko :)

Now I really want to ask about a story where 4 is the monster, and the boy is afraid of 4:44

4:26 PM

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Q: Is there any way to win without relying on science?

In Civilization V I've noticed that pretty much whatever you do in game, the main way to win is always by having more science than the AI. I'm really interested however in trying a game where I don't focus as much on science and focus mostly on either being diplomatic or religious towards other c...

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Q: Didn't Cash in my 1st badge

I comleted all missions on Level 1 and didnt not Cash in my 1st badge. Then I completed all missions in Level 2 and cashed in to get my badge. Did i miss the 1st badge ?? I can't seem to find a way to cash in anywhere to get my 1st badge back. Any help would be appreciated

@Wipqozn I volunteer for that heavy burden.

I would probably close 95% of their questions.

@fbueckert I don't think your blood pressure could handle it.

@Wipqozn With mod powers, it wouldn't need to.

Unless you just ignore all the complaints.

As in don't even bother reading them.

@Sterno 4 is a common thing to be afraid of considering the number of cultures where it is a homophone with death.

4:27 PM

SciFi.SE + @fbueckert as mod = daily meta hiliarity.

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aka pure chaos

@Sterno It would probably exceed Atwood levels of drama.

IT would be glorious.

@Wipqozn And delete them out of hand.

Now I really want it to happen.

@fbueckert, make a meta post on SFF telling them why everything they do is wrong and why you're right about everything.

4:28 PM

How much rep do you need to vote in elections? I'd go get enough just so I can vote for @fbueckert in the next election. Totally worth it.

@Sterno 200? I think?

If so, I'm only 2 rep away!

We could all make a bunch of alt accounts and engage in vote rigging to ensure he wins.

Shortest mod tenure ever.

Long enough to DELETE ALL THE QUESTIONS

4:29 PM

The amount of mod abuse you can get away with is carefully regulated, and contrary to popular belief there is actually an upper limit

Let the SciFi.SE moderator election rigging commence

@MadScientist Hence why I'd have the shortest mod tenure.

@jmfsg managed to delete every ITG question in an hour.

It was beauitful.

See, for you guys to vote for me, I have to actually HAVE a SciFi account.

@fbueckert Just make a new account called "SciFI is dumb" and run with it.

4:31 PM

@MadScientist How is @badp?

I'm sure you'll get lots of love.

@MadScientist Stop ruining the dream.

@Sterno I know! @MadScientist is such a meabie.

@fredley You'll have to ask someone from SE, the mod abuse highscore is not public

I'd bring it into line with Arqade standards. The mod fights on that site alone would hit epic proportions.

4:32 PM

@MadScientist There should be a rank by > abuse button on users/mods

Maybe if @fbueckert managed to fix SciFi @MarkTrapp would return to us.

@Wipqozn Oh, in that case forget it.

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@fbueckert as much as I love our standards, sometimes they don't work everywhere

@AshleyNunn Don't be silly. We're clearly right about everything and are perfectly perfect.

@AshleyNunn My views are fundamentally incompatible with SciFi's. I understand that, and hence why I stay away.

4:33 PM

I'm pretty sure @fbueckert could close every SF questions with: "What, you have a question about a movie or TV show? How is that a real problem you're facing? Closed!"

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@Sterno Stealing that for my inevitable mod abuse streak.

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We have one other hope.

Jeff doesn't liek SciFi at all.

So maybe one day Jeff will get really, really drunk and just delete the site.

He still has his super diamond!

@Wipqozn Sadly, backups are a thing, and would get recovered if it wasn't a community or SE decision.

@fbueckert Jeff is part of the community now!

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4:37 PM

Why is it that when people go Vegan, they become crazy obsessive and can't stop talking about it?

@Sterno Because they have to rationalize why they're giving up steak.

@Sterno Because it's a lot of work?

@Sterno I have a Vegan friend who isn't crazy.

And convincing others means they're not the only ones.

MAybe you just only know crazy vegans.

4:38 PM

@Wipqozn That may be true.

Then again, anyone who doesn't eat fish must be a little crazy.

@fredley I think i'm inserting punctuation wrong here...

@Sterno Because you have to be crazy to become vegan?

Today is sushi day!

I will enjoy it immensely.

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A: Cleanup 2013: It's time for consensus on... the multiplayer tag

Let's just start enacting the plan that has been agreed upon twice already. Go to the multiplayer tag. Pick a tag you're familiar with from the Related Tags section Start retagging those questions. In most cases, all you'll need to do is remove multiplayer. If you're unsure, don't do anythin...

4:39 PM

@tugs Disgusting

I'm all for saving the animals, but if fish don't want people eating them then they shouldn't be so delicious.

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@fbueckert I am jealous it has been so long since I have had sushi

@Sterno Otherwise, how will you know they're Vegan?

Whoa. Deja vu.

@Wipqozn This is how it works with most animals.

@AshleyNunn Same here. I think it's been almost 2 weeks.

user15026

4:40 PM

"OMG PROF YOU MUST STOP TALKING YOU ARE STEALING MY ESSAY IDEAS YOU CANT TEACH THIS"

user15026

^paraphrased, but from That Annoying Girl in my Fantasy class

You know a lot of annoying people.

You really need to stop attending these classes with them.

user15026

they need to stop attending classes I like.

@Wipqozn Or just bring a tranq gun.

And do lots of practicing.

user15026

@fbueckert Oooooh yes this can I do this

4:41 PM

@fbueckert or a Tiger.

user15026

@Wipqozn sigh Its been way longer for me

@AshleyNunn 3 Weeks?

@AshleyNunn Reminds me of the Chuck episode where they kept tranqing Manoosh.

user15026

@Wipqozn more like.....a month and a half

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@fbueckert Yes! :D

4:42 PM

@AshleyNunn Wow. You should just drop what you're doing and go get sushi.

Y'all have a strange view of a long time. It's been years since I had sushi (and not because I dislike it).

user15026

@Wipqozn I am in class! And then work! And then counselling! And then picking up a few things I need for my trip! And then evening class!

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Q: What bonuses are related to friendship?

If you battle with your pokemon, you increase your friendship with that pokemon. It wouldn't make sense to have a feature like that if it didn't change anything, but if I ever knew what bonus you got when gaining your pokemons' trust, I've forgotten. What bonuses are gained when you gain the trus...

@AshleyNunn OKay, well, I can't stand for this. LEt me help.

@ToxicFrog: Deliver @AshleyNunn some Sushi.

@AshleyNunn Trip to where?

user15026

@Wipqozn You are so demanding :P

user15026

4:45 PM

@Wipqozn NYC to see a friend of mine

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OKAY NOW I AM LEAVING FOR WORK NOW

Dammit, Cookie Clicker needs a proper dungeon update.

@AshleyNunn Oh nifty. Planning to meet up with any SE folks?

I know strix works there now, because Google.

I thought Google was on a floating island in the clouds.

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Q: My world has a huge void gap [BUG]

I have this huge gap in my world, i was just starting to get things going with the FTB mod so please tell me this is easy to fix. When i enter it i can move forward very slowly, i did not move in all the way but just a bit with SHIFT and took me some time to get out of it. I cannot build in it...

minecraft minecraft-feed-the-beast

4:52 PM

wait what

when people say "the cloud" they don't actually mean servers floating on clouds?

MY PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD IS DAMAGED

I always wondered why loads of data didn't go missing every time it rained

I thought Google was a chocolate factory. That's what The Register calls it.

@kalina How does damage go missing? Do you...fix...it?

@kalina I know, right?

Oops, I mean: inorite?

Gotta stay up on the hip kids' lingo.

WTF where did damage come from

I must have still been damaged from the previous chat message

@Sterno zomg that's like, so... srsly yea innit

like

4:55 PM

@Sterno Your daughter is soon going to start shaking her head sadly at her out of touch dad.

@fbueckert inorite?

Why does every friggin' open source project make it impossible to find the download link?

@Blem lol'd so much

Oh, yay, $1000 of Dwarven Forge dungeon tiles arrived at my door today.

I hate you, Kickstarter.

@Sterno $1000 worth? o_O

@Sterno Probably not as much as @fredley does.

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