The Bridge

7:00 PM

And there's really no other explanation for some of the sites weakest content often having a ton of upvotes but a very low final score.

Grace Note

Oh, that is Hoshii Miki. Figures.

OrigamiRobot

I am saying if a question goes negative, it's certain to get a sudden surge of upvotes.

Sterno

Unless it's about jiggle physics.

ToxicFrog

Why is this even a thing? I've seen a hundred or two questions since I joined. two of those were lore questions. One I don't remember and the other I actually thought was interesting.

And yet apparently they're a horrible plague that is killing the site and must be BANNED 4EVAH?

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Yes, clearly. A single downvote obviously leads people to spam upvotes all the way into a double digit score. Conspiiiiiiraaaacyyyy!

People upvote stuff you don't like. Deal with it.

OrigamiRobot

7:01 PM

Oh are we doing this now?

Sterno

@ToxicFrog I think that's a misrepresentation of the opposition's argument.

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka 5 HL2 disks. 5 + 2 = 7. 7 * 7 = 49. 4 + 9 = 13. 13 % 10 = 3. HL3 confirmed.

Sterno

But if you really want to know, the recent thing all started here, which was closed, meta'd, reopened, and led to the discussion about lore in general, which to be fair none of the opposition cared enough about to write a meta about it. So it's not as big an issue as it seems.

OrigamiRobot

Yes, I am victimized because people like questions I don't like.

Boo hoo.

I am crying now.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot screenshot or it didn't happen

OrigamiRobot

7:02 PM

Please tell me what else you'd like me to say.

ken.ganong

Do people actually pity up-vote? Is that a real thing or just an imagined thing?

Wipqozn

@ken.ganong It's a real thing.

StrixVaria

@ken.ganong It's a real thing and I hate it.

Sterno

Pity upvoting is absolutely a real thing which I shall now go prove.

OrigamiRobot

@ken.ganong People misuse the voting system both ways.

Wipqozn

7:03 PM

Although it doesn't always happen when people say it does.

kalina

@ToxicFrog looks like it to me

Tim Stone

It's actually far less prevalent than people think. But since I'm too lazy to prove that I'll make @Sterno come up with something.

ken.ganong

I'll believe the 4 people that immediately responded to my question.

Sterno

@TimStone Step 1. View @fbueckert's activity and find a question where he talks about why he doesn't like a lore question. Step 2: Find someone in the same comment thread specifically saying they're upvoting to balance him. I know I've seen this at least twice.

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria I'd have gone with 5-2 myself

Sterno

7:05 PM

I'm slow at searching though

ken.ganong

It just surprises me because I would never think to do it, so much so that I would not think that other people would think to pity up-vote.

Grace Note

@ken.ganong It's like revenge downvoting, where someone gets all in a huff about someone having wronged them and so downvotes all their stuff. It is a thing that may happen but it is also a thing that can look like it happened when it didn't. That's all there is to it.

kalina

@TimStone pity upvoting does happen reasonably frequently

Sterno

I also fully agree it's not a big deal. I just disagree with the claim that it doesn't happen.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina As does revenge downvoting. Are you still being routinely downvoted?

Grace Note

7:06 PM

Votes are to be given as their owners wish. It's not always in line with what guidance we give for it, but it remains theirs to give and some will do this, some will not. So is as it is.

Lazers

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Q: Nasus jungle - what is better: completing the jungle faster or farming with Q?

As a Nasus jungler, I can't decide what is more important. Should I not use E for the weaker camps and try Q-last-hit even the small monsters or should I just Q-last-hit what I can (usually the biggest monster), but always use E and smite?

league-of-legends

Wipqozn

@Sterno We've also had users admit in chat to pity upvoting,.

Sterno

I downvote anything that says "looser" when they mean "loser".

Tim Stone

@Sterno I think that's a more complex case than the basic "Oh noes, that person got a down vote!" scenario, but that's fair.

People used to suggest that just about everything which was down voted would also receive a pity up vote though, which is not true.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I GIVE UP THIS STUPID GIR CRYING GIF DOESN'T WANT TO WORK!

user15026

7:08 PM

I dunno I think we are getting way too caught up in stuff that ultimately doesn't hurt as much as we assume it does.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I'll give you a B- anyway, for the effort.

Grace Note

Which is why we should subject-change.

Sterno

@TimStone Totally agree. It's more about disagreeing with the downvote than worrying that the poor user's psyche will be crushed for having received one.

user15026

We are getting way too close to "defend your every action here" territory.

Grace Note

I suggest we all start poking @LoganM.

OrigamiRobot

7:09 PM

@Sterno I'll take your pity upvote any day!

Sterno

I gave @gnomeslice a pity bounty once.

But then he changed his name and I wish I could take it back.

OrigamiRobot

You monster.

Ben Brocka

I pity upvote posts complaining about pity upvoting

Sterno

I've also determined @fbueckert leaves way too many comments to make searching through them easy.

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Like these?

Tim Stone

7:11 PM

@Sterno To Data Explorer!

@GraceNote I see your request for subject-change and raise you a baby photo

Grace Note

@TimStone Naw, I wouldn't want to poke that. Too baby-y.

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone All babies are ugly, but out of respect for you, I will say yours is least ugly.

Probably just as gross though.

Jason Berkan

My babies were all cute. I thought it was odd, given that I am not.

Grace Note

Congrats, though.

OrigamiRobot

Also grats.

Tim Stone

7:14 PM

@OrigamiRobot I appreciate your restraint. nods He is...not terribly gross.

Grace Note

Browsing through my old Photobucket brings back memories.

user15026

@TimStone Baby! <3

Tim Stone

Thank you both!

kalina

I keep my photos in albums, not buckets

Tim Stone

@AshleyNunn ALL THE BABIES!

user15026

7:15 PM

Babies are awesome as long as I can give em back to their owners

Grace Note

@kalina I have two albums in there, as it were.

OrigamiRobot

I don't want anything to do with kids who can't tell me what's wrong with them.

kalina

also, screw you guys and your bickering about policy. I am quitting Arqade and moving to gaming.stackexchange.com - they seem like a much nicer bunch of people

user15026

@kalina They generally are, it's a good choice :)

Ben Brocka

pixel heart 4 lyfe

badp

7:16 PM

@kalina lol, those losers at gaming.stackexchange.com are still bickering about ITG

kalina

long live the pixel heart

@badp ITG is the best

Tim Stone

Speaking of gross, I am horribly full of milkshake.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote I need a goal for Elona.

Mana

@GraceNote sadly no

Tim Stone

Manaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ToxicFrog

7:18 PM

@OrigamiRobot detonate a nuclear weapon in a populated area

Mana

@TimStone TIM.

Grace Note

@Mana ...what. You were like, my Brawl dudepersondude. Maaaan.

OrigamiRobot

@ToxicFrog A constructive goal.

Grace Note

@ToxicFrog This is worth -100 Karma, though, at least the first time you do it.

But it's a thing to do, yeah, might as well.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot SO YOU'RE SAYING MY BABY IS UGLY, THEN?

ToxicFrog

7:19 PM

Wait, you can actually do that in Elona?

Mana

@GraceNote was that an item or something? I played with them off.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Yep.

ToxicFrog

I was just throwing out random suggestions based on my recent play of DoomRL.

Grace Note

@Mana It's one of the enemies in Subspace Emissary.

kalina

cc @fredley

Grace Note

7:19 PM

@ToxicFrog I was actually in the middle of suggesting it myself.

OrigamiRobot

All babies are ugly. It's not their fault, they just haven't grown into proper human proportions yet.

Grace Note

Nukes eventually become a sort of general farming strategy at a certain point.

@OrigamiRobot quit

@GraceNote oh my god

now go!

7:20 PM

mariowiki.com/Armight

OrigamiRobot

How rude.

Mana

it's totally this guy

man, screw that enemy.

Grace Note

Yes it is.

Sterno

DRAGON > ALL

Grace Note

And so now you understand everyone's reaction in that thread.

user15026

7:21 PM

The idea that Horse_ebooks was just someone making performance art makes me sad.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Nope.

sigh As much as I like riding @Wipqozn, I miss BMO.

7

Tim Stone

@Sterno We may have to make a joint commitment to dress our children up as sloths this Halloween.

Sterno

@TimStone Agreed.

user15026

@Sterno So. Much. Adorableness.

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone You would betray me like this? D:

Tim Stone

7:23 PM

I'm a moderator, surely you saw this coming.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot tmi

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone The treachery stings all the same. T_T

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Clearly @RonanForman needs to make an image of BMO riding me.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I find it odd that just now I stumbled upon a picture of 101 movie characters drawn as sloths.

user15026

Which I will not link because I am not mean

OrigamiRobot

7:25 PM

@AshleyNunn Do it anyway. I want to see the horror.

But I haven't been NEPTR or Canti in a while...

Yuki

@TimStone No I didn't. And don't call me Shirley!

OrigamiRobot

CHOICES ARE SO CONFUSING

Grace Note

Hah, this was also an amusing one.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I found you a video version.

user15026

shittywatercolour.com/post/60295973670/…

Ben Brocka

7:27 PM

@AshleyNunn I was always certain it was a person doing it, hearing it's vomit Buzzfeed is much worse though

Grace Note

Note that in spite of apparently eating a mastodon corpse that exploded, that run was actually my first ascension in Nethack.

user15026

@BenBrocka I know, right? I was pretty sure someone had to be responsible, but it makes me mad that it is Buzzfeed because they just annoy me endlessly

Ben Brocka

@GraceNote ...explodes?

We're all sorry to hear that Horse Ebooks is a Buzzfeed plant. Maybe cheer yourself up with this list of 15 ways the XBox one is totally coo

Tweeted by TheXbone on September 24, 2013 at 3:33 PM

Grace Note

@BenBrocka A curious turn of events, yes.

Yuki

@BenBrocka .... No words come to mind.

Ben Brocka

7:29 PM

was supposed to be "cool" but twitter cut off right at "coo" and I was amused enough to let it slide

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Aww, I can't see videos from work. :(

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I will try to find you the image again, if you really like

ken.ganong

@GraceNote I've played Brawl, even The Subspace Emissary, less than a week ago and I still did not remember that Elona was an enemy there.

Grace Note

@ken.ganong ...you mean Armight?

user15026

7:33 PM

There you go, @OrigamiRobot.

Wipqozn

annnnd done.

Oracle Series completed (again).

Take that @Fluttershy.

user15026

Damn, I am still working on Seasons, and I haven't even gotten to Ages yet.

ken.ganong

@GraceNote perhaps I read the chat upsidedown, I do remember an Armight.

user15026

I keep getting distracted

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn So scary.

Grace Note

7:34 PM

@ken.ganong All the Brawl talk was about Armights. Nothing at all involving Elona.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I told you!

Ben Brocka

3spooky5me

user15026

Also, I am annoyed my PSP charger seems to be missing. :(

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Is this your first time playing the Oracle games?

user15026

@Wipqozn No, second.

user15026

7:36 PM

I played them both when they came out originally (I had Ages, the boy I liked had Seasons, we traded)

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Good.

@AshleyNunn I remember this now.

Well, I'm a hero now, so you guys are all in my debt.

user15026

@Wipqozn Video games helped me get more than one person to date me. It's kinda weird.

user15026

@Wipqozn starts a revolution

Wipqozn

Instead of "my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" it's "My video games bring all the boys to the yard"

user15026

@Wipqozn And a few girls, too.

user15026

7:39 PM

It is a surprisingly effective strategy.

Wipqozn

so now that Oracle is out of the way, I'm all ready for Wind Waker HD next week.

They've made quite a few minor changes which look to improve the experience quite a lot.

Yuki

@Wipqozn Whooo~ Wind Waker HD!

user15026

I never really liked Wind Waker. too much sailing.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn wind Waker HD addresses this.

user15026

but I dont have a wiiu :(

Wipqozn

7:43 PM

It has a new super sail. It's faster than the original sail, and the wind now changes as you move. That is to say the wind is never against you anymore.

Ben Brocka

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Clearly you should play 999 for DS

user15026

@Powerlord I get bogged down in all the reading :(

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn neat. Will probably still wait on WWHD though

user15026

I am waiting for my reader to charge so I can go back to reading Red Seas Under Red SKies because OMG stuff is HAPPENING (though stuff is always happening in these books, its why they are so aweosme)

ken.ganong

7:46 PM

@Wipqozn Are you playing the Zelda games through in a particular order?

ToxicFrog

@Wipqozn does it still have the terrible pointless scavenger hunt?

@AshleyNunn if you have the right cable (or if the T1 supports read-while-unmounted) you should be able to read on it while charging

user15026

@ToxicFrog It is completely like omg shut off dead.

user15026

So I have to wait a little for it to want to even turn on

user15026

Also, I am miffled - a book I want is out today in America but being Canadian I have to wait another week.

Lazers

1

Q: Can I transfer money to other main characters?

I wanted to transfer money from my richest main character to the others for them to buy properties. Is there a way to transfer money to other characters?

grand-theft-auto-5

user15026

7:49 PM

(for once I actually want a physical copy, hence the wait and not like getting an epub I can strip down and convert)

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn It takes a while to let the syrup soak in.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot grumbles

Sterno

I am ready for a new Dresden Files book.

user15026

@Sterno I still have to read more of those, but I realized I cant just read them in a row. I need breaks between.

badp

and now, five seconds of silence to mourn horse_ebooks.

carry on!

Powerlord

7:52 PM

@badp Where's my bacon?

badp

@Powerlord horse_ebooks had it. horse_ebooks was a person. horse_ebooks ate the bacon. slosh, slosh, slosh.

Jason Berkan

I just got a paper route!

user15026

.....okay, how in the world can anyone be calling me from a 3 digit phone number

user15026

that makes no sense

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn calls @AshleyNunn from 911

Lazers

7:55 PM

0

Q: How do I buy special vehicles?

In Grand Theft Auto V, how do you buy special cars? I just went into my garage and it said press right on the d-pad and it showed one special car. I was wondering how to buy more.

grand-theft-auto-5

0

Q: How can I evade the police at star level 3 and higher?

I've been having some trouble evading the police when they start calling the helicopters out to spot me. Two stars and below it's pretty easy to flee in a car and either avoid the cops altogether or duck into some alleyway until they loose you. Helicopters, however, always seem to spot me when t...

grand-theft-auto-5

user15026

@Powerlord sigh

ken.ganong

@AshleyNunn did the number end with 11?

Sterno

So, I want predictions: Agents of SHIELD.... is it going to be just sort of boring and bland, or a complete trainwreck of awfulness?

badp

@AshleyNunn HIDE

user15026

These are all fromm 55X numbers.

user15026

7:55 PM

@ken.ganong nope

badp

IT IS THEM

ToxicFrog

Lots of GTA5 questions of late.

Wipqozn

@ToxicFrog I'm not sure on the exact details, but they did something to improve that.

badp

THE MAN IS COMING

YOU DID THE THING

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE THING

THEY KNOW

Wipqozn

@ken.ganong No. I just felt like playing the oracle games, and wind waker hd comes out next week.

badp

7:56 PM

THEY ALWAYS KNEW

RUN!

OrigamiRobot

> The New Yorker’s Susan Orlean, in a small, one-off post, revealed that @horse_ebooks — which hundreds of thousands of users believed to be algorithmically-generated — was, in fact, a performance art project

Ben Brocka

@Sterno Forgettable. As in I forget that was a thing and I assume most people will forget it after the first episode

OrigamiRobot

People really thought that?

user15026

@badp changes her name, moves away

user15026

@OrigamiRobot mhm. A lot of people did

OrigamiRobot

7:57 PM

That seems silly

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot People are dumb

Wipqozn

> The game features a streamlined version of the Triforce Quest, a controversial aspect of the original game.[9] Whereas in the original game players needed to collect a Triforce Chart for each shard of the Triforce of Courage, in the remake the player will be able to collect five Triforce of Courage shards directly from treasure chests and will only need three Triforce Charts to find shards hidden beneath the Great Sea

Sterno

@BenBrocka So, the first option. That's my thinking too.

Wipqozn

@ToxicFrog

murgatroid99

@OrigamiRobot It did look like randomly chosen excerpts from books

user15026

7:57 PM

OH I KNOW WHO IS CALLING

user15026

IT IS THE GOVERNMENT

user15026

THEY WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT STUDENT LOANS

user15026

.....go away, government

2

badp

THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID

ToxicFrog

@AshleyNunn in a good way or a bad way?

user15026

7:58 PM

you have given me too many headaches about OSAP

user15026

@ToxicFrog In a "we want to talk about your expierences" sort of way

user15026

So it should be interesting.

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka You're not very good at conspiracies.

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Hi Ashley, this is Bob with the Canadian Government. We're going to be taking money from your wages to pay off your loans. Just calling to let you know.

ToxicFrog

@AshleyNunn "my experiences were great, except for ALL THE SPIDERS EVERYWHERE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE ARGH. But fine apart from that."

Wipqozn

7:59 PM

that reminds me, I should move LA Noire Further up on my to play list.

user15026

@Powerlord Yeah, if they did that that would be against their own guidelines, also I dont even earn enough to get taxed!

badp

@StrixVaria Do you know what day it is tomorrow, date of the 2nd announcement?

user15026

@ToxicFrog Yes, that is about what I am going to say.

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