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9:03 PM
@OrigamiRobot The problem is people responding to flags without looking for the context.
 
Half a day off work and a round of golf paid by the company, only for it to start raining half way through. Still worth it.
 
Oh, @OrigamiRobot is @OrigamiRobot again...
now I'm back to missing @GnomeSlice.
 
@Wipqozn "He is a jerk" is not a flagworthy message at all.
It was obviously based on the username
 
Hmm, I just realized that I can cast close votes on bricks.se, but not gaming.se...
Oh, is the reputation-to-privilege scale different for beta sites?
 
@OrigamiRobot Eh, depends who responds to the flag. Everyone has different thresholds.
Although I agree this probably was just people hating GnomieBear.
 
9:06 PM
@RedRiderX Yes, for some (many?) things it is.
 
@Wipqozn Who's to even say the message is referring to a person?
 
@MBraedley Ah, yes, I can see that a lot of the mod stuff is different.
vs
 
@OrigamiRobot Someone who is too lazy to look for context.
It isn't like Gnome is the only one to be suspended for a stupid reason since someone didn't bother to look for context. Just happens to him a whole lot more.
Poor gnomiebear.
 
@Wipqozn It's completely innocent out of context. You'd need context to know if it was offensive.
 
@OrigamiRobot lazy and stupid
 
9:09 PM
Point is, people hate the name @GnomeSlice
 
Whoops, accidentally rated someone "Okay... I guess" in StreetPass.
 
@RedRiderX yeah, no time to wait for 3k rep to close questions on a beta site
 
@Yuki Buuuurrrn!
 
@Yuki they're so gonna write about how rude you were on their blog
 
I just got an "Okay...I guess" rating in StreetPass :/
Whoever did it is a big meanie.
I was just travelling across....whereever yuki lives... and got it!
 
9:18 PM
@Wipqozn Not It!
 
9:32 PM
@OrigamiRobot To be fair, it's rather well known network wide.
 
The good news: most of the people who watch the first minute of my KSP Let's Play watch through to the end. The bad news: most people don't make it through the first minute.
 
@fbueckert Heh.
 
Seems to be somewhat of a redundant question now.
 
@fbueckert +1 for freehand circles.
 
9:38 PM
To be safe, I checked it with adblock and noscript present with maximum paranoia.
 
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Q: How can I boost performance in Rome 2?

Eric BMy machine is great, and runs other games with no issues, but Rome 2 is a tough nut to crack! There are so many arcane graphical options I don't know where to start. Does anyone have any strategies for optimally boosting frame rates or reducing load/wait times without losing too much graphical q...

 
@fbueckert As XCOM has taught us, maximum paranoia is best paranoia.
 
@Yuki When in doubt, fill suspected area with explosives.
Which is actually a totally valid strategy in Afterlight.
 
@fbueckert Even when no longer in doubt, continue to fill area with high-yield explosives.
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
 
@Yuki Usually what happens when I use grenades.
I stop firing once everything in the area is dead.
That means there's probably at least two or more salvos in the air.
 
9:43 PM
@fbueckert Stop? That's when you just get started.
For every minute you spend shooting at enemies, that's two minutes you must spend shooting after they're all dead.
 
@Yuki Squaddies only have so much inventory space! I have to save the rest for their not-dead friends!
 
And be sure to cap 'em in the face.
And then wedge remote mines into their mouths.
And after you leave, nuke the site from orbit.
 
@Yuki Now, THAT, I think I can do.
 
There is no kill except overkill.
 
See? Only so much inventory space!
 
9:46 PM
I don't think I'm ever getting another game that's super-dependent on real-time.
I keep worrying about Animal Crossing.
To the point where I just don't play anymore.
 
@Yuki "Oh no I forgot to talk to Sable yesterday! I can't face her today."
 
@OrigamiRobot Yeah. That's exactly how I feel.
And poor Isabelle, looking after the island while I'm gone.
For weeks at a time.
She might as well become the mayor since I just can't do it anymore.
 
I feel the same shame.
 
I don't see how people can play Animal Crossing without feeling guilty as hell every time they put it down.
I can't deal with a game like that. So I don't think I'm going to get another one.
 
And now we return to the place where @Gnome got shot up.
 
9:51 PM
@fbueckert Is he out of the hospital?
 
@Yuki Yup. Dragged him straight from discharge into the waiting transport.
 
Kinky
 
@fbueckert Can I see my stats?
 
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@Wipqozn those always make me feel so sad
 
Wait, you actually get notified of those?
I just assumed you never got told.
 
9:52 PM
@Wipqozn Yes.
 
p.s. I was lying about being okayed
 
The next time you meet someone, it tells you how they rated you.
 
@Yuki ^
 
I'm still feeling ashamed about that.
 
user15026
When I do it I always feel like the worst human
 
9:53 PM
@fbueckert What does Charisma affect?
 
It's okay, there are probably several humans worse than you
 
Ashley has occurred!
 
@Yuki Picking up the ladies.
 
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@ToxicFrog Lies and shenanigans
 
Ooo~ Dodge: Heroic. I like.
 
9:54 PM
@Yuki Morale-type abilities, like preventing squaddies from panicking.
 
@fbueckert Wow, she's a quick old bird.
 
@AshleyNunn I got a poster of Van Gogh's painting of the exploding TARDIS!
 
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@Yuki Okay, that is super awesome
 
user15026
I had the shirt.....but then my sister spilled nail polish on it
 
How should I put the poster on my wall?
 
9:54 PM
@Yuki I figured, if you're in the thick of things, having Matrix-esque abilities will set you in good stead.
 
Do I just use clear/Scotch tape?
@fbueckert This is true.
 
@AshleyNunn D:
 
Since I'm usually right next to a guy that just got killed, my cover is most likely complete c---.
 
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@OrigamiRobot My mom tried to get it out, but you can still see it :(
 
Well, not so much "killed" as "took a lot of damage".
 
9:55 PM
@Yuki If it's expensive, you might want to frame and hang it instead
 
@PrivatePansy It's $8.99.
 
Otherwise if it's just an ordinary poster, I usually use blu tack
 
I also need to put up the poster I got from Gamestop for pre-ordering Pokemon.
Yes, I know. Gamestop.
 
All spam.
 
10:02 PM
@Yuki Heh, that reminds me of one the wallpapers in my current rotation:
 
The star list is confusing me. Did @OrigamiRobot and @GnomeSlice merge into one person?
 
@StrixVaria Temporarily, yes.
 
It's like DBZ!
@OrigamiSlice
 
And got banned!
 
Then they started fighting and insulting each other, and bans were laid down.
 
10:03 PM
GnomeRobot
 
Huh. That one went better. @Gnome didn't even get shot!
 
@BenBrocka OrigamiSlice
 
@fbueckert Aww... then I couldn't practice medicine.
 
@Yuki Well, I sorta ambushed the forces this time. @Gnome was there to finish off unconcious enemies, to save ammo.
You were backup to ensure he didn't go down.
 
Ah, that's why TV Tropes has been down all day.
They're upgrading.
Upgrading what, I'm not sure, but it's an explanation.
Probably servers.
@fbueckert What's "Snapshot"?
 
10:11 PM
@Yuki Unaimed firing.
 
Here's a photo taken in @tearawaygame: Some of the in-game lens filters can produce colourful and unique results! http://t.co/wSBITZud6L
 
Check out this info: imgur.com/a/FaEIU
 
Why would you choose to take unaimed shots?
Other than if your Snapshot skill is higher than Aiming.
 
@Yuki Snapshot takes less time to fire.
 
Y'all's names are confusing me now.
 
10:14 PM
@Ullallulloo Mission Accomplished.
 
Or like, the two that changed.
 
two?
 
@Yuki Oh, wait. You're not a new person.
@badp Gnome and Rob
 
@Ullallulloo Origami changed back, I think.
He said it was confusing even him.
 
I see no record of Origami changing nicks
 
10:16 PM
@badp Look at the star list.
 
except on Bitcoin
 
@badp He changed his name on the Bitcoin SE site.
 
@Ullallulloo Gnome and Origami are just a little confused right now, they're just trying to find their own identity.
 
@Ullallulloo Thanks, fixed
 
Are there enough questions to support a Bitcoin.SE?
 
10:17 PM
We should help and support them through this transition.
Oh wait nvm.
 
 
@Yuki It's questions/day ratio is higher than Cooking, Money, TCS, Christianity, Skeptics, B&CG, and Ask Patents.
 
You're welcome
 
@Ullallulloo All right.
 
Please alert me next time people are up to this kind of hilarious antics
 
10:22 PM
What's TCS and B&CG?
 
@Ullallulloo And it seems to be able to maintain a 1.9 answer/question rate.
 
@Yuki Board and Card
 
Uh-oh. @Fluttershy took a hit. Thankfully, it seems to be minor.
 
Okay.
 
10:23 PM
B&CG isn't launched, but it's second in line to do so, I think.
 
I should probably join up with TCS considering I'm currently taking a couple of classes in said subject.
 
In revenge, @Fluttershy will double-tap all unconcious enemies.
 
Go me!
 
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Q: How to clear laggy chicken farm

TomáÅ¡ ZatoI've irresponsibly made an auto breeding chicken farm. Unfortunatelly, I left my character in game AFK and the farm grew up over any posibilities of getting close, for it causes horrible lag. I'm now looking for a way to clear the farm from the distance - or for a mod that will remove chicken fro...

 
@Lazers Lava would probably work in this instance.
Lava tends to solve most problems.
 
10:25 PM
bahahaha
 
@Gigazelle Oh hello.
 
i've made my share of overpopulated chicken farms, but nothing to where the game would crash.
@yuki hi!
 
It's been awhile since I've played Minecraft, but do wolves go after chicken? Or is that sheep?
 
Crap, @SaintWacko's taking hits. Luckily @RedRiderX is running in to throw grenades.
And the grenade finishes off the last one!
 
"All societies have their share of dropouts, but on Krull they never had a chance to drop back in again."
Context: Krull is an island on the Rim in Discworld (a flat-disk earth supported by four elephants on a turtle).
 
10:30 PM
@fbueckert Hurray!
 
@RedRiderX You currently suck at throwing grenades, so you had to move closer.
 
@badp Pfft, it was already over anyway.
 
"[his wife]... with whom he had enjoyed six happy months of married life. That had been some twenty years previously."
 
@yuki ive only seen wolves attack sheep. perhaps chickens and wolves have a secret alliance that none of us know about.
 
@Ullallulloo You guys are all late to the party.
I changed back hours ago.
 
10:34 PM
God, I love this book. DEATH is always the funniest in Discworld books.
 
@OrigamiRobot I had classes.
 
@badp changing my Bitcoin account wouldn't fix the star list.
 
Protip: Never use PayPal
 
10:42 PM
@RedRiderX That's...overreach of the worst.
 
Pretty sure that's another publicity stunt. Didn't that happen to Minecraft as well back when it was just starting up?
 
@RedRiderX Not sure Paypal's allowed to do that...
Well, I guess it's allowed since they're doing it.
But... that's some murky moral grounds there.
 
@Yuki Well, they are a private entity and not a bank, yes?
So in theory they can do whatever thier blanket agreement says they can.
 
@Yuki Well, they can. Just like the other company can sue them for unjustified business practices.
You notice they never hold big company's cash? If big companies even use Paypal to begin with?
 
They don't, because PayPal isn't a bank and regularly does whatever the fuck they feel like.
www.paypalsucks.com
I might use them to send money once in a while, but if you maintain a balance there for any length of time you're a fool.
 
11:03 PM
(It's unfortunate that the site I linked to is so tinfoil-hatty, but seriously, PayPal does this sort of thing to people all the time)
 
Yeah they did do it with Minecraft too
except it was over half a million dollars
 
It's like they say: "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" And control over people's money is pretty damn close to absolute power.
 
paypal is like the behemoth that everyone hates, but everyone uses anyway because they're the most widely known.
 
@Gigazelle People choose the demons they know.
 
I don't know if it's corruption, just a slightly twisted business incentive that a lot of people don't recognize exists.
 
11:08 PM
I think the person sitting two seats over from me in this class is just a really bad troll.
He just said, as a Computer Science major, that he's going to be a software programmer without learning how to program.
 
I think PayPal's primary objective is to make people who buy things (send money) feel secure. As a result their paranoia w/r/t fraud is off the charts.
 
And also not use Internet. Ever.
 
@Gigazelle And probably the most universal, is it not?
 
And if they do suspect you might be committing fraud, there's no incentive to prove you aren't, because it doesn't promote objective #1 (plus, if they can hang on to the money a little longer and earn interest, more the better)
 
I see a lot of other interesting payment processors that are US only.
 
11:11 PM
@Yuki Wish him luck.
Because that's totally how a computer science major works
 
@RedRiderX yeah pretty sure they are the most universal. I'm also pretty sure that a lot of people aren't a fan of them is because their whims to hold funds makes an excellent news story. I've personally never had a problem with them, and I've held an active paypal account for years now.
now steam wallet, that's a different story. they freeze your account for like two weeks if you sneeze wrong.
 
@Gigazelle And sometimes when you sneeze right.
So try not to sneeze.
It spreads viruses.
That metaphor ran away from me, didn't it...
 
Soooo ... what did I miss?
 
@FEichinger A few cases of identity crisis.
 
@Yuki Awwww :(
 
11:18 PM
@FEichinger paypal is terrible, steam wallet is terrible, and a buncha people were throwing grenades.
 
@OrigamiRobot became @GnomeSlice and got suspended for calling himself a jerk.
Still laughing about that, by the way.
 
@Yuki Now that is an accomplishment...
 
@Gigazelle PayPal became too big, Steam wallet was never intended to be a big thing and grenades are great because explosions.
@Yuki Wait what.
 
@FEichinger He changed his nick to @GnomeSlice and then said "@OrigamiRobot is a jerk." (paraphrased).
Got flagged, validated, and suspended for 30 minutes.
 
... O...kay.
 
11:20 PM
@FEichinger Fun times.
 
30 minutes. I didn't even realize that short a time was actually possible.
 
Since it is, maybe someone can suspend my account for 30 minutes so I can actually get some work done before going home for the day.
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@Gigazelle auto-suspensions are 30 minutes per validated flag
 
Chat flags always trigger a 30 minute suspension, if they're validated by the community.
 
11:31 PM
@Gigazelle Well, change your name to @GnomeSlice and I'm pretty sure it'll happen automatically.
 
@Gigazelle With that said ... And I know someone is gonna flag it just to make me look like a douche, we could just flag one of your messages. :P
 
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Q: How can I post in the US-Forum

rubo77In the US-Battlenet Forum It sais if you have a non-US account, you cannot post there unless you buy a US-Version of Starcraft2. How could I post there anyway?

 
@FEichinger Flagged </jk>
 
Would that technically be "illegal content"? Or... something else?
 
@Fluttershy Very carefully.
 
11:32 PM
@Fluttershy "Contact customer support."
 
@Fluttershy Yes.
 
We can't help with it regardless, so I wouldn't pull the illegal card here.
 
I don't know what to say as the custom reason! D:
 
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Q: Gauging community's interest in a Secret Santa 2013

RetrosaurWhen I first joined Arqade, I think one of the first thing's I tried to setup was a intra-site Secret Santa. We did have not many participants, but there were enough to actually have a rather fun Secret Santa. Hopefully, at least, I believe all parties involved had a pretty fun time. That said,...

 
@Fluttershy Because.
 
11:34 PM
@Fluttershy "this can only be reasonably handled by devs/customer support/staff." ?
 
"This question appears to be off-topic because reasons."
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@Fluttershy Ok, maybe go with the customer support one.
 
Because reasons is best reason.
 
@Fluttershy "This question appears to be off-topic because raisins".
 
@Yuki Raisins are completely on-topic in my mouth. I love raisins.
 
11:36 PM
@Fluttershy I need to try making raisins some day.
 
@yuki When you do, make them with plums instead of grapes. They're delicious.
 
"This question appears to be off-topic because it is not about a game, but about attempting to circumvent forum rules."
Eh?
 
@Fluttershy Sure, why not?
 
@Gigazelle ...
 
@Gigazelle Wouldn't that be prunes...?
 
11:38 PM
It seems to pretty accurately describe the situation.
 
....
Why yes, yes they would.
 
Austria has some pretty nifty politicians.
 
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY
 
@spugsley "fox, fox"
 
@spugsley "I can't let you do that, Star Fox."
Oh wait, that's the wolf.
 
11:46 PM
 
WRONG
 
Patty Wagon outfit for Shantae HD
 
@spugsley Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding.
 
@spugsley But usually they bark, or cry or something like that.
 
@Fluttershy THANK YOU! That is one of many correct answers
you're welcome
 
11:47 PM
@spugsley I was close...
 
@spugsley "Do a barrel roll!"
 
Angelfire is still alive?
 
@Wipqozn Wrong Aussies.
 
11:49 PM
@BenBrocka Apparently.
 
@FEichinger ...I said Austria, didn't I?
They should just join them into one country for my convenience.
 
@Wipqozn Yes, you did.
 
@Wipqozn They tried that once before with Hungary. There was a minor disagreement.
 
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Q: How can I post in the US-Forum

rubo77In the US-Battlenet Forum It sais if you have a non-US account, you cannot post there unless you buy a US-Version of Starcraft2. How could I post there anyway? Or if this was against the forum rules, why would Blizzard set those restrictions up?

 

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