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Yuki

3:00 PM

@Frank Apparently, MH4 on 3DS does allow for online play.

ElfSlice

5k reputation from a single answer

Lazers

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Q: Arma II looking for hosting,options are Private Hive and Breaking Point

I am looking to rent a server for my and a couple of friends. We are new to the game and do not know enough about it to know what I'm looking for when renting. I have the option of Private Hive or Breaking Point. Are there more options than this? What is the difference and what would bring peop...

5pike

@Yuki It better

Frank

@Yuki Which is great. Now they just need to bring it over here.

ElfSlice

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Q: A cap on reputation from a single answer (not daily, but forever)?

I have seen this question before, but it seems to be talking about the daily cap. The idea came to me when I saw this profile. This is one guy who has only 1 answer (and 1 score 4 question) and 5k reputation. The reason being the fact that he has answered a question viewed by many people. I bel...

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This is a good suggestion.

Yuki

3:01 PM

Capcom's apparently been paying a few Let's Players to do MH3U. I think that's a pretty good sign they're keying up for a Western release of MH4.

Powerlord

@ElfSlice It has 500 upvotes in the last 4+ years.

Ben Brocka

@Yuki That's...odd considering their offical stance on them

Frank

@Yuki You'd think they'd do that after announcing its release over here.

ElfSlice

It's still 5K from a single answer. That's not really a good indication of the user.

Yuki

@BenBrocka That's what I heard from one of my friends who watches a lot of Let's Plays.

Quite a few of his favorites have been doing Monster Hunter, apparently.

Frank

3:02 PM

@Lazers I'm assuming that Private Hive and Breaking Point are game modes?

If not, there's not much we can answer in that question.

Powerlord

True, but I'll also note that I've gotten a lot of rep from a single answer, too

Yuki

@Frank Since when have gaming companies ever done marketing in a logical manner?

Powerlord

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A: Find duplicate records in MySQL

The key is to rewrite this query so that it can be used as a subquery. SELECT firstname, lastname, list.address FROM list INNER JOIN (SELECT address FROM list GROUP BY address HAVING count(id) > 1) dup ON list.address = dup.address

ElfSlice

@Frank It's probably hosting service providers.

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Powerlord

Although I think my favorite single answer is this one

ElfSlice

3:04 PM

Powerlord

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A: 'AND' vs '&&' as operator

If you use AND and OR, you'll eventually get tripped up by something like this: $this = true; $that = false; $truthiness = $this and $that; Want to guess what $truthiness equals? If you said false... bzzzt, sorry, wrong! $truthiness above has the value true. Why? = has a higher precedence...

ElfSlice

I dunno what my favourite answer is.

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A: How do I unlock the hidden/secret vehicles?

There are two vehicles which cannot be unlocked just by playing the game: Core Drone "Intimidator" Knight Cycle However, if you do some jiggering with the game files, you can enable them both for use in the game, and have them show up in the list of vehicles. If you'd like to do this...

Maybe that one.

Yuki

I wonder what the current weapon usage distribution looks like in MH4.

I'm expecting to see a preponderance of Insect Staves and Charge Axes.

And Bowgun usage will fall to an all-time low.

Mechanical Loon

@Powerlord HATE

The answer is good, but PHP...

Powerlord

@MechanicalLoon It applies to more than just PHP... all C-based languages that have "and" and "or" keywords act like this.

It's actually kinda funny seeing perl code that says something or die("Error message")

(which is really common in command-line perl stuff for some reason)

Martin Sojka

3:11 PM

@Powerlord It's more quickly written and more readable than || die("You suck")

(There's also a bit about different precedence, but it mostly doesn't matter).

Powerlord

@MartinSojka The answer I linked is talking about precedence.

Also, why do I always type that as "precendence" and have to go correct it before hitting enter?

Arperum

@yuki thanks for the info. I might have overdeleveled that boss now. 2 bronze locusts, 2 depantsing bombs, 2 casts of soul finger. And then he couldn't even hit me anymore.

ElfSlice

The Humble Indie Bundle X

because I don't see it starred

Papo & Yo, Runner 2, Surgeon Sim, To the Moon

Good stuff.

Powerlord

I'm trying to remember if I have Runner 2 on Steam.

Arperum

@yuki I got a second natty blue ascot drop too this run. It wasn't too bad :)

Yuki

3:17 PM

@Arperum Yeah, the Man (and the Big Wisniewski) are pretty much impossible to defeat without either deleveling or being way over-leveled.

@Arperum Nice!

RedRiderX

I have Runner 1 and To the Moon so I feel no urge to get this one.

Arperum

@Yuki I didn't know about these soulsauce things, those were added way later than I played before, and I completely overlooked them.

RedRiderX

But if you don't have To the Moon just go get it.

Lazers

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Q: What are the key differences between Terraria and Starbound

I'm thinking about buying Starbound, but at the moment it just looks like a Terraria with aliens and different items. I kinda liked Terraria but I don't wanna spend money on the same game with only like 3 differences. So could one of you guys explain to me what the big differences between these ...

terraria starbound

ElfSlice

@Powerlord Steam says yes.

@RedRiderX Papo & Yo

Frank

3:19 PM

@Lazers Didn't we get a question like this already?

Sterno

@Frank You can come over to my house and we'll all sit around on the couch and play. It'll be awesome.

Powerlord

@RedRiderX You have Runner 1, but that's not Runner 1 in the package.

RedRiderX

@ElfSlice Eh yeah I heard about it nice analogy but it didn't seem super interesting to me.

@Powerlord Yes I know

Sterno

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Q: Is Starbound the sequel to Terraria? or what is their relationship?

A game called 'Starbound' popped up on Steam and I am confused as I am waiting for Terraria 2. I love Terraria and some various websites said that the Starbound developer team has members from the Terarria team. Also terraria 2 and starbound are both supposed to feature infinite worlds and spac...

terraria starbound

Frank

@Sterno Nope. I don't have the 3DS MH. You have to come over here.

ElfSlice

3:20 PM

@RedRiderX It's won multiple awards. Apparently very good.

RedRiderX

But other then the OMG3D it's not super different

ElfSlice

also Surgeon Sim

Frank

@Sterno That's the one I'm looking for.

RedRiderX

@ElfSlice Eh that's a joke too many people took seriously.

ElfSlice

Does anybody want Papo & Yo?

@RedRiderX It's actually pretty fun

RedRiderX

3:21 PM

@ElfSlice I did play the original.

It's fun

But no, I don't feel the need to play any more of it.

Yuki

@Arperum I haven't either. I just looked up Sauceror and was all, "What's this?"

Ullallulloo

@Sterno Not really the same though.

Arperum

@Yuki It's quite good actually.

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Sterno

@Ullallulloo I (maybe) agree. I didn't care to really evaluate them, I just knew it's what @Frank was looking for

Yuki

3:23 PM

@Arperum Yeah, Sauceror needed some better skills. I mean, for a Mysticality/Moxie class, it didn't really have any way of avoiding damage.

Sterno

Personally I think the "key differences" question is probably too broad.

Please define to me what makes a difference "key".

ElfSlice

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Arperum

@Yuki Multiround stun is not bad though.

Sterno

What are the key differences between Call of Duty and No One Lives Forever?

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno opinion

FEichinger

3:24 PM

o/

Lazers

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Q: How are you supposed to get up the last room before the boss in the water temple?

The second-to-last room of the water temple features a slanted floor with 3 sliding spike things going across. You have to get to the top. After you get about a third of the way up, your upwards progress slows to a crawl. It's almost inevitable that one of the sliding spike things is going to st...

zelda-ocarina-of-time

ElfSlice

That gif is awesome

Yuki

@Arperum It didn't have any stuns before Soul Sauce.

All Saucerors could do was mitigate damage with the Spheres.

Arperum

@Yuki Uhu, and having that is really usefull.

Yuki

@ElfSlice That art/animation style looks like the guy who does the Simon the Cat stuff.

ElfSlice

3:28 PM

Dunno. Somebody posted it in another SE chatroom.

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Sterno

3 different close reasons between 4 votes on that question

ElfSlice

@Sterno Boobs.

Lazers

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Q: What's the difference between buying bitizens from the store and buying from the album?

What's the difference between buying bitizens from the store or the album? I've noticed that once I bought a bitizen from the store, he no longer appears in the list and I'm unable to buy him a second time. Also, buying a bitizen this way doesn't seem to unlock that species in the game, even if ...

tiny-death-star

ElfSlice

'What's the difference' questions seem to be the new trend.

Lets all go be cool and ask some.

Sterno

They're horrible.

And you're a monster if you ask one.

Yuki

3:32 PM

@ElfSlice What's the difference between gaming and gaming?

Ullallulloo

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A: What's the difference between FortressCraft and Minecraft? Who cares?

I disagree with banning these wholesale. I don't disagree that we can close some of these as "Not A Real Question", citing Raven's answer. Consider a very close kin to these kinds of questions - version differences. Which has its own tag, even. But both of them operate on the same intent - they...

ElfSlice

@Yuki Italics!

Ullallulloo

This is our policy, btw.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno The game-rec close vote is troubling, as it indicates a lack of knowledge about why game-recs are disallowed.

Ullallulloo

The asker has to be a little more specific in the areas that he's wondering about, but they're not banned as a whole.

Starbound and Terrarria is actually a pretty good thing to ask about.

Yuki

3:35 PM

@JasonBerkan Game-recs are disallowed because gaming is off-topic.

Fluttershy

And Fluttershy saves the day with the final close vote as Too Broad.

Yuki

@Fluttershy Was about to say... "too abroad"?

Fluttershy

Screw you, autocorrect. iPhone autocorrect is the worst.

Yuki

I was thinking, "Wait, questions can be closed if they're asked from Cambodia?"

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Fluttershy

Yes. It just depends on the question.

Yuki

3:38 PM

@Fluttershy "How do I play Call of Duty without being killed in an ethnic cleansing?"

... too insensitive?

Fluttershy

As for the whole Terraria/Starbound thing... It's comparing apples to oranges, and I hate those kinds of questions. "What's the difference between Call of Duty: Modern Opsfare 26 and Battlefield 8?" A lot of things.

Jason Berkan

@Fluttershy But apples and oranges are both fruit! And round-ish!

And grow on trees! Oh, the similarities!

FEichinger

@Fluttershy Arguably, Terraria and Starbound have a lot of similar mechanics, so it makes sense to look for the differences.

But it'd definitely be too broad, on grounds of them taking completely different directions off of those core mechanics.

ElfSlice

Nihilumbra for Steam and Desura on DailyRoyale for $2.99

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Fluttershy

@FEichinger CoD and BF have a lot of similar things too.

Ullallulloo

3:40 PM

@FEichinger Why?

The current answer seems okay.

ElfSlice

Also QuestRun for $2.25

FEichinger

@Ullallulloo Referring to the old question, or the new one?

ElfSlice

Nihilumbra is basically Portal 2 Gels: The Game

Ullallulloo

@FEichinger The one that was just closed.

Frank

Meh. I'm fine if it's closed as too broad. It's a crappy question.

Ullallulloo

3:42 PM

Our policy seems to be that you have to show that the games appear similar enough or to narrow it down to a specific area of the game.

FEichinger

@Ullallulloo And that's the problem I see: There are many "specific areas" of the game/s that are vastly different.

Yuki

@Fluttershy "What's the difference between Call of Duty and Battlefield in Cambodia?"

Ullallulloo

Starbound and Terraria really seem similar enough for this question to be fine.

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Frank

@Ullallulloo And we already have one question like that.

FEichinger

And for a good in-depth answer, you should talk about every single one of these areas. Which would be an awful lot, from what I can tell.

Lazers

3:44 PM

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Q: I Cant Go To 3rd Office

I am playing Game Dev Story on my Galaxy Ace. I am on year 25, I have $200.000K, I have Mr X and King, twice of them are 5 level hackers and I have a Hardware Engineer, but I am still on my 2nd office, 3rd office offer never appeared. I want to buy someone from Holywood Agent, I want to develope ...

game-dev-story

Frank

Seriously? That save file hacking question got reopened?

FEichinger

@Frank You may not believe it, but people can indeed have a differing opinion from yours.

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Frank

@FEichinger And anyone who does is objectively wrong.

Lazers

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Q: What events reset the wanted level in Assassin's Creed IV?

I was harvesting some resources to upgrade the Jackdaw and building up my wanted level on the high seas the other night. I know I can lower this by bribing the proper NPC on shore or boarding a ship and choosing to reduce my wanted level. In this case I am trying to build it up so pirate hunter...

assassins-creed-4

Frank

/hyperbole

Regardless, it's a crappy question, and is well outside the expertise we provide here.

ElfSlice

3:52 PM

The next @indieroyale bundle will be The Choices 2013 Bundle featuring 8 top games from our 2013 bundles.

Tweeted by indieroyale on January 8, 2014 at 3:45 PM

My ~~body~~ wallet is ready

FEichinger

I don't even know which question you're talking about.

Frank

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Q: How to hack my character's level past 100?

How can I edit TES Arena save game through hex editor to increase my level just like in this save game. This save game editor can edit my level but in the save game above, it's level is 299 and the editor cannot do it, can increase till 100. In the save game the guy said that he edited the save t...

cheats the-elder-scrolls-arena

Sterno

@JasonBerkan Yeah, that vote seemed to be hunting for keywords in the question.

FEichinger

@Frank As far as I can tell, this now has a clear objective, is no longer focused on a specific way to edit it and opens up to different solutions. It could be phrased even better to approach this from a "Is there any way to get past L100?" angle, but I don't see how that still fits the "too broad" it was originally closed as.

Ullallulloo

World population

FEichinger

3:57 PM

@Ullallulloo Some of those cities are way out of proportion.

Ullallulloo

@FEichinger Yeah

It's population density I think.

FEichinger

@Ullallulloo Even then.

Tim Stone

@Ullallulloo Must not be, Hong Kong isn't highlighted

Mechanical Loon

@Ullallulloo I do not see a big spike for Manila, which is twice as dense as NYC.

FEichinger

Yeh, really makes no sense.

Hong Kong would be larger if it was density, Berlin would be larger if it was population (or about half the size of Paris, if it was for the metropolitan region).

BAD GRAPH IS BAD.

Sterno

4:00 PM

I was just about to cancel my close vote and it closed :(

ElfSlice

@Sterno Reopenvote

Sterno

Thought about it more and I don't think the question was great but I don't think my close reason was good

But yeah, it drives me nuts when someone asks a question and mention they care because they're trying to decide whether or not to buy the game, and that turns into a "we don't do game rec!" close reason

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