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00:00
WHY CAN'T SONY, MICROSOFT, VALVE AND NINTENDO UNITE AND MAKE THE ONE TRUE CONSOLE?!
(2sleepy dont mind me)
@ardaozkal PC you mean?
@ardaozkal Because then it has to compete with their consoles.
all consoles have over a PC is game exlusivity
steaming on an Android Nexus 7, @ 1080p
if they quit the console market and joined the game market, we'd all be much happier
00:01
If they all united, the gaming industry would change once and for all.
@Chippies Well that and devs not having to worry about specs.
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Hell, I'd buy my third console. (last one circa 2008, psp, first one was gba sp)
@Yuuki Right, that's how they get exclusivity
@Yuuki besides the fact that they do, because they have to push the graphics as high as they can on subpar hardware
but yeah, it's easier to do since there's only one hw config
as a user though, it's the worst
Hyrule Warriors is something I will never stop complaining about
00:03
customization matters.
I am willing to pay extra to have a better experience (i.e PC), yet I can't, so I am stuck with having sub-30 fps in coop on WiiU
@ardaozkal That's the point. Consoles free developers from worrying about custom hardware
except not, since you are unlikely to want to be a console exclusive without a cash injection from said console owner
and then consoles become your bottleneck
You can still worry about 3 hardware profiles instead of some huge number
most game engines abstract that stuff for you anyway
00:06
And then you just port the lowest common denominator to PC
Unity is awesome at tthat.
all you need to do is buy some assets, throw them into Unity, click export, and boom, seventh clone of that blocky thing on Greenlight
Biggest consoles, biggest oses, biggest phones -> all supported.
Also, hololens will support unity too afaik.
badpls. I don't want literally bullcrap on my screen.
00:09
@badp Top shelf thumbnail there
there, there
deathtosteam.png
> A few details: Some code running on my laptop (off screen) uses Windows' voice recognition to turn speech to text. Commands for the typing mechanism are then sent to the Pololu servo controller. The Arduino Uno and Big Easy Driver control the carriage return arm and are signaled when the new line routine is called.
It musn't be that hard after getting voice recognition running.
00:21
@ardaozkal Yeah, good thing nobody does that with PC components!
@twobugs GPU manufacturer A is much better than GPU manufacturer B! Everyone knows that!
@Chippies Ahahaha you poor rube
You do not know the dark ages of Warriors
Hyrule has some of the best performance in the whole series
@twobugs I have played one of the games on a PC years ago and that PC was junk
and the performance was great
I did not play coop though
And they've started bringing the more recent Warriors games to PC, you just have to be careful
Pirate Warriors 3, for example, had Bandai-Namco use screenshots from a different version of the game to market the PC version
They used PS4 screenshots when the PC port is a port of the Vita version
wut?
00:26
@twobugs that's... the worst
Basically be extremely careful around any Bandai-Namco port
why would it even be a Vita port, that doesn't even make sense
@Chippies They've machine translated several games and released them commercially
@Chippies Vita hardware is supposedly easy to develop for, but PS4 is pretty similar to a PC in architecture so hell if I know
They also did what I think is probably the most chaotic evil thing I've ever seen a publisher do: For the first Sword Art Online Vita game, they machine translated it and released it in Hong Kong
People rightfully complained
So the solution for the North American release was to just have someone edit out the funny Engrish
@twobugs sounds like they solved the wrong problem
There was no problem as people bought it anyway
I just think they're a really scummy company. Basically the Japanese Ubisoft/EA/Activision analog
00:32
Project X Zone tho
01:02
There's a Republican debate today or tomorrow, right?
Thursday apparently
on CNN in Houston
Yeah, there's a bunch of stuff being set up on campus right now.
Yep, at my campus.
Traffic will literally be from hell, but at least I don't have classes on Thursday.
@Yuuki The debate is going to be at your campus?
@Fluttershy Yep.
@Yuuki Wow. I'm so sorry. :(
01:06
I'm pretty sure it's at least somewhat common knowledge here where I live and that I'm a college student.
@Fluttershy I feel sorrier for the people who actually have to go to campus Thursday.
I'm lucky that none of my classes are on Thursday so I'm avoiding the brunt of the bad traffic.
There's a hotel on campus so I imagine there's still going to be bad traffic from all the news people arriving this week before the debate.
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Q: Unable to locate name/value separator

XilentI'm trying to run this command to put two items in a chest (I want to put four items in a chest, but I'm trying two first): /blockdata -332 56 869 {Items:[1:{id:347,Count:1,Slot:12,tag:{display:{Name:"Time Limit"}}}],[2:{id:399,Count:1,Slot:10,tag:{display:{Name:"Smash Crystal"}}}]} A...

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Q: My f3 will not work

SFNRI use the latest verion of minecraft but I don't know what computer. Everytime I press f3 it changes my volume and I want to fix this in settings? How do I do that?

@Lazers2.0 probably a laptop where you just have to hold a function key
Issues: a Dwarf Fortress Found Poem medium.com/@henryoz/…
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Q: MY guide is not respawning after failing to defeat the wall of flesh

RuneKingI Have 13 rooms and 10 npcs (not including the guide) and it is day and there is no invasion or event and he is not spawning

01:22
@Lazers2.0 How is this user not showing up in the "First Post" queue?
@NBN-Alex he did
weird :s
I assume it's Terria due to the "Wall of Flesh" but I've never played the game :(
Might have already been cleared
@NBN-Alex Definitely Terraria or its mobile version
Sorry D: was worried
01:59
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Q: How do i disable fn lock?

SFNRHow do I disable the FN lock on a dell lap top? I've tried to figure it out but nothing seems to work. Please help? I've been on YouTube, I've been on settings. Nothing works.

02:20
Dark Souls 2 or Pillars of Eternity? I CAN'T DECIDE
@Sterno Dark Souls 2.
@Lazers2.0 is there an SE site where this would be on topic?
@Chippies SuperUser?
@StrixVaria that's what I was thinking, but I don't actually know what's on and off topic there, which is why I'm asking :P
Arqade is pretty much the only SE site I visit, besides random google search results
It seems that I can't do a close vote saying that it belong on SuperUser, only have meta available...
oh well
wee, my ram shipped, now to wait a couple days and hope that there won't be any issues with having 3 sticks of ram
Well, I just watched the intro, and like the other DS-type games, I have no idea what's going on.
02:33
@Sterno From what I understand, that'll continue throughout all of Dark Souls 2 because even the item descriptions don't fill in the plot this time
Anyway, this Axiom Verge game is cool but I have no clue what is going on. Cool music and graphics though
cc @GnomeSlice? Seems like it is something you would like
I wonder if I should go play this on my 75" TV instead of my 21" computer monitor
Help I can't stop watching Yuru Yuri whhhhhhhhhhy
Man, these graphics are bad after playing Bloodborne
@Sterno isn't there a dsfix for that?
as well as sweetfx and whatnot
Oh, are you playing the original version?
02:36
make it as pretty as you want it to be
I was playing Scholar of the First Sin, the GOTY edition or whatever
Looks pretty nice and has mostly 60fps on my PS4 /shrug
Is there? I should check I guess.
I think they were VAC banning for the fixes but I heard they stopped and reversed the bans
I'm playing on PC at the moment, but I also have the PS3 version because I bought it when it came out and never got around to playing it
Cause, you know, that was completely insane of them to do in the first place
02:41
@twobugs Valve stopped the bans and reverted them because that's not how you're supposed to use VAC bans.
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Q: Megadimension Neptunia VII minor character English voice actor question (spoilers)

BarkodeI apologize for tagging this with Hyperdimension Neptunia, but this specific game in the series doesn't have a tag and I lack the rep to request in in meta. I figured the original game would be the "most generic" choice. Character appearance spoilers ahead I was playing some Megadimension Neptu...

@Yuuki That's good. It was a goofy thing to ban for anyway
Any particular gift or class I should pick for some reason?
Tempted to go Deprived.
@Sterno Deprived with Homeward Bone, just to make it more difficult.
I always start with Petrified Something.
At least in DS1, Deprived caught up pretty quick since they're only level 1
Yeah, you didn't get starting gear, but that didn't seem to matter much anyway an hour in
03:12
Wow. I've died 3 times in the tutorial by failing to jump.
03:25
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Q: Where's the Yeti? Plants vs. Zombies 2

djkfreeman10I just finished Modern Day level and the daily Yeti challenge is gone. Will the Yeti becoming back? Also, would like to buy premium plants with gems again.

@Sterno Off to a promising start!
Yeah. I'm doing terrible now because my inability to find the jump button led me to a lower max health
Here's a tip on objective-based game types: it's called objective-based gametypes.
03:43
@Yuuki Nah dude, everything is Team Deathmatch
Tried out Transformers Devastation. I bought this game during a sale solely because of Platinum Games (I know nothing about Transformers). It's... something
Basically imagine a licensed Bayonetta with less polish plus some RPG stuff thrown in because why not?
Oh. Apparently I need to upgrade to Scholars of the First SIn for non-shitty graphics
I'm told it also remixes enemy placement and makes some stuff harder, but I didn't play Dark Souls 2 base enough to learn any of that
Not sure if I want to pay $30 to upgrade. That's kind of a lot.
I got the whole thing for $20 back during a Sony Sale /shrug
@Yuuki What if your objective is to annoy your team? WHAT THEN?
03:52
@Sterno You already accomplish that by existing.
Thanks. I naturally excel at everything I do.
04:41
Halo making me mad. Someone on my team is shit-talking during the loading screen. As soon as the game starts he makes a mad dash towards the other team and is killed immediately. Ragequits
user4704
Was his name Leeroy?
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Q: Can this Minecraft command be inverted?

Alexis_WalkerSo i recently found out that /Testfor can specify coordinates and player name, which gives me the idea that i could make a command fueled door that only opens when my specific character is near it, but can it be inverted? meaning that it tests for anyone else besides me, and if someone is detecte...

Chapter 11 complete! cc @twobugs
I wish every online community wasn't absurdly toxic and horrible. Some of these games like Halo 5 are games that I love, but playing alone is an exercise in frustration
@Frank Nice job!
I mean, it's not as bad as like LoL or Dota solo queueing, but damn...
04:59
Picked up a level 50 Skell, but damn, that took all the rest of my cash.
5 million credits, just gone.
I don't particularly enjoy having a small child scream at me while he is worthless
@Frank Nice, which one did you buy?
@twobugs The Amadeusius.
Which I'm probably horribly mangling the spelling.
That one is amazing. If you get a level 50 g-buster you can start murderizing almost anything
That's what the guide is telling me to do.
Go buy a G-Buster, and level up on level 55 enemies.
Why am I watching Yuru Yuri while I'm suppose to be studying linear algebra?
05:01
There's a couple of good spots to farm - far east Oblivia has a bunch of mech enemies to murder and Sentinel's Nest in north Noctilum has some guys to farm for exp/money (just sell all your drops and you'll pull 10k+ a monster)
The guide recommends Sentinel's Nest.
Whhhhhhhhhy
The Oblivia one is mainly to farm for a G-buster. Those dudes can drop any of the level 50 skell weapons
If you want to be a total jerk the vantage attack gems you can equip on your character also apply to skell damage. So just float above stuff and destroy it
@twobugs You run out of fuel so fast, though.
Meh, the level 50 skells have a huge fuel reserve
05:05
@twobugs Toxicity is directly proportional to playerbase.
Pretty much. I like the shooting better in Halo 5 but it's more relaxing to play something like Titanfall where it's basically all just lone-wolf kill dudes
Every playerbase gets toxic once it gets enough people. It happened to Souls and it's starting to happen to Monster Hunter.
Depending on where you went, Monster Hunter always had a toxic fanbase. The GameFAQs one has been bad for as long as I remember
"I'm having trouble with ____, any advice?" "Yeah, get hit less LOLOLOLOL"
@twobugs That's trolls on every board.
They all think it's original when it's the stupidest thing ever.
@Frank You've basically convinced me to buy the digital double pack of Fire Emblem and I hate you
05:12
@twobugs Now I have someone to raid castles with!
Someone that's not @TrentHawkins, anyways.
@Frank By the way - I've figured out which one I want. The one you aren't playing.
 
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06:49
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Q: What can I do in Starcraft 2 after the campaign?

Cary BondocI am a story person, and I played StarCraft 2 because of it's story. Now that I've finished all of the StarCraft 2 campaign parts (Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void) is there anything that I can do besides multiplayer battles (fighting another person or an AI)?

07:31
0
Q: How do i test for a mob, with a given name, in a certain location?

ThemadtadderI want to testfor a sheep, by the name of Lamb, in a certain location using coordinates. I have already tried this testfor @e[x=999,y=80,z=-1034,type=Sheep,name=Lamb] but it doesn't work. I have also tried: testfor @e[x=999,y=80,z=-1034,type=Sheep] but it says it found a sheep whether or not...

Ha! Now that was an amusing Curling tournament commercial. At a supermarket checkout, packages of Scotties paper towels being scanned through; pan back, and everyone (customers, cashiers) is wearing industrial strength ear protection. Cut to curling footage of players screaming the usual curling stuff (Woah! Hurry! etc...).
08:22
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Q: Get more muscle from protein

imogenmonsoThis program, when adopted diligently, will provide you with a rock-hard body as well as seem to slow the hands of time. The infomercial that you have probably seen over a hundred times does not lay for you - it generally does not actually exaggerate. Click here for more info :- http://www.toptry...

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Q: the art talent behind the Gears of War

4fifacoins.co.uk"A lot of people said that the 'Flip' move for switching between the 3D and 2D dimensions was fun."Taro Kudo, the co director of scenario design on the Runescape game, added, "I originally saw it in a way that's similar to Miyamoto san. Personally I think all we need is to have an objective to wi...

@Lazers2.0 spammedy spammedy spam
Also morning
@KevinvanderVelden lovely spam
and time to go to sleep
09:01
A follower found a SQL injection risk in VK (Russian social media). Here's the before shot... and how they fixed it: https://t.co/RlX1xlTSLq
@fredley Laughs
Meanwhile, on Lifehacks
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Q: How to make my keyboard not sticky?

Cary BondocI have a 2 year old keyboard here and the problem is it is now becoming sticky, by sticky what I mean is it is becoming hard to press, hard pressing will work but I find it hard, I cleaned it already, I even remove certain keys the reattached it to see if it will solve my problem, all of those do...

@fredley This sound so wrong.
09:29
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Q: How to use Witcher 3 Addons downloaded by PSN on PS4

Hemant SisodiaI have downloaded so many add-ons from PSN like "Alternative look for Ciri", "Alternate look for Yennefer" and they were installed successfully on my PS4. But I didnt see any changes in their appearances in the game. Am I doing something wrong or do I need to do something else also?

@fredley ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
09:56
Girlfriend's PC's start menu won't show up, clicking it does nothing
Start googling issue
How can Windows still screw itself up so badly you need Powershell to fix it?
This is like getting Linux working in the bad old days
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Q: Pylo MCreator AI not working

user3661031I'm using a tool called Pylo MCreator to create mods for minecraft. It's a great tool, but the problem is this, when I create a custom mob, AI (Artificial Intelligence) of the mob does not work. For example, if I put in Pylo MCreator that my mob has the property of "Try to attack the player," the...

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Q: How do watched "asterisk" tags work?

PyritieI follow [*pokemon*] as a tag. From my understanding, that will follow any tag that contains the word "pokemon" somewhere in it. This works correctly when I'm browsing the question list (they are properly highlighted), yet certain games with few questions, such as pokemon-super-md or pokemon-expl...

10:49
@fredley good luck opening powershell without start menu.
(hint: Win+R)
@ardaozkal that's an explorer shortcut
So if explorer isn't running that doesn't work
@KevinvanderVelden explorer is running
but clicking the start menu is a no op
Cool
Still, getting to the win+r thing without explorer is annoying
Or well, I say annoying, it's mostly annoying because there's no hotkey for it. You just have to use task manager (file->Run new task)
I can right click the start menu
11:05
@KevinvanderVelden I lived doing just that for about a year
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Q: Why does my MC keep crashing?

NerdyGamerSharkI don't have any mods but my minecraft crashes about 40 seconds after I click play.I tried not playing with OptiFine and tried restarting my computer several times.

when I first had my first PC, I didn't have internet and I installed this theme changer software, which replaced my windows shell. 30 days later the trial expired and I was left without a shell and no internet to help me fix it...
task manager was my explorer.exe for a long time
11:52
@Chippies windowblinds.
@ardaozkal no, it was something else, much less common and less resource intensive
I would also assume windowblinds would be nice enough to switch back to default shell after trial expiration
From experience, it was =p
Huh. Windowblinds used to kicl out too.
At least old versions
Back in xp time
12:29
@fredley Your mom's start menu
OH WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
@Wipqozn Yes. What?
Also I finished the newest Mistborn books. They're quite good.
And now I'm starting the Tawny Man trilogy.
Also, liveship traders was fantastic, and all of you should check out Robin Hobb. she rocks.
I've read the fool trilogoy
I'm so bad at Dark Souls 2
@TrentHawkins See, there's the problem; I'm getting all of them.
12:42
I hate this :/
I can't read books.
TIL @fredley has a girlfriend.
Head canon updated
I have to read a book called "Yaban" and well, it is too boring and I don't remember anything I read in it.
@Wipqozn I can't trust you on this. I found that first series of hers so boring.
@Sterno Your headcanon is terrible
This has been known for years
Maybe not so much boring, as the protagonist was just super whiny
Raise your hand if you knew @fredley had a girlfriend.
12:44
@Sterno *insert anime pillow*
I'm looking around my cubical and don't see anyone raising their hand.
Jan 14 '13 at 14:42, by fredley
My girlfriend, referencing a Yoda quote: "I suppose I should watch whichever Star that comes from originally."
I would, but google image results are NSFW and I'm at a W-considered place.
#school
@fredley I'll be that guy and say "pics or lies"
Is she as into lifehacks as you are?
@Sterno Yes
12:48
@Sterno That's because you're weird and wrong about everything. Just like your mom.
I'll think up marriage proposal lifehack question then
One thing my headcanon isn't sure of: Does @fredley live with his GF?
I'm thinking yes, but I'm not sure
@Sterno raises hand
@Wipqozn Yes, we bought this place together
I thought you were renting, so that's a new headcannon updated.
Nov 1 '14 at 22:51, by fredley
I AM IN A HOUSE WHICH I OWN
12:51
@Sterno "How can I make an engagement ring out of supplies found around the house?"
And you're suing your landlord?
Or was that someone else?
@Sterno I think that was @TrentHawkins suing @Frank
Dec 3 '15 at 19:24, by fredley
@AshleyNunn Don't look up leasehold laws in the UK. Just don't.
@Sterno Your mom's the previous place
That maybe was the previous place.
I remember looking it up and saying "WTF UK" and then closing my browser.
12:52
I own the lease on this place, which is for ~180 years or so
@Wipqozn You mom's the CURRENT place.
It was previously less than that, and the courty stuff was about getting it extended
@fredley So you own your house but you don't own your house.
@Sterno Yes
WTF UK
12:52
That doesn't make any sense.
@Wipqozn ikr
But unless you've got ~£2m+ you can't really buy freeholds (actual ownership) within London
Everything is leaseholds
@Sterno raises hand
It sounds vaguely like owning a condominium in the US. Except more complicated.
@fredley Gross
@fredley Everything is also terrible.
12:55
I suppose that's what happens when you live in an old and highly populated city
@Wipqozn And have the citizen strata the British used to have.
Maybe @fredley should just move to Canada, and become a tenant of @Frank.
and then @TrentHawkins can move the UK
@Wipqozn I am looking for someone to rent this place...
and then @Yuuki can join the circus
@Frank I think @Sterno and @Frank should move in together.
I feel like that has fantastic sitcom potential.
@Wipqozn Actually, we'd probably get along much better.
12:59
@Sterno would be all "What should we make for dinner?", and then @Frank would be all "CLOSED AS PRIMARILY OPINION BASED", and then they'd hold hands and watch the sun set.
10
Or one of us would be dead within a week.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
@Sterno You are older and have kids. You wouldn't last.
I feel like having kids has given @Sterno much patience.
I'll just train them to go for the knees to bring you down, then then eyes.
Unless you take baby punching classes from @spugsley, it's an easy win.
@Sterno I have three cats. Kids can't resist cats.
13:01
I wonder if she gives out certificates when you complete her baby punching course.
TIL @Frank is a crazy cat lady
@Wipqozn Nah, two of them are my girlfriend's.
hmmm
I need some python to draw a bar graphb
this shouldn't be hard, right? XD
Just posting that so @spugsley see it when she looks at @Sternos ping
13:03
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@Sterno OrigamiRobot is the president?
Sure.
@Sterno Now I miss @OrigamiRobot and @IanPugsley
Good job @Sterno
You should be both ashamed and proud of yourself
I miss your mom.
@Sterno She said you were terrible, that's why you haven't seen her again
13:08
I don't know how to respond to that.
She must have been watching me play Dark Souls 2.
I died three times in a row trying to do the tutorial jump.
Fox Only. No Items. Final Destination. https://t.co/pyvy1b8JZV
@djsmiley2k Matplotlib
@Ronan k i'll look
Oh boy. I just got another notification that Galactic Hitman is on sale.
@Sterno I could have sworn you played through that at launch
@Wipqozn I launched it at launch. I got almost as far as picking a name.
Mar 3 '14 at 20:50, by Sterno
I wonder if I'll be dumb and get the PS3 version of Dark Souls 2 instead of waiting for the PC version
Wonder no longer, Past-Sterno
Mar 13 '14 at 12:33, by Sterno
@Wipqozn I managed to download and install Dark Souls 2 last night. That's practically like playing it.
13:22
Ugh, it is far too early
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Q: Rumbling sound glitch in Skyrim from running away from Alduin?

MarcusRavenI was underleveled (16) when I finally got to Alduin last night. Also ran into the glitch where he couldn't take damage. So I ran away. Problem now is that the rumbling storm sound that plays during his fight is playing EVERYWHERE and overpowering everything, even underground in Riften. Only menu...

welcome to glitchy land, please reload to resume playing
Gah, I barely slept last night so I'm a complete zombie today
Need to get this stuff fixed on the server though
@Sterno Wow, and you said I was bad...
13:41
I shoudl install Dark Souls 2 and fail to show you all how it's done.
I would stream tonight but I have to raid. I could stream myself raiding but I have the distinct impression that will not be interesting for anyone
@Sterno Is this your first souls game?
@twobugs WoW?
Yes, WoW
ah I see
If it was Your Mom: Your Mom Edition II Turbo Your Mom I'd watch, that doesn't appear to be the case
My mother is a classy lady.
13:54
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Q: Got kick for killing team mate in CS:GO but didn't fire a shot that round

William ConroySomething was wrong with a competitive game in CS:GO: After I have died, a member of my team was killed by me, although I was already spectating the player in question. There was a lot of smoke and I wasn’t paying much attention; so I did see who killed him, however I did get there severe warn...

Glad to see CS:GO has implemented the laws of robotics
1: You may not harm a teammate, or through inaction allow a teammate to come to harm (apparently)

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