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Q: Are there any hacks in Heroes of Newerth?

Andrei Cristian ProdanAre there any hacks in Heroes of Newerth? Just wondering.

 
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Q: Is a courthouse mandatory to quell occupational unhappiness?

John MeeIf you don't build the courthouse does the city perpetually generate extra unhappiness due to the occupation, or do they eventually settle down without one? How longer does that take with/without?

02:17
@RavenDreamer edited the civ5 question, but I don't know why being a DOTA game means it can't have a single player mode
maybe it has some campaign, who knows, I don't.
 
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Murders had: 3
 
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Q: Customizable "Whack your boss" online game

Tom ThomasPlease forgive me if this question is posted in wrong forum. I was searching for "Whack your boss" online game (like this game). But, you should be able to upload the photo of any person you want to hit/kick. If you know any such game, please share the link. Thanks

 
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ohai
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Q: Tron-ish arcade game where you move a triangle over blue landscape

Gil Zellner Vector graphics, filled polygons, not textures. Graphics very Tron(1982)-ish. The object of the game was to move a floating triangle over blue landscape which by going over you turn into red. The game had mid-level shooting parts in which you shot incoming flying things. The game is emulated on ...

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Q: Perfect Dark multiplayer ranks

AlbortSo Perfect Dark was an awesome game. But does anyone know/remember what all the ranks were? What about all the other statistics as well...?

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Q: How many units of mist energy do you actually regenerate per day?

badpI tried to build a very basic spreadsheet for keeping track of energy regeneration in Spiral Knights under the assumption that you regen 100 units of energy per day as the game itself says. However, energy seems to recharge to a rate actually faster than that. Has anybody run the numbers on how ...

user30
09:49
ouch brohoster
CEO is not bro
also, another dupe.
hohoster.
user30
founder is bro
Who JWJ?
user30
Y
09:53
Now I happen to have been very involved with brohoster at its peak.
You know vladh?
user30
No
He used to work with brohoster.
But JWJ decided he didn't have to pay the girl they hired to do their artwork.
Vladh, in retaliation, defaced the website, then left.
user30
I have a cracking headache.
user30
and I hate paracetamol.
user30
09:55
What do?
Me too. I use Ibuprofen.
I only use paracetamol if initial dose of Ibu doesn't work well enough.
user30
Plus I am completely incapable of taking tablets
user30
I just physically can't swallow them
Hm. Tried an effervescent tablet?
(no idea what it's called)
user30
Soluble?
09:57
Right.
user30
Yer, I have some next to me
user30
but it's still horrible
user30
but still, feel a bit bad for the people who will likely not have a Minecraft server in the next couple of weeks
user30
@badp I was thinking about what you were saying about the Spiral Knights auctions
user30
Surely one of the defining characteristics of an (online) auction is that you know when it finishes?
user30
10:02
Oh hey, 5k cross site rep
@ThomasMcDonald Yes, you get to know if it's a very long time til the end, or a long time, or a medium time, or a short time, or a very short time. You also can sort auctions by end time to get a rough idea of how soon this auction will end compared to others
so you can get a "bottom of 6th page" very soon or "middle of 1st page" very soon
user30
@badp I guess that's better than some of the SPUF trading forum auctions. "Auctioning this hat, I will stop the auction when I have an offer I like."
user30
You could have just asked for offers in the first place...
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Q: What should guide your deck selection in the archenemy campaign in DOTP 2012?

sarge_smithI'm having real trouble with figuring out how to beat the green deck in the archenemy campaign. It seems that no matter what decks I use for me and the computer, Garruk has over built and there is no way to keep up. So what decks should I use to keep this green power house under control?

@ThomasMcDonald I have...
Ah, 14k.
10k of which on Gaming.
I suck at spreading myself thin.
10:17
Being a DR spy on Fastlane can be easy
Certainly it only is if your team lost the middle point, which means your team lost the game anyway
@ThomasMcDonald Exactly.
Stalker.
Nope.avi
user30
Your Gaming rep curve looks a little like sqrt(x)
Look at the way my SO reputation was steadily increasing until Gaming.SE went into beta.
10:19
It's not a particularly impressive growth :P
I know.
My G.SE growth is much more impressive. :P
It'd be interesting to plot game's release dates to that data.
user30
I'm always surprised to see how vote-happy gaming.se users are.
So I wanted to post a eight minutes long replay of this half decent spy round
perhaps for review/critique or what not
but I found the rotating screenshots on the replay page much more fun and representative.
user30
@badp I would like to point out you are in 7 closed rooms. Only one of those is probably worth stopping in.
user30
In case interesting things happen when/if it reopens
10:23
@ThomasMcDonald I'd have to unstar those rooms... effort
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Q: COD4 Updated their game and I hate it! Why does my level not update? NOTE: Zombie Survival

C15RI have Call of Duty 4 (Modern Warfare) for PC. I like COD4 better than Modern Warefare 2, I don't know why, I just do. Also I don't have a super-powered gaming laptop, only about 1GHz graphics card, so COD4 runs very smoothly. NOTE: I only play Zombie Survival. That is my favorite, I love it! T...

You're welcome.
user30
10:38
Did it need the cheesy music?
It was essential.
Why spend time sorting through the AudioSwap stuff when you can just type 'Elevator' in the search box and pick the first hit?
next time I'm going to try 'Airport' though
aw, no hits for 'airport.'
However, @ThomasMcDonald, you should know that before choosing the cheesy music, I was going for a kid reciting french poetry instead.
user30
I disapprove
Yes, Audioswap even has that sort of stuff.
@ThomasMcDonald Prefer french poetry?
Youtube doesn't have TF2 music for audioswap. It should, though.
@ThomasMcDonald Here, have some fucking Beethoven then.
unfortunately that means ads. At least for me.
ION, Heavy 2 GET.
So much metal.
Come think of it I probably want a medic token.
However I do already have one. Perhaps I should trade the other.
nevermind, a set hat only requires a set dupe and four refined.
11:33
@ThomasMcDonald founder is ho
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Q: how to build elevators in single player mode?

ndefontenayI was trying to make an elevator in single player mode but it looks like it requires commands and the chat is not available in single player. What's the best way to go? I've tried the waterfall / boat elevator but the boat stays at the bottom of the waterfall (the way it should x)

user30
12:06
@ArdaXi as told by other ho
> The CEO filed a claim and successfully got the domain name ‘brohoster.com’ revoked from JWJ.
No he did not.
Besides, it's not HIGHLY ILLEGAL to record conversations. That law is only there to prevent non-consensual recordings to be used as proof in a court of law.
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Q: Can I build a NPC house out of Hellstone?

fjdumontCan NPC homes be built out of Hellstone? Will they settle in? If they do, will they take damage?

Let's see if I can sell mist energy
I mean, I have 100 energy now. People buy or sell 100 energy. Why wouldn't I be able to sell it?
bah, can't login.
user30
Bah, next week is the worst possible week for Valve to release Meet the Medic for me.
12:45
@badp What game is this?
@ArdaXi Spiral Knights
So no, mist energy can't be sold
Letdown.
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Q: What are medieval non fantasy games?

user712092I want to know what games about middle ages, which does not contain fantasy elements (elves, magic, dragons ...), are there? I don't want strategy games but the other genres. Thanks. :) I know about Mount And Blade.

14:36
Crafting in spiral knights is... underwhelming
Autogun: 5× blue shard, 2× iron gear, 2× scrap metal, 400 crowns, 200 energy
Cobalt helm: 5× blue shard, 2× iron gear, 2× scrap metal, 400 crowns, 200 energy
Cobalt armor: 5× blue shard, 2× iron gear, 2× scrap metal, 400 crowns, 200 energy
Defender: 5× blue shard, 2× iron gear, 2× scrap metal, 400 crowns, 200 energy
Yeah, sets have the same reqs
Result: blue shards are selling 1k each at the auction house.
The others sell at much much less.
I got a bunch yesterday for cheap :o
Me too, for values of cheap between 150 and 200
yeah
I started doing stuff in the level 2 area
I'm only duoing though with a friend of mine and the arena level raped us :|
14:40
I bought a brandish
on like level 10 or so
I'm quite happy with it and doubt getting 2 stars in other equipment will be as worth it
yeah same
I also have a Cutter
I mean, going from 16 damage to ~60 (at heat 8) is quite the change.
It's a nicely zippy sword, the Cutter
I'm not sure which alchemy path I'm taking for my Brandish yet
14:41
The striker (3 stars) does as much damage as a brandish, at cutter speeds.
One selling right now at 18k
Tooooo much for me. I don't want to dump a bunch into the cash shop. :(
I'll just level up my Cutter and then use that for crafting
I do have quite a few materials useless to me
namely all that isn't blue shards, iron gear or scrap metal. T_T
After level 2, the energy cost to rez starts and 5 and doubles from there :/
so you can burn through energy really quick if you end up dying a lot >_<
14:42
ugh, 5?
I'm keeping all my extra mats because it's apparently better to have several sets of armor that exceed in one thing than one that's overall average
Then just gear yourself out appropriately for the places you're going.
I didn't care what stuff I fought in Tier 1, but after hitting Tier 2 stuff, I can see it's really going to matter what you fight and what resistances you have now.
Flamethrowers == aaaaaaaargh.
Those flame stuffs going in diagonals?
Yeah
That inexplicably bounce off walls
Yeah, I've seen them.
Arena match with 8 of those flamethrower turrets popping up at once is ugh
14:45
I've completed my first arena today.
Cobalt only protects against piercing for special damage and I don't have any flame res stuff yet.
The 3rd round was kinda brutal, although we got shock turrets and undeads so I guess we were relatively lucky.
Yeah, it can get pretty hairy sometimes
I do swords and my friend does gun/bombing
Actually I bought a proto bomb just because I had nothing in that slot
no idea how to use those tho
are they to use up a weapon slot?
I can definitely see the benefit of ranged characters. :/ Having to get up close and personal a lot is painful.
14:47
Hrm, I see I got in a relatively lucky moment to buy my first 100 energy
Crown price has raised by 100 since then.
got it for 3,360 IIRC
You hold down the charge button to charge them up and then place them when it's ready
Ugh. Charging is so underwhelming
you'll see a little circle head outwards from the center and when it hits the outer circle, it explodes
there's really some nice bombs, some with KB, some with good damage, some with status
You stand still for like 5 seconds and deal, OMG! 13 damage instead of 10. (With the proto gun.)
When you could've just shot five times for 53.
Yeah proto stuff is meh for charging really. Charging up for other things can be pretty nice though.
Like Cutter's charge is a 5 hit combo that can't be interrupted by taking damage
14:49
I'll try charging with the brandish then.
Brandish's isn't too bad
The wiki's pretty extensive, has most of the charge attacks listed.
> A powerful forward-swinging arc, followed by a small explosion. Hitting enemies at point-blank range can knock them back into a follow-up hit from the explosion.
so... a lil bit more damage plus the explosion?
What I usually do is herd stuff into a corner while charging and then hit them
For the sword charges you can usually be mobile
I think for most gun's, afaik, you have to stand still
I usually don't bother with charging much in regular play, mostly just arenas, depending on enemy density.
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Q: How to counter Protoss' fast expand as zerg?

NickSo this is the situation: I scout around 9, I find his base quite far from mine. The protoss also immediatly puts a wall in front of his natural (+cannons), making it impossible to end the game quickly. I assume he's fast expanding and I'm right. What should I do? Build a fast third? Later in ...

yeah, arenas can have crazy amounts of stuff
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Q: Change language in Fifa 08

ZnarkusI'd like to change the language of the commentators in Fifa 08. Is there any way to do this? The language was set when I first launched the game, but I don't know how to change it now. Thanks.

15:49
Interesting: at current market rates, an average 45 minute expedition using 90 energy needs you to net ~3.2k crowns to break even.
16:07
@FallenAngelEyes Am I missing something here?
By golly, I forgot the most important unit.
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Q: Do NPCs Throw Parties in The Sims 3?

MaxpmIn The Sims 3, you can throw parties and invite people over the phone. Do you ever get invitations from other Sims? Or is the player the only one who can throw parties?

 
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Q: When do you get extra life in Pacman?

SinanIn Pacman (iPhone version) you get an extra life when you score 10000. When do you get another extra life?

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Q: Sims 3: lot no longer has a pool; Sims still want to swim, get stuck in loop

oKtosiTeMy current household used to contain a swimming pool on a third floor balcony. Since I've recently installed Sims 3 Ambitions, the pool had to go to make room for a laundry room. Every now and then one of the Sims on the lot gets stuck in a loop, however, adding the "Swim" action to their qu...

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Q: Can a spy reach the shack outside the second spawn point in CP Granary?

badpWhile discussing sentry jumping and the ethicality thereof, Transall claims that… There's a bunch of junk to the side of [Granary's second spawn point] ledge that [spies] can use to jump onto it. Edit: Just looked and it's only true for blu's spawn. You can still get up to the box...

19:52
Wow, I haven't had a fun SC2 question like this in a while:
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Q: How to counter Protoss' fast expand as zerg?

NickSo this is the situation: I scout around 9, I find his base quite far from mine. The protoss also immediatly puts a wall in front of his natural (+cannons), making it impossible to end the game quickly. I assume he's fast expanding and I'm right. What should I do? Build a fast third? Later in ...

@JeffAtwood on the FAQ, under: "Do I have to log in or create an account," you should link to where you can get an SO OpenID
@GraceNote [like]!
20:48
@tzenes That's what the large type 'click here to sign up' text on the login page does
21:15
Hi.
I was told that my question should be in chat, it would made a list. I do not know how it works, so I will ask my question and I apologize if I made mistake by putting it here.

The question is:
What games are there that are set in the middle ages and do not contain fantasy elements (elves, magic, dragons ...)? I don't want strategy games but the other genres. Thanks. :)

I know about Mount And Blade.
@user712092 What kind of games?
For example, Age of Empires is a series of Medieval RTS games with no fantasy elements.
@Lazers You might find answer there home.comcast.net/~jpittman2/pacman/pacmandossier.html . (I just saw what You wrote and I connected it. Link contains a in-depth information about Pacman, I assume answer might be there.)
Hmm, today's daily deal on Steam is Monday Night Combat for $3.75 USD. Dunno how much it is in other regions.
@Powerlord Any kind, it can be simulators and it can be actions, it can be stealth. It just has to have no fantasy elements and it must not be a strategy game.
21:32
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm surprised he hasn't just (ab)used his dictatorial powers to delete them.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I do wonder why you thought that was important enough to sticky it, though. Assuming you stickied it and not one of the other room mods of site mods.
@Powerlord I could tell you how to tell who stickied it but it's more fun this way.
@badp The timing pretty much tells me who stickied it, as it was stickied immediately. I doubt the others even had time to read it before it got stickied.
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Q: Which achievements are impossible without purcahsing DLC?

KatieKIn Beautiful Katamari, which of the Achievements are impossible without purchasing any DLC?

22:11
@Powerlord Next time you can just check the message history
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Q: Can usb cross link be used for multiplayer?

user712092There is a ASUS CrossLink Cable. I am not trying to advertise ASUS, it just I happed to find it. I thought that since You can perform transfer between 2 computers it might be possible to use it to play games. I do not know details of this process (whether data can go both sides at the same time)...

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Q: Violent, Cartoonish Racing Game

MaxpmI remember playing this split-screen "racing" game either on my friend's Xbox, PlayStation 2, or GameCube. I don't remember if there was any actual racing in the traditional sense, but there was a lot of deathmatch-style gameplay. The graphics were a lot like TF2's in that they were cartoonish...

@badp There's no indication in the history as to when it was starred or by whom. At least not in the history us normal users can see.
@Powerlord Yes there is. It's not where you'd expect it perhaps.
user30
@Powerlord (it's under the logo)
In other news today I was killed by a owner of the Saxxy award for the best overall video.
I guess I'm supposed to feel honored or somesuch.
22:23
@badp: Monday Night Combat is pretty good... and not expensive today. It might not be a bad idea to get it. ;)
@Powerlord Good? really?
Isn't it yet another TF2 clone?
@badp It plays a bit differently than TF2.
6 classes, each with 3 special skills and 2 weapons.
It is coincidental that my translator application to "Valve" involved translating this game's very description
user30
MNC was good for all of 2.8 hrs
user30
Then I went back to TF2
22:25
I'd be more likely to keep with MNC if more people I knew played it.
(This stuff is pretty long, complicated and boring to translate, so they make applicants translate them to test their worth. A pretty smart move.)
I don't know why people bother making, playing or TASing this stuff
@badp No idea. Shadowgate is pretty easy if you know what to do.
user30
Uhh, I have 20 hours on ARMA II. Where did they come from?
user30
I hardly played that
user30
I think Empire: Total War comes in at worst value game on my Steam account
user30
22:28
£29.99, 1.3 hours played, for a cost of ~£23/hour
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Q: How do I infect Madagscar?

Steve V. Image says all. http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html


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