The Bridge

Wipqozn

18:00

@OrigamiRobot You're welcome.

In other news,d asjdnhsaljdh BANISHED BE RELEASED

kalina

but I'm less than 1k away from catching up with @badp

!

one of these days...

badp

then we will be REP BUDDIES

FOREVER

kalina

no

then I'm going to chase down Oak and tzenes

Sterno

@Wipqozn ?

kalina

and make my way up to the first row

user15026

18:01

Once rep buddies always rep buddies

user15026

its the rules

Sterno

@Wipqozn I keep hearing you talk about that game, but not why it is so anticipated

kalina

catching up with Raven and agent86 is never going to happen

.oO( unless I create an army of minions to do my bidding mwahahahaha )

yeah, never going to happen

but everybody else is fair game

@AshleyNunn where are these rules?

:o

Lazers

0

Q: Which Operations unlock uniforms for my character in COD Ghosts?

I'd like a list of operations for each of the uniform pieces in COD Ghosts but I can't seem to find one. Does one exist?

call-of-duty-ghosts

user15026

@kalina Oh, they exist.

Sterno

18:02

> Banished will be released on February 18, 2014

kalina

fine if I have to be rep buddies then I might as well be rep buddies with @badp, it could be worse, I guess

Sterno

You seem to be off by a few days

Frank

@Sterno A week after Lightning Returns!

kalina

does rep buddies mean I have to upvote him constantly so he keeps up with me?

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Wouldn't that mean that everyone is rep buddies with everyone else they've passed on the way to their current rep, and everyone who has passed them?

kalina

18:03

I can do that, too, I guess

SaintWacko

Also, ffs my computer is lagging so much wtf

Sterno

Lightning Returns sounds fun in concept, until I realize the gameplay will basically be the combat system I hated in the previous two games with the addition of dress-up superpowers

user15026

@SaintWacko Precisely. :D It is a giant net of buddy-dom.

user15026

You cannot escape.

Frank

@Sterno Actually, Auto is no longer an option.

kalina

18:04

@Sterno are they still called dress spheres?

Frank

@kalina Nope. Schemata.

kalina

during my brief period of time playing whichever game they were called dress spheres in, that's literally all I remember about the game

oh and there was some stupid concert thing at the start of the game

and one of the dress spheres was called songstress

Frank

@kalina X-2

The HD remake of which I'm also waiting for.

kalina

I don't get on with Final Fantasy games at all

Coronus

@Frank 2 more months!

Frank

18:05

@Coronus I'll be playing Lightning Returns and (hopefully) the beta of Chroma Squad in the meantime!

kalina

c'mon Elite Dangerous, release some more content, I NEED IT

Sterno

I haven't played a computer game in weeks. It's terrible.

kalina

I'm not far behind you, tbh

I've started a few games up for an hour or two

I've certainly thought about playing games

I spent many hours thinking about starting up Mass Effect 3 again but ended up just playing through the ending in my head and that was enough to prevent me from doing so

SaintWacko

I have been playing games every day. Catacomb Kids, the Discworld MUD, and Warframe, mostly. And now Risk of Rain

Sterno

@kalina Best ending is everyone dies ending

Ullallulloo

18:10

I basically just play Dota 2, TF2, and MechWarrior Online now.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina 2nd wave beta plox

GnomeSlice

Biped physics simulations learning to walk is both super cool and hilarious : http://vimeo.com/79098420 (via @PsychoDesigns)

Tweeted by renaudbedard on January 14, 2014 at 4:07 AM

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo I should play more MWO. I haven't played in forever.

Ullallulloo

I have been playing the occasional Warframe or Monster Hunter, but I probably won't at college.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot first wave beta hasn't started yet

Sterno

18:11

Most of my gaming in the last two months has been SR4 on the PS3

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Stop reminding me!

kalina

@Sterno you're becoming one of those pesky console gamers!

points

Frank

@Ullallulloo Oh, right, you have Monster Hunter.

Sterno

@kalina I play about 2 console games a year.

Frank

You should join us on our Saturday morning, hunts!

Sterno

18:13

SR4 is one of the few non-console-exclusive games I've played on a console

And that's because Amazon had a good sale on it before Christmas

Ullallulloo

@Frank Well, I'm going back to college tomorrow, and I only have the starting weapons so far.

Sterno

@Frank What was the console game you were playing where it has randomly generated dungeons and (maybe) permadeath, or at least a "lose a bunch of your shit-death"

Lazers

0

Q: Modding default cars and will they be saved as the default car?

Simple question: if i modify Franklin his car and save the game, will the car in the drive way become the modded car or will it turn into the default car again? If it becomes the default car again, is there any place where you can easily save your cars where they will always respawn if you ditch...

xbox-360 grand-theft-auto-5

Frank

@Sterno Guided Fate Paradox.

FAE

@Sterno hahaha

Powerlord

18:16

OK, employers... did you really just email 10,000+ employees to tell them the new phone numbers of 10 people in a department that most of us have never even heard of?

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord Likely.

Fluttershy

Vehicle maintenance sucks. What's the point of having an appointment if the shop hasn't found anything out 4 hours after the scheduled appointment? <_< Doesn't this defeat the purpose?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Because Banished.

@Sterno I was complaining it's not out yet.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Because Banished

Wipqozn

I want it to exist in my hands. My digital hands.

See? @OrigamiRobot gets it.

kalina

18:19

I never realised how bad the audio on this rip was so bad

never listened to it through headphones

audio is all over the place

GnomeSlice

@kalina Which?

kalina

Jobs

Lazers

-1

Q: How long does it take steam support to reply?

I submitted a question. I've been waiting for 2 days, nearly 3, when will they reply?

steam

Powerlord

@Lazers A long time

Coronus

@Fluttershy What's worse is when they fix the part the code says is broken but it doesn't stop the problem.

Sterno

18:26

@Frank Would it be an appropriate game to try to play while using a treadmill, or does it require too much twitch precision?

Frank

@Sterno No twitch precision required. It's a turn-based roguelike.

Sterno

I think I've figured out how to get some video game time back into my day, under the pretext that I'm working out!

GnomeSlice

@Lazers I did not close this as off-topic, stop lying.

Frank

@Sterno I do the same thing with TV watching; while I build models, I put on something to listen to.

kalina

I can't help but wonder how much of this movie is true

Sterno

18:29

Or I could just get back to Disgaea, I guess

user15026

@GnomeSlice Well, more people chose that than what you chose, so you get lumped in. :P

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn =[

I chose 'primarily opinion based' for what it's worth.

user15026

@GnomeSlice That's how it works. Most popular pick gets labelled on the question.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn erhnsdsdkrb

Frank

@Sterno That game's the ultimate time waster.

user15026

18:31

@GnomeSlice Otherwise questions could get labelled with like a bajillion (okay, no, its bounded, but still) close reasons, which is confusing as all heck if the user actually wants to try to make the question better.

GnomeSlice

Yeah, I know, I don't really care anyway.

Makes sense.

:)

Lazers

0

Q: Xbox One Port Forward for Remote SmartGlass

I'm trying to use SmartGlass for my Xbox One from outside my home network. I know this isn't quite the intended functionality but it should be possible with the right port forwarding. Does anyone know the ports that need to be forwarded for this to be possible?

xbox-one xbox-smartglass

Yuki

So... anybody up for Risk of Rain co-op?

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki I will be when I get home.

And after I eat.

Yuki

I guess I'll just practice Miner solo for a bit then.

Frank

18:39

@Lazers This doesn't seem to have anything to do with gaming. He just needs to know what ports to forward on his router.

Lazers

0

Q: mine craft doesn't work I SEE AN EMPTY LINE

i click play and then it finish loading nothing happen the line is empty in green and the play again and i see play as it was I AM TOOOOOOOOOOO SAD :( PLZ I WANT ANSWER FAST AND I DOWNLOAD IT 245MB :( AND THANKS

pc

3ventic

@Lazers Not again..

Braiam

@Lazers I bought a car, the car doesn't start, I don't know what happen, do you?

Oak

@Frank it was so much more entertaining before your edit

Frank

@Oak Yeah, but the goal is to help him, no? :P

Wipqozn

18:42

Scumbag @Frank. Making the site a better place.

Frank

I mean, we could just point and laugh, but that wouldn't be very nice of us at all.

Wipqozn

what's this "nice" you speak of?

Oak

I just like how it starts out normal and then goes all CAPITAL WITH FROWNIE

Frank

@Lazers Oh, I see. Smartglass is an xbone mobile control app.

I suppose that falls within our jurisdiction.

Wipqozn

We should just expand our scope to include questions about everything.

Oak

18:46

@Wipqozn that's what I always say :)

Frank

@Wipqozn That would lead to a mass exodus. :P

GnomeSlice

@Yuki I can do some if you want.

Wipqozn

@Frank and we can make questions about the mass exodus on-topic too!

Frank

@Wipqozn You're going to break my brain at this rate.

Wipqozn

@Frank Excellent.

Coronus

18:49

@Wipqozn Yahoo Answers 2.0?

Wipqozn

In other news, I should be around for hunting tomorrow (cc @allthehunters).

Braiam

@Frank "honest" should be before "nice" since we all are jackasses

Lazers

0

Q: How do I put armor on in pocket edition?

I just got Minecraft PE a few weeks ago, and I still can't figure out how to equip armor!

minecraft-pocket-edition

FAE

@GnomeSlice So now it's giving me a new Fastest Boss Kill time. I think I just broke it earlier. o_O

GnomeSlice

@FAE Weird.

Sepia Lazers

18:53

0

Q: When a new version/season is released for a game, how should old questions/answers be altered if at all?

This scenario has most likely happened before and in other games, but recently League of Legends released season 4, which changed much of the game. A question was asked about the new season 4, and it was marked as a duplicate to a previous question that was asked during season 3. Unfortunately, t...

discussion

Wipqozn

@Oak I'm pretty sure trees can't talk, and so you're therefore incapable of saying anything.

Yuki

@GnomeSlice Lemme finish this run real quick and I'll be in Mumble.

Oak

@Wipqozn right you are. I'm off then, bye!

Wipqozn

@Oak Man, I sure showed that tree who is the boss.

GnomeSlice

wtf mumble stopped working for me

Wipqozn

18:54

Long live the Turtles!

Yuki

Best thing for killing imps: Ceremonial Dagger.

Just need to kill one and the spirit bolts finish the rest off for you.

GnomeSlice

let me try reinstalling mumble...

SaintWacko

This game is tough

Very fun, though

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Risk of Rain?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Yes

GnomeSlice

19:01

@SaintWacko It's pretty fun. Interested in trying co-op with @Yuki and I (and possibly origamirobot)?

Powerlord

Apparently today is Betty White's 92nd birthday.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Multiplayer stuff doesn't work at work

GnomeSlice

@Yuki Hang on, mumble isn't picking up my mic now

SaintWacko

proxies and things

Plus I need to be able to pause to do other things

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko We'd have to use hamachi anyway but okay

oh, yeah

SaintWacko

19:03

@GnomeSlice hamachi would get me fired

I have to go through two checkpoints to get to my desk. They would severely frown upon connecting the company network to outside computers

GnomeSlice

@Yuki That's me talking, wtf.

Yuki

@GnomeSlice I figured.

Frank

@SaintWacko Ouch.

Security paranoia much?

kalina

Yay for arguing

Raised voices!

I might just go out for a bit

LessPop_MoreFizz

YOU RUINED IT. You jerk. — LessPop_MoreFizz 16 secs ago

SaintWacko

19:09

@Frank It's warranted

We handle a lot of very sensitive information for... pretty much everyone

Frank

@SaintWacko If you're bringing in external USB sticks, and they allow that, chances are good that whatever security they have is already defeated.

SaintWacko

@Frank Yeah, I've been careful not to point that out to anyone

Frank

@SaintWacko Oh, so it is actually a hole in their security.

Alright, then.

Game playing is more important than corporate security!

Ben Brocka

►

What the hell nintendo

Lazers

0

Q: Games using voice recognition?

I'm interested to know which games have done this, and in particular those that have done it well. I know that UT2004 was supposed to have some voice command functionality but it is hard to find legitimiate info on this. I'm not sure what the recognition rate was like. Unfortunately, I believe s...

voice-chat

Gaming Topics From Outside

19:24

0

Q: What is causing blue screen and making my pc restart?

I need expert help. Recently a friend of mine brought spare parts and assembled a PC for me. The specs of the PC are as below : Casing: Aerocool vs92 gaming Processor: core i7 3.4-3.9GHz 8mb cache LGA1155 Mainboard: msi b75 MA-G43 professional Memory: Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333 HARDDISK: TOSHIBA 500...

windows-7 memory graphics-card intel-core-i7 gaming

Sterno

19:40

Not sure why that new meta is getting downvotes

Lazers

0

Q: What are the locations of the Dragon Priests?

I only know of Krosis' location, I would like to know the rest. Along with what i should expect when I arrive.

skyrim

Powerlord

@Sterno I took one look at Meta to see what you're talking about and thought "Didn't we already discuss this when I was still on the site TWO YEARS AGO?"

Sterno

@Powerlord Probably. Go find it and link the dupe. :)

Powerlord

@Sterno Can't, I have work I need to be doing.

Brian

Not saying that we should, but does changing answer order rest in the hands of SE communities?

Sterno

19:46

10

Q: How should we deal with out of date questions/answers?

This is perhaps a concern largely unique to questions about MMO's, and other multiplayer games that see major game-balance patches released on a regular basis, but how should we address content contained on the site that is, by being out-of-date, no longer correct? For example, this World of War...

discussion site-policies obsolete-questions

I did it for you. I win all the internets today.

@Brian How do you mean?

Pretty much all we can do is cast votes so the good stuff rises and bad stuff sinks

Brian

@Sterno like using strictly upvotes over accepted than upvotes

Powerlord

@Brian By default, they're ordered by accepted answer, then largest number of votes.

Sterno

@Brian I don't forsee them changing that.

Powerlord

But no, accepted answers are always listed first except on questions where a self-answer is marked as accepted.

Sterno

Oh, hey, I had a dupe of this topic way back when, too:

4

Q: What do you do with questions where the correct answer has changed after a game update?

About a year ago, I asked a question about Die2Nite asking if you could camp outdoors and survive. At the time, the answer was no. However, when Season 2 started (a few months after I originally asked the question), the answer changed to yes. What should we do in cases like this where game patch...

discussion

Brian

19:49

Yea I just don't really like the green checkmark/top of the list means its right notion that people may get on first glance

@Sterno then i guess its a duplicate!

Sterno

That might be my very first meta.

I'm too lazy to hit the sort button and find out

It's a bit strange how much rep seemed to matter back then.

Brian

damn, i'm normally better at finding previous questions

Sterno

"Oh no, I'll be taking 15 rep away from the guy who was previously-correct!"

Jason Berkan

You care more about rep when first starting out.

Brian

I'm tempted to delete it to reset the tag count haha

Sterno

19:52

Nothing wrong with dupes (if they're linked as such)

I tried to VTC mine as a dupe, linked to the wrong one, retracted my vote, and now can't fix it to point at the right dupe because I can't vote again

Brian

Do closed questions remove tag uses?

Lazers

0

Q: What different kinds of dragons are there in Skyrim?

I've encountered regular dragons of different color and skill, such as ice or fire breath, but I've also encountered Blood Dragons. Are new types appearing as i gain levels? Or does it relate to the main quest?

skyrim

Yuki

@Brian Don't think so.

GnomeSlice

BAM

FEichinger

@Brian Nope.

Lazers

20:00

0

Q: What is the highest amount of Fortify Archery I can receive on a single item?

I know that I can use larger soul stones to increase the amount, but it only goes so far. How do I get more? I do not have any DLC other than Hearthfire.

skyrim

GnomeSlice

RISK OF RAIN MUTILATED

Yuki

@Brian You could just delete if you really want to lower the tag count.

Sepia Lazers

-1

Q: Should we lock tags when question counts reach a unique/important number?

Recently, discussion just reached a total of 1,337 questions on Arqade Meta. There is a proposal for a moratorium on all discussion questions to preserve the unique question count. Should we prevent specific tags from being used when their question counts reach certain numbers? If so, at which nu...

discussion always-friday-in-iceland

Yuki

@SepiaLazers Oh, now my question actually goes through. Posted that stupid thing this morning.

Powerlord

Uh oh, not looking good, Nintendo

I can't picture Nintendo entering the Smartphone gaming market

Lazers

20:06

0

Q: What is the purpose of the Apiary in Skyrim-Hearthfire?

I see it had bees in it, but they don't do anything.

skyrim-hearthfire

GnomeSlice

StarDrive on DailyRoyale for $11.99 (60% off)

FEichinger

> asked 6 mins ago

Yuki

@FEichinger Yeah, I tried posting it during work, I guess it got caught by the site blocker or something.

And then when I get home, it goes through or something. I have no clue.

Ben Brocka

@Powerlord Hopefully not

Sterno

@SepiaLazers Voted to close as "I don't care why, just pick a reason"

Lazers

20:12

0

Q: Is the Mario Party 3DS Multiplayer cross-region?

Because I have an UK model, and my friends have an US model, so, yeah, I'd like to know if I will be able to play with them if I buy the game

3ds mario-party mario-party-island-tour

Sterno

@GnomeSlice Your answer would be better if it were just "No."

GnomeSlice

@Sterno Character count.

Sterno

HTML whitespace characters FTW!

Yuki

People don't understand that it's always-friday-in-iceland.

GnomeSlice

@Sterno how do

Sterno

20:14

@Yuki I do. I just don't want it on Arqade. :P

Coronus

The irony of the question is that if it had been posted this morning, it would have destroyed the number it was asking whether to protect. I am amused.

GnomeSlice

1

A: Should we lock tags when question counts reach a unique/important number?

No.

Oh, we edited it at the same time.

Sterno

@GnomeSlice I edited it before you and used  . Not sure what you did, but it worked too!

@Coronus That was the whole point.

Yuki

@Coronus That's actually what I was trying to do, but my workplace put its site blocker back up.

FEichinger

Aaaand Gnome's answer got a quality warning. Hah.

jmfsg

20:16

@FEichinger :P

GnomeSlice

Deadly Premonition got added to the IndieGala January

Sterno

Ha!

GnomeSlice

=[

Shouldn't upvotes like automatically cancel that?

FEichinger

Can we, just for the sake of it, have everyone use a different close vote?

Yuki

@FEichinger Please do, that would be hilarious.

Sterno

20:18

Which will win?

FEichinger

@Sterno Probably the first.

GnomeSlice

Why close it though?

FEichinger

Or whichever the system checks for first.

GnomeSlice

I hope it doesn't pick dupe as the winner

Yuki

All right, currently we're at 4 different close votes.

Sterno

20:19

@GnomeSlice Primarily Opinion Based. :) And we never allow questions that are almost entirely opinion on meta!

FEichinger

Now dupevote against memes of arqade?

Lazers

0

Q: When will my home be furnished?

I gave my steward the gold to furnish multiple rooms in my home. It has been approximately 6 ingame days and they are still not furnished and i no longer have the option to ask my steward to do so. So, where did my money go?

skyrim-hearthfire

GnomeSlice

Sine Mora (Steam) is $2.50

CC shmup fans

Same with Spacechem

Sterno

Most closed metas seem to be dupes or "too localized".

Yuki

Ah, so it's off-topic now.

Sterno

20:21

Awww, two people voted as off-topic.

Yuki

I voted off-topic before the ~~first~~ second guy voted off-topic.

FEichinger

:(

Yuki

Not my fault.

GnomeSlice

0

A: Should we lock tags when question counts reach a unique/important number?

This idea is completely absurd. I like it. But what would we use in place of those tags? It would really only be a novelty and probably cause problems. Perhaps there is another way to commemorate the event, a more practical and less breaking one. Perhaps a "honors" section with screenshots of th...

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

jmfsg

12

Q: What happens if a fifth person chooses a different reason to close?

I'm curious, what if a question has 4 votes, 2 for one reason, 2 for other, and the fifth person chooses a third... what is the official close reason? We can test it here (it has 4 votes at the time of this writing)

support vote-to-close close-reasons attribution

Sterno

20:25

BRB, voting to close as primarily opinion-based on 80% of meta questions.

FEichinger

Just wanted to mention: prior to my voting, this question had one vote on each of the four non-dupe close reasons here on meta. — Billy Mailman 3 mins ago

Teeheehee.

Sterno

Did Arda delete his account again?

Yuki

@FEichinger Knew I should have VTC as dupe.

FEichinger

@Sterno user56

GnomeSlice

I finally finished reading the Internet yesterday. It was pretty good. Can't wait for the sequel.

Tweeted by SamMacaroni on January 17, 2014 at 7:08 PM

FEichinger

20:31

With user ID 49945 on gaming.SE

Powerlord

OK, wtf, apparently the Java applet that drives our map service isn't signed in any of our environments, which is why Java 7u51 is barfing on it.

Trent Hawkins

\

Powerlord

Well, OK I can't check if it's signed on prod, but since it should be identical between Dev, QA, and Prod, I'm assuming it's not signed.

SaintWacko

> Just received a manuscript in which every dash was typed by the author as a space character with a strikethrough effect.

Sterno

Did we get a font change on the site at some point, or did it always look like that?

3ventic

20:40

Chrome update

Tim Stone

@SaintWacko ...I..wh...huh

FEichinger

@SaintWacko Those comments make me cry.

@Sterno Chrome Update, indeed.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger All of them? Or just the first one?

GnomeSlice

Jan 11 at 5:29, by ElfSlice

Also, has the header font on the site changed for anyone else recently?

Ben Brocka

@SaintWacko good lord

GnomeSlice

20:41

repro

FEichinger

@SaintWacko Well, mostly the first one, but it doesn't get much better further down.

SaintWacko

Whoa, why does the font look different?

FEichinger

1 min ago, by FEichinger

@Sterno Chrome Update, indeed.

SaintWacko

:P

GnomeSlice

Would anybody here be interested in a Bandcamp code for Robot Language by Meganeko?

Some pretty good stuff. It's EDM with chip music influences and sounds.

I have one more.

Gaming Topics From Outside

20:45

0

Q: Does Ubuntu support My Hardware?

Hello im new in this Community, i liked Ubuntu OS but i don't know if Ubuntu support My Hardware is a HP Pavilion dv4-4075la entertainment PC and this is his Hardware. This are the specs of my pc i want to play games like Team fortress 2, Sims 3 (i know i need to use virtual box or Playonlinux)...

12.04 games hp-pavilion

Sterno

amazon.com/Haribo-Gummy-Candy-Sugarless-5-Pound/dp/B000EVQWKC/…

It has amusing reviews.

> OMG. Everything previously written is true. It’s all true. Don’t eat more than 15 in a sitting unless you are trying to power wash your intestines.

Unionhawk

ಠ_ಠ

> sugarless

GnomeSlice

@Sterno amazon.com/AudioQuest-K2-Terminated-Speaker-Cable/dp/B000J36XR2

WTF Y U NO WORK

FEichinger

42 secs ago, by Sterno

> OMG. Everything previously written is true. It’s all true. Don’t eat more than 15 in a sitting unless you are trying to power wash your intestines.

Unionhawk

internet pls

Sterno

20:49

> After a few hours, I had an EXTREME build-up of gas with no relief. All I could do was lie on my bed and pray for a fart. That might sound funny, but when you’ve eaten something that has basically turned you into the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka, you’re pleading for relief.

GnomeSlice

Still not as good as the Audioquest K2 reviews

> My cats chewed on this cable and now they can both speak. One of them is gay and the other wants to kill me. I would have rather not known.

> I got these as a present for my brother, and now he's vanished and nobody remembers his existence. What a waste of money.

=[

kalina

Sigh

Yuki

@GnomeSlice amazon.com/review/R3I8VKTCITJCX6/…

GnomeSlice

@Yuki That one is amazing.

DO NOT USE THE CABLES!

badp

4 days!

Blizzard felt like they had to remind me that my account I have no access to can join the Hearthstone beta.

I think I'll have to borrow some hate from @FEichinger for that.

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