The Bridge

CruelCow

3:02 PM

What's up with the new title? When did we become 4chan? :D

Grace Note

@CruelCow There was a Meta post that was originally titled "Is this place just a ripoff of 4-chan!?"

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow Probably in response to the 'are we just an elaborate trolling board?' question.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I see, thanks. I don't see a meta on it, so I'll make one. Unless you know of one that already exists...? I searched gaming meta and MSO but found nothing about spoiler markdown in chat

Grace Note

So, naturally, we had to prove it right.

@Wipqozn Well, @random should be awake soon, so if it's a duplicate, you'll be in good hands. ♪

CruelCow

@GraceNote Naturally.

user30

3:03 PM

c'mon 15th August.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote No idea who random is.

Grace Note

This is said post.

CruelCow

I saw the troll question but not the 4chan one.

user30

It was the original title of the post

Grace Note

The original title was revised in the 5-minute grace period - I only have it because I get inbox notifications of new Gaming Meta posts and that happened to be one such.

GnomeSlice ツ

3:05 PM

There's entertaining questions and answers... and then there's Gnomeslice. – Raven Dreamer

I'm not sure I agree with this...

=[

CruelCow

Actually gnomeslice has one of my favorite question ever

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ We all do.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi =[

user30

Also, I tried to change my name earlier. It wouldn't.

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald Pardon?

CruelCow

3:06 PM

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/8731/… For some timezone out there this question was asked on 10/10/10 at 10:10

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow Wait, really?

Hah, cool.

Mana ಠдಠ

yeeeees, Ivo posted a nomination!!

CruelCow

I think this is the first vote in my life where I'm not tempted to just answer "none of the above please" :(

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ yeah I saw that as well

GnomeSlice ツ

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Q: Obese Icon on Meta

I've noticed that the inbox notification icon on Meta seems to have put on a little weight. Depicted below are the icons of both sites, with the main site on top, and meta on the bottom.

I still like this one the best.

user30

3:08 PM

@GraceNote What characters are valid for display names?

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald Most anything that isn't a diamond, I believe.

user30

hmm. Doesn't seem to like ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿

GnomeSlice ツ

Aw, @JeffAtwood removed the tags fat-icons and feelings ...

Grace Note

What's the name you're shooting for?

Mana ಠдಠ

@CruelCow I missed the "not" on my first pass there...:D;;

GnomeSlice ツ

3:09 PM

@ThomasMcDonald +1 for chrome.

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald Not sure why.

GnomeSlice ツ

@GraceNote Probably includes characters that aren't letters.

user30

@GraceNote I'm genuinely not that bothered, was just attempting to mess around with display names, it seems to be the cool thing to do at the moment.

Grace Note

@GnomeSliceツ So does your name.

GnomeSlice ツ

It wouldn't take a bunch of names that I tried.

Arda Xi

3:10 PM

@GraceNote I believe only letters are.

GnomeSlice ツ

Well, I guess it's not an English letter...?

Arda Xi

@GraceNote ツ is a letter.

user30

humm, 10 nominees?

CruelCow

@ArdaXi ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿ is a letter in my language! Stop suppressing my culture!

Grace Note

Tildes aren't letters either.

Arda Xi

3:12 PM

@CruelCow It's 4 different characters.

Grace Note

It's probably the symbology section, though.

GnomeSlice ツ

◔_◔

Grace Note

I'm pretty sure I've seen some non-standard symbol in a name before, though.

GnomeSlice ツ

(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞

user30

^[\w](?<!_)

Arda Xi

3:13 PM

﴾͡ | ๏̯͡ | ๏ | ﴿

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi You suck.

user30

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A: Initial non-ISO646 character refused in display name

we were not allowing anything other than [A-Z0-9] when validating the first character. Fixed. Now we use ^[\w](?<!_)

Arda Xi

Heh, now I can't read anything enclosed in tildes.

GnomeSlice ツ

First I was like

ಠ_ಠ

Then, I was like

ಥ_ಥ

Mana ಠдಠ

You people are ridiculous. scoffs, uppity look

GnomeSlice ツ

3:13 PM

@Manaಠдಠ ALWAYS

Mana ಠдಠ

I WANNA BE WITH YOU

GnomeSlice ツ

AND MAKE BELIEVE WITH YOU

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald That's just the first letter, though. Were you making your name just that face?

Mana ಠдಠ

AND LIVE IN HARMONY HARMONY OOOOH LOOOVE

CruelCow

Get a room

Arda Xi

3:14 PM

@GraceNote I do believe ^[\w](?<!_) goes for the entire string.

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow no u

Mana ಠдಠ

:(

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Wouldn't it need a $ at the end for that?

GnomeSlice ツ

@GraceNote It wouldn't accept a bunch of characters I tried at the end of my name.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Not necessarily.

Names

^[\w](?<!_)

Assert position at the beginning of the string «^»
Match a single character that is a “word character” (letters, digits, etc.) «[\w]»
Assert that it is impossible to match the regex below with the match ending at this position (negative lookbehind) «(?<!_)»
Match the character “_” literally «_»

Grace Note

3:15 PM

Ahha

Arda Xi

Oh, wait, of course, this only matches one letter.

No idea what they use for the rest.

user30

@GraceNote oh yeah, but no, I was making it a suffix.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi Magicks.

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald Then I've no clue.

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ Damn you two, it's stuck in my head now

GnomeSlice ツ

3:16 PM

@FallenAngelEyes OOOH LOOOOOVE

Mana ಠдಠ

:D

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes That's a good facial expression to accompany that rage.

FallenAngelEyes

I uh, may or may not have purchased that song on Lips :x

GnomeSlice ツ

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FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Haha it is!

CruelCow

3:17 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Play robot unicorn attack, turn it into something wonderful

Lazers

0

Q: What cheat codes are there for Resident Evil 3: Nemesis?

What are the cheat codes for Resident Evil 3: Nemesis? I googled first but all I get are hints e.g., how to beat Nemesis, how to solve certain puzzles etc. Is there any cheat codes which will allow me to get powerful weapons or infinite ammo?

cheat resident-evil-nemesis

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Q: Do I pay my debt payment at the beginning or ending of the due date?

I'm currently on the seventh day of gameplay in Recettear and the eighth day, the first day of payment, fast approaches. However, in planning out my next two days, I've bumped into a situation where my plan of action depends on whether or not the debt payment is payed at the beginning or ending o...

recettear

GnomeSlice ツ

4 mins ago, by GnomeSlice ツ

First I was like

ಠ_ಠ

Then, I was like

ಥ_ಥ

FallenAngelEyes

@CruelCow No! I end up playing and never stopping!

user30

╚(•⌂•)╝

Grace Note

@Lazers More like most awesome game over screen ever!

GnomeSlice ツ

3:18 PM

@ThomasMcDonald +1 for chrome

CruelCow

@FallenAngelEyes You mean you'll be playing... always? (badum-tish)

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote I felt so bad the first time it happened!

Grace Note

I should have to see it some time. I'll see about doing that when I do a New Game.

...if I can't convince my brother to live in a box first.

Mana ಠдಠ

Recette haunts the town in her cardboard box house for the rest of her life.

FallenAngelEyes

It's so... adorable...

GnomeSlice ツ

3:19 PM

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

ＳＨＵＴ　ＵＰ　ＡＮＤ　ＥＮＪＯＹ　ＴＨＥ　SAX!

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user30

@GnomeSliceツ enjoying nero, shush

CruelCow

I'm watching SC2 streams so it's kpop for me :(

Mana ಠдಠ

heh

GnomeSlice ツ

@ThomasMcDonald Once you start, you can' stop. ಥ_ಥ

Mana ಠдಠ

@CruelCow Do you watch the GSL?

Tom Wijsman

3:22 PM

Hmm, failed again in Recettear. Lessons learned: Save at least each morning, sell stuff before going to the shop on payment day.

CruelCow

@Manaಠдಠ Nope. teevox.com

GnomeSlice ツ

I think I'm going to revisit this question.

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Q: Techniques for Playing Wrench Tennis Effectively?

So, I noticed that in the Medical Pavilion stage of Bioshock, there is one hallway you can enter that has a quaint little machine in it. If you hit a button at the other end of the hallway, this machine starts shooting out tennis balls. There are various trophies lined up along the wall, and v...

spoiler how-to bioshock technique

I'm gonna figure this thing out.

Arda Xi

Wait... Grace was ccornet? Hm.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi You... didn't know that?

Powerlord

@ArdaXi No... that would be... your mother!

Arda Xi

3:25 PM

@GraceNote I don't know a lot of things.

Powerlord

and with that, I'm off

Grace Note

(Also where in the hejudas are you seeing that old name, anyway?)

Mana ಠдಠ

BOOM

Arda Xi

@GraceNote MSO.

Mana ಠдಠ

hi-fives @Powerlord

FallenAngelEyes

3:26 PM

@GraceNote You have it on your M... yeah.

GnomeSlice ツ

ಥ_ಥ

user30

@Powerlord stooop!

Grace Note

Yeah, I know it's on my Meta profile, but that doesn't explain where you encountered the older name.

user30

Someone offered me a purple confetti engy cap for 1.5 buds.

user30

Actually, why am I even entertaining that

Arda Xi

3:27 PM

@GraceNote MSO. Not your profile, just on MSO.

You happen to turn up in every search I make on MSO.

Grace Note

Oh. Well, that's what I do.

Arda Xi

Turn up in my searches? Deliberately?

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi Yes.

Grace Note

Sometimes, yes.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Who asked you anything?

Grace Note

3:30 PM

It's like a forced random encounter.

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FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote ahahaha

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi I take everything personally.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I'm not sure I like the idea of being forced into an encounter with you.

Grace Note

I'm sure that down the plotline, you'll be able to buy some item that'll mitigate that issue.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi that sounded... harsh

Arda Xi

3:32 PM

@FallenAngelEyes I am... harsh.

Wipqozn

bam

0

Q: Add the ability to hide next in chat

A spoiler 'tag' to hide text for questions and answers was added back in December (>!), however, Stack Exchange has yet to add anything similar to chat. Considering chat conversations can lead just about anywhere, a feature to hide text in chat would be very useful. I propose a system very simi...

feature-request chat spoilers

Mana ಠдಠ

BAM

chestbumps Wipqozn

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes But seriously, would you like to be forced into an encounter with someone who you know next to nothing about?

Grace Note

@ArdaXi When has a forced random encounter ever been desireable?

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi You never know, she may have some great loot drops.

3

Grace Note

3:34 PM

It's like walking down a path where every step is a fight against Giants. You don't really look forward to it, but you're there for a reason.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote For... what reason? I'm not going anywhere!

Grace Note

@ArdaXi And yet you ran into me, and my old alias. Sounds like you were going somewhere.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I didn't really run into you, I glanced over you.

Grace Note

Perhaps I'm a map encounter that you'd need to interact with.

Still forced, yet much more avoidable.

Arda Xi

When did you become a game mechanic?

Grace Note

3:37 PM

Around the time I lost my backstory on account of just being a random encounter.

Mana ಠдಠ

She's a tool........B^U

Arda Xi

Random encounters are also game mechanics.

Mana ಠдಠ

Also I've completely lost track of what's happening in here.

Wipqozn

@CruelCow thanks for catching that typo. I type on Dvorak keyboard, so my "T" key is right next to my "N" key

Grace Note

@Wipqozn That's what you get for being a cultist!

Arda Xi

3:38 PM

@Manaಠдಠ That always happens.

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ I think @GraceNote is planning to jump @ArdaXi in the words and steal his stuff.

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn See, that's what I'm trying to avoid here.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I like being a cultist. It's awesome.

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Yeah, but it also makes you a cultist.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote An awesome cultist.

Grace Note

3:40 PM

A Dvorak cultist.

Wipqozn

Should just call me an altist.

CruelCow

@Wipqozn No problem, it jumped immediately in my eye when I saw it in the chat and I thought it'd be as much work telling you as fixing it myself. Also that was my first use of editing power \o/

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Or cultsome.

GnomeSlice ツ

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Wipqozn

@ArdaXi or just awesome. I think we should just go with awesome.

CruelCow

3:41 PM

@GnomeSliceツ I think that preview image is more than I want of that video

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn That would be terribly misleading.

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow No it isn't.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi True. We should go with totally awesome.

Arda Xi

Wow, a reason other than his name next to it to not click something @GnomeSlice links.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi You suck.

Arda Xi

3:42 PM

@Wipqozn That would be terriblier misleading.

@GnomeSliceツ And you wonder why.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi Wow. I was unaware you thought I was so awesome that you couldn't describe it in words. Thanks Arda! That means a lot.

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn What part of the word 'terrible' does nobody in this room understand?

Seriously.

shakes head

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi Try 'terribad'.

Mana ಠдಠ

Did you guys know that Mana is actually the Hebrew word for terrible?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ Sounds like a pun someone would use to describe Terraria if the disliked it.

Arda Xi

3:44 PM

@Manaಠдಠ I challenge.

Grace Note

@Manaಠдಠ Then the prophecy you spoke... it was self-fulfilling! This was all a plot to get Arda to elect you as a Moderator!

GnomeSlice ツ

@GraceNote That's how @Mana operates.

Arda Xi

Mana is Indonesian for "what".

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi It's on. Scrabble powers go!

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Use it in a sentence.

FallenAngelEyes

3:45 PM

So middleschool bullies should be punching kids and going "Losers say 'Mana'!" then?

GnomeSlice ツ

We should have a huge game of scrabble with all of us.

Wipqozn

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Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes Losers are Mana. Or... at least the other way around.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi This bread is mana.

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Err, I don't know, baked?

Wipqozn

3:46 PM

also this

@ArdaXi would make a mana mod.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn Heh.

This peace is blargh

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Good. But really, you should end questions with a question mark.

GnomeSlice ツ

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CruelCow

@GnomeSliceツ brb, downvoting everything you've ever put on this site

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GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow Oh, okay, have fun. =]

Wipqozn

3:50 PM

@CruelCow oh, good idea! I'll do that too.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn :D DOWNVOTE PARTY!

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ Okay, wow. Now I'm going to double down vote everything you've ever posted.

Mana ಠдಠ

OH GOD

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ Yes?

Mana ಠдಠ

I just encountered the fish trap

Arda Xi

3:55 PM

@Manaಠдಠ What's wrong.

FallenAngelEyes

Hahaha

Startling isn't it?

Mana ಠдಠ

except I looked away briefly when it triggered to check the chat

and then looked back at my screen and was hit by fish and was like AH

Grace Note

Ah, intercontinental ballistic tuna...

GnomeSlice ツ

...fish trap?

Mana ಠдಠ

slaps GnomeSlice with a giant dead trout

That is the fish trap.

Grace Note

3:56 PM

@GnomeSliceツ A trap wherein giant tuna fly across the screen and slap you silly.

GnomeSlice ツ

@GraceNote That sounds pretty reasonable.

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