The Bridge

Mana ಠдಠ

6:00 PM

Here's another thing I did a while back

Arda Xi

Ma. Na.

Mana ಠдಠ

where a friend told me to make a Nintendo DS out of emoticons as a joke, and I was bored enough to try

first thing I ever did in ASCII art sobs

Arda Xi

Oh, that's supposed to be a DS?

Mana ಠдಠ

Yeah, it looks more like a computer...oh well.

Powerlord

takes Mana's Sword

Wipqozn

6:02 PM

> Teasing users with a mouseover they might accidentally reveal while trying to target another post as the chat room scrolls... That's just mean.

0

A: Add the ability to hide text in chat

The more I think about this, the less I like it. If you don't want to post something in Chat, don't post it. If you want to target specific users, you can easily create a room for just you & them. If you post something you shouldn't have, you can delete it - or ask the room owner to move it i...

Never thought about that, really good point.

Powerlord

Yay, now I have the Mana Sword. Oh wait, no, damn, now that means I have to go on an adventure to save the world.

Wipqozn

@Powerlord you have the terrible sword?

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Yeah, it's only level 1. :/

Now only that, but now my village is being attacked by Rabbites.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Powerlord GET OUT OF OUR VILLAGE

until the end of the game, then it's cool

Wipqozn

Oh look, it's @BrettWhite

Arda Xi

6:09 PM

Oh look, it's @AbbyTMiller

Wipqozn

And another chaos member...?

oh my god. It's an invasion.

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Psinvasion.

Abby T. Miller Ψ

oh look, it's a narwhal

Wipqozn

@AbbyTMillerΨ Excellent episode. Along with the rest of series 5 in my opinion.

Grace Note

Oh no, it's a ray gun.

Powerlord

6:16 PM

@GraceNote pew pew pew

I still think it's funny using the Soldier's Ray Gun in TF2.

Abby T. Miller Ψ

is a bystander casualty

Grace Note

If I think about that, I haven't looked at that in months.

user30

@Powerlord I haven't used them yet. They're really annoying though

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald The charge shot is really annoying, yes, but from what I've noticed, the rocket launcher one actually does less damage per normal shot than the rocket launcher does.

The shotgun replacement is pathetic for damage, but it passes through targets. :)

John

So...um....where'd the chat link go?

Powerlord

6:18 PM

@John The blog link makes the chat link disappear.

We should complain to the chaos agents and get them to make their boss change it.

John

@Powerlord Ok I visited the blog. Still no chat link.

user30

No, we should leave it.

Powerlord

@John It stays gone for like a day. It's really annoying.

Particularly since we were on a "one blog post a day" kick for a while.

John

@Powerlord Huh. You think they could make it so all you have to do is refresh.

Wipqozn

53

Q: Make the New blog message disappear after reading it

While I'm very happy with the new blog link in the header (it does wonders for the traffic), I've heard several complaints regarding the red [new] tag. It's supposed to indicate there's a new blog post and it's only displayed 24 hours after posting, but after I've read the blog post the [new] ...

25

A: Make the New blog message disappear after reading it

Starting with the next build, we'll use localStorage to remember you clicked to read the blog or dismissed the blog indicator. You will be able to either: click on the (new) indicator to only make the indicator go away or click on the blog link to go read the blog Either of the above will di...

user30

6:20 PM

anyway, as @badp said

user30

> On the other end, however, when I see those particles coming at me I just don't think "this is actually a rocket that is going to explode and do splash damage".

user30

> I... I just don't know what to think when I see that coming at me. It just doesn't seem like part of the game.

Powerlord

@Wipqozn That just makes the new icon vanish, as I read it.

John

@Wipqozn That's just the red "New" tag. Not the blog link itself.

user30

also, you got some harsh critics on Reddit over that 50-item post

Wipqozn

6:21 PM

Oh snap, your right.

user30

Fan O'War is a straight upgrade

user30

and is much more powerful than the Atomizer

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald Fan O'War does 5 damage instead of the usual 30.

user30

and gives you minicrits.

Wipqozn

They still need to do something though. The only way I know of to get to the blog other then that link is to go through chat, which is just silly.

Powerlord

6:22 PM

Yes, but then you have to weapon switch, and the enemy can kill you during that time.

Wipqozn

Aside from typing in the Url of course.

Brett White Ψ

Hello!

John

@BrettWhite Hi!

user30

If you get a hit in with the FoW, they should be dead.

user30

If you get killed in that time, you're doing it wrong.

Powerlord

6:23 PM

Oh, I saw something funny yesterday... as a Soldier, I had 1 HP. I was running to a Medic, put away my Equalizer so he could heal me, then a sniper headshots me.

user30

heh.

Powerlord

It was funny, because he went after the 1hp soldier rather than the Medic.

John

Ok so I'm reading the blog post where they talk about @GraceNote getting hired. Why do they keep switching between masculine and feminine pronouns?

Arda Xi

It's a joke.

user30

I've been playing some mix games recently, came against an awesome sniper yesterday

user30

6:24 PM

snapshots everywhere

Grace Note

@John Because it's fun. ♪

Arda Xi

She never tells anyone his gender, so we keep switching its pronoun around.

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald Some regulars on my server are really good at that, too. :/

Lazers

0

Q: Would you be interested in printable Gaming.SE posters, to give out and/or put in your local gaming store?

Adding to the long list of things to Get Done, here's another idea that FallenAngelEyes brought up and discussed with us in the Bridge yesterday. Basically, would you all be interested in a printable PDF poster that advertises Gaming.SE, for placement in your local gaming stores (or coffee shops...

discussion

John

@ArdaXi That's what I thought...

@GraceNote Now THAT's privacy!

Powerlord

6:25 PM

btw, this is why I tend to, as a Dead Ringer Spy, disguise as a friendly Heavy on an attack/defend map. They headshot me out the gate and I go running past their front line defenses.

user30

@Powerlord I was jumping around as scout in the warmup while we were waiting for another demo, and he could headshot me almost every time

user30

@Lazers @BrettWhite What do you want as an answer to that question? Yes?

Brett White Ψ

@ThomasMcDonald I guess? Yes.

Arda Xi

@BrettWhite I dislike your using the term "neck of the woods."

GnomeSlice ツ

@Lazers +1, great idea!

Brett White Ψ

6:27 PM

@ArdaXi I told you to keep that to yourself! Oh man, you are on a LIST now.

John

@BrettWhite Done meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2565/…

Arda Xi

@BrettWhiteΨ Yay! I'm part of something!

Kevin Y

Woo, posters!

GnomeSlice ツ

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Q: Would you like Gaming.SE merch with "classic" questions on them?

One thing the Gaming.SE has that other SE's don't seem to is an abundance of eye-catching, peculiar questions that, when taken out of context, are hilarious. These questions get a ton of views and get quickly linked and shared among communities (at least among the six members of CHAOS here at SE)...

discussion promotion swag

Arda Xi

Hey, I just remembered what that pronoun-switching reminds me of. The Pyro.

Ψ

6:30 PM

StackExchangeBlog: How can I teach my capable 20-something friend to ride a bike?

posted on August 10, 2011 by funnymath

The bike Stack Exchange site rolled out of beta last week. This week, it’s filled with questions such as how to gear up for winter riding and why would anyone want to ride a fixed-gear bike. The question in the title is my own. The subject is my friend. I want only the best for him. I also want him to start showing up on time.

Raven Dreamer

Just posted my 500th answer on the site.

GnomeSlice ツ

...Is it bad that two of the questions in that list were asked by me?

Kevin Y

Yes.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Very.

John

@GnomeSlice Extremely

Brett White Ψ

6:31 PM

I'm pretty excited about getting posters, mousepads, and etc out there. Even if I'm the only one that uses them. We just have to get them designed, next

GnomeSlice ツ

@KevinY =[

@ArdaXi =[

@John =[

@BrettWhiteΨ =]

Kevin Y

@GnomeSlice :D

Arda Xi

=D

Raven Dreamer

Oh, hello, Psident @BrettWhite!

John

@GnomeSlice :D

Arda Xi

6:32 PM

@RavenDreamer Psident.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi Psyduck?

Arda Xi

Psiduck, yes.

John

So how is the Psident account different from Lazers?

Arda Xi

@John Posts a different thing.

GnomeSlice ツ

Psyduck.

Arda Xi

6:33 PM

The CHAOS mascot.

John

@ArdaXi And that's it?

Arda Xi

@John Also the name and the avatar I suppose.

Kevin Y

Quick, somebody Photoshop a Psident into the picture of Psiduck!

John

@GnomeSlice No, No you can't.

GnomeSlice ツ

@John FINEJEEZ.

:P

John

6:35 PM

@GnomeSlice Well thanks for making me look stupid.... :P

GnomeSlice ツ

I like how a question tagged with only murder and scoring looks.

14

Q: How Many Ways Can I Run Over Those Raptors?

So I'm playing the web version of Raptor Safari, and it dawns on me that I've been slaughtering raptors in a large variety of different ways, all of which have been generating different amounts of score. Which brings me to the question: Does anyone have a complete list of all of the different w...

murder scoring

Powerlord

@GnomeSliceツ Shouldn't it also be tagged raptor-safari ?

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord Tag must have been pruned.

John

So who are y'all voting for?

Brett White Ψ

@GnomeSliceツ I love the use of "those" in that title.

GnomeSlice ツ

6:41 PM

@SadlyNot's answer is actually very funny as well.

Powerlord

@John Myself!

John

IMHO, they'll all wonderful candidates, but I'm inclined to vote for the ones that aren't already a mod somewhere else.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Me too, if he'll nominate.

@John Going in the right direction.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi I was kidding. I don't plan on nominating myself this time.

user30

I know who I'm voting for

GnomeSlice ツ

6:42 PM

I might as well go ahead and nominate.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Only Myself can nominate Myself.

Powerlord

I came in almost dead last last time, I don't see the point in running again.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ But someone might slip and vote for you!

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord I was hoping you'd run, I was going to vote for you.

@ArdaXi That'd be their fault, not mine.

John

Let's see, so far that rules out... Matthew Read, Anna Lear, and Ivo Flipse.

Arda Xi

6:43 PM

I already have my mind up who I'm going to vote for, for the same reason I voted for badp.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi For people to argue with?

Arda Xi

That's not the reason.

@GnomeSliceツ But it might give you false confidence!

Plus, if nobody nominates now, we speed up the election.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi For the lulz?

John

@ArdaXi I think I'm going to go nominate now.... :P

Arda Xi

@Powerlord Hmm, that's another possibility.

Powerlord

6:45 PM

Maybe I should nominate, just so I can put funny stuff in my nomination. Then I won't vote for myself.

Arda Xi

Who votes for himself? Sheesh. hides last election's ballot

user30

@Powerlord I'm also thinking this

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord Just use your nomination drivel from the last election.

user30

I might make my nomination ascii art.

2

John

I just realized that we have a full half of Psi Corps in here watching us...

GnomeSlice ツ

6:46 PM

@ThomasMcDonald Someone star that, I've used up my stars for today.

Powerlord

@GnomeSliceツ Pssh, why?

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord Because it's easy? I'll vote for you!

Arda Xi

@Powerlord It's the cool thing to do.

Powerlord

I mean, you can't trust me. I abuse power.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord So does badp.

GnomeSlice ツ

6:46 PM

That's why I didn't vote for you last time.

John

@GnomeSlice I starred it, so you should vote for me. :P

GnomeSlice ツ

But badp got elected so what's to lose?

Powerlord

@ArdaXi @GnomeSlice Good point.

John

Pistons are fun. Except when you find a bug in their mechanics that causes the server console to spew an infinite traceback.

Powerlord

So, I hear now that Apple got an injunction against Samsung and its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe, Apple is going after Motorola's Xoom next.

Arda Xi

6:49 PM

@Powerlord So would █████

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi G_N_O_M_E?

John

@Powerlord What?!?!

But the Xoom is so cool!

Powerlord

@John arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/08/…

user30

@Powerlord What did you think about purple fetti engy for 1.5 buds?

John

@Powerlord :(

Arda Xi

6:50 PM

@GnomeSliceツ ██

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald The hat's not the best, nor is the effect, but that also sounds like it's on the cheap side for an unusual.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi N_O

user30

@Powerlord That's what I thought

user30

Also, some dick's trying to sell me Borderlands for 1.5 buds

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ NEO

GnomeSlice ツ

6:51 PM

Today on KS: We look at Gesundheit, a little game that's not as infectious as it should be. http://bit.ly/oICvk2

Tweeted by KillScreenMag on August 10, 2011 at 4:43 PM

Powerlord

Then again, I have no idea what the going rate for buds is now.

user30

> Do not trade items for cash/games. (There are other sites for that.)

GnomeSlice ツ

^ That's too bad... ^

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald You can trade items for games in Steam's beta now, I thought... just not for cash.

GnomeSlice ツ

'The touch-here, go-there mechanic feels like a slower version of the same control used in Chillingo’s remake of Toki Tori. Both facets cause much gnashing of teeth. Often, one will lead to the other, the frustration compounding like nesting dolls that grow uglier with each subsequent reveal'.

user30

6:52 PM

@Powerlord Yar, but tf2tp rules still ban game trades

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald Oh, so they won't bacon bacon bacon?

er... allow you to trade things you can in Steam? That sucks.

Now, if Valve would push that from beta soonish, it'd be nice.

John

Wait... I just noticed that while the main site has a "Blog" link, the meta has a "Chat" link... Well that's confusing.

Powerlord

However, I get the idea that they're not sure it'll work 100% of the time.

GnomeSlice ツ

Also, lol.

ALL YOUR CONCERT VIDEOS RECORDED ON CELL PHONES WITH DRUNK GIRLS SHOUTING WOO ALL AROUND YOU SOUND LIKE SHIT. STOP IT. STOP IT.

Tweeted by SteveHuff on August 10, 2011 at 6:32 PM

Powerlord

Grr, I wish I have VS2k10 here at work.

Non-Managed C++ support sucks in 2k8 sp1 for some reason.

2k10 can tell me up front where I have compiler errors, while 2k8 waits until I try to build.

(linker errors are a different matter)

Also, I'm coining a new term: "Honeycomb Open Source," which means to claim something is open source, but only share the source with your big business partners.

Congratulations, Microsoft, it turns out that Windows is already "Honeycomb Open Source!"

John

7:03 PM

sigh Well I guess it's time to go learn somthing. khanacademy.org Later guys

Arda Xi

@Powerlord I don't think they ever claimed Honeycomb was open-source.

Powerlord

@ArdaXi It's too bad they don't have a choice in that because they're using Apache Harmony libraries as part of it, and those are under the Apache License 2.0.

Arda Xi

@Powerlord I thought that one was closer to LGPL than to GPL.

Powerlord

And lets not forget source.android.com

"Android is an open-source software stack created for mobile phones and other devices. " -- Android Source site.

It doesn't say "except for version 3.x"

Lazers

0

Q: Preventing house flooding minecraft

I made my house on an island. I'm planning to build a basement, which requires the bottom of the house to be dug up. While digging, if I decide my basement is too small and forget that I built my house on an island, it could flood the basement completely. How would I be able to stop the flood a...

minecraft minecraft-smp

The Stack Exchange Blog

7:09 PM

Blog - Stack Exchange: Documenting DevDays 2011: #3 – More Speakers!

posted on August 10, 2011 by Alison Sperling

This Stack Overflow DevDays will be the best conference you’ll attend in 2011. You’ll come away with in-depth knowledge of all the latest programming awesome like: Node.js, HTML5, CSS3, CoffeeScript, Cassandra, Hadoop, F#, UI design, Scalability and Performance. Register today to ensure you won’t miss out on seeing these speakers and more! San Francisco, October [...]

Powerlord

@TheStackExchangeBlog It'd be nice if the StackOverflow and StackExchange blogs were separate instead of the same blog.

Mana ಠдಠ

7:21 PM

> Looking for a vertical shooter where you play as a Dead Space 2ship, but not in a Dead Space 2 setting

FallenAngelEyes

So you just have a Greasemonkey script that does that or what?

Also, Ikaruga

Arda Xi

I made it a long time ago.

Mana ಠдಠ

@FallenAngelEyes Ikaruga.

FallenAngelEyes

Oh it's an ITG

Mana ಠдಠ

By the way, out of curiosity, what do you two think about ITG @Fallen @Arda?

Arda Xi

7:24 PM

@Manaಠдಠ Kill it with fire.

Specifically, a lazer refracted by a diamond.

user30

@Powerlord Would you use a version of tf2tp that actually loaded in sub-2 minutes?

Mana ಠдಠ

I see @Arda. I feel the same way.

Arda Xi

In that case, I'll reconsider.

Lazers

0

Q: How can I continuously explore in Terraria?

I'm playing Terraria again with the 1.0.6 update so I started a new world for a fresh experience. Unfortunately, I'm running into the same frustrations I've hit before when exploring. Starting from spawn where my crafting/containers/npcs are, I head out to explore vertically (though it applies ho...

terraria

user30

Also, is it a bad idea to continually push water to the bottom of the world in Terraria?

Mana ಠдಠ

7:29 PM

@Thomas Naw, except eventually it hits the molten core, causing the earth to freeze and all the NPCs to die

user30

@Manaಠдಠ You serious?

user30

because I've come across this giant lake

Mana ಠдಠ

then you have to endure playing in a winter wasteland, starting fires everywhere you go to stay alive

user30

and I'm about to push it down the hole.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Thomas Sadly no.

But I think that would be a pretty cool idea.

Grace Note

7:31 PM

Is there even snow?

Mana ಠдಠ

The only problem is if the hole has torches that you've lit in it, in which case you're going to have to pick them back up again

FallenAngelEyes

@Manaಠдಠ I used to be pro, but I think I'm shifting towards the negative side.

@ThomasMcDonald It will evaporate in the Underworld

@GraceNote Nay

Mana ಠдಠ

Oh, it does? I had no idea.

user30

@FallenAngelEyes I have no idea what that is, but thanks anyway.

FallenAngelEyes

@ThomasMcDonald It's where you can mine Hellstone

It's full of lava, demons carrying voodoo dolls, imps, and burny death

Oak

7:37 PM

@Fallen such a bummer... I'm in Germany now, but I'm going back home Friday :(

Should have thought of this in advance

user30

@FallenAngelEyes cool

FallenAngelEyes

@Oak Aw, damn. :( Where do you usually live?

Oak

@FallenAngelEyes Israel... definitely not a driving distance from Cologne

FallenAngelEyes

@Oak Oh snap, haha yeah, definitely not. D:

Oak

@FallenAngelEyes But this week I'm in Germany near Wadern, in a summer school :)

Eating sausages because apparently that's all that Germans eat.

FallenAngelEyes

7:43 PM

Ah nice! I went for a long weekend on the Rhein back in April, it was lovely.

Oak

Yea the weather today was great, we went to visit Trier

And wine tasting :)

FallenAngelEyes

Nice :D

Oh, you have Rock Band 3, neh? Do you have it for 360 or PS3?

Oak

Nope, I only daydream of getting it, but my self-discipline forces me to avoid it until I complete my thesis. But I'll probably get it for 360, because it's generally cheaper

Lazers

0

Q: Can mobs go through portals?

I'm wondering if mobs can go through portals, to the neither. That way, I can make a portal in front of my house and have the mobs/zombies/creepers go through it and I wouldn't have to worry about the creatures destroying my house.

minecraft minecraft-nether

0

Q: Is the neither infinite?

If I were to mine bloodstone upwards or downwards in one direction, would I hit bedrock, would I keep on going; what would happen?

minecraft-nether

FallenAngelEyes

Oh, I thought you had it already. Well I'd approve of 360 because that's what I have it on. :D That's what @Ivo has it for too I believe. We should organize sometime to play together when you get it. :D

user30

7:46 PM

I disapprove

Mana ಠдಠ

@Lazers First one's a dupe.

badp

O HAI

I have 22 unread replies. I'm sure none of that is that important though.

Wipqozn

I have to say, I'm rather liking this Alexy. He's only asked a few questions, but they've been good questions.

Arda Xi

►

FallenAngelEyes

I'm going to afk and play some RB3 now, later all! Also, glad to see you around in chat more lately @Oak. :)

Oak

7:50 PM

Actually I'm looking about any gossip about candidates

I'm thinking who to support

badp

@ThomasMcDonald I know; I think the Atomizer love is pretty much a direct result of its being so new.

Still the score for that post is pretty unflattering.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Oak I'm going to lay my cards out on the table and say that Ivo and Fallen are two pretty good choices.

My, two cards. Which aren't really worth concealing or anything. Damn, this analogy's kind of broken.

Oak

I also support Ivo, I've added a comment there. His work on the blog has been awesome

There are other great options - you, Fallen and Matthew are all very active and dedicated

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ Yeah Ivo and Fallen are two people I've been thinking of voting for as well. I would be concerned about Ivo due to his being a mod on another forum, but he has already proven that won't be a problem.

badp

I feared @Ivo wouldn't nominate hisself after receiving some hate from the community despite his blogging work while being incredibly active in Fitness

Mana ಠдಠ

7:56 PM

Thank you.

Wipqozn

@badp I was thinking the exact sae thing actually.

Mana ಠдಠ

@badp Yeah, what was with that hate? Like, I really didn't get it at all.

Wipqozn

@Oak yeah, mana is also at the top of my list.

Oak

I promised myself not to self-nominate as long as there are other excellent candidates on the list, and I'm glad to say I will not self-nominate this time :)

user30

@Manaಠдಠ He pinned something in the chat.

badp

7:57 PM

Maaaan, I hate having to make choices.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Thomas Right, I remember now. Thanks.

Wipqozn

@ThomasMcDonald This. I was there when it happened, it made no sense at all.

Mana ಠдಠ

@badp Man, me too. Moderator choices are hard; let's go shopping!

Oak

We need a meta question: how to compare moderators

badp

besides we're about to need primaries; that's awesome.

3

Mana ಠдಠ

7:58 PM

mod-rec

badp

@Oak se.awio.com/election.html is supposed to help you in that

user30

@FallenAngelEyes Are smaller gaming chains pretty common where you are then?

Mana ಠдಠ

@badp Is it? The longer the elections take the longer it takes for us to get down to making a decision on what's going to happen with ITG.

user30

I can't think of a single independent game store near me, they're all UK-wide.

badp

@Manaಠдಠ We have 10 candidates. Another one == primaries.

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