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This question was closed as not constructive. It's about identifying which game will be played at an upcoming competition, based on some teaser information and similar previous competitions. Why was it closed? Could someone please explain why this was not constructive? While I probably won'...

Kevin Y

@Wipqozn Oh I know, I was just saying that's what your profile was going to look like.

Wipqozn

@KevinY doesn't bother me

but thanks for pointing it out

Grace Note

@Manaಠдಠ Answered

Mana ಠдಠ

@Grace Thanks!!

FallenAngelEyes

Well, guess I'll go fishing during downtime >_>

Powerlord

8:18 PM

@FallenAngelEyes NO!

Wipqozn

wording suggestion

> How should we tag questions about a game which is part of a series?

Powerlord

Put the joint... er... fishing pole down.

Wipqozn

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to improve my above wording?

For the meta.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord Hardly. Clearly it means I want to play Bioshock.

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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

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ can you give me your opinion on this?

Mana ಠдಠ

8:20 PM

@Wipqozn "How should we tag games in a series?"

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn That's a youtube link. No. Bad.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ was worth a shot

FallenAngelEyes

@Powerlord I can't... must... catch... more... Pufferfish...

GnomeSlice ツ

Also, what the heck is steamreader.org and where do they get feeds of our questions?

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ Actually, yes

I thought of that, but disliked it,but we are creating a tag for the game

user30

8:21 PM

@GnomeSliceツ api, data dump...

Wipqozn

so I do like it

surely you're a hero @mana

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes Baaahaahaha, Pufferfish. Ooh, always a chore

Powerlord

@ThomasMcDonald bacon sandwiches...

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn or a bro.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Wipqozn assuming...control....

GnomeSlice ツ

8:22 PM

-2

A: "Sl*t" term for males

Since no one else has said it, I'm going to go ahead and propose hero, or maybe bro.

Mana ಠдಠ

slowly exerts growing influence

Grace Note

@Manaಠдಠ We already have that question, do we not?

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote I need more of those and Snakeheads for the Paralysis Crystal :(

Mana ಠдಠ

@Grace Probably. To be honest I'm more inclined towards a title like "Unifying how we tag games in a series" or "Reconsidering how we tag games in a series"

Lazers

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Q: How do I chain together kills and why should I care?

In Recettear, I'm slightly confused about how building up a "chain" of monster kills works. At first I thought it was determined by the amount of time I take in between each kill, but this doesn't seem to actually matter. It doesn't seem to be based on whether or not I take damage, either. How do...

game-mechanics recettear

0

Q: What strategies are critical to winning a Tetris DS tournament?

In addition to basic Tetris play, what strategies are critical to winning Tetris DS in tournament play (items on, best 2 out of three)?

ds tournament tetris

0

Q: I can't make half door in Minecraft

How can we have the half wooden door in MC ? I've tried with the data value ID and nothing's working? Could Notch removed it from the game ?

minecraft

Grace Note

8:23 PM

@FallenAngelEyes I know. Oh, I know aaaall about Pufferfish fishing

FallenAngelEyes

Siiiiigh

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ yeah, that seems like a good idea

I'll shift the structure of my question somewhat as well

Grace Note

@Manaಠдಠ Hm. I'll have to see the question body to see how this goes, then.

Wipqozn

inb4 @GraceNote has become crazy with power and bans me for disliking my wording

bans me....FOREVER

Mana ಠдಠ

@Grace since the main point behind this meta post is the fact that we were having a lot of discussion earlier about whether or not it should be seriesname-abbreviatedsequelname or abbreviatedseriesname-sequelname

Among other topics of interest, such as creating synonyms for one or the other

Grace Note

8:25 PM

Didn't we have a general question about that, if not three?

Mana ಠдಠ

@Grace Yeah...I'm going to go searching.

Grace Note

And somewhat settled on "Guh, grudgingly case-by-case", which is why I asked if Wipqozn's approaching question was a specific case?

user30

protip: Javascript does not like it when you say you're defining a function and you then proceed to create a hash.

FallenAngelEyes

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Q: How to tag: use acronyms or not?

I would like to ask the general approach we have to follow in tagging game names. This question already shown the problem: wow or world-of-warcraft. But there any many other examples: hl2 or half-life-2 tf2 or team-fortress-2 mw2 or modern-warfare-2 etc. Maybe we can use google to look whi...

discussion tags

3

Q: Tag question: wow or world-of-warcraft

Which is better? wow or world-of-warcraft?

discussion tags

5

Q: Tag merge request: nfs-hot-pursuit and need-for-speed-hp

I don't have the rep needed to suggest synonyms, but nfs-hot-pursuit (9 questions) and need-for-speed-hp (6 questions) refer to the same game and I think they should be merged. It seems like most NFS games are tagged as need-for-speed-[game], so I vote for keeping need-for-speed-hp as the master ...

support status-completed tags

4

Q: How to tag the Need for Speed games?

We currently have: nfsmw ×6 need-for-speed-world ×3 need-for-speed-hp ×2 need-for-speed-mw ×2 I think this makes it self evident that we should rather tag our games: nfs-most-wanted nfs-world nfs-hot-pursuit Thoughts?

discussion tags

0

Q: How should we tag Prince of Persia?

The warrior-within tag was just created, and used in conjunction with the prince-of-persia tag. While the Warrior Within "subtitle" is unique to my knowledge, and fairly well-known, do we have a general rule for this? Obviously prince-of-persia-warrior-within is too long, but what about pop-war...

discussion tags

user30

too.... much... meta....

FallenAngelEyes

8:29 PM

Yeah, we've discussed this a lot :P

GnomeSlice ツ

5

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.

bug status-completed design fat-icons feelings

Powerlord

How do we tag Tasty bacon?

GnomeSlice ツ

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Q: How do I tag 'It Belongs in an Ancient Ruin'?

The tag it-belongs-in-an-ancient-ruin is too long to use, at 29 characters. How am I going to tag this game?

discussion tags

Powerlord

@GnomeSliceツ That belongs in a Museum!

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord NO IT DOES NOT.

Powerlord

8:31 PM

Anyway, I planned on heading home early today. Like right around now.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Powerlord Drive safely~

Powerlord

One of my roommates texted me earlier and told me cable's out, so I may not be on until late tonight.

Mana ಠдಠ

Sorry, that was mean. I didn't mean it in a mean way.

FallenAngelEyes

later @Powerlord

Powerlord

I also have my room to put back together, including moving my computer, so...

Mana ಠдಠ

8:32 PM

oh man :(

Powerlord

Speaking of which, I still need to decide where I'm putting it.

user30

also, another protip: if you don't include the version number in SE api calls, you get a 503.

Mana ಠдಠ

well see you later then

Powerlord

Later!

badp

Cthulhu Berserk (+4) + Sharpe Sword Dance (+5) + Sharpe Combo Master (+4) + October Lightning (+5) + Dacre Attack (+1) = +19 combo/round

GnomeSlice ツ

8:34 PM

Speaking of which.

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Q: How do I tag 'It Belongs in an Ancient Ruin'?

The tag it-belongs-in-an-ancient-ruin is too long to use, at 29 characters. How am I going to tag this game?

discussion tags

badp

however that drains Sharpe's mana too fast. :/

GnomeSlice ツ

I never decided an an actual answer for this.

badp

oh but I have :P

That brings me to

Cthulhu Berserk (+4) + Sharpe Attack (+2) + Sharpe Combo Master (+4) + October Lightning (+5) + Dacre Attack (+1) = +16 combo/round

ah well.

Arda Xi

@badp Don't drain Mana!

badp

It's still ridicolous

However, the Fallen Angel's regenerating upwards of 6k health is also ridicolous.

FallenAngelEyes

8:37 PM

@Grace It actually really bugs me that their image for Trilobyte is of a Horseshoe Crab

GnomeSlice ツ

@badp What about the @FallenAngel's Eyes?

badp

oh come on

the combo counter is capped?

that's lame

Wipqozn

feel free to improve the wording

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Q: Reconsidering how we tag games in a series

As of late there has been a lot of discussion in chat on how games in a series should be tagged, and it is a topic which has come up in the past. However, we have never been able to reach a consensus on how we should tag games in a series, and some games were discussed in the past and never decid...

discussion tags

badp

that means I can't deal more than 8,519 damage wiith a Deathblow :/

which, after defense and whatnot, became 6,815. :\

And after other people's damage and this guy's healing, became 4k :|

Arda Xi

@Lazers This seems kind of... I don't know. Thoughts?

Grace Note

8:39 PM

@FallenAngelEyes Well, I mean, how does a real trilobyte look?

@ArdaXi I think someone's gunning for the Omegathon at PAX Prime

FallenAngelEyes

Trilobite

Trilobites (, ; meaning "three lobes") are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period (), and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before beginning a drawn-out decline to extinction when, during the Devonian, almost all trilobite orders, with the sole exception of Proetida, died out. Trilobites finally disappeared in the mass extinction at the end of the Permian about . The trilobites were among the most suc...

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi I think it's good enough for the site.

Mana ಠдಠ

wipqozn

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Arda Xi

@GraceNote Well, yes, but we've closed questions similar to this before.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ No I didn't.

Wipqozn

8:41 PM

@GnomeSliceツ you totally did

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi How are we allowing extensive Starcraft 2 strategies but not this?

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn Shh.

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes I agree 100%

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes That's why I'm asking.

I wasn't sure.

GnomeSlice ツ

@GraceNote what do you think about this?

badp

8:43 PM

GnomeSlice ツ

@badp What about the @FallenAngel's Eyes?

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Heal all the HP.

badp

@GnomeSliceツ They're red. Stop asking. ಠ_ಠ (aww, I'm just kidding. still, stop asking.)

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Oh, I wasn't going to comment on the acceptability of the question.

Wipqozn

Also, on a related note, I fixed the FPS genre tags. (like I did with rts)

Arda Xi

8:44 PM

@GraceNote But... that's your job!

(Well, for a week or so, anyway)

Grace Note

@ArdaXi No, that's badp's job.

Arda Xi

He has a job?

Grace Note

Not a paid one in this respect

Arda Xi

I thought he just pushed the buttons we tell him to.

Grace Note

Which includes the "Produce feedback on acceptability" button.

Arda Xi

8:46 PM

Yeah, but then we have to tell him the feedback to give. Kind of ruins the point.

Grace Note

@GnomeSliceツ I'm not sure

badp

Lazers

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Q: Reconsidering how we tag games in a series

As of late there has been a lot of discussion in chat on how games in a series should be tagged, and it is a topic which has come up in the past. However, we have never been able to reach a consensus on how we should tag games in a series, and some games were discussed in the past and never decid...

discussion tags wipqozn

badp

I get it. I screwed up. You didn't have to do that though.

Wipqozn

What genre should I do next?

GnomeSlice ツ

8:49 PM

@ArdaXi Kind of ancient-ruins the point?

Wipqozn

rpgs? good idea.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Don't do that.

badp

My job description so far has been "ask grace, nod and apply"

ducks

Wipqozn

Oh. My. God.

For shame @GnomeSlice, for shame

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Q: What is 'BloodLust', and how does it affect me?

Every now and then I'm lucky enough to pick up a rare(ish) weapon from combat. Sometimes, these rare weapons have a stat bonus for something called Bloodlust, given as a percentage. What is this? And what is the percentage a measure of?

role-playing-game ios seed-2-vortex-of-war

badp

Note to self: while convenient, Ctrl to retry uses up 1-ups and loading a save file doesn't.

Grace Note

8:53 PM

@badp HurtAll? Wow, that brings back memories.

GnomeSlice ツ

@badp That's why I asked Grace, and not you.

badp

@GnomeSliceツ That's why I didn't reply to you.

GnomeSlice ツ

@badp To what?

Grace Note

@GnomeSliceツ To you

GnomeSlice ツ

@GraceNote I'm confused.

Grace Note

9:00 PM

@GnomeSliceツ That's all your fault this time.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote What isn't?

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi Gimme my damn vegetable and leave me alone.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ You haven't earnt it.

Wipqozn

There. I think I have all the role playing questions fixed as well.

Mana ಠдಠ

Jesus...

Wipqozn

9:03 PM

So FPS, RTS, and now RPG.

I've flagged quite a few questions as well

Although I still fixed the tags of course.

Actually I've fixed the tags on a few closed questions.

Mana ಠдಠ

You sure you don't want to run for mod...?

user30

@GnomeSliceツ someone say something about vegetables?

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ inorite?

user30

@Wipqozn urdoinitrong

GnomeSlice ツ

@ThomasMcDonald WHAT DID YOU DO TO THAT URL.

Wipqozn

9:06 PM

I'll just use I FIXED ALL THE GENRE TAGS as my nomination.

user30

@GnomeSliceツ What sorry?

Wipqozn

I love this video

user30

@Wipqozn See above.

Wipqozn

@ThomasMcDonald in case he misses your one

GnomeSlice ツ

@ThomasMcDonald Seriously, how did you do that?

user30

9:08 PM

For some reason, I don't think he did

user30

I ShadyURL'd it

Wipqozn

@ThomasMcDonald psst,t hat means I didn't notice

user30

Also, I've been listening to this for 10 minutes now without really recognising it

user30

as I was saying, I shall now have to cleanse my brain

user30

►

user30

9:12 PM

> Boom, hatshot

Arda Xi

It actually resumes where I left off.

user30

@ArdaXi First to 10 hours wins.

user30

No cheating.

badp

> The question of how people will be able to buy Battlefield 3 has been contentious for weeks, with many gamers hoping to sidestep the entire conversation about online accounts and digital storefronts by purchasing a retail copy of the game. (You know, the version of the game with a box and a disc and everything.) That won't be possible, though, as Global Battlefield Community Manager Daniel Matros has confirmed that retail copies of the game will also require EA's Origin.

Lazers

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Q: What's the deal with these mysterious Ingredient items?

When I'm grinding away in dungeons, I sometimes pick up these items shaped like mushrooms, labeled with a giant question mark and the name "Ingredient". These end up taking up a lot of space in my preciously small loot bag, and as far as I can tell I don't end up actually taking them back with me...

items recettear

user30

9:14 PM

user30

hahahahahahaha

badp

> You'll also be using the Battlelog system to launch the game from your browser, search for servers, and organize games. That's right, you'll be using multiple services to play this game, and it looks as if they'll all be required. I'm sure this will lead to much wailing and gnashing of teeth in our comments, but I'm equally sure it will do little to hurt sales.

Some refreshing realism :|

user30

Vote with your wallet?

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ but yeah, maybe I will nominate. It would force us into a primary .

badp

Vote with your wallet is a lie is a lie is a lie

GnomeSlice ツ

9:16 PM

@ThomasMcDonald HAH.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Wipqozn :)

user30

Seriously, if nobody else nominates by the time we are about to go into primaries, I will make my nomination a link to 10 hour nyan cat.

Arda Xi

@ThomasMcDonald But if we aren't, you won't, right.

user30

@ArdaXi right.

Arda Xi

Right.

user30

9:17 PM

left.

Arda Xi

Up.

Simon Sheehan

Down

Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ my main concern before was my lack of meta participation on the site. That has been improving, but I think spending a few hours fixing genre tags is proof of my dedication.

user30

Also, the half life 3 protest is hilarious

Wipqozn

@ThomasMcDonald how can you protest something that doesn't exist?

Simon Sheehan

9:19 PM

Half life 3 protest?

Valve doesn't do 3s

user30

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/jg2t1/day_2_of_the_valve_protest_still_‌holding_strong/

Simon Sheehan

No left 4 dead 3, portal 3, half life episode 3.

Team fortress 3

user30

Also, they got a headcrab off alien swarm ><

user30

> SCORES of disappointed rioters queued up this morning to return goods they had mistakenly looted from Games Workshop.

Wipqozn

@ThomasMcDonald I lol'd. I also haven't played warhammer in ages. I need to get on that.

For now though, TITAN QUEST

GnomeSlice ツ

9:23 PM

@badp you suck.

user30

If they hadn't already gone home I'd be worried about potential looting at Valve HQ.

user30

oh wait, it's not in London, nvm.

badp

@GnomeSliceツ Your tags suck.

Mana ಠдಠ

If GnomeSlice's tags were a person, I would punch it in the groin. A lot.

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FallenAngelEyes

Ok Double XP time, ping me if you need me :)

badp

9:42 PM

arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/…

I am pleased by this

GnomeSlice ツ

I still don't know how to tag 'It belongs in an ancient ruin'...

=[

badp

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A: How do I tag 'It Belongs in an Ancient Ruin'?

it-belongs-in-a-ruin should be sufficient, hoping people will simply autocomplete the tag.

GnomeSlice ツ

He who fights crime with the most toys wins.

Tweeted by God_Damn_Batman on August 12, 2011 at 8:05 PM

^ Request for a new chat feed ^

@badp I was rather hoping for a consensus, as opposed to just one person's opinion.

user30

@GnomeSliceツ status-declined

badp

@GnomeSliceツ You have my opinion, and another answer with no clear proposal

Mana ಠдಠ

9:44 PM

@GnomeSlice *7 people's opinions

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ BUT I CAN'T LET BADP WIN.

Tom Wijsman

@badp Me too, thanks for the link, a star for you.

badp

then just tag it whatever and I'll edit it and still win

user30

@GnomeSliceツ You sound like @arda back in the day

GnomeSlice ツ

@badp I can edit things too.

Arda Xi

9:45 PM

@ThomasMcDonald Heh, those were the days.

@GnomeSliceツ Nah, we just let you believe that because it's cute when you think you're helping.

GnomeSlice ツ

Frozen Synapse Gets Demo, Half Price Weekend http://bit.ly/qVCxfa

Tweeted by indiegamescom on August 12, 2011 at 9:51 AM

You get two copies with each purchase during this sale.

Also, new Source game, Nuclear Dawn if anyone's interested.

user30

Do I want to pay for the WCSF livestream....

user30

no.

GnomeSlice ツ

S...Steampunk MMO? Yes please!

Brant

Frozen Synapse is great.

GnomeSlice ツ

9:50 PM

Trailer: Guns of Icarus Online (Muse Games) http://bit.ly/qNBbYw

Tweeted by indiegamescom on August 12, 2011 at 6:20 AM

Brant

Also this:

GnomeSlice ツ

@Brant That's terrible.

badp

@Brant Who cares about Nepal?

Do they still make noise when they crunch crisps? Yes they do! How gross. They're thus unimportant in the global scene.

GnomeSlice ツ

Robin asked if I’d teach him how to drive the Batmobile. I laughed so hard he wet himself.

Tweeted by God_Damn_Batman on August 8, 2011 at 8:00 PM

CruelCow

@ThomasMcDonald That entire forum is wonderful. Especially guessing what the mods are hinting at: forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/45328.aspx

GnomeSlice ツ

9:55 PM

@CruelCow Hah, I love it.

Kevin Y

@CruelCow I lol'd @ "If religion is not aloud on XBL, there is also a place called Hell, Michigan, that could also substitute for the location (I will post a link to google maps below)"

CruelCow

I could browse that for hours. Like this ... person that admits something they didn't know yet: forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/53274.aspx

Kevin Y

> MY ACCOUNT X WAYZE GOT BAN I AND I WANT IT BACK I AM READY TO DO EVERYTHING TO DO HAVE IT BACK I AM READY TO PAY YOU MONEY DO WHATEVER YOU WANT I JUST WANT TO HAVE MY ACCOUNT BACK PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE .THANKS (forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/54706.aspx)

user30

@CruelCow Yah, read through many a time

Brant

535 ways to reload the current page in JavaScript.

CruelCow

9:57 PM

I always like the suers: forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/51311.aspx

Kevin Y

@CruelCow Microsoft better watch out – he gon sue!

GnomeSlice ツ

While those posts aren't really related, you've reminded me of this: