The Bridge

user30

10:00 PM

> friend apparently was messing with my peofile information while i wasnt in the room and changed it to innapropriot stuff

Arda Xi

Stop looking at me like that. Comedy = Tragedy + Time, and that's five years ago.

GnomeSlice ツ

While we apologize for any frustration in the matter, the fact is that a breach of contract occurred. Upon that breach, the account's right to use the service is negated. The suspension shall stand as issued, and we thank you for your cooperation in this matter. #Cheers!

user30

not innapropriot stuff, surely! that's the worst kind.

Brant

Ooh, this is nice too: A plugin to reload the page randomly using one of the 535 methods mentioned above

user30

> Your son "o KiNG SpRaYa", was witnessed taking flight as though he were winged in COD: World at War. Taking advantage of infections is not accidental. Suspension Stands.

user30

10:01 PM

haha

Arda Xi

As though he were winged?

Kevin Y

@ThomasMcDonald Win.

CruelCow

My personal favorites are when the OP starts "I am innocent, I beat this guy and he told all his friends to report me, plz unban" and then the mod: "Uh no, you got banned for trying to sell cheats on your profile"

Arda Xi

Did they actually check that it wasn't as though he was wearing a jetpack?

CruelCow

Kinda makes me wish steam would enforce their stuff a little

user30

10:02 PM

Must have had too much Red Bull

Brant

I like the inept, poorly-spelled legal threats the most.

Kevin Y

> was about to play black ops with my friend before i got off xbox live for the night like usual and before he could click the start to start the game a message popped up on both of are screens saying suspended until 12/31/9999 and i don't know why because i didn't even do anything wrong are gamer tags are FPSx Scavenger can u please look into it for me and tell us the problem or what ever is wrong and unsuspend us forever thank you.

Arda Xi

@CruelCow They do, silently.

I know the owner!!!!

Kevin Y

The lack of punctuation burns.

I love how he wants to be unsuspended forever.

user30

> hello i just recently got my acount banned for no reason i was palying a game and it kicked me and said banned till 12/31/999999 i dont know why here is my gammertag weponkid please tell me why i got banned cause i did nothing wrong i sware im bummed please reply thank you.

user30

10:03 PM

banned till 999999? that's optimistic.

CruelCow

@ArdaXi steamcommunity.com/id/YouaregoingtoLOVEME

Brant

what exactly is an "infection" anyway?

GnomeSlice ツ

@ThomasMcDonald Godammit, make it stop.

CruelCow

@Brant Some sort of hack that allows you to activate godmode and noclip

Kevin Y

> ...Well, I would like to point out that the auto-filter in the forums bleeped out nearly your entire post... (forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/52933.aspx)

user30

10:05 PM

The best one I read was when he was asking why he got banned and he'd sent a message to one of the policy enforcement team asking if he wanted to pay for a modded lobby

Tom Wijsman

@ThomasMcDonald You have been in suspension for Nine Nine Nine Nine Nine Nine...

GnomeSlice ツ

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user30

> hi i was wondering why my acc was ban from yesterday and it says im ban for 9999 years and my gamertag is Cows x. i was just playing yesterday and i join a looby and played for like 5min and got disconected from xbox live...

user30

these are hilarious

GnomeSlice ツ

^ Relevant ^

badp

10:07 PM

Do these guys ever unsuspend?

user30

less relevant:

user30

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CruelCow

The best ones are always when the title complains about being banned multiple times. HOW MANNYY TIMES IM GOING TO BE BANNED? forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/40875.aspx

Kevin Y

Gee, this is certainly the person's father speaking:

> This has to be a miss understand me son said he was playing call of duty modern warfare and he was in a public match and when he joined it people where flying everywhere jumping really high and he couldent reload and it evn showed on the screen i got infections from... and people where killing him throught walls like they could see through them....

Lazers

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Q: help me identify a 90's vertical scrolling arcade game

Ok I would really appreciate it if I could get some guidance here. I have seen numerous youtube videos with vertical scrollers but none seem to match the description. It's probably a 1990-95 (i think - as it doesn't look too old, graphics were not bad considering the time) game, vertical scro...

Kevin Y

10:09 PM

Noo, @Lazers, you cut off my double post!

CruelCow

how was i impersonating microsoft. (forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/40064.aspx) Seriously, some people

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow Aaaahahahahahaha!

user30

> I think modding ruins the game, especially since i am a sniper-based player.

user30

wat.

CruelCow

What also confuses me is how many people start their post with "dear xbox". As if they were talking to the console

user30

10:12 PM

> Big Brother himself caught you using a Jtag. My sympathy levels are falling alarmingly. Apologies, but all associated content licenses with an account permanently suspended for Code of Conduct violations (Gold Membership time, MSP, etc.) are removed upon the enforcement action taking place.

Kevin Y

Oh boy:

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The faces at :13 seconds...

CruelCow

"subspenction" "perminatly" WHAT

GnomeSlice ツ

@KevinY Wh...what?

badp

forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41/t/54165.aspx

tagged as "suspension, Help, gt suspension, Gamertag Suspension, hacked, account Suspensions, account suspended, Account suspended hoping for appeal, account suspended Microsoft liars, suspended, Permanently Banned!, banned for life suspended, ban, code of conduct, Banned Until 12/31/9999?, concerned parent, Help!, help me, hacking, banned 9999, hacked account, appeal for suspended account., hackers"

Kevin Y

@badp @Wipqozn should retag that.

user30

10:15 PM

> Or Ghost x was witnessed using his ghostly flight powers in COD: World at War. Suspension stands.

Tom Wijsman

@GnomeSlice:They look weird/funny.

badp

@KevinY fml

Kevin Y

That's what us Vancouverites look like!

user30

> my xbox live account was suspended from xbox live for the next 8000 or so years

user30

give or take a couple either side

user30

10:16 PM

> Sadly HighQualityHam was suspended for cheating, as they were witnessed LITERALLY... making pigs fly in COD:World at War. Another awesome gamertag bites the dust for a few thrills. G.J..

CruelCow

> why was i banded from xbox

I think I'll stop now before I actually get dumber

3

user30

> "I am Bill J" was banned for blanket messaging: "IM hosting 15th prestige lobby... YOU CANNOT GET BANNED FOR THIS!!!" ...........suspension stands.

Kevin Y

@CruelCow What, the past tense of ban isn't banded?

CruelCow

@KevinY Sounds like a question for english.SE

Kevin Y

Heh.

GnomeSlice ツ

10:21 PM

To be honest, I'm actually surprised we haven't gotten any "Why was I banded from xbox" questions on Gaming yet.

user30

> ive beened suspended untill THE END OF EARTH

user30

> Huh... Well "extra hard" was banned for modding lobbies for 1600 points. It saddens me that a good gamertag was lost today...

Kevin Y

@GnomeSliceツ Don't jinx it...

badp

yesterday, by LessPop_MoreFizz

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

↑ speaking of spoilers

Mana ಠдಠ

@badp I think that was already posted in here

Wipqozn

10:25 PM

@Manaಠдಠ It was, by @LessPop_MoreFizz I believe.

badp

error

user30

> You were seen being impossibly awesome in WaW, which made the game horrible for everyone else.

Mana ಠдಠ

No, Fallen was the one saying she disagreed with it

FallenAngelEyes

Hm?

@Lesspop posted it and I do disagree with it

badp

nite

Wipqozn

10:26 PM

yeah, that's what I said

1 min ago, by Wipqozn

@Manaಠдಠ It was, by @LessPop_MoreFizz I believe.

user30

@Brant An infection lobby is a game where someone has modified it to enable certain kinds of hacks/mods/cheats known as 'infections'. They're called this because when you enter this lobby, you can become 'infected' with those hacks/mods. Sometimes you have to do a few things to get the infections to stick, sometimes you don't.
Now because these are so rampant, we're fairly prudent of who we suspend for them. A player is seen, by a member of the XBLPET to be actively using and exploiting these infections in game and only then are they suspended. There's a visible difference between someone w…

Wipqozn

Holy shit.

This is even worse then fridya

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She claims it's a new song, but it's a remix of a song everyone hated.

Mana ಠдಠ

whee, Merchant Level 7 by Day 5

Wipqozn

Good job.

Arda Xi

So who else here owns Frozen Synapse?

Wipqozn

10:39 PM

@ArdaXi I don't own it. Nor have I even looked at it, or have any idea what type of game it is (FPS?)

Mana ಠдಠ

meeeee

@Wipqozn It's a turn-based strategy game

Arda Xi

And a brilliant one at that.

@Manaಠдಠ What do they call you?

Mana ಠдಠ

They call me Trinity.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ Get out.

Arda Xi

And why haven't you activated it on Steam?

Mana ಠдಠ

10:40 PM

:(

@Arda Doesn't that mean I have to download it through Steam?

Wipqozn

looks interesting

I just may buy it

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ I mean, like, what's your username in the game?

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn Can I have your second copy if you do?

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ Not necessarily, but it seems preferable.

Mr. November

Mana's really stoopid

CruelCow

10:41 PM

@Wipqozn I'm really impressed how she keeps going despite the negativity

Mana ಠдಠ

SecretofMana. I deleted the game off my computer a while back though

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ No. I'm going to burn it. BURN IT!

@MrNovember <3

@Manaಠдಠ <3

@Wipqozn =[

10:42 PM

@MrNovember here also has Frozen Synapse.

Mr. November

it's 6:41 EST everyone, you know what that means??

Arda Xi

Mana ಠдಠ

Since we bought it together OMG BEST BUDDIES FOR LIIIIIFE

GnomeSlice ツ

I linked Frozen Synapse in here months ago, when it was just a trailer.

Mr. November

it's time for Sonic Coulours!!

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GnomeSlice ツ

10:42 PM

Gee whiz, nobody gave a shit.

Wipqozn

I'm assuming @mana and @MrNovember know each irl?

GnomeSlice ツ

@MrNovember coulours?

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda Probably a different username then. Maybe Mana?

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ "I linked Frozen Synapse in here months ago, when it was just a trailer."

Mr. November

yes mana, coulours

GnomeSlice ツ

10:43 PM

@ArdaXi No, that was me.

>:(

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Exactly.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi Oh.

I get it.

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ Level 5, W-L 6-4?

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda Yeah...that sounds about right.

Arda Xi

Likes playing against he who calls himself willshark?

GnomeSlice ツ

10:43 PM

You know what web-based game I miss playing the most since it was overrun with hackers?

Mana ಠдಠ

Yes, that's definitely me.

GnomeSlice ツ

Pawngame

Mana ಠдಠ

@Gnome heh

I used to play that

Wipqozn

this is a fairly good trailer for the game

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ Sorry, did you link something?

GnomeSlice ツ

10:44 PM

I used to be AMAZING at it.

@ArdaXi Oh, it's no good anymore, don't worry.

Arda Xi

@Mana Check your email :D

GnomeSlice ツ

Was overrun with hackers.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ It isn't now you've linked it.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi I don't think I've played it in years. =[

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda But I can't log in to Frozen Synapse to play it. I deleted it off my computer.

GnomeSlice ツ

10:45 PM

Fuggen hackers.

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ So re-get it.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ un delete it.

Mana ಠдಠ

And I don't want to download it right now, I'm downloading some sick tuuuunes

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ My word is better.

CruelCow

Uncrop!

Mr. November

10:45 PM

@Manaಠдಠ unremove it

GnomeSlice ツ

Jeez, Pawngame brings back so many memories...

Mana ಠдಠ

@MrNovember There are five more songs on the vinyl edition of Kaputt. Isn't that amazing?!

Mr. November

beets

GnomeSlice ツ

I used to play this waaaayyyy too much.

Mana ಠдಠ

(one of them is 30 seconds long though)

Mr. November

10:46 PM

i already knew that Mana you are really slow

Mana ಠдಠ

@MrNovember :(

Wipqozn

Well I'm downloading the demo now

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ Oh god, it's a hipster.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda u r

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ You have two weeks.

GnomeSlice ツ

10:48 PM

I think that deep down, everyone has some hipster tendencies.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Arda :(.....

CruelCow

@GnomeSliceツ I was a hipster before you even heard of hipsters!

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow I was a hipster before it was cool.

Mana ಠдಠ

That joke is so old.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Manaಠдಠ He started it.

Mana ಠдಠ

10:50 PM

@MrNovember what do you think about hipster jokes

Tim Stone

@GnomeSliceツ Obligatory "That explains why it wasn't cool at the time."

Mana ಠдಠ

pffffffffffft

@MrNovember remember #firewolves and how we had to keep the language down in there?

GnomeSlice ツ

@MrNovember Who the hell are you, anyway?

Tim Stone

Hmm, I should get caught up on gaming this weekend.

Mr. November

@Manaಠдಠ yep, good times :)

Mana ಠдಠ

10:52 PM

I'm starting to sympathize slightly with their viewpoint in there at least for this chat. :(

Arda Xi

@MrNovember (psst I think he's trying to make a point)

Mana ಠдಠ

I mean look, we have children in here, like @Arda and the omnipresent @RonanFreeman

Wipqozn

I like the part where the tutorial is a huge dick

"Now you're not a total incompetent. "

Mr. November

so basically what you're saying @Mana, is that you're a bad person

Kevin Y

@Manaಠдಠ Hey you forgot someone

Arda Xi

10:54 PM

@MrNovember We prefer to use terrible.

Hi...

HI ROLAND. waves

@RolandTaylor Hi.

Roland best borderlands class

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ That point I made recently, with the analogy. That didn't arrive AT ALL, did it?

Mana ಠдಠ

10:55 PM

Agreed. He really is quite a cool guy. Wait, was he the soldier or the other not bruiser dude?

Mr. November

the soldier

Roland Taylor

While I appreciate the concern for the use of potentially insulting language... why I am being informed of this room's flags?

Kevin Y

@RolandTaylor You have over 10k network-wide or something like that.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Roland You have over 10k rep on the network

so you get notified of flags cross-site

Roland Taylor

@Manaಠдಠ O.o I thought that still only applied to rooms you are in at a given time o.O

Mana ಠдಠ

10:57 PM

It's not like whoever flagged it specifically aimed at you and said "ROLAND, JUDGE THIS"

@Roland Nope, not anymore.

Roland Taylor

@RebeccaChernoff is this your doing -_o :D

o_-

Arda Xi

It's been that way for a long time, actually.

Roland Taylor

no....

Arda Xi

I've been notified of off-site flags quite often.

Roland Taylor

I've had this rep for a long time and this has only happened twice before

Arda Xi

10:58 PM

Rooms I was never in.

Roland Taylor

anyway I like gaming so I'll stay :D

Mana ಠдಠ

@Roland As far as I can tell it started two weeks ago

Roland Taylor

I haven't been on Gaming.SE enough

Arda Xi

@RolandTaylor It doesn't notify everyone

Mana ಠдಠ

Cool. Me and @MrNovember were just talking about how you're such a cool guy.

Roland Taylor

10:59 PM

Oh yeah :D

Arda Xi

@Manaಠдಠ He can see that.

Hmm, I now have 10 games of FS running. Am I doing something wrong?

Roland Taylor

FS?

CruelCow

Frozen Synapse

Arda Xi

A turn-based strategy game.

Lazers

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Q: How do I Avoid Those Raptors?

Towards the end of It Belongs in an Ancient Ruin, you start to encounter some kind of lizard things that like to jump out at you from behind some admittedly conspicuous shrubbery. The problem is, knowing where the raptors[?] will come from doesn't really seem to be helping me avoid them very rel...

it-belongs-in-a-ruin

Roland Taylor

11:00 PM

oh, never heard of it

Mana ಠдಠ

@Roland It's actually quite a neat thing. I highly recommend it.

@Arda Yeah, like I said: your opponent will probably be juggling 15 games at once.

I wasn't exaggerating.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Lazers Wow, I almost had deja vu there.

Roland Taylor

Cool, I hardly have a lot of gaming experience tbh, compared to most, especially with turn-based strategy.

Rebecca Chernoff

what is supposedly my doing?

Arda Xi

Turn-based is the easiest form, really. Lots of time to focus.

Rebecca Chernoff

11:01 PM

because, um

not my fault

GnomeSlice ツ

The annoying thing is, is had a really clever draft of this question written out, but I didn't know how to tag it, so I left it. Looks like my draft is gone.

Arda Xi

@RebeccaChernoff 10k+ rep cross-site triggering cross-room flag notifications.

GnomeSlice ツ

This one isn't near as entertaining.

Mana ಠдಠ

@Rebecca We know. Roland just likes to ping people.

Roland Taylor

@RebeccaChernoff I picked on you cause... it is fun to pick on people with super powers...

GnomeSlice ツ

11:01 PM

@Mana

Roland Taylor

@people

Mana ಠдಠ

@Roland Also annoying <3

Roland Taylor

feels a rush of exhilaration

oh nvm

I guess you missed the hidden (and lame) joke in my statement of picking on people with "super powers"

Mana ಠдಠ

Wow, I suck.

Roland Taylor

no comment

GnomeSlice ツ

11:04 PM

Dear Internet: Don't ever change.

Mana ಠдಠ

Anyways, drum sesh time. Peace!

Arda Xi

Wow, this guy sends in turns without loading the game.

GnomeSlice ツ

Argh, I still don't know what the screen ratio of my laptop is...

Arda Xi

@GnomeSliceツ What's the resolution?

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi 1366x768

Arda Xi

11:11 PM

Err... 683 : 384

GnomeSlice ツ

Uh...

That doesn't sound right.

Closest I get.

OS?

Windows 7

hmm

11:14 PM

What about 1360x768?

Roland Taylor

I forgot if Win7 has the aspect ratio listed in screen resolution properties or w/e it's called

CruelCow

@GnomeSliceツ That's about 16:9

GnomeSlice ツ

@CruelCow Aha. That's kind of silly.

Roland Taylor

I was going with that too

GnomeSlice ツ

The maximum resolution is 1366x768 and the next one down is 1360x768

:S

Roland Taylor

11:15 PM

wow

Arda Xi

That's weird... only televisions with overscan are supposed to have a resolution like that.

Wolfram Alpha just got awesomer.

Lazers

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Q: How can I stop Minecraft from crashing while going to fullscreen on the Intel HD3000 graphics?

I'm using a laptop with both nVidia and Intel graphics cards. The Intel card is actually fast enough to play Minecraft, and I'd rather not use the nVidia card because it causes the battery life to drop to effectively zero. However, it seems I can't send the game to full screen while using the slo...

minecraft hd3000

GnomeSlice ツ

I guess I'll go with 16:9 wallpapers then.

Said to me this morning: "Hey, aren't you the guy who runs that website 'The Bagel?'" IT'S OATMEAL YOU ASSPICKLE

Tweeted by Oatmeal on August 12, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Wipqozn

Based on the tutorial I'm most certain I will buy this

Kevin Y

@GnomeSliceツ Oh, it's The English Muffin guy!

Wipqozn

11:19 PM

I'll just play a few games first

demo and what not

GnomeSlice ツ

@KevinY ಠ_ಠ

@Wipqozn Can I have your second copy?

You get two during the current sale.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ I already told you I plan to burn it

out of spite

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn ಥ_ಥ

Spite towards who/what?

Wipqozn

EVERYTHING

that's a yes, btw

GnomeSlice ツ

Whoa!

Osmos has music by Gas in it too?

:D

Arda Xi

11:23 PM

@Wipqozn Send me a challenge when you buy it, ArdaXi.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi Your username in the game is ArdaXI?! What a surprise! (lol et cetera)

Roland Taylor

ugh... minecrap

bye all

Wipqozn

you can take a wild guess what mine will be

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn It could also have been arienh4.

GnomeSlice ツ

I hope "GnomeSlice' isn't taken...

Arda Xi

11:24 PM

@GnomeSliceツ I doubt anyone would take such a name.

GnomeSlice ツ

@ArdaXi It was taken on youtube, Platform Racing 2, and Apple Game Center.

Did the soundtrack of Osmos come with it in the Humble bundle?

I forget.

This is excellent.

Kevin Y

Yes it did.

GnomeSlice ツ

Swish

Lazers

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Q: What are some very good fansites for Fifa Manager 11 databases, tactics, formations, etc.?

I want to replay Fifa Manager 11 after a long absence and I'd like to update all the databases with fan-maintained ones. I'm looking for Fansites, where I can primarly download UEFA/EU databases like Germany, France, England, Italy, Spain, Scottland. North- and Southamerica, Africa and Asia wou...

fifa-manager-2011

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Q: "Day Dreaming [Name]" game on Commodore 64

No, it's not Day Dreamin' Davey from NES, but another "Day Dreaming" game. It was on Commodore 64, and featured a man moving from room to room where he could play various games. I think the soundtrack was a chiptune version of "Sweet Dreams" (Eurythmics version, not Manson). If not, it was very c...

identify-this-game commodore-64

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