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02:13
this place is lively tonight
@WIPQOZN
You know how to get this place lively.
NO, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT.
You need to talk.
02:51
talktalktalk
 
1 hour later…
04:17
Ffs, Troi's mother is way worse than Wesley
total bullhorn for Roddenberry's blatant idealism
What, you don't think Earth will unify and eliminate hunger, poverty and war a couple years after we discover aliens exist?
Roddenberry was totally a realist
The episode I'm watching now totally blows, it's about the "sanctity of life for old people"
I remember that episode
I'm okay with that system, as long as you turn them into soilant green
I thought it was pretty moving
how it ended up
04:22
Yeah, but Mrs. Troi is way too idealistic--it's nauseating
plus the argument for senicide is practically a straw-man, though their arbitrary age is a bit odd
Have you seen other eps with her?
She's ridiculous, it's kinda hilarious
yeah, been going through them sequentally
ah gotcha
yeah I'm watching through TNG with one of my b/f's as well
he wants us to hurry up so we can get to DS9 :P
I can't really stand her, she's too much of a clown
DS9 is the best series
by far
far
@NickT Mrs. Troi represents the argument for killing old people. In that she makes me want to kill her as soon as she talks.
04:25
That's what he says too
@NickT agreed
@sjohnston Ahahaha
In The Pale Moonlight is awesome
I hear DS9 is more overarching story focused than "plot-a-day" focused
which appeals to me
yes, more serial
pretty much all the characters are awesome and have some depth with all sorts of sides, not blatantly type X
04:28
Gotcha
I've heard mixed to meh things about Voyager
though I've seen a couple eps of that
Voyager is alright...it has it's flaws
Voyager kind of just felt like a rehash of stuff from previous series to me
really? I haven't watched all of TNG (at least in order) so don't know
DS9 was nice because they were on a station that didn't wander all around meeting a new alien race every week
Voyager seemed to really like the "what does it mean to be human" episodes. Which is why they had a Vulcan. And a borg. And a hologram robot doctor.
so they actually had to bother with constantly developing the same race of people so they actually had variety
yeah, but TNG had Data, and Gene Roddenberry's idealism
04:34
Right, but my point is that we already had the "what does it mean to be human" stuff in the original star trek (with a vulcan) and in TNG (with a robot). And Voyager says "well, we have a robot and a vulcan, so there!"
I thought Data was the most interesting exploration of those themes, although he also generated his share of cheesy moments
The episode where he starts dreaming for the first time is amazing
Rehashing the same themes (albeit in a more modern--pragmatic--light) doesn't mean it's necessarily bad
@sjohnston The Doctor's pretty cool tbh
also, this
also I <3 Data
04:38
Data's default is excessively proper, Doctor's default is sarcastic
we can see who's more fun right there
though they all have their ups and downs
I do recall liking the doctor
@NickT Yeah I know but I have a thing for AI
can't find that clip on youtube
the Doctor in First Contact
very nice
yeah, borg have terrible skin
05:14
Heh, the TNG episode that introduces Trill..."transporting would hurt the symbiote"...cut to DS9 where Dax does it all the time :P
05:29
huh. I managed to break YouTube
@NickT Yeah, my b/f mentioned there were a lot of inconsistencies there too
 
2 hours later…
07:36
guess I'm staying up all night
8
Q: Why are characters banned in tournament play for DotA-likes?

Nick TWhy are characters banned from DotA-likes in tournament play during selection? Are there characters that are actually imbalanced; why not just balance them? If it's just for the sake of another level of meta-game strategy, then where did it come from?

Should we tag question on genre with specific games?
08:06
@Mvy I don't know. That does seem odd, but is there really a concise genre name for this type of game? Something that people would know to search for?
08:41
@sjohnston MOBA's fairly accepted
 
2 hours later…
10:17
0
Q: Am I losing out on XP if I kill someone in Deus Ex:HR and don't accomplish the objective I set?

LaykeWhen playing DeusEx:Human Revolutions, should I try and take someone down always in order to get the most XP from them? I like maxing out when I play games, and getting as much level ups as I can. I've only been playing a few minutes, but have already noticed that if I get a kill I only get 10 ...

10:38
1
Q: Is there a quicksave shortcut in DX Human Revolution?

ThiefMasterIs there a quicksave/-load shortcut in Deus Ex Human Revolution?

11:01
@sjohnston Well there was a gaming.se question on this.
6
Q: What is the genre of HoN/DotA/LoL?

hexaSome people call it Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA), Valve is calling the upcoming Dota 2 a Action RTS (Real Time Strategy) and I've seen some using Action RPG. Has the community come to an understanding? I do not play these games much (or well :P) so I don't know.

11:21
0
Q: Dropping pre-order bonus weapons in DX: Human Revolution?

ThiefMasterWhen dropping the pre-order bonus weapons such as the sawed-off shotgun - will I get them back every chapter? Or do I have to keep them the whole time if O ever want to use them later?

11:35
@Mana I went to bed right after I said that lol
0
Q: Vsync in MicroVolts

ShikiOkay guys, here is a tough one. I have tried to enable it in game, as you may guess it, there is no such option / setting. I have tried FORCING VSYNC in Ati Tray Tools, Ati CCC, RadeonPro and nVidia settings. Nothing. Also, there are config files for the game here: MicroVolts\data\config\EN...

 
1 hour later…
13:04
maaaaaaaan
I totally just woke up. What's new?
I just arrived back home. Stupid exams :/
I just got up. Stupid insomnia :/
Actually I've been up for 2 hours but that still means I got up at noon
13:21
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Q: Am I still eligible for "Ghost" XP reward if I get a take down but I was spotted

LaykeLets say that I don't drag a knocked out enemy away, so that a patrol spots hims and starts searching for me. If I hide behind a wall where he is patrolling and is about to turn the corner, I can often get a quick take down on him, however he does say "Holy.." just before so he has clearly spotte...

14:01
Almost done with Deus Ex, so time to buy Human Revolution so it will be ready for when I finish the original
oh my
that is quite the long install time.
4 days?
oh god no, not that long
2 and a half hours
pah! That's nothing
Think it is the longest install time I've ever had to deal with
Not counting download time, yeah
14:04
Although if I bought FF11, which I don't intend to, I hear that would take a few days.
Also, friends get. Toodles.
14:20
HEY GUYS, WIPQOZN FINALLY HAS FRIENDS
4
cheers, claps
14:31
Groan Pattern Buffer...
@Mana plays TF2 victory music
14:45
0
Q: Why is Company of Heroes making my HP laptop shut down abnormally?

HafizThe first time I played Company of Heroes and my charger was plugged out, I was notified that the battery was low, and plugged in the charger, while I was already playing Company of Heroes. After some time my system shutdown, like abnormally. Normally if its battery is charging low then it hibern...

14:57
Somebody on voice chat: "Hey, we need a medic on top of the point"
I grab a scout and quickfix my way up there
...and meet another medic.
Seconds later we get killed and they win the point and the match.
 
1 hour later…
16:07
0
Q: Is the looting honour penalty permanent in Shogun 2 Total War?

Calvin FisherIf your clan loots a province, your daimyo gets a -1 to his Honour rating. Does this ever go away, or does it last for the rest of the game?

16:31
At some point, I need to get more Series 27 crates. It's interesting, I got the 3 items I wanted from Series 28 crates as the first 3 drops. I got two nice things from my first 2 Series 27s, but none of the strange weapons I wanted (got Villain's Veil, my unusual pyro hat, and 2xStrange Sniper Rifle... but I don't use the Sniper Rifle)
Anyone here who is not idle and has Deus Ex: HR for the PC? I'm wondering how my graphics card will handle the game.
wait you are not Oak, you are Aubergine
@Powerlord 3... drops?
Strange weapons drop now?
@Aubergine What's your graphics card?
@badp Crates do.
An ATI 5700
16:35
Hmm, don't know about ATI.
@badp No, but considering I was talking about crates just before that, you could figure out from context what I was talking about.
@ArdaXi Thanks anyhow :)
Well these two weeks I got a bunch of medic crates and one engie crate
and that's pretty much it
@Aubergine All I know is my GTX 260 runs it fine with everything high.
do we like these questions that are essentially "how the game is coded" questions?:
0
Q: How come lava don't disapear as quick as water when you remove it?

WarfaceI mean when you block a flow of water, you see it running out pretty quickly right. Why with lava, when you block the flow it takes such time for running out and even sometimes it don't at all.

16:37
I know enough about my nVidia card to tell that I won't squeeze 10 FPS out of that game
@ArdaXi Well that might be enough for me to make a comparison, thanks
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Q: Why does Redstone turn into obsidian?

NickIt appears that if you have redstone wires with water next to them and lava on top, they turn into obsidian. This probably isn't intended, but I was wondering why this happens, and if there is anything else redstone wire can be transmuted into. See: ...

Is there any real difference between those questions? One is (was) obviously a bug, but that's how it was and there's no real gaming question to be had about it
0
Q: How come lava doesn't disappear as quickly as water when you remove it?

WarfaceI mean when you block a flow of water, you see it running out pretty quickly, right? But with lava, when you block the flow it takes a long time to run out and even sometimes it doesn't run out at all. Why is that?

16:53
no thoughts?
@NickT I agree this is the wrong question
Because that's how the game is coded? I don't understand this question – Nick T 14 mins ago

Wow you really know how to explain Nick T. You should have not answered at all. – Warface 9 mins ago

a) I didn't answer, b) this is off topic/not useful as it's asking about why the game is coded the way it is, not how to deal with/use it in a gameplay context cf. Why does redstone turn into obsidian? – Nick T 2 mins ago edit

I think his point is more that this question seems like it's asking why the game was coded to make water flow faster than lava. We can't really answer that without being one
It should've been an answer to "How to safely obtain obsidian?"
@badp but the current question?
@badp The second question seems off topic to me.
16:57
I doubt we can come up with an authoritative answer to that
At least unconstructive.
I mean, the Missingno bug was extensively researched and thus answering was just a matter of 'regurgitating' that
but... we're playing games, we're not reverse engineering them here. Typically.
There's a huge difference to me between a current game and one that's fairly old (and very fixed by way of having been distributed)
Hey, is this...the same Ben who was answering SC2 stuff?
I guess not since there's no history on his account or anything.
So are we driving away Warface? I think that's 2 questions closed recently that he's been a little frustrated with
17:05
Nah I'm ok
0
Q: Can you port a SP map to a SMP server and vice versa?

Warface Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to turn a Minecraft single player map into multi-player server? How do I copy a Minecraft multi-player (SMP) map to single-player? Is it possible to have a map in single player and port it into your server for SMP and vice versa ? If so how ?

:P
ah ok, good :D
0
Q: How many ending in Deus Ex to have the "Deus Ex Machina" achievement

WarfaceI've seen 2 endings by now and I'm wondering how many there is to achieve that. Any clue on how to have them too could be really appreciated.

Thanks for narging me tho
I don't get it.
I like to get on streaks where I ask kind off-the-wall questions
17:06
If you finished the game, you should know the answer to this.
Eliza tells you all the different endings.
HOW MANY ENDING?
:(
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Q: How many ending in Deus Ex to have the "Deus Ex Machina" achievement

WarfaceI've seen 2 endings by now and I'm wondering how many there is to achieve that. Any clue on how to have them too could be really appreciated.

Yeah how many !!
Something wrong again ??
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@Warface There's nothing wrong with the question, it just seems weird.
The answer is given in the game itself.
17:08
wtb verb for $400
sells @NickT 'to be' for $400.
Sorry i'm not english and WHY are you so mean !
I'm not English either, and I'm not being mean.
Because I'm english
at heart
which means I'm a jerkass
but I'm really an American
:D
Nice google translate
17:12
I wonder how often a flagged insult in another language would actually go through
S'il vous plaît ne pas surréagir. :)
@NickT We have plenty of NNSes as mods on the network.
Nice one Nick T
luls
welcome @RegDwight
Would you mind removing that Chinese message of yours?
17:14
Thank you.
guess you're right @ArdaXi
Told you.
@NickT You're going to end up suspended this way.
You know what
After using that very fast connection in Amstelveen and then coming back here at 400 kB/s-land
...I can't really tell the difference
it's mostly because most servers aren't really equipped to deliver the advertised speeds
The fastest thing I've seen are the NL Ubuntu mirrors, downloading a couple hundreds MBs in a few seconds
That was great.
@badp This is why you need to use servers that are.
Steam, Usenet, etc.
Steam couldn't deliver at that speed
it topped at 1.6 MB/s IIRC
17:22
Then you've configured it wrongly.
Steam can deliver to the Netherlands at 10 MB/s
Not much to configure
Location and speed.
I set it to d/l from NL
Did you set your speed too?
Oh, speed I didn't touch.
17:22
That explains it.
I'll try again in a week
If you have it set to less than Cable/Fibre, it's going to limit your download speed so you don't saturate it.
17:42
Anyone know what the difference between a Gamecube memory card 251, or 1019 would be?
What do the numbers represent?
This blog is pretty sad
@badp Well, it was pretty much announced when they announced they were joining Google.
17:58
@SimonSheehan It's how many "blocks" of storage they hold.
If I remember correctly from my Gamecube days.
Okay, thanks @KevinY
|unitssold=Worldwide: 21.74 millionJapan: 4.04 millionNorth America: 12.94 millionEurope & Australia: 4.77 million |media=Nintendo GameCube Game Disc |os= |input=Nintendo GameCube controller, WaveBird, Game Boy Advance, numerous other input devices |camera= |power= |cpu=IBM PowerPC "Gekko", 486 MHz |storage=Nintendo GameCube Memory Card (16 MB max. capacity) |memory= |display= *Composite video *S-Video (NTSC consoles only) *RGB SCART (PAL consoles only) *YPBPR Component video / D-Terminal (DOL-001 models only)* *Requires the use of the Digital AV port, which was removed from late...
Hmm, that's funny one-boxing.
@SimonSheehan No problem.
user30
gaaaah redis y u no work
18:04
Lol... 10 bucks says that isn't a mod at all.
It's just really shitty video overlay.
user30
or rather, Resque
user30
:(
@GnomeSliceツ That's likely the case.
user30
woop
I hope Two Tribes doesn't try to send me any free merchandise now.
Maybe the retweet is just going to me head, though.
18:34
@ArdaXi rly?
Q: Are you going to keep working on improving Aardvark?
A: Absolutely.  You can expect us to keep introducing new features, fixing bugs, and improving the speed and quality of the service.
The next blog post, more than a year later... hey guys, we're closing shop!
@badp That's a shame.
tbh all Vark got me was GTalk spam and amusing questions
I did answer a few though
@badp That doesn't sound very different from Gaming.SE, to be honest.
@GnomeSliceツ glare
18:39
Persian Persuader demomen are so annoying
@badp I'm getting really good at it.
Heavies still give me problems, though.
Also, whomever is in charge of the temperature outside, you set it a bit high here today. It's September now, not July.
I wonder if asking on Science why we start seasons on the solar extremes instead if 1.5 months earlier would be closed.
@badp I know, but if you read between the lines + context...
Google takes over, it's not re-branded to Google product, it's going to be killed off in about a year.
details
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Q: Is it possible to miss an ebook for the Doctorate achievement?

Raven DreamerIn Deus Ex: Human Revolution I've been finding quite a few ebooks. Reading some of them awards me with a "Scholar" popup and grants 200 xp. I notice that there is an achievement for reading all 29 of them -- is it possible to miss one of the ebooks and be unable to earn the achievement in your ...

0
Q: Gemcraft Labyrinth -- Obtain challenge medals in free version?

RCIXSeveral fields in Gemcraft Labyrinth have "Challenge Medals" listed; goals such as "Deal a total of 2,000,000 damage in one battle on field XY" or "Kill a total of 7,000 monsters in one battle on field AB". Is there any way to obtain these without buying the Premium upgrade to access the more adv...

0
Q: Is there a way to stop atomic bombs and nuclear missiles?

RapidaIs there a way to automatically stop nuclear missiles/atomic bombs from wrecking your cities during the late game of civilization 5? It seems like as soon as the Manhattan Project is complete, the PC skips the cold war stage and begins to bomb the crap out of my cities. Barring an automatic way...

18:56
Pretty sure TwoTribes is wrong, here.
@TwoTribesGames Most games run better in Fullscreen vs. Windowed mode, though.
@BassDownLow we're unique in so many ways! ;)
ಠ_ಠ That isn't how it works.
@GnomeSliceツ No, they would be correct. Mainly because the GPU no longer has to draw the rest of your apps in Fullscreen mode, because the game has exclusive access to it. Which, incidentally, is why it takes longer to alt-tab from a Fullscreen game than it does a Windowed game
@Powerlord I find most games run better in Fullscreen mode for me.
@GnomeSliceツ Isn't that what they just said?
Oh wait, I was reading BassDownLow's answer as TwoTribes statement. Whoops.
Forget I said anything.
@Powerlord That's my tweet, by the way.
Well, not that I said anything, the explanation of why fullscreen would be faster is still valid.
19:08
@Powerlord Someone said the game was running badly, and two tribes said "Even in Windowed Mode"?
So I was like 'ಠ_ಠ'.
I'm constantly impressed by Powerlord's intelligence
Who knew that one who spoke of so often could have such hidden depth to their character?!
0
Q: Plugging SNES into a new-ish LCD TV

Michael EdenfieldMy parents just sent me my old SNES and all the original cables, games, etc., so I'm trying to hook it up to a TV for my wife. I already had tried (and failed) to hook up her SNES to out TVs and just assumed the console was busted, but now I'm not so sure. Here is the list of parts that I have t...

> Help?
@Mana That should be a tag.
I find that last sentence really amusing for some reason
19:16
Which?
The quoted one.
So do 3 downvotes on random questions within a minute get cleaned up?
@NickT Uhm, I don't believe so.
needs more?
3 of my questions downvoted between 16:42:32Z and 16:42:38Z :P
Yeah, I think. When a user shows up who I hadn't noticed before with a good answer, I tend to go through their answer history and upvote a lot of their other good questions/answers. Same thing with bad answers/downvoting.
19:19
These boss fights are a lot easier the second time.
Lemmeh see if I can dig up a meta thing on it
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Q: Serial Downvoting Victim

Nathan CamposWhile browsing Stack Overflow, I noticed that I lost a lot of reputation: Is this serial downvoting? Will it be corrected by a rep-recalculation? How often are those done? Here's a second instance:

Not that -6 reps is a big deal, just kinda odd
-1 rep/second :P
hm
It might be someone who is against you personally drama note
but I doubt it
Hmm, I don't get it, why is the mirror in Jensen's bathroom such a big deal?
what, you think 3 users were viewing fairly old, unrelated questions and decided to downvote them all within 6 seconds?
19:25
uhm
... scratches head
@Mana Come on Mana. You can solve this mystery!
@ArdaXi points finger I ACCUSE YOU, @GnomeSlice.
...or maybe not.
with the
in the
I liked the Clue movie
everybody hated it but I thought it was pretty chill
19:36
just in case you don't know how to close a lid, follow section 5.3.6
and watch out, you might smash your finger if you close the lid on it
ffs, I can't even read these manuals
OGOD, DON'T USE EXPLOSIVE LIQUIDS IN THE CENTRIFUGE
@badp I really don't think we need a tag; agreed?
@Mana I'd keep it but rename it minecraft-minecarts
hmm
fair enough
done
19:40
Osu @Grace
Minecraft may yet prove large enough to garner its own SE site.
@GnomeSlice Why would it deserve its own site?
@Mana because there are so many things to be asked?
I mean, Minecraft alone has generated the most tags.
By which I mean tags like , etc.
@GnomeSlice There are a lot of things to be asked about a lot of games
the difference is that for some reason people are asking things the most with Minecraft and SC2
Ideally we'd be getting this sort of activity with a lot more games but we're not
@Mana Well, those two games have very loyal followings.
With very dedicated players.
19:50
True
But the same can be said about Smash Bros.
@Mana Yeah, but smashboards have taken care of that.
Also, check your facebook chat.
@GnomeSlice AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGH
Your thing says you're typing.
I hate that.
well my thing lies
it indicates a connection issue
Well, now it's better.
19:52
okay
given that I was going to a different room that would explain it
@Mana No, it was like that for like 7 minutes.
Well
whatevs
user30
yay async code
20:11
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Q: PS3 freezing between 10-60 minutes after system start only on games, audio persists

Nick UdellI have an old 60gig PS3 that is crashing in games after only a few minutes of playing. I've Backed up and then restored, rebuilt the database, checked for dust bunnies and made sure the vents are clear (it's in the open now) and formatted the hard disk, all to no avail. All cables are plugged in...

20:26
tf2p, why u no work?
user30
tf2tp never works
sees mana post from 6 hours ago
OH YOU'RE SO FUNNY
stars it
I'm a funny guy.
:o)
"And think they're witty. Oh won't you please take me home."
20:32
You missed.
Nah, the first one is okay
It's the throbber itself see.
And the real one isn't?
Very clever.
Discrimination!
hmm
None of these Nate answers are particularly good
this saddens me
20:35
Evening all
I have 12GB of RAM now \o/
picked up 8GB earlier today, ended up going with Kingston
:|
Not GeIL?
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa... not only is my Dead Cone the only one with Blizzardy Storm on it, mine is the only Pyro hat at all with the Blizzardy Storm effect.
for now...
user30
@Powerlord I doubt that immensely
20:39
@ArdaXi Nay, went with this stuff instead
and food times flee
user30
Infact, there's a Respectless Rubber Glove w/Blizzardy Storm signed into TF2 Unusual
user30
along with your Dead Cone...
@ThomasMcDonald I just checked every Pyro hat in the Unusual Search engine.
user30
right, but that's not actually every pyro hat.
user30
Just the ones it has seen
Wait, how can you have an unusual hat be in your pending drops list?
user30
That's a good question, it might (for whatever reason) have an invalid backpack position though
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Q: What "complete" NES and SNES emulators exist for portable/handheld devices?

gWizI'd like to know in as much detail as possible, state of the art is for emulating NES and SNES on portable/handheld devices, such as smart phones, existing portable gaming devices (PSP? DS?) and dedicated handheld emulation devices. My main concerns are emulator quality and performance. I know t...

Hate to bring this one up again but
If you expand the comments OP mentions a bunch of quantitative stuff in the last comment
I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to 1. Work that stuff in and 2. change this from a recommendation question to a more objective analysis question
Any suggestions?
1
Q: Halo Reach to Halo 3 controller mapping

Joel BI play a lot of Halo Reach multiplayer and the controls are second nature to me. Some friends want to have a Halo 3 night and the controls are very similar, but still just enough different that I'm not doing what I want to be doing during critical times in a fight. Is there a controller configu...

> You CANCELED your offer. Nice! Return to the trade page
Nice way of phrasing that, tf2p.
Anyway, I have a Strange Jarate now. \o/
user30
20:58
I'm pretty sure the same people keep making the same offers on my 2.5 buds
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