The Bridge

Tim Stone

06:02

Hooray!

badp

06:13

It's funny, because SO Live! is responsible for 41% of the /users/reputation requests

given that AFAIK it's the only call I use

user30

@badp that is true

badp

It does make me think I'm using the call too much perhaps... I even wanted to poll faster than once every minute, heck.

I couldn't imagine it would get this much use however.

user30

06:30

un-fucking-believable

user30

the first decent proposal this Tory government has made, to increase the motorway speed limit to 80mph, and there's genuine issues from 'green groups' because of increased emissions?

user30

rather than suggest the limit is cut to 60mph so you can safely smoke weed while you drive, I would suggest anyone who is a member of a 'green group' should have to bike everywhere as to avoid hypocrisy.

badp

06:43

80 mph would be... in line with the rest of Europe

Stack Exchange

0

Q: Desktop Stress Relief like game for Ubuntu

Is there a Desktop Stress Relief like game for Ubuntu? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6NKouWa_o0

badp

actually, we're trying to reach 150 km/h = 93 mph where the motorways are safe enough

and then there's the german motorbahns (-typo)

I guess you could easily shoot for 95 mph if you wanted to.

aww, we get a lovely custom Google logo today

Winner of the "Italy in 150 years" competition.

Although there's very little Italy there

Lazers

0

Q: Are ICO and Shadow of The Colossus related to each other?

Now when the "ICO+Shadow of Colossus Collection" is out for the PS3, I was wondering that are these games some how related to each other? Is it better to play ICO first or vice versa?

ps3 shadow-of-the-colossus

Ronan Forman

07:03

Okay who the hell down voted my sumission for skyward sword!

badp

Somebody who's trying to keep answers sorted by reputation I guess

Ronan Forman

I guess that makes sense.

Oh no I'm 7th now!

badp

I didn't realize we had so many Wii'ers around

List Price: $69.99
Price: $69.96 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save: $0.03

!!!!!!!

Ronan Forman

Me neither, that's why I though I had a chance.

Althogh one person put it as a "back up" so I don't know if that will be counted

Anyway, off to school for the most pointless day!

I have 1 2 hour lesson by must stay in for 7 hours. Yay!

badp

@RonanForman I feel your pain, man

My sister's timetable today is 8-10 16-18

badp

07:32

reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/kw8o6/…

LessPop_MoreFizz

07:57

@ThomasMcDonald It's true though. Once you get above ~50-60 MPH (varies by vehicle) fuel economy drops off considerably and emissions correspondingly increase.

Lazers

08:56

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Q: The demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster just dropped on Xbox Live

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster – Full Access Preview Elmo, Cookie Monster, and the GR gang smile through the sweat Words: Hollander Cooper 10 Comments Email Share / Save The demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster just dropped on Xbox Live, and we were practically falling over ourselves ...

achievements

Ronan Forman

@badp I'm now in school. Waiting. waits

CruelCow

09:23

@Lazers That's the weirdest spam I've seen in a while...

Ronan Forman

@CruelCow It appears to be a story, but I can't see the actual 'question'.

CruelCow

@RonanForman It's a spammer, adding random sentences to not get caught in filters.

Ronan Forman

@CruelCow That worked out well, is it closed?

mordi2k

1 more downvote and it gets deleted.

Martin Sojka

@CruelCow Actually, I think he just copied a GamesRadar article whole...

CruelCow

09:28

-9 and still here, but it is gone from the frontpage at least

mordi2k

Now it's gone :)

Ronan Forman

If it's deleted people get their rep back from the downvote right?

mordi2k

Should get them back, you might have to do a rep recalc tho.

Ronan Forman

@mordi2k I didn't downvote as I can't view the question. I was just wondering.

Wow no pins, what a rare event!

gets pinned Dammit!

Martin Sojka

09:50

... you get less reputation when you downvote questions? I thought it was only for answers, though I admit I'm not paying much attention to my XP score here.

Ronan Forman

@MartinSojka I don't know, I assumed but I could be wrong.

No, you don't lose rep, only on answers.

> question is voted down -2

> answer is voted down -2 (-1 to voter)

Wipqozn

10:29

You only lose rep if you down vote an answer. Down voting questions is perfectly fine.

Wipqozn

10:54

Oh, @GraceNote has switched her account again.

She's from chantelise?

Grace Note

Aye

Wipqozn

Excellent. Score one for me.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn Manga spotter extraordinaire.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman Chantelise is a game yo

Ronan Forman

Manga isn't a medium it's a style of drawing.

badp

11:02

perhaps @LessPopMoreFizz can understand the joys of travelling at 3 km/h for two hours when you have a meeting in one

and by meeting I mean exam

Wipqozn

I'm fairly certain Manga refers to the medium itself, not the style of drawing.

badp

and by missing the exam I mean the next one is in February

Grace Note

@RonanForman If you want to refer to the style used in the medium, add "style" afterwards

badp

luckily the guy is understanding and it's going to let me start late

Wipqozn

@badp That's good

badp

11:03

so now I have even room to breathe. Luxury

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn So it does.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga

badp

being bottled on the highway was kinda fun though. I kept an eye on the guys on the adjacent lanes and keeping track of my relative position to them

Wipqozn

Some professors can be dicks for that.
"I was stuck in traffic."
"You should have left early."
"I did leave early, 3 hours early. It took me 4 hours to make a 30 minute drive."

badp

and noticing that although the other line is always faster I always ended up matching the same cars over and over again

Wipqozn

I've been lucky to never had to deal with that myself... but I know a few who have been screwed over by dick professors and shitty buses or traffic

I think the worst incident for me was it took me an hour and a half to make a 20 minute drive.

Ronan Forman

11:05

Heh. My iPod has added your names into its dictionary.

badp

I was all like "I'm 3 cars behind than what I'd be if I didn't change lines... oh wait we're moving... two... one... on par... one ahead... two ahead FUCK THIS I'M MERGING BACK WOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

"PLUS. TWO. CARS! I am so smart."

Wipqozn

I just leave really early for classes that start during rush hour. I normally leave at 6:50am for an 8:30am class. Get there with over an hour to spare.

badp

Everything I could do to not look at the est. arrival time on my phone

Wipqozn

@badp You probably could have walked faster.

badp

not really, 2 km for 45 mins on foot

that's my rule of thumb

Wipqozn

11:10

That's fairly slow

I think you may be over estimating the time

Although I do walk fairly fast, so it could just be me.

FallenAngelEyes

good afternoon all

badp

It's how fast I can walk without running

I'm not particularly athletic

Wipqozn

@badp Nor I, although I am impatient.

badp

I guess I can walk in little faster in "HOLY SHIT THE EXAM STARTED FORTY FIVE MINUTES AGO BUT LET'S NOT RUN" mode

Wipqozn

IF I'm walking to get somewhere, I normally walk fairly fast. Any minute I spend walking is time wasted.

badp

11:13

I know, I know, I feel the same

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes um, it's morning Fallen. What crazy backwards country do you live in?

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn THE FUTURE

badp

I think I walk do 1km in 10 minutes if I'm in a hurry, but I can't keep that up for much more than that

@FallenAngelEyes *past

unless it's tomorrow then

FallenAngelEyes

@badp Yeah I'm not a fast walker either

Grace Note

Gaftoon, @Fallen

FallenAngelEyes

11:14

Though I imagine I'm also a lot shorter than you

Hiya @Grace!

badp

oh well bbl exam

Wipqozn

@badp good luck

FallenAngelEyes

Good luck!

LessPop_MoreFizz

11:32

Home sweet motherfucking home.

@badp Oh, I can understand them a great deal.

You know you're going slow when the GPS system suggests switching to 'Pedestrian Mode'.

Martin Sojka

11:45

@badp 10 minutes for 1km is normal walking pace. Add some hills, a few ripe vineyards to the side and nice company to chat with, and you're up to 15 minutes or so, speaking from experience. :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh god. I have a real bagel.

melts

Lazers

0

Q: Tag synonym request: Merge [zelda] & [zelda-classic] into [legend-of-zelda]

I'd like to request that zelda and zelda-classic both be made synonyms of legend-of-zelda.

feature-request tag-synonyms

Wipqozn

12:10

Lazers

13:15

0

Q: How do you add minecraft mods to your minecraft account and game on a mac?

I need to find a website where you can download minecraft mods for mac like oil, pipes and guns but i cant, then I also dont then know how to add them to my game/world!! please help!

minecraft osx

0

Q: Will NPCs leave without their house?

In the new 1.9 update NPC were included but what will happen to them when the houses are destroyed?

minecraft

0

Q: Play against console versions with PC?

In FIFA 12, now that the game is finally the same on PC and consoles, is it possible to play against people on other platforms (XBOX, PS3) with my PC version or are those on completely different servers?

online-multiplayer fifa-12

FallenAngelEyes

Thanks for the games, @Grace :)

Grace Note

Thanks to you as well ♪

Powerlord

I'm bored. Entertain me!

FallenAngelEyes

Ok, time for me to take a break from LoL and actually leave the house for a bit, later all!

Grace Note

Powerlord

13:48

@GraceNote Mmmkay

Grace Note

'Twas an attempt

The other option was the Mann Co application but I'm pretty sure you've already seen that one

Powerlord

I didn't have time to make bacon for breakfast this morning. I am disappoint.

@GraceNote Yup, I have

Lazers

14:18

0

Q: Why is the downloadable Heroes of Might & Magic VI demo asking for a disc?

I just downloaded the Heroes of Might & Magic VI demo from Steam. On trying to start it, I'm receiving an error that suggests I'm missing a DVD: There is no disk in the drive. [Cancel] [Try Again] [Continue] All of the buttons make the dialog disappear for a fraction of a second, and t...

demo heroes-might-magic-v

Fabian

14:58

I must have missed it somehow, but why do we put the name into the posts for the community promotion grant? The user is already visible, are we supposed to put our full real name there?

GnomeSlice

14 hours ago, by Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice What? Oh, sorry. I'm trying to decode a bug in a program. To say the least I have no intention of watching your video. Feel free to post it again tomorrow.

►

(Please don't watch it in public)

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice Fun stuff. :)

GnomeSlice

14 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

For the record, I'm straight.

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice For the record, I don't give a damn about anyone's sexual orientation. Not even mine. :)

GnomeSlice

Just thought I'd throw it out there.

Grace Note

15:08

@GnomeSlice Didn't you post that already?

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Yeah. @wipqozn said to repost it today, because he didn't watch it then.

Grace Note

Hrm

GnomeSlice

14 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

awaits either stars, or much more likely, flags.

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I want to see this now

GnomeSlice

15:26

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Brant

Public service announcement: UPVOTE ALL THE GOOD QUESTIONS!

Anna Lear

So... why are people downvoting responses to gaming grant posts? Not that it matters, but I'm painfully curious. :)

GnomeSlice

@Brant Don't we already do that?

Brant

I see a lot of great questions with 0 score, and it makes me sad.

7

Grace Note

@AnnaLear Some sort of crazy attempt at trying to get the vote sort to align with the reputation sort

Brant

15:28

^

Anna Lear

That makes ... no sense at all. :)

Grace Note

@AnnaLear If the number of applicants for a game exceeds 10, then only the 10 with the highest reputation are selected. This is some manner of intent to make it easier to find that out

Anna Lear

@GraceNote Yeah, I know the mechanics of the grant. It just seems like trying to force the vote sort to align with a changing list of people and their rep is a waste of time.

Especially before the # hits 10.

Brant

It's silly and irrelevant, like most of meta.

Grace Note

@AnnaLear It is, and it also already led to some wacky thoughts about how it will impact election data in accordance to unusual votes on answers.

badp

15:33

I am going to CW the questions after Brett makes his chioces :P

Anna Lear

@GraceNote Oh?

badp

(Note I left the Rage question CW)

Anna Lear

What's the benefit of making them CW?

badp

They don't count for anything badgewise and whatnot.

Grace Note

@badp ...yes they do?

The only badge it'll reasonable prevent is Mortarboard.

GnomeSlice

15:34

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badp

@GraceNote CW answers count for badges? I didn't know

GnomeSlice

...mortarboard?

badp

Has it changed recently?

Grace Note

No, it's always been that way

badp

wat

Grace Note

15:34

Community wiki only stops reputation. It has 0 impact on votes, and only votes are used for those badges.

People used to call the old community wiki subjective questions "badge farms" for a reason.

badp

oh well

I never heard the 'badge farm' expression <_<

Grace Note

This is why I was trying to tell you that community wiki isn't going to have an impact here.

badp

remind me to unCW Rage too then

FallenAngelEyes

@badp I've never heard it here, just in games I'm in

Anna Lear

@FallenAngelEyes Wait... this is not a game?

badp

15:36

I guess if I really care the only solution is deletion, and that's obviously bad for accountability and whatnot

FallenAngelEyes

@AnnaLear If it was a game, I'd totally be gaming the system for more badges and farming like a madwoman. :P I prefer not to do that here though, hehe.

Brant

16:04

PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!

Raven Dreamer

Answered your question, @FallenAngelEyes

FallenAngelEyes

@RavenDreamer Oh thank god, yay

Grace Note

Armordillo zoom

What is the record Rammus speed right now, anyway?

Raven Dreamer

2k+

Grace Note

Oh, we were near 3k prior to Karma already, and now Dominion gives us Priscilla's Blessing.

Lazers

16:07

1

Q: Is there any way to hotkey Active abilities on items?

Some items, such as Zhonya's Hourglass, have an Active ability rather than a Passive one, requiring you to click on the item to use the ability. Some of them require rather split second timing, the hourglass in particular, whose ability is Places your champion into Stasis for 2 seconds, rendering...

league-of-legends

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote ~~Elesia's blessing's~~ Shurelia's Reverie been around for longer

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer They stack

And you can give someone else Shurelia's Reverie

Raven Dreamer

Oh, goodie.

Apparently, at least when you're not stacking speed buffs, Gragas will out-distance Rammus via body slams

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Shorter cooldown, I s'pose?

Raven Dreamer

Greater distance benefit / use, surely.

Powerball's cooldown doesn't start until the speed thing stops, if I recall correctly.

Grace Note

16:13

Correct

Raven Dreamer

This is interesting:

herbweb.org/animals-collective-nouns.html

A group of housecats is officially a "pounce" of cats.

Brant

heehee.

John

Whew! Ribbons and giant scissors!

Powerlord

22 hours ago, by Powerlord

All in favor of replacing @GnomeSlice with a bot that posts the same Youtube videos at random times every day, star this post.

John

16:28

@Powerlord badp actually did.

He created a feed named "GnomeSlice's Robotic Replacement".

Powerlord

Democrary in action! \o/

John

@brant Ouch. I hope all those weren't filled with minerals....

Brant

I don't know. I stole the image (and joke) from reddit.

John

If I wasn't on my phone, I would totally c&p Gnome's disapproving unicode face.

Powerlord

@John ಠ_ಠ

Also, I am disappoint at Valve for the lack of update yesterday.

John

16:40

@Brant _

Powerlord

Then again, they keep throwing changes into TF2 Beta.

John

It won't render so it won't copy it. :(

There's a beta?

Or have we been playing it?

Powerlord

@John TF2 has an ongoing beta. If you have TF2 installed, it shows up as "Team Fortress 2 Beta" in your games list (but is not installed)

John

@Powerlord Huh. I'll have to look at that...

Powerlord

Recent Beta changes include buffing the Flamethrower and changing the Degreaser's downside. Previous changes (that aren't in main yet) are the second Misc slot, loadout saving, and a neat display bug that rounds all times to the nearest second in item descriptions.

Brant

16:49

Free-to-players don't have access to the beta, IIRC.

Powerlord

@Brant Oh, you're probably right.

Brant

And what's this about a flamethrower buff?

Powerlord

@Brant 10% damage increase.

Brant

As a career W+M1'er that makes me happy in my pants.

Powerlord

This damage increase would also effect the Backburner, but it lost its 10% damage bonus (so it does the same as the Flamethrower now) while the Degreaser gained a 10% damage nerf (so it does the same damage it did before) while losing its reduced afterburn.

The Afterburn change was likely to fix the issue where the decrease affected all weapons that did fire damage and not just the degreaser (so Flare Gun, Detonator, and Sharpened Volcano Fragment)

GnomeSlice

17:01

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Yi Jiang

Cat falls unconscious on trap. Trap tears it apart. Dwarf fortress at its finest.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I see bad guys on Battlefield 3 multiplayer map?

I started playing the beta for Battlefield 3 and was expecting the gameplay to be like Call of Duty, but it is markedly different. I felt like I needed to creep around a lot more and it wasn't obvious to me how I got killed when I got killed (no enemy camera replay). How do you see where the ba...

battlefield-3

GnomeSlice

17:22

@Powerlord Hey, I resent that.

Lazers

1

Q: How do black hearts function?

I just started playing the Binding of Isaac and one of the pick-ups I came across was a black/blue-ish heart (much like the red ones that fill up your HP). Initially, I thought it was a sort of "heart container" that increases my overall HP, but I noticed that I couldn't pick up additional health...

game-mechanics binding-of-isaac

Arda Xi

I learnt something new today.

While 7 Up has a fairly standard lemon-lime flavor, dnL was lime-lemon flavor.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I loved the video. I've seen it a few times before, but it's also awesome.

2 hours ago, by Brant

I see a lot of great questions with 0 score, and it makes me sad.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Watch Bayolante

Wipqozn

@Brant then up vote them?

@brant (I know what you mean)

@GnomeSlice post the link gain please

GnomeSlice

17:37

@Wipqozn ಠ_ಠ

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice FINE

be that way

GnomeSlice

3 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

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Don't watch it in public.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Its almost off the page and I wont scroll.

I keep on confusing it with Bethesda's new game.

Powerlord

1 hour ago, by Powerlord

22 hours ago, by Powerlord

All in favor of replacing @GnomeSlice with a bot that posts the same Youtube videos at random times every day, star this post.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord He asked me to repost it.

Ronan Forman

17:40

@GnomeSlice Rule 2: Don't listen to @Wipqozn

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice a bot could have done that though

GnomeSlice

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@RonanForman What's rule #1?

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice @ArdaXi will make a terrible mod.

2

Wipqozn

uh, okay

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Just watch it. And don't say I didn't warn you.

Ronan Forman

17:41

Now it's out of context!

Wipqozn

Maybe I would enjoy that more if I played bayonnata. It's just a bunch of random clips thrown together.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I've never played it either. None of those clips are even from the game.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I know, but I assume there is some jokes to do with it.

Either way, I disliked it. -1 awesome points @GnomeSlice.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Mostly just the guns and lasers.

Powerlord

> On Friday, a faulty signature update for both Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Forefront incorrectly detected the Chrome executable file for Windows as a component of the notorious ZeuS trojan.

Whoops.

Wipqozn

17:45

@Powerlord So Windows is a virus? Sounds about right.

Powerlord

@Wipqozn I'm not sure where you'd even get that from what I said.

Wipqozn

rereads it

Ronan Forman

> On Friday, a faulty signature update for both Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Forefront incorrectly detected the Chrome executable file for Windows as a component of the notor i ou s ZeuS trojan.

Wipqozn

oops, I misread it. I missed the "Chrome"

Oh wow, Ico is only about 8hours long

thought it was longer. Excellent. I should have time to fit in both it and SoTC at some point

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Nah, it really isn't very long.

Wipqozn

17:49

I never owned a PS2, so I only played through a handful of games for it. SAdly enough Ico and SoTC were not two of them.

My sister owned one, which is how I managed to play through a couple.

Have you played through both Ico and SoTC @Powerlord?

Ronan Forman

What are these "games" you speak of?

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Ico yes, SotC no.

@RonanForman Oh good, you're not interested in Zelda, then?

Ronan Forman

It's way more popular that I expected. I'm eighth now!

Powerlord

btw, if you intend to play Batman: Arkham City, avoid Kotaku today.

Wipqozn

@Powerlord huge spoilers?

Powerlord

17:51

Apparently they posted a major spoiler as their lead article.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord So I just heard on Ars.

Wipqozn

lolol dammit @Powerlord

I went to look, and the first page is the spoiler.

Oh well, life goes on.

Grace Note

@Wipqozn He did warn you. Very explicitly

2

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I know. It's like telling someone not to touch something... you just have too...

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn According to the spoilers, it doesn't!

Wipqozn

17:52

I didn't expect they would have the spoiler right no the headlines :/ In fact, that's terrible.

Lazers

1

Q: How can I play as Judas?

How do I unlock the playable character Judas? As the unlocking requirements are unknown. What exactly are the unlocking requirements?

binding-of-isaac

0

Q: A Call of Duty player playing Battlefield 3

I have recently downloaded the Battlefield 3 beta on the Xbox 360 and have a couple of questions about the game: Are there any flash/stun grenades in this game? If yes, how do you use them? How do you spot an enemy? Do you have an unlimited amount of medic kits in the assault class? Can you co...

xbox-360 battlefield-3

GnomeSlice

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Powerlord

In respect to the Google Chrome issue earlier, apparently Microsoft has pushed a new AV definition update that fixes it thinking Chrome is a virus.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Chrome is a virus. Just a good one. Like all other legit software.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice holy shit Gnomeslice. nice find.

Ronan Forman

17:55

@GnomeSlice Surely that makes it a bad virus.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Damn, I'm good.

Powerlord

I do wonder why people are up/downvoting people on the Promotional Grant threads.

GnomeSlice

One mo':

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Wipqozn

@Powerlord I up voted this since I thought it was funny

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A: Gaming Promotional Grant - Fall 2011 - "Might and Magic: Heroes VI"

I would be interested in Heroes of Might and Magic: Heroes VI. Name: Dave DuPlantis System: Steam

No idea why people are downvoting things though, or upvoting at random... I wonder if they think it effects the outcome?

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn If so, they hate me.

Powerlord

17:57

> Upvotes and comments will not affect the final tally.

Ronan Forman

Although that's not really news.

Powerlord

@Wipqozn I guess they missed it.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Didn't say anything about downvotes.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice upvotes not affecting it implies downvotes won't either.

Besides, this makes it irrelevant:

> The 10 users with the most reputation at the time of the grant's closing will receive the games.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord They obviously give us too much credit.

@Powerlord Network rep? Or gaming rep.

Ullallulloo

17:59

@Wipqozn To sort it to make it easier for Brett to pick the winners.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Gaming.

@Ullallulloo It makes no difference though.

IT's all based on reputation.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice While I'd love for it to be network rep, I doubt it is.

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