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djsmiley2k

16:08

Can you guys take a question off hold so I can answer it, as it's been edited?

StrixVaria

@djsmiley2k What question?

djsmiley2k

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Q: Which of these games has local multiplayer

I'm looking at the following games: Grid 2, NFS Rivals and Forza Horizon 2 Which of these games have local (split screen) multiplayer?

Yuuki

@djsmiley2k That shouldn't have been edited like that.

djsmiley2k

@Yuuki well it was....

And I have a valid answer...

StrixVaria

That completely changed the intent of the question.

Yuuki

16:09

Ah, looking closer I can see it.

@StrixVaria Ish. The edited question is in body of the original question.

djsmiley2k

@StrixVaria ..... ok, but I've got the answer to the question now.

Answers are good.

Answers help people.

Hell, split it into 3 new questions if you want and I'll answer all 3

Yuuki

@djsmiley2k The issue we're discussing is "author intent".

djsmiley2k

@Yuuki well highlight me once you've decided whatever it is you're discussing.

Yuuki

For example, what if you asked "how do you beat this boss?" and someone revised it to "how many trophies are in this game?" Yes, someone might have a valid answer for that second question, it does not mean that revision should be kept.

@djsmiley2k Seems the decision is "staying closed".

djsmiley2k

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A: Split screen racers - Do any have local MP?

Only GRiD 2 has local split screen multiplayer

What a waste of my time.

sigh

@Yuuki The reason behind the 'which is better' was that they wanted split screen MP

Can you let the user know I've answered their question some how? ;/

originaluser

16:15

@Yuuki Han shoots first

GnomeSlice

@djsmiley2k little racers street has that

Nvm read question he provided a list

djsmiley2k

he did :D

GnomeSlice

Crappy question

djsmiley2k

lol

Chippies

Squeaky Door bird in our back yard

cc: @AshleyNunn

Yuuki

16:18

@Chippies Crows/ravens/jackdaws/Unidans in my neighborhood can mimic cellphone rings.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can I spawn ghast fireballs in vanilla minecraft?

I was watching side quest:Hero training on youtube and they summoned a ghast fireball then punched it and it shot away.Is this possible in vanilla minecraft?

minecraft minecraft-commands

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Q: Split screen racers - Do any have local MP?

Does NFS - rivals, GRiD 2 or Forza Horizons 2 have split screen local multiplayer?

grid-2 forza-horizon-2 nfs-rivals

originaluser

There's a video somewhere of a superior lyrebird mimicking a chainsaw, but I've heard it's faked

Chippies

@Yuuki that's pretty cool, we heard a crow making seagull noises at in-laws

djsmiley2k

Theres a crow or raveln at Dudley Zoo that says hello

Chippies

but the bird in the video isn't mimicking, it's what they sound like

Yuuki

16:20

@Chippies I think it has something to do with mating. Female crows pay more attention to males with a wider repertoire of mimicries, IIRC.

Chippies

@Yuuki ah, that's quite interesting

djsmiley2k

Raven at Dudley Zoo

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@Chippies youtubes anti-shaky cam is amazing isn't it...

Private Pansy

gaming.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/134930 - better?

Chippies

@djsmiley2k actually, it's stabilized in Adobe Premiere, I didn't know Youtube had anti-shaky cam option...

djsmiley2k

Oh, yeah it does

it comes on automatically.... not sure if it'd cope with that video tho

Chippies

16:22

@djsmiley2k that... can't be real

djsmiley2k

I presume that was some major zooming?

The crow saying hello?

I promise you it is

I've seen it in person, we walked past and heard 'hello?'

Chippies

@djsmiley2k yep, it was as far zoomed as it could go with a 300mm lens

djsmiley2k

turned around, no one there, like wtf? then it did it again.

Yuuki

@PrivatePansy ... ._.

Chippies

@djsmiley2k I'll take your word for it, but it doesn't sound like a bird at all

Yuuki

16:23

... Apologies are now offensive or spam? AskUbuntu, you crazy.

djsmiley2k

@Chippies nod. was very strange

Chippies

btw, I never thought stabilizing a shaky video in premiere was that simple

drag and drop an effect on the clip, wait for it to analyze and apply - done

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Geometry dash please help

I am trying to register and the password is right and so is the email but when I press submit all it says is login failed. I am in the registered part

technical-issues

Jason Berkan

Good grief. I thought we were the "stupid flag room".

GnomeSlice

Wtf Sarah Northway is on arqade

djsmiley2k

16:29

lol you sad sad people

GnomeSlice

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Q: Where is the well located?

SLATE and FILTER are found in a well on the surface... Where is it? I would have guessed in the desert somewhere, but I've combed every bit of the surface looking for it. Is the well tucked away hidden somewhere, or did I not recognize it as interactive?

ramble-planet

djsmiley2k

Whoever has taken it upon them selves to downvote me, enjoy

GnomeSlice

She makes good games

djsmiley2k

I couldn't care less. LOL

Chippies

@djsmiley2k I'm assuming that question about the splitscreen games?

djsmiley2k

16:30

Yes

Chippies

It's a very localized question asked by you with an immediate answer by yourself, so I'm not surprised it's getting downvotes

djsmiley2k

Sometimes this place gets so pedantic you all* (*you know who you are) forget that people want answers.

originaluser

Well the reason @djsmiley2k did it was because of that other guy's question, right?

djsmiley2k

@Chippies someone wanted to know, their question was deleted. I made my own question and answered it for them.

@originaluser yes

murgatroid99

@djsmiley2k It's a bad question. The fact that someone wants an answer doesn't excuse that

Chippies

16:32

@djsmiley2k it's very likely that none of the people downvoting are even in the chat

murgatroid99

And, for the record, I didn't vote on it

GnomeSlice

And she asked about ramble planet

Everybody should play Ramble Planet

murgatroid99

Though I'm starting to consider it

Chippies

@djsmiley2k you could've jsut commented on his question with the answer, thus making sure he actually finds the answer and not creating a bad question

djsmiley2k

@Chippies .... how concider it's been deleted/closed/whatever?

Chippies

16:33

if I see a question that's not really fit for Arqade, but I know the answer, I post the answer as a comment

Yuuki

@Chippies He did do that. Though he probably should've left it at that.

Chippies

@djsmiley2k is it deleted? Last I saw it was closed

Yuuki

@djsmiley2k Comments on a closed question still send notifications to the asker, IIRC.

Chippies

which means it's still visible

GnomeSlice

Also can a mod merge the accounts of the dev who answered all the ramble planet questions?

He made a bunch of different accounts for some reason

Chippies

16:33

only spam and the likes get deleted, afaik

djsmiley2k

@Yuuki I didn't know that

Yuuki

@djsmiley2k That's understandable.

djsmiley2k

Still, 3 down votes and no comments about how to improve ~_~

Yuuki

Still, downvotes on the question may be warranted, but the downvotes on the answer are not.

Chippies

the question isn't very useful to anyone but the original asker, imho

GnomeSlice

16:35

Yeah idk that question seems pointless

originaluser

I've had answers I made to questions that got put on hold downvoted with no comment

murgatroid99

@djsmiley2k A downvote means that the question is bad, not that it can be improved

Chippies

I didn't downvote it, in case you were wondering

originaluser

it's annoying but it's life

djsmiley2k

It's usful for anyone who searching for split screen

Chippies

16:35

I can't be bothered to waste my rep downvoting people

djsmiley2k

actually, I should tag it split-screen shouldn't I...

murgatroid99

@djsmiley2k among those 3 games

Chippies

I only downvote questions that I know are going to get deleted, so I can get my rep back ;D

murgatroid99

@Chippies downvoting a question costs nothing

Chippies

@murgatroid99 wait what? since when?

murgatroid99

16:35

wait

Chippies

or maybe that's just answers?

djsmiley2k

@murgatroid99 these days tehres very few split screen games

Chippies

downvoting costs 2 (or 1?) rep

originaluser

@Chippies I feel likewise. I only downvote if it's clearly not applicable (i.e. spam, etc)

Chippies

not sure if it only applies to answers or both

murgatroid99

16:36

@Chippies only for answers

I just checked

Chippies

@murgatroid99 ah, alright then

murgatroid99

and it costs 1 for answers

Chippies

this just shows how rarely I downvote stuff :P

GnomeSlice

Only if they search for those exact games

murgatroid99

@djsmiley2k still, the question is only useful to people who want to know about those 3 particular racing games

djsmiley2k

16:38

@GnomeSlice Yeah I need to add the split-screen tag :D

@murgatroid99 or someone who wants to know about ANY split-screen games

@murgatroid99 close every minecraft answer for only being useful to minecraft players?

murgatroid99

@djsmiley2k but that question won't help them if they care about other games

GnomeSlice

You only have one game in the answer

originaluser

@djsmiley2k Isn't that getting dangerously close to a recommendation?

Chippies

@djsmiley2k unless you make a list of split-screen games, it's not useful to most people

djsmiley2k

@originaluser They asked a question, I answered iwth a fact.

StrixVaria

16:39

@djsmiley2k We don't support giving lists of games based on desired features.

Chippies

and a list of such games can already be found online

GnomeSlice

Little Racers: Street is split screen

djsmiley2k

@Chippies Feel free to provide a link to one.

GnomeSlice

Sky drift is

3

murgatroid99

And there's also the fact that it demonstrates basically no research effort.

GnomeSlice

16:39

Riptide GP2

Chippies

@djsmiley2k co-optimus.com/system/4/pc.html

djsmiley2k

took me 10 min of research. sigh

Chippies

check splitscreen in the filter

StrixVaria

@djsmiley2k They asked a question, which was correctly closed. Then you posted another question loosely based on the original, but that is super narrow and not generally useful, and it got thusly downvoted.

GnomeSlice

Gas Guzzlers might be

Chippies

16:40

choose system of choice, if PC is not what you want

GnomeSlice

I think Insane 2 is

Chippies

the only thing with the co-optimus list is that it doesn't sort by genre

murgatroid99

@djsmiley2k It took me about a minute total to google "does [game] have split screen" for each of them

Chippies

so, I just noticed, co-optimus doesn't include racing games...

djsmiley2k

:D

GnomeSlice

16:43

That's because co op racing isn't really a thing

Unionhawk

It's a thing in like, one case ever

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Mario Kart: Double Dash

GnomeSlice

Team based shit maybe

Unionhawk

(MK double dash of course, but that doesn't really count)

GnomeSlice

Yeah ad that

originaluser

16:44

2slow

GnomeSlice

I can name a bunch of split screen games but questions about lists of games are bad on arqade

Chippies

then there's also Steam search

and this reddit list of local coop games

all I did was search for "list of split screen racing games"

Jason Berkan

This is going to be the most well-answered bad question EVER.

Chippies

I wish I could get a job googling simple shit like that

originaluser

@Chippies I think you can, but they don't pay well

KGB and a few other services like that?

If you don't mind boring simple tasks like that there is Amazon mturk but... I really don't recommend it

Chippies

16:48

@originaluser KGB as in, the russian police organization committee?

Unionhawk

@Chippies Killing Gloves of Boxing obviously

Chippies

I can't imagine them wanting me to google stuff for them :P

originaluser

@Chippies There's some cell phone service where you can ask a question and someone will do basic research for you

Yuuki

DOUBLE DASH NEEDS TO COME BACK.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki It never left

It still exists

originaluser

16:49

I think it's named KGB, because I remember having the same "huh?" moment

murgatroid99

@originaluser Google?

Yuuki

@originaluser Technically, not anymore.

Oh wait, we're talking about the "ask questions" phone service.

Chippies

@originaluser I once did something like that, had to research a LOT of questions, got paid like 80$ after about a week of dealing with it

Yuuki

Russian intelligence is now FSB.

originaluser

@murgatroid99 Shhhh

Yuuki

16:50

Knowledge Generation Bureau

kgb (stylized in lower case) is a privately held, New York-based company that provides directory assistance and enhanced information services across Europe and North America. It describes itself as "the world’s largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services." Founded in 1992 by Robert Pines under the name INFONXX, the company rebranded in 2008. The term knowledge generation bureau is from an advertising copy line, and is not the name of the company, which is kgb. In 2003, after the UK yellow pages directory market has been opened, kgb launched 118 118 (UK...

Chippies

@Yuuki clearly KGB is better known in the non-Russian areas

and I mean the acronym, not what KGB actually is or what they do and whatnot

GnomeSlice

The only other co-op racing game I can think of is Harm's Way

Chippies

videogames teach us about KGB!

GnomeSlice

An it's only racing for one of the players

Man I used to play that with my dad, I love that game

Chippies

@GnomeSlice technically, you can do that in GTA Online as well

one person drives, the other shoots: co-op!

not locally though, so there's that...

I think GTA:SA on PS2 had local co-op

originaluser

16:53

All you had to do was follow the damn train...

@Chippies It did I think

Chippies

@originaluser What I meant to say is I know it did, but I don't really know the specifics of it

I don't think you could free roam in co-op

originaluser

Oh. From what I remember it just had really simple shooting stuff

And you had to stay on the same screen

There was sort of a pseudo-top down perspective

Chippies

I think there were just some missions in co-op

originaluser

like in the REAL old GTA games

1/2

GnomeSlice

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Q: Which is ilo, and which is milo?

Whenever I play ilomilo, I can't keep track of which character is ilo (Ilona), and which character is milo (Milton). I really enjoy ilomilo, but I need to know which -ilo is which, because in ilomilo I'm constantly getting my milo confused with my ilo, and my ilo confused with my milo. I feel t...

ilomilo

Omg I used to be the biggest troll

Chippies

16:56

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas: Co Op Random Fun Part 1/2

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not really top-down, just camera zoomed out as players move away from each other to fit both players on screen

originaluser

Ah

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice Is the operative term here "used to be" or "biggest"?

GnomeSlice

Uh

Chippies

doesn't look that bad, for a shared screen co-op in GTA

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice That link redirects to the Xbox 360 page for Gamespot.

GnomeSlice

16:58

What link

I'm on mobile

Chippies

@GnomeSlice the one that supposedly links to the ilomilo page

GnomeSlice

Oh

Chippies

the whatever description/review you were linking to is gone

GnomeSlice

I'm almost home I'll fix that. Weird

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