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9:04 PM

Ugh, I have to go to work tomorrow

fredley

* THE DOG ABSORBED THE @UNI

Lazers 2.0

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Q: If I encounter a travelling pokémon, is it gone forever?

In PSMD, sometimes you find friendly pokémon travelling the dungeon by themselves, and talking to them will refill your HP, PP, and belly. After this, you are connected to them and you can use them in later dungeons. But sometimes you end up finding several of these in one dungeon where you real...

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People ask some weird questions - "Can I become a commercial airline pilot in just a few years so I can sightsee the world for free?"

ardaozkal

@CoolestVeto while I accepted your edit, it isn't much helpful as Modded minecraft crash questions are off topic (and that qusetion will be closed)

CoolestVeto

@ardaozkal Why are modded MC questions off-topic?

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9:15 PM

Don't tell users not to constructively edit questions

@CoolestVeto Modding MC tech support questions are off topic, because it opens an enormous can of worms

Unionhawk

@CoolestVeto Because this community decided that making tech support of a subset of one game off topic was a reasonable thing to do

CoolestVeto

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ furr enuff

Unionhawk

And totally doesn't set a bad precedent you guys

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Basically, users can have any combination of mods under the sun, many of which are poorly documented if at all. We're just not equipped to handle them

ardaozkal

@CoolestVeto see, right, here.

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9:17 PM

While there are certainly counter arguments to be made

ardaozkal

(read in order)

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I don't think think they're particularly well suited to Arqade as we are now

Regardless, and I want to reiterate:

2 mins ago, by two bugs

Don't tell users not to constructively edit questions

Unionhawk

@twobugs I don't disagree, I do strongly disagree with the game-specific language involved in the decision that we're going with

ardaozkal

@twobugs I'm not, I'm just saying that his/her edit will not be much helpful.

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That's fair, I'm for a more "don't tech support modded games AT ALL" because it's just as bad

murgatroid99

9:19 PM

I think that doesn't go far enough. We should just make tech support off topic

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@ardaozkal But it IS helpful, even if the question is off topic.

@murgatroid99 Also a very fair stance

ardaozkal

@twobugs Let me rephrase it: not as helpful as editing a question that will not be closed and then removed in a month.

Yuuki

@Unionhawk We are not the US legal system. I'm pretty sure we can recognize that modded Minecraft tech support is a rather unique beast and isn't quite apt to be used as precedent for future things.

Unionhawk

...

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Do not try to rank the "helpfulness" of a question...

murgatroid99

9:20 PM

@ardaozkal But that's not a reasonable comparison. He can't just transfer that edit to another question to make it more useful

CoolestVeto

I'm educating the user on proper formatting. It's equally helpful. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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@CoolestVeto Yes, I agree

Unionhawk

@Yuuki We have another decision that has consensus making specifically Clash of Clans "How do I attack this base" off topic, specifically

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Do not pay much attention to @ardaozkal as a general rule of thumb

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ardaozkal

@twobugs someone needs to pin this.

Unionhawk

9:21 PM

It sets a precedent that making game-specific decisions is a thing that we are comfortable doing.

Which I think is actually problematic

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@ardaozkal Don't start with this.

Ronan

@Unionhawk I'd say that those two scenarios are off topic for the same reason.

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Do not make The Bridge/Stack Exchange into your "xDDDDDDD social experiment" or whatever

Unionhawk

@Ronan ...because people do not like?

ardaozkal

@Unionhawk I'd say too localized.

Yuuki

9:23 PM

@ardaozkal Which is no longer a close reason.

Unionhawk

Guess what too localized isn't a reason anymore

Yuuki

And I don't think that was a good idea either.

ardaozkal

Rephrase: They are mainly helping OP rather than multiple people.

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I don't play Clash of Clans or know anything about it so I don't even understand the "attack this base" questins

Questions

@ardaozkal And? That's not a problem

If everything had to be general Stack Overflow would have never been popular

Unionhawk

@twobugs I don't either but the same principle applies. I do not support the idea that we are comfortable taking that specific of a scenario and saying "this is off topic because it is a question about this game asking about this thing"

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9:25 PM

@Unionhawk Yeah, I agree. We shouldn't make things off topic for a specific game "just because"

The rules should apply equally and fairly

ardaozkal

@twobugs Some SEs banned homework-like questions.

Why? Too localized.

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@ardaozkal That's not at all what I'm talking about and you know it.

ardaozkal

Just helping op.

Ronan

Yup. I was suggesting that there was a common 'thing' that makes those two types of question off topic, and if we could categorize that thing then we should just ban that.

Yuuki

"OP"? Who are we, 4chan? I thought the term was "asker".

fredley

9:27 PM

sshtron.zachlatta.com

Yuuki

Since we're a Q&A site.

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Some people here are better suited for 4chan.

Fluttershy

@Yuuki OP works in more areas than 4chan, yo. :P Really any forum.

ardaozkal

@Yuuki I can't get the hang of "asker".

Unionhawk

the dude who asked the question

Yuuki

9:27 PM

@Fluttershy I thought one of our things was that we aren't a forum.

Unionhawk

or the dude or lady who asked the question

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OP doesn't even make sense in this context

Since we are not a forum

ardaozkal

No like, I can't get to using it.

RedRiderX

@Yuuki Well OP is nice in that is stands for both OP and OP.

Fluttershy

@Yuuki Oh, we aren't. I was just pointing out that OP isn't only a 4chan thing.

RedRiderX

9:28 PM

Both of which apply to us

Unionhawk

Yeah it's also a le reddit thing

ardaozkal

"Asker" means "soldier" in turkish and makes me go "wat" when I read my message again later.

RedRiderX

@Unionhawk Yeah that too

DARTH MAUL: Apprentice - A Star Wars Fan-Film

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Baller fan-film

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OP also has multiple connotations, mainly in gaming...

RedRiderX

@twobugs Oh yes I didn't think of it but OP does stand for OP as well

Unionhawk

9:30 PM

overpowered, server operator, original poster

RedRiderX

@Unionhawk And original post

ardaozkal

OPception: OP removed the OP as the game mechanic is now OP.

fredley

Since we are a chat room, OP would mean operator, which in SE terms would mean moderator

ardaozkal

@fredley I think that it'd mean both RO and Mod

Unionhawk

I mean that depends

fredley

9:32 PM

Let's stop talking about stupid things, and focus on the real issue here: ssh tron

Unionhawk

Room owners do not have bans

No a kick mute is not a ban

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley is that as good as telnet starwars?

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden better

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley as good as IPv6 telnet starwars?

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden that's a thing?

Kevin van der Velden

9:33 PM

@fredley yeah, it has colors

djsmiley2k

wibble

Kevin van der Velden

Also extra scenes

ardaozkal

For the lazy: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

RedRiderX

Kevin van der Velden

Wobble

Yuuki

9:34 PM

@ardaozkal Not sure a telnet command is exactly "for the lazy".

Kevin van der Velden

As in, I'm gonna wobble off to bed

ardaozkal

@Yuuki for the ones that are too lazy to google it.

Kevin van der Velden

For the real lazy:

Telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl 1/2

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Today is apparently both National Oreo Day and National Overdose Awareness Day

Kevin van der Velden

... why is there a youtube video calling it a "windows hidden trick"?

It's not a windows thing

Yuuki

9:37 PM

@KevinvanderVelden It's especially funny since telnet is not enabled by default for Windows, IIRC.

Kevin van der Velden

Since after win xp I believe

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Weird Trick To Watch Youtube Videos On Windows: Go to www.youtube.com

Kevin van der Velden

But yeah telnet apparently needs extra support (and a windows service IIRC?)

For a 5 kilobyte executable...

fredley

"TED CRUZ" — A Bad Lip Reading

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Sepia Lazers

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Q: Where should we direct users asking questions on modded games?

I was recently informed that questions involving Minecraft mods are off-topic. As a new user to Arqade who is attempting to help out the community, where should I direct users asking questions on this information? To be specific, I am referring to questions involving mod-specific crashes, not "g...

support allowed-questions site-policies minecraft

ardaozkal

9:44 PM

"FIRST REPUBLICAN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS: 2015" — A Bad Lip Reading of The Republican Debate

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GnomeSlice

DJO do the best political dubs

ardaozkal

10:13 PM

Ok, I feel weird.

Shortly: I had to do a job offer to someone.

However, 2lazy to explain, good night bridge.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is the weather report ever incorrect?

I checked the TV on my last day of Spring - Year 1 and it said that it would rain tomorrow. SCORE! I can prep fields to start planting right away tomorrow (well, after the seed shop opens). After spending the time tilling the soil and fertilizing, I go to sleep, excited to jump into Summer withou...

stardew-valley

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Q: How do I use the /tellraw command

I'm trying to do the /tellraw command. I know how but I want to know how to make text with more than one color and with click events.

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Q: i keep crashing and getting this when I try o play minecraft, I am on 1.9

Completely ignored arguments: [--nativeLauncherVersion, 301] [17:21:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user: PixieYAM [17:21:20] [Client thread/INFO]: (Session ID is ) [17:21:22] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.4 [17:21:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default [17:21:2...

minecraft pc

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Q: NVIDIA Shadowplay only recording audio directly to mp4

I like to record CS:GO videos for my YouTube channel, and before this hasn't been problematic for me, but I've had this question on my mind for a while now. When i watch the mp4 file that was generated by Shadowplay after i finished recording, it would only play the audio, but not the video, as i...

recording glitch shadowplay

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10:44 PM

Okay I think I am figuring out how to become maximum overhitler

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Since I have to go into work tomorrow I buy take Tuesday off and play The Division (yes I am buying this, shut up) + Harvest Moon

Great plan, me

Blem

Lazers 2.0

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Q: My friend can't join my server

My friend can't join my dedicated server and when he tried he got a message says "Server is not responding", do I have to port forwarding my router? I was trying to, but the options I have in mine are this: Type: Protocol: Remote host: Remote port range: Local host: Local port: Status: so what ...

hosting garrys-mod

Yuuki

11:01 PM

@twobugs If it wasn't for the parenthetical, I would've thought that there was a The Division x Harvest Moon hybrid game.

fredley

Guaranteed Nightmare - Donald Trump Mouth Eyes

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Yuuki

And now I really want a farming-themed shooter.

Frank

Spam

Arperum

@fredley I'm so not clicking that. Why do you always indulge in horrible stuff?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Teleporting in minecraft singleplayer

I have been digging around the internet for a few hours now trying to figure out how to teleport to my spawn point or to certain quadrants. Every single thing I find just tells me that entity UUID provided is in an invalid format. I have cheats enabled. I have tried literally everything. I have m...

minecraft

Lazers 2.0

11:29 PM

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Q: What is the most efficient way to get new characters up to speed?

You play through the tutorial and chapter 1, and it's easy. Then you play through chapter 2 and you start really having to have fire magic, so you create fire mages, but they're level 1, and you're level 6, so you go back and play the tutorial a few times, and maybe the first few levels, and it's...

disgaea

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Q: How do you make a Weather skeleton in Minecraft?

I don't know how to create a Weather skeleton and nothing has been working for me.

minecraft

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Q: How can I distribute all mobs evenly with /spreadplayers and /execute?

I want to summon multiple Slimes, then make sure that they are never in the same block. (If it's not possible to keep them from being in the same block, having them be at least 1 block from each other would work too.) To do this I tried nesting execute commands like this: execute @e[type=Slime,...

minecraft

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