The Bridge

Yuuki

23:00

My sister has occasionally taken cooking supplies over to friends' houses, but that's usually for baking.

Dragonrage

@Yuuki knifes are essential for baking.

you cannot bake a proper cake without a knife

Yuuki

@Dragonrage Knives are essential for cooking in general, but my sister usually takes baking-specific supplies.

@AshleyNunn I feel like you'd find this impressive.

user15026

Oh man I feel SO BAD for that goalie

user15026

I mean good for whatever team, but so bad for him :P

Lazers 2.0

23:18

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Q: Once you're on fire, how do you put yourself out?

I got set on fire by one of the enemies in Chamber 2 when I had 1.5 hearts. I proceeded to burn to death from it. How do you put yourself out if you get lit on fire?

enter-the-gungeon

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Q: Where can I find md2 models?

I'm trying to find an archive of http://polycount.com in order to download md2 models. I remember that ~10+ years ago the site was full of many custom md2 models. Is anybody aware of a backup location or even another website collecting them? Cheers

mods quake-2

Parzival

@AshleyNunn I thought it was better than nothing, there was nothing there when I started.

user15026

@Parzival Plagiarism isn't the answer.

user15026

Just try to word something yourself. :)

Parzival

@AshleyNunn fair point, but as I wasn't trying to pass it off as my own I thought it was ok.

will revise

user15026

@Parzival There wasn't anything there to tell us you weren't claiming it as your own.

Parzival

23:28

@AshleyNunn true enough.

user15026

And even so, it's such a short thing, it's easy enough to make one up yourself

Parzival

@AshleyNunn doing so right now, send a link when it's done.

user15026

@Parzival You don't have to send a link, it will get seen to in time :)

Parzival

k

user15026

(We have a good amount of people active in those queues)

Parzival

23:33

yeah, i think it's actually pretty cool that a lot of the users on this site are pretty dedicated.

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Software Design

Proposed Q&A site for programmers looking for input and critiques on software architecture, structure and design.

Currently in definition.

Yuuki

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Q: When I should leave the game so loss is counted towards rating decrease?

When I should leave the game so loss is counted towards rating decrease? Is it ok to drop the game and surrender immediately after the match is scheduled? Or I should play for some time (30-60-90 seconds)? This is required to downgrade account to match skills of my son who is starting playing ...

starcraft-2 starcraft

Hmm...

I don't think there's a viable close reason for this one. Just downvote into oblivion?

Dragonrage

@Yuuki its a bannable offense, so it basically cheating.

we dont allow questions about cheating in multiplayer games

Yuuki

Not a close reason though. Unless "illegal content" also covers that.

Dragonrage

@Yuuki custom close vote

Yuuki

23:40

I guess that works, but I prefer to avoid custom close votes because using that often is how Super Downvotes happen.

Parzival

@Yuuki super downvotes?

Dragonrage

@Yuuki super downvotes are bad, but i think if we have a meta saying we dont allow those types of questions, it wouldnt be considered one.

Yuuki

@Parzival Questions should only be closed for specific reasons. These reasons do not include "I don't like this question".

If you don't like a question, that's what downvoting is for.

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Q: A Close Vote is not a Super-Downvote. Please don't use it as one

So, yesterday a dumb question was asked.. It was closed as Not A Real Question in less than an hour, and reopened mere minutes later. This isn't the first time that this has happened. It usually results in lots of arguing and acrimony and generally all comes out of a simple misunderstanding. The...

discussion closing voting

Dragonrage

ask @twobugs, he is the expert on preventing people from super downvoting

two bugs

I just yell at two people who have a strong propensity for that phrase

Frank

23:44

@Yuuki We sort of use that for, "Hey, you're cheating in multiplayer. We don't allow that."

Dragonrage

is cheating illegal?

i would say yes, because it almost certainly violates ToS

Frank

We define it as such.

two bugs

Cheating in ways that violate the Terms of Service for a particular game could be considered illegal

Yuuki

If you ever find yourself spending more than a few seconds trying to justify why a particular close reason fits a particular question, just downvote it and move on.

Frank

Also, we have very few close reasons, so we kind of jam them into multi-use ones.

two bugs

23:45

That's not even getting into the area of like, people who manipulate MMO markets for real money

Parzival

I think cheating is only illegal if money is involved, so i dont think cheating in starcraft is illegal, but certainly unethical.

Dragonrage

though i probably use ~70% of my votes on the review queues, i skip ~50% of the time

there are enough users here to decide something if i am unsure

two bugs

I definitely skip things if I am not familiar with the game and can't give an informed opinion

Frank

People really should skip more often.

Dragonrage

I just remind myself that I don't have to review every question and answer personally.

Parzival

23:48

starcraft is one of those things where people get really into it, not as much a WoW though.

two bugs

To get back to cheating, I agree that cheating in Starcraft is not as bad as cheating in an MMO. But I don't think we should support either.

Yuuki

@Parzival Are you saying that cheating in games specifically is only illegal when money is involved or that things in general are only illegal when money is involved?

two bugs

This has been discussed on meta and I don't recall anyone really being in favor of multiplayer cheats

Yuuki

I'm leaning towards the former because that makes more sense, but I just want to clarify.

Parzival

@Yuuki yes, i'm not that stupid, the former.

two bugs

23:50

If we allowed or even supported multiplayer cheat stuff, we run the series risk of Arqade becoming a hub for that

Unionhawk

Cheating in multiplayer is off topic, but illegal is probably not right

Parzival

like cheating in fantasy football, where betting takes place.

in the custom flag box I put, "Encourages cheating in a multiplayer game."

user15026

Cheating is not okay.

user15026

We don't support that sort of thing

Parzival

who does

user15026

23:52

regardless of whether or not it is actually formally illegal.

Dragonrage

hmm, apparently there has been court rulings in California stating that violating ToS is not a criminal offense, so it's technically not illegal.

Parzival

cough the spartans

Dragonrage

but as @AshleyNunn said, we still dont support it

user15026

It's too messy and so not worth it

Dragonrage

so use a custom reason for closing questions about cheating instead of the illegal one

Parzival

23:52

and getting caught is the pits!

Frank

@AshleyNunn And generally, we just use the illegal close reason as the closest thing we have to, "Yeah, no multiplayer cheating."

user15026

Yeah, it's pretty much the closest thing we have

user15026

It's good enough, really.

Parzival

so the final verdict is flag and downvote into oblivion?

Yuuki

> You only YOLO once.

Unionhawk

23:55

I'm not entirely convinced this is cheating anyway. It's a matter of "is smurfing cheating"

Is it griefing? Depends I guess

Parzival

YOLORT

Unionhawk

Actually, it is

Frank

@Unionhawk It's against the terms of service, most definitely.

Which, for some odd reason, are things we enforce.

Yuuki

@Frank Can we enforce things that no one reads?

Parzival

losing games in starcraft pairs you with worse opponents, giving you an unfair advantage.

Lazers 2.0

23:57

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Q: Older artifacts never showing in Temple Run 2

I have played Temple Run 2 for 6 weeks (over 500 games) and I am only getting artifacts of "Frozen". The earlier ones (Rings, Masks, Critters, Floral and Relics) never show. I did get the seasonal relics but they do not repeat after completing them. To get to level 11 I now need to complete 3 d...

temple-run-2

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Q: One of my friends messaged me on Xbox Live, and he's offline

I was just playing a game when on of my friends messaged me about playing a game. My friend was marked as offline. If didn't say when he was last online. my friend was never online. it simply was marked offline. is there an explanation for a user messaging me and he's offline?

xbox-360 xbox-live

Frank

@Yuuki We apparently do.

Parzival

@Lazers2.0 this one though. wow.

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