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Lazers

14:11

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Q: What's the precise effect of Inferno Propellant upgrade for the Galleon Mortar?

Well, everything's in the title. The description line seems a bit incomplete about that upgrade: Inferno Propellant (Bombs Create Damage Fields) What's the exact effect of these damage fields ? Any idea about the damage per second ? Does it slow down enemies (the graphic representat...

Dave McClelland

So, I was reviewing the suggested edit to this question, and decided to improve it by re-adding the xbox-360 tag. When I tried to submit that improvement, it said that I didn't change anything

Does the system not recognize tag editing as a modification?

murgatroid99

@DaveMcClelland It looks like it already has that tag

Dave McClelland

@murgatroid99 Right, but the suggested edit was removing it (for some reason)

murgatroid99

@DaveMcClelland Oh, I see

Dave McClelland

Although that may be why the system didn't recognize it as a modification?

Still seems like a bug

Was the system telling you the same thing when you edited it, @Wipqozn?

Wipqozn

14:19

@DaveMcClelland I just made a seperate edit

Instead of "improve"

Dave McClelland

@Wipqozn Yeah, I see that... did you try to improve it to see if it gave you the same error?

I was hoping to grab a screenshot of it and post it on meta

Wipqozn

@DaveMcClelland No I did not. I actually didn't see tihs conversation until after I made the edit.

Otherwise I would have

Dave McClelland

@Wipqozn Then you are a jerk

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Wipqozn

@DaveMcClelland thanks!

Dave McClelland

Meh, I'm not going to worry about it. If you guys see another suggested edit, try adding a tag to it and see if you get the error

Wipqozn

14:26

@DaveMcClelland I will.

Dave McClelland

I'd recommend murder

Sterno

Does adding an @PersonsName in question comments do anything mechanically (like how it flags the message for you in chat), or is it just a common way of letting someone know you're responding to them?

Dave McClelland

@Sterno It will send them a notification on the site, visible in their inbox in the top left

Wipqozn

@Sterno it will only ping one user though

Dave McClelland

@Sterno It's the same kind of notification that you'll get if someone addresses you in chat after you've left the room, if you've ever gotten one of those

Ian Pugsley

14:30

if there's somebody named @PersonsName they're about to be like "gaming chat...?"

Sterno

Aha! Okay, I'd thought you always saw notifications if comments came in after yours on a question, whether they were directed at you or not

Wipqozn

@IanPugsley Only if they've beet in the chat room in the past 14 days

Dave McClelland

And if you don't address someone in a comment, it will ping the person whose answer/question you're commenting on

@Sterno See :2913853

Sterno

Okay, cool, thanks. Tried to check meta for an answer on it but "@" is kind of hard to search for :P

Ian Pugsley

@Wipqozn true

Fabian

14:31

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Q: How do comment @replies work?

How do I respond to a specific user when entering my comment? Will they be notified? Related: How do I view my recent replies? Return to the FAQ index

support faq comments notifications comment-replies

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I learn new things about chat every day

Wipqozn

OrigamiRobot

Unfortunately it is quickly followed by the forgetting of said new things

Lazers

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Q: What forms of co-op exist in Saints Row 3?

I realize the answers to this may differ depending on which platform the game is being played on. I'm interested in the Xbox 360 version myself, but if people know for the other platforms, feel free to answer. I'm pretty sure online co-op exists, but is there couch co-op where multiple people pl...

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Powerlord

Jan 2 at 17:25, by Powerlord

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Wipqozn

14:40

also, hello @mana

Mana

hi

OrigamiRobot

@Mana I've always wondered what kind of mana you are

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Secret mana

Mana

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot You haven't heard the Legend of Mana?

Mana

14:44

that mana

Powerlord

And whenever he leaves, "Mana is rapidly disappearing"

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Mana

frig, I haven't played either of those games in forever

Wipqozn

@Mana I still need to play them on

On my never-ending to play list

Mana

@Wipqozn Okay, first 999

Wipqozn

@Mana also on my list

Mana

14:47

download an emulator and a ROM, I don't care, JUST PLAY THEM

Wipqozn

baaah

steam

why do ypou do these things to me?!?!

AOE3 is on sale

I'venever played

really tempted to buy

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn @IanPugsley has the same problem

Powerlord

@Wipqozn I noticed that. However, I will note that the Steam sale price for AoE3 is still 20x the price I paid for it on Windows Live.

Wipqozn

@Powerlord Oh?

Powerlord

@Wipqozn Yes, sadly that was a limited time sale.

Wipqozn

14:49

@Powerlord ah, damn you

OrigamiRobot

I use @Mana to cast Giant Growth on @Wipqozn

now he is alot bigger

Wipqozn

@Powerlord Is it worth buying? I immensly enjoyed AOE2

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Then yes.

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot Mana has +3/+3 until end of turn?

@Wipqozn I've only played AoE3 multiplayer.

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord He basically said he is green mana

Wipqozn

14:52

@Powerlord ahah, I was thinking the same thing

We are such cool people.

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OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Thats what I keep telling people

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn I've heard some fans of AoE2 were disappointed in AoE3

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes same here

one of my concerns

i wonder if mf laptop can play starcraft 2

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn It apparently changed some of the core gameplay a bit, leaning more towards some RPG elements than pure RTS

OrigamiRobot

Is AoE the RTS where you progress through time?

FallenAngelEyes

14:58

one of my b/f's was a big AoE2 fan and was really disappointed with 3

OrigamiRobot

i.e stone age -> bronze age etc

Lazers

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Q: I need a Portal playground

Is there a custom map for Portal/Portal-2 just for playing around? Mathew (8-yo stepson) LOVES goofing around in Portal. He wants to jump between portals, drop things between portals, etc. He has no interest in solving the puzzles. He just wants to pop portals. I'd like to find a big, big map w...

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Arda Xi

Map...rec?

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot Yes, although it's really just their way of unlocking additional buildings and stuff.

OrigamiRobot

@Powerlord Actually I remembered that I am thinking of Empire Earth

apparently they are very similar in concept?

Ian Pugsley

15:04

@OrigamiRobot the part where you upgrade your "main place" (town hall/etc.) to unlock the next "level" of stuff is pretty commonly called "ages" in RTSs set in that era

agent86

@Wipqozn I liked AoE 3.

I have somewhat unconventional preferences in RTS'es though. I also like Company of Heroes and Rise of Nations

I don't play them multiplayer much. I played some MP CoH vs CPU

If I remember correctly, in AoE you leveled up in the skirmish mode, which meant that you could 'customize' your army to an extent and choose from a variety of benefits at points in the game. that's kind of unusual about it, I suppose.

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley do you mean like in-game era or irl era?

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Rise of Nations is awesome. :o

Ian Pugsley

I played a few RTSs back in the day, but the only one I ever really liked was SMAC

@OrigamiRobot both, really

agent86

@Ullallulloo amen.

@IanPugsley SMAC != RTS

that's turn-based strategy

although SMAC is good. I don't think the Civ series really caught up until Civ4. that was an epic installment.

Ian Pugsley

15:09

@agent86 adoy, correct

agent86

Civ5 has its moments, but just doesn't feel as balanced

I probably mentioned this already, but firaxis is getting a shot at a X-Com game in the 'strategy' mold apparently

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Notch said something about that, I believe. :P

agent86

Sid Meier's X-COM: Enemy Unknown

Ian Pugsley

@Ullallulloo I don't know if a blog post with the only text being "X-COM X-COM X-COM X-COM" counts as "saying something" :p

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley well I recall in Empire Earth, everything got upgraded as you progressed. Like units and buildings you had already built

agent86

15:12

well, if anyone can do that property justice, it's firaxis.

not saying it's possible, but if it is, they're the one's I'd want doing it

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot It's like that in AoE series too.

And Rise of Nations.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot don't most RTS do that? Unit upgrades and such for existing units?

IIRC WC1 and/or 2 even did that

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley kinda, but like a caveman trained in the beginning of a match could be a laser rifle dude if he stayed alive that long

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, Empire Earth has a more broad time period than most RTSes.

OrigamiRobot

In WC, it was like "my axe dudes now have sharper axes"

@Ullallulloo how far does AoE go?

Ullallulloo

15:15

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@OrigamiRobot The first is from like the stone age to the Romans, roughly; the second's from the stone age to the medieval period; and the third's from about 1500 to about 1800.

Rise of Nations goes from the stone age to modern times.

Lazers

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Q: Activating one piston while deactivating another at the same time?

Hi i just wondered if it is possible to activate one piston and deactivating another (activated) piston with the same lever. The idea i have is to pull some blocks in to the wall while other blocks are pushed up through the floor.

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Q: Do I need to be playing Super Mario 3D Land to get Mystery Boxes?

I noticed that sometimes when I StreetPass people I end up with a Mystery Box or Toad House in my Super Mario 3D Land game. How does this happen? Do I have to have the Super Mario 3D Land cart in my 3DS when I pass them? I want to get as many boxes and houses as I can (trust me, I need all th...

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agent86

@Ullallulloo it's funny to use stealth bombers to eradicate guys with slingshots and crude spears. SHOULDA PRIORITIZED RESEARCH, loser CPU

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 I'm sorry my laser tank is destroying your mud houses. No, your bribe of fruits and nuts will not convince me to stop.

user15026

....What game is this? It sounds ridiculous, in an awesome sort of way

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn This is a real life story

agent86

15:29

@AshleyNunn Rise of Nations, a pretty old real time strategy game

suspicious dog is suspicious

user15026

@agent86 I think I have heard of it - it is on that loooong list of PC games I missed on ever playing because my house was literally a Nintendo-only zone for years and years and years

agent86

neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457867

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Nuke those cavemen!

agent86

@AshleyNunn someday we'll corrupt you with strategy games.

user15026

@agent86 That both scares and delights me - I have a strange idea of what is logical in every day life, so a strategy game could either go really well or really terrible XD

Ullallulloo

15:38

@AshleyNunn They're fine if you're smart. :P

agent86

@AshleyNunn we'd have to start you with some civilization. it's very chill, esp. at the lower difficulty levels.

everything's turn based, so you can't lose if you're moving slowly

Ian Pugsley

losing at TBS makes you feel pretty dumb though

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Or something like AOE2 on Easiest

They literally don't attack.

Lazers

0

Q: Changing delay with NOT gate?

I just asked this question 30 mins ago and where told to use a NOT gate "Hi i just wondered if it is possible to activate one piston and deactivating another (activated) piston with the same lever. The idea i have is to pull some blocks in to the wall while other blocks are pushed up through the...

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user15026

@agent86 I like the idea of something that gives me time to think. :)

Ullallulloo

15:48

@AshleyNunn There are some free opensource ones if you want to try.

user15026

@Ullallulloo Oh, nifty!

Sterno

Ouch, I just got ripped on the Sci-Fi & Fantasy site

badp

@Ullallulloo wat

Mana

@Sterno oh man

@badp there's a new actual x-com game being developed

agent86

@AshleyNunn naah, look, if you're coming into the genre, wait until Civ4 complete goes on sale (it happens fairly regularly) and pick it up for a song. I own Civ4 about 5 times over now. If you're going to start somewhere, start with that.

Ullallulloo

15:52

FreeCiv(Hard for me, I'd advise a low difficulty), FreeCol(The bots get reeeeally laggy after a while though), and Battle for Wesnoth(Different than the others since you only control people like in Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem, or Advance Wars).

user15026

@agent86 That sounds like a plan. :) I am assuming it is available on Steam?

agent86

@AshleyNunn yes. One of my 5 copies is through there :)

user15026

@Ullallulloo It's a good bunch of things to start with though :)

Ullallulloo

@agent86 That's likely a better idea, but I don't have money, so I've never played a real civ game.

Although I've played SMAC.

OrigamiRobot

@agent86 are we talking RTS or TBS?

Ullallulloo

15:53

@OrigamiRobot TBS now

agent86

I bought it when it came out, then I bought a complete edition that turned out not to have colonization, then I bought it for mac, and I think then I bought the steam collection.

oh, right, and I own the box set of civ->civ4

@Ullallulloo I think when I bought the complete edition on steam, it was $10

OrigamiRobot

I havent played a good TBS that I can remember

agent86

if you don't have the money next time it goes on sale I will totally pick you up a copy.

user15026

@agent86 Wow. That's a lot of copies XD

OrigamiRobot

I enjoyed Lords of Magic, but it wasnt good

agent86

15:55

@AshleyNunn that's just how awesome the game is!

user15026

I will try to have money for it, it might be fun. I like trying new things.

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Cool. :) My birthday's in about a month, and I think I might get Civ 5 for that.

My mom also said I'm hard to buy for now, and she might just give me money, video games, and a new hard drive.

Steam doesn't work well with families though.

agent86

@Ullallulloo Civ 5's good, but I always feel like the odd games aren't as good as the even ones. In the odd ones they tend to experiment, and the even ones they refine.

user15026

@agent86 I love that you've noticed things like that.

Sterno

I think Civ 4 was better than Civ 5

agent86

15:59

@Ullallulloo I always ask for money these days, I get the "you're hard to buy for" thing a lot :)

Sterno

Anyone know if Elemental is worth playing now after all the patches?

agent86

@AshleyNunn I think the Civ series has consumed more of my life than any other game series, although I imagine that TF2 and CoD are probably close

David B

I like Civ5, but I didn't pick it up until 2011-sept. Seems there were a couple of major patches before that.

user15026

@agent86 My family asks for specific lists (game name. platform, where they can buy it) and my mom just shows up at a Gamestop, and hands some poor sod the list, and goes "I want some of these things"

agent86

@DavidB I got it pretty early, I think my birthday was right after it came out or something. It wasn't terribly broken at release. Civ4 had some pretty serious performance issues when it first came out, but there were some good 3rd party patches and some decent support after the fact.

user15026

16:00

@agent86 Nifty. So you can answer any questions I have if I scrape up the money for it. :)

agent86

@AshleyNunn haha, this is a good strategy. I just say "give me amazon gift cards" because they're easy, emailable, and if I want something on steam (or anywhere else) I just "trade it" into the family pool and buy what I want.

David B

@agent86 I didn't play civ4 - in fact, haven't played since civ1. I miss my diplomats

agent86

asking family members for a specific edition of a game or a specific computer part is too much trouble.

Ullallulloo

Although if you want another type of TBS, Battle for Wesnoth is on par with almost any commercial title.

agent86

@AshleyNunn yes :) there aren't many games that I can answer questions on without doing at least a little research, but civ games I can :)

Ullallulloo

16:03

@agent86 It's a good thing my brother's smart too, so if I want a new video card, my mom will go to him, and he'll check anandtech's benchmarks and stuff and buy it for her.

agent86

@DavidB I think civ4 had spies that did similar things. I don't think you could take over a city with them (I think that was viewed as being OP or something?) but you can do other spy-ish things in civ4.

@Ullallulloo yeah, I'm the only computer nerd in the family really. it's nice that it works out for you though :)

user15026

@agent86 My family just sends my mom, and she makes it happen, because I tell her exactly what it is called. So she will argue to get what I want. "NO, she wanted the Special Edition!" (Which has totally happened)

Ullallulloo

Also, the Total War series is great.

David B

it was totally op! (gramps mode engaged) - In my day, we didn't worry about balance in single player games!

agent86

also I'll mention that if you have an xbox 360, Civ: Revolutions was a very solid Civ title. A little simplified, but still tons of fun. I think they made a DS version, which was a little cramped for my tastes.

user15026

16:05

@agent86 Oh, I played that on my iPhone. It was rather fun, even if I wasn't always sure what i was doing. I won games, though, so that was nifty. I don't quite get how I won, but I did.

Lazers

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Q: How to record gameplay from a Windows Phone 7 game?

I need to record my Windows Phone 7 gameplay like on Hot Apps from channel 9. My current game is written on Silverlight, but I will have XNA games latter as well, so I need some solution which will work for both technologies. I know softs like Expression Encoder, but in that case mouse cursor wi...

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Q: Will Aela the Huntress ever use werewolf form in combat?

Ok, so I've never seen her wolf out except in the scripted underforge setting where you get the blood. Will she ever do it on her own in combat or is there any way to tell her how to do it? The bow is nice but it would be cool to see her tear into things.

skyrim

agent86

@AshleyNunn yeah, I don't know how it was on iPhone. the DS version's kind of meh, which is too bad because I wanted to like it. I think there was an Anno series game on the DS as well, which I remember liking.

user15026

@agent86 It wasn't too bad. I managed. Although I wouldn't know if it was terrible, lacking the experience XD

agent86

I have 100% of the achievements on the xbox 360 one though. good times.

user15026

@agent86 My wife spent a week working on those. She managed to get them all, which I thought was awesome (I have a very bad track record with achievements, so anyone who manages a lot in a game is awesome in my eyes)

agent86

16:10

@AshleyNunn I was unaware that you were married :) achievements in the iphone version of CivRev? or on an xbox?

user15026

@agent86 xBox. :)

user15026

Okay, time to buy ALL THE TEXTBOOKS!

user15026

See you guys later :)

Tristan

ALL the textbooks!!!

Ian Pugsley

ugh, textbooks

OrigamiRobot

16:13

@AshleyNunn I never bought books until after about a week of classes

agent86

@OrigamiRobot this. half the time the textbook was completely and utterly useless to the class. By the time I graduated, I think I got away with buying less than 20% of the "required" books.

Tristan

So... That "upvote the most questions/answers" hat seems pretty hard to get.

agent86

@Tristan which one is that?

Tristan

@agent86 User of the Day Crown.

agent86

@Tristan ah, the description's a bit misleading. I think for that one you have to be upvoted the most in a given day.

Tristan

16:17

@agent86 Oh, gotcha. I did just notice that I'm only 2 upvotes away from the Sherlock hat. =D

agent86

@Tristan ooh, cool. Let me see if I can help your good question become hat worthy

Tristan

@agent86 lol It's this one.

agent86

hmm, I may have upvoted this already. let me check.

you are now 10% closer due to my contributions!

Tristan

Woo! Thanks! Also, Lazer's gonna be posting question soon that seems... extremely unconstructive.

Blem

I do to much research to get the hats that require you to ask questions :/

Tristan

16:23

@Blem I'll never get the Zelda/swtor/uncharted hats if it's any consolation. lol

agent86

@Blem yeah, I have a similar issue. I tend to know where to look for guides and such. Sometimes I come across a good one, but often I end up asking questions that I'm pretty sure I could answer if I invested the time

which just makes me feel lazy :(

@Tristan yeah, all the TOR hats are far beyond my reach.

Tristan

@agent86 Don't get me wrong, I'd love to play TOR, but my computer can't even run Terarria smoothly.

Blem

I only got 1 question on gaming.se and that was a TOR question, but was during beta

agent86

those prizes look fun, but I don't think I could ask good enough questions to earn them. No interest in the game being the #1 problem. Number 2 probably being not owning it

Tristan

Weew! Got the sherlock hat. Thanks for the help!

Blem

16:26

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Q: Does race matter?

Is there any differences between races except for looks? I haven't been able to find any information on this so I am leaning towards it doesn't matter, but I can't find any confirmation on this either.

swtor

np @Tristan

Arda Xi

I didn't mean for David to delete his question. :(

Powerlord

@agent86 I think I have all the SWTOR hats. \o/

Tristan

agent86

@Powerlord nice going! I think Raven does too. Who is winning the TOR contest? I can't even remember what the criteria was.

murgatroid99

Are we going to have signups for the next Game On some time soon?

agent86

16:29

if it's a pain to determine, don't bother, I'll wait for the official results :P

Tristan

What's Game On?

agent86

@murgatroid99 I seem to remember them saying there aren't going to be signups next time

Blem

most views, most upvoted question and most upvoted answer?

Lazers

0

Q: Magic Tower: Save the Princess - Hammer?

Okay so I have unlocked the thief and cannot seem to find the hammer that he describes on floors 1-7 he says he can use it to unlock a secret on the 8th floor. I would like to know what floor I need to get to to find this hammer?

android

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Q: Is it possible to become a vampire because you consume vampire dust

Could it be possible that i became a vampire by consuming too much vampire dust? I was never hit by a vampire (sneaking thief bastard) but i contracted it after the morthal mission and consuming the various vampire dust ingredient i found on site. Obviously i noticed it and reloaded and cured ...

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Q: Skyrim: What to kill now?

I'm bored and want to kill someone without getting too much consequences. But I don't want to go kill undeads or any other boring cave. I've killed some orcs near gloombound cave and that was fun (don't care about Orc bounty). So are there any other city or place that I could raid. I've tried Wh...

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Q: How do I order an attack on friends?

Basically, having many technology blueprints in a single station is a death warrant. I often need to obliterate friendly bases to get my hands on them. I want to order my units to start the attack, even if the enemy is friendly (doesn't return fire). Is there some way of doing this? (I always h...

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Q: How to use my gamepad globally as xbox controller (on PC)?

I figure using x360ce I can use my gamepad in some games which claim to require a xbox controller. However, this requires me putting a file (xinput1_3.dll) into the respective game's folder. Is there any way to have this gamepad-as-xbox-controller behaviour active globally without needing to cop...

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Q: Is it possible to play the Back to Karkand maps in regular Conquest mode?

Whenever I try to play Conquest (either via quick match or the server browser) on the Back to Karkand maps, I always end up playing Conquest Assault. Is there a way to play regular Conquest on these maps? If so, is it possible to filter out Conquest Assault when choosing a server?

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murgatroid99

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Q: Game On! restructured

I forgot about New Years, so I've pushed back the date of the first Game On! on the new system. So, it's taken me awhile (due to school), but I've finally come up with the promised restructuring of Game on!.The new structure I've decided on is a combination of badp's idea and my own. New S...

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Blem

16:30

thx @Lazers needed to make sure no one saw my message

Tristan

That was nuts!

agent86

lazerlag

it's like lazertag, but less fun.

Tristan

lol

Blem

I'm handing in bachelor in under a week so don't have time to play games, I shouldn't even be chatting her, I'm going home now, cu people

Tristan

@Blem See ya

Ullallulloo

16:32

@Blem bai

Also, shouldn't the next grant be soon?

Tristan

What's Game On?

Ullallulloo

@Tristan Where we get together and play a game together

Usually Minecraft or TF2.

Tristan

@Ullallulloo Both games my computer can't run. =(

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo This is relevant to my interests, but I always forget

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Doesn't Steam pop up and notify you?

OrigamiRobot

16:37

@Ullallulloo It doesnt have a reason to

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot We post them as events in the Steam Group.

@Tristan :(

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo I'm not in any steam groups

Ullallulloo

@Tristan We're also gonna play Xonotic soon, I believe.

@OrigamiRobot join it

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot It's open to everyone. I'm in it. =P

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo I tend to avoid such things

Ullallulloo

16:40

We're one away from 150 members.

You could be the 150th.

Powerlord

@Tristan You can't run TF2? I'm sorry, I can't be your friend any more.

Tristan

@Powerlord Pretty sure I can't. I'm building a computer, but have run out of money, so I'm stuck on this 4 year old laptop.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord It takes half a gig of RAM to run smoothly.

Tristan

@Ullallulloo Ram's not the issue. It's my processor and video card.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan what are you missing?

nevermind apparently

@Tristan what MB?

Tristan

16:42

@OrigamiRobot Missing for my computer? Processor and an OS.

Ullallulloo

@Tristan Psh, then you should at least be able to play Minecraft then. It only needs RAM basically.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan give me your delicious specs

Tristan

@Ullallulloo I can play minecraft, it just doesn't run smoothly on this laptop because of the crappy video card.

user15026

@agent86 I only had to buy two books this term - I own all the rest. Yay for being an English major and owning a lot of novels.

Ullallulloo

@Tristan Even on a lower draw distance/on fast graphics?

Tristan

16:44

@ulal

Oops.

@Ullallulloo Yep.

@OrigamiRobot ASUS Sabertooth X79 mobo

agent86

@AshleyNunn yeah, you english majors have it easy. All the engineering books are like $100, although I had a friend who was an english major and I think she had to buy like 20 books a semester or something crazy.

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot You can at least sign up the chat events to remind you: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/271/se-game-on?tab=schedule

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan no wonder you ran out of money

Powerlord

LGA2011 socket? What processors use those again?

user15026

@agent86 last term I spent a lot though. :( but right now I am not taking any literature courses really so that cuts down on what I need.

Tristan

16:46

@OrigamiRobot That's not what's in this laptop. It's what I'm putting in my new computer.

@OrigamiRobot Oh, nevermind. I misread your comment.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan I stand by what I said

Powerlord

I have a Sabertooth P67, an LGA 1155 board, which is what the Core i7 2600K/2700K use.

agent86

@Powerlord LGA 2011 sounds like a sporting event. American Express is proud to sponsor the Lady Golfer's Association 2011 International Open.

Powerlord

Or is it.... now I need to check

OrigamiRobot

Intel chipsets tend to drive up costs

Ullallulloo

16:47

@AshleyNunn lol at me having more rep than you on s.tk/english

Tristan

@Powerlord I have an Intel i7 3930k sitting in my cart on Newegg along with Windows 7... Just waiting for my paycheck to post to my account. lol

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan $600? barf

Ullallulloo

@Tristan So, I'm guessing your new computer will beat mine...

Powerlord

Yeah, no wonder.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot After putting up with this garbage laptop for as long as I have, I'm wanting my next computer to last for a very long time...

OrigamiRobot

16:50

@Tristan then wait for DDR4

Powerlord

LGA 2011 is Intel's server socket, but it's also used by their two most expensive desktop chips... one of which is the 3930k.

Tristan

This is the first computer I've ever built, so... I'm open for suggestions if anyone has any. lol

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan I am an AMD fan. Their prices are very attractive.

Ullallulloo

@Tristan Don't touch the connectors, and make sure you're grounded.

Tristan

lol

OrigamiRobot

16:53

For$600 I could build a brand new machine with significantly increased performance to my current one

Tristan

I was curious about why someone would run dual GPUs though.

Ullallulloo

@Tristan I bent a capacitor on my old video card when I was putting it in too, don't do that.

Lazers

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Q: Extra mana for no apparent reason

I just closed Dungeon Defenders last night with about 8m mana in the bank; I'd had it open, mostly idle, for a few days. I opened it up today and had 28 million. Does anyone have any idea how that could happen?

dungeon-defenders

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan They have nothing better to do with their money

Ullallulloo

Don't try to put the RAM in backwards, it won't work.

@Tristan Jeff Atwood did it because it's cheaper to buy a second card than one giant new card.

agent86

16:55

can diamond-level mods see the name of the person who flagged something?

Tristan

@Ullallulloo I've upgraded parts on my old computer before, so I'm familiar with hooking everything up properly. =P @OrigamiRobot So there's no real graphical improvements or anything?

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan These are important

agent86

@GraceNote would probably know, if she's around.

Grace Note

@agent86 Hm?

Ullallulloo

codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/building-a-pc-part-i.html

sjohnston

16:56

The problem with using Dual GPUs is that you only get a fractional improvement from the second card.

Ullallulloo

@sjohnston It sounds like it's almost twice as good.

agent86

@GraceNote can you see who flagged something when you review flags?

OrigamiRobot

@sjohnston this

Grace Note

@agent86 Depends on the circumstance and the kind of flag. Moderator attention flags, for example, always show the user so that, well, we can establish a communication channel.

Ullallulloo

@agent86 Yes, in chat. badp said that yesterday.

As long as it's not cleared fast or on a mod's own post.

Grace Note

16:57

Spam/offensive flags, on the other hand, are mostly anonymous, as are comments.

agent86

@GraceNote OK. just curious, mostly. I was suggesting some answers should be comments on other answers, and realized that when I was linking the answer, it was embedding my user ID. this made me wonder if you guys saw who flagged something or not. I'm clear now, thanks.

Ullallulloo

@sjohnston @OrigamiRobot Jeff says it's 1.8 times as good as one.

Grace Note

@agent86 Yes, we'd see it in that scenario anyway.

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan and if its your first build, you are going to draw blood somehow. It's a right of passage

agent86

@GraceNote ok. I guess then it doesn't matter if I leave it on the end of the answer link or not.

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