The Bridge

Lazers 2.0

17:01

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Q: What happens if two Reinhardt's crash?

If there is a Reinhardt on each team, and they both use their charge ability and run into each other, what happens? Do they both stop as if they ran into a wall, or does whichever one who started the charge first win the shoving contest, or something else?

overwatch

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Q: How do I stop from running into things?

When playing Reinhardt, sometimes I miss hitting someone with my charge ability and I'm stuck running headlong into something. Is there a way that I can stop my charge after pushing shift besides running into something or dying?

overwatch

Dragonrage

who changed my title :(

it was perfectly fine

Private Pansy

@Dragonrage The original title accidentally a word I think

badp

@twobugs let's ask our resident expert @KevinvanderVelden

committing sudoku

Lots of low effort clickbait titles

It's like you're deliberately going on the wikia

looking for trivia points

then asking questions with them as answers

badp

@committingsudoku at least we don't pretend we're dank enough to call ourselves "home of fandom"

committing sudoku

17:05

d a n k a e s t h e t i c s

badp

You wish your aesthetics were half as aesthetic as ours

Dragonrage

@committingsudoku i didnt know the answer before i asked the question, so w/e

badp

Our aesthetics multiplier is in the double digits yo

Dragonrage

be upset at me and downvote all you want

committing sudoku

a r q a d e a e s t h e t i c s = mod abuse

two bugs

17:06

Can you not

badp

now that's just chan-grade garbage

Dragonrage

^

committing sudoku

@twobugs Okay I'll just try to avoid typos next time

badp

what next, greentext?

(That's probably a good band name)

ChromeSlice

@committingsudoku What are you, the zyzz of arqade

(rip zyzz)

two bugs

17:07

I mean, I wanted to give you another chance but it seems like you just want to be really annoying

Fluttershy

@Dragonrage I agree. It seemed like a very unnecessary edit.

two bugs

I think the charge edit isn't that bad

badp

A meme to die for

ChromeSlice

You guys really need to stop finding excuses to ban people you don't like

two bugs

The "running into things" title just sounds really generic

Cancelling Reinhardt's charge is a reasonable title

badp

17:09

pfft I might be the only person who likes retro here

Rainbolt

@twobugs I love your avatar

two bugs

@ChromeSlice I don't think taking up like 90% of the screen and posting swastikas is okay but I just ignore him

Rainbolt

It's so cute

two bugs

@Rainbolt Thanks :)

Yuuki

@ChromeSlice ... How often do we look for excuses to ban people that it's become a problem that we need to stop?

The last person who I remember got banhammered was UniKitty.

And that was definitely not a case of fishing for excuses.

two bugs

17:11

I think we were pretty lenient with Unikitty

Guy just couldn't take any number of reasonable hints

ChromeSlice

didn't he pretty much just get banned for being annoying?

Fluttershy

@ChromeSlice "Banning people you don't like" vs "Banning people who post offensive things". You should know the difference by now.

@ChromeSlice no, he got banned for posting swastikas.

badp

@ChromeSlice no, no he did not

two bugs

@ChromeSlice No, he made a TON of sockpuppets, among other things

badp

@Fluttershy no that's not precisely it either

SaintWacko

17:12

Yeah, I think we actually give people a lot of chances here

Rainbolt

There is probably a correlation between "offensive" and "stuff I don't like"

badp

the ban was for equating swastikas with people

two bugs

Wait what

badp

I think I'm able to have a little more discretion than a regular expression ;)

two bugs

Did I miss something

Yuuki

17:13

@badp Wait, we bought him a van?

badp

@Yuuki metaphorically speaking

two bugs

Ah, the vanhammer

Would it be a hammer constructed from vans? Or a van in the shape of a hammer?

SaintWacko

@Yuuki No, we ran him over with one

Rainbolt

@twobugs Professional Wrestler

Van Hammer

Mark Hildreth (born November 11, 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Van Hammer or simply Hammer. == Early life == Before becoming a wrestler, Hildreth joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school and traveled around the world while on tour. == Professional wrestling career == === Global Wrestling Federation (1991) === After being trained by Boris Malenko and Dan Spivey, Hildreth made his debut on July 19, 1991 as "The Hammer", teaming with "Iceman" King Parsons to d...

SaintWacko

@twobugs I think it would be used for hammering vans

badp

17:18

This van is made for running

that's just what it'll doo

two bugs

One of these days this van is gonna run all over you

user15026

@Lazers2.0 The problem with this title is that it's kinda clickbaity (or can be read this way) and the other one was a little clearer as to what you actually wanted.

two bugs

Yeah, that's how I feel about it

user15026

I don't want to get into an edit war, but in this case, I think the edit was a good one.

two bugs

I think the edit was totally reasonable

user15026

17:23

So I am going to roll it back. Please don't make me have to lock things and take them to meta over something this minor.

user15026

Remember, at the end of the day, we want good quality stuff that people can find and not just HNQ bait (as fun as that rep bump can be)

Rainbolt

Just curious, but if you did take it to meta, would you lock it with the title you like better, or the title the OP prefers?

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Click bait titles are a meme here, unless a rule has changed somewhere. So I don't really see the issue.

Dragonrage

i mean yea its somewhat clickbaity, but it still describes the problem fairly accurately

and we've had a lot more clickbaity and less descriptive titles before

and they have been left alone

two bugs

@Dragonrage I don't think it makes it clear enough for anyone searching

Titles are supposed to be the public face of the question

Fluttershy

17:26

98

A: The Memes of Arqade and its Chat

Meme: Questions that are absurd without context Originator: Various Cultural Height: As Often as Possible Background: How can I get my wife to stop nagging about a few murders? fable-3 Can I pass out from excessive drinking? bioshock How can I tell if a corpse is safe to eat? nethack How c...

two bugs

If I have a question about Reinhardt I'm not going to be searching "running into things"

badp

@Fluttershy right. But I'd someone edits them to something not baity, why rollback?

Dragonrage

@twobugs this reasoning seems to only be applied when we feel like it

two bugs

@Fluttershy We've also ruled pretty consistently that titles should still be accurate

user15026

@Fluttershy shrugs Just because we've reached memetic status, doesn't mean that undoing edits that try to improve content is the rule of thumb.

two bugs

17:27

@Dragonrage Can you list an example otherwise?

Fluttershy

@badp what about not editing if the asker has shown that they don't want it edited?

Rainbolt

I thought the rule of thumb in an edit war was to respect the OP's preference.

Dragonrage

let me go find one. there was one a bit awhile ago

user15026

@Dragonrage As with anything on a community this large, we aren't always going to catch every example contrary to the rule

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn No, but undoing them against the will of the asker kinda goes against what we try to do.

user15026

17:28

We try, but we're kinda all human meat people who sometimes suck at things

two bugs

I'm not aware of even a single ruling of "We are going to stick with the funny title rather than an accurate title"

Fluttershy

98

A: The Memes of Arqade and its Chat

Meme: Questions that are absurd without context Originator: Various Cultural Height: As Often as Possible Background: How can I get my wife to stop nagging about a few murders? fable-3 Can I pass out from excessive drinking? bioshock How can I tell if a corpse is safe to eat? nethack How c...

SaintWacko

Yeah, funny titles are fine, so long as they're also a good title

Andrew T.

Is there something that can be done to this question about Terraria? Except the highest-voted answer, the rest are downvoted. Should it be closed instead? Deleted?

badp

@Fluttershy good question, seldom answered by a straight rollback

two bugs

17:28

@Fluttershy Not really applicable, and I already responded to this

user15026

In this case, I don't think the question title is all that clear based on the body.

SaintWacko

Woooooo!

20k!

SO MUCH POWER

user15026

@SaintWacko Congrats!

Fluttershy

@twobugs I'm not sure how it isn't applicable, or how your previous response relates. The title didn't make the question inaccurate.

user15026

@Fluttershy It didn't, but it doesn't really make it clear, either.

Fluttershy

17:30

Nor did it make it unclear, imo.

user15026

@Fluttershy I disagree.

Ullallulloo

@AndrewT. It's not really a complex question, but I'd say it's on-topic fine. We don't judge questions based on the answers, and it has a good answer. It also got protected a while ago to stop more low-quality answer.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn And that's fine, but the rule shouldn't be applied inconsistently, as it seems to have been here.

ChromeSlice

theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/05/…

user15026

@AndrewT. It's protected, so it's alright i think

ChromeSlice

17:31

huh

That's... interesting

cc @fredley

(he's british right?)

Andrew T.

Well, okay, just curious. Thanks.

user15026

@AndrewT. No problem :) Thanks for bringing it up. :)

Dragonrage

i mean this is kind of clickbaity in the same way

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What is the quickest way to level up?

Are there specific heroes I should be playing? Is there a specific game mode I should focus on in order to level up quickly? I'd love to get that gold flair on my profile as soon as possible, and I'd like to understand the most efficient and simple way to level up.

overwatch

two bugs

@Dragonrage And it came under fire for the same reason

Dragonrage

17:33

@twobugs it was also left as clickbaity

two bugs

@Fluttershy Lot's of questions exist simply for historic reason at this point. A lot of those fall under it

@Dragonrage But it's more accurate and specific than "How do I not run into stuff?"

user15026

All I was trying to do was make one question clearer because as it stood, the title didn't seem to relate as well to the body as it could have.

user15026

I regret touching it, because now it apparently means I have to defend against every single clickbait title ever.

badp

I agree with @AshleyNunn, funny question titles can be funny, but this title was trying too hard, and the question suffered for it

user15026

If you feel the chicken one could be clearer, edit it to make it so.

badp

17:35

The new title should stand

two bugs

@AshleyNunn Addenum: Do not do this for every clickbait title ever just to try and prove a point

Dragonrage

@twobugs if i want to see if petting my chicken does anything, im not going to search "what does touching my chicken do?"

badp

If you want to bring back the clickbaity title, come up with a new, better clickbaity title, though I tried to come up with one and failed

two bugs

@Dragonrage You'll search "Chicken", which is infinitely better than "running into things"

Fluttershy

If you have any knowledge of Overwatch, or Reinhardt, as someone likely to answer the question will, the title worked perfectly fine, imo.

badp

17:36

In other words, if you have to try to be funny, please do so here, failing to be funny is our national sport

Dragonrage

@twobugs search also includes the text of the question

two bugs

You want to keep your silly title and get rep. That's fine. I get it. You're hoping it'll be HNQ and get you more rep. Whatever.

@Dragonrage The title is literally for clear and concise statement

badp

the thing is there shouldn't be one rule to solve all such cases

two bugs

Whatever. Not going to argue any further. I'm beginning to doubt your good faith here.

badp

we do not want to say "have funny titles 100% of the time"

we do not want to say "have funny titles 0% of the time"

MadMAxJr

17:37

We do not want to say "I have a modded minecraft question."

badp

and we do not want to say what we do not want to say

and we do not want to say the full list of things we do not want to say

Dragonrage

@twobugs im just wondering why we arent consistent.

badp

because there is no need to be.

GodEmperorDune

wait, where is this chicken question? i need a lol

two bugs

Because we are not a hivemind and we're consistent enough here for reasons I explained multiple times

badp

17:39

if what you seek is the kind of consistency where something is always or never allowed, then fuck consistency

MadMAxJr

We don't get hivemind until Stack 3.0

Sterno

Only titles that I consider funny should be allowed.

badp

the non-funny title is simply better in every way.

GodEmperorDune

@MadMAxJr thats just what the lizardman hivemind WANTS you to think

user15026

@Dragonrage I'm not really sure what you mean. The chicken question gets the point across neatly enough - the game doesn't (as far as I've seen playing it) call it petting or touching in any specific sense. So you touch it (or pet it) and stuff happens. That's a pretty semantic difference.

MadMAxJr

17:40

It's like Psycho Pass but our guns measure the likelyhood of someone asking a minecraft question.

SaintWacko

This issue does not come up often enough to need a hard and fast rule. Fixed rules are only needed when something comes up too often to give each case individual attention and discussion

user15026

In the case of this question, I thought from first read of the title on the mainpage (where you don't get context, just titles) that someone was possibly having control issues or somesuch.

MadMAxJr

Fixed rule: Tuesday is for tacos

badp

@AshleyNunn or when something simply cannot be done, like asking a proper gamerec question, or a proper ITG question without concrete proof.

user15026

@SaintWacko Pretty much. And how do you rule on clickbait, anyhow?

Sterno

17:43

Editing other questions out of spite is silly

SaintWacko

14 mins ago, by SaintWacko

Yeah, funny titles are fine, so long as they're also a good title

Sterno

Edited title was better, current title is fine.

STERNO HAS SPOKEN. LET IT BE SO

MadMAxJr

Let the Sterno stenographer record this.

SaintWacko

@MadMAxJr @sternographer

Fluttershy

@Sterno The current title is the edited title. :P

Lazers 2.0

17:45

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Q: What is the level cap in Overwatch?

Is there a max level I can hit after a certain point in Overwatch? I know some players have been saying there is no level cap, but it seems like there are certain icons that get upgraded as you level up. What is the level cap in Overwatch?

overwatch

badp

@Fluttershy I GUESS IT IS BOTH FINE AND BETTER

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn I think that all you should need to read to figure out what they're asking should be the tag. If the title is so ambiguous as to require you to read the question to have any idea what they're asking, it's not a good title

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko What if it was 'How can I get Reinhardt to stop running into things?'

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Have you started the new event yet?

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy Mmmm, maybe. "How can I get Reinhardt to stop running into things while charging?" would be better

Dragonrage

17:50

sometimes he runs off cliffs too

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs yeah just did

Dragonrage

which isnt helpful

Fluttershy

Oh hey, only ten minutes left on the Devolver Digital bundle. It's a good one.

GodEmperorDune

prizes are mostly megabucks and badges

SaintWacko

Because, as someone else said, if I just saw "How can I stop running into things?", I'd think it was a question about control issues

GodEmperorDune

17:50

and there are no xeverything bonuses, it seems

Dragonrage

@SaintWacko this is technically true. im having issues controlling my in game character

:P

GodEmperorDune

i mean i like the theme and it seems to be a faster start than superheroes

SaintWacko

I do think the edited title is so vastly superior that it more than balances the loss of the humour from the original

GodEmperorDune

most of the bonuses i've hit so far are double the time on the specific thing

user15026

@GodEmperorDune What is this?

GodEmperorDune

17:52

and the cash upgrades increase the amount

Sterno

@Fluttershy Well, obviously I meant "current" as in "current when I last looked at it 20 minutes ago, which is no longer current because it changed again". DON'T QUESTION STERNO

GodEmperorDune

@AshleyNunn adventure capitalist

user15026

@GodEmperorDune Ah. :) I want to love games like that but then when they're like oh start over because reasons that makes me weirdly irrationally mad even if it makes sense in game

GodEmperorDune

@AshleyNunn i like the prestige in adcap better than most other incrementals

maybe derivative clicker is the other one i think handles it better

basically if you are prestiging correctly, you should be back up to your previous income in 10-15 minutes or less

committing sudoku

So much salt :^)

user15026

17:58

@GodEmperorDune Maybe I should give it another try, because I do find these sorts of games really fun. :)

GodEmperorDune

and adcap makes it easier to buy in bulk with the "max" purchase option, a lot of incrementals don't have that

i've also started playing a @Wipqozn incremental called "war tortoise" that is kind of tower defense plus incremental... its strange and progress is slow

user15026

@GodEmperorDune I did see that when I played it forever ago, thought that was a good thing (saves my fingers at least)

GodEmperorDune

@AshleyNunn its key when prestiging

Fluttershy

@Sterno Why can't I question you? You're old, so you may not be of sound mind.

SaintWacko

The only game I really like that makes me start over is Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dragonrage

18:00

@Fluttershy @Sternold?

SaintWacko

And that's the opposite of an idle game

GodEmperorDune

ibuying tens of thousands of shops or whatever with a measly x100 takes far too long

Unionhawk

All right, PLAN OF THE DAY: 1) foil @badp, 2) finish paper, 3) play overwatch) 4) go to trivia

badp

fail to:

0. hijack uni's list

0-bis. make a funny

Unionhawk

Get owned

badp

18:08

well I don't know about your plans, but mine have been executed flawlessly

ChromeSlice

oooo the Humble Eye Candy Bundle has Mushroom 11

badp

I mean, look at your malformed plans

how can you hope to fulfill your plan despite the syntax error

ChromeSlice

and shantae

Unionhawk

step 1 foil @badp is already complete

And now we are beginning phase 2

Fluttershy

@ChromeSlice oooh... Nice.

Unionhawk

18:12

Man, I'm so productive, 1/4 things are already done today

ChromeSlice

I spent too much money online today. But I'm still getting it.

Unionhawk

In fact, I can technically count that as 2/4 since I'm dumb and played overwatch until like 4

I'm on a roll!

I'm unstoppable!

Dragonrage

@Unionhawk i thought it was only till like 12:30

or did you start playing again later?

Unionhawk

I did

Because I'm dumb

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Lazers 2.0

1

Q: How to make a turning lane without an intersection?

I want to create a turning lane, as showed in the picture below. I want it to be a turning lane from one direction, not an intersection. That means, I want it not to affect the other direction in any way. Cars stop on intersections, when the traffic is full after the intersection. I don't want th...

cities-skylines

-1

Q: Trackmania Nations Forever (Car modification)

How can I remove the Mudguards from my car in the workshop and how can I paint the wheels?

pc

committing sudoku

18:15

It's clear I have my own fan group of haters :)

I mean, I do exactly as Dragonrage does and get more downvotes

At least I have a dedicated core of downvoters :)

Dragonrage

@committingsudoku probably because you complained about what I was doing, then went and did the same thing.

badp

headtilt

GodEmperorDune

@badp oh no, @badp is turning into @shog

committing sudoku

When did I do that???

Unionhawk

Did you expect him to like, explode at the impact of being banned and now why is he still here? Or

two bugs

18:17

@GodEmperorDune Meh

badp

@Unionhawk no, it's at the question, and at the discussion about it

Unionhawk

Oh carry on then

two bugs

I think I might be done with AdCap

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs yeah there are some dune refrances so i am hooked

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Dammit this is unmeh

GodEmperorDune

18:18

but it is vastly better than the superheroes one

user15026

@GodEmperorDune I really need to read Dune at some point

GodEmperorDune

hopefully they never do this "lol don't buy too much or you harm other things" bonuses again

two bugs

Shantae in the latest Humble Bundle

I might actually grab this one

Anyone play Evoland 2? Doubt it's worth the $10 but curious

GodEmperorDune

@AshleyNunn i love it, its not everyone's cup of tea

Frank

@AshleyNunn It's a pretty heavy series.

I preferred his son's Dune books over his.

two bugs

18:20

Dune 1, 2, and 4 are great

3 Almost made me quit

It's just really boring for long stretches

My school library didn't have anything after that

GodEmperorDune

@Frank WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Yessss I was waiting for this reaction

Frank

@GodEmperorDune Frank Herbert wrote some of the heaviest philosophical scifi I've ever read.

GodEmperorDune

yes its heavy, dense, goes in weird directions, all of these make sense

badp

@twobugs congratulations on your WHATchievement

GodEmperorDune

18:22

but preferring the son's books

Frank

In contrast, his son writes better action, less depressing, and actually has a coherent story.

GodEmperorDune

but there is no depth to them

Frank

You can freaking follow it!

Depth is useless when you have no idea what's happening.

And this is from someone who's read Wheel of Time.

GodEmperorDune

no idea what's happening? the others bounce from character to character but are pretty followable

you get the huge time gaps in between some of the books, so i can see where that causes confusion too

but especially if you are talking about the first 4, the plot is pretty straightforward

Frank

His son turning into a sandworm came out of left field.

ChromeSlice

18:26

@Frank thanks, now I don't have to read it

hue

GodEmperorDune

@Frank so you want your plots predicatable?

two bugs

Eh, not exactly. It makes sense if you look at the themes introduced in the series up until that point

And the overarching plan

GodEmperorDune

i mean leto and ghanima both discuss it in vague terms before it happens

Frank

@GodEmperorDune No, I want them to make sense.

Son's all la dee dah, I am wise. Now I eat sandfish, and I'm a sandworm! Wait, what?

GodEmperorDune

@Frank he didn't eat the sandtrout, the sandtrout ate him

and there are discussions of the sandtrout lifecycle before then

Frank

18:31

Eventually, yeah.

But that's the point; it didn't make sense to me.

Granted, I did read them in elementary school.

So, that might color my perceptions a bit.

GodEmperorDune

yeah reading them in elementary school is pretty early

i read animal farm in elementary school and did not get it at all

anyway, the WHATitude is resolved now

Fluttershy

Friendly reminder: Downvote the question if it shows lack of research, but please don't downvote correct answers because of it. — Fluttershy 35 secs ago

This is an okay comment, right?

Lazers 2.0

1

Q: What does "Screenshot Quality" do?

I've noticed that Overwatch offers a graphics option called "Screenshot Quality". I've set the quality to 9x resolution and taken a screenshot using the Prt Scr key on my keyboard. After looking at the screenshot, I have to wonder what the option did exactly. The screenshot's resolution is the s...

overwatch

Dragonrage

ok, since there are avid readers here, one of you may have read this book, and maybe can help identify it

it was ~10 years ago i read it, and it was about a boy who lived in viking times i think, and had to leave on a ship with a bard to save his sister or something, and something about a wolf (i think the wolf was in it). there was magic in it and it was ~500-600 pages long i think

Unionhawk

The answer has more downvotes than the question

Screw. That.

GodEmperorDune

18:37

@Dragonrage portal

oh wait, that's not game req

Dragonrage

kind of a broad description i know, but its all i can remember other than it being a good book

cc @AshleyNunn @Frank @Wipqozn @otherbookpeople

fredley

Live footage of mod powers activating

3

GodEmperorDune

@fredley thats a balloon popping played in reverse, right?

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune yea

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can I use a steam controller with Overwatch?

Is it possible to get a Steam Controller to work with Overwatch? I'd like to map the right touchpad to mouse movement if possible.

overwatch

Lazers 2.0

18:55

1

Q: Can I save my highlights?

I got a sick win a few minutes ago and can watch the highlights in the highlights section. Is there a way to save them somewhere?

overwatch

1

Q: Is there a way to re-adjust the UI in Overwatch?

I know in some other games like Dirty Bomb and TF2 users can tweak the UI through specific config files, and can make their own config files to tweak the UI as they see fit. I am not seeing an option in the Options menu to reconfigure my UI. Is there a way to reconfigure the way elements are pr...

overwatch

Dragonrage

hey look, we are becoming reddit with the amount of overwatch traffic we are getting

Wipqozn

@Dragonrage I think there's a subreddit for that

reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue

Dragonrage

@Wipqozn ew, reddit

Wipqozn

@Dragonrage k

Dragonrage

actually i dont have an account there, though i do visit sometimes

i suppose i could go make one and ask

Sterno

18:58

SciFi.SE does ITGs

Well, not G, per se, but

Dragonrage

@Sterno yea i tried that with another book, but they couldnt figure it out. also i deleted my account there for reasons

Wipqozn

oh right, scifi

@Dragonrage well now we need to know the reasons

You're not allowed to not tell us. IT's the law.

@MBraedley can back me up on this

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