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2:06 PM

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Q: What's the difference between tp and teleport?

Snapshots for 1.10 introduced teleport command feature for /execute. What is its difference to the current tp? I heard it has something to do with "relativity" (~)

minecraft minecraft-commands minecraft-console

@Lazers2.0 :o

So, /execute @r ~ ~ ~ tp @p ~ ~200 ~ becomes /teleport @r ~ ~200 ~?

This is amazing

@Sterno I dunno, that might get you PotG.

(teleport random player 200 blocks up)

Wait no

wait

No, that's...

What

I'm going to have to test that because I'm 75% sure that answer is wrong

Kevin van der Velden

Oh god this game is too metal CC @Arperum youtube.com/watch?v=pUvNz0tViMk

I mean, that's about the only thing going for it

But eh

@Unionhawk Not quite. /execute @r ~ ~ ~ teleport @e[c=1,r=1] ~ ~200 ~ is the same as /tp @r ~ ~200 ~

2:21 PM

Sureness of wrongitude has dropped to 30%

Kevin van der Velden

I mean, we're all fairly sure you're wrong. You're still you

Tilde Overload

@Unionhawk /teleport @e[tag=FallingAnvil] ~ ~200 ~ will kill you whereas /tp @e[tag=FallingAnvil] ~ ~200 ~ will just move that anvil 200 blocks higher.

(If you were to execute those from chat.)

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Q: Lt. Morales Mana Control

I am trying Morales this week. Her single-target healing (Q) is pretty impressive, but it also makes her hungry for mana. Should I keep using Q to my teammates, or I only need to use it when someone urgently needs?

heroes-of-the-storm

@jeb_ It'd be awesome if relative coords for tp command were relative to execution instead of the tp'd player. Solves some problems for me.

Tweeted by MBraedley on February 7, 2016 at 10:33 PM

Although I probably should have sent that to Searge instead/as well, since I think he handles more of the command stuff.

2:33 PM

They're probably not going to change any of the commands as that would break all the existing maps and things, but who knows.

They added a /teleport that does this thing I think

Though I've not worked with it yet

@Unionhawk Yes, /teleport is effectively a direct result of my tweet.

I'm taking credit for /teleport, it was my idea all along! I don't care what you say!

Okay Oracle

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Q: What is the maximum distance for Janus's ultimate when attempting to unlock the No Scope accolade?

In patch 3.9 Janus can now achieve the No Scope accolade: As Janus hit at least two enemy gods with your ultimate at max distance. Janus's ult appears to travel through the entire map. It casts portals for the first 500 units, but appears to do damage throughout its path. I note that: ...

achievements smite

Parkitect looks really cool and I'm keeping my eye on it

2:54 PM

Nerd³ Plays... The Great Big Coaster Showdown

Worth watching if you're into games like that.

You can really see how all the upcoming games in the genre differ.

I love RCT1/2 so I'll check it out

Much obliged

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Q: What are the differences between Joust 3v3 and Duel 1v1?

In ranked matches you can play Duel matches. I read that for the Joust mode: There are also 2 Ranked variants of this game mode: A standard 3v3 Joust and a 1v1 variant called Duel. What is different about the Duel map? For example, does it include the Bull Demon King?

My biggest gripe with RCT1/2 is that they tend to involve a LOT of waiting

3:05 PM

Good morning bridge

@Dragonrage Hi

o/

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Q: What are the various ships and there stats in Sky Force Reloaded?

Quite a while ago I had fun playing through Sky Force 2014. I decided to redownload it and play it again for a while, but to my pleasant surprise, I noticed that the developers had recently released a new, updated version Sky Force Reloaded. Much of the game seems to be quite similar to the ear...

sky-force-2014 sky-force-reloaded

Bbs headed to work

3:20 PM

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Q: Running Forward vs. Backwards and Escaping Attack

How much of a speed difference is there between running forwards and backwards when someone is attacking you. I know there are speed differences between the characters themselves, of course. However, I'm trying to figure out the best way to avoid attacks such as Winston's Ultimate when he's att...

3:36 PM

Concepts that I have problems with in job interviews: "passion".

Kevin van der Velden

"I have passion for making enough money from work to do the things I want to do"

@KevinvanderVelden Somehow, I feel that wouldn't go over well.

Kevin van der Velden

It's honest!

I'll give it a try next time though.

If you pay me enough I'll be passionate about anything, the price varies depending on how awful your job is though.

3:43 PM

I have a passion for destroying n00bs.

@twobugs it seems to me you are leaving them cheerful comments from the review queue... not really destroying them

brb, paying @Ronan for passion

@GodEmperorDune Build 'em up before you break 'em down

You get more exp for destroying a level 10 than a level 1, after all

@fredley oh no, soon it will be dont-believe-ronans-lies.gif

Don't believe anyone's lies

3:49 PM

Hm, I don't know what to get for lunch. Possibly Tacos (NOT QDOBA) or BBQ

@twobugs You should totally get Qdoba

Other options too I guess

Qdoba is too far for a lunch commute

@twobugs so much qdobant

@GodEmperorDune qdon'tba

@fredley i'm not sure if that is a proper sytanx for a noun't, cc @badp to arbitrate

3:52 PM

the spec only supports the "not x" form

all abbreviations are undocumented and their documenting would let ~~GodEmperorDune~~ the terrorists win

@badp terroristn't!

@GodEmperorDon't

cc @Wipqozn't on that burn't

@badn'tp

MY BURNING SENSES ARE TINGLING

I SENSE A SICK BURN WAS USED

3:58 PM

@TimStone this is surprisingly coherent

@StrixVaria Holy hell, that water texture is so bad in RCW

@Wipqozn MY TINGLING SENSE ARE BURNING

@fredley cc @kalina

@fredley you might want to see a doctor about that

@fredley Oh snap

4:02 PM

@Fluttershy Dat RNG. A Bane just rolled 5 Rots in a row.

user image

@GodEmperorDune I've done it this. Can confirm.

@GnomeSlice so do I, confirm.

yep i can confirm as well

@Yuuki Yeah. It can be really RNG heavy if you don't have cards in your hand to burn when you have the option to burn them.

4:09 PM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Microsoft why have you forsaken me for something you're pretending people care about?

yo guys is there a Steam onebox script for chat?

@GodEmperorDune "Instead of procrastinating, I'll get my reward now, and that will convince me to do more work!" (many hours later) "So, instead of doing work, I've prewarded myself, procrastinated some more, and still don't want to do work."

or does SE have plans to make it an official onebox?

@MBraedley pretty much

@Hakase Yes there is, give me a minute to find it for you.

4:11 PM

oh cool thanks

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Q: Can we get oneboxing for Steam store pages?

I realize that this is pretty niche, and that pretty much the only users would be The Bridge, the primary chat room for Arqade, but it should be pretty straight forward to include the name of the game and a bit of the description in a onebox. The issue is that if a bare link is posted, there is ...

feature-request chat onebox

It's not perfect, but that's because the Steam Store API is missing one particular field that's needed.

which field would that be?

@Hakase There's a short blurb field on the store page which doesn't show up at all in the API. It means the plugin needs to use the full description, which might include images, which can break formatting in the onebox.

why not just get the whole page behind the scenes and then rip out the good bits?

@Hakase You'd have to ask @ᔕᖺᘎᕊ, he wrote the userscript and plugin. I only made minor changes to it and the css. Suffice it to say that using the API is easier and safer, though.

4:18 PM

I wouldn't know, but I'm interested to learn

I'm not the one to ask; I'm not a web developer. I know just enough to be dangerous.

Morning folks. saw warcraft last night. Great special effects.. I think if you played the games, you'll like it. If you've never played, you may not.

scraping can be ~~impossible~~ very difficult given CORS

I thought it was pretty good, not great

o/

4:26 PM

Oh it's home time, neat

someone who plays overwatch should go science my question.

Guys, this is the best Kickstarter ever

I guess?

D:7

@SaintWacko Yes, it's the key to world peace

@TimStone Ah, damnit

4:38 PM

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Q: Does Reaper shoot above and below him when using Death Blossom?

If Reaper uses Death Blossom, will it damage people who are above or below him? Most of the time I see Reaper's dropping off a roof or wall before using Death Blossom, but could I instead stay on the roof just above the other team and use it and kill them, or use it to kill a Pharah that is hover...

4:50 PM

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Q: How to unload a single unit from warp prism/medivac without mouse actions

I would like to be able to unload the first unit on a dropship via hotkey, but apparently this isn't possible as the default "unload all" action only allows dropping after you click either the dropship itself or a location on the ground. Any tips to avoid the mouse click?

well that's just gross

working in some really old code

@MBraedley I added padding to that onebox as presented, but I don't have it on this machine

printing out a few things, and the first set are variables called "test", "testfile", "testpath"

like what. why would you do that.

@Unionhawk So you have custom css that you're using?

I just threw in a margin or something, I don't remember

4:58 PM

You can fork the css: github.com/shu8/SE-Chat-Custom-Oneboxes/blob/master/steam.css

I hate when someone sends you some snarky email like "did you respond to my question from yesterday?" Uh yeah dude. I did. I have the sent item in my outlook...

It's possible one of our firewalls blocked it

@twobugs I just respond "yes" and let them find it

I resent it in case

I try to be nice to people in real life

@GodEmperorDune You around?

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/269049/how-do-kill-accolades-work/269510#269510]

Just an FYI that is an answer, just a shitty one, since it is attempting to answer the question.

BACK TO WROK

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Q: What do I get experience from?

I've noticed in the after game screens, different things will give you experience. What are the different things that can give you experience, and how much experience do they give you?

5:14 PM

@Lazers2.0 I don't really think this is a good question since all of the things you get exp for are told to you directly on the score screen. Not voting.

I actually didn't know about some of them

Okay, one of them (backfill)

When it applies it tells you, though

I don't think just listing off in-game things exactly as they appear is helpful /shrug

Do I look like a man who pays attention?

I guess, I dunno

Meh

I rate meh/meh

perfect meh

the question exists because they 'don't jst appear' in game

they only appear when you get them

Now I don't know how hard it is to get some of them...

Yes, they appear in-game when they are relevant

5:17 PM

but it's like saying 'can you list the easter eggs in ...'

Would you say it's unhelpful as you see them in game when you find them?

My boats are locked in and it's a fine question so whatever

I'm playing devils advocate, :P

Yes. I don't really care and I'm not voting on it

I don't like 'list this' questions so :/

especially when the questioner hasn't started the list.

It seems reasonable enough to me. If the bonuses only show up when you earn them, then it can be non-obvious that some other things cause bonuses, and it can be helpful to know what other actions you can take to get bonuses

5:18 PM

I'm playing nihilist's advocate, or something

Last time I left a comment on a self-answered question people claimed I was against self-answering regardless of the quality of the question itself so meh

there's no single noun for someone who is apathetic

This seems like an oversight

@djsmiley2k Why would it be better to have a partial answer in the question? That sort of thing is usually discouraged

@murgatroid99 errrr

prior research

XY problem

tho

Sometimes

5:20 PM

'I've not done any work on this question, please list these simple things for me'

'I know about A, B, and C but maybe I'm missing some, can you give me the full list?'

On the other hand, "I want to do this thing in this way" can become "why do you want to do it in that way, this other way is better"

Which is better?

To me this seems like "List the menu options in a video game"

@twobugs nod

@djsmiley2k Having the whole answer in the answer, and not splitting it between the question and the answer

5:21 PM

but sometimes those questions are good.

@murgatroid99 oh yeah agree

@twobugs Are all of the bonuses visible when you look at the EXP screen?

the answer should contain the entire list.

@murgatroid99 Momentarily, as you get them

If not, then it's more like "What hidden menu options are there?"

@murgatroid99 All of the bonuses that you qualify for are listed clearly as you get them

Many of these you can't directly target

5:21 PM

Yes

Again, I don't feel strongly against it

@twobugs This is my point. How would you know about bonuses that you've never qualified for?

^^

exactly

@murgatroid99 You know when you get them

These are bonuses that otherwise you don't get to target

'I've got multi, mega and ultra kill in UT, does it go any higher?'

@twobugs I'm crap tho. :D

@twobugs SO asking in meta about 'secret' badges would be bad?

5:22 PM

You don't get to explicitly join in-progress

right

You're told every other thing when you get it and the exact magnitude of it

Meh

@twobugs What if you never play in a group? You can't ask the question, because hypothetically, you could have played in a group, so you would know about the bonus?

but what if you DON'T get it?

5:24 PM

@murgatroid99 Then it doesn't apply to you and I don't think it really matters since the game itself heavily encourages grouping

hmmmmmmmmm

Dark Souls encourages dying

There's an achievement 'You died'

I'm not accusing anyone of anything but I've seen a lot of Overwatch questions I think are moving in a Bad Direction

You could legit never get it

is it wrong to ask about what achievements you might not have got?

Like asking a specific question, then asking a slightly less specific version of the same question

/me wibbles

5:25 PM

Pretty sure that is fine

@twobugs close as dupe.

if iti s the same question

if it isn't, MORE REP!

@twobugs Am I understanding correctly that you're arguing that people shouldn't ask about what bonuses they haven't gotten, because they could just go and get them?

It's 95% the same question

@murgatroid99 No

99% of that question and answer is information that is not useful to any human present or past

I feel as if people are intentionally trying to reframe this, which is silly.

it's useful to completionists.

If you've played Overwatch, you know what you get EXP from because the game tells you

5:27 PM

@twobugs How would I know that I get more EXP from better medals if I never got better medals? How would I know that I would get more EXP from being in a group if I never played in a group?

@murgatroid99 The group bit is maybe the 1% that is useful ever. The rest of it is fundamentally obvious

I'd say about 90% of the questions on the site, are directly answered by something in the game

How would I know that there's a substantial EXP penalty for leaving a game before the first time I leave a game?

If you want to go into epistemology, which you seem to be intent on doing, I'm going to throw my hands up because this is very silly

'do i loose anything with an empty off hand' - yes, the chance to hit with your offhand...

5:29 PM

I don't think any of this actually matters in the grand scheme of things

@Unionhawk It doesn't, I said I don't care but I'm apparently wrong for not caring and must be told so

@twobugs It's not epistemology. You seem to be arguing that the question is bad because everyone who plays would already know the entire contents of the answer, and I'm trying to point out that that doesn't seem to be the case.

If people are going to tell me I'm wrong and star messages that completely misconstrue my arguments, I'm going to respond

hey i star'd because i found the whole statement funny

@murgatroid99 "How do I jump as Mario"

5:31 PM

@djsmiley2k you had a different avatar before didnt you?

"How do I jump on a goomba as Mario"

yes slightly

"What is the goomba's name?"

@Wipqozn you're most likely right

Etc.

5:31 PM

@twobugs I don't think the game ever gives you instructions, tho they are in the manual

@twobugs errrm goomba?

That's the direction we're taking this

If you don't like the pointless questions, downvote them

Last time I did that I was yelled at in chat

@twobugs "What are the exact end-of-level point bonuses in Mario?"

That's the analogous question I see here

So I just voiced my thoughts, didn't think I would get yelled at for that too

5:32 PM

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Q: I cant sign in to my Technic launcher

I have windows 10 I'm trying to sign in to my just downloaded Technic launcher but it wont let me sign in to my Technic account´. What is happening?

0

Q: Can I bind a command to a key in Minecraft?

In Minecraft, is there a way to bind a key to teleport to a specific player or place instead of typing a command?

0

Q: Do I lose anything with an empty offhand?

I am leveling up a monk and I have a great 1H weapon (L70 ancient legendary with a huge level requirement reduction). Unfortunately I don't have a second weapon that is anywhere near as good, so I'm wondering what to use in my other hand. What happens if I just leave it empty? Will my mainhand...

@murgatroid99 No, you're going for "How do I know points exist in Mario?"

Because the asker might not know anything about the game!

stop taking it personally :(

@twobugs What? The question we're talking about asked for an itemized breakdown

They didn't ask "Does EXP exist?". They asked "What are the values of all of the EXP bonuses?"

An itemized breakdown of things that appear directly in the game as you get them. Your argument is that the asker needs to know about obvious things because they might be completely oblivious, I'm pointing out the ridiculousness of that argument

hmmmmm

i can't answer that

as a non-player, I don't know how obvious they are.

5:35 PM

@twobugs My argument is that, if you don't know about a bonus when you don't get it, then bonuses that you don't get aren't obvious

There is definitely a valid argument that some of the self answers lately have been a little obvious.

joining a game in progress is a weird bonus tho

i understand why they give it, I'd never expect it tho :/

This isn't even about it being a self-answer. That is completely irrelevant.

Sure

Well self answering is only useful if people upvote it, right?

5:36 PM

I guess I'm more saying that the question probably wouldn't have been asked otherwise

useful to the poster I mean

@murgatroid99 But 99% of them ARE OBVIOUS, which you seem to be ignoring

edit the question! 'which are the non obvious...' ;D

Part of your argument is "how do I know getting a better medal is better?" Well I don't know, maybe you apply some knowledge

I guess it boils down to

"Can you ask questions for games you don't have"

5:37 PM

Again I haven't voted and I'm not going to

on the one hand I want to say yes, because we don't want to ask people for proof of purchase

Technically, yes

on the other hand I want to say no, because you can't vote or accept, also our no-piracy stance

@badp I have plenty of times.

I think it's a bad question that is not useful and people seem to just be contrarian rather than present real arguments

5:37 PM

that depends on the question.

so why not vote it down @twobugs?!

@Yuuki Don't keep me in suspense! Did you like Armello?

I have nothing else to say on this question and I'm going back to work

It's a meh question

@djsmiley2k I got this much crap for voicing my opinion, absolutely not voting (although I'm sure this convo will get referenced as soon as a downvote appears)

Which question?

5:39 PM

reminder that
1. close is not super downvote
2. repeated low quality contributions over time are grounds for suspensions, and perhaps we don't do this enough

On one hand, meh, on the other hand, meh

@twobugs Say I play a game of Overwatch, and I get some EXP bonuses. How do I know what percentage of the possible bonuses I've gotten without asking a question like this?

That basically summarizes my entire opinion on this question.

@twobugs Well I just downvoted, because as you said, it's a pretty terribad question

@Unionhawk that's a lot of characters to vocalize your lack of opinion

5:40 PM

If I get 10 different bonuses in a game, I have no way of knowing a priori whether there are 100 bonuses I didn't get, or just 1

I think it's fundamentally ridiculous to try and do mental gymnastics to try and justify this.

@badp Yeah, well

if you dont like it, downvote and move on.

Downvotes come and go, they aren't anything to get upset about.

IF YOU LIKED IT THEN YOU SHOULDA PUT A VOTE ON IT

I'm waiting to have my head ripped off for downvoting something

5:42 PM

The last time I downvoted something and attempted to leave a comment I was lambasted

Just voicing my opinion this time had people telling me I'm Against Questions or whatever

ALL THE STUPID QUESTIONS, ALL THE STUPID QUESTIONS
THEY SHOULD GO-O-O-OO--O-O--OO--O-O-OO
-O-O-OO---O-O-OO--O-O--OO--O-O-OO

@djsmiley2k if it does get ripped off, this might help

@badp All the single questions! All the single answers! All the single questions! All the single answers!

@Fluttershy inb17d

well that's original!

@twobugs :/

All I'm saying is I don't agree

5:44 PM

@badp Day 2157: subject's mental condition continues to deteriorate despite all efforts

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@twobugs Nobody said that. Disagreeing with your view on one question is not a personal attack.

Telling me I'm against asking questions is telling me I'm against asking questions

@Unionhawk *to become MORE AND MORE AWESOME

@Unionhawk Indeed

Wait

Are we supposed to be improving @badp's mental condition or making it worse?

@SaintWacko both

5:48 PM

@badp :(

@Fluttershy don't worry. Someday you'll get on my level. Then people will envy you

@badp Teach me how to badp.

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> time left: NaN/NaN

GOOD JOB BSA

YOU ARE WINNER

@Fluttershy embrace the madness and become one with it.

@Fluttershy if logic is a rainbow, comedy is the golden pot at the end of it

NEVER STOP LOGICKING

JUST

DO IT

5:50 PM

Today is a terrible day

@badp This sounds pretty logical to me.

@BADP IS SHIA LABEOUF: DATA ACCEPTED

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Digital Painting

Proposed Q&A site for everyone who is interested in Digital Painting and Digital Art

Currently in definition.

@twobugs :(

@twobugs A lot of things are told you directly in-game, though. One of the things Araqade is good for is compiling that data into one place where you can view it all.

5:53 PM

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Q: When does the Tyranny of King Washington take place?

I finished the main storyline and just started the The Tyranny of King Washington DLC. Before starting I understood that the DLC is an alternative universe, as detailed in the first episode's description on the Xbox Marketplace: Following the revolution, Washington goes mad with power and ru...

assassin-creed-3

Also I realize there was an entire conversation I skipped over about this but yolo swag

you got yolo swag?

@Wipqozn Isn't this what we want to avoid though? That ventures into the realm of GameFAQs territory.

@Dragonrage ACTUAL CANNIBAL @BADP

@Wipqozn There's a difference between something behind hidden and the game directly telling you that exact bonus at the end of every game

And I was also told that downvoting is subjective but last time I did that I had multiple people telling me I hate self-answered questions (I'm just waiting for that line of thought to crop up here)

5:56 PM

@twobugs but like it seem was already pointed out it doesn't tell you all that once. And, even if it did, having a place where you can view them all is useful. If there was a menu you could go to in Overwatch which listed "Here's every bonus", then yeha, I'd downvite it. but that isn't the case.

@twobugs That's because one of your major complaints raised was that you didn't like it was asked from a third person POV, then self-answered. Even if your problem is just "asking a self-answer in this make the question less clear", it's not unreasonable for folks to think you're problem is that it's a self answer.

@Wipqozn No, that wasn't my major complaint. That was what everyone fixated on. Nobody actually bothered to ask what I thought of the question.

Also, you don't need to leave a comment when you downvote. In fact ~drama~ is one of the reasons it's optional. Personally I think that question is fine, and I'm going to upvote it, but if you want to downvote it you're more than welcome to. but if you're going to say why, folks are going to chime in and argue with you.

I left a comment, which I'm allowed to do, saying I thought it was ridiculous.

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