The Bridge

Ronan Forman

19:00

StrixVaria

@badp I didn't mean to gloat, actually. I was just celebrating, not trying to throw it in anyone's face. Sorry :(

TylerShads

Image not found pony is my favourite too

Ronan Forman

GIR ponies!

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Also "stab", apparently.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Yea that was it wasn't it...

Ronan Forman

19:03

@OrigamiRobot While we're waiting for john do you want to record mass effect?

You mentioned wanting to help.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I don't have ME3...

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Gah!

►

This kind of thing.

OrigamiRobot

So -record +watch?

Ronan Forman

Yeah.

OrigamiRobot

Sure

Ronan Forman

19:05

Well your voice will be recorded.

OrigamiRobot

Am I allowed to swear?

Ronan Forman

Sure, the game is a 15 anyway.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Considering the language they use in game...

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman You kids and your PEGI

@FAE I thought you weren't talking to me :(

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Well fine, I can continue not doing so if you prefer!

OrigamiRobot

19:06

@FAE I don't!

Ronan Forman

Dammit @MarcoCeppi Damn you and your servers!

Marco Ceppi

WHAT NOW!

Grace Note

@MarcoCeppi What, we need a reason to condemn you?

Ronan Forman

It stopped working, but now it does, odd.

Marco Ceppi

@RonanForman that's the "I hate ronan" script

it runs when you don't want it to

OrigamiRobot

19:07

@MarcoCeppi's card will say {T}: Put a server token onto the battlefield.

Ronan Forman

Checks it was the right server It was. Odd.

Grace Note

Speaking of which, when was the last time I did the "We're beating the stuffing out of Ask Ubuntu in traffic!" dance?

Fabian

@GraceNote I though our goal was to surpass SF or even SU?

Tristan

@StrixVaria If you don't get my latest Draw Something, I will be very disappointed.

Grace Note

@Fabian That was our goal. I've a (possibly non-mutual) rivalry with Marco between Ubuntu and Gaming, as in the early days we were always close in stats.

I'm waiting for Ubuntu's next rise, though. It's always more fun when we're seesawing.

Fabian

19:10

@GraceNote But AskUbuntu is cheating anyway by putting links in the installer and stuff ;-)

Grace Note

@Fabian We're giving away TVs.

Fabian

@GraceNote You might have a tiny point there

Grace Note

Yes, that isn't directly why we're getting traffic, but point is, we all got our own tactics. I think getting the awesomeness into the installer was a pro move by @MarcoCeppi's crew.

Tristan

@GraceNote Has anyone chosen the replica rifle? lol

Grace Note

@Tristan It's not available, unless we can score one off of eBay.

Tristan

19:11

Aww

Marco Ceppi

@GraceNote You guys were down before you did your whole Mass Effect 3 thing

We've got natural traffic :)

So take that and put it in your pants!

Sterno

@Tristan Workaround:
1. Get 42" TV instead.
2. Hook laptop to it.
3. Display image of the replica rifle.

OrigamiRobot

FAE

@OrigamiRobot ahaha @ protection

Lazers

0

Q: I just got Mortarboard ... on Meta?

Yo. Obviously Meta still has rep, it's just hidden. I'd call this a bug though since I was notified of it and it shows up in my activity and so on, which is not exactly hidden.

0

Q: Why did Garrus disappear from my ship?

I just did some side quests after Tuchunka (I forgot how it's spelled exactly, sorry.) and I went back to my ship to speak with Garrus, because he's one of my favorite characters. I find that he isn't there. I press V to open my ship map, go through all the areas, and he's nowhere to be seen. Eve...

mass-effect-3 technical-issues

Grace Note

19:13

@MarcoCeppi Heh, you wait. We're getting continuing results. We won't be able to subsist on spikes, but our own traffic will climb high enough eventually!

Marco Ceppi

@GraceNote True, but we double our plateau last release spike, considering where we are now, a doubled plateau would be sweeettttt

Counting down the days until 12.04

Grace Note

@MarcoCeppi Oooh, when is it?

Marco Ceppi

April-ish

badp

28th IIRC

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Should be a Robot Mongoose Dog

Grace Note

19:14

Nice, I can't wait to see the results. You guys doing anything big for it? Or is it just the organic traffic you're going for?

StrixVaria

Otherwise I approve

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Zim didn't let him be a mongoose :(

Marco Ceppi

@GraceNote I've heard some rumormills of big shake ups coming to help us out

Grace Note

Oooh

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot A very sad day indeed :(

FAE

19:15

@OrigamiRobot lol, I totally didn't know I was in the flavor text til now

Marco Ceppi

but I can't speculate on them ;D

StrixVaria

Oh man I just noticed the flavor text for me!

I love it ahahahahaha

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot You not getting in mumble then?

OrigamiRobot

@FAE lol, wut?

@RonanForman You never said anything about anything!

StrixVaria

UNCOMMON!?

I'm rare...ity....

Ronan Forman

19:17

@OrigamiRobot Well if we were recording how else do we speak...

FAE

@OrigamiRobot On @Oak's ME3 card

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I didn't know you were ready.

@FAE Ah.

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot Sorry, I'm ready.

Tristan

@StrixVaria If we're being picky, I'd rather be a legendary creature in my transformed state.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria All users are uncommon :/

user2334

19:18

Sorry for May 15.

3

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I was making a pun. You should like that.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Well, I don't get it.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot My pony avatar was Rarity.

badp

> Hey honey. I know we are supposed to get married today, but I'm still looking for your ring. Can we put it off until tomorrow?

FAE

@MarkTrapp Oh c'mon, no "Tell my boyfriend?" :(

OrigamiRobot

19:19

@StrixVaria Oh, I missed that part.

StrixVaria

I'm still laughing about the flavor text, though.

OrigamiRobot

@FAE SEXIST!

Tim Stone

@OrigamiRobot Your goal is to be more entertaining than I was yesterday, which should be easy to accomplish. GO!

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone I plan to continually ask "Is that Mass Effect?" everytime I see a new character.

Tristan

@Everyone Ever heard of a bug in Portal 2 in which the screen stays black after loading?

Tim Stone

19:21

@OrigamiRobot Fantastic

StrixVaria

@Tristan Did you like my Golems, btw?

Tristan

@StrixVaria Both if them? Yes.

James

o.O They are trying to name Gaming.SE?

user2334

@FAE Option to be released as zero-day DLC

StrixVaria

@Tristan I tried sending you a third but my phone failed.

I got Golem again for real.

Tristan

19:23

lol

FAE

@MarkTrapp lol

Tim Stone

Coming soon to a Gaming site near you:

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Overflow Chat, 15 mins ago, by Tim Stone

The site will now automatically update post scores, it looks like.

OrigamiRobot

@John What image do you want for your card?

agent86

@TimStone soon I won't have to look at a page on the SE network, the question will simply be beamed into my brain, and the answer extracted seconds later.

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 you might need a bigger brain.

Tim Stone

19:27

@agent86 That's phase two.

agent86

@RavenDreamer psh, I've had a huge ego for so long that I've got plenty of spare space in my skull.

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 how do I get the Amalur Demo for the Chakram Launcher?

agent86

@RavenDreamer you're on PC, yeah? seems like you'd need to grab the amalur demo via origin

Raven Dreamer

I can't seem to find it on Origin, though...

agent86

@RavenDreamer maybe because you own the full game?

Raven Dreamer

19:33

@agent86 Origin doesn't know that, just Steam.

Fabian

@RavenDreamer You should find it under free games, the search doesn't work

Raven Dreamer

@Fabian Wonderful.

Fabian

Though there are other possible roadblocks to dowloading it, at least here in Germany:

Raven Dreamer

And I mean "Wonderful".

Grace Note

That's right, it's wonderful!

Fabian

19:35

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote bonk quiet, you.

StrixVaria

@Fabian You're not allowed to download it between 6AM and 11PM?

agent86

@RavenDreamer help.ea.com/article/…

not particularly helpful, but there's that

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Oh, come on, that's not how it continues!

Fabian

That error I got when I tried to download the demo says that due to the laws on protection of children you're not allowed to download the game between 06:00 and 23:00

@StrixVaria yes

agent86

19:36

which is now obsolete because I got some stupid error from chat. THANKS CHAT

StrixVaria

That's...weird.

Especially the protection of children part.

That's the only word I didn't know.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Even more wonderful.

Fabian

Time-based restrictions on the internet are just fucking ridiculous

StrixVaria

Since it's like 45 letters wrong and probably about 5 words jammed together.

agent86

the chakram launcher's worth dealing with the demo for, imho. the armor, not so much.

FAE

19:37

@StrixVaria Germany's got pretty strict videogaming laws re: that

like at Gamescom, all the stuff that was rated M was enclosed behind walls

Stephen

huh, You've earned the "Popular Question" badge for Can you import someone else's Mass Effect 1/2 Save Game? ... which is a closed question. Sorta a strange proof that leaving duplicates as search engine fodder works

FAE

so there wouldn't be a chance for kids underage to see the stuff

Raven Dreamer

@FAE Is it bad I'm hoping you don't make it to fleet admiral so you get the Vita? :3

Fabian

@Stephen I've a closed as duplicate question with 4.5k views

FAE

@RavenDreamer My b/f said if I make it to Admiral, he might spring for one for my birthday :P

StrixVaria

19:38

Oh now I see how it means child protection law.

Raven Dreamer

@Stephen Me and @Spugsley had something similar. I got a Famous question before hers got it. Mine was the dupe.

On Dungeon Siege 3 mechanics

FAE

@RavenDreamer And who knows, there may be future contests!

Raven Dreamer

@FAE Psh. I hope you don't expect me to send you anything more than happy greetings. The postage would be killer.

I should know. I've mailed things to Sicily before.

@FAE Also, I bet he's just saying that 'cause he wants the TV :P

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Yay! (Oh, wow, you do know that exchange...)

FAE

@RavenDreamer I take his threats to buy me gaming stuff personally, trust me.

Raven Dreamer

19:41

@GraceNote bonk

That's not how you finish the exchange.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer "Yay!" is precisely how you finish the exchange

Lazers

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Q: Spiral knights won't launch after BIOS driver update

I've recently updated the BIOS on my machine to the latest driver version and ever since i haven't been able to start SK from steam or any of the other versions available. Launching the game would just bring up the normal "preparing to launch spiral knights" steam window then it goes off and noth...

technical-issues spiral-knights

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Q: Unable to join Battlefield 3 multiplayer

Whenever i try to join a multiplayer server on BF3 I get this error message from the game manager: Game disconnected: your connection to the server timed out. I've searched online and found out that I stop UPnP Device Host" and the "SSDP Discovery" processes. I also turned network discovery of ...

battlefield-3

agent86

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Ack. I assumed you were just happy. >.<

agent86

oh, the revolutionary war possiblities

Raven Dreamer

19:43

More ways to tell that it's friday.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer Hehe

Raven Dreamer

So I conclude: Touche.

@agent86 You joke now, but...

agent86

@RavenDreamer I really want to see him hide that under his assassin robes :D

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 I meant the Ben Franklin is the new Da Vinci thing, not necessarily the beating-folks-to-death-with-stoves thing.

Grace Note

@RavenDreamer I'm kinda more behind the stove thing, though, even if Ben Franklin is the one whose reincarnation I met

Ktash

19:49

Ah, old ITG questions are being deleted huh?

StrixVaria

@Ktash YES!

Ullallulloo

@Ktash yep =/

Ktash

That's why I'm loosing rep!

okay, I was trying to figure out where it was going

StrixVaria

Oak is going to lose something on the order of 1400 rep from that.

Grace Note

Not necessarily

StrixVaria

19:50

@GraceNote No?

Ullallulloo

@GraceNote why?

Grace Note

Because reputation on deleted posts is retained if it has a score of +3 and has been around for at least 60 days.

3

StrixVaria

Weird.

Raven Dreamer

@GraceNote Did that work retroactively on game-recs?

Grace Note

Oak only has 4 +1 answers and 1 +2 answer, for a grand total of 60 reputation he stands to lose. Oh no. 60.

@RavenDreamer Yes

StrixVaria

19:51

What's done is done, though.

Raven Dreamer

(Which were all deleted long before this happened)

StrixVaria

I'm not going to try to steal his rep from him; I'm just happy ITG is gone.

Ktash

-53 already, and another -80 to go :/

Raven Dreamer

Ha. All my ITG rep is safe.

Ktash

@RavenDreamer Why's that?

Grace Note

19:53

@StrixVaria It makes it easier to remove these things, if you think about it. Essentially, they still had their worth, even if they aren't allowed on the site.

Raven Dreamer

@Ktash I have 3 or greater on every one.

StrixVaria

1 min ago, by Grace Note

Because reputation on deleted posts is retained if it has a score of +3 and has been around for at least 60 days.

@GraceNote Yeah, that's a good way to think about it.

Raven Dreamer

gaming.stackexchange.com/…

StrixVaria

People can't cry about losing rep as a reason to keep it around.

Ktash

Ah, I forgot about that change. Woohoo, 70 of mine is safe

badp

19:54

Clearly we need to downvote them to oblivion

Raven Dreamer

@agent86 any idea how far into the demo I need to play to unlock it?

Ktash

Ooh, dang, I miss the 60 day mark though...

Ullallulloo

So...what happens if I earned a bounty on an ITG?

StrixVaria

@Ullallulloo Bounties on ITGs made me so angry.

Hopefully you keep your rep, though.

Ktash

I think bounties are safe... I think that they are non-revokable, but I don't know that for sure

Gigili

19:56

@TylerShads I joined the room and didn't find you there, just got your message from my inbox which says the room's deleted. I was writing an email but I've changed my mind afterwards because it's not worth it. I might ignore the whole thing again or get back to the email.

agent86

@RavenDreamer some of the stuff you get for just starting it, other bits you get from running the timer out on it

I think all the ME3 stuff is unlocked at the end of the tutorial, but I could be wrong about that

Ben Brocka

how are you guys deleting the ITG posts? Not manually I hope...that would take a while

agent86

I have done nothing so far. I can't say that it's taken me very long

StrixVaria

I'll gladly click the ITG nuke button, if someone makes one for me.

Grace Note

@BenBrocka MANUALLY

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