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Sathya

11:00 PM

@badp meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/509/overzealous-admins/… -> good reply

radp

*hill giant

stabs the hill giant

although I should suggest that to the crawl developers!

giant hills. hmm.

Arda Xi

@badp the only 'community' you speak of in that answer is you and me

Grace Note

Ah, Crawl. I should've figured by 'spriggan'

Arda Xi

Jeff is one of the evil admins

(no offence)

random

Devils take no offense

radp

11:01 PM

I know, but he's in the list of people who undid the error

Arda Xi

Evil doesn't imply devil though

I know

radp

and according to popular wisdom, Jeff's not evil. He's just a vampire.

you can't blame him for his nature :(

alexanderpas

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A: Overzealous Admins

First of all, there are no admins on that are closing questions, it is the community that is. For more information about how this works, read the FAQ Now, let's look at the individual questions: What is the best selling game of all time? Time is certainly a factor for determining localisati...

radp

stabs the two headed ogre

Arda Xi

"First of all, there are no admins on that are closing questions, it is the community that is." Untrue, Jeff is still at it

also, "How to determine which game is the best selling ever" seems very vague to me

Grace Note

11:03 PM

It's not game related, really

Jeff Atwood

yes but I only close things that have flags indicating people want them closed, really

I don't have time to do anything else

Grace Note

You can sub "game" for anything and the answer would be pretty much the same

I should flag a lot more often, then

Arda Xi

Indeed, Jeff needs more to do

radp

bet you can't wait for us to elect more mods, eh?

random

If you aren't maxing out your flags, you're not flagging enough

Arda Xi

11:04 PM

Aye aye sir

Grace Note

I've just been hesitant whether I should start flagging now, or wait on the community crew (as we have had a fairly responsive team of about 12 or so users who are doing some of the new topic closings)

Arda Xi

Speaking of moderators by the way, shouldn't this answer be deleted?

radp

worst that happens, Jeff bans you from everything because you flag too much

Arda Xi

meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/211/…

radp

Why?

Grace Note

11:06 PM

Gnoupi turned down the nomination

radp

4 upvotes means 5 pepole think that's a good nomination.

Arda Xi

Because he declined the nomination

random

You don't think he can stretch between SU and Gaming?

radp

ah.

Grace Note

'e's kinda busy with SU

radp

11:07 PM

SuperUser is going to be absorbed by stackechanges anyway :ninja:

alexanderpas

which can be considered a good thing...

radp

unlike centaurs with arrows of frost

random

Not if us SU mods can keep clearing out the lists from our end. And then all those SEs can have the list questions

radp

\o/

you know, we should have a fake list stackexchange

listexchange

all about lists

Arda Xi

So long as you only throw the good games questions our way, @random

radp

11:09 PM

with lists experts

Arda Xi

oh, I'll commit to that

random

Game questions have died a long time ago on SU

radp

and have all kind of interesting questions on meta like "What is the perfect length of a list?"

Arda Xi

Especially if we get the List of X close reason there >:-)

random

Then that listexchange can have a "Close for not being a list" reason

radp

11:10 PM

-1, not enough acceptable answers

alexanderpas

A list is not a list unless it lists good list of lists

and no typos there

Arda Xi

Or be closed for being unsubjective

radp

I still think "not enough jquery" should make into the list of official close reasons.

btw, can you imagine that this thing will go down tomorrow?

Arda Xi

huh?

random

Anybody else hearing the beep when this thing isn't open?

Arda Xi

11:13 PM

Only when on drugs I suppose

alexanderpas

???

radp

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Q: Temporary chat for Gaming

Until we get our own... http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/rooms/46/gaming The password is gossipville, and it will close down in 2 days (it's a 3 days beta). But in the future we'll get our own third place Edit: Chat is back in public beta! The gamin room can be found in the usual place (bu...

Arda Xi

I'm sure @Jeff will prevent us from falling apart, right?

radp

actually -- @random, when's the switchoff planned at?

random

Sometime who knows when.

alexanderpas

11:15 PM

beep

radp

gah

Arda Xi

beep?

radp

three orc priests in the same line of sight

that is immoral cheating!

Arda Xi

what're you even playing?

radp

dungeon crawl

Grace Note

11:16 PM

Dungeon Crawl

radp

crawl.develz.org

alexanderpas

yay for random stuff!

radp

orc priests can damage you just because you are in their line of sight

Arda Xi

that reminds me, still have to try out that fortress of dwarves

radp

makes for real fun times in arenas.

alexanderpas

11:17 PM

@badp try backstabbing them with a ballista.

radp

crawl.develz.org/info/index.php?q=ballista :(

Arda Xi

Typing of the Dead is a really nice game too, why aren't there modern FPSes like that?

Grace Note

Didn't there come out a DS sequel using the touch-screen?

Arda Xi

How would you even..?

Besides, can't imagine graphics on that being much better

alexanderpas

going to grab some pizza... 01:20 AM here.

radp

11:20 PM

pizza at 0120 am?

hmm

Arda Xi

my thoughts exactly

radp

pizza

I'll go dip into my rice salad, rather

alexanderpas

any favorites?

Arda Xi

so does this dwarf fortress thing have a tutorial or something?

radp

← ham and mushrooms.

@arda: not inbuilt

Arda Xi

11:21 PM

wait, you're gonna order pizza at 120?

Grace Note

I think it was a general English game rather than exclusively typing

English of the Dead, or summat like that.

Arda Xi

most of it's just typing

one boss requires you to know 'which of these is edible' and the like though

radp

okay, there's something worse than three orc priests in the same line of sight

two electric eels

they killed my small abomination

Arda Xi

this dwarf fortress thing is starting to remind me of a MUD I used to play

radp

now they shall be blown up in many large pieces!

Arda Xi

11:25 PM

I guess all maps look like that

Grace Note

Hrm...

radp

and I die

too many miscasts in a row on an electric eel.

Grace Note

Are they instakill in Crawl? Or just painful?

radp

painful

Grace Note

Ah

radp

11:27 PM

crawl.develz.org/info/index.php?q=electric+eel

Grace Note

It's been a while since I've played any roguelike since Nethack. 4 ascensions, woo!

radp

@Grace

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Q: What's the key to failure in roguelikes?

I've tried a fair amount of roguelikes. Nethack, ADoM, ToME, Crawl and more. However, I can only very rarely got into midgame. My records, for example, are reaching the beginning of the Quest in Nethack (exactly once) or reaching Snake:4 at xl15 in Crawl. What is the key to failure in roguelikes...

strategy roguelikes

I envy you :D

Grace Note

Including one carrying the corpse of a dead knight throughout Gehennom and the end-game!

I named it "Sir Gallant the Totally Not Rotting"

radp

so unfortunately "Provided an answer that outscored an accepted answer and with 10 votes by 2×" does not mean "Provided an answer with 10 votes that outscored an accepted answer by 2×

Grace Note

I think it's because you added an and in the first one

radp

11:32 PM

crawl.develz.org/learndb/index.html#bad_ideas will make an awesome entry on game development (and design) :D

Grace Note

I need something new to play that will be difficult enough to actually evoke questions for me to ask on the site

Arda Xi

DF seems like the kind of game you're looking for, I abandoned it already, don't have the attention span

radp

actually I think I'll make another roguelikes question

based on this graph

Grace Note

I think I need something more difficult than that

Grace Note

11:48 PM

Isn't that basically a motivation poll?

(Though, if you want my answer, it's to see how far I can get with different character concepts)

radp

good point.

although I kinda expect to only see a couple answers pop up above the others

alexanderpas

hmm... pizza!

radp

what topping?

alexanderpas

hawai!

radp

audacious!

what's that, pineapple and flowers? :P

Arda Xi

11:52 PM

my favourite

no, ananas and ham

(pineapple in english)

radp

yeah, sorry for that

Arda Xi

but alex, are you actually ordering pizza at this time or did you have it :P

alexanderpas

google.com/images?q=pizza+hawai

radp

what does pineapple actually taste on pizza?

Arda Xi

great

radp

11:53 PM

I just can't phantom putting fruit on pizza

it's like

heresy

alexanderpas

went to the shop for a take-out :D

Arda Xi

what kind of shop here is open at this time?

radp

(same for fish actually)

alexanderpas

how about meat?

radp

yeah, meat fits

alexanderpas

11:54 PM

pizza chicken...

Arda Xi

Another [game-recommendations].

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Q: Creepy/horror FPS recommendations

I'm playing through Metro 2033 at the moment, and simply loving it. It's so creepy and atmospheric. Can folks recommend another creepy/horror FPS that is coming soon or recently released...?

game-rec first-person-shooter

radp

[status-not-this-again]

Arda Xi

How do you do that?

alexanderpas

OMGWTFBBQ!

seems resonably acceptable

radp

it's
[status-text-here-please-do-not-abuse-or-jeff-kills-this-feature-for-non-admins]

Arda Xi

11:56 PM

[status-understood]

alexanderpas

[status-200-OK]

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