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Blem

1:00 PM

:/

Lazers

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Q: Does your current character selection affect multi-player pack contents?

When I was playing my infiltrator, my packs seemed to pull lots of sniper rifles and sniper rifle upgrades. Now that I'm playing other characters I'm getting a more eclectic selection of firearms and upgrades. Am I just suffering from a bad case of confirmation bias, or are the packs smart en...

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Q: Supporting civilians on the Citadel in Mass Effect 3

After the Priority Pavlaen mission, I returned to the Citadel to soak up bonus missions and assets. Trouble is, I have no idea what I need to do regarding the many "Civilian Arguments". An example would be a situation where a family man is trying to get his docked shuttle permission to deliver...

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Wipqozn

It's written in Java?

Well that's just silly.

All the cool kids program their roguelikes in assembly.

OrigamiRobot

.troll
nop
rjmp troll

badp

1:17 PM

argh

this respawn cost me $12k

Ian Pugsley

Portal 2 is $10 on Steam today, Portal Bundle is $12.50

badp

The portal bundle is €10 in Italy <3

FAE

€12.49 here

Ian Pugsley

I still haven't actually played the coop

OrigamiRobot

I'll trade someone Borderlands GOTY for Portal 2

Arda Xi

1:33 PM

@OrigamiRobot You haven't played Portal 2?

OrigamiRobot

@ArdaXi Not for PC.

Arda Xi

Ah.

You haven't played Peer Review then?

tzenes

How do you guys think this came out: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4237/…

OrigamiRobot

Is that the co-op?

Sterno

The Part Where He Kills You

Grace Note

1:39 PM

@tzenes What do you mean?

tzenes

I am not good with the paints

Grace Note

Oh, the comment

tzenes

yes

Sterno

I don't know if I like the name but the images looked nice

Grace Note

Your Chrome link doesn't work

Also as a general note, we wouldn't use a .net for an official redirect. I'm also glad you liked the name, haha~

Tim Stone

1:41 PM

@Sterno If I don't remember to update the fish answer later tonight, shake your fist angrily in my direction.

tzenes

sure

I just couldn't get .com

this link doesn't work? chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/…

StrixVaria

An error occurred:
Item not found. This item may have been removed by its author.

Grace Note

Yeah, I know that the .com is a mite expensive still

tzenes

that seems to suggest only I can see it

hmmmm

Sterno

@TimStone I'm not even sure why I asked since I don't care about fish.

FAE

1:42 PM

@Sterno Thoroughness is good!

Tim Stone

It's good information to have for completeness, and I'm prone to extreme forgetfulness.

OrigamiRobot

@TimStone fish-activities

Sterno

That's probably why. It's just weird to see my own comment on a question I have no interest in and don't remember leaving :P

Grace Note

@TimStone Can I shake my fist angrily at you now? Since it is later tonight, just not in my current timezone but in my other timezone?

tzenes

how about this link: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/…

FAE

1:44 PM

@OrigamiRobot I totally forgot, that was you, wasn't it?!

OrigamiRobot

This needs more close votes

Grace Note

Oh, @Origami's presence reminds me that @StrixVaria was in my dream last night. But I forgot everything about him other than the fact I said the name "StrixVaria" when addressing someone at some point.

@FAE Yes, it was

OrigamiRobot

@FAE Yes. :D

FAE

@tzenes Error still

Tim Stone

@GraceNote You could, but I would have thought you'd be one to aim for maximum effectiveness. I'm already running quite late for work, so it's unlikely you'll get much response from me at the moment.

@OrigamiRobot :D

FAE

1:45 PM

> There was a problem loading the item. Please refresh the page and try again.

Grace Note

@tzenes Worked for me to load it, at least.

@TimStone The effectiveness of shaking a fist is not in getting you to do something, but in the vigor of shaking of the fist!

FAE

@OrigamiRobot I remember that because ~~I'm addicted to ingame fishing~~ it made me boggle a little

Tim Stone

Fair point! I also have three other answers open that I'm trying to update, so there's much fist-shaking to be done.

Although it doesn't look like I'll get the answer to the "numerous" question before LessPop's bounty expires.

Sterno

I was having a lot of fun last night googling chunks of some of my answers to ME3 questions and seeing where else they ended up. Highly recommended you all try it on your own answers as a way to pass the time at work. :P

OrigamiRobot

@FAE The funnier thing was there were quite a few questions it was "appropriate" to add the tag to.

tzenes

1:48 PM

well, I'm off to slave away

I"ll see you all guys later

FAE

later @tzenes

@OrigamiRobot I <3 ingame fishing. <_<

Ian Pugsley

@FAE the Dreamcast had a really good fishing game

I haven't tried any of the ones for the Wii out but I bet there's probably a good one

FAE

@IanPugsley I've never really played a game only about fishing, like Bass Hunter or anything

It's like, the minigames

Ian Pugsley

@FAE that's the next level of enjoying fishing in games :P

FAE

like in Zelda, Torchlight, Chantelise...

Wipqozn

1:50 PM

@FAE You must play the hell out of Animal Crossing

FAE

@Wipqozn <_< >_>

:(

u_u

Wipqozn

Which reminds me. Animal Crossing 3DS needs to hurry up and be in stores.

Ian Pugsley

I miss Dreamcast, I really need to hook mine up

Grace Note

Later @tzenes

FAE

@Wipqozn I have Gamecube, DS and Wii versions.

Grace Note

1:55 PM

@IanPugsley There's a fishing joke in here somewhere, but really all I can think of is using a rod to liberate the system from your clutches.

FAE

I like collecting things in games. That game's pretty much entirely about collecting things...

Wipqozn

@FAE I had the DS version, but now I only own the Wii one.

@FAE yup.

Yi Jiang

Tim Stone

dashes off to work

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote stealing someone's Dreamcast is probably the worst possible crime you could commit

Grace Note

1:58 PM

@IanPugsley Possibly. But I don't even own a fishing rod to begin with, so it's a futile plan to start.

Lazers

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Q: How to get more colours?

How can I get different brush colours? I am on iPhone and my friend on Android has different colours. This post mentions that there is a colour shop, but I can only seem to find a bomb shop.

draw-something

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Q: What happens if I free Jona Sederis?

During Aria's side missions to unite the gangs, you're told to free Jona Sederis so that Aria will gain the allegiance of the Eclipse mercs. In my previous playthrough, I instead told Sayn to take over the Eclipse, as he seemed like less of a psycho killer. This time around though, I'm playing ...

mass-effect-3

FAE

Bah!

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote I don't own one either, but that makes me sad - now I want to actually go fishing

FAE

I got a N7 SMG in my Commendation Pack. :( I almost never use SMGs.

Blem

@FAE I got a shotgun and don't use shotgun :/

Grace Note

2:00 PM

@IanPugsley Uf, it's been a long time since I last went fishing.

Unless I count that shrimp fishing. That was recent-esque.

FAE

@Blem I'd rather that than the SMG. Trade you!

Sterno

@YiJiang I don't get the punchline there

FAE

@GraceNote Same here, I miss it.

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley I am from the South. I can get all the fishing rods you'll ever need.

Grace Note

@FAE Isn't the Netherlands a peninsula? Or at least, close to one?

FAE

2:04 PM

@GraceNote Uh... no, not really

We're just mostly under sea level and have reclaimed a good chunk of the inland sea.

Sterno

> @BenBrocka Can you update this to specify where exactly you run into her on the Citadel the first time? I had a fairly thorough ME3 playthrough yet somehow managed to avoid ever running into her, and the wiki link just says "on the Citadel". More detail would be helpful. – Sterno 15m ago

Grace Note

@FAE I'm mixing you guys up with Denmark again, aren't I?

Sterno

If I ask about specifically this in a new question, is it just going to get closed back as a dupe of what I just left a comment on?

Grace Note

Depends - is it enough to warrant its own question?

FAE

@GraceNote Methinks so, yes.

I get "Norway" a lot

Sterno

2:06 PM

@GraceNote Normally I'd rather see it covered by Ben's answer, but he doesn't know, and I don't think it will get any attention otherwise. But maybe I'm wrong. I can always wait a while and see.

FAE

my US friends just remember "She lives in a country that starts with N"

Blem

@GraceNote yes, but we prefer calling the people who live on the peninsula for half german

Grace Note

@FAE Norway's up in the north area. I can't possibly confuse you for them.

@Blem ...let me guess, you're Danish?

Blem

@GraceNote yea

Sterno

I guess even if it's closed as a dupe, it's not a terrible fate

Grace Note

2:07 PM

@Sterno Basically, is it enough of an independent point that it can survive on its own? Is there, for example, utility to seeing Kelly Chambers other than for the romance? Or is it essentially all just part of the first step of this one process?

FAE

@Sterno I can add a screenie to that answer

I had her in mine

Grace Note

If it's all subsumed and dependent on this interaction as part of the romance plot, then it's a lot weaker as a separate question because it should be covered by the romance question as that's where it is most relevant. But if it serves many other uses, it can survive on its own because it doesn't have to be covered in the romance question.

FAE

Also, I'm pretty sure you had to have had dinner with her in ME2 to get her to show up, otherwise, she doesn't.

OrigamiRobot

@FAE Nicaragua?

FAE

Yeah, that's noted in Ben's answer at least.

Grace Note

2:09 PM

@Blem (I actually cheated - I saw you mention it a couple days ago)

FAE

@OrigamiRobot +in Europe

Blem

@OrigamiRobot No, Narnia

Grace Note

Hey @AshleyNunn

StrixVaria

@FAE North Ireland?

user15026

@GraceNote Hey :)

OrigamiRobot

2:10 PM

@FAE Norway?

FAE

@OrigamiRobot We already hit that one >>

Wipqozn

@John @agent86 @Ullallulloo Flag weight is just hidden, it still exists

Sterno

@GraceNote Yeah, you can run into her without the intention of romancing her

Ben Brocka

@Sterno IMO it's a distinct Q. You're asking where she is, not if you can romance her

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn I assumed so.

OrigamiRobot

2:11 PM

@FAE Oh, I missed it. That means I'm out.

Sterno

@BenBrocka I posted. I realized that being worried about it being closed as a dupe was dumb anyway. If it is, it is. It's definitely a different, valid search term.

Ronan Forman

Did you know you can have a flag weight of 0?

Ben Brocka

@Sterno yeah, if it's a dupe that gets traffic it's still good for the site (if it's distinct)

@RonanForman Yep

2:14 PM

is flag weight still real in the backend?

Sterno

I'm pretty amazed I missed her. I was pretty religious about running all over my ship and all over the Citadel after almost every mission

Wipqozn

4 mins ago, by Wipqozn

@John @agent86 @Ullallulloo Flag weight is just hidden, it still exists

Ronan Forman

@GraceNote I can't remember which site, but one of the site's ChrisF is mod on has someone who's flags are ignored.

Grace Note

@RonanForman Programmers.

DIY are too nice, WebApps aren't ornery enough.

agent86

@Wipqozn eh, if nobody can see it and it does very little, whether or not they deleted that column in the database means very little to me :P

Wipqozn

2:16 PM

@agent86 I believe it's still used to determine how high you appear in the flag queue.

Or whatever that mysterious thing I'll discover in ~150 rep is called.

Ronan Forman

Extra credits are doing another episode on day 1 DLC. penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/mass-effect-3-dlc

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn ah. UX barely gets any flags so I haven't noticed much sorting

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Only in the moderator queue as far as I know, and yes.

Essentially, we've made the part important to moderators (priority and visibility in queue) hidden while leaving the part important to users (number of successes) public.

Sterno

Aha! According to that wiki article, she won't show up in ME3 unless you had dinner with her. I never had dinner with her. Talk about Butterfly effect!

Ben Brocka

The weight algorithm was way too unnecessarily complex to expose to users anyway...or anyone outside of SE employees really

@Sterno How DARE you not have dinner with her!

YOU KILLED HER

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