The Bridge

oh, look, italic.

Evenin', @Juan

[feature-request]

doesn't work...

Only works with [status-*]

Downvoter

we had the first post complaining about the closes a while ago...

Downvoter

12:03 AM

-1

Q: Overzealous Admins

I feel that the admins are being too overzealous in closing questions for being "Subjective" or "too localized" at the slightest hint of subjectivity or locality playing a role. Here's some recent examples of what I mean: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2120/what-is-the-best-selling-g...

I have 908 ♪

we have a moderator! :P

Yeah, it came shortly after gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2266/… was closed

We do?

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Jeff?

just sort people by secret meta rep and give em the diamond :P

12:06 AM

Jeff doesn't count... He's has coding-powers

Downvoter

I don't think you can sort by meta-rep

Downvoter

:)

Jeff can ;)

Before someone brought up that reputation graphs made no sense on the Meta, you could at least compare with that

btw meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/reputation

12:08 AM

329 rep here...

That's only going to tell you your own

are you going to, ohh, cheat?!!?

in a multiplayer game!?!?

:o :o :o :o :O

Oh, hey, I got 10 more rep. Somewhere.

multiplayer cheat == bad karma

And on the parent site I sit with a measly ~300

12:10 AM

@Grace your latest rep change is the fifth to last line in that response

nice, gained 208 rep yesterday on gaming.

A: How do I audit my reputation?

64

Make sure you are logged in, and visit: http://sitename.com/reputation For example: http://stackoverflow.com/reputation http://cooking.stackexchange.com/reputation http://serverfault.com/reputation http://gaming.stackexchange.com/reputation http://superuser.com/reputation http://meta.stac...

I know games with excellent question potential. I even know people who would have asked the questions. The problem is I already answered for them before this place existed

Downvoter

I like the new rep system

Downvoter

jeff said serverfault and superuser will be like that too

12:11 AM

I still think it's unfair we don't get to create our own memes and profit from them!

Downvoter

but meta.so will keep it like it is now

I know how to audit my reputation. But it doesn't make me any less lazy to check which post 426 is

getting rep for free handed circles, waffles, castles of <kbd> and other assorted awesomeness.

Downvoter

good times @badp

meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/426/revisions

12:12 AM

Questions would've done it, actually

70 rep post: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/316/…

Even if it's an answer

A: Images for controller buttons and keyboard keys

7

combining the <kbd> tag with unicode and html entities can give some great results. Directional arrows: ↑ <kbd>↑</kbd> ↓ <kbd>↓</kbd> ← <kbd>←</kbd> → <kbd>→</kbd> Basic Buttons + An...

Example: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/426

Out of curiosity, what's everyone's specialty in gaming, here?

iPhone gaming. >.>

12:15 AM

failing at FPS, roguelikes, space sim-RTS combos

FPS mostly, but I've done most anything related to PCs

Wii & PC gaming

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fps and rts

A: Which tag? 'nintendo-wii' or 'wii'?

Could've got quite a bit of rep . . .

24

I tagged my question as wii because nintendo-wii seems a little redundant to me. I know some people refer to the console as the "Nintendo Wii", but I just call it the Wii. microsoft-xbox360? sony-ps3?

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some rpg like mass effect

Downvoter

12:16 AM

love the stories on that ones

I feel like an odd sheep. Arcade scrolling shooters and platform action games here

Console more often but I enjoy a lot of indie games

Downvoter

*those

too young for most arcade games I think

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too many good games

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if they left me half an hour for myself...

Downvoter

12:17 AM

but no

Downvoter

good game after good game

Heh

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bastards

Huh, I guess I'm not the youngest. I always feel like it when I'm browsing around on Meta SO

15 here, you gonna beat that? :P

12:18 AM

Nearly 14. Pwnt. :D

Yeah, I'm... 22

Downvoter

wow

I'd expected a different audience for this website, I guess not for a beta

← 21

Too young to have played arcade games in their full glory... sigh... whenever I get the chance to play pac-man on an original cabinet... I'll be playing for the whole day.

24 here

12:20 AM

I guess that occasionally playing arcade games is quite a victory at my age then :)

only when you have your own cabinet ;)

sadly, no

then again, I wouldn't have the money or the space

Well, I haven't actually played in an arcade in years. But the majority of the games I play either originally were on an arcade, or are the same style

555 meta rep, 111 to go

I have a screenshot of hitting 7777 rep on Meta SO

12:22 AM

Lucky you.

it's good to have priorities in life :P

tell me about it... Shame... Guilty!

But it's at the office. Boo.

Q: Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom leaderboards

tagging challenge:

4

The Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom is absolutely brilliant (if maybe a little short). Anyway, now that I've finished it, I'm in the process of going through the bonus shorts (levels), and am somewhat curious as to how some people could have possibly posted the leader board times that they have...

steam pb-winterbottom leaderboard

oh wow

12:25 AM

Why I don't have an xbox :)

That's a really awesome offline screen!

Keyboard has way more functions

Oh, hey, we finally get a Fighting Game question, and it's one I can't answer. My luck is abysmal.

what games are those?

What are fighting games, or what are ones that I can answer?

@alex I'd suggest [p.b-winterbottom]

Or some variant. Just ignore the Misadventures part. We can't do much better for now, while our tag limit is so short

We really do need a larger tag limit. Even if we'll never field a game like MMT.

12:31 AM

Engage Super Pause!

You realize, @badp, that the second one is a link to a Penny Arcade strip

not at all

had I realized, I wouldn't have asked.

the question is legit, I'm sorry. :(

Yeah, here's the second one.

penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/06/08

penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/6/8

No worries, @badp

now the keyboard...

12:34 AM

got it.

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2301/…

You should link the PA strip in your answer

I just added it. :)

In 7 mins I'll get to click the checkmark :)

thanks

Nice research work, @Kevin

Just frantic Googling. :P

12:37 AM

although

jzy should've done Nethack, three keyboards wouldn't have covered everything :D

Could do an SO one too, use Vim

SETA time compression and Vectron-7 were the giveaways

yeah.

well

I'm glad at least it's not a game I would have to give my geek card up for not recognising :D

should've read penny arcade...

Downvoter

12:42 AM

I voted to close to move to meta

sigh...

I noticed somebody did, @Juan, but I don't really agree...

I figured the same thing, it looks like it belongs on meta

lol

it's a discussion of the site itself

12:43 AM

I mean, there are 15 identify-this-game questions on the main site and 0 identify-this-game questions on meta

Technically the question is identifying a game.

It just so happens the game controls are linked to the website.

just because the data given for identification is provided by the site itself, it doesn't mean it's not about identifying games.

X2 is a game.

I dunno, it's not unlike questions about the SO 404 page

Well, just because a question is about programming-related cartoons doesn't mean it should be on regular SO

12:44 AM

We get them on Meta SO, despite the fact it's a polyglot

well

Because, ultimately, it's a question about where the image is from

Downvoter

If SO is a guideline, that question would belong on meta...

SO doesn't have identify-this-language questions

Downvoter

but well, it's only my opinion

Downvoter

12:45 AM

that's why it's a vote

exactly, you're not mod.. yet ;-)

I know Juan

but we have a chat to expand on these topics right?

would you debate that it's related to the site itself then?

we have... for now...

I don't think it is. The site could change images, but the question would remain vaild.

12:46 AM

Actually, yes, badp, we do have "identify this language" questions

we will tomorrow too

(The links however may break; if that's a problem I'll self-host)

that's not what I'm saying, I'm just saying it's related to the site

Some people might know a construct or a method they've seen somewhere, and became questions on what language the construct is from

hosting images on sstatic seems efficient to me

Downvoter

12:47 AM

If I were a mod, I wouldn't have voted, I would have left a comment with my opinion

Downvoter

I would try not to abuse my powers ;)

that's the problem with moderating on this platform I think, you can't have a 1/5th vote anymore

just wait for 4 close votes :P

heh, I was just going to suggest that. :P

Most current mods do

12:48 AM

can't start it though :P

They usually leave a comment

I know

but it would be nice to have a regular vote

Still I feel uncomfortable

I'm asking FAR too many questions

hey, I'm asking far too little

on SO I have 92 answers and 4 questions :/

and I think that's far awesomer than 11 answers and 12 questions.

12:51 AM

where is my rep on the chat even coming from anyway?

meta.stackoverflow.com

oh right

@badp you're around 1:1 Q/A ratio on gaming, which is still pretty good

only SE rep carries over of course

hmm, there should be a way to combine the SE API and the feeds to make a notifier that shows you what changed, not just that something changed..

stackapps time?

12:53 AM

might try tomorrow, have nothing better to do anyway

I don't think asking a lot of questions is a bad thing, @badp

for now though I think I'm gonna sleep for a little while :)

have fun closing

Someone has to ask questions, after all

and stuff

G'nite, @Arda

12:55 AM

Yeah, but I'd rather help than be helped if you get what I mean :)

just, the site needs content to snowball to the point I can just focus on answering

(I love the way people repeat what's said in the chat on comments just to show other people what's going on :)

actually I think that's a shortcoming of chat

this chat is fully logged.

chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/chats/transcripts/46?offset=120

I knows.

But there isn't a easy way to bring the main points of discussion back into the question page.

Downvoter

we have 20 votes now

Downvoter

12:57 AM

yay

Downvoter

they listen!

Oh, you have 20 votes now? Awesome

I has 19

The logo on the breakdown page is also fixed

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2301/…

2 more reqd here

(Sorry, @Kevin)

1:00 AM

Lol. No worries. :)

Downvoter

you have 19 because you used one :)

Entirely my point, Juan :)

Downvoter

I'm so gonna miss this chat... so useful

only needs one vote now.

I closed it.

1:01 AM

it's gone already

migrated to meta.gaming.stackexchange.com by Juan Manuel, Arda Xi, badp, alexanderpas, Kevin Y 4 secs ago

Our first migration

rly?

I believe so

Downvoter

we're growing up

:)

Downvoter

1:02 AM

I'm going to miss the site when it doesn't graduate

do I win something?

Downvoter

yes, a better gaming q&a site!

wee

oh boy

3am

maybe it's time to logoff.

Lol. Maybe. :P

same time here...

1:06 AM

-- 2010-07-15 rep +195 = 577

Yay! I keep my streak of un-rep-capping across the whole shebang!

(barely)

Still impressive

my best ever day on SO is

-- 2010-02-19 rep +139 = 1023

:/

Where do you go to check how much rep you've gotten per day?

Downvoter

gaming.stackexchange.com/reputation

Downvoter

click it

1:10 AM

Thanks. :)

I'm already in bed, using my laptop, similar to this:

so has this site made it to the likes of kotaku and co yet?

I don't think so. :|

well, before poking them we should pick a name anyway

slashdot would be scary!

1:13 AM

[gnaa] ×20

[status-banhammer-readied]

A: Good gaming machine for Starcraft II?

Aww, my first downvote on Gaming. ):

8

Blizzard recommends that a PC should run Vista or Windows 7 and have: Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor 2 GB RAM 512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon® HD 3870 or better For Macs, it's recommended that you have: Intel® Core 2 Duo processor 4 GB system RAM NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT or ATI ...

wow... we're beating webapps in views/day already!

unsurprising...

Downvoter

we should beat it in quality

discussion closed-questions

we're about 5% behind, 88% vs. 93%

Downvoter

1:27 AM

what do you think of my comment here:

Downvoter

-1

Q: Overzealous Admins

I feel that the admins are being too overzealous in closing questions for being "Subjective" or "too localized" at the slightest hint of subjectivity or locality playing a role. Here's some recent examples of what I mean: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2120/what-is-the-best-selling-g...

Downvoter

?

Your avatar is an unicorn

I agree with it. The fact is, we aren't attracting a large volume of questions that are real questions

and yes, →AFAIK← SU is going through lots of pain to get the on-topic off-topic stuff right

Downvoter

1:28 AM

lol @badp

Before we are a gaming community, we are a gaming Q&A

3

better be consistent from the start, instead of having people say "why they can and I can't!"

Q: Creepy/horror FPS recommendations

On SU those kinds of arguments leads to the older questions also being closed or even locked. @badp

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close candidate

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5

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

1:31 AM

@juan Your comment on the topic of Gaming is right, if we leave them a little room now for discussion, it's not going to be around in a couple of months to even tidy up

no bullet hell videos on TASVideos? :\

You don't speedrun bullet hell games, badp

@juan i say borderline... but no vore from me

yeah, but some bullet hell videos are just as impressive as TASes

But they won't be on TASVideos

cowgod

1:32 AM

ooh, chat!

cowgod

fancy

►

Downvoter

hi @cowgod

I'm sure I've got some good replays somewhere on my machine...

Evenin', @cowgod ♪

cowgod

howdy all. who's the person that administers the site? i'm still bummed that we don't have our tagging rules ironed out. i really think it needs to allow for longer tags

1:33 AM

Crap: a Bullet Hell TVtrope

Jeff Atwood, tehcnically. He's not around right now, I don't think

bah, there was a better video than that

Downvoter

you can post that as a feature-request on meta

Downvoter

Jeff will see it and respond to it

How long a tag do you need? @cowgod

cowgod

1:34 AM

i did already but nobody seemed to be behind my idea of tagging like math overflow

I can dodge that

Downvoter

(if it's a request for all sites, direct it to meta.stackoverflow.com)

cowgod

i think we have a unique situation that merits longer tags

cowgod

not SE wide

►

better video

1:36 AM

I love playing Cave shooters ♪

cowgod

here's an example tag that's too long for the current limit: nsmbw.new-super-mario-bros-wii

what use are six such guns when the boss bar goes down soooo slowly

Downvoter

you can separate that in multiple tags

cowgod

i think the abbreviation and the game name need to be the same tag

to be honest

re: Q&A

all the chit chat and non-objective questions can have a home

right here on chat

I asked about game music a few mins ago and nobody lynched me at least...

Downvoter

1:38 AM

@cowgod, that's not the standard though

Downvoter

new-super-mario-bros would be one tag

Downvoter

wii another

Downvoter

and the abbreviation is not necessary

cowgod

no, the game is called "New Super Mario Bros. Wii"

Well, I think in this particular case the actual game name is new-super-mario-bros-wii

cowgod

1:39 AM

it needs to be in the tag

Downvoter

oh

Downvoter

ok

Still needs a separate wii tag, of course

cowgod

yes

Downvoter

is new-super-mario-bros-wii too long?

1:39 AM

Nope

Doesn't have to be that exact

It's 23 characters

cowgod

but in one of the SO podcasts jeff was discussing at length how genius it was of math overflow to use tags like i suggested (abbreviation, period, full name). it's a rather brilliant idea that i can't seem to get anyone to get behind

It's only a few characters more than game-recommendations.

@juan: Wrong! [new-super-mario-bros] and [new-super-mario-bros-wii] are two seperate tags for two seperate games!

Downvoter

1:41 AM

mathematicians are weird though (j/k)

cowgod

the reason it's genius is because when people tag their question, they can use either the abbreviation or the full game name and the auto-complete will find the right tag in either case

Downvoter

well, post it on meta and see what response you get

We still need extended tag length just for some cases like undefined-fantastic-object

Downvoter

you don't have anything to lose

cowgod already posted it on Meta

1:42 AM

but try the [new-super-mario-bros-series] tag... too long

cowgod

i did here: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/8/tagging-suggestions

Downvoter

oks

Should questions about iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad gaming belong on Gaming or Electronic Gadgets (gaming imo).

2

Q: Tagging Suggestions

I think tagging on this site can get out of control very fast. I propose we use the method started by Math Overflow and precede game names with their acronym followed by a dot. This helps the search when people are entering tags because some people will use the full title of a game (new-super-m...

discussion tagging

Because there's some questions over on Electronic Gadgets about gaming.

1:43 AM

We don't really need a [new-super-mario-bros-series] tag, though

cowgod

no, i'd just call it super-mario-bros-series

Downvoter

are you in on the beta @Kevin? Propose them to post them here!

It'd be like having a [super-mario-world-series] tag

Yeah, I'll go around suggesting to move them here.

Downvoter

we are close to 1000 users

1:44 AM

there are no true multiple super mario world games.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

I think questions regarding the DS game should be tagged [new-super-mario-bros] and [ds], and questions regarding the DS game should be tagged [new-super-mario-bros] and [wii].

cowgod

super mario advance 2: super mario world

@Grace that's a yoshi's island series game!

cowgod

@Kevin in this case i disagree because wii is in the game name

1:45 AM

re: bullet hell doesn't get TASed

Before there even was a Yoshi's Island series, it was a Super Mario World series

not even when apparently a game has never been truly beaten?

►

I mean, I'm not volounteering

They aren't speedruns

they don't have to be speedruns

the point is superhuman gameplay...

or so I understand

That kinda disqualifies the "S" in TAS

Which is "Tool Assisted Speedruns"

1:48 AM

well, most TASes sacrifice time for entertainment

I guess you could call it super human

> Before there even was a Yoshi's Island series, it was a Super Mario World series ✎

Just seems like another coin to me

case in point, tasvideos.org/1569M.html

is like saying rayman raving rabbits is part of the rayman series...

Downvoter

1:49 AM

off to eat

Downvoter

be back later

writing numbers would be far faster

MathOverflow had their abbreviations as part of their studies/research and a reason behind using it like that

cowgod

i have a reason behind it too :P

4am :D

nite

1:54 AM

G'nite, @badp

May giant bee bosses haunt your dreams~

Bye @badp.

Q: Is the Nostromo N52 TE a useful accesory?

why do i now see the bee queen from super mario galaxy.

BTW: how about this tumbleweed:

1

I've been looking at purchasing a Belkin Nostromo N52 TE and was wondering if anyone had had experience with this device. I have a few questions about it: Is is easy to setup and configure? Does it work well on a Mac? Do you think it improves your game play? Is there a better left hand acces...

accessories nostromo

I never knew Belkin made products like that . . .

I've got two of them (old versions) here (second hand), but never used them, and also I'm not on a mac.

About time I got to answer a question! Woo!

2:09 AM

* upvote * :)

Downvoter

so, what's the note?

Downvoter

you finish some sentences with?

You mean ♪ ?

Downvoter

there are no other notes around, yes

I haven't configured the R-9DH fully, so it's just an alt-code entered character.

Downvoter

2:21 AM

yeah, but what does it mean

Downvoter

and what does your name mean?

Just imagine that I'm humming or singing

Downvoter

I was

The R-9DH Grace Note is both the name of a ship in the game R-Type Final, and the name of my laptop

Downvoter

I wondered if it had deeper meaning

Downvoter

2:23 AM

oh, cool

Nah, I've always been using it when I'm in a good mood. ♪

All of the ships in the R-9DH series are musically inclined, R-9DH2 Hot Conductor and R-9DH3 Concertmaster

Downvoter

he

Wait, wait, we already have a 'subjective' tag?

it's for those out of close votes ;)

Is anyone voting on that question? It looks dangerous to leave open.

2:37 AM

already voted.

Q: What is the most powerful experience you have had, playing a game?

2:54 AM

sigh...

2

What game gave you the most compelling experience in your entire life? For me it was playing Steve Meretzky's Planetfall. I won't say what happened in the game, because it would be a spoiler. But when it happened, I will never forget that my opinion of how much a game could affect you, change...

retro-gaming