The Bridge

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:00

@MarkTrapp So no, Endings does not fit the same criteria, because unless we want to level gamings Tagging scheme and clear out roughly 10-20% of our extant tags, and probably a much higher percentage of our top 100, calling it a meta-tag is counterproductive. It's a bad tag, for a whole lot of reasons IMO, but it is not kill on sight the way that spoiler or strategy should be.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp As @LessPopMoreFizz just pointed out like 3 seconds ago, dependent tags don't just have exactly the same problems and solution as meta tags, so we can't just treat them as though they are the same

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz No, it really is kill on the sight the same way that spoiler or strategy should be. It can't stand on its own and does nothing to explain what the question is about in an unambiguous manner.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@murgatroid99 Well, to be fair, there is a substantial contingent that believes we should treat them the same way. But that's another one of those meta.gaming debates that never ends and just goes in circles because nobody comes in and lays down the law and just says "This is how it's gonna work because the discussion is going nowhere."

@MarkTrapp It explains what the questions about in an unambiguous manner just as well as quests or save-games, and it fails to stand on it's own just as well as those as well.

murgatroid99

@LessPop_MoreFizz My point is just that we haven't yet decided that dependent tags should get the same treatment as meta tags, so we can't (yet) treat them as the same problem

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz The thing is, that happened already. That's what I was pointing to in my original message.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:05

5

A: Have we not been clear enough that meta-tags are a Bad Thing™?

The problem is two-fold. First, there is still some precedent for some dependent tags (calling them Meta tags is sometimes a misnomer, let's not overload terms here) to exist to some degree, the problem being that the degree of their existence has yet to be established. We find that being able to...

StrixVaria

@MarkTrapp When I posted this I didn't realize the difference between meta tags and non-meta dependent bad tags.

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz By pointing out other tags that are kill on sight, you're not making your point. Those are terrible too.

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz I think achievements is one of our better non-game tags.

user2334

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A: Have we not been clear enough that meta-tags are a Bad Thing™?

As a (very) rough guideline, I would say to vigilantly avoid extra tags at all beyond the game itself -- even in most case avoiding even two tags if possible -- until the game in question has on the order of 150+ tags at a minimum. Once a game has hundreds of questions, it can possibly support s...

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Yes, I'm aware of that post, and yet, since then, we have continued to see the proliferation of terrible tags like multiplayer.

murgatroid99

04:06

@MarkTrapp And he doesn't say that dependent tags are always bad, the way meta tags are

LessPop_MoreFizz

Tagging on gaming is broken.

This isn't news.

user2334

@murgatroid99 It does say to avoid using non game-specific tags, which quests, endings, spoilers, save-games, achievements, etc. are

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp And I think his proposed solution of only adding those when a game gets lots of questions is fundamentally unworkable and quite frankly dumb.

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TylerShads

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz Tagging is broken on a lot of sites, but the existence of broken tags doesn't mean we have to proliferate them. If someone asks "can I use endings on my question because it exists?" we should be taking the time to say "no, because X" where X is any of the multitude of arguments that exist for meta-tags and not-meta-tags-you-jerk.

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:09

And more to the point, oftentimes the subjects into which you want to subdivide questions about a game just don't always neatly fall into boxes that have their own special names like zerg that make it really easy to manage.

OrigamiRobot

@TylerShads OH GOD GTFO

Raven Dreamer

I thought we were getting rid of endings specifically.

I remember a meta question called "an end to endings" or somesuch.

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz The proposal, if you want to call it that, is to never add non-game-specific tags. skyim endings is always wrong, but skyrim dovakhiin (or similar) would be

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Can you give me edit privileges on that page?

OrigamiRobot

POOF

LessPop_MoreFizz

04:12

I mean, I'm sorry that Mass Effect doesn't have it's own special word for guns so that I can use high-velocity-pellet-launching-death-sticks or something, but given the sheer volume we have specifically about ME Weapons, I think that those questions really OUGHT to be tagged. And the prefixing solution of [mass-effect-weapons] or whatever makes our titlebars look absolutely spam-fucking-tastic and are going to end up getting us dropped in search engine results.

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz I can't imagine a game that needs to be subdivided not having enough breadth or depth to have clear delineators by which to tag. If a game can't be subdivided easily, it shouldn't.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp My point is that those clear delineators often happen to be common english words that are used by other games too.

Not that those clear delineators don't exist.

@RavenDreamer Scroll up.

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz What's wrong with mass-effect-guns? Although saying your question is about guns doesn't really do much. Is there someone interested in following only Mass Effect gun questions?

Raven Dreamer

@LessPop_MoreFizz Aha.

@MarkTrapp Tag length is a major concern there.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp The problem is twofold. One, tag length becomes a major issue with a lot of games. Two, have you taken a look at the <title> attributes of some of our pages? Can you imagine what a question tagged [mass-effect-3] [mass-effect-guns] might look like?

mass effect 3 mass effect guns - Which is the better choice in ME3, a Burst Sniper Rifle or an AR? -- Gaming -- Stack Exchange

Yeah, that looks like a reputable site, and not an SEO bot throwing everything it can at the wall, that's for sure.

Lazers

04:17

1

Q: Under the "Questions" tab of the main site, why does the "faq" option really mean?

The mouse over states "questions with the most links". Does this mean questions that are most often linked to, or that the questions themselves contain the most links? Either way, it seems a little confusing. I expected to find "frequently asked questions" here. Is link count intended as a me...

discussion

user2334

@RavenDreamer True perhaps in edge cases, but Gaming.SE's ingenuity with tags in spite of tag length has worked in the past. I don't think tag length is a strong enough argument that meta-tags/dependent-tags should exist: there are many ways to work around that and it would only affect a small number of questions

murgatroid99

@LessPopMoreFizz now that you mention it, does it look to you like the title for the following question has no tags?

2

Q: Are firearm statistics consistent across weapon classes in Mass Effect 3?

While playing Mass Effect 3, I noticed that the various firearm statistics sliders are all the same length, but unlike powers, there are no units listed. That means that you can only compare your weapons to some theoretical "optimum" value, as shown below. But, when you find a second weapon o...

mass-effect-3 weapons

(kind of related because it's a question with a dependent tag)

user2334

@murgatroid99 It doesn't in the title because the title already contains the tags

LessPop_MoreFizz

@murgatroid99 That's because both tags are used word for word in the title.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp oh, right. I forgot about that

Raven Dreamer

04:19

@MarkTrapp Right. That wasn't an argument one way or the other. Just a statement of fact. Gaming works that 25 character limit pretty hard.

murgatroid99

0

Q: how do I get the pillars to rotate in Geirmund's Hall

I am Right in the middle of doing the Forbidden Quest, I am in Geirmund's Hall and the pillars to open the gate will not rotate. I cannot get out and cannot start the game in an earlier spot without losing to many levels. how do I get the pillars to rotate so I can open the gate?????

xbox

On a different note, is this supposed to be skyrim or something?

OrigamiRobot

@murgatroid99 Prossibly?

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz IIRC, if "me3" was a synonym of "mass effect 3", it wouldn't appear in the the title (or if it doesn't work that way, it should). And I still think that's an argument that "guns" or derivative is a bad tag to begin with. It adds no semantic information to the title.

Raven Dreamer

I didn't realize the weapons made a comeback. Jeff nuked that from orbit.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp how do I add text underneath a photograph?

murgatroid99

04:20

@OrigamiRobot I assumed that someone who had played whatever game he was talking about would know what it is

user2334

@Tristan eh?

OrigamiRobot

@murgatroid99 I sounds like it could maybe be Skyrim, but I don't remember those exact names.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp I figured if anyone would know, it'd be you. >.> Like in some of the game review blogs, they have descriptive text formatted under the photos.

murgatroid99

@OrigamiRobot Well, GnomeSlice already beat me to asking the guy who posted the question what game it's about

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot It's Skyrim. Just google 'Geirmund's Hall". :P

OrigamiRobot

04:23

@LessPop_MoreFizz What you mean work? :P

Tristan

@RavenDreamer Perhaps you can help me?

user2334

@Tristan In what, HTML?

murgatroid99

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, but asking here is faster and it gets people who know the game to take a look at what looks like a bad question

Raven Dreamer

@Tristan I can only do so much.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Yeah

Raven Dreamer

04:24

Honestly, I just copy+pasted from @agent86.

I stole his html.

Tristan

@RavenDreamer Oh.

@MarkTrapp Like in this review:

Stack Exchange Gaming Blog: Cause and (Mass) Effect

agent86 on March 14, 2012

What qualifies as “story” in video games runs a wide gamut. In many games, the entire story can be summarized with something along the lines of “Bad Guy is doing Bad Things – go thwack him repeatedly until he stops.” Some games like Limbo eschew traditional story altogether, and try to flesh out their narratives through atmosphere and visual/auditory cues. Others, like Skyrim, infuse their world with so much backstory and text that whole libraries couldn’t contain the number of unique books and stories told in their worlds. …

user2334

@Tristan You'd wrap the text in a container element (<div> in HTML4, <figcaption> in HTML5), then wrap that container and the image in another container element (another <div> in HTML4, <figure> in HTML5). Then you'd position the resulting block wherever you want.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp So, I probably couldn't do that in an answer on the site then?

user2334

So <div class="image-block"><img><div class="caption">I like turtles</div></div>

Raven Dreamer

Actually, Wordpress was one of the things I talked to Jin and Jarrod about.

We all agreed it's pretty crap.

murgatroid99

04:26

@MarkTrapp I would always use HTML5 if at all possible. It's better

user2334

@Tristan Oh, yeah, no, you couldn't do it without cheating. Like adding the text to the image itself or some such.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Much appreciated.

user2334

@murgatroid99 But you can't style it in <=IE8 without a shiv, if that's important to you

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp I've seen a standard javascript thing to style HTML5 tags in old versions of IE

Raven Dreamer

Okay. Goodnight chat. I need to focus on my writing.

user2334

04:28

@murgatroid99 That's the shiv :) html5shiv

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp That's really not bad. Plus IE is stupid anyway

user2334

@murgatroid99 I dislike that it requires an extra request. But eh, by the time HTML5 becomes a Candidate Recommendation, IE8 should've died a fiery death

LessPop_MoreFizz

Wow. Twitter Spam has gone dada:

@LessPopMoreFizz like how their little Just well my someone And though To But I into only miss @walmartgg

Tweeted by Lorriehyafvrlu on March 27, 2012 at 4:31 AM in reply to LessPopMoreFizz

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp The extra request is not bad when you remember that everyone will request the same file from the same server, so it will be cached once you request it from anywhere

I mean, once you go to a site with that code, the request will stay cached if you go to a different site with the same code (because all requests for the shiv go to the same url)

Tristan

0

A: How far are enemies knocked back?

After a significant amount of testing, of which GLaDOS would be proud, we managed to come up with a fairly simple table of data from which to formulate an answer. To reach these results, I first enchanted my weapons until I had Knockback I and Knockback II (note: the minimum modified levels fo...

@LessPop_MoreFizz I read "@walmartgg" as "ggClassic"...

OrigamiRobot

04:41

@Tristan Upvotes!

murgatroid99

@Tristan Nice

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Lazers

0

Q: How do I get the pillars to rotate in Geirmund's Hall?

I am right in the middle of doing the "Forbidden Legend" quest. I am in Geirmund's Hall and the pillars to open the gate will not rotate. I cannot get out and cannot start the game in an earlier spot without losing too many levels. How do I get the pillars to rotate so I can open the gate?

skyrim

1

Q: Do kick and grip stack?

The first weapon proficiency you unlock is "kick", and for some weapons one of the first weapon attachments is "grip". Both reduce recoil, but I've often wondered if one reduces more than the other, and if the effect stacks. Since both are pretty easy to get, switching between them can of cours...

modern-warfare-3

0

Q: Does Janna's Ult or Soraka's Heal proc Spell Vamp?

Spell Vamp items like Will of the Ancient proc off of Passive heals like Janna or Sorka or even nidalee?

league-of-legends

user2334

@Tristan Is that the answer you were looking to use a caption on? Looks like you can fake it if you wanted to by adding three spaces right after the image markdown (on the same line), and then adding <sup>Variation of about .5 blocks</sup> on the line just below it.

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Any chance you can try editing that in for me? I'm terrible with HTML... x_x

@murgatroid99 This looks.... eh...

user2334

@Tristan sure, one sec

murgatroid99

04:48

@Tristan it looks good to me

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Oh... I'll have to edit the picture. The "variation of .5 blocks" is part of the image. <.<

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan You shut your mouth

user2334

@Tristan Yeah i fixed that too

user2334

@Tristan Check it out now, see if that looks okay

Tristan

@MarkTrapp Oh awesome! Thanks very much. It looks perfect.

@OrigamiRobot I love the show, don't get me wrong. I just don't like the American theme.

OrigamiRobot

04:49

@Tristan I assume most of that is one episode.

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot probably.

But I won't be surprised if the Borg is the main antagonist.

murgatroid99

@OrigamiRobot I think that entire thing was for a single episode (possibly a double length one)

@Tristan That would get really weird

Tristan

@murgatroid99 Probably. But I expect it from Stephen Moffat ever since he raped the show.

Time to test these recorders.

murgatroid99

@Tristan funny, I have not personally felt that the show's quality has decreased significantly in recent episodes

Tristan

@murgatroid99 I'll admit Moffat totally redeemed himself with that twist at the end of the 6th season. But everything up to that point just wasn't R.T. Davies quality.

murgatroid99

04:55

On a different topic, does anyone here like Neil deGrasse Tyson?

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Tristan

Who here has seen the movie Trollhunter?

Blem

@Tristan nop, but i would like to see it

Tristan

@Blem It's one of my favorite movies. I hope you get the chance to see it.

Blem

have you seen død snø? English title is Dead snow

user2334

@murgatroid99 If you're into YouTube videos of Neil deGrasse Tyson and/or Stephen Colbert, here's the two of them discussing the philosophy of science for 90 minutes.

Tristan

05:07

@Blem I have not, but it's in my Netflix!

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp I saw that in the related videos for the one I posted, but I'm still watching that one. Plus it's 1am here, so I will probably watch that some other time

Lazers

0

Q: Why can't I access my hardcore permanent skill?

It's my third ascension, and after my last ascension I made the skill "tongue of the walrus" hardcore permanent. Now I'm playing a hardcore Avatar of Boris run, but I still can't use Tongue of the Walrus. Why is this? What do I need to do to access my hardcore permanent skill?

kingdom-of-loathing

Tristan

@OrigamiRobot Where'd ya go?

murgatroid99

Man, Neil deGrasse Tyson is such a cool guy

Lazers

05:38

0

Q: What does *Scepter Upgradable* mean?

A lot of skills have different effects under this Scepter Upgradable condition. I'm new to the game, and I don't know what this means. For instance, the Venomancer's Poison Nova reads the following: SCEPTER UPGRADABLE: Increases damage and duration, and decreases cooldown.

dota-2

0

Q: The mastery "Evasion" works with Karthus's Requiem?

Evasion "Reduces the damage taken from area effect abilities by 1/2/3%" It reduce the damage from Karthus's Requiem ?

league-of-legends

tzenes

05:49

I have tried to codify my thoughts here:

0

A: Do esoteric rules enforced in a draconian manner benefit the site?

So, I've already expressed that I think we have a problem; but do we really? Maybe it's my training as a developer, but I've tried to live by a rule: if you can't measure it, it didn't happen. So let's see about measuring this. For my metric I chose: Percentage of Closed questions asked by u...

4

I hope someone sees value in it

Tristan

@tzenes I starred it so people will see it.. But I'm no good at the theories of moderation, so I'll be of no help.

Lazers

06:08

-3

Q: How could Riot fix the future of solo queue?

What can Riot do to fix ranked solo queue for players who actually want to play well, communicate with the team, and advance to playing at a higher level? Hi my name is VertabreakeR, I'm currently 1807 solo queue NA, and feel that the future of League of Legends solo queue is non-existent unless...

league-of-legends

murgatroid99

@Lazers This question is horrible

Blem

@Lazers 1 vote to go

murgatroid99

@Blem @Tristan got it

Tristan

I do what I can.

My answer is holding up. Barely. But it's still winning.

Blem

06:26

@Tristan depends on how they decide the date for answers, the only answer that is close to you is with in the time frame of the competition but the question isn't

Tristan

@Blem I think the answer will be all that matters, but I'm not sure.

Rapida

@murgatroid99 +1 to you for liking Neil deGrasse Tyson

murgatroid99

@Rapida yeah, I just spent about an hour an a half watching 2 videos of him talking

And now I should go to be because it's 2:30 am

Blem

@Resorath you asked your question 2½h to early gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/57739/…

Rapida

I think I've watched all his youtube videos, I really like James Randi too if you wanna hear another smart person talking.

Resorath

06:34

@Blem no it was after it was announced

Rapida

I didn't think the contest had started right when it was announced though?

Resorath

ya i saw the post and then i made my post

Lazers

1

Q: Do minions/neutrals get stronger as the game goes on?

Someone told me that as the game plays out longer, the jungle creeps and minions get stronger. Is this true? & If so, how much time before they do?

league-of-legends

0

Q: What is the meaning of this turnip?

It looks suspicious. Is there any reason I should go after it? I can't reach it with the red cadet.

angry-birds-space

Blem

but in the post it has starting time listed

Rapida

asked Mar 23 at 21:38, We will run a new round of this contest for each week of the tournament. The second round will go from March 24 at 12:01 am until March 28th at 11:59 pm (UTC). To see results from Round 1, check out this post.

I remember thinking it was weird that two different people asked League questions before the start of the contest.

I think you were one of them

Resorath

06:36

oh well ill ask for an exception because that would be horrible

Tristan

@Rapida Me?

Rapida

I don't know, I thought it was odd but I didn't take more notice than that

Blem

@Resorath yea, your question got about 3x the views of the nr 1 in in the time frame, gl with it

Rapida

Figured some people were like me with video cards that were better/different brand

gaming.stackexchange.com/a/59354/3015 Does anyone know the growth rate of neutral monsters?

I couldn't find it

Tristan

@Rapida As in, how they scale with Champion levels? No idea...

Rapida

06:38

@Tristan Well, I figured it scaled with time or clears, but I can't find any hard data

@Blem Which questions has the most views at the moment (assuming Resorath doesn't get the exception)?

Tristan

@Rapida Scaling with time would make more sense, since they're all on a set respawn timer anyway, right?

Rapida

Well, I'm thinking that in a way it is clears and time. They probably don't get stronger unless you clear the camp. Then they respawn stronger based on the game time.

But that is just me thinking that from jungling a far amount not any hard data

Blem

@Rapida Baron Nashor gains 0.375 health regen a second every minute.

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Q: When should you give up top tower for Dragon?

Here's a rather deep question for those of you who play a lot of ranked. Without teleport, I have no real way of reaching my team short of physically going there from top lane. My question is this: I have no real way of pushing my opponent out of lane or pushing hard enough so as to pressure his...

league-of-legends

Rapida

He also gets: 8852 + 125 every 1 min

hp a minute

Blem

he starts at 8k

Rapida

06:42

The wiki says 8852 hp

Blem

patch history say: Base health increased to 8000 from 6500.

Rapida

interesting

Blem

Maximum health scales by 240 per player level, leading to a maximum health of 11080.

back when base health was 7k

Resorath

okay I asked @Lauren on meta meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4305/… I hope my question still qualifies!

Thanks @Blem for the heads up

Blem

guess they removed the pr player level when they added the +125 per min

Rapida

06:47

Dragon still has that effect

Ok, I think that looks a bit better: gaming.stackexchange.com/a/59354/3015 I at least have some real numbers now

Blem

but is the pr min based on start of game or the 8min spawn of baron?

Rapida

It isn't clear on the wiki and I don't have time to test it at the moment

Hmm, I will try to do so tomorrow. I hate to leave stuff untested.

Blem

@Rapida you are missing health regeneration per second, it is starting at 15 health per second and increasing by 0.375 health per sec each min

Rapida

Oh hmm didn't see that listed on the wiki, got a source I can throw on there?

Blem

leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/V0.9.25.34#Monsters

Tristan

06:56

Non-LoL questions coming soon to a Lazers near you.

Rapida

Ah cool, didn't scroll far enough in this: leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Baron_Nashor#Patch_History

Blem

@Rapida that was where i was getting my info from :)

Rapida

Yep, I was using the statblock as my main reference up top. I just didn't go through the patch notes well enough

Blem

@Tristan why would we have a non-LoL question, isn't this a LoL site?

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Tristan

@Blem I thought we were a Skyrim site.

Blem

06:59

@Tristan I dont play dragonvale

Rapida

I thought we were a mass effect site?

Tristan

@Rapida Clearly we're a Minecraft site.

Rapida

But I'm pretty sure we have alot of Team Fortress 2 info

Tristan

Speaking of... @Rapida I have a new Minecraft answer full of pictures.

Blem

then what am i doing here i dont have minecraft or skyrim

Rapida

06:59

Oh yeah?

Tristan

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A: How far are enemies knocked back?

After a significant amount of testing, of which GLaDOS would be proud, we managed to come up with a fairly simple table of data from which to formulate an answer. Variation of about .5 blocks To reach these results, I first enchanted my weapons until I had Knockback I and Knockback II (note: t...

Even the table is a picture!

Rapida

so you do...

Blem

@Tristan You didn't try sprinting with bow?

:D

Tristan

@Blem You uh... can't. >.>

Lazers

0

Q: Can I improve my habitat?

In DragonVale you can acquire a multitude of dragons. Unfortunately, some of their habitats are small; some can only hold 1 dragon (the nerve)! The problem is, I wasn't aware of this fact. Probably because I can't be bothered to read tutorial hints. So, there I am all excited about buying anothe...

dragonvale

0

Q: Is there a way to share vision with opponent in Starcraft 2?

There are times that I would like to be able to share vision with my opponents when playing Starcraft 2. This was possible in the original Starcraft, but I can't find a way in Starcraft 2. Situations in which I would want to share vision include: Playing melee games vs friends of much lesser a...

starcraft-2 starcraft

Rapida

07:03

Alright, night people. Probably see you tomorrow when I should be studying...

Tristan

@Rapida Later.

Blem

@Lazers shouldn't the starcraft be removed, even though it relates to starcraft 1 it has no use for someone searching for starcraft 1 questions

Tristan

@Blem Yes it should.

Blem

Clearly a cheater, look at the amount of resources youtu.be/y0zYv02lbbM?t=1m47s ;D

William Hilsum

If it hasn't come up before, I thought you guys may appreciate this - i.imgur.com/ACxfk.jpg [maybe nsfw]

Blem

07:18

lol, very nice

Tristan

@WilliamHilsum That's hilarious.

Tristan

07:38

Someone downvoted my Sivir answer! >.< That ruined my night.

Blem

nr 2 has 2 downvotes

@Tristan removed my up vote from the other answer just for you, just have to go back and add it again after the competition is done

Decency

07:57

@Blem Well that's unappreciated. =(

@Tristan I downvoted your answer. I assumed you had downvoted mine purely for the contest, which you've been essentially spamming about to garner votes. If you weren't the one to, I'm happy to remove it.

Blem

@Decency sorry, your answer is really good, but so is his and i like the premises of his question better, it is not like i down voted any of the answers even though they are good

Lazers

08:26

0

Q: Which Hero has the largest vision?

In Dota, Which heros have the largest vision at : Night Day Both Combined

defense-of-the-ancients

Yi Jiang

08:47

-1

Q: The package colors on Draw Something doesn't work

So I played Draw Something (Free version) and had enough coins to buy a color package. When I click on the package, it tells me that I don't have enough coins but then, they take my coins and I don't see my package anywhere.

draw-something

Close this - it's already attracting answers from other hapless users

Lazers

1

Q: Is there any penalty for a wrong guess?

Sometimes I'm tempted to write rude words to my friends (not random people!) as a joke guess. Is there any penalty for incorrect guesses, such as losing coins? There's no visual indicator, but then again it seems like the Draw Something interface is not always very clear.

draw-something

0

Q: Prevent mobs from spawning in unlit places in Minecraft

In vanilla minecraft mobs don't spawn if the light level of the block is 9 or above. However, I often don't want to fully lit all my structures. I might want a courtyard or a cellar that isn't fully lit. Also controllable light systems with redstone are a lot of fun to make, but I can never turn ...

minecraft

Yi Jiang

09:26

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's Stack Exchange, not StackExchange. /pedantry

Lazers

09:50

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Q: Title of a Civ-like game?

Back in my younger days, somewhere in the late 90s, or probably a bit later, I remember playing a commercial PC Civilization-like game which had these characteristics: starts from the ancient era (like Civ, but unlike Alpha Centauri) continues beyond the modern era by providing futuristic techn...

civilization

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Q: What happens when Trundle uses his ultimate on someone with negative armor?

Suppose, due to armor reduction, someone managed to get negative armor. Trundle's ultimate says: (Active): Trundle immediately steals health (by dealing magic damage) and a percentage of their armor and magic resistance from his target. Over the next 6 seconds the amount of health, armor, and ma...

league-of-legends

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Q: On the meaning of 'proc'

In many questions and answers on league of legends, I see people refers to "proc" or "procing" like : Do the hits from Lulu's passive (Pix) proc on-hit effects or count for number of hits? Can Ionic Spark proc more than once with area on-hit attacks? Why doesn't Vlad's Tides of Blo...

discussion semantic league-of-legends

Yi Jiang

@Lazers ITG

Blem

10:37

I tried fixing the question and at least come up with a proper answer

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A: What is the longest range non-ult ability belonging to an AP mid?

The following ability's have been mentioned by other people but non of them have had a source or numbers to compare. Heimerdinger's Hextech Micro-Rockets(W) has a 1000 range, his CH-1 Concussion Grenade(E) can technically reach longer with a 925 range and estimated 250 raius reaching 1175 - sou...

Yi Jiang

I think I'll just downvote all the guesses

-4 rep, but it does bring my rep to a nice round number

Blem

:)

@Lazers also made an reply on this

Lazers

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Q: Where to find Ashley Williams on the Normandy 2? - Mass Effect 3

I asked Ashley Williams to join my crew on the Normandy and she is a selectable member for my squad. The strange thing is I can't seem to find her on the Normandy Space ship. It does not really make sense. Is there a glitch possibly? This is for the PC version on Origin.

mass-effect-3 pc npcs

Lazers

11:15

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Q: What is this strange, swirly vortex thing?

I'm seeing these weird miniature black holes all over the place, but I can't seem to interact with them in any meaningful way. Jumping through them or trying to interact by pressing UP does nothing. What is their purpose? Do they become significant later on?

treasure-adventure-game

Lazers

11:45

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Q: Does Frozen heart effect the AS from minions/jungle creeps?

Well, like the title say: Is the AS from minions and/or the jungle affected by the 25% reduced AS? Or does it only effect enemy champions?

league-of-legends

Yi Jiang

12:08

> I can't answer your question, but the title is so ludicrously surrealistic it made me giggle! :D – Alex 1h ago

Push this up to the hot questions list! :P

Sterno

12:31

@LessPopMoreFizz 8 hours late to the discussion, but I don't think multiplayer is bad. it was very appropriate for some Mass Effect 3 questions. Either that, or create me3-multiplayer.

Lazers

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Q: What is a Lagrangian point, and how can I get a bird into one?

After looking up what Lagrangian point meant, I'm pretty sure I'm more confused about what it is. It seems to mean that it's some sort of point in between 2 planets or objects in spaces where a third object would maintain an orbit. Then again, I'm no astronomer. More importantly, how and on whic...

achievements ios angry-birds-space

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Q: Can Buildcraft's Redstone Engines explode?

Buildcraft's Redstone Engines are slow, but I have always been taught that their one advantage is their inability of explosion. Is this true, or am I secretly in danger if I leave them on too long?

minecraft mods

fredley

@Sterno multiplayer is fine IMO, as there are big differences in many games

It's a bit of a mess though, e.g. minecraft-smp

OrigamiRobot

Slightly related: in GW2, the same skill will work totally different in PvP vs PvE

fredley

@OrigamiRobot There's lots of cases in lots of games. multiplayer should be the correct way of differentiating.

Note: I think that minecraft-smp should be made a pseudonym of multiplayer, for consistency

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I'd agree with that.

Fabian

12:43

@Sterno The problem begins when you have a game with less questions than the multiplayer tag, though that is solved now in a very ugly way by adding the first two tags to the HMTL title

Blem

so what it boils down to is some tags need to be classified as secondary tags like multiplayer, pc, xbox etc?

fredley

@Fabian I hate the way tags are added to the HTML table. At the very least they should go last. Seeing SE results in Google is always annoying, the end of a title is often truncated due to the length of the tag.

@Blem All of Gaming's problems could be solved by a hierarchical tag system. All of them

Fabian

@fredley First is okay for gaming, the game name is important enough. It's pretty much useless or even harmful on Skeptics for example, but I failed in convincing SE to remove that entirely for the site

fredley

@Fabian Yeh. The engine needs to be more customizable on a site-by-site basis, but I guess that's a massive amount of work for the SE guys

Yi Jiang

@fredley You mean HTML title?

fredley

12:47

@YiJiang <title>

Yi Jiang

@fredley Well, the 25 char limit would still pose a problem

@fredley Yeah, just clarifying. You wrote table there :P

fredley

@YiJiang Less so. I envisage something like: [Mass Effect [3]] [PC] [Multiplayer]

[Elder Scrolls [Skyrim]]

A lot less long tag names when you can have hierarchical tags

@YiJiang I'm recovering from a cold, I'll write whatever I damn want :-P

@YiJiang Note: This will never happen, this is me dreaming of a SE utopia, where all the avatars are unicorns and everyone can spell

StrixVaria

@fredley My unicorn avatar looks retarded.

fredley

@StrixVaria Mine too

Yi Jiang

@StrixVaria You can always get a new one

Nobody says you have to use your email hash

StrixVaria

12:51

@YiJiang I like the retarded one. I'm looking it up now.

fredley

@StrixVaria In SE Utopia all unicorn avatars look amazing

StrixVaria

Yi Jiang

That is seriously derpy

fredley

Actually, mine's not too bad:

unicornify.appspot.com/avatar/…

Ian Pugsley

@Blem I am a dumb

5

I'll be clearing that comment out to save face shortly :P

FAE

12:59

@IanPugsley ahaha

...wow

Guys, check this out. It's a watermelon keg.

Blem

@FAE that is very handy

Fabian

@IanPugsley I think you can only delete your posts within 5 minutes, I don't think you can do that later ;-)

OrigamiRobot

@Fabian He can flag himself

Ian Pugsley

@Fabian I fear people may have spite-starred that comment above :P

FAE

@OrigamiRobot For stupidity?

Ian Pugsley

13:08

that wasn't the comment I was referring to, actually - I said something dumb in a comment on the meta

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley Was it on the already dumb post?

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot is there only one?

fredley

Aha

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Now your small gravatar is green too!

OrigamiRobot

Everyone should upvote this Science

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A: How far are enemies knocked back?

After a significant amount of testing, of which GLaDOS would be proud, we managed to come up with a fairly simple table of data from which to formulate an answer. Variation of about .5 blocks To reach these results, I first enchanted my weapons until I had Knockback I and Knockback II (note: t...

Ben Brocka

13:15

@AshleyNunn do you have a breeding cave?

3

(that's not a euphamism)

OrigamiRobot

The disclaimer makes it worse.

Ben Brocka

BTW, in case of future bad migrations:

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A: Allow diamond moderators to reverse question migrations?

status-completed... sort of. It's now possible to reject a migration, but rather than making this some special mod-only thing or yet another privilege/task you have to familiarize yourself with, it's instead a function of closing/deleting. If a migrated question is closed on the destination (mi...