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9:01 PM
They should just have a free weekend on the game, but they need to push out the new dedicated server for it first.
 
user30
It will take a while to download, I guess...
 
Right now, "dedicated" servers are just installs of the actual game started with command-line switches.
Which also means no Linux support.
 
@Powerlord Wine
 
@ArdaXi I'd rather not for a server.
 
Well yeah, but that means it IS supported.
 
9:03 PM
This server doesn't have XWindows on it either, does WINE even run without XWindows?
 
I thought Wine stuff was by definition unsupported
ie: it's a hack of sorts
 
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But anyway, we got offtrack... the developer of MNC has already stated they're working on a separate dedicated server that installs directly from hldsupdatetool (i.e. the Steam Dedicated Server installer)
I'm hoping that means a Linux version, too.
Sadly, it doesn't always. I'm looking at you, Alien Swarm!
 
Well, here goes absolutely nothing.
 
UT3 has a dedicated Linux server, so I don't see why MNC wouldn't...
Same game engine and all.
 
9:08 PM
@Powerlord That doesn't necessarily mean everything is portable. It usually does, though.
 
@ArdaXi It depends on how much they modified. Killing Floor, for instance, is a lot like a stock UT2k4 server with Steamworks supported bolted on.
 
But Killing Floor itself uses UT3, doesn't it?
That always confused me. It has UT3 graphics, but with UT2k4 UI
 
We got our first moderator nomination
 
user30
Killing floor is awesome.
 
3 mins ago, by Arda Xi
Well, here goes absolutely nothing.
 
9:11 PM
all our plans of democracy deprivaton depressingly deprecated, destroyed, demolished, deleted, deallocated.
despicable
 
@badp That's what I do. Despicable things.
@badp Derezzed.
 
@ArdaXi Debatable.
 
@ArdaXi The dedicated server files it uses appear to be the UT2 engine to me. It's the same engine as their previous game, Red Orchestra.
 
@badp Deniable.
 
@badp @ArdaXi Deplorable.
 
9:13 PM
Dedicate-able.
 
Demeaning.
 
user30
C-c-c-c-ombo breaker.
 
Deleted to make Arda look guilty. ;)
 
Who flagged that?
Can I be downvoted yet?
 
Is that the language of a mod, @Arda?
shakes head
 
9:16 PM
@ArdaXi Demotivational.
 
It was a quote.
 
EVEN SO.
 
@Mana If I could no longer directly quote, how would I ever be able to perform moderational duties?
 
@ArdaXi I'm sorry, I thought it'd be funny to delete that after you quoted it... it's not like I was trying to hide the fact that I edited it after all. :D
 
@Powerlord That is why I took evidence.
 
9:18 PM
@ArdaXi FORGING EVIDENCE? I'll have you disbarred!
 
Oh man, all this DARMA already.
 
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Geez guys, just downvote me as expected, no need for propaganda
 
@Mana You know what you need to fix that? GREG.
I don't know how Great Regular Expression Graphs help, but eh.
 

Depressing Demotivation: Democracy Destruction Denied.

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9:21 PM
That reminds me... Acrophobia... Great web game or Greatest web game?
 
Have you guys downvoted me yet?
Is that a bug or something?
 
er... can I change my vote on that?
I herpa derped and hit yes. Whoops.
 
nothing to see here
 
@Powerlord Denied.
@ArdaXi Derelict.
 
@ArdaXi So, you'll vote for me? :D
 
9:23 PM
@ArdaXi what's buggy?
seems to be working fine for me
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz He got notified about his own comment.
 
@Powerlord aaaah.
 
"Mission begins in 60 seconds." -- TF2 announcer
Also, why is it all the women I know who play TF2 seem to like playing Pyro?
Also, what's the current record for most edited comment in chat? I think I was trying to break it for that last sentence.
 
@Powerlord Because (insert clichéd and vaguely misogynist female stereotype here).
 
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9:29 PM
@Feeds So. will someone link this person to the spot in chat where we discussed this?
 
@Powerlord I feel like it's better to get an answer on meta but sure I guess
 
@Brant Well, I just think it's funny. I know two who go by the same nick on two different servers (who don't know each other) that both main Pyro. My friend Melissa who just got the game started playing Medic and after two play sessions says she wants to try Pyro because it looks like a lot of fun... I think bonzai likes playing Pyro, too, but it's been a while since she's played despite her sister being one of the Pyros with identical names I mentioned earlier.. huff huff
Granted, a sample set of 4 is a small sample size.
Note, my sample size is restricted to those who either: 1. I know in person. 2. Know someone I know. 3. Use voice chat.
 
@Brant I'll put "sniper in TF2 sucks", based on my observation that most self proclaimed girls on Quake Live were railwhores.
...and I use "railwhores" in a totally asexual way, obviously.
 
I just realized I left one of the ladies off my list earlier... Sniper made me think of her because she sucks at Sniper but she's practicing to try to improve at it... but she mostly plays Pyro.
So, sample set of 5 now!
arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/01/… <-- dunno if the keys they're listing here are for the full version or time limited demo thingy
for MNC that is
 
@Powerlord He said they were for the full game.
Also, they're gone.
 
9:39 PM
I find it fishy that they'd be for the entire game, though... not while the company that made the game is passing out guest passes that are for the entire game... but time limited.
Oh wait, I forgot... this game has a Steam 4-pack.
4 copies for $45 as I recall, since the game is $15 normally.
Ars Technica is messing up now.
Timeouts, prompting me to download posting.php, etc...
 
user30
Ah, to increase TF2-girls sample size, I have a friend who's played medic for 160hrs and another who's played pyro for 550
 
I don't know why, but one of my friends really wants a Ze Goggles in TF2, despite the fact that, like, all the regular medics on our server use them.
 
MNC looks cool and all, but I've been having more and more trouble bringing myself to care about games that require me to boot into Windows to play. Where the heck is the Mac love?
 
@Brant You lost me at "Mac"
2
 
MNC is fun, but Magicka has compeltely sapped my will to boot into windows for anything but more Magicka
 
user30
9:46 PM
@Brant I concur.
 
@badp Yeah yeah, haters gonna hate.
 
because holy shit Magicka
 
@Brant I've heard that the Unreal Engine 3 hasn't been ported to Mac, so no dice.
 
@Brant meh, I have the same problem, given that Minecraft does run on Linux
 
It's UE3? Oh... I doubt I'd be able to run it well anyway. My iMac is like 3 years old at this point.
 
9:47 PM
@Brant Speaking of Mac games, do you play TF2? :D
 
user30
Actually, I usually go over to my PC for games because it's either too hard to play with a trackpad or the magic mouse decides my right click was a left click.
 
@Powerlord That has to be bullshit.
 
user30
Oh, and the fact my 13" MBP sucks at playing anything more challenging than mine(sweeper|craft)
 
Seeing as UE3 is at the heart of games for the iPhone, I refuse to believe it's never been ported to OS X
 
@ThomasMcDonald When I got my mac I threw out the mouse it came with and plugged in my logitech.
 
user30
9:48 PM
@Powerlord Someone mention TF2?
 
@ThomasMcDonald The magic button autocorrects you. You really did want to place obsidian!
You just didn't know.
 
@Powerlord Not anymore. Used to though.
 
@Powerlord at least 3 girls play on my usual server. Don't know any of them personally, but those would be some girly man voices.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz "Probably not since we're using Unreal3. As far as I know there's no Mac support except on iOS devices." -- Uber Entertainment staff
 
user30
@badp Obsidian is of no issue to me, I have the anti-grief stick!
 
9:50 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz mondaynightcombat.com/forums/… is the link I took that from
 
user30
 
Oak
@CRoss can you be certain those are not 11-year-old boys?
 
@Oak The scary part is, on my server, we have at least one of those... we actually had to ASK, too...
 
Don't forget to join the Gaming.SE Steam group.
 
But no, we have four female regulars on our server... bonzai, her sister kamikaze, Dr. Mrs. The Bark, and well... my friend Melissa who isn't really a regular YET.
 
9:52 PM
@Powerlord I continue to call bullshit. There may be specific features or tech from Unreal3 that's not supported, but I can point to tons of Unreal3 games running on OS X right now
Hell, Borderlands is Unreal Engine 3 and launched on the App Store just the other day
I'm sure there's some very good reason that their code is non-trivial to port to OS X, but it isn't that they're using UE3.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Borderlands also uses a heavily modified version of the game engine. That doesn't mean Epic makes the base game engine for it.
 
@Powerlord should I rattle off a bunch of other games from the list then? Bioshock, Mass Effect... the point is, if they wanted to port it, it could be done. I'm sure there are a lot of good reasons that they haven't. Using Unreal isn't one of them in it's own right.
 
user30
Just realised, it's comically long since I've played TF2. I suck.
 
@ThomasMcDonald How long ago? More importantly, how many updates ago? :P
hits ThomasMcDonald with a Candy Cane
 
user30
@Powerlord Probably just after the Polycount update, when my team got knocked out the Highlander challenge.
 
9:57 PM
Ouch... you missed it when they added another 3 sets... Medic, Heavy, and Demoman.
 
Oak
**moderator positions available** :

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Plus a boatload of various melee weapons.
 
Oak
Aww no bold?
 
There are so many item sets now... I kind of stopped paying attention after the spy/sniper update.
 
@Oak Nope... I noticed that a while back.
@Brant The new sets don't require a hat at least.
 
9:58 PM
@Oak Now the question becomes: I haven't seen Juan around much, so is he even going to throw his hat in the ring? And if not, we have at least one new mod coming out of these elections...
 
user30
I'm playing with the Spy set, because it's awesomely OP.
 
Chances are that the old sets will eventually lose the hat requirement... I want to see that day soon, as I can't wear my unusual Fedora with the Spy set. :O
@ThomasMcDonald It's particularly overpowered with the Dead Ringer. :D
 

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