The Bridge

Ullallulloo

12:00 AM

It said something about having to verify it somewhere, so I didn't pick it up. =/

Fluttershy

@Ullallulloo No big deal. I'm not on Xbox Live right now anyway, so it'll be a while before I can purchase it.

agent86

yeah, I got one through raptr but couldn't redeem it before they ran out :(

FAE

Dammit, I didn't get one through raptr ;_;

Mana

:(

agent86

:(

user15026

12:11 AM

So much sad in here :(

Fluttershy

=(

agent86

mine was bold and italic

Fluttershy

@agent86 You're just compensating for lack of something else.

agent86

@Fluttershy oh really?

a certain je ne sais quoi?

Fluttershy

@agent86 I don't speak Italian. >.>

agent86

12:18 AM

@Fluttershy me neither :P

I barely speak english.

Fluttershy

@agent86 Damn your quick wit...

Lazers

1

Q: What features differ between the XBLA and PC versions of minecraft?

What differences does the Xbox 360 version of minecraft have compared to playing on the PC?

FAE

@Lazers Is that the tag we want to have for that? Should we not just use our platform tagging policy? Or are we going to wait until we have more feedback on Oak's post?

Fluttershy

@FAE I would assume so. Raven put it on there.

Anna Lear

I guess it's sorta like a version tag? Seems weird, though.

GnomeSlice

12:22 AM

@FAE Ew, I hate it.

FAE

@AnnaLear Yeah, we don't have version tags for other iterations of the game. Though the changes may be significant enough to warrant one like this? I don't know. I thought that's how we were supposed to use our platform tags, but with Oak's recent meta post, I'm not quite sure what's going on.

I know LessPop's planning on writing up a meta post re: current platform tagging

LessPop_MoreFizz

12:46 AM

@FAE It's Broken!

It's not so much that we don't put them on the questions, it's that people don't read them and write answers that ignore them, and they get misused and need to be fixed by 'regulars' all the time and all it turns into is a struck & white grinding policy with little actual benefit.

The only way to reliably get people to provide answers responsive to a platform specific concern is to mention it in your question text anyway, at which point, the platform tags are no longer particularly helpful in that sense.

and in turn, it substantially reduces their value as filters for questions that are actually about the platform in question because you get stuck wading through all the Skyrim questions from people who have broken quests and can't use the console to fix them or whatever.

That's the Short Version.

3 hours ago, by Mana

> but I don't like the idea of shutting down a quesiton on the grounds of "Sorry, but users are going to provide shitty answers to this question. We need to close it."

@Mana I'm sorry, but that actually sounds like a fantastic reason to close every question tagged league-of-legends, and I happen to think, and I'm sure you will agree, an action like that would result in a substantial increase in overall site quality.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Not all LoL questions are bad.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy I didn't say they were. I said users will provide shitty answers to all of them.

@Fluttershy Critical distinction!

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well played, sir....

Sterno

@agent86 Grats!

Raven Dreamer

@FAE -_-;;

Fluttershy

12:56 AM

@RavenDreamer Why the shamed face? I figured you'd find that to be good news.

Raven Dreamer

There's innuendo, and then there's blatant starwhoring.

Guess which one that sentence falls into?

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer I'd say the same as your first one.

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy My hm?

Fluttershy

49 secs ago, by Raven Dreamer

There's innuendo, and then there's blatant starwhoring.

Raven Dreamer

OOOOOOOOOOOhaky. Took me a second.

The troubles of ambiguous pronouns!

I should know better.

Sterno

12:58 AM

GnomeSlice

@Sterno No.

skovacs1

@Sterno Do you mean to imply the presence of some sort of sexism on the part of Marvel or Superhero representation in general? I don't know. That seems pretty farfetched.

FAE

@RavenDreamer Nothing wrong with the occasional starworthy line. I blame being in a good mood.

Raven Dreamer

@FAE I read that as "Strawberry", and I was very confused.

FAE

@Sterno Similarly relevant.

Raven Dreamer

1:01 AM

And I like it when you're in a good mood!

skovacs1

@RavenDreamer I like strawberry. It's an awesome flavour.

Fluttershy

@FAE Wtf did I just see?

FAE

@RavenDreamer I am curious as to why you edited that

Raven Dreamer

Because I was just ranting about pronoun confusion.

Fluttershy

@FAE I get this feeling 'good' was something else.

Raven Dreamer

1:03 AM

And then I went and @#$*ed up my pronouns.

@Fluttershy I'd hit it.

FAE

@Fluttershy A fantasy author modeling in poses that women are in on fantasy book covers in order to make a point.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer There's not much on this earth you wouldn't. Good to know.

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy I changed the "it" to "it" from "you".

GnomeSlice

@FAE OH. Just a sec.

@FAE This reminds me of this and this.

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy Oh, come on, enough self-confidence to strike ridiculous poses and have your picture taken?

Self-confidence is sexy.

FAE

1:06 AM

@GnomeSlice Aye, you linked the petapixel thing after I linked that first one once.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Why do I keep looking!?

Raven Dreamer

Blargh. I just downloaded Pixeljunk Monsters, and now I have to download an update?

FAE

@RavenDreamer Welcome to the PS3

@Fluttershy They do make good points though.

Fluttershy

@FAE I'll show you a good point.

FAE

@Fluttershy But you're a pegasus, not a unicorn

Fluttershy

1:08 AM

@FAE Innuendo is a glorious tool.

Raven Dreamer

is tempted to find his copy of "The Lusty Argonian Maid"

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer So you're a fan of erotic reading material?

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy ...if that's your definition of erotic...

You must have a fetish for baking bread.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer I mean... I could. There are weirder fetishes out there.

GnomeSlice

I'm sorry, what?

Raven Dreamer

1:12 AM

@GnomeSlice Skyrim.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Oblivion.

GnomeSlice

Guh, why is the system volume restricted on the computers in this lab...

Pings are horrible. The volume is maxed out and you can't change it.

Ben Brocka

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy Pretty sure the bread was in Skyrim. It was polishing spears in Oblivion

@GnomeSlice uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Lusty_Argonian_Maid,_v2

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer I'd prefer the one that didn't involve yeast.

Raven Dreamer

1:14 AM

@Fluttershy Hand-kneaded.

No yeast involved.

Ben Brocka

I've leaven that

@RavenDreamer was that a readable book in any of them?

I thought they got rid of the naughtybooks

Raven Dreamer

Nope. They added one for Skyrim.

The best part about TES, is that each game they add more books, and keep the old ones.

In another 10 years, we'll have hundreds of books in the Elder Scrolls VII!

Ben Brocka

Oh, that's right, I think they just censored one or two

Raven Dreamer

Er. More hundreds ofbooks.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Author of the Lusty Argonian Maid is a Morrowind NPC, FYI.

Ben Brocka

1:17 AM

more books

Gotta have 'em for that Book Dungeon

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, goddamnit, I'm going to have to read ~1400 questions to write this meta post.

Why do I commit myself to these stupid projects?

Fluttershy

Dear Steam, please quit messing up.

user15026

It's not just me, huh?

user15026

My connection keeps dropping tonight

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Mine has like 4 times.

FAE

1:23 AM

@Fluttershy I second this

user15026

Dear Steam, I have 5 bars of connection

user15026

what the crap

Ben Brocka

There is apparently a final fantasy 14

Raven Dreamer

Yeah, it's an MMO like 11, ain't it?

Ben Brocka

...but it's an online game and everyone hates it apparently, so it's sort of like 11

yeah

Fluttershy

1:26 AM

@BenBrocka It's F2P because of how crappy it was.

Ben Brocka

Which seems to mean no one cares, possibly for good reason

I figured they'd quit the online game stuff after 11

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka Eleven was surprisingly popular...

FAE

@Fluttershy I was always annoyed that they numbered it

Ben Brocka

They'll never top that boss in 11 that takes 18 hours to beat

bringing MMO bullshit to new levels

user15026

@BenBrocka Whaaaat?

Fluttershy

1:28 AM

@FAE It didn't even deserve the Final Fantasy name...

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn destructoid.com/…

takes over 12 hours with multiple parties fighting it

Ullallulloo

Pretty much like some non-MMO Final Fantasy bosses.

Ben Brocka

and it apparently can totally randomly heal itself for an hour's worth of damage

think ruby weapon x100

Ullallulloo

Read: Dark Aeons

Ben Brocka

And none of that Knights of the Round crap. That game almost made me hate Chocobos

@Ullallulloo I don't think I played that far in to 10, I think Omega was as far as I got for "super" bosses which he doesn't really count as

Ullallulloo

1:33 AM

@BenBrocka Wikia says so, although it does mention that he's a weak one.

Ben Brocka

Yeah, but you can actually kill him in one hit. IIRC some of the other super bosses can take over an hour with maxed out sphere grids...

Like that stupid...whatever...thing in the desert in X 2

hate that thing

Ruby/Emerald Weapon with no Knights of the Round were about as much Superboss as I was ever willing to kill

user15026

@BenBrocka That is horrifying

Sterno

Did you guys see this? It's awesome

7

Q: Wolfenstein 3D is now available for free online. But is this version any different than the original?

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the game's release, Bethesda (which bought iD Software) is hosting a free in-browser version of Wolfenstein 3D. But I'm curious if this version is the exact version that was released in 1992. Are there any major gameplay changes? Are the graphics different? Ho...

wolfenstein-3d

Ben Brocka

@Sterno oh wow, full game too, I only ever had the shareware one

@AshleyNunn Yes it is, and I totally believe it.

user15026

@BenBrocka Me too

user15026

1:43 AM

which is part of the horror

Lazers

1

Q: Can I add wood to trees to make them bigger?

In minecraft, can I put wood blocks on top of trees to make them grow larger?

minecraft

user2334

4

Q: Isn't this Proposal a Duplicate of Gaming.SE?

Proposal: Progaming / Esports Isn't this proposal a duplicate of Gaming.SE? Gaming.SE - Q&A for passionate videogamers on all platforms This Propsal - Proposed Q&A site for pro/semipro/semipro-wannabe gamers who want to improve their skills. Gaming - Stack Exchange is for passion...

recreation

user2334

No example questions yet though

Ben Brocka

Progaming much

Fluttershy

@MarkTrapp Will be interesting to see how it goes...

user2334

1:49 AM

I can't think of very many esports questions that wouldn't be on-topic for Gaming

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn funny thing is people found a cheap way to make the boss actually killable, and the devs "fixed" it

user2334

Maybe questions about tournament sponsorships?

Fluttershy

@MarkTrapp What are sites to get started in tournaments?

user15026

@BenBrocka Oy.

Ben Brocka

finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Absolute_Virtue

user2334

1:49 AM

@Fluttershy Close as NC :P

user2334

@BenBrocka Expecting a vodka ad, left disappointed

Ben Brocka

Absolut Virtue tastes like suffering and bad game design

user2334

Wouldn't be an Asian MMO without those things!

Ben Brocka

> Absolute Virtue had, on several occasions, been fought and held by linkshells for over 30 hours trying to defeat it, to no avail.

user2334

Reminds me of an incident I can vaguely remember from EQ, where nobody could be one this one boss; one guild finally did with creative use of game mechanics only to be banned right as the boss went down

user2334

1:54 AM

Or something to that effect

Ben Brocka

@MarkTrapp the devs did that in this case too

Beat Absolute Virtue, get nerfed

> Absolute Virtue is notorious for being the longest running NM that remained undefeated by players through legitimate means. This added to the unpopularity of the development team at the time, because any method deemed unacceptable by them would be nerfed from the game.

user15026

@MarkTrapp O.O

user2334

Now gamedevs just buff you if you can't beat it within in a month

Ben Brocka

Took them three years to nerf AV it sounds like

FAE

I have been found by an @Ullallulloo

Ullallulloo

2:00 AM

@FAE >.>

thepugs and bp_ have revealed you.

FAE

@Ullallulloo Also the fact that it's linked in my Gaming profile <_<

Ullallulloo

@FAE Well, I don't stalk you.

That'd be creepy.

I just stalk the guys.

Fluttershy

@Ullallulloo I do.

Ullallulloo

@Fluttershy I do stalk you, so that makes up for it.

Fluttershy

@Ullallulloo I've had stalkers before. (~~FAE~~) I don't mind.

Ullallulloo

2:05 AM

@Fluttershy That's good. :)

FAE

@Fluttershy What is this lies and slander

Fluttershy

@FAE Did I mean to say I've stalked before? I don't know...

user15026

@Fluttershy I am glad no one stalks me, you creepers

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Who says we don't? @FAE might.

user15026

@Fluttershy I love that you just threw someone else under the bus. What a knight.

FAE

2:09 AM

@AshleyNunn Seriously!

user15026

@FAE Mind you, if you did stalk me......>.>

Fluttershy

Bow chicka-wah-wah...

user15026

@Fluttershy O.O

FAE

@AshleyNunn I already know your name, it's just a quick google search from there, amirite?

user15026

@FAE Probably, actually

user15026

2:11 AM

MEEP

user15026

Apparently there is a pornstar with my name

FAE

@AshleyNunn ahahaha

user15026

@FAE I am adequately O.O now

FAE

@AshleyNunn Well, you can be happy that you have plenty of google camouflage?

user15026

Yeah - the main hits are for her or some cyclist dude with my name

Mana

2:14 AM

hm. I think I'm gonna look this up to uh, confirm.

whistles

user15026

@Mana hahaha just a fact checking mission, right?

FAE

I have been found again!

user15026

innocent whistle

LessPop_MoreFizz

0

Q: Platform Tags are Useless

So, for nearly two years now, we've had a fairly straightforward 'rule' for when to use Platform Tags (i.e. ps3, pc etc.): I think it should only be added when: It's a general question about the platform, OR The game in question has multiple versions, AND the question is specific ...

discussion tags

There.

Commence downvoting.

spugsley

GUYS

Fluttershy

2:26 AM

WHAT

Ian Pugsley

GIRLS

spugsley

hi :)

user15026

@spugsley HELLO

Mana

Hey, it's the Pugsleys.

spugsley

this Pugsley is having a crisis so commence cheering up!

Fluttershy

2:28 AM

@spugsley Depends on the crisis.

Mana

Aww boy, do I ever have the thing for cheering people up.

spugsley

no it doesn't

Mana

DOLAN COMICS

FAE

@spugsley I would offer cheers but I'm having a mini-mental crisis myself. I offer virtual hugs instead.

user15026

hugs for everyone. bigbig hugs

user15026

2:29 AM

And cookies.

user15026

Warm chocolate chip ones

spugsley

oh god, cookies is practically what started this crisis

NO COOKIES

user15026

@spugsley Takes the cookies away

Mana

spugsley

thank you <3

WHAT THE FUCK IS A GOOBY?!??!

Mana

2:30 AM

gooby plz

Fluttershy

@Mana CLOPFIC

FAE

This seems like a good time to go to sleep

spugsley

nagnlagnlagnanlgaambv bv nagaedgae

Ian Pugsley

@spugsley she's raging pretty hard IRL re: Gooby/Dolan

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE You should read my long ranty meta post first.

(though if you already clicked it refresh because I madedededed an edit.)

FAE

2:32 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I got through the first section and I am way way way too tired to be able to fully appreciate it at the moment so I will have to finish on the morrow.

Mana

@IanPugsley whoops. Sorry Ian.

Ian Pugsley

she is currently lying on the ground, repeating "I can't do it..."

Fluttershy

@IanPugsley That sounds a bit personal.

Ian Pugsley

@Fluttershy apparently she really hates it

it's hilarious

spugsley

okay I have composed myself

now

we need some rules

Fluttershy

2:34 AM

@IanPugsley Most girls aren't into it at first. Gotta warm 'em up to it.

spugsley

@Fluttershy RULES

listen

no G-word that rhymes with booby while I'm in the room

I can't do it

Mana

acually is dolan

spugsley

@Mana I don't give a shit about Dolan!!!!!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@spugsley that's mighty un-groovy of you.

If I had a speech impediment, I might even call it un-grooby.

spugsley

I HAVE CARPET BURN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF HIM

IT IS AWFUL

I CAN'T EVEN

Mana

2:36 AM

If I rolled on a carpet in a room full of carpets I would not want to hang out in it.

3

spugsley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Let me explain

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

and then

I will adopt it

Fluttershy

@spugsley RULES

spugsley

and it will love me instead of you

I removed it :)

Mana

spugsley plz

spugsley

I feel much better now

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:37 AM

:4561726 I will never have a baby. At least not directly. That's some bad arnold schwarzenagger movie shit, and I will have none of it.

spugsley

@LessPop_MoreFizz props

LessPop_MoreFizz

Speaking of bad Arnold movies

did you know they are making a sequel to Twins?

With Eddie Murphy as the long lost third brother?

FAE

Okay, I am going to bed because bed means sleep and sleep means not thinking.

Mana

@LessPop_MoreFizz this is probably worse than the time that you spoiled everything in GoT for me.

Fluttershy

@FAE Sweet dreams! <3

@Mana I just finished season 1 tonight. Post more Dolan and see what happens.

GnomeSlice

2:40 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz YES.

FAE

@Fluttershy To thee as well

GnomeSlice

I saw that somewhere!

Lazers

2

Q: Platform Tags are Useless

So, for nearly two years now, we've had a fairly straightforward 'rule' for when to use Platform Tags (i.e. ps3, pc etc.): I think it should only be added when: It's a general question about the platform, OR The game in question has multiple versions, AND the question is specific ...

discussion tags

0

Q: WOW quick leveling

Is there a better way to level fast in WOW than just completing quests? I've been playing for months and I'm barely at level 40, while my classmates play less than I do and have multiple lvl 80 characters.

world-of-warcraft leveling

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana Except that in this case I am not making it up.

user15026

@FAE Sweet dreams!

Fluttershy

2:42 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz You weren't making parts of the GoT stuff up either...

FAE

@AshleyNunn And to thee as well as well!

user15026

@FAE :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy But @Mana doesn't know which parts!

FAE

poof

LessPop_MoreFizz

So there was still suspense!

agent86

2:44 AM

ugh tags. can't we just all decide that they are, for all practical purposes frickin' useless on this site?

2

Ian Pugsley

@FAE g'night!

agent86

that we might as well just go awehsodfhksjdfbkjwebrowebroiwehrowehr on every question and that would be just as useful?

GnomeSlice

@agent86 I don't know if I'd go that far...

agent86

well, we could abbreviate it awe-h

LessPop_MoreFizz

@agent86 Pretty much, but we have this useless appendage, and people are intent on hanging decorations off of it, so damned if we mightn't try to make some kind of use of it.

GnomeSlice

2:46 AM

I wasn't talking about 'length'...

Mana

Is Robb actually dead?

If he is, then I'm done with the series.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana What are you up to?

Mana

End of Game of Thrones.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Mana Do you mean Ned?