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17:00
I'm now starting to write it
Yay another Magicka patch!
@LessPop_MoreFizz is that game any good?
I'm guessing so
@RonanForman It's pretty fantastic.
Have you played New Super Mario Bros. Wii co-op at all?
It kinda looks like yet another Diablo spin-off to me. Magicka, that is.
and reveled in all of the griefing and friendly fire antics you can engage in?
17:03
Oh, collateral damage? Count me in.
@ArdaXi Except that you don't click on things to hit them at all.
is it as buggy as this
@ArdaXi Friendly Fire is on at ALL TIMES and it's 4 player co-op. And your primary mechanic to deal damage is EXPLOSIONS.
@badp I'm not so sure about that. He just Engaged Murder Mode
I just want everyone to put the previous comment by @mana in context together with this one.
17:04
@RonanForman SO... I have run into bugs, but never a crash.
8 mins ago, by Mana
I'm a perfectly normal and trustworthy person who has ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTIONS OF HARMING AND/OR KILLING YOU IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM.
though I know some people have.
Since @Mana is obviously not a normal and trustworthy person, this is a fabrication, and so is this idea that any mods I made would be terrible.
And with that, I am off.
@RonanForman But that comic does a good job of pointing out the core appeal of the game, which is that EVERY. SPELL. COMBOS.
I should add plugging artists and starting arguments to my interests
17:05
You have 5 ranks of every element. You have 10 elements. (8+2 sub elements actually). That's a lot of combinations.
@ArdaXi whoosh!
@ArdaXi Off to make a terrible mod?
@LessPop_MoreFizz sh*t just got real!
eh, I unstuck myself
the solution is pretty obvious too
@badp what game is that?
17:09
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past for the GBA.
nevermind what is his hat yellow?
@badp the rupees gave it away
well you still had to ask :)
@badp you should spend some of those.
Given that I'm using save states, I'm trying to take no damage ever.
even taking damage, there's not much to spend them on.
(no I haven't succeeded in taking no damage ever)
@badp thats a problem they still haven't solved
how many of the nomenees for mod are over 30?
*nominees
I can't see any
17:16
I'm pretty sure Grace is.
I love this quote:
@badp I don't think so.
> This site should be about helping gamers become better gamers. Helping to cure Alzheimer, while noble, isn't part of that mission.
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so just @Powerlord then
well then I hope she's young enough to take age overestimation as a compliment.
17:17
and he's only 31
I'm 47 if that helps
@badp someone's getting a down vote in 3 hours.
@tzenes don't lie to the nice people
@tzenes Aaaaaaaaand I can safely delete my Nomination draft.
Hooray.
Hmm, Champions Online went free-to-play
17:19
nice people? where?
No, Grace isn't over 30
There aren't a lot of teenagers either.
@LessPop_MoreFizz this is the signal! ready? steady? WITHDRAW!
@LessPop_MoreFizz careful that quote came from someone else's nomincation
Probably for the best. They wouldn't make good moderators.
@tzenes Yep, I'm reading it.
its so good....
@RonanForman Paste the link.
And I now have enough candidates that I'm happy with in this race that I'm happy to delete mine.
@RonanForman Just paste a link to a profile page on a line by itself, the chat converts it automatically
I take the phrase 'last minute' very seriously.
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's a couple hours not enough serious
oh it doesn't show age...
@badp Well, it's no longer needed.
I was waiting until the last minute to see if it was.
The draft was typed and ready to go, but I didn't want to put it up until I was sure there weren't enough candidates I was happy with. Now there are.
17:22
now we'll never know.
@badp is that a line from a porno?
:|
i couldn't resist...
now that was
oooo a notification!
if that was a test @GraceNote I think it failed pretty miserably
@Fallen is correct - I'm not over 30.
17:25
@badp I was quite serious when I said I'd force a Primary if there wasn't one. Because I was quite serious about not feeling that there were enough candidates that I was not just willing to accept, but outright enthusiastic about. (And my threshhold number was higher than just 3 FWIW).
And, @badp, you are lucky that I've had enough age overestimations that, like everything else, I've gotten used to it. But I'm not quite at the youthful age at which overestimation is automatically a compliment.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Then you're still in time to nominate on webapps
'Redwall' author Brian Jacques has died, at age 71 http://bbc.in/egdyYL
Q_Q
@badp Except that I don't use Webapps
@GnomeSlice: D:
17:26
They had exactly 3 candidates last I checked.
@GnomeSlice I don't know who that is, am I an idiot?
@RonanForman No, just a child.
A foolish, naive, child.
Man, that sucks. I read a bunch of his books as a kid.
In desperate need of some culture.
@FallenAngelEyes Me too. Redwall stuff got me through 4th grade.
I still re-read them every now and then.
17:28
WHO IS HE!!!!
Every time they had a feast at the abbey, the descriptions would make me hungry.
I'll be quiet. :(
Also, my friends and I had a Redwall party in high school. :P He had recipes for some of the stuff on his website (like Meadowcream and Deeper n' Ever Pie) so we made a bunch of it.
Oh heck, I never updated my nomination thingy
@FallenAngelEyes sounds delicious
17:29
I meant to do that this weekend
@FallenAngelEyes did you save any for us?
I guess I have 2 hours to update it before it's "final" during the next phase.
Man, I'm so bummed about Brian Jacques. :(
17:33
@LessPop_MoreFizz alt text?
@LessPop_MoreFizz if you linked to the actual comic I'd get to read the alt text
@LessPop_MoreFizz why thank you
I'll alt-text you
oh man.
17:35
@LessPop_MoreFizz first @badp and now you, what's wrong with you people!
That was the best time spent not-murdering-anyone ever.
@RonanForman He wrote the Redwall series of children's books.
@Mana Remember the time when I pretended I was going to murder you? That was great.
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A: Are the days and nights in Minecraft of equal length?

badpAs it has been stated, days are actually longer than nights. Here, have a diagram, but don't intern yourself just yet. Why is it the day actually feels shorter? Simple. Day and night only matter on the surface, where it regulates mob spawning. At sunset, there's no mob on the surface. At sunrise...

why yes, this image needs alt text
17:36
@Powerlord which one of you was like, goodbye!
@RonanForman and as long as we don't mention which game we're quoting from, it's not a spoiler!
@LessPopMoreFizz: That exclamation of yours looks like it necessitated underwear changing.
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Q: Watchtower upgrades in Die2Nite: your experience?

ThechoyceHi all, I've just completed my third town (18, 14 & 3 days, respectively) and in all three towns we never once upgraded the watchtower. From reading the descriptions it sounds like a worthwhile upgrade if you're in a town with a lot of expeditions or scavengers. Has anyone seen this to be th...

@FallenAngelEyes It will if it's true.
MARATHON
MARATHON MARATHON MARATHON MARATHON MARATHON
@Tzenes out of curiosity, do you happen to know the context of that one Grace quote?
17:38
@LessPop_MoreFizz I haven't played Marathon, so no... oh wait, you weren't talking to me.
It's a pretty good one.
Trinity dies? >:O
since this chat is becoming too XKCD for me, I'm off, got class anyways.
@Mana it was nerf now! earlier
no, wait that was just me.
17:40
@Mana I was waiting for someone to say something else before I quoted xkcd again, but no one's said it yet.
@ArdaXi ummmm
@Powerlord I was talking to everyone!
MARATHOOOOOOON!
@CRoss I removed it.
It is no longer there.
chuckles
I can see your history :-)
@Mana If you mean the quote about ITG/Alzheimers, that wasn't Grace, it was Ivo.
17:41
My mother wants to get You don't know Jack when it comes out for the Wii.
God help me.
I can see my house! -- Goblin Flying Machine, WarCraft 2.
@IvoFlipse really? cutting it a little close ...
@CRoss Not as close as I had planned to cut it.
'ello @Oak.
Oak
Oak
Yo
17:43
heya Oak
sorry what @CRoss?
@IvoFlipse you nom-nom-nominated, now I have vote confusion
okay, I really should go get some kind of work done today
later all
later @LessPop
it's quiet, too quiet...
17:48
@tzenes I added my responses
@RonanForman Well, I have little more than an hour to update my nomination text, so I'm taking the opportunity to do so.
Or at least I'm assuming it can no longer be edited once the next phase starts.
Oh right, I'm likely to be gone during the first Town Hall chat today, as the cable tech is supposed to be here then.
@Powerlord that doesn't make my lateness to bad!
Would people object if I addressed the questions from the Q&A topic directly in my nomination/election info?
@Powerlord I did that and no-one seemed to mind
I wish this game had a in-dungeon theme longer than 20 seconds
17:58
@badp What game?
Link to the past
It has great music otherwise
@badp Dark World Dungeon theme?
yeah
@badp Actually, it's 43 seconds long. </pedant>
18:00
@RonanForman yes, but without the extension
It probably doesn't surprise anyone that I have mp3s of game music on my computer. It wasn't just chance that caused me to work for VGMusic.com after all.
0
Q: What is the record for longest game under the "Night 2 Die" difficulty setting on "Left 2 Die"?

ShaunWhat's the longest any person/team has lasted in Night 2 Die mode? I'm looking for confirmed screenshots or (ideally) video rather than here-say. Blizzard is currently beta-testing three new custom maps. 'Left 2 Die' is a multi-player co-op version of one of my favorite missions in the campaign,...

^ too localized, even if I just want the current beta record?
If so, I'll delete.
@Shaun it is because if the question is looked at later the correct answer may well be wrong
True, it's not a finite answer.
I'll nuke it.
18:07
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Q: How useful are watchtower upgrades in Die2Nite

ThechoyceI've just completed my third town (18, 14 & 3 days, respectively) and in all three towns we never once upgraded the watchtower. From reading the descriptions it sounds like a worthwhile upgrade if you're in a town with a lot of expeditions or scavengers. Has anyone seen this to be the case? I...

18:18
Hi @RebeccaChernoff
if I were to get magika should i get it on steam or not?
@RebeccaChernoff: When nominations close, does that stop nominees from editing their nomination notes?
@RonanForman Makes no difference. Buy on Steam if you use/prefer Steam.
@Powerlord I think so
@LessPop_MoreFizz steam it is then
18:32
@Feeds Die 2 Nite, Night 2 Die, Left 2 Die, Left 4 Dead... monotony!
@badp I was thinking the same thing
OK, I need to move my answers to the Q&A with the Candidates question out from my nomination, as it's making it WAY too long.
if I made a special moderator hat would it increase my chances of success?
@RonanForman What do you think this is, Team Fortress 2?
2
Q: Can the Subscripion Management interface for Stack Exchange be made to suck a little less?

Kent FredricThis title was going to be "Is the Subscription Management interface the worst in history", but I figured it not very good for searching. I'll explain my flow, which will hopefully highlight why this is so bizarrely frustrating. 1. I discover this new subscription interface, which I didn't kno...

18:35
@Powerlord Points to @Powerlord's avatar. At the very least he's not alone...
@Powerlord special hats don't improve your chance of anything
in fact they make you a sniper target
> oh, he's been playing a lot, let me aim for the glowy thing around his gourd
@Powerlord what's tf2, wait wasn't that the working title of the #1 war themed hat simulator?
@CRoss By all means, aim at the peace symbol circling my head.
@RonanForman America's #1 War-themed Hat Simulator is what they called it in the Mac update. :D
18:37
@CRoss actually I haven't played in ages, I really ought to though
@Powerlord down with peace, and your head! :-)
we aught to all go crash a server sometime
@Powerlord they actually got that name of the tf2items iPhone app
got to go see you all in the town hall later!
@CRoss Well, it only aligns with my head twice per circle. Oh, and you can't see it at all if I'm disguised.
It's more for showing up in kill cams. :D
Granted, the confetti's not that visible if I'm not taunting (since I'm wearing both).
> "It doesn't seem so cute now," Kaplan added. "After seeing that poor puppy broken and dying on the Puppy Bowl turf, I don't know if anything will ever be cute again."
@LessPop_MoreFizz chuckles ever seen puppies playing? they play rough
18:41
0
Q: What game had guys that would say/sing "Inno deo gracia" when they spawned?

Jed DanielsI have this phrase stuck in my head, and I'm reasonably certain that it is from Warcraft II or III, but I can't find any references to it anywhere. I think it was a priest, mage, or templar (or whatever they were called at the time), but I can't figure it out.

Duke Nukem anyone? Arrive in style. http://yfrog.com/h7rgiwij
@GnomeSlice Scans fan for release date.
0
Q: How religious should I be about tagging questions to include the platform of the game?

ShaunIs it an accepted practice to tag console-specific games (PC, PS3, XBox 360, etc) with the platform for which the game in an exclusive game? What about non-exclusive games? If the question is worded such that it doesn't matter which console the game is being played on for the purposes of the ques...

19:03
Character design sheets from the first Sonic games http://bit.ly/fR0VUP (via @Kimbot1984)
@thethinman Someone just tried to add the 'Spoiler' tag back to the Vlad question again.
But fear not, for I have righteously smote the improper edit, with the power of the mighty REJECT button.
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Yay, people are going to ask me difficult questions in an hour. I better prepare some coffee.
Oh, blah, see... editing stuff on my Gaming nomination distracted me from fixing this answer despite finding the sound file in question on another site, along with a description of when it plays.
3
Q: Time and day the weekly guild rep cap resets?

Brian OjedaWhat day and time does the guild rep cap reset? I play on the US Wildhammer, central time, realm. However, please answer this question so that it helps anyone from another realm.

When did guild rep get a weekly cap? It was daily when I played a few weeks ago
@Powerlord Guild experience is daily. reputation is weekly.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, OK
19:20
0
Q: How can I progress further when there are no stairs down?

StrixVariaI'm very new to Nethack, and essentially have read nothing but the list of commands I can use in game. I've had the game randomly generate my characters for me so far as I just try to get a hang of the basics. I know that everything in the game is randomly generated, including the map. I alway...

@Mana Which one?
BTW I might be missing this one
or at least be late by 30 mins
so if there's a question you really want me to answer, meta is thataway
gamasutra.com/view/news/32873/… <-- Ouch, Metroid: Other M didn't make the Wii Top 10 last year.
0
Q: How to create 'endless' tower in Little Big Planet 2?

The-KennyIn Little Big Planet 2's story, there's a level where you crawl up a tree in a caterpillar. Here's a video of the level and how it's built: LittleBigPlanet 2 Sequencer Demo Gamescom 2010 I'm trying to get my head around this for some hours now. How do I use emitters to emit level-'chunks' at t...

0
Q: StarCraft2: How to protect yourself against drop

BuddaIt is too often in my games (in TvT) I detect that my opponent after getting some good defended wall building StarPort and preparing to do a drop. I understand, that 1st thing to do is to look on the mini-map. But often also in this case you need to move your army to defend... it takes time... Q...

19:49
10 MINUTES LEFT, GO EMERGENCY MODERATION NOMINATIONS GO
Can you guys give me any feedback on This Website ?
Yes, it's incomplete.
@Powerlord D: That's surprising.
It's boss.
The boss menus do not drop down "correctly"
@badp Huh?
BOSS ZOOM IN
19:51
That's not me, by the way.
Geez, it is very nearly impossible to answer a Nethack question on this site unless you see it in the first 30 seconds...
@badp What do you mean don't drop down correctly?
Also, I need a topic for a blog post.
@sjohnston That question was up for at least 2 minutes before I got an answer.
0
Q: Is it cost effective to use your power nodes to unlock doors?

Mark RogersA power node runs for about 10,000 credits in Dead Space. When one uses a power node to unlock a door one receives quite a bit of ammo and supplies inside. But it seems like it's not always a full 10,000 credits worth of goods. So I'm wondering if I'm better off saving my power nodes for late...

19:54
@badp What's wrong with it?
I didn't create the drop downs anyway, Weebly did.
@GnomeSlice It's still "your" website.
If you're into artsy stuff it'll make you look bad.
@badp Yes. What's wrong with the dropdowns?
@GnomeSlice Can't you see they kind of extend horizontally when they are shown completely?
The rightmost side of the menu is only visible then
Hmm. I see what you mean. It kind of pops out once fully extended.
Well, there's nothing I can do about that. :P
And don't read me the javacript riot.
room mode changed to Gallery: anyone may enter, but only approved users can talk
room topic changed to The Bridge: of Gaming's StackExchange™ AlienOverlord AskQuestion™ mothership, which is arming its lazers as we approach orange alert condition. Nominate now or "never." Embarass the candidates Monday right now, or at 2100 EST.
Oak
Oak
20:02
Gallery?
Yeah, no need to activity here and there
PEOPLE I PISSED OFF BY LOCKING THIS ROOM:
20:33
0
Q: Do pets gain experience when being ridden?

I take DrukqsIf I'm riding my Pony will he gain experience and eventually become a Horse (and then a Warhorse)?

20:57
1
Q: Can't take off armor (not cursed!)

I take DrukqsFor some reason I cannot take off my blessed +1 ring mail I started the game with. It just says "You can't take that off". I found a better piece of armor that provides a better AC and is much lighter and I would very much like to equip it. What's causing this?


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