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8:12 PM
Grr, the last few upvotes are always the hardest. Can someone ask some really easy Diablo 3 question or something?
 
@bwarner Why do you need upvotes? The contest is over.
 
Oh right.
 
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Q: Why aren't build order questions closed as general reference?

LawtonI see "build order" questions frequently, particuarly for starcraft 2. While often the answers are good, these questions can easily be answered by a simple google search. Liquipedia has a far more comprehensive answer on build orders than anyone can post, and comes up first in search results. Why...

 
@agent86 Yeah, I plan to once I get home. I'm just at work time, so can't really write up a meta.
 
8:20 PM
Close with historical significance lock.
That's why it's there.
Tzenes won't lose rep, we won't lose quality content, and new users won't think that it sets a precedent.
 
@StrixVaria except that people always think that historically locked questions still count as setting a precedent
 
@murgatroid99 It specifically says on the giant yellow banner "don't use these as precedent".
If people can't be bothered to read giant blaring text, I don't really care what they think.
 
@StrixVaria but if people are going to ask low quality questions here, I care what they do
 
Downvote/close/delete crappy questions.
 
And then when it gets closed we have to deal with the stupid question on meta asking why this new question got closed when we kept that old question that is similar to it
 
8:23 PM
That's all we can ever do.
Just because people are stupid doesn't mean we should avoid using a feature exactly built for exactly the problem we face.
 
@StrixVaria I have mixed feelings about the historical lock feature. It seems kind of like preserving broken windows because they are part of the history of the area
 
oh haaaaaaaaaaai
you know what I was thinking
 
I think the giant sticky "don't use these as precedent" makes them not so much broken windows.
Because they're not really broken windows, in this case.
 
it's been ages since we last blogged something hasn't it?
 
I'm with Strix, this is exactly why this functionality was created, and it works as well as anything else we're going to be able to come up with.
 
8:26 PM
They're actually useful content.
 
Almost a month!
 
I love the historical significance lock on SO.
Almost every question I go there for would be closed and deleted without it.
 
@QAdp I keep telling myself I'm going to do a diablo 3 blog post.
 
Diablo 3 is passè man
 
@agent86 Then you play Diablo 3 instead :P
 
8:27 PM
how about the Mario Marathon thing instead?
since we happen to be leading the table
 
@QAdp Is our new goal to surpass the amount of donations that came from users of the site itself?
 
what is child's play, why does it matter, when's the event starting, how awesome are we all, blah blah blah
 
@StrixVaria this is an actual, real, practical problem that I face.
 
Once we get the SE match, we're about half way there
 
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A: Is it possible to share worlds in Minecraft for XBox?

Add13There Is A Way But It Not Allowed According To XBL TOS/COC (Terms Of Service/Code Of Conduct) Using Certain Programs (Which I Will Not List) You Can "Resign And Rehash" Saves Making Them Linked To Your Account !BUT! Be Warned If Are Caught You CAN Get Banned YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

"Heh. I'm talking about hacks, but not directly!"
 
8:39 PM
@bwarner Half way where?
 
@fbueckert As in he's not listing the program?
 
@RonanForman Yeah.
It's obvious he's referring to modding your xbox and installing hacks and/or trainers.
 
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Q: How to get the "no man left behind" achievment

Ilya MelamedJust did the Act III quest with the catapults, all recruits stayed alive, but didn't get the achievment. What is needed to get it?

 
@fbueckert Why does he capitalize every word..? I feel the need to edit that answer...
 
@Fluttershy It's not worth the edit. It's an oblique reference to piracy.
 
8:58 PM
@StrixVaria Don't try to reason with him.
 
user2334
Vote to delete problem solved
 
user2334
If you're active on Stack Overflow enough to want to vote in the election and don't vote for Brad Larson, I hate you.
 
what's the diablo 3 affix for when they can make little puddles of green goo?
 
@agent86 plague(d?)
 
user2334
ye, it's plagued
 
9:09 PM
@IanPugsley thanks :)
 
@MarkTrapp Brad who?
ducks
 
user2334
The best, most treasured, awesomest, last great hope for Stack Overflow
 
user2334
Who got robbed in the last election
 
robbed?
 
user2334
Yeah: working theory is that everyone thought he was a shoo-in so people voted for their "third party" candidates instead, which lead to Brad not getting elected
 
user2334
 
@MarkTrapp But isn't that what the kind of elections we have are designed to prevent?
 
user2334
@OrigamiRobot STV is supposed to prevent votes being wasted, not necessarily to promote alternative candidates or ensure popular candidates are elected while allowing alternative candidate voting
 
user2334
So if Brad wasn't enough people's first choice, he'd never get elected
 
user2334
If the election didn't order the votes, Brad probably would've gotten elected
 
@MarkTrapp I meant you could vote for your favorite candidate even if you thought he would be a shoo in and your vote not be wasted
 
user2334
9:30 PM
Ah, right: the theory—and this is all wild speculation of course—is that people chose other candidates they liked as the first choice because everyone thought everyone else was putting Brad Larson as their first choice
 
That is dumb. Even more so because it is STV.
 
user2334
Indeed. We'll never know the real reason Brad lost, but it's just very hard to understand why a candidate as qualified and affable as him did so poorly
 
9:52 PM
@MarkTrapp Thanks for mentioning this; went there and participated (he does seem the best option, so he got my 1st choice vote). Is it bad that I haven't thought of a 3rd choice yet :/
 
Joy. Illusionist accursed. They release poison when they die.
 
10:06 PM
@fbueckert I'm sure MS will release a "World Sharer" DLC soon enough.
 
@MarkTrapp that's easily verifiable, how many 2nd and 3rd choices did he get
I say "I'm going to rank him 4th because I know a lot of people are going to rank him 1st anyway" is a lot more flimsy than "I'm going to rank him 2nd because I know a lot of people are going to rank him 1st anyway"
 
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Q: How to search for amulets and rings that add damage in the AH?

Ilya MelamedI want to search for rings and amulets in the AH that add directly to the damage like this ring: But I couldn't find an option to put this as a search criteria. How do I look for it?

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Q: Dragonvale xp points for ipod 4th gen

Isaiah rocheOn the game dragonvale for ipod 4th gen, i was wondering how much xp does the solstice dragon give you when you hatch that dragon? Sorry for any mis spellings. Thanks!

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Q: What do the diseased bodies in Act II do?

Ilya MelamedIn the sewers and water ways of Act II there are piles of diseased bodies that have health, but don't seem to be doing anything except for lying there waiting to be destroyed. Can they hurt me in any way, or are they just a barrel with a health bar?

 
@agent86: Installing Psychonauts now.
 
10:22 PM
@Wipqozn good job. you will enjoy it :)
 
I damn well better.
Also, I should order a pizza.
 
@Wipqozn what toppings?
 
@QAdp Pepperoni, Mushrooms, and hot Peppers.
 
Wtf is up with Steam today?
 
uh, pepperoni?
@Fluttershy see what I wrote above about the blog
 
10:28 PM
@QAdp Yes. I assume you will now inform me of how that is an incorrect topping?
 
@QAdp ?
 
2 hours ago, by QAdp
you know what I was thinking
and following
@Wipqozn well, I guess that if you have no access to actual ham like I mean it...
 
@QAdp Ah... Gotcha. I'm not much of a writer, but I can give it a try I suppose.
 
@Fluttershy: What's wrong with steam? I haven't noticed anything. Keeping in mind I've only been home for ~ 30 minutes
 
@Wipqozn I've been kicked off 4 times in the last hour, @FAE's been kicked off a few times too.
 
10:32 PM
It probably just doesn't like you and @Fae
 
@Fluttershy how'd you notice?
 
I was just kicked off too.
 
11:00 PM
im currently on steam with nps
 
user2334
@QAdp Indeed. Just ran the numbers, and even if you totaled up all of the first, second, and third choices for a candidate, Brad comes up far behind. Only possible conclusion: democracy doesn't work!
 
user2334
He actually comes up 70 votes behind the number of unselected choices (unused portions of ballots)
 
hi peoples
 
@spugsley 'tsup?
 
@fbueckert Diablo as per usual but you already knew that :p
 
11:13 PM
@spugsley Indeed
Man, trying to make money by selling gems is rough.
 
@fbueckert I can imagine O-o
 
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Q: How to exclude Gem bonuses from AH searches?

ayckosterIf I search for a chest armor with a socket having 100 dexterity, I often get armors with 50 base dexterity having emeralds. This is not was I am looking for. I want to get an armor with 100+ base armor that I can equip with my emeralds, so I can push it to 150 or more. Is it possible to exclude...

 
The real margins are in the Perfect Star and up gems.
And those cost 5 million+ to craft.
@Lazers Dupe
 
@Lazers Yeah already marked it :D
 
11:42 PM
@QAdp I was having a conversation, and it kept kicking me offline, and then it kicked us both off once.
 
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Q: Wizard Using Disintegrate Weapon Choice

EddieCI am a Wizard trying to gear up for Act 2 of Inferno. My preferred damage spell is Disintegrate (used in conjunction with Magic Weapon and Venom Hydra and Archon). I have been reading up on weapon speed (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3424908246). From this I gather that Disintegrate i...

 
So, this random girl on Steam that I'm not friends with invited me to join a group called "CS:GO Jailbreak" that I have no friends in. Assuming the CS stands for Counterstrike, it's not a game I play or have, either.
Do random people just randomly invite random other people they don't know to random groups for random games they don't play?
 
@John Sometimes.
 
@John It's a trap! There are no girls on the internet.
 
@OrigamiRobot Actually...I seem to be incredibly lucky in that regard.
 
11:51 PM
sigh
 
@John A little.... Too lucky?
@QAna Cheer up, buttercup!
 
@Fluttershy NOBODY GETS TO CALL @MANA BUTTERCUP BUT ME!
 
@Fluttershy No, I mean actual girls.
 
@OrigamiRobot YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!
 
@OrigamiRobot @QANA IS A BUTTERCUP.
 
11:52 PM
@John Gloat a little why don't you...
 
I don't care if it's in jest, I've grown sick of the "no girls on the internet" meme.
 
:4980138 Boring. If you wanted to make me jealous, you should've said Irish.
 
@OrigamiRobot Well, I'm uncomfortable divulging any more, so I guess I'll let you be contently not jealous, then.
 
@OrigamiRobot I'm Irish. ;)
 
@John Now this just sounds dirty.
 
11:55 PM
@QAna There's no jesting on the internet!
 
@OrigamiRobot ....er, why?
 
@Fluttershy No you're not. You never even pretend to have an accent. That's the important bit.
 
@OrigamiRobot Well.... I could... I just meant I am of Irish descent. =(
 
@Fluttershy I mean, I could have an Irish accent.
 
@Fluttershy Well so am I.
 
11:57 PM
@OrigamiRobot Orly... >.>
 
@Fluttershy @OrigamiRobot is part of the "pics or it didn't happen crowd." How you can snap pictures of sounds, I dunno.
 
@fbueckert I could get on mumble if he wanted to hear my Irish accent... It's not very good though...
 
@Fluttershy I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
 
@OrigamiRobot opens Mumble; mutes self
 
@OrigamiRobot Would that I could tonight...
 

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