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Lazers

19:01

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Q: Why do I keep Lightning as a Ravager, when she's a Commando?

I've been looking for information on Lightning's role (since I purchased and won her character, she's only a commando), yet I keep seeing youtube videos of her fighting as a ravager. Does anyone know how this is possible? I'm only about halfway through the game, but I was under the impression ...

final-fantasy-13-2

fbueckert

@Lazers This one was all SORTS of word vomit before I cleaned it up.

Alok

For any Diablo players; I got Lacuni Prowlers to drop yest. Not sure if I want to trade 2k hp for 7% runspeed on my wizard (12% boots ofc.), any feedback would be nice. I figure its too situational to post as a question -.-

user2334

19:19

@Lazers Ah, and now we see the fruits of the Square-Enix cash grab. He bought the wrong DLC

user2334

Well, the DLC he bought is excellent, but it's not the one that comes with the Ravager Lightning

StrixVaria

@Alok How much HP do you have? That's important.

Grace Note

@Alok Could it be modified so that it's not too situational that it cannot warrant a question?

James

@GraceNote Its specific item for a specific class.. We already have generics of how do I survive in XYZ .. I think this is going to be too specific in any answerable context, or genericized into a duplicate, hehe.

Wipqozn

@James The generic quesiton would be asking about the trade off between HP and runspeed.

spugsley

19:31

@Alok how much total HP do you have?

also, hi guys :)

except @Wipqozn

James

@Wipqozn Yeah I suppose a new question with a duplicate answer isn't a bad thing but I do think its going to come down to a whole HP is more important than anything else to a point.. after that do what you like sort of response :)

user2334

For all of Arqade's quirks, at least we haven't dealt with potentially racist questions (also)

Lazers

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Q: Where can I find someone to make / modify some minecraft skins?

I am currently using the Sphax PureBDcraft texture pack for my Minecraft install (more specifially Tekkit). Someone had made addon textures for things like IC2 and buildcraft. While those textures look fine there are some that do not. The ones in question belong to the Buildcraft - IC2 crossover ...

minecraft texture-packs

Alok

@StrixVaria A bit more than 20k (can't check right now); if I use prowlers then I go under 20k hp (but I'm running around in act 1 with force armor, so its usually adequate to avoid 1 hit KO)

FAE

@MarkTrapp I... wow. Uh... Yeah, I have no words for that.

Alok

19:38

@GraceNote Possibly, but I'm not sure I want to clutter up the site with too specific questions on useful uniques even if it can fit within the rules - since there could be similar Q. about trade offs for using Hammer Jammers, Helm of Command, String of Ears ... ; basically several uniques with otherwise-unobtainable properties.

Fluttershy

@spugsley Yo.

Alok

@spugsley Approx. 20k or so. What did you decide to do w/ Aughild's btw; sell on AH or teach poor illiterate Hagrid - err. Haedrig

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: No Games Installed with Windows 7 Professional

Ordered a PC from HP with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit preinstalled, of course. No Win7 disc was included with computer. There are no games installed. I have tried to "activate" them through the Control Panel procedure, but each time I do it there is an error message telling me that not all comp...

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spugsley

@Alok Are you playing in Inferno?

@Alok and I decided to hang on to it for a bit...maybe until commodities are available in the RMAH

Alok

@spugsley Yes - I've done A1 and part of A2 (just past Maghda); currently farming in A1 for better gear before I do the rest.

spugsley

19:44

@Alok I'd say losing 2k health when you're only at 20k in Inferno probably isn't worth it for run speed imo

Alok

@spugsley Good point, maybe you can sell the plan in RMAH for a decent amt - hmm is that why all of them are suddenly shooting up in price! And to think I delayed buying some of the cheaper ones, that now cost 2x as much :(

spugsley

@Alok they will likely go back down when the RMAH starts commodity auctions.

Alok

@spugsley Hmm - what do you think would be a better hp level? Since I do need to farm/ use GAH to fix some of the equipment issues. Or should I just be looking for higher int/vit on normal bracers and forget about lacunis for a lvl 60?

spugsley

@Alok you're playing DH right?

Alok

@spugsley I've seen Lost Boys go from ~500k to 1m+; and Cain's has risen from 3m to 5.5m >_< ... right now I'm just chalking it up to long weekend and hoping prices come down again

@spugsley Hmm my question was for wizard - but actually, I do have DH & monk in Inferno too; DH has around 25k hp iirc. ... would that be a better choice?

Sterno

19:48

@MarkTrapp I haven't dug into the guys posts, but making disparaging comments about alien races doesn't seem like actual racism to me.

spugsley

@Alok I have my HP up at ~30k and it's been as low as ~25k in exchange for higher damage...I try not to go lower than that because the damn invisible snakes in A2 one hit me when I'm down that low

and that's for my DH

user2334

@Sterno Keen's answer gives an overview of what was happening: every question he asked was of the form "Why is X character in SciFi (who happens to be portrayed by a black actor) there? They don't seem trustworthy/useful"

Alok

@spugsley Haha I accidentally had the bright idea to join a friend in A2 right after starting Inf on DH - still to unlock it myself (DH hasn't killed butcher) but not looking foward to those snakes!

Sterno

@MarkTrapp I mean, I can see where if the guy is specifically trying to troll in that way, it's there. But I can also see it being a valid case, particularly for Teal'c... if he was white, would it still be a racist question?

I mean, the criticisms of Teal'c are valid. He's pretty much visually recognizable as "the enemy" in a lot of the worlds they go to (in the early seasons, anyway)

GnomeSlicE

@FAE Something you might like: soundcloud.com/minnesota/starry-eyed-minnesota-remix

Sterno

19:52

I guess it's probably a case of "It would have been okay if this happened once or twice, but we're seeing a pattern here..."

FAE

@GnomeSlicE Will check in a bit

user2334

@Sterno Having never watched SG-1, I have no idea if it's a valid criticism. It's the context that's in question; the questions are terribad veiled racism or no

murgatroid99

@Sterno From Keen's quote of the question he didn't really mention his enemy status or anything like that, he just said things like "His physical appearance is obviously off-putting" and "the people there really don't like his kind"

fbueckert

@spugsley Speaking of A2, if you want to run around there some, you're welcome to join me later today.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp If he had worded the question to emphasize those points, I don't think there would have been a problem

spugsley

19:55

@fbueckert I'm not very good in A2 :( I can't handle any elite groups.

fbueckert

@spugsley Happily, A2 is a yawn fest for me.

I'm a freaking lawnmower, and those stupid snakes are grass.

spugsley

@fbueckert lol than maybe I will join you :p

Sterno

@murgatroid99 Except he could be white and those statements would still be completely true. The thing that makes him identifiable isn't his skin color... it's the Jaffa tattoo thing smack in the middle of his forehead. Well, that and his weapon

spugsley

@fbueckert if I'm around that is. @IanPugsley and I are meeting with a realtor to discuss buying a house :) whooooo

fbueckert

@spugsley Hey, congrats! That's a big step!

Sterno

19:56

I agree though, crap question. I'm just not sure jumping to "racism!" was a good call.

spugsley

@fbueckert it's exciting/terrifying/makes me feel old! YAY!

fbueckert

@spugsley I bought my house when I was 24. :)

Sterno

@murgatroid99 I guess what I'm saying is that the language in the question would not have been a problem at all if the actor didn't happen to be black.

murgatroid99

@Sterno right, so part of it is probably the OP's history, which implies some racism, and part is that he didn't write the question in such a way to avoid making it look like racism

fbueckert

And you're just under that; sounds like you're in the same place as I was!

FAE

19:58

@spugsley Congratulations!

spugsley

@fbueckert :) that's about right. I am 23 and @IanPugsley is 24

fbueckert

@spugsley About the only piece of advice I can give is to go through a mortgage broker; you'll get the best rate possible.

spugsley

@FAE thank you :3

Sterno

I look forward to 200 years from now when my consciousness is uploaded into a computer, and everyone forgets what the heck racism even was, unless they happen to be cruising the entry for it in Wikipedia

murgatroid99

@Sterno and if the OP didn't have a history of asking vaguely racist questions about characters with dark skin

fbueckert

19:59

@spugsley And whatever you do, don't settle; buying a house is a huge deal, and there's no reason to settle for anything less than exactly what you want.

murgatroid99

@Sterno you expect to survive 200 years without getting uploaded?

fbueckert

@murgatroid99 With all the preservatives in our food, we should last that long, easy!

Sterno

@murgatroid99 Well, yeah. Vampirism will carry me to that point.

murgatroid99

@fbueckert we might be preserved but not alive. Like the Egyptian pharaohs

Sterno

Vampires are real, right?

I have a lot of plans that hinge on that.

spugsley

20:01

@fbueckert this is excellent advice. We haven't really started looking yet (other than online). We've been renting forever and it really sucks to just throw money away like that. It'll be nice to actually work towards owning something instead of just "here, let me pay you to stay in this one bedroom apartment and have nothing to show for our money at all!"

fbueckert

@murgatroid99 Ingesting preservatives while alive should preserve our organs much better!

murgatroid99

@fbueckert but preserved organs != functional organs

spugsley

Let's take a bet! Right now, it's storming like a motherfucker. I have three stacks. How long after I reach my 5th stack do you think the power will go out?

I'm thinking ~8mins

fbueckert

@spugsley That was my thought when I bought my place. I planned it out before making any decisions. Talked it over with friends who had been there before, who pointed me at what sort of house I should look at. So once I actually talked to a realtor, I was very specific in what I wanted, and how much I was willing to spend.

Sterno

@spugsley Though as a counterpoint, I picked a house that isn't everything I'd ever want, but it's bigger, better, and cheaper than what I was renting, and in a better location too. And I'm building equity. The only real downside is being "locked in" to payments and not being able to move unless I sell it. Which is more than a fair trade IMO.

To get the kind of house I'd be totally happy with would be more of a financial burden then I'm comfortable with.

fbueckert

20:04

@Sterno That's a valid point.

StrixVaria

I could afford a house and a mortgage. I can't afford that + property tax. Property tax is stupid.

fbueckert

I got insanely lucky; I got my mortgage right before the fun housing crash. It was on variable rate, so my payments plummeted.

I'm still paying more than I did in rent, but not much more. And I rent out rooms to friends.

Sterno

I need to refinance but keep putting it off.

I got mine right before the crash, but it was fixed rate

I'm also disappointed that I got the first-time buyer housing credit that you have to pay back, instead of the one a year later that was FREE MONEY

spugsley

@Sterno oh that sucks :(

fbueckert

I have another year before I need to renegotiate my term; my situation has changed dramatically since I bought my place, and I make quite a bit more than I did before. I want to see if I can buy another house and rent this one out entirely.

And thus begin my job as a slum lord. :P

spugsley

20:07

@fbueckert well, I think you'd make an excellent slum lord

jk :)

Sterno

I'm so happy we managed to unload my wife's house (in a different state) when we got married. We were trying to sell as the market was crashing, so she was really upset at losing money on it, but at the same time the payments on that house, sitting empty in another state, were twice what the home we live in was

took a loss, but at least not paying 2k/month :P

fbueckert

@spugsley It's the easiest job ever! Just make sure you get your rent, and intimidate your tenants to ensure they don't go anywhere. And don't fix anything! Ever!

spugsley

@Sterno that's nothing to cry about :p

Grace Note

@Alok My recommendation would've been more narrowing as what Wipqozn suggested, "HP vs. runspeed", or in general, "mobility vs. endurance"

fbueckert

@spugsley Honestly, though, I'd make a terrible slum lord; I'm far too nice.

Grace Note

20:10

Again, though, my take is without knowing what questions we exactly have

spugsley

@fbueckert hehe :)

fbueckert

I've got some ideas kicking around on how I want to go about renting this place out. Nothing concrete, but different than the usual, "Here's how much it costs to live here."

GnomeSlicE

@GraceNote This is something you will almost certainly like: newgrounds.com/audio/listen/128701

FAE

@GnomeSlicE The sound was decent, but I think I'm not able to really fully appreciate it, not being familiar with the original nor the original's artist in general.

GnomeSlicE

@FAE Neither am I, I just know that Ellie Goulding gets remixed all over the place.

FAE

20:16

@GnomeSlicE Ah, hadn't heard of her til now.

GnomeSlicE

@FAE Have you played Mirror's Edge? soundcloud.com/mtedenofficial/mt-eden-still-alive

FAE

@GnomeSlicE I own it, but not yet.

GnomeSlicE

@FAE Ahhhh then that won't sound familiar.

One of my favourite songs ever.

FAE

I'll check it out later, need to afk now.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlicE Can't listen now

GnomeSlicE

20:18

@GraceNote Remind me later.

Ronan Forman

Does anyone here want to do this?

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pixel

fml I've just spent a full 90 minutes virtual-shopping in the secret world

QAdp

btw I still have a key for CS:GO to give away if you're on Steam

If you've never had any CS that's better because I also haven't and I don't have the slightest clue :P

Grace Note

@pixel There are worse ways to have spent 90 minutes of your life

pixel

@GraceNote not many worse ways, they've only got 10 pairs of shoes in 10 different colours and I had to go over them all to find the ones I wanted

Ronan Forman

20:28

@QAdley @Origami @James I expect you will be interested. (youtube.com/…)

Grace Note

That's 100 combinations to match with your outfit

You really thing it takes less than a minute to evaluate a pair of shoes? What kind of person are you?

QAdp

h oh oh this is a big one

Valve Announces Steam Greenlight: Enlisting the community to help select new titles on Steam #SteamGreenlight http://bit.ly/NDvm7N

Tweeted by steam_games on July 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM

user2334

Only accept titles that have day one mac ports. Done

Grace Note

I guess if you've got every single other part of the outfit complete, you could possibly make it in under a minute, and of course time should be cut down if you predetermine which colors you'd be looking at

user15026

@GraceNote Do they fit me? Will they make my feet hurt? No? Done. Virtually, even easier - no feet to hurt

Wipqozn

20:30

@GnomeSlicE +1

GnomeSlicE

@QAdp Oh man, what.

user15026

I think the world needs to stop using the word "soon". it is too imprecise, and I never know what it means. 5 minutes? 10? a day? a year? Argh.

user15026

Like a prof telling me "I will be at my office soon". I waited an hour, then I left.

user2334

user15026

@MarkTrapp That is a little disturbing.

GnomeSlicE

20:33

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Blem

@GnomeSlicE very nice :)

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Better yet: Do they have the stats I want? Yes? Great! Puts on giant clown shoes

pixel

@GraceNote The kind that wouldn't do that in real life, let alone in a game!

@GraceNote real life shoe choice = 'oh they could potentially all work buys all'

QAdp

I GOT 1 KILL

on a person afk in spawn

but 1 KILL

fbueckert

@QAdp Are you playing Counterstrike now?

QAdp

20:38

@fbueckert I got in the CS:GO beta

GnomeSlicE

How about some Lounge Electronic

QAdp

14 mins ago, by QAdp

btw I still have a key for CS:GO to give away if you're on Steam

StrixVaria

What's the GO stand for?

user15026

@fbueckert Hey, nothing wrong with clown shoes!

QAdp

Global Opposition

fbueckert

20:39

@AshleyNunn Exactly! If they give me +3 to jumping and +5 to crazy laughter, I'll happily wear clown shoes!

user15026

Bah. How do I change which profile is my chat parent profile?

QAdp

@AshleyNunn From your profile

fbueckert

Never mind the fact that they don't go with the rest of my outfit.

user15026

@fbueckert I would just for the +5 to crazy laughter

Grace Note

@pixel I imagine that'd cost you a lot more than 90 minutes of work would make up for

pixel

20:40

@GraceNote time is money, friend

besides I hate shopping

QAdp

so basically Steam is to launch their own sorta Area51

GnomeSlicE

@QAdp Except you find stuff, you don't make it up.

user15026

@QAdp Where? I might just be blind, but I don't see it

fbueckert

@QAdp And they make money from the decisions of the community.

QAdp

@AshleyNunn fixed, it's going to be actually out in August

user15026

20:43

@QAdp What?

QAdp

Valve Announces Steam Greenlight: Enlisting the community to help select new titles on Steam #SteamGreenlight http://bit.ly/NDvm7N

Tweeted by steam_games on July 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM

user15026

Sweet, it worked :D

Ben Brocka

@QAdp was about to post that

I will do everything in my power to get Bunny Must Die approved via that thing

GnomeSlicE

@BenBrocka It's the second time he's posted it in like 10 minutes.

Ben Brocka

Well I just got here

pixel

20:48

sprint speed increase is the best upgrade ever

fbueckert

@pixel Methinks someone's a little too used to kiting things. :P

user15026

@QAdp This is pretty fascinating

pixel

princess of kiting

my world ends when i get cornered

user15026

@fbueckert Kiting? Am I going to be disappointed when I learn this has nothing to do with tying people to actual kites?

pixel

@AshleyNunn yes

user15026

20:53

@pixel saddest sad face

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Although, this is still a thing.

user15026

@fbueckert Tying people to kites?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Yup. It's called hang gliding.

Alok

@spugsley Congrats! Don't have much advice but you should consider CUs for good rates - esp. penfed tends to have nice mortgage & new car rates (and anyone can get it with $25)

user15026

@fbueckert >.< I was hoping it was more like "fly on my little kite string! TO YOUR DOOM"

fbueckert

20:54

@AshleyNunn I'm working on it! A mad scientist can only create so many crazy things at the same time!

pixel

I'm having a love/hate relationship with this game though

user15026

@spugsley This is pretty awesome.

user15026

@fbueckert It just means you aren't trying hard enough!

GnomeSlicE

@Wipqozn How about some Orchestral?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn No, it means I have other crazy things to work on.

Such as artificial intelligence.

pixel

20:56

Extra movement speed is so win

fbueckert

And talking cars.

And a smart house.

user15026

I WANT KITES FOR DOOM MAKING

Alok

@GraceNote Didn't think of that; will try to frame it as such (in a few hours when I can access D3 and also give more details)

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Fine, I'll get right on that. grumble, grumble

pixel

I should have stopped questing ages ago to make this trip

user15026

20:58

@fbueckert Thank you. You're a sweetheart. I will pay you in your weight in cookies.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'm basically having to invent anti-gravity, and I get cookies?

user15026

@fbueckert Whatever! Cookies are awesome!

Grace Note

@Alok Make sure to check if it's been asked yet, of course.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'm thinking perfecting anti-gravity nets me the world's weight in cookies.

user15026

@fbueckert I don't know if I can bake that many cookies. I'd need a bigger oven.

fbueckert

21:00

@AshleyNunn If I'm inventing anti-gravity, you're baking cookies!

user15026

@fbueckert Fiiiiiiiine

user15026

Do you have a cookie preference?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Death by Chocolate

user15026

@fbueckert I think I can arrange something awesome.

fbueckert

If I'm getting cookies by the truckload, death by cookie is going to be a very real thing.

user15026

21:04

@fbueckert Hey, you were the one that negotiated for the world's weight in cookies. You only have yourself to blame.

Lazers

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Q: How can I play Crysis 2 without shutting down ProcExp and Visual Studio?

I'm a developer. When I have some spare time, I like to play the occasional game. Crysis 2 won't run if I have Visual Studio or Process Explorer running – which I do at all times. Sometimes I have a debugging session running; I can't just close VS without losing a lot of state. What (legal) opti...

drm crysis-2

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Time to invent the Cookie Monster, too, while I'm at it.

user15026

@fbueckert ....you're gonna waste the cookies?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Eventually I'm going to get very tired of cookies. I'll need to figure out what else to do with them.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlicE It's okay. Not great, but not bad.

user15026

21:06

Feed them to the cookie-lacking people of the world

QAdley

@RonanForman I am up for this

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Also known as my family! feeds cookies to all my nephews and nieces

user15026

@fbueckert I think you might still have some cookies left over

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn We'll work it through the family tree. I have a LOT of cousins.

Ronan Forman

@QAdley Don't sign up yet, we need to all have the same team listed.

QAdley

21:10

@RonanForman Yes ok

Anyone else onboard so far?

Ronan Forman

Not yet.

Do you want to make a doc to put your mc name in?

Alok

@AshleyNunn I can help @fbueckert finish them, if he makes me an antigrav belt to deal with the aftermath ...

user15026

@Alok do you want cookies too? :)

Fredy31

crashes through an Assassins Creed Movie?

ingame.msnbc.msn.com/technology/ingame/…

QAdp

21:32

guys, reload the page and give @AshleyNunn a round of applauses please

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Anna Lear

She blue herself.

GnomeSlicE

@AshleyNunn You're a mod!

Anna Lear

What, no Arrested Development fans? Tough crowd. :P

StrixVaria

Oh cool, I got my 100th silver badge just now.

James

@RonanForman Nice! Unfortunately that is the day I think we are doing the UHC run :/

fbueckert

21:48

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A: How can I play Crysis 2 without shutting down ProcExp and Visual Studio?

This answer does not advocate to break the law. Please read it before downvoting it. Thanks! This site cannot give you legal advice. However, it may be legal in your jurisdiction to download a DRM-free copy of the game (e.g. via BitTorrent) since you already own the game. It may still be legal e...

He deleted his first answer and re-posted it, it seems.

Resorath

@fbueckert That he did

danRhul

Are you only allowed to query stack exchange a certain amount of times per x time period?

fbueckert

@Resorath The only reason he would have to do that is to get rid of the downvotes, I would assume?

James

@GnomeSlicE Mob is short for Mobile, a common name since the days of MUDs for enemy NPCs that are able to move around :P

GnomeSlicE

@James My bad.

Resorath

21:51

@fbueckert Yes, the answer is identical. I already left him a comment. Too bad he still attracted downvotes.

GnomeSlicE

Feel free to roll it back.

James

@GnomeSlicE I read the change log and /facepalmed with a laugh :)

Nah, another name for the same thing that is more clear.. I just figured I would let you know that that is a term in MMOs :)

danRhul

"You can perform this action again in 2 seconds"

wth?

fbueckert

@Resorath I dunno; if he's deleting the answer and reposting specifically to remove the downvotes, then I'm still going to downvote it again, as it's not helpful.

danRhul

@fbueckert Even if it was a completely different answer?

fbueckert

21:55

3 mins ago, by Resorath

@fbueckert Yes, the answer is identical. I already left him a comment. Too bad he still attracted downvotes.

If he had actually changed his answer, I probably wouldn't downvote it. But deleting your answer for no other reason than to dump the downvotes means I'm going to downvote it. Again.

danRhul

Oh I agree. Just seemed like you meant, you would downvote purely because they removed an answer.

Resorath

I think he removed a linebreak

fbueckert

@danRhul Wording was a bit ambiguous, but I wouldn't downvote just because they removed their previous answer.

agent86

OMG OMG OMG GUYS YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED

I was playing diablo 3, and I found an item that was better than the one I had equipped!

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fbueckert

@agent86 One of your kids exploded?

agent86

21:59

like, not even at the auction house! in the game!

Resorath

@agent86 People still play diablo 3?

danRhul

Is ePSXe an emulator?

fbueckert

@agent86 I had this happen! Only I found an item that was upgrade for one of my team members!

@danRhul Sure is.

Ronan Forman

@James You said you were doing that in the evening.

agent86

@fbueckert ooh, that's close to useful.

James

21:59

@RonanForman 2pm in the afternoon is the evening for us.. We have people playing in Spain :D

danRhul

@fbueckert I thought questions regarding emulators were prohibited?

Ronan Forman

@James OIC now I have to make a decision.

fbueckert

@agent86 I farm out my item finding; I figure I'll find items that are useful for others, and in exchange, they'll keep their eyes open for items that I might find useful.

James

@RonanForman sign up soon man, that video said they expected quite a few people to not be able to play due to too many signing up

fbueckert

@danRhul Emulation in itself isn't prohibited; asking questions about an emulator has no bearing on whether or not a game is pirated.

ePSXe, in fact, can run games off a disc, so you could have your PSX game in the drive.

danRhul

22:02

@fbueckert Ahh, that makes sense.

Ronan Forman

@James I can always join you for UHC some other time.

fbueckert

@danRhul Now, if someone asked where to find a ROM, I'd vote to close that instantly.

James

@RonanForman Yup, No worries man

Ronan Forman

@Fredy Do you want to play?

James

I do not even have an exact time but I know I will likely not want to have to work on the setup of one and then jump on to the other.

danRhul

22:03

@fbueckert I can see the definite piracy vs chance of piracy

James

If Ic an get a compatible time though I will try, but do not wait for me.. This is a busy week for me

fbueckert

@danRhul And either way, an answer that basically goes, "This might not be legal, depending on where you live. I take no responsibility!" is not a good answer.

danRhul

@fbueckert Oh the emulator question was with regards to something different. That one is definitely wrong.

fbueckert

This is sometimes the only solution when developers implement unethical, frustrating and possibly illegal DRM in their games. The morality idiots will always knock the argument against cracks/torrents but the truth of the matter is that cracks are legal in many countries (including mine, and possibly in OPs) and there are cases where developers of certain games recommended using cracks because the DRM was so intrusive and broken that the best way to play was with a crack. — warsong 3 mins ago

Have we not had this discussion about piracy before?

Lazers

0

Q: Does Adell (DLC) gain Big Bang in Disgaea 4?

The title pretty much says it all. Does Adell naturally (without needing to go to Chara World) gain the Big Bang skill, and if so, at what level? I've tried searching for it, and no one seems to have a skill/level table for DLC characters, at least that I can find.

disgaea-4

0

Q: Where do I relocate the key I discovered in the bathtub in the girl's bathroom?

In Silent Hill Origins for the PSP, I got up to the part where you are in a hospital that the nice nurse was assigned to go have a meeting with a man(that you meet earlier in the game). I went to the girl's restroom, and I drained the bathtub. Unfortunately, the key went down the drain. Where do ...

silent-hill-series

James

22:13

2

Q: How can I play Crysis 2 without shutting down ProcExp and Visual Studio?

I'm a developer. When I have some spare time, I like to play the occasional game. Crysis 2 won't run if I have Visual Studio or Process Explorer running – which I do at all times. Sometimes I have a debugging session running; I can't just close VS without losing a lot of state. What (legal) opti...

drm crysis-2

Shouldn't we be voting to close this?

I see all the comment bickering on the only answer there, but isnt that a very specific example of a question that has too narrow of a field to be of much use??

I feel like posting an answer of 'Save your crap and exit visual studio', stop trying to play games at work :P

danRhul

@James I wouldn't think its a narrow field. A lot of people on gaming are also on stackoverflow. Thus whilst not satisfying a field of gamers, it satisfies a large field of people on gaming

fbueckert

@James There are other games that use this DRM. It's basically an anti-cracking mechanism.

I would actually be interested in an answer that doesn't go, "crack the game".

James

@fbueckert @danRhul's answer was a step in the direction for keeping the question, yours is a step in the direction of once again, off topic for our site :)

fbueckert

@James Thing is, this DRM is specific to games. NO other software uses DRM like this.

James

@fbueckert The question is how do I get around the DRM on Crysis-2.. The answer is always going to be some way of circumventing the software's nature man.. Just does not feel like a useful question to me.

danRhul

22:18

@James It's a strange one. I guess I'm just particularly interested because I avoid gaming on my computer specifically for this reason.

fbueckert

@James Unless the developer releases a patch that strips the DRM.

But, yeah. There really is no good answer to that.

danRhul

I think providing an answer for this (which would be good for OP) is essentially advising how to circumvent DRM restrictions

James

@danRhul All my systems have VS 2010 on them and two of them have Process Explorer on them that I use all the time..

And to that end I do not run those pieces of software when playing games.

fbueckert

@James So the real answer is, "You can't. Save your crap before you game."

James

@fbueckert Yeah, this just seems either a question we will not answer (how to break DRM) vs way too localized.

if anything maybe the guys over at GameDev could target that answer but I do not think they would take the question

fbueckert

22:21

@James I wouldn't assume so.

James

@fbueckert Haha, They hate legal oriented questions more than the people here do :)

fbueckert

@James Fair enough. :)

Close off-topic, then?

James

@fbueckert Already cast a too localized vote, hehe

fbueckert

You already voted too localized, so I followed along.

danRhul

Why do Diablo3 questions/answers get ridiculously upvoted?

fbueckert

22:24

Oh, and incoming rage about question editing on this:

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Q: Where can I find the key I discovered in the bathtub in the girl's bathroom?

In Silent Hill Origins for the PSP, I got up to the part where you are in a hospital that the nice nurse was assigned to go have a meeting with a man (that you meet earlier in the game). I went to the girl's restroom, and I drained the bathtub. Unfortunately, the key went down the drain. Where do...

silent-hill-origins

@danRhul Most of the people here play the game?

Wipqozn

@danRhul The game is popular so therefore there are more people voting on the questions.

Furthermore, due to the contest it brought in a lot of new users who are more likely to up vote questions, even if they are of low quality.

James

@fbueckert Why looks like a good edit to me?

fbueckert

@James He hates it when someone else edits his questions.

Check out some of his previous questions for history.

James

@fbueckert l2engrish

Wipqozn

Stop It!!!!! Who made you boss of checking duplicates? It's totally coincidental!!! — JerryRox Jun 27 at 23:15

fbueckert

22:26

@James Nu uh. Not EVER engrishing. I spend FAR too much time reading, and engrish just makes my eyes cross.

Wipqozn

I think he's just a troll.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn I think he's 15 and a know it all.

danRhul

@Wipqozn That was my favourite

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Yeah, looking more at his comments I think he's just an emotional fellow.

Anna Lear

fbueckert

22:29

For more fun: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5143640#5143640

danRhul

@fbueckert I couldn't stop laughing. (Forgive I don't know how to do quotes):
JRPGS
What's that?
Japanese Role Playing Games, like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts
Japanese? I have the English version

fbueckert

@danRhul Yeah. And then begging me to play Kingdom Hearts with him.

OrigamiRobot

@ASHLEYNUNN YOU SCAMP!

danRhul

@fbueckert PLEASEEEEEE

James

@danRhul I loved the facedesk :D

danRhul

22:36

@fbueckert Was the best reply ever.

fbueckert

@James Fun fact: I used to do that in elementary school.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I breed a Pollen Dragon?

I received an in game announcement that a new Pollen Dragon is available for breeding. What is the best pair for breeding? What is the breeding time (so I know if I was successful)?

dragonvale

0

Q: How do you get a Team Fortress 2 server started?

I've checked all the questions asked, and none seem to answer my question. Additionally if this question is too subjective to be here, I apologize, but I saw a similar question about getting a minecraft server started so I assume this is ok? I recently purchased a Team Fortress 2 server. It (at...

team-fortress-2 hosting

fbueckert

@Lazers Protect!

And for those other Growlanser fans: new website for the PSP game: atlus.com/growlanserpsp

I'd recommend not looking at that at work; it's safe, but the drawing style is very Growlanser, which means it's very suggestive.

James

@Lazers Go get it @agent86 :D

Ben Brocka

fbueckert

22:41

And for other SNES fans:

agent86

@James I've been trying to let them simmer a bit to see if they actually attract garbage, but almost universally I've had to protect them :(

James

@fbueckert Wow there is a whole bunch of Final Fantasy in there :D

@agent86 Wow, was asked 27min ago and only 7 views? The internet must be broken!!

fbueckert

@James I think I found some Evermore, but just looking at it makes my eyes hurt.

agent86

@fbueckert ohgodmyeyes

spugsley

@fbueckert I will call this the insta-migraine

fbueckert

22:45

@spugsley Excuse for pills found! Go!

agent86

it's not as bad as ben's "highlight" image though.

need I post that again?

>:D

fbueckert

Oh, dear.

I don't know if I saw that one.

agent86

here, headache at your own peril: assets.highlig.ht/gfx_logo_medium2.gif

Ben Brocka

@fbueckert this is what being on acid is like

fbueckert

@agent86 Ow!

danRhul

22:46

@James Personally loving the floating Cyan head in there

Ben Brocka

also it's like 50% final fantasy or more

agent86

@fbueckert yeah, if you can stare at that for more than a minute and don't get a headache, you're about to OD on vicodin, doctor house.

@AshleyNunn, have you found all the super sekret mod buttons that make the site explode?

fbueckert

@agent86 I think it's time to go try Front Mission.

agent86

@fbueckert it's quite good! I hope you enjoy it. The plot's a bit "eh" but the mech customization and combat are excellent.

James

@fbueckert That robot fighting game that came out like a year ago?

Front Mission: Evolved?

Ben Brocka

22:49

I don't see a single non Squaresoft character in that image aside from some Earthbound characters

spugsley

@fbueckert lololol

danRhul

Is there an Orthros in there?

Ronan Forman

@Ben You mentioned wanting to play minecraft with us, there's a tournament we're entering if you want to play.

Ben Brocka

@RonanForman sounds like something I will lose terribly at. What's the game?

fbueckert

If anyone's interested, I can upload pics of my gaming collection.

I was half serious about letting the community decide what I'm playing next. :)

@James That one was...meh.

Too shootery.

OrigamiRobot

22:52

@fbueckert Tomba!

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot If you provide it, I will play it. :P

Ronan Forman

►

fbueckert

Otherwise, you'll have to choose from what I have on hand.

Fredy31

@Ronan depends when

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Alas, this was from a time when I did not take care of my games.

Ronan Forman

22:54

@Fredy 14th 6 UTC (game on! time)

Fredy31

I should

Ronan Forman

That's 3 then.

@Fredy What's your time zone, I can sign us all up that way.

fbueckert

Blarg. I suck at taking photos.

Fredy31

EST

Ronan Forman

@Fredy That's -5 right?

Fredy31

22:58

yes

2pm

-4

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