The Bridge

fbueckert

17:00

@agent86 Tell me the summer sale started.

agent86

has nobody noticed the summer sale?

holy crap! steam summer sale!

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fbueckert

@agent86 ...It JUST started. :P

Like, literally, a minute ago.

agent86

@fbueckert yeah, but if I'd said it and someone had already posted it, you guys'd go "oh, that's old news" so today I asked first!

possibility of pleasing people: 0% :P

legend of grimrock!

60% off!

buybuybuy

OrigamiRobot

fbueckert

@agent86 And then I got to complain about your unreasonably obsessive comment.

So, either way, I get to complain about you! I win!

agent86

17:02

yaaaaaaaaay

Sterno

Steam sales are a source of sorrow when you already own all the discounted games.

agent86

whoa, they're also doing sales on shorter time periods too

right hand side of the page

fbueckert

SpaceChem for $2.50 Everybody buy it!

Sterno

There was a Phantasy Star IV?

Fluttershy

Divine Divinity for $3.99! I'm sold!

fbueckert

17:03

@Fluttershy Glad you deliberated about it yesterday? :P

FAE

The Steam sale has started, aka 503 errors whenever you try to do anything!

agent86

what, saints row 3 might be 75% off? vote vote vote!

Sterno

@Fluttershy Naturally, I bought it for $5.99 6 days ago :P

Fluttershy

@Sterno That's usually what happens with me. lol

RESPAWN

@agent86 I'd buy that for a dollar!

Lazers

17:06

0

Q: How can I disable a silverfish spawner?

So I just found a stronghold and located the End Portal. I tried lighting up the area to get rid of the silverfish that come from the spawner, but I found out trough the Minecraft Wiki that when there's a spawner they can spawn at any light level. Since I don't want to destroy the spawner, is th...

RESPAWN

Or more, really. 75% off is a good deal.

agent86

@RESPAWN yeah. It was worth full price back in November, tbh

fbueckert

@agent86 I've gotten my value out of D3, that's for sure. Almost 200 hours on my Monk alone.

agent86

remember don't buy games that aren't the current deal until the last day of the sale

lest you buy today at 33% off and see it tomorrow for 66% off

fbueckert

@agent86 And with the Flash deals, even that may not work well.

Fluttershy

17:12

Legend of Grimrock is definitely worth the price right now. <.<

agent86

@fbueckert yeah, flash deals put a kink in it, but I think still it's a bad idea to buy at the "normal discount" price until you've waited to see if there will be further discounts.

@Fluttershy already bought :D

RESPAWN

@agent86 That's what I've been hearing. And to me it looks to be the best of the three. After the screw up that was the Arkham Asylum port, I'm afraid to touch the Arkham City port

Fluttershy

3 mins ago, by agent86

remember don't buy games that aren't the current deal until the last day of the sale

RESPAWN

I'll just get it on ps3 eventually

Sterno

I didn't finish Arkham City, but it was fine.

agent86

17:14

@Fluttershy it's the current deal?

RESPAWN

@Sterno Ah. OK. I haven't heard much about it. I just remember there were a lot of issues with the Asylum port a few years ago

Fluttershy

@agent86 Oh... It is?

Oh wait.

agent86

@Fluttershy yeppers, it's one of the limited time ones near the top of the main page

Fluttershy

Yes it is. >.>

agent86

I was just reading some interesting things about dynamite jack so that's on my watch list

DMA57361

17:23

@GnomeSlicE Picking up where it was left off (it was quite far along iirc?) or a kind of restart?

GnomeSlicE

@DMA57361 Picking up, don't see any reason to start a new one until we finish the first one.

user2334

GnomeSlicE

@agent86 Looks good, doesn't it? Phil Hassey is the dev of the 'Galcon' games, which are amazing.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp damn it, why do things like this always happen when I'm doing something else

DMA57361

@GnomeSlicE f/e, well I still play the game occasionally so yeah I'll play when a match drops my way

fbueckert

17:25

@murgatroid99 Stupid work, interfering with me having fun.

GnomeSlicE

@agent86 Oh, huh, it's on Steam now?

user2334

@murgatroid99 Quickly, drop what you're doing! Your self worth is determined by how much you save!

murgatroid99

@fbueckert I was away from my computer for an hour and I got back to see that

GnomeSlicE

@agent86 One thing you might want to know is that it's originally a mobile game.

user2334

Also:

user2334

17:27

Jul 4 at 21:43, by Mark Trapp

If it's the third one, there's your reason. But word on the street it's supposed to start July 12th

user2334

Nailed it!

Fluttershy

@MarkTrapp I did too! =D I told some steam friends that it was allegedly starting on the 12th. =3

user2334

highfive

user2334

Everyone shun @LessPopMoreFizz the unbeliever. SHUUUUUUUUUN

murgatroid99

Is there anything other than a sale (like the previous ones have had)

FAE

17:32

@murgatroid99 No achievement hunting or anything like that.

Fluttershy

@murgatroid99 No achievement hunting. But you can vote for what game you'd like to go on sale every few hours.

murgatroid99

@FAE @Fluttershy darn. That's what I like about these sales.

FAE

@murgatroid99 I'm almost a little relieved that they're not doing it actually...

murgatroid99

@FAE my top questions are from those achievement hunts

FAE

@murgatroid99 Well I know they're a good source for questions/answers, but I mean more that my OCD for achievement acquisition will not have to be taxed this time around.

Lazers

17:39

0

Q: How do I improve my weapon in Gears of war 3 multiplayer

I am new to multiplayer mode in GOW3 . I am limited to a choice of two simple weapons. I have noticed I have to shoot a lot in order to injure an opponent but a lot of them can take me down with a single shot. How do I replace my weapon? Thanks.

gears-of-war-3

0

Q: downgrade my level in Gears of war 3

I just started playing online gears of war 3. after a couple of games I reached rank 10. I think (though not quite sure ) it moved me then to matches with better players. I am getting shot there in split of a sec :-) Is there a way to enter matched with noob for the begining. thanks.

gears-of-war-3

GnomeSlicE

Just bought Terraria and Legend of Grimrock. Goddamn game sales.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlicE Legend of Grimrock is excellent.

As is Terraria

GnomeSlicE

@Fluttershy This one I probably wouldn't have bought if it wasn't so cheap, because I've already got Minecraft and King Arthur's Gold.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlicE Understandable. It's still an excellent game.

GnomeSlicE

@Fluttershy So I've heard, I'm sure I'll enjoy it.

fbueckert

17:51

People are going to extreme lengths to scam people in D3. Take this picture for example

Sterno

@fbueckert elaborate

fbueckert

@Sterno The maximum damage on that weapon is far beyond what can be accounted for, according to Blizzard's info for the Dark Blade

FAE

Ugh, I know Legend of Grimrock is good but I honestly don't know if I'll be taking the time to play it before the Christmas sale...

Sterno

@FAE You can do the whole game in about 10-12 hours! :)

FAE

@Sterno Hm, that short?

Sterno

17:54

Unless you get stuck on puzzles.

FAE

Intriguing. I may just pick it up then after all.

fbueckert

Even at max damage, 209, adding 309 = 518. Multiplying that by 1.5 gives you 777. That's nowhere near the 921 max shown.

Sterno

I played on hard, which I actually don't recommend. It was the puzzles that made the game fun. Not the combat. And I think it took me just over 12 hours. And that was with taking some time for screenshots and Gaming.SE posts

And apparently I like to start sentences with "and".

FAE

@Sterno Why wouldn't you recommend it?

Sterno

@FAE It simply wasn't that fun. The "trick" is mostly to unload all your attacks at once, then strafe around so the monster can't hit you until your attacks reset. The only real trouble areas are when you get a lot of enemies at once, or locked in tight space

FAE

17:57

@Sterno Ah, so the increased combat challenge didn't really add enough fun factor to warrant playing on hard instead of normal type thing?

Sterno

@FAE Yeah. And the only thing different on hard, as far as I know, is enemy damage/hp

FAE

@Sterno Gotcha, thanks for the tip. :)

Sterno

Plus, in a game with reusable "heal all" crystals scattered throughout the dungeon, plus the ability to fairly safely rest and heal anywhere (which only costs you food, which after about level 2 you'll have more than enough of for the rest of the game), combat on hard still wasn't too bad beyond "can I survive a quick damage spike"?

FAE

Ah I see

Fluttershy

18:09

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Ronan Forman

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James

You guys see that Amazon is going to give up its lawsuits and collect sales tax for all of its purchases? But to offset that they are now expanding their warehouse capabilities to all states and start to offer Same Day delivery for their orders?

Fluttershy

@James I didn't realize there was a lawsuit.

James

@Fluttershy Unfair practice lawsuits as companies who are in the state feel they are losing business because Amazon doesnt collect sales tax and therefore is 'cheaper'

theverge.com/2012/7/11/3153688/…

Fluttershy

Interesting.

fbueckert

18:21

@James That's a big turnaround.

They used to pull out of states and terminate affiliate programs in states that legislated they had to collect sales tax.

RedRiderX

@RonanForman Hooray!

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX For?

RedRiderX

@RonanForman More videos, I for one like watching this series, even if no one else does. :(

Ronan Forman

We just need some exposure.

MikeyB

Spend all your MONIES!

STEAM SUMMER SALE ON NOW: #SteamSale http://bit.ly/NaFKY1

Tweeted by steam_games on July 12, 2012 at 6:22 PM

fbueckert

18:29

@MikeyB I should be getting a bonus soon-ish. I may spend most of it on this. :P

murgatroid99

1 hour ago, by agent86

holy crap! steam summer sale!

RedRiderX

@RonanForman Well a community ad for the channel would be good.

MikeyB

I looked :)

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX We had one for the old one, I need to make a new one.

RedRiderX

@RonanForman Yeah, I just had noticed that there wasn't one for the updated channel. Will you use the new logo?

Ronan Forman

18:31

Of course.

RedRiderX

@RonanForman I guess I should say this in the Game On room, but I think we'll have to scrap the old site design if we are going to go with this new "Arqade Community" logo.

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX Really? Why?

I will just need a bit of re-colouring and a different logo.

RedRiderX

@RonanForman That's what I meant, the colour scheme would probably have to change. That and I'm unsure how well the logo will work as a site header.

Ronan Forman

The logo has text already.

Lazers

0

Q: Where is the Facility?

I am seeing a lot of people looking for group for an instance called 'The Facility'. Where is the Facility located and in which zone can I find the entrance? What is the recommended quality level for this instance?

the-secret-world

0

Q: Optimizing mouse for FPS

I recently re-builded an old PC to use as secondary PC just for gaming, I installed Win 7 and the MarkC mouse fix, but I still don't find it comfortable when aiming at long range targets. ( I also disabled mouse setting in games, for example in Arma2 I've set X axis, Y axis and smoothing to 0 ). ...

mouse first-person-shooter

0

Q: Civilization 5 Mac modding

I'm trying to enable the mod button within civ5 (steam version) on mac, I've seen this question asked and answered already, however, when I navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/sid meier's civilization v/assets/UI/FrontEnd/MainMenu.lua i do not have MainMenu.lua instea...

civilization-5 mods

RedRiderX

18:40

@RonanForman The old logo worked as a centered object, but this new logo has the text to the side, so it might not work as a centered logo, and might need something on the opposite side of the header.

Ronan Forman

Like ARQADE [LOGO] COMMUNITY

RedRiderX

I think I over-stated: the header might need some work.

@RonanForman The words might look too uneven on either side of the logo, and I doubt that words would read well placed overtop the logo.

fbueckert

@Lazers This is a dupe; the user asked his question in the original thread, and I told him that he should leave a comment once he has enough rep. Instead, he posts an entirely new question. Thoughts?

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX Just centre the whole logo.

QAdp

AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD AMAGAD

17 mins ago, by MikeyB

STEAM SUMMER SALE ON NOW: #SteamSale http://bit.ly/NaFKY1

Tweeted by steam_games on July 12, 2012 at 6:22 PM

fbueckert

18:46

16 mins ago, by murgatroid99

1 hour ago, by agent86

holy crap! steam summer sale!

RedRiderX

I wasn't in chat last year. Does this go on all day?

QAdp

Wrath of the Lamb DLC at €.99

just what I was waiting for

fbueckert

@Qadp Question for Mr. Mod: How do we handle new users wanting an answer to a question that's specific to them, ala the above?

QAdp

@fbueckert link?

RedRiderX

@RonanForman I haven't played with it too much yet, so I could be wrong.

fbueckert

18:48

@QAdp Their dupe question:

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Q: Civilization 5 Mac modding

I'm trying to enable the mod button within civ5 (steam version) on mac, I've seen this question asked and answered already, however, when I navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/sid meier's civilization v/assets/UI/FrontEnd/MainMenu.lua i do not have MainMenu.lua instea...

civilization-5 mods

Their not an answer:

0

A: How can I enable Civ 5 mods on Mac OS X?

I have this same issue however when I navigate to that folder i do not have MainMenu.lua instead I have MainMenu.xml which doesnt contain much. Any suggestions? Thanks!

QAdp

I'll convert the answer to a comment for starters

RedRiderX

@RonanForman Btw, have you acquired enough people for that team yet?

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX I don't think so.

QAdp

I'll improve the "dupe"'s title for second

as for the judgement call - I'll make none but will offer some reputation in a bounty on the original question if it gets closed as dupe

so do poke me if that happens, I likely won't check back unless it gets flagged or brought up again

also ask him the version or what not...

fbueckert

@QAdp Alright, so mod intervention for this win!

When we don't have a handy mod to do the lifting, what shall/should we do?

QAdp

18:54

Close votes?

Ask another mod?

Comments?

Pancakes?

fbueckert

@QAdp I didn't want to close that, as it's obvious he wants an answer, but there's no real recourse for new users in this sort of situation, short of established user intervention.

Ask their question as an answer? Deleted as Not an answer. Ask their own question? Closed as dupe.

QAdp

@fbueckert Sure, as I said if it gets closed we'll make a bounty on the old question - which is more like what should happen in the first place

Personally my reputation is kind of meaningless anyway, I still have all the power at 24k reps. So I don't mind bountying...

(I would rather mind people losing privileges over this kind of bountying)

fbueckert

@QAdp If I see something else like this, I'll dump a bounty on the question; hopefully we can get some good answers out of it.

QAdp

@fbueckert You have very little over 3k rep... I'd personally rather have you as a 10ker than a 2ker :P

10K ALL THE USERS

tiddy

What's @ 10k?

QAdp

19:01

You can vote delete old downvoted questions, see what questions have pending close/delete votes and have access other lists

Also probably protection

gaming.stackexchange.com/privileges/moderator-tools has more

FAE

@QAdp Protection is 15k

QAdp

oh - and obviously, access to large part of our very own flag list!

@FAE Roger

I wonder how that works, do you get a 'protect' link under the question next to 'edit' 'close' and 'delete'?

fbueckert

@QAdp True. So would I. :P But in the event there's no mod around, a process to follow is a good thing.

FAE

@QAdp Aye, but only after it's 24 hours old

QAdp

My protect button is under a 'mod' button with a longer list of options

FAE

19:03

@QAdp It's to the right of "flag"

fbueckert

Sidenote: Does anyone understand this:

2

A: Optimal Ratio for Crit Chance/Dmg

A more mathematical approach First, take the hyperbolic function f(x,y) = 1+xy and look at 2 things, Contours: Set f(x,y) to some constant C. C = 1+xy behaves basically like y = 1/x i.e. the two are inversely related. Scaling x by a factor of k and y by a factor of 1/k is just moving along ...

FAE

@fbueckert I do not

fbueckert

It's crazy math heavy, and I'm not sure what's going on.

He's managed to cwiki it himself.

QAdp

Calculus 2

@fbueckert Aww, that's awful. Reverted and upvoted

fbueckert

@QAdp I can't decipher it enough to determine if it's actually correct or not.

QAdp

19:05

I don't honestly have the time - exam tomorrow

fbueckert

@QAdp Oh, whoops. Sorry to drag you into these things. :P

RESPAWN

Wow. That's a lot of math

QAdp

@fbueckert Nah, I was taking a break anyway

Laters

Lazers

0

Q: How exactly do I go about picking locks?

I've chosen to play a Survivor in Divine Divinity. I noticed that one of the starting skills was "Lockpick" which I've always found useful to have from the start. The problem is, I don't actually know how to pick a lock! I've selected the skill while standing next to the locked item, I've select...

divine-divinity

tiddy

His math looks good, I know jack shit about D3 though

Alok

19:20

@fbueckert lol it looks like it belongs more on math.se; though it is actually a relevant answer. And no, I didn't even spend the time to try understanding it :(

murgatroid99

@fbueckert I understand the math but I know nothing about D3

Alok

Wow I actually got a prompt, You haven't voted on questions in a while, questions need votes too! :o

RESPAWN

@Alok Gotta give the questions some love every once in a while

Questions are people too!

user2334

Questions need lovin' too. But they gotta pay.

Alok

I think my last couple of votes on ques. have actually been downvotes, even though I make those very rarely. Need to start upvoting the non-obvious ones a bit more I guess

user2334

19:33

Upvote all the questions you've answered if you haven't already. Or don't. SEE IF I CARE.

Alok

@MarkTrapp Actually did that for a few that I'd forgotten to upvote before seeing this :)

Fluttershy

Lauren

To all who were involved in the LoL discussion yesterday, here is what I'm planning on for the contest announcement - let me know if you think the rules need more elaboration

docs.google.com/document/d/…

(the summary of what's on-topic/off-topic for our site)

tried to give a good overview but not make it too dense

hopefully that will weed out some of the bad questions/dupes

FAE

@Lauren I'd say something more LoL specific instead of "conquer those evil bosses", maybe like "win that match" or "kill the other team's carry" or something.

Lauren

@FAE k thanks

FAE

19:45

@Lauren Also I'd mention stuff that's too localized in the disallowed questions, we got quite a few of those last time, like "Why is the server offline?" "What song is playing on the stream during the break?" and "What are the top tier champs right now?"

FAE

20:06

@Lauren Also also I think these guidelines are great and the way that high scored things count towards raffle tickets and closed/negatively scored things subtract should help with the low-quality influx problem we had last time.

Ronan Forman

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RedRiderX

@RonanForman This requires some definition.

fbueckert

@Lauren > Your question must be related to League of Legends. Make sure you tag it league of legends or it won’t count.
Only answers to questions tagged League of Legends will count.

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX Definition?

fbueckert

Seems a little redundant

RedRiderX

20:10

@RonanForman Won't play because it's "undefined".

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX I can hear it fine.

fbueckert

Other than that, it sounds good.

FAE

@fbueckert Well, one is for questions, the other is for answers.

RedRiderX

@RonanForman Oh, looks like it was just youTube's feather that borked it, never mind

fbueckert

@FAE Derp. My reading comprehension fails.

FAE

20:12

@fbueckert And considering we actually had a participant who was apparently thinking about threatening to sue over some fine print last time, I'd say it's good to cover both bases explicitly.

user15026

@FAE This is a very good point.

fbueckert

@FAE Yeah, his sister thought it was a good idea.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I pierce the secret of the windmill for "The Girl Who Cried Wolf" tier 5?

I am on tier 5 of "The Girl Who Cried Wolf" in The Secret World and I have taken the rune stones found by the Orochi but I am unable to progress with the quest further. The quest text says I need to "pierce the secret of the Windmill" which I thought was rather strange wording.

the-secret-world

fbueckert

Blarg. Stupid Sharepoint. Give me proper error messages! "Cannot complete this action. Please try again." doesn't tell me anything!

Alok

@fbueckert You'd prefer Blizzard style errors like 'Error 3008'? :)

fbueckert

20:20

@Alok That would be equally as helpful as what I'm getting.

Which is to say, "An error occurred!"

Huh. A game got removed from the summer sale. "We're sorry. This game is not available in your region."

FAE

@fbueckert That was showing up for Fluttershy for the Indie Bundle I pack earlier, but it went away after he refreshed I think

fbueckert

@FAE Thanks for the tip; that did it.

FAE

@fbueckert No prob. :)

fbueckert

Stupid work. Be done so I can go home!

Wipqozn

20:35

@Lauren: You might want to include "Speculation of the industry" as one of your examples under off-topic questions.

murgatroid99

@Wipqozn though maybe put a little differently. People often seem to have a hard time understanding what goes in that category

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 Yeah, good idea.

We get a lot of questions from new users along those lines, so thought it would be a good thing to include.

Alok

'Why doesn't Riot put up the downloader for torrenting instead of forcing us to use PMB?' (j/k I won't ask that)

fbueckert

@Alok What the crap is PMB?

Alok

2

Q: Which games use Pando Media Booster, and is there a workaround to download the installer without it?

I was looking to install Elsword (an F2P game) to try later; and discovered that it uses what is basically a customized bittorrent client, Pando Media Booster, to help with the installation download. After some searching, I've also found that PMB is used in several other F2P games such as LoL, ...

pando-media-booster

Lazers

20:45

2

Q: Are Nachos Nutricious and/or Tasty?

So, I've asked about Tacos. I know they are a flavorful and beneficial out of combat snack. I still don't know what happens to people who eat 7500 of them, but it's a start. And then I see this: It's Taco's younger brother! Nacho! Acquired by disassembling a Taco, I need to know: Are Nachos...

the-secret-world

Alok

And 'crap' seems to an appropriate word for it :(

fbueckert

@Alok Don't know if I've used it, but if it uses a customized torrent client, it's probably ad-ridden.

QAdp

A couple things about the WoTL DLC

1. aren't those challenges fun! I'm probably going to do these before attempting the Cathedral or anything else

2. where the hell did all the health restoration methods go? I'm always starved for health.

That was the couple things.

fbueckert

@QAdp What happened to studying for exams tomorrow?

QAdp

Shush!

It's still only 22:51 :P

fbueckert

20:51

Ok, now I don't feel so guilty for making you do your mod duties. :P

QAdp

I told you you shouldn't be :P

fbueckert

@QAdp And now I no longer am.

I gotta say. That guy that posted that crazy math answer is still going. He earns an upvote from sheer determination.

If he continues his editing pace, will he auto convert it to cwiki again?

Alok

@fbueckert I'm actually not voting for the answer because of the constant edits; its like spamming to keep the question on the top of the list :(. Also I'm not a fan of constant tiny changes just because the wiki format allows it.

fbueckert

@Alok Cut him a little slack; for a first answer, he's actually doing very well. Most 1-rep users we get provide little beyond word vomit.

Alok

@fbueckert No auto convert since it was reverted from CW: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2974/…

Sterno

20:59

@Alok I've had constant edits to answers before. It's usually because I keep revising and committing even though I'm not entirely done, because I'm afraid of losing my work along the way.

Alok

@fbueckert I didn't downvote him either, just ignoring it (besides - too much math, can't be bothered to actually check it :/)

Sterno

It especially happened when I was new to the site and trying to figure out how to use markup to make my answer look decent

Alok

@Sterno If the answer was not rehashing similar answers just more technical, then it would still get an upvote - I'm not expecting perfect posts :)

fbueckert

0

Q: Optimizing mouse for FPS

I recently rebuilt an old PC to use as a secondary PC just for gaming. I installed Win 7 and the MarkC mouse fix, but I still don't find it comfortable when aiming at long range targets. (I also disabled mouse setting in games, for example in Arma2 I've set X axis, Y axis and smoothing to 0.) An...

mouse first-person-shooter

This needs a single close vote

QAdp

@Lauren that's... kind of harsh actually! 1 entry gained per +10 post, 1 entry lost per -1/closed post? I guess that'll lead to a lot of self deletion at least

I guess you could drop the bar to +5 or even +3 and it wouldn't be too bad but I honestly don't know how much vote love do LoL questions get

Sterno

21:03

@Alok I wasn't trying to say you should upvote him. I'm just saying that, particularly with new users, there are a lot of reasons you might keep editing your post other than to get it to the top of the front page.

fbueckert

@QAdp One entry lost per negative post; if it goes below zero and stays there at the end of the contest, lose an entry.

QAdp

@fbueckert yes, that's what I meant by "-1 [scored post]"

Sterno

Wow. Under those rules, I, who know nothing about LoL, stand a good chance at winning a prize. :P

fbueckert

@QAdp We were talking about this with Lauren yesterday; the main issue with LoL users is the sheer amount of crap we got from them in the last contest.

QAdp

@fbueckert yeah - so setting the bar at even just +3 should bring the best out of people without discouraging them with the super high bar

Ian Pugsley

21:05

@FAE This might be relevant to your interests: Matrix 7-disc BluRay for $20ish

QAdp

unless they start circle-upvote circles... but we have checks in place for that

FAE

@IanPugsley Thank you, but I own it already. :)

Lauren

@QAdp good point, i'll drop it to +3, as long as noone else objects?

FAE

Grabbed it when it was on sale for that price on amazon earlier this year or late last year.

Alok

@Sterno Agreed, its like spamming but I don't think its the actual reason he is just taking his time trying to iteratively improve it. Tbh, if I could bother to read it then maybe I would've upvoted - meh, too lazy -.-

Ian Pugsley

21:07

@FAE Nice - if I had a Blu-Ray player I might actually get that myself, it's a good deal.

QAdp

@Lauren maybe +3 is a little too low; I dunno honestly. Just food for thought, you don't have to take my proposals literally to give away the impression you're listening to us :P

FAE

@IanPugsley It's a great deal, yeah.

Lauren

@QAdp no I agree that 10 is pretty difficult

fbueckert

I think +3 is far too low; +5, maybe?

QAdp

Yeah, +3 might be too easy to game.

fbueckert

21:09

I still have trouble hitting +10 on my answers with any reliability.

How about a +5 threshold, and maybe an extra entry if it manages to hit +10?

Double-incentivize good quality?

Lauren

alright let's do +5 and see how it goes; I think an extra entry might be too complicated

want to keep it simple

fbueckert

@Lauren Pfft. You hang out with the wrong people, then. :P

Alok

@Lauren As a data point, I started using this site around the time of D3 promotion - I have no questions at +10 and only two answers at +11. Agree with @fbueckert that +5 seems more realistic

FAE

I'd lean towards +5

Wipqozn

Count me as another vote for +5

OrigamiRobot

21:12

+1 for +5

Lauren

cool, works for me

QAdp

Agreed then - consensus says it's +4!!

runs

Lauren

haha

OrigamiRobot

@QAdp This is acceptable to me

Lauren

alright well it's my quitting time, let me know if you see anything else that could be clarified, otherwise I'll post this tomorrow

thanks for the help!

QAdp

21:13

you're welcome! enjoy your dinner

Lauren

feel free to toss out prize ideas too

ttyl

Lazers

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Q: How is experience calculated in Pocket Planes?

I'm not sure how experience is calculated in Pocket Planes. How is experience generated?

pocket-planes

FAE

Huh, so there are achievements for the Summer Sale, they're just not in the store. There's "Steam Badges" on your Steam profile now, and it shows your level of participation for past events.

Seems like voting on Community Choice stuff is the main thing. I don't know if you'll actually end up getting anything for it though.

Wipqozn

21:28

@FAE Probably Steam hats.

QAdp

21:41

@FAE I only had to cast a vote (and buy 1 DLC) to get the relevant badge

the other requiring me to link w/ Facebook though? ugh.

FAE

@QAdp I made a fake FB for that, didn't use my actual one.

QAdp

@FAE I'm not alone! :D

except I then unlinked it and now I don't have the 'task' marked

oh well

FAE

@QAdp Huh, I unlinked mine as well but it's still marked for me.

QAdp

I wonder what do "years of service" do

RedRiderX

Anyone want to join the Swedish armed forces with me?

It's a game, just so you know.

A simple flash game.

Alrighty then...

No one likes the army I guess.

fbueckert

21:58

@FAE I think I linked mine, got the badge, and promptly unlinked it.

James

@FAE Gamification of shopping seems eeeevil :P

Sterno

@FAE I just checked and I've got 23 hours logged on Steam for Legend of Grimrock. And that's for a very thorough playthrough on hard, some random idle time, part of a 2nd playthrough, part of a 3rd playthrough, and some time spent doing researching for Arqade questions.

FAE

@Sterno Gotcha, thanks. :)

@James Last year it was achievements acquired through games that were on sale that day, so even more evil.

James

@FAE yeah I recall that... While I like steam.. its just overall Eeeeevil :)

@Fluttershy @EBongo @BenBrocka I am starting to think we should just have one single How do I breed dragons in Dragonvale question that just says 'Go look up the dragon on the wiki' :)

Fluttershy

22:13

@James I already brought up the dragonvale thing on Meta. It was frowned upon. So, I followed @BenBrocka's advice and self-answered.

Aubergine

Greetings.

Has anyone here played the Walking Dead?

James

@Fluttershy Thank god, I am tired of cut/paste :D

@Aubergine The video game or the board game? Cause the board game sucked.

Aubergine

@James Video game

James

@Aubergine Ah, saw the trailer, looked neat, then saw it was on XBLA? And put it on the 'maybe later' list

Aubergine

@James I saw the trailer, and then another one, and I still have no idea what type of game it is, exactly.

James

22:18

@Aubergine its not just watching a CG version of the tv/show?

Lazers

0

Q: Other party member stopped running in the field

Recently while running around and doing side quests, I noticed that Noel was missing. I assumed that he had gotten stuck somewhere, like my Mog had gotent in the past, but when I found him he was instead walking very slowly toward me. I figured it was just a one-time thing, but nothing seems to h...

final-fantasy-13-2

1

Q: What's wrong with my clothes industry?

My dwarves seem pretty excited about procreation and I now have a large population of babies and children hanging around the fortress. The problem is that the children are all going mad and throwing tantrums. I'm fairly certain it's because the babies became children and I didn't have an extra s...

dwarf-fortress

0

Q: Will the AC 3 collector editions be lacking with content available with the special edition

On the official AC3 pre order page it presents 4 different options: Standard Edition, just the game Special Edition, the game including "A Dangerous Secret" mission Join or Die Edition, the game including "Ghost of War" mission, "Sharpshooter" MP package and some toys. Freedom Edition, the game...

assassins-creed-3

0

Q: How do I breed a Gold dragon?

I recently received an update message introducing a new Gold Dragon in DragonVale. How do I breed a Gold dragon, and how will I know if I got one?

dragonvale

Aubergine

@James Looks like a sort of... action/quest...

Just looked for some gameplay footage

James

@Aubergine Find any???

Aubergine

@James This proved sufficient for me to figure out how it plays: youtube.com/watch?v=Y9SnHso3ezE

James

22:33

@Aubergine Haha, Ok I can not stand that guy reading what the guy is going to say then selecting it and the guy saying it :D

QAdp

arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/…

James

@QAdp Good/Interesting/Amusing read. Thanks

Wipqozn

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James

@Wipqozn Not even going to click it :P

Will be way to long if I never have to see another TF2 music video

StrixVaria

22:48

@Wipqozn I got dizzy after a minute.

FAE

@Lazers I don't think this is really a question we can answer

Wipqozn

@FAE You're not a question we can answer. Burn.

pixel

@Wipqozn lol 10 hours

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Also, every time I hear anything by DMX, I'm reminded of the best mashup ever (NSFW language):

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OrigamiRobot

I want to see @Wipqozn fight this bird.

pixel

22:51

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seriously watch that, you weren't expecting it

Wipqozn

6 hours ago, by pixel

the first link I ever clicked on IRC was tubgirl, I have never clicked another link again

Liar.

pixel

here is safe, its all previewed

that's why I like this place so much, 100% serious

OrigamiRobot

@pixel Now you're definitely a liar.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot pfft, that stupid bird doesn't scare me. My shell will protect me!

pixel

ok true I don't like it here at all

but stick around because links are previewed

Wipqozn

22:53

@pixel How rude!

pixel

some comment about making a soup out of tortoise

OrigamiRobot

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Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot image not found

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Be less in Canada.

StrixVaria

Also not found here.

OrigamiRobot

22:56

@StrixVaria Be less in New Jersey.

pixel

@OrigamiRobot works on mine, star awarded

OrigamiRobot

Alternately, be more in my apartment.

Wipqozn

OrigamiRobot

I have lots of Magic cards and comics. It will be fun.

Wipqozn

It's been a while since I've played Magic.

FAE

22:58

@Wipqozn I'd ship it.

OrigamiRobot

And my couch is pretty comfy. Ask @RavenDreamer.

@FAE What wouldn't you ship?

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Good question.

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