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7:00 PM
I'll sit here and mine cobblestone until you're ready
 
@Sterno Hmm. I see your point for absorption skills.
My gut tells me the skills themselves would come before a shield, but I have nothing to back that up.
 
@fbueckert Yeah, I mean, it's something missing from the answer, but it seems to fall under the old question
The question about reflection (and things that trigger on death) is new though
I don't know, maybe with some rewording his question would be okay. I think we were getting caught up in the damage reduction part of it
Anyway, I think it could use some wording cleanup, but I see what he's after now and I'm voting to reopen
 
7:21 PM
 
@BenBrocka Is there a specific game this is meant to be a parody of?
 
No idea just thought it was funny
 
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Q: Which Zerg units beat that ball?

ClarityForceWhich Zerg units would be good to counter that Protoss group?

Isn't this really localized?
 
@BenBrocka It is indeed funny.
 
@GnomeSlicE NO
 
7:31 PM
@StrixVaria What the hell, relax man.
 
user2334
@BenBrocka Looks like Maple Story
 
Why do you people downvote dupes?
Just close them.
 
@GnomeSlicE Down voted questions get more attention than none or upvoted questions :D
 
Fans: thanks for suggesting me as the final boss in #PSAllStarsBattleRoyale. But research shows you like a game you can actually beat.
3
 
7:43 PM
@BenBrocka I don't know who that is, but lol.
 
Fictional Sony employee for (surprisingly good) marketing campaigns: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Butler_(character)
 
@BenBrocka Very smooth...
 
@GnomeSlicE "This question does not show any research effort"
 
user2334
Kevin Butler (portrayed by actor Jerry Lambert) is a marketing character used by Sony Computer Entertainment America as part of their It Only Does Everything (2009–2011) and Long Live Play (2011–present) advertising campaigns for the PlayStation 3 in North America. He stars as the Vice President of various fictitious departments within the PlayStation division of Sony, responding to "Dear PlayStation" queries. Due to the positive reception of the commercials, Sony extended them throughout the remainder of 2010 as well as into 2011. The character was created by Deutsch/LA, the advertising ...
 
user2334
(fixed link)
 
7:46 PM
I usually avoid down voting dups myself, but it's perfectly fine to do.
I normally will only down vote a dup if dropping the title into search / question returns the duplicate, since then they obviously didn't bother searching.
@GnomeSlicE How would that be too localized?
 
@Wipqozn 'What do you use to counter the group of enemies in the following screenshot?'
 
@GnomeSlicE "How do you counter a protoss ball composed mainly of stalkers and colossus, with some sentries?"
 
@Wipqozn I take the tag and one of the keywords and drop it into search. If that returns the result, I usually downvote for the same reason.
 
@Wipqozn You could ask 'how to counter' any infinite number of unit combinations, but I don't think we want questions for all of those.
 
The image is just there to give a better idea of the unit composition, since writing it down wouldn't be as clear.
@GnomeSlicE No you can't.
 
7:51 PM
@Wipqozn Sure you can.
How do I counter this different group of enemies? Or this one?
 
I will agree it A) Needs a better title B) Should include a little more description; to make it more friendly to SEO
@GnomeSlicE There's a strict upper limit of how many units you can produce. Secondly he's asking about a specific type of ball.
 
@Wipqozn I meat 'infinite' loosely.
 
@GnomeSlicE There's a huge difference between infinite and not infinite.
ALso, food get.
 
@Wipqozn You're clearly more focused on missing my point entirely than actually listening to my argument, so I'm done.
@FAE You might like this
 
@Wipqozn Yes. One of them has no end. At all. The other has a finite end point, even if you can't see it.
 
7:54 PM
Ok people should really read entire answers before blatantly downvoting them and walking away. /rant -.-
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@Ender Are you talking about that one that starts with a question?
 
@GnomeSlice not at all sure what your referring to
 
@Ender Nevermind then.
 
@Ender Linkage, please.
 
-1
A: Who counters Jayce top lane besides Yorick?

EnderTo counter Jayce you have to understand how he works, the best and shortest answer I can give you is, To learn how to counter Jayce - top lane, play Jayce - top lane. The thing with Jayce is unlike every other character's set of 3 skills, he in fact has a 7-skill-long combo-chain, and each skil...

 
7:56 PM
Thought that was the one.
 
@Ender ...Why did you post it before you finished it?
 
Well, best I can do is upvote for the level of detail.
 
I wrote it over time, i was doing other things
 
@GnomeSlicE I do that sometimes; especially if I start it at work or something.
 
I annotated at the top that it wasn't finished.
 
7:58 PM
You should do that in an external thing, like MS word or whatever, but not post it until you're done.
 
its a bitch to do it that way
i cant see if it will look properly
i have to do all the make it bold or italic or in the stupid special box thingy
that takes more time sometimes then writing up a long post
 
@Ender Post, self-delete, edit, un-delete.
 
@StrixVaria that's not at all a bad idea.
is it cheating the system to do that now?
 
@StrixVaria When do deleted posts get permanently deleted?
 
@Ender I'm not sure what you mean by 'cheating'.
 
8:01 PM
@fbueckert Never.
 
@StrixVaria Really? That's good to know.
 
@GnomeSlice well it 'deletes' my negative votes
@gnomeSlice then i just repost it as a new answer and get more upvotes
 
@Ender Ah, didn't know that.
 
@Ender Don't worry about it. I've seen badp do it.
If a mod does it, it must be a-ok.
 
@StrixVaria lol, ok here goes.
 
8:02 PM
@StrixVaria Bleh. Really? That doesn't sound kosher to me.
 
@fbueckert There's a reason mod rhymes with god.
 
I ran into a user that deleted his post specifically to shed the downvotes. And then re-posted it exactly as it was, with no modifications.
 
@fbueckert That's different. If you un-delete something you get the downvotes back.
 
@GnomeSlicE I understand your point perfectly, it's just wrong.
 
@StrixVaria Yeah, but in this instance, he didn't undelete it, he just posted another answer.
 
8:03 PM
@Wipqozn Okay.
 
user2334
@Ender The box auto-saves every 45 seconds, so if you just want to use it for formatting before you post, you don't need to worry about posting it to save it. Just… don't try to post another answer somewhere else, as you only get one auto-saved post.
 
@Mark Trapp Sweet, thanks
 
@MarkTrapp Is that saved to your account or just your browser?
 
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A: What questions should be closed with reason "too localized"?

Joel Spolsky"Too localized" should be used for very tiny geographic regions or vanishingly small periods of time. It is used when a question cannot possibly be answered because nobody participating in the site is likely to know the answer, and even if it were answered, nobody else would care. For me, the ca...

 
@fbueckert I am not advocating doing that. But deleting a post to work on it and then adding it back later isn't really gaming anything.
 
user2334
8:04 PM
But if you post something and realize it's horrendously wrong and needs major modifications you can't do quickly, it's totally cool to delete it, edit it, and undelete it when you're done
 
user2334
@GnomeSlicE browser
 
Since you seem to have a misunderstanding of what "Too Localized" mean, you should really read that meta.
 
@Wipqozn That's not what I we were talking about.
You were arguing my use of 'infinite'.
 
@StrixVaria That, I agree with, since undeleting your edited answer keeps the votes gathered beforehand.
But posting the exact same answer after deleting the original answer because it got downvoted makes me want to downvote the new one, even if I didn't downvote the first one.
 
@GnomeSlicE No, we're arguing about whether or not that question is too localized. It isn't. I assume the reason you think it is is because you don't understand what too localized means so I linked that article.
 
8:06 PM
It tells me, "Hey, I don't agree with the downvotes, and don't care why you downvoted."
 
user2334
@fbueckert imo flag it for a moderator to delete the new one and undelete the original
 
@Wipqozn I never said I thought it is, I said I wasn't sure.
 
@GnomeSlicE Which is probably because you don't fully understand what Too Localized means, which is why I linked that article.
 
@Ender ...Did you just delete and re-post?
 
@Wipqozn Would you stop saying that, I've read it before, and I know what it means.
 
8:08 PM
YEs
 
'nobody else would care' would be my reasoning for this one, since only the person with the screenshot is going to care.
 
@Ender Blarg. Why did you delete?
 
@GnomeSlicE Anyone who is playing against a protoss player who is using a ball composed of Stalkers, Colossus, and Sentries would care. Since that's a standard protoss ball, that's a lot of people.
 
@Wipqozn Okay. I'm not familiar with the game, not with too localized.
 
@Wipqozn Yay, more knowledge of metagame!
 
8:10 PM
@Fbueckert because some jackass downvoted my post while it was unfinished (but clearly labeled as such)
 
user2334
@GnomeSlicE "nobody else would care" is an extremely high threshold to meet: it means literally nobody would care. The question has a 5 score and 5 answers. Obviously people care.
 
4 mins ago, by fbueckert
But posting the exact same answer after deleting the original answer because it got downvoted makes me want to downvote the new one, even if I didn't downvote the first one.
 
user2334
@Ender People can down vote for whatever reason: deleting your answer to clear down votes is generally considered abuse of the system
 
@MarkTrapp I've already agreed that it's not too localized, but thanks. It's starcraft 2, so I wasn't sure what the votes meant.
 
@Mark Trapp i asked if it was that not 5 minutes ago
@Mark check the chat log :-\
 
8:12 PM
10 mins ago, by StrixVaria
If a mod does it, it must be a-ok.
Bad @StrixVaria. Bad! :P
 
user2334
@Ender Yes, and people told you the conditions under which it's not considered abuse: what you did was specifically what people called out as not cool
 
user2334
Deleting an answer, editing it, and undeleting that same answer? A-OK. Deleting an answer and leaving the question alone? Awesome. Deleting an answer and revisiting the question at a later date with a completely new answer? Eh, fair enough. Deleting answer to clear down votes and reposting it? Bad.
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@Sterno I didn't really want to make a separate question for each skill ('How is Ignore Pain/Contempt for Weakness work when damage is affected by armor, resists and other skills?') But I guess that is also an option as well - hmm rep-whoring even if I don't want to hehe
 
@Alok Chances are good they all work the same way
Well, all the damage absorption ones work the same way. All the damage reflection ones work the same way
 
how do i take someone's post and repost it?
 
8:17 PM
@alok The dupe part is that I think the damage reduction and damage absorption stuff is covered by the other question. I mean, it's not explicit, but the quesiton is basically "How does DR work?" The order that stuff is applied is part of that. But things like damage reflection and on-death effects are a different thing entirely.
 
like chat post
 
@Ender Link to it.
 
@Ender Mouse over it. To the left of the text is a downarrow. Click that for the permalink link.
 
39 secs ago, by Ender
like chat post
 
Derp. Stupid reflexes.
 
8:18 PM
Get the SE Chat Modifications script so you can just arrow up to it and hit 'q' :)
 
@MarkTrapp there were negativly voiced opinion posts on the action that I missed and see now, as well as positivly voiced opinion posts on the action. Previously all I saw was 'go-ahead'
 
@Ender I never condoned posting a new answer.
20 mins ago, by StrixVaria
@Ender Post, self-delete, edit, un-delete.
 
@fbueckert That's weird. Look at the content of my edit. I just removed one of the tags, but we edited it at the same time.
 
19 mins ago, by StrixVaria
@Ender Don't worry about it. I've seen badp do it.
Actually, you were specifically condoning it.
 
@fbueckert it: Post, self-delete, edit, un-delete.
There! A definition.
 
8:22 PM
@StrixVaria :P
 
If I implied anything else, it was accidental.
 
It's an abuse of the system if you're doing it to clear downvotes.
 
@GnomeSlicE Agreed.
 
@StrixVaria Yeah. The post you replied to was the one where @Ender was explaining how he could game the system. So the implication was it was ok.
 
I've reverted the posts. the 'new' post is now 'deleted' and the 'old' post is active
 
8:23 PM
@StrixVaria What has this world come to?
 
@Ender Thumb's up!
 
@OrigamiRobot That's not very nice, you know...
 
@GnomeSlicE That's...interesting.
Well, whatever. It's readable. That's all I care about.
 
@fbueckert You could always roll it back to your edit if you want your name to show up instead of mine.
 
@GnomeSlicE Don't care. Honestly, it makes no difference to me.
 
8:26 PM
@GnomeSlicE The meaner the joke, the funnier the joke. That's humor 101.
 
@OrigamiRobot It's not funny.
 
@GnomeSlicE Then it wasn't mean enough.
 
@GnomeSlicE lololololololol
 
@GnomeSlicE That's the spirit!
 
Oh man, that was a good one.
 
8:27 PM
@GnomeSlicE Easy, dude. Calm down.
Was that really necessary?
 
@fbueckert I think he was joking.
 
Don't star that, now it's gonna get flagged
Just like it did....
 
Well, joking or not he seems to have been suspended.
 
I'm all for arguing a point, but I think this antipathy against @GnomeSlicE needs to be cleared out.
 
user2334
@OrigamiRobot "What did the statistician say when he had his head in the oven and his feet in a bucket of ice?" "On average, I feel fine." Get it? It's a mean joke! I'll see myself out.
3
 
8:29 PM
Can we please try not to provoke @GnomeSlicE. That would be super duper.
 
NOTHING TO SEE HERE; JUST MOVE ALONG.
 
user2334
wat, I count four quotation marks.
 
Oh, I missed the fourth one.
 
@StrixVaria I wasn't trying to. I didnt know everyone was all srsbsns.
 
@OrigamiRobot Most of us here can take a joke, and even an insult or two without getting mad.
But history has shown that @GnomeSlicE tends to take things personally.
And, really, you should know that.
 
user2334
8:34 PM
Why is that blue square still there if the flag was resolved? It's bugging me.
 
@MarkTrapp I think it hates us.
It stays there even if you refresh the page.
 
user2334
YEAH WELL SEE IF I CARE WHEN ITS BIRTHDAY COMES AROUND
 
@MarkTrapp Caching
 
Gnome wasn't the only target of the joke, it was more about Strix agreeing with someone, Gnomeslice of all people.
@MarkTrapp You are being...punished...
 
user2334
 
8:36 PM
Probably the flag is stuck until a dev intervenes, sometimes you just don't get rid of them.
 
gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/77518/… - I've edited the question to make it clearer; if anyone has suggestions to improve it ping me on chat (or comment works too ofc.)
 
oh the breaking bad question got closed again
 
I'm also looking for suggestions for a more descriptive but succinct title
 
@pixel Yup. I'm staying out of the whole ITG thing, though. I did my part, and I ain't touching it.
 
Half Life 3 Alpha?
 
8:42 PM
@pixel DON'T DO THAT TO ME
 
I'm not joking
There is somebody on my steam list
in a game called "Half-Life 3: Alpha"
 
...And the Steam community collectively goes beserk.
question flood incoming.
 
39
Q: Why is Steam saying my friends are playing Hello Kitty: Island Adventure when I know they aren't?

rlb.usaI frequently see that my friends on Steam are playing Hello Kitty: Island Adventure. I know that this is not accurate. Why is Steam reporting that they're playing a game that isn't on Steam? Is Steam lying?

 
@pixel hate you :(
 
1
Q: How do I get land permits?

lukasHow do I get land permits in Simcity Social? I am aware of two options: Buy with diamonds Ask friends Are there any other ways?

0
Q: Skyrim: Where is Heimskr's house?

DavidI'm trying to find the house of the guy who stands in Whiterun preaching to everyone. My quest wants me to get to his house but I can't find it. I've looked everywhere! Does anyone know?

0
Q: Tips to Teemo vs Swain top (as Teemo)

KyleWhen playing Teemo top I often get "counter" picked by Swain. I've had trouble playing against Swain because of his high damage and not being able to harass him down like most other ad bruiser tops. Any tips on how to play against him?

 
8:45 PM
well no, I hate your friend
 
"yes mate gabe newell is my uncle"
I'm not sure if I'm being trolled
 
@pixel *me uncle
 
@pixel Fake and of non-typical sexuality
 
@pixel You are.
 
user2334
Guys I have pre-alpha footage of Hello Kitty Island Adventure 1,000 stars and I'll post a screenshot
 
FAE
8:47 PM
@BenBrocka ...wha?
 
It's reported as 'In non-Steam game' so I'm not believing it
 
@FAE Reference to a youtube comment meme. Anything someone does not believe is thus "Fake and gay"
 
@pixel Probably minecraft.exe renamed to Half Life 3 Alpha.exe
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Lovely.
 
@RedRiderX clearly, he doesn't play MC though but I know what you're saying
 
8:53 PM
@pixel Real betas distributed through steam don't show up as non-steam game anyway
 
@BenBrocka I think my knowledge of that is covered in screenshot
 
@RedRiderX nah...minecraft doesn't even register as being played on steam (at least not for me)
it says playing minecraft for like 1 second and then it stops realizing you're playing it
@pixel Like I'm gonna read stuff
 
@MarkTrapp DAMN IT PEOPLE! WHY AREN'T YOU ALL STARRING THIS!?!?!?!?!?!?!ONEONE1111!!!?EONE!!!!?!?!?!?!111?!?!?!?!11ONE!!?
 
user2334
Guess they can't handle the Xtreme
 
@Wipqozn There aren't 1000 users in chat, bar 2 high will not jump
 
8:56 PM
Time for me to play around with Source filmmaker
@RedRiderX he renamed WoW.exe
 
@Jiiiiivings
Looking for Ronan?
 
Is Tribes: Ascend pay to win? Can I feasibly unlock all the same advantages through playtime that I could with $$$?
 
user2334
@StrixVaria Some have accused it being that, namely because the paid packs they keep releasing are usually horribly unbalanced at launch, but supposedly they go back and rebalance them later.
 
@Alok Bar too high, not worth the effort.
 
@StrixVaria I've been wondering the same thing.
 
9:06 PM
@pixel I see.
 
there are several mentions of illegitimate methods of getting said game on the Googlenets though, I don't know if any are real since I don't do that kind of thing ever
 
@BenBrocka Yeah it seems that the gain from launching minecraft through steam has really gone down. You used to be able to even access the steam overlay within the game.
 
0
A: How do I determine my current bounty?

Grox2010There IS a way to see your bounties in skyrim...It works both on consoles and PC versions, you just must go to your quest, general stats, system screen...There on General stats you can find crime if u go bit down and you can see your current bounties. If there are no cities shown up, it means u h...

Can someone confirm this?
 
@RedRiderX Steam just stops recognizing it. I think it's because of the launcher. Maybe the actual game loads a separate executable? Dunno
 
user15026
 
9:09 PM
@MarkTrapp That's probably lack of testing more than intentional "cash makes you win!" stuff
 
user15026
Does tagging Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure as make sense?
 
very few games will do as extensive beta testing of multiplayer stuff as TF2
 
user15026
Or (oh, nope, still too long)
 
user2334
@Wipqozn Sounds vaguely legit
 
user15026
9:13 PM
@BenBrocka hahaha yeah.....I just tagged it and if anyone has issues, they can try to find a better one :D
 
@Wipqozn To my knowledge that menu does just show you your current bounty levels for each region
 
0
Q: How to untarget wtihout selecting another target in GW2?

Victor T.Something that's been bothering me with the guild wars 2 controls is that there seems to be no way to deselect a target if you have a target selected. From looking at the list of control bindings there doesn't appear to be anyway to do that. In guild wars 1 there's a target self that's bind to t...

0
Q: Is it possible to play and complete Skyrim without using the map?

warsongI find the game too much like a delivery boy simulator, and wonder if it's even possible to play this without the map like I used to play Morrowind without the map?

0
Q: What do the different colours of sound mean?

Ashley NunnIn Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure, you can collect various sounds as you wander around. They get used for little quests, and for making the Master Instrument. I have noticed that there are 4 colours of sounds - red, yellow, blue, and green. Does the colour have any significance?

 
@Lazers Of course you can. You may just wander around lost for hours on end, but you'd eventually beat it.
 
@Wipqozn It may not be possible for a person who has to ask that question :D
 
9:29 PM
Yay, got my D3 shirt today!
A month and a half after the end of the contest. :P
 
i got mine two days ago :P
 
Oh steam, you silly goose.
It's cheaper to buy Swords and soldiers + the DLC than it is to buy the base game right now.
Silly steam.
 
user15026
@Wipqozn Gotta love when stuff like that happens
 
9:45 PM
0
Q: Xbox 360 with 3 red lights

AJPerezMy Xbox 360 is dead. I've been googling for a week, asking on the official Xbox forums, and calling to the Xbox support phone, but I still don't know if I need to repair the console or only the power supply (they're both still under the warranty period). These are the symptoms: Front ring: 3 r...

 
Serious Sam just gave me unlimited C4.
I am now spending time demolishing architecture.
 
Apparently that's a papercraft house.
I'm not quite sure what papercraft is, but I assume it has something to do with making things out of paper.
 
@Wipqozn It is amazing! I used to have a program that you could feed it 3d models from anything (Google Sketchup for example), and it would print out a fold guide of how to build it in paper... some people are able to do this without guides - I love it!
 
10:01 PM
Has anyone played Krater?
I found this selling point amusing: No mandatory connection to an online service: For those who rather stay clear of online gaming and enjoy playing through the campaign in offline mode there is a fully supported single player offline mode.
 
Nope
looks nice though
 
if I have an answer in one question, that with modification can answer another question while never straying offtopic from its first objective, can i do that?
 
If a tree fall in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
 
@Ender If you're asking if you can learn someone some extra knowledge while answering their question, I think the answer is yes.
learn 'em good!
 
well I have an answer about how to counter a hero in one question. and there is another question that asks how a specific hero can couter jayce. if I include the answer in question 2 in question one's answer what happens?
 
10:15 PM
What do you mean by "include"?
Generally speaking, I don't see a problem with giving a very thorough answer that happens to duplicate a much narrower answer elsewhere
 
expand the first answer to include information about the other hero (which adds to an already decent sized list of heroes tha do it)
exactly
ok
 
It's rare that someone will yell at you for making your answer too awesome :)
 
@Sterno I will!
You, stop making your answers so good! You're bringing down the value of my contributions!
 
Hi-Rez has the hots for us? Awesome!
 
10:31 PM
should i flag the secodn question as a dupe?
 
(I ask this far too much and sorry if anyone is annoyed at me... Are there any Americans on, or people with a USD Steam account that can buy me a few things, and I will pay back on Paypal (USD) immediately?)
 
@Sterno No, but I waaaaaant it.
I've been wanting it for ages.
x_x
 
10:48 PM
0
Q: Why in last competive play top players sometimes switch on Blue(Left Side) lines(mean top with bot).Its depends on counterpick's or what?

JacobIn the last tournaments top players switch bot with top lane. I don't know reason why they do it. Bruisers losing many creeps when they facing versus Ad carry and support. It is depends on counterpicks, dragon control or another reason?

 
0
A: What is the purpose of putting ad/support top?

JackxBlackThis is mostly used to deny enemy solo top hard. If you're facing a certain champion on top that u cannot counter or are u afraid of for any reason u can put ad + support top to harrass him all day long and deny his cs. However, as u do it, ur solo (bot) is also facing ad + support, so u need to ...

plz to cleanup
nite peeps
 
@badp Pass.
 
punches @GnomeSlicE in the face
MEAN JOKE LOL
 

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