The Bridge

Ian Pugsley

3:01 AM

fbueckert

@IanPugsley That amuses me

user15026

@Ktash That song is unnerving.

Ktash

@fbueckert imgur.com/a/CSoAv

A whole album for you :)

@AshleyNunn You've never heard that song before???

user15026

@Ktash No I haven't. I have now though :)

fbueckert

They really don't like him, do they?

StrixVaria

3:07 AM

@Ktash I heard it for the first time in Watchmen.

Ktash

Really? I love that song. Heard it so much growing up... weird

user15026

@Ktash I mostly listened to country growing up. So that might be part of it, I don't know. :)

Ktash

It's an old song

Fluttershy

user15026

@Ktash Ah. I know a LOT of old country stuff, but my parents never really listened to anything else.

Fredy31

3:13 AM

Ok, why did the chat just turn into .GIF nation?

Lazers

0

Q: Why do we constantly refer to gold generating items as "GP5" (Gold Per 5) when they actually generate 5 gold per 10 seconds?

Or am I simply wrong about what the acronym GP5 stands for?

league-of-legends

0

Q: Can Skarner's Ultimate (Impale) cause a friendly turret to switch focus away from champion he has Impaled?

To clarify, while watching the ggClassic tonight we saw a Skarner get turret-dove by two enemies and when he ulted the one who had Turret Aggro, the turret seemed to switch to the OTHER enemy champion, which allowed the initial diver to survive. Can someone confirm or deny if this is the case? D...

league-of-legends

fbueckert

@Fredy31 Because those Deadpool pictures are amusing?

Fredy31

lol

I never read deadpool, but that videogame rumor last week got me interested

The little I know of this guy is hilarious

user15026

I have no idea who Deadpool is

Fluttershy

@Fredy31 @AshleyNunn Everyone should know Deadpool. Everyone.

user15026

3:21 AM

But I don't....

Fluttershy

He's pretty much the best character Marvel has to offer. =P

user15026

Ah, see, I don't really read any comics

OrigamiRobot

3:39 AM

@AshleyNunn Disowned!

user15026

@OrigamiRobot NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OrigamiRobot

skovacs1

@AshleyNunn The Merc with a mouth. Lots of witty jabs and breaking the 4th wall. Sometimes depicted as insane. Costume kind of like spidey. Uses conventional arms, mostly guns and katana. Mutant healing ability like wolverine. Was part of the Weapon X project in some incarnations. Probably my favourite character.

Deadpool

Deadpool (Wade Winston Wilson) is a fictional character, a mercenary and anti-hero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool first appeared in The New Mutants #98 (Feb. 1991). A disfigured and mentally unstable mercenary, Deadpool originally appeared as a villain in an issue of New Mutants, and later in issues of X-Force. The character has since starred in several ongoing series, and shares titles with other characters such as Cable. The character, known as the "Merc with a Mouth", is famous for his talkative n...

user15026

@skovacs1 I see.

OrigamiRobot

@skovacs1 His healing factor is not due to mutation. Weapon X implanted it in an attempt to copy Wolverine's

Fluttershy

3:43 AM

@skovacs1 It really bothers me that the picture for that is the bastardization of one of Marvel's best characters.

skovacs1

@OrigamiRobot I said mutant healing ability. I didn't say he had it naturally, but a valid point to note.

Lazers

0

Q: Whats the best tactic for a fed carry (AP or AD) with normal offtanks Against a fed offtanks with normal (AP or AD) carry?

If its best to 1- just protect the fed carry and let him deal the damage or 2- should we let the (normal farmed off-tanks) to focus their (normal farmed Carries) to let their fed off tanks to back and protect them, which leads our fed carry freely damaging ? AM sorry for the confusion :S

league-of-legends

0

Q: Minecraft Redstone - Large field of pressure plates

I have a large flat area covered in pressure plates (30x70) and I was wondering how I might wire them from beneath to detect if a mob or object has touched ANY of them. I guess I could cope with a few deadzones, but preferably the whole grid should fire an output. Is this even possible? Thanks, Y...

minecraft minecraft-redstone

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Ryan Reynolds made a great Deadpool!

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Ryan Reynolds made a great Wade Wilson. What they did to him ruined the character and the movie.

@Lazers Also, this question makes zero sense.

skovacs1

@Fluttershy Yeah. They didn't pick the best pic for the wikipedia article onebox. Why didn't it grab the image from the info panel?

OrigamiRobot

3:45 AM

@Fluttershy He is going to make a great Deadpool if it ever comes out.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Let's hope. Though that would still bother me. <_< I have this... thing... about people playing multiple comic book heroes.

user15026

@Fluttershy Who else did he play?

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Green Lantern.

Tim Stone

@skovacs1 It grabs the highest resolution image on the page.

user15026

@Fluttershy Ah. Yeah - it's a little weird having a person be multiple superheroes.

OrigamiRobot

3:47 AM

Mildly NSFW I guess

user15026

@OrigamiRobot .....what.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn It's even worse when the heroes are from the same universe, which is the case for Chris Evans as Johnny Storm (Fantastic 4), and Captain America.

user15026

@Fluttershy Eergh. That's icky.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Deadpool is in love with Death (the entity), but cannot die.

Errr...it's complicated.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I see. Comics are...weird.

OrigamiRobot

3:49 AM

@Fluttershy This is what Deadpool currently looks like:

skovacs1

@AshleyNunn Maybe, but Deadpool is hillarious.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn But it's so romantic :P

user15026

@OrigamiRobot I suppose, maybe, in a weird sort of way....

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn She loves him too, so it's cool.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Hey, as long as they are happy.

OrigamiRobot

3:51 AM

@AshleyNunn They aren't because he can never be with her since he can't die.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot See, thats just....sad. :( :( :(

OrigamiRobot

Except right now he can but doesn't want to its-complicated

user15026

I prefer romance novels, they're always happy endings

user15026

@OrigamiRobot So he has to be dead to be with her?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn She is Death.

Fluttershy

3:53 AM

@OrigamiRobot So... I'm not seeing why they can't be together. <_< If he can't die, she won't kill him when she touches him, right?

user15026

@OrigamiRobot So how did he fall in love with her in the first place, then?

user15026

COMICS ARE SO CONFUSING

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn While he was in Weapon X, they tortured him to the brink of death several times. So much that all he wanted was to actually die.

@Fluttershy She isn't a physical entity.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot And then he saw her, and they were like OMG LUUUUUV?

user15026

@OrigamiRobot .....But then how can they....what.

OrigamiRobot

3:56 AM

> Death is an abstract entity, the embodiment of the end of life in the Marvel Universe, and the opposite of Eternity, the embodiment of the universe.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Right. Okay. So how can they fall in love?

skovacs1

@AshleyNunn You're asking for an explanation of "how" people fall in love?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Deadpool is the only thing Death can't have and vice-versa.

user15026

@skovacs1 ........well, one of them is not really a person, per se

Ktash

I really need an answer that out scores my "breast physics" answer so I can get that off the top of my network profile list lol

murgatroid99

3:59 AM

@AshleyNunn the one in love is

user15026

@murgatroid99 So Death doesn't love him.

murgatroid99

@AshleyNunn actually, I don't know

user15026

@Ktash hahaha aw, you don't want to be known for being good with breast physics?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Let me read the Deadpool/Death Annual really quick so i can answer concisely.

Ktash

@AshleyNunn Well I have a lot of really good answers on really interesting topics across the network... and that is not my best answer

user15026

4:01 AM

@Ktash Fair enough :)

user15026

I have no idea what my network profile looks like.

OrigamiRobot

Eww this book is smelly.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot any particular reason? like literally smells bad?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn It's 14 years old.

Probably been in some musty storage room forever.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot :( poor thing

skovacs1

4:03 AM

@AshleyNunn It's an abstract entity. It doesn't really feel in so much as a person does. It's more likely that the feelings are a projection of the observer(s), which in this case would be Deadpool. Deadpool's mental stability is questionable at best. It's like trying to explain crazy. I try to think of the situation like Death's embodiment and representation as Deadpool sees it is something akin to a delusion/hallucination. It's not really supposed to make complete sense to others.

OrigamiRobot

@skovacs1 Right, the whole hot tub thing was just in Deadpool's mind.

user15026

@skovacs1 Like trying to explain crazy? What do you mean by crazy?

murgatroid99

@Ktash that's kind of the same reason I deleted my only programmer's question, which had a score of about 43

Ktash

@murgatroid99 Yeah. I don't really want to delete it though... I mean it answers the question... I dunno

Glad to see my gameshark one floated to the top of the question list though

murgatroid99

@Ktash mine was an answer to a stupid religious war type question that would be completely not constructive if asked now

user15026

4:06 AM

@Ktash I loved that question. You have no idea how long I was wondering that.

Ktash

My second highest one is really interesting, but it isn't likely to get any more upvotes as it is kind of old now

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A: What has stopped MMORTS games from being successful?

Update For those interested, I did a write up about these problems and a few others, as well as possible solution. You can find it at my blog. @JoshPetrie hit a lot of it on the nose, but I'll add a little to it as well. Some friends and I a while back wanted to make a real MMORTS and went t...

Also, at 5 votes under, it still has a ways to go

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn OK, so when Deadpool was dying, he could interact with Death, which she is surprised about because he isn't dead yet. So for some reason, he is the only physical being she can actually interact with on any level before they die.

But, yes, she is totally macking on him.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Odd, but it makes sorta sense.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot XD See, that's the important thing to know here.

OrigamiRobot

So they can't permanently be together until he dies.

Lazers

4:14 AM

0

Q: Should I add + minimum damage stats for my followers

I've heard that some stats like intelligent, strength, and dexterity is multiplied by 2.5 in diablo 3. What about stats like minimum damage? I suppose, for all those followers, all I need is increase damage and increase main stats.

diablo-3

skovacs1

@Fluttershy So you say. To me the entire concept is gibberish as I have no understanding of LoL, the terminology or what is being asked here.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Which he can't do?

Fluttershy

@skovacs1 I understand LoL and the terminology. His question is still gibberish.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Right, because of his healing factor.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot So they are destined to never be together.

OrigamiRobot

4:17 AM

@AshleyNunn Well, he first met her before he had his healing factor. When Weapon X was torturing him, he kept "dying" and being resuscitated. While he was hanging out with Death during those times, he promised he would die so they could be together, but then they gave him his healing factor.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Awww thats sad

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Oh, actually, his need for revenge was what kept his healing factor going when they ripped his heart out. So he broke her heart. :(

user15026

@OrigamiRobot that is the saddest thing ever

skovacs1

@AshleyNunn If I could explain crazy simply, I wouldn't have used "trying to explain crazy" in such a way as to indicate that it is hard to explain in a sensible and cohesive fashion :P. The point is that it doesn't necessarily make sense nor does it have to.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn So that was all back in '98. In the recent storyline, he hatched this elaborate scheme to get rid of his healing factor so he could die (which is what the previous images are from)

user15026

4:21 AM

@OrigamiRobot So he wants to die to be with her, and he can now?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Yes he has successfully gotten rid of his healing factor, but then he decided that simply killing himself was not a death worthy of her.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot So he has to die in a better way?

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn I guess, I am about 2 issues behind.

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Ah. This is fascinating. If I didnt have to go back years, I would totally read it

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn It's not a topic that has been the focus the comic for very many issues. They only recently came back to it.

user15026

4:24 AM

@OrigamiRobot ah

OrigamiRobot

I'll read the next one right now and let you know if anything happens.

OrigamiRobot

4:36 AM

@Fluttershy @IanPugsley

Fluttershy

?

Ian Pugsley

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley @Fluttershy did not get the reference, yet calls himself an Arrested Development fan...

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot "The name doesn't ring any bells... But I am a fan of Arrested Development. Was Steve Holt the kid at [George] Michael's school who would only ever say his own name?" Elitist.

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy "The name doesn't ring any bells"

Alok

5:19 AM

Hmm what is the LoL refer-a-friend stuff? Anyone wants me to add their name ... idk if it will be useful, I plan to just try it out for a few hours

Fluttershy

@Alok na.leagueoflegends.com/rewards

@Alok Also, here is my referral code! =3 signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4f8cdd612139d573437440

Alok

@Fluttershy Hmm ... idk how long it takes to get to lvl 5 ... but hopefully I will get there someday ;)

I think I need 'summoner name', I signed up and am near the end ... guess they have a page for ppl who forgot the referral link

Are you Fluttershy on LoL or some other name?

Fluttershy

@Alok It's been a while since I signed up... So I don't remember all the steps. I'm NihilistRonin on LoL. I won't be playing tonight though. Gonna try and get some sleep.

Alok

Hmm strange - its not working, sorry :(. I'll try again if it allows me to do so later.

k just signed up again w/ referral link

Ktash

5:35 AM

@RavenDreamer You went up to level 92 with the new level calculations

Lazers

5:50 AM

0

Q: Is there a preferred java version for minecraft?

Got a new, 64 bit Windows 7 computer. Installed 32 bit Java on it, and minecraft hangs after 5-10 minutes of play. Is there a preferred version of java? Or do you think it's something other than the JVM that's the problem? (My susp

minecraft java

Gaming Topics From Outside

0

Q: Hedgewars not loading game

I just installed Hedgewars to have a little fun but every time I select the game type I want to start the screen displays the trees and leaves in the background which seem to be frozen and I don't go any further. Does anyone else battle with this and is there a solution?

games bug-reporting

James

6:13 AM

@RonanForman Hey man, if you are around and have that intro I am rendering up the last segment I can slap that on the front, add a little fade in and start uploading.

Ktash

Changes for leveling script are live, including new levels

If you have the script, you should be prompted for an update within the next day

Ktash

6:44 AM

I hate viruses

Lazers

0

Q: Skills that can kill a hero on Shallow Grave

Aside from Axe's ultimate, what other skills or instances a hero can be killed under the effect of Shallow Grave?

dota

Lazers

7:53 AM

0

Q: Does the newest Nvidia driver support diablo 3?

I used version 300+ http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3123040038?page=2 says that version 280+ already support diablo 3. Yet when I tried diablo 3 in 3D I do not see anything different. It still look 3D but as any 3D run on full screen. It's not impressive. What am I missing? Do I need t...

diablo-3

badp

FUCK

Since when do bosses drop the cat?

SINCE WHEN?!

This run is ruined. Done for. Goddammit

10 lives and one heart. Whoopefuckingdoo

Ender

8:09 AM

?

badp

Now I've got one heart 10 times

If I get shot twice (or once from the Womb onwards) I die and I must start the fucking room all over again.

Ender

:(

badp

I've used up 4 lives in the depths 2 already before mom

Also no keys so no item rooms

46 coins but no keys

WOOOOOOOOOO!

This challenge ends at Mom!

THIS CHALLENGE ENDS AT THE FUCKING MOM!

Wooohooo.

I won.

Despite the fucking cat.

3 lives left too.

Ender

O.o

badp

Also... uh... I get Golden God after I collect the candle?

The candle's not part of the original game...

I guess it's because you need to collect all items from the original game and I'd avoided the cat like the plague. Except I don't remember collecting the wafer.

Ender

8:18 AM

I havent the slightest clue to what your detailed descriptions pertain to.

and your avatars eyes keep looking at me!

badp

@Ender How could you skip on the Binding of Isaac after it was for sale at €1.2?

Ender

I know nothing about that game

Yi Jiang

Well, time to get educated then

badp

Here's one thing you need to know: unless you're like super christian you want to get that game. It's a lot of fun.

2

I feel authorized to tell you that because I am the best!! I am the best!!

Basically there's a bunch of levels. Each level has a bunch of rooms. Each room has a bunch of enemies. You enter a room, doors close, you kill the enemies, doors open, rinse and repeat until you find the boss room, then doors close, you kill the boss and a trapdoor opens to the next level. And you do that until you win.

And that would be boring, if it wasn't for items, and the base game has like a hundred of those.

Ender

nice

slightly off topic,

is there a stack exchange for toys?

badp

8:24 AM

They go from crying bombs to hanging yourself for flight to reading the bible

Ender

nm board games will work

Gaming Topics From Outside

9:05 AM

0

Q: PHP - Any shorter way for checking all values within three dimensional array?

Basically I have this code scenario: if($_SESSION['player_1_pawn'][0]['currentHealth']<=0 && $_SESSION['player_1_pawn'][1]['currentHealth']<=0 && $_SESSION['player_1_pawn'][2]['currentHealth']<=0 && $_SESSION['player_1_pawn'][3]['currentHealth']<=0 &&...

php arrays multidimensional-array gaming

Lazers

9:26 AM

0

Q: Why do people rush sorc boots on morde

i often see mordekaisers rush sorc boots? why does it have something to do with shield or do they need it just so they can survive the laning phase? Also how can i survive morde laning phase?

league-of-legends

badp

10:08 AM

11

Q: Do the bonus quests for Companions' leaders end?

I have become the Harbinger of the Companions. But I still keep getting "Talk to the leaders of the Companions for more work" in the miscellaneous quest journal. Does this ever end? Also as Harbinger of the Companions, why does it say talk to the "leader" of the Companions, am I not their head? I...

skyrim

Plz to help me clean this question up

(tell me what to do essentially)

skovacs1

@badp I don't see anything overtly wrong with the question. Maybe some small grammar like commas, etc. but that's pretty trivial. Why do you think the question needs cleanup?

badp

@skovacs1 The answers

skovacs1

@badp Then you should have asked for help cleaning up the answers, not the question :P

badp

11

Q: Do the bonus quests for Companions' leaders end?

I have become the Harbinger of the Companions. But I still keep getting "Talk to the leaders of the Companions for more work" in the miscellaneous quest journal. Does this ever end? Also as Harbinger of the Companions, why does it say talk to the "leader" of the Companions, am I not their head? I...

skyrim

Plz to help me clean the answers up

(tell me what to do essentially)

skovacs1

@badp :P

@badp OK, first, SpiRo's answer isn't an answer, but a comment on another answer.

badp

10:16 AM

...which? <_<

Buddy's?

skovacs1

0

A: Do the bonus quests for Companions' leaders end?

Companions always had the leader and it is Harbinger. Kodlak was not Harbinger but adviser since last leader died and no one took the title of leader aka. Harbinger.

badp

Yes, but is Buddy's an answer?

skovacs1

@badp Haven't gotten there yet. Patience

badp

patients

skovacs1

@badp John's answer is a poor answer that doesn't answer this yes/no question. I don't know isn't an answer.

badp

10:19 AM

@skovacs1 I'll translate that to "delete it"

skovacs1

@badp Buddy's is an answer. It clearly says, "Also, the missions never end." It is a rehashing of an existing answer and doesn't really add anything to the question.

badp

So I'll convert that comment over to Buddy's and leave it at -1

thanks

skovacs1

@badp Actually, the comment was on mordi2k's answer I believe, based on the timestamps

They both say no leader so the comment makes sense on either.

Actually. Nevermind. It makes more sense as a comment on Buddy's anyways.

badp

10:56 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz If you can care about the answer now - close-reopen wars + yours and mine meta discussions

@StrixVaria um what?

I don't recall it

Lazers

-3

Q: Does anyone wanna play some minecraft on the xbox 360

AI'm really board and my friends only play halo

minecraft

0

Q: What are the differences between the Easy, Medium and Hard difficulty?

What are the differences between the Easy, Medium and Hard difficulty in the Campaign and Skirmish modes?

total-annihilation

skovacs1

@badp Isn't the question super obviously a game ID question which is off topic? What's the dispute here?

badp

-1

Q: Revisiting the Identify-this-game ban

I think the time is ripe to revisit our identify this game rules, following this week's discussion on chat and meta. The status quo The current policy is that any question asking to identify a game or modification is off-topic for this site. The reasons brought forward behind the policy are th...

discussion allowed-questions identify-this-game

20

Q: "Here is a thing. Look at the thing. Do you see the thing? I would like to know what this Thing is Called." A plea for sanity

identify-this-game was a Bad Tag. It was applied to Bad Questions. It is gone forever, and I could not be happier. But it appears, that we have been throwing some babies out with our admittedly filthy bathwater. So, before I move on, I want to talk for a second about why identify-this-game is b...

discussion allowed-questions identify-this-game

We're pushing to allow that kind of game ID for it shares very little of the problems with ITG

There's nothing about memory or clairvoyance in that question

skovacs1

@Lazers They're made of wood so they ask bad questions.

badp

it's also not too localized

so there's no reason to close it except for the rule

skovacs1

11:13 AM

Interesting reads. I'm of mixed opinion. I admit that should concrete evidence properly provide a finite answer space, the questions are answerable, but are they good? I see the potential for several problems.

Any of a vast amount of separate concrete evidence can be taken from the same game and be used for separate questions, leading to the possibility for as many questions as there are assets in a given game and since the evidence cited is different, they are not technically duplicates.

This opens people who incorrectly understand the policies (there are and will be many) to ask a flood of questions which do not provide sufficient evidence.

@badp These questions are hard to cite usability. They really are localized only to the cited evidence though. Is it too localized? I'm unwilling to voice an opinion on that specific point.

badp

@skovacs1 The locked question perhaps is as un-localized as it gets

given that the reference comes from a frikkin' tv series :)

We can argue on whether or not we want these questions at all or not, but the reasons why we ban ITG in general don't apply to them

skovacs1

@badp Breaking Bad is a TV series first of all. I have more to say, but I have to go afk for 5. Be right back.

badp

later

for example I really don't think "identify-this-font" is on-topic for Gaming

now it's me who has to brb for lunch

skovacs1

@badp That's where I disagree. It is localized. It is localized to the context of that one part of that one episode of that one TV show (possibly better on another StackExchange site even, but the answer would most likely be found in this userbase so that's more meh), localized in time and location to the availability of said portion of said episode of that TV show, and localized in usability to those who watch that part of that episode of that TV show and care what game is being played.

Everything is localized to some context. "Is it too localized?" is the debate.

Lazers

11:29 AM

0

Q: What are the differences between the difficulty levels in Campaign and Skirmish modes?

What are the differences between the Standard, Moderate and Hard difficulty in the Campaign mode? What about between Easiest, Standard, Moderate, Hard, and Hardest in the Standard Game (Skirmish) mode? Does the AI cheat (by giving itself additional resources, etc.)? If yes, at what difficulty ...

age-of-empires-2

skovacs1

@badp I don't intend to touch topicality or more generally whether this can of monkeys should be opened. The localization and usability is limited to the context of the evidence. In general, a lot of the evidence is likely localized to the game and those that played it, but at any time some piece of evidence can have its context expanded by an asset being used in a new context (OST song used in a Penny Arcade animation for example) so the question is where the line is drawn.

When does a context become broad enough to no longer be considered too localized?

badp

11:44 AM

The canonical example of "too localized" is "Why is this green Onda Civic parked outside my door"?

geographically, Jeol kind of says "less than a metropolis"

as for time, I usually mention it's either "past" or "future" but never "present"

and by "future" I mean "something unreleased"

and by "past" I mean "something no longer available"

(like "Minecraft beta 1.20b3")

skovacs1

@badp Questions about something only available for a short duration (will be past in your definition) could be present at the time of asking.

badp

@skovacs1 which is why they wouldn't be closed TL until they are past

While "Minecraft beta 1.20b3" was the latest version of Minecraft we sure did allow questions for that.

skovacs1

@badp Fair enough.

Too localized is a fuzzy beast. Localization changes with time. Some things become more broadly available while others become unavailable. For games that are no longer available and there's only 1 question about them, hence their tags fall off, would they not have become too localized? There's a problem of policing these. Someone would have to go through all the open questions and check for availability and therefore locality.

Lazers

0

Q: How to speed up construction in Tropico 4?

It seems due to some logistic issues construction is very slow in tropico 4 (most of the time builders are idle with a long list of jobs). Is there any tips how to improve their productivity?

tropico-4

0

Q: Sould I get a PSX or PS2 for playing the classic WipeOut?

I still have my original boxes and discs of WipeOut 2 and Wip3Out: Special Edition, and dying to play these games again (not the newer ones on PS3 or Vita). Would it be better to buy a PlayStation 2 instead of a PS1? I'm guessing the games will be 100% compatible right? How about the connection...

ps2 ps1 wipeout

Yi Jiang

12:30 PM

Developer Accused of Selling DLC to Cats

badp

sigh

Blood of the martyr, pentagram, health up, habit, pills, sister maggy... and then multiple greeds happen and I'm back to the starting block

LessPop_MoreFizz

@skovacs1 You're looking at this from the wrong angle. Duplication isn't based on the answer it's based on the question. We have lots of non dupes with identical answers.

badp

and now I'm instead playing Angry Eve :/

LessPop_MoreFizz

Realistically, with a standard like this, we shouldn't be getting many game identification questions that aren't referring to a game artifact found in some other media. Because really, how else would you end up with a screenshot or a song or something you want identified?

It has a rainbow hat.

Yi Jiang

12:48 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz There was that question with the lousy hand drawn "screenshot"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang Doesn't meet this standard

drawings are not real and actual artifacts.

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz A refined for that hat!

LessPop_MoreFizz

So tempted to post rainbow hat in:

Aww!

To clarify, spiders are not on-topic here. Ever

@badp a refined?

wat

Yi Jiang

Refined metal. Common item used for trading in TF2

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang oh.

Mana

1:23 PM

holy shit, I'm crying

badp

sigh

died in Utero 2 :(

@Mana It's handmade dude.

Possible defects underline the genuine craft behind the sculpture.

Sterno

I've decided the correct answer to every http://scifi.stackexchange.com question is "who cares?"

Tweeted by codinghorror on July 18, 2012 at 8:01 PM

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I just went through their front page of questions, and found out that yeah, that's mostly true.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@sterno yup.

SciFi.SE is the embodiment of the stereotypical dude at a con who asks the actors about plot holes.

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Lazers

-1

Q: Is there a Spec Ops : The Line tag?

I tried searching the tags for specs-ops, the-line, spec-ops-the-line and only found mordern-warfare-3 related questions. Is there a spec-ops-the-line tag?

spec-ops-the-line

Yi Jiang

@Lazers Did... did he just create the tag he's asking about using?

Wut?

Sterno

1:36 PM

Well, to be fair, I could ask a question "Is there a Diablo 3 tag" and tag it diablo-the-3rd. it doesn't mean my question is invalid (other than it being off-topic for the main site)

Oh, good, Steam is about to stop taking all my money.

Yi Jiang

@Sterno Doesn't change the fact that it's completely inane, even if it was asked in the correct place

If he really did already search for those and found that the tag didn't exist then... you just go ahead and create the tag?

Sterno

Cut a dude some slack. His goal wasn't bad. He wanted to avoid creating a new tag if one already existed. He just doesn't quite grok how the site works.

We've got meta posts and blog posts and everything saying "be nice to newbies!"

Mana

Yeah, it's normal and an understandable mistake. It's just also a really funny one.

fbueckert

@Sterno Newbies, fine. Users who have been here awhile, though, get all the fake, indignant rage I can muster.

Mana

@fbueckert 13 days is hardly a while.

Yi Jiang

1:49 PM

It's not like I'm angry or anything. It's just really really weird.

Mana

oh

no

1 year, wow

Yi Jiang

There was a proposal to show a warning when users are creating a new tag to stop them from creating useless tags, I wonder if that's what happened

fbueckert

@Mana I assume you're talking about the user above? His question's been deleted, so I have no idea who it was.

Yi Jiang

He asked a new specs ops question

Also, you can still see his username from the tooltip on the gravatar

fbueckert

@YiJiang Huh. I have learned my requisite new thing of the day.

Sterno

1:58 PM

I was still a newbie on this site a year in. Mainly because I registered shortly after it was created, asked one question, and didn't come back for a year :P

Mana

@Sterno and we're glad you did :) :) :)

Sterno

heh

fbueckert

@Mana How do three smiley faces work? I'm envisioning you smiling, then looking neutral, then smiling again. Or does your smile get larger for each smile you add? With three being the, "I'm a serial killer and I'm crazy!" smile.

Mana

@fbueckert The latter

Lazers

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Q: How can one select a specific chapter to replay?

I recently finished Spec Ops: The Line (PC) on suicide mission difficulty and wanted to replay specific chapters to find all the intels and make different choices. However when I go to the 'Select Chapter' menu option, only Chapter 1 seems to be available. I tried using the mouse wheel, clickin...

spec-ops-the-line

0

Q: Can you block Caitlyn's ult with neutral minions?

I was wondering if Caitlyn ults you can you run behind neutral minions such as baron or dragon to block it?

league-of-legends

fbueckert

2:02 PM

@Mana So, three smiley faces isn't actually a good thing, then. They're your preliminary warning to run really fast.

Yi Jiang

Hmm, I missed the T-shirt size chart, and now looking at it I might have asked for a T-shirt that's one size too big

Wipqozn

19

Q: Is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic canon with Star Trek?

Inspired by the various answers and questions about ET and Star Wars based on a cameo, I wanted to know is Star Trek and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in the same Multiverse? Now before you go laughing me off of the internet I recommend you watch the following video. http://www.youtube.co...

star-trek canon star-trek-q my-little-pony my-little-pony-fim

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Q: Could the Enterprise beam a vampire into a house she didn’t have permission to enter?

There's this article on io9.com asking this exact question, and I thought that scifi.SE would be the ultimate place to have the matter settled. I present to you: This is a serious question that has been bothering me. We all know that in most vampire lore, a vampire cannot enter a house withou...

star-trek vampire

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Q: Does Stan Lee get paid for his appearances in Marvel movies?

Stan Lee appears in a lot of Marvel movies, such titles include: The Amazing Spider-Man The Avengers Thor The Incredible Hulk Spider-Man 3 X-Men: The Last Stand Fantastic Four Spider-Man 2 Hulk Daredevil Spider-Man X-Men Are these paid gigs, or does he just show up for free in every Marvel mo...

marvel-comics movie

Sterno

2:18 PM

@Wipqozn At least the last one has the possibility of having a real answer

Mana

@Wipqozn what.

Wipqozn

@Mana Welcome to SciFi.SE

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Q: Are E.T. and Star Wars in the same universe?

An answer about the Star Wars timeline, uses the appearance of E.T.-like creatures in the Star Wars universe as a frame of reference for dating the sagas relative to our present day. I remember noticing, and discussing the E.T.-like creatures when I saw the film, too, but is there an in-universe...

star-wars e.t shared-universe

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Q: Why aren't alien planets as varied in climate as the Earth?

The Earth in all of its varieties has wide ranging climates. At the top level it has tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar climates. And yet often the planets depicted in science fiction are often single climate planets. The forest moon of Endor The desert planet of Dune The desert ...

science-fiction-genre

I thought that was a good question until I realized he was asking it about every piece of science fiction ever written.

fbueckert

I'm going to be running half of Act 1 in D3. Anyone want to join me?

Lazers

2:35 PM

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Q: Can I somehow use QWER as smartcast and put shift+QWER to normal cast?

I use smartcast , but sometimes i would like to see the spell ranges etc, so is there a way to put shift+qwer to normal cast?

league-of-legends

pixel

Probably the single most important video you'll watch on youtube all day

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If Quake was made today

Yi Jiang

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A: How can one select a specific chapter to replay?

You have to use the up and down arrows (which are never used elsewhere in the game) to select a different chapter on this screen.

*cough* console port *cough*

Sterno

@pixel That's why I liked Serious Sam 3's tagline. "No cover. All man."

pixel

2:50 PM

@Sterno yeah, most modern FPS are an insult to the genre

I always like the irony in the title of 'serious sam'

Sterno

I blame consoles.

pixel

its completely consoles fault

Sterno

And @Wipqozn

pixel

they had to reduce the pace of the games in order for them to work with analogue sticks

badp

@pixel old :P

pixel

2:54 PM

@badp maybe, still very valid though :p

Sterno

pixel

I like

back when "linear gameplay" still involved searching an entire level for keycards

Sterno

I have a friend, where as every Steam game he wants goes on sale for like $2, adds them to his wishlist

I'm not sure if he thinks someone is going to buy them for him, or he's just thinking "$2 is a little too much... I'll wait for a better sale!"

Fallout: New Vegas for $5? Highway robbery! I'll wait a while and see if it comes down!

pixel

lol

Lazers

0

Q: How can someone participate in tribunal?

I want to know who analyses reports and is it possible to get that work? Mainly because I would just love to make this community better with what little I can do:)

league-of-legends

Lazers

3:35 PM

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Q: Can I use my own music instead of the in game radio stations?

I'm tired of listening to the same old songs over and over again on the radio in Saints Row 3. (Much like real life!) Is it possible to create custom radio stations and/or custom playlists using my own MP3 collection on my computer? (This ignores the obvious solution of using a music player ex...

pc saints-row-the-third

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Q: How does+200 fire damage or +200 cold damage effect weapon?

Is it taken into account in DPS tooltip? Is it any different than +200 minimum damage/+200 maximum damage? If you're a wizard, does intelligence increase it? Am I correct to say that it simply add damage?

diablo-3

LessPop_MoreFizz

That d3 question is a dupe like 7 times over. Somebody find one and I'll vote.

Ronan Forman

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Wipqozn

3:55 PM

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Q: How does "elemental" damage on weapons work with elemental skills?

I have a weapon that adds Holy damage. How does this work with my skills that say "Does X% of weapon damage as INSERT ELEMENT damage and things of that nature"? Example: My wand does 8-14 damage at 1.40 Attacks Per Second. It has +1-2 Holy Damage for a total DPS rating of 15.4. Ray of Frost d...

diablo-3

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Q: Is magical/enchanted damage more effective against certain types of monsters than others?

Presumably each monster has its own resistance stats to different types of damage, such as 5% lightning resistance and 10% holy resistance, much like how the player does, but is there a general pattern to which types of enemies are weak on some kinds of elemental damage? For example, will zombies...

diablo-3

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Q: How is skill damage calculated based on weapon damage?

I understand that spell damage in based on weapon damage, but how? A weapon has both a damage attribute (e.g., 2-3 damage), and a damage-per-second attribute (e.g., 3.0 damage per second). Let's say we have two scenarios: You equip an apprentice's wand: 3.0 Damage Per Second, 2–3 Damage, 1.20 ...

diablo-3

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Q: What are the special effects for each damage type, and when do they trigger?

I've noticed that when I use a weapon with cold damage, every attack "snares" my targets, even when I don't use any skill or item which explicitly snares or slows. I'm guessing this is due to the cold damage. Do other damage types have a special effect this way? If they do, what are those effec...

diablo-3

@LessPop_MoreFizz: Vote away.

So yeah, everyone should VTC this as a dup:

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Q: How does+200 fire damage or +200 cold damage effect weapon?

Is it taken into account in DPS tooltip? Is it any different than +200 minimum damage/+200 maximum damage? If you're a wizard, does intelligence increase it? Am I correct to say that it simply add damage?

diablo-3

Any of the above posted questions will work.

Someone should edit them all in after the last vote si cast.

Aww!

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