The Bridge

murgatroid99

4:00 PM

@badp sadly, I wasn't the one playing when I saw it

badp

and that's... nice and virtually side-effect free

but still.

I wish the game had an equivalent of the wand of wishing, that's all

A genie in a lamp or something.

murgatroid99

@badp the D6?

badp

@murgatroid99 That's not the same as a "What item do you want to wish for?" prompt

murgatroid99

@badp that would make the game too easy. The ability to get epic fetus whenever I want would make it kind of pointless

badp

@murgatroid99 but how many games do you need to wait between two subsequent epic fetus games?

considering I must fight those fucking mini-greed things all the time

murgatroid99

4:04 PM

@badp still, I think I could win any game where I get a wand of wishing

badp

I've lost games with epic fetus myself :P

and while I did beat Isaac with Technology 2 it was quite the close call

murgatroid99

@badp me too, but that's not the pont

also, going to lunch, bye

badp

bai

James

Kappei

@murgatroid99 I only got 2 games with epic fetus, in the first I managed to blast myself into oblivion. The second one though has been epic.

Koviko

4:08 PM

@Kappei o.o

Kappei

The only run better than that has been one with the basic fetus in a jar... I managed to get every single bomb upgrade in the game, with the Sacred Heart as final gift. Isaac and ??? couldn't stand a chance

Fluttershy

@badp Should I write up a post on meta about it? Or should I just start removing arma-2 from the dayz questions that don't explicitly need it?

badp

@Fluttershy I'd say be bold

just don't flood the homepage

Fluttershy

Fair enough.

Ronan Forman

Like this?

James

4:11 PM

Mmm, thats some mighty fine boldness you have there, It would be a sssssshame if sssssssomething happened to it

Kappei

@RonanForman or like me? no wait, that would be "be bald"

badp

@Kappei TMI

Ronan Forman

Kappei

@badp never trust what's said on the intertubes

badp

gaming.stackexchange.com/a/78205/23 could do with some extra editing love

Kappei

4:14 PM

@RonanForman Ẕ̶̷̣͇͈̰͔̝̘ͩ͛͋ͯ̐͗ͭA̷͕̹̖̔ͮ̋͌̈́L̨͍̣̩͚̹̲̅͝Ḡ̣̳͔͉̯̼̼̭̓͗ͬ̂͝͞O̶̢̥͈̻͉ͩ̉͗̒?͊͒̋҉͉̣̦̪͢

badp

@Kappei fontbomb

Fluttershy

@badp Done. Front page isn't flooded. By me at least.

badp

@Fluttershy Thanks

pixel

Can I get votes to delete this closed question tagged with two tags that are being burned?

-1

Q: Using games/game reviews as a tool in learning a language

I'm interested game-related media as a tool in learning another language, in a similar way to how people watch movies in a foreign language with subtitles. Specifically, I'm hoping to learn more about Spanish, though I would be interested in resources in other languages as well. I'd prefer someth...

FAE

@pixel Done

pixel

4:17 PM

merci

FAE

@pixel de rien

pixel

@badp I'm not sure why you would comment on a question like that, rather than ping me and actually get my attention :P

badp

@pixel because chat pings may take 15 minutes to get you if chat is closed

pixel

While comments only get to me when I open a new page

which during nuking, doesn't happen until I move onto the next tag

Lazers

0

Q: RIFT: High level Foraging Mobs?

So i know treants & boglings will drop foraging goods if you farm them -- are there any mobs for rank 250+ materials so i can just farm mobs instead of looking for nodes?

rift

James

4:21 PM

@RonanForman o.O

Sterno

4:40 PM

Video games on Steam just seem ridiculously overpriced now that the sale is over.

StrixVaria

@Sterno Yeah seriously. Luckily I have 15 more games to beat so I don't need to buy any for a while.

Koviko

@Sterno Makes your realize how much you're actually willing to pay for games.

pixel

I really need to move my PC into another room in the house

Its unbearably warm in here and cool in the rest of the house

badp

4:56 PM

Warmth is where the PC is.

pixel

not in this house

top floor is a heat trap

the heat travels up here as science intended, but then never escapes

awesome during winter, when its cold and I want to be warm, bad during summer when its warm and I want to be cold

tiddy

Exhaust fans?

pixel

Exhaust fans?

OrigamiRobot

This just in: DayZ is hard and confusing.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Well, yes.

OrigamiRobot

5:06 PM

Why can't I carry more than one long arm? curse-you-gun-limit

Wipqozn

@badp @Fluttershy: Some questions/answers are about DayZ, but also apply to Arma 2.

For example:

3

Q: Why will I not always be able to fully reload my weapon?

Sometimes when I go to reload my weapon it won't be fully reloaded, and instead will only be partially refilled (i.e. I can only have 2-bullets in my Makarov even though it can hold up to 8). I originally thought this was just a bug, but it seems to happen quite a lot. Why will I not always be a...

dayz

user2334

@badp @RonanForman @LessPop_MoreFizz et al in the league of "missing the fact that we already have a minecraft-smp tag" gentleman: we already have a minecraft-smp tag. Creating a new tag is pointless. Questions tagged minecraft multiplayer should be retagged to minecraft-smp. SMP and questions about it doesn't go away with the client/server merge on August 1st.

Jin

summer love

i love you all, even @badp

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp But SMP is survival multiplayer, why do we need a tag for that?

OrigamiRobot

@Jin I love you glorious hair.

pixel

5:08 PM

@RonanForman ONE SEC, creating me3-multiplayer-goldmode

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy @badp: Although the question is about DayZ, it's actually due to the behaviour of Arma 2 and not DayZ. So if a user was asking the same question about Arma 2, it would be the same answer, and having a second question for it would seem.. redundant.

user2334

@RonanForman Because that's a thing people ask about and it's a legitimate thing to ask about. We have over 100 questions about SMP.

Wipqozn

So, at least in this situation, I think the question should be tagged with both dayz and Arma 2.

user2334

Please don't confuse tag cleanup with dictating how people should play or ask about a specific game

Wipqozn

I think this question is an example of a question which should only be tagged with DayZ:

2

Q: What is a bandit?

One of the debug stats is "bandits killed". I originally thought they were just NPCs, but I recently encountered one (and died), and it seems to be a player. What are bandits?

dayz

Ronan Forman

5:09 PM

@MarkTrapp Yes, but are they specific to survival or have people been using that tag as a synonym for multi player?

Jin

@OrigamiRobot i brush my hair 2000 strokes a day.

OrigamiRobot

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot: So you bought DayZ then?

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Quite.

Wipqozn

Well, Arma 2. Whatever. Dawg.

@OrigamiRobot I've been thinking of playing again, so I might need to join you later tonight. You have a headset, correct?

OrigamiRobot

5:10 PM

I'm currently just farming this Treestand.

user2334

@RonanForman Can you point to any questions that are about Creative Multiplayer? I'll bet my last trappbuck that 99.95% of all Minecraft multiplayer questions are about SMP, not CMP.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Good luck finding me!

user2334

IF there are CMP questions, let's retag those. Not create a new tag

OrigamiRobot

@MarkTrapp Where did you lose all your trappbucks?

3

Wipqozn

@MarkTrapp I'll give you a 100-wipnickels to never make bets again.

user2334

5:11 PM

@OrigamiRobot During the great trappbuck default swap crisis of '12

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp Okay, but do we really need two separate tags for them, we don't have a tag for SSP and a different one for CSP.

OrigamiRobot

@MarkTrapp I assumed you sold them on the D3 RMAH.

user2334

@Wipqozn Wipnickels have less backing than the nonexistent Greek drachma!

Wipqozn

@MarkTrapp Bah! You kids have no respect for modern currencies.

Also, enjoyable video for anyone playing DayZ:

►

OrigamiRobot

Sorry to reping you Mark. If @Wipqozn is going to star everything I say, I can't have people thinking I can't spell

user2334

5:14 PM

@RonanForman I'd have to see how many CMP questions there are and whether they are specifically about CMP or whether they're just about creative mode in general, but my trappbuck CPA says that CMP questions could probably be just left tagged as simply minecraft. But leave [minecraft-smp] alone! It gives and gives and gives and all you people do is tear it down! WHYYYYY. WHYYYYYYYYY.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I didn't star the trappbucks comment.

but I will now!

Take that Mister Robot.

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp I just don't think it's a useful tag.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman You're not a useful tag.

Buuuurrrrnnn

pixel

@Alok oh you're here

user2334

@RonanForman Then ignore it. But it's nevertheless one of the few ways we can actually segment the gigantic minecraft tag in a meaningful manner.

Wipqozn

5:16 PM

Well, since I've managed to burn someone, I think it's time for me to go. Leave on a high note and what not.

pixel

@Alok gaming.stackexchange.com/q/75434/27134 I think you linked the wrong question as a comment on this?

Wipqozn

tortoise shades

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp But the point of the tag is to distinguish between single and multi player, not survival multiplayer and all other game types.

Wipqozn

tortoise swoosh

Alok

@pixel Deleted, thanks. Will try to find out actual dup later

pixel

5:18 PM

np

@Wipqozn that's a interesting question, but is speculation

Alok

@RonanForman shouldn't it be minecraft-mp in that case? I never even knew smp is a different mode

Ronan Forman

@Alok I was saying minecraft-server but yes.

murgatroid99

@RonanForman I agree with you

pixel

@RonanForman is it 'server' though? surely it would be multiplayer

I would expect 'server' to be configuration questions

Ronan Forman

@pixel Another point was after the 1.3 patch the difference between single and multiplayer will just be the number of people.

pixel

5:21 PM

Oh I'm not in favour or against having multiple tags, just in favour of logic and consistency

Alok

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/78187/… - My first ever close! Too bad it was actually kinda interesting, but completely OT

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn I left a couple of them with the Arma 2 tag, mostly because I felt that it would apply to both games. The vehicle repair one was one I wasn't sure about. The magazine one can be rolled back if you feel it is better having both tags.

Ronan Forman

@pixel My point was they'll be no questions specifically about playing on a multiplayer server.

user2334

@RonanForman The point of tags is to categorize questions by meaningful segments based largely on usage: Minecraft SMP is a large part of the Minecraft gameplay experience. It's a legitimate thing to ask about it. We have 110 questions about it. None of that goes away because you want every game to refer to multiplayer the same way

pixel

So just have 'minecraft' then

badp

5:22 PM

@Wipqozn because tentacles. Duh

Ronan Forman

@pixel What about running servers?

pixel

running servers would be configuration questions

Alok

@Wipqozn I did! Now I can't get a trappbuck as a souvenir for my collection :(

user2334

@RonanForman For vanilla 1.3 servers. It doesn't change pre-1.3 Minecraft or Bukkit or questions about SMP mods or any of that.

pixel

so 'minecraft-server' would be valid, or 'minecraft' and 'hosting'

Ronan Forman

5:23 PM

@pixel Hosting is paying for a server, running a server is specific to the game.

user2334

I'm face palming as hard as I can right now: there is already a tag for this. You don't have to brainstorm one. Minecraft players already have specific terminology for this stuff, and they've been using it without incident on the site for 2 years. You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

pixel

uh, hosting is hosting a server, paying has nothing to do with it. You don't pay yourself if you host your own server

Sterno

2

Q: Where did the Space Invaders come from?

Space Invaders is an arcade video game. Is there any licensed material that explain from where they come from, why they want to invade us and why the only solution is to destroy them. Bonus point for explaining why their strategy is to stay in formation while they descend.

video-games

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp So we want to keep a tag because it helps categorise outdated questions?

Sterno

I'm so sad that awful question was asked on Sci-Fi instead of here!

murgatroid99

5:24 PM

@MarkTrapp but why have the tag once there's nothing different about SMP? what information does it add to the question?

user2334

@murgatroid99 Because there is a ton different, and has been for years. People are theorizing that come August 1st, when 1.3 is released and the client/server codebase merge is in a full release, everything will magically be the same. Which isn't the case, hasn't been the case, and is based purely on speculation about what it means to have a merged codebase

user2334

@murgatroid99 SMP-specific mods, how to deal with other players, etc. Is it really hard to imagine multiplayer questions for a game? Perusing through the minecraft-smp tag should give you an idea regardless.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp ok, the first one makes sense, though I don't see why it couldn't as easily be minecraft-server or something. And I'm pretty sure we don't deal with human relations questions here

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp These aren't about survival multiplayer though, they are about playing on/running a server.

QAdley

@RonanForman For the most part

user2334

5:30 PM

@murgatroid99 People are already using a tag that means something to the Minecraft community as virtually synonymous with multiplayer. It's tone deaf of us to say "nope, that usage that you've been using without any problems for 2 years and everywhere else on the internet is wrong. We've decided that we like calling it X, which nobody else does but it sounds cleaner and why can't you guys just change?"

Ronan Forman

And back to another point, we don't tag the distinction between creative and survival in single player, why are we doing the same for multiplayer?

QAdley

@RonanForman shhhhhhh!!

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp For the most part everyone uses forums to find answers to their questions.

Just because people are happy to do something doesn't mean that it's how we should do it.

murgatroid99

@MarkTrapp but it seems like we want a tag that doesn't quite mean the same thing as what the community means when they say "SMP"

user2334

@RonanForman Because the number of questions we have about Minecraft's creative mode—single or multiplayer—is exceedingly small. survival single-player and SMP are by far the modes that get the most usage, and our questions are indicative of that

Ronan Forman

5:34 PM

Most of the people who use this site are from america, does that mean that we should just automatically put america in everyone's location?

user2334

@murgatroid99 Which we don't need. It's solving a problem that doesn't exist.

bwarner

@RonanForman Some men are made of straw, does that mean they all are?

user2334

@RonanForman I don't know what point you're trying to make, but you're doing a poor job at making it.

Alok

What's with the rash of new users who post bad comments past few days? :(

Ronan Forman

I just don't see why you want a distinction between survival and multiplayer.

badp

5:37 PM

I feel like everything would be easier if we just let the current situation alone until the next major release of Minecraft

the one that actually drops "single player" mode

not that I anticipate that moment, given how much more demanding it is to run a server and a client on the same computer over single player mode

user2334

@badp I'm all for leaving Minecraft alone and keeping it separate from a larger disambiguation of the multiplayer tag, but the new version doesn't drop single player mode, and even if it did, it wouldn't make the 100+ questions we have about SMP invalid

murgatroid99

@badp this sounds like a good idea

badp

@MarkTrapp I thought dropping single player mode was the whole point of the new major release

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp It does though, if you want to play single player the client starts up a multiplayer server, but only lets you join it.

badp

by single player mode I mean single player in the IT sense

user2334

5:40 PM

@badp It's merging the single player and multiplayer codebases into one, so bugs don't exist in one and not the other, and making the client a thin wrapper around the server. It doesn't remove single player mode.

badp

once this distinction actually drops then you'll be able to mod minecraft regardless of whether or not you're running a "server" for other people to play on or not

and everything that applies to servers applies to "single player" mode

so it'll become easier to reshuffle things as needed

leaving "multiplayer" questions to everything that actually involves more than one person at the same time

(and I can't think of many such questions)

user2334

You really think the vast majority of SMP questions we have or will get in the future are about people playing by themselves on a server? Huh? If they're asking about SMP, it's not unreasonable to assume they're playing with other people. That's why you play SMP.

user2334

But I think we digress: speculating about what the codebase merge means for Minecraft before it's actually released and subsequently basing tags and such on it is silly.

badp

21

Q: Why did my Zombie Pigmen form a flash mob?

I was journeying to the Nether when I noticed the most curious site outside my portal enclosure: The mob started with ab...

minecraft minecraft-smp

19

Q: How much of a drop will a mob voluntarily walk off of in Minecraft?

I've noticed that mobs don't just walk off of cliffs on their own accord. They stop when they sense a cliff (unless they are chasing you). How high does a cliff have to be for them not to walk off of it?

minecraft minecraft-smp

19

Q: Tamed dogs and cats won't leave me alone

I'm playing Minecraft SMP I've tamed a couple dozen wolves and cats, brought them back to my home, bred them, and left them in a kennel. My plan was to position the cats around my house to keep away creepers, and take a couple dogs with me when I go adventuring. The rest have been made to sit. ...

minecraft minecraft-smp

how are these questions specific to "smp"?

James

@RonanForman We doing the next episodes today???

badp

5:44 PM

24

Q: Why does my bed explode when I try to sleep on it in the Nether, and how do I disable it?

After I read the changelog for Minecraft 1.6, I saw that one of the few items that were fixed was beds in the nether. However, when trying to sleep in one, it explodes. Is this purely intentional, and does this happen in SMP (can't confirm now)? If it does explode in SMP, can I disable it (the ex...

mods minecraft-smp minecraft bukkit

19

Q: What, exactly, is Bukkit for Minecraft?

I've read the documentation and everything I can find on this subject, but I'd like to know: What Bukkit does that vanilla Minecraft Server does not Why people decide to use it over vanilla Minecraft Server What plugins do/are for Background: I've only used vanilla Minecraft Server before, o...

minecraft hosting minecraft-smp bukkit

Ronan Forman

@James No, we said every other day right?

badp

14

Q: Is there an SMP Server Command to change weather conditions?

The latest version of Minecraft (1.5) brings, among other things, a number of different weather conditions. Most of these annoy me to no end. I tend to spend a lot of time playing on an SMP server, so I'm wondering if at least here, there is a way to effect changes in the weather: maybe through...

minecraft minecraft-smp

Ronan Forman

@badp That's enough.

badp

How will these three questions be specific to "smp" next week?

James

@RonanForman Was not sure, hence I asked :)

user2334

5:44 PM

@badp You're confusing mistagging, which happens with all tags, and asking questions about SMP

user2334

@badp Really, you don't see how a question asking for SMP server commands is about SMP?

badp

@MarkTrapp okay, I'm just pointing out many of our (top) questions tagged SMP aren't or won't be about SMP

James

@MarkTrapp Mojang finally got their shit together and merged SSP and SMP to be the same thing

badp

@MarkTrapp SMP commands also will work in "SSP"

James

1.3 is the release that does that

Ronan Forman

5:45 PM

@MarkTrapp It's not asking for SMP commands though. It's asking for MULTIPLAYER commands.

badp

and you probably want to change weather in creative mode too

James

So as far as I can tell @badp is asking rhetorical questions

badp

so yes, that question's not going to be specific to "SMP" in a week

Ronan Forman

Why do you not understand this?

user2334

@James Okay, if you're going to jump into the middle of a discussion, it's important to read the backlog.

badp

5:46 PM

@RonanForman how is "multiplayer" important when you want to change the weather?

Wipqozn

@pixel Pardon? What question are you talking about?

user2334

@badp Not prior to 1.3, which isn't even out yet.

badp

answer: only if you're looking for integration with a privilege system of sorts

James

@MarkTrapp Dude I do not need to read a back log to let you know that even when you are playing SSP in Minecraft after 1.3, Its a client connecting to a locally hosted server so all SMP commands become available even in SSP, hence @badp's line of questions

badp

@MarkTrapp which is why I am proposing to hold off until 1.3 is out

pixel

5:47 PM

@Wipqozn the question in the picture :P

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Yeah, I'm going to roll it back.

badp

which should be August 1st

Wipqozn

@pixel Oh. Okay.

tortoise swoosh

badp

Hope that makes sense

user2334

@James Yes, you do, because you're repeating things people already said. I know what badp is referring to. I've actually been part of this conversation from the beginning.

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:47 PM

@marktrapp I understand why I was pinged, but I honestly give zero fucks, be they flying, terrestrial, aquatic, or obese about how this minecraft tag thing is resolved beyond that they lose the stand alone multiplayer. I did what 4 people in chat including a mod and a high rep minecraft person told me to.

You may now resume bickering.

Ronan Forman

@James Essentally, Mark seems to think that a SMP tag is more valuable than a multiplayer tag.

James

@MarkTrapp So he is asking rhetorical questions and you are asking satirical ones... Awesome Ill go back to ignoring ramblings that are just to pass people's times.

badp

@RonanForman I can totally see why you would think so, btw

multiplayer is the kind of tag we've been so busy pwning

James

@RonanForman They are debating to debate.. Its pointless to get into it with either of them.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn k. On an unrelated note... I cannot find any weapons or water in DayZ. =(

pixel

5:49 PM

@James I'm finding it a little humorous tbh

Ronan Forman

@badp Then why are not not also pwning SMP? It's essentially a multiplayer tag.

user2334

@James Yes, that's for the best: recapping people's arguments while we've been in the middle of discussing the issue before you decided to show up is asinine

badp

@RonanForman because it's at least a sub-game-tag

now, with the changes in 1.3 we'll want to reorganize how that tag works surely

if we change it now then we'll want to change it again come 1.3

James

@pixel I bet you like that show from the creator of Seinfeld where he just gets into a 40min argument over absolutely nothing.. just to argue.. that's it.. well that is what my family did for 20 years.. and then I left :P

Ronan Forman

@badp Well the rest of us want it to be a minecraft-multiplayer tag. It's exactly the same.

Sterno

5:50 PM

You guys should switch the argument to something I have an opinion about. I need entertainment.

pixel

@James I have never seen it

badp

@RonanForman That tag would make sense post-1.3, yes.

I just don't know what would be tagged with it

James

@pixel Bah! I am mentally blocking the name of the show I hate it so much :D

Ronan Forman

@badp Well we've been just arguing about the name of this tag. That is it.

badp

The current use of that tag seems to be "oh hey this happened I was playing multiplayer"

...which is, well, not very useful. Almost a metatag

pixel

5:51 PM

@badp @MarkTrapp I do think you should have this conversation whenever this particular patch comes out though

speculation and all that

badp

@James if you don't want to take part of rethoric and pointless waste-of-time arguments then don't

pixel

although obviously said tag has lots of mistags on it

user2334

@RonanForman That's not what was proposed: the proposal was minecraft for everything and minecraft-servers for if you're running a server. Which is dumb. If it's just minecraft-multiplayer, I still think it's dumb, but far less so than the proposal in the multiplayer meta question

user2334

@pixel I concur: it's pointless right now. minecraft-smp works for the current state of Minecraft on Arqade

user2334

That may change on August 1st. It may not

Sterno

5:53 PM

@pixel Tag wikis approved!

pixel

@MarkTrapp the rules say we're not allowed to agree with each other!! :O

@Sterno <3

Lazers

0

Q: Taking down someone who is in front of the turret

Will taking someone down (using P.E.P.S. or Tranqulizer rifle) while he is standing in front of the turret alert that turret or does it become alerted only if the player shows up in its field of view? I tried to do it, and it seems to me like it did not alert the turret, but sometimes the alert...

deus-ex-human-revolution

0

Q: Should supports get any boot besides Ninja Tabi?

Just wondering if supports should get any other boot besides Ninja Tabi? It seems like the best boot for them by a mile (it's cheap and they don't have that much money to begin with, plus it lets them survive better in an AD lane).

league-of-legends

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp It's been officially announced, it's in the pre-releases, I don't see how it's not going to happen on the 1st of August.

pixel

@RonanForman those points didn't work when talking about RAGE yesterday, why would they be valid now?

pre-release is still speculation, ask @Fluttershy

badp

18 mins ago, by badp

I feel like everything would be easier if we just let the current situation alone until the next major release of Minecraft

user2334

5:55 PM

@RonanForman The codebase merge has been announced, but people are speculating what that change actually entails for the game itself. Nobody knows yet. We'll know after it gets released and seeing how the client being a thin wrapper over the server actually affects the differences between SSP and SMP as they are now.

murgatroid99

@pixel they're not talking about asking questions about the new system now

user2334

Yeah, this is about speculating about how future questions about the game will be affected by a change that hasn't been released yet, not asking about said change.

Ronan Forman

@MarkTrapp They've released like 5 pre-releases with this merge in, we know exactly how it works.

pixel

@badp +1 for spam pinging, can't a girl troll in peace? :P

badp

@pixel Ringing the clue bell, they call it.

(silence!)

pixel

5:57 PM

:D

user2334

@RonanForman Until it gets released to the community and people start modding for it, creating adventure maps for it, converting release servers over to it, what we have are people's speculations about it. It's not unreasonable to not the jump the gun on this and wait until it's actually released to decide how the Minecraft community is going to handle it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Jul 2 at 5:19, by NiQAlas T

I was rollin at the IKEA store today; got some Swedish Meat-a-balla

Jul 2 at 5:19, by NiQAlas T

and ligonberry drank

Brought car in for service today. Dealership is next to Ikea. A++ would consume lingonberry drank again.

Ronan Forman

I removed the thing from the multiplayer tag meta, we'll talk again on wednesday.

badp

@MarkTrapp Mind you, snapshots with the new model are already out, but I see your point

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RonanForman @MarkTrapp Be sure to adjust the Great Tag Cleanup meta post as well.

user2334

6:05 PM

What do you think of my desk? I made it myself, and I have all these pieces left!

LessPop_MoreFizz

I'm done with this whole Minecraft thing, because I don't have a clue what anybody is talking about, so one of you people do it.

user2334

Done and done

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Who cares about desks, I just wanted some meatballs.

and various lingonberry-product.

badp

user2334

@LessPop_MoreFizz Leonardo Leonardo does! But yes, Swedish meatballs and lingonberry and lingonberry-related products are good too.

badp

6:10 PM

store.steampowered.com/news/8463/…

groan

user2334

@badp Fastest beta graduation in a long time. And to think SE deleted the proposal when it was halfway through commitment because they didn't think it was viable

Ronan Forman

Why does it have an (R)? Do we have a (R)

user2334

Mathematica is a registered trademark of Wolfram Research

user2334

It takes like 5 years to finish the registration of a trademark, so Arqade won't have an ® for a long time

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp I'm not sure what's groan worthy about more Magicka DLC. I mean, it's basically their whole business model to sell silly cosmetic DLC. See also: TF2 Hats.

Ronan Forman

6:13 PM

Are Wolfram sponsoring said site?

badp

@RonanForman no

user2334

They just granted use of the trademark to SE

Ronan Forman

Then why can we use their name?

user2334

> Mathematica is a registered trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc. While the mark is used herein with the limited permission of Wolfram Research, Stack Exchange and this site disclaim all affiliation therewith.

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, I don't get informed about a new TF2 hat the same way I get informed about a new game

Steam now supports in-game purchases.

Ronan Forman

6:14 PM

I think that's going to get complicated.

badp

@RonanForman Note that they're not using their logo, despite using their name

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RonanForman It's a pretty standard legal arrangement. Nothing complicated about it.

badp

@codinghorror *well actually,* the logo and patterns were designed by the community, using Mathematica! http://meta.mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/555/96

Tweeted by jzy on July 24, 2012 at 6:09 PM in reply to codinghorror

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Speaking of deleting proposals.... It's time to go trawling through A51!

5

Book Reviews

Proposed Q&A site for students, researchers and practitioners of any field who are seeking credible book reviews

Currently in definition.

user2334

They did it for Ask Ubuntu, too: "Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.". They didn't do it for Drupal, which is part of why it's called "Drupal Answers"

badp

6:16 PM

Please flag with care:
Offensive, Abusive, or Hate Speech
Spam
Requires Moderator attention

LessPop_MoreFizz

1

Lists

Proposed Q&A site for those who ask for lists (which are not allowed on Stackexchange) - from a list of languages in the world to a list of all planets in Star Wars!

Currently in definition.

badp

I'm so happy the flagging system on SE has evolved as well as it has

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MarkTrapp Ask Ubuntu is a bit more complicated. There's a stronger, more official relationship with Canonical.

user2334

True

murgatroid99

@LessPop_MoreFizz great, an SE site for things not allowed on SE!

LessPop_MoreFizz

6:17 PM

1

How do I say [IDIOM IN ONE LANGUAGE] in [ANOTHER LANGUAGE]?

Proposed Q&A site for experts in two languages who can answer questions like: "How do I say [IDIOM IN ONE LANGUAGE] in [ANOTHER LANGUAGE]?". Because language specific QnA don't have experts proficient in both languages, so the questions like these are closed as off-topic.

Currently in definition.

skovacs1

@badp Wasn't the absence of this a large part of the reason for some EA stuff being pulled from Steam and purportedly inciting the thing that is Origin?

LessPop_MoreFizz

6

Off-topic humor

Proposed Q&A site for moving questions/discussions from other Stack Exchange sites that were funny but had to be deleted for being off-topic.

Currently in definition.

user2334

@skovacs1 I thought it was because EA wanted to release update content without having to go through the Steam approval process

badp

@skovacs1 EA never really mentioned what was it in Steam that limited EA's ability to "engage with the customers" or whatever they called it

LessPop_MoreFizz

@skovacs1 No, the reason for that is because EA didn't see any reason that they should be giving Valve a cut when they sell games online.

badp

6:19 PM

They've complained as of late about the 75% off discounts, but I doubt that was really it

skovacs1

So concensus is that everyone got different reasons from EA's actions and their actions are silly regardless?

LessPop_MoreFizz

8

What's that website?

Proposed Q&A site for people trying to find the websites they want.

Currently in definition.

badp

@skovacs1 I think LessPop's probably closer to the correct answer than most

skovacs1

But still, wasn't trying to do in-game purchases why some stuff got pulled as violating Steam TOS?

murgatroid99

@LessPop_MoreFizz Now I want to propose "Who's that Pokemon?"

user2334

6:23 PM

ThinWrapperOverGoogle.SE

Lazers

0

Q: Making the most of Glitterlance (Lulu Q)

Glitterlance is a nice piercing spell that is fired by both Lulu and Pix, but a potential target can only be damaged by one. Problem is, most of the time Pix is close by and the two paths have a great degree of overlap (except when he is on enemies or allies using Help, Pix!) I've tried to move ...

league-of-legends

skovacs1

@LessPop_MoreFizz Off-topic humour? The description makes it sound like a discard pile.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@skovacs1 That's what it is.

user2334

it's one of the many proposals to create a place to dump things from SO and Programmers so that every question has a home

skovacs1

@LessPop_MoreFizz Super specific. I would think this could be broadened to have a more usable scope, but I can't for the life of me come up with a really creative name for it.

@MarkTrapp What's wrong with Q&A homelessness? IMO, some things simply aren't worth saving.

user2334

6:27 PM

Tell that to the inclusionists: you're preaching to the choir here.

user2334

-5

Q: Do we need a new Off-Topic site?

Possible Duplicates: Offtopic posts - Can they be moved rather than closed? Are you fed up with all the frustration that come here on meta? Should there be another stackexchange site for programmers? Back in the day, the Programmers site was initially created as the Off-Topic site f...

discussion

user2334

See the duplicate question list on that question as well

user2334

Programmers.SE of course being the first OffTopic.SE, which was a horrible, horrible failure. Back when sites could completely fail during the first few weeks and not get shut down

user2334

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Q: How can we avoid Programmers.SE from becoming the SE black sheep?

One of the topics that's come up several times on Meta.StackOverflow is the perception that Programmers.SE is a joke proposal, existing solely to help keep Stack Overflow free of all the "crappy" questions that it gets plagued with every day. A few of examples of this perception (note: see Edits...

discussion site-attributes

LessPop_MoreFizz

FYI, Those of you who are Reddit types should up vote this, seeing as Arqade is sponsoring the stream being linked.

Fluttershy

6:33 PM

@Wipqozn What determines whether it is day or night in DayZ? Is it like... real-time? Or server based?

Sterno

@Fluttershy the last two

It's real time, and I think even a 24 hour cycle, but obviously depends on what the server clock is

i.e., a server in the UK might show it as daytime, and a server in the US as night

Fluttershy

@Sterno Gotcha... Playing at night is gonna be a no-go for me until I get NVGs...

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Done

LessPop_MoreFizz

Oh hey, TSW patched again.

Oh shit, I think this is the Crimson Theatre Nerf. Noooooo I was just getting used to that. :(

Patrick Stalder

@LessPop_MoreFizz NERFS NOM NOM NOM

pixel

6:46 PM

Does region-lock need burning?

LessPop_MoreFizz

BEST PATCH CHANGE:

> * London : For the truly rapacious, tacos are now sold in packs of 10 and 50. Tacos can now also be stacked up to 100 per inventory slot.

(That's not today, that's 1.1)

pixel

oh @LessPop_MoreFizz I answered your shortcut question btw

you should totally raise your right click stack trick as a question too

I didn't know that

Patrick Stalder

@LessPop_MoreFizz Where did you find 1.1 patchnotes?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel Ask it and I'll answer if you want.

@PatrickStalder tswguides.blogspot.com/2012/07/…

pixel

@LessPop_MoreFizz I will do just that shortly

Patrick Stalder

6:50 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks. I hope they add red mist nerf.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> * Enjoying a taco will now also be a feast for the eyes.

pixel

I installed a DPS meter and my DPS is pants

I can get ~500 in my crappy DPS green gear, but get only 200 in my heal gear

Patrick Stalder

define pants please

oh okay

pixel

/sigh Americans...

Patrick Stalder

Americans?

pixel

6:52 PM

only americans ask for clarification on pants!

you are European :O

Patrick Stalder

I wanted a more specific answer.

I hope you paid little attention in geography, else you would fit better into the American cliche. :P

pixel

addletters.com/pictures/bart-simpson-generator/…

I wish that would preview

Lazers

0

Q: I've gained slash, but how do I use it?

I've gone and invested 10 skill points in the Swords skill, which unlocked the slash ability: This looks like something I would like to do to the various monsters I encounter. How do I activate this ability, or is it simply a sort of passive bonus to my damage?

legend-of-grimrock

pixel

0

Q: Splitting up stacks for assembly

I frequently find myself shift-clicking stacks of 20 of an item to split up the stack, ready for assembly. This can get quite time consuming when making multiple items so I was wondering if there was another method of splitting up stacks quickly?

the-secret-world

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