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GnomeSlice

16:00

@murgatroid99 I can see how that might work on other network sites, but it really blows ass here.

@Wipqozn I have the badge for it.

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice what's wrong with it?

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 You should just be able to enter in the name of the game and turn up results FOR that game.

anyone who just browses to Arqade from somewhere else is going to type something in the search bar, and be confused at what comes up.

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice I'm pretty sure it usually turns single word searches into tag searches

@GnomeSlice the first problem is using the site search instead of google

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GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 Most game titles are more than one word.

Wipqozn

@murgatroid99 yeah, exactly!

GnomeSlice

16:02

Yeah, I use Google as my Arqade search...

Wipqozn

Shame on you for not using an external search engine to perform an internal search on our site.

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice that's a good point. Maybe we need a feature request

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 For what, specifically, though?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice A less shitty search.

GnomeSlice

The SE search engine just doesn't work on a gaming site very well.

murgatroid99

16:03

@GnomeSlice turning multiword searches into multiword tag searches

GnomeSlice

And I don't think it ever will, unless they completely redesign it, just for us.

@murgatroid99 How do you determine which words, then?

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice if they can be hyphenated together to get a tag, make it a tag

now it only turns searches to tags if the tag already exists

GnomeSlice

Why would someone just finding this gaming site assume you need to hyphenate the words in a game title?

That's my whole point, it's not intuitive at all.

And unless they build an entirely new search engine just for Arqade, it probably never will be.

The existing site search sucks bags of dicks.

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice no no, I mean that if the words (typed in naturally) match a tag if the spaces are replaced with hyphens, turn it into a tag search

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 That would be ideal. Also, how does the site search deal with tag synonyms, currently?

Mad Scientist

16:07

@murgatroid99 That works already for the top 40 or so tags, but the less used tags aren't automatically converted in search

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice I think search works as you would hope it to

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 If someone searches for 'star wars the old republic', they get results for swtor then?

murgatroid99

@MadScientist so it does

GnomeSlice

@MadScientist 40? That's it?

Mad Scientist

@GnomeSlice I'm not sure about the number, but it was something like 40 or 50

GnomeSlice

16:08

I have no idea how to get a number of how many unique tags we have but it's... more than 40 or 50.

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice no, because that's not a synonym

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 It's the same game.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice gaming.stackexchange.com/tags

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I see the tags tab. But it doesn't say how many we have.

And I don't feel like counting them.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice ~2016

murgatroid99

16:09

@GnomeSlice It can't infer the relation if the tag isn't a synonym. star-wars-the-old-republic is not a synonym of swtor

Wipqozn

It's just 4 * 9 * 56

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 Well, it should be a synonym then...

Yes it is.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I concur.

murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice though, now that I look, searching for "the old republic" does not return results for swtor, but searching for the-old-republic does

GnomeSlice

murgatroid99

16:11

@GnomeSlice no "the"

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 Semantics, it was just a goddamn example.

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Mad Scientist

@murgatroid99 synonyms don't work in search

GnomeSlice

I don't even remember what my point was.

@MadScientist That's bad.

murgatroid99

49 secs ago, by murgatroid99

@GnomeSlice though, now that I look, searching for "the old republic" does not return results for swtor, but searching for the-old-republic does

Mad Scientist

I just tried it with the swtor synonyms. That might be worth a feature request on meta

GnomeSlice

16:12

@murgatroid99 I think he means 'non-tag' synonyms, like when you enter it without []

i.e. "the old republic"

@MadScientist Someone else should do it, I'm not coherent enough for these things.

murgatroid99

@MadScientist I'll do it. I already started a meta question

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 applause

But to be honest, this is a request for a really minor change, and it won't really help the fundamental shittiness of the site search feature.

How something you've never heard of is changing your world

Bonus points to the first person who can tell me what 'optoelectronics' is...

@badp ಠ_ಠ

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice trololololololol

GnomeSlice

Those are not synonyms.

Has anyone seen @RonanForman lately?

Fluttershy

@fbueckert You around?

badp

16:23

@GnomeSlice counterexamples please?

GnomeSlice

@badp ...I have no words. How are those synonyms?

badp

@GnomeSlice Counterexamples please?

GnomeSlice

What's with all of the really bad synonyms...

@badp I don't know what you mean, counter to what?

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Slightly

Fluttershy

@fbueckert You still want KSP?

badp

16:24

@GnomeSlice a question that's specifically about "retro-gaming" but not about "running old games on current hardware"

GnomeSlice

@badp 'Is Just Cause playable on an Xbox 360?'

How's that.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Sure!

badp

@GnomeSlice That's backwards compatibility, not retro-gaming

so the synonym is not used

try again

GnomeSlice

So you're talking about like, emulators and things?

Because that has nothing to do with backwards compatibility.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert This is asking for my shipping information... It is just a digital download, right? >_>

fbueckert

16:26

@Fluttershy To my knowledge, yes.

badp

@GnomeSlice That's the suggested use of the tag, so yeah, it does. "Can my X run the Z game for Y?"

GnomeSlice

@badp Well, than that tag is shitty.

badp

"Yes, use T."

@GnomeSlice is it?

GnomeSlice

Backwards compatibility applies to different versions of the same... 'thing'.

i.e. xbox, to xbox 360.

Different platforms is just... emulation.

badp

There's practically very little difference in the realm of legal things

:P

besides we also have an emulator tag.

GnomeSlice

16:29

@badp Close.

badp

Still, the point is to avoid people using it as an "old-game" tag

by redirecting it to the most likely correct meaning

GnomeSlice

@badp That's noble, but I still think 'retro gaming' and 'backwards compatibility' should not be synonyms.

@Wipqozn soundcloud.com/redshirttheory/i-like-video-games

badp

@GnomeSlice I think the alternative is simply allowing retro-gaming to die, so I'm like whatever.

GnomeSlice

@badp This would also be acceptable.

It's useless.

badp

I disagree.

GnomeSlice

16:33

Fucking grammar, how does it work.

Lazers

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Q: Sugestion for which weapons should I take with me?

I found the shotgun(in a store with the lightbulb), and I currently have the colt and a fireaxe. Now, seems to me that I should take the both firearms, but the axe is very useful for opening way and very good melee weapon.

silent-hill-downpour

GnomeSlice

@Lazers ifulersvkjes I severely dislike questions like this.

@Lazers Also, this particular one is a really shitty question.

murgatroid99

0

Q: Turn searches into tag searches if the search term is a synonym of a top 40 tag

We already have the feature that if a tag is in the top 40 (I think), searches for the contents of the tag search for the tag instead. For example, searching for "java" returns results with posts tagged java. This is good, but on gaming (I don't know about other sites), some of our top tags have ...

feature-request search

also, I have to go. I'll be back later

GnomeSlice

-1

Q: Sugestion for which weapons should I take with me?

I found the shotgun(in a store with the lightbulb), and I currently have the colt and a fireaxe. Now, seems to me that I should take the both firearms, but the axe is very useful for opening way and very good melee weapon.

silent-hill-downpour

I really feel like we should close this.

Fluttershy

16:48

@GnomeSlice As what...?

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Not constructive. There's basically no information in the question, and he just wants someone to tell him which weapon they like the most.

Fluttershy

we have a ton of "when should I take X over Y" questions... I don't really see this one any differently. Sure, the grammar and formatting are atrocious, but I still think it's a salvageable question.

Koviko

@Fluttershy That depends on if there even is an answer.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy I figured you would say something like that.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Well.... Yeah... That's kinda.... The whole point of the site. <_<

GnomeSlice

16:54

We DO have other questions of the same variety, but this one has... nothing.

Maybe it's just me, but you guys seem to vote on things by question genre, not actual content.

badp

oh Youtube

GnomeSlice

At any rate, I don't like questions like this, but I actually think this one should be closed for not having enough information or something.

badp

what were you thinking!?

GnomeSlice

@badp ...Is that Youtube?

Is that what they're doing now?

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice I will agree that it should be closed as NARQ until more information is added. But I don't think Not Constructive is the way to go in this case. =P

GnomeSlice

16:57

@Fluttershy Oh, I forgot about NARQ.

I tend to kind of blur them together anyway.

badp

to be fair it's a longish video

Marcelo Assis

Any SH:Downpour player here?

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy both close reasons would apply.

@GnomeSlice A valid question for one game is not a valid question for another. Depending on the game a question may need more detail to be answerable compared to a similiar question about a different game.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I never said it was.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice hm, so you did. I misunderstood your statement to be based on the genre of the game.

GnomeSlice

17:10

@Wipqozn Ah. Question genre.

i.e. 'which ___ should I take'

Marcelo Assis

Ha! You were talking about my question...

Wipqozn

@MarceloAssis yup

@MarceloAssis: I have a suggestion as well.

GnomeSlice

@MarceloAssis I hate it, sorry.

Marcelo Assis

LOL

I agree that my english is very poor, but I see a lot of worst questions here ...

Wipqozn

It seems to be you really have two questions: Is it better to wield a melee weapon and a firearm, or two firearms? and What are the differences between the shotgun and the colt?

Marcelo Assis

17:16

@Wipqozn, yes, but not only that

Wipqozn

> the axe is very useful for opening way

Could you clarify what you mean by that?

I'm trying to reword your question for you, to make it a better fit for the site.

but I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Marcelo Assis

I want a general tip for thinking on which weapon I should take, when I find other weapons...

I'm missing the words, one sec

GnomeSlice

@MarceloAssis It has nothing to do you with your English, lol.

@Wipqozn I think he's talking about chopping down doors.

Marcelo Assis

Yes, "open way" is a direct translation from portuguese, maybe it's not make sense in english

using a machete through a jungle, cutting bushes, would be "opening way"

Wipqozn

@MarceloAssis If I understand you correctly your question is really: How do I decide which weapons to use?

Marcelo Assis

17:19

YES!

GnomeSlice

Your question title is 'which weapons should I use'.

Marcelo Assis

I'm rewriting

Wipqozn

@MarceloAssis It's possible your question may be too broad.

There is definitely a good question in there, but it may need to be reworked some more it work on the site.

Marcelo Assis

Probably, as my question don't have a right answer

It varies from each "playing style"

I really wanted sugestions, tips, etc

GnomeSlice

@MarceloAssis That sort of thing isn't really a great fit for a Q&A site like Arqade, unfortunately.

Wipqozn

17:23

It might be better to break your question up into multiple smaller, more specific questions.

for example

What are the advantages to carrying a firearm and melee weapon compared to carrying two firearms?

Marcelo Assis

Sure

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn There's probably nothing wrong with that question, but there's just something about the title I don't like.

Marcelo Assis

I just deleted it

GnomeSlice

Is there such a thing as 'saved conversations' in SE chat rooms?

Marcelo Assis

If some of you could give those tips, I'd thank you

GnomeSlice

17:28

Awesome Collection of Retro-Digital Art

Wipqozn

@MarceloAssis: I just took a took quick look on the silent hill wiki, and according to the wiki the fire axe is an excellent weapon. The shotgun is a very powerful weapon, but the ammo is very rare, so it's suggested it's only used on the toughest enemies.

silenthill.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Downpour_Weapons

Marcelo Assis

Yes, I rode those wikis, but they don't give any personal advice

I'm don't want read any major spoiler, so reading little bits

The problem with melee weapons, like that axe, is that they break after some use

(and you can only take two weapons)

Wipqozn

@MarceloAssis Oh, really?

I didn't know that.

I've never played Downpour.

Marcelo Assis

About the shotgun, I just let it there, where I found

Maybe after I go back there and get it, but I read in a wiki there '

ops

I'm goind to find a Golden Gun ( like a easter egg), and I will go nuts thinking in what weapon I'll drop LOL

thanks anyway, I gonna play a little

Lazers

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Q: How can I see my own profile while inside a game?

While I'm inside a game, I can see my achievements (pressing Y or from 'esc' menu) and I can see my friend's achievements, and also their profiles. But I can't see my own profile? From the main menu I can see my own profile (play time for each character, equipment, skills etc) but not while I'm ...

diablo-3

Koviko

17:39

Speaking of Diablo 3

I'm going to start playing again, but my gear is pretty crappy.

Will I be able to get better gear farming Act 1 Hell mode? I'm not really interested in Inferno and every other act frustrates me.

Ronan Forman

@James Did you say you were playing UHC today?

@Gnome I was away this weekend.

GnomeSlice

18:03

@RonanForman Do you have some action footage of some of the various Game On games you could shoot me?

badp

I wonder if the commentary on Sky England is on this level:

►

Ronan Forman

@Gnome Any footage I have is on the channel, if you log in you can download them from the channel

badp

(these aren't two random people swearing at the TV, this is the actual commentary)

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Do you have any you could send me manually, if I watched through all of your videos to find good segments I'd be here for about a month.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome I don't watch my videos. What kind of things are you looking for.

GnomeSlice

18:06

@RonanForman ...You don't watch them?

Ronan Forman

No, why would I? I was there.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Just some short action sequences of the various Game On games.

Very short, like < 10 seconds.

Ronan Forman

How many?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman How many different games are there?

Minecraft, TF2, and LoL, would be ideal, at least.

Ronan Forman

I've only recorded LoL and minecraft

GnomeSlice

18:09

Ah...

Ronan Forman

Actually I have some TF2 as well

That's pretty short, you might as well get all of that.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Do you have any with a short sequence as heavy spraying fire?

ah, sure, okay

@RonanForman Well, I'd appreciate it, thanks.

@RonanForman As soon as possible would be ideal.

Ronan Forman

18:25

Do you want sound?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman If possible, but it's not critical.

Ronan Forman

That might make it harder seeing as I'd need a bit with no talking.

GnomeSlice

Not necessarily.

EBongo

@agent86 Plink

badp

@Wipqozn imgur.com/a/9XR0c

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Lazers

18:40

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Q: Is it appropriate to post a 'best guess' answer to a 'not a real question'?

I tend to answer a lot of Payday: The Heist questions, so when this one popped up on the main page I noticed it pretty quickly. I voted to close it as not a real question, but the person's problem bugged me enough that I kept thinking about it afterward, and decided to take a stab at what I thoug...

discussion

OrigamiRobot

Obsolete Question:

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Q: Why do Minecraft double doors behave the way they do with redstone?

I've seen videos that explain how to make redstone double doors, but none of them really explain why redstone double doors work that way, just that they do. Is there an explanation for their behaviour?

minecraft minecraft-redstone

GnomeSlice

@badp Lol, what the hell is this.

Koviko

@badp Haha, that's awesome.

Fluttershy

@RonanForman You should LP Slender.

Ronan Forman

Why don't you? You said you wanted to LP.

Koviko

18:53

MapleStory is now on Steam.

This kind of makes me want to play again.

Then, I'm reminded of the fact that Nexon thinks it's okay to make NX, their real-money in-game currency, to expire.

I lost like, $7.00 to that.

Oh, and EA has allowed The Secret World to be on Steam as well.

Wipqozn

@badp Go Canada!

badp

19:09

@Koviko This item is currently unavailable in your region

(weird)

Lazers

0

Q: How do I get an Account Bank?

Any time I try to access the Account Bank, I get a message that goes something like "You cannot access the Account Bank at this time". Initially, I thought it was because an Account Bank is used to share items between characters on one account. So, it might make sense to disable this if there a...

star-trek-online

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Why?

badp

obviously though since it's F2P you can just use the direct URL, steam://install/216150.

GnomeSlice

badp

sigh

find blast damage, D6, skeleton key. sigh open secret room, get enough money for an item. enter the shop, lose a ton of health to greed. sigh

Wafer, Greed, Luck... and yet I'm down to 1½ hearts

OrigamiRobot

19:16

@Wipqozn Double doors don't work that way anymore

GnomeSlice

I don't remember how to calculate aspect ratio...

badp

then I get the fallen and die

GnomeSlice

halp meh

badp

The player size scales with the window size and the small/large player plus there's full screen etc.

don't pay it much mind

Also I think the controls overlap the video

GnomeSlice

@badp I'm trying to figure out the aspect ratio.

Is youtube widescreen?

badp

19:24

sure

If you asked me whether it was 16:9 widescreen or 16:10 widescreen I'd be hesitant to say

but the image above certainly isn't 4:3

GnomeSlice

Didn't think so.

@badp Is there a way to calculate?

The measurements are in that image.

But I've no idea what to do with them.

badp

uh

it's called aspect ratio

I guess the aspect ratio of that area is 784:399

GnomeSlice

@badp I know what aspect ratio is, I just never remember how to calculate it.

@badp ...Hm.

That doesn't seem right, for some reason.

704, not 784

badp

That's... wider than 16:9 but it's because you also need to count the video controls

also not as wide as movies. What do they use, 2.2:1?

GnomeSlice

It's 704, not 784.

@badp I don't actually know offhand.

But urgh, given two measurements, how do you derive the aspect ratio?

RedRiderX

19:33

@GnomeSlice (Width:Height) / Height

Lazers

0

Q: I don't understand gavelkind

I'm confused on how exactly is gavelkind succession supposed to work. All I've read (e.g. Crusader Kings 2 Succession Laws – Explained says that the highest titles I have will be split between my heirs. But that's not what I'm seeing. Currently, I'm the king of Bohemia, Germany, Bavaria, Italy, ...

crusader-kings-2

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX what?

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Aren't aspect ratios normally displayed as "Width:Height"?

GnomeSlice

@RedRiderX Yes but you have it written as if it's part of an operation.

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Oh.

Just divide both numbers by the height.

GnomeSlice

19:42

Oh

That can't be right though.

Then one of the numbers will be 1, and ther're aspects like 16:9

Blem

@GnomeSlice just multiplied up so you get whole numbers

GnomeSlice

Bah, just forget it.

Thanks for trying.

Blem

@GnomeSlice you need to divide width and height with the highest common denominator i think

GnomeSlice

I don't remember how to find that either.

And to think, Math used to be my best grades.

user2334

It's pretty close to 16:9; ~16:9.05

user2334

19:48

704x396 would be 16:9, as would 709.3 repeating x 399

GnomeSlice

It's probably 16x9 then.

badp

@GnomeSlice 16/32 → 1/2

(I mean, cmon)

and if you really feel bored, wolframalpha.com/input/?i=704%2F400&dataset=

GnomeSlice

20:04

@badp where did the 16 and the 32 come from?

badp

if you're feeling fancy, wolframalpha.com/input/…

→ wolframalpha.com/share/…

so it's basically 16/9

user2334

the exact ratio is 704:399, as the GCF of 704 and 399 is 1

GnomeSlice

@MarkTrapp I'm guessing the measurements are a little off.

badp

classic off-by-one errors

user2334

I'm not sure why it's being measured in the first place, YouTube videos are either 4:3 or 16:9

badp

20:07

@MarkTrapp He didn't know.

GnomeSlice

@MarkTrapp That's what I was trying to figure out.

badp

besides if you were to upload different aspect ratios I don't think Youtube would choke. It'd be sub-optimal though

user2334

> Videos should be uploaded at the highest resolution available. Videos uploaded with a 16:9 aspect ratio will fit the player perfectly. Most 4:3 resolutions are supported, but the video will be pillarboxed in order to fit the player.

user2334

When in doubt, help center.

badp

Sigh. I really wanted to enjoy the closing ceremony of the Olympics

user2334

20:10

@badp the player is always 16:9: YouTube will just pillbox/letterbox if the video isn't. Example

badp

but it's pretty much a musical apparently

GnomeSlice

@badp No good?

badp

@GnomeSlice It's live now, you don't need to ask me

GnomeSlice

@badp I don't have internet, remember.

Lazers

1

Q: Can I escape the Earth's gravitational pull?

In Kerbal Space Program, I finally managed to build a rocket that would actually do something other than explode on the launch pad. So far I've been fairly consistent in making it into orbit. Sadly, I eventually get pulled back down to earth. I suppose I should have used a parachute in preparati...

kerbal-space-program

badp

20:13

@GnomeSlice Isn't it being like broadcast on regular television? Not even Canada gets this stuff right?

GnomeSlice

@badp Oh, it probably is.

badp

During Beijing 2008, we watched the ceremony live starting at 1400 local time

GnomeSlice

@badp Also, I know you probably won't play this since you can play BoI, but I'm pretty sure you'd like Ancient Ants Adventure. And it's free.

badp

and chances are that for Rio 2016, we'll get to watch the ceremony live starting at 0200 local time (sigh)

take that, americuhnz!!

(was there a rebroadcast at prime time? I can't honestly remember.)

Fluttershy

3

OrigamiRobot

20:19

3

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy What the...

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot I guess he eventually got the hang of it.

badp

you're welcome

GnomeSlice

@badp I still think you should check out that game.

In fact, everyone should.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice What game?

GnomeSlice

20:31

@Fluttershy Ancient Ants Adventure

Fluttershy

20:43

@fbueckert

Lazers

0

Q: Unreal Tournament 3 PC Demo: How can I bind a command to TAB (no, not ShowScores)

I like to bind WalkBackward to TAB, but I cannot seem to get it to work with the UT3 demo for PC. I am editing UTInput.ini. Also, is there a console command I can use to bind commands to a key?

pc unreal-tournament-3

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Congratulations. You have left the planet's sphere of influence. Now the sun takes it's revenge.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert So... That Kerbal's dead? Because right now it doesn't appear my ship is moving at all.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Hit ESC, and go back to the space center. You can launch another one and leave that one alone.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Well alright then. <_< Godspeed, Herfel Kerman.... Godspeed.

fbueckert

20:46

@Fluttershy Welcome to KSP!

It would be absolutely horrible if it wasn't so hilarious.

I EVA'd my Kerbal about two minutes into a flight. He promptly threw himself out of the cockpit, and the plane went it's merry way without him.

Surprisingly, it was fairly stable, so was still flying quite straight when it disappeared over the horizon.

Fluttershy

O_o

Oh, hey... The Tracking station has my ship labelled as "Orbiting the Sun"

fbueckert

@Fluttershy KSP is what would've happened if Cave Johnson had focused on space flight instead of portals.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Good old Cave Johnson...

fbueckert

...Parachutes opened, tore off my one remaining engine. Slowed me down some, then tore themselves off, too.

James

ಠ_ಠ

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