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12:11 AM
Does Omegalodon have any kind of single player or practice mode where I could learn how to play when there are no matches going on?
 
12:43 AM
HI BRIDGE.
 
user2334
I just re-bought BoF Dragon Quarter I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz HI.
 
user2334
Well just as in last night. IT'LL BE HERE ON SATURDAY
 
@MarkTrapp Good! It's an excellent game!
I hope you enjoy it a great deal!
 
user2334
ALREADY PLAYED IT AGES AGO
 
12:50 AM
@MarkTrapp That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it again!
 
user2334
Unless the nostalgia has worn off
 
Oh, right! That reminds me. A group of people are making an unofficial expansion to Age of Empires II. I'd grab the link, but I'm lazy.
 
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Q: Skyrim Requirement - List your Console

tehdoommarineMany questions have been asked about various bugs and ways to get around them. Everyone knows that the PC has a Console where you can do pretty much everything, such as placing 20 Dragon Priests in Whiterun and watch everyone non-essential die. Skyrim, while it is a good game, does have bugs. De...

 
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1:05 AM
So is it a requirement or an encouragement?
 
Can't remember if I've already posted that here...
 
@Lazers "Hey! I've joined a new site! Let's not understand how they work and propose something that's already been implemented!"
 
EVERYONE! @WIPQOZN CAN'T CHAT RIGHT NOW. POINT AND LAUGH!
 
1:25 AM
@Fluttershy Can I point and chuckle instead?
 
@TimStone Chuckle, chortle, laugh... Any will do. I'd settle for a nice guffaw.
 
Fantastic
 
Anti Semitic Elmo is back. :(
 
I have a feeling I'm glad I don't know who or what that is.
 
@TimStone It's a dude in an Elmo costume who ran around Times Square (this time, last time around it was the Central Park zoo) shouting anti-semitic slurs.
screaming about the Jewish Costume Companies that were trying to control him and take his money.
 
1:33 AM
...Huh
 
and demanding that people read Henry Fords book about how evil jews are.
 
Yeah, that's pretty messed up.
 
@TimStone There's footage of him on youtube if you like laughing at the train wreck that is a crazy racist shouting at people who clearly don't agree with him
 
@Fluttershy I'm pretty sure you'd like Rochard, this game is great.
 
1:52 AM
Ahahaha Roethlisberger
 
If we start closing Googleable questions, I want all of these closed: gaming.stackexchange.com/…
 
@JasonBerkan You do realize that most of those are only googlable because we've put them on google - at least, at the point in time when they were asked?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm being sarcastic - I don't want any of them closed. However, every single one of those has an answer copied from the wiki, which is indexed, just not as awesomely as SE.
I hate General Reference as a close reason. HATE HATE HATE.
 
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Q: Skryim claw return

BobbyI have the golden claw, and killed the boss and looted it. I am talking to Lucan Valerius now, and there is not an option to return it. I am not sure what else i have to do now. How do I return it?

 
@JasonBerkan not all of them
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Q: How do I breed dragons with opposing elements?

EBongoDragons such as Blue Fire, Frostfire, and Sandstorm have opposing elements. When I choose a fire dragon, cold gets greyed out. When I choose an air dragon, earth gets greyed out. So how do I breed these types of opposing element hybrids?

for example
 
2:30 AM
@murgatroid99 Well, I honestly don't know about the timing (i.e. who was first), but that information is currently on the wiki and is the top result if you google for "how do I breed dragons with opposite elements" as opposed to "opposing dragons", where our Q&A is the third result.
 
@JasonBerkan in any case, as you pointed out, it's not a reason to close the qustions
 
@murgatroid99 No it isn't. In fact, I think I pointed out in a meta comment somewhere, that I would rather the DragonVale information be here, simply because our website is better and easier to navigate.
Anyway, my anger has passed, and I have a recorded football game to watch...
 
What the hell Steam...
Why are you saying this game's 'update' is 'suspended'?
 
@JasonBerkan They won.
 
And won't update it?
It didn't even need an update.
Oh... yes it did.
Wtf.
 
2:53 AM
@Fluttershy shakes tortoise fist
 
3:12 AM
@Wipqozn Welcome back to being able to talk.
 
@Wipqozn Did you done get yourself suspended
 
3:39 AM
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Q: Is there any benefit to destroying non-target breakable objects?

Jeff MercadoThere are certain items in the environment that can be destroyed by attacking it but are not directly targetable. You can't click on them to destroy them (like breakable urns), you have to hold your ground in front of one and swing at it or shoot something at it. e.g., fire urns in crypts Is ...

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Q: How do you use health items in Borderlands 2?

EBongoI played Borderlands 1, but it's been a long time. I've searched through the menus, and I can't see how I use any of the red health items. I know I must have some, because when I approach new ones they say "Full". Help?

 
@LessPop_MoreFizz No sir. I just couldn't get onto any of the chat rooms or meta.gaming. Can't giving me a server not found error.
 
4:12 AM
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Q: Does 'Rooster Bakery' and 'Hot Song Karaoke' actually exist?

TactMayersOut of curiosity, I started to go around inside the game world to look for shops that are mentioned in some radio commercials (especially those spoken in Cantonese). I looked for the captioned shops but cannot find them anywhere. Anyone spotted them?

 
4:45 AM
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Q: Is "+% chance" additive or multiplicative?

Ben BrockaFor items and Badass Tokens that boost things like Elemental Effect Rate (which is a % itself), is the added percent applied multiplicatively or additively? For example, the Siren's skill that adds 5% elemental chance. If I get +5% chance and I use a gun with 5% chance to burn do I have 10% cha...

 
 
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7:24 AM
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Q: How to show an item to another player in your party?

DrakeHow to show to another player in party (during online/LAN sessions) items from the inventory/stash?

 
8:11 AM
> In the future, there will be a global network of billions of adding machines.... One of the primary uses of this network will be to transport moving pictures of lesbian sex by pretending they are made out of numbers.
 
8:27 AM
Some people fail to grasp something so obvious
 
So I poked around the SPAZ files in the Steam folder
It seems like there's only executable
 
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Q: How does Axton's Gemini skill (two turrets) affect the recharge from retrieving turrets?

FambidaCan I use the extra turret to recharge the skill quicker (or instantly)? Does the extra turret split the recharge so that I'd have to retrieve both turrets for the same amount of recharge as one previously provided? Or is the second turret just ignored altogether?

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Q: Can other forms of avoiding damge block the "Phase Shift" acheivement?

Claude PWOn a recent playthrough on easy using the Stealth Cruiser; Layout 1 The Nesasio, I tried to unlock the "Phase Shift" acheivement. This acheivement requires that you avoid 9 points of damage in a single cloak, to this end I fully upgraded and powered the Cloak system and used it just as I saw a lo...

 
Maybe there's some sort of hidden switch? I think I'm a little too optimistic
 
8:43 AM
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A: What does Mad Moxxi's tip jar in Sanctuary do?

Nicolas ChampagneTipping her $10000 gets an achievement.

I think it's a good time to remind everybody to upvote / accept only after you verify the validity of the answer
 
9:21 AM
 
9:43 AM
I hate UK internet providers
they're all stupid
I ordered a new phone line and a new internet connection
and they're trying to reprovision my existing phone line
and as such have disconnected my current internet connection
so I now have no internet connection
 
10:41 AM
All these maps news reminds me that Bing Maps used to (not sure if they still do) display the Causeway Bridge linking Singapore and Malaysia as disjointed on the border between the two countries
Likely because it used data from different sources for the two countries
Ah, they fixed it already
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A: How to close a thread in die2nite forums?

Tomy SmithYou are a massive Draw Something Cheat. Why cheat draw something? Here are a few reasons: You are on a massive streak in the draw something app, but now you are completely stuck on a word. You don’t want to lose all of the time you have put into the game and go back to zero. draw something cheat

Draw Something cheat? Seriously?
And this isn't even the correct question for the spam. Ugh.
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A: Are there any hidden chests in Sanctuary?

cdogI don't know anything about chests. The NPC that gives free stuff is in the same room with the mechanic. Gives your free stuff every now and then but nothing worth getting excited about so far for me.

I flagged this question, Oak merely edits it. I'm not sure how much more "not actually answering the question" can you get when the answer says "I don't know anything about chests" to a question that's about chests
And there's a separate question for the NPC anyway
 
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Q: @dreijer Borderlands 2 via Evolve

nicetry@dreijer Hi thx for the info, great tool btw. Question: is it possible to block the BL2 executeables with firewall and play it coop with a friend on evolve at the same time? thx in advance cya

 
@pixel Hehehe
 
I'm not sure how to deal with that question, my initial response is to burn it with fire
but since I hate the world today, that's my initial response to everything
 
@pixel I only burned half the question with fire
 
11:01 AM
I need to set up a VPN somewhere
 
11:13 AM
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Q: What triggers crew experience increases?

dewordeWhen I've got a station manned, I'm trying to work out what causes my crew to develop in skills. It looks like engines and cockpit crew only upgrade when an attack is dodged, and then get a single skill point. Is this correct, and what causes Shields and Weapons to get an upgrade point?

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Q: Is it possible to block the Borderlands 2 executables with firewall and play it coop with a friend on Evolve at the same time?

nicetryIs it possible to block the BL2 executables with firewall and play it coop with a friend on Evolve at the same time?

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Q: Do asteroid hits increase my shield operator's experience

XenoxIn faster than light I sometimes find myself in a star system filled with asteroids which are hitting and damaging my shields. Does my shield operator gain experience from these constant asteroid hits?

 
11:30 AM
Wow, technology hates me today
 
11:45 AM
Sep 21 12:45:27 lvps217-199-163-248 pppd[11284]: Sorry - this system lacks PPP kernel support
screw you, I cba recompiling you
 
Are you compiling Linux kernels again?
 
no, playing WoW at work isn't that important to me
 
@YiJiang lololololololololololol what the fuck is this
 
@GnomeSlice Spam
 
@pixel My bad.
 
11:59 AM
@YiJiang It's not even about draw something.
@YiJiang Oh, it's not as funny now that I've read it.
I thought he was accusing the asker of being a cheater in DrawSomething.
 
12:16 PM
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Q: Do weapon stats include bonuses from skills and class mods?

OrigamiRobotIt seems that weapon bonuses that are on the weapon itself are accounted for in the weapon's stats, but are bonuses for skills and class mods? If not, is there any way I can see what my actual stats are?

 
virgin media have wound me up
apparently it's not their problem that despite me phoning them up on the 31st of August to inform them that BT were not authorised to recommission my current phone line, they've allowed BT to recommission my phone line and now want me to pay them to reconnect my line and inform me I have to wait 10-14 days
and that even though I informed them that BT were not allowed to use the current line, it is my fault for them allowing BT to use it
 
12:37 PM
Whether to play Borderlands 2 or Torchlight 2 tonight joins the list of historically difficult decisions made on a Friday.
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@Sterno I'm playing Torchlight 2 right now!
 
@badp They'd probably frown on that if I did it at work.
Then fire me.
Then frown some more.
 
spoil sports
 
@Sterno It's a Friday, and you posted a youtube link.
No way am I following that.
 
@fbueckert shhhhh.
Also, time to start using bit.ly
 
12:43 PM
@fbueckert Haters gonna hate!!
 
@badp Nope. Just familiar with what is probably behind that link.
 
@fbueckert Rebecca clickers gonna rebecca click.
 
TL2 demo is out.
 
@Sterno Damn you
 
Now I just need an X-COM demo.
@YiJiang Star it and share the joy!
Starring Rebecca Black links that get you reminds me of telling all your friends to go see the "Man Eating Chicken" at the carnivale after you got scammed.
 
12:49 PM
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Q: Is it possible to switch characters during gameplay?

musefanI am currently having a play on the new Resident Evil 6 demo on PS3. When you start a new campaign, you get to select from a choice of two characters to play as (and depending on which campaign you choose, the character choices vary). Is it possible to switch to the other character during gamepl...

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Q: Should spoilers in tag wikis be editted out?

musefanWhile viewing the information on the Resident Evil 5 tag I noticed that the details contain what is potentially a spoiler (the bit about Jill). Now arguably, in this instance, it may not be such a big spoiler. But what is the correct course of action should there be a major spoiler written in?

 
Anyone here playing BL2? I have a question about the Dr. Mercy mission
 
1:06 PM
Diablo 3 1.05 Patch Notes from PTR: us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/6572970237
"Affixes on items will now roll their level based on the level of the monster killed (rather than the item’s level)" This is very interesting, since you can get an item that is very powerful for its level requirement by using Monster Power to increase the monster's level.
 
@Sterno I don't know what that is.
 
@Wipqozn I assume Torchlight 2
 
@bwarner I like this one: Items below iLevel 58 no longer drop in Inferno difficulty
 
@Sterno It doesn't matter so much anyway, though, since another change is that affixes are based on the level of the monster that died rather than the item level.
So it could drop iLvl 1 items in inferno and still get insane affixes.
 
It looks like I'd enjoy patch 1.05 if I ever had any desire to play D3 again
 
1:19 PM
@bwarner Oh, right. That would make sense.
I didn't consider that due to my lack of interest in Torchlight 2.
 
I'm going to enjoy the patch; but the divide between the strongest characters and those who haven't been lucky enough to find an awesome item is just going to get larger.
> Salvage now uses the required equip-level of the item instead of the base item level to determine what components the item will be salvaged into
Looks like I have an answer to update.
 
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Q: Does the red text for properties on weapons actually mean anything?

SternoI've found two weapons so far that have some red text in the properties box. One was a revolver that said "I am free now". Another was a sniper rifle that said "I can see my house from here." I believe I got them both as bonus rewards for the assassin quest in Southpaw Steam and Power. I assume t...

 
> Items below iLevel 58 no longer drop in Inferno difficulty
Finally! Much less chance of junk dropping when killing Ghom!
 
@fbueckert Read my two messages from like 10 minutes ago.
The iLvl of drops is now irrelevant pretty much.
 
1:25 PM
@StrixVaria Except for salvaging
Oh, wait, no.
 
Right.
The base damage and armor still matters, I guess.
 
Yeah, iLvl means crap all now, except as cosmetic items.
> Nephalem Valor stacks are now restored whenever a player rejoins the last multiplayer game he/she was disconnected from
Random disconnects are no longer so punitive.
 
@fbueckert I wonder if this also counts for single player games where you pause and go AFK for a while and come back to find your game gone.
 
@StrixVaria I doubt it, but I certainly hope so.
 
I found all the things.
 
1:35 PM
@badp Tell me there's an auto-loot key.
 
@fbueckert Most of it is gold, you pick it up by moving over it.
 
@badp Good, they did take that idea.
 
@fbueckert it was the same in Torchlight 1 anyway
 
@badp Really? I don't think I ever noticed.
 
@badp Torchlight 1? Or 2?
 
1:46 PM
How much does Torchlight 2 cost?
I'm looking for something to hold me over until XCOM comes out, and Natural Selection 2 is just too frustrating.
Oh holy crap it's only $20?
 
@YiJiang The picture's from 2, the charge meter is kind of a dead giveaway.
@StrixVaria Yeah, and preordering it would've also gotten you Torchlight 1 or a giftable copy
although Torchlight 1 is in the current HIB
 
@badp Are there bonuses or anything for finishing the first one and then playing the second?
 
@fbueckert Not that I know.
I'd be missing on them anyway because I don't have my TL1 save file here.
 
If someone wants TL1, I've got a giftable copy
though if you've got TL2, I don't know why you'd bother playing TL1
 
@Sterno You're not playing BL2 on PC. I am disappointed.
 
1:52 PM
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Q: Is there a reason I'd want to disable my Badass stat bonuses?

SternoAs I've been playing I've been spending my Badass tokens on various upgrades, giving me a small and mostly unnoticeable boost (so far) to things like reload rate, gun damage, fire rate, etc. Every time I'm on this screen, I see that I have the option to disable these bonuses. Is there any re...

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Q: What is "Roid damage"?

Ben BrockaI got a shield which noticed "increased roid damage" as a stat. What exactly is "roid damage"? I assume it's melee attacks (steroids) but for all I know it's specific to some other classes' ability.

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Q: How is "Bonus Slag damage" calculated for Slag-Licked?

Ben BrockaI noticed I was gaining progress toward Slag Licked while using a Slag SMG: Slag-Licked: Deal some bonus damage to the slagged enemies (5000). Slag does bonus damage to enemies when hit by other weapons but I generally don't swap from my slag gun to deal bonus damage; I let teammates shoot ...

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Q: What achievements/challenges are missable?

Ben BrockaI found (annoyingly) that the challenge for giving Claptrap a High Five is one time only. Before I miss any one-chance challenges later in the game, what challenges or achievements are missable inside a single playthrough?

 
I believe some more education is in order.
 
@fbueckert I am. I just thought of the question at work and thus am not in a position to take my own screenshots. So I Googled.
 
@Sterno I am no longer disappointed!
 
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Q: How can I return the Golden Claw?

BobbyI have the golden claw, and killed the boss and looted it. I am talking to Lucan Valerius now, and there is not an option to return it. I am not sure what else I have to do now. How do I return it?

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Q: Why can't I return the Golden Claw to its owner?

RobbI went through the entire Golden Claw dungeon and it was my understanding I'd have to fight some final bad. I went to where the runes seems to light up, in the final area, and didn't see anything of interest and ended up going through back into Skyrim, without battle. Now I can't return the claw...

Dupes?
 
@badp Seems pretty straightforward, yes.
 
2:00 PM
Want to doublecheck before I supervote
 
@badp Don't worry, people will still call mod abuse.
 
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
 
Why do I feel the need to spend $20 on Torchlight 2 rather than playing one of the 8 games I got during the Steam summer sale that I haven't even touched yet?
 
@StrixVaria Because new. Shiny. Possible Arqade rep.
 
Just Cause 2 has a grappling thingy, and even that isn't really swaying me.
 
2:10 PM
It'd be like playing Diablo 3 without being disappointed!
 
@StrixVaria What games did you get?
 
@YiJiang Let me find the list.
 
@Sterno I still enjoy playing D3, actually.
 
@fbueckert Whenever I go back to that game I play it way too much in too short a time and get burnt out again.
 
@Sterno I dunno, maybe I'm doing it wrong but I don't feel like there's much to ask about in this game
I probably need to play at higher difficulty levels?
Normal is pleasurable, but not hard
 
2:14 PM
@YiJiang L.A. Noire, Saints Row 3, F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 2, F.E.A.R. 3, Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Just Cause 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, SkyDrift, Costume Quest, Psychonauts, Braid, Anomaly: Warzone Earth, LIMBO, Stacking, Far Cry 2
I should play either Psychonauts or Far Cry 2, probably.
 
@StrixVaria Prioritize DE:HR, Psychonauts, Braid
 
@badp I already beat Braid, I tried DE:HR and didn't like it (not a stealth fan; didn't realize there was such a huge emphasis on that before I got it).
 
Well it's not really huge
 
I killed everyone at the police station and then got bored.
 
2:15 PM
Agree with @badp on the list
 
You get more experience for not killing people, so it was kind of crappy when I found that out.
 
@StrixVaria I didn't get very many stealth bonuses and I still was adequately fitted with praxis
 
@StrixVaria Warzone Earth is interesting.
 
@fbueckert Hated that game.
I gave it a 2/10.
On my little self-rating thingy I did.
 
@StrixVaria Eh? Why is that?
 
2:18 PM
I bought it because you recommended it, though :P
 
Reverse Tower Defense not your thing?
 
@fbueckert Towards the end, there's a new enemy tower type that makes your units attack you if you get too close.
That was the must un-fun mechanic I've ever encountered in any game I've ever played.
 
@StrixVaria Eh, which one?
 
@StrixVaria Yeah, I remember that. It sucked.
 
It completely undermined all of the strategy the game had been teaching you up until that point.
 
2:19 PM
I played it on Android, can't remember that one
 
I wrote an angry blog post about it at the time, actually.
 
@StrixVaria That was the same point at which I stopped playing; I hate losing units.
And being unable to repair units due to them attacking you was not fun.
 
@fbueckert Yep.
If you wasted any money it was pretty much game over anyway.
Losing units was damning on the later levels.
Oh wait I think, that wasn't even the one that pissed me off the most.
I learned to deal with that one.
There was the one where if you used any abilities in its radius, then it resurrected all towers nearby.
That one was just utter trash.
 
Ah yeah, that one.
 
I had blocked it out of my memory because it was so fucking stupid.
 
2:21 PM
@StrixVaria Have to agree
 
Whoever designed that game needs to be ushered out of the game development industry.
 
@StrixVaria Yeah. That was the worst
 
The problem i had was you can't direct your units to fire at that one particular tower
 
@StrixVaria Though if you're not bothering with stealth, you won't really miss the extra experience, because you can skip all the stealth upgrades
 
@Sterno I guess that's true.
 
2:23 PM
Although I found that if you stick an airstrike on it it usually goes down fast enough before it does the rebuild thing
 
Now I want to play Thief 4.
Wait, no. I'm back to wanting to play XCOM
 
Actually, the thing I was most impressed about that game was how well it ran on my quite old tablet
 
My main issue with stealth, in general, is this: If I just start at one end of the room and kill everything as I sweep across, I always know the enemies are on the same side of me. If I am stealthing through the middle of the room and someone sees me, now I'm surrounded and doomed.
 
Here, play this:
 
The graphics are pretty good for a phone game
 
2:25 PM
 
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Q: When fighting bosses, what controls the minion spawns?

DyckerI just fought General Grell and it was a longer than normal fight. His minions kept respawning during the fight. What makes the minions spawn? Is it timed? Say, every 30 seconds a new wave comes Is it based on the percent of the damage done to the boss? Every X percent a new wave comes? Is it ...

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Q: I found a locked golden chest but can't find the key. Where is it?

DyckerI explored the large area called the Temple Steppes and found a locked golden chest. I'm guessing there is a large champion I need to kill in order to get the key but I can't seem to find it. I've looked all over the map and had no luck. Is this a bug? Is the key somewhere else? Did I really just...

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Q: Using Catch-A-Ride customization item doesn't unlock the vehicle skin?

ChrisHateZI'm having a problem with unlocking the Catch-A-Ride skins. Iv'e found decent amount of Catch-A-Ride customization items and used them from my inventory,but when i get to CAR Station i can't pick any skins i unlocked (they don't appear on the list). Is that a bug or am i doing something wrong?

 
@Sterno Are you still playing X-COM?
 
@Sterno Speaking of X-COM, how am I holding up? Much death?
 
2:38 PM
@StrixVaria Intermittently. I play it on my laptop while the baby sits on the floor and drools. It's a bonding experience.
@fbueckert So far you're alive. Though I renamed you to Marshal F*ckbert
Which I think actually makes you Sergeant Marshal F*ckbert
 
@Sterno Ooh. I sound badass.
 
Gnomeslice has died twice though
(I just rename new soldiers with the same name and a number)
He's always out in front, mixin' it up!
 
Is it wrong that I wish everybody who worked for BT and Virgin Media to spontaneously drop dead?
 
@Sterno, probably old news, but some PAR coverage of the new xcom - penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/…
 
@pixel Probably.
 
2:40 PM
I am finding myself being left with a choice I hadn't prepared for... go home on time and find something different to do with my weekend or stay at work until I get kicked out
 
@agent86 That just convinces me that after learning the controls, I'll probably want to restart on Ironman mode
 
@Sterno yeah, and I probably won't, cause that's how I roll (as has already been established...)
although I might try it at some point
 
I just know that if I can save and reload, I'll end up playing every mission over and over until I can do it with no deaths
 
@pixel Hate for giant faceless corporation. Par for the course.
 
yeah, I do this in not that hardcore games - so I will probably do that here :)
 
2:46 PM
@fbueckert they cancelled my internet connection without my authorisation though
 
@pixel Yeah, I've had that happen.
Do some raging, and they'll give you a month or two free.
 
@fbueckert I think you don't understand. They will recommission it in 10-14 working days, MoP release is not that long away
I can't realm first 90 it up anymore
worst of it is
 
@pixel Rage now. Rage hard. Threaten lawsuits.
 
I don't even want that ISP anymore, that's why I got a second internet connection
lawsuits
 
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
 
2:47 PM
ironically
 
@Sterno Did you re-make me?
 
BT de provisioned an internet connection provided by another supplier without a MAC code
that is technically anti-competitive practices
 
Gah, what is this I don't even...
I'm swearing at my code again
 
they abused their position as the infrastructure owner to disconnect my internet
 
@pixel So call up their tech support, and keep going up the chain until you get someone who can resolve it this weekend.
 
2:48 PM
lol this weekend
you are so funny sometimes
 
Don't stop, don't settle.
 
user2334
Never give up never surrender
 
The best I have got is '10-14 days' and 2 months free internet
(with the supplier I don't want to keep)
 
user2334
We shall not go quietly into the night, we shall prevail
 
@pixel You have to be somewhat reasonable.
 
2:49 PM
@StrixVaria Yeah, I've got a brand new game going
 
I was reasonable
 
But if my Internet got cut off without warning, I would be hammering them until I got what I wanted.
 
I told them how I wished that everybody at their call center with an IQ below 120 and without working knowledge of how ISPs should work should drop dead and do the world of a favour
I got hung up on, so I called back and got immediately put through to a manager
 
@pixel The answer is to watch this before it's too late. You only have a few internet hours left!
 
who "politely" told me that as BT own the infrastructure, it's up to them when it gets turned back on
and that as I am a consumer I am not allowed to call BT myself
 
2:51 PM
Has anyone noticed if enemies on fire in Borderlands 2 actually panic (act differently, stop shooting) or do they just scream and burn?
I think I've noticed them shooting less when burning but I'm not sure
 
@Sterno I am not going to click that, you still owe me a rebecca black from the last time I got you
so then I phoned BT, who kept me on hold for a ridiculous amount of time
and who told me that "its normal practice" that when I order a second phone line with a second ISP running over it, that they re provision my existing phone line and only let me have one phone line
which I find strange
 
@pixel Yeah, don't do that. You want to rage, but not to the point that people think you're crazy. Be firm, and don't accept two weeks as an answer.
@pixel That sounds shady.
 
I'm not crazy, I do actually wish they would drop dead
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at they very least they should be unemployed and living in poverty
since they're appalling at their jobs
 
@pixel Yelling at low level grunts helps no one, not even yourself. They can't help you. You have to keep going up the chain of command until you find someone who can.
 
@fbueckert yes, because after I called back to confirm that the order for my new line is definitely going ahead when I was advised, the order is clearly for a new phone line
@fbueckert If they can't help me, they shouldn't be on a help desk
 
2:55 PM
@pixel That's not helping your case for not looking crazy.
 
@pixel They may be on a face desk.
Okay, that was terrible.
 
it was pretty terrible
 
@pixel Tier 1 support has a limited amount of support they can provide. Overriding an installation order is not something they can do.
That's why you move up the chain. As you get higher, you'll run into people who can override the installation order.
 
@Sterno whether I look crazy or not doesn't change the fact I'm definitely a crazy person, I don't see how it is relevant to two internet service providers messing around with my internet access
@fbueckert Nobody at Virgin Media can override the order, only people at BT can do that, and they won't
 
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2:57 PM
and then one of them had the balls to start lecturing me on how good a company Virgin Media is
 
Man, it's this again
 
You just said you are crazy and are not crazy in the span of 3 minutes.
 
@Sterno sign of a crazy person
 
I'm bowing out of this conversation and getting some lunch!
 
Can we just block any post that contains that string?
 
2:57 PM
@pixel And that's where you threaten a lawsuit. And mean it.
It's cheaper to help you out then have to get lawyers involved.
 
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@fbueckert The way it works over here, is I'm supposed to go to a third party called OFCOM and make a formal complaint to them
wait for 4-6 weeks, and then some action may or may not happen
Well, I made it to 108 consecutive days before unexpected circumstances prevented me from continuing
 
@pixel Do that, but make sure that you point out you're going to sue them if this doesn't get resolved.
 
@fbueckert Rather than sue, I'd prefer to actually do something they care about
 

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