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in case this hasn't been posted, microsoft is running a mega xbox 360 game sale - a bunch of titles for $15 and $25 - borderlands 2, dishonored, dance central 3, forza horizon, etc

fbueckert

3:11 PM

More if I'm particularly partial to milk that week.

badp

@AnnaLear Wrong, my cat doesn't like milk either.

Anna Lear

@AshleyNunn yes, actually

fredley

@MartinSojka cats should not be fed cow milk

agent86

they had AC3 for $25, but it's sold out already :(

fredley

@MartinSojka cat-world.com.au/can-cats-drink-milk

user15026

3:12 PM

@annalear well then.

badp

@fredley WHY THE PURPLE.

pixel

So like, should I not ever ask questions that I already know the answer for or could feasibly find the answer for?

badp

MEN HAVE CATS TOO.

Anna Lear

@fredley I consume dairy, but usually not milk in its typical liquid form. :)

fredley

@badp Purple is a sexy, confident shade.

@AnnaLear CHEESE?

user15026

3:13 PM

There is that weird catmilk stuff that I think whiskas makes?

Martin Sojka

@fredley They get it with water, and if they have to shit afterwards a lot, it's not a problem - those aren't house cats.

Anna Lear

@fredley Cheese is delicious.

fredley

@AnnaLear Cheese is the closest thing to the best possible food. It is better than bacon.

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badp

@fredley That shade (and font etc.) is neither confident nor sexy. Just "womanly" in the most stereotypical way possible

fbueckert

@fredley Starred for truth.

Invader Skoodge

3:13 PM

@fredley Cheese and bacon (and egg).

fbueckert

The sharper, the better.

user15026

@fredley depending on the cheese.

Invader Skoodge

@fbueckert Lies.

Soft cheese is better.

fbueckert

@InvaderSkoodge And ham, and sausage.

user15026

@fbueckert yes. Amazing old sharp cheese.

badp

3:14 PM

@fredley -1, cheese shines the best as an ingredient really imho

user15026

Now I want awesome breakfast. :(

fbueckert

@InvaderSkoodge Clearly you have not trained your cheesebuds properly.

fredley

Restaurant that does nothing but cheese

pixel

@badp I'd say that's more of a lilac

fredley

We had a company outing there

it was awesome

Wipqozn

3:15 PM

@fredley I discovered my cat wasn't lactose intolerant when I walked in on her drinking out of my glass of milk.

user15026

@fredley that sounds amazing.

fredley

@AshleyNunn Menu (pdf)

Martin Sojka

:6981845 grapes and optionally olives.

fredley

@MartinSojka Chutneys

user15026

@fredley omg want.

fredley

3:16 PM

@AshleyNunn I had a dinner that was nothing but the finest cheese. That day I truly felt like a God.

Tim Stone

Now I'm starving. blames everyone

Wipqozn

Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl, Confiscate Winnie The Pooh Laptop

fbueckert

@TimStone Go get food.

Problem solved.

badp

@fredley Great, now I long for bresaola, sliced parmigiano and arugula (? arugula?) with lemon raining on top

Tim Stone

@fbueckert Meh, effort

fredley

3:17 PM

Why make cheese if milk is already food? Because Cheese is delicious!

Martin Sojka

@fredley Our cats would agree.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn And this embodies everything that is wrong with the movie studio's attitudes.

badp

@TimStone You are in the freaking US. You can get pizza by filling in a fucking form on a webpage. Get off my lawn

Tim Stone

@badp It's Thanksgiving man, everyone's off getting fat on turkey!

fbueckert

@TimStone Which begs the question: Why aren't you?

fredley

3:18 PM

@TimStone Order a turkey pizza then! Jeez...

badp

@TimStone Give thanks to the pizza you have probably stored in the fridge yesterday night man. :P

Fridge cold, guilty pizza is best pizza.

Tim Stone

@fbueckert I'm chained to my desk in order to get caught up on work.

@fredley With extra cheese!

fredley

@TimStone American cheese does not enter into this discussion

Tim Stone

@badp Hey, I eat healthy...sometimes! Actually I still have a massive amount of bok choy to finish...

@fredley American cheese is not cheese and I refuse to eat it

fredley

@TimStone American 'cheese' is a cruel joke

Invader Skoodge

3:24 PM

@fredley I love American cheese.

It's the best cheese to melt all over sandwiches.

Suck it, everyone else.

Martin Sojka

Oh, i like cheap Gouda or watery Mozzarella now and then too. It's just mostly that usually our cats get them. :)

agent86

prepare to have your arguments invalidated. cats with peppers on their heads.

user15026

@agent86 they are so chill about it!

agent86

@AshleyNunn indeed. I'm pretty sure I've never seen my cat that placid about anything.

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn They look pretty hot-headed to me.

fredley

3:34 PM

A handy guide

Arda Xi

@badp Can do that here too. thuisbezorgd.nl

user15026

You know you are sick when you manage to make your own peanut butter and honey toast and it feels like the best achievement ever.

Arda Xi

Practically every delivering restaurant is signed up with them. You can even pay with PayPal.

Tim Stone

@AshleyNunn I'm not sure how to feel about peanut butter and honey toast, but I shall \o/ for your accomplishment anyway.

fredley

@AshleyNunn My gf does this. I am not a fan.

user15026

3:36 PM

@timstone it is delicious.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn I missed the it when I first parsed that, so I read it as "@TimStone is delicious"

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn PB and honey sounds awesome.

Tim Stone

user15026

@wipqozn I cannot speak to the accuracy of that statement.

fbueckert

As a sidenote, why is this not deleted yet? It's spam.

user15026

3:37 PM

@fbueckert right now it tastes like the most amazing thing I have ever tasted ever.

fredley

@fbueckert Mmm free flags

fbueckert

@fredley It lasted for 15 minutes! That's unheard of!

fredley

@fbueckert Too busy discussing cheese and cats to moderate the site

fbueckert

@fredley Lesson learned. If ever I need something to stick around, make sure to distract chat first.

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fredley

1. Write a question of dubious, but highly debatable value.
2. Post this question in chat, and watch chat consume itself
3. Post whatever you want

Arda Xi

3:42 PM

@fbueckert It is gone.

fbueckert

@ArdaXi The fact that I had to mention it in chat saddens me.

Arda Xi

@fbueckert Many things sadden me.

agent86

@fbueckert sorry, shopping :P

I will go hoover the flag queue for a bit.

Arda Xi

@agent86 Is this a political reference I'm not getting?

fbueckert

As a sidenote, I no longer have 777 helpful flags. :(

agent86

3:45 PM

@ArdaXi hoover's also a brand of vacuums here in the US

LessPop_MoreFizz

WELL THEN.

fbueckert

@agent86 You never did tell me if you enjoyed Pharaoh or not. :P

agent86

@fbueckert I don't think I "get" it yet. There's a lot of stuff to keep track of, and the interactions aren't 100% clear to me

I think I need more time to fully understand it

Martin Sojka

@LessPop_MoreFizz See, that's the kind of thing which got me chat-banned earlier. :)

fbueckert

@agent86 Have you started building monuments yet?

Lazers

3:50 PM

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Q: How do I discover new players?

I'm playing a small team in a lower division. I have one scout. I'm trying to find a new goalkeeper, and I want to look at players in the division above mine, but nothing shows up in the player search. In fact, very few players show up there. How can I tell my scout to discover some new players f...

football-manager-2013

agent86

@fbueckert nope, I'm not nearly that far, I don't think

fbueckert

@agent86 You will be shortly, if you're in the second age.

agent86

I just got to brewing beer, I think, and I've had to start the level over about 3 times now

fbueckert

@agent86 If you run into problems, feel free to ask questions. :P I can always use rep from old classics I used to play.

agent86

@fbueckert yeah, I think at this point my questions would all be way too broad to be useful. :P I need to work at it a bit more.

fredley

3:52 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz As BoingBoing put it, "Smells like freedom"

fbueckert

@agent86 Fair enough. Happily, I still have the game installed, so I can load it up whenever.

Oh, yes, that reminds me:

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Q: What happens to units and buildings if they get "buried" under destructible rocks?

HOTS introduces the new "destructible rocks" that can actually be destroyed, as the name suggests. One part of rocks crushes down and blocks a predefined area. What happens to units and buildings standing on that spot while the rocks get destroyed?

starcraft-2-hots

What's our threshold for unreleased/beta games?

Martin Sojka

Wasn't it "the moment they get officially released in at least one place on the planet?"

pixel

@Wipqozn I reworded the death question

fredley

I've edited this, is it now a recoverable question?

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Q: Why are some Android games are not compatible with my phone?

When I try to install some Android games, the Google Play site says they are not compatible with my phone, without stating the specific reasons. How can I find out what about my phone is incompatible?

android

Ullallulloo

@MartinSojka Yes.

Martin Sojka

3:56 PM

... though that would make all Dwarf Fortress questions close-worthy, now that I think about it.

Ullallulloo

@MartinSojka It's released in beta, though.

That's allowed if the beta's long-term enough.

Maybe always?

pixel

@Ullallulloo inconsistently

fbueckert

@fredley I dunno; the "Why" in the title still makes it sound too broad. Maybe, "I can't install some Android games."

pixel

it generally depends how many people from arqade are in the beta

fredley

@fbueckert There's a decent enough question in there

fbueckert

3:58 PM

@fredley I agree; the title needs changing though.

fredley

@Ullallulloo and public

Ullallulloo

@fredley Yeah, that too.

fbueckert

So how do we handle the super early Heart of the Swarm question? Close? Allow?

fredley

All Minecraft questions were about a Beta for over a year.

Ullallulloo

This question needs closed.

fredley

3:59 PM

In fact, a lot were about an Alpha!

And look at how many problems that hasn't caused...

fbueckert

@fredley We DO allow questions about an Alpha; Prison Architect, to be specific.

So Alpha/Beta can't be the threshold.

fredley

@fbueckert Well quite!

I think 'publicly available' is a reasonable enough threshold

fbueckert

@fredley Sounds fair to me.

pixel

all minecraft questions should get deleted anyway

fbueckert

Which means we close the question that spawned this debate.

fredley

4:01 PM

@pixel Incorrect. All non-Minecraft questions should be deleted, and we can then assume our true identity as Minecraft.SE

We can make a new site for non-MC questions

pixel

@fredley I would have never joined a Minecraft site

fredley

@pixel pah

Ullallulloo

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fbueckert

@fredley To be fair, neither would I.

pixel

oh I see what you're hinting at

badp

4:02 PM

@ArdaXi Don't they require a NL phone number?

Martin Sojka

@pixel You just lack the required dimension to see the beauty of it.

fredley

@fbueckert I'll go and have fun in my Minecraft site all by myself

sniff

fbueckert

@fredley You do that! I'll be over here, playing something fun.

fredley

@RonanForman and I will have happy and fun times together

pixel

@MartinSojka perhaps

Martin Sojka

4:03 PM

@pixel ... seeing as you're a pixel and not a voxel ...

fredley

@fbueckert You wouldn't know a fun game if it punched you in the tree

pixel

@MartinSojka rolleyes

fbueckert

@fredley Well, duh. I don't HAVE a tree.

pixel

@fredley he plays ksp, that's a fun game

fredley

@pixel That, to be fair, does look good.

Ullallulloo

4:03 PM

@pixel And Dwarf Fortress.

pixel

Does steam transfer games over http?

Retrosaur

So....do you think the White Elephant Gift has potential?

I could gift someone Nexuiz. I don't think I'll ever touch it again

and it was really cheap, so buying again isn't a problem

fbueckert

@pixel I describe KSP as "Minecraft in space".

Ullallulloo

@Retrosaur You can't gift games you've played.

Only ones in your inventory.

fbueckert

And once .18 comes out, I will start building massive space stations.

pixel

4:09 PM

@fbueckert I don't.

@fbueckert build a sphere around the planet and then a ship to tow the sphere to another planet

fredley

@fbueckert See: 0x10c

fbueckert

@fredley Unreleased.

Invader Skoodge

I fully expect 0x10c to suck.

fredley

@fbueckert Still

fbueckert

And KSP has it's own unique charm.

@pixel If I did that, chances are great I'd start towing it, and once I towed it into the planet, everything would come apart.

But, that sounds like an excellent long-term goal.

Threading the needle on launches near the end will be fun, though.

pixel

4:12 PM

I didn't think it up, see Invader Zim 2x03 - Planet Jackers for a reference on how it should work

fbueckert

@pixel I envision a massive number of solar panels to provide the needed power to jolt Kerbin from it's orbit.

pixel

@fbueckert hey I'm leaving the technicalities to you :p

fbueckert

If the game actually DOES allow something like that, I will be a VERY happy camper.

pixel

@fbueckert If not I'm sure you could send your savegame to the developers and go "LOOK, I WANT ALL THESE THINGS!"

fbueckert

Even if it's still sunny inside the sphere due to the engine going, "There's nothing between you and the sun!"

GnomeSlice

4:15 PM

@fbueckert Are you talking about towing the planet away again

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Yup

pixel

the internet connection in this office is rediculous

fbueckert

Either build some harpoon guns with super-strong cables for towing, or enclose the entire planet in a sphere, and tow it that way.

pixel

I am transferring files via RDP drive sharing at speeds 30x faster than @GnomeSlice gets on a good day

now I get to play cities in motion tonight, instead of tomorrow

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Minecraft in space

Ullallulloo

4:17 PM

@fbueckert Alternatively, a chain right through it:

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo the fuck hahahahahahaha

@Ullallulloo @fbueckert Actually, he might be on to something. You could tie a chain to the launch scaffold.

fbueckert

@Ullallulloo Never mind tidal shifts, time spent outside of a sun's warming rays, and, oh, yeah, the giant freaking chain straight through your planet.

GnomeSlice

...Maybe.

@fbueckert Yeah, also putting that many planets that close together would be... bad.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Chances of doing something like that would be incredibly hard.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Building a Dyson Sphere wouldn't be?

fbueckert

4:19 PM

@GnomeSlice It would be simpler, actually.

More time consuming, but simpler.

Martin Sojka

@fbueckert ... or the fact that at the forces and pressures involved, planetary mass behaves like jelly. splotch

GnomeSlice

@MartinSojka You don't know how fast he's pulling them!

fbueckert

I'd probably have to completely mod some parts in order to tell them, "Yeah, you know what? You don't ever break off of what you're attached to. Ever."

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice Speed doesn't matter. :)

GnomeSlice

I just love the fact that the chain is only slightly wider than his body, and yet it's strong enough to pull hundreds of planets.

pixel

4:21 PM

in all honesty, I doubt the developers of ksp have ever considered allowing the planet to get dragged

GnomeSlice

They must be really wimpy planets.

fbueckert

@pixel Almost guaranteed not.

GnomeSlice

@pixel @fbueckert I agree, that's not likely. Maybe a better goal would be to build your very own artificial moon/planet?

fbueckert

But if I post a screenshot of a completed dyson sphere, with engines, and go, "Tow please?", I think they might add it in just because.

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice ... Katamari Damacy style.

GnomeSlice

4:22 PM

@fbueckert Heh....

pixel

@fbueckert I agree

GnomeSlice

@MartinSojka Yeah! Well, no. But that's what it would look like I guess.

@badp Have you played Torchlight II?

fbueckert

@pixel Of course, to simulate it properly, I'd need space docks, and super-strong materials to anchor against the planet.

Nothing like flattening ~35% of the world's surface to ensure you can shift it from it's orbit.

GnomeSlice

Swords & Soldiers Steam-activatable for 75% off!

badp

GODDAMMIT I've lost 25k more to fucking rat thieves

fbueckert

4:26 PM

And probably crazy amounts of internal lighting, because otherwise, after the sphere is complete, no light will get in!

badp

Fucking bullshit

Mad Scientist

@GnomeSlice isn't that in the last humble bundle?

GnomeSlice

@MadScientist Yeah, but maybe someone didn't get it?

Mad Scientist

@GnomeSlice you can still buy the humble bundle

GnomeSlice

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

YEAH BABY

First sale!

Hey guys, this looks neat and it's on sale.

The gameplay looks pretty boring, but the graphics are interesting.

Actually the gameplay looks pretty terrible.

really terrible.

pixel

4:34 PM

oh rofl, Cities in Motion ignores the Steam dependancy

not that I'm offering to give you all a copy for free

fbueckert

Oh, yeah. I forgot that KSP will eventually be implementing a tech tree.

That will be awesome.

pixel

4:51 PM

they should sell/update via steam

would save me having to remember login details

LessPop_MoreFizz

Gonna gain five pounds tonight. Yup.

pixel

I feel like I've gained weight

I need to revert that

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel Today is the annual American Festival of Gluttony.

pixel

@LessPop_MoreFizz I thought that was every day of the year

Lazers

0

Q: Is it worth it to take the Wild Wasteland trait in Fallout New Vegas?

I know that this trait adds some more fun to the game but other than that?

fallout-new-vegas

0

Q: Where is the best place to hunt bobcats?

I absolutely for the life of me cannot find these anywhere. The only area that my hunting guide even thinks they show up in is the one with the lighthouse (the name escapes me at the moment) but I've been over every inch of it and not found a single one past that first one. Is there a trick to ...