The Bridge

3:01 PM

@GnomeSlice You clearly don't know much about Skyrim. Something like 75% of stupid questions can only be resolved by use of the console.

It's not 'cheating' necessarily. THe question is basiclaly unanswerable without it.

Those answers are basically as good as that question is going to get.

badp

Do you think they're trying to tell me something?

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice This shows effort.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz You can't just find him?

@fbueckert Hey, look! A close vote!

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Hey, look! It's not mine!

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert I see what you mean, but this guy knows what he's talking about so he CAN write something relevant to what he's done.

You can't just assume everyone knows at least a little bit about how computers work.

fbueckert

3:09 PM

@GnomeSlice It doesn't take any knowledge to poke at settings.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Not in any way that wouldn't require you to basically comb every single cell of the massive map.

He doesn't go to anyplace in particular, and he can be killed by other mobs as he runs around.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Does he not go back to the same place each time?

Oh...

LessPop_MoreFizz

And there's also the question of where you lost him...

GnomeSlice

Well, then you probably aren't supposed to find him.

LessPop_MoreFizz

and the sheer size of skyrims map

and the fact that he may have bugged out and fallen into a mountain.

GnomeSlice

3:11 PM

If you lost a horse on a real quest you'd fail to deliver the horse.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice There's really no point whatsoever in trying to do so. It's a dumb question.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz You probably aren't SUPPOSED to find him again.

Which is dumb from a gameplay perspective.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Eh, I wouldn't go that far, you're just not supposed to lose him in the first place.

but the game is buggy, and lots of skyrim players are idiots.

Soooooo....

there you have it.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Think about it though, the whole point of Skyrim is realism, right?

Well, fantasy realism.

If you were supposed to deliver someone a horse, and the horse ran away, you'd probably not deliver the horse.

Because he'd be gone.

I really should play Skyrim, I'd probably love it.

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm guessing the point isn't for you to finish every quest and get everything right 100%.

Are there other quests where you can lose stuff like that and not get it back?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Most of them are the result of bugs.

GnomeSlice

3:15 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh... like what?

Not that it really matters.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice But yes, there are. Mostly because, y'know, the world is big and if you drop something, good luck finding it again.

GnomeSlice

Yeah, huge games are buggy, look at FUEL

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/skyrim

enjoy.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Lol, are most of those about bugs?

That's.. hilarious.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice gaming.stackexchange.com/search?q=%5Bskyrim%5D+lost

@GnomeSlice gaming.stackexchange.com/search?q=%5Bskyrim%5D+bug

GnomeSlice

3:16 PM

Actually, FUEL worked surprisingly well, considering it has the largest game world ever.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice gaming.stackexchange.com/search?q=%5Bskyrim%5D+glitch

@GnomeSlice I doubt it's world was bigger than Daggerfalls.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz So many dupes...

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's in the guiness book of records for largest game world ever.

There's not a whole lot IN it, but it's extremely large.

Fuel (2009 video game)

Microsoft WindowsJuly 5, 2009 |genre=Racing, open world |modes=Single-player, multiplayer |ratings= |platforms=PlayStation 3Xbox 360Microsoft Windows |media=Optical disc, download |requirements= }} Fuel is a racing video game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Codemasters, released on June 2, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and June 5, for Microsoft Windows. Gameplay Fuel is an open world racing game set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by extreme weather fueled by global warming, with players experiencing varying weather effects such as occasional tornadoes and sandstorms,...

> The world of the game is over 5,560 square miles (14,400 km²) in size, which is roughly the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut, and completely free to roam.

It takes a couple of hours to cross from corner to corner if you use the highways and the fastest vehicle.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Daggerfalls game world is 487,000 square kiomerers.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...Wow, what.

How recent is that game?

LessPop_MoreFizz

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is an open world epic fantasy action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996 for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to The Elder Scrolls: Arena and the second installment in The Elder Scrolls series. It is the first game in the series to be rated M. On July 9, 2009, Bethesda made Daggerfall available as a free, legal download on their website, commemorating the 15th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls franchise. Gameplay In Daggerfall, as in all The Elder Scrolls games, players are not required to follow questlines or fill specifi...

16 years old.

Krazer

3:19 PM

@GnomeSlice largest playable

GnomeSlice

@Krazer Oh, maybe.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Krazer No, all of Daggerfalls area is playable.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz And randomly generated.

LessPop_MoreFizz

The thing is that the detail of Daggerfalls world is procedurally filled in. Whereas, I'm guessing FUEL's is placed by hand.

GnomeSlice

Does that still count?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Aided by satellite imaging of some US state, but yeah.

Although, every now and then you see an object where it shouldn't be, and if you reload it and go back there it's gone.

FUEL is one of my favourite games ever.

Krazer

3:20 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I personally thought google earth flight simulator was the largest

GnomeSlice

KSP is the largest!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Your mom is the largest!

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GnomeSlice

I'm actually curious as to how they generated the terrain on Kerbin in KSP, because it's always the same.

I mean, I guess random generation can always be the same if you use the same algorithm.

@Krazer @LessPop_MoreFizz By the way, have you guys seen this? workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars

Supposedly accurate 3D model of the entire Milky Way Galaxy. Or something.

Krazer

@GnomeSlice I'm guessing the the initial form came from the typical process of seeded Perlin noise (a common resort for procedural terrain generation, like in Minecraft)

GnomeSlice

@Krazer Yeah, sounds about right. Although they probably manually flattened the area around the space center.

Krazer

3:28 PM

@GnomeSlice engage the war drive!

GnomeSlice

@Krazer It's neat huh!

Bugster

329 2 8

Upvote this guy

@Krazer Try the 'take tour' button in the top left.

Krazer

@GnomeSlice I kinda wanted to see Proxima Centauri

GnomeSlice

@Krazer You can see it in the tour

Sort of

Krazer

@GnomeSlice inside it I mean to see Alpha Centauri A and B

GnomeSlice

@Krazer Oh wow, you can actually zoom in on each star by clicking it.

Wipqozn

3:33 PM

@GnomeSlice Why?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Because he's new and he makes good posts.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice He's been here for 10 months.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Nominate one for the bounty giveaway if you want. Don't tell me to blindly upvote the dude.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz He only posts questions, not answers.

GnomeSlice

Wipqozn

3:35 PM

That said I agree. I'm going to refuse to up vote this guy now. Forever.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Also:

> I'm no longer active due to the exagerated moderation of this site. Moderation is great but after seeing questions of over 500 votes be closed because they're not constructive, I've come to question it. What if some day all closed questions get purged?

Good riddance

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz I think you replied to the wrong thing.

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz That too.

GnomeSlice

But yeah, okay.

Weird though, most of his questions are about Don't Starve which has only been out for a week or two.

Holy fuck it's snowing.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice No it's not.

GnomeSlice

3:40 PM

@Wipqozn It is for me. Quite a lot too.

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: How to install/run World Of Warcraft on Ubuntu 12.04.1?

On my Windows 7 I have a game called 'World Of Warcraft'.... And because I don't use Windows I want to install World Of Warcraft on my Ubuntu But the problem it I don't know how... I have a Winrar file with the original game itself and I don't know what to do with it. I have the 'Play On Linux' A...

installation games

MBraedley

@GnomeSlice I'm going to have to agree with @Wipqozn. In fact, it's actually much closer to raining than snowing.

Wipqozn

@MBraedley Thanks for the back-up. Us Nova Scotians need to stick together. tortoise high five

MBraedley

@GnomeSlice Do you know the answer to this:

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Q: Can I transfer Kerbonauts from a capsule to Hitchhiker Storage Container without taking an EVA?

I've been constructing a space station, and up to this point, I've been using autonomous launch vehicles to put unmanned sections into orbit. But now it's time to have a permanent presence in orbit. I've just docked my first crew transfer vehicle to the station hub, and now I want to transfer t...

kerbal-space-program

Or @fbueckert?

fbueckert

@MBraedley Crew transfers haven't been implemented yet.

MBraedley

3:53 PM

boo-urns

OrigamiRobot

@pixel Happy to help

pixel

@OrigamiRobot ;p

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel 85% and I need to check out. I BLAME YOU.

pixel

@LessPop_MoreFizz bla bla

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also what class should I be playing. I rolled a Mesmer last time and kinda hated it.

pixel

3:57 PM

I don't know, what do you want to do?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@pixel Hit things.

Be awesome.

pixel

well mesmer is more of a caster

MBraedley

pixel

you probably want to be a thief or a guardian

LessPop_MoreFizz

For reference, in WoW I played a Rogue as my main, and my usual alt was a prot paladin. In SWTOR I played a healing operative.

MBraedley

3:58 PM

Bob is freaking out because he knows he's next

pixel

29 secs ago, by pixel

you probably want to be a thief or a guardian

LessPop_MoreFizz

Was kinda thinking Ranger.

I played around a bit with GW2 thief. I wasn't too thrilled by it. :/

pixel

well ranger is fun enough

OrigamiRobot

I'll do a ranger as my second char

Lazers

0

Q: How is Academy Size increased?

In Endless Space, the Academy is used to manage your hired heroes. The size of the academy dictates how many heroes can be hired. Looking around the interface, I don't see how to expand the Academy size or by what means it can be increased. There maybe a research item or a game option to incre...

endless-space

1

Q: Can I transfer Kerbonauts from a capsule to Hitchhiker Storage Container without taking an EVA?

I've been constructing a space station, and up to this point, I've been using autonomous launch vehicles to put unmanned sections into orbit. But now it's time to have a permanent presence in orbit. I've just docked my first crew transfer vehicle to the station hub, and now I want to transfer t...

kerbal-space-program

Alice Rees

4:07 PM

Someone from the Arqade group sent me a suspicious link on Steam and now my account is hacked :(

Think his name began with an S and had an F in it

badp

@AliceRees fuck, this guy again?

Alice Rees

serves me bloody right for clicking a link from someone I didn't know >.<

LessPop_MoreFizz

8

Q: Can I prevent somebody from joining a public group?

Today some jerk joined the Arqade group on Steam and started spamming people with links to a lookalike phishing site. You know, like this but with "store.steampowered.com" instead of "twitter.com": Image from the OpenDNS Phishing quiz. Hint: this one is a phish. Now, I've kicked him f...

steam

Alice Rees

but I kinda assumed he was alright 'cos he was from the group

Ronan Forman

@AliceRees Your steam account? Ouch.

Alice Rees

4:10 PM

yeah D: immediately changed the associated email address too

and Valve tickets are taking a year and a day at the moment

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AliceRees Ugh. Fortunately, Steam Support is generally pretty good about this if you get a hold of them.

Alice Rees

yeah

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AliceRees It's a Saturday morning.

Alice Rees

I've done all the stuff they request, just gotta wait now

Saturday afternoon here :P

badp

Viral phishing attack ongoing on Steam. Pwned people use chat to send links that pwn your account too. Enable Steam Guard already, for Pete's sake!

7

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:11 PM

@AliceRees Are you trying to imply that you are from the future or something?

Because I will brook no time travel or other related sorcery in my presence.

Alice Rees

YES! SAIF is the name of the gu

also, I might be a time traveller

But I might also just be british :)

Ronan Forman

I should have done that earlier.

Alice Rees

what, time travelled?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp You do realize that that's probably just some other poor sap whose account got hacked - possibly even a poor sap who was a member of our steam group before it happened.

Ronan Forman

@AliceRees I just posted an announced on our page telling people to watch out.

badp

4:14 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...don't care, tbh. Do you know any SAIF?

LessPop_MoreFizz

I wouldn't be surprised if @AliceRees account is being used to phish people as we speak.

MBraedley

@badp It's kinda drastic, but we could set the group to private. Request an invite in chat type thing.

Good call Ronan

@MBraedley Yeah, no.

also yeah it is

4:15 PM

@badp My point is that these people daisy chain compromised accounts, and putting up an announcement about one user is a waste of time - better to make it clear that the group is currently being targetted by phishing attacks, and to be suspicious of any links received from an untrusted sender.

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Alice Rees

I got loads of texts etc asking "what's that thing you're linking on steam" or "did you know your steam account is being used to spam people"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AliceRees Exactly.

Alice Rees

yeah

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Honestly... that should go without saying :P

Ronan Forman

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's what I just did, but I don't know how announcements work on steam.

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:16 PM

@badp Well it should, but since it clearly isn't, warning peoplee about one guy isn't going to do anything.

badp

@RonanForman We all got a popup on the screen

@LessPop_MoreFizz It's been this same one guy all evening tbqh

Ronan Forman

@badp But people who log on later wont know.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp And now, we have a second vector.

Ronan Forman

@LessPop_MoreFizz Nah, he joined earlier today.

badp

@RonanForman Hence the chat pin

@LessPop_MoreFizz Do we?

Alice Rees

4:17 PM

it's just a shame, because I'm usually so careful, but just derped >.<

badp

New Announcement - December 8th @ 5:13pm - announcement was created by Nanor
Permissions Change - December 8th @ 3:38pm - group permissions were changed by Nanor
Permissions Change - December 8th @ 3:38pm - group permissions were changed by Nanor
Member Dropped - December 8th @ 2:34pm - SAIF was kicked from the group by bp
New Member - December 8th @ 2:19pm - SAIF joined group

latest events in group history

Alice Rees

damn, persistent little bugger

LessPop_MoreFizz

3 mins ago, by Alice Rees

I got loads of texts etc asking "what's that thing you're linking on steam" or "did you know your steam account is being used to spam people"

MBraedley

Also, start using Steam Guard. It's not as good as keyfob style two-factor authentication, but it's definitely a start. Mind you, you're still owned if your email is compromised.

3

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley This is the best advice.

Ronan Forman

4:19 PM

@MBraedley Which is why you also have two-step on your email.

LessPop_MoreFizz

And on that note, I am off to go seek food and perhaps drive to Atlanta.

Alice Rees

:O

fbueckert

4:33 PM

@MBraedley Jeb has his isBadass flag set.

MBraedley

@fbueckert There's a reason he piloted the capsule back down to the surface

fbueckert

@MBraedley My space station now has three of four spokes with extra fuel tanks.

MBraedley

@fbueckert I need to add some more fuel capacity to mine. This crew transfer was all RCS from about 35km out, so I had to transfer some from the station in order to de-orbit the capsule.

fbueckert

@MBraedley 35km out? You need a better intercept.

MBraedley

@fbueckert I launched at a really terrible time. The station was in a bad place, overhead. I probably spent about a dozen orbits letting the station catch up. All those maneuvers cost a lot of delta-V

35km was where I ran out if fuel.

fbueckert

4:42 PM

@MBraedley I do that, too, sometimes.

The trick, for me at least, is if your ship's orbit is inside the stations, add a maneuver node that takes your apoapsis outside it's orbit. You start "below" it, and as you catch up, you're "above" it.

MBraedley

I may just need more fuel in my second stage, and/or perform my gravity turn a little better.

@fbueckert Yeah, if I plan far enough ahead, that's what I do.

fbueckert

I'm not a fan of the docking kludges. :\ My space station looks horrible because the extra fuel tanks aren't actually "attached" to the station.

MBraedley

@fbueckert Upload a pic

fbueckert

Those fuel tanks are part of the station, but damn if the game doesn't FUBAR it.

MBraedley

@fbueckert You're using the two different sized docking ports. They attach together, but don't look good together

15 hours ago, by MBraedley

fbueckert

4:50 PM

@MBraedley Those are the exact same docking port.

One's just on a fuel tank, and the others on the multi-point.

MBraedley

They're just not aligned then? Send up a transfer vehicle to adjust them.

fbueckert

@MBraedley They're attached.

The game just FUBARS the connection, and calls it done.

I connected much better than that when I docked.

MBraedley

But if you detach and then re-attach, it should be better

fbueckert

@MBraedley Really? Boo. So much work. Guess I can try again after I send up another fuel ship.

MBraedley

My solar panels were a bitch to get in place. My transfer vehicle (far end of the station) was so off balance that controlling the final approach was twitchy at best.

fbueckert

4:56 PM

@MBraedley I bumped my station twice trying to dock that last tank.

Sent it into a fun rotation.

MBraedley

Up until that pic, my station was on something like a 3° inclination. Not fun trying to make those rendezvous

Lazers

1

Q: How do I get the "Say Hi to the Internet" achievement?

Just finished up the main storyline for Far Cry 3 and I'm trying to mop up some achievements. I haven't the slightest idea what I'm supposed to be doing for this one though. The description just says "Find the Lost Hollywood Star." Has anyone found this yet?

achievements far-cry-3

Alice Rees

5:36 PM

The guy who hacked my Steam account has tried to add me on facebook :S

And I ~do~ have steam guard enabled

Ronan Forman

@AliceRees Then how did he get into your account?

Powerlord

5:59 PM

OK, seriously Valve? I can only ban people from my Steam group if they created a post in discussion, not from the Members page?

Ugh, and those are only chat or forum bans?

Ronan Forman

@Powerlord We've been having trouble with that too.

Powerlord

@RonanForman I know you have, that's why I checked.

It doesn't help that with the last Community redesign, there's also no direct link to the group's Officer Tools page.

Hell, I can't even tell if RUGC_Midwest is public or private any more.

badp

6:29 PM

btw, for what it's worth, SAIF hasn't rejoined our group

agent86

just dropped a featured post on meta, so that folks that don't use chat can get a warning.

Lazers

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Q: What is the correct way of using Skyrim DLC's

I have completely devoured Skyrim last year, playing it a few months straight doing all the missions, getting all the masks, leveling up to max, etc. In the meantime I changed computers a few times, so my saved games are all lost. Also I noticed more and more DLC's game available, I think last w...

skyrim

0

Q: Is there a way to reset my battle points?

This may seem like an odd question, but after almost 300 hours of playing, I still suck horribly and find myself getting matched up with/against people who are way above my head. Both sides will complain of my noobness and say I should delete DOTA, sometimes even going so far as to abandon the ma...

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2

Q: Reports of viral phishing scams on Steam

We've had a couple of reports now of a viral phishing scam/attack that is being launched via Steam. Initially it seems as though people were being targeted via the Arqade Steam Group, but it is safe to assume that if that group is being targeted, other large public groups may also be at risk. A...

discussion featured security

OrigamiRobot

Who doesn't use chat? We're awesome.

badp

@agent86 Pin updatededed.

Wipqozn

6:58 PM

@OrigamiRobot Lame people.

Arda Xi

@Lazers I haven't seen anything. I feel excluded. =[

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi Nor I. They probably just realize we're too clever to fall for something like that.

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Or maybe they saw I'm friends with you and figured my account's probably worthless to them.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi oh buuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrn

Ullallulloo

I got it, but it's a dead link...

Wipqozn

7:06 PM

@Ullallulloo That's what they want you to think.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Now Mozilla's blocking it.

store.steampowered.com.org.rr.nu

MBraedley

All I got was a chat request. I denied it. I'm presuming that if I had accepted, I would have gotten the link as well

Ullallulloo

How could they own that?

Invader Skoodge

the .com.org.* really gives it away.

Ullallulloo

oooh

rr.nu's the domain

steam's subdomain

@InvaderSkoodge yeah, but Austrailia and Britian have .com.au and .co.uk

Lazers

7:10 PM

0

Q: How is "Modified DPS" caculated?

My weapon DPS is 169. Modified DPS is 320. Total damage is 221-357. The Average of this is 289. Attack speed is 0,91 seconds per attack. How is the modified DPS caculated? The closest i get is 289 / 0,91 = 317,58

torchlight-2

fbueckert

For the mods: gaming.stackexchange.com/a/95483/20456

Some sort of action needs to be taken on this, especially if it is his information.

Invader Skoodge

I need a service that keeps track of what TV I like to watch and recommends channels to me based on what's playing now.

Someone invent that please.

fbueckert

@InvaderSkoodge It's called other people.

Invader Skoodge

What should I watch right now?

fbueckert

Invention created. Patent pending.

@InvaderSkoodge What do you like?

Invader Skoodge

7:18 PM

Bah this is already too complicated. It needs to be automated.

fbueckert

@InvaderSkoodge Watch Continuum.

Ullallulloo

@InvaderSkoodge Doesn't TiVo do this?

Invader Skoodge

@Ullallulloo I don't know but if it does I should get one.

Lazers

7:43 PM

0

Q: I ran out of stone in Don't Starve! What do i do?

i need some help in Don't Starve. In my world there is only one island, or atleast no "bridges". The problem is that there are no more stone on the island. So, I would ask if you can do anything to that like, sailing to another island? Sorry for my english. Thanks in advance.

dont-starve

0

Q: Gmod's workshop crashing my Steam.How do I stop the downloads?

About two days ago i was finding random servers to play on.I wanted to try GangwarsRP.When i startedthe download for the data,it download normaly,but didn't go to 100%.The game froze,and crashed my Steam,so i restarted it.Now,whenever i open Garry's mod 13,i see the menu background,the various pi...

steam

fbueckert

@Lazers Complete dupe. Title's exactly the same.

user15026

This paper I am reading purports that over time, gaming becomes more complicated. Apparently Zelda has turned into Call of Duty.

user15026

as in - Zelda no longer matters, but CoD does

user15026

as it is more complicated

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Pretty sure that's bullshit.

But I don't actually know for certain.

OrigamiRobot

7:54 PM

The title's exactly the same. Did you even TRY to see if someone had already asked this? — fbueckert 22 mins ago

user15026

Pretty sure, as usual, this is written by someone who has never touched a game in their life.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Sigh

OrigamiRobot

That's kinda rude

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Yes it is.

user15026

(Oh look, I am right... "as someone who studies games, but doesn't play them"...)

user15026

7:54 PM

ARGH ACADEMIA

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn lololololololol

Ronan Forman

If @GnomeSlice says it's rude....

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman ...What is this supposed to mean?

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice You're not the subtlest.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman That doesn't make me rude...

These are awesmoe

fbueckert

8:03 PM

@OrigamiRobot Effort. Shows none.

None at ALL.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert That doesn't mean you need to be rude. If you can't say something in a non-rude manner, don't bother saying anything at all to the poster.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Most of the time, I agree.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert And so you put effort into being rude? Not everyone knows that 1) We don't allow dupes and B) There is a search.

2

Wipqozn

17

Q: How should we deal with rude comments?

In light of Insert Coin to Start Arqade - New User Experience I thought the issue of rude comments should be brought up. Are rude comments okay? How should one react to rude comments? Is there anything I can do to get rid of rude comments?

discussion comments

32

Q: What about the new user experience here is turning people away?

This is a case of straw that broke the camels back, in general I have found the community here to be very unwelcoming compared to other SE communities and the restrictions on question types seem to restrict them purely to things I could answer with a google/wiki/GameFAQs.com search ins...

discussion new-user

> If you're not feeling like dealing with new user ignorance, take a break. There's no need to go off on the 10th person who failed to read the FAQ today - it's still their first time, regardless of how many times we've been down this road already

fbueckert

Ok, yeah, I should've phrased it better.

GnomeSlice

8:13 PM

@OrigamiRobot Also, the search is really broken.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice That's why we don't usually delete dupes.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, use them as links to the other one.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice well, the broken search doesn't really apply in this case. In fact, when he asked the question the dupe would have showed up in the "is this your question?" list.

I agree with @fbueckert the user was being lazy as fuck, but that doesn't mean you need to be rude.

Just bitch about him in here.

I down voted the question.

agent86

@Wipqozn wow, I sound smart.

Wipqozn

@agent86 You have your moments.

agent86

8:17 PM

I wonder who actually posted that under my name

ACCOUNT HAX

Wipqozn

@agent86 raises tortoise hand

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Does it still work like that if the dupe question has an EDITED title, and the original didn't match it?

agent86

@Wipqozn I shouldn't have made my password wipqoznsnemesis :/

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Yes. Why would they only match it against the original title? That would be stupid.

A quick test shows that question as the top result.

GnomeSlice

6 content marketing lessons from the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

Wipqozn

8:19 PM

@agent86 Not one of your brightest moments.

Arda Xi

I have no idea what this is about, but I just want to throw this out there. We don't disallow duplicates. We close them so they become a redirect, but that's good. Every duplicate question is another search term on Google, making it more likely that someone finds the question when searching for an answer.

badp

@BenBrocka @TimStone There's a whole lot of SHIFT codes on /r/borderlands

Ian Pugsley

@badp Speaking of, anyone wanna help me beat the second playthrough warrior?

badp

@IanPugsley Ben, maybe. I'm still shortly after Thousand Cuts

Wipqozn

8:35 PM

@ArdaXi Duplicates with a different title. The duplicate in question had an identical title, so it was deleted. The chat discussion was just about a comment a user made.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Yeah, me.

My bad

Wipqozn

Oct 18 at 10:24, by user2334

Well then you're literally worse than Hitler

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Yay, I'm Hitler!

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Does that mean I have to attempt to commit genocide of some sort?

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Sounds about right.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Ok. I pick...F&SF.SE as my unwitting victims.

Arda Xi

8:43 PM

@fbueckert Or just skip to the endgame.

fbueckert

@ArdaXi Try to take over the world?

Arda Xi

@fbueckert The end game.

Lazers

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Q: Athene's Unholy Grail passive question

The passive says: Restores 12% of your max mana on kill or assist. It means champion kill or assists or any kill or assists like including minion and monster kills?

league-of-legends

fbueckert

@ArdaXi Die by wallpaper poisoning?

No, wait, that was Napoleon.

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A: Where are all of the memory cards located for the Memory to Spare achievement ?

Here's a map for the north island 1 - Memory Card 1 is found upon the laptop within the safe house at the Orphan Point outpost. 2 - Memory Card 2 is found upon the laptop within the safe house at the Welshore Wrecker's House outpost. 3 - Memory Card 3 is found upon the lap...

Ok, attribution was added, and it turns out it was plagiarized prior to requesting attribution.

Problem is, the author wants it removed.

Arda Xi

@fbueckert That is not a problem.

fbueckert

8:49 PM

@ArdaXi How not?

Ronan Forman

What CC did he post it under?

Arda Xi

Now that attribution is added, our usage of the content is classified as fair use. I don't recall the community ever having made a decision in this particular case, but we don't need to do anything about this.

Of course, we may want to.

If the author wanted the content to be removed, what he should have done is file a DMCA complaint with SE.

Ronan Forman

As that'll change things.

fbueckert

@ArdaXi I don't want to debate legalities.

Arda Xi

99% of DMCA complaints are honoured blindly.

@fbueckert I'm not even strictly talking about legality. As far as I know, we don't really have a policy on copyright infringement as a community.

fbueckert

8:52 PM

Well, the attribution should clear up whatever problems his hosting site has, I bet.

So as long as it's there, I don't see a huge problem with it.

Ronan Forman

Just checked, there's no CC stuff on HubPages.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman CC?

I'd wager you mean Creative Commons, but that's irrelevant here.

Ronan Forman

@ArdaXi My point was that he didn't originally post the content under a Creative Commons, as if he had we wouldn't have to do anything.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman We still don't have to do anything. Like I said, fair use rationale applies.

I very seriously doubt someone can even claim copyright on the locations of items in a game they haven't made, anyway. The author is already infringing on the rights of Ubisoft by making this.

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