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04:00
Hello people who play video games
How is your playing of video games progressing?
@sjohnston We are trying to get cheap video games for the playing of video games
I have just begun a vast swath of vacation time, during which I shall participate in the aforementioned activity extensively.
but the buying of video games is not going well
@sjohnston I have been playing video games in bed for much of the day. It has been good
04:04
Yay, one of my password retrivals went through!
Putting a 42" TV one foot from my bed was the best design decision I ever made
@BenBrocka Is your computer hooked up to it?
No, console games for now
I should try Big Picture sometime though
Also I should put those wheels on my PC first...
@BenBrocka And a motor
And a remote control
It would be fitting, it looks a bit link a tank tread
04:10
roomba + duct tape + computer
done
Yeah I don't think a roomba is going to support a 40+lbs computer
@BenBrocka Buy a better roomba.
I don't think they make roombas that good
industrial roomba?
@sjohnston 250 more cogs
04:12
that reminds me, I need more minis
Well, you can get 3 now
@BenBrocka Apparently Roombas have a 4-pound carrying capacity. So all you need is 10 Roombas.
@Ullallulloo I imagine a pond weighs a lot
aw, not fast enough...
@OrigamiRobot Huh, did they goof something up again?
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A: How many Wintersday mini pets will I be able to make?

OrigamiRobotAccording to game designer Anthony Ordon: You’ll have enough to make any two you’d like if you play all five days. But: Any rewards tied to a specific day will be attainable when those days are available for replay at the end. While Tixx is in Lion's Arch, you will be able to select w...

@Ullallulloo writes down "fleet of roombas" on Amazon wishlist
04:16
@sjohnston Glue and Stuffing prices skyrocketed to over 2s each. They went back down, but are still over 1s each.
@OrigamiRobot I assume this was in response to the everlasting tonics
I myself bought a semi-obscene quantity yesterday, and I still need one more
@sjohnston No, due to suddenly being able to make a third mini.
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Q: Dungeon Defenders from Humble Indie Bundle 7 on Ubuntu

10robinhoI've bought the Humble Indie Bundle 7 and I want to play Dungeon Defenders but all I get is choppy video, freezing and, later on, unclickable and window. I use AMD graphic with fglrx and Intel i5. Anyone made it working?

Damnit, this is never going to work
If you buy the Darksiders Franchise Pack on Steam as a gift, can you split it up?
04:30
@SaintWacko Working for me (knock on wood)
@OrigamiRobot I can't remember my password
So I have to reset it
Looks like the answer is no
"For great justice I will rearrange your face again"
Wow, Steam is awfully nice
They don't minify their javascript at all
@Tacroy :(
04:42
Wow getting @'d makes a really weird noise
@Tacroy yeaaaaaaah. Welcome to chat by the way!
@Mana Thanks!
@Tacroy like this?
@OrigamiRobot Yes. It is weird.
@Tacroy I have come to enjoy it.
@Mana likes it too
04:44
It means you're popular!
@Mana especially likes it when it happens a lot.
god no, I hate that noise with a passion. It's the bane of productivity.
@Mana is the popular one
@Mana It's great when you don't have anything else to do, though!
@Tacroy You can mute it, click the speaker icon in the top right
bowmf
04:46
@BenBrocka Such blasphemy!
@BenBrocka NO
aaaaaah I have to say something so the number will go awaaaaay
you can click the number bubble
(software makes us say such silly things)
But I like yelling :(
... well played
@Tacroy Press ESC in the text box.
04:50
@OrigamiRobot oh didn't know about that one. I click to see where replies were though, if they were in the past
@BenBrocka I stay logged in at home and talk while I'm at work. So when I get home, I have hundreds of pings I've already seen.
Oh I just hit F5 when that happens
Esc is faster
05:05
You'd think people would have the bundle by now and the site would be accessible -.-
Which bundle?
Oh I guess I should use @ so the machine goes ping
@SaintWacko Which bundle?
@SaintWacko The problem is with everyone trying at once very few people will actually get it
@Tacroy ...nothing
Many more will drop out than actually get it
05:08
Ohhh
Gamersgate
That kills the server
yeah I would recommend trying again tomorrow
...what time frame does it run anyway?
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Q: How do I deploy a Sunderer?

Fredy31I've been playing some planetside lately and I can't figure out how to deploy a Sunderer and let my allys spawn. How do I do that? I tried pretty much every key on my keyboard, and they dont seem to work.

@BenBrocka It's called the "Bethesda New Year Collection" apparently
So I would guess it'll run until either the new year, or they run out of keys
@BenBrocka I clicked checkout.
I wonder if I have a gamersgate account
05:26
@Tacroy I do, but I can't remember the damned password
@SaintWacko According to my gmail forensics, I've got an email from them saying that my BlueCoins expired
Which kind of implies I bought something from them at some point in the past
They've got nicer work shoes than that
@Tacroy I don't have any emails from them, but when I tried to sign up it said my username was taken, so that must be me
Hahahaha
@SaintWacko That happens to me so often
But then that's what I get for picking a name from a book
05:31
@Tacroy Heh, yeah
I hadn't realized those books were popular enough to have that problem
Honestly I didn't either
And yet!
@Tacroy Nobody uses OrigamiRobot
@OrigamiRobot I'll show you!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Next big MMO that comes out I'm stealing the name
Muahahahahaha
05:33
I REGRET EVERYTHING
wtf there was a sleigh
why
I didnt see nothin
@Tacroy What do you mean? What sleigh?
There was a sleigh
out of the corner of my eye
On this page
With a dollar sign on it
Where?
05:34
You have brain termites
bren ternits
not ok
hooray
the bren ternits have given me a thingy that will install all your steam games
06:03
woo javascript continuation passing style
06:14
I have now successfully attached three engines to my space station.
Which means it is now mobile.
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Q: Free, browser-based multiplayer RTS games -- do they exist?

David EnglundMy wife and I like to play Age of Empires II and Ages III over our LAN. But we've had a recurring predicament of late: my friend comes over with his Mac, which doesn't run either game. We'd like to have a mini LAN party, but no bananas so far. My friend has tried virtualizing Windows 8 on his mac...

@fbueckert Oooh KSP?
I should buy that
@Tacroy Worth every penny.
@Tacroy Do it
My friend is over with his Mac. My wife and I would like to take him down in an RTS game, but nothing runs on his computer (and ours), and virtualization isn't working for him. Thus, we find ourselves looking for a free, browser-based multiplayer RTS game.
Suggestions?
06:27
@fbueckert @SaintWacko I played the demo for much too long, then I kinda forgot about it.
Now's probably the time
@DavidEnglund Starcraft
@Tacroy The latest version added docking.
@fbueckert I saw that, I saw a youtube video of a guy
And that's how I get to build a bastardized starship.
@DavidEnglund Apparently Spring can run on a Mac
06:28
@fbueckert Who had to make his kerbal literally get out and push
Not browser based, though
@DavidEnglund You're really not going to find anything that matches all three of browser based, rts and multiplayer
Pick two and you can do it, but afaik there's nothing out there with all three
Too picky? I'm trying to get my friend to buy us a couple of Mac computers, but he's not going for it. He should really get himself a Windows computer, but he's one of those
AirMech is soooorta rts browser based
Thanks for the suggestion, guys. I'll check those out.
06:32
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Q: MAME , Metal Slug, and Neo Geo

BrianI am trying to play Metal Slug in mame. I have both mslug.zip and neogeo.zip, both showing up in the games list, but when I try to run Metal Slug, it says I am missing one or more required files. Please help? Thanks.

Hahahahaha
Gaming topics from outside
For something downloaded, you could try 0 A.D..
Or MegaGlest would probably be better.
@DavidEnglund Depending on how crazy he's willing to go you could try LiquidWar
It's a very unique rts
@Tacroy, sweet, I'm going to check out the source for that one. Always interesting to see how people architect games.
@GraceNote oh my god I love Cave so much. Best supermove
Also who the hell put a damage limit in an NIS game
06:48
Man, I need to go to bed, but I'm really enjoying DS9
@BenBrocka That's annoying
Chuh
Why do people say to do Urien's stage first, I can't even get past the spikes
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Q: Would the LoL train work?

RajahWhat would happen if vi ulted a blitzcrank grabbing a nocturn who was ulting an ulting yi running at top speed? LoL train?

@Lazers Good god, that question is complete nonsense
 
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11:14
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Q: Reputation change when killing argon ships in Circle of Labor

Ivan SolntsevI am palaying X3 Albion Prelude(Steam), I started game as Terran Commander, and from start reputation with argon is very low (Enemy of Federation), every ship is hosile to me. Howewer where I destroyed argon ship in war sector (Circle of Labor), there was message "Argon federation thanks you for ...

0
Q: Where do you get fur?

Meraj99A lot of people have been telling me to sell fur to get quick money. I have been looking everywhere to get fur..... but couldn't find any. Where do you get it?

0
Q: If I pre-order HOTS can I give the Beta key to someone else?

Fritz MeissnerIf I pre-order HOTS now, can I give my beta key to someone else to use with their account and then when the game is released properly still play with my own account?

11:27
eugh
11:47
0
Q: Greevil consumable items: usage and meaning?

m0nhawkWhat is the Greevil items used for? I'm talking about current Greevil common consumable items: Kindler's Kit Pile of Coil

 
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12:49
looks like that bethesda collection deal died. I tried pulling it up last night but it was timing out, and it's "coming soon" now
 
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14:02
THANKS GOKU!
@Wipqozn psh. I wish goku had saved the world. I had to do his part for him, lightweight.
@agent86 Lazy Goku.
Arg, KSP just crashed on me
Maybe it's telling me "Go out and buy your mother a Christmas gift!"
14:33
0
Q: Why such an emphasis on last-hitting in DOTA-like games?

Shane WealtiWith respect to game design and mechanics, why is there such an emphasis on the last-hit mechanic in DOTA-like games? Why was last-hitting selected as one of the primary reward pathways? It seems kind of arbitrary that the last person to hit something should get disproportionately rewarded for th...

14:48
First Kerbals in orbit from self-made rocket!
If anyone with a PS3 wants into the God of War: Ascension Beta, here's a key: 66KN-9AN8-BHFB
@fredley Grats!
@fbueckert Didn't save, damnit
15:05
@fredley Didn't save? At least you got a working ship.
@fbueckert Yeah. Was extremely dodge, but it got there
@fredley That's part of the learning process. "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!.......YES!"
And then it's, "Wait. How do I get them back DOWN?"
@fbueckert It's very long and thin, it kept exploding prematurely
@fbueckert Down? They're staying up for now
@fredley Yeah, that's step 2, after you can reliably throw them into space.
15:25
No place like home
And then I accidentally ended the flight
@MBraedley That is the worst
@MBraedley Wait, of the station or the rover?
@GnomeSlice The station
Also, follow up question, do you guys like me?
@MBraedley Ah balls. Was it hard to get there?
15:27
@GnomeSlice I don't dislike you
@MBraedley Well, that's one I suppose.
@GnomeSlice It wasn't too bad. The launch is the hardest part.
I think most of SE does though. I'm pivoting on a six month suspension.
Probably because I curse a lot.
@MBraedley What did you carry it with?
@GnomeSlice 5 engine first stage that could probably use just a little more fuel and a second stage that has slightly too much
@MBraedley screenshot?
Just capture it in the assembly building :P
15:30
16 hours ago, by MBraedley
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@MBraedley This doesn't look right.
I am way too anal to play spacechem sigh
@MBraedley Also, how did you land it?
@GnomeSlice It's not
@agent86 I had that same problem.
15:31
16 hours ago, by MBraedley
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See the engines?
Woooo, more Kerbals in orbit
Ah, right, I thought they were ions. Neat!
@MBraedley one more, what's your moon rover powered by?
@MBraedley This is sickening
@GnomeSlice RCS. That's why it has the big tank on top
@MBraedley Whoa, what? Powered by RCS? That's... an interesting idea.
So you drive it with wasd then?
15:33
Much easier to steer
@GnomeSlice Kinda. The axis is rotated, which is why I have the docking port on the RCS tank. Otherwise the controls are backwards
@MBraedley You should try some of those ant rockets.
@GnomeSlice the tiny radial ones?
@MBraedley No, the tiny not radial ones.
Although the little radial ones might work a little better.
I dunno how much thrust you need.
Also, the tiny radial ones can lift one of those giant orange tanks if you put a single ring of them around the bottom.
@GnomeSlice But I cant control them individually, which makes it difficult to steer. This thing turns on a dime.
@MBraedley How do you 'steer' it anyway?
Can I see a screenshot of it.
15:36
So h is forward, n is back, a and d turn left and right
@MBraedley h and n?
Oh, those control linear RCS jets?
Cool!
@GnomeSlice RCS translation
Sweet, I didn't know that.
@MBraedley How fast does it burn through RCS fuel?
@GnomeSlice It's not too bad, but I'm planning on sending a fuel load later.
There needs to be different wheels than the landing gear.
15:39
@GnomeSlice You can get some from the space port, but I wanted something stock
Time for brunch
15:58
Third set of Kerbals in space. I can do this now.
16:09
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Q: Killing and countering Antimage

MegaNairdaRecently, I'm having trouble killing Antimage (Magina). His low-cooldown blink which allow him to get in/out of team fight makes him an annoying hero, also this hard carry hero really get so strong as the game progresses on and provided he was able to farm well, he will simply dominate each of yo...

> What is this, an engine for ants?
That made me breathe out heavily through my nose
16:42
@fredley lololol
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Q: Assassincs creed 3 DLC multiplayer Trophies

DIegoThe additional trophies in AC3 multiplayer "one for all" "A new challenger appears", "stubborn stunner", and w"wolves for lambs" Are they able to be achieved yet? I heard the DLC isn't available yet? When Does it come out?

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Q: Are the contents of the daily achievement chest missable?

BrysonicIf I earn a chest for completing the daily achievements (pictured below) and don't open it before logging out, will the contents be lost? If not, can I open it with another character on my account?

I was up till 3am trying to buy the Bethesda Collection.
Pages were loading semi-reliably, but they wouldn't send the verification email.
16:55
Good morning, Bridge
@OrigamiRobot And now it's over. Boo.
I know :(
Now to throw another set of engines into space.
And see if multidocking works.
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Okay, must go out and buy beer and my mother a gift certificate. And shower. Not necessarily in that order.
@MBraedley You're buying beer a gift certificate?
17:11
@OrigamiRobot Stop twisting my words. You know what I mean
I am a robot.
Morning, Bridge.
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Q: Do 'higher tier' cars give better stats?

DavidYellSo I've been using the Nissan GTR Egoist for the whole game so far and have unlocked all the mods on it and all the pro mods. I recently got the Porsche spyder 918 concept and I'm curious to know that if I unlock all the mods on this car, or similarly any of the Most Wanted list cars, will they ...

@Fluttershy G'morning
@Fluttershy I refuse to accept that it's morning.
17:18
@MBraedley It's the 22nd. We survived the end of the world.
Boy, I bet any practicing Mayans have egg on their faces today!
Close to my first Mun encounter
How do I retarget the view? Really hard to do things with it centered on the planet
2 hours ago, by MBraedley
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Beat ya too it
@MBraedley Fuck you :-P
@fredley What are you looking to do exactly?
@MBraedley As I zoom in and out, view is centered on planet. I wish for it to be centered elsewhere, preferably on my ship
17:20
@fredley I think it's [ and ]
or maybe tab
Also, how do I clear all manoevers?
It is tab
I don't think there's an easy way. Just click on the expired manuever's x button. Right click on future manuevers to enable the x.
I have set one, but I think something's gone wrong, I can't find it, so can't click x button
I think you can switch away (to space centre if necessary) and then back. That might clear it
Cocks, I've run out of fuel anyway
:'-(
So close
Any tips on avoiding this particular problem?
17:26
@fredley Bring more fuel.
@OrigamiRobot Thanks
Use a more efficient engine.
Something with a higher specific impulse.
@SaintWacko There's ways to break it (at least there's one way to break it) and lots of attacks have many many hits so you can easily deal over 9999 with one skill...but I was very surprised to see 9999 damage in an NIS game
@fredley is that actually an expression
17:44
@OrigamiRobot bring more coc--wait no
@BenBrocka Whatever floats his boat
Whatever fuels your spacecraft
@BenBrocka Which game is this?
@fbueckert hyperdimention neptunia mk2
However I just discovered Cave's special attack hits like 200 times each time so 9999 per hit is less of a problem
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Q: How do I make an automatic server backup in Minecraft?

Jeffrey LinThere is no built-in implementation in a Vanilla Minecraft server to force a save every X minutes, then back up the files into a folder. I would like a script or something else (maybe a plugin that's configurable) to do this for me. I know how to do log rotations and I can also do a normal backup...

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Q: Pokémon: Can a Starly inherit a Staravia/Staraptor's Hidden Ability once it evolves?

Rodrigo SalgadoI just noticed Starly doesn't have a Hidden Ability, but its evolutions, Staravia and Staraptor, do. So if I were to breed a female Staravia/Staraptor correctly (not using a Ditto), would the offspring Starly have a 60% chance of evolving into a Staravia that knows its species's hidden ability, R...

18:04
@Mana I do actually use this a lot, out loud
@fredley hm...
Ugh the same question title filter is extremely stupid on Arqade
@Mana Usually prefixed by 'Oh'
Success! I just attached another three engine block to my station via six docking ports.
18:19
@fredley I more meant, could we tone the language down a bit?
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Q: What does Luck do in Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2?

Ben BrockaI can't find any mention of what the Luck (LUK) stat actually does. It's not on the Wiki and I couldn't find anything about it in the in-game help menu. I have the other stats figured out but "Luck" is always a wishy-washy stat in RPGs. What does LUK do? Does it increase drop chance? Does it imp...

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Q: Disable the "question with the same title" filter on Arqade

Ben BrockaWhen trying to ask What does Luck do in Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2? I found there was already a question titled "What does luck do?" No biggie, it was a completely different game (tag based suggestions already please). But I found I couldn't submit the question with that title because another qu...

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Q: Have map rotate to be the direction you are looking

Mathew FoscariniIn Battlefield 3 is there a way to have the map shown in the hub always point the direct you are facing? So as you turn so does the map. EDIT: I'm referring to when the map is enlarged by pressing 'M'

18:48
@Lazers I don't get why looking through the settings menu is so difficult.
@fredley I'm getting a six month suspension for shit like that
stuff like that
@GnomeSlice Swearing and being offensive are different things
@fredley How am I offensive
@GnomeSlice I didn't say you were
@fredley Then why am I about to get a 6 month suspension.
@GnomeSlice I don't know, I had nothing to do with it
18:53
@fredley ewfwfwefwefwefw
@fredley Oh, did you ever get to see my Spleef map?
@GnomeSlice No, sorry :(
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Q: How do I prevent my fingers from hurting when playing fighting games with a gamepad?

Ansis MalinsI'm practicing for when Fighting is Magic comes out and I bought a pair of Sega Saturn USB game pads which, the Internet says, are the best ones for fighting games. They're pretty good alright, but my left thumb starts to hurt soon from doing quarter and half circles. What's wrong and how do I de...

19:07
Huh did they take down the gamersgate bethseda thing?
@BenBrocka Aw, man, they did! Back to costing $320. Damnit!
And it says Coming Soon to boot
Ugh, apparently that low price was a price mistake
If I had just known my login information, I probably could have gotten one :(
Hmm, I should probably call my parents and tell them I won't be home in time for supper.
@BenBrocka Yeah, it was a mistake apparently.
> Due to an error in our system the price for this bundle was incorrect and lower than it should have been. The bundle offer has therefore been taken down and it is no longer avaialbe for purchase.
19:21
@GnomeSlice That sucks for them
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@SaintWacko You can still get it on Steam for $95...
Bah
@GnomeSlice Yeah, but the only things I want from it are Dishonored and Skyrim
@GnomeSlice not surprising really
@SaintWacko Same, and I have Dishonored. And I'd probably get bored of Skrim just like Oblivion
I played Morrowind for a billion hours and that's probably enough TES for me for a long time
@BenBrocka Oblivion is a lot less boring if you use Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul
It makes the game tougher
A lot tougher
I don't know if there's something similar for Skyrim
I'm sure there is in some way or another
19:27
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Q: Can't find my quarried stone I just purchased

Saif BechanSo I just downloaded and installed Skyrim Hearthfire. Everything went well, I bought my first plot, build my house, brought Lydia there to be my steward. As she was my steward I bought lunmber and stone form her, and it was always in the outside chest where I do the construction. I was not setis...

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Q: Q.U.B.E. on Mac on just one display

MailoHow can i make Q.U.B.E using just one display? I've tried turn off fullscreen, but it just scale down the viewport of the game, but i am still in the OSX fullscreen layout.

Part of my problem was the lowered variety in environments and I really liked some of the skills they removed
I went from a "dragoon" character with max jump and spear to...where'd spear and jump go?!
@BenBrocka Hm... My first TES game was Oblivion
mine was morrowind, also played Arena (afterwards, Bethseda made it free) and Oblivion
@BenBrocka There are still neither of those in Skyrim.
I figured. They seemed to intentionally remove some skills to keep it simpler, and removed things like Jump and levitate for fear they'd break the 3D layout of levels (they do)
19:30
There's dual wielding though and crossbows with DLC.
@Ullallulloo Ooh, crossbows!
Was never a fan of bows
Are the crossbows only available in the DLC, or can you get them in the normal game if you have the DLC?
I tend to play as a sneaky archer
@SaintWacko I have no idea. I don't actually have the DLC.
@Ullallulloo Oh, okay
Man, I want to play Dishonored, but I don't feel like spending $30 on it
19:32
@SaintWacko I'm sure you could take them OUT of the DLC but they may only be obtainable in he DLC area; that's how oblivion/etc were
@BenBrocka Alright, that's what I was wondering
After Googleing it, it seems that you can only get--yeah, what he said.
19:47
Why do idiots think a loud car stereo is the be all and end all of an awesome car?
Some of the most awesome cars don't even have a stereo.
19:59
@Wipqozn Hey, you can remove gems from items.
Some guys appeared in the Enclave after that last quest.
20:12
...This is not what it looked like on my Berzerker.
wat
20:33
Video games are the only place where something that's clearly been designed with form over function can still be functional. Awesome.
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Q: Using both Minecraft and Minecraft-Tekkit tags?

YawusWhen I have a question to ask about the Tekkit pack for Minecraft, should I tag my question with both minecraft and minecraft-tekkit or just minecraft-tekkit? Speaking from my experience with StackOverflow, we specifically discourage tagging both java and android in one question, as the question ...

Woo, Pegbord Nerds on GQ
(6 months ago)
@GnomeSlice What's the pet's name?
@SaintWacko It's clearly... Ron.
@RavenDreamer Ron?
20:46
You've never heard of... Siegfried and Ron? :P
@RavenDreamer ...
:P
Ron's their go to guy when Roy is sick.
user30
Still got loads of Dota 2 invites
Hm.
Where's Ronan been? I haven't seen him about, lately.
user30
He has exams in January, possibly working
20:55
Yea, @Raven. Remember exams?
@OrigamiRobot Vaguely. I remember them often being on my birthday, which was unfortunate.
Oh, sweet, jesus, it's working.

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