The Bridge

fbueckert

17:00

@LessPop_MoreFizz Man, if we flagged for the same reason, we'd never talk about anything.

Grace Note

Don't make me flag you for not talking about gaming but instead talking about how we flag us not talking about gaming.

fredley

@fbueckert Gaming is off topic in this chat room

fbueckert

Massive stockpile of weapons found in Ontario home

@fredley That'd be the day. "Oh, no! He's talking about gaming! Quick, flag him!"

fredley

@fbueckert The medieval cannon just peeking in the left hand side of the image is the best

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

►

fredley

17:04

@fbueckert This actually happened

fbueckert

Wow. He used to be a member of the RCMP.

So he definitely knew better.

@fredley Seriously?

Ronan Forman

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Any reason you're posting that now?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

No, not really. Just that the song got stuck in my head. Again.

Ronan Forman

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It's quite a good song.

fredley

@fbueckert It all kicks off around here:

Apr 11 '12 at 13:31, by tiddy

Gaming Discussion

Chat about gaming and games. No discussions about G.SE policy ...

Sterno

17:06

That just makes me miss @Gnomeslice

fredley

Apr 11 '12 at 13:45, by fredley

Now that actual Gaming chat takes place elsewhere, is this room just for discussion of G.SE policy/users?

fbueckert

@fredley Hey, I was probably around for that time.

That split lasted for a whole day.

fredley

@fbueckert The great divide

fbueckert

@fredley It didn't even have barbed wire, or guns!

fredley

@fbueckert It had @GnomeSlice

Coronus

17:12

@fbueckert But it should have. That would make a great story.

fbueckert

@Coronus Leaping the off-topic walls, dodging the policy discussions, and finally, in gaming nirvana.

Which quickly turns out to be a wasteland.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Hrump, you know what, no. This is just awful. I don't think it's going to work at all.

Sterno

4

Q: Is there a new mini-game in HOTS?

After quickly glancing at the achievements before heading to work this morning, I didn't find any achievements that would indicate that a new mini-game has been introduced in Heart of the Swarm. I'm wondering if there is indeed a new mini-game. In Wings of Liberty there was the "The Lost Viking"...

starcraft-2

A) I don't really like that question.

B) I don't like "Please don't include spoilers in the answer" (which pretty much means he just wants a "yes" or "no")

Grace Note

@Sterno We have spoiler markup that should be enough to tide the fellow over.

Sterno

C) I'm a grumpy curmudgeon.

That spoiler markup drives me nuts when I'm viewing the site on my iPad

"Oh, look, here's the answer.... which I can't view!"

Grace Note

17:23

I take it you weren't too fond of the answer I posted, then?

(Though, I've been meaning to suggest we rename that question, since Pasarans are less bunnies and more balls of fluff)

Lazers

0

Q: What is in Blizzard's Cloud?

When installing SC2 on a new computer, some things are preserved when you log into your old account. I thought save games were one of them, but apparently not. This naturally leads to the question, what IS stored in the cloud. Achievements seem to be, but not campaign progess. Are replays? ...

starcraft-2

1

Q: Is Heart of the Swarm backward compatible?

I don't have Heart of the Swarm, and I don't plan on purchasing it in the immediate future. However, I know that some of my Battle.net friends have gotten it. Will they still be able to play Wings of Liberty matches with me, dropping all of the changes made by the expansion? Edit: If nothing els...

starcraft-2

1

Q: What bonus experience can you get?

I have just completed my first multiplayer game in the new expansion where you recive xp for doing different things. I got 25% bonus XP for playing with friends, are there other things I can do to get bonus XP like this?

starcraft-2

Sterno

@GraceNote I happened to view that on my PC so never noticed. :)

But yeah, on my iPad, that would suck.

Either that or I just don't know the magic way of making the hidden text appear on it

20

Q: Cannot view spoilers on iPad when logged in

I am viewing this question on my iPad: Is there an explanation for Amy Pond's selective remembering of people? How do I view the spoilers on the question? There is no way for me to "hover over" the spoiler - neither tapping nor sliding works to show the spoilers... Steps to reproduce Op...

bug ipad spoilers

Apparently you can see spoilers if you're logged out. Weird.

Grace Note

@Sterno ...what

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Sterno I really don't think it's possible that would make a difference

fbueckert

@Sterno That username just screwed the formatting. Couldn't load the gravatar.

Oh, a refresh got it.

Sterno

17:29

Still looks messed up to me

James

@Sterno You can usually click and hold to get mouse-over effects on touch pad web browsers FYI

Sterno

@James I know. Doesn't seem to work on SE

(when logged in, anyway, so it seems)

James

@Sterno Bleh, that sucks.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Still looks like ass

I'm not sure if I can fix it.

user15026

What needs fixing?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

17:35

This... thing. Ugh.

user15026

What about it?

Dan Hulme

@Lazers snow!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

First, I can't even get the shape right. It doesn't look very much like the source image.

SaintWacko

How was this not speculation?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Second, the words. The arrangement is poor - the positioning and the colors don't work well together

Then the words themselves. I can't think of enough, so I'm pulling in words at random. They don't share a common theme. It's confused, and messy.

Maybe I just need more practice, or maybe I'm not doing this right.

James

17:39

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That leaves me with a o.O on my face

Dan Hulme

@YiJiang'sEvilClone For the words on the edges, you need the height of the word to depend on the slope of the edge there. The closer to vertical the edge is, the taller you can make the word. Don't vary the height on an edge unless the slope changes.

James

@YiJiang'sEvilClone What are you trying to do?

fbueckert

@SaintWacko 'tis.

Slipped through the cracks, it looks like.

SaintWacko

Right, then

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@James Failing to create a typography image, which is basically recreating the image with text.

James

17:46

@YiJiang'sEvilClone What image?

fbueckert

Also, if anyone's a fan of 4X games, check out StarDrive.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley In FTB? Nope.

user15026

Holy crap my laptop is running hot

user15026

one of the spots where I rest my hand is actively warm to the touch

Lazers

0

Q: Do you always get a set number of reinforcements in the mission Supreme?

In the mission Supreme you now and then get reinforcements, I ended up with 12 units (not counting Kerrigan) each time. Can you get more units if your don't loose any on your way or is it always back to 12? If it makes a difference I played on hard.

starcraft-2

0

Q: Is there a way to rebind keys?

I was wondering if theres a way in "sots-the-pit" to rebind the keys because i cant seem to find any way to. If not have the devs given any information that there will be a way to rebind the keys in the future. Or am i just blind :<

sots-the-pit

0

Q: Changing what to do with Jack's students in Mass Effect 3 with Gib Save Editor

I was finishing my Play-though of mass effect, and I was going for a full "Paragon" ending. Then I realized I made a mistake and picked renegade for jacks students you save at Grissom academy. I had them go to an "attack role" when i need them to be "support" I don't mind if the war assets change...

mass-effect-3

James

17:59

@AshleyNunn :O I have a little fan by my laptop just in case it gets warm :)

@Lazers Rock on with the non SC2 questions!

user15026

@James I need to get something for this

Zero Stack

@AshleyNunn amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2243862011

:P

user15026

I need something for a tiny netbook

Retrosaur

Can we get some people

to close this?

Dan Hulme

@AshleyNunn I hear you can get pills for that over the internet

Retrosaur

18:02

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2929/…

Zero Stack

@AshleyNunn newegg.com/Product/…-pla--Laptop+Accessories-_-N82E16834997817&gclid=CKDB3MLh97UCFa9aMgod9wMAIw\

Retrosaur

@DanHulme P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PILLS HERE

user15026

@DanHulme .... no comment

Sterno

@AshleyNunn I ended up buying a $8 wooden cutting board to put my laptop on so that it doesn't burn my lap while I'm using it.

Retrosaur

@Sterno Many thanks for Portal

I really enjoyed playing it.

user15026

18:04

@Sterno My main problem is the heat coming off the top - it rests on a desk most of the time so I don't really have to worry about the bottom

Retrosaur

Although it was rather quick.

Ben Brocka

My laptop's pleasantly cool. Low voltage proc + SSD does wonders to keep the heat down

Retrosaur

@AshleyNunn Are you looking for a fan? I know some really good ones

Zero Stack

Am I the only one that doesnt play SC2 ? :/

Retrosaur

@ZeroStack Nope, not the only one.

user15026

18:05

@ZeroStack I don't.

Retrosaur

At least, I don't as well.

SaintWacko

@ZeroStack Neither do I

Ben Brocka

@ZeroStack I'm Spartacus

Zero Stack

whao, okay I take back that statement lol

user15026

@BenBrocka This is just a tiny samsung netbook - nothing special

Dan Hulme

18:05

This question has been closed to prevent "me too!" answers by new users

Zero Stack

@BenBrocka lol

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn never had a netbook myself

Zero Stack

I just added the mute like feature on SC2.... almost the entire feed is grayed lol /sigh.

user15026

@BenBrocka I find this one useful for classwork - tiny, light, running Ubuntu - saves me hauling something bigger

Ben Brocka

@ZeroStack you can hide 'em completely

Zero Stack

18:07

but its expected with its release and the prizes.

@BenBrocka go on....

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn I hauled around my tablet PC. The toshiba was crap but the LEnovo is still lovely, though slightly old at this point

Sconibulus

non-starcraft questions are getting minimal love

user15026

I want this but the shipping is too much (almost as much as the blanket)

Ben Brocka

@ZeroStack use the "prefs" tab at the top of your user page

user15026

@Sconibulus I got a pile of upvotes on my RCT question yesterday/today

Ben Brocka

18:08

there's a "hide ignored tags" thing

2

user15026

@BenBrocka I have never had a tablet

Zero Stack

@Sconibulus second.

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn Was wonderful for jotting down votes. Induction pens are awesome

Ullallulloo

kill

Zero Stack

@BenBrocka I love you.

Ben Brocka

18:09

@ZeroStack I get that a lot

user15026

@BenBrocka I like the idea but they are easier for me to kill. I need something that can handle rough touch.

fbueckert

@Ullallulloo Kill him dead.

user15026

(I am hard on my electronics)

Zero Stack

@AshleyNunn giggity?

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Looks like Pandora's Tower got delayed. :(

Zero Stack

18:10

random question: Does anyone else here have gamefly?

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn tablet PCs are built pretty solid. And Lenovo's warranty coverage is amazing

user15026

@fbueckert sadface

user15026

@BenBrocka Good to know

Ben Brocka

As a B2B company they'll forgive just about anything you do and fix it

user15026

Not that I can afford to replace any of my stuff :P

fbueckert

18:10

@AshleyNunn Only a couple weeks, but it's no longer being released this month.

Ben Brocka

@ZeroStack I had it years ago, it was pretty cool, stopped doing it when I went to college

user15026

@fbueckert A couple weeks is acceptable

user15026

Not that I will have my wii anytime soon..... :(

Zero Stack

@BenBrocka Well I ask, just because of something that just happened to me a few days ago via gamefly. So my gameQ has ~40-50 games in it and 1-10 are newer games. I ended up purchasing my current checked out game (fable journey) and it autosent me the next game.... which was around #14 or so on my list.

I was like... wait what? Contacted their support and they said its based off availability at 'my' shipping center.

Ben Brocka

If it can't fill your top game it tries the next until it finds something they have in stock

Zero Stack

18:13

Right, but their stock showed average or high - which confused me.

Ben Brocka

Maybe it's not tied to the right shipping center? Mine was Chicago so they usually had most things

Zero Stack

so shipping is a higher priority than the game order persay.

Ben Brocka

I think they wont' delay shipping, so they'll immediately send out whatever's availible

So it's good to have a large queue

And older games are more likely to be availible

Zero Stack

well when i talked to them via chat online, they told me that If the game isnt available specifically at my shipping center - they would go in order down the Q which searches inventory of that game at that center. So .... I am wondering cant they just ship it from a different center across the US? I am okay if mail time is +1-3 more days... Idk it seemed kinda derpy to me.

@AshleyNunn hows the semester treating you?

Ben Brocka

But then you have (apparently high demand) games out there on the road for longer, which increases wait time for everyone. Not sure how many people would rather wait than get the next available game ASAP though

fredley

18:20

@OrigamiRobot No, IRL

Zero Stack

@BenBrocka true

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I know the general principle of how they work. Beyond that, no.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot ok

James

@fredley Direwolf pack or Mindcrack?

fredley

@James dw20

James

18:24

@fredley k, my answer is up for ya :)

fredley

@James Awesome, thanks

@James You should join the arqade server

James

@fredley I dislike the DW pack :)

I prefer the mindcrack

fredley

@James Eh, fair enough

James

@fredley Yeah I missed the voting on the pack when the server was set up :/

fredley

@James What don't you like?

James

18:28

@fredley Hmm Probably nothing too especial now.. the two packs have gone closer together and we have just made it an all out server.. But we slimmed down like 20 mods out of direwolf or like 2 from Mindcrack and added in mystcraft :)

Not a huge fan of the MFFS

EE

GraviSuite

MiscPeripherials

... But we do use them now.. I just ignore them

(we have a very slimmed down server with a challenging mod set and then an all out FTB server, Mindcrack ++ now)

fredley

@James Yeah I use Gravi but not others

James

I simply refuse to play with out Bibliocraft any more

That mod is just very very awesome for builders :)

@fredley Gave a quick edit for server side concerns

fredley

@James That mod does look very cool

James

I think it took around 800 villagers stuck in a building to spike the server at 100% CPU, but it is of note this is a known cause of CPU eating.

@fredley I started using it when it was just shelves, the new desks are awesome. I can not wait to see what else comes :)

fredley

@James Yeah, MC has lacked a really good furniture mod

Unionhawk

18:33

I quite enjoy MiscPeripherals myself. Finding it hard to not use while true loops though...

Sterno

Just got home, launched SC2, and it tells me it wants 15-60 minutes to "optimize" the game before I can play. WTF.

James

@fredley RP2 pipes (And probably buildcraft pipes) can feed items to the shelves :D

I am in the middle of setting up a sorting system (worked on it this morning)

@Unionhawk We have a blaze farm with the bottom of the 'cone' surrounded by battle turtles

Ben Brocka

@Sterno I love steam's preloading

James

They use no power and kill them very quickly

...I think we get level 30 in roughly 45 s?

But the MiscPeripherials really makes the turtles too god like if you like a challenging game

Unionhawk

@James Yup. Though I've found that while true loops tend to stop after a while (for good reason)

James

18:35

@Unionhawk That they do

But we reset the server every 24hrs

So they need to be started again

and I am smart enough to do a sleep(.2) :D

Lazers

0

Q: What different kinds of rocket jumping techniques are there?

I've seen countless jump map videos where players effortlessly glide in midair, through long distances. How do these players perform these jumps? What different kinds of rocket jumping techniques are there?

team-fortress-2

3

Q: Do I need my Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty disk for Heart of the Swarm?

I understand that I need to own Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty to play Heart of the Swarm, but I'm not sure where my disk is. If I can't find it, do I need to buy WoL again before I can play HotS?

starcraft-2

1

Q: How can I get rid of a lot of wisps?

So I think I placed a quarry near a corrupt node, which meant it got chunk loaded. There are... a few wisps now... Is there a way to get rid of them, or should I leave this forsaken place and take my quarries elsewhere?

minecraft minecraft-ftb

Grace Note

There are Wisps now?

Unionhawk

@James I've found even with a sleep(1) it'll go for too long without yielding sometimes. And the only help I can find on this regards computers waiting for redstone signals...

James

@GraceNote Thaumcraft

Unionhawk

And mine's refreshing a nuclear information monitor

James

18:37

@Unionhawk Yeah I want to make it so you have to stand on a platform to turn the turtles on :)

Grace Note

You're either surprised, or not surprised, at how uninformative that singular word is to me.

James

@GraceNote Oh sorry

fredley

@GraceNote It's a mod

Part of Feed The Beast

Grace Note

Ah.

James

@GraceNote There is a mod called Thaumcraft that adds magical research and some really neat items to the games, One of the drawbacks is a lot of your actions will cause bad effects in areas, one of which is spawning of wisps.. which float around and zap you in the ass.

fredley

18:43

@GraceNote It's based on the way magic works in the Discworld, roughly

Grace Note

I see

Sconibulus

@fredley You mean "Anything that makes the story interesting?"

fredley

@Sconibulus More like, using magic causes reality to wear thin

SaintWacko

@fredley Then the creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions can get in

fredley

@SaintWacko Quite

SaintWacko

18:50

I hadn't ever thought of that comparison before

That makes me like Thaumcraft even better

BoltClock

What is Retrosaur doing?

Grace Note

@BoltClock What do you mean?

BoltClock

@GraceNote The front page is full of TF2 questions he's edited to remove "in Team Fortress 2" from the title. I can't figure out why such an edit is necessary

Grace Note

@BoltClock It isn't necessary.

Dan Hulme

@BoltClock Maybe he just wanted to displace all the SC2 questions.

BoltClock

18:56

@DanHulme Yeah, I should have said the front page is half-full ;)

Grace Note

I don't think Team Fortress 2 is a title so unwieldy that it needs to be trimmed, which basically makes the process unnecessary application.

Daniel Palamarchuk

the answerswarm contest is really driving people crazy!

BoltClock

1

Q: RollerCoaster Tycoon - jump from one end of a coaster to the other while building?

In RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe, when I'm building a roller coaster, sometimes I screw up somewhere in the middle and have to bulldoze to fix it. When I bulldoze to create a break in the track, I often find that I have to fix the track before the break, then click the little "next section" arrow ...

roller-coaster-tycoon

This on the other hand...

Grace Note

In fact, I'm pretty sure it was not even two weeks ago that I was telling people right in this room that we needn't worry about game titles that are included organically.

BoltClock

@GraceNote Dammit, Retrosaur.

Grace Note

18:58

Yeah, so I did in fact bring it up.

Or, more relevantly, I supported the answers, especially Fabian's, when the topic was talked about in chat.

fbueckert

I can't make heads or tails of this, beyond just separating it out.

Grace Note

@fbueckert It's essentially the same as the accepted answer.

BoltClock

1

Q: Why is Roller Coaster Tycoon displaying a black screen on startup with Windows 7 64-bit?

I know there is a similar question to this one, but the person asking that question was running the game on a virtual machine on a Mac. I'm currently trying to run it on an HP Pavilion dv7 quad core with a Radeon 6770M graphics card and a Core i7 processor. I've tried different compatibility sett...

technical-issues roller-coaster-tycoon

Stuff like this is what's preventing me from upgrading to Windows 7 x64

fbueckert

@GraceNote Sounds like he's trying to explain something or other.

I can't figure out what it is, though.

Grace Note

@fbueckert It just includes the step for defining the Region.

Basically, it's saying "Define the Region as "test"", which sets the ID that you need for the accepted answer.

fbueckert

19:04

@GraceNote Ah, ok. That makes sense.

Wow, that's a crappy answer, then.

Zero explanation at all.

Grace Note

Yes, yes it is.

Lazers

0

Q: When does first win of the day bonus reset?

At what time does the daily bonus reset? I am personally mostly interested in EU region's reset.

starcraft-2

Dan Hulme

Quite tempted to ask a starcraft-2 question asking if all SC2 players are losers trying to game the system :-|

fbueckert

@DanHulme Yeah, don't do that.

Sconibulus

I've been tempted to ask a very-specific sounding question mentioning late-game units to get yelled at for spoilers

fbueckert

19:13

We have site promotions so that we become the de-facto place to find information.

Dan Hulme

@fbueckert It's alright, I think I already know the answer anyway

Sconibulus

like "After evolving ultralisk spines, are they able to withstand the hellbat swarm on Charr?"

Grace Note

If you've gotten that far already, it's everyone else who hasn't caught up with you. ♪

Sconibulus

[spoiler] "Does this prevent the capture of Kerrigan" [/spoiler]

Grace Note

I would, however, note that the live chat is a pretty mean place to post spoilers, especially for just-releases. Usually we make a room for that kind of thing.

Brian

19:22

I feel that some of these sc2 questions should be tagged battle.net

and some of these questions I recognize from when the first one came out

Dan Hulme

@Brian lol

so StarCraft 2 is just WarCraft 2 in space, right?

Brian

no?

Sconibulus

Oh, those are not real, unless I'm really lucky

That's what I was saying, I'm tempted to post questions that look real and spoilerish but are complete fantasy

murgatroid99

@Sconibulus Why would you do that?

SaintWacko

0

Q: Is it possible for 4 dungeons to join together in minecraft

In Minecraft, I had found a few regular dungeons, on a Youtube video video, I saw a double dungeon and on the Wiki I found out that triple dungeons can spawn. Just then I thought "Can a quadruple dungeon spawn?" I researched it for some time and the Wiki doesn't seem to have to have it... Also, ...

minecraft

Did we decide that "Is x possible" questions are bad?

murgatroid99

19:27

@SaintWacko I think this one is OK because he's extrapolating reasonably from something that is possible

SaintWacko

@murgatroid99 I guess any further extrapolation can be closed as a duplicate of that one

Jason Berkan

@fredley - May I be whitelisted on the Minecraft server, SVP?

murgatroid99

@SaintWacko The main question of that seems to be "What is the limit for dungeons to spawn together?", and that seems like a fine question

SaintWacko

@murgatroid99 To troll, of course

fredley

@JasonBerkan ign?

Sconibulus

19:28

@murgatroid99 mostly to see what would happen

murgatroid99

@SaintWacko The further extrapolation is in that question too

@Sconibulus A question about something that doesn't actually happen in the game would simply be closed as "Not a Real Question"

Sconibulus

I wonder how long it might take though

Jason Berkan

@fredley XantheTerra I believe.

murgatroid99

@Sconibulus As soon as one person realized it was fake, they would tell this chat and it would take a few minutes

badp

Who calleth me from my aftenoonly slumber

murgatroid99

19:30

@Sconibulus Then it would probably deleted because it would be irredeemable

fredley

@JasonBerkan Done

Sconibulus

fair enough

Jason Berkan

@fredley Thanks.

murgatroid99

@Sconibulus You'd probably also piss several of us off for purposely wasting our time

Brian

tag ocd sigh im going to crawl in a hole until this sc2 event is over

haha

Jason Berkan

19:39

@fredley - I lied. It is "Xanthe_Terra".

fredley

@JasonBerkan Done

SaintWacko

@murgatroid99 Exactly

Lazers

1

Q: Is it possible for 4 dungeons to join together in minecraft

In Minecraft, I had found a few regular dungeons, on a Youtube video video, I saw a double dungeon and on the Wiki I found out that triple dungeons can spawn. Just then I thought "Can a quadruple dungeon spawn?" I researched it for some time and the Wiki doesn't seem to have to have it... Also, ...

minecraft

0

Q: Campaigns on Different Servers

Last night they took down the NA servers before I got a chance to play to log in. So I changed my region to EU and was able to login and begin the HOTS campaign just to get the starting feel and to see what the campaign achievements are. When I switch my region back to US will my campaign data s...

starcraft-2

0

Q: Why does it say on Skyrim that i already have a follower?

I recently had a follower which was a house carl but I killed her, and then i recruited Farkas the companion and killed him, he was my last follower. And it cant be anything to do with quests because ive finished pretty much all of them. PS. I killed them because they wouldn't be my steward for m...

skyrim

Wipqozn

6

@agent86 @AshleyNunn ^

fredley

19:55

@JasonBerkan problems?

Jason Berkan

@fredley Nope. I'm at work, so I was just making certain everything was installed correctly.

I'll login tonight when I get home.

Ullallulloo

That's official, btw.

fbueckert

@Ullallulloo PETA needs to share whatever it is they're smoking.

Jason Berkan

@fredley And I can guarantee I will be completely lost. I've only played vanilla Minecraft up to this point.

fredley

@JasonBerkan It doesn't take too long to get into it

@JasonBerkan Lots of people around to help

Michel

20:05

Lovely <3 ie6countdown.com

It's good walk around [MSO](meta.stackoverflow.com/a/168890/159220)...
1. Only flag when you absolutely can't solve the problem yourself (via voting, editing, commenting)
2. Only edit when you are substantially improving the post
3. If 1 & 2 aren't applicable, chances are there isn't a problem to begin with or that it's so minor that you shouldn't really be wasting any time on it.

Fluttershy

I seem to have a game stuck in my Downloads queue on Steam...

user15026

@zerostack the semester is dragging me through hot coals unprotected and then over spikes and laughing.

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy Try and validate/verify it's files? Sometimes that helps

badp

At least there's no tar and feathers involved @ashley

Dan Hulme

@Fluttershy Yeah, when I reinstalled Steam and then "installed" the apps from the existing files, they all got stuck with the "Download paused" message, but still worked fine.

RedRiderX

20:13

Gnomeslice has some spare steam keys from the current Humble Bundle, if anyone is interested.

user15026

@badp not yet anyhow

Dan Hulme

@badp That only happens in finals

StrixVaria

@Michel DAMMIT CHINA

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Michel

@StrixVaria Eeyup

About SimCity... anyone knows if there is a "demo" where I can make a "test-drive" of the game? =X

Never played that kind of game before, not in a mood to spend $100 in something that I don't play...

Lazers

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Q: Starcraft HotS: Can I save my campaign on computer 1, and then continue on computer 2?

Is it possible to somehow save your campaign progress in StarCraft 2: HotS to a cloud, so I can access it from multiple computers?

starcraft-2 save-games cloud

0

Q: Why did I not get achievement for completing the mission?

I just completed the mission Fire in the sky, why did I not receive the achievement for doing this?

starcraft-2

Sconibulus

20:18

wow, lots of questions about multiple computers

tiddy

@Michel Is there a specific reason you used quotes where you did

Ben Brocka

@Michel You can always buy one of the earlier, better ones :P

Grace Note

@Michel Apparently no one plays it, from what I've heard about it. ♪

Fluttershy

@Michel You mean can't play, right?

Ullallulloo

@Michel The Tropico games are pretty similar.

Michel

20:25

@tiddy I understand test-drive as a way to test cars, games use beta or something similar (my POV).

fbueckert

@BenBrocka And any of the other games are better.

And I DO mean any.

Michel

@BenBrocka Lol? how come the older is better than the new?

Ben Brocka

@Michel I just love that a microsoft site has "death to ie6" in the <title>

tiddy

@Michel There is no simcity "demo"

fbueckert

@Michel None of the others have always online DRM.

Michel

20:26

@GraceNote Your flame maker... (aka flamer)

Grace Note

@Michel ...eh?

Michel

@Fluttershy LOL

@GraceNote someone that what to watch the world burn. just adding few words at the right moment at the right place =P

Grace Note

If @Fluttershy's referring to what I think he is, I'm referring to the exact same thing.

I have no interest in watching the world burn.

Michel

@BenBrocka Rolf

Ullallulloo

@Michel Bigger maps and no DRM that stops everyone from playing.

Michel

20:28

@GraceNote Ahhh =(

bwarner

So is there going to be a 100k party tomorrow?

Grace Note

@Michel The phrase can be used the same way here. Certainly its origin is in vehicular transport, but you can test-drive software and the like.

Michel

@GraceNote Eeyup! That is an example of flamer =) (that is not something bad or wrong if it done as a Joke xD)

@GraceNote I imagined that, but I used the quotes "just in case" (Ok, I didn't resist to use quotes ... =X)

Grace Note

I'm more of a Snarker. Raven and I even have our own Saturday Morning Cartoon show for that.

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Michel

LOL

@GraceNote Ok, I didn't knew that word in English =X but Yes, that is the point that I was trying to reach. Going to use it from now on. Thanks =)

Ben Brocka

20:32

@GraceNote Booooring

badp

@GraceNote want

wow, this is new

Grace Note

"Shark & Snark"

badp

Ullallulloo

@badp What's that with?

badp

@Ullallulloo TF2

Grace Note

20:38

...that's new indeed.

Fluttershy

@badp Oh, Steam got SimCity?

tiddy

server update?

Ullallulloo

wha?

Grace Note

@Fluttershy Pffffhaaaaaa

badp

Well, TF2 is switching to a new content delivery system

I dunno if it is switching as we speak however

Dan Hulme

20:39

@badp sending you a disk in the post?

badp

"Appears they have fixed the issue. If you have this issue all you need to do is to restart Steam."

@DanHulme support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7388-QPFN-2491

Fluttershy

My front page is covered in ignored tags. <_<

Dan Hulme

@Fluttershy see the starred messages ->

Zero Stack

@AshleyNunn ughhh that sounds horrible !

Fluttershy

@DanHulme So much nicer!

badp

20:44

So who got the diamond on SO?

Awwwwww. No Popular Demand? Seriously? :/

BoltClock

in 2013 Stack Overflow Moderator Election on Stack Overflow Chat, 45 mins ago, by Tim Stone

> Winners are ChrisF, Gordon, Flexo, and Andrew Barber.

badp

In the meantime ChrisF is one step closer to getting elected into employeedom

5 diamonds, god damn.

(meant as in "Dayumn. Respect.", not as in "Damn this guy.")

Tim Stone

The more he has, the less he'll notice if I steal one of them.

@badp Electors are silly.

badp

@TimStone plz to be steelin the MSO one

kalina

well... I was playing SimCity

Fluttershy

20:54

@BoltClock Flexo? Wasn't that Bender Bending Rodriguez's evil twin?

Sconibulus

@Fluttershy I'm pretty sure Bender was the evil one... but yes

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