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Pickup and Game

Proposed Q&A site for experts within the "pickup" community, or people interested in the science/ideas of pickup/game

Currently in definition.

NO.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.
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@LessPop_MoreFizz Just........no. Forever no.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I assume this is in the context of picking up chicks?
that's an answer pickup artists don't like
@fbueckert Yes.
@fbueckert More specifically, it's clearly aimed at the "PUA" community. AKA the scum of the fucking earth.
It was far more fun choosing to believe that it was about Capture the Flag
and other similar games
18:04
@fbueckert Yes, and not even in the nice way of meeting a girl you like, asking her out, dating, &c.; rather pestering randoms in the street until one agrees to sleep with you.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Then kill it now. Mental manipulation for the sake of sex is a skeezy and unethical topic.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Worse than reddit?
@Sconibulus ooh, I would totally go for a ctf.stackexchange.com
@fredley His mouth doesn't match those words at all.
18:05
@DanHulme I prefer recess.stackexchange.com
@StrixVaria Yeah
@StrixVaria There is a surprisingly large overlap.
Topics: Questions about schooolyard games and the awesome cartoon from the 90s
No, CTF as I've played it is not a schoolyard game
Capture the Flag, Ultimate Frisbee, Dodgeball, Street Hockey, etc.
18:06
@DanHulme CTF is more of a Camp game.
@DanHulme I know, I was going off of the "pickup" idea
@LessPop_MoreFizz only if you wave your arms while you run
and wear an open shirt
@DanHulme Not that kind of camp.
Summer camp!
O rly.
@LessPop_MoreFizz That is some unique grammatical structure going/on
@LessPop_MoreFizz camp.se
The design would be faaaabulous~
18:08
I'd just like to say that this is the sleaziest shit ever. — LessPop_MoreFizz 17 secs ago
ETA on deletion by a mod?
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz Its Area 51, how often does it actually get checked over ?
I don't think an SE involving unethical mental and emotional manipulation for personal gain is something we should condone or encourage. — fbueckert 18 secs ago
The SE Employees generally just let proposals slowly die
And closure on A51 is crazy difficult unless a mod steps in
@AshleyNunn Depends on when the flag gets cast.
I also flagged the proposal as offensive.
Hahaha I just saw what you are all up in arms about
people will always shut down things they dont understand ....
Wow, an entire Q&A site that makes me ashamed to be a man. — OrigamiRobot 21 secs ago
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Q: wave 50 so easy

user47900Salut tout le monde, Je vous écrit car j'ai une meilleur soluce pour la vague 50 Prenez les fermier (1er allié) et monté le au niveau max et l'unit" qui l'améliore lvl max (coût 10 point) et après vous amélioré la barre de point (pour alliés) et ensuite vous invoquez l’armurier et que des fermi...

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Q: How can you tell which pipe can be entered?

RenanJust curious. Is there a pattern to figure out which pipes lead to another location? I remember trying every one of them.

@Ullallulloo That makes me sad they deleted my account because...it was old so fuck you
@GrumpyLazers Aw shucks, already closed
@OrigamiRobot You are a man?
18:13
@BenBrocka :(
@BoltClock I am a man shaped robot. Close enough.
@MarcoLeblanc If you want to support that proposal, go right ahead. Just be aware that followers are publicly viewable, and most people here will shun you for doing so.
@fbueckert OH NOES! I wouldnt want that!
user15026
@MarcoLeblanc I fully understand this, and as a woman, I think anyone trying to manipulate me like this is skeezy as shit and I would be fucking disappointed in anyone who tried to get with me through psychological manipulation
@MarcoLeblanc Grats. Your opinion is no longer valid to me.
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18:15
On the one hand, I want to be excited about this game.
On the other hand, I can't help but be distracted by the dude talking's strange hybrid of a french and a japanese accent.
user15026
@Ullallulloo You have all the Neopoints omg
@AshleyNunn 1.3 mil
@Ullallulloo I have never played stocks :(
The average SE user could learn a bunch from an exchange like that
user15026
Also, I really want to play Neopets again but I am all mad since they froze my account
18:16
@MarcoLeblanc I understand perfectly. I also understand that the number one reason I have trouble talking to women is people like that.
Also I really wanted to squeeze some out of the Scores Galore week that happened a few days ago, but then I got lazy so my total earnings were like 20k
@AshleyNunn :(
user15026
@MarcoLeblanc Seriously? Oh, man. I am so close to a chat ban because I have so many fucking things to say to that, none of them remotely civil
@MarcoLeblanc Could learn a bunch of horrible manipulative garbage that makes them lesser human beings.
@LessPop_MoreFizz -.-
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz This
Probably because you aren't confident enough in something, either in your appearance or what you are going to say to them
@AshleyNunn You can talk to me on Skype... which reminds me, what's going on? I notice you sign in for a while before disappearing again, and none of my messages have been able to deliver
@OrigamiRobot you arent going to get anywhere just by blaming everyone else
user15026
@MarcoLeblanc Seriously, if someone fucking manipulates me instead of talking to me like I am a real fucking human being, that is a shitty way to behave
@Ullallulloo Magma Grarrl
18:17
@MarcoLeblanc ... Please. stop talking. At this point, you have moved past chewing on your foot and are probably masticating somewhere around the knee.
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@MarcoLeblanc No, it's because people like that make it so a lady's safest assumption is that I am an asshole.
user15026
@BoltClock Skype hates me, I think
@BoltClock Yes. I camped the magma pool for a few hours.
user15026
I have been having SO MUCH trouble with it
@OrigamiRobot all men are assholes, you especially!
18:18
@kalina Hey!
I'm going to go support that proposal now
@kalina This is not the time.
@fbueckert hey!
@kalina Well, let's make sweeping generalizations, why don't we?
@Yawus you obviously don't know me that well!
18:20
@kalina That was not a, "Hey, nice to see you again." That was a, "Hey! That's mean!"
@OrigamiRobot hey, at least I'm still talking too you, I can't even bring myself to set the other dude on fire, just so he doesn't appear on the list
And me emulating being huffy about it.
Gah, TF2, why are you taking so long to convert to a more efficient format?
user15026
@MarcoLeblanc If I had an opinion of you, it would have dropped dramatically, as such to be nonexistant
18:21
@fredley "Offensive, Abusive, or Hate Speech"
@kalina Please, I don't appreciate this subject being made light of.
@Yawus Heh, I uninstalled it completely just so I could reinstall it, then I realized my computer is on its way out and I should just spend this time not playing it at all until I get a new machine
@kalina S'what I did
facedesk
@fredley But that would involve me linking my account to Area 51. And I don't want to touch that cesspool.
18:21
@OrigamiRobot if I don't make light of it, I will be excessively evil and you don't want that at all, I'm sure
This proposal has been deleted.

Inactive proposals that do not receive any activity for one month are subject to deletion. Occasionally, proposals may be removed from Area 51 for reasons of moderation: spam, off topic, abuse, etc. For more information, see the FAQ.
Argh, too late
@Yawus It's where we came from. Remember that.
I leave for, what, five minutes, and batshit insane stuff happens? Bridge, YU NO LET ME TAKE PART?!
Doesn't change the fact that it's a cesspool.
18:22
Woooooo Area 51 Citizen Patrol badge!
@LessPop_MoreFizz Same, yeh. That was fun.
Also: The proposer is following two other proposals: Relationships & Dating and Wearable Computing. Right.
Wearable Computing?
user15026
I love when we come together to make awesomeness happen
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@Yawus computing that you wear
18:23
@Yawus Wearable Computing.
@Yawus Google Glass, but even more weird and antisocial.
@Yawus Google Glass
"This proposal has been BURNINATED BY ARQADE."
Why on earth do people want to make SE sites for such obscure or narrowly-defined topics?
user15026
Also, I give myself full points for not actually saying all of the angry things I was thinking
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@AshleyNunn Good job. :P
18:24
@AshleyNunn 10/10
That's for Yahoo! Answers or something.
Now that that's over:
@AshleyNunn Well done. :D
user15026
I would have had to chat ban myself
18:24
my method of not getting banned was "making light of it"
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orfeo

Proposed Q&A site for www.orfeogpl.org

Currently in definition.

wat
Ugh.
Awww I read that fast and thought it was about oreos
@fredley Spam burninate it, maybe?
@AshleyNunn That would have put you in the awkward position of having to suspend yourself, and you can't actually do that ;-)
18:25
Do you know what makes me want to earn more badges on A51: OLD BADGE NOTIFICATION BANNERS!
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Really, Steam? Conversion failed?
@BenBrocka That would have a wider scope, I believe.
user15026
@MadScientist Yeah, I know, I was like oh man, Ashley, do not get to a point where you have to be like SOMEONE SUSPEND ME I AM BEING A BITCH
@fredley that thing confused me, it wouldn't go away
I think Bob the Egg just lost every bit of A51 rep he had.
18:26
Lol, On Beer proposal:
> users also committed to: 9.5% Lockpicking
@AshleyNunn You actually would have to be dediamonded, or you can't be suspended. There aren't that many users that can do that
user15026
@MadScientist Huh, fascinating
Wikipedia needs inline editing sooooo bad
Great, I can't even touch Steam while TF2 is doing a second try at its ridiculously slow conversion.
@fredley Protip: pick the locks BEFORE you drink the beer
18:27
@Yawus :/
Or drink the beer while you pick the locks.
That'd be entertaining.
@Yawus It has to read and then re-write the whole thing to your hard drive.
@BenBrocka No! Drink beer, lose keys, pick lock.
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Sims

Proposed Q&A site for those that have questions about the games Sims, Sims 2, and Sims 3 (all including expansion packs)

Closed before being launched.

So, for some reason, Netflix is suggesting British Romance movies to me. And I noticed that Joseph Fiennes is on the cover of pretty much all of them.
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@AshleyNunn :O you swore!
18:29
@fredley "About the games Sims, Sims 2, and Sims 3".
wut
user15026
@kalina I swore a lot
@fbueckert It's really hard to lose rep on A51, because Discuss.a51, which is the only place voting happens, is considered a meta and has no rep attached to voting.
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz No doubt. It's even harder to gain rep.
18:30
@LessPop_MoreFizz voting on proposals and questions counts towards rep?
@LessPop_MoreFizz ↑ I suppose "1 in 30" is a surprisingly large number of reddit users who are even remotely interested in "scoring with chicks"
@badp I am having a hard time understanding this diagram. Does it mean 3.4% of funny consists of stuff from those other subs?
Oh
@badp Pft, chicks are lame. I prefer full grown chickens myself
Of people who subbed those subs
@BoltClock No, it's all numbers of subscribed users. I'm using /r/funny to approximate the size of the total userbase of reddit
18:31
Heh, "subbed subs"
@badp Oh
since you get subbed to it automatically when you sign up
@badp Considering how commonplace throwaway subs are on reddit, using any default sub for this sort of analysis is inherently disingenuous.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I've waded through three pages of /reddits/ search for "pick up", then looked at the sidebar of each relevant hit
@LessPop_MoreFizz I have yet to figure out how discuss.A51 rep works, though.
@FEichinger It doesn't.
user15026
18:33
@LessPop_MoreFizz discuss is treated like a meta, yeah? and thus no rep change?
@LessPop_MoreFizz No, what I mean is that this says 71, while this says 1.
@FEichinger it's a meta site
@FEichinger caching
@FEichinger Right. Because it doesn't work. So stop trying to figure it out. It's a broken mess.
he lost his rep when the proposal was deleted by offensive flags and the discussion site hasn't caught up
@BenBrocka Yet this has 71 for SO. Which is weeeeeird.
18:35
metas sync once per hour
@FEichinger same as any meta
@BenBrocka What about the question btw?
@kalina @LessPop_MoreFizz @BenBrocka @MadScientist What confuses me is not the discrepancy between discuss.A51 and A51, but the network overview in relation to those. Which is either a hilariou coincidence or plain friggin weird.
A51 discuss questions are meta questions. No rep
@FEichinger He HAS 71 on SO
coincidence
18:36
@FEichinger I don't know what you mean exactly, but the reason is almost certainly caching
That's a total coincidence, it's not related to A51 rep in any way
@FEichinger I'm confused.
@FEichinger you do ever feel like you're going around in circles?
@kalina Very much.
@FEichinger Good. Just so you know, it's intentional and we're doing it on purpose
18:38
Are you pointing out that "LOL he had as much rep on SO as he had on Area51???"
@badp yes
because that's, like, nothing, man.
I know it's nothing, but having this happen when his A51 main was just bombed and thus discuss is behind? Confusing and hilarious at the same time.
holy crap is that what gaming looked like in beta?
18:40
@kalina yep
That was what all beta sites looked back when Sketchy was the default theme
@badp I know :D But the meta delay just made it weird at that point.
@badp There is no button to +1 for freehand circles
Well the font was Tahoma/Verdana but at the time I was forcing everything to the same font
@Sconibulus There is, however, a star button.
18:42
No idea why PlainClothes failed to affect the h1 element
@kalina All beta sites looked like that until a year ago or something
@fbueckert freehand circles get +1'd, not starred
@Sconibulus I was giving you a valid option.
@Sconibulus Please find any one of my posts on Meta and upvote it to make up for it
It's the obvious course of action.
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Blender

Proposed Q&A site for people who use Blender to create 3D graphics, animations, or games.

Currently in commitment.

Almost there.
user15026
@BenBrocka Was it really that long ago? Also that means Libraries has been in beta for....a really long time. Post-Sketchy, I think, but still
user15026
and we are SO quiet
@AshleyNunn Board and Card Games has been in Beta for like 2+ years now
@AshleyNunn pun intended?
@AshleyNunn Why is that surprising? It's Libraries
user15026
@badp haha nope but awesome nonetheless
user15026
@Powerlord I feel less bad then
Isn't Personal Finance the oldest beta site at this point?
maybe you should've asked for native sign language support
so that you can talk without speaking
@Brant It's gradumatating
I hope that's not a secret
18:46
Whoa. What next, Duke Nukem Forever being released? LOL
Conversion failed again.
Graduma Matata
It's a not-so-wonderful phrase.
It means "You're f--king ancient and you still haven't got enough support to make it out of Area 51."
it means "we like the current theme please keep it that way"
hah never seen the 1k on A51 before
18:49
@Ullallulloo I prefer that design to the current beta design, but I guess the old one looked less professional than the current one
Gah, why does this conversion keep failing?
I miss Sketchy.
Don't really care for this A/B testing option:
Gah, why does Valve keep pushing important crash fixes for TF2 as optional updates.
@Powerlord Because Valve
18:50
No FAQ or About page, just two links (to the same place no less) to get you to sign in plox
"It's not a client issue, therefore... optional!"
@Powerlord It's okay, now there's optional client updates too!
Yeah, because a fix for servers crashing sometimes because of sv_pure screwing up isn't worth a fix.
@badp If you mean prerelease, that's different.
user15026
@BenBrocka yeah some sort of about would be nice
And incidentally, prerelease got pushed to main, which is what this update is.
18:51
Is this something I'd have to stop playing PlanetSide 2 to care about?
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Q: Is there a way to grind?

NiteCyperIn Alpha Protocol, there is not really an open world. It's all mission-based, so anything done is progress. I want to go through the game like a bad-ass, superpowered, but I can't find any spot where there's something like indefinitely respawning enemies to "farm". Is there a way, other than Vete...

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Q: Playstation + subscription and games

AkylIf I hypothetically purchase games that are discounted because I am playstation+ member do I get to keep the game after the end of the subscription?

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@GrumpyLazers I think this is a dupe
@Brant Planetside 2? My favourite spf game.
As in, you measure its performance in seconds per frame and not viceversa
Yeah, it has problems running on potatoes.
GLaDOS can run on one.
18:54
GLaDOS doesn't have 3D graphics or a few hundred concurrent users
@DanHulme You know what else does? Any MMO ever
All I've tried but PS2 manage to squeeze at least 15 fps off my potato, which is what I consider "playable enough"
It combines the server-side infrastructure problems of an MMO plus the high system requirements of an FPS. But damn, it's fun.
with 20fps being "smooth"
@badp I don't know what you're complaining at me for. I've seen slowdown once or twice on Planetside 2 but most of the time it's very smooth for me.
@DanHulme I'm replying to your assumption that 3D graphics and 100+ concurrent users doom Planetside 2 to running so terribly on older hardware
18:57
@badp I'm not assuming that. I'm saying that comparing it to GLaDOS is specious.
@badp Whoosh
@badp Did you take that photo in a mirror?
Sorry, just had that instinct of solving it like a Rebus puzzle
@DanHulme No, because the head in that picture is your head. :P
19:01
First you'll have to stop waving it like a duster.
Look, if you're going for deadpan humour it's really really really not working.
@badp PS2's really CPU and memory intensive is the big problem for post people.
My joke above is that, spoiler alert, GLaDOS the AI itself actually does run on a potato for a while in Portal 2. The potato is the power source. Sorry for any confusion.
Every Noise at Once: an interactive genre map.
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"Noise pop"?
Is that when your ears start bleeding because the bar really needs to turn that music down?
19:05
@Brant That's cool
user15026
@Brant This is fascinating
I'm going to have so much fun with this.
@badp your avatar used to be lame- r
Although I don't see "post nu-metal core" anywhere in the cloud so GRAR BREAK OUT THE PITCHFORKS.
Why did you all let Marco Leblanc troll you so hard?
19:10
@Brant all I am going it say is "listen to speedcore"
This is why we need @gnomeslice in chat. All our trolling in one convenient location.
Don't forget to try the 'scan' button at the top
@Sterno There will be no more trolling from that source.
At least, not for me.
is @gnomeslice back yet?
And every genre page has an Rdio playlist link on it. Oh man.
user15026
19:13
@Brant aaaaaa this just gets more awesome
(This might get me to finally sign up for Rdio)
@Brant oh, I didn't realise you could go further into the map to get a huge list of tracks per genre
Wow, I'm sorry I missed all the excitement
Had a meeting to go to :(
"japanoise" what
19:21
@Brant I'm seeing phrases like "Torturing Nurse" and "Throbbing Gristle". What did I click?
@OrigamiRobot That's my pictures folder and get the hell out of it thank you very much
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@OrigamiRobot Possibly a link to different Borderlands class mods
Yay, conversion complete!
@SaintWacko Torturing Nurse would be a pretty good description of my Siren play style actually
And Skullgirls come to think of it
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Q: Can enemies spawn on my roads?

jacen.garrissI have a road that leads to the edge of the map. It is protected by walls of cobblestone, but I am wondering: can enemies spawn either on the road or in the space between the road and the wall?

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Q: Is there an viable way of completing Ultimate Vault Hunter mode by yourself?

Domenik VanBuskirkSince the update I've attempted to play the new mode but am not doing so well. I have an assassin specced mainly into the Cunning tree and partially into the Bloodshed side. With my current build I can't even get passed the W4R-DEN with leads me to believe co-op is almost a neccesary requirement ...

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Q: unable to launch steam

Ann DeVosI just bought a game using steam, and I followed all instructions to install the game and steam. When I launch the game I always get the message that the game cannot be started. I checked the list of applications on the support site that can cause the issues but none of these is on my PC. Anyone...

19:30
@GrumpyLazers How do you have walls of cobblestone? Cobblestones are rounded stones from riverbeds, entirely the wrong thing to make walls from.
@DanHulme Sounds fine to me.
You just need something to hold them all together.
Good luck getting them to stay put while the mortar dries
You just use wooden supports
Concrete forms. Add cobblestones, pour mortar.
19:33
Wait until sets. Instant cobblestone wall!
@OrigamiRobot Oh, I guess it hadn't occurred to me that the cobblestones might be decorative rather than structural
why do we have a tag?
@OrigamiRobot That is a ton of batteries.
@kalina Setting up the connection to my wireless router is one of the best games I play on my PS3. The replay value is really low, however.
19:49
@fbueckert I like that there are four different pictures. Y'know, in case one didn't get the point across.
@OrigamiRobot Sadly, there are probably some people who can't understand one picture. "That's not 72 batteries! That's false advertising!"
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user15026
@fbueckert It scares me knowing how true that likely is
@fredley I agree that avatars are better when you draw them yourself. Even when you're me. (???)
@AshleyNunn If you want something that beggars belief, read notalwaysright.com
@badp @GnomeSlice drew his own avatar.
19:54
I photographed my own avatar
user15026
@fbueckert That site, and its companion ones make me sad for humanity
@OrigamiRobot He then toyed with them and the such, and that was cool.
user15026
@badp someone else drew mine
@Coronus yeah my point is though, surely as a gaming site the closest we'd ever get to is
@AshleyNunn I recall.
19:55
@AshleyNunn It sometimes make me feel very good about what I do.
user15026
@fbueckert because you arent any of those people
I can take solace in the fact that even if I make a mistake, there's someone out there who makes bigger ones on a regular basis, and doesn't even realize it's a mistake.
Of course, dealing with people like that makes me want to paint grenades as easter eggs, and nail them into sidewalks.
HI HI HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHI
GUESS WHAT I DID
however, just stop and think what'd happen if @AshleyNunn drew her own avatar and it was just a tenth as epic as
Feb 27 at 2:32, by badp
user image
19:57
@badp how did you know?!?!
@spugsley Great minds art alike
user15026
@badp I cant draw as awesome as you
@AshleyNunn oh you
@badp what are these people doing? Obviously one is sitting on the other while that other is typing and trying to play games... but really?
are they having sex while the guy is just ignoring it all and playing games?
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@kalina ...
I realize that checking the context of things is demodè

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