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Lee
12:23 AM
@TomWij Am I the only one to find these esports websites difficult to use? How am I supposed to navigate to the page you linked to?
 
hmm
There I suddenly saw that there was a Video on Demand channel.
Leading to Orlando and from there I can go back to the archives.
There seems to be an on-demand section too.
But yes, that site is indeed horrible to use.
 
Lee
12:46 AM
I think the best link is tv.majorleaguegaming.com/…
 
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Q: How can you make games for gameboy

RCProgrammingHow can you make games for Gameboy?

 
might be
 
I'm sensing a trend in this guy's questions.
 
Lee
(Brilliantly, you can't search for more than one tag at a time, else you could list only Dallas SC2 games.)
 
Hm... did the reputation limit for close votes go up?
 
12:54 AM
@RavenDreamer: Yeah, see his site too... xD
 
@Javadoc > It's 3k now.
 
@GnomeSlice Hm, I need to start more fires.
 
@Javadoc > You're up over 2k, you could break 3 in under a month.
 
So I've supposedly got access to mod tools, now that I"m over 10k, but nothing appears different.
 
@GnomeSlice Yeah I'm just lazy. :)
 
12:58 AM
Man, I like their site theme a lot.
 
The banner is a little noisy for me, but I like all the hexes and button design.
 
I'm sorry, but I have to really disagree with Jin -- pixels aren't a design theme. -_-
Though the fact that my Zoom function screws up the gaming site's theme probably doesn't help my opinion.
Oooh. Their meta-site looks even better than that, 'cause the top banner gets toned down to the gray. meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com
 
@RavenDreamer That is cool.
 
Yeah, the 3d model is shown in wireframe too
 
It's completely wireframe, as opposed to having elements of both.
 
1:08 AM
I like both a lot. Their button even has a rollover color change. :/ hahaha...
 
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Q: Getting Vanille AI to cast Death

The JugI've recently gotten the spell Death for Vanille in Final Fantasy 13. In general I have the AI control Vanille and it's done quite well in controlling her. However I've noticed ever since getting Death she's failed to cast in once. Even after completely debuffing all enemies she prefers to sit id...

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Q: Any games like Super Mario 64 for xbox360

Joel BI really loved Super Mario 64 for Nintendo 64. I recently picked up xbox 360 and I was hoping with the better graphics, faster processing, and more memory (than Nintendo 64) that some developer out there would make a game similar to Mario 64, just exploiting the enhanced xbox resources. I know ...

 
@Feeds Gammerec.
 
1:23 AM
0
Q: Anyone else experience jerkiness in games when holding shift key down?

MrVimesI was just playing Medal of Honor. Every time I ran the framerate and my movement would become jerky. I use right shift to run (I'm left handed so use the right side of the keyboard for movement). I tried just holding the shift key and not moving - looking at the moving scenery (in this case...

 
Argh, 998 rep!
My desire to see vote counts and create moderated chat rooms burns like the sun.
A weak, dying, apathetic sun.
 
Brant > I can upvote something if you want.
There ya go.
1003 rep.
 
1:45 AM
Nobody's gonna cancel out an upvote without me knowing about it, now.
 
I've created a monster...
 
 
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3:00 AM
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Q: Looking for a Sega Genesis Game

JohnI can't exactly remember the specifics of this game, but I remember playing it as a kid and possibly enjoying it — I just want to dig it up again for a nostalgia trip. I remember some vague details about it: There was a horizontally split screen in two-player mode. I remember that you ha...

 
 
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8:34 AM
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Q: Gensoid, almost stops working when handset orientates to landscape

James.ElseyHi, I've installed Gensoid, which is a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulator. I've got a San Francisco handset (cheap, so possibly hardware is too minimal for this) I can load up a ROM ok if I hold the phone in portrait mode, but as soon as I turn it landscape, the sounds/speed of the game become in...

 
 
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11:06 AM
woo, I finally have more gaming rep than I have MSO rep
now my StackFlair shows correctly.
 
11:20 AM
StackFlair seems broken atm
This Tuesday, November 9th, from 22:00-23:30 CET, TF2 is fun to play again.
 
11:31 AM
so close and yet so far.
 
12:12 PM
Just saw an ad for this question. I'm too pedantic, I had to refresh :(
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Q: Why is so hard to develop a MMO?

matias.valdenegroI want to develop a MMO like World of Warcraft, but some basic research says that is going to take months (if not years) and cost a lot of money. I'd like to know why.

 
 
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2:44 PM
0
Q: Game like Team Buddies open-source for ubuntu?

DaNieLIm looking for a game like Team Buddies (video), with online multiplayer mode for ubuntu.. possibly open-source. Anyone know something similar?

 
3:19 PM
@Feeds WTB close votes
 
A 54 seconds 424×240 video 138 MBs in size, taking 45 mins to upload. Ah, good ole fraps.
A codec that loves to be hated.
 
Can't you re-encode it?
 
@TomWij It'd take more than 45 mins to figure out how to do it properly, re-encode it and upload the result.
That's how evil it is.
 
Install VirtualDub, Install Codecs, Open File, Set Copy Mode, Set Output Codec, Process.
But yeah, this would then lead to if you need to do it once or multiple times.
 
3:36 PM
um, where's the "set copy mode" thing?
anyway, I'm going to open a question about this. Enjoy your perspective rep.
 
Video and Audio menu's at the top
The copy modes are menu items and you can decide what has to happen with the video and audio.
 
4:02 PM
0
Q: What is the average rate at which sufficiently lighted grass spreads in a line?

badp I've built those corridors that let me go across the lake. As I went back and forth on them to reach my mine and shelter, I noticed the grass slowly advancing over the area. This gave me a crazy idea for time tracking: the stocastic calendar. To make sense of it all, however, I need this piece...

 
4:14 PM
0
Q: Problem loading multiple units into multiple medivacs

Dan RevellWhen selecting a group of units (marines/marauders/medivacs) I'm looking for a quick way to load them. Right-clicking each medivac in turn works, but when multiple medivacs are used they tend to converge on the right clicked one. This makes if difficult to right click the subsequent ones if they ...

 
4:24 PM
@badp I like Ripbot because it takes like any format and encodes it to x264 MKV.
Handbrake seems like a much more "one app suits all" deal.
But erm, this seems like a SuperUser question
 
5:03 PM
This week, +481 (including the -250 bty)
 
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Q: How to change the campaign completion point?

Jay R.I had to rebuild my game machine a month or two ago. When I reloaded Steam and reinstalled Supreme Commander 2, my campaign status was reset back to the first mission. I don't want to replay all of the missions. How do I fix the status to be back to mission 12 or whatever one I had completed?

 
Without the bounty, I'd have beaten @less (so far)
 
5:15 PM
0
Q: Running Command & Conquer Gold on Windows 7 64-bit (in XP mode)

Graham ClarkI downloaded the first Command & Conquer game from EA and burnt some CDs. I couldn't get the Setup.exe program to run in Windows 7 64-bit, as it must need some old DLLs. So I ran up the Windows XP Mode virtual machine, and was able to install it fine. However, when I try to run the program,...

 
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Q: Where can you get the Wii SDK?

RCProgrammingWhere can you get the Wii SDK? By that I mean where can you get the tools necessary for programming the wii.

How is this not closed
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz because we can't migrate to GameDev yet :(
it's funny, two cacti outdamage lava.
 
@badp Still off-topic
 
@ArdaXi I know and I voted.
 
6:03 PM
0
Q: Why cant I build the Sydney Opera House in Civ5?

MartinI have researched Globalization and no other civ has yet built the Sydney Opera House wonder, yet it is not available in the production list of my city!? Neither the civelopedia nor the manual lists any building restrictions on this wonder.

 
 
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7:39 PM
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Q: What's the most efficient way to counter a rush with workers?

JohnIdolOut of the manual, if you are rushed and have no units you need to counter with workers. Problem is selecting all of them and focus firing doesn't work since: All your workers can hardly attack a single enemy unit. After they kill one unit they stai idle and are massacred Is it the only way t...

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Q: Sonic 3 - I never made it past Carnival Night Zone

Ronnie OverbyEver since Sonic 3 came out, I never made it past Carnival Night Zone. I'm not sure which act, but I always got trapped at some point and would have to reset the game. I don't think it was a glitch, I just got stuck at some point. It happened back in the day on the Genesis console and even now wh...

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Q: Which chems are addictive?

John RudySpecifically, I'm wondering about Turbo, Cateye and Hydra. Are any of them addictive? If so, what's the chance of getting addicted? I've been holding onto these chems, but selling the ones I'm used to (Buffout, Med-X, Psycho, etc.), in case they could be useful without "hooking" me. Am I misguid...

 
8:24 PM
0
Q: Statistical data on tag usage

FabianDo we have any data on which tags are used by people? By used I mean e.g. having it as a favorite tag or browsing the tag specifically. My suspicion is that all tags except for the game-name tag and maybe the genre tag are not used at all. I would be interested if we had any hard data on that.

 
8:39 PM
0
Q: Where can I get a replacement DS Lite battery in Germany?

Joe WreschnigI'm looking for a replacement battery for my DS Lite. I recently moved from the United States to Germany; back in the US, the Nintendo Store offers a replacement DS Lite battery. However, that would be subject to insane shipping charges as well as customs fees and delays. However, I cannot find ...

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Q: Does the Elizabeth ledaer bonus in Civ5 also apply to embarked units?

MartinIn Civ5, Elizabeth gets the bonus: +2 movement for all naval units Does this also apply to embarked (land-)units? Note: The manual is a bit more precise: Unique Trait Sun Never Sets: +2 MPs for all ocean-going naval units. So this would mean you get this only after you have discove...

 
9:27 PM
room mode changed to Gallery: anyone may enter, but only approved users can talk
room mode changed to Public: anyone may enter and talk
 
10:26 PM
I miss my Clarino gravatar...
Is there a way to set which gravatar you use on this SE-wide chat?
 
I love the stars.
@GraceNote Change your parent user I guess
 
You can set your parent user?
Eee~ this is so cool
I need to /logout! For JUSTICE!
 
It's updated on my end
Just not next to your messages.
 
Hard-refresh does it, @Arda
Or is that what Ctrl+F5 is called?
 
That it does.
@GraceNote Yeah, it is. Clearing your cache.
 
10:29 PM
I always called it hard refresh. Because, well, it hits harder.
I was actually thinking of switching to a Sora avatar
But I'd have to take one in-game, 'cuz then it'll have a background
 
@GraceNote I meant to say it is called a hard refresh. Clearing your cache involves more keys. I don´t like more keys.
Why did my apostrophe just turn into a backtick=, and my question mark into an equals sign=
 
@ArdaXi Maybe the evil Dvorak cult got to you?
 
Dvorak user here. ^^
 
Nah, it's Windows assuming I have a Dutch keyboard. I don't think anyone does here.
I've never actually seen one.
 
I learned Dvorak once then realized everyone else still has qwerty and it was more of an inconvenience than anything.
 
10:33 PM
While entirely off-topic, that "What has gaming taught you" question I totally wanted to answer with "Gaming taught me to be sexist and that men are useless". Because that's one thing I learned from video games.
 
I like being able to type without mistakes, Dvorak seems a pain.
@GraceNote Most people learn that from life :)
Gotta be a realistic game then.
 
You stop making mistakes eventually :D I was up to 80wpm on dvorak and qwerty at once, but that was a big step down from my usual 100+wpm qwerty
 
Almost any situation I encounter Dvorak involves me trying to help someone on their computer, but not being able to
I hear it does wonders for your typing speed if you learn it
 
colemak is actually better than dvorak
 
@StrixVaria I have issues with Colemak too, but not to the point I call them a cult.
 
10:35 PM
hahaha
 
@ArdaXi I learned that men are full of muscle, not brains, and have to rely on giant machinery to get the job done. I learned that women can fly (this is omnipresent in games), operate heavy guns swiftly with expert tactics, and sometimes are tanks.
4
 
@GraceNote I retract my comment.
 
@StrixVaria Well, I just closed their site when they started to convince you that it's "easier to learn" because the "keys are shifted less".
 
Or battleships! Sometimes girls are battleships. They pack the highest firepower of all.
 
Although I've never seen girls flying in games other than in games where everyone can fly.
 
10:37 PM
@TomWij Honestly, it was a little faster to pick up than Dvorak, but that point aside, it is slightly better than Dvorak in terms of how far your hands move
For typing English, at least
 
@ArdaXi Every game I've had where everyone could fly, everyone was a girl. The guys are just story material who sit in their labs trying to look important.
 
I have since given up on all non-qwerty keyboards, though. It's just too ubiquitous regardless of how terrible it is
 
@StrixVaria: Have you tried Dvorak for a considerable amount of time?
 
@GraceNote Sounds like Portal.
 
Yeah I used dvorak only for 2 months
I couldn't get above 85ish wpm on it
 
10:38 PM
@ArdaXi Never played Portal, partly because it would breach Terms of Service to do so.
 
When you're used to typing at 110wpm that is unacceptably slow
 
@GraceNote Cryptic as always, Grace
 
Completely normal when switching to a complete new set of keys.
 
@ArdaXi Steam account ToS doesn't really account for two people (like siblings) living under the same roof and sharing computers.
It's geared entirely towards lone wolves.
 
Yeah I know it's normal and I made good progress for the first month but after I plateaued at 85 i started getting frustrated
 
10:39 PM
And Colemak abuses the fact that you've used Qwerty before and are used to that typing.
Let me ask it otherwise.
Does Colemak let you type faster than Qwerty in 2 months?
 
@GraceNote Honestly, that's a bit pedantic.
 
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Q: Does Kinect Really Work?

VaccanoI would love to hear from someone who has bought a connect. Does it really work? Is it buggy? Does it require a specific rug or background? Can kids and adults play it. What is the ins and outs really? I have seen all the Microsoft Videos, but I would like to hear from someone who is not ...

 
No, but neither does Dvorak
 
So, 2 months is not a considerable amount of time.
 
@ArdaXi Yes, it is, but honestly so are lawyers. And they're the ones I have to answer to when things go south.
 
10:41 PM
@GraceNote How would lawyers even get involved? Will Valve detect your differing playstyle?
 
@TomWij I have to admit having people try to use your computer when it's set to Dvorak is one of the most fun things to do.
I've been meaning to try it again
 
@StrixVaria You've convinced me. Where do I go to learn it? :)
 
@StrixVaria: Yeah, it's pretty funny. :D
 
@Arda All I did was keep a picture of the layout in front of me and change my system settings to expect a Dvorak keybaord
 
@ArdaXi I don't expect them to. But I also prefer playing the law to the T. That way, nothing ever could happen.
 
10:43 PM
@Arda After about a day I didn't need the picture up any more
 
On my previous laptop I've switched the keys around, but this one I rather don't do it because it doesn't look like they could be easily detached and reattached.
 
@GraceNote Fair enough. I would never be able to do that.
 
But I'm glad of that, it's annoying to get attention on your keyboard. >_<
 
@StrixVaria This is why I hate cultists. And why I'm happy to work in an office where no one is tech-literate enough to have a different keyboard layout
 
I switched the keys around on a keyboard once but they were all different shapes and it came out really terrible
 
10:44 PM
@StrixVaria Get Das Keyboard. Much easier.
 
@Grace For some reason I just love playing with different input methods. I have Swype and that new 8pen garbage on my Android phone
 
Watch a computer illiterate person use that.
 
@Arda Once my Saitek dies I'm getting one of those.
 
@StrixVaria I once reversed the Numpad and the Home/End pad on a keyboard.
 
10:44 PM
But only in some software.
 
@GraceNote Switching it to Qwerty/Azerty only requires a SHIFT+ALT, so unless you have the intent to do it it's not much of a problem.
 
I want to get a Das Keyboard at work but I want the loud one and I'm sure everyone else will get annoyed very quickly.
 
@StrixVaria You get earplugs with them.
I am, sadly, not kidding.
 
@GraceNote: Dunno about Linux, I usually fire up a Terminal and switch through "setxkbmap dvorak" and "setxkbmap us" there.
 
I kind of want to hear a sample of just how loud it is before I buy one
 
10:46 PM
@TomWij I don't use Linux. I just opened up specific programs and rewrote the keyboard operations for those programs.
 
@StrixVaria There is an adjusted version that's not loud, but I don't know if it's as good.
 
@StrixVaria Me too. I love the feedback though.
 
This is the picture I kept up while learning Dvorak en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_United_States_Dvorak.svg
 
@TomWij He said he wanted the loud one :)
 
@GraceNote: Hover my response and see what I reply to, because your answer to my response doesn't make sense. :-(
 
10:47 PM
@Tom Hover over your response and see what it highlights on my end, then you'll see my equal confusion. o/~
 
@StrixVaria: I just looked at my keyboard to learn it. :-)
And now I'm typing Dvorak on an Azerty keyboard, completely blind.
Actually, I've customized it a bit.
 
@TomWij I didn't have a physical Dvorak keyboard. Azerty? France?
 
Belgium - Dutch (Point)
 
...okay, 33% of all users I know through SE seems to be Dutch. Not just here, but on Meta, too
 
@GraceNote: Lol, should have hit reply. I mean the one above it.
> Actually, I've customized it a bit.
 
10:49 PM
@Tom Ah, I see
 
@GraceNote I was just thinking that.
 
@GraceNote On here there's Tom, Me, Alex, Fall, Ivo
I heard we were planning a meet some day
 
So... I have a Dvorak keyboard layout, with the numeric keys above it from the Azerty keyboard layout, I've also switched some other keys:
Caps Lock with Backspace, so handy!
(shift disables Caps Lock if it is enabled)
Also switched CTRL+ALT and the Windows key.
 
@Arda I thought Fallen was just in the... Dutch... areas... to study, not an actual Dutch
 
@GraceNote He speaks the language, anyway
 
10:50 PM
Alt Gr = CTRL+ALT
 
I thought he emigrated.
 
It makes much more sense if it is between CTRL+ALT and the Windows key in a more comfortable position.
Before: WIN+L was a finger stretch.
 
@ArdaXi She might have. She does have relations there (though I don't know how many by blood)
 
Hmm
It's 11:51 PM, been so long on this chat. xD
 
The rest of this conversation will be done using a Dvorak keyboard
This is really slow
 
10:52 PM
What the...
 
@TomWij What's up?
 
8:50 PM -> 11:50 PM, we spent about 3 hours on this discussion :D
 
Also late, but hi @Gnome!
I know you're in here often but I don't think I actually see you. If I think about it, I think this is my first encounter with you as well, @Strix
@TomWij You mean the topicality one? Apparently it lasted some 5 hours in total.
 
Is it just me, or has the volume of severely off topic posts, as well as just outright spam, skyrocketed this week?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz It did. We have certainly gotten a lot more spam than before in this week
 
10:55 PM
(p.s. @grace I just flagged two more spam answers in need of deletions.)
 
I love flagging posts.
 
@Less I got one of them
Ah, there's the second
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz: Well, now that Programmers.SE is full of off-topic questions, another site has to be filled. xD
 
...what does this bigna thing even mean?
 
@GraceNote Any idea why? I would think ads on SO, while they might increase our volume... that's an audience that should have a clue what's going on when they come over here... so that doesn't feel like the problem.
 
10:57 PM
> ur just one big ol NA if u ask an A
> na big na ur a na
@LessPop_MoreFizz No idea why, mostly because it's always different
 
I have no freaking clue, but it clearly isn't germane to Power Armor or Karma in FO:NV
 
One day was cursing. One day was poker. One day was one thing else. And today is this na stuff
 
Did we ever reach a consensus on that issue with badp's question?
 
@GraceNote I guess it could just be a sharp increase in our Google juice?
 
@StrixVaria Everyone left in the room was against the question except me (who's leaning towards it but technically evaluating). So we didn't really serve to discuss any further.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Our views/day did jump starting last week. We gained a k.
 
10:59 PM
@GraceNote Why did I just try to reverse that and make something logic out of it?
But now I'm off, been here way too long.
 
When are we getting our migration paths? I wonder.
 
But I'm out of here, spent here way too long on an issue that I shouldn't even be worrying about, at all... :-(
 
(I sure hope the migration worked...)
bah, it failed silently.
 
884 messages hahaha
 
11:06 PM
Did anyone else get a really annoying clicking sound?
 
@GraceNote It's the notification sound.
 
@badp Why does it repeat?
 
silently leaves this room
 
@GraceNote Once per tab/mention, possibly?
 
@badp Alternatively, the migration felt like notifying me for each and every @mention. Because this is the only window I have open.
 
11:11 PM
@GraceNote I'm glad you got your blues back btw.
 
@badp Thanks. I learned I can specify which account to use.
 
@GraceNote I didn't think you had to specify an account with mod powers to, er, have mod powers.
 
Well, it changed after I properly associated with Gaming
 
The best part about the migration to an ad-hoc room is that the starred list is back to its previous awesomeness.
 
11:30 PM
@ArdaXi You still around?
 
Erm, yes.
 
@GraceNote He received the invite to the other room just like anybody else.
I think you're the only one who clicked through :D
 
11:48 PM
In other news, I'm about to earn the first Minecraft bronze badge.
 
Congrats!
 
Unless I have CW minecraft answers that is.
It's funny I didn't even own the game until yesterday.
 
CW answers are not tracked on that page
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A: How is the 'Score' on the Tag Stats page calculated?

Grace NoteIf you read any of this answer, read this: The formula for the score on the Stats page looks like "The sum of all non-negative values of (upvotes - downvotes) for answers that are not Community Wiki" The following goes into more detail on how this was decided. It does not include Community...

 
(I didn't pirate - all of my answers were based on the "free weekend but actually not limited to a weekend" version)
 
How does the free differ from the paid, then?
Other than the obvious exchange of capita
 
11:51 PM
The free weekend version was a full copy of Minecraft he put up while his servers were down.
 
He put up a link to the launchers and since the authentications severs were down, the launchers downloaded the latest version of the game.
The launchers won't autoupdate to the latest version if you aren't logged in, however.
 
And since you didn't actually buy an account, you could never log in.
 
And never autoupdate.
And all Minecraft screenshots have the version number at the top, always visible.
so even if I played it, I couldn't really talk about it.
I thought I was out of the tunnel, and instead... :D
 
Instead someone convinced you to buy it?
 
11:53 PM
No, Fosco decided to gift it to me.
(I can't pay over the net.)
 
How nice of Fosco
 
@GraceNote Indeed!
 
I wish I could convince people to buy games...
I know the blog is dead, but I've considered trying to promote some niche/import games
 
Gifting is definitely the best way to promote them :D
We could team up with indie devs maybe, throw contests for best new user or something.
 
The advice once given was "Write about games we actually stand a chance of getting". But how can I get more people interested in the awesome of niche/import if I don't promote that instead?
 
11:55 PM
Like, if Notch (= Minecraft's author) had to do another free weekend...
 
@badp I do know the people of From Orange Juice by 4 degrees
 
@badp Do you ever sleep?
 
But I don't think I can pull any strings for things like contests. Rather, it would be easier that I just buy an extra copy and host the contest myself.
 
@StrixVaria It's barely 1am.
@GraceNote Yeah, that kind of contest. Laws are kinda ugly when it comes to contests.
 
@badp You just always seem on whenever I am but I knew you were in a time zone at least 5 hours away.
 
11:57 PM
"US ONLY AND CANADA EXCEPT QUEBEC"
@StrixVaria CEST/CET
Click on my avatar for an activity graph.
 
@badp It's more like I don't have that level of influence
After all, after the first degree, everything else is money motivated
Rockin-Android sells the English versions, the translators obviously work for money, and of course From Orange Juice sells the games.
 
@GraceNote Well, it is a matter of mutual business after all.
 
Stack Exchange is literally foreign to them, and the fact we have pitiful niche/import presence doesn't help
 

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