The Bridge

Tim Stone

12:05 AM

Yo, @GnomeSlice. Did you ever get your EA account issue resolved?

GnomeSlice ツ

@TimStone Yes. It was silly.

When you first get the app, you can pay $1.99 to unlock two game modes, and remove ads.

However, you can also unlock the game modes by downloading another app of EA's and running it

At which point, the in-app-purchase drops to $0.99 for just removing the ads.

Kevin Y

It's @GnomeSlice! :D

GnomeSlice ツ

That was the purchase I had paid for, so I had to download the other app and run it first.

@KevinY Yes yes, I couldn't remember my sock puppet's login information.

Not that I was fooling anyone, I guess.

Tim Stone

Ah ha

GnomeSlice ツ

I tried to escape my identity on Gaming.

Kevin Y

12:08 AM

Ahh.

Mana

@GnomeSlice If it makes you feel better Arda didn't realize when he was messaging me earlier

Lazers

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Q: Does throwing things at enemies deal damage?

The Tutorial in Deus-Ex: Human Revolution briefly mentions the ability to throw move-able objects at enemies. Excepting cases where you throw explosives and the like, is there any usefulness in pelting enemies with random crates and miscellanea? Does it deal damage, stun them, or anything other ...

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana twitch

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU

Mana

Either way if you're ditching it you should probably get it merged with your real account

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana I guess.

Mana

12:09 AM

wait. I can do the merging. But I'm not sure if that's what should be done here.

GnomeSlice ツ

Ban it.

Shoot it up.

Mana

meta stack overflow searching, go!

Kevin Y

Bah, you asking questions with your sock puppet fooled me.

GnomeSlice ツ

@KevinY I just wanted to try being someone else for a while.

Kevin Y

I should've known with the Title Casing On Your Second Question.

~

GnomeSlice ツ

12:11 AM

Because I was tired of putting up with certain crap on this account.

@KevinY Which?

Oh, also, I'm a yearling apparently.

Tim Stone

@Mana It is, generally.

goes off to eat

Kevin Y

@GnomeSliceツ Assuming I recognize your sock-puppet correctly, "Can I Destroy the Giant Enemy Ship Before I'm Supposed to?"

Mana

@GnomeSlice Just making sure, you didn't upvote any of your own questions/answers with your sockpuppet, right?

GnomeSlice ツ

@KevinY Yes, but I wasn't actually trying to pull a pun on the giant enemy crab thing.

@Mana Certainly not.

Mana

Cool.

Kevin Y

12:13 AM

@GnomeSliceツ I'm sorry if I contributed to anything pertaining to this.

GnomeSlice ツ

@KevinY Don't worry about it.

Mana

Well, I'll hold off for a bit, I'll just confirm it with the other mods~

Powerlord

@Wipqozn <late> It doesn't help that Blizzard severely nerfed the talent system in WoW Cataclysm.

Mana

since I'm still kind of a newbie to this moderation jazz

Powerlord

Seriously, you have to spend 31 talent points (so, up to about level 70ish) in one tree before you can spend any in another?

Wipqozn

12:17 AM

@GnomeSlice oh goodie, you're back. This place was getting boring without you.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn I never actually left.

But thanks.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSliceツ oh?

Powerlord

@Wipqozn What are you talking about? ARE YOU CALLING US BORING?

Wipqozn

oh! okay. I see reading the chat log now

@Powerlord oh my no, all very interesting. but gnomeslice certainly adds quite a bit to the level of awesome.

I assume your sock puppet was that fellow?

Powerlord

@Wipqozn No he doesn't, after all, he doesn't play team-fortress-2!

Wipqozn

12:18 AM

john?

GnomeSlice ツ

John Gore

67 6

trivia chillingo freespace-2

Wipqozn

@Powerlord WoW has too many levels for it's class system

Powerlord

@Wipqozn You mean... experience levels?

Wipqozn

Yes.

Mana

Linux turned 20!

Wipqozn

12:20 AM

85 is good and all, however the way it's set-up levels feel meaningless

Powerlord

It started at 60 in base, went to 70 in Burning Crusade, 80 in Wrath of the Lich King, and 85 in Cataclysm. The game didn't start at 85.

Wipqozn

I know

I should have clarified

it's become too much

Powerlord

It was a logical progression to get the people at the top to keep paying mon... er... I mean to add content.

Wipqozn

it's level 85 now, but their class system still acts as if it is still level 60

@GnomeSliceツ that's the one

Powerlord

Anyway, I need to remember when I play TF2 tonight to rename my Unusual Dead Cone to "Snow Cone"

Kevin Y

12:22 AM

3

Wipqozn

that reminds me @GnomeSlice, did you ever try frozen synapse ?

on second thought

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn Still not completely downloaded.

Wipqozn

oh my. oh right you don't really use steam.

just find it amusing, since you kept telling everyone to play it forever ago

Mana

OKAY, IT'S HASKELL TIME

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn It looked cool...

:P I AM downloading it through steam.

It's just taking a while.

Wipqozn

12:24 AM

ahah I see

Tim Stone

@Mana OH SNAP

Wipqozn

well whenever you get it installed we need to have a match

Mana

@TIM NO GLOBAL VARIABLES OR MODIFYING ARGUMENTS FOR ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT ABOUT THE OUTPUT

GnomeSlice ツ

@Wipqozn Totally.

@Mana You should be a white rapper.

Mana

Yo dawg why you be hatin'.

Kevin Y

12:25 AM

@GnomeSliceツ *blue rapper

Wipqozn

oh! @mana! I meant to share something with you, just a moment now... let me find it

here @Mana

►

Mana

Oh man, is this the 58 year old rapper guy? clicks

oh

no it is not

Wipqozn

No, it's 22 minutes tribute to jack layton

I believe you were a supporter of him. I could be wrong though, but basing this on the fact you brought him up in chat.

so thought you might appreciate that

Mana

I don't really do politics. But I thought he seemed like a nice enough guy.

Wipqozn

Ah okay

Also, I'm finally playing through deus ex

every time I've tried to play in the past I can never decide how to play, so I only wind up playing for 5 minutes then I restart, make a new character...rinse repeat

and sit at the skill screen forever of course

Mana

12:30 AM

Which, the original?

Wipqozn

Yeah

Mana

hahaha

love that game

Wipqozn

It's a classic, which is why I'm ashamed I've never played it

It's been near the top of my "to-play" list for awhile now

StrixVaria

Finally got to level 30 in LoL, played my first ranked game, had an awesome team that actually used teamwork and warded and all that good stuff. I hope all ranked games are this awesome.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria They won't be,

err I mean, I'm sure they will be...

StrixVaria

12:32 AM

:(

Mana

@StrixVaria But...did you win?

Wipqozn

disclaimer: I've never played the game, but from my experience most players don't understand team work soooo

I did win.

Correct

Good.

12:32 AM

your team won

man,no I in team. jeez.

StrixVaria

And I also won, being on my team.

Wipqozn

some team player you are

StrixVaria

I was the support character x.x

Wipqozn

you kids

Mana

But there's an i in tiam.

StrixVaria

12:33 AM

@Wipqozn There's no I, but there's a me if you rearrange the letters a little.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria was waiting for that

Mana

there's also meat

StrixVaria

TAME

emta...

I'm sure that means something in some language

And it's relevant.

Mana

which implies that cannibalism is the true goal of organizing a team

Wipqozn

LOL! YOU'RE SO FUNNY MANA! LOLOLOLOL

StrixVaria

12:35 AM

@Mana Go use your mod powers to magically solve this dilemma gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28714/…

Is it a dupe?

Wipqozn

psst, everyone remember... we have to laugh at all of manas jokes now...

2

@StrixVaria that's a good question. It's definitely borderline.

Mana

@StrixVaria Hard to say. I'd ask the OP if he feels like his question was answered by the possible dupe.

StrixVaria

That question is hardly answered anyway.

And it's my question. Maybe I should unaccept the answer...

Mana

Oh, wait. I see what you're saying now.

StrixVaria

Having a dupe question that isn't answered well still makes it a dupe. Good answers should go on the first question.

Mana

12:39 AM

I agree. So...is it a dupe? scratches head I can't really see anything that differentiates the two questions.

StrixVaria

I don't think that makes any sense even after the edit.

I think it's a dupe but I also think the original question deserves a more thorough answer.

Mana

I agree.

Wipqozn

Where's tzenes when you need him?

StrixVaria

I would set my first bounty if I still played SC2.

But instead I'm not going to.

Mana

I'll set up a bounty for you

StrixVaria

12:40 AM

And close the new one.

Powerlord

@StrixVaria team-fortress-2 is looking for volunteers! :D

Mana

hmm, I'm not really comfortable making the call quite that quickly, I'd rather get a bit more community input on this.

StrixVaria

I don't have TF2 installed any more.

Mana

Maybe I shouldn't though. Maybe I should just close it. moo

StrixVaria

I'm community.

Wipqozn

12:41 AM

In my not so humble opinion, if strixvaria question had a better answer it would be able to cover both questions

StrixVaria

Hence my bounty idea!

Crap my chicken is probably dried out by now.

Mana

Yeah, okay. I'll close it as a dupe.

FallenAngelEyes

I don't play SCII at all so I find it difficult to judge

Mana

Well like, the main difference is that one asks for a comparison between 1v1 and 2v2

whereas the other asks just for high level strategies for 2v2

Wipqozn

but at the same is acting for tactics that work in each

Mana

12:43 AM

the second is a subset of the first

StrixVaria

Just close it so people can see how powerful you are now.

Mana

Since you can't give a solid answer to the comparison without going over the high level strategies in 2v2.

StrixVaria

4th vote DONE don't need any more Mana saved the day.

Wipqozn

If anyone comes in after the fact with strong argument against closing it can always be re-opened.

Kevin Y

There we go.

StrixVaria

12:45 AM

You didn't do it in time! Now it was just like a normal non-mod vote. D:

Kevin Y

Hah!

Wipqozn

Well @Mana can just go close a random valid question to demonstrate his power

Mana

@StrixVaria I prefer that to be the case. I'd rather only use my binding vote in shut-and-dry cases.

which I guess this one kind of was. idk

Wipqozn

@Mana hurry up and become corrupt already

@Mana It wasn't, it was very borderline.

the main issue was that strixvarias question just didn't have any excellent answers to the question, which made it even harder

StrixVaria

@Mana All my egging on just now was a test. You passed.

Wipqozn

12:47 AM

@StrixVaria A likely story.

Mana

You guys are going to give me a stroke before my term is up.

Wipqozn

That would be so awesome

StrixVaria

Are there terms? I thought it was permanent.

Wipqozn

err I mena...uh, oh no! I hope not!

@StrixVaria it lasts until the next election, at which point I believe he can be re-elected.

They hold elections every year, right?

Kevin Y

Don't we just keep adding moderators each election?

Mana

12:49 AM

Actually, for all I know it is permanent. I believe the point of future elections is to add more mods.

StrixVaria

Interesting. Somehow I thought it was permanent and new elections were just to add new mods as the site grows.

Wipqozn

@Mana oh really? that's fairly cool.

@StrixVaria it might be, I could have just been wrong.

terribly, terribly wrong.

silly dubstep

12:52 AM

@Mana ಠ_ಠ

Wipqozn

Also, I must be off. It's nearly 10pm!

I get up at 6am and all, so that's late for me during the week.

FallenAngelEyes

later @Wipqozn

Mana

I find it great that this moderation allows me to be a lot more liberal with giving my rep away through bounties. I get to help people get good answers to their awesome questions!

Wipqozn

@Mana I never thought about that

Rep doesn't matter as much when you have a diamond

Mana

The only problem is that every bounty I place puts me further down the list of eligible people for the promotional grants

Wipqozn

12:54 AM

You should give it all away, so that you'll be a moderator with 1 rep

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana ?

Kevin Y

@Wipqozn And then @Mana and Community could be best buds!

Wipqozn

@Mana which in turns move me up the list. Think of me mana.

@KevinY don't forget to ping @community as well

Kevin Y

Ahh right, sorry @Community.

Wipqozn

also, goodbye all.

Mana

12:57 AM

modern art

Kevin Y

@Mana Thank you Click2Flash for alerting me.

Mana

Oh, I see

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana This is a piece of shit.

Mana

woooooooooooah

You just don't get Industrial Painter.com

GnomeSlice ツ

I can't even skim through this without feeling vaguely ill.

This one's for @Mana:

Mana

1:08 AM

@GnomeSlice claps

GnomeSlice ツ

:D

(SeewhatIdidthar?)

Mana

End of Act 5 comes out in a month and 3 and a half weeks. I am very excited.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana Wait, you said I was on act 4.

Mana

Where'd you stop? Jack: Descend?

GnomeSlice ツ

I thought it was Jack:Ascend.

Mana

1:12 AM

ah

so yeah, Act 4 then

GnomeSlice ツ

Which by the way.

Was pretty confusing.

Mana

you're not quite done yet

@GnomeSlice Jack uses whatever Jade's present to John was to kill the Black Queen, takes her ring, inherits all the power (all of it)

then he takes flight

omg I want to play drums to this song so badly but it's so late

@GnomeSlice Can you give me your electronic kit pleeeeeeeeeease

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana No.

I'm too busy never ever playing it any more.

Mana

bah

why don't you play drums

they're so much fun

GnomeSlice ツ

I suck at them.

And I don't get any better.

At anything.

Mana

1:18 AM

wow

that was slightly more depressing than I was expecting

GnomeSlice ツ

You don't even know. I never get better at anything.

Not just the drums.

Mana

Look man, I became a moderator on this site. If a loser like me could do something like that, then a nerd baller like you can do anything, bro.

FallenAngelEyes

nerd baller?! XD

GnomeSlice ツ

ಠ_ಠ

"nerd baller"?

Dude, are you on crack.

Mana

I might have stolen that term from a popular Starcraft 2 commentator

Kevin Y

1:20 AM

@Mana That was a horrible attempt at a compliment, I'm sorry.

GnomeSlice ツ

I'm the one taking antidepressants because of my lack of balling skills.

Mana

@KevinY It's better than most of my other ones.

GnomeSlice ツ

Oh, hey @Mana.

Oh wait.

Mana

omg Gamzee

READ ACT 5 ALREADY

but finish Act 4 first

because both are equally awesome

GnomeSlice ツ

Well, Frozen Synapse finished downloading.

Raven Dreamer

1:28 AM

Hey, @those folks in the Deus Ex thing.

Mana

Mod buddy!

GnomeSlice ツ

Too bad my computer sucks.

Raven Dreamer

Has anyone discovered what the quickload key is? I think f5 is quicksave...

Mod buddy!

Mana

@RavenDreamer F6?

Raven Dreamer

Dunno. Can't find it listed anywhere.

I tried F9-12, I think.

Mana

1:29 AM

In all other games I've played with that feature it's F5+F6 for quicksave/load respectively

Raven Dreamer

Oblivion is F5 and F9.

I haven't played Half-life (GASP!) or any other non TF2 source games that might rely on it.

Lazers

0

Q: The best places for league of legends champion builds?

I am looking for guides on how to build champions in league of legends. I came across Leaguecraft but I am sure there are other alternatives.

league-of-legends

GnomeSlice ツ

Ugh, even with all of the graphics turned down, frozen synapse isn't running very smoothly.

Mana

►

Man, I wish I had a band to jam with like this.

@GnomeSlice Let's start a band.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana No.

Mana

1:32 AM

:(

GnomeSlice ツ

Can I play the stupid?

I'm pretty good at that one.

Raven Dreamer

Okay, I guess I'll go play League of Legends some more. Skarner is fun!

Mana

ooh...that was harsh. But it was also self-deprecating. I'm torn between laughing and feeling bad.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana Why not try both?

Mana

I did.

GnomeSlice ツ

1:34 AM

Fug, I'll go through this tutorial later

I'm not gonna have net access after 10 PM anymore.

Mana

lame

GnomeSlice ツ

You can thank my father for that.

Mana

Well, I'm certain he has his reasons. And let's not get into them on this public chat.

GnomeSlice ツ

I didn't sleep last night for whatever reason, and he checked our logs and found that I was online during the night

Because I couldn't sleep, but whatever.

Mana

shrug

Mana

1:51 AM

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana Uh?

Nice grammar, btw.

Mana

@GnomeSlice Oh come on. You should see this one. It's your favorite grammar error.

That...that's the point.

GnomeSlice ツ

Oh, is that what the joke was?

Mana

YES

GnomeSlice ツ

Pft.

Mana

1:53 AM

SLAPS

John Gore

2:07 AM

►

Mana

This reminds me of Limbo. Also, what are you doing on this account?

GnomeSlice ツ

@Mana Forgetting to switch on my other computer.

Mana

ahh

GnomeSlice ツ

Legends of Grimrock looks pretty sweet

@Mana Merge with me.

Mana

transformation sequence

oh, damn, you edited it.

Powerlord

2:16 AM

@JohnGore People still make Eye of the Beholder type games?

Also, I renamed my Pyro hat "Snow Cone" in TF2.

GnomeSlice ツ

@Powerlord I guess so. With tile-based movement and all.

Powerlord

cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540651079823689503/…

Oh right, heaven forbid Steam use normal image links.

Anyway, there's me wearing Snow Cone.

GnomeSlice ツ

launched http://t.co/5JhXH9K and we now get a surprising number of facebook support emails. "MY PROFILE STATES THAT I LIKE MEN!! I DONT!!!"

Tweeted by codinghorror on August 26, 2011 at 12:22 AM

Oh wow. So many downvoted questions on that site.

Kevin Y

13 hours ago, by Grace Note

@Mana That's because votes indicate quality, and you're looking at Facebook Stack Overflow.

Mana

oh geez

GnomeSlice ツ

2:25 AM

@KevinY Oh, right.

Kevin Y

@Mana What would've happened if I validated that flag, heh.

Mana

I totally spaced and used my close vote on a question facepalm

Kevin Y

@Mana Oh good, you're finally starting to ruin things!

Mana

aaaaaaaaagh

okay don't panic just leave a comment telling him why I used my close vote to begin with

FallenAngelEyes

@Mana I loled

GnomeSlice ツ

2:27 AM

@Mana So?

Mana

agh now I'm all blushing this is horrible

Kevin Y

@Mana It's not that bad – you don't have to wait for 4 close votes to close a question.

Mana

Well, the problem is more that I was going to wait for them to do the edits as per Raven's recommendation.

Lazers

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Q: Do “Nintendo Selects” (aka “Player’s Choice”) versions have any content differences?

I know that the label Nintendo Selects / Player’s Choice is applied to games that have sold more than one million copies and are sold for less, but do they ever have content differences such as more or fewer levels or characters, different graphics/sprites, bug-fixes, etc.?

version-differences nintendo

Kevin Y

@Mana Ahh, I see.

You can always use your binding re-open vote if it gets edited, though.

Mana

2:32 AM

And so I plan to. But it still just feels wrong.

Oh well.

Nick T

@GnomeSliceツ lol, average question on there is negative, so bad

why'd they even do it

Lazers

1

Q: The FAQ has pictures from other sites and with the beta CSS

I don't know how long it's been since I visited the FAQ, but I found my way there today and noticed that all the example pictures (which I don't think existed before) show the CSS from beta sites, and one even shows the name of the site as "Bicycles". It was jarring, since it didn't mesh with th...

feature-request status-bydesign site-faq

0

Q: Why are *-rec questions closed as off-topic?

The close reason that a new user sees for an off-topic question is: Questions on Gaming - Stack Exchange are expected to generally relate to gaming, within the scope defined in the faq. Why isn't not constructive used? This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect ans...