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12:27 AM
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Q: Gaming Promotional Grant - Round 6 - "Rage"

Brett White ΨIf you unfamiliar with the cavalcade of fun that is The Gaming Promotional Grant, please follow the link. I present to you...Round 6! This is the first round using the results from the previous round of voting (as seen here). The 11 games that will be offered in Fall 2011 are: Elder Scrolls V:...

So how does this work?
I put my name and the game/platform I'm volunteering to play?
ie: C. Ross -> Diablo 3?
 
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Q: Is there any reason to horde skill points?

C. RossIs there any reason to horde skill points, whether from leveling up or in the form of the occasional quest reward? Can any benefit be gained by saving the skill points for later, or are they best used immediately?

 
It just me or does @CRoss's small pic make him look like...
maybe a Scottish lumberman?
a ginger Chuck Norris?
 
@NickT you know ... I really have nothing to say to that
 
@CRoss You can only put your name in for this grant right now
if you don't want rage, you don't need to do anything
 
@Wipqozn ok, so it's Rage specific, ok
 
12:40 AM
@CRoss Exactly. So if the only game you want is Diablo 3, you don't need to do anything until the diablo 3 grant comes up
which probably won't be for another 3 years
Actually I really hope it comes out in either December or January, since that's been my estimated release date for nearly a year now
obviously this doesn't stop me from cracking "it will be another 3 years" jokes
 
@Wipqozn it's not the only one, but it's certainly top of mind
 
@CRoss you can only get two games for this round remember, so keep that in mind.
 
I'm ok with waiting for it. There are plenty of cheap/free games to play in the mean time.
@Wipqozn I wouldn't have time to do more than two games.
 
@CRoss Torchlight 2 is on the list too. Very similar to Diablo; good game to hold you over.
 
@Wipqozn yeah. I am a little wary of going up to sequels where I haven't played the previous games ...
perhaps I should just sink the $10 into torchlight
 
12:44 AM
Hmm, Gaming Blog still seems to be online. (blog.superuser.com is down)
 
@CRoss take note it doesn't have any multiplayer
 
Here's some promotional footage for Rage
 
I love first world problems:
> 9:46 PM - Wipqozn: I'd like to play Team Fortress 2, but I need to get up at 6am tomorrow so I really should be heading off to bed.
> 9:46 PM - bgalin: always the dilemma
> 9:46 PM - Wipqozn: me and my first world problems
 
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Q: Does a turret going to "hostile" state, but not opening fire, disqualify the user from Foxiest of the Hounds?

Chris DownI'm about half way through my second playthrough of the game now, and realised that on the first mission at Milwaukee Junction a turret did see me. My minimap went to "hostile", but the turret did not fire, and (as far as I can tell) no alarm sounded. Being seen by any turret appears to immediate...

 
1:02 AM
also, this is awesome
 
user20683
lol
 
user20683
I'd forgotten how tricky Wing Commander can be
 
@Wipqozn She looks a little frontheavy for a longboard.
 
We should really set it up so posting a link to a question on bookFace will extract the question title and a short excerpt and display it
 
user20683
I think it's just low cut, she doesn't look that big to me
 
1:14 AM
NintendoLife posts the article picture and title
we should do something similar
 
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Q: When picking up dead opponent weapons do you get their perks as well?

giulioPlaying COD:BO on PS3. If you pick up a weapon off the ground, do you also get their perks from the dead opponent who had the weapon ?

 
I'll need to look through meta tomorrow to see if it has been suggested in the past, and if not suggest it
 
2:01 AM
Would anyone like to play SSBSBHSD with me?
 
2:28 AM
super smash brothers super bro house shit dude
amirite?
 
No.
 
3:28 AM
In case it hasn't been mentioned here yet, Valve is testing two great new TF2 features in Beta.
1. More Misc slots. 2. Saved loadouts.
 
4:25 AM
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Q: Can an NTSC-J Playstation 2 run safely on 120VAC?

KenI have acquired a Playstation 2, model "SCPH-55000", i.e., an "NTSC-J" model. It has an internal power supply: the power cable is simply a cable, not a transformer. All of the documentation, both in the manual and on the device itself, says simply "100V", and not "100-120V" or "100/110V", as ha...

 
4:47 AM
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Q: What is this game: old game where lines(asteroids) are going down the city

DoodooI've played this old PC game where there is only one screen of a city then falling stars/asteroids shown as lines go down on varying speeds. You have to click them for them to not hit the city. Once it hits the city, game over. It's in 2D and it's old. What is the name of this game?

 
The internet is boring tonight.
 
5:18 AM
Is it valid to ask a question about a current game-mechanic in Diablo 3?
 
5:36 AM
Beta is open/not NDA'd, right? If so, go nuts. You might not get an answer though :/
 
It's still closed beta, however there's no NDA for it. There were just some fuzz about asking question about unreleased/closed beta games on the meta, so thought I would ask here first, instead of getting the question closed asap.
 
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Q: Can i buy the xbox live gold family pack for only 2 accounts?

Marci only have 2 people in my family who play xbox and i was wondering if we get the pack what happens to the remainder 2 years of xbox live?

 
And, should I tag it as diablo-3 or diablo-3-beta? Since the mechanic might change in the release version.
 
 
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6:50 AM
Oh god why have I spent the past hour watching videos of vervet monkeys getting drunk what is wrong with me
 
 
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7:57 AM
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Q: Civilization V : No text at all in the game?

PierreI just bought the game Civilization V on the AppStore (Apple) : The game seems to work but there is no text on any button, title, text field, etc. Is there a way to fix this ? Tech info : MacBookPro Intel Core Duo 2,33 / Snow Leopard.

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Q: Where to find Zoltan Chivay?

Uday KanthI'm currently pursuing the 'Memory of the blade' quest. And I'm told by Shani to talk to Zoltan about the silver sword. I found him at the Hairy Bear Inn a few times before but now I can't find him no matter at what time of the day I enter the inn. What are the other possible places that he can b...

 
8:18 AM
0
Q: Why did my Zombie Pigmen form a flash mob?

Dan RasmussenI was journeying to the Nether when I noticed the most curious site outside my portal enclosure: The mob started with ab...

 
8:39 AM
0
Q: Launching Alliance of Valiant Arms WITHOUT Reactor or Steam

ShikiI love the game, but there is one problem. The launcher comes with a huge drawback. Reactor uses ~100mb of ram and some CPU. Steam uses ~170mb of ram and a bit more CPU. Still, 100 and 170mb are a bit too much. Is there a way to launch the game without Reactor/Steam? :-/

 
 
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11:05 AM
18 diamonds! woo
...and I don't want to use them :(
 
Do you not need them or are you not sure what to use them for?
 
11:34 AM
In my mining quests I tend to find more diamonds than I can use.
 
So ... Ben Adams and James Niesewand of Illyriad Games think that the installed games era is over, because "The major advantages that boxed set or download games have had over browser-based games are local storage and direct access to the graphics and audio engines. Those barriers are being smashed apart by HTML5"
Who the hell are those guys, what the hell are they smoking, and can I have some of it?
Beau Hindmann's interview with them, for reference: massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/20/…
 
@FallenAngelEyes A combination of both
An iron pick easily gets me much more iron than I used to craft it
Currently I have 256 iron ingots
(woo 256)
so it's... much more expendable
 
11:49 AM
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Q: How do the ending narrations in DE:HR change depending on your playstyle?

RawlingAfter finishing Human Revolution and watching all the endings, I noticed that in each one the narrator mentioned "trying to follow morals" or something similar, which sounded to me like a reflection of my playing style. I've since read elsewhere that the ending narrations do indeed change based ...

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Q: Are my ending options restricted depending on secondary objectives completed?

RawlingIn the last level proper of DE:HR, you are given two secondary objectives which eventually match up with two of the possible choices at the end of the game. If you do not complete these objectives, are you unable to make the corresponding choice at the ending? If so, how are you restricted? Do ...

 
12:07 PM
@badp Use Iron for your regular stuff, save your Diamond for Obsidian? That's what I do in the beginning with Stone/Iron, saving the iron one for Gold I find til I have enough Iron
 
12:17 PM
@FallenAngelEyes I dunno, obsidian's pretty risky to mine
 
@badp Why is it risky?
 
... especially since it's rather easy to cast it, unless something changed in 1.8.
 
I know that a bucket of water on a pool of lava makes a layer of obsidian easy peasy
but if the pool of lava is 2 deep, there's still lava underneath
 
1:14 PM
@badp Solidify the top layer. Dig a hole in the middle. Dump water to solidify. Dig a second block out of the hole. Dump water. Now the four blocks adjacent to the hole are 100% safe to mine with no exposure to lava. Repeat as necessary.
 
@sjohnston You could just dig a hole to the side and dump a water source there instead ...
 
@MartinSojka Yes, also very viable.
 
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Q: What's the safest way to farm obsidian without burning to death?

FallenAngelEyesIn single player Survival mode in Minecraft Alpha, what is the safest way to create an obsidian farm? I've come across naturally occurring in obsidian in Survival MP, but that was easy to mine because there's no damage, so I could safely hack away while I was on fire. I'm kind of paranoid about w...

:D?
goes to lunch
 
THis question needs more close votes
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Q: Can you win the game?

Nick122Is it possible to win the game? The game being the mind game. The game is when you talk about the game then you lose the game. Is there anyway to win?

New user, no other activity... I'm assuming it's someone trying to troll
 
1:26 PM
Heh. And now you, @GraceNote, and I posted nearly identical comments. :P
 
That's a silly question either way. There are non-verbal means of communication, after all.
 
I'm totally winning the game as we speak. So there.
 
@AnnaLear Pretty sure you just lost it, just like I did.
 
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Q: Can you win the game?

Nick122Is it possible to win the game? The game being the mind game. The game is when you talk about the game then you lose the game. Is there anyway to win?

 
I hope someone replied with "The only way to win is not to play"
 
1:33 PM
@Powerlord no, but you're welcome to
 
@Powerlord No, I didn't. The only condition for losing is to think about it and I'm not thinking about it. ;)
 
@AnnaLear thinking about what?
 
@Wipqozn Nothing.
 
7 mins ago, by Anna Lear
I'm totally winning the game as we speak. So there.
Are you saying you weren't thinking about it when you said you were winning it?
 
@Powerlord I don't think she understands how the game works.
 
1:36 PM
> Sources close to members of the board were cited as saying that getting rid of the PC unit was not as well thought through as initially believed.
 
@Wipqozn Nah, I'm just being extra pedantic. Thinking about winning the game instead of thinking about the game. Nevermind, I'll just be over here.
 
@Powerlord Context?
 
@Wipqozn HP's Board of Directors
 
@Powerlord Wait, wait.... a PC company leaving the PC market is is a bad idea?
 
@Wipqozn No, no,no, the second-most profitable PC company and highest in number of units sold leaving the PC market is a great idea!
 
1:38 PM
Web 2.0 is where it's at. /sarcasm
 
(For the record, Apple is the most profitable)
 
OMG web 2.0!!
 
Don't forget microsoft! They own PCs after all.
 
Have you heard about HTML5 its the new Web 2.0!!!
 
Although I've never been clear on if Apple's entry on Gartner's list includes iPhones, iPod Touches, or iPads.
 
1:40 PM
hey look, it's @mana!
Do you recall when @Ronan manafied the nyon cat?
 
looks
I do.
Oh
wait you're asking me for the date? I don't.
 
@Mana I was.
Planning to add it to the list of chat memes, since I think it is safe to say it has long since reached that point.
 
@AnnaLear Actually, the condition states "talk", not "thiink. In either case, the solution is easy:
 
manafying things that is
 
1:42 PM
@MartinSojka That's even easier. We're typing about it rather than talking.
 
@Wipqozn Wasn't it for the election?
 
@GraceNote Oh my no, it was long before that.
 
In plain text: The set of games defined such that a if you think about any element of the set you lose the element is isomorph to the empty set.
 
Fairly certain it was anyways.
As in 99.9% certain.
okay well
I'm afk for now
toodles all
 
Interesting, so I have two different TF2 events on Saturday now.
Game On at 7:00pm UTC, then OCR Prop Hunt at midnight UTC Sunday (which is still Saturday my time)
 
1:53 PM
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Q: Why can't I enter a city state's territory?

OakIn a recent game a certain city state became angry with me, and from that point onward I could not enter the territory of the city state, it showed it in red, just like trying to enter mountains or deep-ocean tiles in early game. This behavior persisted after the city state returned to neutral st...

 
2:10 PM
Someone needs to create a community ad for the promotional grant, we're now at 24 hours and still have 0 people that have listed themself as interested to receive a free copy of a AAA game.
 
2:21 PM
I'm on the fence on it. Is it supposed to be a horror game?
 
@AnnaLear Given that it's id, I assume it's a first person shooter of some sort.
 
@Powerlord I'll rephrase. "Is it a scary shooter?" :)
 
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A: Recording gameplay from my console

GullFireI currently use a Hauppage HD PVR to record game play via component output from a PS3 set at 720p. The quality of the capture is very good, but I have had some reliability issues and the external box and cables are quite bulky. I am about to purchase a Blackmagic Intensity Pro capture card as t...

He edited his own post so I'm assuming it's the same guy.
 
2:36 PM
@Brant Those links are the same, aren't they?
 
@AnnaLear I don't know what you're talking about
Jedi hand wave
Wait, did I just mind control myself?
 
@Brant Merged
 
I'll be honest, if I got Rage, I'd probably not play it for a good long time. Whereas, if I got Zelda, I'd play it as soon as I got it (simply because it's not an FPS and I'm loaded down on FPS games in my Backlog)
 
A sensible plan
 
As a gamer, I've pretty much had enough first-person manshooters for one lifetime.
 
2:41 PM
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - meh
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - I wouldn't mind this but not for PC
Diablo 3 - meh
Torchlight 2 - eh
Batman: Arkham City - meh
Assassin's Creed Revelations - meh
Battlefield 3 - meeeh
Might and Magic: Heroes VI - meh
Rage - eh, except I can't run it
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 - wtf please no
Saints Row: The Third - meh
I guess I'll go for Torchlight 2 at least.
 
Minecraft 1.9 pre-release: assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre/minecraft.jar (expect lots of bugs and crashing, I guess)
 
already?
> notch: We'll do a 1.9 pre-release today, and a full release after feedback. More Adventure Mode content will come in 1.10, we're splitting it up!
So you're splitting up the split up. Gotcha.
 
@badp I gotta check how my video card would cope with Rage (if at all). Although I'm getting better at console FPS.
 
@AnnaLear It doesn't help they're not going to put out a demo
and the 'minimum' requirement is pretty high end
so I'd find it unethical (or just stupid) of me to apply nonetheless
 
@badp and by "not for PC" for Zelda, you meant not for Wii, right?
 
2:46 PM
@Powerlord I only have a PC so why would I not mean "not for PC"?
 
@badp He's pulling an Orson Scott Card.
 
@badp Oh, I misinterpreted what you said. I interpreted it as "I wouldn't mind this, but not if it's for PC"
 
woahwoahwoah 1.9 Pre-Release already?
 
@Brant I guess it beats a Christopher Paolini.
 
@tombull89 Yeah. Old news. At least 10 minutes old.
 
2:49 PM
@MartinSojka :o shocking.
 
> ...and blaze rods (?), ghast tears, nether warts
(See? Snout.)
Added support for multiple Misc slot items being equipped at the same time
Added support for character loadout presets
Updated the Foster's Facade and Noh Mercy to use the misc slot.
The class select screen now displays currently equipped loadout.
The Reserve Shooter can now be equipped by the Pyro and Soldier.
The Tomislav now reduces the wearer's health by 50.
Metal consumption while using the Widowmaker was reduced to 30 from 60.
The cloak delay when using the Enforcer was increased to 1 second from 0.5 seconds.
 
@badp So, no more free stuff from dismantling/harvesting in the villages? Or do they not mind if we take apart their homes still?
 
@MartinSojka Apparently they don't do anything yet
(I'm not installing 1.9-pre)
 
@badp And yet they didn't move the Pyromancer's Mask to Misc? Despite it now being the only "Mask" that's not a Misc?
er... except the Halloween masks.
(I always forget those)
 
3:03 PM
Now I just wish the dead ringer actually ringed
 
By the way, did they say how many Misc slots "multiple" is? 2? 3?
 
user30
That's a pretty big tomislav nerf
 
I have like 7 all-class Misc items and I want to wear them all at once!
 
I don't have beta installed now and I'm not downloading 11 GB on this connection to find out
 
user30
@Powerlord Double miscs
 
user30
3:06 PM
also loadout presets <3
 
@ThomasMcDonald We've been asking for that for ages now.
I wonder how many they limit you to.
 
user30
4 - a, b, c, d
 
I use at least two Spy loadouts regularly.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Can we get screenshots? Pretty pweeeez
 
Enforcer + Dead Ringer + Strange Knife + Fedora for one. L'Etranger + Cloak & Dagger + Your Eternal Reward + Familiar Fez for the other.
 
3:07 PM
Reddit has only rage faces
 
user30
spuf has no screenshots, only vocals
 
Speaking of which, I need to get a Made Man now.
 
user30
 
Have a star
 
user30
wait, is that loadout previews?
 
3:08 PM
@ThomasMcDonald All I see is an Image not found.
 
@ThomasMcDonald yes
 
user30
let me upload it to imgur then
 
user30
@powerlord it's probably because it's under steampowered.com
 
@ThomasMcDonald TCO
 
@ThomasMcDonald Likely, yeah.
 
3:11 PM
@Powerlord I see it.
It's a TF2 Engineer...
How come I can see it if you can't?
Oh right. Work filter.
 
I've rehosted on imgur
 
user30
oh look, the latest ICANN blackmail has come around
 
user30
> A one off fee to block your .XXX domain and your non-adult brand will be free of any association with the adult industry.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Wait, that's not through steampowered.com
 
user30
@GnomeSlice It was
 
3:13 PM
@ThomasMcDonald wat
 
@ThomasMcDonald It's not ICANN that's charging that, it's the company they gave control over the .XXX TLD to.
 
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Q: Does Rock Band 3 for Wii lack any features?

Kevin ReidDoes the Wii edition of Rock Band 3 lack any features that the other (PS3 or Xbox 360) editions have?

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Q: Game control panel

VarunI have window based dedicated server and need to know the best free Control panel that can be used with it that can provide maximum security.. will be hosting CS CZ CSS and other valve game servers Thanks

 
user30
@Powerlord ICANN authorised the .xxx tld though?
 
@Lazers Seriously, what? He posted that to GameDev.SE too ... Why do people do that?
 
user30
which is of very questionable utility in the first place
 
3:21 PM
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Q: Close happy? Should this have been closed?

Not a NameHow do you setup a (public) Minecraft Server on Linux/CentOS? (closed) This was very different from the question asked. For one it was on CentOS, not windows. Secondly it was to be configured with a VPS. Closing it was silly, even if the TITLES pointed to the same question, they were on highly d...

 
Okay, so I bought a new laptop - I should be able to finally play TF2
 
user30
oh yeah, I can't make saturday's game, I forgot I'm going to a 21st
 
@ThomasMcDonald >:/
TRAITOR!
 
user30
I should be about on Sunday though
 
@MarcoCeppi: Speaking of which, is the TF2 server still set to 20 people?
 
3:30 PM
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Q: Check whether a directory exists or not using JavaScript

neerajaHow to check whether a directory exists or not using javascript or jquery?

lolwat
 
$("#C #Windows").length == 0
(I like how 一二三 rolls.)
 
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Q: What is the group/party size in DC Universe Online?

The SasquatchI see that DCU Online is going to a free to play mode soon and I was wondering how large of a group can you play with in DCU Online? I play PC games once a week with a group of about 5 people and we are looking for something new we can all play together online, and are looking into the superher...

 
@badp Ichi-Ni-San?
 
3:49 PM
Hmm, according to RPS another side-effect of Diablo 3 being always-online is that you can't pause the game.
2
And if you go idle for too long you get disconnected and have to start from your last checkpoint.
 
@Brant that's a little silly
 
I sincerely hope that the always online requirement plus beta with no NDA = lost sales as people post what the limitations are before it's released.
 
@Brant Uuuuugh
 
Maybe game developers have all day to sit around playing games, but real people tend to have distractions
 
@Powerlord solution: next time, always online requirement plus beta with NDA
 
3:53 PM
@badp Next time, Gadget... next time!
I need to find the Mad TV Get Smart parody where 99 asks Max what he's been doing all these years, and he says "Playing Inspector Gadget", which causes her to slap him.
(because it sounded like he said "inspect her gadget")
 
Heh.
I get it.
Whoa, was Super Spring Break SpeedBoat Hero SD updated like... today?
 
> Assange™ pens world's first unauthorised autobiography
I lolled
 
I don't get it.
Wait, now I get it.
 
Wait, his name is trademarked?
 
@ArdaXi From what I understand, he was trying to trademark it.
But I doubt it actually happened.
 
So, a local radio station is going to give everyone in the city $1,000 if the satellite that's falling out of orbit lands on the big target they painted outside.
 
That's nothing. Apparently you can win $millions if the numbers on a slip of paper you purchase matches the ones generated at random that day.
 
@GnomeSlice Didn't Taco Bell do some sort of thing with the MIR space station?
 
When Nintendo meets Street Fighter... creepy things happen.
@FallenAngelEyes No idea.
It's basically going to come down somewhere in Canada.
So I doubt it will hit their target.
 
4:10 PM
 
You posted a link to the article, y'know
 
@GraceNote Oh, right.
 
No need to repost every image in here.
 
@GraceNote Since when do people click on things I link.
@FallenAngelEyes How do you take out insurance on that.
 
I dunno
 
4:13 PM
Actually, it would probably be pretty easy.
Since the odds of it happening were basically zero.
 
When did SCII become F2P?
 
@ArdaXi Huh?
 
Apparently, StarCraft 2 became free to play.
Last month or something?
 
Awesome!
 
4:18 PM
I suspect a Game-on! Soon.
 
I might try it then.
 
x_x wow.
Why.
 
Because everyone who would buy it has.
 
@ArdaXi Looks like the only paid portion is the full campaign, if I'm reading that right.
 
4:20 PM
Die.
@GraceNote And the other two races.
 
@ArdaXi Aren't there... only... oh, nevermind.
 
it's weird. Falling heights costs cloak with the C&D, but getting carried around on a train doesn't
 
So, you can only play multiplayer Terran in the free version?
 
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Q: How do I beat the SpaceCraft level on BomberHehhe?

DanBealeBomberHehhe! is a puzzle type game for Dreamcast. I'm stuck on one level, where you have to destroy an alien space craft. Things are made trickier because the game is all in Japanese. How do I blow-up the alien space-craft in this game?

 
@ArdaXi If you mean in campaign mode, there's only one campaign in the base game... the Terran campaign.
 
4:21 PM
No, I mean in multiplayer.
@GraceNote Pretty much.
 
@badp The train is moving, while you're stationary on top of it.
 
@ArdaXi Huh. If I weren't okay since my plan was always to go MECH, I'd be rather miffed.
 
That's only barely different from falling
 
Jul 23 at 17:33, by Ronan Forman
user image
 
4:23 PM
Just be glad they capped the cloak drain rate. Falling used to basically completely exhaust it.
 
And it's call nyan cat. Recreated as Nyana cat.
 
Is there anyone who doesn't do this?
 
@FallenAngelEyes Wow. Must purchase tank of sulfur hexafluoride
 
Account verification, you mean?
 
@sjohnston Isn't that great? XD
 
4:24 PM
@ArdaXi The last line I don't get it
 
No, I don't think there are many who do not do account verification anymore.
 
@GraceNote The very last line.
 
Oh.
 
Pffft.
 
4:25 PM
I am 16 years old. According to local law, I am personally, legally responsible for myself.
 
Which makes sense.
 
> We believe that real-world priorities such as homework, chores, and family dinner should take precedence over entertainment - that's why we offer Parental Controls to help parents manage their teens' World of Warcraft play schedules and determine how they use the social features of Battle.net when playing online.
That's actually pretty awesome of them.
 
I did that too.
 
Aren't you under-age in the UK?
 
I'm 16, I'm allowed to have sex but not drink...
3
 
4:32 PM
@RonanForman I'm allowed to both.
Hypothetically, anyway.
 
Good thing I didn't recommend one of the plugins I was looking at to Marco. forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=143410 <-- doesn't work any more
 
user30
drinking is bad, don't do it kids
 
@ThomasMcDonald ...but how can you have drunken sex, then? :O
 
I can't have sexen drink though!
 
@RonanForman thank you sir
 
4:35 PM
37 hours download!
 
Hang on.
The Battle.net Authenticator just asked for root access.
 
@ArdaXi To your phone?
Oh right, I forgot I'd need to dig out my authenticator if I want to play SC2, as it affects more than WoW.
 
@Powerlord Yes.
 
(I have a physical authenticator fob)
 
44 hours, I'm no expert but I think it should go down...
 
4:38 PM
Anyway, sounds like HP's board is still deliberating over whether they're firing their CEO or not.
 
@Powerlord It shouldn't need root access for anything.
 
@ArdaXi I agree.
 
So why would it ask for it?
 
user30
Why not?
 
1 min ago, by Arda Xi
@Powerlord It shouldn't need root access for anything.
 
4:40 PM
@ThomasMcDonald Because it's invasive, unnecessary and will fail on 99% of phones.
 
user30
for the hell of it, that's why
 
user30
also rootkit
 
Literally, what it does is run the sudo command.
 
sudo make me... oh, that joke's overplayed?
 
Rooted phones have a daemon listening for sudo commands and provide a pop-up to allow or block.
@Powerlord A little.
 
4:46 PM
I was just reading the stars list and just pictured my TF2 Scout wearing all my all-class Misc items at once. That's like 2 pairs of glasses, 2 medals, 2 pins, and... maybe I only have 6, I forget.
Actually, I wonder why they didn't split Misc into Face and Chest, since that's what 90% of them are.
 
heh, showing other people Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure never fails to be amusing
 
Lucky Number 42, Flip Flops, and Teddy Roosebelt would be forced into the Chest section likely in that split, though.
 
@Mana I misread 'porn' in there the first few times I double checked.
 
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Sissy's Magical Porn Adventure? Who is Sissy again?
Is she hot?
 
4:48 PM
Sissy's Magical Pornycorn Adventure
 
Wait, Sissy's a furry? EW.
 
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Sissy is a five year old girl. You sick man.
 
So if we're worried about people not signing up for the promotional grants because they are "saving up" for the big games, should we maybe start the signup for all 11 games now?
 
<3 Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure
 
That would help give people an idea at least of where the rep bar would be for each game, thus encouraging them to sign up for the ones that they would be able to qualify for
 
4:53 PM
can somebody join me on the Gaming.SE server and cap the first point please
I guess that means having 2 more people join me :(
I wanted to see that thing about Egypt's spawn doors in action
 
@badp er... what?
That the RED spawn doors can trap you?
 
I think I'm going to uninstall TF2 after this weekend's Game On!
 
Red? I thought it was blue.
 
@Mana That's probably for the best. No one wants to play (games) with you anyway
 
...:(
 
4:55 PM
@Mana What's the problem? You just don't like the game or..?
 
No no no, I love the game.
 
@badp In stage 1, RED's point A spawn hallway has doors close on both sides after A is captured. If you're between them, you die.
 
But it's like...really addictive. Like, really addictive. Like I started playing TF2 at 2:00 PM yesterday and, besides eating, wound up doing absolutely nothing else for the rest of the day.
 
(or get stuck, but I think it kills you, since there's no escape)
@Mana And you wondered how I clocked 1500 hours in 3.5 years in it?
 
I was wondering whose IP are question and answers here?
 
So can somebody join the server real quick?
 

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