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7:00 PM
or do we want ?
We have barely any questions on the site about it so there's no precedent set yet
I'm not sure which would be easier though given the long names of the series (see here)
 
When in doubt... meta pooooooooooooooost!
 
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Super Mod!
 
@GraceNote Can I tag it with ?
 
Go ahead, though personally I prefer 'curse you tag limit' because it sounds even funnier. ♪
 
@GraceNote <_< I was only joking but I'm totally going to do that now
 
7:07 PM
Pop Quiz! Well, less a quiz more as just a fun fun anyway - who wants to guess what game our top-hitting search term comes from is right now? It's not Skyrim, by the way.
 
@GraceNote Minecraft enderdragon?
 
Nope
 
Seeing as how it was released just yesterday, I'll guess Zelda: Skyward Sword
 
Nay
 
@GraceNote angry birds?
 
7:10 PM
They've been off the throne for a long time, thankfully
 
@sjohnston That was my guess, but it's wrong
 
(I should note that analytics is only looking at the past 2 months, by the way)
 
Do we each only get one guess? :P
 
Haha @Shinrai already caught my question being incorrectly tagged by Jeff
 
@Powerlord You can make as many as you'd like
 
7:12 PM
Batman: Arkham City (except spelled properly)?
 
Nay
I'll probably say it after at most 5 more community guesses
 
StarCraft 2? :D
 
I don't even know if we still get SC2 traffic
 
I refuse to guess MW3 just on sheer principle.
 
I'm going with Deus Ex or Dungeon Defenders
 
7:14 PM
@TimStone Ooh, I didn't think of Deus Ex.
 
@TimStone The latter
 
Hooray!
 
user15026
what is dungeon defenders?
 
Specifically the term is dungeon defenders barbarian
 
Is Dungeon Defenders the one where the Steam version has 4 TF2 classes as summonable minions, plus a Portal gun for the Hunter class?
 
7:16 PM
...which is @Fallen's question here, in fact. 2 votes, but 19k views
 
@Powerlord Yes
 
On another subject, I'm surprised Trine 2 is only $15. Trine launched at $40ish
 
@Powerlord $40ish? Really?
 
This is just really more proof to our site's success. People are finding these things we have and they need when even the community itself is largely unaware of its presence.
 
@GraceNote Yay! ...sort of...
 
7:18 PM
@FallenAngelEyes Its those view stats that got us where we are now
 
That's true, I actually would never had guessed Dungeon Defenders had I not cheated.
 
user15026
@GraceNote Yeah, I had a question go over 1k views in a weekend, with very few upvotes. I was like OH YAY people are finding my stuff! It was exciting even without getting rep for it.
 
@GraceNote I think it's my question with the most views as well
Yep, 2nd being Dead Island and VSync
 
@TimStone I had a distinct feeling that you may have done some witchery
 
;)
 
7:26 PM
food time flees
Meta post made re: Kingdom Hearts tagging
 
0
Q: Archery skill problem

HathcockI used the console to raise my Marksmanship 11 pts.. Shows Archery skill of 58 in green but when I go to use a perk only shows archery of 47 in white. How do I fix this ?

1
Q: What do the gold wizard's hats do?

Ashley NunnI have managed to find a couple of golden wizard's hats in various levels of Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7. I never manage to find all the ones in a level, though, which made me wonder if they were actually important, and if I should be spending more time looking for them. What do they do?

 
I don't understand. I cannot get this to render properly.
 
7:45 PM
My questions now have something like 500k views in total (until the latest data dump). If you get the right question for a popular game you can get an absolutely incredible number of views on this site. I have hardly any 1k+ questions on any other site in the network
 
0
Q: How should we tag Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep?

FallenAngelEyesKingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is yet another title that blows past our tag limit (not suprising given the series' penchant for long/weird naming). I'd asked it last year and forgot to ask another (gaming ADD hit again...) so it became untagged. Since we've talked about this a lot and decided to...

0
Q: Synonym requests: [cheating], [cheat-codes] -> [cheats]

Ben BlankThe tag cheats currently has 32 questions and a wiki. cheating and cheat-codes have 6 and 4, respectively, and no tag wiki.

 
user15026
Is there a way to search that table?
 
1
Q: Which console commands affect Steam achievements and how?

Ben BlankI've painted myself into a corner and am forced to choose between abandoning a couple hours' progress or cheating my way out of it. Unfortunately, I can't find hard data how if/how the use of console command affects the unlocking of Steam achievements. I've heard a few conflicting theories and ...

 
8:10 PM
@AshleyNunn, I think the gold hats unlock art in the hub room, but I don't feel confident enough in that answer to post it :P
@FallenAngelEyes, found out more about SR3 co-op that you might be interested in: gaming.stackexchange.com/q/37566/13845
 
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Q: Is there a way to rename the save files?

mordi2kAs I use the save function a lot, to either go back and to things differently, or other various things. I often find the save names incredible hard to distinguish from each other. Is there a way to rename the save files, or change how the save files are named?

0
Q: Why can't I buy the Windhelm house?

JClaspillI've finished the Stormcloak storyline, and now cannot become a Thane of Windhelm without buying a house. The Steward keeps saying something has happened and he can't sell it right now. What the heck am I missing? I've been doing every random little quest from people in town I can find, hoping t...

 
@agent86 ah cool, awesome, though I hear they've knocked co-op down to 2 instead of 4 :(
 
@FallenAngelEyes, I thought it was 2 in the last game as well. I could be wrong.
 
@agent86 Ah, thought it was 4. Hrm.
I wish they had the mission/cinematic replay function in 3, I miss that
 
Previously was the main tag for the whole lot of tags that map to it
Since we are not a source of technical support to other people, I remapped it to
Feel free to complain
 
8:25 PM
@badp I don't like apples. It's raining outside. I want a nap. I'm hungry. There's not enough potato chips in this bag.
 
@agent86 Eat pears. I'd rather see rain than the fog I'm having. I'm sure you can talk your boss into allowing a 15 minute power nap. Grab a snack on your way to the napping area. Or two.
 
user30
@badp I'm ill.
 
Cool. I was selected for the Grant.
 
user15026
@GnomeSlice Yay!
 
@GnomeSlice Congrats! What game?
 
8:32 PM
Rayman Origins, I would assume.
 
@GnomeSlice Better make sure you ask questions and answer questions!
 
I hope I can actually get the game.
My parents don't really like it when I tell them I've won something relating to gaming.
 
@GnomeSlice Why wouldn't you be able to?
Tell them it was a... gift?
 
I'll probably be fine. Unless it's a downloadable title. In which case I might have it downloaded by the end of the month.
@GraceNote You should probably close the meta thread.
 
@GnomeSlice Congrats! It would appear that I have won as well :D AC:R, here I come!
 
8:39 PM
@GnomeSlice I should, shouldn't I?
 
There ya go.
This freaking splash screen will NOT render correctly.
 
I wanted to make what would appear to be a simple change to an app. Turns out it's not so simple.
 
So my computer is becoming unusable, even though it's not rendering at the moment.
What the hell, After Effects...
Why won't this render properly into a video file...
 
@GnomeSlice What (in general) are you working on?
 
@agent86 Splash screen for future SE game on videos.
 
8:43 PM
@GnomeSlice very cool.
 
It would be if I could get it to render to a video properly
 
art != my strong suit
 
Nor is it mine.
I just copied graphics from the site for the actual splash screen image, and followed a tutorial for the animation.
 
@GnomeSlice I don't know... that sounds suspiciously like it could be 'arty' in some way
 
Not really.
 
8:46 PM
What. My YouTube account is eligible for revenue sharing.
 
user15026
@ArdaXi WHat does that mean? It sounds like a good thing.
 
user30
Don't you have to be 18 for that sort of thing?
 
It means they throw ads on it and I get a share.
 
@ArdaXi I got that a few weeks ago.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Nope. I just need an adult to sign off on it.
 
8:47 PM
Never set it up.
 
@GnomeSlice Point is, nothing on my account is original work.
 
@ArdaXi I just assumed YouTube took all the profits, personally.
 
user30
 
@ArdaXi You can only do that if your stuff's original, right?
 
@ArdaXi Heh, that's pretty common. I see lots of accounts with unoriginal work with ads on them.
 
8:48 PM
@GnomeSlice Are you sure those are revenue shared though?
 
Pretty sure, you don't get revenue without advertising.
 
@GnomeSlice That doesn't surprise me, but those people may run into legal problems down the road.
 
@GnomeSlice You can't get revenue without advertising, but you can get advertising without revenue.
 
@GraceNote, tried sending a mail to gamegrant@stackexchange.com, it bounced: >We're writing to let you know that the group you tried to contact (gamegrant) may not exist, or you may not have permission to post messages to the group.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Whoa, Hugh Laurie.
 
8:50 PM
21 hours ago, by David Fullerton
@ThomasMcDonald hmm, weird...I'm 99% sure I just had a conversation with Jeff where he was okay with Gaming getting a domain
well that's upsetting
 
@agent86 ...huh. Weird
Let me check summat
 
@DavidFullerton So no custom domain name then, or has Jeff changed his opinion?
 
And dressed up as a woman, no less.
 
@Wipqozn what's upsetting?
 
@DavidFullerton That we can't have a domain of our very own.
 
8:51 PM
no, the weird thing is that he seems okay with it now, but just a couple months ago he wrote that meta post where he was opposed to it
 
@agent Try now
 
@DavidFullerton I'm referring to @ThomasMcDonald's meta post, I was just too lazy to grab that link
@DavidFullerton ah okay, never mind then.
 
@DavidFullerton That's not weird, that's Jeff.
 
@ArdaXi no, once he's taken a public position he's usually very consistent
 
user30
do I suggest a cheeky edit to his meta post that outlines the other circumstances in which a site can get a domain... probably not.
 
user30
8:52 PM
@DavidFullerton not sure if serious
 
@DavidFullerton norepro.
2
 
@GraceNote resent, will check inbox again here in a min to see if it bounces.
 
@DavidFullerton Actually, unlike other sites, we've somehow managed to get Jeff to back off here on Gaming multiple times. To our advantage in tagging, to mixed results with , etc...
 
hmm, interesting
 
What I don't understand is that it's been rendered out to a video, but it doesn't play back smoothly at all.
 
8:54 PM
@GraceNote I think his interest span is just limited, you just need to hold out long enough and he'll let you do your thing, as long as it doesn't really annoy him ;-)
 
Wow, Minecraft/Yogscast drama
 
@Thomas Still believe Notch is over reacting?
 
@GraceNote There's a Steam sale right now where you can save tot percent off the prepurchase of the game I "won" if I own one of the previous games
Would you prefer me to save you that money and buy it for myself and do the reimbursement via Paypal?
I'm looking at the difference right now
 
@badp "tot" percent?
Also, yes, save money.
 
sorry, that's an italian word for "a certain amount I can't recall"
Okay, I'll send you the receipt then.
 
9:00 PM
It may be a hardware limitation, so I'm going to try upoading it to youtube and see what happens.
 
X percent, some percent, varieMUNDO! percent...
 
20%
off the already lower Italian price (<3)
so €22 instead of €39
 
@badp re: steam sale, almost 100% they're going to run a BIG sale this week
 
@agent86 I doubt it's going to affect a prepurchase
 
"black friday" and all
 
9:01 PM
@agent86 I don't recall Steam running Black Friday sales.
 
@badp your current deal might be better. it's not unprecedented though.
 
Did someone say sale?
 
@Powerlord they usually do a thanksgiving thing I thought
 
I'm just disappointed there are no TF2 promo items involved
 
@Powerlord they tend to do big sales around this time and around christmas/new years time, as I remember
 
9:02 PM
their major sales are usually the post-Holiday sale (less than a month away) and the Summer Sale (back in late June/early July)
 
DAMMIT.
 
these days though it's FULL STEAM AHEAD on sales (pun intended)
 
I missed the offer on 'Really Big Sky' because I didn't have any money in my paypal account.
I was hoping it would have gone a bit longer.
 
2010 thanksgiving steam sale, for reference
 
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Q: What (computer/laptop/console) to buy to run Skyrim?

lockedoffI haven't even setup my desktop since moving in January, but I think it was a dual core Intel processor with 4GB of ram and an Nvidia GEForce graphics card (sorry, don't have details). It crashed a lot due (I think) to a faulty motherboard/heatsink install, and my current laptop is also falling a...

0
Q: Modern Warfare 3 crashes my computer in the middle of game

CarloThis might be a really specific question, but I've searched online and found many solutions that don't work, so this is sort of my last resort before formatting my computer. This is my setup: Graphics card: EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 570 HD (Running dual monitors) Memory: 8GB GSKILL Ripjaws ...

 
9:03 PM
just the first google hit, probably not the best source :P
 
@agent86 As neat as those sales were, they were nowhere near the scope of the December Holiday sale.
But yeah, I had forgotten about the friends sale last year for Thanksgiving.
Because, seriously, who buys 6 copies of Portal?
 
@Powerlord Their sales become more epic in scope every year. I think I've bought at least a hundred games on steam since they started doing big sales
 
I'm sure Christmas/New Years is going to be big, but I think they'll probably do something pretty sizeable around Thanksgiving
 
It'll be interesting to see if the Christmas sale has the Valve Complete Pack at 50% off again this year, or if it'll go back to 25% because they had a game release this year.
Although... the Summer Sale had it 50% off, didn't it?
 
9:07 PM
@Powerlord I can't recall, the Complete Pack is pretty much redundant for me, I think I own 90% of the games in it by now
 
Oh man, I'm a genius.
 
my poor wallet :(
 
@agent86 It's goofy time.
 
user30
@RonanForman I still care about as much as before
 
@GnomeSlice goofy time? well gawrsh!
 
user30
9:08 PM
however this video is hilarious
 
I placed an order for the game yesterday at the sale price of $4 but haven't completed the payment. I think that means I can still get it for that price, as long as I keep this order.
 
user30
 
user30
yay Lemsip
 
Jesus Christ, Futurama will never be the same...
 
9:12 PM
@GnomeSlice want to draw a realistic painting of a character? WHY NOT ZOIDBERG?
 
I'm not surprised at all
 
@agent86 I see what you did there.
 
user30
okay I am starving.
 
user30
find food. eat food. fly.
 
Can melt all the planets down, make a hollow shell the same distance for the sun as the earth and all live on the inside?
 
9:16 PM
@ThomasMcDonald ...What are you putting in your food?
@RonanForman I must know where you read that.
 
@Gnome Helium.
 
user30
@GnomeSlice It was a reference to the band by the name get cape. wear cape. fly.
 
@RonanForman ...as in, the gas?
 
@Gnome Yes and read what?
 
@ThomasMcDonald While I find that particular response to be somewhat extreme, I do think she is so annoying as to be completely unwatchable.
 
9:18 PM
@RonanForman That ridiculous message you just posted.
 
user30
@sjohnston It's more the voice on that response than anything I find hilarious.
 
user30
and yes, she is completely unwatchable
 
user30
and apparently incredibly cringeworthy at Minecon. I didn't watch the stream.
 
I heard it ages ago. The pursose is to remove time zones.
 
9:19 PM
@ThomasMcDonald I do appreciate a good faux-serious voice
 
Have you heard Jolly Jack talking? He sounds exactly like that.
 
@ThomasMcDonald I don't agree with the personal attacks, but I couldn't agree more with his observations on the internet and its various communities.
 
user30
@GnomeSlice psht.
 
Kind of reminds me of iJustinegaming....
> I'm not an eyeball person?
God she's dumb.
 
user30
wat.
 
9:26 PM
0
Q: Pokemon HeartGold minimal HM build

verI want to put all the HMs on as few pokemon as possible, so I could carry them with me at all times. I want them to be readily available. (So those requiring special events etc. are out of question - '3 Mews' might work, but I won't be able to get them without cheating.)

 
> If I took an IQ test right now, it would be off the charts.
 
user30
I can't watch any more.
 
@ThomasMcDonald I stopped after the IQ test thing.
Behold, the new Game on splash screen.
 
@GnomeSlice It's not rendering smoothly on my machine for whatever reason
 
9:29 PM
The sad thing is most women in entertainment treat them self as a minority. You can really see it in stand up where they use "being a women" as their material. You don't see "being a man" as a topic.
 
user30
it looks cool bro
 
@Powerlord Interestingly, the video didn't render smoothly for me, but the youtube upload works just fine.
 
user30
is it a little long though?
 
Oh wait, I'm looking at it through remote desktop
 
@ThomasMcDonald Nah.
Now it just needs sound effects.
 
9:31 PM
@Gnome What's the sound going to be? And maybe try speeding it up a bit.
I agree with @Thomas, it's a bit long.
 
This is the length I decided on...
It's not that long.
 
@GnomeSlice Very nice!
I don't think it's too long at all.
 
It's not too long on it's own. But if it's at the start of every video...
 
@RonanForman How long are the videos?
Can you just accept my creative instinct here.
 
Holy crap. I'm not sure if anyone here is familiar with Dungeons and Dragons, but a few friends and I are starting a campaign and these were my dice rolls
9, 15, 10, 16, 16, 18
 
9:34 PM
Mine are 30 mins but they won't all be that length.
 
-1
A: Can I give the naked stalking courier his clothes back?

Karstennext time say what game it is idiot

We should really make the game links more prominent
 
@Gnome Maybe it's because it's silent it seems to be longer. I'm guessing you're imagining the sound as it's playing.
 
user30
@Fabian yeah, we should probably put three tags in the title.
 
@RonanForman Perhaps. I'll see if I can find some good, royalty free sfx. If not, I wonder if SE would pay to license them.
@ThomasMcDonald
 
@Fabian Flagweight++
 
9:37 PM
@John I flagged so many non-answer since Skyrim was released
 
@Fabian Heheh, the curse of popularity.
 
@RonanForman What did you think I was doing?
 
Getting a mic and making whoosh noises.
 
user30
whoosh
 
9:40 PM
Damn forgot to press record. Can you do that again?
 
Oh this is going to be fun. I'm setting up MediaWiki and I've taken out ~1 hour to do it.
 
user30
@Arda What for?
 
Collaboration.
 
user30
...
 
user30
9:42 PM
MediaWiki plugins are particularly fun to install and configure
 
@RonanForman No, but @badp could give that a shot.
 
Well, I don't need anything fancy.
 
@RonanForman An LMGTFY link! Spam! Offensive! Not an answer! flags
 
Just a reference people can edit.
 
@Gnome Can you try making the circles in the transition square like pixels or would that be too much effort. Squares seem more... game-ey.
 
9:43 PM
@RonanForman No idea, I used the cc ball effect.
 
Oh god why did I just do sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
 
I could make them be full squares, but then there wouldn't be any space between them.
 
@RonanForman I like the circles. I think it looks like a very large outdoor screen or something.
 
I don't know what that means. Just a suggestion.
 
@ArdaXi >.< Good luck!
 
9:44 PM
Phew. Done.
Oh, look, my site's still online. So we have that.
 
@RonanForman It means that black space between the dots wouldn't be there if they were square.
You guys really don't like it?
 
Again these are just suggestion I'm not saying either way is better. But we won't know.
 
@RonanForman That's how it looked originally, it's not as good.
 
@ArdaXi Why wouldn't you? Or was there a change to the distro that your sources list is pointing to?
 
@Gnome No! I think it's great! I'm just throwing out ideas.
 
9:47 PM
Hey everybody who is getting Skyward Sword from us: there was a slight delay in ordering, some date confusion on our end, but they are all ordered and all shipped so they will be arriving sooooon!
 
@Powerlord Just making sure everything's up to date.
I definitely don't do that often enough.
 
@Brett have you sent mine out yet. As if you haven't I'd preffer to buy it myself.
 
@BrettWhite oh good you're here!
 
I don't know if you're using Debian or Ubuntu, but Ubuntu released a bunch of security updates today, so like I said... why wouldn't you? :P
 
@RonanForman If you were one of the grant winners, then yeah it's been shipped.
 
9:48 PM
@BrettWhite What do you think?
Nobody starred it...
 
You seem to have broken your keyboard to produce accented Es
 
@Brett okay. Did you get it from .co.uk or .com?
 
@GnomeSlice Of?
 
@GraceNote No, pressing ctrl and shift cycles language modes.
 
user30
@GnomeSlice It wasn't funny, ergo no stars
 
9:49 PM
@BrettWhite: Question: SE is paying me for my copy of Skyward Sword (abby e-mailed me). I picked up the collectors edition. Will you guys pay for the whole game, or only cover up to a certain amount?
 
@BrettWhite That link?
 
user30
stars are for funny things
 
@BrettWhite The Youtube video he linked you to?
 
@RonanForman I don't do the ordering, so I'm not sure. But if your address is in the UK, then it was from .co.uk
@John Hmmm? Not aware!
 
9:50 PM
@GnomeSlice Happy now?
 
Yes.
I put a lot of work into that.
 
0
Q: How do I find out what version my Skyrim is patched to?

SevenSidedDieToday's Skyrim patch has some unfortunate side effects. I've turned off updates for the game in Steam for the time being, but I can't find anywhere that indicates whether it's already been updated or not. Steam and silent patching aside, it's useful to know what version of the game you're runnin...

 
@GnomeSlice Huuuuhwowza! Crazy amazing!
Astonished!
 
@GnomeSlice there is a lot of awesomesauce in that there video
 
looks cool. 2 comments: the text says game on, but my brain reads that font as game over. why is minecraft in that?
 
9:52 PM
@Wipqozn @BrettWhite Actually, I'd like to know this, too. :P Particularly since I emailed Brett copies of my receipt already.
 
user30
@David an example, I presume
 
@DavidB Because this version is for the Minecraft "Game On!" we were supposed to play today.
 
user15026
@GnomeSlice I like it. It must've taken a while. :)
 
(or were those supposed to go to someone else?)
 
Presumably, it will be changed for other games.
 
user30
9:52 PM
eh
 
user30
Game On.
 
Took the guy in the tutorial about 25 minutes.
 
user30
on a Monday?
 
Took me most of yesterday.
 
ah, I see
 
9:52 PM
@ThomasMcDonald Yes.
Because we didn't finish it last time.
 
@ThomasMcDonald No, it's just the splash screen...
 
user30
oh.
 
@GnomeSlice Holy crap. Did you make that @GnomeSlice? That's fucking amazing.
 
But now it's scheduled for This Saturday like normal
 
@Powerlord We can only cover the retail price of the standard game, which I think is $59.99, right?
 
9:53 PM
Only at 4 not 3.
 
in that case, what is a Game On? :) Is there a calendar somewhere?
 
@BrettWhite either that or 49.99
 
@BrettWhite $49.99, I believe.
 
user30
@DavidB somewhere... @Wipqozn might know more.
 
And $69.99 for the Deluxe edition.
 
9:54 PM
@DavidB Well it hasn't been happening much lately. We are planning to completely restructure it soon.
 
Skyrim is our 3rd largest tag now
 
@Gnome Please bear mind that how good something is not binary. Because we have suggestions and therefore it's not perfect does not mean it's terrible and we don't like it.
 
No, I know. Sorry.
 
@Wipqozn How many votes does @badp's answer need before we change to it?
 
user30
9:54 PM
oh wow
 
oh wow, D2 - old school. Thanks for the link
 
@GnomeSlice In case I didn't mention it earlier, that renders properly on my real desktop's browser, it's just the Remote Desktop thing that wasn't rendering properly, likely because we set the bandwidth to something silly low for it.
 
user30
so I imaged to pick up the wrong fucking inhaler this time.
 
@Powerlord Excellent.
 
That reminds me, when I completely restructure how Game On! works, I'll be looking for a few more people to help organize it. Any volunteers?
 
9:55 PM
Right on.
 
I mean, I'm literally 100 yards away from my normal computer connected to it via a Gigabit LAN, and we set the settings to like "56k dialup"
 
user30
wondered where the horrible taste of propellant was.
 
@Wipqozn What's involved in that?
 
@Gnome You don't need to appologise for taking criticism. But please remember no one most people here don't hate you.
4
 
Anyway, class in 3 mins
 
9:57 PM
@GnomeSlice It's mostly just making sure everything runs fine on the day it happens.
 
If I'm acting odd today it's because I haven't made a stupid mistake today. So I'm feeling pretty gooooooddddd!
 
@Wipqozn I don't have reliable access, so I probably can't help.
 
@RonanForman We'll see how long that lasts
 
@GraceNote Quickly, edit his message to add in typos.
 
9:59 PM
@TimStone He already said "appologise"
 

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