The Bridge

badp

9:01 PM

androidfoodfight.com

Ben Brocka

@badp hah, sweet

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria I have to keep reminding myself that the beta is just Normal A1 and that D2's normal A1 is a joke as well

as it stands it doesn't really matter what skills you pick - just hit the buttons until everything dies, thinking not really necessary

StrixVaria

@IanPugsley I know it's going to be hard. I'm not worried about that.

I just hope it's fun hard and not frustrating hard.

As much as possible.

Ian Pugsley

I have yet to try Witch Doctor and Barbarian, I really need to get around to that

StrixVaria

I'm not in the beta, but I've played through as Witch Doctor and Monk.

Which are the 2 I'm considering for a first character when it officially launches.

Ian Pugsley

9:05 PM

@StrixVaria I've liked everything I've tried so far (Monk, Demon Hunter, and Wizard)

StrixVaria

Yeah they were both really fun to play.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Yes.

Grace Note

Hm... security can be said to be a means of defense, right?

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote depends on the context of both words (security and defense)

Grace Note

Security in the sense of, say, "Network security", and defense as a means of repelling enemy attack or damage.

Ian Pugsley

9:09 PM

@GraceNote I'd say that various defense methodologies would be considered an aspect of network security

ask on English.SE! :P

Grace Note

Well, consequently, they say the best defense is a good offense. What can't hit you, can't hurt you, aye?

And a good defensive offense would be, say, taking out your enemies while they are still miles off in the distance, long before you yourself are even in range of their attacks, eh?

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote a better defense would be not getting into the conflict at all, which wouldn't be particularly offensive I don't think

disclaimer: I am terrible at words, despite English being my only language - do not believe anything I say on the subject

@spugsley is the English major, she does my wording for me

Grace Note

@IanPugsley Yeah, but pacifism wouldn't help me find a way to add Toybox Girl to my gallery.

Lazers

1

Q: Are boxed PC retail copies of Skyrim region locked?

I've heard that all PC copies of Skyrim require Steam activation and am wondering if this is forcing region locking. I want to buy a UK copy of Skyrim and be able to activate/play it in the USA. Can this be done without modifying the game?

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote do you need to beat somebody up to accomplish this?

Grace Note

9:14 PM

@IanPugsley Not in their face, no

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote ...Who?

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote nutpunching is considered a pretty good defense, I bleev

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Toybox Girl

@IanPugsley I was working from a predefined ideal destination point, which was "Superior artillery fire"

GnomeSlice

Also, desktop app of the day: Winyl

@GraceNote That's not terribly helpful.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote mortars are just the nutpunching of war

hit 'em hard enough that they're scrambling to recover instead of fighting back

Grace Note

9:16 PM

This is more of a Cruise Missile situation.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote * is just the nutpunching of war

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice I don't much expect anyone to recognize her, no. Quite frankly I'd be amazed to see anyone here who natively recognized her or her name.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote I was pretending you were talking about Tank Girl

Grace Note

@IanPugsley That's be Yu-ri, who while I also employ as an "Artillery girl in my avatars", is distinctly not Toybox Girl.

Arda Xi

@badp Gingerbread can't possibly win.

Ronan Forman

9:19 PM

Well another TV series is gone. I hate finishing things.

Grace Note

I kinda like things that finish. Endless show seasons get so stagnant and you just wonder how the hejudas some of these are still running.

It's like a good book, or a good game.

@GnomeSlice Ultimately, if you refresh, it'd probably answer your question by now

Jay

@GraceNote I don't want Naruto to ever ever ever end

StrixVaria

I like things that have an end.

Unlike Lost -.-

Ronan Forman

I don't want it to be endless, just not end now

Grace Note

@StrixVaria Hahahaha

badp

9:21 PM

There's a distinct sadness in knowing there's not ever going to be more of something you like.

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote I feel dirty for thinking that was a racy image at first glance.

badp

While more shit stuff keeps going on and on and on and on.

StrixVaria

Generally part of what makes something good is a contained, well-thought-out beginning and end.

Going on and on and on goes hand in hand with being awful.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice I'm perturbed that it was your first conclusion.

badp

That does not help soothe that sadness though.

GnomeSlice

9:23 PM

@GraceNote From the larger chat thumbnail it looks like.... yeah, it's not.

Grace Note

@badp There is a distinct sadness, yes, but at the same time, there's a distinct happiness to seeing that closure. Also buying the box set.

user30

> clicked through to the android food fight site

user30

> I have no idea what I'm doing

user30

Also I guess I should see if my ROM has any updates

Ian Pugsley

@ThomasMcDonald I've neglected my phone so bad

badp

9:28 PM

@GraceNote It depends really on the actual ending. The last of Harry Potter left me kind of satisfied. The last of the Lord of The Rings left me more confused than sad. The last of Eragon just left me sad.

user30

@IanPugsley I set about installing a custom ICS rom the other day.

Grace Note

True, it does depend. Personally, I still prefer a downer ending over something continuing endlessly, but that's not for everyone.

user30

Took me all afternoon/evening to backup, downgrade, root, flash, flash again and restore.

Ian Pugsley

@ThomasMcDonald I did that for...Froyo, and haven't done anything with it since

user30

The day after, there was an update posted for the ROM.

user30

9:30 PM

I had an OTA update for Froyo, which I had to remove.

Ian Pugsley

@ThomasMcDonald I got impatient waiting for the Froyo OTA and just installed a prerelease build

I've been thinking about trying out MIUI

user30

Yeah, I've been looking at that as well

user30

to be honest I had to flash the ROM twice for it to work because I'm an idiot

user30

it makes me practically an expert in rom fumbling

badp

@GraceNote Oh, I do semi-unconsciously try and avoid to even get into stuff that I know doesn't really have an ending.

Ian Pugsley

9:32 PM

@ThomasMcDonald perhaps I'll come to you when I inevitably fail

user30

sure, I can google it for you

Ian Pugsley

@ThomasMcDonald lol

my first go-around I had to go as far as ask people in the Samsung Fascinate IRC channel for help :/

user30

I hadn't realised how temporary the temproot you get when downgrading was

Grace Note

@badp I usually get into things under the expectation of it having an ending. For example, Chuck went on a couple seasons longer than I felt it should have.

GnomeSlice

> Art, and the Indie Game

...Eh, I can live with that title.

badp

9:34 PM

I dunno. Can you imagine something like Half Life having a full ending?

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley is playing a game called "how many times can I get away with saying nutpunching?"

badp

Playing through the last level of the game knowing that it's the last bit of Half Life you'll ever play?

Grace Note

@badp It hit Episode 2. As far as I can tell, this means it has ended.

GnomeSlice

The naming convention for the Half-Life games is one of the most supremely stupid things I've ever seen.

Grace Note

@badp Also, as someone who regularly cherishes completing games... yes.

OrigamiRobot

9:36 PM

@RonanForman At least TV in the UK knows when to let a series end.

Ian Pugsley

@OrigamiRobot is playing a game called "be part of a conversation that's twenty minutes old"

badp

@GraceNote Short of an announcement from Valve saying that they've cancelled Episode 3 and abandoned the HL universe entirely forever, then no, it hasn't ended.

Grace Note

@badp It's more of an "End by eternal delay to the next installment", I figure.

badp

@GraceNote That's just being incomplete, rather than being over.

GnomeSlice

@badp is that android thing SE related?

Grace Note

9:37 PM

@badp Not every ending has to be a good one.

@GnomeSlice Food Fight? Yes, it is.

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley I'm sorry, I came back to my machine and my screen was full of references to nutpunching. What do you want me to do? Not call you out on it?

Is @GnomeSlice in love?

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Didn't you already do that?

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Wh... what?

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote He was fussing at me for it.

@GnomeSlice Your eyes really look like hearts.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Uh...

Grace Note

9:39 PM

Wouldn't a 3x3 heart probably have the top-center empty?

o o - ooo
ooo - ooo
 o  - ooo

badp

@GraceNote That's not the kind of ending that gives you the heart-sinking feeling I'm talking about at either way

Lazers

3

Q: Can I increase the number of allowed saves?

It seems that, unlike the first game, Mass Effect 2 (inexplicably) has a save limit. I currently have 50 full save slots and the game will not let me make any others. In ME1, there was a PC tweak where you could edit a .ini file in order to increase the number of allowed saves. However, I can't f...

pc mass-effect-2

0

Q: dragon claw doors are not opening in skyrim

For some reason the dragon claw doors are not opening for me. I have the right dragon claw for the door. I am putting the right code in but its not opening it just shoots poison darts at me

skyrim

Grace Note

@badp That's why I called it a "bad ending" as opposed to as "downer ending"

badp

I guess no ending at all can be interpreted as a bad ending.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote @GnomeSlice I mean when I see a larger version it stops looking like hearts, but in the user list it really looks like hearts.

GnomeSlice

9:42 PM

Ah well.

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot I can surmise your vision of it, but I'd been stuck on them being something I'm not quite sure what it is since then, but never figured hearts mehself.

Ronan Forman

Heh, that minecraft vid's getting views.

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman Which one?

Ronan Forman

Pretty good for something I saw in theMC forums.

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LessPop_MoreFizz

Question: Is it worth revising my earlier answer re: shopping questions to include a more fully fleshed out version of the 'pants test' I mention in the comments?

Because the more I think about it, the more I feel like it is a fairly good litmus for whether a question belongs.

"Could this question be about a pair of pants instead of a video game and still make sense and recieve the same answer?"

StrixVaria

9:50 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I think that might help your point.

Grace Note

@LessPop_MoreFizz Which answer is this?

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz I love this test.

StrixVaria

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A: Are questions about game companies' policies on-topic?

Since nobody has actually proposed an answer that amounts to 'no', I'll step up and do so for the sake of voting, since simple downvotes on Badp and Oaks answers aren't really the same as having something to upvote. So really, there are actually two questions here. There's the one being asked in...

Grace Note

Oh, that one

Ronan Forman

@origami When do you finish working?

Lazers

10:07 PM

0

Q: A loop of closed Mass Effect questions

I'm kind of having an issue with a question I had closed and not sure what to do about it, so thought I would bring it to attention here. I originally asked about changes imported from ME1 to ME2. Recently I wanted to ask about changes from ME2 DLCs to ME3, since enough reviews are popping up t...

discussion

Ronan Forman

More specifically, when can you play minecraft?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I get off in an hour, but I was planning on watching TV with the Pugsleys. How late will you be up?

Ronan Forman

Wow, that late. Ermm..

James

So sleepie

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman You're in the later timezone. When is too late for you?

Ronan Forman

10:10 PM

Around now.

badp

@Lazers This question text makes my brain hurt

GnomeSlice

Today's listening

LessPop_MoreFizz

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A: Are questions about game companies' policies on-topic?

Since nobody has actually proposed an answer that amounts to 'no', I'll step up and do so for the sake of voting, since simple downvotes on Badp and Oaks answers aren't really the same as having something to upvote. So really, there are actually two questions here. There's the one being asked in...

Now with Pants Test!

Ronan Forman

@Origami Do you work especially late? Or are we really far apart?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I'm UTC-5

Ronan Forman

10:17 PM

I can't read clocks.

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz I've already done that for arguing that FRAPS should be on topic...

well, at least on surface

reads more carefully

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman It is 5:18 here. I work till 6:00

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp Note that the Pants test doesn't imply that anything which passes it automatically should be on topic. It is an eliminating, not qualifying test.

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, it is also qualifying in my eyes. If the answer does change, it's probably worth investigating how. Do you have counterexamples in mind?

Ronan Forman

@Origami I don't think this will work.

We could do weekends, but that kind of limits things.

OrigamiRobot

10:20 PM

@RonanForman That's why I said weekends would work best. Or you could just stay up late. :P

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Or you could just bail out of work early.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria You can work for me!

Ronan Forman

Don't do that.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I am bad at electrical engineering or whatever it is you do.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp In terms of it being a qualifying test? Sure.

0

Q: Which OS can you load on an iMac G4?

I have stumbled upon an iMac G4: Upon booting it has a series of user account to which I have no idea what the password might be. Obviously a reinstall is in order. Which OSes will work and, more to the point, which will work well?

osx operating-systems mac powerpc

OrigamiRobot

10:21 PM

@RonanForman I got off at 12pm on Fridays.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Changing the variables in that question to Pants makes it incomprehensible and/or changes the answer.

That doesn't make it on topic.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I wish I was actually doing electrical engineering right now.

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot What are you doing?

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria Right now it's more of a doc control gig. I hope to be moving to engineering soon.

Ronan Forman

Fridays are busy for me. Also we might as well do weekends if we're on friday.

badp

10:24 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz uh... I have stumbled upon a pair of Levis. Upon wearing them, they asks me who I am and... uhh... pants test passed. And the question is good for SU. Your point?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman What timezone is @John in?

John

@OrigamiRobot Yours.

badp

Oh wait, I got it wrong

I need to replace the video game parts of the questions

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp Right. The question of "What OS will work on my pants" is incoherent. Therefore, it passes the Pants Test - if you changed the subject to Pants, the question doesn't make sense, and /or the answer is unchanged.

badp

there's no video game parts in that question

so the question is unchanged and so is the answer, thus it doesn't belong on Gaming.

OrigamiRobot

10:26 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I definitely need to know if a particular OS will work on my pants.

GnomeSlice

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LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot I never want to know what kind of pants you are wearing that they require an OS.

GnomeSlice

> You there, computer man. Fix my pants.

John

@LessPop_MoreFizz Clearly, awesome pants.

Ronan Forman

@Origami I'm kinda letting down this group aren't I.

OrigamiRobot

10:27 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Robot pants.

@RonanForman Just move to UTC-5 :P

GnomeSlice

That video I've just linked is actually relevant to this discussion, by the way.

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John

@RonanForman What time can you do?

@GnomeSlice Hey! That's an improvement!

GnomeSlice

@John Watch it.

John

@GnomeSlice I'm too busy watching my builder build my townhall.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Is this something from Frisky Dingo? I can't see it. If it isn't, it should be.

GnomeSlice

10:29 PM

@OrigamiRobot No, it's the IT crowd.

> You there! Computer man! Fix my pants!

OrigamiRobot

That is also acceptable.

Ronan Forman

After 5pm UTC and before midnight really but I'd rather not go too late as I'm too lazy to get up anyway.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria thanks for fixing my a words

It's people like you that make me look smarter than the blithering idiot I actually am.

John

@RonanForman Ok, @OrigamiRobot what days can you do between noon and 7?

OrigamiRobot

@John Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Arda Xi

10:31 PM

Okay, I am now totally convinced I cannot play DotA 2 until they implement a tutorial.

John

@OrigamiRobot Then those are our options.

GnomeSlice

I take it nobody watched it.

John

@GnomeSlice I watched it, then began to wish I hadn't.

GnomeSlice

@John :[

James

@John LOL I think I will unclick it :)

GnomeSlice

10:33 PM

@James Oh relax, it's from a TV show.

James

@GnomeSlice I can't relax! Ill fall asleep :( (7am should be illegal)

Ronan Forman

Okay, new plan! We wait 4 years, I move to canada, then we play.

Wipqozn

@John I do know what you look like.

James

@RonanForman ROFL

Wipqozn

@James I also know what your headphone look like.

John

10:35 PM

@Wipqozn I figured. Seeing as there are pictures of me and stuff.

@RonanForman Um...

James

@Wipqozn Wrong J to be @'ing I think :)

Ronan Forman

@Origami You don't happen to have stupidly long lunch breaks on Tuesday's do you?

GnomeSlice

John

@RonanForman I lol'ed.

GnomeSlice

There, now everyone knows what I look like too.

Arda Xi

10:36 PM

@GnomeSlice I love the IT Crowd. "Pull down my pants and do your job!"

Wipqozn

@RonanForman Sounds good!

@RonanForman We could become room mates!

user30

@GnomeSlice You heard Madeon's track?

John

@GnomeSlice There. A compliment from @ArdaXi. You should be happy now.

GnomeSlice

I still wish they'd kept the original Mr. Renholm.

@ThomasMcDonald Which one?

Pop Culture?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice IS that George Clooney?

user30

10:36 PM

Icarus.

John

@RonanForman So you can't do between 5 and midnight UTC on Friday, Saturday or Sunday?

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice Yeah, although I loved the way they got rid of him.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn No.

Arda Xi

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GnomeSlice

@ThomasMcDonald I have not.

user30

10:37 PM

soundcloud.com/madeon/madeon-icarus

James

@ArdaXi Now -that- is an exit.

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn We could have a sitcom! With theme music!

user30

Not sure if it has quite the same charm as Pop Culture or his remix of Raise Your Weapon

John

@RonanForman The "Laverne and Shirley" of our day.

James

@RonanForman Its a show about nothing! I think you might have something there.

GnomeSlice

10:38 PM

My internet is shitting itself. I'll check it out later.

Ronan Forman

@John I can on the weekend, but once a week may be too infrequent.

user30

plus Kito's remix of Noisia's Split the Atom is pretty dapper

John

@RonanForman I'd say once a week is better than nothing for 4 years.

user30

I think their album came out today. I should buy it.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman that's a great idea!

Ronan Forman

10:39 PM

We could record 2 episodes at once maybe, getting two challenges each week.

We'll sort that out later, Saturday it is!

Grace Note

@ArdaXi I remember the olden days when "Play Skeleton King!" was the means of tutorial.

John

@RonanForman Ok. I assume @OrigamiRobot will be hosting? Obviously we can get some later challenges from YouTube comments, but where should our first ones come from?

Grace Note

In retrospect, I can't even be sure how I originally learned to play DotA, considering I had never even touched Warcraft 3 to begin with prior.

James

@GraceNote I started with LoL

user30

@GraceNote I am having this predicament with Dota 2

Arda Xi

10:42 PM

@GraceNote Ah, see, I wasn't really into gaming back then.

OrigamiRobot

@John I should have no problem hosting. Our first challenge can be setting up a rudimentary base.

user30

Ah, as is Arda.

James

.. And ended with LoL now that I think about it :D

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald So is @Arda

@James Heh

Arda Xi

So I've got DotA 2 now...

John

10:42 PM

@OrigamiRobot But there should be something unique about this base. A plain old base is too easy.

Arda Xi

But I can't play it for fear of letting whomever I'm teamed up with down.

user30

Yeah, I've played against bots a couple of times

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I assume you want us all recording if possible.

Grace Note

Yeah, I had schoolmates to play with - we already had a team of 5 by the time I was introduced to DotA.

So I didn't have to worry about letting people down.

user30

but still

user30

10:44 PM

Ronan Forman

@Origami If you can send to footage over easily.

@John We have a whole room full of people.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I've got a team of 5 alright, just not 5 people with access to DotA 2.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Are they 5 who are wanting to DotA2?

Arda Xi

Yeah.

user30

Ivo has Dota 2 as well.

John

10:44 PM

@RonanForman True. I guess they could help.

James

@ArdaXi How -do- you get access anyways? I see people playing it but its never available on the steam website.

Arda Xi

They're LoL players.

badp

@ArdaXi That's the same episode as the internet in a box right?

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I don't know what "easily" means in this case. I've never done anything with video.

Arda Xi

@James Private beta, need an invite. I applied for one.

badp

10:45 PM

That one must've been a hell of a thirty minutes

James

@ArdaXi Ah, seems a bit odd to publicly share gaming stats about a private beta.. Meh! hehe

user30

but yeah, I'll play a game with you sometime against bots and we can pity each others lack of ability

Grace Note

@James Probably just to taunt all the unlucky chaps who couldn't get in.

badp

eh. I expect Dota 2 to release at around April

Ronan Forman

@Origami Can you send me about 30gigs of footage over?

Arda Xi

10:46 PM

@James Valve isn't really paranoid. I think the only reason it is a private beta is because it isn't finished enough yet.

Grace Note

They still haven't implemented every hero, yet, correct?

user30

Yeah, I think so

Arda Xi

@GraceNote How many are there?

user30

too many

badp

I could look at the latest batch of strings added to the translation system to have an idea of what's been worked on recently.

OrigamiRobot

10:47 PM

@RonanForman I'm not sure how anyone could do that easily...

badp

I'd just get a sour feeling in my mouth by doing so.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Think of the DOTA2 Beta for being akin to a WoW public beta. Or, for that matter, an early google beta. It's invite only, but it's not a secret. The reason for the restricted access is to keep capacity under control.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Currently? I think it's 108.

Arda Xi

There's about 60 heroes in DotA 2.

Grace Note

...you've got a long way to go. Is Obsidian there yet?

user30

10:48 PM

I think it was recently added

Grace Note

I know Nerubian Weaver and Viper are there, but not so much Obsidian and Nerubian Assassin.

user30

In the last patch

badp

Seems like they're recently worked on lobbies and a couple new heroes perhaps.

Fredy31

crashes through the concept of fun

user30

er uh @Grace

user30

10:49 PM

> Outworld Destroyer's original title was Obsidian Destroyer, a name that is similar to two units from Blizzard's Warcraft 3. Those two units are Obsidian Statue and Destroyer.

Ronan Forman

@origami Then single camera it is. That's not a problem.

user30

So yes, under a different name

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald Ah, gotcha

badp

I see a couple interesting strings still lacking a translation at all but I'll just let the "lucky" 10 struggle with them.

Grace Note

Different name is fine. Oh, what about Necro'lic? (Not to be confused with Necrolyte)

user30

10:52 PM

I'm not going to lie, I'm just wiki'ing these.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Can I be the cat?

user30

Apparently not yet.

badp

@GraceNote Not in the language file

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald That's fine - any news is functional news

OrigamiRobot

@RonanForman I could mail a hard drive to you. That's probably the fastest way. :P

user30

10:53 PM

There's some more info here on unreleased content

Ronan Forman

@Gnome You're one funny looking cat.

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GnomeSlice

=[

badp

@ThomasMcDonald Another Curse wiki? :/

Arda Xi

Heh, Tinker is voiced by the same voice actor as Dr. Kleiner.

user30

Oh, it's curse?!

badp

10:53 PM

I mean, if what they're aiming for is being a better wikia then more power to them.

Grace Note

@ThomasMcDonald I don't even recognize a bunch of these names, haha

user30

I thought the TF guys were doing it

badp

@ThomasMcDonald The footer don't lie

I guess Valve will put up a wiki post-release

like they did with Portal

user30

I see that now.

Ronan Forman

@Origami Please don't. 1 camera is fine anyway.

user30

10:54 PM

eh? I don't think Valve put up a wiki for portal, did they?

Grace Note

But there you go, Nerubian Assassin (apparently now Nyx Assassin) is yet to come, as is Necro'lic (listed by his name, "Visage").

Sterno

Awesome. Just loaded up Mass Effect 2 and there's a message on the Cerberus network that shows on the startup screen that I'm pretty sure is about ME3

badp

@Sterno That's the wrong way to get excited about ME3

Grace Note

Also, they apparently changed a fair amount of Necro'lic. Boo!

GnomeSlice

Sterno

10:57 PM

@badp what's the right way?

user30

I'm just thinking about Curse

agent86

@Sterno do not panic, citizen. I'm certain that reapers are not about to invade earth and destroy all you hold dear. certain.

user30

They must have had a lot of dolla to buy Minecraft forums/wiki

badp

@ThomasMcDonald Uh... yes. theportalwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

Grace Note

...greatly changed.

Arda Xi

10:57 PM

Oh cool, Tinker even has a line "Lamarr? Is that you?"

user30

At the time of acquisition they were doing more impressions than Stack Exchange

GnomeSlice

user30

@badp That's not Valve. That's the TF wiki people.

agent86

okay. I do not have time for skyrim right now. I should not load this game. I should get up away from the computer And Not Play Skyrim. I AM NOT PLAYING SKYRIM. NO.

BAD STEAM, DONT LOAD SKYRIM

badp

@ThomasMcDonald Well I'm not sure how much more official it can get than that

agent86

10:58 PM

AISRJHEWOIURHISUF

Grace Note

...and they moved watchers from Weaver to Assassin. Funky.

agent86

yanks plug from computer DRAT. this is a laptop :/

user30

@badp the bit where it says unofficial in the logo?

badp

Well I guess you could do wiki.portal2.com

James

@agent86 LOL

@agent86 Having focus issues eh?

user15026

10:59 PM

@agent86 Face it, you are doomed to play Skyrim. The universe is demanding it ;)

agent86

@James this is all your fault. I both love you and hate you right now. you magnificent jerkface!

James

@AshleyNunn Doooooooooooooooooom (Words from RotMG :))

@agent86 You're welcome! and you deserve it!! ;)

user30

Anyway, Curse has to do a lot of things wrong before they become worse than Wikia

badp

@ThomasMcDonald Buy? Did they buy anything? For all I know they might've been running a successful independent wiki/forum and Mojang might've decided it was cheaper to outsource than it'd have been to compete.

agent86

@AshleyNunn nah, the kids will probably overwhelm me soon. Later tonight I will sedate them with videos of things that have been animated, and then I will axe many things.

badp

11:00 PM

@ThomasMcDonald I'm still... uneasy? given the amount of content they do control.

user15026

@agent86 This strikes me as a decent plan

user30

@badp Minecraft Forums/Wiki was owned by Criticsquid until he sold it to Curse

James

@badp Curse' minecraft forums servers blow.. they are never responsive and often down.

badp

For the longest time the minecraft wiki didn't have clear licensing terms

GnomeSlice

Man, Tinker was such a reassuring presence.

agent86

11:02 PM

@AshleyNunn you weren't here earlier, you missed death metal cat

Nick T

@GnomeSlice I like Firth's Tailor better

agent86

and slightly below that is the bird who <3's chocolate

user15026

@agent86 That is awesome XD and so true. That is precisely how it would go

user15026

@agent86 It looks like it is trying to suicide by drowning in chocolate

user30

or citricsquid. same thing.

user30

11:06 PM

anyway, I have this Udacity class to finish

badp

I'm annoyed by just how far SE goes in making sure that metas don't have reputation

I wanted to see what kind of reception my recent answers got, but no siree, the relevant tab would be called 'reputation' and there's no such thing on meta!

Ronan Forman

@Gnome Do you have like a 15 second chiptune fanfare type thing I could use?

user30

@badp Can't you just sort answers by newest?

badp

@ThomasMcDonald :/

Grace Note

It is a functional solution

user30

11:10 PM

@badp aye?

badp

I didn't say it was impossible to do so, I'm just annoyed by the thought process

user30

Oh, right.

user30

I'm sure at one point that tab did exist on Meta, anyway.

Grace Note

It did, I even argued for its continued existence.

Ronan Forman

►

James

11:29 PM

Hmm, one click away from ordering a Vita.. dunno if I should or not...

Oh god! my finger twitched and I bought it! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

badp

grats

James

@badp Hehe, Thanks :)

John

@agent86

Wipqozn

11:52 PM

@GnomeSlice is a cat? What?

Lazers

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Q: What happens with jungle respawns when you don't fully clear creeps?

Supposedly you can harass the enemy jungle a little by killing the valuable creeps in a jungle pack and leaving one of the cheap minions around to delay a full respawn. How does this work exactly? If I see a solo minion up at one of our buffs, should I kill it or let it be? Is there a differen...

league-of-legends

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn In our sitcom, gnome plays the cat.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman oh, okay. That makes sense.

I can see @GnomeSlice being someones pet.

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