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Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
8:55 PM
So... what do you think about this new AWESOME site?
 
Oak
Oak
9:06 PM
My avatar just floated down from the top
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
Yes, they do that
When you leave, they float downwards... continuing their journey
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
So this is what the third place looks like.
Pretty. :D
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
Yes, it's nice
So... not a HUGE increase in traffic after going public
I guess not the whole world was expecting it like I thought
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
Yeah, I also expected a ton of people to sign up.
 
Macha
Macha
Hi.
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:17 PM
GAMING!
 
Macha
Macha
So, umm, apart from the MSO profile link, what does this do over IRC and a logbot?
 
Sathya
Sathya
@macha: it accepts feeds :)
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
People's avatars float down when they enter a chatroom. :)
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
also, this:
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Gaming SE is now in public beta!

Juan ManuelIn case you haven't been following it, you are now informed! Go take a look! http://gaming.stackexchange.com/

discussion beta-phase gaming-site
 
Macha
Macha
@Sathya: IRC bots exist for that.
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:19 PM
preview is pretty nice superuser.com/users/4377/sathya
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
@sat, it only works on meta (from the meta chat)
 
Sathya
Sathya
@Juan Ah
Sathya, Chennai, India / Mangalore, India
7296 1 6 20
windows-7 linux windows ubuntu iphone windows-xp firefox
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
hmm
 
Macha
Macha
Oh, also the layout gets b0rked on my iPod touch after a few messages. Last (two?) hidden by input box. sigh
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
it seems I lied
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:20 PM
bug, heh. link must be in new line? @Juan
 
Macha
Macha
How do you post those?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
just paste the link to the question
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
So does this store all messages previously posted?
 
Sathya
Sathya
@mew yep
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
bold is with *
like this
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
9:21 PM
Heh.
 
Sathya
Sathya
Gamasutra - Art & Business of gaming <br />http://www.gamasutra.com/
 
Macha
Macha
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In Team Fortress 2, what is a good strategy to deal with lots of engineers turtling on the other team?

JeffreyNow that the Engineer update has come, there will be lots of Engineers building up everywhere. How should this best be handled?

strategy team-fortress-2
 
Sathya
Sathya
heh, HTML stripped out
 
Oak
Oak
I'm italics I'm bold [I'm a link](www.imalink.com)
no link :(
 
Sathya
Sathya
Hmm, seems to work for limited sites ?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:22 PM
[I'm a link](www.imalink.com)
 
Oak
Oak
[I'm a link][1]

[1]:imalink.com
nada
 
Macha
Macha
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How do I delete my Facebook account?

Ivo FlipseI don't trust Facebook's new privacy settings and have decided to delete my account, but I can't find the kill switch. Does anyone know how I can delete my Facebook account?

facebook delete account
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
Mew2468, Vancouver, BC
620 8
strategy ds xbox-360 hardware game-recommendations controllers mac
Cool. :)
 
Macha
Macha
Also, it has refresh seizures on my iPod :(
 
Oak
Oak
Yea, I also expected more new users the moment the beta opened
Oh well
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:24 PM
anyone has a link to a question in a private beta?
 
Macha
Macha
Probably a bug tbh. Gaming is still private?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
nope
 
Sathya
Sathya
BTW there is a sandbox room - where you can test chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/rooms/18/sandbox
 
Oak
Oak
Nope
 
Sathya
Sathya
@Macha went public today
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:25 PM
@Oak, not too much attention like web apps got
a blog post and everything
 
Oak
Oak
Well, we got around 100 new users
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
only because we were second :(
 
Oak
Oak
though not a lot of new questions / answers yet
 
Macha
Macha
Oh? Since when?
 
Oak
Oak
I can definitely feel higher traffic, though
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:25 PM
since 2 hours ago
all it got was a tweet from joel
 
Sathya
Sathya
Lower traffic could also be because of web filtering in workplaces
 
Oak
Oak
On the surface 100 users in 2 hours is great, but I would have hoped there were more people who wanted to jump in and see the moment it opens
 
Macha
Macha
Oh well. At least I was on page 1 for a few days :P
 
Mechko
Mechko
hola
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
So, what domain is everybody here leaning towards?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:28 PM
aloha
I don't like any of them actually
 
Oak
Oak
It's interesting we have more dwarf fortress questions than team fortress 2 or world of warcraft or borderlands on starcraft 2...
I'm really sad about quicksave.com... I wanted to propose it myself but didn't because it was taken. But since Joel said it's basically okay, someone else was faster and proposed it :)
 
Sathya
Sathya
dang it.
 
Macha
Macha
QuickSave/QuickLoad. Or my suggestion SaveReload :P. Though I really hope pauseforhelp.com doesn't win.
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
I proposed infinitelives.com
 
Oak
Oak
It is a great name. quickload, too
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:29 PM
top tags: xbox-360: 54 PC: 53
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Same here, Macha
 
Sathya
Sathya
@Juan @Oak Infinite Lives/ QuickSave/Reload is nice
 
Oak
Oak
Yea it's just curious the most popular game-name-tag is dwarf fortress
 
Sathya
Sathya
@Juan where is the voting for name being held ?
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
I'd still like something to fit into the whole SO theme
 
Oak
Oak
9:30 PM
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Suggest a domain name for this site

AndrewPost your ideas for a dot-com domain name for this website, which captures the spirit and intent of the site, namely: {name} is intended for expert and advanced gamers on all consoles and computers, including, but not limited to... Wi...

discussion top-7 site-attributes domain-name
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
here:
 
Oak
Oak
:)
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Skiptutorial or something like that
 
Macha
Macha
Actually the person who suggested it or someone els should edit it, so anyone can undo downvoted for takenness.
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
beat me to it
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:30 PM
Thanks @Oak
 
Oak
Oak
You prepared the "here:" for me :P
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
I actually posted it but got an error
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Macha: which one?
 
Sathya
Sathya
There was actually a question for Baldur's gate
 
Macha
Macha
QuickSave/QuickLoad
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:31 PM
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Silver Pantaloons

Pieter van NiekerkIn Baldur's Gate 2, I got the item Silver Pantaloons. What is the purpose of this item? Is it useful or can I toss it?

pc rpg baldurs-gate
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Don't see that anywhere, what's its score?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
why is it weird @oak?
 
Mechko
Mechko
what about allourbase.com? :-p
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
*curious
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Oh, it's the top one, never mind
 
Oak
Oak
9:33 PM
@Juan: dunno, I knew it was popular, but definitely not more popular than so called "AAA" titles
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
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Suggest a domain name for this site

Juan ManuelA: infinitelives.com Taken, but not used; perhaps for sale.

 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Doesn't have any downvotes by the way
 
Sathya
Sathya
Quicksave/ QuickLoad just got a vote
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Has no downvotes
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
cool, you can link to answers
 
Macha
Macha
9:33 PM
Self promotion time: SaveReload begins with an S, is two words, and is something that happens whn stuff goes wrong. /selfpromotion
 
Sathya
Sathya
IIRC Beta StackEx meta don't have downvotes
 
Oak
Oak
@Mecha: it's great... but it's not as iconically great as quicksave
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Sathya, yeah they do
 
Oak
Oak
or quickload, though I prefer quicksave
 
Sathya
Sathya
There was a meta question on that
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
9:34 PM
pauseforhelp has 11 downvotes
 
Sathya
Sathya
Oops, the downvotes don't count for rep ?
Something of that sort. /meh
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
@Sat, no rep on meta
 
badp
badp
No, there's no rep for meta
 
Mechko
Mechko
yeah I like QuickSave over QuickLoad.
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
On the new meta sites, the rep is just carried from the parent site.
 
badp
badp
9:35 PM
You can't get rep for waffles jokes and freehand circles.
I know.
 
Oak
Oak
Well there's definitely more traffic now, look at the "active" page
 
badp
badp
Terrible.
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
unfortunally
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
CW doesn't involve rep anyway
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
461 users reported here:
 
Macha
Macha
9:36 PM
Post level maps with freehand circles maybe?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
it's not real time though
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Usually takes an hour for my rep to appear there
 
badp
badp
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Suggest a domain name for this site

badpA: questoverload.com (available) You didn't sign up to figure out where the 12 chickens are! There are universes to save!

 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
So any word on when moderator voting is gonna happen? Does our community moderator do that?
 
badp
badp
I thought this was a killer proposal but people like therightcastle.com better o.O
Is in't it kinda early for naming moderators?
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:37 PM
no idea on moderator voting
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Yeah, it is, I'm just curious
 
badp
badp
Although it could very well be that Gaming may need even more mods than SuperUser
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
Probably.
 
badp
badp
trolls need some time to understand how the game works though :D
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Probably, it attracts a lot less 'super' users
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
9:38 PM
Gaming sites draw trolls.
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Any trollcan pick up a game
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
I think it will be needed the more proposals go to public beta
 
Oak
Oak
So, off-topic or not?
 
Macha
Macha
We all know Juan is going to have the/a place anyway.
 
Oak
Oak
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Is there a market for old consoles and games?

MechkoI have some old consoles (Atari, NES, etc) sitting around in dustjackets at home. I never play them anymore, but I can't get myself to throw them away. Is there a market to sell them? Are they collectors items or would I be selling them for peanuts?

consoles selling
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
9:38 PM
Woot, up-key to edit message just like in Skype. :D
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
right now the team is handling everything
but I don't know how long they can manage
 
Mechko
Mechko
?
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Oak, seems a bit 'local' to me?
Like, specific to a certain point in time
 
Macha
Macha
We all know Juan is going to have the/a place anyway.
 
Oak
Oak
@Mechko I dunno, feels somehow wrong
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
9:39 PM
Items will always drop in value, it might have value now but not in a couple days
Yeah, Juan definitely deserves to be moderator
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
I don't know if I deserve it, but I do want to :)
anyway, we'll see...
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Well, you're constantly on my tail rep-wise ;-)
 
Mechko
Mechko
I didn't think there was even a question about Juan getting moderator :-p.
@Juan look your unicorn is bouncing
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
rep isn't important for this I think
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
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Moderator nominations

Ivo FlipseSome guidelines: Each nomination should be a separate answer. Link the name to the user's profile so we can see their activity. The nominee should indicate their acceptance by commenting on (or indeed editing) the answer. The top voted nominatio...

discussion top-7 moderators
 
Oak
Oak
9:41 PM
I should down vote his nomination >:-) look how much he wants the position, it's not a good sign
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
a desire to see the site grow and be successful is more important IMO
 
Oak
Oak
He's gonna banninate us all, then burninate the site and the countryside
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Well, rep isn't a measurement for how much someone deserves moderator
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
mhuahuahua
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
someone could be spamming after all
 
badp
badp
9:42 PM
Rep does show the level of activity you have on a site
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
exactly
 
badp
badp
If you want a mod, you want him to check the site frequently
 
Oak
Oak
I measure with rep, with meta activity, and with the actual opinions I see the user making on meta
Rep is important, I think
 
Sathya
Sathya
@Arda not necessary that rep would show activity
 
Oak
Oak
Especially at this stage, when we're supposed to seed the site!
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
9:43 PM
Sure it does, and the quality of which
 
Mechko
Mechko
There's something more than just that though. There are some people who just seem to know what they are doing. Juan is one of those. So is Arda, I think.
 
Sathya
Sathya
@arda I don't answer, but I vote, flag for spam/troll/dupes - zero rep but it doesn't mean that I've not been active
 
Oak
Oak
Hey, what kind of chat is that? I can edit things I wrote in the past!
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Skype chat
 
Sathya
Sathya
@oak yeah, just hit up arrow like this
 
Mechko
Mechko
9:44 PM
hehehehe
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
@Sathya but a good moderator is a good community member too
 
badp
badp
@oak: yes, but you can only do it twice in three minutes. After that it's stuck. Okay, so they've changed the two edits only limit. Now it's just time limit.
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
That involves not just moderation, but involvement too
 
Sathya
Sathya
@Arda True. No doubt about that. Just sayin' that rep need not be the ultimate factor
 
Macha
Macha
Well, I'm capable of getting 200 rep in one day on SO if I want to, as I proved last week. But I'm normally not active enough, answering two or three questions in one day tops. So it does measure activity, but quality can subsitute for activity (and so can luck)
 
Oak
Oak
9:45 PM
I think I agree with Arda. Grace Note is very active in meta
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
That's what I said already
 
Oak
Oak
Less reputation, though
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
it isn't a measurement of how much someone deserves the position, it's just one of the factors
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
I agree, activity is not only measured on rep
 
Sathya
Sathya
FWIW I'd rather not be a Mod.
 
Oak
Oak
9:46 PM
@Macha maybe, but between two users active on meta, on having higher rep than the other definitely means something
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Anyone here know if it'd be a good idea to publicise this site on Facepunch? (Macha, you perhaps?)
 
Macha
Macha
Sorry, behind on the chat. It does t work too well on my iPod, so half the time is spent watching flickering.
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Then again, might just not be the kind of publicity we'd want
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
well... I have to go home (yes, I'm chatting at work)
I might come back later
 
badp
badp
btw, since open beta, upvotes started flowing in
 
Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
9:47 PM
see ya!
 
Mechko
Mechko
I'm really impressed. We haven't had a single fanboy yet. Either that or they have been disposed of before I saw them
 
badp
badp
in the naming thread
 
Macha
Macha
@Arda I have one post there, ever.
 
badp
badp
@Mecko fanboys are the best kind of users ever! period!
I don't care what you have to say!
fanboys > *
period.
 
Oak
Oak
That's not mathematically possible
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:48 PM
@badp fanboi schmanboi
 
Oak
Oak
You need fanboys >= *
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Oh wow, a fanboy fanboy
 
Oak
Oak
Otherwise fanboys > fanboys :(
 
badp
badp
No, fanboys > fanboys, they're THAT awesome!
 
Oak
Oak
@Arda LOL
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
9:48 PM
I've never seen fanboyism towards fanboys, ever
 
badp
badp
So awesome it does not compute!
@Arda: don't worry ma'am, I come from meta
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
exactly what I need just before midnight, you broke my brain
 
Oak
Oak
OK now it looks like we need a logo for our brand new site, QUICKSAVE.com
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
wait, ma'am? what?
HTML doesn't work here @Oak ;-)
 
Sathya
Sathya
status-fanboy-fanboy
 
badp
badp
9:50 PM
It's part of the snowclone, @Arda
 
Oak
Oak
Who posted HTML, me? Never! You lie.
 
badp
badp
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
My reflexes are faster than your delete button
 
Oak
Oak
oo oo how'd you put pictures
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Oh wow, it does image embedding too?
 
Oak
Oak
9:51 PM
@Arda maybe but you have no PROOF
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
I have.. a transcript. somewhere
anywhere
maybe I don't.
 
badp
badp
@Oak: merely link them
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
Anyway, has anyone written up some kind of promotional material for forums and the like? I don't mind writing my own, I just think other people would do better.
 
Mechko
Mechko
I think we're shooting ourselves in the foot by not allowing even slightly temporal questions. (personal opinion)
 
badp
badp
@Mechko: Example?
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
9:54 PM
We need some discussion about that on meta then. I thought we did, though
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Questions that ask about the state of X "right now".

MechkoI have noticed a lot of seemingly valid questions are being closed as being too time localized, such as this one or

discussion time-sensitive-questions
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
This question / answer embedding is so convenient.
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
indeed.
 
Mechko
Mechko
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What kind of graphics card is as minimum necessary for good gaming?

txwikingerHow much graphics memory is necessary? What kind of hardware acceleration is required?

hardware graphics-card
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
anyway, I agree with John there
 
badp
badp
The problem here is
 
Sathya
Sathya
9:55 PM
Amazing that each message has its own permalink
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
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Questions that ask about the state of X "right now".

John RudyA: Oh.. there's a moment... coming. There's a moment coming, it's... it's not here yet. It's on the way... It's still in the future. Here... here it is! (a beat) Oh.. it's gone, man. There's no present, man. Everything is the near future and the recent past. -- George ...

well that doesn't really help. nice quote though
 
badp
badp
the site concept is supposed to be, "ask once, answer once, read many"
If, by the time you answered, your answer is outdated
the "read many" part breaks
and it's "read many" that has brought StackOverflow.com to huge success™
 
Mechko
Mechko
but there are other questions that are out of date more than a year later
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
exactly, the same thing happens on SU I believe
 
Mechko
Mechko
like the gfx card question
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
9:56 PM
for that one the same thing should go
 
badp
badp
Yeah, gfx card isn't that time sensitive
 
Macha
Macha
So much for Apple stuff being more reliable. iPod just hard crashed :(
 
Mechko
Mechko
haha
 
badp
badp
@Macha: Apple stuff works fantastic until it doesn't.
Then it's gg :P
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
@badp yeah it is, that question should have the same treatment
 
badp
badp
9:57 PM
(Or so I understand. I don't actually own anything Apple.)
 
Mew2468
Mew2468
Apple products are amazing. :D /fanboy
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
I think close-votes are just happening less since we don't have an awful lot of people with 500 rep
 
badp
badp
@arda: I think that if an answer is useful for, say, six months, then it should get to stay
 
Mechko
Mechko
I second badp.
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
18 to be precise
 
badp
badp
9:57 PM
You can have plenty of read many in six months
 
Macha
Macha
iTunes alone has made sure I will never buy a Mac :P
 
badp
badp
and I'm not sure much of the SO answers really apply after six months anyway
bugs get fixed
features get added
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
true, but then the flight simulator question should be allowed too, there's not a lot happening in that genre
 
badp
badp
new versions
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
of FSX? hasn't happened for years
 
Mechko
Mechko
9:58 PM
ok I have to go to work
 
Sathya
Sathya
very nice. Websense just filtered gaming.stackex X( 
Access to this URL is currently restricted due to a blocking rule.

URL: gaming.stackexchange.com
Rule: Block URLs of type Games
 
badp
badp
(you can upvote (star) comments btw)
 
Sathya
Sathya
BAH
 
Arda Xi
Arda Xi
that doesn't make a lot of websense
 
Mechko
Mechko
ttfn
 
Macha
Macha
9:59 PM
Wish the threshold for upvote/downvoted display was lower :(. I'll be there in a few days, but I still miss it. Btw, anyone think this site will end up the biggest SE site? Maybe SO size?
 
badp
badp
well, the name is a bit of a dead giveaway @sathya
just a teeny little bit.
 
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