Gaming

Juan Manuel

12:01 AM

status-hello

badp

oh, look, italic.

Grace Note

Evenin', @Juan

alexanderpas

[feature-request]

doesn't work...

Grace Note

Only works with [status-*]

Juan Manuel

we had the first post complaining about the closes a while ago...

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Overzealous Admins

I feel that the admins are being too overzealous in closing questions for being "Subjective" or "too localized" at the slightest hint of subjectivity or locality playing a role. Here's some recent examples of what I mean:

discussion closed-questions

Grace Note

12:03 AM

I have 908 ♪

badp

we have a moderator! :P

Grace Note

Yeah, it came shortly after gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2266/… was closed

We do?

Juan Manuel

Jeff?

badp

just sort people by secret meta rep and give em the diamond :P

alexanderpas

Jeff doesn't count... He's has coding-powers

Juan Manuel

12:07 AM

I don't think you can sort by meta-rep

:)

alexanderpas

Jeff can ;)

Grace Note

Before someone brought up that reputation graphs made no sense on the Meta, you could at least compare with that

badp

btw meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/reputation

alexanderpas

329 rep here...

Grace Note

That's only going to tell you your own

badp

12:09 AM

are you going to, ohh, cheat?!!?

in a multiplayer game!?!?

:o :o :o :o :O

Grace Note

Oh, hey, I got 10 more rep. Somewhere.

alexanderpas

multiplayer cheat == bad karma

Grace Note

And on the parent site I sit with a measly ~300

badp

@Grace your latest rep change is the fifth to last line in that response

alexanderpas

nice, gained 208 rep yesterday on gaming.

badp

12:10 AM

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A: How do I audit my reputation?

Make sure you are logged in, and visit http://stackoverflow.com/reputation http://serverfault.com/reputation http://superuser.com/reputation http://meta.stackoverflow.com/reputation This will give you a detailed audit / report of your reputation over time, reflecting the current voting values...

Grace Note

I know games with excellent question potential. I even know people who would have asked the questions. The problem is I already answered for them before this place existed

Juan Manuel

I like the new rep system

jeff said serverfault and superuser will be like that too

badp

I still think it's unfair we don't get to create our own memes and profit from them!

Juan Manuel

but meta.so will keep it like it is now

Grace Note

I know how to audit my reputation. But it doesn't make me any less lazy to check which post 426 is

badp

12:11 AM

getting rep for free handed circles, waffles, castles of <kbd> and other assorted awesomeness.

Juan Manuel

good times @badp

badp

http://meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/426/revisions/

Grace Note

Questions would've done it, actually

alexanderpas

70 rep post: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/316/…

Grace Note

Even if it's an answer

alexanderpas

12:13 AM

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Images for controller buttons and keyboard keys

A: combining the <kbd> tag with unicode and html entities can give some great results. Directional arrows: ↑ <kbd>↑</kbd> ↓ <kbd>↓</kbd>

Grace Note

Example: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/426

Out of curiosity, what's everyone's specialty in gaming, here?

Kevin Y

iPhone gaming. >.>

badp

failing at FPS, roguelikes, space sim-RTS combos

Arda Xi

FPS mostly, but I've done most anything related to PCs

alexanderpas

Wii & PC gaming

Juan Manuel

12:16 AM

fps and rts

Kevin Y

Could've got quite a bit of rep . . .

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Which tag? 'nintendo-wii' or 'wii'?

A: I tagged my question as wii because nintendo-wii seems a little redundant to me. I know some people refer to the console as the "Nintendo Wii", but I just call it the Wii. microsoft-xbox360? sony-ps3?

Juan Manuel

some rpg like mass effect

love the stories on that ones

Grace Note

I feel like an odd sheep. Arcade scrolling shooters and platform action games here

Console more often but I enjoy a lot of indie games

Juan Manuel

*those

Arda Xi

too young for most arcade games I think

Juan Manuel

12:17 AM

too many good games

if they left me half an hour for myself...

but no

good game after good game

Grace Note

Heh

Juan Manuel

bastards

Grace Note

Huh, I guess I'm not the youngest. I always feel like it when I'm browsing around on Meta SO

Arda Xi

15 here, you gonna beat that? :P

Kevin Y

Nearly 14. Pwnt. :D

Grace Note

12:18 AM

Yeah, I'm... 22

Juan Manuel

wow

Arda Xi

I'd expected a different audience for this website, I guess not for a beta

badp

← 21

alexanderpas

Too young to have played arcade games in their full glory... sigh... whenever I get the chance to play pac-man on an original cabinet... I'll be playing for the whole day.

24 here

Arda Xi

I guess that occasionally playing arcade games is quite a victory at my age then :)

alexanderpas

12:20 AM

only when you have your own cabinet ;)

Arda Xi

sadly, no

then again, I wouldn't have the money or the space

Grace Note

Well, I haven't actually played in an arcade in years. But the majority of the games I play either originally were on an arcade, or are the same style

badp

555 meta rep, 111 to go

Grace Note

I have a screenshot of hitting 7777 rep on Meta SO

alexanderpas

Lucky you.

Arda Xi

12:22 AM

it's good to have priorities in life :P

alexanderpas

tell me about it... Shame... Guilty!

Grace Note

But it's at the office. Boo.

alexanderpas

tagging challenge:

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Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom leaderboards

The Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom is absolutely brilliant (if maybe a little short). Anyway, now that I've finished it, I'm in the process of going through the bonus shorts (levels), and am somewhat curious as to how some people could have possibly posted the leader board times that they h...

steam

badp

oh wow

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Street Fighter 4 normal moves linking

What's the best way to link normal moves? I have been playing Street Fighter 4 for quite some time now, but I always have had trouble learning any combo that isnt two inputs long (for instance: hp -> dp+hp). Are there techniques to hitting the links more consistently?

xbox-360 ps3

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Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom leaderboards

The Misadventures of P.B Winterbottom is absolutely brilliant (if maybe a little short). Anyway, now that I've finished it, I'm in the process of going through the bonus shorts (levels), and am somewhat curious as to how some people could have possibly posted the leader board times that they h...

steam

badp

12:25 AM

Arda Xi

Why I don't have an xbox :)

badp

That's a really awesome offline screen!

Arda Xi

Keyboard has way more functions

Grace Note

Oh, hey, we finally get a Fighting Game question, and it's one I can't answer. My luck is abysmal.

badp

what games are those?

Grace Note

12:26 AM

What are fighting games, or what are ones that I can answer?

@alex I'd suggest [p.b-winterbottom]

Or some variant. Just ignore the Misadventures part. We can't do much better for now, while our tag limit is so short

We really do need a larger tag limit. Even if we'll never field a game like MMT.

badp

Engage Super Pause!

Grace Note

You realize, @badp, that the second one is a link to a Penny Arcade strip

badp

not at all

had I realized, I wouldn't have asked.

the question is legit, I'm sorry. :(

Kevin Y

Yeah, here's the second one.

penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/06/08

Grace Note

penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/6/8

No worries, @badp

alexanderpas

12:33 AM

now the keyboard...

Kevin Y

got it.

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Identify the games behind the StackExchange Offline control layouts

A: The first game is X2: The Threat. The second is a Penny Arcade comic strip.

Grace Note

You should link the PA strip in your answer

Kevin Y

I just added it. :)

badp

In 7 mins I'll get to click the checkmark :)

thanks

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Identify the games behind the StackExchange Offline control layouts

identify-this-game

Grace Note

12:36 AM

Nice research work, @Kevin

Kevin Y

Just frantic Googling. :P

badp

although

jzy should've done Nethack, three keyboards wouldn't have covered everything :D

Arda Xi

Could do an SO one too, use Vim

alexanderpas

SETA time compression and Vectron-7 were the giveaways

Kevin Y

yeah.

badp

12:41 AM

well

I'm glad at least it's not a game I would have to give my geek card up for not recognising :D

alexanderpas

should've read penny arcade...

Juan Manuel

I voted to close to move to meta

alexanderpas

sigh...

badp

I noticed somebody did, @Juan, but I don't really agree...

Arda Xi

I figured the same thing, it looks like it belongs on meta

alexanderpas

12:43 AM

lol

Arda Xi

it's a discussion of the site itself

badp

I mean, there are 15 identify-this-game questions on the main site and 0 identify-this-game questions on meta

Kevin Y

Technically the question is identifying a game.

It just so happens the game controls are linked to the website.

badp

just because the data given for identification is provided by the site itself, it doesn't mean it's not about identifying games.

alexanderpas

X2 is a game.

Grace Note

12:44 AM

I dunno, it's not unlike questions about the SO 404 page

Arda Xi

Well, just because a question is about programming-related cartoons doesn't mean it should be on regular SO

Grace Note

We get them on Meta SO, despite the fact it's a polyglot

badp

well

Grace Note

Because, ultimately, it's a question about where the image is from

Juan Manuel

If SO is a guideline, that question would belong on meta...

badp

12:45 AM

SO doesn't have identify-this-language questions

Juan Manuel

but well, it's only my opinion

that's why it's a vote

Arda Xi

exactly, you're not mod.. yet ;-)

badp

I know Juan

but we have a chat to expand on these topics right?

Arda Xi

would you debate that it's related to the site itself then?

alexanderpas

we have... for now...

badp

12:46 AM

I don't think it is. The site could change images, but the question would remain vaild.

Grace Note

Actually, yes, badp, we do have "identify this language" questions

Arda Xi

we will tomorrow too

badp

(The links however may break; if that's a problem I'll self-host)

Arda Xi

that's not what I'm saying, I'm just saying it's related to the site

Grace Note

Some people might know a construct or a method they've seen somewhere, and became questions on what language the construct is from

Arda Xi

12:47 AM

hosting images on sstatic seems efficient to me

Juan Manuel

If I were a mod, I wouldn't have voted, I would have left a comment with my opinion

I would try not to abuse my powers ;)

Arda Xi

that's the problem with moderating on this platform I think, you can't have a 1/5th vote anymore

badp

just wait for 4 close votes :P

Kevin Y

heh, I was just going to suggest that. :P

Grace Note

Most current mods do

Arda Xi

12:48 AM

can't start it though :P

Grace Note

They usually leave a comment

Arda Xi

I know

but it would be nice to have a regular vote

badp

Still I feel uncomfortable

I'm asking FAR too many questions

Arda Xi

hey, I'm asking far too little

badp

on SO I have 92 answers and 4 questions :/

and I think that's far awesomer than 11 answers and 12 questions.

Arda Xi

12:51 AM

where is my rep on the chat even coming from anyway?

badp

meta.stackoverflow.com

Arda Xi

oh right

alexanderpas

@badp you're around 1:1 Q/A ratio on gaming, which is still pretty good

Arda Xi

only SE rep carries over of course

hmm, there should be a way to combine the SE API and the feeds to make a notifier that shows you what changed, not just that something changed..

alexanderpas

stackapps time?

Arda Xi

12:53 AM

might try tomorrow, have nothing better to do anyway

Grace Note

I don't think asking a lot of questions is a bad thing, @badp

Arda Xi

for now though I think I'm gonna sleep for a little while :)

have fun closing

Grace Note

Someone has to ask questions, after all

Arda Xi

and stuff

Grace Note

G'nite, @Arda

badp

12:55 AM

Yeah, but I'd rather help than be helped if you get what I mean :)

just, the site needs content to snowball to the point I can just focus on answering

Arda Xi

(I love the way people repeat what's said in the chat on comments just to show other people what's going on :)

badp

actually I think that's a shortcoming of chat

alexanderpas

this chat is fully logged.

chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/chats/transcripts/46?offset=120

badp

I knows.

But there isn't a easy way to bring the main points of discussion back into the question page.

Juan Manuel

we have 20 votes now

yay

they listen!

Grace Note

12:59 AM

Oh, you have 20 votes now? Awesome

badp

I has 19

Grace Note

The logo on the breakdown page is also fixed

badp

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Identify the games behind the StackExchange Offline control layouts

identify-this-game

2 more reqd here

(Sorry, @Kevin)

Kevin Y

Lol. No worries. :)

Juan Manuel

you have 19 because you used one :)

badp

1:00 AM

Entirely my point, Juan :)

Juan Manuel

I'm so gonna miss this chat... so useful

alexanderpas

only needs one vote now.

Kevin Y

I closed it.

badp

it's gone already

migrated to meta.gaming.stackexchange.com by Juan Manuel, Arda Xi, badp, alexanderpas, Kevin Y 4 secs ago

Grace Note

Our first migration

badp

1:02 AM

rly?

Grace Note

I believe so

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Identify the games behind the StackExchange Offline control layouts

identify-this-game

Juan Manuel

we're growing up

Kevin Y

:)

Juan Manuel

I'm going to miss the site when it doesn't graduate

badp

1:02 AM

do I win something?

Juan Manuel

yes, a better gaming q&a site!

badp

wee

oh boy

3am

maybe it's time to logoff.

Kevin Y

Lol. Maybe. :P

alexanderpas

same time here...

badp

-- 2010-07-15 rep +195 = 577

Yay! I keep my streak of un-rep-capping across the whole shebang!

(barely)

Grace Note

1:07 AM

Still impressive

badp

my best ever day on SO is

-- 2010-02-19 rep +139 = 1023

:/

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What does it mean when a game is a 4X game?

I've seen the term 4X game used to describe games, primarily strategy games. What does this term mean?

4x

Kevin Y

Where do you go to check how much rep you've gotten per day?

Juan Manuel

gaming.stackexchange.com/reputation

click it

Kevin Y

Thanks. :)

alexanderpas

1:10 AM

I'm already in bed, using my laptop, similar to this:

badp

so has this site made it to the likes of kotaku and co yet?

Kevin Y

I don't think so. :|

badp

well, before poking them we should pick a name anyway

alexanderpas

slashdot would be scary!

badp

[gnaa] ×20

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What's the difference between Turbo Mode and Normal Mode in Marvel Vs Capcom 2?

I'm just wondering what's the difference between these two modes in MvC 2, I'm starting to play this game. What mode should i choose for a beginner?

fighting-game marvel-vs-capcom-2

Kevin Y

Aww, my first downvote on Gaming. ):

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Good gaming machine for Starcraft II?

A: Blizzard recommends that a PC should run Vista or Windows 7 and have: Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor 2 GB RAM 512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon® HD ...

alexanderpas

wow... we're beating webapps in views/day already!

badp

unsurprising...

Juan Manuel

we should beat it in quality

alexanderpas

we're about 5% behind, 88% vs. 93%

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How do you unlock the Chocobos in Final Fantasy XII?

I've reached Pulse, and I know there are Chocobos around here somewhere. How can I unlock them?

rpg final-fantasy-xiii final-fantasy

Juan Manuel

what do you think of my comment here:

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Overzealous Admins

I feel that the admins are being too overzealous in closing questions for being "Subjective" or "too localized" at the slightest hint of subjectivity or locality playing a role. Here's some recent examples of what I mean:

discussion closed-questions

?

badp

Your avatar is an unicorn

Grace Note

I agree with it. The fact is, we aren't attracting a large volume of questions that are real questions

badp

and yes, →AFAIK← SU is going through lots of pain to get the on-topic off-topic stuff right

Juan Manuel

lol @badp

Grace Note

1:28 AM

Before we are a gaming community, we are a gaming Q&A

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badp

better be consistent from the start, instead of having people say "why they can and I can't!"

random

On SU those kinds of arguments leads to the older questions also being closed or even locked. @badp

Juan Manuel

close candidate

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Creepy/horror FPS recommendations

I'm playing through Metro 2033 at the moment, and simply loving it. It's so creepy and atmospheric. Can folks recommend another creepy/horror FPS that is coming soon or recently released...?

game-recommendations first-person-shooter

random

@juan Your comment on the topic of Gaming is right, if we leave them a little room now for discussion, it's not going to be around in a couple of months to even tidy up

badp

no bullet hell videos on TASVideos? :\

Grace Note

1:31 AM

You don't speedrun bullet hell games, badp

alexanderpas

@juan i say borderline... but no vore from me

badp

yeah, but some bullet hell videos are just as impressive as TASes

Grace Note

But they won't be on TASVideos

cowgod

ooh, chat!

fancy

badp

►

Juan Manuel

1:32 AM

hi @cowgod

Grace Note

I'm sure I've got some good replays somewhere on my machine...

Evenin', @cowgod ♪

cowgod

howdy all. who's the person that administers the site? i'm still bummed that we don't have our tagging rules ironed out. i really think it needs to allow for longer tags

alexanderpas

Crap: a Bullet Hell TVtrope

Grace Note

Jeff Atwood, tehcnically. He's not around right now, I don't think

badp

bah, there was a better video than that

Juan Manuel

1:34 AM

you can post that as a feature-request on meta

Jeff will see it and respond to it

random

How long a tag do you need? @cowgod

cowgod

i did already but nobody seemed to be behind my idea of tagging like math overflow

Grace Note

I can dodge that

Juan Manuel

(if it's a request for all sites, direct it to meta.stackoverflow.com)

cowgod

i think we have a unique situation that merits longer tags

not SE wide

badp

1:35 AM

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better video

Grace Note

I love playing Cave shooters ♪

cowgod

here's an example tag that's too long for the current limit: nsmbw.new-super-mario-bros-wii

badp

what use are six such guns when the boss bar goes down soooo slowly

Juan Manuel

you can separate that in multiple tags

cowgod

i think the abbreviation and the game name need to be the same tag

badp

1:37 AM

to be honest

re: Q&A

all the chit chat and non-objective questions can have a home

right here on chat

I asked about game music a few mins ago and nobody lynched me at least...

Juan Manuel

@cowgod, that's not the standard though

new-super-mario-bros would be one tag

wii another

and the abbreviation is not necessary

cowgod

no, the game is called "New Super Mario Bros. Wii"

Grace Note

Well, I think in this particular case the actual game name is new-super-mario-bros-wii

cowgod

it needs to be in the tag

Juan Manuel

oh

ok

Grace Note

1:39 AM

Still needs a separate wii tag, of course

cowgod

yes

Juan Manuel

is new-super-mario-bros-wii too long?

Grace Note

Nope

random

Doesn't have to be that exact

Grace Note

It's 23 characters

cowgod

1:40 AM

but in one of the SO podcasts jeff was discussing at length how genius it was of math overflow to use tags like i suggested (abbreviation, period, full name). it's a rather brilliant idea that i can't seem to get anyone to get behind

Kevin Y

It's only a few characters more than game-recommendations.

alexanderpas

@juan: Wrong! [new-super-mario-bros] and [new-super-mario-bros-wii] are two seperate tags for two seperate games!

Juan Manuel

mathematicians are weird though (j/k)

cowgod

the reason it's genius is because when people tag their question, they can use either the abbreviation or the full game name and the auto-complete will find the right tag in either case

Juan Manuel

well, post it on meta and see what response you get

Grace Note

1:42 AM

We still need extended tag length just for some cases like undefined-fantastic-object

Juan Manuel

you don't have anything to lose

Grace Note

cowgod already posted it on Meta

alexanderpas

but try the [new-super-mario-bros-series] tag... too long

cowgod

i did here: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/8/tagging-suggestions

Juan Manuel

oks

Kevin Y

1:42 AM

Should questions about iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad gaming belong on Gaming or Electronic Gadgets (gaming imo).

Grace Note

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Tagging Suggestions

I think tagging on this site can get out of control very fast. I propose we use the method started by Math Overflow and precede game names with their acronym followed by a dot. This helps the search when people are entering tags because s...

discussion tagging

Kevin Y

Because there's some questions over on Electronic Gadgets about gaming.

Grace Note

We don't really need a [new-super-mario-bros-series] tag, though

cowgod

no, i'd just call it super-mario-bros-series

Juan Manuel

are you in on the beta @Kevin? Propose them to post them here!

Grace Note

1:43 AM

It'd be like having a [super-mario-world-series] tag

Kevin Y

Yeah, I'll go around suggesting to move them here.

Juan Manuel

we are close to 1000 users

alexanderpas

there are no true multiple super mario world games.

Grace Note

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Kevin Y

I think questions regarding the DS game should be tagged [new-super-mario-bros] and [ds], and questions regarding the DS game should be tagged [new-super-mario-bros] and [wii].

cowgod

1:45 AM

super mario advance 2: super mario world

alexanderpas

@Grace that's a yoshi's island series game!

cowgod

@Kevin in this case i disagree because wii is in the game name

badp

re: bullet hell doesn't get TASed

Grace Note

Before there even was a Yoshi's Island series, it was a Super Mario World series

badp

not even when apparently a game has never been truly beaten?

►

I mean, I'm not volounteering

Grace Note

1:47 AM

They aren't speedruns

badp

they don't have to be speedruns

the point is superhuman gameplay...

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Options for purchasing non-localized games?

I live outside of US and we have only localized versions of games in stores. Most of the time I would rater enjoy a non-translated version of a game, though. I sure can simply torrent it but I also want to have a legal copy. Can someone give me a good advice on how to purchase an original non-...

tips purchase

badp

or so I understand

Grace Note

That kinda disqualifies the "S" in TAS

Which is "Tool Assisted Speedruns"

badp

well, most TASes sacrifice time for entertainment

Grace Note

1:48 AM

I guess you could call it super human

alexanderpas

> Before there even was a Yoshi's Island series, it was a Super Mario World series ✎

Grace Note

Just seems like another coin to me

badp

case in point, tasvideos.org/1569M.html

alexanderpas

is like saying rayman raving rabbits is part of the rayman series...

Juan Manuel

off to eat

be back later

badp

1:49 AM

writing numbers would be far faster

random

MathOverflow had their abbreviations as part of their studies/research and a reason behind using it like that

cowgod

i have a reason behind it too :P

badp

4am :D

nite

Grace Note

G'nite, @badp

May giant bee bosses haunt your dreams~

Kevin Y

Bye @badp.

alexanderpas

1:55 AM

why do i now see the bee queen from super mario galaxy.

BTW: how about this tumbleweed:

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Is the Nostromo N52 TE a useful accesory?

I've been looking at purchasing a Belkin Nostromo N52 TE and was wondering if anyone had had experience with this device. I have a few questions about it: Is is easy to setup and configure? Does it work well on a Mac?...

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How does dual wielding work in Diablo 2?

I'm looking for general information on how dual weilding works in Diablo 2: Which classes can do it? What weapons/weapon types can they do it with? How does it affect combat exactly? Does it double your attack speed or damage? Are they on their o...

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Kevin Y

I never knew Belkin made products like that . . .

alexanderpas

I've got two of them (old versions) here (second hand), but never used them, and also I'm not on a mac.

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