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12:09 AM
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Q: Sealing off your camp in Goblin Camp

RobbIn Goblin Camp, can doors be locked at all? Some Minotaurs just seemed to take the first door to my camp without any hesitance. Might this be by design or can I actually seal my camp using doors?

 
@Gaming I need to get off my lazy butt and try that game...
@LessPop_MoreFizz lol
 
@JavadocMD Me too. It seems like a bit too much of a DF clone though. :/
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz You say that like it's a bad thing. :)
 
Are you serious? Wow
 
12:17 AM
yeah
 
Haha, bullet hells hurt me.
 
SCII editor is scary powerful
 
I can't wait for a few months (weeks?) and someone makes a full RPG out of it. That'll be amusing
No matter how basic, it'll still be amusing.
 
12:34 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=d1M9EMEBUTU&feature=fvw and a full fledged side scrolling shooter
 
Jin
@LessPop_MoreFizz whoa! is that real?
 
Oh, hey @Jin
 
Jin
@GraceNote hi grace
 
I never got around to writing that answer I proposed I would. But everything I could've said got said, anyway
 
Jin
@GraceNote np! got a lot of good feedback. going to update revised mockup and the question viewpage tonight. then get started on CSS conversion.
 
12:44 AM
Ooh, nicely nicely
 
Jin
the css jin hates the designer jin.
 
Is it complete? The host mentions that it is only the first act, but apparently this is from a while ago
 
Jin
i haven't played sc2 for a few weeks... got Halo Reach the other day, it's pretty nice.
 
@GraceNote level is complete and playable iirc
 
Jin
12:52 AM
i don't think it's the entire game.
 
@Jin it's not. But 4 missions is not bad for a mod considering how long SC IIhas been out
 
Jin
@LessPop_MoreFizz yeah, most impressive. i'd settle for a Contra remake honestly.
 
Point is, SC II editor can do crazy things, many of which have very little to do with actually playing starcraft
another example:
 
1:49 AM
anyone here familiar with uploading videos to youtube?
 
2:00 AM
I'm familiar, but indirectly
In so much that I just send replays to a friend and he is responsible for actually uploading
 
@GraceNote cheater! ;)
it's easy
 
2:16 AM
Oh, wonderful, just my luck...
 
I wish Apple.se had more activity
 
Recettear wiki is starting to start. Programming in wiki syntax, always fun.
 
 
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3:37 AM
Hey, do you think Liu Bei is gay?
With Zhao Yun I mean
he spends a lot of time holding hands and crying when they part
 
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Q: Starcraft 2 Custom game AI

AlbortIs there a way to issue orders to allied AI players in custom games of Starcraft 2...?

 
 
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6:41 AM
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Q: Starcraft 2 Hotkeys for Resource Sharing with Allies

Tyler SzaboIs there a hotkey sequence to send minerals or gas to your ally? Alternatively is there a way to bind hotkeys to the action?

 
6:53 AM
I may have done a bad thing
 
7:17 AM
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Q: What is the best way to get the x Blitz achivements?

Wai WongAnyone got these achivments for all difficulties? As the title say, what is the best way to defeat an AI in under five minutes?

 
what have you done @tzenes?
 
I made a video
I also linked it
 
ill watch it
just not now I think
have to do some shopping before the vacation
 
7:52 AM
I don't mind if I'm bad, I just hope I'm not this bad: youtube.com/watch?v=dw5132KblF8
 
 
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8:58 AM
@tzenes You'll want to write "Starcraft 2" anywhere in your video metadata to make it a little more discoverable than that :)
 
9:21 AM
Sigh, my computer can't playback 1920×1440 videos. They stutter every other second ._.
I lose one frame every 122!
 
 
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11:07 AM
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Q: Confused by icons while trying to build walls

NakilonI'm playing in DF2010 for 3 or 4 days. Read a lot at DF's wiki. Now I'm prepairing for the 1st attackers. I'm gonna build a tower with underground way to it. So I need to understad clearly, how to build walls. Sometimes I need to build wall inside my fortress. But I still don't get meaning of al...

 
 
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is the really nothing else 360 is being used for?
 
1:04 PM
ugh. I have the worst headache and 6 hrs of classes ahead
 
nice video @tzenes
 
1:36 PM
@CRoss any ideas?
 
2:38 PM
what's the game called, its like $20-30, works on PC and MAC. You have to move these small little ball things into a pipe that sucks them up.
and they glue/stick together
sorry for the horrible description!
 
@Blankman World of Goo?
 
that's it
Wonder why they don't have any more level packs, or version#2
i thought they were making good money with it.
 
Nope.
 
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Q: Shooting trouble and supporting tech - yet another tagging qualm

Grace NoteIn today's episode of tagging disputes, we discuss one of our topics that isn't about gameplay! Well, usually. We're talking our support for software and hardware, which we have considered on-topic since very early on. [troubleshooting] x7 [tech-support] x12 [troubleshooting] has primarily q...

 
3:08 PM
I like the video @tzenes
 
what exactly is an "early pool"?
 
early spawning pool for zerg
you need it to create a queen or lair
and zerglings off course
 
oh, so 6 pool means "build a pool when you have 6 workers"?
 
according to @tzenes you should make it AFTER your first extractor, so you can buy the speed upgrade right away
yeah think so, though @tzenes says built it at 9
your maxed out, start building: create 2 more workers while building
 
yeah, but I meant the expression
that would be 9 pool?
 
3:16 PM
yeah
 
I suspected as much, thanks
and you can say 9 barracks too for example
?
(I'm such a newbie...)
 
pretty much yeah
 
Jin
hey guys, i posted the updated homepage mockup, and the question view:
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Q: Design Ideas for Gaming Site (updated with screenshots v2)

JinHi all. I'm Jin and I'll be working on the designs for the Stack Exchange sites as they graduate from the beta phase. Each site will have its own unique theme that will reflects its topic. However, all sites will share quite a bit of common elements so they feel like they're part of the Stack Exc...

 
woehoe!
 
lol my comment has +58
loving it
 
3:26 PM
I still think that the Ask Question button could pop more, but it looks really really good
 
pretty readable @Jin
 
Jin
@LessPop_MoreFizz i'm debating on that still. i think i'll wait 'n see. I know for sure once the design launches, i'll be making tons of changes post production too
 
I don't think I like the OP's user with the black background
 
Jin
@LessPop_MoreFizz if it does become a problem for new users i'll make changes
 
@Jin Sounds reasonable to me. :)
 
Jin
3:27 PM
@JuanManuel why?
 
my attention is too drawn to it
if I glance at the page it's the first think I look at
 
Jin
@JuanManuel fair enough.
 
the rest is great
I take my "more modern theme" comments back
 
Jin
it's only the top header and footer that has the super retro theme really. the sidebar is more modern. and the main content area (if you block out the header/sidebar/footer) is just a very simple, modern page.
so CSS-S-S starts today! as i said before, the CSS guy in me hates the designer in me.
 
@Jzy, can we use Arial for post body?
Tahoma's faux italic sucks so much.
 
Jin
3:34 PM
I thought I was using Lucida Sans
btw the text in the question page are screen grabs from the actual site, after I changed the font settings in Firebug
 
oh.
I was looking at the question body of i.imgur.com/JA5Ia.png
 
I was ping'd
 
Jin
@badp i'll be doing some tweaking during the css phase. I'm sure I'll be bugging you for Linux testing for fonts :)
 
I'll fire up the VM then ;)
 
@badp burn the arial in a fire.
Lucida or gtfo :)
 
Jin
3:36 PM
the video i listen to when CSS-S-S-S-S-Sing
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Arial italic >> Tahoma italic, still.
And Helvetica is not web safe, sorry. :P
 
@badp Gold plated shit >> shit? Can still not use either when Lucida Sans exists.
 
Jin
Unless I goofed, all body fonts should be Lucida Sans
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Speaking of which, is there a typography A51 proposal?
 
@Jin Jin ... I'm not even sure what to say about that
 
3:39 PM
@badp There's a Graphic Design proposal
 
Jin
@CRoss regarding which?
 
CSS-S-S ...
now I picture you as an Asian guy with the auto-tune ...
 
Jin
i want jeff to buy me an autotune setup, so I can sing on skype calls.
because i am the css guy...
 
3:42 PM
@badp seems like area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1924/graphic-design would include typography questions and have a better shot at success.
Typography.se feels too narrow to take off.
 
Jin
actually typography is huge, since it applies to all medias, and has a rich history. but i just don't think enough designers(at least prominent ones) know about Area51 to boost it.
same goes for a lot of interesting proposals on Area51
 
@Jin Yeah, that's more what I meant. The band of interest is too narrow, not the field itself.
 
Weird, typography does have a large presence online
I hoped to continue chat on the Steam group during the downtime but only alexanderpas and ArdaXi were online :/
 
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Q: Halo:Reach Matchmaking Campaign

JonIn some of the release notes Bungie noted that Halo Reach will have campaign matchmaking. I'm assuming this meant you could play the campaign with other random people on Xbox Live, versus just those on your friends list. Is this the case, and if so, how do I access it?

 
Jin
all it takes is probably couple "celebrities" in those niche fields to make it happen..
 
3:57 PM
<meh>Woo, I just hit 10k rep across the whole SE shebang!</meh>
 
4:15 PM
At least you have more weight on A51
You should go commit to guns
 
@CRoss, I don't have or plan to have guns...
 
but it's a chance to throw your new rep around ;-)
 
I'd rather throw my rep into Gaming for now ;)
 
I prefer butter to guns personally.
 
4:31 PM
I like to have it all :-)
 
Reading typography discussions (like this one jin linked over twitter) makes letters feel alien
 
4:46 PM
it look like they're trying to make internet explorer feel angelic
 
anyone know when Gaming is leaving beta?
 
19 days
 
cool
 
19 days and more than 500 rep to go :/
 
have any good answers you want to link us?
 
5:01 PM
19 days to get 1300 rep. Not gonna happen i don't think.
 
@tzenes None as of late
My problem isn't getting upvoted, my problem is finding stuff to answer
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz You do about 500 a week, you should get close
@badp maybe its time to expand your palet?
 
@tzenes I already answer questions on games I don't own
 
Eh, I'm on pace to not even break 200 this week. :P Low hanging fruit's been yanked. :P
 
@Less yeah we need to get you some more WoW questions or something
 
5:05 PM
@tzenes Those won't come in force for a while yet.
 
@badp Great then you can find some more here: gaming.stackexchange.com/unanswered
 
Though I'm sure we'll get plenty once Cataclysm goes live.
god knows there's plenty of shit I've had to track down in the Beta that I could see people asking about.
 
I think we just kind of need those first couple questions
and then people will start asking it
when I was in WotLK beta, I was scraping forums for changes
 
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Q: what does creep affect?

HatchI'm fairly new to the game and am trying to get better as Zerg. From watching some replays of higher level players, I often see Zerg players spreading creep like crazy as fast as they can. My question is, what exactly are the things that creep affects? I know that Zerg units walk faster on creep,...

 
5:09 PM
yeah, cataclysm beta is in an odd place at the moment. Personally, I'm waiting on a new build before I do much besides fly around and check out the revamped old world.
 
they sure done made it pretty
 
Those are your tags
you said you answer questions for games you don't own
 
@tzenes When I have half a clue
↑ see above for an instance of me talking out of my arse.
I'd rather not repeat that.
 
people make mistakes
can't let that hold you down
 
5:23 PM
I think I'm in love with the computer labs at my university's computing facility
they have so many computers running Debian, and they run really fast, and it's easy to write code on them, and the keyboards are nice, and the monitors are a good size
squeeeeeeeeeeee
 
Jin
my college account was banned once for 2 weeks
 
Oh, lame.
What happen?
 
Jin
because some friends and I played X-trek(NetTrek), it was against the university rule.
it was such an awesome game.
 
Is that like a MUD?
ah, no it is not
 
5:27 PM
Wow, this is amazing.
By the way, that screenshot you posted of the site design is amazing
My mind was blown when I saw that, man
 
Jin
@Mana thanks! have you see the WebApps one? that one is fully in CSS now, waiting to be deployed later
 
gonna go check it out
although I should probably get going, lab's starting to fill up and people will be pissed if I'm just chatting
I'll be back in about 15 or so
 
5:40 PM
Yay! my copy of Cyclonopedia just came
 
Jin
regarding domain name for the site. I really like PauseForHelp
it suits the site better, considering it's where gamers get help.
 
aww, 1-up.com is taken.
 
@badp It's also waaaay too similar to 1up.com which is an established brand
 
fair enough, although I didn't quite try that
I think the original Super Mario game says "1-up" with the hyphen.
 
also, the rewards on the Babycastles kickstarter campaign are freaking fantastic. kickstarter.com/projects/429988128/…
 
5:49 PM
I may very well be wrong
 
Jin
the reason I like PauseforHelp is because it conveys gaming, AND help
naming is teh hard...
 
@badp Yeah, but my point is, if we were 1-up and they were 1up, that would just be too confusing.
and might even invoke trademark arguments.
 
@Jin I'm not sure, many times figuring stuff out is the whole point of a game
 
Jin
@badp agreed. but isn't that why people come to our gaming site, to get answers?
 
I kind of like ThrownControllers
 
5:53 PM
gameanswers.com
is it taken?
please tell me it's avail
 
Jin
i'd be surprised if it wasn't..
 
@Jin You mean because it's horrible? :)
 
Jin
it's taken. i meant it's a popular name
 
its an SE clone!
 
oh right.
 
5:55 PM
its a bunch of subjective questiosn
but its largely fed by gamefly
 
It's all the questions tzenes rejected ...
2
 
yes
its my nemsis
 
I thought it'd be the perfect comeback name to Jeff's accuse of us being just a GameFAQs linking site
oh well
Jeff should've said that a few years ago.
 
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Q: Does creep or do creep tumors give vision?

RobbIn reference to this question, which gives vision, the creep or the tumors? Also what about dealing with elevation and creep?

 
@tzenes Now I'm going to hear your voice every time I read your answers or in chat
 
5:58 PM
haha
I hate my voice so much
I think I sound retarded, by which I mean: Mentally Disabled
 
@tzenes who likes his own voice?
 
Lots of people
 
I don't
 
Bill Clinton
 
GameIAQs
 
5:59 PM
Jeff Donahue
 

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