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12:08 AM
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Q: What's the closet thing to dwarf fortress for iPad?

BlankasaurusLooking for a dwarf fortress experience on the iPad.. Ideas?

 
 
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2:01 AM
need an expert lotro question answerer
 
Only just started playing, myself :P
 
never played
 
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Q: How is the match bonus in Modern Warfare 2 determined?

sirconnorstackAt the end of a match, you get a match bonus, which is an extra reward of experience. I know it is influenced a lot by whether your team wins or loses, but does anyone know what factors go into calculating it?

 
2:47 AM
Anyone around for quick feedback on a name idea? www.bonusxp.com
Well, to posting then, and see what happens.
Sigh, or not. The instant domain search was incorrect about it being free.
 
3:12 AM
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Q: Parking Mania (Lite) - Impossible Level 15

decezeI'm stuck on level 15 of Parking Mania (Lite). Steering the truck around the left-right-right-left bend I always end up waiting at the stop light with my rear halfway across the street. Some A.I. traffic will arrive from behind and squeeze in next to my trailer, inevitably crashing into it when I...

 
3:42 AM
@WillfulWizard how much do they want for it?
 
3:54 AM
 
4:17 AM
hm
why don't we go for something decidedly simpler than all this jazz in the name thread?
Like...Gaming Q&A. GQA.
 
www.experiencedpoints.com is availaible
and I kinda like it
any thoughts?
 
 
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5:31 AM
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Q: What is the Etymology of Mega Man?

tzenesHaving played the Japanese versions before the American I am aware that Mega Man is called Rock Man in the original Japanese game. This is in reference to Rock and Roll with Mega Man's sister being named Roll. To quote Inafune "This game's always been based around music. You know Rock, and ...

 
Hehe, inspired by the bad Starfox question Tzenes?
 
yeah
I turns out I don't know why he's called Mega Man
and now I want to know
 
What do you think of ExperiencedPoints?
 
I think its cute, but not cool enough
 
sadly I don't think any 'cool' name is going to be untaken. :/
 
5:43 AM
yeah
stagesix is about as good as its going to get
 
people don't seem to like stagesix for some reason
which I don't get.
 
I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't
 
it has 8 downvotes
 
6:06 AM
@alexanderpas migrated question :)
@LessPop_MoreFizz Many came after I pointed out we'd need DivX's agreement not to sue us for trademark infringment before we can use the name.
ExperiencedPoints is very similar to SeasonedAdvice...
 
@badp I don't think that's a bad thing neccesarily.
And as for DivX, I don't know that we need it. The thing about trademarks is that they're fairly narrow in scope, especially if they haven't been in active use for any length of time.
 
Huh.
Did the bad star fox question get deleted?
Also, I was reading Homestuck today and thought of the name "Gamestuck", unfortunately .com is taken
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Stage6 is too similar to StageSix
 
@badp doesn't matter how similar it is. It's not an actively used trademark, and it's in a different market. They are video hosting. We are gaming information.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, so if we did get in a lawsuit we would have a chance of winning the cause
I'm not sure that's good enough
lawsuits aren't free.
 
6:21 AM
I don't think that's a decision for the community to make personally.
 
Big name corporations know and exploit this.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Robert asked us to mention the costs of each solution; the possibility of a lawsuit is a cost.
Imagine if today Joel logged in to force a solution onto us, do you think he has enough time to research all 180 domains?
chat.gaming went down again :)
 
@badp While that's useful information for Joel, its not useful information for people deciding which Domain we want. In reality, Robert (and whoever else) will research what we choose and uncover things like trademarks
 
Next time I'm keeping my mouth shut then
 
6:43 AM
IT'S TOO LATE BADP
YOU'VE RUINED OUR SITE FOREVER
 
@Mana I was kidding about keeping my mouth shut :P
 
Consequences will never be the same.
>:
Anyways I've definitely stayed up way too late watching anime what with class beginning in seven hours
I'm gonna catch my four hours of sleep
cheers
 
Jin
hai
 
nite
hey Jin
 
Jin
designing this food site really makes me hungry.
 
6:49 AM
Hiya @jin
 
just had breakfast
 
Jin
super sneak peek
 
Nice :)
is that a ligature? :D
 
Jin
it's probably the most colorful theme i'll ever design for SE
it's a fleuron
 
I was looking at "flambé" but nevermind
 
Jin
6:57 AM
whoa someone made a tutorial video of how to use ubuntu.se
 
7:38 AM
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Q: Unlocalized SC2 version for localized server

SlyCan I use english version of star craft 2 to play on a localized server? If yes what should I do for it? And where can I download an english version of SC2?

 
8:20 AM
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Q: What's the difference between a melee and a custom match in starcraft 2?

corrodedFor clarification, I know that you pick custom when you want special maps like Sotis or TD maps, and melee if you want good ol' RTS style. But why do we have to select "custom game" to earn achievements? why not melee?

 
8:33 AM
@Jin that looks amazing
 
 
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Q: What's the best wait to pair a guest's Wii remotes?

SietseEverytime my friends are over with their own pair of Wii remotes, I have to do this hit-or-miss pairing dance over and over again. I'm not sure what the "correct" way of doing this is, and the manual is kind of vague. So, what's the easiest (fastest) way of (temporarily) using a guest's Wii Remo...

 
11:25 AM
@badp Our Meta begs to differ!
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12:00 PM
gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/7702/… You guys disappoint me. 11 hours on a GameRec and I'm the only close vote?
Maybe if I retag it Game-Rec people will notice and vote to close...
 
link it :P
 
I just did.
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Q: What's the closest thing to Dwarf Fortress on the iPad?

BlankasaurusI'm looking for a Dwarf Fortress experience on the iPad. Ideas?

 
you didn't link it 11 hours ago!
 
@gaming linked it 11 hours ago!
 
OMG
OMFG
OMFG!!
I FOUND A COAL ORE TILE!
 
12:04 PM
 
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Q: What makes a good educational game?

StyggentorskenI'm currently creating a game framework/engine for educational games. My hope is that this can be used in elementary schools. It is of course extremely important that the games are both fun and educational. Any ideas what should be in my initial requirement specification? What makes a good educ...

 
@badp Grats!
Remember, need at least a wooden pick for Coal!
And now you can stripmine around that coal and you should find plenty more. And then, TORCHES!
And then it is time to find a cave, and to delve deep.
 
I only found five blocks :(
that's 20 torches
do they lit in the night if I just hold them?
 
Nope, gotta put 'em on a wall/floor to light them
 
can I yank them later, then?
 
12:10 PM
yes
be warned, any tile you leave without a light source is a tile that can spawn a monster though
 
I just wish I wasn't playing on Linux -- right now I have no sound for some reason
 
Sound is broken for a lot of people atm, something to do with the auth servers melting
 
it worked on Windows...
if I use stone blocks to close off the mining place during night does it do any good?
 
@badp Yeah, sure. Or you can build yourself a little house with a torch inside
night/day doesn't matter inside a cave though. It's light/the absence thereof.
 
yeah, that's the thing. can baddies dig?
 
12:17 PM
no
 
kay
 
they can't dig, and they can't jump 2 squares up
 
bah, I found much more coal right outside the area I mined
 
doesn't even need to be stone. You can use wood, gravel, sand, whatever.
 
now however I have 138 gravel blocks!
useful!
 
12:18 PM
Also, put sand in furnace to make glass (if you didn't know).
 
yeah, I knew about it
 
So you can give aforementioned house a window.
 
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Q: Starcraft 2 Campaign Mission Order

Daz LewisHi, As a complete SC2 noob I've started working through the campaign. When I first got my ass handed to me on around mission 7 (told you I was a noob!) I started reading the gamesradar strategies. Having just read about my current mission (Into the Jungle) 11 it looks like I've skipped 8, 9 a...

 
12:41 PM
"However, the thing that bugs me most about the relatively new Gaming StackExchange is the net nannies. These are people who seem to want to emulate the wikipedians with their “citation needed” fixation. They seem to spend more time telling people why their questions are wrong/stupid/”too similar to some other question” than they do answering questions. I wish someone would point out to them that they are violating Wheaton’s law."
Somebody doesn't like the way we handle game-rec it seems.
 
12:56 PM
Rick,

It's easier to just close all subjective questions than having to explain why some are open and some aren't with the imho unconvincing "grandfathering" point.

By the way, you need to answer lots before you can vote to close... maybe you should catch up so you can vote to reopen.
This is the answer I was about to post, then I figured that if he really cared he'd post that on meta.gaming
I don't see why I should answer there, then.
 
 
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2:05 PM
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Q: Blue smoke surrounding me in Dragon Age: Origins

MechkoI just successfully defended Redcliffe in Dragon Age Origins as a Mage. I noticed that there is some blue smoke surrounding me, but looking at my 'modifiers' the only thing I can see is 'coughing blood'. Is the blue smoke a glitch or is there something which might cause it?

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Q: Do research choices and unit upgrades carry over into Multiplayer?

Daz LewisI haven't dared touch multiplayer in Starcraft 2 yet but was wondering if the research points I'm spending and unit upgrades I choose in Campaign mode will carry over into my multiplayer games? I don't know much about the game but want to pick what appeals the most rather than the defacto choice...

 
minecraft is back up
interestingly the "free weekend" .exe still allows me to play offline
 
I have no idea what your on about :P
 
Minecraft used to be down this weekend.
The guy finally brought the servers and the auth servers back up
 
ah ok
but while it was offline, you could still auth
 
While the servers were barely online he gave out the latest .exe and put up a skeleton auth server that allowed everything and called it a "free weekend"
 
2:18 PM
very nice :)
 
buuurn buuuurn slurp slurp slurp grumble
why did they all have to spawn nearby!
...2 spiders killed
when I respawn do I lose everything I have done'
 
ugh. I have to re-grade 60 papers because my prof changed the grading criteria
I have an hour in which to do it, too. Just what I wanted to wake up to.
 
2:34 PM
just apply a small correction to each grade
(downwards off course!)
 
2:44 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz where did you see this?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Sounds like they have more problems than just game recs
 
It's Yahoo answers normal quality, and?
 
I laughed
 
well at least the "best answer" isn't "me too"
 
2:54 PM
Mostly I enjoyed this part
> just sucks since im in the dorms at school. so id have to walk 5 miles to a walmart. thats why i ordered it online ugh
Holy Heck, 5 miles? It must be hard to find the time what with your full time job...
 
5 miles, not minutes...
that's, um, a couple hours' walk one way?
 
unless he can use a: bus, cab, bicycle, sherpa, horse, motorcycle, rollerblades, camel, train or subway
yeah, I could see how that'd be really inconvenient
especially in college where you have almost 0 free time
 
so molten rock isn't useful to make harder pickaxes.
 
@badp Man you walk slow. 5 mph on flat ground is easy (12 minute miles). Most people can do 4 mph over rough terrain
 
@CRoss I don't reason in terms of mph, if that helps
But yeah, I now consider that I cover roughly 1 km every 10 mins if I'm in a hurry
 
3:00 PM
a mile is 1.6 km
 
that makes it 8 km
 
or you walk at 1 mile every 16 minutes
either way
 
at a leisurable pace that's 1½ hour one way :)
 
which depending on what kind of computer geek he is, might indeed make it a two hour one way walk for him
 
2 Hours? Oh my god, his beer will go cold while he's gone...
 
3:07 PM
maaaaaan I walked for seven hours once
just to obtain internet access
That's dedication
 
some people walk for days, for fun
 
well yeah I usually walk an hour a day for fun
not that intense though
 
survival record, 2 days!
 
we're all so badass
they should make a movie of us just walking across a barren landscape, looking cool and wearing shades
 
@badp and exploding guy flanks me
 
3:11 PM
I ran 20 km in 1:51 hr
woehoe!
 
Score: &e0
 
@IvoFlipse actually, that's the saving grace. It was a question that (almost) EVERYONE got wrong and I gave out 2/3 partial credit for the solution, so everyone get's one mark off (except the three guys who got it completely wrong and the one that got it right
 
voila, life doesn't always have to be hard
 
Minecraft's water mechanics are completely... Minecraft's very own water mechanics.
night has arrived. :/
Digs down three, jumps in, covers the hole and swears at the technology tree.
 
3:40 PM
do we have any halo-reach questions yet?
hmmm only 3
 
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Q: How to garrison troops in Medieval II: Total War?

UllallullooI was playing campaign mode, and it says that you don't have to pay the troops' upkeep if they're garrisoned. I'd really like the money, but the problem is, I can't figure out how to do this. I'm looking for some button, but I just don't see it. A picture would be helpful, but not necessary. Als...

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Q: How exactly can you get the "Liberty Completionist: Hard" achievement?

Juan ManuelI was having problems with one particular mission so I played it in normal after getting really frustrated. If I finish the rest of the missions in hard, and then I come back and replay that mission in hard, will I still get the achievement?

 
4:21 PM
I killed my first skeleton!
by pouring sand onto him
 
@badp Grats!
 
I'm still quite baffled by water mechanics
Stone absorbs water?
 
@badp they are generally a mess
I am glad you seem to be getting the hang of Minecraft. :)
 
Not really
I finally got myself to the point where I could start mining underground relatively safely
then ran out of torches
 
yeah, I tried to drown myself the other day by rerouting a waterfall such that it emptied into a tiny cavern I trapped myself in
...it only went up to my waist
 
4:29 PM
yeah, waist level water can drown you.
went back to the surface messing with the crafBOOOM
respawned, tried to look for where I had left
couldn't find it
...I generally gave up with playing the game seriously
 
I wonder if I can run Minecraft on my netbook
 
the creative version is free, Mana
just go t---
 
yeah, but it's not the same
 
oh, minecraft's back offline.
yeah, mana, it's better :D
 
oh
wait,, which one are we talking about?
The one with monsters?
 
4:33 PM
yes, monsters, items, crafting, melting...
 
oh, yeah, I have that
bought it a week ago
now it's free smashes head on rock
 
the creative version has no health meter, no oxygen meter, no monsters, no items, just an inventory where you just pick what item to place
 
oh
that's lame
 
@Mana It's not staying free. It's free because Notch can't keep his authentication servers up
 
ja.
 
4:34 PM
@Mana that's awesome
 
oh god our name thread just keeps getting worse. Now there isn't a single answer with a score over 1
 
I found creative to be much better
@LessPop_MoreFizz holy shit seriously?
 
what, seriously?
 
EVERYTHING is negative.
 
oh my god.
 
4:34 PM
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Q: Last Chance -- Top domain name: pauseforhelp.com. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

Robert CartainoJin is ready to start working on your logo so we need to finalize the site name choice. The top-voted choice, quicksave.com, is not for sale. The only viable candidate is "Pause for Help" (pauseforhelp.com), which we are currently holding. If anyone has any awesome, last-minute brainstorming su...

Gaming.SE: The most self hating of all SE sites.
 
yeah pretty much
perhaps I should propose: Icutmyself
or downtheroadnotacrossthestreet
 
epicmetafail.com is available
 
lol
irfail
 
tzenesisstarcraft2.com
nondescriptgamers.com
gamingburnination.com
 
4:58 PM
QArapidfire
 
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Q: Halo 3: ODST Achievement - Killing things that are new and different is bad/good

roviuserWhen I played through Halo 3: ODST I saw the "squids" and killed them when I saw them, and got a counter (1 of 10, 2 of 10, 3 of 10, etc) toward the achievement Killing things that are new and different is bad. Eventually, like in the scene when I'm in a banshee escorting the phantom through the ...

 
in The Tavern of Mondayness (General), 1 min ago, by Robert Cartaino
@badp : Re: The second Gaming-domain post. The post was to announce "this is your choice (the top-voted answer) and we're going with this, unless you have any other last-minute, awesome suggestion" ...that everyone would love. It wasn't supposed to devolve into another round of (not a whlole lot better) names.
in The Tavern of Mondayness (General), 20 secs ago, by Robert Cartaino
Barring any epiphanies, the "winning" domain was Pause for Help.
 
5:16 PM
ah well, we'll get used to it
 
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Q: Is it useful to buy power station for Wiimote?

user3508Is the power station replacement for batteries? Is it useful to buy power station for Wiimote or is it better to buy rechargeable batteries? How long does it take to fully charge?

 
5:33 PM
in The Tavern of Mondayness (General), 4 mins ago, by Robert Cartaino
@tzenes I'm "most okay" with the top-voted choice. I'm considering a focused chat room session (announced) to get a bunch of people in the room brainstorming interactively last week's impromptu version. It would be a last-ditch effort before we implement Pause for Help. We made way more progress in last week's impromptu session (but still no ultimate result) than 2-1/2 months of a meta thread.
in The Tavern of Mondayness (General), 2 mins ago, by Robert Cartaino
@tzenes I would suggest letting me plan something more comprehensive, inclusive (mail everyone or something), and hopefully decisive.
 
5:43 PM
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Q: How do I use the grenade launcher effectively

foriamstuI've earned the grenade launcher in Alien Swarm, but I really can't find a way to use it effectively. It seems to be very useful for thinning the hoards in Onslaught but there always seem to be some stragglers. Because of this I can't really see it as useful to those on point (nor rearguard) as ...

 
sweet, I finally found an area I worked on from my spawn point
dammit, they stole my candles!
I found the other area and it still has candles!!
builds a landmark
I don't think I'm going down any time soon
If you aren't getting it:
that's not one but fifteen freehand circles!
Fifteen yellow freehand circles!
 
6:03 PM
My thoughts on this naming business: People are too focussed on the question bit, not the gaming bit, which gave us names like pauseforhelp (any QA site) and gamingowls (Owls sort QA-ish, someone could easily do cookingowls)
 
owls = lame, sounds like something harry potter :P
 
@Macha Agreed.
 
There is a difference, @Macha. Gamers are almost by definition night owls.
 
@badp I'm not sure that's true
 
chat.gaming.stackexchange.com/beta-access - Was this given out, or is it just something for the SE team?
 
6:06 PM
given that the average gamer age is 29, I'm willing to bet that most gamers aren't night owls
 
I'm not, and I'm 17, so, yeah...
 
Monitors emit artificial light that give the body impression of daytime.
 
@tzenes Where'd you get that metric?
 
builds a 20 blocks tall landmark at his spawn point
 
6:07 PM
That's according to the ESA
 
OPERATION LANDMARK IS A GOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo................ splash
 
well I can tell you that it works @Macha
 
@IvoFlipse I was referring to the nocturnal stuff. I'm right in the stereotyped age group, and I don't stay up all night.
 
social gamers are younger (29) joystiq.com/2010/03/26/…
 
6:08 PM
respawns
 
hard to believe though, that would require a LOT more 50+ year old gamers than I thought existed
 
average gamer has been playing for 12 years
so if they're 34, that means the "norm" is to start at 22
 
OPERATION LANDMARK PHASE 2 IS A GOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo.......... splat
 
I meant the chat site @Macha :P
 
So when are we getting it?
 
6:11 PM
@IvoFlipse Ah, so it's select people only atm?
Also, can we unpin that imgur link of Jin's? He's not using that font anymore.
 
Jin
done
 
Odd, I can't edit my about info on chat. :(
Oh, works now.
 
hey yo, is this where da cool gamers hang out?
we'll be giving you your own home soon
so, if you have any "beep" ideas -- be sure to mention them
 
We've noticed, chat.gaming.se gave an error a few days ago :)
 
now it asks you for a password
 
6:23 PM
We noticed :P
16 mins ago, by Macha
http://chat.gaming.stackexchange.com/beta-access - Was this given out, or is it just something for the SE team?
 
@balpha well, the design theme is space invader-esque
 
btw, will meta have the new design? Still have sketchy? Have the SO meta theme?
 
the coin sound from Mario @balpha
or when he hits something
 
hold on, we need a beta key for chat.gaming?
 
No, it's SE staff only atm, I think.
 
6:29 PM
@tzenes They're probably setting up stuff like Chat Feedback, Pick a Meme, etc.
 
what's a good name for the general chat room?
What was the highest upvoted answer for the site name, we just hijack it for a room :P
 
@balpha can't gaming.se moderators get that password? ;)
 
@IvoFlipse QuickSave
 
Jin
Barrens Chat
or IronForge Chat
 
how recognizes it? thingadongdong.com/beep.mp3
 
6:30 PM
@Jin +1 internet
 
Jin
god IF chat made my eyes bleed
 
Is chat.gaming.se soon as in today soon, or soon as in this week soon?
 
the latter
 
Ah. I can stop refreshing it then.
 
6:46 PM
is that donkey kong @balpha
 
nope
 
I do vaguely recognise that from somewhere, but I would have no idea what it is
 
Omg. Music from The Social Network is by Trent Reznor!!!!! :)
 
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