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Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered User regular
edited August 2010 in Social Entropy++
There's this thing... It's like a program that lets you keep your IM clients open while in-game and I cannot for the fucking life of me recall what the hell it is. Someone help me out here.

I posted this in the MMO forum, feeling it to be pertinent to their... thing, i guess, but that forum moves like old people fuck: slow, and sloppy.

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I always just use Steam chat.

    Yeah sorry I can't really remember. :(

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Windows?

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    X Fire?

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Gamespy

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  • FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    pidgin?

    alt + tab?

    a juicy cock?

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Xfire? Steam? Those are the only ones I know that do that sort of thing.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    xfire! thank you! alright lock this thread now.

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2010
    metz there is an entire forum dedicated to things like this

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    edited August 2010
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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    actually is there some way to get the steam chat overlay into non-steam games?

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Rolo wrote: »
    actually is there some way to get the steam chat overlay into non-steam games?

    add the game's executable to your steam library, and launch it from there, and it will use the steam overlay I think.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    neat! thanks dudes

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Wow I didn't know that either that is...

    So convenient.

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    My computer is stupid but sometimes when I play a non steam game and I access the overlay, it's sluggish and I have to hit shift-tab more than once. I have no idea if this is a problem for anyone else, I just thought I'd give you a fair warning.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I wouldn't expect it to work perfectly all the time with games that weren't built with it in mind, yeah.

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  • VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    yeah once I figured out how to add non-steam games to steam, I'm pretty much always on steam

    unless I'm playing SC2 because for some reason steam lags the computer to hell and back

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I dunno, my computer wouldn't turn off last night and when I started it this morning it decided to run a check disk thing all by itself.

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    nuka wrote: »
    I dunno, my computer wouldn't turn off last night and when I started it this morning it decided to run a check disk thing all by itself.

    Gremlins or a Gypsy Curse or Gypsy Gremlins or Gremlins who happen to have been cursed by a Gypsy.

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    nuka wrote: »
    I dunno, my computer wouldn't turn off last night and when I started it this morning it decided to run a check disk thing all by itself.

    Gremlins or a Gypsy Curse or Gypsy Gremlins or Gremlins who happen to have been cursed by a Gypsy.

    I was thinking all of the above.

    Actually I have a shitty harddrive that I can't replace at this moment, and everything just needs to be updated.
    I'm over due for a reformat too I think. Honestly I got enough on my plate, I don't care all that much.

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I need help with IM. I need help curing my flu. I need help getting a job.

    Goddammit Metz, get a nanny or we're putting you in a home.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    well now i don't need a job because i'm gonna be in school

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Just add every game you own to steam and welcome your new overlords

    Xfire is so '00s

    edit: okay good plenty of people already said this

    call me slowmo

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    X Fire does have an easy VOIP thing thing if you are too lazy for vent

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    i have a logitech g15 keyboard with a screen you can connect to msn or whatever and use it to chat while playing games

    thats what i hear anyway
    requires friends though
    and 32bit windows last time i checked
    so theres two problems with the technology right there

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Just hire 3 hookers to chat with you while you play games.

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