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• cats are tasty : verbatim
• Virtualdub for video editing and encoding. http://www.virtualdub.org : Kerath
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  now with 100% more post-split because it keeps swallowing my massive post, yet the PRL hits me hard... : Fraxxxi
  • Part 2 After enough people have mailed you stuff, your C: drive might begin to run out of space. Burni : Fraxxxi
• incredible, thanks : deathofrats

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• Muah-HaHaHaHahaha!... My AN7 will be arriving soon! Then I can ditch my ancient XGamer 5.1 once and for a... : mn3m0n1c
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  Is that list old? There's no nForce3-250 MBs listed. : shyguy74
  • It's current as far as Soundstorm goes. There are ZERO nForce3 boards that do Soundstorm, and there won't... : Helter Skelter
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  yeah, I'm saddened by my SBLive Audigy 2 not putting out Dolby Digital from the optical, 6 cables makes m... : hawkeye
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    Well, the main problem is that the PCI bus just can't handle the bandwidth and latency needed to do it in... : Helter Skelter
    • Okay, that statement is just wrong. For real-time audio processing, PCI 1.0 is overkill. On the sub... : Kentor
• My ABit just arrived this morning. Just formatted and am up and running. Speakers will be here Monday, ... : wunderbred
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  My audigy 2 zs card puts out a digial multi-channel signal. It's not dolby digital, but it is digital and... : verbatim
  • And I have a feeling that they do it by combining several uncompressed PCM streams and sending it out ove... : Helter Skelter
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  Which begs the question, is the DD5.1 in Doom3 worth it? : Topaz
  • The 5.1 channel output is definitly worth it. The difference between digital 5.1 and dolby digital 5.1... : verbatim
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    Doom 3 itself does not use Dolby Digital in any way. Nor does ANY other game, even the ones beating the D... : Helter Skelter
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      But isn't the audio information from Doom3 surround sound? You're not trying to tell me that Doom3 is sen... : Topaz
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        It's computing 6 channels of sound. The chip on the nforce motherboards can convert that to the DD6.1 ... : verbatim
        • tr/6.1/5.1/ : verbatim
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        dd5.1 is a way of sending 6 channels down one wire digitally d3 sends the sound card the 6 channels in... : smellslikefish
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          So then how is doom3 "not" using DD5.1 as ^^^someone else claimed above? : Topaz
          • Doom3 itself has no DD5.1 'awareness'. It doesn't care WHAT the format of the signal from the PC->your re... : zakk
          • Doom3 isn't "technically" using dolby digital. It is a feature of the sound chip to encode the multi-c... : verbatim
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  Dude this is the first game where I had enemy rocket fire in multiplayer whiz by my head and ACTUALLY LAN : jrock
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    IT'S NOT DOLBY! NO GAME USES DOLBY DIGITAL, NOT EVEN DOOM 3. How many times must I say this? Doom 3's sou... : Helter Skelter
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      WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, it sounds fucking great. : jrock
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        Oh, I completely agree. And nForce4 + Soundstorm 2 is gonna kick ass. I just can't stand that people thin... : Helter Skelter
        • No shit, soundstorm is one of the reasons why I stick with AMD. The nforce 1 board was way ahead of its t... : crazywigga
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    haha, I just did the same thing...discovered the DD5.1 output capability on the A7N8X and happily ripped : xstatik
    • I left the front bay A2Gold piece in the bay though since it looks so snazzy with all those Ins and Outs ... : jrock
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    Aureal A3d did the same stuff just fine. I remember hearing that in the first Unreal with it. It also wor... : Halen
    • No joke, I had a Vortex2 board (Diamond MX300) that I used for many years. Games that supported A3D 2.0 : Goncyn
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  Am I the only one that still uses a sound card that isnt integrated? : not work safe
  • No, you're not. But there's a lot of people out there with a lot of misconceptions about what their cards... : Helter Skelter
  • Nope, had to switch from onboard sound to an old Santa Cruz : genjuro
• interesting.. : deathofrats
• There have been several real-time SMPTE 5.1 AC-3 encoder implementations availible for the PC, of which N... : Kentor

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  overpriced mall fare that wishes it was thrift store/vintage stuff : wishbone
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    yeah except i used to be huge in the thrift store thing and you can't find cool stuff there, it's all tra... : arizona bay
    • spending money to look grungy/retro is pretty overrated. find some old people and ask to go through thei... : wishbone
    • Yeah, I eventually figured out that thrift store shoping just makes you look poor, not cool. : Boxelder
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  paging multisync : sabadog
  • he said "urban" outfitters, not "yuppie" outfitters : digitalburro
• Metrosexual much? ;-) : Skeffington
• they have some cool stuff, way too much money for me though. i'll stick with donated clothes and threadle... : spector
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  It's one of my favorite stores. Try to avoid the hyper-trendy articles and you can find some awesome stu... : filtersweep
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    yeah, i can't wait til next week to blow some serious $$ there. i'm not really even looking into the rid... : arizona bay
    • They usually have a pretty good shoe selection too. I got my last pair of everyday sneakers there. : filtersweep
• Hot Topic for Hipsters. Enjoy your $60 hoodie. : haiku
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  It's hard for me to justify shopping anywhere but Banana Republic. : godwit
  • I check out Banana Republic a lot, and their stuff is ALWAYS quality, but it doesn't really fit into my l... : arizona bay
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  Yeah, we have one here in the city. It's too cookie-cutter hipster (trucker hats, pyramid studded belts,... : My Documents
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    http://www.cliffyb.com/me-weeman.jpg : fat mike
    • more like tackyb am i rite :[ : My Documents
  • I'll never understand the trucker hat. Ever. : filtersweep
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  Urban Outfitters used to be super cool about 2 years ago, but lately, they've just been sucking pretty ha... : xian
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    ^^check it out I got an id guy to reply to my post without even trying. bitches, you wish you were me, y... : arizona bay
    • Too many ugly women in your world. : RatBastard
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    YOU. I've lost 5 hours of sleep yesterday thanks to you: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8307668 Ser... : genjuro
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      You know it gets a lot worse, right? : filtersweep
      • I know. I'm too damned scared to play again because of that :( : genjuro
  • wow, cool stuff on that site, thanks! : haokah
  • You should check out the Levi's store (another of my favorites). I just bought a nice pair of cargo pant... : filtersweep

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  Joss Whedon rules. He also did a tad bit more than just direct Buffy/Angel, he created them amongst other... : lord cecil
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    But would you really want him to direct an X-men movie when theres other vets out there? I guess I can... : K1Bond007
    • Ah well, here's hoping X3 is as good or better than the first two. I really really enjoyed the first two,... : jrock
    • I'd have no problems with him directing it : j33uk
    • well he did contribute to the first movie's script, (unfortunately the only lines of his that got in were... : ttyRazor
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      well he did contribute to the first movie's script, (unfortunately the only lines of his that got in were... : ttyRazor
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        Hopefully not these lines : "What happens when a toad gets struck by lightning?" "Same thing that h... : stump
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          somehow i think that came from Whedon : MurrayTheSkull
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            But Halle did deliver it horribly : j33uk
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              how do you deliver that line, good? It's a stupid line.. : K1Bond007
              • I'm sure Joss could carry it off in person, he's quite good with his delivery : j33uk
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          yep. he claims halle berry's delivery was all wrong, but I can't really imagine how those words could wo... : ttyRazor
          • Wow, best and worst lines indeed. : Halen
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      Joss Whedon would do an amazing job with the movie. Why not trust the reccomendation of the guy who direc... : sharpie
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        It wasn't his recommendation it was a fan poll. : K1Bond007
        • thats what I get for not RTFA ;) : sharpie
    • He's one of the better character-based genre writers out there. He's currently the top X-Men writer, at l... : Watts
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  Jerry Bruckheimer :) : Wolfanoz
  • The man has never directed a movie in his life.. nice joke though.. :P He's a producer... : K1Bond007
  • http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-01-24&res=l : slax0r
• i trust whedon as he is writing a x-book currently... or was... or is... : Eat 347
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  Sam Raimi! : deadbydawn
  • ewww good job with blade2? garbage his only good movie was hellboy : lodit
• Someone who writes for x-men comic book, and has directed some of the best episodes of a wildly popular T... : tree8

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  Looks cool, but why real player only format? I hate real player, but I think my love of the Alien series... : krenzo
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    Real Alternative, dood. http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/ : cajuncook
    • Yeah, I couldn't bear installing real player and ended up finding this on my own. It was actually a pr... : krenzo
  • The A5Sq website says there will be a Quicktime version soon! Cool flick! Funny as hell! Did you see ... : ASmithee

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• no, it's not the same one. : haokah
• sCary! Woohoo! : Jeff Y

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  We hit the strip at Mandalay Bay. Trying to eat there was a joke so we moved on. Trying to get around o : rosewood
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    Oh, you were missing us (drunk) Shackers. We never told you to go there alone or with your significant ot... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I couldnt really have enjoyed too much debochary with a bunch of guys anyways. Im too ... faithful or so... : rosewood
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    Sounds like you missed out or were mis-informed. Most of the time, if you hangout at the tables, cocktai... : dopeman
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      You can't win it all back - the house ALWAYS wins And I agree - I dont mind spending cash. But to get... : rosewood
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        That must be it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Im too square for vegas : rosewood
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            I was there when I was 20 and with 4 girls. I didn't even get to see any titties at the shows because of ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • Well, now I know. : rosewood
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  What, wutchtalkinabout, Vegas is really cool but only at night. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    We started at 10 or so their time and when we were out at 2am, shit was dead : rosewood
    • Guess it was a good thing staying there for 2 days only, so there was no time for disappointment to set i... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I got owned by the K6-2 too :( : Magitek

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  that is sooooo awesome. : xilulus
  • I concur. : Magitek
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  what is IK? : needlez
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    Inverse Kinematics. : WillingZombie
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      what the hell is that? : smacky
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        basically, where the character model reacts automatically to the environment while it's moving, such as b... : Postal
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          not really, it's a technique used to do the animation for bones in character animation. Given the desire... : moshman
          • and, IIRC Halo was the first game to do it's animation realtime using IK. : moshman
          • ah yes, that sounds familiar - I guess I was thinking more about the application of IK (for getting chara... : Postal
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  i've noticed that the monsters actually interact with the environment. like some monster sees you and cra... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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    i agree, i find myself stunned by how the imps crawl across cielings and hang/fall to the ground. they r... : cam3lt0sis
    • they only do that in scripted sequences though, I wish they would use the environment more often. : Shadowdane
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  Woah, is that really a third person view screenshot and not from an ingame cinematic?? : Lagiv
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    From what I understand even the ingame cinematics are done in engine. There's no CGI for them. : Blackdawgg
    • correct.... : needlez
    • But they could still cheat and program specific positioning and skeleton movements for every cutscene, wh... : iawake
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    Yes. I messed with the pm_thirdpersonXXXX cvars to get it to focus on the feet. : jake
    • Ok, damn the attention to detail in the game is insane! : Lagiv
• Signed: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8317114 : MatthewPhillips

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  Is $92.40 U.S. a good price for these? : MatthewPhillips
  • HELL YES. Go Go Go! I paid 1600 NOK for mine (they upped the price the day after I placed my order, whoo... : d fluke
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    Where the shit did you get them for that price? : j33uk
    • all little thing called.... The Intarweb!!! : MatthewPhillips
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  I have to turn my bass way down on my Klipsch setup. The sub is simply huge. I keep bass on the sub at ... : EvilDolemite
  • I do the same on my Logitech z560's (4.1 / 400w) Rarely if ever do I have the bass knob turned up. : Hodder11
  • Indeed! I listen to quite a bit of trance and psy, so the bass is already overdone a bit.. with this sub ... : d fluke

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• They lost their bus pass and had to pay full price. : Salad Sammich
• Rick James is dead. :( : silent prophet
• Someone put it in their butt. you'd cry too : erotic sock
• I'm sure they had their reason. : Omaha
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  I'll tell you what was going on. Spoilers ahead! You see she was working on plasma cannon research and it : pr_stealth
  • I thought this post was going to be a Just-style swerve, but it wasn't, and that made ME cry. : Deathlove
  • dammit..i thought i checked this thread for doom references... : deathofrats
• Someone forgot the Pre-Order Doom III..... : MatthewPhillips
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  Because real people have emotions and feelings. Why does it make you so confused that someone may not be ... : darkling
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    yeah this is the question that came to my mind. wtf, was he raised by robots? : eskimo spy
    • Robots have feelings too you know! >:( : Spike Spiegel
• maybe a lost soul was about to burst from her skull doom 3 spoiler : deathofrats

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  you don't have to restart if you think it's too easy. just put g_skill 2 in the console and don't load ... : pyide
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    Should I take it that that command change the skill lvl to one higher than my current skill level? : Crimson
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      yep. after you load a save, type g_skill to see what you are currently at, if you are on normal/marine it... : pyide
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        yet another useful doom 3 tip vid_restart saves you from having to close game down to apply changes to ... : ariakaz
        • Why isn't that integrated? >:( : Ebu
• Yeah, I restarted 'cause I thought it was way too easy. I was just past the Alpha Labs, and I only di : Rice-Rocketeer
• I have the same CPU and RAM, but a 9600 Pro instead of the 9800 Pro. I'm getting 33.7 fps on demo1 timed... : the archvile
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  Speaking of difficulty, does anyone else think the constant life-drain on Nightmare is just ridiculous? I... : Magitek
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    reading on the activision website faq, they suggest that you get the soul cube in the second level to try... : Crimson
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      Okay, that makes much more sense. I was kind of hoping that Nightmare would be similar to Quake 1, where ... : Magitek
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        Doom 1 nightmare was the worst, the enemies respawned :X : wadey
        • Yeah, I'm convinced that Doom1/2 NM was designed with Coop in mind. It's basically impossible for a lone ... : Magitek
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      wtf Soul Cube in level 2? How did I miss that? : Crimsonbeak
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        i no, rite? : Ebu
        • Where is it? : deathofrats
• My system is like a step below yours. Running high quality w/ the u-e-q mod @ 1024x768. Getting an aver... : Wombat Woo
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  Run the timedemo 2-3 times. The first time through doesn't give accurate numbers because they textures ar... : godwit
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    it makes me wonder if it would be worth it to 're-overclock' my 2500+ barton - I successfully ran it at ... : Crimson
    • Just bump it back up and run the time demo 2-3 more times. You'll probably see a very nice improvement. : godwit
• my setup, slightly less than yours: 2400+, 512mb, 9800NP. using 4.9 betas. i'm getting 37fps in timede... : badrocket
• Maybe its some other process on your system? Anti-virus software etc.? : Topaz
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  Simple fix re: Skill Level. Do what I am doing, crank it up to "Veteran" (or Nightmare if you are real... : MatthewPhillips
  • I'd guess unbind f5 in the console would help this : Draugluin

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• * B U M P * : rookieone

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  working link: http://www.gamespot.com/reviews.html?type=bydate&platform=pc&order=desc&time=alltime : boredguy
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    Is Freedom Fighters really THAT good? or is it just because it's an EA game they had to give it that hig... : deathofrats
    • They also gave every single sims expansion at least a 8 or above..along with the EA versions of Sim City,... : deathofrats
• I found their Doom 3 review idiotic. I agree with most of their reviews and can usually understand their ... : theWhite
• Fixed link: http://www.gamespot.com/reviews.html?type=bydate&platform=pc&order=desc&time=alltime I don : itsjames
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  When are guys going to understand that 8.5 or 85% or 4 out of 5 stars are NOWHERE near mediocre? Jesus Ch... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • i disagree. Virtually every game got a 6-10 score. Only a few games in 8 years got below a 6 and they w... : smacky
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  heh, the guy who reviewed Doom 3 also did Black & White and gave it 9.3. : ghale
  • oh boy, the issue is clear: reviewer error! : eskimo spy
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  This is why I think that for major games, people should ignore every review they hear. When Half-Life2 c... : cajuncook
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    unfortunately i agree. Just look at driv3r if you want to see some reviews that make no sense at all. A... : smacky
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      Is Driv3r actually good? Or do you mean some reviews say it's good when it isn't? I was looking forwar... : nudel
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        A few reviews gave it good scores and it seems the reason is Atari promised a whole bunch of bugs would b... : node
        • or bought off in some cases : deathofrats
  • Taking a crossection of shack opinions has worked very well for me in the past - examples being thief 3 a... : node
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  People just need to realize reviews are ONE person's opinion, an opinion which is no more or less valid t... : shyguy74
  • if you like rottentomatoes you should check out www.metacritic.com. I like the way they do their overall... : smacky
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  8.5 isn't mediocre. Anyway... repost: Here's the problem with professional reviews: they get too tech... : boughton supreme
  • Not enough reviewers tell you how a game made them feel, you're so right. They analyse instead of just en... : node
  • Totally agree. The reviewers nitpick and compare on the technical aspects of gameplay without considering... : peanut-
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  Metroid Prime got 10.0 on Gamecube IIRC. : deadbydawn
  • 9.7, but close enough. : Hodder11
• there's Lies, Fox News, and Game Reviews : BadRespawn
• Doom3 is alot better then RTCW : stgdz
• Briefly scanned. Didn't see anything I really disagreed with. : Ebu
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  I cancelled my Gamespot Complete account based on Greg Kasavin's review of Doom 3. It is simply wrong : Hodder11
  • Which really isn't much higher than the 8.5 it was rated... BTW: I would rate it about an 8. It's not ... : Ebu
• Here's the deal: Sometimes I agree with reviews, sometimes I disagree with them. If I like a game, revi... : EvilDolemite
• Don't think the review is too far off myself, It's not calling it a bad game or anything : j33uk

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  I think I'd rather get a super kickass pair of headphones for like half the price...headphones are scarie... : hawkeye
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    then i would need to get a new soundcard... :( whats a good soundcard that would work with the shackhy... : OverBurN
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      AUDIGY 2 ZA is ~100bux + 60 for headphones... better then getting teh z680s? :) : OverBurN
      • oops AUDIGY 2 ZS not ZA :( : OverBurN
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8319637 :) : yoonix
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        im a canuck tho :( i can get the audigy 2 for 99 and the zs for 119 : OverBurN
        • infonec has the audigy 2 for $95 : evil-cow
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      any early morning shackers know? : OverBurN
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        I have yet to get 5.1 working with these speakers and my Audigy2 : peter
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          If you're using digital out, you'll only get stereo. The only exception to this is the nforce chipset's ... : Draugluin
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            more: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8319198 : Draugluin
            • aw crap! : peter
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            Actually, the Audigy 2 can output digital 5.1. : MeenMunky
            • show me the way! : peter
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              Only if it's pre-encoded or through their proprietary interface, which only works with Creative's speaker... : Helter Skelter
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                Wrong, the 5.1 stream is sent out as 3 discrete spdif streams. If you have the hardware; it will work. It... : MeenMunky
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                  So how could someone use an audigy2 to output 5.1 to logitech speakers? : Draugluin
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                    Simply speaking, you're stuck with analog only. Unless it's a pre-encoded source such as a DVD, no Dolby ... : Helter Skelter
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                      Surround 5.1 works only with analog. I just yanked my digital connectors and used the 3 yellow/grren/blac... : peter
                      • Wrong: Do this - http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8291563 The 5.1 works when you have a true 5.1 sig... : Malum
                  • Buy a capable reciever and connect the speakers to that. >:( : MeenMunky
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                  For consumer PC audio, Creative is the only one that does this that I know of. And on their cards, those ... : Helter Skelter
                  • That proprietary digital interface is just a 4-pole mini-jack. You can use a Handicam AV cable (4-pole mi... : MeenMunky
      • I'd get the audigy2 personally, but I don't have any experience with alternative choices like the santa c... : Draugluin
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  Succumb to the ShackHype(tm) and get a pair of these instead: Zalman 5.1 Surround Sound Headphones h... : MatthewPhillips
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    That is the worst review for a set of headphones i have ever read. It's like "look how pretty they are... : Modulus
    • Does this work for you? http://www.tech-pc.co.uk/zmrs6f1.php http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/zalman... : MatthewPhillips
• Doom 3 + Z-680s = pants-wetting fun! I love my set. : Helter Skelter
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  Anybody have the z640s? http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=36-121-104&depa=0 For... : emcea
  • They're good for the price. 680s etc are obviously better.. : Daggoth
• Don't do it if you have a quiet PC/Room and can hear hiss. : fad3r

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• <3 Ogg. : Helter Skelter
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  still sounds like ass. it's not even encoded in stereo. : aggressor
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    yeah, I'm wondering why they wanted to conserve space there when the entire game folder is 1.7 GB in size... : the archvile
    • Probably did a batch encode of some files and that got added in :P Every ogg file is encoded the same. Su... : aggressor
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      if you bought the game on a store shelf you wouldn't have the problem with sound... : cam3lt0sis
      • what the hell are you talking about? : rudds
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        at least, from what i'm to understand : cam3lt0sis
        • You understand wrong. Dead wrong. : cajuncook
      • How wrong you are! : aggressor
      • What the fuck are you talking about? : Helter Skelter
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        Everytime someone makes an extremely stupid post, I say to myself "No way anyone can top this". I am prov... : genjuro
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          I think his name alone makes him achieve the fabled Stupid Crown of Wonder. : iawake
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            look, rather than PM every single one of you, i will just say that one of my friends said that the ogg fi... : cam3lt0sis
            • Well, he's wrong. Kill him. : aggressor
            • Why the hell would they do that? So topsites could save a whopping 20MB per transfer? Those fucks have ... : cajuncook
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              Illegal copies of doom 3 are being distributed in exact disc images of the retail discs. This is the day ... : iawake
              • you know, he explained himself and there is no need to be an ass. It's not as if he fucked your mom : moshman
            • yup.. the ogg is 33kbps / 22khz Mono file :( : Shadowdane
            • Well, since it looks like no one else has actually said this yet: the OGG files are encoded at that ra... : hmonster
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        you pollute the internet :/ : Gauss
        • ^ I like this post. : iamgoat
      • i will never cease to be amazed at how quickly people around here will accuse someone of having an illega... : smacky
      • this is one of the only messageboards on the net that can quickly and efficiently shut up a person who do... : nova_x
    • They must have done the same compression to the rest of the sounds. I can tell their are some seriously c... : shassard
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    It sounds like ass if you listen to the ogg separate, but if people would just realize how the Doom3 engi... : ovrlrd
    • About 80-90% of the game's audio is in Ogg Vorbis, all at the same nominal bitrate (Ogg is VBR by nature)... : Helter Skelter
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  Thought I killed the last of you demonic bastards! : GeorgeB3DR
  • how you liking the game, George? Scared to shit? : MurrayTheSkull
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    At first I thought the archvile in doom3 was kinda weak. He doesn't have that telekinetic crush move anym... : Magitek
    • He does have it - it seems to be fairly positional though. Most of the situations you encounter him, he'l : Gauss

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• yeah I jumped when I saw that : redfive
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  I don't understand what is evil here? : Crimsonbeak
  • your watching a movie and that imp suddenly starts running allover the glass windows... made me freak ... : needlez
• ^ doom3 pic spoilers? : cryptical
• That was my favorite part of the entire game. : Hodder11
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  freaking spoilers :( : eskimo spy
  • srsly >:( : Ebu

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  Hey I think I am ordering that mobo on Monday ... : eskimo spy
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    It's working great for me so far. Just put everything together, popped in the WindowsXP CD, and away she... : PenicillinX57
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      that and a 333FSB XP2500 will hopefully be a pretty big jump from this ECS K7S5A and 266FSB XP1800+ ... t... : eskimo spy
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        remember to try upping the FSB to 200mhz, you just might get a 700+ rating boost tp 3200+ :) : d fluke
        • bookmarked'd! thx! : eskimo spy
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        Hell yes! That's exactly the system I just put together (except I'm still on a Geforce Ti4200, hehe). I... : PenicillinX57
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          $155.87 ... hovers over "submit order" button... Argh! I may be eating ramen for a month but I really wan... : eskimo spy
          • If you use your credit card, you won't have to pay for at least a month, probably :) : PenicillinX57
• I've had problems with sound cutting out after awhile with newer drivers on my shuttle SN41G2. : ttyRazor
• at first I thought you had one of those Shuttle Barebone thingies. Go with the NVIDIA NForce drivers, bu... : rookieone

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  zombie titties? : itsjames
  • it already has those... : needlez
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  It has spider demon lady titties. : Slybonimh
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    needs pics+divx : dodob
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      Spoiler pic of titty spider http://users.adelphia.net/~rcelmer/images/d3_8.jpg : Salad Sammich
      • You know, she's kinda hot : freak!
      • satan stole her nipples : systatic
  • i just saw pics. no nipples. do they bounce? : dodob
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  i've only found 1 female character in the game so far and her skull came out of her face on fire and atta... : tommysgun
  • You mean she shot you down? : gingerninja
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    hmm. that's kind of wierd how there's no female scientists, or maintenence, or soldiers, etc. i guess i... : smax
    • Sleeping your way to the top was banned in 2019. : Salad Sammich
    • not at all. think about the place this is happening... in the game many NPCs and PDA reports (even before : eskimo spy

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• FUCK. Spider pic inside!!! :( now that we have a political tag, how about a "disgusting"/goatse one? :( : d fluke
• looks like something i might kill in doom3 or half life 2. : bosst0ne

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  ctrl + alt + ` to bring down console timedemo demo1 : scarb
  • thanks ill check it out :) : toydrvr

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• I passed gas. : dodob
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  I hate that people are finishing it for second and third times and I've barely had enough time to fight f : Deathlove
  • I haven't even got my copy yet :( ... why oh why did i preorder online and choose the cheap-o shipping op... : Modulus
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  I hate the term "passed." Not only is it improper english, it's most often used by non-gamers who think ... : Athlon7
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    makes me think of passing a kidney stone : systatic
    • in a way thats appropriate. : not work safe
  • I've never heard anyone use it in reference to finishing a game until now. I guess I am old. I thought he... : eskimo spy

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  I just picked up a 22" NEC FP2141SB a few months ago. I'm a big fan. Kinda expensive (600 bucks or so, I ... : Chunks
  • I love my FP2141, thing it like pure sex once you get it adjusted. LCDs cant touch it. : mojoald
• http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5114428308&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT : Wolfanoz
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  i've had my Samsung 955df for over a year now and I cant recommend it hightly enough. : theWhite
  • I had a 753df that sucked ass. : Barbarian
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  I swear by Trinitrons. : iawake
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    Does your religion include Diamondtrons? : Spike Spiegel
    • i've been very happy with my Diamontron... It's a flat 19" CRT and it's aperture grille is twice as brigh... : tommysgun
• I've heard good things about the Philips 109B5 : Barbarian
• thx for the help lads : Spike Spiegel
• Just got this bad boy and love it: http://www.yesmicro.com/shop/product.aspx?pid=2271917&seid=4&sgd=8202 : scatti
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  Mine is a viewsonic p95F+ and its very nice. Great resolution/refresh rate support. : vitek r
  • Yep, those are nice, Especially with the black case. I can't stnd monitors with cases other than black, t... : MeenMunky
• iiyama's are great. I <3 my 22" ;) : moshman
• I've had a Viewsonic G810 for years, and I really like it. I run my system at 1600x1200, and I think it'... : Salad Sammich
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  Just purchased the ViewSonic A90f+. I could not be happier. Sharpest picture I've ever seen for a 19". : silent prophet
  • I have one of these, as well as an E90f+, and they BOTH rock. Very pleased with them. : x-eyd|mary
• NEC makes some really nice CRTs. : Turd Ferguson
• I've been using a Hyundai Q910 (The one that does 85hz@1600x1200) for the last year, it's great for the ~... : d fluke

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• We'll see after I win the $76 Million tonight. mmmmmmmmmoney : Salad Sammich
• damn, i needed that 6800. :( : smax
• I guess that means no 6800's for us :( : cryptical
• Does this mean I'm not getting my 6800 Ultra? :( : silent prophet
• gimme my card : needlez
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  I'm tossing you off the cockboat. >:( : MeenMunky
  • that's so hot. : seven
  • pics+divx : inchwide

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  Yes! I was bitching about this today as well. :( Plus, it fails to update the drivers on my Microsof... : Salad Sammich
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    Oh, and it wouldn't install with alcohol 120% present. But at least my computer booted afterwards. Th... : Sander Pilon
    • Funny, it worked fine on my test box here. But, I didn't do a normal install of Alcohol, I did a custom,... : renton
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  tried Neowin's multipatcher? It worked for the SP2 RCs, not sure about the final but you can try it http... : haccess
  • It gave me a big "F.U. Pal!" :( : Salad Sammich
• http://xxdesmusxx.net/UxthemeSP2RTM.rar Worked for me, found it over at SA. : renton

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  Depends on the weight of the heatsink. If it's a stock model, you'll probably be fine. : bargeld
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    yeah just watch out if you have some bigass cu heatsink that need to be mounted on your mainboard. (my za... : Hoax
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      and if you unmount it don't plug in your PC when it arrives at it's destination and expect it to work fin... : rookieone
      • I'd say do all this. I had a cooler come loose and bash the insides of a computer around once. Amazingly ... : node
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    It's only 384 Grams : Blackdawgg
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      If you're shipping it for yourself, or for someone competent in installed a HSF, I'd say don't risk it an... : pr_stealth
      • Yeah this is shipping it to myself. : Blackdawgg

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• Same here, I did better in Ultra w/ my 9800 Pro than in high....wtf'd. : acidnynex
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  did you try the drivers specially made for doom3 from ATI? : hxman2k
  • i afraid that the beta drivers will hose my otherwise perferctly fine system. also as far as ive read the... : Hoax
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    I installed the beta drivers as my first catlysts after I first put in my new 9800 PRO... I don't know wh... : esky
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      shit i was just about to install those...i think ill now with hold now. : UberChrist
      • I installed them on a 9800 Pro and it's run like glass. Perfectly beautiful. And I was having problems wi... : Deathlove
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        well, they've been no problem for me, had them in since the day they came out. I don't see how a video dr... : eskimo spy
        • oh, yeah with a 9600XT 128MB, FYI : eskimo spy
      • I don't have a single problem with 4.9's. Running them since release, no issues with 1942, BF:VN, or D3. : zyklonbee

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• NM I found the info http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2004080212383739?Open&src... : Topaz

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• because game != film? : moshman
• because games are more immersive. we play the leading roles in the games, not some actor we're watching o... : evil-cow
• I think people get a little more involved in games, so the BOOYAH technique can work time and time again.... : erotic sock
• Simple, you can't shoot back at a movie. It's very gratifying to see the bastard or bastards who made you... : eskimo spy

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  http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=phil+sil : MatthewPhillips
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    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&q=phil+sil+shack : TheArtMan
    • I don't see any pictures on those two pages : esky
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  I swear if she died in a car wreck you guys would request her fucking X-Rays : mr.sleepy
  • along with PICX + DIVXq : evil-cow
  • I'd want autopsy photographs. For research purposes since I'm premed. : godwit
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    www.ratemyxray.com : Chrono Trigga
    • www.ratemyautopsyphoto.com : TheArtMan

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• EYE OBKECT : erotic sock
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  so old ... I ran those stats on the shack comments: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8174783 : Sander Pilon
  • what are these scores based on? what do they measure? i've heard rumors that GRE essay scoring is done... : dodob

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• did you notice what happens when you kill the three flying things? ... that giant blue bullseye ball tha : esky

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  I heard it was just a serial# harvester. : Deathlove
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    There are legitimate versions out there that do not steak your key. : Helter Skelter
    • MMMMMMmmmm Steak : Slowtreme
    • There's ones that don't steal it, either. : Helter Skelter
• nah. crashes, we tried everything last night. i still don't know what they did on the video to pull it of... : draconic