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• I really like Pipeline in Americas Army. : ashke
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  pro-q3dm6, de_inferno, de_train, gasworks : maulla
  • Gasworks was always my favorite DM map for HL. That was the only map I played for a LONG time. : SatansFist
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  the egde- q2dm1 : jamezj
  • signed : pupismyname
  • oooo, i forgot about this one : maulla
• DMTempest :p : SpaecKow
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  2fort. : alias
  • Certainly. I liked Dustbowl in TFC too. : digweed014
  • Agreed times a million. I spent way too many hours in that map. : cajuncook
  • motherfucking signed : PUPSTAHS
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  dm4 : patdoody
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    Absolutely and without hesitation the correct answer. : thekidd
    • IAWTP : lee majors
• jxv1 : Slowtreme
• Rabid Transit : slax0r
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  dm2 dm3 dm4 : Ziggurat
  • Abandon Base and Vertigo FTW! : cannelbrae
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  The edge.. Q2 version. =) The best by a wide margin to me. : Bali
  • Best. Map. Ever. : -efx-
  • Awesome, awesome map. I still have to say Frag Pipe (q2dm3) is my fav. I loved that map and could play al... : qwpeoriu
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  CTF-Face? : moonbreaker
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    This man has good taste. : slax0r
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      d'oh didn't really read the question. I thought it was more along the lines of "generally accepted" best ... : moonbreaker
      • err i meant non serious gameplay. which would be serious spamming :) : moonbreaker
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    No, no, no, no, and fuck no. : genjuro
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      agreed .. only made worse by low grav and instagib : strider_
      • Without those, Facing Worlds is awesome. Plus it has one of the best songs I've heard for any map in a D... : slax0r
      • Face with instagib = ownage When defending I could sit at the entrance to my base and shoot anything t... : sanchez
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9050434 : cajuncook
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        I dont know what happened but I'm too lazy to change it. : genjuro
        • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9038722 : cajuncook
  • every now and then I play that map with 9 stupid bots just so I can snipe the other team and rack up abou... : the archvile
  • I preferred CTF-HallofGiants though. The whole atmosphere of that map rocked. : sanchez
• BF: El Al, Battle of the Buldge, Wake : d0gbert
• Zoid's threewave ctf maps for quake 1 are probably my favorites. They were all great maps. : smacky
• Claustrophobopolis (dm2) in Q1 :) : alnya
• Another vote for q2dm1 here : boredguy
• dod_caen. Either that or CTF-hallofgiants (with the strangelove mutator) : sgtsanity
• Ziggurat Vertigo : silent prophet
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  You think dust is the best mp map? O_o Many people would disagree. : TrptJim
  • I was just playing it and thought it was cool. However after seeing some of these other posts, I overlook... : TheArtMan
  • I agree, Dust sux : Dave Johnston
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  Bunkers for R6:RS I could play that map for 8 hour stretches. Noone could touch me. Best map ever creat... : Haku-Jin
  • That was a map that got better the longer you played. A personal favorite was the multiplayer chalet map. : TheArtMan
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  boot_camp : Utopia
  • this is the one true answer. : voltron
  • Requires at least 6 people : Ratalon
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  Gotta go with the old school 2fort TF : 0Rance0
  • repost repost repost test test : 0Rance0
• imo the best map for a Multiplayer game would be Q2dm1- The Edge, though my personal favorite is Q2dm3- T... : ElQue
• DM Turbine from UT. CliffyB seriously needs to give that some remake loving. :( : node
• beach in RTCW : snowwolf
• DM3 : Scotty22
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  canalzone : Eratik
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    COLONY : Slowtreme
    • I have no idea what this is. TFC? : Eratik
• Q2DM1 or DM4 : sevogajre
• urban for AQ2 :\ i forget the filename : kill9
• Resurrection in RtCW and ET : lord_omega
• im partial to McKinley Revival and Stronghold Opposition : phobium
• AS-Convoy - UT2k4 : mc-fine
• DM4 (pure sex) q2s the edge q3dm7 ra3map1 and ra3map11 pretty much all of ztn's maps : moshman
• The German - bf1942 : rosewood
• hl1-gasworks bf42-el al, wake q2-LMCTF21 : epit
• HIPDM1 : Bakelite
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  q2dm1 : fluke
  • ^^^ truth! : lapskaus
• dod_snowtown : brewsterdog
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  Thorns_2K4 : suicidemachine
  • BRING BACK FACILITY : dodob
• Boot_Camp is where i spent most of my teen years : mr.sleepy
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  Dust2 and ZTN3Tourney1 : peanut-
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    I agree, Dust2 rox. : Dave Johnston
    • Yeah I agree. Dust 2 pwns. Kudos to its creator : bozer
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  I think CS maps in general are pretty lame. It's basically a question of which choke point you want to d... : nachowray
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    I agree, CS maps in general are like sex. : Dave Johnston
    • LOL whaa??? : proclone1
  • Office and Dust2 are my favorite CS maps by far. : cannelbrae
• 2fort5, well6 and other MegaTF maps all owned many years of my life : Patch-e
• I always prefered Italy and Militia. : EvilDolemite
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  Tokay's Towers and Ziggurat Vertigo. : Deathlove
  • What game is this? : TheArtMan
  • Q2 and Q1. : EvilDolemite
• Q2CTF1 - McKinley Revival : eskimo spy
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  Americas Army - SF Pipeline CS:S - Office : Sidd Gunn
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    oh god I fucking hate pipeline, goddamned camp fest. fuck that map : proclone1
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      But there is nothing easier than killing campers : Sidd Gunn
      • Sounds like a quote from a bad horror movie. : TheArtMan
• DM3 (Quake 1) Q2DM1 DM-Phobos DM-Deck16 Chill-Out (Halo) Heh, guess I'm a 1v1 whore :P : DKo5
• Rouge Spear? A secret government team of transvestites battling terrorists? : Jeepy McJeeperton

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  11/22/04 02:09:11 AM GMT A solution for the stuttering problem has been found and a fix is coming. I've ... : PeniX
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    I'm not sure how textures fits into the picture, but as long as it fixes the problem. : cajuncook
    • PCI bus saturation : Luminair
    • it was loading some assets on the fly it sounds like which is why the problem seems most common when turn... : thebigbeefsandwhich
    • If you haven't loaded a large number of textures and need them all at once then there's a lot that needs : SpaecKow
    • Actually it makes perfect sense. I said from day one the stuttering has everything to do with I/O. It's h... : ovrlrd
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    whooo even longer load times! Either way, good job for getting right on this. : sammyl
    • thankfully it's just that first one that lets me run to the store for a can of pop. : tsuba
    • upgraded to an Audigy, now I get no sound at all. way to go valve. not sure if its the new sound card o... : project_serberus
• ^^^YAY : anthonybean
• yeah, i was gonna put the game on pause till this patch came out but you know i couldn't do that. : Silent1
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  that's a really organized bug fix page. : carnivore
  • it's not a valve page btw. : drucifer
• That's great news :-) : Sidd Gunn
• Yay! Thank you Gary and blep-guy. : Stage
• Great, now will they FIX MY GRAPHICAL ISSUE :( : EvilDolemite
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  geez, finally. i too am having the sound issues. with so many people having this problem, how was th... : joekamel
  • We are their testing department. : Sidd Gunn
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    Please don't blame test here. I guarantee this will have been flagged if they are an even half way decent... : node
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      so we can assume that they absolutely did not miss this problem, and the powers that be waived off fixing : joekamel
      • That's not for me to say. I'm just defending QA since they usually take it up the ass when they're not to... : node
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  is this talking about the stutter as the game saves every so often? or something more severe? : AtaR1
  • There is a link to a vid on that page. Check that out for the full on stutter problem. It seems to very f... : PeniX
• too fucking late :( i already beat the game twice now :( : vassili_zaitsev
• A patch will be coming for this issue that will load all of the required textures into video memory on le : laidback
• is this the update that came tonight? Steam was doing some stuff when i load hl2 a couple hours ago : stiki figgaz
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  Has anyone read why HL2 doesn't do more pre-loading? Like, as soon as I enter the final room before LOAD... : rosewood
  • No idea, but the levels aren't even that big. Look at games like far cry and bf1942. those levels are HU... : D45hiz
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    I would totally deal with more preloading if the game didn't feel so sectioned. I love the game but my bi... : ashke
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      No joke... With HL1 the loading cool because the loads took like .3 seconds on a decent machine. Might ... : myLeftTesticleofFury
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        back in 1999 the loading took a minute or so. : the archvile
        • Not for me it didn't. My loads were 5 seconds max and that was a long one. : Evil Benius
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          Back in 1999 when the game came out, my p3 500 loaded levels in a 2-3 seconds max. : myLeftTesticleofFury
          • Dude, even my K6-2 450 loaded levels quickly. This is completely a programming/optimization issue. I fe... : DraconianDevil
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      amen!!!! and the worst is when you are doing something intense!!! The entire boat part in the canal coul... : jedi_27
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        When you are on highway 17 the loading causes issues. I was cooking along and I came to a loading. When... : rosewood
        • Yeah that usually happens when you have turbo going when you zone. I agree that level would have been so ... : ashke
  • XBOX'd : sharkII
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    They were too lazy to solve the problem. I would be surprised if they even tried. Their engine is an evol... : yakz
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      Nothing at this time looks sexier though, am i rite? : bozer
      • you are correct. : Sidd Gunn
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      What? Source has nothing to do with the Quake engine. At all. : EvilDolemite
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        Are you sure? I remember reading a while back, and seeing a comparison on how it does have some of the ol... : bozer
        • how things are structured wha?? Please explain this if you've read the comparisons and give thought to... : kevp
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          They use BSP trees? No way. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            AND TEXTURES, I SHIT YOU NOT : Turd Ferguson
            • IT HAS A CONSOLE!!!!! WITH IMPULSE COMMANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Jimbo Ro
    • I doubt that is true, I don't think they would be able to license it if that were that case. : fuji-juice
• you know what was weird, I didn't start getting this until 3/4 of the way through. Either that or they pa... : sixfoot6
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  to those person/persons at the blep site, the community owes you thanks for the remarkble job you've done... : humpx
  • You are most welcome. I simply wanted to get this fixed as soon as possible so we could all get back to p... : RanmaSan
• already tomorrow?? great, valve! :) : lonestar3
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  so, i will finish hl2 after i got this patch in order to play at least the last levels without any issues... : lonestar3
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    sexy valve i hate it that only dx 8.1 is allowed on my GF FX 5900. :(blue : Cpt. Baseballbat
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      You can run with -dxlevel 90 if you want to try dx9 on your card. -Gary McTaggart (Valve) : garymct
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        hmm it's not getting any better in the stutter department with this line.. also why not add the abilit... : Cpt. Baseballbat
        • That command-line option shouldn't fix the stuttering problem. . .I was just letting you know how to run ... : garymct
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  Let's hope there's a similar patch for Vampire Bloodlines. I get around 15 FPS and a lot of stuttering; a... : i_mon61
  • While it does seem like this problem applies to Bloodlines too, I think that's only the beginning of your... : fraeone
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  They should have used that stutter as part of the game. "Look, it's the C-CC-Combine, C-C-C-coming to K-K... : thaperfectdrug
  • while this sounds funny, it's not logical, because the combine would slow down, too. :P : lonestar3

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  This is comedy GOLD : CrazyPants
  • IT'S FUNNY CAUSE IT'S TRUE : Clay
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  Dude that sucks for forgot the best part. Lamar! and not quite as cool but still kickass Dog : Crimsonbeak
  • Dog would make a great center fielder : the archvile
• hahahahahahaahahah : Downforce
• haha, so true : snowwolf
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  15 panels is a lot for a comic. the game must have really had an impact on the artist. : pyide
  • 1 panel per chapter of the game. Clever. : GeorgeB3DR
• ahahaha couple good LAFFOS : thebigbeefsandwhich
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  Seriously.. how long did it take you to draw that :) : K1Bond007
  • I wish I could take credit for that. : fluke
• Hahaha rock on! It's all true. : cr00kedview
• You, my friend, win the prize. My ribs hurt. : Uller
• bookmarked for later, like in 3 months when i'm able to afford to buy a new gaming pc. : fsck
• BUT I DUNNO WHERE I AM GOING LOL : chuk
• That is very very funny. :D : AtaR1
• This is very funny, needs more Dog. : SpaecKow
• Hah that was GOLD! : moogle
• i HAVE NEVER laughed that hard before in my life : manlyman
• hahahahahahah... good stuff : inc77
• "LOL and "ROFL" does not capture it. This is comedy "a giant diamond encased in platinum". : brewsterdog
• i want to read comedy gold but i haven't finished hl2 and am afraid this will have some spoilerish stuff ... : [fry]
• I'm only up to scene 4! oh man THE FUN GRAVITY THINGY GUN is next! : DooBall
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  Bwaaahahahahaahahahaha!!!! That's right up there with that scratchsniff.avi posted the other day. : burningtrees
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    whats scratchsniff.avi ? : sexninja!!!!
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9045618 (also shack msg'd in case this thread gets juggled down) : burningtrees
• hahaha. Reminds me of the 30 second bunny movies. !!!!! quick..somebody has to make a 30 second hl2 mov... : Wombat Woo
• i didn't even play the game and this is funnay : FrayLo
• hahah. nice. dead on too. : edgewise
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  the beep at the owned is fucking priceless... its lile teh computer is saying "owned u edeeot" : Utopia
  • at the end i mean : Utopia
• *DIES!* holy effin' sheet, man! : inkninja
• wow, who are you? That's really good. : sammyl
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  I just beat it, the ending sucked, I would have prefered to have a better boss battle...... and like, a b... : ease_one
  • Yeah the ending was kinda a letdown for me too. I liked how everything froze and the gman comes out, but : SatansFist
• shackmarked 'd 'd : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I will have to look at this after I play the game. : TreMetal
• Gonna reply just so I can look at this later... : FatBaby

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• couple things - there's always PvP, there are raiding the big mobs with other high level guys, and then t... : Clay
• You are a grinding machine I take it! And to answer your question I imagine it becomes all raids / items... : kgargonmagrix79
• They start having lvl 60 raid quests where you have to group with alot of people in order to do some of t... : clain
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  How are you guys getting your stuff today? I thought release was tommorow? : stonedonkey
  • some places put the stuff on the shelf early? : clain
  • midnight release is on the borderline between today and tomorrow : RikiTiki2
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    official release is midnight. servers should be up then. : Fyunch Click
    • Since those fucks at EB didn't get my preorder for the DS right, the least they could do is throw me my d... : stonedonkey
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  lvl 40 is approximately 7-8days of PLAYED time. if you hit it in a week you need some new hobbies : multisync
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    like eating, sleeping, or bathroom. : ergh
    • overrated : sanchez
• How you managed to hit 40 in a week is beyond me O_O : Dimecross
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  How many hours per day did you play? : EvilDolemite
  • 24 probably : bamb
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  Reply to the entire thread: Thanks for the info, and no I don't see lvl 60 as the end of the game. The... : NoCopy
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    Where in Canada can we buy WoW today? : amankhan
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      ^^ Also wants to know. : bounty838
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        I saw it at Wal-Mart for sure, but I believe Futureshop is selling it early as well. I just check FS's we... : NoCopy
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          I'll check both those places today, neither were selling it yesterday in my town. My FS shows the regula... : amankhan
          • Yeah I'll be checking FS on Yonge St. downtown today. I have NEVER seen a store in the GTA break release... : bounty838
        • Just called FS downtown montreal and they won't sell it until tomorrow. fux0r! : mystifier
    • I checked EB (obviously nothing,) Futureshop and Wal-Mart yesterday in London and all were no go. I have ... : moogle
• Holy Crap, you hit 40 in a week? Do you sleep? I played the stress test for every moment I could pret... : xocsida
• Basically, when you hit 60, there's high level PvP, high level instance raiding for uber gear, and the ne... : WillingZombie
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  Damn I hit Level 15 and thought I was on WAY too much. My group mates hit 23 playing pretty much non-stop... : Slowtreme
  • Actually, I found the way they set up the areas in WOW that typically isn't a problem. You won't have to ... : NoCopy
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    There are penalties for ganking people whoa are > 7 levels below you, so it shouldn't be too bad. Don't s... : Clay
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      what kinds of penalties? I thought they decided not to put in the honor system because it caused problems... : clain
      • The next patch (soon) will include PvP rules. : vaniah
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      What are rest bonuses? : Slowtreme
      • Stay in a Inn for more than a min and double your XP for a short time. Additionally, I think if you log-o... : NoCopy
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  Does anybody have it yet? Or know where it's being sold? I need to convince the ebgames guys to give it t... : Clay
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    Reference a random Wal-mart store. This is true in 99.999% of the scenarios. : bounty838
    • and count on them to not call your bluff. brilliant. : Clay
  • I bought it from Target last night. Not Collector's Edition, though. : Caboose

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• I think it's a good idea to have both sides. Can probably get some stuff done together, and then 6 months... : Clay
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  i dont know why you guys are splitting up, and on a pvp server for that matter. you will get run over. : ansuble
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    Because you can't have both Alliance and Horde characters on the same server, and some people want to pla... : lordlobo
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      No I think he wants to know why we aren't all going on one faction on one server. And the answer: peop... : Clay
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        some people don't understand a gnome's true purpose: food : RikiTiki2
        • amen, brother. : Clay
      • Oh yes, you are right. On the other hand, since the split is across servers, both populations will be ... : lordlobo
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    agreed, it would seem to make more sense to be together : byorn
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      I've yet to see anybody present a good reason to split the guilds up. We bang them over the head with goo... : Clay
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        wait, why does it matter if GCR Alliance can run into GCR Horde out in the wilderness? : kevp
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          it doesn't. but that won't happen because alliance and horde are on different servers. in a perfect wo... : Clay
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            more like some people want pussy alliance characters am i rite? : lordlobo
            • I WAS TRYING TO BE TACTFUL : Clay
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            All i know is I will have a character on both sides, and would like to play with shackers on both sides. ... : kevp
            • If we keep everybody together on one server, focused on one character, as opposed to trying to keep up tw... : Clay
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        The reason to split it up is painfully obvious. Some people would like to experience many different races... : reign27
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          trying to enforce that kind of rule is just going to piss people off. : Clay
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            Well then don't enforce it. No matter what we want to do, there's always going to be someone interested i... : reign27
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              I think we'll just set up guilds on both servers - shoot, even I may want to get a NE Rogue or something.... : Clay
              • I liked being a Gnome :( : reign27
  • ^^ I'm with him. I was all for joining the Shack guild but it's kind of pointless seeing how segmented i... : bounty838
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  The goon squad cool? Riiiight... : WillingZombie
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    I actually grouped with quite a few of them during the closed beta. I have no problems to report. : Clay
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      I have plenty of problems to report. They take everyone, including a ton of assholes. Yeah, some of them ... : WillingZombie
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        uh, we'll be the same. if you're a shacker, you get in. and being a shacker has a lower requirement than ... : Clay
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          No, the goon squad was recruiting people not from SA. They would take anyone. And quite frankly, shackers... : WillingZombie
          • shackers are a lot cooler than goons anyway : RikiTiki2
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  The real question is: Will the Goon Squad be with us, or against us? : reign27
  • If they are Horde too, they will be with us. And I'm pretty sure they'll be horde. : Clay
  • They probably don't care :p : ghost in my shell
• Has the PvE server list been announced or confirmed yet? : amankhan
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  Are there any guild rules yet? Limits on invitations? Criteria for being booted? : ghost in my shell
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    gotta be a shacker... and that's about it as far as i know : RikiTiki2
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      actaully, there isn't a 'shacker' requirement even. If you have a friend who's not an asshole invite him... : lordlobo
      • I'll probably recruit my cousin! : Clay
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        Actually, there is a shacker rule. Any shacker is allowed to invite one non-shacker to guild. That was th... : tsteltz
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          Eh, what? Is there a limit rule or isn't there a limit rule? I have about 2-3 irl non-shackers I want to ... : ghost in my shell
          • I don't think we have enough leadership to determine if there is or is not a rule : reign27
          • I guess the rule is as long as they are cool and you can vouch for them they are in. This is a shack guil... : tsteltz
        • invite as many friends as you want, as long as they're not assholes : sanchez
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      i agree, none of this inviting random people shit. if youre unsure, ask them their shack name. if they do... : sexninja!!!!
      • of course, if theyre a real-life friend then thats different. just dont invite "some dude that helped you... : sexninja!!!!
  • I think for the time being we really don't need to worry about it. if we prove to have some hardcore dude... : Clay
  • Pros only plz : geedeck
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    also for the record, we grouped with a cool guy in RFC and he /tell'd me he wanted to join our guild, and... : lordlobo
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      I think that's a little overboard - if he's a cool guy, stick him on your friend list and get to know the... : Clay
      • i agree with this. shack guild is for shackers, with an exception for real life friends. cool people you ... : sexninja!!!!
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      we had an issue in OB where someone was asking about how to quit a guild, someone with kick status kicked... : ghost in my shell
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        I think anarchy isn't a great idea here. we need a few experienced, well known guys with the ability to a... : Clay
        • Ill sign up for that on the alliance side.. dont really want to run the whole shebang as I honestly dont ... : Str8Dog
      • then the guy that was kicked turned out to be a wank anyway. : ergh
• I dont get why you people are saying these server names already. Nothing has been confirmed at ALL. : tsteltz
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  So I played alliance in open beta; what's the best race for Rogue on the Horde side? : RyDogg1
  • I'm thinking Undead or Troll. : TrptJim
• so when does WoW go live? : byorn