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• Yes, if neighbors hear music, it's basically always your subwoofer. You'll either need to turn it off or... : Zero|DPX
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  i have my subwoofer up on my desk and nobody complains. or just turn down the subwoofer. that should allo... : cpt_gloval
  • oh also: what time were the complaints? in WA, i know you can pretty much be as loud as you want before 1... : cpt_gloval
  • I remember raising my sub off the floor and it being about 247829357 times softer one floor below. : five_percent
• do you have a subwoofer? ifso, unplug that and I bet your problems go away. : edgewise
• Bass is of lower frequencies. Lower frequencies can travel farther than high frequencies. With it being ... : flip-flop
• Bass frequencies travel well through solid materials. Most likey it is the sub they are hearing. But tell... : ghost hacker
• Next time you hear your landlord knocking, have it blasting and be like "WHAT? NO IT WONT GO ANY LOUDER" : not work safe
• The building was probably built cheap so sound passes right through the floors/walls. Sucks for you (we ... : timmie
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  most likely it's the sub on the floor, I had complaings a lot like that until i moved the sub up off the ... : g0nk
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    yep. removing it from direct contact with the building structure = win. : cpt_gloval
    • ^^^ read this and follow. put it on a shelf or build a little stool for it to sit on. : biskits
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  i just have one question...is it late at night when everyone is trying to sleep? if so, i can understand ... : josecuervo
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    last night it was at 10:30.... : wtf242
    • thats late enough that its probably common courtesy to use headphones. : josecuervo
    • that's pretty late, especially if any of your neighbors have kids. : FormerHPB
    • Rarrr, 10 pm is the cutoff you hippie! : spl
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      wtf, that's way too late. I'd say 9pm-8am is quiet time. : vaniah
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        that does not change the fact that the volume is 1 notch above "off".. so basically i can't listen to mus... : wtf242
        • turn down the bass and you should be fine. I have the same speakers as you and my bass is next to off : redfive
        • Turn the sub off on off hours, most music doesn't require it. Also, you're going to have a hard time fin... : vaniah
        • That does not change that it was obviously too loud for them to sleep during, and that is in no way their... : Ebu
        • Did you bother to read the thread before posting that?! jeez. : cameljoe
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          Whatever, these people are retarded. You're paying the same amount of money for your own private living s... : haiku
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            Common courtesy should be used no matter where you live or what you pay for rent. : FormerHPB
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              Common courtesy is a two way street that him and his neighbors should be able to travel down. He's made p... : haiku
              • He shouldn't have to do anything else. Unless he wants to continue living there.... : sharkII
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                If a subwoofer is rattling my ceiling, I'd be pissed too. I didn't own a subewoofer until I had my own h... : FormerHPB
                • It's not even positive that it's the sub. It might be and if that is the case then he can put the thing o : haiku
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                  that's the thing. i'm on the bottom floor. no one is below me. my bass is turned all the way down, and it... : wtf242
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                    ask to go over to your neighbor's apartment when your music is on, and find an acceptable level at which ... : qwpeoriu
                    • winnar. See what they hear. : FormerHPB
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                    Ok I'm pissed. I'll be in Austin soon anyway because I am going to be staying with a crippled friend for ... : haiku
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                      i'll warn the national guard that you're coming. we need to get the women and children indoors ASAP. : biskits
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                        Ah you're in Austin too? You're on the list, especially because of counter-strike. : haiku
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                          come and get some, little boy. just don't cry when i spank you and send you home to daddy. : biskits
                          • oh this outta be good. haiku can "take care of" all the Austin shackers in one fell swoop :o : busdriver3030
• Get out now. Seriously. You shouldn't have to worry about being quiet as a mouse because of a buildin... : Salad Sammich
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  I lived in an apartment liek that once. The cranky bitch under us banged on her ceiling with a broomstic... : SqueegyTBS
  • maybe she was just trying to get you to stop listening to bad music : markage
  • Yell back: YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND! THERE'S NO DOOR IN THE FLOOR! : festivalman
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    I had this problem when I played DDR on the Xbox. : vaniah
    • oh fuck... : snuff
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  Get headphones with a Y connector so that both of you can listen at the same time. : CRasterImage
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    Have you ever tried to have sex with two people wearing headphones??? It turns into an autoerotic asphyxi... : smdever
    • Shh, you weren't supposed to let on :( : Ebu
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  which apartment complex do you live in? : biskits
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    Park Terrace on Dawson, near the corner of Lamar and Barton Springs. It's super expensive ($889 for 1 br)... : wtf242
    • It sounds like you have the special "be a fucking prick" option, which may suit you based on your posts i... : Mantle
• Some people are just super bitchy about noise, to a ridiculous level. When I lived on the east side, I h : busdriver3030
• Turn your subwoofer down or move. : jrock
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  Kill off the subwoofer. Get a headset. : MrLonghair
  • Kill the neighbors, screw the headset. : mrwolf710
• Get rid of the subwoofer. : yakz
• I bet you could slip one of these under the sub and your problems would be over: http://www.ivanko.com/p... : fatman
• Haha, you need to give them a better sense of what "loud" is. Rent the largest bass amp you can find (18"... : silaslang
• Turn it up louder. : silent prophet
• Yep, subwoofer is the problem. Get it off the floor, and use EQ to turn the bass down at night. Or move... : boarder2
• Maybe you should buy each of your neighbors a nice pair of earplugs. : Sexpansion Pack
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  THE Z-560'S SUB DOES NOT TURN DOWN ALL THE WAY, EVER WITH 'BASS' TURNED DOWN AS FAR AS IT GOES Thats t... : ob3ron
  • EVER = EVEN. : ob3ron
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    I've noticed this. At the lowest level i can still hear some bass. any ideas on how to turn it off comple... : wtf242
    • wrap it in pillows? : renegade732
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    software EQ : cpt_gloval
    • i have the eq in winamp and nvidia nvmixer turned all the way down for bass and I can still hear *some* b... : wtf242
• Turn your subwoofer down/off, get new speakers that produce less bass, or get headphones. Is it real... : xocsida
• Here's a crazy idea, try talking to your neighbours and finding out what their main concerns really are. ... : ieGod
• I bet the landlord has a friend that wants your apartment. : mrwolf710

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  tie fighter 2 dammit : FrayLo
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    this man obviously knows what the fucking score is : skinlab133
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      and then a sequel to DOTT : FrayLo
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        christ, is there no end to your genius? : skinlab133
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          Ahem, Grim Sequel? : Mondo
          • Full Throttle 2 ? : lord cecil
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    This should be Lucasarts #1 priority. Sadly space simulation games don't sell too well and they rather pr... : yemeth
    • I think it's quite funny that Tie Fighter is considered 'space simulation'. : famine101
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9331602 : DinK
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9427328 :( : busdriver3030
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    What's wrong with you guys? Sure, TF2 kicked all sorts of ass, but so did Sam-N-Max (and Full Throttle a... : Dimmona
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      i never finished sam n max :( : FrayLo
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        I have the steps to that game memorized I think. I played through it a few months ago. Still super fun. : DinK
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          i just never got into it like i did DOTT. maybe I didn't think it was as funny or something. I remember : FrayLo
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            Full throttle was very cool too. You should go ahead and play through sam and max. SCUMM VM (however yo... : DinK
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              i was reliving Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis a few months ago. that was fun. : FrayLo
              • Cool. About your job, a few things: I tend to agree with one of the last posts in your thread, that s... : DinK
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            oh man, DOTT was such a brilliant game.. damn, just bring back those old adventures! \o/ i really hope... : lonestar3
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              you see the trailer? http://www.lucasfiles.com/index.php?s=&action=file&id=231 : r1cola
              • no, i didn't. thx! : lonestar3
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  Bad Brain website ( http://www.bad-brain.com/ ) was updated: It was so degrading! We tried everythin : Portax
  • what a downer Purcell to the rescue : r1cola
  • Lucasarts: if we dont make it, no one can. : deathofrats
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    What is their credibility as a company? I don't see a company that can't write coherent english in their ... : SpiderMonkey
    • theyre German, and they wouldnt necessarily have been the ones developing it, just publishing : r1cola
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      They were looking to get the code and content LucasArts has, which was estimated to be about 90% done whe... : Portax
      • 90%? Ouch. Man that sucks. LucasArts are such a fucking tragedy. : SpiderMonkey
  • From what I understand, the fact that they were so public about the negotiations is why they didn't get i... : jason bergman
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    Nah, if there's someone who will complete the game, it's these guys: http://www.telltalegames.com/prod... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • noshit, Purcell needs to just get in gear with a new group, because the LEC content may NEVER be salvaged... : r1cola
    • Yeah, I've been rooting for them to make Sam and Max 2, but I think they'll be starting from scratch. It... : Portax
• i would kill everyone on the internet to play sam n max 2 : CoRDS
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  Everyone needs to go and watch the awesome trailer for Sam & Max 2 right now! I downloaded it long ago... : Bull
  • http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=2868 : byorn

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  Have they named the servers yet? : Jonathan
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    Some people already in the beta talked earlier. They should show up and tell us what we need soon. I'v... : MrLonghair
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      Beta will probably go on until a few days before release, which will be the 11. of february. : yemeth
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        That's a guesstimate. Blizzard hasn't announced a ship date yet. : bargeld
        • Hmm I guess you're right, I wrongly thought they had already announced beginning of Febrruary as launch d... : yemeth
  • Not to my knowledge. : Hatta
  • just numbered up until now. : moshman
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  You could be Giant Fascist Robots and get your guild name changed like the Communists had done! : loboca
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    Giant National Socialist Robots? : biskits
    • But they ARE socialists, so it wouldn't be much of a controversy. : loboca
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  I am up for that! we should set up a forum too, or ask the peoples running the GCR forum for a room for ... : moshman
  • Its already done. http://www.gcrobots.com/forum/index.php?c=7 : hbalce1
• "European" Realworld reference! SO b&! : D45hiz
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  I'm on Beta 10 with a Level 16 Rouge, Alliance : -TKF-
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    Thats some heavy rouge there - you gotta be a night elf? : Jonathan
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      Ehmm human.. i'm a total noob : -TKF-
      • I think he's making fun of your makeup. : c0bra
  • So the pinkskin doesn't like his pink skin. Bath him in his own red blood I say! For the Horde! : bargeld
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    If it's english language server and PvP I'm all in. I want to do a (human?) priest with mind control (I k... : MrLonghair
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      Again, i wouldn't know shit about classes, the prime reason i chose rogue was that shackers bitched about... : -TKF-
      • Yes it's a "english" server. : -TKF-
      • Nothing wrong with rogue except that you will be like the majority of everyone else. And nothing wrong wi... : Psychic Potato
  • Get yo ass to Ratchet and duel my L18 rogue then! :P : SilverSnake
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  I´m playing on the german nazi server : Spike Spiegel
  • lvl 19 Orc Hunter by the way : Spike Spiegel
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    What is german for kekeke? : MrLonghair
    • Telefoninformationszentrale. : drucifer
    • OomPahPah : edgewise
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  It's been updated to a patch from the 27th now. I'll go to bed and set the timer for.. early (looks li... : MrLonghair
  • it was a bug fix : emocore
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  are all the beta places assigned now? I don't know how I always miss these things. : 60days
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    Aye, it was first come first serve, they ran outta spots around 20-21.00 CET : MrLonghair
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      I was able to register an account with the Beta key, but I'm stil downloading - am I fucked, or am I good... : captfarrell
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        I think it's all about accounts, actually You can log in now, but there are no realms visible : MrLonghair
        • so I should stop downloading? : captfarrell

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  Wasn't WoW officially released over there not very long ago? Damn, if only they would use their powers fo... : Wyvern
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    http://www.blizzard.com/press/koreanreleasedate.shtml Players who are currently in the open beta test : amankhan
    • OMG Hax! : Wyvern
  • Yes, but they kept their beta characters, so they've had about the same amount of playtime as US players. : asylumn
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  I like how one guy in the chat log says "-_-" : the archvile
  • \(^_^)(^_^)/ : yonderboy
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    <(^_^)> : slax0r
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      beaten! <(T_T)> : slax0r
      • V(^_^) : yonderboy
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  However they did it, it's nice. : Salad Sammich
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    They probably figured out how to survive her AOE insta death thingy. : ant321
    • for someone who is utterly clueless as to the strange sweat stained and surreal world of Wow ... what doe... : hatelull
  • They didn't have to start over after the beta closed. : snuff
  • haha. from the wowboards concerning how the Koreans did it. here's one strategy for ya: spawn more : edgewise
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  player class breakdown: http://wow.somegate.com/upload/byoroo_1106921484_ony.jpg 9 warriors 6 priests : dodob
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    who would have died without the priests :D : malloc
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      ...who would have died without the tanks. :) : slax0r
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        and one Druid as the keystone that kept them all together. Let's hear it for Druids! : Wyvern
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          I'm with you brother! : Visceral Monkey
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            It was a wipe until the Warlock's soul stone saved the day! : edgewise
            • They only brought the warlock so he could supply a succubus for the victory gang-bang. : Wyvern
  • That's cool. Nice to see something good about warriors for once. : amankhan
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    Wow, not 1 Paladin. : Salad Sammich
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      they are horde.... : wtf242
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        Ahh yes.. didn't even notice that. : Salad Sammich
        • i don't play wow, i take it it's impossible for horde and alliance to play together? : blogophobe
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      Paladans and Shamans tend to be mutually exclusive They're Horde : reign27
      • Paladins even *sigh* : reign27
  • I bet they took one warlock and one druid just in case one of that class' set pieces dropped. Would suck... : tedv
  • Its cleary the hunters and pets that won the fight... : snowwolf
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  who is Kaxmax? "Koreans hacked the Gibson, imo." : edgewise
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    That saying doesn't reference our Steve Gibson : fishbone
    • Yeah, but the other Steve Gibsons are pretenders. : silent prophet
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      then who does it reference? : edgewise
      • the security guy Steve Gibson www.grc.com or something : redfive
      • The computer they break into is a fictional mainframe computer called a "Gibson" - a homage to cyberpunk : yonderboy
      • The dude from Hackers : fishbone
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        see the movie "Hackers", gibson was the name of a brand of super computers. "You just hacked the gibson!" : d3tached
        • And it was named such after William Gibson, the guy who wrote Neuromancer, a seminal cyberpunk/hacker boo... : five_percent
• Wish they would have let us keep our characters too.. I could have a lvl 60 shadow priest by now. : snuff
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  How do you get all those extra skills to show up? Specifically, how do you get the item bars on the righ... : Cottc Cid
  • cosmosui.org : slackor
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    www.cosmosui.org Cosmos or similar UI add-on. : Wyvern
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      This is SO awesome, thanks for the reccomendation. : Cottc Cid
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        careful, once you use it, you can never go back. If only for the quickloot. : edgewise
        • QuestMinion too : Iscariot47
        • I haven't used quickloot I just download all my own addons, what does it do that shift right click doesn'... : carazy
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    I use BibToolbars and questminion. Cosmos is nice, but there are alot of nice uis that don't have all th... : quietb0y
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      You don't have to use 100% of cosmos. Download the zip, extract, and remove the things you don't want. Yo... : TheNiXXeD
      • I used it. I loved it. It assraped my mom and dad. Now I use http://www.gcrobots.com/forum/viewtopic.php?... : quietb0y
  • Don't get cosmo, get CTMod QuestMinion, LootLink, hell: http://www.prothenicus.com/wow pretty much co... : Ebu
• looks like they zerg rushed her : Boxelder
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  Apparently it's not confirmed yet. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=10796 : Wyvern
  • damn koreans zerged the wow forums now to prevent this information from getting out. : snuff
  • ah, good reply. Very interesting. : vaniah
  • They don't sound sure... In regards to questions about the Korean open beta not getting wiped (in res : TheNiXXeD
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  reading that thread on the wow forums makes me fear the future of humanity : wtf242
  • stay faaaaar away from http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=forums , then, or you'll not just fear ... : eskimo spy
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  good to see that people still blindly hate koreans oh wait : pinkeye
  • I blindly hate everyone equally. : Wyvern
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    I don't hate on real life Koreans at all. But anyone that played Diablo II has a little dark place on the... : phlavor
    • ...or anyone who still plays gunbound.... : Judicus
• This is a really sad day for the MMORPG community. As usual a group that can work together and bypass... : ghost in my shell
• and the b.net kiddies come out of the woodwork, blech : RikiTiki2
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  for someone who is utterly clueless as to the strange sweat stained and surreal world of WoW ... what doe... : hatelull
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    big boss killed first by Koreans. Also, I'm not sweaty. : quietb0y
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      you can touch my sweaty. : NodTerrorist
      • hot and sweaty : quietb0y
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    Onyxia is a tier 1 raid boss that requires 40 level 60 players to beat. The Korean group is the first to ... : godwit
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      who?! : AllYourBase
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        The boss/bosses in Molten Core are supposedly Tier 2 raid bosses. Just the normal mobs (lvl 60+ elite fir... : godwit
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          =( I wanna see someone kill the 62 elite horde champion that walks around desolace : AllYourBase
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            If it drops any phat lewt, I bet I could get a group of people to kill it with me. Does it have a name? : godwit
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              http://www.thottbot.com/?s=rexxar Thott only has record of him being killed once, and it looks like the ... : reign27
              • it's him and a bear, both 62 elites : AllYourBase
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            Don't you dare kill the Beastmaster >:( (Misha has over 300k hp and does like 7k dmg :) : Ebu
            • they werent that tough in WC:TFT.... :/ : johnny rotten
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  The fact that only 3 epic set items dropped is very disappointing. All raid members should get something,... : godwit
  • if the dragon dropped loot for every person at the raid, then the market would be saturated with epic arm... : wtf242
• kekeke muthafuckers, kekeke. : steelsamurai
• nerf korea. : smax
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  what did it drop?? : sexninja!!!!
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    nothing special apparently. : edgewise
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      well thats retarded :/ esp if you only have a 3/40 chance of getting anything at all, let alone somthi... : sexninja!!!!
      • its all about the guild, not just you. The concept behind it is if you can kill her every 5 days then eve : armybob
    • Three epic items, is nothing to scoff at. It may not be an Artifact drop, but it's still good. : king_darius
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  So, if it takes 40 players to take this guy, who gets the loot? One person? : suqur
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    It's like 3 pieces of class-specific loot. Depending on chance and looting settings, three people each ge... : reign27
    • no guild that can kill this dragon will random the loot. it will most likely go to the people who contrib... : wtf242
• fucking KOREANS. : Luminair
• You do know that they are fighting the pre-fix Onyxia, which is about a hundred times easier than the Ony... : Thud
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  WTF is this about? http://www.worldofwarcraft.co.kr/ : chuk
  • You are the Wowzer! : SilverSnake
• Would have been cool if GCR could spread propaganda to that bitch first. : snuff

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  heh, funny you should mention it. I just bought one. lemme get my DCamera and take a pic and I'll post sp... : edgewise
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    The projector is a Panasonic AE700, 1280x720 resolution. Available on the internet for $2100. http://www... : edgewise
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      do you watch all your tv like that? i'm just wondering how often you would have to replace the bulb and a... : captain hampton
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        I don't even have a TV tuner for it yet. We just got it about 2 weeks ago and i'm debating wether to get ... : edgewise
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          That's a seriously nice setup. Didn't you have a plasma? : Halen
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            thanks! yeah. still have it. it's in the master bedroom now. I was going to mount it in the projector roo... : edgewise
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              How do you deal with ambient light during the day? Doesn't the image get all washed out? That (albiet blu... : DKo5
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                I don't use it during the day. I might in the future though. I'm considering getting some vinyl pulldown ... : edgewise
                • Yes, those shades are the greatest, I've put them in two of our bedrooms so far and I like them much bett... : Halen
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          1. Check http://www.antennaweb.org 2. Based on results, buy an antenna. If most channels are of the yel... : jake
          • Oh, I've already got HD setup in my house, the only question is will I spend another $300 for another Dir... : edgewise
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      I have one of these as well. very very nice. much better than my older sony hs20 : hamachi
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        really? cool, because I was all prepared to buy one of those when I first decided on the PJ about 6 month... : edgewise
        • I have a 133" da-lite hi-power model C screen with CSR. manual pull down. it's really meant for project... : hamachi
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          I am debating to get a HS50 or AE700 to replace my aging Toshiba S30. I heard the HS50 is a little bette... : moshman
          • OH yeah, it's around 130 inches diagonal : moshman
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            in the projectorcentral review they say that the HS50 has some issues displaying non HD content, specific : edgewise
            • ah, thanks for that! I use mine at the moment exclusively with my HTPC and my modded xbox (the only re... : moshman
    • native 720 is decent. nice choice. i dig the pictureframe screen idea. =) : jrock
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      Did you do the painting yourself? If so was it not hard to get a good even coat? Also on the molding pa... : smacknca
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        yeah, I painted it myself. The whiteboard is ultra smooth to begin with and I followed the advice posted ... : edgewise
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          Cool. I was debating which method to try first. No matter what it seemed the most cost efficient way is... : smacknca
          • yeah, I was going to buy a mirror, but shit those are expensive and hard to transport. The lexan/acrylic ... : edgewise
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      RE: Silverscreen I'm going to build a screen this weekend. I'm going to use blackout material for the... : jake
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        it's a greyish paint and works as a topcoat. The "preferred" base paint to use is Behr Ultra Pure White F : edgewise
        • Blackout cloth is actually white, but it's purpose is to block light. That is probably how it got it's na... : boseefuss
        • So this stuff is all derivatives of the superplex / MM formulas. I thought the the order was flipped thr... : jake
  • I have the previous model AE500 (also 1280x720). Great beginner's projector. Best tech toy investion I ha... : bargeld
• I use a CRT front projector in my dedicated home theater. If you're looking at entry level digital projec... : boseefuss
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  How funny, I'm in the market for one too. What's a good sub-$1000 projector? You know, most bang for the ... : get_navi
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    http://www.projectorcentral.com/infocus_x1.htm They're a little old now, but they're under 1000 bucks.... : Chunks
    • thanks. is native 1024x768 going to put me up over 1000? i should have mentioned that's my big thing. : get_navi
• My bro has one, it's great as long as you can control the lighting in your room. Infocus seems to be t... : Chunks
• i've been doing some research and a good "entry level" (maybe) one seems to be the InFocus 4805... msrp a... : burningtrees
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  Costco has a good one that you can pick up for about $1100. In fact, for the next week or so there's a c... : riptyde
  • Its the Infocus SP4805 and I am picking one up this weekend. Its $1200 - coupon and rebate here though. ... : themelon
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  Sanyo PLV-Z3 http://www.projectorcentral.com/Sanyo-PLV-Z3.htm http://www.bhphoto.com has one of the... : jake
  • Z3's are nice. I was torn as to which to get. : edgewise
• I don't have a dark enough room for one :( : kgargonmagrix79
• Thanks guys, I hate making a post like this and then getting called away from my desk. : phlavor
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  Here's the deal with home theatre projectors... before you get a DLP-based one, you should view a couple. : jrock
  • Also, read through this Buyer's Guide: http://www.projectorcentral.com/buyers_guide.cfm Follow up all th... : jrock
  • that's the main reason I went with an LCD. I don't want to pay for a 3 chip DLP and the reviews about the... : edgewise
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    I'm one of the most sensitive people when it comes to display devices (I prefer a decent CRT over *any* L... : DKo5
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      If you don't notice it that's great, but apparently then you're not one of the most visually sensitive pe... : jrock
      • uh oh. you said "halo". : edgewise
      • Yeah, I'm surprised I don't see it. I specifically stayed away from being told how to see it because I do... : DKo5
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        Well my 4805 does have a 4x wheel, to be fair. : hax3d
        • Sweet. That's probably why he didn't notice it. I'd like to see a 4x and a 5x in person to see how much i... : jrock
    • Check out the Panasonic LCD models AE500 and AE700. Screendoor is pretty much invisible due to their tech... : bargeld
  • ahahah I just noticed I wrote "raindow". *shakes head* :( : jrock
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    Now I'm confused as to what this "rainbow effect" is about. I borrowed an InFocus LP120 (DLP) from work t... : phlavor
    • Yes that is the rainbow effect. Most like you will only see it if they move quickly out of the corner of ... : baron calamity
    • Yes, the rainbow effect is created by your eyes scanning quickly across the picture. Your focus moves so... : DinK
• Anoter vore for the sanyo z3. The only problem i see is that they are fairly weak and require a dark room... : idmud

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• Haha, that's awesome. : menkey
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  a smarter man would have realized that alcohol has a lower melting point than water, so if he wanted to m... : steelsamurai
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    That wouldn't have worked since the beer would still have been below the freezing pt of the water and the... : godwit
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      the beer was above the freezing point of water since the dude drank it. Pouring that much beer out would ... : steelsamurai
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        Not true. The beer in my frige is at 32F. Water and milk will freeze if not put in the correct location, ... : godwit
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          regardless. this man had his cake and... drank it too. : Clay
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            Dude, stop trying to ruin my dumb, geeky, pointless internet messageboard argument!! : godwit
            • I'd imagine alot of the melting was helped by his body heat, after drinking the beer, : Judicus
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          Argh, my point is that alcohol has a lower freezing point than water, I said that right off. You're the o... : steelsamurai
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            ^this man is correct. Alchohol is *not* a good survival drink when youre trapped in the cold. : YamatoTwinkie
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              I'll go kill myself now... : St. Bernard (#2045) : edgewise
              • Hahah another outsourced job. Indian beer? : dnurk
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  So his body was able to heat all that liquid enough... shenanigans! : TheNiXXeD
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    Average of what? 180 calories? Plenty of energy in there to do it. : tsuba
    • -His car can't run(eat up oxygen like crazy = death, too much exhaust = death). -He's buried in snow. ... : TheNiXXeD
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    Maybe the car still ran so he could run the heater? : loboca
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      Haha as his car is buried in snow and he dies in minutes due to lack of oxygen. No. : TheNiXXeD
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        Eh, he could have just rezzed and spirit walked back : loboca
        • /laugh : deathofrats
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    Well alcohol does make it easier for your body to survive cold temperatures. It doesn't stop anything fro... : ovrlrd
    • also alcohol is a sugar, so you'd at least get a lot of heat from its breakdown : Megara9
• Dan Patrick talked about this all afternoon. Its awesome : Degenerate
• *installs mini fridge to hold beer in car for emergencies* : FormerHPB
• this man is my hero : biskits
• Those who are about to drink, I salute you! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Parts of Europe have this week been hit by the heaviest snowfalls since 1941, with some places registerin : holyiest_of_holies
  • WHAT GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGES?!? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    that's what they get for bombing Pearl Harbor. : edgewise
    • wut : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • ... : biskits
    • hahaha : askedrelic
    • Germans? Forget it, he's rollin. : the archvile
    • nevermind he's on a roll. : TheArtMan
    • Mein Leiben! : genjuro
    • Paulie Walnuts'd? : stump
    • Well this is why you fix peoples teeth, not teach them about history. : ovrlrd
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      from now on you're just edge : SlamDunk
      • haha : Dante
• You know, whatever brand of beer this was should use this for advertising. It'd make a great campaign. : qwpeoriu
• hahaha that man is my idol : khaosman
• between this and HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY this is a comedy gold day. : the archvile
• I'd like to buy that man a beer : Gauss

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  get cosmosUI, use thottbot.com, be skinning/tailor, pick any class you want... Rogue does lots of damage,... : hirez
  • ^ hit the nail on the head. Best way to see what class you like is to actually make one of each and go a... : ant321
• Guess randomly and hope you don't pick a warrior. : c0bra
• If you've never played a MMORPG I'd suggest starting with a warrior or a mage as a first character. If yo... : surround
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9446716 : edgewise
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    If I ever go Alliance it will be hunter or warlock. I like my horde priest because it gives me a lot to ... : KungFuKenobi
    • no. the warlock is much more complicated. Their pets are capable of more than tanking/taunting/melee. The... : edgewise
• Tell us what kind of games you like (and why) and we can suggest classes and professions that best suit y... : tedv
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  Join Mal'ganis for a server, avoid picking a warrior. These two choices will make life easy. I think we h... : hbalce1
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    doing what with arcanite now? : c0bra
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      Alchemists can transmute metals and elements at high levels. 1 bar of Thorium + 1 Arcane Crystal = 1 bar ... : king_darius
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        What about leatherworkers? : c0bra
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          At high lvls we need to use Rugged Hide. To cure and use it you need a Salt Shaker (which someone must ma... : Wyvern
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            Geez! Starting at what level? : c0bra
            • Looks like 285. http://www.thottbot.com/?t=Leatherworking&start=100 : Wyvern
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      You can use it to craft top-level blacksmithing equipment. I just had one of these babies made: http://ww... : Magitek
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        Dang, Corruption is the ultimate duel wielding warrior sword. http://www.thottbot.com/?i=25876 : hbalce1
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          by dual-weild you mean 2 handed, tho. : jackrabbit
          • Doh! : hbalce1
        • The retarded part is that sword's bind on pickup, which goes against the entire point of trade skills (ma... : Mo__
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    if the professions are all covered, I'd suggest picking two gathering skills rather than the typical 1 ga... : edgewise
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      That's boring and you don't make money. : c0bra
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        Gathering skills make more money IMO. Pick Skinning and Mining and you'll be set. : trove
        • oh definitely. the production professions don't generate anywhere near the income raw materials do. The o... : edgewise
      • Rather you don't make that much more money. Just find something you want to do and do it. For my rogue ... : tedv
      • You don't net much money crafting. Converting all the crafting time to gathering and selling your raw ma... : Caboose
      • it might be boring, but how exciting is sitting in a room sewing leather strips together? and as for mone... : edgewise
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  As I look around the one consistent piece of advice I see is don't go warrior. Of course, I spent my fir... : ahk-med
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    Unlike every other class in the game, warriors start with 0 ability to perform specials (mana or energy f... : hbalce1
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      Can any other horde class wear plate? : loboca
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        I don't think so. : edgewise
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          Uhm, priests should be able to wear plate... DnD : loboca
          • I wish they would update Asheron's Call. I loved their classless system. Anyone could train anything. YOu... : edgewise
          • WoW isn't based off the DnD ruleset. It dervies from it, and they work with Wizards of the Sword Coast, ... : vaniah
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        Nope, but shamans wear awesome. : Sexpansion Pack
        • hell yea we do : AllYourBase
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    Leveling to 60 as a warrior might suck, but once you hit 60 you'll be the most desired person on the serv... : Thud
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      Yeah, i saw a lvl 60 Horde warrior on Stormreaver run into a huge mob of Alliance players during a raid..... : dynokill
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        And i'm pretty sure he had more than one healer healing him. :) : dynokill
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          well then why does it awe you? : edgewise
          • Because i've never seen anyone hold aggro so well. Hell, I wish i could run into a huge mob of Horde play... : dynokill
    • 6 more hell levels : hbalce1
  • they dont suck. sure there is room for improvement, but i like playing as a warrior. : emocore
  • Boring. You might think it's cool smacking stuff around with an axe but after doing that for 14 days of ... : stump
• i'm having fun with the herbalist/alchemist combo. still can't make wicked stuff tho... if anyone wants ... : cpt_gloval
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  IMHO, "regular" Priest would be awesome. A tailoring/enchanting priest. Read: no more kiddo shadow pri... : Downforce
  • kiddo shadow priest? does not compute. : malloc
  • Until you actually play as a "regular" priest, and see no advantage in doing so over a more versatile bui... : Delithio