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  yep. we need more good commander tips. we also need screenshots of various screens like scoreboard, minim... : carnivore
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    how about "Don't let GONK do it" :) : jedi_27
    • bwhahahah. speaking of people how fly a lot... I can't wait until the point where we have a few dedicated... : Nighthavvk
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      wut?! : g0nk
      • you can be my wingman anytime : jedi_27
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        btw, keep track of your Blackhawks. :) I had to take the Cobra all they way across the map to hunt down... : riptyde
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          THREAD JACK Not sure if we have had a thread that talked about FLIGHT controller setup. So can i ask ... : jedi_27
          • I just use a joystick w/ twist handle, so there's not much special to the setup. Triggers = fire, hat sw... : riptyde
          • i use mouse and keyboard. default key settings. : g0nk
        • thanks! I died and the bastage stole it.. or it might have been the time i jumped out and tried to repair... : g0nk
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        Also, are you the first Blackhawk pilot to die from Artillery while (technically) in midair? : Kaiser
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          possible.. i think the fuckers were purposely aiming it at me.. lol : g0nk
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            It was LOL: Kaiser Sozay: there was one time Kaiser Sozay: oh man Kaiser Sozay: it was awesome and h... : Kaiser
            • bwahaha, i remember that.. i was waiting for someone, so we could take off and go repair our arties.. ... : g0nk
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    HELLO There's one on SA, if you have an account. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10238404 : Kaiser
    • i don't have an SA account. : carnivore
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      And like I asked before, please repost the text, and I'll incorporate its tips into the wiki. : Zero|DPX
      • ask the guy first though. : carnivore
      • FINE I hate you guys. Srsly, get an account. : Kaiser
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    Teamwork is absolutely essential in this game, and it's oh so easy too! This thread is to show everybody : Kaiser
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      can we copy paste that in and just reference the person or do we have to ask permission first? : carnivore
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        I'm going to use the info but totally rewrite the text. Also we should mirror the screenshots somewhere ... : Zero|DPX
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          All the same, I'd like you to credit Messadiah for it. : Kaiser
          • Yeah, I'll try to do that. : Zero|DPX
    • Thanks for posting this for me since I don't read shacknews and wouldn't have otherwise gotten around to ... : the messadiah
    • bookmarked - battlefield 2 commander guide : Farbauti
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    Squad Leader section: Now for being a Squad Leader. You are a spawn point for your squad, try your ha : Kaiser
    • Thanks for posting all this stuff. I can't put it in right now, but I will definitely go over it and put... : Zero|DPX
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    Fuck screenshots, upload them to Flickr, gets my vote. : SpiderMonkey
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      What's Flickr? I mean, why is it better than screenies? : Kaiser
      • You can put tags on the images. These are shown as highlighted boxes on the image. Then when you move the... : SpiderMonkey
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      but we want it all in the wiki, not an external link. : carnivore
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        I don't know if we can upload pictures directly to the Wiki? If so I'll definitely move the content onto... : Zero|DPX
        • well even if hosted externally, you can still link an external image, can't you? we'd probably have to as... : carnivore
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  i'd take out the entire section on sniping but as i'm lazy and don't really want potential enemies as sha... : harkov
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10238486 agreed. also on the sim part :D : Nighthavvk
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      >:( >:( Come on, you guys, the rest of us out there would like to be able to compete fairly. At the very... : Zero|DPX
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        I actually didn't read the page, to tell you the truth. : Nighthavvk
        • oh, but i have. GWAHAHAHAHAW back to work then : harkov
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  Whoa, when was that server monitor put in? so very handy! : riptyde
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    if only y ou could launch the app FROM the webpage! : Clay
    • unreal style, that'd be sweet : Turd Ferguson
    • I would like that as well. Perhaps in the retail it will be. The command line commands for joining a se... : themelon
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  I dont see it listed, but I've gotten points for defending a point. Or I'm confused. : Clay
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    then add it. this thing is by no means complete or even all correct. : carnivore
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      well I don't know how many points it gives : Clay
      • who cares? just put it in and leave a question mark so somebody who knows will know to fill it in. : carnivore
  • No, you can. I've also gotten the "you earned a flag defense point" message. : riptyde
  • It's a point for defending the flag I believe : tbreffni
• awesome than you soo much, I've been way to busy with gta to really figure out how to play this game and... : pzilla
• beats the hell out of gamefaqs. : hatelull
• Heh, my quote is famous now!! :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Boy, that flower icon sure screams out "Let's blow shit up." : porp
  • It screams out "sgtsanity couldn't use an image-manipulation program to save his life!" : sgtsanity
  • I'm in need of a logo for shackbattles.com anyways. Could you guys kick out some designs? The only thin... : themelon
  • rofl, that flower icon is STILL up there. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
  • somebody put something else there... apparently shackers can't get over flowers :) : carnivore
• I updated both the audigy section and the graphics drivers sections with more info and driver links. : TK-421
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  interesting: http://news.gaminghorizon.com/media2/1118777640.1337.html EA blacklisting modded demo ser... : psxtim
  • Makes no difference to me. I could not care less if it shows up in the browser list. : themelon
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  how about a section explaining artillery, radar, trailer, etc? : Mansmells
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    Yeah, that's a good idea. We need to put up something saying exactly what those do. I already have a pr... : Zero|DPX
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      Yeah it would be good because I am not exactly clear on those things, yet they are referenced in the engi... : Mansmells
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        The quick summary: Artillery = drops tons of explosive shells on enemy positions Trailer = Enables UAVs... : Zero|DPX
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          ok, so the allies artillery guns are those things on the beach right? 2 of them? : Mansmells
          • Yep, and the MEC artillery are back by the MEC base. I think the wiki says this somewhere, maybe on the ... : Zero|DPX
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  this is cool. i have a question regarding joysticks... what joysticks are people using and what do you... : kewda
  • Logitech Dual Rumblepad thing. I wish the game worked with it. :( I bound the L1 and R1 to rudder, X1 a... : carrioN luggagE
• So who's going to be the first to write an application for setting up your configs? We can make a web ba... : themelon
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  sgtsanity! Please enable uploads on this thingy, so we can upload images to host directly on the wiki. ... : Zero|DPX
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    I say we hold off on that for a day. sgtsanity and I are going to try to get this thing moved over to sh... : themelon
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      Well, will you be enabling uploads? (And I still don't know how delete a page, or change things like the... : Zero|DPX
      • http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Customization : _wb_
  • Only sysops can delete pages and whatnot. If you were to register an account on there I could make you a : sgtsanity
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  this is a fan-fucking-tastic idea. I might get into BF2 much more than BF1 then (I found the game to be a... : Crimson
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    If you find any of the sections not helpful enough or too confusing, or still need questions answered in ... : Zero|DPX
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      I certainly will. I hope to join the BF2 crowd in about... 2.5 weeks. Gotta move to my new apt soon first... : Crimson
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        That's too long to wait! You must join NOW! : Zero|DPX
        • hahah. I'm pseudo-graduating this friday and i gots to get my job on before that happens. I will do my b... : Crimson
• BF2Wiki is now in a NEW location http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10243422 : themelon
• fantastic. I really needed something like this. Learnt heaps already, great stuff. : moneyshot
• man, someone told me you could pick up c4 with the G button but i can't get it to work. seems like a bug... : romulan
• bookmarked - battlefield 2 shack guide : Farbauti

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  it's hypnotic... it's.... brain... melting... : verbatim
  • i know.. as bad as it is.. i can't stop watching : El Tigre
• i feel dirty : cam3lt0sis
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  Oh man... Not eye ear or brain safe. : Athlon7
  • nws? : biskits
• I...I think I may have gone retarded... : melkore
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  bump.. more people need to see this : El Tigre
  • no : SatansLilHelper
• wow........ : cyclonebee
• what the hell did i just watch. i'm so confused : electroly
• http://www.lesliehall.com/ : CSParsons
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  What is it? : asylumn
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    totally work safe.. although... so confusing.. so odd. yet.. so intruiging. 3 guys in dragging singing... : El Tigre
    • maybe their were guys before their operation but i can confidently say that during the time the video was... : sikander
• Wtf is wrong with people? and why couldn't I stop watching :( : yosemiteclimber
• damn this dirty Mac.. it won't play the video. :( : fatman
• 3 very fine bitches. : marblehead
• whisky tango foxtrot : silent77
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  Doesn't work in FF for me. : Tissen
  • drag and drop ps. what the fuck... : manlyman
• Oh my god, girls do dumb things too?!? : sgtsanity
• soo bad it hurts!! : Shadowdane
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  MIRROR this one doesn't require streaming: http://www.andresbecerra.com/ShackUploads/FileDetails.cfm?T... : El Tigre
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    i right-clicked saved as just fine?? : Shadowdane
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      the original link would only save a 5kb file for some reason. and it wouldn't work clicking from firefox.... : El Tigre
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        thats the one I was refering to.. i right-clicked in FF and saved it just fine : Shadowdane
        • Yes me to I right clicked and saved just fine. : carazy
• Why do people always walk up on me while I am watching crap like this... : mikage
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  kill them before they breed :( : Magus
  • I don't think you need to worry about that. : SwiftyPants
• Well that was disturbing... : pr_stealth
• i had no sound, but the visuals were enough.. : g0nk
• HOT!! : surround
• this is a deadly weapon ... : lonestar3
• i guess she's comfortable with herself. more than most fat bitches. : kokujin
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  She looks like one of my coworkers (the lead singer). She's really annoying and management is trying to ... : Tawler
  • they are all the same chick. : FormerHPB
• wtf.. this is like a trainwreck in slow-motion set to music... damn you INTERNETS : Jonny Be Good
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  hahahahaha JUNIOR GEMS, JUNIOR GEMS, WHAT WHAT!!!! : mr.sleepy
  • that's my favorite part : El Tigre
• that "believe"/stare is ... : Nighthavvk
• Haha, wow..... http://cdbaby.com/cd/leslielys : dryxcell
• was about to go to lunch and suddenly not hungry anymore : kelerian
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  aaand a live performance: http://blogumentary.typepad.com/ryan/files/weekend.leslie.mov : El Tigre
  • Holy shit this is terrible. : TastyWheat
• You owe me 3 minutes, mother fucker. : skinlab133

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• i think you'd be able to change your names eventually : RikiTiki2
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  El Turdarino : Turd Ferguson
  • hahaha u serious clark? : Scotty22
• Ajax_075, like my XBOX Live gamertag. : Ajax
• hatelull is hatelull is hatelull : hatelull
• I'm carazy : carazy
• -LoS-FyunchClick : Fyunch Click
• I-Bring-The-Paddles-Bitch. Nah, I just go by my shackname. : brickmatt
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  Snowjew : Nighteyes
  • never would have figured that out on my own : RikiTiki2
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    I can't believe I didn't realize that. :( : Kaiser
    • <3 : Nighteyes
• RuFfNeCk_LCVG here. Anything else I tried was already taken (?), or gave me some sort of error. : CA Flynn
• riptyde : riptyde
• FormerHPB : FormerHPB
• I'm SnDashKo : pap26
• Scotty22 You'll find me ferrying ppl in the UH-60. : Scotty22
• Raspu2n : senior spielbergo
• Steve_Hawking : Zakko
• TK-421, bringing in the ammo. : TK-421
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  tone : toneh
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    oh hey toneh, how ur CD going? : RikiTiki2
    • fucking terrible, i havent worked on music since the goddamn demo came out. : toneh
  • more like loneh : maulla
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    omg I loved aiming at/potentially killing you just so I could say "i've got tone!" : Nighthavvk
    • explain plz : toneh
• silentprophet. I'm the guy stealing your back flag. : silent prophet
• stgdz, coordinating attacks in my squad and being a wrench head. : stgdz
• ---> : epit
• Angrytaxmenz : angrytaxman
• --> : omnova
• --> : Zero|DPX
• I play as Havoc... no, really! : Havoc1c4
• Shack-Wyvern : Wyvern
• antz321 : ant321
• hohoh0 :-P : hohoh0
• Mikage : mikage
• --> : cpt_gloval
• -----------------> : g0nk
• --> : CRaY SV1
• ================> : sharpie
• skmittens or =]MeeF[=mittens. Speaking of which, if the person in possession of "mittens" on the Shack... : mittense
• --> : geedeck
• nG)Smack ... once get some of the smack, you never go back. : ngsmack
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  napking : wvuong
  • That's the way my mom says napkin. :o : smackpiece
• node \M/ Ditto on Xbox Live. Meh si 1337 : node
• >>> : johnsto
• --> : snowwolf
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  ummm...you have to register for Gamespy? Where? I did not install GameSpy Arcade and have played a couple... : byorn
  • when you start up the game and sign in, thats gamespy : Maarten Goldstein
• Athlon7 (but I wish I could be Bowerbird, damn you DIce!) : Athlon7
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  D0gbert : d0gbert
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    ^^ great squad leader : TK-421
    • IAWTP will follow again A+++++ : fugu124
• --> : gndagger
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  WombatFromHell, waiting to take it up the ass from da choppa. :( : WombatFromHell
  • ^^^ good co-pilot : voique
• Valiant : Valiant
• oneshot here we go again]n : tsteltz
• ----> : maulla
• <-- Adviss, same as XBL. its an old user name I made up in like 7th grade and kept with for some stupid r... : harkov
• c0ldFuzion : X Fuzion
• johngloid : johngloid
• Sparhawk : Sparhawk6
• ---> : Downforce
• -----------> : graah
• [shacknews]Fatman : fatman
• minifridge : sigpro
• ---> sup mossbean : gingerninja
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  Kind of hard to remember all this shit, isn't it? I mean, I can't keep this list open on monitor #4 (oka... : rosewood
  • I've never understood this either. I use my shackname for *everything*, except games with multiple charac... : Vincent Grayson
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    because it was already taken by some fuckwad. So I had to use my xboxlive name : sigpro
    • So add garbage to it, like [shack] or something :[ : darweidu
• claym :\ : Clay
• So where the eff are all the unrecognized people coming from? Because I know I didn't recognize a large p... : geedeck
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  <--- Fear me! : theWhite
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    ah damnit! fucked up the arrow. now i'm pissed, and i'm even more dangerous when i'm pissed >:( : theWhite
    • you're forgiven because you play well! : Luminair
• lonestar_GB : lonestar3
• also ----> : eeeealmo
• kuranes (same on XBL) : Magus
• Jayx77 <------ : Jayx77
• I like to shoot things. -----> : smackpiece
• Hassassin 8------D : voodooraze
• infiltrator : diabol1k
• --> : aelius
• efx : -efx-
• ---------> : Kresske
• detached : d3tached
• PunCHdoG : punchdog
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    i remember one game where you were on our team and your name label showed up as red and our team kept sho : wvuong
    • it was happening to me a TON! sorry if i was all-caps-ing my frustrations!! : get_navi
• I am Ratalon, duh : Ratalon
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  jedi27. Squad Leader, kick ass commander, special ops hero, and huge fan of having busdriver3030 or sile : jedi_27
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    and I can carry 6 other members of my troop in the minivan to the battle! : FormerHPB
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      Your damn fucking right i do!!!!! : jedi_27
      • I can carry 7 others in the wife's van. \m/ : FormerHPB
      • lol! jedi always drives the APC.. : g0nk
• RABIDPUFFERFISH : fugu124
• stump1. I'll kill the fucker that took "stump"! : stump
• same name.. Shadowdane : Shadowdane
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  maybe everyone should add a [Shack] to their name so that you can recognize other shackers, and everyone ... : fugu124
  • i went with emocore_shack but im thinking ill change it to [shack]emocore : emocore
• Dashiz - : D45hiz
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  ninjase : sexninja!!!!
  • actually i just changed it to sexninja : sexninja!!!!
• PewpStewart : PoopStewart
• xal : Neech
• Menelaus : eldiablo01
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  omfglmao : rasputinreborn
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    roofles : armybob
    • I'll likely create a properly eponymous one later :) : rasputinreborn
• Edge198 : frobiwan128
• Veritas : kbaxter1
• Dan 101 : Dan 101
• Yanks : Yanks
• YoYo-----> : YoYo
• Syixxs. How in the hell?! : Syixxs
• mutogra, figured it would be easy for the WoW people to spot me : nico2
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  KoolAidMan , same name I use in other FPS games. OH YEAH : Serpico74
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    You have to have a bind you spam after every kill OH YEAH!!! : rasputinreborn
    • I never spam. That said, I have been known to say OH YEAH!!! on occasion when something nice happens. : Serpico74
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  kaboom.zZz : voique
  • Almost.... http://img179.echo.cx/img179/8759/bf220050613180757794by.jpg : Havoc1c4
• Lucifunk : Rauol Duke
• BongSlayerB : BongSlayerB
• ubergamer : jcutner
• Boomstick : Sgt_Boomstick
• will these accounts carry over to full? or do we have to make new accounts? : Sgt_Boomstick
• ----> : mystifier
• sergeon : sergeon
• spectorxi : spector
• Sucks that so many have picked names that cannot be spoken very easily. Will be a real pain trying to dis : SilverSnake
• XGOUK1 : X-GOUKI
• R4WK : r4wk
• hampton : captain hampton
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  psxtim : psxtim
  • i hate you by the way. d-_-b you always kill me! : captain hampton
• -----------> : Durandal07
• Hegemon : dark1138
• ---> : ArtilleryMarker
• ---> : hirez
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  Lunatic Angelic Death from above, and below, and all sides... : Lunatic Angelic
  • YOUR ASS IS MINE as soon as I learn to fly : genjuro
• gauravsharma : gsfx
• mojo.... because I've had that gamespy name forever. I also have mojoALD just in case someone tries to co... : mojoald
• adev : adev
• ------> : lord warlock
• > : armaduck
• themeatmantis : heff
• U235 : SAS_Ale

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• Krull (I don't know why I thought of that one) : Wyvern
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  Dune? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • ^^^^^ : SilverSnake
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    Well, they hint at Salsa Secundus (the prison planet) having once been Earth quite a bit. : sgtsanity
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      The Earth in the Dune universe as I remember it being described was "destroyed", I never caught hints to ... : pharoah mike
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        Well, I know when they were talking about how the royalty's commando force (the name escapes me) were pro... : sgtsanity
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          I think Earth's destruction was mentioned in the back of Dune, in the appendix where words are defined. A... : pharoah mike
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            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Earth_%28Dune%29 : briareos99
            • Thanks! : pharoah mike
        • Sardaukar. :) : SilverSnake
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  Planet of the Apes. Wait...THAT WAS EARTH! THOSE BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!! : Deathlove
  • lol damn im crying here.. : Str8Dog
  • roofles... : iamgoat
  • hahahahahahahaha. : edgewise
  • Spoilers! ;) : gndagger
• Whoa, this is tough one to answer. : ghost hacker
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  2001: Space Odyssey : redfive
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    Did they not launch from earth?? : ghost hacker
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      dunno, haven't seen it in so long. I thought it opened up in space. : redfive
      • the apes at the begining were on earth. : chuckyboy81070
  • Dude, HAL was built in Urbana, Illinois... : SatansLilHelper
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  Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Ressurection : g0nk
  • Alien Resurrection ended in earth orbit. : cerealSAM2
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    They all mention Earth and in the last one they actually reached Earth. : Wyvern
    • well fuckin pisson me.. R.Kelly style.. : g0nk
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  Battlestar gallatica : stgdz
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    Where are they going again?? : ghost hacker
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      Terra!!! er... i mean... : pharoah mike
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        This hinges on whether or not Earth turns out to be mythical in this universe. : SatansLilHelper
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          It wasn't fictional in the original's sequel, the odd Battlestar 1982 takes place on Earth, though in the... : pharoah mike
          • I cast you out of my subthread for mentioning anything related to the original series. : SatansLilHelper
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  space balls : Morgin
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    that takes place on a similar place to Earth (where the Princess gets married) : redfive
    • Planet Druidia! Funny, she didn't look Druish : SilverSnake
    • well so does Star Wars then... : ventro
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  actully, just go here for a list: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/art_and_music/films.html : g0nk
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    g0nk for president. : Faluzure
    • He's more vice-president material. *runs away* : Wyvern
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    Thanks! Just a quick scroll dropped a childhood memory into my Netflix queue. http://www.imdb.com/title/t... : phlavor
    • loller at the trailer http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=174618 : graah
  • oh man, a must see: http://imdb.com/title/tt0101366/ "Think Rocky, with aliens" : graah
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  Solder, Pitch Black, Ghosts of Mars, Forbidden Planet (old) : cerealSAM2
  • Soldier, not solder. : cerealSAM2
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    Yes, but all of these have an Earth. Soldier even started out on Earth. : Wyvern
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      He used "or" in the original question, not "nor". : cerealSAM2
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        I assumed he meant all 3 since hundreds of movies are not set on earth. : Wyvern
        • I took it to mean ... Sci-Fi Movies where Earth is not a part of the mythos (i.e., Never existed) : hatelull
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  Lord of the rings : alexthegreat2
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    middle EARTH? : RikiTiki2
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      which isn't earth, shares no history with earth, and isn't even a variation on earth (like, say, the matr... : alexthegreat2
      • oh you're gonna get told pretty soon : snuff
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        cept they got the word earth from somewhere : RikiTiki2
        • take a walk outside sometime : alexthegreat2
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        You may want to look into the Middle-Earth stuff besides Lord of the Rings, along side descriptions of th... : pharoah mike
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          we're talking about the movies though. And making something based on earth or a part of earth history is... : alexthegreat2
          • ^^^ DING DING DING WINNAR : RikiTiki2
  • Tolkien made it as a sort of "fantasy history" of England, with the small saviors of the North, and the h... : pharoah mike
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  Well you could say earth exists in the star wars universe as well. (since it's set in a galaxy far far aw... : alexthegreat2
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    but the entire movie has nothing to do with earth, i guess tahts what hes getting at : sexninja!!!!
    • indeed. As far as the movie is concerned, we don't exist bulk of cast and characters being humanoid not : hatelull
• Ice Pirates? : hatelull
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  Ok, for clarity's sake, I meant movies in which Earth or a variant of Earth (alternate history, parallel ... : shyguy74
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    so, basically, there is no movie? : RikiTiki2
    • Star Wars and Space Balls both seem to fit, though what happens long long long from now in galaxys far fa... : pharoah mike
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      I still think middle earth counts. Not an alternate history (which is something like nazis win ww2), not... : alexthegreat2
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        Isn't Middle Earth simply earth before man came about? : wunderbred
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          uh there are plenty of men in middle earth : alexthegreat2
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            Before men ruled, then, Mister Specific. :p : wunderbred
            • No, it's a entirely created fantasy world with its own origin and everything. Sure, it takes a lot from e... : node
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    Name a movie where none of the main characters need to breathe air or some other gas. : surround
    • finding nemo? I know that's not really true : alexthegreat2
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      Robots? : shyguy74
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        transformers? : alexthegreat2
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          how so they goto earth after cybertron get's blown up. : sigpro
          • he was talking about the main characters breathing gas... I dunno though were any of the humans considere... : alexthegreat2
      • woah.. good pick : surround
    • There's Something About Ectoplasm. : Wyvern
• firefly briefly mentions "the earth that was" or something, but as far as i can tell, earth is just a fon... : cpt_gloval
• *DING!* Nightfall http://imdb.com/title/tt0095738/ http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0249840/ : SatansLilHelper

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  bump ftw : sexninja!!!!
  • noone likes you .bmp : rasputinreborn
  • Info ftw - wut?!?!?! details! : YoYo
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  who be going? : Intaglio5
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    sexninja and sexninja!!!! : Degenerate
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      sexninja!!!!: You're looking awfully nice this evening sexninja!!!! sexninja!!!!: Well thank you sexninj : Phil
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        best shackmeet write-up ever. : jcutner
        • Pix+DiVx required! : YoYo
      • ololo : Degenerate
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  I get off at 6:30 :( : byorn
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    if you show up then youll get off again at 6:45 : Degenerate
    • ^^^ : sexninja!!!!
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  6:00pm is too freaking early for DFW traffic, retards =( : action roommate
  • well do another one in a couple weeks then thatll be later! : sexninja!!!!
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    glad I'm not moving to Dallas. whiney bitches : Degenerate
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      stfu trailer park Not my fault it takes 1:15 to drive 30 miles : action roommate
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        That's some twisted shit. : EvilDolemite
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          You should see his weiner. : filtersweep
          • this thread has some great comedy gems, i loves it : RikiTiki2
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        lane splitting is your friend : Degenerate
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          If I had a bike AND it was legal in Texas, that would be a fantastic idea. Or sexninja!!!! could have ... : action roommate
          • legal schmegal : Degenerate
          • i didnt set the time! : sexninja!!!!
  • bleh happy hour is 4 to 7, you think we want to miss cheap drinks??? : judge
• ill be there :D : mr.sleepy
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  Do you plan on doing this next year? The reason I ask is that I want to go on a vacation sometime... som... : Faluzure
  • i dont see why not! : sexninja!!!!
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  i have to work : nico2
  • quit tellin' stories : Degenerate
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  if i left now I could get there in 16 hours... hmmm, maybe we should plan a Chicago Shackmeet : Crimson
  • If I left now I could get there in 3 hours 33 mins... hmm.. no. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Damn, problems with my car. :/ Anybody near Preston? : melancoholicz
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    preston and what? i could swing by but it might not be till around 6 or so by the time i get there : sexninja!!!!
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      im about to leave actually, call my cell if you cant get a ride within the next 20 min or so (ill shackms... : sexninja!!!!
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        OK. Springcreek. Too far ? : melancoholicz
        • shit...uh, i CAN head that way, but we prolly wont be at the place till like 630 :/ : sexninja!!!!
        • i think judge is in that area though : sexninja!!!!
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          i can get you. shackmsg me your address : mr.sleepy
          • Done! : melancoholicz
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            shackers are so cool :-). Nice job with the rides. : Crimson
            • Shackers > * I'm taking pictures tonight. :D : melancoholicz
• Hey next time there's a Dallas shackmeet, I expect a shackmsg. This impromptu stuff doesn't work so much ... : Dynotaku
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  leaving for shackmeet....NOW! : Intaglio5
  • Wish I would have seen this sooner. Would have been cool to swing by. : ebrake
• OMG I was at Qdoba at coit and campbell at 6. I wish my cable internet wasn't down! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH makes... : Plapper

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  Whatever happened to 'it's just a game' ?? : ghost hacker
  • This is a PW-protected server, not some pub skullfuck-fest. : carrioN luggagE
• post their names and get them banned. : carnivore
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  SM the cockhats' names to the server admins with details. I know Ashke responded with extreme prejudice t... : Rauol Duke
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    I'll have to go back in and figure out which guys it was. I didn't recognize their names. Because of al... : riptyde
    • You know, you can scroll the scoreboard now, too. : sonicstorm
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  How do you get better at flying the helicopter then? Not fly it? : alias
  • fly it in single player : AssGoblin
  • Host your own server and practice. : Wyvern
• if i happen to kill you, it wasn't intentional! i get on the pubs for intentional PKing seriously, if ... : cpt_gloval
• #2: The fighter jets should be removed. Unless EA want's to make AA worth a damn. They are like the c... : Wombat Woo
• Well, it kind of makes sense if someone playing on the MEC rams you with his plane. : Dynotaku
• oh... and i've been practicing flying the blackhawk in SP.. i'm hoping i can convince you fags to let me ... : cpt_gloval
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  playing in the afternoon is like riding on the short bus, I swear. I was in there with commanders coming : Luminair
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    Hehe when you said "follow me!" and jumped off the carrier, I was like "sweet, let's get our boat raid on... : riptyde
    • thanks for having some sense, you are in my good book after that. Anyone who chooses to stand around on ... : Luminair
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    If there is not 30 or more people playing (that is combined) then it is not a competitive game (unless we... : Nation
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      There were over 50 on the server. : riptyde
      • you still know where I stand, I would switch into competative mode if there were that many people online. : Nation
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    dude i suck :( but i like to think i suck intelligently : cpt_gloval
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      don't grenade APCs or tanks, their armor isn't affected :[ : Luminair
      • logged and noted... i'll be double-tappin' from now on. : cpt_gloval
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        Um... I've blown up a tank with a grenade. : Zero|DPX
        • Grenades do little damage to armor but you can get a kill if it's already critically injured. : armaduck
        • it does such a fraction of damage that it's basically not worth it. If you're at risk of hurting a team ... : Luminair
      • I shoot at them with my pistol : armybob
  • Video games are some serious business. : filtersweep
• Number 1 was something I saw as well : byorn
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  #2: http://www.rotten.com/library/death/kamikaze/ They're real. : boarder2
  • Yes, but if I gave you an F-35/SU-35, and you repeatedly rammed helicopters, I'd seriously ban you from t : carrioN luggagE
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  Ummm sorry but how are people meant to learn unless they get a chance (number 3, chopper snatching) ? ... : abrasion
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    Only way to learn is to play. :) Not everyone has played BF1942 or Veitnam. Hell I am a noob at this game... : ghost hacker
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      Try setting up your own empty server. It's great for testing planes and helis. : Wyvern
      • yeah my roommate and i worked our chopper chops by playing cat and mouse for a couple hours last night. : cpt_gloval
    • i never played BF1942 or BFV.. :/ : g0nk
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  daytime is the time to goof off and try stuff. The time to play and practice is there too. Next time ... : Nation
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    Because everyone that games doesn't have a job, right? : boarder2
    • I did not say or infer anything about people not having a job and playing during the day. My stance i... : Nation
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  does the demo have bots so you can practice with? : holycow
  • they suck pretty bad. riptyde and other people have said "just start a new game or server or something... : Nation
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  I didn't miss g0nk, 3 seperate times, in my APC :D : busdriver3030
  • lol you tagged me a couple of times too. : riptyde
• hopefully there will be strict username lists in addition to server passwords to double filter out lame s... : Downforce
• one havok for 5 kills sounds good to me, whiny bitch. : crazywigga

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  "Put some more science stuff around and turn up the flash gordon noise!" : VegasX
  • and get the machine that goes PING! : Wyvern
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    Oh yeah, this is when science didn't have to have any specific purpose. : DraconianDevil
    • i hope you are being facetious : VegasX
  • "What's this 'AND THE REST' crap." : Drocnoc
• Very cool. : sharkII
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  Where's the cup holder? : asylumn
  • damn beat me to it :( : loboca
• wow that has almost as many buttons as the large xbox controller : bagelcc
• But where are the cupholders?!? : loboca
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  original flight deck: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/266763/M/ holy cool: http://www.airliners... : FrayLo
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    yeah that 1st one is a mockup. All those blue patches are velcro so your stuff doesn't float around. : phlavor
    • ah yeah, you're right...a mockup. but i bet the flight instruments are digital now, unlike the simulator... : FrayLo
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  Here's the flight deck of a Canadair Regional Jet (small airliner my brother flies). Seems about equal, ... : Dechter
  • 777 flight deck http://www.airliners.net/open.file/814696/L/ : FrayLo
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  Looks more advanced than the controls for NCC-1701. : shyguy74
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    that because it never had to enter the Earths atmosphere. : Degenerate
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      Ummmm, yes the original 1701's saucercould break apart from the rest of the ship, enter an atmosphere for... : mace
      • nerd : Degenerate
      • pwned : FrayLo
      • *SNAP* : burningtrees
      • This is actually unclear. According to fan-lore, the first enterprise's saucer section had 3 legs (two un... : sgtsanity
      • nerdfight!!! : rasputinreborn
• needs more bloom. : g0nk
• Pretty cheap looking joysticks, needs more Logitech or Saitek : tbreffni
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  mirror? : Morgin
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    hmm, it was removed from their page. maybe because it was a mockup? : FrayLo
    • ^^^^^^^^ : FrayLo
• no worky :( : jayares
• someone must have a mirror :( : sikander
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  Will we ever move away from buttons/switches in an aircraft to LCDs with a menu system? Or atleast start... : iamgoat
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    I've always understood that the 777 has a heavy amount of pure computer stuff along with switch based stu... : Paranoid Android
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      The 777, F-22, and EF-2000 are fly-by-wire among many others I'm sure. : armaduck
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        F16 was first production fly by wire, the 777 has triple triple redundancy. 3 control systems each wit : Lunatic Angelic
        • Ohh triple triple. Makes sense since thoes commercial jets have the tightest safetly guidelines. : armaduck
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    i would imagine switches are very very simple and basic and dont fuckup as easily as LCDs with menu syste... : Nighteyes
    • not to mention switches are much faster and more direct than going through an onscreen menu... then oops ... : adev
  • Oh shit, Ray. The LCDs just went down... we just lost fuel controls, GPS, NAV, Comms, Flight plan, autop : Lunatic Angelic
  • analog controls are reliable. digital systems are not (yet). It's a safety issue rather than a technolo... : cryptical
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  There is no photo in our database with that ID number. Back. : rosewood
  • Same here. : Priest77
  • Me too. I am guessing though, that this is a first generation space shuttle flight deck, which was filled... : Waverider
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  For the love of God and all that is holy, someone please mirror this. : kaibosh
  • It wasn't real it was a mockup, the real thing looks like this: http://datamanos2.com/columbia/columbi : Lunatic Angelic

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  Yeah I find that particularly annoying.. I understand controlling the carrier and tasking out US Air, but... : ashkie
  • the spawn point on the right should go to the boat bay : RikiTiki2
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    Spawn on the "right" AC spawn point and you spawn on the lower level. : SexualAvenger
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      Yes I know that but can you get to the upper deck from down there? : ashkie
      • Yep, there's an extremely dark staircase that you can take up to the main deck. : BaBOon
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    yeah, you can spawn where the boats are, but then you have to run all the way up the stairs then the ladd... : g0nk
    • Ah yeah, if 2 enemies are watching the ladder, youre hosed. : ashkie
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  I agree that it's annoying but it's a completely valid tactic. If your team is even slightly effectivetha... : stuka
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    i dont see how this can be a valid tactic.. since it give an unfair advantage to the pricks spawn camping... : g0nk
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      play MEC more often if that's what you think. i had to defend the main spawn yesterday for a few maps be... : pyide
      • ...and the naive exhuberance gave way to lonely despair... : rasputinreborn
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    Its more 2 enemies sit in the Blackhawk on deck and man the sideguns on both sides. You're dead before y... : ashkie
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      they can use the defenses??! O_O : RikiTiki2
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        Did you miss the word Blackhawk ? :) : Nighteyes
        • yes i missed it : RikiTiki2
      • lolquada : ashkie
      • not the Carrier guns. The side mounted guns on the Blackhawk : rasputinreborn
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    it is quite valid. pretty much every game the MEC main base is getting camped as well. yesterday there we... : pyide
    • I agree with this. US forces are constantly driving into the MEC airbase and hopping into tanks and causi... : darweidu
• Oh, if only spawning happened in waves.. whatever was wrong with that method? :/ : MrLonghair
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  Sadly, BF2 has brought out a previously unknown throng of lamers to shack servers. : Lightzout
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    Previously unknown? I guess it all depends on your perspective :) : ashkie
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      I guess I have never noticed them before. All credit goes to superior admin. Most times I have played on ... : Lightzout
      • All demo releases are like that.... if its free, that brings out a ton. I've had the opposite experience ... : ashkie
• If someone sends me a compatible Video card, I solemly swear that I won't do this. : Matto357
• It sucks yes, but it is a valid place of combat. Why? Because the radar dish and control station are the... : adev
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  okokok, you all have a point about it being a valid offensive measure, and about raiding the MEC base, I : g0nk
  • Ban them all!!!!!!!!111 : ashkie
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    I think you should take this as a compliment, g0nk. The best way to deal with some of you ritual USMC air... : Syixxs
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      ^_^ that makes me giggle.. good perspective... BUT!!! when you were mowed down from the choppah, yo... : g0nk
      • They certainly could blow the command resources while they're there, that's for sure. However, I don't th... : Syixxs
  • the shack bf2 wiki even details some techniques to use while on the carrier... like throwing c4s in the s... : porp
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    missing my point... How do these enemies make it to the carrier in the first place and how come no one ki... : stuka
    • how? because no one is manning the buildings defenses. the rear gatling gun can easily take out incoming... : RikiTiki2
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      One guy parachutes down from 2000 ft onto the far end of the carrier, kinda hard to see him coming... : Lunatic Angelic
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        lol it's easier than that, since parachuting isn't very accurate. Just grab the boat from the west sp... : adev
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          Parachutes and freefall are totally controllable, what's easier than spawning in MEC base, using a Mig/Su : Lunatic Angelic
          • everytime I parachute I never land where I want to lol : adev
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  whats the ip? : mc-fine
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    192.168.0.1 : jedi_27
    • don't listen to him, it's 127.0.0.1 : DapperDan
    • you are so witty : mc-fine
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10226852 I think disabling the squad spawning on enemy bases would fix : Lunatic Angelic
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    Set a radius around the enemy base, clearly demarcated on the map, where no spawns around commanders will... : mojoald
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      yeah, a good feature would be to limit squad spawning so that it can't happen in certain areas. : adev
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        "I don't want to see a 'demo' disclaimer... I want to play the game! The gameplay experience will make th : Ratalon
        • This win98 comp simply HAS to go : Ratalon
• I'll take that over what I just experienced on a pub: ATTN Shackers, do not play on a server called "F... : riptyde