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  seriously guys, this game has detail. : Dan 101
  • HAHAHAH i rofl'd when he said that : jcutner
• Hahaha, he did the "fighting superman" move, he threw his pistol at some guy. : CrazyPants
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  Man. He doesn't know what the fuck a videogame is, does he. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    lol, its sad kind of... : askedrelic
    • I know. I kind of felt sorry for him. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • yes he does, its another million bucks. : filthysock
• english motherfucker does he speak it : sexninja!!!!
• but its gonna be the best video game for like the next year or two--gggggggg G UNIT! : metralgia
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  It has lots of detail! : Ecks
  • i am really excites about it : kanix
• free yayo : arizona bay (#3758) « : jcutner
• they had a thing on MTV about him one day, the guy is fucking retarded. He was talking about some song h... : adev
• "it's actually a game" WHAO HOLD ON : mr.sleepy
• What's mines is mines. What's yours is mines. : Blucklesworth
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  Oh that's embarrassing. I'm reluctantly forced to bump him down a few notches on my idol ladder now!! : {Venger}
  • Yeah, he's below Tiny Tim now. : Fred Garvin
• haha he'll be pretty disappointed : sikander
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  Comedy diamond mine my friend! This man embodies everything that I hate about well, idiots and the madden... : Athlon7
  • Yo, don't be knockin tha bruthas, dawg! : crummynz
• Why do people keep giving this dude money :'( : BaBOon
• i bet he hasnt even played it : grimiv
• The game's really... I'm really excited. It's.. you know... It's a game. I think the... I'm really excite... : Popedispencer
• He does a good smeagol impression. : rhekua
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  1)He is a moron 2)He wouldn't know the difference (see point 1) 3)I agree : Fred Garvin
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    I had to pause and check if some guy actually jumped at him wih a clever and yes... he did. : Fred Garvin
    • your guess is as good as mines : mr.sleepy
• There's been so many fight video games...like where you fight fucking Einstein yo g : vex5150
• is he programming it himself. ya see i wanted MAD efficiency in this shit. none of this nested for loop t... : jigstah
• white suburban kids will eat that shit up, yo! : deviantpaul
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  I know a number of people who were stuck working on that game... sounds like a fair number of people have... : gndagger
  • I dont see how a game as detailed as this could fail. This game is the next level. : jahulio2
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  Someone's getting shot when 50 Cent finds out the trailer isn't how the game is going to look. : Serpico74
  • IAWTP lol : lord_omega
  • yeah he's going to shoot himself that's who : mystifier
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  My favourite part about this video is how what is supposed to be the best part of it, ie the trailer, is ... : SpaecKow
  • Thats a minor details. And as longs as it shines like thats, its all goods. : doomed
  • yeahs I saws that toos, tricks ass bitches is whats that is..s : Dan 101

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  That's pretty awesome. I know I bailed from a jet at one point, and managed to parachute right into a ta... : Vincent Grayson
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    That sounds like something out of a james bond movie. : -efx-
    • It wasn't nearly as glamorous, since I was bailing out of the plane because I was an awful pilot. : Vincent Grayson
  • I used that maneuver a lot in the different BF incarnations. When you and the server don't lag much, you ... : yemeth
  • hahah.. I did that too... Funny thing was that the tank was unmanned and I was planning to drive it, then... : laidback
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  in helo, being chased by another helo, gets missle fired at me, duck under bridge to dodge missle. : conandan
  • : ) tight squeeze : grimiv
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  last night, I lost the choppah somehow, think i was physically shot dead inth epilot seat, i respawned, g : g0nk
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    I wish there were more people like you who understand the value of the choppers. I can't believe that in : riptyde
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      /agree'd on the spawncamping thing.. that's the way to do it when it comes to infiltrating an enemy base ... : g0nk
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        I think my squad was the bane of the opposing commander's existence yesterday afternoon. He dropped a su... : riptyde
        • that was cool, especially stealing the tank that came to crush us :D : chazums
    • hey, haiku and I were tearing shit up last night with the cobra! : CRaY SV1
    • 1) hey thanks for recognizing my love for choppers =D 2) Agree'd as long as you are not spawn camping th... : hirez
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    yeah! i still need to get used to how the throttle actually works on my joystick. i can't quite do fine ... : burningtrees
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      well that, and the chopper was at about 2 bars of armor left. :( with a healthy chopper, and even my pi... : burningtrees
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        yeah, that was still awesome as hell to watch though.. *incoming SeaHawk, billowing smoke, towards bo... : g0nk
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          yeah i tried another water rescure in the cobra but got nailed by some AA. i was gunning for a pilot who... : burningtrees
          • LOL no that was me! I kept hitting the ' key which pulled up my squad tab and jumped me right out of the ... : headless
  • LOL that was me, a rocket hit your pilot directly, i was telling my gunner "i just killed the pilot witho... : headless
• I circle strafed around the hotel at about a foot off the ground (and leaning 45 degrees to one side) in ... : riptyde
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  I C4 jumped maybe 30 feet off the carrier deck up to the MEC Hind and floated next to it just long enough : Lunatic Angelic
  • bwahhaaha! no way!! next time that needs to be FRAPPED!! : g0nk
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    http://www.contentvulture.com/pictures/pc/2005614144653.pod_20050116.jpg : riptyde
    • LOL!! : g0nk
    • That is awesome. : Yanks
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      thats awesome!!! i will see if i can send that picture to someone in marketing : jedi_27
      • in other words, Jedi has now alerted the AB legal department and jack booted thugs will be breaking down ... : edgewise
  • c4 jumped? friendly fire off? : JohnnyDanger
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  Where do you euro guys play? : Xspringe
  • I mostly play on the jolt.co.uk servers because the connection is pretty good and the servers are powerfu... : JohnnyDanger
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  I can fly under the concrete bridge in a Blackhawk (and have video proof, if anyone cares), does that cou... : Helter Skelter
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    That's an awesome use for the F-35. : riptyde
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      Especially since that forward machinegun is laser-accurate and punches through APC armor like butter. ... : Helter Skelter
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        lol looks like reginaldplinux just can't win at all where C4 is concerned. : riptyde
        • The chopper was an honest accident (or so he claimed). Nobody on the server was doing anything particular... : Helter Skelter
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    Awesome pics man, what kind of system do you have that you can play multiplayer with graphics up that hig... : carazy
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      Athlon XP-m@2.3GHz 2 gigs PC3200 in dual channel 6800GT 256MB running at 6800Ultra speeds (400/1100 cor... : Helter Skelter
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        What res? I have stuff set to that same config (all high except lighting and dyn lighting) but I'm runnin... : Halen
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          1600x1200, just like the screenshots. : Helter Skelter
          • Whoops! Haha, very nice. : Halen
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        which server has demo recording on? : pyide
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          Not ashkie's or themelon's, unfortunately. It's a private SA server, if you couldn't tell by the LLJK tag... : Helter Skelter
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            What is ashkes server address for bf2 - it doesn't seem to be in his info? : re-verse
            • It's the HL2 server. : Kaiser
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              http://www.shackbattles.com/servermonitor/ : riptyde
              • ooo the servermonitor is hawt - thanks. : re-verse
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            battle recorder info: http://www.shackbattles.com/wiki/index.php/Battle_Recorder : burningtrees
            • Thanks, you just saved me from looking and seeing if I had to add that page myslef. : Helter Skelter
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            i think the shack admins know all about it, the problem is getting them to use it.. or even try it. what ... : pyide
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              Bitch a lot and offer your shacspace for storage of the files? : Helter Skelter
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                have no shackspace, and i'm sick of bitching. maybe in the full retail release it will get more attent... : pyide
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                  I dont have a problem turning it on, I just dont yet have a method of putting it in my shackspace. I wil... : themelon
                  • we're not worthy! that's good to hear! hope you get it sorted out :) : pyide
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                    tldr: battle recorder does not surport 64 player games this is form the server readme: NOTES - Bat : burningtrees
                    • Works fine on the servers I play on, so I assume they're throwing that out there for the sake of fair war... : Helter Skelter
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                      don't support as in doesn't work, or do not support as in win2k is not supported? : pyide
                      • as i haven't tried is on a 64 player server, i'm probably leaning towards the EA thinks you're a dirty ha... : burningtrees
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                      Hopefully that dose not mean network load. If it is cpu/disk load than I think it can handle it. with 6... : themelon
                      • I doubt it, the demo files are fairly small (under 10 megs for a long 64-player match). I also doubt band... : Helter Skelter
                  • if storage becomes an issue, my shackspace is up for grabs : rosewood
  • haha, awesome : Kaiser
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  i was a spec op, hiding on a ridge to the south of the middle beach point in oman, picking dudes off who ... : Clay
  • but i do enjoy blowing up multisync. : g0nk
• bf2 installer hang > reset key - extreeeMEEE!!! : SlamDunk
• artillery double-jumped me last night. I got hit by one, blasted 20 feet into the air, then another hit : Luminair
• Diving out of a moving APC to revive two dying comrades, then jumping off the hill and getting back in th... : ConfusedUs
• I posted a version of this the other day but have since brightened it up somewhat. I parked the mec chopp... : scanline
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  Playing as USMC SF an enemy plane flew low over base for bombing run. I was last one alive and the plan... : Concrete
  • That sounds awesome. : trove
• Who was it in the DPV with me at the time? Some shacker I know but I can't remember at the moment. Anyway... : crummynz
• I caught 3 bombs out of a mig in the attack choper mid air :) : rosewood

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  Under Annoying Tactics is Stealing vehicles from the opposing HQ. Again a controversial tactic. The deba : Wyvern
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    Seriously, that's been a valid tactic since the early days of BF1942. Just ask Rosewood about me giving h... : Helter Skelter
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      It's also been an annoying tactic since '42 :P : crummynz
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        I guess people shooting at you is an annoying tactic too, crybaby. : cigam
        • The section was updated it seems... good man whoever did that one :p : ghost in my shell
        • Hey now, I'm not saying anythings wrong with it, its just annoying seeing someone spawn at the planes tha... : crummynz
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    I think if you take their aircraft and use it against them, it's fine. If you take it and just hide it s... : riptyde
    • having seen the MEC base with all the USMC vehicles and planes (except for maybe a couple of buggys), let... : johnsto
    • that would probably be a better thing to put, though i suppose some would make the argument taht stealing... : carnivore
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      Abadoned vechicles destruct own their own after a short period of time and respawn in their normal place.... : silent prophet
      • Yeah but if you steal the Havok or SU-34 and just land it on the carrier and sit in it, the advantage you... : riptyde
    • I remember a pilot landing a slightly damaged Blackhawk just outside a the middle south flag, and then...... : genjuro
    • we used to always do that in Nam. On Irving parachute out of a Huey and steal the ZSU and drive it to th... : redfive
  • you could just delete it you know. it's a wiki after all. : carnivore
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  I have been adding a whole bunch of info for BF2 as I think of stuff. Like right now, I'm going to sif... : Helter Skelter
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    Please do. I was messing around with anti-tank last night and found it very frustrating to actually take ... : sixfoot6
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      i think the shots need to be pretty darned straight, and right up the butt. anything at an angle is less... : burningtrees
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        3 missiles from any direction seem to be a definite kill. Maybe 2 is they are both from the rear. : trove
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          Well, my definitive info has been submitted to the wiki. http://www.shackbattles.com/wiki/index.php/An... : Helter Skelter
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            You know you can put those screens on the wiki if you want.... : themelon
            • I might still do it (or someone else can download them and do it), but they're kinda huge at 1600x1200, s... : Helter Skelter
          • Nice. Thanks. I'll try to see what my experience is compared to your testing. I think you're probably ... : trove
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        I shot a missle under a tank that was advancing on me, the missile went rite between the treads and blew ... : stgdz
        • Yes, hit detection is MUCH better in BF2. No more of the smoke/debris puffs but no hit! Also, the mine... : Helter Skelter
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          you can shoot a missile through the opening in the Blackhawk, also. : riptyde
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            god, we sure got enough screenshots of that in action... : crummynz
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              Haha yea, has anyone managed to pull this off in an actual game yet? : tbreffni
              • Not with heatseekers that I've seen, but I'm pretty sure I've done it or seen it done with the rockets on... : Helter Skelter
        • You can actually lie prone between the treads as well. I have a tank drive right over me once. : trove
  • thanks. this is going to come in handy when I finally get around to playing it. I'm desperately trying to... : edgewise
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  Question: Wasn't BF2 originally supposed to have a pilot class... and that class would have a weakass we... : riptyde
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    I think that shouldn't be a problem with any well commanded team : geedeck
    • or a team not filled with idiots. : carnivore
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    You might just be thinking of Forgotten Hope, as only some of the classes there have parachutes. : sgtsanity
    • But anyone could pick one up in exchange for there kit when they entered a plane : themelon
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    It's possible that they scrapped that idea when they took out ziplining from the Blackhawk for technical ... : Helter Skelter
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      They were going to have ziplining? Dang, and I was just thinking yesterday how sweet that would be. : riptyde
      • IIRC, they scrapped it because it had to be paired with an autohover (since the helicopter had to be perf... : Helter Skelter
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    When you parachuted out of a plane you were supposed to be in a air force uniform. Same thing with the... : stgdz
    • Yeah, I remember them showing that off, now that you mention it. At least they're still there if you look... : Helter Skelter
  • i dont think it was a class but you were supposed to be dressed ti fit what you were flying or driving : rosewood
  • it would also prevent the hotel and crane from being excellent base-jumping platforms =) : heff
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  Does anyone else experience flickering or texture corruption when crouching in the turret? I know this... : hatelull
  • add it to the wiki. include your specs. : carnivore
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  I added some sniper tips! I'll add some real gameplay ones when I finally get to play ; ; : ghost in my shell
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    The sniper tips are hilarious. : CrazyPants
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      agreed, hahah... : carnivore
      • Just finished reading em and I think some should maybe be in the "Annoying Tactics" section...? Just k... : crummynz
    • hahaha that last tip is hillarious : riptyde
    • Oh man, I'm LOLing. That's awesome. : Zero|DPX
  • hahahaha, that's some comedy gold right there. : burningtrees
• That flower icon still screams, "Lets blow shit up." : porp
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  themelon! We have a problem. The various wikis are not in their own subdirectories. This means that ... : Zero|DPX
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    Reverted them back to BF2 pages, as there was little to no content about WoW. Something needs to be done ... : crummynz
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      didn't seem to take. the WoW stuff is still there : carnivore
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        Um, the WoW page is still there, but if you click "advanced tactics" or "general tactics" you see BF2 inf... : crummynz
        • i changed it so the link goes to Advanced Tactics (WoW), but made it so the (WoW) is not visible in the l... : carnivore
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    Directories dose not have anything to do with it because they are all stored in a database. I will look ... : themelon
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      We might need separate databases then? Or something? : Zero|DPX
      • Dont think so. I think it is just in how you create the pages. : themelon
• Someone add this to the Commander tips: : MrLobo
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  Someone add this to the Commander tips. I don't have the security access from work. * Artillery strike... : MrLobo
  • Added. There may be abit of double up though (3 tips on artillery.) : crummynz
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  some feedback? How about adding pictures to units/vehicles? I'm such a n00b, I don't know what a FAAV ... : mystifier
  • Wiki means "anyone can edit". It's a good suggestion, so please take some screenshots, upload them to th... : Zero|DPX
  • That one is mislabeled (along with a couple others like the "Seahawk", which the game refers to as the Bl... : Helter Skelter
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  anyone know if there's any nights maps in bf2? : PoopStewart
  • They have said no in interviews. Sorry, can't provide links. : taronish

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  The bullets drop over time. Also, they do have a maximum distance. : Ecks
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    This idea is a myth. The bullets do not drop at all. : Nighthavvk
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      Wrong, it's confirmed by DICE that it does indeed exist. http://www.battlefieldfrontlines.com/forums/s : Ecks
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        Bullets do not just fly in a straight line in BF2. How can that not trigger a WTF in the mind of a gam... : BaBOon
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          so a bullet fired from a real gun should travel in a straight line forever? : shyguy74
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            Where are you getting a real gun from? In case you didn't know, in real life people didn't fight wars ... : BaBOon
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              you're whining because a semirealistic game has another faucet of realism? hahaha : TheTick
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                I wasn't under the impression that BF was shooting for semirealism. News to me... Anyway I'll just go bac... : BaBOon
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                  the thing is, it's NOT random. the bullet path will decay predictably. : shyguy74
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                    I demand a mod where the projectiles gradually curl upwards. Aim for the junk and wham HEADSHOT! : -Panther-
                    • thats CS:S isn't it? : 60days
              • it should be mindless shooting and killing, not thinking. if it was too real it wouldn't be fun at all : esmokah
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              hmm? what was irak about then? : Neech
              • a typo, apparently : jcutner
        • I don't see what the problem is. Anything that keeps the sniper rifle effective, but not AWP-like, is a g... : SpiderMonkey
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          the tank shells never fired in a straight line either : sexninja!!!!
          • fuck that shit. DOWN WITH GRAVITY! : TheTick
        • worked for Counterstrike... : mc-fine
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        that's bullshit. I've hit people at almost max viewable with the sniper dead on their head. http://www.sh... : Nighthavvk
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          Dude, they wrote the game, I'd tend to believe them over you. : Ecks
          • I don't care if god himself wrote the game, I just watched myself do it. Unless somebody slipped me some ... : Nighthavvk
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            Things like that can easily change during development. Maybe it was true at the time the interview was co... : bargeld
            • The interview was done yesterday :P. : Ecks
            • why not get 2 guys, one sniping from really fucking far away against some building wall, and the other to... : Nighteyes
        • Are you above the person when you hit him? In that case, bullet drop would be signifigantly less. : sammyl
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          No, it's not. There is drop, but at the speeds the bullets are flying, it's next to unnoticable at most r... : Helter Skelter
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            If there's that subtle of a drop, then the fire-cone (and there definitely is one for the sniper rifles) ... : Nighthavvk
            • Once I've had some sleep I'll play with the bullet deviation cone and test a thing or two. Until then, I... : Helter Skelter
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              i have sat on the roof of the hotel and shot at a guy on the crane (pretty even level) and missed with 2 ... : spector
              • i've been on the hill to the north east of that crane and tried sniping ppl on the crane and ppl climbing... : burningtrees
  • They do not drop, I picked off a sniper on the crane from the middle beach base with the M4. Moused over... : Havoc1c4
• You may be seeing bullet drop but I haven't done much sniping at all. : Fayk
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  yep pretty much - i dont really bother sniping anymore unfortunately : spector
  • unfortunate for you, fortunate for your team. : kingdepork
• nope, the sniper rifle is maximum rox (I play a sniper, mainly). Aim for the head if you want a one shot... : Nighthavvk
• They have a maximum kill distance and a maximum effective distance. by maximum kill distance i mean yo... : dysfunctional
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  am i the only one who agrees? : osiris_brad
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    You should be, but you're not. You guys can believe what you want, and nobody's making you use the snipe... : Nighthavvk
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      If by somebody you mean Ghost in my Shell, then I already have a big bucket of hatred for him carried ove : Ajax
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        Sup http://www.shackbattles.com/wiki/index.php/Sniper ill add more tactics later. Who put that silly mess... : ghost in my shell
        • If you don't have a good shot, shoot near their feet, they will always stand up and look around like ret : bling1bling
        • If its in the game... Odds are GimS is using it to anally violate you and the rest of your team from mult : Ajax
• Only one I've had any luck with is the default MEC gun. The unlockable one I was much worse with. don't u... : Tincan
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  Mainly I wish the zoom was defaulted to a greater magnification. it's a good weapon, but with people ... : Downforce
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    Yeah, I'd rather have it underpowered than overpowered for sure. The BF2 maps are just too huge to have p... : darweidu
    • Yeah the "firecone" sure seems to be wacky, or maybe just not flushed out fully. I've gotten LOTS of hits... : Downforce
• I found myself complaining about this the other day to a friend, then I realized that I would much rath... : awinnerisyou
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  yeah i unloaded entire clips into stationary targets with the MEC sniper rifle and i don't even think the... : diabol1k
  • i posted about this after the shackbattle Sunday. i had shot multiple clips at a stationary target from ... : ngsmack

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  i'm dizzity-down. : cpt_gloval
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    no Mazdas allowed. : Degenerate
    • i'm out : cpt_gloval
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      does my cop car mazda 3 scare you that much? I know genjuro is scared of it. Last time i raced him it b... : sigpro
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        too be honest I'm scared of every car. I'm such a shitty racer. Even with all the assists on I'm average ... : Degenerate
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          No pickups for you to use to make you feel a little more at home? : FormerHPB
          • the cars need more rust : Degenerate
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        What? I want a rematch! : genjuro
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          I am down anyday from tomorrow night on. My wife is taking off for 3 weeks w/ the kids so I can do what ... : sigpro
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            My Decepticon NSX is going to piss piss PISS in your Kool-Aid. : genjuro
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              what car class are we talking? I'll get something together that's suitably matched : sigpro
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                A or B. Anything else is either too fast or too slow. : genjuro
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                  ok, allow me to tune my f355 challenge and we'll have a go : sigpro
                  • Coward. F355 is the dark side, still, my dark side is darker than yours. ;) : Lunatic Angelic
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                    You guys should battle to the death on test track 2 : Degenerate
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                      you mean test track infield? That fucking track kills tires after 2 laps. By the end you are lucky not ... : sigpro
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                        exactly that track : Degenerate
                        • that track is the bane of my distaste for the advanced class races. One time my car was pulling real bad... : sigpro
• If you can use your car to get me to the enemy flag, then yes : JohnnyDanger
• I'm down. : broly1718
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  where are you fraylo? : orgcaptainnemo
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    I had a bunch of ideas for this but haven't sat down to really plan it out. my ideas: cars you can ... : FrayLo
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      clarification: you can still upgrade your cars, but I don't want people using the cars you can win...ever... : FrayLo
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        If forced to use the absolute best cars, yes they will all be the same, but some of us race a variety of : Lunatic Angelic
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          I was thinking that we'd start with class C or B. not enough people can drive the A "cleanly." : FrayLo
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            CRX, Stealth, and the Subies may want to be outlawed then, after that the field opens way up. To the L : Lunatic Angelic
            • i'm open to suggestions, i just want to make it fair but still have a variety of cars in it. tuning will... : FrayLo
• i am down like a hooker on pay day : creep
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  I'm there, perhaps I'm rusty. : Lunatic Angelic
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    do you have the F333 for sale? : creep
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      I can buy anything I have every race done, you know that. :) : Lunatic Angelic
      • see you in game then :) : creep
• I'm down. : burningtrees
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  i endorse this league and fraylos ideas. i won't participate though because some people can't play wit... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • ^^ shack cup pgr2 champ btw :) : ^-SeaWolf-^
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    get a new router, you hippie : FrayLo
    • lol : nyranger66
• having not played this in a few days i'd be glad to take my anger out on you goobers...if I can pry mysel... : harkov
• I totally want to do this. : khaosman
• Sounds like fun : firehawk
• Pull the trigger. : Ajax