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  If you want a portable for playing games, get a DS. And I'm not sure what you mean about complex games. : FushigiDenki
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    Complex gameplay = something more than mashing the B button or the A button. I can mash the space bar for... : Waverider
    • There's plenty of complexity on the DS. Hell, my newest title Starfox isn't just a space-shooter, it's a... : FushigiDenki
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      What exactly makes you think that DS games are all mashing a button? : Chris Remo
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        Ah, but I didn't say that was what I thought all Nintendo DS games were. You inferred that. ;) Seriou... : Waverider
        • Mark Kart is definitely not a button masher. There's gas, and shoot, and steer. : FushigiDenki
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          Well, you seemed to suggest the DS is short on complex gameplay, and you defined complex gameplay as more... : Chris Remo
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            Yes, I did leave that impression, didn't I? :) Anyway, you're probably right about my button masher c... : Waverider
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              DS has a few strategy games, Advance Wars DS and Age of Empires: Age of Kings. There are also numerous s... : Chris Remo
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                Sounds like the DS is a better choice then based on the majority here. I've seen that they've just releas... : Waverider
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                  The screen is so much better there is no comparison. The original is like a clunky prototype in compariso : Serpico74
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                    Cool - thanks for the info! : Waverider
                    • The battery life is also supposed to be about as good as the original's (I can't tell any difference, sti... : Serpico74
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              Strategy wise there's quite a bit, Advanced Wars DS for starters, then you've got AoE and best of all... ... : FushigiDenki
              • Ah yeah, forgot about those last two. Star Trek: Tactical Assault is coming to both systems, Settlers on... : Chris Remo
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  And to address the second part of your post, most PSP games seem to be console-ish ports. DS titles on ... : FushigiDenki
  • I would say that the majority of the PSP games I own work perfect for a portable console. I have both and... : DarkWolf5
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  Wait for PSP v1.5, get a DS now. http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/30/newly-designed-psp-coming-in-2007/ : Prozium
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    oh shit, is that 2 analog sticks I see? I may just have to get one now! i really only want it for ulti : Jayx77
    • That's not what it'll look like. : Prozium
    • That image is a fake (says so there on the website). : Waverider
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      [Update: The image above is a fake, not the actual redesign. Sorry for any confusion.] Hope it looks s... : DarkWolf5
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        hahaha how did I miss that? a cool mockup nonetheless... : Jayx77
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          it looks like they took that limited edition street fighter pad and placed the PSP button config over it ... : Prozium
          • I was going to say that it kinda looked like the Saturn re-release playstaion pads! : Jayx77
  • Still looks uncomfortable as hell : johnny skidmarks
• I'll save you the trouble of reading all the replies: DS ftw : nyranger66
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  My PSP is for sale. http://www.shackifieds.com/phpclass/detail.php?siteid=1339 : basketofkittens
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    buy his. comes with free BJ : jcutner
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      If you ask nicely he'll give a reach around too. : ki11_viru5
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        How can one give a BJ and a reach-around? : famine101
        • Bring the dick back between his asscheeks and work with his taint right above your head. Of course, the ... : rasputinreborn
        • well, I guess it would be more of a reach under. : ki11_viru5
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  What's your high score in Brickbreaker?! : stump
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    Oh, I'm crap...only 9100 or something...I think that's Level 14 or so... : Waverider
    • I always lose all my lives on that L shaped level. :( hate it! : stump
    • Oh, and there's a Tetris clone called Ka-Glom which is pretty good but it takes a while to load up. : stump
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  i really like my ds. the games are fun. if I wanted a media player I'd have bought a psp. $.02. : hirez
  • Honestly, I'd rather get a ds lite and a seperate iPod video for that sort of thing. : FushigiDenki
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    What games would you suggest? : Waverider
    • Phoenix Wright Trauma Center New Super Mario Bros a fuckton of GBA titles : Prozium
    • mario kart ds, meteos, animal crossing ww, tetris ds! : Jayx77
    • Trauma Center, New Super Mario Bros, Phoenix Wright, Castlevania DoS, Meteos, Brain Age. : FushigiDenki
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  Random points: You like sports, but don't want ports of established franchises? o_O I pointed this ... : SiW73
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    Just goes to show what happens when you don't proof an Internet message board post like you do a thesis. ... : Waverider
    • It is, indeed, a problem on the PSP. I avoid it by just not buying those. For reference, here's my PSP ... : SiW73
• I'm selling my PSP soon with Lumines Live around the corner, still digging the hell out of my DS. It's gr... : Serpico74
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  There really is a huge homebrew scene on the PSP if you're into that. Lot's of emulation, original games,... : ki11_viru5
  • The DS homebrew community is going along pretty strong too, although I will say the PSP does seem to be m... : ovrlrd
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  DS if you want a pure game machine. PSP if you want other multimedia functions. : melkore
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    No need or desire for other multimedia functions...just games...so the DS it shall be. : Waverider
    • Well how many PSP games interest you and how many DS games interest you? For me the PSP hasn't had a g... : melkore
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  i just recently bought a DS because of my new job. i'm spending weeks at a time at hotels and flying all ... : mindmann
  • I think you will love Fire Emblem. : omnova
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  ok i know the shack had a huge hard on for the Nintendo DS i have one and i like it, but i love my psp a... : Break
  • Count the number of people saying they're going to sell their PSPs in this post, and then count the numbe... : Nali4Freedom
• Personally I play my PSP far more often than my DS. Infact I havn't touched my DS in about 4 months. I... : Drewus
• I pick up my DS every day. But each time I pick up my psp, the background color has changed. It changes : OrkO
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  buy one from costco and take it back for the other if you don't like it. I have a DS Lite which I real... : jasonepowell
  • by portable, I mean that it's not something you'd keep in a pocket. : jasonepowell

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  Wtf happened to that Panic singer, he got hit in the shoulder and then fell asleep on stage? What the fu... : forgottenzero
  • With a plastic bottle. : SiW73
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    he's just being emo. i'm sure he was faking it. : wtf242
    • this made me laugh : Bantis
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    I dunno, if you get hit in the corner of the jaw by a light punch it puts your lights out. I imagine a fu... : jessipoo
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      Wait, where'd it say it was a plastic water bottle? : greatwhite87
      • It wasn't plastic from what I read, but some folks were saying that in this thread so I pointed out a pla... : jessipoo
  • Portugal soccer team'd : stump
  • hahaha the "panic at the discowned" comment cracked me up : arizona bay
• awesome. : ki11_viru5
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  WHO LET ALL OF THIS RIFF-RAFF INTO THE ROOM?!!? : notd665
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    IF I HAD MY WAY, I'D HAVE ALL OF YOU SHOT!!! : Chris Remo
    • I know all the lyrics to The Wall in its entirety. I'm damn proud of this. : notd665
• I just want to point out that when the crowd was throwing shit at L7, the lead singer took out her tampon : jessipoo
• That dude from Nickelback has no class. At least the guy from Volta offered money. : drbriefs
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  Heres a video of someone throwing a bottle at Jesus Lizard's lead singer... http://youtube.com/watch?v... : VencieraX
  • You bastard I was just going to post that. The Yow shows all these young rejects how you put on a rock sh... : NastyJack
  • OMG that is hilarious and that dude is pretty hardcore : johnny skidmarks
  • Hah that was great, thanks for posting that. : tomservo
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  One bottle? How about G-Unit getting a BARRAGE OF BOTTLES? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bajFQzCH5Y : phobium
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    i knew that was gonna be Reading/Leeds Festival... two years before that they fashioned javelins out of ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      I think England is the place I need to move. They despise the bands I hate, and America loves (PANIC!, G... : phobium
      • If only that were true. Check the UK charts, and you see exactly the same tripe as you do in the US chart... : thecray
  • SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEiiiiiit dat shit is whack yo : rand04
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    FIFTY GOT SHOT SEVEN TIMES AND LIEVD : tomservo
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      nine, you heathen : Deathlove
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        it would be cooler if it was fifty times : drucifer
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          Yeah and he didn't live : TastyWheat
          • haha, indeed. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Whoever throws shit at a concert is a complete fucking moron and shows you how stupid the majority of peo... : mastarp
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    The majority of people throw shit at concerts? : Afterglow
    • It's a startling trend at festival shows. :( : jessipoo
    • Standing proudly in the fuckin' minority who doesn't want beer on his head. : rand04
  • Yeah, shit throwers are the Rosa Parks of concert goers. : johnny skidmarks
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  Stop spitting on me! I'm not that punk, alright!? : dopeman
  • excellent nofx live reference : ermac

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  The last thirty minutes felt like an actual assault on my person. : rand04
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    The score contributes so much to that. I own the Director's Cut of that movie off of principal (because i : tomservo
    • Same. Ellen Burstyn's story emotionally disembowels me. : sgtsanity
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      It's such an awesome movie with such a depressing story. I love the fact that the movie leaves you feeli... : Prozium
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        I do too. That's one thing I like about Seven and Full Metal Jacket as well. Two of the greatest movies e... : tomservo
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          I liked Se7en a lot too, but between that one and Requiem, Requiem made a much more depressing feeling. I... : larcho
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            Yeah. Seven is something I watch five or six times a year. Requiem? Never. : tomservo
            • Yeah, I don't know if I could ever really watch Requiem for a Dream again. Se7en is a great thriller a... : rand04
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          I find Se7en so much more disturbing than saddening, actually. It's almost my favorite horror movie. J : sgtsanity
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            The Thing is a worthy movie to be rated above, if one feels so inclined. That's easily one of my favorite... : tomservo
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              The movie gets me because John Doe is so goddamn compelling, and brilliant, and aware of what's going on.... : sgtsanity
              • True, Mills and Somerset never fuck up, however it's arguable if they would have ever caught Doe, had he : tomservo
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          I was also extremely shocked at marlon wayans performance. I really didn't think he could pull off such ... : Prozium
          • I was as well, but he pulls it off admirably. Much like Jamie Foxx in some of his recent roles (LOL STEAL... : tomservo
          • I was really amazed by that too. He pulled it off pretty well. : larcho
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      I'm the exact same way. One of my most favorite movies that I've seen twice, when I've seen Shawshank at... : Ecks
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        Why Black Hawk Down ? ... The part where they try to save the soldier with the fucked up leg is pretty pa : larcho
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          Shawshank is the only movie that even still successfully chokes me up at the ending. Even the part where : tomservo
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            Those are the both parts are so freaking emotive. The score does a lot though. : larcho
            • The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever listened to. : Ecks
          • The Green Mile does that to me. No matter how many times I watch it, I get misty eyed. : thecray
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            That's because it's one of the best movies ever. I don't know if any other movie so successfully nails s... : brickmatt
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              What I think is so crazy about the movie is it really doesn't have any female lead in it at all. Can you : Ecks
              • I didn't see it as a "best friend" drama movie. For me it was more about the fact that if you really try ... : larcho
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                Full Metal Jacket : tomservo
                • Good point :). That was another amazing movie. : Ecks
              • John Carpenter's The Thing doesn't have any. : sgtsanity
        • Clint Mansell scored The Fountain too, so I'm really really excited for it. : Prozium
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          Black Hawk Down because the movie is the most real depiction of war I've ever seen in a movie, ever. I h : Ecks
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            perhaps thats why i dislike it so much, that's kinda all i saw it as.. Counterstrike: the movie all the d... : wetard
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              I think their personalities came out, but I also think it showed just how chaotic war really is (and I ha... : Ecks
              • yeah that's one thing i think it did perfectly was show chaos. : wetard
    • Both Memento and Insomnia have the same effect, the pairing of a director and a composer seems to work re... : rand04
  • It gave me a bit of perspective I have to say. : larcho
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  Now watch Dancer in the Dark. : Deathlove
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    Feel good movie of the year! Watch Se7en first! : drucifer
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      Follow that with The Grey Zone. : NastyJack
      • And then Titicut Follies! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8766692219633717419&q=titicut+follies : sgtsanity
  • lol you are such an asshole : dopefish
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  Oh, and I just noticed that he is the same director from the upcomming movie "The Fountain" ... : larcho
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    And Pi! If Darren Aronofsky wanted me to go ass-to-ass, I totally would. Like right now. : Deathlove
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      I would have loved to see what he would have done with the Batman franchise. : Prozium
      • i wouldn't Before Christopher Nolan took over, director Darren Aronofsky was attached to make a Batman... : lodit
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  Get ready for The Fountain! Incoming Aronofsky movie magic on a massive budget. : sexydingo
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    Is it true that this is going to be the next Matrix ? ... I mean, not on the special effects side, more o... : larcho
    • I have high expectations. That gorgeous HD trailer has me hooked. : sexydingo
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      A better parallel would be 2001, which nails both angles. The SFX are certainly innovative, and will pote... : sgtsanity
      • "Instead of using CGI, Aronofsky chose to do the special effects for the film by using micro-photography ... : sexydingo
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        I never saw 2001 ... so I did a search on youtube for some scenes. Holly shit, the director was thinking ... : larcho
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          Fucking KUBRICK. Go buy his movies right now. : tomservo
          • I'm gonna watch Eyes Wide Shut this weekend for the first time in about 5 years. I'll be watching with m... : Prozium
          • Seriously, I love his shit. I was watching 2001 in HD the other day, and couldn't look away. I canno... : brickmatt
        • per imdb: Instead of using CGI, Aronofsky chose to do the special effects for the film by using micro : hobosapien
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      I'd have to lower my expectations for the film if that's the case. : Chris Remo
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        :( : larcho
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          I wouldn't even consider the matrix as being a philosophical movie. It really isn't that deep and doesn'... : Prozium
          • Well, maybe not philosophical then. But the whole concept amazed me. : larcho
      • lool : wetard
    • no, When asked about the film Darren said, "It's a post-Matrix, metaphysical Sci-Fi movie, and it's ve : hobosapien
  • per imdb: In early 2002, writer/director Darren Aronofsky cast Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in the cen : hobosapien
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  yeah i love that movie it has alot of really powerful scenes great soundtrack too. also i think it was cr... : wetard
  • nm, for some reason i filed this thread away in my head and remembered the wrong slang term.. whatever i ... : wetard
• I loved that movie. I could never watch it again. : slax0r
• Great movie.. and the music kicks ass too. : gummijoh

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  This reminds me of a time when initialize flashback My friend and I used to use All-Seeing Eye to trac : pebui
  • oh man i loved DC. <3 :) : jrock
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  another CS:S protip: play more Quakes : RikiTiki2
  • You misspelled Freelancer. : omnova
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  play on the shack servers... : Patch-e
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    I've asked this before: What is the DNS name of the shack CS-S server that everyone plays on? Also, is ... : tangles
    • dude, we (usually I) post it in every CS:S menz thread. it's within the last few posts I've made. : jrock
• ah i remember the days when that kinda shit happened to me, im not good enough anymore to attract that ki... : SockMonkeh
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  pro-tip: Don't play CS:S. Many, many people who play it are assholes. : Arcanum
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    you might as well say don't LIVE : SockMonkeh
    • Life is overrated. You get way more utility out of one of the better undeath variants. : Arcanum
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      if you equate CS:S to life then you're already dead : RikiTiki2
      • he meant the assholes thing : lakren
    • indeed sir. : Turd Ferguson
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    I would say: stay with the shack servers. 99% of pub servers are absolute shit, imo. : basketofkittens
    • agreed. If its not with the shack its not worth my time : Crimson
  • lmao : virus
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  I was playing on The [Whore] House 24/7 Office, and me and one of their clan members were tearing up the ... : Barbarian
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    friggin hillarious. love virtual power mongering as i get banned : Crimson
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      I stopped playing Enemy Territory online after I got banned from my favorite server. It was pretty much t... : Sarcastro
      • Me and my friend on that one urban eygpt map would set up two mortars and hit the opening of an Axis alle... : pebui
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      I'm not usually that good of a player, it's just this time my kamikazee assault method was exactly what t... : Barbarian
      • I like to run in while thier re-loading after killing you. : Githyanki
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    They also have a tendency to give one of their teammates infinite health. But, where you gonna go at 4:30... : AxeMan808
    • They have done that a bit lately. Until about a week ago, all they did was give the entire server $16000... : Barbarian
  • ohh I want to go play there now so I can complain they play office too much :D : mikecyb
• yes this is knowledge I am privy to : tunis5000
• if your not banned from at least couple of CS servers for 'cheating' then you 'aint good at cs. : spdon
• Another pro-tip: don't shoot or kill Orange Pylon too many times. He won't ban you or anything, but he wi... : Orange Pylon
• Heh, I've been kicked from so many servers for "hacking" it's ridiculous. My personal best was getting ba... : InfoBiter
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  CS:S Pro-Tip: Don't play w/ FPSDavid. He'll own you. : FPSDavid
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    gb2stoofoo, at least there the other posters are allowed to flame you and instantly tag all your posts st... : mallocated
    • who the hell are you? quit bugging me. : FPSDavid
  • Is that why everyone cheered when you left? : Pneum0
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  Protip: Day of Defeat. 10 second respawn vs. minutes. : EvilDolemite
  • I gotta give that another shot. : Pneum0
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    DoDs hitboxes are more fucked up then CS's. : nyranger66
    • Maybe so, but I spend way more time playing and less time watching others play while calling other dead C... : EvilDolemite
  • with one of the recent patches, that game now runs like poo poo on my box... :( : Jayx77
  • Well there is also Deathmatch CS:S which is neat. And the GunGame mod. : jrock

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  Oh, and UAC is still gay and disorienting as of preRC1... it flickers the whole screen to black and does ... : bradsh
  • You can disable UAC in User Accounts in the control panel. : steve_o
• well considering Aero is Direct3D it probably has to... don't think u can run a Direct3D accelerated ap... : Shadowdane
• I had this discussion today with our MS TAM and basically, at the end came to the conclusion that though ... : zipper76
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  I still like Picasa better for photos. IE7's not too bad, really. : snagger
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    it is if you at all support formal web standards. Their continued bastardization of CSS makes me cry : Bantis
    • fucking signed. : ki11_viru5
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  What are the min requirements for aero again? : rosewood
  • Shader Model 2.0 video card, I believe. : jake
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  I just started the download of RC1. I'm overdue for a fresh OS install. How's driver and app support thes... : Cygnus X-1
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    Where did you get RC1? : rosewood
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      i think he means the pre-RC1 that was released yesterday : Korban
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        I just want him to say it. Everyone keeps saying RC1! RC1! It ain't RC1. : rosewood
        • vista_5536.16385.060821-1900_vista_rc1_x86fre_client-LR1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso is what I'm pulling down now. ... : Cygnus X-1
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  With VLC you can get it to not drop out of Aero if you set the video to use GDI drawing. : bostrov
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    i know. media player classic has a variety of options too. overlay is alot faster though as far as proces... : bradsh
    • it uses only a few percent of the CPU anyway, and I imagine eventually they'll get rid of a true overlay ... : bostrov
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  Isn't DX10 exclusive to Vista? I would say that's the sole reason thus far. How else would you play Alan ... : K1Bond007
  • Err that last question was meant to be "for the computer" since Wake is coming to 360 and Crysis will pro... : K1Bond007
  • I actually brought up this argument with the MS guy, but stated that I find it ridiculous to believe DX10... : zipper76
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    they would run on XP just in DX9 mode, it would be retarded for them to make it Vista & DX10 only : Shadowdane
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      Yet they are already doing it. There is a growing list of games that are XP only. So let's see, Win2K... : Nixx2004
      • XP only? are you sure? there's no technical reason for a game to work in XP but not 2k. any XP-only game ... : mallocated
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  VISTA isn't cool because Microsoft India didn't send me it yet. : Toraz Chryx
  • IAWTP. checked my mail yesterday. : chuck577
• WinFS. Wait, that got shitcanned. DRM'ed out the ass. Nope. That sucks balls. : RatBastard
• Virtual Folders, real-time indexing. : FushigiDenki
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  I have nforce 4 and only see this: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html Doe : Cygnus X-1
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    everything is included, all the newest Nvidia stuff. I just had to run Windows Update after install and i... : R.Cade
    • it needs a driver on setup, wont tell me what its for, and cant find it. Its not gonna happen tonight. : Cygnus X-1
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  I don't see any reason to upgrade. I don't want new GUI candy, and I don't see any games that will make u... : johnny skidmarks
  • There are more feature additions than that though... : FushigiDenki
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  #1 because DX 10 only works on it, call it a "feature" if you like. But if you plan on gaming with a PC, ... : ErneX
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    That's what I thought until I got schooled on active directory and XP (vs. 2000). : FushigiDenki
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      Yeah but who of us have practical uses for active directory at our homes? : ErneX
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        My point, none the less, is that it was not a trivial upgrade. : FushigiDenki
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          I thought we were discussing about features we mortals might find cool, not about enterprise stuff that g... : ErneX
          • Nope, no truth to it at all. : FushigiDenki
          • There is something - i believe the 64-bit edition will be packaged with certain drivers or built-in decod... : inarius