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  I love Relic. : moogle
  • Thanks, I love you all too! : askedrelic
• holy shit that's an RTS? crazy detail. : gokart.
• hahaa awesome : Jayx77
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  Baha, took me a minute. : notd665
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    idontgetit : iamgoat
    • nowigetit : iamgoat
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  hahaha, I noticed the "rofl" as well, is that something you did? : mrfunky3000
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    No, it's a screen my buddy took, not sure how he did that though. : ripper9
    • his profile name would have to be rofl, probably made one just for that shot. : sharpie
• Ahaha, that's awesome. : basketofkittens
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  has that shit hit the shelves yet? : mavmavv
  • Soon my friend, soon. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • that shit just hit the stores in all GameStops and EB Games today. or at least it should have. if the loc... : Flakmanz
• heh, I love that :] : Noobler
• That's fucking AWESOME. +INF : lookitzpancakes
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  Hope you don't mind, I threw it up on Digg. Maybe it'll get the proper recognition it deserves! : notd665
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    http://digg.com/gaming_news/Relic_Loves_EA_Really : notd665
    • make sure to copy and paste so the link doesn't get shut down. : ki11_viru5
  • Not at all. : ripper9
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    That ImageShack link could crumble pretty soon. : freshyk
    • That's why I mirrored it. ;) : notd665
• BRILLIANT !!! : CoRDS
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  i dont get it :( : Morgin
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    you are not 1337 : drucifer
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      i still don't get it. A 3 looks nothing like an E unless you are retarded. now i get it : Morgin
      • You thought 1337 speakers were smart? : Nighteyes
  • for the non-1337 crowd: 3A5UX5 = EA SUXS : kill9
  • ahem. : ki11_viru5
• It's in the game! : Orange Pylon
• Ahahahah! Took me a minute. kuddos to texture artists! : FushigiDenki
• whoa, i've gotta give Relic some props on that, i didn't notice that at first XD : NaklsonofNakkl
• that's awesome! : thebigbeefsandwich
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  why does it have the extra 5 at the end? also, was there some bad blood between the two? im not in the... : sexninja!!!!
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    The 5 is an "S". As in EASUXS. No idea if there's bad blood, but I think developers can dislike EA as... : Matt Burris
    • wouldnt the x make that redundant? : sexninja!!!!
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  :( Evil Avatar has gotten a lot better actually..I don't understand the hate. : deathofrats
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    What was the Evil Avatar hate about? I missed all of that. I want to hate too. : freshyk
    • Lots of things, including retarded (later ret-conned) opinions on Tribes! : Fayk
    • They had a habit of making stupid shit up and calling it news last time I noticed, like HL2 coming out in... : node
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      The guy that runs it has an idiot with a massive sense of entitlement. He once posted a "Whoohoo!" when a... : Fred Garvin
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        whereas here we just insult you? :P : drucifer
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          Halp :( http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12838986 : Optimus Prime
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            Screw you and your insu... hey wait... : Fred Garvin
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              What are you waiting for? Have you cancelled his DSL yet? : slickdoody
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                I'm thinking about canceling the entire phone plan. :( : Optimus Prime
                • I despised SBC and dropped them for Vonage. Vonage has it's problems, but at least it's cheap! I'm payi... : slickdoody
      • I agree with Fred Garvin, he did the same to me. : dmiller
• thats awesome....gotta love that : grimjoe
• Awesome! :D I'm getting the game tomorrow! woo! : DM7
• I clicked that image a good dozen times in the last few hours. I had no clue wtf was going on until druc... : rosewood
• wow good eye. : tension
• fucking awesome! : abrasion
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  Pardon my stupid question, but what game is that? : suicidemachine
  • OMG, COMPANY OF HEROES, FAG! : Rice-Rocketeer
• Keep digging. We want EA to see this, right right? http://digg.com/gaming_news/Relic_Loves_EA_Really : notd665
• after it was explained, I laughed, now it is a must buy. : ghost hacker
• Oh snap! EA got pwned! : Matt Burris
• haha what could be better? : downrightevil
• the A should be a 4! : dodob
• Awesome, as if this game werent close enough to perfection, it just yook 2 steps closer by both dissing ... : IrN00btastic
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  thats very childish and unprofessional, even though EA does suck. : spdon
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    uh...you actually take offense to THAT? : PlanetPerfecto
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      I don't take offense, it is just childish and a bit sad for another company to do that. : spdon
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        if by "childish" you mean "hilarious" then yes, I totally agree with you : ravvy
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          'Ah ha I just textured EA SUCKS, I AM A COMIC GENIOUS!' : spdon
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            cos they are stupid and cant spell genius :( : spdon
            • shacknews comments - where maturity reigns supreme. : PlanetPerfecto
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              and this is different from the jab that Ritual took at 3DRealms...how? Also, why do you post on The Shack... : freakord
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                what jab was that? Why are you so upset, this is just unprofessional, it is the sort of thing a 14 yr old... : spdon
                • Yes, but it's still funny in a post-ironic sort of way. : thesubtlesnake
                • Unprofessional? How is it unprofessional to make a funny easter-egg jab at another company? It's light ... : Defacil
                • GAMES ARE SERIOUS! STOP HAVING FUN! : fr0x
      • Ya totally sad for a dev who obviously love what they do to express their opinion (in a humorous, easter ... : IrN00btastic
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        Unprofessional? See this is what happens to people who get brainwashed by the EA takeover. There's no fun... : downrightevil
        • Internet, it's serious business. : Chod
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  welcome to weeks ago on the relicnews forum ;) : jrock
  • Does this place look like the RelicNews forum? :[ : bitter ego
• I am proud to say that I had to read several reply posts before I got the joke. : inarius
• DEMO DOWNLOAD'D : BicycleRepairMan
• That's great : ColoradoCNC
• Am i the only one that thinks this is probably just a coincidence, unless there is some reason for them t... : fuji-juice
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  Just for clarification......is EA in reference to Evil Avatar or Electronic Arts? I know Relic (and the ... : fr0x
  • what's the backstory? bad blood between EA and Relic? : dael
  • Can't we just pretend it's both? : devi| dog
• Want to buy increasing! (If only I could tear myself from the evil known as WoW.) : Athlon7
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  I just read this bit in a review: one of the most recognizable vehicles of the 20th Century, the Willys : TheArtMan
  • This puts the thing on a whole new light. : zehh
  • Fuck EA, next thing you know they'll License every war this country has engaged in. I can see it now, Pre... : pebui
  • That makes it 10x funnier! Relic rocks! : Madwacker

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  Is your music on a network drive? On the MCE machine? How are you trying to add songs? I've been u... : rasputinreborn
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    At first I had it running from a seperate PC to all my music. Thats how it was all setup perfectly, and t... : bozer
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      Are you using the 360 as a mce extender? This is important because it creates it's own user account on t... : rasputinreborn
      • Oh and no I do not DnD, I just point it to the directory and it goes from there. If WMP is crashing when... : rasputinreborn
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        Im running Vista upstairs. I have a 360 downstairs. Id like my music albums to display properly in both M... : bozer
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          I haven't tried to use the 360 to extend Vista's MCE, just the XP one. Armybob is doing it though and ha... : rasputinreborn
          • or lol format and reinstall : rasputinreborn
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            yeah im gonna reinstall WMP thanks for your help : bozer
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              except i cant do that on Vista.. sigh. : bozer
              • Try a couple things: Look in WMP's folder under Program Files, there may be a file there you can use t... : rasputinreborn
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  Yea, so far I absolutely love WMP11. : FushigiDenki
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    Well what about MCE. Where you store your music so it displays properly? I cant add anything to either of... : bozer
    • Weird, I've fucked with WMP11 quite extensively and it has never crashed. I haven't played with Media Ce... : FushigiDenki
• im really enjoying vista mce : CoRDS
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  you forgot Windows ME. : the archvile
  • DAMNIT, I WAS TRYING TO FORGET ABOUT THAT : Toraz Chryx
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  Update: I just killed a ton of processes that had to do with "media" and now everything is back folder wi... : bozer
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    whut? What processes specifically? : rasputinreborn
    • i dont remember..i just killed anything that had the word media in it. : bozer
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    all the media center stuff is like eh* stuff : CoRDS
    • Exactly, it sounds like he may have had something else installed that was fucking things up to me... : rasputinreborn
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  B E T A ... stop bitching. : mojoald
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    XP WMC is a buggy heap of shit as well. None of this is new in Vista. Great when it works, for TV. Sev... : nudel
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      What the hell? Your box is fucked up. : rasputinreborn
      • Agreed; I've never read of such an issue in countless hours on thegreenbutton and other MCE sites. There'... : Merconium
    • This is why you only buy name brand tuners from Haugepauge or ATi, only run it on Intel Platforms, and on... : mojoald
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  XBMC : abrasion
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    worst suggestion ever, even for you! : rasputinreborn
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      lies, it's the best media player ever : FushigiDenki
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        and not a pvr. : vigilante
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          Not to mention a WHOLE SEPARATE PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT HE DID NOT ASK ABOUT IN ANY WAY : rasputinreborn
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            indeed, obviously the correct suggestion is to use mythtv. : vigilante
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              haha. That's slightly more appropriate but still, no. Ugly as hell and why would you use it except for ... : rasputinreborn
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                Cause it detects and skips commercials automatically. Cause it's backend/frontend architecture is very n... : vigilante
                • Setup is probably easier. Hardware support is really good. Wife friendly. Can use 360 as extender. : rasputinreborn
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          To quote the original poster "I wish I could just play videos easily through my 360 and not have to deal ... : abrasion
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            Let's review shall we? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12844338 : rasputinreborn
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              Gee it solves his problem, most responses around here are "zebra cum" : abrasion
              • Yours was worse! At least he could probably get zebra cum for free with a little handywork. : rasputinreborn
    • I guess you've never used it, because it completely owns. : abrasion
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      Nero seems to have decent media player stuff. : Orange Pylon
      • That's a pretty bad option too, considering it isn't free. : rasputinreborn
  • XBMC kicks ASS! : klearlyunseen
  • if only it had 2 tv tuners like my mce box : CoRDS

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  sounds like Winter Assault's normal difficulty. anyways, why don't you try more infantry with some anti-t... : RikiTiki2
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    My normal procedure is to: - Choose "Infantry Company" specialization and get the "Rifleman can captur... : CRasterImage
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      that resource points observation posts sounds like dawn of war not surprising really : RikiTiki2
      • It is very much like Dawn of War. Though improved in hundreds of ways. Made by the same guys. Relic so... : CRasterImage
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      Here's a decent early strat if you like to have riflemen early: -Your first engineer builds your barra... : Noobler
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        Just zerg rush to cap resource points? Should I put observation posts on them? : CRasterImage
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          Like aeg1x said in his post below, dont bother with OP's on all points. The main things you want are your... : Noobler
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            Ok, thanks. I'm going in!!! : CRasterImage
            • Thanks! That did it. Zerg rushing for caps, sans obs posts, got me in a position to pump out armoured c... : CRasterImage
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    One suggestion is get out 4 or 5 engineers to take as much territory as possible... I'm not pro yet thoug... : VencieraX
    • I tried that too. Considering that you can generate engineers ealier and faster than you can generate ri... : CRasterImage
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  Allied tanks can't go toe to toe with even the shittiest axis tank unless you've got good enough micro to... : aeg1x
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    That video is cool. Though, by watching his mouse, he doesn't seem to be telling the sherman where to go... : CRasterImage
    • That video is captured from a replay rather than live in-game I beleive. : aeg1x
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    sticky bombs take an absolute fuckton of munitions : JINKY
    • also holy shit that thing looks good on that guy's computer :( : JINKY
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    how the fuck is he making it circle like that without clicking the mouse? : freakord
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=43802&12844839 : aeg1x
  • Riflemen can take out stugs with sticky bombs. they're hardly a challenge. : aaarrrgh
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  ABC Always Be Capping. Capping spreads the enemy thin and takes away resources they could be using agains... : mista mista
  • ^^^ Best advice here. Keep your guys moving, and dont forget about em :) Command queueing (shift+click) h... : Noobler
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  After some practice on normal difficulty, I've managed to beat the skirmish mode on expert on the first t... : ayesel
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    That sounds like an interesting idea. "Generate a solid front and then just slowly move it forward." ... : CRasterImage
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      I just played another game against the computer on expert mode; you can definitely skip the barracks. If ... : ayesel
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        If memory serves, an AT gun requires a motor pool. A motor pool requires a storage thingie. A storage t... : CRasterImage
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          That's incorrect, you don't need to build a barracks to advance through the tiers. Lots of allied players... : aeg1x
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            Ok, true. A storage thingie requires either a barracks, or a weapons center. The barracks are cheaper t... : CRasterImage
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              Or you could go Airborne and paradrop some in :p : aeg1x
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                Oh! That sounds like an interesting alternative. Do they cost more? I have no literature that describe... : CRasterImage
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                  Alright finally managed to find the replay and a place to upload it: http://hyperupload.com/download/0... : ayesel
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                    Done and done. Is there a special command to play it, or is there a menu command? : CRasterImage
                    • You do it through the skirmish menu but give me a second I'm pretty sure the upload isn't right. : ayesel
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                    Aww shit the download isnt working correctly for some reason, give me a second... : ayesel
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                      Ya, the filesize is 0kb. : CRasterImage
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                        Here we go, I just downloaded and it appears to be correct: http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/b6c9899e7... : ayesel
                        • Thanks. 944 kb this time. I'm going in! : CRasterImage
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                          Cool, gonna check this out too. I <3 replays :x I just did a quick little one that uses the WSC instea... : Noobler
                          • lol this site doesnt like me either. Working link: http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/1d89a54456/ : Noobler
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                          Just finished it. Very clever! Smashing his base to hell, when he still controlled half the battlefield... : CRasterImage
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                            That was the first time I've tried that tactic. I just found a nice, somewhat secluded spot near the enem... : ayesel
                            • Haha yeah, that ending was awesome. Very sneaky indeed :] I love watching all those strafing and bombing ... : Noobler
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  50mm?! : d0pamine
  • If memory serves, yes. : CRasterImage
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  got a call from EB saying that it would be in today. can't wait to play you fuckers online : freakord
  • not out until the 28th here :( Relic are awesome enough to keep the multiplayer beta running until the... : aeg1x

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  :D You're in for a continued treat. Whatever you do, don't read anything about it to avoid spoilers. Y... : DOOManiac
  • Between re-playing BG&E, starting Onimusha 2 and this I'm quite enjoying gaming right now. : abrasion
• Best Zelda game ever. You lucky bastard. : Serpico74
• The two games you've mentioned arepretty much Top 5 of all time material. : pgharavi
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  Speaking of the SNES Zelda, I'm playing through Zelda Four Swords Adventure with a couple friends, holy c... : joesnizzle
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    Whassat? : abrasion
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      If you can, play Zelda: Minish Cap, a new adventure for the GBA. It was alot of fun. : pgharavi
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        I don't play handhelds so I guess I'll miss out. : abrasion
        • Send Nintendo a check and emulate ;) : pgharavi
        • Pick the game up used on the cheap and throw it in a GBA Player to play it on your TV (make sure you get ... : roushimsx
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          This attitude both bewilders and amuses me. : omnova
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            http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12601135 http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10892174 I just can't ta... : abrasion
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              The DS is practically a pocket SNES/N64 with two screens and a touchpad. Not sure what's childish about ... : omnova
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                Let's not start it again eh? - I just can not use a handheld - I can't do it, I'll game on a PC or a "hom... : abrasion
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                  99% of my gaming time with the DS is on my couch or at my parents' house. Hell, last time I bought it th : omnova
                  • I hate to agree with omnova but... : rosewood
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                  It's okay to sit on a couch and play a portable : Chris Remo
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                    I don't want to! there's 8 grand worth of equipment around me to enjoy games properly! - awesome couch, s... : abrasion
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                      Okay, then give a real reason. "It's for children" is such a painfully weak statement it's almost unbeli : Chris Remo
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                        Please use "is completely meaningless. It means nothing. It has no meaning." in LNC at some point in the ... : rosewood
                        • I'd hate to agree with Rosewood, but that is the most beautiful redundancy ever. : MC Kingsley
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                        To be frank it really doesn't matter what reasons you have for validating it, I just don't see it that wa... : abrasion
                        • ass : megarust32
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                          I think you're just deliberately ignoring what people are saying. We, adults, play these games at home, ... : Chris Remo
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                            It's my perception, you're telling me that hey, you're an adult, you're no kid but it doesn't matter it's... : abrasion
                            • Your soda example is stupid. Feel free to not like soda. Feel free to not like portable gaming. Don't : Chris Remo
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                I have the mario kart red DS. I have never taken it out in public. Never will. If I had a black DSlite I ... : buzzbat
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                  I didn't realize the shack had so few testicles... : rosewood
                  • I have a hard enough time up here with girls (3:1 ratio the wrong way) the last thing I need is to prance : buzzbat
                • I've taken my DS Lite to school to play between classes a few times and probably will tomorrow. :( : omnova
      • I finished this like 10 minutes ago. Fun, but there were a few points where the level designed lacked. I'... : Yanks
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      It was a 4-player Zelda game which played very much like Link to the Past on the Gamecube. Terrific fun. : joesnizzle
      • Oh ok that sounds good. : abrasion
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        Hope they release it, or something nearly identical, for the Wii + internet co-op. : FushigiDenki
        • Agreed, that would be awesome : joesnizzle
• I'd love to be in those shoes again... : rosewood
• abrasion liking something? wtf is going on here? : Clay
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  This and the Ocarina of time are my favorite zelda games ever. : dasboot360
  • I've played through Ocarina 11 times. So awesome. : FushigiDenki
  • My buddy took his gamecube back >:( I was only 5 hours in to the game but I'm going to buy a Wii for Ocar... : abrasion
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  Hot damnit wtf hamburger combo! I'm stuck at this point for 20 minutes, trying to rescue some pendant for... : abrasion
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    Wow, its like I'm looking into a time portal. : not work safe
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      Same problem with bomb drops? :( : abrasion
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        Finally 2.5 hours in to the game and someone drops one AFTER I just paid 50 rupees for one :( : abrasion
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          Pretty sure you needed to buy it to start finding the ammo for it. So, it wasn't just bad luck or anythi... : megarust32
          • yep you have to get a bomb bag before you can carry them at all : VegasX
    • This was the second game I ever beat (first being mortal kombat :D) : buzzbat
  • Answer: The green guys you can only hit with their eyes open. You need to use the bow for the red ones. : Yanks
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    kill everything in the room : Omaha
    • oh, I didn't kil the green guy cause I didn't know I could (thanks yanks) shitcock fuck, I'm 2/3 of the ... : abrasion
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    Goddamnit! Where can I purchase these bombs, the GF guide isn't making sense. : abrasion
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      Got em! back on the way to enjoy my mission. : abrasion
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        For christs sakes abrasion, would you show a game some goddamned respect. IF you're going to enjoy a g... : rosewood
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          ahaha that's so weak rosewood really weak. : abrasion
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            hehe well back when I played it on my SNES when it came out, I had no internet... all I had was my SNES ... : Shadowdane
            • He's quoting this because I called him on being a spoon. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12518354 G... : abrasion
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              There was a kid at school that would call me for help. He wouldn't talk to me until he found out I had b... : rosewood
              • Wow, he must've loved it - that's kind of cool, I did the same thing with a friend of mine (who may or ma... : abrasion
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            shut it, I'm not listening to you anymore. Go play your SNES on your 8 billion dollar system. : rosewood
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              I'm playing it @ work btw, not my home setup. : abrasion
              • I don't hear little girls talk. : rosewood
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                You must have way too much time on your hands. You baby. : Chris Remo
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                  hahaha Chris gimmie a hug you angry little guy. I so have too much time on my hands, good god this job : abrasion
                  • I haven't been trolled this good since klerck. : rosewood
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                    Man you're such a baby. :( : Chris Remo
                    • (I don't hug babies, sorry, it's a principle thing) : Chris Remo
• I wish to the god of videogames that I could experience LTTP again from the beginning. I'm so so so envio... : Yanks
• I hope selective memory wipes are possible in the future. I'd delete all knowledge of LttP and FFVI and ... : Blucklesworth
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  Now that I'm home, I want to play Link to the past more than Onimusha 2 :( : abrasion
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    Shame that there is no kind of ... portable gaming system that could go between home and work letting you... : rosewood
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      I just didn't bring the save files home, I can play it on the Xbox on my 36" TV - that's how it should be... : abrasion
      • I SAID SHAME now stfu :( : rosewood
• Zelda for SNES was a great game, pretty sure it wasn't more fun than Chrono Trigger though. : tcxsnoop