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  Blast Corps? Or does it need to be multiplayer? : Omaha
  • I don't know, I'd prefer multiplayer because I really like to just wreck people's shit but examples of go... : Zibro
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  I always played aliens in Natural Selection for exactly this reason: I could destroy a lot of valuable hu... : Zero|DPX
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    Has there been any word on NS:Source at all? Because I need that game like Kathy Lee needed Regis. : drekstar
    • they just announced the other day it is in development. : h o s t i l e
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  Mercenaries had some fun shit-wrecking, but it's not multiplayer. Carpet bombs ftw. : yoonix
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    yeah I'm really looking for something multiplayer, I like to wreck someone's shit and know that they're j... : Zibro
    • Starcraft! : yoonix
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  Install Red Faction 1 and blow up some walls and ceilings and watch them fall on people and crush their f... : Salad Sammich
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    ^^^ this post reminds me i have to re-install this game. redfaction is freaking awesome. : X-GOUKI
    • Yeah, it's too bad that RF2 was disappointing (at least to me). It seemed like they tried too hard to ma... : Salad Sammich
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  Still pimping Fate... http://www.playfate.com Diablo 2 Clone, but more mindless.. and a free Demo. : stonedonkey
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    wtf, never heard of this. Im a sucker for 'Diablo' games, is this any good? : johnny rotten
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      It's great fun but beware the Wild Tangent : spiderfill
      • Yeah, srsly. I bought the game, and my box started taking a shit all over the place around Level 9. Uni... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        xplain plz : johnny rotten
        • It uses Wild Tangent technology, which may or may not be tainted with spyware : spiderfill
  • Haha, totally forgot about this game. Summoning six dragons at a time = awesome! : Teiresias
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  Crusader: No Reget, of course! : land
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    I bought that game and never installed it :< : nukewinter
    • Go play it right now. It's amazing! : land
• oh another good example is HL2DM, holy shit I can absolutely destroy people in that game : Zibro
• winning 1v3s nerf warlocks there I said it : action roommate
• Grand Theft Auto 3. : glio1337
• Mercenaries. : Fred Garvin
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  You missed the boat. That was called Ultima Online. : Edges
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    Where you could actually ruin someone's hard work. : Edges
    • I don't need to ruin anyone's work (though I guess I wouldn't mind??) but I just want to run around destr... : Zibro
• Flatout :) 1 or 2. : ghost hacker
• world of warcraft : moz
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  Company of Heroes : trOmblyj
  • I just don't get how I can wreck shit in an RTS :( maybe in something like Myth, but : Zibro
• Are you a Warlock? : atom519
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  Eve online. I dont think any other game offers players the chance to lose so much of their stuff in every... : Unleashed
  • Yeah, I cancelled my subscription immediately after the first time I got ganked. Urban Dead is more fun ... : Ride-My-Rocket

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• A red lightning bolt next to all Shackers names. When you click on the icon it sends a 10,000 volt shock ... : baronzemo78
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  Fix the hover over post delay for Internet Explorer 7 : railchu
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    more like MS should fix IE7 :) : Bantis
    • Ok, then just remove the hover stuff for IE browsers It wasnt being rendered with IE6 anyways, we wont m... : railchu
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  Comments It seems like some shackers come across as too anal retentive. A few minutes work might be ab... : TotalFusionOne
  • ^^ Just kidding. But seriously, how about the PRL error when c/ping large things? : TotalFusionOne
• Those chicks I've been waiting seven fucking years for :( : SiW73
• It would be nice to ignore users without their username being stuck at the top of each page. : wunderbred
• A "banned" status in the user profile. At a minimum, whether the person is banned or not. A time to res... : Arcanum
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  bring the forums back! : DonkeyPopsicle
  • oh, and have a "Latest NWS comments" box next to the "Latest Interesting Comments" box. : DonkeyPopsicle
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  request: make me a mod so i can ban people : cpt_gloval
  • i second this motion! : Bantis
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  13 CSS warnings in the Firefox console make me sad. : sharkII
  • Also, in addition to adding valid tags to the alt-post form, add them to the Shack Messages as well. : sharkII
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  Bring back all the posts lost in the db crash. : orgcaptainnemo
  • I at one time recently, themelon, or some other guy who plays with the shack db's, said the old database ... : sharkII
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  Shack Review section is a mess. :( Needs a major revision. Wii logo for LNC hell I made one for you dude... : K1Bond007
  • For example, Morrowind and Oblivion are organized under 'The'. : Sze Ior
• An easy way to browse video game media. I have no idea where to access the screenshot database. : freshyk
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  Not enough original content by smdever : theghostofsmdever
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    You can fix that. : Zero|DPX
    • no, smdever passed before his time, all thats left is the shell of a man who was once great...his ghost. : MisterPhoton
• A TFO filter. : d0gbert
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  i'd like people to stop starting their posts with "so" and "well" : Korban
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    well, that'd take a bit of work for a lot of us.. so.. maybe I'll work on it! :) : Bantis
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      i wonder if there's a way to filter out the first word of a post if it's "so" or "well" :-) : Korban
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        well, you could write a greasemonkey script to do so! : Bantis
        • Beaten by seconds! : Damodred
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        Easy. Would you like a GM script? : Damodred
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          i use IE7 :-( : Korban
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            y no firefox? : Bantis
            • not sure, i may switch it over when i get home just so i can play with scripts and extensions. : Korban
• Stuff that Sucks, Wise Words, bring it back Steve : tomservo
• also, lol : tomservo
• Bring back floated! : Bantis
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  none of that shit will happen. sry : haiku
  • Haha.. Haiku :( : K1Bond007
  • But you could fix it and then have a Post-Fix Q&A thread. Think of the glory. : tomservo
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    yeah, this place needs technicolor scrolling gayness, not bug fixes : mallrice
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      good point I should make more funny shacktags : haiku
      • How about playing some CSS instead of pretending to work? : AlexXdude
      • agreed. i'm here for you boss : mallrice
    • I used the scrolly rainbow gif in the UI for a web app at work - but my boss didn't like it. The guy who ... : Chunks
  • I disagree. I bet Thomw is almost done with the finishing touches. : sharkII
  • yeah - its not like you work here or anything.. : virus
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    ok fine here is your serious reply and hopefully the last time I ever have to repeat this: 1. I was ki... : haiku
    • lol : railchu
    • Yeah, ok. XOXO (not gay). I for one was not aware of the professional relation between you and the Sha... : Damodred
    • Haiku, you're my favorite. Right behind Ajax, degenerate, genjuro, dante, PA, UM, jedi_27, Mr Sex, [fry],... : Rauol Duke
    • Srsly, just put the kid out of his misery : Halen
    • So we can expect to see the changes by monday right? : carazy
    • In thanks for this I'll be sure to fire an extra 5 hello shots in CS:S I can't be blamed if they hit a... : pharoah mike
    • i'm saving a spot on my waterbed for you haiku. : g0nk
    • Hey haiku! Ask the ja.zz team if they like hot pockets! : burningtrees
    • haha great. : Smellsy
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      Whose job is it? : ashkie
      • I think Sander has to fix some stuff for the dthread to work, but other then that, whoever Steve decides ... : sharkII
    • Ok. You win. : sasowa
    • SWL (snorting with laughter for you dummies who don't know) : boomstickah
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      I'm not going to kiss your ass for you saying that you don't want to do fix something you said you'd fix ... : itsjames
      • Where did I say I was going to fix it? It's always been a "not my thing to fix" position but even then I ... : haiku
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      that was great up until the it won't matter eventually anyway part. that just made me sad. : burgertime
      • No, that isn't a bad thing - it is a good thing. : haiku
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      Yeah I actually don't care much about collapse. Mostly the grammar stuff :D Thanks for all your work ... : Zero|DPX
      • I look at this thread as a constructive wish-list of the people that care :( : sharkII
    • haha.. haiku called us assholes. hahaha yeah!!! : virus
    • ♥ : Ariakus
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  Fix the elipses issue where the last 2 characters of a post may be truncated and replaced with 3 elipses ... : mallrice
  • Ugh, yes. This one's really annoying. : Damodred
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    yep. I hate clicking on a post only to find that the ellipsis has covered up a punctuation mark or a sing... : BenMurphy
    • It's like getting a lump of coal for christmas : pharoah mike
  • My favorite is when the only character is truncates is a period. : Gnowknayme
  • I suggested this about 3 years ago before the major overhaul of the shack, so I would forget about that e... : itsjames
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  I suggest 24 hour bans for using the word 'loose' to mean the word 'lose' : jaga
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    i hear maarten is really loose : Bantis
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      That's not cool man. He has cancer. : boring gegtik
      • Truly a Neatherlandian Icon. : Phil
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  I always wish the "showing page #" was also listed at the bottom of the current page...I usually forget w... : speon
  • Oh, and no serif fonts on the gallery/review/preview pages - blech. :D : speon
• Delete checked (And other buttons) at the top of the shackmessage page, in addition to the bottom : Githyanki
• I would pay to have collapse again :-( : opengl128
• Be nice to surf regularly from work. Damn you google-analytics! : ghost in my shell
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  An easier way to get to the Search Comments box. : DrZettl
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    This was by design, because shack worked on such little hardware so the database hits needed to be kept d... : haiku
    • Interesting. But since you have to load an entire comments page to get to the Search box, doesn't it stan... : DrZettl
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    Latest Chatty -> End key on the num pad takes you there pretty fast. : sharkII
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      Unless you have a slowass machine like I do at work. : DrZettl
      • well, bookmark it then. http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x :/ : sharkII
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  None of these are fixes, they are enhancements. Big difference. : cancerchunk
  • 1, 2, and 4, at the least, are fixes. I also agree with other people about improper comment truncation... : Zero|DPX
• I love the Shack the way it is, with all it's bruises and bumps :( : drucifer
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  I don't care about most of this stuff. However, it would be nice to have the old database reintegrated. ... : Vantage
  • I wish, but I guess there is no way. :( : drucifer
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    Gone forever. Really really bums me out too. Well, I think there is some way earlier stuff there, and I c... : haiku
    • Yeah, seems like mid 2000 up until early 2003 is gone. If any of that could be reintegrated... well, I ... : Vantage
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      I should look at this when I have time. There is a table in the DB that represents the actual comments... : themelon
      • As long as I can search the text and previous links still work, I'm good (though user would really be nic... : Vantage
• more random graphics at the [POST COMMENT] box. : johnny nada
• I've long run a sad, lonely campaign to have the words "Opera, although we'd love to support it, is not c : ThrillKill
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  We must construct additional ______. : Orange Pylon
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    ... pylons? : Moonbase Commander
    • Winner. : Orange Pylon
  • We need more civic buildings! : crummynz
• Bring back random comments! An attention whore tag would be hilarious. Don't even let the users filter ... : romulan
• Why do I have to update my age once a year? Can't the Shack count? : nudel
• I say we just throw money at ThomW and let him go crazy with what-the-fuck-ever-he-wants. That dude is a ... : roushimsx

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  Yup, it's a $19.99 Greatest Hits title now. : EvilDolemite
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    I thought I only fell asleep at my desk for a few minutes! Shit. : ThomW
    • yes, they grow up so fast now... : Jayx77
• in before mancide : tashtego
• EB in Plano TX just called me saying my copy is in. (2 PM CST) : byorn
• gow GEARS!!!! : voodooraze
• It's at Wal Mart here.. Too bad I gots no monies. : TotalFusionOne
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  Just got my copy bitches!!!! : Silent Wolf
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13189682 :P lucky bastard : pandastrong
    • hehehehe : Silent Wolf
  • We can finally sleep in peace :D : tomservo
  • Are you getting R6: Vegas at the end of the month? : X Fuzion
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  BO in Mtl, got GH2 instead : Enigme
  • It's nowhere to be found in montreal until tomorrow. GameBuzz downtown and EBGames will have it. : AlexXdude
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  what about Canadia? : mystifier
  • Not sure where your located - http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13200208 : LexLuther
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  :( when will this be out on PC? I have a no xbox360.... Although my friend does and he's staying at my ho : voodooraze
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    never. : edgewise
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      whoa whoa wait... are you serious? That's some Major bullshits right there! : voodooraze
      • why? no one ever complains when other games don't come out on PC. : dmiller
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        Why would you even expect it to come out on PC? : Goncyn
        • Why not?!?! Why do you xboxers get all the fun!?!?! : voodooraze
      • I read that it's possible at the end of next year. : thejm4n
      • haha : cam3lt0sis
• The BB here said it was coming out tomorrow... so I just grabbed GH2 and left. : khaosman
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  List where you are! anybody near Los Angeles find one? : exigence7
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    the eb at the hh promenade gets it at 7pm.... the universal citywalk gamestop has 2000 copies and cliffy ... : xil-reno
    • man that place is such a pain in the ass to get to. if it were something more accessible I'd go down and... : smacknca
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  I tried a lot of places in Rochester and got zip. I'll just wait until tomorrow I guess. I hate all of : Begawkiness
  • ^^ Yes we tried really hard, I called about 70% of all places that would sell videogames in the Rochester... : Yanks
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  when is the PC port coming? : gyokuro
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13199144 : dmiller
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      http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/gears-of-war/rumor-gears-of-war-coming-to-pc-208710.php : Ratsofatsorat
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        We're believing a German Magazine rumor now? : dmiller
        • No, but I wouldn't emphatically say "never" either. Microsoft seems to really be pushing Vista gaming, an... : Ratsofatsorat
• My area won't be getting it until tomorrow :( : FushigiDenki
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  Nothing in Twin Cities, but EB offers 20% extra cash on used games. Hmm. : Damodred
  • Yea, I couldn't find it anywhere around here either =( : TheNiXXeD
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  Try some wireless carriers? I don't know if you have any experience with cellular phone tech tho, and if... : ProdigyXL
  • ehh that was for another post.... But in this post, if you don't have it pre-ordered, are you pretty... : ProdigyXL
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  GoW = God of War Gears = Gears Of War GET IT RIGHT ALREADY!! : Drewus
  • GoW > GoW : NeoMoose
  • Sorry. It's been curbstomped and replaced. : cam3lt0sis
• Got bupkis in Raleigh, NC. Circuit City Best Buy WalMart Nada. Anyone else have better luck? : TenaciousPimple
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  Just got home GOW CE in hand! Add me: the warmaker. : Warmaker
  • GEARS!! : judasen
• for seattle area folks, issaquah costco apparently has 40+ copies. i'm trying to track down a place that ... : mallrice
• I am playing this right now! My EB had about 20 more copies sitting in a box. : mr brown
• Mississauga Represent! Time to get my curbstomp ON!! lol, imma get my ass handed to me something bad ... : LexLuther
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  I picked my copy up at 5PM... The GameStop on Greenville ave. in Dallas recieved a shipment of 150 tod... : MaximDiscord
  • WHat about Wal-Mart at midnight for the 24 hour stores anyone know when they put stock out? : oneshot

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• This tonight btw. (lols) : nyranger66
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  in face you encourage it eh : toneh
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    WHY I CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH CORRECTLY I WAS BORN HERE : nyranger66
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      :( I don't know how I screwed up "you guys can still do something if you want, in fact I encourage it" : nyranger66
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        it's okay. next time you should wait until after noon to start drinking though. : mikecyb
        • It's always Beer o' Clock :( : nyranger66
    • worst. asian. ever. :-P : dahanese
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  Why must you tempt me? I have reading and a paper to work on :( : Portax
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    bah i mentioned it on saturday!! we were all drunk though... : nyranger66
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      I remembered! : loboca
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        I'm surprised you remembered anything from that night. : nyranger66
        • I don't. I lied >:( : loboca
• Everyone make a group sexy? : Wolfanoz
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  I make sexy on Maarten and get autograph instead? Very Niiiice! : johnny nada
  • afternoon bump for reference I will get later on. : loboca
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  I hope you guys have been taking him for food downtown. : Serpico74
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    If by "downtown" you mean the financial district.. no. If by downtown you mean the village, chelsea, wes... : loboca
    • I mean Village, Soho, Chelsea, etc, yes. : Serpico74
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  oh god, my brother just called telling me he found Gears of War on sale already. Maybe I should stay home... : nyranger66
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    hahahaha bring everyone over and play video games you nerd : askedrelic
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      Everyones afraid of leaving Manhatten. : nyranger66
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        There's no reason to leave Manhattan. : tharger
        • ^^^ : loboca
        • God-damned New Yorkers. : EvilDolemite
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          it's true. I leave every day to go to work and I die a little inside :( : mikecyb
          • Oh god, I really need to get a job in NYC :( : askedrelic
          • A guy last night was telling me Brooklyn > Manhatten (he lived in Brooklyn for 7 years). : EvilDolemite
          • When did you move to Manhatten? : Afterglow
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          I tell myself this every day : digitalburro
          • when are you and multifag moving here? : nyranger66
        • I don't particularly like it there. Give me trees and streams to build forts in or shoot off fireworks an... : Chunks
        • i enjoy leaving manhattan because it means i'm done with work and on my way home to brooklyn! : burgertime
• early evening bump : loboca
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  everyone who doesnt come will be banned : Maarten Goldstein
  • hahahahaha plz don't to me :( : askedrelic
  • I hope my bluesnews account is still valid :( : Chunks
  • pix & divx if it ends up being a dinner for 2 plz. : johnny nada
  • as much as i'd like to ditch the project i have to finish before midnight, it is worth 40% of my grade...... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • ahahahah sweet : loboca
  • :-( but i love you, maarten. i would have come if i hadn't an EXCELLENT reason. : dahanese
• I should move to New York. >:( : Rauol Duke

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  Maybe they don't have an spares? Maybe you should pre-order next time. : red2lucas
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    Seriously, it's not a console, how could a company not have spares of a game? It's not as if there is a ... : nukewinter
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      just like i said below, you guys are shopping at the wrong stores. : maulla
      • I haven't been in a gamestop or ebgames forever, I won't give them my money at all anymore =) : nukewinter
• what's the diff? either way, they still sold all the ones they had before you got there? : elwood00
• yeah gamestop is probably holding dozens of game boxes in back just to spite you : boring gegtik
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  i dont know why you guys even bother with those stores anymore, unless you want to preorder the game. whe : maulla
  • and once other major retailers get into the trade-in business (or the business goes belly up, im sure it ... : maulla
  • /shill : cltcprd
• I wonder how much profit they make of that $5 interest free loan. : SwiftyPants
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  That crap is why I don't go to gaming retailers. I don't preorder, I just go to Best Buy or Circuit City... : Chris Remo
  • exactly, it's a stupid system that isn't even a real preorder system. All they want is for you to inflate... : Bantis
• despite having several gamestops and ebgames around here, if i can't find it at gamecrazy, i take it to t... : cpt_gloval
• I agree, if they dont have the stock to supply people who walk in in some kind of reasonable manner then ... : Rauol Duke
• This is why I am waiting until Thursday because most stores will have it by then and everyone else has th... : NFXFSX
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  instead try... "Do you have a copy of Gears of War for me?" "Did you pre-order?" "No" "Then we don't ... : jaga
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    lol I'm sure the sales person is REALLY going to give a shit. : red2lucas
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      I don't give a shit about their preorder warnings but that certainly doesn't stop them. : Chris Remo
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        When I worked in retail I would work in returns on a Saturday. I was really good most of the time and wou... : red2lucas
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          What do returns have to do with it? : Chris Remo
          • I think it was just an example of why the "well I'm not shopping here!!" thing doesn't work because no on... : Zibro
    • Yeah, really. I get people like that all the time at work "Have you guys received 'X' product yet?" - : AlexXdude
• I've had this happen before too, it isn't so much that they may* be out (I'll get to that in a second) bu : orgcaptainnemo
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  your issue is not with gamestop ... your issue is with limited supplies of games. It's not like they a... : Nation
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    That's actually not the case. They place orders based on preorders. In many cases they order exactly as... : Chris Remo
    • ok, oh well ... : Nation
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      For a game like gears, not ordering 5 more copies has just COST Them 5 more sales, why are they so stupid... : abrasion
      • it honestly depends on availability of it at other stores. like i said in my other post, getting the game... : maulla
      • because they don't make a lot of money there. The MASS majority of their money comes from Used games. Hel... : Bantis
  • i think its more of how GS/EB wants to distribute the games, not how many they get. any time ive ever bee... : maulla
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    we garrote. you will receive X copies... : elwood00
    • guarantee? I doubt he means "strangle" : edgewise
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      are you attempting to be a grammar Nazi or just an asshat? : Nation
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        just trying to understand what you're saying. it's a bizarre typo. : edgewise
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          it's more a "pick the wrong word" in the spellckecker : Nation
          • "guarantee" "garrote" what : cam3lt0sis
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        c'mon. it's funny. lighten up. : elwood00
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          sorry, that is just not one of those things I personally do not joke about and probably take it more pers... : Nation
          • grammar is serious business : nukewinter
      • No, he's being a diction nazi. No grammar involved. : rudds
  • I think they only get pre-orders now so they can sell you a used copy of the game sooner and make more bl... : mista mista
• show them they shouldn't do that with your money. Don't shop there anymore for anything : mista mista
• I don't preorder. If they dont want to sell it to me becuase I didn't give them 5$ down, then I'll just ... : jonin
• I wouldn't feel too bad, just shop somewhere else next time. It's their business model that's going to k... : mattleexbox
• yeah, gamestop sucks. i went to go get ffxii a while ago but didn't because they only got enough regular... : choppp
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  They are just trying to cement you into pre-orders. They have plenty of stock. It's a business move, an... : exigence7
  • Yeah it seems they are hot on this preorder thing. I wonder how much interest they make off preorders. I'... : Mansmells
• What ? You mean they didn't even offer to sell you a strategy guide ? : qwpeoriu
• This is why I typically avoid our local Gamestop. If I absolutely must have a game on launch day, I might... : Noobler
• Yeah, as a game dev, how much this happens pisses me off. I really wonder how many people just don't even... : lplasmatron
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  It would be cool if markets sold pre-owned milk too. : lowpoly
  • it only makes sense if you can get a better quality of milk with your pre-order (more fresh, healthier co... : hamachi
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  funny story. i went into a gamestop a couple years ago with my then-roommate and he told the annoying pre... : cpt_gloval
  • heh, thats GOLD : BongSlayerB
  • haha, what the... nice : bakanoodle
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    Wasn't he just doing his job? : cam3lt0sis
    • yeah, I would have kicked that asshole out of the store : sanchez
  • hahaha wonderful : cryptical
  • hahahahahha can't stop laughing : thekidd
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    I don't know if you still hang out with your then-roommate, but if you do, next time you're out I want yo... : tomservo
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      Why? Because he's cool enough to make a shitty job shittier? They follow procedure. He's not witty, ... : cam3lt0sis
      • /legs and feet formed sir! : cpt_gloval
      • meh, if they had a problem with it, they should find other jobs. There are quite a lot of choices out the... : Bantis
      • Make that 2 beers, gloval. : tomservo
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    oh god he's so fucking clever. : AlexXdude
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      i know i should totally go into a real estate office and tell them im going to throw paperwork aroudn eve... : cam3lt0sis
      • and if they don't like it, well they can find another job! : AlexXdude
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        That's a poor analogy. The difference is, it's probably quite uncommon for someone to march into a rea... : tomservo
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          Why didn't you answer the hand job question. : AlexXdude
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            Because my dick was out by "hand" and that my friend is a big fast yes. : tomservo
            • fast = fat hurrrrr : tomservo
• Totally. EB has lost a lot of business from me when I walk in their store fully prepared to pay them cas... : Krypt_
• I just buy used from there, and wait a day and pick it up from Fry's for a cheaper price. I've probably g... : ghost in my shell
• They DO have enough to sell to you, but they won't give you one because they want you to be convinced tha... : badspot
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  I never buy games from EB anymore because of the snarky attitudes on their pre-pubescent staff here in Mo... : dengar65
  • I'm waking up at 9 AM tomorrow and I'm heading downtown to GameBuzz immediately to get my copy of GoW, if... : AlexXdude
• or...sure you can preorder Wii...for $700! plus fees : Colonel Angus
• Don't shop at GameStop. As others have probably mentioned, their whole game-selling business consists of ... : maddy
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  Maybe if they made more than $2 per copy on new games they'd be more willing to order extra stock. Fact o : tostador
  • which is why you can preorder anything, and not just the a-list games, right. i'm pretty sure your who... : mallrice
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    Dude, I know they make more than that unless their model is terrible inefficient. When I worked at compus... : feek
    • Yeah, 2 bucks is probably exaggerated, but I do remember reading an expose written by an ex-manager of a ... : tostador
  • They make a TON of money off the used games market. : kelerian
• The last time I tried to buy a game from one of our local gamestore the guy that worked there suggested t... : capt tripps
• Well fuck me. Amazon just updated my preorder for the collector's tin and now it says 11/13-14 delivery w... : mancide
• The only response is, "I'll just buy it someplace that has a copy," and walk out. : trove
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  Why didn't you preorder? I "pre-ordered" yesterday. It's on the way home from work. I just stopped in, sa... : Delusional
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    WHAT? Why the hell should you have to go in to the store and PRE-ORDER the fucking product? They are stru... : abrasion
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      What is so hard for you to understand about supply and demand? The store is either going to have enough f... : Delusional
      • A+ : cam3lt0sis
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        This would normally be true, except gamestop/eb only order enough to cover their preorders usually, most ... : Bantis
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          This is false. I walked into EB last week and picked up a copy of Marvel for 360 without pre-ordering. At... : Delusional
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            yea cause that's not a high demand game. They aren't going to sell tons of them. They do this for games l... : Bantis
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              Well guess what. In exactly one week, maybe sooner, and lasting for a couple of years time, you'll be abl... : Delusional
              • No, I'll just go to Best Buy, where I don't have to support a bunch of tools. :) : Bantis
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        what is this shit about "chances?" take my "chances?" It's not life or death. Everyone who didn't get one... : kevp
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          exactly. I gotta go run to my grocery store and preorder some milk, brb : Bantis
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            If milk was limited on a day of the week, you'd probably have to reserve it to buy it on that day. It'... : cam3lt0sis
            • uhm, I wasn't trying to make a real comparison, I was trying to make the funny via exaggeration : Bantis
          • Except buying a product that's been hyped for years on launch day is nowhere near the same as buying milk... : Delusional
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        There's no problem with the *option* of reserving a copy, there's a HUGE problem with the way these compa... : abrasion
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          Eh, I don't particularly feel forced into doing anything. Like I said in another reply, I buy most of my ... : Delusional
          • It just felt very strongarm to me. I couldn't even get ANSWERS out of the person I spoke to, it was li... : abrasion
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      You said rubbish :D : tomservo
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        Is that bad? Is this something American's don't say? - Should I have said "garbage" or "trash" I do h : abrasion
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          I just thought it was cute :D Now say heaps for me in your next post! :D : tomservo
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            Cute, do you want my balls in your mouth or something, what kind of faggotry is this? I've posted rubbish... : abrasion
            • You're mad!! AWWW :D :D :D Tell me, friend down under, is this heaps of frustration for you? Or perhap : tomservo
        • faggotry is the proper word : sexninja!!!!
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    I shouldnt have to make two trips though. its ridiculous. What else do you have to pre-order? : lythe
    • You don't have to make two trips unless you want it right at launch. When you want to go see a blockbu... : Johnny Law
• i posted this in a different relivant thread... I used to manage an EB games in the past... There ... : krym3
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  I went in Sunday to pre-order. I wanted to pre-order just the special edition and pay it all off at once.... : n0v4
  • It's shit like that which makes me hate game stores. : abrasion
• i only go there for used games mostly. I dont see a problem with preordering a game if it guarantees you ... : ultramega
• I occasionally walk into one to browse when I'm near one (I've checked a few lately for Wii stations to n : reign27
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  well if they only have a finite number of copies in store, and theyve all been allocated to people who pr... : sexninja!!!!
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    how about ordering a few more copies? : Fredrik S
    • often theyre at the mercy of how many are allocated to that store (which is going to be dependant on how ... : sexninja!!!!
• This happened to me with Final Fantasy XII. I just went to Walmart. They had plenty of copies. Say w... : Solar Jetman

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  Your motherboard isn't grounding out anywhere in the case is it? I've seen situations where the motherboa... : spiffymc
  • Double checked that. Currently open board testing since I got sick of switching every thing out. The pr... : rosewood
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  wow that sucks. I feel for you man. I recently had my system crash, and had to spend a couple of days try... : Modulus
  • It just sucks when you go over everything, step by step and still shit don't work. I mean, what are the ... : rosewood
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  C2D is still way too unstable, especially the motherboards and chipsets. I've been keeping up with everyt... : wtf242
  • That is the conclusion I am coming to. http://forum.abit-usa.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48 So many peopl... : rosewood
  • I've heard no bad news on the C2D's at all, this is the first I've heard infact - so if the people with i... : abrasion
• you are doing it wrong. You must appease the computer gods by making a shine with dead computer parts, n... : conandan
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  unless I read this wrong, it's pretty obvious your mobo is at fault. : aethyr
  • Except so is the CPU and the Memory and this is the 2nd of them both. : rosewood
• i always offer up a flesh sacrifice when building a computer. i think the last one is still wedged betwee... : cpt_gloval
• and this is why I don't build systems. I just don't have the patience or time for troubleshooting things ... : El Tigre
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  I've always had horrible luck with Abit mobos : Bantis
  • same here, but admittedly the only abit experience i have is with via chipsets. : cpt_gloval
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    They were great in the P2 and P3 days but after that I had the same luck. I've stuck with ASUS since and ... : Halen
    • yup, I went to asus and haven't looked back : Bantis
  • I have two machines with abit mobos and they rock :( Only had a problem when I accidentally fried the... : d0gbert
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    I've had great luck with them in the past. Their p2/3 mobo's were awsome overclockers and the P4 IT-7 MAX... : sigpro
    • Gotta post a vote for Abit here, too! I've owned 3 of their boards (including a 'dreaded' KT-133A board),... : mn3m0n1c
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  Your experiences are making me hold off on C2D for a while : Halen
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    if you don't care about overclocking, I've heard the intel boards are pretty stable` : Bantis
    • Stable and limited. :( I know what you are saying but I've never liked Intel boards because of the limite... : Halen
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    Exactly why I am making this post. As I poke around forums, I see I am not alone. Oh sure, most forum p... : rosewood
    • its a new chipset, new mobos, etc. I had the same issues with AMD back in the day too. Like I mentioned e... : Bantis
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    Honestly, my new machine (budget C2D for about $500 excluding case) is a lot more stable than any other I... : SiW73
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      Which motherboard did you go with? : rosewood
      • The cheapest I could find with onboard video and without a VIA chipset, the Asus P5L-MX. : SiW73
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  you should have gone Asus instead of Abit : SYN5280
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    the asus boards have just as many problems and instabilities as the abit boards if you read the hardware ... : wtf242
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      Its true. It looks like a lot of people are running into J-Micron issues. I am so tempted to plug b... : rosewood
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        Just grab a different mobo (as in not Abit this time), I have a feeling you'll be fine then : Bantis
        • Most mobos use the same hardware. : rosewood
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  and you fix other people's computers? eek, i'd be scared... i kid, i kid.. : g0nk
  • Seriously, they're fucked. : rosewood
• Maybe..um..you're going to have to go AMD? :( : EvilDolemite
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  So glad I went Gigabyte instead of Abit. : brickmatt
  • yea I've heard really good things about the gigabyte boards : Bantis
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    I'm glad too. I just don't want to lose the firewire action. What PSU did you end up with? : rosewood
    • Antec 550 Neo HE : brickmatt
    • so are there downsides to using a firewire addon card instead of getting a board with intergrated firewir... : kingfish
• AMD 64 on Asus here, still rockin'. :D 6800GT might need some love... but I don't have PCI-E.... hmmm : Downforce
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  Find the one thing you're re-using on both setups. Could be the PSU your using on both systems. I'd recom... : d3m0n5
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    Thats what I'm saying, I've tried everything and it comes down to two bad motherboards, cpus and memory c... : rosewood
    • did you try a different outlet (different circuit)? : spector
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  umm...ever think it's not the hardware? : jcutner
  • Rosewood does seem a bit unstable at times, doesn't he? But then again, aren't we all? : themelon
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  sounds like the motherboard. please get a new motherboard next : bradsh
  • also check for bios updates on mobo, i have had that cause death. your mobo could just be a general POS t... : bradsh
• using RAID? the raid controller on 2 or 3 of the last boards i had would cause them to crash randomly. a... : ChickenBreath