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• I will buy this without hesitation. : tomservo
• That is my favorite plane. Awesome flying tank killer. :D : DM7
• Hopefully Kevb0 will have carbomb missions ready for ArmA in May. :P : guido anchovy
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  Why is the soldier in the first extra screenshot wearing desert camo while he is in a grassy field? Or i... : Nighteyes
  • That's the US Army camo pattern, it's supposed to work in both desert and woodland environments. Also... : Dslyecxi
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  Why not Shacktical? : thaperfectdrug
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    Shacktacticalular : tomservo
    • lol-lular : Lightzout
  • Given the choice between the two, I prefer this one. : Dslyecxi
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  Where is a site with actual in-depth information about this game, all I can find is vague answers like "1... : tyrelhill
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    What do you want to know about it? It's very in-depth... lots of possibilities. Basically it's a sandb... : Dslyecxi
    • Take my Sopwith Camels vs MI-17 missions I'm fiddling around with for example. :P Creating missions i... : guido anchovy
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      Will it be 50 vs 50 on a huge map? What happens when you die? Are there classes? How do you choose weap... : tyrelhill
      • Sorry, was commuting home. It can be whatever you want, really. It's up to the mission designer. O... : Dslyecxi
  • You all must buy this game. : Jimb076
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  what are the minimum specs for this? : captain hampton
  • http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_System_Requirements There's a (poor) MP demo out right now th... : Dslyecxi
• JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER!!!! : WaterSign
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  how many players does that game support? I don't see the point playing a game like that with only 32 pers... : razlebol
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    Perhaps it would help if I explained how ArmA MP works. An MP scenario is created (easily) by anyone v... : Dslyecxi
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      holy crap that would be fun. i played ofp once didn't really like it, but this seems like a good buy. i r... : eldiablo01
      • You might want to read this. It's the most recent AAR I've written (from December of 2006), describing a ... : Dslyecxi
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      I want to pick this up. I want to try this Shacktac deal. Sounds like fun. I just hope Kevb0 don't have t... : jonin
      • True story: If you get to a point where you have to rely on Kevb0 rescuing you, you might as well just pu... : Dslyecxi
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  I cannot wait to get my hands on this game. I remember playing OP Flashpoint when it first came out. Lagg... : myfasha
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    I have a feeling that the mods are going to be insane. Opflash vanilla versus Opflash all modded up is co... : tomservo
    • MODS ALREADY --> www.armedassault.info : marmite
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    I don't play the FFA/TDM/CTF style missions myself, but from what I've read, there are currently some pre... : Dslyecxi
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      No more having to wait till the mission is over if I crash out? : guido anchovy
      • Pretty much : AlexXdude
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        So what if I die (I suck) - there is no respawning, right? : Rice-Rocketeer
        • No. No respawning, unless it's allowed. : AlexXdude
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          Depends on what the mission maker setup. Most ShackTac missions are of the no respawn variety. But not ... : burningtrees
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            How many people usually die? Is it usually the grunts? : Rice-Rocketeer
            • Hahah, not necessarily. It's hard to say how many people die. When you have even just a small group of 3 ... : AlexXdude
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              I'm a grunt and don't die all the time. It's random, just like in real life. That is, unless you go out... : guido anchovy
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                I don't think it's random. If you get killed, it's probably because you fucked up somewhere or somehow :D : AlexXdude
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                  Well, for example: This weekend we were playing a co-op mission with a bunch of bradleys. Fullforce and... : guido anchovy
                  • lmfao. That mental image is hilarious. I was playing a little earlier today and I got into an M1A1 in the... : AlexXdude
                  • *Licks fat fingers, and tosses an empty Cheetos bag into the back of the Bradley.* "Now...now where di... : Rice-Rocketeer
        • It depends entirely on the mission. We (ShackTac) are trying to plan some things out for ArmA so that the... : Dslyecxi
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  Man, I really wanna play this. I WANNA BE A GOOD SOLDIER FOR YOU, GENERAL DSLYECXI! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Reporting for duty SIR! : myfasha
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  sign me up, I am looking forward to it... it seems as though my setup should run it OK, I might have t... : Jayx77
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    Yes, it supports widescreen beautifully. You have 4:3, 5:4, 12:9, and 12:10 ratios to choose from. I've r... : Dslyecxi
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      nice! how hard is flying the planes? : Jayx77
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        It's not terribly hard. It's a bit more involved than BF2, but not anywhere near sim-level. The great thi... : Dslyecxi
        • sounds awesome. I really want to fly an A-10. : Jayx77
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  Hey, I just upgraded, is there a more up-to-date demo than the Fileshack one? I wasn't too keen on it wh : carrioN luggagE
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    Not yet, but I think there will be one before the US release. The ironsights in particular have had a ... : Dslyecxi
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      Didn't see it, truth be told, but if the new ones are better than the ones in the demo (like motion-sickn : carrioN luggagE
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        Here are two vids of it: http://ofp.umbr.net/videos/feb26_new_irons2.wmv http://ofp.umbr.net/videos/feb : Dslyecxi
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          God, that looks so awesome. Looks like it captures whatever it was I really liked about Infiltration. : SockMonkeh
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            Heh, I hadn't watched the second video where you flat-out say that when I posted this. :) : SockMonkeh
            • Oh, wow, in the second video it's exactly like Infiltration. Nice. : SockMonkeh
• Means it'll be new compy time Mid-April for me! : Pacalon
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  Do they pay you to do this? They really should be; you've pimped this game every thread for the past year... : spdon
  • No I am sure Dslyexci could have worked for them but he actually has an even cooler job in a related fiel... : Lightzout
• About dam time. : Lightzout
• Used to love watching the A-10's around Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, this game's looking sweet! : freezejeans
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  Some of my best gaming memories are from OFP so i will buy this, but I'm afraid it won't run well on my c... : n0v4
  • I have a similar machine and it runs fine for me. 4400 X2, 2 Gigs of Ram, 7800 GTX 256MB : guido anchovy
  • Froms the looks of Dslyexci's screenshots the x1950 renders Arma far better than my 7900GT and the rest o... : Lightzout
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    have you installed the AMD dual core optimizer/patch? Everything should run nicely on that system, I ran ... : PlanetPerfecto
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      is that required for vista? : n0v4
      • No, but Stakler seems to hate Vista, so that's probably your problem. I believe Dys runs ArmA on a simila... : Helter Skelter
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  Is there any reason I should wait until May to pick this up? If the extra stuff in the US release will be... : jonin
  • Go for it. There are plenty of ShackTac people playing ArmA MP right now if you would like to join them. ... : Dslyecxi
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  Someone should setup a server for this... : themelon
  • hmm, I wonder who could do that..... : jonin
  • Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Hmn... : Dslyecxi
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  Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Shack Tactical & Armed Assault As I've mentioned in the past, ... : Dslyecxi
  • Can't wait to read this. : AlexXdude
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  Question for people that play it. How is the AI for this? I'd imagine it's pretty good but how is it real... : DM7
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    It's ruthless and unforgiving :( : AlexXdude
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      So is it borderline cheating? :< : DM7
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        It doesn't cheat, but it is really good at using the radio and setting up flanking maneouvers. You can... : hadokennn
        • AI is also sneaky as fuck, they'll flank, go prone a LOT, lay down covering fire and set ambushes up. ... : hadokennn
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    This is one of the biggest things i hate about this game the AI is a serious serious pain in the ass, but... : EagleSweet
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      The AI is a lot better in 1.05 than in the demo. Also, there are tweaks you can do to the config to make ... : Dslyecxi
      • By "better" I mean more fun to fight in 1.05, not just that they're more accurate or anything like that. : Dslyecxi
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        What tweaks for the config? i heard something about that to make fights last longer, but don't know what ... : EagleSweet
        • This thread talks about it: http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=64... : Dslyecxi
• oh holy mother of all things cool, I LOVE A-10s!! Ive been wanting to fly one in a modern engine!!! tanks... : donlo
• I like seeing the screens from this game but I fear it'd be too realistic for my tastes. : ieGod

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  wasn't a green feature. they have timelines and release dates and overtime and version dates and all tha... : biskits
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    lol, what? Do you know for a fact that this was a green feature? : Maddog_Delphi97
    • i have no idea why they didn't fix it. i'm just saying that blatant negligence is almost certainly NOT th... : biskits
  • wtf, it's been around for multiple generations of the OS, you think someone would say "hey, this shits be... : Super Sparker
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  Cutting annoyances hurts support providers, so they might as well leave them in to create more work for p... : yakz
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    Isn't this like Zorg's theory in the 5th Element? : rosewood
    • where's the robot to pat you on the back, Mr Zorg? : sikander
  • Microsoft doesn't get paid for the majority of Windows support, though. I think it'd be more advantageous... : crummynz
• yep, its the most annoying printer-related thing in windows. : sikander
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  This is the kind of shit were I just say NO to the people who beleive the bullshit 'from the ground up!' ... : abrasion
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    It's neither. http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars : Carnivac
    • Will read when I get to work. eiter way, no one can deny they need to address the code which causes th : abrasion
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    How on earth can you claim the explorer hasn't changed from windows 95 to vista? :x : nukewinter
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      I'm not talking about the visual aspect, please re-read the post and process for more than 4 seconds befo... : abrasion
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        You are talking about explorer, and there's just no way that's true, performance differences and stabilit... : nukewinter
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          I'm going to have to ask you one more time, have you _actually_ read my post? Windows 95, 2K, ME, 98, ... : abrasion
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            Finder is in no better shape than Explorer. I really love removing a network share on a networked comp... : gireal
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              maybe that's because SMB\CIFS is a catastrofuck of a file sharing implementation? It's a relic from the ... : the archvile
              • No. Mac OS X inherently has horrible issues with network filesystems. You can experience the same probl... : electroly
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            I don't have that issue at all. my explorer is very snappy (with USB, mapped drives, things moved and ch... : hamachi
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              I remember on Windows 95 when I'd accidentally hit the A: my computer would lock up for about 20s while i... : crummynz
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                You mean like it still does now? : abrasion
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                  I just did it in Vista and it immediately told me to insert a disk. : feek
                  • Try the drive share issue. : abrasion
            • You have an explorer unlike all the explorers I've used under Windows for the past 10 years. Congratulat... : abrasion
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    agreed; Windows Explorer is an ancient relic from the days of NetBIOS and floppy disks. The improvements : the archvile
    • Want to do it right? Take a look at OS X Finder hahaha. Finder sucks far worse than explorer. : rasputinreborn
  • it's the worst of both worlds: large chunks rewritten with the traditional stuff layered on top for compa... : ttyRazor
• I heard that the event log system in Vista got a facelift, but it's probably still the same exact backend... : the archvile
• Printer spoolers don't sell copies of vista, so the effort went elsewhere. : SeaLlama
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  My biggest complaint about vista is that they took out solitaire and minesweeper, actually there are NO g... : shortbuscaptain
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    What, did you get Vista Home Cardboard box or something? Every install of Vista that I've seen has solit... : kikilupo
    • Vista Business edition has games disabled by default, reading your post I googled it and found that it's ... : shortbuscaptain
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    Try the defrag tool, it's laughable. : abrasion
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      lolz because all it does is defrag your hdd. oh wait. that's what it's suposed to do : nadasurf2
      • It seems that Vista is either too pretty or not pretty enough. Surprise. : rasputinreborn
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  Still better than stuck print jobs locking up a computer and making it unbootable(except with services of... : Crimsonbeak
  • True, but that has at least been fixed. : rosewood

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  rains of fucking castamere \m/ Spoiler: You're only half (1.5) right. : Deathlove
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    Is that a spoiler I shouldn't be reading? : SatansFist
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      don't read the spoiler, i don't know why people feel the need to post this shit : grendel
      • if only we had some sort of tag that would hide the text from him (I do apologize for not labelling it... : Deathlove
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      Do NOT read the spoiler. : Damodred
      • Fuck no. You might not work it out but don't anyway, for sure. : node
• Haha, I don't even have to click to know what it says. :p : SockMonkeh
• I'm reading through book one now. : MuteMode
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  yeah that part is always hard to read. : wtf242
  • Seriously. I just stopped and stared at the screen (reading it on my palm) for like 5 minutes. : SatansFist
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    You think that's hard to read, you should try my Renly and Loras fan fiction. : SockMonkeh
    • Whats that? : MagicWishMonkey
  • I was crying for the chatpers leading up, knowing that something was coming. And I almost threw the book : Zhaneel
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  I just finished book 4. Not as good as 3, but still decent. If I have one complaint, it's that I now find... : shyguy74
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    I love that so much about the books. Typically, when your favorite character gets into a sticky situation... : SockMonkeh
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      but it's the opposite reaction for me now. it's more like "you're gonna die anyway, so why should i care ... : shyguy74
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        I'm the same way. At first was I all "Wow, he'll kill people off!" It added an element of tension. Probl... : helvetica
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          This isn't really true, only a handful of the main characters have died by the end of book 4. Granted : MagicWishMonkey
          • Book four wasn't that bad at all in death (although not much happened at all in that one.) End of book th : helvetica
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      ^^ agreed, and Martin does such a good job with fleshing out the characters. Erikson's characters, on ... : Damodred
      • yeah i've noticed that. I'm really enjoying book 2 though.. about 50% done. : wtf242
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        When I tell people about these books I usually say "There's one guy who pushes a 7-year-old kid out a win : SockMonkeh
        • I don't give that much away. Just a 7 year old gets thrown from a window in the first 150 pages. And t : Zhaneel
        • Yup, whenever I give A Game of Thrones to anyone I say, make sure you at least read until the King reache... : thewriter
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        Agree on Malazan. Just finished Deadhouse Gates, so I'm not passing complete judgement, but so far I can... : mmogger
        • We still read him though :) It's still some of the most complex military fantasy around. : Damodred
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          I think Erikson's books just take longer to get attached to the characters. I felt the same way after bo... : Enraged Pineapple
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            I agree with this. I'm reading book 5 now, which fills in some back story about what's going on in the bi... : Goncyn
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              Cool, like I said, I'll reserve judgement until I finish more of Malazan. I definitely like the series, a... : mmogger
              • I order them from Amazon.com. There are third-party sellers in the US who stock the UK/Canada editions. G... : Goncyn
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            Pfft, by the time it's "longer" they're all dead! So yeah, um, no. I still can't differentiate most of... : Damodred
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              Book 5 is pretty different. Granted I'm not finished it yet, so some metamorphoses might still happen, bu... : Goncyn
              • Oh, I probably will. I'm a bit stalled on 5, but I'll come back to it. Like I said, it's still some of th... : Damodred
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              I don't understand what you're talking about here.. the majority of characters do not ascend in any wa... : lakren
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                I can't imagine who you're talking about. Up to book five this happens to just about everyone. It's li... : Damodred
                • just because a person is given a title in a house does not make them necessarily ultra powerful. it's all... : lakren
          • I'm almost done with book two, and so far, I can't really tell the difference between Whiskeyjack, Fiddle... : YamatoTwinkie
        • I'd read more, if I were you.. I can't understand how the world is shallow, the Malazan world seems utter... : lakren
• the series is chock full of "OMG" moments : sikander
• i quit after book 2. i was running out of people to hope for :( : smacknca
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  I almost put the book down right there. Seriously. Glad I didn't, but it was that depressing and it fel... : acheron
  • You know, I was seriously thinking about putting it down too... but of course I won't. : SatansFist
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  I just finished A Feast for Crows... this is by far my favorite series EVER. Does anyone have any ide... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Last update from his website is from February 2007, and he still isn't fucking done with Dance. Assuming ... : mmogger
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      Yea thats what I'm worried about, the man is getting on up there in years and I believe if he were to die... : MagicWishMonkey
      • He'd probably just hang you. : SockMonkeh
      • I'd be hitting the ouija board like a mofo. I ought to email him, say, Look, make sure your fucking no... : mmogger
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  Also, one thing I haven't quite figured out: where is Martin going with this series? I mean, what's a log... : shyguy74
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    I figure it'll be something like Daenerys needs to come back to Westeros with dragons in tow to rally the : Eej
    • Well, with the titles of the last two books, I think that yeah the whole "Unite to fight against the evil : mmogger
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    i would assume that everyone is going to have to unite to fight against the others. John will eventu : wtf242
    • John is FUCKING AWESOME. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
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    My thoughts: One king & queen: Dany & Jon. There is rumor/speculation/evidence that John is a Tageryn : Zhaneel
    • Good predictions, I agre with all of them! : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Yeah, since Jon is most likely the love child of Lyanna and Raegar, that'd make him in line to the throne : thewriter
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        Doesn't that suck for Jon though? I thought Dany was barren, or something, because of crazy alien baby co : Eej
        • Nah, the baby was fucked up because of that blood ritual she pulled to try to save Drogo. : SockMonkeh
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  So why should I read these books? What's so good about them? I don't want spoilers but I'd like to know w... : NastyJack
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    I bought the first one and started reading it, but after looking in the back at the sheer amount of chara... : Jumperus
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      After seeing much hype about the series, I bought the first book. Jesus, that's a lot of pages. I star... : mmogger
      • lol @ omg too many words : Damodred
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      I had the same issue as well. Even after four books, I have no clue who any of the Tyrells are, or Freys,... : shyguy74
      • No one knows who all the Freys are since they're fucking all named Walder and there are assloads of them. : SockMonkeh
  • If you like epic fantasy at all, these are great. If you hate hate epic fantasy 'cuase you think it is t : Zhaneel
  • Martin writes drama very well. I don't see this in other . most of the other scifi i have read amounts ... : alcueso
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    Gonna have to go with SockMonkeh's post about how one of the characters starts off as the hugest prick ev... : Eej
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      Do not read: "No, throw it into the fire." So cold. :D : SockMonkeh
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        between the post you replied to and it being "cold" oh man I can't get to the end fast enough if it's wha... : Deathlove
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          How far are you? : SockMonkeh
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            whatever a good fraction between a third and a half is. I'm guessing/hoping it's Jamie vs. Cersei, since ... : Deathlove
            • You have a long ways to go, sir, but it is worth it. : Eej
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        That reminds me did Margaery plan for everything to fall into place and screw over Cersei? I'm kind of co : Eej
        • Yes, I would venture to say that the Tyrells had this planned for quite some time. : SockMonkeh
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    Order Deadhouse Gates instead by Steven Erikson. Same vein but better, tighter, awesomer. : Magus
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      He should read Gardens of the Moon first! : Rice-Rocketeer
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        Gardens of the Moon is really bad. I would not wish that book upon anyone. The 2nd book so far is 20x bet... : wtf242
        • I liked it. :( It is quite flawed, but if you manage to get past those flaws, it's still got a lot of rea... : Rice-Rocketeer
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          You're so wrong its not even funny. Gardens of the Moon is not BAD, Deadhouse Gates + Memories of Ice is : Magus
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            I've read a lot of fantasy books, and Gardens of the Moon is just flat out not a very good book. Oh I enj... : wtf242
            • I fucking loved the first book. I don't understand how you can possibly call it poorly written - which bo... : lakren
      • I think Gardens of the Moon is too hard for breaking that ice. If you don't know what you're in for, you'... : Magus
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  Red Viper FTL :'( : kydaimon
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    You know what I hate? I hate when people make a post in a thread like this that's nothing but spoiler'd t... : SatansFist
    • yeah. that's shitty : wtf242
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  I tried to read the first book in that series, but just couldn't get into it. :( : whodares
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    Keep trying, it takes work to get into it, but once you do, you're off and running. : mmogger
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      I didn't think it was hard at all. Even the 1st chapter is interesting. I think people try to hard to kee... : wtf242
      • You nailed it right there, at first it was just too much to try to keep track of, once you get past that ... : mmogger
  • Read until after the King reaches Winterfell. : thewriter
  • keep at it, it's worth it : strider_
  • But...but it's like a breath of fresh air in the fantasy genre! A good friend of mine always reads boo... : Rice-Rocketeer

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  Turn in your Gamercard. : pigvomit
  • Disclaimer: This post is not an attack on PS3 in any way. I am simply stating that he should turn in hi : pigvomit
• Hate initiated. : omnova
• ok : kydaimon
• damn fgts :( : mystikal
• So are you str8 ballin now? : Johnny Law
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  ^^^ The hate is just amazing. Good job on picking a system that YOU would enjoy. : Edges
  • That's amazing hate? The Shack is serious business. :( : Johnny Law
  • Thanks :) Microsoft's plans look amazing. Unfortunately, since I purchased a model last year, I was put... : Sylvanus
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  How does God of War play on it? Also, be sure to enable the folding stuff! : AndyGoin
  • I played half of GoW2 on my PS2, then the other half on the new PS3. Worked like a charm and looked the s... : Simulacrum
  • Folding: Enabled. I have yet to play any of my games on it. We're down to 1 TV in the house for a littl... : Sylvanus
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  Did you pick up any PS3 games? : orgcaptainnemo
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    Nope. Not yet. Only PS2 stuff. : Sylvanus
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      That's an expensive PS2 then. : SeaLlama
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        Wife and I had a discussion. It was an either or situation (360 or PS3). : Sylvanus
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          Isn't a 360 + a PS2 cheaper than a PS3? Should have used the "this will actually SAVE US money" line. : marmite
          • Yeah, we were pointing that out to him earlier. I'm assuming it was the high end 360 vs the low end ps3 ... : devi| dog
          • This way he gets the most expensive thing the easiest. He can wrangle the 360 easier later! : Simulacrum
• worst decision ever : maulla
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  -10 cool points : Mansmells
  • +10 tool points : SlamDunk
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  I never said the 360 was bad. I just want to have Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Heavenly Sword, God of Wa... : Sylvanus
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    4 of those are PS2 games (which costs $100) and the other 2 aren't out (and GoW3 probably won't be for qu... : derelict515
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      "Sony's development studios are great. That's a large part of what brought me over. :)" "Sony's develo : Chris Remo
      • Thank you very much. That is spot on. :) The other consideration is loosely detailed here: http://www.... : Sylvanus
      • I get that, I'll be wanting GoW3 as much as anyone. I guess I just don't see the rationale behind buying ... : derelict515
  • Welcome to the cruel, twisted world of the Unpopular Opinion. : omnova
  • I'm really glad you got one, it's good to have one more on the Sony team as far as I'm concerned. : abrasion
• I'd like to have a PS3 but I could never sell lil tree-siddy for it. The Wii, on the other hand... gue : thaperfectdrug
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  No Good Games: Activated : David Craddock
  • Yet appended. : omnova
• someone buy my 360 I want a PS3 =( : grandmasterlee
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  i only wish I could play Guitar Hero on the PS3. Nyko has a play adapter in the works, but I havent seen ... : ultramega
  • That's one of the things my buddy and I were talking about. Here you have a HUGELY popular game on the P... : Sylvanus
  • i've been waiting for that damn thing as well, i wanna get rid of my ps2 already! : Break
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  That seems like a bad decision, but make sure you add me to your PS3 friend's list : tcs
  • Will do once I figure it out. :) : Sylvanus
• i'm not owning every console in yet ANOTHER generation. i can't be that guy again. : elwood00
• a fool and his money...... : donlo
• Are the games running in 480p through the software emulator? If so, that would mean I can play PS2 games ... : Rampancy
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  Why the hell didn't you just pick up a cheap slimline? I am going to bookmark this post and see how you f... : Fred Garvin
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    It looks like he wasn't allowed to lol. Would I have done the same thing hells fucking no but if he ha... : qwpeoriu
    • She actually wanted to keep the 360. My #5019 answer plus #4436 are the main reasons why. : Sylvanus
  • Available funds, sensibility for the house and sanity for my wife. We already have a Wii. I was able to... : Sylvanus
  • had he went that route, he'd still have to buy a ps3 in the future to play some of the games he mentioned... : pandastrong
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  PS2 games are a great reason to pick up the PS3 over the 360. What's your network username ? I still have... : qwpeoriu
  • Will do. :) I might have to pick up one PS3 game though. Just one. : Sylvanus
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    add me too! Break haha i have motorstorm and resistance we need to setup a motorstorm shackbattle ... : Break
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      Add me also, Simulacrum007. I also have Resistance and Motorstorm : Simulacrum
      • I just added the both of yous. : qwpeoriu
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  Has it occured to any of the "kill the PS3!" people in this thread that if the console dies or disapears ... : abrasion
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    I'm not a MS hater either so no I really don't care : qwpeoriu
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      You don't have to be an MS hater to not want microtransaction one company running the hardcore microtrans : abrasion
      • Because if there were no MS that would not be happening now or very soon ? I just don't believe that. I'm... : qwpeoriu
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        I will weigh in on this. I've already heard of companies wanting to release free content for their own g... : Chris Remo
        • We share the same sentiments exactly. I want a 360 but god damnit stuff like that makes me v.angry. I... : abrasion
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          I haven't heard anything about that before but that is very bad if it's true. Epic certainly does have a ... : qwpeoriu
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            I know the 1up guys know about this also - Microsoft don't want them to release free stuff and there's fi... : abrasion
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              while it sucks for us, I do see MS's reasoning. If they start giving away sweet free DLC then when they d : derelict515
              • I think it grates against peoples ideals, of what gaming should be. Basically the thought of it is offens... : qwpeoriu
              • Oh yeah, I can see why too but it doesn't stop it sucking :/ : abrasion
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    It's weird how folks have stopped caring so much about what he thinks about the system and games and choo... : AndyGoin
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      These three pretty much sum it up: 1.) "... Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Heavenly Sword, God of War (1, : Sylvanus
      • I should have re-written this. Some of it doesn't flow. The core of it is there. : Sylvanus
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    There's enough market for more than 1 or 2 consoles, in fact the market is growing. : Fred Garvin
    • That's right, so why are so many hell bent on the end of Sony? I dislike their idiocy of the past 2 ye... : abrasion
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    I find it's less "Kill the PS3" and more "it's funny to watch Sony struggle since they hail their console... : DinK
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      Yeah but eventually you have to worry for them and us as gamers. : abrasion
      • Sony's not going to die. The PS3 is their N64. They'll have a few key, kick ass, games that some peopl : Judicus
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  wait, you had the 360 didnt you? you sold it? : Jayx77
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    "Long-short, I'm out $26 for the move and I have God of War, an EyeToy back, a number of games for my son : Sylvanus
    • yeah I read that reply after I posted... good for you then! I love my little slim ps2 and will prob... : Jayx77
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  Hi. My PSN Name is TastyWheat. Add me. I got my PS3 for nothing which is nice, and may even get some game... : TastyWheat
  • I will add you too. I think I played Uno with you like 3 or 4 times. Incoming invite from jamma (krumbsna... : qwpeoriu
• The only real problem with the PS3 is $100. And even that's not really a "problem". If you have a HDTV ... : Boxelder

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  To get the ball rolling here's a good post which someone posted but it was NUKED. This contains spoilers : abrasion
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    I may as well just repost since it was nuked because I am obviously new here and do not understand your q : Nick Breckon
    • I can't disetct much of your post really, it's pretty much summing up my exact feelings, so much potentia : abrasion
    • I agree with your comments. I'd also like to say I miss the pew-pew laser space battles. They are more th... : silent prophet
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  I must be crazy, I thought it was good. : jonas54
  • Someone just shackmessaged me an interesting theory / fact. (although I don't recall for sure) He sai : abrasion
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  BY A MINUTE! It's really nothing to be tearing ones hair out over - ultimately this was a badly writte... : SpaecKow
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    It is definately the weakest season, I guess that's the folly of getting into T.V shows in the first plac : abrasion
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      It's something you can see in all mediums. In film, in comic books, in music, in games. Very often initia... : SpaecKow
      • I think it is more along the lines that they had one years worth of story, got lucky on two years worth, ... : gnoleb
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  I doubt they're Cylons at all but rather they're human but somehow linked to Earth. The speculation going : TwiLyght
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    I certainly hope you're right - but we still have to deal with the mind fuck of starbuck returning I t... : abrasion
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      I suppose he might have just been having a vision. : jonas54
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        But I really hope that she's actually alive, because it'd kind of force them to advance the plot a bit. : jonas54
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          Same here, and also, the idea of Lee starting to have his own chipStarbuck is incredibly lame. Starbuck : TwiLyght
          • They've never actually explained what Baltar's Six, Six's Baltar, and Kara's Leobon were, although it's p : walker270
      • She did look ghostly, had a weird facial expression too. : FushigiDenki
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      Have you thought about it just being a mindfuck though? just a vision seen only to him. to lead them to e : pimpium
      • It did cross my mind that that particular scene was a bit 'arty fartsy' and I can imagine it being classe... : abrasion
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    Agree, kind of seems obvious to me. The cylons can't give them an earth song as their trigger, the cylon : tree8
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      it's not an earth song, according to Ron Moore : DonkeyPopsicle
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        That's not necessarily true, all we know is what he told Bear in order to get Bear to play the type of mu... : FushigiDenki
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          No, He's right. Rob: Why did music cause these newly-revealed Cylons to discover they were indeed Cylons : tree8
          • Nowhere there does he state that the music definitely has nothing to do with Earth. I think it's pretty : FushigiDenki
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    the Hera argument is the strongest that I see, though the fact Tigh fights in the first Cylon wars with t : Nation
    • I agree regarding New Caprica being the point were they took a wrong turn in the plot. : silent prophet
  • OK you present a strong argument re: chief's kid and the bloodwork. BUT As far as baltar's cylon de : rgoer
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  Well... One of the things that makes me think the 4 people who heard the radio are not the four of the : VespeneGas
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    oh yeah.. that too. huh. plot hole? : Antilles_Prime
    • Not really a plot hole, just something that hasn't been dealt with yet as it's planned for Season 4. : FushigiDenki
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    why would that matter? : DonkeyPopsicle
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      because hera is seen as some sort of "Sign of things to come" and no one else was able to concieve a chi : Antilles_Prime
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        they couldn't conceive for the stupid reason that it took love, so once that was solved, hybrids ahoy! : DonkeyPopsicle
        • Crazy me, I thought that that was just a metaphor. I didn't realize that that was literal. : trove
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  Someone else's theory on the final 5 here. MADAME PRESIDENT IS A FRACKING CYLON. That's why she s : abrasion
  • The anti-Roslin idea is that she's been in public office and her life would've been scrutinized to every : TwiLyght
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    Nope she is going to die before they get to earth, it was in the scriptures. unless it is baltar who : stgdz
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      I agree with your post, they better follow up with that, because it's one of those 'hard facts' they have... : abrasion
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        what did the scriptures say though? "A person leading the fleet to earth will die before they get ther... : stgdz
        • I beleive it's quite specific in the start of Season 2 - more along the lines of (approximately) a dyin : abrasion
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      she better die soon, her constant moral elitism annoys the hell out of me. I probably hate her more than... : DonkeyPopsicle
      • I'm with you on that one. She acts more like a petulant child every time something doesn't go the way she... : Totenjaeger
      • I essentially stopped watching because of her. : MaJeStu
  • She has the dreams because she's getting Cylon baby just injections for her cancer. : FushigiDenki
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  Does last night's episode flatly go against anything in previous episodes. The Cylon test from early on ... : Sylvanus
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    The Cylon test never 'worked' because Baltar chose to withhold the results, remember?]s : Toraz Chryx
    • It was fuzzy. :) Thanks : Sylvanus
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    Yeah, the Cyclon virus. : trove
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      I cannot remember who all came in contact with them, please give me a list. : Nation
      • I don't recall who was on the raptor. This http://eric.halo43.com/bsgepisodes.php?id=77 would indica : trove
    • Oooh nice call, fuck! >:( : abrasion
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      Also the nebula/storm radiation sickness in Cylons from the mini-series. : AcesnEights
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        wow, that one is even better, since we know that at least all the Galatica people were there : Nation
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          Yeah, they really sorta just pulled this twist right out of there asses. : trove
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            Kind of, but not completely... Based on interviews, I think they planned Tigh and Tyrol all along. An : walker270
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              About Tory being a Cylon, I'm bet had Billy lived and stayed on the show he would have been one of the fi : pebui
              • Me too. I hope somebody asks Moore that question. : Tincan
              • Ahh, yeah, that makes more sense. I'm guessing that was their original plan, but I can't recall if Billy : walker270
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          Their explanation: The final five are different. Seems to be a catch-all for any inconsistencies. N : walker270
          • Yup! RDM says as much in that interview. They're either uber-Cylons or pre-Cylons, made at a different ti : shyguy74
      • We don't know how long the Cylon was on that station before he started getting sick though. He was just t : reign27
      • Jesus! I forgot about that! >:( : abrasion
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  I am sorta bewildered at the moment. I have watched the series religiously, and, that last episode while : Antilles_Prime
  • there was a lot of differences from their normal cinematographic style ... that end part you mentioned is... : Nation
  • All points agreed on 'feel of the moment' : abrasion
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  While I enjoyed last nights episode, the only thing that had me saying WTF was the Jimi Hendrix All Along : Tripps
  • Cylons are smart. They know things go better with rock. : silent prophet
  • yeah, that sorta "wink" at the audience was almost too much as was the loopy tone of starbuck showing ba : Antilles_Prime
  • Speculating but, perhaps the Cylons can hear radio waves, and they were actually picking up on radio-broa : FushigiDenki
• I guess that explains the there is another hybrid baby rumor. : Deathlove
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  A post-finale interview with Ron Moore. Spoilers, obviously. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07085/770... : sgtsanity
  • Heh, Attn: MatthewPhillips! Re: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14060216 , RM: We're dusting off the : mn3m0n1c
  • That was really informative. : megarust32
  • Ugh, if they are indeed all four cylons then that's just fucking stupid. They should just make everyone a... : AcesnEights
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  you're all crazy. that episode was amazing. Sure this season was way different, but they acknowledged t... : grifter
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    Also one of the best damn moments of the season was last night when the four were standing in the room : grifter
    • Very ture. As stongly as I feel about whats happened that line at least allows me hope. If that wasn't in... : Tincan
    • Totally agreed. Cheers to another great season, despite all the nay sayers. : Edges
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  The final shot of Season 3. :D http://www.viralmemes.com/images/final_shot.gif : sgtsanity
  • Gives me goosebumps. : FushigiDenki
  • That can't get on UniversalHD fast enough. : Deathlove
  • I want a copy of bear mccrary's All Along The WatchTower... that was pretty cool. : Antilles_Prime
  • Judging from the planets in the zoom out, hard to see perspective but there are two of them, pretty small : pebui
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  I know im posting this out of order but there is one huge possibility with the chief being a cylon and it : vitek r
  • Why is that impossible? : romulan
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  Fucking kick ass ending!!! One thing: Did i watch a scene where Baltar heard the same music once or twi : romulan
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    I thought I saw that too, but maybe I just read too much into it and he was actually just being sneaky in : FushigiDenki
    • ok, no he definately noticed the music at one or two points. I was getting tired, gonna have to watch it... : romulan
• I loved it, this episode genuinely packed 3 different wtf moments into 1 hour which is extremely rare, ev : FushigiDenki
• I thought the last episode was particularly good and I'm not even really sure why. Just very entertained ... : qwpeoriu
• God has a plan Abrasion. God has a plan. : Edges
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  i thought it was particurlaly good. no point in speculating that it might be utter shit without really kn... : moshman
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    Version? It was Bear's version. : FushigiDenki
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      i thought it was changed? : moshman
      • No that was Bear's version made by instruction from Ron. : FushigiDenki
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    It was a completely original music set to the same tempo and lyrics as the original dylan version. Even ... : slickdoody
    • ok then, I stand corrected and apologetic : moshman
• Re: your opinions. Two things... - Everything has happened before and will happen again. - The cyl : walker270
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  Can anyone tell me what happened during the Roslin / Ahtena / Six jailcell scene? I got a phone call righ... : shyguy74
  • She asked both of them if they had just been in the auditorium. I guess when the President gets those Ba : FushigiDenki
• also, we never to the much promised episode set on the cylon homeworld this season. wtf. I was really cur... : Antilles_Prime
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  We really dont need all this analysis simply because there is no truth we can gleam from this finale or t... : Tommy Toolbag
  • Or maybe you just can't figure out what the writers are working at and, instead of admitting you're stump... : ColoradoCNC
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  Did anyone else notice that Starbuck's Viper Mk II looked very brand new, I mean, you can see the chrome : pebui
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    my theory is that starbuck is also one of the final 5, she was ressurected, she is involved with teh spe : Antilles_Prime
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      Too complicated. The show is, and always has been, much more obvious than that. I think the key to St : walker270
      • well, d'anna was exploring that in terms of dying and ressurecting that over and over, and i think that s : Antilles_Prime
  • Everything about the encounter was off. I think that was the point... : walker270
  • Starbuck is all in Lee's head, just as Six is in Baltar's head and baltar is is Six's head. As was mentio : Tommy Toolbag
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    Well it's more telling IMO that when she popped up on dradis her ship didn't register as Colonial. It was : K1Bond007
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      The ship popping up on draedis, as well as the spotty visual confirmation, was very similar to how Starbu : walker270
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        Or maybe closer to how Lee was viewing Starbuck's ship in Maelstrom, as opposed to how Starbuck was viewi : walker270
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          the raider was really there, though, as seen from Lee's ship : DonkeyPopsicle
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            Negative. Listen to the podcast -- RDM explicitly states that is not the case. : walker270
            • then it's a really, really misleading shot since it's obviously not from Kara's perspective. Bad form. : DonkeyPopsicle
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        Which could have been real as some people actually believe. Why would Starbuck appear at that moment and : K1Bond007
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          You mean aside from the fact that it makes a better cliffhanger the way they did it? Could be something : walker270
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            Seems way too convenient even for this show. Who knows.. It's always possible. : K1Bond007
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              Well, it's better than the Starbuck's a cylon theory, imo. Things to consider about your theory... : walker270
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                1. If the Cylon ship from Lee's view was misleading as it now appears then how can we even begin to judge : K1Bond007
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                  1. They would have had to create/use a completely new, clean viper model for this shot -- something they : walker270
                  • No. Baltar was never confused. He was confused as to why it was happening, but not to the situation. She : K1Bond007
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    Or maybe Earth uses Cylon ships, and that fleet is the Earth Fleet! Yeah, right. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
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      So essentially what you're saying is that during the 40 years in which the Cylons left, they found, attac : K1Bond007
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        well the four clearly aren't "bad" they're exactly who they were, they just now know that they are cylons : grifter
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          But every Cylon skinjob has duplicates. Like Boomer and Athena. So that last bit is just saying... the 4 : K1Bond007
          • yeah i know it was in a joking manner, the reply was just where i threw out some other somewhat related i... : grifter
  • No no no no no. Starbuck is Obi wan to Lee's Luke Skywalker, all in his head. In the last Starbuck episod : Serpico74
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  This episode seems to confirm two theories I've had since near the end of season 1. Namely, that Rosalyn : ColoradoCNC
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    No, they brought back Rosalyns cancer because she is supposed to be the dying prophet and in season 4 she : Frozen Pixel
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      According to RDM, they brought it back on a whim because they didn't like what they did with the characte : walker270
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        ? Why didn't they just write her the same way... that's bizarre. Just giving a character an ailment doe... : trove
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          You can't write a dying/ailing character if they're not dying/ailing from something... : walker270
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            But that wasn't the only thing about Rosalyn was it? The character wasn't just Dying Cancer Girl. If... : trove
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              During Season 1/early season 2 she was dying-of-cancer-secretary-of-education-now-president-trying-to-kee... : walker270
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                Didn't she fulfill the prophecy anyway by leading the people to Kobol and thus the road to Earth which is : K1Bond007
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                  Not really. Starbuck was the one who found the Arrow of Apollo, and, iirc, the fleet just randomly found : walker270
                  • They randomly found Kobol, but it was because of Roslin that they got the Arrow and that they found the t : K1Bond007
      • What they really needed is just Roslyn and Adama not to be an item. They need to be at constant ends with : K1Bond007
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    Rosalyn had that vision because of the cylon-baby-juice shot, not because she is a cylon. : FushigiDenki
    • I'm almost certain you're wrong on this one. : ColoradoCNC
• Season 4 opener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrrRbggbPJQ : sgtsanity
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  Errrr.... well, I can't really believe I sat through that entire season of pure bullshit and Lost-y idioc... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    i still don't get what was hard to understand about the ending. It's not like dreams/visions are anything... : grifter
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      Where did I say it was hard to understand? I got it alright. And it was crap, to be absolutely frank. : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • mind giving some examples? I'm just curious how someone could dislike that episode... everything that ... : grifter
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  RDM confirmed this morning in a newspaper what we saw last night tigh, anders, terrol and the rosalyn's r : stgdz
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    I think the fifth one is left open so people think it's Starbuck. However, given the series in the past, : walker270
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      Most likely she is not a cylon. : FushigiDenki
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        Then it goes back to Lee being a cylon and having a head starbuck Fits into the whole Adama is a cylon : stgdz
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          But this doesn't make sense because Apollo was in the infected cylon ship. : stgdz
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            So was Athena and she turned out fine, right? : K1Bond007
            • Cause of Hera. : trove
          • I think the point is that they can write up any explanation to cover and plothole. : trove
    • Wouldn't the 5th Cylon be the Imperious Leader? lol : invisible_kid
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    i don't understand how tigh can be a cylon if he fought in the first cylon war before they had skinjobs. : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • Maybe there was a Tigh that was kidnapped and replaced. : forktaileddevil
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      It's been assumed that the skinjobs only came about during the seclusion after the first war. We don't re : reign27
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        how can it only be assumed? the first cylon war was a rebellion against humanity, as in humans were using : ^-SeaWolf-^
        • No you are making assumptions. Just because people are shocked doesn't really mean anything. There are : Chod
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          Let's suppose that the first skinjobs were human-made, it actually works out pretty well. A) Why would : reign27
          • damn, i LOVE this theory : the_doctor
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            Interesting theory. One problem with that is the relative lower level of technology during the First Cyc : trove
            • Actually it doesn't. Remember that they were actually quite advanced during the first war, hense their ab : Tincan
          • Whoa. I really like this theory, too. Maybe the Colonies were trying to manufacture in-vitros like in : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Another post-finale interview with Ron Moore: Spoilers, obviously http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?a... : sgtsanity
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    Sounds like Caprica probably isn't happening. : FushigiDenki
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      Thank the gods for that : rosewood
      • SO SAY WE ALL!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • what a crock, on timewarners version of UHD BSG is not in surround sound and the picture quality is prett... : smacknca
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  So lets say I stopped watching half way through this season. Can I just watch the last 3 episodes or sh... : Omning
  • Watch the most recent 4 episodes (that includes the finale). : FushigiDenki
  • Last 4. The forth to last (Maelstrom) sets up everything that happens in the rest of the season. : walker270
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  Just watched it. Holy fuck, as soon as the 4 gathered in that room I knew Kara was the 5th Cylon. Don't k... : Fred Garvin
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    If I were a betting man I'd put money down that Kara is not a Cylon. She is in Lee's head. Obi Wan Kenobi : Serpico74
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      Think so? Unlike the phantom Cylon that lead Kara to her death it actually showed up on radar. : Fred Garvin
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        Yeah, but only briefly. Once he went after the signal it disappeared and never showed up again, even when : Serpico74
        • Man, everyone on that show has 2 people living one skull. : Fred Garvin
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    But what about the president being the fifth? I mean, she didn't gather with them, but she shared that vi : jonas54
    • also, it's possible that there will be some other explanation for them gathering like that and that the f : jonas54
• Tagging so I can look later when I watch it off the tivo tonight~ : illwill18
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  So, is Baltar going to be the leader of some crazed cult harem or what? : capt tripps
  • I reckon so. : abrasion
• WHEN WILL THIS GO ON ITUNES FOR FUCKS SAKE? : ejectorpod
• ok, here's my take either both Apollo and Starbuck are both cylons, or neither are, and at this point : ttyRazor
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  WHAT THE FRAK? 2008? btw, what's the title of the song in the final minutes? : fsck
  • The season 3 soundtrack is going to be amazing. I can't wait to hear that track from the "Adama maneuver... : TwiLyght
  • all along the watchtower by Bob Dylan, although odds are you're more familiar with the Jimi Hendrix cover : ttyRazor
  • All Along The Watchtower. There are MANY versions but they mixed their own so you won't be able to find ... : Edges
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  I just read the Moore interview. So he's confirmed the 4 are Cylons. That means the "They have a pl : r_picmip 5
  • Every series makes up stuff as they go along unless like you said, they set a end date beforehand. Look ... : Edges