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• Now this is news! : posito
• lol I'm glad my subscription doesn't run out yet. : h o s t i l e
• HOLY COW! : pigvomit
• Did you know it's gonna own? : cause&effect
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  is it using the UE3 engine? : oatmela
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    It runs 4 engines simultaneously. They couldn't decide. : Kerath
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      UE3, CryENGINE2, Source, and Build. : pigvomit
      • and Quake2 : capt tripps
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      it is a 100% simulation of real life as duke nukem. : crazywigga
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        I dont know if Id want to be constantly out of chewing gum : conandan
        • Kicking ass would more than make up for it. : pigvomit
• Somebody call an ambulance for dognose, stat! : PenicillinX57
• HOLY SHITTTT. they should use the same cover as they did when i was in 6th grade. that would be funny? : feek
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  ***PAGING GEORGE*** : Korban
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    I too would like to see George make a statement here about this. : manlyman
    • every time he stops posting for awhile I hold my breath and think about him in crunch mode, seconds away ... : ttyRazor
• attn georgeb: please to be divulging system reqs! : cpt_gloval
• link to said statements by 3DR? : ki11_viru5
• My interest is piqued, this better not be some "vapourware column" though....Don't let me down George. : Mister Groin
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  that sounds really vague : Maarten Goldstein
  • we couldn't have it any other way : RikiTiki2
• I'm not believing anything until either the issue hits or someone from 3DR confirms. : Ryno
• Finally. :D : wild falcon
• It's not April 1st. : stump
• "Is Duke Nukem Forever finally being released?" I hope the answer is no, and then they do a preview o... : lord cecil
• hahahaha ok. : jonin
• Sweet :D : megarust32
• Who's this Duke Nukem guy again? I think I vaguely remember hearing something about him while I was in my... : pyros
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  Read that carefully and look at what it actually says. Nowhere in there does it say that there's *actuall... : jason bergman
  • Yeah it doesn't really say anything at all :( : thaperfectdrug
• i think i just heard dognose impregnate 30 virgins. : virus
• Didn't they say that last year? : Orange Pylon
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  Scan of the preview for next issue http://www.duke4.net/comment.php?comment.news.130 It has a Duke ... : manlyman
  • a cheap marketing trick? : Jonathan
• OMG I might make the DNF release party in Dallas next year. That's even better than Quakecon! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  "Robert 'Apache' Howarth" = huge grains of salt. : dognose
  • Unfortunately, you're right. >:( Still wanna make the DNF release party. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • ^^^^ the 'nose speaks! : king_darius
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    Maybe so, but the scan speaks for itself IMO. : manlyman
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      the WHAT?!°? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14249859 : manlyman
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14249839 : Maarten Goldstein
      • True enough. If it doesn't happen then 3D Realms should kick their ass for using DNF as a method to sell... : manlyman
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  PC Gamer needs to STFU IMO. : GeorgeB3DR (#3790) « : Rice-Rocketeer
  • did anyone else that balloon pop? :D : scottythejock
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    almost fell for that. : metralgia
    • same here : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Fuck I fell for that lol. : abrasion
    • Haw, haw! Suckahs!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • well played sir! : SenorSpine
  • I did not fall for this. : pigvomit
  • Can I quote you on that, you two? :) : MorrisatCNN
  • hahahah : Mondo
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  George did say that when the game comes closer to shipping he'll start discussing it again and showing sc : abrasion
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    Considering George's attitude towards console game releases as demonstrated in his posts on this board, y... : cam3lt0sis
    • This is good news, I have a chance of actually gettingi t. : abrasion
  • I don't know about that man. It's gotten to the point where I have no feelings about the game, positive o... : basketofkittens
• yeah, July 1997 : prime8
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  If this were true I'd be a little disappointed that he didn't let us know first. :( : Fyunch Click
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    Prey was revealed with PC Gamer as well. Gary Whitta (a PC Gamer columnist) is helping write the story f... : manlyman
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      whoopty do. it's a print mag. We are a something something. : Fyunch Click
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        Web 2.0 ... game hyping ....mob mentalized... nerds?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Almost exactly but not really. : Fyunch Click
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  ahahahahahah I just went to PC Gamer.com! Wow haha The page layout, omg lol - I love their weekly netc... : abrasion
  • Oh Jesus, you're not exaggerating. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • omfg, the page is about 4 inches thick! : h o s t i l e
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    Try 1up.com, it's the worst page design ever. : FushigiDenki
    • Yeah I don't think they want anyone to actually click on anything since you can't even find main articles... : h o s t i l e
    • It's about 95.61 times better than PC Gamer's site design. I really don't mind 1up - it's not flawless... : abrasion
• Maybe PC Gamer will release Gravy Trader when DNF comes out. : mechanicalgrape
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  Holy fucking shit plz be true.... : drbriefs
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    its not : Maarten Goldstein
    • wtf do you know?! : cpt_gloval
    • Any evidence supporting your assertion? : drbriefs
    • what : Downforce
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  Where the f$%k is George? : manlyman
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    More like where is dognose, rite?? : Izakhar
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      Probably ignoring anything that doesn't come from GeorgeB. : dognose
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        Yeah, he would be wise to... hey! : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • His taste in movies may blow but he's a smart kid nonetheless. : dognose
• smells like bullshit. : SenorSpine
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  I would think that if PC Gamer had a preview of DNF coming next month, they might say, I dunno, something... : dognose
  • megasTory. : dognose
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    I still don't understand how that sells copies. By your logic people would be looking for that DNF previ... : manlyman
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      You're right, they would. If the next issue promised in no uncertain terms an exclusive preview, I would... : dognose
      • Then subscriptions would be the best bet for why they would pull stuff like this, since they arrive much ... : manlyman
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        or maybe it's a scandalous pictorial exposé on how Steve Gibson is in fact good friends with Duke ... : das_runt
        • Or the embezzlement of F.E.A.R. beta keys. : manlyman
• lol april fools : headbone
• Finally it's getting soon to the finish line. : Amnesty_intl2
• I SM'd George. Hopefully we get a response. : manlyman
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  I have no idea what tasty info they could be talking about. Someone at PCG feel free to contact me - I'm... : GeorgeB3DR
  • Pff. : wild falcon
  • Nice, so we don't have to worry about magazine "exclusives" when it comes down to announcing it? : pigvomit
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    Just be sure to announce it on the Shack first. : dltrem
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      Nope, he's already said where he will make the announcement: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12099065 : Serpico74
      • That would be fucking epic. Do it George. : Ctrl-Phreak
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    I emailed PCG and told them it was gonna 0wn. Sorry about that :( : dognose
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      I think they should release all info through you. Truly the shill of shills. : Haku-Jin
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        haha what if dognose woke up one morning and had a digital press kit in his inbox and there was no news a... : sketchuout
        • I wonder how fast the news would spread if he alone announced it this way. : Haku-Jin
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        I would think they'd prefer it not be overhyped actually : dognose
        • pfffffffffffffffft : mrfunky3000
  • So, if the article even exists, it's a "Lets talk about how much information we don't have about Duke Nuk... : Arcanum
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    Fuck PC Gamer, thats all I have to say. : manlyman
    • I would like to see MaximumPC get the print exclusive :) : dognose
  • 3DREALMS EXECUTIVE CAUGHT THROWING DVD'S AT HOBO's They are also still working on DNF... we think : skitzo
  • c'mon man, you HAVE to be done in the next year. : Senor PoopyPants
  • All release date-jokes aside... Seriously, I dont think 90% of gamers know who or what Duke Nukem is anym... : chilln
  • What do you know? Huh? : voodooraze
  • PCG responds: "Hey folks, a confusingly worded quip in the June-issue next-month box made it sound to som... : dawurz
• http://www.shackspace.com/download_large.x?path=huds0n/DNF2001_HiQ.exe : huds0n
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  So, any questions? : GeorgeB3DR
  • This wonderful fellow named dognose told me through the internets that your game, Duke Nukem Forever, is ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    Will we be able to make strippers invincible by shrinking them and shooting them with the freeze gun whil... : omnova
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      You'll find more interesting things to do with strippers. : GeorgeB3DR
      • Can we sniff them???? :O : dognose
      • Will Duke be enjoying some hot coffee? : Prozium
      • Hot Karl? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    WHHHHEEENNNNN? : manlyman
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      We're very likely to show some stuff this year, maybe a lot, and resist the urge for screenshots bi-weekl... : GeorgeB3DR
      • oohhh.. can't wait to see new DNF stuff in video form! :D : Shadowdane
      • This is a 2008 game then if no further delays? : Optimus Prime
  • What type of game would you like to do post DNF if you could pick from any genre? Like have you ever t... : Morgin
  • Yeah how do you like the emergence of european PC devs? Looks like there'll be lots of nice shooters comi... : SpaecKow
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    Can you drink toilet water for health? This is a critical feature for the game that I hope will make it. : freshyk
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      Yeah. Duke 3D interactivity x 1000. At least in terms of scope and number of things you can mess with. : GeorgeB3DR
      • sweet.. been playing through Duke3D recently this time with one of the Source Ports with High-Res textu... : Shadowdane
      • Excellent. Thanks GeorgeB! : freshyk
  • how does superman fit his boots underneath his wingtips he wears to work at the Daily Planet? Also, how ... : Prozium
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    did you guys actually use any of the ideas posted on the 3drealms forums in the game? and if so name a fu... : mista mista
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      A lot of the stuff we see mentioned is in, in one form or another. A lot is not, or outside the scope of... : GeorgeB3DR
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        the 3dr forum is amazing, these people are posting about duke all the time, constantly and have done for ... : abrasion
        • Yeah I don't get it, but whatever keeps them happy : dognose
  • why haven't men evolved away from having nipples? clearly, being immune to purple-nurples is a biologica... : deathmuppeter
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    multi-core optimizations? 64bit support? : Mr.Fusion
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      Multi-core support is in and quite nice. We all run Core Duo 6600's and 7950/8800, ati 1900 level cards.... : GeorgeB3DR
      • awesome.. thanks for the info! : Mr.Fusion
      • sweet that is pretty much my exact rig.. E6600 with 7950GT ;) : Shadowdane
      • One question: Mine car chase level? I still get chills thinking about it :) : PenicillinX57
  • It would be cool to include any completed levels laying around from earlier builds or footage from earlie... : skitzo
  • Will the screenshots be bigger than 1 inch the next time around? :) : Optimus Prime
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    what sort of video cards/memory amounts are playable at the moment? : Downforce
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      IMO, something like a 7950 is the base for a video card. For high end action games, 2 gigs is always bet... : GeorgeB3DR
      • sounds good, thank you sir! : Downforce
  • what kind of specs are you shooting for? also, will it use dx10 instructions? lastly, is there a lo wa : mrsparil
  • Still using meqon? : megarust32
  • Will these graphics give Crysis a run for its money? : PenicillinX57
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    Well since you are ASKING for question, here goes: Are you using Deferred Rendering ? Do you suppo... : Kristian Joensen
    • deferred rendering would suck and be nice at the same time :) No AA vs. lotsa nice effects. I dunno. I... : moshman
  • This is why I love the shack. : TheArtMan
  • Will there be 360 and/or PS3 versions? : afty
  • mac osx support? :x : blindi0815
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    George, last time you talked about the level size you mentioned that they might be as big as one part of ... : PnCia
    • you will soar the sky aboard a cockboat shooting rockets at the pig cops in the streets : r3dn3ck
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    Demo. will we see it prerelease? could it be thats the first taste anyone gets? probably unlikely but ... : smacknca
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      But demos just leave you wanting more. I want the FULL GAME! : dognose
      • but in this case wanting more would be soooo worth it. after 10 years loading up dnf, chewing some gum a... : smacknca
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  Its only been in there for a preview, oh, I dunno, once before. This game will suck. :( : mavmavv
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    No, YOU will >:( : dognose
    • BURN. : bakanoodle
• DNF == The Red Queen : IrN00btastic
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  I think 5 years ago I would have been excited, maybe even three years ago. But today I am like, who kn... : ease_one
  • ^^^ I'm on this boat : ErneX

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  "...at the hands of Robert Steinhaeuser, who literally trained on the Microsoft on-line, hyper-violent sh : crummynz
  • Something I just thought of.. You would probably get more practical shooting practice playing duck hunt t... : godm0de
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  LOL, Jack Thompson just called Microsoft fags, what else can he do? : Izakhar
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    where did this phrase come from? : Unleashed
    • That awesome gary's mod/HL2 comic. : sammyl
    • http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-08-17 : sigpro
• Slander and libel....I hope Microsoft sues his ass to high heavens, reaching a settlement where Jackie T.... : drbriefs
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  Where are the Atheists!? http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/18/where-is-atheism-when-bad-things-happen/ : woddemandred
  • bahahahahaha. That and the first comment are wonderful. : rasputinreborn
  • they were choosing not to use the tradgedy as a platform to express their beliefs, unlike you, Mr. D'Souz... : eskimo spy
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    in foxholes. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • But wait, there aren't any there... : rasputinreborn
  • I LOVE circular logic! The reason is that in a purely materialist universe, immaterial things like goo : 2zero2
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    What an idiot. : abrasion
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      EOsT : Ebu
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        What's EOsT hobbit? : abrasion
        • End of subthread? : -efx-
  • what a stupid post. US culture, like it or not, is drenched with religious symbolism and meaning. if you ... : cpt_gloval
  • Ugh what a tool...of GOD : drbriefs
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    how are people so dumb? : derelict515
    • I read about three pages of comments before I gave up. What can you say? They're AOL users :( : Jonathan
• hasn't he been debarred? What sway does he have at all besides being a complete laughingstock? : derelict515
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  until we see people jumping up and down and spraypainting boobies on the walls before and after they comm... : cpt_gloval
  • more like spinnaz. : Vincent Grayson
• I wish he would blame Grindhouse. It could use some publicity. : dognose
• "Is this a great Internet, or what?" hahahah... I'm speechless : kyllum
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  What a stupid shithead. "Mr. Gates pull the plug on counter-strike today" Yeah I don't think he could ... : Blackdawgg
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    Ummmm Microsoft didn't create or publish or anything CounterStrike. JT needs to get a fucking clue. : manlyman
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      Didn't the article mention CS for Xbox 1? : abrasion
      • It also blamed Halo for another shooting. He's so screwed. : Ctrl-Phreak
    • They did on Xbox. That's it though. JT's still an uninformed idiot. : Sylvanus
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  rofl, couldn't Bill pretty much crush JT? : AlexXdude
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    a small child could crush his arguments : derelict515
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      Didn't a 13/14 year old off some forum somewhere already already go toe to toe with him in an argument an... : Toraz Chryx
      • I would love to see this. : Ctrl-Phreak
• This makes me happy. Bill Gates is going to have Thompson's testicles on his desk in a few months. : Ctrl-Phreak
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  How easy to you think it would be for Bill Gates to just walk in a board room and go...."I want Jack Thom... : clain
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    When is the last time you hunted down a miserable insect? : Enigme
    • Most of them have been fairly depressed by the time I've found them just from an overall feeling of malai... : RomSteady
  • actually he would say, "Jack Thompson is a problem. I want the problem taken care of." : Prozium
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  I just wish a major news network would call his bullshit. "Violent video games? They found none. Stop ... : Edges
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    Rush Limbaugh basically said that on the air. http://kotaku.com/gaming/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-games-ar : Prozium
    • Back during the first term of the Clinton administration, his show actually had decent content half of th... : RomSteady
    • Wow... really surprising coming from Rush. : Edges
• Heh, since he is already pretty much in his own little world, he should demand that microsoft pay restitu... : skitzo
• I think Valve secretly employs Jack Thompson. Comes out of the advertising budget. : SirX
• Does Jack Thompson know anything about video games? MS and Bill Gates have nothing to do with CS other t... : Krypt_
• Here's what kills me. Jack mass bcc:s his notes. That's pretty common knowledge among gamers - and certai... : MorrisatCNN
• There is one thing I dont understand, and this is WHY the hell does this Thompson figure do this? I mean ... : xxx2xxx
• JT vs DS:MD FIGHT!!! : cannelbrae
• Wow I didn't know Dr.Phil got in on this too. Now that he's blaiming video games all his stupid fans are ... : headbone

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  I only play CS:S with the Shack, hence I suck. When you see RustyHIVtaintedSyringe, cut me some slack,... : wild falcon
  • And last night was fun as hell. :) : wild falcon
  • I actually got a lot better by playing with shackers. : nyranger66
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    We try not to stack the teams too bad, but I can tell you that if you see Infobiter and dopeman on the sa... : fleabug
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      Yeah that teamstacking shit is getting old. There are a few people that only join the CT team, rarely ca... : RyDogg1
      • I always autojoin : Jayx77
      • I also auto-join by default. : wild falcon
      • I auto-join pretty much every time. Though, even auto-join is getting somewhat predictable as certain peo... : InfoBiter
      • I always auto-join, except on Italy. : AlexXdude
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        I usually autojoin, but there are rare occasions where I'll jump on the team I actually want to play. ... : fleabug
        • Once teams get unbalanced it's really hard to balance them out again. Not only do you have the econom : InfoBiter
      • i have favorite teams by map. italy = terrorist, cobble = CT, dust2 i auto-join because i dont care eith... : virus
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        I always auto-join unless I really do not want to be on someone's team, which is very rare. : mrfunky3000
        • FUNKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!!! : virus
      • I'm usually one of the first ones in, and I ALWAYS autojoin. I wouldn't suspect that any stacking actual... : dopeman
      • I always autojoin, and then my team starts to lose. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
      • I auto-join, but I get disappointed if I'm CT because I like dual pistols and mac-10 : RikiTiki2
      • I always autojoin, but prefer to be on the winning team :) : silentw
• We've been filling it a lot lately, it's been a shit-ton of fun. : FushigiDenki
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  Yeah, there's been an increase in the amount of people playing lately, but last night was the first time ... : CrazyPants
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    I wish I could get my 360 headset working right in steam games... I finally got it working ok before l... : Jayx77
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      A couple of days ago I had to fix my mike by plugging it in to the computer. :( Turns out it doesn't work... : CrazyPants
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        lol : Jayx77
        • Somebody told me they couldn't hear me like half an hour after I started playing... I think I should have... : CrazyPants
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        I think my mic on my headset just doesn't work any more. I don't know why. :( I may have to buy anoth... : Maddog_Delphi97
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          theres a really nice one that costs $400 and plays 360 games :) : Jayx77
          • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I thought when I bought Ep1 I also bought TF2? : Ratalon
  • That's episode 2, not 1. : locash
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  My pants get tight at the thought of Team Fortress 2. Mmm, so much goodness there. I wanna dry hump t... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Just a note, humping the sentry gun, in any way, is a very bad idea. : InfoBiter
    • Damn, no wonder that I'm the first to die, then. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Like Maddog, I hope some other game can have the same casual success as CS does here. TFortress 2 coul... : RyDogg1
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    I think CS:S is so popular is that the rounds are very quick. You can join and play for 10 minutes if yo... : Jayx77
    • I don't think so. I think most cs is the game of choice because everyone is relatively good at it. It's n : InfoBiter
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    Hell, what's to keep us from adopting a game like Enemy Territory Fortress* as the new "casual" game for : Maddog_Delphi97
    • http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/6149/Enemy+Territory+Fortress+1.6 Just in case anyone wants to downloa... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I should start playing again, I bet I totally suck ass now since I haven't played in a few months :( : mikecyb
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    uhh, you've always sucked ass. : nyranger66
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      Pot, kettle, etc. : AlexXdude
      • NEIN. : nyranger66
• yea i played for the first time in a while the other night and somehow CS still remains fun after 7 years... : spector
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  I will be there to rape you all! :D : h o s t i l e
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    and by "rape you all" you meant "take it up the ass from you all since i suck so badly" : Korban
    • lollollol u wish : h o s t i l e
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  I'll try to be in, rest assured you need someone who can shoot his teammates when they jump from around a... : SolveChrist
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    Maddog C# is going to be there? I must have been shot by 10 teammates last night. Dopeman did it afte... : knitemare
    • lol I need to stop being so trigger happy. lol : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I kept shooting people but I blame it on my not having played much in a while. I always default back to a... : CrazyPants
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    Last night was the worst night in months I've had for grenade tossing. 20/20 grenades thrown either bl... : fleabug
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      lol, nothing more frustrating than throwing a grenade, only to have it bounce off some obstacle you didn'... : InfoBiter
      • i do this quite often or right where my team mates decide to run. : h o s t i l e
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        The best is when you chuck a grenade and a teammate runs into its line of flight. It's not like it's his ... : helvetica
        • i always enjoy the "throw grenade, get killed, grenade explodes taking out your killer" : donlo
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      lol i threw a smoke on office at the garage and someone yelled at me over voice chat :( : donlo
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        Yeah that was me, sorry. We lost a lot of good ppl because we couldn't see where the terrorists were rush... : ArtilleryMarker
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          that was the whole point of the smoke so when your heard the garage open you could spam them with bullets... : donlo
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            Smoke is always a bad idea for rushing. The primary purpose of smoke imho is to keep from getting sniped ... : InfoBiter
            • i think ill just refrain from using nades entirely and stick to getting shot in the face. man i miss UT2K... : donlo
        • Camping on top of the garbage container with silenced M4 ftw! :D : AlexXdude
• the few maps i was around for were an absolute blast. definitely looking forward to some TF2 loving with... : Korban
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  needs more bloodstrike. http://esport.1t1t.com/cs/ditu/images/cs-bloodstrike-.jpg that x2 = the ent... : Foxhawk
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    You'd cry if we played that, or iceworld, or any other small map. I promise, you would leave in tears. : InfoBiter
    • hell no, bloodstrike is great. I've been absolutely smoked on it before and it was still fun... straight... : Foxhawk
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    that looks incredibly lame in my opinion : mrfunky3000
    • with a bit higher round limit (than 20), it's rather fun. : Foxhawk
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  Whats the Shack CS:S server? Melons? : ezanga
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    Yessir. All info should be in his profile. : AlexXdude
    • thanks mang. : ezanga
• Maybe I'll come back to continue headshotting you bastards with my clarion. : Kerath
• you people are making me angry by not abusing the smoke grenades! : mista mista
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  holy shit did i do bad last night, last weekend i was doing pretty good, infact i was on the top of the s... : donlo
  • but you always kinda sucked at cs:s i thought since the last time we played : jono181
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  I won't be able to participate for long tonight as I have to drive out to see an art opening for a friend... : dopeman
  • DOPEMAAAAAAAAAANNN : nyranger66
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    I may actually make it to karazhan tonight as well, so I may not make it. : InfoBiter
    • Whoa, who are you in GCR? : sammyl
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  HAY IM IN THERE RIGHT NOW COME PLAY! : NexusOne
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    I gotta get something to eat*, but I'll be there shortly!! :) * I'm eating fried chicken. Hey, at lea : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Ok, I'm done eating!! :D Is the game still going??? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Anybody? Bueller? Hello? : Maddog_Delphi97
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          T-Minus One Hour Pending asshole customers that like to call 30 seconds before my shift ends. : fleabug
          • Good games this afternoon! Even Dee-vee joined the fun! :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  TF2 better replace CS:Source. I'd love to pyro every night : RikiTiki2
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    I would love to play the spy... being able to turn invisible for a while would be cool. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Can't wait to try the new Scout, myself :D : megarust32
    • I hope the spy has a greater use then the old disguise and stab people. While that is a fantastic pub-gam... : chilln
  • HWGuy FTW i may move slower than dog shit in winter but man is my gun HUGE : donlo
  • Offensive demoman is the best. Cant wait to try out the new medic though! : fleabug
  • I agree. I've had enough of CS:S's broken game mechanics, but I haven't had enough of Shackers. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I went on at around 1:30 PST and there were still enough ladies to have a good time. And I wasn't even dr... : skankcore
  • Yeah, I think we were going strong until about 2am CST. Fun shit. : fleabug

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• That's great news! I'm excited for JSRF and SFAC. : afty
• WHAT?!? Shit, I might have to actually buy one now. : SiW73
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  Mercenaries is also on that list. : sigpro
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    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : NFXFSX
    • Just tested and it works. :) :) :) :) Time to kill me some North Koreans. : NFXFSX
    • ^^^ IAWTOMGOMGOMG! : ChibiJosh
  • I think I'm going to have to go buy that. Only ever quickly played the demo. : Bull
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    what list? I dont see it! : Jayx77
    • Someone said here yesterday it would work and people have tried it with that update saying it works now. : Bull
    • It was mentioned in an ER the other day by mattleexbox, it's the only one he mentioned though. : sigpro
  • About damn time! : pigvomit
• Yes! JSRF/Panzer Dragoon Orta!!!! : Jayx77
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  SO I downloaded the zip file and got a default.xex what program will open that? : carazy
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    there's a fucking step by step process on the site he linked. : n0v4
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      so whats the fucking way I can view the list genius. : carazy
      • You can't view the list until it's published on the web. The files you downloaded aren't a list : sigpro
  • Probably an xbox 360. : carnivore
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    you burn the files to a cdr, and plug that into a 360 or you can out an old xbox game in a 360 and downlo... : sigpro
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      I don't think the auto download is working yet. : Bull
      • ahhh I'm not by my 360 so I don't know. : sigpro
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  where's the list? : paravis
  • must know if RSC2 is on it! I MUST KNOW!!!!! : paravis
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  what about RSC2? : hirez
  • YES! WHAT ABOUT THIS!! Greatest ralli game, it better be on this list damnit. : paravis
• Does Midnight Club 3 work yet? : spl
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  ok, so Panzer Dragoon Orta, what's the consensus on this game? I missed it on the original xbox, worth pi... : lowpoly
  • I haven't played the other games, but it's a brilliant game. : paravis
  • its an "on rails" shooter where you can aim in all 4 directions it was pretty fun, I wouldnt mind pick... : Jayx77
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    if you like rail shooters, you'll like PDO. i love rail shooters, so i love PDO. : cpt_gloval
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      What's a rail shooter? Like using quake 2 railguns? : spectr3
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_shooter : bitter ego
      • haha no, its a shooter that takes you on a predetermined path like you are "on a rail"... this one d... : Jayx77
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    Awesome, brilliant, fun, stellar graphics, great bosses. : EvilDolemite
    • That last boss was >:[ hard, though. : ChibiJosh
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    My favorite xbox game. period. : sharkII
    • will have to ebay it then :) : lowpoly
  • It's awesome. Also, I just found it for $8 at Gamestop. : Vincent Grayson
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  That page says it's the August 2006 update. So what's the deal...has anyone confirmed this? : jason bergman
  • Look at the file name and last date published File Name: BackCompat_04-2007.zip Date Published: 4/... : sigpro
  • It's real. The filename is Back_Compat_04-2007(2) and when you run it it tells you it's applying the Apri... : emnii
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  I just ran through some games that weren't compatible before this update, here's the results: GAMES TH : emnii
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    nice thanks. Got RSC2 ? :) : paravis
    • Nope, sorry. That was my meager selection of non-backcompat games. : emnii
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      I have RSC2, I'm putting the update on a CDR now. : nomaad
      • ohh nice. Don't dissapoint me =( : paravis
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        Goddamnit I've written it to three cd-rs on two computers and it won't read it. Sadface : nomaad
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          Bad news: RSC2 is not supported :( : nomaad
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            But Unreal Championship 2 Works! :D : nomaad
            • FUCKING YES. Oh man, this news makes me a very happy camper. : CA Flynn
          • .... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : paravis
  • Someone needs to try the X-Men Legends games. : Bull
  • GRRRRRRRRR Had I known this a month ago I might have kept my 360! >:( : Sylvanus
• Spiderman 2 works now... well would for me if my disc wasn't bad. it's got scratches on it so won't play ... : Ziz
• I wish they'd fix KOTOR, it still has a shit-ton of bugs on 360. : FushigiDenki
• Does Chronicles of Riddick work yet?! >:( : AlexXdude
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  if you people haven't played breakdown, get with the times, man. that was a fantastic game. : draconic
  • ^^ fucking awesome game : AlexXdude
  • While I did finish and enjoy it, that game had some serious flaws. I did like the whole "always keep in t... : Simulacrum
  • I can finally finish this game. Loved what I played of it. : Bull
  • Hehe, just search my post history for Breakdown- one of the best FPS in years. : Borzoi
• Updatedb} list so far from shackers Breakdown Jet Set Radio Future Mercenaries SFAC Panzer Dragoon... : sigpro
• Remo can you try to get us the full details? : sigpro
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  from major nelson: Tenku (Japan only) Avatar: The Last Airbender Avatar: The Legend of Aang (EMEA... : grimiv
  • The master list is updated too. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm : emnii
  • That's an impressive list. There's lots more I'd like to see / play but now I have lots to keep me busy. ... : Bull
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    RTCW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 : maulla
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      I'm so finding this in my stash. : Wolfanoz
      • fuck yes. i used to play with filtersweep when he was cool a hippy. : maulla
  • SOUL CALIBUR 2, yay! Just add RSC2 next. : enyakk
  • ATTN GENJURO: SF:AC works now on 360. Muahahahaha : rasputinreborn
  • Now is a good time for me to finally buy Mercenaries and Star Wars:RC! : Sexpansion Pack
  • Yes!!!! Breakdown, Panzer Dragoon Orta and Unreal Championship 2! I think all of my good games are co... : omnova
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  I don't see RalliSport Challenge 2 in there. >:-( : Holesinswiss
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    ... or Midtown Madness. :( : ThomW
    • This is Midtown Sparta! : AhmNee
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      MM3 would be sweet. I'm holding out all hope we see 4 but deep inside I don't think we ever will. : sigpro
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        God that game was so much fun on Live for the time we played it. : Carnivac
        • I didn't play it with shackers but yes it was awsome on Live. I loved the mini cooper in it. : sigpro
  • or Chronicles of Riddick :( : AlexXdude
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  good list but I was really hoping for Voodoo Vince. : baron calamity
  • ♥ Voodoo Vince. : metalremains
• Good for MS to keep plugging away at this stuff. Thumbs up from me. All of my old games (save RSC2) are... : SeaLlama
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  Fuck. : genjuro
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    what else do you have to say sir? : boomstickah
    • Double fuck! : genjuro
  • You now have no PRL, can play SFAC on it, forza 2 is next month, what's your excuse for not getting one n... : sigpro
  • fuck i cant find my copy of SF:AC. i dont remember trading it in :( must have got lost with my copy of... : maulla
  • hi genjuro how ur sfac : Foxhawk
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  Are they patching up old games with sound / graphics glitches? : abrasion
  • They do if there are bad enough issues with them. Only a couple on that list are updates though. : sigpro
• FUCKIN' BREAKDOWN! YESSSSSSS! : Haku-Jin
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  Hey, speaking of BC, how the fuck do I get BC games to display in widescreen? I know SC2 claims it's 7... : Vincent Grayson
  • I know with SSX 3 I had to bump it down to 480p in the dash, then widescreen worked. : thaperfectdrug
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    Soul Calibur 2 uses 720p to lock a correct 4:3 ratio on your television. It's annoying as shit, but I do... : sevogajre
    • Yeah, no widescreen at 720p according to this. It still shows 16:9 so it may support that through 480p. ... : Prozium
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  So no game with BWC supports XBL? That kind of sucks. :( : acidnynex
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    no the live stuff should work just fine. : sigpro
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      Oh, burnout 3 doesn't seem to work. : acidnynex
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        It certainly did when I tried it a couple months ago. : rasputinreborn
        • I lied, I keep forgetting I have the XBL Silver now. :) : acidnynex
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        Burnout 3 didn't support live, though. Burnout 4 for the 360 was the first burnout to support online pla... : batkiwi
        • Hrm, I'm incorrect it seems. : batkiwi
        • Bullshit it didn't. 3 and revenge both did live on the xbox. : sigpro
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  I wonder how much of a sales bump some of these titles get when they are added to the BC list. : Holesinswiss
  • Yeah, I'm sure there's gotta be companies lobbying MS for updates because there is at least some money to... : rasputinreborn
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    Probably next to none because most of them are pretty scarce these days and the people buying them probab... : omnova
    • Well I'm sure, in the case of Mercenaries, it will be available more when Merc 2 comes around. : NFXFSX

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  This is a definite buy. I don't understand how people can say it doesn't look good. It looks freakin gorg... : h o s t i l e
  • People are dumb dumb heads. : sigpro
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    Older shots had shit tracks / environments and nice looking cars- it seems they have got the cars looking... : abrasion
    • tracks even. : abrasion
• Cooper S, woot : Foxhawk
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  Aston? Check! Porsche? Check! Ferrari? Check! Well, it's not like anyone can complain now! : aaarrrgh
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    I can, WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DEMO!? : mavmavv
    • 2nd'd : warpdude
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    Didn't Forza 1 have all three of those makers as well? Why would there be any complaining? : Patch-e
    • If one of them suddenly wasn't there, maybe? : aaarrrgh
  • needs more V8 Vantage :(((( but they have the S2000 (albeit '03)! rock on. : warpdude
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    Lamborghini! :-o : forktaileddevil
    • Check! 2005 Lamborghini Gallardo 1988 Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV 1997 Lamborghini Diablo S... : sigpro
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    Porsche?! Didn't EA have an exclusive Porsche license? So this means that's dead now? \o/ : dionex
    • Thank god, EA having anything exclusive is terrible. : abrasion
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  i wish i could use my new Logitech MOMO wheel set on the xbox360. Got it foe $31 so im not looking to buy... : donlo
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    Oh but that 360 wheel is so nice. : FushigiDenki
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      have you felt a logitech MOMO, compared to my old cheapy microsoft wheel, this thing is sweet, i love the... : donlo
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        The Microsoft wheel is ballerific, shut your dirty mouth. : cam3lt0sis
        • i had the old one without force feedback and some crappy spring that made it snap back to center : donlo
  • I wish I could use my G25 :( I heard someone was working on an adapter though. : m0nkz
• Hot damn that's a good collection of cars. : FushigiDenki
• no caterham or lotus super seven =( oh well, theres always gt5 : not work safe
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  No Isuzu Brat or Geo Metro? * B O Y C O T T ' D * : ChibiJosh
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    This would be great if you could drop ANY engine you wanted into one of these in the game. It's like w... : guido anchovy
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      It'd be fucking awesome if you could do that but only if they engine would actually fit in the engine bay : Toraz Chryx
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        They made it so this time you can stick any engine that fits into a bay from the same manufacturer into ... : sigpro
        • bah, I want to do this http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/27/the-volvette-tt-ls1-powered-740-wagon/ : Toraz Chryx
• Where's my demo?!?!? >:( : acidnynex
• wow, thats a lot of cars. : chazums
• you had me at honda civic... : lowpoly
• FUCK YES! 2005 Scion tC! W00000T! I have one of those! ;P : mancide
• There should be a Fiat 500. :( : stump
• I thought we were going to get an e24 M6 http://forzamotorsport.net/news/dynospotlights/dyno01-1.htm ... : mojo the helpr monke
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  no gen1 rx-7 :( : cpt_gloval
  • ^ no 360 so you don't get to :( : sigpro
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    Oh my god I still remember the sound of this -> http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10584389 I am so hap... : genjuro
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      that was a gen3 :) : cpt_gloval
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        they all sound the same to me : genjuro
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHzeGEHWMjo : cpt_gloval
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        Like this thing? http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/13/the-mazda-rx-7-was-not-meant-to-climb-trees/ : RikiTiki2
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          formerly! :( : cpt_gloval
          • hee hee : RikiTiki2
  • Isn't that a classic, why wouldn't they include it? : abrasion
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    Check out this build by a guy on a board I frequent... http://mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160... : zyklonbee
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      they had me at 13B-REW :) : cpt_gloval
      • OH yeah and since the fc engine sits at a stupid ass angle and not in the middle of the car, this one wil : cpt_gloval
      • I also dig the color matched engine paint and the size of the turbos > rotors. :) : cpt_gloval
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    btw my rx-7 is dead. I have a miata now. Very very sad :-( : TheTick
    • i'm seriously considering selling my MR2 as-is (blown head gasket) for like $500 and dropping a couple mo... : cpt_gloval
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  no production BMWs :( : FrayLo
  • Sucks. No 05' Goat either :( : Durandal07
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    Needs this http://www.dragtimes.com/images/9205-2000-BMW-M-Coupe.jpg I'd love to know what one of tho... : abrasion
    • they would probably make it slower. : not work safe
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  I do wish my A6 was on there though. : FushigiDenki
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    who needs an A6 when there is an RS6? : sigpro
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      who needs an audi when you could have a vw breaking down and limping along the track! still bitter from S : cpt_gloval
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        I need the RS4 because that's the current production car I want to waste all kinds of money on. : sigpro
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          your daughters don't need college! : cpt_gloval
          • Fuck no they don't. My dad should be getting me a video of his track day today he did in his S4 soon. : sigpro
• I think you just killed cpt. : sigpro
• What a bunch of crap. VW Beetle and the Bora VR6 but no W8 Passat or R36 Passat. : Blackdawgg
• Sweet, some real gems on there. : nomaad
• Sweet. They got the 2nd gen CRX in there. Also, where's the Ariel Atom? : Prozium
• still fapping : Downforce
• Fuck yeah, Porsche 959 ftw! : Matto357