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  I am considering this as well. It's weird that I had no issues before the Halo 3 patch. I am not one to u... : Fred Garvin
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    It seems to happen often enough.. possibly more than a coincidence? : Pneum0
    • I've also noticed another startling example; a person who's xbox 360 has red ring'd has generally taken a... : Bantis
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  Hope you haven't bought any arcade games... : batkiwi
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    why? XBOX LIVE keeps a list of everything you have downloaded and bought. I think he can just redownloa... : jedi_27
    • yes, arcade games are tied to the gamertag : mwasher
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      but if he isnt connected to live the games will only play as demos for some reason : Degenerate
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        That's because they're tied to the ID of the original console that they were purchased on. : Prozium
        • well, they're also tied to the console ID in addition to the gamertag. : Prozium
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        all he has to do is restore his account on the new box. then under account management he can redown load... : jedi_27
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          i think : jedi_27
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            Yes but only HIS gamertag can play them on the machine, and he'll HAVE to be logged into Live to play the... : Simulacrum
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              who logs out of Live? : Tommy Toolbag
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                When the internet goes down? Not like that ever happens, of course. : Ebu
                • Or when Live is down for maintenance. : Prozium
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  http://i21.tinypic.com/fcmtn5.jpg : Fred Garvin
  • lol : wellesraphael
  • e-lol : moe6
  • beautiful. : Boo Pipes
  • laffo : Mansmells
  • genius : Ovate
  • holy shit lol .. I spit my coffee out! : mystifier
  • Oh shits, lol'd. : silentw
  • nice : mikecyb
  • epic lol here : Nali4Freedom
  • hahahaha : tomservo
  • Flawless Funny!!! : -efx-
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    http://notharrypotterspoilers.ytmnd.com/ : lakren
    • if this is yours, good job! wish it had the "HEY I'M MAXXXXX" quote though. : p4ck3tloss
  • fucking lol : chazums
  • bwahahaha excellent : node
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  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : jedi_27
  • NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : g.lee
• what a pos system. : Lawgiver
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  I'd love for my premium-xbox360 to kick the bucket 3-ring style so I could get it replaced with the HDMI ... : proclone1
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    If you send it in to MS they'll replace it with another non-HDMI unit. At least that's what they're curr... : Prozium
    • fags : proclone1
• awful :( : Silent Wolf
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  I thought the HDMI uses the same chipset (i.e. non-falcoln) as the old 360? : aethyr
  • ugh, the falcon isn't the RROD fix. There are other mods they do. The x-clamp, change the epoxy glue, etc... : pancake humper
  • it just has a more glue on the chip or somethin : datoo
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  My launch box crapped out on me just after I put in Halo 3. Ha-ha. I never did get to the game--I had the... : Nick Breckon
  • I read this as lunch box, and thought "well no shit.... oh wait" : silentw
• I actually feel a bit better having my die on Sunday night. Sure I still can't play Halo, or my recently... : DaMojo
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  So my new premium is going to be less prone to this rrod stuff, right? : rosewood
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    yes : kainen1
    • Good gravy : rosewood
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    doubt it, unless it's one with the extra heatsink in it. : chazums
    • Even that doesn't seem to do shit. : node
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  man what a stupid system for fags. halo, more like gay-lo. I'm picking up a p-s-triple instead of that ... : mikecyb
  • awesome...because I was actually concerned about this : VegasX
  • P-S-Triple fo the motherfucking Schnitzel! Peace out. : Drewus
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  Carlos' 360 just died too, and it wasn't even RROD so they're trying to charge him $100. : Chris Remo
  • Tell him to wrap it in a blanket and turn it on - that'll red ring it for sure. : chazums
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  My limited edition just arrived (at work). Although the game disc was loose it wasn't scratched, so I ass... : rock elf
  • pretty much. : Postal
  • and burst into flames and rape your first born. : stelth

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  Do you think that is what Rikitiki is going through? : CrustaR
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    :P : RikiTiki2
    • Saturday! : EvilDolemite
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  yeah i really feel sorry for you people about to make >$100k after 2-3 years. blow me : proclone1
  • well, not here. I'm going to be paying back loans for a good 4 or 5 years, at least. Then I might make >1... : Morgin
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    that kind of money/those positionsare rare for an associate just out of law school. thats why there are s... : Tommy Toolbag
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      also the sheer number of traffic accidents every day : RikiTiki2
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        are there any states that have switched to no fault insurance? : Morgin
        • no clue. I haven't looked into it : RikiTiki2
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  I had to go to jury summons today. All I can say is that courtrooms are hell and the whole justice sys... : datoo
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    Ah, I'd love to go through jury duty. Then again, I'm taking forensic psychology, so it would be somewha... : CrustaR
    • nullification ftw!!! : thomas jefferson
    • it's a boring civic trial though. : datoo
• sent that to my bro in law who is 1 year away from graduating. : mavmavv
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  fuck man, i'm in crunch mode for the LSATs on saturday. i didn't need to see that : thomas jefferson
  • good luck. The shack only hears my anger at school. Law is actually a great profession and totally worthw... : Morgin
  • LOL, prepare yourself. It's worse than that. Read this article before picking a school. Consider your... : heff
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  lol my g/f just dropped out after finishing 1L because of how stupid it was. she's gonna be a doctor ins... : sludge vohaul
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    hope she likes the fact she'll start earning money around age 40 : nepharious
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      You can do well in your early 30's : EvilDolemite
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        med school + residency +specialty = how do u do well in early 30s? : nepharious
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          most medical programs including residency span about eight years. tack on another two to four years for ... : arizona bay
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            pediatric residency is only 3 years.. or so I've been told : sludge vohaul
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              yes it varies, most are 4...surgeons, cardiologists, etc. can take up to around six years. but it's a fa... : arizona bay
              • 8 years of training* : arizona bay
      • If you get a signing bonus. : rosewood
    • she does actually : sludge vohaul
  • i left after 4 semesters. the sad thing is there are a lot of people in law school who dont belong there,... : Tommy Toolbag
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  True, but they pretty much shit money. : rosewood
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    This is so not true. At the big firms in major centers, sure. But there are very few of those jobs. And i... : Morgin
    • those jobs only go to the top 10% of students, the other 90% don't make near BIGLAW salary. : heff
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      Actually, there are currently fewer law students in school than the expected hiring demands of firms. : ra1n
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        really? I'm going to go hunt down that article I read, I swore I saw some stats showing the number of law... : Morgin
        • yeah... it was in a recent WSJ... possibly this last Saturday : TPSReport
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    The Beatles said something about money once. I forget what : RikiTiki2
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      "Oh God I've got so much of it I use it as toilet paper"? : peanut-
      • "maybe when I'm rich and famous some nutjob will wack me when I least expect it" ? : MagicWishMonkey
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  Dude, no way. Law school is way way easier than most people would let on. You don't have to do anywhere... : ra1n
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    Well, to be a good lawyer you do. I mean, you're the guy who likes to brag on internet forums about who h... : Morgin
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      also, I apologize because that's not fair. Our posts here hardly reflect how we approach the subject, jus... : Morgin
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        most of the time you guys post its some self-absorbed bullshit. thats why noone likes lawyers. there are ... : eggnoodles
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          I dunno. Me and Bean have been pretty anti-lawyer, anti-law since either of us started posting. We're bot : Morgin
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            I'm pretty sure Bean is already practicing. Just started at a new firm after having worked at another one... : Sparhawk6
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              That would be news to me. We started at the same time. He may have been super keen and done it faster. : Morgin
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                I might have my shack personalities mixed up. One guy here practices and just started at a new firm. He w... : Sparhawk6
                • ra1n maybe? : RikiTiki2
              • I finished early, yeah. Sparhawk doesn't have it quite right though, as I do not have a super-busty secre... : Bean
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          Lawyers get so shit on and its not fair. Everyone has the right to a trial...should some guy who brutall... : soggybagel
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            and what if that guy who "murdered his wife" actually didn't? poor slob can't defend himself against the ... : RikiTiki2
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              Are you agreeing with me or not....I don't understand :( : soggybagel
              • I'm agreeing with you : RikiTiki2
  • Its the nerds who need to get on law review, and want to big gay firm job so they need to pad their resum... : soggybagel
• know plenty of lawyers, its just like any other graduate program really. you want some tough shit? dea... : tomatoactivator
• portax is cool though :( : mikecyb
• T_T what a pussy : Fish_Bulb
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  O NOES LAW SCHOOL IS HARD? THAT'S IT I'M NOT TAKING THE LSAT. Seriously, I just read 15 opinions for m... : yoonix
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    lol undergrad con law class. trust me, its not the same. con law is an awesome class and topic of stud... : Tommy Toolbag
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      I've sat in on law school classes a few times, and I think law students are just a bunch of whiny bitches... : yoonix
      • this makes my point. trust me, its much more than classes. : Tommy Toolbag
• im a 2L and im still not sure how I feel about it. Do you like being semantically nit-picky? Do you like ... : lythe

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  Halo 3 didn't strike me as that amazing, to be honest. :( I think it might be because I am also strugg... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I like the universe almost as much as the games. I think they don't revolutionize anything, they just do... : Super Sparker
    • i agree, the game just "has it". You have to spend time with it instead of juding prematurely. the game ... : kainen1
• Wow.. that seems pretty short. : K1Bond007
• My longest marathon was probably Marathon. ;) : davantalus
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  q2ctf/q3ra3 - Lan party so like 24+ hrs straight, more after I slept :p : paravis
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    How old were you when you did this? : Super Sparker
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      like 16-19 somewhere in there. : paravis
      • I haven't been to a lan since that time (now 25) and I miss them =( The lans I mainly went to were my Q2... : paravis
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  i had a friend over, and we co-op'd on normal through a good bit of the campaign. after he left I restart... : mankeroo
  • yeah, anyone playing on normal (or god forbid easy) is going to finish significantly faster : derelict515
• About 48 hours of Jedi Knight 1 straight, on one map, lightsaber only. 3 of us called themselves Luke. ... : razorblade79
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  Civ IV at a LAN. That was by far the longest I've played a game without a break. : wild falcon
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    How long? : Super Sparker
    • Just over 11 solid hours. : wild falcon
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  7 1/2 hour single player campain, that's weak : vynn
  • It was perfect. There was no repetition, no "filler" missions and the story was paced nicely. I'd rath... : Super Sparker
  • its all individual i would prefer games to be like 5 hrs from start to finish. I almost never finish any ... : imperator
• 6 hours straight q1 deathmatch, and i was using the keyboard the whole time. you should have seen my fuc... : radula
• 24+ hours. I used to work a J12 shift and once a month there would be a quick change from days to nights... : Wombat Woo
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  Oblivion.. 14 hours straight. I'd broken up with my girlfriend and couldn't sleep. : cause&effect
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    So you finished about half of the Dark Brotherhood quests? : davantalus
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      Honestly can't remember.. I suppose I should point out that I also did that for 5 days straight and was i : cause&effect
      • *goes to backup his saves* A FINE point. : davantalus
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  Oh.. I have completed a few games in one sitting tho.. I finished Starfox 64 on my first go.. finished Go... : cause&effect
  • yea, but in starfox 64 you can beat it on the straight path in like an hour or two, iirc. : famine101
• Yea, me and my roommate just beat it in one sitting too. wtf? we only beat it on heroic, but why do th : famine101
• KOTOR 1&2 and Oblivion are pretty close. Something like 26 hours in a row for all 3 : Downforce
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  Yeah, that was kind of disappointingly short. Awesome as hell (love some of the new weapons), but short. ... : Helter Skelter
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    Oh, and the last game I completed in one sitting the first time through was Riddick (10 hours) during a f... : Helter Skelter
    • I wish I could play Riddick for the first time again. It was one of those games where I was caught comple... : peanut-
• I just got to a part that is bugging the piss out of me. after I get the warthog I get to the broken brid : Crimsonbeak
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  Final Fantasy 7 - 14 hours, from the beginning of the game until about just after the rocket launch. : flagg209
  • god - almost forgot - starcraft multiplayer when it first came out. I was in an awesome clan - and one s... : flagg209
  • Same for me. I played that game for 16 hours straight when I first bought it. : riptyde
• FF7 when it came out was about 12 hours or more. I started to hallucinate. KOTOR was extremely long. ... : zakazi
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  diablo2 in one sitting, co-op with a mate next to me. : filthysock
  • you must've gotten blisters on your clicker finger. : famine101
• Single player my longest marathon was probably max payne 2, played start to finish in one sitting that la... : shred.
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  A friend of mine in college played Diablo 2 for the better part of 36 hours straight, stopping only to ea... : riptyde
  • Er, not D2, D1 : riptyde
• I did something similar with a buddy of mine last night. 7:30p-5:00a. Worth every second. Other than... : critch
• WTF? I spent 4 hours just trying to get halfway into the second mission. Though I am playing on HEROIC. : Skoal^Fyfan

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  heh heh mine too XD : choppp
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    I noticed their heavies didn't go anywhere without a healer in tow, something we should ask for from now ... : Visceral Monkey
    • yeah i hardly got healed at all :/ : choppp
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  Anyone get a demo? : helvetica
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    Several, I believe. We actually captured a few control points, so we did better than the goons.. : Visceral Monkey
    • put them up somewhere plz! : lightly inclined
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  use the ping excuse! i think it's a valid one, really. : lakren
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    The controller(s) broke is another good one. : pigvomit
    • it's really a solid excuse.. I couldn't do shit in the game, everything felt way off compared to what I'm... : lakren
    • canyoutellmyspacebarisbroken? : yonderboy
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  Oh man, you guys were SWEET. That was so fun to watch. : felicia
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    Thanks, we tried. Some of the guys are being a little too hard on themselves. : Visceral Monkey
    • I think, in light of what you were up against, I'd say you all did wonderful. : felicia
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    I couldn't even spectate...all I got was "SourceTV is reconnecting..." endlessly. :'( : quanta88
    • They've probably got it down so we can't cheat :( : hawkeye
• Good times guys good games was fun for all! : hashd
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  I'm pretty pleased with how we did actually. For one week of sloppy practice, that was pretty good again... : hawkeye
  • It's not just a top-notch clan, but rather the guys who MADE the game. Guys who have been playing the gam... : Ajax
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  Which maps were played and what were the final scores? : vynn
  • scores? ha ha ha. : lakren
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    Dustbowl - Fuck me Gravelpit - Ouch Granary - Rectal bleeding : hawkeye
    • so you represented the shack well : vynn
    • 0wned, n00b. : CrustaR
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  Did they try anything out of the norm that worked? Or was it just a beat down using refined tactics? : DM7
  • nope, was all normal tactics. the one thing they did was stay back some building up ubers, then charge... : lakren
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    lots of rocket jumping i heard : naabster
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      Seriously nobody fucking rocket jumps in this game, 98% noob player population : snuff
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        I'm just getting used to the slowmo rocket jumping...soliders are so slow compared to quake, it's not rea... : Boxelder
        • Agreed, i'm still addapting cause i time my rocketjumps too early. :( : [7]kami
      • Is anybody using binds to rocket jump (like in TF1) or people are trying to manually do the RJ? : Nitrium
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    The main tactics that were new that I saw was: Rocket jumping EVERYWHERE. They had soldiers flying ar... : hawkeye
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      Would ping made that big of difference, really? ;D : DM7
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        yes... it was really, really rough. I was chopping all over, I would step out of a doorway and be shot be... : lakren
        • This is pretty much why I'm not going to try playing on shack servers anymore from Australia. 300 ping i... : moneyshot
      • Oh I'm not saying we'd have won, but I think we'd have done a hair better. Remember, we're not just talk... : hawkeye
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      I thought friendly fire prevented the Demoman from boosting teammates with stickies? : vynn
      • that's what I thought too. : edgewise
  • they used their natural grappling skills : judge
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  Did we fair better than the goons? : shavenewok
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    yes, Valve apparently even said they enjoyed playing us. : terath
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      That's because shackers are the best people to play online with. : TastyWheat
      • ^^^^^^ Signed : Nitrium
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  Other than having fun, that's a brilliant marketing tactic for Valve too. Gets the community really engag... : carnivore
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    Also give away some of the secrets to kick-start the clans with. : hawkeye
    • Doubt it, once the players get into a competitive environment, the strats that work evolve very fast. ... : alias
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  I only have the first game demo. Rosewood has the second game. No one got the third game. My game crashed... : pancake humper
  • Thanks! : pyrogen
  • Thanks for the commentary and for recording! : racer5
  • how do i play that shit? : naabster
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    how do we play this? : zagzig32
    • put it in X:\Steam\steamapps\accountname\team fortress 2\tf go into the game and type into the consol... : pancake humper
  • how do you load this? via TF2? : thewriter
  • hopefully someone recorded with fraps.... no tf2 here. : ant_hillbilly
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    HOW IS DEMO FORMED?? : [fry]
    • lol : kydaimon
    • They need to do way instain humper> who delete thier demo becuse these demo cant play back? it was on sh... : ArB
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    HOW to play the demo: 1) Put the file here: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<email>\team fortress 2\t... : vynn
    • doesn't work for me.. i think demos are bugged. : lakren
    • It just says loading, then sits there. I'm not getting anything :( : hawkeye
    • Damn, well that's how it should work, if demos worked. : vynn
  • Any idea what gameinfo.txt is and why it's missing? : heff
  • Can't even download it :( : Izanaki
  • Yeah borked not that I need to watch myself again 0_o : hashd
  • If the demo is not working I will try to talk to Robin tomorrow about it and get answers. I tried loading... : pancake humper
  • Thanks! : helvetica
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    I got the third game, and as soon as shackspace starts working I'll upload it. : thekidd
    • Have you verified that it works? : ayesel
    • Put it on rapidshare or anything meanwhile! : Izanaki
    • doesn't work. I recorded 10 demos, only 3 work, and only 1 of those was actually in a match. : thekidd
  • I can't FTP into shackspace right now or I'd upload mine : rosewood
• potm : sexninja!!!!
• My fingers hurt from typing in two diff. updates. : felicia
• yall woulda won if you played naked. : whistletits
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  Yeah, us shackers need to scrimmage so that we could at least learn how to work together as a team. Ma... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Considering the circumstances I thought we worked quite well together. : hashd
• Second team did great! : felicia
• Yup, it does hurt. Good game, Valve. Good game. : freshyk
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  was it 12 v 12 as intended? sounds fun. go for a REMATCH :D : Downforce
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    amazingly EVERYONE was there. : thekidd
    • I'd like to see some screenshots and I'll get the demo working shortly :D sounds really fun. practi... : Downforce
• If i had gotten to play like it was scheduled we woulda won. Stupid night school. : boredguy
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  Some pics I took. None of them are anything special so sorry about that. I tried to take a pic whenever I... : freshyk
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    Wow, their whole team has a ping of ~5, and all shackers have pings of like ~130? :( : Zero|DPX
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      Yea, that was one thing that was fucking sad. It was just for fun and all, but playing against a group t... : d0gbert
      • Well, I threw an offer at Erik to host on the east, but he didn't reply at all. :( One match west, one... : Draco
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  Seriously, I love you guys, I love the Shack, but it's fuckin' Valve. No shame in getting destroyed. Th : EvilDolemite
  • Man, I'm jealous. I wanna play against Valve. I know I wouldn't stand a chance, but the chance of playi... : cycopl
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    I remember when my friend won a trip via Mplayer to go and play the makers of Daikatana. And, he won. ... : ImageOmega
    • Well, Valve isn't just the people that make the games, they're people who have been playing it every sing... : Chris Remo
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    Many competitive clans could wipe the floor with Valve. If the the Shack had more time to handpick star ... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • i'm in agreement there. : lonestar3
    • Most likely the QA department is probably better at the game than the Valve devs. : Porkasaurus
  • A bunch of Gearbox guys whooped a bunch of Epic guys at Gears of War multiplayer recently. : tomwiththeweather
• anyone have screenshots from Team 1's foray? I recorded demos but like everyone else's they don't work. ... : Omaha
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  is there a mirror for the demo files? : nepharious
  • Demo files don't seem to be working. : freshyk
• youtube the games? : radula
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  Team 2 screenshots. When I launched the game, all my graphics settings went back to shit, so none of th : Phil
  • LOL @ Tom avatar : tunis5000
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    So did you guys win one round? : Chris Remo
    • lol.. they said "NOT LIVE" as we all charged. I don't know why they weren't ready or maybe they thought ... : K1Bond007
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  so did we do better than the goons? I know they didn't destroy us to the degree they had hoped, but did w... : Supine
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    I think the shack squad (at least #1, I didn't see #2 at all) put up a fight considering the challenge. ... : rosewood
    • Valve told us, Team 2, that we were the best they've played so far. I don't know if he meant Team 2 or th... : K1Bond007
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  did ANYONE ever get connected through SourceTV and see the games? All we were getting when I tried was co... : Old_Fart
  • We got connected, but source tv wasn't connected to the powerplay server at that point. : feek
  • they turned off sourceTV, it wasn't workng properly. : thekidd
• Wish I coulda' seen it [ any u-tube links?] you all got huge shiny brass ones just for logging onto it. ... : AEXStrider

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  post again when you play halo 3? : mavmavv
  • well yeah, but I was wondering everyone else judgment's on it : itsjeff9
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  way different kinds of games. TF2 is class oriented. : gyokuro
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    no, I know that. Thats why I said your opinion. Anyways, Ill rephrase the question. Which to you d... : itsjeff9
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      i like TF2 cause i can play it at 100+ fps on my 8800 with a ping in the teens. I also love the gameplay ... : gyokuro
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        are there dedicated servers on xbox live? If it's still listen servers I don't see how it could compete. : Pneum0
        • most games on live dont use dedicated servers. And with the sheer number of Halo 3 players, I doubt halo ... : mavmavv
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  TF2 i dont like game pads. and theres no team work ive seen, everyones just running around trying to get ... : supermonkeyballz
  • huh? : Slowtreme
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  Halo 3 doesn't have the stuttering bug. : Magus
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    TF2 doesn't have the red ring of death bug. : Matt Burris
    • At least someone gives a shit about fixing my 360. : Magus
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      It might on October 10! : Chris Remo
      • bravo! : dmason
      • touche. : itsjeff9
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    You could get TF2 on the 360, if you're being bothered by this mythical 'stuttering bug' I keep hearing a... : famine101
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      There's nothing "mythical" about it. : Magus
      • Its not fair to judge all of TF2 yet, I mean it plays quite smoothly, but it is STILL in beta. : itsjeff9
• Honestly, I got Halo 3 yesterday. Played for 3 hours. It was pretty awesome but when I got home tonight I... : bozer
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  Obligatory ET: Quake Wars plug! : PenicillinX57
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    ET:DOA : Slowtreme
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      So sad, because it really is a good game. I wish they had gotten it working much sooner, because if it h... : PenicillinX57
      • I'll still pick it up and play. : hirez
      • All that is quake and all that you ache, and all thats to come, and everything un-der-the-sun is in tune : kainen1
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        I was thinking of getting it after playing the demo, but after getting TF2 I haven't touched ETQW. Pretty... : shred.
        • Same thing to me. It was a certain buy, but I got sucked into TF2. : Nitrium
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      ET:BF1942 : mockery
      • incorrect. bf sux : Fish_Bulb
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    I'm still playing it even though the shack has become Valve fanboi HQ : RyDogg1
    • Only because its the most recent news. Halo 3 came out and its been Halo news, such will be the same whe... : itsjeff9
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  TF2 doesn't have 13-year-old kids with screaming problems or 50 Cent records. : snagger
  • yet : duncandun
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    play with shack parties. problem sovled. you can even matchmake to only FRIENDS and FRIENDS of FRIENDS on... : kainen1
    • as in we're all separated from retards by only a few degrees? : aeg1x
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      I just experienced the greatness of playing on a shack server for the first time (TF2). Yay for me! M... : Mael'Koth
      • this site is great for that purpose bro http://shackers.gamewith.us get yah ass to MAHRS! : kainen1
    • i did not know this...excellent : agentlead
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    I can attest that TF2 certainly does, though maybe not as plentiful as Xbox Live. : ahlee
    • yeah but 99% of them don't have a microphone. : Old_Fart
  • because they don't have credit cards. wait till christmas. : feek
  • can i put 50 cent music in tf2 somehow? : Mr.SEX
  • I played 1 Halo 3 multiplayer game last night, it was the first game of Halo online I did not detest. Bu... : xtofuconsumerx
  • I had some guy I didn't even play a round with msging me on live trying to spoil the ending for me except... : rhuntley12
• Can't decide. They are both extremely good at what they are. They're just different flavors of Multipla... : sevogajre
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  TF2 has gibs. : pyide
  • Winner. TF2 > HALO. Case closed. Thank you all for posting. : [7]kami
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  To be honest I think Halo 3 is going to give me more hours overall because the out-of-the-box variety is ... : Chris Remo
  • (Also, I'm better at Halo 3, which has absolutely nothing to do with either game's quality but does give ... : Chris Remo
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    Well... the Orangebox = more variety for less money. And way (like shitloads) more content. : [7]kami
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      He asked about multiplayer. Halo 3 clearly has more MP variety than Orange Box. Obviously if the questi... : Chris Remo
      • Doesn't HL2 include HL2DM? I have no idea since i already had that stuff and bought the Orange box jus... : [7]kami
• Just played six hours of Halo 3 with my friends tonight. TF2 by a landslide. : Serpico74
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  TF2 owns my face. The whole game is just so absurdly hilarious that I play with a big stupid grin on m... : peanut-
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      imho, the Pyro has the best taunts. And hearing him muffle for a medic is awesome. : dmason
      • brow wow wikka wow wow : aeg1x
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  Halo 3 feels almost exactly like halo 2. My gf's exact words were, "seventy five dollars for this?"(CDN) ... : rhuntley12
  • The multiplayer changes are relatively subtle I suppose, but they're really big deals for me. The return... : Chris Remo
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  Well, Halo 3 is going to be the game that I play with friends when they come over, or with the girlfriend... : BlackCat9
  • I'll probably be getting some Halo 3 time this weekend, when I visit my brother, since I don't own a 360,... : itsjeff9

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• Hrmm, when it does that to me...it says there is an update then it says "Disconnected" but then it downlo... : soggybagel
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  I think your pipe-clogging theory may be correct. From the Xbox web page just now - "Due to high traffic ... : thaperfectdrug
  • Also, MS, that should be "Because of", not "Due to". : thaperfectdrug
• Marketplace is dead for me, Halo has broken the xbox internet. : devi| dog
• Same thing... finally got my bridge working and it's doing this. Glad it's not just me ! : phobium
• i turned off bittorrent and BAM worked. : NeoMoose
• i think Halo 3 broke XBL.. yah Marketplace is dead and tried to do a search for online games and it gav... : Shadowdane
• reading on the bungie servers I think i know whats going on: #1) Its 8:24, meaning the entire west coa... : Jackass1233
• same thing with me :( : YamatoTwinkie
• just restarted it didn't even prompt for an update this time... hmm : Shadowdane
• Same. : NFXFSX
• lol, only 2,000 players online. http://www.bungie.net/Online/Default.aspx : ant_hillbilly
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  Same here. Annoying. : sigpro
  • no-one wants to play with you anyway : jedi_27
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  Yeah, it's all over the X360 support forums too. No comment from MSFT yet, but I'd bet the tubes are inde... : deveus1
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    anyone know if this affects coop, im supposed to 4 player coop with my friends at 10 eastern. : ant_hillbilly
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      Yes it does. It affects your ability to even sign into live. : sigpro
      • damn that fucking really sucks. : ant_hillbilly
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    its that fucking idiotic EVERYONE WHO HAS AN XBOX GETS FREE LIVE FOR 3 DAYS deal best buy and MSFT are of... : Jackass1233
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      You mean the same deal that everyone who has bought a 360 since launch gets? : Helter Skelter
      • yeah, but this deal is for Halo 3, a 60$ game, not a 400$ console. So yeah, sorta the same thing, but ... : Jackass1233
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  Don't complain. I RROD'd after the update. : phil_mckraken
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    every single update can cause a red ring, regardless of the update. : deveus1
    • Yes, I know. I didn't say the update caused it just that it crapped out after it so I'm SOL Halo3. : phil_mckraken
• Its taking me several tries just to add friends...so yeah, Live is being hammered. : soggybagel
• Well, I'm glad it's not just me. : Helter Skelter
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  Major Nelson dropped the XBL server on his foot :( : thaperfectdrug
  • wot a stupid asshole : mega man
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  damn, I am getting the same thing : Jayx77
  • I cant even sign into xbox.com right now... the login field is missing : Jayx77
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  This is what happens when they open up live gold to everyone for free. Imagine how the sony online netwo... : FormerHPB
  • Exactly : phobium
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    that's a pretty weak excuse. i can understand it being overloaded with a major release, but the damn syst... : pyide
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      No it shouldn't. That's why they make you pay, so every Xbox 360 user isn't on the damn thing gaming it ... : phobium
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        silver users can still access live content / download demos and such. there's no reason their shit should... : pyide
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          It's probably not related to silver users at all. They recently did some upgrades to the backend and comb... : deveus1
          • well those are words i would mark, because they actually make some sense. formerhpb's and phobium's are... : pyide
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      Name one MMO that is never down. You pay for those. : Fred Garvin
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        oh fred garvin, what does that have to do with this? that's a terrible comparison for what he's talking a... : pyide
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          It's an online gaming service you pay for. Are you telling me WoW never had any server issues? : Fred Garvin
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            NO I AM NOT YOU ANYTHING LIKE THAT FFS FRED. dude, reread his post. AND MINE. i'm not saying live shou... : pyide
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              *TELLING you. seriously fred. what does WoW have to do with: "This is what happens when they open up live... : pyide
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                Hey man, you are the one that said - "but the damn system we pay for should be able to support every xbox : Fred Garvin
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                  SOE runs their servers on a shoestring budget. Blizzard has more people playing their game than any other... : MoreVespeneGas
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                    No, it makes it a thing called reality. Live is pretty damn stable. It's rare that I haven't been able to... : Fred Garvin
                    • I'm with fred here.. the MMO comparison is very valid. : boring gegtik
            • when is the last time a major release of anything happened without showstopper hiccups? planning for s... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Console users don't. (Noone counts FF11 because lol) : deveus1
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          Yea, nobody counts a game with 300k subscribers.. : Bantis
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            How many of those are on PS2/X360? : deveus1
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              In japan, easily 100k+ : Bantis
              • yeah, but it doesn't make it suck any less : graceofdragons
    • That's good in theory. In practice it doesn't make sense to me. Why would you setup the system right ... : carnivore
  • THIS POST IS LOL FUNNY : Bantis
• 3 million Halo fans treating the Intertron like a dump truck..you don't, you don't just dump stuff on the... : EvilDolemite
• Wow, live does appear to be down. Nuts. : Yanks
• its totally fucked for me too :( : mavmavv
• recursive update : not work safe
• It's great they are handing out free 48 hours again with Halo 3. We get problems like this, then we get t... : rhuntley12