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  I disagree with engineers at times. I've been on teams who have steamrolled the other team because we di... : sigpro
  • True, it depends on the objectives for that map round. : romulan
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    Yeah- on offensive maps Engies are almost irrelevant. At least sentrys are. Telleports to the front l... : topkatz
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      I wish there was a way to know where the teleport is going to take you. Often I'll come across a teleport... : Silent Sorrow
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        there is an arrow, but its vague. at least if the map has 2 poles you can see where it' gonna lead you in... : barichnikov
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          Sorry, I'm not following? Two poles? The thing is, the receiving teleport could be anywhere. For that ... : Silent Sorrow
          • the recieving teleport is in the direction the arrow is pointing. if the whole level is on the same axis,... : barichnikov
    • One engineer on attacking team is worth the spot, more than that is a waste : Izanaki
    • they are good for dispensers and teleports at the very least. putting sentrys up to your current choke... : chilln
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    I've seen some scout rushes but teams that ignore defense are so easily taken out by spys and scouts that... : handofthrawn
    • We ended up winning Hydo 2-0 in probably 5 minutes max for the entire map w/o losing one point. It was pr... : sigpro
  • a good engie can play offense too. teleporters and dispensers first instead of sentries. any engie who ... : painangel
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    Well & Granary can be pulled off fine with Engineers but you do leave your defense vulnerable if you lose... : vynn
    • I mean *without Engineers : vynn
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    Man, on cap maps, having one engineer setting up a good teleport entrance with a dispenser is invaluable ... : rt702
    • It helps if you need it. I've played maps where you overrun the other team so fast you never need them. T... : sigpro
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  -right click rotates a sentry 90 degrees when you're placing it.... allows you to fit them snugly in corn... : aeg1x
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    I didn't know that tip about the sentry. Thank you sir. : wunderbred
    • ^^^ : romulan
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      The only bad thing is that if you place it right in a corner you can't get behind it to constantly wrench... : carazy
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        Ya, and you can also be shot by your own sentry so going over to repair/upgrade while a scout is running ... : vynn
        • wow, I never noticed that... : Jayx77
  • thats a nice tip, thanks! : moshman
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    pyros reload? : Pneum0
    • as a pyro its good to switch to shotgun after you've lit the guy on fire but is running away out of reach... : flubba79
  • I think it also rotates teleporter exits too. I appreciate the time saved with a teleport, but it's kind... : Grimp
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  I wish there was a command as medic that would say "UBERCHARGE ALMOST READY". Also, "DONT LEAD ME INTO TH... : bozer
  • No shit. If it's a mess in there, stick your head in pop a few rounds off, take some damage, and back ou... : romulan
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    isn't one of the voice commands just that? : lakren
    • yeh its in the "x" list : painangel
    • theres one that say you are ubercharged but not one that says you're close to it : bozer
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    I wish huge bold letters that said CHARGE went across the uber person's screen. I uber'd someone yesterd... : handofthrawn
    • lol he probably didnt know what it was : painangel
  • Yeah I tend to play medic a lot and I've had a few heavies/soldiers that have led us out into the open, a... : rock elf
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    the person being charged has a meter that tells them what percentage your ubercharge is at : sludge vohaul
    • yeah, what he said. It's counts up. I always watch it and hope I have a medic that actually knows when ... : mrwolf710
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    There should also be ones for medics "get the fuck out of the intelligence room and get on the front line... : Boxelder
    • I played as a medic for a bit on 2fort, and actually stayed up healing a sniper...ubered him a couple of ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    there is an ubercharge % number i believe anyone can see by pointing at you, right? : flubba79
    • And whoever you are healing sees this : rosewood
  • This is what voice chat is for : rosewood
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  Engi specific stuff 1. On over time your number one priority is to build a dispenser! 2. I usual... : topkatz
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    one of my pet peeves is when someone builds a SG first in an area with limited ammo refills. most notable : Chupa808
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      The engineer should always build a dispenser 1st by their sentry gun no matter where it is because it als... : sigpro
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        i dont build right next to each other because demo and soliders have too easy a time taking them BOTH out : m0rfus
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          it really depends on the situation IMO. on gravelpit it should go up first because of what i said above,... : Chupa808
          • snipers CANT get to it i mean : Chupa808
        • Depends on where you are, but there should always be one close to it, but yes not necessarily right next ... : sigpro
      • and ammo : vynn
      • Don't forget that after you built your dispenser/teleport exit/entrance you can pick up those ammo boxed... : ysbreker
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      ^^ also like you said: banging with the wrench makes things build faster. Dispensers go pretty slow. : romulan
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        20 seconds on TPs and Dispensers without banging, 10 seconds with banging. 10 seconds on SG without bangi... : Chupa808
        • Oh man, did not realize this. great tip : suqur
        • ^^^^ protip : kn1fe
      • If I'm building my sentry semi close to the spawn point I usually will run back to get refilled on ammo w... : carazy
  • more engy stuff .... sometimes its not easy or useful to build TPs IE. in sudden death. After getting my : Chupa808
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  there is a class of person that when placed infront of a microphone feels compelled to fill any available... : GloriousCow
  • Must be a shack server thing? I rarely run into talkers on pubs. XBL is the absoloute worst ever. : Boxelder
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  Save the ubercharge until you're damaged - you still heal when invulnerabling. : chazums
  • Yes, don't burn the uber too early, I've seen that happen a lot. Stay out of sight as the medic and give ... : vynn
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  Uh. How's the draconian treatment of voice going? Part of the reason I always loved playing CS:S on th... : mittense
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    yeah, I totally disagree about voice.. I would have Maddog singing through every round, if possible. : lakren
    • I don't. He sounds like an old bobcat : RikiTiki2
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      "Nnnghaaaaaannnnnh, Maddog is here you summama bitcshes!" - God I love maddog : sesmaster
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        "yeeeeeah." : AxeMan808
        • "balls of steeeeeel" and "harrrrd gaaaaaay" were my personal favorites! : Jayx77
    • I do love me some maddog : great-white
  • Agreed (mainly cause I'm bad for this). If someone kills me in a spectacular fashion I tend to tell then ... : Solstice
  • I heard you meow yesterday! :D Agreed, I prefer it when people are being chatty. : helvetica
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    I'm almost 36, so i'm getting close to my bitter old man stage. : romulan
    • It's okay. We still love you. : mittense
    • Also voice right out of the box is new to me.. i never used team speak, having people's voices in my spe... : romulan
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    Yep, on Shack servers I enjoy the banter. We're playing for fun, not competitively. I still wish there wa... : rock elf
    • Yeah. Exactly. When I was playing CS:S competitively I would've gotten annoyed with useless banter in the... : mittense
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      I thought "V" was the whole server? : Solstice
      • Not usually. Depends on how the server is configured. : rock elf
      • it depends if alltalk is on. if it is, everyone can hear everyone else, even if they're dead. if it's o... : deject
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    I'm not the chattiest of players but I don't mind some extra chatter since the social interaction is part... : vynn
    • I want to yell at you each time you kill me with your uber scout shotty skills. Instead, I boil in rage. : DrZettl
  • In CS:S, the random voice kind of got annoying especially when I am creeping through apts, office, or wha... : Jayx77
• - Watch the walls for red/blue dots for snipers. After playing for a bit, you'll know where sniper hot-s... : DHAvatar
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  If I am your medic and someone runs up to us with 5 health and is on fire, give me a sec to heal him up b... : harvord
  • medics represent! you must form a protective circle around us! : Jayx77
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  Sniper The sniper seems to be one of the most underused classes in the game due to the fact that, when : mittense
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    ABC map is gravel, its my favorite right now :) : carazy
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      for me it's the "Capture the enemy intelligence" map. Love the whole CTF groove. : Solstice
      • 2Fort! Most legendary QWTF map. : vynn
    • Awesome. I love that map. Along with the one with tight corridors (mines) that is a stage of two capture ... : mittense
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      Gravel is a fun Pyro map, maybe the best Pyro map. : vynn
      • Yeah, for sure. Defense Pyro = winnar. : silentw
  • I like planting stickies on the inside of doorframes, then baiting enemies to follow you. When they walk ... : DrZettl
  • I love sniping. Specifically on 2fort. : AlexXdude
  • Excellent sniper advice, all the people who think snipers are useless attention whores should read this a : hawkeye
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    What? You can charge firing times of sticky grenades? : Edges
    • Holding down the sticky fire button will charge how far it will fly. But it won't change the explosion ti... : DrZettl
  • when using the stick gernades i deploy out all the nades and reload then switch to my primary nade launch... : flubba79
  • Sniper tip: use the secondary nail gun thingy to pick out spys.. i've found it to be the most useful weap... : pookguy88
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  Does anyone know what to do when the other team is on defense and does like 7 demos? It was nonstop demo... : handofthrawn
  • I was playing on that last night on the defending team and quit because it was so ridiculous. No clue ho... : grandmasterlee
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    your best option is getting an uber out there. If you can not coordinate that then your team failed. Th... : ImageOmega
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      we had many ubers which helped of course but they didn't kill them all. i think the reason was because... : handofthrawn
      • The other problem is that you still get bounced around with the nades which will still slow you down : rosewood
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  If I'm a medic and someone calls for one, unless we're in the heat of things, most of the time I'll switc... : helvetica
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    Once you are UBER charged, and trigger it on a target, do you need to continually stream that guy with th... : coyoterys
    • I believe that you don't need to keep streaming because it's on a timer, but I'm not sure. : helvetica
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      I think you have to have the beam on the guy. I could've sworn a medic uber-ed me and then switched his ... : bcyde
      • Wow we need more testing on this. To the bat-cave! errr shack server. : coyoterys
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      You have to keep it streaming for the guy to have UBER. If the medic is split from his target, the perso... : DHAvatar
      • I stand corrected! Good information to know. : helvetica
      • If I see an uber, and I'm a soldier or demo, I try to knock the medic away from the heavy with explosions... : DrZettl
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        Ok. baah so much for my uber scout strategy since medics cant run as fast to keep up with scouts. :( : coyoterys
        • I think that's the reason why Valve made it that way. It would be ridiculous to uber charge a scout and... : treefingers1
    • Yes, the Invuln only works if you're healing the other guy. : deject
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  The most effective way of subtly checking for spys is to run into teammates. You (roughly) clip throu... : Chunks
  • If we're having a spy problem, I prefer going pyro and spamming the shit out of everyone :) : rt702
  • you won't bounce off spies as much as you come to a dead stop : Draugluin
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  Has anyone tried defending a map with a heavy next to a medic and a dispenser? He could stand in front o... : handofthrawn
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    Yeah. I've been on teams where me, a medic, a heavy, and an engineer defended a tower point solely due to... : mittense
    • Er. Me being a demo. : mittense
  • Sounds interesting, but I think some usual demoman spam would handle that combo as well. : Silent Sorrow
  • Depends on how open the area is, but a sniper, soldier or demoman should be able to take that out. : Izanaki
  • yea we defended the c tower on gravel pit using that tactic. as the medic i healed 5092 points and the h... : flubba79
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  You usually don't need engineers at all if you're on offense on maps like gravelpit. I also disagree with... : feek
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    I would agree with you if the Engi is stupid. If they build tellaporters to the front lines, and dis... : topkatz
    • Portals are such a boon to the slowass Heavy/Soldier. It really helps keeps the attacking team keep press... : vynn
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  It's a good idea to look at what your teammates classes are, because you should always adapt to the fucki... : dopeman
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    Also: TELEPORTERS, MOTHERFUCKERS. : dopeman
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      Engis need more love in the points department. You should get some love for telaporting, and dispensing. : topkatz
      • yeah the reward system doesn't feel as fleshed out as it should be. when i think of the ideal point syste... : gokart.
      • points don't win the game. they correlate to winning, but they don't cause it : RikiTiki2
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      My teleporter was used 39 times on one well match.. of course I got 0 points for this. : TreMetal
      • I think every couple of teleports should give you one point, but not if you use it yourself : Izanaki
  • please to be sharing awesome fiery wisdom? I love playing Pyro, but my results with the class so far h... : Finestaut
  • Dude you were hillarious last night as a pyro. I was going to exchange in the witty banter with you, but... : bcyde
  • I tried being an engineer last night...SUCK. I'm a medic through and through. : invisible_kid
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    Yeah one of my big WTFs is when I'm standing around reloading and a medic just uses up their uber on me. ... : deject
    • It depends on what's going on. Once, someone yelled at me because I "wasted" it but was really getting ... : Grimp
  • Yes! More Medics! my favorite pasttime is killing medics while they're latched onto a Heavy : vynn
• I hate it when I am healing a soldier/hwguy and they run away from me forcing me into the line of fire. Y... : d3tached
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  Pyro stuff Know the objectives of the map and what your role is, you will not be the DM king with this... : bcyde
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    ooh i didnt know pyros were fire resistant ! good to know ! : barichnikov
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      Don't they still take fire damage, but a reduced amount? : vynn
      • They definitely don't start on fire, but you can definitely kill one with a flame thrower. : Kaerof
      • yep, and they don't catch on fire - they only burn while in direct contact with the flame. : re-verse
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    Im really starting to think Sweet Lew hacks. Nobody is that good. I mean, the guy sucks in CS:S, but he m... : Tommy Toolbag
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      I won't accuse him but he really did own me and everyone else when I played against him : randomnull
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        He's just a really good spy. Probably because he doesn't dick around with other classes, and sticks to wh... : tashtego
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          Actually, he was kicking ass and taking names as a heavy last night. It was fairly funny. : Grumbeld
          • he had a kick ass healer : Tommy Toolbag
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        Hah! Tommy is only saying this because he is a RL friend of mine and wants to stir the pot. And he knows ... : adodric
        • yeah, im just goofing around. adodric/sweet lew is a long time lurker, and its hilarious to see him getti... : Tommy Toolbag
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    I'm just starting to figure out the Pyro, so may you can answer this for me.. Is there any benefit to... : liqker
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      The real secret to the pyro, in my opinion ( this has been the same since tf1), is that the flames move o... : re-verse
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        Seems like you have to lead your target a bit too. I felt like I was doing a lot more damage that way, bu... : vynn
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          Yeah I think latency actually affects the pyro's flamethrower a bit. There were times on the non West Co... : bcyde
          • I've found the same with the pyro on high latency servers. : DrZettl
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      Distance (or better lack of distance) is key - the closer you are the more damage you deal - also try to ... : Nihil ME
      • Get in close and keep the flame on someone and even Heavies die really quick. : mrwolf710
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    How is the axe as a weapon? Does it do any kinds of decent damage? : Modica Sol Solis
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      Pretty much like all other classes' melee attacks. : bcyde
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        Which is what? I don't have the game yet. : Modica Sol Solis
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          2-4 good whacks for most classes and they're done. : bcyde
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            So would the flame + axe work better? Light em up, charge them with your axe? I think that might be more ... : Modica Sol Solis
            • Not really. If they're within flame reach it's never a good move to switch off the flamethrower (takes t... : bcyde
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  Re: Medic Ubercharge Once you hit Uber, you, the Medic, are invincible until it runs out. The perso : ConfusedUs
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    ^^ Comedy! I laughed : vynn
    • While phrased in a humorous manner, I mean every word. My #1 beef playing as a Medic is stupid heavies (o... : ConfusedUs
  • I change my uber when the person who I was originally ubering steps back for even a second. Don't waste m... : freshyk
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  Tips from an Original TF, TFC, MegaTF, Q3F, and a plethora of other versions Veteran: Demos - If you ... : limpossible
  • The soldier tip goes double for Pyros. If I've flamed someone and they run off (scout) usually I can swi... : mrwolf710
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  FF is off in real life. Just found out some kid that does contract work for us took a shovel to his supe : Nihilist
  • off ON : Nihilist
  • Yeah thanks for that, is the supe ok? : Lightzout
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  Oh, and don't expect a medics healing to do anything at all if you start to take successful critical shot... : Wombat Woo
  • I took out a heavy while I was a heavy and he was just coming off invulnerability and I had a bunch of cr... : FormerHPB
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  How To Play As A Heavy Weapons Guy The HWG is a lot of fun. You're a big jolly man full of awesome. Yo : ConfusedUs
  • I'm a Heavy too. Good tips. I would say it is one of the easiest classes to play somewhat effectively,... : MONGOLOID
• crouch jumping. you can access places with it, that otherwise you cannot. : ]pm[chem
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  PROTIP: (TF2 Speed * X ) + Yakkity Sax = LOL^X : Str8Dog
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    That formula holds true for anything. : DerHuhnTeufel
    • Hawking has been searching his whole life for the Theory of Everything, but it's been right here the whol... : riptyde
• I disagree with having two engineers at all times - especially when it seems many players don't know wher... : Vangoghs Ear
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  Starting to like the solider a lot more. rockewts are definately NOT underpowered. I think a good solid... : Boxelder
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    Also, I think heavies are overrated compared to soliders. : Boxelder
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      A heavy with a proper medic (or two) will deal way more damage per second than even a super-accurate sold... : EvilDolemite
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        Yeah but heavies move so slowly that people just hide, they don't get to the point on time, and they seem... : Boxelder
        • I agree, an invuln Heavy can't move very far within the space of 10 seconds, you have to spend most of th... : vynn
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      Heavies can't be overrated. They can turn the tide of the game like no other class if they get ubered up.... : NastyJack
      • you should see what 2 heavies + 2 ubers at the same time does. A team was doing that to us and they just ... : gyokuro
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    I'm gonna try a rocket jumping script tonight. I'm starting to see a bunch of places in the maps where i... : romulan
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      This post confuses me. Are you new to TF or old school. At first I thought you'd be old school i... : hawke
      • I played a fair amount of TF a few years ago. Just assume everyone reading this is a newb. : romulan
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  Scout tips. I think most of these are obvious but maybe it'll help someone. Here's what i do and : Boxelder
  • Good tips. Knowing the maps well helps a LOT. There are so many alternate routes and paths to flank enemi... : vynn
  • Also, learn the placement of all med packs in each map because you'll be running around picking them up p... : vynn
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    Also the pistol is a great annoyance weapon at range. It can get people to back off down long hallways a... : Boxelder
    • It's not bad for taking out a sentry at range too. :) : vynn
  • Additional scout tips: You can DM with pretty much any class but you have to get in close for your sho... : Sze Ior
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  Spy: -When choosing a disguise, always choose a costume that runs just as fast as you. Never pick a So... : ArtilleryMarker
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    - walk backwards into enemy base on 2fort - it looks like you are covering the entrance rather than runni... : hirez
    • Your choice of weapon isn't reflected in your choice of costume. : DrZettl
    • I think the spy always shows the primary weapon of the class it's using, not the knife. : Bingo
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      wasnt it already established that no matter what weapon the spy is wielding he appears to be using the de... : Tommy Toolbag
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        OH. ok, didnt realize that was confirmed - scratch that one then! : hirez
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          I dont know that its true, which is why I was asking lol. : Tommy Toolbag
          • It definitely is true. When I played on FF servers, the best ways to show that you are not a spy is shoot... : OverloadUT
      • many times :( : deject
      • Yes, yes, and YES. This is the preferred way to identify teammates- they can use a shotgun! : silentw
  • Nice post, I play Spy the most. : FushigiDenki
  • I don't have much experience with Spy, but I've learned a few helpful things: When running toward an e... : vynn
  • i hate spies :( : Clay
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    If you are disguised and call for a medic who sees the cry? your team, theirs or both? : randomnull
    • not sure if both, but I know the enemy team will see you call. They also hear all of your voice comman... : duncandun
    • The other team definitely does hear you and they also see the text in chat. Having an enemy medic heal yo... : vynn
    • I hate when I am disguised and a medic on my team starts healing me haha. only time I ever don't want a ... : mikecyb
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    A few more tips: Switch your costumes up. I find that disguising as an engineer doesn't work as well now ... : SatansFist
    • yes! on 2fort I like to dress up as a sniper/soldier/demo and head to the balcony. : hirez
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      Does the speed of the spy match the costume? A heavy with the speed of the spy could raise some suspicion... : helvetica
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        Yes you will slow down to match the speed of a class, but I guess it won't speed you up to the speed of a... : sigpro
        • exactly, you'll slow down as a heavy or soldier, but you won't go faster if you disguise as a scout. : deject
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      This man knows. Behavior is the biggest giveaway for spies. Protip: If you're in disguise, and you g... : Finestaut
      • which weapons does this work for? demo man pills go through teammates so doesn't work for them. Pyroman's... : gyokuro
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    Thanks! I suck at spy. Also, a disguised spy can't cap a control point, shoot your gun. : romulan
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      Cloaked spies who aren't disguised get shot at by sentries.. correct? : romulan
      • False. Sentry guns won't shoot at cloaked and/or disguised enemies. : Izanaki
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        nope, the sentry won't detect you. : deject
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          although I think if you decloak in front of the sentry it will shoot you. : deject
          • Yes it will, so be careful in 2fort2 trying to sap a sentry and accidently grabbing the inteligencia : rosewood
• As long as there's some pyros on spy detect, things go smoothly. Spys are really fucking wack. Insta ... : Downforce
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  side thread Is it wrong that I love this game so much more than Halo 3? : Jayx77
  • no tf2 rules. : deject
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  Can we get some sniper tips? ps thanks a ton everyone, this whole thread is a goldmine. I'll whip up a ... : romulan
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    I gave a bunch earlier in the thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15210807 Surprisingly, I thi... : mittense
    • lol.. i looked about twice over and still missed it. thanks! : romulan
• It wasn't until the valve match that I found out that if you damage yourself, and a medic is healing you,... : rosewood
• look around you! especially heavies, and especially when you have a medic on you. I always see idiots ... : lakren
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  Medics, don't be afraid or unwilling to stop healing a hwguy to help another class. : freshyk
  • Agreed. Despite what others may say that a medic should never stop healing the heavy I look at it anothe... : Wombat Woo
• Kill the pyro!!!! Just because you have a medic, it doesn't mean you are invincible. Snipers can and ... : Wombat Woo
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  Demomen : you're all about the defense. My personal strategy (that gets me countless control point defens... : NastyJack
  • ^^^This strategy also applies to Battlefield 2 and the special forces' C4 charges. *The More You Know* : PenicillinX57
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    I'm pretty sure ubers are incapable of capping a control point... once I was a soldier with uber and my m... : mikecyb
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      I'd say I'm 90% sure you can cap as uber. I think I've done it plenty of times but honestly there is way ... : NastyJack
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        I think they can't. you can cap it after it wears off : RikiTiki2
        • Yeah. I've watched uber medic/heavy combos countless times, and they do not cap points while in uber. : Moonbase Commander
      • yeah I am not certain but it was the first time I'd ever gotten to a cap point with uber (usually I just ... : mikecyb
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        You can't cap while uber : vynn
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          I stand corrected. Doesn't have anything to do with the strategy though. : NastyJack
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            well it does a little because ubers shouldn't trigger the "the control point is being captured!" message,... : mikecyb
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              True dat! : NastyJack
              • it's my favorite thing to do ever as a demoman btw. demoman is actually the one i have played as the lea... : mikecyb
      • lollers! : lakren
    • Ubers, just like cloaked/disguised spies, can NOT capture points. : ConfusedUs
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    Also, you can detonate sticky bombs by alt-firing your grenade launcher. no need to switch back to the s... : slickdoody
    • Yeah that is a godsend. Kudos to Valve for making it easy like that. : NastyJack
    • oh shi, I didn't know that! That's really useful : lowpoly
  • And, whenever possible stick the stickies to the ceiling. The game is designed to draw your vision to th... : Grumbeld
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  sidenote quesiton Has someone recorded the Shack v. Valve match and uploaded it yet? : Modica Sol Solis
  • Yes, but unfortunately demo playback doesn't work yet : vynn
• whats the IP's for the shack servers again? maybe I should just look in the community first : sesmaster
• God what a great game. : helvetica
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  TIP!: You can mute players by pressing escape (probably have to move the server list window out of the wa... : Trips
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  "Systems Analyst and Support Specialist" lol : EvilDolemite
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    Cheers! your title has the word ANAL in it. : m0rfus
    • Better yet, if you look at it just right it comes out to anal specialist : Bruzilla
    • say whaaaaaat? >:P : sodomy
• "Data Integrity Manager" : pancake humper
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  "IT Manager" not corporate though, i call myself yardbird, lawn dart, and tech czar on my business cards. : cpt_gloval
  • bastard, I originally submitted mine as Operations Overlord and Operations Tsar but I chickened out :( : smacknca
  • lawn dart is a great title for a business card. : .sticks.
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  Information Technology Specialist. : marblehead
  • ITS4 --> HAR : Str8Dog
  • Hey, same here IS buddy! : goatjc
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  Operations Manager woo woo! i manage myself : smacknca
  • i've been trying to come up with a better title so it looks good on my resume can't be a manager becau... : industro
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  Lead Developer (read: only developer) : mtgDoofy
  • LOL. Right there with you, man. : malevolence
  • I too am in this club : RobFlinn
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  uhh...Good question. Since my contract was changed I'm not sure what I've been labeled. : avatar_58
  • "Button Masher-in-chief" : Maddog_Delphi97
• Software Development Intern : askedrelic
• "Web Manager" haha : Nitrium
• Information Systems Technician. we just couldn't go with the accepted acronym, noooooooo : gokart.
• "Software Engineer" I Shack all day : timmie
• Web Computing Specialist Thankfully I got to order my own business cards so it simply says "Web Develo... : digital_d
• "Senior Web Developer." The "senior" part makes me sound olde. : helvetica
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  "Informaticien" is written on my pay stub. It's French, pretty much means "guy who uses computer". So dam... : Geoffrois
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    heh.. I've stopped telling people what I do or what I studied in college. Whenever anyone asks anymore I ... : K1Bond007
    • EXACTLY : xelencin
    • good god, I thought I was the only one going through those conversations : itsjames
• Implementation Technical Consultant - go me. : m0rfus
• 710746 - 100 RM Engineering - Development : Damodred
• Site Services Lead : Saman
• "Fluffer" : voodooraze
• chief software architect of a program that nobody uses and has no other developers : snicker-snack 2
• Senior because everyone else has either quit or been fired Programmer/Analyst : RomSteady
• minion (tru!) : j0nchan
• Network Engineer : Shadowdane
• Programmer/Analyst I'm still trying to figure out the Analyst part. : mr.thing
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  Software Developer II : carazy
  • Software Developer II: Electric Boogaloo? : RomSteady
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  "Web Engineer", although it's not that much bullshit, I think it fits pretty well. :) : SilverSnake
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    do you get to wear the hat? http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1526601/2/istockphoto_1526... : industro
    • If I had one, I would totally wear it at work. :D : SilverSnake
• I have a friend who started at his company as Staff. A few years later he got promoted to Senior Staff. ... : riptyde
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  Network Administrator. I'm the only IT person here, so I manageeverything, not just the network. Eh... : bording
  • Same here. : ghost hacker
• Systems Service Representative That's pretty much the only IT title we have, unless you're a senior ma... : Wadmaasi
• Specialist 2, Enterprise IT Help Desk : xelencin
• "Henchman" Although I'm not really a corporate IT peep. I'm a graduate assistant. : Arcanum
• Branch Systems Administrator : ghost hacker
• King of the Internets : slickdoody
• Techinical Support Rep... : cjcharv
• System Ninja : stygian_whisper
• System analyst : shred.
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  Programmer II : MisterPhoton
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    THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL : industro
    • YOU DIDN'T DEFAHN YOUR VAHIABLES : EvilDolemite
• "Game Developer." They really whipped out the creative juices for that one. : mittense
• Programmer at Arms : vigilante
• Software Developer. Unofficial title is "Code Monkey" which I hope gets put on business cards. : Afterglow
• Director of Lavitorial Entertainment. : fleabug
• Training Specialist : hashd
• Programmer Analyst i think. Maybe Software Developer... hell who knows. : trevis
• Network Administrator I (why I? I have no idea) Though I do a lot more than just manage the network. : m0nkz
• IMS Associate Applications Analyst. : xxiv
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  Software Evangelist....so fucking stupid. : slacko
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    wait.. what? are you serious? : industro
    • Yup. : slacko
• Scientist : ttyRazor
• IT/IS Manager : hawkeye
• Contractor : NeoMoose
• I've been a Software Development Engineer in Test, a Systems Analyst, a Program Manager, and a Director..... : Ovate
• MIS Technician Oh, and whiteboard hanger, door fixer, light bulb changer, plaque hanger. FUCK. : wykd
• Engineer technician : baron calamity
• Code Monkey. I have business cards. : Goncyn
• "network tech", and I thought mine sounded dumb but after seeing some of those others its pretty lol. : kelerian
• "Programmer Analyst" Seriously what the fuck is up with that shit : itsjames
• Application lead. No idea what it means. : kek
• Consultant for life yo!! (Code monkey, but I never get any title besides "Consultant") : El Tigre
• Senior Support / Install Lead : Rauol Duke
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  my new job should be "Senior Consultant II" : Clay
  • Hey SCII buddy! : Do_Or_Die
• Master Chiefcaptain king : duncandun
• "Computer Guy" : guido anchovy
• Operations Engineer. : pun][sher
• Software Engineer (which seems reasonable, actually) : cokefiend
• Customer Engineer. Its like I create the people. : wunderbred
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  unemployed : Reverend Sinn
  • lol did your boss finally txt you back? : askedrelic
  • That will be my title in a few weeks : unknown_fiend
• "Systems Analyst" at my last corp job (designer + lead programmer), currently im a grad student (for 8 mo... : Antilles_Prime
• Evil artificial intelligence bent on world domination : skynet
• CIO/CTO : Deathlove
• Sales! : drucifer
• I'm not in IT right now, but I am a Customer First Clerk at a local grocery store! Go me! : Orange Pylon
• Helpdesk Technician. I have no idea what it means either. : treefingers1
• Technical/Strategy Lead for Software Distribution : zipper76
• Director of Network Systems. : Grandmoff
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  "Programmer" : pyros
  • But if I put it next to my team name it sounds more impressive: "Programmer - Enterprise Application Team... : pyros

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  I play my games on Easy too : Maarten Goldstein
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    yeah. i've given up on the harder still levels. I just dont have the time/patience anymore. I need my gam... : hirez
    • I play all my games on easy. I avoid hard games like Ninja Gaiden. Other people may be masters of a few g... : baronzemo78
• Easy in Halo games is really really Easy. You'd probably be fine on Normal. : EvilDolemite
• My first guess -- "achievements" are supposed to reflect having achieved something difficult. But don'... : boring gegtik
• I played a bit of it last night. I find the 360 controller's analogue movement to be a lot more fluid th... : CrustaR
• I don't think there is much difference between easy and normal. : jedi_27
• you could not possibly make any less sense. you're being punished by not getting achievements, as if ach... : JINKY
• Play it on normal dude. It's still really really easy. Don't waste your time on easy, trust me. : pancake humper
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  i play my games (shooters) on easy and still lose. strategy i'm better at but i'm a shit shot. : dahanese
  • You should play Excite Truck on easy mode because YOU SUCK AT IT : Ajax
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  I agree with you. The achievement system is geared towards 14 year olds, not towards people with jobs an... : Edges
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    i have a job and three kids :) Yet i play on legendary . . . . : jedi_27
    • you have the Force on your side though.. cheater. : g0nk
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      If only you were as good at not peeing on yourself when you get excited as you are at HALO. Imagine the p : Ajax
      • i hate you . . . : jedi_27
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    Well that's because the achievement points should really only matter to 14 year old boys, adults should b... : boring gegtik
    • true, and honestly, I can give a crap about the achievements. I only noticed that there were none for Eas : g0nk
    • I would say gamerscore is, but achievements are cool no matter what age you are. : Simulacrum
    • I like the achievement points mainly for the surprise they bring. Which is why I love them in Metroid and... : Entity
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    Nah it's geared towards people who like games. I've got 2 kids and lead the gamewith.us 360 leaderboards ... : sigpro
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      I should refine that. Geared towards people who like playing lots of games and working to achieve stuff i... : sigpro
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        You have a point, but I think it's still a lot easier for a 14 yr old to get 1000 pts in one game than a ... : Edges
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          It's easier for them yes, but at the same time my bother is 13 and my gamer score is almost 3x his. I jus... : sigpro
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            you can also afford more games than the typical 14 yr old. That helps. : FormerHPB
            • Fuck no. My brother could afford more than me. Our parents have money and he gets a lot of games when he ... : sigpro
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            So when do you sex your wife? : Silent Sorrow
            • when he gets to the front of the line, just like the rest of us : boring gegtik
        • Yeah, you get achievements in the game...when you achieve goals. It'd suck if the hardcore gamer gets th... : kingdepork
    • ^^This guy is fucking HARDCORE : Bantis
  • It's quite simple, mute everyone except your friends list. Problem solved. : pancake humper
• because you don't deserve an achievement for beating enemies that don't shoot : derelict515
• Here's the thing: Normal is Easy in Halo 3. Easy is just stupidly easy. I say that as someone who really ... : tashtego
• I usually play on Normal, because I want to experience the game's mechanics the way they were originally ... : ventro
• Purchase = Normal sometimes Hard, Rental = Easy. : pigvomit
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  So, I guess you wouldn't like Ninja Gaiden :( : hohoh0
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    Man, I won't play Ninja Gaiden, and I like to think I'm totally hardcore. I just don't like super frus... : jason bergman
    • But it's fair. If you screw up, you know how you died, and you change up your strategy accordingly. : CrustaR
    • Maybe I'm crazy, but ninja gaiden was so rewarding, moreso than normal, but there was a certain level you... : boomstickah
    • it's not frustrating, but it is a constant learning experience. almost every enemy has a trick to defeat ... : pyide
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  Why care about achievements? : MoreVespeneGas
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    Why care about chimichangas? : Simulacrum
    • They are deep fried gold. : MoreVespeneGas
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      they are the most glorious food in existence : mwasher
      • Gotta go with flautas over them : EvilDolemite
• I gave up on Herioc after I started yelling racial slurs and punching my coffee table (this was 20 minute... : gmd
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  Normal isn't very hard really... Im playing Legendary on 4 player Co-Op right now and its pretty fuckin... : Shadowdane
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    Does the amount or toughness of enemies increase as more players co-op? : EvilDolemite
    • I think so cause it seemed just as hard playing 2 player as it did 4 player. I think the number of enem... : Shadowdane
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  I tried playing it on Heroic by myself and it was nothing but anoying. 18 snipers in every area, plus do... : FushigiDenki
  • I play on Normal btw, which seem too easy. There should be a mode between Normal and Heroic. : FushigiDenki
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      im playing on heroic and the part where the guys w/ the big green laser bombs is extremely tough, i have ... : mankeroo
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        i'm still gonna spend tonight trying to push forward on heroic... i'm hoping i just suck since its a new ... : mwasher
        • for sure... there was one area pretty early that was a hallway and a LOT of brutes at the end behind shie... : mankeroo
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    • check your shack messages : mwasher
  • It's not bad. I played on Heroic for about 5 hours last night. The snipers are a pain in the ass but yo... : stump
• i wouldn't flame someone for wanting to play on easy... but wanting to play on easy + wanting achievement... : gokart.
• I'm not gonna get any achievements? Well Fuck. Oh well, PGR comes out in a couple of days and i really w... : trevis

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  The original Tribes was ahead of the curve and was one of the reasons I loved it so much. I don't think ... : Tripps
  • yeah, it really was. So much fun! Tribes 2... was a little meh but still fun. : mavmavv
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    Tribes was a copy of Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri by Looking Glass Studios, so it was merely an evol... : Matt Burris
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      Terra Nova was awesome. I played the hell out of that game when it came out. : Tripps
      • that game bricked my 486. I had no idea what I was doing and kept trying to install the demo. Oh god it w... : mavmavv
      • Me too, I had a Pentium 100 at the time and it was pure awesome. Great atmosphere, and pretty decent liv... : Matt Burris
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      Grenading tanks was so fulfilling. Also, for a game that old, I don't remember the teammate AI being tha... : bcyde
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        No, the AI actually killed enemies for you, and kept you updated on what was going on. I honestly can't ... : Matt Burris
        • <3 Terra Nova, your team felt so organic. : Damodred
  • Tribes 1 was very ahead of its time. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  I'm convinced that noone will ever surpass the greatness that was Tribes 1. : malevolence
  • Agreed. It was revolutionary for its day. I had great fun. : mikefr24
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  Because Tribes Vengeance sold about 16 copies total. Tribes 2 didn't do too well either IIRC. It reall... : peanut-
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    T2 did fine. The issue was the loss of devs between T2 and T1, the early release of a buggy T2, DaveG fuc... : Fyunch Click
    • Vengeance is the only tribes game I have played, and I think it's totally awesome, especially considering... : razorblade79
  • I actually thought Tribes Vengeance was really solid, but it did so poorly that it wasn't even worth play... : phokz
• i'm playing tribes 1 as we speak, due to this thread. : lakren
• it's been a horribly mismanaged IP, not surprising with Sierra/Vivendi involved. : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Tribes 2 sucked, lol speed cap. Fixed by some mods but too little too late. Vengeance was ok but didn't... : gmd
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    What speed cap? : c0bra
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      you hit a speed cap while skiing. : gmd
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        I don't seem to recall having a problem getting around. The light armor classes were quite mobile. : c0bra
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          T2 light armor was like T1 heavy. : gmd
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            Man I don't recall that at all, and played both quite a bit. Are you sure you're not under sedation or so... : c0bra
            • I played both T1 and T2 competitivly even T:V for a short while and T1 is vastly superior and much faster... : gmd
  • Yeah the small maps were a HUGE mistake with Vengeance. Tribes was so revolutionary in that regard, with... : trove
  • The speed cap was necessary imo, by the time Tribes 2 was only a month or two old, we had found ways arou : Lunatic Angelic
• Every tribes I've played, I've loved. Even 3. In fact, I drove from toronto to buffalo to buy t3 2 days b... : re-verse
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  I'd say let's all download the Tribes:Vengeance demo and get together for a battle but lol 4 people would... : genjuro
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    T:V is not a tribes game : c0bra
    • I was stuck on AOL when Tribes (I) was popular what do you want from me :( : genjuro
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  no, since I was bored to tears by traveling from point a to point b, and I'm fond of up close and persona... : Gauss
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    I didn't like it either. I hated having to queue to get a weapon. Who decided that was a fun game mechani... : nudel
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      So you are saying Tribes2 was the foundation for MMO design? ;) : cannelbrae
      • Not to mention any online game with vehicles. One person takes an APC to get half way across the map the... : melkore
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  Never played it personally :( I don't think I was internet-ready during the first one's rain and by the t... : avatar_58
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    Ugh...I mean "reign". Not the wet stuff from the sky. : avatar_58
    • snow? : c0bra
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    there's still a few servers, I was just on one. the problem is they all use weird mods. tribes 1 is a ... : lakren
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      I hope by weird you don't mean renegades. That's the way tribes was meant to be played. : c0bra
      • needs more 'pro' in the mod name : Gauss
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        ahahah renegades aka tribes for retards : gmd
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          tribes for purists you mean. The best and most divine way to play the game. : c0bra
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            um no, base is for purists, renegades is for people who have ADHD : gmd
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              Renegades is for people who have what it takes to be the best. Base is for people who can't handle the pr... : c0bra
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                lol thanks for making my day. : gmd
                • I love you for liking tribes but I still want you do die, a little bit. : c0bra
      • screw renegades, Havoc is the way tribes was meant to be played. : lakren
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      The mod technology is what was bad ass about Tribes, you didnt have to download shit. Everything was serv... : unknown_fiend
      • er one of the badass things about tribes : unknown_fiend
• Fuck Tribes i want another Starseige game. i would also like another Tribes game : peetabix01
• Mortar jumping between forts was so much fun. Nothing like that feeling of waiting for the mortar to go o... : DrZettl
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  Tribes is FREE now: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/5054/Starsiege:+Tribes+Full+Version We should all... : PenicillinX57
  • I'm down. Pick a day. : c0bra
  • That would be awesome, I loved that game. : voodooraze
  • I still have it installed with all my scripts. : gmd
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    Don't bother on Vista... http://www.vistagamedoctor.com/Game.aspx?GameId=127 : RomSteady
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      http://www.teamwarfare.com/forums/showthread.asp?forumid=1&threadid=350993 Seems like there may be yet... : avatar_58
      • I'll have to check that out later tonight, assuming that my time estimates are correct and I only have an... : RomSteady
      • Be warned. It's hard at first. : melkore
  • ^^^Looks like there's some interest. Now we just need someone to host a server! : PenicillinX57
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    Back when I played you had to have a 3dfx card. Does the OpenGL work now? : midgetherder
    • They patched in OpenGL support later. : Liquid
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    Hmm, interesting. I never did give this game a shot. Only 112MB? Why not. Downloading... : ieGod
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      Alright so this thing keeps freezing on me every few seconds. As in, no response freezing. Then it'll be ... : ieGod
      • Try Options -> Sounds -> uncheck CD Music? : DasCracky
  • oh shit i'm totally down for this. i remember playing the fuck out of tribes when it came out. i vivi... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • Haha, I'd get owned so hard nowadays. Total Tribes skill atrophy. : Damodred
  • I'm in. I lost years of my life to this game. : DasCracky
  • ^^^Bookmarking thread for future Tribes Shackbattle action! : PenicillinX57
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  I liked all three of them. Tribes was excellent for the time and gave us our first good taste of large sc... : Syixxs
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    our first? more like our only. : lakren
    • I remember one crazy bastard had a dual 400Mhz Xeon server that he would run 64 v 64 (and I think once he... : hawkeye
    • Yeah, wtf happened to LOLHUEG battles after that :( : Damodred
• Its obvious to me, and I totally agree! Sadly, Tribes/2 would be too complex for a console, and games are... : Tommy Toolbag
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  Vengance may have survived if they had ever released that finished, fully tested patch they wrote for it.... : Liquid
  • I was more bummed that between the beta and the retail they slowed everything down so it felt more like U... : melkore
• I still don't know how I didn't fail out of school in 99 because of Tribes. So much gaming. : riptyde
• Tribes is one of the few MP games that really dominated my play time for months on end, so I feel ya. ... : Johnny Law
• Good yes, but best game ever,... no. I am sorry, as much as I love the serie, I had more fun with q1, q2,... : razlebol
• I want another game that uses a lot of the mechanics from Tribes, like generators, turrets, base shields,... : Begawkiness
• I miss Tribes. Especially all the awesome sound packs and shit. : mesabo
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  Tribes was the first FPS I got crazy obsessed with. The reward of mid-air disc hits was so amazing, the ... : hawkeye
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    Skiing is the best videogame bug ever, you know you are old school if you played before the scripts came ... : gmd
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      As I recall it wasn't a bug. They had to do something to keep people on the ground from getting complete... : hawkeye
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        well the devs had no idea that hitting jump repeatedly would launch you into warp speed down a hill. : gmd
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          hince why DaveG put the speed cap in Tribes 2 because he hated skiing. : gmd
          • Yeah, that's true. I do remember that. : hawkeye
          • yet they did include a macro to ski this time by default... Lol : noven
  • Yeah, the mid air discs were so incredibly beautiful. You had to have real skill to make good hits. : trove
  • Shazbot ! : TheFatMom
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  dont forget that starsiege tribes was the first game to have 128 players servers. pure awsomeness. : TheFatMom
  • I think quake 1 did it before. : razlebol
• i never got into tribes, but tribes 2 i had an awesome time with. : -=kodiak=-
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  This thread is making me all teary eyed. I miss tribes so much. :( Shack battle? : great-white
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    Yes, it's going to happen. Just keep watching, someone will make it happen...possibly myself :) : PenicillinX57
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      I'll totally be in for that. : Damodred
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        I wouldn't mind airdiscing a few shackers : noven
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          THE most gratifying kill in any multiplayer game! : Haku-Jin
          • I think that award goes to the Quad axe kill in Quake 1, or maybe the lightning gun in water. : Arcanum
    • I'm in. Tribes is free now isn't it? : Haku-Jin
• Damn, my Tribes: Vengeance disc 4 is ruined by a blob on the cd that I can't get to go away. I'm not reb... : melkore
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_and_Global_Inequality : Amnesty_intl2
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  Didn't the Tribes community kinda implode after the release of Tribes 2? : Arcanum
  • More exploded. It kind of branched off in all directions, mainly Renegades, Base, and Tribes 2. All of ... : hawkeye
• My gaming days were filled by Quake, UT, Unreal, Starcraft to bother with anything Tribe. Rember tryi... : pobone
• i was always too busy playing good games to get into Tribes. Q2 and Unreal/UT basically : Slowtreme
• <3 tribes 2, but nobody fucking plays it anymore. I couldn't really get into Tribes 1 but I did enjoy it ... : Orange Pylon

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• Nothing can be worse than the campaign in Halo 2. I tried to book through it yesterday afternoon before : wunderbred
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  I must be the only one (lol AITOO!!!!) who wants to experience Halo 3 alone first, no co-op, no rushing a : EvilDolemite
  • ^^ This is why I ignored all multiplayer requests last night and just got through the campaign. : HojuSimpson
  • Nah that is what I am doing too. Still haven't found any skulls though. : sigpro
  • I was just discussing this with agent lead. I like to explore every area, he likes to be rambo and run th... : bozer
  • I do the same thing. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I can see where you're coming from, but in Halo I find playing with another person so much more fun with ... : derelict515
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    ^^^ seconded. Legendary alone tho? HAHAHAHAH. I'm having enough troubz on Heroic. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • I've done Legendary alone on the other two (and co-op, after). : EvilDolemite
  • If Halo 3 was my only game buy this month, I completely agree. However, we're under a month from Orang... : Masem
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  FINE I'll say it. Halo is overrated. ALOT. : changejar419
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    thanks for coming out man that took a lot of guts and it needed to be said : JINKY
    • hahahahaha i love this post : jedi_27
  • Thanks for this, we haven't been hearing it for the past six years : EvilDolemite
  • I hear the sky is actually blue as well. : avatar_58
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    hey there sexy are you single? : Uthar Wynn
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      I thought you had stopped posting : boomstickah
      • yeah I know. I just cant resist fucking with you people from time to time. : Uthar Wynn
  • So is sex. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Well this certainly is a new viewpoint. This post really makes me think differently about the game and ha... : genjuro
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    sarcastic reply : [fry]
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      overly serious justification : RomSteady
      • comedic enquiry about the gravitational disturbances in the vicinity of your mother : rock elf
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        belligerent, angry gamer rebuttal with passive-aggressive insults : [fry]
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          but i poop from there : FrayLo
          • not right now you don't : AroundTheFur1380
  • I'll jump onboard as well. : mace
  • so is your post history ;) : VegasX
  • Sky is blue, water is wet, Dane Cook sucks. : eskimo spy
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  GoW and Vegas has spoiled me. : mavmavv
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    Vegas really is an awesome piece of work. ;D : Ebu
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      good cover, a reasonable amount of shots kills an enemy, actual strategy... Its hard to go back to run an... : mavmavv
      • You don't like the MP? Wha? : Ebu
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  "Bungie's done much better on the single player side before. " When? : MoreVespeneGas
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    Marathon Durandal. : Masem
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      Do you mean in setting up a story, or..... I downloaded Durandal on Live Arcade, and it's decent fun..... : sevogajre
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        Marathon Durandal for its time (among the Quake and Dooms and I think Duke Nukem too) also had a lot of a... : Masem
        • Well, IMO that means it's not directly comparable to Halo 3 then. I will say that the plot in Durandal s... : sevogajre
  • Myth. Pathways into Darkness. :P : grasshoppah
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  question ..can you play halo 3 co-op in splitscreen with more than 2 players? : cptstern
  • Nope, co-op splitscreen is 2 players per 360, you'd need at least one more to do 4. : crockroches
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    Oh shit seriously?? I've been reading it for the last few weeks as you can do 4 player coop on one syste... : soggybagel
    • 2 per system, 4 players over Live : derelict515
• Maybe you should have played it solo. On Legendary. Pussy. : freakord
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  I haven't played it yet--still somewhat debating whether to get it--but I'm surprised by the relative lac... : Silent Sorrow
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    I think it looks/plays incredibly, but I haven't been gushing on here about it because I'm too busy playi... : wunderbred
    • agreed, too busy playing. What's more to say? ITS AWESOME. It's consummate, if you have a 360 and a go... : kainen1
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    My guess about this is one of two things: 1) Everyone's busy playing it. Happens a lot. 2) It's a n... : sevogajre
    • I played with the demo recording stuff last night and its amazing to me. As far as polish, I think going... : wunderbred
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      I reject the "we're busy playing it" explanation because the same could have been said for any of the blo... : Silent Sorrow
      • nice work doctor, the explanation is the 'whats more to say'! at this point you are either WITH Halo, or... : kainen1
  • that's because everyone's too busy with the 1 million+ others on xbox live kicking the shit out of each o... : mwasher
  • I havent played that much of Halo 3 yet.. maybe 3hrs of the SP Campaign in Co-Op. But thus far its a f... : Shadowdane
  • to be fair, the Halo 3 Thread of Doom is nowhere near as obvious as those others anymore. Its not a big f... : derelict515
• i'm playing Bioshock at the same time, and i guess its kinda spoiling me. Its still all good. : ultramega
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  I'm ~1h into it and so far it's pretty much the uninspired mediocre crap I expected ;-) About the same as... : tcs
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    Why the hell did you spend $60 on it. It's obviously not your thing. : EvilDolemite
    • I generally like FPS games, and I thought maybe H3 is an improvement over the first two. So far it still ... : tcs
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    The game looks worlds better than anything I saw on the Xbox1. Just looking at the texture resolution al... : wunderbred
    • Yeah the texture work is very good from what I've seen. The rock textures and cobble stone roads in the m... : sigpro
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    yeah stupid gaylo, psthree 4 life. : paravis
    • Sorry, but that's what I think about the game so far. I have eight consoles from all manufacturers sittin... : tcs
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    I will concur that the graphics are extremely underwhelming. : soggybagel
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      the multiplayer in Halo 3 is a perfect example of gameplay + features > graphics : derelict515
      • Honestly I thought the beta graphics were fine for multiplayer. Not amazing, but nice, and well above th... : EvilDolemite
      • i agree. it looks just fine. ITS FREAKING FUN AND THATS MOST IMPORTANT. Jesus christ people. Bunch of... : kainen1
      • I agree. Just saying that some of the graphics are underwhelming for the single player. You own't notic... : soggybagel
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  Apparently I suck at Halo- I tried heroic first, got to the first big fight at the dam, was stuck there f... : tashtego
  • I got stuck there too, but around the 4th attempt the hammer guy just rushed me straight out. I took him : pwnage1232
  • i am about to have to do this exact same thing... i can't take 4 fucking steps without a sniper round goi... : mwasher
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  Most of the reviews say the same thing, then they give it a 10. (shrug) zomg halo. : Boxelder
  • the value packed into halo 3 is pretty damn big, hard not to give it an awesome score. : paravis
  • Reviews seem more about the sum of all its parts. The campaign is apparently fun, not revolutionary, sho... : EvilDolemite
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    probably because they're sick of playing 5 hours campaigns with games with no multiplayer while Halo 3 is... : derelict515
    • ^^^ after piddling around yesterday evening in SP and whatnot I all of a sudden got sucked into multiplay... : mwasher
• I haven't finished it yet, but I like it so far. It's somewhere in between Halo 1 and 2 for me in terms : Begawkiness
• I agree with you about that damned ship, I was so fucking confused. All the fleshy walls and pulsating bo : Super Sparker
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  halo 3 fucking sucks, i regret spending 60 dollars on it an renewing my xbox live account. there is so mu... : mr.sleepy
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    you know what this post sounds like, it sounds like "OMG IM SO PISSED BECAUSE I GOT HALO 3 AND I WAS EXPE... : conandan
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      seriously, if you can't enjoy Halo 3 multiplayer I feel sorry for you. Its sooo fucking good. : derelict515
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        the weapons are hideously weak : mr.sleepy
        • Naw you just have to know what to use when. Some of them will destroy people instantly. : EvilDolemite
        • you are hideously weak :( : Gauss
        • AWP-whore. : Skoal^Fyfan
        • The fact that you need to do lots of damage is one of my favorite things about Halo. It leads to battles... : Chris Remo
    • actually he probably got his ass beat after a game or two and quit :) : jedi_27
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    WHAT DO YOU MEAN CONSOLE FPS CONTROLS ARE NOT NEUTERED IN ANY WAY : boring gegtik
    • are you getting tired of all the halo talk ? :) : jedi_27
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    did you adjust your sensitivity? the max one will definitely spin you around almost instantly. i can't re... : pyide
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      i turned it to 10 first thing so i can start getting used to it, heh can definitely do a 180 very qu... : mwasher
      • where did you people do this? : kydaimon
  • QQ : boomstickah
  • I agree. I played with a bunch of my friends last night for six hours and was bored to death. Once I'm fi... : Serpico74

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• Just signed up. Also I started a separate thread trying to get people to play tonight. I never really p... : soggybagel
• good idea Chris, im in queue now! : Jackass1233
• signed up : Umbr
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  strange. it says my gamertag is unavailable. : pyide
  • oops. was disabled in my profile. : pyide
• Signed up. : cousinrocky
• done, ill also volunteer services to admin as well : maulla
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  applied as BigBadRey. What exactly does a Group do? : Thud
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• Applied even though my XBox is currently unwell. (Hopefully UPS will get it tomorrow to ship it to the bl... : yemeth
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• signed up. my bungie name is sharpieink, my gamertag is Ink : sharpie
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  Signed up as PurpleTentacle. Yay! : exigence7
  • Horsecrap, had the wrong WIndows Live ID signed in. Change that to PurpleTentacle7. : exigence7
• Done. SolrFlare on board. : SolrFlare
• done : smoking pets
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  Ok, should be all caught up. Geez that's a lot of names. Who thinks they're going to be playing Halo 3 ... : Chris Remo
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    I nominate Silent Wolf/jedi_27/maulla. They're all really into Halo if I remember right. : Yanks
    • Seconded. I plan on playing this bugger for a long time, but I'm too busy for admin work. : SolrFlare
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    Sounds good. I don't see Silent Wolf on there yet but that seems like a good list. : Chris Remo
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      The list is capped @ 99 from what I can tell, is this correct? : h o s t i l e
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        I sure hope not. It's at 100 right now. : Chris Remo
        • oh okay, must've looked at it wrong. : h o s t i l e
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      He's probably busy setting up his own group for Pros Only. : cltcprd
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        I was thinking about makin a group called " REXY SUCKS BALLS" and cltcprd is going to owe me money soon : : jedi_27
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          at least i'm not a Rams fan. I can take solace in that. Glad to see Bulger is making the big bucks. : cltcprd
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            don't get me started. I knew from week 1 we would suck. All the BS some media groups made about our tea... : jedi_27
            • get off the bandwagon! It's only week 3. : cltcprd
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              Packers....why must you make me hate you. : soggybagel
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                :) I have always liked Farve. It would be cool to see him have an awesome season in what could be his f... : jedi_27
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                  Its pretty clear at this point the Chargers are not so hot. Also, you want to play tonight in a bit? I ... : soggybagel
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                    i think the chargers will bounce back. And I would love to see the BEARS bounce back. But with QB probl... : jedi_27
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                      The Bears OC is Ron Turner, Norv's brother :( : cltcprd
                      • well then the only thing he has going for him is that he is not Norv. I still remember what he managed t... : jedi_27
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                    and yeah CTF tonight, would be awesome. I have to do the final lvl of HALO 3 with a friend, and then i s... : jedi_27
                    • I'll add you as a friend, I'm getting online right now. : soggybagel
  • Thanks man. Don't you have a community manager to handle all this typin'? : thaperfectdrug
  • I can't assure 100 percent "Super into it forever" but I think I'll be playing for quite some time now. ... : soggybagel
  • You can remove the original "PurpleTentacle" (leave PurpleTentacle7 please). There was another live ID s... : exigence7
  • i know i will be playing for quite a while at the least : mwasher
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  LLLOL i love how the gun just appeared in the doorway.. its like showtime at the apollo with the big hook : industro
  • hahahah : Phil
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  The chair flipping has a 4x comedy multiplier : HojuSimpson
  • Thats what I was thinking too. Hahah like a tree falling she goes down :D : Solstice
  • LOLOLO! : Iwannaacura
  • Gold indeed. : Phil
  • it was really not lol then all of a sudded DOINK - maximum lols : PapaBoo
• glorious. : pyide
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  taser taser taser deploy! Obviously related to the "Lighting Bolt!" guy : stonedonkey
  • I laughed at this too : VegasX
• I must concur with gooberman917 in his analysis. "OWNED YOU STUPID ANNOYING DRUNK ASS!!" : Phil
• I just can't get enough of these taser videos. It's like Pokemon, gotta watch em all! : baronzemo78
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  Fuck American fascist jack boot pigs. There was no reason for that whatsoever. Stupid fucking redneck cop... : theghostofsmdever
  • lol : Slowtreme
  • *golf clap* : deathofrats
  • There he is! SMDEVER is back. : Phil
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    Are you joking or serious? : Pettytheft
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      I am serious. Why would they need to use a tazer on a 120lb handcuffed woman in a police station? There w... : theghostofsmdever
      • I would say she was more like 150lb. : haiku
      • Simple, if you could see how some people get out of hand then maybe you would understand. Tazing this bro... : Pettytheft
  • i dunno i'd say that situation was pretty defused : industro
  • I wonder what the policy is. Once a suspect resists, is it instantly taser-time? : MaxPete82
  • Maybe our species dosent deserve to exist. : trevis
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    Obviously that situation called for some stern talking down to rather than a mild electrocution. : liqker
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      That would have made for a lousy video...instead, the police have brought a smile to this old man's face. : Saman
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        The fact that so many of you r people enjoy seeing a handcuffed person get tortured is sort of disturbing... : theghostofsmdever
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          Describing that as torture is ludicrous. I'm sure that felt like a soothing back rub compared to some of... : liqker
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            actually she very nearly brained herself on that chair. if she had hit the edge of the desk with her temp... : GloriousCow
            • I'm breaking it down by the numbers. In one of the other taser threads someone said that there had been ... : liqker
  • i agree on a logical level but i can't help but find these idiots getting tazerd hilarious : GloriousCow
  • maybe she was reaching for his gun, but generally yeah i agree : Unleashed
  • yeah, thats it... because not one of those officers knows what it feels like to be tasered. Contrary to ... : conandan
  • can't help but agree. Let the female cop toss her in a cell till she calms down. The tazer seems like : .sticks.
  • DON'T TAZE ME BRO! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15203692#itemanchor_15203692 : eldiablo01
  • GO BACK TO CHINA : gmd
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  I like how police don't use any of their natural grappling skills anymore. I had a lot of cops in my mar... : festivalman
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    The police also have no idea how to handle people and defuse situations. That woman was handcuffed and ob... : theghostofsmdever
    • The police know how. They've had years and years of being spit and shit on. They finally figured out ho... : Phil
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      This is what happens when you get a bunch of power tripping jocks that couldn't get into a decent college... : arizona bay
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        I have a few friends who are getting their degrees in criminal justice right now that would disagree with... : liqker
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          a criminal justice degree is the biggest joke in the world. a monkey could get one. : arizona bay
          • lol, so true. : FrayLo
      • Tons of PDs all over the country require at least an Associates and a lot of them require a BA. : haiku
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      Or you don't give into a criminal's demands and just zap the skeez. : Entity
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        What happened to innocent until found guilty by a court of law? : theghostofsmdever
        • Pretty much our legal system. : Entity
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  lulz was recently banned on SA can we do this pls : JINKY
  • that would be heavenly : boring gegtik
  • oh noes my eyez my eyez! : mwasher
  • please add "EVAR" and "FTW/FTL" to this list. : aethyr
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    I'm up for banning anything that originates at 4chan. : filtersweep
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      so... i heir you like mudkipz : GloriousCow
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        hahahah i saw that on encyclopedia dramatica, but i still don't get it. : askedrelic
        • you have to have higher than 9000 power level to get it : GloriousCow
    • DO NOT WANT WORD BAN LIST : lodit
    • NO U : kill9
    • ANONYMOUS DECLINES : Deathlove
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      also I think "tits or gtfo" should be law. : Deathlove
      • Adding Tits McGee to this list : Phreakin
    • MOAR : dmason
  • I wouldn't mind. epic lulz at 4can is bringing down any website they don't like at any given moment and d... : festivalman
  • http://oatmela1.shackspace.com/funnycats/hahaha-lulz.jpg : oatmela
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  video I found linked to this one, unrelated but WTF. Why do parents do this to their little kids: http:... : paravis
  • have you seen this one? Warning, one of those "thing pops out on the monitor and screams" videos: http:/... : aethyr
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  Why did they tase her? : melt_core
  • She didn't go in the box. : skitzo
• Oh man, the part at the end... "I can hear you breathing..." WTF. She's SO dead. : silentw
• Hahahahaha the chair : mr.sleepy
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  it might be funny to look at at first, but fuck, couldn't the policeman at least hold her instead of let... : Bingo
  • He may also get electrocuted if he is touching her. : Hiro
• LOL I know it's retarded of the cops to do it but that is just the funniest thing to watch TAZER TAZER... : tunis5000
• Jeez that seemed a bit hasty. I don't think they needed to do that at all. : NastyJack
• I love that one, always show it to people. : mavmavv
• Don't taze me bro don't make me fry don't spark me blue 'Cause you know darling I love only you You'll ... : thaperfectdrug
• Best part is the cop making sure the chair is alright after she falls on it. : ) : Haku-Jin

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  The shit in dick game. : Moonbase Commander
  • Cock wars is an awesome game for the whole family. : askedrelic
  • IAWTP. Is she hot? : Rice-Rocketeer
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  What is her gaming experience? : byorn
  • Pretty much none. The last game she played was "Harry Potter, on Game Boy Colour". : Majuju
• solitaire : Unleashed
• Daikatana : gmd
• starcraft : feek
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  Peggle. : Lunatic Angelic
  • ^^^^^ : sgtsanity
  • yup. Hell any popcap game really. : Solstice
  • Signed. So fun. : AlexXdude
  • Another vote for Peggle here. : jonin
• Doctor : hashd
• rollercoaster tycoon : shotgun1
• duke nukem 3d : captain hampton
• get her a Wii : RikiTiki2
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  Start her on Sam and Max : felicia
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    I like this idea! : Majuju
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      Actually, come to think of it, I should just let her borrow my GameTap. : Majuju
      • Probably wise! : felicia
      • and then you can gametap that ass, yeah boyee : Modica Sol Solis
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        Goddamnit it won't load on her Vista machine. : Majuju
        • yeah the cockblock filter was added to vista because people complained XP didn't do it enough : mikecyb
        • yeah. they have no plans to support vista 64 i just discovered, so I am debating canceling or dual bootin... : stgulik
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    Or just skip right to Planescape Torment and see how she handles it. Good judge of character. : Ebu
    • I say, never trust anyone who doesn't like Torment. : Vincent Grayson
• cs 1.6 : feek
• A Wii would be a good idea, or Diablo 2. : re4ctor
• Leisure Suit Larry. : Ride-My-Rocket
• hide the trouser snake? : fuzzydamnit
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  She should start with a good adventure game, like Grim Fandango! : helvetica
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    This isn't a bad idea, but the controls might run her away! I remember being so frustrated with them at t... : felicia
    • monkey island 3 then : dantastic
• The Longest Journey perhaps? I think it's available on Steam. : Frank_Mackey
• Bejeweled 2 and Sim Tower : slacko
• Myst? : ColoradoCNC
• Peggle! : thaperfectdrug
• Civilization III Rollercoaster Tycoon Emulators of various kinds : Omaha
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  i got WoW going on my older work laptop with intel graphics : dantastic
  • He wants to bone her. Not never see her again. : moogle
• Mario Kart = guaranteed sex. : snagger
• NWS http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D142 : jacketdt
• Zuma. You're welcome and EOT. : treefingers1
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  The Lets Go To The Apple Store And Buy A MacBook And Install BootCamp On It game. : not work safe
  • that's not much of a step up given the GMA 950 in the MacBook. MacBook Pro, maybe, but that's $2000! : Postal
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  Crusader: No Remorse if she likes it then shes a keeper : sexninja!!!!
  • (if not then shes a faggot) : sexninja!!!!
  • Oh, the memories. : Moonbase Commander