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  Engineer buildings now explode when the Engineer dies during sudden death - this is big. Fixed rocket/ : sgtsanity
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    I think valve just hates the engineer class. : baron calamity
    • until now I thought they loved them a little -too- much : Fayk
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      yeah.. A pyroman can kill a level 2 turret without getting much damage now.. WTF? : razlebol
      • Only if the pyro can get to point-blank range without getting raped. That's hard even with most lone sen... : Arcanum
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    Deathcam screenshots now move the player id panel to the lower right, and hide other hud elements until t... : freshyk
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      THANK GOD. I was waiting for that. : lookitzpancakes
      • Yeah, that is good news. : crummynz
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15176201 : lookitzpancakes
    • Yay! : Johnny Law
  • aw, shooting through floors is my hack. : chilln
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    that engineer change really sucks. : ant_hillbilly
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      the overtime one? why? you're already dead, there's no reason for it to continue existing. : edgewise
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        there's no reason for it to explode either. : sumo-hacker
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          The demoman's stickies explode on death. Why should the engineers structures out live him? : freshyk
          • I thought the stickies just disappeared. : vynn
          • Because the demoman controls stickies and they're inherently short-lived, while engineer structures can s... : DinK
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            Demoman stickies are worthless after he has died though, Engineer structures - dispensers especially - a... : Arsenal
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              and shit, i just realised thanks to dunandun's post that if the enemy has a spy in sudden death an engine... : Arsenal
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                that's why they call it "sudden" death : vynn
                • Hell i know, they could make it so every shot in sudden death is a crit like when you win a round. Or bet... : Arsenal
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            because you if you take out the engineer, you should still have to deal with the sentry. : sumo-hacker
            • not with sudden death. hopefully this will stop people from choosing engineer and playing like defensive ... : pyide
        • I think it's a good change. : ConfusedUs
    • why? Previously they just disappeared didn't they? : vynn
  • Fixed rocket/grenade explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings I wonder if this me... : feek
  • haha darn, I just started using the rocket exploit on 2Fort.. :( Oh well, back to playing the game the w... : Scoots06
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    alright who was preaching that the splash damage was intentional? Hope your crow is tasty : GloriousCow
    • Has through-wall splash ever been intentional? I always thought the only reason that stuff ended up st... : jake2000
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  Not fixed: Steam crashing every time it loads. >:( : DOOManiac
  • because that doesn't happen to most people? : tunis5000
• wow that's a lot of updated things : tunis5000
• I should probably plug a windows disk back in and play me some of 'dat : Toraz Chryx
• Deathcam screenshots now move the player id panel to the lower right, and hide other hud elements until t : lowpoly
• yes, please to be updating shack servers k tx bai : sroylance
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  ugh.. every night I try to plan to play it seems like there is another update and I get "server running a... : baron calamity
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    Server admins haven't updated the servers yet. : freshyk
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      duh... Still means me no playee no matter what the reason. : baron calamity
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        this is the first update in like 2 weeks? a newly released game, of course they are going to be patching ... : Scoots06
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          I think they are altering the game faster than they can tell what the results of the changes are. Bugs, f... : baron calamity
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            Huh? I think the only nerf is that engineer sudden death thing, which I believe is the first balance chan... : feek
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              Didn't the pyro and soldier rocket get a damage buff? : lechuck59
              • Pyro did, but during the beta. : feek
• Yes, please!!!! : kainen1
• 69 is updated and back up : trOmblyj
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  Fixed a spy backstab exploit where you could stab a player who was not facing away from you THANK GOD : ConfusedUs
  • Yeah, I've gotten stabbed like that a few times before. It was very strange when that would happen. : freshyk
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    Agreed...I've gotten backstabbed in the face a few dozen times too many. : CrimsonHandHiro
    • ah, i was wondering what was going on. how did that work? : sumo-hacker
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    was it allowing a 1-shot kill to the head? : vynn
    • I don't know, but I've been "backstabbed" while shooting at the freaking spy so many times. This fix make... : ConfusedUs
• Where can one find the information to connect to said servers? : YoYo
• ooh, Fixed a spy backstab exploit where you could stab a player who was not facing away from you th... : edgewise
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  Ha, I know exactly what this one is talking about: "Fixed flailing at the low end of the cloak meter when... : Johnny Law
  • god this is huge, this was probably my main problem playing spy.. : Arsenal
  • haha I do that all the time. : atom519
• cs.helpmewithmygirlproblems.com updated : electroly
• Dallas is still not updated? : notd665
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  Portal is being updated as well. : Colleton
  • I had an update for Portal and HL2:Ep2 but I can't find any info anywhere telling me what the update did ... : K1Bond007
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  cool, now I can just kill the engi in SD instead of sapping their shit<3 : duncandun
  • oh shi... didn't even think of that. : Arsenal
• NICE: Re-added class count numbers above class buttons for non-zero classes, in addition to the class im : romulan
• Fixed rocket/grenade explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings - this is nice. D'o... : nyranger66
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  The Engineer's "build X" commands will now behave properly when bound directly to keys whaaaa you can ... : donkey99
  • http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Scripting : skunk_ape
• tf2.hackedbychinese.com has been busy all night as i happened to be updating Right as the patch came out : re-verse
• also, man this came looks cool. http://hackedbychinese.com/tf2/cp_dustbowl0004.jpg : re-verse
• TF2 Update: Removed the Medic class. Good they finally understand now why it breaks the game. : gyokuro

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  i can't stand the translucent menu bar. i had to create a wallpaper with a grey gradient at the top to ki... : manero
  • My Powerbook's menubar is... not translucent, I'm wondering if it's hardware (doubtful, since the reflect... : Toraz Chryx
  • certain images look better than others: "Rocks" is pretty good, for example : Postal
  • That's funny because I went out of my way to remove the dock opacity. : davantalus
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  Do you get the newest version of iPhoto for free or do you have to buy iLife to get it? My iPhoto (on 10.... : Pittst3r
  • Generally new iApp updates only come with purchasing a new Mac itself (or buying a boxed copy of the late... : jake2000
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  what's the deal with Front Row? I selected a WMV and the whole thing froze. I couldn't force quit or anyt... : derelict515
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    What are you using for WMV support? flip4mac takes bloody forever to start doing anything for some reason... : Toraz Chryx
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      yeah I have flip4mac installed but I wasn't sure if Front Row was trying to use it or just using Quicktim... : derelict515
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        Umm, it's rendering capital Q's here. And as for flip 4 mac, I've found it's performance at times a touc... : SolrFlare
        • is there a way to kill it when it freezes up? : derelict515
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        um, flip4mac is a quicktime codec :) and Q's work just fine in safari here : Toraz Chryx
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          not for me, the line above the post box (with username and the logout box) is also all fucked up : derelict515
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            also capital E's in google results seem to be displayed on top of the letters next to them : derelict515
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              Use grab.app to get a screenshot plz : Toraz Chryx
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                Here's a couple examples: http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qsuv9.png http://img205.imageshack... : derelict515
                • Also, I don't think it was doing this earlier tonight. I distinctly remember reading the Titan Quest thre... : derelict515
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      flip4mac loads the entire video into memory before playing anything. you can change this ("Open local fi... : electroly
      • ok, I'll try that. I would imagine trying to load a 4.7gb video into memory at once would be a poor idea.... : derelict515
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  also is there any reason to use iChat over Adium if none of your friends are using iChat? : derelict515
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    cause it connects to AIM. But it's UI is not as nice as Adium : adev
    • iChat video chat USED to work with AIM Windows Video chat.. not sure if it does again or not : adev
    • but Adium connects to AIM too... : derelict515
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  Does Front Row let you select a monitor if you run more than 1? : adev
  • not that I've seen : Postal
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  I'm running 9A535 still. It's relatively solid, I look forward to picking up the final release. : Yanks
  • Also QTKit Capture is awesome. : Yanks
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  is there anyway to make QuickLook able to view other file types? Specifically .chm files? I have Chmox bu... : derelict515
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    It's entirely up to the developers of whatever App to produce the Quick Look plugin that would view said ... : ovrlrd
    • hmm, here's hoping then : derelict515
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  How are the new desktop wallpapers? : kramweil
  • pretty! but some work better with the translucent menu bar than others. it usually depends on how stron... : Postal
• Has anyone played with the new Xcode yet? Anything stand out so far? : maddy
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  Speaking of Leopard, I was at the Apple store in Ginza today. http://img.waffleimages.com/96b627aa3b2... : djkenohki
  • You shouldn't really use Waffleimages outside of SA :/ : peanut-
  • :O I want a V570 :( : dodob
  • Yeah, those mass-produced dual layer DVDs are going to be in very limited supply. Those guys are onto som... : yoonix
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  Should I bother with upgrading to Leopard on my 1.5ghz powerbook with 1.5GB of ram? : gummijoh
  • It's done wonders for the Coreimage performance on my 1.33Ghz / 1.25GB PB G4 : Toraz Chryx
• It messes up mysql well and good. If you run navicat, the best fix is to reinstall. I found this out ... : Grandmoff

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  I have the same thing to say about nastyJack. his bombs were my downfall tonight. ggs bean! : hirez
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    NastyJack and I were a structure-destroying duo of doom tonight. It was great. : Bean
    • and ggs once more to all you guys too. Tons of fun. : Bean
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  GARGH. I want this game so bad. I just don't have a good enough computer. : soggybagel
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    What're your specs? My comp sucks, and I play on 1280x800 with most things turned on at least a little (2... : Bean
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      That is not a shitty computer. : soggybagel
      • if it's not shitty, it's at least on the low-end of mediocre. I saw people posting here about being able ... : Bean
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      I have a laptop. Its an AMD 64 3000+, 768mb ram, 9600 mobile. : soggybagel
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        Do you have Steam on it? Steam on any computer? I have a 3-day "Guest Pass" to CounterStrike:Source or Da... : Bean
        • Yeah I own Half Life 2 and I've played Counter Strike but its weird, I think its the fact that my drivers... : soggybagel
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        I played TF2 on a laptop last Thursday night, and it was rough. Similar processor, although I think my vi... : Bold
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          Yeah, if you're playing on a machine with integrated video, you're proper fucked. At least the 9600 mobil... : Bean
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            Well, sounds like I'm going to spend some more money. ORANGE BOX HERE I COME...cum. : soggybagel
            • I welcome you with healing gun oustretched! : Bean
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        TF2 will run on a Pentium 133, your spec is fine. : peanut-
        • lol : TastyWheat
• shit, i wish i could've made it. just got back from work :( : dopeman
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  Gah, thief was doing the same thing to me on Dallas. Spawn, run towards the capture point, round a corner... : theamazingrand0
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    Thief is a master cocksmith : AlexXdude
    • and don't you even think of replying to this subthread, thief : AlexXdude
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  Props to unpaid.bill for recognizing the power of the uber'd pyro. :) Despite the sucky mic you did a gr... : bcyde
  • yeah! good times tonight. i had more fun on the shackwest/dallas servers tonight than i have in a long t... : bfzzzz
• I would play more often if it weren't for that motherfucking stuttering bug. Looks like a new system is a... : Magus
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  Aww you didn't get a shot of me waving after I killed you! This is basically what I was looking at al... : Trips
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    haha here's Mr. Trips gloating after he nailed me in the face for umpteenth time! http://www.easyscreens.... : hobbespanache
    • lol that was a great shoot-off : Trips
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    Yeah, I never got to see a shot of you waving. :( You should have heard some of the things I called you o... : Bean
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      Most of the time I play a spy... This was one of the first times I stuck with Sniper for a long period of... : Trips
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        Yeah, on Tuesday you were a spy and owned me just the same then (though I had never played a medic before... : Bean
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          For the record I play lefty for the mouse as well. I even use the arrow keys for movement! How uber is th : Trips
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            Hmm. I guess you're alright, then! More righties need to defect! I use the arrow keys for movement, KP_IN... : Bean
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              Yeah, something along those lines are what I normally I see people doing. When people see my setup, they... : Trips
              • Yeah man! That's the exact mouse I used, until I replaced it with this, a true left-hander's mouse: http:... : Bean
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  definitely good times. you did great! : edgewise
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    I should be able to keep making your ShackWest practices, as they're at probably the best time for me to ... : Bean
    • Awesome. We always want more guys there... especially good medics. Invaluable. : NastyJack
• Good times. I hope to see more events like this. By the next one I'll hopefully be better. =) Damn, ... : Leshrac55
• Yeah I was happy to see you at the top of the scoreboard. You were saying you were new but obviously you'... : NastyJack
• Maddog needs to find a pic of a mad dog and use it as his avatar : tunis5000

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  Snow Patrol chasing cars, Matchbox 20 how far we've come, : Ziz
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    chasing cars reminds me of a bad time in my life. such a good song but i can't listen to it without feeli... : dahanese
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      for me that's pretty much every song that came out fall 06 to spring 07 : arizona bay
      • i'll drink to that. : dahanese
• oh here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kf2QZm1aIw : arizona bay
• Journey - Stone In Love I have absolutely no fucking idea why. : mmogger
• i have mostly just been crying because oink is gone. listening to a lot of coil : wtf242
• I wouldn't call this hip hop. : the city
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  Aesop Rock - No Regrets : freshyk
  • That's some classic shit right there. Amazing song, with lyrical content somewhat uncharacteristic of Ae... : the city
  • Aesop Rock - 39 Theives : derelict515
• The new Modeselektor album. I can't get my mind off it. It's awesome. : deathofrats
• portal end song :( : t0ad
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  Tool - Vicarious I should have grown tired of it long time ago but for some reason I don't. : GodZilly
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    the reason: because it's FUCKING BADASS : mwasher
    • goddammit everyday it's something new with shacktags : mwasher
• Mr. Oizo - Nazis (Justice Remix) : AlexXdude
• arctic monkeys - 505 so awesome : Modica Sol Solis
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  Some of the mixes from Daft Punk's Alive 2007 tour. They're fucking fantastic. : alarm cock
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    also, kanye west's touch the sky : alarm cock
    • this this this] such an awesome song to bike to : Modica Sol Solis
• stuff from the new Prefuse 73: Girlfriend Boyfriend and Class Of 73 Bells : smax
• Noisuf-X - Hit Me Hard cant wait to hear the remix of it on the upcoming endzeit bunkertracks act 3 co... : -=kodiak=-
• Oceansize - Trial of Fire Kent - Ingenting Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke & the Yellow Bellied Freaks Bea... : Afterglow
• Band of Horses - Cigarettes, Wedding Bands : soggybagel
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  Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks http://youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0 My wife and I have a debate o... : bipolar
  • I think the different interpretations may be partially due to whether you heard the song by itself first,... : bipolar
  • I'm going to see them on Nov 30th.. should be a good time : dealie
• damien rice - cold water : moe6
• Dethclock - Awaken : stuka
• Amon Amarth - Where Silent Gods Stand Guard : Magus
• UPO - Godless : TheMonkeyWench
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  Anything Gojira. : moshman
  • Mmmm the soothing sounds of Gojira : nodebug
• Bowerbirds - In Our Talons : Sacred Sperm
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  all of Fox Confessor Brings The Flood : algernoN8
  • <3 Neko Case : Postal
• The Weakerthans - Tournament of Hearts : Majuju
• Hooverphonic - Someone , just the past few days though for some reason : PlanetPerfecto
• R E G U L A T E : zakk
• Sebastien Leger feat Gia Mellish - Hypnotized Off of the Ministry of Sound Annual 2007. And before it,... : kahuuna
• peeping tom - kill the DJ - massive attack remix : CoRDS
• Vitalic - You Are My Sun. : nomaad
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  I'm listening to Summer by Vivaldi over and over and over again. I generally hate Baroque music, but what... : SpaecKow
  • And a pimp too. : -efx-
• Stars - Take Me To The Riot : pwnage1232
• Symphony X - Paradise Lost (the whole damn album). So incredible. : -efx-
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15395160#itemanchor_15395160 : Kniggit
• Beirut - Scenic World (EP version) : hanfeitzu
• The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go : dealie
• Radiohead - 15 Step. So fucking awesome. : Vincent Grayson

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• I love it when they bend me over their knee and spank me cuz i've been bad... oh wait are you talking abo... : GloriousCow
• The creaking wood, the groaning, and then seeing them SPAZ into a rush of killing is SO genius. I love t... : jigstah
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  Yeah, isn't it awesome, they throw bombs at you and then rush you and that's their creative AI arsenal fo... : thewriter
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    *Rolls eyes.* When did it become hip to hate on Bioshock? It's an excellent game. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      I happened to find it not-excellent: shock horror. : thewriter
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        you should change your name to thecritic : Tommy Toolbag
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          * I T S T I N K S ' D * : snagger
          • I miss that show. :( : DOOManiac
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      uh oh, different opinion that doesn't conform to shack-herd mentality. call him on it! : anthonybean
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        I've actually been seeing a lot of hate for Bioshock recently, which is why I commented. Right after t... : Rice-Rocketeer
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          it's like a marriage. everyone gets those jitters of excitement, tinging sensations, lust for a new game.... : entropy
          • This, Dear Sirs, Is the post of the year. : Anir
          • Fucking signed. : thewriter
        • as opposed to what exactly? Everyone has the same opinion, or everyone has unique ones? : Cygnus X-1
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    the best is when some guy starts shooting at you, and hits the big daddy .The big daddy just sits there t... : aeg1x
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      ? I've seen the big daddy really fucking throw down with some splicers, utterly destroying them. : famine101
      • me too, which was why I was so pissed off when all of a sudden they decided to ignore getting shot in the... : aeg1x
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    Aw yeah you said it you just ruined the game for me IT SUCKS NOW FUCK : EvilDolemite
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      Sorry. It gets worse when nearly ever splicer fights you in exactly the same manner and the action become... : thewriter
      • but chance is that you are not this ^ guy and you'll love it. : mwasher
      • splicer fights are easy if there is stuff to throw at them using TK. They fall if you throw a trash can a... : ultramega
      • That's a great description of combat in the game. Minus the migranes. : freshyk
  • Everything about Bioshock was awesome. Except the combat, such a chore towards the end. : Pettytheft
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    Bioshock hate post number 400. : devi| dog
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      Hahaha, it's hilarious the way you guys assemble at the drop of a hat when there's one post that suggests... : thewriter
      • We must all be the same and absolutely love what the majority loves. No dissent or you get the boots fro... : AndyGoin
      • Au contraire, it seems like Bioshock Hate (TM) is the newest fad, because I've seen so much of it. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Actually I seen quite a bit of hate specifically from you, I even chatted about your sound issues. You a... : devi| dog
      • Welcome.................To the Shack. : dilutedq
      • hahaha, it's hilarious the way you trolls assemble and threadshit on something a lot of people enjoy. yay... : Magus
      • Sorry I'm late, thewriter, but Bioshock didn't excite me either. : SockMonkeh
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        Here's how it works: -Idiot A gushes about some game like it cured their space-AIDS -Idiot B trolls Idi... : algernoN8
        • if you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. : jackalope
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          You just cured this thread because now all the idiots are going to band together to make fun of this post... : SockMonkeh
          • So we all win, really. : algernoN8
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            Nah, I quite like it. I don't see my initial comment as trolling however. : thewriter
            • It wasn't, but that's the general pattern. : algernoN8
        • The best is when people who don't like something a lot of other people do say "I guess I just don't fit i... : peanut-
      • they're only doing it to be cool! they're only doing it to be cool! : 60days
  • AI for Big Daddies really was disappointing. They could've at least made them think twice before charging... : Autocrawler
• yeah the big daddy fights rock : gyokuro
• Just stay away from shock gel, it breaks them. : Boxelder
• It's a good game. So it's not a substitute for your life. Shut up. : Vangoghs Ear
• they get a bit too easy later on, IMO, but those early fights are tough. : edgewise
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  Do we ever learn who's under all that armor? Why are they protecting the little sisters? There was a sect : enyakk
  • I thought they were genetically manufactured entities, created for the sole purpose of protecting the Lit : peanut-
  • I thought they were genetically manufactured entities, created for the sole purpose of protecting the Lit : peanut-
  • Yes, I think either Suchong or someone else describes the process - they're volunteers, they get vat dipp : SpaecKow
  • I thought they were ... well I have no idea what he wrote next becuase I haven't played BioShock yet so : GodZilly

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  Any tips on boosting a signal? Why would it be so weak? Crappy network card? I bought one of those Buf... : wykd
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    Try repositioning the antennae, that can make a big difference. Try putting the router in different parts... : Dave-A
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      What sucks is I really only have one place where I can put it, which is in my entertainment center. Ther... : wykd
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        You're definitely getting interference from somewhere. Either you have a cordless phone operating on a s... : SolrFlare
        • Well, on the dresser is a TV, and on the entertainment center is a TV/360/digital cable box. I tried tur... : wykd
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        hmmm, if you have 2 bars that means you have like 22 mbit or something.. how could your 500kbit intern... : doomed
        • Yeah that doesn't make sense to me either. It says i'm connected at 54mbps with 2 bars (low signal stren... : wykd
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    can you put tomato firmware on it. Because you can amplify the signal with that. : ant_hillbilly
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      No clue. It's a buffalo wireless g mimo performance router. : wykd
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        Ooh, some of the Buffalos can. The WHR-54G I think? : crummynz
        • I have a WHR-HP-G54 : wykd
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      Yeah I installed tomato, put it on the max value, still didn't help. Guess i'm fucked. Going to take th... : wykd
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        Woah, i'm hitting 4 & 5 bars now, 600k/sec. That's not my max bandwidth but it's still a hell of a lot b... : wykd
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          Anyone know if there are any issues with using the max power in tomato? I'm getting 4 bars with it maxed ... : wykd
          • I hear on that router the antenna is already amplified. Boosting it artificially isn't a good idea I hear... : boomstickah
          • I've heard using the max value is bad, like fry your router bad. Rumor has it that 81 is a good solid tra... : mojo the helpr monke
          • by increasing the tx value you're putting more stress on it. so there's risk of overheating. : doomed
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  You can always make a cantenna. Failing that the linksys signal booster works very well. But at that ... : oatmela
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    Do you think it's the fact that there is a dresser separating open air? : wykd
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      The dresser will reduce range, but if it's just wood... very little. Probably not noticeably. : crummynz
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        Would using WPA-PSK AES security slow things down? : wykd
        • Uh... that I'm not entirely sure of but I doubt it. : crummynz
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          oh, that is a good point. If you have the router set up for WPA but your wireless adapter supports WEP on... : oatmela
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            Eh, I turned off security completely and it didn't help that much. Still pegged at 280k/sec downloads an... : wykd
            • Well, if that's the case you are kind of fucked. However, the linksys signal booster will probably help o... : oatmela
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  Change the channel. : zohar79
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    Changing it to 11 got me to 3 bars, keeps falling to 2 and going to 3. This just seems crazy. I feel li... : wykd
    • at 50 feet you should be. Can you move your PC closer to the thing to see if the signal changes? : oatmela
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  50-60 feet is not an unreasonable maximum for 802.11g : crummynz
  • So I'm going to be stuck with 280kb/sec download speeds? Blah, horrible. : wykd
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    I have a G router and live on the third floor. I was able to connect at 4 bars downstairs in the parking ... : oatmela
    • the higher you put this things, the better. : doomed
• n{Cingular}n / AT&T : More Bars in More Places™ : semaphore
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  If its not a laptop, run wires. : chilln
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    I don't really have money for that. This was so I could wire in my xbox 360 and use a free wireless adap... : wykd
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      ethernet cables are cheap as hell man : opengl128
      • Lol, I realize that. But running an ethernet through my already shitty apartment is going to make it loo... : wykd
• if you don't care about how ridiculous it looks there is no reason not to try this: http://www.youtube... : goatboy