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  This might be it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4diQEwrjv8 : yemeth
  • ^^yeah, that's the response video : deveus1
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    I wish I had time to play EVE. If I were immortal and had eternity to kill, then I might give it a go. : lechuck59
    • I most of the time enjoy the game on a casual level in empire. the Outer 0.0 regions require a lot more d... : r3ckless
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      Eve has been much easier on my schedule than WoW ever was. I play a couple of hours during the week and a... : AhmNee
      • Eve is a great MMO for the casual gamer who has a family. a huge plus in my book. : m0rfus
  • Oh god that rocks. SHODAN FTW. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Man all this stuff makes me want to play that game bad. : abrasion
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  Interesting - back story links or anything? I don't play the game, but I like to read about it. : mace
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    Backstory to the war? There have been articles about it all over the media far as I know. Just google 'Th... : r3ckless
    • Yup found it! WOW! Very impressive. : mace
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    The fact that they are pulling out of those 3 regions of space is significant. as it's one of the largest... : deveus1
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      Arnt those regions captured by bob from ASCN anyways ? : r3ckless
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        Most likely. I know that some of the stations taken were originally built by ASCN, but some of them had b... : deveus1
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          Even though I am part of the WAR i havnt payed much attention to it aside from getting in the fleet battl... : r3ckless
          • Yeah, i love that part too. =) : deveus1
• So BOB is retreating? : mace
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  fuuuuuuuuuck get a Mac client out soon pls.. i wanna play again!!!!!!! : g0nk
  • Basically yeah. They moved all of their allies out of those three regions and into their home territories... : deveus1
  • ^^whoops, meant for mace =( : deveus1
  • Dude, don't you have a Macbook Pro? Just Bootcamp. Jeez. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  It just goes to show that you can win a war by clogging their waterways with the dead. I saw how the Goon... : AhmNee
  • The War is far from over :) BOB is in no danger at the moment, neither are the goons....their respective ... : r3ckless
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    While I can't say for certain (I've been inactive enough that I no longer have access to the goonfleet fo... : Fayk
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      They were indeed literally a joke. I'm just not certain it was intentionally so. :p : AhmNee
      • It wasn't a joke entry into the tourney or anything, but they were still goons, so it's not like they wer... : deveus1
• Thanks for the update. That's a pretty slick video. : Goncyn
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  What are the goons called in EVE? : Edges
  • Goonswarm / Goonfleet : Downforce
  • Geek Squad. : AhmNee
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  *sigh* i love playing Eve...i really think i just need to find a corp and start playing again. : m0rfus
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    i am so close to resubscribing that i downloaded and installed the client. they sent me a free 7 day pass... : cpt_gloval
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      same here, i might have to just play it via bootcamp until a Mac client is released.. : g0nk
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        can't run it under parallels? : cpt_gloval
        • not sure, i've read that some people have had success running it in CrossOver, but the sound is screwy.. ... : g0nk
    • I only play because people sell 30 day time cards for 170 mil. That's 3-4 days of running 1 L4 mission a ... : DerHuhnTeufel
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    Yeah. If I could find a good corporation, I'd play in a heartbeat, but I can never get past that first st... : Modica Sol Solis
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      http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2579813#post331567659 : Degenerate
      • I don't ever want to fly under SA. Ever. : Modica Sol Solis
• I doubt they're seriously retreating. Right now they're too spread out to fight effectively, so they're p... : DerHuhnTeufel
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  i wish i had the patients to play eve, so many cool fucking stories have come out of it. : shavenewok
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    yea... it sounds great when everything is condensed into a few sentence long story.... but it doesn't pl... : mwasher
    • Similar to real life, most of it is boring but it has some short awesome moments. : sanchez
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  I don't know if anyone's seen this but this game sounds like EVE but improved in every way: http://www... : Modica Sol Solis
  • I think it's gonna be hard to outdo what EVE already does so well. Plus, there isn't much on that site y... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I love hearing about the goings on in EVE. This shit is way more interesting to hear about than actually ... : DOOManiac

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• o damn :[ : diddlyd
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  I think they had a big 2 for 1 type sale the week Transformers was out, and everybody went crazy buying b... : pyros
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    Yes they did. I picked up FF: Spirits Within and The Fifth Element. I also bought Transformers. 2 to 1... : pigvomit
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      Oh God why did you buy FF? : Blucklesworth
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        Buy one get one free and I liked the animation/visual design. : pigvomit
        • Fair enough, I can't remember anything about the movie except how it crushed my soul because I was so unb... : Blucklesworth
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  something tells me there is a huge demographic overlap in the people who think transformers is COOL! and ... : dodob
  • yep, i tend to agree. this was a case of consumers getting screwed due to corporate agenda. sucks. : greydog
• It doesn't matter. The whole hi-def market is talking about a couple of million units sold. That's nothin... : mancide
• lol, let's see what happens when the $200 players hit the market. : cltcprd
• Because you failed at the shacktags, you comment is null and VOID H D - D V D still rocks. : mattfl
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  Blu-Ray is clutch? Are you some sort of cheerleader? : EvilDolemite
  • Yes, yes he is. : pigvomit
  • That's probably a pretty accurate assessment. : ColoradoCNC
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  Or look at this way: Even with a buy1get1free week, Bluray barely beat HDDVD for the week. : AlvinKlein
  • ^^^^ This is the better way to phrase the week. You had a promotion going on and you couldn't cream the c... : mancide
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  Wait till the x-mas season and the sub $200 HD players hit the market Blu will not have players at that p... : hashd
  • You know the cheapest "player" they have is the PS3. And how much does Sony lose on each one of those? : mancide
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    Wal-mart already has sub 200 HD-DVDs : rosewood
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      I have this sneaky suspicion that Wal-Mart's black Friday ad is going to have some HD-DVD player at a cra... : mancide
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        wal-marts black friday ad has been leaked. There is no crazy priced HD-DVD player. There is however the t... : mattfl
        • Oh fuck yea, I paid 299 for that not too long ago. : mancide
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          Actually, that is crazy cheap because I figured Wal-Mart was going to be selling some cheap ass stuff, no... : mancide
          • This isn't a black friday deal though, they are already in stores at that price. : mattfl
    • Yeah word is they have the a2's in some stores already at 198 but not all stores its hit and miss I was g... : hashd
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    And the 'sub $200' models are Toshba A2s not some chinese off-brand: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt... : mn3m0n1c
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      Oh god going to Wal-Mart for a specific item has always been like a trip to Mordor for me... : snuff
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        No need to, now! http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/169466/rpem/ccd/jsp/pdt/pricePopup.jsp : mn3m0n1c
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          sweet. bought'd : snuff
          • gotta drive to monoprice now and pickup some hdmi/toslink cables :D : snuff
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            I just bought one as well cant wait to get home and hook it up. Updated my Netflix que now I just need to... : hashd
            • Oh god there's a Blade Runner HD-DVD... I've had that movie in so many damn formats... : snuff
        • Oh man nice! : hashd
  • People keep saying this, but IMO, whatever they get from this will be short lived because at the same tim... : K1Bond007
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  Needs more Indiana Jones Trilogy in Blu-Ray : Wolfanoz
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    Aren't those Paramount/Universal films? : Fyunch Click
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      Lucas films, so they'd be Fox I think, and Fox supports Bluray. : Entity
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        http://imdb.com/title/tt0097576/companycredits Paramount : mancide
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          But it is also done by Spielberg and his movies are exempt from the Paramount "HD-DVD only" Paramount dea... : Crimsonbeak
          • Transformers was a Spielberg production. : pigvomit
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        Lucas said that Star Wars and presumably Indiana Jones are coming out on neither until a clear winner eme... : Crimsonbeak
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          Which is a total break from his previous stance of releasing incremental special edition releases to milk... : mancide
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            Not really. He waited years to release Indiana Jones on DVD, long after it had established dominance. : Serpico74
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              I was mainly referring to Star-Wars. Release special edition on VHS. Wait 6 months. Release same thing on... : mancide
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                Actually Star Wars was only released on DVD twice. The original 4-disc set from 2004 and then the 2006 r... : Prozium
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                  Yes, and before each of those editions was a VHS release 6 months ahead of it. : mancide
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                    There was the 1995 VHS release of the original trilogy. In 1997 the Special edition trilogy was released... : Prozium
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                      Around the time of the Phantom Menance/EP2 shit is when I quit caring because at that time it seemed like... : mancide
                      • dood, you just got lawyer'd : Korban
• who cares? why buy dvd's anyway. : virus
• ...and the studios will still make more money on HDDVD : dopefish
• YOU WIN DIDDLYD!!! YOUR TEAM IS WINNING YAYAYAYAY : derelict515
• You like a Boston sports fan. : TreMetal
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  Do we have actual numbers? I mean if it is like 250k blu-ray discs to 230k HD-DVD discs sold it doesn't ... : Crimsonbeak
  • It is minuscule when compared to DVD sales. : mancide
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  I wish their CEO's would get into a cage fight with each other and have it out. I'm sick of waiting aroun... : snuff
  • They are both gonna be around for awhile I decided to stop waiting ad am gonna spring for an HD at $200 I... : hashd
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  Bic sells more ballpoints than Papermate. BIC IS CLUTCH BABY! : Tommy Toolbag
  • Toyota is wiping the floor with Honda. EAT A DICK HONDA! Wooooo! : pigvomit
• what the shit : warpdude
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  I will never understand people's need to align themselves with a company regardless of the quality of the... : SenorSpine
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    Because it's CLUTCH! : mancide
    • Dont you mean because its CLUTCH][a{poBP[[B OOPS I SUCK : Jackass1233
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    I want HD-DVD to win because I bought the 360 add on, and I don't want to buy another player. I only c... : Modulus
    • Yes and I think that is reasonable to an extent. You bought a product based on it's cost vs value, and s... : SenorSpine
  • You're either with us or against us. It's you versus me. Black or white. : Chod
  • He needs to justify his PS3 purchase. : chuck577
  • Agreed, I will never understand why people feel the need to piss on Sony or Microsoft to feel better abou... : Magus
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  Yeah, but HD-DVD is JAMMIN' ON THE ONE : SiW73
  • Are either of the formats Gleaming the cube? That one has my arbitrary support. : slickdoody
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  diddlyd post. : Fred Garvin
  • P.S. - If you thought Transformers was the killer app for HD-DVD you've been hitting the glue too hard. : Fred Garvin
• It's sad that the fate of this technology is being judged by the sales of a shitty movie. : skitzo
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  WTF does clutch mean? Like on your car? : baronzemo78
  • 16. done or accomplished in a critical situation i take it you dont play or watch sports : podizzle
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  I don't have a Blu-Ray player therefore it sucks and will fail. : gmd
  • ^^^^ : pancake humper
• I'm still rooting for Colorado. : BoKnows
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  I refuse to buy either. Let this whole generation go the way of the Laserdisc. Too fucking soon to switch... : NexusOne
  • ^^^ Hates freedom HDTV : Slowtreme
  • if you don't like Blu-Ray you're a communist : derelict515
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    Regular DVDs are shit, I've been saying it since 2001. The only downside to HD is this ridiculous format ... : Serpico74
    • Wow since 2001 so like only 3 years after DVDs even hit mainstream. : Chod
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      Okay, so they aren't HD, but they're worlds better than VHS...why were they so terrible? : intangir21
      • We didnt have HD displays when DVD went mainstream. You can see the difference now, and it's huge. : Slowtreme
    • Aren't there technologies already out there that kick the shit out of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray? Frankly, I'm... : Rag and Bone Man
• Cheering for Sony is like cheering for bureaucracy. Sure they do a few things right, but you'd rather li... : Lone Swordsman
• They are both even and there is no end in sight. Every week there is a new report on this. : bozer
• HEY DIDDLYD! : Korban
• I just read this post again and I still can't believe it. : derelict515
• That's only because lately, there's a surge of cheap BlueRay sales/deals, while there aren't much HD-DVD ... : pobone
• For pushing a format sony sure is shitty when it comes to BR releases. the Spiderman trilogy that comes ... : Prozium
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  SDF fanboy launch detected. : ant_hillbilly
  • I too, love Rick Hunter. +10 plus geek points for the reference : Super Sparker
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  People care about this? : shred.
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    you have obviously never seen a diddlyd post. : warpdude
    • and I wish I never had.... : shred.
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  MORE LOL: remember paramount claiming 190,000 copies sold of transformers hd-dvd? well the real numbers a... : diddlyd
  • HAHA "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minute... : ant_hillbilly
  • you make it sound like the transformers is the only movie that's going to get an HD-DVD exclusive release... : edgewise
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  I'll wait for HD-BLU 2 : SeaLlama
  • 4k projector in every home! : Prozium
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  i know im gonna be spending lots of money on blu ray in the coming weeks. the triple pack spiderman thin... : Break
  • I'm waiting on Spiderman. Zero special features on the first 2 movies and a really subpar transfer on th... : Prozium
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  http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=bluray&cs_user=diddlyd&cs_parentauthor=&s_type=all : Phreakin
  • that's just fucking disturbing. : atom519
  • You beat me to it. : chuck577
  • * G O O D F O R Y O U F O R W E A R I N G Y O U R S E A T B E L T ' D * : steelsamurai
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    actually there are only 2 pages, the count on shacksearch is done broke. : steelsamurai
    • ^^^^^ less than 2 pages, not 44. i was about to flog myself : diddlyd
  • lol ya I was going to post this also. type in sony also. : ant_hillbilly
  • Its a little interesting and it brings back to my mind the word "Shill"... which is not meant in a funny ... : Q-ball
• http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=sony&cs_user=diddlyd&cs_parentauthor=&s_type=all : chuck577
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  Is clutch good or bad? I don't understand your "street lingo." : CrazyPants
  • Good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s7P6s0YXGk : smoking pets
  • That's "sick" : Kaerof
  • michael jackson bad : sixfoot6
• Who cares? Until I can get any of the HD movies in whichever format my player supports, not interested. : FushigiDenki
• 51-49 = big win? : rosewood
• Heh, I just said, "fuck it" and bought both. The mediums are so similar I don't really give a damn who wi... : Magus
• you got major stock in that shit or what? : .sticks.
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  diddlyd - Can I ask you an honest question? Why do you have an allegiance to a storage format? : PlanetPerfecto
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    i ham it up here on the shack just to provide a little balance, and i love the responses i get. they're g... : diddlyd
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      how did this answer the question? you have an allegiance to a storage format because of the responses y... : ant_hillbilly
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        hey buddy, don't start crying now. it will be ok. : diddlyd
        • I will cry a river of my own tears and swim in its glory. after I posted above I realized what I did. : ant_hillbilly
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      so basically you're trolling for responses. GG : Tommy Toolbag
      • Don't worry, if he keeps it up we wont have to worry about it much longer I'm sure. (and I have a ps3 and... : kelerian
• Why are you still posting? : the city
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  go blu-ray, go bluray! bababooey, bababooey! : vassili_zaitsev
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    its Mac hine now : zagzig32
    • the hell is that? : vassili_zaitsev
• When you consider that regular DVDs outsold the entire BluRay and HD-DVD numbers by at least 40 to 1, it'... : Thresher
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  oh god it's like console fanboyism but ten times worse : [fry]
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    You know what would really get people to froth at the mouth at places like gamefaqs or the wowboards? Bl... : Chod
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      I am going to start Saw vs. Hostel (Saw, btw, majorly so) but I don't know where to go to do that. : dognose
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        Well, saws are good for the cutting of wood, but a hostel has a bed to rest yo weary head : Dave-A
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          its apples and oranges really : aeg1x
          • (oranges rule) : aeg1x
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  Look at how silly you are now. : Phil
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    what's up in this time traveling thread? : Amadan
    • Fun house, it's a whole lotta fun, with prizes to be won.. it's a real whacky show where anything can go. : cause&effect

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  I love the comments. Public informed by marketing vs. developer informed by experience. I mean, the thing... : yakz
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    These guys PLAY games. They read gaming news sites religiously. They keep up with all the latest buzz fed... : Ely
    • ^^^That post is greatness. : YoYo
  • Wow, yeah, some of those people have been completely brainwashed. There's a guy claiming every PS3 game r... : rudds
• Man, that almost reads like a troll post designed to get fan boys frothing at each other. I think I'd pro... : Ely
• haha god. fucking internet. "At 9:05 AM, Anonymous said... what would you know about it? all of harmon... : jake2000
• this can only end in tears : Mansmells
• interesting, and lol @ comments : FrayLo
• "pails in comparison" - lol : TenaciousPimple
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  I love how people throw out that Halo 3 630p stuff like it's their holy hand grenade to defend the ps3 fl... : liqker
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    Microsoft specifically advertised their machine as a 720p machine, they made a point of saying all games ... : abrasion
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      yeah but you whine about everything, so thats not showing much ;) : VegasX
      • I've never made any real mention of the Halo thing, I'm defending those who have made a point about it. ... : abrasion
  • Yeah, but how hard did Sony beat the 1080p drum before the PS3 launched? How often do you hear them utter... : rudds
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  Man fuck that little bitch, go home to mommy so you can suck her teat for a new job! I actually think ... : Amnesty_intl2
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    I honestly do know know if this is sarcasm. : Fayk
    • I'm going to flip a coin and think yes. : Chod
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    Isn't the PS3 the only other current-gen console besides the wii and 360? : Prozium
    • That's what makes his statement so awesome...and confusing. : stump
    • hahaha I only just now parsed what he said. nice. I assume that was intentional. : Fayk
  • Breaking News: All Next Gen Consoles Survive. Authorities Confused and Amazed. : kingdepork
  • Developers can make games look awesome on the ps3. I have no doubt there, but at what cost? You're a 3r : liqker
  • The PS3 is the only console, besides the Wii and 360, this generation. uh. that's it. : Dante
  • lol'd : kydaimon
  • lol, are you being sarcastic or fanboi? : FushigiDenki
  • Visitors from sony defence justice league force, for great justice. : spazzium
  • ..... : warcrow
  • diddlyd? : derelict515
  • Whatever, the 360 will be the only console to survive aside from the Wii and PS3. : devi| dog
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  you're an expert in downconversion....go and research more, then you'll find the truth...by the way, let ... : burning eye
  • heh, man it gets so much worse. :) " I AM PROGRAMERS!!! PS 3 IS BETAR AT EVERYTHINGS!!!" : burning eye
• lol @ "Dumb rant! Reminds me of Gabe Newell." : DOOManiac
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  All I read was. A: "The PS3 isn't selling well." B: "It's difficult to work with because it's very... : Wombat Woo
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    I think multi-core is fine, but they were more worried about impressing people with numbers than making s... : kingdepork
    • It's a catch 22. Developers don't want to dedicate themselves to the PS3 because of the smaller install ... : liqker
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    But the 360 is multi-core? It's just not stupid about it : aggressor
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      Each core is more powerful than those on the cell, which is one of the many reasons it is easier to devel... : FushigiDenki
      • Not to mention that each core is the same architecture. So you can look at your single threaded game and... : YoYo
• all true but don't worry about it if you are not an engineer/programmer. : Enigme
• The only real issue here is install base. The PS2 was supposedly even unfriendlier to work with than the ... : aeg1x
• logic just doesn't work with fanboys. whenever you have alot of these ps3 fanboys around you're sure to ... : vassili_zaitsev
• So why did Sony go with the whole cell thing? lolcomment: "Don't like cell? What's the matter? Too DEE : Dave-A
• Man the comments there are a heaping helping of stupid : GloriousCow
• Nothing new. Pretty much every independent developer I've read posting an opinion about this topic has sa... : edgewise
• Same thing happened when the PS2 came out, I don't see what all the crying is about. : Magus
• The comments on Booth's post make me so grateful for the Shack. Even though we do get some random fanbois... : tashtego
• I get the distinct feeling the architecture used in the ps3 is way worse than the ps2. : Shodai80
• I'm pretty sure allowing the common user to comment made the internet stupider. (well ok minus the shack ... : kelerian
• Interesting stuff - I eagerly await a good rebuttal, if one is indeed possible. He's hardly saying som... : SiW73

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  How many graphics are those? : FushigiDenki
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    eleventeen : eeeealmo
    • it's gotta be at least 20. there is no way it could be less than that, just look at the chin area : MagicWishMonkey
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  yeah i braved the less than perfect framerate and played in full dx10 mode. Seriously amazing. : festivalman
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    Howd you get it to work? The 64-bit executable seems to be b0rked. : Wolfanoz
    • i'm running vista 32-bit. ran the crysis.exe and it worked fine. everything on "very high" settings. : festivalman
    • I'm running 64bit vista with the 64bit executable and it seems to work fine. : mrwolf710
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  shit son, Adventure on the 2600 looks better than that. : Degenerate
  • Moon Patrol has more anti-aliasing for sure. : FushigiDenki
• fuck me : Daggoth
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  Not to be "that guy", but since when does a good looking game automatically mean it's a great game? : Fred Garvin
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    goty = graphics of the year : FushigiDenki
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      garvin of the year : aeg1x
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        gay of the year : freakord
        • glockenspiel of the year : ChibiJosh
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    You should have said: Not to be "Fred Garvin", but since when does a good looking game automatically mean... : SockMonkeh
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      Oh come on, it's a valid point. : AlexXdude
      • I just wanted to say that. : SockMonkeh
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    well you obviously havent played it. i cant exactly take a screen shot of the gameplay now can i? : eeeealmo
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      Well, I played Far Cry and I've seen all the videos of this game. It looks good, but I didn't see anythin... : Fred Garvin
      • maybe you could play the demo instead of waxing poetic about the whole thing : kill9
    • But your initial post implies that because the cut-scene is unbelievable (assuming graphics wise), that i... : jake
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    For: The more immersive the game the, often times, more fun it is. Graphics, especially in shooters, are ... : lord cecil
    • Yeah, but I've seen games with awesome graphics that are actually pretty boring after the first four hour : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Is anyone saying this? If they are, they're not even in this thread, so why would you feel the need to c... : Chris Remo
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      well, the original post does say "goty" while only mentioning the graphics of an in-game cutscene : ermac
      • actually it starts with "wow. crysis. unbelievable." then it mentions a cutscene then it ends with ... : doomed
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      Was I wrong in the assumption that "goty" meant game of the year? : Fred Garvin
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        I had pretty much the same reaction you did : MikkleThePickle
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          as did I, though I don't feel like being a Crysis hater, I'm too worn out from the gaming nerd emotional ... : Gauss
          • hahahaha : Magus
      • sorry the screenshot was simply a part i was impressed by. the goty comment had more to do with just pla... : eeeealmo
      • I guess I can see now that "g" means graphics, but yeah... this is the first time I've seen it used that ... : BoKnows
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      CRDKWTF : Ebu
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        what does this even mean? : p4ck3tloss
        • Chris Remo doesn't know what the fuck : Ebu
  • Honestly, I can think of very few games that were genuinely amazing to look at, that weren't also fun gam... : Vincent Grayson
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  It doesn't look bad, but couldn't you show off a better screen shot if you are going to label it "goty" (... : dilutedq
  • Yea, I was about to say the same thing - I could produce much better looking shots in GOW, find a better ... : Milleh
• My computer started stuttering just loading that picture. If I buy it, it probably won't even let me put... : Vantage
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  Game developers need to learn that if they can make realistic looking humanoid faces, people will look pa... : fishbone
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    yes halo3 cutscenes remind me of graphics from about 5 years ago : kill9
    • It's not so much the facial models/textures that were bad, really, but the facial animation was just terr... : Helter Skelter
  • yes and luckily the rest of the game is fun too : eeeealmo
  • Yeah I think this will be the only game with any kind of realistic graphics that doesn't have that dead e... : SpaecKow
• downloading now. Can't fucking wait! : oatmela
• what's up with that guy's arm? It looks.. painful : itsjames
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  How does the animation hold up? It's all fine and dandy that the models look great but if the movement is... : malevolence
  • the game is unmatched visually, in all aspects. the gameplay (at least in the demo) is just like a more ... : eeeealmo
• Good preening is the foundation of any squad of super-soldiers. : P-Squid
• I'm playing it now, it's great, EP2 is the GOTY but this really is great too. : abrasion
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  The graphics are nice, and the suit is a lot of fun. I killed a man by punching a building in half. Bu... : Balboa
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    wait theres a tranquilizer gun? : eeeealmo
    • It's the tactical attachment : Balboa
• wow holy shit, i just played the demo. its just like far cry in terms of openness and freedom to choose ... : kill9
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  After playing the demo i don't think i'll be buying this. Found it pretty meh. Graphics nice ya, but the ... : flasher 907
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    Huh? Didn't have this problem at all, playing on the highest difficulty. FarCry used to be a big pain in ... : yemeth
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      I'm loving the game but he is totally right, the guns are set to a realistic mode I guess - I actually li... : abrasion
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        Strange, as I said I have been sniping enemies across pretty large distances with the reflex sights while... : yemeth
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          I'm using the silencer, maybe they actually modelled a decreased velocity on the bullet and it does less ... : abrasion
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            yea i actually noticed that too. with the silencer on it takes a lot more to kill a guy : eeeealmo
            • FUCK but it's so cool to use one! :( damn, I gotta save up ammo again anyhow, I'm creeping around and rif... : abrasion
  • according to the preview on the front page, use strength mod to steady your aim : eeeealmo
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    It takes thinking and skill to do well at this game. It's an awesome contrast to stuff like TF2. I thin... : festivalman
    • I agree, I love and hate how I can't kill these fucks easily. In normal difficulty, I'm still too scared... : abrasion
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  Oh boy, finally got Crysis working under LOLsta, wow I thought the frame rate problems were only limited ... : abrasion
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    What hardware are you running? : Kentor
    • Q6600 @ 3.2ghz, 4GB ram @ 800mhz, 8800GTS 320mb in 1280x800 on high detail (not very high) Under XP th... : abrasion
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  Is there any guns in this game besides the stock rifle, korean rifle, extra pistol and shotgun? is the pr... : abrasion
  • run the benchmark that's include and you'll see the rocket launcher. : mrwolf710
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  The demo was pretty cool, and ran just fine on my system. But I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't "u... : Magus
  • move slower and it lasts longer : eeeealmo
  • Agreed so much on the bino's - also yeah move ultra slow with cloak. : abrasion
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    As others have mentioned, slower = longer for cloak. I discovered this. It lasts a really long time if ... : trOmblyj
    • Whoa, thanks. Now if my comp would stop freezing I would try this. : Magus
• This demo was a lot of fun. I certainly will be picking this up. : tomservo
• any of you fools try playing it on one of the new imacs? if so did it run? : sKetchflow
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  How do you take screenshots? I don't remembering seeing it in the key setup. I'm still playing the ga... : freshyk
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    print screen + ctrl-v :( : eeeealmo
    • Fuck that. :( : freshyk
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    Also, is it possible to go back to single pistol once you get akimbo pistols? : freshyk
    • Mr. Woo would like a word with you. : trOmblyj
• I wanna play it bad but my computer... p4 2.4c :(.... : moe6
• What's so special about that shot? I've seen better from that game. I mostly just see the ugly, badly ali... : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• I'm pretty excited for this game. I think i'm in an RPG mood in general, though. : megarust32
• fucking awesome. hot sluts++ : eeeealmo
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  So is this game a straight up NWN style RPG? : sammyl
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    It's a great, great RPG so far. I'm really enjoying it, and the combat has a lot of those "Oh shit I can'... : Visceral Monkey
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      Hahaha. Cool. :D Can you make these potions? A lot ofthem? : Rice-Rocketeer
      • I dunno, it picked it up somewhere and just used it. I bet you can though, alchemy seems to be a big part... : Visceral Monkey
      • yup, alchemy is a big part of the game. : re4ctor
      • Yep, he relies on quite a few potions to fight the deadlier creatures. : Damodred
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      Wait, it's out? I had no idea. : Magus
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        Out in Europe, not out in the states until the 30th. : shortbuscaptain
        • It takes them a few days to censor it for the fragile American psyche. : ArB
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      Doesn't that basically mean you went into bullet mode? I mean I think that type of thing is supposed to ... : Chris Remo
      • Exactly, it's meant to show you moving ultra fast. As to the semantics, I suppose you're right. : Visceral Monkey
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      What kind of system are you running it on? : -efx-
      • AMD 4200, 8800gts, 2 gigs ram. Runs at max settings. : Visceral Monkey
    • it's out? : razlebol
• He has excellent grappling ability. I am really looking forward to this game. I have yearned for an R... : freshyk
• hadoken? : vassili_zaitsev
• Wow, that was intense. Has to be the best game cinematic I've seen since Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War. : Matt Burris
• Awesome, they really nailed the expression on his face : GloriousCow
• Holy shit, that was the most awesome thing ever. That's the 1st story from the 1st book :D Total, tota... : Damodred
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  I would probably pick this up if it came out via Steam or some other download service. : byorn
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    It's so strange that now I only want to buy games from steam. It just makes life so much simpler. : Anti_dentite
    • AGREED. It is so nice. : byorn
• that was very witchin' : Postal
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  whoa, that is bitchin. : Magus
  • The Bitcher : dodob
• ?? I don't get it, this is an old video, somethings different though. : duncandun
• Well, it doesn't suck like the other video for the game. : RatBastard
• So what is the deal with this game, is it a system hog? will it run on older systems? (gpu wise, I have a... : dilutedq
• i really liked the profile shots of his expressions, they were perfect : yAak
• damn, someone's on the rag : Bantis
• Picked it up yesterday along with the just-released Metroid Prime 3. Very much looking forward to both, p... : nudel
• HADOUKEN! : Hoax
• That's a scenario from one of the books! I'm so hot for this game right now. : cause&effect
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  What is the gameplay in this like? Is it a 3rd person action game with rpg elements or something else? : ArB
  • RPG heavy, with action elements. Your trigger certain combat moves in order to get max effects. : Visceral Monkey
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  The game is seriously great, it just sucks you in, this is definitely gonna be up there for sleeper hit ... : EagleSweet
  • Did you play it? : razlebol
• my Birthday is 01/02/1900 : gmd
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  OK, I've been playing for just over a day now and here's my verdict so far: This is the RPG GOTY. It's... : Visceral Monkey
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    So, you like RPGs? Buy this. FUCK : Kaerof
    • Watch, now everyone will hate it. Visceral Monkey like it! RUN AWAY!!! : Visceral Monkey
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    Woah there, GOTY ? When is Mass Effect coming out ? Isn't it 2007 ? : Chrrs
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      No, RPG GOTY. Best RPG. : Visceral Monkey
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        Mass effect is an RPG : duncandun
        • Yea, apologies. I should have said "Fantasy RPG". I realized it after I hit POST. : Visceral Monkey
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    It's not actually in stores yet is it? You only got it via your expatriot brother or something? Want to p... : Goncyn
    • Yea, you're hosed for a few more days :( : Visceral Monkey
  • I'm guessing you got an imported copy as it's not out in the US; so does it have boobies all over the pla... : judge
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    yeah they took out tits for the US version : judge
    • fuck that : duncandun
    • whoa, I am definitely ordering this from the UK then if the $ difference isn't much, lol. : Magus
• how does this play on a shitty old laptop with an ATi X1300? Minimum specs? Saw it out in stores and co... : ThrillKill

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• not at all, its a really good flick : Jayx77
• enjoy. i liked it (well i liked the 1st 1/2) : jedi_27
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  no because there isn't a whole lot of plot to miss. just lots of good action : kill9
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    But I might miss out on Bernie Mack : rosewood
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      honestly i don't even remember him being in the movie : kill9
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        Is this blondie going to be important? I mean, they keep key framing her so I'm going to guess yes. : rosewood
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          no, not really at all. : xxiv
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            But she has an incredibly sexy accent too : rosewood
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              that's why she is important : dealie
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                She just took shit out of the DoD on an SD card. Security has gone to shit in the Bush administration : rosewood
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                  i thought her role was pretty important. : Korban
                  • Hey, we get both hotties in the movie together! At the hoover dam ... wtf? : rosewood
      • he was the used car dealer that sold bumblebee to sam. : xxiv
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  I wish I could climb trees : rosewood
  • i fell in love with a beautiful highway. : Big Luke
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  Who plays the cop that is questioning Sam after the junk yard thing ? : rosewood
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    Rick Gomez. He played Sgt. Luz in Band of Brothers. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327078/ : malevolence
    • I knew he looked damned familiar : rosewood
    • holy crap! that's right! i kept wondering where the hell i've seen him before. : Korban
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    err fuck, I accidentally lol'd this. Sorry! : aaarrrgh
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      I need every lol I can get : rosewood
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        ok, return my favour, and lol one of my posts! : aaarrrgh
        • Thank you! : aaarrrgh
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  This movie is such bullshit. A black man runs from the FBI, he gets shot. : rosewood
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    Yep. that's the part where I had problems suspending disbelief too. Not the giant robots, they seemed per... : weaselmeister
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      It is a movie, there are certain things that I can take for granted. In ghostbusters, there are ghosts. ... : rosewood
      • Awesome! Voight called him a robit! : rosewood
• Okay, too much Sam : rosewood
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  Hey Joey Knish! : rosewood
  • This movie has more character actors than commercials on cable TV : rosewood
• The original? No, that movie ruled. : Omaha
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  Wait ... did I miss something? How did star whatever fail him again? The fucker was just unfrozen? I g... : rosewood
  • I said the exact same thing when I saw the flick. My older brother, huge old school transformer fan, e... : uglysad
  • Well Some of the Transformers lines come from either the original series or the first film, The Trans : rosewood
  • they have a history. : steelsamurai
  • Yeah, and how come Megatron knows English? : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Okay, the product placement in this movie really reaches just absurd levels. : rosewood
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    They can advertise Megan Fox as much as they'd want - I'd do things to her that the United Nations would ... : TastyWheat
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      the eyes, am I rite? : rosewood
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        The everything. : TastyWheat
        • She was all over wwtdd and the superficial et al when the movie was out, and then she kind of fell off. : rosewood
  • this entire thread is a rosewood commercial! : porp
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  mmmm....basted lamb : Borzoi
  • With a good chutney : rosewood
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  I'm torn. Half of me wants to tell you stop shacking & watch the fucking movie. The other half says: Tran... : My Documents
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    Too late, the movie is over. You can stop feeling torn. Really, I don't think I missed a god damned t... : rosewood
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      I now hate you, sir, and also you have no soul. : Amnesty_intl2
      • Now there is the basted lamb I was looking for. : rosewood

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  debates have to have two sides, i don't think there's any argument on this one : electroly
  • ...and there is NO ONE on the Shack to defend Lucas and his Star Wars baby? : m0rfus
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  when he started out Lucas>Speilberg. but he got lost somewhere along the line after ESB and Speilberg is... : beastrabban
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    Uh, Spielberg started off with Duel and Jaws. Spielberg was always the king, always will be. : Serpico74
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      American Grafitti and Star Wars is a more than adequate counter for those two. and IIRC, Raiders of the L... : edgewise
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        I disagree, but then again I'm a fan of how tight those first two films are. They are like perfect little : Serpico74
        • Plus while Raiders was Lucas' idea, it was Spielberg's execution that made it classic. : Serpico74
    • never liked Duel very much.. it was a made for TV movie and I can just never dissasociate that from my mi... : beastrabban
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  Spielberg because of his longevity and ability to hone his craft toward multiple genres. I disagree with : icon_of_syn
  • THX 1138, American Graffiti, and Star Wars are all still great movies. : Serpico74
• I don't think too many people will be voting for Lucas. maybe g0nk. : stump
• take a look at IMDB and see what Lucas' plans are for 2008!! # Red Tails (2008) (announced) (executive... : m0rfus
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  Lucas. Not because OF his films, but the technology that he has ushered in to film making with his films.... : g0nk
  • So Lucas = id software? : Lunatic Angelic
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    This is very very true. Where would modern film be today without ILM? : beastrabban
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      ILM, Digital Film Cameras, Blue Screening (probably didnt invent it, but damn if he perfected it), THX So... : g0nk
      • Pixar... : Jonathan
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        How Star Wars Changed the World: http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091465/www.wired.com/wired/a... : sonicstorm
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          your source is a bunch of horseshit! : m0rfus
          • Ok... well as you're content to think poorly of Lucas I guess we'll move on. : Jonathan
          • Looks pretty accurate to me. : Slowtreme
    • You don't think another company would've filled that gap? : Vincent Grayson
  • This is actually a very good point. I don't think Lucas is a great director or a great writer really,... : K1Bond007
• I like them both. If I had to pick one, it'd be Spielberg because I like E.T. and the Goonies. : dmason
• While I think Lucas is best kept from the script and actors, I think he's able to create amazing visuals ... : Jonathan
• lucas had the ideas, spielberg had the talent : -=kodiak=-
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  follow up: should debating be limited to achievement and/or movies? : m0rfus
  • Lucas loses in the looks department too. : jvox
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  Schendler's List EOT : Str8Dog
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    ^^ great makeout movie : dmason
    • ...i thought it was. : m0rfus
    • A more offensive spectacle, I cannot recall. : Bold
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    Schendler had a list too? How many frickin lists were there? : Medster
    • Schneidler had a really good list and nobody gave him any kind of props. : jvox
    • Schendler's Top 10 : Saman
  • and Empire of the Sun : cpt_gloval
• Spielberg in a fucking landslide. : soggybagel
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  Jurassic Park, EOT : Jackass1233
  • needs more love : BoKnows
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    still the best use of CGI in any movie : headbone
    • I agree! ...and was done by Lucas' company ILM : Dingbat
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  Spielberg is light years beyond Lucas. : freshyk
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    You could even say the force is with Spielberg. : soggybagel
    • hahahaha, A++++ : metralgia
• Spielburg is scrappy. He could take him. : BanjoBoy
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  The Original Star Wars trilogy is better than anything Spielberg every made, but the new Star Wars trilog... : re4ctor
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    umm no, nice thoughts though : sleepyvt
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      I'm not saying Lucas is better, I just like Star Wars more than anything Spielberg has done. Spielberg ha... : re4ctor
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        its apparent your intelligence is what is keeping your mind that of an 8 year old. : m0rfus
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          K, so you liking a guy who made movies about aliens, sharks and dinosaurs isn't the same thing? : re4ctor
          • hahaha. i can't believe m0rfus just immediately went there on you, it's just so *shack* you two should... : PlanetPerfecto
      • WTF? Spielberg continues to make great movies. The last ten years have been as great as any other high pe... : Serpico74
• Lucas has a great imagination but he can't write. Spielberg has a great eye for setting up shots and can... : Haku-Jin
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  HIJACK! Lucas within the last 10 years vs Bay? : exigence7
  • Honestly, I'd still take Lucas. In the last ten years Bay has fucked up everything he's touched. All had ... : K1Bond007
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  they are both great directors and story tellers. what the fuck is wrong with you people : Flynn
  • We need to figure this out for the top 10 list! : midgetherder
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  lucas has never won the Academy award, for a reason. Star wars was awesome, but that shit was 20+ years a... : oatmela
  • amen to this statement sir : m0rfus
  • Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock also never won an Academy Award so I guess they were bad... : Jonathan
• Spielberg easy. : TastyWheat
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  Treasonous words! Your insolence will not be tolerated, felled by a light saber you may be! THE FOR... : Darth Sissy
  • ...said the Lucas fanboi. : m0rfus
• christ. more bitching about lucas and spielberg. they've done more with creativity, like it or not, t... : xxiv
• This isn't even a fair contest; Lucas hasn't been relevant as a film director since 1977. : mn3m0n1c
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  Spielberg. Jaws. : heff
  • whoa, i was a couple of letters off reading your 2nd word. lol : vassili_zaitsev
• This is a question? Reading a list of Spielberg's work is like reading a "best movies of the modern era"... : Arcanum
• I thought they were gay lovers. :\ : Koral06
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  Lucas isn't the world's best director or writer of dialogue but I think it's unfair and inaccurate to cha... : action wombmate
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    There's nothing clever about Lucas. Not all immensely popular things are clever by any means, they succee... : SpaecKow
    • Actually, Lucas is quite well-known for taking a VERY active role in his collaboration with set designers... : Bold
• For what his movies meant to me, Lucas by far. I would never say Spielberg is bad but his movies have by ... : -efx-
• Lucas is a writer, Spielberg a director. I don't think you can compare them directly, although Lucas dire... : matthaeus
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  lucas may not be the greatest writer or director, but in terms of technical achievements, he is, by far, ... : aaarrrgh
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    And I'm not just talking visual achievements either. Star Wars can be accurately pinpointed as the movie ... : aaarrrgh
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      I don't really disagree with you, but if you're going to talk about blockbuster making I think you should : SpaecKow
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        I see your point. You could argue that Lucas invented the art of the blockbuster, whereas Spielberg did m... : aaarrrgh
        • Yes he is definitely rare in that regard. : SpaecKow
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        Actually Jaws is considered the first blockbuster therefore the edge is to Spielberg again. : Super Sparker
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          Oh yes you're right it was officially certified by the blockbuster association of america - what? I ... : SpaecKow
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            I was in line around the block to see Jaws opening weekend a couple years before Star Wars came out. It W... : Old_Fart
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              Ok sure, it was a blockbuster movie, but if Jaws was a blockbuster then so were many other films before i... : SpaecKow
              • You're missing a key point: it was a SUMMER blockbuster. THAT is why Jaws was revolutionary, since summer : Bold
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          Yep, this is correct. Spielberg is largely credited with "inventing" the summer blockbuster with Jaws, an : Bold
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            Ok so in my post the main thing that I said was "this is always going to be a debatable point and highly ... : SpaecKow
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              Let's look at your sarcastic response: Oh yes you're right it was officially certified by the blockbuste : Bold
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                Well what I think is that you should PM me shit like this from now on. I will read it and I will reply to... : SpaecKow
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                  well, just throw a few shrimp on the barbie and pop a couple Foster's and things will be OK. : Old_Fart
                  • Things are already OK :) : SpaecKow
        • I forgot about Jaws. Another good point. : aaarrrgh
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    "in terms of technical achievements, he is, by far, the most important director of the last century" r... : aethyr
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      As I said, he brought Surround Sound to the masses. And so many companies would not have existed had ... : aaarrrgh
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        Obviously with Steve Jobs and so fourth. The rest is history, and man, now I feel like watching the incre... : aaarrrgh
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          When you say technical, you must mean computers or something. When I think technical, I think of advance... : aethyr
          • Well there was some stuff that Lucas did with special effects that were all analog pre-computer technolog... : SpaecKow
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            even in surround sound, he wasn't the first: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=337317&rl=1... : aethyr
            • He wasn't the first, but when Star Wars came out, only 70 movie theaters all over the states were equippe... : aaarrrgh
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            cinematography would be.. well.. cinematography in book. lighting goes under mise-en-scene. camera qu... : aaarrrgh
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              Lucas didn't invent surround sound, Dolby Labs did, and Logan's Run was the first film that had it (see m... : aethyr
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                also, I'm not saying Lucas is a bad director (certainly not in his early career), or that his films aren'... : aethyr
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                  you seem to twist my words quite a bit. not the greatest != bad. The second statement, I don't even under : aaarrrgh
                  • oh wait, I misunderstood your statement. Disregard this. : aaarrrgh
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                I didn't claim that he invented it anywhere. I wrote 'brought it to the masses'. He was not the first to ... : aaarrrgh
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                  if you want to watch a film that's technical masterpiece, watch Strike or Battleship Potemkin or somethin... : aethyr
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                    I am well aware well with the works of Eisenstein. examples from his movies have been used a few througou... : aaarrrgh
                    • a few times* : aaarrrgh
• Is this really a debate? : rosewood
• Recently, in an interview about Indy 4 Spielberg summed it up super good... Spielberg said that the wa : dael
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  I'm looking at it as how many bad movies have the made. Lucas is responsible for the Star Wars prequels,... : mtgDoofy
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    I always thought that AI wasn't a bad movie, by any means. But to me, it really felt as if the first half... : aaarrrgh
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      In his major filmography the only thing I see him fucking up in any way approaching the prequels was Hook... : SpaecKow
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        he has fantasies with children? and you like it ? : doomed
        • lol spielberg is a pedo : SpaecKow
• I think both suck and that's my honest opinion :( : GreatGooglyMoogly