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  I read that URL as penisvsgurl.com : pancake humper
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    penis wins. : thekidd
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      always : pancake humper
      • Not in a trial. : lightsam
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  that's a pretty good youtube beginners guide too! : cause&effect
  • and my english sucks today, those videos are well done, nice work. : cause&effect
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  whoa, nice style and look. this has evolved into a very good guide. submit to digg? lol : askedrelic
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    also, the images down at the bottom arent loading previews for me? do you have thumbnails setup for them? : askedrelic
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      fixed. for some reason that part of the code screws up for no reason. : thekidd
      • much better. awesome work dude! : askedrelic
• Nicely put together..it is now a fav!! : cjcharv
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  Can you please fix the spelling of conscious from conscience. It's making my teeth ache. I am not a gr : AhmNee
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    nope, it stays. : thekidd
    • You make me sad. Come, Patsy. : AhmNee
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  How about pointing out that people cannot hear you or read what you type when you are dead? But at the s... : laurgasms
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    What? I think they can hear/see what you write when you're dead? : Colleton
    • Only other dead people can. : laurgasms
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      Maybe it's a server setting. I could've sworn hearing and seeing text from dead people (it's prefixed wi... : bcyde
      • I think it is, I'm not sure which servers are set to which, but I know at least in the shack servers that... : laurgasms
      • Yeah me too. Knowing the settings if there are any would change the way i communicate. : romulan
      • Yes, that's what I've seen as well. : Colleton
      • Yep I've seen that. It's made me confused about the actual deadspeak rules. : Johnny Law
  • Good game last night, BTW. You're badass as a Pyro. : AhmNee
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    If people haven't learned this lesson yet from CS:S or other team-based multilayer FPS, I have to wonder ... : dkrulz
    • You'd think, but it's sad to see "GUYS, PYRO AROUND THAT CORNER. GUYS DIDNT YOU HEAR ME I JUST SAID... YO... : laurgasms
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      Considering pre-Counter-Strike games didn't have this I don't think it's fair to assume that TF2 would be... : SockMonkeh
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        At least have them all the same. I always assume, especially in 2fort, that people can read what i'm typ... : romulan
        • Yeah, that's why I fucking hate it. : SockMonkeh
      • It was a nice idea in CS, but I think generally it shouldn't be how these games operate - partly because ... : Fayk
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    Type also? I thought it was just voice... : romulan
    • voice : romulan
  • I almost always type important messages twice. Once the moment I die, so that anyone else who is dead can... : ConfusedUs
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  No ones ever on the Shack\x/est server. :[ : My Documents
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays it's full when the ShackWest practice goes on. : bcyde
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    yeah, we have a bit of a problem reaching critical mass. but tues/thurs 9-11pm we're packed. : hirez
    • awesome games last night :D : mikecyb
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      It's the time zones. The east coasters start earlier and jump on the servers they have better pings to a... : bcyde
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        Well I don't play on West because my ping is double what it is on 69 and Dallas and it seems everytime I ... : K1Bond007
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          the password to west is the SAME as the other servers. EXCEPT for 9-11pm on Tuesdays/Thursdays. : hirez
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            Which is what I said. Even when it's the same, people are still asking what the password is and I'm not t... : K1Bond007
            • /shrug. its posted in the same place passwords are usually posted. I dont know what else to do. : hirez
  • Tuesday/Thursday 9-11PM PST We often stay later than that, and if I see anyone on there, I'll try and... : dopeman
• BTW kidd alerted me last night that there was an official "asshat," on the Dallas server. I was preoccup... : RyDogg1
• great page. Looking forward to playing more of it. Had a great time dying last time I played. : Fredrik S
• tf2.helpmewithmygirlproblems.com is run by me. : electroly
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  I kinda disagree with medics not using the syringe gun. if your team won't protect you, you should be de... : deject
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    Whenever a Spy shanks my heavy buddy I break out the syringe gun and chase the Spy around. I must avenge! : helvetica
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      I always feel bad when a spy takes out my heavy friend because I always see the guy coming but I never pu... : electroly
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        I always try to take out the medic first but if I miss him and run past by accident I'll just nail the He... : SockMonkeh
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          Dodging spies is so hard as a medic. You get tunnelvision, you get into the flow of just frantically loo... : electroly
          • lols : rosewood
          • Happens to the best of us :( : Waffles!
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        I just hate when I can't properly verbalize that my friend is about to get stabbed in the back. my best ... : deject
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          That's happened to me so many times. I scream out "SPY BEHIND YOU!" but then realize no one knows who th... : DHAvatar
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            You know how when you're being healed it shows "Healer: whoever" on your screen with their ubercharge and... : electroly
            • so you know he's talking to you : electroly
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          Same here, I usually end up saying "OH NO!" right before they get hit with the knife. I'm working on imp... : helvetica
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            I've had some good success with "BEHIND US" or "TURN AROUND". Quick and to-the-point. : electroly
            • I usually say "(name), SPY CHECK" : TastyWheat
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          Yeah. I've tried the approach of whipping out my needlegun to engage, but that doesn't work either. I : Johnny Law
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            I would agree with deject, BTW, that a blanket needlegun ban isn't right. If you haven't yet found a hig... : Johnny Law
            • I seem to consistently get a huge number of crits with the needle gun, too. I don't know if that's inten... : electroly
      • It's usually a run-by-stabbing so you almost have no time to react, or if it's not, you're the first one ... : DHAvatar
  • Yeah, I feel sorry for medics that heal me as a pyro for long periods of time since pyros have to get in ... : bcyde
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    Bonesaw is quite effective actually. I've killed many a person with it. : exigence7
    • ^^ this is true, I was getting killed by medics with this tactic recently and tried it out with great suc... : Frozen Pixel
    • this is true, if I'm fairly close I have a much higher chance of getting out the bonesaw, although I usua... : deject
  • I don't think it's ever a good idea to uber a spy either. : romulan
• Great tips on engineer building placement! : OmegaRed59
• hey whoever fixed for IE7 THANK YOU : yay4furryanimals
• To add to a tip for the engineer, if you accidentally press "4", you can also just fire (press left click... : DHAvatar
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  Stupid question, but how do I get voice coms working in the game? I had it enabled in the options and... : Colleton
  • Yes, bind it in keyboard controls. : SockMonkeh
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    yeah, hold down "v" to talk : electroly
    • Awesome, thank you. : Colleton
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  I liked the original title better. : pupismyname
  • really? I liked it too, but felt that people might not have understood what i was going for. : thekidd
• One thing I never see anyone mention is the fact that on many capture points you don't actually have to s... : sharpie
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  Awesome -- I just started playing TF2 a week or two ago, so this is very helpful. A few questions: ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • 1) Wrench! Apply directly to the Sapper! Wrench! Apply directly to the Sapper! 2) constant flaming ... : Johnny Law
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    1) Hit them with your wrench 2) The closer you are and the more you flame them the more damage you do ... : SockMonkeh
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      While staying closer to your burning target will put 'em down more quickly, it also leaves you open to re... : Bold
      • This is true. : SockMonkeh
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    for the heavy you have better accuracy at close range, so it's great for taking out pesky pyros hiding ar... : dedgecko
    • I love torching the medic in a heavy/medic combo. The heavy usually dies very quickly without the support... : Colleton
• nice, thanks! : sikander
• Is there a link to this on the shack steam page? : Mmmmmoo
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  i didn't see it listed on your site, but can't you pause ubercharges after releasing them by swapping to ... : bfzzzz
  • ooh, so that's how you do that! I've been hit by rockets and accidentally ubered myself sometimes :( : Frozen Pixel
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    Yeah you can save it for later. Just be careful, i got sniped doing this last night. Also, if you're on... : romulan
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      Also, the uber timer doesn't stop when you switch, meaning you can't turn it back on some 5 minutes later... : romulan
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        ah, i didnt realize that. good to know. : bfzzzz
        • yeah, basically the longer you wait between switches the less the uber you use. it's still better to use... : romulan
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  2Fort strat - Medic+Soldier combo. Soldier rocket jumps up the grate room. Medic uses uber to run by any ... : Reavers!
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    By that reasoning, you should just be able to run by with medic and soldier together. : famine101
    • medic's faster though : Draugluin
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  Oh, also also also, I'm totally stupid. THANKS TO pup for redesigning the page and making it look good... : thekidd
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    word : pupismyname
    • pup you rule : boomstickah
  • get not work safe to make a logo for you : RikiTiki2
• this guide DELIVERS! awesome work. : m0rfus
• nice guide, thanks : GMRiggs
• Heavy tip: Right click with the fist punches with the right hand. Totally cosmetic, but it's still awesom... : aeg1x
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  Does hitting buildings with your wrench really make them build faster? It doesn't make you lose metal, do... : crummynz
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    faster, yes, but not much. and no you don't lose metal during the first build. : pyide
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      Not much? I think it doubles the build rate : Robotic Puppy Eater
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        i haven't timed it, but i find it much faster when it's safe to resupply and build 2-4 things at a time r... : pyide
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          sure, but if you've got to get that dispenser up asap, and don't have anywhere else to go, whack that sum... : edgewise
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            well of course :P i'm not exactly sure about this but do multiple engineers hitting the same thing mak... : pyide
            • yes : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • I'd say much faster, close to 2x as fast. : edgewise
    • you're all stupid and did not watch the engineer video. : thekidd
• Sniper tip: when dueling other snipers the best strategy is not to hide behind a wall and charge up to ma... : aeg1x
• At a map that has setup time, do the entire team and damage yourself. Typo or fetish? : Ebu
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  For a serious site please remove those sentry location videos. While they are interesting, they are quit... : alias
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSYgBBWdRNQ This is very nice as well. Whoever created that is quite g... : alias
  • I threw them away. : thekidd
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    just because it's not the best mode doesn't mean it's useless. so what if it can be done better? let peop... : RikiTiki2
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      I try to accomplish the goal set out. Using less effective ideas doesn't generally allow that to happen. : alias
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        that's because TF2 is serious business. much like the internet : RikiTiki2
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          Er, ok? Don't see where that came from. It is a competitive game you know... : alias
          • maybe w/ clans and shit, but I'm sure I don't speak for myself when I play TF2 for fun. if I can laugh my... : RikiTiki2

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• I of course remember being awestruck running Q2 in 640x480 with a Voodoo2 card. Everything is relativ... : steelsamurai
• no its a good thing you nancy : boomstickah
• Have you tried overclocking your card? I know we both got the same one and mine runs at 700/1000 just fi... : skunk_ape
• there is never too much. if you can't run the game now, don't buy it now and play it later. it's good the... : pyide
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  Its artistic direction is intrinsically tied to its technical demands, so I see why they did what they di... : Chris Remo
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    So is this the future? WHy build a machine that can't run it well? Where will you be in 3 years? : boomstickah
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      Because I like to also keep money that is used for other things, like savings and rent and food. Als... : Chris Remo
      • lol : bipolar
      • hahahaha : Amadan
      • that GPU benchmark flythrough is finny it's so demanding. My quad core with 8800GT gets about 15fps (hack... : Cygnus X-1
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      The future? PC gaming used to always stress your machine to the limit. : Chod
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        Well, not every game, but every couple of years there'd be a benchmark/system stressing title. : EvilDolemite
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          STRIKE COMMANDER! : Drewus
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            More like Computer raper, I remember having a 286 when that was announced :/ : abrasion
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              I remember my dad bringing it home from work so I could try it out. It ran like pure arse, even on the lo... : Drewus
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                I don't even know if it looked that good - I know commanche was amazing kind of : abrasion
                • I recently reinstalled commanche... it looks like ass now. go figure. : vertdang
    • in three years i won't be playing crysis... even if it is good... i'll be playing call of duty 6 :) : megreedy
    • in three years i won't be playing crysis... even if it is good... i'll be playing call of duty 6 :) : megreedy
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    I made this point a while ago, and was honestly surprised more people didnt agree. I don't think Crysis w... : Tommy Toolbag
    • I loved Far Cry when it came out, even though it didn't run very well on my system at the time. I expect... : Arcanum
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    It's odd though, that they would be confident enough to release a game that dips into that realm of slugg... : EvilDolemite
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      Yeah, I don't think other PC games are going to catch up to Crysis for a while. As hardware improves, we... : Chris Remo
      • yeah, who could beat it? Its clearly ahead of the Unreal 3 engine which won't get a big rev for awhile. i... : derelict515
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    I totally agree. I think they're limiting their potential market by a significant amount. there isn't eve... : erotic sock
    • The issue with making it run on consoles isn't graphics. It's RAM. : Arcanum
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      I'm not so sure they're limiting their market overall. If Crysis wasn't "THE" new high-end graphics benc... : DinK
      • You also have to remember that a AAA engine like this one (it really is impressive - full physics, amazin... : Felraiser
• Yeah but it looks incredible and truely leaves Bioshock, Portal and COD4 in the dark ages. : abrasion
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  30fps is "barely playable"? What wacky alternate dimension do you live in? : Dslyecxi
  • thats 30 at the high end. as Remo mentioned, single digit fps is common. : Tommy Toolbag
• Whenever a game comes along that I can't run nicely at the resolution/settings I want, I just calculate h... : ovrlrd
• I like it, it used to always be like this every couple years with a new iD game or something else. Not th... : derelict515
• That sound's like my story =P : Malku
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  If you change Crysis' settings to be comparable to the graphical level of Bioshock or Ep2, it still run's... : Drewus
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    Yah. Background is the worst part of my experience. The characters all look sleek and clear, but the tre... : Malku
    • This can be fixed by enabling AA, but even 2x AA brings the game to a crawl. Guess it's just something yo... : Drewus
• There are a lot of great games out that run alright on my current computer, and being able to play them a... : wasylm
• Too much. OK guy. Tell that to next year's video card. We'll be running Crysis at max detail at 60+ FP... : Priest77
• I personally enjoy playing games on the Source engine with everything maxed more than playing games like ... : Begawkiness
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  You people thinking 1600x1200 is std are ... well.... laughable. the 360 is still more powerful than mos... : GeorgeB3DR
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    CoD4 runs at 60fps doesn't it? Pretty fucking amazing achievement imo, considering it's probably the best... : aeg1x
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      CoD4 is a pretty low tech game, believe it or not. it's nowhere near as complex as something like crysis... : GeorgeB3DR
      • Yeah I figured as much. It's only now with Crysis that I'm starting to think dynamically lit games are lo... : aeg1x
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      lol CoD4 looks good...but its just a super modified Quake 3 engine. : glio1337
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        Really? I thought it was their own proprietary engine. : djkenohki
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          like how source is a new engine built on top of quake 1 : CoRDS
          • I'm pretty sure this isn't true of the source engine. True of the Half Life 1 engine, but I read somewher... : S1ing B1ade
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      cod4 on 360/ps3 runs at 1024x600. way less pixels than even 1024x768. so much for hd gaming :) : duka
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        huh? you have a link to where this is said? : Mr.Fusion
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          just read this thread http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=43330 a guy just found a way to check w... : duka
          • the game looks fucking amazing on an HDTV. [COD4 360] : PlanetPerfecto
      • same as Halo 3, no? Kind of lame that they're dropping below 720p even if the difference isn't too notice... : aeg1x
      • uh...no. no where close to widescreen : freakord
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    The reason why ppl run games at 1600x1200 for instance is its because their native resolution of their LC... : gyokuro
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      This matters if you are looking at windows and small text. It does not matter for games. Not to 98% of ... : GeorgeB3DR
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        I find it kinda softens things up nicely sometimes. Like a TV. : Cygnus X-1
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          free AA! : aeg1x
          • lol : jo3
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        i agree, I haven't done much gaming since I got this big widescreen lcd (since my PC isn't exactly new), ... : moe6
        • what the shit :(. I thought it ate my post before :( : moe6
      • I agree, especially as someone who only recently acquired himself a nice large lcd. The visual difference... : moe6
      • People are just snobs with too much money. Even when I owned a 24 inch monitor I only played my games at ... : Hello Kitty
      • Agreed. The only major downside to running games at non-native res is all the windows on the monitor to t... : nudel
      • For FPS maybe. It matters a lot more in RTS games where you need clear, sharp details to read the small t... : jrock
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        poor warcrow, his crysis is going to be a tiny, tiny little box on his monitor : cdbeckman
        • * B U Y A 4 8 6 ' d * : PlanetPerfecto
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        A fairly common resolution these days is 1680x1050 widescreen. Unfortunately most games support very few ... : flasher 907
        • Yes, this is the problem I face with the games I play; lack of fullscreen widescreen resolutions besides ... : Renalicious
        • You have to 'hack in' 1280x800 - I do it myself. : abrasion
      • I can agree with you that most people it doesn't matter however there is a massive difference in picture ... : Chod
    • This is why I will be the last person on earth to buy an LCD monitor for gaming. I've owned one of those ... : skinlab133
    • I disagree. I've had an Apple Cinemadisplay 20" (1680x1050) for many years now and almost all games I DO... : MR 9000
  • I'd gladly run in a lower resolution if shit didn't get kind of blurry when I run lower than my native re... : feek
  • Please do something : Priest77
  • I agree completely, even though I play in 1680x1050. Dropping the res doesn't phase me all that much, eve... : glio1337
  • Well said, GeorgeB. : SockMonkeh
  • Thank you George for pointing out the fantasy land a lot of young gamers live in. I was discussing this t... : AirElijah
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    +INF this motherfucker. the pc noobs need to learn something about pc gaming history. it has always be... : SlamDunk
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      Exactly!!. Our technology has always advanced faster then console tech. When say, HL came out, it took a ... : unholydonuts
      • Right. You can't bitch about your card not running Crysis at max (because you bought the damn card befor... : Jobos
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    Fucking thank you. Can't get good frame rates, uh first thing I always do is drop the resolution. : RyDogg1
    • I'm ecstatic when I can get a game to run at 1024x768 at over 30 fps =\ : Agrona
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      Yep, remember our old friend, mr. fillrate? Remember Carmack's blogs about how many passes DOOM 3 was do... : jake
      • I'm still waiting for my monster fill rate 300fps Quake 3 graphics card from Bitboys. : three-d
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    That's strange... I have a pretty low-budget PC (xp4200, 8600GT), and it seems to run Gears of War bette... : ^rec
    • The IBM CPUs on the consoles are pretty much shit. The video card in the 360 also shows it age next to ... : Athlon7
  • That's why console gameing these days is mostly superior to PC gaming: you can run console games on a 42"... : MatzL.E.
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    Well the 3 cpu cores in the 360 are IBM PPC cores, not the more advanced Intel or AMD architectures of th... : Beady
    • You should read the articles Jon Stokes did at Ars a while back. It's true that the Core is much more pow... : Merconium
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    We expect a lot because very high end PC's can handle it. We expect a lot because as of right now, and th... : unholydonuts
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      *bravo* I don't think that you could have avoided his arguments in a more clever fashion had you tried : p4ck3tloss
      • This reply is awesome, thank you for making it : pharoah mike
    • Where were the quad core processors in Late 2005 when the 360 was released? closest thing would be a Netb... : Toraz Chryx
    • Lost Coast came out a year after HL2. : mockery
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    It was definitely a painful and humbling experience to have a play a game in 1024x768 in such a long time... : freshyk
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      you know, in my day, we had to run games at 320x200... AND WE LIKED THEM THAT WAY. You kids today with... : Toraz Chryx
      • Yep, Syndicate was a real treat at 640x350 or whatever the heck it ran in. : abrasion
    • Why on earth do you feel that way about 1024 x 768? A 720p HDTV has fewer rows of pixels. 768 > 720. And ... : AirElijah
  • I can do it with most games. Bioshock runs at 40fps for me at 1920x1080 with everything on max. I have a ... : razlebol
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    I disagree. 1) 1280x720 is "enough" for consoles because the screen is 6-8 feet away. 2) Trends in ... : flasher 907
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      But Bioshock is a totally static environment with a very enclosed environment. No vehicles, no clouds, no... : Dynotaku
      • Well this went in the wrong place. : Dynotaku
      • Yeah the draw distance doesn't need to be huge in Bioshock. You aren't outdoors where you can see for mil... : AirElijah
    • Sitting further away is canceled by having a much larger screen (TV). George is right: most games are ... : tigeN
  • What was the name of that game that was supposed to have been out like 10 years ago that everyone was loo... : vitek r
  • Well said! Some advice to Oatmela - Rather than sitting there whining about your nerdy setup and sayi... : kickmyass
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    Annnnnd... somewhere along the way in the mad quest for cramming in more eye candy and less gameplay feat... : an_avenger
    • The point is you DON'T need that shit as long as you are willing to drop the resolution. Why do you need ... : tigeN
  • 1600x1200 is standard, and so is the native resolution of any LCD monitor on the market right now. When ... : finger
  • I was with you right up until you said "lesser or even equal hardware" on the PC. Are you saying that peo... : Schnapple
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    to GeorgeB3DR. Half-Life 2 is DX9. It's obvious you don't know much about pc games if you don't even know... : mrhankeydinks
    • Are you retarded or a Troll? I'd put my money on George knowing more about the directX interfaces use... : esecasco
    • You had to create this account just for this post? Some pointers. 1) Learn how to construct a sentence.... : Tripps
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    George, Please read the following article: http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/xbox360-2.ars Co... : dynamo
    • Simple answer to your findings. Consoles are a closed platform. The developer knows exactly what they c... : Tripps
  • My PC was more powerful than the Xbox 360 on the day the 360 shipped. I've been playing at a res over 16... : monofurioso
  • Personally, I've been really happy with the slowdown in the pace of graphics improvements. Graphics are a... : S1ing B1ade
  • George is mad at the people expecting to play Crysis at high resolutions because they've just switched ov... : moneyshot
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  Need more cores. : Agrona
  • No way. It's all the graphics card. CPUs do very little for game performance, comparing midrange to high ... : tigeN
• You know the same thing was said of Trespasser... : ghost in my shell
• there are so many good games coming out i'm actually gonna hold off on Crysis until i upgrade my system. : gyokuro
• I can't play it as I get massive mouse lag... turned off post-processing (or set to low) and it didn't ch... : paravis
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  I just downloaded and played this at 1900x1200 on high... it ran rather smooth except for cutscenes. i... : ghost in my shell
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    in the bin32 directory : moshman
    • thanks! : ghost in my shell
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  I run TF2 at 640x480, all settings to low and I love it. : Porkasaurus
  • Wireframe mode for the masses! : Spoetzl
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  Eh, just drop the resolution a couple of notches and play it there? : Loki-Tek
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    On my 24" widescreen those low resolutions look like aliased crap. : oatmela
    • back in the day, we were stuck at 320 x 200. 800 x 600 isn't all that bad, but I admit it's like steppin... : the archvile
    • Your LCD must have a sucky scaler. I have the Dell 2405 and I never play anything at 1920x1200. I'd much ... : Dynotaku
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    Maybe i'm just weird, but I think some games actually look better at a very low resolution with AA applie... : Toraz Chryx
    • Iawtp. Unfortunately, a lot of PC games these days do not allow AA. UE3 games etc. : madspacemarinemustdie
• I dont have a monitor to run at that resolution, but running at 1280x1024 runs flawlessly on max settings... : fatelost
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  You know I remember when I was Quake2 came out I could only get like 12 frames per second on my Pentium-M... : AirElijah
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    I remember playing DooM on my 25mhz computer. It was like a slideshow - I would turn around and fire BE... : Jobos
    • I'm happy with my 1fps and my 386sx/20. : markalbiar

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• Someone inf this mofo : mmogger
• Thanks for the reminder. And I just did. : Totenjaeger
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  This is my first year participating ... I'm a-scared. : AhmNee
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    bottle of pee with a crucifix floating in it arriving in the mails ain't so bad : Dave-A
    • That is only bad if the bottom is a little wet. : Totenjaeger
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    don't worry, WE gifts usually aren't as bad as people say they'll be. both years I've participated I've g... : RikiTiki2
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      Just keep in mind that RikiTiki2 has a fecal fetish. : Totenjaeger
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        too bad Str8dog was the one that got the bottles of liquid ass huh : RikiTiki2
        • that was some of the foulest smelling shit and i didnt even open the bottles before mailing them out... : Str8Dog
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    Same here. I figure I'll maybe do some post searches and get some significant things, then just send a b... : changejar419
    • That completely reminds me of this quote: "When the 'Drink' button is pressed it makes an instant ... : AhmNee
  • dont be ascared. : agentlead
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  355 signed up, I predict 40% will actually get and send their WE's =( : not work safe
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    i hope i get you : Mr.SEX
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      i didnt sign up, but ill give you something special if you want it anyways. : not work safe
      • Nekkid pikz, plz? : disposition
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    And what happens to the poor guy who is the odd man out and has to send him/herself a present :( : SolrFlare
    • say what? no one has to send themselves one : mmogger
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      You don't send to the same person that sends to you... :) : SilverSnake
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        Yeah I know, I was just joking about what might happen if there was an odd number of people signed up :P : SolrFlare
        • That still wouldn't leave anybody out. : Totenjaeger
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          People don't "pair off" in WE, it's more like a circle. : windowpane
          • Kinda like a Shackmeet, eh? : nurglich
  • And only half of those will be posting pictures & descriptions. : Lightbulb
• Oh boy. :D : helvetica
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  Does the ship international box means I am willing to ship international? : D45hiz
  • No, its like, "are you international?" - like Austin Powers... : alnya
  • I believe that is correct. : Totenjaeger
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  i already bought the dick for this year : [fry]
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    speaking of which: rosewood and whoever i had in '05.. do you still have your dicks? : [fry]
    • not since they got married : RikiTiki2
    • Fry, I still have your cock : rosewood
  • plz get me plz get me plz get me plz get me : pancake humper
  • lol : askedrelic
  • Did you go with the bulky veiny model this year or the long and elastic one? : pigvomit
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    i've got my grill ready : Deathlove
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      I've lost the movie, can you upload it again? :) : SilverSnake
      • you mean this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37EQQoc8pgw : nyranger66
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  I gave in and registered. : MatzL.E.
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    As long as you give out, we'll be happy. : Totenjaeger
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      But don't put out. That would be creepy. : RomSteady
      • Diffn't Strokes man : Totenjaeger
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  I signed up but it wouldn't let me add my address. Will this be done later or do I fail at filling out ... : ghostmac
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    You can't fill out your address under My Info ? What sort of error are you getting? : sikander
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      ok, im just blind : ghostmac
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        Error exists between keyboard and chair : Robotic Puppy Eater
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          You think his legs are the problem? : perstephanie
          • What are you? A fucking ape? How do you sit and type? : Rauol Duke
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  Every one better send. It really sucks for the guys who get screwed. Ive been lucky so far as this is my ... : dark1139
  • imo, it's just as important (or more important) to take pics and post about what you receive. I've done i... : shotgun1
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  Did you remind people who signed up before they had to check the box that they need to check the box to j... : aethyr
  • Yep.. all 200+ of them got a shackmsg about it. : sikander
• signed my ass up, my parents hopefully WILL NOT open it! : snowwolf
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  make it a requirement that people make a post w/pics when they get their WE. no bs 'i dont have a camera ... : onji
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    haha.. and how do i enforce that? : sikander
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      send Fry to their house with his Ball Hammer... : Str8Dog
      • keep going... : twostar
• sweet! I can't wait! :) First WE for me! : freakord
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  I'm fully expecting to get something that is going to make me cry for all the wrong reasons. : RomSteady
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    Sending you SiN Episodes on DVD-R : pancake humper
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      you just made me cry :( i feel forsaken by gamers who didn't support the sin eps :( : NeoMoose
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        I have every retail SiN product still. SiN Episodes was the only regret I have :( : pancake humper
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          i have it all, including the movie. i might regret the movie.... : NeoMoose
          • Hell, I regret buying the movie. : RomSteady
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      I tracked down and downloaded the warezed copy of "SiN Episodes" while I was at Ritual. That's how we ma... : RomSteady
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        Did you ever go into detail about what these bugs did and how the warezed version introduced them? Was th... : pancake humper
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          TL;DR: Because files were taken out of the GCF, they were processed by a different codepath. The warez... : RomSteady
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            So people couldn't beat the game? : pancake humper
            • There were six areas that were "broken" in the warezed version that weren't in the legal version. We got... : RomSteady
• i except to see this forum FILLED with screen shots of opening presentzzzzz! : m0rfus
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  hey can we get some sort of dedicated area to post the receipt of gifts? normally we just run amuck in ... : smacknca
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    http://www.flickr.com/groups/we2007/ I'll have suggestions on the WE page about how to post and where... : sikander
    • good stuff, we2007 will live on in internet cahced infamy!! : smacknca
    • requested! woop. : logik?
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  /me rubs hands together. I already have my box :) : Rigor Morts
  • ^^ whoever gets him needs to fear for their sanity : SolrFlare
• Woohoo! Snuggly buddy here I come. Who wants socks!!?? What? : xoque
• I'm in! got some cool crap last year too. : chazums
• Awesome, first year participating. Now I am just curious if I should go NWS or WS, I don't know if I woul... : shortbuscaptain
• I'm trying to beat Witcher so I could give it out. : Edges
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  I'm seriously dropping mad cash on this. Somebody's gonna get hooked up like one of my stepmoms. : royalally
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    Get me. I'm a poor angry drunkard. I need shiny toys. : Rauol Duke
    • WE Gods, heed his call. : royalally
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    that's not how WE is supposed to work :-( : MisterPhoton
    • What, you don't want cubic zirconia and some depends? My step moms get hooked up fucking phatty. : royalally
    • a lot of us really treat it as a Secret Santa because we like the shack so much : RikiTiki2
  • translation : cash == poop : mmogger
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  I'd be interested in doing this again if more people actually understood how this was supposed to work. : brickmatt
  • I've got a lot of old game dev memorabilia that I'm planning on passing along. : RomSteady
  • same. i did my first one last year, sent mine out and didnt get shit. this year i'm staying out. : AMikaboshi
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  I did this last year. My guy killed himself before he got his stuff. I AM NOT JOKING. GO LOOK. : kraemer
  • That is remarkably awful. : perstephanie
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    As sad as that it, your shackmessage is awesomeI The guy you paired me up with killed himself last ye : sikander
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      Its not meant to be funny. Its meant to say this white elephant thing can have some fucked up consequence... : kraemer
      • Than again, if your last WE killed himself, I'm not sure anyone else wants you to get them this year... : perstephanie
      • I doubt it was due to a lack of cool WE stuff... : happynoodle
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  many / any aussies doing it? : VuduChild
  • 7 so far. : sikander
  • I'm doing it, but i chose international. It'll prolly mean i cant send as much cool shit (size/weight/cus... : Drewus
  • Not this time round, I was happy getting Drewus, he's an ok guy but I really wanted to get an American du... : abrasion
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    i am, strangely none of my international WE recipients have every complained about getting Tim-Tams : shavenewok
    • I am totally Tim-Tamming it up this year. Infact, i'm going to try and supply as much Australian only con... : Drewus
• this is the first time I am doing this I hope I dont get screwed =/ . I love you guys! : med1c
• sorry my WE this year, you're getting a load of shit. Don't have any spare ipod videos like last year :P : Lionel2b
• I wish I could do it this year...but I don't think I have any thing to give away! Next year! : cookblaze
• Just signed up, this should be.. interesting. : AndyGoin
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  Alright, I'm taking the plunge. I looked around and realized I have a lot of garbage I need to throw out ... : ArB
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    If you check NWS are you pretty much guaranteed to get a box full of dildos? I probably only need one. : ArB
    • i've checked NWS the last two years and haven't gotten anything NWS. probably a blessing! : kingfish
    • You only think you need one. : pupismyname
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  i honestly do not know if i want to sign up for this or not i mean, i have shitloads of crap sittin up... : -=kodiak=-
  • I'm in the same situation. Lots of crap laying around, but too broke to ship anything. : re4ctor
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  I might do this next year, Im not renouned enough around here for the awesome gifts :( : jasoncrowley
  • Same. Nor likely not rich enough to give them : Malku
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    fuck the awesome gifts... the point of white elephant was to give someone else your total bullshit that y... : -=kodiak=-
    • sarcasm aside, I will hope for a 6 pack of crannut ale with all but one empty :( : jasoncrowley
• I don't really want anything this year, but I'll send something to those who don't get anything from the... : Durandal07
• time is running out! post! post! post! : the_Nizz
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  I'm in Denmark. So I assume that if i dont check Ship Internationally that means that i can still get to ... : peetabix01
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    If you are lucky... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15489330 : Lightbulb
    • I think theres only about 3 people on here from DK anyway : peetabix01
• omg, I did it. first year doing this.. and I hope my WE will like what I plan on sending. : beastrabban
• Signed. Got it all ready to roll. : Wolfanoz
• must..have..more..comments : the_Nizz
• Holy crap barely managed to sign up today, almost missed the deadline....! : drbriefs

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  I tried it awhile back. Although cool, the ascii interface spoiled it for me. Making it into tiles would ... : Githyanki
  • Yes. Screw that ASCII bullshit. : SockMonkeh
  • There are tilesets. I haven't tried using any of them, though. http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/... : Sexpansion Pack
  • the game is not actually ascii -- they used 2D ascii-inspired tiles drawn in openGL as a stylistic choice... : boring gegtik
  • You need to play it for a few hours, but once you look around and understand what everything is, it becom... : Danny5225
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  Okay, fine I will take another stab at it. : geedeck
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    I probably should have included a link to a tutorial: http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Your_fir... : Sexpansion Pack
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      I was just playing it in spare minutes today, but that was pretty cool. What I found useful when interpre... : geedeck
      • Check out Indicisive's illustrated tutorial if you want to learn more, it goes over a lot of game feature... : Goncyn
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        Dwarfs will occasionally adopt them (making the dwarf happier. note: dwarfs don't adopt cats, cats adopt ... : TroZ
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          Dwarves will only adopt animals that have been made available for adoption via the 'z' -> 'Animals' scree... : Goncyn
          • milking my maggot always makes it purr : GloriousCow
• I can't even tell wtf is going on in those screens. : sKetchflow
• I tried it but couldn't make heads or tails of wtf was going on. : jonin
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  Dwarf Fortress]b is awesome! I've been playing the new version all week. I have my fortress for 4 yea : TroZ
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    d'oh tagged Anyway, this is a good illustrated guide: http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Inde... : TroZ
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      OH, and don't for get the motto: loosing is fun! There are about a million ways to loose in dwarf for... : TroZ
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        Epic dragon story: I had my first big fortress in the new version get \o/ BURNINATED \o/ by a dragon e : Goncyn
        • that rules :) : feek
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          "so fucking metal." lol : jackalope
          • Try it. You'll understand. : Damodred
        • man, everytime I see a new Dwarf Fortress thing pop up in your Del.icio.us I'm so freaking tempted to pla... : zakazi
  • sounds like youre playing Harvest Moon: RF : m0rfus
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  I find the possibilities absolutely exciting while reading good writeups of DF games, but the interace is... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Stories : TroZ
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  i tried playing it but i didn't understand what the fuck was going on : manero
  • Yeah, the learning curve is like running into a brick wall covered in electrified spikes. : Arcanum
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  I've heard a lot of ravings about this game, but I have absolutely no idea wtf it is. : mittense
  • Dwarf fortress is 2 games in 1 (more like 42 in 1). It uses a rogue-like, ASCII like display (but is act... : TroZ
• God. I'm not one to say that graphics are the most important part of a game, but I just went blind wtf. : d fluke
• Bill Harris from Dubious Quality (and gonegold rip) has a ton of great user submitted stories, and some o... : feek
• By the way, there are a lot of bugs in the new version, but it looks like Toady's back to work now and fi : Goncyn
• Man I have no idea what I'm doing here. : crummynz
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  I really wish they'd make graphics for this. I just can't play an ascii game. I don't have the patience. : CapnChaos
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    its not just that its ascii but you literally can't tell what the fuck you're looking at half the time : GloriousCow
    • You eventually learn what you are looking at. These keys are your friends: k - the what is in this sq... : TroZ
  • You can improve the appearance slightly with a better tileset + creature graphics, but it will still be 1... : Goncyn
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  This version is beyond me. I had a prayer figuring out the last version, but christ is this one insane. ... : Rampancy
  • I actually find the new version much easier to deal with in a lot of ways. He improved the material selec... : Goncyn
  • Try following the tutorial on the wiki letter by letter. Eventually it will start to click. : geedeck
• Ha, I read this as "Pimp Fortress" Dude, sign me up! : Visceral Monkey
• Yes! I made a concerted effort to give it a go with tutorials and it's clicking. I expect starvation is i... : Damodred
• Yeah I've been puttering a little with the new version. (very little) The area I've picked for my seven... : randomjgj
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  I"m trying to think of that word for something that matches symbols to their meaning but I can't think of... : SockMonkeh
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    legend :D : SockMonkeh
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      But Google search still didn't help. Anyone have a link to such a thing? : SockMonkeh
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        Symbology? : famine101
        • Ahhhh..You must be an expert at <snap> Name-y-ology! : AxeMan808
      • This might be helpful. It's designed as a modder's reference, though: http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net... : Goncyn

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  Call of Duty 4 is pretty much more of Call of Duty 2, so if you weren't too into it, then i'd say avoid i... : choppp
  • thanks for the heads up. maybe I'll just stick to a rental : bagelcc
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  try the CoD4 PC demo? : aethyr
  • I don't have a PC capable of running it, unfortunately. : bagelcc
• I 100% disagree. CoD4 is amazing and I think much better then 2. I was a big fan on 2. : pun][sher
• I hated 2. HATED. COD4 is amazing all around. : Silent Wolf
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  i don't see how a warm-blooded male couldn't like COD4. the only person i've seen who doesn't like it ... : [fry]
  • fry, I don't expect this type of faggotry bandwagon abrasion hating bullshit from you - I said I felt dis... : abrasion
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  I loved Gears. And for me COD4 > Gears so far. All Ghillied Up! OMG that level rocked. : Skoal^Fyfan
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    BETTER? How can this be? : CrustaR
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      Because Gears was boring and slow and CoD4 is not? : Vincent Grayson
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        But I ordered GEARS over CoD4. :| : CrustaR
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          Gears is one of those games that is only really fun multi. It is fun that way, but solo it does drag.... : Ebu
          • Solo was fucking awesome. I didn't really care for COD4 sp demo. More of the same of COD2 and 3 but with ... : razlebol
• CoD 4 is a experience beyond a game. You should play it. : Boxelder
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  CoD3 was a piece of shit. CoD4 is pretty much awesome but I would recommend you do NOT play on Veteran. ... : stump
  • Disagree. Veteran isn't *THAT* bad. There is always a way around to cheat the system at the really hard p... : Skoal^Fyfan
• The controls in CoD3 sucked so much. The autoaim, the blurring, everything.. meh. COD4 is definitely th... : Edges
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  COD4 > HL2 : mavmavv
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    I haven't played CoD4 but... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : EvilDolemite
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      i actually agree with the comment. i can't remember the last time i had so much fun playing a shooter. : [fry]
      • I enjoyed TF2 multi more, but for single player, CoD4 is the best shooter I've played in a while. : Edges
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        I loved CoD2 and will probably love 4 but I can't see anything knocking HL2 down a peg for a long time, e... : EvilDolemite
        • That's nice and all, but it's kinda pointless to say when, as you admit, you haven't played it. : Vincent Grayson
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    No that's just ludicrous. COD4 is great n' all, but HL2 is just on an entirely different level : bozer
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      ok, they are equal. The action is just awesome! : mavmavv
      • yeah i havent finished COD yet. I'm loving it but HL2 is just so amazing to me : bozer
    • an entirely different boring and uninteresting level compared to COD4 sure, cod4 is short, but christ ... : -=kodiak=-
  • Now the shack hype has gone through the roof. : CrustaR
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    Don't say anything is better than HL2 on the shack. Might as well slit your own wrists. : D45hiz
    • HL > HL2 : qwpeoriu
  • I want to say they are at least equal yeah. : Evil Benius
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  Which CoD was the one where you played a Russian and charged the square? That was one of my best moments ... : shortbuscaptain
  • #2 : -=kodiak=-
  • the first one? : deject
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    There was a similar level in 2 where you play the americans charging up a hill. Loved that part, everyon... : tbreffni
    • yea i think that was the last american level : -=kodiak=-
  • #1 : K1Bond007
• I loved both 1 and 2. Never played 3, but I plan on getting 4. INFINITY WARD FTW! : NFXFSX
• Are you getting it ONLY for the Single Player? Because it is not really that long. While fun, I would hat... : byorn
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  From what I've played so far, I'm not so sure you would like it. I'm impressed by COD4's cinematic qualit... : datoo
  • What do you mean watch the show? You participate in the battles as much as you would in any standard FPS.... : Vincent Grayson
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  Does COD4 on 360 have SS co-op? : krym3
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    Wow, is doesnt, lame. : krym3
    • looks like just split screen multiplayer, not coop. : FormerHPB

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• At least it wasn't a hand in ass cheese. : RomSteady
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  man the facial animation is awesome. : marmite
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    seriously - brings the dialog to life life like I've never seen in a game - HAWT : thetangent
    • Mass Effect, making conversation more interesting than sex : cdbeckman
• 11....days. 11. : stump
• fuck sake... : steve_o
• what? no pixelated alien boobs? : duncandun
• wtf, is this the "demolition man" version of sex? : dedgecko
• Worst alien porn ever : TastyWheat
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  They edited out the nudity? That looks incredibly dumb. : deathofrats
  • it might not be the full scene.. who knows.. we'll know in 11 days.. : g0nk
• I hope they didn't pay anyone for that writing. I think you'd have to be autistic to find the facial ami... : Boxelder
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  These videos worry me. Too freaking talky. : NastyJack
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    Did yo unot play KOTOR? : suqur
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      I sure did. These seem worse. Maybe not. I guess I'll find out when I buy it. : NastyJack
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        What is wrong with a dialogue-heavy RPG with lots of conversation options? : EvilDolemite
        • It's fine if the writing is good. These vids lead me to believe it's pretty terrible. But then maybe I ne... : NastyJack
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    It's a BioWare RPG. See: BG, BG2, KOTOR : EvilDolemite
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      See though in BG games I could read fast or skim if I got bored and still get the story. Doesn't seem lik... : NastyJack
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        Then this game probably isn't for you. The game was designed to be very cinematic. : FushigiDenki
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          I'd be fine with it if I thought the writing was quality. None of these videos have lead me to believe th... : NastyJack
          • haha yeah it's so wooden. I don't mind natural dialogue, but the way they stand there like sign posts rat... : aeg1x
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            you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NMQ62ZF7d4 : g0nk
            • lol, that isn't good writing. You can see that in most action movies. : byorn
          • ^^^ that was my problem with KOTOR. I just didn't care about what most of the characters had to say, but ... : byorn
        • cinematic is not the same as plenty of dialogue though. : aaarrrgh
      • It's awesome! If you skip dialogue (you can), the NPC will react as if you've cut him off, and act accor... : EvilDolemite
    • Jade Empire never happend : kevp
• hot alien scissoring action : gmd
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  What happened? I want to think I know what happened... but I don't. : mace
  • She saw the sadness behind your eyes and it made her want to weep and then you smelled eachother. : Boxelder
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    she knocked her out with a hammer : duncandun
    • she knocked her out with a hammer hummer : daedraug
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  This game is so gonna rock...! I wish there would be more adultery sex action like in the golden days of ... : razorblade79
  • play gothic 2 night of the raven : SlamDunk
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  I kind of cringe seeing this. : Chris Remo
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    i see the sadness behind your eyes, remo. : pyide
    • it's who you are, but not who you are destined to be, remo. : carnivore
• omg! that was so hot, and people thought hot coffee was bad. wtf was that? : Ziz
• Been around for a few days now. Hijack: Who will play as a female? And why? I'm not sure why, but my f... : Big Luke
• I love how lesbian scenes are always portrayed as soft, tender moments with purple prose dialogue. What, ... : the moon and antarctica
• holy crap, that was bad...wow, I would have had NO idea that conversation would lead to love making. Shep... : byorn
• Err...that's it? Where is the good bit? : AirElijah

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  you know, i never played this one : onji
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    exploding turtles, lions, weird wasp things, but the music was the best part. The final boss had this re... : burning eye
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      in fact, you can skip around this video and listen to it all http://youtube.com/watch?v=QIP0lhrGXXk : burning eye
      • oh god, it shouldn't be in color! : thetangent
      • The music in 1-3 really reminds me of Shadowgate. :) : SilverSnake
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  this was one of the only gameboy games I owned (along with a Tiny Toons game and tetris and one or two ot... : thetangent
  • Hahahah I had that Tiny Toons game. What an awesome game. : Nick Breckon
  • Yeah same here I had this game and tetris for a long time. I can still beat SML in about a half hour. I k... : datoo
• Oh god. I played this game so fucking much. : Nick Breckon
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  SML2 is without a doubt one of the best mario games. : avatar_58
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    SML2 is definitely my favourite of the gameboy games. Tied with SM64 and SMW for my all time favourite to... : re4ctor
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      A remake using the engine of New Super Mario Bros would just be sex. : avatar_58
      • Indeed it would. I think I'll dig out the gameboy later and see if it works. : re4ctor
  • SML2 was indeed a very good game : Kniggit
• I am happy to say that I have all of these games (and I should bust them out to play them) due to a speci... : metalremains
• I fucking love Super Mario Land. What a fantastic soundtrack : alarm cock
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  http://ahhhohhh.ytmnd.com/ : Yanks
  • holyshit, that is gold! : burning eye
• i could never get past the 3rd level or so :( : FrayLo
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  It'd be awesome if Nintendo were to release a classic Game Boy channel for the Wii. So many great oldies... : David Craddock
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    They should. Considering the GB and GBC don't work on the DS it's not like they would lose any money by d... : avatar_58
    • Exactly! There are so many great GB and GBC games that are just rotting in GameStop display cases and in... : David Craddock
• that game was so weird, like you had the underwater submarine levels and shit. : chilln
• I love how at 0:11 he jumps OVER the huge stack of coins as if they're going to kill him. Way to go re... : fishbone
• Same here, i loved that music. I liked Super Mario Land 2: 6 golden coins better though :D : megarust32
• it was fun but i hated how there were platforms, blocks, enemies, et.c that were SMALLER than the width o... : das_runt
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  I got to the final boss and got game over. And I was borrowing my friend's gameboy, so I never got to fin... : suqur
  • the ending was damn cool too. Great music :) : burning eye
• I had a GameBoy with Mario Land, Link's Awakening, Metroid II, and Tetris. Got some great gameplay out o... : EvilDolemite
• This was one of the defining games of my childhood. : cpt. ken
• Man I remember playing through that game over and over again, I think it got a little harder the 2nd time... : razorblade79
• WHY ISNT HE PICKING UP THE COINS OH GODDDDD yes. *cough*. yeah mario was awesome. coinnssss : moe6
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  Awesome game, remeber how hard it was to see because mario was really really small and pixeled. black and... : pobone
  • Oh, this version, everytime you save Daisy, she turns into a monster and runs away. real WTF. : pobone
• i played this, this the one where the picture would kinda fade and start to get blurry, anytime i was mov... : Ziz
• I miss the time when Mario didn't open his mouth to say "IT'SA MEE MARIO". : stuka

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  what? : VegasX
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    you already have 14 thousand posts. you are not welcome in this thread :) : lunato
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      that's racist against people with more than 100 posts ;( : RikiTiki2
      • it's postist? : thetangent
    • Well I know what *you* are getting for white elephant now. : VegasX
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  Wow, he's a mean one : protmind
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    yeah considering that lunato is sikander's wife.... : evil-cow
    • o_O : med1c
  • I know.. I usually read, not talk. how is your friday night going? : lunato
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  remember that the PRL hates you, always. : radula
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    how is your friday night going? : lunato
    • its saturday lunchtime! :O : radula
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    I remember the pre-PRL days - that was HAWT : thetangent
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      what's prl? -_- : the_Nizz
      • Post Rate Limit : thetangent
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  He sticking to his guns! He's got moxie! : cookblaze
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    exactly, how is your friday night going? : lunato
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      It's going lovely...thank you for asking. I'm tired. How many more posts do you need? : cookblaze
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        I need two more after this.. : lunato
        • Well congratulations on your 100th post. Enjoy the WE! : cookblaze
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  pics plz : mallrice
  • you first.. also how is your friday night going? : lunato
• Hold out on the sex. He will fold. : freshyk
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  What a guy. : ThomW
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    lol.. this is easier than changing the code to let specific individuals get through :P : sikander
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      Uh... try opening phpMyAdmin and add her to the database? : ThomW
      • Uh... don't you think I would've done that if it were as simple as that? : sikander
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  Hi lunato, how is your friday night going? : ArB
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    My friday night is going well with the sound "medic~~~~" coming from sikander's computer constantly : lunato
    • one more post and you'll be there! good luck! : hirez
    • It sounds like somebody needs a pair of headphones for his computer, huh? Well, hey, I hope you have a ni... : ArB
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      I just totally e-stalked you thanks to your profile and I have to say you're one of the happiest looking ... : abrasion
      • thanks. i hope you get to see her this weekend, : lunato
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  Good lord can you cook up some awesome looking food. : abrasion
  • Seconded, usualy gets my mouth watering. I broke down and cooked some classic comfort food tonight, S... : jasoncrowley
  • hehe thanks, I guess this is my 100th post, thanks shack, have a wonderful Friday night.. whoever replied... : lunato
  • Holy shit I love spring rolls, those ones lunato made look amazing! : H@rvester
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  Lunato, what is your opinion on the band Depeche Mode? : wtf242
  • i heard theyre gay : snuff
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    I only know of "it's no good" and I like it : lunato
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      omg, go and get Violator now, and be happy : Postal
      • Once you're happy with "Violator," pick up "Black Celebration" and "Music for the Masses." : RomSteady
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  Though I don't plan on participating in WE now or ever, 100 post requirement seems a tad low, and this is... : alias
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    I was going to make the min. req 5000 initially but then the WE suggestions/advice thread and cpt_gloval'... : sikander
    • I hope so! 5000 would be a tad high though I'd imagine :P : alias
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      5000? Good Lord. : Johnny Law
      • A middle ground comes to mind.. : Unleashed
• Whats the average post count of the people who bailed on the WE's last year? : sixfoot6
• YOU'RE IN NOW! : carrioN luggagE
• I see you're at 104. Congrats. ;) : perstephanie
• Why can't you post more often. Try this, any time someone asks for help reply with suggestions or maybe j... : Lightzout
• Hi lunato. How's your '06 white elephant? : SwiftyPants
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  pwnage1232 told me about the white elephant event. It sounds really cool. But I ain't just gonna fill u... : Malku
  • You've got 70 posts now, that's only half a days work to finish. : devi| dog
• YEARGH! : the_Nizz
• he should have limited it to 1000 posts : CoRDS

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  Enjoy playing the best RPG since Fallout. : SockMonkeh
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    Why do you keep spreading your wrongness. : Kaerof
    • Because it's rightness! : SockMonkeh
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      Too bad foreaK thinks it's fucking great. : Totenjaeger
      • My head asplode : Kaerof
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  I'm trying to play it, but it keeps crashing on me every 5 minutes. I *still* haven't made it out of the... : Vantage
  • That'll teach you to install Vista! (So sad that it has come to this) : Geoffrois
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    That is your problem: VISTA : Totenjaeger
    • no its not, I use it with no problems in witcher : kelerian
    • yay, another vista troll : FushigiDenki
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      How do you figure? There are tons of people having crashes and other issues in this game. Vista isn't the... : avatar_58
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        I'm not hating on Vista. I have just noticed that a lot of people on the Shack who have it are complainin... : Totenjaeger
        • My crashes stopped the minute I started Chapter 2 so I couldn't tell you. Seems to me it's a widespread i... : avatar_58
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      vista is sex : mwasher
      • Then I'm a faggot yeah yeah some of you already claim to know that : abrasion
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    I had a lot of crashes in Vista during load and save. I switched to a lower resolution, windowed mode, an... : rthsmshr
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      Yeah, heard someone else mention windowed mode. I'll give that a shot. Why disable DoF? Did you see th... : Vantage
      • I had to disable DoF because it turned the game into a slideshow. And I have a C2D, 7900GTO. : feek
      • I did see somewhere that turning off DoF helped. I made a mistake in trying too many things at once, now ... : rthsmshr
  • I'm having the SAME problems with XP. : changejar419
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    Latest nvidia beta drivers? : suqur
    • Tried them and the latest regular drivers from windows update. Same issue. This is an 8600m GT (dell la... : Vantage
  • I was having this problem too. It was really frustrating. I took cause&effect's advice and tried a few t... : Home Nugget
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  I'm waiting till its on clearance at gogamer. The last rpg of this type that got this hype was Gothic II ... : baron calamity
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    I assure you sir, The Witcher definitely does not suck balls. : Totenjaeger
    • ^^^^ knows a lot about sucking balls. : baronzemo78
  • For what it's worth, I never liked any of the Gothic games, but The Witcher is pretty damn good. : Goncyn
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      Thats not unreasonable based on my experience with past games based on that engine. : baron calamity
      • Past Games based on that engine = Neverwinter Nights? I thought Neverwinter Nights was a big, steamy pil... : Finestaut
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      I really hate the Aurora engine. It's shitty, and it made NWN suck. I see no reason to think that it ... : Ebu
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          You got me, I'm so shallow. I never play games if they aren't beautiful. I didn't just say that the fuc... : Ebu
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            Thats 2D - of course it looks better. However yes you are shallow, because how can an engine make a game ... : avatar_58
            • Dude, an engine can most fucking definitely make a game suck. Pretend we're not even talking about Au... : Ebu
      • this feels nothing like the old Aurora engine. It looks good and plays well. : derelict515
      • It plays and feels nothing like the engine used in NWN. If nobody told you, you would have no idea. Ser... : Vantage
      • I'm curious, what exactly about the engine do you think made NWN suck? Has it been used in games other t... : Finestaut
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          It's not. Don't. : Finestaut
          • Ok, I don't know how old the screenshots were (must have been an outdated site), but just checked the web : Ebu
  • The Witcher is no suck. Its amazing. : derelict515
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  I just started this. Anyone play with just mouse, or mouse+ keyboard? Also, is it just me or do the cut... : kainen1
  • I use mouse+keyboard when I am inside buildings. Outside, I use the overhead view, since my hardware kin... : CrustaR
  • If you tone down some of the settings, the in-game cutscenes are a lot smoother. Or maybe that was just a... : Totenjaeger
  • wasd for me : eeeealmo
  • The cutscenes do seem jerkier than the gameplay. : Goncyn
  • I'm using isometric view. no lagging in cutscenes. : hirez
  • mouse+keyboard of course! : SockMonkeh
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    The only true way to play is over the shoulder WASD+Mouse. The other way constricts combat. : avatar_58
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      what? you just click : derelict515
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        Dodging? : avatar_58
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          what? you just click : SockMonkeh
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            It hurts when shit gets in the way of the view like a tree or an herb or something. : Totenjaeger
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              Oh, well, I wouldn't know. I play with mouse+keyboard (I'm not a giant faggot). : SockMonkeh
              • That's why I switched. : Totenjaeger
    • I'm doing fine with the combat using isometric. dodging works great. : hirez
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    • Why don't you just play in mouse+keyboard mode then? : SockMonkeh
    • did you not pay attention to the part where you can hold the mouse wheel down and that moves the camera? : derelict515
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  I really want The Witcher and Hellgate (and Crysis) but I am not going to buy them until I upgrade, becau... : EvilDolemite
  • The Witcher looks and plays pretty well on my macbook pro. I was pretty surprised. Hellgate is going to l... : derelict515
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    It feels like it would translate well into a console game. : hirez
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      Not with that inventory system. It would have to be reworked to be like Oblivion's list format. : avatar_58
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        funny. I thought the inventory system was the most console thing about it. : hirez
        • You want to explore an inventory like that with a gamepad? Be my guest, but I prefer my console games to ... : avatar_58
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  • I run it on low settings but it's running fine (for an RPG) on this: Athlon XP 3200 GeForce 6800 1.5... : SockMonkeh
  • 2.13Ghz C2D, 2gb RAM, xt1600 128mb and the game runs quite well on 1154x876 (or whatever that fucking res... : derelict515
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    I have an Athlon XP 3700+, 8800GT superclocked, and 2GB of ram. I run it with all settings on high in 10... : CrustaR
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      Hm. sounds like I'd have to dial it way down (Athlon 64 3000, 2 GB RAM, 6800 GT). : Caboose
      • i've got an athlon 64 2800+, 1 gb ram, and an x800 xl and I pretter much have everything bottomed out. : Psigun
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      That might be the fucking grass. That was the problem I was having. : Totenjaeger
      • How do I lower that crap? : CrustaR
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      god damn, I need to upgrade my RAM - I know it's what's holding my performance back - I've only got 768 m... : thetangent
      • jesus dude, RAM is cheap as hell, go get yourself 2GB right now. : derelict515
  • I realize this probably isn't what you want, but I might as well weight in. Quad Q6600 w/ 8800GTX 2gigs o... : avatar_58
  • AMD X2 5600+, 2gb ram, 8600gts. Everything turned up all the way, frames take a dip once in a while but ... : megarust32
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    I have everything maxed, 1600x1200 resolution, 8x AA DOF, etc. 7800GT and a amd 4000+ : duncandun
    • oh yeah, someparts lag me, like the battle with the beast but not much, I get about 20 FPS there, otherwi... : duncandun
• This PC gaming boom is so ridiculous it's only going to cause even more people to leave the market, so ma... : abrasion

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• looks like you tried to make a casserole : RikiTiki2
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  Cool, I've never seen lasagna soup before : mmogger
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    it was really quite yummy. i pretended i was a pauper in the 1800s. : dahanese
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      That's the important thing. Presentation is useless if the taste sucks. : mmogger
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        it was a lot of fun to make it, too. this is my first "big" kitchen (big for me, at least) since the amaz... : dahanese
        • I'm going to adventure into baking tomorrow, actually. Trying out some croissant and bread recipes in pre... : mmogger
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  Steak, blé d'inde, patate. Pas compliqué calisse. : razlebol
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    fucking lolling here : AlexXdude
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      LOL IM ALEX AND I UNDERSTAND FRENCH AND THAT IS FUNNY LOL : felicia
      • You'd laugh too if you understood! : AlexXdude
  • something to the effect of: steak, corn, potatoes. its not complicated, christ/fuck (I don't know slan... : re4ctor
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  Most shepherd's pies don't have blood in them. : Thresher
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    it called for tomato! http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2006/07/shepherds-pie-recipe.html : dahanese
    • 3 tablespoons is waaay to much, try with one and loose the tomatoes they really shouldnt be in there. Al... : peetabix01
    • Did you use tomato paste or tomato sauce? Tomato paste (that I buy) comes in a tube. All that metric sh : rosewood
    • weird i don't think I've ever had Shepard's pie with tomatoes : MoreVespeneGas
  • That one was cooked rare, : mmogger
• You still cook a lot better than Drucifer does. Heh. He can't even get his pizza baked right. :) : Optimus Prime
• that looks..... unappealing : moe6
• maybe photoshop could fix it up some? :) : Ziz
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  what did you do, try to cook it all together?!? : Dravenport
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    if you look at the recipe it calls for like 400 grams of crushed tomatoes. it's way too much. and a cup o... : dahanese
    • thats a bad recipe : Dravenport
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  WTF peas? It should be corn, not fucking peas. Here is how you should do it http://www.recettes.qc.ca... : razlebol
  • Cultural references In the Québécois humorous television program La Petite Vie, pà: AlexXdude
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    if you translate that into my language i'll try it out! : dahanese
    • Here you go, the translation probably isn't perfect but I think you should understand. And btw, there is : razlebol
  • yeah, that's how I make it, but I don't usually add anything to the meat (I'm a simple steak and potatoes... : .sticks.
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  What camera do you have? The colors look really off in that and things aren't very sharp. : soggybagel
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    some shitastic nikon. : dahanese
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      Does it have autofocus? Since it seems like every pic you post is blurry as shit. : soggybagel
      • Thats probably just the Vaseline on the lens : MoreVespeneGas
• the mash potatoes were probably too soupy. : AMikaboshi
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  ha, i feel ya. whenever i try baking something new or making candy, i usually screw it up the first time... : kingfish
  • my last disaster was popcorn ball jawbreakers. i was not paying attention and let my sugary syrup mixtur... : kingfish
• If you eat all of that you may have to reinforce the stripper pole. : adodric
• college shepard pie is the bomb diggity... TATOR TOTS FTW : buzzbat
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  The whole point of shepherds pie and other caseroles is that everythign is all mixed together. The fir... : hawke
  • what? what? what? Who stirs up caserole? Do you mince+stir lasagna? : adpalumbo
• Get some place mats you barbarians! : PlanetPerfecto
• Yum! Pass the vomit. :} : DM7
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  what'd you make it with, a coat hanger? : mallrice
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    No, that's how you were made : felicia
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      at least i dont look it : mallrice
      • mall rice has a nice hook to it dont u think : hobosapien
• it should be everything but the potatoes mixed together than mashed spuds over the top, then some cheese ... : shavenewok
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  Shackers think alike! Looks like you tried to make what I did tonight: http://i14.tinypic.com/6jns3k... : jasoncrowley
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    I'm going to marry jasoncrowley instead of dahanese! : Hello Kitty
    • Sorry, taken. But my cookbook is available... : jasoncrowley
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    Instant mash? People have been executed for lesser crimes. : rock elf
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      I agree, how hard is it to boil a potato? :( : drucifer
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        hehe, its all about using the foodstufs on hand : jasoncrowley
        • oh, then rock on! : drucifer
      • Are you drunk again? : Githyanki
• I would still eat it. : ant_hillbilly
• hahahahah : filtersweep
• Sad! I love shepherds pie! : Malku
• That my dear, is a lasagna with style : Drewus
• pictures of food gross me out : FushigiDenki
• Oh, God. WHAT THE HELL. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Jesus Christ woman, how did you manage that? http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936... : rosewood
• You suck at cooking. Or something. : dltrem
• you should have gone for the cranberry sauce meatloaf. lesson learned, always eat what i say. : bfzzzz
• omg just do this http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/127/Shepherds-Pie-Cottage-Pie : kelbane
• you made lasagna : drucifer
• Where did all the red come from? : Slowtreme
• It looks like lasagna in the first pic, and refried beans with melted cheese in the second. : rudds
• bwahhahahahah : Wolfanoz
• wow that looked awful. Instead of complaining though... I will help. This is my mom's recipe, she is br... : pzilla

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  I was under the impression that was an attack Helicopter and not an AC-130. There is no way they could h... : Matto357
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    it's an ac-130. The "briefing" screen while the level is loading says "ac-130" and such. : oatmela
    • I'm talking about the linked Youtube video, not COD4 : Matto357
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    That's definitely an AC130 and the level is an obvious nod to the many AC130 videos that have shown up on... : deveus1
    • also, based on how well I did on that mission I should be in Iraq :( : oatmela
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    I think the camera and the gunship are two separate entities in that video. : Omaha
    • you sure? Cause the camera vibrates when the gun is fired. Just seems crazy that an AC-130 could hold t... : Matto357
    • Nope, this video was taken from an AH-64. : magila
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    That's an Apache, no questions asked. In fact, I remember that exact video and the ten minutes of footag : Lunatic Angelic
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      link? : posito
      • I have no idea where the full unedited clip is now, that video is from a 2003/2004 and cut for network ai : Lunatic Angelic
    • Its definitely an apache, even the heads up proves it, you can see the head tracking display. http://www... : kelerian
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  I dunno, but I recall some marine posting on a message board the other day that he felt CoD4's Iraq level... : Vincent Grayson
  • on Veteran right????? : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Jesus fuck, i need to buy this game now. GOOD WORK! : Drewus
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    ololololol Animations, visuals in general, perhaps. Everything else, though? I wouldn't say that. I wo... : Dslyecxi
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      yeah I was going to say, I don't recall hearing or seeing any footage of firefights in Iraq with 200 swar... : aeg1x
      • The CoD-esque "Cram every fucking thing you possibly can into the smallest area possible so that people a... : Dslyecxi
  • So howcome the guy throws his gun in the field,, then walks back and forth? : bozer
• that level was pretty cool : pandastrong
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  This video is from an Apache Helicopter. This one is from an AC-130 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tp... : Crimsonbeak
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    both these videos are terrifying at just what power the military has - killing people remotely so easily,... : abrasion
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      War isn't exactly meant to be fair. : Loki-Tek
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        I realise that but there's no room for mistaken identity is there? I mean theres fair and then there's ju... : abrasion
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          Oh sure there's lot of room for mistaken identity. I think the term is called "collateral damage" when de... : Loki-Tek
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            I guess I'm more fascinated by the fact that as I sit here on my PC typing to y'all while looking at the ... : abrasion
            • Oh man, you have no idea what the military is capable of. I mean, you're talking about sitting at a PC an... : Loki-Tek
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              Re: 2000ms, are you talking about the game or reality? If reality, I'm pretty sure the time of flight for... : Dslyecxi
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                Well in the video it looks like 2 seconds or so. : abrasion
                • It's probably more in the 8-12 second range depending on how high they are and the slant range to the tar... : Dslyecxi
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      I work for a contractor that works with the Department of Defense, but we don't do weapons systems. I'... : Omaha
      • I suppose it depends on who it's killing. I feel pretty motivated to think that anything I do for my j... : Dslyecxi
• i just saw the ac-130 gameplay footage from COD4. that sealed the deal. i'm buying it for PC. : vassili_zaitsev
• I havent played COD4 yet : VegasX
• they put something from a modern war in a game about modern combat? no way. : maulla
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  why would that be odd? it was a pretty well publicized video, and seems prudent to include a game play mo... : hirez
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    I don't mean odd like "this feels out of place" but odd that it's such a straight rip-off. not bashin... : oatmela
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      how is it a clear ripoff? its obviously realistic to what gunning in an AC-130 would be. the video you li... : maulla
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        if you watch the video, and then play the game, I don't see how you could say there are no similarities. ... : oatmela
        • If by "similarities" you mean there is FLIR and people are being blown up from a great distance away... ... : Dslyecxi
        • of course its similar, the game is based on real life combat. saying they stole it, or ripped it off, is ... : maulla
    • Shrug. The vast majority of military operations are all pretty generic, just this one happened to get it'... : Loki-Tek
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      Have you played the other CoD games? They ripped off popular WW2 movies wholesale for three whole games. ... : Helter Skelter
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        yeah, I have played all of them. But none of them gave me the instant "I've seen this before" than that o... : oatmela
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          COD1 was so close to enemy at the gates I'm surprised they didn't have to pay some kind of licensing fee ... : abrasion
          • Yeah, really. Considering how horrific the fighting on the eastern fronts were (compared to the wester... : Loki-Tek
        • Seriously, it's FLIR. Is that video the only time you've ever seen FLIR in action? : Dslyecxi
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  Did we ever get real confirmation on the $40 CoD4 deal at CC Sunday? : Ebu
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    It's $44 for PC at Fry's, just pricematch it someplace if you can. : Lunatic Angelic
    • No Fry's within hundreds of miles :( : Ebu
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    Ad has it for $60 next week. : DarkWolf5
    • ooooo crysis for $40 with $10 gift card though. : DarkWolf5
• That is a hell of a question. wtf : vigilante
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  Here's the full AC-130 video I bet you're thinking of: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=463992178... : Sailor of Fortune
  • People on Youtube are generally uneducated and/or misinformed. :O : AlexXdude
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    105mm cannons, is that what's exploding? because it looks like full spec massive bombs? : abrasion
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      Actual bombs would have much bigger explosions. The biggest blasts you see in those videos are from the 1... : Dslyecxi
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        Phosphor rounds? : AndyGoin
        • Doubt it, probably just straight HE. : Dslyecxi
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        good lord that's huge, explosive inside the round surely? : abrasion
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          Yeah, that's the difference between a cannon round and a bullet. Cannon rounds have payloads (ie explosiv... : Dslyecxi
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            Very informative, I never knew all of that. I always wondered why those rounds exploded and heated up th... : AndyGoin
            • They would have almost certainly flown around to inspect the wreck from a few different perspectives befo... : Dslyecxi
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          Yes. Throwing lumps of metal that big at things isn't all that productive (unless you're using a railgun... : Arcanum
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            This isn't terribly accurate. There are kinetic energy weapons bigger than a 105mm cannon - ie the 120... : Dslyecxi
            • Yeah, during OIF the Air Force would drop concrete bombs (basically denser versions of training bombs) on... : Sailor of Fortune
            • Ooops, you're right. Forgot about the AP sabot rounds and similar things that are used in some situation... : Arcanum
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              You talking about the rounds that have depleted Uranium in them that can destroy a tank due to its densit... : AndyGoin
              • http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m829a1.htm : Dslyecxi
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              Hyper Velocity Penetrator? http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/ammunition/apfsds.htm And the AH... : AxeMan808
              • Heh...so after I type that , and it pops my post up, I see you found the HVP (APFSDS) already... : AxeMan808
          • Funny you should mention that. : US Navy : Lunatic Angelic
  • you are right, that was the video I was thinking of. My mistake. : oatmela
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    I don't think that first one is an AC-130, is it? Looks like helicopter footage (notice the low angle, an... : Bold
    • D'oh, never mind--I had loaded up the video in the OP and then the Google Video in Sailor's reply, and th... : Bold
• lol from comments: Gotta love YouTube. We can watch human beings get killed but somehow a female nipple i... : jackalope
• I just played that level and was slightly disturbed... : crummynz
• check out this insane IED explosion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_PsyfHhEx4 : paravis