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• sorry :( : nyranger66
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  so you got me, huh? get me one of those nasal irrigation devices. : Dave-A
  • you mean a water pik? : Dravenport
• You get one with a 101 posts like I did eh? : Simulacrum
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  Mine sucks. I feel sorry for the poor fuck who has to go through it this year :p : Orange Pylon
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    I feel bad for anyone who got one of the chatty bitches, there are way too many posts to wade through. I... : dognose
    • I'll get a kick out of pretty much anything, though. Last year Thief sent me (among other things) a simp... : Orange Pylon
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      I got a MOD. So I totally allready know what I'm getting him/her. : Matto357
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        a stick? : spaceless
        • you couldn't afford to ship me : .sticks.
      • A small mallet with "BANHAMMER" charred into the handle? : RomSteady
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        A picture of goatse that says "Ban THIS" >:( : dognose
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          with a picture of testicles. hairy ones. : xxiv
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            Why post hairy ones? http://hosted.romsteady.net/hairyones.png : RomSteady
            • i lol'd ;/ : xxiv
      • poop on a stick? : drucifer
      • Nazi officer's uniform? : Rauol Duke
    • I'm not wading through anything. My WE is going to get even more useless shit than I sent Rauol Duke las... : opengl128
  • mine pretty much sucks too, and i also feel sorry for whoever has to go through my awful history. : choppp
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  Mine owns an Xbox 360, but hasn't played it since the end of September. What kills me is he started play... : RomSteady
  • give him a box with a coiled spring and boxing glove attached to it : Dravenport
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  i want a puppy : spaceless
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    fucking signed. READ THIS POST MR. WHITE ELEPHANT. : Matto357
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      my WE is getting the kitten i got last year. stupid thing turned into a cat : smax
      • can i have a dachshund? : dahanese
    • after watching the lost boys ive decided i will name my dog nanook if its a boy : spaceless
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  that'll make him feel real good later on! : Lionel2b
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15715119#itemanchor_15715119 - lol why did I follow up on this : Lionel2b
• Probably me. :( : wild falcon
• Mine is a chatty Cathy. He has a gruff exterior, but I can tell he has a good heart (in his freezer, next : ArB
• You got me didn't you? : boredguy
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  my WE has like 10K posts and I don't know who they are. I'm kinda ashamed :( : askedrelic
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    Is it Zakk? No one knows who the fuck he is. : Rauol Duke
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      isn't he that guy that said that thing that time? : Dave-A
      • No, that's definitely not him. : basketofkittens
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      who? : mikecyb
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        That guy with the thing. : Link.
        • Folk here still talk about him... BIG ZAKK. : dognose
    • I don't believe that's even a real Shacker, you're just making him up. : boredguy
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    before the name switch i had 6/7k and no one knew who i was either, hooray for shack anti-celebs : Dravenport
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      I knew your old name better than I know this name, switch back >:( : dognose
      • i havent been able to post much because ive been training for a new contract, im on the floor now so you'... : Dravenport
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      i never noticed you'd changed, new-name-buddy :D : Dave-A
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        are you one of the daves i know i know? are you a dave i know? : Dravenport
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15412683 hey wtf!! : Dave-A
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            blahahah i liked TPD better, sorry dude : Dravenport
            • pot calling kettle black is still in vogue I see : RikiTiki2
  • haha.. you're off by more than 2500 posts. 7500 something != "like 10K" :P : sikander
  • haha its me : Patch-e
• Mine is prolific but unrevealing. : Rotten Deadite
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  my WE is someone who i've already sent a WE to in a previous year! haha : wtf242
  • send the same stuff! : drucifer
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  My WE is an old school shacker (over 30k posts, lol), I'm so glad I got someone I recognize this time. VE... : laurgasms
  • Me too, although now I'm stuck because I'll feel bad if I send the big pile of crap I intended to send. : Rotten Deadite
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  wait, we're supposed to care what we send them? I'm just sending cool crap I have lying around :[ : fotografico
  • that's perfect : drucifer
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    No you have it right. I wouldn't want anyone buying stuff for me, because I am just sending stuff I have... : dognose
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      I bought stuff for your WE in China, specially for you, but I haven't gotten you as a WE recipient yet. ... : Vantage
      • My God, I hope the cut air holes in the box. : Thresher
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    No but lets say you have a stack of pc games and your WE doesn't even own a pc? Seems pointless then. : baron calamity
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      how in the halibut is he shacking : Dravenport
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        Good point actually, some people Shack from laptops or 'nix boxes and only game on a 360. : dognose
        • like me :) I shack from a macbook, game on a 360 : infallible
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        Its just a made up example. : baron calamity
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          don't send gloves because your WE might not have hands : sparkly
          • I'm sending gloves to mine.. uh oh. : ArB
      • iPhone? : dedgecko
  • I'm not participating, but I would think everyone could get each other fleshlights and the WE would be a ... : thetangent
  • You don't have to, but you can send them some stuff based on things they've mentioned in previous posts f... : Orange Pylon
  • that is the basic idea, tho it is kinda nice to send them something they may use : Magus
• Send me sex. : freshyk
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  my WE hasn't posted since Sept 2006. WTF! : tashtego
  • maybe the entry criteria must be 100 posts this year? : radula
• i'm pretty boring : t0ad
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  :( Sorry 'bout that. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Yeah I apologize too for not saying anything in 12234 posts. :( : freshyk
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      I have roughly 21 000. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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        : ( : Vantage
        • It's okay, man. What is important is that...um...your family loves you. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • It did suck going through your post history last year. Most of the stuff you talked about i had no inte... : boredguy
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  I forgot to sign up. :( Is it too late? I have some games I was going to send to my WE. : rudds
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15553332#itemanchor_15553332 : sikander
• I just realized that I only have like 1500 posts. :( I feel bad, because I love the shack, but I'm not a... : kikilupo
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  QUESTION, do you people who mark NWS only expect to get something NWS? or just mark it for the option of ... : chodog
  • No, it's just an option for some item(s). : wild falcon
  • Just saying it doesn't matter, not that I particularly want it. : Conan
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    It just means you can send me pr0nographic stuff if you want to, but you don't have to. The last two y... : Orange Pylon
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      fool, im the one who sent you the blow up doll & cards. not the mags though. : chodog
      • LOL, I should look who I'm replying to next time. :D : Orange Pylon
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    I checked with the mindset, i dont really give a fuck if i get sent NWS stuff but I dont expect this butt... : VuduChild
    • and now I know what im getting : VuduChild
  • No, I don't really want NWS, but I don't care what they send : dognose
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    i don't really want any nws, all it'd do is get me bitched at by the woman. : xxiv
    • lol, been there! : ckaps
  • I would say that marking it for the option is nice. There is such a variety in what is NWS, saying no to ... : ckaps
  • Of course not, I'm just leaving the possibility open of getting a giant black rubber cock in with some ot... : nurglich
• I apologize! : thief
• When I get my package I will track down this post and kill you. Well, in text that is. Um. : Damodred
• haha, I just found out who mine is, he is gonna get the worst shit ever cool stuff : Magus
• way to make someone feel bad when they receive their present : cpt. ken
• Just over 8K posts since the Great DB crash and not a thing about me beyond my love of the Flames ..LMAO : Solstice
• FYI to my WE buddy, NWS is ok, not sure why I marked it no. I just know I'm asking for trouble here... : Magus

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  Keep it at "Bye bye neckbeard". IMHO. : laurgasms
  • i think i'd go with this one as well : strider_
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  you look mad : spaceless
  • and skinny : spaceless
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  I woulda stuck with the handlebars : drucifer
  • Seriously.. Even the wife agrees and I now want some and a cowboy hat and cop glasses to match. : AndyGoin
  • Yeah, you had a whole Chopper Read thing going on... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_Read : theargent
  • I agree, it looked awesome. : aethyr
  • Yea, I never thought I'd actually recommend them, but you pulled them off. : Ebu
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  You look a lot like I pictured you : dognose
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    we need a thread where we draw pictures of what we think shackers look like if we dont already know : spaceless
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      I was recently told that when (Name of Shacker) reads my posts, they picture a ferret :( : dognose
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        and just what is wrong with this little guy? http://www.discourse.net/archives/pix/ferret.jpg : spaceless
        • He is a troll, that's what : dognose
        • awww :) Ferrets are so cute - I've got two and they make very entertaining pets : thetangent
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        See what you did? Now I'm going to picture a ferret every time I read one of your posts. : yosemiteclimber
        • ever since ive heard dognose talking on that interview with the radio station about dognoses.com i though... : spaceless
    • I always think of Duke when I see dognose, though I know he still looks like some kind of action hero IRL... : Postal
    • yes plzzzz : askedrelic
• handlebars MUTTONCHOPS man. MUTTONCHOPS. : beastrabban
• pubes in drain wont clog it : Enigme
• i shaved mine down to a james hetfield monstrosity over the weekend but it was not well received : Dave-A
• bye bye neckbeard and a little trimmed looks more manly. you girly man. : xelencin
• Bye bye neckbeard ftw : Mondo
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  You looked much better with the hobo beard. : datoo
  • With the hobo beard? That is crazy talk. Shaved isn't bad, though I personally like the minus neckbeard... : Vantage
• The work outs are paying off. Congrats. : lacker
• YOU SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE HANDLEBARS MY CAPSLOCK IS ON!!! : AndyGoin
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilrosewood/2009838935/in/set-72157603153998382/ Hey, it's Psychic Cop Mat... : hawke
• Jesus Christ you're more degenerate looking than I imagined! : Athlon7
• Everyone in my training class says I should have kept the Handlebars. Next time ... next time. : rosewood
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  you just need a giant wart on the side of your face and you could almost pass as Lemmy from motorhead in ... : -=kodiak=-
  • I need an honest homosexual opinion, which one looked best? : rosewood
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  those aren't handlebars, these are handlebars: http://www.drewweing.com/mustache/handlebar.jpg : dantastic
  • those aren't handlebars, those are mandlebars : ArB
  • is that you? : AndyGoin
• Holy shit you lost weight from the last pic I saw of you. : soggybagel
• what you call handlebars is actually a "friendly mutton" : cpt_gloval

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  That's crazy that more than half of people have 2GB or more now... : DOOManiac
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    Also, there's something wacky going on there w/ their monitor resolution numbers. 1280 x 1024 isn't li... : DOOManiac
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      Also also: 96% of people have a DVD-ROM drive. Yet people are still bitching when a game comes on DVD ... : DOOManiac
      • Those people bitching are the cheapest people on the planet and probably have a computer from 1996 still. : ovrlrd
      • Who the hell is bitching about that? : SiW73
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        The only bitching I hear is from people having to deal with multiple CDs. : Conan
        • Ditto. : Merconium
    • Yeah, 1280x1024 is always one of the most popular. I'm guessing they're either included in the 1280x960 ... : DinK
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    RAM is so unbelievably cheap (compared to like 1.5 - 2 years ago) it's not that hard for me to believe it... : qwpeoriu
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      Shit I didn't know that. The ram for my system is still expensive. I have 512mb - %2 FTL : Porkasaurus
      • DDR2 is cheap.. if your still stuck on DDR, then its gonna be a bit more expensive. I have 1GB of DDR... : Shadowdane
    • hardware in general is far cheaper now : aeg1x
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    Which means enthusiasts are looking at 4. : abrasion
    • But 32-bit Windows can't really address more than 3GB without running into issues, right? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Wow, tons of people with 250+gb : chungathebunga
  • I'm not one of them :( : skankcore
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  nv 8800s are just destroying this survey. : smacknca
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    You'd have to figure that people who had new rigs would be keener to click the survey than other people. : dooberzoo
    • Yeah, but even the older nVidia cards, like the 6600 and 7600 series are dominating as well. None of ATI... : Thomas Hace
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  Is a DualCore considered a "2 physical CPU" CPU? : edgewise
  • Yep. : Johnny Law
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  What kind of monitor runs at 59Hz? : sanchez
  • all the Dell LCD's at work have an option for 59Hz and another for 60Hz... go figure. : MikkleThePickle
  • lots of lcds do : aeg1x
  • Tons of LCDs report that, whether it's the proper number or not. : avatar_58
• what the hell is a GenuineBMCpu : GloriousCow
• Woo my machine is average! Hey girls I'm QUITE AVERAGE! : johnsto
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  Is there a way to manually re-submit a machine survey after we upgrade, or does it do it automatically? : skunk_ape
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    Just wait for it to ask; by yourself, you're statistically too insignificant for it to matter. : johnsto
    • story of my life :( : skunk_ape
• Geez that seems like a huge jump from what I remember. : Chris Remo
• these stats are very interesting to say the least. : metalremains
• AMD/ATI looks pretty screwed judging from the last survey. : Nitrium
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  The link to refresh your survey stats must be being passed around hardware enthusiast sites or something ... : ThomW
  • I believe the latest Steam update triggered it to request again that people fill out the survey. : Johnny Law
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  Who still uses a 16 bit color desktop? Is it 1994? : Jimbo Ro
  • People who like everything with a slight tint of pink, I guess. It's probably people who didn't notice... : nudel

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• Monoprice.com seriously, its the only place you should go otherwise, check walmart. : trOmblyj
• www.monoprice.com : Mondo
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  Fry's? : pandastrong
  • for sure. iirc ~$15-20 : epit
  • Good call, fifteen bucks! Thanks! : dognose
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  Definitely not target. they charge $60. : Crimson
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    Ewww, I was gonna check there first :( : dognose
    • Check anyway if they're close. I forget the brand (I want to say GE), but I bought one for $25 there a co... : Noobler
• www.monoprice.com : Flying h4x0r
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  There is a whole bunch of reading failure here. : Matto357
  • No, if you can wait a day or so, you'll save a ton of money by using Monoprice. : trOmblyj
  • Or maybe the sweet sweet irony is that an online store is the best brick and mortar store to buy HDMI cab... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • not really. the best prices are online. brick and mortars overprice all their stupid cables. : pyide
  • I think the point is ALL retail outlets seem to massively overcharge for HDMI cables. : pyrogen
  • Monoprice has will call. They're like 20-30 minutes from me. : adpalumbo
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  enjoying the dvd player? : thekidd
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    I will when I get that cable! I can do composite for now but I think I don't get 720p or 1080i that way?... : dognose
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      Yes, with component you still get 720p. I forgot, you have a projector. No point in getting HDMI,r eall... : rosewood
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        he said composite though. is it the yellow rca plug (composite) or the red, green, and blue ones (compone... : pyide
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          Well I have both of those, just no HDMI and I guess some DVDs won't upscale if it isn't HDMI? There is t... : dognose
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            is that what the manual says? pretty sure most HD-DVD players can only upscale DVDs over HDMI, yeah. : pyide
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              Maybe my projector is upscaling anyway? DVDs look pretty darn good. : dognose
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                that is possible, but you still need at least component for progressive scan and the upscaling, no matter... : pyide
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                  Yeah, there are multiple issues here. First, no matter what upscaling is going on, using component or ... : DinK
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                    I think I meant component when I said composite, I'm blond. So looks like I don't really need a HDMI thi... : dognose
                    • Well, if your DVD player does a particularly good job at upscaling, and it's not going to upscale DVDs wi... : DinK
• I have 3 extra. I could have brought you one. But seriously, don't. monoprice.com : rosewood
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  frys, you live in garland correct? theres one at NW hwy and McCree. I live in the apartments directly nex... : klearlyunseen
  • And why do you keep not coming to Shackmeets >:( : dognose
• The cheapest place I've found is wal-mart : nukewinter
• sam's club or costco. : DarkWolf5
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  you live in the DFW, go to ALTEX : X-GOUKI
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    Where is this place? http://altex.com/indexflash.php : dognose
    • http://www.altex.com/locations.php?store=dfw : X-GOUKI
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  I got mine at RadioShack. ~$20-30 for a 15' iirc and it works fine. : Pittst3r
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    Seconded. I haven't bought an HDMI cable there, but I did find a not-quite-rape price on a cable I was lo... : Bold
    • aside from a clearance sale awhile ago I've only seen Monster rape cables at radio shacks near me :( : ttyRazor
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  do you need special 1.3a or whatever hdmi cables or are they all the same? : spaceless
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    im just asking in general, because i need to get some too : spaceless
    • I have no idea what I need, I've never been hi-tech before :( : dognose
• Circuit City, then buy one off monoprice, then return CC one when you get the monoprice one. : paravis
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  an Apple store, of all places, $20. Not monoprice cheap but not an assraping either. the only cheaper p... : ttyRazor
  • Yeah, their component cables are cheap as hell too. Very surprising. : Serpico74
  • True dat, I was shocked, too. Lucky for me, Target put Sony PS3-branded HDMI 1.3 compatible cables on... : Don Koharski
• Big Lots has one for $8, if I remember correctly : whore
• I did okay at Walmart. : mathyou
• wal-mart : Modica Sol Solis
• Testify about monoprice. They ship fast and the prices are always great. Stores for some reason treat ... : trevis
• Yeah, Walmart. 5-6 dollars on clearance. : bigdaddyone

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  Yes the aliasing is noticeable but at 40p only so much you can do, otherwise it looks amazing. : gmd
  • 480p : gmd
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    Ok just making sure my Wii isn't dieing or there's some problem with my TV. The game does look outstandi... : manlyman
    • I feel like I see each and every 480p pixel on my 37" TV too. I'm sure it's even more noticeable on your... : DinK
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  can you turn into a racoon? : spaceless
  • that would be pants !!!! : barichnikov
  • so far just a boo, and a bee....lol boobie. : Boxelder
• i have the same issue with Zelda : Dave-A
• yes there is aliasing... most Wii games don't use Anti-Aliasing at all. And I'm at 22 Stars too. Go... : Shadowdane
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  So is this game going to become totally shack hyped? : CrustaR
  • just. like. every. game. : Jackass1233
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    Not Shack hyped but rather the fact that its one of the best games of the year. I haven't had this much ... : manlyman
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      You just Shack hyped it. :| : CrustaR
      • Stop liking games people! Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh it's so annoying when someone likes something! If we all join t... : Psigun
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        he said he liked it. you attached the meaningless shackhype phrase and made it so. :O : pyide
        • I suppose it depends on the definition of shack hype. Isn't something being hyped by a Shacker shack hyp... : CrustaR
  • hell no.. it is probably the best Mario game I've ever played. I think it has finally thrown Mario 64... : Shadowdane
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    Mario games are always good no matter what. I don't fucking care what anyone says, Sunshine was fun. : Drewus
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      Galaxy > SMB3 > 64 > SMB2 > SMB1 > Sunshine > Mario Bros : AndyGoin
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        you forgot NSMB, which I thought was better then SMB3 : Frozen Pixel
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          Oh you're right and Super Mario World goes in there somewhere.. : AndyGoin
          • SOMEWHERE? HOW ABOUT #1 : kn1fe
        • i'm sorry i don't agree ... NSMB was good and all, but it was just missing something for me. However, I d... : smalakar
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        Whoa, that's a strong statement. It's a shame I don't have a Wii (but my brother does!). : CrustaR
        • Yep its a strong statement, and I agree. As I said earlier in another thread, Super Mario Galaxy make Su... : jabuck
      • I love how you were thoughtful enough to remember to put the original Mario Bros at the end there. : DinK
      • You mean Galaxy > Yoshi's Island > everything else you mentioned : Serpico74
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        Strong Statement there for sure. I'm not 100% sure where I'll put Galaxy yet, but I can say for certain ... : SolrFlare
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          I can agree with your list, the main thing is those are the top 3 for sure. I too am glad Mario is b... : AndyGoin
          • Yeah Fludd kind of killed the mario feel of the game. The cleaning stuff was too much like Luigi's Mansi... : SolrFlare
      • I really liked 2.. almost liked it more than 3.. but it was pretty out there for a mario title. : stonedonkey
    • I agree, sunshine is great also. Hard though. =) : Pneum0
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    No, this game is actually a great one. And without having to rely on multiplayer means when the Shack mo... : AndyGoin
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      your constant pimping of Painkiller has won me over. Buying it now. : edgewise
      • Dude, it's great. Especially for $10. A very fast old school Doom feel to it with some great weapons wi... : AndyGoin
  • No, it really is that good. : rudds
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    What does this mean in the context of a single-player game? : Chris Remo
    • I think he just means will the game will get talked about a lot and then later on people say it wasn't as... : ovrlrd
    • It just means that the game will be overwhelmingly hyped by shackers, much like with CoD4. That's all, I... : CrustaR
  • We've had this discussion already, damnit. : brickmatt
• That's what you get for getting such a big TV, LOL. : geneshifter
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  on my room-mate's SDTV there is no aliasing but I saw at EB it was really bad, maybe they didn't have com... : h o s t i l e
  • Wouldn't component cables make it worse, since the picture would be as sharp as possible and wouldn't get... : DinK
• But did you notice the ever so slight normal mapping and specular highlighting? :") : warcrow
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  What game is this closest to? I haven't played much Mario 64 so leave that out. : spectr3
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    The perfect one. : wild falcon
    • doesn't help : spectr3
  • Galaxy is basically Super Mario 3 + Super Mario 64 where gravity plays a huge role as you travel around i... : SolrFlare
• Don't really notice the aliasing but I haven't hooked it up to my 42 inch TV, just been playing it on my ... : ovrlrd
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  Every time I quit SMG and save, I come back to only 4 lives, when in previous marathons I had 20 or so? ... : itsjeff9
  • I just leave my Wii on with the game inside so I don't know. I don't have any desire to turn the thing of... : ovrlrd
• I played for 3:30 hours last night. I am currently 3000 miles away from my Wii with Super Mario Galaxy an... : Serpico74
• So much love for this game. I was just giggling to myself while humming around as bee mario. Some of th... : atom519
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  Regarding the Aliasing, it isn't even really noticeable at *all* on my 20 inch computer monitor that I pl... : SolrFlare
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    Hmm... how do you play Wii on your monitor? I'm a noob... no idea how to do this but my TV sucks and I'd ... : vile
    • I've got one of the nicer Gateway models with Component inputs. It lets me have a mega gaming center wit... : SolrFlare
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      This is how I play mine on my 23" ACD http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=4173 Looks grea... : ovrlrd
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        Damn, how does the 480p signal look upscaled to 1080p? Significant difference? : SolrFlare
        • It looks pretty good, you can definitely tell it's scaling it still, but it's not nearly as blurry as mos... : ovrlrd
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  Shack hype is already starting on me :( I'd be interested in trying this game out if it's fun - I'm not... : abrasion
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    It is awesome, seriously. Not being able to play it right now because I'm away for work is painful. : Serpico74
    • I figure one day I'll get a wii, I mean I really don't care for 99.9% of games on it, or the graphics, or... : abrasion
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    The GameStop's here in the US have it on demo for those wondering if it's for them and have never played ... : AndyGoin
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      Yeah I think playing it first is always a good idea, but damn this game is good. : ovrlrd
      • I didn't get too much time to enjoy it tonight and can't play it right now without possibly waking up the : AndyGoin
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  Fuck amazon : rosewood
  • what's your beef with the rainforest? : ShekkyBoy
• The game looks fantastic, with barely any aliasing on my SD tv. : feek
• Yes.. The game is good and became my first Wii purchase since Trauma Center in January. Well worth it. ... : Tripps
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  thanks for the warning. i hate normal mario games. im more of a sonic dude. (nothing against mario i just... : CoRDS
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    Why would you need a warning if you already know you don't like Mario games? And it's got to be pretty l... : Chris Remo
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      there is always the hope that the mario awesomeness ( i am aware of it) will one day cross the streams in... : CoRDS
      • i did enjoy mario 64 for a while but i think i stopped around the same point in the n64 version and the d... : CoRDS
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  I just won. That game was fucking rad. : Chris Remo
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    I see you got the powerup : filthysock
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      I got the powerup and won the game : Chris Remo
      • Did flagship ever approach you about naming their weapons for Hellgate? : shavenewok
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  I think it looks pretty shitty on my TV (56" HD) but I dont have the component cables for it. It is fun a... : Rauol Duke
  • Also the controls are pretty much perfect. This is how Wii games should be, everything is just intuitive. : Rauol Duke
  • monoprice has some wii component cables for $7 : pyide
• Two more days... :( : Lightbulb

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  not really, Bill Gates is a businessman, not a beret wearing hippy. : red2lucas
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    2/10 for confusing beat poet with hippy : Porkasaurus
    • 1/10 for caring to illustrate the difference. : wild falcon
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  lol "greatest thing ever created", no. : moshman
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    Yeah, ok, Halo is better, but it isn't a phone. : vigilante
    • wrong on both counts... : Toth21
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  iphones are stupid. bill gates is smart. : bfzzzz
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    IF you doubt me, i DARE you to doubt maddox. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone : bfzzzz
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      I've never been to that webpage and I never will. : thief
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        you are missing out on some amazing opinions. maddox is hilarious. : bfzzzz
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          No he's not. He takes low-hanging-fruit jokes and presents them in a pretentious, sensationalist, and os... : action roommate
          • So basically Shacknews humor ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! : tomservo
          • Im glad you like sucking the fun out of life. : conandan
          • You mean like what Zero Punctuation does for games? Honestly it's just a humour site. Lighten up. : avatar_58
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      My sister's boyfriend lives near him or something I forget, but talks to him occasionally, and he admits ... : choppp
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        fuck you. : bfzzzz
        • haha, oh man i have no idea why this was so funny : the city
• I like my iPhone but I miss some things about my blackberry (like non-AT&T service, software installable ... : bostrov
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  Bill Gates can dictate to his scribes what he needs to say, and they will then tatoo the message onto the... : ZombieAcademy
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    also sometimes he sends emails from his laptop : Modica Sol Solis
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      I wonder what his Windows Login name is : PlanetPerfecto
      • BillionzMyNga07 : the city
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  no 3g, locked in contract, pitiful. : filthysock
  • do you even know who bill gates is? he doesn't care about a contract and certainly wouldn't go somewhere... : vigilante
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    I imagine that Bill Gates wouldn't care too much about the fee for canceling the contract early. : bostrov
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      its the principle of the thing : filthysock
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        I'd die to see him all pissy with some Apple store guy over it. : Merconium
        • he didn't get rich by being stupid with his money. : MagicWishMonkey
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      but isn't it locked too? so even if he does cancel he can't use it anways : moshman
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        Gates could just ask the nearest beret wearing hippy how to hack it. : vigilante
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          and then be fucked for future updates. there is no winning with the iphone. OK, the interface is really ... : moshman
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            Good points but honestly I think instead of having a hippy hack his phone Bill Gates would just pay the b... : vigilante
            • You think he got where he is today by just throwing away money? : marmite
        • Gates would probably just ask Jobs for an unlocked one. : Toraz Chryx
• I doubt it. There are devices better suited for the functions on the iPhone and he can hire someone else ... : DarkWolf5
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  "greatest thing ever created?" Do you pray to pictures of Jobs at home by any chance? In any case, drugs ... : stuka
  • hah, that's what I was thinking. I've had an iPhone for a few months now and I like it a little more t... : MagicWishMonkey
• he has people to take his calls : CoRDS
• pah that guy can't even turn on his own computer these days. : metalremains
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  if he's using Windows Mobile 6, he's a masochist >:( : Postal
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    Windows Mobile is horrible. I have a work paid for Treo with it and I hate the damn thing, they pay for p... : metalremains
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      the problem is that the best non-Apple music phones aren't smartphones -- they're Sony-Ericsson's Walkman... : Postal
      • I've been looking a model like that, I have a friend who likes the S-E phones and will only buy them. I'... : metalremains
  • I have a old windows flip phone(samsung) on the windows mobile platform. The only thing I need it to d... : stgdz
• The dude has an army of nano-robots to run his house and has a cottage on the dark side of the moon so do... : astonish
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  Im sure they let him use a prototype version of the microsoft equivalent that they're working on : jaga
  • Prototype? There are shitloads of Windows Mobile smartphones, many with far more capabilities than the iP... : nudel
• What. Iphone is garbage. Crackberry for life. : PowerofA
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  I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to phones. I only need basic features: text messaging, contact m... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I agree, I have a POS nokia which does almost nothing (but goes for two weeks between charges) and costs ... : jcupitt
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  The iPhone is not the ideal business phone. Bill probably uses a phone with mobile 6 on it, their own ... : gummijoh
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    I've used both Mobile 6 and the Blackberry OS. and I'd have to say the blackberry OS beats the living pis... : Hizzow
    • I agree on this but I like the handsets better that are available here rather than the blackberry ones, t... : gummijoh

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• oh noes : askedrelic
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  Why do you do this. : mittense
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    I know, I'm one of those 90 degree people (or 106 degrees for 16:9). But 75 makes me slightly disoriente... : the archvile
    • I think I get a bit disoriented going from title-to-title with varying engines and FOVs used, but after a... : mittense
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      i prefer 90-110 as well, 75 is bullshit on so many levels, but i don't get as sick when it's a console ga... : pyide
      • Yeah, there's more to the perspective than simply the FOV. : mittense
• Hold on, let's try rotating that image a little bit to make it a bit easier for people that have never pl : itsjames
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  120 > 90 : Dravenport
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    360 > * : deviantpaul
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      i play with 720 FOV : sexninja!!!!
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        You find it better then 1080? : Mondo
        • You can't even tell the difference unless you have a really big monitor. : DinK
    • played 180 for a few rounds of qw and almost threw up : Dravenport
    • http://strlen.com/gfxengine/fisheyequake/compare.html : timmie
  • that's what i used to use for quake 3 :D : SockMonkeh
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  you know that game wasnt too bad, not as awesome as i had hoped though :( : spaceless
  • I have an addon pakfile that I made to add a few things: - adds the console font that you see in the scr... : the archvile
• whatever it defaults at > 90 : klearlyunseen
• Indeed. It's the Carmackian law. : vynn
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  maybe according to someone who sucked at Quake multiplayer (not implying it's you). That's really where ... : paravis
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    I played with 110 fov during my the quake through quake 3 days. : chuck577
    • Yup, always 110. : DooBall
    • I didn't like the fisheye effect that it had. I know the debate about seeing more, etc, but even then I d... : shred.
  • fov 100 for life baby, the European TDM way. : Ravenkettle
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  the whole FOV thing lately is making me totally meh to it : RikiTiki2
  • Regardless it would be nice if some developers would speak up about it. The fov can directly affect peo... : Wombat Woo
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  obligatory: 90 degrees of can't-see-shit-in-the-dark > 75 degrees of can't-see-shit-in-the-dark : yAak
  • I can see so much more dark this way! : DarkWolf5
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  I am a 3D graphics programmer and I can tell you precisely why ALL FOV's should be 45 or lower and why ur : abrasion
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    you use whack too much : RikiTiki2
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      and you don't really explain why 90 is better than 75 other than saying it feels right : RikiTiki2
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        It's actually not an an explanation as to why 90 is better but rather how they work and what they do for ... : abrasion
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          So the best is to increase FOV until it stops feeling right, is that correct? : crummynz
          • well yeah - exactly. : abrasion
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      he should mix it up with some wiggity now and then : GloriousCow
      • it was hard to just randomly say shit for 3 minutes straight, i'd be awful on a live TV show : abrasion
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    It looks to me like the FOV on the weapon doesn't change. That seems like a clever fix to the problem of... : Karnov
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      the weapon isn't a part of the 3d scene they're showing : jaga
      • Yea, I think HL2 source dubs weapons and first-person attachments as the the ViewModels. They have their ... : lyme
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  If that's as it should be then why are more and more titles using a lower FOV? : EvilDolemite
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    Narrower FOV = Larger Targets = Easier to hit with controllers. really, I don't know : Noobler
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      isn't the default FOV in HL2 75? : mikecyb
      • Yeah, but they made things smaller to make up for it. : devi| dog
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        No, HL2 defaults to 90 but TF2 and Portal default to 75, probably because they made console ports of thos... : vynn
        • what? HL2 is also on consoles : OrkO
        • HL2 / EP1 / EP2 are all 75 by default. : pyide
  • We wish we knew. : abrasion
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    prob is, it's what DEVELOPERS think it should be. Not what a competitive gamer wants. I could care less... : paravis
    • Well, competitive gamers don't really make up that much of gamers in general. : crummynz
  • less to render maybe? : kelerian
  • who fucking knows? I'd like to hear the reasoning behind it. Even my brother who hasn't got the slightest... : aeg1x
  • Because lower FOVs look more like human vision or a standard camera lens, and less like a skate video. : jake2000
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    FOV lesson: FOV of a virtual camera is meant to map the perspective you get from a 3d scene to that which... : lyme
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      Well fuck, so much for the diagram... : lyme
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        Diagram part 2...Further away - lower FOV for a scene projected on the same screen. ....\ ............... : lyme
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          looks like some gap there to me : bfzzzz
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            Gah. I fail at ascii-ness. Hopefully the point is conveyed, though. : lyme
            • You're fired. : Agrona
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      So you're saying it's those pesky console's fault!!! : AndyGoin
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        alright guys, lets turn this into a FOV and console vs. PC debate. We can do it guys! : DarkWolf5
        • Those darned consoles always ruining things!! (like Deus Ex 2 :( ) : AndyGoin
    • Actually that makes sense, I think. : crummynz
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      it made sense in 2001 with halo, but not 2007 when HD is the big thing and displays are getting bigger an... : pyide
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        still doesn't matter. as games become more realistic, and more cinematic, they are naturally going to mi : dopefish
        • i'm sorry but that makes zero sense as far as first person games are concerned. you also don't have 360 d... : pyide
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      Shacktags Lesson: Shacktags like / { { code } } \ can get you monospaced fonts. : Agrona
      • more like / { { code } } / : action roommate
    • So essentially it's lazy porting for the PC. It really should be adjustable at the very least. : aeg1x
    • This is the best explanation I have read on this issue to date. Thank you sir. ps. I still hate <90 f... : InfoBiter
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      that only works if you think of it as a window into a world. I personally think of it, for shooters, as t... : lord cecil
      • Rather. If it were projected according to the geometry of the user and monitor, FOV would be like 45 degr... : dooberzoo
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  you guys do realize that lower fov means higher framerate ala less pixels, less objects on screen? obvio... : fufux
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    less pixels? i'm a retard, nuke away plz : fufux
    • No. I have to live with my posts, so you have to also. : dmason
• I don't care what it is as long as the game scales it to the monitor's aspect ratio. We really need to s... : Liquid

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  good idea, are you gonna do it? : Dave-A
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    just did. : NeoMoose
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      very nice three column layout you got there, fella! : Dave-A
      • Also, updated mine, fancy-pants style : Dave-A
• I updated my profile earlier tonight. : trOmblyj
• also done Rate this post informative! : fuzzydamnit
• Updated'd'd : Orange Pylon
• done!! : Galadriel07
• good idea! done and done! : Korban
• If my person does this I'm permabanning them. : Rauol Duke
• Thx for the reminder! Profile updated! : Lionel2b
• Done! : SolrFlare
• If you had that for PC, I'd hope I was your WE : Githyanki
• good idea, i updated mine, though I only have an xbox and a 360, no PC :( : infallible
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  Dear my WE: I love boobs. Send me some boobs! : El Tigre
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Booby_chick.jpg ?? : NeoMoose
    • playin with my pecker : El Tigre
    • I'm about to flip you the bird. : Pittst3r
• I still remember that terrible Barry Manillow record I sent you. :) : wild falcon
• Great idea. Update-a-ficated. : ChibiJosh
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  Done. Also boobs. : pupismyname
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    should we send you water? : dedgecko
    • What does water have to do with boobs? : pupismyname
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  I had a bunch of games set to send to my WE but the guy is an aussie so none of them will fucking work :(... : n0v4
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    Send food for gods sake! They are reduced to eating yeast paste over there! :( : dognose
    • wtfmate?!? vegemite > chinese food : Dave-A
    • I just smiled.. and gave him a vegemite sandwich : H@rvester
    • yeast paste is awesome. I'm not from Aus though :/ : marmite
  • Just send them anyway. Alot of us have modded PS2's. : Drewus
• indeed : askedrelic
• Done'dddd : basketofkittens
• Done aaaand done. : tomservo
• ok but i dont want any games, i have way too many i havnt played : spaceless
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  I just want a dildo : freak!
  • me too. : laurgasms
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  I want world peace. : jamesray
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    http://images.43things.com/entry/122216pw150.jpg : beastrabban
    • You deserve a lol. Thank you, I got a pretty good laugh out of that. : jamesray
• Updated :) : Shadowdane
• Good idea, I'll update my profile this weekend to make WE stuff easier. : Ride-My-Rocket
• done and done. : aethyr
• Is this "horse ranch" game adult themed? : spectr3
• Profile updated. : FPSDavid
• Done! : Drewus
• I only have a 360! :P : D45hiz
• Done! WE buddy send me games! I think I'm sending out at least 3. : skunk_ape
• White Elephant! Weeee! I have a 360, Wii, PS3, Xbox, Gamecube, and a fast PC. : TastyWheat
• Done. Also, Dear WE: Please only send me crap. It'll offset all the crap I send my WE. : Rotten Deadite
• just make me laugh, buddy :D : cpt. ken
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  Done! Dear WE: Send along any extra XBOX 360's you may have laying around. : AndyGoin
  • I'm sure they'll send one : Postal
• this is a VERY good idea and i have updated my profile accordingly : CoRDS
• Updated! : Lightbulb
• Damn, it occurs to me that it must have been hell for my WE giver last year, my profile is completely emp... : famine101
• good idea, done ! : mattsull85
• done'd : changejar419
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  I don't really care what I get as long as it doesn't have germs. I don't like germs. : yoonix
  • *couch* *sneeze* That would make a great WE. :) : SilverSnake
  • I got AIDS the first time I was involved in WE. : Fredrik S
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  I feel bad for not participating again this year. I just don't want to be missing anything for the baby. ... : razlebol
  • Then you could have sent the placenta as your WE. : Totenjaeger
  • if you had participated i'd've bought you a miracle blanket NOW YOU'RE MISSING OUT oh and good luck an... : Deathlove
• Done dun dun dun doooooone : Totenjaeger

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• there are lots of ways to play a game like it (I only played Morrowind) The most fun I had was when I ... : Nation
• Mass Effect is only a week away! : Sailor of Fortune
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  Depends on what you like. Oblivion isn't really a game that leads you by the nose. It's very sandboxy a... : action wombmate
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    and some people hate it because the game is almost devoid of content and the content that is there doesn'... : JINKY
    • p.s. if anyone who likes oblivion says they don't like assassin's creed because it's repetitive i will pe... : JINKY
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      That's how I feel about Oblivion. There's just no motivation to do anything. I couldn't get into it. : slax0r
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        Um it's the same motivation as in every other game ever invented, to have fun. : AgentPothead
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          I just mean within the context of the story. I like open-ended games, but that was just too much for me ... : slax0r
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            I played oblivion for hours and enjoyed it a lot but every now and then, and ultimately when I stopped pl... : jackalope
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              that's because nearly every dungeon or point of exploration had the exact same textures and stuff. same ... : kainen1
              • I'm not sure that's the reason. Hellgate is the same for textures and repetition but it's still fun for m... : razlebol
          • Actually I kind of agree with you on that, the main story in Oblivion sucked balls. But with tons of mods... : AgentPothead
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  roobux? is that an australian dollar? : bfzzzz
  • same as $US now so its not much of a discount : filthysock
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    yeh . roobux == aussie dolla. but roobux does not equal the exchange rate. if it did i would have paid ab... : CoRDS
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      haha, i cant believe they're called roobux, it sounds like a toys-r-us gift card. is that slang? : bfzzzz
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        no, you can actually get your credit card account to use roobux : filthysock
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          haha. i'm moving to australia. : bfzzzz
          • its a little annoying though since the roobux is actually a small plush kangaroo, if you have a lot of ch... : GloriousCow
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  I just watched that chick shooting the rifle video, and when I read your post I thought you meant you bou : sanchez
  • if i had a rocket propelled grenade i would make a video from more than one angle. i am however sorry to ... : CoRDS
• If you like it, or even better if you don't like it, post another thread and I'll tell you some cool best... : SpaecKow
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  i hear the fighter's guild is recruiting. not bad work if you've got the stones for it! the game is qu... : pyide
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    im not a fan of things that feel like chores which is why i only played WOW for 2weeks. so any tips you c... : CoRDS
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      no tips really, the game is best when you get lost in the world and enjoy doing whatever you are doing. q... : pyide
      • The second paragraph of this post is important. You definitely want to start the main story line right a... : DinK
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      Protip: Kill an innocent person, and then go to sleep. Awesomeness will follow. : utgaardsloke
      • ^^^ DO THIS : Daggoth
      • lol yes : riptyde
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  I can't stand RPGs. Never found 'em engaging at all and always felt geeky trying to play them. Oblivio... : MorrisatCNN
  • I am very similar. I do like RPGs, but I really don't like the fantasy genre at all, and tend to avoid m... : riptyde
• Did you get the original Oblivion or the GOTY edition with all of the addons? : metalremains
• If I remember correctly, a few people were saying you shouldn't play the game without certain mods. Just... : changejar419
• Oblivion is your choice of first RPG? Man did you miss the boat, most of that genre's defining games are ... : avatar_58
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  http://betteroblivion.com/unofficial_patch.php and http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopi... : aethyr
  • and here's a list of other mods: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=701439 my recomm... : aethyr
• WORST. GAME. EVAR. Your going to like it. : bitter ego

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• fuck you are slow... : dedgecko
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  wins wut? : Matto357
  • apparently he wins "lolol" : HojuSimpson
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  cutting out all the "100% YES BEST GAME EVER" reviews, here is what's left from metacritic: 87 Comput... : jackalope
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    Yes, if you remove all of the reviews with a 90% or above, you can make any game look mediocre! I'm no... : OverloadUT
    • I don't understand why Gametrailers gave it such a high review. They bashed the AI, fighting, and overall... : h o s t i l e
    • Yeah, I'd at least keep Game Informer, GameTrailers, and GameSpot... : BoKnows
    • Not bad at all : the city
  • stop, srsly just stop it. : VegasX
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    LOL you're so wrong. Lucky for you personal attacks are bannable. : notd665
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      ya if someone made fun of a game i like id call them a faggot!! MOTHERFUCK FAGGOT : boring gegtik
      • DONKEY KONG SUCKS : gmd
  • ....so you removed all the positive reviews? awesome. you're awesome. great post : JINKY
  • So, you drop the high end, but no the bottom? Yeah, that seems fair. : Fred Garvin
  • That makes no sense. If you're cutting out the 100 extremes, then why aren't you cutting out the bottom ... : Edges
  • Well sure, if we just ignore the reviews you want to ignore, then suddenly the average score is terrible! : Vincent Grayson
  • This is dumb. Sorry. : chuck577
  • hahahahahahahahahaha, wow : MikkleThePickle
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  HEY GUYS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS IN REPLY PRE-REPLY PARTY : alarm cock
  • lol you lose : AlexXdude
• Who gives a flying fuck. Damn guys.. I've seen people argue about a particular review before, but never t... : K1Bond007
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  in before 5 gazillion replies. : nyranger66
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    fgt : mikecyb
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      JADE RAYMOND : Link.
      • how long did that take you? : dedgecko
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  I'd just take Eurogamer's score and decide the bet upon that because they are always right. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    this is correct : lakren
    • A reasonable conclusion, given the circumstances. : silentw
  • Agreed : pyrogen
  • sounds good to me, also I'd like Remo to review it. : jackalope
  • http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=87432 : slickdoody
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  I don't really get why there is such a huge crusade to hate on this game. I think it's pretty good and I... : nukewinter
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    I think it's because people are tired of AAA titles getting AMAZING reviews, the internet going crazy abo... : slickdoody
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      Yeah, like Halo 3 and the hype train that preceeded that POS : geneshifter
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        POS? Yeah, whatever pal. It's not the BEST GAME EVAR, but it's a solid shooter with killer multiplayer. : Fred Garvin
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          Its a solid shooter with relatively stale multiplayer =( At least for me it was, it felt like I was playi... : Toth21
          • Agreed. It was a shooter. Nothing special. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, unless you have... : changejar419
  • we are concerned with bringing it down to save an admin's life on the shack. I think the huge crusade ... : dedgecko
  • Crusade!!!! GET IT!!!!!!! The game is set during the crusades!! LOLLEROFLOPAGUS!!! : Drewus
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  so, when exactly can we drop this whole haiku bet thing? I hope soon, i'm sick of seeing threads about it... : g0nk
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    Keep it up dudes : haiku
    • Haiku FTW! Haiku for president! : Toth21
    • yes, awesome. : carnivore
    • don't you see guys this is what he wants : nomaad
• hopefully we'll get the diatribe now : hamachi
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  We're going to do a big review of all the Assassin's Creed reviews soon. : notd665
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    We need Remo to do a review of the review of the reviews : Drewus
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      Alright, if I do this and publish it, Remo has to agree to follow through, too. : notd665
      • I'd accept Breckon, too. : notd665
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        I don't even plan on buying it, there's way too much other shit coming out I need to play. : Chris Remo
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          as an internationally acclaimed game writing king, I thought you'd get all kinds of free stuff to review. : hamachi
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            I try and discourage publishers from sending me stuff I don't plan to review. : Chris Remo
            • what? NO! Send it to me man. : Silent Wolf
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  isn't this pretty much exactly what haiku said? I don't have a link to the post. : edgewise
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    You mean this post from 2006? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=12137469 : haiku
    • lol. you said Jaded. : edgewise
    • seriously though, wow. You called it. : edgewise
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  So you took all the lowest scores you could find. Then stated you ignored all the high scores (of which t... : Jackass1233
  • No if he did he would have said that Assassin's Creed had a near perfect score. Remember everything is po... : Toth21
• wow, I cant believe you posted this. : klearlyunseen
• This is funny : Begawkiness
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  OMG so close: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/assassinscreed : ZombieAcademy
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    Didn't Game Informer have a 100 for their score earlier today? I could have sworn... : tomservo
    • I think it's always be 9.5. : mittense
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  Has anyone here actually played it yet? : DOOManiac
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    I think a couple people have, but I forget who. : Vincent Grayson
    • i'm picking it up tomorrow myself. i'll form my own opinion i guess. : xxiv
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  son of a bitch : Magus
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    as in, I wanted this game would be good =\ : Magus
    • who said its not? he deliberately ignored most of the reviews and only posted the ones which were below 9... : klearlyunseen
• Such fag. : lodit
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  Seriously though, Gamespot give it a 9.0 while IGN gives it a 7.7. Very interesting. This game is seein... : Tripps
  • somewhere between "good" and "very good" is not what I'd call a very broad range :) agreed about Games... : MikkleThePickle
  • If Fry's has it for $40, i'll buy it. : pigvomit
• Threads like this are the reason I can't wait for MD to go up. Also they are why I hate the shack : boring gegtik